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

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Central Pennsylvania Evangelical Pastors Click on the first letter of the surname to enter the file of all the pastors for that letter. The instructions file gives information about this project, the dates at which various conference boundary changes occurred, and detailed bibliographic references.

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LARSON, JAMES R.

Born: Jersey Shore PA married:
Died: obit:

1959 license, recommended by Jersey Shore

Interment:
Obit:

1959-64 St. Matthew's, Baltimore

1964-65 Delbrook (did not finish the year)

1965 removed, page 111

LAURENSON, GUY EDGAR

Born: 6-13-1907 Sullivan County PA married: Sara Stackhouse
Died: 9-7-1967 obit:

1955 license, recommended by Franklin, Sonestown Charge
1961 ordained elder

Interment: Franklin Church Cemetery, Sullivan County PA
Obit: 1968,124

1955-57           Mount Pleasant Mills
1957-62           Enola
1962-67           St. Paul's York

LAWVER, JACOB

Born: 8-31-1834 married:
Died: 2-8-1913 obit:

1878 license

1888 ordained deacon

Interment:
Obit: 1913,70

Note: Jacob Lawver was the Sunday School superintendent at the Lawver appointment for 49 successive years. He served as a local pastor.

LEBER, CLAIR LORAIN

Born: 9-20-1914 near Wrightsville PA married: Anna Elvira Johanson
Died: 1-13-1996 obit: Baltimore-Washington Conf 1995,454

1935    license, recommended by Wrightsville
?          ordained deacon
1942    ordained elder

Interment:
Obit: Baltimore-Washington Conference 1996,501

1938-39           Keystone-Perry
1939-41           Bryansville
1941-47           Columbia Circuit
1947-52           Mifflin
1952-58           Williamsport Christ
1958-65           Lewistown Trinity

1965-69 Baltimore Salem

1969-70 Boonsboro Mt. Nebo

1970 transfer by boundary change to Baltimore Conference

1970-75 Boonsboro Mt. Nebo

1975-78 Mt. Savage

1978-85 Mt. Gilead – Patapsco

1985 retired

1985-88 minister of visitation, Hunt’s Memorial Church

LEES, ISAAC

Born: married:
Died: obit:

license

1852 ordained deacon

ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1854 located

1863 withdrew

LEES, J.H.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

license
1861 ordained deacon
1865 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1850-51           Franklin
1851-52           Cherry circuit
1852-54           Liverpool circuit
1854                located

LEISTER, JOHN D.

Born: 4-23-1843 married: Esther H. Lauver
Died: 4-15-1923 obit: [4/17/1846 – 2/3/1916]

Married2: Susan C. Good

license obit2: [11/20-1860 – 10/28/1921]

ordained deacon

ordained elder

Interment: United Brethren Cemetery, Cocolamus PA
Obit: 1924,80

Note: John D. Leister was active as a local deacon. One grandson is a Presbyterian minister. The second Mrs. Leister was a widow, and she is also known as Susan C. Herrold. It is not known which surname [Good or Herrold] is her maiden name and which is the name of her first husband.

LEONARD, C.W.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1885 license

Interment:
Obit:

LEONARD, E.P.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1878    license
1880    ordained deacon
1882    ordained elder, Des Moines Conference

Interment:
Obit:

1878-79           Middleburg
1879-80           McClure
1882                transfer to Des Moines Conference

LEPLEY, DANIEL S.

Born: 12-26-1848 married: Susan Maurer
Died: 11-21-1924 El Campo TX obit: [1845-1946]

1876 license

Interment:
Obit:

1880 withdrew

Note: Daniel S. Lepley is a brother to William A. Lepley (1858-1934) of the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Lepley was born in New Berlin PA, and the couple was married there 11/9/1869]

LILLEY, WILLIAM HURLEY

Born: 6-5-1851 Centreville PA married: Mary Catherine Mosteller
Died: 1-16-1939 obit: 1939,84

1876    license
1878    ordained deacon
1880    ordained elder

Interment: Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg PA
Obit: 1939,84

1876-77           York circuit
1877-78           Catawissa circuit
1878-81           New Columbus
1881-82           Liverpool
1882-83           Leesburg
1883-84           White Deer
1884-85           Luzerne
1885-86           Hughesville
1886-91           Located
1891-95           Newberry
1895-96           Lock Haven
1896-98           Glen Rock
1898-02           Marysville
1902-06           Hagerstown
1906-09           Jersey Shore
1909-13           York Christ
1913-17           Mifflin
1917-20           Middleburg
1920-25           Mt. Holly Springs
1925                retired

LINDEMAN, CARL

Born: 1821 married:
Died: 1907 obit: Illinois Conference UE 1904.46

1846    license
1848    ordained deacon
1850    ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1846-47           Clarion
1847-48           Lycoming
1848-49           Clinton
1849-50           Center
1850-52           Pittsburg
1852                transfer to Pittsburgh Conference

1861 transfer4 to Illinois Conference

Note: This name sometimes appears as Charles Lindeman.

LINDSEY, HOWARD R.

Born: married: Marie
Died: obit:

1960 license, Christian & Missionary Alliance Church
1966 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1960-62 Bannersville CMA

1962 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference of the EUB Church

1962-66 Daniels

1966-73 Williamsport Balls Mills

1973-78 Mercersburg (ending 11/1/78)

1978-85 Bellefonte Faith (beginning 11/1/78)

1985-88 Williamsport Faxon-Kenmar (ending 11/15/88)

1988-95 leave of absence (beginning 11/15/88)

1995-99 Williamsburg

1998 retired

LINDSEY, J.W.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1876 license

Interment:
Obit:

LINK, J. CONRAD

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1844    license
1846    ordained deacon
1848    ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1844-45           Union circuit
1845-46           York circuit
1846-48           Warren
1848-50           Pittsburgh
1850-51           Allegheny mission
                        sent to Germany as a missionary and later withdrew from the Church

LIPPERT, WILLIAM JOSEPH

Born: 5-28-1922 near Carlisle PA married: Joanna Lois Wentz
Died: 6-30-1999 obit: 2002,363

1942    license, recommended by McAllister, Mt. Rock charge
1946    ordained deacon
1947    ordained elder

Interment: cremation

(remains scattered at Westminster Cemetery, Carlisle PA, and at his birthplace)
Obit: 2000,348

1944-48           Daniels
1948-59           Port Trevorton
1959-67           Williamsport St. John's

1967-70 York Zion

1970-78 Stewartstown

1978-85 New Cumberland Community

1985 retired

1986-87 Dillsburg Arnold’s

LOGAN, JOHN

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1917 license

Interment:
Obit:

LOHR, JARED JAMES

Born: married: Emma Dora Wise
Died: 3-2-1905 Hughesville PA obit: 1924,40

1876    license
1878    ordained deacon
1880    ordained elder

Interment:
Obit: 1905,64

1876-78           Nittany Valley
1878-80           Lock Haven
1880-82           Milesburg
1882-85           Hughesville
1885-88           Berwick
1888-89           Baltimore Grace
1889-92           Glen Rock
1892-95           Nittany Valley
1895-99           Center
1899-02           Berwick
1902-05           Hughesville

Note: Jared James Lohr was commonly known as Jerry Lohr.

LONG, DANIEL

Born: married:
Died: obit:

license
ordained deacon
1843 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1835-36           Shenandoah VA.
1836-37           Indiana
1837-38           Armstrong
1838-39           Wooster
1839-40           Indiana
1840-41           Franklin
1841-42           Cumberland
1842-43           located
1843-44           Virginia
1844-46           Washington circuit
1846-47           Westmoreland
1847-48           Virginia
1848-49           located
1849-50           Bedford
1850-51           Clarion
                        transfer to Pittsburgh Conference

LONGSDORF, ALEXANDER

Born: 10-9-1812 [11-8-1812?] married: Rebecca AnnKiessling
Died: 2-1-1877 [1875?] Loganton PA obit: [c1812 – 8/7/1851]

married2: Sarah Keeport [Keyport]

license obit2: [c1829 – 1/24/18983]
ordained deacon
1842 ordained elder

Interment: Washington Boulevard Cemetery, Williamsport PA
Obit: [1915,64]

1838-39           Center circuit
1839-41           Columbia
1841-42           Indiana
1842-44           Lycoming
1844-48           superintendent, Allegheny District
1848-49           Lycoming
1849-50           superintendent, Allegheny District
1850-51           superintendent, Center District
1851-54           superintendent, Baltimore District
1854-57           superintendent, Susquehanna District
1857-59           Lycoming circuit
1859-61           Buffalo
1861-63           Block House
1863-65           Leesburg
1865-66           Cumberland
1866-68           Shrewsbury
1868-70           Gettysburg circuit
1870-72           Clinton County circuit
1872                retired

Note: Alexander Longsdorf is the father of Jeremiah M. Longsdorf.

LONGSDORF, JEREMIAH MAX.

Born: 1849 married: Kate Saylor
Died: c1921 obit: [1851 - ?]

1872    license
1874    ordained deacon
1876    ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1872-73           Nittany Valley
1873-74           Center Hall
1874-75           Benderville
1875-76           Mt. Holly
1876-78           Shrewsbury
1878-80           Perry
1880-82           Hagerstown circuit
1882-83           Juniata
1883-85           Wyoming
1885                transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference

Note: Jeremiah M. Longsdorf is the son of Alexander Longsdorf.

LOSS, CHARLES RICHARD

Born: 2-9-1904 Snyder County PA married: Eva L. Hackenburg
Died: 2-10-2000 obit: 1970, 389

married2: Marian Thorpe

1930 license, recommended by Penn's Creek obit2: 2005,450
ordained deacon
1934 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit: 2000,349

1930-31           Keystone
1931-33           Keystone and Perry
1933-37           Mexico
1937-42           Selinsgrove
1942-49           chaplain, US Army
1949-50           Middleburg
1951-56           Loganville
1956-65           Yoe-Dallastown

1965-69 Dallastown Trinity

1969 retired

1970 East Prospect (Mar-Apr)

1970 Yorkanna (Sep-Dec)

1971-73 Trinity North

LOWER, J.S.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1878 license
ordained deacon
ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

LOYER, CHARLES HENRY

Born: 2-19-1889 Hanover PA married: Goldie Schwartz Masenheimer
Died: 10-28-1944 Middleburg PA obit: 1961,87

1915    license
1918    ordained deacon
1920    ordained elder

Interment: Mt. Oliver Cemetery, Hanover PA
Obit: 1945,82

1915-20           Morgan
1920-23           Hancock
1923-24           Berkeley Springs
1924-26           Columbia
1926-30           Altoona
1930-33           located
1933-36           Bloomsburg
1936-40           conference evangelist

1940-43 on leave

1943-44 Middleburg

Note: Charles H. Loyer is the great-grandfather of first cousins Matthew J. Loyer and Kenneth M. Loyer of the Susquehanna Conference of the United Methodist Church.

LOVELL, G. LEIDY

Born: married:
Died: 1941 obit:

1899    license
1901    ordained deacon, Oregon Conference UE
1903    ordained elder, Oregon Conference UE

Interment:
Obit: [Oregon-Washington Conference 1942,61]

1899-90 Penns Creek
1900 transfer to Oregon Conference UE

1900-01 Independence

1901-04 Brooks

1904-05 Eastern Oregon mission

1905-96 Irrigon

1906-09 Florence

1909-13 Salem

1913-16 Portland Ockley Green

1916-20 Salem

1920-23 superintendent, Oregon Conference District

1923-28 superintendent, Salem District

1928-33 Portland Willamette Boulevard

1933-34 Portland Willamette Boulevard and superintendent, Portland East Side District

1934-35 superintendent, Port East Side District

1935-36 Portland First and superintendent, East Portland District

1936-37 Portland First

1937-39 Milwaukie

1939 retired

LUNDY, ROBERT LEROY

Born: 12-30-1898 Warrensville PA married: Anna El Nora Winter
Died: 10-9-1987 obit: 1996,420

1927    license, recommended by Warrensville
1932    ordained deacon
1934    ordained elder

Interment: Montoursville Cemetery, Montoursville PA
Obit: 1988,418

1929-34           Mt. Rock
1934-39           Buffalo Valley
1939-48           Mt. Holly Springs
1948-59           Bloomsburg
1959-67           Montoursville Bethel

1967 retired

LUNGER, JOHN C.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

license
1852 ordained deacon
1854 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1850-51           Perry
1851-52           Morgan circuit
1852-54           Gettysburg circuit
1854-55           Liverpool
1855-56           Perry
1856-57           Franklin
                        withdrew

“transfer” to the Lutheran Church
1859-61 Siglerville & Mechanicsville

Sharpsville MD

Mechanicsburg