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Vinton, Robert Spencer

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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a Methodist Episcopal minister, was first employed in pastoral work in 1817; joined the Baltimore Conference in 1818; was ordained deacon in 1820, and elder in 1822; in 1868 was supernumerated, and in 1869 superannuated. During the war president Lincoln commissioned him as chaplain in the United States army, and charged him with the religious watch-care of the military hospitals of Baltimore. He died of paralysis, July 31, 1870. Mr. Vinton was devoted, energetic, of spotless reputation, and successful as a minister. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1871, p. 19.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Vinton, Robert Spencer'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​v/vinton-robert-spencer.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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