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Possibly the most famous circuit rider was Peter Cartwright who wrote two autobiographies. John B. Matthias was an early circuit rider from New York state who is credited with having written a gospel hymn, "Palms of Victory." Wilbur Fisk, who became an educator, served as a circuit rider for three years. It was not uncommon for clergy to serve on circuits for a few years and then go to other work. Joseph Tarkington, a circuit rider in Indiana, was the grandfather of novelist Booth Tarkington.
The father of outlaw John Wesley Hardin, James "Gip" Hardin, was a Methodist preacher and circuit rider in the mid-1800s. Hardin's father traveled over much of central Texas on his preaching circuit until 1869 when he and his family settled in Sumpter, Trinity County, Texas where he established a school – also named for John Wesley, the founder of Methodism.
Thomas S. Hinde, was a Methodist circuit rider in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Missouri from the early 1800s until about 1825 when he eventually settled in Mount Carmel, Illinois the town he had earlier founded. Hinde was a notable minister, newspaper publisher, attorney, real estate entrepreneur, and clerk for the Ohio House of Representatives. Over 47 volumes of his personal and business documents are among the Lyman Draper collection at the Wisconsin Historical Society, since they were donated after his death by his son in law Charles H. Constable.
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