JEHU
,
DAVID
(
1812
-
1840
),
missionary
in
Sierra Leone
under the
Wesleyan Missionary Society
;
the son of
Timothy
Jehu
of the
King's Head
,
Meifod, Mont.
, 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 d.
1 July 1840
.
Bibliography:
-
William Moister
,
Heralds of Salvation
;
-
Yr Eurgrawn Wesleyaidd
, Dolgellau
,
1839
,
1840
.
Author:
Rev. Dr. Evan Lewis Evans, D.Th., (1898-1978), Pontardulais /
Swansea
