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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, Penn State University in State College

1924-28           Lewisburg      

1928-35           Bloomsburg    

1935-42           State College St. Paul’s

1942-43           York First       

1943-46           superintendent, Altoona District

1946-49           Carlisle

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           Mt. Vernon

1955-58                      Etna Avenue, Huntington IN

1958-63           Pleasant Hill

1963-64           Cold Springs

1964-66           assistant, Chambersburg King Street

1966                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Church

1966-70           assistant, Chambersburg St. Paul

1970-74           Altoona Greenwood

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  Philadelphia PA                                 married: Mary Elizabeth Wallace

Died: 4-24-1946  Philadelphia PA                                 obit: [3/?/1867 – 11/24/1960]

 

1884    admitted on trial, Upper Iowa Conference

1888    ordained, Upper Iowa Conference

 

Interment: Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg PA

Obit: West Virginia Conference 1946, 123

 

                        Iowa

1889                transfer to Northwest Iowa Conference

                        Iowa

1901                transfer to New York Conference

1901-07           NYC Metropolitan Temple

1907                transfer to New York East Conference

1907-14           Brooklyn Janes

1914                transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1914-17           Philadelphia Park Avenue

1917                transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1917-33           Harrisburg Grace

1933                transfer to West Virginia Conference

1933-37           Charleston Christ

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: Old Church Hill Cemetery, Port Royal PA

Obit: 2008, ?

 

1967-75           Ramey

1975-83           Millerstown (ending 8/1/1983)

1983-89           Lewisberry (beginning 8/1/1983)

1989-93           Fayetteville Otterbein

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  Montgomery PA                             married: Audrey Mary Shilling

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: Twin Hills Memorial Park, Lycoming County PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1976, 2:144

 

1936-38           Karthaus

1938-41           Lock Haven circuit

1941-43           Littlestown  

1943-47           Doylesburg     

1947-52           Lewistown Grove Memorial & Lake Park

1952-57           Warriors Mark

1957-62           Montoursville

1962-67           Hanover         

1967-71           Waynesboro   

1971-76           Chambersburg St. Paul’s

 

Note: Elwood L. Bair is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in the Methodist Church.

 


BAKER, EDGAR RAYMOND

 

Born: 1-31-1909                                                           married: Helen _____

Died: 8-6-1999                                                             obit:

 

1963    license, recommended by Benton

1966    ordained deacon

1968    ordained elder

1969    admitted as associate member

 

Interment: Wesley Chapel, Berwick PA

Obit: [2000, 334]

 

1963-69           Muncy Valley

1969-70           Unityville

1970-75           Muncy Valley

1975                 retired

                             1975-79  Muncy Valley

                             1981        Shickshinny (2/1/1981 – 7/1/1981)

 


BAKER, ELMER G.

 

Born: 4-23-1852  Alexandria PA                                  married: Sarah E. Summerson

Died: 12-13-1910  Espy PA                                         obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1938,231

 

1885    admitted on trial, recommended by Lewisburg

 

Interment: Espy Cemetery [or Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport PA?]

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1911, 126

 

1885-86           Hyner-North Bend

1886-89           Three Springs 

1889-92           Town Hill

1892-97           Airville

1897-99           Conyngham    

1899-03           Newport         

1903-05           York Epworth  

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: Southwest Kansas 1918, 98

 

1876    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit: Southwest Kansas Conference 1916, 43

 

1876-77           West Creek    

1877-78           Cove

1878                 transfer to Kansas Conference

1882-83           McConnellstown, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1883-85           Port Matilda, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1885-86           Coalport, Central Pennsylvania Conference

 


BAKER, HARRY W.

 

Born: 1863 PA                                                              married:

Died:                                                                             obit:

 

1895    admitted on trial, recommended by Huntingdon First

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1895-96                      Hastings

1896                 transfer to California Conference

1906                 on leave

1911                 retired

1913                 located at own request

1919-20           Sacramento Oak Park

 

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 Waterford

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, Liverpool

1875    admitted on trial, recommended by Liverpool

 

Interment:  Newton Hamilton

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1906, 114

 

1874-75           Liverpool        

1875-76           Gettysburg

1876-77           Saxton            

1877-78           Port Royal

1878-80           McVeytown

1880-82           Rays Hill        

1882-85           Ennisville       

1885-88           Newton Hamilton      

1888-90           Waynesboro

1890-91           on leave          

1891-92           Fort Littleton 

1892-93           Newport         

1893-95           Muncy

1895-97           Milton            

1897-00           Clearfield       

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: Florence Ethel Jones

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: Southern New Jersey Conference 1984,

 

1920-21           student, Dickinson College

                             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

1928-33           Trenton Hamilton Avenue

1933-36           Red Bank First

1936-40           Vineland First

1940-41           superintendent New Brunswick District

1941-45           superintendent, Camden District

1945                 transfer to Central New York Conference

1945-58           Syracuse First

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  Salisbury MD                                    married: Daisy Maud Elliott

Died: 10- 26-1964  Clearfield PA                                 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1959,258

 

1907    admitted on trial

 

Interment:  Mt. Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Enola PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1965, 351

 

1905-07           Rehoboth (starting fall 1905) 

1907-10           Enola-West Fairview 

1910-13           Enola  

1913-17           Hazleton Diamond Street 

1917-21           Emporium      

1921-25           Williamsport Mulberry Street

1925-31           Altoona Juniata First

1931-36           Shamokin Lincoln Street

1936-42           Roaring Spring

1942-49           Clearfield Trinity

1949-52           Jersey Shore First

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           Altoona Wesley-Asbury

1978-80           Salladasburg

1980-83           Montoursville Bethel

1983                retired

                             1983-87  Shade Valley (beginning 8/1/1983)


 

BARNARD, CHARLES H.

 

Born:                                                                             married:

Died:                                                                             obit:

 

1865    license

1886    ordained elder, recommended by Ashland

 

Interment:

Obit: [1907, 64]

 

1887-90           Helfenstein

1891-05           Fountain Spring (near Ashland)

 

Note: Charles H. Barnard lived in Ashland and served as a local pastor.

 


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: Alto Rest Burial Park, Altoona PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1993, 454

 

1958-64           Newton Hamilton

1964-69           Williamsport Grace (beginning 11/1/1964, ending 3/1/1969)

1969-75           Warrior’s Mark (beginning 3/1/1969)

1975-85           Altoona Greenwood

1985                 retired

                             1986-92  Manor Hill


 

BARNES, JAMES ELMER

 

Born: 10-15-1926  Lancaster PA                                  married: Necia Jane Niswander

Died: 10-1-2003  Palmyra PA                                       obit:

 

1960    license, recommended by Saint Thomas        

1966    admitted on trial

1966    ordained deacon

1968    ordained elder

 

Interment: Rolling Green Memorial Gardens, Camp Hill PA

Obit: 2004, 358

 

1944-47           US Army

1947-60           E.C. Barnes & Son Oil Distributors

1960-64           Rouzerville     

1964-65           Fort Loudon

1965-70           Mount Nebo   

1970-76           Spry Otterbein

1976-83           New Kingstown

1983-87           Lemoyne Grace

1987                 retired

                             1987-92  Mt. Rock


 

BARNES, SAMUEL

 

Born: 4-5-1827  Luzerne County PA                            married:

Died: 1-14-1912                                                          obit:

 

1853    admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Philadelphia Conference 1912, 97

           

1853-54           Milton circuit

1854-55           Muncy

1855-56           Berwick

1856-58           Milton

1858                 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1858-59           Milton-Montoursville

1859-61           Bedford

1861-62           East Baltimore           

1862                 transfer to West Virginia Conference

1862-64           Wheeling Fourth Street

1864-65           Lewistown

1865-68           North Baltimore         

1868                 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-70           Chambersburg            

1870-74           superintendent, Danville District

1874                 transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1874-77           Pottsville

1877-80           Philadelphia Twelfth Street

1880-81           Frankford Paul Street & Aramingo

                        Rehoboth

                        Philadelphia St. George’s

1886-89           Philadelphia Nineteenth Street

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 Jackson Center

1967    ordained deacon

1970    admitted as associate member

 

Interment: Jackson Center Cemetery, Jackson Center PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1986, 426

 

1963                 Millerton (Feb – Jun)

1963-69           Genesee (ending 8/24/1969)

1969-84           Burlington-East Smithfield (beginning 8/24/1969)

1984                 retired

                             1984  Burlington-East Smithfield (until 7/18/1984)


 

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: Des Moines Conference 1880, 47

 

1845-46           Clearfield

1846-47           Sunbury          

1847-48           Huntingdon

1848-49           Lycoming

1849-51           Jersey Shore   

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           Williamsburg  

1861-63           Cumberland   

1863-65           Chambersburg

1865-68           superintendent, Juniata District

1868                 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69           superintendent, Juniata District

1869-72           Tyrone

1872-75           Phillipsburg    

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  York PA.                                          married: Sarah Elizabeth Gray

Died: 1-18-1903  York PA                                           obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1911, 133

 

?          quarterly conference license, York

1849   admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference, recommended by York

 

Interment:

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1903, 108

 

1849-50           Bellefonte circuit

1850-51           Williamsport   

1851-52           Bloomingdale 

1852-53           Carlisle circuit

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           Danville          

1866-68           Espy-Light Street

1868                 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-71           Mifflin            

1871-74           Everett                       

1874-76           York First

1876-78           Ashland          

1878-81           Milton            

1881-84           Mifflinburg                

1884-86           Shickshinny    

1886-89           Catawissa                   

1889-94           York Duke Street

1894-98           New Cumberland       

1898-00           York West Street

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 Lutheran Church.  Mrs. Barnitz was one of eight sisters, five of whom married Methodist ministers: Anna married Presley Smith, Margaret married Dennis Dorsey of the Missouri Conference, Frances married Samuel Regester, Elmira married Abram Creighton. 


 

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           Riverside        

1897-98           Centralia         

1898-00           Weatherly

1900-03           Harrisburg Curtin Heights

1903-06           Osceola          

1606-11           on leave          

1911-12           Riverside

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  Altoona PA                                    married: Phyllis J. Hyatt

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: Alto Reste Park, Altoona PA

Obit: 2003, 375

 

1950-52           Rehoboth 

1952-57           Cherry Tree 

1957-66           Altoona Jaggard

1966-71           Jersey Shore First

1971-83           Gettysburg

1983-91           Altoona First

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: Central New York Conference 1977, ?

 

1914-16           New Albany

1918                 Laquin 

1918-21           Enfield-Hennedys

1921-25           East Canton               

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 Franklin

1958                 retired             

                             1960-62  associate, Troy

                             1962        [transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference – see Note below]

                             1962-70  associate, Troy   

 

Note: Troy, and most of the present Wellsboro District, was moved from the Central New York Conference to the Central Pennsylvania Conference in 1962.  Even though the Central Pennsylvania Conference journal lists Owen Barrett as a member, and he was serving part-time as an associate at Troy until 1970, he officially remained a member of the Central New York Conference – i.e., he was never a member of the Central Pennsylvania Conference and the journal is in error on that point from 1962 to 1970.


 

BARTER, MERRILL EMERSON

 

Born: 7-11-1894  East Weymouth MA                         married: Martha Ricker

Died: 9-18-1973                                                          obit:

 

1917    ordained, Christian and Missionary Alliance Church

 

Interment: Fairmont Cemetery, East Weymouth MA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1974, 417

 

1917-29           missionary, Belgian Congo

1929-31           ?

1931                 enters Baptist ministry

1931-35           Wardsboro VT

1935-42           Wilmington VT

1942-48           Parkersburg PA

1948-54           Wildwood Crest NJ Community Church

1954-58           Patton PA

1958-59           ?

1959                 local pastor, Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Church

1959-60           New Millport

1960-62           Three Springs

1962-68           Houtzdale

1968                 retired

                        1968-73  Houtzdale

 


BARTH, FRANCIS LOUIS

 

Born: 10-18-1924  Florence SC                                    married: Joan _____

Died:                                                                             obit:

 

1944    license, recommended by Brightwood Park, Washington DC

1950    ordained deacon

1951   admitted on trial

1952    ordained elder

 

1945-47           Mill Spring NC (beginning 11/1/1945), North Carolina Conference    

1947-52           Three Springs

1952-58           Duncansville  

1958-62           Mill Hall (beginning 11/15/1968)

1962-67           Sunbury Catawissa Avenue (ending 12/1/1967)

1967-78           Everett            (beginning 12/1/1967)

1978-84           Red Lion St. Paul’s

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: Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1972, 388

 

1921-26           Muncy Valley (beginning 6/21)

1926-29           Espy-Light Street       

1929-31           Claysburg       

1931-37           Hastings

1937-42           Sunbury Catawissa Avenue

1942-43           Williamsport High Street (ending12/1/43)

1943-50           Renovo (beginning 12/1/1943)

1950-55           Harrisburg Epworth

1955-59           Williamsport Faxon-Kenmar

1959                 retired 


 

BASSLER, JAMES EARL

 

Born: 3-2-1893  Hyndman PA                                      married: Lillian Grace Bridenbaugh

Died: 6-23-1965  Williamsport PA                                obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1974, 435

 

1917    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Twin Hills Memorial Park, between Muncy and Montoursville PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1966, 332

 

1912-14           Washingtonville

1914-15           Jeddo-Lattimer

1916-18           associate, Williamsburg

1918-21           Birmingham   

1921-28           Alexandria     

1928-34           Enola  

1934-43           Williamsport Market Street

1943-48           Barnesboro-Bakerton 

1948-51           Nescopeck      

1951-55           Flemington     

1955-58           Ashland

1958                 retired 

 

Note: J. Earl Bassler is the preferred rendering.

 


BASTIAN, CLYDE C.

 

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: Linwood Cemetery, McElhattan PA

Obit: (none)

 

1968-70           assistant, Picture Rocks (ending 12/31/69)

1970-71           McElhattan (beginning 1/1/70)

1971                 retired

 


BASTUSCHECK, BURTON CHARLES

 

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           Altoona Fairview

1947-49           McConnellsburg         

1949                 transfer to Iowa Conference

1949-54           director, Van Buren Country Group Ministry in Keosauqua IA

1954-64           faculty, Willamette University in Salem OR

1964-68           Clackamus County Group Ministry in Mt. Angel OR

 

Note: Burton C. Bastuscheck is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in the Methodist Church, page 68.


 

BATTENHOUSE, HENRY MARTIN

 

Born: 8-27-1885                                                          married: Sarah L. _____

Died: 3-23-1960                                                          obit: Detroit 1962,768

 

1911    admitted on trial, Colorado Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Detroit Conference 1960,235

 

1909                 graduate, Baldwin-Wallace College

1911-20           Colorado Conference

1919-20           faculty, Dickinson College

1920                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1920-29           faculty, Penn State University

1929                 transfer to Detroit Conference

1929-?             faculty, Albion College

?                       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 Albion College.


 

BAUGHMAN, GEORGE E.

 

Born: 2-8-1899  York PA                                             married:

Died: 11-9-1988  Cumberland MD                               obit:

 

1932    received by Maryland Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1926-29           Concord

1929                 “transfer” to Maryland Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church

1929-31           Oak Grove and Prince George

1931-33           Bedford PA

1933-39           Cumberland First

1939                 transfer by merger to Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Church

1939-46           Cumberland First

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 Island Christ

 

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  Adams County PA                           married: Katharine Naomi Patterson

Died: 10-26-1978  Lancaster PA                                 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1984, 386

 

1920    license, recommended by Evanston IL First

1922    admitted on trial, Northwest Iowa Conference

 

Interment: Presbyterian Cemetery, Williamsburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1979, 328

 

1920-22           student, Garrett Theological Seminary in Evanston IL

                        1920-22  Thornton-Lansing IL, Rock River Conference (10/1/20 – 8/30/22)

1922-25           Oto (beginning 10/1/22)

1925                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1925-26           Claysburg       

1926-28           Bakerton        

1928-30           Orbisonia        

1930-33           Gettysburg     

1933-36           Harrisburg Trinity

1936-43           Williamsport Mulberry Street

1943-47           Tyrone First

1947-53           Altoona Eighth Avenue

1953-55           Shamokin Lincoln Street

1955-61           Lock Haven Trinity (beginning 10/1/1955)

1961-64           Enola  

1964                 retired 

 


 

BEARD, CLYDE WILSON

 

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           Knoxville                    1967-68

1968                 transfer to West Virginia Conference

1968-70           West Liberty-Short Creek

1970-73           Belle-Mt. Juliet

1973-81           Petersburg Main street

1981-83           Glen Dale

1983-90           Parkersburg Christ

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  York  PA                                          obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1948, 194

 

1905    admitted on trial, West Wisconsin Conference

 

Internment:  Canadochly Cemetery, York County PA

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

1918-22           Tyrone Columbia Avenue

1922-25           Carlisle

1925-30           Williamsport Newberry

1930-32           Altoona Eighth Avenue

1932                 retired 


 

BEARD, RICHARD LEWIS

 

Born: 11-21-1932  Clearfield PA                                  married: Carol Rowe Cook

Died:                                                                             obit:

 

1955    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1954-57           student, Boston University School of Theology in Boston MA

                        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 Versailles

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 Philadelphia PA                                  married: Mary Orella Cramer

Died: 3-24-1961                                                           obit:

 

1909    admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Philadelphia Conference 1961, 562

 

1904-09           student, Dickinson College

                             1906-07  Boiling Springs & Pine Grove Furnace

                             1907-09  Green Village

1909                 “transfer” to Philadelphia Conference

1909-13           Millersville

1913-18           Philadelphia Springfield Avenue

1918-22           Prospect Park

1922-27           Sharon Hill\

1927-29           Brookline

1929-34           Lansdale

1934-37           East Stroudsburg

1937-39           Wissinoming

1939-44           Philadelphia Simpson Memorial

1944-47           Norwood

1947-52           Philadelphia Lindley

1952                 retired

                             1952-56  Ashland Avenue

 

 

 

BEDFORD, JOSEPH WILLIAM

 

Born: 12-5-1850  Fulton County PA                            married: Mary Catherine Furlow

Died:                                                                           obit: West Virginia Conference 1932, 112

 

1876    admitted on trial, West Virginia Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: West Virginia Conference 1947, 216

 

1873-74                      Schellsburg     

1874-76           Logan and Sandy circuit, West Virginia Conference

1876-78           Winfield WV

1878-81           Milton WV

1881-83           Barboursville WV

1883-85           Sinclair WV

1885-86           Deer Park MD

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 HAMILTON

 

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: Centre County Memorial Park, State College PA

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           Altoona Lakemont

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 Pennsylvania in 1943.

 


BEERS, ROBERT

 

Born: 2-13-1806  Concord PA                                     married:

Died: 2-15-1870  Cassville PA                                     obit:    

 

1835    admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

 

Interment:  Jersey Shore PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1870, 63

 

1835-36           Northumberland

1836-37           Lewistown     

1837-38           Williamsburg  

1838-39           Deerfield

1839-41           Monroe

1841-43           Allegheny

1843-45           Clearfield

1845-47           Bloomingdale 

1847-49           Trough Creek 

1849-51           Shirleysburg   

1851-53           Concord         

1853-55           Stonerstown   

1855-56           on leave

1856-57           Bald Eagle     

1857                 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-58           Pine Creek      

1858-59           Jersey Shore               

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 Benton

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1921-22           Jeddo-Milnesville

1922                discontinued


 

BEISHLINE, JOHN L.

 

Born: 6-9-1849  Columbia County PA                         married: Rachel R. Faus

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.


BELL, FRANK THOMPSON    

 

Born: 2-4-1869  Decatur IL                                        married: Marion Estelle Siebert

Died: 7-21-1924  Huntingdon PA                               obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1975, 166

 

1902    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Vira Cemetery

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1925, 157

 

1900                 Manada Furnace-Paxton, Philadelphia Conference

1902-06           Gatchelville    

1906-11           Weatherly       

1911-18           Reedsville      

1918-21           Newport

1921-24           Bellwood

 

Note: Frank Thompson Bell is the nephew of J. Foster Bell.  He supplied in 1900 while a student at Dickinson.  He is the father of eminent historian Raymond M. Bell of the Western Pennsylvania Conference.  Some biographical information appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 34.


BELL, JAMES ELLIS

 

Born: 8-4-1846  Dry Valley, Mifflin County PA            married: Juniata Waters

Died: 3-21-1932  York PA                                          obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1930, 201

 

?          quarterly conference license, Logan

1878    admitted on trial, recommended by Williamsport

 

Interment: Prospect Cemetery, York PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1932, 169

 

1878-81           Williamsport Price Chapel [Grace]

1881-83           Duncannon

1883-86           Hollidaysburg

1886-89           Bedford

1889-93           Williamsport Grace

1893-98           Altoona Eighth Avenue

1898-00           Chambersburg

1900-06           superintendent, Altoona District

1906-11           York First, York

1911-16           Chambersburg

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 Williamsport circuit

1874    ordained deacon

1876    ordained elder

 

Interment: Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport PA

Obit:

 

1870-71           Washington [Lamar] (beginning 2/1/1871)    

1871-72           Williamsport circuit

1872-73           Liberty Valley

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)


BELL, JOHN FOSTER

 

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: Brick Church, Reedsville PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1878, 70

 

1869-70           Warrior’s Mark

1870-73           Osceola

1873-75           Beech Creek

1875-76           Pine Grove

1876-78           Woodland

 

Note: J. Foster Bell is a brother of James Ellis Bell.  He is the father of John Thompson Bell and the uncle of Frank Thompson Bell.  A memoir also appears in The Conference News for April 1880, page 2.

 

 


BELL, JOHN THOMPSON   

 

Born: 7-10-1877  Woodland PA                                  married: Claudia Kitchen

Died: 3-17-1922  Bedford PA                                      obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1933, 199

 

1900    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Easton PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1923, 130

 

1900-04           Blain   

1904-09           Yeagertown   

1909-12           Clearfield Eleventh Street

1912-17           Watsontown   

1917-21           Bedford

1921                 retired 

 

Note: John Thompson Bell is the son of J. Foster Bell and a first cousin of Frank Thompson Bell.


BELL, SHERIDAN WATSON

 

Born: 1908  Cincinnati OH                                            married: Elizabeth R. _____

Died:  10-30-1982 Harrisburg PA                                 obit: (d. 3-08-1999)

 

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           Columbus Indianola

19939-41         Columbus Shepherds-St. Paul’s

1941-43           Columbus Maple Grove

1943-45           chaplain, US Navy     

1945-46           Franklin

1946-50           Delaware William Street

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:

Obit:

 

1883-85           Loudon

 

Note: A.J. Bender is otherwise unknown.


 

BENDER, AQUILA REESE

 

Born: 12-17-1848  near York Springs PA                     married: (never married)

Died: 8-19-1881  New Market MD                              obit:

 

?          quarterly conference license, Carlisle

1875    admitted on trial, recommended by Carlisle

 

Interment:  Chambersburg

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1882, 75

 

1875-76           Shrewsbury    

1876-77           Mont Alto (resigning for health, August 1877)

1877-78           living in Greencastle

1878-81           vice principal, Wilmington Conference Academy at Dover DE

1881                 Dorchester circuit, Wilmington Conference


 

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, Carlisle

1873    admitted on trial, recommended by Carlisle

1877    ordained elder

 

Interment: Chambersburg Cemetery

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1933, 182

 

1873-74           York Springs  

1874-75           Wellsville

1875-78           York Duke Street

1878-81           Stewartstown 

1881-83           Birmingham   

1883-86           Williamsport Mulberry Street

1886-90           Lock Haven Trinity

1890-92           Altoona Eighth Avenue

1892                 transfer to Central New York Conference

1892-97           Auburn First

1897-01           Syracuse Centenary

1901-04           on leave          

1904                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1904-08           Lock Haven Trinity

1908-11           Chambersburg

1911-17           Clearfield Trinity

1917-20           Harrisburg Ridge Avenue

1920-26           Northumberland

1926                 retired 

 

Note: Some sources list his birthplace as Petersburg [York Springs].  Henry R. Bender was present when President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address.  He is the author of Twentieth Century Interpretation of Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians (1905), The Problem of Consolation (1912), The Bible Devil (1917), Devils: Bible versus Pagan (1918), Walks with St. John (1929).  A memoir also appears in the 11/17/1932 Christian Advocate, page 1249.


 

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           South Williamsport    

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 Methodist Church, page 86.


 

BENDER, RICHARD WILLIAM

 

Born: 10-23-1935  Muncy PA                                      married: Janet Hunter

Died:                                                                             obit:

 

1964    license, recommended by South Williamsport

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

                             1965-68  Trenton NJ Hamilton Avenue (beginning October 1965)

                             1968        Millville NJ Fourth (Feb-Jun)

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, New York state

                        Episcopal priest, New York State

 

Note: Frank L. Benfield served as a local pastor.  He may have been a student at Dickinson College. 


 

BENFORD, JACOB POORMAN

 

Born: 3-5-1844  Mt. Pleasant PA                                  married: Frances Emma Trescott

Died: 3-22-1913  Riverside PA                                     obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1920, 137

 

?          quarterly conference license, Uniontown in the Pittsburgh Conference

1874    admitted on trial, recommended by Philipsburg

 

Interment: Allentown PA.

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1914, 115

 

1873-74           Decatur

1874-75           Williamsburg  

1875-76           Bloomingdale 

1876-78           Beaver Meadow

1878-80           Hickory Run  

1880-81           Centralia

1881-83           Fairview-Marysville

1883-84           Lewisburg

1884-86           York Springs  

1886-89           Newville-Rehoboth

1889-92           Shrewsbury    

1892-94           Liverpool        

1894-97           York Ridge Avenue

1897-98           Jeanesville      

1898-00           Coalport-Irvonia

1900-03           Duncansville  

1903-11           Gordon

1911-13           Riverside        

 


 

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           Centerville NJ, New Jersey Conference

1892-93           Vienna MD

1893-94           Woodside DE

1894-96           Royal Oak MD

1896-98           Bethel and Summit

1898-99           Mount Lebanon DE

1899                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1899-00           Shirleysburg   

1900-01           Ennisville       

1901-02           Clearville        

1902-04           Jamison City

1904-08           Benton           

1908                 withdrew

…

1926-27           Elimsport & Maple Hill

 


BENNETT, ERWIN DAVID

 

Born: 9-13-1907  Syracuse NY                                    married: Doris Muriel Larkins

Died: 1-20-1983  Altoona PA                                       obit: 2004, 360

 

1927    license, recommended by Watertown NY Asbury

1932    admitted on trial, Northern New York Conference

 

Interment: Arlington National Cemetery

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1983, 399

 

1932-34           Hammond      

1934-35           Mount Pleasant

1935-38           Oswego Center

1938-39           at school         

1939-40           Constantia-West Monroe

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           Weedsport Brick Church

1948-53           chaplain, US Navy

1953-57           Lansing Parish

1957                 transfer to Genesee Conference

1957-62           Buffalo-Plymouth

1962                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1962-65           Wellsboro

1965-68           Hazleton St. Paul’s

1968 -73          Altoona Fifth Avenue

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 Green Memorial Park, Camp Hill PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1991, 477

           

1926-27           Jamison City (ending summer 1927)

1927-32           Orangeville (beginning summer 1927)           

1932-37           Picture Rocks Parish  

1937-43           Catawissa       

1943-48           Hanover

1948-55           Huntingdon First

1955-61           Harrisburg Stevens Memorial

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:

Obit:

 

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  Luzerne County PA                          married: Josephine Louisa Davidson

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           Benton                       

1872-75           Hickory Run  

1875-77           Benton

1877-79           South Heberton

1879-82           Mifflinville     

1882-85           Newville-Rehoboth    

1885-88           Hopewell        

1888-93           Mount Union 

1893-97           North Altoona

1897-00           Lock Haven East Main Street

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           Cogan Valley

 

Note: Levi Benson served as a local pastor.  He is otherwise unknown.


 

BERGSTROM, FRANK WILLIAM

 

Born:  1-13-1930  Worcester MA                                married: Barbara Ann Schonberg

Died:                                                                            obit:

 

1960    license

1964    admitted on trial

1964    ordained deacon

1966    ordained elder

 

1951-56           Meridian CT

1956-58           Worcester MA Park Avenue

1958-59           ?

1959-63           student, Penn State University

                        1959-63  Penns Valley (ending 3/15/1963)

1963-68           Mt. Alto (beginning 3/15/1963)

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           Grampian-Lumber City

1964-70           Benton

1970-73           Oriole

1973-78           Westfield

1978-83           Williamsport Trinity

1983-86           Berwick First

1986                 retired

                             1986-93  associate, Picture Rocks Parish

                             1993-96  South Williamsport Larger Parish

 

Note: John B. Bergstrom is a brother to Frank W. Bergstrom.


 

BERKEBILE, CALVIN E.

 

Born:                                                                             married:

Died:                                                                             obit:

 

Interment:      

Obit:

 

1921-22           Sandy Ridge

 

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  Williamsport PA                              obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1985, 401

 

1918    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1969, 306

 

1918-19           Riverside-West Fairview

1919-22           Millerstown    

1922-24           Dillsburg-Wellsville   

1924-26           Snow Shoe

1926-30           Williamsport Market Street

1930-36           Emporium

1936-43           Sunbury St. John’s

1943-51           Williamsport Pine Street

1951-57           superintendent, Sunbury District

1957-62           Milton

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 Bloomfield

1837-38           Mifflin

1838-39           Beaver Meadows

1839-40           Bellefonte

1840-42           Danville circuit

1842-43           Sunbury          

1843-45           Shrewsbury    

1845-46           Bedford

1846-48           Warrior’s Mark

1848-50           Newport         

1850-52           Clearfield       

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           Shrewsbury    

1862-64           Gettysburg     

1864-65           Rainsburg

1865                 retired

1868                 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1876-80           on leave

1880                 retired

                         living in Alabama

 

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:

 

1955-56           Williamsport Third Street (beginning 9/1/55)

1956-57           Forksville

1957-59           Lock Haven East Main Street

1959-62           New Bloomfield

 

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           Cogan Valley 

1882-83           ?

1883                located at own request


 

BETTENS, JAMES HENRY

 

Born: 7-15-1869  Cornwall England                             married: Mary Fullmer

Died: 9-26-1954  Lock Haven PA                               obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1935, 241

 

1899    admitted on trial

 

Interment:  Millville PA Cemetery

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1955, 227

 

1899-01           Waller 

1901-02           Silver Brook   

1902-06           Irish Valley    

1906-08           Selinsgrove     

1908-10           Benezette       

1910-16           North Bend

1916-21           McVeytown

1921-25           Flemington

1925-30           Nescopeck

1930-36           Riverside

1936-38           Lock Haven East Main. Street

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, Blair County PA       married: Susannah Wolverton

Died: 3-30-1899  Philadelphia PA                              obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1927,527

 

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           Lewisburg WV

1868                 transfer to Virginia Conference

1868-69           Middlebrook WV

1869-71           Portsmouth

1871-73           Old Point Comfort

1873-76           Alexandria

1876-79           Falls Church

1879-81           superintendent, Alexandria District

1881                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1881-83           Half Moon     

1883-85           Sinnemahoning

1885-86           Espy-Light Street

1886-89           Weatherly       

1889-92           Salona

1892-96           Ralston

1896-99           Woodland


 

BICHELL, A.A.

 

Born:                                                                            married:

Died:                                                                            obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:   

 

1912-13           Orrtanna

1919-20           Cross Fork [Potter County]

 

Note: served as a local pastor.  He is otherwise unknown.


 

BICKEL, JOHN CRAWFORD

 

Born:                                                                             married: Idylla Robbins

Died: 11-29-1939  Fort Wayne IN                               obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1951, 1165 Ohio Conference

 

1894    admitted on trial, recommended by Harveyville

 

Interment:

Obit: Ohio Conference 1940, 182

 

1893-95           Harveyville     

1895-98           Milnesville-Jeddo       

1898-00           Without Appointment

1900-03           Jeanesville-Audenreid

1903-04           Salt Lake City UT First

1904-10           superintendent, Wyoming Mission    

1910                 transfer to Indiana Conference

                         Irvington

                         transfer to Ohio Conference

 

Note: John C. Bickel was born in Indiana and raised in Missouri.  He is supposedly a graduate of DePauw and Boston University.

 


BICKELL, CHARLES ALBERT LEHMAN

 

Born: 8-8-1906  Williamsport PA                                 married: Marion Theodora Danskin

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: Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1970, 379

 

1928-30           Wallis Run     

1930-32           Montandon    

1932-34           at school

1934-36           Snydertown   

1936-40           Riverside        

1940-43           Shickshinny    

1943-46           Milton

1946-53           Philipsburg (ending 11/30/1953)

1953                 transfer to Southern California-Arizona Conference

1953-56           [California]     

1956                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1956-59           Waynesboro

1959-63           York First

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 Millport Cemetery

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1922, 124

 

1884-85           Osceola

1885-86           Port Matilda

1886-89           Coalport

1889-93           Lumber City   

1893-97           Ramey

1897-99           Altoona Epworth mission.

1899-04           Clearfield       

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 Missionary Alliance Church.  Mrs. Biddle is a granddaughter of Rev. Timothy Lee, supposedly “a member of the first American Methodist General Conference” (1792?), who was a first cousin of the eminent missionary Jason Lee (1803-1845).

 


BIDDLE, FLETCHER W.    

 

Born: 6-15-1858  near Bellefonte PA                            married: Josephine Little

Died: 6-8-1930  Bedford PA                                        obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1937, 273

 

1887    admitted on trial, recommended by Concord circuit

 

Interment: Bedford PA Cemetery

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1931, 176

 

1885-86           assistant, Concord

1887-88           Cassville         

1888-90           Clearville        

1890-93           Shirleysburg   

1893-96           Flemington     

1896-99           Petersburg      

1899-03           Osceola

1903-07           Harrisburg Curtin Heights

1907-10           Bedford

1910-12           Roaring Springs

1913-15           Williamsport Grace

1915-19           Altoona Fifth Avenue

1919-20           Curwensville  

1920-22           Renovo

1922-23           Mount Union 

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 Missionary Alliance Church.  A memoir also appears in the 6/19/1930 Christian Advocate, page 789.  Mrs. Biddle’s sister Melissa is the wife of David F. Kapp.


 

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: Rosemont Cemetery, Bloomsburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1967, 311

 

1901-03           Laporte

1903-05           Clarkstown

1905-09           Muncy Valley

1909-11           Trevorton       

1911-14           Espy-Lime Ridge

1914-17           West Fairview

1917-19           Marysville      

1919-23           Lock Haven East Main Street

1923-26           Watsontown   

1926-27           Petersburg      

1927-31           Freeland

1931-37           Mifflinburg    

1937-38           Williamsport Third Street

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 STERLING

 

Born: 12-12-1921  Williamsport PA                             married: Montene _____

Died: 4-25-2003                                                          obit:

 

1945    admitted on trial, New England Southern Conference

1947    ordained elder, New England Southern Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: New England Conference 2003,?

 

1941-43           Clearville (beginning 10/1/41)

1943-44           living in Williamsport

1944-45           Mapleville & Glendale, New England Southern Conference

1945                 “transfer” to New England Southern Conference

1945-48           Mapleville & Glendale

1948-51           East Hartford Center

1951-61           chaplain, USAF

1961-66           Vineyard Haven

1966-74           Marshfield

1974-82           Glastonbury (ending 5/1/82)

1982-88           Spencer (beginning 5/1/82)

                             1985-88  West Warren (10/1/85 – 3/8/88)

1988                 retired

 

Note:  The 2003 address for Mrs. Bieber is 9 Westview Street, Grafton MA  01519.


 

BIERI, JOHN CASPER

 

Born: 11-13-1873  Philadelphia PA                               married: Jeanette M. Betson

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: Philadelphia Conference 1951, 1034

 

1898-01           student, Dickinson College

                             1900-01  Millerstown (last part of year)

1901-02           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                             1901-02  Millerstown

1902                 “transfer” to Philadelphia Conference

1902-07           Easton Memorial

1907-09           Philadelphia Hancock Street

1909-10           Philadelphia Scott

1910-13           Reading Windsor Street

1913-16           Columbia

1916-18           Mahanoy City

1918-20           Chester Providence Avenue

1920-24           Philadelphia Siloam

1924-25           Philadelphia Frankford Avenue

1925-27           Spring City

1927-28           Philadelphia Centenary

1928-29           conference evangelist

1929-30           Philadelphia Wissahickon (ending 10/30)

1930-34           Philadelphia Columbia Avenue (beginning 10/30)

1934-37           Philadelphia St. Luke’s

1937-40           Philadelphia Park Avenue

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: St. Peter’s Lutheran & Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg PA

Obit:

 

1901                 East Falmouth MA (3 months)

1904                 South Dakota

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, Union County PA      

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  Brooklyn NY                                     married: Sara Marie Levance

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, Juniata College

                             1957-59  assistant, James Creek

1959-60           student, Lycoming College

                             S959-60  assistant, James Creek

1960-61           student, Crozer Seminary in Chester PA

                             1960-61  Freeland Parish

1961-63           student, Asbury Seminary in Wilmore KY

                             1961-63  Freeland Parish

1963-66           Shamokin Chestnut Street

1966                 voluntary location

                         Alabama-West Florida Conference

 


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           Williamsport circuit

1871-72           Cogan’s Valley

1872-73           Watsontown (first part of year)

1873-75           Wharton

1875-76           Pine Creek

1882-83           Hickory Run

 

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, Northern New York Conference

1955                Transfer to Northern New York Conference (1/15/1955)

1955-               Beaver Falls

                        North Central New York Conference

 

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 Methodist Church.  Fiercely autonomous, he and the congregation even declined to join the newly formed Bible Protestant Church and became independent.  The congregation eventually associated with the GARB (Baptist) denomination.  Beginning in 1956, his son Rev. Warren M. Birdsall (1923-1995) served the congregation for 30+ years.

 


 

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, P.O. Box 103, Silver Lake, NY  14549, phone 716-237-3072.  Mrs. Birt is the daughter of Jesse K. Gunder.


 

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 India

1954-56           at school

1956                missionary to India

1956                transfer to Lucknow Conference (11/1/1956)

 

1982-87           Bangkok (Thailand) International Congregation

 


BIXLER, ANDREW LOY

 

Born: 1-1-1880  Perry County PA                                married: Carolyn Mable Moore

Died: 2-9-1962  Harrisburg PA                                    spouse: 1973, 382

 

1906    admitted on trial, New England Conference

 

Interment: Ashland Cemetery, Carlisle PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1962, 319

 

1906-07           Leicester

1907-10           Upton

1910-15           Boston

1915-18           Beverly

1918-20           secretary, YMCA France

1920                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1920-21           director of religious work, Dickinson College

1921-25           Altoona Fairview

1925-28           Williamsport Mulberry Street

1928-29           Huntingdon First

1929-31           State College  

1931-36           Altoona Simpson

1936-42           Mount Carmel

1942-46           Hazleton St. Paul’s

1946-49           Lewisburg

1949-50           Harrisburg Ridge Avenue

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: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Chambersburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1933, 183

 

1863-75           Bendersville   

1875-77           Wellsville

1877-80           Shippensburg 

1880-83           Harrisburg Fifth Street  (ending 8/17/1882)

1882-83           superintendent, Methodist Book Room (beginning 8/17/1882)

1883-86           Bedford

1886-89           Clearfield       

1889-92           Everett           

1892-97           Lock Haven Trinity

1897-02           superintendent, Williamsport District

1902-03           superintendent, Book Room

1903-08           Huntingdon First

1908-11           Carlisle           

1911                 retired 


 

BLADES, ANSLEY BAKER

 

Born: 6-25-1870  Canisteo NY                                     married: Florence Leonard Bailey [8/10/1894]

Died: 1941  Seminole County FL                                   obit: [1/21/1875 – 5/15/1946]

 

?          Newark Conference

 

Interment: Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Union Springs [Cayuga County] NY

Obit:

 

1907                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1907-08           Williamsport Market Street (ending 9/29/1908)

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 Cottonwood County MN, but it is unclear whether this was before or after his service in the Central Pennsylvania Conference.  He was residing in WA in 1930.


 

BLAIR, SAMUEL

 

Born:                                                                             married:

Died:                                                                             obit:

 

1891    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1889-90           Hazleton Mission [Diamond] & West Hazleton

1890-91           Hazleton Diamond

1891-93           Harveyville

1893-96           Altoona City Mission

1896-99           Morrisdale      

1899-00           Altoona Epworth Mission

1900                 transfer to North Nebraska Conference

1900-02           [Nebraska]

1902                transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1902-04           missionary, Wyoming

1904-07           missionary, Utah

1907-09           missionary, Texas

1909-11           missionary, New Mexico

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

1954-57           York Duke Street

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:

Obit:

 

1951-62           Morris

1962-66           Elkland (ending 11/14/66)

1966-71           Williamsport High Street (beginning 11/15/66)

1971                 no longer lister


 

BOBB, JOSHUA PIERCE

 

Born: 11-23-1846  near Mechanicsburg PA                   married: Agnes M. Crumb

Died: 8-30-1895  Maywood NE                                   obit:

 

1870    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Maywood NE

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 Dickinson College in 1870 and later earned a PhD from Illinois Wesleyan University.  He suffered with health problems most of his life.

 


BODTORF, ROY OAKLEY

 

Born: 5-10-1909  Centre Hall PA                                married: Mabel E. _____

Died: 9-13-1968   Harrisburg PA                                spouse:

 

1930    admitted on trial

1933    ordained deacon

1935    ordained elder

 

Interment:   Rose Hill Cemetery, Altoona PA

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           Altoona Fairview

1953-57           Altoona Fifth Avenue

1957-62           Tyrone First

1962-66           Berwick First

1966-68           assistant administrator, Bethany Village

1968                 retired 

 

Note: Mrs. Bodtorf is still living in 2005.


 

BOGGS, GEORGE FRANKLIN

 

Born: 11-3-1867  Path Valley, Franklin County PA        married: Isabelle Virginia Kapp

Died: 2-5-1947  Altoona PA                                         obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1944, 234

 

1894    admitted on trial, recommended by Shirleysburg circuit

 

Interment: Alto Rest Cemetery, Altoona PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1947, 197

 

1894-97           McKee’s Gap 

1897-01           Hastings

1901-04           Howard

1904-08           Hazleton Diamond

1908-11           Williamsport High Street

1911-14           Hollidaysburg

1914-17           Waynesboro   

1917-22           Altoona Eighth Avenue

1922-25           Milton

1925-28           Renovo

1928-32           Williamsport Mulberry Street

1932-36           Camp Hill       

1936-40           Huntingdon Fifteenth Street

1940                 retired 

 1943-47  Altoona Mardorf

 

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 Evangelical Church

            recommended by Elizabethville

1938    admitted on trial, Northeast Ohio Conference of the Methodist Church

 

Interment: Maple Grove Cemetery, Elizabethville PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1990, 447

 

1936-38           Chesterville

1938-41           Gambier

1941-43           Gnadenhutten

1943-46           chaplain, US Army

1946-48           West Lafayette

1948-50           Mt. Gilead

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                      Altoona Italian Mission

1909                 transfer to Genesee Conference

1909-13           missionary, Buffalo NY Italian Mission        

1913                 transfer to Des Moines Conference

1913-16           Des Moines Italian Mission

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           Mount Alto    

1956-59           Barnesboro     

1959-61           Gatchelville    

1961-62           Newport (beginning 9/15/1961)

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, Luzerne County PA      married: Anna May Hess

Died: 7-26-1938  Hazleton PA                                      obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1958, 251

 

1886    admitted on trial, recommended by West Hazleton circuit

 

Interment: Methodist Church Cemetery, Black Creek PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1939, 205

 

1884-86           West Hazleton

1886-91           Benton                       

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 Methodist Protestant Church

1938    ordained, Eastern Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1923-29           New Brooklyn NJ

1929-33           Hollisterville PA circuit

1933-34           Hillburn NJ

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 Methodist Church.  The Register Church closed.  Rev. Booth and the Bloomingdale, Koonsville and Reyburn congregations joined the newly formed Bible Protestant Church. 


 

BOUGHEY, PERCY S.

 

Born: 11-6-1890  Derby, England                                  married: Lucy Belle Harries

Died: 8-19-1972  Matlock, England                              obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1953,227

 

?          license, British Methodist Church

1919    admitted on trial

1921    ordained deacon

1923    ordained elder

 

Interment: East Harrisburg PA Cemetery

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1973, 368

 

1913-15           Lancashire, England

1915                 transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1915-16           Hummelstown

1916                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1916-18           Liverpool 

1918-22           Montandon    

1922-25           Kulpmont

1925-30           Audenreid      

1930-31           Williamsport Market Street

1931-38           Weatherly       

1938-47           Ashland          

1947-50           Shippensburg 

1950-61           Renovo

1961                 retired 

 

Note: The father and grandfather of Percy S. Boughey were local preachers in England.  He is an uncle to Rev. Harry E. Boughey of the United Church of Christ.  Mrs. Boughey is the daughter of Alfred Harries (c1870-1916) of the Philadelphia Conference.


 

BOUSE, GEORGE W.

 

Born: 4-9-1823  Pendleton County WV                        married: Virginia Miles

Died: 7-21-1892  Woodland PA                                   obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1899,99

 

1849    admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

 

Interment: Tyrone PA Cemetery

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1893, 90

 

1848-50           Lewisburg VA           

1850-51           Woodstock VA

1851-52           Springfield VA

1852-54           Westernport MD

1854-55           Cumberland MD

1855-57           Bedford circuit

1857                 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-59           Cassville

1859-61           Shirleysburg   

1861-63           Newport

1863-66           Port Royal

1866-68           Gettysburg

1868                 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-71           New Bloomfield

1871-74           Three Springs 

1874-75           West Clearfield

1875-78           Penn’s Valley 

1878-81           Half Moon

1881-84           Green Village 

1884-87           Warrior’s Mark

1887-92           Milesburg

1892                 Woodland

 

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  Brooklyn NY                                    married: Helen F. Garber

Died: 7-8-1974                                                             obit:

 

1917    admitted on trial

1917    ordained deacon

1919    ordained elder, New York East Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: New York Conference 1975, ?

 

1911-15           student, Dickinson College

                             1914-15  Boiling Springs (summer 1914 – summer 1915)

1915-17           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                             1915-17  West Livingston NJ (beginning summer 1915)

1917-18           Riverside & West Fairview

1918                 transfer to New York East Conference

1918-20           New Rochelle First

1920-23           Lynbrook St. James

1923-26           Hempstead

1926-33           Brooklyn Bay Ridge Grace

1933-40           Queens Astoria First

1940-46           Baldwin

1946-52           Queens Elmhurst

1952-59           Union

1959                 retired


 

BOWDEN, WILLIAM H.

 

Born: 2-3-1850  Holmbush England                              married: Sarah Belle Cisney

Died: 12-27-1919  Windber PA                                   obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1944, 235

 

1867    license, Bible Christian Church in England

1874    admitted on trial, recommended by Concord circuit

 

Interment: Redland Cemetery, Windber PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1920, 134

 

1873-75           Concord circuit

1875-76           New Bloomfield

1876-77           Port Royal

1877-78           Ray’s Hill

1878-79           Shirleysburg   

1879-81           Burnt Cabins  

1881-83           Lycoming

1883-85           Liberty Valley

1885-87           Cogan Valley 

1887-90           Wolfsburg

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           East Chester NY

1892-95           New Canaan CT

1895                 studying law at Scranton PA

 

Note: Aaron V. Bower became a lawyer and settled in Scranton PA.


 

BOWER, HARRY CLAYTON

 

Born: 5-31-1883  Elimsport PA                                    married: Mabel Lucy Crawford

Died:                                                                            obit:

 

1901    license, recommended by South Williamsport

1905    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1905-06           Cameron

1906-08           missionary, Pinang Malaysia

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, LAHMAN FOREST

 

Born: 7-5-1858  Berwick PA                                        married:

Died:                                                                             obit:

 

1895    ordained deacon, recommended by Carlisle

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1884-87           principal, preparatory department at Dickinson College

1887-96           businessman, Carlisle

                        moved to Cincinnati OH

 

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 Carlisle 1930-34.


 

BOWER, ROY WILLARD  

 

Born: 9-7-1922  Akron OH                                          married: Mary _____

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: Greenlawn Memorial Park, Akron OH

Obit: East Ohio Conference 1984, ?

 

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

                         West Bedford

                         Trinway

                         Warsaw

                         Thompson

                         Andover

1978                 retired to Akron OH

 

 

Note: The middle name for Roy W. Bower is sometimes given as WILLIAM.


 

BOWERS, DAN S.

 

Born: 3-2-1922  Waynesboro PA                                 married:

Died: 10-23-2006  Westfield NY                                  obit:

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1939-43           student, Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster PA

1944-45           student, Duke Divinity School in Durham NC

 

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   Scotia NY                                    obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1901, 111

 

1868    admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference

1870    ordained deacon

1872    ordained elder

 

Interment: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Danville PA

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

1872-73           Danville St. Paul’s

1873-75           Riverside

1875-78           Muncy

1878-80           Williamsport Third Street

1880-83           Mechanicsburg

1883-86           Waynesboro   

1886-88           Ashland          

1888-91           Harrisburg St. Paul

1891-93           Shickshinny    

1893-96           Newberry

1896-99           Austin

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  Newark NJ                                        obit:

 

1855    admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

 

Interment: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Newark NJ

Obit: Newark Conference 1907, 97

 

1855-56           Carlisle circuit

1856-57           East Loudon  

1857                 transfer to Newark Conference

1857-58           Passiac

1858-50           located            [member of Union Chapel in Cincinnati OH]

1860                 transfer to East Baltimore Conference

1860-62           Berwick

1862-64           Bellefonte Station

1864-66           Carlisle Emory

1866-68           faculty, Dickinson College

1868                 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-72           faculty, Dickinson College

1872-73           on leave

1873-74