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LADD, CLEMENT GEORGE
Born: 10-1-1900 Sharon VT married: Ethel Andrew
Died: 5-31-1992 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1984, 390
1963 license, recommended by
1971 ordained deacon
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1992, 478
1963
1963-64 Picture Rocks (beginning 11/15/63 and ending 2/1/64)
1964-69 Laurelton (beginning 2/1/64)
1969-73 Hendrickson-Mooresville
1973 retired
LaFORCE, THOMAS McCAIN
Born: married:
Harriet T. _____
Died: 4-1-1968 obit:
1947 license
Interment:
Obit: [1968, 141]
1952-57 Ralston
1957-61
1961-68 Avis
Note: Thomas M. LaForce served as a local pastor.
LAIDIG, ROBERT VANCE
Born: 2-10-1914 Hustontown PA married: Daisy Irene Harvey
Died: 10-1-1991 obit:
1938 admitted on trial
1941 ordained deacon
1942 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit:
1935-36 Rehoboth
1936-37 Harrisonville
1937-39 Pine Grove Mills
1939-42 student, Drew Theological Seminary in
1939-42
1942-47 Harveyville
1947-51 Stewartstown
1951 transfer to Minnesota Conference
1951-58
1958- Excelsior
Note: Robert V. Laidig is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church
LAMBERSON, ALEXANDER
Born: 2-1-1853 near Hustontown PA married:
Died: 12-11-1919
1878 quarterly conference license, McConnellsburg
1884 admitted on trial, recommended by Kedron
1886 ordained deacon
1888 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1920, 130
1882-83 Leidy
1883-84 Kedron
1884-86 Lycoming
1886-88 Duboistown
1888-91 Salladasburg
1891-96 Dillsburg-Wellsville
1896-97
1897-00
1900-04 Burnham
1904-06
1915-19
Note: Alexander Lamberson is the father of Blanche Lamberson Mackie, wife of J. Archibald Mackie. Mrs. Lamberson is the daughter of Rev. John Wesley Stout, affiliation unknown.
LAMBERT, ALBERT R.
Born: 1860 near
Died: 8-8-1927
1884 admitted on trial, recommended by Philipsburg
Interment:
Obit:
1884-85 Woodbury-Pattonville
1885-87 Pleasant Gap
1887-88
1888-90
1890-93 Muncy
1893-96 Huntingdon First
1896-00
1900 transfer
to
1900-01
1901-04
1906-07
1907-10
1911-12
1913-15
1918-22
1922-26
1926 retired
LANGLEY, JOHN WILLIAM
Born: 9-4-1831
Died: na obit:
[
1852 admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1852-53
1853-55 Fredrick circuit
1855-56 Kishacoquillas
1856-58 Frederick Asbury
1858-59 Mifflin circuit
1859-60 Mifflin station
1860-62
1865 transfer
to
1865-68
1868 transfer
to
1868-70
1870 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1870-72 Lock Haven
1872 transfer
to
1875-78 St, John’s
1878-81 Mariner’s
1881-84
1884-87
1887-90 Kensington
1890-92
1892-94
1894 Emmanuel
Note: John W. Langley is the father of Charles Wilbur
Langley (1861-1910) of the Philadelphia Conference. Mrs. Langley’s birth, not given in her
obituary, was 12/12/1833 in
LANTZ, J. MAX
Born: 9-1838
Died: 8-21-1894 Lewistown obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1912,130
1863 admitted on trial, East
Interment
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1895, 81
1863-64 Lewistown circuit.
1864-65
1896-66
1866-68 Wrightsville
1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference
1868-69 Wrightsville
1869-72
1872-75 Mechanicsburg
1878-78
1882-84 Lock Haven
1884-87
1887-91 Lewistown
1891-94 superintendent,
Note: J. Max Lantz is the father of John M. Lantz. An obituary also appears in the 8/30/1894
LANTZ, JOHN MAX
Born: 9-6-1873 Mechanicsburg PA married: Verna Taylor
Died: 12-31-1929
1904 license,
recommended by
1905 admitted on trial, recommended by Sunbury
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1930, 191
1905-08
1908-13 Penn’s Valley
1913-19 Curwensville
1919-20
1920-25
1925-28
Note: John M. Lantz is the son of J. Max Lantz. Some biographical information appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 54. An obituary also appears in the 1/16/1930 Christian Advocate, page 85. Some sources give his birth year as 1872.
LARGE, PARKER
Born:
2-2-1901 married:
Edna ____
Died:
5-6-1973 obit:
[1902-1981]
Interment:
Obit:
1924-27 New Millport
Note: Parker Large served as a
local pastor in the
LARISH, DAVID
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1886-88 Schloyerville
Note: David Larish lived in Berwick and served as a local pastor.
LARKIN, JACOB
Born: 1-24-1792
Died: 3-29-1857
1819 admitted on
trial,
1821 ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference
1823 ordained elder, Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1858, 20
1819-20 Aughwick circuit
1820-21
1821-22 Fell’s
1822-23
1823-24
1853 on leave
Note: Jacob Larkin is a brother to Thomas Larkin (1786-1852) of the Baltimore Conference.
LARKIN, THOMAS
Born: 12-23-1786
Died: 4-12-1852
1814 admitted on
trial,
1816 ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1814-15 Montgomery
1815-16 Chambersburg
1816-17 Aughwick circuit
1817-18 Huntingdon circuit
1818-19 Aughwick circuit
1819 located, functioned as a local preacher in Huntingdon County
Note: Thomas Larkin is a brother to Jacob Larkin. Mrs. Larkin is the daughter of Laurence Everhart (1755-1840) and a brother to John Everhart (1791-1860), both of the Baltimore Conference. This family is the subject of the article “Lorenz Everhart: A True Soldier for Christ” in the 2005 volume of The Chronicle, pages 87-91.
LARNED, GEORGE MARVIN
Born: 3-8-1834
Died: 5-31-1905 Littlestown PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1903,113
1872 ordained deacon
1873 admitted on trial
1877 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1906, 109
1873-74
1874-77
1877-80 Conyngham
1880-83
1883-85
1885-87 Stockton-Beaver Meadows
1887-90 White Haven
1890-91 Selinsgrove
1891-94
1894-97 Jeanesville
1897-01
1901-02 Camp Hill–
1902-03 retired to CA
1903-05 Jeddo-Lattimer-Milnesville
1905 Littlestown
Note: An obituary also appears in the 9/21/1905 Christian Advocate, page 1527. Mrs. Larned is the sister of Crawford L. Benscoter.
LATSHAW, ELLIOT S.
Born: 3-10-1865
Died: 8-20-1908 Curryville PA obit: [3/9/1862 – 11/20/1949]
1893 admitted on trial, recommended by Loyalsock circuit
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1909, 107
1893-95 Loyalsock
1895-97 LaPorte
1897-98 on leave for health reasons
1898-01 principal, Howard high school
1901-03 Port Matilda
1903 retired
Note: Elliot S. Latshaw is the
father of Blair Sumner Latshaw (1886-1965) of the
LAWSON, FRANKLIN ASBURY.
Born: 2-9-1875
Died: 7-9-1961
1911 admitted on trial
1915 ordained deacon
1918 ordained elder
Interment: Duncannon PA.
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1962, 317
1907-10 Wharton (beginning 10/07)
1910-11
1911-14 Trout Run
1914-17 Half Moon
1917-19
1919-21 Wallaceton
1921-22 New Millport
1922-25 Frankstown
1925-29 Kulpmont
1928-30 Picture Rocks (ending 12/30)
1930-32 North Bend-Hyner (beginning 12/30)
1932-34 Duncannon
1934-37
1937-39
1939-40 Harveyville
1940-43 Elysburg
1943-45 Salona-Lamar
1945 retired
1945-48 Allenwood
LEACH, JOHN W.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1895-96 Blackwell
1896-98 Laporte
Note: John W. Leach lived in Marysville and served as a local pastor. He is sometimes listed as James W. Leach.
LEAK, THOMAS J.
Born: 1-31-1839 married: Rose Todd
Died: 11-8-1907 obit: Pittsburgh Conference 1922,357
Interment:
Obit:
1891 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1891-94
1894 transfer
to
LEATHERMAN, J. ARTLEY
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1940 admitted on trial,
Interment:
1940-43 Poseyville
1943-46 North Webster
1946-48 Middlebury
1948 transfer
to
1948-49 associate, Baltimore
1949-57
1957 transfer
to
1957-63
1963 transfer
to
Note: In 2003 J. Artley Leatherman is listed as a retired member of the Iowa Conference.
LEBKER, GEORGE A.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1896-98 Kedron
Note: George A. Lebker served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.
LECKIE, JOHN W.
Born: 12-12-1835
Died: 11-13-1913
married2: Emilie Phillips
1863 admitted on trial, East
1865 ordained deacon
1867 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1914, 125
1862-63
1863-65 Cassville
1965-67 Rainsburg
1867-68 McConnellstown
1868 charter
member of
1868-69 McConnelstown
1869-72 Martinsburg
1872-75 Penn’s Valley
1878-81 Jeanesville-Audenreid
1881-83 student,
1883-13 medical
doctor, living in
Note: John W. Leckie left the active ministry and became a medical doctor when his voice failed.
LEDGARD, HARRY ALDEN
Born: 11-17-1935
Died: obit:
1958 admitted on trial, Virginia Conference
1959 ordained deacon
1961 ordained elder
Interment:
1959 transfer
to
1959-61 Three Springs
1961-62 student, Wesley
Theological Seminary in
1962-63 research associate, Board of Christian Social Concerns
1963 transfer
to
1963-67 Sykesville Winfield
1967-69
1969-75 Scaggsville Emmanuel
1975-76 sabbatical
1976-82
1982-88 Walkersville
(ending 9/1/88)
1989-94
1994-95 Havre de Grace (ending 12/1/95)
1995-95 disability leave (beginning 12/1/95)
1998 retired
LEE, JOSEPH S.
Born: 12-16-1808
Died: 3-4-1864 Glen Hope
1834 admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1834-35 Lycoming circuit
1835-36 Lewistown circuit
1836-37
1837-38 Beaver Meadow mission
1838-39
1839-41
1841-43
1843-45 Warrior’s Mark
1845-46 Huntingdon
1846-48
1848-50 Northumberland
1850-52 Bloomsburg
1852-53 Muncy
1853-55 Newberry
1855-57
1857 charter
member of
1857-58 Castle Fin
1858-60
1860-61
1861-63 Glen Hope
1863 retired
Note: Joseph S. Lee is the son of onetime Methodist
itinerant Timothy Lee Jr. (1778-1860), reported to have been ordained by
Francis Asbury, buried in the
Born: married: Carolyn _____
Died: obit:
1961 license,
recommended by
1968 admitted on
trial,
1968 ordained
deacon,
1970 ordained elder,
Interment:
1961-62 Trinity
FL,
1962-62
1963-64
1964-67 student,
1964-67 Manor Hill (beginning 9/15/64)
1967-70 student,
1967-70
1970-72 associate,
1972-97 chaplain,
1997-98
1998-99
1999 Northgate
Fellowship CO (3/14/99 – 9/1/99),
1999- Tri-Lakes CO (beginning 9/1/99)
LEEDY, PAUL DELLINGER
Born: 3-4-1908
Died: 8-19-2002 Camp Hill PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1987, 418
1931 admitted on trial
1933 ordained deacon
1935 ordained elder
Interment:
1928-31 student,
1928-29 New
1929-31 Rehoboth
1931-32 Ray’s Hill
1932-37
1937-42 Wrightsville
1942-43
1943-44 Boiling Springs (beginning 9/1/43)
1944-47 at school
1947-52 faculty,
1952-61 faculty,
1961-76 faculty,
1976 retired
Note: Paul D. Leedy is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 771.
LEFFLER, V.
Born: married:
Died: 1966 obit: [d. 1961]
Interment:
1920-21 principal,
1932-34 Tipton
1941-47 Tipton (beginning11/15/41)
Note: V. Blaine Leffler served as
a local
LEHMAN, CHARLES EDWARD
Born: 11-12-1879 Silver Cliff CO married: Olive Pattersom
Died: 6-2-1941 Lewisberry PA obit:
1908 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1942, 203
1908-10 Loyalsock
1910-12 Emporium circuit
1912-14 Hoytville (moved before end of the year?)
1914-18 Wilburton
1918-22 Picture Rocks
1922-26
1926-28
1928- retired
1930-32 Wilburton
LEHMAN, ROWLAND RITCHEY
Born: 3-21-1897
Died: 2-19-1952
1923 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1952, 201
1922-23 Picture Rocks
1923-25 student, Drew
Theological Seminary in
1923-25 Union Chapel,
1925-29 Milesburg-Unionville
1929-36 Northumberland
1936-42
1942-47 superintendent, Harrisburg District
1947-50 executive director, Minister’s Pension Plan
1950-52 assistant to president,
Note: Rowland R. Lehman is listed in the 1945 Prominent Personalities in American Methodism.
LEICHLITER, JAMES
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
1958-62
1962 “transfer”
by boundary change to
1962-64
Note: James Leichliter served as a
local
LEIDY, FRANK WATSON
Born: 8-16-1868 Shirleysburg PA married: Grace E. Burleigh
Died: 5-8-1938 Forty-
1890 admitted on trial, recommended by
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1939, 211
1890-91 Shawville
1891-93 Pleasant Gap
1893-97
1897-00 Wallaceton
1900-03 Houtzdale
1903-04
1904-08 Northumberland
1908-12 Mifflintown
1912-14
1918-22
1922-25 Barnesboro
1825-32
1832-37 Wrightsville
1928-38 New Oxford-Ortanna
Note: Frank W. Leidy is the son of George Leidy.
LEIDY, GEORGE
Born: 8-5-1840 Mercersburg PA married: Anna Brown
Died: 1-8-1919
married2: Katherine Brittain
1861 admitted on trial, East
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1919, 130
1861-62
1862-63 Newberry
1863-64 Philipsburg
1864-65 Nippenose
1865-66
1866-68 Howard
1868 charter
member of
1868-69 Shirleysburg
1869-72 Salladasburg
1872-74
1874-75 Duncannon
1875-77
1877-80 Curwensville
1880-84
1885-89 superintendent, Altoona District
1889-91 Tyrone
1891-93 Huntingdon First
1893-98 Sunbury
1898-00 Lewisburg
1902-07
1907-09
1909-11
1911-14 Saxton
1914 retired
Note: George Leidy is the father of Frank W. Leidy. The second Mrs. Leidy is the granddaughter of Alem Brittain.
LEILICH, JOHN LUTHER
Born: 12-12-1854 Frederick MD married: Jennie Elizabeth Smith
Died: 7-16-1905 Lock Haven PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1884, 86
married2: Mary Lucinda McLaughlin
1879 admitted, Maryland Conference obit2: 1911, 133
of the
(#284 in Lewis’ 1903 list)
Interment: Lock Haven PA
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1906, 116
1878-79 assistant, Caroline
1879-80 Rainsburg
1880-82
1882 withdrew
1882-83 Blain,
1883 transfer
to
1883-84 Blain
1884-85 Robinsonville
1885-86 Thompsontown
1886-89
1889-92 Three Springs
1892-94 Jeanesville
1894-95 Northumberland
1895-97
1897-00 Harrisburg
1900-01 Lewisburg
1901-04 superintendent,
1904-05 Lock Haven
Note: An obituary for John L. Leilich also appears in the 7/27/1905 Christian Advocate, page 1192, and a tribute appears in the 3/1/1906 Christian Advocate.
LENIG, FRANK L.
Born: 11-10-1857
Died: 12-7-1933
married2: Ellen Baum
1881 admitted on trial, recommended by Benezette obit2:
Interment:
Obit:
1881 transfer
to
LePAGE, JOHN E.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1915 admitted on trial
Interment:
1915-16 Shawville
1916-18 Glen Hope
1918-19 Harveyville
1919-20
1920-21 on leave
1921 located
LEPLEY, WILIAM ALBERT
Born: 1-1-1858 near
Died: 2-15-1934
married2:
1888 admitted on trial, recommended by Buckhorn obit2: 1959, 259
1889 ordained deacon, recommended by Buckhorn
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1934, 213
1887-89 Buckhorn (beginning 10/87)
1889-90 Muhlenburg
1890-93 Elysburg
1893-96
1896-97 Duboistown
1897-99 Orbisonia
1899-02 Schellsburg
1902-04 Slate Run
1906-10 Coalport-Irvona
1910-15
1915-19 Milesburg-Unionville
1919-21 Flemington
1921-24 Hughesville
1924-29 Beaver Meadow
1929-31 Duncannon
1931-33 Kulpmont
1933 retired
Note: William A. Lepley is the grandfather
of
LEVERGOOD, CHARLES
Born: 12-13-1895
Died: 4-7-1972 Charlotte NC obit: Eastern Pennsylvania Conf 1979, 424
? license,
Interment:
Obit:
1925-26 Evansburg
1926-28
1928-29 Tullytown & Emilie
1929-30 Tullytown & Emilie & Falsington
1930
1930 “transfer”
to
1930-33 student,
1930-33 Trout Run (beginning 8/30)
1933-36 Clearville
1936-39 Bakerton
1939-42
1942-44 Claysburg
1944 “transfer”
to
1944-46 Goodwill circuit
1946-47 superintendent, Methodist Orphanage
1947-61
1961-67
1967 retired
1967-68
1968-72 associate,
Note: C. Clyde Levergood served as
a local
LEWIS, EDWARD LESTER
Born: 6-20-1900
Died: 11-25-1982 obit:
1927 admitted on trial, recommended by Ennisville
1929 ordained deacon
Interment:
Obit:
1924-25 Salona-Lamar
1925-26
1926-28 Ennisville
1928-31
1931-34 Robertsdale
1934-36 Houtzdale
1936-40 Mechanicsburg
1940-42
1942-47
1948 transfer
to
Note: As of 10-2-2000, contact information for the son of Edward L. Lewis is:
John H. Lewis,
(717)464-8909 jlewis@willowgables.com. As of that date Mrs. Lewis was 98 and living in CA.
LEWIS, JAMES
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
1939-42 Newville
Note: James Lewis served as a local
LEWIS,
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
1961-62
1962 “transfer”
by boundary change to
1962-64
1964-69
Note: Royce O. Lewis served as a local
LIBBY, ASA C.
Born: [
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1922-24 student,
1922-23 Elimsport & Maple Hill
1923-24 Wallis Run
Note: Asa C. Libby served as a local pastor.
LIGHT,
Born: 2-22-1934 Jonestown PA married: Dorothy Mary Weatherby
Died: obit:
1961 license,
Interment:
1959-63 student,
1963-64 student, Eastern Baptist Seminary in St, Davids PA
1964-65 student, Garrett Theological Seminary in
transfer to
1967 transfer
to
1967-69 McVeytown
1969 transfer
to
Note: In 2003 Warren D. Light Jr. was a retired member of the Greater New Jersey Conference.
LIGHTNER, R.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
1893-94 Hustontown (2nd half of the year: 1894, 63)
LILLY, PAUL FRANKLIN
Born: 1-23-1919
Died: 3-30-1996 obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1939-41
1941-43
1943 “withdrew”
Note: Paul F. Lilly has a file with the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry, but he never matriculated in the Central Pennsylvania Conference.
LINGENFELTER, IRA LEE
Born: 3-20-1932 Reynoldsville PA married: Edna R. Roush
Died: 2-25-2010 ubois PA obit:
1963 license,
1964 admitted on trial
1964 ordained deacon
1966 ordained elder
Interment: Reynoldsville Cemetery, Reynoldsville PA
1962-66 student, Wesley Theological Seminary in
1962-64 Roxbury,
1964
transfer to
1964-65 Roxbury
1965-66 Doylesburg
1966-73 New Freedom
1973-78 New
1978-81 Enola First-Grace
1981-84 Selinsgrove Christ
1984-88 Millersburg Hebron
1988-91
1991-94 Fairmount
1994 retired
LINGENFELTER, W.H.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1885 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit:
1889-91 Morrisdale
Note: W.H. Lingenfelter served as a local pastor.
LINN, HUGH
Born: 11-18-1832
Died: 5-26-1894
1857 admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1857 charter
member of
1857-58 Allegheny
1858-59 Cassville
1859-60 New
1860-61
1861-62 McConnellsburg
1862-63 Bellefonte circuit
1863-66 Glen Hope
1866-69 Hampstead
1869 transfer
to
1869-72 McConnellsburg
1872-75 Duncansville
1875-77 Grahamton
1877-79 Pine Grove
1879-80 located
1880-88 on leave
1888 transfer
to
Note: Obituaries for Hugh Linn also appear in the Pennsylvania Methodist for 6/7/1894, 6/14/1894 (page 4), and 6/28/1894 (page 2). Mrs. Linn later married widower William Henry Stevens.
LINK [
Born: married:
Died: obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1994, 482
1956 license,
recommended by
1957 admitted on trial
1959 ordained deacon
1975 ordained elder
Interment:
1957-60 at school
1960 discontinued
1974 re-instated
1974-79 associate,
1979-88
1988-95 superintendent,
1995-02 Hummelstown Trinity
2002 retired
2004-05
Note: Joanne Montgomery Link is the daughter of Frank W. Montgomery. Kendall Link is a pastor in the United Church of Christ.
LIPPINCOTT, HAINES HALLOCH
Born: 7-21-1891 Franklin NJ married: (
Died: 12-23-1968
1917 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
Obit:
?-? student, Pennington Seminary in
?-?
1913-15 student,
1913-14 Orrtanna
1914-15 Newville (ending fall 1915)
1915-17 student,
1915-17
1917 “transfer”
to
1917-26 chaplain, US Navy (12/6/1917 – 8/14/1926)
1918 transfer to
1927-30
1930 retired
Note: Haines H. Lippincott is a brother to Samuel T. Lippincott.
LIPPINCOTT, SAMUEL THOMAS
Born: 4-18-1890
Died: 7-15-1952 obit:
New England
1917 ordained deacon, New England
1920 admitted on trial, New England
1921 ordained elder, New England
Interment:
Obit:
1915-16 student,
1916
Boiling Springs,
1916-19 student,
1918-19
1920 “transfer” to New England Southern Conference
1920-23
1923-28
1928-31
1931-35
1935-40
1940-46
1946-52
Note: Samuel T. Lippincott is a
brother to Haines H. Lippincott. He
listed in the 1952 Who’s Who in Methodism.
LITTLE, CHARLES JOSEPH
Born: 9-9-1840
Died: 3-11-1911 obit: Rock River Conference 1905, 114
1862 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1862-67
1867-70 faculty,
1870-71 study
abroad,
1871-72 Chambersburg
First [
1872-74
1874-85 faculty,
1876-77
1885-90 faculty,
1890 transfer to Northern New York Conference
1890-91 faculty,
1891-95 faculty, Garrett Theological Seminary
1895-98 president, Garrett Theological Seminary
1898 transfer to Rock River Conference
1898-11 president, Garrett Theological Seminary
LITTLE, JOHN H.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1869 quarterly
conference license,
? ordained deacon
1883 ordained elder,
recommended by
Interment:
Obit:
1872-73
Note: John H. Little served as a local pastor.
Born: 10-21-1874
Died: 5-5-1964 Huntingdon PA obit: [1873 – 1913]
married2: Grace Garrett
obit2: [7/21/1894 – ?]
1892 admitted
on trial,
1916 admitted on trial,
1921 admitted on trail again, page 42
(notation made that he was admitted under a misapprehension four years ago)
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1965, 354
1892-93 Ravenden Springs
1893-94
1894-96 Argenta-Beebe
1896-97 Beebe-Judsonia
1897-98 Springdale-Fayetteville
1898-99 Eureka Springs
1899-00 superintendent, Little Rock District
1900-01 Cotton
Plant- Howell,
1901 withdrew
from
1902 character
not passed in
1902 transfer
to
1902-04 Cherryvale
1904-06
1906-11
1911-13 Edna
1914 withdrew
1915-16 Manor Hill,
1916 admitted
to
1916-17 Manor Hill
1917-23 Martinsburg
1923-26 Coalport-Irvona
1926-30
1930-31 Robertsdale-Woodvale
1931-32 Claysburg
1932-36 Mill Hall
1936-45 Mapleton-Mill Creek
1945-47 Orbisonia
1947 retired
Note: Charles B. Littleton is the father of William H. Littleton.
Born: 6-20-1923 Coalport PA married: Kathryn Shearer
Died: 2-22-1996 obit:
1964 admitted on trial
Interment:
1963-66
1966-68
1968-71 Duncannon-Roseglen
Note: William H. Littleton is the son of Charles B. Littleton. He ceased being a member of conference in 1968 and served Duncannon as a local pastor, after which he continued as an active lay member of Duncannon Asbury.
LLOYD, J.M.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1918-19 Bressler
Note: J.M. Lloyd served as a local pastor. Curiously his address is given as Sunbury,
while his appointment was south of
LLOYD, JOHN ZACHARIAS
Born: 1818
Died: 12-6-1903
married2:
Sarah E. Eastlack
1840 admitted on trial, British Wesleyan Society obit2:
1846 admitted in trial,
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1904, 114
1846-47
1847-48 Luzerne
1848-49 Greencastle
1849-50
1850-52
1852-53 Stonerstown
1853-55 McConnellsburg
1855-56
1856-57 Westernport
1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference
1857-58 Westernport
1858-60
1860-62 Catawissa
1962-63 Beaver Meadow
1863-65 Smithsburg
1865-66 on leave
1866-68 Castle Fin
1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference
1868-69 Castle Fin
1869-71 Shippensburg circuit
1871-73
1873-75 Half Moon
1875-76 Beech Creek
1876-77 Iola
1877-79 Mifflinville
1879-81 Trevorton
1881-84 Catawissa Circuit
1884-85 Washingtonville
1885-86 Burnt Cabins
1886 retired
Note: Obituaries for John Z. Lloyd also appear in the 12/17/1903 Pennsylvania Methodist, page 1, and the 1/14/1904 Christian Advocate, page 79. A brief biography is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 412. John Z. Lloyd had no children.
LLOYD, JOSHUA K.
Born: 2-22-1857 Huntingdon PA married: Annie C. _____
Died: 9-21-1914 Montoursville PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1896, 104
married2: Orpah Rebecca Demaree
1881 admitted on trial, recommended by
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1915, 117
1881-83 Saxton
1883-86
1886-88
1888-92 Saxton
1892-96
1896-01 Martinsburg
1906-11
1914-14 Montoursville
LOGAN, ABNER CLINTON
Born:
Died: 4-30-1929
1901 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1930, 184
1901-03 Buckhorn
1903-04 Beach Haven
1904-06 Trout Run
1906-08
1908-10 Roaring Creek
1910-11 Millville-Jerseytown
1911-13 York Springs
1913-15 Bloomingdale
1915-16 Snydertown
1916-20 Penfield
1923-24
1924-26 Cherry Tree
1926-27 Ramey
1927-28 New Millport
1928-29 Karthaus
Note: An obituary for Abner C. Logan also appears in the 5/23/1929 Christian Advocate, page 662.
Born: 2-5-1836 Near Port Royal PA married: Rebecca Ellen Anderson
Died: 12-12-1901 Shawville PA obit: [d. 7/21/1882]
married2: Almira Grubb
1872 quarterly conference license, obit2:
1886 ordained deacon, recommended by Herndon circuit
1900 ordained elder
Interment: Millersburg PA
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1902, 135
1883-86 Herndon
1886-88 Thompsontown
1888-93 Allegheny
1893-96 Utahville
1896-97 Karthaus (did not finish the year)
1897-02 Shawville (started during the 1896-97 conference year)
Note: Lemuel L. Logan served as a
local
LOGSDON, F.
Born: 3-20-1906 [Frostburg MD?] married:
Died: 8-13-1987
Interment:
Obit:
1927-28 student,
1927-28 Picture Rocks circuit
1928-20
1936-
1942-50
1950-52
1952-57
Note: S. Franklin Logsdon is popular Bible conference speaker, the author of numerous books, and a central figure in the NASV-KJV Bible controversy.
LONG, DANIEL LEROY
Born: 9-4-1938
Died: 1-20-1998 obit:
1964 license, recommended by
1968 ordained deacon
1973 admitted as associate member
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1998, 442
1964-68
1968-69 Harrisonville (beginning 1/15/68)
1969-72
1972-74
1974-80 Rebersburg
1980-84 Salladasburg
1984-85 Selinsgrove Christ (ending 11/1/85)
1985-94 Beach Haven (beginning 11/1/85 and ending 3/1/94)
1994 disability leave (beginning 3/1/94)
LONG, DAVID LAPORTE
Born: 5-26-1914 Tyrone PA married: Veda Irene Briggs
Died: 5-15-1995 New Cumberland PA obit:
1936 license, recommended by Tyrone First
1938 admitted on trial
1938 ordained deacon
1941 ordained elder
Interment:
1938-39 student,
1939-40 Ramey-Blandburg
1940-43
1943-47
1950-53 Shippensburg
1953-57 Woolrich
1957-61
1961-67 Hollidaysburg First
1967-71 Mechanicsburg Wesley
1971-79
1979 retired
Note: David L. Long is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 794.
LONG, H.B.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1881-82 Wharton
Note: H.B. Long served as a local
LONG, JOHN WILLIAM
Born: 11-3-1882
Died: 5-5-1956
1907 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1956, 229
1902-04 student,
1902-04
1904-06 student,
1904-06 Mechanicsburg
1906-10 Littlestown
1910-15 Dillsburg-Wellsville
1915-17
1917-22
1922-48 president,
1948-55 president,
1955 retired
LONG, JOSIAH P.
Born: 3-3-1832 near
Died: 5-29-1880
1863 license,
Reading St. Peter’s in the
1867 admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1881, 70
1867-68 Laporte
1868 charter
member of
1868-69 Middleburg [
1869-71 Shirleysburg
1871-72 Marklesburg
1872-73 McConnellstown
1873-75 Milroy
1875-78 McConnelsburg
1878-79 Castle Fin
1879-80
Note: An obituary for Josiah P. Long also appears in the 8/4/1880 Conference News, page 4.
LONG, MERREL DAVID
Born: 5-14-1902 Neelyton PA married: Helen Ella Hopkins
Died: 1-7-1963 Selinsgove PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1988, 417
1928 admitted on trial
1930 ordained deacon
1932 ordained elder
Inter.
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1963, 331
1927-28 Wells Tannery (beginning 10/1/1927; see 1928, 634)
1928-29 Ennisville
1929-30 Frankstown-Canoe Creek
1930-31 Cassville
1931-34
1934-35 Glen Hope
1935-38 Bloomingdale
1938-39
1939-43
1943-46 Airville
1946-49
1949-52
1952-55 Burnham
1955-57 Stewartstown
1957-59
1959-61 Lewistown Grove Memorial
1961-63 Bendersville
Note: Merrel D. Long is the father of Merrell D. Long Jr. Mrs. Long is a brother to Henry F. Hopkins, Martin W. Hopkins and Thomas J. Hopkins.
LONG, MERREL DAVID, JR.
Born: 3-7-1824 married:
Died: 3-14-2004 obit:
1950 admitted on trial
Interment:
1947-48
1948-52
1952-55 Watsontown
1955 permitted to withdraw under Par. 953 of 1952 Discipline
Note: Merrel D. Long Jr is the son of Merrel D.
Long. In 1963 M. David Long was living
in
LONG,
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
1939-41
1941-42 Morris (ending 10/1/42)
1942 “withdrew”
Note: Roy E. Long served as a local
LOREMAN, GRANT EDWARD
Born: 5-14-1920 near Riverside PA married:
Died: 6-27-2009 obit: [d.9/8/2011]
1968 license, recommended by
1971 ordained deacon
Interment: Elan Memorial Park, Bloomsburg PA
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 2010, 169
1967-68
1968-73 Centre Grove
1973-78
1981-83 Mifflinville
1983-85 no appointment
1985 retired
Note: Grant E. Loreman served as a local pastor. He was a painter and contractor before entering the ministry.
LOUZECKY, VACLAV JAMES
Born: 9-11-1868 married:
Died: 7-17-1950 obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1904-05
1905 transfer
to
1905-12
1912 transfer
to
LOVE, DAVID GOODLOE
Born: married: Mary _____
Died: obit:
1960 license,
1964 admitted on trial
1964 ordained deacon
1966 ordained elder
Interment:
1962-63 associate,
1963-65 student,
Garrett Theological Seminary in
1964-65 associate,
1965 transfer
to
1965-66 associate, Chicago Christian Fellowship Methodist
1966-69
1969 transfer
to
1969-70 Hartsville-Twitty
1970 transfer
to
1973-79 chaplain, Quincy Home (beginning 11/15/73)
1979-89 disability
leave
1995-00 disability leave
2000-01
2001 retired
Born: 11-29-1853 Lamar PA married: (single)
Died: 9-20-1879 Lamar PA obit:
1876 admitted on trial
1878 ordained deacon
Inter.
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1880, 70
1876-77
1877-78 Bloomingdale
1878 on leave for health
Note: An obituary for Reuben Loveland also appears in the
10/9/1879
LOWER, SAMUEL
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
1894-95
Note: Samuel Lower served as a local
LUMPKIN, OTIS ALLEN JR.
Born: 7-8-1940
Died: obit:
1959 license,
Wilmington
1963 admitted on trial
1963 ordained deacon
1965 ordained elder
Interment:
1961-67 Harrisonville (beginning 9/16/61)
1967-72 Mifflinburg (beginning 12/15/67)
1972-75 at school
1975-02
2002 retired
LUNDY, HARVEY S.
Born: 11-23-1846
Died: 9-20-19431
1874 admitted on trial, recommended by
Interment:
Obit:
1871-72 Salladasburg
1874-75 Pine Creek
1875-76 Muncy Creek
1876-79
1879-81 Snow Shoe
1881-83 Littlestown (ending 10/17/82)
1883 transfer
to
1884
…
1900-01 Mill Hall
Note: Harvey S. Lundy is likely related [uncle?] to Rev.
Robert Leroy Lundy (1898-1987) of the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the
LUNT, ANDERS ROBERT
Born: 3-20-1945
Died: obit:
1967 admitted on trial
1967 ordained deacon
1969 ordained elder
Interment:
1962-66 student,
1966-69 student, Drew
Theological Seminary in
1969-70
1970 transfer
to
1970-72 associate, Lansdowne
1972 transfer
to
1972-79 associate council director
1979-91
1991-97 Glen Gary Greater Parish
1997-04 Glen Mar
LURING, ALBERT SMITH
Born: 3-7-1868
Died: 5-13-1954 Tyrone PA obit: Des Moines Conference 1895, 323
married2: Mary Emma Robbins
1893 admitted on trial, Des Moines Conference obit2: 1950, 206
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1955, 232
1907 transfer
to
1907-09 Buckhorn
1909-11
1911-14
1914-15 Riddlesburg
1915-16 McConnellsburg
1916-21 Snydertown
1923-25 Martinsburg
1928-31 Dillsburg-Wellsville
1931-33
1933-35 Beach Haven
1935-38 Catawissa circuit
1938 retired
Born: married: Eunice _____
Died: obit:
1966 license
1967 ordained deacon
1970 admitted as associate member
Interment:
1950 approved
1950-51 Sunderlinville PA
1951-53
1953-57
1957-63
1963-64
1964 local
1964-72 Gaines-Galeton
1972-89
1989-96 disability leave
1996 retired
LYKENS,
Born: 8-5-1916 Warriors Mark PA married: Lettitia McComb
Died: 3-20-1990
1937 license, recommended by Dungarvin
1944 admitted on trial
1944 ordained deacon
1946 ordained elder
Interment:
1937-41 Sinnemahoning & Driftwood
1941-45
1945-47 Lock Haven
1947-49 Catawissa
1949-53 Montoursville
1953-56 assistant to the president,
1956-57 Avis
1957-59
1959-60
1960-65
1965-70 executive secretary, Board of Evangelism
1970-72 administrator, United Methodist Retirement Homes
1972-74 regional representative, Asbury Seminary (ending 12/31/74)
1975 church relations director, United Methodist Home for Children (1/1-6/30)
1975-80
1980 retired
1980-86 general secretary, United Christian Ashrams
Note:
LYSTAD, ROBERT ARTHUR
Born: 8-10-1920 married: Anita Firing
Died: 6-11-2004
1943 admitted on trial
Interment:
Norwegian-Danish Conference
1942-43 assistant, Harrisburg Grace:
1943 transfer
to
1943-44 at school
1944 transfer
to
1951-61 professor
of anthropology,
1961-80 professor
of African studies,
1980-91 associate
dean for academic affairs,
1991 retired
Note: Robert A. Lystad maintained
his membership in the Ohio Conference until he withdrew in 1973. He is the author of several scholarly papers
and books.