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DANIELS, HARRY

 

Born: 12-13-1875  Granite Falls NC                           married: Mary Edith Rohrer

Died: 4-9-1932  Berwick PA                                      obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1956, 234

 

1907    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Mennonite Cemetery, Strasburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1932, 177

 

1906-08           Hustontown

1908-13           York West Street

1913-15           Shrewsbury

1915-17           Yeagertown-Rhodes

1917-20           Sinnemahoning

1920-25           Gettsburg-New Oxford

1925-30           Mechanicsburg

1930-32           Shickshinny

 

Note: An obituary for Harry Daniels also appears in the 4/28/1932 Christian Advocate, page 462.


 

DANIELS, HARRY JOSEPH         

 

Born: 10-11-1904  Lykens PA                                    married: Myrl P. Bowers

Died: 9-7-1989  Denver PA                                        obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1990, 452

 

1944    ordained, Pilgrim Holiness Church

 

Interment: Northumberland Memorial Park, Stonington PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1990, 451

 

1936-61           Pilgrim Holiness church

                        Williamstown

                         Pitman

                         Frackville

                         Port Matilda

                         Stonington

                         Rebuk

1961                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference Methodist

1961-64           Wrightsville

1964-66           Renovo

1966-72           Milroy

1972-77           Belleville

1977                 retired

 

Note: Harry J. Daniels served as a local pastor.


 

DAUGHERTY, JOHN HENRY

 

Born: 2-2-1868  Thompsontown PA                           married: Lillian Mae Fisk

Died: 11-29-1937  Jersey Shore PA                           obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1946, 236

 

1892    admitted on trial, recommended by Hazleton St. Paul’s

           

Interment: Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1938, 220

 

1892-93           assistant, Williamsport Pine Street

1893-95           South Williamsport

1895-97           Hughesville

1897-00           Williamsport Third Street

1900-03           Shickshinny

1903-09           Tyrone First

1909-15           Harrisburg Ridge Avenue

1915-20           Sunbury St. John’s

1920-30           Williamsport Pine Street

1930-37           Lewistown First

1937                 Jersey Shore First

 

 

DAVIDSON, ELLIS B.

 

Born: 12-7-1886  Bedford PA                                      married: Mary Louise Willoughby

Died: 8-6-1869                                                            obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1974, 437

 

1909    quarterly conference license, Bedford

1912    admitted on trial

1914    ordained deacon

1916    ordained elder

 

Interment: Community Mausoleum of the Bedford Cemetery, Bedford PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1970, 380

 

1911-13           Eagles Mere & Laporte

1913-15           Littlestown

1915-18           Riddlesburg

1918-20           Reedsville-Milroy

1920-21           York West Street

1921-24           Mechanicsburg

1924-28           Muncy

1928-29           Bellwood

1929-36           Huntingdon First

1936-38           Shamokin Lincoln Street

1938-40           Lock Haven Trinity

1940-46           Berwick First

1946-49           Mount Union First

1949-52           Altoona Simpson

1952                 retired

                        1954-55  Wolfsburg (9/1/1954 to 5/31/1955)

                        1961-63  Dunning Creek United Church of Christ

 

Note: Ellis Bell Davidson was baptized by and named for J. Ellis Bell.  Mrs. Davidson graduated from the Lucy Webb Hayes Training School and served as a deaconess at Harrisburg St. Paul prior to her marriage.

 

 

DAVIDSON, ROBERT EARL

 

Born: 5-4-1934  Lewistown PA                                  married: Marjorie Ellen Moist

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1957    license

1958    admitted on trial

1959    ordained deacon

1962    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1957-62           student, Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington DC

                             1957-62  Catonsville MD

1962-63           Mount Union

1963                transfer to Newark Conference

1963-68           associate, Westwood

1968-71           Irvington

1971-78           Midland Park

1978-92           Totowa

1992-01           Hillsdale

2001                 retired


 

DAVIS, CHARLES EVAN

 

Born: 11-27-1889                                                        married:

Died: 12-30-1975                                                        obit:

 

1921    admitted on trial, Wilmington Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Peninsula Conference 1976, ?

 

1916-19           student, Dickinson College

                             1916-17  Hickorytown, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1921-22           student

1922-25           Cheswold

1927-27           faculty, Wesley Collegiate Institute

1927-30           Cherry Hill

1930-34           Hockessin

1934-36           Wilmington Asbury

1936-39           Cecilton

1939-41           Still Pond

1941-43           Queenstown

1943-54           Ocean View

1945-49           Greensboro

1949-52           Pittsville Ayres

1952-57           Wilmington Trinity

1957                 retired


 

DAVIS, EDWARD E.          

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1962    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1962-70           Gordon

1970                 “transfer” by boundaries to East Pennsylvania Conference

 

Note: Edward E. Davis served as a local pastor.


 

DAVIS, GEORGE EDWARD

 

Born: 9-9-1903  Abington MD                                   married: Anita Amelia Stephney

Died: 4-21-1981  Harrisburg PA                                obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1992, 471

 

1947    admitted on trial, Washington Conference

1947    ordained deacon

1951    ordained elder

 

Interment: Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Harrisburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1981, 329

 

1945-51           Centerville MD

1951-69           Harrisburg Mitchell Memorial

1956                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1956-69           Harrisburg Mitchell Memorial

1969                 retired

 

Note: George E. Davis is the son of George A. Davis (d. 1945) of the Washington Conference and the father of Bernice Davis Stevens in the United Methodist files.  In 1956, Mitchell Memorial Church became the first congregation in the entire Methodist denomination to transfer out of the racially segregated Central Jurisdiction of Negro conferences into its otherwise geographically appropriate conference.


 

DAVIS, JAMES MERLYN 

 

Born:                                                                           married: Jeanne _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1967    license, recommended by Mifflinville

1971    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1967-68           Buckhorn-Rupert

1968-71           North Bend

1971-77           Pennsdale

1977-88           Muhlenburg

1988                 retired

 

Note: James M. Davis served as a local pastor.


 

DAVIS, JOHN F.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1866    admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference: recommended by Mulberry Street

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1866-68           faculty, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary

1868                 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-70           faculty, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary

1870-71           Duboistown-Rocktown

1871-72           Susquehanna [Nisbet]

1872-81           on leave

                        1872-75  assistant, Williamsport Pine Street

                        1875-77  assistant, Williamsport Price Chapel

                        1877-78  assistant, Mulberry Street

1881                l ocated

 

Note: Rocktown is the lower part of South Williamsport.  Susquehanna is the original name for Nisbet.  The “move” in 1871 was a re-naming of the circuit.


 

DAVIS, MICHAEL F.

 

Born: 9-6-1893  Eatontown NJ                                   married: Florence McMillen

Died: 1-7-1991  Ephrata PA                                       obit:

 

1919    admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 1991, 302

 

1914-17           student, Dickinson College

                             1914-16  Rehoboth

                             1916        “transfer” to Philadelphia Conference

                             1916-17  Atglen & Mt. Pleasant

1917-20           student, Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton NJ

1920-24           Mount Joy

1924-26           Chester Parkside

1926-28           West Grove

1928-32           Reading St. Peter’s

1932-37           Jenkintown

1937-39           Philadelphia Roxborough First

1939-42           Philadelphia Berry-Long Memorial

1942-48           Philadelphia Oak Lane

1948-54           Bethlehem Wesley

1954-58           Ardmore

1958-60           Philadelphia Logan

1960-66           Quarryville Memorial

1966                 retired

                             1970-71  Mount Hope


 

DAVIS, WILLIAM H.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1920-21           Fort Loudon  (did not finish the year)

 

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

 


 

DAY, GIDEON HOWARD

 

Born: 5-16-1816  Ellicott City MD                             married: Sarah Ann Seamans

Died: 5-16-1901  Riverside                                        obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1901, 109

 

1840    admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

 

Interment: Old Gearhart Cemetery [Mt. Vernon Cemetery], Riverside PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1902, 120

 

1840-41           Clearfield

1941-42           Sunbury

1842-43           Luzerne

1943-44           Waynesboro

1844-46           Mifflin

1846-48           Luzerne

1848-50           Bloomsburg

1950-52           Jersey Shore

1852-53           agent, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary

1853-55           Baltimore City station

1855-56           Washington Capital Hill

1856-57           New Bloomfield

1857                 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-60           Seaman’s Union Bethel

1860-62           Jeanesville

1862-64           on leave

1864-66           Orangeville

1866-68           Jeanesville

1868                 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-73           on leave

                             1868-70  Berwick

                             1871-72  Benton

1873-76           Trevorton

1876-79           Snydertown

1879-82           Elysburg

1882-84           Washingtonville

1884-87           White Haven

1887-88           Stockton-Beaver Meadow

1888-90           Riverside

1890                 retired

 

Note: An obituary for Gideon Howard Day also appears in the 5/23/1901 Christian Advocate.  A biographical sketch is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference.


 

DEAN, GLENN IRVAN THOMAS.

 

Born: 6-5-1939  Tyrone PA                                                    married: (none)

Died: 6-20-1972  New Paris PA                                             obit:

 

Interment:

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1973, 372

 

1968    license, recommended by Tyrone Columbia Avenue

 

1967-68           associate, Tyrone Columbia Avenue (beginning 1/1/67)

1968-71           Burnt Cabins

1971                 New Paris, Western Pennsylvania Conference

 

Note: Glenn I.T. Dean served as a local pastor.


 

DEAN, JOHN SHERIDAN WEBSTER

 

Born: 3-7-1848  Upshur County WV                          married: Grace Marple

Died: 6-24-1917  Kansas City MO                             obit: [b. 2/4/1868]

 

1875    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Oakwood [Oakland?] Cemetery, Baldwin City KS

Obit: Kansas Conference 1918, 201

 

1875-76           Pine Grove

1876-80           faculty, Pennsylvania Agricultural College [Penn State]

1880-83           student            , Boston University in Boston MA

1883-84           student, University of Berlin in Germany

1884-85           member, West Virginia legislature

1885-86           Detroit MI

1886                transfer to Nebraska Conference

                        Peru

                        Pawnee City

                        Falls City

                        Hastings

                        Lincoln

                        presiding elder, Nebraska City District

                        transfer to Kansas Conference

 

Note: The conference archives have a newspaper obituary for John S.W. Dean.


 

DEAVOR, EDWARD E. ALLEN

 

Born: 12-31-1845  Roses Place, Fulton County PA       married: Susan Stotler

Died: 9-17-1923  York PA                                            obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1916, 130

 

1872    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Mifflintown Cemetery, Mifflintown PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1924, 144

 

1872-73           Shrewsbury

1873-76           West Fairview

1876-79           Wrightsville

1879-80           Mercersburg

1880-83           Newton Hamilton

1883-84           Birmingham

1884-85           Shrewsbury

1885-88           Newport

1888-90           Wrightsville

1890-93           Newberry

1893-96           Emporium

1896-97           Harrisburg St. Paul’s

1897-99           Hollidaysburg

1899-00           Austin

1900-02           Patton

1902-03           Hazleton Diamond

1903-06           York Duke Street

1906-09           Montoursville

1909-12           Osceola

1912-16           Mifflintown

1916-17           York West Street

1917                 retired

 

Note: Edward E.A. Deavor is a brother of Joseph D.W. Deavor and W.T. Sherman Deavor.

 


DEAVOR, JOSEPH DYKE WALTER

 

Born: Fulton County PA                                             married: Laura Belle McDowell

Died: 12-20-1935  Harrisburg PA                              obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1922, 133

 

1880    admitted on trial, recommended by Williamsport Mulberry Street

1881    ordained deacon, recommended by Port Royal

 

Interment: Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1936, 1888

 

1880-81           Port Royal

1881-83           Robinsonville

1883-85           Orbisonia

1885-88           Mifflinville

1888-91           Northumberland

1891-93           Weatherly

1893-95           Mount Holly Springs

1895-99           Shamokin Second

1899-02           Tyrone Columbia Avenue

1902-04           Mifflin

1904-07           Burnham

1907-10           Williamsport Fourth Street.

1910-12           Ashland

1912-14           Sunbury Catawissa Avenue

1914-19           Harrisburg Epworth

1919-23           Morrisdale

1923                 retired

 

Note: Joseph D.W. Deavor is a brother of Edward E.A. Deavor and W.T. Sherman Deavor.  The conference archives contain an extensive file of his written sermons.

 


DEAVOR, WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

 

Born: 12-8-1864  near West Dublin, Fulton County PA         married: Katharine Totten

Died: 11-2-1898  Wapwallopen PA                                       obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1956, 235

 

1886    quarterly conference license, Mifflinville

1888    admitted on trial, recommended by Mifflinville circuit

1890    ordained deacon

1892    ordained elder

 

Interment: Pine Grove Cemetery, Berwick PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1899, 89

 

1888-89           Schoyerville

1889-91           Nescopeck

1891-92           Silverbrook

1892-98           faculty, St. John’s College at Annapolis MD

 

Note: W.T. Sherman Deavor is a brother of Edward E.A. Deavor and Joseph D.W. Deavor.  WTS Deavor is the author of A History of the Deavor Family, of which the archives do not have copy.

 


 

DECKER, ANDREW WILSON

 

Born: 9-18-1834  Huntingdon            PA                       married: Sallie A. Johnston

Died: 8-7-1901  Orbisonia PA                                      obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1880, 76

                                                                                     married2: Anna Rebecca Jones

1863    admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference      obit2: 1943, 217

 

Interment: River View Cemetery, Huntingdon

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1902, 127

 

1862-65           Shirleysburg

1865-67           Woodbury

1867-78           Schellsburg

1868                 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-70           Schellsburg

1870-72           Cassville

1872-75           New Bloomfield

1875-77           Duncansville

1877-79           Birmingham

1879-82           Concord

1882-84           Castle Fin

1884-85           Airville

1885-86           Newville

1886-87           Conyngham

1887-90           Elysburg

1890-92           Jerseytown

1892-95           Manor Hill

1895-98           Ray’s Hill

1989-00           Saladasburg

1900                 retired

 

Note: An obituary for Andrew W. Decker also appears in the 10/17/1901 Christian Advocate.


 

DECKER, WILLIAM HERBERT

 

Born: 4-8-1874  Monroe County WI                           married: Arria Evelyn Wheeler (1/1/1900)

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1899    admitted on trial

 

1899-01           West Fairview

1901-03           Lewisberry-Lisburn

1903                 withdrew to enter the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church

1903-04           instructor, York County Academy

1904-                Minersville PA

1924-26           Trenton NJ St. Paul’s

 


D’ELIA, PASQUALE

 

Born: 8-3-1875  Tarlizzi, Bari Italy                                 married: Angelina Profeta

Died: 5-16-1967  Altoona PA                                        obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1941, 220

 

1917    admitted on trial, Erie Conference

 

Interment: Rose Hill Cemetery, Altoona PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1967, 312

 

1912-26           Hillsville Italian Church

1926                 transfer to Northern New York Conference

1926-29           Frankfort NY Italian Mission

1929                 transfer to Wyoming Conference

1929-32           Yatesville PA Italian Mission

1932-33           Altoona Italian Mission, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1933                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1933-42           Altoona Italian Mission

1942                 retired


 

DEMING, WALTER RAY

 

Born: 7-27-1919  Canfield OH                                    married: Isabel _____

Died: 1-30-2004                                                          obit:

 

1951    admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

1951    ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Troy Conference 2004, ?

 

1951-52           Deer Park

1952                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1952-57           Muncy Valley

1957-63           Conyngham

1963-66           Williamsport Third Street.

1966                 transfer to Troy Conference

1966-77           Round Lake and Clifton Park

1977-87           Granville and Rupert

1987                 retired

 

DeMOYER, JOHN AMOS

 

Born: 3-12-1826  New Berlin PA                                married: Susanna Frey

Died: 2-9-1903  Trevorton PA                                    obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1925, 164

 

1850    quarterly conference license, Williamsport Pine Street

1851    admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

 

Interment: Northumberland Cemetery, Northumberland PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1903, 112

 

1851-52           Middleburg

1852-53           Bloomingdale

1853-54           Bloomsburg

1854-55           North Danville

1855-57           Orangeville

1857                 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-59           Catawissa

1859-60           Milton

1860-62           Penn’s Valley

1862-63           Great Island

1863-65           Warrior’s Mark

1865-66           Half Moon

1866-68           Manor Hill

1868                 charter member Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69           Manor Hill

1869-71           Waynesboro

1871-72           White Haven

1872-74           Montoursville

1874-77           Sunbury

1877-80           Hollidaysburg

1880-83           Ashland

1883-84           Harrisburg Fifth Street

1884-85           Snydertown

1885-88           Houtzdale

1888-90           Duncannon

1890-93           Wrightsville

1893-97           Shickshinny

1897-00           Northumberland

1900                 retired

 1902-03  Tevorton

 

Note: An obituary for John A. DeMoyer also appears in the 6/18/1903 New York Christian Advocate, page 1007.  A biographical sketch appears in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 361.


 

DENDLER, JAMES WESTON

 

Born: 8-2-1916  Berwick PA                                       married:

Died: 4-4-2001                                                            obit:

 

1946    admitted on trial, recommended by Rouzerville

1946    ordained deacon

1948    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Iowa Conference 2001, ?

 

1941-42           Waterville 

1942-44           Sandy Ridge  

1944-46           Rouzerville  

1946-47           Mont Alto

1947-48           Patton

1948-53           Weatherly

1953                 transfer to Des Moines Conference


 

DENLINGER, PAUL B.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1939-43           student, Dickinson College

1945-47           York Springs

                         faculty, Chinese & Russian Institute of the U of Washington in Seattle WA

                         living in Taiwan

 

Note: Paul B. Denlinger served as a local pastor.  He is the author of books and articles on Sino-Tibetan languages.


 

DERK, FERDINAND

 

Born: 8-23-1908  Shamokin PA                                 married: Marion L. Snyder

Died: 10-22-1995  Mechanicsburg PA                       obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1998, 430

 

1931     license, recommended by Shamokin Chestnut Street

1933    admitted on trial

1936    ordained deacon

1938    ordained elder

 

Interment: Northumberland Memorial Cemetery, Shamokin PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1996, 407

 

1932-33           Vira 

1933-35           Wilburton  

1935-36           Laurelton

1936-39           Beach Haven (ending 12/31/1939)

1940-42           Glen Campbell (beginning 1/1/1940 and ending 2/1942)

1942-45           chaplain, US Army (beginning 2/1942 and ending 10/1945)

1945-47           Fairview (beginning 11/1/1945)

1947-48           Flemington (ending 9/1948)

1948-52           Ferrum Junior. College, VA (beginning 9/1948)

1952-57           Shickshinny

1957-65           Huntingdon Fifteenth Street

1965-74           Bellefonte Trinity

1974                 retired

 

Note: Ferdinand Derk is the father of Jay Merrill Derk, and the grandfather of J. Michael Derk of the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church.


 

DERK, FRANCIS

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1955-56           Bald Eagle Parish

 

Note: Francis Derk served as a local pastor.

 

 

DERK, JAY MERRILL                                     

 

Born: 10-6-1940  Clearfield PA                                  married: Donna Lee Chronister

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1959     license, recommended by Huntingdon Fifteenth Street

1963    admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

1963    ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference

1965    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1961-62           student, Juniata College

                             1961-62  Wolfsburg 

1962-65           student, Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington DC

                             1962-63  assistant, Washington McKendree

                             1963-65  Bristol MD

1965                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1965-66           Harrisburg Christ and Mechanicsburg Salem

1966-70           Mechanicsburg Salem

1970-74           Mifflintown

1974-82           Sunbury St. John’s

1982-87           Philipsburg Trinity

1987-00           Grace Lemoyne

2000-02           York Fourth

2002                 retired

 

Note: Jay Merrill Derk is the son of Ferdinand Derk, and the father of J. Michael Derk of the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church.  He is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in the Methodist Church.


 

DERSHEN, ROBERT CAREY

 

Born: 4-16-1884  Mifflinburg PA                               married: Kathryn M. Rherer

Died: 11-3-1947  Harrisburg PA                                obit:

 

?          ordained, Northwestern Conference of the United Evangelical Church

 

Interment: Mifflinburg Cemetery, Mifflinburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1948, 190

 

                        Correll and Norcross, MN

                        Big Stone City and Aberdeen, ND

                        Palmerton PA

1921-22           Hustontown, Central Pennsylvania Conference of ME Church

1922-24           ?

1924-25           Lewisberry & Lisburn, Central Pennsylvania Conference of ME Church

1925                transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference of the ME Church

1925-28           Gatchelville & Cross Roads

1928-30           Elysburg

1930-32           Conyngham

1932-35           Pleasant Gap

1935-38           Snow Shoe

1938-40           East Waterford

1940                 retired

     1940-41  Fort Loudon 

     1941-42  Karthaus  

     1942-45  Allenwood  

     1945-46  Montandon  

     1946-47  Boyles Run 

 

Note: The churches listed prior to 1925 are as given in his obituary and are not necessarily in sequence.  Robert C. Dershen is the father of  Mable Jeannette Dershen Keboch, wife of Edwin C. Keboch.


 

DERSTINE, MICHAEL SHAFFER

 

Born: 9-29-1864  Oak Hall, Centre County PA          married: Maude May Gruver

Died: 4-12-1936  Williamsport PA                             obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1929, 200

 

1897    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Centre Hall Cemetery, Centre Hall PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1937, 248

 

1897-02           East Waterford

1902-03           Dillsburg-Wellsville

1904-06           North Bend-Hyner

1906-10           Woolrich-Avis

1910-15           Williamsport Third Street

1915-18           Tyrone Columbia Avenue

1918-20           Danville St. Paul’s

1920-22           Clearfield Eleventh Street

1922-28           Williamsport High Street

1928-30           Muncy

1930-32           Jeanesville-Audenreid

1932-34           Ramey-Janesville

1934                 retired

                             1934-35  Ramey-Janesville


 

DEWALT, HARRISON A.

 

Born: 5-30-1901  Hancock County OH                       married: Alice Elaine Atwood

Died: 2-10-1995  Benson AZ                                       obit: Wyoming Conference1947, 732

                                                                                    married2: Ruth Evelyn Kent

1933    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference             obit: [1923-?]

1936    ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Benson AR

Obit: [1995, 229 & 438]

 

1933-34           Lisle

1934-36           Sidney Center

1936-37           Sanataria Springs

1937-39           Kirkwood

1939-43           Flemingsville

1943-46           Tioga Center

1946-48           Hornbrook

1948                 transfer to Central New York Conference

1948-49           associate, Odessa-Catherine-Alpine

1949-53           Blodgett Mills-Freetown-East Freetown

1953-55           East Smithfield-Wetina-Big Pond

1955-58           Victory-Bethel-Ira

1958-61           Ledyard-West Genoa-Venice Center (ending in mid year)

1961                 Whitneyville, Genesee Conference (beginning in mid-ear)

1961                 transfer to Genesee Conference

1961-62           Whitneyville (beginning in mid-year)

1962                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1962-64           Whitneyville Parish

1964-65           Bald Eagle Parish

1965-66           sabbatical leave

1966                 retired

 

Note: Harrison A. DeWalt is the father of Robert William DeWalt (1937-1992), admitted on trial in the Central New York Conference in 1960.


 

DIAL, GLENDALL PEARL

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died: 9-15-1959                                                          obit:

 

Interment:

Obit: Ohio Conference 1960, 425.

 

1944-47           Burnt Cabins

 

Note: G. Pearl Dial served Burnt Cabins as a student from another conference, while attending seminary at Westminster MD.


 

DICKSON, CONWAY W.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1897    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1897-01           West Fairview-Marysville

1901-03           Beaver Meadow

1903-04           Jeanesville-Audenreid

1904-06           Great Island

1906-07           Hughesville

1907-09           Sinnemahoning

1909-11           Epworth, York

1911-12           Conyngham

1912-16           on leave

1916                 withdrew

DIEBEL, JACOB HENRY

 

Born: 3-25-1863  Germany                                         married: Bertha A. _____

Died: 6-1-1918  Gordon                                             obit: [d. 4/25/1942]

 

1890    admitted on trial, recommended by Fort Littleton circuit

 

Interment: Clauser Cemetery, Llewellyn PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1917, 126

 

1888-91           Fort Littleton

1891-92           Rouzerville

1892-95           Littlestown

1895-97           Selinsgrove

1897-00           Mifflinville

1900-02           Bloomingdale

1902-05           Clearville

1905-06           Slate Run

1906-11           Ramey

1911-12           Hoytville

1912-16           Houtzdale

1916-16           Gordon

 

Note:  An obituary for Jacob H. Diebel also appears in the 8/10/1916 Christian Advocate, page 1073.


 

DIEHL, CHARLES ELLSWORTH

 

Born: 1-4-1909  Millville PA                                      married: Ruth Louise Cupp

Died: 7-18-1994  Williamsport PA                             obit:

 

1927     license, recommended by Newberry

1930    admitted on trial

1933    ordained deacon

1935    ordained elder

 

Interment: Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1995, 443

 

1928-29           Hummelstown, Philadelphia Conference

1929-31           Waterville

1931-33           Phelps Chapel and Limestone

1933-37           Salona-Lamar

1937-43           Petersburg

1943-47           Shickshinny

1947-50           York Grace [Calvary]

1950-63           New Cumberland

1963-66           Chambersburg

1966-71           Lewistown First

1971                 retired


 

DIEHL, JARED N.

 

Born: 2-17-1846  Snydertown PA                               married: Kathryn Hilner

Died: 1-23-1942  Berwick PA                                     obit:

                                                                                    married2: Margaret Morrison

1907    license                                                              obit2: 1939, 222

 

Interment: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Danville PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1942, 200

 

1907-09           Milnesville, Lattimer & Jeddo

1909-16           Jamison City

1916-21           Wapwallopen

1921-26           Orangeville & Rohrsburg

1926-30           Laurelton

1930                 retired

 

Note: Jared N. Diehl served as a local pastor.  He appears to have been originally assigned to Washingtonville in 1909, but was “moved” to Jamison City before beginning his work there.

 


DILL, HENRY G.

 

Born: 7-18-1808  Gettysburg  PA                               married: Sarah Ann Gilbert

Died: 5-30-1887  Lewisburg PA                                 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1878, 72

 

1831    quarterly conference license

1833    admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

1835    ordained deacon

1837    ordained elder

 

Interment: Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1888, 86

 

1833-34           Prince George

1834-35           Harford

1835-37           Great Falls

1837-39           Sunbury

1839-40           Lewistown circuit

1840-42           Frederick

1842-43           Williamsburg

1843-45           Huntingdon

1845-47           Bellefonte

1847-49           Milton circuit

1849-51           Williamsport

1851-53           Berwick

1853-55           Frederick

1855-57           Liberty

1857                 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-59           Berwick

1859-61           Gettysburg

1861-63           Muncy

1863-64           Espty-Light Street

1864-67           Northumberland

1867-68           White Haven

1868                 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-71           Catawissa

1871                 retired

                             1882-84  New Columbia

 

Note: Henry G. Dill is the father of William Henry Dill.  A biographical sketch is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 363.  There is a folder on the Dill family in the biographical files.  Three of Mrs. Dill’s sisters also married ministers.


 

DILL, WILLIAM HENRY

 

Born: 9-28-1838  Sunbury Pa                                      married: Edith Boynton

Died: 1-25-1906                                                          obit:

 

1861    admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference

 

Interment: Oak Hill Cemetery, Curwensville PA

Obit: (none)

 

1861-66           faculty, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary

1866-67           Hereford

1867-68           Northumberland

1868                 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69           on leave

                        1868-69  Curwensville & Clearfield

1869-70           Clearfield

1870-73           on leave

                        1872-73  Clearfield

1873-76           Woodland

1876-77           Clearfield circuit

1877-80           Clearfield mission

1880-82           West Huntingdon

1882                 located

 

Note: William Henry Dill is the son of Henry G. Dill.  A biographical sketch of Rev. Dill is given in Aldrich’s 1887 History of Clearfield County, page 690.

 


DIMMICK, BENJAMIN  FRANKLIN

 

Born: 5-10-1850                                                          married: Sarah Louise Morris

Died: 8-2-1908                                                            obit: Ohio Conference 1943, 1064

 

?          Ohio Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Ohio Conference 1908, 120

 

                        Ohio Conference

1894                transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1894-99           Harrisburg Grace

1899-01           Danville St. Paul’s

1901                 transfer to Ohio Conference


 

DI STEFANO, NICOLA

 

Born: 8-13-1881  Montalbono Sicily                            married: Myrtle Rebecca Cozzens

Died: 1-20-1966  Lake Harbor FL                               obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1919, 162

married2:Augusta Foor Andrews

1908    admitted on trial, West Virginia Conference       obit2: Central NY Conference1966, 192

1918    ordained elder, page 59

 

Interment: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse NY          

Obit: Central New York Conference 1966, 187

 

1908-15           Italian work and/or missionary to Italian Conference

1915                  transfer to Genesee Conference

1915-16           Italian Missions

1916                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1916-20           Altoona Italian Mission

1920                transfer to Central New York Conference

1920-21           Manchester

1921-23           Newfield-Trumball

1923-49           Syracuse Church of the Redeemer

1949                 retired

 

DIXON, DAVID L.

 

Born: 1-7-1872  near Petersburg PA                           married: Winifred Simon

Died: 8-4-1929  Millerstown  PA                                obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1930, 197

 

1908    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Hopewell Cemetery, Hopewell PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1930, 188

 

1906-07           Shirleysburg

1907-09           Waterville

1909-10           West Port

1910-11           Eagles Mere

1911-12           Trevorton

1912-15           Lewisberry-Lisburn.

1915-16           Mt. Holly Springs

1916-18           Hopewell

1918-20           Weatherly

1920-22           Hastings

1922-27           Catawissa

1927-28           Montgomery

1928-29           Millerstown

 

Note: An obituary for David L. Dixon also appears in the 8/22/1929 Christian Advocate, page 1032.


DIXON, EDWARD DELBERT      

 

Born: 12-16-1923  Clearfield County PA                     married: Martha Marie Dixon

Died: 2-6-2001                                                            obit: 2002, 358

 

1965    license, recommended by Centre Hill

1969    admitted as associate member

 

Interment: Centre Hill Cemetery, Clearfield County PA

Obit: 2001, 361

 

1965                Simmemahoning (Jun 1 – Oct 31)

1966-78           Wallaceton

1978-88           Shawville

1988                 retired

 

DIXON, JOHN ALEXANDER

 

Born: 7-13-1830  Frederick County MD                    married: Harriet Abigail Richards

Died: 5-7-1905  Chicago IL                                       obit: [b. 2/6/1832]

 

1857    admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

1859    ordained deacon. East Baltimore Conference

1861    ordained elder, East Baltimore Confernce

 

Interment:

Obit: West Wisconsin Conference 1905,35

 

1857                 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-58           Warrior’s Mark

1858-59           Karthaus

1859-60           Shippen

1860-61           Milton circuit

1861-62           Sunbury

1862-64           York Springs

1864-65           Shippensburg

1865-67           Williamsburg

1867-68           Mount Carmel

1868                 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69           Mount Carmel

1869-71           Hanover-New Oxford

1871-72           Newville-Rehoboth

1872-73           Rehoboth

1873-76           Logan Valley

1876-77           Pine Grove

1877-78           Grahamton

1878                 located, after a trial, without consent

1878-80           “went west”

1880                 “re-admitted” to Nebraska Conference

1880-81           Red Cloud

1881-82           Grant

1882                 transfer to West Virginia Conference

1882-83           Coalburg

1883-84           Fairfields

1884-85           Point Pleasant

1885-86           Smithville

1886-87           Quinnimont

1887-88           Hinton & Coal Valley

1888-89           Hinton

1889                 transfer to Virginia Conference

1889-90            ?

1890-91           Bethany

1891                 transfer to West Wisconsin Conference

1891-92           West Sterling

1892-94           Rewey

1894-95           State Line

1895-98           Cassville

1898-99           Rewey

1899                 retired


 

DOBBS, JAMES HENRY

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1881    admitted on trial, recommended by Harrisburg Ridge Avenue station

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1881    transfer to St. Louis Conference


 

DODD, HARPER P.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1944-48           Benezette-Penfield (beginning 10/1/1944)


Note: Rev. Dodd served as a local pastor.


 

DODSON, EDWARD WESLEY

 

Born: 1930  Rome PA                                                   married:

Died: 2007  Westport WA                                            obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1949-53           student, Dickinson College

                             1950-52  Lewisberry

 

Note: Edward W. Dodson is the son of Lavere A. Dodson. 


 

DODSON, LAVERE A.

 

Born: 5-26-1902  Quincy PH                                       married: Eunice Alma VanRiper

Died: 3-10-1998                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference1954, 1760

                                                                                    married2: Grete _____

1925    admitted on trial                                                obit2:

1928    ordained deacon

 

Interment: East Newark Valley NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1998, 320

 

1925-27           Manor Hill

1927-29           Riddlesburg

1929                 transfer to Wyoming Conference

1929-32           Rome-North Orwell

1932-36           Otego

1936-39           Bethany

1939-43           Moscow

1943-57           chaplain, US Army

1957                 transfer to New Jersey Conference

1957-62           New Jersey Conference

1962                 transfer to Wyoming Conference

1962-68           Otego

1968                 retired

                             1968-69  Chenango Bridge

                             1969-70  chaplain, Broome CCOC

                             1970-72  Sanitaria Springs

                             1972-74  North Fenton/Susquehanna/Tioga Center

                             1974-76  Brookvale


Note: Lavere A. Dodson is the father of Edward W. Dodson.


 

DOHERTY, JAMES

 

Born: 5-15-1867  Lisburn Ireland                                 married:

Died: 2-27-1941                                                          obit:

 

1900    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Utahville PA

Obit: [1941, 205]

 

1893-97           student, Dickinson College

1897-00           student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1900-01           Everett circuit

1901-02           Jonestown

1902-03           Benton

1903-09           Excelsior

1909-10           Waterville

1910-12           Jeddo-Milnesville

1912-14           Allegheny

1914-16           Gatchelville

1916-19           York Springs

1919-22           Williamsburg (asst)

1922-23           Ennisville

1923-25           Claysburg

1925-28           Emporium circuit.

1928-30           Glen Hope

1930-33           Alum Bank

1933-34           Blandburg

1934-                retired


 

DOLOWAY, ERNEST

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit

 

1925-26           Juniata Gap    

 

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


 

DONAHUE, JOHN

 

Born: 6-30-1831  Baltimore MD                                married: Mrs. Catharine Mytinger Linton

Died: 5-31-1893  Bloomsburg PA                              obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1898, 101

 

1859    quarterly conference license, Newport circuit

1865    admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference

 

Interment: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore MD

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1894, 90

 

1865-66           Newport circuit

1866-69           Mount Holly Springs

1868                 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69           Mount Holly Springs

1869-70           Altoona Eighth Avenue

1870-71           Chambersburg Second

1871-74           Waynesboro

1874-77           Everett

1877-80           Williamsport Mulberry Street

1880-81           Bellefonte

1881-83           Bloomsburg

1883-86           Ashland

1886-89           Hazleton

1989-93           superintendent, Danville District

 

Note: This surname is also rendered DONOHUE.  Mrs. Donahue was first married to a Mr. Linton.  She is the sister of Charles H. Mytinger of the Baltimore Conference.


 

DONALDSON, JANE HOWELL (MONTGOMERY)

 

Born: 1-12-1932  Boston MA                                     married: _____ Donaldson

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1954    license, recommended by State College

1957    admitted on trial

1960    ordained deacon, Florida Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1957-58           at school

1958-61           assistant director, Florida State Univeristy Wesley Foundation

1961-63           dean of women, Westminister Choir College at Princeton NJ

1963-65           publicity department, Cedar Crest College at Allentown PA

1965                 located

 

Note: Jane Montgomery Donaldson is the daughter of Frank W. Montgomery and the sister of Joanne Montgomery Link.


 

DOTY, JAMES B.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1896-97           Town Hill

 

Note: James B. Doty lived in New Cumberland and served as a local pastor.  The surname is also rendered DOTEY.


 

DOUGHERTY, JAMES H.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1892    ordained deacon, recommended by Williamsport Pine Street

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

Note: James H. Dougherty served as a local pastor. 


 

DOUT, SAMUEL REUBEN

 

Born: 7-13-1882  Boyertown PA                                married: Edith M. Coleman

Died: 5-24-1947  York PA                                         obit: Philadelphia Conference 1953, 406

 

1910    admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference

 

Interment: Boyertown PA

Obit: Philadelphia Conference 1948, 208

 

1908-10           student, Dickinson College

                             1908-09  Greencastle

                             1909        “transfer” to Philadelphia Conference

                             1909-10  Hummelstown

1910-11           Hummelstown

1911-14           Leola & New Holland

1914-18           Elverson

1918-19           chaplain, US Army

1919-28           Ardmore

1928-37           Shenandoah

1937-45           Philadelphia Rehoboth

1945-46           Lansdale

1946-47           Royersford

                           

 

DOVERSPIKE, CLIFFORD LEROY

 

Born: 2-21-1937  Troutville PA                                   married: Wanda Lou Mattern

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1961     license, recommended by Canoe Creek

1964    ordained deacon

1966    ordained elder

1969    admitted on trial

           

Interment:

Obit:

 

1960-63           Oriole

1963-68           Trevorton

1968-72           student, Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore KY

     1968-72  Marathon, Ohio Conference

1972-83           Altoona Trinity

1983-88           Greencastle

1988-91           Mechanicsburg Aldersgate

1991-95           Wellsboro

1995-99           Hanover Lohr’s Memorial

1999                 retired

 

Note: C. Leroy Doverspike is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 357.


 

DOW, LOREN WOODBURY

 

Born: 3-11-1915  Camden ME                                    married:

Died: 10-29-1997                                                        obit:

 

1937    ordained deacon, Maine Conference

1939    ordained elder, Maine Conference

1940    admitted on trial, Maine Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: New England Conference 1998, ?

 

1935-37           North Brooksville

1937-38           Mattawamsburg

1938-40           Dexter

1940-42           Wareham, New England Southern Conference

1942                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1942-45           Altoona Lakemont

1945-46           at school

1946                 transfer to New England Southern Conference


 

DOWNIN, DAVID ALBERT, JR

 

Born: 8-3-1908  Phoenixville PA                                  married: Marion F. Dimmick

Died: 10-27-1997  Oriole PA                                       obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1937,275

                                                                                    married2: G. Elizabeth Fenstermaker

                                                                                    obit2: 2004, 364


1937    admitted on trial, recommended by Bethlehem Wesley

1939    ordained deacon

1941    ordained elder

 

Interment: Limestone Cemetery, Jersey Shore PA

Obit:1998, 432

 

1935-38           Oriole & Antes Fort

1938-40           Rouzerville

1940-42           Half Moon

1942-45           Pleasant Gap

1945-49           Salladasburg

1949-53           Port Royal

1953-57           Newport

1957-64           Berwick Calvary        

1964-75           Millerstown

1975                 retired

                             1975-88  Williamsport Christ

 

Note: David A. Downin is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 358

 

DRAKE, CARL VANDIVER

 

Born: 10-25-1880   Flintstone MD                             married: Elva Dempsey

Died: 10-19-1918   Williamsport PA                          obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1942, 209

 

1906    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1919, 148

 

1904-08           Elimsport & Maple Hill (started in mid-1904, ending 10/15/08)

1908-13           Williamsport Market Street (beginning 10/15/08

1913-17           Saxton

1917-18           Williamsport Third Street

 

Note: Some biographical information on Carl V. Drake appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 60.

DRAKE, DONALD E.         

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1964    license

1966    ordained deacon

1968    ordained elder

1971    admitted as associate member, Western Pennsylvania Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1964-67           Half Moon

1967-70           Grampian

1970                 transfer to Western Pennsylvania Conference

1970-75           Grampian

1975-88           DuBois Trinity- Penfield

1988-94           Grampian circuit

1994                 retired

DRIVER, CHARLES ERNEST

 

Born: 3-27-1892  Renovo PA                                      married: Henrietta Pauline Humphrey

Died: 11-25-1979  Bakersfield CA                              obit: [12/21/1892 – 4/18/1958]

                                                                                    married2: Lovina _____

                                                                                    obit2:

Interment: Hillcrest Memorial Park

Obit:

 

1914-16           Trout Run

1916-19           Duboistown & Nisbit

1919-21           Port Matilda

1921-22           Jamison City

1922                 no longer listed

1925                 evangelist, living in Palmyra NY

1928                 Paterson NJ Lewis Street Community Church

1951-79           living in Kern County CA

 

Note: Charles E. Driver served as a local pastor.  There is a biographical file in the conference archives on Charles E. Driver.


 

DRUM, MARTIN L.

 

Born: 1834  McKee’s Falls PA                                   married: Selma Jane McMillan

Died: 4-7-1898  Philadelphia  PA                                obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1928, 743

 

1855    admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

 

Interment: Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1899, 80

 

1855-56           Catawissa

1856-57           Berwick

1857                 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-58           Sunbury

1858-59           Gettysburg

1859-60           Liberty

1860-62           Wrightsville

1862-63           Shrewsbury

1863-65           New Washington

1865-66           Warrior’s Mark

1866-68           Liberty Valley

1868                 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69           Renovo

1869-72           Emporium

1872-75           Muncy

1875-78           Jeanesville

1878-81           Northumberland

1881-84           Shickshinny

1884-86           New Cumberland

1886-89           Mt. Carmel

1889-92           Jeanesville-Audenreid

1892-95           Mifflin

1895-98           Shippensburg

1898                 on leave

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Martin L. Drum is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 365.  Mrs. Drum’s father David McMillan was a local preacher, and her sister Carrie McMillan was a missionary to India and the wife of the prominent Methodist missionary Rev. Philo M. Buck (1846-1924).


 

DUBOIS, RAYMOND DONALD

 

Born: 8-25-1942  Brooklyn NY                                  married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1961-65           student, Susquehanna University

1965-66           student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NY

1966                 “withdrew” to New York Conference

                         Greater New Jersey Conference

 

Note: Raymond D. DuBois has a file with the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry, but he never served in the Central Pennsylvania Conference.  He apparently started the ministerial process while a student within our conference and then returned to his native New York Conference.  In 2003 he is listed as a member of the Greater New Jersey serving as chaplain of the Garden State Correctional Facility.


 

DUBRICK, WILTON J.

 

Born: 6-16-1904  Courtdale PA                                   married: Hazel Mae Harding

Died: 8-25-1981                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 2003, 204

 

1929    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1982, 222

 

1929-31           student, Dickinson College

                             1929-31  Lewisberry & Lisburn

1931-33           student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

                             1932-33  Pocono Lake

1933-35           Wilkes-Barre Bennet Memorial –St. Andrews

1935-37           Glen Lyon

1937-41           Whitney Point

1941-42           Endwell & Vestal Center

1942-43           Endwell

1943-46           Sidney

1946-51           Waverly NY

1951-53           Wilkes-Barre Firwood

1953-58           executive secretary, Conference Board of Education

1958-63           Clarkes Green

1963-72           Binghamton Fairview

1972-75           Maine Federated

1975                 retired

                             1975-77  Maine Federated

                             1980-81  Choconut Center

 

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


 

DUM [DUNN], RAY SPOTTS

 

Born: 7-6-1888                                                            married: Jennie Helen McWhood

Died:                                                                            obit:  New Mexico Conference 1920, 50

                                                                                    married2: Kate Heller

1914    admitted on trial, New Mexico Conference       obit2:  Oregon Conference 1946,305

                                                                                    married3: Mrs. Mirabel _____

                                                                                    obit 3:

Interment:                                                                  

Obit: [DUNN] Idaho Conference 1953, 83

 

1908-11           student, Dickinson College

                             1909-10  Hammersly Fork (later part of the year)

                             1910-11  Rehoboth

                             1911        Boiling Springs, Salem & Pine Grove (ending summer 1911)

1911-14           student, drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1914-16           Clayton English Mission

1916-17           Las Vegas (English)

1917-21           Roswell (English)

1921                 transfer to Colorado Conference

1921                 Pueblo Bethel

…

?                       transfer to Idaho Conference

1951                 retired

 

Note:  Ray S. Dum moved to New Mexico in 1914 for the health of his first wife, who suffered from tuberculosis.  At the insistence of the second Mrs. Dum, he legally changed his name to Ray S. Dunn.  There is a Dum biographical file at the conference archives and a Dum Family Collection in the special Collections at Dickinson College.


 

DUMVILLE, WILLIAM SOLOMON JOSEPH

 

Born: 7-4-1877  Alpena MI                                        married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1906    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1902-04           Westport

1904-05           Harrisonville

1905-07           Wapwallopen

1907-09           Jamison City

1909                 withdrew because he was unwilling to abstain from tobacco

 

Note: Some biographical information on Will S.J. Dumville appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 56.

 

DUNCAN, CHARLES HAVEN

 

Born: 9-1-1934  Ashland PA                                   married: Linda Dorothea Kilbourne [9/1/1956]

Died: 10-8-1981  Danielson CT                               obit: [b. 11/10/1936]

 

1958     admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1958-60           at school

1960                 transfer to Northwest Indiana Conference

1962                 discontinued

 


DUNCAN, JACKSON L.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1891    admitted on trial

1895    ordained elder, recommended by Lewisberry circuit

 

1890-92           Muhlenberg

1892-93           Rohrsburg

1893                 discontinued at own request

 

Note: Jackson L. Duncan served after 1893 as a local pastor.

 


DUNCAN, JOHN MASON

 

Born:                                                                           married: Rebecca Mary Duffield

Died:                                                                           obit: [d. 2/28/1887]

 

1872    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1872-73           McConnellsburg

1873                discontinued at own request

 

Note: It is believed that John Mason Duncan later taught at the Allegany County Academy (near Cumberland MD) and still later removed to Bellefonte PA.  Mrs. Duncan was from McConnellsburg.

 


DUNKERLY, JOHN RICHARD

 

Born: 12-28-1856  Williamsport PA                               married: Bertha Free

Died: 2-11-1905   Shickshinny PA                                  obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1885, 81

                                                                                      married2: E. Cordelia Reifsnyder

1880    admitted on trial, recommended by Newberry     obit2: 1927,533

1880    ordained deacon, recommended by Newberry

           

Interment: Washington Street Cemetery, Williamsport PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1905, 115

 

 

1880-81           South Heberton

1881-82           Mont Alto

1882-84           Liverpool

1884-87           Shippensburg

1887-91           Gettysburg

1891-94           Hopewell

1894-99           York Duke Street

1899-03           Huntingdon Second

1903-04           Shickshinny

 

Note: An obituary for John R. Dunkerly also appears in the 2/23/1905 Christian Advocate, page 309.  The second Mrs. Duncan is a sister to the prominent medical missionary Dr. Elizabeth Reifsnyder.


 

DUNLAP, GEORGE WILSON

 

Born: 1-20-1827   Brownsville PA                               married: Elizabeth M. Hendrix

Died: 6-23-1901  Williamsport PA                               obit: [1828-1865]

                                                                                    married2: Nancy J. Musser

1855    admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference             obit2: 1902, 136

 

Interment: Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1902, 126

 

1855-56           Allegany

1856-57           Schellsburg

1857                 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-58           Shirleysburg

1858-59           York Springs

1859-60           West Falls

1860-62           Shrewsbury

1862-64           Wrightsville

1864-66           Karthaus

1966-68           Philipsburg

1868                 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69           Canton MD

1869-70           Granville

1870-72           Freedom Forge [Burnham]

1872-75           Cassville

1875-77           New Bloomfield

1877-79           Three Springs

1879-81           Port Royal

1881-83           Benton

1883-84           Lycoming

1884-87           Great Island

1887-88           Cogan Valley

1888-97           on leave

                             1891-92  Hyner

                             1092-93  Lycoming

1897                 retired

 

Note: A biographical of George W. Dunlap sketch is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 366.


 

DUNLAP, MARION OSCAR

 

Born: 7-24-1911                                                          married:

Died: 11-27-1999                                                        obit:

 

1943    admitted on trial

1943    ordained deacon

1944    ordained elder, Virginia Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1943-44           chaplain, US Army

1944                 transfer to Virginia Conference

1944                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1944-47           chaplain, US Army

1947                 transfer to California Conference

1948                 [re-named California-Nevada Conference]

1954-56           on leave

1956                 voluntary location


 

DUNLAP, PAUL B.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1932-34           Glen Hope & Madera

1934-36           Frankstown

1936-39           Ramey & Blandburg

 

Note: Paul B. Dunlap served as a local pastor.


 

DUNLAP, RICHARD NORMAN

 

Born: 9-1-1934  Philipsburg PA                                  married: Ann Carolyn Devore

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1960    ordained deacon

1961    admitted on trial

1963    ordained elder

           

Interment:

Obit:

 

1961-62           New Millport

1962-65           Montgomery

1965-66           student, Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena CA

1966-70           Wrightsville

1970-77           Jersey Shore Epworth & Trinity (yoked parish)

1977-88           Muncy

1988-97           Huntingdon First

1997                 retired

 

Note: Richard N. Dunlap is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 369.


 

DUNLAP, PAUL BRYAN

 

Born: 6-5-1900  Hortons PA                                       married: Mary Todd

Died:9-13-1960  New Castle PA                                obit: [d. 1943]

                                                                                    married2: Margaret Kathryn Fox

1924    ordained, ? Conference                                    obit2: Western Pennsylvania Conference1999,353

 

Interment:                                                                  

Obit: Erie Conference 1961, 599

 

                        Wisconsin Conference

                        Central Pennsylvania Conference

1949                 “transfer” to Erie Conference

1949-57           Sligo-Cherry Run

1957-60           Clintonville Grace

 

 Note: Paul B. Dunlap has a file with the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry, but he never served in the Central Pennsylvania Conference.  He passed through the conference course of study 1934-38.  Mrs. Dunlap supplied the pulpit during her husband’s illness and became an associate member of the Western Pennsylvania Conference in 1969; when Paul B. Dunlap died, she continued as pastor at Clintonville until 1973.


 

DUNMIRE, WILLIAM WORTH

 

Born: 1847                                                                  married: Rosamund Caldwell

Died: 1907                                                                  obit: [1850-1910]

                                                                                   

1871    admitted on trial                                             :

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1870-72           Concord

1872-73           Granville

1873-76           Burnt Cabins

1876-79           Glen Hope

1879-82           Williamsburg

1882-85           Logan Valley

1885                 located

                          1893-94 Warriors Mark

 

Note: William W. Dunmire is a brother to Emily Dunmire Melick (1834-1910), wife of Justus A. Melick, and to Lucinda Dunmire Ely (1840-1895), wife of John Wesley Ely.


 

DUNN, ROBERT HENRY  

 

Born: 2-10-1916                                                          married: Agnes E. _____

Died: 10-16-1999                                                        obit: [9/4/1915 – 9/16/2006]

 

1962    license, recommended by Beaver First

1966    ordained deacon

1968    ordained elder

1970    admitted as associate member

 

Interment: Atlanta GA

Obit: [2000, 334]

 

1963-68           Eagles Mere (beginning 9/1/63)

1968-74           Enola (beginning 8/1/68)

1974-78           Berwick St. Paul’s

1978-81           disability

1981                 retired

 

Note: Robert H. Dunn appears to have been originally from California.

 


DUNNING, CHARLES THOMPSON

 

Born: 11-21-1852  Dover DE                                     married: Mary Hamilton Crever

Died: 10-22-1932  Pittsburgh PA                                obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1923, 138

 

1880    admitted on trial recommended by Watsontown & Montandon

 

Interment: Paxtang Cemetery, Harrisburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1933, 185

 

1873-74           faculty, Worthington Seminary in Worthington MN

1874-76           faculty, Jennings Seminary in Aurora IL

1876-77           faculty, seminary at Harrisburg PA

1877-80           faculty, Pennington Seminary in Pennington NJ

1880-81           Hickory Run circuit.

1881-82           Beach Haven

1882-84           Concord

1884-86           Three Springs

1886-88           Petersburg-Alexandria

1888-89           Petersburg

1889-93           Hanover-New Oxford

1893-96           Wrightsville

1896-99           Huntingdon Fifteenth Street

1899-03           Mechanicsburg

1903-06           Harrisburg St. Paul’s

1906-09           Osceola Mills

1909-11           Altoona Juniata

1911-13           Williamsport Grace

1913-14           Mt. Carmel

1914-17           Hollidaysburg

1917-20           Williamsburg

1920                 retired

 

Note: Charles T. Dunning is the father of James E. Dunning.  Mrs. Dunning is the daughter of Benjamin Heck Crever.

 


DUNNING, JAMES EDWIN

 

Born: 1-23-1886  Three Springs PA                           married: Daisy W. Fisher

Died: 9-26-1958  Los Angeles CA                             obit:

           

1907    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit: Southern California-Arizona Conference 1959, 324

 

1907-09           Center-Sandy Ridge

1909-12           Lumber City

1912-15           Howard

1915                 transfer to Pittsburgh Conference

1915-17           Johnstown Louther Memorial

1917-21           Ford City

1921                 transfer to Southern California-Arizona Conference

1921-25           Los Angeles Chesterfield Square

1925-29           Los Angeles Euclid Heights

1929-33           Pacific Palisades

1933-35           Orange

1935-39           superintendent, San Diego-Phoenix District

1939-43           executive secretary, conference board of missions and church extension

1943-58           Los Angeles First

 

Note: James E. Dunning is the son of Charles T. Dunning and grandson of Benjamin Crever.  He is listed in the 1945 Prominent Personalities in American Methodism, page 100.

 


DURKEE, JOHN BEST

 

Born: 6-13-1855  Madera PA                                     married: Lucretia Shoff

Died: 5-6-1930  Houtzdale PA                                    obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1919, 163

 

1893    ordained deacon

1895    ordained elder

1910    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Beulah Cemetery, Madera PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1931, 174

 

1893-94           Millheim 

1894-98           Harrisonville  

1898-01           New Millport [Ansonville]

1900-04           Karthaus 

1904-07           Port Matilda 

1907-08           Pleasant Gap 

1908-11           Cogan Valley

1911-13           Costello-Wharton

1913-15           Shawville

1915-17           Cherry Tree

1917-19           Munson

1919-21           Jeddo-Milnesvile

1921-22           Kulpmont

1922024          Karthaus

1924-25           Waterville

1925                 retired

 

 

DUVALL, GEORGE ALBERT

 

Born: 12-28-1879  Akersville PA                               married: Anna Elizabeth Steck

Died: 1-9-1955  Williamsport PA                               obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1978, 266

 

1904  admitted on trial

 

Interment: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Hughesville PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1955, 228

 

1903-04           Medix 

1904-07           Westport

1907-11           Park Place-Delano

1911-16           Gordon

1916-22           Barnesboro

1922-27           Roaring Spring

1927-30           Tyrone Columbia Avenue

1930-33           Bedford

1933-42           Williamsport High Street

1942-46           Jersey Shore Epworth

1946-49           Mill Hall

1949                 retired

 

Note: George A. Duvall is the uncle of Ira R. Duvall.  Some biographical information appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 45.


 

DUVALL, IRA RUSSELL

 

Born: 7-29-1892  Crystal Springs PA                          married: Ramie Osa Jackson

Died: 10-10-1983                                                        obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1986, 428

 

1912    license, recommended by Akersville

1917    admitted on trial

1919    ordained deacon

1921    ordained elder

 

Interment: Watsontown PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1984, 375

 

1914                 Vira (ending 9/14)

1914-15           student, Dickinson College (9/14 to 9/15)

1915-17           Keating Summit (beginning 9/15)

1917-21           Burnt Cabins

1921-28           Orbisonia-Shirleysburg

1928-32           Houtzdale (ending 6/32)

1932-38           Montgomery (7/32 – 7/38)

1938-48           Altoona Grace (beginning 8/38)

1948-55           Osceola Mills

1955-61           Curwensville

1961                 retired

 

Note: Ira R. Duvall is the nephew of George A. Duvall.

 


DYER, LEWIS A.

 

Born: 12-24-1866  Pleasant Hill MO                            married: Bula Schaeffer

Died: 11-27-1930  Landisville PA                                 obit:

 

1895    ordained deacon, recommended by Carlisle

1898    admitted on trial, recommended by Carlisle

 

Interment: Landisville Cemetery, Landisville PA

Obit: Philadelphia Conference 1931, 712

 

1898-00           Bethel-Trinity (did not finish the second year)

1900-05           Shamokin mission

1905-09           on leave

1909-11           Wapwallopen

1911-13           Beach Haven

1913                 Roaring Creek

1913                 transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1913-14           Springfield

1914-15           Grove

1915-17           Thorndale

1917-20           Tremont

1920-21           Belfast and Wind Gap

1921-24           Tullytown

1924-26           Delaware Water Gap Portland

1926-27           Lehighton

1927-28           on leave

1928-30           Salunga

1930                 on leave

 

Note: The Trinity of Bethel-Trinity is the former Trinity South of the Evangelical Association; this charge is in southern York County.

 


DYSART, RUSSELL BALDWIN

 

Born: 12-27-1887  Newton Hamilton PA                   married: Anna L. Reynolds

Died: 11-12-1943  Mifflinville PA                              obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1990, 452

 

1913    license

1918    admitted on trial, recommended by Montville NJ

1918    ordained deacon

1920    ordained elder

 

Interment: Franklinville Cemetery, Franklinville PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1944, 220

 

1916-17           Montville NJ, Newark Conference

1917-20           YMCA War Work

1920-22           Riddlesburg

1922-25           Birmingham

1925-28           James Creek

1928-30           Dudley

1930-34           New Oxford

1934-39           New Bloomfield

1939-42           Three Springs

1942-43           Mifflinville

 

Note: Russell B. Dysart is a brother to William A. Dysart.


 

DYSART, WILLIAM A.

 

Born: 10-10-1879                                                        married: Fay Carse

Died: 7-?-1972                                                            obit: [10/3/1884 – 9/?/1975]

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1922-25           Allegheny circuit

1925-28           Sandy Ridge

1928-29           [no appointment]

1929-31           Blandburg

 

Note: William A. Dysart is a brother to Russell B. Dysart.  He served as a local pastor.  In 1944 he was living in Philadelphia, and he died while living in Florida.

 


DYSON, FRANKLIN

 

Born: 11-26-1810  Charles County MD                     married: Mary Ann Noble

Died: 11-10-1880  Chambersburg PA                        obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1882, 81

 

1839    admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

1841    ordained deacon

1843    ordained elder

 

Interment: Chambersburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1880, 74

 

1839-41           Waynesboro

1841-42           Concord

1842-43           West River MD

1843-45           Charles MD

1845-47           Newport

1847-49           Mifflin

1849-51           York Springs

1851-53           Boonsboro MD

1853-55           Bloomingdale

1855-57           Milton station

1857                 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857                 retired

     1857-68  agent, Bible Society

     1868        charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

     1868-80  agent, Bible Society

 

Note: An obituary for Franklin Dyson also appears in the March 1880 Conference News, page 4.  He is an uncle to Mary Addie Dyson Kester, wife of Aaron M. Kester.