Breckenridge, George W

Breckenridge, George W.

a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Charlotte, Vermont, September 26, 1812. He removed with his parents to Monroeville, Ohio, in 1818; experienced conversion in 1833; received license to exhort iin 1834; was licensed to preach in 1836; and in 1837 entered the Michigan Conference. Subsequently he became a member of the North Ohio Conference. In both of these conferences he labored zealously, as health permitted, to the close of his life, February 26, 1869. Mr. Breckenridge was upright, practical, courageous; strong in character, intellect, will, and affection. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1869, page 194.