Atkins, John W

Atkins, John W.

a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Mount Vernon, Me., Dec. 17,1807. He experienced conversion in 1824, and in 1827 received license to preach and entered the Maine Conference. In 1852 he retired from the active ranks and settled at Saco, where he remained until his death, May 27, 1858. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1859, p. 111.