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NAGAY, ADAM A.

Born: 2-2-1888 Czechoslovakia married: Mary Duchon

Died: 4-8-1969 obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1987, 410

1914 admitted on trial

1915 ordained deacon

1916 ordained elder

Interment: Jefferson Memorial Park, Pittsburgh PA

Obit: Western Pennsylvania (M) Conference 1969, 328

1913-14 student, Dickinson College

1913-14 Rehoboth

1914-20 Hazleton Anthracite Mission

1920-23 student, Drew University

1923 transfer to Pittsburgh Conference

1923-32 Coke Mission

1932-35 Dravosburg

1935-39 Pittsburg Butler Street

1939-47 Pittsburgh Spencer

1947-53 Pittsburgh Brookline

1953 retired

Note: A biographical sketch of Adam A. Nagay is given in the 2007 volume of The Chronicle, page 96.

NAYLOR, RUSSELL M.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1931-35 Cogan Valley

1935-38 Half Moon

1951-53 Salona & Lamar (ending 8/31/53)

1953-55 Orangeville (beginning 9/1/53)

Note: Russell Naylor served as a local pastor. He appears to be living in Flemington 1938-51.

NEARHOOF, VICTOR THOMAS

Born: 1-11-1890 married:

Died: 12-12-1955 obit:

1921 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit: Wisconsin Conference 1956, 992

1916-18 Pine Grove Mills

1918-19 Millerstown

1919-23 student, Dickinson College

1920-21 Rouzerville

1921-23 Newville

1923 Greencastle (ending 8/31/23)

1923-26 student, Garrett Biblical Institute in Evanston IL

1926 transfer to Wisconsin Conference

NEFF, JOSIAH LUTHER

Born: 8-8-1889 Gordon PA married: Helen S. Frisch

Died: 3-25-1980 Seaford DE obit:

1917 admitted on trial, North Montana Conference

Interment:

Obit: Baltimore Conference 1980, 359

1918 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1918-20 chaplain, US Navy

1920 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1920-24 Chevy Chase

1924-29 Winchester VA Market Street

1929-34 Frostburg

1934-41 Washington DC Wesley

1941-51 Annapolis Calvary

1951-57 superintendent, East Baltimore District

1957 retired

assistant to president, Wesley Seminary

minister of visitation, Towson

NELSON, ORVILLE N.

Born: 2-24-1911 married:

Died: 5-18-2002 obit:

1936 admitted on trial, Central Northwest Conference

Interment:

Obit: Florida Conference 2002, ?

1942 transfer to Illinois Conference

1944 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1944-45 director, Conference Youth Work

1945-46 Altoona Broad Avenue

1946-48 Osceola Mills

1948 transfer to Northwest Iowa Conference

NENNINGER, JAMES DAVID

Born: married: Rae _____

Died: obit:

1966 license, recommended by Rehobeth

1968 admitted on trial

1968 ordained deacon

1970 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1966-70 student, Wesley Seminary in Washington DC

1966-69 Lewisberry

1969-70 Harrisonville (beginning 11/69)

1970-79 Grantville

1979-81 Susquehanna Valley (ending 10/19/81)

1981-91 chaplain, Geisinger Medical Center (beginning 10/19/81 and ending 8/26/91)

1991-95 director of pastoral care, Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington DC

1995 transfer to Baltimore Conference effective 10/14/95 – see 1996, 206

NESTOR, H.L.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1915-16 Allegheny

Note: H.L. Nestor served as a local preacher. He is otherwise unknown.

NEUFER, LESTER PAUL

Born: 7-1-1924 Lime Ridge PA married: Marna MacMahon

Died: obit:

1952 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1952-54 at school

1954-60 Williamsport Market Street

1960-75 faculty, Lycoming College

1975-76 sabbatical

1976 located

Note: L. Paul Neufer is a brother to P. Dale Neufer.

NEUFER, PHILIP DALE

Born: 5-19-1928 Bloomsburg PA married: Judith Evelyn Howard

Died: obit:

1945 license, recommended by Espy

1952 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1947-49 Rehoboth

1949-50 Vira

1950-53 student, Drew University

1950-53 East Bangor

1953 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1953-54 student, Cambridge and London University, England

1954 transfer to Southern New England Conference

1954-56 Millerton NY

1956-58 Bradford MA

1959-62 Somerville MA

1962-66 student, Iliff School of Theology

1962-63 minister of education, Littleton CO

1963-66 Carbondale CO

1966-76 East Longmeadow MA

1976-82 Reading MA

1982-86 Hazardville CT

1987 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference effective 1/1/87

1987-90 Elizabethville-Loyalton (beginning 1/1/87)

1990-93 Walnut Bottom

1993 retired

1993-94 Nescopek Albright

1996-97 Hendrickson-Mooresburg

Note: P. Dale Neufer is a brother to L. Paul Neufer.

NEWMAN, HARRY WOODWARD

Born: 8-26-1868 Hustontown PA married: Frances Bell McElhaney

Died: 4-30-1933 Millville PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1920, 140

1895 admitted on trial, recommended by Wharton circuit

Interment: Hustontown Cemetery, Hustontown PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1934, 215

1894-95 Wharton

1895-99 Laurelton

1899-01 South Williamsport

1901-03 Medix Run

1903-05 Costello

1905-10 Beaver Meadow

1910-18 Benton

1918-19 York Ridge Avenue

1919-22 Yeagertown

1922-26 Berwick Calvary

1922-28 Picture Rocks

1928-28 Bakerton (moved in mid-year to Penn’s Valley)

1928-30 Penn’s Valley

1930-33 Millville

NEWMAN. JOSEPH

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1956-58 Oriole

Note: Joseph Newman served as a local pastor.

NOBLE, EUGENE ALLEN

Born: 3-5-1865 Brooklyn NY married: Lillian White Osborn

Died: 6-28-1948 obit: Troy Conference 1930, 257

married2: Mrs. Therese K. Lownes

? admitted on trial, New York East Conference obit2:

Interment:

Obit:

1896-02 superintendent, Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn NY

1902 transfer to Newark Conference

1902-08 pricipal, Centenary Collegiate Institute

1908-11 president Goucher College in Baltimore MD

1911-13 president, Dickinson College

1913 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1913-14 president, Dickinson College

1915 transfer to Troy Conference

1915 Schenectady

1920 executive secretary, Juilliard Musical Foundation

Note: Eugene A. Noble is listed in the 1916 Who’s Who in American Methodism. A biographical sketch is on file at the conference archives.

NOBLE, WILLIAM F.D.

Born: 9-20-1855 Cassville PA married: Laura Catherine Eckhart

Died: 4-1-1915 Hastings PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1932, 184

1883 admitted on trial, recommended by Lumber City

1883 ordained deacon, recommended by Lumber City

Interment: Chambersburg Cemetery [cremated in Pittsburgh]

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1916, 127

1882-83 Lumber City

1883-85 Snow Show

1885-86 Osceola

1886-89 Half Moon

1889-90 Williamsburg

1890-93 Houtzdale

1893-95 Ashland

1895-98 Burnham

1898-99 West Clearfield

1899-02 State College

1902-04 Snydertown

1904-05 Mount Holly

1905-07 Sinnemahoning

1907-08 Newberry

1908-10 Patton

1910-11 Shippensburg

1911-12 York Duke Street

1912 no appointment

1912-15 Hastings

1915 Picture Rocks

NOLAN, JAMES EDWARD

Born: 8-9-1934 Philipsburg PA married:

Died: obit:

1953 quarterly conference license, North Chili NY

1954 license

1958 admitted on trial

1958 ordained deacon

Interment:

Obit:

1953-57 student, Lycoming College

1957-61 student, Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington DC

1957-61 Fort Loudon

1961 transfer to Montana Conference

1961-64 Lower Flathead parish

1964-66 Roundup

1966-67 counselor, Job Corps

1967 withdrew

Note: In 1996 James E. Nolan is listed as living in Boise Idaho as a retired member of the Central Pacific Conference of the United Church of Christ.

NOLDER, DONALD CLOYD

Born: 1-2-1944 Altoona PA married: Deanna B. Miller

Died: obit:

1967 admitted on trial, recommended by Altoona Wesley

1967 ordained deacon

1969 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1962-66 student, Lycoming College

1962-65 assistant, Whitneyville larger parish (beginning 2/62, ending 9/65)

1966-69 student, Drew Theological Seminary

1967-69 assistant, Rahway NJ Trinity

1969-75 Montgomery

1975-82 associate, State College St. Paul’s

1982-92 York Zion

1992-02 Chambersburg First

2002 retired

NORCROSS, WILBUR HARRINGTON

Born: 6-28-1882 Ralston PA married: Agnes Evans Frysinger

Died: 6-11-1941 Williamsport PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1917, 138

married2: Helen Burns

1900 license, recommended by Concord obit2: 1954, 233

1905 admitted on trial, recommended by Vira

Interment: Westminster Cemetery, Carlisle PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1942, 205

1904-08 Vira

1908-08 Eagles-Mere-Laporte

1908-14 faculty, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary

1914-16 student, Johns Hopkins University

1916-41 faculty, Dickinson College

Note: Wilbur H. Norcross is the son of William H. Norcross. Some biographical information appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 53.

NORCROSS, WILLIAM HARRINGTON, SR.

Born: 7-12-1840 near Binghamton NY married: Martha J. Reese

Died: 4-27-1926 Mt. Union PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1893, 97

married2: Anna Laura Conley

1865 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference obit2: 1901, 109

married 3: Mary Catherine Chilcote

Interment: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Mt. Union PA obit3: 1955, 239

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1927, 521

1865-66 Sunbury

1866-67 Berwick

1867-68 Muncy

1968 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69 Trevorton

1869-70 York Duke Street

1870-71 Duncansville

1871-72 Grahamton

1872-73 on leave

1873-75 Pine Grove

1875-78 New Washington

1878-80 Benezette

1880-82 Salona

1882-83 Ralston

1883-84 on leave

1884-86 Benezette

1886-93 on leave

1892-93 Muhlenberg

1893-94 Muhlenburg

1894-95 White Haven

1896-97 Wolfsburg

1897-99 Clearville

1899-01 Concord

1901-02 Mapleton-Mill Creek

1902-04 Bloomingdale

1904-05 Ennisville

1905-07 Cassville

1907-08 Blain

1908-09 Thompsontown

1909 retired

Note: William H. Norcross is the father of Wilbur H. Norcross. The third Mrs. Norcross is an aunt to Ethel Rosalind Chilcote Bryner, wife of Charles W. Bryner.

NORMAN, FRED WILLIAM

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1954 admitted on trial, Illinois Conference

1954 ordained deacon, Illinois Conference

1957 ordained elder, Illinois Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1950-52 student, Lycoming College

1950-52 Waterville

1952-54 Waterville

1954-57 seminary student

1954-57 Industry IL

Note: In 2003, Fred W. Norman is listed as a retired member of the Illinois Great Rivers Comference.

NORRIS, CHALMERS GAIL

Born: 8-22-1903 Huntingdon PA married: Margaret Shue

Died: 12-28-1991 obit:

1925 admitted on trial

1927 ordained deacon

1929 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit: Florida Conference 1992, ?

1925-27 Wells Tannery-Zion

1927-28 assistant, Altoona Asbury

1928-30 Jeddo-Lattimer

1930-31 at school

1931-32 Picture Rocks

1932-36 Selinsgrove

1936-42 State College Wesley Foundation

1942-43 Altoona Llyswen

1943-46 Lewisburg

1946-53 Lock Haven Trinity

1953-57 Carlisle Allison

1957-59 Sunbury St. John’s

1959 transfer to Florida Conference

Note: C. Gail Norris is the father of C. Gail Morris Jr. and a brother to Fred B. Norris. Mrs. Norris is the daughter of Allen C. Shue.

NORRIS, CHALMERS GAIL JR.

Born: 8-17-1931 Muncy PA married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

Note: C. Gail Chalmers Jr. is the son of C. Gail Chalmers. He has a file with the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry, but he never served in the Central Pennsylvania Conference. He was preparing to serve as a local pastor.

NORRIS, DAVID YOST

Born: 5-15-1944 York PA married: M. Jean Trout

Died: obit:

1967 admitted on trial, recommended by Stewartstown

1967 ordained deacon

1969 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1967-69 student, Drew University School of Theology

1969-71 Harrisburg Riverside

1971-80 Lake Park-Granville

1980-93 Selinsgrove Wesley-Shamokin Dam

1993-99 Clearfield West Side

1999-02 Red Lion St. Paul’s

2002-08 superintendent, Altoona District

NORRIS, FRED BAKER

Born: 6-30-1901 Huntingdon PA married: Pearle States

Died: 3-8-1941 Harrisburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1977, 270

1925 admitted on trial

1928 ordained deacon

Interment: Huntingdon PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1941, 212

1924-26 Pine Grove Mills

1926-28 Martinsburg

1928-32 Newton Hamilton

1932-33 at school

1933-35 Salladasburg

1935-38 Duncansville

1938-41 Shippensburg

Note: Fred B. Norris is a brother to C. Gail Norris.

NORTH, WAYNE ELLSWORTH

Born: 3-29-1914 Burnham PA married:

Died: 9-12-1989 obit:

1941 ordained deacon

1942 admitted on trial

1943 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit: Detroit Conference 1990, ?

1933-36 student, Dickinson College

1933-36 Newville & Greencastle (beginning fall 1933)

1936-37 Lock Haven

1937-42 Fairview

1942-45 Avis

1945-50 Sunbury Catawissa Avenue

1950-53 Mount Carmel

1953-57 Department of Spiritual Life, General Board of Evangelism in Nashville TN

1957 transfer to Detroit Conference

1957-73 ?

1973-80 executive director, Midland Area Community Foundation

NOTTINGHAM, JAMES WORTH

Born: 7-14-1921 Raywood WV married: Dessie M. Moses

Died: 12-27-1980 Baltimore MD obit:

1946 license, recommended by Beaver Creek, West Virginia Conference

1953 admitted on trial, West Virginia Conference

1953 ordained deacon, West Virginia Conference

1955 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1946-47 Mt. Vernon

1947-51 Evansville

1951-55 student, Wesley Theological Seminary

1951-54 Burnt Cabins, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1954 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1954-55 Marysville

1955-58 Howard

1958-59 Glen Campbell

1959-64 Duboistown

1964- 72 Riverside St. Peter’s

1972 withdrew, page 106

Note: James W. Nottingham is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 969.

NUNEMAKER, ELMER R.

Born: 10-14-1910 Rockland PA married: Ruth C. _____

Died: 9-28-1999 Johnstown PA obit: [b. 8/27/1918]

1937 admitted on trial, Erie Conference

1949 ordained deacon, Erie Conference

1951 ordained elder, Erie Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1936-38 Ringold-Barton Chapel-Langville

1938-42 Riceville

1942-43 Emerickville-Meade Chapel-Port Barnett

1944-51 at school

1944-48 Penn’s Valley, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1948-51 York Springs, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1951-52 Rimersburg

1953-55 Erie Asbury

1955-56 Dubois Mt. Zion

1956 withdrew

Note: Elmer R. Nunemaker was listed in the Erie Conference as an “accepted supply pastor.” He is an uncle to Harold E. Nunemaker (1926-) of the Erie and Peninsula Conferences. He likely attended Penn State 1944-48 and Westminster Seminary 1948-51. He also supposedly served Pulaski in the Erie Conference 1950-51.

NUTT, RICHARD WALLER

Born: 11-17-1918 married: Dorothy Smailes

Died: 12-21-1997 Exeter NH obit:

1945 admitted on trial, New York East Conference

Interment:

Obit: New York Conference 1998, ?

transfer to Nebraska Conference

1955 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1955-63 director, State College Wesley Foundation

1963 transfer to New York Conference

1981 retired