Walter Ashbel Sellew

The Right Reverend

Walter Ashbel Sellew
The Right Reverend; Walter Ashbel Sellew
Bishop
Church	Free Methodist Church
In office	1898–1929
Orders
Ordination	1872
Consecration	1898
Personal details
Born	February 27, 1844; Gowanda, New York, US
Died	January 16, 1929 (aged 84); Jamestown
Nationality	American
Denomination	Methodist
Parents	Ashbel R. Sellew, Jane M. Sellew née Tucker
Previous post(s)	Presiding Elder
Alma mater	Dartmouth College

Walter Ashbel Sellew (born 27 February 1844—16 January 1929) was a Methodist bishop, holding that office in the Free Methodist Church.^[2] Sellew was a prominent figure in the Wesleyan—holiness movement, writing on the topics of the importance of a woman's headcovering, the ordination of women in Methodism, and missions.^[2]^[3]

^ "Deaths: March 1929". Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge. Encyclopedia Americana. 1919. p. 544.
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