WAUGH, Beverly, M. E. bishop, born in Fairfax county, Virginia, 28 October, 1789 ; died in Baltimore, Maryland, 9 February, 1858. At the age of fifteen he became a member of the Methodist church at Alexandria, Virginia. It is supposed that he was employed in one of the government offices for three or four years, for through life he was noted for his excellent penmanship and accuracy in accounts. From the time he was eighteen years old until a short time before his death he kept a journal which amounted to several manuscript volumes. In 1808 he entered the ministry, and at the end of three years he was stationed in the city of Washington. He was elected by the Baltimore conferences to the general conferences of 1816 and 1820. In 1824, on account of his favoring the election of presiding elders, which the majority of his conference did not approve, he was not a representative. In 1828 he was again elected a member, and he was at, that time chosen assistant editor and book-agent and removed to the city of New York. In 1832 he was made principal agent, though not a member of the general conference, and in 1836 he was made bishop. In this post he continued, travelling almost constantly until 1852, when he became senior bishop of the church. After that time his health gradually failed until he died. He is buried in Mount Olivet cemetery, Baltimore, near the graves of Bishops Asbury and Emory.