162:'s spiritual adviser. He was a pastor of Roberts Chapel, a Methodist Episcopal Church established by African Americans, on South Washington Street in the city of Alexandria. He helped establish the Western Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church; it was the first conference for African Americans. From 1872 to 1876, he was the first African member of the Board of Church Extension Society of the M.E. Church. In 1883, he moved to
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