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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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O’DONNELL, WILLIAM

Born: 4-20-1883 Milton PA married: Valeria Mae Miller
Died: 11-28-1944 Lewisburg PA obit: 1949,97

1918 license, recommended by Milton First
1920 ordained deacon
1922 ordained elder

Interment: Milton PA
Obit: 1945 83

1918-23 Scranton
1923-27 York St. Paul
1927-30 Winfield
1930-36 Middleburg
1936-38 Nescopeck
1938 retired

Note: The first name of Mrs. O’Donnell also appears erroneously as Valiera.

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ORWIG, PHILIP S.

Born: married: Kate Green
Died: 1890 York PA obit: 1937,81

1869 license
1871 ordained deacon
1873 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit: 1890,40

1870-71 Lock Haven circuit

1871-73 Luzerne

1873-75 Wyoming

1875-77 Kingston

1877-78 Danville

1878-81 Shrewsbury

1881-83 Newport and Marysville

1883 retired

Note: Philip S. Orwig is a nephew of William W. Orwig.

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ORWIG, WILLIAM [WILHELM] W.

Born: 9-25-1810 near Orwigsburg PA married: Susan Rishel
Died: May 29, 1889 obit:

1828 license
ordained deacon
ordained elder

Interment:
Obit: Erie Conference 1890,23

1828-29 Center
1829-31 Lebanon
1831-32 York Circuit
1832-33 Schuylkill Circuit
1833-36 superintendent, Zion District
1836-37 superintendent, Moriah District
1836-39 editor, Der Chrisliche Botschafter

1839 transfer by boundary change to East Pennsylvania Conference

1839-44 editor, Der Chrisliche Botschafter
1844-46 York Station
1846-48 Baltimore Station
1848-50 Baltimore mission
1850-56 editor, Der Chrisliche Botschafter
1856-59 principal, Union Seminary at New Berlin PA
1859-63 bishop
1863-67 editor, Der Chrisliche Borschafter
1867 moved to Cleveland Ohio, became member of Erie Conference

district superintendent

Note: W.W. Orwig is the father of A.W. Orwig of the Ohio Conference and of three daughters who married Evangelical pastors: Mary Orwig Bowersox (wife of Josiah Bowersox), Elizabeth Orwig Wiest (wife of Samuel L. Wiest), and Susan Orwig Hoffman (wife of Elisha A. Hoffman). William W. Orwig is also an uncle to Philip S. Orwig. Mrs. Orwig is a sister to David Rishel and to Rachel Rishel Kehr (wife of Daniel Kehr) and Sarah Rishel Kreamer (wife of John Kreamer). The mother of W.W. Orwig is Elizabeth Wagoner Orwig, a sister to Hannah Wagoner Hesser (wife of Charles Hesser), and Rebecca Wagoner Hoffman (wife of Francis A. Hoffman). This means that W.W. Orwig is both a first cousin to and the father-in-law of Elisha Hoffman.

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OTTO, WILLIAM JACKSON

Born: married: Jean _____
Died: obit:

1953 license, recommended by Balls Mills, Williamsport Circuit
1959 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1953-56 Grover and East Point
1956-59 student

Caesar's Creek Friends Meeting
1959-63 Centre Hall-Spring Mills
1963-67 Winfield and New Berlin

1967-78 Hanover Grace

1978-83 Middletown Wesley

1983-85 Dillsburg Calvary

1985-88 Lewisburg Beaver Memorial

1988 retired