Walker, Benjamin M

Walker, Benjamin M.

a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Springfield, Vt., April 26, 1809; was converted in 1830; licensed to preach in 1831; and joined the New England Conference in 1834. On the division of the conference he became a member of the Providence Conference. His appointments were as follows: Barnstable, Mansfield, Franklin, Scitico, Tolland, Glastenbury, Wapping, North-west Bridgewater, Woodstock, Square Pond, Norwich Falls, Eastford, South Coventry, West Thompson, South Glastenbury, Wapping, Moosup, Staffordville, Tolland, Windsorville, and Quarryville, where he died, March 28, 1871. Mr. Walker was a man of great devotedness, faith, and zeal. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1872, p. 37.