William Paul Quinn

William Paul Quinn (10 April 1788 – 21 February 1873)[1] was born in India and immigrated to the United States, where he became the fourth bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the first independent black denomination in the United States when founded in 1816 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

In 1836 Quinn was assigned as a missionary to what was known as the Northwest, specifically Indiana and Ohio, although he also traveled to Illinois and Missouri.

He settled in Richmond, Indiana as his base, founding an AME Church there and several throughout these states.

He immigrated to the United States as a young man by 1808 and became active with an AME Church in New Jersey.

In 1836 Quinn was assigned as a missionary to the Northwest Territory, and traveled throughout Indiana and Ohio to plant congregations.

Brooklyn was an early black village founded on the Mississippi River across from St. Louis, Missouri.