This volume
of
THE CHRONICLE
is dedicated to
the glory of God
and in memory of
Monroe Julius Shearer, Sr.
and
Edith Diehl Shearer
Devoted compassionate
Christians,
committed and untiring
parents, parsonage family and friends
who modeled Jesus the Christ
COVER
PHOTOGRAPH: Bishop Francis Asbury (1745-18160. Portrait by John Paradise at New
York,
1812. From the steel engraving by B. Tanner, 1814.
THE CHRONICLE is published by the Historical Society of
the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church,
PO Box 2053, Mechanicsburg PA 17044.
THE CHRONICLE
Journal of the Historical Society
of the
Central Pennsylvania Conference
of the
United Methodist Church
Milton W. Loyer
editor
.
Volume XIV spring 2003
Editor's Preface ........................................................................................ ...........2
Dedication: Monroe and Edith Shearer.................................. .......... ..... ..3
Early Central
Pennsylvania Methodism:
from Whitefield to Asbury .... ..4
by Charles Berkheimer, 1968
Rev. Jacob
Aurandt and the Tuscarora Circuit
..
....51
from
manuscripts supplied by Stewart Bingman, 2002
One Familys Life
in Post-Civil War Central Pennsylvania
.
63
by Milton
Loyer, 2002
Central Pennsylvania Women in the Ordained Ministry:
A Pre-United Methodist Survey . . 89
by Clair
Troutman and Francis Geiger, 1980
inside
back cover:
This volume of THE CHRONICLE
has been made possible
by sponsoring gifts
from the following members
of the Historical Society.
FRIENDS
Stewart F. Bingman,
Mechanicsburg
Bruce D. Gearhart,
Dillsburg
Judith Hill, Harrisburg
Robert and Jean Stokes,
Hummelstown
Clair and Rosella
Troutman, McAlisterville
SPONSORS
Milton and Sandra Loyer, Mechanicsburg
John F. Piper, Williamsport
PATRONS
Dora E. Loyer, Lancaster
Robert OHara, Lemoyne
BENEFACTORS
Family and friends of
Monroe and Edith Shearer
Back cover:
