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Elisha J. Scott <ref name="term_59576" /> 
<p> a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Greensborough, Vt., Aug. 11, 1803, and joined the [[Baptist]] [[Church]] at the age of twelve. He continued in that Church about seven years, when he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in 1828 entered the New [[England]] Conference. He was ordained deacon June 27, 1830, and elder Aug. 11, 1832. After fifteen years he was made supernumerary, and was then superannuated for nine years, when he became again effective. He travelled the [[Montpelier]] District, [[Vermont]] Conference, for four years, and took once more a superannuated relation, which he held until his death, at Montpelier, Jan. 24, 1866. He was for several years the [[Conference]] secretary, delegate to the General Conference in 1836, and editor of the Vermont [[Christian]] Messenger. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1866, p. 129. </p>
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<ref name="term_59576"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/scott,+elisha+j. Elisha J. Scott from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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