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Samuel forke Monroe

MONROE, Samuel forke, clergyman, born in Mount Holly, New Jersey, 1 July, 1816; died near Jersey City, New Jersey, 9 February, 1867. After receiving an English education, he united with the Methodist church, became a local preacher, and in 1843 entered the itinerancy. During the next twenty years he was stationed at various points in New Jersey, serving as presiding elder of Bridgeton district in 1856, and of Camden district in 1864. From 1865 till his death he was corresponding secretary of the newly organized Church extension society, which he raised to a high standard of efficiency. He was an active member of the general conferences of 1856, 1860, and 1864, and at the last received a large vote for bishop. He was killed by falling from a railwav-train.

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