Background
William Morley Punshon was born at Doncaster, United Kingdom on 29 May 1824. The only child of John Punshon and Elizabeth Morley.
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William Morley Punshon was born at Doncaster, United Kingdom on 29 May 1824. The only child of John Punshon and Elizabeth Morley.
Punshon was educated at Doncaster, Yorkshire, and, after spending a few years in business, at the Wesleyan College, Richmond.
In 1845 he received his first appointment, at Marden, Kent, and soon became known as a preacher. After serving the usual period of probation he was ordained at Manchester in 1849 and for the next nineteen years travelled in several circuits, including some of the London ones (1858-1864).
In 1868 he went to Chicago as the representative of the Wesleyan Methodist conference, and settling in Canada did much to advance the cause of his denomination. His preaching and lecturing drew great crowds both in the Dominion and in the United States, and he was five times president of the Canadian conference.
He returned to England in 1873, was elected president of conference 1874, and in 1875 one of the missionary secretaries.
He published several volumes of sermons, and a book of verse entitled Sabbath Chimes (1867, new edition 1880).
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Punshon was married to Fanny Vickers, the sister of his first wife. This type of marriage, still forbidden by English law, was generally accepted in Canada even though its legal status was not fully secure until 1882.