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FARRAR, JAMES ALFRED

Born: 7-2-1888 Robertsdale PA married: Ethel Race

Died: 10-12-1958 Huntingdon PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1978, 267

1911 local preachers license, recommended by Federal PA of the Pittsburgh Conference

1921 admitted on trial

Interment: Montoursville Cemetery, Montoursville PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1959, 249

1913-17 Colliers WV, Pittsburgh Conference

1917-18 Austin (6 months)

1920-21 Hickorytown & Salem

1921-22 Vira

1922-23 Cross Roads-Gatchelville

1923-24 York Springs

1924-27 student, Drew University in Madison NJ

1924-27 Stony Point NJ, Newark Conference

1927-28 Sinnemahoning

1928-31 Mill Hall

1931-34 Port Royal

1934-36 Robertsdale-Woodvale

1936-42 Ralston

1942-46 Mount Hill

1946-50 Grampian

1950-53 Houtzdale-Madera

1953-57 Mapleton-Mill Creek

1957 retired

FASICK, AUGUSTUS SAYFORD

Born: 3-30-1867 Mifflintown PA married: Alfarata Hollobaugh

Died: 4-20-1953 New Cumberland PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1940, 182

1892 admitted on trial

Interment: Mifflintown Cemetery, Mifflintown PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1953, 218

1892-97 Harrisburg Curtin Heights

1897-03 New Cumberland

1903-11 Hazleton St. Paul’s

1911-17 superintendent, Harrisburg District

1917-25 Tyrone First

1925-30 York First

1930-37 Harrisburg Camp Curtin

1937 retired

Note: Augustus S. Fasick is listed in the 1916 Who’s Who in American Methodism. He is the father of Ray H. Fasick and a brother to Lucien B. Fasick.

FASICK, CLYDE A.

Born: 8-13-1887 married:

Died: 12-20-1951 obit:

1916 admitted on trial

Interment: Westminster Presbyterian Cemetery, Mifflintown PA

Obit:

1912-13 Rehoboth

1916-18 Mercersburg

1918-19 special service, USA

1919-23 missionary, Chile

1923 transfer to Holston Conference

Note: Although Central Pennsylvania Conference records indicate Clyde A. Fasick transferred to the Holston Conference, there is no record of him joining that body. Clyde A. Fasick appears to be related to brothers Augustus S. Fasick and Lucien B. Fasick, as he is buried in the same cemetery as their parents, but the exact relationship is not known.

FASICK, LUCIEN BANKS

Born: 11-20-1871 Mifflintown PA married: Emma May Mitchell

Died: 9-9-1921 Petersburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1913, 140

married2: Iva May Steele Eichelberger

1895 license, Allegheny Conference UB obit2: 1928, 744

1899 ordained elder, Allegheny Conference UB

Interment: Frankstown Cemetery, Frankstown PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1922, 127

1894-95 assistant, Concord circuit of the Central PA Conference of the ME Church

1895-96 Indiana PA

1896-97 Punxsutawney

1897-99 Orbisonia

1899-01 Fairmount

1901-03

1903 Hollsopple Bethel (ending 6/25/1903)

1903-08

1908-09 Windber

1909-10

1910-11 Coalport

1911-12 Dunlo

1912 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference, ME Church (see 1919, 92)

1912-14 Hopewell

1914-18 Rouzerville

1918-21 Frankstown

1921 Petersburg

Note: An obituary for Lucien Banks Fasick also appears in the 9/22/1921 Christian Advocate, page 1196. He is a brother to Augustus S. Fasick and an uncle to Ray H. Fasick. The second Mrs. Fasick was the widow of a Mr. James Eichelberger.

FASICK, RAY H.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1918 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1918-19 at school

1919-23 Manor Hill

1923-25 Sinnemahoning

1925-27 Warrior’s Mark

1927 withdrew

Note: Ray H. Fasick is the son of Augustus S. Fasick and the nephew of Lucien B. Fasick.

FAULKNER, JOSEPH EDWARD

Born: 3-15-1928 Augusta GA married:

Died: obit:

1947 license, North Georgia Conference, recommended by Augusta St. John’s

1953 admitted on trial, North Georgia Conference

1954 ordained deacon, North Georgia Conference

1956 ordained elder, North Georgia Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1953-55 Duluth, GA.

1955-57 Prospect

1957-59 Grace

1959-60 faculty, Penn State University

1960 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1960-75 faculty, Penn State University

1975 no longer listed

Note: Joseph E. Faulkner is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in the Methodist Church, page 413. A longtime professor of sociology at PSU, he is the author of numerous books and articles on sociology and religion. In 2006 he is living in State College and, though not a ministerial member of any conference, is apparently considered informally as United Methodist clergy.

FAUS, GEORGE WASHINGTON

Born: 11-11-1865 near Talmar PA married: Minnie Lila Kitchen

Died: 2-10-1938 Bloomsburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1945, 226

1891 admitted on trial

Interment: Old Rosemont Cemetery, Bloomsburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1938, 226

1891-94 Williamsport High Street

1894-97 Costello

1897-01 St. Mary’s

1901-05 Sinnemahoning

1905-08 Jeanesville-Audenreid

1908-11 Hanover

1911-13 Altoona Chestnut Avenue

1913-17 Bedford

1917-20 Shickshinny

1920-24 Mifflinburg

1924-29 Jersey Shore Epworth

1929-33 Osceola Mills

1933-36 Centralia

1936 retired

Note: George W. Faus is the father of Raymond W. Faus and W. Arthur Faus, a nephew to Theodore S. Faus, and a cousin to William A. Faus (1861-1942). A 1915 book in the archives tells the story of the lives and untimely deaths of his sons Gerald M. Faus (1895-1911) and Edgar K. Faus (1899-1914).

FAUS, RAYMOND WESLEY

Born: 1-6-1901 St. Marys PA married: Louise Poinier

Died: 3-27-1965 Altoona PA obit: Western PA Conference 1998, 408

1921 license

1923 admitted on trial

1927 ordained deacon

1929 ordained elder

Interment: Indiana PA

Obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1965, 905

1924-26 Madera

1926-28 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1928-29 Port Matilda

1929 Lakemont (ending fall 1929)

1929 transfer to Pittsburgh Conference

1929-34 Oakland

1934-39 Pittsburgh Mt. Washington

1939-42 California PA

1942-47 Wilkinsburg Mifflin Avenue

1947-50 Butler

1950-62 Indiana PA

1962-65 superintendent, Blairsville District

Note: Raymond W. Faus is the son of George W. Faus. Prior to their marriage, Mrs. Faus served 4 years as a missionary to Korea.

FAUS, THEODORE S.

Born: 4-18-1845 near Talmar PA married: Martha Williams

Died: 11-3-1933 Williamsport PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1940, 183

1871 admitted on trial

Interment: Mound Cemetery, Williamsport PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1935, 214

1871-72 Elysburg

1872-73 Salona

1873-74 Pine Creek

1874-75 Benton

1875-76 Hickoy Run

1876-78 Leidy

1878-79 on leave

1879-82 Beach Creek

1882-84 Hyner-Westport

1884-87 Muncy Creek

1887-92 Ralston

1892-93 Saxton

1893-96 Ennisville

1896-99 Penn’s Valley

1899-04 Snow Shoe

1904-07 Lumber City

1907-11 Elysburg

1911-14 Audenreid-Jeanesville

1914 retired

Note: Theodore S. Faus is a brother to Rachel R. Faus Beishline, wife of John R. Beishline, and an uncle to George W. Faus.

FAUS, WILLIAM ALFRED

Born: 5-7-1861 Unityville PA married: Emily Ann Kerr

Died: 10-24-1942 Hughesville PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1955, 237

1899 license, Central PA Conference of the United Evangelical Church

1901 ordained deacon, Central PA Conference of the United Evangelical Church

1903 ordained elder. Central PA Conference of the United Evangelical Church

Interment: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Hughesville PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1943, 212

1899-01 West Clifford

1901-04 Waller

1904-06 Luzerne

1906-07 Dudley, Central Pennsylvania Conference ME

1907 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference ME

1907-09 Dudley

1909-11 Beach Haven

1911-12 Rohrsburg

1912-14 Orangeville-Light Street

1914-18 Millville

1918-21 White Haven

1921-23 Belleville

1923-27 Wilburton

1927 retired

Note: William A. Faus is a nephew to Theodore S. Faus and Rachel R. Faus Beishline, and a cousin to George W. Faus.

FAUS, WILLIAM ARTHUR

Born: 2-24-1907 Janesville PA married: Evelyn Bumgardner

Died: 9-17-1980 obit: [1993, 453]

1926 license, recommended by Jersey Shore Epworth

1927 admitted on trial

1927 ordained deacon

1931 ordained elder

Interment: Montoursville Cemetery, Montoursville PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1981, 330

1924-28 student, Dickinson College

1927-28 Rehoboth (ending 8/28)

1928-33 student, Boston University School of Theology in Boston MA

1929 Bremen ME (Jun – Sep)

1930 Georgetown ME (Jun – Sep)

1932 South Tamworth NH (Jun-Sep)

1933-35 Lewisberry-Lisburn

1935-38 Hughesville

1938-43 Williamsport Third Street

1943-44 Nescopeck

1944-50 Clearfield Emmanuel

1950-52 Harrisburg Ridge Avenue

1952-72 faculty, Lycoming College

1972 retired

Note: W. Arthur Faus is the son of George W. Faus. He is the author of the book The Genius of the Prophets, published by Abingdon-Cokesbury.

FEIG, CHESTER ANDREW

Born: 6-20-1893 married: Maude M. Dewey

Died: 2-?-1963 obit: [2/25/1894 – 8/1/1992]

married2: Wyona Robbins [1957]

obit2: [6/.8/1906 – 2/11/2001]

Interment: North Bingham Cemetery, North Bingham PA

Obit:

1915-17 Blackwell

“transfer” to Central New York Conference

1933-34 Roseville (Methodist-Baptist Community Church)*

1934-37 Rutland (the last year Rutland was served very irregularly, if at all)

1939-42 Farmington Presbyterian Church

Note: Dr. Chester A. Feig served as a local preacher. He earned his doctorate from Penn State University in 1932 and was on the faculty of Mansfield University. This surname is sometimes incorrectly rendered FIEG.

*The Community Church, a project of Chester A. Feig, did not last and the Roseville Methodist Church closed (while the Baptist Church continued) until it was reopened in 1942.

FEIGHT, JOHN WHITSTONE

Born: 8-18-1837 Friend’s Cove PA married: Mary Emma Shapley

Died: 2-27-1896 New Cumberland PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1878, 71

married2: Jennie E. Criswell

1864 license, Rainsburg QC obit2: 1918, 146

1866 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference

Interment: Shippensburg Cemetery, Shippensburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1896, 103

1862-65 officer/chaplain, Union Army

1865-66 Carlisle circuit (balance of the year)

1866-68 York Springs

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69 Carlisle circuit

1969-71 Mont Alto

1871-72 Mercersburg

1872-75 Liverpool

1876-79 Trevorton

1879-81 Newville-Rehoboth

1881-82 Liverpool

1882-86 on leave

1886-88 Mercersburg

1888-92 Montandon

1892-94 Hyner

1894-95 Salladasburg

1895- on leave

FELKER, DANIEL GIBBLE

Born: 8-19-1876 Lancaster County PA married: Elizabeth Caldwell

Died: 12-9-1930 Winburne PA obit: [before 6/18/1912]

married2: Clara Jane Harper

1915 license obit2: 1982,390

1916 admitted on trial

Interment: Greenwood Evangelical Cemetery, Lancaster PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1931, 185

1916-18 Blandburg

1918-19 East Waterford

1919-22 Fayetteville

1922-24 Conyngham

1924-26 Juniata Fifteenth Street

1926-30 Duncansville

1930 Clearfield Emmanuel

Note: The obituary for his son Charles LeRoy Felker, killed in action in WWI, is given 1919, 161.

FELTON, WALTER WILLIAM

Born: 2-8-1910 Bedford County PA married: Mary Katherine Mortimer

Died: 8-21-2002 obit:

1936 license

Interment:

Obit:

Student, Lehigh University

1936-38 student, Yale Divinity School in New Haven CT

Note: Walter W. Felton has a file with the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry, but he never served in the Central Pennsylvania Conference. He is listed as a candidate for a local preacher’s license. The biographical information listed above has not been verified as belonging to the Walter W. Felton licensed in 1936.

FENSTERMAKER, WILLIAM EDWIN

Born: 6-27-1923 Oriole PA married:

Died: obit:

1947 license

1951 admitted on trial

1951 ordained deacon

1953 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1947-49 student, Bucknell University

1947-49 Laurelton

1949-52 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1949-50 Asbury-Allentown

1950-52 Belfast-Wind Gap

1952-53 Patton

1953-57 associate, Harrisburg Grace

1957-61 Gettysburg

1961 transfer to Pittsburgh Conference

1961-79 associate, Mt. Lebanon

1979-85 Brookline

1985 retired

FERGUSON, LLOYD C.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1968 license

Interment:

Obit:

1968-69 Dudley

1969-77 Clearville

1977 apparently living in RD Bedford with no more appointments

Note: Lloyd C. Ferguson served as a local pastor. The name is sometimes rendered C. Lloyd Ferguson.

FERGUSON, WILLIAM GEORGE

Born: 5-7-1832 Halifax PA married: Mary St. Clair Coover

Died: 8-22-1898 Philadelphia PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1930, 197

1857 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment: Rosemont Cemetery, Bloomsburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1899, 85

1857-58 Warm Springs

1858 transfer to East Baltimore Conference

1858-59 Churchville

1859-60 Concord

1960-61 West Harford

1961-62 Boonsboro

1862-63 chaplain, US Army

1963-64 Carlisle circuit

1864-66 York Springs

1866-68 Bloody Run [Everett]

1868 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1868-69 Hagerstown

1869 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1869-72 Curwensville

1872-73 Bedford

1873-76 Lewistown

1876-78 Chambersburg First

1878-80 Ashland

1880-83 Everett

1883-85 Sunbury

1885-86 Catawissa

1886-89 York Duke Street

1889-92 Mount Carmel

1892-95 Bloomsburg

1895-97 Harrisburg Fifth Street

1897-98 Milton

Note: A biographical sketch for William G. Ferguson appears in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 374.

FERRY, E.J.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1929-30 Concord (last part of year: see 1930, 81)

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

FETTERMAN, BRIAN ADAMS

Born: 12-9-1930 Mount Carmel PA married: Lois Virginia Derr

Died: obit:

1953 license, recommended by Mount Carmel First

1955 admitted on trial

1955 ordained deacon

1957 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1953-55 Wallis Run (beginning 6/1/53)

1955-57 associate, Bloomsburg

1957-64 Hazleton Diamond

1964-7 1 Williamsport Calvary

1971-74 Lewistown First (ending 10/31/74)

1974-81 Harrisburg Grace (beginning 11/1/74)

1981-87 superintendent, Harrisburg District

1987-88 Tyrone Wesley (ending 11/1/88)

1988-91 General Board of Global Ministries (beginning 11/1/88)

1991-92 coordinator, Urban Ministries

1992-95 Harrisburg Harris Street (ending 12/31/95)

1996 retired (beginning1/1/96)

FIELDS, CLOYD WESLEY

Born: 4-13-1890 Mt. Union PA married: Myrtle A. McClain

Died: 5-1-1964 Pittsburgh PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1970, 387

1916 admitted on trial

Interment: IOOF Cemetery, Mt. Union PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1964, 357

1915-18 James Creek

1918-23 Mifflintown

1923-29 New Cumberland

1929-36 Mt. Carmel

1936-41 Huntingdon First

1941-50 Harrisburg Fifth Street

1950-57 Lewistown First

1957 retired

1957-61 Salem

1961-64 Harrisburg St. Paul’s

Note: Cloyd W. Fields is a brother to Mary Fields Welliver, the mother of H. Richard Welliver.

FIGGLES, CHARLES EDWARD

Born: 4-22-1848 Muncy PA married: Harriet Adams

Died: 6-12-1938 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1939, 221

1911 local elder, Central New York Conference: page 26

Interment: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Mill Hall PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1939, 207

Chemung

Big Flats

Elmira Pennsylvania Avenue

1914 “transfer” to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1914-16 Oriole & Ante Fort (began during the 1913-14 year)

1916 Avis (ending 12/31/16)

1924-26 Westport

Note: Charles E. Figgles served as a local pastor and was never a ministerial member of any conference.

FISHER, BRUCE DAVID

Born: 4-19-1934 Williamsport PA married: Joan Heisley

Died: obit:

1954 license, recommended by Williamsport Wesley

1957 admitted on trial

1957 ordained deacon

1959 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1953-56 student, Lycoming College

1953-56 Morris

1957-59 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1957-59 East Orange NJ

1959-63 Pleasant Gap

1963-64 Danville Trinity

1964-69 director of youth work, Conference Board of Education (ending 12/31/69)

1970-74 associate program director, Conference Council on Ministries (beginning 1/1/70)

1974-80 State College St. Paul’s

1980-85 director, Conference Council on Ministries

1985-88 superintendent, Chambersburg District

1988-95 director, Conference Council on Ministries

1995-99 Montoursville Faith

1999 retired

FISHER, IRA ELLIS

Born: 4-16-1884 Centre County PA married: Bessie Belva Black

Died: 6-13-1927 Wallaceton PA obit:

1914 license

1920 admitted on trial

Interment: Half Moon Valley Cemetery, Centre County PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1928, 739

1915-16 Williamsburg circuit

1916-17 Altoona circuit

1917-18 Allegheny circuit.

1918-21 Pine Grove Mills

1921-24 Clearville

1924-27 Wallaceton

Note: Mrs. Fisher is reported to have remarried 6/10/1929 to a Mr. Ira Ellis Smith (yes, a man with the same first and middle name as Rev. Fisher!).

FISHER, JOHN KLINE

Born: 6-1-1850 Berne PA married: Sallie E. Gettel

Died: 6-18-1890 Lebanon PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1930,200

1875 license, Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

1876 ordained, Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

Interment: Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1891, 82

1875-77 Intercourse

1877-79 Mount Joy

1879-82 Annville

1882 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference ME, page 14

1882-83 Town Hill

1883-86 Conyngham

1886-89 Gordon

1889-90 Shippensburg

Note: Biographical material for John K. Fisher is given in Gibble’s 1950 History of the East Pennsylvania Conference (United Brethren), page 392.

FISK, RUSSELL G.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1924-25 Emporium circuit

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

FITZGERALD, HOWARD STOUGH

Born: 7-15-1894 Strinestown PA married: Grace Marie Bond

Died: 11-9-1973 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1931, 192

married2; Dorothy Marian Reading

1916 license, recommended by Wellsville obit2: 2000,341

1921 admitted on trial, recommended by Philadelphia Twenty-Second Street

1923 ordained deacon

1926 ordained elder

Interment: Prospect Hill Cemetery, York PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1974, 421

1917-20 student, Dickinson College

1917 Hickorytown (ending 9/17)

1917-18 Rehoboth (beginning 9/17)

1918-20 Newville

1920-21 Summit Hill, Philadelphia Conference

1921-22 Thompsontown

1922-24 Rouzerville (ending 9/4/24)

1924-27 McVeytown (beginning 9/4/24)

1927-28 Mill Hall

1928-31 Salladasburg

1931-32 Selinsgrove-Shamokin Dan

1932-34 Coalport-Irvona

1934-37 Gatchelville

1937-40 Port Royal

1940-42 Mifflinville

1942-45 Freeland

1945-48 Shamokin Chestnut Street

1948-52 Altoona Wesley & Asbury

1952-54 Orbisonia

1954-60 Burnham

1960 retired

1960-61 Mifflintown (9/1/60 to 8/31/61)

1962 Williamsport Third Street (Jul-Aug)

1963 Harrison Valley (Oct-Nov)

1963-64 Nelson (beginning 12/1/63)

FLANEGAN, HENRY D.

Born: 3-31-1861 Salem NJ married: Mary Webb Sloan

Died: 12-16-1953 Lansdowne PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1939, 223

1895 ordained deacon, recommended by Carlisle

1896 admitted on trial

Interment: Arlington Cemetery, Upper Darby PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1954, 226

1893-95 student, Dickinson College

1895-98 York Princess Street

1898-00 Espy-Light Street

1900-02 Hyner

1902-04 Salona-Lamar

1904-10 Ralston

1910-14 Mechanicsburg

1914-15 Shamokin Chestnut Street

1915-17 Williamsport Third Street

1917-18 Saxton

1918-19 leave of absence

1919-27 on leave

1927 retired

FLECK, ALBERT E.

Born: 11-10-1891 Altoona PA married: Alda Jacoby

Died: 11-11-1959 obit: [d. 1939]

married2: Susan Garber

Christian & Missionary Alliance Church obit2:

1918 license

1929 ordained local deacon

1933 ordained local elder

Interment: Fairview Cemetery, Altoona

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1960, 243

1918-19 Picture Rocks circuit

1919-21 Liverpool

1921-22 Karthaus

1922-23 Harrisonville

1923-24 Burnt Cabins

1924-26 Wallis Run

1926-29 Shawville

1929-31 Benezette

1931 Port Matilda

1931-33 Sandy Ridge

1933-34 without appointment

staff, Methodist Home for the Aged in Tyrone

staff, Altoona Hospital

1953 retired

Note: Albert E. Fleck served as a local pastor and is a brother to Robert E. Fleck.

FLECK, ROBERT ELLWOOD

Born: 5-6-1896 Altoona PA married: Margaret E. Housum

Died: 12-27-1979 Mesa AZ obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1985, 407

1929 license, recommended by Lock Haven Trinity

1929 admitted on trial

1931 ordained deacon

1933 ordained elder

Interment: Arizona Veterans Cemetery, Phoenix AZ

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1980, 339

1929-31 East Waterford

1931-33 Mercersburg

1933-38 McVeytown

1938-40 Howard

1940-49 Port Royal

1949-54 Salladasburg (ending 9/15/64)

1954-56 Petersburg (beginning 9/15/54)

1956 retired

1962-64 Galeton

Note: Robert E. Fleck is a brother to Albert E. Fleck.

FLEGAL, FRANK PORTER

Born: 4-4-1874 Lick Run Mills PA married: Edith May Davis (4/27/1910)

Died: 6-6-1953 obit:

Interment:

Obit: California-Nevada Conference 1954, 232

1899-03 student, Dickinson College

1902-03 Pine Grove

1903-05 student, Boston University School of Theology in Boston MA

FLEGAL, MARTIN CREIGHTON

Born: 11-2-1871 Clearfield County PA married: Dora E. Smith

Died: 7-16-1927 Avis PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1941, 221

1902 admitted on trial

Interment: Jersey Shore Cemetery, Jersey Shore PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1928, 740

1902-03 Pine Grove

1903-05 Catawissa circuit

1905-06 Blain

1906-08 Glen Hope

1908-11 Three Springs

1911-14 Shellsburg

1914-18 Lumber City

1918-19 Wallaceton

1919-21 Trevorton-Irish Valley

1921-24 Avis

1924-25 sabbatical

1925 retired

Note: Some biographical information on Martin C. Flegal appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 34.

FOCHT, LAWRENCE CARL

Born: 9-3-1943 Williamsburg PA married: Sally Ann Claus

Died: obit:

1966 admitted on trial, recommended by Williamsburg First

1966 ordained deacon

1969 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1964-65 associate, Hunlock Creek

1965-69 student, Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington DC

1965-66 intern, Baltimore St. Mark’s

1966-67 Baltimore Center Campus Ministry1966-69 School

1967-69 Phoenix MD

1969-77 Howard

1977-85 Mechanicsburg Mount Olivet

1985-02 New Cumberland Community

2002-06 Red Lion St. Pail’s

2006 retired

FOLK, JOHN R. JR

Born: 1944 married: (single)

Died: 2-12-1965 obit:

1963 quarterly conference license, Lewistown First

Interment:

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1965, 352

1963-65 student, Lycoming College

1964-65 Nelson

FOLTA, GEORGE P.

Born: c1880 married: Ludmila Huskova [Husek]

Died: c1960 obit: [1895-?]

1924 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1922-35 Hazleton Holy Trinity (Anthracite Mission)

1935 transfer to Pittsburg Conference

1935-38 West Brownsville

Note: George P. Folta was originally Presbyterian. Both from Czechoslovakia, the Foltas were married in Pennsylvania 6/29/1926. Their son George P. Folta Jr. (1927-1930) is buried in the Vine Street Cemetery in Hazleton.

FORREST, JOHN WESLEY

Born: 2-4-1861 Littlestown PA married: Sue Elizabeth Spangenberg

Died: 2-4-1931 Harrisburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1957, 249

1885 admitted on trial, recommended by York Princess Street & Ridge Avenue

Interment: Littlestown Cemetery, Littlestown PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1931, 192

1884-85 assistant, Emporium (first part of year)

York Princess Street & Ridge Avenue (last part of year)

1885-86 Mercersburg

1886-88 Mont Alto

1888-90 Liverpool

1890-92 York Springs

1892-94 Snow Shoe

1894-95 Pine Grove

1895-97 Howard

1897-98 Glen Hope

1898-99 Mahaffey

1899-00 Dillsburg-Wellsville

1900-03 Mercersburg

1903-05 Munson

1905-07 Birmingham

1907-08 Three Springs

1908-10 Fairview

1910-11 Keating Summit

1911-12 Rouzerville

1912-13 Selinsgrove

1913-14 Trevorton

1914 retired

Note: The grandfather of John Wesley Forrest is a cousin of Josiah Forrest. The family has a strong Methodist heritage.

FORREST, JOSIAH

Born: 10-?-1797 Anne Arundel County MD married: Lydia S. Knuckle

Died: 4-18-1873 Zanesville OH obit:

1828 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment: Zanesville OH

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1874, 62

1828-29 Bedford circuit

1829-30 Northumberland

1830-31 Sunbury

1831-32 Lewistown

1832-34 Northumberland

1834-36 Bellefonte

1836-37 Hollidaysburg

1837-38 Williamsburg

1838-40 Allegany

1840-42 Gettysburg

1842-44 Fincastle

1844-46 East Rockingham

1846-48 Greencastle

1848-50 Shippensburg

1850-57 on leave

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-58 on leave

1858-59 North Branch

1859-61 Westernport

1861-63 Boonsboro

1863-64 Orangeville

1864-66 Jeanesville

1866-68 Elysburg

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69 Milroy

1869 retired

Note: A biographical sketch of Josiah Forrest is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 375. The grandfather of John Wesley Forrest is a cousin of Josiah Forrest. The family has a strong Methodist heritage.

FORREST, WILLIAM

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1920-21 Westport & Cross Forks

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

FORSCHT, AUGUSTUS CALVIN

Born: 5-15-1858 York County PA married: Sarah J. Stein

Died: 11-23-1922 York PA obit: [9/17/1857 – 9/8/1885]

married2: Annie Elizabeth Lutz [3/9/1888]

1887 admitted on trial, obit2:

recommended by Harrisburg St. Paul’s

Interment:

Obit:

1887-88 Liverpool

1888-90 Mont Alto

1890-91 Fort Littleton

1891-93 Lewisberry

1893-94 Clearville

1894-96 Shirleysburg

1896 withdrew

Lutheran pastor

1900-03 Plum Creek charge, Northumberland County (4/1/00 – 3/1/03)

FORTNER, HENRY B.

Born: married:

Died: 7-31-1903 Selinsgrove PA obit:

1869 admitted on trial

Interment: Pine Grove Cemetery, Berwick PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1904, 109

1869-70 Berwick circuit

1870-72 Muhlenburg circuit

1872-73 Centralia

1873-74 Greencastle

1874-75 Helfenstein

1875-78 Beach Haven

1878-81 Benton

1881-84 Snydertown

1884-87 Elysburg

1887-90 Conyngham

1890-94 Schloyeville

1894-99 Beach Haven

1899-03 Selinsgrove

FORTNEY, McCLELLAND JAMES

Born: 7-4-1927 Mt. Union PA married: Janet Banks

Died: 10-9-1997 obit:

1962 license, recommended by Nossville

1965 ordained deacon

1967 ordained elder

1971 admitted as associate member

Interment: Lind Memorial Cemetery, Lewistown PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1998, 434

1962-63 Warfordsburg

1963-77 Vira

1977-81 Philipsburg Grace

1981-93 Lewistown Lake Park-Granville

1993 retired

1997 Penns Valley

FOSTER, MILTON KIRK

Born: 2-22-1838 Lewisberry PA married: Martha Rodgers

Died: 5-25-1928 Williamsport PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1920, 139

1858 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference

Interment: Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1929, 184

1858-59 Mifflin

1859-60 Green Village

1860-61 Carlisle circuit

1861-62 Newport

1862-63 New Bloomfield

1863-65 Newberry

1865-66 Phillipsburg circuit

1866-68 Phillipsburg

1868 chart member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-70 Lock Haven

1870-73 Huntingdon

1873-77 superintendent, Juniata District

1877-80 Altoona Eighth Avenue

1880-82 Lewisburg

1882-84 Carlisle

1884-86 Bellefonte

1886-91 superintendent, Juniata District

1891-97 superintendent, Williamsport District

1897-00 Lock Haven Trinity

1900-06 Clearfield Trinity

1906-08 Danville St. Paul’s

1908-12 Newberry

1912 retired

Note: Milton K. Foster’s sister Elizabeth is the wife of James Pennington.

FOSTER, ROBERT B.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1908 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1908-10 Lewisberry-Lisburn

1910-11 Altoona Epworth-Llyswen

1911-12 Bakerton (left in mid-year; see 1912, 75)

1912 transfer to Cincinnati Conference

FOWLER, ALBERT C.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1916-17 Westport

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

FOWLER, GEORGE W.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1959-63 Trout Run

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

FOX, JOHN D.

Born: 1-7-1851 Pipesville PA married: Mary Emma Cooper

Died: 10-6-1921 Somerville NJ obit: Philadelphia Conference 1880,72

married2: Emma B. Kopp

obit2: Philadelphia Conference 1945,206

1873 license, recommended by Village Green circuit of the Philadelphia Conference

1874 admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference

1876 ordained deacon, Philadelphia Conference

1878 ordained elder, Philadelphia Conference

Interment: Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia PA

Obit: Philadelphia Conference 1922, 387

1873-74 Village Green circuit

1874-75 Avondale & Chatham

1875-76 Merion Square

1876-78 Charlestown

1878-80 Upland

1880-83 Haddington

1883-84 Tremont

1884-86 Reading Covenant

1886-88 Frankford Frankford Avenue

1888-91 Philadelphia Fifth Street

1891-95 Philadelphia Salem

1895-98 Pottsville

1898-01 Philadelphia Grace

1901 transfer to New Jersey Conference

1901-10 Trenton State Street

1910 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1910-17 Harrisburg Grace

1917 transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1917-20 Germantown St. Stephen’s

1920 retired

FOX, SAMUEL

Born: 9-30-1867 Cornwall, England married: Edith Mary Gutelius

Died: 9-5-1934 Mifflinburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1956, 235

1891 admitted on trial

licensed as local preacher Wesleyan Methodist Church as teenager

Interment: Hill Side Cemetery, Mifflinburg

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1935, 224

1890-91 Three Runs

1891-92 Kedron

1892-93 Wharton

1893-94 Westport

1894-95 Jamestown

1895-96 Trout Run

1896-97 Marysville

1897-98 Green Village

1898-99 Catawissa circuit

1899-02 Beech Haven

1902-05 Littlestown

1905-08 Shrewsbury

1908-09 Espy-Lime Ridge

1909-10 Riverside (1½ years)

1910-11 Shamokin Lincoln Street (½ year)

1911-16 Mifflinburg

1916-18 Centralia

1918-20 Duncannon

1920-22 Weatherly

1922-25 Jeansville-Audenreid

1925 retired

FRANK, ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Born: 11-30-1865 near Newport PA married: Alberta May Zeigler

Died: 5-5-1928 New Bloomfield PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1901, 112

married2: Aura Kirk

1898 admitted on trial, recommended by Duncannon obit2:

Interment: Newport Cemetery, Newport PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1929, 195

1898-00 Thompsontown

1900-01 Hustontown

1901-02 McKee’s Gap

1902-05 Shawville

1905-08 New Washington

1908-11 Half Moon

1911-16 Mahaffey

1916-19 Mount Holly Springs

1919-20 Coalport-Irvona

1920-22 Hopewell

1922-25 Weatherly

1925-27 Sinnemahoning

1927-28 New Bloomfield

FRANK, GLENN

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1962-63 Salona

Note: Glenn Frank served as a local pastor.

FRANK, NELSON HARRY

Born: 11-10-1912 Roxbury PA married: Kathryn E. Myers

Died: 2-21-1977 obit: 2001, 362

1931 license, recommended by Greencastle

1933 admitted on trial

1933 ordained deacon

1936 ordained elder

Interment: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Greencastle PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1977, 258

1931-34 student, Dickinson College

1931-34 Boiling Springs & Hickorytown

1934-37 student, Boston University School of Theology in Boston MA

1934-37 Cataumet, New England South Conference

1937-39 Hustontown

1939-42 Bendersville

1942-46 Mechanicsburg

1946-51 Northumberland

1951-57 Chambersburg

1957-74 State College St. Paul’s

1974 retired

Note: Nelson H. Frank is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who the Methodist Church, page 443. Mrs. Frank is the daughter of Rev. Joseph C. Myers of the Brethren in Christ Church.

FRANKFORTER, ALBERTUS DANIEL III

Born: 5-17-1939 Waynesboro PA married: Karen _____

Died: obit:

1960 license

1962 admitted on trial, recommended by Waynesboro

1963 ordained deacon

1965 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1962-65 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1965-71 various graduate and post-graduate studies

1971- professor of history, Penn State Erie

Note: A. Daniel Frankforter is the author of numerous books and articles.

FRAVEL, RAYMOND DUKE

Born: 1-25-1936 Hudson PA married: Margaret Ann Dunlap

Died: obit:

1954 license, recommended by Osceola Mills

1959 admitted on trial

1959 ordained deacon

1961 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1954-58 student, Lycoming College

1957-58 Morrisdale (6/57 – 1/58)

1958-61 Wolfsburg (6/58 – 6/61)

1961-62 associate, Pittsburgh South Avenue

1962-64 Patton

1964 transfer to Western Pennsylvania Conference

1964-67 associate, Pittsburgh South Avenue

1967-68 staff, Methodist Church Union of Pittsburgh

1968-69 chaplain, Home for Unwed MothersWestern

1969 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1969-74 instructor, Shippensburg University

1970-74 Mt. Victory

1974-79 Canton

1979-83 Carlisle Allison Memorial (ending 8/15/83)

1983-93 Clearfield West Side (beginning 8/15/83)

1993-01 Yorkshire

2001 retired

FRAY, ALFRED CLEMSON.

Born: 10-14-1905 Harrisburg PA married: Marion VanHorn

Died: 4-16-1978 Harrisburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1970, 388

married2: H. Romain Frey Dube

1925 license, recommended by Rehobeth obit2:

1927 admitted on trial

1930 ordained deacon

1932 ordained elder

Interment: Dodson Cemetery, Luzerne County PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1978, 259

1925-27 Rehoboth

1927-28 Madera & Smoke Run

1928-29 Rouzerville & Mont Alto

1929-30 at school

1930-31 Wolfsburg

1931-33 Wallaceton

1933-33 Vira

1933-36 student, Boston University School of Theology in Boston MA

1936-37 Harveyville

1937-39 Orangeville

1939-40 Hastings

1940-42 Saxton

1942-47 Glen Campbell

1947-50 Freeland Parish

1950-53 Duncannon

1953-55 Port Royal

1955-58 Clearfield Emmanuel

1958-59 Bellwood

1959-65 Beach Haven

1965-68 Catawissa

1968-70 Avis

1970 retired

Note: Alfred C. Fray is the son of Rev. Charles A. Fray of the East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Church.

FRAZER, HUGH

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1922-24 Salona & Lamar

1924-25 East Waterford

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

FRAZIER, LUTHER EUGENE

Born: 7-30-1913 Tusseyville PA married: Marsiella Jane Wolfgang

Died: 12-8-1998 Akron OH obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1998, 433

1948 license, recommended by Yeagertown

1965 ordained deacon

1967 ordained elder

1971 admitted as associate member

Interment: Sunset Hills Burial Park, Canton OH

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1998, 431

1963-65 Penns Valley

1965-67 Glen Campbell

1967-70 Allenport

1970-72 Austin

1972-75 Espy-Light Street

1975-79 Milroy

1979-81 Buffalo Valley

1981 retired

FREDIN, PIERRE N.

Born: 1-14-1866 Bergsjo, Sweden married: Josephine Jones

Died: obit:

1900 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1893-97 student, Dickinson College

1897-00 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1897-99 Lafayette NJ

1899-00 West Patterson NJ

1900-01 Jamison City

1901-03 Milnesville-Lattimer

1903-05 Beaver Meadow

1905-12 missionary to Wyoming

1912 withdrew

Note: The 1/19/1905 Pennsylvania Methodist, page 5, states “the Rev. Pierre Fredin, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Beaver Meadows, has relinquished his charge and will start for China at once to take up missionary work.” Josephine Jones was from Lafayette NJ; they were married 6/14/1899.

FREED, WILLIAM MARVIN

Born: 5-15-1927 Walker WV married: Laura Irene Davis

Died: obit:

1944 license, recommended by Vaught Chapel of the West Virginia Conference

1958 admitted on trial, West Virginia Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1946-47 Lockhart

1947-48 Belleville

1948-54 Mineral Wells

1954-46 Grafton

1956-59 Fairmont

1959-60 Morgantown

1960 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1960-63 Whiteford

1962 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1962-63 Mt. Nebo

1963-65 Ramey

1965-68 Lemont

1968-78 Axeman-Weaver

1978-92 Yeagertown

1992 Pine Creek Valley Parish

1992 retired

Note: William M. Freed is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who the Methodist Church, page 445.

FREHN, JOHN ARNOLD

Born: 7-13-1906 Walnut Bottom PA married: Ruth Gladys McBeth

Died: 10-19-1995 Penny Farms, FL obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1981, 348

married2: Kathryn McDowell

1936 license, recommended by Rehobeth obit2: [3/12/1909 – 10/28/2005]

1941 admitted on trial

1941 ordained deacon

1945 ordained elder

Interment: Penny Farms, FL

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1996, 410

1937-38 Harrisonville

1938-41 Littlestown

1941-42 Hustontown

1942-46 Harrisburg St. Paul’s-Riverside

1946-51 South Williamsport

1951-54 Altoona Grace

1954-59 Harrisburg Trinity

1959-62 Waynesboro

1962-68 Camp Hill

1968-73 Harrisburg Fifth Street

1973 retired

1973-75 assistant, Mechanicsburg First

Note: Rev. Frehn is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who the Methodist Church, page 447.

FRICKLAND, ERNEST

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1899-01 Laporte

1907-08 Mahoning circuit, Pittsburgh Conference

Note: Ernest Frickland served as a local pastor. An 1899 graduate of Williamsport Dickinson Seminary, which lists his given name as EARNEST, he is otherwise unknown.

FRIED, PHILIP

Born: married:

Died: obit:

? license, Central New York Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1961-62 East Canton

1962 “transfer” by boundary change to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1962-63 East Canton

Note: Philip Fried served as a local pastor.

FRITCHLEY, NEWTON HORACE

Born: 9-4-1916 Calcutta, India married: Delores M. Heinley

Died: obit:

1937 license, recommended by Calcutta Thorburn, India

1939 admitted on trial, Bengal Conference

1943 ordained deacon, New Hampshire Conference

1945 ordained elder, New Hampshire Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1937-40 Boys High School, Calcutta

1940-43 at school

1943 transfer to New Hampshire Conference

1943-45 Salem Depot

1945-46 Windber, Pittsburgh Conference

1946 transfer to Pittsburgh Conference

1946-49 Windber

1949-53 Pitcairn

1953-58 Pittsburgh Brookline

1958-63 Butler

1963 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1963-73 Carlisle Allison Memorial

1973 transfer to West Ohio Conference

Note: Newton H. Fritchley is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 449. He is listed in 2003 as a retired member of the West Ohio Conference.

FRITZ, JESSE EMANUEL

Born: 4-3-1933 Benton PA married: Sandra Mae Baker

Died: obit:

1962 quarterly conference license

1963 admitted on trial

1963 ordained deacon

1966 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1963-66 Lewisberry

1966-69 Millerton-Daggett

1969-75 on leave

1975 located

Note: Jesse E. Fritz is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 450. Before entering the ministry, he taught school in Red Lion and Benton.

FRITZ, REYBURN LUTHER

Born: 3-8-1905 Freeland PA married: Rachel Jane Howey

Died: 6-22-1990 Lewisburg PA obit:

1930 license, recommended by Freeland Park

1937 ordained deacon

1938 admitted on trial

1939 ordained elder

Interment: Freeland Cemetery, Freeland PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1991, 478

1930-34 Muncy Valley (ending summer 1934)

1934-38 Cassville (beginning summer 1934)

1938-42 Salladasburg

1942-45 Lock Haven East Main Street

1945-47 Broad Ave., Altoona

1947-49 Marcy Cent., Chicago

1949-53 Grace, Wmpst.

1953-58 Altoona Eighth Avenue

1958-62 Altoona Fairview

1962-67 Everett

1967-71 Harrisburg Epworth

1971 retired

1971-77 Harrisburg Riverside

1977-81 Lewisberry

FRITZINGER, J.A.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1944-45 Laurelton (beginning 10/15/44)

Note: J.A. Fritzinger served as a local pastor.

FROST, SAMUEL MILTON

Born: 5-31-1825 Mocksville NC married: Juliet Katharine Klossen

Died: 1-6-1906 Montoursville PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1915, 120

1846 admitted on trial, North Carolina Conference MES

1846 ordained deacon, North Carolina Conference MES

1848 ordained elder, North Carolina Conference MES

Interment: Hanover PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1906, 99

1846-47 Wilkes circuit

1847-48 Salisbury

1848-49 Washington

1849-50 Greensboro

1850-51 Washington

1851-53 Chapel Hill

1853-55 Fayetteville

1855-56 Wilmington Front Street

1856-62 president, Wayne Female College in Goldsboro NC

1862-64 school teacher

1866-70 Chatsworth Independent Methodist Church, Baltimore

1870-71 China Hall Independent Methodist Church, Baltimore

1871 transfer to Baltimore Conference ME (March 1)

1871 transfer to St. Louis Conference (March 8)

1871-72 Pleasant Hill

1872 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1872-73 York Springs

1873-76 Hanover – New Oxford

1876-79 New Cumberland

1879-82 Mt. Carmel

1882-85 Hazleton St. Paul’s

1885-88 Shamokin

1888-89 Bloomsburg

1889-90 Harrisburg Fifth Street

1890-92 Mifflintown

1892-96 Centralia

1896-97 Watsontown

1897-99 Duncansville

1899-03 White Haven

1903-06 Weatherly

Note: Wayne Female College was taken over by the Confederate Army for a hospital in 1862, and it reopened in 1868 as Goldsboro Female College.

FROWNFELTER, GEORGE MILTON

Born: 3-2-1861 near New Bloomfield PA married: Helen Virginia Quiggle

Died: 9-28-1944 Harvey’s Lake PA obit: [1961, 285]

1892 admitted on trial

Interment: Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1945, 223

1892-94 Harrisburg Epworth

1894-95 Williamsport High Street

1895-99 Great Island

1899-03 Mifflinburg

1903-07 St. Mary’s

1907-09 Flemington

1909-13 Wallaceton

1913-17 Clearville

1917-23 Three Spring

1923-29 Trevorton-Irish Valley

1929-40 Mifflinville

1940 retired

FRUM, DAVID JAMES

Born: 2-17-1850 McElroy Creek VA married: Dilemma Talkington

Died: 7-28-1918 Clearfield County PA obit: [6/17/1853 – 11/12/1925]

1910 license

Interment: Plumville PA

Obit: [1919, 62]

1910-12 Glen Campbell

1912-15 Pleasant Gap

1915-17 Ray’s Hill

1917-19 Clearville

Note: David J. Frum served as a local pastor.

FRY, EDGAR

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1958-1961 Talmar circuit (beginning 9/1/58)

Note: Edgar Fry served as a local pastor.

FRY, SAMUEL DILLER JR.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1962 license, recommended by Drums St. Paul’s

1968 admitted on trial

1968 ordained deacon

1970 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1962-65 Morris

1965-67 Oriole

1967-70 student, Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester PA

1967-70 Colonial Manor, Woobury NJ

1970-72 Avis Grove Street

1972-75 York Springs-Arnolds

1975-83 associate director, Conference Council on Ministries

1983-83 Middletown Wesley

1984-86 staff, Iowa Wesleyan College

1986-88 staff, William Patterson College in Wayne NJ

1988 transfer to Iowa Conference

transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference

2003 retire

FRYE, CHARLES E.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1918-19 Muncy Valley (starting January 1918)

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

FRYSINGER, WILLIAM MASLIN

Born: 4-18-1840 Hanover PA married: Sarah Elizabeth Quin

Died: 11-8-1933 Healdsburg CA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1903, 116

married2: Laura Trout Zeigler

1861 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference obit2: [1934,218]

Interment: Sebastopol, California

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1934, 218

1860-63 York Duke Street

1863-65 Mount Holly Springs

1865-68 Baltimore Huntingdon Avenue

1868-69 Altoona

1869 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1869-70 Jackson Square Centenary

1870 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1870-73 Carlisle Emory

1873-74 Sunday School & Tract Agent

1874-78 on leave

1874-75 Lewistown

1877-78 assistant, Harrisburg Grace

1878-82 superintendent, Methodist Book Room (ending 7/1882)

1882-89 president, Centenary Biblical Institute (beginning 7/1882)

1889 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1889-94 editor, Baltimore Methodist

1894 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1894-99 Carlisle Allison

1999-00 Tyrone First

1900-03 Bloomsburg

1903-04 secretary, Annuity Fund

1904 retired

Note: William M. Frysinger is listed in the 1916 Who’s Who American Methodism.

FULCKOMER, GEORGE M.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1902-03 Glen Rock

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

FULLER, CHARLES EDWARD

Born: 1-23-1907 Philadelphia PA married:

Died: 3-17-1990 obit:

1930 admitted on trial

1933 ordained deacon

1935 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit: Missouri East Conference 1990, ?

1928-29 Picture Rocks

1929-30 Half Moon

1930-31 Riddlesburg

1931-33 Burnt Cabins

1933-35 Cherry Tree

1935-38 School

1938-53 missionary, Africa Southern Rhodesia

1953-57 faculty, University of Missouri

1957 transfer to Missouri Conference

FULLERTON, JAMES ARCHER

Born: 5-28-1850 married: Anne Jane Barrett

Died: 6-29-1928 obit: West Virginia Conference 1928, 107

1872 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit: West Virginia Conference 1928, 105

1872 transfer to West Virginia Conference

FULLMER, CHARLES WALTER

Born: married

Died: obit:

1956 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1956-58 at school

1958 transfer to Michigan Conference

FULTON, THOMAS J.

Born: married: Ida M. _____

Died: 2-?-22 obit: [d. 8/15/1939]

1903 license

Interment:

Obit: [1922, 74]

1903-04 Medix

1904-07 apparently no appointment

1907-11 Oriole & Antes Fort

1911-15 Elimsport & Maple Hill

1915 Picture Rocks circuit (ending 4/15/15)

1915-19 Salladasburg (beginning 4/15/15)

1919-22 Salona & Lamar

Note: Thomas J. Fulton served as a local pastor.

FUNK, WILLIAM WARREN

Born: 11-4-1938 Philadelphia PA married: Barbara _____

Died: obit:

1964 admitted on trial, recommended by Nescopek Wesley

1964 ordained deacon

1967 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1960-64 student, Bloomsburg State University

1964-66 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1966-67 Centralia

1967-69 New Paris

1969-71 Osceola Mills

1971-96 honorable location

1996-99 Belleville

1999-01 leave of absence

2001 retired

FUREY, JOHN RHOADS

Born: c1852 married:

Died: obit:

? ordained deacon, Protestant Episcopal Church

1880 admitted on trial, recommended by Bloomsburg

1880 recognized as deacon, recommended by Bloomsburg

Interment:

Obit:

1877-80 unknown, Reformed Episcopal Church

1880-81 Buffalo Mission, New Columbia

1881-82 Loyalsock

1882 transfer to Virginia Conference

Note: John R. Furey is the son of Rev. John G. Furey of the Protestant Episcopal Church (Milton and Connellsville) and a former Miss Rhoades.