Cantlon, David

Cantlon, David, a Methodist preacher, was born in Tipperary, Ireland, in 1821, and emigrated in his youth to Canada. Being converted in early life, he joined the Bible Christians, became a class-leader and local preacher, and in 1855 entered the itinerant ministry, in which he labored for seventeen years with acceptance as a preacher; was missionary secretary and general financial secretary; in 1871 was president of the Canadian Conference; and died Sept. 5, 1872. See Minutes of the .Conference of Bible Christians, 1873.