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SABIN, EDGAR WILLIAM

Born: 12-18-1901  Rochester NY                               married: Mabelle Stevens

Died: 10-18-1981                                                        obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1993, 471

1938     admitted on trial, Central New York Conference: recommended by Sterling

1938    ordained deacon, Central New York Conference

1940    ordained elder, Central New York Conference

Interment:

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1982, 383

1933-37           youth director, North Barre VT Community House [WHMS]

1937-38           student, Boston University School of Theology in Boston MA

1938-42           Sterling-Martville

1942-45           Gorham-Stanley

1945-52           Williamson

1952-63           Towanda

1962                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1962-63           Towanda

1963-68           Sunbury St. John’s

1968                 retired

Note: Edgar W. Sabin is the father of Paul E. Sabin.  The Sabins met while Mabelle was also working as a missionary under the Woman’s Home Missionary Society at the North Barre Community House.

SABIN, PAUL EDGAR 

Born: 10-14-1940  Rochester NY                               married: Linda E. _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

1962    license

1964    admitted on trial

1964    ordained deacon

Interment:

Obit:

1958-62           student, Lycoming College

1962-63

1963-66           student, Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley CA

1966                 transfer to Central New York Conference

                         transfer to Mississippi Conference

                         director, conference children’s home

                         transfer to Louisiana Conference

                         director, Board of Child Care

2005-2007       Monroe Memorial

Note: Paul E. Sabin is the son of Edgar W. Sabin.

SADDORIS, ARTHUR MACHIR

Born: 8-19-1938  Hominy OK                                     married:

Died: 10-6-2007                                                          obit:

1961    admitted on trial, Oklahoma Conference

1961    ordained deacon, Oklahoma Conference

1963    ordained elder, Oklahoma Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1954-56           youth director, Oklahoma City Sunnylane

1962-64           minister of education, Dallas Brooklyn Avenue

1964-65           Wesley Foundation, Panhandle A&M College in Goodwell OK

1965                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1965-75           Wesley Foundation, State College

1975-76           sabbatical leave

1976-77           on leave

1977-78           leave of absence

1979                 withdrew from the ministry

                         …

1995                 Education Department, Washington DC

2007                 State Department, Washington DC

Note: Arthur M. Saddoris is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1135. 

SADOFSKY, CHARLES ARTHUR

Born: 9-22-1893  Baltimore MD                                  married: Hattie Ferguson

Died: 5-25-1982  Mechanicsburg PA                           obit: [d. 11/?/1940]

                                                                                    married2: Mildred Hines

1916    license, Baltimore Conference                           obit2: 1966, 340; W PA Conference 1966, 1520

1919    admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

1919    ordained deacon

1920    ordained elder

Interment: Woodlawn Cemetery, Wilkinsburg PA

Obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1982, 397

1919-21           Woodlawn

1921-22           Carrollton

1922-23           Union Bridge

1923-24           Lanaham

1924-26           Hyndman PA

1926-29           Solomons

1929-32           Baltimore Monroe Street

1932-35           Baltimore Exter

1935-36           Sparrows Point

1936-37           Reisterstown

1937-39           Warfordsburg PA

1939-40           Bunker Hill WV

1940-42           ?

1942-49           superintendent, New Jersey Temperance League

1949                 transfer to New Hampshire Conference

1949-51           Plymouth

1951-52           Penecook

1952-53           Liberty

1953-57           West Bridgewater

1957                 transfer to Pittsburgh Conference

1957-59           Ford City

1959-60           Wilkinsburg Ross Avenue

1960                 retired

                             1961-65  Mechanicsburg Salem

                             1965-67  Harrisburg St. Paul’s (ending 1/1/67)

                             1967-69  Pittsburgh North Avenue (beginning 1/1/67)

                             1969-70  Trevorton

Note: C. Arthur Sadofsky is the author of  books of poems and devotional readings.

SAFFORD, J.S.

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1889-90           Wharton

Note: J. S. Safford served as a local pastor.

SAGAR, HARRY ANDREW JR.

Born: 2-13-1914  Elmira NY                                      married: Elinor Barnes

Died: 7-10-1999  Williamsport PA                             obit:

1932     license, recommended by Elmira Riverside

1941    admitted on trial, Central New York Conference

1941    ordained deacon, Central New York Conference

1943    ordained elder, Central New York Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1940-43           Big Flats-Catlin

1943-50           Watkins Glen

1950-56           Troy PA

1956-62           Waterloo

1962                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1962-70           Mansfield

1970-74           Mount Union

1974-79           Chambersburg Park Avenue

1979-81           Lewisburg St. Paul’s

1981                 retired

                             1981-88  visitation pastor, Hanover First

SAGAR, HARRY ANDREW III

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

1967    admitted on trial, recommended by Mansfield

1967    ordained deacon

1970    ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1967-70           student, Duke University Divinity School in Durham NC

1970-73           Altoona Grace

1973-78           student, University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh PA

1978                 honorable location, page 183

Note: Harry A. Sagar has published in the field of racial attitudes and influences in society.

SALTER, ALVIN B.

Born: 3-17-1908                                                          married: Elizabeth Keltner [6/12/1937]

Died: 6-26-2004                                                          obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1930-31           Student, Dickinson College

                             1930-31  Boiling Springs & Hickorytown

Note: Alvin B. Salter is the son of Robert (Bert) A. Salter and father-in-law of Diane Salter of the Central Pennsylvania Conference UM.  He settled in Chambersburg – first as a salesman, and then as a high school chemistry teacher.

SALTER, ROBERT A.

Born: Northumberland PA                                            married: Maggie M. Bartholomew

Died: 1-11-1943  Harlingen TX                                    obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1918, 146

                                                                                    married2: Bessie B. Stull

1900  admitted on trial                                                  obit2: 1950, 207

Interment: Cross Roads Lutheran Church, Augustaville PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1944, 231

1900-02           Grant

1902-04           Pleasant Gap

1904-06           Hustontown

1906-09           Berwick Calvary

1909-15           Clearfield West Side

1915-17           Patton

1917-19           Williamsport High Street

1919-22           Hanover

1922-25           Renovo

1925-31           Altoona Simpson,

1931-34           Milton

1934-38           Tyrone Columbia Avenue

1938                 retired

Note: Bert A. Salter is the father of  Alvin B. Salter.

SAMSON, J.M.

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1920-21           Wallis Run

Note: J.M. Samson served as a local pastor.  He is otherwise unknown.

SANDERSON, JOHN RUSSELL JR

Born: 12-26-1913                                                        married:

Died: 11-15-1986                                                        obit:

1938     admitted on trial

1940    ordained deacon

1941    ordained elder

Interment:

Obit: Florida Conference 1987, ?

1935-37           Waterville (beginning 9/35)

1937-38           Birmingham (ending 9/38)

1938-41           student, Boston University School of Theology in Boston MA (beginning 9/38)

                        1938-41  Marion MA, New England South Conference (beginning 11/38)

1941-43           Salona-Lamar

1943-44           Dudley

1944-45           assistant, Williamsport Pine Street

1945-46           Avis

1946-51           Harrisburg St. Paul’s

1951-54           Hazleton Diamond

1954                 transfer to Florida Conference

SARVER, SYDNEY  J.

Born: 4-20-1874                                                          married:

Died: 3-19-1946  Blossburg PA                                   obit:

1897    admitted on trial

Interment: Pennsdale Cemetery, Marsh Hill PA

Obit: Erie Conference 1946, 743

1897-99           Clarkstown

1899-01           Benezette

1901                withdrew under complaints

                         “transferred” to Erie Conference

1915                retired

Note:  Page 310 of the 1952 Erie Conference journal indicates that Sydney J. Sarver “commenced traveling” in the Holston Conference in 1889.
 

SARVIS, GIDEON PILLAR

Born: 5-25-1848  East Waterford PA                         married: Catherine Hoenstine

Died: 12-24-1932  Tyrone PA                                    obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1922, 137

1885    ordained deacon, recommended by Penn’s Valley

1904    admitted on trial

Interment: Thompsontown Cemetery, Thompsontown PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1933, 196

1884-85           Penn’s Valley

1885-87           Clearfield circuit

1887-91           Pleasant Gap  

1891-93           Irvona [Ansonville]  

1893-96           Port Matilda

1896-00           Hustontown

1900-08           Thompsontown

1908-14           Blain

1914-16           Blandsburg

1916                 retired

SAUNDERS, DAVID LOWELL

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

1954    admitted on trial

1953-55           Newton Hamilton

1955                 transfer to North Iowa Conference

                        …

1970                 voluntary location, Iowa Conference

SAUTER, CHARLES AUGUSTUS

Born: 4-15-1889  Williamsport PA                             married: Beatrice Casselberry

Died: 6-30-1947  Williamsport PA                             obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1965, 367

1912    admitted on trial

1914    ordained deacon

1916    ordained elder

Interment: Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1948, 192

1910-12           Loyalsock

1912-13           Westport

1913-15           Blackwell (ending 12/31/14)

1915-16           White Haven (beginning 1/1/15)

1916-17           Laurelton

1917-18           Fort Loudon

1918-21           Airville

1921-22           Dudley

1922-25           Austin

1925-29           Sunbury Catawissa Avenue

1929-33           Jersey Shore First

1933-36           Clearfield West Side

1936-40           Camp Hill

1940-47           Bedford

1947                 retired

SAVIDGE, GEORGE  V.

Born: 6-1835  near Sunbury PA                                  married: Mariah Louise Blanchard

Died: 1-14-1921  Berwick PA                                    obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1925, 162

1874    admitted on trial, recommended by Elysburg circuit

Interment: Berwick Cemetery, Berwick PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1921, 139

1874-75           Elysburg

1875-77           Helfenstein

1877-80           Iola

1880-83           Buckhorn

1884-86           Benton

1886-89           Muhlenburg

1889-92           Beach Haven

1892-97           Jerseytown

1897-00           Town Hill

1900-05           Mifflinville

1905-06           on leave

1906                 retired

SAXE, JAY ARDEN

Born: 8-19-1935  Sweet Valley PA                            married: Nancy Eileen Oliver

Died:                                                                           obit:

1953    quarterly conference license, Hunlock Creek charge

1957    license, recommended by Muhlenburg

1958    admitted on trial

1959    ordained deacon

1960    ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1957-62           Hustontown

1962-71           New Bloomfield Area Parish

1971-82           Altoona Gethsemane

1982-89           Everett

1989-97           Waynesboro Faith

1997                 retired

                        1999-07  Clearville-Stevens Chapel

Note: Jay A. Saxe is the son of Oscar W. Saxe.  He listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1147.

SAXE, OSCAR WILLIAM

Born: 5-23-1911  Bethel Hill PA                                  married: Jessie Dohl Harvey

Died: 1-4-1986                                                            obit:

1943     license, recommended by Bethel Hill on Harveyville charge

1949    ordained deacon

1951    ordained elder

1970    admitted as associate member

Interment: Bethel Hill Cemetery, Sweet Valley PA

Obit:

1943-45           Muncy Valley (beginning 12/1/43)

1945-62           Hunlock Creek

1962-79           Hughesville

1979                 retired

Note: Oscar W. Saxe is the father of Jay A. Saxe.

SAXMAN, HARRY MERLE

Born: 11-29-1914  Armstrong County PA                   married: Ruth May Griswold

Died: 10-5-1997  Brogue PA                                      obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1997, 387

1942    license, Erie Conference: recommended by Putneysville

1947    admitted on trial, recommended by Fayetteville

1947    ordained deacon

1949    ordained elder

Interment: McKendree Church Cemetery, Airville PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1998, 448

1942-44           Hazen, Erie Conference (beginning 9/1/42)

1944-47           Fayetteville

1947-49           Doylesburg

1949-53           Mill Hall

1953-55           Centralia

1955-59           Clearfield circuit

1959-64           Millerstown

1964-69           Airville

1969-73           Williamstown

1973-74           Watsontown

1974-78           Runville

1978-81           Leesburg

1981                 retired

                             1981-89  Hillcrest   

SAYERS, E.M.

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1941-42           Grampian & Lumber City

Note: E.M. Sayers served as a local pastor.

SCHAEFFER, SAMUEL CARLYLE

Birth: 5-26-1872  Shrewsbury PA                               married:

Death: 4-12-1957                                                        obit:

1901    license, recommended by Madison NJ

Interment:

Obit: Southern California-Arizona Conference 1957, 210

1901-02           student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

Note: Some biographical information on S. Carlyle Schaeffer appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 32.  Some sources give his birth date as 5-26-1873 or 5-26-1880.

SCHEAR, LLOYD BENNER

Born: 2-25-1907  Newcomerstown OH                       married: Sarah Dunning

Died: 4-30-1965                                                          obit:

1939    admitted on trial

Interment: Mosswood Cemetery, Cotuit MA

Obit: Northern New Jersey Conference 1965, 183

1938-40           Birmingham (beginning 9?38)

1940-41           Hughesville (ending 10/41)

1941-43           on leave (beginning 10/41)

1943-45           White Haven

1945-47           Lewisbery-Lisburn

1947                 voluntary location

1951-54           Hoboken, Newark Conference

1954                 re-admitted

1954                 transfer to Newark Conference

1954-57           Hoboken

1957-60           Rockaway

1960-62           Newark Trinity

1962-65           Cokesbury-Oldwick   

SCHELL, JAMES LONG

Born: 6-12-1936 Harrisburg PA                                  married: Phyllis Ann Moser

Died:                                                                           obit:

1957    license, recommended by Stevens Memorial

1959    admitted on trial

1960    ordained deacon

1961    ordained elder

Interment: Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1988, 422

1954-58           student, Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown PA

1958-61           student, Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington DC

                             1958-61  Mont Alto

1961-63           Mount Alto (ending 1/15/63)

1963-66           Mount Holly Springs (beginning 1/15/63)

1966-70           Duncansville Hicks Memorial

1970-81           Mechanicsburg Hope

1981-87           Harrisburg Mount Calvary (ending 7/29/87)

1987-               disability leave (beginning 7/29/87)

Note: James L. Schell is a brother to Walter M. Schell.  He is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1150.

SCHELL, WALTER METTLEN

Born: 6-26-1933  Harrisburg PA                                 married: Marian L. Meyer

Died:                                                                           obit:

1953     license, recommended by Harrisburg Stevens Memorial

1956    admitted on trial

1956    ordained deacon

1958    ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1951-55           student, Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown PA

1955-58           student, Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington DC

                             1956-58  Marysville Wesley

1958-62           Marysville Wesley

1962-67           Fayetteville Calvary

1967-79           Montoursville Faith

1979-84           superintendent, Williamsport District

1984-95           Williamsport Pine Street

1995                 retired

Note: Walter M. Schell is a brother to James L. Schell.  He is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1150.

SCHENCK, NATHAN H.

Born: 2-7-1849  Centre County PA                            married: Jennie McCloskey

Died: 12-20-1937  Centre County PA                        obit:

1883    admitted on trial, recommended by Emporium

1883    ordained deacon, recommended by Emporium

Interment:

Obit:

1883-84           Emporium

1884-86           Montgomery

1886-90           Hughesville

1890-92           Williamsport Third Street

1892-97           Lock Haven East Main Street

1897-99           Altoona Chestnut Avenue

1899                 transfer to Black Hills Conference

1899-00           Lead

1900-01           conference evangelist, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1901                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1901-02           McConnellsburg

1902-07           on leave

1907                 located at own request

Note: Nathan H. Schenck has roots in Schenck’s [Hunter’s Run] Church in Howard township, Centre County.  He moved to Driftwood, Cameron County, before 1870 and apparently taught school before entering the ministry.

SCHISSLER, HARRY H.  see SHISSLER, [WILLIAM] HENRY HARRISON

SCHLABIG, RALPH DONALD

Born: 11-28-1906  New Millport PA                          married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

1943    ordained deacon

Interment:

Obit:

1940-42           Benezette & Penfield

1942-49           Snow Shoe & Karthaus

Note: Ralph D. Schlabig served as a local pastor 

SCHLESINGER, GEORGE CHARLES

Born: 9-14-1923  Williamsport PA                              married: Leona Maxine Smith

Died:                                                                           obit:

1957     license, recommended by Avis

1961    admitted on trial

1961    ordained deacon

1964    ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1957-60           student, Lycoming College

                        1957-60  Oriole

1960-64           student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

                        1960-61  Elizabeth NJ Park

1964-67           Mifflinburg

1967                 transfer to Northern New Jersey Conference

1967-73           Edison

1973-75           associate, Westfield

1975-86           Springfield

1986-89           Trenton, Southern New Jersey Conference

1989                 retired

Note: In 2003 George C. Schlesinger is listed as a retired member of the Greater New Jersey Conference.

SCHLOSSER, NOAH

Born: c1823  Franklin County PA                                married: Katherine Maxwell

Died: 1909  Denver CO                                              obit: [c1833 – 1914]

1844    received on trial, Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association

Interment:

Obit:

1844-46           Virginia Circuit

1846                 located

1848                 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1848-49           Mifflin

1849-50           McConnellsburg

1850-51           Jacksonville

1851-52           Sweet Springs

1852-53           Baltimore Canton-Asbury

1853-54           Washington Ryland

1854-57           St. Mary’s (did not finish third year)

1857                 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-58           on leave

1858-60           Green Village

1860-61           on leave

1861                 retired

                             1868  charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

                             1879  located at own request

                                       became a dentist

                             1883  moved to Denver CO

Note: Information of Noah Schlosser is in the biographical files at the conference archives.

SCHOLL, WILLIAM W.

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1897-99           McElhattan

Note: William W. Scholl lived in Williamsport and served as a local pastor.

SCHRIBER, WILLIAM

Born: 9-28-1827 Milesburg PA                                  married: Margaret S. Anna Miller

Died: 4-30-1906 Wilcox PA                                       obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1894, 97

1858    license, recommended by Penn’s Valley

1866    admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference

Interment: Wilcox, Elk County PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1907, 108

1866-67           Mifflin circuit

1867-69           Concord

1868                 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1869-71           New Bloomfield

1871-72           Manor Hill

1872-73           Concord

1873-75           Thompsontown

1875-77           Decatur

1877-78           on leave

                        1877-78  Newville & Rehobeth

1878                 retired

SCHROEDER, PAUL DANIEL

Born: 6-27-1928  Binghamton NY                              married: Jeanette Ruth Browning

Died: 9-18-1989  Tyrone PA                                      obit:

1949    license, recommended by Clarks Summit

1953    admitted on trial

1953    ordained deacon

1955    ordained elder

Interment: Grandview Cemetery, Tyrone PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1990, 466 and 1991, 490

1950-52           Cherry Tree  

1952-53           Schellsburg

1953-56           Wrightsville

1956-59           Millerstown

1959-66           Williamsport Faxon-Kenmar

1966-69           Emporium

1969-73           Roaring Spring

1973-80           administrator, Bethany Village (ending 8/11/80)

1980-89           administrator, Epworth Manor (beginning 8/11/80)

Note: Paul D. Schroeder is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1155.

SCHROPSHIRE  SEE SHROPSHIRE

SCHUCHART, HARRY J.

Born: 6-18-1875  Tamaqua PA                                    married: Jennie Reeke

Died: 8-20-1959 Penney Farms, FL                             obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1916, 131

                                                                                    married2: Hazel Owen

1901  admitted on trial                                                  obit2: 1981, 350

Interment: Shamokin Cemetery, Shamokin PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1960, 248

1900-02           Excelsior

1902-04           Barnesboro

1904-07           Snow Shoe

1907-11           Altoona Fairview

1911-15           Stewartstown

1915-18           Weatherly

1918-20           Centralia

1920-21           Warriors Mark

1921-28           Altoona Llyswen

1928-30           York Ridge Avenue

1930-32           Jersey Shore Epworth

1932-35           Renovo

1935-36           St. Mary’s

1936-37           Williamsport Third Street

1937-40           Beaver Meadows

1940-42           Lock Haven East Main Street

1942-47           Mt. Holly Springs

1947                 retired

Note: Some biographical information on Harry J. Schuchart appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 31. 

SCOTT, ALEXANDER

Born: 6-13-1872  Huntingdon County PA                  married: Florence Adella Maneval

Died: 1-3-1961  Williamsport PA                               obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1960, 251

1899    license, recommended by Petersburg

1905    admitted on trial

Interment: Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1961, 262

1902-05           student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

                             1902  Summerfield NJ

1905-08           Rohrsburg

1908-11           Orangeville

1911-16           Danville Trinity

1916-19           Woolrich

1919-22           Bellefonte

1922-28           Williamsport Grace

1928-30           Barnsboro

1930-32           Renovo

1932-35           Shickshinny

1935                 retired

                             1942       Waterville (July 15 to November 1)

                             1943-47  McElhatten

Note: Some biographical information on Alexander Scott appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 52. 

SCOTT, N. LEE

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1948-53           Airville

Note: N. Scott Lee served as a local pastor, apparently as the lead pastor for a few years and then as an assistant.  He performed a marriage on the charge in 1958, but seems to be locally unknown.

SCOTT, WILLIAM ARTHUR

Born: 2-26-1921 Juniata PA                                         married: Helen M. Schuh

Died: 4-9-1998                                                            obit: [8/31/1981 – 11/2/2001]

1950    ordained, Conservative Baptist

1973    admitted on trial

Interment: Alto Reste Park, Altoona PA

Obit: [1998, 423]

1957-64           South Altoona Baptist (beginning 1/1/57 and ending 8/64)

1966-68           Harrisburg St. Paul’s (beginning 12/1/66)

1969-74           Runville

1974-76           Young’s-Mt. Zion

1976-81           Mexico-Locust Run

1981-86           disability leave

1986                 retired

SEAMAN, ALAN MONROE

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

1962    admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1956-59           Penns Valley

1959-62           student, Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore KY

1962-63           missionary, West Pakistan

1963                 transfer to Indus River Conference

Note: The 2007 contact information for Alan M. Seaman is: 212 Gardner Court,

Washington Court House, OH 43160-1918.  740-636-9697.

SEARCH, LESTER EUGENE

Born: 9-2-1893  Berwick PA                                      married: Cora Edna Ober

Died: 4-26-1960  York PA                                         obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1963, 337

1925    admitted on trial

1927    ordained deacon

1929    ordained elder

Interment: Hill Cemetery, New Buffalo PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1960, 246

1923-25           Elimsport & Maple Hill

1925-26           Burnt Cabins

1926-28           Cross Roads

1928-29           Sinnemahoning

1929-31           Grampian

1931-34           Snydertown

1934-35           Town Hill

1935-37           Millville-Jerseytown

1937-40           Kulpmont

1940-42           Harveyville

1942-47           Audenreid-Jeanesville

1947-53           Wrightsville

1953-54           Gatchelville

1954-57           James Creek

1957-59           Mapleton

1958                 retired

SEARS, MARVIN WAYNE

Born: 7-24-1918  Sunbury PA                                    married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

Interment:

Obit:

Note: Marvin W. Sears has a file with the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry, but he never served in the Central Pennsylvania Conference. 

SEARS, SAMUEL WESLEY

Born: 2-27-1834  Baltimore MD                                married: Elizabeth R. McCahan

Died: 6-10-1896  Philadelphia PA                              obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1892, 95

1855    admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment: Riverside Cemetery, Huntingdon

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1897, 90

1855-56           Newville

1856-57           Carlisle circuit

1857                 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-59           Lewistown circuit

1859-61           Ashland

1861-63           Hagerstown

1863-66           Cumberland

1866-68           Milton

1868                 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-70           Philipsburg

1870-71           Altoona First

1871-72           Espy-Light Street

1872-73           on leave

1873-75           Mount Carmel

1875-77           Catawissa

1877-79           Sunbury

1879-81           Lewistown

1881-83           Bedford

1883-86           Mount Carmel

1886-89           Harrisburg Fifth Street

1889-92           Bloomsburg

1892-95           Chambersburg

1895-96           Altoona Fifth Avenue

1896                 on leave

Note: A biographical sketch of S. Wesley Sears is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 454.  A obituary also appears in the 8/27/1896 Christian Advocate.

SEBRING, FRANK C.

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1911-12           Shawville

1912-13           Rohrsburg

Note: Frank C. Sebring served as a local pastor.  He is otherwise unknown.  The middle initial is also given as K.

SEIFERT, HARRY WHITE

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

1900    admitted on trial, recommended by Bethel-Trinity

Interment:

Obit:

1899-00           Bethel-Trinity (approx 8/1899 to 8/1900)

1900-01           Harrisonville (beginning approx 8/1900)

1901-03           Burnt Cabins

1903                 discontinued

Note: Some biographical information on Harry White Seifert appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, pages 31 and 33.  The Trinity of Bethel-Trinity is the former Trinity South of the Evangelical Association.

SENSENBACH, EUGENE GUY

Born: 5-30-1904  Freeland PA                                     married: Ethel Mae Fairchild

Died: 2-24-1982                                                          obit: [3/9/1906 – 1/25/1978]

Interment: Freeland Cemetery, Freeland PA

Obit:

1924-25           Picture Rocks circuit

Note: Eugene Sensenbach served as a local pastor.  Some sources give his birth date as 5/3/1904.

SENSER, GEORGE GUYER

Born: 10-18-1852  Philipsburg PA                             married: Julia F. Mendenhall

Died: 8-18-1913  Philadelphia PA                              obit:

1875    license

1876    admitted on trial

Interment: Harleigh NJ

Obit: New Jersey Conference 1914, 160

1876-77           Glen Hope

1877                 discontinued at own request, to attend school

1879                 admitted on trial, Nebraska Conference

1870-82           Grand Island

1882-84           St. Paul

1884-85           Keyport St. John’s, New Jersey Conference 

1885                 transfer to New Jersey Conference

                         Auburn

                         Haleyville

                         Cold Springs Newport

                         Pennsville

                         Quinton

                         Woodstown

1899                 transfer to Wilmington Conference

                         Pocomoke City

                         Crisfield Asbury

                         Chincoteague VA

1903                 transfer to New Jersey Conference

                        Fairton and Center Grove

                         Camden Bethel

                         Wenonah

                         Camden Eighth Street

Note: George Guyer Senser is named for George Guyer.

SEYMOUR, MAUDE

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1930-32           West Fairview & Summerdale (beginning during the 1929-30 conference year)

Note: Mrs. Maude Seymour served as a local pastor.  In 1929, she is listed as a local pastor living in McConnellsburg.   She moved to Dauphin when her husband secured employment with the State.

SHAFER, DONALD LEROY BRINTON SR

Born: 3-12-1919  Lewistown PA                                 married: Lillie Bernice Brooks

Died:                                                                            obit:

1949    license, recommended by Port Royal

1955    admitted on trial

1955    ordained deacon

1957    ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1948-53           Fayetteville 

1953-56           student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

                             1953-55  Hampton, New Jersey Conference

1956-59           Shamokin Chestnut Street

1959-61           Avis

1961-63           Williamsport Mulberry Street

1963-67           Selinsgrove

1967-77           Hollidaysburg First

1977-84           Harrisburg Derry Street

1984                 retired

Note: Donald L. Shafer is the father of D.L. Brinton Shafer.

SHAFER, DONALD LEROY BRINTON, JR

Born:                                                                           married: Cornelia _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

1964    license, recommended by Selinsgrove

1967    admitted on trial

1967    ordained deacon

1971    ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1963-66           student, Lycoming College

                             1963-64  assistant, Snydertown

                             1964-66  Irish Valley  

1966-68           student, Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington DC

                             1966-68  Johnsonburg-Walnut NJ

1968-72           Petersburg

1972-80           Altoona Faith

1980-91           Roaring Spring

1991-               Hollidaysburg First

Note: D.L. Brinton Shafer is the son of Donald L. Shafer.

SHAFFER, JOHN ROBINSON

Born: 8-4-1872                                                            married:

Died: 11-16-1958                                                        obit:

1908    admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit: Oregon Conference 1959, 107

1902-03           New Millport

1903-04           living in New Millport

1904-06           Bakerton

1906-07           Dent’s Run

1907-09           Beach Haven

1909-10           Buckhorn

1910-12           Berwick Calvary

1912-13           Mill Hall

1913                 transfer to West Wisconsin Conference

SHAFFER, JOSEPH

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

1880    license

1882    ordained deacon, recommended by Sinnemahoning circuit

Interment:

Obit:

1882-83           Wharton

Note: Joseph Shaffer was a local pastor living in Sinnemahoning.
 

SHAFFER, MONA MARIE THOMPSON

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

1954     license, recommended by Altoona Mardorf

1966    ordained deacon

Interment:

Obit:

Note: Mona M. Shaffer is married to Paul C. Shaffer.  A licensed local pastor, she never received an appointment.
 

SHAFFER, PAUL CLAY

Born: 7-8-1922  Hyndman PA                                     married: Mona Marie Thompson

Died:                                                                           obit:

1947     license, recommended by Altoona Emanuel EUB

1952    admitted on trial

1952    ordained deacon

1954    ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1947-49           Glen Hope-Madera  

1949-51           Clearville

1951-57           Altoona Mardorf

1957-61           Osceola Mills

1961-65           Bellefonte

1965-68           Wellsboro

1968-73           Harrisburg Stevens Memorial

1973-81           York Otterbein

1981-87           Hanover Lohr’s Memorial

1987                 retired

Note: Paul C. Shaffer is married to Mona M. Shaffer.  He listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1173.

SHAFFNER, LEWIS EARL

Born:                                                                            married: Elsie Mae Stone

Died: 12-25-1956                                                        obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1967, 316

1915                approved supply pastor

Interment: Presbyterian Cemetery, Williamsburg PA

Obit:

1915-16           Avis

1916-18           student, Dickinson College

                        1916        Rehoboth (ending fall 1916)

                        1916-18  Boiling Springs (beginning fall 1916)

1920                 admitted on trial, New York East Conference

1920-26           [New York East Conference]

1926                 withdrew

1932-33           Orangeville-Rohrsburg

1933                 admitted on trial, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1933-34           Orangeville-Rohrsburg

1934-38           Duncannon

1938-41           Yeagertown-Rhodes Memorial (ending 10/31/41)

1941                 membership terminated by judicial procedure: 1942, 20&44

                         active at Lewistown First

Note: L. Earl Shaffer is the father of Bernice Jean Shaffner Bailor, wife of Donald E. Bailor.  Mrs. Shaffner is a sister to Thomas M. Stone.
 

SHANK, AURANCE  FOSTER

Born: 6-16-1905  Langford KS                       married: Priscilla Thayer

Died: 4-11-1971  St. Mary’s PA                     obit:

1928    admitted on trial

1931    ordained deacon

1932    ordained elder

Interment: Newton Cemetery, Emporium PA

Obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1971, 374

1923-25           student, Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware OH

1925-27           student, Dickinson College

1927-28

1928-29           Altoona Jaggard

1929-33           student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

                             1929-33  assistant, Patterson NJ Market Street

1933-35           West Fairview-Summerdale

1935-41           Shrewsbury

1941-45           Shippensburg

1945-50           Camp Hill

1950-54           Berwick

1954-65           Harrisburg Fifth Street

1965-69           Altoona First

1969-70           Emporium

1970                 transfer to Western Pennsylvania Conference

1970-71           Emporium

SHANK, JOHN WILSON

Born: 5-1-1879  Schoolcraft MI                                  married: Ada Viola Slarrow

Died:                                                                           obit: [b. 1873]

1900    license, recommended by New Berlin United Evangelical Church

1901    local preacher on trial, Central PA Conference of United Evangelical Church: page 7

Interment:

Obit:

1901                 local preacher on trial, living in Glen Union PA

1906-07           Tout Run, Central PA Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church

1907                 received into Central PA Conference of ME Church on credentials from UE Church

1907-09           Trout Run

1909-10           without appointment

1910                 located at own request

Note: Some biographical information on John W. Shank appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 64.  He is reported to have had credentials in the Kansas Conference of the United Evangelical Church.  Mrs. Shank is a sister of John Morrison Slarrow (1856-1906) of the Baltimore Conference.
 

SHANNON, FREDERICK FRANKLIN

Born: 2-11-1877  Morris County KS                          married: Effie Grace Myers [5/3/1903]

Died: 4-14-1947  Chicago IL                                     obit: [1878 – c1962]

1899    license, recommended by Louisa KY: West Virginia Conference of MES

1903    admitted on trial, credentials recognized from Methodist Episcopal Church South

Interment: York PA

Obit:

1899-03           West Virginia Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church South

                        1899  Ashland KY

                        1901  Sutton WV

1903-05           assistant, Harrisburg Grace

1905                 transfer to New York East Conference

Note: Frederick F. Shannon moved to Harrisburg to enter Anti-Saloon work.  Some biographical information appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 46.  He later became pastor of Central Church in Chicago IL.  Mrs. Shannon was from York PA.
 

SHANNON, JARED YOUNG

Born: 10-14-1841  Bloomsburg PA                                     married: Rosetta M. Ent

Died: 2-18-1892  Newport PA                                           obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1876, 59

                                                                                           married2: Anna M. McClay

1872    admitted on trial, recommended by Bloomsburg       obit2: 1907, 98

Interment: Bloomsburg Cemetery, Bloomsburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1892, 91

1871-73           Bloomingdale

1873-76           Shippensburg circuit

1876-79           Fairview-Marysville

1879-82           Wrightsville

1882-85           Greencastle

1885-88           Mount Holly Springs

1888-92           Newport

SHANNON, WILLARD

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

Interment:

Obit:   

1913-14           Park Place & Delano

1914-15           Rohrsburg

1915-16           Buckhorn

1916-18           Karthaus

Note: Willard Shannon served as a local pastor.  He is otherwise unknown.

SHAVER, JOSEPH B.

Born: 12-3-1844  Perry County PA                            married: Emma J. Mumper

Died: 11-17-1903  Hazleton PA                                 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1937, 272

1867    admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference

Interment: Churchtown, Cumberland County PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1904, 111

1868                 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69           Gettysburg

1869-71           New Cumberland

1871-72           Greencastle

1872-73           Thompsontown

1873-75           Osceola

1875-77           Bedford circuit

1877-80           Milesburg

1880-83           Hollidaysburg

1883-86           Curwensville

1886-89           Altoona First

1889-92           Hazleton

1892-96           Danville St. Paul’s

1896-02           Williamsport Pine Street

1902-03           Lock Haven Trinity

Note: An obituary for Joseph B. Shaver also appears in the 11/26/1903 Pennsylvania Methodist.  Joseph B. Shaver is the son of David Shaver (1804-1862), who was an itinerant member of the Baltimore Conference 1827-1840 before settling in Perry County and marrying Nancy E. Linn, daughter of prominent Presbyterian John Linn.  Joseph B. Shaver is also the uncle of Mary Shaver Upham, wife of Walter H. Upham.

SHAW, RAYMOND CONOVER

Born: 9-8-1901                                                            married:

Died: 2-24-1988                                                          obit:

1926    license

1927    admitted on trial, Newark Conference

Interment:

Obit: Oregon-Idaho Conference 1988, ?

1927-29           Lebanon

1929                 transfer to Genesee Conference

1929-29           Stony Point

1929-31           Alden

1931-34           Holly

1934-39           Fairport

1939                 transfer to Northern New York Conference

1939-41           Mohawk

1941-42           Oswego Trinity

1942-52           chaplain US Army

1952                 transfer to Genesee Conference

1952-56           Buffalo Ontario Street

1956-60           Newfane

1960-62           Coudersport

1962                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1962-63           Coudersport

1963-64           Riverside

1964                 transfer to Western Pennsylvania Conference

1964-66           Zelienople Harmony

1966                 transfer to Oregon Conference
 

SHEAFFER, WILLIAM  JAMES

Born: 7-18-1868  Perry County PA                            married: Sarah Ann Beyer

Died: 12-10-1930  Newport PA                                 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1927, 530

1890    admitted on trial

Interment: Jersey Shore Cemetery, Jersey Shore PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1931, 188

1889-92           Jamestown

1892-93           at school

1893-94           Kedron

1894-96           Hustontown

1896-99           New Washington

1899-03           Three Springs

1903-06           Reedsville

1906-10           Reedsville-Milroy

1910-13           Everett

1913-15           Tyrone Columbia Avenue

1915-19           Montoursville

1919-25           Jersey Shore First

1925-27           Hanover

1927-30           Newport

Note: Mrs. Sheaffer is the sister of Christena Beyer Rishell, wife of Charles Wesley Rishell.
 

SHEARER, JAMES WALTER

Born: 11-1-1874  Rainsburg PA                                  married: Elizabeth Leona Baer [7/14/1904]

Died:                                                                           obit:

1899    license, recommended by Rainsburg

1904    admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1899-03           student, Dickinson College

1903-05           Trevorton

1905-08           Jeddo-Lattimer

1908-09           Blackwell

1909                 withdrew

Note: Some biographical information on James W. Shearer appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 47. 
 

SHEEHAN, ROBERT  HENRY

Born: 3-22-1914  Forkston PA                                   married: Clarissa Treat

Died: 11-3-1992  Pittston PA                                      obit:

1939    license, Wyoming Conference

1947    admitted on trial, recommended by Littlestown

1947    ordained deacon

Interment: Lakeville Cemetery, Hawley PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1993, 355

1940-42           student, Brothers College at Drew University in Madison NJ

1942-44           student, West Virginia Wesleyan in Buckhannon WV

                             1942-44  Volga circuit

1944-47           student, Westminster Theological Seminary in Westminster MD

                             1944-45  Hustontown

                             1945-47  Littlestown

1947-49           Conyngham

1949                 transfer to Wyoming Conference

1949-55           Wyalusing

1955-58           Cooperstown

1958-64           Endicott St. Paul’s

1964-70           Dallas

1970-74           Tunkhannock

1974-76           Vestal Calvary (ending 12/1/76)

1976-77           sabbatical (beginning 12/1/76)

1977-79           Vestal Calvary

1979                 retired

Note: Mrs. Sheehan is the daughter of Stephen Treat (1873-1918) of the Wyoming Conference.
 

SHEFFER, DANIEL

Born: 12-7-1835                                                          married: Mary Catherine Snyder

Died: 2-24-1905                                                          obit: Upper Iowa Conference 1922, 440

1857    admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment:

Obit: Upper Iowa Conference 1905, 227

1857                 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-58           Pine Creek & Liberty circuit

1858-59           Warrior’s Mark

1859-60           Karthaus

1860-62           Baltimore Harford Avenue station

1862-64           Shippensburg

1864-65           Havre de Grace

1865-67           Westernport

1867-68           Waynesboro

1868                 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69           Waynesboro

1869-70           Hazleton

1870                 transfer to Upper Iowa Conference

SHEFFER, SADIE J.

Born: 7-1-1867  Middlesex PA                                  married: [never married]

Died: 1-19-1946  Long Branch NJ                             obit:

1898    entered deaconess training, recommended by Williamsport Grace

Interment: Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1946, 238

1898-00           student, Lucy Webb Hayes Training School

1900-07           Newark NJ South Market

1907-37           Altoona Italian

1937                 retired

Note: Miss Sadie Sheffer is featured on the cover and in an article on the Altoona Italian Church in the 1995 volume of The Chronicle, page 50.  Her sister Miss Lillian Sheffer was also a Methodist deaconess.

SHELHAMER, CARMER PAUL

Born: 6-24-1912  Evansville PA                                   married: Hester G. Eroh

Died: 6-6-1993                                                            obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1996, 425

1952     license, recommended by Mifflinville

1960    ordained deacon

1962    ordained elder

1971    admitted as associate member

Interment: Mifflinville Cemetery, Mifflinville PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1994, 485

1951-52           Muncy Valley

1952-57           Laurelton

1957-59           Talmar circuit

1959-61           Laurelton

1961-67           Buckhorn-Rupert

1967-75           Jerseytown

1975                 retired

SHERIFF, HAROLD EDWARD

Born: 7-9-1928                                                            married: Virginia Eboch

Died: 6-15-1966                                                          obit: Central Illinois Conference 1967, 1325

1951    admitted on trial, North Texas Conference

Interment: Phillipsburg PA

Obit: Central Illinois Conference 1967, 1325

1948-50           student, Bucknell University

                             1948-50  Allenwood (beginning 1/15/48)

1950-51           student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1951-53           student, Perkins School of Theology in Dallas TX

                             1951-52  Joy

1953                 transfer to Oregon Conference

1953-55           Lyons (beginning 8/1/53)

1955                transfer to Illinois Conference

1955-               Oakwood

                        Sidney

                        Blue Mound

Note: Harold E. Sheriff and Virginia Eboch Sheriff and daughter Hali E. (b. 7/14/1952) were killed in a plane crash on 6/15/1966.  Some sources give the crash date as 6/16/1966.  They left two sons.

SHERIFF, ROBERT M.

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1951-53           Bald Eagle Parish (beginning 2/1/51)

Note: Harold Sheriff served as a local pastor.

SHERLOCK, THOMAS

Born: 2-28-1826  Philadelphia PA                               married: Katherine Colshur

Died: 8-25-1885  Asbury Park NJ                              obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1906, 118

1853    admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment: Selinsgrove Cemetery, Selinsgrove PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1886, 79

1852-53           Lock Haven

1853-54           Newberry

1854-55           Berwick

1855-56           Muncy

1856-57           Northumberland

1857                 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-58           Berwick

1858-60           Bloomsburg

1860-62           Bellefonte

1862-64           Jersey Shore

1864-66           Carlisle

1866-69           Baltimore Emory

1868                 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1868-69           Baltimore Emory

1869-72           Hagerstown

1872                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1872-74           Newberry

1874-76           Bedford

1876-78           Mifflin

1878-81           Altoona Chestnut Avenue

1881-84           Lewistown

1884-85           Lock Haven

SHERMAN, DRUE ALLEN

Born: 3-18-1942  Berwick PA                                    married: Carol Ann Swenson

Died:                                                                           obit:

1965    admitted on trial, recommended by Nescopek

1965    ordained deacon

1967    ordained elder

1962-64           student, Lycoming College

                             1962-63  Picture Rocks

1964-67           student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

                             1964-67  Rahway NJ Trinity

1967-69           Barnitz

1969-75           associate, Carlisle Allison

1975-82           Fishing Creek Salem (ending 10/1/82)

1982-87           Sunbury St. John’s (beginning 10/1/82)

1987-93           Lewistown First

1993-00           York Aldersgate

2000-06           Williamsport Pine Street

2006                 retired

          
SHERMAN, HARRY HUBBARD

Born: 12-0-1876  Bridgeton NJ                                  married: Jennie Elizabeth Lafferty

Died: 9-3-1937  Philadelphia PA                                 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1948, 195

1909     admitted on trial

Interment: Asbury Cemetery, Altoona PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1938, 217

1909-10           Altoona Epworth-Llyswen

1910-11           Lewisberry

1911-13           Blackwell

1913-18           Birmingham

1918-20           Hopewell

1920-22           Ralston

1922-24           Shrewsbury

1924-25           Penns Valley

1925-28           Glen Campbell

1928-31           Austin

1931-35           Snow Shoe

1935-37           Sinnemahoning

SHIELDS, DAVID HADDINGTON

Born:                                                                            married:

Died: 4-23-1900  Philadelphia PA                                obit:

1872    admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference

?          ordained deacon, Philadelphia Conference

?          ordained elder, Philadelphia Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1872-73           Fulton circuit

1873-75           Allentown Chew Street

1875-76           Richboro

1876-77           Morrisville

1877-78           Girardville

1878-79           Spring City

1879-80           Atglen-Parkersburg

1880                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1880-82           Shippensburg

1884-86           Watsontown-Montandon

1886-89           Curwensville

1889-92           Lewisburg

1892-94           Hazleton St. Paul’s

1894                 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1894-98           [Baltimore Conference]

1898                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1898-00           chaplain, US Army

1900                 expelled following a trial

Note: A death notice for David H. Shields from the 4/24/1900 New York Times is on file at the conference archives.
 

SHIMER, GEORGE MILTON

Born: 4-13-1868  McConnellsburg PA                       married: Elizabeth Mary Snyder

Died: 11-4-1955  Smithburg MD                                obit: [1946, 252] [4/30/1866 – 4/24/1945]

1904    admitted on trial

Interment: Union Cemetery, McConnellsburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1956, 234

1898-99           Lumber City

1899-01           McKees Gap

1901-04           Center & Sandy Ridge  

1904-07           New Millport

1907-10           Manor Hill

1910-14           Port Royal

1914-16           Martinsburg

1916-17           North Bend

1917-20           Mill Hall

1920-22           Centralia

1922-25           Ralston

1925-26           Newton Hamilton

1928-29           leave of absence

1929-31           on leave

1931-34           Espy & Light Street

1934-35           Three Springs

1935-36           Ramey-Janesville

1936-39           Wolfsburg

1939                 retired

Note: Some biographical information on George M. Shimer appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 47.  Some sources give his birth date as 8-16-1868.  Some sources identify Mrs. Shimer as the former Mary Elizabeth Snyder.

SHIPE, JONATHAN REILEY

Born: 2-14-1848  near Sunbury PA                            married: Mollie Besser

Died: 1-1-1917  Mechanicsburg PA                           obit: [1920, 149]

1876    admitted on trial

Interment: Pomfort Manor Cemetery, Sunbury PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1917, 130

1875-76           Benton

1876-78           South Heberton

1878-79           Beach Haven

1979-82           Loudon

1882-83           Mont Alto

1883-84           West Hazleton

1884-87           Schellsburg

1887-90           Reedsville-Milroy

1890-91           McConnellstown

1891-93           Blain

1893-95           Mifflinville

1895-97           Harveyville

1897-98           McKees Gap

1898-02           Birmingham

1902-04           New Bloomfield

1904-06           Orangeville

1906-07           Cross Roads

1907-09           Costello

1909-10           Milnesville

1910-11           Gatchelville (ending summer 1911)

1911-13           Boiling Springs (beginning summer 1911)

1913                 retired

Note: Mrs. Shipe is known as “Mame” and her birth year is given as 1839.

SHIREY, NEWTON D.

Born: 4-6-1869  Clearfield County PA                         married: Mary E. Addleman

Died: 10-6-1953                                                          obit: [c1874 –  7/14/1950]

1930    license

Interment: Curwensville Cemetery, Curwensville PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1954, 228

1930-31           Shawville

1931-33           Glen Campbell

1933-38           New Millport

1938-41           Karthaus

1941                 retired

Note: Newton D. Shirey served as a local pastor.
 

SHISSLER, [WILLIAM] HENRY HARRISON

Born: 8-19-1918  Lititz PA                                          married: Martha Frances Chubb

Died:                                                                           obit:

1943     license

1945    admitted on trial, recommended by Half Moon

1945    ordained deacon

1947    ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1943-45           Half Moon (beginning 11/15/43)

1945-47           Woodland Parish

1947-50           Espy-Light Street

1950-54           faculty, Lycoming College

1954-56           Half Moon

1956-58           faculty, Pfeiffer College

1958                 transfer to Western North Carolina Conference

1958-60           faculty, Pfeiffer College

1960                 transfer to West Virginia Conference

1960-70           faculty, West Virginia Wesleyan

1970                 transfer to Western Pennsylvania Conference

1970-79           faculty, Edinboro Sate College

                        1978-79  North Richmond

1979-81           faculty, Warner Southern College

1981-82           leave of absence

1982                 retired

Note: In 2005 Henry H. Shissler is a retired member of the Western Pennsylvania Conference.
 

SHOEMAKER, ELISHA

Born: 3-10-1836  near Bloomsburg PA                      married: Kate L. Beuck

Died: 1-14-1904  Hustontown PA                              obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1927, 532

1864  admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference: recommended by Jerseytown

Interment: Three Springs Cemetery

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1904, 116

1864-65           Mifflinburg

1865-66           Milton

1866-67           Sunbury

1867-68           Half Moon

1868                 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69           Liberty Valley

1869-71           Scottsville

1871-72           New Bloomfield

1872-74           Ennisville

1874-77           Three Springs

1877-80           Cassville

1880-81           Shirleysburg

1881-83           Orbisonia

1883-85           Lumber City

1885-86           Glen Hope

1886-88           Howard

1888-90           Wallaceton

1890-91           Williamsburg

1891-92           Penns Valley

1892-93           on leave

                             1892-93  assistant, Cassville

1893-94           Cassville

1894-01           on leave

1901                 retired

SHOEMAKER, HENRY H.

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1907-08           Loyalsock

Note: Henry H. Shoemaker served as a local pastor.  He is otherwise unknown

SHOEMAKER, PERRY RICHARD SR     

Born:                                                                           married: Etta Pearl _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

1967     license, recommended by Oriole

1970    ordained deacon

1971    admitted as associate member

Interment:

Obit:

1966-76           Morris

1976-79           Port Trevorton

1979-84           Trough Creek Valley Parish

1984                 retired

                             1985-93  associate, Balls Mills

SHOLL, WILLIAM WILLIS

Born: 5-10-1870  Rebersburg PA                               married: Mary Alice Bostley

Died: 1-30-1965  Tyrone PA                                      obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1952, 210

1900    admitted on trial

Interment: Mound Cemetery, Williamsport PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1965, 356

1897-99           Pine-McElhattan  

1899-01           Westport

1901-04           South Williamsport

1904-05           Blain

1905-09           Trevorton

1909-12           Mount Holly Springs

1912-18           Duncannon

1918-22           York Duke Street

1922-31           Williamsport Calvary

1931-35           Berwick First

1935-36           Harrisburg Ridge Avenue

1936-38           Ashland

1938-41           Weatherly

1941-41           Watsontown

1941-42           superintendent, Park Home in Williamsport

1942                 retired

                             1942-51 Marysville

Note: William W. Sholl is author of the book “The King’s Highway To Peace” published in

1953.  Another source lists Mrs. Sholl as the former Alice Marie Bostley.

SHOWALTER, JOSEPH LESTER  

Born: 2-12-1899  Williamsburg PA                              married: Gladys H. Hess

Died: 3-29-1969  Springs PA                                      obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1958, 253

                                                                                    married2: Beulah W. Shumaker

1951    license                                                              obit2: [1997, 379]

Interment: Dudley Church Cemetery, Dudley PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1969, 312

1951-56           Dudley

1956-57           Schellsburg

1957-59           Grampian

1959-62           North Bend

1962-64           Lawrenceville

1964                 retired

Note:  J. Lester Showalter served as a local pastor.  The birth date for the second Mrs. Showalter is 2/25/1911.
 

SHRAWDER, KERMIT O.  

Born:                                                                           married: Pauline Martha Fertig

Died:                                                                           obit: 2004, 379

1949    license, recommended by Chillisquaque Community

1966    ordained deacon

1968    ordained elder

1971    admitted as associate member

Interment:

Obit:

1952-55           Stoverdale Independent

1955-62           Port Ann Pilgrim Holiness

1962                 “transfer” to Central Pennsylvania Conference of Methodist Church

1962-73           Middlebury Parish

1973-84           Altoona Mardorf

1984-86           New Freedom

1986-93           McVeytown

1993                 retired

                        1993-94  Burlington

                        1997-07  Asaph-Middle Ridge

SHRINER, WILFORD P.

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

Interment:

Obit:

                         [Holston Conference]

1890                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1890-91           Liberty Valley

1891-94           Trevorton

1894-95           Shamokin Second

1895-97           Stockton-Beaver Meadows

1897-99           Altoona Fairview

1899-00           Emporium

1900-03           Bellefonte

1903-08           Carlisle

1908-12           Lock Haven Trinity

1912-17           Altoona Eighth Avenue

1917-20           Waynesboro

1920-21           Sinnemahoning

1921-23           on leave

1923                 located under charges

Note:  Wilford P. Shriner was tried and “reproved” in 1920; see pages 50 and 54. 
 

SHROPSHIRE, BERNARD  JAMES

Born: 1-18-1927  Camden NJ                                     married: Lois Ann Baldwin

Died:                                                                           obit:

1956    admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1950-54           student, Asbury College in Wilmore KY

1954-57           Hopewell

1957-58           student, Temple University in Philadelphia PA

1958-60           Coalport

1960                 discontinue? transfer to New Jersey Conference?

1963-65           Tabernacle

1965-66           Mullica Hills

                        …

1974-77           Somers Point Bethany

1977                 honorable location, by the Southern New Jersey Conference

Note: Bernard J. Shropshire is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in the Methodist Church, page 1189.
 

SHUE, ALLEN CLAYTON

Born: 3-28-1880  near Spring Grove PA                     married: Nellie Virginia Grimm

Died: 10-23-1962  Tyrone PA                                    obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1941,223

1900    license, recommended by York Epworth

1906    admitted on trial

Interment: Prospect Hill Cemetery, North York PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1963,  333

1902-04           Trinity [southern York County, near Lucky]

1904-05           Rehoboth

1905-08           Lewisberry-Lisburn (starting fall 1905)

1908-10           Selinsgrove

1910-14           West Fairview

1914-18           York Ridge Avenue

1918-19           Saxton

1919-19           chaplain, US Army

1919-23           Williamsport, Third Street

1923-26           York Grace

1926-28           Huntingdon First

1928-31           Sunbury St. John’s

1931-39           superintendent, Sunbury District

1939-41           Harrisburg Fifth Street

1941-43           Tyrone First

1943-45           Williamsport Mulberry Street

1945                 retired

Note: Allen C. Shue is the father of Margaret Shue Norris, wife of C. Gail Norris.  Some biographical information appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 65.  Mrs. Shue is the daughter of  J. Wesley Grimm (1839-1921) of the Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church.
 

SHUE, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

Born: 12-21-1904  Mount Union PA                           married: Eleanor Jane Stahl

Died:                                                                           obit:

1928    license

1930    admitted on trial

1932    ordained deacon

1934    ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1928-30           student, Juniata College

                             1928-29  Tatesville

                             1929-30  Clearville

1930-32           student, Garrett Theological Seminary

                             1930-31  assistant, Altoona Lakemont-Jaggard

1932-37           Martinsburg

1937-39           Hastings

1939-42           Warrior’s Mark

1942                 transfer to Pittsburgh Conference

1942-44           Johnstown Cooper Avenue

1944-48           Apollo

1948-51           South Greensburg

1951-54           Homestead First

1954-58           Beaver

1958-62           Waynesburg

1962-67           Johnstown Calvary

1967-69           Lower Burrell Bethel

1969-72           Connellsville Central

1972                 retired

Note: Benjamin F. Shue is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in the Methodist Church, page 1190.  He is listed in 2006 as a retired member of the Western Pennsylvania Conference.

SHULL, CHARLES HORACE

Born: 3-2-1870  New Chester PA                              married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

1902    license, recommended by Gettysburg

Interment:

Obit:

1903-04           Harrisonville

1904-05           Waller

1905                 no longer listed, apparently returned to pastor within his Lutheran roots

                        Allegheny Evangelical Lutheran Synod

1908-09           Sinking Valley charge, Blair County PA (1/1/08 – 7/1/09)

1912                 West Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod

1912-19           Chanceford charge, York County PA (12/1/12 – 8/1/19)

1919-21           Lebanon charge, York County PA (8/1/19 – 11/1/21)

1921-22           Goldsboro – Mt. Zion charge, York County PA (6/1/22-12/1/22)

1923-24           Upper Frankford charge, Cumberland County PA (5/1/23 – 12/15/24)

Note: Some biographical information on Charles H. Shull appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 36.  The Lutheran material lists him as C.H. Stull, PhD.
 

SHULTZ, J. RESLER

Born: 7-13-1903  Harrisburg PA                                  married: R. Mae Mountz

Died: 9-2-1997                                                            obit: [5/18/1903 – 11/4/1993]

                                                                                    married2: Marguerite Myrtle [DeeDee] ____

1925    admitted on trial                                                obit2: [11/7/1898 – 4/12/1986]

1927    ordained deacon

1929    ordained elder

Interment: Longmeadow Congregational Church Cemetery, Longmeadow MA

Obit:

1924-26           student, Dickinson College

                             1924-25  Bressler & Newville

                             1925-26  York Springs

1926-28           West Fairview

1928-31           student, Boston University School of Theology in Boston MA

                             1930-31  Tilton NH

1931-35           Harrisburg Ridge Avenue

1935-41           Tyrone First

1941-45           Carlisle

1945-49           Altoona First

1949-50           faculty, University of California

1950                 withdrew under complaints

1950-58           fundraiser, Wells Fund Raisers in Greenwich CT                  …

1958-73           director of development, Western New England College

1973                 retired, living in Long Meadow MA and member of Longmeadow UMC

                             1973-93  fundraiser, Springfield MA Zoo

Note: J. Resler Shultz is listed in the 1945 Prominent Personalities in American Methodism, page 328.  The conference archives has a set of 78 rpm records containing devotionals J. Resler Shultz delivered on the radio in Altoona.  The last known address prior to death for the first Mrs. Shultz is Harrisburg PA.
 

SHULTZABARGER, GEORGE ELVIN

Born: 1-18-1918                                                          married:

Died:                                                                            obit:

1943    admitted on trial

1943    ordained deacon

1945    ordained elder, Pittsburgh Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1941-42           Analomich circuit, Philadelphia Conference

1942-44           Town Hill

1944                 transfer to Pittsburgh Conference

1944-46           Cresson

1946-47           assistant, Johnstown Franklin Street

1947-50           Somerset

1950-53           Somerset Wesley Chapel

1953-55           Fredricktown

1955-59           Mars

1959-60           Clairton Pine Run

1960-66           Board of Education

1966-69           Wexford Salem

1969-72           McKees Rocks

1972-74           Connellsville Central

1974-78           director, Connellsville Community Ministries (ending 2/1/78)

                             1974-78  associate, Connellsville Otterbein (ending 2/1/78)

1978-83           Waynesburg First (beginning 2/1/78)

1983                 retired

SHURE, WILLIAM CURTIS

Born: 2-6-1907  Sunbury PA                                       married: Ruth Eloise Wentworth

Died: 9-29-1980                                                          obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1993, 472

1928    license, recommended by Sunbury St. John’s

1932    admitted on trial

1936    ordained deacon

1939    ordained elder

Interment: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington VA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1981, 342

1929-30           Madera-Glen Hope (beginning 9/1/29)

1930                 Eagles Mere-Laporte (Mar – Sept)

1930-31           Jeddo-Lattimer beginning 10/1/30, ending 9/30/31)

1931-35           Montandon-Henrickson (beginning 10/1/31)

1935-36           Beach Haven

1936-39           White Haven

1939-40           Watsontown

1940-67           chaplain, US Army

1967-71           chaplain, Child City in Mooseheart IL

1971                 retired

Note: William C. Shure is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1192.

SILL, MAURICE LUCIEN

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

1955    admitted on trial

1955-56           associate, Pleasant Gap

1956-57           at school

1957-58           Milesburg

1958-63           director, India Village Service of the Presbyterian Church

1963                 discontinued

                         …

1968                 chairman, Involvement Education Inc

1986                 faculty, Marshall University in Huntington WV

Note: Maurice L. Sill was discontinued because he was a probationer for 8 years without making progress toward ordination.  He settled into academia in the field of sociology and has written numerous scholarly papers.

SILL, MILTON

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1946-48           New Millport

Note: Milton Sill served as a local pastor.

SIMMONS, NORMAN  JACOB

Born: 9-4-1897  York PA                                           married: Marguerite Elizabeth Watson

Died: 11-9-1954  Watsontown PA                              obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1979, 348

1928  admitted on trial

1930    ordained deacon

1932    ordained elder

Interment: Memorial Cemetery, Watsontown PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1955, 235

1921-22           Westport, Anthracite Mission

1922-23           Eagles Mere

1923-25           Jonestown

1925-26           Elimsport & Maple Hill

1926-28           Fairview

1928-30           Glen Campbell

1930-32           Duboistown-Nesbit

1932-34           Gatchelville

1934-37           Dudley

1937-38           Manor Hill

1938-42           McVeytown

1942-45           Martinsburg

1945-47           Mifflinville

1947-47           White Haven (did not finish the year)

1947                 transfer to Montana Conference

1947-48           [Montana Conference]

1948                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1948-49           Howard

1949-50           Hughesville

1950-52           Watsontown

1952                 transfer to Montana Conference

1952-53           Corvallis

1953-54           Tranquility CA

1954                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1954                 retired

SIMONS, HARVEY BUTLER

Born: 3-8-1905  Weatherly PA                                                married: Elizabeth Bigelow

Died: 11-19-1980                                                                    obit: 2000, 355

1926    license, recommended by Hazleton Diamond

1932    admitted on trial

1934    ordained deacon

1936    ordained elder

Interment: Berwick PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1981, 343

1928-29           Bakertown  

1929-31           Ennisville

1931-32           Shirleysburg & Three Springs

1932-35           Port Matilda

1935-38           Duboitstown-Nesbit

1938-41           Picture Rocks

1941-45           Trevorton-Irish Valley

1945-47           Conyngham

1947-49           Mercersburg

1949-54           Littlestown

1954-57           Lewistown Lake Park,

1957-61           White Haven

1961-63           Shamokin Chestnut Street

1963                 retired

Note: Harvey B. Simons is the father of William B. Simons.
 

SIMONS, WILLIAM BIGELOW

Born: 5-7-1937  Williamsport PA                                married

Died:                                                                           obit:

1957     license, recommended by Lewistown Lake Park

1960    admitted on trial

1960    ordained deacon

1962    ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1955-59           student, Lycoming College

                             1956-57  Lemont

                             1957-58  associate, Lock Haven Parish

                             1958       Wallaceton  (summer)

                             1958-59  Gordon

1959-62           student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1962-65           Shickshinny

1965-68           Harrisburg Riverside

1968-72           Mount Olivet

1972-73           sabbatical

1973-74           chaplain, Philadelphia State Hospital

1974-81           Lurleen B. Wallace Center, Decatur AL

1981                 transfer to North Alabama Conference

Note: William B. Simons is the son of Harvey B. Simons.  He is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1196.  In 2003 he is listed as a retired member of the North Alabama Conference.

SIMPSON, ELMER

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

1904    license

Interment:

Obit:

1904-06           Wharton

1906-08           Benezette

Note: Elmer Simpson served as a local pastor.  Limited information appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 44A. 
 

SINGER, GEORGE ASBURY

Born: 5-30-1841  Millersburg PA                               married: Jennie E. Hefflefinger

Died: 8-25-1910  Roaring Spring PA                         obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1909, 112

1867    admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference 

Interment: St. John’s Cemetery, Shiremanstown PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1911, 117

1868                 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-70           Cumberland Valley Institute, Mechanicsburg

1870-71           Half Moon

1871-72           Berwick

1872-73           Orangeville

1873-76           Concord

1876-79           Pleasantville

1879-81           Thompsontown

1881-83           Shirleysburg

1883-85           Manor Hill

1885-88           West Fairview-Marysville

1888-90           Mercersburg

1890-92           Green Village

1892-95           York Springs

1895-97           Stormstown

1897-00           Williamsburg

1900-02           Mahaffey

1902-03           East Waterford

1903                 retired

SIPES,  HORACE  NELSON

Born: 4-6-1883                                                            married: Mary C. Norris [1909]

Died: 12-29-1919                                                        obit:

1909    admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit: Pittsburgh Conference 1920, 83

1908-1909       Allegheny (started but did not finish the 1909-10 year)

1909                 discontinued

1909                 received on credentials, Allegheny Conference of United Brethren Church

1909-11           Bradenville

1911                 name erased

1911                 received on trial, Pittsburgh Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church

1913-14           Ebensburg

1915-16           Uniontown-Fairchance

1916-17           Concord-Winnett-Layton-Banning

1917-19           Braddock Fourth Street

SKEATH, JAMES MILTON

Born: 5-23-1898  Mahanoy City PA                            married:

Died: 11-?-1968                                                          obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1917-21           student, Dickinson College

1921-67           faculty, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary – Lycoming College

1967                retired

Note: J. Milton Skeath has a file with the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry, but he never served in the Central Pennsylvania Conference.  J. Milton Skeath is the namesake of the Skeath Hall dormitory erected in 1965 on the Lycoming College Campus.
 

SKILLINGTON, JAMES EDGAR 

Born: 12-2-1878  Breezewood PA                             married: Loretta Hartzell

Died: 5-1-1865  Roaring Spring PA                            obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1965, 358

1901  admitted on trial

Interment: Newville Cemetery, Newville PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1965, 358

1900-02           Loyalsock

1902-06           Newville

1906-14           Renovo

1914-19           Hazleton St. Paul’s

1919-22           Carlisle

1922-30           Altoona First

1930-35           superintendent, Altoona District

1935-43           Bloomsburg

1943-51           York First

1951                 retired

                        1951-56  Martinsburg

Note:  James Edgar Skillington is the brother of J.W. Skillington.  He is listed in the 1945 Prominent Personalities in American Methodidm.

SKILLINGTON, JOHN WALTER

Born: 3-23-1880  Breezewood PA                                married: Lois Belle Mickey

Died: 9-3-1979  St. Petersburg FL                                obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1941, 225

                                                                                     married2: Olive Baird

                                                                                     obit2: 1988,425

1908    admitted on trial, recommended by Williamsport Fourth Street         

1910    ordained deacon

1912    ordained elder

Interment:

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1979, 335

1904-06           Loyalsock

1906-07           Newville  

1907-09           New Benton

1909-11           Elimsport-Maple Hill

1911-12           Keating Summit

1912-14           Keating-Austin

1914-15           Austin-Costello

1915-17           Sinnamahoning

1917-19           Morrisdale

1919-21           Saxton

1921-25           Osceola Mills

1925-29           Carlisle

1929-31           Mount Union

1931-36           Roaring Spring

1936-38           New Cumberland

1938-42           Altoona Juniata First

1942-45           Mount Carmel

1945-49           Hazleton Diamond

1949-52           Duncansville

1952                 retired

                        1952-59  Hastings  

Note: J. Walter Skillington is the brother of James Edgar Skillington.  The second Mrs. Skillington was born Olive Bussard, and was the widow of a J. Albert Baird.

SLAGEL, NORMAN FRANKLIN

Born: 12-9-1893  Aaronsburg PA                                married: Mabel Myers

Died: 9-21-1991  New Castle DE                                obit: [d. 1920]

                                                                                    married2: Charlotte Russell

1956    license, recommended by Altoona First             obit2: 1976, 156

1959    ordained deacon                                               married3: Thelma Hunsinger McBride

1961    ordained elder                                                  obit3:

Interment: Hillside Cemetery, Catawissa PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1992, 484

1956-59           Dudley

1959-61           Espy and Light Street

1961-63           Woodland

1963-65           Orbisonia

1965                 retired

                        1966-68  Lakemont-Frankstown (beginning 10/1/66)

                        1970-71  Frankstown

Note: Norman F. Slagel entered the ministry after retiring from the USPS in 1955.  He served as a local pastor. 
 

SLAPINSKI, JAMES HAROLD

Born:                                                                           married: Josephine _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

1964    admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1954-57           Wallaceton

1957-58           Skinners Eddy, Wyoming Conference

1958-63           Coventryville, Philadelphia Conference (ending 1/1/63)

1963-64           Manor Hill (beginning 1/1/63)

1964-67           Burnham

1967                 discontinued

                         …

1979                 Forest City, Wyoming Conference

1980                 readmitted/transfer to Wyoming Conference

1980-83           Forest City

1983-89           not appointed

1989-93           Plymouth/North Norwich/Preston (beginning 10/1/89)

1993                 retired

                             1993-97  Luzerne  

                                
SLEEP, FRED GRANT

Born: 10-8-1868  Hazleton PA                                    married: Maude O. _____

Died: 7-19-1918  Mifflintown PA                                obit:

1897    admitted on trial

Interment: Mifflintown Cemetery, Mifflintown PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1919, 138

1897-98           Cameron

1898-00           Gardeau

1900-03           Penfield

1903-04           Laurelton

1904-05           Montandon

1905-08           Fairview

1908-14           Duncansville

1915-18           Enola

1918-18           Mifflintown

SLICHTER, JACOB

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1882-83           Littlestown (beginning 11/1/82)

Note: Jacob Slichter was a local pastor connected with York Beaver Street.

SLICK, WILLIAM ANSON            

Born: 10-19-1917  New Paris PA                                married: Betty E. Harbaugh

Died: 6-24-1996                                                          obit:

1952     license, recommended by New Paris of the Western Pennsylvania Conference EUB

1953    admitted on trial, Western Pennsylvania Conference EUB

1971    ordained

Interment: Fishertown Cemetery, Fishertown PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1997, 388

1942-52           Church of the Nazarene congregations

                        Union City

                        Albion

1952                 “transfer” to Western Pennsylvania Conference EUB

1952-58           Shade Gap

1958-61           Pennsdale, Central Pennsylvania Conference EUB

1961-65           East Freedom

1965-68           Glasgo

1968                 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference of Methodist Church

1968-77           Ray’s Hill [Breezewood]

1977-81           Osceola Mills

1981                 retired

                             1983        Robertsdale

                             1983-85  Wolfsburg

                             1991-96  Rainsburg

SLOAN, WILLIAM HAROLD

Born: 1-1-1899  Elk City PA                                      married: Jane Baynham

Died: 12-23-1972  Homestead FL                              obit:

1926    admitted on trial, Erie Conference

1927    ordained deacon, Erie Conference

1931    ordained elder, Erie Conference

Interment: Palms Memorial Park, Homestead FL

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1973, 286

1925-26           student, Bucknell University

                             1926        Johnson City [Ranshaw] (ending summer 1926)

1926-29           Lander

1929-32           student, Garrett Biblical Institute in Evanston IL

                             1929-30  Chicago Adriel

                             1930-32  Stoughton WI First

1932-35           Linesville

1935-38           Cambridge Springs

1938-44           Fredonia NY

1944-49           DuBois First

1949-50           Erie Simpson

1950                 transfer to New Jersey Conference

1950-53           Asbury Park

1953-54           Philadelphia East Falls, Philadelphia Conference