Stephen Mason Merrill

Stephen Mason Merrill

Stephen Mason Merrill (1825 – 1905) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1872.

Birth and Ordained Ministry

Born on 16 September, 1825 at Mount Pleasant, Ohio, Merrill was the grandson of a Minute-Man of the American Revolution. He served with distinction as a pastor and presiding elder in the Ohio Annual Conference. He was the Editor of the "Western Christian Advocate" (an official publication of his denomination) when elected Bishop.

Episcopal Ministry

Merill was elected to the episcopacy the same year as another Ohio-born M.E. Bishop, Randolph Sinks Foster. Bishop Merrill became an acknowledged authority on Methodist law. One might say he was pre-eminently the "jurist of the Episcopal college. "

Death and Burial

Bishop Merrill died on 12 November, 1905 in Keyport, New York. He is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery [http://www.thecemeteryproject.com/Cemeteries/cemetery-rose_hill-chicago.htm] in Chicago.

References

* Methodism: Ohio Area (1812-1962), edited by John M. Versteeg, Litt.D., D.D. (Ohio Area Sesquicentennial Committee, 1962).

ee also

*List of Bishops of the United Methodist Church


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