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Born: 1-11-1803
Died: 10-7-1874 obit:
Obit:
1823-24 Huntingdon
1824-25 Northumberland
1825-26 Lycoming
1826-28
1828-30
1830-32
1832-34 Loudon
1834-35
1835-37
1837-39 Bladensburg
1839-41 Calvert
1841-43
1843-45 Leesburg
1845-47 Bladensburg
1847-49
1849-51
1851-53
1853-55
1855-57
1857 charter
member of the
1857-59
1859-60 Mechanicsburg station
1860-62
1862-64
1864-66
1866-67
1867-68
Note: A biographical sketch of Francis Macartney is given in Armstrong’s History of the Old Baltimore Conference, page 413.
MacDANIEL, FRANK M.
Born: 8-18-1871 Frostburg MD married: Louise N. Hocker
Died: 12-31-1932 obit: Newark Conference 1931, 394
? admitted on trial, Newark Conference
? ordained, Newark Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1890-94 student,
1893-94 assistant, Hanover & New Oxford
1894-97 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ
1896-97
1897-99
1899- Orange First
Note: This surname is rendered McDaniel in the conference journal.
MACKIE, ALEXANDER B.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1914-15 student, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary
1914-15 Loyalsock
1915-16
Note: Alexander B. Mackie is a brother to Archibald E. Mackie.
MACKIE, ARCHIBALD EUGENE
Born: 3-17-1887
Died: 2-14-1929
1916 admitted on trial
Interment: State College PA
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1929, 196
1912-15 student, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary
1912-13 Loyalsock
1914-15 Avis
1916-17 student,
1917-20
1923-29
Note: Archibald E. Mackie is a brother to Alexander B. Mackie. Mrs. Mackie is the daughter of Alexander Lamberson.
MACKIE, J.R.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
1958-62 Lewisberry
1962-63 Orbisonia
Note: J.R. Mackie served as a local pastor.
MacLACHLAN, WILLIAM ARMOUR
Born:
10-18-1901
Died:
8-5-1978 obit:
[Eastern Pennsylvania Conference 1976, 546]
1927,
admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1924-25 student,
1924-25 Greencastle (ending fall 1925)
1925-28 student, Drew Theological
Seminary in Madison NJ
1926-28
1928-30
1930-34 Bryn Mawr Radnor
1938-40
Birdsboro Focht
Memorial
1940-47 Philadelphia Grace
1947-53 Mt. Airy
1953-61
1961-67
1967 retired
1967-71
Note: William A. Maclachlan is the father of Rev. William R. Maclachlan of the United Church of Christ. His sister Myrtle MacLachlan Poley is the wife of Paul W. Poley of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference.
MACLAY, JAMES WARREN
Born: 9-28-1896 near Shippensburg PA married: Anna Drucilla Myers
Died: 4-25-1956 obit:
1934 admitted on trial
Interment: Hyndman PA
1932-47 assistant, Altoona Wesley-Asbury-Lakemont
Note: In 1936 James W. Maclay was discontinued as a ministerial member of conference and reverted to local pastor status.
MACLAY, ROBERT SAMUEL
Born: 2-7-1824 married: Henrietta Caroline Sperry
Died: 8-18-1907 obit:
married2:
obit2: Southern California Conference 1904, 73
Obit: Pacific Japanese
1846-48
1848 missionary to
Note: Five Macaly brothers from
the
MADER, RICHARD COOVER
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1950 admitted on trial
Interment:
1945-48 Vira (ending 1/1/48)
1948-50 Dillsburg & Wellsville (beginning 1/1/48)
1950-51
1951 transfer
to
1982 retired
Note: In 2003 Richard C. Mader was a retired member of the Illinois Great Rivers Conference.
MAGONIGAL, H.J.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
1944-47 Clearville (beginning 12/1/44)
Note: H.J. Magonigal served as a local pastor.
MALLALIEU, RICHARD
Born: 3-22-1838 near
Died: 2-14-1920
1865 admitted on trial,
Interment: Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport PA
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1920, 136
1865-66
1866-67 Saxton
1867-68 McVeytown
1868 charter
member of
1868-70 Duncansville
1870-72 Glen Hope
1872-74
1874-76 Wrightsville
1876-77 Newville-Rehoboth
1877-79 York Springs
1879-82 Saxton
1882-84
1884-86
1886 on
leave
1890-92 White Haven
1892-93 on leave
1893-97
1897-99
1899-00 Costello
1900-02 Duboistown
1904-05 Slate Run
1905-07 Hoytville
1907 retired
Note: Mrs. Mallalieu is a half-sister to Thompson Mitchell, her mother having married Thompson’s father.
MALLALIEU, WILBUR VINCENT
Born: 5-10-1876
Died: 11-16-1943
1902 admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1944, 223
1902-03 at school
1903-10 Roland Park
1910-11 Havre de Grace
1911-14
1914 transfer
to
1914-19
1919-20 American Red Cross
1920-22
1922 transfer
to
1922-28
1928 transfer
to
1928-34
1934 transfer
to
1934-43
MANHERZ, CHARLES EDGAR
Born: 4-2-1905
Died: 2-3-1994 obit: California-Nevada Conference 1986, 302
1931 admitted on trial
1932 ordained deacon
1934 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit:
1931-34 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ
1932-33
1934-46 Schellsburg
1936-38 Woodland-Bradford
1938-42 Selinsgrove
1945-47 Shippensburg
1947-48 Montoursville
1948 transfer
to
1948-50 Freedom CA
1950-56
1956-58
1958-63
1963-66
Note: C. Edgar Manherz is listed
in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 822. He is the father of Charles Edgar Manherz Jr. of the
MANN, JOHN BARRET
Born: 5-6-1833
Died: 2-3-1921
1858 admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1921, 142
1858 transfer
to
1858-59
1859-60 Castle Fin
1860-61 New
1861-62 Woodbury
1862-64 Nippenose
1864-66
1866-68 Milesburg
1869 transfer
to
1869-80 [
1880 transfer
to
1880-82 Montoursville
1885-87 Mifflin
1987-90 Newberry
1890-92
1892-95 Catawissa
1895-98 Duncannon
1898-01
1901-03 Gordon
1903-05 Stewartstown
1905-10 Dillsburg-Wellsville
1910-11 Littlestown
1911 retired
Note: Obituaries also appear in the Christian Advocate for John B. Mann (1921, page 223) and for Mrs. Mann (1910, page 1615).
MANN, P.B.
Born: married:
Died: 2-8- 1867obit:
Interment:
Obit: [East Baltimore Conference 1867,18]
1866-67 Shippensburg circuit
Note: P.B. Mann was a local preacher from the Philadelphia Conference. His is otherwise unknown.
MARDEN, NORMAN LEWIS
Born: 12-9-1925
Died: 7-16-2008 Altoona PA obit:
married2: Alda M. _____ [5/12/1979]
1950 license,
recommended by
1950 ordained deacon
1951 admitted on trial
1952 ordained deacon
1953 ordained elder
Interment: Mount Rose Cemetery, York PA
1949-52 student, Westminster Theological Seminary in
1949-52 Schellsburg
1952-54
1954-57
1957-61 Bendersville
1965-70
1970-75 Tyrone First
1975-78
1978-80 Mercersburg (beginning 11/1/78)
1980-87 Blossburg
1987-91 Philipsburg Trinity
1991 retired
1991-92
1992-94 Wallaceton
1994-95 Philipsburg Grace
1996-99 Forest Emmanuel (beginning 9/1/96)
2001-03 Forest Emmanuel (beginning 11/1/01)
Note:
MARLATT, ARCHIBALD GIFFORD
Born: 1829
Died: 1-2-1865 Mechanicsburg PA obit:
1851 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference
1853 ordained deacon, Baltimore Confrence
1858 ordained elder, East Baltimore Conference
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1865,44
1851-52
1852-53 Lock Haven
1853-54 on leave
1854 located
1854-56 faculty, Male Literary Institute in
1856-58 principal,
1858 readmitted
1858-65 principal,
1865 died
MARSDEN, PAUL DONALD
Born: 11-26-1923
Died: obit:
1961 license, recommended by Roaring Springs Trinity
1963 admitted on trial
1963 ordained deacon
1966 ordained elder
Interment:
1961-66
1973-85
1985-92 Marysville Bethany
1992 retired
MARSH, JOHN HENRY
Born: 11-17-1838
Died: 11-13-1921 Fallston MD obit:
1859 quarterly
conference license,
1864 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1859-64 schoolteacher
and irregular supply,
1864-65 Mercersburg
1865-66 Westernport
1866-67
1867-68
1868 transfer by boundary change to Baltimore Conference
1868-71 Long Green
1871-74
1874-75 Harper’s Ferry
1875-76
1876-79 Frostburg
1879-81
1881-84
1884-87
1887-89 New
1889-90
1890-92
1892-95 Long Green
1895-98
1898-02
1902-04 Harper’s Ferry
1904 retired
Note: John Henry Marsh is the uncle of John Tolley Marsh (1864-1935) of the
Born: 4-19-1851
Died: 3-22-1929
1874 admitted on trial, recommended by
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1930, 182
1873-74 Shirleysburg
1874-76
1876-77 York Springs
1877-79
1879-80
1880-01 unassigned for health reasons
1901 retired
Note: After leaving the active ministry,
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1915-16 Cross Fork
1920-23
Note: E.J. Marshall served as a local preacher. He is otherwise unknown.
MARSHALL, RAYMOND ELLSWORTH
Born: 5-13-1888
Died: 11-27-1939 obit:
1916 admitted on trial, Newark Conference
1916 ordained deacon, Newark Conference
Interment:
Obit: Southern California-Arizona Conference 1940, 215
1913-14 student,
1913-15 Greencastle,
1914-17 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ
1915-17
1917-19 Panama
Canal Zone
1919-20
1920 transfer
to Philippine Islands Conference
1923-24 evangelist, Manila District
1924 transfer to Central America Mission Conference
1924-25
MARSHALL, ROMEY PITT
Born: 11-22-1901
Died: 2-26-1985
1932 admitted on trial,
1932 ordained
deacon,
1937 ordained elder,
Interment:
1931-35
1935-36
1936-41 editor, Florida Christian Advocate
1941-43 associate editor, Chicago Christian Advocate
1943-48 Brooksville
1948-49
1949 transfer
to
1954-55 Lock Haven Trinity
1955 transfer
to
1955-60 editor, North
1960 transfer
to
1960-67 Summerdale
1967 retired
1967-68 associate, Harrisburg Epworth
Note: Romey P. Marshall was
originally surnamed Keele, and he was adopted by relatives named
MARTIN, AARON J.
Born: 12-7-1883 McConnellsburg PA married: Mary E. Brewer
Died: 4-4-1928 Yeagertown PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1980, 351
1921 admitted on trial, recommended by
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1929, 193
1919-20 Orrtanna
1920-23 York Springs
1923-24
1924-27 New
1927-28 McVeytown
1928 Yeagertown and
MARTIN, GEORGE
Born: married:
Died: obit:
probationer in the
1909 admitted on
trial,
1913 ordained,
Interment:
1909-12 student, Schuylkill Seminary in
1912-13 Milroy
1913-14
1914 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference of ME Church, page 156
1914-15 Buckhorn (started during the previous conference year)
1915-19 Elysburg
1919-21 Orbisonia
1921-23
1923-24 no appointment
1924 withdrew
Note: George Martin later entered the ministry of the Presbyterian Church.
MARTIN, ROBERT D.
Born: 1-24-1872 Hollidaysburg PA married:
Died: 11-8-1948 Duncansville PA obit:
1909 license,
Interment:
Obit: [1949, 71]
1909-14 Church
Hill [
1921 “transfer”
to
1921-27 Hollidaysburg
[Loop]
1927-29
1929-31
1931-33 Blandburg
1933-38
1938-40 Allegheny circuit
1940 retired
Note: Robert D. Martin served as a local
MASON, CHARLES NATHAN, JR.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1954 admitted on trial
Interment:
1954-56 at school
1956 transfer
to
MATHEWS, JAMES D.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1911-13 Rays Hill
Note: James D. Mathews served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.
MATLOCK, JOSEPH ELDON
Born: 3-5-1908 near New Millport PA married: Mabel Gladys Creighton
Died: 9-23-1985 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1952, 208
married2: Mrs. Marjorie Rhodehamel
1936 admitted on trial obit2:
1936 ordained deacon
1938 ordained elder
Interment:
1933-36 Allenport
1936-38 Mardorf & Tipton
1938-40 Ray’s Hill
1940-42 Schellsburg
1942-46 Robertsdale
1946-48
1948-52 Flemington
1951-53 Berwick
1953-58 Mill Hall
1958-62
1962-66 Dillsburg (ending 11/30/65)
1966 retired
Note: The second Mrs. Matlock was the former Miss Marjorie Musselman.
MATTERN, JOHN ASBURY
Born: 7-4-1853 Fleming PA married:
Died: 7-24-1918 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1939, 224
1878 admitted on trial, Kansas Conference
1881 ordained
deacon,
1884 ordained elder
Interment: Gray’s Cemetery,
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1919, 141
1878-80 Medicine Lodge
1880-82 Nickerson
1882-83 Fontena (did not finish the year)
1883 transfer
to
1883-84 Pleasant Gap (started during the previous conference year)
1884-86 New
1886-88 Wallaceton
1888-90 Ennisville
1890-92
1892-94
1894-98
1898-99 Jeanesville-Auden.
1899-01 Airville
1901-03 Stewartstown
1903-04 Hazelton Diamond
1904-07
1907-08 Mifflinburg
1908-10 Mechanicsburg
1910-14 Martinsburg
1914-16 McVeyton
1916 retired
Born: 2-6-1830 Chambersburg PA married:
Died: 3-28-1866 Chambersburg PA obit:
1861 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1867, 45
1861-62
1862-63
1863-64 McVeytown
1864-65
1865-66
1866-67 on leave
MAY, JUDITH G.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
1966-70
1970 “transfer”
by boundaries to
Note: Judith G. May served as a local
McABOY, JAMES FRANKLIN
Born: 5-11-1878
Died: obit: [b. 10/1879]
1908 license, Erie Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1908-09 Centerville-Riceville-Britton Run
1909-10 Clarington
1910-11
1911-12 Phillipsville circuit
1912-13 Spring Creek
“transfer” to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1922-23 Montandon
1923-24 Catawissa circuit
Note: James F. McAboy served as a local pastor in both the Erie Conference and the Central Pennsylvania Conference.
McALARNEY, JOHN W.
Born: 3-17-1846 Martha Furnace PA married:
Died: 1-4-42 obit:
[d. 3/16/1920]
1908 license
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania
Conference 1942, 204
1908-09
1909-10
1910-12
1912-13 Oriole & Antes Fort (moved to Mifflinville during 1913-14 year)
1913-15 Mifflinville
1915-16 Montandon (did not finish the year)
1916-20 apparently no appointment
1920-22 Elimsport & Maple Hill
1922-23 apparently no appointment
1923-24 Pine Grove Mills
1924 retired
1924-25 Lakemont
Note: John W. McAlarney is also reported
to have served
McALARNEY, TERRENCE E.
Born: married:
Died: 7-31-1943 obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1926-27 assistant,
Note: Terrence E. McAlarney served as a local pastor.
McCAHAN, GEORGE RUSSELL
Born: 12-29-1902
Died: 1-26-1995
married2: Gerda Prevost
1923 license,
recommended by
1927 admitted on trial, recommended by Liverpool & New Buffalo
1929 ordained deacon
1931 ordained elder
Interment:
1924-25
1926-28 Liverpool & New
1928-32
1932-33 Morrisdale-Munson
1933-37 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ
1933-37
1937-42 Orbisonia
1942-43 Nescopeck
1943-46 chaplain,
1946-47 at school
1947-50 chaplain,
1950-63 chaplain
1963-65 at school
1965-68 faculty,
1968 retired
1968-70 faculty,
Note: George R. McCahan is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 849.
McCASLIN, HAROLD
Born: 4-4-1947 Ralston PA married: Patti Rae Walker
Died: 3-29-2005 Sunbury PA obit:
1966 license, recommended by Ralston
1972 ordained deacon
1974 admitted on trial
1976 ordained elder
Interment: Airville PA
1966-67 Three Springs (beginning 9/1/66 and ending 9/18/67)
1967-70 Oriole (beginning 9/18/67)
1970-74 Allenport
1974-78
1978-86 Runville
1986-90 Airville
1990-97 Millersburg Hebron
1997-02
Note: H. Franklin McCaslin is the preferred name.
McCLEAF, MARLIN RICHARD SR
Born: 2-25-1911 Chambersburg PA married: Oma Mae
[Peg] Poff
Died: 3-21-1986 obit:
1938 license, recommended by
1945 admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference
1946 ordained deacon, Philadelphia Conference
1948 ordained elder, Philadelphia Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1938-42 West Fairview-Summerdale (beginning 1/1/38)
1942-45 Lewisberry-Lisburn
1945 “transfer” to Philadelphia Conference
1949-52 Millersburg
1952-56 Steelton First & Steelton Mt.
1956-61 Sharon Hill
1961-66 Royersford
1966-69
1971-76 Ironville & Newtown
1976 retired
McCLELLAND, THOMAS
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
1958-61 Ralston (ending during the 1961-62 conference year)
1961-62
1962-64 Monroeton
Note: Thomas McClelland served as a local pastor.
McCLOSKEY, ADOLPHUS DECLIFFORD
Born: 12-16-1846 Cook’s Run PA. married: Willeta Catharine Lee
Died: 11-15-1910
1873 Admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1911, 124
1872-73 Muncy Creek
1873-74 Karthaus
1874-75 Laporte
1975-76 Wallaceton
1876-77
1877-80 Laporte
1880-82
1882-84 Penfield
1884-85
1885-86 on leave
1886-87 Picture Rocks
1887-94 on leave
1894-97 Proctor
1897-00 Montandon
1900-02
1902-04 McConnellsburg
1904-06
1906 retired
Note: An obituary for Adolphus D.
McCloskey also appears in the 2/23/1911
McCLOSKEY, NEVIN GEBHART
Born: 9-25-1894 Beech Creek PA married: Fannie Mae Johnson
Died: 9-4-1954 Camp Hill PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1990, 458
1921 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1955, 234
1922-24
1924-28 Enola
1928-30
1930-32
1936-37 Barnesboro
1937-42
1942-46 Roaring Spring
1946-50 Berwick First
1950-54 Camp Hill
McCLOSKEY, ROBERT JOHNSON
Born: 7-10-1920 Beech Creek PA married:
Died: 4-23-1993 obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1941-45 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ
1942 Catawissa circuit (summer)
McCLOSKY, DAVID BYRON
Born: 1-20-1835 Hyner PA married: Luzetta Savidge
Died: 1-29-1904 Town Hill PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1925, 161
1861 admitted in trial,
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1904, 118
1861-62 New
1862-63 Schellsburg
1863-64 Cassville
1864-65 Woodbury
1865-66 Shirleysburg
1866-68 Milroy
1968 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference
1868-69 Martinsburg
1869-71 Snydertown
1871-73 Hughesville
1873-74
1874-77
1877-78 Mifflinburg
1878-79 Muncy
1879-82
1882-84 Salona
1884-86 on leave
1886-89 Town Hill
1889 retired
Note: Luzetta Savidge
McClosky is identified in her obituary as Luzzetta Savage McCLOSKEY. She is the sister of Rev.
McCLURE, THOMAS F.
Born: 4-3-1817
Died: 12-22-1879
quarterly conference license, Warrior’s Mark
1842 admitted on trial,
1845 ordained deacon
1847 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1880, 71
1842-43
1843-44 Luzerne
1844-45
1845-46
1846-48 Woodsboro
1848-50 Lewisburg (VA)
1850-52
1852-54 Little Levels
1854-55
1855-57 Greenbank
1857 charter
member of
1857-58 Allegheny
1858-59 Westernport
1859-60 Allegheny
1860-62 tract agent
1861-63 Mifflin circuit
1863-64 chaplain,
1864-66 Penn’s Valley
1866-68 Half Moon
1868 charter
member of
1868-70 Howard
1870-72 York Springs
1872-73 Washingtonville
1873-74 Ray’s Hill
1875-77 Cassville
1877-79
Note: An obituary for Thomas F. McClure also appears in the January 1880 Conference News, page 1. A biographical sketch is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 416.
McCORD, JAMES H.
Born: 1-15-1837 Lewistown PA married: Clara Foley
Died: 11-3-1900 Muncy PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1941, 222
1858 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference
Interment: Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Lewistown PA
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1901, 105
1858-59 Hancock MD
1859-60 Mercersburg
1860-62 Frederick MD
1864-67
1867-68
1868 charter
member of
1868-69
1869-70
1870-72
1872-75 Tyrone
1875-78
1878-80
1880-81 Duncannon
1881-84 New
1884-86
1886-88 Hollidaysburg
1890-92 on leave
1892-95
1895-98
1898-00 Muncy
Note: An obituary for James H. McCord also appears in the 12/20/1900 Christian Advocate, page 2086.
McCOY, THOMAS
Born: married: Georgeline _____
Died: obit:
1963 license, recommended by
1965 ordained deacon
1967 ordained elder
1978 admitted as associate member
Interment:
Obit:
1963-64 Millerton
1964-67
1967-68 Salona
1968-70 New Millport
1970-73
1973-96 Houtzdale (ending 9/30/96)
1996-01 Philipsburg Trinity (beginning 10/1/96)
2001 retired
McCURDY, C.E.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1914-15 Thompsontown
Notre: C.E. McCurdy served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.
McCURDY, JOHN PAINE
Born: 12-17-1877
Died: 5-31-1955
1919 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1956, 231
1918-20 Karthaus
1920-22 Woodland-Bradford
1922-25
1925-27
1927-28 Frankstown
1928-33 Cherry Tree-Emeigh
1933-34 Riddlesburg
1934-43 Coalport-Irvona
1943 retired
McDANNELL, RUTH D.
Born: 3-26-1905 New Oxford PA married: Francis Geiger
Died: 6-8-2000 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1997, 382
1934 license, recommended
1954 ordained deacon
1958 ordained elder
1970 admitted as associate member
Interment:
Obit: 2001, 363
1956-62 Burnt Cabins
1962-68 Big
1968 leave of absence to teach elementary school (ending 11/10/68)
1968-69 Millerton-Dagget (beginning 11/10/68)
1969-70
1970 retired
Note: Ruth D. McDannell is married to Francis Geiger. She was the first woman in the Central Pennsylvania Conference regularly appointed to serve a charge.
McELWEE, RONALD SMETHERS
Born: married: Gloria _____
Died: obit:
1968 license, recommended by
1972 admitted on trial
1972 ordained deacon
1975 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit:
1968-71 Picture Rocks
1971-76 Roxbury
1976-79 Burnham Yoked Parish
1979-82 Llyswen
1987-89
1989-94
1994-96 Mechanicsburg Grace
1996-02
2002-04 Lemoyne Calvary
2004-05
2005 retired
2006-07 Roxbury
McGARRAH, JAMES H.
Born: 2-22-1830 near McVeytown
PA married:
Died: 4-13-1899 Ennisville PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1895, 89
1854 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1900, 110
1854-55
1855-56 ?
1856-57
1857 discontinued at own request
1863 r eadmitted to
1863-64 Woodbury
1864-65 Manor Hill
1865-67 Schellsburg
1867-68 Lewistown circuit
1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference
1868-69 Lewistown circuit
1869-72 Mechanicsburg
1872-74
1874-76 Bloomsburg
1876-79 Berwick
1879-81
1881-85 superintendent,
Altoona District
1888-92 Philipsburg
1892-94
1894-95 Bellefonte
1895-96 on leave
1896-97
1897 retired
Note: Mrs. McGarrah is a sister to
Reuben E. Wilson and Emeline Wilson Kirby, wife of
Edmund W. Kirby. She was married first
to Plummer E. Watters (1817-1856) of the
McGARVEY, GEORGE LUTHER
Born: 2-7-1911 Hustontown PA married:
Died: 11-?-1968 obit:
1931 admitted on trial
Interment:
1931-33 student, Willaimsport Dickinson Seminary
1931-32 Wallis Run
1933 discontinued
Note: George L. McGarvey is the son of Luther W. McGarvey. He apparently settled in Montoursville.
McGARVEY, LUTHER WESLEY
Born: 1-20-1879 McPherron PA married: Anna Marie Uhl
Died: 10-13-1947 Hyde obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1919, 161
married2:
1909 admitted on trial obit2: 1971, 374
1911 admitted on trial again
1911 ordained deacon
1913 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1948, 191
1905-07
1907-08 Loyalsock
1908-10 Harrisonville
1910-11 discontinued
*1910-11 Hustontown
1911-12 Hustontown
1912-13 Roaring Creek
1913-15 York Springs
1915-17 Cross Roads
1917-18 Cross Roads-Gatchelville
1918-20
1920-21 Oriole-Antesport
1921-24 Snydertown
1924-26 Mifflinville-Lime Ridge
1926-29
1929-31 Sinnemahoning
1931-35
1935-41 North Bend-Farwell
1941-45
1945 retired
1945-47
*Luther W. McGarvey was discontinued as a probationary member but served Hustontown normally the entire year as a supply.
Note: Luther W. McGarvey is the father of George L. McGarvey.
McILNAY, GEORGE WASHINGTON
Born: 1-16-1865
Died: 10-24-1930
1895 ordained deacon, recommended by Martinsburg
1900 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1931, 180
1895-97 Allegheny circuit
1897-98 Pleasant Gap
1898-01 Burnt Cabins
1901-03 Munson
1903-08
1908-09 Lock Haven circuit
1909-13
1913-15 New
1915-19 Nescopek
1919-21
1921-23 Watsontown
1923-26 Gordon
1926-29
1929-30 Mifflintown
Note: An obituary for George W. McIlnay also appears in the 11/20/1930 Christian Advocate, page 1435.
McINTOSH, THOMAS R.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1959-61 student,
1959-61
1961-63 Roulette
Note: Thomas McIntosh served as a
local pastor.
McKAY, HARRY J.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1917-18 Newville
Note: Harry J. McKay served as a
local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.
McKECHNIE, JOHN HENRY
Born: 6-5-1860 Kilwinney
Died: 10-23-1936 obit:
Central Pennsylvania Conference 1952, 208
1904 license
1913 ordained deacon
1917 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit:1937,
263
1891-98 Willnecote & Tamworth:
1898-00 Blossburg PA school house mission: Congregational Church
1900-04 Antrim
PA, Congregational
1904-05
1905-06 ?
1906-10 living in Berwick
1910-12 Benezette
1912-15 Hustontown
1915-18 Pleasant Gap
1918-19 Shawville
1919-20
1920-21
1921-22 Wapwallopen
1922-23 Jonestown
1923 retired to Berwick
Note: John H. McKechnie served as
a local pastor. He is reported to have
served
McKEE, WILLIAM ALEXANDER
Born: 1-28-1820
Died: 2-7-1892 Houtzdale PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1917, 136
1846 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1892, 83
1846-48 McConnellsburg
1848-49 New
1849-50 York Springs
1850-51
1850-52 Bald Eagle
1952-54 New
1954-55
1855-56 Woodville
1856-57 Mifflin
1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference
1857-58 Mifflin
1858-59 on leave
1859-61
1861-62
1862-64 Frostburg circuit
1864-66 Allegany
1866-68
1868 charter
member of
1868-69
1869-71
1871-73 Saxton
1873-74 Shirleysburg
1874-76 Granville
1876-77 Burnt Cabins
1877-78 Milroy
1878-79 Lycoming
1879-81 Muncy Creek
1881-83 Duboistown
1883-85 Salladasburg
1885-88 on leave
1888 retired
Note: A biographical sketch of William A. McKee is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 418.
McKEEHAN, JOSEPH G.
Born: 3-23-1810 near Abbottstown
PA married:
Died: 5-6-1885
1836 admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1886, 76
1836-37 Allegany
1837-38 Mifflin
1838-39 Huntersville
1839-40 Luray
1840-42 Mifflin
1842-43 Licking Creek
1843-44 Trough Creek
1844-45 Lewistown circuit
1845-46 Shirleysburg
1846-48
1848-50
1850-51 Luzerne
1851-53 Lock Haven
1953-54 Pine Creek
1854-56 Sunbury
1856-57
1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference
1857-58
1858-60
1860-62 York Springs
1862-63 Orangeville
1863-65 Shippensburg
1865-68 on leave
1868 charter
member of
1868-76 on leave
1876 retired
Note: A biographical sketch of Joseph G. McKeehan is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 418.
McKELVEY, CLARENCE EDWARD
Born: 6-20-1875 Selinsgrove PA married:
Died: 1946 obit:
1902 license, recommended by Waller
1906 admitted on trial
Interment:
1904-05
1906-07 Dungarvin
1907-08 Pine Grove Mills
1908-09 Shawville
1909 discontinued
Note: Clarence E. McKelvey is a
brother to Ellis E. McKelvey, Wesley L. McKelvey, and Catharine McKelvey
(Mrs. Benjamin F.) Hilbish – whose 1940 obituary
lists him as Rev. C.E. McKelvey of
McKELVEY, ELLIS ELMER
Born: 4-4-1867 Selinsgrove PA married: Eva Rupert Faus
Died: 10-27-1938 Montoursville PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1971, 375
1896 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1939, 213
1896-98 Waller
1900-03 Catawissa circuit
1903-06
1906-09
1909-11 Flemington
1911-13
1922-25 Bellefonte
1925-30 Hazelton Diamond
1930-32
1932-35 Hughesville
1935 retired
Note: Ellis E. McKelvey is a
brother to Clarence E. McKelvey, Wesley L. McKelvey, and Catharine McKelvey
(Mrs. Benjamin F.) Hilbish. He is also the
father of John Wesley McKelvey (1905-1977) of the
McKELVEY, HARRY A.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1906-08
Note: Harry A. McKelvey
served as a local pastor. He is
otherwise unknown.
McKELVEY, WESLEY D.M.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1910-11 Frankstown (did not finish the year)
Note: Wesley D.M. McKelvey served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.
McKELVEY, WESLEY L.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1912 admitted on
trial
Interment:
1912-13 Rush
1913-14 Fly Creek
1914-15
1915 no longer listed
1918-20 Penfield (beginning during the 1917-18 year), Central Pennsylvania Conference
1920-22
1922 transfer
to
1922 discontinued at own request
Note: Wesley L. McKelvey is a brother to Clarence E. McKelvey, Ellis E. McKelvey, and Catharine McKelvey (Mrs. Benjamin F.) Hilbish – whose 1940 obituary lists him as Rev. W.L. McKelvey of McAllisterville PA. He is sometimes mis-identified as W.F. McKelvey.
McKENTY, THOMAS WALLACE
Born: 5-22-1862
Died: 9-10-1942
1895 admitted on trial, recommended by Wagner
Interment:
Obit:
1894-95 Wagner
1895-96
1896-97 Cassville
1897-00
1900-01 Gardeau
1901-03 Benezette
1903/4 transfer
to
1904-05 Glen
Moore
1928 retired
McKINDLESS, J. A.
Born: 1832
Died: 8-22-1883
1861 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1884, 81
1861-62 Castle Fin
1862-63
1863-65
1865-66 Milroy
1865-66 Cassville
1866-67
1867-68 Shippensburg
1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference
1868-69 Shippensburg
1869-71 Castle Fin
1871-73 Rainsburg
1873-74 McConnnelstown
1874-75 McConnellsburg
1875-77 York Springs
1877-78 Mount Holly
1878-80
1880-83
1883 New
Note: An obituary for J.A. McKindless also appears in the 11/1/1883 Conference News.
McKINLEY, J.F.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1871 quarterly conference license, Milroy
Interment:
Obit:
1872-73
Note: J.F. McKinley served as a local pastor.
McKINNEY, WILLIAM R.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1913-15 Harveyville
1915-17 York Springs
Note: William R. McKinney served in the Methodist Episcopal Church as a local pastor. See his complete service record in the United Brethren files.
McLEAN, CHARLES CLOTHIER
Born: 1-10-1851
Died: 3-19-1932 CA obit:
quarterly conference license,
1874 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1874-75 Cochranville and Friendship
1875-77
1877-80 Coatesville Olivet
1880-81 on leave [FL] for health reasons
1881-82
1882 transfer
to
1882-85
1885-90
1890 transfer
to
1891 transfer to Austin Conference
1891-93
1893 transfer
to
1893-98
1901 transfer
to
1910 transfer
to
1910-13
1913 transfer
to
1913-15 Roland Park (beginning December 1913)
1915-18
1921 retired
McMINN, JAMES R.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1958-60
Note: James R. McMinn served as a local pastor.
McMORRIS, JOHN WRIGHT
Born: 12-15-1866 New
Died: 12-28-1952
1919 admitted on trial
1925 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1953, 221
1918 Rehobeth (3
1919-20 student, Boston University School of Theology in
1919-20
1920-21 Hustontown
1921-22 Rouzerville
1922-24 Millerstown
1924-25 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ
1924-25 Finesville
and Jersey City St.
1925-27 New Oxford-Ortanna
1927-28
1928-32 Morrisdale-Munson
1932-34 Stewartstown
1934-35 Warriors Mark
1935-36 Jeanesville-Audenreid
1936-37 Yeagertown-Rhodes Memorial
1937-38
1938-39 Montandon
1939-41
1941-43 Frankstown
1943-44 on leave
1944-46 Ray’s Hill (beginning 11/1/44, see 1945, 77)
1946-47 Cherry Tree
1947 retired
McMURRAY, JACOB SNYDER
Born: 10-26-1821
Died: 11-27-1885 Lilleyville PA obit: [d. 2/1867]
1845 admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1886, 81
1844-45 Bloomingdale
1845-46 Sunbury
1946-47 Bellefonte
1847-48 Berwick
1849-50 Warrior’s Mark
1850-51
1851-53 Bellefonte
1853-55
1855-57 Newberry
1857 charter
member of
1857-59
1859-61
1861-62 Lewistown
1862-66 superintendent, Carlisle District
1866-68
1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference
1868-69
1869-73 superintendent, Altoona District
1873-76 Huntingdon
1876-77 Bloomsburg
1877-80
1880-82 Shamokin
1882-85 Tyrone
1885 superintendent,
Note: A biographical sketch for Jacob S. McMurray appears in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 419. The Methodist manuscript collection at the conference archives includes a file of sermons and notes by Jacob S. McMurray, presented by his granddaughter Julia Gregg Brill.
McQUILLEN, KYLE WOODROW, JR.
Born: 5-6-1938
Died: obit:
1956 quarterly conference license, Philipsburg Trinity
1961 admitted on trial
1961 ordained
Interment:
1956-60 student,
1957-58 Ralston
1960-64 McConnellstown
1964-65 Enola
1965-69 Mercersburg
1969-72 missionary,
1972-79 Shippensburg Christ
1979-83 Berwick Bower Memorial (ending 11/23/83)
1983-85 superintendent,
1985-87 Bellefonte Trinity
1987 withdrew to join United Brethren in Christ [UBOC] denomination
1987-93 associate director of missions
1993-01 director of missions
2001 retired
McRAE, LESLIE
Born: 11-12-1922
Died: 11-27-2007 obit: Central Pennsylvania Confreence 2010, 171
1952 admitted on trial, recommended by Lewistown First
1952 ordained deacon
1964 ordained elder
Inurnment: Skyway Memorial Gardens, Palmetto FL
1948-50
1950-53 Dillsburg
1953-54
1954-56 Avis
1956-72 chaplain,
1972-75
1975-78
1978-85
1985 retired
Note: Leslie McRae is listed in the 1968 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 878.
MEARKLE, W.W.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
1894-95
Note: W.W. Mearkle lived in Mattie and served as a local pastor.
MEISER, HERMAN M.
Born: 3-21-1894 Millerstown PA married: Mary E. Howe
Died: 4-17-1972
1945 license,
1954 admitted on
trial New England
Interment:
Obit:
1952-58
1958-69 Wellfleet and Eastham MA
1959 transfer
to
1961 transfer
to New England
1965 retired
1969-70
Note: Herman M. Meiser served as a
country school teacher in
MELICK, JUSTUS A.
Born:
Died: 3-23-1886
married2: Emily D. Dunmire
1848 admitted on trial, East
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1887, 78
1848-49 Bellefonte
1849-50
1850-51 Lycoming
1851-52 Berwick
1852-54 Luzerne
1854-56 Lock Haven
1856-57
1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference
1857-58
1858-59 Manor Hill
1960-61
1861-63 Woodbury
1863-65
1865-68 Newberry
1868 charter
member of
1868-70 Bloomsburg
1870-72
1872-74 Hollidaysburg
1877-78 on leave
1877-78 assistant, Harrisburg St.
1878 retired
Note: A biographical sketch of Justus A. Melick is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 420.
MELLOTT, MATTHEW STANLEY QUAY
Born: 8-4-1890
Died: 4-19-1959 Wallaceton PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1933, 203
1917 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1959, 254
1914-17
1917-19 Benezette
1919-23 Howard
1923-25 Morrisdale
1925-29
1929-32
1932-33
1933-37 Orbisonia
1937-40
1940-43 Beaver Meadow
1943-48 Enola
1948-52
1952-53 Millerstown
1953-57 White Haven
1957 retired
MELOY, ANDREW D.
Born: 10-17-1867 Carlisle PA married:
Died: obit: [b. 7/27/1866]
1892 admitted on trial
Interment:
1892-93
1893-94 faculty, Lock
Haven
1894 discontinued at his own request
banker,
MELOY, JOHN
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1939-40 Pine Grove Mills
1940-42 Allegheny circuit
Note: John Meloy served as a local pastor.
MELOY, JOURMAN BEALE
Born: 7-17-1876 near Port Royal PA married:
Died: 12-16-1951 Lewistown PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1935, 243
married2:
Mrs.
obit2:
1897 license, Central Pennsylvania Conference of the United Evangelical Church
? ordained, Upper
Interment: New
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1952, 203
1899-23 Upper
1911-1913 Sharon Center
1923-24 ?
1924-26 Liverpool,
1926 transfer
to
1926-29 Mifflinville-Lime Ridge
1929-30
1930-32 McConnellsburg (came from Trevorton in mid-year 1929-30)
1931-32 Mill Hall
1932-26 North Bend-Farwell
1936-37 Manor Hill
1937-39
1939-40 Berwick
1940-41 Conyngham
1941-45 Bloomingdale
1945-47 Freeland Parish
1947-49 Orbisonia
1949 retired
MELROY, JOHN RODMAN
Born: 5-2-1856
Died: 6-14-1940 White Haven PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1940, 184
1885 ordained
deacon,
1886 admitted on trial [Central Pennsylvania
Conference], recommended by
1890 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1941, 207
1883-86 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ
1888-86
1886-88
1888-89
1889-92 Buckhorn
1892-94 Rouzerville
1894-96 Wapwallopen
1896-99 Alum Bank
1899-01 Clearville
1901-04 Hustontown
1904-05 Pleasant Gap
1905-08 Shawville
1908-11
1911-14
1914-16
1916-18 White Haven
1918 retired
MEMINGER, SAMUEL E.
Born: married:
Died: 3-?-1934 obit:
1883 admitted on trial, recommended by Three Springs
Interment:
Obit:
1882-83
1883-84 McConnellstown
1884-85
1885-87 Milroy
1887-88 Saxton
1888-90 Alum Bank
1890 transfer
to
MEMINGER, WILLIAM McKEAN
Born: 3-16-1822
Died: 1-5-1888 Tyrone PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1907, 118
1843 quarterly conference license, Mifflin circuit
1845 admitted on trial,
1847 ordained deacon
1849 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1888, 92
1844-45 Mifflin
1845-46 Shippensburg
1846-47
1847-48 York Springs
1848-49
1849-50
1850-52 Lewisburg circuit
1852-53 Christiansburg
1853-55 Shirleysburg
1855-57 Woodbury
1857 charter
member of
1857-59 Frostburg
1859-61
1861-63
1863-66 Westminister
1866-68
1868 charter
member of
1871-73
1873-75 Milesburg
1875-76 Warrior’s Mark
1876-78
1878-80 Manor Hill
1880-83 Cassville
1883-85
1885-88 on leave
Note: A biographical sketch of William M. Meminger is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore
Conference, page 420. He is the father
of Rev. Wilbur Fiske Meminger, a renowned lay pastor and evangelist in the Christian and
Missionary Alliance denomination who is the subject of the biography "The Little Man from Chicago." Mrs. Meminger is
the daughter of James Watts (1782-1856) of the
MENCH, ABRAHAM H.
Born: 7-28-1845 near Mifflinburg PA married: [
Died: 5-19-1876 Mifflinburg PA obit:
1868 admitted on trial,
1870 ordained deacon
1872 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1877, 62
1868 charter
member of
1868-69 Hughesville
1869-70
1870-72
1872-73 Greencastle
1873-74
1874-75 Loyalsock
1875-76
1876 on leave
MENDENHALL, HENRY S.
Born: 8-1-1829 Nescopeck PA married: Mary Updegraff. Funston
Died: 2-5-1899 Berwick PA obit: [c1829-1854/5]
married2: Sarah Catharine Eban
1855 admitted on trial,
married3: Anna B. Frantz
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1899, 92
1855-56 Luzerne
1856-57 Muncy
1857 c harter member of
1857-58 Catawissa
1858-59
1859-60
1860-61 Jeanesville
1861-63 New
1863-65
1865-67 Shippensburg
1867-68 Jeanesville
1868 charter
member of
1868-71 Elysburg
1871-73 Snydertown
1873-75 Washingtonville
1875-76 Iola
1876-79 Orangeville
1879-81
1881-83 Pine Grove
1883-86 Duncansville
1886-88 Beach Haven
1888-96 on leave
1896 retired
Note: A biographical sketch of Henry S. Mendenhall appears in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 421.
MENGLE, C. WILLIAM.
Born: 12-19-1918 Klinesgrove PA married: Helen J. Reeder
Died: 12-19-2005 Berwick PA obit: 2003, 386
1957 license, recommended by Klinesgrove
1959 ordained deacon
1961 ordained elder
1971 admitted as associate member
Interment: Klinesgrove United
Obit: 2006, 422
1957-61 Catawissa circuit
1961-80 Mifflinville
1980 retired
1981-84 visitation pastor, Bloomsburg Wesley
MENTZER, CHARLES ROBERT
Born: 1-3-1906 Mont Alto PA married:
Died: 11-?-1985 obit:
Interment:
Note: Charles R. Mentzer is an
uncle to Junior Mentzer of the Central Pennsylvania
Conference of the
MENTZER, CLAYTON A.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1910 admitted on trial
Interment:
1910-11 Vira
1911 Hopewell (May – Sept)
1911-14 at school (beginning 10/11)
1914 discontinued
MEREDITH, VICTOR KLEIN, JR.
Born: 11-30-1919
Died: 9-19-1997 Wellsboro PA obit:
1941 license, recommended by Northumberland
1945 admitted on trial
1945 ordained deacon
1947 ordained elder
Interment:
1943-45 student, Boston University School of Theology in
1943-44 assistant,
1944-45
1945-46 Catawissa circuit
1946-47 associate, Altoona First
1947-48
1948-50
1952-57
1957-62 Lewisburg
1962-75 Conference Adult Work/Conference Council on Ministries
1975-81 superintendent, Wellsboro District
1981-87 Conference Council on Ministries
1987 retired
MERKI, WILLIAM EUGENE
Born: married:
Sheril Darlene McCoy
Died: obit:
1968 admitted as associate member, Baltimore Conference
1974 ordained elder, Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1963-65 Mapleton (beginning 9/1/63)
1965-68
1968 “transfer” to Baltimore Conference
1968-74
1974-76
1976-85 Hancock
1985-89 Alpine
1989-96
1996-97
1997-01 Martinsburg Otterbein
2001 retired
Note: Mrs. Merki is a ministerial member of the Baltimore-Washington Conference.
MERWIN, HAROLD STANTON
Born: 9-15-1897
Died: 3-?-1977 obit:
1923 admitted on trial
1924 ordained deacon
Interment:
1918-22 student,
1918
Steelton Cumbler’s Heights [
1919-20 Newville
1923-26 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ
1926-27 on leave
1927 discontinued
Jenkintown PA
Note: Harold S. Merwin did not graduate from seminary, but rather pursued a career in education.
METZGER, AARON CALVIN
Born: 5-25 -1875
Died: 5-?-1924 obit:
1919 quarterly conference license
1922 license
Interment:
Obit:
1922-24 Bloomingdale
Note: A. Calvin Metzger is a brother to Clarence A. Metzger. He served as a local pastor.
Born: 4-8-1874 Cogan Station PA married: Sarah Rabuck
Died: 5-29-1945
1919 license
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1946, 229
1919-21 Leetonia (beginning 10/19)
1921-24 Morris
1924-27 Bloomingdale
1927-32 Pleasant Gap
1932-36 Conyngham
1936-40 Snydertown
1940-44 Beach Haven (ending 9/1/44)
1944-45 Picture Rocks (beginning 9/1/44)
Note: Clarence A. Metzger is a brother to A. Calvin Metzger. He served as a local pastor. His name is sometimes rendered as Charles A. Metzger.
METZGER, KENNETH BELMONT
Born: 9-6-1917
Died: 6-17-1998 obit: Central Illinois Conference 1987, 1157
1948 license,
recommended by
1955 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1948-49 assistant,
1949-53 student,
1949-53 Wallis Run
1953-61 Dillsburg
1961-62 Mifflintown
1962 transfer
to Central
1962 minister
of education (and conference education coordinator),
METZLER, OLIVER
Born: 1-8-1859 Harrisonville PA married:
[
Died: 2-10-1941
1881 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1941, 209
1881-82
1882-85 Beach Haven
1888-91 Mifflinville
1891-95 Stockton-Beaver
1895-00
1900-06 Emporium
1915-23 Lock Haven Trinity
1930 retired
1934-40 Phelps Chapel
MEYERS, AMOS DONOVAN
Born: 6-20-1917 married: Julia K.L. Chung
Died: 1-26-2006 Mechanicsburg PA obit:
married2: Mrs. Helen (Torry) Renich
1952 admitted on trial obit2:
Interment:
1948-50 Mapleton-Mill Creek
1950-62 York Springs
1962 voluntary location
superintendent, Bermudian
superintendent,
Note: Amos D. Meyers also supplied Methodist churches at
Russellville & Entriken,
MEYERS, E.C.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1919-20
Note: E.C. Meyers served as a local pastor.
MEYERS, THOMAS W.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1911-12 Thompsontown
Note: Thomas W. Meyers served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown
MICHAEL, J.W.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1927-28 Hustontown (did not finish the year)
Note: J.W. Michael served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown. This may be John William Michael (1855-1931)
of the Illinois Conference of the
MIKA, FRANCIS
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1912 admitted on trial
Interment:
1912-14
1914-18 Berwick Anthracite [Unity]
1919 discontinued at own request
MILHEIM, DANIEL CARL
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1967 license, recommended by
Interment:
Obit:
1967-71 Ralston (beginning 9/17/67)
1971-73 Half Moon
1973-74 Gaines-Galeton
1974 no longer listed
Note: Daniel C. Milheim served as a local pastor.
MILLARD, HAROLD EUGENE
Born: 7-25-1914 Leonard MI married: Margaret H. Campbell
Died: obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1962, 321
married2:
1933 license,
recommended by
1935 admitted on trial,
1937 ordained deacon
1939 ordained elder
Interment:
1935-35
1936-36
1936-37 Fulton-Leondius
1937-38
1938 transfer
to
1938-39 New Oxford-Ortanna
1939-41 York Springs-New
1942-46 chaplain, US Army (8/14/1942 – 5/6/1946)
1946-49 at school
1946-49
1949-50 Catawissa (beginning 1/1/1949 – 11/1/1950)
1950-53 chaplain, US Army (11/1/1950 – 4/30/1953)
1953-54
1954-57
1962-71 executive secretary for missions, PA Council of Churches (ending 12/31/1970)
1971-75
1981 retired
Note: Harold E. Millard is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 893.
MILLER, ALEXANDER R.
Born: 1838 Three Springs PA married: Sarah A. Hartley
Died: 1-21-1914 Lewisburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1942, 212
1863 admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1914, 128
1863-64
1864-64 McVeytown
1864-66 chaplain,
1866-67
1867-68 Buckeystown
1868 charter
member of
1868-71
1871 transfer
to
1871-74
1874 transfer
to
1874-76
1876-79 Hanover-New
1879-81 New
1881-84 Muncy
1884-87 Newberry
1887-90 Mifflintown
1893-97 Philipsburg
1897-00 Berwick
1900-02
1902-06 Renovo
1906-09 Shickshinny
1909-11
1911-14 Lewisburg
Note: An obituary for Alexander R. Miller also appears in the 2-26-1914 Christian Advocate, page 311.
MILLER, ALFRED LAWRENCE
Born: 9-8-1869 Philadephia PA married: Blanche Patterson
Died: 7-15-1962
1890 admitted on trial, recommended by Altoona District
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1963, 332
1888-90
1890-92 Pine Grove
1892-94
1894-95
1895-98 Gordon
1898-00
1900-02
1902-05 Catawissa
1907-12
1912-15 Lock Haven Trinity
1915-21 Bloomsburg
1921-22
1922-30 Lewistown First
1930-36 superintendent, Williamsport District.
1936-37
1937-42
1942 retired
Note: A. Lawrence Miller is listed as assigned to Coalport in 1889, but apparently he remained on the
MILLER,
Born: 7-1-1928
Died: 7-31-2006 Dalmatia PA obit:
married2: Barbara S, Clendenin
1963 license, recommended by Mont Alto obit2:
1967 admitted on trial
1967 ordained deacon
1969 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: (in the ministerial files at the conference archives)
1963 Rays Hill (beginning 2/1/1963)
1963-68 Rehoboth
1968-80 Marysville Wesley
1980-84 on leave
1984 withdrew to unite with another denomination, page 302
1984-93 United
1993 retired
MILLER, CLARENCE ELLSWORTH
Born: 11-8-1893 Jersey Shore PA married:
Died: obit:
1928 admitted on trial
1930 ordained local deacon
1932 ordained local elder
Interment:
1921-23 Emporium [Cameron] circuit (resigned in midyear)
1923-24 ?
1924-25 living in Duboistown
1925-26 Benezette
1926-28
1928-29
1929-30 Rouzerville
1930-31 Morris
1931-33 New Millport
1933 discontinued
MILLER,
Born: married:
Died: 8-3-2006 obit:
1959 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Greater
1954-58 Lewisberry
1958-62 student,
1958-62
1962 transfer
to
1962-65
1965-69 Dunellen
1969-82
1982-89 on leave for health reasons
1989 retired
MILLER, DONALD HARMON GEORGE
Born: 9-11-1912
Died: 4-30-2004 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1965, 367
married2: Lois Fay Roos
1933 license,
recommended by
1936 admitted on trial
1940 ordained deacon
1942 ordained elder
Interment:
1933-33
1933-35 assistant, Geneva NY First (beginning 10/1/33)
1935-36 Rouzerville
1936-37 Littlestown
1937-39 at school
1939-41 Gatchelville
1941-43 Lock Haven circuit
1947-50
1950-61 Bellefonte
1961-65
1965-69 Blossburg
1969-77 Coudersport (beginning 9/1/65)
1977 retired
1977-83 Roulette
MILLER, DORSEY
Born: 7-9-1876
Died: 3-21-1938
1897 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1938, 224
1896-98
1898-99
1899-00 at school
1900-01 Rehoboth-Boiling Springs
1901-04 Mill Hall
1904-09 Watsontown
1909-14 Montoursville
1914-20 Lewistown
1934-37
1937-38 Pitman,
1938 transfer
to
Note: Dorsey N. Miller is the son of John A. Miller.
MILLER, EDGAR M.D.
Born: married:
Alma Elizabeth Jane Bucke M.D.
Died: obit:
Central Pennsylvania Conference 1985, 413
Interment:
Obit:
1954-65 medical missionaries to
Note: Mrs. Miller is the daughter
of J.E.A. Bucke and the sister of D. Perry Bucke and Emory Stevens.
Dr. Edgar Milller
and Dr. Elizabeth Bucke Miller received the
Conference’s Frederick D. Wertz Award in 1981.
MILLER, FLOYD JOSEPH
Born: 9-24-1925 Archibald PA married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Note: Floyd J. Miller has a file with the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry, but he never served in the Central Pennsylvania Conference.
MILLER, FRANKLIN
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
1933-36 Wolfsburg & Alum Bank
Note: Franklin Miller served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.
MILLER, GEORGE
Born: 4-11-1845 near
Died: 11-29-1930
1865 quarterly conference license
1866 admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1866-67
1867-68
1868 charter
member of
1868-69 McVeytown
1869-71 Selinsgrove
1871-72 Shickshinny
1875-78 Bellefonte
1878-80
1880 transfer
to
1880-83
1883 transfer
to
1883-86
1886 transfer
to
1886-89
1889 transfer
to
1889-93
1893 transfer
to
1896 transfer
to
1896-01
1901-02
1903-09
1909-10 Strawbridge
1910 retired
note: interesting Civil War experiences in obit
MILLER, GUY T.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1945-48
Note: Guy T. Miller served as a local pastor.
MILLER, HENRY FRANKLIN
Born: 7-14-1910 Colerain PA married:
Died: obit:
1937 admitted on trial
1940 ordained deacon
Interment:
1933-36 Wolfsburg-Alum Bank
1936-41 Frankstown
1941-42
1942 withdrew
to join
MILLER, HENRY R.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1911-12 Allegheny
Note: H. R. Miller served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.
MILLER, IVAN
Born: 1-8-1915 near
Died: 12-29-2002 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 2008,418
1931 license,
recommended by
1937 admitted on trial
1939 ordained deacon
1941 ordained elder
Interment:
1935-38 Glen Hope
1938-40 Penn’s Valley
1940-42 Pleasant Gap
1942-44 student, Garrett Biblical Institute in
1944 transfer
to
1944-47
1947 transfer
to
1947-48 Lock haven
1948-53
1953-68 chaplain,
1968-69
1969-70 assistant administrator,
1970-77 administrator, Tyrone Epworth Manor
1977 retired
MILLER, J. PERRY
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1921 admitted on trial, recommended by Lewisberry & Lisburn
Interment:
1922-24 Lewisbury-Lisburn
1924-26
1926-29 Claysburg
1933-34 leave of absence
1934 expelled
MILLER, JOHN ALEXANDER
Born: 8-24-1848 Forest,
Died: 2-14-1912 Montandon PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1914, 132
1882 license
1889 ordained deacon, recommended by Leidy circuit
1898 ordained elder, recommended by Trout Run circuit
1910 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1912, 129
1888-90 Leidy [Hammersly Fork]
1890-93 Benezette
1893-96 Duboistown
1896-99 Trout Run
1899-01
1901-02 McElhattan & Pine
1902-03
1904-06