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HAAS, ALFRED BURTON

Born: 7-21-1911 Shamokin, PA married: (single)

Died: 7-19-1987 Lewisburg PA obit:

1935 admitted on trial, recommended by Shamokin Lincoln Street

1935 ordained deacon

1938 ordained elder

Interment: Shamokin Cemetery, Shamokin PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1988, 411

1933-36 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1936 Hazleton Holy Trinity (very briefly)

1936-42 Harrisburg Grace

1942-44 at school

1944-68 faculty, Drew University in Madison NJ

1968-71 chaplain, Wyoming Seminary in Kingston PA

1971 retired

Note: Alfred B. Haas is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in the Methodist Church, page 520. He was a consultant to the committee which prepared the 1964 Methodist Hymnal, and in his memory the Chi Rho Singers present a hymnal to each newly-ordained elder in the Conference.

HACKENBERRY, JOHN RICHARD

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1948 license

1953 ordained deacon

1955 ordained elder

1971 admitted as associate member, Western Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1948-51 Burnt Cabins

1951-54 Wolfsburg

1954-58 Ramey (beginning 9/1/54)

1958-63 Morrisdale

1963-68 Martinsburg

1968-70 Coalport

1970 “transfer” by boundaries to Western Pennsylvania Conference

1970-74 Coalport-Irvona

1974-79 Juneau (ending 3/15/79)

1979-85 Littles Corners (beginning 3/15/79)

1985 retired

1997-2006 Barton Chapel (beginning 1/1/97)

HALL, THOMAS MAXWELL

Born: 7-30-1891 Newburg PA married: Helen Louise Bechdel

Died: 9-15-1958 Williamsport Pa obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1977, 267

1922 admitted on trial

1925 ordained deacon

1927 ordained elder

Interment: Baptist Cemetery, Blanchard PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1959, 251

1922-23 at school

1923-25 Blandburg (ending 10/25)

1925-27 Madera (beginning 10/25)

1927-30 Manor Hill

1930-34 Warrior’s Mark

1934-40 South Williamsport

1940-45 Harrisburg Epworth

1945-52 Shamokin Lincoln Street

1952-58 Roaring Spring

1958 Mill Hall

Note: Mrs. Hall was a minister’s assistant in the Presbyterian Church prior to her marriage, and a parish visitor in the Methodist Church following the death of Rev. Hall.

HALLMAN, RAYMOND W.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1929-31 Littlestown (began 9/29)

Note: Raymond Hallman served as a supply pastor.

HALLOCK, EVERETT FROST

Born: 4-25-1907 married:

Died: 1-7-1967 obit:

Interment:

Obit: Northern New Jersey Conference 1967, 179

1929-30 student, Dickinson College

1929-30 Boiling Springs & Hickorytown (last part of year: see 1930, 81)

HAM, SAMUEL

Born: 10-15-1855 Cornwall, England married: Adda C. Thompson

Died: 11-3-1912 Shrewsbury obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1925, 162

1882 admitted on trial, recommended by Concord circuit

1884 ordained deacon

1886 ordained elder

Interment: New Buffalo PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1913, 137

1881-83 Concord

1883-84 Robinsonville

1884-85 Port Royal

1885-87 Liverpool

1887-88 Pine Grove

1888-91 Cogan Valley

1891-96 Penfield

1896-96 Muncy Valley

1896-97 South Williamsport

1897-03 Great Island

1903-07 Salladasburg

1907-11 Airville

1911-12 Shrewsbury

HAMLIN, BENJAMIN BAIRD

Born: 8-28-1823 Kinzua PA married: Rebecca Manley

Died: 3-8-1904 Huntingdon PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1897, 96

1848 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment: Huntingdon Cemetery, Huntingdon PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1904, 122

1848-49 Milton circuit

1849-50 Northumberland

1850-51 Berwick

1851-53 Williamsport

1853-54 Liberty Valley

1854-56 Lewisburg

1856-57 Baltimore High Street

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-58 Baltimore High Street

1858-60 Baltimore Strawbridge

1860-62 Danville

1862-66 superintendent, Bellefonte District

1866-68 Williamsport Mulberry Street

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69 Williamsport Mulberry Street

1869-73 superintendent, Juniata District

1873-74 Chambersburg

1874-78 superintendent, Harrisburg District

1878-81 Altoona First

1881-84 Harrisburg Ridge Avenue

1884-87 Carlisle

1887-89 Everett

1889-94 superintendent, Altoona District

1894-96 Harrisburg Ridge Avenue

1896-00 Houtzdale

1900 retired

Note: Benjamin B. Hamlin is a brother to William S. Hamlin. Biographical sketches are given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 387, and in Simpson’s 1891 Cyclopedia of Methodism, Simpson. An obituary also appears in the 3/17/1904 Pennsylvania Methodist.

HAMLIN, WILLIAM S.

Born: 1837 Salona PA married: Caroline _____

Died: 3-11-1919 Bloomsburg PA oibit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1916,131

1870 admitted on trial

Interment: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Mill Hall PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1919, 153

1868-69 Washingtonville

1869-70

1870-72 Snow Shoe

1872-74 Lumber City

1874-76 Glen Hope

1876-78 Shirleysburg

1878-80 Freedom [Burnham]

1880-82 McVeytown

1882-85 Pleasantville

1885-88 Catawissa circuit

1888-91 Harveyville

1891-93 Benton

1893-96 Catawissa circuit

1896-97 Wapwallopen

1897-99 Silver Brook

1899-02 Trevorton

1901 retired

Note: William S. Hamlin is a brother to Benjamin B. Hamlin.

HAMMAKER, FRANK ENSOR

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

Gettysburg

Note: Frank E. Hammaker has a file with the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry, but he never served in the Central Pennsylvania Conference.

HAMMOND, CHARLES MITCHEL

Born: 10-18-1902 Horse Valley PA married: Altha Florence Hamilton

Died: 4-15-1993 State College PA obit: [1997, 379]

1937 admitted on trial

1940 ordained deacon

1942 ordained elder

Interment: Centre County Memorial Park, State College PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1993, 458

1933-34 Burnt Cabins

1934-36 Hopewell

1936-37 Pine Grove Mills

1937-38 Cherry Tree

1938-42 Snow Shoe

1942-44 Penn’s Valley

1944-47 Ralston

1947-50 Mifflinville

1950-54 Morrisdale

1954-57 Lock Haven East Main Street

1957-59 Port Matilda

1959-61 Woodland

1961-62 Forksville

1962-64 Half Moon

1964-68 Kulpmont

1968 retired

HAMMOND, JAMES S.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1921-23 Pine Grove Mills

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

HANCE, OSCAR T.

Born: 11-?-1863 NY married: Sarah J. _____

Died: 1902/3 obit: [born 1879]

1901 admitted on trial, recommended by Harrisburg Grace

Interment:

Obit:

1901-03 associate, Harrisburg Grace

Note: Oscar T. Hance is listed under “Who Have Died?” in 1903, but no other reference is made and no obituary was published.

HANN, VICTOR BLAKE

Born: 4-3-1902 Clearfield PA married: Muriel Elizabeth Flexer

Died: 1-24-2004 Harrisburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1990, 455

1925 license, recommended by Williamsport Newberry

1929 admitted on trial

1931 ordained deacon

1933 ordained elder

Interment: New Bloomfield Cemetery, New Bloomfield PA

Obit: 2004, 366

1925-25 Vira

1925-28 Boiling Springs & Hickorytown (ending June 1928)

1928-30 New Bloomfield (beginning June 1928)

1930-32 Martinsburg

1932-35 Harrisburg St. Paul’s

1935-39 Watsontown

1939-42 Lewistown Grove Memorial

1942-71 superintendent, Methodist Home for Children at Mechanicsburg

1971 retired

Note: Victor B. Hann is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 539.

HANTON, MARJORIE

Born: 4-12-1905 Jackson PA married:

Died: 7-7-2000 obit:

1941 ordained deacon, Troy Conference

1953 ordained elder, Troy Conference

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2001, 191

1931 home missionary, Community Center in Hazleton PA

home missionary, Unity Mission in Berwick PA

girls’ dormitory supervisor, Wood Junior College in Mathiston MS

community center and mission church, Barree VT

transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1956-58 Alum Bank

1958-59 director, Shawnee Rural Group Work

transfer to Wyoming Conference

superintendent, Elizabeth Church Manor in Binghamton NY

South Auburn

1972 retired

Note: Marjorie Hanton is the daughter of Benjamin Hanton (1865-1951) of the Wyoming Conference.

HARDEN, WILLIAM

Born: 8-27-1828 Baltimore MD married: _____ Slicer

Died: 11-9-1873 Baltimore MD obit:

married2: Mary W. Moody

1847 quarterly conference license, obit2:

Severn circuit of the Baltimore Conference

1848 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment:

Obit: Baltimore Conference 1874,31

1848-49 Newport

1849-50 Boonsboro

1850-51 Gettysburg

1851-53 Frederick City

1853-55 Lewisburg, Va.

1855-57 East Baltimore

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-58 Baltimore Caroline Street

1858-60 Danville

1860-62 Chambersburg

1862-66 superintendent, Frederick District

1866-68 East Baltimore

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69 East Baltimore

1869-72 Williamsport Pine Street

1872 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1872-73 Baltimore Emory

Note: The first Mrs. Harden was the daughter of Henry Slicer (1801-1874) of the Baltimore Conference.

HARMAN, HARRY CURTIN

Born: 10-14-1862 Orangeville PA married: Rose Ella Lesh

Died: 9-30-1942 obit: Nebraska Conference 1896,79

married2: Belle Sherfey

1879 admitted on trial, Nebraska Conference obit2: North Indiana Conference 1945, 282

1881 ordained deacon, Nebraska Conference

Interment: Violet Cemetery, Goshen IN

Obit: North Indiana Conference 1943, 480

1879-80 Franklin Center

1880-81 (apparently not appointed)

1881 missionary to West Nebraska Mission

1881-82 Scotia

1882-83 Culbertson

1883 transfer to Northwest Iowa Conference

1883-84 Goldfield

1884 missionary to West Nebraska Mission*

1884-85 Shelton

1885 transfer to Northwest Iowa Conference

1885-86 located

1887 re-admitted to Nebraska Conference

1887-88 Steele City

1888-89 Ulysses

1889-92 Utica

1892-93 Humboldt

1893-94 Auburn

1894-97 Nebraska City

1897/8 transfer to Black Hills Conference

1898-99 Lead

1899 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1899-01 Altoona Chestnut Avenue

1901-04 Danville St. Paul’s

1904-06 Milton

1906-11 Harrisburg Stevens Memorial

1911 transfer to Rock River Conference

Chicago Woodlawn Park

Evanston Hemmenway

1914 transfer to North Indiana Conference

1914-17 Richmond First

1917-22 Goshen First

1922-26 Fort Wayne Wayne Street

1926-30 Elwood First

1930 retired to Goshen IN

*Apparently Rev. Harman automatically became a member of the West Nebraska Conference when it moved from Mission to Conference status, and he had to transfer back to the Northwest Iowa Conference.

Note: Harry C. Harman was admitted on trial in October 1879, a few days before his seventeenth birthday. Two years later, the 1881 Nebraska Conference journal states that “Harry C. Harman was to be ordained a Deacon under the Missionary rule, if he should be appointed as a missionary to the West Nebraska Mission.”

HARMAN, HENRY MARTYN

Born: 3-22-1822 Anne Arundel County MD married: Hannah V. Davis

Died: 7-2-1897 Baltimore MD obit:

1871 admitted on trial

Interment: Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore MD

Obit: Baltimore Conference 1898, 57

1853-55 faculty, Baltimore Female College

1858-68 faculty, Light Street Institute in Baltimore

1868-69 faculty, West Virginia University

1869-70 traveled in Europe and the Holy Land

1870-72 faculty, Dickinson College

1872 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1872-96 faculty, Dickinson College

1896 retired

Note: A biographical sketch of Henry M. Harman is given in Simpson’s Cyclopedia of Methodism. He is author of several books. He taught ancient languages.

HARPER, ALFRED BERTRAM

Born: England married: Lily Agnes Craven [6/26/1900]

Died: 3-5-1948 Bridgeton NJ obit: [d. 8/4/1956]

1915 admitted on trial

1915 ordained deacon

Interment:

Obit:

1914-18 Penfield (moved to Wolfsburg during 1917-18 year)

1918-19 Wolfsburg

1919-20 Glen Campbell

1920-22 North Bend-Hyner

1922-24 Mifflinville

1924-26 on leave

1926 withdrew

HARPER, DAVID SCOTT

Born: married: Linda _____

Died: obit:

1969 admitted on trial, recommended by Harrisburg Fifth Street

1969 ordained deacom

1973 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1969-70 student, Boston School of Theology in Boston MA

1970-72 student, Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg

1970-72 Barts-Green Springs

1972-80 Linden

1980-90 Newport Parish

1990-94 chaplain, Dickinson College

1994 withdrew to unite with the Episcopal Church

Olivet Episcopal Church, Alexandria VA

HARPER, ELLAHUE ANSIL

Born: 12/28/1866 married:

Died: 11/20/1947 obit:

Interment:

Obit: Ohio Conference 1948, 229

1926-27 Greencastle

Note: Ellahue A. Harper appears to have been a pastor from the Ohio Conference who was associated with Dickinson Law School in 1926. His middle name is also rendered Ansile.

HARPSTER, HERBERT M.

Born: 1-7-1897 married: Emma G. Potter

Died: 3-?-1969 obit: [1895-1990]

Interment: Ross Methodist Cemetery, Centre County PA

Obit:

1923-24 Harveyville

Note: Herbert M. Harpster served as a local pastor. He was a school teacher.

HARRIS, FREDERICK BROWN

Born: 4-10-1883 Worcester England married: Helen Louise Streeter

Died: 8-18-1970 Washington DC obit: Baltimore Conference 1988, 384

1909 admitted on trial, New Jersey Conference

1909 ordained deacon, New Jersey Conference

1911 ordained elder, New Jersey Conference

Interment:

Obit: Baltimore Conference 1971, 437

1905-09 student, Dickinson College

1907-08 Greencastle

1909 “transfer” to New Jersey Conference

1909-12 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1909-12 Trenton Greenwood Avenue

1912-14 Trenton Greenwood Avenue

1914-18 Long Branch St. Luke’s

1918 transfer to New York Conference

1918-24 New York City Grace

1924 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1924-55 Washington DC Foundry

1955 retired

1955-69 chaplain, U.S. Senate

Note: A biographical sketch of Frederick B. Harris appears in the 1974 Encyclopedia of World Methodism. The author of several books and chaplain of the US Senate, he conducted the funerals of President Herbert Hoover, Senator Robert A. Taft, and General Douglas MacArthur. He is the son of George Thomas Harris (1859-1930) of the New Jersey Conference. Mrs. Harris is the daughter of Lewis R. Streeter (d. 1930) of the New York East Conference.

HARRIS, STERLING G.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1918-19 student, Dickinson College

1918-19 Hickorytown

Note: Sterling G. Harris served as a local pastor. He apparently did not enter the ministry. He is otherwise unknown.

HARRISON, CHARLES EDWARD

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1952 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1946-50 Boiling Springs-Hickorytown

1950-54 Gordon

1954 discontinued

HARRISON, GEORGE WILLIAM

Born: 7-4-1910 married:

Died: 1-5-1994 obit:

? ordained, Primitive Methodist Church

1942 license

1946 admitted on trial, recommended by Bendersville

1946 ordained deacon

1948 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit: Virginia Conference 1994,?

Primitive Methodist Church (8 years)

West Conshohocken PA

Youngstown OH

Mount Carmel PA

1942 “transfer” to Central Pennsylvania Conference of Methodist Church

1942-47 Bendersville

1947-50 Mifflintown

1950 transfer to Virginia Conference

HARRISON, LEROY JAMES

Born: 3-2-1927 Westmoreland City PA married: Carol Nellie Munster

Died: 5-16-2005 Harrisburg PA obit:

1944 license, Newark Conference

1948 admitted on trial, recommended by Cokesbury NJ

1948 ordained deacon

1950 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit: 2005, 445

1946-47 Damascus Valley, Wyoming Conference

1947-52 Harveyville

1952-59 Altoona Broad Avenue

1959-62 Everett

1962-73 Tyrone Columbia Avenue

1973-85 Harrisburg State Street

1985-86 sabbatical

1986-88

1988 retired

Note: Leroy J. Harrison is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 554.

HART, BARNETT HAMILTON

Born: 10-25-1864 Gettysburg PA married: Minnie Alice Shuman

Died: 1-8-1949 Williamsport PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1919, 160

married2: Pearl Barclay

1887 admitted on trial, recommended by Cassville obit2: 1973,383

Interment: Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1949, 194

1887-88 assistant, Port Royal

1888-91 Thompsontown

1891-93 West Huntingdon

1893-96 Huntingdon Second

1896-01 Jersey Shore First

1901-15 Harrisburg Fifth Street

1915-20 Williamsport Pine Street

1920-25 York First

1925-27 Mt. Carmel First

1927-36 Hollidaysburg First

1936 retired

Note: Barnett H. Hart served as conference treasurer 1939-49, and Pearl Part served as conference treasurer 1949-64.

HART, RUSSELL MILFRED

Born: married: Dorene _____

Died: obit:

1967 admitted on trial, North Dakota Conference: recommended by Pembina Pioneer Mem.

1967 ordained deacon, North Dakota Conference

1970 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1967-70 student, Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington DC

1967-70 Three Springs

1970 transfer from North Dakota Conference

1970-77 Altoona Fairview

1977-87 Harrisburg Rockville

1987-95 Red Lion Zion

1995- director, Center for Spiritual Formation

HARTER, ELMER ELLSWORTH

Born: 10-24-1868 Perry County PA married: Bertha Williams Sparks

Died: 12-23-1936 Oakmont PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1901, 111

married2: Priscilla Ray

1891 admitted on trial obit2: 1946, 235

Interment: Everett Cemetery, Everett PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1937, 261

1890-91 assistant, Concord

1891-93 Thompsontown

1893-96 Schellsburg

1896-01 Dudley

1901-05 Altoona Juniata

1905-06 Muncy

1906-08 Wrightsville

1908-12 Austin

1912-17 Shickshinny

1917-23 Hollidaysburg

1923-25 field secretary, Children’s Home Society

1925-34 state superintendent, Children’s Home Society

1934 retired

HARTMAN, ALBERT

Born: 1-5-1821 married:

Died: 2-3-1897 obit:

1849 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment:

Obit: Southwest Kansas Conference 1897,33

1849-50 Penn’s Valley

1950-51 Luzerne

1851-52 Sunbury

1852-53 Orangevile

1853-54 Deerfield

1854-55 Sinnemahoning

1855-57 Pine Creek

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-58 North Lock Haven

1858-59 Clinton circuit

1859-60 Laporte

1860-62 Castle Fin

1862-63 Mifflinburg

1863-66 Jerseytown

1866-68 on leave

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-72 on leave

1868-69 Bloomsburg

1872 transfer to Kansas Conference

HARTMAN, C.H.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1890-91 Emporium circuit (ending 12/12/1891)

Note: C.H. Hartman served as a local pastor.

HARTMAN, DANIEL

Born: 7-8-1810 Salona PA married: Mary E. Davis

Died: 3-14-1891 West Chester PA obit: [d. 1874]

1833 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment: Green Hill Cemetery, Fulton County PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1892, 86

1833-34 Littleton

1834-35 Clear Spring

1835-37 Bedford

1837 transfer to Virginia Conference

1837-44 Virginia Conference

1844 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1844-45 Newville

1845-47 York Springs

1847-48 Baltimore City Mission

1848-50 Penn’s Valley

1850-52 McConnellsburg

1852-53 Greencastle

1853-54 Mercersburg

1854-56 Waynesboro

1856-57 Chambersburg

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-58 Chambersburg

1858-59 tract agent

1859-61 Carlisle circuit

1861-63 Petersburg

1863-64 chaplain, US Army

1864-67 Salona

1867-68 temperance agent

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-70 temperance agent

1870-72 Logan Valley

1872-75 Altoona Third

1875-78 on leave

1878-79 retired

1879-81 Harrisburg Mt. Pleasant

1881-84 Riverside

1884-85 Liverpool

1885-88 on leave

1888 retired

Note: A biographical sketch of Daniel Hartman is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 392.

HARTMAN, FRANKLIN EYER

Born: 1-18-1865 near Bloomingdale PA married: Eva Harrison

Died: 11-28-1944 Muncy PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1955,238

1894 admitted on trial, recommended by Madison NY

1894 ordained deacon, recommended by Madison NJ

1898 ordained elder

Interment: Muncy Cemetery, Muncy PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1945, 219

1890-91 student, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary

1891-94 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1894-95 Milnesville

1895-96 Nescopeck

1896-99 Irish Valley

1899-01 Hoytville

1901-02 Slate Run

1901-04 North Bend-Hyner

1904-05 Dillsburg-Wellsville

1905-07 Stewartstown

1907-11 Mahaffey

1911-13 Flemingtom

1913-14 McVeytown

1914-17 Port Royal

1917-18 Wallaceton

1918-20 Ramey

1920-24 Muncy

1924-25 Mechanicsburg

1925-26 Frankstown

1926-28 Coalport-Irvona

1928-30 Riverside

1930-31 Kulpmont

1931-32 Duncannon

1932-33 Lewisberry-Lisburn

1933 retired

HARTMAN, H.W.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1929-30 West Fairview & Summerdale (did not finish the year)

Note: H.W. Hartman served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown. He appears not to have been a student at Dickinson College.

HARTMAN, WILLIAM DAWSON

Born: 10-6-1939 Lewisburg PA married: Linda Ruth Blair

Died: obit:

1962 license, recommended by Bloomsburg Wesley

1963 admitted on trial

1963 ordained deacon

1965 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1958-62 student, Lycoming College

1958-59 assistant, Montoursville

1962-65 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1962-63 Branchville NJ.

1963-66 Centralia-Helfenstein

1966-68 Marysville

1968-72 on leave

1972 transfer to Eastern Pennsylvania Conference

1972-79 Gilberton and Mahnoy City (beginning 1/1/1972)

1979-85 Philadelphia Church of the Redeemer

1985-90 Roxborough First

1990- chaplain, Evangelical Manor

Note: William D. Hartman is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 558.

HARTMAN, WILLIAM EMORY

Born: 11-7-1900 Freeland PA married: Naomi D. Gum

Died: 6-4-1958 Columbus OH obit: [12/25/1899 – 1/24/1974]

1924 admitted on trial

1924 ordained deacon

1926 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit: Ohio Conference 1958, 1088

1924-26 student, Boston Universoty School of Theology in Boston MA

1924-26 Trinity Congregational Church, Neponset MA (1/24 – 5/26)

1926-27 student, Universities of Berlin & Strasbourg & Oxford

1927-28 faculty, Allegheny College in Meadville PA

1928-30 Berwick Calvary, Berwick

1930-32 Wesley Foundation, State College PA

1932-41 Carlisle

1941-43 superintendent, Altoona District

1943-50 Harrisburg Grace

1950 transfer to Ohio Conference

1950-58 Bexley

Note: W. Emory Hartman is listed in the 1945 Prominent Personalities in American Methodism. W. Emory Hartman is the son of William Wade Hartman and the father of Robert Hill Hartman of the Baltimore-Washington Conference.

HARTMAN, WILLIAM HENRY

Born: 11-10-1852 Union County PA married: Abigail Robbins

Died: 1-12-1945 Bloomsburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1943,216

1877 license, Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association

1881 ordained deacon, Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association

1883 ordained elder, Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association

Interment: Almedia Cemetery, Almedia PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1945, 214

1875-79 student, Central Pennsylvania College in New Berlin PA

1879-80 Center circuit

1881-82 West Clifford

1882-84 Maple Grove

1884-87 Dushore and Bernice

1887-88 Catawissa

1888-90 Zion’s Grove

1890-92 Columbia

1892 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church

1892-95 Nescopeck

1895-00 Buckhorn

1900-04 Espy-Lime Ridge

1904-09 Millville

1909-11 Trout Run

1911-16 Woodland-Bradford

1916-21 Mahaffey

1921-23 White Haven

1923 retired

1923-30 Rupert and Buckhorn

Note: Mrs. Hartman’s sister Idylla (d. 1950) married John Crawford Bickel (d. 1939) of the Ohio Conference.

HARTMAN, WILLIAM WADE

Born: 7-24-1869 Buckhorn PA married: Hester Ann Tubbs

Died: 3-20-1922 Clearfield PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1941,222

1894 admitted on trial, recommended by Montville NJ

1895 ordained deacon, recommended by Montville NJ

1898 ordained elder

Interment: Rosemont Cemetery, Bloomsburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1923, 134

1891-92 student, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary

1892-95 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1895-96 Park Place-Delano

1896-98 Audenreid

1898-01 Freeland

1901-03 St. Marys

1903-04 Mifflinburg

1904-09 Gettysburg

1909-11 Hollidaysburg

1911-15 Tyrone First

1915-17 Harrisburg Ridge Avenue

1917-22 Clearfield Trinity

Note: William Wade Hartman is the father of W. Emory Hartman. Following her husband’s death, Mrs. Hartman worked 1922-36 as a hostess at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware OH.

HARTSOCK, A.C.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1868-69 Saxton

Note: A.C. Hartsock served as a local pastor.

HARTSOCK, HENRY WILLIS

Born: 1-9-1877 near Warrior’s Mark PA married: Maude Letitia Harris

Died: 5-26-1964 Tyrone PA obit:

1901 admitted on trial, recommended by Half Moon

1903 ordained deacon

1905 ordained elder

Interment: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Salona PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1965, 353

1901-02 Altoona Epworth

1902-03 Altoona Epworth-Asbury

1903-06 Glen Hope

1906-08 Marysville

1903-13 Liverpool

1913-17 Camp Hill

1917-20 Shamokin Chestnut Street

1920-25 Harrisburg Ridge Avenue

1925-27 Bedford

1927-29 Mount Union First

1929-31 Tyrone First

1931-35 Altoona Fifth Avenue

1935-36 Williamsport Grace

1936-41 Bellefonte

1941-46 Everett

1946 retired

Note: Henry W. Hartsock is a brother to Frank D. Hartsock (1865-1936) of the Wyoming Conference. Mrs. Hartsock is a niece of William A. Carver [her mother’s sister is married to Rev. Carver.]

HARTZELL, CHARLES VINTON

Born: 3-9-1856 Newport PA married: Mary Emma Tomlinson

Died: 9-17-1927 Muncy PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1925, 165

1879 admitted on trial

Interment: Muncy Cemetery

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1928, 742

1879-81 Saxton

1881-82 West Huntingdon Mill Creek

1882-84 West Huntingdon

1884-85 Harrisburg Grace Mission [Thirteenth Street = Stevens Memorial]

1885-87 Shrewsbury

1887-89 Dillsburg

1889-91 Petersburg

1891-94 Hollidaysburg

1897-00 Waynesboro

1900-03 Harrisburg St. Paul’s.

1903-04 West Fairview

1904-07 Millerstown

1907-09 Boiling Springs-Salem

1909-10 New Benton [Bressler] – East State Street

1910-12 Cross Roads

1912-13 Newville

1913-14 on leave

1914-15 Beaver Meadow

1915-17 Stewartstown

1917-20 Muncy

1920-21 York Epworth

1921 retired

Note: The Harrisburg “East State Street” appointment is otherwise unknown.

HARVEY, LAWRENCE NELSON

Born: 4-6-1921 Harrisburg PA married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1941-44 student, Dickinson College

1941-44 Rehobeth

Note: Lawrence N. Harvey has a file with the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry, but he left his ministerial ambitions to become a medical doctor and worked at least for a while in Washington DC.

HAUGHAWOUT, JOHN WOOLSEY

Born: 5-13-1811 Mifflin County PA married: Mary Anna Laycock

Died: 3-24-1891 Williamsport PA oibit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1899, 99

1837 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment: Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1892, 85

1837-38 Lancaster

1838-39 Sunbury

1839-40 Danville circuit

1940-42 Lycoming

1942-43 Penn’s Valley

1843-45 Bloomingdale

1845-47 Sunbury

1847-49 Lock Haven

1849-51 Bloomingdale

1851-53 New Bloomfield

1853-55 Bellefonte circuit

1955-57 Manor Hill

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-59 Warrior’s Mark

1859-61 Newberry

1861-63 Bloomingdale

1863-64 Montoursville

1864-66 Milton circuit

1866-68 Warrior’s Mark

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69 Warrior’s Mark

1859-72 Penn’s Valley

1872-75 Grahamton

1975-77 Williamsburg

1877-79 Port Matilda

1879-80 Loyalsock

1880-83 on leave

1883-84 assigned to Muhlenburg, apparently did not complete the year

1884-88 on leave

1888 retired

Note: A biographical sketch of John W. Haughawout appears in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference. Mrs. Haughawout is the daughter of Rev. Shadrach B. Laycock and Susan Bowman. Sadrach Bowman was a well-respected local preacher in Luzerne and Columbia counties. Susan Bowma is the daughter of Thomas Bowman of Old Stone Church fame who was ordained by Bishop Asbury and was the grandfather of Bishop Thomas Bowman and noted educator Shadrach Laycock Bowman of the Newark Conference.

HAVEN, CLARENCE V.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

Northern New York Conference

1917-18 Beach Haven, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1918 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1918-20 Beach Haven

1920 transfer to Northern New York Conference

HAVEN, THEODORE W.

Born: 3-1-1862 married: Susan Choate Gould

Died: 4-3-1920 obit: Central New York Conference 1908, 162

1897 admitted on trial, Central New York Conference

Interment:

Obit: New York Conference 1920, 85

1897 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1897-98 Espy & Lime Ridge

1898-99 Trevorton

1899-00 Catawissa circuit

1900-01 York Springs

1901-03 Penn’s Valley

1903-04 Concord

1904-05 Harveyville

1905 transfer to Central New York Conference

1905-07 Enfield and Kennedy’s

1907-09 Montezuma

1909-10 Tyrone (NY)

1910-11 S. Onondaga-Cedarvale

1911 transfer to New York Conference

HAWKINS, CHARLES PITMAN

Born: 1835 Philadelphia PA married: Sadie Pfouts

Died: 12-15-1869 Sinnemahoning PA obit:

1867 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference

Interment: Philadelphia PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1870, 64

1866-68 Karthaus

1868 charter member of the Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69 Karthaus

1869 Sinnemahoning

Note: Charles Pitman Hawkins was baptized by and named for Charles Pitman (1796-1854) of the Newark Conference.

HAWKINS, JOHN E.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1904-05 Ashcroft

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

HAY, HUGH

Born: 8-22-1851 married:

Died: 3-4-1935 Minnesota obit:

Interment:

Obit: Northwest Iowa Conference 1935, 504

1931-33 Littlestown, Central Pennsylvania Conference

Note: Hugh Hay served in the Central Pennsylvania Conference while a retired member of another conference.

HAYDEN, ROBERT L.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1938-39 Harrisonville (beginning 10/38)

1939-40 Wallis Run

Note: Robert Gould served as a local pastor.

HAYS, EDWARD SYLVESTER

Born: 12-8-1898 Charlestown PA married: Mary Jane Gorman

Died: 4-13-1985 McConnellsburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1979, 345

married 2: Cora E. Sipes

1922 license, recommended by Chambersburg obit2: [1991, 476]

1931 admitted on trial

1933 ordained deacon

1935 ordained elder

Interment: Union Cemetery, McConnellsburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1985, 410

1929-34 Fairview

1934-36 James Creek

1936-37 Claysburg

1937-38 Salona-Lamar

1938-42 Mt. Holly Springs

1942-47 McConnellsburg

1947-52 Saxton

1952-55 Altoona Lakemont

1955-64 Airville

1964- retired

1964-67 Warfordsburg

1967-68 Harrisonville (Dec 1967 – Jan 1968)

1968 Shade Valley (Feb – June)

1968-70 Little Cove

1971-74 Bethlehem, Fulton County

Note: The dates for the second Mrs. Hays are 12/27/1913 – 12/9/1990.

HAZEN, COLLINS EMERSON

Born: 9-13-1891 Nordmont PA. married: Velma Elizabeth Thrump

Died: 3-20-1945 Sunbury PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1982, 391

1921 admitted on trial, recommended by Picture Rocks

Interment: Muncy PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1945, 213

1915-18 Elimsport & Maple Hill

1918-20 Emporium

1920-22 Picture Rocks circuit

1922-25 Town Hill

1925-28 Penn’s Valley

1928-35 Lock Haven East Main Street

1935-40 Muncy

1940-42 Gordon

1942-45 Sunbury Catawissa Avenue

HEATHER, FRED HARVEY JR

Born: 9-27-1905 married:

Died: 5-21-1989 obit:

Interment:

Obit: California-Pacific Conference 1989

1926-29 student, Bucknell University

1926-29 Johnson City [Ranshaw] (beginning fall 1926)

1929-30 Johnson City

1930-31 ? [returned to Johnson City in mid-year]

1931-34 Johnson City

Note: The General Board of Higher Education and Ministry offers the Fred H. Heather memorial clinical pastoral education scholarship, established in 1989, to provide scholarship assistance for members of The United Methodist Church who want the training and experience of Clinical Pastoral Education. There are also other scholarships available in his name for chaplains, women, and minorities. Fred H. Heather appears to have been a chaplain.

HECK, LEVI G.

Born: 4-9-1842 Orbisonia PA married: Sarah Widney

Died: 12-31-1918 Watsontown PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1914, 130

1867 quarterly conference license, Shirleysburg

1869 admitted on trial

Interment: Watsontown Cemetery, Watsontown PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1919, 157

1868-69 Tuscarora circuit

1869-70 Concord

1970-71 Liberty Valley

1871-72 Muncy Valley

1872-75 Caledonia

1875-78 Sinnemahoning

1878-80 Salona

1880-81 Pine Grove

1881-83 on leave

1883-84 Schellsburg

1884-00 on leave

1885-86 McConnellstown

1900 retired

Note: Levi G. Heck had significant military involvement during the Civil War and was present when Lee surrendered at Appomattox. Mrs. Heck is a member of the prominent Widney family of the Concord circuit.

HECK, ORLANDO GRAHAM

Born: 4-10-1860 Three Springs PA married: Carrie Minerva Shammo

Died: 4-8-1910 Berwick PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1931, 195

1887 admitted on trial, recommended by Carlisle

1888 ordained deacon, recommended by Westport

Interment: Berwick Cemetery, Berwick PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1911, 113

1884-87 student, Dickinson College

1887-88 Westport

1888-90 Liberty Valley

1890-92 Fairview

1892-96 Watsontown

1896-97 Centralia

1897-01 Danville Trinity

1901-03 York Duke Street

1903-06 Waynesboro

1906-10 Berwick First

Note: Orlando G. Heck is a cousin of William Waters Stevens (1853-1909) of the Wisconsin Conference, Emory Miller Stevens (1858-1937), and Frank Gilbert Haven Stevens (1874-1964) of the California Conference. His mother Rachel B. Stevens Heck (Mrs. Daniel) was a member of the Stevens family that has produced dozens of Methodist clergy – including her brother William Henry Stevens, father of Emory Miller Stevens.

HECKERT, DAVID W.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1954-55 Bakerton

Note: David W. Keckert served as a local pastor.

HECKMAN, EDGAR ROHRER

Born: 2-11-1875 Ennisvile PA married: Mabel Geiger

Died: 5-24-1948 Millerstown PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1949, 196

1898 admitted on trial, recommended by Carlisle

Interment: Harrisburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1949, 196

1898-00 faculty, Dickinson College

1900-02 Town Hill

1902-06 State College

1906-08 Duncannon

1908-15 Bloomsburg

1915-18 Altoona First

1918-19 superintendent, Altoona District

1919-25 superintendent, Harrisburg District

1925-29 Clearfield Trinity

1929-32 Carlisle

1932-36 Bellefonte

1936-47 superintendent, Home for Aged at Tyrone

1947 retired

Note: Edgar R. Heckman is the son of Isaac Heckman. He is listed in the 1945 Prominent Personalities in American Methodism.

HECKMAN, ISAAC

Born: 2-24-1842 Juniata County PA married: Annie Rohrer

Died: 11-6-1917 Tyrone PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1916, 129

1871 admitted on trial

Interment: Mifflintown Cemetery, Mifflintown PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1918, 138

1871-72 Saxton

1872-74 Glen Hope

1874-76 Ennisville

1876-78 Osceola Mills

1878-81 Warrior’s Mark

1881-82 Logan Valley

1882-85 Martinsburg

1885-88 Penn’s Valley

1888-92 Sinnemahoning

1892-97 Mifflinburg

1897-00 Montoursville

1900-02 Lock Haven East Main Street

1902-04 Tyrone Columbia Avenue

1904-08 Mifflintown

1908-11 Northumberland

1911-14 Petersburg

1914 retired

Note: Isaac Heckman is the father of Edgar Rohrer Heckman.

HEIL, EUGENE

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1947-49 Ray’s Hill

Note: Eugene Heil served as a local pastor.

HEIM, CLAUDE STEPHEN

Born: Jackson Twp, Northumberland Co PA married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1920-22 Eagles Mere & Laporte (started in middle of first year)

1922-23 Orrtanna

Nov. 1933 Reading Grace, denomination unknown

Note: Claude S. Heim has a file with the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry, but he never progressed through the system.

HEIM, WILLIAM WARDEN

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1905-06 Montandon

1906-08 Wharton

1908-09 Ceres, Genesee Conference

1909-10 Ceres and Horse Run, Genesee Conference

1910 no longer listed

Note: William W. Heim served as a local pastor but was not recommended for admission to Conference. See the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 66. Apparently he faced the same situation in the Genesee Conference.

HELLER, H.R.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1931-33 Fayetteville

Note: H.R. Heller served as a local pastor. He is also listed as H.P. Heller and H.P Heller. He is otherwise unknown.

HELLER, PARKE HESS

Born: 7-24-1894 married: Ida Myrtle Flick

Died: 1964 obit:

1926 admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1928 ordained deacon

Interment:

Obit:

1930-31 Hustontown (started during the 1929-30 conference year)

Fayetteville

Skinners Eddy

Note: The biographical information given above has not been confirmed to be that of the Parke H. Heller listed in the ministerial files.

HELT, CARL CLINTON

Born: 3-2-1910, Berwick PA married: Vera Luella Callender

Died: 1-6-1993 obit: [1997, 379]

1931 license, recommended by Berwick Calvary

1943 admitted on trial

1943 ordained deacon

1945 ordained elder

Interment: Pine Grove Cemetery, Berwick PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1993, 459

1934-35 Johnson City

1935-37 Allenwood

1937-39 Wilburton and Johnson City

1939-42 Montandon-Hendrickson

1942-45 New Bloomfield

1945-49 Hughesville

1949-54 Altoona Jaggard Memorial

1954-57 superintendent, Home for the Aged at Tyrone

1957-59 Shickshinny

1959-64 Mount Carmel

1964-68 Mount Olivet (beginning 11/1/1964)

1968-75 Fawn Grove

1975 retired

Note: The dates for Mrs. Helt are 6/29/1909 to 2/14/1997.

HENNINGER, FRANK LAMONT

Born: 5-16-1900 Williamsport PA married: Harriet Seibert Stoner

Died: 11-14-1975 Mechanicsburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1984, 389

1917 license, recommended by Williamsport Pine Street

1922 admitted on trial

1924 ordained deacon

1926 ordained elder

Interment: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Harrisburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1976, 148

1920-22 Boiling Springs

1922-23 Fort Loudon

1923-24 Harrisburg Riverside

1924-26 Jeddo-Lattimer

1926-28 Shippensburg

1928-30 director of student work, Drew University in Madison NJ

1930-32 Danville Trinity

1932-34 Danville

1934-39 Harrisburg Fifth Street

1939-45 superintendent, Sunbury District

1945-46 Carlisle

1946 transfer to Genesee Conference

1946-49 Rochester

1949 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1949-53 Altoona First

1953-59 superintendent, Harrisburg District

1959-69 executive secretary, Conference Interboard Council (ending 12/31/69)

1969 retired (beginning 12/31/69)

1970-71 Harrisburg Mitchell Memorial

1972-73 Harrisburg St. Paul

1973-74 assistant, Harrisburg Grace

Note: F. Lamont Henninger is listed in the 1945 Prominent Personalities in American Methodism and the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church.

HENRY, EDGAR ANDREW

Born: 2-23-1905 Reedsville PA married: Esther Pauline Brumbaugh

Died: 4-11-1995 Mechanicsburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1990, 455

1926 license, recommended by Lewistown First

1927 admitted on trial

1919 ordained deacon

1931 ordained elder

Interment: Rolling Green Memorial Park, Camp Hill PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1995, 444

1925-26 Steelton, Philadelphia Conference

1926-27 Hagerstown, Baltimore Conference

1927-30 Wallaceton

1930-33 Nescopeck

1933-38 Altoona Broad Avenue

1938-41 Tyrone Columbia Avenue

1941-46 Mt. Union First

1946-51 Altoona Juniata First

1952-59 York First

1959-65 superintendent, Harrisburg District

1965-68 Harrisburg Stevens Memorial

1968 retired

1968-75 Harrisburg Camp Curtin

Note: Edgar A. Henry is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 583. He is the father of Joanne Yvonne Henry Winstead, wife of Donald L. Winstead.

HENRY, FRANK BERNARD

Born: 11-25-1912 Chambersburg PA married:

Died: 12-11-1996 obit:

1936 admitted on trial

1936 ordained deacon

1938 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit: California-Nevada Conference 1997, ?

1937-38 West Fairview-Summerdale

1938-40 Pleasant Gap

1940-68 chaplain, US Army

1968 transfer to California-Nevada Conference

HENRY, GEORGE W.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1962 license

Interment:

Obit:

1962-64 Shade Valley (beginning 11/15/62)

1964-66 Wallaceton

1966-68 Coalport

1968-71 Williamsport Third Street (ending 1/1/71)

1971 no longer listed

became a pastor in the United Church of Christ

HENSON, ROBERT GRANT

Born: 4-5-1922 Charleston WV married: Orpha _____

Died: 11-7-2003 obit:

? West Virginia Conference

Interment:

Obit: West Virginia Conference 2004, ?

1939-43 student, Charleston University

1939-40 East Charleston

1940-41 Cinco WV

1942-43 Charleston WV Wesley-Greenlee (beginning 11/42)

1943-46 student, Westminster Theological Seminary in Westminster MD

1943-45 Clearville (beginning 9/1/43)

1944-45 Grantsville MD

1945-46 Landsodowne MD

1946-49 Meadow Bridge

1949-53 Rupert

1953-56 Grafton St. Paul’s

1956-60 Milton

1960-66 South Charleston St. Paul

1966-69 Moundsville

1969-70 chaplain, West Virginia State Penitentiary

1979-80 chaplain, Leckie Correctional Center

1980-85 Sophia-Mabscott

1985 retired

1987-97 Mt. Horeb

Note: Robert G. Henson has a file with the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry, but he never became a member of the Central Pennsylvania Conference.

HERRING, PAUL LAMAR

Born: 1-15-1932 Shamokin PA married: Eleanor Roadarmel

Died: obit:

1956 license, recommended by Elysburg

1960 admitted on trial

1960 ordained deacon

1962 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1956-59 Morris

1959-63 Mapleton-Mill Creek

1963-65 associate, Harrisburg Stevens Memorial

1965-68 Dillsburg -Wellsville

1968-76 Towanda

1976-83 York Aldersgate (ending 8/15/83)

1983-90 Carlisle Allison (beginning 8/15/83)

1990-96 superintendent, Williamsport District

1996 retired

1996-04 associate director, Conference Council on Ministries

2004-04 Harrisburg Paxton (beginning 10/1/04 and ending 10/1 05)

Note: Paul L. Herring is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 588.

HERRITT, JOHN ADRILE

Born: 1-25-1895 Jersey Shore PA married: Louise Mengee

Died: 1-5-1960 Danville PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1978, 268

1924 admitted on trial

1926 ordained deacon

1928 ordained elder

Interment: Elan Memorial Park., Lime Ridge PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1960, 242

1920-21 Morris (beginning 9/20)

1921-24 Trout Run

1924-28 Harveyville

1928-34 Three Springs

1934-39 Thompsontown

1939-46 Benton

1946-52 Burnham

1952-58 Danville Trinity

1958-60 Catawissa

HERROLD, BENJAMIN S.

Born: 5-17-1889 Port Trevorton PA married: Bertha A. Long

Died: 9-8-1974 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1957, 249

1936 ordained deacon

1938 ordained elder

Interment: Susquehanna Mennonite Cemetery, Port Trevorton PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1975, 160

1937-40 Allenwood

1940-43 New Millport (ending 2/1/43)

1943-45 Trout Run (beginning 2/1/43)

1945-48 Morris

1948-50 Penns Valley

1950-54 East Waterford (ending 9/1/54)

1954-57 Altoona Wesley-Asbury (beginning 9/1/54)

1957-58 Saxton

1958 retired

1958-62 James Creek

Note: Benjamin S. Herrold served as a local pastor. Bertha Herrold (widow of B.S.) appears in the journals with no address in the spouses of deceased ministers list for the years 1977-82; this is an error.

HESS, CHARLES FRANKLIN

Born: married: Lilliam _____

Died: obit:

1955 license, recommended by Allenport

1957 ordained deacon

1959 ordained elder

1970 admitted as associate member

Interment:

Obit:

1955-58 Three Springs

1958-61 Ramey

1961-66 Saxton

1966-71 Milesburg

1971-78 Curwensville

1978-83 Berwick First

1983-87 Williamsport Trinity

1983-87 Lime Ridge

1987 retired

HESS, GERALD B.

Born: married: Mary L. _____

Died: obit: [d. 11/19/58]

1959 license

Interment:

Obit:

1959-62 Manor Hill

1962-66 Freeland Parish

1966-70 Ashland

1970 “transfer” by boundary change to Eastern Pennsylvania Conference

Note: Gerald B. Hess served as a local pastor.

HESS, LEVI LOGUE

Born: 9-26-1905 Warfordsburg PA married: Ruth V. Deshong

Died: 4-24-1976 Lewistown PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1991, 480

1945 license, recommended by Harrisonville Asbury

1951 ordained deacon

1953 ordained elder

1970 admitted as associate member

Interment: Asbury Cemetery, Harrisonville PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1976, 149

1947-52 Harrisonville

1952-56 New Millport (ending 2/16/56)

1956 Orangeville (beginning 2/15/56)

1956-59 North Bend

1959-62 Port Royal

1962-65 Fairview

1965-67 Gatchelville

1967-71 Orbisonia

1971 retired

1971-72 East Salem

1972-75 Turkey Valley

HESS, M.L.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1922-23 Blandburg

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

HESS, S. M. V.

Born: 1-12-1850 married: Agnes P. Elliott

Died: 7-12-1926 obit: Pittsburgh Conference MP 1931, 48

Interment: Mt. Union Cemetery, Mt. Union PA

Obit: Pittsburgh Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church 1926, 40

1911-13 Concord

Note: S.M.V. Hess served in the Methodist Episcopal Church as a local pastor.

HESSER, WILLIAM CHARLES

Born: 6-6-1833 Mifflinburg PA married: Ellen Clarissa Templin

Died: 1-7-1906 Mifflinburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1906, 121

1860 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference: recommended by Mifflinburg circuit

Interment: Woodland Cemetery, Mifflinburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1906, 104

1860-62 Mifflinburg & Middleburg

1962-63 Berwick

1863-65 Shippen [Emporium]

1865-66 Lycoming

1866-68 Orangeville

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-71 White Haven

1871-74 Shippensburg

1874-77 Jersey Shore

1877-80 Great Island

1880-83 White Haven

1883-84 Northumberland

1884-86 Jeanesville-Audenried

1886-89 Hanover-New Oxford

1889-94 Mechanicsburg

1894-97 Montoursville

1897-99 Hughesville

1899-01 Watsontown

1901 retired

Note: William Charles Hesser is the son of Hannah Wagner Hesser and Rev. Charles Hesser of the Evangelical Association. The elder Rev. Hesser died in an accident on his way to attend the 1843 General Conference of the Evangelical Association as a delegate of the East Pennsylvania Conference [see Breyfogel’s 1888 Landmarks of the Evangelical Association, page 105.]

HEVERLY, HARRIS EDWARD

Born: 10-2-1913 Howard PA married: Isabel Barker

Died: 3-16-2007 Denver CO obit: [8/19/1915 – 11/18/2003]

1941 admitted on trial

1941 ordained deacon

Interment:

Obit:

1941-42 at school

1942 transfer to New England Conference

1942-44 at school

1944-47 Crawford Memorial. Winchester MA

1947-49 at school

1949 withdrew

entered the ministry of the Congregational Church

Massachusetts

New York

Connecticut

Henderson CO Congregational Church and

Brighton CO Inglenook Retirement Community

Note: In 1957 Rev. Harris E. Heverly was working in the denominational finance offices of the Congregational Church.

HEWETT, J.C.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1882-83 Cove (beginning 5/28/1882)

1884-85 Cove

Note: J.C. Hewett was a local pastor living in Dickey’s Mountain, Fulton County.

HICKOK, FRED CLYDE

Born: 2-18-1928 Hallstead PA married: Marguerite Elaine Pedrone

Died: obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1998, 438

1950 license

1954 admitted on trial, recommended by Williamsport Mulberry Street

1954 ordained deacon

1956 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1950-53 Morris

1953-57 Elysburg

1957-59 Port Royal

1959-60 Weatherly

1960-66 Harveyville

1966-68 Petersburg

1968-74 Bedford Valley

1974-78 Williamsport Third Street

1978-80 Altoona Wesley-Asbury

1980-84 Witmers

1984-86 Burnham yoked parish (ending 4/1/86)

1986-87 leaver of absence (beginning 4/1/86)

1987-90 Robertsdale

1990 retired

Note: Fred C. Hickok is the father of Fred Earl Hickok of the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church.

HICKS, OWEN

Born: 5-27-1842 Machen, Wales married: Lucy C. Zigler

Died: 9-14-1921 Williamsport obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1904, 125

married2: Clara J. Kline

obit2:

1861 local license, recommended by Waring Street in Cleveland OH

1866 admitted on trial, Erie Conference

Interment: Howard PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1922, 128

1866-67 Thompson [Concord]

1867 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1867-68 Franklin

1868-69 Hillsborough

1869 charter member of Virginia Conference

1869-70 Williamsburg and Hampton

1870-71 Hampton and Rippon Hall

1871-73 Rockbridge

1873-74 Middlebrook

1874-75 Accotink

1875-76 Portsmouth

1876 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1876-78 Littlestown

1878-81 Muhlenburg

1881-84 New Washington

1884-86 Howard-Beech Creek

1886-89 Duncansville

1889-91 Penn’s Valley

1891-92 West Fairview

1892-94 Hustontown

1894-97 McConnellsburg

1897-99 Mercersburg

1899-04 Montandon

1904-06 Cogan Valley

1906-09 Slate Run

1909-11 Costello

1911-16 Duboistown-Nisbet

1916 retired

Note: An obituary for Owen Hicks also appears in the 9/21/1921 Christian Advocate, page 1196. His semi-centennial paper has been bound and published with photographs.

HILBERT, JAMES J.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1958-61 Enola

1961-62 Lawrenceville-Tioga-Tioga Junction, Genesee Conference

1962-65 Delta

Note: James J. Hilbert served as a local pastor.

HILBISH, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

Born: 10-12-1869 near Shamokin PA married: Catharine Mary Anna McKelvey

Died: 8-26-1954 Upland IN obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1940, 183

1900 local license, recommended by Shamokin First

1902 admitted on trial, West Virginia Conference

1904 ordained deacon, West Virginia Conference

1908 ordained elder, West Virginia Conference

Interment: Riverview Cemetery, Northumberland PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1955, 230

1898-99 Roxbury

1899-00 Coram, Central New York Conference

1900-01 Marmet, West Virginia Conference

1901-02 St. Albans

1902-03 Lumberport

1903-04 Grantsville MD

1904-05 Blaine

1905-06 Clearville, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1906 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1906-08 Bloomingdale

1908 transfer to West Virginia Conference

1908-09 Troy

1909-11 Glenville

1911 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1911-13 Harveyville

1913-15 Ray’s Hill

1915-17 Wolfsburg

1917-19 Manor Hill

1919-21 Espy-Light Street

1921-26 Mahaffey

1926-28 Dillsburg-Wellsville

1928-32 Crossroads-Zion

1932 retired

Note: Benjamin F. Hilbish is the father of Mabelle Z. Hilbish Croyle, wife of Harry A. Croyle. The biography of Benjamin F. Hilbish, Tales of Frontier Preacher, was written by his daughter Florence May Anna Hilbish and published by Pageant Press. Mrs. Hilbish is the sister of three Central Pennsylvania Conference pastors: Clarence E. McKelvey, Ellis E. KcKelvey, and Wesley L. McKelvey.

HILL, ANTHONY

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1916-17 Fort Loudon

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

HILL, CARL EUGENE

Born: 9-2-1940 Nanticoke PA married: Janet _____

Died: obit:

1959 quarterly conference license, Beach Haven

1963 admitted on trial

1963 ordained deacon

1965 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1963-65 student, Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington DC

1965-67 McVeytown

1967-72 Pleasant Gap

1972-79 Clearfield Trinity

1979-87 Bedford

1987-94 Blossburg

1994-03 Lemont Mt. Nittany

2003 retired

HILL, JOHN WESLEY

Born: 1863 Kalida OH married: Nora Holmes

Died: 10-12-1936 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1905, 126

married2: Sara Harrison Schmidt

? license obit2:

? ordained

Interment: Methodist Cemetery, Ada OH

Obit: New York Conference 1937, 111

Sprague WA

Ogden UT

Helena MT

Minneapolis MN

transfer to Central Ohio Conference

Fostoria OH

1899 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1899-106 Harrisburg Grace

1906 transfer to New York East Conference

1906-07 Brooklyn

1907-12 Manhattan Metropolitan Temple

1916-36 chancellor, Lincoln Memorial University in Cumberland Gap TN

1936 retired

Note: John Wesley Hill is the son of John Wesley Hill Sr (1831-1913) of the West Ohio Conference. He was a noted orator, Chautauqua speaker and political campaigner for McKinley, Roosevelt and Taft. The first Mrs. Hill died in Los Angeles while attending the 1904 General Conference.

HILL, KENNETH ROBERT

Born: 1-8-1931 married:

Died: 10-10-1994 obit:

1960 license, recommended by Selinsgrove

1962 admitted on trial

1961 ordained deacon

1983 ordained elder

Interment: West Hazleton PA

Obit: [1995, 438]

1960-61 Audenreid-Jeanesville

1961-66 student, Lancaster Theological Seminary in Lancaster PA

1961-66 Conestoga

1966 discontinued

1966-73 Steelton First (beginning 12/1/66)

1973-84 Beavertown

1984-88 Bedford Valley

1988-90 Brandon-Central

1990-94 disability

HILL, PETER W.

Born: 2-1-1918 Shamokin PA married: Claire Johnston

Died: 6-23-2003 Danville PA obit:

1968 license

Interment: Oakwood Cemetery, Mansfield PA

Obit: Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise 6/29/2003 (on file at the archives)

1940-61 American Baptist minister in PA, CA and IL

1961-84 faculty, Mansfield State University

1968-74 Nelson (beginning 2/4/68)

Note: Peter W. Hill continued to live in Mansfield and function as a pastor after 1974.

HILLIARD, CALVIN RAYVON

Born: 8-17-1931 Lexington NC married: Clara Louise Reed

Died: obit:

1953 license, recommended by Tryo in Linwood NC

1954 admitted on trial, Western North Carolina Conference

1855 ordained deacon

1957 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1954-56 East Waterford, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1955 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1955-56 East Waterford

1956-58 Orangevile

1958-62 Danville Trinity

1962-64 Altoona Mardorf

1964-68 Berwick Calvary

1968-80 Huntingdon Fifteenth Street

1980-81 Lewistown Lake Park-Granville

1981-84 Mt. Union First

1984-89 Williamstown

1989-94 Pennsdale-Huntersville

1994 retired

2001 Danville St. Paul’s Emmanuel

2002-03 Bloomsburg Good Shepherd

Note: Calvin R. Hilliard is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist church, page 598.

HIME, W.W.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1905-06 Montandon

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

HIMES, CHARLES FOSTER

Born: 10-20-1889 Bunkertown PA married: Ethel Myers

Died: 12-3-1979 Williamsport PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1978, 268

1909 license, recommended by Vira

1913 admitted on trial

1915 ordained deacon

1917 ordained elder

Interment: Williamsport PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1980, 342

1913-14 Burnt Cabins

1914-18 Millerstown

1918-22 Newton Hamilton

1922-26 Petersburg

1926-41 Montoursville

1941-50 Woolrich

1950-54 Williamsport Market Street

1954 retired

1954-56 Fairview

1961-65 Eaglesmere (beginning 12/1/61)

1965-75 Waterville

HINE-BULTER, DOUGLAS

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1964-68 Grampian (beginning 10/1/64)

Note: Douglas Hine-Butler served as a local pastor.

HINEY, RALPH E.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1944-47 New Millport (beginning 10/1/1944)

Note: Ralph E. Hiney served as a local pastor.

HINKLE, GORDON F.

Born: 8-24-1899 Columbia PA married: Mary H. _____

Died: 5-10-1967 obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1967, 2071

1924 admitted on trial

1926 ordained deacon

1927 ordained elder

Interment: Monroeville PA

Obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1967, 2071

1923-24 Vira (ending fall 1924)

1924-27 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1924-26 Harriman, Philadelphia Conference

1927-28 Jeddo-Lattimer

1928-30 Petersburg (ending fall 1930)

1930-35 Patton (beginning fall 1930)

1935-37 Saxton

1937-40 Altoona Llyswen

1940-45 Hazleton Diamond

1945-47 Altoona Eighth Avenue

1947-49 Sunbury St. John’s

1949 transfer to Florida Conference

1949-51 Jacksonville Snyder Memorial

1951 transfer to Pittsburgh Conference

1951-55 Zelienople

1955-59 Beaver Falls College Hill

1959-65 Pittsburgh McKnight

1965 retired

HINKLE, HERBERT CRAWFORD

Born: 1-8-1874 Williamsport PA married: Luella Shamberger

Died: 10-21-1917 York PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1961, 265

1901 admitted on trial, recommended by York First

Interment: Prospect Hill Cemetery, York PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1918, 130

1901-04 Everett circuit

1904-06 Cross Roads

1906-07 South Williamsport

1907-13 Camp Hill

1913-15 Hughesville

1915-17 St. Mary’s

1917 Watsontown

Note: Herbert C. Hinkle is the son of Richard Hinkle. An obituary also appears in the 11/15/1917 Christian Advocate, page 1216.

HINKLE, RICHARD

Born: 10-9-1830 Allegheny County MD married: Elizabeth H. Purvis

Died: 4-7-1917 York PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1904, 127

1854 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment: Prospect Hill Cemetery, York

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1918, 127

1854-55 Shirleysburg

1955-56 Cassville

1856-57 Woodbury

1857-58 North Baltimore station

1858 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1858-59 North Baltimore station.

1859-61 Lock Haven

1861-63 Williamsport Mulberry Street

1863-65 North Baltimore station

1865-68 Strawbridge station

1868 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1868-71 Frederick City

1871 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1871-74 Williamsport Mulberry Street

1874-77 Lewisburg

1877-79 Harrisburg Grace

1879-81 Huntingdon First

1881-85 superintendent, Juniata District

1885-88 Danville St. Paul’s

1888-91 Milton

1891-94 Berwick

1894-99 York First

1899-04 Everett

1904 retired

Note: Richard Hinkle is the father of Herbert C. Hinkle and a brother to George B. Hinkle (1828-1913) of the California Conference. Mrs. Hinkle is a sister to the Isaac F. Purvis who married the gospel songwriter and Williamsport Dickinson Seminary instructor Katharine E. Nash Purvis.

HINKELMAN, RALPH D.

Born: 1-28-1892 Hyner PA married: Lauretta Hunter

Died: 4-25-1959 Mt. Carmel PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1963, 336

1918 admitted on trial, Wisconsin Conference

Interment: Quigglevile Church Cemetery, Quiggleville PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1959, 250

1917 Strockbridge circuit (2 months)

1918-20 Pardeeville

1920-23 Sinnemahoning, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1921 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1921-23 Sinnemahoning

1923-26 South Williamsport

1926-28 Houtzdale

1928-31 Patton

1931-34 Altoona Fifty-Eighth Street

1934-40 Harrisburg Epworth

1940-46 Northumberland

1946-50 Williamsport Calvary

1950-54 Clearfield West Side

1954-59 Mt. Carmel

Note: Ralph D. Hinkelman is the father of Richard H. Hinkelman, and of Robert M. Hinkelman (1919-2005) of the Texas Conference .

HINKELMAN, RICHARD HUNTER

Born: Married:

Died: obit:

1952 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1952-53 at school

1953 transfer to East Wisconsin Conference

Note: Richard H. Hinkelman is the son of Ralph D. Hinkelman, and the brother of Robert M. Hinkelman (1919-2005) of the Texas Conference. In 2003 he is listed as a retired member of the Wisconsin Conference.

HIRONS, WILLIAM R.

Born: 1878 near Dover DE married: Elizabeth H. Derrickson

Died: 5-28-1907 Philadelphia obit:

1899 admitted on trial, Wilmington Conference

Interment: Silver Lake Cemetery, Dover DE

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1908, 126

1906 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1906-07 Greencastle

1907 Newville

HOCH, G.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1877 license

Interment:

Obit:

1877-78 York Springs

Note: G. Hoch served as a local pastor.

HOCH, WILLIAM E.

Born: 5-13-1849 Mt. Pleasant PA married: Margaret J. Jones

Died: 7-29-1897 Mercersburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1916, 135

1873 admitted on trial

Interment: Mercersburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1898, 93

1873-75 Saxton

1875-76 McConnellstown

1876-78 Shellsburg

1878-80 Shirleysburg

1880-97 on leave

HODGSON, FRANCIS

Born: 2-13-1805 Driffield England married: Agnes C. Long

Died: 4-17-1877 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1892, 97

1828 admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference

Interment: Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia PA

Obit: Philadelphia Conference, 1878, 60

1828-29 Dauphin

1829-31 Elkton MD

1831-33 Philadelphia St. George’s

1833-34 Harrisburg circuit

1834-35 Harrisburg station

1835-36 Columbia

1836 transfer to New York Conference

1836-37 New York City Vestry Street

1837-39 New York City Mulberry Street.

1839-41 Middletown CT circuit

1841-43 Hartford CT

1843-45 New Haven CT

1845 transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1845-47 Philadelphia Trinity

1847-49 Salem

1849-51 Harrisburg

1851-53 Wilmington DE St. Paul’s

1853-55 Philadelphia St. George’s

1955-57 Union

1957-59 Lancaster

1859-63 superintendent, South Philadelphia District

1863-65 Philadelphia Fifth Street

1865-67 Easton

1867-68 Salem

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-71 Danville

1871-74 Lewisburg

1874-76 Chambersburg

1876 retired

1877 transfer to Philadelphia Conference

Note: Francis Hodgson is the father of Francis Day Hodgson (1832-1899) of the Central New York Conference.

HODGSON, IRVIN SWYERS

Born: 2-24-1890 Dagus Mines PA married: Blanche Anita Cline

Died: 6-14-1966 Rochester PA obit: [8/17/1889 – 12/30/1980]

1912 admitted on trial

Interment: Sylvania Hills Memorial Park, Rochester PA

Obit:

1912-13 Excelsior

1913-14 White Haven

1914-17 Snow Shoe

1917-18 Oriole-Antes Fort

1918-19 worker, US YMCA

1919-20 Benezette

1920 withdrew

HOFFMAN, CHARLES DUANE

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1954 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1954-55 at school

1955 name missing from list, no other information found.

Note: Charles D. Hoffman had been an approved supply pastor since 1952, but he never filled an appointment. No address or home church is given.

HOFFMAN, HARRY C.

Born: 3-27-1884 married:

Died: 3-7-1963 obit:

1916 license

Interment:

Obit: [1963, 142]

1916-17 Summerdale

1937-47 Boyles Run

1947-48 without appointment, living in Sunbury

1948-53 Boyles Run

1953 retired

Note: Harry C. Hoffman served as a local pastor.

HOKE, GEORGE M.

Born: 10-20-1853 Loudon PA married: Virginia Budding

Died: 2-10-1911 Hellam PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1908, 132

1878 admitted on trial

Interment: Fairview Cemetery, Wrightsville PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1911, 130

1878-81 Mont Alto

1881-84 Harrisburg Grace mission

1884-87 West Huntingdon

1887-90 Orbisonia

1890-95 Duncannon

1895-00 Altoona Simpson

1900-03 Waynesboro

1903-05 New Cumberland

1905-11 Shamokin First

Note: George M. Hoke is the nephew of prominent UB layman Jacob Hoke of Chambersburg.

HOFFMAN, WILLIAM MAGUIRE

Born: 8-14-1877 Maple Hill PA married: Lillian Harriet Shaffer

Died: 5-5-1063 Baltimore MD obit: Baltimore Conference 1952, 240

1908 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment: Fort Lincoln Cemetery

Obit: Baltimore Conference 1963, 288

1903-07 student, Dickinson College

1905-06 Lewisberry & Lisburn (first half of the year)

1907 “transfer” to Baltimore Conference

1907-09 assistant, Great Falls

1909-13 Laytonsville

1913-14 Patapsco

1914-17 Baltimore Columbia Avenue

1917-22 Aberdeen

1922-24 Clifton

1924-29 Waugh

1929-32 Keyser WV

1932-49 Millersville Baldwin Memorial

1949 retired

HOLLAND, WILLIAM

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1878 license

Interment:

Obit:

1878-79 Wharton

Note: William Holland served as a local pastor.

HOLLEY, WILLIAM EDWARD

Born: 7-11-1911 Juniata [Altoona] PA married:

Died: 7-?-1980 obit:

1935 admitted on trial

1935 ordained deacon

1937 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1928-32 student, Dickinson College

1932-35 student, Yale Divinity School in New Haven CT

1934-35 Clinton CT Baptist Church

1935-38 Salladasburg

1938-41 Woodland-Bradford

1941-48 Shrewsbury

1948-57 on leave

1957 voluntary location

safety director, R.H. Sheppard Company of Hanover PA

HOLLINGSWORTH, SAMUEL WILLIAM JR

Born: 8-27-1925 Abington PA married: Erma F. Raudabaugh

Died: obit:

1951 admitted on trial

1951 ordained deacon

1953 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1945-49 student, Dickinson College

1948-50 West Fairview-Summerdale

1949-52 student, Westminster Theological Seminary in Westminster MD

1949-50 West Fairview-Summerdale

1950-52 Mont Alto

1952-55 Bendersville

1955-58 Shippensburg

1958-61 Williamsport Mulberry Street

1961-66 Altoona Simpson

1966-67 sabbatical

1967 voluntary location

supervisor of investigations, EEOC in Seattle WA

Note: S. William Hollingsworth is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in the Methodist Church.

HOLLINS, JOHN C.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1893 ordained deacon, recommended by Milnesville & Humboldt

Interment:

Obit:

1890-91 Port Royal

Note: John C. Hollins served as a local pastor.

HOLLINS, J.W.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1893-94 Excelsior

Note: J.W. Hollins served as a supply pastor. He is otherwise unknown.

HOLMES, CHARLES AVERY

Born: 6-2-1827 married:

Died: 3-15-1897 obit:

Interment:

Obit: Pittsburgh Conference 1897,55

Pittsburgh Conference

1874 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1874-77 Harrisburg Grace

1877-79 Williamsport Pine Street

1879 transfer to Kentucky Conference

HOLMES, FRED VERNON

Born: 5-25-1899 Catawissa PA married: Mary Diener

Died: 2-?-1972 obit: [b. 12/5/1898]

1920 admitted on trial

1926 ordained deacon

Interment:

Obit:

1920-24 student, Dickinson College

1924-27 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1926-27 Beach Haven

1927-28 Beach Haven

1928 withdrew to enter the ministry in the Episcopal Church

Muncy PA

Note: Mrs. Holmes attended the College of Missions of Drew Theological Seminary in 1924-26.

HOMMEL, AMOS EPHRIAM

Born: 10-12-1908 Pittsburgh PA married:

Died: 4-22-1984 obit:

Interment:

Obit:

Note: Amos E. Hommel has a file with the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry, but he never served in the Central Pennsylvania Conference. He was seeking ordination as a local pastor and is believed to have operated an ministry in Lock Haven.

HONTZ, ALMON WADSWORTH

Born: 1-30-1861 Luzerne County PA married: Beulah A. Bunce

Died: 10-18-1898 Pasadena CA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1959, 259

1885 admitted on trial, recommended by Helfenstein

1888 ordained deacon, recommended by Williamsport Mulberry Street

1889 admitted on trial again

Interment: Centerport, Long Island NY

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1899, 87

1884-86 Helfenstein

1886-90 student, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary

1890-93 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1893-95 Jamison city

1895-98 on leave to California for health reasons

HOOPERT, GRANTAS ELTON

Born: 3-27-1911 York Springs PA married: Ethel Mae Decker

Died: 8-24-1995 obit: 2002, 360

1945 license, recommended by York Springs

1949 admitted on trial

1949 ordained deacon

1951 ordained elder

Interment: Hill Top Cemetery, Mifflinburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1996, 414

1945-47 Hustontown

1947-49 Littlestown

1949-53 Doylesburg

1953-59 Mifflinburg

1959-63 Sunbury St. John’s

1963-67 New Cumberland

1967-73 superintendent, Williamsport District

1973-76 York Aldersgate

1976 retired

1976-79 Buffalo Valley

19867-87 Hendrickson-Mooresburg

Note: Grantas E. Hoopert is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist church, page 618.

HOOVEN, ANDREW BOZORTH

Born: 8-11-1833 Philadelphia PA married: Mary Helen Thorn

Died: 2-7-1904 DuBois PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1913, 143

1867 quarterly conference license, Salladasburg

1869 admitted on trial

1871 ordained deacon

1873 ordained elder

Interment: Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1904, 119

1869-72 Caledonia

1872-74 Emporium

1874-75 Lycoming

1875-78 Hughesvile

1878-81 Penfield

1881-83 Montgomery

1883-85 Town Hill

1885-88 Orangeville

1888-93 Stewartstown

1893-96 Petersburg

1896-97 Flemington

1897-00 Duboistown

1900 retired

Note: Andrew B. Hooven is the father of Miss Minnie Hooven, who served 8 years in Georgia and Florida with the Freedman’s Aid Society and later joined the faculty at Williamsport Dickinson Seminary.

HOOVER, JOHN ALFRED

Born: 2-4-1891 Clearfield County PA married: Alta M. Wertz

Died: 12-8-1974 Mechanicsburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1980, 351

1925 license, recommended by Kylertown

1930 ordained deacon

1932 ordained elder

Interment: Kylertown Cemetery, Kylertown PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1975, 161

1927-29 Benezette

1929-33 Salona and Lamar

1933-36 Lock Haven circuit

1936-40 Wallaceton

1940-43 Trout Run (ending 1/15/43)

1943-46 Cassville (beginning 1/15/43)

1946-48 Newton Hamilton

1948-54 Millville-Jerseytown

1954-58 Benton

1958-63 Ashland

1963 retired

Note: John A. Hoover served as a local pastor.

HOOVER, SOLOMON HUBBARD

Born: 3-18-1844 Washington DC married: Mary Augusta Mitchell

Died: 9-3-1908 obit: Philadelphia Conference 1909, 95

1868 admitted on trial, Troy Conference

Interment: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia PA

Obit: Philadelphia Conference1909, 87

1868-69 faculty, Fort Edward Institute

1869-70 East Sand Lake

1870 transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1870-72 East Mauch Chunk

1872-73 Harrisburg Fifth Street

[1872 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference]

1873 transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1873-74 Sanctuary

…

1876-79 Philadelphia Park Avenue

…

1903-08 superintendent, North District

Note: Solomon H. Hoover was not really a member of the Central Pennsylvania Conference. He was automatically transferred in between the 1872 and 1873 annual conferences when the General Conference added Harrisburg to the Central Pennsylvania Conference, but he immediately transferred back to the Philadelphia Conference in 1873.

HOPKINS, HENRY FRANCIS

Born: 12-25-1920 Elmira NY married: Betty T. Yordy

Died: 12-7-2001 Lewisburg PA obit:

1939 license, recommended by Mt. Zion of the Catawissa circuit

1945 admitted on trial, recommended by Beaver Meadows

1946 ordained deacon

1948 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit: 2002, 361

1942-43 Vira (beginning 7/15/42)

1943-45 Snydertown (beginning 10/1/43)

1945-47 Beaver Meadows

1947-49 Berwick Calvary

1949-54 Riverside

1954-58 Llyswen, Altoona

1958-63 Epworth, Harris.

1963-69 Williamsport Wesley

1969-74 Huntingdon First

1974-80 superintendent, State College District

1980-83 New Cumberland Baughman Memorial

1983 retired

1983-89 South Williamsport Grace

Note: Henry F. Hopkins is a brother to Martin W. Hopkins and Thomas J. Hopkins and Helen E. Hopkins Long, wife of Merrel D. Long.

HOPKINS, MARTIN WESLEY

Born: 7-18-1917 Anita PA married: Betty Louise Zeigler

Died: 7-18-1998 obit:

1938 license, recommended by Breezewood

1945 admitted on trial, recommended by Beaver Meadows

1945 ordained deacon

1947 ordained elder

Interment: East Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1999, 433

1938-40 Laurelton (beginning 5/38)

1940-43 Snydertown (ending 10/43)

1943-45 Beaver Meadow (beginning 12/43)

1945-48 Nescopeck

1948-51 Shamokin Chestnut Street

1951-54 director of youth work, PA Council of Churches

1954-65 Harrisburg Calvary

1965-71 superintendent, Harrisburg District

1971-78 York Asbury

1978-82 Everett

1982 retired

1982-86 Middletown Ebenezer

Note: Martin W. Hopkins is a brother to Henry F. Hopkins and Thomas J. Hopkins and Helen E. Hopkins Long, wife of Merrel D. Long. He is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist church, page 620.

HOPKINS, THOMAS JAMES

Born: 11-27-1911 Nanty-Glo PA married: Mary Elizabeth Brant

Died: 11-6-2000 Lewisburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1997, 385

1935 license, recommended by Glen hope

1937 admitted on trial

1937 ordained deacon

1941 ordained elder

Interment: Lewisburg PA

Obit: 2001, 366

1935-38 Ray’s Hill

1938-41 Catawissa circuit

1941-45 Espy-Light St.

1945-50 Mount Carmel

1950-54 Harrisburg Fifth Street

1954-61 Bloomsburg

1961-66 Lewistown First

1966-72 Williamsport Pine Street

1972-77 Tyrone Wesley

1977 retired

Note: Thomas J. Hopkins is a brother to Henry F. Hopkins and Martin W. Hopkins and Helen E. Hopkins Long, wife of Merrel D. Long.

HORNER, J.E.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1919-20 Jonestown

Note: J.E. Horner served as a local pastor. He apparently also served area Methodist Protestant churches (Reyburn).

HORNING, JOHN

Born: 1845 near Ennisville PA married: Hannah Margaret Oburn

Died: 9-25-1931 Huntingdon PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1922, 134

1872 admitted on trial

1874 ordained deacon

1876 ordained elder

Interment: Huntingdon PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1932, 168

1872-73 Rays Hill

1873-74 Warriors Mark

1874-75 Conyngham

1875-77 South Heberton

1877-79 Centralia

1879-82 Bloomingdale

1882-85 Mifflinville

1887-88 Snydertown

1888-91 Orangeville (moved to Shamokin Second during the 1890-91 conference year)

1891-94 Shamokin Second

1894-97 Hazleton Diamond

1897-98