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Grim, William H

orator, clergyman, was born Oct. 19, 1830, in Coshocton county, Ohio. He received his education at the Asbury university, now called the De Pauw university; which institution subsequently conferred upon him the degree of D. D.

In 1855 he entered the Indiana conference of the methodist episcopal church; was presiding elder on the Rockport during 1880-84; and on the Evansville dis- Rockport district trict during 1887-93. He is recognized as one of the ablest pulpit orators of his conference; and now fills a pastorate in Sullivan, Ind.

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