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RAFFENSPERGER, DONALD WILLIAM

Born: married: Constance _____

Died: obit:

1967 license, recommended by New Bloomfield Keboch

1973 admitted on trial

1973 ordained deacon

1977 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1967-72 Orangeville

1972-76 New Oxford-Salem

1976-86 Elizabethville-Loyalton (ending 9/15/86)

1986-87 director, Red Bird Mission (beginning 9/15/86 and ending 11/1/87)

1987-89 leave of absence (beginning 11/1/87 and ending 9/5/89)

1989-93 Everett (beginning 9/5/89)

1993-97 Sugar Creek

1997-00 Pine Grove-McAllisterville

2000 retired

RAHTJEN, DONALD FELLOWS

Born: 11-19-1904 Dunton NY married: Anne Elizabeth Miller

Died: 12-23-1973 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1983, 413

1956 license, Central New York Conference: recommended by Rochester Asbury [First]

1962 admitted on trial, Central New York Conference

Interment: Canton PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1974, 429

1956-59 Churchville

1959-62 Bergen

1962 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1962-66 Canton

1966 retired

Note: Donald F. Rahtjen is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1065. He taught high school for 29 years before entering the ministry. Donald F. Rahtjen is the father of Bruce D. Rahtjen of the Kansas Conference [and, later, an Episcopal priest.].

RALL, WILLIAM E.

Born: married: Mary _____

Died: obit:

1967 license, recommended by Antes Fort

1970 ordained deacon

1971 admitted as associate member

Interment:

Obit:

1966-69 McElhattan (beginning 5/1/66 and ending 12/31/69)

1970-77 Bigler-Shiloh (beginning 1/1/70)

1977-84 Pennsdale

1984 retired

1984-86 associate, Picture Rocks Parish

RAMBO, H. ROBERT

Born: 9-5-1927 Monaco PA married: Gloreine E. Myers

Died: 1-2-1970 Woodland PA obit:

1962 license

Interment:

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1970, 384

1962-65 New Millport

1965-70 Woodland

Note: H. Robert Rambo served as a local pastor

RAMP, CHARLES HENRY

Born: 1-13-1917 Newport PA married: Reba E. Scaife

Died: 6-2-1987 Wilkes Barre PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1992, 482

1936 license, recommended by Newport

1949 ordained deacon

1952 admitted on trial

1954 ordained elder

Interment: Newport Cemetery, Newport PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1988, 419

1938-39 Wallis Run

1939-40 Trout Run

1940-45 Pine Grove Mills (ending 6/23/41)

1941-45

1945-48 Waterville

1948-52 Snow Shoe

1952-53 Mercersburg

1953-57 Duncannon

1957-59 Avis

1959-60 Shickshinny

1960 transfer to the Central New York Conference

1960-62 Blossburg

1962 transfer to the Central Pennsylvania Conferece

1962-65 Blossburg

1965-68 Huntingdon Fisfteenth Street

1968-70 Harrisburg Trinity

1970-82 disability leave

1982 retired

Note: Charles H. Ramp is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1066.

RANDALL, MARCUS WAYNE

Born: 6-17-1913 Jersey Shore PA married: Hazel Arminta Huffman

Died: 4-8-1973 Berwick PA obit: 2004, 375

1935 license, recommended by Jersey Shore Epworth

1943 admitted on trial

1943 ordained deacon

1945 ordained elder

Interment: Jersey Shore Cemetery, Jersey Shore PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1973, 379

1936-38 Trout Run (beginning 10/36)

1938-39 Salona-Lamar

1939-41 Hustontown

1941-45 Fort Loudon

1945-50 Pleasant Gap

1950-52 York Ridge Avenue

1952-56 Snow Shoe

1956-62 Hughesville

1962-66 Altoona Eighth Avenue

1966-73 Berwick First

Note: Marcus W. Randall is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1068.

RAYCROFT, ELJOSEPH ROBERT

Born: 1-18-1897 Chicago IL married: Lillian Evelyn Wilson

Died: 5-?-1977 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1970, 391

1940 license, Erie Conference of the Baptists Church

1944 admitted on trial, Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Church

1944 ordained deacon

1946 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1980, 348

1940-41 Emerickville, Erie Conference (9/1/40 – 9/15/41)

1941-43 Grampian-Lumber City (beginning 9/15/41)

1943-44 Rouzerville

1944-46 Dudley

1946-50 Morrisdale-Munson

1950-51 Elysburg

1951-55 Milesburg

1955-58 Doylesburg

1958-60 Milroy

1960-62 Coalport

1962-65 Salladasburg

1965-66 Enola

1966-69 North Towanda

1969 retired

1969-70 Clearfield circuit

1970-72 Dushore and Laporte

1972-77 Morgan Run

Note: E.R. Raycroft is the father of Robert P. Raycroft. His daughter Lillian G. Raycroft is supposedly married to a clergyman.

RAYCROFT, ROBERT PAUL

Born: 10-2-1928 married: Mary Lou Seidel

Died: 6-27-2007 obit:

1947 license, recommended by Dudley

1952 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1946-50 Shawville

1950-52 Vira

1952-60 Harveyville

1960-65 Millville

1965-67 Fairview, Altoona

1967-67 Robertsdale

1967-68 Sabbatical Leave

1968- 83 Robertsdale

1983 withdrew to join another denomination, page 327

Note: Robert P. Raycroft is the son of E.R. Raycroft. He is given as the officiating clergyman in several Huntingdon area funerals up to about 2004, but he is not given as associated with any specific church.

RAYNER, ERNEST ADOLPHUS

Born: 7-18-1878 Chillicothe MO married: Klara A. Bruske [9/17/1904]

Died: 7-19-1950 obit:

1901 license, Upper Iowa Conference

1905 admitted on trial, recommended by Sunbury

1905 ordained deacon

Interment:

Obit:

1905-06 Selinsgrove

1906-07 not listed

1907 transfer to Philippine Islands Conference

1907-12 Lingrayen, Pangasianan

1912-14 superintendent, Manila District

1914 transfer to Blue Ridge-Atlantic Conference

1914-16 ?

1916 transfer to Nebraska Conference

1916-19 faculty, Nebraska Wesleyan University

1919 transfer to Philippine Islands Conference

1919-24 president, Union [Nicholson] Seminary in Manila

1924-25 furlough, living in Los Angelos

Note: The given name is sometimes rendered EARNEST. A biographical sketch of Ernest A. Rayner appears on page 341 of the 1926 Drew Alumni Record. He graduated from Cornell College [Mount Vernon, IA] in 1901, and from Drew Theological Seminary in 1904. In 1915 he received one of the first two Doctor of Theology degrees granted by Drew. The Blue Ridge-Atlantic Conference was an ME [i.e., not MES] conference in western North Carolina 1912-1939. Presumably Ernest A. Rayner taught in one of the conference’s educational institutions. Ernest A. Rayner is the father of Rev. Ernest A. Rayner of the Grafton, Australia, congregation of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland. Some biographical information on Ernest A. Rayner appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 55. Some sources give the birth date as 7-15-1878.

REAMS, DAVID BRYON

Born: 6-13-1927 Philipsburg PA married: Alice BeatriceKline

Died: 6-2-2003 obit:

1951 license, recommended by Philipsburg Trinity

1957 admitted on trial

1957 ordained deacon

1959 ordained elder

Interment: Asbury Church Cemetery, Harrisonville PA

Obit: 2004, 376

1950-55 Woodland

1955-58 Harrisonville

1958-59 Orbisonia

1959-63 Martinsburg

1963-68 Duncannon

1968-74 Nescopeck Wesley

1974-81 Mount Union First

1981-93 McConnellsburg

1993-97 Harrisonville

1997 retired

1997-00 Robertsdale

REDMOND, CLARKE JOB

Born: 7-5-1923 Swansea SC married: Permelia F. Garthoff

Died: 3-31-2005 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1983, 413

married2: Margie E. Armbrester

1942 license, recommended by Spartanburg SC Saxon obit2:

1948 admitted on trial, recommended by Claysburg

1948 ordained deacon

1950 ordained elder

Interment: Redmond Cemetery, Swansea SC

Obit: 2005, 454

1946-49 Claysburg

1949-54 Coalport Parish

1954-59 Altoona Fifty-Eight Street

1959-62 Thompsontown

1962-68 Altoona Fifth Avenue

1968-79 Bedford

1979-82 Canton

1982-84 Clearfield Parish (ending 2/1/84)

1984-88 disability leave (beginning 2/1/84)

1988 retired

Note: Clarke J. Redmond is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1075.

REED, C. RICHARD

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1947-48 James Creek (beginning 7/1/47)

Note: C. Richard Reed served as a local pastor. Nothing else is known about him.

REED, CLAY

Born: 5-26-1904 married:

Died: 10-?-1983 obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1946-61 Eagles Mere (ending 12/1/61)

Note: Clay Reed served as a local pastor. He appears to have had credentials in the Presbyterian Church.

REED, W.H.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1895-97 Altoona Epworth Mission

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

REED, WILLIAM IRELAN

Born: 3-6-1874 Pleasantville NJ married:

Died: 9-15-1947 Fair Haven NJ obit:

1902 admitted on trial, New Jersey Conference

Interment: Red Bank NJ

Obit: Newark Conference 1948, 134

1897-01 student, Dickinson College

1899-00 Rehobeth & Boiling Springs

1902-04 Camden St. George’s

1904-05 student, New York University in New York City NY

1905 transfer to New York East Conference

1905-06 Bantam CT

1906-07 Brooklyn Prospect Avenue

1907-08 Union Port

1908-09 Oceanside

1909 transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1909-12 Shenandoah

1912-13 Columbia First

1913-14 Conshohocken

1914 transfer to New Jersey Conference

1914-16 Long Branch

1916-18 Staten Island St. Paul’s

1918-20 YMCA war work

1920-21 sNew York Anti-Saloon League

1921-26 director, Near East Relief

1926-29 Mountain View

1929-33 Springfield

1933-35 Dunellen

1935-37 Frenchtown & Kingwood

1937-39 Stanhope & Waterloo

1939-43 Fair Haven

1943 retired

REEDER, WILSON WILLIAM

Born: 6-5-1893 Huntersville PA married: Ethel Beatrice Taylor

Died: 2-23-1933 Cresson PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1983, 413

1920 admitted on trial

Interment: Eagles Mere Cemetery, Eagles Mere PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1933, 191

1916-18 Trout Run

1918-20 Morris

1920-22 Half Moon

1922-24 assistant, Dudley

1924-26 Dudley

1926-27 Austin

1927 retired

REEGER, KENNETH

Born: 10-18-1915 married:

Died: 1-?-72 obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1963-65 associate, New Millport

Note: Kenneth Reeger served as a local pastor.

REES, GEORGE E.

Born: 11-14-1915 Nanticoke PA married: Doris Myers

Died: 1-16-2000 Towanda PA obit:

1961 license

1965 ordained deacon

1967 ordained elder

1970 admitted as associate member

Interment: Nantocoke Cemetery, Nanticoke PA

Obit: 2000, 353

1961-62 Talmar circuit (ending 12/1/62)

1962-67 Shawville (beginning 12/1/62)

1967-69 Centralia

1969-72 North Towanda

1972-75 Milroy

1975-79 Almedia-Espy

1979-81 Middlebury Parish

1981 retired

1983-84 Litchfield, Wyoming Conference

1986-89 Damascus, Wyoming Conference

1990-92 Hornbrook, Wyoming Conference

REESE, THOMAS McCLEARY

Born: 7-18-1820 Baltimore MD married: Elizabeth Ann Parrish

Died: 3-27-1882 Altoona PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1907, 119

1842 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Baltimore MD

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1883, 74

1842-43 Milton circuit

1843-45 Gettysburg

1845-46 Shippensburg

1846-47 West River

1847-49 Washington DC McKendree Chapel.

1849-51 Staunton VA

1851-53 East Baltimore

1853-55 Baltimore Fayette Street

1855-57 Danville

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-59 Frederick City

1859-60 Lewisburg

1860-64 superintendent, Northumberland District

1864-66 Espy-Light St.

1866-69 Williamsport Pine Street

1869 transfer to Wyoming Conference

1869-72 Wilkes Barre

1872 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1872-73 Chambersburg First [St. Paul’s]

1873-77 superintendent, Altoona District

1877-80 Shamokin

1880-81 Harrisburg St. Paul’s

1881-82 Altoona Chestnut Avenue

1882 on leave

Note: Thomas M. Reese is the brother of Aquila A. Reese and Philip B. Reese, and son of prominent local preacher John Lee Reese, all of the Baltimore Conference, and the father of William W. Reese. A biographical sketch is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 440. An obituary is also given in the 4/1/1882 Conference News, front page. It is unclear whether Thomas M. Reese was actually a member of the Wyoming Conference, or whether he should be considered a 1868 charter member and continuous member of the Central Pennsylvania Conference.

REESE, WILLIAM WALTER

Born: 1846 West River MD married: Annie L. Lauderbaugh

Died: 5-10-1924 Camp Hill PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1929, 199

1868 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference

Interment: Fairview Cemetery, Chambersburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1925, 156

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69 Elysburg

1869-70 Half Moon

1870-72 Hickory Run

1872-73 Mercersburg

1873-74 Muhlenberg

1874-75 Birmingham

1875-76 Osceola

1876-77 Port Matilda

1877-78 Duncansville

1878-81 McConnellsburg

1881-82 Newville-Rehoboth

1882-83 Mt. Carmel

1883-85 Milesburg-Unionville

1885-86 Grahamton

1886-87 Woodland-Bradford

1887-90 Martinsburg

1890-92 Watsontown

1892-95 Salona

1895-98 Salladasburg

1898-00 Ray’s Hill

1900-03 Ramey

1903-05 Dudley

1905-09 McVeytown

1909-11 Hopewell

1911-12 Orbisonia

1912 retired

Note: William W. Reese is the son of Thomas M. Reese. An obituary also appears in the 5/29/1924 Washington Christian Advocate.

REESER, ISAIAH JACOB

Born: 4-28-1858 Northumberland County PA married: Effie Naomi McCracken

Died: 4-1-1914 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1907, 119

married2: Minnie C. Showalter

obit2: 1936, 202

1889 admitted on trial, recommended by Jamestown charge

Interment: Salona Cemetery, Salona PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1915, 115

1888-89 Jamestown

1889-91 Clarkstown

1891-93 Mill Hall

1893-96 Benezette

1896-99 Liberty Valley

1899-04 Cogan Valley

1904-07 Salona-Lamar

1907-12 Cassville

1912-13 retired

1913-14 Dudley

1914 retired

REESER, J.T.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1888-89 Jamestown

1889-90 Clarkstown

Note: J.T. [aka J.J. and I.J] Reeser lived in Williamsport and served as a local pastor.

REIDELL, GEORGE BLAINE McCLELLAN

Born: 9-?-1884 Dauphin County PA married: Katherine Irene Demmy [6/5/1905]

Died: 11-13-1952 obit: [10/10/1887 – 6/4/1989]

? credentials, Church of God

Interment: Shoop’s Cemetery, Harrisburg PA

Obit:

1909 Meadow Gap Church of God

… …

1915-16 Hustontown, Central Pennsylvania Conference ME

1916 received in Central Pennsylvania Conference on Credentials from Church of God

1916-18 Hustontown

1918-19 Blandsburg

1919-22 East Waterford

1922-25 Woodland-Bradford

1925-28 Salladasburg

1928-29 Glen Campbell

1929 removed, charges of insubordination and dishonesty being sustained

REILEY, CHARLES M.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1918-20 Town Hill

1920-21 Catawissa circuit

Note: Charles M. Reiley served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.

REILEY, HENRY BAKER JR.

Born: 5-24-1908 Trenton NJ married: Betty Holmes

Died: 6-9-1984 Somerset PA obit:

1938 admitted on trial

1940 elected deacon

1941 elected elder

Interment: Somerset County Memorial Park, Somerset PA

Obit: [conference biographical files]

1937-40 student, Boston University School of Theology in Boston MA

1940-41 Rouzerville

1941-42 Fayetteville

1942-43 White Haven

1943-46 Hastings

1946-50 Everett

1950-51 Gettysburg

1951 transfer to Ohio Conference

Note: Henry Baker Reiley Jr is the grandson of William McKendree Reiley. The compete Reiley relations are given on the William McKendree Reiley page.

REILEY, JAMES MCKENDREE

Born: 9-4-1876 Hopewell PA married: Eleanor Ewing Witman

Died: 6-8-1952 Newton Hamilton PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1974, 441

1902 admitted on trial

1904 ordained deacon

1906 ordained elder

Interment: Spring Hill Cemetery, Shippensburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1953, 226

1901 Bellwood (7 months)

1902-05 assistant, Clearfield Trinity

1905-09 Clearfield Eleventh Street [Emmanuel]

1909-17 State College

1917-20 York First [Asbury]

1920-24 Sunbury St. John’s

1924-30 superintendent, Altoona District

1930-34 Altoona First

1934-38 Chambersburg

1938-43 Harrisburg Stevens Memorial

1943-46 Lewistown First

1946-47 Catawissa

1947 retired

Note: James McKendree Reiley is the son of William McKendree Reiley and the father of William Witman Reiley. Some biographical information appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 33. The compete Reiley relations are given on the Williams McKendree Reiley page.

REILEY, J. MCKENDREE

Born: 3-8-1817 Broad Top Mountain PA married: Susan Ann Bunn Gibbs

Died: 6-2-1897 Baltimore MD obit: [3/24/1824 – 7/21/1854]

married2: M. Alcesta Stevenson

1844 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference obit2: Baltimore Conference 1897, 62

Interment: Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore MD

Obit: Baltimore Conference 1898, 62

1844-45 Hillsboro

1845-48 Lewisburg circuit

1848-50 Augusta

1850-52 Front Royal

1852-54 North Baltimore station

1854-56 Baltimore City station

1856-57 Annapolis

1857 transfer to Pittsburgh Conference

1857-59 Pittsburgh Christ

1859 transfer to East Baltimore Conference

1859-61 Fredrick City

1861-62 Baltimore Exeter Street

1862-66 superintendent, Baltimore District

1866-68 Danville

1868 transfer to Kentucky Conference

1868-70 Covington Union

1870-72 Louisville

1872 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1872-74 Williamsport Pine Street

1874 transfer to West Virginia Conference

1874-77 Wheeling Fourth Street

1877 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1877-79 Baltimore Eutaw Street

1879-82 Georgetown DC

1882-85 Baltimore Madison Square

1885-91 superintendent, Washington District

1891-96 Baltimore Harlem Park

1896 retired

Note: J. McKendree Reiley is the son of James Reiley (1784-1841) of the Baltimore Conference, is the brother of Asbury Roberts Reiley (1829-1908) of the Baltimore Conference, and is the father of William McKendree Reiley. To distinguish him from his father and grandson, his given name JAMES is typically not used. A biographical sketch is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 442. The compete Reiley relations are given on the Williams McKendree Reiley page.

REILEY, WILLIAM MCKENDREE

Born: 4-24-1847 Charlestown WV married: Fannie Baker

Died: 1-17-1907 Newberry PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1921, 146

1868 admitted in trial, Kentucky Conference

1872 Tr. To C. Pa. Conference

Interment: Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1907, 115

1868-70 City Mission, Kentucky

1870-71 Adair

1871-72 Harrodsburg

1872 t ransfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1872-73 Muhlenburg

1873-74 Ralston

1874-76 Shirleysburg

1876-79 Saxton

1879-81 Green Village

1881-84 Hanover-New Oxford

1884-86 Mifflinburg

1886-88 Watsontown

1888-92 Centralia

1892-96 Waynesboro

1896-00 Altoona Fifth Avenue

1900-02 Bellwood

1902-05 Ashland

1905-07 Williamsport Newberry

Note: William McKendree Reiley is the son of J. McKendree Reiley and the grandson of James Reiley (1784-1841) of the Baltimore Conference. [James Reiley is also the father of Asbury Roberts Reiley (1829-1908) of the Baltimore Conference, and the brother of Tobias Reiley (1879-1843) of the Baltimore Conference.] William McKendree Reiley is the father of James McKendree Reiley, and of of Alcie Reiley Owens, wife of Leonard L. Owens. He is also the grandfather of Henry Baker Reiley Jr and William Witman Reiley. An extensive family tree showing literally dozens of Methodist clergy in the extended Reiley family is kept in the Ewing biographical files at the conference archives.

REILEY, WILLIAM WITMAN

Born: 6-17-1915 Clearfield married: Mildred Elizabeth Gardner

Died: 7-21-1979 obit:

1944 admitted on trial

1944 ordained deacon

1946 ordained elder, Wyoming State Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1942-43 Wilburton-Johnston City PA

…

1944-45 at school

1943-45 Center Moriches NY

1945 transfer to Wyoming State Conference

1945-48 Pine Bluffs

1948-50 Powell

1950 transfer to Ohio Conference

1950-54 Metamora

1954-59 Waterville

1959-64 Dayton Community

1964-66 Zanesville Central Trinity

Note: William Witman Reiley is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1082. He is the son of James McKendree Reiley and the grandson of William McKendree Reiley. The compete Reiley relations are given on the Williams McKendree Reiley page.

REINERT, ALFRED

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1963-64 Jerseytown

Note: Alfred Reinert served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.

REINFURT, WILLLIAM FREDERICK

Born: 7-8-1905 Arlington PA married: Catherine Marguerite Partridge

Died: 2-23-1992 obit: Wyoming Conference 1982, 227

married2: Larissa G. Vaughn

1935 admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference obit2:

Interment: Sand Hill Cemetery

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1992, 362

1930-33 student, Dickinson College

1930-31 Rehoboth (starting during 1929-30 conference year)

1931-33 Blain

1933-36 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

. 1933-36 Jackson & North Jackson

1936-38 Candor

1938-40 Wilkes-Barre Parrish Street

1940 transfer to Florida Conference

1942 transfer to Genesee Conference

1942-43 Leroy NY

1943 transfer to Wyoming Conference

1943-45 Scranton Providence

1945-52 Dallas

1952-57 Unadilla

1957-60 Athens

1960-68 Binghamton NY Centenary

1968-71 Carbondale

1971 retired

1971-79 Sand Hill

Note: W. Frederick Reinfurt, as he was originally known in both the Conference and Dickinson College records, appears to have changed his name at some point to Frederick William Reinfurt. The first Mrs. Reinfurt was known as Patty.

REITER, EDWIN S.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1938-39 Trout Run

Note: Edwin S. Reiter served as a local pastor.

REMLEY, GEORGE M.

Born: 5-10-1864 Divide PA married: Elma Streeter

Died: 5-28-1948 Sunbury PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1935, 246

1895 admitted on trial, recommended by Kedron

Interment: Waller Cemetery, Benton PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1949, 199

1894-96 Kedron (beginning fall 1894)

1896-97 Benezette

1897-98 Westport

1898-03 Cross Forks

1903-04 Trout Run

1904-07 Beach Haven

1907-08 White Haven

1908-15 Snydertown

1915-16 New Millport

1916-17 Fairview

1917-20 Lock Haven Circuit

1920-21 on sabbatical

1921-23 Waterville (moved to Half Moon midyear 1922/23)

1923-25 Half Moon

1925-26 on leave

1926-29 Blain (beginning fall 1925)

1929 retired

REMLEY, L.A.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1913-14 Rohrsburg

1914-16 Washingtonville

Note: L.A. Remley served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.

RENNER, LARRY

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1948-53 New Millport

Note: Larry Renner served as a local pastor.

RESH, JAMES JACOB

Born: 11-12-1867 Grove Run Mills MD married: Martha [Mattie] Hall Buckingham

Died: 3-27-1959 obit: Baltimore Conference 1943, 152

married2: Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Phebus

1897 admitted on trial obit2:

Interment: Lutheran burial grounds, Beckleysville MD

Obit: Baltimore Conference 1959, 288

1897-00 Muncy Valley

1900-01 Medix

1901-05 Hoytville

1905-08 Mill Hall

1908-11 Shrewsbury

1911-14 York Ridge Avenue

1914-17 Mechanicsburg

1917-18 Clearfield West Side

1918-19 Freeland

1919-20 American Red Cross

1920 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1920-25 Middletown

1925-29 Morgan

1929-31 Calvert circuit

1931-33 Curtis Bay

1933 retired

Note: The biography section of the conference archives includes a booklet on the life of James J. Resh titled “Leaves from a Methodist Itinerant’s Diary.”

REYNOLDS, NORMAN KAPP

Born: 5-18-1900 Spruce Creek PA married: Hazel F. Rogers

Died: 3-27-1977 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1987, 420

1960 license, recommended by Altoona Llyswen

1965 ordained deacon

1967 ordained elder

Interment: Alto Reste Cemetery, Altoona PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1977, 261

1938-41 Cresson PA, Christian and Missionary Alliance Church

1965-68 Trout Run

1968-70 Lakemont-Frankstown

1970 retired

Note: Norman K. Reynolds served as a local pastor.

RHEA, JOHN H.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1911-13 James Creek

1913-14 Shirleysburg

Note: John H. Rhea served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown

RHEEM, ALBERT LEROY

Born: 8-4-1925 Lewistown PA married: Louise Helen Thomas

Died: obit:

1961 license, recommended by Burnham

1962 admitted on trial

1962 ordained deacon

1964 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1960-61 Sinamahoning

1961-64 student, Perkins School of Theology in Dallas TX

1964-66 Altoona Mardorf

1966-67 student, Perkins School of Theology in Dallas TX

1966-67 Leona-Evans Chapel

1967-72 Morrisdale

1972-78 Pleasant Gap

1978-81 Westfield

1981-89 Newberrytown St. Paul’s

1989 retired

Note: Albert L. Rheem is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1087.

RHODES, LEVIN R. B.

Born: 1-21-1840 Frederick County MD married: Sarah Ann Schofield

Died: 12-19-1928 Marion County IN obit: [12/8/1843 – 1/30/1909]

1863 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

1865 ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference

1867 ordained elder, Baltimore Conference

Interment: Fall Creek Cemetery, Indianapolis IN

Obit:

1863-64 Patuxent circuit

1864-65 Prince George

1865-66 Charles

1866-67 St. Mary’s

1867 transfer to East Baltimore Conference

1867-68 Antietam

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69 Mercersburg

1869-70 New Washington

1870-71 Washington

1871 involuntary location

Note: This surname is also rendered RHOADES. The 1871 journal, page 43, indicates in the case of L.R.B. Rhodes “that the charge of inefficiency and unacceptability is sustained, and that he is located without his consent.”

RHONE, ZEBULON STRATTON

Born: 12-2-1844 PA married: Jennie Mary Crosthwaite

Died: 2-5-1887 NE obit: Nebraska Conference 1918,428

1872 admitted on trial

Interment :

Obit: North Nebraska Conference, 1887, 23

1872-73 Jamestown

1873-75 Elimsport

1875-77 Cogan Valley

1877-78 Burnt Cabins

1878 transfer to Kansas Conference

Note: Some sources give the birth date for Zebulon Stratton Rhone as 9-2-1845. Mrs. Rhone is the daughter of Mortimer P. Crosthwaite and the brother of A. Clark Crosthwaite.

RICHARDS, HEBERT E. JR.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1939-41 Boiling Springs & Hickorytown

Note: In 2003 Herbert E. Richards is listed as a retired member of the Oregon-Idaho Conference.

RICHARDS, JAMES

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1894-95 Westport

Note: James Richards served as a local pastor.

RICHARDS, JERRY LEE

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1966 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1961-65 Wallis Run

1965-68 At School

1968 transfer to South Iowa Conference

RICHARDS, WAYNE LEON

Born: married: Joanne _____

Died: obit:

1958 license, recommended by Duncansville Hicks Memorial

1962 ordained deacon

1964 ordained elder

1971 admitted as associate member

Interment:

Obit:

1959-63 Cassville

1963-69 Claysburg

1969-77 Millerton-Daggett

1977-85 Mapleton

1985-88 Bigler

1988-93 Sunbury Otterbein

1993-95 Altoona East End

1995-98 Altoona East End-Pleasant Valley

1998 retired

RICHARDSON, JAMES THOMAS

Born: 2-18-1864 West Bangor PA married: Caroline Amelia Andrews

Died: 2-24-1938 obit:

1890 ordained deacon, recommended by Carlisle

1893 admitted on trial, East Main Conference

1894 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit: Wilmington Conference 1938, 308

1890-93 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1893-95 Searsport ME

1895-99 Bucksport ME Franklin Street

1899 transfer to Wilmington Conference

1899-01 Church Hill MD

1901-06 Denton MD

1906-07 Frederica DE

1907-08 North East MD

1908-10 Rock Hall MD

1910-13 Wilmington DE Cookman

1913-16 Mt. Pleasant DE

1916-20 Preston MD

1920-24 Harrington DE

1924- Chesapeake City MD

RICHARDSON, JOHN HAROLD

Born: 5-21-1900 near Philadelphia PA married: Laura Maurer

Died: 11-18-76 obit: [d. 1964]

married2: Mildred Bittenbender

1966 license, recommended by White Haven obit2:

1968 ordained deacon

1971 admitted as associate member

Interment: Laurel Cemetery, White Haven PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1977, 262

1966-79 Forksville (ending 10/1/69)

1969-72 Benton (beginning 10/1/69)

1972 retired

1972-73 Benton

1973-76 Elimsport

Note: John H. Richardson retired from Sears in 1960 before entering the ministry.

RICHARDSON, RALPH D.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1960-61 Salladasburg

1961-62 Ray’s Hill

Note: Ralph D. Richardson served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.

RICHESSON, RODNEY IRVIN

Born: married: LaFawn _____

Died: obit:

1967 license, recommended by Charlestown

1971 admitted on trial

1974 ordained deacon

Interment:

Obit:

1966-71 Doylesburg (beginning 8/1/66)

1971-74 Rouzerville

1974-88 Yorkana

1988-95 Hershey Fishburn

1995-03 Dover Bethany

2003 retired

RIDDLE, FINLEY B.

Born: 12-3-1829 Howard PA married: Mary Packer

Died: 3-24-1902 Bloomsburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1877, 65

married2: Annie K. McCollum

1857 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference obit2: 1922,137

Interment: Bloomsburg Cemetery, Bloomsburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1902, 131

1856-57 Newberry

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-58 Newberry

1858-60 Sunbury

1860-62 Penn’s Valley

1862-63 Shippensburg

1863-66 New Bloomfield

1866-68 Shamokin

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69 Shamokin

1869-71 Berwick

1871-74 Altoona First

1874-76 Danville St. Paul’s

1876-79 Huntingdon

1879-82 Tyrone

1882-85 Shamokin

1885-86 Lewisburg

1886-88 Bloomsburg

1888-91 Danville St. Paul’s

1891-96 Renovo

1896-99 Wrightsville

1899-02 on leave

Note: Biographical sketches of Finley B. Riddle appear in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference and in Simpson’s 1881 Cyclopedia of Methodism. An obituary also appears in the 7/10/1902 NY Christian Advocate, page 1119. The second Mrs. Riddle is the daughter of Ephraim McCollum [admitted 1838, located 1854] of the Baltimore Conference.

RIDENOUR, GORDON M.

Born: 10-4-1895 Canandaigua NY married: Ruth Baker Davis [8/24/1921]

Died: 6-?-1970 Horseheads NY obit: [6/20/1894 – 3/?/1972]

? license, Central New York Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1961-62 Sugar Creek Parish

1962 “transfer” by boundary change to Central; Pennsylvania Conference

1962-64 Sugar Creek Parish

Note: Gordon M. Ridenour Reed served as a local pastor. A veteran of WWI, he at various times was a high school teacher and principal in the 1930’s, a radio newscaster in the 1940’s, and a feature write for the New York Herald Tribune.

RIDGLEY, BENJAMIN J.

Born: 2-2-1914 married: Jean Mildred Fraley [2/14/1942]

Died: 2-24-1986 obit: [4/5/1920 – 8/8/1978]

1946 ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

Interment: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Forest Hill MD

Obit: [Wyoming Conference 1986, 179]

1942-44 Dillsburg & Wellsville

1944 “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1944 Skinner’s Eddy (part year)

1944-47 chaplain, US Navy

1947-51 Meshoppen (ending 4/1/51)

1951 withdrew to enter Episcopal ministry [1951, 674 & 698]

RIGBY, JOSEPH GORDON

Born: 6-9-1902 Bursalem, England married Dorothy Pauline Rupp

Died: 3-30-1986 Hollidaysburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1981, 350

1923 license, recommended by Pine Grove Mills

1927 admitted on trial

1929 ordained deacon

1931 ordained elder

Interment: Pine Hall Cemetery, near State College PA

Obit:1986, 433

1925-27 student, Penn State University

1925-26 Madera

1926-27 Pine Grove Mills

1927-29 Birmingham

1929-30 student, Western Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh PA

1929-30 Pittsburgh Calvary

1930-36 Manor Hill

1936-41 St. Mary’s

1941-45 York Ridge Avenue

1945-51 Hollidaysburg First

1951-53 Altoona Fifth Avenue

1953-61 Emporium

1961-63 Mount. Union First

1963-69 Bellwood Trinity

1969-71 Mapleton Trinity

1971 retired

Note: Joseph G. Rigby is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1097.

RIGGIN, EDWIIN CRANSTON

Born: 11-26-1899 Crisfield MD married: Hazel Allen

Died: 8-11-1984 obit:

1923 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment:

Obit: Baltimore Conference 1985, 364

1920-23 student, Dickinson College

1920-22 Fort Loudon (starting 9/1920)

1923-25 student, Garrett Biblical Institute

1925-27 Hancock

1927-32 Pikesville

1932-35 Gatch

1935-40 Annapolis Calvary

1940-46 superintendent, Baltimore East District

1946-65 Baltimore St. Mark’s

1955-58 superintendent, Baltimore South District

1958-70 executive secretary, Conference Board of Missions

1970 retired

RIGGLE, JOHN HAROLD

Born: 2-5-1908 married:

Died: 9-17-1968 obit:

1936 admitted on trial, Central New York Conference

1936 ordained deacon, Central New York Conference

1938 ordained elder, Central New York Conference

Interment:

Obit: Western New York Conference 1969, ?

1931-32 Ellerslie, Corriganville & Cooks Mills MD

1932-33 student, Drew University in Madison NJ

1932-33 Jedo, Latimer & Milnesville

1935-36 Johnsborg NJ

1935-38 Georgetown, Otselic & Sheds

1938-44 Branchport & Bluff Point

1944-45 Branchport, Bluff Point & Friend

1945-57 Seneca Falls

1957 transfer to Northern New York Conference

1957-61 Fulton First

1961 transfer to Genesee Conference

1961-65 Gowanda

1965 transfer by boundary change to Western New York Conference

1965-68 Gowanda

RILEY, CHARLES M.

Born: 3-19-1859 East Brady PA married: Luella Shaul

Died: 7-16-1940 obit: [d. 7/18/1904]

married2: Sarah E. Wentzel

1909 license, Erie Conference obit2: 1945, 226

Interment: Spies Cemetery, near Reading PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1941, 215

1909-10 Spring Creek

1910-11 Brooklyn Heights

1911-18 evangelistic work and Baptist pastorates

1918 “transfer” to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1918-20 Town Hill

1920-23 Catawissa circuit

1923-25 Cross Roads & Gatchelville

1925-27 Lewisberry & Lisburn

1927-30 Elimsport & Maple Hill & Allenwood

1930-31 Beach Haven

1931-32 Laurelton

1932-37 Kulpmont

1937-38 Littlestown

1938 retired

Note: Charles M. Riley served as a local pastor and is the son of William L. Riley of the Erie Conference. It is reported that his grandfather was also a pastor.

RINK, WILLIAM

Born: 1-22-1823 Philadelphia PA married: Amanda Emily Ballard

Died: 1-18-1907 obit: Philadelphia Conference 1930, 440

1844 license, recommended by Philadelphia St. George’s

1845 admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference

1847 ordained deacon

1849 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit: Philadelphia Conference 1907, 78

1845-46 Caroline

1846-47 Easton circuit

1847-48 Cambridge

1848-49 Dorchester

1849-50 Princess Ann

1950-52 Northampton

1952-54 Berlin

1954-56 Bethel MD

1856-58 Zion circuit

1858-60 Strasburg

1860-62 Coatesville

1862-63 Rising Sun

1863-65 Dorchester

1865-66 Seaford

1866-68 Bridgeville

1868-69 Lehma’s Chapel

1869-71 Bristol

1871-72 South Easton

1872 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1872-75 Harrisburg Ridge Avenue

1875-78 Mechanicsburg

1878-80 Duncannon

1880 transfer to Philadelphia Conference

…

1891 on leave

retired

RINELL, JOHN RODERICK

Born: 5-12-1928 Frewsburg NY married: Janice Marietta Chen [7/25/1954]

Died: obit:

1954 ordained, Augustana Lutheran Church

Interment:

Obit:

1949-52 student, Westminster Theological Seminary in Westminster MD

1949-50 Ray’s Hill

…

Wallingford CT Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Note: J. Roderick Rinell graduated from Houghton College in 1949. Some sources give the maiden name of Mrs. Rinell as Chow.

RIPPLE, DONALD LARUE

Born: 6-20-1925 Austin PA married: Beatrice Irene Rissmiller

Died: 6-10-2004 obit:

1949 license, recommended by Costello

1952 admitted on trial

1952 ordained deacon

1954 ordained elder

Interment: Milton Cemetery, Milton PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1985, 457

1948-50 Waterville

1951-54 Marysville

1954-58 Glen Campbell

1958-64 Milesburg

1964-67 Williamsburg (ending 11/15/67)

1967-77 Sunbury Catawissa Avenue (beginning 11/16/67)

1977-82 Royalton

1982-90 Milton Bethany

1990 retired

1990-94 executive director emeritus, Yokefellow Prison Ministries

1994-95 interim pastor, Yokefellow Ministries

1995-99 visitation pastor, Milton St. Andrew’s

Note: Donald L. Ripple is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1099. He is the grandson of local preacher Lorenzo Dow Ripple (1857-1917) and the nephew of Thomas F. Ripple. Mrs. Ripple is the daughter of William H. Rissmiller.

RIPPLE, LORENZO DOW

Born: 1857 married: Isabella Mary Brownlee

Died: 1917 obit: [1858-1924]

Interment: Forest Hill Cemetery, Austin PA

Obit:

1885-86 Wharton

1887-88 Leidy

Note: Lorenzo Dow Ripple is the father of Thomas F. Ripple. He lived in Potter County and served as a local pastor.

RIPPLE, THOMAS FRANKLIN

Born: 1-20-1880 Austin PA married: Vinnie Viola Eddy

Died: 6-11-1946 Harrisburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1953, 231

1905 license, recommended by Williamsport Fourth Street

1906 admitted on trial

1908 ordained deacon

1910 ordained elder

Interment: East Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1947, 199

1905-08 Laporte

1908-11 Bloomingdale

1911-15 Elysburg

1915-18 Berwick Calvary (ending 8/18)

1918-20 chaplain, US Army (8/18 – 8/19)

1919-20 Bloomingdale (beginning 9/19)

1920-25 Hazleton Diamond

1925-28 Harrisburg Ridge Avenue

1928-31 Altoona Fifth Avenue

1931-34 Harrisburg Epworth

1934-37 Gordon

1937-38 Hanover

1938-41 York Ridge Avenue

1941-44 St. Mary’s

1944-46 Osceola Mills

1946 retired

Note: Thomas F. Ripple is the son of Lorenzo Dow Ripple and the uncle of Donald L. Ripple. His obituary states that he is the nephew of Levi G. Heck, but the specific connection between the families is not stated. Some biographical information appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 63.

RISHELL, CHARLES W.

Born: 3-9-1850 Williamsport PA married: Elizabeth S. Harman [3/12/1878]

Died: 9-21-1908 obit: [1854-?]

1872 license, recommended by Howard

1874 admitted on trial, recommended by Rehobeth

Interment:

Obit: New England Conference 1909, 132

1871-72 student, Dickinson College

1872-73 student, Penn State University

1873-74 faculty, Shippensburg Normal School

1874-75 student, Drew University in Madison NJ

1875 discontinued at own request

1875-76 student, Wittenburg College in Springfield OH

1876 admitted, Cincinnati Conference

1876-78 Cincinnati Finley

1878-80 Cincinnati Winton Place & Camp Washington

1880-83 Delhi

1883-86 Avondale Grace

1886-89 Urbana First

1889-91

1891-94 Cincinnati Asbury

1894-95 Springfield Central

1895-08 faculty, Boston University School of Theology in Boston MA

1908 transfer to New England Conference

1980 faculty, Boston University School of Theology in Boston MA

Note: Charles Wesley Rishell is the author of numerous books and articles. He is the father of Ruth Rishell Frick, wife of Philip L. Frick of the New England Conference.

RISHELL, CHARLES WESLEY

Born: 7-3-1861 Centre Hall PA married: Christina Elizabeth Beyer

Died: 8-1-1932 Clearfield PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1959, 260

1888 admitted on trial, recommended by Altoona District

1888 ordained deacon, recommended by Altoona District

Interment: Montoursville Cemetery

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1933, 195

1885-86 Decatur

1886-88 living in Centre Hall

1888-89 assistant, Glen Hope circuit (added sometime during the 1887-88 year)

1889-90 Port Matilda

1890-91 at College

1891-92 Shawmut

1892-93 Morrisdale

1893-95 Ansonville-Mahaffey

1895-96 Mahaffey

1896-99 Snow Shoe

1899-02 Woodland-Bradford

1902-04 Jerseytown

1904-07 Elysburg

1907-08 assistant, Williamsport High Street

1908-09 New Washington

1909-10 Lock Haven circuit

1910-14 Fairview

1914-16 conference evangelist

1916-18 Howard

1918-20 Ralston

1920-22 retired

1921-24 Liverpool

1924-27 Pleasant Gap

1927-31 Pine Grove Mills

1931 retired

Note: Charles W. Rishell is the father of Paul W. Rishell, who served in the New England Conference 1929-1941. Mrs. Rishell is a sister to Sara Ann Beyer Sheaffer, wife of William J. Sheaffer.

RISSMILLER, WILLIAM HARRISON

Born: 5-16-1894 Lebanon PA married: Pelagia I. Berezko

Died: 12-3-1958 State College PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1964, 364

1927 license, Church of God

1929 ordained elder, Church of God

Interment: Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Port Matilda

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1959, 257

1927-30 Suedburg and Brisbin

1930-32 Cassville, Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Church

1932 received in Central Pennsylvania Conference on credentials from Church of God

1932-35 Cassville (moved to Harveyville during 1834-35)

1935-36 Harveyville (moved from Cassville during 1934-35)

1936-40 Grampian-Mahaffey

1940-43 Port Matilda

1943-45 Clearfield circuit

1945-46 Sinnemahoning

1946-48 Austin

1948-50 Fairview

1950-53 Beach Haven

1953-55 Lewisberry

1955 retired

Note: William H. Rissmiller is the father of Beatrice Rissmiller Ripple, wife of Donald L. Ripple.

RITCHEY, GEORGE SAMUEL

Born: 2-20-1914 married:

Died: 11-10-1991 obit:

1946 accepted supply

1952 admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

Interment: Ryegate Cemetery, Ryegate MT

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 11/12/1991 Helena Daily Record, page 6A, column 1

1945-47 Mapleton-Mill Creek

1947-48 James Creek (ending 7/1/47)

1948-51 at school

1951-52 Newton, Wyoming Conference

1952 received on trial by Wyoming Conference

1953-54 Pittston First

1954 Pittston First & Yatesville (part year)

1954 transfer to Montana Conference

1954-57 Blackfeet Indian Miss.

1957-58 Maryland-Delaware Temperance League

1958 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1958-59 Claysburg

1959 transfer to Montana Conference

1959-63 Fort Benton

1963-64 Harlowton

1964 transfer to Minnesota Conference

1964-66 Howard Lake

1966-67 Long Prairie

1967-68 on sabbatical

1968 withdrew

Note: Some sources give the birth date as 2/2/1914. George S. Ritchey was a member of the (final) 1954 class of Evangelical School of Theology in Reading.

RITTER, RALPH ROLAND

Born: 11-13-1912 Danville PA married:

Died: 7-5-2004 obit:

1934 admitted on trial

1937 ordained deacon

1938 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit: Iowa Conference 2005, ?

1934-35 Waterville

1935-39 student, Boston University School of Theology in Boston MA

1935-36 Townsend MA, New England Conference

1936-39 Revere MA, New England Conference

1939-41 Salona-Lamar

1941-42 New Bloomfield

1942-48 Warrior’s Mark

1948 transfer to North West Iowa Conference

Note: Records typically list him as R. Roland Ritter, or simply Roland Ritter.

RITZMAN, ELMER LEROY

Born: 9-5-1888 Port Royal PA married: Catherine Elizabeth Miller

Died: 5-5-1971 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1954, 234

married2: Mrs. B. Earlene Davis Nelson

1915 admitted on trial obit2: 1993, 470

Interment: Riverview Cemetery, Millerstown PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1971, 369

1913-15 Westport (beginning fall 1913)

1915-18 Muncy Valley

1918-19 Salona-Lamar

1919-23 Munson

1923-28 Robertsdale-Woodvale

1931-36 Clearfield Emmanuel

1936-41 Williamsport Grace

1941-48 Millerstown

1948-57 Enola

1957 retired

Note: Elmer L. Ritzman is the author of an autobiographical booklet “During Sixty-Eight Years” kept in the biography section of the conference archives.

ROBB, JOHN WESLEY

Born: 12-1-1919 Los Angeles CA married: Ethel Edna Tosh

Died: obit:

1950 received in Central Pennsylvania Conference from the Free Methodist Church

Interment:

Obit:

1950-52 faculty, Dickinson College

1952-54 chaplain, US Navy

1954 transfer to Southern California-Arizona Conference

1954- faculty, University of Southern California

Note: John Wesley Robb is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in the Methodist Church, page 1103. In 2003 he is listed as a retired member of the California-Pacific Conference.

ROBBINS, WILLIAM C.

Born: 1847 Fulton, NY married: Athema Stephens

Died: 3-9-1925 Tampa FL obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1923, 141

1869 admitted on trial

Interment: Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1925, 160

1869-70 Port Matilda

1870-71 Warrior’s Mark

1871-72 Duncansville

1872-73 Logan Valley

1873-76 Chambersburg Kings Street

1876-78 Mount Union

1878-81 Mount Holly Springs

1881-82 Milton

1882-85 Jersey Shore

1885-88 Renovo

1888-91 Ashland

1891-92 Harrisburg St. Paul’s

1892-95 Logan

1895-99 Salona-Lamar

1899-02 Williamsport Market Street

1902-05 Duboistown

1905-09 secretary, Temperance Society

1909-12 Picture Rocks (moved to Bakerton in mid-year; see 1912, 75)

1912-13 Bakerton

1913-16 Liverpool

1916 retired

ROBERSON, HORACE E.

Born: 6-20-1894 Shipton, England married:

Died: 10-12-1956 Coudersport PA obit:

married2: Mrs. Georganna Smith Scott

1930 ordained, Assembly of God Church obit2:

Interment: Roaring Spring PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1957, 243

local pastor, Methodist Church in Canada

local pastor, United Church of Canada

1930-48 evangelistic work, Assembly of God Church in Canada and the US

1948-55 Harrisburg area, Assembly of God Church

1955 “transfer” to Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Church

1955-56 Austin

Note: Horace E. Roberson served as a local pastor.

ROBERTS, WARREN MILTON

Born: 9-22-1922 Elmira NY married:

Died: 7-19-1989 obit:

1946 license, New England Conference

1948 admitted on trial, recommended by West Chlemsford MA

Interment:

Obit:

1945-48 student, Boston University School of Theology

1945-48 West Chelmsford MA, New England Conference (beginning 12/45)

1948-51 at school

1949-51 Hillsgrove RI Warwick, New England Conference

1951 transfer to New England Conference

1951-55 Hillsgrove RI Warwick

1955-58 Warren RI

1958-62 Brockton MA South Street

1962-66 Norwell MA

1966-67 sabbatical leave …

1967-72 on leave

1970 transfer by boundary change to Southern New England Conference

1972 voluntary location

Note: Warren M. Roberts graduated from Waynesboro High School (1940) and Western Maryland College (1945). His affiliation with the New England Conference began when he went to Boston University for his seminary training and remained there.

ROBINSON, DANIEL S.

Born: 8-5-1902 near Williamsport PA married: Meralda Bower

Died: 1-30-1971 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1964, 364

1939 quarterly conference license

1945 license

1953 ordained deacon

1955 ordained elder

Interment: Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1971, 366

1943-44 Limestone & Collomsville Lutheran churches

1944-48 McElhattan-Pine (12/1/44 – 6/1/48)

1949 Wallis Run (Feb – May)

1950-68 Lock Haven Parish

1968 retired

1968-70 Lock haven Parish

Note: Daniel S. Robinson served as a local pastor.

ROBISON, ALEX

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1923-24 Penfield

Note: Alex Robison served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.

ROBISON, PUERA B.

Born: 7-1-1894 Liverpool PA married: [never married]

Died: 1-3-1974 obit:

1923 license

1925 ordained local deacon, Newark Conference

1930 ordained local elder

Interment: Liverpool Cemetery, Liverpool PA

Obit:

1918 Junior Department of Dickinson College

1922 Centenary Collegiate Institute, Hackettstown NJ

1939 Cooperstown NY

1949 Oak Grove School, Vassalboro ME

1969 South Pasadena CA

Note: Puera B. Robison has a file with the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry, but she never served in the Central Pennsylvania Conference. She graduated from Williamsport Dickinson Seminary and devoted her life to teaching at various Methodist-related academies. She is considered the first woman ordained elder in the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Biographical sketches appear in the 1980 “Licensing and Ordination of Women in the Central Pennsylvania Conference” and the 2003 volume of The Chronicle, page 92. There is a picture of Puera B. Robison in the biographical files.

RODGERS, EMANUEL E.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1915-17 Loyalsock

1918-19 assistant, Williamsburg

1920-21 Sandt Ridge & Clearfield

1921-22 Birmingham

Note: Emanuel Rodgers served as local preacher. This surname is also rendered ROGERS. He is otherwise unknown.

ROGERSON, FREDERICK

Born: 11-3-1852 Yorkshire, England married: Alice Price

Died: 11-5-1882 York PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1881, 72

1874 admitted on trial

1878 re-admitted on trial

Interment: York PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1883, 76

1875 discontinued at own request

1877-80 West Huntingdon

1880-82 McConnellstown

1882-82 Thompsontown

Note: An obituary also appears in the 11/15/1882 Conference News.

ROHER, FRANK WARREN

Born: 4-16-1867 Three Springs PA married: Katherine Evelyn Adams

Died: 4-7-1937 Altoona PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1967, 315

1900 admitted on trial

Interment: Montoursville Cemetery. Montoursville PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1937, 269

1897-00 Lewisberry

1900-01 Greencastle

1901-03 at school

1903-05 Wolfsburg

1905-06 Dudley

1906-07 Bakerton

1907-11 Salladasburg

1911-16 Alexandria

1916-20 Mifflinburg

1920-24 Shickshinny

1924-28 Shamokin Chestnut Street

1928-31 St. Mary’s

1931-35 Williamsport Grace

1925-27 Altoona Llyswen, Altoona

Note: Mrs. F. Warren Roher is the daughter of Furman Adams.

ROHER, SAMUEL R.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1892-94 Wagner

Note: Samuel R. Roher served as a supply pastor. He is sometimes listed as Samuel Q. Roher. He is otherwise unknown.

ROHRBECK, EDWIN HYNDMAN

Born: 1-22-1931 Bellefonte PA married: Marjorie Shaffer

Died: 3-26-2002 obit:

1951 license, recommended by State College St. Paul’s

1952 admitted on trial

1954 ordained deacon

1955 ordained elder

Interment: Centre County Memorial Park, State College PA

Obit: 2002, 371

1952-54 at school

1954-58 Patton

1958-61 Danville St. Paul’s

1961-65 Mifflintown

1965-68 Gettysburg

1968-69 sabbatical leave

1969-70 student, Penn State University

1970-88 voluntary location

teacher, Juniata County public schools

1988-91 East Waterford

1991-92 associate, Juniata Parish

1992 retired

Note Edwin H. Rohrbeck is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1117.

ROOP, CURTIN GREGG

Born: 6-28-1863 married: Mary Martha Spencer

Died: 8-1-1943 obit: Northern New York Conference 1953, 349

1894 admitted on trial, recommended by Tyrone Second

Interment:

Obit: Northern New York Conference 1944,20

1894-95 James Creek

1895-96 East Waterford

1896-00 at school

1900 transfer to Genesee Conference

ROOT, CHARLES FLOYD

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1960 received in Central Pennsylvania Conference on Credentials from Free Methodist Church

Interment:

Obit:

1960-61 missionary, waiting assignment

1961-61 missionary, Sarawak

1961 transfer to Sarawak Conference

RORAPAUGH, ALBERT CHAPMAN

Born: 1-8-1915 Clarks Summit PA married: Grace H. Wells [1940]

Died: 11-?-1985 obit: [6/8/1915 – 11/7/1994]

1943 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1941-44 Wallaceton

1944-47 chaplain, US Army

1947-48 Salona-Lamar

1948-48 Patton (ending 9/1/48)

1948 transfer to Colorado Conference

1948-50 Johnstown

1950-52 left without appointment to attend school

1953 no longer listed

Ohio

ROSE, GUY B.

Born: 4-12-1883 Corning NY married: Minnie E. Hooey

Died: 9-3-1965 obit: [10/25/1886 – 1921]

married2: Mrs. Edna M. Brownell White

1953 license, Genesee Conference obit2: 1964, 365

Interment: Big Flats NY

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1967, 313

1953-62 North Fork & Brookfield

1962 “transfer” by boundary change to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1962-64 North Fork & Brookfield

1964 retired

Note: Guy B. Rose served as a local pastor. Some sources list a middle marriage to a Stella Pierce. The final Mrs. Rose, widow of a Mr. Les White, married Guy B. Rose in 1929.

ROSE, JOEL WARREN

Born: 10-12-1867 Port Republic NJ married: Clara Hewitt [6/28/1899]

Died: 3-7-1937 obit:

1899 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit: New Jersey Conference 1937, 360

1893-95 student, Dickinson College

1895-96 Lower Bank, New Jersey Conference

1896-98 student, Dickinson College

1897-98 Berrysburg, Philadelphia Conference

1898-99 Manada & Paxton, Philadelphia Conference

1899-00 Wagner

1900-01 Jamestown

1901-03 Clarkstown

1903-06 Benezett

1906-10 Town Hill

1910-13 Wilburton

1913 transfer to Minnesota Conference

1913-14 Stockton

1914 transfer to New Jersey Conference

1914-15 Wareton

1915-16 Greenville

1916-18 Keansburg

1918-20 Cedarville

1920-23 Mantua

1923-28 Englishtown Sanford Memorial

1928-30 Trenton Wesley

1930-32 Chews

1932-34 Stratford

ROSE, KENNETH RAY

Born: 11-3-1921 Altoona PA married: JoAnn _____

Died: 3-6-1998 obit:

1940 license

1946 ordained deacon

1947 admitted on trial, recommended by New Bloomfield

1948 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit: Peninsula-Delaware Conference 1998, ?

1940-41 Tipton (beginning 10/40)

1941-42 Boiling Springs & Hickorytown

1942-45 West Fairview & Summerdale

1945-49 New Bloomfield

1949-53 Lewisburg

1953 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1953-65 Baltimore Lovely Lane

1965 transfer to Peninsula Conference

1965-74 Salisbury Bethesda

1974-81 Wilmington Grace

1981-82 Seaford St. John’s

1982-89 Saint Michael’s St. Luke’s

1989 retired

ROSE, WILLIAM SNYDER

Born: 8-20-1872 Yellow Springs PA married: Anna Olive Spencer

Died: 5-22-1971 Roaring Spring PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1967, 316

1901 license, recommended by Williamsburg

1906 admitted on trial

Interment: Presbyterian Cemetery, Williamsburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1971, 358

1904-06 McKee’s Gap & Frankstown

1906-07 Blain

1907-09 James Creek

1909-11 Ennisville

1911-14 Thompsontown

1914-16 Schellsburg

1916-20 Woodland-Bradford

1920-25 Glen Campbell [started 1920 at Snow Shoe?]

1925-26 Lock Haven circuit

1926-29 Half Moon

1929-35 Bloomingdale

1935-37 Petersburg

1937-42 Claysburg

1942 retired

1942-49 McConnellstown Church of the Nazarene

Note: Some biographical information on William S. Rose appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 63. Mrs. Rose is the granddaughter of Rev. W.J. Spencer, affiliation unknown.

ROSENBERRY, GEORGE W.

Born: 9-14-1873 married: Esther Linter

Died: 1-2-1938 Jacksonville FL obit: Florida Conference 1951, 175

1893 license

1895 admitted on trial, Central New York Conference

Interment: East Glastonbury CT

Obit: Florida Conference MES 1938, 76

1890-94 student, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary

1894 Kedron (ending 10/1/1894)

1894- Syracuse Olivet

Dakota Conference

Florida Conference MES

Note: The WDS records list George W. Rosenberry as being from Atkinson Mills and give his father as James Rosenberry.

ROSS, ARTHUR I.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1917-18 East Waterford

1918-19 Bakerton

1919-21 Allegheny

Note: Arthur I. Ross served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.

ROSS, HARRY D.

Born: 9-2-1894 Philipsburg PA married: Rae Shimel

Died: 1-8-1968 Altoona PA obit: [3/1/1898 – 5/?/1987]

1947 license

Interment: Altoona PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1968, 323

1947-1968 Allegheny circuit (beginning 6/1/47)

Note: Harry D. Ross served as a local pastor.

ROSS, JOSEPH ALEXANDER

Born: 7-4-1816 McVeytown PA married: Mary Jameson Harvey

Died: 2-6-1888 Juniata County PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1893, 95

1839 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment: Waterloo PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1888, 98

1839-40 Clearfield

1840-41 Danville circuit

1841-42 Luzerne

1842-43 Berwick

1843-44 Luzerne

1844-46 Lycoming

1846-48 Jersey Shore

1848-49 Luzerne

1949-50 Calvert

1850-52 North Baltimore

1852-54 Sunbury

1854-55 Bloomsburg

1855-57 Northumberland

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-59 Lewistown

1859-61 York

1861-62 Carlisle

1862-66 chaplain, US Army

1866-67 York Springs

1867-68 Hanover-New Oxford

1868 charted member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69 Carlisle circuit

1869-70 New Cumberland

1870-71 Shellsburg

1871-72 Tuscarora

1872-73 Port Royal

1873-75 Petersburg

1875-76 Freedom

1786-77 Concord

1877-78 Lycoming

1878-80 retied

1880-83 Freedom

1883-88 on leave

Note: A biographical sketch of Joseph A. Ross is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 447.

ROSS, LEON W.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1926-27 Benezette

1927-28 Jonestown

1928-29 Salona & Lamar

1929-31 Trout Run

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

ROTHROCK, JOSEPH YOST

Born: 2-21-1823 Shrewsbury PA married: Caroline [Carrie] L. Shriner

Died: 11-11-1894 Forksville PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1884, 87

married2: Clara Belle Little

1852 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference obit2: 1891, 86

married3: Celestia B. Little

Interment: Hughesville Cemetery obit3: [4/4/1853 – 7/12/1943]

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1895, 85

1852-53 Muncy

1853-54 Northumberland

1854-55 Newberry

1855-57 Catawissa

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-79 Orangeville

1859-61 New Bloomfield

1861-62 Salona

1862-64 Clinton

1864-66 Sinnemahoning

1866-68 on leave

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-72 on leave

1868-70 Renovo

1870-71 Westport

1872-75 Susquehanna

1875-77 Lycoming

1877-79 Cogan Valley

1879-81 Pine Creek

1881-82 Benezette

1882-83 on leave

1883-84 retired

1884-86 Picture Rocks

1886-87 Hyner-Westport

1887-89 Loyalsock

1889 retired

1891-92 Three Runs (first part of year); Wharton (last part of year)

Note: A biographical sketch is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 451. The first Mrs. Rothrock may be an aunt to Sarah Shriner Rue, wife of John W. Rue. The second and third Mrs. Rothrocks were first cousins. The third Mrs. Rothrock later married a James Farrell.

ROTHROCK, WILLIAM WESLEY

Born: 10-?-1862 near York PA married: Marion _____

Died: 3-11-1943 obit: Genesee Conference 1952, 139

1891 license

1897 admitted on trial

Interment: North Ridge Cemetery, near Lockport NY

Obit: Genesee Conference 1943, 649

1891-93 Port Royal

1893-95 Burnt Cabins

1895-96 Alum Bank

1896-97 Mifflinville

1897-98 Trevorton

1898-99 Green Village

1899-00 Mercersburg

1900-03 Harveyville

1903-05 Selinsgrove

1905-06 Costello

1906-11 on leave

1909 Washingtonville (see 1910, 72-73)

1909-11 Rohrsburg

1911-12 Lewisberry-Lisburn

1912-14 Irish Valley

1914-15 White Haven

1915 transfer to Genesee Conference

1915-17 Allen’s Hill

1917-18 Springwater

1918-19 Short Tract

1919-20 Arcade

1920-27 on leave

1928 retired

Note: William Wesley Rothrock is believed to be the son of the first cousin of Joseph T. Rothrock.

ROUNSLEY, SAMUEL FRANKLIN

Born: 5-23-1869 Frosty Valley PA married: Venetta Alice Isenberg

Died: 9-1-1936 Hughesville PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1925, 160

married2: Laura F. _____

1898: admitted on trial, recommended by Loyalsock obit2: [d 9/18/1944]

Interment: IOOF Cemetery, Brisbin PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1937, 246

1896-99 Loyalsock

1899-03 Trout Run

1903-07 Cross Forks

1907-12 Hughesville

1912-13 Hazleton Diamond

1913-15 Enola

1915-19 Wrightsville

1919-22 Jersey Shore Epworth

1922-24 Shamokin Chestnut Street

1924-26 Montoursville

1926-29 Duncannon

1929-34 Picture Rocks

1934 retired

ROWE, EARL NELSON

Born: 1-24-1914 Newport PA married: Virginia Elizabeth Fickes [6/22/38]

Died: obit:

married2: Mrs. Carol Reynolds Crawford

license, recommended by Newport obit

1937 admitted on trial

1940 ordained deacon

1941 ordained elder

Interment: Helixville Cemetery, Helixville PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1995, 453

1933-35 Pine Grove Mills (beginning 12/33)

1935-38 Vira

1938-41 Concord

1941-45 York Springs

1945-49 Williamsburg

1949-54 Harrisburg Trinity

1954-62 Clearfield West Side

1962-68 superintendent, State College District

1968-75 Camp Hill

Note: Earl N. Rowe is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1124. He is the step-father of Donald Crawford Rowe of the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church. He is a brother to Betty Rowe Wertz, wife of Bishop D. Frederick Wertz. The second Mrs. Rowe is the widow of H. Donald Crawford of the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church.

ROWLAND, PAUL RICHARD

Born: 2-23-1908 Patton PA married: Ora M. McGahey

Died: 9-4-1995 York County PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1983, 415

1931 admitted on trial, recommended by Patton

1937 ordained deacon

1939 ordained elder

Interment: Cassville Cemetery, Cassville PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1996, 424

1931-32 Riddlesburg

… (not active)

1934-35 Allegheny circuit (ending 4/29/35)

1935-37 Cogan Valley (beginning 4/29/35 and ending 9/30/37)

1937-42 James Creek (beginning 9/30/37)

… (not active)

1948-53 Wallaceton (ending 10/15/53)

1953-57 Grampian (beginning 10/15/53)

1957-59 Salladasburg

1959-63 Port Matilda

1963-66 New Freedom

1966-69 Elkland

1969-72 Harrisonville

1972 retired

1972-75 Three Springs

1975-76 Turkey Valley

Note: Paul R. Rowland was officially discontinued from the itinerant ministry in 1932, and during the remainder of his service he was classified as a supply pastor.

ROYER, JOHN VICTOR

Born: 8-5-1876 Spring Mills PA married: Elizabeth Faxon

Died: 8-3-1952 Lewisburg PA obit:1949, 201

1902 license, recommended by Bellefonte

1903 admitted on trial

Interment: Hillside Cemetery, Catawissa PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1953, 224

1903-05 Allegheny

1905-07 Altoona East

1907-09 Bakerton

1909-11 Mercersburg

1911-15 McConnellsburg

1915-19 Mifflinville

1919-21 Petersburg

1921-25 Bedford

1925-27 Altoona Fairview

1927-29 Woolrich

1929-33 Sunbury Catawissa Avenue

1933-37 Catawissa

1937-42 Martinsburg

1942-48 McVeytown

1948 retired

Note: Some biographical information on John V. Royer appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 41.

RUCH, PETER B.

Born: 12-?-1832 Northumberland County PA married: Anna E

Died: btw 1910 &1920 Richardson County NE obit:

1857 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-58 Milton circuit.

1858-59 Catawissa

1859-60 Bloomingdale

1860-62 Sinnemahoning

1862-64 English Center

1864-65 Liberty Valley

1865-68 on leave

1868 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-79 on leave

1879 located at own request

Note: Peter B. Ruch appears to have settled in Nebraska and taken up farming by 1867.

RUCH, R. FRANK

Born: 3-9-1880 Northumberland PA married: Nora Bell Johnson

Died: 8-30-1950 Williamsport PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1957, 250

1908 admitted on trial

1945 restored to membership

Interment: Northumberland Cemetery, Northumberland PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1951, 204

1901-04 student, Wyoming Seminary in Kingston PA

1901-03 Susquehanna County

1903-04 Old Forge

1904-06 Damby NY, Wyoming Conference

1906-07 Loyalsock

1907-09 Westport

1909-14 Snow Shoe

1914-15 Fairview

1915-17 South Williamsport

1917-20 York West Street

1920-21 Altoona Llyswen

1921-23 Newport

1923-24 leave of absence

1924-25 on leave

1925-26 Harrisburg Riverside.

1926-28 Riverside

1928-29 Picture Rocks

1929-30 Wilburton

1930-31 Johnson City [did not finish the year]

1931-34 on leave

1934-45 located

1945 retired

RUDISILL, LEWIS ADOLPHUS

Born: 2-23-1847 Hanover PA married: Katie Belle Hopkins

Died: 3-22-1929 Coatesville PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1927, 529

1869 admitted on trial, recommended by Lewistown station

Interment: Oakland [Garrett County] MD

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1930, 182

1868-69 Martinsburg

1869-71 McConnellsburg

1871 transfer to Tennessee Conference

relief worker during cholera epidemic

1881 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1881-83 missionary, Salt Lake City

1883-84 retired (?)

1884-01 on leave

1884-92 manager/editor, Topeka KS Methodist Book Rm/Christian Advocate

1892-01 superintendent, Mt. Lake Park

1901-04 superintendent, Mt. Lake Park [Chautauqua-style resort in Garrett County MD]

1904-09 on leave

1909 retired

Note: An obituary for Lewis A. Rudisill also appears in the 4/11/1929 Christian Advocate, page 468. He is a first cousin to Abram Wherley (1846-1922) of the Baltimore Conference, and a nephew to Abram’s father Abraham Rudisill (1811-1899) of the Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren in Christ Church.

RUE, JOHN WESLEY

Born: 4-14-1851 Onancock VA married: Sarah Julia. Shriner

Died: 6-23-1906 Waynesboro PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1934,221

1876 admitted on trial

Interment: Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1907, 111

1876-78 Jamestown

1878-79 Hughesville

1879-80 Port Royal

1880-81 Robinsonville

1881-82 Thompsontown

1882-85 Ray’s Hill

1885-87 McVeytown

1887-89 Montoursville

1889-93 Emporium

1893-95 Altoona Chestnut Avenue

1895-97 Bellefonte

1897-00 Harrisburg Fifth Street

1900-03 Curwensville

1903-06 Sunbury

1906 Waynesboro

Note: John W. Rue is a brother to Vaughn T. Rue and the son of William Rue, a local preacher in the Virginia Conference. He is the father of missionary to China Margaret May Rue (1884-?) Rue and Edgar Heilman Rue (1890-1951) of the New York Conference. Mrs. Rue may be a neice to Caroline Shriner Rothrock, wife of Joseph Y. Rothrock.

RUE, VAUGHN THOMAS

Born: 12-5-1855 Onancock VA married: Anna Swayze Black

Died: 9-10-1934 Lebanon PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1962, 322

1880 license

1887 admitted on trial, recommended by Rohrsburg circuit

1887 ordained deacon, recommended by Rohrsburg circuit

1891 ordained elder

Interment: Mount Olivet Cemetery, New Cumberland PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1935, 229

1883-86 student, Dickinson College

1886-86 Rohrsburg

1887-90 West Shamokin

1890-94 York Princess Street

1894-99 Tyrone Second [Columbia Avenue]

1899-00 West Shamokin

1900-04 Gettysburg-New Oxford

1904-07 Mifflinburg

1907-11 Waynesboro

1911-17 Altoona Simpson

1917-18 Berwick First

1918-23 New Cumberland

1923-27 Wrightsville

1927 retired

Note: Vaughn T. Rue is a brother to John W. Rue and the son of William Rue, a local preacher in the Virginia Conference. Mrs. Rue is an 1889 graduate of Williamsport Dickinson Seminary.

RUMBAUGH, ERNEST NEWTON JR.

Born: 11-11-1941 married: Ruth Snyder

Died: 1-9-2004 obit:

1961 license, Western Pennsylvania Conference

1964 admitted on trial, Western Pennsylvania Conference

1964 ordained deacon, Western Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1964-67 student, Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington DC

1964-67 Wolfsburg, Central Pennsylvania Conference

Note: Ernest N. Rumbaugh Jr. became a pastor in the United Church of Christ. He is the son of Ernest N. Newton Sr. (1913-1964) of the Western Pennsylvania Conference. He is a brother to Evelyn Louise Rumbaugh Downey, wife of Rev. Jack Downey of the Church of the Nazarene.

RUNKLE, CHARLES ELMORE

Born: 5-14-1890 Shamokin PA married: [2-4-1911]

Died: 1-26-1959 obit:

1920 admitted on trial

1922 ordained deacon

Interment: Shamokin Cemetery, Shamokin PA

Obit:

1916-18 Waterville

1918-21 Trout Run

1921-22 Selinsgrove

1922-24 Mount Holly

1924-25 New Oxford

1925 withdrew under complaints

RUNNER, MARVIN

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1964-66 Fairbrook

Note: Marvin Runner served as a local pastor.

RUNYAN, MARION JOSEPH

Born: 2-13-1853 Watsontown PA married: Catherine Louise Miller

Died: 12-25-1930 Tyrone PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1938, 233

1884 admitted on trial, recommended by Mont Alto

Interment: Gray’s Cemetery, Half Moon Valley PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1931, 190

1883-84 Mont Alto

1884-85 York Princess Street & Ridge Avenue (returned to Mont Alto during the year)

1885-86 Mont Alto

1886-89 Lewisberry-Salem

1889-92 Littlestown

1892-93 Shrewsbury

1893-94 Benton

1894-96 Liberty Valley

1896-99 Cogan Valley

1899-02 Salona-Lamar

1902-05 Schellsburg

1905-07 Manor Hill

1907-08 Hoytville

1908-09 White Haven

1910-12 Town Hill

1912-14 Half Moon

1914-18 Airville

1918-20 Snow Shoe

1920-21 Glen Campbell (finished the year at Snow Shoe)

1921-24 Wallaceton

1924 retired

Note: Marion J. Runyan is a brother to Robert W. Runyan.

RUNYAN, ROBERT WILBUR

Born: 6-10-1850 Watsontown PA married: Frances E. Buttorf

Died: 1-28-1935 Alexandria PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1934, 223

1871 admitted on trial, Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association

Interment: Gray’s Church Cemetery, Half Moon Valley PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1935, 239

1872-73 Conewago circuit

1873-74 Cumberland circuit

1874-75 Perry circuit

1875-76 apparently no appointment

1876-77 Millerstown circuit

1877-78 Hughesville

1878-82 located

1883-84 Newport and Marysville

1885-88 Lewistown

1888-90 New Berlin

1890-91 Alberton MD

1891-93 Baltimore MD Memorial

1893 received on credentials in Central Pennsylvania Conference of ME Church

1893-97 Mercersburg

1897-02 Half Moon

1902-04 Woodland-Bradford

1904-06 Morrisdale

1906-09 Muncy

1909-13 Sinnemahoning

1913-16 Harrisburg St. Paul’s

1916-18 Flemington

1818-21 Alexandria

1921 retired

Note: Robert W. Runyan is a brother to Marion J. Runyan.

RUSE, SAMUEL WILCOX

Born: 4-18-1863 Solina, Ontario Canada married:

Died: obit:

1901 license, recommended by Carlisle

Interment:

Obit:

1904-06 Greencastle

1906 no longer listed

Note: Some biographical information on Samuel W. Ruse appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 56. He served as a local pastor. Excessive debt prevented him from entering the ministry.

RUSSELL, JOSEPH M.

Born: West Liberty WV married

Died: 7-11-1875 Piedmont WV obit:

1873 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1876, 58

1873-75 Shrewsbury

RUSSELL, SETH WINFIELD

Born: 6-3-1904 Jersey Shore PA married

Died: 12-30-1989 Bradenton FL obit:

1930 admitted on trial

1933 ordained deacon

1935 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1929-31 Karthaus

1931-33 Pine Grove Mills

1933-38 Penn’s Valley

1938 Morrisdale and Munson (a few months)

1938-40 instructor, Penn State College

1940-41 Pleasant Gap

1941-46 chaplain, US Navy

1946-53 faculty, Penn State College

1953-54 dean, North Dakota State University at Fargo

1954 withdrew

1954-68 dean, North Dakota State University at Fargo

1968-71 faculty, North Dakota State University at Fargo

1971 retired

Note: Limited information on Seth W. Russell is available in the biographical files at the conference archives.

RUTH, C.W.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1914-15 Wolfsburg

Notre: C.W. Ruth served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.

RUTH, WILLIAM ELMER

Born: 3-13-1874 Pen Argyl PA married: Anna Elizabeth Staley

Died: 12-10-1937 McElhattan PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1944, 235

1902 admitted on trial

Interment: Selinsgrove Cemetery, Selinsgrove PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1938, 228

1902-03 Excelsior

1903-04 Benton

1904-06 Bloomingdale

1906-09 York Springs

1909-10 Muncy Valley

1910-11 Cross Forks

1911-13 Penfield

1913-15 Salladasburg (ending 4/15/15)

1915-18 Picture Rocks (beginning 4/15/15)

1818-21 Riverside

1921-22 Wilburton

1922-27 Riddlesburg

1927-29 Mercersburg

1929-31 Snow Shoe

1931-33 Centralia

1933-35 Milesburg

1935-36 Harrisburg St. Paul’s

1936-37 Mill Hall

1937 Lock Haven circuit

Note: Some biographical information on William E. Ruth appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 28.

RUTHERFORD, CARL NELSON

Born: 10-4-1930 McVeytown PA married: Arlene Redline

Died: obit:

1952 license

1955 admitted on trial

1955 ordained deacon

1957 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1952-54 student, Juniata College

1952-54 Allenport

1954-57 student, Westminster Theological Seminary in Westminster MD

1955-57 Wolfsburg

1957-63 Elysburg

1963-69 Conyngham

1969-73 Selinsgrove

1973-78 Berwick First

1978-86 New Bloomfield

1986-90 Craley-New Bridgeville

1990-92 Montgomery (ending 10/1/92)

1992 retired (beginning 10/1/92)

Note: Carl N. Rutherford is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1133.

RYAN, WILLIAM M.D.

Born: 4-14-1811 Western VA married:

Died: 1-4-1872 York PA obit:

1839 admitted on trial, Ohio Conference

Interment: Baltimore, Maryland

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1873, 70

1839-44 [Ohio Conference]

Rushville circuit

Deer Creek circuit

Hillsboro circuit

1844 transfer to Illinois Conference

1844-46 Chicago-Milwaukee

1846 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1846-50 East Baltimore-Columbia Street

1850 transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1850-55 Philadelphia St. George’s-Union Chapel

1855 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1855-57 agent, Metropolitan Church in Washington DC

1857 transfer to Illinois Conference

1857-58 Chicago Wabash Avenue

1858 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1858-66 Washington City

1866-69 Baltimore Columbia Street

1869-70 Baltimore Light Street

1870 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1870-72 York

Note: A biographical sketch of William M.D. Ryan is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 452.