circuit-rider

Her mother, Eleanor Garrett Jones, was born in Brookfield, Ohio in 1810, the daughter of "Priest Jones," a devout circuit-rider of Welsh extraction.

Flora London, Jack London's Mother 2001

Her mother, Eleanor Garrett Jones, was born in Brookfield, Ohio in 1810, the daughter of "priest Jones," a devout circuit-rider of Welsh extraction.

FLORA WELLMAN 1979

But, in fact, Gilman rapidly began to be forgotten — this redoubtable circuit-rider of radical feminism, indefatigable lecturer and prolific journalist, author of poetry, novels, and half a dozen theoretical works on the condition of women, above all the much-reprinted Women and Economics.

Pioneer Bell, Millicent 1980

Even at that early day the circuit-rider threaded the maze of forest between the Long Point clearings and those near the mouth of the Thames, and made his way down the Detroit River to the Essex shore of Lake Erie, where there was a fringe of settlement.

The Country of the Neutrals (As Far As Comprised in the County of Elgin), From Champlain to Talbot James H. Coyne

The end was that a Methodist circuit-rider took in our settlement in his rounds, which resulted in a majority of those who attended his services uniting with the Methodist church.

The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 Gordon Sellar

And the circuit-rider can give the same address over and over and perfect it by repetition until it is most effective.

Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 1916

The circuit-rider was an apostle: he had no home, drew no salary, owned no property; but gave his life without stint to the cause of humanity.

Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 1916

I'm a forty-gallon Baptist and the father of sixteen childen, all baptized exceptin 'the last set o' twins, and they'll be put under when the circuit-rider comes around, and what I'm a-goin 'to-tell you is the plum truth, and if any man disputes it thar'll be a vote missin' in his beat at the next election.

With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon John Allan 1914

One of the most familiar figures on trail and highway was the circuit-rider, with his

The Old Northwest : A chronicle of the Ohio Valley and beyond Frederic Austin Ogg 1914

The first Methodist preacher whom I recollect hearing was Christenberry, who was in charge of the circuit, and was then called the circuit-rider.

The John Lawson Monographs of the Trinity College Historical Society Durham, North Carolina Vol. 1. The Autobiography of Brantley York 1910