Up for auction RARE! "American Bishop" Willard Mallalieu Signed TLS Dated 1901. This item is certified authentic by Todd
Mueller Autographs and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity. ES - 5045 Willard Francis Mallalieu (December 11,
1828 - August 1, 1911) was an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
elected in 1884. Willard was born in Sutton, Massachusetts. He
was of Puritan and Huguenot ancestry. He was converted to Christ at the age of twelve, having indicated his desire
to seek Jesus Christ at the
first Methodist class meeting he ever attended (held in the
kitchen of a neighborhood widow). After preparatory training
at East Greenwich Academy,
Willard entered the Wesleyan University at Middletown, Connecticut,
from which he graduated. The Rev. Mallalieu entered
the New England Annual
Conference of the M.E. Church in 1858.
He spent twenty-four years in the Pastorate, serving just two years as a Presiding Elder. He
declined educational positions which were
offered to him. The Rev. Mallalieu became favorably known to his denomination through
able contributions to Methodist periodicals. He was also
notable as a platform speaker at places like Chautauqua and
elsewhere. He was also a valued friend of Bishop Gilbert Haven, appointed to prepare the Memorial of him for the General Conference of 1880. Rev.
Mallalieu was a delegate to the General Conferences of 1872, and 1884 (when he
was at the head of his delegation). He was thought of as "a
practical wide-awake minister, [who] makes a good speech in a way that assures
you he could preach a better sermon..." The Rev. Mr. Willard
Francis Mallalieu was elected to the Episcopacy by the 1884 General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. |