Brice, John (2)

Brice, John (2), a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born near Harrietsville, Pennsylvania, October 20, 1820. He received an early religious training; professed conversion and united with the Presbyterians in his twenty-first year; joined the Methodists in 1851; was soon after licensed to exhort. in 1852 to preach, and in 1853 entered the North Ohio Conference. In 1856 he received an appointment from the Delaware to the Van Wert Circuit, and in the midst of his labors there died, April 2, 1857. Mr. Brice was a consistent Christian, a systematic, sound, practical preacher, and a cheerful, faithful pastor. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1857, page 478.