AKERS, JOHN MILTON
See
AKERS, JOSEPH BENSON
See
ALLEN, EDWARD E.
See
AMOS, JOHN EDWIN
Born: 4-12-1838 married: Lucy V. Amos
Died: 1925 obit: d. 1908
married2: Mary Lindsley Sledge
1859 admitted on trial obit2:
1861 ordained deacon
1864 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit:
1859-60
1860-61 Hancock
1862-63 suspended
1864-66 Hampstead
1866-68
1868
transfer to
1868-70
1872-71
1872-74
1875-77
1877-80 Martinsburg
1881-84 Woodberry
1884-85
1885-91
superintendent,
1891-92 Dumbarton
1892-94
1894 transfer to Wilmington Conference
1897
transfer to
1897-98
1898-99
1899-01 Harford
1901-04
1904-06
1906-09
1909 retired
Note: The maiden surname of Mrs. Amos was also Amos, but they were unrelated.
ANDERSON, JOHN H.
Born: 12-24-1803
Died: 9-10-1867 Sunbury PA obit:
1834 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference
ordained deacon
ordained elder
Interment:
Obit:
1834-35 Patapsco
1835-36 Sunbury
1836-37
1837-38
1838-39
1839-40 Harford
1840 transfer to Missouri Conference
1840-41
1841-43 Warrenton
1843-44
1844-46 Arrow Rock
1846-47 *
1847-48
Carrolton, under
1848-49
1849-50
1850-51 Perry, “`
1851-52
1852-53
1853-54 (in transition)
1854 transfer to Baltimore Conference
1854-56 Castle Fin
1856-57
1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference
1857-58
1858-59 Middletown & Jefferson
1859-61 Bellefonte
1861-62 Kishacoquillas
1862-64 McVeytown
1864-66 Manor Hill
1866-67 Sunbury
*When the Missouri Conference sided with the MEC South,
John Anderson remained and worked under direction from the Illinois Conference
until the MEC was able to re-establish a
ASH, HENRY M.
See
BARNES, SAMUEL
See
BARNHART, THOMAS
See
BARNITZ, ALEXANDER M.
See
BEERS, ROBERT
See
BENDER, AMOS J.
Born: 7-31-1828
Bendersville PA
married:
Died: 6-30-1897
1856
admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1855-56
1856-57
1857
charter member of
1857-58
1858-59
1859-60 Coalmont
1860-61
1861-63
New
1863-68 on leave for health reasons
1868
transfer to
1868-71 Allegany
1871-73 Harper’s Ferry
1873-76
1876-78 Gorsuch
1878-79 Fletcher
1879-88 on leave for health reasons
1888-92
1892-96
1896-98
Note: Amos J. Bender is the father of Simpson A. Bender
(1865-1940) of the East Main Conference and
BERKSTRESSER, GEORGE
See
BLACK, ROBERT WESLEY
Born: 9-6-1824
Huntingdon
Died: 8-13-1895 obit:
1851
admitted on trial,
Interment: Louden
Obit:
1851-52 Cassville
1852-53
1853-54
1854-55 Catawissa
1855-57 Mifflinburg
1857
charter member of
1857-59
1859-60
1860-62 Mechanicsburg station
1862-64
1864-66
1866-68
1868
transfer to
1868-69
1872-75
1875-78 Hamline
1881-82
1882-87
superintendent,
1887 retired
Note: This name is sometimes given in the form R. Wesley Black.
BOUSE, GEORGE W.
See
BOWEN, JOHN
Born: 6-8-1793
Died: 11-18-1864 obit: [10/14/1800 – 8/28/1877]
1820 license
1823
admitted on trial,
1825 ordained deacon
1827 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit:
1822-23
1823-24 Aughwick
1824-25 Bald Eagle
1825-26
1826-28 Lycoming
1828-30 Pendleton
1830-32
1832-33
1833-34 Calvert
1834-35 Lewistown
1835-37 Huntingdon
1837-39 Hollidaysburg
1839-41
1841-43
1843-44 Lycoming
1844-45
1845-47 Berwick
1847-49
1849-50
1850-51 Shepherdstown
1853-55 Patapsco
1855-57
1857
charter member of
1857-59
1861-65 retired
Note: Mrs. Bowen was the widow of a Dr. Matthew Blackburn Grier, M.D. (1887-1818). This 4/5/1827 marriage may have been a second marriage for John Bowen.
BOWMAN, SHADRACH L.
See
BRADS, JAMES
Born: married: Eliza Ritchie
Died: 12-18-1887
1836
admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1836-37
1837-38 Moorefield
1838-39 Wardensville
1839-40 on leave
1841-43
1843-44
1844-46 Westmoreland
1846-47 Warrenton
1847-49 York Springs
1849-51 Boonsboro
1851-53
1853-55
1855-57
1857
charter member of
1857-59
1859-61
1861-62 Westernport
1862-64 Huntingdon
1864-66
1866-68
1868 retired
BRIM, WILLIAM W.
See
BRITTAIN, MELVILLE C.
Born: c1844 PA married: Amelia J.B. _____
Died: obit:
1865
admitted on trial, recommended by
Interment:
Obit:
1862-63
1865-66
1866-67 Half Moon
1867-68
1868-69
1869
transfer by boundary change to
1869-70
1870-71 chaplain, US Navy
1871
transfer to
1871-72
1872 withdrew
1873-75
Bloomingdale,
1880
living in
1881-82
1897
preached and officiated at funerals in
Note: Melville C. Brittain is the son of Alem M. Brittain. Local sources report that he served Dillsburg 1865-66.
BROWN, JAMES H.
Born: 8-20-1807
Died:3-15-1886 obit: [d.11/7/1883]
1829 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1829-30 Bellefonte
1830-31 Lycoming
1831-32 Sunbury
1832-
1830-35
1835-36
1836-37
1837-38 Shippensburg station
1839-41
1841-42
1842-44
1844-46
1846-47
1847-49
1849-51
1851-53 Lewistown
1853-55 Washington Wesley chapel
1855-57 Martinsburg
1857
charter member of
1857-59
1859-61
1861-63
assistant,
1863 retired
1868
transfer by boundary change to
BROWN, JOHN D.
See
BROWN, JOHN FEARON
See
BROWN, JOHN WESLEY
Born: married:
Died: obit:
admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1859-60 Hampstead
1860-62
1862-63
1865 withdrawn
Note: This is not the John Wesley Brown (1827-1919) of the
BUCKINGHAM, NATHAN S.
See
BUCKLEY, JOHN W.
See
BUHRMAN, EMORY
Born: 4-11-1836
Died: 2-3-1919 Relay MD obit: [10/5/1838 - ?]
1858
license,
1859 admitted on trial
1861 ordained deacon
1863 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit:
1858-59 Hampstead circuit
1859-60 Coalmont
1860-61 Schellsburg
1861-62 Allegany
1862-63 Mifflin
1863-64
1864-66 Wrightsville
1866-68 Frostburg
1868
transfer by boundary change to
1868-69 Frostburg
1869-72 Hampstead
1872-75
1875-77 Harford
1877-80
1880-83 Bentley Springs
1883-86 Hancock
1886-90 Patapsco
1890-93
New
1893-99 Hampstead
1899-02 Summerfield
1902-07
1907-09 Elkridge
1909 retired
Note: Emory Buhrman reportedly had a brother in the ministry, name and denomination unstated.
CADDEN, JAMES R.
Born: 1-9-1828
Died: 7-13-1906
married2: Rachel Leona Ecker Stouffer
1858 admitted on trial obit2: [c.1849 - ?]
Interment:
Obit:
1858-59
1859-60
1860-61
1861-62
1862-63
1863-65
1865-67
1867-68
1868
transfer by boundary change to
1868-70
18760-72
1872-74 Woodberry
1874-77
1877-79
1879-80 Govanstown
1881-84
New
1884-86 Patapsco circuit
1886-87 Spencerville
1887-88
1888-94 on leave
1894 retired
Note: James R.
Cadden is the son of Robert Cadden.
The second Mrs. Cadden was the widow of a
CADDEN, ROBERT
Born: 10-28-1782
Died: 6-26-1859
admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit: 1960, 36
1815-16 Huntingdon circuit
1816-17 Allegheny
1817-18
1818-19
1819-20
1820-22 Aughwick
1822-24 Lycoming
1824-26 Northumberland
1826-28
1828-30
1830-32
1832-33
1833-34
1834-35
1835-39
superintendent,
1840-42 Loudon
1842-44
1844-46
Front
1846-48
1849-51
1851-52
1852 retired
1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference
Note: Robert Cadden is the father of James R. Cadden and
CARE, THOMAS
Born: 7-10-1832
Died: 3-18-1864
1859 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1865, 38
1859-60 Shirleysburg
1860-61 Mifflin
1861-62
1862-64 faculty, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary
1864 retired
Note: During a period of poor health about 1863, Thomas
Care served as a self-appointed missionary to
CARROLL, DAVID HENRY See Central Pennsylvania Conference Methodist listing.
CASE, WATSON
Born: 12-1-1839 Catawissa PA married: Sarah V. Daneker
Died: 11-13-1911 obit:
1862 quarterly conference license, Catawissa circuit
1864
admitted on trial ,
Interment:
Obit:
1862-63 Bloomingdale circuit (beginning 12/9/62)
1863-64 Mifflinburg
1864-65 Jeansville
1865-66 Muncy
1866-67
1867-68
Bloody Run [
1868
transfer to
1868-70 Baltimore Green,ount Avenue
1870-71
Harper’s
1871-72 Long Green
1872-75
1875-76
1876-78
1878-80 Hancock
1880-83
1883-85
1885-87
1887-91
1891-94
1894-96
1896-97
1897-98
1901-04
1906-09
1909-11
CASTLEMAN, DAVID See Central Pennsylvania Conference Methodist listing.
CHAMBERS, ROBERT DANIEL
Born: 1-4-1823
Died: 9-8-1864 Carlisle PA obit:
admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1865, 40
1845-46 South Branch
1846-47 Front Royal
1847-48
1848-51
1851-53
1853-54 Rockingham
1854-56
1856-57
1857
charter member of
1857-59
1859-64
faculty,
1864-65
president,
CLYMER, JOHN FLETCHER
Born: 7-27-1840
Died: 1-18-1903
1864 recommended for admission on trial by Shippensburg station
Interment:
Obit:
1862-63
1863-64
1865-66 DePuyster
1866
“transfer” to Black
1866-68
1868-69
1869
transfer to
1872-73
1873
transfer to
1873075
1875-78
1878-80
1880
transfer to Central
1880-81
1881-84
1887
transfer to
CHENOWETH, GEORGE D.
See Central Pennsylvania Conference Methodist listing.
CHILCOTE, ELIAL M.
See Central Pennsylvania Conference Methodist listing.
CLEAVER, CHARLES
See Central
CLEAVER, JOHN W. See Central Pennsylvania Conference Methodist listing.
COLE, JOHN T.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1858-59 Allegany
1859-60
1860-61 Shippen [Emporium]
1861-62
1862 expelled
Born: 1801
near
Died: 5-7-1857 obit:
1830
admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1858, 17
superintendent
served for 27 years
CONSER, SOLOMON L. M.
Born: 6-6-1812
Lewisburg PA
married:
Died: 2-20-1896 Loganton PA obit:
1840
admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1840-41 Licking Creek
1841-42 Allegany [MD]
1842-43
1843-44
1844-46 Luzerne
1846-48
1848-49
1849-50 Allegany
1850-52 Northumberland
1852-54 Lewisburg (Pa) station
1854-56
1856-57
1857
charter member of
1857-58
1860-62 Huntingdon
1862-63
chaplain
1863-64
1864-66
1866-67 Port Matilda
1867
transfer to
1867
1877 retired
Note: S.L.M. Conser requested the 1867 transfer to help reorganize the
Methodist Episcopal Church in the South following the War.
He is the author of the 1891
COOK, CHARLES OSCAR
Born: 11-17-1845
Died: 10-11-1899
1865
admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1865-66 Hancock
1866-67 Frostburg
1867-68
1868
transfer by boundary change to
1868-69
1869-71
1871-73
1873-75 on leave for health reasons
1875-76 Bladensburg
1876-78 Spencerville
1878-80
1880-81
1881-84 Shepherdstown
1884-86
1886-89 Anacostia
1889-94
1894-97 Fletcher
1897-98 Brookland & Langdon
1898-99 Brookland
1899
Born: 6-19-1789
Died: 3-7-1868
1813 admitted on trial, Genesee Conference
1816
ordained deacon,
1817
ordained elder,
Interment:
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1868, 55
1813
1813-14 Lycoming
1814-15
1815-16 Northumberland
1816-17
1817-18
1818-19 Shamokin
1819-20 Lycoming
1820
transfer by boundary change to
1820-21 Northumberland
1821-22
1822 retired
1857
charter member of
Note:
COOK, JOHN C.
Born: c. 1837 married:
Died: 4-22-1862 Carlisle PA obit:
1860 admitted on trial
1862 ordained deacon
Interment:
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1863, 31
1860-61 Shirleysburg
1861-62
1862 McVeytown [appointed, but took ill before filling the appointment]
COOPER, GEORGE
Born: 7-11-1825
Died: 1-22-1902 obit: [c.1827 – after 1903]
1847
admitted on trial,
1850 ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference
1852 ordained elder, Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1848-49 Shippensburg
1849-50
1850-51
1851-53 Lewisburg (Va) station
1853-55 Martinsburg
1855-56 Lewistown
1856-57 Hollidaysburg
1857
charter member of
1857-58 Hollidaysburg
1860-62
1862-63
1866-68 Frostburg station
1868
transfer by boundary change to
1868-69 Frostburg station
1872-74
1874-78
superintendent,
1878-81
1887-92
1892-97
1897 retired
1897
CRAIG, JOHN F.
See
CREIGHTON, SAMUEL
See
CREVELING, SETH A.
See
CREVER, BENJAMIN HECK
See
CREVER, FREDERICK E.
See
CRONE, LEVI S. See Central Pennsylvania Conference Methodist listing.
CUDDY, JAMES BILLINGSLEY
See Central
CULLUM, JEREMIAH WESLEY
Born: 2-18-1808
Died: 4-30-1886
married2: Mrs. Esther Bickerton
1832
admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1832-33 Christiansburg
1833-34
1834-35 Huntersville
1835-36 Craig’s Creek mission
1836-37
1837-38
1838-39 South Branch
1839-41 Moorefield
1841-42 Harford
1844-45
1845-47
1847-48 retired
1850-52 Castle Fin
1852-54
1854-56 Boonsboro
1856-59 agent, Maryland State Colonization Society
1859-60 in leave
1860-61 agent, Maryland State Colonization Society
1861 retired
1868 transfer by boundary change to Baltimore Conference
1870-72
1872-75 Hampstead
Note: J.
CURNS, JAMES
See
CURRY, JAMES WILSON
Born: 9-25-1831 Huntingdon PA married: Elizabeth A. Barndollar
Died: 5-11-1892 Altoona PA obit: [8/5/1837 – 5/11/1889]
1855
admitted on trial,
1857 ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference
Interment: Fairview Cemetery, Altoona PA
Obit:
1855-56 Bedford circuit
1856-57 Westernport
1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference
1857-58 Woodbury
1858 transfer to Peoria Conference
1858-59 Chillicothe circuit
1859 located
1860 transfer to Western Virginia Conference
1860-62 Brandonville
1862 located
Note: James Wilson Curry is reported to have attended Cassville Seminary and graduated from Evanston Theological Seminary in Illinois. The 1870 census lists him as a merchant in Altoona PA.
DASHIELL, JOHN HUTSON
Born: 10-11-1821
Died: 1-21-1914 obit: [d. 11/27/1866]
1852
admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1852-54
1854-56
1856-58 Lewisburg (Pa) station
1857
charter member of
1857-58 Lewisburg (Pa) station
1858-60 principal, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary
1860-62
1862-63 Baltimore Emory Chapel (nominal)
1863-64 without appointment
1864-65
principal, Northwest Institute in
1865 “withdrew to join M.E. South”
1865-70
*
and principal, Northwest Institute in
1870
re-admitted to
1874-77
1877-80
1880-83
1883-86
1891-92
secretary, Methodist Alliance in
1892 retired
Note: John H. Dashiell is a brother to Robert Laurenson
Dashiell of the
*In the early 1860’s there was dissension in
DAUGHERTY, BEVERLY WAUGH
Born: 1834
Died: obit:
married2: Mrs. Helen J. Thompson Sawyer
1855 admitted on trial obit2:
Interment:
Obit:
1855-56
1856-57 Warm Springs (Va)
1857
charter member of
1857-58 Castle Fin
1858-59 Alto Dale
1859-60
1860-61 Lock Haven
1861-62
1862-63 West Falls
1863 withdrew
“transfer” to Methodist Episcopal
“transfer” to Episcopal Church
1884
ordained in the Episcopal Church, Diocese of
1891 Huron OH Christ
Note: Beverly Waugh Daugherty is a brother to Thomas
Daugherty. The second Mrs.
Daugherty was the widow of a Mr. Cleveland Sawyer, and her papers reside in the
manuscript collection of the Perkins Library at
DAUGHERTY, THOMAS
Born: 4-6-1828
Died: 9-15-1885 obit:
married2
1850
admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1850-51
1851-52 Front Royal
1852-54 South Branch
1854-56 Bellefonte
1856-57
1857
charter member of
1857-58
1858-60
1860-61 Mercersburg
1861
transfer to
1861-64
principal,
1864 transfer to East Baltimore Conference
1864-66 Hollidaysburg
1866-67
1867-68 Mechanicsburg
1868
charter member of
1868-69 Mechanicsburg
1869
transfer to
1869-70
1870-73
1875-78
1878-81
Note: Thomas Daugherty is a brother to Beverly Waugh Daugherty.
DAY, GIDEON HOWARD
See Central
DEALE, JOHN SUMMERFIELD
Born: 9-3-1825
Died: 4-19-1885
1849
admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1849-50
1850-51
1851-52
1852-53 Warrenton
1853-55 Shepherdstown
1855-56
1856-57 Ryland Chapel station
1857
charter member of
1857-58 Ryland Chapel station
1858-59
1859-60
1861-63
1863-65 principal, Baltimore County Institute
1864-66
1868 transfer by boundary change to Baltimore Conference
1869-70
1870-74 superintendent, East Baltimore District
1874-76
1876-78 Waugh
1878-81
1881-82 Ryland
1882-85 superintendent, Washington District
DECKER, ANDREW
DeMOYER, JOHN AMOS
See
DILL, HENRY G.
See
DILL, WILLIAM HENRY
See Central
DONAHUE, JOHN See Central Pennsylvania Conference Methodist listing.
DOSH, JOHN H. C.
Born: 4-17-1821
Died: 4-16-1881
1846
quarterly conference license,
1848
admitted on trial,
1850 ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference
1852 ordained elder, Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1847-48
1848-49 Frostburg
1849-50
1850-51 Lewistown
1851-53 Pine Creek
1853-54
New
1854-56
1856-57
1857
charter member of
1857-58
1858-60 Hollidaysburg
1860-62
1862-64
1864-66
1866 -68
superintendent,
1868
transfer by boundary change to
1868-69
superintendent,
1869-70
superintendent,
agent, Book Depository
Summerfield
Note: Mrs. Dosh is the daughter of prominent layman
Jeremiah Tallman of the
Born: 3-12-1827
near
Died: 10-?-1884 obit: [b. 1836]
1850
quarterly conference license, Fincastle (
1851
admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1850-51 Fincastle circuit
1851-52 Moorefield
1852-54
1854-56
1856-57
1857
charter member of
1857-59 Lock Haven
1859-61 Boonsboro
1861-63 Frostburg station
1863-65
1865-67 Lewistown
1868
transfer by boundary change to
1869-72
1874-78
superintendent,
1878-81
1881-84
Note: Wilford Downs is the father of Howard F. Downs (1860-1936) of the Baltimore Conference.
DRUM, MARTIN L.
See Central
DUNLAP, GEORGE WILSON See Central Pennsylvania Conference Methodist listing.
DUNLAP, SAMUEL B.
Born: 5-10-1816
Died: 5-14-1861
1838
admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1862,36
1837-38 Kingwood (Va) circuit
1838-39
1839-40
1840-41 Ligonier
1841-42 Redstone
1842
transfer to
1842-43
1843-44 Fayette
1844-45 (no appointment)
1845 transfer to Pittsburgh Conference (because of the ME/MES split)
1845-46 Beallsville circuit (last part of the year)
1846-48
1848-50
1851-52
1852-54
1854-55 (no appointment)
1855
transfer to
1855-57 Frostburg
1857
charter member of
1857-59
1859-61 Baltimore Caroline station
1861
DYSON,
EGE, OLIVER
See Central
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1859 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1859-60 Muncy
1860 discontinued at own request
Born: 3-1-1798
Died: 1-16-1891
1830
admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1830-31 Northumberland
1831-32 xxx, George’s & St. Mary’s
1832-33 Warm Springs
1833-34 Christiansburg
1834-35
1835-36
1836-37 Rocky springs
1837-38 Fincastle
1838-40
1840-42 Rockingham
1842-44
1844-45
1845-47
1847-49 Moorefield
1849-50 South Branch
1850-52 on leave
1852-54
1854-55 Bladensburg
1856-57 Patapsco station
1857
charter member of
1857-59
1859-60 Manor Hill
1860-62 Kishacoquillas
1861-62
1862-63 retired
1864 withdrew to join M.E. South
Born: 12-15-1786 married: Prudence Manifold
Died: 9-22-1861
1809
admitted on trial,
1811 ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference
1813 ordained elder, Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1809-10 Huntingdon
1810-11
1811-12
1812-13
1813
Harford (
1813-33 located
1833-34
1834-36
1836-38
1838-40 Lycoming
1840-42 Berwick
1842-44 Northumberland
1844-46
1846-48 Lycoming
1848-50 Sunbury
1850-52 Lewistown
1852-53 on leave
1853 retired
Note: James Ewing is the grandfather of Edwin Henry Witman
(1855-1919) of the Central Pennsylvania Conference.
Sisters of James Ewing married Baltimore Conference brothers/preachers
James Reiley (1784-1841) and Tobias Reiley (1789-1843).
He is part of extended Ewing-Bowman-Reiley-Witman family that produced
dozens of Methodist pastors over several generations.
A detailed listing of this family may be found in the
EYER, P.
FORREST, JOSIAH
See Central
FOSTER,
FRANCE, JOSEPH
Born: 8-26-1819
married:
Died: 7-27-1889 obit:
1842
admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1842-43 Licking Creek
1843-44
1844-45
1845-46
1847-48
1849-51
1851-53
1853-54
1854-57 on leave
1857
charter member of
1857-61 on leave
1861-63 tract agent
1863-64
1866-67 superintendent, Baltimore District
1887 retired
Note: Joseph France is the father of Henry Strickler France
(1851-1925) of the
FURLONG, HENRY
Born: 3-21-1797
Died: 8-29-1874
1816 quarterly conference license, Fells Point
1817
admitted on trial,
1819 ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference
1821 ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1816-17
1817-19
1819-20 Loudon
1820-21
1821-22 Short Creek
1822-24
1823-25 Chartiers
1825-26 Redstone
1826-27
1827-28
1828-29
1829-30
1830-32
1832-33
1833-35 Loudon
1835-37 Harford
1837-39
1839-40
1840-41
1841-42
1842-46 superintendent, Huntingdon District
1846-47 Huntingdon
1847-49
1849-50
1850-51 Martinsburg station
1851-52 Leesburg
1852-53
1855-57
1857
charter member of
1857-58
1858-60 on leave
1860-62 Seaman’s Union Bethel
1864 retired
Note: Henry Furlong is the father of Henry Bascom Furlong (d. 1853/4) of the Baltimore Conference.
GAMBLE, JAMES
Born: 2-22-1802
near Carlisle PA
married:
Died: 3-10-1890
married2: Julia Ann Rowe
1828 quarterly conference license, obit2: [d. 7/9/1868]
1837
admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1835-36 Moorfield circuit
1836-37 ?
1837-38
1838-39 Christiansburg
1840-41
1841-42
1842-44
1844-46
1846-47
1847-49 Sinnemahoning
1849-50 Luzerne
1850-51
1851-53
1855-57
mission to colored people,
1857
charter member of
1857-58 Montour mission
1858-59
1859-60 on leave
1861 retired
1865-73
city missionary,
Born: 10-10-1831
near
Died: 2-24-1925 York Springs PA obit: [d. 1899]
1854
admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1854-55 Mercersburg
1855-56
1856-57
1857
charter member of
1857-59 McConnellsburg
1859-61 Hancock
1861-63 Lock Haven station
1863-65 Curwensville
1868-70
1870
transfer to
1873
transfer to
1873-74
1874-75
1875-76 Frostburg
1876-78
1878-81
1881-84
Washington DC
1997-90 Woodberry
1890-02 on leave due to wife’s illness
1902 retired
Note: A copy of Sunset Memories, the autobiography of L.M. Gardner, is on file in the biography section of the conference archives.
GEARHART, FRANKLIN
See Central
GERE,
GIBSON, ALEXANDER EARLY
Born: 9-2-1825 married: Mary Ellen Markey
Died: 1-10-1897 obit: [7/9/1833 – 3/2/1915]
admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1848-50
1850-51
1851-52
1852-53
1853-55
1855-56
1856-57
1857
charter member of
1857-59
1859-61
1863-64
1864-66 Broadway
1866
transfer to
(the following are not necessarily in order)
Strawbridege
Whatcoat
Note: Alexander E. Gibson is the father of Rev. Frank E. Gibson of the Episcopal Church.
GIBSOM, ANDREW WIER
See Central
GOTWALT, THOMAS D.
Born: New
Died: 12-3-1863 obit:
1852 quarterly conference license
1853
admitted on trial,
Interment: Lock Haven PA
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1854, 35
1852-53 (unknown)
1853-54 Huntingdon
1854-55 Bellefonte
1855-56 Lock Haven
1856-57 West Georgetown & Tennal station
1857
charter member of
1857-59
1859-61 Muncy
1861-63 Clearfield & Curwensville
1863
GRAY, EDWARD JAMES
See Central
GRAY, GEORGE TARRING
See Central
GREENLY, THOMAS
See Central
Born: 3-23-1834 Honey Brook PA married:
Died: 4-8-1898
1859
admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1859-60 Chestnut Hill
1860-61 Churchtown
1861-62
1862
transfer to
1862-64
1864
transfer to
Somerton
1872-73
touring the Europe and the
Reading Covenant
Mauch Chunk
Tamaqua
Media
Conshohocken
Note: Thomas M. Griffith attended
GUSS, JOHN
See Central
GUYER, ASBURY WESTON
See Central
GUYER, JOHN
Born: 2-13-1808
Died: 12-13-1867
obit:
1834
admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1868, 50
1834-35 Sunbury
1835-36 Northumberland
1836-37
1837-38
1838-39
1838-41 Lewisburg (Va) station
1841-42
1844-45
1845-46 Shepherdstown
1846-47
1847-49
1849-50
1850-52 Lewisburg (Pa) station
1852-54 Patapsco
1854-56
1856-57 Bellefonte
1857
charter member of
1857-58
1858-60 Bloomsburg
1862-64 Lewistown station
1864 superintendent, Northumberland District
Note: John Guyer had 4 brothers in the Methodist ministry:
George Guyer (1812-1891) of the Central Pennsylvania Conference, James Guyer
(1817-1846) of the Baltimore Conference, and Simpson Guyer (1821-1893) of the
Des Moines Conference, and Asbury Guyer (1832-1899) of the
GUYER, GEORGE
See Central
HAGEY, J. CLARKE
Born: 3-15-1835 near Martinsburg PA married:
Died: 9-22-1888 obit:
1857 quarterly conference license, Cassville
1858 admitted on trial
1860 ordained deacon
1862 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit:
1858-59
1859-60 Mifflin
1860-61
1861-62 Shippensburg
1862-63
1863-64 Catawissa
1864-65 Muncy
1865-66 Jeansville
1866-67
New
1867-69
1869
transfer to
1869-72
1872-73
1874-76
1879-82
1882-83
1883-86
1886-88
faculty,
HALL, JOHN P.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1854-54 Frostburg
1854-55
1855-56 Fincastle
1856-57
1857-59 Boonsboro
1859-60 Catawissa
1860-62
1862-63
1863 withdrew
HAMLIN, BENJAMIN BAIRD
See Central
HANK, WILLIAM
Born: 8-31-1796
Died: 3-31-1869
1820
admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1820-21
1821-22 Monongahela
1822-23 Lewis
1823-24
1824-25
1825-26 Cross Creek
1826-27 Monongahela
1827-29 Fincastle
1829-31 Rockingham
1831-32 Pendleton
1832-34
1834-36 Calvert
1836-38
1838-39
1839-41
1842-43
1843-44
1844-46
1847-48
1848-49
1849-51
1851-53
1853-55 Washington DC Foundry & Asbury station
1855-57
1857
charter member of
1859-61 on leave
1861 retired
1868 transfer by boundary change to Baltimore Conference
Note: William Hank is the father of Jehu Newman Hank
(1827-1899) of the Baltimore Conference ME South and Armeinius Summerfield Hank
(1831-1887) of the
HARDEN, WILLIAM
See Central
HARTMAN, DANIEL
See Central
HARTSOCK, SAMUEL MITCHELL
Born: 11-23-1838
near
Died: 3-18-1908 obit:
1857
admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1857
charter member of
1857-58 Penn’s Valley
1858-59 Bellefonte
1859-60 Boonsboro
1860-62 Frostburg
1862-63 Greencastle
1863-65 Warrior’s Mark
1865-66 Port Matilda
1866-68
1868 transfer by boundary change to Baltimore Conference
1869-71 Middleton
1871-73
1875-78
1881-84
1894-99
1899-04
1904-05 Chatsworth
1905-08
HASLUP, REZIN C.
Born: 9-30-1840
Died: 6-2-1874 obit:
1859 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1859-60 Hancock
1860-61 Allegany
1861-63
1863-64
1864-66 Emmitsburg
1866-67
Govanstown
HAUGHAWOUT, JOHN W.
See Central
HEDGES, JOHN W.
Born: 7-2-1818
Died: 4-27-1907
1845
admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1845-46
1846-47
1847-49 Greenbrier mission
1849-50 Rockingham
1850-52 agent, Wesley Female Institute In Wilmington DE
1852-54 Ryland Chapel station
1854-55
1855-56 Rockbridge
1857
charter member of the
1858-60
1860-62 Lewisburg
1862-64
1868
transfer by boundary change to
1868-70
1873-75
1877-82 Sunday School and Tract Society
1883-87 on leave
1887-88
1888-90
1890-92
1892-93
1893-94
1894 retired
HERRON, LEVIN DORMAN
Born: 10-20-1824
Died: 4-4-1897 obit: [c1835 – 1875]
1853
admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1853-54
1854-55 Patapsco
1855-57
1857
charter member of
1857-59 West Falls
1859-61 Emmitsburg
1861-62 Hancock
1862-64
1864-65 Westernport
1865-68 Long Green
1868
transfer by boundary change to
1868-69
1869-77 on leave
1877-80 Pendleton
1880 retired
HESSER, WILLIAM CHARLES
See Central
HEYDE, GEORGE WATSON
Born: 1-2-1835
Died: 1-20-1913 Parkton MD obit:
1858 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1858-59 Shirleysburg
1859-60 York Springs
1860-62
1862-63 Mercersburg station
1863-65
1865-67 Havre de Grace
1867-68 Hollidaysburg
1868
charter member of
1868-69 Hollidaysburg
1869
transfer to
1869-71 Hancock
1871-74 Patapsco
1874-75 Woodberry
1876-79 Summerfield
1881-84
1884-87
1887-88
1888-11
chaplain, Seamen’s
1911 retired
HICKS, WILLIAM W.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1857-58
1858-60
1860-62 Havre de Grace station
1862-64
missionary to
1864-65 Bellefonte
1865-66
1866 withdrew
HILDT, GEORGE
Born: 2-6-1803
Died: 3-7-1882
married2: Eliza Welch
1826
admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1826-27 Northumberland
1827-28
1828-29
1829-30
1830-31
1831-33
1833-35
1835-37
1838-38 Harper’s Ferry
1838-39
1839-40
1840-41
1841-45 superintendent, Northumberland District
1845-47
1847-49 Baltimore Caroline station
1849-51
1851-55 superintendent, Winchester District
1855-57 McKendree station
1857
charter member of
1857-59
1859-61
1861-65 on leave
1865 retired
1868
transfer by boundary change to
HOWE, WESLEY
See Central
HUNTER, JAMES
See Central
ISENBERG, DAVID A.
Born: 10-20-1836
near
Died: 3-25-1866 obit:
1859 quarterly conference license, Rainsburg charge
1860 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1867, 46
1860-61
1861-62 Hampstead
1862-63 Muncy
1863-64
1864-65
New
1865-66 Shirleysburg
1866-67 on leave
1867 died
JAMISON, ENOCH G.
Born: 1820 married: Mary S. Eakin
Died: 12-10-1880 VA obit: [1828 – 1845]
admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1841-43
1842-43 Lewisburg
1843-44
1844-45 Floyd
1845-46
1846-47 Sweet Springs
1847-48
1848-50
1850-52 Huntersville
1852-54
1854-56 Lost River
1856-57 Pleasant Grove
1857
charter member of
1857-58 Pleasant Grove
1858-59 Coalmont
1859-62 on leave
1861
transfer to
JOHN, DAVID CLARK
See Central
KALBFUS, DAVID CHARLES
Born: 1807 married: Mary Ann Bowman
Died: 5-10-1882 obit: [c1814 – c1859]
married2: Lavinia Elizabeth Beall
admitted on trial obit2: Cincinnati Conference 1909,301
Interment:
Obit:
1826-27 Rockingham
1827-28 Calvert
1828-29 Northumberland
1829-30 Lycoming
1830-31
1831-32
1832-34
1834-35 Loudon
1835-36
1836-38 Northumberland
1838-40 Berwick
1840 located
1860
readmitted to
1860-61 Pleasant Grove
1861-62 Clear Spring
1862-64 Westernport
1864-65
1865-66
transfer to
Note D. Charles Kalbfus is the father of Charles Henry
Kalbfus (1834-1911) of the
KELLEY, REUBEN E.
See
KEPLER, SAMUEL
Born: 11-5-1804 married:
Died: 8-1-1884 obit:
admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1827-28
1828-29
1829-30
1830-31
1831-32 Westmoreland
1832-34
1834-35 Lewistown
1835-37
Union,
1837-39 Leesburg
1839-41
1841-42
1842-43
1843-45 Loudon
1845-47
1847-48
1848-50
1850-51 Harper’s Ferry
1851-54 on leave
1854-55
1855-56
1856-57
1857-59
1859-61 Lewistown
1861-63
1863-64 McConnellsburg
1864 withdrew to join M.E. South
KESTER,
KING, BARTHOLOMEW PETER
See Central
KING, JOSEPH REEDER
See
KINSEY, EDWARD
Born: 3-21-1829 near Triadelphia MD married: Martha C. Wells
Died: 9-12-1877
1853
admitted on trial,
Interment: near
Obit:
1853-54 Bladenburg
1854-55
1855-56
1856-58
1858-59
1859-61
1861-63
1863-66
1866-67
KIRBY, EDMUND WESLEY
See
Born: 1837 married:
Died: 5-26-1863 obit:
1860 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1864, 36
1860-61
New
1861-62
New
1862-63 Glen Hope
1863 Newberry
Note: This surname is also rendered KITCHEN.
LANTZ, J. MAX
See
LARKIN, JACOB.
Born: 1-24-1792
Died: 3-29-1857
1819
admitted on trial,
1821 ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference
1823 ordained elder, Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1858, 20
1819-20 Aughwick circuit
1820-21
1821-22
Fell’s
1822-23
1823-24
1853 on leave
LECKIE, JOHN W.
See
LEE, JOSEPH S.
See
LEIDY, GEORGE
See
LINN, HUGH
Born: 11-18-1832
Died: 5-26-1894 Shelby IA obit: [b. 1845]
admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1857-58 Allegany
1858-59 Cassville
1859-60
New
1860-62
1861-62 McConnellsburg
1862-63 Bellefonte
1863-66 Glen Hope
1866-68 Hampstead
1868
transfer by boundary change to
1868-69 Hampstead
Note: This surname is also rendered
LLOYD, JOHN ZACHARIAS
See
Born: 1-11-1803
Died: 10-7-1874
obit:
admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1823-24 Huntingdon
1824-25 Northumberland
1825-26 Lycoming
1826-28
1828-30
1830-32
1832-34 Loudon
1834-35
1835-37
1837-39 Bladensburg
1839-41 Calvert
1841-43
1843-45 Leesburg
1845-47 Bladensburg
1847-49
1849-51
1851-53
1853-55
1855-57
1857
charter member of the
1857-59
1859-60 Mechanicsburg station
1860-62
1862-64
1864-66
1866-67
1867-68
Note: A biographical sketch of Francis Macartney is given in Armstrong’s History of the Old Baltimore Conference, page 413.
MACLAY, ROBERT SAMUEL
Born: 2-7-1824 married: Henrietta Caroline Sperry
Died: 8-18-1907 obit:
married2:
admitted on trial obit2: Southern California Conference 1904, 73
Interment:
Obit: Pacific Japanese
1846-48
1848
missionary to
Note: Five Macaly brothers from the
MANN, JOHN BARRET
See
Born: 1829
Died: 1-2-1865 Mechanicsburg PA obit:
1851 admitted on trial
1853 ordained deacon
1858 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1865,44
1851-52
1852-53 Lock Haven
1853-54 on leave
1854 located
1854-56
faculty, Male Literary
Institute in
1856-58
principal,
1858 readmitted
1858-65
principal,
1865 died
MARSH, JOHN HENRY
Born: 11-17-1838
Died: 11-13-1921 Fallston MD obit:
1859
quarterly conference license,
1864
admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1859-64
schoolteacher and irregular supply,
1864-65 Mercersburg
1865-66 Westernport
1866-67
1867-68
1868 transfer by boundary change to Baltimore Conference
1868-71 Long Green
1871-74
1874-75 Harper’s Ferry
1875-76
1876-79 Frostburg
1879-81
1881-84
1884-87
1887-89
New
1889-90
1890-92
1892-95 Long Green
1895-98
1898-02
1902-04 Harper’s Ferry
1904 retired
Note: John Henry Marsh is the uncle of John Tolley Marsh
(1864-1935) of the
Born: 2-6-1830 Chambersburg PA married:
Died: 3-28-1866 Chambersburg PA obit:
1861 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1867, 45
1861-62
1862-63
1863-64 McVeytown
1864-65
1865-66
1866-67 on leave
McCLOSKY, DAVID BYRON
See
McCLURE, THOMAS F.
See
McCORD, JAMES H.
See
McGARRAH, JAMES H.
See
McKEE, WILLIAM A.
See
McKEEHAN, JOSEPH G.
See
McKINDLESS, J.A.
See
McMURRAY, JACOB SNYDER
See
MELICK, JUSTUS A.
See
MEMINGER, WILLIAM MCKEAN
See
MENDENHALL, HENRY S.
See
MILLER, ALEXANDER R.
See
MILLER, JOHN
Born: 12-23-1794
Died: 10-10-1878
1819 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1819-20 Greenbrier
1820-21 Rockingham
1821-22 Allegany
1822-23
1823-24 Pendleton
1824-25 on leave
1825-27 South Branch
1827 located
1832 readmitted
1832-34 Fincastle
1834-35
1835-36
1836-37
1837-41 superintendent, Northumberland
1841-42
1844-46
1846-50 superintendent, Huntingdon District
1851-52
1852-53 on leave
1853-55
1855-56
1856-57
1857
charter member of
1857-59
1859-61 on leave
1861 retired
Note: A biographical sketch of John Miller is given in Armstrong’s History of the Old Baltimore Conference, page 422.
MILLS, FRANCIS M.
Born: 8-5-1810
Died: 3-10-1900
admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1832-33 St Mary’s
1833-34
1834-35
1835-36
1836-38
1838-40
1840-42 Allegany
1842-44 Bellefonte
1844-45 Berwick
1845-46 Patapsco
1846-47
East Baltimore station (moved to
1847-48
1848
transfer to
1848-49 apparently no appointment for health reasons
1849
transfer to
1849-57 on leave
1857
charter member of the
1857-1864 on leave
1864 withdrew to join M.E. South
*This was an “exchange” with William M.D. Ryan, later of the Central Pennsylvania Conference.
Note: A biographical sketch of Francis M. Mills is given in Armstrong’s History of the Old Baltimore Conference, page 423.
MILLS, WILLIAM ROBERT
See
MITCHELL, THOMPSON
See
MONROE, DAVID SOLOMON
See
MONROE, WILLIAM M.
Born: 9-8-1783 Boonsboro MD married:
Died: 5-29-1871 Boonsboro MD obit:
1810
admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1810-11
1811-12 Huntingdon
1812-13
1813-14
1814-15 Redstone
1815-16
1816-17 Monongahela & Randolph
1817-18 Rockingham
1818-19 Allegany
1819-20
1820-21
1821-23
1823-24
1824-26 Rockingham
1826-28
1828-30
1830-32
1832-34
1834-35 South Branch
1835-37
1837-38 on leave
1838-39 retired
1839-41 Boonsboro
1841-42 Codorus mission
1842-43 on leave
1843-44 Mercersburg
1844-45
1845-46 Greencastle
1846 retired
1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference
1868
transfer by boundary change to
Note: William Monroe is the brother of local pastor John
Monroe (1772-1862) of
MONTGOMERY, JACOB
See
Born: 10-19-1839 Carlisle PA married: Mary A. Miller
Died: 2-13-1906 obit:
1863 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1863-64
1864-65 Allegany & Pleasant Grove
1865-67 West Falls
1867-68 Mechanicstown [Thurmont] - Emmitsburg
1868
transfer by boundary change to
1868-70 Mechanicstown [Thurmont] - Emmitsburg
1879-73
1873-73
1878-81
1881-82
1882-83 Harper’s Ferry
1883 retired
Note: J. Duey Moore is a brother to J. Patton Moore.
MOORE, JAMES G.
Born: 7-9-1834
Died: 7-8-1875
1859