William Mckendree, an American bishop, born in King William co., Va., July 5,1757, died March 5, 1835. He served several years in the American army of the revolution, attained the rank of adjutant, and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis. In 1787 he joined the Methodist conference, and in 1794 he accompanied Asbury in his tour to South Carolina. From 1795 to 1799 he travelled vast circuits in eastern and southern Virginia, and in 1800 accompanied Bishops Asbury and What-coat into Tennessee and Kentucky to superintend the western conference, which then comprised Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and portions of Virginia and Illinois. He most effectively directed the labors of the itinerant ministers, by which churches were gathered throughout all this extensive, thinly populated section, till 1808, when he was elected bishop. The next year was spent with Asbury in a visitation of nearly all parts of the United States and portions of Canada. Through much bodily infirmity Bishop McKendree continued his laborious superintendeney till his death.