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GANOE, MARTIN LUTHER

Born: 8-17-1843 Warrior’s Mark PA married: Sophie Jones

Died: 9-3-1917 Chambersburg PA obit: 1916, 134

1870 admitted on trial

Interment: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Chambersburg PA

Obit: 1918, 135

1870-72 Lumber City

1872-74 Clearfield circuit

1874-77 Gettysburg

1877-80 Harrisburg St. Paul’s

1880-83 Williamsport Mulberry Street

1883-86 Chambersburg

1886-89 superintendent, Danville District

1889-92 Williamsport Mulberry Street

1892-94 Harrisburg Ridge Avenue

1894-99 Altoona First

1899-06 York First

1906-08 Bloomsburg

1908 retired

Note: Martin L. Ganoe is a brother to William V. Ganoe. An obituary also appears in the 11-15-1917 Christian Advocate, page 1216.

GANOE, WILLIAM VAN DEVENDER

Born: 6-8-1847 Warrior’s Mark PA married: Constance Addleman

Died: 11-14-1932 Jersey Shore PA obit: 1911, 134

1870 admitted on trial

Interment: Greencastle Cemetery, Greencastle PA

Obit: 1933, 188

1870-71 Sinnemahoning

1871-72 Half Moon

1872-73 Pine Grove

1873-74 Mercersburg

1874-77 Greencastle

1877-78 Harrisburg Mt. Pleasant

1878-80 Harrisburg Fifth Street

1880-82 Mifflin

1882-85 Williamsburg

1885-88 Altoona Chestnut Street

1888-93 Sunbury

1893-96 Shamokin First

1896-01 Williamsport Grace

1901-06 Jersey Shore First

1906-07 Renovo

1907-10 Curwensville

1910-13 Bedford

1913 retired

Note: William V. Ganoe is a brother to Martin L. Ganoe.

GARDNER, GEORGE PARKER

Born: 7-17-1871 York Springs PA married: Jennye [Jennie] H. Gemmill

Died: 6-16-1952 Jersey Shore PA obit:

1918 license

1928 ordained deacon

1930 ordained elder

Interment: Round Hill Presbyterian Church Cemetery, near Cross Roads PA

Obit: 1953, 219

1918 Rehobeth (3 Months)

Bressler (2 months)

1918-22 Cross Roads & Gatchellville (beginning 10/21/18)

1922-25 Hustontown

1925-30 Fayetteville

1930-31 Laurelton

1931-35 Catawissa circuit

1935-40 Lewisberry & Lisburn

1940-46 Oriole & Antes Fort

1946-50 Lock Haven Parish

1950 retired

Note: G. Parker Gardner served as a local pastor.

GARDY, MICHAEL ROGER

Born: married: Sally _____

Died: obit:

1968 admitted on trial, recommended by Hazleton Diamond

1968 ordained deacon

1973 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1967-70 student, Wesley Theological Seminary

1967-68 youth minister, Mt. Vernon in the Baltimore Conference

1968-69 assistant, Washington DC Asbury in the Baltimore Conference

1970-71 assistant, St. Andrews in the Baltimore Conference

1971-81 Newburg

1981-94 Woolrich

1994- Muncy First

GARRAHAN, JAMES M.

Born: 1932 married: Delores J. _____

Died: obit: [b. 1932]

Interment: [lots purchased in Willow Grove Cemetery, Salem County NJ]

Obit:

1956-58 Dover DE Calvary Assembly of God

1965-67 Orangeville

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

GARTHOFF, JAMES WREN

Born: 1-3-1914 Juniata PA married: Edith Marie Detwiler

Died: 5-11-1988 Wellsboro PA obit:

1936 license, recommended by Juniata [Altoona] Gethsemane

1943 admitted on trial

1943 ordained deacon

1945 ordained elder

Interment: Whitneyville PA

Obit: 1988, 409

1938 Tipton (3 months)

1938-42 Burnt Cabins

1942-44 Ray’s Hill

1944-46 Newton Hamilton

1946-48 Dudley

1948-51 Gordon

1951-52 Altoona Lakemont,

1952-54 Stewartstown

1954-57 McConnellsburg

1957-62 Flemington

1962-64 Williamsport High Street

1964 -74 Whitney Parish

1974-77 Altoona East End

1977-79 Bigler

1979 retired

1979-80 Bigler

1980-83 Roseville

GARVER, JOHN ARTHUR

Born: 7-28-1876 Aughwick Station PA married: Byrde McKee

Died: 9-5-1953 Turtle Creek obit: 1950, 205

1912 license

1942 ordained local deacon

Interment: Germany Valley Cemetery, Huntingdon County PA

Obit: 1954, 226

1912-13 Shirleysburg (last 7 months)

1913-15 Alum Bank

1915-17 Thompsontown

1917-20 apparently no assignment

1920-23 Ray’s Hill

1923-25 Manor Hill

1925-28 East Waterford

1928-30 Harveyville

1930-34 Frankstown & Canoe Creek

1934-36 Burnt Cabins

1936-38 East Waterford

1938-41 Morris

1941-44 Concord

1944-47 Glen Hope & Madera

1947 retired

Note: J. Arthur Garver served as a local pastor.

GASS, PETER S.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1918 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1916-19 Jonestown

1919-23 Buckhorn

1923 discontinued

GAUGLER, NEWMAN

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1957-59 Laurelton (beginning 6/1/57)

Note: Newman Gaugler, with encouragement from Elton Trueblood, founded and headed the National Yokefellow Prison Ministry about 1956, first from Sunbury and later from Shamokin Dam.

GAUL, BENJAMIN LEE

Born: 12-15-1931 Mifflin PA married: Shirley Naomi Williams

Died: 5-11-1995 obit:

1954 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit: Iowa Conference 1995, ?

1952-53 assistant, Millville

1953-56 Ray’s Hill

1956 transfer to North Iowa Conference

1956-59 Garrison

1959-61 Lohrville

1961-63 Lohrville–Rinard

Note: Benjamin L. Gaul is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in the Methodist Church. He is the father of Jonathan David Gaul of the Iowa Conference.

GEARHART, FRANKLIN

Born: 6-18-1821 near Danville PA married: Mary Elizabeth Wagenseller

Died: 1-31-1890 Williamsport PA obit: 1903, 115

1845 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment: Selinsgrove Cemetery, Selinsgrove PA

Obit: 1890, 81

1845-46 Allegany

1846-47 Huntingdon

1847-48 Lewistown circuit.

1848-49 Williamsburg

1849-50 Bald Eagle

1850-51 Wrightsville

1851-52 Gettysburg

1852-54 Summerfield

1854-56 Mifflin circuit

1856-57 Lewistown circuit

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-58 Lewistown circuit

1858-60 Northumberland

1860-62 Bloomsburg

1862-64 Milton circuit

1864-66 Catawissa

1866-68 New Bloomfield

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69 Hanover

1869-71 Watsontown

1871-73 on leave

1872-73 Watsontown (last part of year)

1873-74 Hughesville

1874-76 Orangeville

1876-77 Mifflinville

1877-79 Catawissa

1879-80 Montoursville

1880-81 Loyalsock

1881-88 on Leave

1888 retired

Note: A biographical sketch of Franklin Gearhart is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 377. He is the father of Edmund B. Gearhart of the Central New York Conference.

GEARHART, GLENN PHILIP

Born: married: Winifred _____

Died: obit:

1966 license, recommended by Oak Grove (West Decatur)

1969 ordained deacon

1971 admitted as associate member

Interment:

Obit:

1966 Allmansville & Smoke Run (6 months)

1966-69 Newton Hamilton

1969-83 Lock Haven East Main Street

1983 associate, Snow Show (ending 10/9/83)

1983-84 Altoona Grace (beginning 10/9/83)

1984-85 Morrisdale (ending 12/21/85)

1986-97 disability leave (beginning 1/1/86)

1997 retired

2000-2006 Wallaceton

GEARY, CARL DONALD

Born: 8-5-1933 Harrisburg PA married: Marion Haldeman

Died: obit:

1953 license, recommended by Harrisburg Stevens Memorial

1954 admitted on trial

1956 ordained deacon

1958 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1955-59 Bald Eagle Parish (beginning 7-15-55)

1959-64 Williamsburg First

1964-69 York Calvary

1969-76 Williamsport Wesley (beginning 8-1-69)

1976-81 Altoona Fifth Avenue

1981 chaplain, Bethany Village (ending 11-1-81)

1981-84 Richfield (beginning 11-1-81)

1984-88 Lock Haven Trinity-Flemington

1988-92 Duncannon

1992-96 Mechanicsburg Young’s

GEIGER, FRANCIS JOSEPH

Born: 7-21-1912 Harrisburg PA married: Martha A. Dice

Died: 5-30-1996 obit: 1969, 313

married2: Ruth McDannell

obit2: 2001, 363

1930 license, recommended by Harrisburg Epworth
1931 admitted on trial

1933 ordained local deacon

1937 ordained elder

Interment: Perry Heights Cemetery, Marysville PA

Obit: 1997, 382

1931 York Springs (Jun-Nov)

1932-33 student, Dickinson College

1933-37 student, Westminster Theological Seminary in Westminster MD

Boston University School of Theology in Boston MA

1937-39 Marysville (beginning Jun 1937)

1939-41 Espy-Light Street

1941-44 Picture Rocks

1944-48 Weatherly

1948-52 Millerstown-Liverpool

1952-54 Howard

1954-57 Hazleton Diamond (beginning Oct 1954)

1957-59 Williamsburg

1959-63 Hastings-Bakerton

1963-67 Morrisdale

1967-69 East Canton (ending Dec 1969)

1970-74 Bald Eagle Parish (beginning Jan 1970)

1974 retired

Note: Francis J. Geiger is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 465. The second Mrs. Geiger is also a member of the Central Pennsylvania Conference (see McDannell).

GEIGER, RUTH [see McDANNELL]

GEISSINGER, ELMER LAMONT

Born: 10-10-1888 married:

Died: 10-12-1980 obit:

Interment:

Obit: Nebraska Conference 1981, ?

1911-14 student, Dickinson College

1911-13 Green Village

1913-14 Boiling Springs, Salem & Pine Grove Furnace (ending fall 1914)

pastor in the Congregational Church

1919 transfer to Nebraska Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1919- Omaha Hirst

1923-28 Columbus

Note: E. Lamont Geissinger is the preferred rendering.

GEMBERLING, RALPH L. JR.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1950-52 Laurelton

Note: Ralph L. Gemberling served as a local pastor.

GEORGE, ROBERT ELMER

Born: married: Millicent _____

Died: obit:

1962 ordained deacon

1964 ordained elder

1971 admitted as associate member

Interment:

Obit:

1956-57 Bellville NY, Wesleyan Methodist Church

1957-59 Rich Valley Wesleyan & Gardeau Baptist

1959-62 Picture Rocks, Methodist

1962 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Church

1962-63 Picture Rocks

1963-67 Jerseytown

1967-69 Barnesboro

1969-71 Hopewell-Dudley

1971-78 Mill Hall

1978-83 Houserville

1983-85 Craley-New Bridgeville

1985-87 Montandon-Milton St. Peters

1987-90 Royalton Emmanuel

1990 retired

1990-92 Enola Grace

GERE, JOHN AVERY

Born: 4-8-1799 Chester MA. married: Sarah A. Neal

Died: 6-3-1874 Shickshinny PA obit: 1892, 94.

1823 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment: Berwick PA, later removed to Mount Olivet Cemetery in Baltimore MD

Obit: 1875, 63

1823-24 Pendleton

1824-25 Aughwick

1825-26 Bedford

1826-27 Bottetourt

1827-28 Christiansburg

1828-29 Baltimore City station

1829-31 Federick circuit

1831-33 York station

1833-34 Annapolis

1834-36 Baltimore circuit

1836-38 West River

1838-40 Severn

1840-41 North Baltimore

1841-43 Liberty

1843-45 Jefferson

1845-47 Carlisle station

1847-49 Huntingdon

1949-53 superintendent, Northumberland District

1853-55 Baltimore Fayette Street

1855-58 agent, Sunday Schools

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-58 agent, Sunday Schools

1858-62 superintendent, Carlisle District

1862064 East Baltimore

1864-65 North Baltimore circuit

1865-66 chaplain, US Army

1866-67 Berwick

1867-69 Berwick station

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69 Berwick station

1869-72 Montoursville

1872-74 Shickshinny

Note: Biographical sketches for John A. Gere appear in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 277, and in Simpson’s 1881 Cyclopedia of Methodism. His daughter Laura is married to A. Duncan Yocum. Mrs. Gere is the daughter of local preacher Abner Neal of the Baltimore Conference.

GETCHEY, WILLIAM ADOLPHE

Born: 9-20-1926 married:

Died: 2-16-2001 California obit:

1949 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1944-47 Rehoboth

1947-49 at school

1949-52 Orbisonia

1952-54 Lock Haven East Main Street

1954-57 chaplain, US Navy

1957 transfer to California-Nevada Conference

GIBSON, ANDREW WIER

Born: 3-24-1827 near Nisbet PA. married: Anna M. Seibert

Died: 12-29-1913 Muncy PA obit: 1904, 125

1851 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment: Muncy Cemetery, Muncy PA

Obit: 1914, 122

1851-52 Huntingdon

1852-53 Bellefonte

1853-54 Penn’s Valley

1854-56 Shippensburg

1856-57 Baltimore Caroline Street

1857-59 Muncy

1859-61 Berwick

1861-62 Mifflinburg

1862-64 Hollidaysburg

1864-66 Petersburg

1866-68 Duncannon

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69 Duncanon

1869-72 Bedford

1872-74 Curwensville

1874-76 Williamsport Grace

1876-77 Watsontown

1877-79 Jersey Shore

1879-81 Hanover-New Oxford

1881-84 Mount Holly Springs

1884-87 Muncy

1887-94 on leave

1894 retired

GIBSON, CHARLES KNIGHT

Born: 10-25-1874 Odessa DE married: Edna Earle Ewell

Died: 7-7-1978 Hockessin DE obit: 1965, 365

1898 license, recommended by Madison NJ

1905 admitted on trial, recommended by Hyde City

1907 ordained deacon

1909 ordained elder

Interment: Westminster MD

Obit: 1979, 333

1901-04 Chester NJ, Newark Conference

1904-06 Hyde City

1906-09 Clearfield Circuit (ending Jan 1909)

1909 Clearfield West Side (Jan-Mar)

1909-13 White Haven

1913-15 Nescopeck

1915-20 Northumberland

1920-22 Williamsport High Street

1922-25 Clearfield Eleventh Street

1925-29 Saxton

1929-31 Mifflinburg

1931-33 Catawissa

1933-36 Mechanicsburg

1936-40 Centralia

1940-43 Enola

1943-45 Gettysburg

1945- retired

Note: Some biographical information on Charles K. Gibson appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 54.

GIBSON, ROBERT EDWIN

Born: 10-4-1906 Bedford County PA married: Edna Buchanon

Died: 2-25-1985 Altoona PA obit:

1928 admitted on trial

1935 ordained deacon

1937 admitted on trial (2^nd time)

1937 ordained elder

Interment: IOOF Cemetery, Mapleton Depot PA

Obit: 1985, 408

1927-28 Tatesville (beginning 6/27)

1928-29 Allegheny

1929 Williamsburg (4/29 – 9/29)

1930-32 Rehoboth

1932-33 West Fairview-Summerdale

1933 discontinued, apparently becoming a local pastor

1933-34 Benezette & Penfield (to Dillsburg in mid-year)

1934-35 Dillsburg-Wellsville (from Benezette in mid-year 1933-34)

1935-37 Birmingham

1937-40 Glen Campbell & Mahaffey

1940-43 Mercersburg

1943-45 Berwick Calvary

1945-47 chaplain, US Army

1947-54 Yeagertown-Rhodes Memorial

1954-59 Everett

1959-61 Shamokin Lincoln Street

1961-68 Altoona Broad Avenue

1968-71 Altoona Wesley-Asbury

1971 retired

Note: Robert E. Gibson is the son of Thomas R.G. Gibson.

GIBSON, THOMAS R. G.

Born: 6-15-1872 Bedford County PA married: Clara Idella Pencyl

Died: 9-30-1956 Trans Run PA obit: [died 1907]

married2: Estella Poole Perdew

1912 admitted on trial obit2: 1960, 249

Interment: Trans Run Methodist Church Cemetery, Trans Run PA

Obit: 1957, 241

1910-14 Frankstown (started midway through year one)

1914-16 Blain

1916-19 Jamison City

1919-23 Harveyville

1923-26 Cassville

1926-29 Schellsburg

1929-31 Bakerton

1931-34 James Creek

1934-37 Fort Loudon

1937-39 Gatchelville

1939-43 Glen Hope-Madera

1943-45 Frankstown

1945 retired

Note: Thomas R.G. Gibson is the father of Robert E. Gibson.

GIDEON, BRUCE EUGENE

Born: 1-7-1911 Thedford NE married: Opal E. Marsh

Died:12-0-1988 Florida obit:

1935 admitted on trial, Nebraska Conference

1942 ordained deacon

1943 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit: Northern Illinois Conference 1989, ?

1931-32 Juniata

1932-33 Lincoln

1933-35 Greenwood

1935-38 Carleton

1938-42 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1938-42 Anderson NJ circuit

1942 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1942-45 Hughesville

1945-46 chaplain, US Navy

1946-47 Williamsport Market Street

1947-49 Wesley Foundation at State College,

1949-52 Muncy

1952-53 voluntary location

1953-54 Bertrand-Loomis, Nebraska Conference

1954 readmitted in order to transfer to Nebraska Conference

1954-55 Bertrand-Loomis

1955-59 Lincoln

1959-60 industrial chaplain, Lockwood Grader Corporation in Gering NE

1960-63 associate, Wilmette IL

Rock River Conference

Note: Bruce E. Gideon is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in the Methodist Church. His biography “Bruce Gideon: Friend of Sinners, Foe of Rum” by Omer B. Poulson was published in 1960.

GILBERT, JAMES H.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1919-20 York Springs

1920-21 Orrtanna

1921-22 Concord

1922-23 Vira

1923-26 Harrisonville

1926-28 Glen Hope

1928-29 [no appointment]

1929-33 Harrisonville

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

GILBERT, RICHARD HENRY

Born: 4-8-1855 South Wales, England married: Sarah Rosalie _____

Died: 5-17-1924 Philadelphia PA obit: 1883, 79

married2: Julia A. Lau

1880 admitted on trial obit2: 1906, 118

recommended by Fort Littleton circuit married3: Mrs. Margaret Jackson Crispin

obit3: 1931, 196

Interment: Berwick Cemetery, Berwick PA

Obit: 1925, 153

1880-81 Fort Littleton

1881-83 Dillsburg

1883-86 Emporium

1886-89 Williamsport Grace

1889-91 Chambersburg

1891-96 Tyrone First

1896-00 Huntingdon First

1900-06 Berwick First

1906-12 superintendent, Danville District

1912-13 secretary, Conference Annuity Fund

1913-16 secretary, Conference Temperance Society

1916 retired

Note: Richard H. Gilbert is listed in the 1916 Who’s Who in American Methodism. There is also an obituary in the 6/12/1924 Christian Advocate, page 751. The first husband of the third Mrs. Gilbert was a Mr. Benjamin Franklin Crispin Jr.

GILBERT, WILLIAM F.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1899 license, Allegheny Conference of the United Brethren Church

1902 ordained, Allegheny Conference of the United Brethren Church

Interment:

Obit:

1896-97 Eschol, Pennsylvania Conference

1897-98 Mount Union

1898-99 Mattawana (Mifflin County)

1899-00 Glasgow (Cambria County)

1900-01 Elton (Cambia County)

1901-02 Cambria

1902-03 Path Valley

1903-05 Mapleton

1905-06 no assignment

1906 honorable discharge

1907 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church

1907-08 McKee’s Gap

1908-09 no assignment

1909-11 Centre-Sandy Ridge

1911-13 Port Matilda

1913-16 Glen Hope

1916-17 Glen Campbell

1917-19 on leave, living in Mapleton Depot

1919 withdrew to join the ministry of another denomination, page 38

GILLIAM, JAMES EDWARD

Born: married: Elsie _____

Died: obit:

married2: Mabel _____

1961 license, recommended by Glen Burnie MD obit2:

1964 ordained deacon

1966 ordained elder

1970 admitted as associate member

Interment:

Obit:

1963-67 Salona-Lamar (beginning 9/15/63)

1967-70 Gatchelville

1970-76 Wrightsville Locust Street

1976-80 Williamsport Wesley

1980-83 St. Thomas (ending 3/15/83)

1983-91 Curwensville (beginning 3/15/83)

1991 retired

GINTER, JOHN PAUL

Born: 5-8-1913 Fernwood PA married:

Died:11-28-79 obit:

Interment:

Obit: Oregon-Idaho Conference 1980, ?

1935-56 Pine Grove Mills

1936-37 Allenport

1937-38 Cogan Valley

1938-41 New Millport

1941-45 (no appointment)

1945-47 Salona & Lamar

1947 “transfer” to Montana Conference

1948-49 Superior

Oregon-Idaho Conference

Note: John P. Guinter served as a local pastor.

GLASS, JAMES F.

Born: 4-17-1857 McConnellsburg PA married: Jennie S. Wilson

Died: 7-23-1926 Harrisburg PA obit: 1922, 133

married2: Margaret Gertrude Haney

1884 admitted on trial, recommended by Leidy obit2: 1964, 361

1884 ordained deacon, recommended by Leidy

Interment: Shoops Cemetery, Harrisburg PA

Obit: 1927, 525

1882-83 Liberty Valley

1883-84 Leidy

1884-86 Clarkstown-Fairview

1886-90 Benezzette

1890-93 Muncy Valley

1893-98 Fairview

1898-00 Cassville

1900-04 Elysburg

1904-07 Airville

1907-11 Harrisburg Epworth

1911-19 Jersey Shore Epworth

1919-24 Marysville

1924-26 Altoona Broad Avenue

1926 retired

Note: One source names the first Mrs. Glass as the former Jennie S. Rumbarger.

GLASSCO, HERBERT WILLIAM

Born: 5-13-1900 Tyrone, PA married: Marietta Griest

Died: 8-6-1970 Mechanicsburg PA obit: 1971, 373

1922 admitted on trial, recommended by Osceola Mills

1922 ordained deacon

1924 ordained elder

Interment: Lewistown PA

Obit: 1971, 359

1922-24 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1924-27 Conyngham

1927-28 Ramey-Janesville

1928-29 Robertsdale

1929-33 Altoona Lakemont

1933-34 Altoona Wesley-Asbury

1934-40 Altoona Fifty-Eighth Street

1940-42 Huntingdon Fifteenth Street

1942-46 Juniata First

1846-50 Lewistown First

1950-56 superintendent Altoona District

1956-63 Clearfield Trinity

1963-67 administrator, Epworth Manor at Tyrone

1967 retired

1967-70 visitation pastor, Camp Hill

Note: Herbert W. Glassco is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church. Mrs. Glassco held an exhorter’s license.

GLENN, GEORGE MEEK

Born: 2-12-1860 Centre County PA married: Ellura S. Gray

Died: 10-4-1918 Half Moon Valley PA obit: 1955, 238

1890 admitted on trial, recommended by Boston MA Brownfield Street

Interment: Gray’s Cemetery, Half Moon Valley PA

Obit: 1919, 151

1890-93 South Williamsport

1893-95 Hughesville

1895-96 Hyner-North Bend

1896-00 Gettysburg-New Oxford

1900-06 Roaring Spring

1906-08 Chambersburg

1908-11 Sunbury St. John’s

1911-15 Philipsburg

1915-17 Tyrone First

1917-18 Mount Carmel

1918 retired

GLENN, WALTER FURST

Born: 2-26-1905 Curtin PA married: Blanche Beatrice Gilbert

Died: 9-17-1980 obit: 2004, 365

1930 license, recommended by Jersey Shore First

1935 ordained deacon

1936 admitted on trial

1937 ordained elder

Interment: Schenck’s Cemetery, Howard PA

Obit: 1981, 332

1932-36 Wallis Run

1936-38 Fayetteville

1938-40 Dillsburg-Wellsville

1940-42 Penn’s Valley

1942-45 Salladasburg

1945-48 Trevorton-Irish Valley

1948-50 Barnesvoro

1950-54 Catawissa

1954-57 Yeagertown-Lewistown Rhodes Memorial

1957-63 Duncannon

1963-67 Pleasant Gap

1967-70 Altoona Fairview

1970 retired

1971-74 Wallis Run (beginning April 1971)

GLOVER, JOHN WESLEY

Born: 7-24-1867 Selinsgrove PA married: Jessie Wertz Shearer

Died: 7-5-1942 Harrisburg PA obit: 1947, 201

1890 admitted on trial, recommended by Selinsgrove

Interment: Paxtang Cemetery, Harrisburg PA

Obit: 1943, 211

1890-92 Riverside

1892-93 Pine Grove

1893-95 Birmingham

1895-96 Ansonville

1896-97 Wallaceton

1897-99 McVeytown

1899-01 on leave

1901-03 faculty, Battin School at Elizabeth NJ

1903-05 on leave

1905-06 faculty, Battin School at Elizabeth NJ

1906-09 Hopewell

1909-11 Petersburg

1911-13 Freeland

1913-17 Hanover

1917-18 Newport

1918-22 Catawissa

1922-26 York Duke Street

1926-27 Camp Hill

1927-30 Ashland

1930-31 Williamsburg

1931 retired

GODWIN, WILLIAM FRANCIS

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1917 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1915-18 student, Dickinson College

1915-18 Orrtanna

1918 transfer to Wilmington Conference

1918-20 Bishopville

1920-21 Tangier VA

Note: W. Francis Godwin is a non-graduate of the Dickinson College class of 1918, but his father William Francis Godwin M.D. is a graduate of the class of 1861.

GOELLER, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS

Born: 4-30-1880 New York NY married: Lizzie Marion Titus

Died: 5-11-1913 Hackettstown NJ obit: 1972, 403

1906 admitted on trial

Interment: Union Cemetery, Hackettstown NJ

Obit: 1914, 116

1904-06 Summerfield NJ, Newark Conference

1906-09 Irish Valley

1909-10 York Springs

1911-13 Millville-Jerseytown

Note: Some biographical information on Fred A. Goeller appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 61.

GOMBERT, KENNETH

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1945-47 James Creek

1947-48 Mont Alto

Note: Kenneth Gombert served as a local pastor.

GORDON, JENNIE M. TAYLOR

Born: 12-13-1867 Concord PA married: Charles W. Gordon

Died: 12-29-1897 Angola, Africa obit:

1906 admitted on trial

Interment: mission graveyard in Malange, Angola

Obit: 1898, 102

1893-96 missionary to Africa

Note: Jennie Taylor Gordon is the daughter of Andrew E. Taylor (whose card gives a complete list of the related Taylor pastors in the Methodist ministry) and the niece of prominent Bishop William Taylor (1821-1902), with whom she traveled to Africa. She is a graduate of Williamsport Dickinson College, Dickinson College, and the Woman’s Medical College of Philadelphia. After working as a physician and surgeon at the Methodist Episcopal Hospital in Philadelphia, she studied dentistry and is reported to be the first person to go abroad as a dental missionary. Rev. Charles W. Gordon was born in Lynn MA and served as a Methodist missionary in various African Conferences and is last listed in 1903 as being “home in America.” He is not to be confused with the Presbyterian Rev. Dr. Charles William Gordon (1860-1937) who served as a missionary and wrote novels under the pen name Ralph Conner.

GORDON, OTHO LEE

Born: 9-6-1894 Brownsville MD married: Madaline Koller

Died: 6-26-1963 Huntingdon PA obit:

1937 ordained deacon

1942 ordained deacon

Interment:

Obit: 1964, 358

1932-37 Concord

1937-40 Fort Loudon

1940-43 Clearfield circuit

1943-46 Port Matilda

1946-48 Snydertown

1948-50 Newton Hamilton

1950-51 Wolfsburg

1951 retired

Note: O. Lee Gordon served as a supply pastor. Some sources give his birth year as 1892 or 1893 and/or his first name as Otha.

GORMAN, PHILIP THOMAS

Born: 5-30-1890 Bangor, North Ireland married: Ethel Gertrude Vaughn

Died: 12-6-1949 Altoona PA obit: 1994, 478

1916 admitted on trial

Interment: Rolling Green Cemetery, Camp Hill

Obit: 1950, 199

1913-14 Lewistown Highland Avenue

1914-15 Mapleton-Mill Creek

1915-16 at school, University of Minnesota

1916-18 Dudley

1918-20 Riddlesburg

1920-23 Reedsville-Milroy

1923-25 Williamsburg

1925-28 Patton

1928-32 Clearfield West Side

1932-34 Altoona Eighth Avenue

1934-36 Hanover

1936-42 Harrisburg Trinity

1942-46 Chambersburg

1946-49 superintendent, Altoona District

GOSHORN, DONALD EUGENE

Born: 8-17-1935 New Germantown PA married: Jane _____

Died: obit:

1955 license, recommended by Doylesburg

1966 admitted on trial

1966 ordained deacon

1968 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1955-56 associate, Fort Loudon

1961-65 student, Lycoming College

1961-65 Trout Run

1965-68 student, Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington DC

1965-68 Johnsville-Middleburg MD

1968-74 Lemont

1974-79 Lewisburg St. Paul’s

1979-82 Chambersburg Park Avenue

1982-95 Highspire-Steelton Mt. Zion (ending 10/1/1995)

1995-00 disability (beginning 10/1/1995)

2000 retired

GOSHORN, GEORGE VAUGHN, JR

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1969 admitted on trial, recommended by Shade Gap St. Luke’s

Interment:

Obit:

1969-72 student, Methesco at Delaware OH

1972-77 Pine Grove-McAlisterville

1977-82 leave of absence

1982 honorable location, page 310

GOSS, ROY ALTON

Born: 11-8-1913 West Decatur PA married: Ethel Frances Shreiner

Died: 5-29-1984 obit: 1946, 237

married2: Marjorie Jean Cook

1933 quarterly conference license obit2:

1935 license, Allegheny Conference of the United Brethren Church

1936 ordained, Allegheny Conference of the United Brethren Church

1941 ordained deacon

1943 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit: New York Conference 1984, ?

student, University of Dayton in Dayton OH

1936-40 student, Bonebrake [United] Theological Seminary in Dayton OH

1940-41 Birmingham, Central Pennsylvania Conference of Methodist Church (ending 11/15/41)

1941 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Church

1941-43 Bakerton (beginning 11/15/41)

1943-46 Howard

1946-47 Flemington

1947-51 Altoona Fifth Avenue

1951-54 Hollidaysburg First

1954-60 chaplain, Valley View Hospital and Home for the Aged in Altoona

1956-59 Bakerton

1959-60 Hopewell

1960 re-admitted to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1960-61 Petersburg

1961 Renovo

1961 transfer to New York Conference East

1961- executive director, Methodist Home for the Aged in Danbury CT

Note: Roy A. Goss is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 490.

GOTSHALL, HARVEY OSCAR

Born: 10-17-1875 Columbia County PA married: Laura Mae Kiefer

Died: 10-12-1955 Mifflinville PA obit: 1954, 230

1919 admitted on trial

Interment: Hillside Cemetery, Catawissa

Obit: 1956, 230

1919-21 Thompsontown

1921-22 McVeytown

1922-23 East Waterford

1923-26 Beach Haven

1926-28 Morrisdale

1928-29 Snow Shoe

1929-31 Espy-Light St.

1931-33 Flemington

1933-36 Woodland-Bradford

1936-39 York Springs

1939 retired

Note: Harvey O. Gotshall is the father of Grace Ellen Gotshall Pannebaker, wife of Foster L. Pannebaker.

GOTTSCHALL, MURREN HOKE

Born: 4-4-1878 Boiling Springs PA married:

Died: obit:

1903 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1902-04 Burnt Cabins

1904 discontinued

Note: Some biographical information on Murren H. Gottschall appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 26.

GOULD, ARDELL GORDON

Born: 7-17-1926 Syracuse NY married: Roma Marie Gunder

Died: 7-29-2007 obit:

1951 admitted on trial

1951 ordained local deacon

1953 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1945-49 student, Lycoming College

1945-46 Wallis Run

1946-47 Mottville NY, Central New York Conference

1947-49 Ralston

1949-51 Claysburg

1951-55 Airville

1955-59 Jersey Shore First

1959-63 Bellwood

1963-67 Harrisburg Epworth

1967 transfer to Western New York Conference

Note: Ardell G. Gould is the son of Peter Gordon Gould (1900-?) of the Central New York Conference. He is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 491.

GOULD, EDWARD

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1957-58 Wallis Run

1958-69 Montandon

Note: Edward Gould served as a local pastor.

GOULD, IVAN M.

Born: 10-16-1908 Philadelphia PA married: Helen Joslin

Died: 1-29-1963 obit:

1933 admitted on trial, New York East Conference

1933 ordained deacon, New York East Conference

1935 ordained elder, New York East Conference

Interment:

Obit: New York East Conference 1963, 1179

1933-34 Brookhaven

1934-36 Rockville Center

1936-37 ?

1937-42 staff, International Council of Religious Education

1942-45 general secretary, Service Men’s Christian League

1945-46 ?

1946-47 executive secretary, Pennsylvania Council of Churches

1947 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1947-52 executive secretary, Pennsylvania Council of Churches

1952-53 executive secretary, West Virginia Council of Churches

1953 transfer to New York East Conference

Note: Ivan B. Gould is the son of William H.G. Gould (1869-1933) of the Philadelphia Conference and a brother to Dickinson College professor and author William Drum Gould (1897-1992) of the Philadelphia Conference.

GOULD, ROBERT W.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1957-59 student, Lycoming College

1957-59 Waterville

Note: Robert Gould earned an MSW in 1961 and directed the social work at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia.

GOULD, THEODORE EDGAR

Born: 10-30-1913 married: Catherine Simons

Died: 3-3-2005 Summerville SC obit: 1993,456

1938 license, Primitive Methodist Church: recommended by Johnson City NY

1943 ordained, Primitive Methodist Church

Interment: Summerville Cemetery, Summerville SC

Obit: 2006, 415

1939-41 Grindstone PA

1941-44 New Diggings WI

1944-45 Fort Atkinson WI

1945-46 Plymouth PA

1946-53 Hartzdale

1953-56 Plains-Wilkes Barre East End

1956-63 Shamokin Seventh Street

1963 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Church

1963-66 Ray’s Hill

1966-70 Altoona Grace

1970-74 Roseville Yoked Parish

1974-77 Gatchelville

1977-81 Orbisonia Community Parish

1981 retired

Note: Theodore E. Gould is the father of Mary Gould Shrawder, wife of Kermit Shrawder.

GOULD, WILLIAM H.

Born: 6-22-1908 Mt. Carmel PA married: Olive Mildred Long

Died: 4-22-1983 obit:

1934 admitted on trial

1937 ordained deacon

1939 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit: California-Nevada Conference 1983, ?

1933-35 Rouzerville

1935-38 Montandon

1938-43 Flemington

1943-46 South Williamsport

1946 transfer to California-Nevada Conference

1946-48 Reedley CA

1948-55 Chico CA

1955-61 superintendent, Shasta District

1961- Campbell CA

Note: William H. Gould is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church. Mrs. Gould is the daughter of John W. Long.

GRAHAM, CAMBRIDGE

Born: 12-19-1816 near Bellefonte PA married: Mary M. Cruesberger [Creutzberg]

Died: 12-20-1885 Tyrone PA obit: 1907, 117

1845 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment: Tyrone Cemetery, Tyrone PA

Obit: 1886, 84

1844-45 Karthaus

1845-46 Bloomingdale

1846-47 Lewistown circuit

1847-48 Shirleysburg

1848-49 Trough Creek

1849-50 East Bedford

1850-51 Frostburg

1851-53 Allegheny

1853-55 Concord

1955-57 Carlisle circuit

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-59 New Bloomfield

1859-61 Woodbury

1861-63 Cassville

1863-65 Shirleysburg

1865-68 Carlisle circuit

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-71 Tuscarora

1871-74 Duncannon

1874-77 Mount Holly

1877-79 Newville-Rehoboth

1879-80 Stockton-Beaver Meadows

1880-82 on leave

1882 retired

Note: A biographical sketch is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 380. Cambridge Graham is the father of Mary Graham Wharton, wife of Andrew Parker Wharton.

GRAHAM, CHARLES CONRAD

Born: 5-18-1919 Jersey Shore PA married: Shirley Maxine Curts

Died: 8-30-1975 obit:

1957 license, recommended by Jersey Shore First

1959 ordained deacon

1961 ordained elder

1970 admitted as associate member

Interment: Jersey Shore Cemetery, Jersey Shore PA

Obit: 1976, 146

1956-57 Pine & McElhattan

1957-61 Benezette-Penfield

1961-68 Altoona Wesley-Asbury (beginning 10/15/61)

1968-74 Martinsburg

1974-75 Gaines-Galeton

GRAHAM, J. BRUNER

Born: 1852 married: Anna Freeman

Died: 7-2-1898 Hoytville PA obit: 1943, 218

1879 admitted on trial

1880 ordained deacon, recommended by Leidy

Interment: Honey Brook Cemetery, Chester County PA

Obit: 1899, 84

1879-82 Leidy

1882-83 Kedron

1883-84 Ralston

1884-85 Pleasant Gap

1885-88 Snow Shoe

1888-89 Blain

1889-90 Green Village

1890-92 Mercersburg

1892-95 Concord

1895-96 James Creek

1896-98 Littlestown

1898-98 Hoytville

Note: An obituary for J. Bruner Graham also appears in the 7/21/1898 Christian Advocate, page 1185.

GRAHAM, McCORMICK

1871 quarterly conference license, Renovo

Born: married: Mary Ann Bollinger

Died: obit: [9/15/1825 – 5/6/1892]

Interment:

Obit:

1874-75 Shintown

1875-76 Westport

Note: McCormick Graham served as a local preacher. He was a carpenter by trade.

GRAHAM, WILLIS AQUILLA

Born: 12-25-1879 Oak Hall PA married: Anna Winifred Fuller

Died: 6-7-1938 Jersey Shore PA obit: 1942, 210

1907 admitted on trial

Interment: Lake View Cemetery, Ithaca NY

Obit: 1939, 207

1904-06 Hammersley Fork

1906-07 Waterville

1907 Blackwell (5 months)

1907-09 Picture Rocks

1909-11 Penfield

1911-14 Salona-Lamar

1914-19 Trevorton-Irish Valley

1919-22 Nescopeck

1922-25 Patton

1925-30 Williamsburg

1930-33 York Ridge Avenue

1933-36 Shippensburg

1936-38 Jersey Shore Epworth

GRANT, DAVID WILSON

Born: 12-21-1943 Ashland PA married: Barbara Minnick

Died: obit:

1965 license

Interment:

Obit:

1961-65 Evangelical Congregational School of Theology in Myerstown PA

Ashland Bethany Evangelical Congregational (6 months)

Clayton-Vera Cruz charge, Evangelical Congregational Church (6 months)

1965-66 Newton Hamilton

1966 withdraw to join the United Church of Christ

Hegins Christ

Tamaqua Trinity

Note: David W. Grant has a file with the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry, but he never matriculated within the conference.

GRAY, EDWARD JAMES

Born: 7-27-1832 Half Moon Valley PA married: Eva Vanderbilt Emery

Died: 1-20-1905 Baltimore MD obit: 1906, 119

1859 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference

Interment: Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport PA

Obit: 1905, 110

1859-60 Lock Haven

1860-61 Middletown MD

1861-62 Baltimore Huntingdon Avenue

1862-64 Lewisburg

1864-66 Williamsport Mulberry Street

1866-68 on leave

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69 Lancaster First, Philadelphia Conference (last part of year)

1869-70 Allegheny City North Avenue, Pittsburgh Conference

1870 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1870-72 Frostburg

1872-74 Baltimore Grace

1874 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1874-05 president, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary

Note: Edward James Gray is a second cousin to George Tarring Gray. A biographical sketch is given in Simpson’s 1881 Cyclopedia of Methodism.

GRAY, GEORGE FRANKLIN JR.

Born: 7-3-1924 Wilmington DE married: Bessie May Lohr

Died: 1/1/2000 Lewistown PA obit: 1994, 479

married2: Mrs. Ada Nale Boyer

1953 license, recommended by Nacogdoches TX First obit2:

1956 admitted on trial, Texas Conference

1958 ordained deacon, Texas Conference

1960 ordained elder

Interment: Garden of Memories Cemetery, Friedens [Somerset County] PA

Obit: 2000, 344

1953-55 Redland-Burk

1955-56 Chireno circuit

1956-57 Winnsboro circuit

1957-58 Canton circuit

1958-60 Mineola circuit (ending 1/31/60)

1960 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1960-64 Wallaceton (beginning 2/1/60)

1964-67 Barnesboro

1967-72 Thompsontown

1972-76 Burnham Yoked Parish

1976-80 Wrightsville Locust Street

1980-86 Oakville

1986-92 Bendersville

1992 retired

1992-00 Hustontown

Note: The Garden of Memories Cemetery is across the road from the Zion Hoffman Lutheran Church and was formerly known as the Zion Hoffman Lutheran Cemetery.

GRAY, GEORGE TARRING

Born: 11-13-1832 Half Moon Valley PA married: Mary E. Hagey

Died: 2-18-1898 Irvona PA obit: [d. 1862]

married2: Alice Augusta Mullen

1856 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference obit2: 1914, 130

Interment: Oak Hill Cemetery, Curwensville PA

Obit: 1898, 99

1856-57 Shirleysburg

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-58 Cassville

1858-59 Bedford circuit

1859-60 Manor Hill

1860-62 North Baltimore circuit

1862-63 East Baltimore

1863-64 Mount Vernon

1864-65 East Harford

1865-66 Mount Holly

1866-68 Beaver Meadow

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69 Beaver Meadow

1869-71 Duncannon

1871-72 Mount Holly Springs

1872-75 Carlisle First

1875-76 Harrisburg Fifth Street

1876-79 Lewistown

1879-82 Hazleton

1882-83 Sunbury

1883-84 Everett

1884-86 Huntingdon First

1886-89 Lewisburg

1889-92 Curwensville

1892-95 Mount Carmel

1895-97 Altoona Chestnut Avenue

1897-98 Coalport-Irvona

Note: George Tarring Gray is a second cousin to Edward James Gray. A biographical sketch is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 380.

GRAY, GORDON

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1899 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1899-00 Everett

1900-01 Lewisberry-Lisburn

1901-03 Concord

1903-04 Port Matilda

1904-07 Jamison City

1907-12 Birmingham

1912-17 on leave

1917 located

GRAY, JOSEPH

Born: 8-18-1840 McVeytown PA married: Mary A. Miller

Died: 1-4-1918 Washington DC obit: 1917, 137

1868 admitted on trial East Baltimore Conference

Interment: Lind Memorial Cemetery, Lewistown PA

Obit: 1918, 140

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69 Glen Hope

1869-70 Schellsburg

1870-71 Thompsontown

1871-73 Ray’s Hill

1873-75 Snow Shoe

1875-76 Port Matilda

1877-77 Elimsport

1877-78 Montgomery

1878-79 Hughesville

1879 transfer to Nebraska Conference

Nebraska Conference

1893 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1893-95 Buckhorn

1895-96 Mapletown

1896-98 James Creek

1898-01 Littlestown

1901-03 Orbisonia

1903-05 York Ridge Avenue

1905 retired

Note: An obituary also appears in the 1/24/1918 Christian Advocate, page 121. He retired to Lewistown PA, was active in establishing Rhodes Memorial Church, and served as Sunday School superintendent there. No relation to the Grays of Half Moon Valley, he is the father of Joseph M.M. Gray.

GRAY, JOSEPH M. M.

Born: 8-31-1877 Montgomery PA married: Elizabeth Lily McCurdy

Died: 1-9-1957 obit:

1901 admitted on trial, recommended by Littlestown

1901 ordained deacon

1903 ordained elder, Baltimore Conference

Interment:

Obit: Ohio Conference 1957, 708

1901 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1901-04 Baltimore Rodgers Memorial Chapel

1904-06 Baltimore Wesley Chapel

1906-08 Havre de Grace

1908-11 Easy Baltimore station

1911-13 Washington DC Hamline

1913 transfer to St. Louis Conference

1913-20 Kansas City Grand Avenue

1920 transfer to Wyoming Conference

1920-28 Scranton Elm Park

1928 transfer to Detroit Conference

1928-34 Detroit Central

1934-40 chancellor, American University

1940 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1940-41 chancellor, American University

1941 transfer to Ohio Conference

1941-50 Columbus Bexley

1950 retired

Note: Joseph M.M. Gray is the son of Joseph Gray. He is listed in the 1945 Prominent Personalities in American Methodism and the1952 Who’s Who in Methodism.

GRAY, LYLE A.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1958 admitted on trial, Central New York Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1958-60 at school

1960 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1960-63 director, Youth Work

1963 transfer to New Hampshire Conference
1972 left the ministry

GRAY, ROY S.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1924-26 Clearfield circuit

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

GREEN, CHARLES FRANCIS

Born: 1845/6 married:

Died: 3-15-1916 obit:

1889 ordained deacon, recommended by Williamsport Pine Street

Interment:

Obit:

Note: Charles F. Green served as a local pastor. Biographical sketch appears in Loyer’s 2004 James M. Black and Friends, page 27.

GREEN, LOUIS VANCE

Born: 12-18-1900 Altoona, PA married: Esther Ruth Dell

Died: 10-31-1992 York PA obit: 1982, 390

1923 admitted on trial, recommended by Carlisle Allison

1926 ordained deacon

1928 ordained elder

Interment: Bowman’ Chapel Cemetery, Mapleton Depot PA

Obit: 1993, 457

1923-24 Fort Loudon

1924-25 York Springs

1925-27 Altoona Lakemont

1927-29 White Haven

1929-32 Mapleton-Mill Creek

1932-35 Newton Hamilton

1935-37 Patton

1937-41 Curwensville

1941-45 Duncansville

1945-50 York Duke Street

1950-54 York Grace

1954-56 Montgomery

1956-59 Williamsport Grace

1959-64 Altoona Fifty-Eighth Street

1963-66 Marysville

1966 retired

1966-77 visitation pastor, York First [Asbury]

Note: L. Vance Green is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church.

GREENLAND, JACK S.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1960-62 Allenwood

Note: Jack S. Greenland served as a local pastor.

GREENLAND, JOHN BENJAMIN

Born: 11-17-1921 Trough Creek PA married:

Died: 9-6-1984 State College PA obit:

married2: Ruth G. Lauser

1958 license obit2:

1961 ordained deacon

1965 ordained elder

1970 admitted as associate member

Interment: Centre County Memorial Park, State College PA

Obit: 1985, 409

1958-61 Wallis Run

1961-62 Fairview

1962-64 Bald Eagle

1964-70 Snydertown

1970-84 Penns Valley

Note: The conference obituary does not mention Rev. Greenland’s first marriage, which occurred before his second career in the ministry. A son from first marriage is Dennis Greenland,

201 E. Pennsylvania Avenue, Bel Air MD 21014.

GREENLY, THOMAS

Born: 1830 Bristol, England married: Margaret Turley

Died: 1-18-1914 Berwick PA obit: 1916, 132

1859 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference

Interment: Williamsport

Obit: 1914, 124

1859-60 Catawissa

1860-61 Orangeville

1861-62 Cassville

1862-63 Bedford circuit

1863-64 Mifflin circuit.

1864-65 Frostburg circuit

1865-66 McConnellsburg

1866-67 Emmitsburg

1867-68 Sinnemahoning

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69 Caledonia

1869-70 Snow Shoe

1870-72 on leave

1872-78 preached in Iowa

1878 retired

Note: An 1870’s letter of Thomas Greenly protesting possible forced location is in the conference membership files.

GREENWALT, JOHN HENRY

Born: 6-29-1888 Espy PA married: Lucy Anita Burlingame

Died: 10-23-1943 Williamsport PA obit: 1952, 206

1914 admitted on trial

Interment: Creveling Cemetery, Almedia PA

Obit: 1944, 221

1913-15 Roaring Creek

1915-17 Catawissa cir.

1917-19 Bloomingdale

1919-22 Mifflinville

1922-25 Burnham

1925-27 Harrisburg Trinity

1927-34 Hanover

1934-40 Altoona Eighth Avenue

1940-43 Emporium

1943-43 Williamsport Newberry

Note: Mrs. Greenwalt was superintendent of the Florence Crittenton Mission in Williamsport PA.

GREGORY, WAYNE T.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1961 license

Interment:

Obit:

1961-65 Sinnemahoning

1965-69 White Haven

1969-70 Conyngham

1970 “transfer” by boundary change to Eastern Pennsylvania Conference

Note: Wayne T. Gregory served as a local pastor.

GRIFFIN, CHARLES

Born: married:

Died: 12-?-1918 obit:

1905 license

Interment:

Obit: [1919, 62]

1905-08 Allegheny

1908-09 Liberty Valley

1909-12 Shirleysburg

1912-14 Ennisville

1914-18 Frankstown

1918-19 Glen Hope

Note: Charles Griffin served as a local pastor.

GRIFFITH, JOHN WESLEY POWELL

Born: 8-2-1892 Williamstown PA married: Dollie Rutter

Died: 2-22-1937 obit:

1920 admitted on trial, New York East Conference

1920 ordained deacon, New York East Conference

1922 ordained elder, New York East Conference

Interment:

Obit: New Jersey Conference 1937, 355

1912-14 student, Dickinson College

1912-13 Fort Loudon

1913-14 Green Village

1917-20 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1920 “transfer” to New York East Conference

1920-21 Easthampton

1921-22 Bayport & Blue Point

1922-24 Bridgehampton

1924- New Canaan CT

Note: The preferred first name is Wesley. Some sources give the birth year as 1891.

GRIFFITH, THOMAS MAGEE

Born: 4-14-1849 Howard County MD. married: Martha Isabella Myers

Died: 12-25-1887 Cassville PA obit: 1900, 117

1872 quarterly conference license, recommended by Baltimore Caroline Street

1874 admitted on trial, recommended by Elkridge Landing circuit

Interment: Cassville Cemetery, then to Evergreen Cemetery in Gettysburg PA

Obit: 1888, 91

1873-74 Hereford, Baltimore Conference

1874-75 Gettysburg

1875-76 Cove circuit

1876-79 Mercersburg

1879-81 Liverpool-New Buffalo

1881-84 York Springs

1884-86 New Bloomfield

1886-87 Cassville

Note: Thomas M. Griffith is the son of Richard Griffith, a local preacher in the Baltimore Conference.

GRIMES, JOHN C.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1896 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1896-97 Greencastle

1897-98 Park Place – Delano

1898-00 Jonestown

1900-01 Orangeville-Light St.

1901-03 Nescopeck

1903-05 on leave

1905-06 Berwick Calvary

1906-07 McConnellsburg

1907-09 Riverside

1909 withdrew to become an Episcopal priest

1909-11 St. Mary’s PA

1911- Renovo Trinity

GROSCUP, ARTHUR WELLS

Born: 1885 Belair MD married: Jeanette Lusby

Died: 5-18-1955 obit: [12/17/1885 – 1/6/1977]

Interment: Bryan Cemetery, Paint Bank VA

Obit: West Virginia Conference 1955, 415

1909-12 student, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary

1911-12 Oriole & Antes Fort

Note: Arthur W. Groscup supposedly served in the Baltimore and West Virginia Conferences. In the General Minutes, he first appears in the West Virginia Conference of the Methodist Church in 1940. He is the father of Stacy L. Groscup (1920-2005) of the West Virginia Conference.

GROSCUP, PHILIP S.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1913-14 Lewistown Highland Avenue

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

GROVE, KENNETH WESLEY

Born: 4-2-1920 Cross Roads PA married: Dorothy Dellinger

Died: 1-4-1975 Martinsburg WV obit:

1945 admitted on trial, recommended by Gatchelville

1945 ordained deacon

1947 ordained elder

Interment: Prospect UM Cemetery, Gatchelville PA

Obit: Baltimore Conference 1975,334

1941-50 Gatchelville

1950 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1950-58 Cumberland Emmanuel & Fairview

1958-67 Baltimore Sexton

1967-75 Martinsburg Trinity

Note: Kenneth W. Grove is the father of John W. Grove of the Baltimore Conference.

GROVER, DANIEL MALVERN

Born: 4-1-1863 near Conyngham PA married: Sarah Elizabeth Hetler

Died: 5-13-1946 Bloomsburg PA obit: 1947, 202

1896 admitted on trial

Interment: Mifflinville Cemetery, Mifflinville PA

Obit: 1947, 198

1896-00 Blackwell

1900-03 Costello

1903-07 Flemington

1907-09 Jersey Shore Epworth

1909-12 Shickshinny

1912-18 Ashland

1918-22 Sunbury Catawissa Avenue

1922-24 Montoursville

1924 retired

1930-42 Buckhorn-Rupert

Note: Daniel M. Grover is the grandfather (through his daughter Mary) of Samuel Grover Powell.

GUFFICK, WILLIAM R. SR.

Born: 4-12-1903 Yorkshire, England married: Henrietta Bardo

Died: 10-10-1974 obit:

1925 admitted on trial

1925 ordained deacon

1927 ordained elder, New Jersey Conference

Interment: Seaville Methodist Churhc Cemetery, Seaville NJ

Obit: Southern New Jersey Conference 1975, 39

1925-26 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1925-26 Spring Lake NJ

1926 transfer to New Jersey Conference

1926-28 Whiltesville and Pleasant Grove

1928-31 Beach Haven

1931-35 West Grove

1935-36 Trenton Broad Street Park

1936-40 Absecon

1940-51 Trenton St. Paul

1951-55 superintendent, Trenton District

1955-58 Ocean City First

1958-64 superintendent, New Brunswick District

1964-68 Ocean City First

1968 retired

1972-73 visitation pastor, Linwood Central

GUIZAR, RICHARD D.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1966-68 Sinnemahoning (beginning 1/1/66)

1968-69 Montgomery

Note: Richard D. Guizar served as a local pastor. He appears to have relocated to Virginia, become a pastor in the Church of the Nazarene, worked as an abuse counselor, and affiliated with the Northern Virginia Community College.

GULDIN, JONATHAN

Born: 2-22-1848 near Reading PA married: Jeanette Allison Clarkson

Died: 4-4-1926 Rochester NY obit:

1873 admitted on trial

1875 ordained deacon

1877 ordained elder

Interment: Shamokin PA

Obit: 1927, 519

1872-74 Gettysburg

1874-76 Mont Alto

1876-78 Shrewsbury

1878-79 Elysburg

1879-81 Catawissa circuit

1881-83 Milroy

1883-85 South Heberton

1885-86 Washingtonville

1886-88 Jerseytown

1888-91 Trevorton

1891-92 Liberty Valley

1892-96 Cogan Valley

1896-00 Penfield

1900-03 Muncy Valley

1903-05 Fairview

1905-08 Shellsburg

1908-13 Clearville

1913-15 James Creek

1915 retired

GUNDER, JESSE KOLB

Born: 8-17-1903 Waynesboro PA married: Esther Marie Avey

Died: 7-14-1965 Harrisburg PA obit: 1974, 438

1936 admitted on trial

1936 ordained deacon

1938 ordained elder

Interment: Greenhill Cemetery, Waynesboro

Obit: 1966, 334

1932-33 Waterville

1933-35 Oriole-Antes Fort

1935-38 Dillsburg & Wellsville

1938-40 Lock Haven East Main Street

1940-42 Centralia

1942-45 Saxton

1945-48 Williamsport High Street

1948-51 Altoona Grace

1951-54 Northumberland

1954-57 Harrisburg Camp Curtin

1957-59 Hazleton St. Paul’s

1959-61 Altoona Simpson

1961-63 Osceola Mills

1963-65 Mt. Union First

1965 retired

Note: Jesses K. Gunder is the father of Roma Gunder Gould, wife of Ardell G. Gould, and of Mary Esther Birt, wife of Paul E. Birt.

GUSCOTT, JOHN W.

Born: 1-24-1915 married:

Died: 10-15-2001 obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1959-62 Houtzdale

1962-66 Coalport

1966 Altoona Lakemont (ending 10/15/66)

1966-67 New Paris (beginning 10/15/66)

1967 no longer listed

Note: John W. Guscott served as a local pastor.

GUSS, JOHN

Born: 1-31-1832 Perry County PA married: Elmira McCord

Died: 9-3-1880 Riverside PA obit: 1913,138

1856 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

1858 ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference

1860 ordained elder, East Baltimore Conference

Interment: Mifflintown Cemetery, Mifflintown PA

Obit: 1881, 67

1855-56 principal, Bloomsburg High School

1856-57 Orangeville

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-58 Luzerne

1858-59 Berwick circuit

1859-60 North Baltimore

1860-61 Bald Eagle

1861-62 Caledonia

1862-64 Sinnemahoning

1864-66 Cassville

1866-68 Salladasburg

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69 Salladasburg

1869-70 Great Island

1870-71 Mifflinburg

1871-72 on leave

1872-73 Snow Shoe

1873-75 Port Matilda

1975-76 Bloomingdale

1876-79 Elysburg

1879-80 Snydertown

Note: A biographical of John Guss sketch is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 384. An obituary also appears in the 10/1/1880 Conference News, page 2. He is the father of Sallie Guss Whiteley married to Robert T. Whiteley, and of Rev. Howard Langley Guss (Presbyterian, Princeton 1897).

GUYER, ASBURY WESTON

Born: 4-26-1832 Warrior’s Mark PA married: Catherine Ashcom

Died: 12-17-1899 Duncansville PA obit: 1893,98

1854 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment: Everett Cemetery, Everett PA

Obit: 1900, 114

1854-55 Bloomsburg

1855-56 Blomingdale

1856-57 Penn’s Valley

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-59 Westminster

1859-60 Havre de Grace

1860-62 East Baltimore

1962-63 Mount Holly

1863-64 Hanover

1864-66 on leave

1866-67 Hollidaysburg

1867-68 Curwensville-Clearfield

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69 Curwensville-Clearfield

1869-70 Altoona First

1870-73 Ashland

1873-75 Danville Trinity

1875-78 Shrewsbury

1878-81 Newberry

1881-83 Sinnemahoning

1883-84 Osceola-Houtzdale

1884-85 Houtzdale

1885-87 Milesburg-Unionville

1887-90 Logan Valley-Bellwood

1890-93 Martinsburg

1893-95 Coalport

1895-99 State College

1899-99 Duncansville

Note: A biographical sketch of Asbury W. Guyer is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 385. Obituaries also appears in the 1/4/1900 Christian Advocate, page 33, and in the 2/15/1900 Christian Advocate, page 278. Asbury Guyer had 4 brothers in the Methodist ministry: John Guyer (1808-1867) of the East Baltimore Conference, George Guyer (1812-1891), James Guyer (1817-1846) of the Baltimore Conference, and Simpson Guyer (1821-1893) of the Des Moines Conference.

GUYER, GEORGE

Born: 2-28-1812 Centre County PA married: Jane Wilson Elder

Died: 3-24-1891 Tyrone PA obit: [d. 1858]

married2: Jane Elizabeth Galbraith Taylor

1837 quarterly conference license, Huntingdon circuit obit2: 1896, 106.

1837 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment: Warrior’s Mark PA

Obit: 1892, 81

1837-38 Berwick

1838-39 Bellefonte

1839-40 Lycoming

1840-41 Beaver Meadow

1841-41 Danville circuit

1841-43 Lycoming

1843-45 Milton circuit

1845-47 Lewistown

1847-49 Hollidaysburg

1849-50 Birmingham

1850-51 on leave

1851-51 Bellefonte

1851-52 Birmingham

1852-53 Clearfield

1853-55 on leave

1855-57 Manor Hill

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-58 superintendent, Cumberland District

1858-61 superintendent, Juniata District

1861-63 Warrior’s Mark

1863-68 on leave

1868-68 superintendent, Northumberland District

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69 Birmingham

1869-69 Tyrone

1869-70 Philipsburg

1870-71 Tyrone

1871-73 Sinking Valley

1873-75 East Tyrone

1875-78 Half Moon

1878-81 Logan Valley

1881-84 Warrior’s Mark

1884-87 Birmingham

1887-88 on leave

1888 retired

Note: A biographical sketch of George Guyer is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 385. George Guyer had 4 brothers in the Methodist ministry: John Guyer (1808-1867) of the East Baltimore Conference, James Guyer (1817-1846) of the Baltimore Conference, Simpson Guyer (1821-1893) of the Des Moines Conference, and Asbury Guyer (1832-1899). The first husband of the second Mrs. Guyer was Charles Taylor, M.D. He is the namesake of George Guyer Senser.

GWYNN, WILLIAM

Born: 8-22-1823 Gettysburg PA married: Matilda Beaverson

Died: 1-26-1887 Wrightsville PA obit: 1884, 86

1842 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

1844 ordained deacon

1848 ordained elder

Interment: Wrightsville Cemetery, Wrightsville PA

Obit: 1887, 81

1842-43 Westmoreland

1843-44 Frostburg

1844-45 Huntingdon

1845-46 Shirleysburg

1846-47 Luzerne

1847-49 Bloomingdale

1849-51 Sunbury

1851-53 Wrightsville

1853-55 Carlisle circuit

1855-57 York Springs

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-60 Harford (colored mission)

1860-62 Allegheny

1862-64 Kishacoquillas

1864-67 McVeytown

1867-68 Williamsburg

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69 Williamsburg

1869-72 Manor Hill

1872-75 Warrior’s Mark

1875-77 Milesburg

1877-79 Martinsburg

1879-82 Shrewsbury

1882-84 McVeytown-Granville

1884-85 McVeytown

1885-86 Airville

1886 on leave

Note: A biographical sketch of William Gwynn is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 386. He is the father of Sallie Gwynn Brady, wife of Lyons M. Brady.