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BABCOCK, HARRY F.
Born: 3-27-1886 Blackwell PA married: Jessie Reed
Died: 8-17-1971 obit: [7/11/1888 – 11/16/1976]
1911 license, recommended by Osceola Mills
1912 admitted on trial
1914 ordained deacon
1916 ordained elder
Interment: [Riverview, Huntingdon PA]?
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1972, 386
1911-13 Center-Sandy Ridge
1913-17 Bakerton
1917-21 Half Moon
1921-24
student,
1924-28 Lewisburg
1928-35 Bloomsburg
1942-43
1943-46 superintendent, Altoona District
1946-49
1949-50 sabbatical leave
1950-53 Pleasant Gap
1953 retired
Note: Rev. Babcock is listed in the 1945 Prominent Personalities In American Methodism.
BAER, GUY RICHARD
Born: 7-17-1934 Warrensville PA married: Eleanor Grace Frey
Died: obit:
1954 license, Pennsylvania Conference United Brethren (OC) denomination
1966 ordained deacon
1968 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit:
1954-55
1955-58
1958-63
1963-64 Cold Springs
1964-66
assistant,
1966
transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference of the
1966-70 assistant, Chambersburg St. Paul
1970-74
1974-81 associate director, Conference Council on Ministries
1981-92 Shiremanstown
1992-96 Bellefonte Faith
1996 retired
Note: Guy Baer is the father of Timothy R. Baer in the United Methodist list.
BAGNELL, ROBERT
Born: 8-10-1865
Died: 4-24-1946
1884 admitted on trial, Upper Iowa Conference
1888 ordained, Upper Iowa Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1889 transfer to Northwest Iowa Conference
1901 transfer to New York Conference
1901-07
1907 transfer to New York East Conference
1907-14
1914 transfer to Philadelphia Conference
1917 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1917-33 Harrisburg Grace
1933 transfer to West Virginia Conference
1933-37
1937 retired
Note: Rev. Bagnell is the author of Economic and Moral Aspects of the Liquor Business, and is listed in the 1916 Who’s Who in American Methodism.
BAILOR, DONALD ELLIS SR
Born: 1-11-1928 married: Bernice Jean Shaffner
Died: 12-2-2007 obit: [1994, 472]
married2: Mary Lou Longenecker
1967 license, recommended by Newton Hamilton obit:
1970 ordained deacon
1971 admitted as associate member
Interment:
Obit: 2008, ?
1967-75 Ramey
1975-83 Millerstown (ending 8/1/1983)
1983-89 Lewisberry (beginning 8/1/1983)
1989-93
1993 retired
Note: The first Mrs. Bailor is the daughter of L. Earl
Shaffner and niece to Thomas M. Stone.
BAIR, ELWOOD LEROY
Born: 5-24-1914
Died: 2-24-1976 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1986,425
1932 license, recommended by Williamsport Calvary
1943 admitted on trial
1943 ordained deacon
1945 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1976, 2:144
1936-38 Karthaus
1938-41 Lock Haven circuit
1941-43 Littlestown
1943-47 Doylesburg
1947-52
1952-57 Warriors Mark
1957-62 Montoursville
1962-67
1967-71
Note: Elwood L. Bair is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in the
BAKER, EDGAR RAYMOND
Born: 1-31-1909 married: Helen _____
Died: 8-6-1999 obit:
1963
license, recommended by
1966 ordained deacon
1968 ordained elder
1969 admitted as associate member
Interment: Wesley Chapel, Berwick PA
Obit: [2000, 334]
1963-69
1969-70 Unityville
1970-75
1975 retired
1975-79
1981 Shickshinny (2/1/1981 – 7/1/1981)
BAKER, ELMER G.
Born: 4-23-1852
Died: 12-13-1910 Espy PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1938,231
1885 admitted on trial, recommended by Lewisburg
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1911, 126
1885-86
Hyner-North
1886-89 Three Springs
1889-92 Town Hill
1892-97 Airville
1897-99 Conyngham
1899-03
1903-05
1905-07 Picture Rocks
1907-08 Barnesboro
1908 retired
BAKER, GEORGE W.
Born: 8-29-1856 married: Mary Anna Ebbs
Died: 4-4-1915
obit:
1876 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1876-77 West Creek
1877-78 Cove
1878 transfer to Kansas Conference
1882-83
McConnellstown,
1883-85
Port Matilda,
1885-86
Coalport,
BAKER, HARRY W.
Born: 1863 PA married:
Died: obit:
1895 admitted on trial, recommended by Huntingdon First
Interment:
Obit:
1895-96
1896 transfer to California Conference
1906 on leave
1911 retired
1913 located at own request
1919-20
Note: A biographical sketch of Harry W. Baker appears in the 1913 History of Sacramento County CA, page 992.
BAKER, TRUMAN LEROY
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1956-62 Half Moon
1962-65 Doylesburg
1965-66
Wast
1966-68 Enola
became a pastor in the United Church of Christ
Note: Truman L. Baker served as a local pastor.
BAKER, W.J.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1921-22 Rouzerville
Note: W.J. Baker served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.
BALDWIN, AMOS SMITH
Born: 9-21-1854 Shirleysburg PA married: Kate McCulloch
Died: 8-25-1905 Sunbury PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1944, 234
?
quarterly conference license,
1875
admitted on trial, recommended by
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1906, 114
1874-75
1875-76
1876-77 Saxton
1877-78
1878-80 McVeytown
1880-82 Rays Hill
1882-85 Ennisville
1885-88
1888-90
1890-91 on leave
1891-92
1892-93
1893-95 Muncy
1895-97
1897-00
1900-02 Lewistown Trinity
1902-04 superintendent, Juniata Distirct
1904-05 superintendent, Danville District
Note: An obituary notice for Amos S. Baldwin appears in the 8/31/1905 Christian Advocate. A memoir appears in the 11/16/1905 Christian Advocate, page 1847.
BALL, RITCHIE FLEENOR.
Born:
married:
Died: obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1984, 385
married2: Dorse _____
1957 license, recommended by Clearville obit2:
1963 ordained deacon
1965 ordained elder
1971 admitted as associate member
Interment:
Obit:
1957-65 Clearville (beginning 7/15/1957, ending 2/4/1965)
1965-70 Delta (beginning 2/5/1965)
1970-74 Delta-Bryansville
1974 retired
BANER, ALBERT L.
Born: 11-7-1896 married: Phoebe Sharpe
Died: 3-31-1984 obit: Central New York Conference 1952,130
1924 admitted on trial, New Jersey Conference
1924 ordained deacon, New Jersey Conference
1926 ordained elder, New Jersey Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1920-21
student,
1920-21 Newville
1921-24 student, Drew Seminary in Madison NJ
1921-24 Woodruff & Rosenhayn
1924-27 Aura
1927-28 director of religious education, Camden Central-Tabernacle
1933-36 Red Bank First
1936-40
1940-41 superintendent New Brunswick District
1941-45 superintendent, Camden District
1945 transfer to Central New York Conference
1945-58
1958-61 Syracuse First (merged with Centenary)
1961-62 sabbatical
1962 transfer to New Jersey Conference
1962 retired
BANKS, WILLIAM WHITE
Born: 8-13-1879
Died: 10- 26-1964
1907 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1965, 351
1905-07 Rehoboth (starting fall 1905)
1907-10
Enola-West
1910-13 Enola
1917-21 Emporium
1925-31
1936-42 Roaring Spring
1942-49
1949-52
1952 retired
1953-56 Shawville
1958-60 Wallaceton
BARDINE, BRUCE ROBERT SR.
Born: 12-6-1920 married: Darthea _____
Died: 6-9-2004 obit:
1967 license, recommended by Mt. Union First
1970 ordained deacon
Interment:
Obit: (none)
1966-67 Robertsdale
1967-71 Hustontown
1971-78
1978-80 Salladasburg
1980-83 Montoursville Bethel
1983 retired
1983-87
BARNARD, CHARLES H.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1865 license
1886
ordained elder, recommended by
Interment:
Obit: [1907, 64]
1887-90 Helfenstein
1891-05
Fountain Spring (near
Note: Charles H. Barnard lived in
BARNER, GLENN ALLISON
Born: 9-8-1918 Meiserville PA married: Mary Edith Wigfield
Died: 6-24-1993 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1994, 473
1958 license, recommended by Altoona Simpson
1963 ordained deacon
1965 ordained elder
1969 admitted as associate member
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1993, 454
1958-64
1964-69 Williamsport Grace (beginning 11/1/1964, ending 3/1/1969)
1969-75 Warrior’s Mark (beginning 3/1/1969)
1975-85
1985 retired
1986-92 Manor Hill
BARNES, JAMES ELMER
Born: 10-15-1926
Died: 10-1-2003
1960
license, recommended by
1966 admitted on trial
1966 ordained deacon
1968 ordained elder
Interment: Rolling
Obit: 2004, 358
1944-47
1947-60 E.C. Barnes & Son Oil Distributors
1960-64 Rouzerville
1964-65
1965-70
1970-76 Spry Otterbein
1976-83
New
1983-87 Lemoyne Grace
1987 retired
1987-92
BARNES, SAMUEL
Born: 4-5-1827
Died: 1-14-1912 obit:
1853 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1853-54
1854-55 Muncy
1855-56 Berwick
1856-58
1858 charter member of East Baltimore Conference
1858-59 Milton-Montoursville
1859-61
1861-62
1862 transfer to West Virginia Conference
1864-65 Lewistown
1865-68
1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference
1868-70
1870-74 superintendent, Danville District
1874 transfer to Philadelphia Conference
1874-77
Rehoboth
1889-93 associate, Philadelphia Park Avenue
1893 retired
Note: A biographical sketch of Samuel Barnes appears in Simpson’s 1876 Cyclopedia of Methodism.
BARNES, WILLIAM HENRY
Born: 7-18-1919 Gillette PA married: Ruby Luella Hamilton
Died: 8-25-1985 Sayre PA obit:
1964
license, recommended by
1967 ordained deacon
1970 admitted as associate member
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1986, 426
1963 Millerton (Feb – Jun)
1963-69
1969-84 Burlington-East Smithfield (beginning 8/24/1969)
1984 retired
1984
BARNETT, FRED
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1927-28 Allegheny circuit
Note: served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.
BARNHART, THOMAS
Born: 5-22-1823 married: Hannah Hall
Died: 5-8-1880 obit: Des Moines Conference 1903,386
1845 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1845-46
1846-47 Sunbury
1847-48 Huntingdon
1848-49 Lycoming
1849-51
1851-53 Bloomingdale
1853-55 Northumberland
1855-57 Berwick
1857-58 Clearfield-Curwensville
1858 charter member of East Baltimore Conference
1858-59 Clearfield-Curwensville
1859-61
1861-63
1863-65
1865-68 superintendent, Juniata District
1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference
1868-69 superintendent, Juniata District
1869-72 Tyrone
1872-75
1875 retired
1876 transfer to Des Moines Conference
Note: A memoir for Thomas Barnhart also appears in The Conference News for June 1880, page 5.
BARNITZ, ALEXANDER McCLAIN [aka McCLEAN]
Born: 6-13-1824
Died: 1-18-1903
?
quarterly conference license,
1849
admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference, recommended by
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1903, 108
1849-50 Bellefonte circuit
1850-51
1851-52 Bloomingdale
1852-53
1853-55 Newville
1855-56 Clearfield-Curwensville
1856-58 Penn’s Valley
1858 charter member of East Baltimore Conference
1858-60 Huntingdon
1860-62 Manor Hill
1862-64 Berwick
1864-66
1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference
1868-71 Mifflin
1871-74
1874-76
1876-78
1878-81
1881-84 Mifflinburg
1884-86 Shickshinny
1886-89 Catawissa
1894-98
New
1900 retired
Note:
Alexander M. Barnitz is the father of Charles M. Barnitz.
A biographical sketch appears in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore
Conference, page 328. There is a
memoir in the 5-14-1907 NY Christian Advocate, page 807.
He is a brother to Rev. Samuel B. Barnitz of the
BARNITZ, CHARLES McCLEAN
Born: married: Mazie A. Frank
Died: obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1921, 145
1892 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1892-94 Audenreid
1894-97
1897-98
1898-00 Weatherly
1900-03
1903-06 Osceola
1606-11 on leave
1911-12
1912-18 on leave
1918-21 retired (?)
1921-24 on leave
1924 retired
1927 withdrew under complaint
Note: Charles M. Barnitz is the son of Alexander M. Barnitz.
BARR, WILLIAM HUBERT
Born: 10-25-1925
Died: 12-30-2002 Hollidaysburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1996,405
1949 license
1955 admitted on trial, recommended by Juniata Gethsemane
1955 ordained deacon
1957 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: 2003, 375
1950-52 Rehoboth
1952-57 Cherry Tree
1957-66
1966-71
1971-83
1983-91
1991 retired
BARRETT, ARTHUR G.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1965-66 Hunlock Creek
Note: Arthur Barrett served as a local pastor.
BARRETT, OWEN C.
Born: 5-21-1890 married: Flora Bessie Briggs
Died: 8-20-1976 obit: Central New York Conference 1967, 186
1920 admitted on trial, Central New York Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1914-16
1918 Laquin
1918-21 Enfield-Hennedys
1921-25
1925-26 East Canton-Beach Flats
1926-33 East Troy-Leona
1933-37 Blossburg
1937-47 East Smithfield-Big Pond-Wetona
1947-52 Daggett-Roseville-Webbs Mills
1952-58
East Canton-Windfall-West
1958 retired
1960-62
associate,
1962 [transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference – see Note below]
1962-70
associate,
Note:
BARTER, MERRILL EMERSON
Born: 7-11-1894
Died: 9-18-1973 obit:
1917
ordained, Christian and
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1974, 417
1917-29
missionary,
1929-31 ?
1931 enters Baptist ministry
1931-35
1935-42
1942-48
1948-54
Wildwood
1954-58 Patton PA
1958-59 ?
1959
local pastor, Central Pennsylvania Conference of the
1959-60 New Millport
1960-62 Three Springs
1962-68 Houtzdale
1968 retired
1968-73 Houtzdale
BARTH, FRANCIS LOUIS
Born: 10-18-1924
Died: obit:
1944
license, recommended by Brightwood Park,
1950 ordained deacon
1951 admitted on trial
1952 ordained elder
1945-47
1947-52 Three Springs
1952-58 Duncansville
1958-62 Mill Hall (beginning 11/15/1968)
1967-78
1984-90 superintendent, New Cumberland District
1990-93 Lewistown Grace
1993 retired
Note: F. Louis Barth is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 65.
BARTON, LAWRENCE BURGESS
Born: 4-11-1893 Unionville PA married: Alma Amelia Corle
Died: 3-18-1972 Tyrone PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1971,372
1918 license, recommended by Williamsport Calvary
1923 admitted on trial
1925 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1972, 388
1921-26
1929-31 Claysburg
1931-37
1943-50 Renovo (beginning 12/1/1943)
1950-55
1955-59
1959 retired
BASSLER, JAMES EARL
Born: 3-2-1893 Hyndman PA married: Lillian Grace Bridenbaugh
Died: 6-23-1965
1917 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1966, 332
1912-14 Washingtonville
1914-15 Jeddo-Lattimer
1916-18
associate,
1918-21
1921-28
1928-34 Enola
1943-48 Barnesboro-Bakerton
1948-51 Nescopeck
1951-55 Flemington
1955-58
1958 retired
Note: J. Earl Bassler is the preferred rendering.
BASTIAN,
Born: 3-13-1909 married: Sylvia Erilla Bierly
Died: 3-5-2005 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1973, 382
1968 license, recommended by Williamsport Newberry
Interment:
Obit: (none)
1968-70 assistant, Picture Rocks (ending 12/31/69)
1970-71 McElhattan (beginning 1/1/70)
1971 retired
BASTUSCHECK,
Born: 8-15-1910 Drums PA married: Gladys Laura Shank
Died: 11-14-1995 obit: [8/25/1910 – 5/11/1997]
1936 admitted on trial
1937 ordained deacon
1938 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: Oregon-Idaho Conference 1996, ?
1931-32 Mahaffey
1932-35 Half Moon
1935-37 Picture Rocks
1937-39 Harveyville
1939-42 White Haven
1942-44 Weatherly
1944-47
1947-49 McConnellsburg
1949 transfer to Iowa Conference
1949-54
director, Van Buren Country Group Ministry in
1954-64
faculty,
1964-68
Clackamus County Group Ministry in
Note:
BATTENHOUSE, HENRY MARTIN
Born: 8-27-1885 married: Sarah L. _____
Died: 3-23-1960
obit:
1911 admitted on trial, Colorado Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1909
graduate,
1911-20
1919-20
faculty,
1920 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1920-29
faculty,
1929 transfer to Detroit Conference
1929-?
faculty,
? retired
Note: English Professor Dr. Henry M. Battenhouse is the
author of This Seed of Faith, English Romantic Writers (1958), Christ in the
Gospels: An Introduction to His Life and Its Meaning (1952), and other books.
His collected papers are in the special collections of the Stockwell-Mudd
Library at
BAUGHMAN, GEORGE E.
Born: 2-8-1899
Died: 11-9-1988
1932
received by Maryland Conference of the
Interment:
Obit:
1926-29
1929
“transfer” to Maryland Conference of the
1929-31
Oak Grove and
1931-33
1933-39
1939
transfer by merger to Baltimore Conference of the
1939-46
1946 voluntary location
Note: George E. Baughman served in the Methodist Episcopal
Church as a local pastor.
BAUM, GORDON WINFIELD
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1952 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1952-53 at school
1953 transfer to Newark Conference
1953-57
1957-61
Staten
Note: In 2003 Gordon W. Baum is listed as a retired member of the Greater New Jersey Conference.
BAUMAN, ERNEST
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1926-27 Trout Run
Note: Ernest Bauman served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.
BEAM, HERBERT PLANK
Born: 5-27-1896
Died: 10-26-1978
1920 license, recommended by Evanston IL First
1922 admitted on trial, Northwest Iowa Conference
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1979, 328
1920-22
student, Garrett Theological Seminary in
1920-22
1922-25 Oto (beginning 10/1/22)
1925 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1925-26 Claysburg
1926-28 Bakerton
1928-30 Orbisonia
1930-33
1933-36
1943-47 Tyrone First
1955-61 Lock Haven Trinity (beginning 10/1/1955)
1961-64 Enola
1964 retired
BEARD,
Born: 2-26-1939 married: Alma Jean Cole
Died: obit:
1957 license, West Virginia Conference
1962 ordained deacon, West Virginia Conference
1964 admitted on trial, West Virginia Conference
1964 ordained elder, West Virginia Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1958-60
Albright
1960-64
Short Gap
1964-65
?
1965
transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1965-67 Mapleton-Mill Creek 1965-67
1967-68
1968 transfer to West Virginia Conference
1968-70 West Liberty-Short Creek
1970-73 Belle-Mt. Juliet
1981-83 Glen Dale
1983-90
1990-96 superintendent, Huntington District
1996-01 Elm Grove
2001 retired
BEARD, JOHN E.
Born: 4-27- 1878 Yorkana PA married: Mary E. Birnstock
Died: 5-7-1949
1905 admitted on trial, West Wisconsin Conference
Internment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1949, 193
1905-07 Muscoda
1907 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1907-12 Millerstown
1912-15 Berwick Calvary
1915-18 Freeland
1922-25
1925-30
1932 retired
BEARD, RICHARD LEWIS
Born: 11-21-1932
Died: obit:
1955
admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1954-57
student, Boston University School of Theology in
1956 Cuttyhank MA (summer)
1957 Popponessett MA (summer)
1957-58 Wallaceton
1958-59 at school
1959-60 sabbatical leave
1960 transfer to New England Southern Conference
1960-64
Baltic and
1964 voluntary location
BEAVER, JACOB F.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1922-26 assistant, Kulpmont
1926-29 ?
1929-34 Helfenstein
Note: Jacob F. Beaver served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown. His middle initial is sometimes given as S.
BECK, GEORGE PAUL SR
Born: 4-22-1880
Died: 3-24-1961 obit:
1909 admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1904-09
student,
1906-07 Boiling Springs & Pine Grove Furnace
1907-09
1909 “transfer” to Philadelphia Conference
1909-13 Millersville
1918-22
1922-27 Sharon Hill\
1927-29
1929-34
1934-37
1937-39 Wissinoming
1939-44
1944-47
1947-52
1952 retired
BEDFORD, JOSEPH WILLIAM
Born: 12-5-1850
Died:
obit:
1876 admitted on trial, West Virginia Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1873-74 Schellsburg
1874-76 Logan and Sandy circuit, West Virginia Conference
1876-78 Winfield WV
1878-81
1881-83
1883-85 Sinclair WV
1885-86
1886 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1886-88 Woodbury and Loysburg
1888-90 Snow Shoe
1890-92 Freeland
1892-94 White Haven
1894 transfer to West Virginia Conference
Note: Joseph W. Bedford is a brother to Elias Cambridge Bedford (1855-1932) of the West Virginia Conference. A brief biography appears on page 705 of Bradsby’s 1893 History of Luzerne County Part II: Biographical Sketches. Loysburg is listed as Pattonville in the conference journal; the village was called Morris Cove 1820-35, Loysburg 1835-44, Pattonville 1844-82, and Loysburg since 1882.
BEEMAN, VANDERBILT
Born: 11-25-1906 Frostburg MD married: Jennie Edna Hunt
Died: 3-27-1979 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1972, 401
married2: Patsy Ann Korman
1935 license, recommended by Frostburg MD obit2:
1954 ordained deacon
1956 ordained elder
1970 admitted as associate member
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1979, 329
1945-50 Trout Run (beginning 6/1/45)
1950-53 Grampian (ending 10/1/53)
1953-59 Espy-Lightstreet (beginning 10/1/53)
1959-60 Salona-Lamar
1960-63
1963-72 Port Matilda
1972 retired
1972-76 Fairbrook-Spruce Creek
Note: Rev. Beeman was still considered a layman, and there
was no need for a transfer of conferences when he moved from Frostburg into
BEERS, ROBERT
Born: 2-13-1806
Died: 2-15-1870 Cassville PA obit:
1835 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1870, 63
1835-36 Northumberland
1836-37 Lewistown
1837-38
1838-39
1839-41
1841-43 Allegheny
1843-45
1845-47 Bloomingdale
1847-49 Trough Creek
1849-51 Shirleysburg
1851-53
1853-55 Stonerstown
1855-56 on leave
1856-57 Bald Eagle
1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference
1857-58 Pine Creek
1858-59
1859-61 on leave
1861 retired
1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference
Note: A biographical sketch of Robert Beers appears in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 332.
BEISHLINE, HERVIE G.
Born: c1893 married:
Died: obit:
1921
admitted on trial, recommended by
Interment:
Obit:
1921-22 Jeddo-Milnesville
1922 discontinued
BEISHLINE, JOHN L.
Born: 6-9-1849
Died: 10-8-1887 Buckhorn PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1913, 142
1879 license, recommended by Wesley Chapel, Orangeville circuit
1884 ordained deacon, recommended by Muhlenburg circuit
1886 admitted on trial, recommended by Muhlenburg circuit
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1888, 101
1883-86 Muhlenburg
1886-87 New Washington circuit
1887 Buckhorn
Note: Mrs. Beishline is a sister to Theodore S. Faus and an aunt to George W. Faus.
Born: 2-4-1869
Died: 7-21-1924 Huntingdon PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1975, 166
1902 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1925, 157
1900
Manada Furnace-Paxton,
1902-06 Gatchelville
1906-11 Weatherly
1911-18 Reedsville
1918-21
1921-24
Note: Frank Thompson Bell is the nephew of J. Foster Bell.
He supplied in 1900 while a student at
Born: 8-4-1846
Died: 3-21-1932
?
quarterly conference license,
1878
admitted on trial, recommended by
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1932, 169
1878-81
1881-83 Duncannon
1883-86 Hollidaysburg
1886-89
1889-93 Williamsport Grace
1898-00
1900-06 superintendent, Altoona District
1906-11
1911-16
1916-17 Berwick First
1917-21 Mechanicsburg
1921 retired
Note: James Ellis Bell is a brother of J. Foster Bell. He is the uncle of John Thompson Bell (son of his brother J. Foster) and Frank Thompson Bell (son of his brother Samuel). A memoir appears in the 4/14/1932 Christian Advocate, page 405. His daughter Elsie is married to John W. Buckingham’s son Lewis. Mrs. Bell is the daughter of Plummer E. Watters of the Baltimore Conference and step-daughter of James H. McGarrah.
BELL, JAMES W.
Born: 1845 Birmingham PA married: Anna F. Levegood
Died: 1-9-1910 obit: [4/15/1853 – 3/21/1950]
1872
admitted on trial, recommended by
1874 ordained deacon
1876 ordained elder
Interment: Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport PA
Obit:
1870-71 Washington [Lamar] (beginning 2/1/1871)
1871-72
1872-73
1873-74 Leidy
1874-76 Pleasantville
1876-78 McConnellstown
1878-80 Schellsburg
1880-81 Milroy
1881-82 Three Springs
1882 permitted to withdraw under charges (vote of 82 to 69)
Born: 10-17-1844 near Lewistown PA married: Maria Emery Naginey
Died: 3-5-1878 Lewistown PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1933, 198
1869 admitted on trial
Internment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1878, 70
1869-70 Warrior’s Mark
1870-73 Osceola
1873-75 Beech Creek
1875-76 Pine Grove
1876-78
Note: J. Foster
Born: 7-10-1877
Died: 3-17-1922
1900 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1923, 130
1900-04 Blain
1904-09 Yeagertown
1912-17 Watsontown
1917-21
1921 retired
Note: John Thompson Bell is the son of J. Foster Bell and a first cousin of Frank Thompson Bell.
Born: 1908
Died:
10-30-1982
1936 license, recommended by Buckhanon WV First
1937
admitted on trial, Ohio Conference
1938
ordained elder, Ohio Conference
Interment: Woolrich PA
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1983, 397
1937-39
19939-41 Columbus Shepherds-St. Paul’s
1941-43
1943-45 chaplain, US Navy
1945-46
1950 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1950-74 Harrisburg Grace
1974 retired
BELL, WILLIAM
Born:
married:
Died:
obit:
1886
ordained deacon, recommended by Philipsburg station
Interment:
Obit:
Note: William Bell served as a local pastor.
BENDER, A.J.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
1883-85 Loudon
Note: A.J. Bender is otherwise unknown.
BENDER,
Born: 12-17-1848 near York Springs PA married: (never married)
Died: 8-19-1881 New Market MD obit:
?
quarterly conference license,
1875
admitted on trial, recommended by
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1882, 75
1875-76
1876-77 Mont Alto (resigning for health, August 1877)
1877-78 living in Greencastle
1878-81
vice principal,
1881
BENDER, HENRY RICHARD
Born: 3-18-1847 Bendersville PA married: Florence Salome VanFossen
Died: 10-26-1932 Northumberland PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1937, 272
?
quarterly conference license,
1873
admitted on trial, recommended by
1877 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1933, 182
1873-74 York Springs
1874-75 Wellsville
1878-81 Stewartstown
1881-83
1886-90 Lock Haven Trinity
1892 transfer to Central New York Conference
1892-97
1897-01
1901-04 on leave
1904 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1904-08 Lock Haven Trinity
1908-11
1911-17
1920-26 Northumberland
1926 retired
Note: Some sources list his birthplace as
BENDER, LaRUE GIRTON
Born: 5-31-1911 Muncy Valley PA married: Helen Shaw Metzger
Died: 5-29-1997 Lewisburg PA obit: 2000, 339
1944 license
1948 admitted on trial, recommended by Elysburg
1948 ordained deacon
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1998, 428
1944-45 Catawissa circuit
1945-50 Elysburg
1950-54 McConnelsburg
1954-58 Altoona Grace
1958-63
1963- Coudersport
Note: LaRue Bender is the father of Richard W. Bender.
He has a nephew Donald Wayne Bender and a grandson Richard J. Bender in
the Central Pennsylvania Conference United Methodist data base. He is listed in
the 1966 Who’s Who in the
BENDER, RICHARD WILLIAM
Born: 10-23-1935 Muncy PA married: Janet Hunter
Died: obit:
1964
license, recommended by
1966 admitted on trial
1966 ordained deacon
1969 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit:
1963-65 Oriole (ending September 1965)
1965-69 student, Crozer Seminary in West Chaester PA
1968
1969-77 McVeytown
1977-79 Altoona Broad Avenue-Schumm Memorial
1979- chaplain, Lewisburg United Methodist Home
Note: Richard W. Bender is the son of LaRue Bender.
BENFIELD, FRANK L.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1918-19 Rehoboth
1923-24
Schuyler Lake Federated and Exeter Methodist,
Episcopal priest,
Note: Frank L. Benfield served as a local pastor.
He may have been a student at
BENFORD, JACOB POORMAN
Born: 3-5-1844 Mt. Pleasant PA married: Frances Emma Trescott
Died: 3-22-1913
? quarterly conference license, Uniontown in the Pittsburgh Conference
1874 admitted on trial, recommended by Philipsburg
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1914, 115
1873-74
1874-75
1875-76 Bloomingdale
1876-78 Beaver Meadow
1878-80
1880-81
1881-83 Fairview-Marysville
1883-84 Lewisburg
1884-86 York Springs
1886-89 Newville-Rehoboth
1889-92
1892-94
1897-98 Jeanesville
1898-00 Coalport-Irvonia
1900-03 Duncansville
1903-11 Gordon
1911-13
BENFORD, WILLIAM H.
Born: married: Rosalie A. Novallie
Died: obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1902, 138
1892 admitted on trial, Wilmington Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1891-92
1892-93
1893-94
1894-96
1896-98
1898-99
1899 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1899-00 Shirleysburg
1900-01 Ennisville
1901-02 Clearville
1902-04
1904-08
1908 withdrew
…
1926-27 Elimsport & Maple Hill
BENNETT, ERWIN DAVID
Born: 9-13-1907
Died: 1-20-1983
1927 license, recommended by Watertown NY Asbury
1932 admitted on trial, Northern New York Conference
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1983, 399
1932-34
1934-35 Mount Pleasant
1935-38
1938-39 at school
1939-40
Constantia-West
1940-41 at school
1941 transfer to Central New York Conference
1941-43 Benton-Voak
1943-45 Red Creek
1945-46 chaplain, US Navy
1946-48
1948-53 chaplain, US Navy
1953-57
1957 transfer to Genesee Conference
1957-62 Buffalo-Plymouth
1962 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1962-65 Wellsboro
1973 retired
BENNETT, FENTON S.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
? license, Central New York Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1947-48 associate, Newtown Creek Larger Parish
1959-62 New Era
1962 “transferred” by change of boundaries to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1962-63 New Era
Note: Fenton S. Bennett served as a local pastor.
BENNETT, GILBERT LLOYD
Born: 7-2-1902 Port Matilda PA married: Kathryn Fritz
Died: 12-20-1990 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1994, 473
1926 license
1928 admitted on trial
1933 ordained deacon
1934 ordained elder
Interment:
Rolling
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1991, 477
1926-27
1927-32 Orangeville (beginning summer 1927)
1932-37 Picture Rocks Parish
1937-43 Catawissa
1943-48
1948-55 Huntingdon First
1955-61
1961-67 superintendent, Williamsport District
1967 retired
1967-68 visitation, Harrisburg Calvary
1968-70 evangelism, New Cumberland Baughman Memorial
1970-80 visitation, Camp Hill
Note: Gilbert L. Bennett is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 88.
BENNETT, THOMAS LEE
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1965 license
1971 admitted on trial
Interment:
1965-72 Roulette
1972 no longer listed
Note: T. Lee Bennett may not have finished his final year at Roulette, as no report was submitted to Conference.
BENSCOTER, CRAWFORD L.
Born: 1-28-1845
Died: 5-12-1905 Huntingdon PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1927, 529
? quarterly conference license, Bloomingdale
1870 admitted on trial, recommended by Jeanesville
Interment: Lock Haven
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1906, 105
1869-70 Jeanesville
1870-71 Berwick
1871-72
1872-75
1875-77
1877-79
1879-82 Mifflinville
1882-85 Newville-Rehoboth
1885-88
1888-93
1893-97
1897-00
Lock Haven
1900-03 Shamokin Second
1903-05 Huntingdon Second
1905 retired
Note: A memoir for Crawford L. Benscoter also appears in the 8/31/1905 Christian Advocate, page 1407.
BENSON, LEVI
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1919-21 Alum Bank
1921-25 Benezette
1925-27
Note: Levi Benson served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.
BERGSTROM, FRANK WILLIAM
Born:
1-13-1930
Died: obit:
1960 license
1964 admitted on trial
1964 ordained deacon
1966 ordained elder
1958-59 ?
1959-63
student,
1959-63
1963-68
1968-83 Dillsburg Calvary
1983-95 Lemoyne Calvary
1995 retired
2000-06
assistant, Lemoyne Grace
Note: Frank W. Bergstrom is a brother to John B. Bergstrom.
BERGSTROM, JOHN BOGARDUS
Born: married: Averil L. Peterson
Died: obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1999, 428
1958 license, recommended by Worcester MA Park Avenue
1963 ordained deacon
1965 ordained elder
1971 admitted as associate member
Interment:
Obit:
1945-57 Assembly of God churches
1957-59
1959-64
1964-70
1970-73 Oriole
1973-78
1978-83
1983-86 Berwick First
1986 retired
1986-93 associate, Picture Rocks Parish
1993-96
Note: John B. Bergstrom is a brother to Frank W. Bergstrom.
BERKEBILE, CALVIN E.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1921-22
Note: C.E. Berkebile served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.
BERKHEIMER, CHARLES FRANKLIN
Born: 8-8-1896 Mechanicsburg PA married: Zerba Theresa Weber
Died: 12-17-1968
1918 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1969, 306
1918-19
Riverside-West
1919-22 Millerstown
1922-24 Dillsburg-Wellsville
1924-26 Snow Shoe
1930-36 Emporium
1951-57 superintendent, Sunbury District
1957-62
1962 retired
Note: Charles F. Berkheimer is listed in the 1945 Prominent Personalities in American Methodism and the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 92. Mrs. Berkheimer’s sister Alma Weber Mower is the mother of A. Glenn Mower.
BERKSTRESSER, GEORGE
Born: 8-12-1807 PA married: Anna Catherine Horn
Died: 11-3-1896 Dadeville AL obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1895,87
1836 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference
Interment: Dadeville AL.
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1897, 93
1836-37
New
1837-38 Mifflin
1838-39 Beaver Meadows
1839-40 Bellefonte
1840-42
1842-43 Sunbury
1843-45
1845-46
1846-48 Warrior’s Mark
1848-50
1850-52
1852-54 Penn’s Valley
1854-55 Lewistown circuit
1855-57 Cassville
1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference
1857-59 Woodbury
1859-60 York Springs
1860-62
1862-64
1864-65 Rainsburg
1865 retired
1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference
1876-80 on leave
1880 retired
living in
Note: A biographical sketch of George Berkstresser appears in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 333.
BERNINGER, WILLIAM
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1956-57 Forksville
1957-59
Lock Haven
1959-62
New
Note: William Berninger served as a local pastor.
BETHUNE, JAMES WILLIAM
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1880 admitted on trial, recommended by Lewisburg
Interment:
Obit:
1880-81 Wharton
1881-82
1882-83 ?
1883 located at own request
BETTENS, JAMES HENRY
Born: 7-15-1869
Died: 9-26-1954 Lock Haven PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1935, 241
1899 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1955, 227
1899-01 Waller
1901-02 Silver Brook
1902-06
1906-08 Selinsgrove
1908-10 Benezette
1910-16
1916-21 McVeytown
1921-25 Flemington
1925-30 Nescopeck
1930-36
1936-38
Lock Haven
1938 retired
Note: James H. Bettens is an uncle (through his sister Elizabeth Bettens Symons) to Edmund J. Symons.
BEYER, JAMES STEVENS
Born: 11-29-1837
Beyer’s Mill,
Died: 3-30-1899
1857 license
1865 ordained deacon
1866 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference
1869 ordained elder, Virginia Conference
Interment: Tyrone PA Cemetery
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1900, 108
1866-68
1868 transfer to Virginia Conference
1868-69
1869-71
1871-73 Old Point Comfort
1873-76
1876-79
1879-81 superintendent, Alexandria District
1881 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1881-83 Half Moon
1883-85 Sinnemahoning
1886-89 Weatherly
1889-92 Salona
1892-96 Ralston
1896-99
BICHELL, A.A.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1912-13 Orrtanna
1919-20
Cross Fork [
Note: served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.
BICKEL, JOHN CRAWFORD
Born: married: Idylla Robbins
Died: 11-29-1939
1894 admitted on trial, recommended by Harveyville
Interment:
Obit:
1893-95 Harveyville
1895-98 Milnesville-Jeddo
1898-00 Without Appointment
1900-03 Jeanesville-Audenreid
1903-04
1904-10 superintendent, Wyoming Mission
1910 transfer to Indiana Conference
transfer to Ohio Conference
Note: John C. Bickel was born in
BICKELL, CHARLES ALBERT LEHMAN
Born: 8-8-1906
Died: 6-26-1969 Sunbury PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1992, 468
1929
admitted on trial, recommended by Newberry
1931
ordained deacon
1934
ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1970, 379
1928-30 Wallis Run
1930-32 Montandon
1932-34 at school
1934-36 Snydertown
1936-40
1940-43 Shickshinny
1943-46
1946-53 Philipsburg (ending 11/30/1953)
1953 transfer to Southern California-Arizona Conference
1953-56
[
1956 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1956-59
1959-63
1963-69 superintendent, Sunbury District
Note: Rev. Bickell is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 97.
BIDDLE, CHARLES ABRAHAM
Born: 6-26-1853 Buffalo Run Valley PA married: Rosa Vene Lee
Died: 3-11-1922 New Millport PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1945, 225
1886 admitted on trial, recommended by Port Matilda circuit
Interment: New
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1922, 124
1884-85 Osceola
1885-86 Port Matilda
1886-89 Coalport
1889-93
1893-97 Ramey
1897-99 Altoona Epworth mission.
1899-04
1904-07 Woodland-Bradford
1907-10 New Millport
1910 retired
Note: Charles A. Biddle is a brother to Fletcher W. Biddle
and to Rev. John Edward Biddle (1855-) of the Christian and
BIDDLE, FLETCHER W.
Born: 6-15-1858 near Bellefonte PA married: Josephine Little
Died: 6-8-1930
1887
admitted on trial, recommended by
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1931, 176
1885-86
assistant,
1887-88 Cassville
1888-90 Clearville
1890-93 Shirleysburg
1893-96 Flemington
1896-99
1899-03 Osceola
1903-07
1907-10
1910-12 Roaring Springs
1913-15 Williamsport Grace
1919-20 Curwensville
1920-22 Renovo
1922-23
1923-24 Stewartstown
1924-26 Duncansville
1926 retired
Note: Note: Fltecher W. Biddle is a brother to Charles A.
Biddle and to Rev. John Edward Biddle (1855-) of the Christian and
BIDLACK, STEPHEN BRUCE
Born: 4-8-1875 Southdale PA married: Emma Eldora Fiester
Died: 4-5-1966 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1957, 247
1902 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1967, 311
1901-03 Laporte
1903-05 Clarkstown
1905-09
1909-11 Trevorton
1911-14 Espy-Lime Ridge
1914-17
1917-19 Marysville
1919-23
Lock Haven
1923-26 Watsontown
1926-27
1927-31 Freeland
1931-37 Mifflinburg
1938-40 Duboistown-Nisbet
1940-42 Lewisberry-Lisburn
1942 retired
1942-45 Laurelton
Note: Some biographical information on Stephen B. Bidlack appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 31. Some sources give his birth date as 4-1-1875.
BIEBER, GEORGE
Born: 12-12-1921
Died: 4-25-2003 obit:
1945 admitted on trial, New England Southern Conference
1947 ordained elder, New England Southern Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1941-43 Clearville (beginning 10/1/41)
1943-44
living in
1944-45
Mapleville & Glendale,
1945 “transfer” to New England Southern Conference
1945-48 Mapleville & Glendale
1948-51
1951-61 chaplain, USAF
1961-66 Vineyard Haven
1966-74
1974-82
1982-88 Spencer (beginning 5/1/82)
1985-88
1988 retired
Note: The 2003
address for Mrs. Bieber is
BIERI, JOHN
Born: 11-13-1873
Died: 3-30-1951 obit: Philadelphia Conference 1924, 880
married2: Alice Dalrymple
1902 admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference obit2: Philadelphia Conference 1937, 189
1902 ordained, Philadelphia Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1898-01
student,
1900-01
Millerstown (last part of year)
1901-02
student, Drew Theological Seminary
1901-02
Millerstown
1902
“transfer” to Philadelphia Conference
1902-07
1909-10
1913-16
1916-18
1920-24
1925-27
1927-28
1928-29
conference evangelist
1929-30
Philadelphia Wissahickon (ending 10/30)
1940
retired
1942-44
Philadelphia Clearview (beginning 10/42)
Note: John C. Bieri is the author of over 60 published hymn and is also noted for gospel magic presentations.
BIERLY, EDWIN SYLVERIUS
Born: 6-20-1869 Rebersburg PA married: Sarah Catherine Erhard
Died: obit: [1872-1938]
1899 license, recommended by Spring Mills
1908 admitted on trial, recommended by Port Matilda
Interment:
Obit:
1901 East Falmouth MA (3 months)
1904
1905-06 York Springs
1906-07 Alum Bank
1907-09 Port Matilda
1909-10 Pine Grove Mills
1910-11 Burnt Cabins
1911 discontinued
Note: Some sources give the first name as EDWARD. Edwin S. Bierley is an 1898 graduate of Williamsport Dickinson Seminary. Some biographical information appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 59.
BINGAMAN, HARRY LUTHER
Born: 7-21-1908 Glen Iron PA married: Dorothy Gwendolyn Aumiller
Died: 11-1-2001 Lewisburg PA obit: [11/14/1908 – 4/2/1981]
Interment: Hartley township,
Obit:
1959-63 Montandon (ending 1/31/63)
Note: Harry Bingaman was a schoolteacher and served as a local pastor. He served as worship leader and “pastor emeritus” for many years at Laurelton Lincoln Chapel.
BIRD, FRANKLIN HORATIO JR.
Born: 9-2-1924
Died: obit:
1955 license
1961 admitted on trial
1961 ordained deacon
1964 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit:
1954-57 Lower Bank circuit, New Jersey Conference (10/1/54 – 5/26/57)
1957-59
student,
1957-59
assistant,
1959-60
student,
S959-60
assistant,
1960-61
student, Crozer Seminary in
1960-61 Freeland Parish
1961-63
student, Asbury Seminary in
1961-63 Freeland Parish
1966 voluntary location
Alabama-West
BIRD, PEMBERTON
Born: 10-3-1817 Shamokin PA married: Mary A. Arnold
Died: 9-2-1894 Shamokin PA obit: [6/24/1817 – 6/26/1871]
married2: Sarah E. Deiterly
obit2: [2/18/1840 – ?]
? quarterly conference license, Shamokin
1855 local deacon, East Baltimore Conference
1859 local elder, East Baltimore Conference: recommended by Sunbury circuit
Interment:
Obit:
1868 charter “member” of Central Pennsylvania Conference
1868-69 Jeansville
1869-71
1871-72 Cogan’s Valley
1872-73 Watsontown (first part of year)
1873-75 Wharton
1875-76 Pine Creek
1882-83
Note: Pemberton Bird served as a local pastor. He worked as a carpenter and was an 1838 charter member of the congregation at Shamokin.
BIRD, ROBERT WENNER
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1952 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1947-52 Catawissa circuit
1952-55 at school
1954-55
Beaver Falls,
1955
Transfer to
1955-
North
Note: Rev. Bird is listed as a retired member of the North Central New York Conference in 2003.
BIRDSALL, ARCHIBALD F.
Born: married: Effie Jane VanLeuvender
Died: obit:
1926 admitted, Eastern Conference of Methodist Protestant Church
1926 ordained, Eastern Conference of Methodist Protestant Church
Interment: Shickshinny PA
Obit:
1922-25 Cassville
1925-39 Shicksinny
1939 transferred to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1941 withdrawn by action of the Annual Conference
Note: Many records list the given name as ARCHIE.
At the 1939 denominational union, A.F. Birdsall and the Shickshinny MP
congregation never actually came into the
BIRT, PAUL EUGENE
Born: 7-14-1936 Berwick PA married: Mary Esther Gunder
Died: obit:
1964 license, recommended by Mechanicsburg Salem
1965 admitted on trial
1965 ordained deacon
1967 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit:
1964-67 Barnitz
1967-72 York Springs
1972-76 Millheim
1976-77 sabbatical
1977-80 Millheim
1980 honorable location
Note: Paul E. Birt is founder of Victorious Living
Ministries International,
BITTENBENDER, EDWIN LEE
Born: 2-25-1925 Berwick PA married:
Died: obit:
1954 admitted on trial
1955
ordained deacon
Interment:
Obit:
1952-54
M2 to
1954-56 at school
1956
missionary to
1956 transfer to Lucknow Conference (11/1/1956)
1982-87
BIXLER, ANDREW LOY
Born: 1-1-1880
Died: 2-9-1962
1906 admitted on trial, New England Conference
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1962, 319
1906-07
1907-10
1910-15
1915-18
1918-20 secretary, YMCA France
1920 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1920-21
director of religious work,
1921-25
1928-29 Huntingdon First
1929-31
1931-36
1936-42
1946-49 Lewisburg
1950 retired
BLACK, JACOB H.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1873 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1874 discontinued at own request
BLACK, JAMES HARPER
Born: 12-29-1845 Chambersburg PA married: Mary Carter Barbour
Died: 10-12-1932 Chambersburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1920, 142
1873 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1933, 183
1863-75 Bendersville
1875-77 Wellsville
1877-80 Shippensburg
1882-83 superintendent, Methodist Book Room (beginning 8/17/1882)
1883-86
1886-89
1889-92
1892-97 Lock Haven Trinity
1897-02 superintendent, Williamsport District
1902-03 superintendent, Book Room
1903-08 Huntingdon First
1908-11
1911 retired
BLADES, ANSLEY BAKER
Born: 6-25-1870
Died: 1941 Seminole County FL obit: [1/21/1875 – 5/15/1946]
?
Interment: Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Union Springs [Cayuga County] NY
Obit:
1907 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1908 withdrew to join the Presbyterian ministry; see 1909,82
Note: Ansley Baker Blades is the son of John Hogg Blades
(1829-1891) of the Genesee Conference.
A notice of the withdrawal of A.B. Blades appears in the 13/3/1908
Christian Advocate, page 2026. He
also served ME churches in
BLAIR, SAMUEL
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1891 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1889-90
1890-91
1891-93 Harveyville
1893-96
1896-99 Morrisdale
1899-00
1900 transfer to North Nebraska Conference
1900-02
[
1902 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1902-04
missionary,
1904-07
missionary,
1907-09
missionary,
1909-11
missionary,
1911 transfer to Kansas Conference
BLAZY, J.F.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1921-22 Westport & Cross Forks
Note: J.F. Blazy served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.
BLOOM, ARTHUR WILLIAM
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1952 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1952-54 at school
1957 transfer to New York Conference
Note: Arthur W. Bloom is listed as retired member of New York Conference in 2003.
BOBB, DEAN MEREDITH SR
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1959 license, recommended by Lewistown Rhodes Memorial
1962 ordained deacon
1964 ordained elder
Interment:
1951-62 Morris
1962-66 Elkland (ending 11/14/66)
1971 no longer lister
BOBB, JOSHUA PIERCE
Born: 11-23-1846 near Mechanicsburg PA married: Agnes M. Crumb
Died: 8-30-1895
1870 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1896, 99
1870-71 Salladasburg
1871-76 faculty, Pennington Seminary
1876-78 on leave
1878 retired
1878-90 faculty, High Forest MN Seminary
Note: Joshua P. Bobb graduated from
BODTORF, ROY OAKLEY
Born: 5-10-1909 Centre Hall PA married: Mabel E. _____
Died: 9-13-1968
1930 admitted on trial
1933 ordained deacon
1935 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1969, 307
1929-31 Vira
1931-33 Oriole-Antes Fort
1933-35 Duboistown-Nisbet
1935-38 Pleasant Gap
1938-43 Morrisdale-Munson
1943-47 Mifflintown
1947-53
1957-62 Tyrone First
1962-66 Berwick First
1966-68
assistant administrator,
1968 retired
Note: Mrs. Bodtorf is still living in 2005.
BOGGS, GEORGE FRANKLIN
Born: 11-3-1867
Died: 2-5-1947
1894 admitted on trial, recommended by Shirleysburg circuit
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1947, 197
1894-97 McKee’s Gap
1897-01
1901-04 Howard
1904-08
1911-14 Hollidaysburg
1914-17
1922-25
1925-28 Renovo
1932-36 Camp Hill
1940 retired
1943-47
Note: Mrs. Boggs is a sister to David F. Kapp.
BOHNER, RUSSELL HENRY
Born: 10-9-1907 Shamokin PA married: Martha Irene Leitzel
Died: 6-26-1989 Sunbury PA obit:
1933
license, East Pennsylvania Conference of the
recommended by Elizabethville
1938
admitted on trial, Northeast Ohio Conference of the
Interment:
Obit:
Central Pennsylvania Conference 1990,
447
1936-38 Chesterville
1938-41 Gambier
1941-43 Gnadenhutten
1943-46 chaplain, US Army
1946-48
1948-50
1950-67 chaplain, US Air Force
1967-69 sabbatical
1969 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1969-73 on leave
1973 retired
Note: Mrs. Bohner ceases to be listed as a surviving spouse beginning in 2000, but there is no record of her death.
BOLLINGER, LLOYD
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1952-54 Hustontown
Note: Lloyd Bollinger served as a local pastor.
BONACCI, ANGELO W.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1906 admitted on trial, Austin Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1905-06 Hazleton & Mount Carmel missions
1906/7 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1907-09
1909 transfer to Genesee Conference
1909-13 missionary, Buffalo NY Italian Mission
1913 transfer to Des Moines Conference
1913-16
1916 expelled
BONHAM, KENNETH ROBERT
Born: 2-24-1916 Hunlock PA married: Esther _____
Died: obit:
1950 license, recommended by Oakdale of the Hunlock Creek charge
1954 admitted on trial
1954 ordained deacon
1956 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit:
1950-52 Forksville, Central New York Conference (beginning 10/1/1956)
1952-56
1956-59 Barnesboro
1959-61 Gatchelville
1961-62
1962-66 Mill Hall
1966-77 Bendersville
1977-81
Dallastown Trinity
1981-82
Adamsville-Dallastown parish (ending 12/31/1982)
1983 retired (beginning 1/1/1983)
BOONE, SAMUEL PERRY
Born: 9-18-1858
Black Creek,
Died: 7-26-1938
1886
admitted on trial, recommended by
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1939, 205
1884-86
1886-91
1891-92 Mifflinville
1892-93 Buckhorn-Rupert
1893-01 on leave
1901 retired
BOOTH, J.W.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1938
admitted, Eastern Conference of the
1938
ordained, Eastern Conference of the
Interment:
Obit:
1923-29
New
1929-33 Hollisterville PA circuit
1933-34
1934-38 Point Erial NJ
1938-39 Reyburn circuit
1939 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1941 withdrawn to join ministry of another church
Note: At the 1939 denominational union, J.W. Booth and the
Reyburn MP charge never actually came into the
BOUGHEY, PERCY S.
Born: 11-6-1890
Died: 8-19-1972
?
license,
1919 admitted on trial
1921 ordained deacon
1923 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1973, 368
1913-15
1915 transfer to Philadelphia Conference
1915-16 Hummelstown
1916 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1916-18
1918-22 Montandon
1922-25 Kulpmont
1925-30 Audenreid
1931-38 Weatherly
1938-47
1947-50 Shippensburg
1950-61 Renovo
1961 retired
Note: The father and grandfather of Percy S. Boughey were
local preachers in
BOUSE, GEORGE W.
Born: 4-9-1823 Pendleton County WV married: Virginia Miles
Died: 7-21-1892
1849 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference
Interment: Tyrone PA Cemetery
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1893, 90
1848-50
1850-51
1851-52
1852-54 Westernport MD
1854-55
1855-57
1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference
1857-59 Cassville
1859-61 Shirleysburg
1861-63
1863-66
1866-68
1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference
1868-71
New
1871-74 Three Springs
1874-75
1875-78 Penn’s Valley
1878-81 Half Moon
1881-84
1884-87 Warrior’s Mark
1887-92 Milesburg
1892
Note: A biographical sketch of George W. Bouse appears in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 335. The 1899 conference obituary for Mrs. Bouse is in error. It gives her maiden names as Mills and the marriage data as 8/7/1858; the maiden name is Miles and the marriage date is 8/7/1851.
BOUTON, ARTHUR A.
Born: 9-27-1890
Died: 7-8-1974 obit:
1917 admitted on trial
1917 ordained deacon
1919 ordained elder, New York East Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1911-15
student,
1914-15 Boiling Springs (summer 1914 – summer 1915)
1915-17 student, Drew Theological Seminary
1915-17 West Livingston NJ (beginning summer 1915)
1917-18
1918 transfer to New York East Conference
1918-20 New Rochelle First
1923-26
1926-33 Brooklyn Bay Ridge Grace
1933-40
Queens
1940-46
1946-52
Queens
1952-59
1959 retired
BOWDEN, WILLIAM H.
Born: 2-3-1850
Holmbush
Died: 12-27-1919 Windber PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1944, 235
1867
license, Bible Christian Church in
1874
admitted on trial, recommended by
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1920, 134
1873-75
1875-76
New
1876-77
1877-78 Ray’s Hill
1878-79 Shirleysburg
1879-81 Burnt Cabins
1881-83 Lycoming
1883-85
1885-87
1887-90
1890-93 Schellsburg
1893-01 on leave
1901 retired
BOWER, AARON VINCENT
Born: 10-15-1862 Berwick PA married: Harriet V. Garney
Died: obit:
1888 admitted on trial, recommended by Berwick station
Interment:
Obit:
1888 graduated from Drew Theological Seminary
1888-89 Beach Haven
1889 discontinued at own request
1891 readmitted to New York East Conference
1891-92
1895
studying law at
Note: Aaron V. Bower became a lawyer and settled in
BOWER, HARRY CLAYTON
Born: 5-31-1883 Elimsport PA married: Mabel Lucy Crawford
Died: obit:
1901
license, recommended by
1905 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1905-06 Cameron
1906-08
missionary, Pinang
1908 transfer to Philippine Islands Mission Conference
1913 transfer to Malaysia Conference
1918 transfer to Netherlands Indies Mission Conference
1927 transfer to North Sumatra Conference
1935 withdraw (7/18/1935)
Note: Some biographical information on Harry C. Bower appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 56. Some sources give his birth year as 1882. The biographical files at the conference archives contain limited information on his assignments.
BOWER,
Born: 7-5-1858
Berwick PA
married:
Died:
obit:
1895
ordained deacon, recommended by
Interment:
Obit:
1884-87
principal, preparatory department at
1887-96
businessman,
moved to
Note: Lahman F. Bower served as a local pastor.
His name also appears as Lahman FORREST Bower.
A biographical sketch appears in the 1905 Dickinson College Alumni
Record, page 37. He is the author
of the book The Economic Waste of Sin,
published by Abingdon Press in 1924.
He appears to be living back in
BOWER, ROY WILLARD
Born: 9-7-1922
Died: 7-7-1983 obit:
1946 local preacher’s license
1951 ordained deacon
1953 ordained elder
1969 admitted as associate member, East Ohio Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1948-50 Mont Alto (ending 11/15/50)
1950-53 Port Matilda (beginning 11/15/50 & ending 9/15/53)
1953 “transfer” to East Ohio Conference
Trinway
Thompson
1978
retired to
Note: The middle name for Roy W. Bower is sometimes given as WILLIAM.
BOWERS, DAN S.
Born: 3-2-1922
Died: 10-23-2006
Interment:
Obit:
1939-43
student, Franklin &
1944-45
student,
Note: Dan S. Bowers has a file with the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry, but he never served in the Central Pennsylvania Conference. It is unknown whether he completed seminary and served in any other conference or denomination.
BOWMAN, ALFRED STECK
Born: 11-19-1847 near Mifflinville PA married: Mary Alice Rockefeller
Died: 11-27-1934
1868 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference
1870 ordained deacon
1872 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1935, 236
1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference
1868-69 Berwick circuit
1869-70 Elysburg
1870-71 Conyngham
1871-72 Washingtonville
1873-75
1875-78 Muncy
1880-83 Mechanicsburg
1883-86
1886-88
1891-93 Shickshinny
1893-96 Newberry
1896-99
1899-04 Hollidaysbsurg
1904-10 endowment secretary, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary
1910-11 Reedsville-Milroy
1911-13 Weatherly
1913 retired
Note: A.S. Bowman fought in the Battle of Gettysburg. He is the author of The Jesse Bowman Sr. Lineage (1931). Alrfed S. Bowman is a second cousin to Shadrach L. Bowman. Relationships to other pastors are too numerous to mention, but are detailed in the Bowman Family files at the conference archives. His sister Martha married Aaron M. Kester. A.S. Bowman served as Conference Historian during his retirement and wrote the History of Methodism in the Central Pennsylvania Conference in the 1918 Conference Journal, pages 117-122.
BOWMAN, SHADRACH LAYCOCK
Born: 5-2-1829 married: Mary Elizabeth Aber
Died: 9-1-1906
1855 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1855-56
1856-57
1857 transfer to Newark Conference
1857-58 Passiac
1858-50
located
[member of Union Chapel in
1860 transfer to East Baltimore Conference
1860-62 Berwick
1862-64 Bellefonte Station
1864-66
1866-68
faculty,
1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference
1868-72
faculty,
1872-73 on leave
1873-74