Clup, William Mckendree

Clup, William Mckendree, a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was born in Barren County, Ky., Dec. 5, 1831. He removed to Missouri in 1845; professed religion in 1849, emigrated to California in 1854; was licensed to preach in 1857, and in 1858 admitted into the Pacific Conference, wherein he labored with great zeal, energy, and self-denial until his death,March 11, 1870. He was a sweet singer, an earnest preacher, and a faithful pastor. See Minutes of Annual Conferences o£ the M. E. Church South, 1870, p. 515.