Stephen Mason Merrill

Stephen Mason Merrill (September 16, 1825 – November 12, 1905) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1872.

Early life

Stephen Mason Merrill was born in Mount Pleasant, Ohio on September 16, 1825.[1]

Ordained ministry

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.

Death

Merrill died in Keyport, New Jersey on November 12, 1905.[1] He is buried in Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago.[2]

See also
  • List of Bishops of the United Methodist Church

References
  1. "Bishop Stephen Mason Merrill". New-York Tribune. November 14, 1905. p. 7. Retrieved January 27, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. http://www.thecemeteryproject.com/Cemeteries/cemetery-rose_hill-chicago.htm
  • Methodism: Ohio Area (1812-1962), edited by John M. Versteeg, Litt.D., D.D. (Ohio Area Sesquicentennial Committee, 1962).


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