On this date, June 1st, in 1844 Bethel Church pastor Rev. Richard Williams (1840-1844) died in a coma and is buried at Bethel Burying Ground. He was praised by Bishop Daniel Alexander Payne as a man who “performed some of the most painful, laborious and important missions of the itinerant service.” (History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church: Electronic Edition. Payne, Daniel Alexander, 1811-1893; edited by C.S. Smith.)
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