Background
Roberts, Benjamin Titus was born on July 25, 1823 in Gowanda, New York, United States. Son of Titus and Sally (Ellis) Roberts.
Roberts, Benjamin Titus was born on July 25, 1823 in Gowanda, New York, United States. Son of Titus and Sally (Ellis) Roberts.
Graduate Connecticut Wesleyan University, 1848.
Admitted on trial to Genesee Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1848, ordained deacon, 1850, elder, 1852. Pastor several churches in Western New York, 1850-1858. Wrote article called New School Methodism, published in Northern Independent, Aurora, New York, on basis of which was convicted of unchristian and unmoral conduct at annual meeting of conference, 1857, because of republishing and recirculating article was expelled at conference, 1858.
Organized Free Methodist Church, Pekin, New York, 1860, 1st general superintendent, 1860-1893.
Established Earnest Christian, 1860, publisher, editor, 1860-1893. Editor Free Methodist, 1886-1890.
A founder Chili Seminary, North Chili, New York, principal, 1866. Author: Fishers of Men, or Practical Hints to Those Who Would Win Souls, 1878.
Why Another Section(s), 1879.
First Lessons in Money, 1886. Ordaining Women, 1891.
Married Ellen Stowe, May 3, 1849, 7 children.