Aspril, Joseph

Aspril, Joseph a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born near Delaware City, Del., Nov. 12,1817. He embraced religion in his fifteenth year; received license to preach in 1837, and in 1840 united with the Philadelphia Conference, in which he labored zealously until his death, May 28, 1876. Mr. Aspril was an exemplary Christian, a clear expounder of the Word of God, a devoted husband and father, and a pure and true friend. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1877, p. 32.