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SABIN, EDGAR WILLIAM
Born: 12-18-1901
Died: 10-18-1981 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1993, 471
1938 admitted on trial, Central
1938 ordained
deacon,
1940 ordained elder,
Interment:
1933-37 youth
director,
1937-38 student,
1938-42 Sterling-Martville
1942-45 Gorham-Stanley
1945-52 Williamson
1952-63 Towanda
1962 transfer
to
1962-63 Towanda
1968 retired
Note: Edgar W. Sabin is the father of
SABIN, PAUL EDGAR
Born: 10-14-1940
Died: obit:
1962 license
1964 admitted on trial
1964 ordained deacon
Interment:
1958-62 student,
1962-63
1963-66 student,
Pacific
1966 transfer
to Central
transfer to
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
Died: 10-6-2007 obit:
1961 admitted on trial,
1961 ordained
deacon,
1963 ordained elder,
Interment:
1954-56 youth director, Oklahoma City Sunnylane
1962-64 minister of education,
1964-65 Wesley Foundation,
1965 transfer
to
1965-75 Wesley
Foundation,
1975-76 sabbatical leave
1976-77 on leave
1977-78 leave of absence
1979 withdrew from the ministry
…
1995 Education
Department,
2007
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
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,
1919 ordained deacon
1920 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit:
1919-21 Woodlawn
1921-22
1922-23
1923-24 Lanaham
1924-26 Hyndman PA
1926-29 Solomons
1932-35
1935-36 Sparrows
1936-37
1937-39 Warfordsburg PA
1939-40
1940-42 ?
1942-49 superintendent,
1949 transfer
to
1949-51
1951-52 Penecook
1952-53
1953-57
1957 transfer
to
1957-59
1960 retired
1961-65 Mechanicsburg Salem
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
Died: 7-10-1999
1932 license,
recommended by
1941 admitted on trial, Central
1941 ordained
deacon,
1943 ordained elder,
Interment: Hershey PA
1940-43 Big Flats-
1943-50 Watkins Glen
1950-56
1956-62
1962 transfer
to
1962-70
1970-74
1981 retired
1981-88 visitation
SAGAR, HARRY ANDREW III
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1967 admitted on trial, recommended by
1967 ordained deacon
1970 ordained elder
Interment:
1967-70 student,
1970-73
1973-78 student,
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:
Died: 6-26-2004 obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1930-31 Student,
1930-31 Boiling Springs & Hickorytown
Note:
SALTER, ROBERT A.
Born: Northumberland PA married: Maggie M. Bartholomew
Died: 1-11-1943
married2:
1900 admitted on trial obit2: 1950, 207
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1944, 231
1900-02 Grant
1902-04 Pleasant Gap
1904-06 Hustontown
1906-09 Berwick
1909-15
1915-17 Patton
1919-22
1922-25 Renovo
1925-31
1931-34
1938 retired
Note: Bert A. Salter is the father of
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:
1935-37
1937-38
1938-41 student,
Boston University School of Theology in
1938-41
1941-43 Salona-Lamar
1943-44
1944-45 assistant,
1945-46 Avis
1951-54
1954 transfer
to
SANKS, JAMES
Born: 6-12-1806
Died: 6-4-1862
married2: Harriet A. Timmons
1828 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1863, 29
1828-29 Clear Spring
1829-30 Huntingdon
1830-31
1831-32
1832-34 Bellefonte
1834-36 Lycoming
1836-38 Berwick
1838-40 Northumberland
1840-42
1842-44
1844-46 Harper’s Ferry
1846-48 Front Royal
1848-49
1849-50 Hollidaysburg station
1850-52
1852-54
1854-56
1856-57
1857 charter
member of
1857-58
1858-62 superintendent, Bellefonte District
1862-63
Note: A biographical sketch for James Sanks is given in Armstrong’s History of the Old Baltimore Conference, page 452. The second Mrs. Sanks was the widow of a person unknown when she married James; Timmons was her maiden name.
SARGENT, THOMAS BARTOW
Born: 3-30-1805
Died: 10-14-1879
Interment:
Obit:
1825
1825-27
1827-29
1829 transfer
to
1829-31
1831-32
1832-33
1833-34
1834-36
1836-38
1838-39 Patapsco
1839-41
1841-42
1842-43 traveling companion, Bishop Soule
1843-47 superintendent, Potomac District
1847-48 Summerfield
1850-52
1852-53 agent,
1853-56 superintendent, Northumberland District
1856-58
1858-59 superintendent, West Baltimore District
1859-62 superintendent, Baltimore District
1862-63
1863-66
1866 located
Note: A biographical sketch for Thomas B. Sargent is given in Armstrong’s History of the Old Baltimore Conference, page 453.
SARVER, SYDNEY J.
Born: 4-20-1874 married:
Died: 3-19-1946 Blossburg PA obit:
1897 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1897-99 Clarkstown
1899-01 Benezette
1901 withdrew under complaints
“transferred” to
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
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:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1933, 196
1884-85 Penn’s Valley
1885-87
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
1955 transfer
to
…
1970 voluntary
location,
SAUTER, CHARLES AUGUSTUS
Born: 4-15-1889
Died: 6-30-1947
1912 admitted on trial
1914 ordained deacon
1916 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1948, 192
1910-12 Loyalsock
1912-13
1913-15 Blackwell (ending 12/31/14)
1915-16 White Haven (beginning 1/1/15)
1916-17 Laurelton
1917-18
1918-21 Airville
1921-22
1922-25
1929-33
1933-36
1936-40 Camp Hill
1940-47
1947 retired
Born: 1835
Died: obit:
1857 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference
1857-58 Muncy
1858-59 Orangeville
1859-60 Berwick
1860-61 West Falls
1861-62
1862-63 Clear Spring (first part of year)
1863-64 Allegany
1884-86 Frostburg
1866-67 Hancock
transfer to
1870
1886 located at own request
Note: Biographical information on
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:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1921, 139
1874-75 Elysburg
1875-77 Helfenstein
1877-80 Iola
1880-83 Buckhorn
1884-86
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:
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:
1957-62 Hustontown
1962-71 New
1971-82
1982-89
1989-97
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
1949 ordained deacon
1951 ordained elder
1970 admitted as associate member
Interment:
1943-45
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
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
1947 ordained deacon
1949 ordained elder
Interment:
1942-44 Hazen,
1944-47
1947-49 Doylesburg
1949-53 Mill Hall
1953-55
1955-59
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
Note: E.M. Sayers served as a local pastor.
SCHAEFFER, SAMUEL CARLYLE
Birth: 5-26-1872
Death: 4-12-1957 obit:
1901 license,
recommended by
Interment:
Obit: Southern California-Arizona Conference 1957, 210
1901-02 student, Drew Theological Seminary in
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.
Born: 9-24-1835
Died:12-25-1909
1858 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1858-59 Woodbury
1859-60 Philipsburg
1860 discontinued at own request
Note: This surname is also rendered SCARBORO. John B. Scarboro is the subject of an article in THE CHRONICLE 1991, page 88. His 12/18/1860 marriage is likely the reason for his leaving the itinerant ministry.
SCHEAR, LLOYD BENNER
Born: 2-25-1907 Newcomerstown OH married: Sarah Dunning
Died: 4-30-1965 obit:
1939 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1938-40
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
1954 re-admitted
1954 transfer
to
1954-57
1957-60 Rockaway
1960-62
1962-65 Cokesbury-Oldwick
SCHELL, JAMES LONG
Born: 6-12-1936
Died: obit:
1957 license, recommended by Stevens Memorial
1959 admitted on trial
1960 ordained deacon
1961 ordained elder
Interment:
1954-58 student,
1958-61 student, Wesley Theological Seminary in
1958-61
1961-63
1963-66
1966-70 Duncansville Hicks Memorial
1970-81 Mechanicsburg Hope
1981-87
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
Died: obit:
1953 license,
recommended by
1956 admitted on trial
1956 ordained deacon
1958 ordained elder
Interment:
1951-55 student,
1955-58 student, Wesley Theological Seminary in
1956-58 Marysville Wesley
1958-62 Marysville Wesley
1962-67
1967-79 Montoursville Faith
1979-84 superintendent,
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
Died: 12-20-1937
1883 admitted on trial, recommended by Emporium
1883 ordained deacon, recommended by Emporium
Interment:
1883-84 Emporium
1884-86
1886-90 Hughesville
1892-97 Lock Haven
1899 transfer
to
1899-00 Lead
1900-01 conference
evangelist,
1901 transfer
to
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,
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
Died: obit:
1957 license, recommended by Avis
1961 admitted on trial
1961 ordained deacon
1964 ordained elder
Interment:
1957-60 student,
1957-60 Oriole
1960-64 student, Drew
Theological Seminary in
1960-61
1964-67 Mifflinburg
1967 transfer
to
1967-73
1973-75 associate,
1975-86
1986-89
1989 retired
Note: In 2003 George C. Schlesinger is listed as a retired member of the Greater New Jersey Conference.
SCHLOSSER, NOAH
Born: c1823
Died: 1909
1844 received on
trial,
Interment:
1844-46 Virginia Circuit
1846 located
1848 admitted
on trial,
1848-49 Mifflin
1849-50 McConnellsburg
1850-51
1851-52 Sweet Springs
1852-53
1853-54
1854-57 St. Mary’s (did not finish third year)
1857 charter
member of
1857-58 on leave
1858-60
1860-61 on leave
1861 retired
1868 charter member of
1879 located at own request
became a dentist
1883 moved to
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
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
1866 admitted on trial, East
Interment: Wilcox,
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1907, 108
1866-67 Mifflin circuit
1867-69
1868 charter
member of
1869-71 New
1871-72 Manor Hill
1872-73
1873-75 Thompsontown
1875-77
1877-78 on leave
1877-78 Newville & Rehobeth
1878 retired
SCHROEDER, PAUL DANIEL
Born: 6-27-1928
Died: 9-18-1989 Tyrone PA obit:
1949 license, recommended
by
1953 admitted on trial
1953 ordained deacon
1955 ordained elder
Interment:
1950-52 Cherry Tree
1952-53 Schellsburg
1953-56 Wrightsville
1956-59 Millerstown
1959-66
1966-69 Emporium
1969-73 Roaring Spring
1973-80 administrator,
1980-89 administrator, Epworth Manor (beginning 8/11/80)
Note:
SCHROPSHIRE SEE
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:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1960, 248
1900-02 Excelsior
1902-04 Barnesboro
1904-07 Snow Shoe
1907-11
1911-15 Stewartstown
1915-18 Weatherly
1918-20
1920-21 Warriors Mark
1921-28
1930-32
1932-35 Renovo
1935-36 St. Mary’s
1937-40 Beaver Meadows
1940-42 Lock Haven
1942-47
1947 retired
Note: Some biographical information on Harry J. Schuchart appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 31.
SCOTT, ALEXANDER
Born: 6-13-1872
Died: 1-3-1961
1899 license,
recommended by
1905 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1961, 262
1902-05 student, Drew Theological Seminary in
1902 Summerfield NJ
1905-08 Rohrsburg
1908-11 Orangeville
1911-16
1916-19 Woolrich
1919-22 Bellefonte
1922-28
1928-30 Barnsboro
1930-32 Renovo
1932-35 Shickshinny
1935 retired
1942
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.
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:
Obit: [1998, 423]
1957-64
1969-74 Runville
1974-76 Young’s-Mt.
1976-81
1981-86 disability leave
1986 retired
SEAMAN, ALAN MONROE
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1962 admitted on trial
Interment:
1956-59
1959-62 student,
1962-63 missionary,
1963 transfer
to
Note:
The 2007 contact information for Alan M. Seaman is:
SEARCH, LESTER EUGENE
Born: 9-2-1893 Berwick PA married: Cora Edna Ober
Died: 4-26-1960
1925 admitted on trial
1927 ordained deacon
1929 ordained elder
Interment:
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
1957-59 Mapleton
1958 retired
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
Died: 6-10-1896
1855 admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1897, 90
1855-56 Newville
1856-57
1857 charter
member of
1857-59 Lewistown circuit
1859-61
1861-63
1863-66
1866-68
1868 charter
member of
1868-70 Philipsburg
1870-71
1872-73 on leave
1873-75
1875-77 Catawissa
1877-79 Sunbury
1879-81 Lewistown
1881-83
1883-86
1889-92 Bloomsburg
1892-95
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
Interment:
1899-00 Bethel-Trinity (approx 8/1899 to 8/1900)
1900-01
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,
Born:
5-30-1904 Freeland
PA married:
Ethel Mae Fairchild
Died:
2-24-1982 obit:
[3/9/1906 – 1/25/1978]
Interment:
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
1875 license
1876 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1876-77 Glen Hope
1877 discontinued at own request, to attend school
1879 admitted
on trial,
1870-82
1882-84
1885 transfer
to
Haleyville
Pennsville
Quinton
Woodstown
1899 transfer
to
Crisfield Asbury
1903 transfer
to
Fairton and Center Grove
Wenonah
Note: George Guyer Senser is named for George Guyer.
SEWELL, REUBEN
Born: married: Margaret A. McCrory [2/14/1860]
Died: obit:
1859 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1859-60 Alto Dale
1860 discontinued at own request
Note: This surname is also rendered SEWALL.
SEYMOUR, MAUDE
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1930-32
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
Died: obit:
1949 license,
recommended by
1955 admitted on trial
1955 ordained deacon
1957 ordained elder
Interment:
1948-53
1953-56 student, Drew
Theological Seminary in
1953-55
1959-61 Avis
1963-67 Selinsgrove
1967-77 Hollidaysburg First
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:
1963-66 student,
1963-64 assistant, Snydertown
1964-66
1966-68 student,
Wesley Theological Seminary in
1966-68
1968-72
1972-80
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:
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
SHAFFER, JOSEPH
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1880 license
1882 ordained deacon, recommended by Sinnemahoning circuit
Interment:
1882-83 Wharton
Note: Joseph Shaffer was a local pastor living in Sinnemahoning.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1954 license, recommended by
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, NATHAN
Born: 9-18-1823
Died: obit: [b. 1/21/1833]
1852-53 Penn’s Valley
1853-54 New
1854-55
1855-56 Bald Eagle
1856-57 Luzerne
1857 charter
member of the
1857-58
1858-59
1859-61
1861-62
1862 “retired”
1863 moved
to
1863-66 lived and preached in
1866-69 lived preached in
1869-96 lived and farmed in
1896
moved to
Note: There is biographical information on Nathan Shaffer in the biographical files at the conference archives.
SHAFFER, PAUL CLAY
Born: 7-8-1922 Hyndman PA married: Mona Marie Thompson
Died: obit:
1947 license,
recommended by
1952 admitted on trial
1952 ordained deacon
1954 ordained elder
Interment:
1947-49 Glen Hope-Madera
1949-51 Clearville
1951-57
1957-61 Osceola Mills
1961-65 Bellefonte
1965-68 Wellsboro
1968-73
1973-81
1981-87
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:
Died: 12-25-1956 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1967, 316
1915
approved supply
Interment:
1915-16 Avis
1916-18 student,
1916 Rehoboth (ending fall 1916)
1916-18 Boiling Springs (beginning fall 1916)
1920 admitted
on trial,
1920-26 [
1926 withdrew
1932-33
1933 admitted
on trial,
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
Died: 4-11-1971 St. Mary’s PA obit:
1928 admitted on trial
1931 ordained deacon
1932 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit:
1923-25 student,
1925-27 student,
1927-28
1928-29
1929-33 student, Drew
Theological Seminary in
1929-33 assistant,
1933-35
1935-41
1941-45 Shippensburg
1945-50 Camp Hill
1950-54 Berwick
1965-69
1969-70 Emporium
1970 transfer
to
1970-71 Em
SHANK, JOHN WILSON
Born: 5-1-1879 Schoolcraft MI married:
Died: obit: [b. 1873]
1900 license,
recommended by
1901 local preacher on trial, Central PA Conference of United Evangelical Church: page 7
Interment:
1901 local preacher on trial, living in Glen Union PA
1906-07 Tout
Run,
1907 received
into
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
SHANNON,
Born: 2-11-1877
Died: 4-14-1947
1899 license,
recommended by Louisa KY:
1903 admitted on trial, credentials recognized from Methodist Episcopal Church South
Interment:
1899-03
1899
1901
1903-05 assistant,
1905 transfer
to
Note: Frederick F. Shannon moved to
SHANNON, JARED YOUNG
Born: 10-14-1841 Bloomsburg PA married: Rosetta M. Ent
Died: 2-18-1892
married2: Anna M. McClay
1872 admitted on trial, recommended by Bloomsburg obit2: 1907, 98
Interment:
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
1888-92
SHANNON, SAMUEL
Born: 8-1-1830 Muncy PA married: Deborah M. Knorr
Died: 12-27-1896
1856 admitted on
trial,
Interment: Bloomsburg PA
Obit:
1856-57 Bloomingdale
1857 charter
member of the
1857-58 Orangeville
1858-59 Luzerne
1859-61 Mifflinburg
1861-63 Montoursville
1863-65 Muncy
1865-67 White Haven
1867-68
1868 transfer
by boundary change to
1868-69
1872-75
1875-76
1881-84
1884-87 Havre de Grace
1887-91
1891-94
1894-96
Note: A biographical sketch for Samuel Shannon is given in Armstrong’s History of the Old Baltimore Conference, page 453.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
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
Died: 11-17-1903
1867 admitted on trial, East
Interment: Churchtown,
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1904, 111
1868 charter
member of
1868-69
1869-71 New
1871-72 Greencastle
1872-73 Thompsontown
1873-75 Osceola
1875-77
1877-80 Milesburg
1880-83 Hollidaysburg
1883-86 Curwensville
1886-89
1889-92
1902-03 Lock Haven Trinity
Note: An obituary for Joseph B. Shaver also appears in the
11/26/1903
SHAW, RAYMOND CONOVER
Born: 9-8-1901 married:
Died: 2-24-1988 obit:
1926 license
1927 admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1927-29
1929 transfer
to
1929-29
1929-31 Alden
1931-34 Holly
1934-39 Fairport
1939 transfer
to
1939-41 Mohawk
1941-42
1942-52 chaplain
1952 transfer
to
1956-60 Newfane
1960-62 Coudersport
1962 transfer
to
1962-63 Coudersport
1963-64
1964 transfer to Western Pennsylvania Conference
1964-66 Zelienople Harmony
1966 transfer
to
SHEAFFER, WILLIAM JAMES
Born: 7-18-1868
Died: 12-10-1930
1890 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1931, 188
1889-92
1892-93 at school
1893-94 Kedron
1894-96 Hustontown
1896-99 New
1899-03 Three Springs
1903-06 Reedsville
1906-10 Reedsville-Milroy
1910-13
1915-19 Montoursville
1919-25
1925-27
1927-30
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:
Died: obit:
1899 license, recommended by Rainsburg
1904 admitted on trial
Interment:
1899-03 student,
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,
1947 admitted on trial, recommended by Littlestown
1947 ordained deacon
Interment:
Obit:
1940-42 student,
1942-44 student,
1942-44
1944-47 student,
1944-45 Hustontown
1945-47 Littlestown
1947-49 Conyngham
1949 transfer
to
1949-55 Wyalusing
1955-58
1964-70
1970-74 Tunkhannock
1974-76
1976-77 sabbatical (beginning 12/1/76)
1977-79
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:
1857 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1857 charter
member of
1857-58 Pine
Creek &
1858-59 Warrior’s Mark
1859-60 Karthaus
1862-64 Shippensburg
1864-65 Havre de Grace
1865-67 Westernport
1867-68
1868 charter
member of
1868-69
1869-70
1870 transfer to Upper Iowa Conference
SHEFFER, SADIE J.
Born: 7-1-1867 Middlesex PA married: [
Died: 1-19-1946
1898 entered
deaconess training, recommended by
Interment:
1898-00 student,
1900-07
1907-37
1937 retired
Note: Miss Sadie Sheffer is
featured on the cover and in an article on the
Born: 6-24-1912
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:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1994, 485
1951-52
1952-57
1957-59 Talmar circuit
1959-61
1961-67 Buckhorn-Rupert
1967-75
1975 retired
SHERIFF, HAROLD EDWARD
Born: 7-9-1928 married:
Died: 6-15-1966 obit:
1951 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1948-50 student,
1948-50 Allenwood (beginning 1/15/48)
1950-51 student, Drew Theological Seminary in
1951-53 student, Perkins School of Theology in
1951-52 Joy
1953 transfer
to
1953-55
1955 transfer
to
1955- Oakwood
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
Note: Harold Sheriff served as a local
SHERLOCK, THOMAS
Born: 2-28-1826
Died: 8-25-1885
1853 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference
Interment:
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
1857-58 Berwick
1858-60 Bloomsburg
1860-62 Bellefonte
1862-64
1864-66
1866-69
1868 transfer
to
1868-69
1869-72
1872 transfer
to
1872-74 Newberry
1874-76
1876-78 Mifflin
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,
1962-63 Picture Rocks
1964-67 student, Drew
Theological Seminary in
1964-67
1967-69 Barnitz
1969-75 associate, Carlisle Allison
1975-82 Fishing
Creek
1987-93 Lewistown First
1993-00
2006 retired
SHERMAN, HARRY HUBBARD
Born: 12-0-1876
Died: 9-3-1937
1909 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1938, 217
1909-10
1910-11 Lewisberry
1911-13 Blackwell
1913-18
1918-20
1920-22 Ralston
1922-24
1924-25
1925-28 Glen Campbell
1928-31
1931-35 Snow Shoe
1935-37 Sinnemahoning
SHIELDS, DAVID HADDINGTON
Born: married:
Died: 4-23-1900
1872 admitted on trial,
? ordained deacon, Philadelphia Conference
? ordained elder,
Interment:
1872-73
1875-76 Richboro
1876-77 Morrisville
1877-78 Girardville
1878-79
1879-80 Atglen-Parkersburg
1880 transfer
to
1880-82 Shippensburg
1884-86 Watsontown-Montandon
1886-89 Curwensville
1889-92 Lewisburg
1894 transfer
to
1894-98 [
1898 transfer
to
1898-00 chaplain,
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:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1956, 234
1898-99
1899-01 McKees Gap
1901-04 Center & Sandy Ridge
1904-07 New Millport
1907-10 Manor Hill
1910-14
1914-16 Martinsburg
1916-17
1917-20 Mill Hall
1920-22
1922-25 Ralston
1925-26
1928-29 leave of absence
1929-31 on leave
1931-34 Espy &
1934-35 Three Springs
1935-36 Ramey-Janesville
1936-39
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:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1917, 130
1875-76
1876-78
1878-79 Beach Haven
1979-82 Loudon
1882-83
1883-84
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
1902-04 New
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,
Born: 4-6-1869
Died: 10-6-1953 obit:
[c1874 – 7/14/1950]
1930 license
Interment:
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:
1943-45 Half Moon (beginning 11/15/43)
1945-47
1950-54 faculty,
1954-56 Half Moon
1956-58 faculty,
1958 transfer
to
1958-60 faculty,
1960 transfer
to
1960-70 faculty, West Virginia Wesleyan
1970 transfer
to
1970-79 faculty,
1978-79
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.
SHOAFF, DAVID
Born: 7-17-1823
Died: 5-27-1871
Interment:
Obit:
1848-49 Allegany
1849-50 Shirleysburg
1850-52
1851-52
1852-53 Blue
1853-55
1855-56
1856-57 Huntingdon
1857 charter
member of the
1857-58 Huntingdon
1858-59 Hancock
1859-62 Frostburg
1861-62
1862-64
1864-65
1865-66
1866 withdrew to join M.E. South
Hedgesville
Leesburg
1870-71
Note: David Shoaff is the father
of James Watts Shoaff (1852-1911) of the
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
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1904, 116
1864-65 Mifflinburg
1865-66
1866-67 Sunbury
1867-68 Half Moon
1868 charter
member of
1868-69
1869-71 Scottsville
1871-72 New
1872-74 Ennisville
1874-77 Three Springs
1877-80 Cassville
1880-81 Shirleysburg
1881-83 Orbisonia
1883-85
1885-86 Glen Hope
1886-88 Howard
1888-90 Wallaceton
1890-91
1891-92
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:
1966-76 Morris
1976-79 Port Trevorton
1979-84
1984 retired
1985-93 associate, Balls Mills
SHOLL, WILLIAM WILLIS
Born: 5-10-1870 Rebersburg PA married: Mary Alice Bostley
Died: 1-30-1965
1900 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1965, 356
1897-99 Pine-McElhattan
1899-01
1901-04
1904-05 Blain
1905-09 Trevorton
1909-12
1912-18 Duncannon
1922-31
1931-35 Berwick First
1936-38
1938-41 Weatherly
1941-41 Watsontown
1941-42 superintendent,
Park Home in
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
SHOWALTER, JOSEPH LESTER
Born: 2-12-1899
Died: 3-29-1969 Springs PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1958, 253
married2: Beulah W. Shumaker
1951 license obit2: [1997, 379]
Interment:
1951-56
1956-57 Schellsburg
1957-59 Grampian
1959-62
1962-64
1964 retired
Note: J. Lester
Showalter served as a local pastor. The
birth date for the second Mrs. Showalter is 2/25/1911.
SHOWALTER, WESLEY M.
Born: 2-24-1831
Died: 11-27-1865 Salona PA obit:
1855 admitted on
trial,
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1866, 39
1855-56
1856-57 Lock Haven
1857 charter
member of the
1857-59
1859-61
1861-63
1863-65
1865
Note: A biographical sketch of Wesley M. Showalter is given in Armstrong’s History of the Old Baltimore Conference, page 458.
SHRAWDER, KERMIT O.
Born: married:
Died: obit: 2004, 379
1949 license, recommended by Chillisquaque Community
1966 ordained deacon
1968 ordained elder
1971 admitted as associate member
Interment:
1952-55
1955-62
1962 “transfer”
to Central
1962-73
1973-84
1984-86 New Freedom
1986-93 McVeytown
1993 retired
1993-94
1997-07
SHRINER, WILFORD P.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
[
1890 transfer
to
1890-91
1891-94 Trevorton
1894-95 Shamokin Second
1895-97 Stockton-Beaver Meadows
1897-99
1899-00 Emporium
1900-03 Bellefonte
1903-08
1908-12 Lock Haven Trinity
1917-20
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.
Born: 1-18-1927
Died: obit:
1956 admitted on trial
Interment:
1950-54 student,
1954-57
1957-58 student,
1958-60 Coalport
1960 discontinue?
transfer to
1963-65 Tabernacle
1965-66 Mullica Hills
…
1974-77
1977 honorable
location, by the
Note: Bernard J. Shropshire is
listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in the
SHUE, ALLEN CLAYTON
Born: 3-28-1880 near Spring Grove PA married: Nellie
Died: 10-23-1962
1900 license,
recommended by
1906 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1963, 333
1902-04
1904-05 Rehoboth
1905-08 Lewisberry-Lisburn (starting fall 1905)
1908-10 Selinsgrove
1910-14
1918-19 Saxton
1919-19 chaplain,
1919-23
1923-26
1926-28 Huntingdon First
1931-39 superintendent,
Sunbury District
1941-43 Tyrone First
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
SHUE, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Born: 12-21-1904
Died: obit:
1928 license
1930 admitted on trial
1932 ordained deacon
1934 ordained elder
Interment:
1928-30 student,
1928-29 Tatesville
1929-30 Clearville
1930-32 student, Garrett Theological Seminary
1930-31 assistant, Altoona Lakemont-Jaggard
1932-37 Martinsburg
1937-39
1939-42 Warrior’s Mark
1942 transfer
to
1944-48
1948-51
1951-54
1954-58 Beaver
1958-62
1962-67
1967-69
1969-72
1972 retired
Note: Benjamin F. Shue is listed
in the 1966 Who’s Who in the
SHULL, CHARLES HORACE
Born: 3-2-1870 New Chester PA married:
Died: obit:
1902 license,
recommended by
Interment:
Obit:
1902-04 Harrisonville (beginning 9/02)
1904-05 Waller
1905 no longer
listed, apparently returned to
Allegheny Evangelical Lutheran Synod
1908-09
1912 West
1912-19 Chanceford charge,
1919-21
1921-22
1923-24 Upper
Frankford charge,
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
Died: 9-2-1997 obit: [5/18/1903 – 11/4/1993]
married2:
Marguerite Myrtle [
1925 admitted on trial obit2: [11/7/1898 – 4/12/1986]
1927 ordained deacon
1929 ordained elder
Interment:
1924-26 student,
1924-25 Bressler & Newville
1925-26 York Springs
1926-28
1928-31 student,
1930-31
1935-41 Tyrone First
1941-45
1945-49
1949-50 faculty,
1950 withdrew under complaints
1950-58 fundraiser, Wells Fund Raisers in
1958-73 director
of development,
1973 retired,
living in Long Meadow
1973-93 fundraiser,
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
SHULTZABARGER, GEORGE ELVIN
Born: 1-18-1918 married:
Died: obit:
1943 admitted on trial
1943 ordained deacon
1945 ordained elder,
Interment:
1941-42 Analomich circuit,
1942-44 Town Hill
1944 transfer
to
1944-46 Cresson
1946-47 assistant,
1947-50
1950-53
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
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
1932 admitted on trial
1936 ordained deacon
1939 ordained elder
Interment:
1929-30
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,
1967-71 chaplain,
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,
1963 discontinued
…
1968 chairman, Involvement Education Inc
1986 faculty,
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,
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1946-48 New Millport
Note: Milton Sill served as a local
SIMMONS, NORMAN JACOB
Born: 9-4-1897
Died: 11-9-1954 Watsontown PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1979, 348
1928 admitted on trial
1930 ordained deacon
1932 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1955, 235
1921-22
1922-23 Eagles Mere
1923-25 Jonestown
1925-26 Elimsport & Maple Hill
1926-28
1928-30 Glen Campbell
1930-32 Duboistown-Nesbit
1932-34 Gatchelville
1934-37
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
1947-48 [
1948 transfer
to
1948-49 Howard
1949-50 Hughesville
1950-52 Watsontown
1952 transfer
to
1952-53
1953-54 Tranquility CA
1954 transfer
to
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
1932 admitted on trial
1934 ordained deacon
1936 ordained elder
Interment: Berwick PA
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
1945-47 Conyngham
1947-49 Mercersburg
1949-54 Littlestown
1954-57
1957-61 White Haven
1963 retired
Note: Harvey B. Simons is the father of William B. Simons.
SIMONS, WILLIAM BIGELOW
Born: 5-7-1937
Died: obit:
1957 license,
recommended by
1960 admitted on trial
1960 ordained deacon
1962 ordained elder
Interment:
1955-59 student,
1956-57 Lemont
1957-58 associate, Lock Haven Parish
1958 Wallaceton (summer)
1958-59 Gordon
1959-62 student, Drew
Theological Seminary in
1962-65 Shickshinny
1965-68
1968-72
1972-73 sabbatical
1973-74 chaplain,
1974-81
1981 transfer
to
Note: William B. Simons is the son of
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:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1911, 117
1868 charter
member of
1868-70
1870-71 Half Moon
1871-72 Berwick
1872-73 Orangeville
1873-76
1876-79 Pleasantville
1879-81 Thompsontown
1881-83 Shirleysburg
1883-85 Manor Hill
1885-88 West Fairview-Marysville
1888-90 Mercersburg
1890-92
1892-95 York Springs
1895-97 Stormstown
1897-00
1900-02 Mahaffey
1902-03
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:
1908-09 Allegheny (ending 9/1909: see 1910, 68)
1909 discontinued
1909 received
on credentials, Allegheny Conference of
1909-11 Bradenville
1911 name erased
1911 received
on trial,
1913-14 Ebensburg
1915-16
1916-17
Note: Horace Nelson Sipes is the son of a first-cousin to Mason Lodge Sipes.
SIPES, MASON LODGE
Born: 8-18-1837 Bedford County PA married: Catherine Jane Moore
Died: 11-5-1918 Earlston PA obit:
1868 quarterly conference license, McConnellsburg
1874 ordained, Christian Church
Interment: Everett Cemetery, Everett PA
Obit:
Note: Mason Lodge Sipes is a first cousin to the father of Horace Nelson. He is listed as a local preacher for a few years beginning in 1869. While we never served as an appointed supply pastor, he is reported to have preached on the Ray’s Hill circuit for 3 years and to have been actively engaged in the Christian Church from 1874 until his retirement in 1897.
SKEATH, JAMES MILTON
Born: 5-23-1898 Mahanoy City PA married:
Died: 11-?-1968 obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1917-21 student,
1921-67 faculty, Williamsport Dickinson
Seminary –
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:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1965, 358
1900-02 Loyalsock
1902-06 Newville
1906-14 Renovo
1919-22
1922-30
1930-35 superintendent, Altoona District
1935-43 Bloomsburg
1943-51
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
married2: Olive Baird
obit2: 1988,425
1908 admitted on
trial, recommended by
1910 ordained deacon
1912 ordained elder
Interment:
1904-06 Loyalsock
1906-07 Newville
1907-09 New
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
1929-31
1931-36 Roaring Spring
1936-38 New
1938-42
1942-45
1945-49
1949-52 Duncansville
1952 retired
1952-59
Note: J. Walter Skillington is the
brother of James Edgar Skillington. The second
Born: 12-9-1893 Aaronsburg PA married: Mabel Myers
Died: 9-21-1991
married2:
1956 license,
recommended by
1959 ordained deacon married3: Thelma Hunsinger McBride
1961 ordained elder obit3:
Interment:
1956-59
1959-61 Espy
and
1961-63
1963-65 Orbisonia
1965 retired
1966-68
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:
1954-57 Wallaceton
1957-58 Skinners
1958-63 Coventryville,
1963-64 Manor Hill (beginning 1/1/63)
1964-67 Burnham
1967 discontinued
…
1979
1980 readmitted/transfer to Wyoming Conference
1980-83
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
Died: 7-19-1918 Mifflintown PA obit:
1897 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1919, 138
1897-98 Cameron
1898-00 Gardeau
1900-03 Penfield
1903-04 Laurelton
1904-05 Montandon
1905-08
1908-14 Duncansville
1915-18 Enola
1918-18 Mifflintown
SLICHTER, JACOB
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
1882-83 Littlestown (beginning 11/1/82)
Note: Jacob Slichter was a local
SLICK, WILLIAM ANSON
Born: 10-19-1917 New Paris PA married: Betty E. Harbaugh
Died: 6-24-1996 obit:
1952 license,
recommended by
1953 admitted on
trial,
1971 ordained
Interment:
1942-52
1952 “transfer”
to
1952-58
1958-61 Pennsdale,
1961-65
1965-68 Glasgo
1968 transfer
to
1968-77 Ray’s Hill [Breezewood]
1977-81 Osceola Mills
1981 retired
1983 Robertsdale
1983-85
1991-96 Rainsburg
Born: 1-1-1899 Elk City PA married:
Died: 12-23-1972
1926 admitted on
trial,
1927 ordained
deacon,
1931 ordained elder,
Interment:
Obit:
1925-26 student,
1926
1926-29 Lander
1929-32 student, Garrett Biblical Institute in
1929-30
1930-32
1932-35 Linesville
1935-38
1938-44
1944-49 DuBois First
1949-50
1950 transfer to New Jersey Conference
1950-53
1953-54
1954 transfer
to
1957-60
1960-64
1964 retired
1964-66 associate,
1967-67
SLOATMAN, DAVID KEEFER
Born: 11-8-1901
Died: 10-10-1985 obit:
1918 license
1922 admitted on trial
1925 ordained deacon
1926 ordained elder,
Interment:
Obit:
1922-26 at school
1926 transfer to New York East Conference
1926-27 Cutchogue
1935-38
1938-40 Greenport
Note: David K. Sloatman is listed
in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1204.
SLICER, HENRY
Born: 3-27-1801
Died: 4-23-1874 obit: Baltimore Conference 1874, 35
1821 license
1822 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference
1824 ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1821-22
1822-23 Harford
1823-24 Redstone
1823-25
1825-26
1826-27
1827-28
1828-30
1830-32
1832-36 superintendent, Potomac District
1836-38
1838-40
1840-42
1842-44
1844-46
1846-48 Wesley Chapel
1848-50
1850-52
1852-53
1853-55 agent,
1855-59 superintendent,
North
1859-62 superintendent,
1862-70 Seamen’s Union Bethel
1870-74 superintendent, Baltimore District
Note: Henry Slicer is the father of the wife of William
Harden. A biographical sketch is given
in Armstrong’s History of the Old Baltimore Conference, page 459. Mrs. Slicer is the daughter of George Roberts
(1765-1827) and a sister to George C.M. Roberts (1806-1870), both of the
SLICER, THOMAS ROBERTS
Born: 4-16-1847
Died: 5-29-1916 obit:
1867 recommended for
admission on trial by
1869 ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference
1871 ordained elder, Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1869-70 Lutherville
1871 transfer
to
1871-72
1872-73
1873 transfer to New York Conference
…
1881 withdrew to enter the Unitarian ministry
1881-90
1890-97
1897-16
Note:
SMAY, RAYMOND BRUCE
Born: 12-11-1924
Died: obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1986, 435
married2: Jeane _____
obit2:
1948 license,
recommended by
1951 admitted on trial
1951 ordained deacon
1953 ordained elder
Interment:
1948-49 Morris
1949-50 student,
Asbury Seminary in
1950-52 Student,
Garrett Theological Seminary in
1952-54 Avis
1954-63
1963-77 Muncy
1977-80 Hollidaysburg
First
1989 retired
1992-93 associate,
Note: R. Bruce Smay is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1205.
SMILEY, ALAN ARNETT
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1969 admitted on trial
1969-71 at school
1971 transfer
to
1987 withdrew from the ministry
SMITH, AMOS
Born: 4-30-1795
Died: 1-20-1868 McConnellsburg PA obit:
1820 admitted on
trial,
1822 ordained deacon, Baltimore Conferece
1825 ordained elder , Baltimore Conferece
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1868, 51
1820-22 Greenbrier
1822 transfer
to
1822-23 Fleming
1823-24
1825 transfer
to
1825-26 Huntingdon
1826-27 Lycoming
1827-29 Bellefonte
1829-31 Lewistown
1831-33 Trough Creek
1833-35 Huntingdon
1835-36 Harford (18
1836-37 located,
moved to
1837-39
1839-42 superintendent, Chambersburg District
1842-44
1845-47 Calvert
1847-48 Bladensburg
1848-50
1850-52
1851-53 Shirleysburg
1853-55 Hancock
1855-57
1857 charter
member of the
1857-59 Shirleysburg
1859-61
1861-63 New
1863 retired
Note: A biographical sketch for Amos Smith is given in Armstrong’s History of the Old Baltimore Conference, page 460.
SMITH, CHARLES DAVIDSON
Born: 7-28-1839
Died: 19-16-1904
1865 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1865-66
1866-67
1867-68 Watersville
…
1874 East Baltimore station
…
Note: Charles D. Smith is the author of Rev. Leonard Cassell: A Memoir, published by the Baltimore Methodist
Publishing House (1896) and John Evans and the Evans House (1897). Charles D. Smith’s mother was the former
Elizabeth Cassell, granddaughter of Richard Cassell who was converted by Robert Strawbridge, and it was
Smith who presented the Strawbridge pulpit to
SMITH, DENNIS
Born: 6-2-1891 Tioga PA married:
Died: 9-27-1969 Northumberland PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1988, 425
1927 admitted on trial, recommended by Lock Haven circuit
1929 ordained deacon
1931 ordained elder
Interment:
1922-23 Westport-Cross Forks-Shintown
1923-24 Picture Rocks
1924-26 Trout Run
1926-29 Lock Haven circuit
1929-33 Woodland-Bradford
1933-38 Flemington
1938-46 Burnham
1955-57 Osceola Mills
1957 retired
Catawissa
SMITH, EARL LEE
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1955 license,
1973 ordained deacon
1977 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit:
1959-61
1961-62 Daggett-Jackson
1962 “transfer”
by boundary change to
1962-63
1963-70
1970-72 student,
1970-72 Green’s Chapel
1972-79
1979-84 Flemington
1984-87 Middleburg Trinity
1987 Sunbury Otterbein (ending 11/21/87)
1987-93 leave of absence (beginning 11/21/87)
1993 withdrew
SMITH, GEORGE EMORY
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1890 admitted on trial, recommended by Wagner circuit
Interment:
1889-91 Wagner
1891 discontinued his own request
Note: G. Emory Smith is the preferred
SMITH, J.
Born: 3-13-1884 married: Mae B. _____
Died: 12-8-1930 Howard PA obit:
1922 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1931, 184
1917-19
1919-23 Beach Haven
1923-26 Elysburg
1926-30 Howard
SMITH, JAMES TAYLOR
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1952 admitted on trial,
Interment:
1952-54 at school
1954 transfer
to
1954-55 Burnt Cabins
1955 discontinued [General Minutes, page 165]
SMITH, JASPER S.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
? license,
Interment:
Obit:
1962 “transfer”
by boundary change to
1962-66
Note: Jasper S. Smith served as a
local
SMITH, JOHN WILSON
Born: 8-25-1837
Died: 8-17-1925 obit: [b.8/20/1830]
1860 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1860-62 Boonsboro
1861-62 Hancock
1862-63 Clearspring
1863-64 Pleasant Grove
1864-66 retired
1866-67
1867-68 Mercersburg
1868 transfer by boundary change to Baltimore Conference
1868-70 Buckeystown
1870-72 New
1872-75
1875-78 Shepherdstown
1878-80 Spencerville
1880-82
1882-85
1885-88
1888-89
1889-91 Elk Ridge
1891-93 Summerfield
1896-99 Reistertown
1899-02
1902 retired
Note: John W. Smith is the son of John Smith (1802-1851) of
the
SMITH, JOSEPH A.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1953-57 student,
1953-56 Boiling Springs
Note: Joseph A. Smith became a long-time professor of
psychology at
SMITH, LUTHER F.
Born: 10-26-1847
Died: 1-4-1894 Hollidaysburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1920, 142
1873 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1894, 96
1872-75 New
1875-77 Milroy
1877-79 Thompsontown
1879-80 Duboistown
1880-83 Duncansville
1883-86
1886-76 on leave
1887-90
1890-93
1893-94 Hollidaysburg
Note: An obituary for Luther F. Smith also appears in the
1/11/1894
SMITH, MARTIN LUTHER
Born: 9-24-1832
Died: 8-12-1907 Huntingdon PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1929, 201
1859 admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1908, 127
1859-60 Newberry
1860-61
1861-62 Westernport
1862-63 Rainsburg
1863-64 Manor Hill
1864-65 McConnellsburg
1865-67 Lewistown circuit
1867-68 McVeytown
1868 charter
member of
1868-69 McVeytown
1869-70
1870-73
1873-76
1878-79
1879-82 Martinsburg
1882-85 Mifflintown
1885-86
1886-87 McConnellstown
SMITH, NATHAN BUCKINGHAM
Born: 12-19-1848 Beach Haven PA married: Esther Alice Girton
Died: 2-3-1937
1873 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1937, 250
1873-74 Orangeville
1874-75 Washingtonville
1875-76 Elysburg
1876-78 Muhlenburg
1878-80 Gordon-Helfenstein
1880-82 Stockton-Beaver Me.
1882-84
1884-86
1886-89 Glen Hope
1889-91 New
1891-95 Howard
1895-96 Orangeville
1900-02 Cassville
1902-05
1905-07 Mahaffey
1907-11 Woodland-Bradford
1911-14 Airville
1914-17 Munson
1917-20 Cherry Tree
1920-23 Mapleton
1923 retired
SMITH, NORMAN HERBERT
Born:
Died: 1-19-1957
1882 admitted on trial, recommended by Shamokin station
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1957, 244
1882-84 Jerseytown
1884-86
1886-88 Harveyville
1888-91 Catawissa circuit
1891-95 Snydertown
1895-99 White Haven
1899-14 Morrisdale
1904-08
1908-12
1912-18 Burnham
1918-24
1924-26 Duboistown
1926 retired
SMITH, R. EMORY JR
Born: 8-18-1925
Died: 10-12-1967 Norristown PA obit:
1952 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1952-53 student, Boston University School of Theology
1953-54 student,
1954 transfer
to
1954-56 associate DeWitt Community
1956-59
1959-63 Trumansburg
1963-67
SMITH, SAMUEL HENRY CLAY.
Born: 11-25-1828
Died: 4-25-1915 obit: [d.7/29/1874]
married2: Mary A. White
1857 quarterly conference license, obit2: [d.1/?/1911]
1858 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference
1861 ordained deacon, East Baltimore Conference
1863 ordained elder, East Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1860-61
1861-63 Lewistown
1863-65 Mifflin
1865-68
1868 transfer
to
1868-69
Summerfield
Roxborough Central
Steelton
1895 retired
Note: S.H.C Smith is the father of Samuel Wise Smith (1855-1935) of the Philadelphia Conference.
SMITH, WALTER BROWN
Born: 12-12-1876 Ennisville PA married: Nellie Rush Smith
Died: 6-9-1949 obit:
1907 admitted on trial
1907 ordained deacon
1909 ordained elder,
Interment:
Obit:
1904-07 student, Drew Theological Seminary in
1906-07
1907 transfer
to
1907-10
1910-13 Tobyhanna
1913-17
1917-18 sabbatical
1918-25 on leave
1922-24
1924-26
1930-36 Nesquehoning
1936-39 Kensington Siloam
1939-43 Pen Argyl
1943-49
1949 retired
SMUCKER, CLAYTON ALBERT
Born: 9-30-1870
Died: 7-31-1925
1894 license, Ohio Conference of the Evangelical Association
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1926, 340
1894 transfer
to the
Prospect
Celina
1909 transfer
to
1913-14
1914 transfer
to
1914-21
1921-24
1924-25 Huntingdon First
Note: Clayton A. Smucker is the
son of Rev. Cyrus Schmucker (1840-1902) of the
SMYSER, MARTIN LUTHER
Born: 10-12-1841 near
Died: 10-28-1900
1863 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1901, 103
1863-64 Hampstead
1864-65
1865-67
1867-68
1868 transfer to Baltimore Conference
1868-69
1869-72 Havre de Grace
1872 transfer
to
1872-75 Bellefonte
1875-77
1877-79 Bloomsburg
1879-82 Berwick
1882-86 superintendent, Danville District
1886-89
1889-92
1892-93 Curwensville
1893-95 Conference Book Room
1895-98 Lewistown
1899-00 Shamokin First
1900-00 superintendent, Altoona District
Note: An obituary for Martin L. Smyser also appears in the 11/15/00 Christian Advocate, page 1858.
SNAVELY, CHARLES CAMERON
Born: 10-13-1860 near Rural
Died: 12-16-1943
1886 admitted on trial, North
1888 ordained
deacon,
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1944, 227
1886-87 Beaver Green circuit
1887-89 Kennard
1889-90
Purple Kane
1899-00
1900 transfer
to
1900-01
1901-06
1906-09
1909-12
1912-13 Temperance Agent
1913-18 Ramey
1918-22
1928 retired
Note: Charles C. Snavely is the father of coach Carl G. Snavely (1874-1975), the subject of an article in the 1999 volume of The Chronicle, pages 53-55.
SNIVELY, WILLIAM ANDREW
Born: 12-6-1833 Greencastle PA married: Ella Pirtle
Died: 3-2-1901 obit: [4/16/1839 - ]
1855 admitted on
trial,
1865 ordained, East Baltimore Conference: Protestant Episcopal Cjurch
1855-56
1856-57 Lewistown
1857 charter
member of the
1857-59
1859-60
1860-61 on leave
1860-61
1861-62
1862 transfer to Pittsburgh Conference
1862-64
1864-65 ?
1865 joined
the Protestant Episcopal denomination
1867-70
1874-
Note: William A. Snively is the author of many books on various religious topics. He is the brother of Rev. Summerfield Emory Snively (1848-1914) and Rev. Thaddeus Alexander Snively (1851-1914), both of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
SNYDER, EDMUND B.
Born: married:
Died: 6-28-1895 obit:
Obit:
1854-55
1855-56 Christiansburg
1856-57 Shippensburg station
1857 charter
member of the
1857-58 Shippensburg Station
1858-60 Bellefonte station
1860-62 Hollidaysburg station
1864 transfer to Pittsburgh Conference
1866-67
1868 transfer
to
1868-69
1869 transfer
to
transfer to
1885 moved
to
1890-91
1891 transfer to
1891-95
Note: Edmund B. Snyder moved to
SNYDER, IVAN LOTT
Born: 6-22-1875 Waverly
Died: 7-13-1955 obit: Wyoming Conference 1946, 458
married2: Margaret Sutton Reed
1895 license, recommended by Wilkes Barre obit2:
1903 admitted on trial
1904 ordained deacon
1905 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit:
1895-99 student, Wyoming Seminary
1895-99 supply in
1900-03 student,
1901-03 supply in
1903-05 Lewisberry-Lisburn
1905-06 Marysville
1906-08 Clearville
1908-10 Vira
1910-11 Rouzerville
1911 transfer
to West
1911-13 Hixton
1913 Montfort
1913 transfer
to
1913-14 Rush
1914-17 Carverton
1917-19 Rendham-Old Forge
1919-20 Old Forge
1920-21 Hawley
1921-26
1926-29 Waymart
1929-31 Throop
1931-36 Luzerne
1936-38
1938-39 Apalachin-Little Meadows
1939-42 Gouldsboro
1942-43 Gibson
1943 retired
Note: Some biographical information on Ivan L. Snyder
appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 42. The maiden name of the first Mrs. Snyder is
also given as McRill and McKrill. Her father is an uncle to
SNYDER, JOHN ARTHUR
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1964 admitted on trial
Interment:
1961-63 Lemont
1963-64 at school
1964-65
1965-67 Orbisonia
1967 discontinued
SNYDER, LESTER IRVING
Born: 10-17-1907
Died: 5-14-1983 obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1979, 409
1936 ordained,
Interment:
Obit:
1954 admitted
on trial,
1954-55 director
of finance and field service,
1955-57 director
of finance and field service,
1957-58
1958-60
1960-61
1961 transfer
to
1961-62 Shickshinny
1962 transfer
to Western
1964-65 Webster
1965-66 on leave
1966 retired
1968-69 Monongahela circuit
SNYDER, ROBERT M.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1890 admitted on trial, recommended by Cassville
Interment:
1889-91 Cassville
1891-92 Wagner
1892-95 Alum Bank
1895-96 Mifflinville
1896-97 Espy-Lime Ridge
1891-98 Wapwallopen
1898-00 Milnesville-Jeddo
1900-03 Weatherly
1903-05 Shamokin Second
1905-07 Catawissa
1907-09
1909 permitted to withdraw under charges
SNYDER, WILLIAM ALFRED
Born: 7-22-1912
Died: obit: 2003, 389
1931 license,
recommended by
1935 admitted on trial
1935 ordained deacon
1938 ordained elder
Interment:
1929-33 student,
1933-36 student, Drew Theological Seminary in
1936-39 Schellsburg
1939-41
1941-43 Milesburg-Unionville
1943-46 Flemington
1949-57
1957-68 Woolrich
1968-77 Wellsboro
1978 retired
Note: William A. Snyder is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1228.
SO, HENRY
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1962 admitted on trial, page 70
1962 ordaineddeacon, page 71
Interment:
1963 no longer listed
Note: Henry So appears in the 1964 General Minutes under Central Pennsylvania as "no appointment reported." He is never reported as attending a school, serving an appointment, or with an address. Nothing else is known of him.
SOLT, JAMES ELLERY
Born: 3-20-1858 State College PA married: Jemima Dewey
Died: 9-7-1942
1892 admitted on trial
Interment:
1892-93 Loyalsock
1893 discontinued by request of Conference
SOMMER, ADAM
Born: 3-28-1874 Valley View PA married: Theresa Philabina Rodran
Died: 9-24-1956 Marsh Hill PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1930, 199
married2: Lillian A. Lundy
1918 received on credentials obit2: 1974,442
as elder from Holiness Christian Church
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1957, 245
1916-17 Excelsior
1917-20 Kulpmont
1920-22 Bloomingdale
1922-25 Salladasburg
1925-29 Woodland-Bradford
1929-36 Ralston
1936-40 Robertsdale-Woodvale
1940-42 Millville-Jerseytown
1942-47 Ramey-Blandburg
1947 retired
Born: 12-29-1871
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1893-98 student,
1897-98 Greencastle
1898-99 Greencastle
1899-01
1901-02
living in
Note: Walter G. Souders worked in the
banking business and served as a local
SOURS, JOHN D.
Born: 2-23-1815near Idaville PAmarried: Anna M. Mears
Died: 5-25-1912obit:
1843 exhorter, recommended by Pine Grove
1844 local pastors license
Interment:
Obit: The Christian Advocate 9/19/1912, page 1363
1 844-69traveled
as a local preacher
1869retired to Mechanicsburg, where he continued active in the church
Note: John D. Sowers served as a local pastor. Though never under official appointment, he traveled circuits and pioneered the Methodist work in remote areas ― e.g., he organized the work at Cross Forks in 1851. He is the father of Mechanicsburg poets Benjamin Franklin Mears Sours (1863-1956) and Laura Myrtle Sours (1866-1923), whose texts appear in several gospel hymns.
SOUSER, JOHN STUCKEY
Born: 7-1-1861
Died: 4-20-1921 Sunbury PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1923, 142
1888 admitted on trial, recommended by Saxton circuit
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1922, 130
1888-89 Cassville
1889-91 Blain
1891-93 Catawissa circuit
1893-96 Blain
1896-00 Reedsville
1900-02 Flemington
1906-08
1908-13 Huntingdon First
1918-21 superintendent, Sunbury District
SOWER, DAVID ARTHUR JR
Born: 3-12-1878 Centre Hall PA married: Eva Zena Romig
Died: 10-4-1960
married2: Gladys M. _____
1905 license, recommended by Watsontown obit2: 1973,384
1907 admitted on trial
1912 ordained deacon
1917 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1961, 263
1906-08 Hammersley Fork
1908-11 Pleasant Gap
1911-12 Medix Run
1912-14 Benezette
1914-16 Lock Haven circuit
1916-17 Martinsburg
1917-19 Orbisonia
1919-21 Bakerton
1921-23 Airville
1923-27 Millville-Jerseytown
1927-31 Snydertown
1931-35 Sinnemahoning
1935-40 Port Matilda
1940-43 Duboistiwn-Nisbet
1943-49 Milesburg-Unionville
1949 retired
1949-52
1952-54 Trout Run
Olds
Hall (residence for retired ministers) in
visitation
supply,
interim minister for Congregational Church
Note: The second Mrs. Sower began the conference course of study in 1942. She has a file with the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry, but she never served in the Central Pennsylvania Conference.
SPANGLER, JOSEPH N.
Born: 3-12-1823
Died: 12-20-1997
married2: Sarah E. Malone
1845 admitted on
trial,
Obit:
1845-46
1846-47 Mifflin
1857-49
1849-51
1851-53 Cassville
1853-54 Stonerstown
1854-56 Schellsburg
1856-57
1857 charter
member of
1857-58 Mercersburg
1858-60
1860-62
1862-63 McConnellsburg
1863 withdrew to join M.E. South
SPEERS, WILLIAM ARTHUR
Born: 8-30-1926
Died: obit:
1949 license
1954 admitted on trial
1954 ordained deacon
1956 ordained elder
Interment:
1954-59 Gatchelville
1959-64 Shiremanstown
1964-68
1974 withdrew to unite with another denomination
Note: William A. Speers is listed
in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1234. He became a minister for the United Church of
Christ in
SPENCER, AZARA COSTON
Born: 1-27-1855married:
Died: 8-1-1923Kansas City MOobit:
1898 elders orders recognized from
Interment:
Obit: Nebraska Conference 1923, 652
1897-99 Benezette
North Dakota Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
1900 transfer to Ohio Conference
Nebraska Conference
Note:
A. Coston Spencer served 1897-99 as a local
SPENCER, JOHN CARROLL
Born: 3-13-1879 married: Jessie Grace Chadwick
Died: 7-8-1955 obit: Rock River Conference 1963, 298
Interment:
Obit:
1951-54
Note:
John C. Spencer served as a retired member of the
SPONSLER, ELI EDWARD
Born: 10-30-1874 near
Died: 2-19-1930
1901 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1930, 193
1901-04
1904-06 Laurelton
1906-10 Keating Summit
1910-14 Manor Hill
1914-30 on leave
Note: Some biographical information on Eli E. Sponsler appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 27.
SPOTTSWOOD, WILSON LEE
Born: 11-3-1822
Died: 5-5-1892
1843 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1893, 93
1843-44 Boonsboro
1844-45 Berwick
1845-46
1846-48 Shepherdstown
1848-50 Rockingham
1850-52
1852-53 Huntingdon
1853-55 Warriors Mark
1855-57
1867 charter
member of
1857-59
1859-61
1861-63
1865-66 Lewisburg
1866-68 superintendent, Bellefonte District
1868 charter
member of
1868-69 superintendent, Bellefonte District
1869 superintendent, Williamsport District (ending 9/1/1869)
1869-74 president, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary (beginning 9/1/1869)
1870-74
1875-77 Shamokin
1877-80 on leave
1877-78 assistant,
1880 retired
Note: Obituaries for W. Lee Spottswood
also appear in the 5/15/1892 and the 6/1/1892 Central Pennsylvania Methodist. A
biographical sketch is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 464. Mrs. Spottswood is
the daughter of Robert Minshall (1788-1828) of the
SPRINGER, RUTER WILLIAM
Born: 5-2-1863
Died: 3-18-1837
1894 admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1937, 264
1894-1914 chaplain,
1914 transfer
to
1914-19 faculty,
1919 retired
SPURR, GEORGE C.
Born: 11-2-1875 Mahanoy City PA married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1935-42 Town Hill
Note: George C. Spurr has a file with the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry, but he never matriculated in the Central Pennsylvania Conference.
STAMM, JOHN FREDERICK
Born: 10-9-1902 Lock Haven PA married: Olive Violet Aumiller
Died: 5-25-1984 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1993, 473
1923 license,
recommended by
1925 admitted on trial
1928 ordained deacon
1930 ordained elder
Interment:
1924-29 Catawissa circuit
1929-34 White Haven
1934-38
1938-43
1943-46 Philipsburg
1946-51
1951-57
1957-61 Lewistown First
1961-67 superintendent,
1967-70 administrator, Tyrone Epworth Manor
Note:
STAMM, JOHN WESLEY
Born: 2-27-1930
Died: 10-8-2007 Chambersburg PA obit:
1951 license,
recommended by
1952 admitted on trial
1953 ordained deacon
1955 ordained elder
Interment: St. Thomas Cemetery, St. Thomas PA
1947-51 student,
1951 Boiling Springs (4/1/51 – 8/31/51)
1951-55 student, Drew
Theological Seminary in
1953-54 student assistant,
1954-55
1955-58 Orbisonia (ending 11/15/58)
1958-62
1962-70 Stewartstown
1970-77
1977-82 superintendent, Lewisburg District (ending 10/1/82)
1992 retired
Note:
STANSBURY, JOHN T.
Born: 7-15-1828
Died: 1-26-1873 obit:
1850 admitted on
trial,
Obit:
1850-51
1851-52 Fincastle
1852-53
1853-54
1854-55 agent, Olin
and Preston Institute in
1855-56 Wardenville
1856-57 Blue
1857 charter
member of
1857-58 Bald Eagle (first part of year)
New
1858-61 on leave
1861 retired
1868 transfer by change of boundaries
to
STANSFIELD, THEODORE SIMPSON
Born: 5-17-1867
Died: 9-13-1936 Hainton MD obit:
1898 admitted on trial, recommended by Mountview MD St. James
Interment: Mountview MD
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1937, 252
1898-01
1901-02 New
1902-06
1913-17
1918-22
1925-26 Camp
1932-33 Barnesboro
1933-35
1935 retired
Note: Mrs. T. Simpson Stansfield
is a first cousin to the noted missionary-evangelist-author
STARR, R.S.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1909-10
Note: R.S. Starr
served as a local pastor. He is
otherwise unknown. This may be the
Robert Spencer Starr (1880-1929) of the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1962 ordained,
Interment:
Obit:
1955-59 student,
1956-59 Trout Run (beginning 6/1/56)
1959-62 seminary student
Note:
STARR, WILLIAM BYRON
Born: 12-28-1913
Died: 1-15-1972
1945 license,
1952 ordained
deacon,
1970 admitted as
associate member,
Interment:
Obit:
1945-55
Gashen
Leesburg
1955 “transfer”
to
1955-59
1959-63
1963-69 Howard
1969-70
1970 “transfer”
by boundary change to
1970-72
Note: Mrs. Starr was born 8-1-1915 and died a resident of
STAYTON, CHARLES P.
Born: 5-?-1846 DE married:
Died:
1875 admitted on trial
Interment:
1875 transfer
to the
1894 permitted
to withdraw under complaints,
steamboat captain,
STEEL, WALTER GREENOUGH
Born: 8-20-1866
Died: 7-15-1949
1887
Sailed to
1888
Returned home having contracted
1899 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1950, 203
1899-01
1901-03
1903-04 Manor Hill
1904-06 New
1906-14
1914-18 Ralston
1918-19 Howard
1921-23 on leave
1923-29 Mapleton-Mill Creek
1929-37 Beaver Meadows
1937 retired
STEIN, H.C.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1886-87 Clearville
Note: H.C. Stein is otherwise unknown.
STEIN, JAMES BERGEY
Born: 7-24-1858
Died: 7-16-1938
1887 admitted on trial, recommended by
1887 ordained
deacon, recommended by
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1939, 216
1883-87 student,
1887-88 Allegheny
1890-95
1898-03 Sunbury
1903-06
1906-09
1909-11 Tyrone First
1912-18 superintendent,
1918-22
1922-29 secretary, Board of Philanthropies
1929-31 Saxton
1931 retired
STEINER, EUGENE RAYMOND
Born: 12-10-1909 Turtle Creek PA married: Marjorie LaBar
Died: 9-3-1991 obit:
1925 license, recommended by Turtle Creek McMaster’s
1952 admitted on trial
1952 ordained deacon
1954 ordained elder
Interment:
1947-50 student,
1947-50
1950-54 student, Drew
Theological Seminary in
1950-54
1954-55
1955-57
1957-59
1959-64
1964-68
1968-70 administrator,
1973-78 Tyrone Good Shepherd
1978 retired
1980-88
STEINER, FRED
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1942-43
1943-46
Note: Fred Steiner served as a local
STENGER, BENJAMIN LUTHER
Born: 11-11-1899 near Mercersburg PA married: Mary Lenora Zimmerman
Died: 3-4-1993
1918 license, recommended by Mercersburg
1923 admitted on trial
1925 ordained deacon
1927 ordained elder
Interment:
1923-27 Littlestown
1927-31 Selinsgrove
1931-35 Watsontown
1935-40 Shickshinny
1940-45
1945-50
1950-57
1957-64
1964 retired
1969-70 visitation
Note:
STENGER, HARRY CHARLES
Born: 12-27-1899
Died: 10-25-1961 Tyrone PA obit: [3/7/1894 – 8/25/1918]
married2: Mildred Ella Mason
1924 admitted on trial obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1997, 390
1926 ordained deacon
1928 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1962, 315
1923-24
1924-26 Montandon – Washingtonville
1926-27
1927-30
1930-31 Berwick
1931-35 Freeland Parish (beginning 6/31)
1938-41
1941-46
1946-52 Roaring Spring
1953-62 superintendent, Tyrone Epworth Manor
Note: Harry C. Stenger is a double
first cousin to Benjamin L. Stenger (their fathers
were brothers, and their mothers were sisters) and the father of Herman E. Stenger. His
maternal grandfather is
STENGER, HERMAN EARL
Born: 4-6-1931 Berwick PA married: _____
Died: obit:
1954 admitted on trial
Interment:
1949-53 student,
1952-53 Allenwood – Elimsport
1953-54 Allenwood - Elimsport
1954-57 student, Westminster Theological Seminary in
1954-55 Littlestown
1955-57 Hustontown
1957-59 Enola
1959-62
1962-66
1966 voluntary location
1997 living
in
Note: Herman E. Stenger is the son of Harry C. Stenger.
STEPHENS, ROBERT RALPH
Born: 4-16-1910
Died: 5-8-1983 obit:
1937 license,
recommended by
1943 admitted on trial, Peninsula Conference
1944 ordained
deacon,
1949 ordained elder,
1970 admitted as associate member
Interment:
1943-44
1944-45
1945 transfer
to
1945-48
1948-51
1953-56
1956 located
1956-61 director,
1961 re-licensed
by
1961-64 Gatchelville
1964-65 associate, York First
1965-66
1966-77 Muhlenburg
1977 retired
STEPHENS, WILLIAM ALEXANDER
Born: 12-15-1835 Mooresville PA married: Letitia Margaret Africa
Died: 1-23-1921
1870 admitted on trial,
Interment: Old Graveyard,
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1921, 140
1877 transfer
to
1877-79 Ennisville
1879-82
1882-85
1885-91 superintendent, Williamsport District
1891-93 Shamokin
1893-97
1897-00
1900-04 secretary, Thank Offering
1904-05 on leave
1905 retired
Note: An obituary for William A. Stephens also appears in the 2/5/1921 Christian Advocate, page 152.
STERN, HENRY C.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1885-86 Robinsonville
1887-88 Clearville
1888-90 Burnt Cabins
1890-94 Leidy
1894-95 Cross Fork
Note: Henry C. Stern served as a supply pastor. This surname is also rendered STERNS. He is otherwise unknown
STEVENS, BENJAMIN FLETCHER
Born: 3-31-1831
Died: 5-15-1911
1855 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference
1857 ordained deacon
1859 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1912, 125
1855-57 Frostburg
1857 charter
member of
1857-58 Westernport
1858-60 Rainsburg
1860-62 Greencastle
1862-63 Sunbury
1863-65 White Haven
1865-67
1867-78
1868 charter
member of
1868-70
1870-73 Northumberland
1875-77
1877-78
1878-81 Mifflinburg
1881-83 Stewartstown
1883-86
1886-89 Mechanicsburg
1891-98 on leave
1898 retired
Note: B.F. Stevens is a brother to Isaac C. Stevens, and a
cousin to William Henry Stevens, and an uncle to George Washington
Stevens. He is the namesake of
Harrisburg Stevens Memorial Church [formerly
STEVENS, EMORY MILLER
Born: 11-29-1858 near
Died: 9-5-1937
1882 admitted on trial, recommended by
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1938, 223
1882-84 Loyalsock
1884-86 Hughesville
1886-89 Emporium
1889-91
1895-96
1896-00
1901-02 superintendent,
1907-09 superintendent,
1909-15 superintendent,
1915-19 superintendent,
1919-24 superintendent,
1924-27 Mifflinburg
1927 retired
Note: Emory M. Stevens is the son of William Henry
Stevens. He is listed in the 1916 Who’s
Who In American Methodism. The Stevens file in the conference archives
gives the relationships for 12
STEVENS, GEORGE WASHINGTON
Born: 3-4-1857
Died: 6-30-1906
1881 admitted on trial, recommended by
1882 ordained elder, recommended by Kedron
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1907, 113
1881-82 Kedron
1882-84
1884-85 Buckhorn
1885-87 Selinsgrove
1887-90
1898-03 Lewistown
1903-06 superintendent,
Note: George W. Stevens is a nephew of B.F. Stevens and
Isaac C. Stevens, and a second cousin of William H. Stevens. The Stevens file in the conference archives
gives the relationships for 12
STEVENS, ISAAC COLLINS
Born: 2-15-1833
Died: 11-29-1869
1857 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1870, 61
1857-58
1858-59 New
1858-60
1860-61 Shippensburg circuit
1861-62
1862-63
1862-64
1864-66
1866-68 on leave
1868 charter
member of
1868-69 on leave
Note:
STEVENS, JOHN M.
Born: 7-4-1890
Died: 1-18-1977
1914 license,
recommended by
1917 ordained
deacon,
1921 ordained elder
1919 admitted on trial,
Interment: Mercersburg PA
1914-16
1917-19 student,
1918-20
1919 admitted
on trial,
1919-20
1920 transfer
to
1920-21 McConnellsburg
1921-24 Snow Shoe
1924-25
1925-27 Freeland
1927-28
1928-31
1931-34 Gordon
1934-40 Reedsville
1940-43 Muncy
1945-48
1948-53 St. Mary’s
1953-55 Shippensburg
1955-57
1957 retired
1957-62
STEVENS, WILLIAM H.
Born: 10-30-1848 near Hustontown PA married: Hattie Ellis Cummins
Died: 7-30-1929 Camp Hill PA obit: [d. 3/1/1893]
married2: Dora Campbell
1875 admitted on trial obit2: 1926, 348
Interment:
1875 transfer
to
1875-84 [
1884 transfer
to
1884-87
1887-90
1890-95 Orbisonia
1895-96 New
1896-01
1900-01
1901-04
1904-07
1907-08 Mechanicsburg
1908-14 Wrightsville
1914-18
1918-20 Gordon
1920 retired
Note: William H. Stevens is a brother to Scott F. Stevens
(1855-1941) of the Southwest Missouri Conference, and a first cousin once
removed to B.F. Stevens, Isaac Stevens, and William Henry Stevens. The Stevens file in the conference archives
gives the relationships for 12
STEVENS, WILLIAM HENRY
Born: 12-12-1831 near Shirleysburg PA married: Margaretta Sheffler
Died: 6-10-1901
married2: Mrs. Hugh Linn
1855 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference obit2:
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1902, 124
1855-56 Schellsburg
1856-57
1857 charter
member of
1857-58
1858-60 Pleasant Grove
1860-61 Schellsburg
1861-62 Bald Eagle – Port Matilda
1862-65 chaplain, 148th Pennsylvania Volunteers
1865-67 Emporium
1867-68 on leave
1868 charter
member of
1868-70 on leave
1868-69 Shirleysburg
1870-73
1873-76 Saxton
1876-91 on leave
1891 retired
state representative
Note: William Henry Stevens is a cousin to B.F. Stevens and
Isaac Stevens, and he is the father of Emory M. Stevens. An obituary also appears in the 9/12/1901
Christian Advocate. A biographical
sketch is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 466. The Stevens file in the conference archives
gives the relationships for 12
STEVENSON, GEORGE
Born: 9-20-1810 married: Tarresse G. _____
Died: 7-8-1893 obit: [d. 8/27/1849]
married2: Sarah Watts
1841 admitted on
trial,
Obit:
1841-42
1842-43 Warrior’s Mark
1843-44
1844-45 Allegany
1845-47 Trough Creek
1847-49
1849-50 Mifflin
1850-52
1851-53 Hancock
1853-55
1855-56 Hampstead
1856-57
1857 charter
member of the
1857-58
1858-60 Lewistown
1860-62 Greencastle
1861-62
1862-64
1864 retired
1866 withdrew to join M.E. South
Note: The first Mrs. Stevenson is buried in the
STEVENSON, JOHN W.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1961-64
Note: John W. Stevenson served as a local
STEVENSON, WILLIAM JAMES
Born: 6-10-1839
Died: 12-6-1895
1859 admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1859-61 Doylestown
1861-63
1866-69
1871-73
1874 transfer
to
1878 transfer
to
1878-82 [
1882-83
1883 transfer
to
1883-85
1885 transfer
to
Note: A biographical sketch of William J. Stevenson is given in Simpson’s 1881 Cyclopedia of Methodism. Mrs. Stevenson is the daughter of John Baer (1794-1878) of the Baltimore Conference.
STEWART, E. VAUGHN
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1954-56 Trout Run (beginning 6/1/54)
Note: E. Vaughn
Stewart served as a local pastor.
STEWART, EPHRAIM C.
Born: 1-17-1833 married:
Died: 3-8-1873 obit:
1872 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1874, 64
1871-72 Granville
1872-73 Saxton circuit
Note:
STEWART, OLIVER M.
Born: 5-5-1839 married:
Died: 3-7-1915
1864 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference: recommended by Saxton circuit
Interment:
Obit:
1864-65 Saxton
1865-67 Manor Hill
1867-68 Greencastle
1868 charter
member of
1868-69 Greencastle
1869 transfer
to
Born: 8-2-1887 Wells Tannery PA married: Eva L.
Myers
Died: 5-9-1916 obit:
1912 admitted on trial,
1914 ordained deacon,
1916 ordained elder,
Interment:
Obit:
1908-09 Shirleysburg
1909-11
1911 “transfer” to
1911-14
1914-16
STILES,
Born: 10-31-1858 married: Phoebe Robson
Died: 4-24-1927 obit:
1884 admitted on trial, recommended by Rohrsburg circuit
Interment:
Obit:
1883-85 Rohrsburg
1885-87
1887-89 on leave
1889 transfer
to
STINE, JOHN
Born: 8-12-1813
Died: 5-5-1898
1836 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference
Interment: Mechanicsburg PA
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1899, 82
1836-37
1837-38
1838-39
1839-40 Warrior’s Mark
1840-41
1841-42
RockinghamVA.
1843-44
1844-45
1845-46
1846-47 Lock Haven
1847-48
1848-50 Muncy
1850-52 Sunbury
1852-54
1854-56
1856-57
1857 charter
member of
1857-59
1859-61
1861-63 Mifflintown
1863-65 Tyrone
1865-67 Mechanicsburg
1867-68
1868 charter
member of
1868-71
1871-73 Selinsgrove
1873-75 Mifflinville
1875-77 Conyngham
1877-78 on leave
1878-79
1879-82 on leave
1882-84 Howard
1884-88 on leave
1888 retired
Note: A biographical sketch for John Stine is given in Armstrong’s History of the Old Baltimore Conference, page 467.
STINE, ROBERT HENDERSON
Born: 12-25-1849 Buffalo Run
Died: 5-10-1934
1886 admitted on trial, recommended by Alum Bank circuit
Interment: Gray’s Cemetery, Half Moon Valley PA
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1935, 220
1884-85
1885-85 Wagner [Vira]
1885-88 Alum Bank
1888-93 New
1893-98 Cassville
1898-01
1901-05 Muncy
1905-09 Huntingdon Second
1909-13
1913-18 Catawissa
1918-22 Burnham
1926 retired
STINER, FRED CLIFFORD
Born: 6-29-1915 Berwick PA married: Dorothy Shelhamer
Died: 8-12-1964
1946 admitted on
trial, recommended by
1946 ordained deacon
1948 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1965, 360
1941-44
1944-46
1946-48 Kulpmont (beginning 12/1/46)
1948-55
1955-62
1962-64
STOCKING, MARVIN SIDNEY
Born: 11-10-1874 CT married:
Died: 1-23-1951 obit:
1900 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1896-99
1900-
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1884-85 Leidy
Note: Nehemiah Stokely later
affiliated with the “Messiah Adventists” in Elk and Cameron counties.
STONE, ARZA OZIEL
Born: 11-?-1847 NY married:
Gertrude Anna Battin
Died: obit:
[7/4/1856 – c1925]
1871 license,
1875 ordained deacon,
1876 admitted on trial,
1880 ordained elder, Erie Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1876-77
1877-78 Fagundus &
1878-80 Tionesta &
1880-81
1881-83
1883-84 on leave
1884-85
1885-87 New
1887-89 Sharpsville
1889-92
1892-93 Espyville
1893-96
1896-98 on leave
1898-00 agent, Anti Saloon League
1900-02 Sheakleyville
1902-04
1904-06 Volant
1906-11 on leave
1908-10 Marysville,
1911-15 agent, Anti Saloon League
1915 retired
1920-23 Greencastle (started in middle of
first year)
1923 located
at own request
Note: A.O. Stone is a brother to Martin Veranus
Stone (1845-1939) of the
STONE, DARRELL F.
Born: 5-27-1911 married:
Died: 6-24-1989 obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1929-33 student,
1929-31 Greencastle & Newville
1931
1931-33 Greencastle & Newville (fall 1931 to summer 1933)
Note:
STONE, LEWIS STODDARD SR
Born: 6-3-1896
Died: 3-30-1984 obit:
1954 license, recommended by Faxon-Kenmar
1961 ordained deacon
1963 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1984, 384
1954-57 Salladasburg (beginning 9/15/54)
1957-58 (no assignment)
1958-59 assistant, Ralston circuit
1959-60 McElhatten
1960-61 (no assignment)
1961-62 Picture Rocks (ending 12/1/62)
1962-63 Talmar circuit (beginning 12/1/62)
1963-66
1966 retired
1971 Pennsdale (Jul-Aug)
1972 Picture Rocks (Feb-Jul)
Note: Lewis S. Stone is the son of James Sumner Stone
(1856-1938) of the New York Conference.
Lewis S. Stone served as a local pastor.
STONE, THOMAS
Born: 2-8-1887
Died: 8-22-1965 Bloomsburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1979, 349
1919 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1966, 337
1915-16
1916-18 Littlestown
1918-20
1920-23
1923-28 Reedsville-Milroy
1928-33 Shippensburg
1933-37
1937-41
1941-47
1947-52 Shickshinny
1957 retired
1959-62 Gordon
Note:
STONG, HARRY TITZEL
Born: 6-15-1886
Died: 8-16-1961 obit:
1912 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1912-13 Emporium Cir.
1913-15
1915-17 student, Drew Theologigal Seminary in
1917-18
1918-19 chaplain,
1919 transfer
to
1919-23 Choteau
1923- Belt
STONGE,
Born: 4-20-1915 married:
Died: 9-3-2000 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1994, 497
1941 license,
recommended by
1950 admitted on trial
1950 ordained deacon
1952 ordained elder
Interment: Stormstown PA
1941-42
1952-45
1945-47 Half Moon
1947-49 Hustontown
1949-50 Port Matilda
1955-59 Mifflintown
1959-64
1964-69
1969-73 Airville
1976-77 Young’s
1977-83
1983 retired
Note: This name is
also rendered
STOUDT, JOSEPH RONALD
Born: 3-29-1901 Tamaqua
Died: 12-17-1976 Sunbury PA obit:
1923 license, recommended by Selinsgrove
1927 admitted on trial, recommended by
1930 ordained local deacon
Interment:
1924-25 Karthaus (last part of year; see 1925, 88)
1925-26
1926-27
1927-30 New
1930-31 Town Hill
1931 discontinued,
return to supply
1931-32
1932-33 Friends
Cove, Reformed
1933 ordained
in the Reformed [UCC]
1933-40 Friends
Cove
1956-70 Shenandoah Trinity
1970 retired
1970-72 Shenandoah Trinity
Note:
STOVER, DONALD NEVIN
Born: 4-12-1938 Lock Haven PA married: Joan Louise Saxion [8/28/1960]
Died: 2-5-1997 FL obit:
married2: Mrs. Jane Keplinger Losh
1960 license,
recommended by
1966 admitted on trial
1966 ordained deacon
1969 ordained elder
Interment: Camp Hill PA
1964-65 student,
1964-65
1965-69 student,
Crozier Theological Seminary in
1965-69 Bay View MD
1969-74 Barnitz
1974-77 Mifflintown
1977-86 Wormleysburg
1986-88 Penbrook Grace
1988-95
1995-97
STRAIN, HUGH
Born:
Died: 7-26-1920 Littlestown obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1951, 206
1892 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1921, 137
1892-93 Shawmut
1893-94 Morrisdale
1894-96 Warriors Mark
1896-98 Mahaffey
1898-00 Glen Hope
1900-01
1902-02
1902-05 Cassville
1905-06
1906-07
1905-09
1909-10 retired
1910-11 Bakerton
1911-12 Half Moon
1912-13 Town Hill
1913-15 Beach Haven
1915-18
1918 transfer
to
1918 transfer
to
1918-20 Hustontown
1920 Littlestown
Note:
STRAIN, SAMUEL WILLIAMS
Born: 6-25-1893 Morrisdale PA married: Dorothy Eleanore Beattie
Died: 4-6-1979 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1996, 428
1920 license, recommended by Littlestown
1921 admitted on trial
1925 ordained deacon
1927 ordained elder
Interment:
1920-23 Littlestown
1923-25
1925-28 Weatherly
1928-30 Hughesville
1934-41
1941-43 Huntingdon First
1943-47 Bloomsburg (beginning 11/15/43)
1947-53 superintendent, Epworth Manor
1953-54
1954-59 Berwick First (beginning 9/15/54)
1959 retired
1960-64 Fairbrook
1967-68 Cove Forge
Note:
STRAUB, HENRY ALBERT
Born: 3-10-1868 Snydertown PA married: Jennie Patterson
Died: 11-28-1923
1889 admitted on trial, recommended by Rohrsburg charge
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1924, 146
1887-91 Rohrsburg
(moved to
1891-95
1895-97
1897-00 Ramey
1900-01 Wallaceton
1901-04
1904-06 Shippensburg
1906-11
1913-14 Huntingdon First
1914-17
1917-23 secretary,
Lord’s Day
STRAUSER, EARL
Born: 9-15-1914 married:
Died: 5-14-1993 obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1938-39 Vira (ending 8/39)
1939-42 at school
Note: Earl Strauser served as a local pastor. The birth and death dates have not been verified as applying to this man.
STRAWINSKI, PETER P.
Born: 8-12-1854 near
Died: 5-18-1920
1876 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1921, 135
1876-77 Shirleysburg
1877-78 Saxton
1878-79
1879-82
1882-83
1883-85
1885-88 Stewartstown
1888-91
1891-93
1893-95
1895-97 Northumberland
1897-00 Schickshinny
1902-03 Flemington
1903-05 on leave
1905 retired
STRONG, GEORGE W.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1904-05
1905-06 Blandburg
Note: George W. Strong served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.
Born: married: Lois Ruth Lehman
Died: obit: 2001, 375
1967 license,
recommended by
1972 admitted on trial
1972 ordained
Interment:
Obit:
1967-68 Cove Forge (beginning 11/15/67)
1968-71 Trout Run
1971-76
1984-93 Bloomsburg Wesley
1993-96
1996 retired
STUART, WILLIAM J.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
? admitted on trial, New Jersey Conference
Interment:
1884-86 Ellisdale
1895 transfer
to
1895-96
1896-97
1897-98
1898-99 Pleasant Gap
1899-01 on leave
1901 permitted to withdraw under complaints
STUMP, CHARLES LAWRENCE
Born: 1-9-1945 Lewistown PA married:
Died: obit:
1963 quarterly conference license, Mifflintown
1966 admitted on trial
1966 ordained deacon
1968 ordained elder
Interment:
1962-65 student, Ship
1965-68 student, Drew Theological Seminary in
1968-69 at school
1969-70 associate, Clearfield West Side
1970-71 at school
1971 transfer
to
Born: c1833
Died: 8-30-1875 obit: [b. 11/13/1837]
1860 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference: recommended by Strawbridge station
Interment:
Obit:
1860-62
1862-63
1863-64 without appointment, see page 14
1864 expelled, see page 14
Note: Charles L.K. Sumwalt served in the Union Army 1862-64. Though he was once arrested on the charge of expressing disloyal sentiments for wearing crepe in the button-hole of his coat as a badge of mourning for the late Stonewall Jackson (d. 5/10/1863) of the Confederate Army, this appears not to be the cause for his expulsion from the ministry.
Born: 4-16-1908 McVeytown PA married: Hazel E. Hite
Died: 11-8-1980 obit:
1956 license, recommended by Atkinson Mills
1959 ordained deacon
1962 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1981, 345
1956 Fairbrook (beginning 6/1/56 and ending 10/31/56)
1956-59 Manor Hill (beginning 11/1/56 and ending 10/31/59)
1959-62
1962-63 Ulysses
1963-64 Monyandon
1964-65 Hunlock Creek
1965-66
1966-67 Littlestown
1967-69
1969-71 Cassville (beginning 4/15/69 and ending 12/31/71)
1971 retired (beginning 12/31/71)
Note: Robert M. Sunderland is an uncle (through his sister Thelma Grace Sunderland Rhodes) to Rev. Charles F. Rhodes, affiliation unknown, and a great-uncle to James M. Sunderland of the United Methodist files. He served as a local pastor.
SUTHERLAND, HARAM E.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1873 ordained deacon
Interment:
Obit:
1887-88
Note: Haram E. Sutherland served as a local
SUTTON, RONALD EUGENE
Born: 6-20-1935
Died: obit:
1954 license, recommended
by
1959 admitted on trial
1959 ordained deacon
Interment:
1959-61 student,
1961-63
1963-64 director, Youth Work (beginning 2/1/63)
1964-67 on leave
1967 voluntary location
faculty,
SWALLOW, SILAS COMFORT
Born: 3-3-1839 near Wilkes Barre PA married: Rebecca Louis Robins
Died: 8-13-1930
1863
admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1931, 178
1863-64
1864-66 Berwick
1866-68 Catawissa
1868 charter
member of
1868-71 Newberry
1873-75
1877-81 superintendent,
1881-84
1884-86
1886-87 agent,
1892-02 superintendent,
1902-03 no appointment
1903-08 on leave
1908 retired
Note: Silas C. Swallow is the nephew of Miner Swallow
(1815-1898) of the Wyoming Conference.
He was the 1904 Prohibition Party candidate for president of the
SWANGER, JOHN PHILLIP
Born: 2-15-1836
Died: 6-29-1867
1859 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1868, 48
1859-60 Orangeville
1860-61 Sunbury
1861-63
1863-64
1884-85 Lycoming
1865-67 Bellefonte
SWANK, CHARLES ROBERT
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1968 admitted on trial
Interment:
1963-65 Talmar circuit
1965-67 Audenreid
1967-70 Littlestown
1970 discontinued, page 96
SWANK, EDWIN H.
Born: married: Eliza Jane Heefner
Died: 12-20-1951 obit: [11/12/1886 – 8/24/1973]
1914 license
Interment:
1914-15 Burnt Cabins
1915-19 Alum Bank
1919-22 Ennisville
1922-24 New Millport
1924-25 Karthaus
Note: Edwin H. served
as a local pastor.
SWANK, ROBERT F.
Born: 2-13-1911 Sunbury PA married:
Died: 4-26-1969 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1989, 479
1966 admitted on trial
Interment: Bloomsburg PA
1964-65 associate, Snydertown
1965-69 Weatherly (ending 2/1/69)
1969-69
SWANK,
Born: 12-24-1920 Sunbury PA married: Romaine K. _____
Died: 10-5-1998 obit: [2004, 357]
1942 license,
recommended by Sunbury
1946 ordained deacon
1947 admitted on trial
1948 ordained elder
Interment:
1942-44 student,
1942-44
1944-47 student, Drew Theological Seminary in
1944-45 Town Hill
1945-47 White Haven
1947-51 Bakerton
1951-54
1962-66
1968-76
1978-80 Reedsville
1980-86 Fairmount
1986 retired
Note:
SWARTZ, EMORY T.
Born: 6-26-1836
Died: 7-6-1911
married2: Anna M. Clark
1861 admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1912, 127
1861-62 Catawissa
1862-63 Bloomingdale
1863-64 Sunbury circuit
1864-65 Catawissa
1865-66 Beaver Meadow
1867-68
1868 charter
member of
1868-69
1869-70
1870-73 Jeanesville – Audenreid
1873-74 Hyner’s Run
1874-76 White Haven
1876-79 Selinsgrove
1879-81
1881-83 Northumberland
1883-86 Weatherly
1886-89
1889-93 Hollidaysburg
1893-95
1895-98 Muncy
1898-01
1901-04 Freeland
1904-07
1907 retired
SWARTZ, MORRIS EMORY
Born: 2-7-1868 Pine Grove Mills PA married: Carrie Myrtle Bashore
Died: 4-9-1944
1892 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1944, 225
1892-94
1894-98
1898-04 Shippensburg
1904-06 Patton
1906-11
1911-17
1917-19 superintendent, Harrisburg District.
1919-25 secretary, Washington Episcopal Area
1925-27 editor, Washington Christian Advocate
1927-31 superintendent, Sunbury District
1931-33 superintendent,
1933-39
1939 retired
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1904-05
Note: William R. Swartz served as
a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.
SWAYNE, GEORGE H.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
1919 pastor
in the
1921-23 Burnt Cabins
1927 Neelyton
Note: George H. Swayne served as a local pastor, mostly in
SWITZER, CLAIR JONES
Born: 6-26-1886 near Warriors Mark PA married:
Died: 8-30-1964
1918 admitted on trial
1920 ordained deacon
1922 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1965, 362
1909-10 Allegheny
(beginning 9/1909: see 1910, 68)
1919-21
1921-26 Bakerton
1926-31 Watsontown
1931-33 Avis
1933-36
1936-38 Shippensburg
1939-43 Barnesboro
1946-52 faculty, [
1946-52
1952 retired
1954-55 Howard
1955-57 McElhattan-Pine
1958-59 New Millport
1962-64
SWITZER, THOMAS H.
Born: 8-19-1818
Died: 3-24-1878 Philipsburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1907, 120
1841 admitted on trial,
Interment: Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Philipsburg PA
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1880, 66
1841-42
1842-43
1843-44
1844-45 Boonsboro
1845-46
1846-47
1947-49 Allegany
1849-51 Frostburg
1851-53
1853-55 Muncy
1855-57 Bloomingdale
1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference
1857-59 Luzerne
1859-61 Warrior’s Mark
1861-63
1863-65 Philipsburg
1865-78 on leave
1868-70 Philipsburg circuit
1870-71 Grahamton
1871-73 Philipsburg
1873-75 Osceola
1875-76
1876-78 Grahamton
1878 retired
Note: An obituary for Thomas H. Switzer also appears in the April 1879 The Conference News, page 4. A biographical sketch is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 469.
SWOPE, HORATIO G.
Born:
Died: 8-11-1951
1909 license,
1910 admitted on trial,
1912 ordained
deacon,
1914 ordained elder,
Interment: East Side Mausoleum,
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1952, 205
1909-10
1910-11 student,
1910-11
1911-12
1912-13 Bluff Springs
1913-14 Elwin
1914-15 Stewardson
1915-17
1917 transfer to Ohio Conference
1917-18 Commercial Point
1918-26
1926-28 Port Royal,
1927 transfer
to
1928-29 on leave
1929-31
1931-44 on leave
1934-35 Vira
1935-36 Blain
1944 retired
Note: Following the death of Horatio G. Swope, Mrs. Swope married a Mr. Howard W. Meyer.
SWOPE, W.G.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1926-27
Note: W.G. Swope was a member of the
SWOPE, WILLIAM H.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1915-16
Note: William H. Swope served as a
local preacher. He is otherwise unknown.
SYKES, GEORGE S.
Born: 4-25-1842
Died: obit:
1867 admitted on trial,
Interment:
1866-68 Leesburg
1868-69
1869-71
1871 [no record of transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference?]
1871-73 Schellsburg
1873-76 McVeytown
1876-77
1877 transfer
to
1877-78 Manahawkin
1878-80
1880-82
1882-84 Clayton
1884-85 ?
1885-88
1888-90
1890-91 Red Bank Grace
1891-92 ?
1892-93
1893-94
1894 withdrew under complains: 1894, 27
Note: There is 1904 evidence George S. Sykes lived in
SYMONS, EDMUND J.
Born: 12-13-1880 Russell Gulch CO married: Sarah Louisa Andreas
Died: 9-26-1948
married2: Mary L. Hainly
1909 admitted on trial obit2:
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1949, 198
1919-12 Excelsior
1912-14 Mifflinville
1914-18
1919-21 Elysbug
1921-24
1924-30 Shickshinny
1930-31
1938-39
1945 retired
Note: Edmund J. Symons is the son of
SYPHER, JAMES
Born: 5-1-1884 married:
Died: 11-9-1962 obit:
? ordained, Northern New York Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1904-05
… “transfer” to
1910-15 Starksville & Van Hornersville
1915-19 Prospect
1919-23
1923-25 on leave
1925-28 Nicholville
1928-33
1933-36
1936-42
1942-48 Dogleville & Oppenheim
1948-51
1951 retired
Note:
J. Alvin Sypher is the preferred name