User:WilyD/William Case/Lansford Whiting

Lansford Whiting was a Methodist circuit rider.

Whiting converted to Methodism around 1804. Whiting was accepted on trial as a circuit rider in 1808, and assigned to the Plattsburgh Circuit. Whiting rode the Dunham Circuit of Lower Canada in 1809. Under his watch, membership in the circuit's Methodist society increased from 262 to 319 individuals. In 1810, he rode the Thurman Circuit. He contracted smallpox, and died June 4th, 1811 in Poughkeepsie, New York.