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WAGNER, GERALD DAVID
Born: 9-18-1934
Died: obit:
1951 quarterly conference license, Altoona First
1953 license,
recommended by
1957 admitted on trial
1957 ordained deacon
1960 ordained elder
Interment:
1952-56 student,
1954-55 assistant, Lock Haven Parish (6/1/1954 – 9/15/1955)
1955-56 Allenwood (beginning 9/15/55)
1956-57 Allenwood
1957-60 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ
1957-58 Montandon
1958-60 Freeland Parish
1960-62 Patton
1962-68 McConnellsburg
1968-72 Shippensburg Christ
1972-73 sabbatical
1973-81 Avis
Yoked
1981-83 Avis
1983-91 associate director, Conference Council on Ministries
1991-96
1996 retired
2004-08 Picture Rocks Parish
Note: Gerald D. Wagner is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in
The Methodist Church, page 1360.
WAGNER, J. VICTOR L.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1912 admitted on trial
Interment:
1911-13 Buckhorn
1913-16
1916-18 Gordon
1918-20
1922-24
1924 withdrew under charges, page 43
WAGNER, JOSEPH ABRAHAM
Born: 5-30-1893
Died: 9-10-1970 Elimsport PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1961, 266
married2: Anna Spyker Crissy
1930 license, recommended by Hollidaysburg First obit2: 1974,442
1937 ordained deacon
1939 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1971, 368
1933-36
1936-38 Burnt Cabins (ending 8/1938)
1938-42 Cassville (beginning 8/1938)
1942-47 Schellsburg
1947-52 Ramey-Blandburg
1952-57 Saxton
1957-60
1960 retired
1961-70 Elimsport
Note: Joseph A. Wagner served as a local pastor.
WAGNER, NORMAN RICHARD
Born: 8-27-1892 West Moshannon PA married: Mildred Viola Derr
Died: 10-9-1989 Tyrone PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1997, 394
1919 license,
recommended by
1922 admitted on trial
1926 ordained deacon
1928 ordained elder
Interment:
1923-25 student,
1923-25 Boiling Springs
1925-26 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ
1926-27 Jeddo-Lattimer-Milnesville
1927-29 Conyngham
1929-31
1931-35 Saxton
1935-36 Lock Haven
1941-43
1943-45
1945-49 Duncansville
1949-52 Mechanicsburg
1952-58
1958 retired
WAGNER, ROBERT STANLEY
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1949 admitted on trial
1946-47
1947-49 Schellsburg
1949-51
1951-53 Mapleton-Mill Creek
1953-55 Duboistown
1955-57
1957 transfer
to
Note: Robert S. Wagner is listed in 2003 as a retired member of the East Ohio Conference.
WALKER, CHARLES ISAAC
Born: 10-27-1970
Died: 12-8-1999 Lewisburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1983, 416
married2: Mrs. Marjorie Grace Batts Burket
1938 license,
recommended by
1940 admitted on trial, Central
1941 ordained
deacon, Central
1944 ordained elder,
Central
Interment: Weedsport-Brutus Rural Cemetery, Weedsport NY
1942-45 Rose-Lock
1945-50 Peterboro
1950-54 Branchport
1954-62 Weedsport
1962 transfer
to
1962- 74
1974-77
1977-83 Vira
1983 retired
1983-89
New
Note: Charles I. Walker is the son of Kendall M. Walker
(1873-1951) and the nephew of Charles
WALKER, JOHN
Born: 12-28-1903
Died: 6-7-1991 obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1930-32
1932-34
1934-35 Cherry Tree & Glen Campbell
Note: John Walker has a file with the Conference Board of
Ordained Ministry, but he never matriculated in the Central Pennsylvania
Conference. John Walker attended the
Reformed Episcopal Seminary in
WALKER, MATTHEW NEWKIRK
Born: 3-8-1867 Downingtown PA married: Nina Mary Torbert
Died: 1-8-1909
1896 admitted on trial
1900 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1909, 108
1892
1892-94 student,
1894-95 student,
1895-97
1897-98 Benezette
1898-00 Medix
1900-01
1901-04 Watsontown
1905-09
WALLACE, D.V.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1922-23 Shawville (appointed in midyear1922/23)
Note: D.V. Wallace served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown. He is also reported as R.V. Wallace.
WALLACE, ELTON H.
Born: 7-29-1858
Died: 4-24-1918 Gratersford PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1950, 208
1887 admitted on trial, recommended by
Interment: New
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1919, 144
1887-90 McConnellstown
1890-93 Ray’s Hill
1893-98 Saxton
1898-00 Roaring Spring
1900-06
1906-08
1908-11 Jeanesville-Audenreid
1911-12 temperance agent
1912-16 on leave
1912-13 Jonestown (latter part of year; see 1913, 81)
1916-17 Excelsior
1917 retired
WALLACE, JOSEPH CUMMINGS
Born: 1-3-1909
Died: obit:
1939 ordained deacon
1945 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1936-38 Wallis Run
1938-40 Half Moon
1940-43 Howard
1943- Littlestown
WALLACE, WILLIAM CLARENCE
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1895 admitted on trial, recommended by Lycoming circuit
Interment:
1895-97 Saint Mary’s
1897-98 Hoytville
1898-00 Mill Hall
1900-04
1904-05 New
1905-09 Wallaceton
1909-13
1913 withdrew
WALLEY, E.L.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1931-32 Vira
Note: E.L. Walley served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.
WALTERS,
Born: 7-16-1897 married: Nellie Gertrude Stafford
Died: 10-11-1972
1958 license, recommended by
1960 ordained deacon
1962 ordained elder
Interment:
1957-58
1958-63 Trevorton
1963-66 Hastings-Bakerton
1966-68 Ray’s Hill
1968 retired
1968-70 Putneyville
1970-71
1971 Union City Wilkins (as needed)
1972
Note Albert J. Walters served as a local pastor.
WARD, HARRY STEELE
Born: 12-23-1890 Mayo MD married: Ruby A. Smith
Died: 10-30-1979
1920 admitted on trial
Interment:
1916-18 Eagles Mere & Laporte
1918-20
1920-22
1922-24
1925-28 Millerstown
1928-31
1931-37
1937-40 Gordon
1940-43
1943-46 Catawissa
1946 retired
WARNER, ORVILLE
Born: 4-25-1920
Lemoyne
Died: 7-17-1998 obit:
1938 license,
recommended by
1945 admitted on trial,
1945 ordained
deacon,
1947 ordained elder
Interment:
1939-43 student,
1942-43 Boiling Springs-Hickorytown (ending 9/1/43)
1943-46 student,
Boston University School of Theology in
1944-45
1945 admitted on trial, New Hampshire Conference
1945-46
1946 transfer
to
1946-48
1948-53
1953-58
1958-65 Roaring Spring
1965-69 Huntingdon First
1969 superintendent, Sunbury District (ending 12/31/69)
1970-75 superintendent,
1975-84
1984 retired
Note: Orville V. Warner is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1377.
WARREN, GEORGE
Born: 9-1-1822
Died: 8-13-1913 Tyrone PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1905, 125
1850 license,
1854 admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1914, 119
1850-54 supplied appointments under supervision of the superintendent
1854-55
1856-57 Bloomsburg
1857 charter
member of
1857-58 Bloomsburg
1858-60 Sunbury
1860-62
1862-64 Penn’s Valley
1864-67
1867-69
1868 charter
member of
1868-72 Hollidaysburg
1872-74
1874-76
1876-78 Northumberland
1878-81 Shickshinny
1881-82 Jeanesville-Audenreid
1885-86
1886-89 Salona
1889-92 Mifflinburg
1892-95 Milesburg-Unionville
1895-96
1896 retired
Note: An for George Warren obituary also appears in the
8/21/1913 Christian Advocate.
WARREN,
Born: 10-26-1898 married:
Died: 6-13-1963 obit:
1921 admitted on trial, recommended by Shippensburg
1924 ordained deacon
1925 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit:
1921-22 student,
1922-28 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ
1928 transfer
to
Born: 6-6-1886
Died: 12-15-1965 obit:
married2:
1911 admitted on trial obit2: Newark Conference 1933, 90
1913 ordained elder, Newark Conference married3:
obit3: Northern New Jersey Conference 1966, 181
Interment:
Obit:
1907-09 student,
1907-09 Rehoboth (ending summer 1909)
1909-12 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ
1910-12
Staten
1912 transfer
to
1912-16
1918-21
1921-30
1930-32
1932-40 superintendent,
1940-50 manager, Methodist Publishing House
1940-42
1950 retired
Note: J. Edgar Washabaugh is listed in the 1952 Who’s Who in
Methodism, page 721.
WASHINGTON, JOSEPH REED JR.
Born: 10-30-1930
Died: obit:
1962 admitted on trial
Interment:
1954-57 student, Andover Newton Theological Seminary
1954-56 assistant, Woburn MA First Baptist
1956-57
1957-61 associate
chaplain,
1961-63 chaplain,
1963 transfer
to
1963-67 chaplain,
1967 transfer
to
… …
1977 transfer
to
1977-94 faculty,
1994 retired
Note: Joseph R. Washington is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1380.
WASSELL, WILLIAM HENRY
Born:
Died: 11-20-2005
1955 license, recommended by Drexel Hill Broad Street Memorial
1956 admitted on trial,
1966 ordained
deacon,
1958 ordained elder,
Interment:
1955-57 associate, Philadelphia
1957-59
1959-61
1961-62 Williamstown
1962 transfer
to
1962-63 Marysville
1963-68
1968-76
1976-84
1984-90 Towanda
1990 retired
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1963 license
1967 ordained deacon
1970 ordained elder, Western Pennsylvania Conference
1971 admitted as
associate member,
Interment:
1963-66 Frankstown
1966-67 Cassville
1967-70 Glen Campbell
1970 “transfer”
by boundary change to
1970-71 Glen Campbell
1971-73 Sheakleyville
1973-76 Callensburg
1976-81 Freedom First
1981-86 Hilltop-Beck’s Run
1986-89 Ligonier
Calvary
1993-97 Dayton-Smicksburg
1997-99 Addison-Grace Chapel-Johnsom Chapel
1999 retired
Note:
As of 2007, Delbert W. Wasser preaching occasionally in the Central
Pennsylvania Conference and living at
WASSON, CHARLES WESLEY
Born: 6-14-1866 near State College PA married: Mary Alice Shodel
Died: 5-2-1935
1885 license,
Allegheny Conference of
1888 ordained,
Allegheny Conference of
1893 admitted as
member, recommended by
1893 orders
recognized, recommended by
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1936, 192
1884-85 assistant,
Huntingdon and
1885-86 Millheim
1886-87
1887-90 Philipsburg
1990-92 Tyrone
1892 honorable discharge
1892-93 Woodland & Bradford, Central Pennsylvania Conference ME (beginning 7/21/92)
1893 received into Central Pennsylvania Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church
1893-95
1895-98 Patton
1898-01 Saxton
1911-15
1915-21 Philipsburg
1921-25 Bloomsburg
1928 retired
WATKINS, WILLIAM EDWARD
Born: 12-22-1882
Died: 12-21-1964
1905 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1965, 363
1903-05 Boiling Springs & Pine Grove
1905-06 Shirleysburg
1906-11
1911-13 Littlestown
1916-18 Mifflintown
1918-25
1925-30 superintendent,
1934-38
1938-42
1942-47
1947-53 superintendent,
1953 retired
Note: Some biographical information on William E. Watkins appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 55.
WATSON, LORENZO DOW
Born: 12-15-1838
Died: 10-6-1915
1859 license, East Baltimore Conference
1860 admitted on trial,
East Baltimore Conference: recommended by
Interment:
Obit:
1859-60
1860-61 McConnellsburg
1861-62 Glen Hope
1862-63 New
1863 located
1866 “transfer”
to
1870-71 located
1871 “transfer”
to
1871 East
1872 transfer
by boundary change to
1872 transfer
to
1872-74
1874-78 superintendent, Olean District
1878-80 Spencerport
1880-83
1883-85 superintendent,
1885-88 on leave
1888-92 retired
1892-93 Painted Post
1893-96 Honeoye Falla
1896-99
1899-01 East Aurora and Springbrook
Note: Dr. Lorenzo Dow Watson prepared for college at
Allegheny Seminary in Rainsburg. He has
degrees from various schools, including a PhD. from
WATSON, WILLIAM HUNT
Born: 9-27-1934
Died: 9-4-2007 obit:
1954 license, Memphis Conference: recommended by Memphis TN First
1961 admitted on trial,
1962 ordained deacon
1963 ordained elder
Interment:
1953-57 student,
1955-57 New Bethel circuit
1957-60 student,
1960-62 student,
Boston University School of Theology in
1962 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1962-64 associate director, State College Wesley Foundation
1964-66
1966-67
1967-67 Burnham
1967-78
1978-83 director,
VISTAT in
1983-96 executive director, VOICE (beginning 12/30/83)
1996-07 Unified
Vailsburg Services in
WATTS, MARTIN
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1904-05 Karthaus
Note: Martin Watts served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.
Born: married: Dorothy Winkelblech
Died: obit:
1952 admitted on trial
Interment:
1948-50
1950-53 Gatchelville
1953-55 Doylesburg
1955-59 Duboistown
1959-61 Reedsville
1961 transfer
to
Note: Paul H. Watts is the grandson of William A.
Lepley. He is a ministerial son of the
Newton Hamilton church. He listed in
2003 as a retired member of the Florida Conference.
WAY,
Born: 1-5-1912 near Curwensville PA married: E. Bettina Negus
Died: 11-29-2005 obit:
1934 license,
recommended by Pleasant Grove on the
1942 admitted on trial
1942 ordained deacon
1944 ordained elder
Interment:
1937-39
1939-42 student, Boston University School of
Theology in
1942-44 Three Springs
1944-46 chaplain,
1946-50 assistant, Harrisburg Grace
1950-54
1954 transfer
to
1954 transfer
to
1954-62
1962-65
1968-74 superintendent,
1974-77 Huntingdon First
1977 retired
1977-91 visitation pastor, Camp Hill
Note:
WEAVER, DAVID LEE
Born: 3-31-1940 Grampian PA married:
Jane Bolin Lantz
Died: obit:
1959 quarterly conference license, Grafton WV Fetterman
1960 license, West Virginia Conference
1965 admitted on trial
1965 ordained deacon
1967 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit:
1958-62 student, West Virginia Wesleyan in
1960-62 Meadowview circuit, West Virginia
Conference
1962-64
1964-67 student, Wesley Theological Seminary in
1965-7 Burnt Cabins circuit (beginning 1/1/65)
1967-73
1973-77
1977-82
1982-86
1986-96 New Freedom (ending 5/1/96)
2002 retired .
WEEKS, JAMES EMORY
Born: 12-23-1856
Died: 6-18-1942
married2: Carrie S. _____
1888 admitted on trial, recommended by Wharton obit2: 1917, 135
married3: Nellie May _____
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1943, 207
1887-89 Wharton
1889-91
1891-92 Picture Rocks
1892-96 Hoytville
1896-00
1900-04
1904-06
1908-11 Mifflinburg
1911-14 Emporium
1914-17
1917-20
1920-21
1921 retired
Note: J. Emory Weeks is the preferred usage.
WEIMER, GEORGE CECIL
Born: 4-2-1896 Port Royal PA married: Fay Fling
Died: 11-27-1974 Lock Haven PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1987, 421
1919 license,
recommended by
1920 admitted on trial,
1921 ordained
deacon,
1923 ordained elder,
Interment:
1919-20 student,
1919 Wana WV (ending 9/19)
1919-20
1920-23 student,
Boston University School of Theology in
1922-23
East
1923 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1923-24 Greencastle (beginning 9/1/23)
1924-26
1926-29
1929-32 Woolrich
1932-36
1938-40
1940-46 Lock Haven Trinity
1947-53 superintendent,
1953-55
1955-61 Huntingdon First
1961 retired
Note: G. Cecil Weimer retired to Woolrich and wrote a regular religious column for the Lock Haven Express 1961-74, a collection of which is on file at the conference archives.
WEISE, CHARLES F.
Born: 12-2-1867 Wila PA married: Annie E. Gable
Died: 11-2-1928 Ramey PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1949, 200
1898 admitted on trial, recommended by
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1919, 190
1898-01 Nelson’s Run
1901-04
1904-06 Alum Bank
1906-11 Ray’s Hill
1911-17 Three Springs
1917-27
1927-28 Yeagertown
Note: Charles F. Weise is the father of John W. Weise.
WEISE, JOHN WESLEY
Born: 10-15-1903
Died: 6-26-1971 Lindsay CA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1990, 471
1923 license,
recommended by
1925 admitted on trial
1928 ordained deacon
1930 ordained elder
Interment:
1925 Newville (Jan-Aug)
1925-28 student, Boston University School of Theology
in
1928-32 Ramey-Janesville
1932-35
1935-42 Freeland Parish
1942-66 chaplain,
1966 retired
1966-69
Note: John W. Weise is the son of Charles F. Weise. He is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1394.
WEISTNER, OLIVER S.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1908 admitted on trial
Interment:
1906-08 Waller
1908-09 Wapwallopen
1909 discontinued
Note: This surname is also render as WIESTNER.
WELLER, FRANK HUGHES
Born: 1-15-1912 married: Ruth Dianna Garrow [8/21/1938]
Died: obit: [b. 11-13-1914]
Interment:
1942-43 Rupert (ending 5/15/43)
1943-46 Lock Haven Parish(beginning 5/15/43)
1946-49 Port Matilda
1949-52 Mercersburg
Note: Frank H. Weller is a brother to Ned. E. Weller. He served as a local pastor.
WELLER, NED
Born: 5-4-1922 Bloomsburg PA married: Martha Kathryn Deiterick
Died: obit:
1950 license, recommended by Bloomsburg
1955 admitted on trial
1955 ordained deacon
1957 ordained elder
Interment:
1945-46 Beach Haven
1946-48 assistant,
1950-54 student,
1950-54 Picture Rocks
1954-57 student,
Boston University School of Theology in
1954-57
1962-68 Lewisburg
1968-77
1977-82 campus
minister,
1982-83 United
1983-87 Berwick Bower Memorial (beginning 11/27/83)
1987 retired
1988-89 Middleburg (beginning 12/1/88)
1993 Dushore-Laporte (Jan-Jun)
1993-97
1999 interim chaplain, Lewisburg Riverwoods
2000-01
associate,
Note: Ned E. Weller is a brother to Frank H. Weller. He is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The
Methodist Church, page 1397.
WELLIVER, HARRY RICHARD
Born: 2-19-1917
Died: 3-7-1993
1938 license,
recommended by
1943 admitted on trial
1943 ordained deacon
1945 ordained elder
Interment:
1938-40 Allenport (ending 9/1/40)
1940-43 student, Boston University School of Theology
in
1943-47 Coalport-Irona
1952-63 Muncy
1963-68 Towanda First
1968-73
1973-79 superintendent,
1979-85 Faxon-Kenmar
1985 retired
Note: H. Richard Welliver is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1397. He may be a second-cousin-once-removed to Lester Allen Welliver, but the relationship has not been documented.
WELLIVER, LESTER ALLEN
Born: 2-2-1896
Died: 11-13-1973 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1984. 393
1918 admitted on trial,
1918 ordained deacon, Erie Conference
Interment:
1917-18 student,
1917-18 Hickorytown (beginning 9/17)
1918
assistant,
1918-19 chaplain, US Army (beginning 11/18)
1919 transfer to
1919-22 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ
1919 assistant, New York City St. James (1/19 – 7/19)
1920-21
1922-24
1922-23
1924-28
1928-33 Lewisburg
1933-36 Trinity
1936-42 superintendent,
1943-55 president, Westminster Seminary
1955-61 superintendent, Williamsport District
1961-65
1965 retired
Note: Lester A. Welliver is the father of L. Allyn Welliver, and of Kenneth B. Welliver of the Baltimore-Washington Conference. He is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1397. Mrs. Welliver is the daughter of Irvin C. Yeakel (1852-1918) of the Evangelical Association (and Presbyterian Church) and Ann Elizabeth Shortess, daughter of Samuel I. Shortess (1834-1910) of the Evangelical Association. That branch of the Yaekel family changed their name to Yeaworth following the death of Irvin in 1918. Mrs. Welliver is the brother of Rev. Irvin S. Yeaworth (1899-1993: father of noted producer Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr) and an aunt of Rev. David Yeaworth, both of the Presbyterian Church.
WELLIVER, LESTER ALLYN
Born:
Died: obit:
1949 license,
recommended by
1950 admitted on trial
1952 ordained deacon
1953 ordained elder
Interment:
1950-51 student,
Westminster Theological Seminary in
1950-51 Marriottsville MD
1951-52 student,
1952-55
1955-61 Mercersburg
1961-67 Lock Haven Trinity
1967-73 Milton Bethany
1973-80 Roaring Spring (ending 1/15/80)
1980-90 Hummelstown Grace (beginning 1/15/80)
1990 retired
Note: L. Allyn Welliver is the son of Lester A. Welliver.
WELLS, RAYMOND J.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
? license,
Interment:
1958 admitted to Central Pennsylvania Conference of Methodist Church
1958-59 faculty,
1959-62 faculty,
1962 transfer
to Southern
Note: In 2003, Raymond J. Wells is listed as a retired
member of the California-Pacific Conference.
WELSH, FRANKLIN MOORE
Born: 8-17-1859
Died: 6-1-1895 Trevorton PA obit:
1886 license, Philadelphia Conference
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1896, 97
1887-88
1888-89
1889 transfer
to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1890-93 Roaring Springs
1893-94 Tyrone Second [
1895-95 Trevorton
1895 transfer
to
WELTMER, SAMUEL M.
Born: c1838 married:
Died: 6-16-1913 obit:
1888 quarterly conference license
Interment:
1888-05 living in New Buffalo
1905-07
1907-13 living in New Buffalo
Note: Samuel M. Weltmer served as a local pastor.
WELTY, ELIAS
Born: 3-15-1821
Died: 9-4-1890
1842 admitted on trial,
Interment:
1842-43 Boonsboro
1843-44
1844-45
1845-47
1847-48 Penn’s Valley
1848-50 Greencastle
1850-52 Hollidaysburg station
1852-54 Harper’s Ferry
1854-55 Leesburg
1855-57 Shepherdstown
1857-58 Rockingham
1858 transfer
to
1858-59 Emmitsburg
1859-61
1861-63
1863-65 Harford Mission
1865-66
1866 withdrew to join M.E. South
1887
Note: Elias Welty was also a medical doctor. His later ministerial service is reportedly
with the “Reformed Church” in
WERTZ, DAVID
Born: 10-5-1916 Lewistown PA married: Betty Jean Rowe
Died: obit: 2000, 357
1940 admitted on trial
1940 ordained deacon
1942 ordained elder
Interment:
1933-37 student,
1934-37 Boiling Springs & Hickorytown (ending 8/1937)
1937-40 student,
Boston University School of Theology in
1940-43 Doylesburg
1943-46 Stewartstown
1946-49
1949-53
1953-55 superintendent,
1955-68 president,
1968- bishop
Note: D.
WERTZ, ROBERT GARY
Born: 3-11-1941
Died: obit:
1964 admitted on trial
1964 ordained deacon
1966 ordained elder
Interment:
1964-69 student,
1969
transfer to
Note: Robert G. Wertz is the son of D. Frederick Wertz.
WEST, THOMAS MARSHALL
Born: 7-13-1840
Died: 5-30-1923
1863 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference
1865 ordained deacon, East Baltimore Conference
1867 ordained elder, East Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1862-63
1863-64 Shippensburg circuit
1864-65 Mifflin circuit
1865-66 Shippensburg
1866-67
1867-68
1868 transfer
by boundary change to
1868-69
1869-71
1871-72 Hancock circuit
1872-74 New
1874-77
1877-79 Harford circuit
1879-81 Patapsco circuit
1881-83
1883-86 Bentley Springs circuit
1886-91 Hampstead circuit
1891-93
1893-97 Frostburg
1897-01
1901-03
1903-08
1908-10 Kensington
1910 retired
Note: Thomas M. West is a brother to Henry Porter West (1838-1908) of the Baltimore Conference and William Montgomery West (1842-1918) of the West Ohio Conference. His daughter married the son of Solomon German (1849-1934) of the Baltimore Conference.
WEYANT, DAVID F.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1964 license
1973 admitted on
trial,
1973 ordained
deacon,
1976 ordained elder,
Interment:
1964 Burnt Cabins (Jul-Aug)
1965-66 Clearville (beginning 1/5/65)
1966-67
1967-69 student,
1969-77 White Haven
1977 transfer
to
Note: Now [2007] retired, David F. Weyant is a 1959 graduate
of
.
WHARTON, ANDREW PARKER
Born: 11-20-1850
Died: 2-18-1941
1874 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1941, 216
1874-76
1876-79 Ralston
1879-81 Lycoming circuit
1881-84
1884-87 Ralston
1887-89 New
1889-94 Half Moon
1894-97
1897-01 Howard
1901-03 Martinsburg-Woodbury
1903-06 Ramey
1906-08 Morrisdale
1908-12 Houtzdale
1912-13 Hughesville
1913-15 Freeland
1915 retired
Note: Mrs. Wharton is the daughter of
WHARTON, RICHARD H.
Born: 1840 Orbisonia PA married: Martha J. Seibert
Died: 5-9-1906
1868 admitted on trial, East
Interment:
1868 charter
member of
1868-71 Ray’s Hill
1871-72 Pleasantville
1872-73 McConnellsburg
1873-76
1876-77
1877-79
1879-80
1880-83 Conyngham
1885-86 Greencastle
1886-88 New
1888-93 on leave
1893-95
1895-97 Coalport
1897-00 Stewartstown
1900-04 Milesburg
1904-05
1905-06
WHITE, EDMUND
Born: 3-16-1837
Died: 12-29-1909
1867 admitted on trial, East
1870 ordained deacon
1872 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1910, 119
1867-68 Emmittsburg
1868 charter
member of
1868-69 McConnellsburg
1869-70 Sinnemahoning
1870-71 Leidy
1871-73 Shippensburg
1873-74 Pleasantville
1874-75 McConnellstown
1875-77 Ray’s Hill
1877-79
1879-80
1880-82
1882-83
1883-86 Pennfield
1886-88 Shirleysburg
1888-90
1890-92
1892-93 Mifflinville
1893-96 Freeland
1896-97
1897-98 Karthaus
1898-00 Port Matilda
1900-02 Pleasant Gap
1902-03
1903-04 New Millport
1904 retired
WHITE, W. JAMES I.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1958-62 Roxbury
1962-63 Lewisberry
Note: W. James I. White served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.
WHITE, WILLARD MELVIN
Born: 2-20-1906
Died: 12-22-1999
1928 license,
1930 admitted on trial, Maryland Conference of Methodist Protestant Church
Interment:
Obit:
1930-32 student,
Westminster Seminary in
1932-37
1937-40
1940 transfer
to
1940-42
1942-43
1943-44 sabbatical
1944-49 Morgan
1949-51
1951-57 Shenandoah Junction
1957-62 Hyndman
1962 transfer by boundary change to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1962-64 Hyndman
1964 transfer by boundary change to Baltimore Conference
1964-70 Hyndman
1970 transfer by boundary change to Western Pennsylvania Conference
1970-77 Hyndman
1977 retired
WHITE, WILLIAM JAMES I.
Born: 11-29-1936
Died: obit:
1955 license
1963 admitted on trial
1963 ordained deacon
Interment:
1957-62 Roxbury
1962-63 Lewisberry
1963-65 student,
1965 transfer
to
Note: In 2003, William James White is listed as a retired member of the Greater New Jersey Conference.
WHITELEY, ROLAND GUSS
Born: 3-24-1893 married:
Died: 8-6-1918 obit:
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1919, 165
1913-14
Note: Roland Guss Whiteley is the son of Robert T. Whiteley
and the grandson of John Guss. He was
killed in action in WWI.
WHITELEY, ROBERT THOMAS
Born: 7-2-1860
Died: 2-20-1926
1888 admitted on trial, recommended by
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1926, 342
1887-88
1890-92 Excelsior
1892-94
1894-97 Picture Rocks
1897-99 Costello
1899-03
1903-04
1904-06 Warrior’s Mark
1906-10
1910-14 Ralston
1914-17
1917-19 Yeagertown
1919-22
1922 retired
Note: Robert T. Whiteley is the father of Roland Guss
Whiteley, Miriam F. Whiteley (missionary in
WHITEMAN, JOHN A.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1904-05
1905-06 Burnt Cabins
Note: John A. Whiteman served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.
WHITING, HENRY CLAY
Born: 3-27-1845
Died: 2-1-1901
1877 admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1901, 108
1867-68 principal,
1868-70 principal,
1870-74 faculty, Drew Seminary in
1874-78 vice-principal, Hackettstown Collegiate
Institute in
1878 vice
principal, Pennington Seminary in
1878-82
1882 transfer
to
1882-00 faculty,
1900 retired
WHITNEY, WALTER RICHARD
Born: 1-5-1840
Died: 11-3-1922
1863 admitted on trial, East
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1923, 135
1863-64
1864-65
1865-66
1866-68 Glen Hope
1868 charter
member of
1868-70 New
1870-71 Rainsburg
1871-73 Shirleysburg
1873-76
1876-78 Manor Hill
1878-80
1880-83 Grahamton
1883-86 Half Moon
1886-89
1889-90
1893-94 Osceola
1894-96 Morrisdale
1896-99 Schellsburg
1899-01 Orbisonia
1901-03 on leave
1903 retired
WHITTAKER, G.A.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1924-25 Allegheny circuit
Note: G.A. Whittaker served as a local
pastor. He is otherwise unknown.
WHITTAKER, V.P.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1926-27 Phelps Chapel & Charlton
Note: V.P. Whittaker served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.
WIBLE, LEWIS DERR
Born: 6-10-1889 McConnellsburg PA married: Mary B. Snyder
Died: 6-4-1944
1927 admitted on trial, recommended by Thompsontown
1929 ordained deacon
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1945, 222
1918-24 Blain (ending 9/4/24)
1924-34 Thompsontown (beginning 9/4/24)
1934-41 Wesley, Asbury,
1941-44
WICKES, WILLIAM
Born: 5-16-1789 Chestertown MD married:
Died: 4-7-1862 Bel Air MD obit:
1833 admitted on
trial,
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1864, 33
service
in the Protestant Episcopal
1814-17 Trinity
[Old Swedes] Episcopal Church,
service in the Methodist Episcopal Church
1833-35
1835-36
1836-38
1838-40
1840-41
1841-43
1843-44
1844-46
1846-47
1857-58
1848-50
1850-52
1852-54
1854-56 on leave
1856-57 Lewistown
1857 charter
member of the
1857-60 on leave
1860 retired
Note: William Wickes served churches in the Protestant
Episcopal Church for 15 years, then was a school teacher and a local preacher
before entering the Methodist Episcopal itinerancy. His services in the Episcopal church included
various parishes on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, in
WIGHTMAN, GALEN E.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1962-64
Note: W. James I. White served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.
WILCOX, THOMAS SEWELL
Born: 9-8-1848
Died: 5-29-1924
1873 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1925, 154
1873-75
1875-77
1877-78 Castle Fin
1881-83
1883-92 Harrisburg Book Room
1892-93 Philipsburg
1903-09 superintendent, Williamsport District
1909-11
1911-14
1914-16
1916-18 New
1918-24 educational secretary
1924 retired
Born: 3-22-1919
Died: 11/11/1995 Hershey PA obit: 2006, 438
1956 license, recommended by
1959 ordained deacon
1961 ordained elder
1970 admitted as associate member
Interment:
1956-61 Kulpmont (beginning 6/15/56)
1961-66 Espy-Lightstreet (ending 10/15/66)
1966-71
1971-84 disability leave
1984 retired
1991
interim pastor, Mifflinburg St. Paul’s
WILHELM, JOHN C.
Born: 2-13-1835 near Fannettsburg PA married: Catharine I. Elliot
Died: 11-10-1918
1861 ordained in the Presbyterian Church
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1919, 154
1853-57 student,
1857-58 teacher,
1858-61 student,
Princeton Seminary in
1861-64 Presbyterian minister
1864-65 chaplain,
45th
1865-83 Presbyterian minister in NJ and PA
1883-86 principal
in
1886 admitted
to
1886-88 Burnt Cabins
1888-90 Emporium circuit
1890-93
1893-98 Mill Hall
1898-99
1899-02
1902-05 Jonestown
1907 retired
Note: John C. Wilhelm also taught school during the years
1865-83, teaching at Riddlesburg in the 1870’s.
The names of his parents, not given in his obituary, are Mr. Jacob
Wilhelm Jr. (1807-1898) and Hannah Witherow Wilhelm (1809-1848). The above dates for
WILHIDE, CHARLES ROSS
Born: 1-28-1895 married:
Died: 9-6-1990 obit:
married2: Evelyn R. Brown
obit2: [8/13/1923 – 10/15/2007]
Interment:
Obit:
1918-19 student,
1918-19 Ortanna
transfer
to West Ohio Conference
Note: The surname for C. Ross Wilhide is also rendered WILLHIDE.
WILLARD, SAMUEL
Born: 6-30-1944
Died: 9-20-1972 obit:
1969 admitted on trial, recommended by
1969 ordained deacon
1972 ordained elder
Interment:
1962-66 student,
1966-67 student,
1967-72 student,
Wesley Seminary in
1969-70
Note: Samuel Willard is the son of Willis W. Ward Jr. and
the grandson of Willis W. Ward Sr.
WILLARD, WILLIS WARDNER JR.
Born: 8-15-1909 Gatchelville PA married: Agnes Esbenshade
Died: 3-3-1982 obit: 2005, 460
1927 license,
recommended by
1930 admitted on trial
1932 ordained deacon
1933 ordained elder
Interment:
1926-30 student,
1927-29
Paxton,
1929-30
Dauphin-Heckton,
1930-31 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ
1931-36
1936-38 Jeanesville-Audenreid
1938-43
1943-49
1949-57
1957-62
1962-70
1970 retired
1970-74
Note: Willis W. Willard Jr. is the son of Willis W. Willard
Sr. and the father of Samuel Willard. He
is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1426. Mrs. Willard is the daughter of Willis C.
Esbenshade (1873-1958) of the
WILLARD, WILLIS WARDNER SR.
Born: 12-25-1881
Died: 10-14-1967 Shiremanstown PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1977, 271
1908 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1968, 320
1905-06 Allegheny
1908-10 Gatchelville
1910-14 Riddlesburg
1914-16
1916-20 Warriors Mark
1920-23
1923-27 Woolrich
1927-32
1936-41 Mount
1946-47 Stewartstown
1947 retired
1947-54 McElhatten-Pine
WILLIAMMEE, JOHN T.
Born: 1873
Died: 3-1-1962 Wrightsville PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1958, 254
1911 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1962, 316
1910-11
1911-13
1913-14 Penfield
1914-19 Coalport-Irvona
1919-22
1922-27 Yeagertown –
1927-32 Wrightsville
1932-33
1933-36 Nescopeck
1936-42
1942-45
1945 retired
1945-46
WILLIAMS, ALVIN SAMUEL
Born: 10-10-1868
Oliphant PA married:
Died: 5-29-1936
1896 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1937, 254
1899-05 Picture Rocks
1905-09
1909-12 Muncy
1912-18
1918-22 Roaring Springs
1922-24
1930-33
1933-36 superintendent,
WILLIAMS, CLIFFORD COWHER
Born: 10-10-1910 Port Matilda PA married: Ruth Louise Beegle
Died: 3-15-1997 obit: [4/20/1916 – 2/24/1997]
1938 license,
recommended by
1943 admitted on trial
1943 ordained deacon
1945 ordained elder
Interment: Martha Furnace PA
1939-42 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ
1940 Beach Haven (Jan-Jun)
1940-42 Laurelton
1942-44
1944-45
1945-51 Martinsburg
1951-54
1954-58 Coalport Parish
1958-60 Patton
1960-66 Milroy
1966-79 Snow Shoe
1979 retired
1979-80 Port Matilda Parish
Note: Clifford C. Williams is the son of Walter H. Williams and the nephew of Gordon A. Williams.
WILLIAMS, EDWARD MORGAN
Born: 9-26-1938
Hunlock Creek married:
Died: 7-1-1989
1966 license, recommended by Shickshinny
1971 ordained deacon
1973 admitted on trial
1976 ordained elder
Interment: cremated [ashes interred at
1965-68 Hunlock Creek (ending 8/15/68)
1968-72 Espy (beginning 8/15/68)
1972-80 Fairmount
1980-87 Sunbury Otterbein
1987-89 Thompsontown
1989
WILLIAMS, ELMER LYNN.
Born: 1-29-1874 Martha PA married:
Died: 3-3-1947 obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1900-04 student,
1902-04
Millerstown
1904-05 student, Northwestern University School of Theology in
WILLIAMS, GORDON ARCH
Born: 8-26-1884 near Port Matilda PA married: Edith Williams
Died: 7-12-1962 Port Matilda PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1978, 270
1910 admitted on trial
1911 ordained deacon
1913 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1963, 335
1906-07 Blandburg
1907-11 student,
1907-09 Pine Grove Furnace
1909-11
1917-21 Osceola Mills
1918-19 chaplain,
1921-22
1931-38
1938-41 New
1941-43
1943-46 Emporium
1946-50
1950-53 director,
1953 retired
1954-56 Bald Eagle Parish
1956-57 fund campaign director, Carlisle Allison Memorial
1959-60 Pleasant Gap
Note: Gordon A. Williams is a brother to Walter H. Williams and an uncle to Clifford C. Williams.
WILLIAMS, HARRY LEONARD
Born: 6-5-1902 Gilberton PA married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1928-31 student, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary
1928-30 Phelps Chapel & Charlton
1930-31 Wallis Run
1931-33 Clearville
Note: Harry Leonard Williams served as a supply pastor. The archives have records of him progressing
through the first and second years of the Conference Course of Study, but he
apparently was never formally admitted on trial.
WILLIAMS, JOHN
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1859-60 Welsh missionary,
1860 located
1863 withdrew
WILLIAMS, JOHN A.J.
Born: 1833 married:
Died: 1909 obit:
1881 ordained elder, recommended by Martinsburg circuit
Interment:
1882-84 Lloydsville
1897-99 Wagner
1899-01 Munson
1901-03 Allegheny
1903-04 Utahville
1904-05 Center & Sandy Ridge
Note: John A.J. Williams served as a local pastor. After the Civil War, he moved from Wilmore PA to Roaring Spring, where he settled and worked as a renowned carpenter. In 1865-66 he led a great revival that produced many converts and led to the erection, under his construction direction, of the church building in Roaring Spring.
WILLIAMS, JAMES CARL
Born: 2-16-1927
Roaring Springs PA married:
Died: obit:
1951 license, recommended by Roaring Spring
1952 admitted on trial
1953 ordained deacon
1954 ordained elder
Interment:
1950-55 student,
Boston University School of Theology in
1952-53 associate, Waltham MA Immanuel
1953-55
1955-57
1957-62 McConnellsburg
1962-67 Thompsontown
1967-74 Lock Haven Trinity
1974-81 associate director, Conference Council on Ministries
1981-87 superintendent, Wellsboro District
1987-92
1992 retired
Note: J. Carl Williams is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in
The Methodist Church, page 1432.
WILLIAMS, JAMES LEE
Born: 12-18-1938
Died: obit:
1958 license,
recommended by
1961 admitted on trial
1961 ordained deacon
1964 ordained elder
Interment:
1958-60 student,
1958-60 Audenreid-Jeansville
1960-64 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ
1960-61 assistant, Irvington NJ Presbyterian Church
1961-64 Port Murray NJ Mt. Bethel
1964-67
1967-74 Yeagertown-Rhodes Memorial
1974-89
1989-99
1999 retired
Note: James L. Williams is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, 1966, 1432.
WILLIAMS, JAMES ROBERT
Born: 8-4-1926 Clearville PA married: June Naomi Weikel
Died: 4-15-1986 Berwick PA obit:
1962 license, recommended by Lewistown First
1966 ordained deacon
1968 ordained elder
1971 admitted as associate member
Interment:
1962-66 Three Springs
1966-70
1970-72
1972-79
1979-01
1981-95 Shickshinny
1885-86
Note James R. Williams is the son of
WILLIAMS, JOHN MERRILL
Born: 11-5-1881 Roaring Spring PA married: Carrie Mabel Withington
Died: 2-5-1954 Roaring Spring PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1960, 252
1911 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1954, 229
1911-13 Vira
1913-14 Mapleton-Mill Creek
1914-19
1919-23
1923-30 Lock Haven Trinity
1930-36
1936-42 superintendent,
1942-49
1949 retired
Note: J. Merrill Williams is listed in the 1945 Prominent
Personalities in
WILLIAMS, OREN RAY
Born: 4-7-1899 Scotia PA married: Helen C. Hoy
Died: 9-8-1976 Lewisburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1998, 449
1921 license,
recommended by Pleasant
1927 admitted on trial, recommended by Everett Barndollar
1929 ordained deacon
1931 ordained elder
Interment:
1925-27 Clearville
1927-29 Burnt Cabins
1929-31 Ray’s Hill
1931-32 Elimsport
1932-33 Lock Haven circuit
1933-36
1936-38
1938-41 Bloomingdale
1941-43
1943-46 Duboistown-Nisbet
1946-51 Robertsdale
1951-56 Barnesboro
1956-59 McVeytown
1959-63
1963-66
1966 retired
1966-69
Note:
WILLIAMS, ROBERT
Born: 3-9-1884
Skipton, Yorkshire
Died: 6-18-1944 Van Wert OH obit.:
1912 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1912-13
1913-18 dean,
1918-19 dean,
1919 transfer
to
1919-21 dean,
1921-22 faculty,
1922 transfer
to
1922-29 faculty,
1929-31 president,
1931 transfer to Ohio Conference
1931-43 president,
1943 retired
Note: Some sources give a birth date of 3/4/1884.
WILLIAMS, ROBERT
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1950-53 Fairbrook
Note: Robert Williams served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.
WILLIAMS, WALTER HARPSTER
Born: 4-29-1883 Port Matilda PA married: Katherine C. Cowher
Died: 8-26-1943
1912 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1944, 230
1912-14 Blandburg
1914-19 Penn’s Valley
1919-21
1921-26 Houtzdale
1926-28 Barnesboro
1933-38
1938-43 Philipsburg
1943 retired
Note: Walter H. Williams is the father of Clifford C. Williams and Violet Williams Alexander, wife of Rev. G.P. Alexander of the Dutch Reformed Church. He is a brother to Gordon A. Williams.
WILSON, CORWIN VICTOR
Born: 3-3-1841 married:
Died: 5-7-1913 NY obit:
1867 admitted on trial, East
Interment:
Obit:
1868 charter
member of
1868-69
1869-70 Markelsburg
1870-71 Saxton
1871-73 McVeytown
1874 transfer
to
WILSON, GERALD LLOYD
Born: 4-4-1920 Drums PA married:
Died: 9-24-2001
1943 admitted on trial,
1943 ordained
deacon,
1944 ordained elder, New England Southern Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1936-40 student,
1940-43 student,
Boston University School of Theology in
1944 transfer
to
1944-47 Three Springs
1947-49
1949-51
1951 transfer
to
WILSON, HENRY
Born: 9-8-1826 Lamar PA married: Sarah Mersy Haslet
Died: 9-25-1881
married2: Catherine Hurl Funston
1852 admitted on trial,
Interment: (error in obituary)
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1882, 77
1852-53
1853-54 Allegheny
1854-55 Woodbury
1855-56 Shirleysburg
1856-57
1857 charter
member of
1857-59 Shellsburg
1859-61 Philipsburg
1861-63 Newberry
1863-65
1865-66 Milesburg
1866-67 Penn’s Valley
1867-69 Watsontown
1868 charter
member of
1869-72
1872-75 Bloomingdale
1875-78 Salladasburg
1878-80
1880-81
Note: Henry Wilson is a brother to James T. Wilson. A biographical sketch is given in Armstrong’s
The Old Baltimore Conference, page 485.
Born: 10-22-1834 near Salona PA married: Sophia L. Bollinger
Died: 2-27-1890 Duncannon PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1892, 194
1857 admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1890, 82
1857-58 Manor Hill
1858-59
1859-60 Lewistown circuit
1860-61
1861-62 Mifflin circuit
1862-64
1864-65
1865-66 chaplain,
1866-67
1867-68 Mifflinburg
1868 charter
member of
1868-69 Mifflinburg
1869-72 Weatherly
1872-75 Salladasburg
1875-78
1878-80 White Haven
1883-86
1886-88
1888-90
Note: James T. Wilson is a brother to Henry Wilson. A biographical sketch is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference.
WILSON, LEWIS ELBERT
Born: 8-4-1890
Died: 3-10-1979 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1972, 405
1909 license,
recommended by
1915 admitted on trial
1915 ordained deacon
1920 ordained elder
Interment:
1913-16 Jeddo, Lattimer & Milnesville (beginning 11/13)
1916-17 Lewisberry-Lisburn
1917-20 Mercersburg
1920-23
1923-25
1925-29 Osceola Mills
1929-32
1932-35 Grace, York
1938-43 Lewisburg
1943-49
1949-56
1956 retired
1956-57
1959-69 associate, Orlando FL College Park
Note: L. Elbert Wilson is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1445.
WILSON, REUBEN ELLIOT
Born: 2-26-1828
Masseyburg PA married:
Died: 10-19-1901 Newville PA obit: [died c1913]
1854 admitted on trial,
Interment: Huntingdon PA
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1902, 129
1854-55 Mifflin
1855-56
1856-57
1857 charter
member of
1857-58
1858-60 Shippensburg
1860-62 White Haven
1862-64
1864-67 Bloomsburg
1867-68 Huntingdon
1868 charter
member of
1868-70 Huntingdon
1870-72 Philipsburg
1875-77 Tyrone
1877-78 Newberry
1878-80 Mifflintown
1880-82
1882-85 Catawissa
1885-88 Sunbury
1888-89
1889-93
1896-98 Freeland
1898-01 Gordon
1901 Newville-Pine Grove
Note: Reuben E.
Born: 5-29-1929 married:
Died: 3-17-1995 obit:
1957 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: [
1957-59 at school
1958-59 Pleasant Plains NJ
1959 transfer
to
1959-60 Pleasant Plains
1960-65
1965-71 Point Pleasant Harvey Memorial
1971-75 Fair Haven
1975-85
1985-89 Pennsville
1989-94 Oakhurst
1994 retired
WILSON, RICHARD LOWELL
Born: 1-4-1933
Died: obit:
1952 quarterly conference license, Beaver Memorial
1955 admitted on trial
1955 ordained deacon
Interment:
1952-54 student,
1954-57 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ
1957-58 at school
1958 transfer
to
1965 transfer to Northern New Jersey Conference
1967 withdrew
Born: 9-9-1826
Boonsboro MD married:
Died: 9-27-1903 obit:
1848 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1847-48 Lock Haven
1848-49 Northumberland
1849-50
1850-51 Calvert
1851-52 Summerfield
1852-53 Hollidaysburg station
1853-54
1854-55
1857 charter
member of the
1857-59
1859-60
1862-64
1867 transfer
to
1867-69
1869-72
1872-73
1873-01 on leave
1901 retired
Note: After leaving the active itinerancy, Samuel A.
WILSON, SAMUEL DYSON
Born: 6-9-1857
Died: 9-1-1912 Mapleton PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1925, 165
1884 admitted on trial, recommended by Pine Creek
1885 ordained elder, recommended by Pine Creek
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1913, 134
1883-84 Pine Creek
1884-86
1886-91
1894-96
1896-00
1900-01 Catawissa
1906-11 Philipsburg
1912 McVeytown
Note:
Born: 1853 married:
Died: 1905
1873 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1/19/1905
1872-73 Grahamton
1873-74
1874-75 Sinnemahoning
1875-76 Loyalsock
1876-77
1877-80
1880-82 Osceola-Houtzdale
1882-83 Osceola
1883 located at own request
Note: The obituary for W. Scott Wilson from the Pennsylvania Methodist is on file in the conference archives.
WILSON, WILLIAM T.
Born: 3-14-1797 married: Sarah L. Owens
Died: 9-1-1869 Calvert MD obit:
1831 ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference
1839 ordained elder, Baltimore Conference
1852 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference
Obit:
1851-52
1852-53
1853-54
1854-55 missionary to colored people,
1855-56
1856-57 missionary to colored people,
1857 charter
member of the
1857-58 Wrightsville
1858-60
1860-61 on leave
1861 retired
1868 transfer
by boundary change to
Note: William T. Wilson served as a local
WINKELBLECH, JOHN FRANCIS
Born: 6-8-1890 Lewisburg PA married: Helen Margaret Smith
Died: 7-14-1973
1918 ordained,
Interment:
1918-29 United
Hartleton
and
1929 admitted
to
1929-31 Port Matilda (ending 1/15/31)
1931-35 Howard (beginning 1/15/31)
1935-37
1937-38 Avis
1938-40 Hughesville
1940-42 Robertsdale
1942-43 Ralston
1943-45 Mercersburg
1945-47 Berwick
1947-50
1950-52 Freeland Parish
1952-54 Kulpmont
1954-56 Manor Hill (ending 10/1/56)
1956 retired
1965 Anthony FL (6 months)
WINSTEAD, DONALD LEROY
Born: 9-29-1927 Huntingdon PA married: Joanne Yvonne Henry
Died: obit:
1951 license, recommended by Lewistown First
1954 admitted on trial
1954 ordained deacon
1957 ordained elder
Interment:
1953-56 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ
1953-54 assistant, Roselle Park NJ Community Church
1956-57 associate, York First
1957-59 New
1961-62 Dillsburg
1962-66
1966-71
1971-73
1979-81
1979-81 Freysville Zion
1981-84
1990 retired
Note: Donald L. Winstead is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1451.
WINTER, DALE EDWARD
Born: 4-7-1943 Glen Gardner NJ married: Janet E. Morgan
Died: 5-11-1992 obit:
1967 admitted on
trial, Northern New York Conference: recommended by
1967 ordained deacon, Northern New York Conference
1970 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: North
1965-68 student,
Crozier Theological Seminary in
1968-69 ?
1969 transfer
to
1969-73
1973-80 chaplain,
1980 transfer
to
1980-84 chaplain,
1984-90
WISE, JACOB GEORGE
Born: 1-15-1866
Died: 1926 Rouzerville PA obit:
1922 license
Interment: Thompsontown PA
1922-24 Thompsontown (ending 9/2/24)
1924-26 Rouzerville (beginning 9/4/24 – died during 2nd year)
Note: Jacob G. Wise served as a local pastor.
WITCHEY, HARRY WESLEY
Born: 2-19-1898 Osceola Mills PA married: Mildred Florence Fickes
Died: 4-15-1960 Osceola Mills PA obit 1975, 168
1922 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1960, 249
1919-23 student,
1922-23 Boiling Springs
1923-26 student, Garrett Biblical Institute in
1925
Harmon,
1926-28
1928-29 Frankstown-Canoe Creek
1929-31
1931-33
1933-36 Grampian-Mahaffey
1936-41
1941-45
1945-47
1947-48
1948-53
1953-56
1956-59
1959 retired
WITMAN, EDWIN HENRY
Born: 3-17-1855 Bloomsburg PA married: Lillian Edgett
Died: 10-22-1918 Marion PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1932, 185
1882 admitted on trial, recommended by Wilkes Barre First
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1919, 145
1882-83
1883-84
1884-86 Duboistown
1886-89 Osceola Mills
1889-90 Ramey
1890-93
1893-98 Roaring Spring
1898-00 Patton
1900-02
1902-04 Patton
1904-06
1906-09
1909-11
1911-13 Curwensville
1918 retired
Note: Edwin H. Witman (1855) is the uncle of Edwin H. Witman (1895). His daughter Eleanor Ewing Witman is the wife of James McKendree Reiley and the mother of William Witman Reiley.
WITMAN, EDWIN HENRY
Born: 3-19-1895 Berwick PA married: Mary Francis Grose
Died: 11-15-1971 obit:
1919 admitted on trial
Interment:
1919-20
1920-24 student, Boston University School of Theology
in
1922-24
1924-25
1925-30 State College Wesley Foundation
1930-32
1932-35
1935-37 Curwensville
1838-43
1946-50 New
1950 transfer
to
Note: Edwin H. Witman (1895) is the brother of Harold E.
Witman and a nephew of Edwin Henry Witman (1855). He is the grandfather of Cynthia Witman (b.
1953, of the Minnesota Conference) and Jan Witman (b. 1958, of the Yellowstone
Conference). Mrs. Witman is the daughter
of George Richmond Grose (1869-1953, president of DePauw and bishop) of the
North Indiana Conference and a sister to Wilbur D. Grose (1901-1991) of the
Minnesota Conference. Edwin H. Witman is
part of extended Ewing-Bowman-Reiley-Witman family that produced dozens of
Methodist pastors over several generations.
A detailed listing of this family may be found in the
WITMAN, HAROLD
Born: 2-6-1891 Berwick PA married: (never married)
Died: 8-3-1917
1916 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1918, 143
1913-16 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ
1915-16
1916-17 Home & Foreign Mission Board,
Note: Harold E. Witman is the brother of Edwin H. Witman
(1895). An obituary also appears in the
8/13/1917 Christian Advocate, page 881.
He is part of extended Ewing-Bowman-Reiley-Witman family that produced
dozens of Methodist pastors over several generations. A detailed listing of this family may be
found in the
WOLF, DAVID
Born: 8-19-1821
Died: 4-9-1875
1843 license,
recommended by
1845 admitted on trial,
1847 ordained deacon
1850 ordained elder
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1876, 57
1845-46
1846-47
1847-48 Floyd circuit
1848-49
1849 retired
1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference
1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference
Note: A biographical sketch for David Wolf is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 489.
WOLFGANG, RALPH THOMAS
Born: 9-9-1895 Tyrone
PA married:
Died:12-6-1988
Interment:
Obit:
Note: Ralph T.
Wolfgang has a file with the Board of Ordained Ministry for the first and
second years of the Conference Course of Study.
The file is dated 6/16/1932 and he is listed as being from Tyrone. There is no mention of him in the conference
journals, and he went on be a pastor in the Episcopal Church – serving in
WOMER, GEORGE SYLVESTER
Born: 11-9-1858 Osceola Mills PA married: Angeline Freeman Blake
Died: 8-4-1938 Roaring Spring PA Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1924, 150
married2:
1896 admitted on trial obit2:
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1939, 219
1896-98 Catawissa circuit
1898-00 Nescopeck
1900-02 Dillsburg-Wellsville
1902-04
1904-09 Hollidaysburg
1911-14
1914-19 Huntingdon First
1925-27
1927-31 Roaring Spring
1931-38 Philipsburg
1938 retired
WONNER, EMANUEL WALTERSDORF
Born: 5-11-1849
Died: 6-8-1899 York Springs PA obit: [died 1926]
1875 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1900, 113
1874-76
1876-77 Cove (
1877-79 Fort Louden
1880-82 Pleasant Gap
1882-85
1885-87
1887-90
1890-94 Wallaceton
1894-97 Glen Hope
1897-99
WOOD,
Born: 5-17-1927 Oil City PA married: Jacqueline Marie Crum
Died: 12-17-1988 obit: [d. 1966]
married2: Dorine Myers
1968 license, obit2:
recommended
by
1975 ordained deacon
1975 admitted as associate member
1977 admitted on trial [toward full membership]
1980 ordained elder
Interment:
1968-76
1976-79
1979-83 Milroy
1983-85
1985-88 Duncannon
WOOD, ISAAC L.
Born: 10-21-1861 married:
Died: 3-7-1940 obit:
?
Interment:
Obit:
1905 transfer
to
1905-10
1910 transfer to New Jersey Conference
WOOD, J.D.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
Interment:
Obit:
1889-90 Mill Hall
Note: J.D. Wood served as a local
pastor.
WOOD, JOHN ALLEN JR.
Born: 1-1-1854 married: Ida Lewis Peiry
Died: 2-5-1935 CA obit:
1878 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: Latin America
1878-79 Martinsburg
1879-80 Pleasant Gap
1880-83 Lewisberry
1883-84 Helfenstein-Gordon
1884-86 Gordon
1890-92 Lock Haven
1892-96
1896-00 Curwensville
1900-03 Tyrone First
1903-06
1907 transfer
to
1919 retired
WOOD, JOSEPH
Born: 1-28-1914 married:
Died: 6-28-1987 obit:
1955 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1955-57 Littlestown
1957 transfer
to
1957-59
1959 transfer
to
1959-61 Leslie
Cassopolis