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   Asbury, Francis
   (1745-1816) English-born US Protestant religious leader. Asbury travelled to America as a Wesleyan missionary in 1771, touring the colonies and the Mississippi territory. He was appointed superintendent of...
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   Asbury, Francis
   first bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church consecrated in the United States. His efforts did much to assure the continuance of the church in the ... [1 related articles]
   Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/109
   
   
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   Asbury, Francis
   Asbury, Francis (ăz'burē, –be–) , 1745–1816, Methodist bishop in America, b. England. The Wesleyan conference in London sent him in 1771 as a missionary to America, where he promoted the growth of the circuit rider system that proved so eminently suited to frontier ...
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