JEHU, DAVID (1812 - 1840), missionary in Sierra Leone under the Wesleyan Missionary Society

Name: David Jehu
Date of birth: 1812
Date of death: 1840
Parent: Timothy Jehu
Gender: Male
Occupation: missionary in Sierra Leone under the Wesleyan Missionary Society
Area of activity: Religion
Author: Evan Lewis Evans

The son of Timothy Jehu of the King's Head, Meifod, Montgomeryshire, he was attracted to religion at the age of 16, and commenced preaching. Offering himself for the mission field, he was educated at the Wesleyan Theological Institution, Hoxton, London, and in 1839 he was accepted by the Conference to fill a vacancy in Sierra Leone. Smitten down by malignant fever, he lingered for a long while. Having laboured only six months in Africa, he died 1 July 1840.

Author

Reverend Dr Evan Lewis Evans, (1898 - 1978)

Sources

William Moister, Heralds of Salvation
Yr Eurgrawn Wesleyaidd, 1839
Yr Eurgrawn Wesleyaidd, 1840

Additional Links

Wikidata: Q20732835

Published date: 1959

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