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Arbuckle, John Chalmers

soldier, educator, clergyman, was born July 27, 1847, in Glasgow, Scotland. In 1864 he enlisted in the fourth regiment, Iowa volunteer infantry, and served as a private soldier till the close of the war. *He taught school for several years, and in 1874 graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan university of Delaware. For quarter of a century he has been a clera gyman of the methodist episcopal church, his principal pastorates being in Columbus and Zanesville, Ohio. For four years he was presiding elder on the Gallipolis district, and is now presiding elder of the Columbus district. He has twice been a member of the general conference of the methodist episcopal church; and for two years served as a member of the general missionary board of that denomination.