Young as he was. he was Boon appointed a class-leader, and was licensed to exhort. He prepared al an acad- emy for colli ge, and studied al Augusta ' ollegi . K< a- tucky. He was licensed to preach, and admitted into the Ohio Conference, and appointed to travel the Letarl Falls Circuit, where he labored acceptably and ly. The nexl year he was appointed to the Eaton Circuit, and the year following to the Ham- ilton Circuit, and iii 1835 to the Oxford Circuit. In .May. 1836, he was senl to the Oneida and Menomonee Mission, west of Green Bay. He commenced a school among the Oneida Indians, and extended his vi-its to those at Brothertown, and other fragments of tribes through the Wisconsin Territory, and finally I in building up a flourishing mission, which continues to <>ur day to exerl a im >-i salutary influ- eno among this reclaimed savage tribe. In the au- tumn of 1838 Mr. I*..i- travelled on horseback, through an almost unbroken wilderness, from Green Hay to Al- ton, 111., i" attend the Illinois Conference. He was then transferred hack to the Ohio Conference; but he could n.'i gel to < Ibio in time to receive an appointment thai year. In January, 1839, his brother, who was pre-
md time; in 1844, agent for the siding elder of the Tiffin District, employed him <>n the
Ohio Wesleyan University; 1846, again in Mansfield; m Norwalk "r Elyria District, From 1850 to the spring of 1852, he was pr> siding elder of Mansfield District. At the General < inference of 1852 he "a-, in a manner highly creditable to himself, elected assistant the Western Book Concern. To this office he ■hd in 1856. Upon the failure of the health of the Rev. L Sworrostedl in I860, he was elected prin- cipal agent To i hi- office he was re-elected in 1864. ference ol 1868 would have gladh. con- tinued him in this relation had il nol found him hover- ing between life and death. He died June 26, 1868. t u< I thinker, sale rather than brilliant in bis theological view-, colloquial rather than oratori- cal in bis ch, < vet interesting and instruc- tive in the pulpit and on the platform. Ili> life was in 1 Christian. A man of sterling info
. i : sound and godly
judgment, he enjoyed the confidence of the church to
awarded to living men. Traversing the
circuit. Iil». rin- in the station, charged with the ardu-
uistration of the expansive district, or manag-
■ rests of the Western Book Concern, he
.n, d man. with one single pur- do well il,,- «ork committed to him by the cimreh. This was the grand Becrel of id, >,,,,, .. i >,-. I a commanding presence. The spirit of benev-
olence rule, | in hi- heart, and its winning sunshine in hi- countenance, lie u.-is frank almost to • iuld mi-take the generous im- ■ hi- heart, lie was fearless, bul hi- courage ■ r,d with wisdom, lie was social in a high hia winning -mile, hi- genial spirit, and the u- ciK'y a. with which he drew upon the
r lote will nol - he i
' ■ Dr. Poe was greatly i
ol the Methodisl Episco
particularly the Ohio Wesleyan Uni-
tid t,, have been
1 '"il' in i he enterprise, and hi- devo-
trulj hero',,-. From ii- inception down
personal ,,r familj
id, a ntral educa- Church in tie- Btate of old,,. n the time • i irk, in ih.
July i. 1868. (J. II. u .
pal < burch, and brother of thi ,, bom in
Columbiana C ity, ■ »hio, < I, i. |2, I
united with tl
; ircuit, where he labored till the session of his nci in September, 1839, when he was appointed to i he M'Arthurstown Circuit. The next two years he was appointed to Tariton. In September, 1842, he was transferred to the Texas Conference. On his arrival there he addressed himself with bis accustomed zeal and energj to his work, but one of the great wants of the country thai firsl impressed him was the need of schools and teachers. In view- of this destitution he returned to < mio, in order to -,cure a corps of teach- ers. After a few month- he returned to Texas, and shortly after commenced laying the foundation- of an institution of learning at San Augustine. The next < inference resolved to adopt it and give it their patron- age. But, besides this educational work. Mr. Po the San Augustine Circuit, which subjected him to the
of travelling some three hundred mil four weeks. He kepi up his engagements with regu- larity, and to the satisfaction of all concerned, but the exertion necessary to this end proved too much, and in 1844 be fell a prey to disease, and died after a very short illness. His last words were a testimony of the happy servant to whom the Master bade a hearty wel- come. "Happy— very, very happj !"werethelasl words of Daniel Poe. "As a man ol intellect." -ays bishop .Morris. •• I should place Poe considerably abovt the me- dium, though his mind was sober and practical rather than striking or brilliant His perceptions were quick
and clear, and he had that stroll-' common--, nse and
sound, discriminating judgment that gavi greal weight i- hi- counsels and greal efficiency to hi- movements. In hi- moral constitution he was distinguished chiefly