Richmond, Paul C

Richmond, Paul C., a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Barnard, Vt., where he passed his early manhood. He received license to preach in March, 1825, and soon after was received on trial into the New England Conference. After filling several appointments in Vermont, he was in 1829 transferred to Maine Conference, where he did effective work until 1855, when failing health compelled him to take a superannuated relation. He resided in Frysburgh, and continued to labor as his strength allowed. He died there, May 29, 1875. He was well versed in Scripture, apt in illustration, an able and successful minister. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1876, p. 87.