ARCHIVES OF THE SUSQUEHANNA CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Preserving and Celebrating Our United Methodist Heritage in Central and Northeast Pennsylvania

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CAMPBELL, ARTHUR WARD

Born: 11-11-1892 Washingtonville PA married: Susie Alice Long

Died: 12-30-1970 obit:

1915 license, recommended by Nescopeck
1917 ordained deacon
1919 ordained elder

Interment: Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg PA
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1971,357; Wyoming Conference 1971, 251

1915-17 Unityville
1917-20 Sonestown
1920-24 Dushore
1924-29 Bloomsburg
1929-34 Bellefonte
1934-41 Altoona Grace
1941-46 Mechanicsburg
1946-59 West Nanticoke and Ransom
1959 retired

Note: A. Ward Campbell is the son of Wesley J. Campbell

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CAMPBELL, WESLEY JAY

Born: 9-23-1868 Liberty PA married: Hattie Matilda Ward
Died: 9-22-1939 Lewisburg PA obit: 1950,96

1890 license, recommended by Flock's class of the Liberty circuit
1893 ordained deacon
1895 ordained elder

Interment: Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg PA
Obit: 1940,82

1891-93 Washingtonville
1893-05 Muncy Valley
1905-09 Glen Rock
1909-13 Altoona First
1913-17 Nescopeck
1917-19 Williamsport St. Paul
1919-23 superintendent, Williamsport District
1923-27 superintendent, Lewisburg District
1927-31 Berwick North
1931-38 York Bethlehem
1938 retired

Note: Wesley J. Campbell is the father of A. Ward Campbell. A biographical sketch of W.J. Campbell is given in the 1939 History of the Central Pennsylvania Conference, page 333.

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CARIS, DANIEL CLAYTON

Born: 6-4-1879 near Madisonburg PA married: Kathryn Amanda
Died: 8-27-1929 Williamsport PA obit: 1952,100

1907 license, East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association

1909 ordained deacon, East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association

Interment: Madisonburg Cemetery, Madisonburg PA
Obit: 1930,83

1907-10 Spring Mills
1910-13 Penns Valley
1913-14 located
1914-15 Birdsboro
1915-17 Penns Valley
1917-23 located

1923 transfer by denominational union to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1923-29 located
1929 Dushore

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CAROTHERS, GEORGE.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1876 ordained deacon

Interment:
Obit:

1875-76 York circuit
1876-77 Big Springs
located

Note: George Carothers may be a nephew of Martin J. Carothers.

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CAROTHERS, MARTIN JEFFERSON

Born: 8-14-1825 Plainfield PA married: Elizabeth E. Weller
Died: 3-18-1897 Newville PA obit: 1917,76

1846 license
1848 ordained deacon
1850 ordained elder

Interment: Prospect Hill Cemetery, near Newville PA
Obit: [1915,64]

1846-47 Bedford
1847-48 Somerset
1848-50 Perry
1850-52 Franklin
1852-54 Shrewsbury
1854-56 Franklin
1856-58 Cumberland
1858-60 Supernumerary
1860-61 Leesburg
1861-63 Shrewsbury
1863-65 Lock Haven
1865-66 Center
1866-68 New Berlin
1868-71 superintendent, Center District
1871-75 Lewisburg District
1875-79 Williamsport District
1879-80 York District
1880-81 Williamsport Bennet Street
1881-83 Conference agent for mission churches
1883-87 superintendent York District
1887-91 Lewisburg District
1891-95 Williamsport District
1895-96 Hagerstown
1896-97 Newville and Shippensburg
1897 retired

Note: Martin J. Carothers is the father of Amanda Elizabeth Carothers Dubs, wife of [Bishop] Rudolph Dubs (1837-1915) of the East Pennsylvania Conference. A biographical sketch of M.J. Carothers is given in the 1939 History of the Central Pennsylvania Conference, page 312.

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CASSEL, JACK HILNER

Born: married: Linda _____
Died: obit:

1955 license, recommended by New Kingstown
1960 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1960-64 Hellam

1964-67 Hanover Grave & Green Springs

1967-70 Baltimore Immanuel

1970 transfer by boundary change to Baltimore Conference

1970-78 Rockland

1978-82 Walkersville

1982-87 Baltimore Fulton Siemers Memorial

1987-91 Ferndale

1991-92 Carroll's–Gills

1992-00 Carroll's–Gills & Stone Chapel

2000 retired

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CHAMBERLAIN, A.J.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1920 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

Illinois Conference

1918 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1918-22 Espy
1922-26 York Zion
1926-29 Lewistown Trinity
1929-30 Mt. Holly Springs
1930 withdrew from the Church

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CHAMBERLAIN, A.W.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1894 license

Interment:
Obit:

1895-96 West Clifford (did not finish the year)

1896 name removed; page 68

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CLAIR, JACOB W.

Born: 5-19-1826 Lancaster County PA married:
Died: 5-18-1903 Washington County MD obit:

1858 license
1859 ordained deacon
1861 ordained elder

Interment: Hagerstown MD
Obit: The Evangelical June 11, 1903, page 381

1854-55 Buffalo
1855-56 Liverpool
1856-58 located
1858-59 Luzerne
1859-61 Franklin
1861-62 Center
1862-74 located
1874-75 Hagerstown
1875-76 Baltimore Mission
located to Washington County MD

active member of Mt. Zion church

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CLARK, U.S.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1891 license

Interment:
Obit:

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CLINE, JERRY A.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1962 license, recommended by Jersey Shore

1968 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1962-64 Sonestown

1964-68 student, Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston IL

1964-65 assistant, Chicago IL Humboldt Park

1965-66 assistant, Oswego IL

1966-67 assistant, Milwaukee WI Memorial Community

1967-68 Greenville-Center WI

1968-70 Greenville-Center WI

1970-72 Northumberland Trinity

1972-75 Mifflinburg Wesley (ending 12/31/1974)

1975-77 Chambersburg St. Paul (beginning 1/1/1975, ending 11/26/1977)

1977-82 Huntingdon Twelfth Street

1982-86 associate, Camp Hill (beginning 9/1/1982)

1986-92 Berwick First

1992-96 Williamsport St. Paul’s (ending 5/1/2006)

1996-97 disability leave (beginning 5/1/2006)

1997-02 Loyalsock

2002 retired

2002-05 Flemington (ending 7/31/2005)

2007-08 Jersey Shore First (beginning 11/1/2007, ending 12/31/2008)

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CLOSE, ROBERT LOUIS

Born: 11/5/1929 Ellerslie MD married: Phyllis E. Oberholtzer
Died: 11/29/2008 Lewisburg PA obit:

1949 license, recommended by Ellerslie MD St. Mark's
1954 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit: 2009,415

1951-59 Craley
1959-67 York Zion

1967-71 Carlisle First

1971-77 superintendent, Lewisburg District

1977-88 New Cumberland Trinity

1988-94 Williamsport First

1994 retired

1996-04 visitation pastor, Williamsport First

Note: Robert L. Close is the father of Cecily A. Eisley of the Susquehanna Conference of the United Methodist Church and of Christine B. Brinker, wife of David L. Brinker of the Susquehanna Conference of the United Methodist Church.

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COLEMAN, ARTHUR BURRIS

Born: 2-26-1891 Burnham PA married: Anna Sanders
Died: 6-21-1966 Harrisburg PA obit:

1917 license, recommended by Lewistown Grace

Interment: Mt. Rock Cemetery, Cumberland County PA
Obit: 1967,228

1917-18 Liverpool

1918 no longer listed

Note: A.B. Coleman was forced to leave the ministry for health reasons. Mrs. Coleman is a sister to Frank. H. Sanders.

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CONFER, EDWARD I.

Born: 1882 married: Nettie A. Catherman
Died: 11-16-1955 obit: 1965, 106

1901 license

Interment: Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg PA
Obit: 1956,80

1903-05 Millmont
1905-08 located
1908-10 Lewistown and Burnham
1910 located

Note: E.I. Confer located for health reasons.

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CONRAD, HIRAM

Born: 1833 married: Mary Ann Dawson
Died: 1913 obit: [1841 - ?]

married 2: Hannah _____

1869 license obit2:
1871 ordained deacon
1873 ordained elder

Interment: St. Peter's Luth & Ref Cemetery, Lower Augusta twp, Northumberland Co PA




 
 
 
 
 
Obit:

1869-70 Lock Haven
1870-72 Buffalo
1872-75 York circuit
1875-76 Shrewsbury
located and moved to Florida

Note: Hiram Conrad is believed to be the namesake of Hiram Conrad Farley (1874-1950) of the Illinois Conference.

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CONSER, ELDER THOMPSON

Born: 1-8-1839 Centre County PA married: Katherine J. McCauley
Died: obit: [b. 1846]

1860 license

Interment:
Obit:

Note: Elder Conser is a nephew of Solomon L.M. Conser (1812-1896) of the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He moved west and was living in Ohio, where he met his wife, by 1864 and in Kansas by 1883 and in California by 1920. He appears to have been in the banking business, and the degree to which he did any preaching is not known. He is not known to appear on any list of Evangelical preachers or licentiates in Ohio or Kansas.

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COOPER, LEWIS C.

Born: 7-20-1884 married:
Died: 3-16-1949 obit:

1907 license
1909 ordained deacon
1911 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit: Ohio Conference 1949,79

1907-09 Unityville
1909-13 Burnham
1913-14 Bellwood
1914 transfer to Ohio Conference

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CORLE, JONATHAN ABRAHAM

Born: 3-12-1895 Esplen PA married: Beryl Edna Snyder
Died: 12-16-1962 obit:

married2: Edna F. Louise Learn

1923 license, recommended by Northumberland obit2:

1926 ordained deacon

1928 ordained elder

Interment: Riverview Cemetery, Northumberland PA
Obit: 1963,102

1924-26 Port Trevorton
1926-31 Perry circuit
1931-35 Ransom
1935-38 Espy
1938-44 Lock Haven Mission

1944-47 Sonestown

1947-55 Columbia circuit

1955-61 Milton St. Peter’s

1961-62 Buffalo Valley

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COSTICK, WARREN WILMER

Born: 3-7-1925 married:
Died: 4-11-2008 obit:

1946 license, Allegheny Conference, recommended by Kephart Memorial (UB)
1954 ordained elder, Disciples of Christ Church

Interment:
Obit:

1948 First Methodist
1948-49 Middleburg Salem

“transfer” to the Disciples of Christ Church
1954-56 California PA First Christian
1956-57 Espy circuit, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1957 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference of the EUB Church

1957-60 Espy circuit
1960-64 Wellsville

1964-65 Baltimore St. Matthew’s

1965-67 without appointment, by own request

1967 transfer to Ohio East Conference

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COUP, P.W.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1869 license
1874 ordained deacon
1876 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1873-75 Seneca
1875-76 Hughesville
withdrew

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COURTER, J.E.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1874 license
1876 ordained deacon

Interment:
Obit:

1875-77 Newberry and Duboistown
1877-87 Duboistown
located

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COX, ALEXANDER

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1863 license

Interment:
Obit:

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COX, JOHN B.

Born: 4-3-1826 Montour County PA married: Mary A. Eisenbrown
Died: 10-13-1892 Dushore PA obit:

married2: Hannah Heppler [3/22/1862]

1846 license obit2:

Interment:
Obit:

1846-47 Gettysburg
located for health reasons

Note: John Bb. Cox is the father of William B. Cox. An obituary for J.B. Cox appears in the 11/9/1892 issue of The Evangelical, page 359.

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COX, WILLIAM BENJAMIN

Born: 5-9-1868 Dushore PA married: Anna Mary Farley
Died: 8-28-1943 Lewisburg PA obit: 1939,83

married2: Mrs. Cora Emenheiser

1892 license obit2:
1894 ordained deacon
1896 ordained elder

Interment: Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg PA
Obit: 1944,78

1892-94 Lewistown

1894-95 Mifflin

1895-97 Glen Rock

1897-01 Williamsport St. John’s

1901-02 Baltimore Grace

1902-04 York St. Paul’s

1904-08 Bellefonte

1908-09 Altoona First

1909-11 Lemoyne Grace

1911-12 Berwick West

1912-15 Berwick Bower Memorial

1915-18 Jersey Shore

1918-22 superintendent, Carlisle District

1922-24 Mechanicsburg

1924-25 Milton

1925-31 superintendent, Williamsport District

1931-35 executive secretary, Church Extension Society of the Evangelical Church

1935 retired

Note: William B. Cox is the son of John B. Cox. A daughter of W.B. Cox is the wife of Rev. Charles V. Hassler (1896-1978) of the Presbyterian Church. A biographical sketch of W.B. Cox is given in the 1939 History of the Central Pennsylvania Conference, page 334. The first Mrs. Cox is a sister to Hiram (Harry) C. Farley.

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CRALEY, BENJAMIN

Born: 3-31-1826 married: Franey _____
Died: 8-10-1905 obit:

married2: Mrs. Margaret Baker Oberdorf

1870 license obit2:
1890 ordained deacon

Interment: Bethlehem [Stonepile] Church Cemetery, York County PA
Obit: 1906,71

Note: Benjamin Craley was a class leader at the Bethlehem [Stonepile] Church near Red Lion and served as a local preacher. He was a farmer.

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CRAMER, G.C.

Born: married: Rosa Elsie Williams [1/14/1918]
Died: obit: [9/18/1888 – 3/11/1973]

1916 license

Interment:
Obit:

1917-18 Ellenton

1918-19 Liverpool

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CRAUL, J.F.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1882 license

Interment:
Obit:

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CRAUL, JOHN I.

Born: 4-20-1870 Carroll County MD married: Laura I. Gladfelter

Died: 1-3-1961 Hellam PA obit: [1972,402]

1899 license, recommended by York Trinity
1901 ordained deacon
1903 ordained elder

Interment: Mt. Rose Cemetery, York PA
Obit: 1961,88

1899-01 Dorsey
1901-04 Harford
1904-06 Leesburg
1906 located

Note: Laura I. Gladfelter was born 4/6/1877 and married John I. Craul 6/2/1896. After locating, J.I. Craul served as a supply pastor.

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CROMAN, WILLIAM MUSSER

Born: 11-26-1847 Hughesville PA married: Hannah Margarette Culp
Died: 12-25-1933 Cromanton FL obit: Alabama Conference ME 1929,127

1869 license
1871 ordained deacon
1873 ordained elder

Interment: Lynn Haven Cemetery, Lynn Haven FL
Obit: Alabama Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church 1934,147

1869-70 Wyoming
1870-71 Middle Creek
1871-73 Orangeville
1873-74 located
1874-75 Columbia
1875-77 Berwick
1877-78 Shickshinny
1878-81 Lewisburg
1881-83 Carlisle
1883-85 Baltimore
1885-86 Baltimore Grace
1886 withdrew
reinstated

1892 “transfer” to Alabama Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church

1892-94 St. Andrews Bay & Cromanton FL

1894-96 Cromanton FL

1896-97 East Bay

1897-99 on leave

1899-01 DeFuniak Springs FL

1910-11 superintendent, Birmingham District

1915-18 Lynn Haven FL

1918-20 field agent, Conference Annuity Fund

1920-21 Cromanton FL

1921-22 treasurer, Conference Annuity Fund

1922 retired

Note: W.M. Croman is the founder and namesake of Cromanton, in the greater Panama City area, which was depopulated to create land for Tyndall AFB in the 1930’s.

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CROUCH, MATTHIAS T.

Born: 3-12-1848 Wicomico County MD married: Annie P. _____
Died: 12-7-1919 obit: 1910,66

married2: Mrs. Anna Rebecca Long Yohn

1891 license obit2: 1934,76
1897 ordained deacon
1901 ordained elder

Interment: Newport Cemetery, Newport PA
Obit: 1920,71

1893-96 Dorsey
1896-98 Harford
1898-02 Bryansville
1902-03 Milesburg
1903-07 Liberty
1907-09 Brooklyn
1909-10 Yorkana
1910-13 Perry circuit
1913-15 Wapwallopen
1915 Hummel’s Wharf (6 months)

1915 retired for health reasons

Note: The middle initial of Matthias Crouch also appears as F. The second Mrs. Crouch, nee Long, was the widow of a Mr. Edward Donnally Yohn.

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CRUMBLING, EDWARD

Born: 1-27-1856 Hellam PA married: Arvilla Kise
Died: 4-9-1940 Lock Haven PA obit: 1934,75

1878 license, Forge [Ebenezer] class of East Prospect circuit
1880 ordained deacon
1882 ordained elder

Interment: Lewisburg PA
Obit: 1941,88

1878-80 Baltimore circuit
1880-82 Alberton
1882-85 Glen Rock
1885-88 Yorkana
1888-91 Berwick
1891-94 Lewisburg
1894-98 York Trinity
1898-02 superintendent, Williamsport District
1902-06 superintendent, Centre District
1906-10 Williamsport First
1910-14 Lock Haven
1914-19 Lewisburg
1919-23 Lemoyne
1923-27 Lock Haven
1927-30 Williamsport Trinity
1930 retired

Note: Edward Crumbling is a brother to Lincoln E. Crumbling. A biographical sketch of Edward Crumbling is given in the 1939 History of the Central Pennsylvania Conference, page 326.

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CRUMBLING, LINCOLN ELLSWORTH

Born: 5-2-1861 Hellam PA married: Sarah Elizabeth Krout
Died: 10-29-1938 Lewistown PA obit: 1933,79

1883 license, Ebenezer on the East Prospect circuit
1885 ordained deacon
1887 ordained elder

Interment: Jacobus PA
Obit: 1939,83

1883-86 York circuit
1886-90 Hanover circuit
1890-93 Lewisberry
1893-97 Dillsburg
1897-01 Leesburg
1901-05 Hellam
1905-08 Marysville
1908-12 Alberton
1912-14 East Prospect
1914-16 York Christ
1916-19 Mount Holly Springs
1919-26 Lewistown Trinity
1926-33 Mexico
1933 retired

Note: Lincoln E. Crumbling is a brother to Edward Crumbling.

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CURRIN, GEORGE WASHINGTON F.

Born: 5-28-1845 near Harrisburg PA married: Minnie Rebecca Willow
Died: 12-21-1928 Berwick PA obit: 1907,58

1872 license, recommended by Milton
1874 ordained deacon
1876 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit: 1929,83

1872-73 Sugar Valley
1873-74 Nittany Valley
1874-75 Chanceford
1875-77 East Prospect
1877-79 Newport and Patterson
1879-82 White Deer
1882-83 Ransom
1883-86 Center Hall
1886-89 Williamsport Bennet Street
1889-92 located
1892-95 Glen Rock
1895-99 Bloomsburg
1899-03 Williamsport St. Paul
1903-07 Williamsport St. John
1907-11 South Williamsport Grace
1911-12 Baltimore Christ
1912-17 South Williamsport Grace
1917 located