Carmichael, George Oliver

Carmichael, George Oliver a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Lumberland, Sullivan Co., N.Y., Oct. 31, 1833. He was converted at the age of seventeen; received license to preach in 1856; in 1857 was admitted into the New Jersey Conference, and, on being appointed to Swartswood, was from that time a member of the Newark Conference. Though his early educational advantages were very limited, he became an able and acceptable preacher, from his lifelong studious habits. He died March 3, 1872. Mr. Carmichael was a man of sterling qualities of mind and heart, methodical, skilful, faithful, devoted, and successful. See Minutes of Annual, Conferences, 1872, p. 35.