Background
Married Susan Bell, eldest daughter of John Bell, at Magdala, Ethiopia on the 4th of December 1859.
Married Susan Bell, eldest daughter of John Bell, at Magdala, Ethiopia on the 4th of December 1859.
He was held prisoner by Ethiopian King Theodore and later released by General Napier"s British troops at the siege of Magdala, Ethiopia in 1868. He went to Beirut with the British Syrian Mission (which was founded in 1860). In 1874, he traveled to Europe to seek financial backing from the Society of Friends.