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Wyoming Conference Pastors.  The Wyoming Conference existed from 1852 to 2010 covering northeast Pennsylvania and southcentral New York.  Click on the first letter of the surname to enter the file of all the pastors for that letter.  The instructions file gives details about this project and helpful notes for interpreting the information. 

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INTRODUCTION TO THE FILE OF

WYOMING CONFERENCE PASTORS

 

The Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, serving congregations in northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New York, was created in 1852 from the southern part of the Oneida Conference.  In 1970 the Conference acquired the former Evangelical United Brethren congregations within its boundaries. 

 

This file attempts to identify every pastor who was licensed by, ordained by, or served a church within the Wyoming Conference from its creation in the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1852, through its years in the Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church until its dissolution in 2010.  At that time its Pennsylvania congregations were placed in the Central Pennsylvania Conference (which was re-named the Susquehanna Conference) and its New York congregations were placed in the newly-formed Upper New York Conference.  Records of pastors who joined the Upper New York Conference generally end in 2010, and further information on those pastors can be obtained from the Upper New York Conference.  Records of pastors who joined the Susquehanna Conference in 2010 will be updated as time permits, and further information on those pastors can be obtained from the Susquehanna Conference. 

 

Oversimplified account of the territory embraced by the formed Wyoming Conference

-          Prior to 1810 the territory was mostly moved back and forth between the Baltimore and Philadelphia Conferences, although some of the northern part was in the New York Conference.

-          1810 Genesee Conference formed.

-          1829 Genesee Conference split; Oneida Conference formed.

-          1852 Oneida Conference split; Wyoming Conference formed.  At this point the Wyoming Conference is predominantly in Pennsylvania, but including southern New York along the Susquehanna River.

-          1869 Oneida Conference abolished; its territory split between the Wyoming Conference and the newly formed Central New York Conference.  At this point the Wyoming Conference adds New York territory to become almost evenly divided between Pennsylvania and New York and attain essentially the boundaries it kept until being dissolved in 2010.

 

            The following notes will help clarify some of the notation and format.

(1) This file generally does not include pastors who served in the Wyoming Conference area before the formation of the Wyoming Conference in 1852 and were never members of the Wyoming Conference

(2) In general, older terms have been entered using their modern equivalent.  And so…

      (a) “supernumerary” [unassigned, usually for health reasons, but not old enough for

             retired status] is rendered “on leave.”

      (b) “superannuated” is rendered “retired.”

      (c) “presiding elder” is rendered “district superintendent”.

(3) All persons documented to have served a church are listed in the same format.  This is whether that person served as a lay pastor, a local pastor, a supply pastor, a student pastor, or an itinerant pastor – and whether that person was full-time or part-time.

 

NOTE: THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS, ESPECIALLY FOR SUPPLY/LOCAL PASTORS WHO SERVED ONLY A FEW YEARS.   ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE PLACED ON-LINE AS IT IS AVAILABLE, AND REQUESTS TO ADD OR UPDATE INFORMATION ON PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS WILL GALDLY BE ACCEPTED.

 

  

ABBOTT, FRANK KNIGHT

 

Born: 9-2-1887  Brooklyn NY                                   married: Annabelle B. Matthews [8/24/1914]

Died: 12-31-1983                                                        obit: [d. 8/3/1925]

                                                                                    married2: Edith C. Buell

1913    ordained, Congregational Church                   obit2: Wyoming Conference 1965, 251

1925    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference       

1927    ordained elder

 

Interment: Baptist Cemetery, North Ashford CT

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1984, 205

 

1909-14           student, Moody Bible Institute in Chicago IL

                            1913-14       Watson Park IL

1914-17           Hanover IL

1917-21           Bolton CT Congregational Church

1921-25           Eastford CT Congregational Church

1925                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1925-27           Glen Lyon (beginning 9/15/1925)

1927-33           Springville

1933-36           Moosic

1936-40           Meshoppen

1940-53           Lehman

1953-60           McClure

1960                retired

 

ABBOTT, WILLIAM PENN

 

Born: 12-31-1838  Plains PA                                     married: Elizabeth Wyatt

Died: 12-22-1878  Manhattan NY                             obit: [d. 11/22/1874]

                                                                                    Married2: Mary Delia Archer

1860    license                                                             obit2: [1856-1939]

1863    admitted on trial

1865    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes Barre PA

Obit: New York Conference 1879, 40

 

1861-62           South Canaan

1862-64           Broome NY

1864-65           Spencer NY

1865-66           Spencer NY and Candor NY

1866                transfer to Troy Conference

 

Note: The first Mrs. Abbott is the daughter of William Wyatt.  Following the death of William P. Abbott, the second Mrs. Abbot married a Mr. Harold R. Miller.  The Abbott church in Parsons was named for W.P. Abbott in recognition of the fact that he was born near there, the borough of Parsons (now part of Wilkes-Barre) having been created from Plains township in 1876.

 

ABELL, ROBERT A.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2005    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

2008    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2003-04           Barton NY

2004-05           Barton NY and Halsey Valley NY

2005-06           not appointed

2006-08           student

2008-10           Candor NY

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

ABRAHAMS, THOMAS S.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1864    admitted on trial, East Genesee Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1864-66           Lawrenceville

1866                discontinued

                        “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1874                transfer to North Carolina Conference

 

Note: The 1887 Catalogue of Living Union College (NY) Alumni lists hima as an 1859 graduate living as a clergyman in Trenton NJ.  The 1905 Dickinson College Alumni Directory lists Thomas S. Abrahams as a non-graduate member of the class of 1857 living in Philadelphia PA.  This surname also appears as ABRAHAM.

 

ACE, GEORGE FRANK

 

Born: 6-14-1860  Auburn PA                                     married:

Died: 8-30-1913                                                          obit:

 

1886    admitted on trial

1888    ordained deacon

1890    ordained elder

 

Interment: Jersey Hill Cemetery, Auburn Center PA

Obit:

 

1886-87           Maple Grove

1887-90           Northmoreland

1890-91           Worcester

1891-93           Smyrna

1893-95           Morris

1895-97           Brooklyn

1897-99           Nicholson

1899-01           Lackawanna [Old Forge]

1901                withdrew under charges

 

Note: The preferred designation is G. Frank Ace.

 

ACKLEY, CHARLES WILLIAM

 

Born: 3-31-1915  Lockwood NY                               married: Frances Evelyn Tripp

Died: 3-7-2004  Springville NY                                 obit: Upper New York Conference 2015, 592

 

1935    license, Wyoming Conference

1937    admitted on trial, Dakotas Conference

1941    ordained elder, New England Conference (courtesy)

 

Interment: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Sidney NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2004, 203; Central New York Conference 2004, 331

 

1935                Lockwood – Barton (beginning 4/29/1935)

1935-36           Davenport Center (moved to Davenport in mid-year)

1936-37           Mt. Upton (ending 12/31/1936)

1937-38           Garden City, South Dakota Conference (beginning 1/1/1937)

1938-40           Gayville – Volin, South Dakota Conference

1940-43           student

1943                transfer to Central New York Conference

1943-45           Millerton – Jackson Center

1945-48           Montour Falls

1948-51           Mecklenberg-Enfield-Kennedys-Cayutaville

1951-58           South Otselic – Pharsalia

1958-60           Warners – Belle Isle

1960-66           director of migrant ministries, New York State Council of Churches

1966-67           Nedrow

1967-71           Bridgeport

1971-73           Wayuga

1973-76           Westbury Red Creek

1976-77           Elmira Westside, Wyoming Conference

1977                retired

                            1983-85       Fleming

 

ACQUARONE, DAVID

 

Born: 3-31-1862  Savonna, Italy                                married: Irma Peruzzi

Died: 7-14-1933  Providence RI                                obit: New England Southern Conference 1958, 173

 

1886    license, Italian Free Church

1897    ordained, Presbyterian Church

 

Interment: Highland Memorial Park, Johnston RI

Obit: New England Southern Conference 1934, 136

 

1886-93           Italian Free Church

1893                immigrate to the United States

1897-05           Presbyterian Church

1905                “transfer” to Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1905-11           Rochester Italian Mission

1911                transfer to Northern New York Conference

1911-16           Utica Italian Mission

1916                transfer to Erie Conference

1916-18           New Castle Italian Mission

1918                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1918-20           Wilkes-Barre St. Paul’s Italian

1920                transfer to New England Southern Conference

 

ADAMS, CHARLES M.

 

Born: 6-9-1885  Syracuse NY                                                married: Mabel Southard Porter

Died: 1-30-1978  Binghamton NY                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1980, 307

 

1909    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1911    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Glenwood Cemetery, Afton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1978, 230

 

1908-09           East Worcester NY

1909-11           Westford NY

1911-13           Davenport NY

1913-17           Hartwick NY– Hyde Park NY

1917-18           New Berlin NY

1918-22           West Exeter NY

1922-23           Nichols NY

1923-26           Chenango Bridge NY

1926-28           Castle Creek NY

1928-33           Candor NY

1933-36           Schenevus NY

1936-39           Windsor NY

1939-44           Otego NY

1944-46           Oxford NY

1946-51           Sherburne NY

1951-53           Moosic

1953                retired

                            1953-56       Sidney Center NY

 

Note: Charles M. Adams is the son of Walter S. Adams, and the father of F. Porter Adams, and the grandfather of Nancy J. Adams.

 

ADAMS, FREDERICK PORTER

 

Born: 10-30-1921  West Exeter NY                           married: Doris Anita Gross

Died: 4-5-1985  Binghamton NY                               obit:

 

1942    quarterly conference license, Otego

1947    admitted on trial, New Hampshire Conference

1947    ordained deacon, New Hampshire Conference

1951    ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Sylvan Lawn Cemetery, Greene NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1985, 288

 

1947-48           Methuen – Oaklands

1948-49           Lawrence – St. Mark

1949-50           student

1950                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1950-52           assistant, Endicott Central

1952-57           Nimmonsburg

1957-61           Sayre

1961-69           Forty Fort

1969-72           superintendent, Binghamton District

1972-78           Binghamton Fairview

1978-85           Endicott First

 

Note: F. Porter Adams is the father of Nancy J. Adams, the son of Charles M. Adams, and the grandson of Walter S. Adams.

 

ADAMS, JUDITH M. [see WANCK, JUDITH W.]

 

ADAMS, MOSES

 

Born: 1-11-1806  Jefferson County NY                     married: Caroline Ballard

Died: 9-5-1871  Delphos KS                                      obit: Wyoming Conference 1893, 90

 

1830    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Racine WI

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1872, 36

 

1830-31           Wyalusing

1831-32           Dryden

1832-33           Newark

1833-34           Newfield

1834-35           Franklin

1835-36           Dryden

1836-37           Oneida Mission

1837-39           Sauquoit

1839-41           Hampton and Lairdsville

1841-43           Verona

1843-44           Morrisville

1844-46           Cortlandville

1846-47           North Danby

1847-48           on leave

1848                retired

     1869  transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Moses Adams appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 147.

 

ADAMS, NANCY J.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1989    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1992    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1989-90           student

1990-95           Hartwick NY

1995-97           associate, Endwell

1997-03           Apalachin NY Park Terrace

2003-07           Ransom

2007-10           Newark Valley NY

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

2010-14           Caring Covenant Cooperative Parish, Newark Valley

2014-20           superintendent, Mountain View District

 

Note: Nancy J. Adams is the daughter of F. Porter Adams, granddaughter of Charles M. Adams, and great-granddaughter of Walter S. Adams.

 

ADAMS, WALTER SCOTT

 

Born: 8-20-1863  Redfield NY                                  married: Georgiana Gee

Died: 12-13-1908  East Worcester NY                      obit: Wyoming Conference 1955, 2068

 

?          exhorter’s license, Otego

?          local preacher’s license, Otego

1898    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1900    ordained deacon

1902    ordained elder

 

Interment: Fabius NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1909, 119

 

1898-00           Decatur NY

1900-03           Laurens NY

1903-05           East Worcester NY and Decatur NY

1905-06           East Worcester NY

1906-07           Cooperstown Junction NY

1907-08           Cooperstown Junction NY and Portlandville NY

1908                East Worcester NY

 

Note: Walter S. Adams is the father of Charles M. Adams, who supplied the pulpit as a local preacher during his father’s final illness and was officially appointed there following his death, and the grandfather of F. Porter Adams, and the great-grandfather of Nancy J. Adams.  A biographical sketch of Walter S. Adams appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 270.

 

AIKEN, ANDREW P.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1856    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1858    ordained deacon

1859    ordained elder, New York East Conference: page 8

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1855-57           Springville

1857-58           Port Jenkins NY (1st part); Northmoreland (2nd part)

1858-59           Union NY

1859                located

1859                “transfer” to New York East Conference

1860                re-admitted to Wyoming Conference as a deacon, page 10

1861                located

1863                “transfer” to Providence Conference

1863-65           East Greenwich

1865-67           Provincetown Center

1867                withdrew

 

Note: Andrew P. Aiken graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown CT in 1862.  He may have died September 1875 in Centre County PA [see Centre Recorder for 9/9/1875].

 

AINSLIE-RICHARDS, PEGG

 

Born: 08-25-1951                                                        married: Roger G. Richards

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1975    admitted on trial, West Michigan Conference

1978    ordained deacon, Nebraska Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference

 

1975-77           student

1977                transfer to Nebraska Conference

1977-80           Lexington

1980-83           Loup Cooperative Parish

1983                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1983-88           Noxen

1988-89           Windsor

1989                transfer to Detroit Conference [as Pegg Ainslie]

 

Note: Pegg Ainslie-Richards was married to Roger G. Richards.

 

AKERS, DOUGLAS NEAL

 

Born: 9-20-1937  Scranton PA                                   married: Marilyn Avery

Died: 5-17-2016                                                          obit: [5/18/1941 - ]

 

1961    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1961    ordained deacon

1963    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Upper New York Conference 2017.2, 201

 

1960-64           Wanamie (beginning 5/22/60)

1964-70           Hawley

1970-82           Dallas

1982-88           superintendent, Oneonta District

1988-92           Johnson City Sarah Jane Johnson Memorial

1994-97           Endicott First

1997                retired

                            2010  charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Douglas N. Akers is the son of George R. Akers.

 

AKERS, GEORGE RICHARD SR.

 

Born: 6-14-1911  Scranton PA                                   married: Margaret Elizabeth James

Died: 8-21-1987                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 2003, 201

 

1938    admitted on trial

1940    ordained deacon

1942    ordained elder

 

Interment: [body donated to Upstate Medical Center]

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1987, 310

 

1937-38           Thornhurst (beginning 11/1/1937)

1938-42           Hop Bottom

1942-47           Hamlin

1947-52           Peckville

1952-58           Endicott St. Paul’s

1958-65           Honesdale

1965-68           associate, Scranton Elm Park

1968-74           superintendent, Oneonta District

1974-77           conference administrator

1977                retired

                             1977-82  minister of visitation, Vestal

 

Note: George R. Akers is the father of Douglas N. Akers

 

ALBRECHT, FREDERICK C.

 

Born: 12-23-1939                                                        married: Mary Cheryl _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1974    license, Wyoming Conference

1980    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1983    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1974-78           Rome

1978-81           student

                            1979-81       Edison OH Canaan (beginning 9/1979)

1981-85           Ransom

1985-94           Afton

1994-03           Otego

2003-05           Upper Butternut – Wharton Valley

2005                retired

                            2007-08        Otego

                            2010             charter member of Upper New York Conference

                            2011-12       Hartwick – Mt. Vision (beginning 7/17/2011)

                            2013-14       Hartwick – Mt. Vision (beginning 9/1/2013)

                                                Edmeston – W. Exeter (beginning 11/1/2013)

                             2018-20      Otego

                                                     2019-20      Unadilla


 

ALEXANDER, ALMUS D.

 

Born: 12-15-1839  Hale’s Eddy NY                          married: Mattie Knight
Died: 5-18-1899  Binghamton NY                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1884, 62

 

?          quarterly conference license, Kingston

1867    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1870    ordained deacon

1872    ordained elder



Interment: Hale’s Eddy NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1900, 108

 

1864-65           Lackawaxen

1865-67           Candor and Spencer

1867-68           Newton

1868-70           Hendricksburg

1870-71           North Danby

1871-73           Montrose

1873-76           Binghamton Main Street

1876-79           Owego

1879-82           Binghamton High Street

1882-85           Binghamton Chenango Street

1885-88           Whitney’s Point

1888-89           Greene

1889-91           Smyrna

1891                retired

 

Note: Almus D. Alexander is a brother to Charles S. Alexander.   Their father served as a local pastor. A brief biography of Almus D. Alexander appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 147.

 

ALEXANDER, CHARLES S.

 

Born: 6-15-1843  Hale’s Eddy NY                            married: Mary E. Allen

Died: 5-24-1918  Binghamton NY                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1921, 115

 

1861    exhorter’s license

1866    local preacher’s license

1870    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1872    ordained deacon

1874    ordained elder

 

Interment: Hale’s Eddy NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1919, 138

 

                        Mill Hollow [Luzerne]

                               Mountain Top
1870-72  Spencer
1872-73  Newark 
1873-75  Tioga Center
1875-77  Great Bend
1877-80  Slaterville
1880-81  Triangle
1881-82  on leave
1882-83  Oakland

1883                retired

 

Note: Charles Alexander is a brother to Almus D. Alexander.  Their father served as a local pastor.  Mrs. Alexander is the daughter of Rev. Aaron P. Allen of the Presbyterian Church.  A biographical sketch of Charles S. Alexander appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 270.

 

ALEXANDER, LEWIS

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1868-69           Lackawaxen

 

Note: Lewis Alexander served as a supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

ALGER, FREDERICK EVERETT

 

Born: 8-11-1899  Greene NY                                     married: Yvonne C. Carver (1923)

Died: 5-25-1974  Baltimore County MD                   obit: [1902 – 7/24/1974]

                                                                                    married2: Almira Stanton

1920    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2: [9/23/1899 – 7/14/1967]

1952    license, Baltimore Conference                       married3: Mrs. Blanche Dean Bassler (1970)

1960    ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference        obit3: Baltimore Conference 1983, 378

1966    ordained elder, Baltimore Conference

 

Interment: Meadowridge Memorial Park, Elkridge MD

Obit: Baltimore Conference 1974, 388

 

1920-25           student, Syracuse NY

1925                discontinued

                        “transfer” to Baltimore Conference

1960-61           Baltimore Swindell Memorial

1961-64           Baltimore Chesaco Avenue

1964-66           on leave

1966-71           assistant, Homestead

1971-72           Monkton

1972                retired

 

Note: Frederick E. Alger is the son of Willard H. Alger.  He was an active layman and served as a supply pastor, retiring from his job with Lever Brothers in 1964.   The first Mrs. Alger later married a Mr. Quinlan.  The third Mrs. Alger, nee Dean, was the widow of a Mr. Bassler.

 

ALGER, WILLARD H.

 

Born: 4-3-1861  Fly Creek NY                                  married: Genevieve Colburn

Died: 1-1-1949                                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1903, 112

                                                                                    married2: Carrie N. Harrington

1886    local preacher’s license, Otsego                     obit2: Wyoming Conference 1952, 1166

1890    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1892    ordained deacon

1894    ordained elder

 

Interment: Milford Cemetery, Milford NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1949, 214

 
1888-89  Portlandville
1889-90  Westville
1890-91  West Nicholson
1891-94  Laurens and Oneonta Plains
1894-98  Sherburne
1898-02  Greene

1902-07           Milford

1907-12           Otego

1912-13           New Berlin NY

1913-16           Waverly PA

1916-24           Factoryville

1924-32           Otego

1932                retired

                            Plymouth (2 years)

 

Note: Willard H. Alger is the father of Frederick E. Alger.  A biographical sketch of Willard H. Alger appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 271.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 






 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

ALLEN, JOHN REUBEN

 

Born: 12-20-1838  Newark Valley NY                      married: Roxanna Richards

Died: 12-19-1916  Flemingville NY                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1885, 60

                                                                                    married2: Bertha D. Dunn

1870    exhorter’s license                                            obit2: Wyoming Conference 1921, 112

1871    local preacher’s license

1874    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1875    ordained deacon

1878    ordained elder

 

Interment: Flemingville Cemetery, Flemingville NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1917, 120

 

1872-73           Litchfield

1873-75           Campville

1875-78           North Barton

1878-80           North Tioga

1880-83           Windham

1883-84           Hale's Eddy

1884-85           Beach Pond

1885-86           Oregon [Carley Brook]

1886-87           Oregon [Carley Brook] and Rileyville

1887-90           North Abington

1890-92           Center Moreland

1892-95           Danby

1895-96           Apalachin

1896                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of John R. Allen appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 272.

 

ALLEN, JOYCE K.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1996    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1999    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1996-01           Worcester

2001-07           New Milford

2007-10           Windsor

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

2010-20           Binghamton Ogden-Hillcrest

 

ALLEN, ROBERT DAVID

 

Born: 8-21-1944                                                          married: Jane Anne _____

Died:                                                                           obit: [1/1/1947- 7/1/1967]

                                                                                    married2: Kathy Sue _____ [6/20/1982]

1971    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2: [3/1/1952 – ]

1974    ordained elder                                                 married3: Darlis _____

                                                                                    obit3:

Interment:

Obit:

 

1971-73           student

1973-78           Cooperstown (ending 4/1978)

1978-80           Waymart (beginning 4/1978)

1980-88           Castle Creek

1988-93           Oxford

1993-02           Greentown Hemlock Grove

2002-07           Lynchburg VA Monroe, Virginia Conference

2007                retired

                            2010            charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Robert D. Allen is the son of Robert R. Allen.

 

ALLEN, ROBERT RICHARD

 

Born: 9-13-1911  Laflin PA                                       married: Jessie M. Havens

Died: 10-5-2000  Binghamton NY                             obit: Wyoming Conference 2002, 203

 

1970    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Riverhurst Cemetery, Endwell NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2001, 187

 

1956-83  West Chenango (beginning 12/1956 and ending 12/31/1983)

1983                       retired (beginning 12/31/1983)

 

Note: Robert R. Allen is the father of Robert D. Allen.  He served as a local preacher.

 

ALLGEIER, MARGARET A.

 

Born:                                                                                                  married: Emil Allgeier

Died:                                                                                                  obit: Susquehanna Conference 2018, 263

 

2009       license

 

Interment:
Obit:

 

2009-10  Providence

2010                       transfer to Susquehanna Conference bt boundary change

2010-11  Providence

2011-20  White Mills (ending 12/21/2019)

2020                       retired

 

 

ALMSTEDT, ALBERT F.

 

Born: 1-27-1911  Brooklyn NY                                         married: Margaret Cole

Died: 9-16-2002  Grand Junction CO                                obit: [1/19/06 - ]

 

1956    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1956    ordained deacon

1959    ordained elder

 

Interment: Memorial Gardens, Grand Junction CO

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2003, 201

 

1955-58           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                             1955-58      Damascus

1958-61           Lake Ariel – Hamlin

1961-69           Cooperstown

1969-81           Apalachin

1981                retired

                            1983-87       Flemingville

 

AMARA, PAUL C.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Kadiatu _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2007    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2005-09           Mount Upton

2009-10           Plains

                             2009-10      Wilkes-Barre Bennett -Derr

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-19           Plains

                             2010-11      Wilkes-Barre Bennett-Derr

                             2011-15      Wilkes-Barre Centrral

2019-20           State College Bethune – Park Forest

2020-23           superintendent, Williamsport District

 

 

AMMERMAN, GEORGE EDWARD

 

Born: 1-11-1889  Pectono PA                                    married: Florence Louisa Hooper

Died: 4-20-1984                                                          obit: Southern New Jersey Conf. 1980, 200

 

1938    ordained, Eastern Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church

 

Interment: Olivet Cemetery, Pittsgrove NJ

Obit: Southern New Jersey Conference 1985, 209

 

1918-23           Carley Brook

1923-32           Clifford (ending 11/15/1932)

1932                “transfer” to Eastern Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church (1933, 73)

1932-37           Hollisterville circuit: East Sterling, Hollisterville, Mt. Cobb and Cortez

1937-40           Point Erial NJ

1940                transfer by denominational merger to Southern New Jersey Conference

1940-49           Manahawkin and Cedar Run

1949-56           Centerton Circuit

1956-59           Alloway

1959                retired

 

Note: George E. Ammerman served as a local preacher in the Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Eastern Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church until 1938 (page 40), when he was ordained and granted full membership.  Mrs. Ammerman was the daughter of Thomas H. Hooper (1861-1935) of the Eastern Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church.  She had a brother and two brothers-in-law who were preachers in the Methodist Protestant Church and became Methodists in the 1939 denominational union: Thomas Leroy Hooper (1894-1975) of the West Virginia Conference, Stephen F. Sliker (1884-1958) [married to her sister Leona] of the New Jersey Conference, and George H. Naylor (1898-1966) [married to her sister Myrtle] of the Southern New Jersey Conference.

 

ANDARIESE, MALVERN LINCOLN

 

Born: 6-10-1876                                                          married: Carrie Julia Garrabrant

Died: 2-2-1936                                                            obit: Newark Conference 1955, 149

 

1895    admitted on trial

1896    ordained local deacon

1899    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Newark Conference 1936, 451

 

1895-96           student

1896-97           Choconut Centre

1897-00           New Berlin

1900-01           Kirkwood

1901                transfer to Newark Conference

 

ANDERSON, ALANSON SPENCER

 

Born: 1867                                                                  married: Lillian Underwood [1895]

Died: 5-9-1930                                                            obit: [12/7/1873 - 1957]

 

1894    license to exhort, Wyoming Conference

1896    license to preach, Wyoming Conference

1902    ordained local deacon, Central New York Conference

1903    admitted on trial

1906    ordained elder

 

Interment: McGraw Rural Cemetery, McGraw NY

Obit:

 

1897-98           Beaver Meadow NY

1898-99           Edmeston

1899-00           Burlington Flats

1900                “transfer” to Central New York Conference

1900-03           Freetown

1903-04           Scott

1904-10           Virgil (moved to Newfield before the end of the conference year)

1910-13           Newfield

…

1917                withdrew

1922                reinstated

1922-23           Enfield and Kennedy’s

1923                located

 

Note: A.S. Anderson served as a local preacher

 

ANDERSON, ANDY N.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2009-10           Franklin Forks

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

2010-11           Franklin Forks, Susquehanna Conference

2011-14           Rochester Seneca

2014-15           Spencerport – Adams Basin

2015-20           Syracuse UM Ministries

 

ANDERSON, DONALD ALBERT

 

Born: 7-19-1945                                                          married: Gail O’Day [8/8/1970]

Died:                                                                           obit: [6/26/1949 – ]

                                                                                    married2: Susan _____

1968    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2:

1968    ordained deacon

1971    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1968-71           student

1971-75           associate, Endicott Central

1875-83           Clarks Green

1883-89           Wilkes-Barre First

1889-90           sabbatical

1990-93           Castle Creek (ending 12/31/1992)

1993-95           Carbondale (beginning 1/1/1993)

1995-05           Athens

2005-07           Clarks Summit

2007                retired

                            2010  transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

ANDERSON, GEORGE WOOD

 

Born: 12-8-1873  Belle Center OH                            married: Nellie Josephine Sharpe [8/14/1912]

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1899    admitted on trial, Central Ohio Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1899-03           Lima Epworth

1903                transfer to Troy Conference

1903-09           Troy State Street

1909                transfer to St. Louis Conference

1909-12           St. Louis Union

1912                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1912-15           Scranton Elm Park (ending 2/1915)

1915-17           conference evangelist (beginning 2/1915)

1917                transfer to West Ohio Conference

                        …

supply pastor, Erie Conference

1946-50           Titusville: Bethel/White Oak

 

Note: George Woodmansee Anderson is the proper given name.  He received an AB (1898) and MA (1899) from Ohio Wesleyan University and was a noted traveler and lecturer.  While at Elm Park, George W. Anderson took extended leaves to preach in evangelist campaigns.  In February 1915 (see 1915 journal, page 72), he led a campaign at Plymouth PA that resulted in over 3,000 converts.  He led successful evangelistic campaigns into the 1930’s and is reported to be the author of several books [Chosen Words: for Personal Workers and Young Christians (1916), Problem or Opportunity? Which Is It the Church Is Now Facing (1919), Unfinished Rainbows and Other Essays (1925), etc.] and of the gospel hymn “The World is Confused – But not Lost.”  Mrs. Anderson compiled gospel songbooks [Songs of the New Crusade (1927)] and provided musical support for her husband’s evangelistic crusades.

 

ANDERSON, RICHARD

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2003-05           Upper Butternut – Wharton Valley

2005-10           Plymouth NY

2010                charter “member” of Upper New York Conbference

2010-11           Plymouth – North Norwich – Preston

2011                retired

                             2013-16      Leonardsville

                             2016-19      New Berlin

                                                     2018-19      West Exeter

 

Note: Richard Anderson served as a local preacher.

 

ANDREWS, ARTHUR HAROLD

 

Born: 7-1-1927  Litchfield PA                                   married: Ruth J. Allen

Died: 9-30-2014  Binghamton NY                             obit: [45/1927 – ]

 

1944    license

1948    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1948    ordained deacon

1950    ordained elder

 

Interment: South Montrose PA

Obit: Upper New York Conference 2015, 593

 

1947-48           Tobyhanna, Eastern Pennsylvania Conference

1948-49           student

1949-51           Center Moreland

1951-54           Montdale

1954-57           Great Bend – Hallstead

1957-61           Vestal Center

1961-66           Niommonsburg

1966-69           Milford

1969-70           sabbatical

1970                retired

                            1999-01  chaplain, Elizabeth Church Manor (ending 9/1/2001)

                            2010       charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Arthur H. Andrews is the son of Clarence L. Andrews.  Some records give this name as H. ARTHUR ANDREWS.

 

ANDREWS, CLARENCE LESTER

 

Born: 1-16-1902  Broome County NY                       married: Gertrude Fairbanks White

Died: 9-23-1968  Heart Lake PA                               obit: Wyoming Conference 2009, 223

 

1930    admitted on trial

1932    ordained deacon

1934    ordained elder

 

 

Interment: South Montrose Cemetery, South Montrose PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1969, 249

 

1927-30           Litchfield

1930-32           Castle Creek

1932-38           Camptown

1938-41           West Nanticoke

1941-43           Wyoming

1943-46           Montrose

1946-49           Cooperstown

1949-51           Mountaintop

1951-57           Duryea

1957-60           Providence

1960-65           Luzerne

1965-67           Oxford

1967                retired

 

Note: Clarence L. Andrews is the father of Arthur H. Andrews.

 

ANDREWS, GEORGE CLINTON

 

Born: 9-30-1840  Salem PA                                       married: Mrs. Maria Westfall
Died: 7-12-1879  Franklin Forks PA                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1913, 120

 

1863    quarterly conference license, Beach Pond

1873    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1876    ordained deacon

1878    ordained elder

Interment: Salem Cemetery, Hamlin PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1880, 34

 

1864-67           student, Wyoming Seminary

1867-68           Herrick Center

1868-69           located

1869-70           Oregon

1870-73           Lackawaxen

1873-75           Pleasant Valley

1875-76           Osborne Hollow

1876-78           Triangle

1878-79           Union Center

1879                located

 

Note: A brief biography of George Clinton Andrews appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 148.  Mrs. Andrews is the widow of local preacher John Westfall.

 

ANDREWS, HOWARD ASTON

 

Born: 7-22-1915  Kingston PA                                  married: Elizabeth E. Kneeland

Died: 4-8-1999  Fitchburg MA                                  obit: [9/12/1914 – 8/24/2015]

 

1940    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Center Cemetery, Sheffield MA

Obit:

 

1940-42           student

1942                discontinued

                        (denomination unknown – probably Congregational [UCC])

                        Stow

                        Swampscott

                        Andover

                        Princeton

                        Berlin

                        chaplain, US Army and Air Force

                        retired

                            Littleton

                            Webster

                            Sterling

                            Harvard

                            Leominster

 

Note: Howard A. Andrews graduated from Haverford College (1937) in Haverford PA and Andover-Newton Theological Seminary in Newton Centre MA.

 

ANDREWS, VIKI S.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2007-10           East Berkshire – Jenksville

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

2010-16           East Berkshire – Jenksville

                             2011-13      Berkshire First

2916                retired

 

 

 

ANDREWS, WESLEY ILONE

 

Born: 9-17-1877  West Exeter NY                             married: Bertha A. Darling

Died: 12-1-1952  Waverly NY                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1959, 1180

 

1903    admitted on trial, Northern New York Conference

 

Interment: Salisbury Center NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1953, 1455

 

1903-04           Salisburg Centre

1904-07           Hammond

1907-08           Trenton

1908-11           Rock River

1911                transfer to Austin Conference

1911-12           Dallas TX Mallalieu

1912                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1912-16           Great Bend – Hallstead

1916-22           Athens

1922-26           Endicott Central

1926-29           Carbondale

1929-35           superintendent, Oneonta District

1935-39           Carbondale

1939-43           Newark Valley

1943                retired

 

ANDREWS, WILLIAM WINTON

 

Born: 2-19-1830  Morris NY                                     married: Mary S. Thompson

Died: 3-24-1908  Athens PA                                      obit: Wyoming Conference 1907, 116

 

1855    exhorter’s license

1856    local preacher’s license

1858    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1908, 127

 

1858-60           McDonough

1860-62           Preston

1862-64           New Berlin NY

1864-66           Mount Upton

1866-69           on leave

1867-70           Afton

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1869-70           Afton

1870-72           Windsor

1872-73           Thompson

1873-75           North Barton

1875-76           Ellistown

1876-84           on leave

1884                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of William W. Andrews appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 273.

 

ANDROS, MARVIN CONSTANTINE

 

Born: 8-9-1922                                                            married: Marilyn Ann Vall

Died: 7-17-2000                                                          obit: [5/23/1928 – 9/9/2012]

 

1952    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1953    ordained deacon

1954    ordained elder

 

Interment: Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis MN

Obit: Minnesota Conference 2001, 245

 

1951-54           Clifford

1954                transfer to Minnesota Conference

1954-59           Atwater – Rosendale

1959-63           Slayton – Lake Wilson

1963-70           Dodge Center

1970-74           Hastings

1974-77           Olivia Emanuel – Osceola

1977-82           Aitkin Pine Lake

1982-83           Pinelake

1983-87           Long Prairie

1987                retired

 

Note: Marvin Andros served Clifford while a seminary student at Drew in Madison NJ.

 

ANDRUS, E.F.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1875    ordained local deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

Note:  There are records of E.F. Andrus presiding at weddings in Chenango Bridge NY from 1872 to 1877.  There was also a different contemporary local preacher Erastus Andrus (1837-1889) in Broome NY

 

ANGEL, JOSEPH R.

 

Born: 6-5-1830  Philadelphia PA                               married: Mary H. Stone
Died: 2-11-1898  Maine NY                                      obit: Wyoming Conference 1915, 100

 

1871    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference       

1873    ordained deacon

1875    ordained elder

Interment:  Valley Home Cemetery, Windham PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1898, 91

 

1871-72           Herrick Center

1872-75           Damascus

1875-77           Windham

1877-80           Le Raysville

1880-83           Camptown

1883-86           Meshoppen

1886-89           Newton

1889-91           Lackawanna

1891-93           Nicholson

1893-95           Dalton

1895-97           Vestal

1897-98           Maine

 

Note: A brief biography of Joseph R. Angel appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 149.

 

ARMATI, PIO

 

Born: 10-19-1876                                                        married:

Died: 4-25-1957                                                          obit:

 

1910    received, Presbyterian Church

 

Interment:

Obit: New York East Conference 1957,775

 

                        Rock River Conference

1916                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1916                Scranton Italian Mission (ending 11/30/1916)

1916-17                       New York City (beginning 12/1/1917)

1917                transfer to New York Conference

 

Note: Pio Armati served as a Presbyterian preacher in New Jersey and New York before joining the Methodists.

 

ARMLIN, LEONARD D.

 

Born: 5-13-1877 Schenectady NY                             married: Elda Coons

Died: 11-22-1936  Johnson City NY                          obit: [12/12/1881 – 1/1/1947]

 

1913    admitted on trial

1915    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Middlebury NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1937, 144

 

1913-16           Heart Lake

1916-18           Chenango Bridge

1918-20           Ogden

1920-21           supervisor, Children’s Home farm

1921-22           Ogden

1922-23           Ouaquaga

1923-24           Great Bend

1924-26           Apalachin – Little Meadows

1926-28           associate, Endicott First

1928-29           Unadilla

1929-30           Endicott St. Paul’s

1930-33           Philanthropic Finance Inc.

1933-35           Choconut Center – Westover

1935                retired

 

Note: Mrs. Armlin is credited in General Board of Pensions records for serving in the ministry with her husband for six years, 1913-19.

 

ARMSTRONG, EDMUND VALENTINE

 

Born: 2-3-1837  Albany NY                                       married: Nettie Raymond

Died: 1-16-1915                                                          obit: Michigan Conference 1916, 98

 

1876    exhorter’s license

1876    local preacher’s license

1877    admitted on trial, Michigan Conference

1879    ordained deacon, Michigan Conference

1881    ordained elder, Michigan Conference

 

Interment: Mountain Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo MI

Obit: Michigan Conference 1915, 587

 

1876-79           Byron Center

1879-81           Sparta

1881-83           Grand Haven

1883-86           Bloomingdale

1886-89           Mendon

1889-91           Kalamazoo

1891-94           St. Joseph

1894-96           Union City

1896                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1896-01           Forty Fort

1901-04           Marathon

1904                transfer to Michigan Conference, page 71

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Edmund V. Armstrong appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 273.

 

ARMSTRONG, OLIVER HAZARD PERRY

 

Born: 10-12-1856  Nicholson PA                               married: Eliza Jane Louisa Crow [3/19/1880]

Died: 12-19-1934  Owego NY                                   obit: [12/2/1863 – 3/28/1925]

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Laura Phillips [1/30/1927]

1892    license                                                             obit2: [d. 5/5/1934]

1896    ordained local deacon

 

Interment: Evergreen Cemetery, Owego NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1935, 639

 

1892-94           Rome

1894-99           North Tioga

1902-03           Campville

                        Speedsville

                        South Danby

1904-05           Hale’s Eddy (ending 5/1905)

1914-15           Little Meadows

1915-18           Flemingville

1918-20           Barton (ending 11/1920)

1920-21

1921-22           Danby – South Danby

1922-25

1925-26           Hickory Gove

                        Slaterville

 

Note: Oliver H.P. Armstrong served as a local elder and hence his service record is not well-documented.  He is reported to have served in that capacity in the New York Conference for ten years.  The second Mrs. Armstrong is believed to be Laura C. Bower Phillips Armstrong (1858-1934), buried in Caroline NY and the widow of a Mr. Joseph D. Phillips (1861-1919).

 

ARNOLD, ANDREW JACKSON

 

Born: 10-24-1829  Warren Center PA                       married: Josephine Whitaker

Died: 9-20-1898  Binghamton NY                             obit: [8/29/1834 – 1/15/1916]

 

1864    admitted on trial, recommended by Auburn

1866    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Floral Park Cemetery, Johnson City NY

Obit:

 

1864-65           Auburn

1865-66           Skinner’s Eddy

1866-72

1872-73           Gibson

1873-74

1874-75           Newton

1875                located

                            1893            Odessa

 

Note: Andrew J. Arnold is a brother of Calvin V. Arnold.  A wagon maker and farmer, he lived his final 24 year in Binghamton NY, where he was an earnest worker in the High Street Church.  Find-A-Grave gives a good photograph.

 

ARNOLD, CALVIN V.

 

Born: 11-11-1822  Warren Center PA                       married: Content B. Buffington
Died: 7-25-1900  Binghamton NY                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1896, 102

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Nancy Tingley

1839    exhorter’s license                                            obit2: [1825 – 1904]

1844    license

1848    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

1854    ordained elder            

Interment: Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1901, 99

 

1848-49           Windsor
1849-50           Conklin
1850-52           Lanesboro

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference
1852-53           Vestal
1853-55           Salem
1855-57           Mount Pleasant
1857-58           Sanford
1858-59           located
1859-60           Shepherd’s Creek
1860-62           Candor
1862-64           Newark
1864-66           Hawley
1866-68           Mount Pleasant
1868-69           Nicholson
1869-70           Brooklyn        
1870-73           Hawleyton
1873-76           Castle Creek
1876-77           New Milford
1877-80           Maine
1880-81           Vestal
1881-83           Kirkwood
1883-86           McDonough
1886-88           Gilbertsville
1888-91           Osborne Hollow and Port Crane

1891-93           Westford

1893                retired

 

Note: Calvin V. Arnold is a brother of Andrew J. Arnold and the grandfather of William B. Arnold.  A brief biography of Calvin V. Arnold appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 150.

 

ARNOLD, WILLIAM BUFFINGTON

 

Born: 7-20-1885  New York NY                                married: Annette K. Henwood

Died: 11-11-1965  Niagara Falls NY                         obit: Genesee Conference 1942, 462

 

1909    license

1911    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1914    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit: Western New York Conference 1966, 819

 

1909-10           Foster

1910-12           Lackawaxen

1912-16           Skinner’s Eddy

1916-20           Mehoopany

1920-22           on leave

1922                transfer to Genesee Conference

1920-22           Cameron

1922-24           Lawrenceville

1924-26           Hammondsport

1926-30           Sanborn and Pekin

1930-37           Buffalo South Park and Lackawanna

1937-39           Stephen’s Mills Parish

1939-43           Holland, Protection and Colden

1943-44           Castile

1944-48           Ellicottville

                             1944-45      East Otto

                             1945-48      West Valley

1948-50           on leave

1950                retired

 

Note: William B. Arnold is the grandson of Calvin V. Arnold.

 

ASHMALL, ROY V.W.

 

Born: 3-3-1908  Yonkers NY                                     married: Emma J. Fox

Died: 4-15-1974                                                          obit:

 

1947    license, Baptist Church

1960    ordained, Baptist Church

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1974, 284

 

1947-60           part-time pulpit supply and inner-city ministry in NYC

1960-65           Georgetown

1965-66           Sherburne Village Baptist Church

1966                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Church

1966-72           Westover

1972-74           Center Moreland

 

Note: Roy V.W. Ashmall is the father of Rev. Donald H. Ashmall of the International Council of Community Churches.  Following the death of Roy, Mrs. Ashmall married William B. Gritman.

 

ATTENBOROUGH, ALBERT ALLEN JR

 

Born: 4-28-1925  Lackawanna County PA                married: Carolyn M. Katilus

Died: 3-28-2005                                                          obit:

 

1950    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1953    ordained, Episcopal Church

 

Interment: Morningside Cemetery, DuBois PA

Obit:

 

1950-52           student, Temple University in Philadelphia PA

1952                discontinued, page 956

 

Note: Albert A. Attenborough served Episcopal churches in Pennsylvania and New Jersey before serving for 27 years as chaplain and team leader in New York state at the Rockland Psychiatric Center.  His 1961 Temple University STD thesis is titled “A Comparison of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola with Modern Psychiatry.”

 

AULT, JAMES MASE

 

Born: 8-24-1918  Sayre PA                                        married: Dorothy Mae Barnhart

Died: 9-21-2008  Brunswick ME                               obit: [5/16/1924 – ]

 

1950    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1951    ordained deacon, Northern New Jersey Conference

1952    ordained elder, Northern New Jersey Conference

 

Interment: St. Johns Cemetery, St. Johns PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2009, 224

 

1945-49           student, Colgate University in Syracuse NY

                            1946-48       Preston

                            1948-49       McDonough

1949-50           student, Union Theological Seminary

1950                transfer to Northern New Jersey Conference

1950-51           student, Union Theological Seminary

1951-53           East Rutherford – Carlton

1953-58           Leonia

1958                transfer to Southern New England Conference

1958-61           Pittsfield First

1961                transfer to Northern New Jersey Conference

1961-69           dean of students, Union Seminary

1969-72           dean, Drew University

1972-80           bishop, Philadelphia Area

1980-88           bishop, Pittsburgh Area

1988                retired

 

Note: James Ault also severed as interim bishop in the Albany Area.

 

AUSTIN, ANDREW ORTHELLO

 

Born: 11-9-1864  Brookfield NY                               married: Frances B. Sprague

Died: 7-18-1933  Leonardsville NY                           obit: Wyoming Conference 1936, 855

 

1894    local preacher’s license

1898    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1898    ordained deacon

1900    ordained elder

 

Interment: West Edmeston NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1934, 390

 

1898-01           Union Center

1901-03           Foster

1903-10           Chenango Bridge

1910-16           Oxford

1916-18           Uniondale

1918-20           leave of absence

1920-22           Whitney’s Point

1922-25           Kirkwood

1925                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Andrew O. Austin appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 274.

 

AUSTIN, ISAAC      

 

Born: 8-28-1828  Luzerne County PA                       married: Barbara Benscoter
Died: 3-15-1883  near Muhlenburg PA                      obit: Wyoming Conference 1900, 118

 

1854    exhorter’s license

1857    quarterly conference license  

1865    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference, recommended by Lackawanna

1867    ordained deacon

1869    ordained elder

Interment: Benscoter Cemetery, Muhlenburg PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1883, 47

 

1865-66           Lackawanna

1867-69           Northmoreland

1869-72           Newton

1872-75           Lehman

1875-78           Carverton

1878-80           Northmoreland

1880                retired

 

Note: Isaac Austin is an uncle to John R. Austin.  A brief biography of Isaac Austin appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 151.

 

AUSTIN, JOHN [aka JON] L.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2003-07           Litchfield

2007-10           Litchfield and Lounsberry

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

2010-16           Litchfield and Lounsberry

2016                retired

                             2016-20      Litchfield and Lounsberry

 

 

AUSTIN, JOHN READER

 

Born: 2-1-1873  Muhlenberg PA                                married: Phene VanBuren

Died: 8-29-1957                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1984, 206

 

1894    exhorter’s license

1895    local preacher’s license

1901    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1903    ordained deacon

1905    ordained elder

 

Interment: Lakeview Cemetery, Ithaca NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1958, 874

 

1899-01           Scranton Ash Street and Nay Aug

1901-03           Scranton Ash Street

1903-05           Laurens

1905-07           Oakland

1907-08           Maple Grove

1908-10           Center Moreland

1910-13           Lehman

1913-15           Wilkes-Barre Bennett Memorial

1915-17           Wilkes-Barre Firwood

1917-22           Trucksville

1922-23           Dalton

1923-24           Newton

1924-27           Binghamton Oak Street

1927-29           Whitney Point

1929-30           Hawley – White Mills

1930-34           Thompson

1934-38           Hopbottom

1938                retired

 

Note: John R. Austin is a nephew to Isaac Austin.  A biographical sketch of John R. Austin appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 274.

 

AUSTIN, ROBERT EUGENE

 

Born: 7-19-1876  Oxford NY                                     married: Mabel Mae Lewis

Died: 8-6-1961                                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1941, 164

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Linn A. Maples

1908    license                                                             obit2: Wyoming Conference1950, 542

1909    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1911    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Milford Cemetery, Milford NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1962, 220

 

1908-10           Decatur

1910-14           Harpursville – Nineveh

1914-17           Laurens – Oneonta Plains

1917-18           Wells Bridge

1918-22           Edmeston

1922-27           Sherburne

1927-29           Windsor

1929-35           Milford

1935-37           New Berlin NY

1937-40           Hartwick

1940                retired

 

Note: The second Mrs. Austin was born Anna Blanch Smith.

 

AUSTIN, SAMUEL JAY

 

Born: 1847  South Danby NY                                    married: Martha Long

Died: 4-23-1914                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1936, 856

 

1870    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1872    ordained deacon

1874    ordained elder

 

Interment: Hopfer Cemetery, Wallsville PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1914, 111

 

1870-71           Scranton Hyde Park

1871-73           North Abington

1873-75           Clark's Green

1875-77           Moscow

1877-80           Nicholson

1880-83           Union

1883-85           Waverly and Clark's Green

1885-88           Dallas

1888-90           Parsons

1890-91           on leave

1891-96           Glenwood

1896-97           Wallsville

1897-98           on leave

1898-99           chaplain, Hillside Home

1899                retired

                             1910-13      North Sanford

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Samuel J. Austin appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 271.

 

AVERY, HENRY THOMAS

 

Born: 7-28-1819  Groton CT                                      married: Mary Ann Avery [4/16/1844]

Died: 9-4-1891  Scott County AR                              obit: [9/11/1801 – 4/14/1867]

                                                                                    married2: Lucy Ann Wagner [1/1/1868]

1852    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2: [10/1/1844 - ?]

1855    ordained deacon, Genesee Conference

1857    ordained elder, Genesee Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1852-53           Broome

1853-54           Vestal

1854-55           Flemingville NY

1855-56           Colly (Sullivan County PA)

1856                transfer to East Genesee Conference

1856-58           Loyalsock

1858-60           Canton

1860                located

 

Note: Henry T. Avery moved to Iowa, where there is no record that he served as a pastor.

 

AVERY, ORLU D.

 

Born: 3-15-1882                                                          married: Mary E. Passage

Died: 7-21-1953  Sayre PA                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1969, 253

 

1928    license

1941    ordained local elder

 

Interment: Lockwood Cemetery, Barton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1954, 1756

 

1928-30           Maple Lake

1930-34           West Nicholson

1934-36           (not appointed)

1936-45           Lockwood (started during the 1935-36 conference year)

1945-46           (not appointed)

1946-50           Plymouth NY

1950                retired

 

Note: Orlu D. Avery is the father of Ruth Bertha Avery Kellerman, wife of Robert P. Kellerman.  He served as a local preacher.

 

 

AYERS, WEBB WILFORD

 

Born: 6-14-1896  Romulus NY                                         married: Pearl Murnan (2/26/1920)

Died: 12-19-1988  Kenosha WI                                         obit: Western New York Conference 1976, 241

 

1921       license

1924       admitted on trial, Genesee Conference

1928       ordained deacon, Genesee Conference

 

Interment: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Perry Center NY

Obit: Western New York Conference 1989, 340

 

1924-27  Greigsville – Covington

1927-33  Springville

                                    1927-30            Collins Center

                                    1930-33            Boston

1933-39  Wayland

1939-41  Hornell East Avenue – Almond

1941-47  Medina

1947                       withdrew

1948                       reinstated

1948-50  Westfield – North Fork – Cowanesque

1950-52  Mt. Morris

1952-55  Caton – South Corning

1955-60  Buffalo Summer Place – Lovejoy

                                    1959-60            St. Andrew

1960-61  Corning Bethany – Coopers Plains

1961                       retired

 

AYLESWORTH, ALLYSON

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2009-10           Whittemore Hill

 

Note: Allyson Aylesworth served as a local preacher.

 

 

BABCOCK, CHARLES W.

 

Born: 7-26-1847  Decatur NY                                    married: Emily K. Sperry

Died: 2-1-1922  Los Angeles CA                               obit: [10/25/1847 - ]

                                                                                   

1873    admitted on trial, Western New York Conference

1885    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1887    ordained deacon

1889    ordained elder

 

Interment: Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles CA

Obit:

 

1873-74           Centerville

1874-75           Centerville and Eagle

1875-76           Andover

1876                charter member of East Genesee Conference; discontinued

…

                        supply work in the Wyoming Conference

1882-83           Portlandville and Junction

1883-84           Preston

1884-86           Edmeston

1886-88           Choconut Center

1888-91           McDonough

1891-95           Middlefield

1895-96           Wells Bridge

1896-99           New Milford (did not finish third year; see 1899,27)

1899-01           on leave

1901                located

1908                moved to California, where he served as a supply

                        Indio

                        Del Rosa First

 

Note: Charles W. Babcock (and Emily) has a monument/gravesite in Maple Grove Cemetery, Worcester NY, inscribed with their birthdates, that they purchased but never used.

 

BACKUS, ALFRED

 

Born: 5-4-1877  Huntingdon, England                       married: Lillian Deamer

Died: 11-20-1965  Binghamton NY                           obit: Wyoming Conference 1948, 1019

                                                                                    married2: Ethel Jane Arnold

                                                                                    obit2: Wyoming Conference 1978, 232

?          admitted on trial, Wesleyan Connexion of British Methodism

1907    admitted on trial, Virginia Conference

 

Interment: Chenango Valley Cemetery, Binghamton

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1966, 254

                                   

1906-07           Change Islands, Newfoundland

1907                “transfer” to West Virginia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1907-08           Barrackville

1908-09           Bomont

1909-10           Pine Grove

1910-13           Ripley

1913-16           Hartford

1916-17           Point Pleasant

1917-20           Sutton

1920-21           Rowlesburg

1921-22           sabbatical

1922-23           Bellington

1923-24           on leave

1924                transfer to Wyoming Conference (see 1925,82)

1924-26           Smyrna

1926-28           Mill City

1928-29           Maple Grove

1929-30           Scranton Bradley Memorial

1930-31           Hamlin

1931-33           Hop Bottom – Brooklyn

1933-36           Berkshire

1936-40           Sidney Center

1940-42           Sanitaria Springs

1942                retired

                             1949-51      Evans Falls

 

BAILEY, JUDSON N.

 

Born: 11-30-1868  Chinchilla PA                              married: Addie M. Tingley

Died: 2-10-1941                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1916, 117

                                                                                    married2: Kathryn Ace

1890    local preacher’s license                                   obit2: Wyoming Conference 1969, 254
1894    ordained local deacon

1897    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference; recommended by Waverly PA

1899    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1941, 152

 

1897-99           Centermoreland

1899-02           Moosic

1902                transfer to Colorado Conference

1902-03           Denver Merritt Memorial

1903                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1903-05           Askam

1905-06           Scranton St. Paul’s

1906-08           associate, Scranton Elm Park

1908-12           Plains

1912-14           Endicott

1914-17           Nicholson

1917-18           Taylor

1918-20           Wilkes-Barre Derr Memorial

1920-25           Luzerne

1925-29           Dallas

1929-31           Moscow

1931-36           Carverton

1936                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Judson N. Bailey appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 275.  General Board of Pensions records list the date of death as 2/13/1941.

 

BAILEY, NELSON M.

 

Born: 7-29-1829  Thompson CT                                married: Carrie M. _____

Died: 3-8-1904                                                            obit: [1832 – 10/10/1886]

 

1859    admitted on trial, New Hampshire Conference

 

Interment: Evergreen Cemetery, Berwick ME

Obit:

 

Rye

Raymond

Henniker

Marlow

Amesbury

Great Falls

East Salisbury

1873-75           Claremont

1875-76           Portsmouth

1876-78           Lancaster

1878-79           Tilton

1879-81           Sanbornton

1881-82           on leave

1882-84           Hopkinton

1884-85           on leave

1885                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1885-86           Lehman

1886                transfer to New Hampshire Conference

1886-87           ?

1887                withdrew

                        joined the Congregational Church

1888-89           Ossipee

1889-92           Beechwood

1892-93           ?

1893-01           Wells Beach

1901-02           ?

1902-04           South Killingly

 

BAILEY, VOLNEY A.

 

Born: c1860  NY                                                        married: Anna Harned [10/24/1883]
Died: 1-4-1891  Castle Creek NY                              obit: [11/1863 – 9/1892]

 

Interment: Mt. Vision NY
Obit: [Wyoming Conference 1891, 15]

 

1890-91           Castle Creek (9/1890-1/1891)

 

Note: Volney A. Bailey appears to have been a local preacher, but is otherwise unknown.  He served Castle Creek as reported in the 1891 journal, page 15.  Mrs. Bailey was a daughter of Henderson G. Harned.

 

BAILEY, WILLIAM H.       

 

Born: 5-1-1861  Summit NY                                      married:
Died: 4-7-1890  Union Center NY                             obit:

 

1881    exhorter’s license       
1884    quarterly conference license

1886    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1888    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Upper East Worcester Cemetery, Union Center NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1891, 78

 

1886-88           Harford

1888-90           Union Center

 

Note: A brief biography of William H. Bailey appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 152.

 

BAIRD, JOSEPH

 

Born: 5-?-1850  Monagham County, Ireland             married: Hattie Coe

Died: 6-2-1912                                                            obit: [d. 12/2/192]

 

1874    admitted on trial, Northern New York Conference

 

Interment: Southampton NY

Obit: New York East Conference 1913, 114

 

                        Middleville NY

1884                transfer to New York East Conference

                        Milford CT

                        New York City Willis Avenue

                        New Haven George Street

                        Sag Harbor and East Hampton

1901-02           Worcester, Wyoming Conference

1902                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1902-04           Worcester

1904-08           on leave

1908                transfer to New York East Conference

1909                on leave for health reasons

 

Note: Joseph Baird is the father of George Adelbert Baird (1884-1955) of the New York Conference.  A biographical sketch of Joseph Baird appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 276.

 

BAKER, CHARLES F.

 

Born: 10-7-1903  Bainbridge NY                               married: Lillian E. Dufford

Died: 6-3-1969  Binghamton NY                               obit: Wyoming Conference 1984, 206

 

Interment: Warn-Ten Broeck Cemetery, Brisben NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1970, 247

 

1952-53           McDonough

1953-55           Preston – McDonough

1968-69           McDonough

 

Note: Charles F. Baker is the father of Richard Baker.  He served the above appointments in the Wyoming Conference as a local preacher.  He reportedly served 12 years in the Troy Conference and 16 years with the Reformed Methodist Church.  The “obituary” of Mrs. Baker is simply a belated announcement of her death; her dates are 1904-1981.

 

BAKER, DONALD HALE

 

Born: 10-19-1925                                                        married: Diane Floyd

Died: 3-10-2013  Ridgefield CT                                 obit:

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Edith Yake

1958    ordained, American Baptist Convention        obit2:

 

Interment: Congregational Church of Brookfield Memorial Garden, Brookfield Center CT                                                                       

Obit:

 

                        Center Street Baptist, Jamaica Plain MA

                        First Congregational Church, Fryburg ME

1978-87           Maine Federated (Wyoming Conference)

1987-94           Ridgebury Congregational Church, Ridgefield CT

1994                retired

                             visitation pastor, Brookfield UCC

 

Note: Donald H. Baker served Maine Federated congregation in the Wyoming Conference as a pastor in the United Church of Christ.  He is the author of the 1962 book Psychology of Prayer and was a member of the Connecticut Conference UCC at the time of his death.

 

BAKER, JAMES ALBERT

 

Born: 9-4-1935  Brooklyn PA                                    married: Ruth Yvonne Banker (1/23/1956)

Died:                                                                           obit: Susquehanna Conference 2019, 332

 

1961    local preacher’s license

1962    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1962    ordained deacon

1964    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1961-64           Mehoopany (beginning 5/14/1961)

1965-69           Avoca

1969-72           associate, Binghamton Tabernacle

1972-86           Forty Fort

1986-93           Endicott Central

1993-00           superintendent, Wilkes-Barre District

2000                retired

                            2006  West Pittston (Feb – June)

                            2010  transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

                            2011  Mountaintop Christ (1/1/2011 to 6/30/211)

 

BAKER, RICHARD CHARLES

 

Born: 12-13-1936  Binghamton NY                           married: Marie Carolyn Pacey

Died: 10-1-2011                                                          obit: [6/24/1939 – 11/13/3004]

 

1969    license, Wyoming Conference

1970    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1972    ordained deacon, Western Pennsylvania Conference

 

Interment: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Glasgow PA

Obit:

 

1969-71           Lake Como

1971                transfer to Western Pennsylvania Conference

1971-76           Glasgow Larger Parish

1976-79           Midway

1979-82           Grand Valley (ending 12/31/1981)

1982                Evans Memorial (1/1/1982 – 6/30/1982)

1982                Pittsfield (7/1/1982 – 12/31/1982)

1983                withdrew (1/1/1983)

 

Note: Richard Baker is the son of Charles F. Baker.  He was living in Van Ormer PA at the time of his death.

 

BALDWIN, EMORY ABEL

 

Born: 3-22-1853                                                          married: Jennie F. _____

Died: 1-3-1941                                                            obit: [1853 – 1939]

 

1874    exhorter’s license, Ortega

1875    local preacher’s license

1880    admitted on trial

1882    ordained deacon

1884    ordained elder

 

Interment: Weedsport Rural Cemetery, Weedsport NY

Obit: Michigan Conference 1941, 885

 

1880-81           North Norwich

1881-83           Willett

1883-84           Onaquaga

1884-86           Sanford

1886-89           Sidney Centre

1889                transfer to Central New York Conference

1889-92           East Canton PA

 

BALDWIN, HELEN M. GORHAM

 

Born: 7-30-1839  Guilford NY                                   married: Stephen Livingston Baldwin

Died:  3-16-1861  at sea                                              obit: Newark Conference 1903, 95

 

missionary

 

Interment: “the cemetery on the west bank of the Cehnango,” Binghamton NY

Obit:

 

1858-61           missionary, Foochow China

 

Note: Helen “Nellie” Baldwin is the daughter of Barlow Weld Gorham and the wife of Stephen Livingstone Baldwin (1835-1902) of the Newark Conference.

 

BALDWIN, JULIUS AUGUSTUS

 

Born: 11-20-1814  Woodbury CT                              married: Thomasine Spry [5/21/1857]

Died: 11-26-1900  Dover NJ                                      obit: [6/14/1835 – 6/9/1885]

 

1855    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1858    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1855-56           Cherry Ridge

1856-57           Bethany

1857-58           Stoddartsville

1858                located

 

Note: Julius A. Baldwin received an MD from the University of Maryland in 1849 and practiced medicine full-time after leaving the ministry.

 

BANCROFT, GEORGE C.

 

Born: 5-20-1814  Cape May NJ                                 married: Henrietta Ash

Died: 6-9-1890  Ocean Grove NJ                               obit: [1813 – 9/7/1846]

                                                                                    married2: Carolyn J. Orton

1839    admitted on trial, New York Conference       obit2: [7/6/1827 – 10/9/1894]

1843    ordained deacon

1845    ordained elder

 

Interment: Glen Falls Cemetery, Glen Falls NY

Obit: Troy Conference 1891, 97

 

1837-39           local preacher, New York Conference

1839-41           Westport

1841-42           Sugar Loaf

1842-43           West Point

1843-45           Pawlings

1845-46           Norfolk

Millersville MD

Stockbridge

Windham

Saugerties circuit

Colchester

1853                transfer to Providence Conference

1853-55           Portsmouth

1855-57           Woonsocket

1857-59           on leave

1859-60           Chesterton, Troy Conference

1860                “re-admitted” to Wyoming Conference as an elder

1860-62           Scranton

1862-64           on leave

1864                located

1864                “transfer” to Troy Conference

1864                transfer to Vermont Conference by boundary change

1864-65           Leicester

1865-66           Salisbury

1866-68           Bristol

1868-70           Vergennes

1870-71           Ferrisburg

1871                transfer to Troy Conference by boundary change

1871                Ferrisburg

1872-74           Stamford

1874-77           Troy Third Street

1877                retired

 

Note: While located 1857-59, George C. Bancroft edited a newspaper in Boston and did religious work with seamen.  He is the father of “Methodist deaconess leader” Jane Marie Bancroft Robinson (1847-1932).

 

BARGAINNIER, DOROTHY A.

 

Born: 1-31-1939                                                          married: Roger B. Bargainnier [6/26/1975]

Died:                                                                           obit: [6/29/1936 – ]

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1984-1985       Lockwood (beginning 1/1/1984 and ending 10/6/1985)

 

Note: Dorothy A. Bargainnier served as a local preacher.  The family appears to have retired to the Ashville NC area.

 

BARKER, ABEL GUNN

 

Born: 9-17-1811  Kingston PA                                  married: Phoebe Williams
Died: 9-24-1886  Wyoming PA                                 obit:

                                                                                    married2: Phoebe Ann Brown

1836    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference             obit2: [d. 8/5/1883]

Interment: Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1887, 71

 

1836-37           Canaan

1837-38           Pittston

1838-40           Skinner’s Eddy

1840-42           Newfield

1842-43           Candor

1843-45           Binghamton

1845-47           Honesdale

1847-52           on leave for health reasons

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-61           on leave

    1852-55       Bethany

    1855-56       Honesdale

    1856-61       Carbondale

1861                retired

           

 

Note: Abel G. Barker is a brother of Thomas B. Barker, and he is an uncle to Rev. William Morris Barker (1854-1901), a bishop in the Episcopal Church.  A brief biography of Abel Barker appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 153.

 

BARKER, ELBERT ELLINGTON, JR.

 

Born: 7-4-1876  Durhamville NY                              married: Laura Jane Marshall [8/5/1903]

Died: 2-2-1957  Seattle WA                                       obit: [4/16/1872 - ?]

                                                                                    married2: Edna Thiele

1897    exhorter’s license, Oneida                              obit2: [10/6/1886 – 5/22/1986]

1897    local preacher’s license

1900    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1901    ordained deacon

1903    ordained elder [see 1904, 34]

 

Interment: Lakeview Cemetery, Seattle WA

Obit:

 

1896-99           student, Syracuse University

1899-01           Heart Lake

1901-04           North Norwich

1904-07           Davenport

1907-11           Wyalusing

1911-12           Falls

1912-13           Waverly PA

1913                withdrew, page 63

1914-15           Navarino, Central New York Conference

1915                “transfer” to Central New York Conference [see CNY Conference 1915, 59]

1915-16           Navarino

1916-17           East Syracuse

1917-20           superintendent, Anti-Saloon League

1920                located

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Elbert E. Barker appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 276.

 

BARKER, THOMAS B.

 

Born: 4-24-1828  Kingston PA                                  married:

Died: 4-26-1898  Scranton PA                                   obit:

 

1855    admitted on trial, East Genesee Conference

1857    ordained deacon, East Genesee Conference

 

Interment: Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort PA

Obit:

 

1855-56           Tioga

1856-57           Covington

1857-58           Wellsboro

1858                located

…

                        “transfer” to Episcopal Church

        -64           assistant, Philadelphia PA Grace

1864-81           Lancaster PA St. John’s

1881-               Carbondale Trinity

…

1896                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

 

Note: Thomas B. Barker is a brother to Abel G. Barker. Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference states he was “for many years a minister in the Protestant Episcopal Church, who within a few years before his death united with the Elm Park Church of Scranton, and whose orders were recognized by the Conference of 1896.”

 

BARNARD, MARILYN

 

Born: 11-22-1936                                                        married: Ray Foster Barnard

Died:                                                                           obit: Susquehanna Conference 2017, 278

 

1982    local preacher’s license

1993    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1993    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1982-84           Stevens Point (beginning 9/1982 and ending 10/1984)

1984-89           Hop Bottom (beginning 10/1984)

1989-98           Dalton

1998-03           Maine Federated

2003                retired

                            2010  transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

BARNER, SILAS

 

Born: 8-28-1807  Cobleskill NY                                married: Harriet N. Clagett
Died: 4-23-1886  Rome PA                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1889, 84

 

1831    quarterly conference license, Sharon circuit
1845    ordained local deacon

1855    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1857    ordained elder

 

Interment: Bumptown Cemetery, Rome PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1887, 67

 

1852                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1852-54           Litchfield

1854-55           LeRaysville

1855-56           Rome

1856-58           Dundaff and Glenwood

1858-60           Beach Pond

1860-62           Sanboro          

1862-63           Damascus

1863-65           Lanesboro

1865-67           Page Brook

1867-70           Harpursville

1870-73           Orwell

1873                retired

 

Note: Silas Barner is the father of Mary A. Barner Jewell, wife of Charles H. Jewell.  A brief biography of Silas Barner appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 133.

 

BARNES, DAYTON CURTIS

 

Born: 9-14-1834  Bradford County PA                      married: Sarah Elmina Woodruff

Died: 5-13-1919  Hop Bottom PA                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1930, 358

 

1857    exhorter’s license

1869    local preacher’s license, Wyalusing

1873    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1873    ordained deacon

1877    ordained elder

 

Interment: Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1920, 111

 

1872-73           Wyalusing

1873-74           Nicholson

1874-76           Gibson and Harford

1876-79           Factoryville

1879-80           Orwell

1880-81           Mount Upton

1881-84           New Berlin NY

1884-87           Little Meadows

1887-90           Vestal

1890-91           Marathon

1891-93           Brooklyn

1893-95           Auburn

1895-98           Falls

1898-00           Lanesboro

1900-01           on leave

1901-03           Conference Evangelist

1903               retired

 

Note: Dayton C. Barnes is the son of Jeremiah C. Barnes and a brother to Newton W. Barnes.  A biographical sketch of Dayton C. Barnes appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 277.

 

BARNES, JEREMIAH C.

 

Born: 11-10-1808  Granville MA                               married: Lucy Wickizer

Died: 9-18-1867  Herrickville PA                              obit: [9/4/1809 – 5/8/1889]

 

 

Interment: East Herrick Cemetery, East Herrick PA

Obit:

 

1858-59           Wyalusing

 

Note: Jeremiah C. Barnes is the father of Dayton C. Barnes and Newton Barnes.  He served as an active local pastor.

 

BARNES, KENNETH E.

 

Born: 9-7-1945                                                            married: Evalena P. Cure (9/23/1977)

Died:                                                                           obit: Susquehanna Conference 2022, 351

 

1974    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1974    ordained deacon

1977    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1974-76           associate, Endwell

1976-78           Peckville

1978-80           Throop

1980-83           Nainbridge

1983-89           Sherburne

1989-93           Hawleyton

1993-00           Oxford

2000                Oneonta Elm Park (ending 10/2000)

2000-04           on leave (beginning 10/2000)

2004                retired

                            2010  transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

 

BARNES, NEWTON W.

 

Born: 5-6-1848  East Herrick PA                               married: Mrs. Lois Lovina Fuller Vaughn

Died: 8-9-1922                                                            obit: [10/4/1848 – 1/2/1890]

                                                                                    married2: Gettie Wells

1877    local preacher’s license                                   obit2: Wyoming Conference 1915, 102

1886    ordained local deacon

1893    ordained local elder

1909    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Camptown Cemetery, Camptown PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1923, 131

 

                        Standing Stone

                        East Herrick

1884-87           Tioga Centre

1887-90           Apalachin

1890-91           Tioga Centre

1891-93           Flemingville

1893-96           Hornbrook

1896-99           Tioga Centre

1899-02           Rome

1902-03           Lockwood

1903-07           Orwell

1907-08           Barton

1908-11           Little Meadows

1911-12           Spencer

1912-15           Berkshire

1915-18           Choconut Center

1918-19           Kirkwood

1919-20           Little Meadows

1920-22           Flemingville

1922                Ogden

 

Note: Newton W. Barnes is the son of Jeremiah C. Barnes and a brother to Dayton C. Barnes.  He served as a local preacher for 25 years until admitted on trial as an itinerant in 1909; accordingly, some of his early service is not well-documented.  The first Mrs. Barnes (nee Fuller) was the widow of a Mr. Elwood L. Vaugh (1844-1872).

 

BARON, SARA E.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2005    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

2009    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2005-06           student

2006-10           Morris

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

 

BARRETTE, EMERY GEORGE.

 

Born: 6-30-1930                                                          married: Audrey Marie Svendsen

Died: 4-4-1993                                                            obit: [1930 – 2008]

 

1954    admitted on trial, Minnesota Conference

1957    ordained deacon, Minnesota Conference

 

Interment: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Maplewood MN

Obit: Minnesota Conference 1993, 236

 

1954-57           Skinners Eddy, Wyoming Conference

1957-               Rice Lake

 

Note: Emery G. Barrette served as a student local pastor while attending Drew Theological Seminary. He is described in Minnesota in 1966 as being a juvenile court chaplain.

 

BARROWS, ALVIN WINCHESTER

 

Born: 9-2-1836 McDonough NY                               married: Maria Adelaide Hand [10/?/1860]

Died: 1-29-1908  McDonough NY                            obit: [1838 – 2/5/1862]

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Eva DeEtta Lewis [1870]

1869    admitted on trial                                              obit2: [1836 – 12/17/1891]

1871    ordained deacon                                              married3: Mrs. Ellen Schwartz [9/14/1892]

1871    ordained elder

 

Interment: McDonough Village Union Cemetery, McDonough NY

Obit:

 

1869-70           Preston           

1870-73           Triangle

1873-75           Clifford

1875-76           Decatur

1876-78           on leave, living in Decatur

1878-81           on leave, living in McDonough

1881                withdrew

                        entered the Baptist ministry

                        Meridian (2 years)

                        East Pharsalia (14 years)

1897                retired

 

Note: Alvin W. Barrows studied law before entering the ministry.

 

BARTER, SAMUEL SANBORN

 

Born: 5-18-1819  London NH                                                married: Althea Hoadley

Died: 10-12-1891                                                        obit: Central New York Conference1886, 102

 

1848    exhorter’s license, Smithville

1850    local preacher’s license

1851    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

1853    ordained deacon

1855    ordained elder

 

Interment: Ovid Cemetery, Ovid NY

Obit: Central New York Conference 1892, 106

 

1850-51           Hawleyton

1851-52           Brooklyn

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-54           Dundaff

1854-55           Bethany

1855-57           Montrose

1857-59           Abington [Waverly]

1859-61           Lackawanna [Scranton]

1861-62           Great Bend

1862-64           Union

1864-65           Van Ettenville

1865                transfer to Central Ohio Conference

1865-66           Quincy

1866-67           Richwood

1867-69           Defiance

1860-71           Toledo Lagrange Street

1871-73           superintendent, East Toledo District

1873-75           Toledo Monroe Street

1875-76           Delta

1876-78           on leave

1878                transfer to Genesee Conference

1878-80           Italy

1880                transfer to Central New York Conference by boundary change

1880-82           Pultneyville

1882-84           Dryden

1884-86           Ovid

1886-87           Odessa

1887-88           Union Springs

1888-89           Sheldrake

1889-90           Benton Center

1890-91           Hopewell and Flint Creek

1891                on leave

 

BARTHOLOMAY, DONALD WALTER

 

Born: 10-15-1916  Vandling PA                                married: Doris L. Brunner [6/22/1938]

Died: 10-17-2006                                                        obit: [10/2/1916 – 2/?/2009]

 

1956    license, Wyoming Conference

1958    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1958    ordained deacon

1961    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: [none]

 

1956-58           Clifford – Lenoxville (beginning 10/1956)

1958-61           Clifford

1961-64           Forest City

1964-67           Scranton Myrtle Street

1967-78           Sidney (ending 12/1978)

1978-80           Binghamton Fairview (beginning 12/1978)

1980-85           Carbondale

1985                retired

 

 

BARTHOLOMEW, AMBROSE GAMES

 

Born: 3-31-1840  Unadilla NY                                   married: Carrie L. Morgan [4/12/1865]

Died: 1923                                                                  obit: [1847 – 1882]

 

1873    admitted on trial

1875    ordained deacon

1877    ordained elder

 

Interment: Elmwood Cemetery, St. Paul NE

Obit:

 

1879                transfer to Nebraska Conference

 

BARTLETT, JAMES EARL

 

Born: 8-1-1886  Danville OH                                     married: Lola Evelyn Haugh  [1920]

Died: 9-13-1962  Oxfoed OH                                     obit: [11/9/1894 – 11/?/1973]

 

1918    admitted on trial, Genesee Conference

 

Interment: Oxford Cemetery, Oxford OH

Obit: Southern California - Arizona Conference 1964, 265

 

1918-20           North Ridge

1920-21           Lackawanna

1921-25           Newfane

1925-26           associate, Buffalo Asbury-Delaware

1926                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1926-29           Plymouth

1929-32           Scranton Simpson

1932-34           Binghamton Fairview

1934-36           Newark Valley

1936-39           Clark’s Green (ending 1/1/1939)

1939                transfer to Peninsula Conference

                        Wilmington DE

                        Miami FL

                        Wheeling EV

                        transfer to Southern California – Arizona Conference

                        Douglas AZ

1954-57           Los Angeles Moore Memorial

1957                retired

 

 

BARTLETT, PHILIP

 

Born: 12-?-1811  Kent County, England                   married:
Died: 6-16-1899  Astoria NY                                     obit:

                                                                                    married2: Clara Bush

1838    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference             obit2: Wyoming Conference 1904,107
?          ordained, Oneida Conference

 

Interment:  Woodlawn Cemetery, New York NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1900, 109

 

1838-40           Westfield

1840-41           Otego

1841-43           Chenango

1843-44           Bainbridge

1844-46           Page Brook

1846-48           Lanesboro

1848-50           Orwell

1850-52           LeRaysville

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-54           Montrose

1854-55           Barton

1855-63           agent, Conference Tract Society

1863-65           Great Bend and New Milford

1865                retired

                             Astoria, Arlington, Bellport, Oyster Bay, Steinway

 

Note: A brief biography of Philip Bartlett appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 154.

 

BARTZ, JAMES MARTIN

 

Born: 4-21-1924  Sidney Center NY                          married: Maxine C. Cronauer

Died: 7-6-2001  Fern Park FL                                    obit: [5/14/1928 – ]

           

Interment: Ouleout Cemetery, Franklin NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2002, 204

 

1951-54           Mount Upton – Rockdale (beginning 12/1/1951)

1954-57           Afton – North Afton

1957-61           Schenevus – Westford

1961-66           Bainbridge – Union Valley

1966-67           ?

1967-80           high school guidance counselor at Mount Upton and Afton high schools

1980-89           Orlando FL Regional Medical Center

1989                retired

                            1989-99  part-time chaplain, Orlando Regional Medical Center

 

Note: James M. Bartz is a nephew to William E. Bartz.  He served in the Wyoming Conference as a local preacher.  The chapel at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Florida is named is named the Chaplain James M. Bartz Memorial Chapel in his memory.  His education includes studies at the Westminster Theological Seminary.

 

BARTZ, WILLIAM ERNEST

 

Born: 1-27-1896  Bronx NY                                      married: Lulu A. Rutenber

Died: 11-1-1990                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 2000, 308

 

1927    local preacher’s license, Wyoming Conference

1936    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Evergreen Hill Cemetery, Unadilla NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1991, 327

 

1927-31           North Fenton

1931-33           Coventry

1933-36           Hawleyton

1936-43           Castle Creek

1943-48           Marathon

1948-51           Lanesboro

1951-565         superintendent, Children’s Home

1955-59           North Fenton

1959-63           New Berlin

1963                retired

 

Note William E. Marts is an uncle to James M. Bartz.

 

BASFORD, CALVIN H.

 

Born: c1849  MD                                                        married: Viola L. _____

Died: 8-22-1926  Philadelphia PA                             obit:

 

1876    admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

1878    ordained, Pennsylvania Conference MP

 

Interment: Marathon Village Cemetery, Marathon NY

Obit:

 

1876-77           Bentley Springs

1877                “transfer” to Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church

1877-78           Monroe

1878-79           Pine Creek

1879-80           Burlington

1880                “transfer” To Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1880-81           Harford

1881-83           Rush

1883-85           Apalachin

1885-87           Spencer

1887                no longer listed

                        “transfer” to Philadelphia Conference

                        “transfer” to New York Conference

 

Note: Calvin H. Basford served as a local and/or supply pastor in the Wyoming Conference and the Philadelphia Conference and, for a few years before his death, in Sullivan County of the New York Conference.  The tombstone gives the name of Mrs. Basford as Viala, but there are no dates.

 

BAUER, PAUL ROBERT

 

Born: 3-4-1947  Scranton PA                                     married: Anne Louise Meters

Died:                                                                           obit: [8/21/1950 – ]

 

1970    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1976    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1970-72           student

1972-73           Skinners Eddy

1973-74           student

1974-79           Carverton

1979                transfer to Peninsula Conference

1979-81           Newark

1981-84           Peninsula – McCabe

1984-88           Odessa

1988                transfer to Central Illinois Conference

                        conference staff

 

Note: As of 2003 Paul R. Bauer was serving congregations under appointment in the Illinois Great Rivers Conference.

 

BAXTER, EDNA MAY

 

Born: 6-30-1890  Nichols NY                                                married: [never married]

Died: 10-16-1985                                                        obit:

 

1916    ordained deaconess

 

Interment: Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1986, 286

 

Note: Edna May Baxter was the first woman to serve full-time as a teacher of religious education in a theological seminary.  She is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in the Methodist Church, page 72.  Her many achievements in Christian Education include the 1963 book The Beginnings of Our Religion.

 

BEALLA, MICHAEL A.

 

Born: 6-24-1953                                                          married: Bonnie Gail Shillabeer

Died:                                                                           obit: [4/22/1957 – ]

 

1980    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1982    ordained deacon

1984    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1975-78           student, Misericordia College

     1975-78      Kunkle

1978-80           student, School of Theology

     1978-80      Alderson – Kunkle

1980-86           Skinners Eddy

1986-88           Factoryville

1988-98           Dallas

1998-03           Endwell (ending 2/28/2003)

2003-08           Trucksville (beginning 3/1/2003)

2008                transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

2008-16           director, Connectional Ministries

2016-23           Scranton Elm Park

 

BEANE, EARL ROBERT

 

Born: 1-17-1942  Wilkes-Barre PA                            married: Mildred B. _____

Died:                                                                           obit: [5/30/1943 - ]

 

1964    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1964    ordained deacon

1967    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1964-68           student

1968-69           Berkshire

1969-73           associate, Endwell

1973-76           associate, Vestal

1976-06           director of admissions, Boston University School of Theology

2006                retired

                            2010  charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Earl R. Beane is the son of Roy H. Beane.

 

 

BEANE, FREDERICK G.

 

Born: 5-22-1864  Port Huron MI                               married: Mary Linton

Died: 7-?-1943                                                            obit: [1867 – 5/?/1940]

 

1897    admitted on trial, Detroit Conference

 

Interment: Riverhurst Cemetery, Endicott NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1944, 842

 

1897-07           conference Evangelist

1907-13           Detroit Conference

                        Capac

                        Peck

1913                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1921-23           Hawleyton

Little Meadows

Union Center

Willett

1929-31           Lockwood

 

1931                retired

 

Note: Fred G. Beane is an uncle to Roy H. Beane.  He served in the Wyoming Conference as a local preacher.

 

BEANE, HAROLD.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1921-22           Kirkwood

 

Note: Harold Beane served as a supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

BEANE, RALPH

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1947-48           Pleasant Mount (beginning 12/15/1947)

 

Note: Ralph Beane was a student at Syracuse University.

 

 

BEANE, ROY HAROLD

 

Born: 1-31-1898  Port Huron MI                               married: Beatrice Cooper

Died: 11-24-1974  Wilkes-Barre PA                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1939, 589

                                                                                    married2: Ruth O. Coon

1922    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2: Wyoming Conference 1973, 289

1930    ordained deacon                                              married3: Janet Stevens

1932    ordained elder                                                 obit3: Wyoming Conference 2005, 192

 

Interment: Vestal Hills Memorial Park, Vestal NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1975, 172

1919-21           Campville

1921-22           ?

1922-23           Laflin

1923-24           Eatonville

1924-32           student

1932-33           Choconut Center – Westville

1933-36           Springville – Dimock

1936-41           Mill City

1941-46           Askam – Sugar Notch

1946-48           Forest City

1948-50           West Nanticoke

1950-54           Skinner’s Eddy

1954-57           Courtdale – Larkesville

1957-60           Plains – Derr

1960-64           Hawley

1964                retired

 

Note: Roy H. Beane is the father of Earl R. Beane and a nephew to Fred G. Beane.

 

BEASLEY-TOPLIFFE, KEITH R.

 

Born: 10-10-1951                                                        married: Carola Beasley

Died:                                                                           obit: [9/22/1951 – ]

 

1976    license, recommended by Brookline MA United Parish

1977    ordained deacon

1980    ordained elder

 

Interment:
Obit:

 

1976-78           Boston University School of Theology

1978-82           McClure NY

1982-86           Pittston

1986                transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1986-87           Farragut-Fairfield

1987-90           on leave

1990-95           Saltillo

1995-96           Wiconisco Wesley – Muir Grace

1996-97           student

1997-98           Harrisburg Riverside

1998-99           Upper Room Ministries

1999-03           Harrisburg Fifth Street

2003-04           Forge Hill

2004-05           sabbatical leave

2005-12           Liverpool

2012-14           Duncannon Asbury – Roseglen

2014-16           Burnham – Milroy

2016                retired

 

Note: Carola Beasley-Topliffe is a member of the Susquehanna Conference.

 

BECKER, GEORGE J.

 

Born: 11-28-1880  Amsterdam NY                            married: Louise K. Godfrey

Died: 9-29-1964  Stamford NY                                  obit: [7/22/1883 – 8/?/1973]

 

1909    ordained, Presbytery of Jersey City

 

Interment: Roxbury Methodist Cemetery, Roxbury NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1965, 241

 

1910                transfer to the Presbytery of Newark

1910-15           Montclair NJ Grace Presbyterian

1915-19           Patterson NJ Lakewiew Presbyterian (beginning 1/27/1915)

1919-               Schoharie NY Federated

                        Bayonne NJ First Reformed (11 years)

1943                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Church          

1943-46           Lanesboro

1946-50           Oxford

1950-52           Hartwick

1952                retired

                             1955-57      Bloomville

 

Note: George J. Becker graduated from Syracuse University (1906) and Columbia University Union Seminary (1909). 

 

BEEBE, CHESTER CUSHMAN

 

Born: 5-27-1901  Oswegatchie NY                            married: Agnes Bertha Elizabeth Schulze

Died: 2-26-1985  Zephyrhills FL                               obit: [4/23/1904 – 11/20/1997]

 

1922    license

1925    admitted on trial

1934    ordained elder

 

Interment: New Era Cemetery, New Era PA

Obit:

 

1922-26           Preston

1926                transfer to Central New York Conference

1945                transfer to Genesee Conference

 

Note: Chester C. Cushman was a retired member of the Western New York Conference at the time of his death, but apparently there was no conference obituary.

 

BEERS, GEORGE DWIGHT

 

Born: 5-26-1887  Berkshire NY                                 married: Lula Ely

Died: 1-23-1973  Cortland NY                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1964, 237

 

1945    ordained local deacon

1952    ordained local elder

 

Interment: Evergreen Cemetery, Berkshire NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1973, 281

 

1932-34           Chenango Forks

1938-39           West Chenango

1939-53           Choconut Center

1953-60           Berkshire

1960                retired

 

Note: George D. Beers is the son of George O. Beers.  He served as a local preacher.

 

BEERS, GEORGE OSBORN

 

Born: 11-7-1846  Middlebury CT                              married: Clara Matilda Taylor

Died: 4-7-1931  Johnson City NY                              obit: Wyoming Conference 1911, 108

                                                                                    married2: Clarissa M. Bunnell

1866    exhorter’s license                                            obit2: Wyoming Conference 1931, 577

1867    local preacher’s license

1874    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1876    ordained deacon

1878    ordained elder

 

Interment: Berkshire NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1931, 569

 

1873-76           Rush

1875-77           Jenningsville

1877-80           West Nicholson

1880-83           Springville

1883-86           Maine

1886-89           Berkshire

1889-93           Skinner's Eddy

1893-96           Candor

1896-99           Hornbrook and Ghent

1899-04           Le Raysville

1904-08           Gibson and South Gibson

1908-12           Berkshire

1912-14           Franklin Forks

1914-15           Triangle

1915-18           Windham

1918-21           Hawleyton

1921-23           Union Center

1923-24           Castle Creek

1924                retired

 

Note: George O. Beers is the son of Rev. Ebenezer O. Beers (1818-1847) of the New York Conference, the father of George D. Beers, and the grandfather of John George Easton and of Rev. John Taylor Beers (1914-1990) of the North Central New York Conference.  A biographical sketch of George O. Beers appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 277.

 

BEERS, LAURENCE TURNEY

 

Born: 5-24-1915  Walton NY                                     married: Florence C. Blackman

Died: 9-19-1980  Pottstown PA                                 obit: [6/20/1916 – 8/18/1956]

                                                                                    married2: Mabel Harley

?          ordained, Baptist Church                                obit2:

 

Interment: Bateman Memorial Cemetery, Newport NJ

Obit: Wyoming Conference

 

1970                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the United Methodist Church

1970-72           Trucksville

1972-76           Wilkes-Barre Firwood (ending 3/30/1976)

1976                withdrew

 

 

 

BELKNAP, JOHN D.

 

Born: 11-6-1855  NY                                                 married: Lulu M. Doane

Died: 10-27-1925  Syracuse NY                                obit: [5/2/1864 – 1/6/1944]

 

1883    ordained deacon

1886    ordained elder

 

Interment: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse NY

Obit:

 

1881-83           Garrattsville

1883-84           Worcester

1884-85           on leave

1885-86           Candor

1886-89           on leave, evangelist

1889                located

                        “transfer” to Congregational Church

 

Note: John D. Belknap is the son of evangelist Almeron D. Belknap (1827-1909).  He traveled throughout the state of New York as an evangelist.  He also served the First Congregational Church of Mount Vernon NY.

 

BELL, GEORGE M.

 

Born: 9-22-1871  Framwellgate Moor, England        married: Nellie Griswold

Died: 12-28-1967  Kingston PA                                 obit: Wyoming Conference 1946, 453

 

1896    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1898    ordained deacon

1900    ordained elder

 

Interment: Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1968, 241

 

1895-97           Lackawaxen

1897-01           Narrowsburg

1901-05           Ariel

1905-08           Binghamton Clinton Street

1908-12           Union

1912-16           Athens

1916-22           Kingston

1922-28           superintendent, Wilkes-Barre District

1928-34           Johnson City

1934-41           superintendent, Wilkes-Barre District

1941-44           Dorranceton

1944                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of George M. Bell appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 278.

 

BELLEN, ROSEMARY

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

local preacher’s license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2001-10           Westville

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

BENEDICT, GEORGE BERNARD SR.

           

Born: 3-18-1853  Plymouth NY                                 married: Alice Maria Queal [8/17/1881]
Died: 9-20-1912  Santioree, PR                                 obit: Puerto Rico Mission Conference 1906, 55

                                                                                    married2: Margaret Throop Hill

1881    admitted on trial, Detroit Conference obit2: [10/23/1873 - ?]

 

Interment: 
Obit: General Minutes spring 1913, 61 [Puerto Rico Mission Conference]

 

1881-83           North Branch

1883-84           Sand Beach

1884-85           Croswell

1885-93           faculty, Wyoming Seminary

                             1892-93  Decatur

1893                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1893-95           missionary, Iquiqui Chile

1895                transfer to South America Conference

 

Note:  Mrs. Benedict is the daughter of William G. Queal.  She was previously married (3/14/1866) to a George Henry Dewey.

 

BENEDICT, HASKELL BYRON

 

Born: 11-21-1858  Schenevus NY                             married: Rebecca Van Zandt

Died: 3-11-1912  Montrose PA                                  obit: Wyoming Conference 1935, 641

 

1884    exhorter’s license, Schenevus

1885    local preacher’s license, Otsego

1886    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1888    ordained elder

1890    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Schenevus NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1912, 131

 

1884-85           South Hill

1885-86           Laurens

1886-87           Laurens and Oneonta Plains

1887-91           Sidney

1891-92           Scranton Hampton Street

1892-94           Otego

1894-96           Worcester

1896-98           Unadilla

1898-02           Montrose

1902-04           Owego

1904-12           Montrose

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Haskell B. Benedict appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 279.

 

BENGE, JAMES

 

Born: 1840  Stapleton, England                                 married: Sabra Wakeman

Died: 1-17-1897  Harpursville NY                             obit:

 

1886    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1897, 89

 

1886-88           Wells Bridge

1888                transfer to South America Conference

1888-95           missionary to Iquique, Chile

1895-96           on leave

1896-97           Harpursville, Wyoming Conference

 

Note: James Benge is a cousin to Albert B. Richardson.  He had been a local preacher in England before coming to America in 1886.  The Christian Advocate gives his death date as 1/11/1897.

 

BENJAMIN, CHARLES ALFRED

 

Born: 1-27-1858  Scranton PA                                   married: Minnie Newton Jansen

Died: 12-27-1936  Philadelphia PA                           obit: Wyoming Conference 1947, 728

                                                                                             Philadelphia Conference 1946, 470

1877    exhorter’s license

1881    local preacher’s license

1883    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

1885    ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Arlington Cemetery, Lansdown PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1937, 149

          Philadelphia Conference 1937, 173

 

1878-79           Norwich

1879-81           Lisle

1881-83           Whitney's Point

1883-86           Sherburne

1886-90           Schenevus

1890-93           West Pittston

1893-98           Honesdale

1898-99           Jermyn

1899-02           Athens

1902-05           Scranton Asbury

1905                transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1905-06           Philadelphia Christ

1906-10           Philadelphia Eden

1910-11           Allentown Linden Street

1911-15           Philadelphia Emmanuel

1915-16           Philadelphia Mariner’s Bethel

1916-18           Philadelphia Twentieth Street

1918-20           Mahanoy City

1920-22           Philadelphia Pitman

1922-23           Roxboro Emmanuel

1923                retired 

 

Note: Charles A. Benjamin is the father of Clarence J. Benjamin (1883-1969) and of Charles Dow Benjamin (1894-1950), both of the Philadelphia Conference.  A biographical sketch of Charles A. Benjamin appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 280.

 

BENJAMIN, CLARENCE JANSEN

 

Born: 3-24-1883  Lisle NY                            married: Agnes Elvey

Died: 9-13-1969  Hallstead PA                      obit: Eastern Pennsylvania Conference 1975, 780

 

1904    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1906    ordained decon

 

Interment:

Obit: Eastern Pennsylvania Conference 1970, 387

 

1904-06           Hallstead

1906-07           Glen Moore, Philadelphia Conference

1907                transfer to Philadelphia Conference, page 74

1907-08           Glen Moore

1908-10           East Lansdowne

1910-11           Landenberg and Kemblesville

1911-13           Quarryville

1913-15           Elam and Bethlehem

1915-18           Philadelphia Twenty-Second Street

1918-21           St. Clair

1921-22           Middletown

1922-26           faculty, Wesleyan Seminary int Lima NY

1926-49           on leave

                             faculty, Olney High School in Philadelphia

1949                retired

 

Note: Clarence J. Benjamin is the son of Charles A. Benjamin and a brother to Charles Dow Benjamin (1894-1950) of the Philadelphia Conference. 


 

BENJAMIN, KEITH F.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Julie _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1988    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1988    ordained deacon

1991    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1988-89           student

1989-93           Great Bend (beginning 1/1/1989)

1993-01           Noxen

2001-04           Wilkes-Barre First and Abbott

2004-08           Wilkes-Barre First and Ashley Centenary

2008-10           Carbondale

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

BENNETT, EDGAR L.

 

Born: 1-1-1846  Smyrna NY                                                  married: Latie J. Fradenburgh

Died: 10-2-1898  Smyrna NY                                    obit: Wyoming Conference 1919,145

 

1875    admitted on trial

1877    ordained deacon

1879    ordained elder

 

Interment:  Smyrna NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1899,105

 

1875-76           Jackson

1876-79           Chenango

1879-82           Guilford

1882-85           Lisle

1885-86           North Fenton and New Ohio

1886-91           Binghamton Chenango Street

1891-92           Pittston

1892                retired

 

Note: A brief biography of Edgar Bennett appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 155.

 

BENNETT, LUCIEN S.

 

Born: 2-22-1810  Norwich NY                                  married: Selina Miller
Died: 8-3-1851  Wilkes-Barre PA                              obit: Wyoming Conference 1893,88

 

1834    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Wilkes-Barre PA
Obit: General Minutes 1852, 151

 

1834-35           Bridgewater

1835-36           Brooklyn

1836-38           Canaan

1838-39           Dundaff

1839-40           Windsor

1840-41           Canaan

1841-42           Bethany

1842-44           Wyoming

1844                retired

                            1847-48  Tunkhannock

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

 

Note: A brief biography of Lucien Bennett appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 156.

 

BENNETT, M.L.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1856    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1855-56           Lackawaxen

1856-57           Thompson

1857                no longer listed

 

Note: A Rev. M.L. Bennett served Baptist churches in Chenango County NY: Bainbridge Center 1858-59, Mount Upton 1859-60.

 

BENNINGER, JAMES

 

Born: 1-1-1867  Auburn Center PA                           married: Emily [Emma] V. Colburn

Died: 11-27-1951  Tampa FL                         obit: Wyoming Conference 1963, 234

 

1890    ordained local deacon

1892    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1894    ordained elder

 

Interment: Garden of Memories, Tampa FL

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1952, 1151

 

1886-90           student, Wyoming Seminary

1890-92           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                            1890-92  Alderson

1892-95           Harvey’s Lake

1895-98           Lehman

1898-06           Scranton Embury

1906-10           Plymouth PA

1910-12           West Pittston

1912-18           Scranton Simpson

1918-25           Binghamton Centenary

1925-31           superintendent, Scranton District

1931-36           Dorranceton

1936                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of James Benninger appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 284.

 

BENSLEY, JANE M.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1997    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1997    ordained deacon

1999    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1997-00           New Hope Faith and Stairville–Slocum

2000-03           Rome–Orwell

2003-05           Fairdale

2005-10           Springville (beginning 7/15/2005)

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

 

BENSON, JAMES JAY

 

Born: 9-12-1928  Scranton PA                                   married: Euna Lee _____

Died: 6-16-2006  Northborough MA                         obit: [3/27/1929 – 12/28/2008]

 

1954    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1956    ordained deacon, New York Conference

1957    ordained elder

 

Interment: [cremated] First UMC, Hendersonville NC

Obit:

 

1954-55           student, Drew University in Madison NJ

1955                transfer to New York Conference

1955-56           student

                            White Sulphur Springs & Harris

1956-62           Monticello

1962-66           Yonkers First

1966-67           Yonkers Church of the Master

1967-81           Hicksville

1981-87           superintendent, Connecticut Central District

1987-91           New Canaan CT

1991                retired

 

BENSON, ROBERT LEE

 

Born: 2-18-1931  Holden WV                                    married: Shirley Elizabeth Jones

Died: 10-24-2012          Wilmington DE                    obit: Wyoming Conference 2000, 302

 

1953    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1954    ordained deacon

1955    ordained elder

 

Interment: Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Bear DE

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2013, 262

 

1953-54           student

1954056          Gouldsboro

1956-76           chaplain, U.S. Air Force

1976                Tioga Center

1976-80           Waverly NY

1980-82           superintendent, Oneonta District

1982-86           Dallas (ending 8/31/1986)

1986-87           sabbatical (beginning 9/1/1986)

1987-88           Dallas

1988-90           Binghamton Boulevard

1990-95           chaplain, Homes for the Aging

1995                retired

                            2010  transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

BENTLEY, DIANNE H.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Vaughn Glover

Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                    married2: Chris Bentley

                                                                                    obit2:

1994    local preacher’s license, recommended by Moscow

1997    admitted on trial, ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

1999    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1994-97           Sterling (beginning 10/1/1994)

1997-06           Sayre

2006-08           Sayre and Hornbrook

2008-10           Union Corners

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-18           East Canton

2018-20           Jefferson – Greenmount

2020-21           Honesdale Central

2021                retired

 

Note: Vaughn Glover is an ordained member of the Wyoming Conference.

 

BENTLEY, W.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1912-13           Throop

 

Note: W. Bentley served as a supply pastor.  Nothing else is known about him.

 

BERLEN, HERMAN D.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1926    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1926                transfer to New England Conference

                        Dorchester MA

                        Taunton MA

 

BERRY, LAURENCE MILTON

 

Born: 4-3-1936                                                            married: Judith G. _____

Died: 10-4-2000                                                          obit: [11/11/1942 – ]

 

1978    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1983    ordained deacon, Peninsula Conference

 

Interment: Valley View Cemetery, White Mills PA

Obit:

 

1978-81           student

1981                transfer to Peninsula Conference

1981-82           Felton

1982-89           associate, Wilmington Aldersgate

1989-92           General Board of Global Ministries

1992                transfer to North Georgia Conference

 

 

BERRY, WINTON FLAY

 

Born: 11-27-1913                                                        married: Waty Florine Douglas [12/15/1938]

Died: 10-2-1981                                                          obit:

 

1944    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Restland Memorial Park, Carthage TX

Obit:

 

1944                transfer to North Texas Conference

 

BEVAN, JOHN M.

 

Born: 12-5-1924  Wilkes-Barre PA                            married: Margaret Louise Dabbs

Died: 2-?-2000  Sumter SC                                        obit: [11/18/1925 – ]

 

1946    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Salem Black River Presbyterian Cemetery, Sumter SC

Obit:

 

1946-51           student

1951                discontinued

 

Note: Dr. John M. Bevan went on to a distinguished career in higher education, as demonstrated by the many references in print and on the Internet to his effective and innovative methods as a professor and an administrator.  He is remembered at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg FL through The John M. Bevan Award presented to an outstanding faculty member each year and The Bevan Memorial Scholarship awarded annually to rising juniors who are a catalyst for positive innovative programs within the college and community at large.

 

BEZNER, LISA JO

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

local preacher’s license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2008-09           Otego

2009-10           Otego–Sand Hill

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

 

BIBBINS, ELISHA

 

Born: 7-16-1790  Hampton NY                                 married: Alice Lathrop
Died: 7-6-1859  Scranton PA                                     obit: [5/8/1791 – 1/?/1877]

 

1812    admitted on trial, Genesee Conference

 

Interment:  Orwell PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1860, 47

 

1812-13           Wyoming

1813-14           Chenango

1814-15           Bridgewater

1815-16           Wyalusing

1816-17           Broome

1817-18           Cortland

1818-19           Wyalusing

1819-20           Shamokin

1820-22           Wyoming

1822-24           Canaan

1824                retired

    1829  charter member of Oneida Conference

    1852  charter member of Wyoming Conference

 

Note: Elisha Bibbins is the father of Robert Kendall Bibbins (1824-1898) of the Rock River Conference – and a first cousin to Samuel Bibbins (1796-1877) of the Detroit Conference, the father of Elisha Bibbins (1823-1875) of the Detroit Conference.  A brief biography of Elisha Bibbins appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 156.

 

BICKFORD, JOHN HELPS

 

Born: 11-21-1859  Lancaster OH                               married: Alice Hovey Dean

Died: 1-3-1926  North East MD                                 obit: Pittsburgh Conference 1947, 766

 

1879    local preacher’s license

1882    ordained local deacon

1886    ordained local elder

1887    admitted on trial, South Indiana Conference

 

Interment: North Eat United Methodist Cemetery, North East MD

Obit: Pittsburgh Conference 1926, 428

 

1879                Truit's Chapel (mid-year), Michigan Conference

1879-80           Big Rock Circuit, Rock River Conference

1880-81           Somonauk, Rock River Conference

1881-83           Little Rock and Jericho, Rock River Conference

1883-84           La Moille, Rock River Conference

1884-86           student, DePauw University

                            1885         Malden and Arlington (mid-year), Rock River Conference

                            1885-86    Harmony and Knightsville, Rock River Conference

1886-87           Rushville, Southeast Indiana Conference

1887                join Southeast Indiana Conference

1887-90           Rushville

1890                Indianapolis Central Avenue (part year, if at all)

1890-91           Parkersburg First, West Virginia Conference

1891                transfer to West Virginia Conference

1891-92           Parkersburg First

1892                transfer to North Indiana Conference

1892-95           Anderson Meridian Street

1895                Fort Wayne Wayne Street (part year)

1895                transfer to East Ohio Conference

1895-97           Akron First

1897                transfer to Pittsburgh Conference

1897-01           Pittsburgh Smithfield Street

1901                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1901-05           Wilkes-Barre First

1905                transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1905-06           Philadelphia Christ

1906                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1906-08           Oneonta

1908                transfer to Ohio Conference

1908-09           Columbus Wesley Chapel

1909                transfer to Central Ohio Conference

1909-10           Toledo Epworth

1910                transfer to Erie Conference                

1910-11           Meadville First [aka Stone]

1911                transfer to West Virginia Conference

1911-13           Crafton/Andrews

1913                transfer to Baltimore Conference

1913-14           superintendent, Maryland General Hospital

1914-17           Frostburg

1917                transfer to Wilmington Conference

1917-19           New Castle

1919                transfer to Pittsburgh Conference

1919-20           Woodlawn First

1920-21           Monessen First

1921-22           Millvale

1922                retired

 

Note: The ministerial career of John H. Bickford is difficult to reconstruct.  He served as a student/local pastor until formally joining the Southeast Indiana Conference in 1887.  For a time, his education and oratorical skills made him one of the pastors of that era that went from conference to conference supplying prominent pulpits.  A biographical sketch of John H. Bickford appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 283.

 

BIERLY, EDWIN SYLVERIUS

 

Born: 6-20-1869  Rebersburg PA                               married: Sarah Catherine Erhard (1897)

Died: 1954  Pensacola FL                                          obit: [1872-1938]

 

1899    license, recommended by Spring Mills

1908    admitted on trial, recommended by Port Matilda

1912    ordained local dean, Wyoming Conference, recommended by Bethany

 

Interment: St. Peter’s Lutheran & Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg PA

Obit:

 

1901                East Falmouth MA (3 months)

1904                South Dakota

1905-06           York Springs

1906-07           Alum Bank

1907-09           Port Matilda   

1909-10           Pine Grove Mills

1910-11           Burnt Cabins  

1911                discontinued

1911-13           Bethany, Wyoming Conference

 

Note: Some sources give the first name as EDWARD.  Edwin S. Bierley is an 1898 graduate of Williamsport Dickinson Seminary.  Some biographical information appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 59.  Mrs. Bierly is a sister to Rev. Clyde Erhard “of Texas” (dates and affiliation unknown).

 

 

BIGSBY, JON RICHARD

 

Born: 6-9-1941                                                            married: Maija Veidins _____ [5/9/1963]

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1971    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1974    ordained deacon, New England Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1971-73           student

1973                transfer to New England Conference

1973-74           Mansfield – Rehoboth

1974-75           Westford

1975-80           chaplain

1980                transfer to New Mexico Conference

1980-84           chaplain

1984                withdrew

 

1995-02           St. Paul’s Lutheran, Karnes City TX (beginning 9/1/1995 and ending 2/10/2002)

2002                retired (beginning 2/10/2002)

 

Note: Jon Richard Bigsby is the author of A Soviet Latvian and His Revelation of a Socialist Society (1963).

 

BILL, ALAN S.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

local preacher’s license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2002-05           Lockwood

2005-09           Lockwood & Barton & Halsey Valley

2009-10           Lockwood & Bartom

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

BINKLEY, JOHN GRANT

 

Born: 8-19-1933                                                          married: Judith _____

Died: 12-17-2009                                                        obit: [9/1/1935 – ]

 

1956    license, Wyoming Conference

1958    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1960    ordained deacon, California-Pacific Conference

 

Interment: Landis Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Lancaster PA

Obit:

 

1956-59           Pleasant Mount

1959                transfer to California-Pacific Conference

1959-61           Big Pine

1961-65           Los Angeles Eastmont

1965-70           Placentia

1970-73           Norwalk First

1973-74           sabbatical leave

1974-75           student

1975                located

 

BIRD, WILLIAM LESTER

 

Born: 9-19-1915  Doniphan MO                                married: Katherine Andrews

Died: 7-7-1976  Cincinnati OH                                  obit: West Ohio Conference 2013, 371

 

1940    admitted on trial, Northern Illinois Conference

1945    ordained deacon, St. Louis Conference

 

Interment: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Oakville MO

Obit: West Ohio Conference 1977, 240

 

1941-43           New Milford - Davis

1943                transfer to Wyoming Conference (10/9/1943)

1943-44           Scranton Elm Park

1944                transfer to St. Louis Conference (6/1/1944)

1954-57           Kansas City Aldersgate

1957-60           Kansas City Melrose

1960                transfer to Southern Illinois Conference

1960-62           Alton First

1962-68           Effingham Centenary

1968                transfer to West Ohio Conference

1968-69           Cincinnati Mount Healthy

1969-76           Cincinnati Epworth

 

Note: Following the death of William L. Bird, Katherine married a Mr. Schwab.

 

BIRTCH, DONALD

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2000-01           Brookvale

 

Note: Donald Birtch lived in Binghamton NY and served as a local preacher.

 

BITLER, KENNETH W.

 

Born: 10-5-1953                                                          married: Sandra Leah Meachem Mitchem

Died:                                                                           obit: Susquehanna Conference 2011, 393

 

1973    local preacher’s license, West Virginia Conference

1981    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1981    ordained deacon

1983    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1973-75           Bellington circuit

1975-76           Talcott

1976                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1976-78           Waymart

1978-81           student

                            1980-81  Kauffman’s, Eastern Pennsylvania Conference

1981-83           Oxford

1983-88           Camptown

1988-93           Meshoppen (ending 1/1/1993)           

1993-94           on leave (beginning 1/1/1993)

1994-00           Fairdale

2000-07           Susquehanna

2007-09           Jermyn and Dunmore

2009-10           on leave

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Mrs. Bitler is the daughter of Rev. James C. Mitchem (1929-1995) of the West Virginia Conference.

 

BIXBY, WILLIAM

 

Born: 8-19-1814  Bainbridge NY                               married: Laura Stewart Starr 
Died: 12-20-1889  Bainbridge NY                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1884, 61

 

1837    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment:  Riverside Cemetery, Oneonta NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1890, 83

 

1837-38           Chenango

1838-39           Exeter

1839-41           Otsego

1841-42           Cooperstown

1842-44           Homer

1844-46           Oxford

1846-48           Otsego

1848-50           Hartwick

1850-52           Cincinnatus

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-54           Ames

1854-58           superintendent, Chenango District

1858-62           superintendent, Cazenovia District

1862-64           Ithaca

1864-65           Skaneateles

1865-69           superintendent, Otsego District

1869-71           superintendent, Honesdale District

1871-73           Owego

1873-75           Providence

1875-76           Marathon

1881-82           on leave

1882-84           Gilbertsville

1884-86           Westville

1886-88           Lanesboro

1888                retired

     1888-1889 Nanticoke (beginning 11/1888)

 

Note: A brief biography of William Bixby appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 157.

 

BLACK, WILBUR W.

 

Born: 3-16-1935                                                          married: Carolyn _____

Died: 6-30-2019                                                          obit:

 

1981    local preacher’s license

 

Interment: Fairview Memorial Park, Elmhurst PA

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2020, ?

 

1980-89           Equinunk

1989-90           (not appointed)

1990-97           West Nicholson

1997                retired

                            2010  transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Wilbur W. Black served as a local preacher.

 

BLACKIE, JEAN M.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

local preacher’s license

2007    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2001-02           Jermyn

2002-07           Moosic

2007-10           Damascus

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-16           Damascus

2016-19           Moscow

2019-23           Dalton - Factoryville

 

BLAIR, ANN S.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Larry McMaster

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1987    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1987    ordained deacon

1989    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1987-89           associate, Clarks Summit

1989-90           Windsor

1990-95           Scranton Simpson – West Park

1995-96           Scranton Simpson – West Park – Court Street

1996-97           Scranton Simpson – West Park

1997-02           Skinners Eddy

2002-06           Morris

2006-10           Binghamton High Street

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Ann S. Blair is reported to be the daughter of a pastor in another conference.

 

BLAIR, HIRAM GILBERT

 

Born: 4-23-1836  Waymart PA                                  married: Caroline [Carrie] E. Morgan

Died: 4-19-1914  North Towanda PA            obit: Wyoming Conference 1896, 102

                                                                                    marrried2: Sarah Sherwood

1875    exhorter’s license, Hyde Park Simpson          obit2: [5/6/1858 – 1/12/1933]

1876    local pastor’s license

1877    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Hornbrook PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1914, 109

 

1876-77           South Danby

1877-80           Harford

1880-81           Flemingville

1881-81           Litchfield

1882-81           Hornbrook

1883-81           Union Center

1884-86           Jackson

1886-89           Kirkwood

1889-91           Plymouth NY

1891-93           Greene

1893-95           Castle Creek

1895-96           Lisle

1896-97           Smyrna

1897                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Hiram G. Blair appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 281.

 

BLAIR, WILLIAMS T.

 

Born: 4-26-1861  Kingston PA                                  married: Mary Jane Strickland

Died:                                                                           obit: Wyoming Conference 1906, 112

                                                                                    married2: Margaret Rhoads [1912]

?          exhorter’s license, Carbondale                       obit2: [b. 1881]

?          local preacher’s license, Carbondale 

1890    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1892    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1889-91           Bainbridge

1891-94           Cooperstown

1894-99           Mount Upton

1899-01           Whitney's Point

1901-02           Lehman

1902-10           Wyoming

1910-12           Plymouth PA (ending 9/2/1912)

1912                withdrew from the ministry; see 1913, page 81

 

Note: In 1912 Williams T. Blair re-married, left the ministry, and moved to Michigan.  The 1920 census still shows him in Wayne County MI. He later apparently returned to the area and is the author of The Michael Shoemaker [Schumacher] Book (1924), a Luzerne County biographical/genealogical study.  A biographical sketch of Williams T. Blair appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 284.

 

BLAKE, CHARLES WESLEY

 

Born: 7-24-1817                                                          married: Ann Greenfield

Died: 3-17-1893                                                          obit: [1/20/1813 – 3/22/1883]

                                                                                    married2: Mary Electa Jewett

                                                                                    obit2: [1/27/1838 - ]

Interment: Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn PA

Obit:

 

1869-71           Canaan, Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church

1872-75           Lackawaxen

1875-77           Rileyville

 

Note: C.W. Blake is the father of Susannah Blake Price, wife of George T. Price.  He served as a local preacher and had been a chaplain in the Civil War.  In 1902 the second Mrs. Blake married widower Mr. Jason S. Wright.

 

BLAKE, CLARENCE GERALD JR

 

Born: 3-4-1931  Carbondale PA                                 married: Lois Lorraine Reedy

Died: 9-24-2016                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1993, 346

                                                                                    married2: Gladys Fortuna

                                                                                    obit2:

local preacher’s license, recommended by Forty Fort

1954    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1954    ordained deacon

1967    ordained elder

 

Interment: Willow View Cemetery, Clifford township, Susquehanna County PA

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2017, 279

 

1951                Gouldsboro Highway (May-June)

1952-53           Thornhurst

1953-56           Thornhurst – Daleville

1956-60           (not appointed)

1960-61           Harford

1961-81           Apalachin Park Terrace

1981-87           North Fenton

1987-89           Tioga Center

1989-91           Wilkes-Barre Firwood

1991-94           Bethany

1994                retired

                            1994-98       Factoryville

                            1998-99       Afton (11/1/1998 – 2/1/1999)

                            1999            Deposit – North Sanford (2/1/1999 – 6/30/1999)

                            2000            Equinunk (7/1/2000 – 10/31/2000)

                            2010             transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Gladys Fortuna-Blake is an ordained member of the Wyoming Conference.

 

BLAKESLEE, GEORGE HARMON

 

Born: 10-28-1819  Springville PA                             married: Hester Ann Cargill  
Died: 7-26-1876  Cortland NY                                   obit: [9/22/1824 – 1/11/1906]

 

1837    exhorter’s license

1840    local preacher’s license

1841    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Cortland NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1877, 34

 

1841-42           Vestal

1842-43           Brooklyn

1843-44           Wyoming

1844-45           Brooklyn

1845-46           Vestal

1846-48           Dundaff

1848-50           Pike

1850-52           Nichols

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-54           Susquehanna and Lanesboro

1854-56           Owego

1856-58           Newark Valley

1858-59           Carbondale

1859-63           superintendent, Wyalusing District

1863-64           Providence

1864-65           Binghamton Court Street

1865-67           Susquehanna

1867-71           on leave

1871-73           Candor

1873-74           Newark Valley

1874-76           Nichols

1876                retired

 

Note: George H. Blakeslee is the father of Francis D. Blakeslee (1846-1942) of the Central New York Conference and Clara Blakeslee Miller, wife of John W. Miller (1856-1943) of the Pacific Northwest Conference.  A brief biography of George H. Blakeslee appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 158.  His namesake George Harmon had been superintendent of the Susquehanna District 0f the Genesee Conference 1812-15.

 

BLANCHARD, HIRAM A.

 

Born: 5-1-1824  Sodus NY                                         married: Hannah Hunt Richardson    
Died: 5-4-1898  Portlandville NY                              obit: Wyoming Conference 1895, 88

 

1849    license, Onondaga Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church

 

Interment:  Westville NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1899, 104

 

East Schuyler

Paine’s Hollow

South Valley

Conquest

Boyleston

Rome NY

1867                transfer to Wyoming Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church

1867-68           Schuylers Lake

1868-70           Westville

1870-71           Decatur

1871-73           Sidney

1873-75           Fly Creek

1875-76           Little Meadows

1876-78           Garrattsville

1878-79           Westford

1879-82           Laurens

1882-84           Sanford

1884-85           on leave

1885-86           Sidney Center

1886-87           Clifford

1887-89           Beach Pond

1889                retired

                             1891-93  Wells Bridge

 

Note: A brief biography of Hiram A. Blanchard appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 159.  In the Methodist Protestant Church, he was president of the Onondaga Conference 1841-1866.

 

BLANDY, WILLIAM ERNEST

 

Born: 12-?-1848  London, England                            married: Eliza Amelia Eade (1878)

Died: 8-18-1915  Waverly NY                                   obit: [1854 – after 1923]

 

 

Interment:

Obit: [The Christian Advocate 10/14/1915, page 32]

 

                        Salvation Army in England

1875-77           Barking

1877-78           East and West Hartlepool

1878-79           South Shields             

1884                emigrated to America

1884-89           Salvation Army in America {Maine and New York]

1889                “transfer” to Primitive Methodist Church

                        Brooklyn NY

                        Providence RI

1893-95           unknown, living in New York City

1895                “transfer” to Methodist Protestant Church

1895-06           Queens NY Aqueduct Methodist Episcopal Church

                        “transfer” to Wyoming Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church

1907-09           Wallsville

1909-10           Lakeville (did not accept; living in Waverly PA)

1910-12           Lackawaxen

1912-13           superintendent, Binghamton NY City Mission (independent)

1913-15           Lockwood

1915                retired to Barton NY

 

Note: W.E. Blandy served in the Wyoming Conference as a supply preacher.  His name also appears as ERNEST WILLIAM BLANDY, and that is how it appears naming him as the author of the well-known 1890 hymn “Where He Leads Me I Will Follow.” Tradition states he was a Salvation Army Officer who turned down a comfortable ministry at an established church to work in the slums of New York City.

 

BLISH, FRANCIS MARION

 

Born: 5-4-1874  Deposit NY                                      married: Mary Rose Whitford (1896)

Died: 11-24-1950  Sayre PA                                      obit: [12/19/1872 – 12/15/1904]

                                                                                    married2: Mabel Clara Shattuck (1905)        

1912    admitted on trial, Genesee Conference           obit2: West Wisconsin Conference 1966, 765

 

Interment: Ulysses Cemetery, Ulysses PA                

Obit: West Wisconsin Conference 1951, 662

 

1907-08           Decatur

1908-11           Ouaquaga

1911-13           Oakland, Wyoming Conference

                        West Wisconsin Conference

1941-50           Ulysses, Central New York Conference        

 

Note: Francis M. Blish is the father of Rev. Francis M. Blish Jr. (1904-1992) of the United Church of Christ and of Rev. Harold E. Blish (1912-2003) of the Western New York Conference.  He served in the Wyoming Conference as a supply preacher and then a student pastor and is sometimes given as M.F. Blish.. 

 

BLISS, N.E.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1886-88           Preston

1888-91           North Norwich

 

Note: N.E. Bliss served as a supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

BLOODGOOD, JOHN D.

 

Born: 2-3-1843  Litchfield PA                                   married: Belle Rogers

Died: 8-20-1915                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1899, 109

 

1868    local preacher’s license, Van Ettenville

1869    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1871    ordained deacon

1873    ordained elder

 

Interment: Glenwood Cemetery, Washington DC

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1916, 111

 

1868-70           Tioga

1870-72           South Danby

1872-73           Vestal 

1873-74           on leave

1874-77           Sanford

1877-79           Lisle

1879-82           Gilbertsville

1882-84           Wyalusing

1884-86           on leave

1886-89           Gibson

1889-92           Lockwood

1892-93           Tioga

1894-99           on leave

1899                retired

 

Note: John D. Bloodgood is the son of local preacher Cyrus Bloodgood.  He is the author of the Civil War volume Personal Reminiscences of the War (1892) and of the 1886 886.886 hymn text Memorial Hymn filed in the Gibson church folder.  A biographical sketch of John D. Bloodgood appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 282.

 

BLOOMFIELD, ARTHUR G.

 

Born: 11-4-1845  London, England                           married: Esther Ann Wakelin

Died: 12-4-1940  Binghamton NY                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1937, 153

 

1854    exhorter’s license, Ontario, Canada

1855    quarterly conference license, Ontario, Canada

1867    admitted on trial, Wesleyan Methodist Conference of Canada

 

Interment: Maple Grove Cemetery, Canfor NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1941, 154

 

1867-68           Brock

1868-69           Millbrook

1869                transfer to Illinois Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church

                        Marseilles

                        Kendall

                        New Bedford

                        East Bench

1875                transfer to Genesee Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church

                        Corfu

                        Kendall

1879                transfer to Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church

1879-84           Auburn

1994-85           no appointment at his own request

                        withdrew 9/6/1885

1886                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1886-87           Franklin Forks

1887-90           North Tioga

1890-92           Speedsville

1892-95           on leave, living in Corfu NY

1895                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Arthur G. Bloomfield appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 285.

 

BOHNE-ECHOLT, EINAR

 

Born: 1-18-1887  Norway                                          married: Grace Magdalene Meyer

Died: 1-18-1953                                                          obit:

 

1915    admitted on trial, New York Conference

1922    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: North-East Ohio Conference 1953, 456

 

1915-18           Phoenicia

1918-19           Roxbury

1919                “re-instated” to Wyoming Conference

1919-22           New Berlin NY

1922-27           Cooperstown

1927-29           West Pittston

1929-32           Sayre

1932-36           Binghamton High Street (did not complete final year)

1936                transfer to New Jersey Conference (effective 10/1/1935

 

BONE, JOHN ELLIOTT

 

Born: 6-25-1856  Quethiock, England                       married: Ella A. Thomas

Died: 3-29-1934                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1931, 577

 

1886    admitted on trial

1888    ordained deacon

1890    ordained elder

 

Interment: Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1934, 392

 

1883-86           student, Drew Theological Seminary

1886-88           Yatesville

1888-91           Wilkes-Barre First

1891-93           Wilkes-Barre Derr Memorial Church

1893-98           Oneonta

1898-99           Honesdale

1899-01           Union

1901-03           on leave

1903-04           Glen Lyon

1904-05           assistant, Wilkes-Barre First

1905-08           Glen Lyon

1908-12           Mountain Top

1912-17           Courtdale

1917-21           Duryea

1921-23           West Nanticoke

1923-28           Larksville

1928                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of John E. Bone appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 287.

 

BONNER, MARVIN MALCOLM JR.

 

Born: 12-19-1928  New York City NY                      married: Marjorie _____

Died: 2-16-2003  Bellville TX                                   obit: [7/1/1933 – ]

 

1955    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1957    ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference

 

Interment: Bonner Cemetery, Beaufort County NC

Obit:

 

1955-57           Falls

1957                transfer to Baltimore Conference

1957-59           Bowie Perins Chapel

1959                located

 

Note: Marvin M. Bonner served while a student at Drew Theological Seminary.

 

BOOKHOUT, TALLMAN C.

 

Born: 2-7-1892                                                            married: Ruth Louisa Campbell

Died: 3-18-1974                                                          obit: [12/23/1894 – 7/?/1984]

 

1916    admitted on trial, New York Conference

1919    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Fort Plain Cemetery, Fort Plain NY

Obit:

 

1919-20           located

1922                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1922-23           Edmeston

1923                withdrew

                        “transfer” to Presbyterian Church

Note: Tallman C. Bookhout is a brother to Eugene Anson Bookhout (1875-1928) of the New York Conference.

 

BOONE, CHARLES STUART GORDON

 

Born: 6-26-1867  Cornwall, England                         married: Sarah Ann McDougall

Died: 1-13-1837  Kirkwood MO                                obit: [2/2/1872 – 1947]

 

 

Interment: Oak Hill Cemetery, Kirkwood MO

Obit:

 

1888-89           mission extension (John Rogers Mission), Scranton First

1889-90           Nanticoke

                        “transfer” to Baptist Church

1903                Leamington, Ontario

1915                Saginaw MI

1917-37           Kirkwood MO

 

Note: C.S.G. Boone served as a supply preacher.  He may have been a member at Pittston.  He appears to have moved west and associated with the Baptist Church.

 

BOORN, LELAND L.

 

Born: 10-9-1877  Schenevus NY                               married: Margaret Lovell

Died: 1-9-1916  Alderson PA                                     obit: Wyoming Conference 1979, 250

 

1907    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Schenevus Cemetery, Schenevus NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1916, 112

 

1907-10           Binghamton Boulevard

1910-13           Rendham [Old Forge Stewart Memorial]

1913-16           Alderson

 

 

BOSTIC, CLAYTON DEWEY

 

Born: 5-15-1929  Havre MT                                       married: Betty Jane _____

Died: 9-23-2014  Norman OK                                   obit:

 

1954    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Sunset Memorial Park, Norman OK

Obit:

 

1954-55           Lehman

1955                discontinued

                        “transfer” to Presbyterian Church

 

Note: Clayton D. Bostic moved from Kansas to Oklahoma in 1980.  As of 2020, Mrs. Bostic was living in Norman OK.

 

BOUND, CLIFFORD F.

 

Born: 3-4-1907  Portlandville NY                              married: Esther Mae Lloyd

Died: 1-16-1983  Peorea AZ                                      obit: Wyoming Conference 2004, 203

 

1933    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1935    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

1938    ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Rest Haven Memorial Park, Glendale AZ

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1983, 238

 

1931-33           Preston

1933-35           West Exeter – Schuler Lake

1935-36           Mount Upton

1936-38           Beach Lake - Narrowsburg

1938-43           Greene

1943-48           Wyoming

1948-50           New Berlin

1950-65           Oxford

1965-66           Luzerne

1966-69           Castle Creek

1969-72           chaplain, Elizabeth Church Manor

1972                retired

 

BOUTON, BARBARA J.     see SNYDER, BARBARA J.

 

 

BOUTON, DAVID WEBSTER

 

Born: 6-3-1936  Oxford NY                                       married: Janet Elizabeth Smith

Died: 12-22-2015  Wellsboro PA                               obit: [12/6/1936 - ]

                                                                                    companion2: Judith Besanceney (1990)

1960    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2:

1960    ordained deacon

1962    ordained elder

 

Interment: Glenwood Cemetery, Oneonta NY

Obit: Upper New York Conference 2016, 198

 

1957-64           student

1964-68           Davenport

1968-70           Harpursville

1970-71           Plains – Abbott

1971-73           director, Wilkes-Barre Malabar

1973-75           West Nanticoke

1975-76           Peckville

1976-79           Kirkwood

1979-80           on leave

1980                retired

                            1987-90       Choconut Center (beginning 1/1/1987)

                            1990-92       Sanitaria Springs

                            2010            charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: David W. Bouton is the father of Barbara J. Bouton Snyder, brother of William D. Bouton, son of Leon W. Bouton, and grandson of Webster M. Bouton.  David W. and Janet E. Bouton divorced circa 1972.  He did not remarry.

 

BOUTON, LEON WEBSTER

 

Born: 9-3-1905  Mt. Vision NY                                 married: Emma Grace Fish

Died: 4-24-1996                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1981, 193

 

1928    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1929    ordained deacon

1930    ordained elder

 

Interment: Glenwood Cemetery, Oneonta NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1996, 323

 

1927-31           student

1931-33           Nichols

1933-36           Oxford – Guilford

1936-38           Oxford

1938-45           Binghamton Fairview

1945-47           Carbondale

1947-58           Endicott First

1958-64           superintendent, Wilkes-Barre District

1964-70           Ogden – Hillcrest

1970                retired

 

Note: Leon W. Bouton is the son of Webster M. Bouton, the father of David Webster Bouton and William Dale Bouton, and the grandfather of Barbara J. Bouton Snyder.  According to his conference obituary, Leon W. Bouton also has another grandchild in the ministry.

 

BOUTON, WEBSTER MORGAN

 

Born: 6-23-1872  Stamford NY                                 married: Bernice R. Carrier

Died: 1-11-1941  Hawleyton NY                               obit: Wyoming Conference 1971, 246

 

1899    exhorter’s license

1899    local preacher’s license

1901    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1903    ordained deacon

1905    ordained elder

 

Interment: Glenwood Cemetery, Oneonta NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1941, 155

 

1899-00           Rockdale

1900-05           Oakland

1905-10           Mt. Visio

1910-12           Brooklyn

1912-17           Unadilla

1917-18           Susquehanna

1918-20           field secretary, Anti-Saloon League

1920-26           associate superintendent, New York Anti-Saloon League

1926-27           on leave

1927                retired

 

Note: Webster M. Bouton is the father of Leon W. Bouton, the grandfather of David W. Bouton and William D. Bouton, and the great-grandfather of Barbara J. Bouton Snyder.   A biographical sketch of Webster M. Bouton appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 287.

 

BOUTON, WILLIAM DALE

 

Born: 8-3-1940  Binghamton NY                               married: Sylvia Kadleck

Died: 6-19-2009  Johnson Ciyu NY                           obit: Upper New York Conference 2011, 384

 

1963    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1965    ordained deacon

 

Interment: First UMC Columbarium, Oneonta NY

Obit: [Birmingham Press and Sun Bulletin for 6/21/2009]

 

1963-65           student

1965                transfer to Baltimore Conference

1965-66           student

                             1965-66  associate, Washington DC Mt. Vernon Place

1966-69           Nichols

1969                transfer to Eastern Pennsylvania Conference

1969-78           Southwest Philadelphia Parish

1978                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1978-86           Binghamton Tabernacle

1986-03           Oneonta First

2003                retired

 

Note: William D. Bouton is the brother of David W. Bouton, son of Leon W. Bouton, and grandson of Webster M. Bouton.  Mrs. Bouton’s father John Paul Kadleck (1911-1985) reportedly served as a lay pastor.  The Wyoming Conference did not publish obituaries, or any final conference journal, in 2010.

 

BOVEE, MARTIN W.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Musa Lynn Hall

Died:                                                                           obit: Susquehanna Conference 2020, 331

 

1993    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1995    ordained deacon

1997    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1993-99           Ransom

1999-02           Chinchilla

2002-05           Noxen

2005-10           Athens

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-12           Athens

2012-18           Jefferson – Greenmount

2018                retired

 

BOWDISH, ARVINE CLARK

 

Born: 4-22-1832  Lowville NY                                  married: Kate M. Seeber

Died: 11-29-1899  Bronx NY                                     obit: [1837 – 10/30/1875]

                                                                                    married2: Martha C. Baylis (6/28/1877)

admitted on trial, Oneida Conference             obit2: [1845 – 8/15/1932]

 

Interment: Old Springfield Cemetery, Springfield Gardens NY      

Obit: New York East Conference 1900, 116

 

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1869-70           Marathon

1870-71           Hendricksburg

1871-72           Ashley

1872-74           Waverly PA

1874                transfer to New York East Conference

 

Note: Arvine C. Bowdish is a nephew to Leonard Bowdish and a brother to Charles G. Bowdish (1834-1873) and Wellesley W. Bowdish (1836-1915), both of the New York East Conference, and to William M. Bowdish (1843-1886) of the Minnesota Conference.  The second Mrs. Bowdish is believed to be a sister to evangelist Charles T. Baylis (1850-1910) of the Congregational Church.

 

BOWDISH, LEONARD

 

Born: 4-1-1812  New Lisbon NY                               married: Nancy Parsons
Died: 5-23-1870  Bainbridge NY                               obit: [1813 – 10/14/1875]

 

1833    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Earville Cemetery, Earlville NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1871, 30

 

1833-34           Hamilton

1834-35           Sharon

1835-36           Norwich

1836-37           Cherry Valley

1837-38           Stickbridge

1838-39           Hampton

1839-40           Andover

1840-42           Springfield

1842-43           East Solon

1843-44           Cincinnatus

1844-45           Hamilton

1845-46           Tully

1846-48           Lenox

1848-50           Fayetteville

1850-52           Morrisville

1852-53           New Berlin

1853-54           Sherburne

1854-56           Clinton

1856-58           Fort Plain

1858-60           Laurens

1860-62           Unadilla

1862-64           Afton

1864-66           Coventry

1866-69           on leave

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1869                retired

 

Note: Leonard Bowdish is an uncle to four ministerial brothers: Arvine C. Bowdish (1832-1899), Charles G. Bowdish (1834-1873) and Wellesley W. Bowdish (1836-1915), all of the New York East Conference, and William M. Bowdish (1843-1886) of the Minnesota Conference.  A brief biography of Leonard Bowdish appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 161.

 

BOWEN, HERBERT BERNARD

 

Born: 11-19-1930                                                        married: Helen _____

Died:                                                                           obit: [10/27/1930 – ]

 

1954    admitted on trial, Troy Conference

1956    ordained deacon, Troy Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1954-57           student

                            1956-57  Catonsville, Baltimore Conference

1957-61           Granville

1961-65           Glenn Falls

1965-80           located

1980                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1980-88           Cooperstown (beginning 11/1980 and ending 11/15/1988)

1988-97           Waverly NY (beginning 11/15/1988)

1997                retired

                            1997-07  Westover

                            2010       charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

BOYCE, FLORENCE ANGELIN

 

Born: 8-9-1887  Clifford PA                                      married: Friend Lines “Mose” Tuttle Jr (7/2/1924)

Died: 12-?-1972  Yonkers NY                                   obit: [4/8/1888 – 10/1/1967]

 

1915    missionary to India, page 68

 

Interment: Green Gates Cemetery, Hawley PA

Obit:

 

1915-16           Lucknow India

 

Note: Florence Boyce is the daughter of Jacob H. Boyce and a brother to Robert S. Boyce.  Her husband and inlaws are buried in Hawley, but find-a-grave states she “may not be buried in this cemetery.” An obituary for Mose Tuttle appears in the 6/6/1968 Princeton Alumni Weekly, page 12, and states that he “married Florence Boyce, a friend from childhood days, the two families having been ardent temperance workers.  Their marriage was delayed by the war and by Miss Boyce’s service of ten years as a missionary in Calcutta India.”

 

BOYCE, JACOB H.

 

Born: 12-28-1845  Apalachin NY                              married: Christine Eliza Stevens

Died: 5-19-1934  Honesdale PA                                obit: Wyoming Conference 1943, 615

 

1866    exhorter’s license

1868    local preacher’s license, Kingston

1873    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1875    ordained deacon

1877    ordained elder

 

Interment: Hillside Cemetery, Damascus PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1935, 631

 

1872-73           Athens

1873-74           West Danby

1874-75           Flemingville

1875-77           Middlefield

1877-79           South New Berlin NY

1879-82           Edmeston

1882-83           Triangle

1883-85           Willet

1885-87           Lisle

1887-90           Clifford

1890-94           Canaan

1894-98           Sterling

1897-02           Pleasant Mount

1902-07           Damascus

1907-11           Hamlin

1911-15           Carley Brook

1915                retired

 

Note: Jacob H. Boyce of the father of Miss Florence Boyce and Robert S. Boyce.  A biographical sketch of Jacob H. Boyce appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 286.

 

BOYCE, ROBERT STEVENS

 

Born: 10-14-1875  Middlefield NY                           married: Ada Mae Hare

Died: 4-27-1945  Ithaca NY                                       obit: Wyoming Conference 1961, 219

 

1905    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Harpursville NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1946, 446

 

1905-07           Wells Bridge

1907-11           Davenport

1911-15           East Worcester

1915-19           Schenevus (moved during 1918-19 conference year)

1919-21           Wilkes-Barre Parrish Street (moved during 1918-19 conference year)

1921-30           Owego

1930-40           Honesdale

1940-43           Plymouth PA

1943                retired

                            1943-45       Forest City

 

Note: Robert S. Boyce is the son of Jacob H. Boyce.

 

BOYCE, WILLIAM F.

 

Born: 1839                                                                  married:

Died: 3-3-1915  Whitestone NY                                obit:

 

1875    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1876-78           Hickory Grove

1878-80           Franklin Forks

…

1891-92           Rome

1892-94           North Sanford

…

1897-98           Flowers [Hickory Grove]

1898-99           Locust Hill [Hickory Grove]

1899-04           Herrick Center

…

1907                retired

                             1907-08      Fairdale

 

Note: William F. Boyce served charges as a local preacher for 35 years in the Wyoming Conference.  The above record is not complete.  See Chaffee’s 1903 History of the Wyoming Conference, page vi.  A brief obituary appears in The Christian Advocate for 8/12/1915, page 24.

 

BOYER, GERALD STEPHEN

 

Born: 11-25-1911  Weisport PA                                married: Thelma Anna Saltsman

Died: 7-4-1981  Cooperstown NY                             obit: Troy Conference 2004, 1719

 

1935    admitted on trial, East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Church

1944    ordained deacon, New York Conference of the Evangelical Church

 

Interment:

Obit: Northern New York Conference 1982, 918

 

1935-38           student, Albright College in Reading PA

     1937-38      Middle Creek

1938-39           Akron

1939-41           student, Union Theological Seminary NYG

                             1939-40      associate, NYC Christ ME

                             1940-41      Westchester ME

1941                transfer to New York Conference of the Evangelical Church

1941-48           East Stone Arabia

1948-53         *Binghamton Emmanuel

1953-66           West Sand Lake

1966-72           Webster Albright

1972                transfer to Northern New York Conference of the United Methodist Church

1972-77           Richfield Springs

1977                retired

 

Note: Gerald S. Boyer was never a member of the Wyoming Conference, but he received pension credit in the Wyoming Conference for his EUB service at Binghamton Emmanuel.  He appears in this data set because he served a church that was (later) a part of the Wyoming Conference UMC.

 

BOYLE, HARRY WASHINGTON

 

Born: 1875                                                                  married: Cora M. Potter

Died: 5-18-1957  Waverly NY                                   obit: [9/7/1876 – 6/9/1957]

 

Interment: Rose Hill Cemetery, Hallstead PA

Obit:

 

1919-22           Hickory Grove

1922-25           Barton

1925-27           South Canaan

1927-30           West Nicholson - Lakeside

 

Note: Harry W. Boyle served as a supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.  From 1919-25 he is noted as H.O. Boyle.

 

BOYLE, JOHN RICHARDS

 

Born: 6-23-1844  Frankford PA                                 married: Annie Katharine Kline

Died: 1-27-1934  Cornwall PA                                  obit: Wyoming Conference 1896, 103

                                                                                    married2: Jennie Randall

1871    admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference    obit2: Philadelphia Conference 1933, 178

 

Interment: Nisky Hill Cemetery, Bethlehem PA

Obit: Philadelphia Conference 1934, 372

 

1871-74           Shenandoah

1874-77           Reading Ebenezer

1877-79           Lancaster First

1879-82           Philadelphia Christ

1882-83           Philadelphia Western

1883                transfer to Wilmington Conference

1883-86           Wilmington Grace

1886                transfer to Newark Conference

1886-88           Newark St. Paul’s

1888                transfer to New York Conference

1888-90           New York City Park Avenue

1890                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1890-96           Wilkes-Barre First

1896                transfer to New Jersey Conference

1896-99           Trenton State Street

1899                transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1899-05           Philadelphia Spring Garden Street

1905-06           Philadelphia Covenant

1906-10           Reading Holy Cross

1910-13           Philadelphia Cooper Memorial

1913                retired

 

Note: J. Richards Boyle is the son of John A. Boyle of the Philadelphia Conference.  Before entering the ministry he served in the Civil War, was half-owner and editor of the Mauch Chunk Gazette, and author of Soldiers True and other military volumes.  He also produced various published essays and articles, bound volumes of sermons, and a book manuscript.

 

BOYS, SYDNEY HERBERT

 

Born: 1-13-1884  New Olverston, England                married: Effie Mae Teachout

Died: 10-26-1954  Sayre PA                                      obit: Wyoming Conference 1965, 252

 

?          license, Minnesota Conference

1930    ordained local deacon

1932    ordained local elder

 

 

Interment: Hartwick Seminary Cemetery, Hartwick Seminary NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1955, 2056

 

1922                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1922-24           Hartwick

1924-26           Chenango Forks

1926-29           McDonough

1929-32           McClure and North Sanford

1932-34           Plymouth NY

1934-36           Davenport Center (moved to Hornbrook during the second year)

1936-37           Hornbrook – Ghent

1937-38           Davenport Center

1938-43           Hale Eddy

1943-45           Preston

1945                retired

                             1945-49      West Nicholson

                             1949-54      Warren Center

 

Note: Sydney H. Boys served as a local preacher.

 

BRACKENBURY, ALBERT C.

 

Born: 1862                                                                  married: Sallie Murphy [5/30/1878]

Died: 9-20-1938                                                          obit:

                                                                                    married2: Katherine Treat [9/24/1883]

1894    admitted on trial                                              obit2:

                                                                                    married3: Laura Belle Geiger

                                                                                    obit3: [9/18/1869 – 9/23/1937]

Interment: Mountain View Cemetery, Forest Grove OR

Obit: Oregon Conference 1939, 76

 

1891-92           student, Wyoming Seminary

     1891-92      Plainsville

1892-94           student, Drew Theological Seminary

1894-96           Galilee and Rileyville

1896-98           Beach Lake

1898-99           Apalachin

1899-00           on leave

1900                transfer to Columbia River Conference

1900-01           Antelope OR

1901-03           Fossil OR

1903                transfer to Oregon Conference

1903-04           Clackamas and Oswego

1904-05           North Yamhill

1905-07           Dallas

1907-11           McMinnville

1911-13           Salem Leslie

1913-15           Brownsville

1915-17           Gresham

1917-20           Portland Laurelwood

1920-21           Seaside

1921-23           Lebanon

1923-24           Portland Clinton Kelly

1924                retired

 

BRADBURY, JOHN

 

Born: 9-30-1813  NJ                                                   married: Olive Terwilliger

Died: 9-7-1874  Defiance County OH                       obit: [1/10/1814 – 7/3/1894]

 

1855    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1857    ordained deacon

 

Interment: old section Evansport Cemetery, Evansport OH

Obit:

 

1855-56           Plymouth

1856-58           Lackawaxen

1858                no longer listed

 

Note: It is believed that this John Bradbury was originally from New Jersey, preached in the Wyoming Conference in Pennsylvania, moved to Ohio in the 1860’s and started a business there – but the evidence/documentation is circumstantial.

 

BRADSHAW, JOHN

 

Born: 3-8-1849  Ireland                                              married: Isabella Morrison

Died: 11-9-1916                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1945, 170

 

1876    admitted on trial, Blue Ridge Conference

 

Interment: Dunmore Cemetery, Dunmore PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1917, 118

 

1875-80           mission work in North Carolina

1880-83           student, Drew Theological Seminary

1883                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1883-86           Mount Upton

1886-89           Ashley

1889-94           Binghamton High Street

1894-96           Norwich

1896-99           Pittston

1899-02           Nanticoke

1902-06           Plymouth PA

1906-10           Scranton Providence

1910-12           Ashley

1912-16           Wyoming

1916                Luzerne

 

Note: John Bradshaw is the father of Electa Bradshaw Crandall, wife of William S. Crandall.  A biographical sketch of John Bradshaw appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 288.

 

BRAINARD, ROBERT

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1982-83           Gibson Corners

 

Note: Robert Brainard served as a local preacher.

 

BRAINERD, JAMES CLARK

 

Born: 1-21-1830  Broome County NY                       married:

Died: 4-13-1906  Beloit KS                                        obit: [d. 1885]

                                                                                    married2: Elizabeth A. Scikely [1886]

1856    admitted on trial, West Wisconsin Conf        obit2: [4/21/1845 – 3/22/1911]

1857    ordained deacon

1859    ordained elder

 

Interment: Elmwood Cemetery, Beloit KS

Obit: Kansas Conference 1907, 44 [BRAINARD]

 

1857-58           Belleville

1858-59           Paoli

1859-60           Cadiz

1860-61           Dane

1863-64           Spring Green

1864                located

1875                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1875-77           Barton

1877-80           Candor

1880-82           Nichols

1882                transfer to Illinois Conference

                        Charleston

                        Gibson City

1885                transfer to Kansas Conference

1885-86           Whiting

1886-88           Clifton

1888                retired for health reasons

 

Note: This surname is given as BRAINERD in early records and on the tombstone, but as BRAINARD in later records and in the conference obituary.

 

BRAKENBURY, ALBERT C.

 

Born: 1862                                                                  married: Laura B. Geiger

Died: 9-20-1938                                                          obit: [1869 – 9/23/1937]

 

1894    admitted on trial

1896    ordained elder

 

Interment: Mountain View Memorial Gardens, Forest Grove OR

Obit: Oregon Conference 1939, 76

 

1894-96           Galilee and Rileyville

1896-98           Beach Lake

1898-99           Apalachin

1899-00           retired

1900                transfer to Columbia River Conference

 

Note: The Wyoming Conference records consistently give this surname as BRAKENBURY.

 

BRAMHALL, CHARLES OLIN

 

Born: 8-5-1848  Washington twp, Wyoming Co PA married: Julia C. Davis

Died: 11-25-1921  Manhattan NY                             obit:[1862-?]

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1888-89           Franklin Forks 

 

Note: C.O. Bramhall is a brother to M.E. Bramhall.  An 1880 graduate of Wesleyan University, he served as a supply preacher.  The 1903 Genealogy of the Bramhall Family places him in Kansas City KS.

 

BRAMHALL, MELVIN EDMUND

 

Born: 12-23-1842  Washington twp, Wyoming Co PA married: Polly Catharine Holmes

Died: 10-20-1924  Memphis TN                                    obit: Kansas Conference 1921, 69

 

1875    admitted on trial

1876    ordained deacon

1880    ordained elder

 

Interment: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis TN

Obit: Kansas Conference 1925, 62

 

1875-78           Fairdale

1878-81           Little Meadows

1881-82           Binghamton Chenango Street

1882-85           Candor

1885-86           on leave

1886                transfer to South Kansas Conference

 

Note: M.E. Bramhall is a brother to C.O. Bramhall.  The maiden name of Mrs. Bramhall sometimes erroneously appears as DENISON, which was the maiden name of her mother.

 

BRAND, IRWIN LARKIN [“Larry”]

 

Born: 8-4-1916  Pittsburgh PA                                                           married: Ruth Elizabeth Evanston

Died: 5-21-2000                                                                                  obit: [8/28/1917 – 5/5/2010]

 

1970    admitted on trial

1970    ordained deacon

1971    ordained elder

 

Interment: Albert Cemetery, Wright Township PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2000, 309

 

1964-65           First Welsh Congregational Church, Plymouth PA

1965                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Church

1965-69           Wanamie

1969-70           student, Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary

     1969-70  Tremont, Eastern Pennsylvania Conference

1970-72           Fairdale

1972-74           Daleville – Maple Lake

1974-78           Carbondale

1978-80           Duryea

1980-84           Mehoopany

1984                retired 

                            1984-87       Askam – Glen Lyon

                            1988-92       Slocum

                                                Nuangola Union Chapel

 

Note: Some records give the maiden name of Mrs. Brand as Evanson.

 

BRANDAUER, FREDERICK WILLIAM

 

Born: 6-6-1904  Pforzheim Germany             married: Grace A. Martin

Died: 2-1-1986                                                obit: Eastern Pennsylvania Conference 1997, 7.262

 

1925    license, East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Church

1928    admitted on trial, Atlantic Conference of the Evangelical Church

1928    ordained deacon, Atlantic Conference of the Evangelical Church

1933    ordained elder, Atlantic Conference of the Evangelical Church

 

Interment: Whitemarsh Memorial Park, Prospectville PA

Obit: Eastern Pennsylvania Conference 1987, 7.13

 

1925-28           Greenpoint St. Paul’s

1928-30           student, North Central College in Naperville IL

1930-31           student, Evangelical Theological Seminary

1931                “transfer” to Atlantic Conference of the Evangelical Church

1931-34           NYC First

1934-35           Jersey City Salem

1935-51           missionary, China

1951-53           Evangelical Home for the Aged

1953-69           missionary, Indonesia

1969                retired

                            1969-86  `Philadelphia First German UMC

 

Note: Frederick W. Brandauer was never a member of the Wyoming Conference, but he received General Board of Pensions recognition in the Wyoming Conference for his 1968-69 deputation service in the US. 

 

 

BRAUE, DONALD ALLEN

 

Born: 9-4-1940                                                            married: Diane Ruth Arrowsmith

Died:                                                                           obit: [12/3/1944 - ]

 

1964    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1967    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1964-65           student

1965-68           assistant, Wilkes-Barre First

1968                located

 

Note: Donald A. Braue received a Ph.D. from Claremont University in 1976 and is the author of several articles and books on history and philosophy.  This surname is erroneously given in some records as BRAVE.

 

BRECKINRIDGE, EDWARD WILLIAM

 

Born: 11-20-1807  Dover, England                            married: Mary Ann Adkins
Died: 4-3-1885  Binghamton NY                               obit: [d. 1867]

                                                                                    married2: Luna N. Hall

1836    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference obit2: Wyoming Conference 1896, 101

 

Interment: Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1885, 57

 

1836-37           Westmoreland

1837-38           Litchfield

1838-39           Winfield

1839-40           Litchfield

1840-42           Canajoharie

1842-43           Springfield

1843-44           Deansville

1844-45           Warren

1845-47           Brookfield

1847-49           Bainbridge

1849-51           McDonough

1851-52           Brooklyn

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-53           Brooklyn

1853-54           Berkshire

1854-55           on leave

1855-56           agent, Susquehanna Seminary

1856-58           Beach Pond

1858-60           Vestal

1860-62           Springville

1862-64           LeRaysville

1864-67           Osborne Hollow

1867-68           on leave

1868-69           agent, Bible Society

1869-71           Skinners Eddy

1871-72           Mehoopany

1872-75           Fairdale

1875-76           West Nicholson

1876                retired

 

Note: E.W. Breckinridge is the father of John Storry Breckenridge (1838-1900) of the New York East Conference and an uncle to William M. Hiller.  A brief biography of E.W. Breckinridge appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 160.

 

BREHM, ELMER LEE

 

Born: 1-30-1915  Alden PA                                       married: Sara Elizabeth Woomer

Died: 3-6-1988  Wilkes-Barre PA                              obit: Wyoming Conference 2009, 225

 

1948    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1948    ordained deacon

1950    ordained elder

 

Interment: Berwick Cemetery, Berwick PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1988, 384

 

1946-49           Centermoreland

1949-52           Falls – Mill City

1952-54           Mountaintop

1954-57           Avoca – Moosic

1957-62           Unadilla

1962063          Wesley House, Oneonta

1963-65           Dunmore

1965-68           Scranton Simpson

1968-70           Plains – Abbott

1970-75           Mountaintop Christ

1975-80           Trucksville

1980                retired

 

BREITWEISER, RUTH CHOATE CARTER

 

Born: 12-10-1916  Retta PA                                       married: George Breitweiser
Died: 12-18-2005                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1997, 359

 

1977    license, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Retta Cemetery, Retta PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 2009, 226

 

1934-38           student, Keuka College

1938-40           director of Christian education, Evansville IN Central Avenue

1940-41           director of Christian education, Gloversville NY Freemont Street

1941-43           director of Christian education, Rochester NY Monroe Avenue

…

1977-87           South Auburn – Silvara (beginning 6/1977)

                            1981-82  Beaver Meadows (1/1981 – 1/1982)

1987                retired

 

Note: Ruth C. Breitweiser served as a local preacher.

 

BREISH, JOHN D.

 

Born: 4-22-1917                                                          married: Betty A. _____

Died: 9-19-1998                                                          obit: [1920 – 2000]

 

1943    ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Mohawk Cemetery, Mohawk NY

Obit:

 

1942-43           Spring Lake

1943                [transfer to Wyoming Conference, see NOTE below]

1943-44           assistant, Syracuse Furman

1944-46           chaplain, US Marine Corps

1946-48           Apulia (ending 12/1948)

1948                minister of education, Plymouth Congregational Church (beginning 12/1948)

officially…

1949-53           without appointment to attend school

1953-56           on leave

1956                located

 

Note: BREISH is the surname spelling on the tombstone and in the 1943 General Minutes, page 60.  The 1943 Wyoming Conference journal, page 503, states John B. BRESCH transferred from the Central New York Conference and John D. BREISCH was ordained elder.  The 1943 General Minutes index, page 298, states that J.D. BREISCH JR. was admitted as a member of conference in 1939, and later editions change that date to 1945.  He appears never to have been appointed in the Wyoming Conference, and that the “transfer” (which is not noted in the General Minutes) never was completed.  There appears to be no conference obituary in any conference.  It appears he was licensed in 1939 by the Central New York Conference (and may have served as a local pastor), was ordained in 1943 by the Wyoming Conference (although never a member or under appointment in that conference) and properly admitted to the Central New York Conference in 1945.  The most common spelling in the General Minutes appears to be BREISCH.

 

BREUNINGER, RICHARD A.

 

Born: 9-29-1946                                                          married: Mary Lovina _____

Died: 2020                                                                  obit:

 

1972    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1974    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Hillington Cemetery, Morris NY

Obit:

 

1972-73           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                            1972-73  Otego

1973-80           Otego

1980-86           associate, Oneonta First

1986                located

 

Note:  Richard A. Breuninger appears to have remained in the Oneonta area functioning as a local preacher.

 

BREWSTER, EDWARD ELDREDGE

 

Born: 8-6-1909  Norwood MA                                   married: Dorothy M. Rath

Died: 8-16-1997  Harrisburg PA                                obit: [1913 – 12/27/2011]

 

1931    license, Philadelphia Conference

1934    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1936    ordained deacon

1940    ordained elder, Maine Conference

 

Interment: Hummelstown Cemetery, Hummelstown PA

Obit: Northern Illinois Conference 1998, 343

 

1932-34           Hummelstown

1934                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1934-37           student, Drew

    1935-37       Thornhurst

1937-39           Lake Como

1939                transfer to Maine Conference

1939-42           Rumford Center

1942-43           Ogunquit

1943-44           Lincoln

1944-46           chaplain, US Army

1946-49           student, Boston University

1949-50           faculty, Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina KS

1950-51           sabbatical leave

1951                Cape Porpoise

1951-53           Lewistown Calvary

1953-58           faculty, Rust College in Holly Springs MS

1958-61           faculty, LeMoyne College in Memphis TN

1961-63           faculty, Aurora College in Aurora IL

1963                transfer to Rock River Conference

1963-71           Joliet Ingalls Park

1971-72           sabbatical leave

1972-76           Chicago Granville Avenue

1976                retired

 

Note: E. Eldridge Brewster is the son of Edward Hersey Brewster (1885-1960) of the New Hampshire Conference.  He graduated from Bates College in 1931 and retired to the greater Harrisburg area.

 

BRIDGEMAN, PETER GOFF

 

Born: 3-25-1804  Bainbridge NY                               married: Roxanna Nichols (7/6/1826)
Died: 7-24-1872  Cortland NY                                   obit: [1807 - ?]

                                                                                    married2: Salina Lamenta Dunbar (2/25/1835)

1826    exhorter’s license                                            obit2: [9/16/1807 – 8/13/1854]

1828    local preacher’s license                                   married3: Elizabeth Robinson Whittlelsy

1832    ordained local deacon                                     obit3:

1836    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Cortland NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1873, 34

 

1836-37           Otselic

1837-38           Cortland

1838-39           East Hamilton

1839-40           McGrawville and Freetown

1840-41           Scipioville

1841-42           Amber

1842-44           Lanesboro

1844-52           on leave

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-56           on leave

1856-57           Maine

1857-58           Union

1858-59           Harpursville

1859-60           Maine

1860-61           Shepard’s Creek

1861-62           Lackawaxen

1862-64           Litchfield

1864                retired

 

Note: A brief biography of Peter G. Bridgeman appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 162. 

 

BRIGGS, EDWIN R.D.

 

Born: 9-30-1853  Oxford NY                         married: Laura Hill Arnold

Died: 7-21-1932  Oneonta NY                       obit: Wyoming Conference 1929, 134

 

1877    local preacher’s license

1878    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1880    ordained deacon

 

Interment: McDonough Village Union Cemetery, McDonough NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1933, 152

 

1878-80           Scranton Park Place and Green Ridge

1880-81           North Fenton

1881-82           Lisle

1882-85           Berkshire

1885-88           Greene

1888-91           Morris

1891-96           Marathon and Killawog

1896-99           Whitney's Point

1899-01           Mount Upton

1901-07           Unadilla

1907-12           Milford

1912-16           Portlandville

1916-17           Otego

1917-18           Otego and Oneonta Plains

1918-23           Oxford

1923-28           Davenport

1928                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Edwin R.D. Briggs appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 289.

 

BRIGHAM, ALFRED

 

Born: 11-27-1823  Brookfield MA                            married: Fanny P. Tinker

Died: 9-21-1896                                                          obit: Nebraska Conference 1902, 72

 

1853    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1853    ordained deacon

1857    ordained elder

 

Interment: Valley Home Cemetery, Windham PA

Obit: Nebraska Conference 1897, 77

 

1853-54           Athens

1854-55           Campville

1855-57           Osbirb Hollow

1857-58           Lanesboro

1858-60           Dundaff

1860-61           Waymart

1861-63           Mount Pleasant

1863-65           Kirkwood

1865-67           Harpersville

1878                located

                        “transfer” to Nebraska Conference

 

 

BRIGNALL, LELAND WELLINGTON

 

Born: 6-1-1892  South Wales NY                              married:

Died: 11-12-1969                                                        obit:

 

1910    license, Genesee Conference

 

Interment: South Wales Cemetery, South Wales NY

Obit:

 

1922-23           Allentown NY

1923-24           Apalachin, Wyoming Conference

 

1934                located

 

Note: Leland W. Brignall was an evangelist and served in the Wyoming Conference as a supply preacher. 

 

BRILL, EDGAR LEWIS SR

 

Born: 5-5-1919  Smith Hill PA                                  married: Ethelmae Ruth Dawson

Died: 7-28-2001                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1991, 328

 

1952    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1952    ordained deacon

1954    ordained elder

 

Interment: Smith Hill Cemetery, Smith Hill PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2002, 205

 

1947-48           Evans Falls

1948-51           student, Houghton College

     1948-51      Farmersville Center, Genesee Conference

1951-53           student, Asbury Theological Seminary

     1951-52      Hazel Green – Carnargo, Kentucky Conference

     1952-53      Hutchinson, Kentucky Conference

1953-56           Pleasant Mount

1956-62           Gouldsboro

1962-67           Waverly PA

1967-68           chaplain, Wyoming Seminary

1968-72           Moscow

1972-79           Norwich

                             1973-75      Preston

1979-86           Factoryville – Nicholson

1986                retired

                             1986-87      Pleasant Mount (beginning 10/1986)

                             1989-90      Daleville (ending 11/30/1989); Newton (beginning 3/15/1990)

                             1992-93      Equinunk

                             1995           Equinunk (2/1 – 6/30)

 

Note: Mrs. Brill is the daughter of David A. Dawson and a sister to John S. Dawson.

 

BRIMA, ANTHONY JOHN BAMBANGA

 

Born:                                                                           married: Annie _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1977    license Sierra Leone Conference

1979    ordained deacon

1981    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1979-81           Freetown King Memorial

1981-86           Rogers Memorial

1986                transfer to California-Pacific Conference

1986-90           Los Angeles Holman

1990-96           ?

1996                transfer to New England Conference

1996-98           Limestone ME

1998-00           Wakefield MA

2000-06           Milton MA

2006-07           Epworth MA

2007-08           ?

2008                Freetown King Memorial (1/1/2008-12/31/2008)

2008-09           ?

2009                transfer to Wyoming Conference

2009-13           Wilkes-Barre Albright (beginning 8/1/2009)

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-13           Wilkes-Barre Albright

                            2011-13  incapacity leave (beginning (1/1/2011)

2013-17           Wilkes-Barre Firwood

2017-18           Williamsport Faxon-Kenmar

2018-20           Williamsport St. Paul-Calvary (ending 12/31/2019)

2010                retired (1/1/2020)

 

 

BRINK, A.N.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1900-03           Noxen

 

Note: A.N. Brink served as a local preacher.

 

BRISTOL, DANIEL WHEELOCK

 

Born: 12-15-1812  Adams NY                                   married: Mary Harris

Died: 3-2-1883  Syracuse NY                                    obit: Central New York Conference 1890, 105

 

1834    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse NY

Obit: Central New York Conference 1883, 124

 

1834-35           Leroy

1835-36           Fabius

1836-37           New Berlin

1837-38           Norwich

1838-40           Cooperstown

1840-42           Wilkes-Barre

1842-44           Ithaca

1844-46           Utica

1846-48           Auburn

1848-50           Cooperstown

1850-52           Cazenovia

1852-54           Ithaca

1854-58           superintendent, Cazenovia District

1858-62           superintendent, Oneida District

1862-63           chaplain, US Army

1863-65           Utica State Street

1865                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1865-66           secretary, Christian Commission

1866-68           Binghamton

1868-72           superintendent, Binghamton District

1872                transfer to Central New York Conference

1872-75           Ithaca Aurora Street

1875-77           Weedsport

1877-81           superintendent, Syracuse District

1881                retired

 

BRITTAIN, ROBERT MORRISON

 

Born: 9-17-1935  Weaverville NC                             married: Lurline A. Cope (9/2/1956)

Died: 5-30-2021  Largo FL                                        obit: [2/9/1937 – ]

 

1956    license, Kentucky Conference

1958    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1961    ordained deacon, Western North Carolina Conference

 

Interment: Clark’s Chapel UMC Cemetery, Weaverville NC

Obit:

 

1956-57           Vanceburg

1957                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1957-59           Maple Grove

1959                transfer to Western North Carolina Conference

1959-60           student

1960-62           Hot Springs

1962                transfer to Florida Conference

1962-63           Palm Beach Gardens

1963-64           Lake Park Trinity

1964-69           Palm Beach Gardens  [founding pastor]

1969-78           Largo First

1978-82           St. Petersburg St. Luke’s

1982-86           Lighthouse Point Trinity

 

Note: Robert M. Brittain is the brother of Methodist pastor Rev. Wendell H. Brittain (1931-2018).

 

BROMLEY, CLINTON ERNEST

 

Born: 2-10-1871  Jewitt City CT                                married: Mabel Trefry Wells

Died: 1-24-1965                                                          obit: East Maine Conference 1919, 425

                                                                                    married2: Elizabeth Josephine Winslow

1899    admitted on trial, New England South Conf  obit2: New England Southern Conf 1951, 693

1901    ordained deacon

1905    ordained elder

 

Interment: Packerville Cemetery, Plainfield CT

Obit: New England Southern Conference 1965, 165

 

1899-02           Mashapang, New England South Conference

1902                transfer to New York East Conference

1902-03           Springdale CT

1903-04           Roxbury CT

1904                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1904-06           Lackawaxen

1906                transfer to East Maine Conference, page 68

1906-07           Lubec

1907-09           Harrington

1909-10           Franklin

1910-11           Sullivan

1911-12           Monticello

1912-16           Eddington

1916-19           Atkinson Federated

1919                transfer to New England Southern Conference

1919-21           Wapping CT

1921-25           Little Com[ton RI

1925-               Brockton MA Pearl Street

 

BRONG, HOWARD RAYMOND

 

Born: 6-22-1890  Saylorsburg PA                              married: Eva May Ottinger

Died: 3-2-1951                                                            obit: Philadelphia Conference 1962, 887

 

1926    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1928    ordained deacon

1930    ordained elder

 

Interment: Siloam Methodist Church Cemetery, Booth’s Corner PA

Obit: Philadelphia Conference 1951, 1035

 

1925-28           Gouldsboro

1928-30           Mountain Top

1930-32           Apalachin – Little Meadows

1932-34           Courtdale – Larksville

1934-39           Wanamie – Alden

1939-43           Windsor

1943                transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1943-44           Elverson & Mt. Carmel

1944-47           Siloam [Delaware County]

1947-48           Girardville – William Penn

1948-50           Philadelphia C.C. Hancock Memorial

1950                retired

 

BRONSON, ASAHEL L.

 

Born: 11-3-1807  Danbury CT                                   married: Philema Horton White

Died: 8-8-1905  Winona MN                                     obit: Upper Iowa Conference 1904, 95

 

1827    exhorter’s license

1832    local preacher’s license

1836    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

1852    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

1858    ordained elder, Upper Iowa Conference

 

Interment: Wyoming Cemetery, Wyoming IA

Obit: Upper Iowa Conference 1905, 225

 

Delaware

Jefferson

Cortland

New Milford CT

Stratford CT

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-53           Abington

1853-54           Wyoming

1854-56           on leave

                            1854-55  Plymouth

                            1855-56  Wyoming

                            1856       Kingston (1st part of year)

1856                transfer to Iowa; charter member of Northern Iowa Conference

 

Note: In 1859 Asahel L. Bronson removed for health reasons to Wyoming IA, a town named and founded by a cousin and brother.

 

BRONSON, IRA LINCOLN

 

Born: 5-20-1865  Orwell PA                                      married: Lelia Jane Howe

Died: 4-22-1951  Orange County FL                         obit: Wyoming Conference 1934, 339

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Nancy Jeanette Camp (1938)

1894    local preacher’s license                                   obit2: [1/6/1956 – 8/?/1956]

1894    admitted on trial, Louisiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South

 

Interment: Orwell Hill Cemetery, Orwell PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1952, 1152

 

1900                transfer to the Wyoming Conference

1900-02           Wells Bridge

1902-06           McClure

1906-08           Westford

1908-11           Windsor

1911-14           Chenango Forks

1914-21           Afton

1921-23           Davenport

1923-25           Oxford

1925-30           West Exeter

1930-33           Sanitaria Springs

1933                retired

 

Note: The second Mrs. Bronson’s first marriage was to Rev. Edward Hugh Hardison (1878-1925) of the Virginia Conference, and her second marriage in 1931 was to a Mr. Chauncey Levi Camp (1854-1936).  A biographical sketch of Ira L. Bronson appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 288.

 

BRONSON, SAMUEL MERWIN

 

Born: 11-6-1818  Wayne County NY                        married: Susan A. (Goodrich?)

Died: 1-27-1888  Evansville MN                               obit:

                                                                                    married2: Anna Amelia Nicholson

1848    admitted on trial, East Genesee Conference   obit2: [10/4/1836 – 3/13/1907]

 

Interment: Mound Grove Cemetery, Evansville MN

Obit:

 

1848-49           Painted Post

1849-50           Tioga

1850                discontinued

                        (moved to Pennsylvania)

1855-56           Plainsville, Wyoming Conference

                        (moved to Iowa before 1859)

                        Charles City

                        Fayette

                        Floyd

                        (moved to Minnesota after 1871)

                        Alexandria

                        (Congregational Church)

1882-83           Evansville

1885-87           Wiscoy

 

Note: This article appeared in the 4/3/1854 New York Herald, morning edition, page 2.

The Senate of Pennsylvania did honor to itself in the passage of the divorce of Mrs. Susan A. Bronson, from her brutal husband, Samuel M Bronson. The lady in question is the daughter of a Methodist clergyman in the State of New York, and is represented as not only amiable, but moral and intelligent.  She became enamored with Bronson, and after a brief courtship, consented to become his wife. It was not long, however, before this act was regretted. About two years since, the parties left New York for Tioga County, Pennsylvania, where Bronson was employed as a preacher of the gospel. After a residence of ten months, the mother of Mrs. Bronson visited them. She soon discovered that her daughter was in a decline. The conduct of Bronson. as testified to by the mother, was of such a character as to shock the heart of the most callous wretch The details of his brutal treatment are harrowing to human nature, and totally unfit for publication. The mother remonstrated with Bronson, but it was of no avail. Her daughter on the occasion was found senseless, covered with blood, and carrying upon her person some eight or nine black and blue spots. These facts became known to the people when Mrs. Bronson was taken from the clutches of the brutal wretch and sent to her friends in New York, where she now remains.  Bronson fled, and has not since been heard from.

 

Note2: Is it possible the NY/PA 1848-1850 Rev. Samuel M. Bronson and the IA/MN 1859-1888 Rev. Samuel M. Bronson are two different people?

 

BROOKS, ASA

 

Born: 10-1-1819  Batavia NY                                    married: Elizabeth M. Chamberlain
Died: 5-20-1897  Candor NY                                     obit: [d. 1849]

                                                                                    married2: Permelia Griffing

1840    exhorter’s license                                            obit2: Wyoming Conference 1917, 125

1842    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment:  Maple Grove Cemetery, Candor NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1898, 92

 

1842-43           Spencer

1843-45           Windsor

1845-47           Brooklyn

1847-48           Montrose

1848-49           Dundaff

1849-50           Pittston

1850-51           Hawley

1851-52           Berkshire

1852                Charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-53           Berkshire

1853-55           Candor

1855-57           North Danby

1857-59           Wilkes-Barre Woodville [Ross Street]

1859-60           Wyoming

1860-61           Wyoming and Kingston

1861-63           Abington

1863-65           Skinner’s Eddy

1865-66           Little Meadows

1866-69           Nichols

1869-71           Little Meadows

1871-73           on leave

                             New Milford (7 months, following expulsion of J.S. Thompson)

1873-75           New Milford

1875-77           Marathon

1875-77           Maine

1877-79           Hawleyton

1879-80           Union Center

1880-81           Binghamton Chenango Street

1881-84           Vestal

1884-85           Osborne Hollow

1885                retired

 

Note: Asa Brooks is the son of Bethuel Brooks and a brother to local preachers Wesley Brooks (1821-?) and John H. Brooks (1825-?).  He is the author of the book Spiritualism Examined and Refuted.  The second Mrs. Brooks is the daughter of John Griffing (1784-1844) of the Oneida Conference, a sister to James Sayre Griffing (1822-1882) of the Kansas Conference, and a sister-in-law to Charles W. Giddings (1810-1879) of the Nebraska Conference.  A brief biography of Asa Brooks appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 165.

 

BROOKS, BETHUEL

 

Born: 7-17-1790  Gill MA                                          married: Mary Polly Hadley
Died: 2-7-1878  Broome NY                                      obit: [9/?/1796 – 11/22/1868]

 

1819    exhorter’s license

1823    license, Genesee Conference

1828    ordained deacon, Genesee Conference

 

Interment: Maine Cemetery, Maine NY
Obit:

 

1829                charter member of Oneida Conference

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

 

Note: Bethuel Brooks is the father of Asa Brooks and of local preachers Wesley Brooks (b. 1821) and John H. Brook (b. 1825).  He lived most of his life in Lisle NY and served as an active local preacher for over 50 years – preaching, planting churches, and officiating at weddings and funerals.

 

BROOKS, FRED RUGG JR

 

Born: 12-8-1934  Stanfordville NY                           married: Alice Louis Pratt [10/10/1953]

Died:                                                                           obit: [9/4/1934 – ]

 

1959    admitted on trial, Oregon Conference

1962    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1959-60           student

1960                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1960-61           student

1961-63           associate, Oneonta First

1963                transfer to Oregon Conference

1963-68           Eugene Asbury

1968-80           director of admissions, University of Chicago

1980-85           director of admissions, Vassar College

 

Note:  It is unclear whether Fred R. Brooks served Oneonta First as a member of the Wyoming Conference or while still officially a member of the Oregon Conference.

 

 

BROOKS, HARRY EVERETT

 

Born: 11-7-1890  Brooklyn NY                                 married: Anna Elizabeth Keele

Died: 12-27-1985                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1972, 260

                                                                                    marrried2: Ruth E. Kizer

1914    admitted on trial                                              obit2: Wyoming Conference 2000, 309

1916    ordained deacon

1918    ordained elder

 

Interment: North Norwich Cemetery, North Norwich NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1986, 287

 

1912-14           Plymouth NY

1914-17           Smyrna

1917-19           Windsor

1919-22           Morris

1922-27           Milford

1927-30           Afton

1930-37           Susquehanna

1937-39           Nichols

1939-43           Vestal

1943-44           Newark Valley

1944-47           Bainbridge

1947-49           Chenango Bridge

1949-53           Waymart

1953-63           Scranton Court Street – West Park

1963                retired

    1963-65       assistant, Scranton Elm Park

                            1965-66       Hop Bottom

                            1966-70       Throop

                            1970-74       assistant, Asbury

 

BROOKS, MARTIN P.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2008    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2008-10           Epperco MD Emory, Baltimore Conference

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

BROWN, ABIJAH

 

Born: 3-25-1810  Augusta NY                                   married: Rhoda Carpenter     
Died: 9-22-1894  Masonville NY                               obit: Wyoming Conference 1896, 104

 

1837    exhorter’s license

1842    local preacher’s license

1851    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Masonville Cemetery, Masonville NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1895, 84

 

1850-51           Smyrna

1851-53           Union Valley

1853-55           Freetown

1855-57           Virgil

1857-58           Groton

1858-60           Harford

1860-62           Scott

1862-63           McClean

1863-64           Georgetown

1864-65           Perryville

1865-69           Onondaga Indian Mission

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1869-71           Plymouth

1871-74           Preston

1874-75           South New Berlin

1875-77           Nineveh

1877-79           Masonville

1879                retired

                             1879 Sidney Center (5 months)

 

Note: A brief biography of Abijah Brown appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 160.

 

BROWN, ALBERT FARGO

 

Born: 7-12-1837  Lenox NY                                      married: Mary Etta Culver

Died: 1-9-1921  Delphi Falls NY                               obit: Wyoming Conference 1912, 135

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Nellie Hill

1855    exhorter’s license                                            obit2:

1857    local preacher’s license

1859    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Hillcrest Cemetery, De Ruyter NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1921, 109

 

1858-59           East Homer

1859-60           North Summer Hill

1860-61           Summer Hill

1861-63           Harford

1863-66           Virgil

1866-68           De Ruyter and Shedd's Corners

1868-69           Willet

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1869-71           Willet

1871-73           Greene

1873-75           Smyrna

1875-78           Westford

1878-79           Bainbridge

1879-81           Hartwick

1881-83           Schenevus

1883-86           Salem

1886-90           Waymart

1890-92           Barton

1892-95           Speedsville

1895-97           Lockwood

1897-99           Litchfield

1899-01           Danby

1901-03           Flemingville

1903-08           Harford

1908                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Albert F. Brown appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 290.

 

BROWN, CORDELLA JEAN

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1968    license, Philadelphia Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

1968    ordained deacon, Philadelphia Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

1970    ordained elder, New England Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1968-70           Shippensburg St. Peter’s

1970                transfer to New England Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

1970-72           student

1972                transfer to Delaware Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

1972-77           Seaford

1977-81           Worton – Still Pond – Coleman, Peninsula Conference UMC

1981-83           Christiana – Kirkwood

1983-86           Wilmington Haven

1986-89           student

1989                “transfer” to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1989                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1989-98           Wilkes-Barre First

1998-07           Springfield MA Wesley, New England Conference

2007-10           Fairview

2010                retired

                            2010  transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

 

BROWN, J. GRAYDON

 

Born: 12-20-1894                                                        married: Marjorie David        

Died: 1967                                                                  obit: [1894 – 12/27/1976]

 

1921    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Peckville PA

Obit:

 

1921-22           student

1922                discontinued

                        “transfer” to Congregational Church

                        St. Albans VT

1930-51           Rutland VT Grace

                        Fitchburg MA

 

Note: J. Graydon Brown was originally from Binghamton NY. 

 

BROWN, KENNETH F.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

local preacher’s license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2002-04           Kingston Church of Christ Uniting

2004-10           Alderson and Maple Grove   

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

 

BROWN, LYNN H.

 

Born: 11-16-1896  Tioga County PA             married: Freda Elizabeth Wilson

Died: 10-8-1992                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1982, 221

 

1920    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1923    ordained deacon

1925    ordained elder

 

Interment: Schenevus Cemetery, Schenevus NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1993, 347

 

1919-20           Laflin – Miners Mills

1920-24           student, Wesleyan University

                            1920-24  South Farms and Middleton CT

1924-25           Alderson

1925-29           Sterling

1929-31           Hop Bottom – Brooklyn

1931-32           New Milford

1932-36           Lehman

1936-41           Moosic

1941-43           Mehoopany – Eatonville

1943-46           chaplain, US Army

1946-57           Schenevus

1957-62           Mill City – Falls

1962-63           Wilkes-Barre Parrish Street

1963                retired

 

BROWN, SAMUEL FRANKLIN    

 

Born: 7-29-1825  Dimock PA                                    married: Alice S. Ely

Died: 11-13-1908  Selby SD                                      obit: [4/30/1827 – 12/5/1864]

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Sarah Jane Luce Ely (9/6/1865)

1856    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2: [2/13/1839 – 11/10/1918]

1864    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference, recommended by Wyalusing

1866    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Bangor Cemetery, Selby SD

Obit: Dakota Conference 1908, 68

 

1856-57           Wyalusing

1857-64           not listed

1864-66           Wyalusing

1866-68           Brooklyn

1868-71           Tunkhannock

1871-73           Oxford

1873-74           Norwich

1874-75           Waverly

1875-79           superintendent, Owego District

1879-81           Plymouth PA

1881-84           Tunkhannock

1884-86           missionary to Dakota

                            1884-85  Aberdeen   

1885                charter member of Dakota Conference

1885-86           Bangor and LeBeau

1886-87           Bangor and Bowdle

1887-90           Bangor

1890-93           Campbell County

1893                retired

 

Note: The second Mrs. Brown (nee Luce) was the widow of a Mr. Marvin Ely, brother of the first Mrs. Brown, who was killed in the Civil War in the battle of Chancellorsville.

 

BROWN, WILLIAM

 

Born: 8-2-1878  Preston, England                              married: Agnes Gardner

Died: 11-14-1933  E. Worcester NY                          obit: [1879 - ?]

 

?          license Primitive Methodist Church

 

Interment: Lower East Worcester Cemetery, East Worcester NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1934, 393

 

1923                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Church

1923-24           Oakland

1924-25           Coventry

1925-28           Centermoreland

1928-29           Mehoopany

1929-30           Smyrna

1930-31           West Exeter

1931-33           East Worcester

 

Note: William Brown is the father of William J. Brown.  He served as a local preacher.

 

 

BROWN, WILLIAM “BILL” DENNIS

 

Born: 1-5-1926  Glen Rogers WV                             married: Jane Marie Capwell

Died: 7-14-2007  Hershey PA                                                obit: [9/6/1925 – 5/25/2012]

 

1953    admitted on trial, West Virginia Conference

 

Interment: Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Indiantown Gap PA

Obit:

 

1949-51           Harrison – Overfield

1951-53           no appointment

1953-56           student

1956-58           Sophia

1958-62           Greenview

1962                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1962-64           Vestal Calvary

1964-72           chaplain, Lebanon PA Veterans Hospital

1972                transfer to West Virginia Conference

1972-91           Chaplain, Lebanon PA Veterans Hosptial

1991                retired

 

Note: Mrs. Brown was born in Clarks Summit PA and met Bill D. Brown while attending West Virginian Wesleyan College.

 

BROWN, WILLIAM JAMES

 

Born: 4-3-1906                                                            married: Ivy Gwendolyn Marcy

Died: 11-25-1964                                                        obit: [7/20/1908 – 10/26/1982]

 

1934    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1936    ordained deacon

1938    ordained elder

 

Interment: Fort Rosencrans National Cemetery, San Diego CA

Obit: Southern California – Arizona Conference1965, 260

 

1933-35           East Worcester (beginning 11/14/1933)

1935-37           Gouldsboro

1937-42           Milford

1942-43           Plains

1943-63           chaplain, US Army

1963                transfer to Southern California – Arizona Conference

1963-64           associate, North Hollywood First

1964                retired

 

Note: William J. Brown is the son of William Brown and continued the work at East Worcester following the death of his father.  Ivy Marcy (born c1908 in Hanover township, Luzerne County) and William Brown were students together (president and vice-president respectively of the Biblical Club) at Syracuse University and are pictured as such in the 1932 yearbook, page 341.

 

BROWNELL, ERASTUS BECKER

 

Born: 5-18-1888  West Cambridge NY                     married: Ethel Adelaide Stevens

Died: 1-5-1948  Chatham NJ                                      obit: [10/2/1887 –  9/?/1976]

 

1915    admitted on trial, Troy Conference

 

Interment: Evergreen Cemetery, Morristown NJ

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1948, 1009

 

1913-15           Northbush

1915-17           Crescent

1917-20           Port Henry

1920-27           Saranac Lake

1927-28           Troy St. Mark’s

1928-29           on leave

1929                transfer to Genesee Conference

1929-31           Addison

1931-38           Wellsboro

1938-40           Buffalo Plymouth

1940                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1940-47           Endicott First

1947-48           sabbatical leave

 

BROWNING, RONALD WILLIAM

 

Born: 5-21-1941  Norwich NY                                  married: Ruth Carroll [6/19/1965]

Died: 5-6-1975                                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1979, 251

 

1968    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1968    ordained deacon

1970    ordained elder

 

Interment: Oneonta Plains Cemetery, Oneonta NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1973, 173

 

1963-68           Emmons

1968-70           student, Duke Divinity School

1970-72           Otego

1972-75           Wooster (ending 3/1975)

1975                located to enter secular employment  (beginning 3/1975)

 

BROWNLOW, K. GORDON

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

local preacher’s license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2004-10           Brookvale

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

BROWNSCOMBE, HENRY

 

Born: 8-18-1817  Bridgrule, England            married: Sarah E. Overfield
Died: 4-30-1886  Wilkes-Barre PA                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1903, 113

 

1841    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1887, 68

 

1841-42           Springville

1842-43           Skinner’s Eddy

1843-44           Brooklyn

1844-46           Dundaff

1846-47           Vestal

1947-49           Bethany and Mount Pleasant

1849-51           Tunkhannock

1851-52           Providence

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-53           Providence

1853-54           Skinner’s Eddy

1854-55           Carbondale

1855-57           Wilkes-Barre Franklin Street

1857-59           New Troy

1859-61           Abington

1861-63           Providence

1863-67           superintendent, Wyalusing District

1867-69           Wilkes-Barre Franklin Street

1869-73           on leave

1873-76           Wilkes-Barre Parrish Street

1876-80           Parsons

1880-83           Plains and North Plains

1883-86           Wilkes-Barre Parrish Street

1886                financial agent, Centennial Fund

 

Note: A brief biography of Henry Brownscombe appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 164.

 

BRUCE, LORENA MARIE BAILEY

 

Born: 7-17-1916  Wilkensburg PA                                        married: Silvey Condell Bruce

Died: 11-14-1980  Margate FL                                              obit: Wyoming Conference 1991,329

 

1972    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

1976    ordained local elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Vestal Hills Memorial Park, Vestal NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1981, 194

 

1972-74           Nanticoke

1974-77           Litchfield, Lockwood and Barton

1977-80           Sanitaria Springs – Port Crane

1980                retired

 

Note: Lorena M. Bruce served as a local preacher.

 

BRUCE, SELWYN DUANE

 

Born: 6-7-1920                                                            married: Gladys Louise Duvall

Died: 4-16-2007                                                          obit: 11/10/1920 – 8/18/2018]

 

1944    ordained elder, courtesy ordination for North West Texas Conference

 

Interment: Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Sunnyvale TX

Obit: Northwest Texas Conference 2007, L-3

 

                        North West Texas Conference

1944                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1944                transfer to North West Texas Conference

 

 

Note:  S. Duane Bruce was received from the North West Texas Conference and transferred back to the North West Conference on the same day – see the 1945 journal, pages 729 and 730.

 

BRUNDLE, JOSHUA

 

Born: 5-6-1862  Suffolk County, England                 married: Mrs. Janice A. [Lucas] Asenath

Died: 10-11-1940  Johnson City NY                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1937, 150

 

1894    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1896    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Dennison Cemetery, Forty Fort PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1941, 158

 

1893-94           Rockdale

1894-95           Harpursville

1895-96           Harpursville and Nineveh

1896-99           Masonville

1899-03           Davenport

1903-05           Lehman

1905-09           Askam

1909-13           Wilkes-Barre Bennett Memorial

1913-16           Wyalusing

1916-17           Dallas

1917-20           Luzerne

1920-29           Wyoming

1929-33           Wilkes-Barre Parrish Street

1933                retired

                            1936-37       Laflin

                            1937-40       Triangle

 

Note: The father of Joshua Brundle had been a local preacher in the Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist, and Methodist New Connection bodies for over 50 years.  The father of Mrs. Brundle, John Lucas, had been a local preacher in the Wesleyan body on the Isle of Man for 62 years.  A biographical sketch of Joshua Brundle appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 290.

 

BRUNGES, JOHN HORTON

 

Born: 11-17-1871  Center Moreland PA                    married:          

Died: 1-19-1940  San Antonio TX                             obit:

 

1899    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1898-01           student, Drew Theological Seminary

    1899    Newton (March)

1902                “transfer” to Baltimore Conference

1902-05           Baltimore Boundary Avenue

1905-07           Hunts

1907                withdrew

 

Note: John H. Brunges graduated from Wyoming Seminary.

 

BRUVOLD, GUNNAR BERG

 

Born: 4-25-1898  Norway                                          married: Ola Francis Herron

Died: 5-17-1971  CO                                                  obit: Rocky Mountain Conference 1972, 85

 

1930    admitted on trial, New Hampshire Conference

 

Interment: Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Littleton CO

Obit: Rocky Mountain Conference 1971, 693

 

1930-32           Hinsdale

1932                transfer to Vermont Conference

1932-33           Isle LaMotte

1933-35           student, Drew Theological Seminary

1935-37           Wardsboro

1937                transfer to New York Conference

1037-38           Malden & Quarryville

1938-41           Ridgebury & Slate Hill

1941                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1941-43           Falls & Mill City

1943-46           chaplain, U.S. Army

1946-49           Lanesboro

1949                retired

1955                transfer to Colorado Conference

 

Note:  Gunnar Berg Bruvold was involved in a significant civil rights case when the U.S. government attempted to revoke his citizenship on the grounds that it was illegally granted in 1931 despite his refusal to promise to bear arms.

 

BRYAN, LINDA SUE

 

Born: 5-30-1943                                                          married: George F. Bryan [4/7/1964]

Died:                                                                           obit: [8/23/1941 – ]

 

1983    local preacher’s license, Warren Center

1998    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1998    ordained deacon

2007    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1983-89           Gibson Corners (ending 9/1/1989)

1989-94           Gibson Corners – Lounsberry (beginning 9/1/1989 and ending 3/24/1994)

1994-95           withdrew (beginning 3/24/1994)

1995-98           Milford

1998-05           Clifford

2005-09           Tompkinsville

2009-10           Noxen

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change
2010-15           Noxen

                             2014-15      Alderson – Kunkle

2015                retired

 

BRYDEN, GARY DOUGLAS

 

Born:                                                                           married: Margaret _____

Died: 3-15-2010  West Warren PA                            obit:

 

local preacher’s license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1995-10           Gibson Corners (beginning 10/1/1995)

 

Note: Gary D. Bryden served as a local preacher.

 

BUCK, OWEN L.

 

Born: 3-6-1877  Cherryville PA                                 married: Gertrude Tressler (7/4/1902)

Died: 3-15-1929  Vestal NY                                      obit: [1879 – 1950]

 

1896    admitted on trial, East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association

 

Interment: Vestal Park Cemetery, Vestal NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1929, 131

 

1896-97           Monroe and Paradise

1897-98           Wayne, Sparrowbush and Port Jervis

1898-99           Wayne

1899-02           Waller

1902-05           Penns Valley

1905-07           Cresswell

1907-09           Paradise [Maplewood]

1909                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1909-13           Uniondale

1913-15           Edmeston

1915-17           Mount Upton

1917-19           Bainbridge

1919-20           Bennett Memorial

1920-24           Avoca

1924-26           Newark Valley

1926-29           Vestal

 

Note: Owen L. Buck is the son of Adam Buck, a local preacher in the Evangelical Association.  He is also a brother to Albert Wilson Buck (1858-1932) of the East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Church.  While he has a grave marker at Vestal Park Cemetery, one report states he was buried in the Chenango Valley Cemetery in Binghamton NY.

 

BUCKINGHAM, HAROLD C.

 

Born: 9-15-1893  Plymouth PA                                  married: Dorothy Coats

Died: 10-20-1992                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1984, 207

 

1920    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1924    ordained deacon

1926    ordained elder

 

Interment: body donated to science,

ashes interred at Buckingham Performing Arts Center at Wyoming Seminary, Kingston PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1993, 348

 

1920-23           student, Wesleyan University

1923-26           student, Boston University School of Theology

1926-28           Meshoppen

1928-30           associate, Wilkes-Barre First

1930-35           Unadilla

1935-38           West Pittston

1938-52           Oneonta First

1952-58           superintendent, Wilkes-Barre District

1958-61           Endicott First

1961-66           superintendent, Binghamton District

1966                retired

                            1966-67  president, Wyoming Seminary (beginning 9/66 and ending 11/67)

                            1969-      special assistant, Wyoming Seminary    

 

BUDDLE, DONALD THOMAS

 

Born: 1-5-1927  Scranton PA                                     married: Edna Irene Fuller [2/6/1949]

Died: 8-12-2009  Sherburne NY                                obit: [3/13/1931 – ]

 

1947    license, Wyoming Conference

1950    admitted on trial, Central New York Conference

1953    ordained deacon, Central New York Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference

 

1947-49           Smyrna

1949-50           Pleasant Mount

1950                “transfer” to Central New York Conference

1950-53           Sodus Point

1953-55           Chemung

1955-62           on leave

    1955-58       Attica Presbyterian

    1958-59       high school teacher & Marathon Methodist

    1959-62       Hamden Presbyterian

1962                transfer to Troy Conference

1962-69           Peru Federated

1969                “transfer” to Presbyterian Church

1969-86           Kingston

1986-87           ?

1987-91           Canastota & Wampsville

1991-94           Hamden & Delancy

1994                retired

                            1994-95       Chesterfield SC

 

Note: Donald T. Buddle is a brother to Duane D. Buddle.

 

BUDDLE, DUANE DELBERT

 

Born: 1-3-1942 Throop PA                                        married: Glennora Browell

Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                    married2: Linda Lee _____ [6/14/1980]

1961    license, Wyoming Conference                       obit2: [10/25/1949 - ]

1965    ordained local deacon

1970    ordained local elder

1982    admitted on trial, New York Conference

1984    ordained deacon, New York Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1961-63           Emmons

1963-68           Sidney Center

1968-71           Thompson

1971-77           Newton

1977                “transfer” to Northern New Jersey Conference

1977-79           Gladstone

1979-80           Jersey City Trinity

1980                “transfer” to New York Conference

1980-82           Center Moriches

1982-90           Liberty

1990-99           Merrick

1999-14           Saugerties

2014                retired

 

Note: Duane D. Buddle is a brother to Donald T. Buddle.  He served in the Wyoming Conference as a local preacher.

 

BUFFTON, WILLIAM GEORGE

 

Born: 3-28-1928  Scranton PA                                   married: Catherine E. Matthews (6/5/1948)

Died:                                                                           obit: Susquehanna Conference 2016, 258

 

1949    local preacher’s license, Philadelphia Conference

1969    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1969    ordained deacon

1971    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1949-50           Charleston (beginning 1/1950)

1950                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1950-53           Avoca – Yatesville

1953                transfer to North Dakota Conference

1953-54           Casselton – Wheatland

1954-58           Salem - Dazey

1958                transfer to Detroit Conference

1958-60           Clawson

1960-66           Deerfield – Petersburg

1966-67           on leave

1967                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1967-69           Jermyn

1968-71           Forest City

1971-77           Scranton St. Paul’s

1977-80           Hawleyton

1980-87           Newark Valley

1987-93           Beach Lake

1993                retired

                            1997-02       Dunmore (beginning 9/3/1997)

                            2004-05       Taylor

                            2010            transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

BULGIN, FREDERICK G.

 

Born: 1884  England                                                   married: Lulu _____  

Died: 1926                                                                  obit:

 

1913    admitted on trial

1915    ordained deacon

1917    ordained elder

 

Interment: Fairdale Cemetery, Fairdale PA

Obit:

 

1910-13           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                            1910-13       assistant, Elm Park

1913-14           assistant, Elm Park

1914-16           Fairdale

1916-17           Duryea

1917-18           Camptown

1918                withdrew

1918                “transfer” to Presbyterian Church

1919-22           Bath Walnut Street

1922                Harford

 

Note: Fred G. Bulgin was a prolific contributor of articles to newspapers and religious magazines.

 

BUONO, JOHN WESLEY

 

Born: 9-2-1901 Avellino Italy                                    married: Paula Orru

Died: 3-22-1976  Sayre PA                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 2007, 177

 

1923    ordained local deacon, New England Conference

1924    admitted on trial, New England Conference

1925    elder

 

Interment: Riverhurst Cemetery, Endicott NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1976, 216

 

1927                transfer to West Wisconsin Conference

1929                transfer to Pittsburgh Conference

1960                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1960-64           Maine

1964-66           Pittston First and St. Paul

1966                retired

                            1966-69       Lockwood

                            1972-74       Lockwood

 

Note: Mrs. Buono is the daughter of John Orru (1879-1960) of the North-East Ohio Conference.

 

BURCH, RANDOLPH CLAYTON

 

Born: 7-23-1875  Baltimore MD                                married: Anna Fidelia Dale

Died: 1-25-1960                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1947, 728

 

1895    admitted on trial, Methodist Protestant Church

 

Interment: Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore MD

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1960, 253

 

1895-00           ?

1900-03           Daleville

1903-07           Pittston

1907-10           Daleville

1910                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1910-13           Waymart

1913-16           Factoryville

1916-19           Scranton Embury

1919-24           Scranton Providence

1924-25           Sayre

1925-30           Honesdale

1930-32           Worcester

1932                retired

 

Note: R. Clayton Burch graduated from Westminster Seminary and served Methodist Protestant churches in northeastern Pennsylvania, but his name does not appear on the rolls of the Pennsylvania Conference because those particular churches were part of the New York Conference.

 

BURGESS, MARK ALAN

 

Born: 11-7-1953                                                          married: Ruth Ellen McAllister (5/25/1975)

Died:                                                                           obit: [5/22/1951 – ]

 

1977    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1981    ordained deacon, Virginia Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1977-79           student

1979                transfer to Virginia Conference

1979-81           Mount Bethlehem

1981-85           Wayne Hills

1985-86           Peace

 

Note: Mark A. Burgess is married to Ruth E. Burgess.

 

BURGESS, RUTH ELLEN McALLISTER

 

Born: 5-22-1951                                                          married: Mark Alan Burgess (5/25/1975)

Died:                                                                           obit: [11/7/1953 – ]

 

1975    admitted on trial, Virginia Conference

1978    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1975-77           student

1977                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1977-78           student

1978-79           Maple Grove

1979                transfer to Virginia Conference

1979-81           on leave

1981-82           student

1982-86           on leave

 

Note: Ruth E. Burgess is married to Mark A. Burgess.

 

 

BURGESS, THOMAS

 

Born: 11-15-1826  Newport Pagnell, England           married: Sarah Hill

Died: 11-30-1911                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1894, 85

                                                                                    married2: Harriet Martha Pentecost

1846    exhorter’s license                                            obit2: Wyoming Conference 1930, 359

1847    local preacher’s license

1857    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1857    ordained deacon

1861    ordained elder

 

Interment: Kirkwood Cemetery, Kirkwood NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1912, 127

 

1856-57           Athens (beginning 10/1856)

1857-58           Spencer

1858-60           South Danby

1860-62           Flemingville

1862-64           Van Ettenville

1864-66           Caroline

1866-68           Vestal

1868-71           Maine

1871-74           North Fenton

1874-76           Kirkwood

1876-78           Castle Creek

1878-79           Willet

1879-81           Hawleyton

1881-83           Gibson and Harford

1883-85           Thompson

1885-87           Randolph

1887-88           Rush

1888-91           North Sanford

1891-92           retired

1892-94           Pleasant Mount

1894-95           Hale's Eddy

1895                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Thomas Burgess appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 291.

 

BURHYTE, ANDREW

 

Born: 8-13-1818  Truxton NY                                   married: Anne Eliza Dean

Died: 1903  Van Etten NY                                         obit: [5/6/1819 – 11/15/1891]

 

?          local preacher’s license, Flemingville

 

Interment: Evergreen Cemetery, Spencer NY

Obit:

 

1865-66           Tioga

 

Note: Andrew Burhyte lived near Waverly NY and served as a local preacher.

 

BURKE, ALFRED RICKARD

 

Born: 6-27-1875  South New Berlin NY                   married: Fanny Havens Manning

Died: 3-15-1961  Johnson City NY                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1921, 113

                                                                                    married2: Ethel Elmendorf

1898    local preacher’s license                                   obit2: Wyoming Conference 1977, 242

1900    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1902    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Riverview Cemetery, Oxford NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1961, 215

 

1899-00           Port Crane

1900-03           Exeter

1903-05           Edmeston

1905-09           Dorranceton

1909-12           Scranton Myrtle Street

1912-16           Norwich

1916-18           Binghamton Chenango Street

1918-20           Scranton Simpson

1920-25           Binghamton Chenango Street

1925-28           Endicott First

1928-29           superintendent, Oneonta District

1929-34           superintendent, Binghamton District

1934-43           Binghamton, Chenango Street

1943-48           superintendent, Binghamton District

1948                retired

                            1948-56       Triangle

                            1956-57       Westover

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Alfred R. Burke appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 292.

 

BURKE, RICHARD H.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Linda McCluskey

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1999-01           Schenevus – Westford

 

Note: Richard H. Burke served as a local preacher.

 

BURKHOLDER, PHILIP A.

 

Born: 1935                                                                  married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1960    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1960-61           Gibson

1961                discontinued

 

BURLEIGH, JAMES E.

 

Born: 1-24-1893  Dalry, Scotland                              married: Janet Barr Ferguson

Died: 4-11-1970                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1972, 263

 

1924    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1926    ordained deacon

1928    ordained elder

 

Interment: Ararat Cemetery, Ararat PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1970, 242

 

1921-24           Eatonville

1924-26           Mountaintop

1926-28           Mehoopany

1928-32           Lehman

1932-35           Gouldsboro

1935-40           Hamlin – Sterling

1940-48           Thompson

1948-53           Damascus

1953-57           Jermyn

1957-61           Avoca – Moosic

1961                retired

                            1967-68       Hop Bottom

 

Note: James E. Burleigh came to America in 1911.  Before his service in WWI, he was superintendent of the Allis Mission, sponsored by the Scranton Simpson church.

 

BURLINGHAM, ARNOLD G.

 

Born: c1809                                                                married: Lucinda _____        

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

Note: Arnold G. Burlingham appears in a Wyoming Conference ministerial file, but nothing else is known about him.  Census records place him in Chenango NY in 1855 and Chemung NY in 1870.

 

BURNETT, WAYNE DOUGLAS

 

Born: 8-27-1952  Jersey City NJ                                married: Joan Cutting

Died: 1-29-2004  Manhattan NY                               obit:

 

1982    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1982    ordained deacon

1985    ordained elder

 

Interment: Glenwood Cemetery, Afton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2004, 205

 

1976-77           Preston (6 months)

1977-78           student, Union College in Barbourville KY

1978-82           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                             Frankford Plains – Libertyville, Northern New Jersey Conference

1982-85           Morris

1985-88           chaplain, US Navy (beginning 11/15/1985)

1988-89           Hawleyton

1989-91           on leave

1991-92           student

1992-94           Gibson

1994-98           Afton

1998                on leave (beginning 11/1/1998)

 

BURNS, HENRY BLACK

 

Born: 1868  Plain Grove PA                                       married: Alice Belle Kiskadaddon

Died: 6-11-1938                                                          obit: [1876-1939]

 

1901    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines IA

Obit:

 

1901-03           Rush

1903                transfer to Northwest Iowa

1903-04           Rock Valley

1904-08           Sutherland

1908-11           Lake City

1911-13           Sac City

1913-16           on leave

1916                located, living in Des Moines IA

 

Note: Henry B. Burns was noted nation-wide for his public lectures on various themes.  He is a 1901 graduate of Drew Theological Seminary.

 

BURNSIDE, WILLIAM

 

Born: 12-20-1870  Maryland NY                               married: Hannah B. Palmer
Died: 5-25-1893  Sidney NY                                     obit: Wyoming Conference 1901, 104

 

1842    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Sidney NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1894, 81

 

1842-43           New Berlin

1843-44           Butternuts

1844-46           Richmondville

1846-47           Otsego

1847-48           Verona

1848-50           Butternuts

1850-52           Otego

1852-53           Edmeston

1853-55           Decatur

1855-56           Middlefield

1856-58           Frey’s Bush

1858-60           Edmeston

1860-62           New Berlin

1862-64           South New Berlin

1864-66           Smyrna

1866-68           Guilford

1868-71           Greene

1871-73           Willett

1873-74           New Berlin

1874-75           Butternuts

1875-78           McDonough

1878-80           Coventry

1880-82           Wells Bridge

1882                retired

 

Note: A brief biography of William Burnside appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 163.

 

BURRALL, JOSEPH T.

 

Born: 3-21-1849  Devoran, England                          married: Jane Cothard
Died: 8-22-1887  Scranton PA                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1921, 114

 

1873    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1875    ordained deacon

1877    ordained elder

 

Interment: Dunmore Cemetery, Dunmore PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1888, 88

 

1873-74           Lehman

1874-75           Mountain Top

1865-77           Union PA

1877-80           Oregon

1880-82           Bethany

1882                retired

    1883-84  Tioga

 

Note: A brief biography of Joseph Burrall appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 163.

 

BURROWS, ALEXANDER S.

 

Born: 4-4-1847  Drum, Ireland                                   married:          

Died: 10-30-1923                                                        obit:

 

1871    admitted on trial

1879    ordained, Baptist Church

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1871-72           Tioga

1872-73           Triangle

1873                withdrew

                        “transfer” to Baptist Church

                        Rainbow CT

                        Flushing NY

Passiac NJ

                        Charlestown MA

                        Worcester MA South

1912-17           Cambridge MA Immanuel

                        Brookline MA

 

 

BURT, GUY LEWIS

 

Born: 12-15-1934  Renova PA                                   married: Wilma Joyce Hilt (8/25/1956)

Died: 3-26-2019  Johnson City NY                            obit: [4/11/1935 – ]

 

1961    admitted on trial, Erie Conference

1961    ordained deacon

1963    ordained elder, Western Pennsylvania Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1961                transfer to North East Ohio Conference

1963                transfer to Western Pennsylvania Conference

1963-65           Summit

1965-68           Brownsville First – West Bend

1968                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1968-71           associate, Scranton Elm Park

1971-79           Wilkes-Barre Parish Street

1979-84           Wyoming

1984-86           Sayre

1986-94           Candor

1994-99           associate, Endicott Central

1999                retired

                            1999-01  Wesley – Whittemore Hill

                            2001-04  Whittemore Hill

                            2004-06  Hop Bottom

                            2006-08  Meshopppen

                            2010       charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

BUSCHMEYER, FREDERICK SHERMAN

 

Born: 11-22-1899  Carpinteria CA                             married: Myrna J. Ebert         

Died: 5-7-1981  Claremont CA                                  obit: [6/8/1900 – 9/11/2000]

 

1926    ordained deacon, New England Conference

1930    ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1927-30           Durham NH Community Church                  

1930                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1930                transfer to New Hampshire Conference

1930-34           Durham NH Community Church

1934                transfer to Congregational Christian Church

1934-36           Durham NH Community Church

1934-36

1936-39           First Congregational Church, Manchester NH

1939-48           Mount Pleasant Congregational Church [now Westmoreland UCC], Washington DC

1948-57

1957-61           director, Washington Office, National Council of Churches

1961-67           general secretary, United Church of Christ

1967                retired

                            1967-69       Pitt Street Congregational Church, Sydney Australia

                            1969-72       administrator, Pilgrim Place retirement community, Claremont CA

                            1972            retired in Claremont CA

 

Note: It appears that Frederick S. Buschmeyer transferred in and out of the Wyoming Conference only for the purpose of ordination.  The 1930 census places him in Strafford NH.  He later joined the Congregational/United Church of Christ denomination.  The Congregational Library in Boston MA has a 1939-71 collection (3.5 linear feet) of Fred S. Buschmeyer papers.

 

BUTLER, BEVERLY C.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1987    admitted on trial. Iowa Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1987-88           associate, Shenandoah

1988-92           Carson – Mount Hope

1992-93           student

1993-97           New Berlin, Wyoming Conference (beginning 12/1/1993)

1997                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1997-05           New Berlin

2005-06           New Berlin – Upper Butternut – Wharton Valley

2006-07           New Berlin

2007-10           Lehman – Idetown (beginning 7/15/2007)

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-11           Lehman-Idetown

2011-12           sabbatical

2012-23           chaplain, Mercy Medical Center, North Iowa Conference

 

BUTLER, CHARLES DUANE

 

Born: 5-21-1901  Gravity PA                                     married: Caroline H. Fairchild

Died: 7-10-1973  Sayre PA                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1975, 180

 

1933    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1933    ordained deacon

1935    ordained elder

 

Interment: cremated; ashes interred in East Canaan Cemetery, Wayne County PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1974, 285

 

1932-35           student, Drew Theological Seminary

    1933-34       Thornhurst

1935-37           Lake Como

1937-40           Lehman

1940-41           Wilkes-Barre Abbott

1941-43           Nichols

1943-47           Candor

1947-50           Bainbridge

1950-53           Bainbridge – Guilford

1953-57           Clarks Summit

1957-61           Scranton Myrtle Street

1961-64           Sayre

1964-68           Newark Valley

1968                retired

 

BUTTON, IRA JAY

 

Born: 11-22-1884  Lower Askam PA                        married: Lille Mae Hubbell (1907)   

Died: 8-18-1961  PA                                                  obit: [4/24/1890 – 8/?/1978]

 

 

Interment: Orcutt Cemetery, Noxen PA

Obit:

 

1931-33           Laflin

1935-36           Laflin

1936-37           Sweet Valley Christian Church

                       

 

Note: Ira Button served in the Wyoming Conference as a supply pastor.  After 1937 he is described at various times as pastor of the Sweet Valley Christian Church, Sweet Valley Church of Christ and Sweet Valley Baptist Church – but these may all be references to the Sweet Valley Christian, where he may have served from 1396 to c1955.

 

BUTTS, BURTON N.

 

Born: 5-2-1864  Masonville NY                                married: Della A. Booth

Died: 4-6-1940                                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1938, 373

 

1884    exhorter’s license

1885    local preacher’s license

1888    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1889    ordained local deacon

 

Interment: Plains Cemetery, Oneonta NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1940, 816

 

1885-86           assistant, McClure and North Sanford

1886-88           Cherry Ridge

1888-90           Lackawaxen

1890-92           Herrick Center

1892-96           Wallsville

1896-98           on leave

1898-99           Rockdale

1899-03           Garrattsville

1903-04           Foster

1904-06           Le Raysville

1906-07           Danby and South Danby

1907                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Burton N. Butts appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 292.

 

BUXTON, JON J.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Barbara _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1993    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1993    ordained deacon

1995    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1993-97           Skinners Eddy

1997-02           Bethany

2002-10           Moscow

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-11           Moscow

2011-13           superintendent, Wilkes-Barre District (ending 11/1/2013)

2013-14           on leave (beginning 11/1/2023)

2014-21           Tunkhannock

2021-23           Shavertown

 

Note: John J. Buxton is the son of Leonard S. Buxton and the grandson of Sidney E. Buxton (1895-1972) of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference.

 

BUXTON, LEONARD SYDNEY

 

Born: 5-21-1930                                                          married: Loretta S. _____

Died:                                                                           obit: [3/3/1932 – ]

 

1949    license, East Pennsylvania Conference (EV) of the EUB Church

            recommended by Harrisburg Park Street

1950    admitted on trial

1956    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1951-54           Steelton Grace

1954-59           Somerville MA

1959-62           Wilkes-Barre First

1962-67           Candlewood NJ

1967-71           faculty, Claflin College in Orangeburg SC

1971-74           associate, Rockville Centre NY St. Mark’s

1974-77           New Britain CT Trinity

1977-84           Valhalla

1984-85           Darien

1985-93           director of church relations, Methodist Hospital of Brooklyn

1993                retired

                            1993-95       City Island Trinity

                            1995-96       Summerfield

                            1997-00       Waymart, Wyoming Conference

 

Note: Leonard S. Buxton is the son of Sidney E. Buxton (1895-1972) of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference and father of Jon J. Buxton.  He served in the Wyoming Conference as a retired member of the New York Conference.

 

CABALLER, LOUIS

 

Born: 6-9-1927                                                            married: Barbara Ruth Vrooman

Died: 5-27-2011  Century FL                                     obit: [7/27/1923 – 1/24/2010]

 

1978    license, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2012, 292

 

1978-81           West Exeter – Schuyler Lake

1981                “transfer” to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1981-85           Beach Haven First

1985-86           York First Spanish

1986-90           Runville

1990-91           on leave

1991                retired

 

Note: Louis Caballer reportedly also ministered in northwest Florida, southern Alabama, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic and China.

 

CABOTAJE, FELISBERTO VILORIA

 

Born: 9-23-1902  Narvacan, Philippine Islands         married: Espranza Ascota

Died: 1-1-1986                                                            obit: [d. 12/?/1948]

                                                                                    married2: Arsenia Abeliera

1937    ordained elder, North Philippines Conf         obit2: Wyoming Conference 1976,225

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

 

1937-41           faculty, Union Theological Seminary in Manila P.I.

1941-59           executive secretary, Board of Education

1959                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1959-62           Otego

1962-64           faculty, Claflin College in Orangeburg SC

1964-75           faculty, Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach FL

1975                retired

 

Note: Some sources state that Felisberto V. Cabotaje was born in New York NY.  This surname is sometimes rendered CABOTAGE.

 

CADWELL, WILLIAM HARRISON

 

Born: 6-8-1885                                                            married: Mildred E. Forbes

Died: 3-13-1962                                                          obit: Florida Conference 1980, 378

 

1916    admitted on trial, recommended by Auburn

1918    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit: Florida Conference 1962, 284

 

1916-17           Auburn

1917-18           Courtdale – Plainsville

1918-19           Courtdale

1919-22           Springville

1922-24           Vestal

1924                transfer to New York East Conference

 

CALL, STEVEN C.

 

Born: 5-31-1956                                                          married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1982    license, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1982-86           Litchfield

 

Note: Steven C. Call is listed with the General Board of Pensions as serving as a full-time local pastor at Litchfield, but his name does not appear in the conference journals as serving that, or any, charge.  Other sources list him as the pastor of the West Sayre Christian Church.

 

 

CALLENDER, ASA A.

 

Born: 8-25-1869  Luzerne County PA                     married: Margaret Foxcroft

Died: 9-10-1937                                                        obit: Pacific Northwest Conference 1972, 199

 

1902    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1904    ordained deacon

1906    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Pacific Northwest Conference 1938, 382

 

1902-03           Decatur

1903-06           Masonville

1906-10           Vestal

1910                transfer to Columbia River Conference, page 74

 

Note: Asa A. Callender is a brother to Clark Callender and an uncle to Clark’s five ministerial Callender sons.  A biographical sketch of Asa A. Callender appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 294.

 

CALLENDER, CLARK

 

Born: 8-2-1867  Fairmount PA                                  married: Ida May Miller

Died: 6-29-1930                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1948, 1020

 

1891    license

1893    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1895    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Mossville Cemetery, Fairmount [Luzerne County] PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1931, 572

 

1892-93           Shavertown

1893-95           Trucksville

1895-98           West Nanticoke

1898-03           Carverton

1903-06           Sidney

1906-11           Taylor

1911-16           Nanticoke

1916-19           Dorranceton

1919-23           West Pittston

1923-30           Scranton Myrtle Street

 

Note: Clark Callender is a brother to Asa A. Callender.  All five of his sons entered the Methodist ministry: Edward D. Callender, George B. Callender, J, Clark Callender, Stephen J. Callender, Paul A. Callender (1900-2005) of the Greater New Jersey Conference.  A biographical sketch of Clark Callender appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 293.

 

CALLENDER, EDWARD D.

 

Born: 6-17-1906                                                          married: Eleanor L. Kresge

Died: 3-23-1998                                                          obit: Northern New Jersey Conference 1997, 242

 

1925    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1926    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Mossville Cemetery, Luzerne County PA

Obit: Northern New Jersey Conference 1998, 216

 

1925-27           student

1927                transfer to Newark Conference

 

Note: Edward D. Callender is the son of Clark Callender and a brother to George B. Callender, J. Clark Callender, and Stephen J. Callender.  His remaining brother also entered the Methodist ministry: Paul A. Callender (1900-2005) of the Greater New Jersey Conference. 

 

CALLENDER, GEORGE BENJAMIN

 

Born: 3-25-1896  West Nanticoke PA                       married: Ernestine Amanda Sprong

Died: 10-10-1942  Cooperstown NY                         obit: Wyoming Conference 1978, 232

 

1920    license, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Mossville Cemetery, Luzerne County PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1943, 609

 

1918-19           Herrickville (left in mid-year to return to Syracuse University)

1919-20           Skinner’s Eddy

1920                transfer to New England Conference

1920-22           South Walpole

1922-23           Boston Parkview Street

1923                transfer to Vermont Conference

1923-26           Richford

1926-30           Montpelier

1930                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1930-34           Scranton Providence

1834-37           Forty Fort

1937-41           Norwich

1941-42           superintendent, Oneonta District

 

Note: George B. Callender is the son of Clark Callender and a brother to Edward D. Callender, J. Clark Callender, and Stephen J. Callender.  His remaining brother also entered the Methodist ministry: Paul A. Callender (1900-2005) of the Greater New Jersey Conference. 

 

CALLENDER, JESSE CLARK

 

Born: 4-21-1904                                                          married: Ruth Eloise Daniels

Died: 11-27-1983                                                        obit: Northern New Jersey Conference 1968, 183

 

1925    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1926    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Mossville Cemetery, Luzerne County PA [Clark Callender]

Obit: Northern New Jersey Conference 1984, 319

 

1925-27           student

1927                transfer to Newark Conference

 

Note: J. Clark Callender is the son of Clark Callender and a brother to Edward D. Callender, George B. Callender and Stephen J. Callender.  His remaining brother also entered the Methodist ministry: Paul A. Callender (1900-2005) of the Greater New Jersey Conference. 

 

CALLENDER, STEPHEN J.

 

Born: 5-15-1893                                                          married: Caroline Elizabeth Soper

Died: 10-16-1988                                                        obit: Southern New England Conference 1981, 196

                                                                                   

1913    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1915    ordained deacon

1917    ordained elder

 

Interment: Mossville Cemetery, Luzerne County PA

Obit: Southern New England Conference 1989, 152

 

1913-17           student

1917-19           Centermoreland (moved during 1918-19 conference year)

1919-21           chaplain, US Navy (moved during 1918-19 conference year)

1921                transfer to New England Conference, page 34

 

Note: Stephen J. Callender is the son of Clark Callender and a brother to Edward D. Callender, George B. Callender and J. Clark Callender.  His remaining brother also entered the Methodist ministry: Paul A. Callender (1900-2005) of the Greater New Jersey Conference. 

 

CALNON, JOHN C.

 

Born: 9-10-1846  London England                            married: Emma L. Arnold [c 1877]

Died: 7-8-1907  Roxstream NY                                 obit: [1856 - 1937]

 

1874    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Kingfisher Cemetery, Kingfisher OK

Obit: [Kingfisher Free Press 7/18/1907]

 

                        Presbyterian ministry in New York state

                        student

                        “transfer” to Methodist Episcopal Church

1874-75           Oregon [Carley Brook]

1875-76           Apalachin

1876                discontinued

                        “transfer” to Presbyterian Church

1891-98           Kingfisher OK

1989-01           Wichita

1901                returned to the East

 

Note: John C. Calnon came to America in 1870.  Except for his brief encounter with the Wyoming Conference, he was  a Presbyterian minister.  He is in the 1880 census in Franklin, Susquehanna County PA, and in the 1890 census in Coffeyville, Montgomery County KS.  Mrs. Calnon is buried in the Old Mission Cemetery in Wichita KS, both she and John returning in death to be with extended family members in places where they had ministered.

 

CAMERON, EDWARD

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

            local preacher’s license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2009-10           Pleasant Mount

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

CAMERON, WILLIAM

 

Born: 8-4-1781  Delaware County NY                      married: Neeltje Eleanor Loop

Died: 8-2-1850  East Freetown NY                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1878, 30

 

1814    admitted on trial, Genesee Conference

 

Interment: Loope Cemetery, Freetown Corners NY

Obit: Oneida Conference 1851, 54

 

1814-15           Cayuga

 

Note: William Cameron died before the formation of the Wyoming Conference and was never a member of that body.  He is included here because he served and died within its boundaries and his widow maintained ties with the Wyoming Conference and has a conference obituary as the spouse of a member of conference.

 

CAMPBELL, ARTHUR WARD

 

Born: 11-11-1892  Washingtonville PA                     married: Susie Alice Long

Died: 12-30-1970  Wilkes-Barre PA                                                  obit: [1895-1970]

 

1915    license, recommended by Nescopeck
1917    ordained deacon, Central Pennsylvania Conference of the United Evangelical Church
1919    ordained elder

 

Interment: Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg PA
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1971,357; Wyoming Conference 1971, 251

 

1915-17           Unityville
1917-20           Sonestown
1920-24           Dushore
1924-29           Bloomsburg
1929-34           Bellefonte
1934-41           Altoona Grace
1941-46           Mechanicsburg
1946-59           West Nanticoke and Ransom
1959                retired

 

Note: A. Ward Campbell is the son of Wesley J. Campbell (1868-1939) of the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Church.  He never served in the Wyoming Conference, but he has a Wyoming Conference obituary because the West Nanticoke and Ransom charge he served for so long, and from which he retired, was in the Wyoming Conference 1970-2014.  He lived in Slocum and attended Faith UMC.

 

CAMPBELL, LEANNE H.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1979    admitted on trial, Missouri West Conference

1991    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1979-83           student, St. Paul School of Theology

1983-84           Sugar Creek

1984-85           Oakley

1985-88           on leave

1988-89           Chillicothe circuit

1989-90           located

1990-91           Garrattsville, Wyoming Conference (beginning 10/15/1990)

1991                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1991-92           Garrattsville

1992-98           on leave

1998-02           Tioga Center

2002-05           Plymouth PA

2005-09           Noxen

2009-10           Waymart Calvary

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-11           Waymart Calvary

2011-12           Rome – North Orwell

2012-17           Susquehanna – North Jackson

2017                retired

 

CAMPBELL, NORMAN LEE

 

Born: 5-9-1883  Litchfield PA                                   married: Ethel Wood

Died: 1-20-1959                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1953, 1461

                                                                                    married 2: Bertha J. Bellis

1911    license, Central New York Conference          obit2: Wyoming Conference 1968, 255

1916    admitted on trial, Central New York Conference

 

Interment: Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1959, 1174

 

1911-14           Loyalsock [Forksville]

1914-15           Laquin

1915-17           Cuyler and Keeney’s

1917-21           New Woodstock and Delphi

1921                discontinued as an itinerant

1921-24           Burdett and Reynoldsville

1924-27           Erin and Hicks

                        [farming, Candor NY]

1936                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1936-45           Gibson Corners

1945-48           Lockwood

1950-55           Lockwood

1955                retired

                             1955-56  Lockwood

 

Note: Except for 1916-21, when he was an itinerant member of the Central New York Conference, Norman L. Campbell served as a local pastor.

 

CANFIELD, ANNE BEY

 

Born:                                                                           married: Larry Canfield

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1988    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1988    ordained deacon

1990    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1988-92           Camptown

1992-94           Sayre

1994-95           on leave

1995-97           associate, Owego

1997-98           on leave

1998-99           Barton

1999-00           Barton – Halsey Valley

2000-10           Waverly NY

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

CANFIELD, LLOYD D.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2007    license, recommended by Smith Hill

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2008-09           Thompson

2009-10           Thompson – Ararat

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010                Thompson – Ararat (ending 10/24/2011)

2011-13           Thompson (beginning 10/24/2011)

2013                retired

                             2013-16      Pleasant Mount (ending 10/31/2016)

 

CANTRELL, VOORHIS

 

Born: c1939                                                                married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                   

Interment:

Obit:

 

1952-53           Springville – Dimock (beginning 9/1/1952)  

 

1970-92           faculty, Lebanoin Valley College in Annville PA

1992                retired

 

Note: Voorhis Cantrell served as a supply preacher.  He has a BA from Oklahoma City University, B.D, from Southern Methodist University, and PhD from Boston Uniuversity.  In 1968, Dr. Voorhis Cantrell, with wife Barbara and 3 children, appear in the directory for First UMC in Rochester NH.  In 2023, Dr. Voorhis Cantrell is listed as a Professor Emeritus of Religion and Greek at Lebanon Valley College living in Palmyra PA.

 

CARD, RICHARD A.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2006-10           Evans Falls (beginning 5/12/2006)

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

CARDER, KENNETH R.

 

Born: 9-28-1938                                                          married: Judith A. _____

Died:                                                                           obit: [12/13/1940 – ]

 

1961    admitted on trial, Rock River Conference

1961    ordained deacon

1963    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1962-63           student

1963-65           Wesley Foundation, DeKalb IL

1965                transfer to Northern New York Conference

1965-72           Wesley Foundation, Pottsdam NY

1972                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1972-77           UM in Higher Education, New York State

1977-78           Vestal

1978-92           Wilkes-Barre Central

                            1990-92  director, Wilkes-Barre Urban Team

1992-97           Clarks Summit

1997-01           Carbondale

2001                retired

                            2010  transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

 

CARGILL, JAMES HARVEY

 

Born: 4-?-1829  Jackson PA                                       married: [single]
Died: 7-4-1854  Susquehanna PA                              obit:

 

1852    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1854    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Jackson PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1855, 25

 

1852-53           Providence

1853-54           Susquehanna and Lanesboro

1854                Montrose

 

Note: James Cargill died after being struck by a cannon ball while attending a 4th of July celebration.  A brief biography of James H. Cargill appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 167.

 

CARLSON, DAVID PETER

 

Born: 5-9-1954                                                            married: Barbara Joy _____

Died:                                                                           obit: [10/14/1957 – ]

 

1982    license, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1982-83           Sterling

1983-86           Forest City Centennial

 

Note: David P. Carlson served as a local preacher and appears to have been a member of the Moravian Church.

 

CARMAN, CLARENCE

 

Born: 9-10-1882  Brooklyn NY                                 married: Elsie Rose Reich

Died: 10-28-1942                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1926, 150

                                                                                    married2: Myra E. Dudley

1913    license                                                             obit2: Wyoming Conference 1989, 358

1916    admitted on trial, recommended by Port Murray NJ 

1918    ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Spring Hill Cemetery, Spring Hill PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1943, 611

 

1916-20           Falls

1920-23           Wyalusing

1923-24           Newark Valley

1925-29           Endicott St. Paul’s

1929-33           Bainbridge

1933-40           Scranton Court Street

1940-42           Chenango Bridge

 

Note: This surname is sometimes reported as CARMEN.

 

CARMITCHEL, ARDO ARTHUR

 

Born: 3-24-1910  Mt. Carmel PA                               married: Marian Snyder

Died: 2-6-1983                                                            obit: [10/?/1908 – 10/?/1984]

 

1939    admitted on trial, East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Church

1946    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit: Detroit Conference 1983, 2090

 

1939-42           Penbrook

1942                transfer to the Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Church

1942-46           Clifford

1946-47           Edmeston

1947-48           Portlandville (ending 2/15/1948)

1948                transfer to California Conference

1948-51           Sparks NV

1951-54           Truckee

1954                transfer to Detroit Conference

1954-58           Munising

1958-61           Ontonagon

1961-62           Vernon

1962-63           Flint Huron Street

1963-65           Ortonville

1965-67           Elkton – Grant

1967                retired

 

CARPENTER, PAUL

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1972    license, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference

 

1972-73           New Berlin – Pittsfield

1973-75           Mount Upton

 

Note: Paul Carpenter served as a local preacher.

 

CARRIER, DAVID RUSSELL

 

Born: 11-28-1823  Columbus NY                              married: Catharine McChesney
Died: 8-29-1895  Binghamton NY                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1904, 107

 

1857    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Mt. Hope Cemetery, Norwich NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1896, 94

 

1857-58           Camillus

1858-60           Newfield

1860-61           Fleming

1861-63           Aurora

1863-64           Ludlowville and North Lansing

1864-66           Port Byron

1866-68           Homer

1868-69           Middlefield

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1869-71           on leave

1871-73           South New Berlin

1873-74           Guilford

1874                retired

 

Note: A brief biography of David R. Carrier appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 167.

 

CARRIER, MARCUS

 

Born: c1826                                                                married:

Died: 6-18-1891  Atbia IA                                         obit:

 

?          admitted on trial, ? Conference

1853    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-53           Cherry Ridge

1853-54           Beach Pond

1854-55           Cherry Ridge

1855-56           Gibson

1856                located

1857                “transfer” to Iowa Conference

1857-58           Indianola

1858-59           Penora

1859-60           Newton

1860-62           Rising Sun

1862-63           Galesburgh

1863-65           Montezuma

1865-66           Springfield

…

1878                located

 

CARROLL, CHARLES EDEN

 

Born: 6-25-1877  Waitsfield VT                                married: Blanche Elsie Kingery

Died: 11-27-1946  Deland FL                                    obit: Wyoming Conference 1952, 1162

 

1905    admitted on trial, North Nebraska Conference

1905    ordained deacon

1907    ordained elder

 

Interment: Oakdale Memorial Park, Deland FL

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1947, 716

 

1910-13           Lincoln Emmanuel

1913                transfer to Colorado Conference

1913-17           Denver Simpson

1917-19           Board of Home Missions, Philadelphia PA

1919-27           faculty, Boston University

1927-39           supply, New England Conference

1929                transfer to New England Conference

1929-30           Boston Tremont Street

1930-31           Hudson

1931                transfer to Florida Conference

1931-33           Tampa Bryan Memorial

1933-34           Tarpon Springs

1934-38           St. Petersburg Grace

1938-39           Coronado Beach – New Smyrna

1939-40           Hastings United
1940                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1940-45           Wilkes-Barre Parrish Street

1945                retired

 

Note: Charles E. Carroll is the father of Dorothy H. Carroll Thurmond Whitmore (1907-1944) of the Florida Conference.  He is listed in the 1942-43 Who’s Who in America.  He is the author of The Community Survey in Relation to Church Effectiveness, his PhD thesis from the University of Denver.  Mrs. Carroll (whose father changed his surname from Gingerich to Kingery) is the niece of John S. Gingerich (1819-1900) of the Allegheny Conference of the United Brethren Church.

 

CARROLL, JAMES B.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

license

admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1995-97           Nantocoke (ending 12/26/1996)

1997                withdrew, to “return” to Texas

 

Note: James B. Carroll served as a local preacher and is otherwise unknown.

 

CARRUTH, BISHOP B.

 

Born: 4-30-1827  Lorraine NY                                   married: Harriet. Elizabeth Leonard

Died: 9-28-1906  Afton NY                                       obit: Wyoming Conference 1914, 116

 

1851    exhorter’s license

1852    local preacher’s license

1852    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Afton Cemetery, Afton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1907, 112

 

1852-53           Bainbridge

1853-54           Triangle

1854-55           Edmeston

1861-63           Starkville

1863-65           Exeter

1865-67           Laurens

1867-69           Frey's Bush

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1869-70           Mount Upton

1870-73           Afton

1873-75           Willet

1875-77           North Norwich

1877-79           Gilbertsville

1879-80           South New Berlin NY

1880-82           Osborne Hollow

1882-83           Broome

1883-84           Choconut Center

1884-85           Lackawaxen

1885-86           Bethany

1886-87           Sanford

1887-88           Portlandville;

1888-90           West Danby

1890-91           South Danby

1891-92           North Tioga

1892-93           Litchfield

1893                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Bishop B. Carruth appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 294.

 

CARSON, ANNA A. REYNOLDS

 

Born: 8-14-1888                                                          married: Edward Carson

Died: 1954                                                                  obit: [1867-1949]

 

1930    ordained local deacon

1933    ordained local elder

 

Interment: South Farmington Cemetery, Farmington NY

Obit:

 

1923-26           Harford

1926-33           Flemingville

1933-39           Harford – Harford Mills

1939                no appointment

 

Note: Mrs. Carson accepted her first appointment as Miss Anna A. Reynolds.  The first wife of Edward Carson was Cora L. Walker [1867-1924].

 

CARTER, CLARENCE WILLIAM

 

Born: 9-21-1888  Bradford County PA                      married: Viola Ray _____

Died: 4-12-1954  LeRaysville PA                              obit:

 

1932    ordained local deacon

 

Interment: Camptown Cemetery, Camptown PA

Obit:

 

1932                Harford (did not finish: 1933, 65)

1932-34           Warren Center

 

Note: Clarence W. Carter was a barber who served as a local preacher.

 

CARTER, DONALD LEE

 

Born: 6-13-1934                                                          married: Ida Rae Cooksey

Died: 7-5-1992                                                            obit: [8/16/1937 - ]

 

1957    license, Wyoming Conference

1962    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1962    ordained deacon

1964    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1957-59           Great Bend

1959-60           Benton Mt. Hermon

1960-61           Athens parish

1962-64           student

1964-66           New Milford

1966-77           Nimmonsburg

1977-78           Endicott First (ending 9/7/1978)

1978                withdrew – see 1979, page 163

 

CARTER, ROY ALLAN

 

Born: 12-04-1947                                                        married: Linda K. _____ [8/3/1974]

Died:                                                                           obit: [12/9/1950 – ]

 

1970    admitted on trial, West Virginia Conference

1970    ordained deacon

1973    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1972-76           St. Albans St. Andrews

1976-78           chaplain intern, Indianapolis Methodist Hospital

1978-79           counselor intern, Buchanan Methodist Hospital

1979-84           student, Claremont School of Theology

1984                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1984-10           counselor, Samaritan Counseling Center

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference


 

CARVER, SAMUEL

 

Born: 9-28-1768  Kent CT                                          married: Jane Montayne

Died: 5-26-1835  Luzerne County PA                       obit: [6/10/1773 – 5/2/1844]

 

 

Interment: Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort PA

Obit:

 

Note: Samuel Carver served as a local preacher in the Kingston area of Luzerne County.  His family gave the land for the Carverton church.  Peck’s history states “Our nest appointment was in the neighborhood of Rev. Samuel Carver’s, a most excellent man and a good local preacher.  He was a bright and shining light where ever he was known.”

 

CARY, JOSEPH P.

 

Born: 10-13-1872  Solomon KS                                 married: Harriet J. Gray (1898)

Died: 1-16-1921  Bremerton WA                               obit: [7/14/1875 – 10/30/1946]

 

           

 

Interment: Woodlawn Cemetery, Ferndale WA

Obit:

 

1911-13           Flemingville (beginning 5/1911: see 1912, 83)

 

Note: Joseph P. Cary served as a supply preacher.  He was reportedly an ordained minister in the Congregational Church – ordained in the state of Washington and the son of Rev. William Brackett Cary (1841-1923) of the Congregational Church.  This surname is also rendered CAREY.

 

CASE, HAROLD CLAUDE

 

Born: 5-20-1902  Cottonwood Falls KS                     married: Phyllis Elizabeth Kirk

Died: 3-13-1972                                                          obit: New England Conference 1998, B-211

 

1925    admitted on trial, Kansas Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Mount Adnah Cemetery, Gloucester MA

Obit: New England Southern Conference 1972, 290

 

1925-26           student

1926-27           faculty, Southwestern College

1927                transfer to Rock River Conference

1927-33           Glencoe North Shore

1933                transfer to Kansas Conference

1933-38           Topeka First

1938                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1938-45           Scranton Elm Park

1945                transfer to California–Arizona Conference

1945-51           Pasadena First

1951-67           president, Boston University

1967                retired

 

Note: A biography of Harold C. Case appears in the 1974 Encyclopedia of World Methodism, volume I, page 422.

 

CASE, WILLIAM

 

Born: 10-5-1816                                                          married: Melissa Catharine Crane [4/29/184?]

Died: 3-10-1888                                                          obit: [7/20/1817 – 3/4/1874]

                                                                                    married2: Melissa Vail [10/15/1874]

admitted on trial                                                          obit2: [2/28/1818 - ?]

 

Interment: Lehman Center Cemetery, Lehman PA

Obit:

 

1859-60           Lehman

 

Note: William Case of Kingston was a farmer and a local preacher.

 

CASTELINE, ROBERT R.

 

Born: 12-7-1934  Endicott NY                                   married: Margaret J. _____

Died: 12-11-2001  Apopka FL                                   obit: [5/17/1938 – 12/21/1991]

                                                                                    married2: Susan Utegg

Interment:                                                                   obit2:

Obit:

 

1988                Nanticoke NY (9/1 – 11/13)

1989-92           Equinunk

1992-00           on leave

2000                retired

 

Note: Robert R. Casteline served as a local preacher.

 

CASWELL, EDWIN WHITTIER

 

Born: 1-16-1844  Herkimer NY                                 married: Mary A. Hollister

Died: 8-21-1933                                                          obit: Wilmington Conference 1900, 91

 

1870    admitted on trial

1872    ordained deacon

1874    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: New York East Conference 1924, 616

 

1869-71           South New Berlin

1871-72           McDonough

1872-74           Plymouth NY

1874-76           Guilford

1876-79           Plymouth PA

1879-82           Owego

1882-84           Binghamton Main Street

1884-85           missionary to Dakota

1885                transfer to Oregon Conference

 

CAVALARI, CHERYL S.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Edward Cavalari

Died:                                                                           obit: Wyoming Conference 1998, 318

 

1995    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference, recommended by Shoemaker Chapel

1999    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1995-01           Northeast Regional Ministry in Higher Education

2001-10           director, Campus Ministries of Northeast PA

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-14           director, Campus Ministries of Northeast PA

2014                retired

 

CAVANAUGH, EDWIN DeWITT

 

Born: 4-5-1864  Newfield NY                                   married: Amanda Slocum

Died: 11-6-1919  Kirkwood NY                                obit: [b. 9/?/1869 – 1950]

 

1892    local preacher’s license, Spencer

1895    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1896    ordained local deacon

1899    ordained local elder

 

Interment: Tioga Cemetery, Owego NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1920, 112

 

1894-95           Preston

1895-96           Eaton

1896-99           Wallsville

1899-02           Cherry Ridge

1902-04           North Tioga

1904-06           Rome

1906-11           Flemingville

1911-14           Danby – South Danby

1914-16           Vestal

1916-19           Orwell

1919                Kirkwood

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Edwin D. Cavanaugh appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 295.

 

CEASE, ALLAN JONATHAN

 

Born: 8-15-1945  Kingston PA                                  married: Lynne M. Hess [5/24/1980]

Died:                                                                           obit: [5/28/1953 – ]

 

1968    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1971    ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1968-69           Slocum

1969-71           Wilkes-Barre Derr Memorial

1971-75           Forest City

1975-76           Endicott St. Paul’s – Choconut Center

1976-79           Endicott St. Paul’s - Campville

1979-83           Carverton

1983-88           Binghamton High Street

1988-90           Scranton Providence and chaplain, Homes for the Aging

1990-91           chaplain, Homes for the Aging

1991-92           sabbatical

1992-94           Factoryville

1994                retired

1995                withdrew to join another denomination, page 261

 

CETUK, VIRGINIA A. SAMUEL

 

Born: 1-19-1951                                                          married: Norman B. Cetuk

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1974    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1977    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference

 

1974-77           student

1977-78           chaplain

1978                transfer to Northern New Jersey Conference

1977-81           chaplain

1981-86           assistant dean, Drew Theological School

 

 

CHAFFEE, AMASA FRANKLIN

 

Born: 2-23-1855  Dayton NY                                     married: Maria Ann Manners

Died: 5-16-1926                                                          obit: Kansas Conference 1927, 334

 

1877    local preacher’s license

1882    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1884    ordained deacon

1886    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Kansas Conference 1927, 333

 

1882-83           Laurens

1883-85           Afton

1885-88           Cooperstown

1888-93           Union

1893-94           Wilkes-Barre Derr Memorial

1894-99           Scranton Asbury

1899-04           Carbondale

1904-05           Owego

1905                transfer to Colorado Conference, 1906 page 68

1905-07           Canon City

1907-08           Denver Christ

1908                transfer to South Kansas Conference

1908-09           Chanute

1909-11           Independence

1911                retired

                             1913  transfer to Kansas Conference

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Amasa F. Chaffee appears in the 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 297, of which he is author.

 

CHAFFEE, RALPH T.

 

Born: 1889                                                                  married: Marjorie Mettler

Died: 1953                                                                  obit: [1902 – 1983]

 

1919    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Baptist Church Cemetery, West Danby NY

Obit:

 

1919-20           Rome

1920                discontinued

1920-22           West Danby (supply)

                        “transfer” to Baptist Church

                        South Apalachin

                        Canton NY

                        Millport NY

1943-53           South Apalachin

 

Note:  The widowed Mrs. Chaffee appears to have later married a Mr. Gibbs.

 

CHAMBERLAIN, GILBERT M.

 

Born: 9-14-1830  Wyalusing PA                                married: Amanda Merritt Bunnell

Died: 3-22-1928  Meshoppen PA                               obit: Wyoming Conference 1918, 130

 

1854    local preacher’s license

1866    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1866    ordained deacon

1868    ordained elder

 

Interment: Overfield Cemetery, Meshoppen PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1928, 140

 

1866-69           Moscow

1869-71           Peckville

1871-73           Wyalusing

1873-74           Salem

1874-76           Parsons

1876-78           Tioga

1878-80           Athens

1880-83           Meshoppen

1883-86           Skinner's Eddy

1886-88           on leave

1888-89           Falls

1889-92           on leave

1892-94           West Nicholson

1894-95           Glen Lyon

1895-96           on leave

1896                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Gilbert M. Chamberlain appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 300.

 

CHAMBERLAIN, WILLIAM C.

 

Born: 6-2-1882  Midsomer-Norton, England married: Lucina Wiley

Died: 8-24-1941  Baldwinsville NY                          obit: Central New York Conference 1976, 188

 

1911    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Cayuga NY

Obit: Central New York Conference 1941, 101

 

1911-13           student, Syracuse University

1913                “transfer” to Central New York Conference

Cayuga

South Onondaga

Gorham and Stanley

Onondaga Valley

Auburn Trinity

1933-41           Baldwinsville

 

CHANDLER, A.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1858-59           Newton (2nd half)

 

Note: This is believed to be local preacher Abram S. Chandler (1813-1887) of the Central Pennsylvania Conference.  His personal information and other service may be found in those files.

 

CHAPMAN, ALBERT JAMES

 

Born: 4-30-1878  Avoca PA                                       married: Maude Alice Trevorton

Died: 10-23-1934                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1932, 803

 

1892    local preacher’s license, Peckville

1903    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1905    ordained deacon

1907    ordained elder

 

Interment: Vestal Park Cemetery, Vestal NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1935, 633

 

1896-01           student, Wyoming Seminary

                            1900-01       Douglass Presbyterian Mission, Wilkes-Barre

1901-03           student, Syracuse University

                            1902-03       West Monroe, Northern New York Conference

1903-05           West Exeter

1905-07           Plymouth NY

1907-09           Whitney Point and Lisle

1909-12           Whitney Point

1912-16           Union

1916-19           Candor

1919-22           Wanamie (ending 9/1922; see 1923,99)

1922-28           Wilkes-Barre [Parsons] Abbott

1928-31           Trucksville

1931-33           Vestal

1933                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Albert J. Chapman appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 296.

 

CHAPMAN, FRANCIS ASBURY

 

Born: 4-27-1854  Candor NY                         married: Cecelia “Celia” Elizabeth Wright

Died: 8-2-1915  Woodburn OR                                  obit: [1852-1922]

 

1882    license

1884    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1886    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Upper Fairfield Cemetery, Candor NY

Obit: Michigan Conference 1915, 590

 

1882-84           Litchfield

1884-86           Danby

1886-89           Forty Fort

1889-91           Scranton Green Ridge

1891-93           Newark Valley

1893                transfer to Michigan Conference

1893-95           ?

1895                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1895-96           Whitney’s Point

1896-97           Forty Fort

1897                transfer to Michigan Conference

 

CHARBONNIER, JAMES

 

Born: 3-28-1885  Geneva Switzerland                       married: Edith M. Fowler

Died: 9-23-1958  Savannah GA                                 obit: [9/21/1886 – 2/9/1941]

                                                                                    married2: Marie Leavengood

1904    license                                                             obit2:

1908    admitted on trial, New York Conference      

1909    ordained deacon

1910    ordained elder

 

Interment: Grant Memorial Park, Marion IN

Obit:

 

1904-05           Geneva, Switzerland

1905-08           student, Drew University School of Theology

    1906-08       Patterson NJ Italian Mission

1908                transfer to New York Conference

1908-10           NYC Five Points Mission

1910-12           New Haven St. Peter Italian Mission

1912-15           Wilkes-Barre St. Paul Italian Mission, Wyoming Conference

1915                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1915-17           Wilkes-Barre St. Paul Italian Mission

1917                transfer to Central New York Conference

1917-22           Syracuse Italian Church of the Redeemer

1922                transfer to Rock River Conference

1922-25           Chicago First Italian

1925-28           New Castle PA South Mill Street

1928-34           Buffalo Normal Park

1934-53           faculty, Taylor University in Upland IN

 

Note: James Charbonnier received a PhD from Yale University in 1912.

 

CHARBONNIER, WILLIAM JOHN

 

Born: Geneva Switzerland                                          married: Berthe Rubin

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1913    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1913    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1913-14           student

1914-15           Wilkes-Barre Italian Mission

1915-16           student

1916                located

 

Note: William J. Charbonnier returned to Switzerland and became a medical and surgical practitioner.

 

CHAUNCEY, ARTHUR RUSSELL

 

Born: 7-2-1895                                                            married: Bertha May Borden

Died: 9-30-1991  Vestal NY                                      obit: Wyoming Conference 1979,251

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Margaret Doupe

1965    ordained local deacon                                     obit2: Upper New York Conference 2012, 284

 

Interment: Riverhurst Cemetery, Endicott NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1882, 353

 

1965-74           Flemingville (ending 12/1974)

1974-79           Northwest Group Ministry [Binghamton District] (beginning 12.1974)

1979                retired

 

Note: Arthur R. Chauncey is a brother to Clyde E. Chauncey, Fred O. Chauncey and Wesley Fernando Chauncey (1898-1981) of the Western New York Conference.  Another brother, Walter LeRoy Chauncey (1907-1997) was a local pastor.  The second Mrs. Chauncey is Margaret Doupe Chauncey.

 

CHAUNCEY, CLYDE EVERETT

 

Born: 10-16-1899                                                        married: Grace F. Smith

Died: 7-6-1988                                                            obit: [4/9/1901 – 5/15/1964]

 

1922    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Vestal Hills Memorial Park, Vestal NY

Obit:

 

1922-28           student

1928                discontinued

 

Note: Clyde E Chauncey is a brother to Arthur R. Chauncey, Fred O. Chauncey and Fernando Wesley Chauncey (1898-1981) of the Western New York Conference.  Another brother, Walter LeRoy Chauncey (1907-1997) was a local pastor.

 

CHAUNCEY, FRED OLIN

 

Born: 2-28-1889  Union NY                                      married: Florence L. Benjamin

Died: 4-22-1923  Clifton Springs NY            obit: [10/?/1894 – + 5/15/1980]

 

1916    admitted on trial, recommended by Montville NJ

1918    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Floral Park Cemetery, Johnson City NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1924, 132

 

1908-13           student, Syracuse University

                             Lorraine, Northern New York Conference

1913-16           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                             Montville NY. Newark Conference

1916                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1916-18           Lisle

1918-20           Nichols

1920-23           Binghamton Fairview

1923                retired

 

Note: Fred O. Chauncey is a brother to Arthur R. Chauncey, Clyde E. Chauncey and Fernando Wesley Chauncey (1898-1981) of the Western New York Conference.  Another brother, Walter LeRoy Chauncey (1907-1997) was a local pastor.  According to the 1/24/1918 Christian Advocate, page 114, Florence Chauncey was the first female to cast a legal ballot in New York following the franchisement of women in that state.  After the death of Fred, Mrs. Chauncey married his younger brother Wesley F. Chauncey.

 

CHAUNCEY, MARGARET PAYNE DOUPE

 

Born: 12-20-1916 Bainbridge NY                              married: _____ Doupe

Died: 10-27-2011  Binghamton NY               obit:

                                                                                    married2: Arthur R. Chauncey

1974    local preacher’s license                                   obit2: Wyoming Conference 1992, 353

 

Interment: Green Lawn Cemetery, Bainbridge NY

Obit: Upper New York Conference 2012, 284

 

1974-82           Flemingville (beginning 12/1974)

1982                retired

                            1996-02  Flemingville

                            2002-05  Caring Covenant Cooperative Parish     

 

Note: Margaret P. Chauncey is the mother of Gary E. Doupe.  She served as a local preacher.  Her second husband is Arthur R. Chauncey.

 

CHAYER, CHARLES C.

 

Born: 6-?-1894                                                            married: Edith H. Morse

Died: 3-11-1973  St. Petersburg FL                           obit: Wyoming Conference 1971, 247

                                                                                    married 2: Mrs. Burtra B. Puriton

1918    admitted on trial, Maine Conference              obit2: [9/?/1895 – 12/?/1997]

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Petersburg FL

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1973, 283

 

1918-19           Lisbon

1919                transfer to New Hampshire Conference

1919-20           Salisbury MA

1920-21           Greenland

1921                transfer to Vermont Conference

1921-25           Brattleboro

1925-29           superintendent, St. Johnsbury District

1929-31           Barre

1931-36           headmaster, Montpelier Seminary

1936-37           student

1937                transfer to New Hampshire Conference

1937-39           Amesbury MA

1939-47           Manchester First

1947                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1947-48           Susquehanna

1948-52           Nanticoke

1952-54           Carbondale

1954-60           Tunkhannock

1960                retired

 

Note: The first Mrs. Chayer is the daughter of Charles Wendall Morse (1855-1938) of the Vermont Conference.

 

CHEESEMAN, WILLIAM

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1970-71           Hale Eddy (ending 11/1971)

1971                withdrew – 1972,118

 

Note: William Cheeseman served as a supply pastor.  He is otherwise unknown.  This may be William F. Cheeseman (1937-1997) of Oneida.

 

CHEN, DAVID YUNG-CHAO

 

Born: 3-8-1937  Taipei, Taiwan                                 married: Anne Miao-Chu [7/18/1965]

Died:                                                                           obit: [5/4/1939 – ]

 

1970    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1972    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1970-71           student

1971-73           Lake Como

1973-76           Avoca – Moosic

1976                transfer to Northern Illinois Conference

1976-83           Christian Fellowship

1983-84           sabbatical leave

1984-86           on leave

 

CHESTERFIELD, JOHN C.

 

Born: 12-20-1892                                                        married: Hilda M. Connett

Died: 1-12-1971                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1969, 253

 

Interment: Maple Hill Cemetery, Luzerne County PA

Obit:

 

19??-??            Wilkes-Barre Bennett Memorial

 

Note: John C. Chesterfield is supposedly “a former pastor of Bennett Memorial Methodist Church” – but there appears to be no record of him in the local or conference records.  After his 1919 marriage, he lived in Ashley and was a member of that congregation.  Any service to Bennett Memorial must have been of brief/temporary duration and as a student or lay or local preacher.

 

CHONG, SAMUEL

 

Born: 5-10-1940                                                          married: Loon Hua [12/6/1966]

Died:                                                                           obit: [6/22/1941 – ]

 

?          admitted on trial, Singapore Malaya Conference

?          ordained

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1975                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1975-79           West Nanticoke Calvary (including Alden and Wanamie)

1970-80           student

1980                transfer to Northern New Jersey Conference

1980-86           Stillwater Harmony Hall

                        transfer to Greater New Jersey Conference

1996-06           Scotch Plains First

2006                retired

                            

 

CHRISTIAN, G.W.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1876-77           Randolph

 

Note: G.W. Christian served as a supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

 

CHRISTIANSON, RALPH E.          

 

Born: 9-21-1944                                                          married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1974    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference

 

1974-76           student

1976-81           Hop Bottom

1981-83           associate, Scranton Elm Park

1983                discontinued

 

Note: Ralph E. Christianson became pastor of the First Universalist Church in Brooklyn, Susquehanna County.

 

CHRISTOPHER, ROBERT P.

 

Born: 1819  Davenport England                                 married: Mrs. John Pierce

Died: 2-3-1905  Islip NY                                           obit:

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Mary A. Lovejoy

?          ordained local elder, New York East Conf.   obit2: [died in Dundaff PA]

                                                                                    married3: Minnie E. Rose (1881)

                                                                                    obit3

Interment: Honesdale PA

Obit: Christian Advocate May 4, 1905, page 719

 

1869                Cook Street

1869-77           Brooklyn Mission, Kosciusko Street

 

1879                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1879-80           Uniondale

1880-82           Uniondale and Dundaff

1884-86           Forest City & No. 4

1886-87           Herrick Center

1887-88           Wanamie

1888-89           Middlefield

1889-90           Falls

1890-92           No. 4 [Simpson]

1892-93           ?

1893                no longer listed

                        “transfer” to New York East Conference

1898                Brookhaven

1900-01           Brooklyn Goodsell

 

Note: Robert P. Christopher was a local elder in the New York East Conference who moved to Dundaff in 1879.  He appears to have specialized in starting congregations in both Conferences, and statements of his work in that area appear in the Dundaff and Forest City files.  He later moved back to the New East Conference as evidenced by this reference on page 87 of that 1898 journal: “The other wonder has been accomplished at the village of Brookhaven, where Brother R. P. Christopher, a local elder, long employed as a supply within the bounds of this Conference, is in charge. He found the church in a dilapidated condition and the people discouraged. He was fortunate in securing the friendship of the Rev. J. D. Wells, the venerable pastor of the South Third Street Presbyterian Church in this city [Brooklyn], who was spending his summer vacation at Brookhaven. Dr. Wells has shown much kindness to our cause in that village in former years. He encouraged Brother Christopher to undertake the required improvements, and made that undertaking possible by generously subscribing and obtaining contributions from prominent men of his own denomination. Brother Christopher and the members of the church did what they could, but the edifice, which is new to all appearance and very tasteful, is practically a gift from Presbyterians—their generosity making our gifts look small—and is an evidence of Christian brotherhood which should never be forgotten. The rebuilding cost about $1,800, and all the bills are paid.”

 

CHUBBUCK, FRANCIS STEEL

 

Born: 11-12-1812  Tolland CT                                   married: Polly Robinson
Died: 5-13-1890  Nichols NY                                    obit: [8/2/1813 – 12/13/1877]

                                                                                    married2: Elizabeth Nyce Shoemaker

1849    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference             obit2: [6/22/1821 – 12/6/1894]

1851    ordained deacon

1853    ordained elder

 

Interment: Nichols NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1891, 79

 

1849-50           Browntown

1850-51           Northmoreland

1851-52           Mehoopany

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-53           Mehoopany

1853-54           Northmoreland

1854-55           Springville

1855-56           Tunkhannock

1856-57           LeRaysville

1857-59           Van Ettenville

1859-60           Candor

1860-62           Caroline

1862-64           Barton

1864-66           Litchfield (it appears he may not have finished the second year)

1866                retired

                            1866-67  Mehoopany

 

Note: Francis S. Chubbuck is the father of Rev. Emory F. Chubbuck of the Episcopal Church.  A brief biography of Francis S. Chubbuck appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 167.

 

CHURCH, FRED W.

 

Born: 11-16-1885  Addison NY                                 married: Jessie B. Strickland

Died: 2-22-1956  Wellsville NY                                obit: Wyoming conference 1979, 252

 

1912    admitted on trial, Central Illinois Conference

1913    ordained deacon, Wyoming State Conference

1915    ordained elder

 

Interment: Woodlawn Cemetery, Wellsville NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1965, 241

 

1912-13           student, Garrett Biblical Institute

     1912-13      Aroma Park

1913-15           Thermopolis, Wyoming State Mission

1915                charter member of the Wyoming State Conference

1915-16           Powell

1916                transfer to Central Illinois Conference

1916-17           Aroma Park

1917-20           on leave

                             associate, Cincinnati OH Walnut Hills

                             Federation of Churches, Cincinnati OH

                             Board of Missions, Methodist Church

1920                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1920-33           Binghamton Clinton Street

1933-36           Oneonta Elm Park

1936-41           Tunkhannock

1941-43           Dalton – Waverly

1943-52           Worcester

1952                retired

 

CHURCHILL, ABRAM.

 

Born: 1-16-1821  Susquehanna County PA               married: Margaret Clarkson

Died: 1-18-1910  Clifford PA                                    obit: [2/2/1825 - ?]

 

c1842  exhorters license

c1856  local preachers license

 

Interment: Clifford Cemetery, Clifford PA

Obit:

 

 

Note: Abram Churchill was a member at Lenoxville.  A framer and fruit grower, he served as a local preacher for over 50 years.

CHURCHILL, WARREN STANLEY JR.

 

Born: 10-14-1922                                                        married:

Died: 4-14-1986                                                          obit:

 

1951    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: New York Conference 1986, 1010

 

1951                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1951                transfer to New York Conference

 

Note: This was a courtesy ordination for the New York Conference

 

CHYNOWETH, JOSEPH B.

 

Born: 1844                                                                  married: Elizabeth _____

Died: 1-10-1927                                                          obit: California Conference 1924, 85

 

1875    ordained local deacon

1875    admitted on trial

1877    ordained deacon

1879    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: California Conference 1927, 418

 

1875-76           Lackawaxen

1876-78           Herrick Centre

1878-79           Hale’s Eddy

1879-80           Campville

1880-83           Barton

1883-84           Windham

1884-87           missionary to Montana

1887                transfer to California Conference

 

CISM, FRANKLIN P. JR.

 

Born: 11-4-1918  Union Hill NJ                                 married: Gilberta Andreita Stevens

Died: 1-10-2011  Harpursville NY                             obit: [6/12/1923 – 5/29/2009]

 

1976    local preacher’s license

 

Interment: Riverview Cemetery, Harpursville NY

Obit:

 

1977-89           Hales Eddy (began mid-year 1977-78)

1989                retired

 

Note: Franklin Cism was a retired high school chemistry teacher who served as a local preacher.

 

CLANCY, H.H.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1868-69           Kingsbury Hill

 

Note: served as a supply preacher.  The Kingsbury Hill charge existed 1868-70, when it was re-named Hales Eddy.  H.H. Clancy founded the Free-Will Baptist Church in West Valley, Cattaraugus County NY, in January 1873.  In the 1870’s, He appears to have been a General Conference delegate for that denomination from its Susquehanna Conference.

 

 

CLARK, ALGERNON SIDNEY

 

Born: 2-16-1848                                                          married: Ella Filkins

Died: 1-26-1928                                                          obit: Troy Conference 1924, 465

 

1870    admitted on trial

1872    ordained deacon

1874    ordained elder

 

Interment: Union Cemetery, Crescent NY

Obit: Troy Conference 1928, 565

 

1870-72           Sidney Plains

1872-74           Edmeston

1874-77           Cooperstown

1877-78           Schenevus

1878-79           Laurens

1879                transfer to Troy Conference

 

Note: This surname is sometimes render CLARKE.

 

CLARK, C.W.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1907-12           Triangle          

1912-14           Barton

 

Note: C.W. Clark served as a local preacher.  Nothing else is known about this person.

 

CLARK, CAROLYN ANNABEL

 

Born: 1-9-1928                                                            married:

Died: 1-19-2011                                                          obit:

 

1985    local preacher’s license

 

Interment: West Pittston Cemetery, West Pittston PA

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2011, 394

 

1985-90           Wilkes-Barre Abbott

                             visitation minister, Wilkes-Barre First (beginning 4/1986)

1990-92           Shoemaker Memorial

1992-97           Shoemaker Memorial and Slocum

1997                retired

                             1997-05  Shoemaker Memorial (ending 8/31/2005)

 

Note: Carolyn A. Clark served as a local preacher.  There is another Rev. Carolyn A. Clark (born in 1958) in the area who is a pastor for the Church of God.

 

CLARK, DOUGLAS ALAN

 

Born: 3-4-1960                                                            married: Janet L. Bryant

Died:                                                                           obit: [4/2/1959 – ]

 

1984    license, Virginia Conference

1985    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1985    ordained deacon

1987    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1984-85           Trinity

1985                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1985-89           Owego

1989-96           Apalachin First

1996-06           Shavertown

2006-10           Endicott Central

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Douglas A. Clarke is the husband of Janet B. Clark.

 

CLARK, G.B.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

                       

                        Genesee Conference

1910-11           West Sparta NY

1911-12           Round Top PA

1912-13           Gaines PA (did not complete the year)

1913                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1913-14           Rome PA

1914-15           Litchfield (appointed but refused to report)_

 

Note: G.B. Clark served as a local preacher.  Nothing else is known about this person.

 

CLARK, JANET LYNN (BRYANT)

 

Born: 4-2-1959                                                            married: Douglas Alan Clark

Died:                                                                           obit: [3/4/1960 – ]

 

1984    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1985    ordained deacon

1987    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1984-85           student

1985-89           Endicott Central

1989-96           Apalachin First

1996-04           Shavertown

2004-06           West Pittston (ending 1/31/2006)

2006-09           on leave (beginning 2/1/2006)

2009-10           Wyoming Conference Children’s Home

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Janet B. Clark is the wife of Douglas A. Clark.

 

CLARK, P.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1865-66           Damascus

 

CLARK, RICHARD A.

 

Born: 12-19-1946                                                        married: Gloria B. _____ [6/6/1968]

Died:                                                                           obit: [11/1/1945 – ]

 

            local preacher’s license

1970    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1972    ordained deacon

1974    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1967-68           Lakeville

1968-70           Bethany

1970-73           student

1973-79           Factoryville

1979-83           Clarks Summit

1983-92           Scranton Asbury

1992-94           Plymouth PA

1994-99           Williamsport Newberry, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1999-00           sabbatical leave

2000-03           United Methodist Publishing House

2003-10           Palmyra Bethany, Eastern Pennsylvania Conference

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-13           Palmyra Bethany, Eastern Pennsylvania Conference

2013                retired

 

CLARK, ROBERT LINUS

 

Born: 8-9-1868  Forestport NY                                  married: Eloise Newton

Died: 8-23-1938                                                          obit: Troy Conference 1959, 1040

 

1889    exhorter’s license

1890    local preacher’s license

1896    ordained local deacon

1897    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1899    ordained deacon

 

Interment: New Forest Cemetery, Utica NY

Obit: Troy Conference 1939, 366

 

1890-92           student, Wyoming Seminary

1892-93           student Syracuse University

1893-96           student, Boston University School of Theology

1897-00           Gilbertsville

1900-05           Forest City

1905-08           Candor

1908-12           Waverly NY

1912-15           Binghamton Tabernacle

1915-16           Jermyn

1916-19           Norwich

1919                transfer to Troy Conference, page 34

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Robert L. Clark appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 298.

 

CLARKE, ALBERT

 

Born: 3-10-1867  Wooton, England               married: Mary Elizabeth Denton

Died: 8-2-1923  Ashley PA                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1945, 171

 

?          local preacher’s license, Wesleyan Methodist Church [England]

1896    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1898    ordained deacon

1900    ordained elder

 

Interment: Lakewood Cemetery, Cooperstown NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1924, 134

 

1895-98           Preston

1898-02           Plymouth NY

1902-06           Westford

1906-12           Lanesboro

1912-18           Cooperstown

1918-23           Scranton Myrtle Street

1923                Ashley

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Albert Clarke appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 300.

 

CLARKE, HORATIO R.

 

Born: 8-23-1813  Candor NY                                     married: Margarette G. Gary
Died: 11-4-1898  Binghamton NY                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1888, 91

 

1844    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment:  Forest Hill Cemetery, Binghamton NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1899, 103 [CLARK]

 

1844-45           faculty, Cazenovia Seminary

1845-47           Madison

1847-49           Utica Bleeker Street

1849-50           Kingston

1850-52           Carbondale

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-53           Binghamton Court Street

1853-54           agent, Susquehanna Seminary [of Binghamton NY]

1854-55           Susquehanna

1855-57           Great Bend and New Milford

1857-58           Binghamton Court Street

1858-60           Honesdale

1860-61           Union

1861-62           faculty, Susquehanna Seminary [of Binghamton NY]

1862-64           Waverly NY

1864-67           superintendent, Wyoming District

1867-71           superintendent, Owego District

1871-72           Tunkhannock

1872-76           superintendent, Binghamton District

1876-80           superintendent, Otsego District

1880-81           Chenango Forks

1881                retired

 

Note: Mrs. Clarke is the daughter of the venerable George Gary (1793-1855), pastor in the New England and Genesee Conferences and noted missionary to Oregon.  A brief biography of Horatio R. Clarke appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 168.

 

CLARKE, SCOTT DWIGHT

 

Born: 4-27-1890  Greene NY                         married: Sarah M. Chapman

Died: 2-21-1970                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1974, 290

 

1915    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1917    ordained deacon

1919    ordained elder

 

Interment: Sylvan Lawn Cemetery, Greene NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1970, 243

 

1915-16           Westford

1916-18           Sidney Center

1918-19           Morris – Gilbertsville

1919-23           student

1923-25           South Gibson

1925-26           Wilkes-Barre Bennett Memorial

1926-27           Wilkes-Barre Bennett Memorial – St. Andrews

1927-30           Plains

1930-34           Scranton Providence

1934-37           Norwich

1938-39           Binghamton Centenary

1939-44           Clarks Summit

1944-47           Tunkhannock

1947-52           associate, Scranton Elm Park

1952-57           Sayre

1957                retired

                            1957-58  Choconut Center

 

CLAVEZ, JANETTE VERNA

 

Born:                                                                           married: David Anthony Goodpasture

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1982    license, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference

 

1982-83           Flemingville

1983-84           no appointment

1984-85           Itaska

1991                “transfer” to Virginia Conference

2010-12           Norfolk Colonial Avenue

 

Note: Janette V. Clavez served in the Wyoming Conference as a local preacher.  Her first name is also given variably as Jeanette or Jannette.  David A. Goodpasture is member of the Virginia Conference and the son of Marion Glenn Goodpasture Jr (1924-2009) of the Virginia Conference.

 

 

CLEASBY, JOSEPH BRUCE

 

Born: 8-28-1932                                                          married: Nancy Lois _____ [10/10/1953]

Died:                                                                           obit: [11/22/1933 – ]

 

1975    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1978    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1975-76           student

1976-80           Meshoppen

1980-82           Hawleyton

1982                transfer to South Carolina Conference

1982-85           Sharon

1985-89           Lancaster Trinity

1989-94           Port Royal

1994-95           on leave

1995                retired

                            2008-12       Easley St. Andrews (beginning 1/1/2008)

 

CLEMENS, NORMAN WEAVER

 

Born: 5-7-1901  Scranton PA                                     married: Gertrude Melita Beagle

Died: 6-25-1983                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1991, 330

 

1925    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1925    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

1927    ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Vestal Hills Memorial Park, Vestal NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1984, 208

 

1925-28           student, Philadelphia Divinity School

                            1925-28       student pastor, Philadelphia Arch Street; Philadelphia Conference

1928-29           Castle Creek

1929-32           Dalton

1932-45           Kingston First

1945-58           Wilkes-Barre First

1958-61           superintendent, Binghamton District

1961                transfer to Baltimore Conference

1961-71           Baltimore Mount Vernon Place

1971                retired

                            1971-82       associate, Forty Fort; Wyoming Conference

 

CLEMOW, CRAIG G.

 

Born: 12-27-1946                                                        married: Heather Holmes [12/2/1978]

Died:                                                                           obit: [8/9/1959 – ]

 

1970    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1973    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1970-72           student

1972-74           Bethany

1974                transfer to Florida Conference

1974-78           associate, Plantation

1978-81           student

1981-86           Berkshire Counseling Center

 

 

CLEMOW, HAMILTON G.

 

Born: 12-?-1939  Shavertown PA                              married: Mary Mokychic

Died: 6-6-2008  Wilkes-Barre PA                              obit:

 

Interment: Memorial Shrine Park, Carverton PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2008, 179

 

1968-69           Lemon

1969-73           Lemon & Huntsville

1973-80           Lemon

1980-82           Lemon – East Lemon

1982-87           (no appointment)

1987-91           South Auburn (beginning 9/1987)

1991-99           Center Moreland

1999-08           on leave

 

Note: Hamilton G. Clemow served as a local preacher.

 

 

CLEMOW, THOMAS A.

 

Born: 10-15-1943  Concord MA                                married: Bonita Marie Merk (6/12/1965)

Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                    married2: Linda M. _____ (4/8/1979)

1964    local preacher’s license                                   obit2: [5/2/1945 – ]

1969    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1964-67           West Exeter (beginning 2/1964)

1967-68           Carley Brook

1968-72           student

                            1968-70       Sherwood Bayside, Peninsula Conference

                            1970-72       Queenstown, Peninsula Conference

1972-76           Sherburne

1976-80           program coordinator, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre Districts

1980-85           Trucksville

1985-92           Clarks Summit

1992-96           Vestal

1996-03           superintendent, Oneonta District

2003-08           Oneonta First

2008                retired

                            2010  transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

CLEVELAND, HORACE AGARD

 

Born: 4-27-1835  Orwell PA                                      married: Eleanor Clair Schofield

Died: 9-2-1910                                                            obit: Northern Minnesota Conference 1905, 160

 

1857    admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference

 

Interment: Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis MN

Obit: Northern Minnesota Conference 1910, 235

 

                        transfer to Baltimore Conference

1875                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1876                transfer to New England

 

Note: H.A. Cleveland appears to be serving Foundry church in Washington DC 1875-76, and there is no mention of him in the Wyoming Conference journals.  It appears that he was one of the orator-preachers who served large churches in various conferences and that a planned appointment in the Wyoming Conference never materialized.

 

CLEWELL, ROBERT EUGENE

 

Born: 1-30-1871                                                          married: Mary C. Gille

Died: 5-16-1950                                                          obit: [6/22/1871 – 12/1/1938]

 

?          license, Moravian Church

 

Interment: Moravian Cemetery, Nazareth PA

Obit:

 

1908                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1908-09           Westford (did not report; returned to Moravian Church – see 1909, page 66)

1909                withdrew

 

Note: Robert E. Clewell worked as a member of the Scranton Tribune newspaper staff for 18 months immediately prior to entering the Methodist ministry.

 

CLINE, JAMES LAUDER III

 

Born: 8-1-1932  Johnson City NY                             married: Connie Jean Harris [8/24/1954]

Died:                                                                           obit: [5/20/1935 – ]

 

1965    license, Wyoming Conference

1968    ordained deacon

1970    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference

 

1965-67           Brookvale

1967-69           Litchfield

1969-72           North Fenton

1972-73           Great Bend – Hallstead (ending 10/31/1973)

1973-76           no appointment (beginning 11/1/1973)

1976                discontinued

 

Note: James L. Cline served as a local preacher.

 

 

CLINE, THOMAS ROBERT

 

Born: 5-24-1957                                                          married: Bonnie June _____ [6/16/1979]

Died:                                                                           obit: [4/11/1957 – ]

 

1984    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference

 

1984-86           East Berkshire

1986-88           associate, Binghamton Tabernacle

1988-89           on leave

1989                withdrew, page 217

 

 

CLOSS, ROBERT E.

 

Born: 2-26-1920                                                          married: Anita J. LaBarre

Died:                                                                           obit: [9/7/1922 – 7/30/2006]

 

1964    local preacher’s license

1968    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1964-68           Brookvale

1968-72           Itaska

1972-73           Chenango Bridge

1973-74           (no appointment)

1974-78           Nanticoke

1978-81           Berkshire

1981-91           (no appointment)

1991                retired

 

Note: Robert E. Closs served as a local preacher.  He retired to Wildwood FL.  He has a cemetery lot at Vestal Hills Memorial Park in Vestal NY.

 

COBB, WILLIAM NEWELL

 

Born: 7-15-1818  McLean NY                                   married: Harriet Eliza Goss
Died: 8-3-1878  Harford PA                                       obit: Wyoming Conference 1917, 124

 

1842    admitted on trial, Genesee Conference

1844    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Cortland NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1879, 32

 

1842-43           Belfast

1843                transfer to Oneida Conference

1843-44           Cayuga

1844-45           Mentz

1845-46           Dryden

1846-48           Groton

1848-50           Homer

1850-52           Skaneateles

1852-54           Asbury

1854-56           Newfield

1856-58           Ledyard

1858-59           Ithaca Seneca Street

1859-61           Vernon

1861-63           Clinton

1863-65           Auburn Wall Street

1865-69           superintendent, Chenango District

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1869-73           superintendent, Otsego District

1873-75           Union

1875-78           Athens and Sayre

1878                Gibson and Harford

 

Note: A brief biography of William N. Cobb appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 169.

 

COCHRANE, WILLIAM ROSS

 

Born: 10-14-1829  Edinburgh, Scotland                    married: Phrocene D. McFarland

Died: 12-18-1907                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1894, 84

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Sarah N. Stager Rommell (1894)

1860    license                                                             obit2: Wyoming Conference 1926, 148

1863    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Riverside Cemetery, Union NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1908, 126

 

1860-61           Hope and Benson, Troy Conference

1861-62           Hyde Park (on Cooperstown charge)

1862-63           Guilford (part year)

1863-64           Mount Upton

1864-66           McDonough

1866-68           Plymouth NY

1868-69           Sidney

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1869-72           Exeter

1875-78           Vestal

1878-81           Jackson

1881-84           Little Meadows

1884-87           Castle Creek

1887-92           Pleasant Mount

1892-94           Centermoreland

1894-96           Rendham [Old Forge] Stewart Memorial

1896-98           Oakland

1898-00           Falls

1900-04           Fairdale

 

Note: A biographical sketch of William R. Cochrane appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 296.  The second Mrs. Cochrane was the widow of a Mr. William Rommell.

 

COLBURN, DELBERT OTIS

 

Born: 8-18-1867                                                          married: Clara Maud Knapp

Died: 1-31-1942                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1950, 543

 

1919    ordained local deacon

 

Interment: Chenango Valley Cemetery, Binghamton NY

Obit:

 

1922-34           Endwell

 

Note: Delbert O. Colburn lived in Binghamton and served as a local preacher.

 

COLE, LEONARD

 

Born: 11-26-1825  Lancaster PA                                married: Lucia A. Weeks

Died: 2-12-1905  Thompson PA                                obit: Wyoming Conference 1895, 87

                                                                                    married2: Mary Cooper

1853    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2: Wyoming Conference 1926, 151

1855    ordained deacon

1857    ordained elder

 

Interment: Forest Hill Cemetery, Scranton PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1905, 115

 

1853-54           Lehman

1854-55           Abington

1855-56           Pittston

1856-58           Plymouth PA

1858-60           Hawley

1860-61           Spencer

1861-62           Nichols

1862-64           Wyoming and Kingston

1864-67           Honesdale

1867-69           Newark

1869-71           Hartwick

1871-72           Bethany

1872-75           Plymouth PA

1875-77           Scranton Providence

1877-78           Montrose

1878-81           Wyalusing

1881-82           Jermyn

1882-84           Waymart

1884-85           Bethany

1885-88           Narrowsburg

1888-90           Thompson

1890                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Leonard Cole appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 301.

 

COLE, SAMUEL W.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1875    ordained local deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1875-76           Lanesboro

1876-77           Carley Brook

 

COLEGROVE, ANDREW MATTESON

 

Born: 1-6-1839  Edmeston NY                                  married: Eveline Boardman
Died: 5-24-1902  Sidney NY                         obit: Wyoming Conference 1923, 142

 

1854    exhorter’s license

1863    local pastor’s license

1867    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

1870    ordained deacon, Oneida Conference

1871    ordained elder

 

Interment:  Prospect Hill Cemetery, Sidney NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1903, 98

 

1863-64           Morris (2 months)

1864-66           Preston

1866-68           Sidney

1868-69           Smyrna

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1869-70           Smyrna

1870-72           Butternuts

1872074          Schenevus

1874-77           Windsor

1877-79           Guilford

1879-80           Chenango

1880-82           Plymouth NY

1182-84           on leave

1884-85           South New Berlin

1885-89           on leave

1889-94           Harpursville

1894-97           Fly Creek

1897-00           Wells Bridge

1900-02           McDonough

1902                retired

 

Note: A brief biography of Andrew M. Colegrove appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 170.

 

COLEMAN, CAROL E.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Charles Coleman

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          local preacher’s license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1998-10           Luzerne (beginning 12/06/1998)

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-17           Luzerne

                             2013-17      Huntsville

2017                retired

 

COLEMAN. JOSEPH M.

 

Born: May 3, 1870  South Sterling PA                      married: Minnie Williams

Died: 3-18-1945                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1954, 1758

 

1902    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Riverside Cemetery, Union/Endicott NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1945, 161

 

1900-03           Throop (ended mid-year)

1903-06           Beach Lake (started mid-year)

1906-08           Carley Brook

1908-11           Damascus

1911-15           Windsor

1915-17           Mount Vision

1917-18           Morris – Gilbertsville

1918-20           assistant superintendent, Capital District of the New York Anti-Saloon League

1920-22           Le Raysville

1922-26           Sidney Center

1926-30           New Berlin NY

1930-33           Great Bend – Hallstead

1933-36           Candor

1936-38           Greene

1938                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Joseph M. Coleman appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 302.

 

COLES, W.E.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1910-12           Rush

 

Note: W.E. Coles served as a supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown – but is believed to be the Congregational Rev. W.E. Coles who served in New York state in the 1890’s.

 

 

COLLINS, JAMES G. JR.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          local preacher’s license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2001-05           Plymouth NY

2005-10           Castle Creek

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: James G. Collins serves as a local preacher.

 

COLVILLE, GEORGE MURRAY

 

Born: 12-6-1851  Edinburgh, Scotland                      married: Susie Banker [3/18/1877]

Died: 2-10-1915  Liberty NY                         obit:

 

1873    admitted on trial

1877    ordained deacon

1879    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1874-75           West Nanticoke

1875-77           Yatesville

1877-79           Moscow

1879-81           Tunkhannock

1881-84           Plymouth PA

1884-86           Scranton Hyde Park

1886-91           Binghamton Tabernacle

1891-94           Binghamton Centenary

1894                withdrew to join Presbyterian Church [see 1895, pages 18 and 53]

1894-01           Jamestown First

1901-08           Racine WI First

1908-14           Binghamton West

1914                retired

 

COLWELL, ERNEST

 

Born: 4-7-1871  Manchester, England                       married: Anna Catherine Lantz

Died: 6-14-1961                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1941, 165

                                                                                    married2: Inez C. Williams

1898    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2:

1900    ordained deacon

1903    ordained elder

 

Interment: Mount Union Cemetery, Union Bridge MD

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1962, 221

 

                        “supply preacher in New York and other Conferences”

1897-98           East Bridgewater

1898-99           Alford

1899-00           Franklin Forks

1900-02           Hallstead

1902-05           Mount Vision

1905-07           Ariel

1907-08           West Nanticoke

1908-11           Askam

1911-15           Moosic

1915-16           Wilkes-Barre Bennett Memorial (1.5 years)

1916-20           Newark Valley (3.5 years)

1920-25           Meshoppen

1925                retired

                            1929-30       Coventry

                            1930-33       Oxford

                            1933-35       Nichols – Lounsberry

 

Note: Ernest Colwell is the son and grandson of Methodist preachers in England, and his is the father of Ernest Cadman Colwell, president of Claremont School of Theology at Claremont CA 1957-68 and later president of the University of Chicago.  A biographical sketch of Ernest Colwell appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 302.  He also is reported to have served in the Baltimore Conference after his retirement.

 

COMFORT, GEORGE R.

 

Born: 4-28-1831  Comfort’s Pond PA                       married: Helen Wickes

Died: 5-12-1908  Lanesboro PA                                obit: Montana Conference 1888, 46

                                                                                    married2: Marion Ackley

1862    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2: Montana Conference 1916, 52

1864    ordained deacon

1866    ordained elder

 

Interment: Lanesboro Cemetery, Lanesboro PA

Obit: Montana Conference 1908, 36

 

1861-63           Osborne Hollow (beginning fall 1861)

1863-66           Hawleyton and Brackneyville

1866-67           Lisle and Whitney’s Point

1867-70           missionary to Montana

                        Nichols

                        Newark Valley

1878-79           Bozeman

1880                transfer to Montana Conference

1888                transfer to Montana Conference

1894-98           superintendent, Orphans Home at Twin Bridges

1899                retired to Lanesboro PA

 

Note: George Comfort is a brother to Silas Comfort (1803-1868) of the Oneida Conference, to Mary Comfort Rounds (1817-1893) [wife of Nelson Rounds] and to Elizabeth G. Comfort Reddy [wife of William Reddy].

 

CONNELL, FREDERICK W.

 

Born: 3-?-1886                                                            married: Eunice W. Hopler

Died: 2-1-1968                                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1975, 181

 

?          license

 

Interment: Hartwick Seminary Cemetery, Cooperstown NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1968, 242 [FREDRICK Connell]

 

1919-21           Schenevus

1921-23           assistant, Waverly NY

1923-24           Endicott St. Paul’s

1924-25           Scranton Providence

1925-29           Sayre

1929-31           West Pittston

1931-37           Sidney

1937-38           Binghamton Fairview

1938-40           Oxford

1940-46           Cooperstown

1946-57           Montrose

1957                retired

 

CONNELL, GEORGE S.

 

Born: 3-2-1871  Middletown NY                               married: Lea B. Ruggles

Died: 10-4-1936                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1964, 239

 

1900    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1902    ordained deacon

1905    ordained elder

 

Interment: Waverly NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1937, 142

 

1895-98           Dundaff (2.5 years)

1898-99           Glen Lyon (1.5 years)

1899-02           Dorranceton

1902-05           Mountain Top

1905-12           Endicott First

1912-23           Waverly NY

1923-29           superintendent, Binghamton District

1929-30           Wilkes-Barre Central

1930                transfer to New Jersey Conference

1930-31           Salem Broadway

1931-33           field secretary, Board of Home Missions

1933                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1933-34           associate, Binghamton Clinton Street

1934-36           Waverly NY

 

Note: A biographical sketch of George S. Connell appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 303.

 

CONSAGARA, CHARLES L.

 

Born:                                                                                                  married: Mariel _____

Died:                                                                                                  obit:

 

1981       license

 

Interment:
Obit:

 

1981-82  Hop Bottom

1982-83  unappointed

1983-91  West Nicholson

1991                       discontinued

2010                       “transfer” to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2018                       reinstated

2018-19  Chinchilla

2019-20  Lake Ariel

2020-23  unappointed

 

CONWAY, JAMES DOUGLAS

 

Born:                                                                                                  married: Kim _____

Died:                                                                                                  obit:

 

2012       license, recommended by Castanea

 

Interment:
Obit:

 

2012-19  Renovo Area

2019-23  Bellefonte Trinity

 

COOK, AMBROSE J.

 

Born: 3-29-1842  Westford NY                                 married: Marguerite Louise Harper

Died: 12-24-1921  Binghamton NY                           obit: [1847-1932]

 

1867    local preacher’s license, Middlefield

1869    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1874    ordained deacon

1876    ordained elder

 

Interment: Wyalusing Cemetery, Wyalusing PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1922, 123

 

1866-67           Schuyler’s Lake

1867-69           Sharon Springs

1869-72           Bainbridge

1872-75           Westford

1875-76           Fly Creek

1876-79           Hartwick

1879-82           Factoryville;

1882-85           Cooperstown

1885-87           Afton

1887-89           Worcester

1889-92           Mehoopany

1892-97           Berkshire

1897-07           Wyalusing

1907-12           Hartwick and Hyde Park

1912-14           Laurens

1914                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Ambrose J. Cook appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 299.

 

COOK, C. EDWIN

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

 

1914    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1917    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1909-12           Plainsville (ending 6/1912)

1912-14           Old Forge (beginning 6/1912)

1914-16           Maple Grove

1916-18           Fairfield

1918-19           YMCA army work

1919-20           Lynn

1920                withdrew, page 35

1922                YMCA railroad work, Blairsville PA

 

Note: C. Edwin Cook is the author of the words to “Say Amen to That” – music by Mrs. Nellie Albright Weber of West Pittston (c1872 – 12/24/1921) and copyrighted in 1916 by B.F. Campbell of Weatherly PA.  This surname is sometimes given as COOKE.

 

COOK, EDGAR D.

 

Born: 12-13-1857  East Main NY                              married: Cora E. Hoyt

Died: 10-25-1936  Jersey City NJ                              obit: Wyoming Conference 1930, 356

 

?          local preacher’s license

1909    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1911    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1937, 145

 

1894-97           Franklin Forks

1897-99           Union Center

1899-02           Preston

1902-05           McDonough

1905-09           Sanitaria Springs

1909-12           Morris

1912-17           Lanesboro

1917-21           Mount Vision – Laurens

1921-22           Chanengo Forks

1922-24           Sanitaria Springs

1924                retired

 

Note: Edgar D. Cook is the father of Rev. Edgar L. Cook of the Episcopal Church.

 

COOK, HERBERT B.

 

Born: 9-20-1849  Westford NY                                 married: Mahala Flint

Died: 11-7-1928                                                          obit: [1/3/1851 – 3/5/1879]

                                                                                    married2: Mary A. Flint

1874    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2: [1855-1902]

1876    ordained deacon

1878    ordained elder

 

Interment: Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1929, 132

 

1874-76           Schuyler Lake

1876-77           Oneonta Plains

1877-79           Edmeston

1879-80           Portlandville

1880-83           Slaterville

1883-86           LeRaysville

1886-90           Bainbridge

1890-91           on leave

1891                transfer to Colorado Conference

1904                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1904-06           Binghamton High Street

1906-07           Waverly NY

1907-12           Lestershire

1912                Sayre

1912-19           Binghamton Fairview

1919                retired

                             1921-22      Ogden

 

Note: Herbert B. Cook and John B. Cook replaced each other in the Colorado and Wyoming Conferences 1903/04.  Their relationship, is any, is not known.  Mahala and Mary A. Flint were daughters of Rev. Gilbert E. Flint of the Baptist Church.

 

COOK, JOHN BRUCE

 

Born: 1-19-1862  North Norwich NY                        married: Nettie Ursula Hoag

Died: 12-31-1906  Colorado City CO                        obit: [8/13/1859 – 6/5/1884]

                                                                                    married2: Minnie E. Palmatier

1881    local preacher’s license, Norwich                   obit2: [1865 – 1933]

1886    admitted on trial

1888    ordained deacon

1890    ordained elder

 

Interment: Hope Cemetery, Newark Valley NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1907, 112

 

1886-88           Morris

1888-90           Whitney's Point

1890-91           Dallas

1891-94           Sidney

1894-99           Newark Valley

1899-00           Jermyn

1900-03           Binghamton High Street

1903                transfer to Colorado Conference

1903-05           Canon City

1905                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1905-06           Owego

 

Note: John B. Cook and Herbert B. Cook replaced each other in the Colorado and Wyoming Conferences 1903/04.  Their relationship, if any, is not known.  A biographical sketch of John B. Cook appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 303.

 

COOK, STEPHEN A.

 

Born: 10-30-1955                                                        married: Deborah M. _____ [8/21/1976]

Died:                                                                           obit: [9/23/1956 – ]

 

1982    license, Wyoming Conference

1984    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1985    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1978                MaComb Wesleyan Church, Pierce’s Corners NY

 

1982-85           Thompson

1985-88           Great Bend

1988-89           located

1989                withdrew, page 188

 

Note: In 2013 Stephen A. Cook appears to be living in Boca Raton FL.

 

COOLEY, WILLIAM M.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

 

1866    admitted on trial, Rock River Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1866-67           Scales Mound

1867-69           ?

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1869-71           Narrowsburg

1871-73           Mount Pleasant

1873                on leave, living in Mount Pleasant

1874                living in Illinois

 

Note: The middle initial of William Cooley sometimes is given as N.  This is believed to be the William M. Cooley who was a Wesleyan Methodist missionary-preacher in Canada 1857-1864.

 

COONEY, JAMES WILLIAM

 

Born: 6-6-1944                                                            married: Sally Lynne _____ [11/25/1967]

Died:                                                                           obit: [1/7/1949 – ]

 

1976    license, Kentucky Conference

1979    admitted on trial, Kentucky Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1976-77           Mount Edwin

1977-81           Grassy Lick

1981                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1981-83           Park Terrace Community

1983                on leave (ending 11/18/1983)

1983-86           Mount Upton (11/18/1983 – 9/16/1986)

1986-91           Scranton Myrtle Street (9/16/1986 – 11/18/1991)

1991-93           chaplain, Wesley Village (11/18/1991 – 10/1/1993)

1993                withdrew 10/1/1993 to unite with another denomination

                        Taylor St. Paul’s UCC & Old Forge Nebo UCC

 

COOPER, ALBERT WESTERVELT

 

Born: 5-10-1847  Oneida County NY            married: Ada A. Smith

Died: 9-25-1925  Ocean Grove NJ                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1936, 151

 

1875    exhorter’s license

1876    local preacher’s license

1876    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1878    ordained deacon

1880    ordained elder

 

Interment: Village Cemetery, Windsor NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1926, 139

 

1876-78           Franklin Forks

1878-80           Waverly PA

1880-83           Damascus

1883-95           Scranton Hampton Street

1895-00           Hawley

1900-02           Dalton

1902-03           Montrose

1903-05           Union

1905-10           Greene

1910-15           Schenevus

1915                retired

                             1924-25      Plymouth (part year; see 1925,82)

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Albert W. Cooper appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 304.

 

COOPER, FLOYD NEWTON

 

Born: 2-21-1913  Cooperstown NY                           married: Elinore Jessie Walrath

Died: 8-1-2004                                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1995, 315

 

1943    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1943    ordained deacon

1945    ordained elder

 

Interment: Milford Cemetery, Milford NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2005, 193

 

1943-47           Sanitaria Springs

1947-49           Edmeston

1949-52           Jermyn

1952-57           Castle Creek

1957-60           Westover

1960-64           Newark Valley

1964-70           Sayre

1970-75           Dunmore

1975-78           Nichols

1978-80           Carbondale

1980                retired

                             1980     Cooperstown (7/80 – 10/80)

                             1981     Exeter Center (6/81 – 11/81)

                             1982     Schuyler Lake (6/82 – 11/82)

                             1983     Schuyler Lake (8/83 – 11/83)

 

Note: F. Newtown Cooper if the father of Floyd N. Cooper Jr.

 

 

COOPER, FLOYD NEWTON “BUD” JR

 

Born: 2-17-1944                                                          married: Gertrude _____

Died: 7-9-2007                                                            obit: [4/1/1943 – ]

 

1967    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Milford Cemetery, Milford NY

Obit:

 

1967-71           student, Wesley Theological Seminary

1971                transfer to Baltimore Conference

1971-74           Lisbon

1974                withdrew to join another denomination

 

Note: Floyd N. Cooper Jr is the son of F. Newton Cooper.  His last known address was Palm Harbor FL.

 

COOPER, JAMES B.

 

Born: 1-26-1821  Kinderhook NY                             married: Amanda M. Gustin

Died:  10-24-1913  Ripon WI                                     obit: Wisconsin Conference 1906, 86

 

1844    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

1846    ordained deacon

1848    ordained elder

 

Interment: Hillside Cemetery, Ripon WI

Obit: Wisconsin Conference 1914, 95

 

1844-45           Northumberland

…

1847-49           Lackawaxen

…

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-53           Hawley

1853-54           Abington

1854-60           on leave

1860                transfer to Wisconsin Conference, page 17

1860-61           Evansville

1861-62           Delavan

Heart Prairie

Byron

Randolph

Rosendale

1876                retired

 

COOPER, RAYMOND LAFAYETTE

 

Born: 8-5-1883  Holland NY                                     married: Isabel M. Van Ness [5/26/1914]

Died: 7-9-1948                                                            obit: [8/18/1890 – 12/11/2000]

 

1914    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Hanover NJ

Obit: Newark Conference 1949, 314

 

1914-16           Bethany

1916-19           Ariel

1919                transfer to New Jersey Conference, page 34

1919-20           Groveville

1920-22           Stratford

1922-24           Beach Haven

1924-25           Long Branch

1925-               New Brunswick St. James

 

Note: Raymond L. Cooper is a 1914 graduate of Drew Theological Seminary.  Mrs. Cooper lived to be 110 years old.

 

COOPER, ROBERT L.

 

Born: 4-3-1947                                                            married:

Died:  8-1-1974                                                           obit:

 

1972    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale NY

Obit:

 

1972-73           student, Drew Theological School

1973                discontinued

 

Note: Robert L. Cooper left seminary to join the Air Force and was killed in Viet Nam.

 

 

COPELAND, DAVID

 

Born: 12-21-1832  Braintree VT                                married: Sarah Wheelock
Died: 12-6-1882  Royalton VT                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1907, 114

 

1858    admitted on trial, Genesee Conference

 

Interment: Pleasant Hill Cemetery Royalton VT
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1883, 50

 

1858-65           principal, Springville Academy in Springville NY

1865                transfer to Cincinnati Conference

1865-72           president, Hillsboro Female College in Hillsboro OH

1872-73           principal, Wyoming Seminary

1873                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1873-82           principal, Wyoming Seminary

 

Note: David Copeland is the son of Edmund Copeland (1811-1881) of the Vermont Conference.  A brief biography of David Copeland appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 171.

 

CORDES, STEPHEN L.

 

Born: 4-10-1953                                                          married: Karen J. _____ [7/28/1979]

Died:                                                                           obit: [11/19/1956 - ]

 

?          admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference

 

Note: According to General Board of Pensions records Stephen L. Cordes was reportedly discontinued as a probationary member of the Wyoming Conference about 1982 – but there appears to be no mention of him in the conference journals.  He joined the Lutheran Church and became a ministerial member of the Upstate New York Synod of the ELCA.

 

CORAY, ELISHA ATHERTON JR.

 

Born: 9-6-1858  Monroeton PA                                 married:

Died: 7-31-1942  West Pittston PA                            obit:

 

Interment:

Obit: [The Wilkes-Barre Record, 8/1/1941, page 10]

 

1910-12           Yates

1912-13           Eaton

 

Note: E.A. Coray is the father of Rev. Henry Warner Coray (1904-2002), Presbyterian minister in PA, missionary to China (1936-1955). and Presbyterian minister in CA.  He served as a Methodist supply preacher for 3 years before becoming a pastor/evangelist in the Christian and Missionary Alliance denomination.  He served as a legislator from Luzerne County 1889-1902.  This surname is sometimes rendered COREY.  Despite his name, he appears to be the son of a George Coray and not of his uncle, the noted Elisha Atherton Coray Sr.

 

 

COREY, LEON EDMUND

 

Born: 11-4-1912  Herrick Center PA                         married: Pauline _____

Died: 1-15-1991                                                          obit: [1911 – 1973]

 

1941    license, Wyoming Conference

1944    admitted on trial

1944    ordained deacon

1946    ordained elder

 

Interment: Uniondale Cemetery, Uniondale PA

Obit:

 

1941-42           Auburn

1942-44           no appointment

1944-47           Lake Como

1947-48           Rome

1948                located

 

Note: Leon E. Corey is from Uniondale PA and (through his mother Ina Minnie Russell Corey) is the grandson of Orson G. Russell.

 

CORKWELL, DAVID MARVIN

 

Born: 5-11-1885  Williamsport OH                           married: Bessie Maude Hall

Died: 12-15-1945  Schenevus NT                              obit: Wyoming Conference 1960, 259

 

1910    admitted on trial, North Indiana Conference

 

Interment: Schenevus Cemetery, Schenevus NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1946, 449

 

1912-14           Rush, Wyoming Conference

1914                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1914-15           Rush

1915-18           Meshoppen

1918-23           Thompson

1923-25           Scranton Court Street

1925-31           Luzerne

1931-33           Shavertown

1933-37           Nicholson

1937-40           Scranton Providence

1940-45           Schenevus

 

 

CORNELL, FERRIS D.

 

Born: 7-17-1868  East Rush PA                                 married: Luna Evelyn James

Died: 7-6-1945  Binghamton NY                               obit: Wyoming Conference 1936, 857

 

1887    exhorter’s license

1887    local preacher’s license

1894    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1896    ordained elder

 

Interment: Chenango Valley Cemetery, Binghamton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1946, 447

 

1893-94           Eatonville

1894-98           Maple Grove

1898-06           Wanamie

1906-10           Luzerne

1910-15           Wilkes-Barre Derr Memorial

1915-20           Sayre

1920-28           Binghamton High Street

1928-32           Forty Fort

1932-35           Binghamton Ogden

1935                retired

                            1945-37       Nimmonsburg

                            1937-45       Kirkwood

 

Note: Ferris D. Cornell is the author of the pamphlet Present Social Dangers, of which the archives does not have a copy.  A biographical sketch of Ferris D. Cornell appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 305.

 

CORNELL, ROBERT L.

 

Born: 5-10-1879  Hagerstown MD                             married: Gertrude E. Van DeMark

Died: 5-18-1955                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1951, 852

 

1915    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1923    ordained elder

 

Interment: Riverside Cemetery, Endicott NY

Obit: [none]

 

1915-16           Hawleyton

1916-19           Danby – South Danby

1919-21           Davenport

1921-23           Mount Upton

1923-28           Edmeston

1928-29           Morris and Garratsville

1929-30           Maple Grove

1930-33           Wyalusing

1933-38           Wilkes-Barre Parrish Street

1938-40           Jermyn

1940-41           on leave

1941-44           Berkshire

1944                retired

 

Note:  There is a funeral notice For Robert L. Cornell in the 5/20/1955 Binghamton Press, page 27.  The maiden name for Mrs. Cornell also is given as Vandermark.

 

CORNWELL, EILEEN J. – see SLOTH, EILEEN J.

 

CORRELL, JOHN M.

 

Born: 12-15-1856  Hamburg PA                                married: Katherine Bertha Luckenbill

Died: 5-18-1904  Saint Clair PA                                obit: [4/19/1867 – 11/11/1939]

 

1887    admitted on trial, Nebraska Conference

1887    ordained deacon, Nebraska Conference

1896    ordained elder

 

Interment: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Saint Clair PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1905, 116

 

1887                Adams (last part of year)

1887-88           Ohiowa

1888-90           Doniphan

1889-92           Ayr

1891-93           on leave

1893                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1893-95           Gilbertsville

1895-96           Willett

1896-97           Kirkwood

1897-99           Harford

1899-02           Jackson

1902                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of John M. Correll appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 310.

 

CORRELL, MERLE DUANE

 

Born: 11-7-1939                                                          married: Patricia Ann Slider

Died:                                                                           obit: [3/3/1942 – ]

 

1962    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1962    ordained deacon

1965    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1962-65           student

1965-68           Lake Ariel

1968                transfer to Baltimore Conference

1968-70           associate, Frostburg

1970-75           Rawlings-Dawson

1975-80           Rawlings

1980-82           Cumberland Grace

1982                retired

                             2006-13      Rawlings – Dawson

                             2013-          Barton – Westernport


 

CORYELL, VINCENT MATHEWS

 

Born: 6-28-1800  Tioga NY                                       married: Jane Cameron
Died: 11-5-1889  Waverly NY                                   obit: [12/27/1802 – 4/13/1825]

                                                                                    married2: Rachel E. Lounsberry

1825    exhorter’s license                                            obit2: [4/6/1807 – 12/7/1868]

1828    admitted on trial, Genesee Conference

 

Interment: Asbury Church Cemetery, Nichols NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1890, 81

 

1828-29           Canaan

1829                charter member of Oneida Conference

1829-30           Bridgewater

1839-31           Wyoming

1381-32           Scipio

1832-33           Marcellus

1833-34           Watertown

1834-36           Syracuse

1836-37           Rome NY

1837-38           Cazenovia

1838-40           Skaneateles

1841-41           Cooperstown

1841-43           Norwich

1843-47           superintendent, Owego District

1847-49           Candor

1849-51           Barton

1851-52           Orwell

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-59           on leave

                            1852-54       Waverly

                            1854-57       Waverly and Factoryville

                            1857-59       Shepard’s Creek

1859                retired

 

Note: Vincent Coryell had noted success leading persons to salvation and into the ministry, and he is the namesake of Coryell G. Stevens (1838-1921) of the Genesee Conference.  A brief biography of Vincent M. Coryell appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 174.

 

COTTLE, WILLIAM ANDREW “DREW” JR.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Donna Charlene Grieten

Died:                                                                           obit: Susquehanna Conference 2011, 395

                                                                                    married2: Jane L. O’Broski

1996    admitted on trial, North Texas Conference    obit2:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1996-99           student

                            1996-99  Joy

1999-01           Trenton

2001-04           director of campus ministries, Commerce (ending 12/31/2004)

2005-07           Shavertown (beginning 1/1/2005)

2007-10           Center Moreland

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

COUNCILMAN, CARL

 

Born: 12-26-1863  Newark Valley NY                      married: Cora M. Philips

Died: 3-3-1948  Nicholson PA                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1933, 170

 

1895    local preacher’s license, Pittston

1896    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1899    ordained deacon

1901    ordained elder

 

Interment: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Pittston PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1948, 1012

 

1896-99           Flemingville

1899-02           Tioga

1902-08           Camptown

1908-12           Carvertown

1912-16           Montrose

1916-17           Clark’s Green

1917-21           Nicholson

1921-23           Moosic

1923-32           Wilkes-Barre Firwood

1932-38           Apalchin – Little Meadows

1938                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Carl Councilman appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 308.

 

COVERT, DENTON HOWELL JR

 

Born: 7-21-1938  Endicott NY                                   married: Kathryn Elizabeth Teter [6/16/1960]

Died: 11-7-2020                                                          obit: [1/5/1939 – ]

                                                                                    married2: Ruth Teuchtler

1961    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2:

1961    ordained deacon

 

Interment: [body donated for medical research]

Obit:

 

1961-63           student, Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington DC

                             1961-63      assistant, Washington DC McKendree

1963-65           South Sterling

1965-67           assistant, Endwell

1967-69           on leave

1969-72           student

1972-77           faculty, Broome Community College

1977-78           director, Broome County Youth Bureau

1978-79           faculty, Broome Community College

1979                located

 

Note: Denton H. Covert is the grandson (through his mother Helen Russell Covert) of Orson G. Russell.

 

COWARD, ROBERT DUDLEY

 

Born: 9-15-1903  Canon City CO                              married: Edna Mae Felten

Died: 11-9-1988                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1989, 360

 

1928    admitted on trial, New Jersey Conference

1931    ordained elder, New Jersey Conference

 

Interment: Arlington National Cemetery, Washington DC

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1989, 360

 

1928-30           student

1930-33           Sicklerville – Tansboro

1933-36           Collingswood Embury

1936                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1936-38           Plains (started during the 1935-36 conference year)

1938-43           Ashley

1943-65           chaplain, US Air Force

1965-68           ?

1968                retired

                             1974-78  minister of visitation, Orlando FL First

 

COWDEN, CLYDE EARLE

 

Born: 5-14-1940                                                          married: Bonnie Bensley [10/24/1970]

Died:                                                                           obit: [4/9/1952 – ]

 

1961    license, Wyoming Conference

1963    admitted on trial

1967    ordained deacon

1969    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1961-63           Huntsville (beginning 5/14/1961)

1963-63           Wilkes-Barre Abbott

1965-67           discontinued

1967-69           student

1969-74           Dalton

1974-82           Tunkhannock

1982-90           Warren Center

1990-93           Maple Grove (beginning 8/1/1990 and ending 2/28/1993)

1993-99           Nichols (beginning 3/1/1993)

1999-02           Binghamton Boulevard

2002                retired

                            2010  transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

COX, JACKSON H.

 

Born: 9-16-1928  East Liverpool OH                         married: Carol M. Foux

Died: 5-25-2014                                                          obit: [1/3/1948 - ]

 

1993    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Evergreen Cemetery, Berkshire NY

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2015, 262

 

1988-93           Berkshire

1993-99           Carverton

1999                retired

                            1999-08       Carverton

                            2010             transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

COX, MARTIN LUTHER JR.

 

Born: 8-21-1944  Norwalk OH                                  married: Pamela _____

Died: 8-13-2016                                                          obit: [3/21/1947 – ]

                                                                                    married2: Margaret Ann _____ (6/8/1969)

1973    admitted on trial, North Illinois Conf.            obit2: [2/5/1946 – ]

1973    ordained deacon

1975    ordained elder

 

Interment: Green Gates Cemetery, Hawley PA

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2017, 281

 

1973-76           Waukegan First

1976-81           Chicago Broadway

1981                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1981-10           Hawley

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-12           Hawley

2012                retired

                             2012-          adjunct faculty, Lackawana Junior College

                             2015           Clarks Summit (ending 11/2/2015)

 

Note: M.L. Cox Jr. is the son of Martin Luther Cox and Marguerite, officers (preachers) in the Salvation Army.

 

COX, WILLIAM EDWARD

 

Born: 1-2-1928                                                            married: Dallas _____ (6/6/1953)

Died:                                                                           obit: [9/5/1930 – ]

 

1949    license, West Virginia Conference

1950    admitted on trial, West Virginia Conference

1952    ordained deacon, West Ohio Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1949-50           local pastor?

1950-51           student

1951                transfer to West Ohio Conference

1951-56           student

1956-57           Sylvester, West Virginia Conference

1957-58           associate, Dayton Christ

1958-62           minister of education, Dayton

1962                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1962-65           associate, Binghamton Tabernacle (ending 12/31/1964)

1965                transfer to Missouri West Conference (1/1/1965)

1965-70           minister of education, Kansas City Country Club

1970                transfer to Minnesota Conference

1970-71           Salem

1971-73           Olivet – Salem

1973-75           associate, St. Paul

1975-76           sabbatical leave

1976-81           on leave

1981                retired

 

COXE, JOHN HENRY

 

Born: 1-3-1878  Durham, England                             married: Grace Lendrum [1908]

Died: 3-18-1931                                                          obit:

 

1909    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Woodlawn Cemetery, Norwalk OH

Obit:

 

1908-11           faculty, Wyoming Seminary

1912                discontinued

 

Note: John H. Coxe taught science and was raised in Wilkes-Barre, where his father Rev. John Coxe is reported to have served as a preacher [in “Methodist”, Christian and Missionary Alliance and “pentecostal” churches] and evangelist before dying in Wilmington DE in 1921.  John H. moved to Norwalk OH in 1914 and worked for Norwalk Vault Company, of which he became sole owner in 1922.  Grace Lendrum is a brother to Frederick A. Lendrum and graduated from Bloomsburg State College in 1897. 

 

CRAIG, G.W.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1902-03           Thornhurst     

 

Note: G.W. Craig served as a local preacher.  This may be Rev. George Washington Craig (1877-1950) of the Congregational Church.

 

CRAIG, JOHN JAMES

 

Born: 8-14-1950                                                          married: Debra E. Miller [11/18/1972]

Died:                                                                           obit: [2/15/1952 – ]

 

1982    local pastor’s license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1982-10           Bidwell Hill

     1987-10      Maplewood Grace

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-12           Bidwell Hill and Maplewood Grace

2012                retired

 

Note: John Craig taught as an elementary school teacher before entering the ministry.

 

CRAIGE, HAROLD CARR

 

Born: 10-20-1938  Meshoppen PA                            married: Gloria Gwen Casparro (11/26/1966)

Died:                                                                           obit: [4/4/1942 - ]

 

1961    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1961    ordained deacon

1963    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1961-63           student, Boston University School of Theology

1963-70           Scranton Court Street

1970                located

 

1995-98           Lynn – Lymanville

                             1997-98      Lemon
                                     

 

Note: Since 1988, and as of 2014, Harold and Gloria Craige have operated Grandmother’s House, Inc., in Montrose PA.

 

CRAMER, CALVIN DUFFEY

 

Born: 6-26-1928  Washington DC                                         married: Carol Joanne Seaman (1948)

Died: 4-29-2020  Lakeland FL                                               obit: [1928 – 12/21/1993]

                                                                                                married2: Sandra Fay _____ (1996)

Interment:                                                                               obit2:

Obit:

 

1970-               director of camping and retreat centers, Wyoming Conference

     1971-72      Hale Eddy (beginning 12/1/1971)

         -90          director of camping and retreat centers, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1990                retired to Florida

 

Note: Calvin Cramer served as a supply pastor.  He worked in the printing industry for 22 years before entering full-time church work as a layman.

 

CRAMP, STEPHEN T.

 

Born: 5-21-1842  Sandhurst, England                        married: Ann E. Oliver

Died: 1-19-1870  Wayne County PA                         obit: [2/25/1843 – 2/18/1919]

 

1865    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference; recommended by Beach Pond

1867    ordained deacon

1869    ordained elder

 

Interment:  Darling Cemetery, Cherry Ridge PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1870, 32

 

1865-66           Lackawaxen

1866-68           Oregon

1868-69           Cherry Ridge

1869-70           agent, Wayne County Bible Society

 

Note: A brief biography of Stephen T. Cramp appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 172.  The widowed Mrs. Cramp married a Mr. Perry A. Clark (1842-1916).

 

CRANDALL, WILLIAM SYLVESTER

 

Born: 7-15-1878  Norwich NY                                  married: Electa May Bradshaw

Died: 10-5-1974                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1912, 137

                                                                                    married2: Mattie K. Horning

1903    admitted on trial, Colorado Conference         obit2: Wyoming Conference 1960, 260

1906    ordained deacon                                              married3: Mrs. Bessie Forsythe Darling

                                                                                    obit3: Wyoming Conference 1976, 226

Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery, Norwich NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1975, 174

 

1897-88           West Pittston Slocum Chapel

1898-99           Scranton Ash Street Chapel

1899-04           student, University of Denver and Iliff School of Theology

1904                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1904-09           Scranton Myrtle Street

                             1904-05      Nay Aug

1909-11           Dallas

1911-15           Dalton

1915-18           Ashley

1918-20           Binghamton Chenango Street

1930-23           Scranton Simpson

1923-42           Binghamton Boulevard

1942-43           sabbatical

1943                retired

 

Note: William S. Crandall is the author of the book We Have Found the Messiah. The first Mrs. Crandall is the daughter of John Bradshaw.  The third Mrs. Crandall is the mother of Robert H. Darling.

 

CRANE, HENRY HITT

 

Born: 2-2-1890  Danville IL                                       married: Helen Margaret Beck

Died: 5-?-1977  Hendersonville NC                           obit: Detroit Conference 1971, 2311

 

1916    admitted on trial, Maine Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Detroit Conference 1977, 927

 

1916-18           Gorham

1918                transfer to New England Conference

1918-20           Newton

1920-28           Malden Center

1928                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1928-38           Scranton Elm Park

1938                transfer to Detroit Conference

1938-58           Detroit Central

1958                retired

 

Note: Henry H. Crane is the son of Charles A. Crane (1853-1907) of the New England Conference.  His father went from Danville IL to Colorado Springs CO to Boston MA, also following the pattern of oratorical pastors moving across conference lines to large metropolitan churches.  The papers of nationally prominent Henry H. Crane are housed in the Historical Collections of the University of Michigan.  Mrs. Crane died in Laconia NH, with memorial services in Boston, and her body was cremated,

 

CRAVER, BRANDILYNNE

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          local pastor’s license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2007-08           Sand Hill

2008-10           North Afton

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Brandilynne Craver served as a local pastor

 

CRAWFORD, WILLIAM H.

 

Born: 11-17-1869  Masthope PA                               married: May Elinor Jones

Died: 6-26-1937                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1940, 822

 

1895    exhorter’s license

1898    local preacher’s license

1899    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1902    ordained deacon

1904    ordained elder

 

Interment: Dunmore Cemetery, Dunmore PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1938, 366

 

1899-02           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                            1900-02  Lackawaxen

1902-04           North Sanford

1904-06           Whitney Point Lisle

1906-10           Great Bend

1910-14           Binghamton Oak Street

1914-18           Nichols

1918-23           Plains

1923-28           Ashley

1928-32           Binghamton High Street

1932-37           Sayre

 

Note: A biographical sketch of William H. Crawford appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 306.

 

CRAYTON, ALFRED LARKIN

 

Born: 12-30-1901  Uniontown PA                             married: Gertrude M. Hildebrand

Died: 12-30-1980                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1992, 354

 

1931    ordained elder, New York East Conference

 

Interment: Abington Hills Cemetery, Clarks Summit PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1981, 195

 

1931-33           Stamford circuit

1933-35           Westport

1935-41           Nichols

1941-49           Riverhead

1949                transfer to Wyoming Conference (5/15/1949)

1949-53           Clarks Summit

1953-61           Kingston First

1961-66           Endwell

1966-68           superintendent, Oneonta District

1968-72           superintendent, Wilkes-Barre District

1972                retired

                            1973-80  assistant, Wilkes-Barre First

 

Note: Alfred Crayton is a brother to John W. Crayton and a nephew to Alfred E. Fletcher (1867-1946) of the Pittsburgh Conference.

 

CRAYTON, JOHN WILLARD

 

Born: 10-30-1906  Uniontown PA                             married: Evelyn Mae McAllister

Died: 8-23-1980  Brooklyn NY                                 obit: Wyoming Conference 1982, 221

 

1937    admitted on trial, New York East Conference

1937    ordained elder

1939    ordained elder

 

Interment: Oak Lawn Cemetery, Uniontown PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1981, 197

 

1936-38           Northport

1938-40           Stonybrook

1940-44           Southold

1944-48           Easton

1948-51           Ridgefield

1951                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1951-55           Plymouth

1955-63           Chenango Bridge

1963-72           Vestal First

1972                retired

                            1973-75       Huntsville

 

Note: John W. Crayton is a brother to Alfred Crayton and nephew to Alfred E. Fletcher (1867-1946) of the Pittsburgh Conference.

 

CRISPEL, FLOYD SEVERN

 

Born: 8-14-1895  Noxen PA                                      married: Edna M. Monroe

Died: 9-24-1984                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1952, 1164

                                                                                    married2: Margaret Hill (1953)

1921    license, Wyoming Conference                       obit2:

1924    admitted on trail

1926    ordained deacon

1928    ordained elder

 

Interment: Meadowland Mausoleum, New Port Richey FL

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1985, 292

 

1922-25           Maple Grove (beginning 12/1/1922 – see 1923, 97)

1925-28           Carverton

1928-32           Guilford

1932-35           Mount Vision – Laurens

1935-37           Mountaintop

1937-41           Thompson

1941-43           Whitney Point

1943-45           Nichols

1945-48           Scranton Court Street – West Park

1948-53           Forest City – Uniondale

1953-55           Waymart

1955-57           Marathon

1957-64           Davenport

1964                retired

                            visitation pastor, Ocean Grove NJ St. Paul’s

                            visitation pastor, Dunedin FL Union Street

 

Note: Floyd S. Crispel is the father of E. Carmel Crispel Hubbard, wife of Theodore I Hubbard.  His daughter Joy B. Crispel Salico is the mother of Rev. C. David Salico (1944-2002) and Rev. Dale Salico, both of the Baptist church.  He has a tombstone in the family plot at Riverhurst Cemetery in Endwell NY, where his wife is buried, but apparently he was not interred there.  The first Mrs. Crispel is the daughter of Charles H. Monroe.  The four Crispel daughters were known on the radio as The Crispel Sisters, carried on several area stations and having their mother as the accompanist. 

 

CROCKER, BERTRAM M.

 

Born: 3-3-1900 Pontypridd, Wales                             married: [single]

Died: 1-30-1980  Carbondale PA                               obit:

 

 

1931    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: cremated, remains returned to Wales

Obit:

 

Baptist ministry

1931                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1931-32           Hornbrook-Chent

1932                discontinued

                        Baptist ministry

                        chaplain, U.S. Army

                        student, Oberlin College

                        student, Columbia University

                        faculty, Bryn Mawr

                        faculty, Columbia College

                        faculty, Monmouth College

1975                retired to Waymart PA

 

Note: The home church of Dr. Bertram M. Crocker was Berean Baptist in Carbondale, which he joined in 1920.  His Ph.D. from Columbia University was in cultural; anthropology.

 

CROMPTON, JAMES ROLLAND

 

Born: 4-20-1899  Unadilla NY                                   married: Ruth Andrus

Died: 7-14-1976                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1995, 316

 

1920    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1922    ordained deacon

1924    ordained elder

 

Interment: Union Hill Cemetery, Mehoopany PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1977, 231

 

1920-21           Kirkwood

1921-23           Apalachin

1923-24           at school

1924-28           Scranton Bradley Memorial

1928-31           Meshoppen

1931-36           Trucksville

1936-37           Dorranceton

1937-41           West Pittston

1941-46           superintendent, Wilkes-Barre District

1946                transfer to New Jersey Conference

1946-51           headmaster, Pennington School

1951                transfer to New Hampshire Conference

1951-57           headmaster, Tilton School

1957                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1957-64           Binghamton Ogden

1964-66           superintendent, Wilkes-Barre District

1966-69           superintendent, Binghamton District

1969                retired

 

Note: J. Rolland Crompton is the son of John S. Crompton and the father of Wesley R. Crompton.  Mrs. Crompton is a niece to Ward W. Watrous and May Watrous Meeker, wife of David L. Meeker.

 

CROMPTON, JOHN S.

 

Born: 9-14-1867  Mehoopany PA                              married: Lucia Rosencrance

Died: 12-30-1948                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1946, 454

 

1886    exhorter’s license

1887    local preacher’s license

1891    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1891    ordained deacon

1895    ordained elder

 

Interment: Union Hill Cemetery, Mehoopany PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1949, 216

 

1887-88           Avoca

1890-91           Eaton

1891-93           Kirkwood

1893-94           Hawleyton

1894-98           Great Bend

1898-01           Unadilla

1901-04           Bainbridge

1905-10           Jermyn

1910-11           Scranton Providence

1911-16           Binghamton High Street

1916-18           campaign manager, Preachers’ Aid Society Endowment Fund

1918-23           Dunmore

1923-25           Honesdale

1925-31           Waverly

1931-33           Pittston

1933                retired

 

Note: John S. Crompton is the father of J. Rolland Crompton and the grandfather of Wesley R. Crompton.  A biographical sketch of John S. Crompton appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 306.

 

CROMPTON, WESLEY ROLLAND

 

Born: 3-25-1926  Scranton PA                                   married: Ann Holak [11/23/1950]

Died: 1-21-2021                                                          obit: [5/30/1927 - ]

 

1958    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference, recommended by Trucksville

1965    ordained deacon

1967    ordained elder

 

Interment: Beaufort National Cemetery, Beaufort SC

Obit:

 

1957-60           Evans Falls

1960-64           Wilkes-Barre Derr Memorial

1964-67           Wilkes-Barre Derr-Bennett

1967-70           Mountaintop (ending 1/1970)

1970-74           Vestal Calvary (beginning 1/1970)

1974-76           program coordinator, Binghamton and Oneonta Districts

1976-77           conference council director

1977-82           conference administrator

1982-86           superintendent, Scranton District

1986-91           conference administrator

1991                retired

                            2010  transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Wesley R. Crompton is the son of J. Rolland Crompton and the grandson of John S. Crompton.  The Cromptons relocated to Scottsdale AZ in 2016 and to Hilton Head Island SC in 2019.

 

CROSBY, GEORGE WILLIAM

 

Born: 3-25-1870  Milford NH                                                married: Thora Elsie Olsen Clark

Died: 1960                                                                  obit: [1884-1936]

                                                                                    married2: Velma M. Meserve                        

1895    exhorter’s license, Buffalo NY Seneca St      obit2: [1985-1964]     

1896    local preacher’s license, Buffalo District

1900    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1902    ordained deacon

1904    ordained elder

 

Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery, Ellis KS

Obit:

 

1895-97           supply, Genesee Conference

1897-99           supply, New England Conference

1899-00           supply, Wyoming Conference

1900-01           North Tioga

1901-03           Speedsville

1903-05           Smyrna

1905                transfer to Central New York Conference, page 78

1905-06           North Rose

1906-07           North Lansing and Lansingville

1907-08           Fleming

1908-10           East Palmyra

1910-11           transfer to Northern New York Conference

1911-13           Bangor

1913                on leave

1914                transfer to West Wisconsin Conference

1914-16           Montfort

1916-18           Belmont

1918-19           Anti-Saloon League, living in Madison

1919                located

1920                withdrew

 

Note: A biographical sketch of George W. Crosby appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 309.  After 1920 he became a “preacher-lecturer-entertainer” and traveled extensively giving chalk talks and presentations of a wide variety of religious and secular topics.

 

CROUNSE, REXFORD KNIFFIN

 

Born: 5-6-1912  Altamont NY                                   married: Ruth LaCoe Thompson

Died: 5-30-1978                                                          obit: Susquehanna Conference 2015, 262

 

1927    license, Wyoming Conference

1952    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1955    ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Newton Cemetery, Newton PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1978, 234

 

1937-40           Plymouth NY (beginning 4/19/1937)

1940-43           Sidney Center

1943-48           New Milford

1948-52           Wilkes-Barre Derr Memorial – Bennett Memorial (ending 1/1/1952)

1952-57           Sherburne (beginning 1/1/1952)

1957-65           Scranton Simpson

1965-78           Honesdale

 

CROW, THOMAS F.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Mary Ann Hamer

Died:                                                                           obit: Wyoming Conference 1926, 152

 

1924    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1926    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1923-24           Mt. Vision

1924-28           Morris

1928-30           on leave

1930                withdrew, page 255

 

Note: Thomas F. Crow came to America from England in October 1922; his wife and daughter followed in April 1923.

 

CROWELL, JESSE TRUESDALE

 

Born: 4-2-1839  Villenova NY                                   married: Lucy Evelyn Stewart (1866)
Died: 2-18-1869  Harford PA                                     obit: [5/31/1841 – 8/10/1927]

 

1862    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1864    ordained deacon

1866    ordained elder

 

Interment: Harford PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1869, 33

 

1862-64           South Canaan

1864-66           Moscow

1866-68           Dunmore

1868-69           Harford and South Gibson                 

 

Note: Jesse T. Crowell is the son of Anna Peck Crowell (sister to the five noted Peck clergymen: George, Luther Hoyt, Andrew, William, and [Bishop] Jesse Truesdell Peck) and the father of Blanche Crowell Nicholson, wife of John W. Nicholson.  A brief biography of Jesse T. Crowell appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 173.  In 1872, after the death of Jesse, Mrs. Crow married a Mr. William Seymour Sophia (1842-1923).

 

CRYDENWISE, HENRY M.

 

Born: 9-26-1839  Milford NY                                                married: Sarah Wells Hickox

Died: 4-14-1915                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1914, 114

 

1867    local preacher’s license. Laurens

1869    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1871    ordained deacon

1873    ordained elder

 

Interment: Chenango Valley Cemetery, Binghamton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1916, 110

 

1869-71           Middlefield

1871-73           Cooperstown

1873-76           Honesdale

1876-79           Norwich

1879-82           Wilkes-Barre Central

1882-83           Newark Valley

1883-87           superintendent, Owego District

1887-90           West Pittston

1890-91           Tunkhannock

1891-97           superintendent, Chenango District

1897-01           Lestershire

1901-04           Sayre

1905-07           Forty Fort

1907-10           Binghamton Oak Street

1910-12           conference evangelist

1912                retired

 

Note: Henry M. Crydenwise is the father of Rev. Howard W. Crydenwise (1869-1943) of the Episcopal Church and father-in-law, through his daughter Mary, of Walter A. Wagner. A biographical sketch of Henry M. Crydenwise appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 307.

 

CUDWORTH, E.S.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died: 10-28-1915                                                        obit:

                                                                                   

Interment:

Obit: [Newark Conference 1916, 47]

 

1904-05           Solon (last part of year), Maine Conference of the Congregational Church

1905-06           Grand Isle & South Hero, (beginning 8/1905), Vermont Conference

1911-12           Wardsboro (last 6 months), Vermont Conference

1914                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1914-15           Franklin Forks (one Sunday – then replaced due to illness)

                        Litchfield (last part of the year)

1915                Lockwood

1915                “transfer” to Newark Conference      

1915-16           Vernon

 

Note: E.S. Cudworth served as a supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.  He appears to be known as “E.S.” and “E.F.” and “E.L.” Cudworth – and these may be different people.

 

CUMMINGS, WAYNE GEORGE

 

Born: 8-25-1935  Marion WV                                    married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1953    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1953    ordained deacon

1955    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1952-55           Old Forge

1955                transfer to Holston Conference

 

CURCERELLO, SHARON A.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Michael Curcerello

Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                   

1996    license, recommended by Carbondale

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1996-01           Jermyn (ending 11/1/2000)

 

Sharon A. Curcerello served as a local preacher.  She resigned 11/1/2000 for health reasons.

 

 

CURE, GEORGE ALVAH

 

Born: 4-10-1851  Tompkinsville PA                          married: Helen Virginia Lewis

Died: 11-26-1932  Scranton PA                                 obit: Wyoming Conference 1939, 590

 

?          exhorter’s license, Jermyn

1877    local preacher’s license, Honesdale District

1880    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Tompkinsville Methodist Church Cemetery, Tompkinsville PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1933, 153

 

1880-81           Union

1881-82           assistant, Carbondale

1882-85           Lake Como

1885-88           Moscow

1888-91           Hawley

1891-94           Scranton Asbury

1894-99           Athens

1899-00           Newark Valley

1900-04           Scranton Providence

1904-10           superintendent, Chenango District

1910-13           Pittston

1913-15           Forest City

1915                retired

                            1920-33  Gouldsboro

 

Note: A biographical sketch of George A. Cure appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 310.

 

CURRIE, ROBERT G.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1972    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1972-75           student, Chicago Theological Seminary

1975                discontinued

 

 

CURTIN, CARLTON JOSEPH

 

Born:                                                                           married: Alma Jean _____

Died:                                                                           obit: [c1950 – 5/8/2013]

 

1966    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1969    ordained deacon, Northern New Jersey Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1966-68           student, Drew Theological Seminary

1968                transfer to Northern New Jersey

 

Note: According to the records of the Greater New Jersey Conference, Carlton J. Curtin was admitted on trial to the Northern New Jersey Conference in 1966 and has been in a New Jersey conference continuously since then.  It appears that he was never really a member of the Wyoming Conference.  His New Jersey record reads as follows:

 

1966                admitted on trial, Northern New Jersey Conference

1966-69           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                            1967-69       Stillwater & Swartswood

1969-71           Stillwater

1971-78           Hopatcong Westside

1978-79           Kenilworth Community

1979                transfer to Southern New Jersey Conference

1979-82           director, Camps and Conferences (beginning 9/15/1979)

1982                Browns Mills (beginning 1/1/1982)

1982                transfer to Northern New Jersey Conference

1982-89           Port Jervis NY (beginning 11/1/1982)

1989-94           Union Village

1994-97           Morristown (beginning 10/1/1994)

1997-00           Bergen Highlands

2000-01           on loan to Southern New Jersey Conference

2001-02           Neptune Hamilton

2002-05           Ridgewood

2005-08           Benardsville

2008                retired 

 

CURTIN, S.J.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                   

Interment:

Obit:

 

1911-12           Willett

1912-13           Windham       

 

Note: S.J. Curtin served as a supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

CUSTARD, JEREMIAH S.

 

Born: 11-12-1862  Bartonsville PA                            married: Lizzie Shiffer

Died: 3-17-1931  Orange City FL                              obit: Wyoming Conference 1928, 146

                                                                                    married2: Mary E. Kistler [1928]

1894    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2: [11/10/1858 – 2/14/1933]

1897    ordained elder

 

Interment: Prospect Cemetery, East Stroudsburg PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1931, 565

 

1888-94           supply

1894-98           Little Meadows

1898-01           Skinner's Eddy

1901-02           Springville

1902-08           Clark's Summit

1908-10           Forest City

1910-11           McDonough

1911-12           Throop

                             1911-12      St. Paul’s (beginning 12/1/1911) [see 1912,91]

1912-17           Scranton St. Paul’s

1917-20           Parsons

1920-24           Old Forge

1924                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Jeremiah S. Custard appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 309.

 

 

DAILEY, DEBRA J.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Gary Dailey

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          local preacher’s license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1997-04           Hop Bottom

2004-07           Damascus

2007-08           Ransom

2008-10           Lakeville

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-13           Lakeville

                            2012-13       Hamlin Centenary and Lake Ariel (beginning 3/3/2013)

2013-19           Mt. Pleasant Mills

2019-23           Centre Hall

 

DAKIN, DONALD HUBERT

 

Born: 10-13-1922                                                        married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1970    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1970    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1970-72           student, Columbia University Graduate School

1972                discontinued

…

1992-07           director, Hornsey Management Agency Limited (beginning 2/2/92, ending 8/23/07)

2001-07           director, Hornsey YMCA in London, England (beginning 10/29/01, ending 8/23/07)

 

Note: Donald H. Dakin went on to a career in England in ministry and academia.  He is the author of The Methodist and the Influence of Methodism as Depicted in Victorian Literature (1980).  Some sources give his birthdate as 5/?/1927.

 

DANIELS, ALEXANDER E.

 

Born: 5-12-1804  Morris NY                                     married: Lucy Bond [12/10/1823]
Died: 9-30-1893  Morris NY                                      obit:

                                                                                    married2: Eliza Howe Wright [11/30/1865]

1834    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference             obit2: Wyoming Conference 1885, 61

                                                                                    married3: Emma Warren [12/24/1890]

Interment:  Old Quaker Cemetery, Morris NY          obit3:
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1894, 83

 

1834-35           Otego

1835-36           Chenango

1836-38           Westford

1839-40           Sharon

1840-42           Decatur

1842-43           Westford

1843-45           Otego

1845-47           Exeter

1847-49           Frey’s Bush

1849-51           Springfield

1851-53           Middlefield

1853-55           on leave

1855-57           Westford

1857-58           Decatur

1858-60           Otego

1860-61           Schenevus

1861-62           Morris

1862-66           on leave

1866-68           South New Berlin

1868                retired

     1869  transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

 

Note: A brief biography of Alexander E. Daniels appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 174.

 

DANN, LYNN PHILIP II

 

Born: 11-17-1951                                                        married: Pamela G. _____ [6/9/1973]

Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                    married2: Kathleen Breedlove

1975    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2:

1978    ordained deacon, Troy Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference

 

1975-76           student

1976                transfer to Troy Conference

1976-82           Saranac

1982-85           Poultney

1985-86           Jonesville

 

Note: As of 2021, L. Philip Dann was living in Sylva NC.

 

DARLING, NORMAN ADDISON

 

Born: 1-30-1867                                                          married: Hattie Elwood

Died: 3-25-1948                                                          obit: Northern New York Conference 1906, 75

                                                                                   

1900    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference:

1900    ordained deacon

1902    ordained elder

 

Interment: Salisbury Cemetery, Salisbury NY

Obit: Northern New York Conference 1948, 121

 

1900-02           Hawleyton

1902                not assigned

1903                no longer listed

 

 

DARLING, ROBERT HORACE

 

Born: 5-6-1925                                                            married: Cleo J. _____ [1/20/1950]

Died:                                                                           obit: [9/24/1930 – ]

 

1954    license, Wyoming Conference

1969    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1969    ordained deacon

1971    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1954-56           West Chenango

1956-57           Triangle

1957-60           Hornbrook

1960-67           Kirkwood

1967-72           assistant, Vestal

1972-79           Unadilla

1979-82           Whitney Point

1982-87           New Milford

1987                retired

                            1987-88  Nanticoke (beginning 10/1/1987)                                        

    2010        charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Robert H. Darling is the son of Mrs. Bessie Forsythe Darling Crandall, third wife of William S. Crandall, and her first husband – a Mr. Alva Darling.  In 2021, Robert H, Darling was living in Concord NC.

 

 

DAUBENHAUSER, GINGER

 

Born:                                                                           married: Jack Daubenhauser

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2009-10           Providence (beginning 3/1/2009)

 

Note: Ginger Daubenhauser served as a local preacher.  In 2021, she appears to be living in Dunmore PA and serving at the Congregational UCC in Taylor PA.

 

DAUBER, MARK A.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1916    admitted on trial, recommended by Alderson

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1916-19           Maple Grove – Pike Creek

 

Note: Mark A. Dauber later took a position with the National Council of Home Missions.

 

DAVENPORT, BEVERLY A.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                   

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1997-99           Halsey

1999-01           Wyalusing

 

Note: Beverly A. Davenport served as a local preacher.  She appears to be serving in a religious capacity (funerals) in southern New York state as late as 2015.

 

DAVEY, RICHARD JAMES.

 

Born: 12-3-1905  Blakely PA                                     married: Susan May Truscott

Died: 12-29-1987                                                        obit: [12/1/1905 – 11/25/2005]

                                                                                   

1929    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference:

1933    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Sunset Memorial Park, Albuquerque NM

Obit: Western New York Conference 1988, 370

 

1929-32           Davenport

1932-34           Sherburne

1934-36           Courtdale – Larksville

1936-37           Ashley

1937-41           Dorranceton

1941-43           West Pittston

1943                transfer to Genesee Conference

1943-47           Buffalo Asbury – Delaware

1947-53           superintendent, Buffalo District

1953-61           Niagara Falls St. Paul’s

1961-               Rochester Asbury - First

 

Note: Mrs. Davey is the daughter of Rev. James Truscott of the Primitive Methodist Church and a sister to Samuel J. Truscott.

 

DAVID, ARTHUR DAY

 

Born: 4-3-1866  Olyphant PA                        married: Emma I. Sanford
Died: 3-1-1903  Lehman PA                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1898, 98

 

1883    license

1893    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1893    ordained deacon

1895    ordained elder

 

Interment: Peckville PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1903, 107

 

1893-95           West Nanticoke

1895-97           Moscow

1897-02           Thompson

1902-03           Lehman

 

Note: A brief biography of Arthur Day David appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 176.

 

DAVID, JOSEPH SWALLOW

 

Born: 7-17-1822                                                          married: Sarah S. Krause

Died: 1-9-1900                                                            obit: [1820 – 1/15/1879]

 

1852    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1854    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Millington Newark Cemetery, Millington IL

Obit: Rock River Conference 1900, 87

 

1852-53           Beach Pond

1853-55           Madison

1855                located

 

DAVIES, ARTHUR L.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                   

1920    admitted on trial, New Jersey Conference:

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1923-25           New Brunswick St. James

…

1927-28           Freehold

…

1929                transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1929-30           North Wales

1930                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1930                Forest City – Vandling (ending 7/15/1930)

1930-32           Wilkes-Barre Derr Memorial (beginning 7/15/1930)

1932-33           Plymouth

1933-34           on leave

1934                located

 

Note: Arthur L. Davies appears to have been from Wilkes-Barre originally, and that is where his mother was living when he served in New Jersey.

 

DAVIES, DAVID

 

Born: 6-10-1807  Newtown, Wales                            married: Mary Woodle
Died: 2-2-1878  Janesville WI                                    obit: [3/15/1798 – 10/8/1882]

 

1833    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Oak Hill Cemetery, Janesville WI
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1878, 29

 

1833-35           Hamilton

1835-37           Otsego

1837-38           Otego

1838-39           Westford

1839-40           Canajoharie

1840-42           Brookfield

1842-44           Chenango

1844-46           Lanesboro

1846-48           Windsor

1848-49           East Solon

1849-50           North Pitcher

1850-51           Triangle and Whitney’s Point

1851-52           Lisle and Triangle

1852-53           Exeter

1853-54           Middlefield

1854-56           Mentz

1856-58           Ludlowville

1858-59           New Hope

1859-61           Varna

1861-62           on leave

1862-63           New Hope

1863-65           Scipio

1865-66           on leave

1866-67           North Lansing

1867-68           Montezuma

1868-69           Triangle

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1869-70           Triangle

1870-71           King’s Settlement

1871-73           Coventry

1873                retired

 

Note: A brief biography of David Davies appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 175.

 

DAVIES, JAMES HAROLD

 

Born: 4-1-1913  Avoca PA                                         married: Helen Irene Bailey

Died: 10-31-1995                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 2009, 226

 

1938    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

?          ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

?          ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1996, 324

 

1938-41           Beach Lake

1941-43           Montdale

1943-44           Daleville

1944-51           Hawley

1951-56           Clarks Green – Chinchilla

1956-58           Clarks Green

1958-70           Norwich

1970-78           Ogden – Hillcrest

1978                retired

 

Note: J. Harold Davies is a brother to William H. Davies.

 

DAVIES, JOHN G.  [see DAVIS, JOHN G.]

 

DAVIES, SAMUEL E.

 

Born: 4-?-1869  Wales                                                married: Jessie L. _____

Died: 1-5-1942  Luzerne PA                                      obit: [9/?/1874-1948]

 

?          admitted on trial, Primitive Methodist Church

 

Interment: Cedar Crest Cemetery, Trucksville PA

Obit:

 

1909                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1909-10           Preston

1910                withdrew

                        “transfer” to Presbyterian Church

1917-19           Plains

1921-41           Luzerne Bennett

1941                retired

 

 

DAVIES, SYLVANUS STANFORD

 

Born: Wales                                                                married: Mable Baxter

Died: 3-30-1955  Palmyra NY                                   obit: Central New York Conference 1967, 187

 

1895    license to preach

1905    admitted on trial, Northern New York Conference

1907    ordained deacon, Northern New York Conference

ordained elder, Northern New York Conference

 

Interment: White Haven Memorial Park, Pittsford NY

Obit: Central New York Conference 1955, 136

 

1895-97           Hanover Green, Wyoming Conference

1897-01           Old Forge, Wyoming Conference

1901-02           Texas

1902-06           Parish

1906-09           Rome Liberty Street

1909-16           Adams First

1916-20           Ogdensburg First

1920                transfer to Genesee Conference

1920-29           Rochester Grace

1930-42           Niagara Falls St. Paul’s

1942                transfer to Central New York Conference

1942-46           Canandaigua

1946                retired

 

Note: Sylvanus S. Davies served in the Wyoming Conference while a student at Wyoming Seminary.

 

DAVIES, WILLIAM HARVEY.

 

Born: 4-7-1919  Avoca PA                                         married: Janet L. Sultzer

Died: 10-21-2011  Heart Lake PA                             obit: [1-/24/1921 – 12/?/2009]

 

1938    license, Wyoming Conference

1944    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1944    ordained deacon

1946    ordained elder

 

Interment: Fair View Memorial Park, Elmhurst PA

Obit: Upper New York Conference 2012, 287

 

1944-47           student

                            1944-47  Factoryville

1947-51           Wanamie – Alden

1951-57           Luzerne

1957-66           Montrose

1966-72           Johnson City Sara Jane Johnson Memorial

1972-84           Owego

1984                retired

    2010  charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: William H. Davies is a brother to J. Harold Davies.

 

DAVIS, ARTHUR W.

 

Born: 4-10-1933  Scranton PA                                   married: Carol Ann Bambach

Died: 9-22-2017                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 2008, 180

 

1985    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Sandy Banks Cemetery, Greenfield Township PA

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2018, 268

 

1968-79           Jermyn

1979-81           Maplewood

1981-85           Scranton Embury

1985-92           Carbondale (ending 10/31/1992)

                            1988            Cortez (Jan. to Jun.)

1992-96           Warren Center (beginning 11/1/1992)

1996-03           Scranton Asbury

2003                retired

                            2003-06       Taylor First Congregational

                            2006-10       Scranton Asbury (beginning 11/1/2006)

    2010-17      transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

DAVIS, BENJAMIN JAMES

 

Born: 11-19-1915  Nesquehoning PA                                    married: Emma Drumheller

Died: 6-27-1970                                                          obit:

 

1940    license, Philadelphia Conference

1944    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Sky View Memorial Cemetery, Hometown PA

Obit: Eastern Pennsylvania Conference 1970, 391

 

1940-43           student, Drew Theological Seminary

    1940-42       William Penn

    1942-43       Quakertown

1943-44           Pine Grove (ending 10/1944)

1944-46           chaplain, U.S. Navy (beginning 10/1944)

1946-47           East Bangor

1947-49           Hopewell and Hibernia (ending 2/1949)

1949-67           chaplain, U.S. Navy (beginning 2/1949)

1967-69           Philadelphia Erie Avenue

1969-70           Philadelphia Bickley

 

Note: Benjamin J. Davis never served in the Wyoming Conference.  His 1944 ordination by the Wyoming Conference was a courtesy ordination for the Philadelphia Conference (likely due to timing factors).

 

DAVIS, CHARLES E.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1877    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

Note: Charles E. Davis is listed as being admitted on trial in 1877, page 22, but his name appears in no subsequent appointment lists or conference rolls.

 

 

DAVIS, DANIEL

 

Born: 7-5-1909  England                                            married: Charlotte Hilderena Mintzer

Died: 7-21-2004  FL                                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 200, 310

 

1969    admitted on trial

1969    ordained deacon

1971    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2005, 194

 

                        Primitive Methodist

1942-43           Boone IA Shaler Memorial

…

1960-63           Skinners Eddy

1963-71           Meshoppen

1971-74           Maple Grove (ending 11/30/1974)

1974                retired (beginning 12/1/1974)

 

Note: Daniel Davis was raised in the Primitive Methodist Church in Jermyn PA and pastored in that denomination in Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Wisconsin before returning to Pennsylvania.

 

DAVIS, DAVID L.

 

Born: 12-8-1906  Edwardsville PA                            married: Pauline Grover

Died: 1-7-1996                                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1942, 391

                                                                                    married2: Maud M. Milnes

?          admitted on trial                                                                                  obit2: Wyoming Conference 1999, 335

                                               

Interment: [body given to Upstate Medical Center, for research purposes]

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1996, 325

 

1937-39           Auburn

1939-44           Fairdale – Rush

1944-49           Mountaintop

1949-72           Whitney Point

1972                retired

                                           Clearwater FL

                                           McDonough

                            1982-83  Nanticoke (beginning 1/1/1982 and ending 12/31/1983)

 

DAVIS, GEORGE HENRY HANMER

 

Born: 10-23-1851  St. Johns, Quebec Canada           married: Mrs. Minnie Fraser (1883)

Died: 4-30-1932  Rochester NY                                 obit: [8/8/1852 – 9/16/1933]

 

1876    admitted on trial, Montreal Conference of the Canadian Methodist Church

 

Interment: Little Lake Cemetery, Peterborough Ontario

Obit:

 

1876-77           Franklin Centre

1877-78           Huntingdon

1878-79           Kingston

1879-80           Vankleek Hill

1880-81           Richmond

1881-82           South Mountain

1882-83           no appointment due to ill health

1884                “transfer” to Troy Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church

1884-85           North Granville

1885-87           Beekmantown

1887-88           Ames

1888-89           Quaker Street and Burtonville

1889-90           ?

1890                “transfer” Montreal Conference, Canadian Methodist Church

1890-92           Cookshire

1892-95           Franklin Centre

1895-97           Lacolle

1897                transfer to Bay of Quinte Conference [but apparently did not serve here]

1897*              “transfer” to Wyoming Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church [see 1899,36&67]

1897-01           Springville

1901-03           Skinner's Eddy

1903-04           West Nicholson

1904                withdrew, page 24 and 71

                        “transfer to Northern New York Conference

1916-17           Forestport

1919-20**       Port Leyden               

                        “transfer” to Central New York Conference

1920-22           Navarino

1922-24           Milo Center

1924                local elder living in Milo Center

 

Note: George H.H. Davis is the son of George H. Davis (1819-1891) who served 1842-1880 in the Canadian Methodist Church.  A biographical sketch of G.H.H. Davis appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 311.  His service in the Northern New York Conference and Central New York Conference was as a local preacher.  Mrs, Davis (nee Mary Elizabeth Moorehouse) was the widow of a Mr. Farquar Fraser (1850-1876).

*G.H.H. Davis transferred to the Bay of Quinte Conference of the Canadian Methodist Church in 1897, but apparently began serving in the Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church – to which he formally transferred two years later.

**At the April 1920 meeting of the Northern New York Conference G.H.H. Davis was appointed to supply Port Leyden, and at the September 1920 meeting of the Central New York Conference he was appointed to supply Navarino.

 

DAVIS, JOHN B.

 

Born: 8-18-1843  Carbondale PA                               married: Frances C. Edwards

Died: 6-3-1930  Niagara NY                                      obit: Wyoming Conference 1901, 104

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Elizabeth A. Glorius

1872    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2: Wyoming Conference 1943, 617

 

Interment: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington VA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1931, 571

 

1866-67           Harford and South Gibson

1867-68           (none)

1868-70           Clark's Green

1870-71           (none)

1871-74           North Barton

1874-76           Hornbrook

1876-79           Orwell

1879-81           Hanover

1881-84           Mehoopany

1884-87           Wyalusing

1887-89           on leave

1889-91           Rome

1891-96           Camptown

1896-00           Spencer

1900-03           conference evangelist

1903-04           Barton

1904-07           Windham

1907                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of John B. Davis appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 312.  The second Mrs. Davis (nee Crippin) was the widow of a Mr. Andrew G. Glorius.

 

DAVIS, JOHN GLADSTONE

 

Born: 6-13-1886/7  Plymouth PA                              married: Lydia C. Brader

Died: 5-21-1932  Philadelphia County PA                obit: Philadelphia Conference 1968, 350

                                                                                   

1914    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1921    ordained deacon

1923    ordained elder

 

Interment: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd PA

Obit: Philadelphia Conference 1933, 61

 

1914-16           Laflin (ending August 1916)

1916-19           student, Dickinson College (beginning August 191)

                            1916-19       Coxestown, Philadelphia Conference

1919                “transfer” to Philadelphia Conference, page 35

1919-21           student, Dickinson College

                            1919-21       Coxestown

1921-23           Coxestown

1923-28           Philadelphia Christ

1928-32           Philadelphia Mary A. Simpson

1932                Philadelphia Twenty-Ninth Street

 

Note: Until 1920, this surname appears in the Wyoming and Philadelphia Conference journals as DAVIES.  He worked for the Plymouth Times-Leader before entering the ministry.  Mrs. Davis graduated from the Lucy Webb Hayes School in Washington DC and was consecrated a deaconess in the Central Pennsylvania Conference.  He is the nephew of Rev. Jacob E. Davis, a Welsh Baptist preacher in Nanticoke and Plymouth. .

 

DAVIS, JUDSON WILLIE

 

Born: 12-16-1865  Paine’s Hollow NY                      married: Lois J. Smith

Died: 8-6-1951  Oneida NY                                       obit: Northern New York Conference 1958, 638

 

1890    local preacher’s license, Utica District

1895    admitted on trial

1895    ordained deacon

1901    ordained elder

 

Interment: Verona Cemetery, Verona NY

Obit: Northern New York Conference 1952, 136

 

1894-96           South New Berlin NY

1896-97           Chenango Forks

1897-00           Smyrna

1900-03           Edmeston

1903                on leave

1907                transfer to Northern New York Conference

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Judson W. Davis appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 311.

 

DAVIS, LEONARD NEWELL

 

Born: 9-26-1892  Edwardsville PA                            married: Mabel May Kitchen [1914]

Died: 1-9-1983  New Berlin NY                                obit: Wyoming Conference 1959, 1181

 

1925    admitted on trial

1930    ordained elder

 

Interment: Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1983, 240

 

1920-24           Lynn

1924-24           at school

1925-28           Noxen

1928-33           Falls – Mill City

1933-35           Hartwick

1935-38           Mount Vision

1938-49           Davenport – Davenport Center

1949-58           Edmesten

1959                retired

 

Note:  In retirement, Leonard N. Davis supplied for 16 years a Baptist Church near Edmeston NY.

 

DAVIS, MINNIE D.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1992    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference

 

1991-92           Plains (beginning 2/1/1992)

1992-93           associate, Clarks Summit

1993-94           Binghamton High Street

1994-95           Binghamton Centenary

1995-97           Binghamton Centenary – Westover

1997                transfer to Western North Carolina Conference

                        extension ministry, New Orleans LA

 

DAVIS, ROY J.

 

Born: 7-7-1896  Taylor PA                                        married: Dorothy Diegtel

Died: 1-6-1988  Longview FL                                    obit: Wyoming Conference 1964, 241

                                                                                    married2: Doris Kern

Interment: Forest Hill Cemetery, Dunmore PA         obit2:

Obit:

 

Sterling – Hollisterville

 

Note: Roy J. Davis served as a supply pastor.  He retired to Florida in 1972.

 

DAVIS, SUSAN E.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1995    license

1999    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1998-99           associate, Scranton Elm Park (beginning 1/1/1998)

1999-03           Ransom

2003-10           Endicott First

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

DAVIS, THOMAS CLARK JR.

 

Born: 8-2-1929  Laceyville PA                                  married: Frances Benning

Died: 1-13-2018  Anderson SC                                  obit: [7/8/1931 – 4/27/2001]

 

1952    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1954    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church Cemetery, Pendleton SC

Obit: 96th Convention Journal, Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina 2018

 

1951-54           Centermoreland – East Dallas

1954-56           Mountaintop – Albert

1956                withdrew

1957                “transfer” to the Episcopal Church

1957-               curate, Wilkes-Barre St. Stephens

 

1970-96           Clemson SC Holy Trinity

1996                retired

 

DAVIS, WILLIAM E.

 

Born: 11-3-1874  Jermyn PA                                     married: Eva Jeffrey

Died: 12-25-1918                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1943, 617

 

1904    admitted on trial

1906    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Riverside Cemetery, Endicott NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1919, 132

 

1903-04           Uniondale

1904-06           Uniondale – Dundaff

1906-10           Waymart

1910-18           Binghamton Boulevard

 

DAVISON, JOHN WILES

 

Born: 12-17-1810                                                        married: Mary _____

Died: 1-12-1876                                                          obit: Rock River Conference 1886, 41

 

admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Palmyra Cemetery, Palmyra IL

Obit: Rock River Conference 1876, 33

 

1849-50           Nichols

1850-51           Orwell

1851-52           Waverly

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-53           Waverly

1853-54           Binghamton Henry Street

1854-56           Newark

1856                located

 

 

DAVY, JOHN

 

Born: 6-2-1812  England                                            married: Huldah Jane Crouse

Died: 8-22-1898  Scranton PA                                   obit: [6/23/1824 – 4/17/1912]

 

Interment: Dunmore Cemetery, Dunmore PA

Obit: New York Conference 1899, 108

 

1888-90           Stoddardsville

1892-93           Herrick Center

1893-94           Throop and Nay Aug

 

Note: John Davy reportedly served Nay Aug prior to 1894.  See Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 903.

 

 

DAWBER, MARK ASTON

 

Born: 1881  Knutsford, England                                married: Mary Hope

Died: 12-26-1964  Needham Heights MA                 obit: [ 1878 – 2/19/1964]

                                                                                   

1916    admitted on trail

1918    ordained deacon

1923    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1965, 243

 

1916-19           Maple Grove – Pike’s Creek

1919-25           faculty, Boston University School of Theology

1925-38           staff, Board of Home Missions and Church Extension

1938-50           executive secretary, National Council for Home Missions

1950                retired

           

 

DAWSON, DAVID ALFRED

 

Born: 6-28-1900                                                          married: Ada Waterbury Simons

Died: 2-23-1967  Bunghamton NY                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1944, 851

                                                                                    Married2: Edna Emma Elizabeth Kindred

1925    local preacher’s license                                   obit2: Wyoming Conference 1988, 385

1929    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1931    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

1933    ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Port Crane Cemetery, Port Crane NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1967, 242

 

1925-27           Mount Vision

1927-29           Plymouth

1929-33           Wells Bridge

1933-34           Hornbrook – Ghent

1934-37           Coventry

1937-41           Carley Brook

1941-44           Beach Lake

1944-48           Berkshire

1948-50           Greene

1951-52           Lanesboro

1952-54           Hartwick – Mount Vision

1954-58           New Berlin NY

1958-61           North Fentopn

1961-63           Sanataria Springs

1963                retired

 

Note: David A. Dawson is the father of John S. Dawson and of Ethel Mae Dawson Brill, wife of Edgar L. Brill.  The second Mrs. Dawson is the daughter of Rev. John Kindred of the Free Methodist Church.

 

DAWSON, JOHN STANTON

 

Born: 5-25-1946                                                          married: Jill C. _____ [8/24/1968]

Died:                                                                           obit: [8/22/1942 – ]

                                                                                    married2: Donna _____ [1998]

1969    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2:

1974    ordained deacon, West Ohio Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference

 

1969-71           Bethany (beginning 5/29/1969)

1971                transfer to West Ohio Conference

1971-73           Moscow

1973-75           Olive Branch

1975-78           Yellow Springs

1978                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1978-80           Harpursville

1980-85           on leave

1985-86           associate, Binghamton Tabernacle

1986-89           Pittston

1989-92           West Pittston

1992-94           associate, Endicott Central

1994-97           Binghamton High Street (ending 9/30/1997)

1997-98           disability leave (beginning 10/1/1997)

1998                withdrew, page 235

                        chaplain, Catskill Area Hospice and Palliative Care of Oneonta NY

                        “transferred” to the United Church of Christ

                        interim, St. Johnsville NY Grace

                        Schwarzwald, Berks County PA

2008                retired

                            2008-13  interim, Schwarzwald

 

Note: John S. Dawson is the son of David A. Dawson and a brother to Mrs. Edgar L. Brill.

 

DEAN, ARTHUR WILMONT

 

Born: 1-11-1907                                                          married: Beulah Day

Died: 1-15-1997  St. Petersburg FL                           obit: Wyoming Conference 1983, 241

                                                                                    married2: Ernestine Peters Sawyer

1963    license, Wyoming Conference                       obit2: Wyoming Conference 1986, 288

1967    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        married3: Beulah W. Bean

1969    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference        obit3:

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1997, 359

 

1963-68           Susquehanna (beginning 8/1/1963)

1968-71           Oneonta Elm Park

1971                retired

                            1971-79  Emmons

 

DEARIN, WILLIAM D.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Grace Bivans [6/7/1955]

Died:                                                                           obit: [5/30/1933 – 3/31/2015]

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1971-76           Gouldsboro

                        “transfer” to Congregational Church

                        Spring Brook

 

Note:  William Dearin served in the Wyoming Conference as a local pastor. 

 

DECKER, A. JACK

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1971-72           Hornbrook

1972-76           Throop

 

Note:  A. Jack Decker is listed as a local pastor.

 

DECKER, ALEXANDER D.

 

Born: 7-21-1860  Portland PA                                    married: Ida May Sumner

Died: 5-13-1938  Binghamton NY                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1930, 355

                                                                                    married2: Mary Pearl Schooley

1886    admitted on trial                                              obit2:

1888    ordained deacon

1890    ordained elder

 

Interment: Floral Park Cemetery, Johnson City NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1939, 581

 

1885-87           Harford Mills

1887-90           Tioga

1890-93           Wyalusing

1893-94           Newark Valley

1894-97           Sidney

1897-01           Binghamton Clinton Street

1901-03           Union

1903-08           Susquehanna

1908-11           Dalton

1911-17           Taylor

1917-23           Pittston

1923-25           Wilkes-Barre Derr Memorial

1925-26           field agent, Preachers’ Aid Society

1926                retired

                            1927-30  Binghamton Oak Street

 

Note: Alexander D. Decker is the father of Mabel Decker Lott, wife of Fred Eli Lott. A biographical sketch of Alexander D. Decker appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 313.  The first Mrs. Decker is the daughter of John B. Sumner.

 

DECKER, RALPH WINFIELD

 

Born: 7-3-1908  Dunmore PA                                    married: Elvira Doris Krotzer

Died:12-23-1996                                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1999, 335

 

1935    ordained deacon

1936    ordained elder

 

Interment: Abington Hills Cemetery, Clarks Summit PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1997, 360

 

1935-40           student, Boston University School of Theology

1940-41           faculty, Union College in KY

1941-42           student

1942-49           faculty, Boston University School of Theology

1949-59           president, Wyoming Seminary

1959-69           Board of Education, Nashville TN

1969-74           dean, Scarritt College in Nashville TN

1974                retired

 

DECKER, ROY AUSTIN

           

Born: 8-31-1874  Scranton PA                                   married: Flora Lathrop Tiffany
Died: 7-17-1919  Castle Creek NY                            obit: 5/4/1874 – 7/30/1958]

                                                                       

Interment: Fairlawn Cemetery, Dalton PA
Obit:

 

1910-13           Kirkwood

1913-15           Choconut Center

 

1917-20           Castle Creek

 

Note:  Roy Decker served as a supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

DECKER, WILLIAM HERBERT

 

Born: 4-8-1874  Tomah WI                                        married: Arria Evelyn Wheeler [1/1/1900]

Died: 9-23-1935  Trenton NJ                                     obit:

 

1895    license, Wyoming Conference

1899    admitted on trial, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1904    ordained deacon, Episcopal Church

1905    ordained priest, Episcopal Church

 

Interment: Trenton MJ

Obit:

 

1895-98           student, Wyoming Seminary

                            1895-96       Courtdale - Larksville

                            1896-98       Plainsville (ending fall 1898)

1898-02           student, Dickinson College

                            1899            “transfer” to Central Pennsylvania Conference

                            1899-01       West Fairview

                            1901-02       Lewisberry- Lisburn

1902-03           Lewisberry-Lisburn

1903                withdrew to enter the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church

1903-04           instructor, York County Academy

1904-05           Minersville and Forrestville PA

1905-08           Jermyn and Peckville PA

1908                missionary to Panama

                        missionary to Cuba

                        Nicholson?

1912-21           Isle of Pines CO

1923-26           Mexico MO

1926-29           Trenton NJ St. Paul’s

1929                retired

 

Note: William Herbert Decker was a noted football player at Both Wyoming Seminary and Dickinson College.  He is not to be confused with the contemporary Pennsylvania Presbyterian pastor Rev. William Harrison Decker.

 

DeFRANCESCO, VINCENT

 

Born: 1-10-1878                                                          married: Gaetanina Csciato

Died: 10-26-1947                                                        obit: Newark Conference 1956, 149

 

1912    admitted on trial, Des Moines Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Newark Conference 1948, 133

 

1912-13           Des Moines Italian Work

1913                transfer to New England Southern Conference

1913-20           Fall River Italian Church

1920                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1920-26           Italian pastor, Scranton Elm Park

1926                transfer to Newark Conference

 

D’ELIA, PASQUALE

 

Born: 8-3-1875  Tarlizzi, Bari Italy                           married: Angelina Profeta

Died: 5-16-1967  Altoona PA                                    obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1941, 220

 

1917    admitted on trial, Erie Conference

 

Interment: Rose Hill Cemetery, Altoona PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1967, 312

 

1912-26           Hillsville Italian Church

1926                transfer to Northern New York Conference

1926-29           Frankfort NY Italian Mission

1929                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1929-32           Yatesville PA Italian Mission

1932-33           Altoona Italian Mission, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1933                transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1933-42           Altoona Italian Mission

1942                retired

 

DELL, GEORGE WARREN.

 

Born: 5-3-1856  Saint Johnsville NY                         married: Mirinda Hansen

Died: 1-19-1927  Schoharie County NY                    obit: [9/19/1849 – 3/28/1936]

 

                                                                                   

Interment: Leesville Cemetery, Sharon NY

Obit:

 

1887-93           St. Mathew’s English Lutheran Church, Oswego NY

…

1901                St. Paul’s Lutheran, Schoharie NY

…

1904-09           Congregational Church, Carson City MI

…

1911-12           Windham, Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

…

1919                Presbyterian, transfer from Presbytery of Leyons to Presbytery of Binghamton

 

 

Note: G.W. Dell served in the Methodist Episcopal Church as a supply preacher – either he was a man of varied experience or the information given is not all for the same G.W. Dell.  He is an 1884 (classical) and 1886 (theological) graduate of Hartwick Seminary (Lutheran), Otsego County NY.

 

DEMPSEY, CHARLES J.

 

Born: 5-24-1897  Philadelphia PA                             married: Helen A. Loomis

Died: 11-3-1962  Binghamton NY                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1989, 362

 

 

1925    license, Wyoming Conference

1933    ordained local deacon

1934    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1935    ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Vestal Hills Memorial Park, Vestal NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1963, 227

 

1923-25           Centermoreland

1925-30           Auburn

1930-34           Portlandville

1934-35           North Fenton – Chenango Forks

1935-39           Newton

1939-44           Guilford – Mt. Upton

1944-50           Binghamton Oak Street

1950-52           Morris

1952-60           Taylor

1962                Sherburne

 

DENISON, EDWIN

 

Born: 10-28-1804  East Haddam CT                          married: Louisa Gardner
Died: 5-8-1889  Portlandville NY                              obit: [5/6/1806 – 9/9/1877]

 

1825    exhorter’s license

1829    local preacher’s license

1833    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Pine Grove Cemetery, Portlandville NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1890, 78

 

1833-34           Sharon

1834-35           Otego

1835-36           Litchfield

1836-37           Winfield

1837-39           Canajoharie

1839-40           Brookfield

1840-42           Plymouth and Smyrna

1842-44           Sharon

1844-46           on leave

1846-48           Decatur

1849-49           Otego

1849-51           Oneonta

1851-52           Fly Creek

1842-53           on leave

1853-54           Worcester

1854                retired

     1869  transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

 

Note: A brief biography of Edwin Dennison [sic] appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 177.

 

DeREMER, PAMELA B.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2004-05           West Nanticoke Calvary

 

Note: Pamela B. DeRemer served as a local preacher and is otherwise unknown.

 

DETTY, VICTOR CHARLES

 

Born: 7-8-1891  Scranton PA                                     married: Mary Pearl Tedford [6/14/1917]

Died: 8-?-1970  Carlisle PA                                       obit: [10/9/1892 – 5/?/1985]

 

1917    ordained, Presbyterian Church

 

Interment: Forest Hill Cemetery, Dunmore PA

Obit:

 

1914                graduated from Maryville College, Maryville TN – a Presbyterian School

1917                graduated from Auburn Seminary, Auburn NY

1919-20           Hunstville TN

1920                White Rock NC

1930-43           Wysox and Rome PA

                             1932-44  Orwell, Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

                        Lawrenceville PA

                        Dickinson [Cumberland County] PA

 

Note: Victor Detty supplied a Federated Church in the Wyoming Conference.  He is the author of The Tedford Family History, History of the Presbyterian Church of Wysox PA (1791-1938), History of the Presbyterian Church of Rome PA (1844-1942) and P.P. Bliss, A Centennial Sketch (1838-1938)

 

DeWALT, HARRISON ALBERT

 

Born: 5-30-1901  Hancock County OH                     married: Alice Elaine Atwood

Died: 2-10-1995  Benson AZ                                     obit: Wyoming Conference 1947, 732

                                                                                    married2: Ruth Evelyn Kent

1933    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit: [1923-?]

1936    ordained deacon

1940    ordained elder

 

Interment: Benson AZ

Obit: [Central Pennsylvania Conference 1995, 229 & 438]

 

1933-34           Lisle

1934-36           Sidney Center

1936-37           Sanataria Springs

1937-39           Kirkwood

1939-43           Flemingville

1943-46           Tioga Center

1946-48           Hornbrook

1948                transfer to Central New York Conference

1948-49           associate, Odessa-Catherine-Alpine

1949-53           Blodgett Mills-Freetown-East Freetown

1953-55           East Smithfield-Wetona-Big Pond

1955-58           Victory-Bethel-Ira

1958-61           Ledyard-West Genoa-Venice Center (ending in mid-year)

1961                Whitneyville, Genesee Conference (beginning in mid-year)

1961                transfer to Genesee Conference

1961-62           Whitneyville (beginning in mid-year)

1962                transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference by boundary change

1962-64           Whitneyville Parish

1964-65           Bald Eagle Parish

1965-66           sabbatical leave

1966                retired

 

Note: Harrison A. DeWalt is the father of Robert W. DeWalt (1937-1992) of the North Central New York Conference.

 

DeWITT, NOAH SHAW

 

Born: 12-10-1818  Chenango NY                              married: Harriet Peck [7/15/1847]
Died: 6-2-1886  Caroline NY                                     obit: [d. 9/27/1849]

                                                                                    married2: Hannah R. Peck [6/15/1850]

1843    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference             obit2: [d. 11/4/1860]

                                                                                    married3: Eliza A. Peck [4/6/1861]

Interment:  Danby NY                                                obit3: [1/19/1873]
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1887,69                         married4: Eleanor M. Howard [3/27/1877]

                                                                                    obit4: Wyoming Conference 1925, 152

1843-44           Montrose

1844-45           LeRaysville

1845-46           Brooklyn

1846-48           Orwell

1848-50           Lanesboro

1850-52           Conklin

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-54           Newark

1854-56           Nichols

1856-58           Barton

1858-60           Union

1860-61           Hawley

1861-63           Bethany

1863-65           Mount Pleasant

1865-68           Beach Pond

1868-71           Lanesboro

1871-73           Castle Creek

1873-76           South Danby

1876-78           Little Meadow

1878-80           Flemingville

1880-83           North Barton

1883-86           Rome

1886                Danby

 

Note: The first three Mrs. DeWitts were sisters.  A brief biography of Noah Shaw DeWitt appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 177.

 

DICKERSON, JESSE H.

 

Born: 8-24-1879  Vestal NY                                      married: Effie Louise Brimmer

Died: 1-1-1961  Sayre PA                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1937, 151

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Rose Shappelle

1909    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2:

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Hornbrook Cemetery, Hornbrook PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1961, 217

 

1909-10           Willet

1910-11           Eatonville

1911-17           Hornbrook

1917-19           Apalachin

1919-21           Orwell

1921-24           Bethany

1924-27           Clark’s Green

1927-33           Scranton Court Street

1933-36           Bainbridge

1936-37           Wilkes-Barre Abbott

1937-39           Moscow

1939-47           Wanamie-Alden

1946-48           Factoryville

1948052          Hornbrook

1952                retired

                           1952-54  Litchfield

 

DICKINSON, GEORGE I.

 

Born: 8-11-1921  Mountaintop PA                            married: Vera Smith

Died: 6-23-1995                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 2001, 188

 

1948    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1948    ordained deacon

1950    ordained elder

 

Interment: Albert Cemetery, Mountaintop PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1996, 326

 

1947-49           student, Drew University School of Theology in Madison NJ

                            1947-48  Martinsville, Northern New Jersey Conference

1949-50           Avoca

1950-52           chaplain, US Army

1952-54           Pittston First

1954-57           Meshoppen

1957-60           Sherburne

1960-66           Plymouth PA

1966-72           Montrose

1972-75           Wilkes-Barre First

1975-86           Chenango Bridge

1986                retired

 

DICKINSON, THOMAS GILFORD

 

Born: 12-5-1854  Richmond VA                                married: Helen Prout

Died: 6-4-1919  Dorranceton PA                               obit: Wyoming Conference 1930, 358

 

1877    admitted on trial, Ohio Conference

?          ordained deacon, Ohio Conference

?          ordained elder, Ohio Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1920, 108

 

1877-79           Alexandria

1879-82           Pomeroy

1882-84           Harmer

1884-87           Columbus Third Street

1887-88           Marietta

1888-93           Chillicothe Walnut Street

1893-98           Columbus King Avenue

1898-03           Circleville

1903-07           London

1907                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1907-12           Oneonta

1912-19           West Pittston

1919                Dorranceton

 

Note: T. Gilford Dickinson is the father of Rev. George C. Dickinson (1880-1959) of the Episcopal Church.

 

DIENER, PAUL WILLIAM JR. [see Evangelical pastor files]

 

Note: Paul Diener never served in the Wyoming Conference, but some of his pre-1970 EUB service translated into pension responsibility to the Wyoming Conference.

 

DIETZ, SHARON E.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Frederick Dietz

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2002    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1994-00           Cortez (beginning 10/1/1994)

2000-10           Peckville

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-11           Peckville

2011                retired

                             2011-23      Duryea

 

DILDINE, LYNN SHEPHERD

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                   

?          ordained, Presbyterian Church

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2000-01           Tri-Valley Covenant – Lisle Associated

 

Note: Lynn S. Dildine served in the Wyoming Conference as an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church USA.

 

DILLINGER, RODNEY BRUCE

 

Born: 10-22-1932                                                        married: Phyllis Mae T. _____

Died:                                                                           obit: [3/9/1936 – ]

 

1961    license, Wyoming Conference

1962    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1969    ordained deacon, Northern Illinois Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1961-63           Meshoppen

1963                transfer to Northern Illinois Conference

1963-66           student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

                            1964-66       Andover NJ, Northern New Jersey Conference

1966-70           Rockford Evans Memorial

1970-76           Carol Stream St. Andrew

1976-79           Lemont

1979-86           Rockford Beth Eden

1992-97           Roselle

1997                retired

 

 

DIMMICK, FRANCIS ASBURY

 

Born: 2-1-1818                                                            married: Drusilla A. Daws

Died: 11-3-1892  Orwell PA                                      obit: [3/12/1820 – 7/15/1898]

 

Interment: Orwell Valley Cemetery, Orwell PA

Obit:

 

Note: Francis Asbury Dimmick served as a local preacher.  He was a graduate of Syracuse University.

 

DIX, BERTHIER WILLIAM

 

Born: 3-28-1873  Carbondale PA                               married: Martha Elizabeth Brink (6/24/1903)

Died:                                                                           obit: [12/27/1877 - 1944]

 

1903    license, recommended by Carbondale

?          admitted on trial

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:      

Obit:   

 

1901-05           student, Dickinson College

1905-07           Heart Lake

1907-10           Falls

1910-14           Nicholson

1914-16           Sidney

1916-18           Clark’s Summit

1918-22           Cooperstown

1922                Unadilla

1922-32           superintendent, Binghamton Children’s Home

1932                withdrew, page 695

 

Note: Berthier W. Dix withdrew under complaint.  Mrs. Dix is buried in Riverhurst Cemetery, Endicott NY, but Berthier is not.  There is no record of Berthier after 1932 – except for the strange notation in 1934, page 251, that Dix by letter wrote “I humbly request your permission to unite with some Methodist Episcopal Church” and that the request was granted.  The 1939 and 1948 alumni directories of Dickinson College list him as living in Conklin NY and Carbondale PA respectively.  He does not appear in the 1955 directory.  His daughter Eleanor Dix Slater Daniels (1906-2015) lived to the age of 109 and also is buried in Riverhurst Cemetery.

 

DOAN, BARBARA L.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2003-09           Gibson

2009-10           on leave

 

DODD, FRANKLIN B.

 

Born: 11-6-1892 Clarks Summit PA                          married: Etha Mae Stanton

Died: 1-24-1975                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1967, 243

 

1922    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1926    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Vestal Hills Memorial Park, Vestal NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1975, 176

 

1922-23           Mountaintop

1923-26           West Nanticoke

1926-30           Newton

1930-33           Greene

1933-36           Windsor

1936-40           Schenevus

1940-42           Scranton Embury

1942-46           Jermyn (did not finish last year – see 1946, 350)

1946-49           approved evangelist

1949-50           Middlefield

1950-53           McClure

1953-58           on leave

1958                retired

                            Bunn Hill Community Church

                            Occanum Baptist Church

 

Note: Franklin B. Dodd is a brother to Melvin J. Dodd.  His son Harold Franklin Dodd (1915-1999) was preacher in the Baptist Church.

 

DODD, MELVIN J.

 

Born: 10-?-1890  Binghamton NY                             married: Delcia Mae Bennett

Died: 11-10-1967  Beadeath FL                                 obit: Wyoming Conference 1990, 318

 

1927    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1929    ordained deacon

1929    ordained elder

 

Interment: Vestal Hills Memorial Park, Vestal NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1968, 243

 

1927-32           associate, Binghamton Boulevard

1932-42           Wilkes-Barre Firwood

1942-57           Binghamton Boulevard

1957                retired

 

Note: Melvin J. Dodd is a brother to Franklin B. Dodd.

 

DODGE, WILBUR CALEB

 

Born: 10-11-1880  Littleton NH                                 married: Katharine Smith

Died: 6-7-1952                                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1969, 255

 

1909    license

1911    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1914    ordained deacon

1917    ordained elder

 

Interment: Maple Grove Cemetery, Worcester NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1953, 1457

 

1909-12           McClure

1912-15           West Exeter

1915-17           New Berlin

1917-22           Unadilla

1922-26           Oneonta Elm Park

1926-34           Montrose

1934-40           Cooperstown

1940-42           Wilkes-Barre Derr Memorial

1942-46           Milford

1946                retired

 

DODSON, JOAN S.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Don _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2000-01           Pleasant Mount

2001-03           Scranton St. Paul’s and Throop

2003-10           Lake Winola

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-13           Lake Winols\a

2013-19           Montandon – Northumberland Christ

2019                retired

 

Note: Joan S. Dodson served as a local preacher.

 

DODSON, JOHN WESTON

 

Born: 4-7-1873                                                            married: Mary Morris

Died: 10-15-1959                                                        obit: New York Conference 1969, 694

 

admitted on trial

ordained deacon

1906    ordained elder

 

Interment: Maple Cemetery, Berlin CT         

Obit: New York East Conference 1960, 243 

 

1904-06           Old Forge

1906-10           Scranton Tripp Park

1910-11           Falls

1911                transfer to New York East Conference

 

DODSON, LAVERE ALVIN

 

Born: 5-26-1902  Quincy PA                                     married: Eunice Alma VanRiper

Died: 3-10-1998                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1954, 1760

                                                                                    married2: Grete Helen Paradice

                                                                                    obit2:

1925    admitted on trial, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1928    ordained deacon, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1930    ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: East Newark Valley NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1998, 320

 

1925-27           Manor Hill

1927-29           Riddlesburg

1929                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1929-32           Rome-North Orwell

1932-36           Otego

1936-39           Bethany

1939-43           Moscow

1943-57           chaplain, US Army

1957                transfer to New Jersey Conference

1957-62           New Jersey Conference

1962                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1962-68           Otego

1968                retired

                             1968-69  Chenango Bridge

                             1969-70  chaplain, Broome CCOC

                             1970-72  Sanitaria Springs

                             1972-74  North Fenton/Susquehanna/Tioga Center

                             1974-76  Brookvale


Note: Lavere A. Dodson is the father of Edward W. Dodson (1930-2007) of the Central Pennsylvania Conference.

 

DONY, FRANCIS ASBURY

 

Born: 5-3-1841  Dundaff PA                                     married: Sarah Woodward
Died: 1-12-1898  Scranton PA                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1916, 118

 

1870    license

1875    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1877    ordained deacon

1880    ordained elder

 

Interment: Dunmore Cemetery, Dunmore PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1898, 93

 

1875-77           Rush

1877-79           Hanover

1879-80           Sterling

1880-82           Lake Como

1882-83           Plymouth NY

1883-85           Chenango Forks

1885-87           Ouaquagua

1888-90           Damascus

1890-91           city missionary, Scranton

1891-95           secretary, American Sabbath Union

1895-98           general secretary, Northeastern Pennsylvania Sabbath Union

 

Note: A brief biography of Francis A. Dony appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 178.  Before entering the ministry he edited a newspaper in Hawley PA, practiced law in Mauch Chunk PA, and worked for the government settling Native American land disputes in North Carolina.

 

DORCHESTER, LIVERUS HULL

 

Born: 8-27-1864  Charlestown MA                            married: Nellie Elizabeth Hardy

Died: 11-12-1946 Westhampton Beach NY              obit: [7/5/1862 – 4/22/1938]

 

1889    admitted on trial, New England Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Dell Park Cemetery, Natick MA 

Obit: New York East Conference 1947, 201

 

1889-94           Springfield St. Luke’s

1894-99           Westfield First

1899-02           Boston People’s Temple

1902-03           Newton Center

1903                transfer to St. Louis Conference

1903-07           St. Louis Lindell Avenue

1907                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1907-12           Scranton Elm Park

1912                transfer to New York East Conference

 

Note: Liverus H. Dorchester is the grandson of Daniel Dorchester (1790-1854) of the Providence Conference, and is the son of Daniel Dorchester (1827-1907) of the New England Conference. In addition he is the father of Donald Hardy Dorchester (1895-1960) of the New York East Conference and of Ruth Dorchester Allen, wife of Frederick Crosby Allen (1892-1970) of the Southern New England Conference, and is the grandfather of Daniel Dorchester Allen (1925-2007) of the New England Conference.

 

DOTY, FRANKLIN PIERCE

 

Born: 10-26-1852  Wantage NJ                                  married: Amelia Harding

Died: 4-3-1933  Scranton PA                                     obit: Wyoming Conference 1925, 149

 

1877    exhorter’s license

1878    local preacher’s license

1879    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Shady Lane Cemetery, Chinchilla PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1933, 161

 

1878-79           Halsey Valley

1879-80           Hale's Eddy

1880-82           Oregon [Carley Brook]

1882-84           Harpursville

1884-87           North Abington

1887-88           Thompson

1888-93           Avoca

1893-95           Peckville

1895-98           Scranton Hampton Street

1898-04           Scranton St. Paul's

1904-06           Taylor

1906-08           Parsons

1908-10           Throop

1910-16           Scranton Bradley Memorial

1916                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Franklin P. Doty appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 313.

 

DOUPE, GARY EDWARD

 

Born: 7-30-1943                                                          married: Elaine Daskas [5/18/1969]

Died:                                                                           obit: [5/29/1946 – ]

 

1965    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1967    ordained deacon

1969    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1965-69           student

1969-70           Endicott St. Paul’s

1970-75           Peckville

1975-80           associate, Oneonta First

1980-91           Oneonta College Ministries

                            Coventry (beginning 10/1983)

1991-96           Binghamton Chenango Street and Choconut Center

1996-05           Binghamton Chenango Street and Binghamton Centenary

2005                retired

    2010  charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Gary E. Doupe is the son of Margaret Doupe Chauncey.

 

DOUPE, MARGARET    see CHAUNCEY, MARGARET DOUPE

 

 

DOYLE, ANDREW J.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2009-10           Coventry – Union Valley

 

Note: Andrew J. Doyle served as a local preacher.

 

DOYLE, THOMAS EDWARD

 

Born: 10-29-1949                                                        married: Kathleen Wanda Burch

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1982    license, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1982-84           Fly Creek (beginning 1/1/1982)

1984-85           no appointment

1985-86           Middlefield

 

Note: Thomas E. Doyle served as a local preacher.  He had previously been a farmer.

 

DOTSON, MARCELLE

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          admitted on trial, New England Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2009-10           Wilkes-Barre Field of Grace, Wyoming Conference

2010                “transfer” to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Marcelle Dotson served in the Wyoming Conference as an ordained member of the New England Conference.

 

DRAPER, HENRY R.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1866    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

 

DRESSER, HENRY HARRISON

 

Born: 1-1-1838  Fort Lee NJ                                      married: Sophronia Gay

Died: 10-21-1917                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1932, 803

 

1862    exhorter’s license

1862    local preacher’s license, McClure Settlement

1866    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1868    ordained deacon

1870    ordained elder

 

Interment: Damascus PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1918, 120

 

1866-67           Lackawaxen

1867-70           Tallmansville [Lake Como]

1870-72           Clifford

1872-73           Bethany

1873-74           Salem

1874-76           Edmeston and Exeter

1876-79           Plains

1879-82           Montrose

1882-85           Pittston

1885-86           Scranton Green Ridge [Asbury]

1886-88           Athens

1887                transfer to Dakota Conference

1887-90           Huron

1890-95           superintendent, Watertown District

1895                transfer to Minnesota Conference

1895-97           Duluth Grace

1897-98           superintendent, Duluth City Missions

1898                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1898-00           Binghamton High Street

1900-01           Ashley

1901-07           superintendent, Owego District

1907                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of H.H. Dresser appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 314.

 

DREWETT, DONALD ALBERT

 

Born: 1-3-1935                                                            married: Susan _____ [5/2/1964]

Died:                                                                           obit: [1/4/1943 – ]

 

1960    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1963    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference

 

1960-63           student

1963-64           New Milford

1964-66           associate, Endicott First

1966-74           student

1974-78           faculty, Drew University

1978-80           St. Peter’s Medical Center

1980                withdrew

 

Note: Donald A. Drewett is the author of a book on the social message of AME bishop Reverdy C. Ransom (1861-1959).

 

DUBRICK, WILTON JOHN

 

Born: 6-16-1904  Courtdale PA                                 married: Hazel Mae Harding

Died: 8-25-1981                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 2003, 204

 

1929    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1934    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1982, 222

 

1928-31           student, Dickinson College

    1928-29  Greencastle-Newville, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1931-32           student

1932-33           Pocono Lake

1933-35           Wilkes-Barre Bennett Memorial – St. Andrews

1935-37           Glen Lyon

1937-41           Whitney Point

1941-42           Endwell – Vestal Center

1942-43           Endwell

1943-46           Sidney

1946-51           Waverly NY

1951-53           Wilkes-Barre Firwood

1953-58           executive secretary, Conference Board of Education

1958-63           Clarks Green

1963-72           Binghamton Fairrview

1972-75           Maine

1975                retired

                            1975-77  Maine

                            1980-81  Choconut Center

 

DULKIS, NANCY L.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2006-10           East Worcester

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Nancy L. Dulkis served as a local preacher.

 

DUNCAN, JEAN-PIERRE

 

Born: 9-20-1954                                                          married:  Susan Lynne Burkey (9/23/1978)

Died:                                                                           obit: Susquehanna Conference 2014, 254

 

1987    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1987    ordained deacon

1990    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1984-88           Slocum Faith

1988-90           Slocum Faith – Stairville

1990-96           Dunmore

1996-01           Scranton Embury (ending 6/15/2001)

2001-04           Conference Shalom Coordinator (beginning 6/15/2001)

2004-08           Abbott

2008-10           Countryside Community

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-14           Countryside Community

2014-18           New Baltimore Grace, Detroit Conference

2018                retired

 

DUNHAM, MARTIN A.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1884    license

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference

 

1890    Castle Creek (first part of the year)

 

Note: Martin A. Dunham is a local pastor living in Binghamton NY.  See the 1890 journal page 55 and the 1891 journal, page 15.

 

DUPUY, ELLISON H.

           

Born: 12-5-1866                                                          married:

Died: 11-26-1897                                                        obit:

 

1890    admitted on trial

1890    ordained deacon

1892    ordained elder

 

Interment: Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena CA

Obit: Southern California Conference 1898, 36

 

1890-93           Whitney’s Point

1893-94           Mount Upton

1894                transfer to New England Southern Conference

1894-96           Brockton Franklin

1896                transfer to Southern California Conference

1896-97           Highlands

1897                Lancaster

 

Note: This surname is also rendered DEPUY.

 

 

DuVAL, BENJAMIN LIVINGSTON

 

Born: 10-7-1904  Madison County FL                       married: Florence Fellow

Died: 9-10-1966                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1995, 317

 

1928    admitted on trial, Ohio Conference

1934    ordained deacon, Ohio Conference

?          ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Dunmore Cemetery, Dunmore PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1967, 240

 

1928-30           Camden

1930-34           student

1934-36           Cincinnati Armstrong Chapel

1936-40           Cincinnati Bond Hill

1940-43           Cincinnati Children’s Home

1943-46           Hamilton First

1946-49           Columbus Trinity

1949-52           Springfield Central

1952                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1952-66           Scranton Elm Park

 

DuVALL, ROY

 

Born: 5-25-1903  Hillburn NY                                   married: Adriana Lindenburg

Died: 4-26-1977                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1956, 255

                                                                                    married2: Carolyn Hess

                                                                                    obit2: Wyoming Conference 2004, 206

1927    admitted on trial, Eastern Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church

1930    ordained, Eastern Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church

 

Interment: Reformed Church Cemetery, Pompton Lakes NJ

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1977, 232

 

1930-33           Cassville

1933-37           Friendship

1937-39           Daleville

1939                transfer by denominational union to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Church

1939-43           Daleville

1943-45           Wyalusing

1945-47           chaplain, US Army

1947-50           Bethany (beginning 1/1/1947)

1950-65           Scranton, St. Paul’s – Bradley Memorial

1965-69           Scranton Embury

1969                retired

 

Note: The second Mrs. DuVall (nee Hess) was the widow of a Mr. Richards.

 

EASTMAN, ALFRED

           

Born: 7-3-1832  Quinton NY                         married: Jane A. Keller
Died: 1916                                                      obit: [1835-1907]

 

1889    local preacher’s license

1896    ordained local deacon

 

Interment:  Floral Park Cemetery, Johnson City NY
Obit:

 

1887-88           West Smyrna Free Will Baptist

1888-89           West Smyrna Free Will Baptist and Otselic Center

1889                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1889-94           Oakland 

1894-95           (apparently not appointed)

1895-98           Hales Eddy

1898-02           Uniondale

1902-05           South Canaan

1905                retired, page 64

 

Note:  Alfred Eastman is the father of Nettie A. Eastman Taylor, wife of Fred P. Taylor.  Alfred Eastman served as a local preacher.  He is mentioned on page vi of Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference.

 

EASTMAN, EDWARD LEE III

 

Born: 8-15-1929  Elmira NY                                     married: Jane Elizabeth Gruver [1/28/1956]

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1952    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1953    ordained deacon

1954    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1952-54           student, NYC

1954                transfer to New York East Conference

 

Note: As of 2010, Edward L. Eastman was a retired member of the New York Conference.

 

EASTON, JOHN GEORGE BURT

 

Born: 8-21-1912  Berkshire NY                                 married: Bertha Margaret Dodd

Died: 10-3-1995                                                          obit: [8/28/1918 – 10/8/2017]

 

 

1942    license, Wyoming Conference

1950    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1952    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Evergreen Cemetery, Berkshire NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1996, 327

 

1942-49           Vestal Center – Campville

1949-52           Beach Lake – Narrowsburg

1952-53           Beach Lake

1953-59           Apalachin

1959-64           Marathon

1964-66           Nanticoke

1966-76           Old Forge

1976-78           Tioga Center

1978-83           Susquehanna

1983                retired

 

Note: J.G. Easton is the father of John P. Easton, the grandson of George O. Beers, and the nephew of George D. Beers.

 

 

EASTON, JOHN PHILIP

 

Born:                                                                           married: Cheryl _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1981    admitted on trial, East Pennsylvania Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1981-90           Geigertown St. Paul’s

1990-91           Nichols (Wyoming Conference)

1991                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1991-93           Nichols

1993                withdrew 1/1/1993 – see 1993, page 228

 

Note: John P. Easton is the son of J.G. Easton.

 

 

EASTWOOD, M. JON

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2000-03           Cortez

2003-10           Scranton St. Paul’s and Throop

 

Note: M. Jon Eastwood served as a local preacher.

 

EBY, CRAIG WINSLOW

 

Born: 9-27-1949                                                          married: Mary Louise _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1983    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference

 

1982-84           Clifford

1984                leave of absence

1984                withdrew (11/30/1984)

 

Note: In 2014, Craig W. Eby is living in Saint Augustine FL and serving as a pastor, affiliation unknown.

 

 

ECCLESTON, EVERETT E.

 

Born: 7-21-1910  New Bedford MA                          married: Ruth L. Hughes [1939]

Died: 6-21-1996                                                          obit: [4/28/1910 – 1/25/1995]

 

1930    commissioned, Salvation Army

 

Interment: Monmouth Memorial Park, Tinton Falls NJ

Obit:

 

                        Canonsburg PA

19??-42           Plymouth PA

1942-48           Tyrone PA

1948-52

1952-55           Falls-Mill City, Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Church

 

Note: Everett E. Eccleston served in the Wyoming Conference as a local preacher.  He is a graduate of the Salvation Army College in New York City.  Mrs. Eccleston, of Wilkes-Barre, was also commissioned in the Salvation Army.

 

ECKERSLEY, LINDA K.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Richard Eckersley

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2007    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2007-09           West Nicholson

2009-10           Scranton Court Street

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-11           Scranton Court Street

2011-14           Scranton Embury

2014-20           Jermyn – Montdale

2020                retired

                             2020-23                  Bethel [Wyoming County]

 

Note: Linda K. Eckersley served as a local preacher.

 

ECKERT, ALEXANDER BLAKE

 

Born: 8-1-1820  Shawangunk NY                              married: Maria Jane McCord [5/1840]

Died: 8-31-1883  Smithboro NY                                obit: [3/9/1817 – 12/9/1905]

 

1847    local preacher’s license, East New York Conference

 

Interment: Smithboro Cemetery, Smithboro NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1884, 59

 

                        Bloomingburg

                        Burlingame

                        “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1865-67           Litchfield

                        Hornbrook

                        Shepherd’s Creek

1870-71           North Tioga

                        Harford

                        West Danby

                        Paupack

1881-82           Preston

 

Note: A.B. Eckert served as a local preacher.

 

ECKMAN, GEORGE PECK

 

Born: 1-8-1860  Gouldsboro PA                                married: May Townley (1891)
Died: 6-28-1920                                                          obit: [c1868 – 6/10/1958]

 

1886    admitted on trial, Newark Conference

 

Interment: Dunmore Cemetery, Dunmore PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1921, 101

 

1886-88           Metuchen

1888-91           South Orange

1891-94           Orange

1894-97           Morristown

1897                transfer to New York Conference

1897-12           NYC St. Paul’s

1912-15           editor, Christian Advocate

1915                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1915-20           Scranton Elm Park

 

Note: George Peck Eckman is the son of John G. Eckman.  He is the author of numerous books and articles.  Mrs. Eckman was originally form South Orange NJ; she and their daughter are buried in Morristown NJ.

 

ECKMAN, JOHN G.

 

Born: 10-7-1836  Sunbury PA                                    married: Margaret Louisa Hile
Died: 8-10-1898  Scranton PA                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1918, 130

 

1860    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1862    ordained deacon, page 14

1864    ordained elder

 

Interment:  Dunmore Cemetery, Dunmore PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1899, 101

 

1859-60           Stoddartsville and Jenkins

1860-61           Stoddartsville

1861-63           Lehman

1863-65           Plymouth PA

1865-66           Northmoreland

1866-69           Woodville [Wilkes-Barre Ross Street]

1869-72           Waverly PA

1872-73           Ashley

1873-77           superintendent, Chenango District

1877-80           Scranton Adams Avenue

1880-84           superintendent, Binghamton District

1884-87           West Pittston

1887-92           Kingston

1892-93           Honesdale

1893-98           superintendent, Wyoming District

 

Note: John G. Eckman is the father of George Peck Eckman.   A brief biography of John G. Eckman appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 179.

 

EDER, GEORGE ELFORD SR.

 

Born: 10-26-1913  Scranton PA                                 married: Florence M. Evans

Died: 2-4-1989                                                            obit: [1916 – 2016?]

 

admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Washburn Street Cemetery, Scranton PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1989, 363

 

1972-73           Gibson

1973-75           West Nicholson

1975-79           not appointed

1979                retired

 

Note: George E. Eder is the father of William E. Eder.  He retired from secular work in 1973 and served in the Wyoming Conference as a local preacher.  As of 2014, Mrs. Eder was living in Scranton PA.

 

EDER, WILLIAM EVANS

 

Born: 8-30-1948  Scranton PA                                   married:

Died: 7-25-2011  Scranton PA                                   obit:

 

1977    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1973-74           Pittston First

1974-76           Waymart – Prompton

1976-78           Pittston First

1978-81           West Nanticoke First

1981-84           Askam

1984-85           Mehoopany

1985                withdrew

 

Note: William E. Eder is the son of George E. Eder.

 

 

EDGAR, WILLIAM

 

Born: 2-24-1855  New York NY                                married: Mary E. Rogers
Died: 3-6-1902  Scranton PA                                     obit: Wyoming Conference 1901, 103

 

1875    exhorter’s license

1876    local preacher’s license

1878    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1880    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Dunmore Cemetery, Dunmore PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1902, 97

 

1877-78           Mountain Top

1878-79           Decatur

1879-81           Morris

1881-82           North Abington

1882-84           Bethany

1884-87           Worcester

1887-91           Dunmore

1891-95           Carbondale

1895-00           Scranton Providence

1900-02           Owego

 

Note: A brief biography of William Edgar appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 180.  The find-a-grave website erroneously gives the birthdates of William and Mary as 1835 and 1834 instead of 1855 and 1854.

 

EDWARDS, JAMES DENNISON

 

Born: 6-23-1940                                                          married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1966    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference

 

1966-68           student

1968                withdrew

                        entered the Episcopal ministry

                        honorary associate, Lewisburg St. Andrews

 

Note: James D. Edwards graduated from the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church, located in New York NY, in 1970.  He was the “long-time companion” of Rev. Canon John Xavier Dobson (1935-2009) of the Episcopal Church.

 

EDWARDS, JAMES EDRAY

 

Born: 12-8-1929  Carbondale PA                               married: Marion M. Sydoriak

Died: 9-28-2011                                                          obit: [8/19/1933 – ]

 

1963    license, recommended by Dickson City

1965    ordained deacon

1967    ordained elder

 

Interment: Valley View Memorial Park, Montdale PA

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2012, 293

 

1963-69           Lanesboro

1969-78           West Nanticoke

1978-81           Avoca – Moosic

1981-87           Avoca – Duryea

1987-92           Plymouth

1992                retired

                            1992            Carbondale (11/1–12/31)

                            1993            Ransom  (1/1–2/28)

                            1993            Maple Grove (3/1–6/30_

                            1993-94       Harpursville (beginning 10/23/1993)

                            1994-02       Nicholson

    2010             transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: James E. Edwards is the father of Holly Edwards Faux, wife of Norman T. Faux.

 

EDWARDS, WALTER A.

 

Born: 11-6-1866  Pike’s Creek PA                             married: Stella May Smith

Died: 8-8-1949  Marcy NY                                        obit: [1873 – 1/15/1939]

 

1895    local preacher’s license, Wilkes-Barre Central

1899    admitted on trial

1903    ordained elder

 

Interment: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse NY

Obit:

 

1899-00           Lackawaxen

1900                transfer to Colorado Conference

1900                Merino

                        Brighton

                        Denver Merritt Memorial

1902                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1902-04           Moosic (beginning 9/1/02)

1904-07           general secretary, YMCA in Coatesville PA

1907                located, page 75

 

Note: Walter A. Edwards is the son of local preacher William Henry Edwards [no appointment record] and a nephew to Philip M. Mott.  After leaving the Conference, he appears to have continued working for the YMCA.  A biographical sketch of Walter A. Edwards appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 315.

 

EGGLESTON, DAISY F.

 

Born: 6-?-1881                                                            married: [single]
Died: 10-8-1955  Luzerne County PA                       obit:

 

1921    local preacher’s license

1933    ordained local deacon, Genesee Conference

1937    ordained local elder, Genesee Conference

 

Interment: Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock PA
Obit:

 

1928                “transfer” to Genesee Conference

1928-39           Castile

 

Note: The Wilkes-Barre Record Almanac reported 4/8/1921 that “Wilkes-Barre has the first licensed woman local preacher east of the Missouri River, Miss Daisy F. Eggleston, who has become a member of the local Preacher’s Association.”

EIDAM, JOHN R.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Elaine _____
Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1967    admitted on trial, Central Pennsylvania Conference: recommended by Shamokin Lincoln Street

1967    ordained deacon

1969    ordained elder

 

Interment: 
Obit:

 

1967-69           student

1969-91           dean of admissions, Wyoming Seminary

1991                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1991-10           dean of admissions, Wyoming Seminary

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change
2010-16           dean of admissions, Wyoming Seminary
2016                retired

EISTER, FRED M.

 

Born: 9-27-1914  Sunbury PA                                    married: Kathryn A. Fisher

Died: 5-2-1991  FL                                                     obit: Wyoming Conference 1999, 336

 

1968    ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: West Side Cemetery, Shamokin Dam PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1991, 331

 

1962-68           Alderson (beginning 1/1/1962)

1968-70           Peckville

1970-79           Wyoming

1979-80           on leave

1980                retired

                            1982-83       Courtdale

 

Note: Fred M. Eister is the father of Rev. Fred M. Eister Jr. of the Baptist Church.  He was a second career pastor and served as a local preacher.

 

ELDRIDGE, ENOCH PIERCE

 

Born: 5-27-1831  North Pitcher NY                           married: Sarah Hutchings (1855)
Died: 3-31-1900  Choconut Center NY                     obit: [d. 1878]

                                                                                    married2: Lucy Chaplin (1881)

1854    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference             obit2: [d. 1881]

                                                                                    married3: Anna E. Kirkendall (1884)

Interment: Pitcher NY                                                obit3:
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1900, 115

 

1854-55           Harford

1855-56           New Hope

1856-57           East Homer

1857-58           Amber

1858-60           Summer Hill

1860-62           Freetown

1862-64           Eldridge

1864-66           Cayuga

1866-69           Slaterville

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1869-72           Nichols

1872-75           Great Bend

1875-77           Mount Upton

1877-78           Greene

1878-80           agent, Honesdale Church

1880-81           Dunmore

1881-82           Peckville

1882-84           Danby

1884-86           Speedsville

1886-89           Rome

1889-92           Fairdale

1892-97           Maine

1897-99           Choconut Center

 

Note: A brief biography of Enoch Eldridge appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 181.

 

ELLER, PEGGI

 

Born:                                                                           married:
Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: 
Obit:

 

2008-09           associate, Endwell

2009-10           Mount Upton

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

ELLIOTT, HENRY PERCIVAL

 

Born: 8-5-1904                                                           married: Dorice Millicent Keyte

Died: 12-29-1999  Sayre PA                                      obit: Wyoming Conference 1986, 289

 

1949    license, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2000, 312

 

1949-52           Old Forge

1952-56           Lanesboro

1956-59           Fairdale

1959-66           Askam

1966-67           Taylor

1967-70           Hartwick

1970                retired

                            1970-73  Lockwood

 

Note: Henry P. Elliott came to the United States from Pembroke Dock, Wales. in 1949.  He served as a local preacher.

 

ELLIOTT, LAWRENCE STEELE

 

Born: 3-16-1890  New Alexandria PA                       married: Ruth Anita Dunlap

Died: 3-14-1983  Beckley WV                                   obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1989, 427

 

1924    admitted on trial, Pittsburgh Conference

1924    ordained deacon

1926    ordained elder

 

Interment: Beckley WV

Obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1983, 423

 

1924-25           associate, Pittsburgh Christ

1925-28           Somerset

1928-35           Monessen

1935-39           Connellsville First

1939-40           Turtle Creek McMasters

1940                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1940-48           Scranton Asbury

1948-50           Kingston Dorranceton

1950                transfer to Pittsburgh Conference

1950-54           Pittsburgh Asbury

1954-62           Sewickley

1962                retired

 

Note: Lawrence S. Elliott is the author of Book of Family Prayers, published by the Methodist Publishing House.

 

ELLIS, ALLYSON

 

Born:                                                                           married:
Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2009    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: 
Obit:

 

2009-10           New Berlin NY

2010                charter member Upper New York Conference

ELLIS, BENJAMIN

 

Born: 1791 Tioga NY                                     married: Abigail Parker
Died: 9-13-1871  Nichols NY                        obit: [1795 – 6/27/1857]

 

1829    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Emory Chapel Cemetery, Waverly NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1872, 37

 

1829-31           Wyoming

1831-33           Brooklyn

1833-35           Bridgewater

1835-36           Canaan

1836-37           Wyalusing

1837-39           Pike

1839-41           Pittston

1841-42           Dundaff

1842-43           Barton

1843-44           Flemingville

1844-46           McDonough

1846-47           Lisle

1847-52           on leave

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-59           on leave

                            1852-53  VanEttenville and Spencer

                            1853-54  North Danby

                            1856-57  North Danby                       

1859                retired

 

Note: A brief biography of Benjamin Ellis appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 182.

 

ELLSWORTH, HERBERT LINCOLN

 

Born: 1-13-1865  LeRaysville PA                              married: Mary F. Pambleton

Died: 8-11-1911                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1939, 591

 

1884    local preacher’s license, Kingston

1888    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1889    ordained local deacon

1894    ordained elder

 

Interment: Riverside Cemetery, Nichols NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1912, 122

 

1884-88           student, Wyoming Seminary

                             1887-88      Larksville

1888-89           student, Drew Theological Seminary

1889-90           Newark Valley

1890-92           student, Syracuse University

1892-94           Little Meadows

1894-97           Nichols

1897-99           Meshoppen

1899-00           conference evangelist

1900-02           Alderson

1902-06           Ashley

1906-08           Nanticoke

1908-10           Norwich

1910-11           assistant, Binghamton Centenary

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Herbert L. Ellsworth appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 316.  The obituary for Mrs. Ellsworth identifies her (incorrectly?) as the former Mary F. Pambleton.

 

ELLSWORTH, LEON WHITEMORE

 

Born: 11-3-1895  Columbus NY                                married: Hazel Woodard (1915-22)

Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                    married2: Marjorie Wilson Turner (1922)

                                                                                    obit2:[c1903-?]

1916    admitted on trial, recommended by Carley Brook    

1918    ordained deacon

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1916-17           Carley Brook

1917-18           Wallsville

1918-21           student, Wesleyan University in Middletown CT

                            1920-21       East Berlin CT

1921-22           Sterling [did not report]

1922                withdrew under charges, page 36

 

Note: Leon W. Ellsworth left the ministry 1922, details of which are in the biographical files, and moved to Dallas TX.  The second Mrs. Ellsworth was from Middletown CT, where she graduated from HS is 1919.

 

ELWELL, KING

 

Born: 1813  Factoryville PA                                      married: Catherine Bull
Died: 1-16-1885                                                          obit: [d. 2/26/1902]

 

1835    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

1837    ordained deacon

1839    ordained elder

 

Interment: Hope Cemetery, Newark Valley NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1885, 55

 

1835-37           Wyalusing

1837-38           Lanesboro

1838-40           Bridgewater

1840-41           Northmoreland

1841-43           Pike

1843-45           Newfield

1845-47           Broome

1847-49           North Danby

1849-51           Spencer

1851-52           Barton

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-54           on leave

1854-58           located

                            1856-58  South Danby

1858-60           Spencer

1860-64           superintendent, Binghamton District

1864-67           Newark

1867-68           North Danby

1868-69           Brooklyn

1869-71           Montrose

1871-72           Herrick

1872                retired

 

Note: King Elwell is the father of Stephen Elwell.  A brief biography of King Elwell appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 182.

 

ELWELL, STEPHEN

 

Born: 3-26-1839  Springville PA                               married: Eleanor Reed
Died: 3-11-1892  Yatesville PA                                 obit: Wyoming Conference 1917, 124

 

1862    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1864    ordained deacon

1866    ordained elder

 

Interment: Marcy Cemetery, Duryea PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1892, 96

 

1862-63           Springville

1863-65           Gibson

1865-67           Great Bend and New Milford

1867-68           Chenango

1868-70           Rome

1870-72           Fairdale

1872-75           LeRaysville

1875-78           Carverton

1878-81           Mehoopany

1881-84           Lackawanna

1884-87           Dunmore

1887-88           Avoca

1888-89           Plains

1889-91           Scranton Hampton Street

1891-92           Yatesville

 

Note: Stephen Elwell is the son of King Elwell.  A brief biography of Stephen Elwell appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 183.

 

ELWOOD, WILLIAM ERNEST

 

Born: 4-15-1873  Walton NY                         married: Florence McLeish

Died: 12-3-1956  Newark Valley NY            obit: Wyoming Conference 1959, 1182

 

1911    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1913    ordained deacon

1915    ordained elder

 

Interment: Walton Cemetery, Walton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1957, 561

 

1911-13           LeRaysville

1913-17           Apalachin

1917-20           Great Bend – Hallstead

1920-22           Portlamdville

1922-26           Unadilla

1926-34           Newark Valley

1934-37           Binghamton Fairview

1937-39           Sidney

1939                retired

                            1943-45  Chenango Bridge

 

 

EMHOF, ROBERT E.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Barbara _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1988    license, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1988-92           McClure

1992-93           Harpursville

1993                withdrew 10/22/1993

 

Note: Robert Emhof served as a local pastor.

 

EMORY, BENJAMIN BOWMAM

 

Born: 6-24-1828  Huntingdon PA                              married: Mary Blackman

Died: 2-20-1872  New Orleans LA                            obit: [1827 – 9/16/1917]

 

1854    admitted on trial, East Genesee Conference

1858    ordained elder

 

Interment: Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans LA

Obit:

 

1853-54           Newport, Wyoming Conference

1854                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1854-55           Hawley

1855-57           Nicholson

1857-59           Montrose

1859-61           Tunkhannock

1863                located

 

Note: Benjamin B. Emory appears to have gone on to serve Methodist Episcopal churches in the Washington DC area.  Strangely, for 1854-58 he is listed neither as a deacon nor as remaining on trial.

 

ENGLE, DAVID J.

 

Born: 7-1-1940  Wilkes-Barre PA                              married:

Died: 2-12-2005  Reidsville NC                                 obit:

 

1976    license, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1976-77           Skinners Eddy

1977-78           Taylor

1978                discontinued

1978-               Good News Alliance Church of Taylor PA

           

Note: David J. Engle served as a local preacher.   In 1990 he was pastor of the Mocksville Pentecostal Holiness church in North Carolina.

 

ENGLISH, EDWARD MAURICE

 

Born: 4-12-1930  Burlington County NJ                    married: Nancy Jean Frazier (6/10/1956)

Died: 7-26-1997  West Branch IA                             obit: [6/23/1935 – 7/21/2016]

 

Interment: West Branch Cemetery, West Branch IA

Obit:

 

                        New Jersey Conference

1963                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1963-67           director, Oneonta Wesley House

1967                transfer to Southern Iowa Conference

1967-69           associate, Parsons

1969-73           student

1973                voluntary location

                        West Branch Friends (Quaker) Church

 

Note: Edward M. English graduated from Oglethorpe College in Atlanta GA in 1956 and was pursuing a masters in counseling while serving in Oneonta.  Mrs. English became a minister in the Society of Friends in 1981 and served with her husband at West Branch – and later at Old Man’s Creek (UCC) in Iowa City IA and Lindsey Chapel (UMC) in Cedartown GA.

 

ERNST, CHRISTIAN

 

Born: 3-21-1885  Bridgeton NJ                                  married: Victoria M. Carlisle

Died: 8-8-1950  Millville NJ                                      obit: [4/?/1886 – 5/20/1973]

 

1915    admitted on trial, New Jersey Conference

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment: Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Millville NJ

Obit:

 

1916-22           Millville West Side

1926-28           Bridgeton Wesley Memorial

1928-29           Branchton

1929                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1929-30           Forest City

1930                transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1930-33           Mt. Hope

1933-36           Elam

1936                transfer to New Jersey Conference

1936-47

1947-50           Millville Mt. Pleasant

 

Note: In October 1929, Christian Ernst of the New Jersey Conference and W.F. Hunter of the Wyoming Conference exchanged appointments.  He reportedly served in New Jersey in Trenton, Camden, Bridgeton, Franklinville, Pleasantville, South Vineland and Minotola.

 

ESENWEIN, FREDERICK D.

 

Born: 3-18-1876  Germany                                         married: Euphemia Young

Died: 2-9-1957  OH                                                    obit: Pittsburgh Conference 1959, 1291

 

1902    admitted on trial, Pittsburgh Conference

 

Interment: Columbiana Cemetery, Columbiana OH

Obit: Pittsburgh Conference 1957,586

 

1902-06           Monica

1906-10           Canonsburg

1910-14           Johnstown Calvary

1914-18           Pittsburgh West End

1918-24           Waynesburg

1924-31           Greensburg

1931-34           Pittsburgh Mount Lebanon

1934                transfer to Erie Conference

1934-38           Jamestown

1938                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1938-40           Scranton Asbury

1940                transfer to Pittsburgh Conference

 

ESTES, IRA C.

 

Born: 4-17-1856  Garrattsville, NY                           married: Agnes C. Renwick [10/5/1881]

Died: 2-19-1936  Syracuse PA                                   obit: [5/27/1853 – 1/1/1926]

 

1884    exhorter’s license

1887    local preacher’s license

1889    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1891    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Butternut Valley Cemetery, Burlington NY

Obit:

 

1889-91           North Fenton and New Ohio

1891-93           McDonough

1893-98           Harford NY

1898-02           Damascus

1902-06           Vestal

1906-08           East Worcester

1908-13           on leave

1913-14           Fly Creek

1914                located, page 61

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Ira C. Estes appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 316. 

 

ESTLOW, EDWARD GEORGE WALKER

 

Born: 9-24-1880  Wells Mill NJ                                 married: Mary Rachel McConnel

Died: 6-14-1946  Binghamton NY                             obit: [6/8/1884 – 6/19/1956]

 

1909    license, Colorado Conference

1910    admitted on trial, Colorado Conference

1916    ordained deacon, Colorado Conference

 

Interment: Warren Grove Cemetery, Warren Grove NJ

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1947, 717

 

1909-11           Bayfield

1911-12           student

1912-13           Ridgway

1913-14           Cheraw

1914-15           on leave for health reasons

1915-16           Merino & Messex

1916-20           Hillrose & Snyder

1920-21           Crawford

1921-23           Glennwood Springs

1923-25           Fruita

1925-26           ?

1926                transfer to New Jersey Conference

1926-27           Dennisville

1927-29           South Vineland

1929-32           Riverside

1932-34           Mantua

1934-37           Woodlynne

1937-38           Pedricktown

1938                transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1938-39           Tobyhanna

1939-42           Belfast & Wind Gap

1942-43           Elverson & Mount Carmel

1943                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1943-46           Windsor

1946                Preston

 

 

ESTRADA, RODRIGO DE GUZMAN

 

Born: 6-1-1930                                                            married: Loida Reyes

Died:                                                                           obit: California-Nevada Conference 1994, 234

 

1965    admitted on trial, New York Conference

1982    admitted on trial, California-Nevada Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1961-62           Clifford, Wyoming Conference

1962-63           not appointed

1963                “transfer” to New York Conference

1963-65           New Haven Hope

1965                discontinued

                        served in another denomination

1980                “transfer” to California-Nevada Conference

1980-81           Alpaugh

1981-84           Melrose

1984-85           Hayward First

1985-86           Daly City

 

Note: Rodrigo D. Estrada served in the Wyoming Conference as a local preacher.

 

ETHER, FEDOR C.

 

Born: 5-6-1890  New York City NY              married: Rose Hart

Died: 7-11-1949  Pittston PA                         obit: Wyoming Conference 1976, 227

 

1920    admitted on trial, Newark Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Pleasant Mount Cemetery, Pleasant Mount PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1950, 535

 

1911-12           Harford

 

1920-24           Barryville, Eldred, Pond Eddy

1924-26           Otisville

1926-27           Spring Valley

1927-29           Newark Franklin Street

1929-30           Belvidere

1930                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1930-34           Lake Ariel – Gravity

1934-37           Center Moreland

1937-41           Pleasant Mount

1941-43           Old Forge

1943-45           Castle Creek

1945-48           Newton

1948-49           Avoca

 

EUROZA, JUSTO M.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1880    admitted on trial

1884    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1884-87           missionary to Mexico

 

Note: Justo M. Euroza was a prominent long-time member of the Mexico Conference, where he was the first district superintendent of the Mexico Conference, a member of the first graduating class of the Methodist theological school at Puebla, and the author of several Spanish-language books of Methodist history and theology.  His connections here may have been to secure ordination and other validation not available in the Mexico Conference.

 

EVA, THOMAS

 

Born: 7-16-1850 Relubbus Lane, England                 married: Rose Williams

Died: 10-10-1923  Kingston PA                                 obit: [d. 7/14/1883]

                                                                                    married2: Julia Rutt

1875    local preacher’s license,                                  obit2: Wyoming Conference 1925, 150

                        Primitive Methodist Church

1881    license, Primitive Methodist Church

 

Interment: Dennison Cemetery, Forty Fort PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1924, 133

 

1881-83           Danville

1883-85           Jeddo

1885-87           St. Clair

1887-89           Seek

1889-91           Parsons

1891                transfer to Wyoming Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church

1891-94           Edmeston

1894-97           Harford PA

1897-00           Fairdale

1900-02           Auburn

1902-06           Waymart

1906-08           Pleasant Mount

1908-11           Duryea

1911-13           West Nanticoke

1913-14           Mountaintop

1914-17           Larksville

1917-19           Askam

1919                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Thomas Eva appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 317.

 

EVANS, DAVID

 

Born: 7-11-1867  Llanidloes, Wales                           married: Mary Reed

Died: 12-3-1943                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1912, 134

                                                                                    married2: Hattie Albertson

1889    local preacher’s license                                   obit2: Genesee Conference 1949, 337

1893    admitted on trial

1895    ordained deacon

1902    ordained elder

 

Interment: Nondaga Cemetery, Bath NY

Obit: Genesee Conference 1944, 111

 

1889-90           Falls

1890-95           Narrowsburg

1895-97           Uniondale

1897-03           Sterling

1903-09           Dallas

1909-13           Wilkes-Barre Parrish Street

1913                transfer to Michigan Conference, page 62

1913-17           Jackson Haven

1917                transfer to Genesee Conference

1917-20           Bath Centenary

1921-24           Buffalo Humboldt Parkway

1924-30           retired

1930-31           Conesus

1931-42           field secretary, Buffalo City and Erie County Bible Society

1942                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of David Evans appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 318.

 

EVANS, DAVID STANLEY JR

 

Born: 4-14-1917  Portland ME                                   married: Catherine Elizabeth Cherry (1943)

Died: 10-1-1999  Okemos MI                                    obit: [6/26/1920 – 12/6/2009]

 

1944    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1944    ordained deacon

1947    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: West Michigan Conference 2000, 143

 

1943-44           West Barrington, Southern New England Conference

1944-46           chaplain, US Navy

1946-49           student

                             1946-49      East Douglas, New England Conference

1949                transfer to Michigan Conference (6/15/1949)

1949-50           associate, Jackson City First

1950-59           Okemos

1959-66           Battle Creek First

1966-71           conference staff

1971-79           Hillsdale

1979-85           Albion

1985                retired to Okemos MI

 

Note: David S. Evans is a brother to George M. Evans.  He was raised in Binghamton NY.

 

EVANS, GEORGE MOREY

 

Born: 2-15-1920  Portland ME                                   married: Helen Harrison

Died: 9-19-2010  Lancaster PA                                  obit: [1924 – 11/21/2015]

 

1941    license

1945    ordained local deacon

1946    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1948    ordained elder, Ohio Conference

 

Interment: Church of the Apostles UCC Memorial Garden, Lancaster PA

Obit:

 

1939-43           student, Albright College

1943-46           student, Drew University School of Theology

1946                transfer to Ohio Conference

1946-68           executive director, Goodwill Industries in Columbus OH

1968-72           field service director, Goodwill Industries in Washington DC

1972-74           president, Goodwill Industries in Long Beach CA

1974-77           president, Goodwill Industries in Washington DC

 

Note: George M. Evans is a brother to David S. Evans.  He was raised in Binghamton NY and was a retired member of the West Ohio Conference at the time of his death.

 

EVANS, NORMAN ALFRED

 

Born: 8-21-1946                                                          married: Kay A. _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                    married2: Ellen Janice Kunkle

1969    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2: Susquehanna Conference 2020, 334

            recommended by Scranton  Asbury

1969    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

1972    ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1969-71           student

1971-76           Oxford

1976-80           Binghamton Chenango Street

1980-83           Wilkes-Barre First

1983-88           Greene (ending 11/15/1988)

1988-90           on leave (beginning 11/15/1988)

1990-92           Mansfield First, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1992                transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1992-94           Mansfield First

1994-05           Woolrich

2005-12           Mechanicsburg Mt. Olivet

2012                retired

 

Note: Norman A. Evans is married to Ellen J. Evans of the Susquehanna Conference.

 

EVANS, ZIBA

 

Born: 5-25-1835  Nichols NY                                                married: Emeline Lane

Died: 1-31-1921  Owego NY                                     obit: Wyoming Conference 1891, 81

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Keturah Deyo

1872    exhorter’s                                                        obit2: Wyoming Conference 1920, 116

1872    license local preacher’s license

1874    admitted on trial

1876    ordained deacon

1878    ordained elder

 

Interment: Candor NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1921, 103

 

1874-77           Harford

1877-80           South Danby

1880-82           Spencer

1882-85           North Tioga

1885-88           North Barton

1888-89           Harford

1889-90           on leave

1890-91           North Tioga

1891-93           South Danby

1893-94           on leave

1894-96           Tioga

1896                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Ziba Evans appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 318.  The first husband of the second Mrs. Evans, nee Dykeman, was a Mr. Judson Deyo.

 

EVERETT, NOBLE WARREN

 

Born: 2-20-1827  Wareham MA                                married: Abby Ann H. Sherman (6/15/1857)

Died: 5-8-1906  Wareham MA                                  obit: [4/5/1828 – 12/23/1878]

                                                                                    married2: Harriet Jackson Packard (6/15/1881)

1857    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2: [7/26/1860 – 1/23/1897]

1859    ordained deacon

1861    ordained elder

 

Interment: Centre Cemetery, Wareham MA

Obit:

 

1857-59           Mount Pleasant

1859-61           Woodville

1861-62           Lackawanna

1862-63           located

1863-65           Susquehanna

1865-67           Scranton

1867-69           ?

1869                located

 

Note: N. Warren Everett served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and is the author of the 1898 book Sons of Wareham [Massachusetts].

 

 

FANDT, GEORGE EMRY

 

Born: 1930  Dunkirk NY                                            married: Lillian _____

Died: 8-4-2012  Xenia OH                                         obit:

 

1949    admitted on trial, Central New York Conference

1955    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Rockafield Cemetery, Greene County OH
Obit: Upper New York Conference 2013, 428

 

1949-52           no record

1952-55           student

1955-57           Binghamton – Inman, Wyoming Conference

1957-59           Grandisle Trinity, Western New York Conference

1959-60           Wayland First, Western New York Conference

1950-62           Seneca – Castle

1962-64           no record

1964-66           Kennedy – Ellington, Western New York Conference

1966                “transfer” to United Church of Christ

 

Note: George E. Fandt is a graduate of Houghton College in NY and United Seminary in OH.  He is the author of the 2003 book Beyond Christianity to the Christ.  He is listed among the deceased members in the 2016 Upper New York Conference journal, page 232, as a retired local pastor.

 

 

FARNSWORTH, GEORGE WALKER

 

Born: 12-5-1876  England                                          married: Anna May _____
Died: 7-27-1959  Syracuse NY                                  obit: [1881 – 9/4/1953]

 

1909    admitted on trial

1911    ordained deacon

 

Interment:  Laurel Hill Cemetery, Odessa NY
Obit:

 

1908-10           Foster

1910-13           Maine

1913-15           Windham

1915-16           Danby

1916-18           Hawleyton

1918-20           Hornbrook – Ghent

1920-21           Apalachin

1921-26           on leave

1926                withdrew, page 35

 

Note: in 1946 George Farnsworth of Catharine NY is described as a retired minister assisting on the Odessa, Catharine and Alpine charge of the Central New York Conference.

 

 

FARNSWORTH, LESLIE W.

 

Born: 1-10-1880  Milan PA                                        married: Daisy Mae Carman
Died: 8-14-1951  Alton NY                                       obit: Central New York Conference 1955, 138

 

1907    license

1909    admitted on trial, Central New York Conference

1909    ordained deacon

1912    ordained elder

 

Interment: Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens PA
Obit: Central New York Conference 1952, 127

 

1907-08           Windham – Windham, Summit – Waite’s Corners, Wyoming Conference

1908-09           student, Cazenovia Seminary

                             1908-99      Harford & Harford Mills

1909-11           Clockville

1911-13           DeRuyter

1913-14           Butler Center

1914-16           Fairville & Zurich

1916-17           Fairville

1917-21           Sodus Point & Wallington

1921-24           Clyde

1924-31           East Palmyra & Port Gibson

1931=33          Onondaga Hill

1933-36           Lysander & Little Utica

1936-46           Mottville & Skaneateles Falls

1946                retired

                            Martville & Sterling

                            Warners & Belle Isle

 

 

FAULKNER, JOHN ALFRED

 

Born: 7-11-1857  Grand Pre, Nova Scotia                 married: Helen M. Underwood

Died: 9-6-1931  Madison NJ                                      obit: Wyoming Conference 1946, 445

 

1883    admitted on trial

1883    ordained deacon

1887    ordained elder

 

Interment: Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1932, 800

           

1882-84           Beach Lake

1884-85           Yatesville

1885-87           Scranton Court Street

1887-92           Taylorville

1892-94           Great Bend

1894-97           Binghamton Chenango Street (ending 9/1/97)

1897-31           faculty, Drew Theological Seminary (beginning 0/1/97)

 

Note: John A. Faulkner has made many scholarly contributions, most notably a revision of Hurst’s History of the Christian Church.   A biographical sketch of John A. Faulkner appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 320.

 

FAUX, NORMAN [TED]

 

Born:                                                                           married: Holly Edwards
Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1994    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1995    ordained deacon

1997    ordained elder

 

Interment: 
Obit:

 

1986-90           Courtdale

1990-92           Tremont, Eastern Pennsylvania Conference (ending 7/31/1992)

1992-95           associate, Elm Park (beginning 8/1/1992)

1995-02           Waverly

2002-04           Waverly – Factoryville

2004-08           Chinchilla

2008-10           Lake Ariel

2010                on leave (beginning 10/8/2010 – see 2011, 241)

 

Note: Mrs. Faux is the daughter of James E. Edwards.  Norman Faux left the ministry following a church trial in 2011.  He was arrested in 2014 and sentenced to prison in 2015.

 

FELTON, RALPH ALMON SR.

 

Born: 7-26-1882  Arkansas City KS                          married: Blanche Shimer
Died: 3-3-1974  Alexandria VA                                 obit: Newark Conference 1961, 182

 

license

admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment: Restland Memorial Park, East Hanover NJ
Obit: Northern New Jersey Conference 1974, 225

 

1907-10           faculty, American University in Beirut, Syria

1910-19           rural missionary work, Presbyterian Board of National Missions

1919                “transfer” to Oklahoma Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1919-23           rural missionary work, Board of Home Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1923-30           faculty, Cornell University in Ithaca NY

1930-31           faculty, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1931                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1931-36           faculty, Dre Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1936-40           faculty, Union Theological Seminary in Nanking, China

1940-41           faculty, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1941                transfer to Newark Conference

 

 

FERRIS, LINCOLN ABRAHAM

 

Born: 10-19-1867 North Blenheim NY                     married: Lillian O’Donnel [6/7/1894]
Died: 10-29-1933  Ontario CA                                   obit:

                                                                                    married2: Ida Mabel Simmons [12/2/1915]

?          admitted on trial                                              obit2: Southern California Conference 1957, 331

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale CA
Obit: Southern California Conference 1934, 176

 

                        Newark Conference

1907                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1907-12           Binghamton Tabernacle

1912                transfer to St. Louis Conference

                        Santa Barbara CA

                        San Diego CA

 

 

FESSENDEN, WILLIAM LATHROP

 

Born: 9-10-1816  Montrose PA                                  married: Adaline George

Died: 11-5-1896  Candor NY                                     obit: [8/?/1819 – 1899]

 

1858    license (?)

 

Interment: Maple Grove Cemetery, Candor NY

Obit:

 

1868-69           Flemingville

 

Note: W.L. Fessenden served as a local preacher.  He worked as a furniture maker and undertaker and reportedly later joined the Wesleyan Methodist Church.

 

 

FICHTER, RICHARD HIETT

 

Born: 12-1-1922  Hamilton OH                                 married: Elena Ruiz

Died: 6-3-1977  Cincinnati OH                                  obit: [1/25/1924 – 9/15/1998]

 

1949    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Oxford Cemetery, Oxford OH

Obit:

 

1949-52           Springville

1952                discontinued, page 966

Note: The 1952 Reading Eagle printed the news item:  “Scranton, May 24 (AP) — The Rev. James Gail Garst resigned from the Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Church today in protest against dismissal of a 29-year-old minister who refused to pay income taxes.  Rev. Mr. Garst, serving the Fairdale-Rush Circuit in the Wilkes-Barre district, withdrew his application for full connection with the conference and said ‘it is my way of showing my protest.’  The conference, in executive session at its 102d annual meeting, took action against the Rev. Richard M. Fichter, of Springfield, Pa., who was charged with six rural churches in Susquehanna County.  Rev. Mr. Garst, who came here from the Kansas Conference two years ago, said he plans to go back to Kansas.  Fichter, a deacon in the church, said he refused to pay the federal income taxes as a ‘matter of Christian conscience because of the suicidal armaments race’ the money would support.”  The biographical files contain other articles about Fichter’s unusual exploits.

 

FIGGLES, CHARLES EDWARD

 

Born: 4-22-1848  Muncy PA                                      married: Harriet Adams

Died: 6-12-1938                                                          obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1939, 221

 

1911    local elder, Central New York Conference: page 26

 

Interment: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Mill Hall PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1939, 207

 

1888-89           South Danby, Wyoming Conference

                        Chemung

                        Big Flats

                        Elmira Pennsylvania Avenue

1914                “transfer” to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1914-16           Oriole & Ante Fort (began during the 1913-14 year)

1916                Avis (ending 12/31/16)

1924-26           Westport

 

Note: Charles E. Figgles served as a local pastor and was never a ministerial member of any conference.

 

 

FINCH, ADELBERT D.

 

Born: 6-26-1870  Toddsville NY                               married: Nellie M. Bliss

Died: 10-22-1942  Ithaca NY                                     obit: Wyoming Conference 1935, 643

 

1889    local preacher’s license

1894    ordained local deacon

1898    ordained local elder

1900    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Fly Creek Valley Cemetery, Otsego County NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1943, 612

 

1892-97           Exeter,West Exeter & Schuyler Lake

1897-05           Hartwick

1905-10           Edmeston

1910-17           Worcester

1917-24           Sidney

1924-31           Athens

1931                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Adelbert D. Finch appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 322.

 

FINNEY, ALAN L.

 

Born: 8-27-1940                                                          married: Della Charity Davis
Died: 11-1-2013                                                          obit: [2/7/1944 – 21/11/2017]

 

1976    license, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: North Jackson Cemetery, Jackson PA
Obit:

 

1976-85           Brookvale

1985-02           Franklin Forks

                            1997-99  Brookvale (beginning 11/2/1997)

2002                retired

                            2002-05  Franklin Forks

 

Note: Alan L. Finney served as a local preacher.

FISHER, GILBERT D.

 

Born: 2-21-1867  Brooklyn NY                                 married: Martha J. Young

Died: 3-8-1943                                                            obit: [1868 – 1929]

 

1896    admitted on trial

1898    ordained deacon

1900    ordained elder

 

Interment: Cedar Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Newburgh NY

Obit: New York Conference 1943, 419

 

1896-97           Union Center

1897-99           Franklin Forks

1899-02           Harford PA

1902-04           Apalachin

1904                transfer to New York Conference, page 71

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Gilbert D. Fisher appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 323.

 

FISHER, SIDNEY AVERY

 

Born: 4-18-1857                                                          married: Nellie Bosley Van B.

Died: 1937                                                                  obit: [1872 - ?]

                                                                                    married2: Edith Blanch Lewis

?          ordained, Baptist Church                                obit2: [1/22/1875 – 1936]

 

Interment: Baptist Church Cemetery, West Danby NY

Obit:

 

        -91           Otego NY

1891-               East Worcester NY

1897-05           Ithaca NY Tabernacle Baptist

1910-37           West Danby

                             1928-35      West Danby, Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

 

Note: Sidney Fisher served in the Wyoming Conference as a supply preacher.

 

FISK, WESLEY CHAPIN

 

Born: 9-30-1841  Burlington NY                               married: Frances J. Firman

Died: 8-9-1876  Jackson PA                                       obit:

 

1875    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Burlington Flats Cemetery, Burlington Flats NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1877, 35

 

1873-75           Schuyler’s Lake

1875-76           Pleasant Valley

 

Note:  A brief biography of Wesley C. Fisk appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 184.  This name is also given as WILLIAM C. FISK.  Mrs. Fisk reportedly later married a Frank Hecocks [also given as Hitchcox] and moved west.  Mrs. Fisk may also be the Frances J. Firman (1841-1919) who married a Mr. Arthur B. Spader and is buried in Ohio. 

 

FISKE, JOSEPH ARTHUR

 

Born: 4-13-1922  Dallas PA                                       married: Sarita Ann Runion

Died: 10-26-2014  Stamford NY                                obit: [1/9/1935 – 9/18/2015]

                                                                                   

1947    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference:

?          ordained deacon

1949    ordained elder

 

Interment: [cremated]

Obit:

 

1946-48           Maple Grove

1948-50           Skinner’s Eddy

1950-53           New Berlin NY

1953-58           Greene – Coventry

1958-61           Ashley

1961-68           Oneonta Elm Park

1968-75           withdrew

1975                readmitted, retired

                             1975-79      West Exeter

                             1979-91      Sand Hill

                             2008           no longer listed

 

Note: Joseph A. Fiske is a graduate of Wyoming Seminary, Brothers College and Drew Theological Seminary.

 

FLAHERTY, RUTH A.

 

Born: 10-10-1900  Miners Mill PA                            married: [single]
Died: 4-23-1965  Philadelphia PA                             obit:

 

1927    consecrated deaconess

 

Interment: Riverhurst Cemetery, Endicott NY
Obit: New Jersey Conference 1965, 434

 

                        Cleveland OH

                        Detroit MI

                        Providence RI

                        Mamaroneck NY

                        Methodist Settlement House, Camden NJ (22 years)

 

Note: Miss Ruth A. Flaherty was a graduate of Wyoming Seminary in Kingston PA and the National Training School in Kansas City KS.  For eight years she served as president or vice-president of the Northeastern Jurisdiction of the Deaconess Association.

 

FLEMING, CAROL A.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Scott Loomer
Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          ordained, Presbyterian Church USA

 

Interment: 
Obit:

 

2005-10           Kingston Church of Christ Uniting (beginning 1/5/2005)

2010                “transfer” to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

FLETCHER, DOUGLAS WINSTON

 

Born: 4-22-1913  Binghamton NY                             married: Emily Jane Shaw (9/20/1944)
Died: 8-16-2005                                                          obit: [5/5/1921 – 8/4/2008]

 

1934    admitted on trial

1935    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Floral Park Cemetery, Johnson City NY
Obit:

 

1934-35           student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1935-37           Uniondale

1937-41           Glen Lyon

1941                transfer to New York Conference

                        [sketchy information from his Hamilton College (class of 1933) obituary as follows]

1950’s             United Church in Roscoe

                        First Congregational Church in Courtland NY

1960’s             Faith United Church of Christ in Cleveland OH

1969                several United Church of Christ congregations in Suffolk County NY

                        First Presbyterian Church in Sag Harbor NY

1983                retired, pastor emeritus of Sag Harbor First Presbyterian

                       

Note: Douglas W. Fletcher is the son of Robert E. Fletcher. 

 

 

FLETCHER, ROBERT E.

 

Born: 9-21-1889  Binghamton NY                             married: Mildred Marguerite Meeker

Died: 10-31-1967                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1960, 262

 

1911    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1913    ordained deacon

1915    ordained elder

 

Interment: Floral Park Cemetery, Binghamton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1968, 245

 

1911-14           Tioga Center

1914-16           Lisle

1916-19           student

    1916-17       Port Murray NJ

    1917-19       Barryville NJ

1919-23           Jackson

1923-24           Wells Bridge

1924-26           New Berlin

1926-31           Schenevus

1931-36           Clerk’s Green – Chinchilla

1936-39           Newark Valley

1939-42           Owego

1942-46           Pittston First

1946-50           Hartwick

1950-58           Windsor

1958                retired

                            1961-62       interim, Cortland First Congregational

 

Note: Robert E. Fletcher is the father of Douglas W. Fletcher.

 

 

FLINT, GEORGE YETTER

 

Born: 5-31-1911  Middletown CT                              married: Joy Gaylord Schuyler

Died: 9-15-1976  Fort Lauderdale FL                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1977, 361

 

1932    admitted on trial, Central New York Conference

1934    ordained deacon

1936    ordained elder, New York East Conference

 

Interment: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1977, 234

 

1932-36           student, Yale Divinity School

1936                transfer to New York East Conference

1936-39           Westhampton Beach

1939-41           associate, New York Marble Collegiate

1941                transfer to Newark Conference

1941-47           Morristown

1947-49           superintendent, Newark District

1949                transfer to North-East Ohio Conference

1949-57           Warren First

1957                transfer to Baltimore Conference

1957-61           Baltimore Mt. Vernon Place

1961                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1961-72           Binghamton Tabernacle

1972-73           Vestal First

1973                retired

    1973-76       assistant, Plantation FL

 

Note: George Y. Flint is the son of bishop Charles Wesley Flint (1878-1964).

 

FLINT, THOMAS A.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Janine _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                   

1998    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1998-01           Nanticoke

2001-02           Alderson – Evans Falls (ending 12/1/2001)

 

Note: Thomas A. Flint served as a local preacher and was discontinued 12/1/2001.

 

FLOHR, LEROY WILLIAM

 

Born: 4-25-1934  Cumberland County PA                 married: Joyce E. Pattison
Died:                                                                           obit:

 

 

1961    admitted on trial, Central Pennsylvania Conference EUB

1966    re-admitted on trial, Central Pennsylvania Conference EUB

1971    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: 
Obit:

 

1960-62           Bryansville

1962-64           Lycoming (did not finish second year)

1964-66           withdrew

1966-70           West Nanticoke Calvary and Ransom

1970                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1970-73           West Nanticoke Calvary

1973-85           Union Center

1985-96           Nimmonsburg

1996                retired

    2010  charter member Upper New York Conference

FLORY, SIMON HOWARD

 

Born: 4-29-1866  Stroudsburg PA                              married: Jessica Philipena Crowley

Died: 4-9-1956  Wayne OH                                       obit: Ohio Conference 1948, 236

 

1888    local preacher’s license, Philadelphia Conference

1893    ordained deacon, Philadelphia Conference

1896    ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Ohio Conference 1956, 297

 

1891-93           Richboro and Penn’s Park

1893                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1893-94           Flemingville

1894-96           Rome

1896-98           Apalachin

1898-00           Harford NY

1900-02           Choconut Center

1902-05           Plymouth

1905-08           New Berlin NY

1908-09           Chenango Forks and North Fenton

1909                transfer to East Ohio Conference, page 77

                        Wayne

                        Pemberville

                        Grand Rapids

 

Note: Simon H. Flory is the son of William Siselach Flory (1828-1901), a local preacher in the Philadelphia Conference for about 30 years.  A biographical sketch of Simon H. Flory appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 319.

 

FLOYD, LYMAN C.

 

Born: 3-11-1836  Chemung NY                                 married: Katherine H. Kennedy

Died: 4-9-1916                                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1937, 152

 

1857    exhorter’s license

1862    local preacher’s license

1862    admitted on trial

1864    ordained deacon

1866    ordained elder

 

Interment: Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1916, 114

 

1862-63           Lackawaxen

1863-65           Windsor

1865-66           Mount Pleasant

1866-69           Candor

1869-72           Wilkes-Barre Ross Street

1872-75           Binghamton Centenary

1875-77           Scranton Adams Avenue

1877-81           superintendent, Chenango District

1881-83           Scranton Providence

1883-86           Carbondale

1886-89           Plymouth PA

1889-91           Carbondale

1891-96           Scranton Simpson

1896-02           superintendent, Binghamton District

1902-06           Nanticoke

1906-09           Waverly PA

1909-11           superintendent, Binghamton District

1911-12           on leave

1912                retired

 

Note: Mrs. Floyd is a sister to Mrs. George Forsyth.  A biographical sketch of Lyman C. Floyd appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 321.

 

FLUDE, DAVID WALTER

 

Born: 10-30-1936  London, England                         married: Norma _____

Died: 6-15-1997  South Africa                                   obit: [9/15/1939 – ]

                                                                                    married2: Shirley ____

1966    license, Wyoming Conference                       obit2:

1971    ordained deacon, Indiana Conference

 

Interment: [cremated]

Obit: Missouri West Conference 1998, I-5

 

1966-69           South Sterling

1969-71           Wilkes-Barre St. Paul’s – Bradley Memorial (ending 12/31/1970)

1971                transfer to Indiana Conference

1971-78           General Board of Global Missions (beginning 1/1/1971)

1978-80           United Methodist Heritage Mission

1980-82           Connersville

1982-84           Sellersburg (3ndinng 12/31/83)

1984                United Methodist Heritage Fellow (beginning 1/1/1984)

1984-86           American Leprosy Mission, South Africa

 

Note: David W. Flude and the first Mrs. Flude divorced in 1980.

 

FLURER, JAMES ALBERT

 

Born: 8-30-1947  Darby PA                                       married:
Died: 11-28-2010  West Reading PA                         obit:

 

1972    ordained, United Church of Christ

 

Interment: Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill PA
Obit:

 

1972-77           Tower City PA Trinity and Orwin St. Peter’s

1977-79           Lisle NY Associated Church

1979-10           Bausman Memorial, at Bethany Children’s Home

 

Note:  This name appears in a data base of the Wyoming Conference, but with no further information.  There appears to be no record of any formal connection to or service in the Wyoming Conference.

 

 

FLYNN, JOHN WILLIAM

 

Born: 1-17-1885  Baltimore MD                                married: Myrtha Drucilla Westervelt
Died: 6-18-1952  Elyria Township OH                      obit: East Ohio Conference 1995 (vol. I), 100

 

1911    admitted on trial, Newark Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Brookside Cemetery, Englewoos NJ
Obit: North-East Ohio Conference 1952, 212

 

1911-13           Fort Lee

1913-14           Tenafly

1914-17           Bernardsville

1917-23           Plainfield Monroe Avenue

1923                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1923-28           Oneonta First

1928-39           Binghamton Tabernacle

                             1931-32      exchange pastor in Scotland and England

1939                transfer to North-East Ohio Conference (1/1/1939)

 

Note: John W. Flynn graduated from Dickinson College in 1909 and Fre Theological Achool in 1912.

 

FOLK, CAROL J.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Earl Folk
Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2010    license

 

Interment: 
Obit:

 

2009-10           Loyalville

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-23           Loyalville
                             2020-23      Huntsville

Note: Carol J. Folk served as a local preacher.

 

FOOTE, ADRIAN BABCOCK

 

Born: 9-13-1893  Endicott NY                                   married: Lillian Gibson

Died: 4-29-1958                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1980, 308

 

1917    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Riverhurst Cemetery, Endicott NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1958, 876

 

1917-18           student

1918                “transfer” to North Dakota Conference [see 1919 journal, page 57]

1918-23           Chester

1923-24           Hudson

1924                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1924-27           Great Bend

1927-29           Apalachin – Little Meadows

1929-32           Whitney Point – Willet

1932-37           Plymouth

1937-41           Forty Fort

1941-47           superintendent, Scranton District

1947-54           Endicott Central

1954-58           superintendent, Binghamton District

 

 

FORRED, WALTER ALFRED

 

Born: 9-10-1915  PA                                                  married: Gertrude Marie _____

Died: 7-?-1969                                                            obit: [2/27/1918 – 12/?/1991]

 

1940    license, Wyoming Conference

1947    admitted on trial, Southern New England Conference

 

Interment: Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion SD

Obit:

 

1940-41           Auburn

1941-44           Maple Grove

1944-47           student

                            1944-45       Orleans – Eastham

                            1945-47       Bryantville – West Duxbury

1947                “transfer” to Southern New England Conference

1947-50           Bryantville – West Duxbury

1950                transfer to North Dakota Conference

1950-56           Lisbon

1956                transfer to South Dakota Conference

1956-62           Vermillion

1962-63           student

1963-66           on leave

1966                located

 

 

 

FORSYTH, GEORGE

 

Born: 1-26-1835  Gateshead, England                       married: Emily Jane Miller

Died: 5-6-1916  Avalon PA                                        obit: [11/1/1844 – 6/9/1872]

                                                                                    Married2: Hattie Lamb

1862    local preacher’s license                                   obit2: [10/6/1840 – 9/2/1888]

1867    admitted on trial                                              married3: Julia Kennedy

1869    ordained deacon                                              obit3: Wyoming Conference 1944, 852

1871    ordained elder

 

Interment: Evergreen Cemetery, Owego NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1917, 113

 

1867-71           faculty, Wyoming Seminary

1871-72           Gibson and Jackson

1872                transfer to East Main Conference

1873-82           principal, East Maine Conference Seminary

1881                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1881-84           Susquehanna

1884-87           Owego

1887-90           Scranton Providence

1890-95           Nanticoke

1895-01           superintendent, Owego District

1901-03           Binghamton Chenango Street

1903-07           on leave

1907                retired

 

Note: This surname is sometimes rendered FORSYTHE.  The third Mrs. Forsyth is a sister to Mrs. Lyman C. Floyd.  A biographical sketch of George Forsyth appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 322.

 

FORTUNA-BLAKE, GLADYS

 

Born:                                                                           married: Gerald Blake
Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1991    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1995    ordained deacon

 

Interment: 
Obit:

 

1991-95           Waverly PA

1995-98           Scranton St. Paul’s

1998-03           Hancock Emory

2003-10           Daleville

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change
2010-11           Daleville
2011                retired
                             2012-13      Scranton St. Paul’s (beginning 1/1/2013)

Note: Gerald Blake is an ordained member of the Wyoming Conference.

FOX, HUBBARD

           

Born: 3-1-1818  Sherburne NY                                  married: Sally Maria Finch
Died: 11-19-1892  Norwich NY                                 obit: Wyoming Conference 1895, 88

 

1848    license, Congregational Church

 

Interment:  Mount Hope Cemetery, Norwich NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1893, 84

 

1848-54           Congregational Church

1854-55           ?

1855                “transfer” to Oneida Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1855-56           Borodino

1856-57           Amber

1857-58           Preble

1858-60           West Eaton

1860-61           Fayetteville

1861-63           Pratt’s Hollow

1863-65           Fabius

1865-66           Cardiff

1866-68           New Woodstock

1868-69           Westford

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1869-70           Westford

1870-71           Schenevus

1871-72           Whitney’s Point

1872-73           Marathon

1873-75           Sherburne

1875-77           Smyrna

1877-78           on leave

1878                retired

 

Note:  A brief biography of Hubbard Fox appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 184. 

 

FRALICK, RONALD E.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Jo Ann _____
Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          ordained, American Baptist Convention

 

Interment: 
Obit:

 

1992-10           Middlefield NY

2010                charter member Upper New York Conference

Note: Ronald E. Fralick served in the Wyoming Conference as an ordained Baptist minister.

FRANCE, HENRY HAINES

 

Born: 1-5-1798  Schoharie NY                                  married: Hannah Moak (3/8/1818)

Died: 9-?-1867  Minden NY                                      obit:

 

Interment: Freysbush Cemetery, Minden NY

Obit:

 

1865-66           South Danby

 

Note: Henry H. France served as a local preacher.  It is reported that his brother David H. France also served as a local preacher, and that seven other France brothers were Methodist class leaders.

 

FRANK, LEON H. JR.

 

Born: 11-29-1926                                                        married: Dorothy Marie _____
Died: 2013                                                                  obit: Upper New York Conference 2012, 289

 

1975    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1981    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Thompson Cemetery, Thompson PA
Obit: Upper New York Conference 2014, 445

 

1965-71           Nanticoke

1971-79           Endicott Wesley

1979-89           Vestal Calvary

1989                retired

                            1993-95       Nanticoke NY (beginning 1/1/1993)

                            1997-01       Thompson

                            2001-08       Lake Como (beginning 9/1/2001)

    2010            charter member Upper New York Conference
                2010-11       Johnson City and West Chenango Abbott (beginning 12/1/2010)
                2011-12       West Chenango Abbot

 

FRASER, HARRY CARLETON

 

Born: 5-14-1885  Rochester NY                                married: Louise E. Schell
Died: 12-26-1966  Pomona CA                                  obit: [2/5/1888 – 11/1/1970]

 

1917    admitted on trial

1917    ordained deacon

1918    ordained elder

 

Interment: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington VA
Obit: North Carolina Conference 1967, 167

 

1917-18           chaplain, U.S. Army

1918                transfer to Iowa Conference

1918-50           chaplain, U.S. Army

1950                retired

                             assistant, Glendale CA First

 

 

Note: Mrs. Fraser is the daughter of Edwin A. Schell (1859-1937) of the Northwest Indiana Conference and a president of Iowa Wesleyan College.

 

 

FREAR, CHARLES ALFRED

 

Born: 1-23-1876  Unadilla NY                                   married: J. Blanche Every

Died: 6-8-1913  Unadilla NY                                     obit: [1884-1975]

 

1903    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1905    ordained deacon

1907    ordained elder

 

Interment: Evergreen Hill Cemetery, Unadilla NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1914, 101

 

1903-06           Cooperstown Junction

1906-07           Willett

1907-09           Smyrna

1909-13           Portlandville and Cooperstown Junction

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Charles A. Frear appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 323.

 

FREDERICK, ROGER L.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Carolyn _____
Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1997    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1998    ordained deacon

2000    ordained elder

 

Interment: 
Obit:

 

1997-00           North Fenton

2000-06           Newton

2006-10           Vestal Center

2010                charter member Upper New York Conference by boundary change

 

FREDERICK, W.E.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1918-19           Herrickville (last part of the year – see 1919, 87)

 

Note: W.E. Frederick is reported to have once served the Ebenezer Holiness Church in Allentown.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

FREELOVE, M. ERFORD

 

Born: 6-28-1899  Lisle NY                                        married: Marion Pritchard

Died: 7-29-1993                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1998, 321

 

1948    license , Wyoming Conference

1959    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Chenango Valley Cemetery, Binghamton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1994, 329

 

1948-50           New Milford

1950-52           Binghamton Oak Street

1952-56           Hawleyton

1956-68           Candor

1968                retired

                            1973-82  assistant, Johnson City

 

FREEMAN, FRANCIS

 

Born: 1-22-1897  Grangetown England                     married: Madge Renton Edwards

Died: 10-21-1973  Flemington NJ                              obit: Wyoming Conference 1996, 328

 

1919    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1921    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Laurelwood Cemetery, Stroudsburg PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1974, 287

 

1917-18           Nay Aug

1918-19           ?

1919-21           Harford

1922-24           student

                            Altmar, Northern New York Conference

1923-25           Jackson

1925-28           Skinner’s Eddy

1928-33           Moosic

1933-42           Dallas

1942-48           Wilkes-Barre Firwood

1948-60           Johnson City

1960-66           superintendent, Oneonta District

1966                retired

 

 

FREEMAN, LEWIS GILES

 

Born: 8-21-1883  Factoryville PA                              married: Mabel J. Travis

Died:  8-23-1949  Scranton PA                                  obit: [1888-1966]

 

1919    license, Wyoming Conference

1922    admitted on trial

1924    ordained deacon

1926    ordained elder

 

Interment: Fairview Cemetery, Lake Winola PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1950, 534

 

1919-22           Heart Lake – Alford

1922-26           Beach Lake – Narrowsburg

1926-27           Lake Ariel

1927-33           Old Forge

1933-40           Scranton Embury

1940-42           Nicholson

1042-44           Apalachin – Warren Center

1944-45           on leave

1945                retired

                            1945-46       Jermyn (started in midyear: see 1946, 350)

                            1946-48       Gouldsboro

                            1948-49       Pleasant Mount

                            1949            Afton

 

 

FREIDENBURG, LELAND D.

 

Born: 2-17-1904                                                          married: Ruth Haupt
Died: 10-2-1964 Wilkes-Barre PA                             obit: [7/6/1913 – 5/26/2017]

 

Interment: Forest Hill Cemetery, Dunmore PA
Obit:

 

1937-39           Hawley

1939-41           Old Forge

1941-46           chaplain, US Army

1946-47           on leave

 

Note: Leland D. Freidenburg served for 13 years as executive director of the Scranton Goodwill Industries.

 

FRENCH, EDWARD

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                   

Interment:

Obit:

 

1912-13           Triangle

 

Note: Edward French served as a supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

FREY, JOHN G.

 

Born: 11-28-1885  Luzerne PA                                  married: Caroline Palmer

Died: 9-30-1957  Vestal NY                                      obit: Wyoming Conference 1955, 2069

 

1909    license, Wyoming Conference

1910    admitted on trial

1912    ordained deacon

1914    ordained elder

 

Interment: Moscow PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1958, 878

 

1910-11           Davenport Center

1911-15           Clarks Green

1915-21           Moscow

1921-27           Plymouth PA

1927-28           Dynmore

1928-37           Endicott First

1937-41           Johnson City Sarah Jane Johnson Memorial

1941-50           Dunmore

1950-56           Thompson

1956                retired

 

FRIEND, RICHARD A.

 

Born:                                                                           married:
Died:                                                                           obit:

 

 

Interment: 
Obit:

 

1971-75           Itaska

 

Note: Richard A. Friend served as a local preacher.

 

 

FRINK, ROBERT MARC

 

Born: 11-25-1953                                                        married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1979    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference

 

1979-81           student

1981-83           Unadilla – Sidney Center (ending 10/31/1983)

1983-86           on leave (beginning 11/1/1983)

                        “transfer” to Great Plains Conference

2019                retired

 

 

Note: Marc Frink served in the Great Plains Conference as a local pastor.

 

FRISBY, WILLIAM

 

Born: 9-29-1852  Cottesmore, England                     married: Jennie L. Morris

Died: 1-28-1906  Bainbridge NY                               obit: Wyoming Conference 1943, 616

 

1884    local preacher’s license, Hedding NY

1885    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1887    ordained deacon

1889    ordained elder

 

Interment: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Sidney NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1906, 110

 

1885-87           Stoddartsville

1887-89           New Berlin NY and Columbus

1889-93           Guilford

1893-94           Whitney's Point

1894-97           Oxford

1897-99           Taylor

1899-03           Sidney

1903-05           Binghamton Clinton Street

1905-06           Bainbridge

 

Note: Following the death of William Frisby, Mrs. Frisby married Theodore Clark (1844-1916) of the New York East Conference; Chaffee gives her maiden name as NORRIS.  A biographical sketch of William Frisby appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 324.

 

FROST, URIAH B.

 

Born: 1869                                                                  married: Alice Emma Tingley (1894)
Died: 1953                                                                  obit: 1876-1951

 

 

Interment: Vestal Park Cemetery, Vestal NY
Obit:

 

1904-06           Geneva, Erie Conference of the United Brethren Church

1906-08           Odin, “

1911-12           West Exeter, Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

 

Note: U.B. Frost served as a supply preacher in the Wyoming Conference and may not be the Uriah B. Frost whose personal information is given above. 

 

 

FULCOMER, WILLIS NATHANIEL

 

Born: 10-25-1870  Wrightsville PA                           married: Ella Jane Keiser
Died: 8-17-1957  Pinellas Park FL                             obit: [9/25/1870 – 6/20/1922]

                                                                                    married2: Nell Duff Pollock

                                                                                    obit2: [12/6/1881 – 12/16/1973]
1895    license, Central Pennsylvania Conference of the United Evangelical Church

1897    ordained deacon
1899    ordained elder

 

Interment: Evangelical Cemetery, Jacobus PA
Obit:

1895-96           Bendersville
1896-97           Dillsburg circuit
1897-00           Fishing Creek Valley
1900-04           Warrensville
1904-07           Bellwood
1907-09           Yorkana
1909-10           Dallastown
1910                transfer to Oregon Conference
1911                transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1911-12           Scranton
1912                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1912-14           Scranton Tripp Park

1914                withdrew

 

Note: Willis N. Fulcomer is a brother to Central Pennsylvania preachers Edward A. Fulcomer (1869-1936) of the Evangelical Church and George M.W. Fulcomer (1876-1947) of the Methodist Church.  He later became a Presbyterian minister and served in Crawford County IA.

 

 

FULLER, MOSES D.

 

Born: 9-6-1845  Wantage NJ                                      married: Joanna Hoel

Died: 9-25-1928  Orlando FL                                     obit: Wyoming Conference 1933, 171

 

1868    local preacher’s license, Dingman’s Choice of the Newark Conference

1869    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1871    ordained deacon

1873    ordained elder

 

Interment: Greenwood Cemetery, Orlando FL

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1929, 129

 

1868-70           Paupack

1870-71           Herrick Center

1871-74           Hale's Eddy

1874-77           Tallmansville [Lake Como]

1877-80           Damascus

1880-83           Skinner's Eddy

1883-86           Ashley

1886-90           Wyoming

1890-95           Scranton Providence

1895-00           Owego

1900-05           Jermyn

1905-10           superintendent, Honesdale District

1910-12           Norwich

1912                retired

 

Note: Moses D. Fuller is the father of Floyd E. Fuller (1872-1899) of the St. John’s River Conference.  The obituary for Mrs. Fuller lists her given name as Joanno.  A biographical sketch of Moses D. Fuller appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 324.

 

FULTON, SILAS CLARK   

 

Born: 7-8-1847  Wallace, Nova Scotia                       married: Mary Emma Oakes [7/18/1872]

Died:                                                                           obit: [c1842 - ?]

 

1871    local preacher’s license, Vermont Conference

1874    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1875    ordained deacon

1877    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1870-72           Frederickton, New Brunswick

1872-73           Marysville, New Brunswick

1873-74           Bradford VT

1874                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1874-75           Unadilla

1875-76           Plymouth PA

1876-78           Nichols

1878-80           Oxford

1880-82           Pittston

1882-84           Wilkes-Barre Central

1884-86           financial agent, Centennial Endowment

1886-87           Scranton Providence

1887-90           on leave

1890                retired

                            1896  withdrew

 

Note: Silas C. Fulton is the brother of Rev. Jotham McCully Fulton of the Wesleyan connection and a cousin to Mr. Silas Fulton, the first man married [1894] in Scranton’s new Elm Park church.

 

FUREY, BEVERLY M.

 

Born:                                                                           married:
Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment: 
Obit:

 

2003-08           Schenevus NY

 

Note: Beverly M. Furey served as a local preacher.

 

FUREY, THOMAS MAY

 

Born: 5-21-1860  Springville PA                               married: Martha Anna Wilson

Died: 10-18-1948  Williamsport PA                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1935, 645

 

1881    exhorter’s license, Haddington in the Philadelphia Conference

1883    local preacher’s license, Loyalsock in the Central Pennsylvania Conference

1883    admitted on trial, Virginia Conference

1887    ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Huntersville, Lycoming County PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1949, 536

 

1881-82           Berrysburg, Philadelphia Conference

1882-83           Fairfield, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1883-84           Vienna, Virginia Conference

1884                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1884-86           Fairdale

1886-87           Oakland

1887-88           Union Center

1888-91           Lake Como

1891-92           Thompson

1892-95           Yatesville

1895-96           Wanamie

1896-98           Rendham [Old Forge] Stewart Memorial

1898-02           Mountain Top

1902-04           Yatesville

1904-18           Children’s Home Society of Pennsylvania

1918-21           Hamlin

1921-23           mission pastor, Scranton Court Street

1923-27           Harford PA

1927-33           Scranton West Park

1933                retired

 

Note: Thomas M. Furey is the son of Rev. John Groves Furey (c1824-c1905) of the Episcopal Church (Milton and Connellsville) and grandson (through his mother) of John Rhoades (1783-1843) of the Baltimore Conference.  He is also the brother of John R. Furey of the Central Pennsylvania Conference.  He author of the hymn “Shall I Wait?”  A biographical sketch of Thomas M. Furey appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 325.

 

FURMAN, EDWARD K.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Betty Lou Henry
Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1986    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1989    ordained deacon

 

Interment: 
Obit:

 

1982-87           Lake Como

1987-89           Jermyn (ending 10/31/1989)

1989-97           Zimbabwe Annual Conference (beginning 11/1/1989 and ending 12/31/1996)

1997                retired (beginning 1/1/1997)

     2010  transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Mrs. Furman is the daughter of Charles D. Henry.

 

GABRIEL, THEODORE D.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Lori Steffensen
Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment: 
Obit:

 

2008-10           Courtdale and Larksville

 

Note: Theodore D. Gabriel served as a local preacher.  Lori Steffensen is an ordained elder in the Wyoming Conference.

 

GAGE, MARTY EUGENIA

 

Born: 1-21-1896  LeRaysville PA                              married: [never married]

Died: 2-4-1941  Johnson City NY                              obit:

 

1937    ordained deaconess, Wyoming Conference

 

 

Interment: LeRaysville PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1941, 167

 

                        Girls’ School, Norfolk VA

                        Girls’ School, Alexandria VA

                        Rome Custodial Asylum, Haverstraw NY

1935-41           Children’s Home of the Wyoming Conference

 

 

GAIGE, LINDA J.

 

Born:                                                                           married:
Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment: 
Obit:

 

2004-07           Lounsberry (beginning 8/1/2008)

2007-08           Binghamton Centenary – Chenango Street

 

Note: Linda J. Gaige served as a local preacher.

 

GAISER, JAMES ANDREW

 

Born: 3-7-1914  Oil City PA                          married: Fleda Zeigler
Died: 10-12-2000  Union Dale PA                 obit: Wyoming Conference 1994, 330

 

1936    admitted on trial, Erie Conference

1937    ordained deacon

1939    ordained elder

 

Interment: 
Obit: Wyoming Conference 2001,189

 

1937-39           West Middlesex

1939-43           Girard

1943-47           Westfield

1947-50           New Castle

1950                transfer to Pittsburgh Conference

1950-59           Irwin

1959-62           McKeesport

1962-67           superintendent, Washington District

1967                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1967-75           Scranton Elm Park [beginning 5/7/1967]

1975-76           sabbatical leave

1976                retired

 

Note: James A. Gaiser is a brother to Harold Kenfield Gaiser (1904-1971) of the Western New York Conference.  He is the author of the book So We Went around the World.

 

GALLANDORM, GEORGE W.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Katie C. _____
Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                    married2: Judi _____

Interment:                                                                   obit2:
Obit:

 

1994-96           Lake Como (beginning 10/1/1994)

1996-99           Stewart Memorial

1999-04           Damascus (beginning 7/15/1999)

2004-10           Sherburne – Smyrna

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: George M. Gallandorm served as a local preacher.

 

GALLICK, DAVID EDWARD

 

Born:                                                                           married: Colleen _____
Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1988    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference: recommended by Nanticoke

1988    ordained deacon

1991    ordained elder

 

Interment: 
Obit:

 

1988-89           student, Lancaster Theological Seminary

1989-92           Plains and Wilkes-Barre Bennett-Derr (ending 1/3/1992)

1992-10           Bethany Counseling Ministry, Allentown PA (beginning 1/3/1992)

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-13           Bethany Counseling Ministry, Allentown PA (ending 11/1/2013)

2013-14           on leave (beginning 11/1/2013)

2014                retired

 

GALLUP, BRUCE JOHN

 

Born: 12-16-1949                                                        married: Sarah Louise _____
Died:                                                                           obit: [12/27/1949 - ]

 

recommended by Old South, Reading MA

1976    ordained deacon

1977    ordained elder

 

Interment: 
Obit:

 

1975-78           Lake Ariel

1978-80           associate, Scranton Elm Park

1980-85           Waverly NY

1985-03           Mountaintop Christ

2003-08           on leave

2008                retired

    2010  transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

 

GALPIN, STEPHEN D.

 

Born: 5-25-1850  Fairfield NY                                   married: Kate Miracle

Died: 6-13-1927  Candor NY                                     obit: Wyoming Conference 1942, 392

 

1870    license, Baptist Church

1885    admitted on trial

1887    ordained deacon

1889    ordained elder

 

Interment: Maple Grove Cemetery, Candor NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1928, 143

 

1870-84           Baptist Church

1884-85           ?

1885                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1885-87           North Tioga

1887-90           Litchfield

1890-93           Harford NY

1893-94           Willet

1894-95           South Danby

1895-98           on leave

1898-99           South Danby

1899-01           Flemingville

1901-04           Danby

1904-06           North Clinton

1906-09           Castle Creek

1909-11           Sanitaria Springs

1911-13           Davenport Center

1913-16           Sidney Center

1916-18           Oakland

1918                retired

 

Note: Some sources report Mrs. Galpin’s maiden name as MERICLE.  A biographical sketch of Stephen D. Galpin appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 326.

 

GAMBLE, ROY FRANKLIN

 

Born: 3-25-1891  Saskatchewan Canada                   married: Irene Mabel Fennell
Died: 4-?-1969  East Bloomfield NY                         obit: [1897 – 1974]

 

?          ordained, Congregational Church

 

Interment: East Bloomfield Cemetery, East Bloomfield NY
Obit:

 

1937-40           Maine

 

Note: Roy F. Gamble served Maine as a federated church.

 

GAMBOA, CONRADO M.

 

Born:                                                                           married:
Died: 11-?-1892                                                          obit:

 

1880    admitted on trial

1880    ordained deacon

1884    ordained elder

 

Interment: 
Obit:

 

1884-85           Siloa

 

Note: Conrado Gamboa served in Mexico and was one of the first graduates of the Methodist Theological School in Puebla.  It appears that his connection (along with Justo M. Euroza and Simon Loza) with the Wyoming Conference was only “on paper” – a necessary formality since the Mexico Conference had not yet been organized.  He died of yellow fever after volunteering to visit the coast district for the American superintendent.  More information on Conrado Gamboa may be found in John Wesley Butler’s 1918 History of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Mexico.  Mrs. Gamboa was from the Mexican village of Omitlan, eight miles from Pachuca.

 

GARDINOR, ROBERT ELLIOT

 

Born: 1-13-1875  New York NY                                married: Anna Perry

Died: 2-1-1946  Eugene OR                                       obit: Wyoming Conference 1961, 220

 

1910    admitted on trial, New York Conference

 

Interment: Rest Haven Memorial Park, Wendling OR

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1946, 450

 

1910-13           Ridgebury

1913-16           Napanock

1916-19           Callicoon

1919-25           on leave

1925                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1925-27           Union Center

1927-28           Mount Upton

1928-30           Harpursville

1930-31           Scranton Bradley Memorial

1931-33           Harford

1933-34           New York State Civic League

1934-40           on leave

1940                retired

 

Note: Robert E. Gardinor is the son of Rev. William Gardinor of the Baptist Church.

 

GARDNER, MAURICE E.

 

Born: 5-14-1910  South Gibson PA                           married: Margaret Silfee

Died:  11-5-1975                                                         obit: [1913-2003]

 

1946    ordained local deacon, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Evergreen Cemetery, Berkshire NY

Obit:

 

1946-48           Harford

1948-50           Berkshire

1953-63           Flemingville

1963-66           not appointed

1966-73           Harford

 

Note: Maurice E. Gardner served as a local pastor, in and around his home town of Berkshire, while working a secular job.

 

 

GARST, JAMES GAIL

 

Born: 10-8-1923  Madison KS                                               married: Margaret Elaine Erhardt
Died: 11-3-1956  St. Louis MO                                              obit: [6/24/1926 – 1/5/2005 ]

 

1942    license, Kansas Conference

1950    admitted on trial, Kansas Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Overbrook Cemetery, Osage County KS
Obit: Kansas Conference 1957, 308

 

1942-44           student, Baker University

                            1942-43  Olpe

                            1943-44  Rantoul – Plum Creek – Lane

1944-46           U.S. Marine Corps

1946-48           Harveyville

1948-49           student, Boston University School of Theology

1949-52           student, Drew Theological Seminary

    1951-52  Fairdale-Rush, Wyoming Conference

1952                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1952                withdrew

1952                “transfer” to Kansas Conference

1952-55           Overbrook

1955-56           Burlington

Note:  The preferred name appears to be Gail Garst.  The 1952 Reading Eagle carried this news item: “Scranton, May 24(AP) — The Rev. James Gail Garst resigned from the Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Church today in protest against dismissal of a 29-year-old minister who refused to pay income taxes.  Rev. Mr. Garst, serving the Fairdale-Rush Circuit in the Wilkes-Barre district, withdrew his application for full connection with the conference and said ‘it is my way of showing my protest.’  The conference, in executive session at its 102d annual meeting, took action against the Rev. Richard M. Fichter, of Springfield, Pa., who was charged with six rural churches in Susquehanna County.  Rev. Mr. Garst, who came here from the Kansas Conference two years ago, said he plans to go back to Kansas.  Fichter, a deacon in the church, said he refused to pay the federal income taxes as a ‘matter of Christian conscience because of the suicidal armaments race’ the money would support.”  His obituary states that “miracles had resulted in his bringing renewed interest” at Burlington – which changed from “pews that had been occupied only at Christmas and Easter” to “almost capacity crowds every Sunday.”

 

GATES, MYRON JAMES

 

Born: 9-?-1868  Warren County NY                          married: Mary Elizabeth Tripp

Died: 1948  Warren County NY                                obit: [6/8/1893 – 10/6/1970]

 

 

Interment: Warrensburg Cemetery, Warrensburg NY

Obit:

 

1926-28           Hale Eddy

 

1933                Glen Falls NY Gospel Tabernacle

 

Note: M.J. Gates served as a supply preacher.  His 6-21-1948 funeral service was held in the Free Methodist Church.  He is the father of Rev. Alice M. Gates Godfrey (1927 [Hale Eddy] – 2021), an ordained deacon in the Keystone Conference of the Free Methodist Church.  Miss Alice Gates and Miss Enna Bracken founded the Melody Home in Chicago and co-pastored Free Methodist churches in northern Pennsylvania.  She married a Mr. Howard Godfrey (1926-2011) in 2003.  Mrs. Gates is the granddaughter of Rev. Joseph Tripp (1822-1912) of the Free Will Baptist Church.

 

GATES, PARKER J.

 

Born: 8-?-1834  PA                                                    married: Minerva Paulina Haverly [11/19/1856]
Died: 1-10-1912  Richmond County NY                   obit: [6/20/1838 – 2/10/1922]

 

1870    license

1876    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Flushing Cemetery, Queens NY
Obit:

 

1870-71           Rush

1876-78           Union Center

1878                no longer listed

1883-85           Oregon

 

Note: Listed as a member of conference 1876-78, Parker J. Gate served as a local preacher before and after those dates.  He appears to have permanently settled on Staten Island NY about 1890, where he continued as a local preacher and a deputy sheriff.  In 1895 he received a patent for a device connected with fire escapes.

 

GAUSTAD, RICHARD I.

 

Born: 11-14-1927                                                        married: Jeanne V. _____

Died: 10-9-2015  Florida                                            obit: [3/28/1923 - ]

 

admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment: [cremated, ashes given to family]

Obit:

 

1985-88           Thompson (beginning 10/15/1985)

1988-89           Ransom

1989                no longer listed

 

Note. Richard I. Gaustad served as a local preacher.  He appears to have originally been from Minnesota and retired to Florida.

 

GAVITT, WILLIAM H.

           

Born: 3-4-1833  Springville PA                                 married: Mary Louisa Blakeslee
Died: 12-21-1883  Center Moreland PA                    obit: Wyoming Conference 1933, 162

 

1860    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1862    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Lynn Cemetery, Susquehanna County PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1884, 58

 

1860-61           Gibson

1861-63           Auburn

1863-64           Paupack

1864-66           chaplain, US Army

1866-68           South Danby

1868-70           Hornbrook

1870-71           Shepherd’s Creek

1871-72           Caroline

1872-74           Harpursville

1874-77           Greene

1877-80           Clifford

1880-82           Sterling

1882-83           Northmoreland

 

Note:  A brief biography of William H. Gavitt appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 186.

 

GENDALL, FRANCIS

           

Born: 1-28-1845  Trigaminion, Cornwall ENG         married: Grace Bolitho White
Died: 8-26-1902  Peckville PA                                  obit: Wyoming Conference 1924, 137

 

1864    local preacher’s license, England

1868    license, England

1874    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1874    ordained deacon

1878    ordained elder

 

Interment: Prospect Cemetery, Peckville PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1903, 100

 

1867-68           Redruth and Camborne

1868-70           Scilly Isles mission

1870-71           Truro

1871-73           on leave, moves to America

1873-74           Beach Lake, Wyoming Conference

1874                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1874-76           South Canaan

1876-79           Waymart

1879-81           Peckville

1881-84           Newton

1884-85           Nanticoke

1885-88           Waverly and Clark’s Green

1888-90           Dallas

1890-93           Schenevus

1893-98           Jermyn

1898-99           Plains

1899-00           Taylor

1900-02           Peckville

 

Note:  Francis Gendall is the uncle of William L. Gendall.  A brief biography of Francis Gendall appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 186.

 

GENDALL, WILLIAM L.

           

Born: 10-18-1874  Williams Station PA                    married: Harriet Jane Corkill
Died: 10-11-1957  Wilkes-Barre PA                          obit: [4/23/1876 – 12/3/1948]

 

1933    license, East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical church,

 recommended by Wilkes-Barre Salem

 

Interment: Hanover Green Cemetery, Luzerne County PA
Obit: Northeastern Conference 1958, 799

 

1899-01           Plainsville

 

Note: William L. Gendall is the nephew of Francis Gendall.  Heserved Plainsville and Old Forge while a student at Wyoming Seminary.  In the Evangelical Church he served in mission situations and supported himself by working as an electrical contractor.  In 1905 he established Grace mission in Wilkes-Barre and continued in the work for 18 years.  For 63 years (1894-1957) he served as chaplain and leader of religious services at the Retreat State Hospital.

GEORGE, ERNEST CLARENCE JR.

 

Born: 8-21-1901  Plymouth, England                        married: E. Louise Smith

Died: 12-18-1974                                                        obit: Eastern Pennsylvania Conference 2007, 59

 

1930    admitted on trial

1932    ordained deacon

1934    ordained elder

 

Interment: Evergreen Cemetery, Shavertown PA

Obit: Eastern Pennsylvania Conference 1975, 770

 

1930-35           Lake Como

1935-37           Montdale

1937-39           Gouldsboro

1939-41           Berkshire NY

1941-43           Lanesboro

1943-44           Bainbridge NY

1944-47           Otego NY

1947-49           Whitney NY

1949-56           Tioga Center & Smithboro NY

1956-58           Hawleytown NY

1958-60           Worcester NY

1960-63           Susquehanns

1963                transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1963-64           Birdsboro (ending 12/1964)

1964-66           Georgetown and Mount Pleasant (beginning 12/1964)

1966-68           Thorndale

1968                retired

                            1968-74  Clearfield and Marticville

 

Note: Mrs. George was a Methodist deaconess.

 

GEORGE, KENNETH HOWARD

 

Born: 05-04-1946                                                        married: Kathryn Asher

Died:                                                                           obit: Wyoming Conference 2004, 206

 

 

Interment: Fern Knoll Burial Park, Dallas PA

Obit:

 

1979-80           Wilkes-Barre Bennett Memorial

1980-84           Wilkes-Barre Bennet Memorial and Derr Memorial

1984-85           Wilkes-Barre Bennett-Derr

1985-89           Wilkes-Barre Brnnett-Derr and Plains

1989                no longer listed

 

Note: Kenneth H. George served as a local preacher.  Other records list him as pastor of the Puritan Congregational Church in Wilkes-Barre.

 

 

GEORGE, WILLIAM

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1973-75           Springville – Dimock

1975                no longer listed

 

Note: William George served as a local preacher.

 

 

GERE, PAUL WILLIAM

 

Born: 10-10-1926  Brooklyn PA                                married: Mary Overton Brown
Died:                                                                           obit: [2/1/1931 - ]

 

1958    license, recommended by Binghamton Tabernacle

1964    admitted on trial, Northern New York Conference

1964    ordained deacon

1968    ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: 
Obit:

 

1958-62           Hartwick

1962-64           Bernhard’s Bay, Central New York Conference

1964                “transfer” to Northern New York Conference

1965-67           North Shore Parish

1967-68           associate, Endwell, Wyoming Conference

1968                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1968-69           associate, Endwell     

1969-71           Great Bend

1971-72           Scranton Simpson

1972-80           Scranton Team Ministry

1981-89           chaplain, United Churches

1989                retired

                            1989-10  Lackawanna Prison Ministries

    2010        transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

GERMON, WILLIAM SPEAKE

 

Born: 12-13-1869  MD                                               married: Elsie Irene Phoebus

Died: 12-14-1922  Gibson PA                                    obit:

 

1892    exhorter’s license, Baltimore Conference

1893    local preacher’s license

1893    admitted on trial, Southern California Conference

1896    ordained deacon

1902    ordained elder

 

Interment: Gaithersburg MD

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1923, 133

 

1892-94           San Miguel and Addelaide (beginning 11/29/1892)

1894-96           Santa Barbara East Side

1896-97           Creston and Shandon

1897-98           student

                             Hagerstown MD Washington Square

                             Brunswick MD

1898-00           on leave

                             1898-00  Gaithersburg MD  (beginning 3/1898)

1900-01           Pasadena Lamanda Park

1901-03           Tehachapi and Cumings Valley

1903                transfer to Illinois Conference

1903-04           Bath and Kilbourne

1904-07           Greenfield circuit

1907-08           Morrisville-Shiloh

1908-10           Cowden

1910-11           Quincy Grace

1911                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1911-13           Lake Como

1913-15           Clifford

1915-17           West Nicholson

1917-19           Orson

1919-21           Sterling

1921-22           Gibson

 

 

GERMOND, ROBERT EVERETT

 

Born: 2-3-1930  Binghamton NY                               married: Margaret Mary Dougherty
Died: 1-22-2014  Mechanicsburg PA                         obit: Susquehanna Conference 2013, 264

 

1954    license, Wyoming Conference

1955    ordained deacon

1957    ordained elder

 

Interment: 
Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2014, 258

 

1954-58           Beach Lake

1958-60           Peckville

1960-65           Trucksville

1965-69           Union Center

1969-72           Forty Fort

1972-77           Oneonta First

1977-82           superintendent, Binghamton District

1982-86           conference administrator

1986-94           Chenango Bridge

1994                retired

    2010  transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

 

GEYER, GEORGE S.

 

Born: 4-30-1908                                                          married: Gladys Marie _____

Died: 2-28-2001                                                          obit: Southern New Jersey Conference 1994, 231

 

1947    admitted on trial, Western New York Conference

 

Interment: Siloam Methodist Cemetery, Boothwyn PA

Obit:

 

1934-35           Preston, Wyoming Conference

1935-36           Davenport Center, Wyoming Conference (ending 8/31/1936)

1936                “transfer” to Baptist Church

                            Weedsport NY First Baptist

                            Eire PA Wayne Park Baptist

1947                “transfer” to Western New York Conference

1947-49           Somerset – County Line

1949                transfer to Southern New Jersey Conference

1949-50           Central Tabernacle – Union

1950-51           Camden Union

1951-54           Salem First

1954-58           South River

1958-59           Atlantic City Trinity

1959-60           Ventor

1960-63           Point Pleasant – Central

1963-65           Trenton Broad Street

1965-66           Medford

1966-70           Audubon

1970-72           Berlin Centenary

1972-76           Bridgeton First

1976                retired

 

 

Note: George S. Geyer served in the Wyoming Conference as a local preacher. 

 

 

GIBBS, FRANK F.

 

Born: 7-5-1870  Maplewood PA                                married: Clara L. Conrad

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1902    local preacher’s license, Scranton Elm Park

1903    admitted on trial

1905    ordained deacon

1907    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1902-03           Gouldsboro

1903-07           Bethany

1907-09           Lake Como

1909                transfer to Minnesota Northern Conference, page 77

1909                transfer to Colorado Conference (as per General Minutes for Northern Minnesota)

1910                transfer to Colorado Conference (as per General Minutes for Colorado)

1910-11           Holly

1911-12           Center

1912-17           ?

1916-17           Victor

1917-20           ?

1920-21           Florence

1921-25           ?

1925-26           Clifton

1926-28           ?

1928                withdrew

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Frank F. Gibbs appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 326. 

 

GIBBY, ROBERT EARL

 

Born: 1-24-1881  Waterbury CT                                married: Ruth A. Clayton

Died: 6-15-1964  Dryden NY                                     obit: [1876 – 1/30/1966]

 

1928    license, Wyoming Conference

1936    ordained local deacon, Wyoming Conference

?          ordained local elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Green Hills Cemetery, Dryden NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1965, 246

 

1928-30           Edmeston

1930-35           Ouaquaga

1935-37           Hartwick

1937-39           Wells Bridge

1939-43           Hornbrook

1943-48           Daleville

1948-51           Hartford

1951                retired

 

Note: Robert E. Gibby served as a local preacher.  Mrs. Gibby is the daughter of Thomas Ellsworth Clayton (1845-1907) of the Genesee Conference.

 

 

GIBSON, LEON WILBUR

 

Born: 8-23-1921  Binghamton NY                             married: Ruth Aimee Ortlip

Died: 3-1-1996  Camden NJ                                       obit: Southern New Jersey Conference 1985, 212

 

1951    admitted on trial

1951    ordained deacon

1953    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Southern New Jersey Conference 1997, 232

 

1951-54           student

1954                transfer to New York Conference

 

GIDDINGS, CHARLES WOODBURY      

 

Born: 5-10-1810                                                          married: Clarissa Griffing

Died: 12-28-1879                                                        obit: Nebraska Conference 1881, 24

 

1832    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Tabhle Rock Cemetery, Table Rock NE

Obit: Nebraska Conference 1880, 24

 

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-64           Honesdale

1854-55           Wyoming

1855-56           Hawley

1856-58           superintendent, Honesdale District

1858-65           on leave

                            1858-59       Honesdale

                            1859-60       Nebraska Territory

1861                located

1865                “transfer” to Nebraska Conference

1865-71           district superintendent

1871                retired

 

Note: The Nebraska State Historical Society notes that “Regular Methodist services were begun in Southeastern Nebraska in 1858, conducted by G.L. Griffing, Gabriel Westfall and G.W. [sic] Giddings” – three pastors of the Wyoming Conference.  Mrs. Giddings is a sister to George L. Griffing.

 

GIFFIN, CHARLES MORTIMER

 

Born: 10-4-1841  near Cincinnati OH                        married: Arabella Lampley

Died: 4-20-1909                                                          obit: New Jersey Conference 1930, 311

 

1862    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn NY

Obit: New York East Conference 1953, 492

 

1862-64           Mainville Circuit

1864-65           Cincinnati Mear's Chapel

1865-67           Mount Washington

1867-68           on leave

1868-69           transfer to New York East Conference

1868-70           Brooklyn Seventh Avenue

1870-73           New Haven CT

1873-76           Brooklyn Nostrand Avenue

1876-77           Brooklyn First Place

1877-86           Baltimore St. John's Independent Methodist Church

1885                transfer to Kentucky Conference

1885-89           Covington Union Church, Covington

1889                transfer to New York East Conference

1889-94           Brooklyn Grace

1894-96           Mount Vernon First Church

1896                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1896-04           Scranton Elm Park Church

1905                transfer to New Jersey Conference

 

Note: Charles M. Giffin is the father of Mortimer P. Giffin (?-1952) and William Gill Giffin (1875-1939), both of the New York East Conference.  A biographical sketch of Charles M. Giffin appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 327.

 

GILBERT, CHARLES HENRY

 

Born: 4-22-1891  Binghamton NY                             married: Ruth Diamont

Died: 5-12-1983  Kingston PA                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1968, 255

 

1920    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1922    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

1924    ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Mt. Zion Cemetery, Luzerne County PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1983, 242

 

1919-20           Slaterville

1920-22           Lisle

1922-23           Flemingville

1923-25           Lisle

1925-27           Kirkwood

1927-30           Great Bend – Hallstead

1930                Binghamton Oak Street

1930-33           Forest City – Vandling

1933-36           Meshoppen

1936-46           Carverton

1946-54           Maine Federated

1954-59           Pittston First

1959                retired

 

GILBERT, DOROTHY R.

 

Born: 7-26-1920  Syracuse NY                                  married: [never married]

Died: 11-2-2012  Pittston PA                                     obit:

 

1951    commissioned, missionary

 

Interment: Mount Zion Cemetery, Exeter Township PA

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2013, 264

 

1951-78           missionary, Belgian Congo

                        New York

                        Sierra Leone

                        Zaire

                        Benin

1992                retired

 

Dorothy R. Gilbert is the daughter of Charles H. Gilbert.

 

GILES, DWIGHT EDMUND JR.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1970    admitted on trial

1970    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1970-73           student, Union Theological Seminary in New York NY

1973                discontinued

 

Note: Dwight E. Giles Jr. is the son of Dwight E. Giles Sr.  He entered academia, served on the education faculty at the University of Boston, and is the author of numerous book and articles on education.

 

GILES, DWIGHT EDMUND SR.

 

Born: 11-6-1921  Pleasant Mount PA                        married: Josephine Zukosky [1945]
Died: 9-3-2012  Hendersonville NC                          obit: Susquehanna Conference 2012, 294

 

1959    license, Wyoming Conference: recommended by Pleasant Mount

1967    ordained deacon

1970    ordained elder

 

Interment: Wheeler Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Mount PA
Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2013, 265

 

1959-62           Montdale (beginning 5/24/1959)

1962-66           Newton

1966-70           student, Asbury Theological Seminary

1970-78           Beach Lake

1978-85           Sidney

1985-90           Union Center

1990                retired

                            1992            Waymart (1/16 – 6/30)

                            1993-95       Brown’s View, Western NC Conference (9/1/1993 – 5/31/1995)

                            1995-10       Fruitland, Western NC Conference

    2010            ransfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Dwight E. Giles is the father of Dwight E. Giles Jr. and a brother to E. Kermit Giles and Roy E. Giles.

 

 

GILES, EDWIN C. III

 

Born:                                                                           married: Chris _____
Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2008    license, recommended by Prompton Community

 

Interment: 
Obit:

 

2003-05           Union Dale (beginning 11/2003)

2005-08           Pleasant Mount (ending 10/2008)

2008-10           Prompton Community (beginning 10/2008)

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Edwin C. Giles served as a local preacher.

 

 

GILES, ERR KERMIT

 

Born: 7-9-1909  Pleasant Mount PA              married: Eleanor Dorothy Kennedy

Died: 3-11-1991  Holiday FL                         obit: Wyoming Conference 2000, 312

 

1947    license, Primitive Methodist Church

1953    ordained, Primitive Methodist Church

 

Interment: Clinton Center Cemetery, Clinton Center PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1991, 332

 

1947-50           New Diggings WI

1950-53           Platteville WJ

1953-57           Houtzdale PA

1957-63           Sutersville PA

1963-66           Providence, Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Church

1966-69           Nanticoke, Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Church

1969                transfer to Wyoming Conference of the United Methodist Church

1969-72           Nanticoke

1972-76           New Milford

1976                retired

                            1976-81       visitation pastor, Riviera UMC in St, Petersburg FL

 

Note: E. Kermit Giles is a brother to Dwight E. Giles and Roy E. Giles.  He is the father of OMS missionary Marian L. Giles and of Ruth Giles Woodruff, wife of Ellsworth P. Woodruff of the Peninsula-Delaware Conference.

 

GILES, ROY EMMONS

 

Born: 12-9-1924  Niagara PA                                    married: Jane Louise Buck

Died: 4-3-1999  Washington County MD                  obit: [3/5/1929 – 5/3/2018]

 

1956    license, Wyoming Conference

1962    admitted on trial

1962    ordained deacon

1964    ordained elder

 

Interment: Manor Cemetery, Tilghmanton MD

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1999, 336

 

1956-57           Middlefield and Roseboom

1957-60           student, Hartwick College

1960-62           student, Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington DC

                             1961-62      Cecilton Zion

1962-65           Cecilton Zion

1965-67           student

1967-91           chaplain, Maryland Correctional Institute in Hagerstown MD (beginning 9/1/1967)

1991-93           Greentown

1993                retired

 

Note: Roy E Giles is a brother to Dwight E. Giles and E. Kermit Giles.

GILL, DAVID HASKIL

 

Born: 5-10-1925 PA                                                   married: Helen Virginia Graham

Died: 5-23-2009  Albuquerque NM                           obit: [4/13/1937 – 2/4/2000]

 

1954    admitted on trial, Western Pennsylvania Conference EUB

1955    ordained elder, Western Pennsylvania Conference EUB

 

Interment: Fairview UM Cemetery, Morrisdale PA

Obit:

 

1954-55           no record

1955-56           student

1956-57           Windber Grace

1957-59           Dempseytown Trinity

1959-60           Industry

1950-61           New Salem

1951-62           Altoona Faith

1962-63           Howard, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1963-64           no record, reportedly teaching school

1954-65           Lisle, Wyoming Conference

1965-66           West Nanticoke, Susquehanna Conference

1966-67           Mount Pleasant Mills, Susquehanna Conference

1967-68           Bradleytown

1968-69           without appointment

1969-70           Bradleytown

1970                located

 

Note: David H. Gill served in the Wyoming Conference as a supply pastor.

GILL, RICHARD CHAPPELL

 

Born: 11-14-1841  Yorkshire, England                      married: Elizabeth Temperton

Died: 7-24-1905  West Butterwick, England             obit: Wyoming Conference 1890, 87

 

1874    admitted on trial

1876    ordained deacon

1878    ordained elder

 

Interment: West Butterwick, England

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1906, 108

 

1874-76           Beach Lake

1876-78           Lehman

1878-81           Stoddartsville

1881-84           Decatur

1884-87           Hartwick

1887-90           McClure

1890-92           East Worcester

1892                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Richard C. Gill appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 327.

 

GILLESPIE, ERNEST ALLEN

 

Born: 9-27-1879                                                          married: Addie W. _____

Died: 8-26-1936                                                          obit: Newark Conference 1960, 171

 

1906    admitted on trial, Wilmington Conference

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment: West Nottingham Presbyterian Cemetery, West Nottingham MD

Obit: Newark Conference 1937, 85

 

1906-07           Elsmere

1907-08           Cherry Hill

1908-10           Rockland

1910-11           Smith’s Island

1911-12           Crumpton

1912                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1912-13           Thompson

1913-14           Waymart

1914-15           Wilkes-Barre St. Andrews – Firwood

1915-17           Newton

1917-19           Carverton

1919-21           Montrose

1921-23           Wilkes-Barre Parrish Street

1923-24           Wyalusing

1924-26           Vestal

1926-28           Unadilla

1928-29           Throop

1929-31           Ariel – Gravity

1931                transfer to Newark Conference

 

GILPIN, NATHAN R.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Ruth Ann _____
Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1994    license

 

Interment: 
Obit:

 

1994-05           LaAnna (beginning 10/1/1994 and ending 10/1/2005)

 

Note: Nathan R. Gilpen served as a local preacher.

 

GINTHER, RAYMOND DOOLITTLE

 

Born: 9-21-1898                                                          married: Myrtle P. Harmon
Died: 11-30-1985                                                        obit: Central New York Conference 1984, 198

 

1959    license, Central New York Conference

1964    ordained local deacon, Central New York Conference

 

Interment: Scotchtown Cemetery, Erin NY
Obit: North Central New York Conference 1986, 379

 

1959-60           Sterling – Martville

1960-65           Truston – East Homer – Cheningo

1965-67           associate, Madison larger parish

1967-71           Van Etten – West Danby

1971                retired

    1974-76       Spencer, Wyoming Conference

 

Note: Raymond D. Ginther served as a local preacher. 

 

GLASGOW, WILLARD

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1975-76           Stevens Point

 

Note:  Willard Glasgow is listed as a local pastor.

 

 

GLASSEY, JEFFREY ALAN

 

Born: 4-4-1949  Cornwall NY                                   married: Deborah L. Jones

Died: 11-6-2007  Kingston NY                                  obit:

 

1973    admitted on trial

1973    ordained deacon

1975    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1973-75           student, Boston University School of Theology

                             1974-75      associate, Oneonta First

1975-77           Worcester

1978-80           Cooperstown (ending 2/1/1980)

1980                transfer to New York Conference (2/1/1980)

1980-82           North Shore (beginning 2/1/1980)

                        Oyster Bay St. Paul’s

                        Northport St. Paul’s

                        Kingston St. James

                        Athens Federated

                        High Hill

 

GLAZIER, BRUCE

 

Born: 1940                                                                  married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1968-69           Choconut Center

                        “transfer” to Congregational Church

                        Center Lisle

 

Note: Bruce Glazier is the son of Roger B. Glazier.  He served as a local preacher in the Wyoming Conference.

 

GLAZIER, ROGER B.

 

Born: 8-1-1904  Binghamton NY                               married: Lois T. Harding

Died: 8-30-1969                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1993, 349

 

1931    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1934    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Chenango Valley Cemetery, Fenton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1970, 245

 

1931-34           Lockwood-Barton

1934-36           Portlandville

1936-53           Oneonta Elm Park

1943-47           Scranton Myrtle Street

1947-52           Carbondale

1952-60           Sidney

1960-63           Binghamton Fairview

1963-69           Chenango Bridge

 

Note: Roger B. Glazier is the father of Bruce Glazier.

 

 

GLOVER, DIANNE H. – see BENTLEY, DIANNE H.

 

 

GLOVER, VAUGHN C. JR.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Dianne H. _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                    married2: Traci _____

recommended by Chenango Bridge               obit2:

1975    ordained deacon

1979    ordained elder

 

Interment: 
Obit:

 

1975-76           student

1976-79           Gouldsboro

1979-83           Endicott St. Paul’s (ending 4/15/1983)

1983-88           Wyalusing (beginning 4/15/1983)

1988-91           Montrose

1991-97           Moscow

1997-00           Waverly NY

2000-01           sabbatical leave (ending 9/1/2001)

2001-02           chaplain, Elizabeth Church Manor (beginning 9/1/2001)

2002-07           Harrisburg Camp Curtin Memorial Mitchell, Central Pennsylvania Conference

2007-09           York Haven, Central Pennsylvania Conference

2009-10           Pine Grove – McAlisterville, Central Pennsylvania Conference

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-11           on leave

2011                retired

 

Note: The first Mrs. Glover is Dianne H. Bentley, an ordained member of the Wyoming Conference.

 

GODLEFSKI, ANTHONY J

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1975    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1979    ordained deacon, Northern New Jersey Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1975-76           student

1976                transfer to Southern New Jersey Conference

1976-78           student

1978                transfer to Northern New Jersey Conference

1978-82           Roselle St. Pauls & Wesley

 

GODSHALL, MOSES S.

 

Born: 11-27-1862  Souderton PA                               married: Amanda Shelley

Died: 1-29-1944  Waverly PA                                    obit: Wyoming Conference 1933, 166

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Sarah Cramer

1886    exhorter’s license, Lahaska                             obit2:

1886    local preacher’s license

1890    admitted on trial

1890    ordained deacon

1892    ordained elder

 

Interment: Hickory Grove Cemetery, Waverly PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1944, 843

 

1889-90           Philadelphia Mount Olivet, Philadelphia Conference

1890-91           New Berlin NY

1891-93           Lisle

1893-97           Guilford

1897-99           Windsor

1899-04           Waverly PA

1904-06           Waverly NY

1906-12           Binghamton High Street

1912-16           Scranton Asbury

1916-22           Carbondale

1922-28           superintendent, Oneonta District

1928                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Moses S. Godshall appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 328.

 

GOMBERT, KENNETH VERNON

 

Born: 1-21-1919  West Pittston PA                            married: Helen Mae Williamson

Died: 5-4-1997                                                            obit:

                                                                                    married2: Wilma M. _____   

1948    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2: [5/6/1929 - ]

1949    ordained deacon

1950    ordained elder

1970    ordained elder, Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

 

Interment: Cross Lutheran Cemetery, Yorkville IL

Obit:

 

1945-48           student, Juniata College in Huntingdon PA

    1945-47       James Creek

    1947-48        Mont Alto

1948-50           Pittston St. Paul’s

1950-52           Taylor

1952-53           Morris

1953-56           Nicholson

1956-57           “special appointment”

1957-58           Susquehanna

1958-60           Bainbridge

1960-66           Old Forge

1966-69           Chinchilla

1969                withdrew to join the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

1969-70           student, Concordia Lutheran Seminary in St, Louis MO

 

Note: Kenneth V. Gombert served 1945-48 in the Central Pennsylvania Conference as a local pastor.

 

GOMMER, CHARLES FOSTER JR.

 

Born: 4-3-1935  Nanticoke PA                                   married: Viola _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1958    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference: recommended by Ashley

1958    ordained deacon

1961    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1958-59                      student, New York Theological Seminary

1959-61                      Huntsville

1961-65           Avoca

1965-70           Trucksville

1970-84           Kingston Church of Christ Uniting

1984-90           superintendent, Wilkes-Barre District

1990-95           conference council director

1995-98           Endwell 

1998                retired

    2010  transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Charles F. Gommer Jr. is the son of Charles F. Gommer Sr. and the father of Craig C. Gommer.

 

GOMMER, CHARLES FREDERICK SR.

 

Born: 5-24-1916  Wanamie PA                                  married: Thelma Walk

Died: 11-15-1986                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1986, 289

 

1961    license

1971    admitted as associate member, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Fairview Memorial Park, Elmhurst PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1987, 314

 

1961-64            Middlefield (beginning 11/12/19610

1964-66            Hartwick and Mount Vision

1966-73            Pittston First and St. Paul’s

1973-77            Candor and Germany Hill

1977-79            Scranton St. Paul’s

1879-82            Scranton St. Paul’s and Taylor

1982                 retired

                             Chinchilla

                             Carley Brook

                             Cortez and Maplewood

                             Wilkes-Barre Albright and Parrish Street

                             West Scranton Berean Interdenominational Church

 

Note: Charles F. Gommer Sr. is the father of Charles F. Gommer Jr. and the grandfather of Craig C. Gommer.

 

GOMMER, CRAIG CHARLES

 

Born: 12-12-1966                                                        married: Patty _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1998    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference: recommended by Rutherford Christ

2002    ordained deacon

2005    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1998-99           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                            1998-99 Congers, Northern New Jersey Conference

1999-02           Plains

2002-07           Deposit 

2007-10           Tunkhannock

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-11           Tunkhannock

2011-13           Harrisburg 29th Street

2013-17           Nescopeck

2017-23           Firwood

                             2017-20      Dallas

                             2020-23      Wilkes-Barre Albright – Wilkes-Barre Central

 

Note: Craig C. Gommer is the son of Charles F. Gommer Jr. and the grandson of Charles F. Gommer Sr.

 

GOODELL, CLARENCE C.

 

Born: 1888  Philadelphia PA                                      married: Florence M. Gardner

Died: 6-4-1939  Waverly PA                                      obit: [1886 – ]

 

Interment: Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens PA

Obit:

 

1923-24           Smyrna

1924-26           Garrattsville

1926-28           Davenport Center

1928-32           Middlefield

1932-34           Windham

1934-35           Lockwood – Barton

1935                “withdrew”    

1935-39           Athens Gospel Tabernacle     

 

Note: Clarence C. Goodell served as a local preacher.  He was the founding pastor of the Athens Gospel Tabernacle.

 

GOODELL, JOHN

 

Born:                                                                           married: Joan _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1965    admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

1965    ordained deacon

1976    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1965-68           student

1968                transfer to Central Illinois Conference

1968-71           Wesley Foundation

1971-76           student

1976                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1976-80           Bainbridge 

1980-99           associate, Vestal 

1988-95           Fairview         

1995-03           Windsor 

2003                retired

    2010  charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

 

GOODRICH, JOHN N.

 

Born: 10-13-1861  Orwell VT                                    married: Ida Belle Parker

Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Ella G. Stewart [10/14/1924]

1890    admitted on trial, Troy Conference                obit2:

1902    ordained, Episcopal Church                            married3: Mrs. Martha J. Wilson [September 1925]

                                                                                    obit3:

Interment:

Obit:

 

1880                local preacher

1890-91           Rural Grove

1891-92           Clarksville and Reidsville

1892-93           Berlin

1893-95           Johnsburg

1895-96           Jay

1896-97           Jay and Wilmington

1897-99           West Chazy    

1899-00           Elizabethtown (did not complete second year, listed in 1901 as withdrawn)

1900                “transfer” to Episcopal Church

1902-03           Harpursville and Afton (beginning 7/1/1902 and ending 4/1/1903)

1903                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1903-04           Endicott

1904-05           Center Moreland

1905-06           assistant, Wilkes-Barre First

1906-07           on leave

1907                withdrew, page 75

                        “transfer” to Episcopal Church

                        Diocese of Central New York (ending 3/20/1914)

1915                transfer Diocese of Western Michigan in Michigan

1918                transfer to Diocese of Michigan

1918-19           East Tawas Christ, Au Sable St. John’s and Taft-Whittemore (ending 4/14/1919)

1919                Standish Grace and Gladwin St. Paul’s (beginning 4/14/1919 and ending 12/30/1919)

1920                resigned; suspended for 6 months “in accordance with the canon”

                        Diocese of Michigan (beginning 10/3/1920)

Note: Mrs. Goodrich is the daughter of Nelson C. Parker (1823-1913) of the Troy Conference.  A biographical sketch of John N. Goodrich appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 329.  John N. Goodrich, faced with accusations from two very angry wives, was arrested in Buffalo NY in January 1926 on a charge of bigamy and sentenced to nine months in prison.  Those news accounts give his birth place as Rutland VT and suggest a birth year of 1871, which appear to be incorrect.  It is not clear whether the second Mrs. Goodrich was “Miss” or “Mrs.” Ella G. Stewart.

 

GOODWIN, GEORGE FOSTER

 

Born: 5-20-1933                                                          married: Eleanor Marie Schmeig

Died:                                                                           obit: [12/8/1925 – 10/13/2009]

 

1953    license, New York East Conference, recommended by Bridgeport CT Washington Park

1957    ordained deacon

1959    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1955-58           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                            1957-58       assistant, Scranton Elm Park

1958                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1958-59           associate, Scranton Elm Park

1959-62           Chinchilla

1962-67           Wilkes-Barre Central

1967-71           executive secretary, Board of Education

1971-77           superintendent, Scranton District

1977-86           Oneonta First

1986-88           Norwich 

1988-93           Clarks Green

1993-94           Endicott Central

1994-95           Newark Valley First 

1995                retired

     2010  transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

GOODWIN, JOHN E.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Patrice _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          admitted on trial

?          ordained deacon

1988    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1982-88           Gibson

1988-92           Lake Ariel

1992-94           Otego 

1994-01           McClure  

2001-04           Ashley Centenary

2004-09           Scranton Court Street

2009-10           serving in Troy Conference

2010                transfer to New England Conference

 

Note: John E. Goodwin is married to Patrice H. Goodwin.

 

GOODWIN, PATRICE H.

 

Born:                                                                           married: John E. Goodwin

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

?          ordained deacon

1997    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1987-88           Stevens Point   (beginning 1/1/1987)

1988-92           Cortez

1992-94           Davenport 

1994-01           Harpursville 

2001-05           Wilkes-Barre Albright – Parrish Street

2005-09           Wilkes-Barre Albright

2009-10           serving in Troy Conference

2010                transfer to New England Conference

Note: Patrice H. Goodwin is married to John E. Goodwin.

 

GORAL, GREGOR  

 

Born: c1911  Poland                                                   married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

            Polish Provisional Conference

1952    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1952                transfer to Wyoming Conference (5/22/1952)

1952                transfer to Polish Provisional Conference (5/25/1952)

 

Note: Gregor Goral transferred in and out for purposes of ordination.  See 1952, 967.  See article in biographical files.  His last known address appears to be in Philadelphia.

 

GORDON, JOHN HOLMES

 

Born: 7-30-1901  Edinburgh. Scotland                      married: Helen Preston

Died: 11-2-1983                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1996, 329

 

1935    ordained elder, Primitive Methodist Church

 

Interment: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Harrisburg PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1984, 209

 

                        Wisconsin

                        Iowa

1957                transfer to Wyoming Conference of the United Methodist Church

1957-62           Harvey’s Lake

1962-68           Ashley

1968                retired

                            1968-80  visitation pastor, Harrisburg Stevens Memorial: Central Pennsylvania Conference

 

 

GORHAM, BARLOW WEED

 

Born: 6-15-1814                                                          married: Olivia Holcomb

Died: 9-11-1889                                                          obit:

 

1836    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Northwest Iowa Conference 1889, 35

 

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-53           Binghamton Henry Street

1853-54           tract agent

1864-55           (not listed)

1855-56           Binghamton Court Street

1856-58           Owego

1858-60           Scranton

1860-61           Binghamton Court Street

1861                located

 

Note: Barlow W. Gorham is the father of Helen M. Gorham Baldwin, missionary to China and sifeStephen L. Baldwin (1835-1902) of the Newark Conference.  He is the author of the 1854 Camp Meeting Manual.

 

GORISSE, GUSTAVE

 

Born: 6-16-1860  Belford, France                              married: Anna V. Brindley

Died: 5-29-1933  Moristown NJ                                 obit: Newark Conference 1934, 207

 

1898    admitted on trial

1900    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Hilltop Cemetery, Mendham NJ

Obit: Newark Conference 1934, 200

 

1898-01           Rush

1901-04           Gibson

1904-05           West Nicholson

1905-07           Falls

1907                transfer to Newark Conference, page 74

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Gustave Gorisse appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 332.

 

GORMAN, DANIEL

 

Born: 4-10-1795                                                          married: Catherine _____

Died: 1-7-1873                                                            obit: [1795 – 6/23/1864]

 

admitted on trial

 

Interment: Old Cemetery, Hamlin PA

Obit:

 

1854-55           Beach Pond

 

Note: Daniel Gorman served as a local preacher and was a charter trustee of the 1859 South Sterling church.

 

GRAFF, ELIZABETH

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2005-06           Paupack (5/4/2005 – 1/16/2006)

 

Note: Elizabeth Graff served as a local preacher and is otherwise unknown.

 

GRAHAM, RICHARD VAN ELLWYN

 

Born: 7-18-1911  Glenwood PA                                married: Ola Anita Chewning

Died: 8-5-1993  Cochranton PA                                 obit: Wyoming Conference 2001, 190

 

1936    admitted on trial

1936    ordained deacon

1938    ordained elder

 

Interment: Vestal Hills Memorial Park, Vestal NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1994, 330

 

1936-38           Binghamton Oak Street

1938-39           Binghamton Oak Street – Westover

1939-43           Tioga Center – Smithboro

1943-45           Gibson

1945-48           Union Center

1948-52           Nimmonsburg

1952-58           Worcester

19587-60         Susquehanna

1960-63           Great Bend

1963-66           Wilkes-Barre Parrish Stree

1966-67           Hartwick

1967-69           Kirkwood

1969-71           Wyalusing

1971-75           Thompson

1975-77           Sanitaria Springs

1977                retired

 

Note: Mrs. Graham’s sister Ruby Edith Chewning is the wife of Ross Linger (1903-1985) of the West Virginia Conference.

 

GRAMENTO, JEAN MARIE

 

Born: 11-27-1930  New Milford PA                          married: Frank Herbert Gramento

Died: 2-14-2003  Tombstone AZ                               obit: [8/15/1927 – 2/20/2010]

 

Interment: Tombstone Cemetery (new addition), Tombstone AZ

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2003, 204

 

 

                        Schenevus

                        moved to Arizona

 

Note: Jean Marie Gramento’s maiden name was Hall.  She reportedly served churches in Arizona, but not necessarily within Methodism.

 

GRANGER, GORDON L.

 

Born: 9-2-1876  Lamont NY                          married: Ida Hanegan

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1897    local preacher’s license

1901    admitted on trial, Dakota Conference

1904    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1898-00           Blunt SD

1900-01           Coleman SD

1901-02           transfer to Dakota Conference

1902                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1902-04           Tioga Center

1904                transfer to Dakota Conference

1904-05           Hurley SD

1907                transfer to Genesee Conference

                        transfer to Maine Conference

1908                transfer to East Maine Conference

1911                transfer to East Ohio Conference

1911                Cleveland Mars Hill

1911                transfer to Pittsburgh Conference

1911-12           West Pittsburgh

1912-13           Bridgeville, Pittsburgh Conference

1913-14           on leave*        

1914                transfer to Maine Conference

1914-15           South Portland Elm Street & Cape Elizabeth

1915                transfer to St. Louis Conference

1915-16           St. Louis St. Luke’s

1916-17           Kansas City Linwood Boulevard

1917                transfer to Missouri Conference

1917-19           St. Joseph Oakland & St. Pail

1919                withdrew, credentials restored, readmitted

1919                transfer to Arkansas Conference

1919-20           Siloam Springs

1920                transfer to St. Louis Conference

1920-21           Kansas City Wesley

1921-22           Springfield Benton Avenue

1922                expelled for misuse of church funds

 

*G.L. Granger stayed on leave with the Pittsburgh Conference for the next few years while at the same time he was transferring in and out of other conferences (including one reference to the Oklahoma Conference) and serving part-year appointments in them.

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Gordon L. Granger appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 329.  His complete and accurate record cannot be established.  What appears above is the best reconciliation of conflicting records from various conferences.  In some General Minutes he is listed as two different people in the same year – but this is clearly the work of a single Gordon L Granger [Grangier] who changed conferences with abandon, almost as if deliberately trying to disguise his movements, until he was finally expelled from the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1922.  In 1932 G.L. Granger led a revival meeting at a Free Methodist Church in Marshall MI.  In 1941 a G.L. Granger Jr [a son?] was pastor of a Free Methodist church in Arizona.

 

 

GRAVES, GEORGE BERTRAM

 

Born: 11-11-1900  Dewsbury, Yorkshire England    married: Una Mae Roseboom

Died: 2-18-1966  Marathon NY                                 obit: Wyoming Conference 1945, 172

 

1926    admitted on trial

?          ordained deacon

1931    ordained elder

 

Interment: Maple Grove Cemetery, Worcester NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1966, 255

 

1926-29           Smyrna

1929-31           Windsor

1931-37           Maine

1937-39           Mehoopany

1939-43           Susquehanna

1943-46           Sherburne

1946-49           Afton

1949-52           McDonough-Preston

1952-53           Davenport

1953-59           Otego

1959-64           Apalachin

1964-66           Marathon

 

 

GRAVES, NORMAN BERRY

 

Born: 10-?-1889  Brighouse, Yorkshire England       married: Laura Collison

Died: 3-20-1951  Binghamton NY                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1974, 291

 

1904    license, England

1924    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1926    ordained deacon

1928    ordained elder

 

Interment: Riverview Cemetery, Endicott NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1951, 849

 

1923-25           Laurens

1925-27           Mount Upton

1927-29           Mount Vision – Laurens

1929-40           Endicott St Paul’s – Campville

1940-44           Oxford

1944-51           superintendent, Binghamton Children’s Home

 

 

GRAY, JOSEPH M. M.              

 

Born: 8-31-1877  Montgomery PA                            married: Elizabeth Lily McCurdy

Died: 1-9-1957                                                            obit: Ohio Conference 1952, 295

 

1901    admitted on trial, Central Pennsylvania Conference: recommended by Littlestown

1901    ordained deacon, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1903    ordained elder, Baltimore Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Ohio Conference 1957, 708

 

1901                transfer to Baltimore Conference

1901-04           Baltimore Rodgers Memorial Chapel

1904-06           Baltimore Wesley Chapel

1906-08           Havre de Grace

1908-11           Easy Baltimore station

1911-13           Washington DC Hamline

1913                transfer to St. Louis Conference

1913-20           Kansas City Grand Avenue

1920                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1920-28           Scranton Elm Park

1928                transfer to Detroit Conference

1928-34           Detroit Central

1934-40           chancellor, American University

1940                transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1940-41           chancellor, American University

1941                transfer to Ohio Conference

1941-50           Columbus Bexley

1950                retired

 

Note: Joseph M.M. Gray is the son of Joseph Gray (1840-1918) of the Central Pennsylvania Conference.  He is listed in the 1945 Prominent Personalities in American Methodism and the1952 Who’s Who in Methodism.

 

 

GRAY, HAROLD L.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1954-55           West Exeter

 

Note: Harold L. Gray is otherwise unknown.

 

 

GRECCO, KATHY L.

 

Born: 8-9-1952                                                                        married: Anthony A. Grecco

Died: 2-13-2004                                                                      obit:

 

2001    licensed local pastor

 

Interment: [cremated]

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2004, 207

 

2000-04           Equinunk (beginning 11/1/2000)

 

Note: Kathy L. Grecco is married to Anthony A. Grecco.  She served as a local preacher.  Her maiden name was Nelson.

 

GRECCO, ANTHONY A.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Kathy L. Nelson.

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2005-10           LaAnna (beginning 10/2/2005)

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Anthony A. Grecco is married to Kathy L. Grecco.  He served as a local preacher.

 

GREEN, ARTHUR J.              

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1912    admitted on trial, Northern New York Conference

?          ordained deacon

1922    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1909-10           Massena Center – Racquette River

1912                Clockville (last part of year)

1912-14           Vernon Center

1914-16           Williamstown

1916-17           Lehman, Wyoming Conference [to attend Wyoming Seminary]

1917                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1917-20           Larksville

1920-23           Parsons (ending 9/1922; see 1923,97)

1923-24           without assignment – while a “matter” is investigated, see 1923,47

1924-25           superintendent, Capitol District of the New York Civic League

1925-26           state secretary, New York Civic League

1926-29           on leave

1929                located

 

 

GREEN, BARBARA T.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Paul Green

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1990    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1990-92           Brookvale   (beginning (10/1/1990)

1992-96           Brookvale   – West Chenango 

1996-98           Choconut Center   – West Chenango 

1998-01           not appointed

2001-02           Campville   (beginning 8/6/2001)

2002-04           associate, Enwell 

2004-06           Sanitaria Springs   – Port Crane 

2006-10           Sidney 

 

Note: Barbara T. Green served as a local preacher.

 

GREEN, SAMUEL

 

Born: 1831                                                                  married: Amanda M. Dwight

Died: 1915  Schenevus NY                                        obit: [1836-1907]

 

1875    local preacher’s license

 

Interment: Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton NY

Obit:

 

Note: Samuel Green is the father of L. Anna Green MacDonald, wife of David L. MacDonald.  Samuel Green lived in Binghamton NY and served as a local pastor.

 

GREENE, HIRAM ASHLEY

 

Born: 4-29-1861  Greenfield NY                               married: Mattie O. Phillips

Died: 4-13-1919                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1892, 98

                                                                                    married2: Ella S. Johnsbee

                                                                                    obit2: Wyoming Conference 1945, 174

?          exhorter’s license, Binghamton Chenango Street

?          local preacher’s license, Binghamton Chenango Street

1890    admitted on trial

1892    ordained deacon

 

Interment: God’s Acre, Greenfield NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1919, 144

 

1890-91           Harford

1891-93           Osborne Hollow and Port Cane

1893-94           Sanitaria Springs

1894-98           Hartwick and Mount Vision

1898-00           Worcester

1900-01           conference evangelist

1901-02           Lackawanna

1902-04           Courtdale and Larksville

1904-09           on leave

1909                retired

                             1916-18  Harford PA

                             1918-19  Waverly PA

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Hiram A. Greene appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 330.  He reportedly preached for the Baptist Church 1881-89 before joining the Methodists

 

GREENFIELD, EMORY MONROE

 

Born: 1-25-1889  Harrison NJ                                    married: Edna Gordon Polhemus

Died: 10-21-1965  Wilkes-Barre PA                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1919, 147

                                                                                    married2: Mabel Monroe

1916    admitted on trial, recommended by Laflin     obit2: Wyoming Conference 1990, 319        

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Noxen PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1966, 256

 

1913-16           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                            Whippany

                            Owlick

1916-18           Rush

1918-21           Noxen

1921-24           Clark’s Green

1924-26           Waymart

1926-28           New Milford

1928-31           Carverton

1931-35           Throop

1935-38           Hawley

1938-43           Forest City

1943-52           Wilkes-Barre Abbott

1952-58           West Nanticoke

1958                retired

 

GREENFIELD, GEORGE

           

Born: 5-10-1839  Philadelphia PA                             married: Mary A. Heller
Died: 12-1-1895  Philadelphia PA                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1914, 117

 

1857    local preacher’s license, Philadelphia Conference

1866    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: North Cedar Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1896, 95

 

1858-65           local preacher, Philadelphia Conference

1865-66           Lehman, Wyoming Conference

1866                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1887                on leave for health reasons

1866-67           Lehman

1867-69           Northmoreland

1869-70           Nicholson

1870-73           Auburn

1873-74           Orwell

1874-77           Skinner’s Eddy

1877-80           Meshoppen

1880-83           Parsona

1883-86           Forty Fort

1886-87           Wanamie

1887                on leave for health reasons

                             Mount Olive mission, Philadelphia Conference

                             New Providence, Philadelphia Conference

 

Note:  George Greenfield is the father of George H. Greenfield (1873-?) of the California Conference – and later a long-time Presbyterian clergyman at Elko NV, followed by ministerial service in the First Congregational Church at Santa Barbara CA.  A brief biography of George Greenfield appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 187.

 

 

GREGG, ALBERT B.

 

Born: 1-4-1825  Augusta NY                                     married: Susan S. White

Died: 3-31-1878  Rome NY                                       obit: Central NY Conference 1903, 120

 

1856    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Stockbridge Cemetery, Munnsville NY

Obit: Central New York Conference 1878, 72

 

1854-55           Whitney Point, Wyoming Conference

1855-56           Lisle

1856-58           Fleming

1858-60           Moravia

1860-62           Port Byron

1862-63           Newfield

1863-65           Union Springs

1865-67           Utica State Street

1867                on leave

1867-69           agent, removal of Genesee College

1869-72           superintendent, Herkimer District

1872                transfer to Northern New York Conference by boundary change

1872-73           superintendent, Herkimer District                 

1873                transfer to Central New York Conference

1873-76           Jordan

1876-78           Baldwinsville

 

GREGORY, AMY B.

 

Born:                                                                           married: William Phillips

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1996    admitted on trial

1996    ordained deacon

2001    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1996-97           student

1997-99           ministry coordinator, NYC Park Avenue Christian Church

1999-02           ministry coordinator NYC St Paul’s & St. Andrew’s

2002-07           NYC East Avenue, New York Conference

2007-09           on leave

2009-10           Greene – Smithville Center 

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

GREIG-ANDERSON, NOLA

 

Born:                                                                           married: Andy Anderson

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          admitted on trial

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2003-07           Davenport  and  West Davenport 

2007-10           Johnson City   Sarah Jane Johnson Memorial

 

Note: Nola Greig-Anderson is a member of the Methodist Church of the Caribbean and The Americas.

 

GRIDLEY, DELOS H.

 

Born: 2-28-1862  Middleburg NY                             married: Ruth Anna West

Died: 11-30-1943                                                        obit: Newark Conference 1952, 164

 

1898    admitted on trial

1900    ordained deacon

1902    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Newark Conference 1944, 581

 

1898-00           Speedsville

1901-03           Orwell

1903                transfer to Newark Conference

1903-04           Middle Smithfield PA

1904-07           Vernon

1907-10           Midvale

1910-13           Blairstown

1913-17           Patterson Simpson

1917-19           Jersey City Palisade

1919-21           Prince Bay NY St. Mark’s

1921-24           Bernardsville

 

Note: Delos H. Gridley was a teacher, farmer and beekeeper before graduating from Drew Theological Seminary in 1898 and entering the ministry.

 

GRIFFETH, CHARLES MILTON

 

Born: 6-6-1886                                                            married: Edith May Pooley

Died: 4-29-1954                                                          obit: Peninsula Conference 1945, 170

 

1912    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Sudlersville Cemetery, Sudlersville MD

Obit: Peninsula Conference 1954, 598

 

1911-12           Narrowsburg

1912-13           Maple Grove

1913-15           Centermoreland

1915-16           Rush

1916-19           Glen Lyon

1919                transfer to New Jersey Conference, page 34

 

 

GRIFFIN, AUSTIN

 

Born: 2-1-1836  Westford NY                                   married: Rosalia O. LaMoure

Died: 11-25-1916                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1929, 142

 

1860    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Glenwood Cemetery, Oneonta NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1917, 107

 

1860-62           Schuyler's Lake

1862-64           Laurens

1864-66           Otsego

1866-69           Hartwick

1869-70           Milford

1870-72           Oneonta

1872-75           Carbondale

1875-78           Binghamton Centenary

1878-81           West Pittston

1881-85           superintendent, Wyoming District

1885-87           Kingston

1887-91           Wilkes-Barre Central

1891-94           Binghamton Tabernacle

1894-97           financial agent, Preacher's Aid Society

1897-98           superintendent, Oneonta District

1898-04           superintendent, Wyoming District

1904-10           superintendent, Oneonta District

1910-12           corresponding secretary, Preachers’ Aid Society

1912                retired

                             1912-13      Hartwick

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Austin Griffin appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 331.

 

GRIFFING, GEORGE LANE

 

Born: 11-13-1824  Wayne County PA                       married: Achsah Andrews [11/18/1845]

Died: 8-17-1886  Clear Creek NE                              obit: [9/12/1826 – 10/24/1857]

                                                                                    married2: Harriet Sarah Smith [12/29/1858]

1853    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2: [19/27/1834 – 1/18/1880]

1855    ordained deacon                                              married3: Sarah Buck [9/15/1880]

1857    ordained elder                                                 obit3:

                                                                                    married4: Lydia Ross [5/26/1883]

Interment: Clear Creek Cem., Table Rock NE           obit4: [3/12/1833 – 10/21/1898]

Obit: Nebraska Conference 1886, 32

 

1853-54           Cherry Ridge

1854-55           Nicholson

1855-57           Lehman

1857-59           on leave

                             1857-59      Canaan (part of the time; part of the time in Nebraska)

1859                located

                            1859-60       Nebraska Territory

 

Note: George Lane Griffing is the son of William Martin Griffing (1783–c1864), reported to be a “lay minister” in the Methodist Episcopal Church.  The Nebraska State Historical Society notes that “Regular Methodist services were begun in Southeastern Nebraska in 1858, conducted by G.L. Griffing, Gabriel Westfall and C.W. Giddings” – three pastors of the Wyoming Conference.  The third Mrs. Griffing was the widow of a Mr. Hull.  The fourth Mrs. Griffing was the widow of George’s brother, Joseph L. Griffing (1827-1881).  G.L. Griffing is a brother to Clarissa Griffing Giddings, wife of Charles W. Giddings.

 

GRIFFITH, MATTHEW NELSON

 

Born: 1909                                                                              married: Myrtle J. _____

Died: 10-2-2001                                                                      obit: [1913 – 2006]

 

1970    license, Central New York Conference

1979    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Lockwood Cemetery, Barton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2002, 207

 

1970-77           Hicks

1977                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1977-79           Litchfield

1979                retired

                             1979-81  Barton – Lockwood

 

Note: M. Nelson Griffith served as a local preacher.

 

GRIMES, JOHN M.

           

Born: 11-90-1812  Candor NY                                   married: Rachel C. Taylor
Died: 10-16-1891  Candor NY                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1888,93

 

1837    exhorter’s license

1844    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

1846    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Flemingville Methodist Cemetery, Flemingville NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1892, 65

 

1844-45           Lisle

1845-47           South Danby

1847-49           Cayuga

1849-51           Speedsville

1851-52           Union

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-53           Union

1853-55           Broome

1855-57           Liberty

1857-58           Chenango Forks

1858-59           Caroline

1859-61           Conklin

1861-63           Shepherd’s Creek

1863-65           Tioga

1865-67           Van Ettenville

1867-68           Sheshequin

1868-70           Vestal

1870-71           Campville

1871-72           Harford

1872-88           on leave, supply

1888                retired

 

Note:  A brief biography of John M. Grimes appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 188.

 

GRITMAN, WILLIAM BALL

 

Born: 6-27-1907  Carbondale PA                               married: Gladys VanMarter

Died: 11-24-1997                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1972, 263

                                                                                    married2: Emma Fox Ashmall

1935    license                                                             obit2: Wyoming Conference 2001, 190

1936    admitted on trial

1938    ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: West Hill Cemetery, Sherburne NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1998, 322

 

1936-38           Hale Eddy (started during the 1935-36 conference year)

1938-45           Factoryville

1945-52           Wilkes-Barre Parrish Street

1952-58           Lake Ariel

1958-62           Windsor

1962-72           Sherburne

1972                retired

                             1973-75      West Exeter

 

Note:  The second Mrs. Gritman (nee Fox) is the widow of Roy V.W. Ashmall and the mother of Rev. Donald H. Ashmall of the International Council of Community Churches.

 

GROVER, ROBERT ELLIOTT

 

Born: 6-8-1918  Wilkes-Barre PA                              married: Eva RoseLayaou (6/8/1948)

Died: 2-1-1994  Lodi OH                                           obit: [8/13/1928 – 6/30/2010]

 

1942    ordained local deacon

1943    admitted on trial

1945    ordained elder

 

Interment: Oaklawn Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1994, 332

 

1942-46           Wilkes-Barre Bennett – St. Andrews

1946-48           Eilkes-Barre Derr

1948-52           Endicott St. Paul’s

1952-57           Athens

1957-63           Dunmore

1963-72           Waverly NY

1972-80           Johnson City Sarah Jane Johnson1980                       retired

 

GUILER, HERBERT AMOS

 

Born: 9-30-1881                                                          married: Iva Pearl Reed

Died: 10-20-1946                                                        obit: North-East Ohio Conference 1968, 199

 

1912    admitted on trial, Northeast Ohio Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Olive Cemetery, Caldwell OH

Obit: North-East Ohio Conference 1947, 706

 

1912-13           Plainfield

1913-16           Dexter City

1916-18           Rural Dale

1918-20           Gnadehutton

1920-21           East Springfield

1921-23           Chandlersville

1923-26           Freeport

1926-27           Senacaville

1927-28           Bloomfield

1928-32           Dorset

1932-34           Bloomingdale

1934                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1934-36           Binghamton Oak Street

1936-37           Hawleyton – Conklin Forks (ending 1/15/1937)

1937                transfer to Northeast Ohio Conference (1/15/1937)

 

Note: Herbert A. Guiler is a nephew to Francis Asbury Guiler (1857-1945) of the Pacific Northwest Conference and Samuel Sherman Guiler (1864-1918) of the Puget Sound Conference.

 

GUMAER LEON CORNELIUS

 

Born: 4-9-1937  Benton Township PA                       married: Astrid Nilsen (1958)

Died: 5-20-2001                                                          obit: [b. 1938]

 

1967    license

1978    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Clifford Cemetery, Clifford PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2001, 191

 

1967-71           Marathon

1971-75           Sanataria Springs

1975-78           Slocum

1978-82           Warren Center

1982-89           Milford (ending 10/31/1989)

1989-93           Old Forge Stewart Memorial (beginning 11/1/1989)

1993-95           Equinunk (ending 1/31/1995)

1995                on leave (beginning 2/1/1995)

 

 

GUNN, MAURICE ALONZO

 

Born: 9-17-1917  Afton NY                                       married: Mary E. Owens

Died: 12-22-1994  Miles City MT                              obit: [5/19/1917 – 11/1/2006]

 

1943    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1943    ordained deacon

1945    ordained elder

 

Interment: Custer County Cemetery, Miles City MT

Obit: Oregon-Idaho Conference 1996, 200

 

1943-45           Plymouth – Smyrna

1945-46           Gibson

1946-48           Green

1948-51           Newton

1951                Gouldsboro (ending 9/1/1951)

1951                transfer to North Iowa Conference (9/1/1951)

1951-52           Sargeant Bluffs (beginning 9/1/1951)

1952-54           Lohrville

1954-57           South Marion

1957-60           Somers – Callender

1960-64           Springville – Prairie Chapel

1964-66           Pierson

1966-68           Cushing

1968-70           Miles – Preston – Sabula

1970-73           Riceville –McIntire – Elna

1973-76           Terril – Superior

1976-79           Morgan – Bradford – Lee Center

1979                transfer to Oregon-Idaho Conference

1979-80           Vale

1980-81           Union – North Powder

1981                retired

 

GUTHRIE, CHARLES ELLSWORTH

 

Born: 5-26-1867  Terra Alta WV                               married: Beulah Cowan

Died: 7-26-1940                                                          obit: Genesee Conference 1934, 547

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Gladys Mae Owen Snyder [1936]

license, Baltimore Conference                       obit2: [5/2/1890 – 3/6/1941]

admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference

ordained elder, Baltimore Conference

 

Interment: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington DC

Obit: Genesee Conference 1940, 77

 

1887-88           Hancock

1888-89           Rawlings

1889-90           Walkersville

1890-93           Baltimore circuit

1893-94           Baltimore Summerfield

1894-98           Baltimore Columbia Avenue

1898-01           Baltimore St. John’s Independent Methodist Church

1901-07           Baltimore Park Place – Strawbridge

1907-10           Washington DC Hamline

1910                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1910-15           Wilkes-Barre PA

1915                transfer to Genesee Conference

1915-17           Buffalo Richmond Avenue

1917-24           general secretary, Epworth League

1924-26           Syracuse University Church

1926-32           superintendent, Buffalo District

1932-36           Easy Aurora

1936-39           Coudersport and Sweden Valley

1939                retired

 

Note: The second Mrs. Guthrie (nee Owen) was the widow of a Mr. Israel David Snyder who died in 1935.  Charles E. Guthrie was director of the noted 1913 Wilkes-Barre Billy Sunday crusade.

 

GUTHRIE, ROBERT V.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1956    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:      

Obit:

 

Note: Robert V. Guthrie never served in the Wyoming Conference.  His 1956 admission/ordination was a courtesy for the Erie Conference.

 

GUYLER, JACK H. JR

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1987    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:      

Obit:

 

1986-87           Newport

1987-89           Grater Newport charge

1989                no longer listed

Note: Jack H. Guyler may have started the 1989 conference year on the Newport charge, but he left very shortly thereafter to become pastor of the newly formed Christ Independent Methodist Church nearby “at Maple Hill Chapel, behind St, Mary’s Cemetery in Hanover township.”  As of 2017 he was serving in the Eastern Regional Conference of the Churches of God.

 

HAGER, ROBERT LOUIS

 

Born: c1949                                                                married: Frances _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1979    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1979-81           Scranton Embury (ending 4/30/81)

1981                no appointment (5/8/1981 – 6/7/1981)

1981                transfer to North Arkansas Conference (6/8/1981)

1981-82           Brightwater – Bland Chapel, North Arkansas Conference (beginning 6/8/81)

…

 

2004-09           Paragould Pruett’s Chapel – Beech Grove

2009                retired

 

Note: As of 2015 Robert L. Hager was listed as a retired member of the Arkansas Conference and the head of Tiny Seed Films, a company producing documentary/inspirational films on effective churches.  He is also the author of the paperback book Living Faithfully in a post Christian World.

 

HAGY, MARK ANDREW

 

Born: 10-6-1953                                                          married: Nancy Ann _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1980    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

 

1977-81           Lake Como – Shehawken

1981                discontinued – 1981, page 96

                        Troy Conference

1992                transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1992-94           Mt. Nebo – Mt. Oliver

1994-96           Oriole

1996-98           Scotland

1998-02           Roxbury

2002-06           New Cumberland Trinity

2006-09           Town Hill

2009                Jersey Shore Trinity (ending 10/28/2009)

2009                suspended – 2010, page 51

 

Note: Mark A. Hagy is the son of Arthur F. Hagy (1931-2016) of the Upper New York.  Before being admitted on trial he served as a supply and/or student local pastor.  In 2016 he was living in Northumberland PA

 

HAIR, GEORGE ROBINSON

 

Born: 12-6-1825  Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England    married: Elizabeth S. Davidson

Died: 1-23-1898                                                          obit: Minnesota Conference 1917, 70

 

1856    admitted on trial

1858    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Glenwood Cemetery, Mankato, MN

Obit: Minnesota Conference 1898, 64

 

1852-53           Pittston Broad Street Methodist Protestant Church

 

1856-57           Whitney’s Point

1857-58           Whitney’s Point and Lisle

1858-60           Windsor

1860-62           Lanesboro

1862-64           Orwell

1864-66           LeRaysville

1864-67           LeRaysville

1867-70           Gibson

1870-73           Kingston

1773-77           superintendent, Wyoming District

1877-80           Waverly

1880                transfer to Minnesota Conference

1880-82           Northfield

 

HALCHAK, LESLIE G.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Donald Halchak

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2000    license, recommended by Ashley Centenary

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2000-08           New Hope and Slocum

2008-09           Carverton

2009-10           Mt. Zion – Orange

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-12           Mt Zion – Orange

2012-15           Mountain Trinity

2015-17           Jerseytown

2017-21           Northumberland Trinity – Sunbury Otterbein

2021                retired

 

Note: Leslie Halchak served as a local preacher.

 

HALE, JEFFREY D.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Nancy Kozlowski

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1993    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1993    ordained deacon

1995    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1982-83           Lockwood 

1983-87           withdrew

1987-90           Hornbrook

1990-95           Scranton Providence

1995-01           Cooperstown 

2001-03           associate, Endicott Central

2003-05           Hancock   Emory

2005-10           Norwich   Broad Street

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

 

HALE, NANCY (KOZLOWSKI)

 

Born:                                                                           married: Jeffrey D. Hale

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2002    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

2002    ordained deacon

2008    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1998-01           Milford (beginning 10/1/1998)

2001-02           Harpursville 

2002-08           on leave

2008-10           associate, Norwich   Broad Street

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

 

HALL, ROBERT E.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1874    ordained local deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

 

 

 

HALL, TRUMAN F.

 

Born: 2-27-1854  Butternuts NY                                married: Alice A. Welch

Died: 1-1-1927  Cooperstown NY                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1933, 168

 

1876    admitted on trial

1878    ordained deacon

1880    ordained elder

 

Interment: Lakewood Cemetery, Cooperstown NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1927, 124

 

1876-78           Exeter and Schuyler's Lake

1878-79           Westville

1879-81           Middlefield

1881-84           Westford

1884-85           Gilbertsville and Morris

1885-88           Otego

1888-91           Cooperstown

1891-95           Bainbridge

1895-99           Binghamton High Street

1898-04           superintendent, Oneonta District

1904-12           Carbondale

1912-17           Oneonta

1917                retired

                             1917-22      Fly Creek - Toddsville

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Truman F. Hall appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 332.

 

HALL, ZACHARIAS JAMES

 

Born: 2-18-1880  Napier, New Zealand                     married: Mrs. Nellie E. Drum Gardner

Died: 2-22-1977                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1972, 264

 

1939    ordained deacon         

 

Interment: Conklin Cemetery, Conklin NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1977, 235

 

1925                Orwell

1925-33           Hawleyton

1933-35           Great Bend

1935-36           Ouaquaga

1936-37           Guilford

1937-42           Coventry

1942-43           West Nicholson

1943-47           Sidney Center

1947                retired

 

Note: Z. James Hall served as a lay pastor.

 

 

HALLOCK, ROGER D.

 

Born: 9-18-1944  Beacon NY                                    married: Sharon Wheeler

Died: 1-7-1999  Rochester NY                                   obit:

 

1966    admitted on trial, New York Conference

1969    ordained deacon

1972    ordained elder

 

Interment: Fishkill Rural Cemetery, Fishkill NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1999, 337; New York Conference 1999, 8-4

 

1966-69           student, Drew University School of Theology

                            1968-69       Wiccopee

1969-72           Dover Plains and Wingdale

1974-99           Deposit

                             ?-? North Sanford

 

Note: Roger D. Hallock was always a member of the New York Conference, but Deposit and North Sanford fall along boundary and seem to have been shuffled between the Wyoming and New York Conferences.

 

HALSTEAD, HENRY

           

Born: 6-4-1800  Bedford NY                                     married: Eliza Ann Parks
Died: 2-21-1896  New Berlin NY                              obit: Wyoming Conference 1884, 60

 

1826    admitted on trial, Genesee Conference

 

Interment: St. Andrew’s Cemetery, New Berlin NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1896, 96

 

1826-27           Camden

1827-28           Lebanon

1828-29           Vernon

1829                charter member of Oneida Conference

1829-30           Vernon

1830-31           Stockbridge

1831-33           Herkimer

1833-35           Oxford

1835-36           Hamilton

1836-38           Hampton

1838-40           Springfield

1840-41           Sherburne

1841-42           Otsego

1842-44           Middlefield

1844-46           Exeter

1846-47           Otego

1847-49           Springfield

1849-51           Frey’s Bush

1851-52           on leave

1852-53           Westville

1853-54           Unadilla and Unadilla Center

1854-55           Unadilla

1855-56           Bainbridge

1856                retired

     1869  transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

 

Note:  Henry Halstead is the father of Thomas P. Halstead.  A brief biography of Henry Halstead appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 190.

 

 

HALSTEAD, THOMAS P.

           

Born: 9-11-1830  Stockbridge NY                             married: Lina M. Merrill
Died: 4-22-1891  Afton NY                                       obit: Wyoming Conference 1901, 195

 

1856    exhorter’s license

1857    local preacher’s license

1858    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Glenwood Cemetery, Afton NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1892, 94

 

1857-58           Hartwick

1858-59           Bainbridge

1859-61           Plymouth NY

1861-63           Earlville

1863-65           East Hamilton

1865-68           Unadilla

1868-69           Oxford

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1869-71           Oxford

1871-73           Sherburne

1873-76           Afton

1876-77           Guilford

1877-80           Mount Upton

1880-83           Worcester

1883-86           Newark

1886-87           Taylorville

1887-88           on leave

1888-89           Athens

1889-90           Worcester and superintendent, Oneonta District

1890-91           superintendent, Oneonta District

 

Note:  Thomas P. Halstead is the son of Henry Halstead.  A brief biography of Thomas P. Halstead appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 191.

 

HAMBRIDGE, W.A.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1921-24           Lockwood

 

Note: W.A. Hambridge served as a supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

HAMPTON, LYNN JULIUS

 

Born: 1-17-1919  Ashland AL                                    married: Sybil Ila Pennington

Died: 10-27-2016                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 2007, 178

 

1953    admitted on trial, West Virginia Conference

1955    ordained deacon

1958    ordained elder

 

Interment: Trinity Memorial Gardens, Waldorf MD

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2017, 283

 

1953-55           student, West Virginia Wesleyan

1955-58           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                             1955-58      Mehoopa, Wyoming Conference

1958-62           (West Virginia Conference)

1962                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1962-66           Unadilla 

1966-69           Apalachin 

1969-75           Castle Creek 

1975-85           Dorranceton

1985                retired

    2010  transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

 

HANCOCK, STEPHEN

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1918-23           Chenango Bridge

 

Note: Stephen Hancock served as a supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

HAND, CHARLES L.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1899    ordained local deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1897-98           Larksville

 

Note: C.L. Hand was a student at Wyoming Seminary.  Nothing more is known about him.  Believed to be the Charles L. Hand (1869-1936) buried in Viewland Cemetery, Rotterdam NY.

 

 

HANER, E.W.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

        -03           Young Hickory NY (independent “restoration” church)

                        “transfer” to Methodist Episcopal denomination

1903-04           Bath Second, Genesee Conference

1907-08           East Kane, Erie Conference

1910-11           Auburn, Wyoming Conference

1911-12           Ouaquaga, Wyoming Conference

1913-14           Cannonsville, New York Conference

 

Note: E.W. Haner served as a supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

 

HANEY, JAMES MAGEE

 

Born: 7-30-1917  Farmington NJ                   married: Angela J. Whitaker

Died: 10-15-2008  Cornwall PA                    obit: Eastern Pennsylvania Conference 2012, 603

 

1940    admitted on trial, New Jersey Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Eastern Pennsylvania Conference 2009:2, 62

 

1938-39           West Davenport, Wyoming Conference

1939-40           West Belmar

1940                transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1940-43           student

1943-44           Chalfont Montgomery Square

1944-48           St. Clair

1948-51           Bryn Mawr – Randor

1951-54           Philadelphia St. Matthew

1954-59           Pottsville

1959-64           Coatesville

1964-83           Philadelphia Arch Street

1983                retired

 

Note: James M. Haney is the son of David Roe Haney (1881-1943) of the New Jersey Conference.  He served in the Wyoming Conference as a supply pastor while attending Hartwick College.  Mrs. Haney is the daughter of Fenelon Brown Whitaker (1891-1977) of the Southern New Jersey Conference.

 

HANKS, STANLEY GAYLORD

 

Born: 2-16-1926                                                          married: Shirley M. _____

Died: 1-14-2007                                                          obit: [1929 – 2005]

 

1953    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Glen Haven Memorial Gardens, Crystal MN

Obit: Minnesota Conference 2007, 250

 

1952-55           Narrowsburg, Wyoming Conference

 

Note: Stanley G. Hanks of the Minnesota Conference served as a supply pastor in the Wyoming Conference while attending school.  He transferred in (5/22/1953) and out (5/24/1953) of the Wyoming Conference for purposed of ordination.

 

HANLEY, PATRICIA E.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2005    license, recommended by Equinunk Union

 

Interment:

Obit:

2005-08           Union Dale (beginning 12/19/2005)

2008-10           Lake Como

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Patricia E. Hanley served as a local preacher.

 

HANMER, CHARLES O.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Elizabeth F. _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1874    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1874-75           Jackson

1875                located

                        “transfer” to New York Conference

1877-78           Saugerties

1878                “trial and suspension of local deacon Charles O. Hanmer,”  page 17

                        “transfer” to the Presbyterian Church

1884                transfer from the Presbytery if Chemung to the Presbytery of Cayuga

1890                transfer from the Presbytery of Cayuga to the Presbytery of Chemung

1895                transfer from the Presbytery of Chemung to the Presbyter of North River

 

Note: C.O. Hanmer is a principal in a March 1872 newspaper article “Church Troubles in Newburg” in which he is described as “formerly a Methodist minister at Ridgebury, Orange County, but now serving a Union church in Central New York.”

   A December 1877 newspaper article states the following.

Rev. Charles O. Hanmer, Pastor of the Methodist Mission Church of Saugerties, who was suspended from preaching tbe other day by the District Methodist Conference, received a letter to-day in which that gentleman says that, be publicly withdrew on Sunday last from the Methodist Church. He avers that he will remain in Saugerties and continue to preach as heretofore to his congregation, which is mainly composed of the seceders from the regular Methodist Church there, and who continue to be faithful attendants upon his ministrations. It is stated that Mr. Hanmer will apply for admission to the Presbyterian Church. 

   A January 16, 1878, article in The Christian Union, page 55, states the following.

The Rev. C. O. Hanmer, of the M. E. Church, has been suspended from the ministry for four months for having preached for over a year and a half to an organized body of one hundred and fifty disaffected members who had withdrawn from the M. E. Church at Saugerties, N. Y. On account of this action of the conference Mr. Hanmer has withdrawn from the M. E. denomination, and proposes with his society to seek admission in some other denomination.

   The 1880 History of  Ulster County NY reports that the Methodist Mission Church of Saugerties was organized May 17, 1876, and that the society was discontinues about May 1878, Rev. O.C. Hanmer having been the only pastor.

 

HANOR, ROBERT NEIL

 

Born: c1945                                                                married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial, Southern New Jersey Conference

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1970                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1970-72           Montdale

1972-76           South Sterling (ending 3/21/1976)

1976                withdrew; see 1976, 139

 

Note: In 2020, Robert N. Hanor is living in Newfoundland PA.

 

HANSON, LINDA LEE

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1990    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

 

1990-01           minister of music, Charlottesville VA Westminster Presbyterian

 

Note: Linda Lee Hanson served as a diaconal minister.

 

 

HANTON, BENJAMIN R.

 

Born: 4-6-1866 Reedham, England                            married: Anna Bella Jurisch

Died: 10-22-1951                                                        obit: 11/18/1874 – 7/4/1968]

 

1882    exhorter’s license, Reedham Primitive Methodist Church

1882    local preacher’s license, Reedham Primitive Methodist Church

1889    local preacher’s license, Scranton Hampton Street

1897    ordained local deacon

1898    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1952, 1154

 

1893-94           Larksville

1894-95           ?

1895-97           Glen Lyon

1897-99           Lackawaxen

1899-04           Wallsville

1904-06           Jackson

1906-09           Hallstead

1909-13           Gibson and South Gibson

1913-16           Ariel

1916-20           Throop

1920-21           New Milford

1921-29           Scranton St. Paul’s

1929-36           Duyrea

1936-41           Askham – Sugar Notch

1941                retired

 

Note: Benjamin R. Hanton is the father of Marjorie Emma Hanton.  A biographical sketch of Benjamin R. Hanton appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 333.

 

 

HANTON, MARJORIE EMMA

 

Born: 4-12-1905  Jackson PA                                    married: [single]

Died: 7-27-2000  Tunkhannock PA                           obit:

 

1941    ordained deacon, Troy Conference

1953    ordained elder, Troy Conference

 

Interment: Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2001, 191

 

1931                home missionary, Community Center in Hazleton PA

                        home missionary, Unity Mission in Berwick PA

                        girls’ dormitory supervisor, Wood Junior College in Mathiston MS

                        community center and mission church, Barree VT

                        transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1956-58           Alum Bank

1958-59           director, Shawnee Rural Group Work

                        transfer to Wyoming Conference

                        superintendent, Elizabeth Church Manor in Binghamton NY

                        South Auburn

1972                retired

 

Note: Marjorie Emma Hanton is the daughter of Benjamin R. Hanton.  She worked as a deaconess, but also served congregations.  See Maser’s 1969 Methodism in Central Pennsylvania, pages 297 and 363.

 

 

HARD, MANLEY SYLVESTER

           

Born: 10-4-1839  Penfield NY                                   married: Celia Adelaide Stowell
Died: 2-12-1903  Philadelphia PA                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1915, 97

 

1861    exhorter’s license

1862    1ocal pastor’s license

1864    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Floral Park Cemetery, Binghamton NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1903, 109

 

1865-67           Morrisville

1867-69           Clinton

1869                transfer to Central New York Conference by boundary change

1869-70           Clinton

1870-72           Ilion

1873-76           Syracuse Centenary

1876-78           Ithaca Aurora Street

1878-81           superintendent, Elmira District

1881-84           Elmira Hedding

1884-86           Canandaigua

1886                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1886-91           Binghamton Centenary

1891-93           superintendent, Wyoming District

1893-03           assistant corresponding secretary, Church Extension Society

 

Note:  Manley Sylvester Hard is the son of Amos Hard (1812-1877) of the Genesee Conference, and a brother to Clark Pettingill Hard (1846-1925) of the Illinois Conference.  In appreciation for his work in church extension, the 1903 Wyoming Conference voted to erect a church in West Binghamton to be known as the Hartwell-Hard Memorial Church.  A brief biography of Manley Sylvester Hard appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 189.

 

 

HARDING, ADDISON F.

 

Born: 5-25-1823  Gibson PA                                      married: Mary R. Wentz

Died: 1-17-1905  Great Bend PA                               obit: [d. 8/22/1879]

                                                                                    married2: Olive R. Cobb

1841    exhorter’s license                                            obit2: Wyoming Conference 1916, 119

1842    local preacher’s license

1854    admitted on trial

1856    ordained deacon

1858    ordained elder

 

Interment: Woodlawn Cemetery, Great Bend PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1905, 113

 

1852-54           Union

1854-56           Conklin

1856-58           Windsor

1858-59           Lisle

1859-61           Page Brook

1861-62           Union

1862-63           Springville

1863-66           Rome

1866-67           Wyalusing

1867-69           Great Bend

1869-70           Hawleyton

1870-72           Barton

1872-74           Lanesboro

1874-76           Westville

1876-77           retired

1877-78           Hale's Eddy

1878-79           Masonville

1879-80           Harpursville

1880-81           Rush

1881-84           Fairdale

1884-86           Choconut Center

1886-88           Edmeston

1888                retired

 

Note: Addison F. Harding is a brother to Lowell B. Harding and an uncle to William L. Linnaberry.  A biographical sketch of Addison F. Harding appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 333.

 

 

HARDING, LOWELL B.

           

Born: 9-29-1818  Medway MA                                  married: Harriet Ells

Died: 7-7-1901  Binghamton NY                               obit: [12/7/1827 – 3/28/1895]

 

Interment:  Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton NY

Obit:

 

1854-55           Broome

 

Note:  Lowell Harding is a brother to Addison F. Harding.  He operated a business in Binghamton and served as a local preacher.

 

 

HARDING, MERRITT LYNDE

 

Born: 12-16-1874  Plains PA                                     married: Sarah M. Jopling

Died: 1-19-1918  Tunkhannock PA                           obit: Wyoming Conference 1964, 242

 

1906    admitted on trial

1907    ordained elder

 

Interment: Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1918, 117

 

1906-11           Wilkes-Barre St. Andrew

1911-17           Scranton Providence

1917-18           Tunkhannock

 

 

HARDING, OLU W.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          admitted on trial

?          ordained deacon

2005    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2000-02           Davenport 

2002-07           Vestal Calvary

2007-10           Oneonta   Elm Park

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

 

HARDING, W. LEA

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

?          ordained deacon

1999    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1997-99           Campville 

1999-10           chaplain, Binghanton   Hilltop UM Home

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

 

HARDMAN-ZIMMERMAN, JOHN H.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Susan Hardman

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          license, ICCC denomination

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1995-97           Equinunk, Wyoming Conference of the United Methodist Church

1997                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the United Methodist Church

1997-98           Equinunk

1998-02           Forest City

2002                discontinued, page 110

 

Note: John H. Hardman-Zimmerman is married to Susan Hardman-Zimmerman.

 

HARDMAN-ZIMMERMAN, SUSAN

 

Born:                                                                           married: John Zimmerman

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1989    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1989    ordained deacon

1993    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1989-91           student, Drew Theological Seminary

1991-95           Wyalusing

1995-99           Pleasant Mount

1999-02           on leave

2002-03           Forest City

2003-04           Forest City – Ararat

2004-05           on leave

2005-10           Taylor – Old Forge First        

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-12           Taylor – Old Forge First

2012-18           Old Forge First – Pittston (ending 12/31/2018)

2018-23           New England Conference (beginning 1/1/2019)

 

Note: Susan Hardman-Zimmerman is married to John Hardman-Zimmerman.

 

 

HARDY, H. CLAUDE

 

Born: 2-27-1887  Glenwood PA                                married: Shirley Frances N. _____

Died: 6-7-1973                                                            obit: [2/15/1897 – 3/26/1972]

 

?          admitted on trial

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Sidney NY

Obit:

 

1949-1968       faculty, Hartwick College

                            1951-53       West Davenport (beginning 12/1/1951)

                            1953-54       Emmons – West Davenport

 

Note: H. Claude Hardy is reported to have been an ordained Methodist preacher, and he is listed as officiating in weddings and funerals in the 1920’s and 30’s.  He served in the Wyoming Conference as a local pastor.

 

 

HARNED, HENDERSON GAYLORD

 

Born: 8-1-1839  Luzerne County PA                         married: Abby A. Carter

Died: 1-19-1928                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1889, 84

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Amy A. Coon Lewis (1889)

1862    exhorter’s license                                            obit2: Wyoming Conference 1942,393

1864    local preacher’s license, Mason City IL

1866    admitted on trial, Illinois Conference

1869    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Dunmore Cemetery, Dunmore PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1928, 133

 

1866-67           Middletown

1867-68           Meredosia

1868                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1868-69           Hawley

1869-71           Sterling

1871-72           Canaan

1872-73           agent, Bible Society of Wayne County PA

1873-74           Harford and South Gibson

1874-77           Springville

1877-79           Sidney Plains

1879-81           Fly Creek

1881-84           Hartwick

1884-86           Newton

1886-88           Meshoppen

1888-90           Carverton

1890-92           Parsons

1892-94           Damascus

1894-97           Salem

1897-98           Uniondale

1898-01           agent, Bible Society

1901-03           Maple Grove

1903-23           superintendent, Northeast Branch of the American Bible Society

1923                retired

 

Note: Henderson G. Harned is the father of Anna Harned Bailey, wife of Volney A. Bailey.  A biographical sketch of Henderson G. Harned appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 334.  The obituary for the first Mrs. Harned gives her maiden name as N.A. Carter.  The first husband of the second Mrs. Harned [nee Coon] was a Mr. A. Carver Lewis.

 

 

HARRING, JAMES LEROY

 

Born: 11-29-1928  Mt. Carmel PA                             married: Doris Mae Schucker

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1950    admitted on trial, East PA Conference EUB: recommended by MT. Carmel St. Paul’s

1950    ordained deacon

1955    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1950-52           student, Albright College

1952-55           student, United Theological Seminary

                             1952-55  Allentown Emmanuel

1955-62           Wilkes-Barre Salem

1962-70           Wilkes-Barre Albright

1970                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1970-79           Wilkes-Barre Albright

1979-85           Wilkes-Barre Albright – Parrish Street

1985-86           sabbatical leave

1986-91           chaplain, Veterans Administration

1991                retired

    2010  transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

 

HARRIS, CHARLES W.      

 

Born: 1801  NY                                                          married: Elizabeth North [1836]

Died:  1868  Minneapolis MN                                    obit: [1810-1887]

 

1829    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

1831    ordained deacon, Oneida Conference

1833    ordained elder, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Oak Hill Cemetery, Minneapolis MN

Obit:

 

1829-30           Spencer

1830-31           Bridgewater [Springville] circuit

1831-32           Wyoming circuit

1832-33           Wyalusing

1833-34           South Canaan

1834-35           Barton

1835-37           Newfield

1837-38           Skaneateles

1838-39           Dryden

1840-42           Chenango

1842-44           Columbus

1844-45           Lebanon

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852                retired

    1856  located

 

Note: Charles W. Harries moved to Richfield MN in 1853.

 

 

HARRIS, CHESTER M.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1940    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1937-40           Lakeview

1940-42           Clifford

1942-43           Gouldsboro

1943-45           Scranton Court Street

1945-51           Plymouth

1951                Ashley (ending 10/1/1951)

1951                withdrew (10/1/1951); see 1952, 968

 

Note: This is not the layman Chester Harris whose obituary appears in the 2004 journal of the Wyoming Conference.

 

HARRIS, E.T.

           

Born:                                                                           married:
Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                       

Interment:
Obit:

 

1911-12           Barton

 

Note:  E.T. Harris served as a supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

HARRIS, ELISHA

 

Born: 1801  Luzerne County PA                                married: Sarah Hawk

Died: 4-16-1888  Kingston PA                                   obit: [8/19/1804 – 10/19/1891]

 

 

 

Interment: Carverton Cemetery, Carverton PA

Obit: [Wyoming Conference 1888, 43]

 

Note: Elisha Harris was a prominent local preacher in the Wyoming District.

 

HARRIS, IRA J.

 

Born: 2-24-1857                                                          married: Jessie F. Bliss

Died: 12-1-1912                                                          obit: Northwest Iowa Conference 1947, 689

 

1908    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Restland Cemetery, Bainbridge OH

Obit: Northwest Iowa Conference 1913, 72

 

1908-10           Cooperstown

1910                transfer to Northwest Iowa Conference

 

 

HARRIS, NATHANIEL

 

Born: 5-14-1855  London, England                           married: Martha Ann Holding

Died: 7-2-1929                                                            obit: Genesee Conference 1922, 504

                                                                                    married2: Cora B. Mercer

                                                                                    obit2:

1886    admitted on trial, United Methodist Free church of England

 

Interment: Hillside Cemetery, Belleville MI

Obit: Genesee Conference 1929, 310

 

1898                “transfer” to Methodist Church of Canada

1902                transfer to Detroit Conference

1905                transfer to Genesee Conference

1905-08           Corning Grace

1908-09           Hornell East Avenue

1909                transfer to Northwest Iowa Conference

1910                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1910-12           Cooperstown

1912                withdrew

 

 

HARRIS, ROBERT WALLACE

 

Born: 7-20-1938  Philadelphia PA                             married: Janet _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1957    admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference: recommended by Sellers Memorial

1961    ordained deacon, Philadelphia Conference

1964    ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1957-60           student, Western Maryland College

1960-63           student, Wesley Theological Seminary

                            1961-63       Philadelphia Faith

1963                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1963-65           New Berlin 

1965-68           Schenevus   (ending 8/30/1968)

1968-70           Alderson (beginning 9/1/1968)

1971-74           Greene 

1974-75           student

1975-80           Lehman

1980-81           Hop Bottom

1981-83           Maplewood

1983-89           Susquehanna

1989-92           Scranton Embury

1992-96           Jermyn

1996-98           Enosburg Falls VT, Troy Conference (ending 2/28/1998)

1998                retired (3/1/1998)

    2010  transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Robert W. Harris is the son of Wallace H. Harris (1903-1967) of the Philadelphia Conference.

 

 

HARRIS, SHARON

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2008    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2008-10           McClure 

 

Note: Sharon Harris served as a local preacher.

 

 

HARRIS, SUMMER S.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1930-33           Vestal Center

 

Note: Summer S. Harris served as a local preacher.

 

HARRISON, HOWARD REYNOLDS

 

Born: 4-27-1894  Plymouth PA                                  married: Caroline Pyne

Died: 4-26-1976  Kingston PA                                   obit: [10/1/1893 – 7/31/1981]

 

1918    admitted on trial

1923    ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Wyoming Cemetery, Wyoming PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1976, 218

 

1918-22           student

1922-23           Berkshire

1923-25           Thompson

1925-30           Wilkes-Barre Derr Memorial

1930-35           Plains (moved during the last year to High Street)

1935-38           Binghamton High Street

1938-43           Nanticoke

1943-46           chaplain, US Army

1946-50           Shavertown

1950-56           Plains

1956-59           Huntsville

1959                retired

 

 

HARRISON, JOHN W.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          license

1886    ordained local deacon

1890    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1884-87           Mountain Top

1887-89           Maple Gove

1889-90           Eaton

1890-91           Paupack

1891                no longer listed

 

Note: John W. Harrison served as a local preacher.

 

 

HARRISON, JOSEPH STEPHENS

 

Born: 10-1-1926                                                          married:

Died: 5-4-2001                                                            obit:

 

1950    admitted on trial

1950    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Indian Orchard Cemetery, Indian Orchard PA

Obit:

 

1950-51           student

1951-52           Castle Rock

1952-54           assistant, Scranton Elm Park

1954                transfer to Ohio Conference

 

HARROUN, THOMAS

 

Born: 6-26-1825  Salina [Syracuse] NY                    married: Salina A. King

Died: 9-13-1907  Whitney’s Point NY                      obit: Wyoming Conference 1903, 114

 

1850    local preacher’s license

1852    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: South Onondaga NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1908, 123

 

1850-52           Onondaga

1852-53           Lenox

1853-54           Nelson

1854-56           Fabius

1856-58           Marcellus

1858-60           Stockbridge

1860-62           Fabius

1862-63           Utica

1863-66           Ithaca

1866-69           Norwich

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1869-73           superintendent, Chenango District

1873-76           Pittston

1876-79           Binghamton Main Street

1879-82           Honesdale

1882-85           Montrose

1885-88           Factoryville

1888-94           superintendent, Binghamton District

1894-97           Sayre

1897-98           Greene

1898-02           Sherburne

1902-04           Whitney's Point

1904                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Thomas Harroun appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 336.  He is a brother to Rev. Alexander Harroun (1826-1914) of the Central New York Conference, Rev. Charles Elliot Harroun (1829-1911) of the Free Methodist Church and reportedly one other ordained pastor.
     Upon his death, the following approved motion appeared in the 1908 journal, page 51.  Whereas Miss Flora Harroun [1849-1929] has given the beauty and strength of her life to the success of her father’s ministry, and no provision can be made for her in the Preacher’s Aid Society or in the fund for worn-out ministers; therefore, resolved that we will gather a special offering from each charge of the Conference the coming year, and present it to her along with our offering to the superannuates.

 

 

HART, GEORGE C.

 

Born: 1837  England                                                   married: Mary Ann Walker

Died: 1919  Carbondale PA                                        obit: [1840-1916]

 

1864    admitted on trial, recommended by Honesdale

1866    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Brookside Cemetery, Carbondale PA

Obit:

 

1863-64           Lackawaxen

1864-67           South Canaan

1867-70           Waymart

1870-74           Beach Lake

1873-75           Bethany

1875                retired

 

 

HART, WILLIAM SHEFFY

 

Born: 10-14-1939  Charleston WV                                        married: Chessie P. Davis

Died: 12-22-2010  Charleston WV                                        obit:

 

1963    admitted on trial

1966    ordained

 

Interment: Mountain View Memorial Park, Charleston WV

Obit:

 

1962-65           Damascus

1965-66           Clifford

1966                transfer to West Virginia Conference

1966-67           Canaan

1967-68           Coalwood

1968-70           Gassaway

1970-71           Charleston St. Johns

1971-72           St. John – Teays

1972-75           Chelyan – East Bank

1975-78           Accoville – Amherstdale

1978-80           West Liberty – Short Creek

1980-82           Kadesh North Street – Fulton

 

Note: William Sheffey Hart is a fifth great-grandson of John Hart, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

 

HARTMANN, ALICE K.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Peter

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

 

?          license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1995-98           Hornbrook (beginning 10/1/1995)

1998-02           associate, Owego 

2002-08           Candor McKendree and German Hill  

2008-09           (not appointed)

2009                retired

 

Note: Alice K. Hartman served as a local preacher.

 

 

HARTSOCK, FRANK D.

 

Born: 9-28-1865  Buffalo Run PA                             married: Ruth Gray

Died: 4-9-1936  Columbia SC                                    obit: Wyoming Conference 1966, 291

 

1888    local preacher’s license, Williamsport Pine Street

1892    admitted on trial

1892    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Dunmore PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1936, 846

 

1887-90           student, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary

1890-91           student, Drew Theological Seminary

1891-94           Harford PA

1894-96           Edmeston

1896-99           Marathon

1899-01           Plains

1901-04           Mount Upton

1904-05           ?

1905-10           Dunmore

1910-12           Scranton Simpson

1912-16           Carbondale

1916-22           superintendent, Scranton District

1922-25           Kingston

1925-30           Binghamton Chenango Street

1930-31           Endicott Central

1931-33           Dallas

1933                retired

 

Note: Frank D. Hartsock is a brother to H. Willis Hartsock (1877-1964) of the Central Pennsylvania Conference and a nephew to A. Jackson Hartsock (1832-1907) of the Allegheny Conference of the United Brethren Church.  A biographical sketch of Frank D. Hartsock appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 337.

 

 

HARTWELL, JOSEPH

           

Born: 9-22-1816  Summit NY                                    married: Sarah A. Peacock
Died: 11-13-1899  Binghamton NY                           obit: [1818 – 7/21/1848]

                                                                                    married2: Sarah Ann Irish Rood

1832    exhorter’s license                                            obit2: Wyoming Conference 1913, 123

1834    license

1838    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Floral Park Cemetery, Binghamton NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1900, 111

 

1838-39           Otsego

1839-40           Otego

1840-41           Hamilton

1841-42           East Hamilton

1842-44           Fabius

1844-46           Stockbridge

1846-47           Sauquoit

1847-49           Utica State Street

1849-50           Skaneateles

1850-52           Homer

1852-53           superintendent, Auburn District

1853-54           agent, Northwestern University

1854-56           agent, Northwestern Church Extension Society

1856                transfer to Rock River Conference

1856-57           Aurora

1857-58           “in the East”

1858-59           Woodstock

1859-61           on leave

1861-62           Rockford First

1862-64           superintendent of missions, Liverpool England

1864-65           Sterling

1865-67           Kankakee

1867-68           Morris

1868-69           Chicago State Street

1869-72           located

1872                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1872-73           LeRoy

1873-76           Binghamton High Street

1876-77           Schenevus

1877-79           on leave

1879                retired

 

Note:  The middle initial of the second Mrs. Hartwell, nee Irish, is given in the conference obituary as J; she was the widow of a Mr. Edwin Hayden Rood.  In appreciation for his work in church extension, the 1903 Wyoming Conference voted to erect a church in West Binghamton to be known as the Hartwell-Hard Memorial Church.  A brief biography of Joseph Hartwell appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 192.

 

 

HARVEY, CASSIUS HOMER        

 

Born: 12-4-1814                                                          married: Cordelia Ann Hubbard

Died: 10-30-1886                                                        obit:

 

1839    admitted on trial, Troy Conference

1841    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

1843    ordained deacon, Oneida Conference

1845    ordained elder, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: East Spring Cemetery, Springboro PA

Obit:

 

1839-40           Brandon VT

1840                discontinued

1841                “transfer” to Oneida Conference

1841-42           Fabius

1842-44           Hamilton

1844-46           Cooperstown

1846-48           Cherry Valley

1848-50           Ames

1850-51           Honesdale

1851-52           Wyoming

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852                suspended, page 3 [spiritualism]

                        entered the Baptist ministry in New York City

1871-73           First Baptist, Sharon PA

 

Note: Cassius H. Harvey is the author of the 1877 book: The Great Messiah, or, A life of Christ: compiled out of His inspired biographies, and translated into rhymic verse.  The 3/5/1860 NY Times reports: “On Sunday morning Rev. Cassius Homer Harvey, recently Methodist pastor, formally joined the Baptist denomination, and was baptized by Dr. Armitage in the Norfolk Street [NYC] Baptist Church.  In the evening Mr. Harvey preached a forcible sermon in which he gave his reasons for becoming a Baptist.”  See Bugbee’s He Holds the Stars in His Hands: Centennial History of the Wyoming Conference (1952), pages 10ff.

 

HARVEY, MARK SUMNER.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Kate Matson

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1970    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1970    ordained deacon

1975    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1970-74           student

1974-05           ministry, Boston MA Jazz Arts Community

2005                retired

    2010  charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Mark S. Harvey is a nephew to Earl V. Tolley, his mother Marjorie being Earl’s sister, and a great-grandson of John Burnell Sumner and Samuel Tolley.

 

HARWOOD, THOMAS C.

 

Born: 12-23-1865  Salem NY                                    married: Pruda [?]

Died: 7-7-1941  Alderson PA                                     obit:

                                                                                    married2: Frances Young

1887    admitted on trial, Troy Conference                obit2: [1876-1968]

 

Interment: Birchardville Cemetery, Birchardville PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1942, 386

 

                        Brainard First

                        Troy First

                        Albany Grace

                        Canajoharie First

1906                retired due to ill health

1918-21           Baptist Church, Birchardville PA

1921                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1921-24           Alderson

1924-34           Askam – Sugar Notch

1934                retired to Montrose PA

 

Note: Thomas C. Harwood is the son of Thomas W. Harwood (1827-1902) of the Troy Conference, and the grandson of Rev. John Harwood of Nottingham England.

 

 

HASBROUCK, GLENN F.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Joan _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1995    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1995-01           Plymouth NY (beginning 10/1/1995)

 

Note: Glenn F. Hasbrouck served as a local preacher.

 

 

HASKELL, ELLERY B.

 

Born: 1911                                                                  married: Grace C. _____
Died: 2002                                                                  obit: {1912 – 2006]

 

?          ordained, Baptist Church

 

Interment: Philadelphia Memorial Park, Frazer PA
Obit:

 

1937-40           Spencer

1942-45           Immanuel Baptist, Chester PA

 

Note: Ellery B. Haskell served Spencer as a federated church.

 

HATHAWAY, GEORGE E.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1870    admitted on trial

1872    ordained deacon

1874    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1878                located

 

 

HATHAWAY, HEMAN PHILANDER

 

Born: 6-24-1821                                                          married: Priscilla Davis

Died: 4-18-1898                                                          obit: [2/15/1832 – 11/26/1898]

 

1875    ordained local elder

 

Interment: Maplewood Cemetery, Carbondale PA

Obit: [Wyoming Conference 1898, 40]

 

 

Note: H.P. Hathaway, a ministerial son of East Ararat, lived in Carbondale and served as a local preacher.  An obituary for Mrs. Hathaway appears in The Christian Advocate 2/23/1899, page 309.

 

 

HAUS, WILLIAM L.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

 

 

 

HAUSER, SCOTT

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1952-54           Flemingville

 

Note: Scott Hauser served as a local preacher.

 

 

HAUSSER, GUSTAV FRIEDRICH

 

Born: 3-26-1836 Marbach Wurttemberg, Germany   married: Henriette Rosine Brioat

Died: 1-19-1917                                                          obit: East German Conference 1908, 81

 

admitted on trial, East German Conference

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment: Lancaster Rural Cemetery, Lancaster NY

Obit: East German Conference 1917, 97

 

                        Jersey City

1892-95           Scranton First German [Adams Ave] and Scranton Second German [Petersburg Chapel]

                        Brooklyn Lorimer Street

                        Baltimore Pennsylvania Avenue

1904-07           South Scranton German [Prospect Ave]

 

Note: Gustav Friedrich Hausser is the father of Gustav Frederich Hausser (1866-1955) of the New York East Conference.  He served in Pennsylvania when these churches were in the East German Conference. 

 

 

HAUSSER, ROBERT E.

 

Born: 4-21-1910                                                          married: Jeanette E. Wheeler

Died: 9-14-1968                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 2009, 231

 

1936    admitted on trial

1936    ordained deacon

1938    ordained elder

 

Interment: North Cemetery, Cedarville OH

Obit:

 

1936-39           Lanesboro

1939-40           student

1940-42           Edmeston

1942-43           Hopbottom

1943                transfer to Genesee Conference

                        Le Roy

                        Houghton College

1953-60           Terre Haute IN Tabernacle Baptist Church

1960-68           Cedarville College

 

 

HAVEN, PATRICIA [SLOAN]

 

Born: East Stroudsburg PA                                        married: Richard C. Haven [6/25/1960]

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1981    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1980-86           Otego

1986-89           associate, Oneonta First (ending 1/1/1989)

1989-93           Cooperstown & Exeter (beginning 1/1/1989)

1993                located

 

Note: Patricia Haven is the spouse of Richard C. Have.

 

HAVEN, RICHARD C.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Patricia Sloan

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1982    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1982-83           Wells Bridge

 

Note: Richard C. Haven is the spouse of Patricia Haven.  He served as a local pastor.

 

HAVENS, LYNN BRADLEY

 

Born: 1919, Binghamton NY                                     married: June Varner

Died:                                                                           obit: Wyoming Conference 2009, 231

 

?          admitted on trial, Indiana Conference

?          ordained deacon

1945    ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1941-42           Lanesville IN, Indiana Conference

1942-43           Almonesson NJ, New Jersey Conference

1943-46           Montdale, Wyoming Conference

1944                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1944-46           Montdale

1946-50           Lake Ariel

1950-57           Dunmore

1957-63           Binghamton   Boulevard

1963-70           Endicott Central

1970-71           sabbatical leave

1971-74           Windsor 

1974-78           Binghamton   High Street

1978-81           Binghamton   Ogden

1981                retired

                                      assistant, Sun City AZ First

                            2010  charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: L. Bradley Havens is the son of Reeves C. Havens Sr., and a brother to Reeves C. Havens Jr. and Robert W. Havens.  Mrs. Havens is a sister to Lee Scott Varner (1914-1980) of the Virginia Conference.

 

HAVENS, REEVES CLARE JR.

 

Born: 3-13-1916  Binghamton NY                             married: Geraldine M. Bowen

Died: 11-9-2010  Franklin TN                                    obit: [1/29/1921 – 5/24/2016]

 

1943    admitted on trial

1943    ordained deacon

1945    ordained elder

 

Interment: Riverhurst Cemetery, Endicott NY

Obit:

 

1942-43           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                            1942      Parsippany NJ (Jun-Dec)

                            1943      Port Morris NJ (Jan-May)

1943-44           Pittston St. Paul’s

1944-47           Skinner’s Eddy

1947-49           Wyalusing

1949-52           Chenango Bridge

1952-55           missionary, Nome AK

1955-58           missionary. Ketchikan AK

1958-59           Nichols

1959                transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference

1959-65           chaplain, Philadelphia Methodist Hospital

1965-68           Lancaster Broad Street [now Christ]

1968-78           chaplain, Cornwall Manor

1978                retired

                            1979-84       missionary, Anchorage AK First

    1984-92       missionary, Juneau AK Northern Light

 

Note: Reeves C. Havens Jr is the son of Reeves C. Havens Sr and a brother to L. Bradley Havens and Robert W. Havens.  He retired a second time to Tennessee in 1992, where he filled in as a visiting pastor for several churches until 2007.

 

HAVENS, REEVES CLARE SR.

 

Born: 12-29-1891                                                        married: Helen May Bradley

Died: 8-21-1978                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1973, 290

 

1914    license

1925    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1929    ordained deacon

1931    ordained elder

 

Interment: Vestal Hills Memorial Park, Vestal NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1979, 252

 

1914-15           Danby

1925-28           Courtdale

1928-32           Courtdale – Larksville

1932-33           associate, Binghamton Boulevard

1933-39           Vestal

1939-42           associate Binghamton Boulevard

1942-52           Duryea

1952-58           Ashley

1958                retired

    1959-66  Warren Center

 

Note: Reeves C. Havens Sr. is the father of L. Bradley Havens, Reeves C. Havens Jr. and Robert W. Havens.

 

 

HAVENS, ROBERT WESLEY

 

Born: 8-18-1931  Wilkes-Barre PA                            married: Betty Lou Brown

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1951    admitted on trial

1952    ordained deacon

1953    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1951-52           student

1952-53           assistant, Ashley

1953-54           student

1954-55           missionary, Alaska

                             1954-55      associate, Anchorage First

1955                transfer to Minnesota Conference

1955-58           student

1958-62           director, Conference Children Work

1962-69           General Board of Education, Nashville TN

1969-70           Division of Curriculum Resources, Nashville TN

1970-72           associate, St. Paul Centenary

1972-74           associate, Rosenville Centenary

1974-77           associate, Rochester Christ

1977-80           on leave

1980                retired

 

Note: Robert W. Havens is the son of Reeves C. Havens Sr. and a brother to L. Bradley Havens and Reeves C. Havens Jr.

 

HAWKE, RUSSELL JACKSON

 

Born: 11-16-1909  Luzerne PA                                  married: Anna Kathryn Patton

Died: 2-7-2004  Raleigh NC                                      obit: Wyoming Conference 2001, 193

                                                                                   

1938    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference       

1940    ordained deacon

1942    ordained elder

 

Interment: Mount Greenwood Cemetery, Trucksville PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2004, 208

 

1938-40           Edmeston

1940-43           New Milford

1943-53           Binghamton Ogden

1953-59           superintendent, Scranton District

1959-63           Endicott Central

1963-76           director, Homes for the Aging

1976                retired

 

Note: The middle name of Mrs. Hawke is also given an Katharine.

 

HAWKS, WILLIAM STURTEVANT

 

Born: 1901                                                                  married: Helen Adriance _____ [8/27/1933]

Died: 1985                                                                  obit: [1906-2004]

 

1930    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Covey Hill Cemetery, Van Buren County MI

Obit:

 

1930-32           student, Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia

1932-33           Hale Eddy – Kingsbury Hill

1933                discontinued

 

Note: William S. Hawks later became president of the Keystone School of the Bible in Pittsburgh PA, pastor of the Bible Presbyterian Church in East Orange NJ, and professor of Greek at the Practical Bible Training School in Johnson City NY.  He is the author of Great Powers in Small Packages.

 

HAWLEY, JOSEPH WILLIS

 

Born: 5-31-1875  Benton PA                                      married: Harriet Helen Ransom [7/10/1907]

Died: 9-29-1956  Tampa FL                                       obit: [1/7/1881 – 5/1/1967]

 

1907    admitted on trial, South Fukien Conference

 

Interment: Myrtle Hill Memorial Park, Tampa FL

Obit:

 

1907-18           M.E. missionary to China

1918-19           YMCA Training Camp for War Work, Travis TX

1919-               Foreign Survey Division, Inter-Church World Movement  

1931                transfer to Malaya Conference

1936                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1936                retired

 

Note: J. Willis Hawley is the son of Nelson J. Hawley.  His death date is also given as 9-20-1956.

 

HAWLEY, MARY ALICE

 

Born:                                                                           married: Leslie Hawley

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          admitted on trial

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2009-10           chaplain, Exodus Ministries

 

Note: Mary Alice Hawley is ordained outside the Wyoming Conference.

 

 

HAWLEY, NELSON JOSEPH

 

Born: 9-14-1841  Brooklyn PA                                  married: Harriet M. Tiffany

Died: 8-11-1925  Williamsport PA                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1917, 126

 

1868    exhorter’s license

1868    local preacher’s license

1870    admitted on trial

1873    ordained deacon

1875    ordained elder

 

Interment: Tower Cemetery, Lenox PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1926, 136

 

1870-73           Plainsville

1873-76           North Abington

1876-78           New Berlin NY

1878-80           Afton

1880-81           Lackawanna

1881-84           on leave

1884-85           Harpursville

1885-86           Harpursville and Nineveh

1886-89           on leave

1889                transfer to St. John’s River Conference

1889-95           in Florida

1895                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1895-96           Trucksville

1896-97           Shavertown

1897-00           Askam

1900                retired

 

Note: Nelson J. Hawley is the father of Joseph Willis Hawley and of Methodist medical missionary to China Grace Eugenia Hawley Barlow (1879-1966), wife of missionary Dr. Claude Herman Barlow (1876-1969).  Mrs. Hawley is a second cousin to Cortland P. Tiffany.  A biographical sketch of Nelson J. Hawley appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 338.

 

 

HAWXHURST, PHINEAS RICE

 

Born: 10-24-1837  Ellenville NY                               married: Kate Hasbrouck McEwen

Died: 9-18-1906  Asbury Park NJ                              obit: [1840 – 1913]

 

1863    admitted on trial, New York Conference

 

Interment: Warwick Cemetery, Warwick NJ

Obit:

 

1863-66           New Paltz

1866-68           Chester

1868-71           Pleasantville

1871-73           Hudson

1873-76           Poughkeepsie Cannon Street

1876-77           White Plains Memorial

18787-81         superintendent, Ellenville District

1881-84           Yonkers Central

1884-85           New York City Asbury

1885-87           Phoenicia

1887-89           Yorktown

1889                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1889-82           Owego

1892-94           Montrose

1894-95           Scranton Park Place

1895                located, page 52

 

Note: Phineas R. Hawxhurst is a brother to James Harvey Hawxhurst (1827-1923) of the New York Conference.  In 1897 he is is living in Brooklyn NY and working as a clerk.

 

 

HAYES, ADDISON WILBUR

 

Born: 12-13-1850  Penfield OH                                 married: Julia Elizabeth Brooker

Died: 3-12-1923                                                          obit: Newark Conference 1926, 245

 

1872    local preacher’s license, Ohio Conference

1878    admitted on trial, Genesee Conference

1878    ordained deacon, Genesee Conference

 

Interment: Floral Pak Cemetery, Johson City NY

Obit: Newark Conference 1923, 289

 

1872-75           student, Berea College

                             1872-75  Wakeman OH

1875-77           student, Oberlin College

                             1875-77  Pittsfield OH

1877-78           student, Boston University School of Theology

                             1877-78  Falmouth MA

1878-81           Oakfield

1881-82           Kendall

1882-85           Honeoye Falls

1885-90           Rochester Cornhill

1890-95           Buffalo Plymouth

1895-99           Rochester Asbury

1899                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1899-07           Binghamton Tabernacle

1907                transfer to Newark Conference, page 74

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Addison W. Hayes appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 338.

 

 

HAYES, CHARLES HENRY

 

Born:  11-28-1846  Guilford NY                                married: Mattie Dickinson

Died: 1-13-1928                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1920, 117

 

1875    exhorter’s license

1876    local preacher’s license

1878    admitted on trial

1880    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Chenango Valley Cemetery, Binghamton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1928, 144

 

1878-81           Ouaquaga

1881-82           Union

1882-85           Sidney Center

1885-88           Unadilla

1888-92           Otego

1892-93           Scranton Hampton Street

1893-95           Union

1895-96           on leave

1896                superintendent, Binghamton District (4/1 to 4/9)

1896-98           Dunmore

1898-04           superintendent, Chenango District

1904-06           Scranton Providence

1906-10           Wilkes-Barre Derr Memorial

1910-12           on leave

1912                retired

 

Note: Charles H. Hayes is a brother to Leroy C. Hayes.  A biographical sketch of Charles H. Hayes appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 339.

 

 

HAYES, LEROY C.

 

Born: 1-11-1845  Guilford NY                                   married: Lydia Bowen [5/12/1869]

Died: 1913  Norwich NY                                           obit: [1848-1925]

 

1869    admitted on trial

1875    ordained local deacon

1887    ordained local elder

 

Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery, Norwich NY

Obit:   

 

1869-70           Sidney Plains

1887-90           South New Berlin

…

1891-92           North Norwich

 

Note: This surname is sometimes given as HAYS.  Leroy C. Hayes is a brother to Charles H. Hayes.  He left the itinerant ministry for health reasons and went on to become a distinguished school commissioner in Chenango County.

 

 

HEAFIELD, SUSAN

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          admitted on trial

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2009-10           Paupack

2010                “transfer” to Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Susan Heafield is a member of the New England Conference.

 

 

HEAPPS, WILLIAM H.

 

Born: 7-3-1904  Wisbeck, England                            married: Genevieve [Jean] Augusta Holdridge

Died: 9-29-1963                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1986, 291

 

1934    admitted on trial

1936    ordained deacon

1937    ordained elder

 

Interment: Sylvan Lawn Cemetery, Greene NY

Obit: Central New York Conference 1964, 158

 

1931-33           Hornbrook

1933-35           Castle Creek

1935-36           student

1936-39           Berkshire

1939-44           Binghamton Osk Street

1944-48           West Nanticoke

1948-52           Unadilla

1952-56           Dallas

1956-61           Oneonta Elm Park

1961-62           Ashley

1962                transfer to Central New York Conference

1962-63           Port Byron

 

 

HEINEMAN, HENRY JUSTUS

 

Born: 2-4-1856  Hessen Castle, Germany                  married: Gertrude Allen

Died: 8-29-1926  Sea Isle City NJ                              obit: [1857-1900]

                                                                                    married2: Lidie S. Bates

1879    license, New Jersey Conference                     obit2: [1871 – 1947]

1885    admitted on trial, Central NY Conference

 

Interment: Johnson Cemetery, Lower Bank NJ

Obit: New Jersey Conference 1927, 451

 

1879-81           Morganville

1881-82           Lakehurst and Whitings

1882-83           Tabernacle and Indian Mills

1883-84           Tansboro and Sicklerville

1884-86           Magnolia

1886                “transfer” to Central New York Conference

1886-88           Italy

1888-89           Fairville

1889-92           New Albany

1892-94           East Canton

1894-95           Mainsburg

1895                located

1896                “transfer to Wyoming Conference

1896-98           Carley Brook

1898-99           Arlington

1899                “transfer” to New Jersey Conference

1899-00           Brigantine

1900-05           ?

1905-08           Margate City

1908-12           Winslow

1912-17           Woodlynne

1917-18           Mullica Hill

1918-20           Tabernacle

1920-23           Cedarville

1923-26           Richwood

1926                Sea Isle City

 

Note: H.J. Heineman served in the Wyoming Conference as a local preacher.  He was re-admitted as an itinerant in 1911 in the New Jersey Conference.  He came to America with his parents when he was 3 months old.  He reportedly served a church in Lower Bank NJ and later moved to Atlantic City NJ.  This surname is also rendered HEINEMANN.

 

HEISS, STEPHEN R.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1974    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1976    ordained deacon

1978    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

197476            student

1976-78           Schenevus 

1978-84           Endicott Central

1984-88           Clarks Green

1988-96           Norwich 

1996-97           sabbatical leave

1997-00           Oneonta   Elm Park

2000-10           Binghamton   Tabernacle

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

 

HELLER, PARKE HESS

 

Born: 7-24-1894  Lancaster County PA         married: Ida Myrtle Flick [11/5/1914]

Died: 4-12-1964  Baltimore MD                    obit: [1893 – 1/?/1966]

 

1926    admitted on trial

1928    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Oak Lawn Cemetery, Dundalk MD

Obit:

 

1926-28           Maple Grove

1928-29           Skinner’s Eddy

1929                withdrew

1930                “transfer” to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1930-31           Hustontown (started during the 1929-30 conference year)

1931-33           Fayetteville

                        “transfer” to Congregational Church

1934-39           Glenolden, Chester County PA

                        “transfer” to Baptist Church

                        Dundalk MD

1957-64           Cordova MD First

 

Note: Parke H. Heller taught secondary schools for 4 years and worked as a shoe salesman before entering the ministry.  He is the father of Rev. John R. Heller of the First Baptist Church in Riviera Beach FL.

 

HELMBOLD, JOSEPH KEMMEMER

 

Born: 6-2-1820  Philadelphia PA                               married: Sarah _____

Died: 4-17-1891                                                          obit: [4/9/1829 – 1868]

                                                                                    married2: Henrietta Elizabeth Miller

1844    admitted on trial,                                             obit2: Wyoming Conference 1948,1021

    Maryland Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church

 

Interment: Old Daleville Cemetery, Daleville PA

Obit:

 

1844-45           assistant, Trough Creek

1845-46           Newport

1846-47           Juniata

1847-48           Huntington

1848-49           Concord

1849-50           Clearfield

1850-53           Cecil

1853-56           Reading

1856                transfer to Pennsylvania Conference

                        president, Pennsylvania Conference

 

Note: Joseph K. Helmbold is the father of William Christmas Helmbold (1870 – 1927) of the Michigan Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church – who was born in Daleville on 12/24/1870).

 

HELMS, ELMER ELSWORTH

 

Born: 11-8-1863  Hardin OH                                     married: Ora Ella Hoy [7/26/1888]

Died: 3-1-1955  Los Angeles CA                               obit: [1866-5/12/1894]

                                                                                    married2: Lois Stanbro [10/2/1899]

1886    local preachers license                                    obit2: [1872-11/26/1951]

1891    admitted on trial, Genesee Conference

            ordained deacon, Genesee Conference

            ordained elder, Genesee Conference

 

Interment: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale CA

Obit: Southern California – Arizona Conference 1955, 301

 

1891-94           Smethport PA

1894-95           Arcade

1895-96           Buffalo Central Park

1896-97           assistant, Buffalo Plymouth

1897-99           Springville

1899-02           Buffalo Central Park

1902-05           Buffalo Linwood Avenue

1905-11           Buffalo Plymouth

1911                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1911-16           Wilkes-Barre Central

1916                transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1916-21           Philadelphia Calvary

1921                transfer to Southern California Conference

                        Los Angeles First

 

Note: Elmer E. Helms is the author of several books – including The Gate to the Gospel (1913), The Living Bread: and other communion addresses (1930), The Religion of the Presidents (1925), Forgotten Stories (1927), The Gospel of the Mediterranean (1930), Life Stories (1937), God in History (n.d.), Men Who Made and Marred History: studies in Biblical biography (n.d.).  He is the namesake of Helms Hall at Westwood UMC in Los Angeles, which congregation he helped to organize.

 

 

HENCK, HARRY SMITHSON

 

Born: 12-12-1898  Harpers Ferry WV                       married: Mary R. Hawthorne

Died: 12-29-1985                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1993, 350

 

1921    admitted on trial, New Jersey Conference

1922    ordained deacon

1924    ordained elder

 

Interment: Harper Cemetery, Harpers Ferry WV

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1986, 292

 

1919-20           student, Dickinson College

                            1919-20       Hickorytown & Salem, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1920-23           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                            1920-23       Bayville and Ocean Gate

1923-24           Cliffwood

1924-               New Brunswick Highland Park

…

1956                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1956-64           West Pittston

1964-67           Endicott St. Paul’s

1967                retired

 

Note: Harry S. Henck is the son of Louis Henck (1864-1898) of the Baltimore Conference and a brother to Louis Wheeler Henck (1897-1994) of the Troy Conference.  [His brother is also known as Louis E. Henck.]

 

 

HENDERSON, HELEN M.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Robb Henderson

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1985-86           Wilkes-Barre North East Cooperative Parish

1986-88           Wilkes-Barre St. Luke’s United Church of Christ

1988-89           Luzerne and associate, Forty Fort

1988-93           Luzerne

1993-96           Old Forge

1996                no longer listed

 

Note: Helen M Henderson is the spouse of Robb Henderson.

 

HENDERSON, ROBB

 

Born:                                                                           married: Helen M. _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                    married2: Norma _____

1982    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1982-85           student, Lancaster Theological Seminary

1985-87           Luzerne

1987-88           Luzerne – Huntsville

1988-93           Carverton

1993-95           Scranton St. Paul’s (ending 1/7/2015)

1995                on leave (1/7/1995), page 218

1995                withdrew (2/22/1995), page 217

 

Note: Robb Henderson was raised in the Forty Fort UMC.  After 1997 Rev. Robb Henderson and his second spouse Norma associated with the Welsh Baptist Church in Plymouth PA.

 

HENGEVELD, JACK H.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1959-60           Harford

1962-64           Hartwick

 

Note: Jack H. Hengeveld served as a supply pastor.

 

HENRY, CHARLES DANIEL

 

Born: 8-7-1902  Newport PA                                     married: Elsie Hutzley

Died: 1-31-1985  Tunkhannock PA                           obit: Wyoming Conference 1999, 338

 

1979    license

 

Interment: Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1985, 293

 

1979-81           Evans Falls

1981                retired

 

Note: Charles D. Henry is the father of Betty Lou Henry Furman, wife of Edward Furman.  He retired from the Dairy Herd Improvement Association of Pennsylvania in 1972 and served as a local pastor.  Mrs. Henry’s maiden name is also given as Hutzly.

 

HENRY, CLINTON BROOKS

 

Born: 5-26-1864  White Haven PA                            married: Valara Emma Edwards

Died: 5-16-1932  Shavertown PA                              obit: Wyoming Conference 1952, 1161

 

1888    local preacher’s license. Wilkes-Barre Central

1893    ordained local deacon

1895    admitted on trial

1897    ordained deacon

1899    ordained elder

 

Interment: Evergreen Cemetery, Shavertown PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1933, 157

 

1892                general secretary, YMCA at Kingston PA

1892-95           New York City missions

                              assistant, NYC Allen Street Memorial     

                              assistant, NYC Cornell Memorial

1895-00           Alderson

1900-03           Taylor

1903-06           Luzerne

1906-11           Scranton Court Street

1911-13           Binghamton Fairview

1913-15           Sayre

1915-16           Clark’s Summit

1916-17           Jermyn

1917-22           Worcester-Decatur

1922-23           field agent, Lord’s Day Alliance

1923-25           Harpursville

1925-28           Portlandville

1928-29           on leave

1929                retired

                              1930-31  Laflin

 

Note: Clinton B. Henry is the father of Neal D. Henry and Robert M. Henry, and of Clinton Edwards Henry (1898-1959) of the Northern New York Conference [C.E. Henry left the ministry in 1936 and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Syracuse NY].  A biographical sketch of Clinton B. Henry appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 341.

 

 

HENRY, HARRY F.

 

Born: 1-30-1894  Shickshinny PA                             married: Ann Jenkins

Died: 2-22-1975  FL                                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1992, 356

 

1915    admitted on trial, recommended by Miners Mills

1918    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Pine Crest Cemetery, Lake Worth FL

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1975, 177

 

1916-19           Laflin

1919-23           Courtdale

1923-31           Shavertown

1931-37           Endicott Central

1937                transfer to St. John’s River Conference

1937-40           Lake Worth Calvary

1940                transfer to New Jersey Conference

1940-52           Collingswood and Ventnar

1952                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1952-57           Scranton Simpson

1957-62           Wilke-Barre Central

1962                retired

 

 

HENRY, JAMES JOSIAH

 

Born: 6-3-1872  Donegal, Ireland                              married: Grace A. _____

Died: 3-9-1949                                                            obit: [1880-1959]

 

1894    license

1903    admitted on trial, New York Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Mount Marion Cemetery, Saugerties NY

Obit: New York Conference 1949, 174

 

1894                came to the United States

1894                North Sanford (part year)

1894-97           Garrattsville

1897-98           Coventry

1898-99           Preston

1899-03           Locust Hill [renamed Hickory Grove in 1902]

1903                South New Berlin (part year)

1903                “transfer” to New York Conference

1903-05           Canonsville

1905-09           Plattekill and Rossville

1909-14           Monroe

1914-17           Tarrytown Asbury

1917-20           Tarrytown Asbury Parish

1920-25           Poughkeepsie Trinity

1925-31           superintendent, Newburgh District

1931-45           New York Park Avenue

1945                retired

 

Note: J.J. Henry served in the Wyoming Conference as a local preacher.

 

HENRY, NEAL DOW

 

Born: 1901  Taylor PA                                               married: Eleanor A. _____

Died: 1972                                                                  obit: [1898 – 1995]

 

1922    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens South, Fort Lauderdale FL

Obit:

 

1921-23           Harford

1923-24           student, Syracuse University

                            1923-24       Brewster (did not finish the year)

1924                discontinued

1931-33           Maple Grove

 

Note: Neal D. Henry is the son of Clinton B. Henry and a brother to Robert M. Henry and to Clinton E. Henry (1898-1959) of the Northern New York Conference.  He served as a local preacher.

 

 

HENRY, ROBERT MOFFAT

 

Born: 4-3-1896  Alderson PA                                    married: Kathryn Eleanor Blood

Died: 3-8-1987                                                            obit: [1896-1956]

                                                                                    Married2: Florence Watres

1920    admitted on trial, New Jersey Conference      obit2: [1899-1980]

1920    ordained deacon

1922    ordained elder

 

Interment: [tombstone at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, New Vernon NY]

Obit:

 

1919-22           student, Drew Theological Seminary

    1919-20       Smithburg

    1920-21       Old Bridge

    1921-22       Adelphia and Jerseyville

1922                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1922                withdrew to join Presbyterian Church

1922-23           New Vernon NJ

1923-               director of religious education, Orange NJ Hillside

 

 

Note: Robert M. Henry is the son of Clinton B. Henry and a brother to Neal D. Henry and to Clinton E. Henry (1898-1959) of the Northern New York Conference.

 

 

HENSEY, JAMES A.

 

Born: 3-5-1866  Rawling Station MD                        married: Fanny Garver Kemp

Died: 2-22-1923                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1912, 140

 

1891    admitted on trial. Newark Conference

 

Interment: Funkstown Cemetery, Funkstown MD

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1923, 129

 

1891-92           Finesville

1892-95           Andover

1895-98           Verona

1890-01           Bayonne First

1901-05           Patterson Trinity

1905                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1905-11           Binghamton Centenary

1911-17           superintendent, Binghamton District

1917-22           superintendent, Oneonta District

1922-23           superintendent, Binghamton District

 

 

HENSHAW, DON G.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1922    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1921-23           Garrattsville

1923-25           Windsor

1925-26           on leave

1926                located

 

Note: Don G. Henshaw is a 1921 graduate of Tennessee Wesleyan College.  In the 1920’s and 30’s, a Don G. Henshaw was pastor of the Congregational Church in Coral Gables FL – but it appears that is not the name person.

 

HENWOOD, ROY THOMAS

 

Born: 8-15-1902  Dunmore PA                                  married: Helen A. Emery

Died: 1972  Tunkhannock PA                                                obit: Wyoming Conference 1999, 339

 

1934    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1936    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Dunmore Cemetery, Dunmore PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1973, 284

           

1934                West Nicholson

1934-39           Sherburne

1939-43           Sidney

1943-48           West Pittston

1948-54           superintendent, Oneonta District

1954-58           Scranton Asbury

1958-68           Wilkes-Barre Firwood

1968                retired

                          1968-72         supervisor, Tunkhannock Home for the Aging

 

Note: Roy T. Henwood is the son of Thomas Henwood.

 

 

HENWOOD, THOMAS

 

Born: 11-10-1870  Jermyn PA                                   married: Jennie Young

Died: 1-31-1942  Cortez PA                                       obit: [1-/23/1871 – 11/11/1957]

 

1919    license

 

Interment: Dunmore Cemetery, Dunmore PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1942, 390

 

 

1928-29           Nay Aug (Dunmore Lawrence Memorial)

1930-31           Maple Lake and Nay Aug

1931-33           Nay Aug

1933-36           no appointment

1936-39           Nay Aug

1939-42           Cortez (beginning 12/1/1939)

 

Note: Thomas Henwood is the father of Roy T. Henwood.  He held various state and county offices and served as a lay pastor.

 

 

HERBERT, WILLIAM K.

 

Born: 11-24-1916                                                        married: Evelyn Gertrude Martinet

Died: 4-?-1986                                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 2009, 232

 

1971    admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment: North Jackson Cemetery, Susquehanna County PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1986, 293

 

1960-66           Rome (beginning 5/14/1960)

1966-69           Tioga Center

1969-76           Susquehanna

1976-82           disability leave

1982                retired

 

 

 

HERDMAN, EUGENE C.

           

Born: 12-6-1845  Westford NY                                 married: Amanda M. Preston
Died: 1-7-1882  Westford NY                                    obit: Wyoming Conference 1885, 59

 

1876    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1878    ordained deacon

1880    ordained elder

 

Interment:  Worcester NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1882, 47

 

1875-77           Unadilla

1877-78           Otego

1878-81           Schenevus

1881                on leave for health reasons

 

Note:  A brief biography of Eugene C. Herdman appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 194.

 

 

HERRALA, ROBERT J.

 

Born: 3-22-1945  Dunmore PA                                  married: Margaret Conklin

Died: 8-19-2010  Cobleskill NY                                obit: [1938 - ]

 

1985    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1985    ordained deacon

1987    ordained elder

 

Interment: Maple Grove Cemetery, Worcester NY

Obit: [none?]

 

1971-85           Edmeston 

1985-92           Ashley

1992-04           West Pittston

2004-10           Mountaintop Christ

 

 

HERRON, JOHN DANIEL

 

Born: 8-24-1932  Duryea PA                         married: Mary A. _____

Died: 8-11-2016                                              obit:

 

1958    license, recommended by Duryea

1968    ordained deacon

1970    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2017, 285

 

1958-61           McDonough 

1961-63           Sidney Center 

1963-65           Schenevus 

1965-67           New Berlin   (ending 8/1967)

1967-71           Springville (beginning 8/1967 and ending 9/1979)

1979-83           Montrose (beginning 9/1979)

1983-90           Lake Winola

1990-91           South Montrose

1991-92           Nicholson

1992                retired

                            1993-94       Meshoppen (beginning 1/1/1993)

                            1994-02       Eatonville

                            2002-04       Meshoppen

                            2004-05       Russell Hill

                            2006-08       Loyalville

    2010             transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

 

HESS, CHARLES L.

 

Born: 2-12-1886  Kunkle PA                                     married: Sadie E. _____

Died: 10-30-1969  Utica NY                                      obit: Central New York Conference 1975, 186

 

1918    admitted on trial

1922    ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Central New York Conference 1970, 158

 

1918-21           Eatonville

1921-25           student

1925                transfer to Central New York Conference

1925-26           Bridgeport and Cicero Center

1926-29           Syracuse Woodlawn

1929-39           Williamson

1939-49           Canastota

1949-57           Clifton Springs and Shortsville

1957                retired

                             1957-58      Auburn Wall Street

                             1958-62      Solvay Freeman Avenue

 

HESS, STERLING E.

 

Born: 11-29-1905  Wyoming PA                               married: Naomi Reynolds

Died: 3-22-1941                                                          obit:

 

1930    admitted on trial

1932    ordained deacon

1934    ordained elder

 

Interment: Red Rock Cemetery, Red Rock PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1941, 156

 

1930-32           Plymouth

1932-35           Davenport

1935-38           Factoryville

1938-41           faculty, Scranton-Keystone Junior College

 

Note: The Sterling E. and Naomi Reynolds Hess Scholarship was established at Keystone College by Reverend Lupe and Naomi Torrez in memory of her parents. 

 

HESSERT, PAUL BERNARD

 

Born: 9-17-1928  Fort Wayne IN                               married: Alta Mae Adams

Died: 5-10-2001  Ely Lake PA                                   obit: Susquehanna Conference 2022, 357

1947    admitted on trial, Northwest Indiana Conference

            ordained deacon

            ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2001, 193

 

1946-49           student, Garrett Theological Seminary

1949-51           student, University of Edinburgh

1951-54           Francesville

1954-56           faculty, Adrian College

1956-58           faculty, Illinois Wesleyan University

1958                transfer to Central Illinois Conference

1958-62           faculty Illinois Wesleyan University

1962-81           faculty, Garrett-Evangelical Seminary

1981-82           West Pittston, Wyoming Conference

1982                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1982-87           Lemon

1987                retired

 

Note: Paul B. Hessert is the author of several books – including Introduction to Christianity (1958), Christian Life (1967), and Christ and the End of Meaning: The Theology of Passion (1993).

 

HESTER, THOMAS

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2008-10           Choconut Center 

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Thomas Hester served as a local preacher.

 

 

HEWITT, JASPER W.

           

Born: 5-20-1816  Bethlehem NY                               married: Clarissa J. Wright
Died: 11-19-1899  Candor NY                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1905, 120

 

1842    exhorter’s license

1844    local preacher’s license

1848    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

1862    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Maple Grove Cemetery, Candor NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1900, 113

 

1848-50           Virgil

1850-52           Flemingville

1852                charter member of the Wyoming Conference

1852-54           Barton

1854-56           Tioga

1856-58           Flemingville

1858-59           located

1859-61           Litchfield

1861-63           Mehoopany

1863-65           Sanford

1865-68           Lanesboro

1868-71           Bethany

1871-72           Slaterville

1872-75           Whitney’s Point and Triangle

1875076          New Milford

1876-78           Kirkwood

1878-80           Lanesboro

1880-83           Union Center

1883-86           Franklin Forks

1886                retired

 

Note:  A brief biography of Jasper W. Hewitt appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 195.

 

 

HEWS, STEPHEN ROBERT

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

 

HICKOK, CLARENCE RUFUS

 

Born: 7-22-1880  Plymouth PA                                  married: Edith E. MacConnell

Died: 10-30-1957                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1974, 292

 

1905    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1906    ordained deacon

1907    ordained elder

 

Interment: Port Lewis PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1958, 880

 

1905-06           Garratsville

1906-08           North Fenton and Chenango Forks

1908-12           New Berlin

1912-16           Scranton Court Street

1916-17           Sidney

1917-21           Plymouth PA

1921-23           Binghamton Boulevard

1923-31           Doranceton

1931-37           superintendent, Scranton District

1937-40           Endicott First

1940-43           Scranton Myrtle Street

1943-51           Clark’s Green – Chinchilla

1951                retired

 

 

HICKOX, STEPHEN BERT

 

Born: 2-25-1877  Windsor NY                                   married: Flora E. Simpkins

Died: 10-17-1951  Carbondale PA                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1951, 853

 

Interment: Fairlawn Cemetery, Dalton PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1952, 1168

 

1919-26           Wallsville

1926-28           Gibson

1933-44           Damascus

1944                retired

                             1949-51      Clifford

 

Note: Bert Hickox served as a local preacher.  His name also appears as Bert Hickok and Burt Hickox.

 

 

HIGH, DAVID

           

Born:                                                                           married:
Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                       

Interment:
Obit:

 

1911-12           Orson (last 8 months)

 

Note:  David High was a local preacher who filled in when Watson B. Signor left the assignment in mid-year.

 

HIGH, EDGAR M.

           

Born: 1816  Greenville NY                                        married:
Died: 10-16-1873  West Danby NY                           obit: [d c1837]

                                                                                    married2: Lucinda McEwin

1842    admitted on trial, Genesee Conference           obit2: Wyoming Conference 1902, 102

 

Interment: Berkshire NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1874, 40

 

1842-43           Livingston

1843-68           Wesleyan Church

1868                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church

1868-69           Skinner’s Eddy

1860-71           Factoryville

1871-73           Windham

1873                Berkshire

 

Note:  A brief biography of Edgar M. High appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 196.

 

 

HIGHFIELD, WILLIAM ARTHUR

 

Born: 11-1-1929  Scranton PA                                   married: Carol Louise Adams
Died: 5-18-2009  Herkimer NY                                 obit:

 

1952    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1953    ordained deacon

1954    ordained elder

 

Interment: Hartwick Seminary Cemetery, Cooperstown NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 2009, 233

 

1951-53           Harford – Harford Mills (beginning 4/8/1951)

1953-58           Springville – Dimock

1958-61           Cooperstown (ending 11/4/1961)

1961-67           Mountaintop Christ (beginning 11/4/1961)

1967-69           Endicott St. Paul’s

1969-72           Binghamton Chenango Street (ending 12/31/1971)

1972-85           Clarks Summit (beginning 1/1/1972)

1985-92           Vestal

1992                retired

                            1992-01  Burlington Flats

 

 

HILBERT, JAMES JOSEPH

 

Born: 1-10-1903  Shenandoah PA                              married: Margaret E. Ruehling

Died: 5-29-1981                                                          obit: [1905 – 1992]

 

1933    license, Wyoming Conference

1942    ordained deacon

1949    ordained elder

 

Interment: Elkton Cemetery, Elkton MD

Obit: Peninsula Conference 1981, 355

 

1938-41           Thornhurst

1941-42           West Nicholson

1942-44           Rome

1944-45           Rome – Orwell

1945-47           Castle Creek

1947-49           Alderson – Noxen

1949-50           McClure

1950-51           North Fenton (ending 9/1/1951)

1951-53           Greene (beginning 9/1/1951)

1953-54           not appointed

1954                “transfer” to New York Conference

1958                “transfer” to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1958-61           Enola

1961-62           Lawrenceville – Tioga – Tioga Junction, Genesee Conference

1962-65           Delta

1966                “transfer” to Peninsula Conference

1966-68           Cherry Hill

1968-70           Port Deposit - Tome

1970                retired

                            1970-73       Wesley Chapel

 

Note: James J. Hilbert served as a local preacher.

 

 

HILL, DEAN E.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                   

Interment:

Obit:

 

1952-53           Fairdale - Rush          

 

Note: Dean E. Hill served as a student supply preacher.  He graduated from seminary at Drew in 1954.  He appears to have served in New York and Guyana.

 

HILL, JOHN H.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Emily

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          admitted on trial

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2008-09           New Berlin 

2009-10           Franklin   – Treadwell 

2010                “transfer” to Upper New York Conference

 

Note: John H. Hill served in the Wyoming Conference as a retired elder in the New York Conference.

 

 

HILL, RAYMOND LESLIE

 

Born: 9-14-1911                                                          married: J. Miriam _____

Died: 6-14-1991                                                          obit: [1907 – 2004]

 

1938    license

1951    ordained local deacon

1953    ordained local elder

 

Interment: Glen Castle Cemetery, Binghamton NY

Obit: North Central New York Conference 1991, 310

 

1939-40           Vestal Center (latter part of the year)

1940-43           not appointed

1943-46           Middlefield

1946-48           Tioga Center

1948-52           New Milford

1952-56           Candor

1956-57           Plains

1957                “transfer” to Central New York Conference

1957-61           Lysander

1961-65           Dresden – Milo

1965-69           Burdett – Reynoldsville

1969-73           Nelson – Erieville

1973-76           Branchport – Friend

1976                retired

 

Note: Raymond L. Hill served as a supply preacher.

 

HILL, SAMUEL H.

           

Born: 3-16-1820  Brookfield NY                               married: Laura A. Nash
Died: 9-1-1881  Schenevus NY                                 obit: [8/7/1820 – 1/13/1905]

 

1854    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Westford NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1882, 43

 

1854-55           Warren

1855-56           Litchfield

1856-57           Jordanville

1857-59           Exeter

1859-61           Westville

1861-62           Westford and Schenevus

1862-64           Otego

1864-65           Middlefield

1865-67           Edmeston

1867-69           Starkville

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1869-71           Brookfield

1871-72           Decatur

1872-73           Sidney Plains

1873-74           Westville

1874-75           on leave

1875                retired

 

Note:  A brief biography of Samuel H. Hill appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 196.

 

 

HILL, WILLIAM JAMES

 

Born: 5-12-1843  Rio De Janeiro, Brazil                    married: Elizabeth Sowden

Died: 5-24-1941  Johnson City NY                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1944, 852

 

1860    local preacher’s license, Wesleyan Church

1862    license, Primitive Methodist Church

1875    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

1877    ordained elder

 

Interment: Riverhurst Cemetery, Endicott NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1942, 387

 

1862-64           Loughborough, England

1864-66           Liskard, England

1866-68           Pembroke, South Wales

1869                came to America, helped organize the ME church in Jermyn

1871-73           Forty Fort, Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1873                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1873-76           Plains

1876-79           Peckville

1879-81           North Abington

1881-84           Nanticoke

1884-87           Tunkhannock

1887-91           Pittston

1891-94           Binghamton Chenango Street

1894-97           Lestershire

1897-99           Sidney

1899-05           Wilkes-Barre Derr Memorial

1905-07           Alderson

1907-08           Waverly NY

1908-10           Oakland

1910                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of William J. Hill appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 340.

 

 

HILLARD, ALBERT JAMES

 

Born: 7-8-1923  Kingston PA                                    married:

Died: 2-10-2011  Haverhill MA                                 obit:

 

1953    admitted on trial

1954    ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: New York Conference 2011, 349

 

1953-54           student

1954-56           Maple Grove

1956-57           on leave

1957                transfer to Genesee Conference

1957-59           Duke Center – Knapp Creek

1959-62           Campbell

1962-66           Putnam Valley

1966-75           Glen Cove

1975-82           Kings Park

 

 

 

HILLER, FREDERICK LAVERS

 

Born: 1-27-1828  Dover, England                              married: Margaret E. Wentz [7/24/1851]

Died: 1904                                                                  obit: [1827/28 – 1917]

 

1859    admitted on trial

1861    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton NY

Obit:

 

1859-60           Lanesboro

1860-62           Maine

1862-64           U.S. Army

1864-65           Broome

1865-66           Hyde Park

1866-69           Abington [Waverly PA]

1869-72           Hyde Park

1872-73           agent, ?

1873-74           Oxford

1874-77           Wilkes-Barre Ross Street

1877-80           Wyoming

1880-84           superintendent, Otsego District

1884-85           Milford

1885-86           on leave

1886                located, page 35

                        entered the Presbyterian ministry

 

Note: Fred L. Hiller is a brother to William M. Hiller and the father of Will H. Hiller.  His daughter Fredericka married John F. Wilber’s son George E.

 

 

HILLER, WILL H.

 

Born: 11-20-1854  Binghamton NY                           married: Frances Mae Jones

Died: 3-14-1926  Scranton PA                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1940, 823

 

1886    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1888    ordained deacon

1890    ordained elder

 

Interment: Hanover Cemetery, Hanover Green PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1926, 141

 

1885-87           Beach Lake

1887-92           Uniondale and Dundaff

1892-97           Parsons

1897-04           Wilkes-Barre Parrish Street

1904-15           Honesdale

1915-19           Owego

1919-26           Scranton Embury

 

Note: Will H. Hiller is the son of Fred L. Hiller and a nephew to William M. Hiller.  A biographical sketch of Will H. Hiller appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 341.

 

 

HILLER, WILLIAM MOWLL

 

Born: 8-13-1835  Dover, England                              married: Oresta L. Burdick

Died: 2-16-1912  Factoryville PA                              obit: Wyoming Conference 1902, 100

                                                                                    married2: Martha Pike

1861    admitted on trial                                              obit2: Wyoming Conference 1930, 357

1865    re-admitted on trial, recommended by Broome

1867    ordained deacon

1870    ordained elder

 

Interment: Carbondale Cemetery, Carbondale PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1912, 129

 

1859-60           Liverpool North, Wesleyan Church [or Primitive Methodist Church?] in England

1860-61           assistant, Springville

1861-62           Union

1862-65           U.S. Army

1865-67           Shepherd's Creek

1867-69           Athens and Litchfield

1869-72           Edmeston

1872-74           Butternuts

1874-77           Otego

1877-80           Cooperstown

1880-83           Carbondale

1883-87           superintendent, Honesdale District

1887-89           Owego

1889-92           Ashley

1892-96           Tunkhannock

1896-98           Susquehanna

1898-01           Factoryville

1901-02           Parsons

1902                retired

 

Note: William M. Hiller (his mother was a Breckenridge) is a nephew of Edward W. Breckenridge, a brother of Fred L. Hiller, and an uncle to Will H. Hiller.  A biographical sketch of William M. Hiller appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 343.

 

 

HINKLEY, DAVID L.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Janet _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1983    license

1993    ordained local deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1983-87           Carley Brook

1987-94           Fairdale

1994-02           Meshoppen

2002                retired

    2010            transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

    2014-23       Throop

    2023            disaffiliated

 

Note: David L Hinkley served as a local preacher.

 

 

HIORNS, RICHARD

           

Born: 7-27-1831  Edmonton England                        married: Clarisse Leontine Laurent
Died: 10-24-1901  Scranton PA                                 obit: [d. 11/?/1864]

                                                                                    married2: Emily Frances Beecher

1866    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2: Wyoming Conference 1916, 119

1867    ordained deacon

1871    ordained elder

 

Interment:  Dunmore Cemetery, Dunmore PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1902, 99

 

1863-65           local preacher in the Wesleyan Methodist Church, England

1866-68           Flemingville

1868-69           Newport

1869-70           Barton

1870-72           Plumouth NY

1872-74           Danby

1874-76           Jermyn

1876-78           Narrowsburg

1878-79           Thompson

1879-81           Berkshire

1882-85           Peckville

1885-86           Yatesville (ending 8/9/1885 – see 1886, 23)

1886                retired for health reasons

 

Note:  A brief biography of Richard Hiorns appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 197.

 

 

HIPES, ANTHONY G.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Judy _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1996    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1998    ordained deacon

2002    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1996-99           Damascus

1999-04           Afton 

2004-10           Binghamton   Boulevard

2010                charter member Upper New York Conference

 

 

HIRST, JOSEPH HENRY

 

Born: 9-28-1879  Brighouse England                        married: Annie Elizabeth _____

Died: 1-2-1933  Sayre PA                                          obit:

 

1924    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1924    ordained, Congregational Church

 

Interment: Maple Grove Cemetery, Candor NY

Obit:

 

1924                Wells Bridge (ending 6/31/1924)

1924                “transfer” to Congregational Church (7/4/1924)

1924-27           Wading River NY (ending 1/1/1927)

1927-33           Candor NY (beginning 1/1/1927)

 

 

HOAG, CLAYTON WILLARD SR.

 

Born: 6-17-1906  Dushore PA                                    married: Gertrude E. Rogers

Died: 4-27-2005  Johnson City NY                            obit: Wyoming Conference 2001, 194

 

1929    license

1930    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1932    ordained deacon

1936    ordained elder

 

Interment: Riverhurst Cemetery, Endicott NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2005, 195

 

1930                Castle Creek

1930-34           student, Colgate University

                            1930-34  Smyrna – North Norwich

1934-36           Endwell

1936-38           Jermyn

1938-42           Ogden – Hillcrest

1942-44           Trucksville

1944-48           Unadilla

1948-60           Binghamton Fairview

1960-65           Oneonta First

1965-71           superintendent, Scranton District

1971                retired

                            1972  Binghamton Fairview (4 months)

 

 

HOBART, WILLIAM THOMAS

 

Born: 9-18-1856  Red Wing MN                               married: Emily Marcia Hatfield (1882)

Died: 4-21-1932  Evanston IL                                    obit: [1860 – 1928]

 

1883    ordained deacon

1883    ordained elder

 

Interment: Graceland Cemetery, Chicago IL

Obit:

 

1883                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1883                transfer to Minnesota Conference

                           

Note: W.T. Hobart is the son of Chauncy Hobart (1811-1904) and nephew of Chauncy’s twin brother Norris Hobart (1811-1887), both of the Minnesota Conference.  He is father of missionary to China Elizabeth (Bessie) Hobart (1891-1980).  Mrs. Hobart is the daughter of Robert Miller Hatfield Hatfield (1819-1891) of the Rock River Conference.  Hobart House, a Northwestern residence hall, was named in memory of Emily Hatfield Hobart after her violent death in a 1928 uprising at Tainanfu, China.  “W.T. Hobert [sic], an unordained minister laboring within the bounds of the North China Mission, was transferred from the Minnesota Conference, elected to Deacon’s and Elder’s orders under the Missionary Rule, and re-transferred to the Minnesota Conference.” 1883, page 16.  The Hobarts labored in China into the 1920’s and left many enduring marks on the work there.

 

 

HOCKENBURY, HOWARD EUGENE

 

Born:                                                                           married: Carol J. Meyers

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1964    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference: recommended by Forty Fort

1964    ordained deacon

1966    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1964-66           student, Crozier Theological Seminary

                            1964-65  Thornhurst

                            1965-66 Center Moreland

1966-68           Center Moreland

1968-71           Nicholson

1971-77           Oneonta   Elm Park

1977-85           Nimmonsburg 

1985-89           Endicott First

1989-95           Athens

1995-99           Binghamton Fairview

1999                retired

    2010  transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

 

HODGE, JAMES      

 

Born: 7-5-1795  Albany NY                                       married: Keturah Ransom [3/25/1830]

Died: 11-5-1863  LeRaysville PA                              obit: [4/26/1801 – 11/21/1862]

 

 

Interment: Stevens Cemetery, LeRaysville PA

Obit:

 

1830-31           Pike circuit [LeRaysville]

 

Note: James Hodge lived in LeRaysville and served as a local preacher.

 

 

HOFFMAN, C.W.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1891-92           Harvey’s Lake

1892-94           Plainsville

 

Note: C.W. Hoffman may have been a student at Wyoming Seminary.  He is listed as a local preacher living in Kingston.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

HOFFMAN, FREDERICK DANIEL

 

Born:  6-18-1926  Shamokin PA                                married: Joan Ruth Prall

Died: 3-7-2015  Keene NH                                        obit: [9/10/1932 – 1/12/2010]

 

1952    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Abington Hills Cemetery, South Abington Township PA

Obit: Greater New Jersey 2015, ?

 

1952-54           student

                            1952-54  Troy NH Trinitarian Congregational

1954                transfer to Newark Conference

 

 

HOGAN, JAMES C.

 

Born: 8-?-1861  NY                                                    married: Abagail Falkner (1887)

Died: 3-16-1928  Allentown PA                                obit: [1859 – 1921]

1887    admitted on trial

1889    ordained deacon

1891    ordained elder

 

Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson NY

Obit:

 

1887-90           Mountain Top

1890-91           Yatesville

1891-92           Sherburne       

1892-95           Forest City

1895-96           Rush (either did not report, or did not finish the year)

1896-97           New Milford

1897                withdrew

 

Note: Prior to being admitted on trial, James C. Hogan is listed as a local preacher residing in Waymart, Wayne County PA.  After leaving the Conference, he served as a pastor in Baltimore and became involved in politics.  He was living in Monroe NY at the time of his death, which occurred while visiting his daughter and son-in-law in PA.

 

HOLBROOK, PHILIP

           

Born: 9-16-1824  Timsbury England                         married: Sarah Jane _____
Died: 6-1-1901  Lynn PA                                           obit: Wyoming Conference 1907, 116

 

1856    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1858    ordained deacon

1861    ordained elder

 

Interment: Lynn Cemetery, Lynn PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1902, 95

 

1856-57           Newton

1857-59           Lehman

1859-61           Northmoreland

1861-63           Kirkwood

1863-64           Harpursville

1864-66           Vestal

1866-68           Caroline

1868-70           North Danby

1870-72           Brooklyn

1872-75           Rome

1875-77           LeRaysville

1877-80           Springville

1880-81           Fairdale

1881-84           Jackson

1884-97           Hawleyton

1887-90           Herrick Center

1890-92           North Abington

1892                retired

 

Note:  Philip Holbrook is the father of missionary to Japan Mary Holbrook Chappell (1852-1912), wife of fellow missionary Benjamin Chappell (1852-1925) of the Canadian Methodist Church.  A brief biography of Philip Holbrook appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 198.

 

 

HOLEMAN, BENJAMIN C.

 

Born: 9-7-1916  Philadelphia PA                               married: Virginia Phillips

Died: 6-9-1967                                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1981, 198

 

1958    license

 

Interment: Jermyn PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1968, 246

 

1958-60           Lakeville

1960-64           Taylor

1964-67           Jermyn

 

Note: Benjamin C. Holeman served as a local pastor and was pursuing studies to become a fukk member of conference at the time of his death.

 

 

HOLLAND, ARTHUR S.     

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1887    admitted on trial

1889    ordained deacon

1891    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1887-88           Willett

1888-90           Garattsville

1890-91           Wells Bridge

1891-92           West Nicholson

1892                located

 

Note: This may be the Arthur S. Holland (8/19/1856 – 7/5/1930) buried in West Hill Cemetery, Homer NY.

 

HOLLENBECK, LEROY LYON

 

Born: 8-8-1915  Bainbridge NY                                 married: Lois Caroline Rider

Died: 4-24-1991                                                          obit: [6/10/1928 – 2/9/2013]

 

1933    license

1940    admitted on trial

1942    ordained deacon

1943    ordained elder

 

Interment: St. Clair Cemetery, Greensburg PA

Obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1991, 332

 

1940                associate, Newark NJ Centenary

1940-43           Jersey City NJ Bethlehem Swedish

1943-46           student, Dre Theological Seminary

1948-48           Chenango Forks – North Fenton - Tunnel

1948-52           located

1952                transfer to Pittsburgh Conference

1952-54           Pittsburgh Friendship Park

1954-56           Ford City – Rogers Chapel

1956-60           Homestead Park

1960-67           Pittsburgh Mary S. Brown

    1964-66       Pittsburgh Ames

1967-71           Boston

1971-78           Ligonier Calvary

1978-83           Manor

1983                retired

                            1987-91       associate, Dawson

 

HOLLIDAY, JOSEPH BRACK

 

Born: 1-23-1935  Brooklyn NY                                 married:

Died: 4-23-1991                                                          obit:

 

1967    admitted on trial, New Hampshire Conference

1969    ordained

 

Interment:

Obit: New Hampshire Conference 1991, 244

 

1958-60           Gibson

1960-63           Mount Upton

1963-64           not appointed

1964                “transfer” to New Hampshire Conference

1964-67           Lawrence St. Marks

1967-69           Suncook

1969-70           Amesbury MA

1970-73           on leave

1973-80           Contocook

1980-82           Littleton First

 

Note: Joseph B. Holliday is the son of William S. Holliday.  He served in the Wyoming Conference as a local preacher.

 

HOLLIDAY, WILLIAM SMITH

 

Born: 8-8-1896  Whitby England                               married: Edna Sarah Brack

Died: 4-?-1969  New Milford PA                               obit: [1900 - ]

 

admitted on trial

ordained deacon

1931    ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: New Hampshire Conference 1969, 117

 

1927-36           Bethany

1936-43           Taylor

1943-46           Susquehanna (ending 12/15/1946)

1946                transfer to New Hampshire Conference (12/15/1946)

 

Note: William S. Holliday is the father of Joseph B. Holliday.  Some sources give the death as occurring 2/13/1969 in Montrose PA.

 

 

HOLLOPETER, JASON PHILIP

 

Born: 9-30-1913  Rockton PA                                    married: Nellie Dean Wright

Died: 5-20-1996                                                          obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 2008,409

 

1942    license, recommended by Decker MI Baptist

1946    ordained, American Baptist

 

Interment: Rockton Memorial Cemetery, Rockton PA
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1996,413

 

1942-50           [American Baptist churches]

                             Lawton MI

                             Decker MI

1949                “transfer” to Detroit Conference of the Methodist Church

1949-51           Otisville MI

1951-52           Beaverton MI

1952-53           Elkton MI

1953-55           Central Square NY, Northern New York Conference

1955-58           Savona NY Federated (ending 12/31/1958)

1959-60           Skinners Eddy, Wyoming Conference (beginning 1/1/1959)

1960                transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference EUB

1960-62           Grover & East Point

1962-65           Liberty & East Point

1965-66           Nashville MI, Michigan Conference

1966-69           Freemont IN, Michigan Conference

1969-72           Millheim

1972-74           Kunkle OH

1974-76           Petersburg (ending 10/31/76)

1976-79           Susquehanna Valley (beginning 11/1/76)

1979                retired

                             Calvary UM, Bippus IN

 

Note: Jason P. Hollopeter is a brother to Elwood L. Hollopeter of the Central Pennsylvania Conference, and the father of Rev. Jason C. Hollopeter of the United Brethren (Old Constitution) Church [see Susquehanna Conference list].  He and Elwood are the sons of Rev. Jason B. Hollopeter of the Church of the Brethren.

 

HOLMES, ERNEST G.N.

 

Born: 1881                                                                  married: Etta Greenleaf

Died: 1954                                                                  obit: [1884-1979]

 

admitted on trial

ordained deacon

1910    ordained elder

 

Interment: Dennis Village Cemetery, Dennis MA

Obit:

 

1908-09           Portlandville and Cooperstown Junction

1909-11           Waverly PA

1911-12           Thompson

1912-13           Scranton Myrtle Street

1913                withdrew to join the Episcopal ministry

                        Montrose St. Paul’s

 

 

HOLTER, HENRY W.

 

Born: 1869                                                                  married:

Died: 1928                                                                  obit:

 

admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment: Eads Cemetery, Eads CO

Obit:

 

                        Northwest Kansas Conference

1907-08           Goddard

                        Upper Iowa Conference

1909                transfer to North Nebraska Conference                     

1910                transfer to Erie Conference

1911                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1911-12           West Nicholson

1912-13           ?

1913-14           Wallsville

1914                transfer to West Wisconsin Conference

1914-15           ?

1915                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1915                Carley Brook [resigned soon after conference – see 1916, 74]

1915                transfer to Northwest Indiana Conference

                        Wilmington Conference

1920-21           Powellsville MD

1923-26           Landenburg

 

HOMAN ROBERT

 

Born: 11-20-1854  Binghamton NY                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1894    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1893-95           Wells Bridge
1895                discontinued

 

Note: Robert Homan is the son of Samuel Homan. 

 

HOMAN, SAMUEL

 

Born: 9-13-1832  Reading PA                                    married: Ann Elizabeth Bortree (1855)

Died: 12-20-1909  Chenango                                     obit: Wyoming Conference 1887, 73

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Elizabeth (King) Holden

                                                                                    obit2:Wyoming Conference 1923, 140

1855    license, Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church

1857    admitted on trial

1857    ordained deacon

1858    ordained elder

 

Interment: Salem Cemetery, Hamlin PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1910, 127

 

…

1858-59           Daleville

…

1864-65           Daleville

…

1868-76           Daleville

1876                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1876-77           Edmeston

1877-79           Middlefield

1879-82           Sidney Center

1882-84           Windsor

1884-86           Waymart

1886-88           Salem

1888-90           Chenango Forks

1890-93           Clifford

1893-95           Bethany

1895-99           Jackson

1899-01           Foster

1901                retired

 

Note: Samuel Homan is the father of Robert Homan.  A biographical sketch of Samuel Homan appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 344.

 

 

HOOD, ANDREW W.

           

Born: 8-18-1850  Quebec Canada                              married: Caroline [Carrie] E. Marks
Died: 1-1-1883  Athens PA                                        obit: [1848 – 1/9/1935]

 

1876    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

18787  ordained deacon

1880    ordained elder

 

Interment: Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1883, 53

 

1875-76           Nanticoke

1876-77           West Nicholson

1877-79           Rush

1879-80           Triangle

1880-83           Athens

 

Note:  A brief biography of Andrew W. Hood appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 199.

 

 

HOPPER, STANLEY ROMAINE

 

Born: 3-22-1907  Fresno CA                                                  married: Eva Helen Bagby

Died: 7-19-1991  San Diego CA                                            obit: [12/11/1909 – 9/1/1995]

 

1930    admitted on trial, New Hampshire Conference

1930    ordained deacon

1931    ordained

 

Interment:

Obit: Northern New Jersey Conference 1992, 248

 

1924-28           student, USC

1928-30           student, Boston School of Theology

1930                transfer to Southern California Conference

1930-31           student, Boston School of Theology

1931-32           ?

1932-68           faculty, Drew University

    1932-33  Clifford, Wyoming Conference (12/1/1932 to fall 1933)

 

 

Note: Stanley R. Hopper reportedly also served pastorates in California, New Hampshire and Connecticut University.  He is the author several books and of the exposition of the book of Jeremiah in the Interpreter’s Bible.  Mrs. Hopper is a sister to Grover Carlton Bagby Sr (1916-2010) of the Southern California – Arizona Conference and the General Board of Church and Society.

 

 

HORLACHER, LORI

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2009    license, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2008-09           Loyalville (beginning 3/1/2009)

2009-10           Tompkinsville

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-13           Tompkinsville (ending 12/31/2012)

2013                unappointed (beginning 1/1/2013)

2013                discontinued 7/1/2013 [see 2014, 148]

 

Note: Lori Horlacher served as a local preacher.

 

 

HORTON, W.B.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1885    ordained local deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

 

 

 

HORTON, WILLIAM H.

 

Born: 1-14-1846  Greene NY                                     married: Sarah A. Ganoung (7/4/1866)

Died: 12-4-1918  Davenport NY                                obit: Wyoming Conference 1925, 149

 

1894    license

1902    ordained deacon

1911    ordained elder

 

Interment: Port Crane Cemetery, Port Crane NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1919, 135

 

1896-98           Plymouth NY

1898-01           Coventry

1901-02           Decatur

1902-07           Harpursville

1907-09           Masonville

1909-11           Middlefield

1911-14           Sanitaria Springs

1914-16           Flycreek – Toddsville

1916-18           Davenport

 

Note: William H. Horton served as a local preacher until 1909.

 

HORVATH, WILLIAM BAILEY

 

Born: 7-27-1904  Norwalk CT                                   married: Mrs. Myra Stewart Best

Died: 8-19-1991                                                          obit: [10/6/1918 – 12/7/2013]

 

1944    admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1992, 357

 

                        Bayonne NJ, Third Reformed

1944                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1944-45           Edmeston

1945-46           Carley Brook

1946-49           Beach Lake

1949-52           Great Bend – Hallstead

1952-54           Binghamton Oak Street – Kirkwood

1954-62           Binghamton Oak Street

1962-65           Westover

1965                retired

 

Note: Mrs. Horvath (nee Stewart) was the widow of a Mr. Howard Earle Best.

 

HOUCK, PHILIP

 

Born: 9-11-1843  Flicksville PA                                married: Phoebe Gulick

Died: 6-25-1929                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1934, 400

 

1873    exhorter’s license

1877    local preacher’s license

1877    admitted on trial

1879    ordained deacon

 

Interment: St. John’s reformed Cemetery, Bangor PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1930, 354

 

1876-78           Stoddartsville

1878-81           Maple Grove

1881-83           Hanover

1883-85           Dalesville and Union

1885-86           Herrick Center

1886-91           Bethany

1891-94           Salem

1894-95           Clifford

1895-96           Carley Brook

1896-98           Mountain Top

1898-99           West Nanticoke

1899-01           Shavertown

1901-02           Falls

1902-07           Hawleyton

1907-08           Foster

1908                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Philip Houck appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 345.

 

 

HOVEY, LUKE W.

 

Born: 5-26-1894  Guilford NY                                   married: Pearl Lorena Warn

Died: 12-27-1956                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1976,228

 

1921    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Maple Grove Cemetery, Candor NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1957, 562

 

1921-22           North Sanford – Sanford

1922-23           student. Drew Theological Seminary

1923-24           Heart Lake

1924-26           Danby – South Danby

1926-31           Maine

1931-38           Avoca – Yatesville

1938-43           Candor

1943-47           Whitney Point

1947-53           Otego

1953-56           Newark Valley

 

Note: Luke W. Hovey is, through his daughter Elizabeth, the grandfather of Roger G. Richards.

 

HOWARD, LORING PHELPS

 

Born: 8-20-1846  Danby NY                                      married: Emily Augusta Barden

Died: 9-3-1921                                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1914, 115

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Hannah Meaker Gage

1879    admitted on trial                                              obit2: Wyoming Conference 1916, 120

 

Interment: Spencer NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1922, 125

 

1878-81           Litchfield

1881-84           Harford

1884-87           Orwell

1887-91           Spencer

1891-95           Windham

1895-99           Danby

1899-04           Hornbrook

1904-09           on leave

                             1904-09      West Danby

1909                retired

                             1910-15      West Danby

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Loring P. Howard appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 346.  The second Mrs. Howard [nee Meaker] was the widow of a Mr. Leonard A. Gage, who died in 1905.

 

 

HOWARD, WILLIAM BURR

 

Born: 9-20-1899  Fultom NY                                     married: June M. Burton

Died: 11-25-1981                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1994, 332

 

1926    license, Onondaga Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church

 

Interment: Mt. Adna Cemetery, Fulton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1982, 224

 

1927-28           Central

1928-31           student, Westminster Theological Seminary

1931-33           Stone Mills

1933-39           South Valley

1939                transfer to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Church by denominational union

1939-40           South Valley

1940-42           Orson

1942-44           Wells Bridge

1944-48           McDonough

1948-53           Coventry

1953-57           Davenport – Davenport Center

1957-59           Hop Bottom

1959-60           Hawley

1960-61           Lehman

1961-63           Wilkes-Barre Abbot

1963-65           Berkshire

1965                retired

 

Note: While there were several PMP charges in Pennsylvania that transferred into the Wyoming Conference in 1939, South Valley of the Onondaga MP Conference was the only MP charge in the state of New York to transfer into the Wyoming Conference in 1939.

 

HOWE, CHARLES LaFAYETTE

 

Born: 1824  MA                                                          married: Mary E. _____

Died: 2-28-1883  Cazenovia NY                                obit: [1824-1902]

 

1859    admitted on trial, East Genesee Conference

1861    ordained deacon, East Genesee Conference

ordained elder, East Genesee Conference

 

Interment: Evergreen Cemetery, Cazenovia NY

Obit: Central New York Conference 1883, 130

 

1856-57           Litchfield, Wyoming Conference

1859                “transfer” to East Genesee Conference

1859-60           Ulster

1860-62           Knoxville

1862-63           Charleston

1863-65           Farmington

1865-66           Westfield

1866-68           Mainesburg

1868-70           Springfield

1870-72           Liberty Corners and Asylum

1872                transfer to Central New York Conference by change of boundaries

 

Note: C.L.F. Howe served in the Wyoming Conference as a supply pastor.

 

HOWE, GEORGE SHELDON

 

Born: 4-17-1909                                                          married: Elizabeth Evans Riddick Wells

Died: 11-22-1996  Whiteville NC                              obit: [1/7/1922 – 11/12/2010]

 

1935    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1936    ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment: Whiteville Memorial Cemetery, Whiteville NC

Obit: Southern New Jersey Conference 1997, 233

 

1935-37           student

1937-41           Marathon

1941-43           Portlandville

1943-45           Bethany

1945-48           Binghamton Fairview

1948-56           West Pittston

1956                transfer to New Jersey Conference

1956-66           Merchantville

1966-72           New Brunswick

1972-75           New Egypt – Cookstown

1975                retired

 

Note: Elizabeth [nee Riddick] was the widow of a Mr. Joseph Ray Wells when she married George S. Howe.

 

HOWELL, EDGAR N.

 

Born: 12-5-1928  Sayville NY                                   married: Catherine Patrice [Pat] Mullen (1958)

Died: 5-18-2013  Middletown MD                            obit: [3/28/1928 – 2/13/2009]

 

1977    admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment: Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Frederick MD

Obit: Baltimore-Washington Conference 2013, 601

 

1976-78           Sherburne (ending 2/1978)

1978-80           Old Forge (beginning 2/1978 and ending 2/1980)

1980                transfer to West Virginia Conference (2/1/1980)

1980-82           Volga (beginning 2/1/1980)

1982-83           Belington

1983-84           Jane Lew

1984-85           Clarksburg

                        teaching at Kentucky Wesleyan and other places

                        preaching as needed

1995                retired

                             1996           Middletown MD, Baltimore-Washington Conference

 

HOWELL, JAMES M.

 

Born: 9-25-1825  PA                                                  married: Adaline Dorcas Smith [1/27/1852] 

Died: 8-23-1907  Scranton PA                                   obit: [7/23/1823 – 10/9/1875]

 

Interment: Forest Hill Cemetery, Dunmore PA        

Obit: [8/24/1907 Wilkes-Barre Times, page 9]

 

                        Nay Aug

 

Note: Rev. J.M. Howell served Nay Aug prior to 1894.  See Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 903.  He reportedly served in the New Jersey Conference and moved to Scanton in 1865, living in the Green Ridge section of Scranton.  He didn’t serve under appointment, but he was active in the Temperance Movement and held services in the Lackawanna County Jail every Sunday for over 20 years.

 

 

HOWLAND, ROBERT IRVING “RED”

 

Born: 6-14-1909  Walton NY                                     married: Pearl Bernise Whited
Died: 2-5-1992  Webster MA                                     obit: [6/22/1911 – 12/16/1992]

 

?          ordained, Congregational Church

 

Interment: Walton Cemetery, Walton NY
Obit:

 

1937-40

 

Note: Robert I. Howland served Lisle as a federated church.

 

HU, PO-MI

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1867    organizing member of the Foochow Conference

1869    transferred to the California Conference in order to be ordained a deacon.

1872    transferred to the Wyoming Conference in order to be ordained a deacon

 

Note: Po-Mi Hu [rendered Hu Po Mi in Chinese notation] was the first native Methodist itinerant in China.

 

 

 

HUBBARD, HORACE L.

 

Born: 10-3-1848  PA                                                  married: Anna Lyman Willoughby

Died: 2-23-1930  New Bremen NY                           obit: [7/31/1852 – 1920]

 

1889    ordained local elder

 

Interment: Old Glendale Cemetery, Glendale NY

Obit:

 

1889                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1907-08           Heart Lake

 

Note: Horace L. Hubbard was received from the Congregational Church as a local elder.

 

HUBBARD, THEODORE IRVING

 

Born: 8-6-1910  Guilford NY                                     married: Edna Carmel Crispel

Died: 12-24-2001                                                        obit: 1/5/1915 – 12/30/2009]

 

1936    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1938    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

1940    ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Riverhurst Cemetery, Endwell NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2002, 208

 

1935-36           West Davenport – Fergusonville

1936-37           Davenport

1937-41           New Berlin

1941-44           Hawleyton

1944-45           Apalachin – Warren Center

1945-47           Chenango Bridge

1947-48           sabbatical

1948-50           Thompson

1950-52           Lake Ariel

1952-59           Scranton Embury

1959-68           Carbondale

1968-72           Wilkes-Barre Firwood

1972-76           Waverly NY

1976                retired

 

Note: Mrs. Hubbard is the daughter of Floyd S. Crispel.

 

HUDSON, BRYANT T.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Audrey

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1980    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1982    ordained deacon

1986    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1980-81           Old Forge Stewart Memorial

1981-85           Old Forge Stewart Memorial – Moosic

1985-89           director of pastoral care, Homes for the Aging

1989-97           Apalachin Park Terrace

1997                retired

                            1996-99       chaplain, Elizabeth Church Manor (beginning 10/6/1996)

                            2000            Lounsberry (1/3 – 6/30)

    2000-02       associate, Endwell (beginning 9/1/2000)

    2010            charter member Upper New York Conference

 

 

HUDSON, WILLIAM H.

 

Born: 6-15-1879                                                          married:

Died: 3-14-1958                                                          obit:

 

admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Newark Conference 1958, 150

 

1913                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1913-15           West Nicholson

1915-17           Orson

1917-18           Windsor

1918                transfer to New Jersey Conference

 

 

HUFF, KENNETH LUDERNIES

 

Born: 1-27-1918  Mount Jewett PA                           married: Evelyn M. Crawford [12/10/1936]

Died: 9-30-2007  Jamestown NY                               obit: [3/17/1915 –  11/29/1969]

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Ruth H. Amadon Titchner

                                                                                    obit2:

 

1968    admitted as associate member, Western New York Conference

 

Interment: Lancaster Rural Cemetery, Lancaster NY

Obit:

 

1958-59           West Exeter, Wyoming Conference

1959                “transfer” to Western New York Conference

1959-62           Rushford – Caneadea

1962-67           Buffalo North Delaware

1967-70           Deoew

1970-72           Celeron

1972-77           Jamestown Buffalo Street

                             1972-75      Gerry

                             1975-77      Fenton – Frewsburg

1977-82           Olean Trinity

 

Note: Kenneth L Huff served as a supply pastor until 1968.

 

HUGHES, MICHAEL D.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1979-80           Hornbrook

1980-82          

1982-87           Rome – North Orwell

1987-90           Maine Federated (ending 9/15/1990)

1990-92           Warren Center (beginning 9/15/1990)

1992                “transferred” to Presbyterian Church (9/1/1992)

1992-               Providence Presbyterian, Scranton PA (beginning 9/1/1992)

-2011               First Presbyterian, Towanda PA

 

 

HULSLANDER, PAUL LORING

 

Born: 2-19-1910  Candor NY                                     married: Dorothy Jessie Letts

Died: 4-3-1997  Horseheads NY                                obit: Wyoming Conference 2000, 314

 

1932    admitted on trial

1932    ordained deacon

1934    ordained elder

 

Interment: Dimock Cemetery, Dimock PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1997, 362

 

1932-34           student

1934-36           Smyrna

1936-41           Wyalusing

1941-43           Bainbridge

1943-47           Oneonta Elm Park

1947-51           Tunkhannock – East Lemon

1951-54           Tunkhannock – Evans Falls

1954-59           Carbondale

1959-64           Binghamton Chenango Street

1964-68           Athens

1968-70           disability leave

1970-74           New Berlin

1974                retired

 

Note: Paul L. Huslander is the arranger and copyright owner of a version of the hymn “Now Praise We Great and Famous Men.”

 

 

HUMPHREY, JOHN

 

Born: 2-12-1872  London, England                           married: Mrs. Ella L. Phillips Pepper (1939)

Died: 5-1-1949                                                            obit: [1/?/1885 – 2/2/1963]

 

1892    local preacher’s license

1896    admitted on trial

1898    ordained deacon

1900    ordained elder

 

Interment: Bethel Methodist Cemetery, Lewes DE

Obit:

 

1894-95           Carverton

1895-97           Noxen

1897-99           Moosic

1899-02           McClure Settlement

1902-03           “abroad”

1903                transfer to Genesee Conference

1903-04           West Sparta

1904-06           Kendall

1906-09           Kanona

1909-11           Elkland and Osceola PA

 

Note: Mrs. Humphrey (nee Phillips) was the widow of a Mr. Lee Pepper (1885-1919).

 

HUNSBERGER, GEORGE SHEPPARD

 

Born: 8-28-1914  Philadelphia PA                             married:

Died: 8-10-2004  Hamilton IN                                   obit:

                                                                                    married2: Ruth Margaret Stillman

1960    license, New York Conference                       obit2: Wyoming Conference 2004, 209

1964    admitted on trial, New York Conference

1964    ordained deacon

1966    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2005, 196

 

1960-61           Port Ewen

1961-62           Verbank

1962-64           Germantown – Glenco Mills – Tivoli – West Taghkanic

1964-68           Germantown – Elizaville – Glenco Mills – Tivoli – West Taghkanic

1968-75           Staten Island St. Mark’s

1975-77           Grahamsville – Sundown

1977                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1977-81           Candor

1981                retired

                            1981-83  New Berlin

                            1983-85  Hornbrook (ending 12/31/1985)

 

 

HUNT, CLARK WILBUR

 

Born: 10-2-1916  New Milford PA                            married: Elaine B. Miller (1942)

Died: 4-1-2018  Winston-Salem NC                          obit: [9/8/1916 – 4/4/2011]

 

1940    admitted on trial

1942    ordained deacon

1943    ordained elder

 

Interment: Canaan Corners Cemetery, Waymart PA

Obit:

 

1940-44           student

1944                transfer to New York Conference

 

Note: Clark W. Hunt is the son of Sidney E. Hunt.

 

 

HUNT, SIDNEY EGGLESTON

 

Born: 3-17-1871  Guilford NY                                   married: Retta Chaffee

Died: 8-11-1959  Unadilla NY                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1962, 228

 

1893    local preacher’s license, Ithaca

1895    admitted on trial

1897    ordained deacon

1899    ordained elder

 

Interment: Evergreen Hill Cemetery, Unadilla NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1960, 254

 

1893-94           West Danby

1894-95           Apalachin

1895-97           Litchfield

1897-00           Barton

1900-01           at school

1901-03           Castle Creek

1903-06           Maine

1906-08           Sidney Center

1908-10           Worcester

1910-13           Edmeston

1913-16           Sherburne

1916-17           New Milford

1917-18           Beach Lake

1918-20           Portlandville – Coopersown Junction

1920-23           Falls

1923-28           Lehman

1928-29           Mount Upton

1929-33           Sidney Center

1933-37           Waymart

1937                retired

 

Note: Sidney E. Hunt is the father of Clark W. Hunt.  A biographical sketch of Sidney E. Hunt appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 346.

 

 

HUNT, THOMAS J.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Janice _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1976    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1976-81           South Sterling

1981-85           Wallenpaupack Area

1985-86           Dorranceton (ending 5/31/1986)

1986-88           disability leave (beginning 6/1/1986)

 

HUNTER, JESSE STORMONT

 

Born: 9-6-1955  Scranton PA                                     married: Sylvia Jean Grisez

Died: 5-3-1985                                                            obit:

 

1982    admitted on trial

1982    ordained deacon

1984    ordained elder

 

Interment: Powder Mill Cemetery, Jermyn PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1985, 294

 

1981-82           at school

1982-84           Hop Bottom (ending 8/1/1984)

1984-85           on leave (beginning 8/1/1984)

 

 

HUNTER, W. FALLIS

 

Born: 7-10-1883  Kincardine Canada                        married: Edith Victoria Searing (6/12/1912)

Died: 5-18-1945  Kings County NY                          obit: [7/12/1888 - ]

 

1912    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1912    ordained deacon

1914    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Newark Conference 1946, 266

 

1912-14           Pleasant Mount

1914-17           Beach Lake

1917-18           Hawley

1918-22           Clark’s Summit

1922-23           Wilkes-Barre Firwood

1923-25           Dallas

1925-27           Scranton Court Street

1927-30           Forest City

1930                transfer to New Jersey Conference

 

1935                New Propsect [Waldwick]

 

Note: William Fallis Hunter is listed as a 1910 graduate of Centenary Collegiate Institute in Hackettstown NJ.

 

HURLBURT, JOHN WESLEY

 

Born: 2-14-1814  Broome County NY                       married: Susan _____

Died: 2-9-1886  Colesville NY                                  obit: [12/4/1819 – 8/28/1882]

 

1874    ordained local deacon

 

Interment: Perch Pond Cemetery, Center Village NY

Obit:

 

 

 

 

HURD, DONALD G.

 

Born: 5-18-1944  Corning NY                                   married:

Died: 8-26-2003  Binghamton NY                             obit:

                                                                                    married2: Carleen _____

1993    license                                                             obit2:

 

Interment:Borden-Elk Creek Cemetery, Borden NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2004, 210

 

1992-96           student, Wesley Theological Seminary

                            1994-96       Mapleside/Melvin (Cumberland MD)

1996-97           Dunmore

1997                disability (beginning 8/1/97)

 

 

 

HUTH, BURTON DALE

 

Born: 3-20-1929                                                          married: Florence C. Domor (1948)

Died: 4-?-2019  Johnson City NY                              obit: [9/18/1928 – 2/18/2022]

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1977-88           Spencer Federated

 

 

Note: Burton Huth was an ordained pastor in the American Baptist Church.  Mrs. Huth was cremated.  The final resting place of Burton Huth is not known.

 

HYDE, IRA BENJAMIN

 

Born: 2-23-1830  Newfield NY                                 married: Cornelia Main

Died: 3-6-1908  Red Creek NY                                  obit: Central New York Conference 1904, 118

 

1848    exhorter’s license, Cayuta

1852    local preacher’s license, Oneida Conference

1853    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

1855    ordained deacon, Oneida Conference

1857    ordained elder, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: McLean NY

Obit: Central New York Conference 1908, 150

 

1850-53           student, Cazenovia Seminary

                            1852-53       McLean

1853-54           McLean

1854-55           Union Valley

1855-56           Cuyler

1856-57           North Pitcher

1857-59           Virgil

1859-61           McGrawville

1861-63           Moravia

1863-65           Asbury

1865-68           Green

1868-69           Sherburne

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1869-71           Sherburne

1871-73           Guilford

1873-74           Hyde Park

1874-75           Moscow

1875                transfer to Central New York Conference\

1875-77           Mecklenburg

1877-80           Chemung

1880-82           Burdett

1882-85           Potter

1885-88           Gorham

1888-91           Catherine and Odessa

1891-92           East Smithfield and Big Pond PA

                        East Troy and West Burlington PA

                        Millport and Pine Valley

                        retired

 

Note: Ira B. Hyde is the father of Hallet E. Hyde (1862-1928) of the Central New York Conference.

 

 

HYNSON, EDWIN HARMON

 

Born: 8-13-1835                                                          married: Mary A. Wint

Died: 7-27-1899                                                          obit: Wilmington Conference 1921, 139

 

1859    admitted on trial, Troy Conference

1864    re-admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Smyrna DE

Obit: Wilmington Conference 1900, 86

 

1863                located

1864                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1864-67           Blakely

                        transfer to Wilmington Conference

1881-82           Quantico MD

1889-90           Zion MD

1898-99           on leave

 

Note: Edwin H. Hynson of Delaware graduated from the Concord Biblical Institute of Boston University in 1856.

 

ILLMAN, FREDERICK

 

Born: 3-12-1826                                                          married: Sarah Tabitha Brown

Died: 5-20-1904  Warren County NJ                         obit: [d. 6/2/1853]

                                                                                    married2: Ann Catharine Brown

1849    local pastor’s license, Philadelphia Conf       obit2: Philadelphia Conference 1896, 100

1850    admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference

1852    ordained deacon

1854    ordained elder

 

Interment: Morris Cemetery, Phoenixville PA

Obit: Philadelphia Conference 1905, 73

 

1848-49           Pottstown circuit

1849-50           Stroudsburg circuit

1850-51           Halifax circuit

1851-52           Stoddartsville

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-53           Stoddartsville

1853-54           Lehman

1854-56           Newpoty

1856-57           Lackawanna

1857-58           Blakely

1858-59           Thompson

1859-60           Ararat

1860-61           Cherry Ridge

1861-63           Oregon [Carley Brook]

1863-65           Mehoopany

1865-66           located

1866                “transfer” to Philadelphia Conference

                        Cherry Valley

                        Richmond

                        Newtown

                        Marshalltown

                        Dauphin

                        Mt. Nebo

                        Spragueville

                        Parryville

                        Nesquehoning

                        Geiger’s Mills

                        Dauphin

                        Charlestown

1897                retired

 

Note: Frederick Illman is the father of George F. Illman (1861-1936) of the Newark Conference and Robert I.B. Illman (1863-1951) of the Troy Conference.  His two wives were sisters.

 

INGALLS, ROSMAN

           

Born: 12-7-1802  Ticonderoga NY                            married: Ezoa Stevens
Died: 10-25-1882  Euclid NY                                    obit: [2/17/1802 – 12/5/1874]

                                                                                    married2: Augusta Stevens

1833    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference             obit2: [d. 1882]

 

Interment: Gibson PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1883, 46

 

1831-33           Broome

1833-34           Spencer

1834-35           Windsor

1835-36           Bainbridge

1836-37           Greene

1837-39           Brooklyn

1839-41           Cherry Valley

1841-46           Oneida Mission

1846-52           administrator, Indian Mission

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-53           Broome

1853-55           Gibson

1855-56           on leave

1856-57           Brooklyn

1857                retired

 

Note:  A brief biography of Rosman Ingalls appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 199.  His two wives were sisters.

 

ISENBERG, MERLE

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1920-22           Litchfield (ending 3/1/1922 – see 1922,75)

1922-23           Worcester NY Baptist (beginning 3/1/1922, ending 12.1923)

1925                Sidney NY Baptist

1928                Rensselaer NY

1930-33           Sayre First Baptist (beginning 10/13/1930)

 

Note: Merle Isenberg served as a supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.  In 1953 he was living in Glendale NY.

 

ISMOND, LOREN V.

 

Born: 8-13-1836  NY                                                 married: Annie E. Nash

Died: 11-5-1916                                                          obit: [11/21/1841 – 5/25/1920]

 

1862    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Highland Cemetery, Hamilton MO

Obit:

 

1862-63           Sidney

1863                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1863-65           Unadilla

1865-67           Earlville

1867-69           Bainbridge

1869-70           on leave

1870                transfer to Missouri Conference

1870-71           Lagrange

 

Note: Loren V. Ismond retired to Topeka KS in 1903.

 

JACOBS, GAYLORD CLARK

 

Born: 1-4-1854  Candor NY                                       married: Mary [Mina] E. Utley

Died: 8-13-1917  Unadilla NY                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1929, 140

 

1881    local preacher’s license, Kingston

1883    admitted on trial

1885    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Evergreen Cemetery, Factoryville PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1918, 123

 
1883-84  Oakland
1884-87  Rush
1887-91  Little Meadows
1891-96  Gibson
1896-99  Newton
1899-00  Vestal
1900-02  Courtdale
1902-05  Old Forge [Lackawanna]
1905-06  Mountaintop
1906-07  on leave
1907-10  Slaterville
1910-12  Laurens
1912-14  Smyrna
1914-17  Sanitaria Springs – Port Crane
1917                       retired
 

Note: A biographical sketch of Gaylord C. Jacobs appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 347.

 

JAFTA, LIZO

 

Born:                                                                           married: Cindy _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          ordained, South Africa

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1970-?             student, Boston University School of Theology

 

Note: Lizo Jafta is from South Africa and appears in a Wyoming Conference data base.  Apparently he served as a supply preacher while studying in the United States.

 

JAGGER, ALAN ROBERT

 

Born: 1-5-1951  Meshoppen PA                                married: Holly Jane Harris

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1977    license

1980    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1982    ordained deacon

1986    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1980-81           Old Forge Stewart Memorial

1981-84           Old Forge Stewart Memorial – Moosic

1985-89           director of pastoral care, Binghamton   Homes for the Aging

1989-97           Apalachin 

1997                retired

                            1997-99  Chaplain, Elizabeth Church Manor 

                            1999-00  Lounsberry   (beginning 1/3/2000)

                            2000-02  associate, Endwell   (beginning 9/1/2000)         

    2010       charter member Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Alan R. Jagger is a brother to Richard G. Jagger.

 

 

JAGGER, RICHARD GARY

 

Born: 3-27-1946  Brooklyn PA                                  married: Ellen Musser

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1969    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1969    ordained deacon

1975    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1969-72           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                            1969-70  Pleasant Mount

1972-74           student, School for International Training

1974-76           Center Moreland (beginning 9/1974)

1976-78           associate, Endwell 

1978-84           Plymouth – Larksville

1984-87           Moscow (ending 10/30/1987)

1987-89           on leave (beginning 11/1/1987)

1989-93           Hop Bottom

1993-00           Beach Lake

2000-01           sabbatical leave

                            2000        associate Endicott NT Central (beginning 9/1/2000)

2001-06           Scranton Embury

2006                retired

                            2006-10       Scranton Embury

    2010            transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

    2010-11       Scranton Embury

 

Note: Richard G. Jagger is a brother to Alan R. Jagger.

 

JAKWAY, JOHN WALTER II        

 

Born: 8-12-1922  Minneapolis MN                            married: Margaret Andreen Stave (1948)

Died: 2-11-2009  Edina MN                                       obit: [4/19/1927 – 10/28/2015]

 

            admitted on trial, Minnesota Conference

1952    ordained deacon

1953    ordained elder

 

Interment: Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis MN

Obit:

 

1951-53           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                            1951-53  Pleasant Mount, Wyoming Conference

                        Henning and Deer Creek

                        Lamberton-Sanborn

                        Hastings

                        Hibbing

                        Edina

 

Note:  John W. Jakway transferred in an out of the Wyoming Conference 5/22/1952 for the purposes of ordination. See 1952, 967.   He also transferred in (5/22/1953) and out (5/24/1953) of the Wyoming Conference for ordination as an elder.

 

 

JAMES, DONALD HARRINGTON

 

Born: 7-8-1914                                                            married: Jean Estelle McIntosh

Died: 6-29-1986  Massachusetts                                 obit: [b. 2/19/1926]

 

1938    admitted on trial, Northwest Iowa Conference

1940    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Southern New England Conference 1987, 181

 

1936-39           student

1939                transfer to Wyoming Conference (8/1/1939)

1939-41           West Exeter (beginning 8/1/1939)

1941-44           North Fenton

1944-45           North Fenton – Chenango Bridge (ending 11/1/1945)

1945                transfer to Northwest Iowa Conference (11/1/1945)

1945-50           Titonka – Doan (beginning 11/1/1945)

1950-53           Ruthven

1953-55           Akron

1955-57           Ocheyedan

1957-58           on leave

1958                transfer to Southern New England Conference

1958-60           student

1960-63           New Bedford Allen (beginning 12/1/1960)

1963-66           student

1966-68           director, North Conway Institute

1968-69           student

1969-81           located

1981                retired

 

JAMES, FRANK R.

 

Born: 1-10-1864  Durham, England                           married: Ella A. O’Neill

Died: 9-19-1940  Sherburne NY                                obit: Wyoming Conference 1948, 1023

 

1894    local preacher’s license, Ashley

1898    admitted on trial

1900    ordained deacon

1902    ordained elder

 

Interment: Rose Hill Cemetery, Hallstead PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1941, 159

 

1898-99           Eaton

1899-04           Centermoreland

1904-06           Great Bend

1906-11           Sherburne

1911-17           Bainbridge

1917-19           Jermyn

1919-20           Binghamton High Street

1920-21           on leave

1921-23           Great Bend

1923-29           Binghamton Fairview

1929-31           Unadilla

1931                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Frank James appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 348.  The maiden name of Mrs. James also appears as O’Neil.

 

 

JAMES, RICHARD PAUL

 

Born: 5-29-1934  Endicott NY                                   married: Carole _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1957    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1957    ordained deacon

1959    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1957-60           Lake Como

1960-64           Factoryville

1964-69           associate, Binghamton Tabernacle

1969-73           Union Center 

1973-78           on leave

1978                retired

    2010  charter member Upper New York Conference

 

JANES, ALEXANDER NORMAN 

 

Born: 11-6-1893  St. Johns, Newfoundland              married: Isabella Clark

Died: 12-18-1950  Springfield IL                               obit: [3/10/1884 – 1/7/1981]

 

1926    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield IL

Obit:

 

1926-27           Oxford

1927                discontinued

                        “transfer” to the Congregational Church

                        Keene NH

                        First Congregational Church, Alton IL

 

JANSEN, DONALD L.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1969    license, Troy Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1970-71           Lisle

1971                located

 

 

JAY, GROVER BLAIR

 

Born: 7-26-1920  Clearfield PA                                 married: Shirley M. Hinchman

Died: 11-6-1995                                                          obit: [5/17/1929 – 6/15/2019]

 

1950    admitted on trial

1952    ordained deacon

1953    ordained elder

 

Interment: Park Cemetery, Scotia NY

Obit: Troy Conference 1996, 247

 

1950-53           student, Boston University School of Theology

1953                transfer to Newark Conference

 

Note:  Shirley M. Jay reportedly was a “lay pastor.”

 

JAY, STEPHEN

 

Born: 4-26-1846  St. Blazey, England                       married: Prudence Hambly

Died: 3-17-1911  Dallas PA                                       obit: [d. c1872]

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Electa M. [Tipp] Griffin

                                                                                    obit2: Wyoming Conference 1912, 137

?          local preacher’s license, Bible Christian Church [England]

1875    admitted on trial

1877    ordained deacon

1879    ordained elder

 

Interment: Clarks Green Cemetery, Clark’s Green PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1911, 97

 

1874-76           Paupack

1876-79           Canaan

1879-82           Mount Pleasant

1882-85           Otego

1885-87           Milford

1887-88           Milford and Westville

1888-90           Waverly PA

1890-92           Sayre

1892-96           Susquehanna

1896-00           Ashley

1900-02           Wyoming

1902-05           Dorranceton

1905-06           conference evangelist

1906                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Stephen Jay appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 348.

 

 

JAYCOX, REUBEN LEE

 

Born: 9-5-1901  Hawleyton NY                                 married:

Died: 3-19-1976  Binghamton NY                             obit:

 

1930    admitted on trial

1936    ordained local deacon

 

Interment: Hawleyton Cemetery, Hawleyton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1976, 219

 

1930-31           Hornbrook – Ghent

1931-33           student

1933-34           Coventry

1934-35           Plymouth NY

1935-36           Middlefield

1936                located

 

Note: After 1936 R. Lee Jaycox taught public school and assisted at Binghamton Chenango Street.

 

JAYNE, ALGERNON BREWSTER [BRUCE] JR

 

Born: 9-12-1926  Long Island NY                             married: Joan Elizabeth Haslett

Died: 1-14-2011  Harrisburg PA                                obit: [11/11/1939 – 6/17/2021]

 

1963    license, recommended by Remsenburg NY

1966    ordained, Presbyterian Church

 

Interment: Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Harrisburg PA

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2011, 400

 

1963-64           Iron River – Brule WI

1964-67           Fountain Green IL

1967-72           Spencer NY Federated, Wyoming Conference

1972                transfer to Wyoming Conference of the United Methodist Church

1972-76           Camptown

1976-78           Afton

1978-83           Worcester

1983                transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1983-87           Dushore – Laporte

1987-89           Mont Alto Otterbein

1989-93           Wiconisco Calvary

1993-95           Steelton Grace

1995                retired

                            1998-02       Manada Hill (beginning 5/1/1998)

                            2002-03       Harrisburg Otterbein

 

JAYNE, THOMAS B.

 

Born: 3-31-1840  Mehoopany PA                              married: Louisa _____

Died: 6-18-1913                                                          obit: [1847 - ]

 

1869    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Vaughn Cemetery, Mehoopany PA

Obit:

 

1873                no longer listed

                        “transfer” to Baptist Church

                        Springfield, Bradford County PA

                        West Franklin

1876-78           Clark’s Green

                        “transfer” to Universalist Church

1903                Scranton All Souls

 

Note: Thomas B. Jayne was from Skinner’s Eddy and served as an infantry commander in the Civil War.  Although admitted on trial, he never matriculated through the system or served an appointment.

 

JEFFERS, JEAN BARBER

 

Born: 3-18-1931  Cavendish VT                                married: Fred Hards Jeffers [11/1949]

Died: 3-15-2016  Camarillo CA                                 obit: [4/1/1899 – 11/25/1999]

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1973-78           Hale Eddy (ending mid-year 1977-78)

 

Note:  Jean Jeffers, nee Barber, served as a local pastor.  After she and her husband retired to California, she edited four women’s devotional booklets and authored another booklet, “Divine Harvest.”

 

 

JEFFREY, EUGENE L.

 

Born: 3-14-1868  Hempstead NY                              married: Isora M. Higgins

Died: 12-15-1920  Brooklyn NY                               obit: Wyoming Conference 1962, 230

 

1892    admitted on trial

1894    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Schuyler Lake Cemetery, Schuyler Lake NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1921, 105

 

1891-92           Gouldsboro (last 8 months)

1892-94           Triangle

1894-97           New Berlin NY

1897-99           Vestal

1899-01           Morris

1901-03           Fly Creek

1903-05           Afton

1905-07           Otego

1907-10           Schuyler Lake

1910-13           Mount Vision – Schuyler Lake

1913-16           Guilford

1916-20           Sherburne

1920                Great Bend – Hallstead

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Eugene L. Jeffrey appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 349.

 

JEFFRIES, GEORGE J.        

 

Born:  1851  Bristol England                                      married:

Died: 8-10-1924  Wilkes-Barre PA                            obit:

 

1882    admitted on trial, Primitive Methodist Church

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1882-84           Niles

1884-86           Straitsville

1886-88           Seek

1888-90           Lowell

1890-91           Scranton

1891                transfer to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1892                withdrew to join Primitive Methodists

 

Note: George J. Jeffries appears to have continued serving Scranton in the Primitive Methodist Church 1891-92 and never actually served in the Wyoming Conference.  This surname is sometimes reported as JEFFREYS.

 

JENKINS, ISAAC

 

Born: 2-1-1837  Ponterwyd, South Wales                  married: Mary Lewis

Died: 10-1-1918  Utica NY                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1923, 141

 

1859    exhorter’s license, Wesleyan Church in South Wales

1859    local preacher’s license, Wesleyan Church in South Wales

1861    license, Wesleyan Conference

1870    ordained deacon, Black River Conference

1877    ordained elder, Northern New York Conference

 

Interment: Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1919, 142

 

1861-62           Swansea, South Wales

1862-64           Llandeilo circuit

1864-66           Machyulleth circuit

1866-68           emigrated to America, worked as a blacksmith

1868-69           South Trenton Welsh Mission, Black River Conference

1869                “transfer” to Black River Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1869-73           South Trenton Welsh Mission

1873                charter member of Northern New York Conference

1873-75           West Sandy Creek

1875-78           Ohio

1877-79           Norway and Grey

1879-82           Cedar Lake

1882-85           Martinsburg

1885-88           Hammond

1888                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1888-91           Wilkes-Barre Welsh Mission

1891-92           Lehman

1892-95           Vestal

1895-98           Auburn

1898-00           Gibson

1900-02           Camptown

1902-04           Rome

1904-06           Litchfield

1906-08           Ouaquaga

1908                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Isaac Jenkins appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 350.

 

 

JENKINS, THOMAS RUSSELL JR

 

Born: 8-19-1929  Kingston PA                                  married: Margaret Emma Snyder

Died: 1-6-1987  Lubbock TX                                     obit:

 

1962    license

1966    ordained deacon

1968    ordained elder

 

Interment: [body donated to Texas Technical Medical School]

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1987, 315

 

1963-66           Mill City

1966-72           Luzerne

1972-83           Nanticoke

1983                “transfer” to Northwest Texas Conference

1983-85           Meadow and Ropesville

 

Note: Thomas R. Jenkins was a fireman before entering the ministry.  He became an associate member of the Wyoming Conference in 1978.

 

JENKINS, WILLIAM DAVID

 

Born: 9-25-1910  Wilkes-Barre PA                            married: Dorothy C. Palmer

Died: 3-19-1983  St. Petersburg FL                           obit: Wyoming Conference 2002, 209

 

1955    license

1957    ordained deacon

1959    ordained elder

 

Interment: Springbrook Cemetery, Moscow PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1983, 245

 

1955-57           Hop Bottom (beginning 5/14/1955)

1957-61           Thompson

1961-65           Waymart

1965-68           Nicholson

1968-72           Scranton Simpson

1972-76           disability leave

1976                retired

 

 

JENNEY, CHESTER EZEKIEL

 

Born: 2-16-1881                                                          married: Gertrude E. Harris

Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                    married2: Edna Dean Pillsbury

1906    admitted on trial                                              obit2: [9/1/1889 – 12/4/1984]

1906    ordined deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1906-08           Mountain Top

1908-11           Moosic

1911                withdrew, page 56

 

1925                First Presbyterian Church of St; Louis MO

 

Note: Chester E. Jenney is listed in the 1918 “general alumni” catalog of Boston University and also as having attended Union Theological School in NYC in 1911.  He is listed in various post-1911 church handbooks as a Presbyterian and/or Congregational pastor.  Chester E. Jenney may be a brother to fellow Presbyterian minister and Union Seminary attendee Ray Freeman Jenney.  The second Mrs. Jenney was the widow of a Mr. Albertus Christian Van Raalte (1889-1944).

 

JENNISON, LEVI

 

Born: 1-7-1848  Lapeer NY                                       married: Florence Estelle Clark

Died: 5-28-1910  Tioga Centre NY                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1927, 127

 

1879    admitted on trial

 

Interment: McLean Cemetery, McLean NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1911, 99

 

1879-80           Nanticoke

1880-82           Scranton Park Place

1882-83           Wilkes-Barre Parrish Street

1883-84           Morris

1884-87           New Berlin NY

1887-90           Guilford

1890-95           Chenango Forks

1895-99           Morris

1899-02           Lockwood

1902-04           Union Center

1904-07           Apalachin

1907-10           Tioga Centre

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Levi Jennison appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 349.

 

JENSEN, ERIC L.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Shelley

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2007    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2007-10           Westover 

2010                charter member Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Eric L. Jensen served as a local preacher

 

 

JENSEN, EUGENE B.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Phyllis

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1984    license

1992    ordained local deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1984-85           West Chenango   (beginning 1/1984 and ending 10/1985)

1988-88           Kirkwood (beginning 11/1986)

1988-91           Thompson (beginning 7/15/1988)

1991-94           Schenevus 

1994-97           Sayre

1997-01           Springville

2001                retired

                            2001-02  Springville           

                            2002-10  Marathon 

    2010       charter member Upper New York Conference

 

 

JESTER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

 

Born: 7-13-1857  Milford DE                                    married: Georgie Anna Young

Died: 7-13-1923  Wilmington DE                              obit: Wilmington Conference 1933, 122

 

Interment: Mount Salem Cemetery, Wilmington DE

Obit: Wilmington Conference 1924, 130

 

1909-10           East Worcester

1910                transfer to Wilmington Conference

 

Note: B.F. Jester is listed as a member of the conference in 1909 with no explanation or previos record.

 

JEWELL, CHARLES H.

 

Born: 1-1-1847  Binghamton NY                               married: Mary A. Barner

Died: 6-28-1913  Rome PA                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1911, 100

 

1872    admitted on trial

1878    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Rome Cemetery, Rome PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1914, 103

 

1876-78           Lanesboro

1878-80           Great Bend

1880-82           Harpursville

1882-84           on leave

1884-87           Litchfield

1887-88           on leave

1888-89           North Barton

1889-01           on leave

1901                retired

 

Note: Charles H. Jewell is the father of Harriet Jewell Vought, wife of Leonard L. Vought.  A biographical sketch of Charles H. Jewell appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 351.  Mrs. Jewell is the daughter of Silas Barner.

 

JOHNS, BENJAMIN MURLEY

 

Born: 11-18-1876                                                        married: Mary Louise Powell

Died: 10-24-1949                                                        obit: Peninsula Conference 1950, 567

 

1908    admitted on trial

1910    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit: Peninsula Conference 1950, 567

 

1908-10           Lehman

1910-12           Factoryville

1912-17           Plymouth PA

1917-23           Oneonta

1923                transfer to Wilmington Conference

 

Note:  Mary Louise Powell of Factoryville PA is listed in the 1906 class at Goucher College in Baltimore MD.

 

JOHNS, CHARLES E.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Gail

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1964    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference: recommended by Pittston First

1964    ordained deacon

1967    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1964-67           student, Drew Theological Seminary

1967-72           student, Syracuse University

1972-74           University of Illinois Medical Center

1974-77           Boston University School of Theology

1977-78           Throop

1978-84           Moscow

1984-98           Kingston Church of Christ Uniting (ending 1/31/1998)

1998-00           conference council director (beginning 2/1/1998)

2000-03           superintendent, Scranton District

2003                retired

    2010            transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

 

JOHNSON, AHIRA

 

Born: 4-21-1804  Chenango County NY                   married: Lydia Stillman [1826]

Died: 1872                                                                  obit: [10/18/1804 - ?]

 

1835    admitted on trial

1837    ordained deacon, Oneida Conference

1839    ordained elder, Oneida Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1836-37           Newark

1837-39           Danby

1839-40           Newfield

1840-42           on leave

                             1841-42  Ostelic

1842-43           Tully

1843-44           Preble

1844-45           North Pitcher

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852                retired

    1856  located

 

 

JOHNSON, CAROL G. (SPRITE)

 

Born:                                                                           married: Steven Johnson

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2004-10           Maine Federated

2010                “transfer” to Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Carol G. Johnson is married to Steven Johnson.  She is ordained in the United Church of Christ.

 

JOHNSON, G. LOUIS

 

Born: 11-29-1915                                                        married: Vera Eloise Mudge

Died: 5-28-2000 Glens Falls NY                               obit: [1916 – 2/4/1965]

                                                                                    Married2: Anne Seamand

1962-65           New England Conference                   obit2: Wyoming Conference 1972, 265

1965-68           Central New York Conference

1968                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1968-71           Guilford – Mt. Upton

1971-76           Springville

 

Interment: Marathon Village Cemetery, Marathon NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2000, 315

 

Note: G. Louis Johns served as a lay pastor in Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania.  Mrs. Johnson died while her husband was serving in Massachusetts and was originally buried there, but her body was later moved to Marathon NY.  His children include the following: Jacqueline Johnson Marino, wife of Rev. Ralph Marino of the Upper New York Conference; (Rev.) Judith Johnson Siebold, wife of (Rev.) E. Allen Siebold.  The second Mrs. Johnson was born in 1918.

 

JOHNSON, HERBERT BUELL

 

Born: 4-30-1858  Fairfield NY                                   married: Clara Elvira Richardson

Died: 11-24-1925  North Platte NE                            obit: [1861 – 11/3/1930]

 

1883    admitted on trial

1885    ordained deacon

1887    ordained elder

 

Interment: Sunset View Cemetery, El Cerrito CA

Obit: Pacific Japanese Mission Conference 1925, 87; California Conference 1926, 333

 

1883-86           Luzerne

1886-88           Plains

1888                transfer to Japan Conference

 

JOHNSON, JAMES CHESTER

 

Born: 1-21-1855  Jenksville NY                                married: Rosella May VanDermark

Died: 11-22-1927  Oneonta NY                                 obit: Wyoming Conference 1918, 133

 

1879    local preacher’s license

1882    admitted on trial

1884    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Plains Cemetery, Oneonta NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1928, 137

 

1881-83           West Danby

1883-85           South Danby

1885-87           Windham

1887-91           Camptown

1891-96           Newton

1896-99           Union

1899-01           Schenevus

1901-02           on leave

1902                retired

                                            Oneonta Elm Park

                             1923-27  East Worcester

 

Note: A biographical sketch of James C. Johnson appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 352.

 

 

JOHNSON, JOHN WESLEY

 

Born: 2-9-1874  Oak Hill NY                                    married: May D. Hinds

Died: 5-18-1947                                                          obit: [2/21/1872 – 1944]

 

1896    local preacher’s license

1897    admitted on trial

1899    ordained deacon

1901    ordained elder

 

Interment: Riverside Cemetery, Endicott NY

Obit:

 

1896-97           Campville (6 months)

1897-00           Orwell

1900-03           West Nicholson

1903-07           Skinner's Eddy

1907-11           New Milford

1911                withdrew, page 56

 

Note: A biographical sketch of John W. Johnson appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 352. 

 

 

JOHNSON, RALPH ELWOOD

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1950    admitted on trial

1951    ordained deacon

1953    ordained elder, New York East Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1950-53           student

1953                transfer to New York East Conference

 

Note: Ralph E. Johnson appears to have become an Episcopal priest, serving in Owego NY in the 1970’s, and resigned from the ministry in 2006.

 

JOHNSON, RODNEY ERWIN

 

Born: 11-6-1928  Fulton NY                                      married: Elizabeth Jeanne Walker

Died: 2-14-2014  Middlefield NY                              obit:

 

1972    license

1998    ordained local deacon

 

Interment: Union Cemetery, Ira NY

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2014, 259

 

1970-73           McDonough 

1973-78           Davenport 

1978-79           (not appointed)

1979-98           Emmons 

1998                retired

                            1998-99       Emmons 

                            1999-06       Emmons   – Cooperstown Junction 

                            2010            transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Rodney E. Johnson taught History, English and Special Education before entering the ministry.  He served as a local preacher.

 

JOHNSON, STEVEN

 

Born:                                                                           married: Carol G. Sprite

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2004-10           Maine Federated

2010                “transfer” to Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Steven Johnson is married to Carol G. Johnson and is ordained in the United Church of Christ.

 

 

JOHNSON, THOMAS F.

           

Born: 8-28-1825  Danbury CT                                   married: Anna M. _____
Died: 3-11-1874  Litchfield PA                                 obit: [12/26/1825 – 10/3/1891]

 

1852    license

1872    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Maple Grove Cemetery, Candor NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1874, 41

 

1872-74           Herrick

 

Note:  Thomas F. Johnson served as a local preacher and as a supply preacher for more than 20 years before prior to receiving his conference license.  A brief biography of Thomas F. Johnson appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 200.

 

JONES, ALVAH RIDGEWAY        

 

Born: 1818  Philadelphia PA                                      married: Mrs. Martha Brooke Crawford [1846]

Died: 3-20-1894  Philadelphia PA                             obit: [1818 – 12/2/1898]

 

1849    admitted on trial, East Genesee Conference

 

Interment: Mount Peace Cemetery, Philadelphia PA

Obit:

 

1849-50           Urbana

1850                discontinued

1855                readmitted

1855-56           Laporte

1856                discontinued

                        “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1858-60           LeRaysville

1860-61           Salem

1861-62           Cherry Ridge

1862-64           ?

1864-65           chaplain, US Army

 

Note: Alvah R. Jones served as a chaplain in the Union Army 4/16/1865 to 5/19/1865.  It appears that Mrs. Jones (nee Brooke) was the widow of a Mr. Crawford.  Alvah and Martha had a son Francis who was born in 1859 in LaRaysville PA (and died 12/24/1865 in Philadelphia)

http://www.americancivilwar.asn.au/news/news_94_june19.pdf reports the following: “Chaplain Alvah R Jones, a Methodist minister attached to the 10th US Coloured Troops, was charged with Conduct Unbecoming. Kept aloof from the enlisted men, he stated “I did not come here to mingle with niggers, or go into their dirty, lousy tents’’.  He also failed to stop a noisy religious meeting. Also charged with cowardice at Wilson’s Landing, Virginia. Found guilty he was dismissed from the service.”

A more complete treatment is given in the book “US Colored Troops Defeat Confederate Calvary” by Edwin W. Besch, beginning on page 75.  That passage describes Alvah R. Jones in 1864 as being a “regularly ordained minister of the M.E. Church at Honesdale, Pennsylvania” – but he was not the pastor appointed to Honesdale that year.

 

Note2: A Rev. A.R. Jones was a Methodist missionary in Bulgaria in the 1880’s.

 

JONES, BETH E. (STOKES)

 

Born:                                                                           married: Thomas Jones

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1996    admitted on trial, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1999    ordained deacon

2001    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1996-98           student, Wesley Theological Seminary

                            1996-97  associate, Williamsport First

1998                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1998-03           Dalton

2003-10           Dorranceton

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-12           superintendent, Scranton District

2012-18           superintendent, Williamsport District

2018-23           Deep Green Journey Outdoor Ministries

                             2018-20      associate, Montoursville Faith

 

Note: Beth E. Jones is the daughter of Robert Stokes of the Susquehanna Conference and the great-granddaughter of Albert Smith Luring of the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Church.

 

JONES, DONALD JAMES

 

Born: 11-2-1929  Taylor PA                                      married: Jean Claire Loftus (9/22/????)

Died: 11-20-2015                                                        obit:

 

1960    admitted on trial

1960    ordained deacon

1963    ordained elder

 

Interment: Mountain View Cemetery, Harding PA

Obit: Rio Texas Conference 2916, 288

 

1958-61           Damascus

1961-64           Lake Ariel

1964-65           Chinchilla

1965-67           located

1967-69           Scranton St. Paul’s

1969-81           Chinchilla (ending 6/15/1981)

1981                transfer to Southwest Texas Conference (6/15/1981)

1981-               Carrizo Springs First - Kerrville

1995                retired

                             1998-          South Auburn and Silvara, Wyoming Conference

                                                visitation pastor, Clearwater FL Heritage UMC

 

Note: Donald J. Jones is the father-in-law (through his daughter Lynn) of Rev. Bruce Rogers and grandfather of Rev. Bryan Rogers, both of the Rio Texas Conference

 

JONES, FRED J.

 

Born: 7-26-1867  Burlington NY                               married:

Died: 10-12-1917                                                        obit:

 

1889    admitted on trial

1890    ordained deacon

1892    ordained elder

 

Interment: Armory Hill Cemetery, Ilion NY

Obit:

 

1889-91           Preston

1891-93           Morris

1893-95           Lisle

1895-98           on leave

1898                withdrew

 

JONES, GEORGE

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1853    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1853-54           Tioga

1854-55           South Danby

1855-56           Berkshire

1856                no longer listed

 

JONES, J. ARTHUR

 

Born: 7-28-1880  Ingalls IN                                       married: Emma Arla Mitchell

Died: 8-29-1964  Honesdale PA                                obit: Wyoming Conference 1947, 729

                                                                                    married2: Mary Fromer

1906    admitted on trial, North Indiana Conference  obit2:

?          ordained deacon

1914    ordained elder

 

Interment: Newark Valley NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1965, 248

 

1906-08           Twelve Mile

1908-10           student

1910                transfer to New York East Conference

1910-13           Bellport and Seaford, Long Island

1913                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1913-16           Gibson

1916                Scranton West Park (ending 11/1/1916)

1916-19           Damascus (beginning 11/1/1916)

1919-22           Dalton

1922-26           Trucksville

1926-31           Pittston

1931-34           Waverly NY

1934-37           Scranton Providence

1937-41           Wyoming

1941-44           Mountaintop

1944-48           Newark Valley

1948                retired

 

JONES, J. RALPH

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1932    admitted on trial

1934    ordained deacon

1936    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1932-35           Uniondale

1935-36           Marathon – Killawog

1936-41           Endwell

1941                located

 

 

JONES, JOHN F.

 

Born: 5-23-1852  Kirkwood NY                                married: Sally Ann Fasset

Died: 4-26-1937                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1949, 221

 

1877    admitted on trial

1879    ordained deacon

 

Interment:  Floral Park, Binghamton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1938, 368

 

1877-78           Jenningsville

1878-80           Fairdale

1880-81           Franklin Forks

1881-84           Hawleyton

1884-87           Vestal

1887-91           Brooklyn

1891-94           Scranton Park Place

1894-95           Montrose

1895-96           Union

1896-98           on leave

1898-99           Chenango Forks

1899-00           Castle Creek

1900                withdrew

…

1907-08           Choconut Center

 

JONES, ULRIC ROBERT

 

Born: 6-1-1879  near Thompsontown PA                  married: Glennie L. Wood

Died: 9-23-1913  Scranton PA                                   obit:

 

1904    admitted on trial, Central Pennsylvania Conference

 

Interment: Thompsontown PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1914, 102

 

1902-03           Rehoboth

1903-04           Greencastle

1904-10           missionary, teacher and principal at Hinghwa China

1910                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1910-12           New Milford PA

1912-13           Guilford NY

1913                translator, International Correspondence School at Scranton PA

 

Note: An obituary for Ulric R. Jones also appears in the 1/29/1914 Christian Advocate, page 171.  Mrs. Jones was from Galeton PA.

 

 

JONES, W. GRAY

 

Born: 1872  Lenoxdale MA                                        married: Leonora Gibb

Died: 9-7-1956  Paoli PA                                           obit: Wyoming Conference 1972, 266

 

1896    admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1958, 882

 

1896-00           student, Drew Theological Seminary

1900-04           Fairhill

1904-08           Royersford

1908-15           Oak Lane

1915-16           Philadelphia Grace

1916-20           Philadelphia Cooper Memorial

1920                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1920-29           Wilkes-Barre Central

1929-35           Carbondale

1935-37           superintendent, Oneonta District

1937-41           superintendent, Scranton District

1941-44           Norwich

1944                retired

 

 

JONES, WILLIAM ARNOLD

 

Born: 9-10-1926  Scranton PA                                   married: Jean Schmidt

Died:                                                                           obit: Susquehanna Conference 2016, 265

 

1962    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1962    ordained deacon

1965    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1961-64           Thompson (beginning 5/14/1961)

1964-70           Beach Lake

1970-77           Hawleyton 

1977-86           Binghamton   Boulevard

1986-92           superintendent, Scranton District

1992                retired

    2010            transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

    2020-23       Bethlehem – Springvale

 

 

JONES, WILLIAM S.

 

Born: 9-23-1880  near Hazelton PA                           married: Myra Brown

Died: 2-4-1966  Worthington OH                              obit:

 

admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment: Union Cemetery, Columbus OH

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1966, 258

 

1915-18           Forrest City Welsh Congregational Church

1918                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1918-22           West Nicholson

1922-24           Uniondale

1924-26           Bethany

1926-30           Beach Lake

1930-35           Hawley – White Mills

1935-37           Chenango Bridge

1937-43           Afton

1943-50           Mehoopany

1950-53           Pittston St. Paul’s

1953                retired

 

Note: William S. Jones served churches in North Carolina and Florida prior to serving in Forrest City PA.

 

JORDAN, ANITA L.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2002    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2002-07           Nicholson

2007-08           (not appointed)

2008-10           Forest City

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Anita L. Jordan served as a local preacher.

 

JOSCELYN, CHARLES A.

 

Born: 1853  Danby NY                                              married: Bessie Hall

Died: 6-1-1944  Deposit NY                                      obit: [1856-1908]

                                                                                    married2: Jennie E. Beale                              

?          admitted on trial                                              obit: Wyoming Conference 1934, 401

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Anthony Cemetery, North Sanford NY

Obit:

Coventry

1918-25           Windham

1925-28           Rome

1928-30           Danby

1930-32           Hale Eddy

1932                retired

 

Note: Charles A. Joscelyn served as a local pastor.  The first husband of the second Mrs. Joscelyn was a Mr. L.J. Fletcher who died in 1908.

 

 

JUDD, CHARLES WESLEY

           

Born: 1-30-1829  Berkshire NY                                 married: Sarah Hubbard
Died: 2-11-1880  Wilkes-Barre PA                            obit: [1832 – 5/30/1884]

 

1854    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1857    ordained deacon

1859    ordained elder, New England Conference

 

Interment: Maple Grove Cemetery, Candor NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1880, 35

 

                        Tioga circuit

                        student, Charlotteville Seminary

1854-55           Susquehanna and Lanesboro

1855-56           Choconut mission

1856-57           Spencer

1857-59           Berkshire

1859-65           missionary to India

1865                charter member of India Conference

1865-79           India

1879                returned to US

 

Note:  Charles W. Judd is the son of Gaylord Judd and a brother to William J. Judd.  A brief biography of Charles W. Judd appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 201, and s detailed obituary is given in the 3/25/1880 Northern Christian Advocate.

 

JUDD, GAYLORD

           

Born: 10-7-1784  Watertown CT                                married: Sally Higley (6/24/1805)
Died: 3-6-1859  Candor NY                                       obit: [5/18/1787 – 12/22/1820]

                                                                                    married2: Jane M. Mather (1/16/1825)

1809    license                                                             obit2: [11/28/1790 – 12/30/1865]

1821    admitted on trial, Genesee Conference

 

Interment: Maple Grove Cemetery, Candor NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1859, 19

 

1821-22           Wyalusing

1822-23           Tioga

1823-24           Wyoming

1824-25           Tioga

1825-27           Broome

1827-28           Caroline

1828-29           Berkshire

1829                charter member of Oneida Conference

1829-30           Berkshire

1830-31           Caroline

1831-33           Speedsville

1833-34           Spencer

1834-36           Candor

1836-37           Berkshire

1837-39           Flemingville

1839-41           Danby

1841                retired

    1852  charter member of Wyoming Conference

 

Note:  Gaylord Judd is the father of Charles Wesley Judd and of William J. Judd and of Ransom A. Judd (1835-1862) of the Minnesota Conference [died a chaplain in the Civil War], and the grandfather of William B. Judd (1866-1907) of the Newark Conference.  A brief biography of Gaylord Judd appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 201.

 

JUDD, WILLIAM J.

 

Born: 4-14-1833  Flemingville NY                            married: Frances Ward Bacon

Died: 12-30-1906  Marlboro NJ                                 obit: Wyoming Conference 1922, 130

 

1857    admitted on trial

1860    ordained deacon

1862    ordained elder

 

Interment: Candor NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1907, 110

 

1857-58           Caroline Center

1858-59           Tioga Center

1859-60           Union

1860-61           Kingston and New Troy

1861-62           Kingston and Wyoming

1862-64           Scranton Hyde Park

1864-67           Pittston

1867-70           Honesdale

1870-73           Scranton Providence

1873-74           Montrose

1874-76           Norwich

1876-79           Susquehanna

1879-82           Newark

1882-85           Binghamton High Street

1885-87           on leave

1887-89           Scranton Park Place

1889                retired

 

Note: William J. Judd is the son of Gaylord Judd, a brother to of Charles Wesley Judd, and the father of William B. Judd (1866-1907) of the Newark Conference.  A biographical sketch of William J. Judd appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 351.

 

 

KADLECK, JOHN PAUL

 

Born: 1-26-1911  Dover NH                                      married: Cornelia Elizabeth Ferenczi

Died: 5-3-1985                                                            obit: [1913 – 1991]

 

1958    license

 

Interment: Vestal Hills Memorial Park, Vestal NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1985, 295

 

1958-60           Lemon and East Lemon

1960-62           (not appointed)

1962-68           Itaska

 

Note: J. Paul Kadleck served as a lay pastor.

 

KARSCHNER, LLOYD WILLETTS

 

Born: 6-25-1858  Sereno PA                                      married: Ida Gertrude Brader

Died: 4-4-1936  Meeker PA                                       obit: Wyoming Conference 1910,133

                                                                                    married2: Edna M. Harrison

                                                                                    obit2: Wyoming Conference 1974, 293

1884    quarterly conference license, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1888    admitted on trial

1890    ordained deacon

1892    ordained elder

 

Interment: Hanover Green Cemetery, Hanover Green PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1936, 848

 

1886-87           Herndon

1887-88           Boyles Run

1888                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1888-91           Exeter & Schuyler’s Lake

1891-94           Sterling

1894-98           Lake Como

1898-99           Yatesville

1899-02           Waymart

1902-06           Pleasant Mount

1906-08           Uniondale & Dundaff

1908-10           Maple Grove

1910-11           assistant, Wilkes-Barre First

1911-13           Wyalusing

1913-14           Maple Grove

1914-16           Eaton

1916-19           Skinner’s Eddy

1919-22           Herrickville

1922                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Lloyd W. Karschner appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 353.  He is the father of Dorothy Karschner Steele, wife of Russel R. Steele.

 

 

KASE, NORMAN P.

 

Born: 3-17-1926  Scranton PA                                   married: Evelyn K. _____

Died: 7-19-2008  Mechanicsburg PA                         obit: [1925-1987]

 

admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment: Grantham Memorial Park, Grantham PA

Obit: [Harrisburg Patriot News 7/22/2008]

 

1963-67           Camptown

1967-78           Duryea Brick

1978-79           Slocum (ending 10/27/1978)

1979                withdrew (1979, page 163)

                        missionary to London for the Brethren in Christ Church

1989-91           admissions counselor, Messiah College

1991                retired

 

Note: Norman P. Kase was a local preacher and became an associate member of conference in 1970.

 

KAZINSKI, ROBERT J.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Karyn _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2004    provisional elder, Wyoming Conference

2007    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2001-05           Milford 

2005-07           Binghamton Centenary – Chenango Street

2007-10           Nimmonsburg 

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-18           Honesdale Central

2018-23           Hummelstown Trinity

 

KEATLEY, WILLIAM J.

           

Born: 1-29-1828  Tyrone Ireland                               married: Elizabeth Swallow
Died: 6-7-1896  Kingston PA                                     obit: Wyoming Conference 1919, 147

 

1859    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1861    ordained deacon

1863    ordained elder

 

Interment: Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1897, 86

 

1859-61           Newport

1861-63           Plainsville

1863-65           Shepherd’s Creek

1865-67           North Danby

1867-69           Barton

1869-71           Slaterville

1871-72           Van Ettenville

1872-75           Little Meadows

1875-77           Rome

1877-80           Herrick

1880-82           Northmoreland

1882-84           Yatesville

1884-87           Larksville

1887-90           West Nanticoke

1890-93           Wanamie

1894-94           Pringleville

1894-95           on leave

1895                retired

 

Note:  William Keatley is the father of William Joseph Keatley.  Mrs. Keatley is a sister to Miner Swallow and an aunt to Silas Comfort Swallow (1839-1930) of the Central Pennsylvania Conference.  A brief biography of William Keatley appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 203.

 

KEATLEY, WILLIAM JOSEPH

           

Born: 6-9-1864  Danbury NY                                    married: Cora Post
Died: 11-4-1897  Clarks Summit PA                         obit: Newark Conference 1951,708

 

?          local pastor’s license

1890    ordained local deacon

 

Interment: Pine Hill Cemetery, Shickshinny PA
Obit: Newark Conference 1898, 76

 

1884-88           principal, Forty Fort High School

1888-91           student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

     1890-91  Port Morris

1891                “transfer” to Newark Conference

1891-94           Patterson Cedar Cliff

1894-96           Nutley Franklin

1896-97           Watessing

 

Note:  William Joseph Keatley is the son of William J. Keatley.   While he was licensed and ordained in the Wyoming Conference as a local pastor, he does not appear to have served there.

 

KEEN, CLARENCE MILBURN

 

Born: 1-22-1894  Wilmington DE                             married: [single]

Died: 6-21-1965  Riverside County CA                     obit:

 

admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment: Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana CA

Obit:

 

1918-19           Centermoreland (last part of year – see 1919, 87)

 

Note: C.M. Keen had attended Moody Bible Institute and was a Baptist preacher/evangelist.

 

KEENE, RAYMOND T.

 

Born: 7-14-1948                                                          married: Mildred “Midge” Metzger (1982)

Died:                                                                           obit: [1943 – 2005]

                                                                                    married2: Anna Jones (2017)

1983    admitted on trial                                              obit2:

1983    ordained deacon

1987    ordained elder

 

Interment: [New Cemetery, Belmopan, Belize]

Obit:

 

1981-83           West Nicholson

1983-86           Scott Valley

1986-88           Daleville

1988                transfer to New Mexico Conference

1988-97           Bayard and Mimbres Valley

1997-99           missionary, Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas

                             Stann Creek Circuit, Belize-Honduras District

1999-00           Tatum

2000-02           Bowen and Newark MD Trinity, Eastern Pennsylvania Conference

2002-09           William Waters Memorial, Baltimore-Washington Conference

2009                retired and returned to Belize

 

Note: As of 2021, Raymond T. Keene is living in Belize, Central America.

 

KEENEY, NICHOLAS E.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Brookye _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2006    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

2009    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2005-10           Apalachin Park Terrace Community

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-13           Doranceton

2013-19           Chambers Hill (ending 12/31/2019)

2020-22           president, United Methodist Stewardship Foundation (beginning 1/1/2020)

2022-23           on leave

 

KEENEY, SEABURY BROWN

 

Born: 9-1-1832  Truxton NY                                     married: Melvina Esther Andrews

Died: 8-12-1912  Newark Valley NY                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1898, 98

                                                                                    married2: Lovica Little

?          local preacher’s license, Oneida Conference obit2: Wyoming Conference 1924, 140

1866    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

?          ordained deacon

1870    ordained elder

 

Interment: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1913, 114

 

1866-67           Willet

1867-69           Harford

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1869-72           Flemingville

1872-73           Tioga Center

1873-74           Germany

1874-77           Danby

1877-80           Speedsville

1880-83           Rome

1883-86           Barton

1886-89           Hornbrook

1889-92           Danby

1892-95           Lockwood

1895-00           Windham

1900-03           Harford NY

1903                retired

 

Note: Seabury B. Keeney is the father of Bishop Frederick Thomas Keeney (1863-1952), who entered the episcopacy from the Central New York Conference.  A biographical sketch of Seabury B. Keeney appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 354.

 

 

KELLERMAN, ROBERT PIERCE

 

Born: 12-3-1905  Scranton PA                                   married: Ruth Bertha Avery

Died: 5-26-1988                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1992, 358

 

1930    admitted on trial

1931    ordained deacon

1932    ordained elder

 

Interment: Saint Andrew UCC Memorial Garden, Sarasota FL

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1988, 387

 

1930-31           student, Drew

1931-34           Hamlin – Sterling

1935-36           Jermyn

1936-39           Waverly NY

1939-43           Binghamton Centenary

1943-45           student, University of California at Berkley

1945-46           post-war rehabilitation service, Italy

1946-52           Sidney

1952-57           Wilkes-Barre Central

1957-70           Binghamton High Street

1970-71           sabbatical

1971                retired

                             Sarasota FL St. Andrews UCC

                             Sarasota FL Beneva Christian Church

 

Note: Mrs. Kellerman is the daughter of Orlu D. Avery.

 

KELLEY, HARRY M.

 

Born: 3-2-1868  Ayrshire, Scotland                           married: Myrtle C. Snyder

Died: 4-3-1936  Throop PA                                        obit: [1870-1944]

 

1892    license, Wesleyan Methodist Church

?          ordained, Wesleyan Methodist Church

 

Interment: Wyoming Cemetery, Wyoming PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1936, 849

 

1892-95           Alcott NY

1895-98           Middlefield OH

1898-00           Noxen, Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1900                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1900-02           Yatesville

1902-04           Jackson

1907-08           Courtdale and Larksville

1908-11           Scranton St. Paul’s

1911-13           Forest City

1913-16           Larksville

1916-20           Wyoming

1920-23           Wilkes-Barre Derr Memorial

1923-26           Pittston

1926-28           Trucksville

1928-32           Taylor

1932-35           Jermyn

1935-36           Throop

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Harry Kelley appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 354.  This surname sometimes appears as KELLY.

 

 

KELLEY, NEAL DOW

 

Born: 6-11-1897  Middlefield OF                              married: Charlotte Marion

Died: 9-26-1989                                                          obit: [1902 – 1993]

 

1918    admitted on trial

1920    ordained deacon

1922    ordained elder, New Jersey Conference

 

Interment: First UMC Columbarium, Ann Arbor MI

Obit: Detroit Conference 1990, 1625

 

1918-21           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                            1920-21  Crosswicks and Ellisdale NJ

1921                transfer to New Jersey Conference

1921-22           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                            1921-22  Crosswicks and Ellisdale

1922-24           Beverly

1924-               Brooklawn

 

KELLEY, RALPH WENDELL

 

Born: 3-26-1901  Pittston PA                                     married: Kathryn Estelle Richards

Died: 4-29-1984                                                          obit: [1901-1977]

                                                                                    married2: Dorris Vough Johnston

1923    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2: [9/4/1921 – 6/21/2014]

1924    ordained deacon, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1925    ordained elder

 

Interment: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Alexandria LA

Obit:

                       

1923-24           White Haven, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1924                transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1924-25           White Haven

1925                transfer to New Jersey Conference

1925-27           Wenonah

1927                transfer to New England Southern Conference

1927-28           Centerville

1928-30           Stoughton MA

1930                transfer to Genesee Conference         

1930-34           Niagara Falls First

1934-35           Bath

1935                transfer to Holston Conference

 

Note: Ralph W. Kelley appears to have converted to Catholicism and taught in a parochial school.  Following the death of Ralph, the second Mrs. Kelley married a Mr. James Francis Ware.

 

 

KELLEY, WINFIELD LEE

 

Born: 8-26-1905  Stockton NY                                  married: Anna Elizabeth Bergeson

Died: 7-25-1995  San Diego CA                                obit: Wyoming Conference 1994, 333

 

1940    admitted on trial

1940    ordained deacon

1942    ordained elder

 

Interment: Greenwood Cemetery, San Diego CA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1996, 329

 

1934-35           Litchfield

1935-46           Choconut Center

1936-39           Flemingville

1939-42           Wells Bridge

1942-43           Edmeston

1943-45           student

1945-46           Portlandville

1946-50           located

1950-52           assistant. Johnson City

1952-55           Marathon

1955-58           Nichols

1958-64           Greene

1964-71           Lehman

1971                retired

 

 

KELLOGG, BIRNEY D.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Rebekah B. Sweet

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2009-10           chaplain, Visiting Nurses Association

 

Note: Birney D. Kellogg is married to Rebekah B. Sweet.  He served as a local preacher.  Mrs. Kellogg is the daughter of Burtt E. Sweet.

 

KELLOGG, ROYAL JASPER

           

Born: 10-15-1846  Bolivar NY                                  married: Ellen Louise Beardsley

Died: 1917                                                                  obit: [3/9/1841 – 1915]

 

1869    admitted on trial

1871    ordained deacon

1873    ordained elder

 

Interment: Linwood Cemetery, Galesburg IL

Obit:

 

1869-71           New Milford

1871-72           Lanesboro

1872-75           Waymart

1875-77           Damascus

1877-78           Bethany

1878-81           missionary to Africa [principal, Monrovia Seminary]

1881-84           on leave [supplied Troupsburg NY in the Genesee Conference]

1884-85           Northmoreland

1885-86           Taylorsville [Taylor]

1886                transfer to New England Southern Conference

1886-87           Lyme CT

1887-88           Manchester CT

1888-90           Chochesett and Bridgewater MA

1890-91           Chochesett and West Brocton MA

1891-92           Sandwich and Forestdale

1892-93           Sandwich

1893-95           Nantucket (did not finish second year)

1895                transfer to Southern Illinois Conference (effective November 1894)

1895-96           East St. Louis

1896                located
                        entered the ministry of the Congregational Church

                        Bowman ND

 

Note: Royal J. Kellogg is the subject of an article in the 2020 volume of The Chronicle, pages 38-43.  Mrs. Kellogg was born in New Milford PA.  Some sources give her anme as Lucy Ellen Beardsley. 

 

KELLOGG, ZIBA SMITH

 

Born: 10-28-1822  Luzerne County PA                     married: Rosanna Lott [1848]

Died: 3-12-1890                                                          obit: [11/4/1820 – 3/28/1897]

 

1847    admitted on trial

1849    ordained deacon

1853    ordained elder

 

Interment:  Graceland Cemetery, Chicago IL

Obit: Rock River Conference 1890, 46

 

1852-53           Bethany

1854-55           Skinner’s Eddy

1855-56           Springville

1856                no longer listed

1857                “transfer” to Rock River Conference

1857-65          

1865-74           on leave

                            served as a local pastor in Missouri

1874-78                                  

1878                retired

 

Note: The conference obituary gives the birthdate as 4-23-1823 and the birthplace as Chemung County NY.  The information above is from the actual tombstone and the find-a-grave website.  The first name of Mrs. Kellogg is also given as Rosana.

 

KELLUM, CHARLES D.

 

Born: 9-16-1853  Vestal Center NY              married: Libbie Loveland

Died: 7-28-1913  Castle Creek NY                obit: [1852 – 3/27/1892]

                                                                        married2: Mrs. Jennie O. Grippen [1894]

1907    license                                                 odit2: [Wyoming Conference 1914, 66]

 

Interment: Vestal Center Cemetery, Vestal NY

Obit: [Wyoming Conference 1914, 66]

 

1907-09           Gilbertsville (beginning May 1907); see 1907, page 69

1909-13           Castle Creek (ending 7/1913)

 

Note: C.D. Kellum served as a supply pastor.  The first Mrs. Kellum is properly named Phebe Elizabeth Loveland.  The dates for the second Mrs. Kellum [nee Griffis] are 5/?/864 – 7/21/1913.  She was the widow of a Melvin Grippen who died in 1882, and is buried under that name.

 

KEMP, WESLEY A.

 

Born: 1920  Pittsburgh PA                                         married: Nancy Ruth Reich (7/9/1972)

Died: 3-27-2006                                                          obit: [8/25/1936 – 12/20/2010]

 

?          admitted on trial, Northern New Jersey Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2006, 182

 

1947-50           student, Drew University School of Theology

                        Milford PA

                        Rockway

                        Washington

                        Maplewood

                        Ridgewood

1989-98           Abbott (Wyoming conference)

 

Note: Wesley A. Kemp moved to the Wilkes-Barre area in 1975 and held various positions at retirement homes, including Wesley Village 1992-2004.  He served Abbot in the Wyoming Conference as a retired member of the Northern New Jersey Conference.  He also served as an interim and associate pastor at Wilkes-Barre First.  Mrs. Kemp had been the widow of a Mr. Norman Smith.

 

KENDALL, ROBERT E.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1951-53           West Exeter (beginning 5/1/1951, did not finish the year)

 

Note: Robert E. Kendall is otherwise unknown.

 

 

KENNARD, WALTER WILLIAM

 

Born: 9-8-1936 Clearfield PA                                    married: Susan Ebersole

Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                    married2: Margaret _____

1959    admitted on trial                                              obit2:

1960    ordained deacon                                              married3: Sally _____

1962    ordained elder                                                 obit3:

 

Interment:

Obit:

                                                                                   

1954-58           student, Grove City College in Grove City PA

                             1957    Sinnemahoning (summer)

                             1958    Penfield (summer)

1958-62           student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1962-67           York Springs

1967-69           Selinsgrove

1969-70           Hazleton Diamond

1970                transfer to Eastern Pennsylvania Conference by boundary change

1970-80           Hazleton Diamond

1980-82           chaplain, St. John’s Hospice in Luzerne County

1982                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1982-91           chaplain, St. John’s Hospice – Alderson

1991-01           Alderson

2001                retired

    2010    transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: W. William Kennard is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 711.

 

KENNEDY, SAMUEL S.

           

Born: 11-20-1823  Mount Holly Springs PA             married: Caroline Miller
Died: 5-2-1898  Waverly PA                                      obit: Wyoming Conference 1902, 103

 

1853    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1855    ordained deacon

1857    ordained elder

 

Interment: Waverly PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1899, 105

 

1850-51           agent, American Tract Society

1851-53           faculty, Wyoming Seminary

1853-54           Providence

1854-55           Northmoreland

1855-56           Kingston

1856-61           on leave

                            1856-57  Wilkes-Barre

                            1857-58  Wyoming

                            1858-59  Kingston

                            1859-61  Abington

1861-86           agent, Pennsylvania Bible Society

1886-98           agent, Luzerne and Lackawanna Bible Societies

 

Note:  It appears that S.S. Kennedy was also the agent for the Pennsylvania Bible Society 1856-61.  A brief biography of Samuel S. Kennedy appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 204.

 

KENYON, RICHARD L.

           

Born: 8-13-1832  Broome County NY                       married: Lydia Miriam Rose
Died: 2-11-1888  Evans CO                                       obit: [? – 10/29/1908]

 

1854    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Lakeside Cemetery, Loveland CO
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1888, 88

 

1854-55           Aurora

1855-56           McLean

1856-57           Pratt’s Hollow

1857-59           Geirgetown

1859-60           Onondaga Valley

1860-62           Pompey

1862-63           on leave

1863-64           Jordanville

1864-69           on leave

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1869-87           on leave

1887                retired

 

Note:  Richard Kenyon spent the last several years of his life, for health reasons, living and supplying churches in Iowa and Colorado.  A brief biography of Richard L. Kenyon appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 205.

 

KERN, A. WESLEY

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1946-48           Carley Brook

 

Note: A. Wesley Kern served as a local pastor.

 

 

KERR, MILTON ROYCE

 

Born: 5-4-1859                                                            married: Frances Maria Perry [1884]

Died: 6-16-1926  Bellflower CA                                obit: [9/23/1860 – 1/3/1908]

                                                                                    married2: Mary H. Hall

1885    admitted on trial                                              obit2: [c1864 – 11/2/1924]

1887    ordained deacon                                              married3: Mrs. Frances Murray Miller (1925)

1889    ordained elder                                                 obit3: [1871 – 11/9/1954]

 

Interment:                                                      

Obit:

 

1885-86           Reniff

1886-87           West Danby

1887-90           Orwell

1890-92           Apalachin

1892-93           student

1893                withdrew to join Congregationalists

                        Inglewood CA

 

Note: Milton R. Kerr apparently served congregations in New England and then became a faculty member in California.  The third Mrs. Kerr (nee Murray) was the widow of a Mr. Miller.

 

KESTER, CHARLES NORMAN

 

Born: 9-25-1875  Spring Brook PA                           married: Elizabeth Ann Stevens

Died: 8-26-1951  Courtdale PA                                  obit: [1877 – 4/2/1960]

 

Interment: Cedar Crest Cemetery, Trucksville PA

Obit:

 

1945-47           Center Moreland

 

Note: C. Norman Kester served as a local pastor.

 

 

KETCHUM, ELLIOTT

 

Born: 8-26-1819  North Fenton NY                           married: Harriet Searles (1846)

Died: 2-16-1896  Greene NY                                     obit: [1826-1904]

 

Interment: North Fenton Cemetery, North Fenton NY         

Obit:

 

1870-71           Randolph

 

Note: Elliot Ketchum lived in North Fenton and served as a local preacher.  This surname is sometimes rendered KETCHAM (and so it is on his tombstone). 

 

KETCHUM, L.F. [believed to be LaFAYETTE]

 

Born: 9-17-1826                                                          married: Camilla Bend (1851)

Died: 3-19-1894                                                          obit: [1829-1/12/1874]

                                                                                    marrried2: Anna Elizabeth Bingham (1873?)

Interment: Forest Home Cemetery, Waverly NY      obit2: [2/3/1841 – 1/13/1928]

Obit:

 

1868-69           (living in Windsor NY)

1869-70           Shepard’s Creek

1870-71           (living in Randolph NY)

1871-73           Randolph

1873-74           Chenango

1874-75           Broome

1875-79           (not listed)

1879-81           Nineveh

 

Note: LaFayette Ketchum is the son of Rev. Ithamar Ketchum (1792-1857), reportedly a (local?) Methodist preacher, who was involved in publishing the Fayetteville Luminary and Reformed Methodist Intelligencer (1839-1841) in Fayetteville NY.  [A Reformed Methodist church was organized in Ketchumville NY in 1837 by Ithamar’s brother Seneca Ketchum (1792-1857).  The building was demolished in 1926].  This surname is sometimes rendered KETCHAM. 

     The status of L.F. Ketchum is unclear; he is sometimes listed as a member of conference, and sometimes as a supply. In addition, he appears in newspaper articles as officiating at weddings and funerals in years when appears not to be under appointment.  Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 716, reports the following in connection with the Nineveh charge: “During the pastorate of L.F. Ketchum a contention arose.  He insisted on preaching on territory belonging to Harpursville charge.  This eventually caused a rupture and Ketchum left the Church, taking some members with him, and organized a Reformed Methodist society, only two miles from Harpursville, which society still continues.”

    

 

KETELS, OLUF CONRAD

 

Born: 12-31-1883  Burlington IA                              married: Bertha Augusta Schlieske

Died: 8-31-1960  Wyncote PA                                   obit: [9/26/1897 – 1/27/1981]

 

1910    ordained, Free Methodist Church

 

Interment: Mount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia PA

Obit: Philadelphia Conference 1961, 556

 

1916                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1916-17           Whitney Point

1917                transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1917-18           Reading People’s

1918-22           Philadelphia Hancock Street

1922-24           North Wales

1924-29           Lancaster St. Paul’s

1929-33           Philadelphia Ridge Avenue

1933-37           Philadelphia Logan

1937-44           Prospect Park

1944-47           Philadelphia Fletcher

1947-50           Cheltenham

1950                retired

                            1950-57  Philadelphia Bethesda

 

Note: Oluf C. Conrad is the son of Rev. Oluf V. Ketels (1840-1934) of the Free Methodist Church and a brother to Luther H. Ketels (1887-1967) of the Philadelphia Conference

 

 

KEULING, EMIL JULIUS

 

Born: 1863                                                                  married: Antionette Kruegermann

Died: 1945                                                                  obit: [1865 – 1942]

 

Interment: Dunmore Cemetery, Dunmore PA

Obit:

 

1914                transfer to the Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1914-16           Scranton West Park

                       

 

Note: Emil J. Keuling came from the Lutheran ministry, and returned to that denomination.  See 1916, page 75.  He had pastored a Lutheran Church in Scranton PA before 1914 and moved to a Lutheran Church in NJ after 1916.

 

 

KEYES, EDWIN RUTHVEN

 

Born: 5-7-1826  West Henrietta NY                          married: Sarah Ann Bradshaw (8/4/1849)

Died: 11-14-1886                                                        obit: [6/14/1827 - ?]

 

1850    admitted on trial, Genesee Conference

1852    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Oakland Cemetery, Yonkers NY

Obit:

 

1850-51           Williamsville NY

1851-52           Niagara Falls

1852-53           Alexander

1853-54           New York City Vestry Street, New York Conference

1854                transfer to New York Conference

1854-55           Tarrytown

                        Newburg

1858-59           Shrub Oaks

1859-61           Sing Sing

1861-63           Yonkers

1863-63           chaplain, U.S. Army

1864                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1864-65           Owego

1865                transfer to New York Conference

1865-67           Poughkeepsie Cannon Street

1867                transfer to Maine Conference

1867-69           Portland Chestnut Street

1869                transfer to New York Conference

1869                withdrew to join the ministry in the Swedenborgian Church

                        Portland ME

                        missionary, Hudson River Valley

                        Philadelphia PA First

1871-73           Philadelphia PA Broad Street

1873                retired to Yonkers NY to practice law

 

Note: E.R. Keyes graduated from Wesleyan University in 1848 and taught school in Livingston VA before entering the ministry.  He is the author of the 1872 book Wesley and Swedenborg: A Fraternal Appeal to Methodist Ministers, Inviting Them to Consider the Relations of Methodism to the New Church.  An obituary/biography of E.R. Keyes appears in the Swedenborgian publication The New Jerusalem Messenger 51:332. He is not to be confused with another Edwin Ruthven Keyes, also born in 1826, who was killed in the Civil War in 1863 and is the subject of a Congregation pamphlet “Sermon occasioned by the death of Edwin Ruthven Keyes.”

 

KIESSEL, HENRY G.

 

Born: 5-25-1900  Tenafly NJ                         married: [none]

Died: 6-21-1982  Binghamton NY                 obit:

 

1949    license

 

Interment: Nichols Cemetery, Nichols NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1983, 247

 

1949-51           Maple Grove

1951-54           Wilkes-Barre Bennett Memorial

1954-56           Fairdale

1956-59           Chinchilla

1959-66           Nichols

1966-68           New Milford

1968-70           Davenport

1970                retired

                            1970-73       Halsey Valley

                            1973-75       Barton

                            1976-78       Lisle

                            1978            Halsey Valley (Jun – Oct)

 

Note: Henry Kiessel served Episcopal churches in Minnesota before joining the Wyoming Seminary faculty.  In 1949 he began supplying Wyoming Conference churches, and in 1969 he became the conference’s first associate member.  This surname is sometimes given as KEISELL.

 

 

KILLIAM, THOMAS B.

 

Born: 3-17-1837  DE                                                  married: Mariah Caroline Hitch

Died: 3-29-1888                                                          obit: [12/5/1833 - 1910]

 

1859    license

1860    admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference

1864    ordained elder

 

Interment: Riverview Cemetery, Wilmington DE

Obit: Minnesota Conference 1888, 10

 

1868                charter member of Wilmington Conference

                        transfer to Wyoming Conference

1880                transfer to West Wisconsin Conference

1881                transfer to Minnesota Conference

 

Note: Mrs. Killiam is the daughter of Elijah Hitch (1807-1888), licensed by the Philadelphia Conference as a local preacher in 1842.

 

 

KILPATRICK, EGBERT A.

 

Born: 8-23-1855  Roxbury NY                                  married: Elma A. Stanton

Died: 12-6-1944  Hobart NY                                     obit: Wyoming Conference 1897, 90

                                                                                    married2: Harriet Briggs

1882    exhorter’s license                                            obit2: Wyoming Conference 1926, 147

1882    local preacher’s license                                   married3: Mrs. Emma L. Clark [More?] Brenn

1884    admitted on trial                                              obit3: [2/?/1857 – 5/16/1951]

1886    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Greenlawn Cemetery, Bainbridge NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1945, 165

 

1884-85           Hale's Eddy

1885-88           Canaan

1888-91           Hartwick

1891-92           Windsor and Ouaquaga

1892-95           Windsor

1895-97           Bainbridge

1897-99           Otego

1899-01           Cooperstown

1901-03           Oxford

1903-06           Peckville

1906-10           Schenevus

1910-12           Unadilla

1912-13           on leave

1913-16           Lehman

1916-19           Wanamie

1919-23           Candor

1923-24           Greene

1924                retired

                             1924-25      Wells Bridge (part year; see 1925, 82)

 

Note: Egbert Kilpatrick is the father of Lester A. Kilpatrick.  A biographical sketch of Egbert Kilpatrick appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 355.  The third Mrs. Kilpatrick (nee Clark) was the widow of a Mr. George Brenn (1849-1929).

 

 

KILPATRICK, LESTER A.

 

Born: 2-17-1886  South Canaan PA                           married: Ethel Dell Bentley

Died: 5-28-1970  Birmingham MI                             obit: West Michigan Conference 1979, 252

 

            admitted on trial

            ordained deacon

            ordained elder

 

Interment: Woodlawn Cemetery, Grand Rapids MI

Obit: West Michigan Conference 1970, 237

 

1914-16           Springfield

1916-19           Wilkes-Barre Bennett Memorial

1919-27           Forty Fort

1927                transfer to Genesee Conference

1927                Buffalo

 

Note: Lester A. Kilpatrick is the son of Egbert A. Kilpatrick.

 

KIM, JOONG URN

 

Born:                                                                           married: Ae-Soon _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1975    admitted on trial

1976    ordained deacon

1978    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1975-79           Forest City – Uniondale – East Ararat

1978                transfer to East Ohio Conference

1979-83           Mansfield Korean

1983-87           Greater Youngstown Korean

1987                transfer to New York Conference

1987-96           Poughkeepsie Mid-Hudson Korean

1996-98           superintendent, CT/NY District

1998-11           Flushing First

2011                retired

                            2014-15  Flushing First (beginning 9/15/2014)

 

KIM, YOUNG II

 

Born:                                                                           married: Hyoja _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          admitted on trial, Korean Methodist Church

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1975-78           Ransom, Wyoming Conference of the United Methodist Church

1978                transfer to Wyoming Conference of the United Methodist Church

1978-81           Ransom

1981-84           New Milford (ending 7/31/1984)

1984                Whitney Point (August)

1984-93           faculty, Garrett-Evangelical Seminary (beginning 9/1/1984)

1993-98           faculty, Hyup Sung Theological Seminary (beginning 11/1/1993)

1998                transfer to Korean United Methodist Church (beginning 1/1/1998)

 

KIMBERLIN, JOHN

           

Born: 3-8-1781 near Chambersburg PA                     married: Mary _____
Died: 8-6-1853                                                            obit: [1794 – 5/20/1873]

 

1808    admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference

 

Interment: Asbury Cemetery, Lansing NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1854, 5

 

1808-09           Tioga

1809-10           Dover

1810                charter member of Genesee Conference

1810-11           Holland Purchase

1811-12           Canaan

1812-13           Wyoming

1813-14           Seneca

1814-16           Ontario

1816-18           Cayuga

1818-19           on leave

1819-20           Cayuga

1820-21           Cortland

1821-24           on leave

1824-26           Seneca

1826-27           Cayuga

1827-28           Scipio

1828-29           Marcellus

1829                charter member of Oneida Conference

1829-30           Caroline

1830-31           Scipio

1831-32           Cortland

1832-37           on leave

1837                retired

                             1852  charter member of Wyoming Conference

 

Note:  Not much is known about John Kimberlin.  Goodrich’s 1898 The Centennial History of Dryden, New York reports the following: "The Reverend John Kimberlin, who had travelled thousands of miles on horseback through the wilds of New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio as an early Methodist circuit rider, came to Dryden [between Ithaca and Cortland] about the year 1815, and bought from Selden Andrus the place now known as the Bryant Farm, one-half mile west of Fox's Corners, where he lived until his death, which occurred in 1853 at the age of 72 years. At his request, he was buried directly underneath the spot where the pulpit had stood in the old Asbury red meeting house, which had burned a few years before [in 1844] and where he [and also Francis Asbury] had preached so many times."  A limited biography of John Kimberlin appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 202.

 

KIMBLE, O.B.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1854    Dundaff and Glenwood mission

 

KING, DOUGLAS DeLANCY

 

Born: 8-3-1862  Rome PA                                          married: Frankie T. _____

Died: 12-17-1944  Grand Rapids MI                         obit: [1876 – 3/7/1946]

 

1885    admitted on trial

1887    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Fairplains Cemetery, Grand Rapids MI

Obit: Michigan Conference 1945, 163

 

1885-86           West Danby

1886-88           Speedsville

1888-89           LeRaysville

1889-91           student, Drew Theological Seminary

1891-93           Slaterville

1893                transfer to Michigan Conference

1893-94           Oliver

1894-96           Parina

1896-98           Jackson Greenwood Avenue

1898-00           White Pigeon

1900                transfer to Central New York Conference

1900-02           Tully

1902-05           Cortland Homer Avenue

1905-07           Seneca Falls

1907-09           Ithaca State Street

1909-10           conference evangelist

1910-13           Red Creek

1913                transfer to Michigan Conference

1913-15           Grand Rapids Plainfield Avenue

1915-18           Ovid

1918-20           Lake Odessa

1920-23           Decatur

1923-25           Grand Rapids Epworth

1925-               Oshtemo

 

KING, FRANCIS ASBURY

 

Born: 7-18-1840  Danby NY                                      married: Anna Norris

Died: 1-18-1917                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1936, 858

 

1865    exhorter’s license, Danby

1866    local preacher’s license, Kingston

1868    admitted on trial

1870    ordained deacon

1872    ordained elder

 

Interment: Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1917, 109

 

1866-67           Forty Fort

1867-70           Plains

1870-72           Newport

1872-75           Lehman

1875-78           Clark's Green

1878-81           Carverton

1881-84           Nicholson

1884-87           Brooklyn

1887-89           Lackawanna

1889-94           Luzerne

1894-97           Taylor

1897-01           Parsons

1901-04           Nichols

1904-08           Little Meadows

1908-10           LeRaysville

1910                retired

 

Note: Francis A. King is a nephew of (his mother’s brother) William Wyatt.  A biographical sketch of Francis A. King appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 355.

 

KING, GEORGE WASHINGTON

 

Born: 10-21-1880  West Decatur PA                         married: Susanna Elias Mull

Died: 3-23-1945  Seattle WA                                     obit: [4/19/1883 – 7/10/1969]

 

1905    license, recommended by Williamsport High Street

1906    admitted on trial, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1908    ordained deacon

1911    ordained elder

 

Interment: Acacia Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Lake Forest Park WA

Obit:

 

1905-07           Clarkstown

1907-08           Lock Haven circuit

1908-11           Schellsburg

1911-12           Hopewell

1912                transfer to Upper Iowa Conference [in fact, Northwest Iowa Conference]

1912-16           at school, member of Idagrove Quarterly Conference

1916                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1916-18           Guilford

1918-19           Foster and Brooklyn (did not finish the year)

1919                withdrew, page 56

 

Note: His letter of withdrawal in the files states that he seeks a denomination “more loyal to the teachings of Jesus than the oath of the Masonic Fraternity.”  Apparently he left the ministry and became a lumberman.  His Seattle grave marker gives 1879 as the year of his birth.  Mrs. King is buried in the Elimsport Cemetery, Elimsport PA.

 

KING, HORACE BROWN III

 

Born: 11-1-1943  Lewisburg PA                                married: Helen Marie Neal

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1967    admitted on trial

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1966-69           Clifford (beginning 5/22/1966)

1969-76           Scranton Embury

1976-85           Wilkes-Barre Firwood

1985-88           Waverly NY (ending 9/15/1988)

1988-89           on leave (beginning 9/15/1988)

1989                retired

                            1990  withdrew, page 188

 

 

KING, JONATHAN WILBERT

 

Born: 10-31-1929  Broad Cove, Canada                    married: Ena Dallas Tucker

Died: 12-5-2004  Scranton Corners                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1997, 363

 

1951    admitted on trial, New Hampshire Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett MA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2005, 198

 

1961                transfer to Pacific Northwest Conference

1961-65           Kirkland Lake Washington

1965-73           Spokane Centenary

1973-74           sabbatical leave

1974                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1974-83           Scranton Myrtle Street

1983                retired

 

 

KINGSTON, KENNETH

 

Born: 6-11-1887  St. Johns, Canada                           married: Jean Emilie Geisler

Died: 9-27-1954                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1993, 350

 

1920    admitted on trial, New York East Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport CT

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1955, 2057

 

1920-21           Southington CT

1921-23           Meriden Trinity

1923-25           withdrew

1925-26           Bridgeport Trinity

1926-29           Asbury Mount Vernon

1929-30           East Norwich

1930-33           Waterbury St. Paul’s

1933-36           Glen Cove

1936                transfer to New Jersey Conference

1936-38           Farmingdale

1938                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1938-42           Avoca

1942-43           Sherbourne

1943-46           Aftin

1946-49           Milford

1949-52           Marathon

1952-54           Union Center

 

KINNEY, WILLIAM B.

           

Born: 4-17-1828  Caroline NY                                   married: Lucy Maria Richardson
Died: 12-20-1891  Binghamton NY                           obit: Wyoming Conference 1906, 113

 

1853    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1855    ordained deacon

1857    ordained elder

 

Interment: Maple Grove Cemetery, Candor NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1892, 95

 

1853-54           Van Ettenville

1854-56           Litchfield

1856-58           Windham

1858-59           Orwell

1859-60           on leave

                            1859-60  Candor

1860-61           Nichols

1861-63           North Danby

1863-65           South Danby

1865-66           US Army

1866-69           on leave

1869-70           Spencer

1870-71           Van Ettenville

1871-72           Tallmansville

1872-74           Slaterville

1874-77           Berkshire

1877-78           Great Bend

1878-81           Kirkwood

1881-82           Oakland

1882-84           Osborne Hollow and Port Crane

1884-85           Greene

1885-86           Binghamton Chenango Street

1886                retired

 

Note:  A brief biography of William B. Kinney appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 205.

 

KIRCHER, LEON G.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Sandra _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                    married 2: Patricia Cosby

                                                                                    obit2:

 

1987    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference: recommended by Lake Winola

1987    ordained deacon

1989    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1985-89           Old Forge Stewart Memorial (beginning 9/15/1985 and ending 10/31/1989)

1989-10           chaplain, US Army (beginning 11/1/1989)

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-13           chaplain, US Army (ending 3/25/13)

2013-16           on leave (3/25/13 – 7/30/2016)

2016                retired (8/1/2016)

 

KISSEL, LINDA S.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1989    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1992    ordained deacon

1994    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1989-95           Susquehanna (beginning 10/1/1989)

1995-01           Lakeville

2001                retired

    2010            transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

 

KLEINSTUBER, DAVID H.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Maggie _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          license

2001    ordained local deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1994-99           assistant, Norwich   Broad Street

1999-04           Sherburne 

2004                retired

    2010  charter member Upper New York Conference

 

Note: David H. Kleinstuber served as a local preacher.

 

KLINE, EDWIN N.

 

Born: 1-14-1873  Liverpool PA                                 married: Carlotta Mae Grissinger

Died: 7-19-1971                                                          obit: [1875 – 3/13/1941]

                                                                                    married2: Belle T.

                                                                                    obit2: [5/7/1871 – 6/4/1962]

1896    local preacher’s license, Selinsgrove in the Central Pennsylvania Conference

1900    admitted on trial

1902    ordained deacon

1904    ordained elder

 

Interment: Lake Carroll Cemetery, Hilsborough County FL

Obit:

 

1893-97           student, Susquehanna University

1897-99           student, Dickinson College

1899-00           Camptown (last part of the year)

1900-01           South Danby

1901-03           Litchfield

1903-04           Scranton Ash Street

1904-05           Glen Lyon

1905-06           Auburn

1906-07           Maine

1907                transfer to Dakota Conference ME (apparently in and out without an appointment)

1907                transfer to Detroit Conference ME

1907-08           Newberry

1908                withdrew

                        “transfer” to Lackawanna Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church

1915-16           Stephentown

1919-20           Mountain Top

1921-24           Northumberland Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church

1925                “transfer” to the Central PA Conference of the Evangelical Church, page 61

1925-26           Alberton
1926-27           Buffalo Valley
1927                “transfer” to Presbyterian Church

1931-32           Erie Belle Valley

1937-38           Middlefield Center NY

1938-40           Laurens NY

 

Note: A biographical sketch for Edwin N. Kline appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 356.  His service in the Presbyterian Church involved at least the following Presbyteries: Otsego, Albany, Northumberland, Lackawanna.  The years given for the Presbyterian service include only the years he was known to have been at those locations – expanding the years at each location to eliminate the apparent gaps is not possible from the information at hand.  Mrs. Kline is buried in the Brooksville Cemetery in Brooksville FL.  The headstone includes the name and birth years for Edwin Newton Kline – but the death date is not cut into the stone.  Edwin is buried with his second wife in Lake Carroll Cemetery, located at the north end of Lake Carroll on Armenia Avenue, owned by and a ministry of Lake Magdalene United Methodist Church.

 

KLINE, JOHN WILLIAM

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1956    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1956-57           Thompson

1957                discontinued, page 378

 

Note: John W. Kline appears to have entered the Episcopal ministry.  This may be Rev. John William Kline (1933-2022) of the Episcopal Church who was born in the Philadelphia area, graduated from the Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary in 1959, and served PA Episcopal congregations (Williamsport, Sunbury, etc.) before removing to Texas.

 

KLINE, LAWRENCE OLIVER

 

Born: 3-27-1929  Litchfield PA                                 married: Marian Irene Smith

Died:                                                                           obit: [6/10/1932 – 4/25/2016]

 

1953    admitted on trial

1953    ordained deacon

1959    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1952-56           student, Drew Theological Seminary

1956-67           faculty, Drew University in Madison NJ

1967-75           faculty, Duke University in Durham NC                  

1975                withdrew, page 95

1975-84           faculty, Duke University in Durham NC

1984                retired

 

Note: Lawrence O. Kline is the author of several papers on church history.  From 1962 until his retirement in 1984, he was librarian of Methodism’s prestigious Frank Baker collection – housed primarily at the Duke Divinity School in Durham NC.  L.O. and Mrs. Kline are 1952 and 1954 graduates respectively of the college at Drew.  Mrs. Kline was born in India, the daughter of Methodist Episcopal missionaries Dr. Jay Holmes Smith and Sylvia Shay Smith.  Dr. Smith, a founder of the Lucknow Ashram in India and the Harlem Ashram in NYC (1940), influenced many early non-violent civil rights activists and is the author of the hymn “Come forth, ye men of every race and nation.”

 

KLINE, THOMAS FORD

 

Born: 5-3-1914                                                            married: Blodwyn C. Jenkins

Died: 12-30-1987                                                        obit: North Central New York Conf. 1992, 361

 

1942    ordained local deacon

 

Interment: Cedar Crest Cemetery, Trucksville PA

Obit: North Central New York Conference 1988, 354

 

1937-43           Center Moreland

1943-49           Falls – Mill City

1949-58           Factoryville – Waverly

1958-62           Jermyn

1962                “transfer” to Central New York Conference

1962-65           Apulia – Onativia

1965-68           Morrisville

1968-72           Truxton – East Homer

1972-79           Freeville – Ellis

1979                retired

 

Note: Thomas F. Kline served in the Wyoming Conference as a local pastor.

 

KLINETOB, COREY BERDELLA

 

Born: 4-3-1880  Bethel PA                                         married: Mary Frances Jacobus

Died: 4-5-1977  Middleport NY                                 obit: Wyoming Conference 1952, 1167

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Adelia Tabor (1953)

1909    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2: Wyoming Conference 1983, 248

1911    ordained elder

 

Interment: Mount Greenwood Cemetery, Trucksville PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1977, 236

 

1909-10           Eaton

1910-13           Center Moreland

1913-14           Rendham

1914-17           Rendham – Old Forge

1917-22           Wilkes-Barre Firwood

1922-28           Clark’s Summit

1928-35           Dunmore

1935-38           Nanticoke

1938-42           Peckville

1942-47           Scranton Embury

1947-48           Luzerne

1948                retired

                            1949-53  Afton

 

Note: Corey B. Klinetob is the father of Hugh G. Klinetob.  After retirement he also is reported to have served Osterville on Cape Cod, and Lake Como.  The second Mrs. Klinetob (nee Fowler) was the widow of a Mr. Ernest F. Tabor (1892-1944).

 

KLINETOB, HUGH G.

 

Born: 10-31-1911  Center Moreland PA                    married: Alyce M. Vinton

Died:  8-30-1998  near Washington DC                     obit: [1912-]

 

1935    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1937    ordained deacon

1938    ordained elder

 

Interment: cremated – ashes at Memorial Shrine Cemetery, Dallas PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1999, 339

 

1935-37           Lakeville

1937-39           Wilkes-Barre Bennett Memorial – St. Andrew’s

1939-42           Waymart

1942-46           Nicholson

1946-52           Moscow (ending 1/1/1952)

1952-57           Susquehanna (beginning 1/1/1952)

1957-60           Luzerne – Courtdale

1960-64           Nanticoke

1964-66           Apalachin

1966-72           Plymouth

1972-76           Binghamton Chenango Street

1976                retired

 

Note: Hugh G. Klinetob is the son of Corey B. Klinetob.

 

KNAPICH, MARGARET

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2001 license, recommended by Shavertown

 

Interment:

Obit:

2001-03           Nanticoke

2003-05           Dalton

2005-10           Clifford

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-14           Clifford

2014-19           Gouldsboro – Thornhurst (ending 1/31/2019)

2019-23           on leave (beginning 2/1/2019)

 

KNAPP, ROBERT L.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1961    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1961-63           Harford

1963-65           assistant, Endwell

1965                withdrew

 

KNIGHT, NORMAN F.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1919    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1919-20           Coventry

1920                discontinued, page 33

 

Note: This may be the Rev. Norman Frederick Rudolph Knight (1891-1926) buried in the Camp Hill Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

 

KNOTT, DONALD T.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Paula _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1975    admitted on trial

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1975-77           student, Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore KY

1977-80           Newton

1980-85           Meshoppen

1985-89           Apalachin Park Terrace

1989-90           serving in the Southern New Jersey Conference

1990                transfer to Southern New Jersey Conference

 

 

KNOX, LEWIS ALVIN

 

Born: 1-11-1902  Woodbury CT                                married: Gladys A. _____

Died: 8-28-1990  Middlefield NY                              obit: Wyoming Conference 2004, 212

 

?          ordained Congregational Church

 

Interment: Middlefield Cemetery, Middlefield NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1991, 335

 

1929-30           student, Springfield College in MA

     Ludlow MA Methodist

1930-68           YMCA in CT

                             Middletown CT Third Congregational     

1968-71           YMCA in Staten Island NY

1971-83           Middlefield

 

Note: Lewis A. Knox served in the Wyoming Conference as a retired pastor of the United Church of Christ.

 

KOCHER, HAROLD E.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1934    admitted on trial

1935    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1934-38           student

1938                discontinued

 

KOHINKE, THEODORE EMIL

 

Born: 1923  Oneonta NY                                           married:

Died: 1-25-1982  Fairhaven VT                                 obit:

 

admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Troy Conference 1982, 882

 

1943-46           Mt. Vision

1946-47           Middlefield

1947-50           West Exeter

1950-67           no appointment

1967-68           Emmons

1968-71           Middlefield (beginning 12/1/1968)

1971                “transfer” to Troy Conference

1971-74           Windsor VT

1974-76           Watervliet

1976-78           Salem (ending 12/31/1978)

1979-80           St. Lukes – Calvary (beginning 1/1/1979)

1980-82           Fairhaven VT

 

Note: Theodore Kohinke served as a local pastor.  A newspaper account of the 1968 mid-year appointment describes him as “a former member of the Wyoming Conference teaching in the Gloversville school district.”

 

KOLVIK-CAMPBELL, ROBERT B.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Nancy

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1978    admitted on trial, Missouri West Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1978-79           student

1979-82           Green City

1982-85           Kansas City College Heights

1985-88           Marlborough MA, Southern New England Conference

1988-90           associate, Chillicothe

1990-91           New Berlin  , Wyoming Conference

1991                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1991-93           New Berlin   (ending 11/30/1993)

1993-99           chaplain, Wesley Village (beginning 12/1/1993)

1999-09           Paupack

2009-10           serving in the Troy Conference

2010                charter member Upper New York Conference

 

KOOKER, FRANKLIN EDWARD

 

Born: 7-31-1924  Wilkes-Barre PA                            married: Demaris A. Kellerman

Died: 3-10-2011  MA                                                 obit:

 

1948    admitted on trial

1948    ordained deacon

1950    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: New England Conference 2011, 164

 

1944-51           Moosic

1951-53           Meshoppen

1953-58           Honesdale

1958-64           executive secretary, Conference Board of Education

1964-67           Sidney

1967                transfer to Southern New England Conference

1967-76           director, Camps and Conferences [and other conference positions]

1976-81           Chelmsford Aldersgate

1981-83           educational sabbatical

                             1981-83      Medford MA First Community UMC

1983-86           ?

1986                retired

                             1986-89      Arlington Heights

                             1989-05      individual and family counseling

 

 

KOZLOWSKI, NANCY – see HALE, NANCY

 

 

KOZUL, JEAN M.

 

Born: 1957                                                                  married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2001    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2000-02           Jermyn (beginning 11/1/2000)

 

Note: Jean M. Kozul (nee Blackie?) served as a local preacher.

 

KRAFT, SANDRA J.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2004    provisional elder

2009    ordained

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2002-05           Springville

2005-08           Waverly

2008-09           New Hope [Wapwallopen]

2009-10           New Hope and Slocum

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-13           Montdale – East Benton

2013-18           Shippensburg Christ

2018-23           Wellsville parish

2023-               Centre Hall

 

 

KRAMER, GEORGE CHARLES JR.

 

Born: 10-30-1930  Philadelphia PA                           married: Dorothy J. Slapinski

Died: 9-12-2017                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1992, 359

                                                                                    married2: Madelyn J. Size

1951    admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference    obit2: Susquehanna Conference 2022, 361

1955    ordained deacon

1957    ordained elder

 

Interment: Oak Lawn Cemetery and Mausoleum, Hanover [Luzerne County] PA

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2018, 274

 

1953-56           Avondale – Chatham

1956-58           Philadelphia Lancaster Avenue

1958-60                      Philadelphia Ebenezer

1960                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1960-63           associate, Johnson City   Sarah Jane Johnson Memorial

1963-66           Binghamton   Oak Street – Wesley

1966-70           Unadilla 

1970-72           Athens

1972-75           Montrose

1975-80           Wilkes-Barre First

1980-82           Binghamton Fairview

1982-85           superintendent, Binghamton District (ending 9/15/1985)

1985-92           Sidney   (beginning 9/15/1985)

                            1990-91  Blackpool, England (9/15/1990 – 9/2/1991)

1992-95           Ashley

1995-96           Ashley – Scranton Providence

1996                retired

                            1996-98  Berkshire 

                            1998-04  Taylor

                                                1999-01 Old Forge Stewart Memorial (beginning 9/1/1999)

    2010        transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: The first Mrs. Kramer is a sister to James H. Slapinski.  The second Mrs. Kramer [nee Size] was the widow of misters William Hessmiller (1926-1993) and Marlin R. Goldsworthy (1998-1994).

 

KROEHLER, MARK EDWARD

 

Born: 4-19-1914  Hermiston OR                                            married: Anne F. Fast

Died: 7-16-2014  Puryear TN                                                 obit: [3/23/1918 – 5/8/1996]

 

1938    admitted on trial

?          ordained deacon

1940    ordained elder

 

Interment: Conestoga Memorial Park, Lancaster PA

Obit:

 

1938-40           Maple Grove

1940-43           Meshoppen

1943-47           Peckville

1047-54           Scranton Myrtle Street

1954                transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1954-63           Clifton Heights

1963-72           Lancaster St. Paul’s

1972-79           Philadelphia Church of the Redeemer

1979                retired

                            1979-83       associate, Lancaster First

 

KROHN, PHILIP

 

Born: 2-16-1843  MA                                     married: Sarah Margaret Van Kleek

Died: 10-14-1904  Candor NY                                   obit: [6/?/1841 – 2/18/1922]

 

1866    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1868    ordained deacon

1871    ordained elder

 

Interment: Maple Grove Cemetery, Candor NY

Obit:

 

1866-67       Athens

1867-68       Spencer

1868-69       Caroline

1869-72       Scranton

1872            transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1872-74       Lock Haven

1874            transfer to Wyoming Conference

1874-76       Kingston

1876            transfer to Troy Conference

1876-78       Albany Hudson Avenue

1878-81       West Troy Washington Street

1881-82       located at own request

1882            transfer to Kansas Conference

1882-85       Atchison

1885-86       agent, Kansas State Temperance Union

1886-87       on leave

1887            permitted to withdraw under charges

 

Note: One secular account reports that “Dr. Krohn is one of Kansas’ ablest speakers.”  Philip Krohn entered the newspaper business, purchasing the Atchison KS Weekly Campion and Press in 1889.  He appears to have retired to and/or re-entered the ministry (affiliation unknown) in Tioga County NY in 1900.

 

 

KROLL, PAUL V.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

 

 

 

KUHNS, GARY ROBERT

 

Born: 5-16-1940  Endicott NY                                   married: Janet M. _____

Died: 5-16-2001                                                          obit:

 

1964    admitted on trial

1964    ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment: Evergreen Cemetery, Owego NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2001, 195

 

1964-66           student

1966-68           assistant, Endicott Central

1968-71           Newark Valley

1971-74           associate, Scranton Elm Park

1974-86           Endicott Central

1986-00           Binghamton Tabernacle

2000                retired

 

 

LaBAR, JOHN

           

Born: 11-5-1824  Pittston PA                                     married: Mary A. Ruggles
Died: 9-18-1897  Wyoming PA                                 obit: Wyoming Conference 1905, 117

 

1850    exhorter’s license, Wilkes-Barre station & Newport mission

1853    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1855    ordained deacon

1857    ordained elder

 

Interment: Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1898, 94

 

1853-56           Newton

1856-58           Northmoreland

1858-60           Trucksville

1860-62           Newton

1862-64           Nicholson

1864-66           Wyoming

1866-69           Carverton

1869-72           Plymouth

1872-75           Lackawanna

1875-77           Dunmore

1877-80           Forty Fort

1880                retired

                            1885-86  Plymouth (2nd part)

 

Note:  A brief biography of John LaBar appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 296.

 

LAMPIERI, P. S.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1914    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1914                transfer to Troy Conference

 

Note: No further information can be found on the surname “Lampieri”.  Could this be a misrendering of “Iampieri”?

 

 

LANDMESSER, ARTHUR HILGERT

 

Born: 1-15-1892                                                          married: Abbie Wager

Died: 10-24-1978                                                        obit: Troy Conference 1979, 1102

 

1921    admitted on trial

1923    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit: Troy Conference 1979, 1097

 

1921-24           Coventry – Union Valley

1924-27           Hartwick

1927                transfer to Troy Conference

 

 

LANDON, GEORGE

 

Born: 12-4-1816  Wyoming County PA                    married: Sarah Ann Lum

Died: 6-16-1904  Camptown PA                                obit: [4/12/1817 – 8/?/1860]

                                                                                    married2: Catharine Smith

1841    admitted on trial, New England Conference  obit2: [5/15/1830 – 10/27/1907]

 

Interment: Camptown Cemetery, Camptown PA

Obit:

 

1855                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1855-59           superintendent, Wyalusing District

1859-60           Wyalusing

1860-61           on leave

                            1860-61       Wyalusing

1861                located

 

Note: George Landon is the namesake of George Landon Collyer (1847-1917) of the New England Conference.  This is not the George Landon (1815-1896) who was a brother to Clarissa Landon Smith (1807-1889), wife of Erastus Smith.

 

 

LANDRY, JOHN

 

Born: 4-25-1862                                                          married: Katherine Merrifield

Died: 4-7-1926                                                            obit: Troy Conference 1949, 160

 

1890    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Sand Lake Union Cemetery, Sand Lake NY

Obit: Troy Conference 1926, 251

 

 

 

 

LANE, CHARLES SOWDEN

 

Born: 1-26-1866  Newport, Wales                             married: Anna E. Geil (8/15/1889)

Died: 12-20-1940  Vancouver WA                            obit: [1/4/1864 – 8/31/1948]

 

1887    admitted on trial, North Dakota Conference

1894    re-admitted on trial, Wisconsin Conference

 

Interment: Camas Cemetery, Camas WA

Obit:

 

1885-86           Yatesville (beginning 8/9/1885 – see 1886, 23)

1886-87           West Nanticoke

1887                Harford Mills (did not complete the year – see 1888, 28)

1887                “transfer” to North Dakota Conference

1887-88           Oakes

1888-89           Mandan

1889-91           Ardoch

1891-92           Walhalla

1892                located

1892                “transfer” to Wisconsin Conference

1892-93           North Greenfield

1893-94           (Racine Union?)

1894-96           Racine Second

1896-97           South Milwaukee

1897-98           Port Washington

1898-99           student

1899                located

 

Note: C.S. Lane is the son of an Episcopal clergyman.  He served Yatesville and West Nanticoke while a student at Wyoming Seminary.  In 1889 he was chaplain of the Dakota Territorial Assembly.  In 1897 he graduated with a diploma from Garrett Biblical Institute and Mrs. Lane was an officer in the Milwaukee District WFMS.

 

LANE, GEORGE

 

Born: 4-13-1784  Kingston NY                                  married: Sarah Harvey

Died: 5-6-1859  Wilkes-Barre PA                              obit: [5/4/1789 – 10/11/1832]

                                                                                    married2: Lydia Bunting (1837)

1805    admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference    obit2: [1801 – 7/18/1866]

1807    ordained deacon

1809    ordained elder

 

Interment: Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre PA

Obit: New Jersey Conference 1860, 48

 

1804-05           Tioga circuit

1805-06           Scipio NY

1806-07           Pompey NY

1807-08           Accomac VA

1808-09           Holland Purchase mission NY

1809-10           Wyoming PA (did not finish the year)

1810                charter member of Genesee Conference

1810-19           located, operated a store in Wilkes-Barre

1819-23           superintendent, Susquehanna District

1823-24           Wyoming

1824-25           superintendent, Ontario District

1825-34           located, operated a store in Berwick

1834-36           superintendent, Susquehanna District (Oneida Conference, formed in 1829)

1836-40           assistant book agent, Methodist Episcopal Church

1840-52           book agent, Methodist Episcopal Church

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852                retired

                            1853  transfer to New Jersey Conference

 

Note: George Lane is reported to have been a spiritual mentor of Joseph Smith who was instrumental in leading him in interpreting the visions that led to the formation of the Mormon denomination.  An account of his life from this perspective in given in the 1969 article “Reverend George Lane – Good ‘Gifts,’ Much ‘Grace,’ and Marked ‘Usefulness’” by Larry C. Porter.  His father was the founder of Lanesboro, Susquehanna County.  A popular and effective preacher and administrator, George Lane was the namesake of numerous persons, including George Lane Griffing.

 

LANGLEY, PAUL THOMAS SR

 

Born: 2-18-1929  Wilkes-Barre PA                            married: Margaret Ann Uhle

Died: 11-1-2004  Wilkes-Barre PA                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1995, 318

                                                                                    married2: Regina C. Berkant

Interment: Oak Lawn Cemetery and Mausoleun        obit2: [6/13/1931 – 12/16/2016]

                  Hanover, Luzerne County, PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2005, 198

 

1989-93           Newport (beginning 8/2/1989)

1993                retired

                            1995            Nanticoke (7/2 – 8/31)

                            1997-98       Nanticoke

                            1998-02       Abbott

 

Note: After a career in industry, Paul T. Langley Sr. served as a local pastor.  He is the father of Rev. Paul Langley Jr. (1976 graduate of Lebanon Valley College, affiliation unknown).

 

LANTON, ROBERT EDWARD JR.

 

Born: 2-13-1931                                                          married: Dorothy Hutchinson

Died: 8-31-2000                                                          obit:

 

1954    license

1964    admitted on trial

1964    ordained deacon

1967    ordained elder

 

Interment: Chenango Valley Cemetery, Binghamton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2001, 196

 

1954-61           Kirkwood (beginning 5/23/1954)

1961-64           Edmeston

1964-67           student, Colgate-Rochester Divinity School

1967-72           Factoryville

1972-75           Scranton Simpson

1976-83           Scranton Simpson – West Park

1983-90           Vestal Center

1990-94           Whitney Point

1994                retired

                            1994-98  Schenevus (ending 2/1/1998)

 

 

LAPPEUS, JOSEPH C.

           

Born: 1875                                                                  married: Perle Thurber
Died: 9-20-1968                                                          obit: [1877 - 1963]

 

1898    ordained, Baptist Church

 

Interment: Schenevus Cemetery, Schenevus NY
Obit:

 

 

1897-99           First Baptist, Summit NY

1912                Calvary Baptist, Binghamton

1917                received into Wyoming Conference ME on credentials from the Baptist Church

1917-19           Whitney Point

1919                withdrew, page 56

 

Note:  Joseph C. Lappeus is the son of Baptist preacher Rev. Daniel P. Lappeus (1845-1931), serving in Schenevus NY when Joseph entered the ministry.

 

LARISH, DAVID

 

Born: 1-5-1830                                                            married: Priscilla D. _____

Died: 7-27-1892                                                          obit: [7/4/1840 – 1/29/1904]

 

1868    admitted on trial

1868    ordained local deacon

1872    ordained deacon

1874    ordained elder

 

Interment: Benton Cemetery, Benton PA

Obit:

 

1868-71           Stoddartsville

1871-72           Sterling

1872-74           Tallmansville

1874-75           Caroline

1875-77           Germany

1877-78           Spencer

1878-81           Lehman

1881                located

1886-88           Schloyerville, Central Pennsylvania Conference

 

Note: David Larish located because of ill health and removed to Berwick.  He served in the Central Pennsylvania Conference as a local pastor.

 

LARRABEE, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN      

 

Born: 2-7-1836  Jackson PA                                      married: Cynthia A. [or E.?] Brown (11/9/1857)

Died: 1-29-1916                                                          obit: [7/22/1836 – 4/20/1905]

 

1868    license

1894    ordained local deacon

 

Interment: North Jackson PA

Obit:

 

Hale’s Eddy

Rileyville

1887-91           Hale’s Eddy

1891-95           Beach Lake

1895-97           North Sanford

1898-99           Ouaquaga

1899                retired to Thompson PA

 

Note: The parents of B.F. Larrabee were instrumental in the erection of the North Jackson church.  A biography of B.F. Larrabee appears in in the 1900 Commemorative Biographical Record of Northeastern Pennsylvania, page 1271.

 

LASKOWSKI, JOHN F.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Deborah

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2001-03           West Nanticoke Wesley

2003-03           West Nanticoke Wesley and Nanticoke

2005-10           Wilkes-Barre Central

2010                charter member Upper New York Conference

 

Note: John F. Laskowski served as a local preacher.

 

LATHROP, WILLIAM DAVIS

 

Born: 11-4-1869  Herrickville PA                              married: Sarah Almina Murdock

Died: 10-9-1953  Johnson City NY                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1951, 855

 

1901    admitted on trial

1901    ordained deacon

1903    ordained elder

 

Interment: Cooperstown Cemetery, Cooperstown NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1954, 1757

 

1901-02           Campville

1902-04           Kirkwood

1904-06           Fly Creek

1906-08           Avoca

1908-10           Parsons

1910-12           Parsons – Miners Mills

1912-14           Carverton

1914-17           Susquehanna

1917-21           Mount Upton

1921-27           Afton

1927-32           Sherburne

1932-33           Guilford

1933-35           Sidney Center

1935                retired

 

Note: Mrs. Lathrop is a sister to Leonard C. Murdock.  A biographical sketch of William D. Lathrop appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 359.

 

LATSHAW, JOHN LINWOOD

 

Born: 1910                                                                  married: Helen Mae _____

Died: 1992                                                                  obit: South Indiana Conference 1975, 296

 

1934    admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Sellersberg Cemetery, Sellersberg IN

Obit:

 

1933-34           Mauch Chunk

1934-36           Tobyhanna

1936-39           Girardville

1939                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1939-41           Nichols

1941-44           West Nanticoke

1944-49           Clarks Summit

1949                transfer to New York East Conference (5/15/1949)

1949-50           Manhattan Jamaica

1950-52           Queens Jamaica

1952-64           Long Island Freeport

1964-67           Newburgh First

1967-71           Rochester West Avenue

1971                transfer to South Indiana Conference

1971-79           Sellersberg

1979-80           on leave

1980                retired

 

Note: John L. “Jack” Latshaw Jr (1938-2013) entered Juniata College to prepare for the ministry but became a high school teacher.

 

 

LAWRENCE, WILLIAM BENJAMIN

 

Born: 10-16-1946  Wilkes-Barre PA                          married: Naomi Elizabeth Williams

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2002-2015       dean, Perkins School of Theology at SMU in Dallas TX

 

Note: William B. Lawrence is the author of several books and served on the Judicial Council of the UMC.

 

 

LAWRY, RUSSELL C.

 

Born: 12-28-1908  Scranton PA                                 married: Mary Elizabeth Jenkins

Died: 6-15-1988                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1945, 174

                                                                                    married2: Mary Bitler

1943    license                                                             obit: Wyoming Conference 2008, 182

1946    admitted on trial

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: North Chinchilla Cemetery, Chinchilla PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1988, 388

 

1943-48           Old Forge

1948-52           Pittston First

1952-56           Oneonta Elm Park

1956-64           Dallas

1964-68           West Pittston

1968-78           Scranton Asbury

1978                retired

                            1979-81  Pittston First

 

LAWSON, JAMES

 

Born: 3-5-1882                                                            married:

Died: 3-31-1966                                                          obit:

 

?          ordained elder, Methodist Church of Ireland

 

Interment:

Obit: Northwest Indiana Conference 1966, 952

 

1911-12           Fairdale, Wyoming Conference

1912                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1912-14           Fairdale

1914-15           Bald Mount

1915-18           Moosic

1918-21           Tunkhannock

1921-30           Nanticoke

1930                transfer to Detroit Conference

 

 

LEACH, FLOYD

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1896-97           Larksville

 

Note: Floyd Leach is believed to have been a student at Wyoming Seminary.  Nothing more is known about him.

 

 

LEACH, GEORGE WILLOUGHBY

           

Born: 12-22-1821  Conklin NY                                 married: Juliet Aromanda Tallman
Died: 9-16-1902  Oakland PA                                    obit: [10/12/1828 –  9/27/1873]

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Margaret C. Olmstead

1844    local preacher’s license                                   obit2: Wyoming Conference 1912, 133

1847    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

1852    ordained elder

 

Interment: Nichols NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1903, 101

 

1845-46           Vestal

1846-47           Lisle

1847-48           Lanesboro

1849-50           Montrose

1850-52           Dundaff

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-53           Salem

1853-55           Sanford

1855-61           located

1861-62           Tallmansville

1862-64           Newton

1864-66           Windham

1866-68           Broome

1863-73           on leave

1873-75           Rileyville

1875-78           on leave

                             1876-77      Tallmansville

1878-79           located

1879-82           on leave

1882-84           Maple Grove

1884-86           Oakland

1886-88           on leave

1888                retired

 

Note:  The first Mrs. Leach is buried in the Old Shehawken Cemetery, Wayne County PA.  A brief biography of George W. Leach appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 206.

 

LEACOCK, JOHN CLARKE

 

Born: 6-10-1836  Bloomsburg PA                             married: Lydia Gordner

Died: 10-25-1922                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1918, 134

 

1863    exhorter’s license, Dunmore

1865    local preacher’s license, Plymouth

1866    admitted on trial

1868    ordained deacon

1870    ordained elder

 

Interment: Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1923, 125

 

1865-67           Stoddartsville

1867-69           Lehman

1869-72           Lackawanna

1872-74           Moscow

1874-77           Wyoming

1877-80           Union

1880-82           Cooperstown

1882-85           Jermyn

1885-91           superintendent, Chenango District

1891-96           Dunmore

1896-98           Tunkhannock

1898-00           Dalton

1900-02           Newark Valley

1902-05           Alderson

1905-07           on leave

1907-13           corresponding secretary, City Evangelization Union of Scranton

1913                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of John C. Leacock appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 357.  This surname is sometimes rendered LAYCOCK.

 

LEAKE, WILLIAM H.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1857    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1860    admitted on trial, Pennsylvania Conference MP

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1857-58           Bethany

1858-59           Salem

1860                “transfer” to Pennsylvania Conference MP

1860-61           Salem

                        chaplain, U.S. Army

 

Note:  The military service of William H. Leake was with the 3rd Regiment, PA Volunteers, which included the “Salem Independents” of Wayne County.

 

LEARN, HELEN M.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Eugene _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1986    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1986    ordained deacon

1990    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1986-88           Wilkes-Barre St. Luke’s UCC, Northeast Cooperative Parish

1988-89           Luzerne and associate, Forty Fort

1989-93           Luzerne

1993-96           Old Forge Stewart Memorial

1996-10           Camptown

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-16           Jersey Shore Trinity

2016-20           Athens

2020                retired

                             2020-21      East Canton (beginning 11/1/2020)

                             2021-22      Camptown

                             2022-23      Living Waters (Camptown, Herrickville, Hollenback, Spring Hill,

                                                Standing Stone, Union Corners)

 

LEE, JAMES N.

 

Born: 6-6-1836  Kattelville NY                                 married: Emma E. White

Died: 1-21-1910  Binghamton NY                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1934, 407

 

1868    local preacher’s license, Chenango

1869    admitted on trial

1871    ordained deacon

1873    ordained elder

 

Interment: Kattelville Cemetery, Kattelville NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1910, 124

 

1868-69           Lisle and Whitneys Point

1869-72           Kirkwood

1872-75           Maine

1875-78           Worcester

1878-80           Otego

1880-82           Unadilla

1882-84           Bainbridge

1884-88           superintendent, Otsego District

1888-90           Montrose

1890-93           Wilkes-Barre Parrish Street

1893-98           Plains

1898-01           Great Bend

1901-03           Factoryville

1903                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of James N. Lee appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 358.

 

 

LEE, PATRICIA L. (SANDONE)

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1997    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1997-10           Sterling

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Patricia L. Lee served as a local preacher.

 

LEES, GEORGE

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died: 1930                                                                  obit:

 

1888    admitted on trial, Primitive Methodist Church

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder, Primitive Methodist Church

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1891-94           Parsons

1907                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, page 75

1907-08           Cherry Ridge

 

Note: George Lees was “recognized” by the Wyoming Conference and served as a supply pastor.

 

LEGG, JUDSON L.

           

Born: 6-18-1828  Speedsville NY                              married: Sabra E. Clark
Died: 8-30-1871  Speedsville NY                              obit: [2/1/1833 – 10/30/1870]

 

1861    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1863    ordained deacon

1865    ordained elder

 

Interment: Caroline Centre Cemetery, Caroline Center NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1872, 35

 

1861-62           Speedsville

1862-64           Windham

1864-66           Sterlingville

1866-68           Tunkhannock

1868-69           Montrose

1869-71           on leave

 

Note:  A brief biography of Judson L. Legg appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 208.

 

LEGGE, OLIVER P.

 

Born: 9-1-1833                                                            married: Harriet Newall Noxon (2/15/1855)

Died: 1-23-1898  NY                                                  obit: [10/29/1833 – 7/21/1907]

 

1882    ordained local deacon

 

Interment: Speedsville Cemetery, Speedsville NY

Obit:

 

1882-83           Flemingville

1888-89           Windham

 

Note: O.P. Legge served as a supply preacher.  He was a trustee and Sunday School superintendent at Speedsville.

 

LEHMAN, PERCIVAL S.

 

Born: 1-8-1880  Reading PA                                      married: Bessie Stine

Died: 10-20-1935  Binghamton NY                           obit:

 

?          license, United Brethren Church

 

Interment: Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1936, 854

 

Landingville

Schuylkill Haven

Silver Springs

                        “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1908-10           Thornhurst

1910-13           Gouldsboro

1913-               Orson

                        South Canaan

                        Orson

                        Pleasant Mount

                        Gibson

                        Uniondale

1932-35           Middlefield

1935-               Ouaguaga

 

Note: Percy S. Lehman served as a local pastor in both the East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church and the Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  Percival S. Lehman is the father of Alice L. Lehman Schober, wife of Rev. Joseph W. Schober (1907-1998) of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference

 

LEINTHALL, GUY ALFRED

 

Born: 4-6-1913  Scranton PA                                     married: Mary Fedor

Died: 4-23-1976                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1974, 293

 

1931    license

1935    admitted on trial

1938    ordained deacon

1941    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1976, 220

 

1935-39           Alderson

1939-43           Pittston St. Paul’s

1943-46           Lake Ariel

1946-53           Nicholson (ending 2/15/`953)

1953-61           Wyoming (beginning 2/15/1953)

1961-68           Doranceton

1968-71           Clarks’s Green

1971-76           Conference Council on Ministries

 

 

LENDRUM, FREDERICK ALEXANDER

 

Born: 9-6-1870  Ashley PA                                        married: Mary Emma Crist

Died: 9-18-1957                                                          obit: Detroit Conference 1943, 795

 

1900    license, Newark Conference

1901    ordained deacon

1903    admitted on trial, Michigan Conference

1903    ordained elder

 

Interment: Woodland Cemetery, Monroe Michigan

Obit: Detroit Conference 1958, 776

 

1900-01           Patterson Belle Vista

1901                transfer to New York Conference

1901-02           Southfield

1902                transfer to Michigan Conference

1902-03           Oshtemo

1903-04           Kalamazoo East Avenue

1904-06           Jonesville

1906                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1906-09           Oxford

1909                transfer to Mexico Conference

1909-10           El Oro English

1910-13           faculty, Theological Department at Puebla

                            1913  Orizaba English

1913                transfer to Vermont Conference

1913-16           St. Albans

1916                transfer to Detroit Conference

1916-18           Monroe

1918-20           Caro

1920-25           Bay City Fremont Avenue

1925-               Plymouth

 

Note: Frederick Alexander Lendrum is a brother to Grace Lendrum Cox, wife of John Henry Cox.

 

LENGLER, ROBERT EDWARD

 

Born: 11-9-1915  Lackawanna County PA                married: Gertrude Elizabeth Lyford

Died: 5-9-1994                                                            obit: [9/26/1916 – 7/14/1998]

 

1938    admitted on trial

1940    ordained deacon

1942    ordained elder

1951    ordained Episcopal priest 6/29/1951, Central New York

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1938-40           student

1940-41           Montdale

1941-43           Hawley – White Mills

1943-50           Endwell

1950                withdrew to enter the Episcopal ministry – see 1950,345

1951                ordained Episcopal Priest 6/289/1951. Central New York

1951                Sherrill NY Gethsemane and Canastota NY Trinity

                        Middletown NJ Christ

 

LENT, GEORGE ANDREW JACKSON

 

Born: 4-22-1841  PA                                                  married: Alma E. Towner

Died: 11-9-1930  Bradford CountyPA                       obit: [12/26/1847 – 9/26/1926]

 

Interment: Rome Cemetery, Rome PA

Obit:

 

1868-69           Shephard’s Creek [Lockwood]

1869-70           Harford Second

 

Note: George A.J. Lent served as a supply preacher.  He was a Civil War veteran, wounded 5/31/1863 at Cold Harbor VA.

 

 

LESH, RANSON FLOYD

 

Born: 5-1-1871  Scranton PA                                     married: Cora R. Dershiemer

Died: 4-9-1925                                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1942, 394

 

1894    local preacher’s license, Newton

1903    admitted on trial

1905    ordained deacon

1907    ordained elder

 

Interment: Newton Cemetery, Newton Center PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1925, 147

 

1894-98           student, Wyoming Seminary

1898-99           ?

1899-02           student, Dickinson College

1902-03           Rush (beginning 11/5/1902)

1903-05           Schuyler's Lake

1905-07           Decatur

1907-09           Middlefield

1909-10           Smyrna

1910-12           Smyrna – North Norwich

1912-16           Otego

1916-19           Montrose

1919-22           Bainbridge

1922-24           Worcester – Decatur

 

Note: A biographical sketch of R. Floyd Lesh appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 362.

 

 

LEWIS, CHARLES LUMAN

 

Born: 10-27-1872  Camptown PA                              married: Mrs. Harriet M. Stanton Howard

Died: 7-3-1924  Sayre PA                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1954, 1762

 

1900    admitted on trial

1902    ordained deacon

1904    ordained elder

 

Interment: Camptown Cemetery, Camptown PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1925, 145

 

1900-04           Windham

1904-11           Nichols

1911-14           on leave

1914-16           Whitney’s Point

1916                retired for health reasons

Note: A biographical sketch of Charles L. Lewis appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 359.  Mrs. Lewis was the widow of Mr. Fenton Howard, son of Loring P. Howard.

 

LEWIS, D.R.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1912-14           Hickory Grove

1914-15           North Tioga

1915-17           Litchfield

1917-19           Plymouth NY

1920-22           Rome

 

Note: D.R. Lewis served as a supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

LEWIS, FRANCIS RUSSELL

 

Born: 10-26-1919                                                       married: Felice Elizabeth Flanery (1944)

Died: 12-7-2009  NY                                                  obit: [10/5/1920 – 2/?/2019]

 

?          admitted on trial, Pacific Northwest Conference

 

Interment: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington VA

Obit:

 

1951                transfer to Wyoming Conference

 

Note: Francis R. Lewis was received on trial from the Pacific Northwest Conference, but there is no indication that he ever was ordained or served under appointment in the Wyoming Conference.  He spent most of his ministry as a US Army Chaplain.  In 2007 he is listed as a retired member of the New York Conference.

 

LEWIS, GEORGE CHAPMAN

           

Born: 10-10-1851  Montrose PA                                married: Kate A. Flock
Died: 1-6-1890  Bradford PA                                     obit: Wyoming Conference 1895,89

 

1882    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1884    ordained deacon

1886    ordained elder

 

Interment: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1890, 84

 

1879-82           student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1882-84           Avoca

1884-87           Hampton Street

1887-88           on leave

1888                retired [see 1888, pages 13 and 21]

                             1888-89      Whittier CA [see 1888, page 32]

 

Note:  George C. Lewis is a great-grandson of Oliver G. Lewis, a great-nephew of Oliver Lewis Jr, and a nephew of Joshua S. Lewis.  A brief biography of George Chapman Lewis appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 209.

 

LEWIS, JOSHUA SHAY

 

Born: 1-29-1829  Wantage NJ                                    married: Mary L. Shove

Died: 12-16-1908  West Pittston PA                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1903, 110

 

1851    exhorter’s license

1854    local preacher’s license

1855    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1857    ordained deacon

1859    ordained elder

 

Interment: Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1909, 118

 

1854-55           Lehman

1855-57           Stoddartsville

1857-59           Lackawanna

1859-61           Lehman

1861-63           Northmoreland

1863-64           Lackawanna

1864-66           Plainsville

1866-68           Mehoopany

1868-71           Springville

1871-74           Factoryville

1874-77           Meshoppen

1877-80           Skinner's Eddy

1880-83           Forty Fort

1883-86           West Nicholson

1886-89           Fairdale

1889-91           Kirkwood

1891-93           Hawleyton

1893-95           Herrick Center

1895-96           Glen Lyon

1896-97           Moosic

1897                retired

 

Note: Joshua S. Lewis is the grandson of Oliver G. Lewis, the nephew of Oliver Lewis Jr, and an uncle to George C. Lewis.  A biographical sketch of Joshua S. Lewis appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 360.

 

 

LEWIS, KATHRYN ELSIE

 

Born: 1-6-1916  Johnson City NY                             married: [single]

Died: 3-31-2011  Johnson City NY                            obit:

 

1977    ordained diaconal minister

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1977-82           director of Christian Education, Oneonta First

1982                retired

 

Note: K. Elsie Lewis was a graduate of Scarritt College in Nashville TN and served as the director of Christian Education at several Methodist churches.  “Elsie was the proud recipient of two Social Justice Awards, the Guy Leinthall Award from the Wyoming Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church and the Ball Award from the Methodist Federation for Social Action. She was a strong advocate for peace and social justice and a committed teacher and educator.”

 

 

LEWIS, LLOYD R.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1965    admitted on trial

1965    ordained deacon

1967    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1965-67           student

1967                transfer to New England Conference

 

 

LEWIS, OLIVER G.

 

Born: 5-1-1772  Westerly, RI                         married: Eunice Chapman

Died: 1-4-1857  Luzerne County PA             obit: [1780-1828]

 

Interment: Mt. Zion ME Cemetery, Luzerne County PA

Obit:

 

Note: Oliver G. Lewis is the father of Oliver Lewis Jr., the grandfather of Joshua S. Lewis and the great-grandfather of George C. Lewis.  He was a blacksmith and served as a local pastor.

 

LEWIS, OLIVER JR.

 

Born: 8-15-1797  New London CT                            married: Cynthia Smith [6/21/1817]

Died: 1-30-1873                                                          obit: [6/20/1795 – 1/13/1871]

 

admitted on trial

1869    ordained local elder, page 7

 

Interment: Orange ME Cemetery, Orange PA

Obit:

 

Note: Oliver Lewis is the son of Oliver Lewis (1772-1857), and the father of Almeda Lewis Chandler, wife of Abram Chandler (1813-1887) of the Central Pennsylvania Conference, and an uncle to Joshua S. Lewis.  He lived near Orange, was a blacksmith by trade, and served as a local pastor.  He was widely known as “the weeping prophet.”  He is also the great-grandfather of Lida Addie McRill Snyder, wife of Ivan Lott Snyder.

 

LEWIS, WILLIAM D.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Sharron _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1965    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference: recommended by Asbury Scranton

1965    ordained deacon

1967    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1965-66           assistant, Scranton Elm Park

1966-67           Narrowsburg 

1967-68           Camptown

1968-69           located

1969-72           South Sterling

1972-78           Moscow

1978-86           Honesdale

1986-98           Forty Fort

1998-08           Dallas

2008                retired

     2010           transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

     2010-11      West Nanticoke Calvary (beginning 1/15/2011)

     2011-12      Wilkes-Barre Bennett-Derr (beginning 8/1/2011)

 

LEWIS, WILLIAM TRUMAN

 

Born: 11-11-1842  OH                                                married:

Died: 3-21-1911  East Worcester NY                        obit:

 

1875    admitted on trial, West Virginia Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: St. Georges DE

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1911, 101

 

?                      transfer to Wilmington Conference

1910                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1910-11           West Worcester

 

 

LI, SHAO WEN

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1891    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1891-95           missionary to northern China

1895                transfer to Northern China Conference

 

 

LINABERRY, WILLIAM LOWELL

 

Born: 1858  Binghamton NY                                     married: Laura Laflin

Died: 2-8-1941  Exeter NH                                        obit: [1852 – 11/25/1941]

 

1886    admitted on trial, Genesee Conference

 

Interment: Center Cemetery, North Hampton NH

Obit:

 

1886-87           Derrick City

1887-88           Harrison Valley

1888-90           Tioga

1890-92           Sanborn

1892-93           Evans

1893                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1893-95           Uniondale and Dundaff

1895-96           New Milford

1896-98           Damascus and Galilee

1898-00           Oakland

1900-02           Mount Vision

1902-03           Hallstead

1903-04           Chenango Forks

1904                withdrew, page 71

                        became a pastor in the  Congregational Church

 

Note: This surname is sometimes given as LINNABERRY.  William L. Linaberry is a nephew to Addison F. Harding.  A biographical sketch of William L. Linaberry appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 361.

 

LINDEMOOD, OLON REX

 

Born: 10-16-1928  Kansas City MO                          married: Verna Louva Simonson (5/5/1951)

Died: 2-19-2018  Penny Farms FL                             obit:

 

            admitted on trial, Idaho Conference

1952    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1950-51           Brooklyn NY, New York Conference

1951-52           Hamlin, Wyoming Conference

1952                transfer to Wyoming (5/22/1952)

1952                transfer to Idaho Conference (5/22/1952)

                        Fruitland

                        Blackfoot Jason Lee Memorial

                        transfer to North Indiana Conference

                        Jefferson Chapel – Coesse [near Columbia City IN]

                        East Chicago First

                        Hartford City Trinity

                        North Webster

                        Dyer

1991                retired

 

Note: Olon Rex Lindemood transferred in an out for purposes of ordination.  He supplied Hamlin while a seminary student at Drew in Madison NJ.  An infant daughter has on obituary in the Rocky Mountain Conference 1985, 246.

 

 

LINDEMUTH, WILLIAM H.

 

Born: 8-2-1864  Reading PA                                      married: Emma Thomas Karcher

Died: 3-16-1939                                                          obit: Philadelphia Conference 1951, 1050

 

1889    admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment: Oak Lane Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Philadelphia PA

Obit: Philadelphia Conference 1940, 946

 

1889-92           Philadelphia St. Luke’s

1892-94           Morton [Kedron]

1894-97           Philadelphia Oak Lane [Milestown]

1897-98           Pottstown First

1898-04           Philadelphia Asbury

1904-05           Philadelphia Wissahickon

1905-06           Lansdowne

1906-16           Pottsville

1916                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1916-20           Wilkes-Barre Central

1920                transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1920-28           Reading Holy Cross

1928-35           Wayne

1935-39           Pottstown First

 

Note: William H. Lindemuth is the son of Jerome Lindemuth (1831-1897) of the Philadelphia Conference.

 

 

LINDER, LYLE D.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Mary Ann

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1981    admitted on trial, Nebraska Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1981-82           Olive Crest (ending 12/31/1981); Renaitre (beginning 1/2/1982)

1982-85           Pleasanton

1985-92           Blue Hill

1992-93           sabbatical leave

1993-94           Edmeston  , Wyoming Conference

1994                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1994-97           Edmeston 

1997-05           Franklin 

2005                retired

                            2005-06       Harpursville 

    2010            charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

LINDER, MARY ANN

 

Born:                                                                           married: Lyle D. Linder

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1999    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1999-04           Mount Upton   – Guilford 

2004-05           Mount Upton 

2005                retired

    2010            charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

 

LINDHORST, MARIE JEANETTE

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1980    admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1980-81           student

1981-83           assistant chaplain, Colgate University

1983-84           university minister, Wesleyan University

1984-88           campus minister, Lycoming College

1988-97           student, Penn State University

1997-06           staff, Penn State University

2006                withdrew 8/31/2006, 2007 journal page 106

 

 

LINDNER, FREDERICK WILLIAM

 

Born: 7-2-1917  Forest City PA                                 married: Frances Lucille Thayer

Died: 2-14-1977  Dunmore PA                                  obit: Wyoming Conference 1999, 340

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1977, 238

 

 

1975-77           West Nicholson and Union

 

Note: Frederick W. Lindner served as a lay pastor.

 

LINDSLEY, DARIUS D.

 

Born: 1-?-1829  Downsville NY                                married:

Died: 4-15-1910  White Sulphur Springs NY            obit:

                                                                                    married2: Belle Blauvelt

1854    admitted on trial, New York Conference       obit2: [1863-1927]

1856    ordained deacon

 

Interment: White Sulpher Springs NY

Obit:

 

…

1856-57           Napanock

…

1866                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1866-68           Hawleyton NY & Brackneyville PA

1868-70           Lisle & Whitney Point

1870-71           Marathon

1871-75           superintendent, Owego District

1875-76           Carbondale

1876-77           living in Carbondale

1877                withdrew under complaint

1878                “transfer” to the Presbyterian Church

                        Elmira Franklin Street

                        Afton

                        Downsville

                        Alden

                        Horsehead

                        Greyport

                        Newfield

                        Woodbridge

                        Wellington

 

Note: Darius D. Lindsley is a brother to George W. Lindsley and Seni W. Lindsley.  Another source says that Darius D. Lindsley died in White Lake NJ.  He had retired to Woodbridge NJ.  His tombstone gives the year of birth as 1831.

 

LINDSLEY, GEORGE WASHINGTON

 

Born: 2-?-1831  NY                                                    married: Mary J. Lockwood

Died: 8-19-1902                                                          obit: [1/?/1829 – 1/18/1902]

 

Interment: Webster/Vance Cemetery, Lawsville Center PA

Obit:

 

1869-71           Great Bend

1871-73           Brookdale

1873-75           Liberty PA

1875-76           Lawsville Center PA

 

Note: George W. Lindsley is a brother to Darius D. Lindsley and Seni W. Lindsley.  He served as a local pastor. 

 

LINDSLEY, SENI W.

 

Born: 1837  NY                                                          married: Cordelia _____

Died: 1912                                                                  obit: [9/10/1842 – 4/4/1885]

 

1868    admitted on trial

1870    ordained deacon

1872    ordained elder

 

Interment: Scotchtown Cemetery, Chemung County NY

Obit:

 

1869-70           Osborne Hollow

1870-72           Vestal

1872-74           Caroline

1874-75           Athens & Sayre

1876-78           Flemingville

1878                withdrew

 

Note: Seni W. Lindsley is a brother to Darius D. Lindsley and George W. Lindsley. 

 

LINES, BRADLEY T.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Alberta W. Welch

Died:                                                                           obit: [5/7/1924 – 2/8/2008]

 

1947    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1947-48           Toddsville

1948-52           Hop Bottom – Brooklyn

 

Note: Bradley T. Lines served as a local preacher in the Wyoming Conference.  He became a pastor in the United church of Christ denomination and retired to Florida.

 

 

LING, DANIEL HOK-PIN

 

Born:                                                                           married: Chin Ai

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1975    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1975    ordained deacon

1977    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1975-79           student

                            1975-79  Sterling

1979-81           student

1981-87           Beach Lake

1987-88           sabbatical leave

1988-91           Moscow

1991-99           superintendent, Binghamton District

1999-07           Johnson City   Sarah Jane Johnson Memorial

2007-10           Chenango Bridge 

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

LINGSLET, S.W.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1878                withdrew

 

LINK, HARVEY JAY

 

Born: 7-28-1970  Lock Haven PA                             married: Jeanne Peterson

Died: 12-9-2010  Santa Barbara CA                          obit:

 

1945    admitted on trial

1945    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit: [Sonora CA Union Democrat, 12/15/2010]

 

1945-47           student

1947                discontinued

 

Note: Harvey J. Link graduated from Duke University and Union Theological Seminary (Columbia).  He entered the merchant marines in WWII and settled in California as an educator and social worker.

 

LINK, JAMES HENDLEY

 

Born: 8-9-1910                                                            married:

Died: 5-18-1988                                                          obit:

 

1935    admitted on trial

1935    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit: New York Conference 1988, 338

 

1935-37           student

1937                transfer to New York Conference

 

 

LINTERN, EVELYN P.

 

Born:                                                                           married: J. Edwin Lintern

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1994    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1992-93           Castle Creek   (beginning 1/1/1993)

1993-99           Mount Upton 

1999                retired

                             2000           East Worcester   (7/1 – 10/30)

                             2005-07      Unadilla   (beginning 11/1/2005)

 

Note: Evelyn P. Lintern is married to J. Edward Lintern.  She served as a local preacher.

 

LINTERN, JOHN EDWIN

 

Born:                                                                           married: Evelyn Pratt

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1955    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1955    ordained deacon

1959    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1955-59           student

1959-62           Center Moreland

1962-65           Chinchilla (ending 3/1965)

1965-67           Factoryville – campus minister, Keystone Junior College (beginning 3/1965)

1967-75           campus minister, Oneonta   Wesley House

1975                transfer to North Dakota Conference

1975-80           campus minister, North Dakota State University

1980-84           director, Michigan Commission for University Ministries in Higher Education

1984                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1984-87           Scranton Providence

1987-88           Scranton Providence – chaplain, Wesley Village

1988-91           Waverly

1991-96           Unadilla 

1996                retired

    2010  charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: J. Edward Lintern is married to Evelyn Lintern.

 

LIPPINCOTT, JOSHUA ALLAN

 

Born: 1-31-1835  Medford NJ                                    married: Harriet Barlow

Died: 12-30-1906  Los Angeles CA                           obit: Philadelphia Conference 1899,94

 

1865    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference; recommended by Scranton

 

Interment: Elmwood Cemetery, Kansas City MO

Obit: Philadelphia Conference 1907, 76

 

1865-66           Dunmore

1866-69           principal, model school in Trenton NJ

1669-72           faculty, private school in Baltimore MD

1872-74           Hackensack NJ

1874-83           faculty, Dickinson College

1883-89           president, University of Kansas

1889-92           Topeka First

1892                transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1892-96           Philadelphia Arch Street

1896-97           Philadelphia Nineteenth Street

1897-06           corresponding secretary, Philadelphia Methodist Hospital

1906                retired

 

LIPPY, CHARLES H.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1966    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1966    ordained deacon

1968    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1966-72           student

1972-74           faculty, Oberlin College

1974-75           student, Miami University in Oxford OH

1975-76           faculty, West Virginia Wesleyan College

1976-94           faculty, Clemson University

1994-06           faculty, University of Tennessee

2006                retired

    2010            charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

LITTELL, CLAIR FRANCIS

 

Born: 10-25-1887                                                        married: Lena Hamlin

Died: 5-14-1966                                                          obit: Iowa Conference 1971, E-4

 

admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment: Hale Eddy Cemetery, Sanford NY

Obit: North Iowa Conference 1966, 276

 

1917                transfer to Central New York Conference

 

Note: Clair F. Littell is the father of Franklin H. Littell.

 

LITTELL, FRANKLIN HAMLIN

 

Born: 2-20-1917  Syracuse NY                                  married: Harriet Davis Lewis
Died: 5-23-2009  Merion Station PA                         obit: Wyoming Conference 1979, 254

                                                                                    married2: Marcia Sachs

?          admitted on trial, Upper Iowa Conference     obit2:

1939    ordained deacon, Detroit Conference

 

Interment: Hale Eddy Cemetery, Sanford NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 2009, 234

 

                        student, Cornell College in Cornell IA

1937-39           student, Union Theological Seminary in NYC

                            1937-39  Myrtle Beach, New York East Conference

1939-40           youth secretary, Board of Foreign Missions

1940-42           minister of youth, Detroit

1942-44           student, Yale University

1944-49           director of religious affairs, University of Michigan

1949-51           director of religious affairs, American Military Government in Germany

1951-53           dean of chapel, Boston University

1953-58           Franz Lieber Foundation in Bonn, Germany

1958                transfer to Virginia Conference

1958-60           faculty, Candler Theological Seminary at Emory University

1960-62           faculty, Perkins Theological Seminary at SMU

1962                transfer to Rock River Conference

1962-66           faculty, Chicago Theological Seminary

1966-69           president, Iowa Wesleyan College

1969-76           faculty, Temple University

1976-77           located

1977                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1977-80           faculty, Temple University

1980                retired

 

Note: Franklin H. Littell is the son of Clair F. Littell.  He is the author of over two dozen books and thousands of articles – one of this primary interests being holocaust studies.

 

LITTELL, JACOB HERMAN

 

Born: 1-4-1856  Sanford NY                                      married: Ellen Ricks

Died: 9-3-1916  Cortland NY                                     obit: Wyoming Conference 1952, 1159

 

1885    admitted on trial

1887    ordained deacon

1889    ordained elder

 

Interment: Sidney NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1917, 111

 

1885-87           Uniondale

1887-91           Lisle

1891-94           Worcester

1894-97           Otego

1897-01           Oxford

1901-06           Cooperstown

1906-11           Sidney

1911-16           Scranton Embury

1916                Factoryville

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Jacob H. Littell appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 364.

 

LITTLE, SAMUEL

 

Born: 4-17-1917  New York NY                                married: Rose _____

Died: 3-17-2007                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 2008, 183

 

1939    license, New York East Conference

1945    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1945    ordained deacon

1947    ordained elder

 

Interment: Riverhurst Cemetery, Endicott NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2008, 183

 

1944-50           Morris

1950-61           Endwell

1961-64           Teheran Community Church, Iran

1964-66           Binghamton Chenango Street

1966-72           Endicott First (ending 2/1977)

1972-77           Binghamton Tabernacle (beginning 2/1977 and ending 2/1980)

1977-80           Bangkok Interdenominational Church, Thailand

1980-85           Johnson City Sarah Jane Johnson

1985                retired

                            1988 Binghamton Boulevard (2/1 – 6/30)

 

LITTLETON, DONALD W.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Diane _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1994    license, recommended by Factoryville

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1994-00           Plymouth

2000-10           Great Bend Community

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-14           Great Bend Community

2014-17           Duncannon

2017                retired

 

Note: Donald W. Littleton served as a local pastor.

 

LIVINGSTONE, THOMAS

 

Born: 9-18-1870  Petersburg NY                               married: Cora B. Knowlton

Died:                                                                           obit: [d. 1937]

 

1896    local preacher’s license

1901    admitted on trial

1904    ordained, Congregational Christian Church

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1896-98           student, New England Conference Seminary at Wilbraham MA

                             1896-98  supply pastor in the New England Conference

1898-01           student, Andover Theological Seminary at Andover MA

                             1898-01  supply pastor in the New England Conference

1901-03           Barton

1903-04           student

1904                discontinued, page 70

1904                “transfer” to Congregational Christian Church

1904-06           Deansboro NY

1906-07           Green NY

1907-09           Middletown NY North Street

1909-12           chaplain, 4th Calvary at Fort Meade and Fort Bliss TX

1912-14           chaplain, 23rs Infantry at Fort Benjamin Harrison IN

1914-17           chaplain, 13th Infantry in Manila, Philippines

1917-19           instructor, Chaplain’s Training School at Camp Taylor KY

1919-21           chaplain, hospital in Carlisle PA

1921-23           chaplain, federal penitentiary in Atlanta GA

1923-24           Rutland MA

1924                unknown from this point forward

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Thomas Livingstone appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 363.

 

LOCKER, KEVIN K.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Valerie _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1984    admitted on trial, recommended by Mohnton Calvary

1986    ordained deacon

1990    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

1984-88           Clifford (beginning 12/31/1984)

1988                transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1988-95           Altoona Garden Heights – Lakemont

1995-03           Pleasant Gap

2003-04           Gatchelville – Crossroads

2004-06           Clearfield Trinity

2006-11           York Springs

2011-               Roaring Spring

 

Note: Kevin K. Locker is the son of William K. Locker.  He served in the Wyoming Conference as a local preacher.

 

 

LOCKER, WILLIAM K.

 

Born: 4-30-1935  Scranton PA                                   married: Kay _____

Died: 5-14-2014  Mobile AL                                     obit:

                                                                                    married2: Juanita Fletcher

1979    license, recommended by Mohnton Calvary  obit2:

1984    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Fairview Cemetery, Elmhurst PA

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2014, 260

 

1978-79           Schoeneck Wiest Memorial (Eastern Pennsylvania Conference)

1979-83           Lake Ariel

1983-86           Scranton Myrtle Street

1986-92           Wilkes-Barre Albright

1992-94           Wyoming

1994-99           Lake Winola

1999                retired

    2010  transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: William K. Locker is the father of Kevin K. Locker. 

 

LODGE, EDMOND J.

 

Born: 4-17-1914  Catalina, Newfoundland               married: Mary Louise Crane

Died: 3-30-1987                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1972, 268

                                                                                    married2: Mary Elizabeth Porter

1968    license                                                             obit2: Wyoming Conference 2009, 235

 

Interment: Vestal Hills Memorial Park, Vestal NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1987, 318

 

1968-73           Binghamton Oak Street and Brookvale

1973-80           Marathon

1980                retired

                            1980-83  Berkshire

                            1983-86  Clockville, Central New York Conference

 

Note: Edmond Lodge served as a local pastor.  He also served interim appointments at Damascus and Mt. Upton.

 

 

LOGAN, WESLEY TAYLOR

 

Born: 7-22-1884  Newark NJ                                     married: Blanche S. Sheppard

Died: 4-20-1963  Syracuse NY                                  obit: [2/21/1887 – 5/8/1968]

 

1917    admitted on trial, Newark Conference

1919    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1963, 232

 

1909-13           student, Syracuse University

                            supply work in the Northern New York Conference

1913-16           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                            supply work in the Newark Conference

        Anderson

                                Swartswood

1917-18           Tranquility

1918                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1918-20           Sanitaria Springs

1920-21           Chenango Forks

1921-23           Orwell

1923-25           Lockwood

1925-26           Choconut Center

1926-27           Hamlin

1927-28           located

1928-29           Carley Brook

1929-30           Pleasant Mount

1930-32           Montdale

1932                retired

 

LONGTHORPE, J.T.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1921-22           Campville

 

Note: J.T. Longthorpe served as a supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.  In 1920 he purchased the 200 acre Hiawatha Island near Binghamton NY in hopes of making it a religious retreat center.

 

LONG, BEVAN S.

 

Born: 12-15-1936  Springfield MA                            married:

Died: 12-26-2004                                                        obit:

                                                                                    married2: Diane _____

2003    local preacher’s license                                   obit2:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2003-04           Otego

 

Note: Bevan S. Long served as a local pastor

 

LOOMIS, ABRAHAM W.

           

Born: 8-12-1824  Round Lake NY                             married: Elizabeth Ward
Died: 9-19-1901  Cortland NY                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1887, 73

 

1853    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1855    ordained deacon

1857    ordained elder

 

Interment: Quick Cemetery, Caroline NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1902, 96

 

1853-54           Rome

1854-56           Van Ettenville

1856-58           Tioga

1858-60           Flemingville

1860-61           South Danby

1861-63           Harpursville

1863-66           Maine

1866-68           Orwell

1868-71           Castle Creek

1871-74           Lisle

1874-77           Slaterville

1877-80           Windham

1880-82           North Tioga

1882-83           Clifford

1883-85           Damascus

1885-87           on leave

1887-89           Decatur

1889-91           Ouaquaga

1891-92           Cooperstown Junction and Portlandville

1892                retired

 

Note:  Abraham W. Loomis is the father of Albert E. Loomis.  A brief biography of Abraham W. Loomis appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 209.

 

LOOMIS, ALBERT E.

 

Born: 12-31-1858  NY                                               married: Ida A. Brown

Died: 4-3-1904                                                            obit:

 

1879    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1881    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery, Norwich NY

Obit:

 

1879-80           North Norwich

1880-81           Coventry

1881-82           Beach Pond

1882-87           on leave

1887                located

 

 

Note: Albert W. Loomis is the son of Abraham W. Loomis.  Some sources give the d.o.b. as 1/1/1859.  In 1906 the widowed Mrs. Loomis married a Mr. John Daniel Burrell.

 

LORAH, LOUNETA

 

Born: 11-6-1906  West Pittston PA                            married: [single]

Died: 6-24-1992                                                          obit:

 

1956    commissioned

 

Interment: West Pittston Cemetery, West Pittston PA

Obit: 1993, 351

 

1953-54           Fukuoka J.D. Gakuin School, Japan

1956-77           missionary/teach to Japan

 

Note: Louneta Lorah is a sister to Mabel Lorah.

 

LORAH, MABEL

 

Born: 5-26-1898  Wesdt Pittston PA                          married: [single]

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit: 1882, 225

 

1950-51           Colegio Maria Alverda school, Lima Peru

1952-63           missionary/teacher to Lima Peru

                        Esther Hall Home Missions facility in Salt Lake City UT

                        Esther Hall Home Missions facility in Philadelphia PA

 

Note: Mabel Lorah is a sister to Louneta Lorah.

 

LORAH, THEODORE R. JR.

 

Born: 12-30-1948  Tiffin OH                                    married: Elizabeth Sue Rishelz
Died: 1-31-2009  Brandywine PA                              obit:

 

1974    ordained, American Baptist Church

 

Interment: 
Obit: Wyoming Conference 2009, 236

 

1974-78           student, Eastern Baptist Seminary

    1974-75  minister of music Narbeth PA Baptist

    1975-76  minister of music, Lakewood NJ United Presbyterian

    1976-78  minister of music Upper Dublin PA Lutheran

1978-79           associate, Fairless Hills First, East Pennsylvania Conference

1979-80           Camptown, Wyoming Conference

1980                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1980-83           Camptown

1983-85           Nanticoke

1985-90           Maple Grove

1990-               Elverson, East Pennsylvania Conference

1993                withdrew

 

LORD, B. EVERETT

 

Born: 12-1-1900  NJ                                                   married: Edna Shaw

Died: 8-28-1967  Johnson City NY                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1989, 364

 

Interment: Lake View Memorial Cemetery, Cinnaminson NJ

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1968, 247

 

1952-53           Maple Grove

1953                not appointed

1954-56           Huntsville

 

1966-67           Westover

 

Note: B. Everett Lord served as a supply preacher while preparing for ordination as a second career.   He had served on the faculty at Wyoming Seminary since 1944 and had previously served as a supply pastor in New Jersey.  Following the death of B. Everett Lord, Mrs. Lord married a Mr. Francis Headley.

 

 

LORENZ, OREN ARTHUR

 

Born: 3-23-1902  Gaines PA                                      married: Bertha Frances Muntz

Died: 12-5-1983  East Aurora NY                             obit: Western New York Conference 1982, 300

 

 

Interment: Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Olean NY

Obit: Western New York Conference 1984, 331

 

1935-36           Hale’s Eddy (did not finish the year)

1936                returned to Evangelical Church, page 768

 

Note: Oren A. Lorenz served in the Wyoming Conference as a supply preacher.

 

LOTT, FRED ELI

 

Born: 6-20-1881  Orwell PA                                      married: Mabel Decker

Died: 2-15-1963  Binghamton NY                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1984, 211

 

1908    admitted on trial

1910    ordained deacon

1912    ordained elder

 

Interment: Floral Park Cemetery, Johnson City NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1963, 229

 

1906-08           Speedsville

1908-10           Barton

1910-11           LeRaysville

1911-14           student, Syracuse University

1914-15           student, Yale University

1915-17           student, ?

1917-19           Union Center

1919-20           Apalachin

1920-22           Nichols

1922-23           Newark Valley

1923-26           Scranton Simpson

1926-28           Forty Fort

1923-34           superintendent, Wilkes-Barre District

1934-37           Johnson City

1937-43           executive secretary, conference Board of Education

1943-46           Binghamton High Street

1946                retired

 

Note: Mrs. Lott is the daughter of Alexander D. Decker.

 

LOVEJOY, CYRUS C.

 

Born: 10-9-1845                                                          married: Ellen Renfrew

Died: 1-26-1915                                                          obit: Rock River Conference 1934, 92

 

?          admitted on trial, Rock River Conference

1879    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery, Seneca IL

Obit: Rock River Conference 1915, 104

 

1877                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1877-81           faculty, Wyoming Seminary

1881                transfer to Rock River Conference

 

LOWRY, ESDRAS H.

 

Born: 8-13-1885  Scranton PA                                   married: Lynn C. Witman

Died: 4-29-1967  Hazelton PA                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1989, 365

 

1917    admitted on trial

1919    ordained deacon

1921    ordained elder

 

Interment: Evergreen Cemetery, Jim Thorpe PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1967, 244

 

1917-19           Clifford

1919-22           Waverly PA

1922-26           Lake Ariel

1926-27           Forest City

1927-31           Clark’s Green

1931-32           Jermyn

1932-36           Taylor

1836-37           Whitney Point

1937-44           superintendent, Wyoming Conference Children’s Home

1944-45           sabbatical leave

1945-51           on leave

1952                retired

 

 

 

LOWRY, RAYMOND WRIGHT

 

Born: 7-11-1868  Dundaff PA                                   married: Georgianna Hubbard Wetherby

Died: 10-21-1913  Eastwood NY                               obit: Central New York Conference 1954, 137

 

1892    admitted on trial

1895    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Scott Valley Cemetery, Montdale PA

Obit: Central New York Conference 1914, 178

 

1887-88           student, Wyoming Seminary

                             1887-88      Pringleville [Courtdale]

1888-92           student, Syracuse University

                             1888-89      Pringleville

1892-94           Apalachin

1894-96           Plymouth NY

1896-00           Edmeston

1900-01           Spencer

1901-02           Whitney's Point

1902-04           Windsor

1904-05           Sidney Centre

1905-08           Carverton

1908-10           Factoryville

1910-13           Alderson

1913                transfer to Central New York Conference

1913                Eastwood James Street

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Raymond W. Lowry appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 364.  He was killed when he was kicked in the head by a horse.  The birthdate for Mrs. Lowry, not given in the conference obituary, is 9/27/1872.

 

LOZA, SIMON

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died: 3-28-1889                                                          obit:

 

1880    admitted on trial

1882    ordained deacon

1884    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1880-89           missionary to Mexico

 

Note: Simon Loza was serving as a missionary in Pueblo, Mexico, at the time of his death.  For more information on Simon Loza, see John Wesley Butler’s 1918 History of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Mexico.

 

LUCAS, BRIAN L.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Susan _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2001    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2001-05           Thompson

2005-10           Dalton – Factoryville

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-12           Dalton – Factoryville

2012-19           Paxtonville

2019-23           Waynesboro Christ

 

Note: Brian L. Lucas served as a local preacher.

 

LUCE, CLAYTON SQUIRE

 

Born: 6-1-1904                                                            married: Emily Haskins

Died: 5-21-1994  FL                                                   obit: [1903 – 1982]

 

1932    admitted on trial

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Floral Park Cemetery, Johnson City NY

Obit: Florida Conference 1995, 413

 

1932-33           Windsor

1933                transfer to Baltimore Conference

 

 

LUCY, RALPH J.

 

Born: 5-15-1889  NY                                                 married: Lena Mae White

Died: 10-30-1975  Ilion NY                                       obit: [11/9/1888 – 2/6/1985]

 

1925    license, Eastern Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church

1926    ordained, Eastern Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church

 

Interment: North Columbia Cemetery, Herkimer County NY

Obit:

 

1925-40           South Canaan and Varden

1940                transfer by denominational union to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Church

1940-41           on leave

1941                withdrew

 

Note: Ralph J. Lucy is a brother to Rev. Samuel Lucy, affiliation uncertain.  The above record is the what appears in the Wyoming Conference journal.  In fact, Ralph J. Lucy never identified with the Wyoming Conference – he stayed out of the 1939 union and led South Canaan and Varden into the Bible Protestant denomination.

 

LUCZAK, ERIC J.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Melissa _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2009    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2008-10           Bethel (Wyoming County)

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-11           Bethel

2011-22           Daleville – Maple Lake

2022-23           Scranton Court Street - Embury

 

Note: Eric J. Luczak served as a local preacher.

 

LUKENS, ROBERT JAMES

 

Born: 2-8-1922  Akron OH                                        married: Audrey Coppersmith

Died: 12-27-1973                                                        obit: Susquehanna Conference 2014, 261

 

1945    admitted on trial, North-East Ohio Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Moravian Cemetery, Hope NJ

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1974, 288

 

1945-48           student, Drew University

                            Hope NJ

1948                transfer to Pacific Northwest Conference

1948-52           Seattle Crown Hill

1952                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1952-57           Moscow

1957-61           Clarks summit

1961-69           Kingston First

1971-73           Endicott Central (ending 12/27/1973)

 

 

LUMB, HENRY

 

Born: 11-26-1873  Wakefield England                      married: Ada _____

Died: 12-14-1959  Sanford FL                                   obit: Baltimore Conference 1937, 232

                                                                                    married2: Emma Oliffe

1905    ordained, Baptist Church in England             obit2: Baltimore Conference 1954, 253

                                                                                    married3: Mrs. Emma Andrews Houseman

Interment: FL                                                              obit3: [6/6/1886 – 6/29/1979]

Obit: Baltimore Conference 1960, 280

 

1905-07           Burry Point, South Wales England

1907                Freedom NY

                        Burlington Flats

                        Oneonta

1916-17           McClure Settlement Methodist

1917                transfer to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1917-20           Lanesboro

1920-22           Sidney Center

1922                transfer to Baltimore Conference

1922-24           Morgan

1924-26           Urbana

1926-29           Hyndman

1929-31           Lansdowne

1931-35           Harper’s Ferry

1935-39           Paw Paw

1939-43           Doubs

1943-45           Frederick  Trinity

1945                retired

 

Note: Henry Lumb is the father of Leonard Lumb.  The third Mrs. Lumb (nee Andrews) was the m\widow of a Mr. George Charles Houseman (1877-1953).

 

LUMB, LEONARD

 

Born: 4-7-1895  Yorkshire England                           married: Doris Merle Davis (1935)

Died: 7-?-1977 NY                                                     obit: [2/22/1903 – 10/?/1984]

                                                                                   

1918    admitted on trial

1920    ordained deacon

1922    elected elder, but not ordained

1922    ordained elder, Baltimore Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1917-19           Smyrna

1919-21           faculty, Cazenovia Seminary

1921-22           student, Drew Theological Seminary

1922                transfer to Baltimore Conference

1922-26           Baltimore Rogers Memorial

1926-27           Baltimore Monroe Street

1927                located

                        preached in West Virginia

 

Note: Leonard Lumb is the son of Henry Lumb.  He appears to have entered academia and was living in Newark NJ in 1960.

 

 

LUNG, ALANSON B. JR.

           

Born: 8-23-1818  Rush PA                                         married: Maria H. James [9/5/1844]

Died: 9-16-1889  Rome PA                                        obit: [1821 – 4/10/1882]

 

Interment: Rome Cemetery, Rome PA

Obit:

 

1854    Springville

 

Note: Alanson B. Lung served in the area as an active local preacher.

 

LUTZ, ANDREW

           

Born: 12-10-1822  PA                                                married: Susanna Santee [1/10/1846]

Died: 4-13-1913  Forty Fort PA                                 obit: [11/9/1828 – 1/8/1921]

 

Interment: Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort PA

Obit: [Wilkes-Barre Record 4/16/1913, page 12]

 

Note: Andrew Lutz appears to have served as a local pastor. Reportedly, he was an ardent advocate of prohibition and “for many years he occupied a charge at Lehman.”  In 1881 he is listed as collecting the missionary offering at Plonk’s appointment of the Beach Haven charge.

 

LYMAN, GIDEON C.

 

Born: 7-16-1842  Springville PA                               married: Lydia A. Bunnell

Died: 2-17-1914  Scranton PA                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1916, 121

 

1861    exhorter’s license

1870    local preacher’s license, Upper Iowa Conference

1873    admitted on trial

1875    ordained deacon

1877    ordained elder

 

Interment: Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1914, 105

 

1870-71           Union circuit, Upper Iowa Conference

1871-72           Rockwell, Upper Iowa Conference

1872-73           Jenningsville, Wyoming Conference

1873                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1873-75           Jenningsville

1875-78           Mehoopany

1878-81           Clark's Green

1881-83           Carverton

1883-85           Dallas and Trucksville

1885-87           Nanticoke

1887-90           Tunkhannock

1890-95           Wyoming

1895-96           Pittston

1896-98           retired

1898-06           Scranton Court Street

1906-08           Scranton St. Paul’s

1908-11           assistant, Scranton Elm Street

1911-12           Trip Park

1912                retired

 

Note: Gideon C. Lyman is the son of Simon Lyman.  A biographical sketch of Gideon C. Lyman appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 362.

 

LYMAN, SAMUEL

 

Born: 1-26-1796  Weathersfield Bow VT                  married: Phoebe Earll [7/15/1815]

Died: 2-1-1867  Tunkhannock PA                             obit: [1794 – 2/8/1821]

                                                                                    married2: Eunice Earll [9/28/1820]

?          local preacher’s license                                   obit2: [1800-1861]

?          ordained local deacon                                     married3: Harriet Overfield (11/?/1863)

                                                                                    obit3: [8/21/1795 – 3/14/1874]

Interment: Clark Cemetery, Lemon PA

Obit:

 

Note: Samuel Lyman is the father of Gideon C. Lyman.  Simon Lyman served as a local preacher.  The 1865 journal, page 19, lists him as a local deacon living in Sterlingville.  The third Mrs. Lyman (nee Sterling) was the widow of a Mr. Nicholas Overfield (1787–1859).

 

LYNCH, WILLIAM RUFUS

           

Born: 6-25-1825  Bainbridge NY                               married: Amanda C. Hollister
Died: 2-25-1871  Augusta GA                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1902, 103

 

1854    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta GA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1871, 31

 

1854-55           Scipio

1855-57           Westville

1857-58           Sharon Springs

1858-60           Decatur

1860-62           Otego

1862-64           Schuyler’s Lake

1864-66           Hartwick

1866-67           Frey’s Bush

1867-69           Edmeston

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1869-70           South New Berlin

 

Note:  William R. Lynch is the father of Eleanor Lynch Thurston, wife of Ellis D. Thurston, and of Rev. Josiah Hollister Lynch (1863-1959) of the Episcopal Church.  A brief biography of William R. Lynch appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 210.

 

 

LYON, BURTON LaGRANGE

 

Born: 12-23-1871  Spring Hill PA                                                     married: Winifred Fawcett

Died: 3-22-1951                                                                                  obit: [1877-1968]

 

1904    admitted on trial

1904    ordained deacon

1906    ordained elder

 

Interment: Nichols Cemetery, Nichols NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1951, 850

 

1904-07           Maple Grove

1907-10           Harford and Kingsley

1910-12           Binghamton Clinton Street

1912-16           Chenango Bridge

1916-21           Gibson

1921-23           Marathon

1923-28           Candor

1928-31           Nichols

1931-33           Meshoppen

1933-36           Forest City – Vandling

1936-40           New Milford

1940                retired

 

 

Note: Burton L. Lyon is the father of Roswell W. Lyon.

 

LYON, EZRA F.

 

Born: 1826                                                                  married: Sarah Jane Patterson (2/26/1844)

Died: 9-17-1898  Marshfield PA                                obit: [2/26/1827 – 1911]

 

1884    admitted on trial, Pennsylvania Conference MP

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1876-77           Varick NY Wesleyan Methodist

…

1883-84           Phoenix NY [ME?]

1884                “transfer” to Pennsylvania Conference MP

1884-85           Pine Creek

1885-88           Shickshinny

1888-89           Mehoopany mission

1889-90           Franklin Forks and Fairdale, Wyoming Conference ME

1890-92           Randolph [Hickory Grove] PA, Wyoming Conference ME

 

1893-94           Greenfield Free Will Baptist Church  [aka Finch Hill Baptist], Greenfield Township PA

1894-95           Freewill Baptist Church of Brookfield, Tioga County PA

1895-96           East Deerfield Free Baptist Church, Tioga County PA

 

Note: E.F. Lyon is the father of J.W. Lyon. They both served in the Wyoming Conference as supply pastors.  Mrs. Lyon is buried at the West Lowville Cemetery, which may also be where E.R. Lyon is interred. See http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?action=detail&id=8328 for 3/6/1883 newspaper article on the family.

 

LYON, JOHN WASSON

 

Born: 8-20-1854  Ogdensburg NY                             married: Helen Case

Died: 6-13-1932  Valois NY                                      obit: [1869 – 1947]

 

1885    admitted on trial, Pennsylvania Conference MP

 

Interment: Sodus Rural Cemetery, Sodus NY

Obit:

 

1885-86           Pine Creek

1886-88           Maple Grove

1888-89           Auburn

1889-90           Harford NY, Wyoming Conference ME

1890-92           Litchfield PA, Wyoming Conference ME

                        “transfer” to Baptist Church

1894-96           First Baptist Church of Deerfield, Tioga County PA

1896-97           East Troupsburg NY Baptist

1898-00           Marshfield PA

1908                Red Creek NY

                        Himrod NY

 

Note: J.W. Lyon is the son of E.F. Lyon.  They both served in the Wyoming Conference as supple pastors.  He appears to have had previous connections with the Onondaga Conference MP.

 

LYON, NORMAN W.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1923    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1923-25          

1925                discontinued

 

Note: This may be the Norman W. Lyon who wrote the 1938 103 page book The Drama of Early Wyalusing.

 

 

LYON, ROSWELL WARD

 

Born: 8-16-1906  Pikes Creek PA                              married: Edna Mae Penwarden

Died: 3-8-1981                                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1989, 366

 

1931    admitted on trial

1933    ordained deacon

1934    ordained elder

 

Interment: Vestal Hills Mausoleum, Vestal NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1981, 199

 

1931-34           Thornhurst

1934-36           Lake Ariel

1936-37           Courtdale

1937-42           Plains

1942-43           Shavertown

1943-46           Waverly NY

1946-52           superintendent, Wilkes-Barre District

1952-60           Oneonta First

1960-66           Johnson City

1966-68           superintendent, Wilkes-Barre District

1968-72           Oneonta First

1972                retired

 

Note: Roswell W. Lyon is the son of Burton L. Lyon

 

LYON, WILFRED LEROY

 

Born: 2-9-1914  Sidney NY                                       married: Martha Anna Yukl

Died: 9-20-2000  Middlefield NY                              obit: Wyoming Conference 1979, 225

 

1939    ordained local deacon

1940    admitted on trial

1942    ordained elder

 

Interment: [cremated]

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2001, 197

 

1939-40           student

1940-44           Hartwick

1944-47           United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration

1047-53           Sidney Center

1953-78           Morris

1978                retired

 

 

MacALPINE, WILLIAM

 

Born: 8-25-1874  Glasgow, Scotland                         married: Maria Florence Mathews

Died: 4-3-1940  Wilkes-Barre PA                              obit: Wyoming Conference 1963, 237

 

1898    local preacher’s license

1901    admitted on trial

1901    ordained deacon

1903    ordained elder

 

Interment: Vestal Hills NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1940, 817

 

1901-05           Narrowsburg

1905-07           Mehoopany

1907-12           Meshoppen

1912-14           Wilkes-Barre St. Andrews

1914-19           Wilkes-Barre Parrish Street (moved during 1918-19 conference year)

1919-28           Johnson City (moved during 1918-19 conference year)

1928-34           Scranton Asbury

1934-37           Athens

1937-40           Wilkes-Barre Abbott

 

Note: A biographical sketch of William MacAlpine [given as McAlpine] appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 365.

 

MacBAIN, CHARLES H.

 

Born: 3-29-1873  Middleburg NY                             married: Mary Alger

Died: 4-10-1962  Tioga Center NY                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1939, 592

                                                                                    married2: Lena _____ [1939]

                                                                                    obit2: [1877 – 1955]

1911    admitted on trial, Eastern Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church

 

Interment: Tioga Cemetery, Owego NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1962, 223

 

1911-13           Central

1913-17           Salem and Sterling

1917-19           Hollisterville

1919                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1919-25           Foster–Brooklyn

1925-30           Thompson

1930-33           Waverly–Fleetville

1933-36           Beach Lake

1936-39           Tioga Center

1939                retired

 

Note: Charles H. MacBain is a brother to Dow B. MacBain (1875-1953) of the New York Conference.

 

MacDONALD, DAVID LINCOLN

 

Born: 5-14-1871  Pittston PA                                     married: Anna Lois Green

Died: 10-24-1932                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1963, 235

                                                                                   

1888    exhorter’s license                                           

1889    local preacher’s license

1894    ordained local deacon

1895    admitted on trial

1897    ordained deacon

1899    ordained elder

 

Interment: Dennison Cemetery, Forty Fort PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1933, 151

 

1888-91           student, Wyoming Seminary

1891-95           student, Drew Theological Seminary

1895-97           Port Crane

1897-99           Hallstead

1899-01           Windsor

1902-06           Avoca

1906-11           Scranton Embury

1911-14           Sidney

1914-16           Dorranceton

1916-21           Nanticoke

1921-23           Dorranceton

1923-25           Waverly NY

1925-26           Dunmore

1926-29           Scranton Simpson

1929-32           Plymouth

1932                Wilkes-Barre Derr Memorial

 

Note: Mrs. MacDonald is the daughter of Samuel Green.  A biographical sketch of David L. MacD0nald appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 365.

 

MacKELLAR, DONALD S.

 

Born: 1-20-1863  Greenock, Scotland                        married: Minnie A. Burnam

Died: 11-17-1940  Scranton PA                                 obit: Wyoming Conference 1902, 101

                                                                                    married2: Bertha D. Keys

1893    local preacher’s license, Whitehall                 obit2:

1896    admitted on trial

1898    ordained deacon

1900    ordained elder

 

Interment: Indian Orchard Cemetery, Indian Orchard PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1941, 161

 

1895-98           Clifford

1898-02           Beach Lake

1902-04           assistant, Wilkes-Barre Franklin Street

1904-07           Moosic

1907-08           Factoryville

1908-12           Clark’s Summit

1912-15           Hawley

1915-19           Dalton

1919-23           Scranton Court Street

1923-24           Binghamton Oak Street

1924-28           Throop

1928-31           Jermyn

1931                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Donald S. MacKellar [given as McKellar] appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 366.

 

MacKENZIE, CHARLES WILLIAM

 

Born: 5-28-1886  New York NY                                married: May Belle Titman [12/4/1918]

Died: 6-24-1965                                                          obit: Michigan Conference 1962, 173

 

1919    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1919    ordained deacon

1921    ordained elder

 

Interment: Newton Cemetery, Newton NJ

Obit: [none?]

 

1918-19           YMCA war work

1919-21           assistant, Waverly NY

1921                Endwell

1921                transfer to Michigan Conference

1921-23           associate, Grand Rapids Trinity

1923-               Coldwater First

        -29           Battle Creek

1929-58           Mt. Pleasant

1958                retired

 

Note: Charles W. MacKenzie is a graduate if the Pennington School in New Jersey, and of Drew Theological Seminary.

 

MacMILLAN, JOSEPH PRESTON.

 

Born: 10-31-1889  Coalisland, Ireland                       married: Junia Nave

Died: 8-30-1932  Lake Michigan, Tremont IN          obit: [1891-?]

 

1916    admitted on trial, recommended by Scranton Elm Park

            ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1933, 155

 

1916-18           accompanying Bishop Bashford in China, Korea and Japan

1918-20           Centenary Commission

1921-23           Committee of Conservation and Advance

1923-32           Board of Education

 

Note: Joseph P. MacMillan, the son of Rev. John H. MacMillan of the [Welsh] Congregational Church, drowned in Lake Michigan and left his wife to raise their two children.  Mrs. MacMillan is the daughter of Orville James Nave (1841-1916) of the Nebraska Conference, author of Nave’s Topical Bible.  Mrs. MacMillan was an educator with a M.A. from USC in 1931.

 

MACWAW, VIJENDRAKAMAR JOSEPH

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

Note: This name appears in a pastoral list found in the Wyoming Conference archives – a list that was produced/transcribed from poorly handwritten notes.  It may be a mis-rendering of a lay person “Maddala R. Vijendra Kumar” of the Hyderabad [India] Annual Conference, perhaps from Fiji.

 

MADDEN, WAYNE STORMS

 

Born: 3-15-1932  Forty Fort PA                                 married: Joyce Carol Hill

Died: 12-28-2010                                                        obit:

 

1955    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1957    ordained deacon

1958    ordained elder

 

Interment: Bay Pines National Cemetery, By Pines FL

Obit:

 

1955-58           student

1958-59           associate, Endwell 

1959-83           chaplain, US Air Force (ending 8/31/1983)

1983                retired (beginning 9/1/1983)

                             associate, St Petersburg FL Pasadena Community Church

 

MADISON, JOSEPH

 

Born: 9-3-1830  St. John’s Chapel, England              married: Phoebe Wallace

Died: 5-12-1907  Scranton PA                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1917, 127

 

1857    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1859    ordained deacon

1862    ordained elder

 

Interment: Forest Hill Cemetery, Dunmore PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1908, 121

 

1855-56           Shohola

1856-57           Dundaff

1857-58           Thompson

1858-59           Cherry Ridge

1859-61           Bethany

1861-63           Salem

1863-65           Waymart

1865-67           Barton

1867-69           Berkshire

1869-72           Carverton

1872-73           Newport

1873-75           Forty Fort

1875-77           Lackawanna

1877-80           Dunmore

1880-82           Waymart

1882-85           Moscow

1885-87           Pleasant Mount

1887-89           Forest City

1889-91           Sterling

1891-93           Bethany

1893-95           Wanamie

1895-98           Yatesville

1898                retired

 

Note: Joseph Madison is the father of Jennie M. Madison Pascoe, wife of Richard M. Pascoe.  A biographical sketch of Joseph Madison appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 368.

 

MALPASS, D.W.

 

Born: 8-?-1829                                                            married: Eliza A. _____

Died: 12-26-1889                                                        obit: [3/14/1821 – 8/19/1894]

 

Interment: Evergreen Cemetery, Oakland PA

Obit: [Wyoming Conference 1890, 13]

 

1876-77           Union Center

1881-83           Randolph [Hickory Grove]

 

Note: D.W. Malpass was a local elder and lived in Susquehanna PA.

 

MALSBURY, CALEB ATMORE

 

Born: 3-20-1830  NJ                                                   married: Adelaide Maria Davis [11/25/1856]

Died: 7-6-1894  Camden NJ                                       obit:

 

1856    admitted on trial, New Jersey Conference

1868    admitted on trial, New Jersey Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: [Ocean Grove Record 7/21/1894, page 1]

 

                        New Jersey Conference

1856-57           Newton

                        Newark Conference

1957-59           West Milford

                        Wyoming Conference

1863-64           Salem

1864-65           Stoddartsville

                        New Jersey Conference

1871-72           Manchester

1874-75           on leave

1875-76           Titusville and Amwell

1878-79           Gloucester

1879-81           Pleasant Mills

1881-82           Pennsville

1882-83           Cinnaminson

1883-84           on leave

                             1883-84      Camden Tabernacle

1884                withdrew

 

Note: The 1879 journal, page 17, indicates that charges (unspecified) against C.A. Malsbury were not sustained.  The mother of Caleb A. Malsbury was Abigail B. Shinn (1805-1883), whose father was a second cousin to Asa Shinn (1781-1853), one of the 1828 founders of the Methodist Protestant Church.  Beginning in 1884, he appears to have changed his name to CALEB A. MALMSBURY.  He is the author of the 1887 book The Life, Labors and Sermons of Rev. Charles Pitman, D.D., of the New Jersey Conference.  He was living in Camden NJ and performing marriages as late as 1893.

 

MANOCCHIO, VICTOR JOHN II

 

Born:                                                                           married: Maya Noble

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2004-05           West Nanticoke First

 

Note: Victor J. Manocchio served as a local preacher.  Dr. Manocchio is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in both Oennsylvania and Maryland.

 

MARCH, CHARLES L.

 

Born: 4-23-1904                                                          married: Mabel S. _____

Died: 2-28-1959                                                          obit: [11/23/1897 – 4/11/1981]

 

 

Interment: Fern Knoll Burial Park, Dallas PA

Obit:

 

1951-54           Derr Memorial

1954                not appointed

 

Note: Charles L. March served as a local pastor.

 

MARCY, NICHOLSON B.

           

Born: 1831  Tunkhannock PA                                    married: Fanny E. Burgess
Died: 12-28-1861  Ghent PA                                      obit: [b. 5/4/1839 – 6/25/1919]

 

1854    exhorter’s license

1856    local preacher’s license

1860    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1860    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Forkston PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1862,35

 

1860-61           Little Meadows

1861-               Litchfield

 

Note:  The widowed Mrs. Marcy married a Mr. Green (d. 1883), and then in 1889 widower Mr. Miles F. Newberry (d. 1915).   A brief biography of Nicholson B. Marcy appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 211.

 

MARINO, MARK B.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Suzette _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1979    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1979    ordained deacon

1982    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1979-80           student

1980-89           Binghamton Chenango Street (ending 12/31/1988)

    1987-89 Chaplain, Children’s Home (beginning 9/1/1987)

1989-92           chaplain, Childrens Home   (beginning 1/1/1989)

1992-94           associate, Endwell 

1994-99           Johnson City   Sarah Jane Johnson Memorial

1999-06           superintendent, Binghamton District

2006-10           conference director of connectional ministries

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Mark B. Marino is a brother to Ralph Marino of the Upper New York Conference.

 

MARK, CRAIG B.F.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Barbara _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1989    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1989    ordained deacon

1991    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1989-93           Ransom

1993-02           Great Bend

2002-04           Binghamton   Boulevard

2004-10           on leave

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010                located

 

MARKS, ELBERTA MAE

 

Born: 6-10-1924  Long Island NY                             married: Robert William Marks

Died: 9-1-1998                                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1998, 325

 

1982    local preacher’s license

 

Interment: West Hill Cemetery, Sherburne NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1999, 340

 

1982-89           Preston

1989-91           assistant, Lisle

1991-92           assistant, Norwich Broad Street

1992-95           Willet

1995                retired

                            1995-98  Willet

 

Note” Elberta Mae Marks served as a local pastor.

 

MARPLE, BRADLEY E.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1987    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1989    ordained deacon

1992    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1987-96           Scott Valley

1996-10           Warren Center

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-17           Warren Center (ending 12/31/2016)

2017-19           on leave (beginning 1/1/20217)

2019                retired

 

MARSH, CHARLES H.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1882    admitted on trial

1884    ordained deacon

1886    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1882-84           Nineveh

1884-87           Masonville

1887                transfer to Iowa Conference

 

MARSHALL, FRANK

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1893    ordained deacon, recommended by Lackawaxen

1896    ordained deacon in the Episcopal Church

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1889-90           Starrucca

1890-93           Lackawaxen

 

Note: Frank Marshall served as a supply preacher.  He appears to have enter the Episcopal ministry and served in Hamlin, Mansfield and Fall Brook.  The 1896 journal of the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania reports:  The work in Christ Church, Forest City, St. James’ Church, Dundaff, and St. Paul’s Church, Pleasant Mount, continues under the charge of the genial-hearted and efficient Rev. Frank Marshall, who, through much discouragement, has maintained regular services in the two former places and occasional services in the latter place.

 

MARSI, JANICE M.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Rick

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1992    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1992    ordained deacon

1995    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1992-93           associate, Binghamton   Tabernacle

1993-97           Endicott NT St. Paul’s – Campville 

1997-03           Endicott First

2003-10           superintendent, Oneonta District

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

MARSLAND, HARVEY WARD

 

Born: 2-28-1918  Philadelphia PA                             married: Mary Edith Clark

Died: 2-7-2008                                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 2009, 237

 

1942    admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: [cremated] Wayne UMC memorial Garden, Wayne PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2008, 185

 

1938-42           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                            1938-40  Philadelphia Berean

                            1940-42  Philadelphia Rhawnhurst

1942-56           Lucknow St. Mark’s

1946-49           Millersburg

1949-55           Philadelphia Logan

1955-67           Wayne

1967-71           Springfield Covenant

1971-75           superintendent, Allentown District

1975                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1975-83           Scranton Elm Park

1983                retired

 

 

MARSLAND, HERBERT ELMER

 

Born: 11-20-1873                                                        married: Elizabeth Ross

Died: 4-12-1948                                                          obit: New York East Conference 1963, 1186

 

1905    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit: New York East Conference 1948, 173

 

1905-06           Franklin Forks

1907-07           Davenport Center

1909                transfer to New York East Conference, page 77

 

Note: Herbert E. Marsland is an uncle to Irving A. Marsland (1891-1985) of the New York Conference.

 

MARTIN, DANIEL J.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Donna Taylor

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2000    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2000-06           Berkshire 

2006-10           Nichols 

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Daniel J. Martin served as a local preacher.

 

 

MARTIN, DONNA (TAYLOR)

 

Born:                                                                           married: Daniel Martin

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2006    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2006-09           Flemingville   (beginning 5/12/2006)

2009-10           Tioga Center   – Smithboro 

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Donna T. Martin served as a local preacher.

 

MARTIN, EDMUND

 

Born: 6-23-1912  Carbondale PA                               married: Anna M. Eastlake

Died: 9-7-1978  Tamaqua PA                                    obit: [3/20/1915 – 4/5/1995]

 

?          ordained local deacon

?          ordained local elder

1972    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Valley View Cemetery, Montdale PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1979, 256

 

1961-65           McDonough

1965-67           Mount Upton

1967                McClure

1967-70           Quinton, Southern New Jersey Conference

1970-72           Skinners Eddy

1972-78           Westover

1978                Pittston First

 

Note: Edmund Martin served many years as a local pastor before becoming a ministerial member of the Conference.

 

MARTIN, EDWARD A.

 

Born: 12-6 1870  Devonshire, England                      married: Eva L. Miller

Died: 6-16-1957  Hatboro PA                                    obit: Wyoming Conference 1950, 544

 

1899    admitted on trial

1903    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Mexico NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1959, 1177

 

                        student, Syracuse University

                             Mexico NY Congregational Church

1899-02           Apalachin

1902-05           Mehoopany

1905-08           Forest City

1908-10           financial agent, Wyoming Seminary

1910-16           Dunmore

1916-18           superintendent, Oneonta District

1918-22           superintendent, Binghamton District

1922-25           superintendent, Scranton District

1925-27           West Pittston

1927-29           on leave

1929-30           Greene

1930-33           Tunkhannock

1933-35           Pittston

1935                retired

 

Note: Edward A. Martin is a brother to Thomas T. Martin of the Philadelphia (1896-1909) and New York East (1909-1915) Conferences.  A biographical sketch of Edward A. Martin appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 364.  Mrs. Martin held a local preacher’s license, and during one pastorate she supplied an out appointment.  In 1932 she was the first Wyoming Conference woman to be a delegate to General Conference.

 

MARTIN, EDWIN LAURENCE

 

Born: 9-20-1895  Johnson City NY                           married: Hazel Felter

Died: 3-8-1942  Honesdale PA                                  obit: Wyoming Conference 1933, 164

                                                                                    married2: Doris Carr

1917    license                                                             obit2: Wyoming Conference 1972, 267

1919    ordained deacon

1921    ordained elder

 

Interment: Memorial Shrine Cemetery, Dallas PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1942, 388

 

1917-19           LeRaysville

1919-21           student

1921-23           Binghamton Oak Street

1923-28           Nichols

1928-31           Avoca – Yatesville

1931-37           Worcester

1937-40           Sayre

1940-42           Honesdale

 

Note:  E. Laurence Martin is the father of Edwin L. Martin, and a brother to W. Lynn Martin.  Following the death of her husband, the second Mrs. Martin married a Mr. Asil D. Kinne.

 

MARTIN, EDWIN LAWRENCE JR.

 

Born: 8-23-1940  Honesdale PA                                married: Mary Mullerhy

Died: 9-18-2017                                                          obit:

 

1966    license, recommended by West Pittston First

1969    ordained deacon

1971    ordained elder

 

Interment: Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery, Seville OH

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2018, 274

 

1966-69           Fairdale (beginning 5/10/1966 and ending 10/1969)

1969-76           Afton   (beginning 10/1969)

1976-81           New Milford

1981-84           Sayre

1984-93           Scranton St. Paul’s

1993-02           Vestal Calvary

2002                retired

                            2002-10       Harrisburg, West Ohio Conference (beginning 10/2002)

    2010            transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Edwin L. Martin is the son of E. Laurence Martin and a nephew of W. Lynn Martin.

 

MARTIN, J. ROBERT

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                   

Interment:

Obit:

 

1952-53           Skinners Eddy

 

Note: J. Robert Martin served as a student supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

MARTIN, JOEL

 

Born: 2-10-1847                                                          married:

Died: 10-13-1925 Altamont NY                                obit:

 

Interment: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Guilderland NY

Obit: Troy Conference 1926, 249

 

1908-09           Westford, Wyoming Conference (after the appointed preacher did not report)

 

Note: Joel Martin supplied this appointment as a retired member of the Troy Conference.

 

MARTIN, JOHN A.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Crystal

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2007-10           Oxford 

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

MARTIN, OLIVER MARSHALL

 

Born: 10-?-1828                                                          married: Harriet Calkins

Died: 9-26-1907                                                          obit:

                                                                                    married2: Ellvene Sarah Little

1869    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2: New England Southern Conference 1913, 120

1871    ordained deacon

1873    ordained elder

 

Interment: Maple Grove Cemetery, Candor NY

Obit: New England Southern Conference 1908, 100

 

1882                transfer to St. Louis Conference

1895                transfer to New England Southern Conference

1906                retired to Candor NY

 

MARTIN, WILBUR LYNN

 

Born: 5-10-1891  Binghamton NY                             married: Mabel Bauder

Died: 2-19-1953  Endicott NY                                   obit: [1891-1976]

 

1930    admitted on trial, West Virginia Conference

1933    ordained deacon

1936    ordained elder

 

Interment: Riverhurst Cemetery, Endicott NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1953, 1459

 

1930-31           assistant, Morgantown First

1931                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1931-33           North Fenton

1933-36           Tioga Center

1936-39           Scranton St. Paul’s and West Park

1939-43           Bethany

1843-46           Moscow

1946-48           Pittston First

1948-49           sabbatical leave

1949-53           Apalachin and Little Meadows

 

 

Note: W. Lynn Marti is a brother to E. Laurence Martin and an uncle to Edwin L. Martin.

 

MARYOTT, ALFRED H.

 

Born: 11-3-1848  New York NY                                married: Mary Ella Hedges

Died: 9-14-1930                                                          obit: Newark Conference 1928, 539

 

1873    admitted on trial, Genesee Conference

 

Interment: John Hancock Cemetery, Florham Park NJ

Obit: Newark Conference 1931, 389

 

1873-74           Kendall

1874-76           Short Tract

1876-78           Scio

1878-81           Hemlock Lake and Canadice

1881-82           Alabama

1882-85           Cambria

1885-88           Barre

1888-89           Royalton

1889                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1889-91           Newton

1891-92           on leave

1892-93           Eaton

1893                transfer to Newark Conference

 

MASDEN, CHARLES PITMAN

 

Born: 4-28-1843  Wilmington DE                             married: Emma Williams [1866]

Died: 5-19-1930  Oakland CA                                   obit:

                                                                                    married2: Laura Euphemia Byrn

?          admitted on trial, West Virginia Conference  obit2: Illinois Conference 1929, 381

 

Interment: Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland CA

Obit:

 

1883                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1883                transfer to St. Louis Conference

 

Note: C.P. Masden transferred in and out at the same conference and never served an appointment in the Wyoming Conference.

 

MASLAND, DAVID DEAN

 

Born:                                                                           married: Leslie

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1987    admitted on trial, Southern New Jersey Conference

1990    ordained deacon

1992    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1987-93           Roebling

1993                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1993-98           Castle Creek 

1998-06           Sidney 

2006-10           superintendent, Binghamton District             

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

MASLAND, DEAN W.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2005-08           Nanticoke 

 

Note: Dean W. Masland served as a local preacher.

 

MATHER, LAURENCE E.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1988    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1985-88           Moultenville – S. Tamworth, New Hampshire Conference

1988-90           Waymart

1990                discontinued, page 186

2000-02           Hornbrook and Union Corners

 

Note: Laurence E. Mather is the son of Wilmot E. Mather.

 

MATHER, WILMOT ERNEST

 

Born: 11-1-1922  Englewood NJ                                married: Lenore Winifred Karsay

Died: 2-23-2003  Waverly NY                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 2008, 183

 

1961    local pastor’s license

1969    admitted on trial, Northern New Jersey Conference

1969    ordained deacon, Northern New Jersey Conference

1971    ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2003, 205

 

1961-65           Patterson Calvary

1965-67           Hoboken First

1967-71           Hurdtown

1971                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1971-74           Carbondale

1974-78           Dalton

1978-83           Scranton Asbury

1983-85           Apalachin Park Terrace

1985-89           Athens

1989                retired

                            1990  Rome and North Orwell (Jan 1 – June 30)

                            Sayre

                            Lounsberry

                            Sayre Baptist Church

 

Note: W.E. Mather is the son of Rev. Matthew E. Mather (1882-1928) of the Methodist Protestant Church and the father of Laurence E. Mather.  He obtained a patent for a “combination rocket toy and shaker cup” in 1954.

 

MATHIS, ERNEST LAVERNE

 

Born: 9-24-1897  Vienna IL                                       married: Lyndal Regins

Died: 4-7-1931  Glen Lyon PA                                  obit: [8/18/1898 – 7/9/1967]

 

?          admitted on trial, Southern Illinois Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Spring Hill Cemetery, Spring Hill PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1931, 575

           

19??-23           student, Boston University School of Theology

      South Boston Barham Memorial, New England Conference

St. Jacob

                        Fallon 

1928                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1928-30           Wyalusing

1930-31           Glen Lyon - Slocum

 

Note: Following the death of Ernest, and prior to her marriage to her second husband Earl Ackley Browning, Mrs. Lyndal R. Mathis served as a local pastor in the Wyoming Conference.

 

MATHIS, LYNDAL REGINS

 

Born: 8-18-1898                                                          married: Ernest Laverne Mathis

Died: 7-9-1967                                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1931, 571

                                                                                    married2: Earl Ackley Browning

1935    license                                                             obit2: [7/5/1897 – 4/27/1986]

 

Interment: Spring Hill Cemetery, Spring Hill PA

Obit:

 

1935-37           Auburn

 

Note: Lyndal R. Mathis is the wife of Ernest L. Mathis.

 

MATTESON, FRANK A. JR

 

Born: 3-13-1864  Howard NY                                   married: Augusta Louise Foot

Died: 4-30-1917  Cooperstown NY                           obit: [1877-1949]

 

1896    ordained, Baptist Church

1917    admitted on credentials, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Floral Park Cemetery, Johnson City NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1918, 127

 

1897-99           Cooperstown Junction

1899-04           Ouaquaga

1904-09           North Sanford

1909-13           Masonville

1913-16           Middlefield

1916-17           Fly Creek

 

Note: F.A. Matteson is the son of Rev. Fayette Matteson (1841-1914) of the Baptist Church.  He served as a local preacher.  This surname is also rendered MATTISON.  An obituary [Mattison] appears in the May 2, 1917, Oneonta Star.

 

MATTHEWS, RUSSELL

 

Born: 2-7-1907  Pittston PA                                       married: Ruth E. Hemmler

Died: 12-14-1994                                                        obit: Susquehanna Conference 2018, 275

 

1962    ordained local deacon

1964    ordained local elder

1971    admitted on trial

 

Interment: New Milford Cemetery, New Milford PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1995, 318

 

                        Pleasant Mount (11 months)

1960-63           Berkshire

1963-69           Great Bend

1969-73           Nichols

1973                retired

                            1979-80       Choconut Center

                            1985-86       Kirkwood

 

MATTHEWS, GERALD R.

 

Born: 2-20-1936                                                          married:

Died: 1-6-2005                                                            obit:

 

1966    ordained local deacon, Troy Conference

1967    admitted on trial, Troy Conference

 

Interment: Sunset Hill Cemetery, Clinton NY

Obit:

 

1958-59           Bellvale and Sugar Loaf, New York Conference

…

1961-63           Schenevus, Wyoming Conference

1963                “transfer” to Troy Conference

1963-67           Brownsville VT

1967-72           student

                             Shulburne Falls MA William Butler Memorial

1972                discontinued

 

Note: Gerald R. Matthews served in the Wyoming Conference as a supply pastor.  It has not been verified that he is the same Gerald R. Matthews whose dates and place of burial as listed above.

 

MATTOON, MARVIN DOOLITTLE

 

Born: 2-13-1840                                                          married: Jane P. Keech

Died: 5-6-1936  Sanitaria Springs NY                       obit: [6/14/1842 – 9/20/1935]

 

1861    license

1870    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Sanitaria Springs Cemetery, Sanitaria Springs NY

Obit:

 

1868-70           Union

1870-72           Thompson

1872-74           (living in Thompson)

1874                located

…

1887-88           McDonough

1888-90           Choconut Center

1890-93           Garrattsville

1893-94           South New Berlin

1894-98           Triangle

1898-99           North Fenton

 

Note: M.D. Mattoon located and then “returned” as a local pastor.  He appears to have been from Harpursville – see Chaffee’s History of the Wyoming Conference, page 716.  This surname is consistently rendered MATOON in the conference journals.

 

MAUGER, FRANK GRAEFF

 

Born: 3-19-1897  Philadelphia PA                             married: Thelma Gruber (1922)

Died: 7-6-1977  Abington PA                                    obit: Eastern Pennsylvania Conference 1987, 7.20

 

1924    admitted on trial, Rhodesia Mission Conference

 

Interment: Rocky Glen Cemetery, Adamsville PA

Obit:

 

1924-27           Chiduku circuit

1927-29           Old Omtali

1929-30           superintendent, Rusapi Distirct

1930-31           on furlough

1931                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1931-33           Berkshire

1933-36           Wyalusing

1936-39           Fairdale

1939                transfer to Philadelphia Conference

 

MAUTONE, RALPH A.

 

Born: 1885                                                                  married: Margaret R. Yeigh

Died: 1949                                                                  obit: [1892-1977]

 

1914    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: St. John’s UCC Cemetery, Gibraltar PA

Obit:

 

1914                transfer to New York East Conference

 

MAXON, VICKIE L.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2006    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2006-09           Whittemore Hill   (beginning 5/1/2006)

2009-10           Gibson – South Gibson

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Vickie L. Maxon served as a local preacher.

 

MAY, RUSSELL JUDD

 

Born: 4-5-1896  Bentley Creek PA                            married: Emma A. _____

Died: 2-24-1964  Santa Clara CA                              obit:

 

?          admitted on trial

1926    ordained elder

 

Interment: Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno CA

Obit:

 

1924                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1924-26           Spencer

1926                Whitney Point

1926-27           vice-principal, Beynon Smith High School in Belgaum, India

1927                transfer to South India Conference

1927-29           vice-principal, Beynon Smith High School in Belgaum, India

1929-32           principal, Beynon Smith High School in Belgaum, India

1932                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1932-34           student

1934-35           Glen Lyon

1935-36           Ashley

1936-37           faculty, Ward College in Buenos Aires, Argentina

1937-42           Shavertown

1942-43           secretary, YMCA War Work

1943-46           chaplain, US Army

1946                located

 

 

MAYO, ARTHUR BEAVAN

 

Born: 9-25-1914  Oneonta NY                                   married: Harriet Pickette

Died: 1-5-2000                                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1989, 367

 

1937    local pastor’s license

1937    admitted on trial

1941    ordained elder

 

Interment: Abington Hills Cemetery, Clark’s Summit PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2000, 315

 

1937-39           student. Boston University School of Theology

1939-41           Wilkes-Barre Bennett Memorial – St. Andrew’s

1941-42           Glen Lyon

1942-44           Camptown

1944-50           Scranton St. Paul’s

1950-53           Honesdale

1953-60           Trucksville

1960-63           Waverly NY

1963-68           Clarks Green

1968-75           Dorranceton

1975-79           Montrose

1979                retired

                             1979-89  South Montrose

 

Note: Arthur B. Mayo is the father of Rev. H. Jonathan Mayo of the Episcopal Church.

 

McALLISTER, GEORGE VICTOR

 

Born: 11-21-1872  Springville PA                             married: Rhoda Ransom

Died: 11-28-1968  Scranton PA                                 obit: Wyoming Conference 1968, 256

 

1907    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Fairview Memorial Park, Elmhurst PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1968, 249

 

1907-13           Apalachin

1913-16           Uniondale

1916-19           Sterling

1919-21           Waymart

1921-26           Forest City

1926-28           Jermyn

1928-31           New Milford

1931-33           Factoryville

1933-39           McDonough

1939-47           East Worcester

1947                retired

 

McANULTY, ORAM HOWARD

 

Born: 1-1-1849  Reading PA                                      married: Alice Henneberger

Died: 3-19-1896  Scranton PA                                   obit: [12/2/1853 – ?]

 

1877    admitted on trial

1879    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Forest Hill Cemetery, Dunmore PA

Obit:

 

1877-78           Scranton Park Place [Court Street]

1878-81           Sherburne

1881-84           Marathon and Killawog

1884-86           Norwich

1886-88           Carbondale

1888-93           Oneonta

1893-95           West Pittston

1895                located, page 52

 

McCALL, WILLIAM G. JR.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Joyce Daily Miller

Died:                                                                           obit: Wyoming Conference 2006, 182

 

1979    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1979    ordained deacon

1985    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1979-83           Sherburne   (beginning 8/79)

1983-90           Worcester 

1990-93           New Hope (Wapwallopen)

1993-00           Maple Grove

2000-05           Greene 

2005-07           Newark Valley 

2007-09           Nicholson

2009                retired

    2010            transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

McCARTY, LYNN KIRK

 

Born: 9-30-1942  Kingston PA                                  married: Margaret M. _____

Died: 1983                                                                  obit: [1943 - ]

 

1963    local pastor’s license

1970    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Pine Grove Cemetery, Deposit NY

Obit:

 

1966-67           Windsor

1967-68           Mount Upton

1968-70           no record

1930-73           Hopbottom circuit

1973                “transfer” to Virginia Conference

1973-74           Churchville Glossbrenner

1974                no longer listed

 

Note: Lynn K. McCarty served in the Wyoming Conference as a local preacher.  He is married to Margartet M. McCarty.

 

McCARTY, MARGARET M.

 

Born: 1943                                                                  married: Lynn Kirk McCarty

Died:                                                                           obit: [9/30/1942 – 1983]

 

?          ordained elder, American Baptist Convention

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2003-10           South Montrose (beginning 8/31/2003)

2010                “transfer” to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-13           Lemon – East Lemon and West Nicholson

 

Note: Margaret M. McCarty is married to Lynn K. McCarty.  She served South Montrose as an ordained Baptist preacher.

 

McCAULEY, PAUL HESTER

 

Born: 7-26-1922  Fredonia PA                                   married: Margery Jean Taylor

Died: 5-17-2018  State Road NC                               obit: [1/7/1926 – 6/3/2003]

 

Interment: [cremated]

Obit:

                        student, Wesley Seminary

                                    Thurmont MD

                        student, USC

                                    Long Beach CA

                        Middletown OH

                        Mt. Airy MD

                        Layhill MD

1969                transfer to New England Conference

1969-               Dalton MA

                        Amherst MA

                        North Adams MA

1975-77           Germany (exchange)

                        Martha’s Vineyard MA

1987                retired

     1987-02      Carley Brook (Wyoming Conference)

                        Ruskin FL

                        Elkin NC

 

Note: Paul McCauley served while a retired member of the New England Conference.  He also may have served at Honesdale Central.

 

McCHESNEY, GRANT GAY

 

Born: 11-17-1868  South Howard NY                       married: Luella Mary Aulls [7/10/1895]

Died: 7-3-1944                                                            obit: [1868 – 1/9/1932]

 

1891    exhorter’s license, Bath

1895    ordained deacon

1899    ordained elder

 

Interment: Nondaga Cemetery, Bath NY

Obit:

 

1892-95           student, Drew University

                             1894-95  East Buffalo (4 months)

1895-96           student, Syracuse University

                             1895-96  Peru NY (6 months)

1896-97           Wells Bridge

1897-00           Laurens

1900-01           North Norwich

1901-03           Masonville

1903-05           student, Northwestern University in Evanston IL

                             1903-04  Oswego IL

1905-06           student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1906                transfer to Genesee Conference

1906-07           Campbell NY

1907-11           on leave

1911                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1911-15           McDonough

1915-16           conference evangelist

1916-18           on leave

1918                transfer to Genesee Conference

1918-19           Jasper NY

1919-20           Genesee PA

1920                withdrew to  Presbyterian Church

1920-23           Ontario Center NY

1923-25           Bangor PA

                        unknown from this point forward                 

 

Note: The record Grant G. McChesney is unclear, and the above information represents a compromise from several sources.  He is the author of at least 16 hymn texts as listed in hymnary.org.  A biographical sketch of Grant G. McChesney appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 368.

 

McCONNELL, F.W.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          admitted on trial, New England Southern Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1918                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1918-19           West Exeter   

1919-20           not listed

1920                transfer to Ohio Conference

 

McCUNE, MILLARD BARTON

 

Born: 1909                                                                  married: Ruth Dorothy Quimby

Died: 7-15-1986                                                          obit: [11/7/1908 – 1969]

                                                                                    married 2: Martha L. _____

                                                                                    obit2: [1920 - ?]

Interment: Sand Hill Cemetery, Unadilla NY

Obit:

 

1943-45           West Davenport

 

Note: Millard B. McCune graduated from college in 1932 and taught school in Westfield (9 years) and Schenevus (27 years) before moving to Otego in 1968.  An active layman in the Wyoming Conference, he served as a local pastor.

 

McDERMOTT, HUGH CHARLES

 

Born: 8-18-1852  Dublin MD                                     married: Estella L. Gillette

Died: 2-15-1919  Elmira NY                                      obit: Wyoming Conference 1912, 141

                                                                                    married2: Laura Elvira Williams

                                                                                    obit2: Wyoming Conference 1948, 1024

 

1872    exhorter’s license, Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church

1872    local preacher’s license, Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church

1873    license, Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church

1873    ordained deacon, Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church

1877    ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Oak Lawn Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1919, 129

 

1873-74           Covington

1874-75           ?

1875                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1875-77           Willet

1877-79           Campville

1879-82           Auburn

1882-85           Factoryville

1885-88           Montrose

1888-92           Honesdale

1892-97           Kingston

1897-98           superintendent, Chenango District

1898-01           Oneonta

1901-07           Scranton Simpson

1907-10           West Pittston

1910-16           superintendent, Wilkes-Barre District

1916-19           Binghamton High Street

 

Note: Hugh C. McDermott is an uncle to William R. McDermott [and Mrs. Hugh C. McDermott is an aunt to Mrs. William R. McDermott].  A biographical sketch of Hugh C. McDermott  appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 369.  The second Mrs. McDermott is the daughter of George L. Williams and a sister to Arthur O. Williams.

 

McDERMOTT, WILLIAM RICHARD

 

Born: 1-11-1878  Fawn Grove PA                             married: Bessie Estelle Gillette

Died: 10-28-1958                                                        obit: New York Conference 1965, 823

 

1900    local preacher’s license, Oneonta

1901    admitted on trial

1906    ordained deacon

1908    ordained elder, New York East Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: New York East Conference 1959, 1383

 

1891-93           student, Fawn Grove Academy

1893-95           student, State Normal School at Lock Haven, Pa., from which he 

1895-97           faculty, Fawn Grove Academy

1897-01           student, Lafayette College

1901-05           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                             1904-05  assistant, New York NY Willis Avenue

1905-07           Centermoreland

1907                transfer to New York East Conference

1907-09           Nichols CT

1909-12           Rowayton CT

1912-18           Astoria NY First

1918-23           Port Chester NY Summerfield

1923-25           Bridgeport CT Washington Park

                        end of available records

 

Note: William R. McDermott is a nephew to Hugh C. McDermott [and Mrs. William R. McDermott is a niece to Mrs. Hugh C. McDermott].  A biographical sketch of William R. McDermott appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 370.

 

McDONNELL, ANDREA M.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Ed _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2008-10           Ashley Centenary

 

Note: Andrea M. McDonnell served as a local preacher.

 

McDOWALL, OLIVER M.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1843    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-53           North Danby

1853-54           Waverly

1854-55           Shephard’s Creek

1855-56           Barton

1856-58           Nichols

1858-60           Newark

1860-62           Susquehanna

1862-64           Pittston

1864                retired

     1865  located

 

Note:  In 1864 O.M. McDowall worked in the war effort for the United States Christian Commission, and there are several published reports of his accounts of the terrors of the war.  He is the subject of one of the segments, pages 330-334 of Mead’s 1859 book “Manna in the Wilderness” about Wyoming Conference camp meetings.

 

McGOWAN, HARRY

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1922-23           Skinners Eddy (did not finish the year; see 1923,99)

 

Note: Harry McGowan served as a supply preacher.

 

McGRAW, BONNIE R.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1998    admitted on trial, New England Conference

2000    ordained deacon

2002    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1998-99           student

                            1998-99  Schenevus , Wyoming Conference

1999                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1999-03           Lehman

2003-05           Apalachin  Park Terrace Community (ending 3/31/2005)

2005                on leave (4/1 – 6/30)

2005                retired

    2010            transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

 

McHOSE, CHARLES JONES

 

Born:                                                                           married: Pamela _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1971    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1971-73           student, Lancaster Theological Seminary

                             1972-73      assistant, York Aldersgate, Ventral Pennsylvania Conference

1973-78           McClure – North Sanford

1978-82           Afton

1982                transfer to Holston Conference

1987                transfer to Virginia Conference

2005                retired

                            2010-16       Shackleford’s Chapel, Virginia Conference

 

Note: In 2017 Charles J. McHose is living in Williamsburg VA.

 

McKEE, THOMAS RICHARD

 

Born:                                                                           married:          

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1976    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1976-78           student

1978                transfer to Central New York Conference

1978-79           Hornell East Avenue – Big Creek

1979-81           associate, North Syracuse

1981-82           Warners

 

 

McKELVEY, WESLEY LAURENCE

 

Born: 10-29-1878  Selinsgrove PA                            married: Ruth Connor

Died: 11-2-1946  Juniata County PA                         obit: [1/30/1873 – 6/28/1954]

 

1912    admitted on trial

1914    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Hillside Cemetery, McAlisterville PA

Obit:

 

1912-13           Rush

1913-14           Fly Creek

1914-15           Tioga Center

1915                discontinued

                        “transfer” to New York East Conference

1918-20           Penfield  (beginning during the 1917-18 year), Central Pennsylvania Conference

1920-22           James Creek

1922                transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1922                discontinued at own request

 

Note: Wesley L. McKelvey is a brother to the following persons in the lists for Central Pennsylvania Conference (Methodist): Clarence E. McKelvey, Ellis E. McKelvey, and Catharine McKelvey (Mrs. Benjamin F.) Hilbish.  He is sometimes mis-identified as W.F. McKelvey.

 

McKENNY, MILTON F.

 

Born: 10-28-1884  Elton MI                                       married: Blanche Hulda Young

Died: 4-30-1968  Lake Worth FL                               obit: Wyoming Conference 1985, 296

 

1908    admitted on trial, Detroit Conference

 

Interment: Hillcrest Cemetery, West Palm Beach FL

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1968, 250

 

1908-10           Pinnebog

1910-12           Port Austin

1912                transfer to West Ohio Conference

1912-16           Harrod

1916-18           Ohio City

1918-22           student

1922-25           Toledo Asbury

1925                transfer to St. Johns River Conference

1925-32           Jacksonville Trinity

1932-37           Lake Worth

1937                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1937-47           Endicott Central

1947-53           superintendent, Scranton District

1953-57           Binghamton Ogden

1957                retired

 

McKENZIE, A.J.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1921-22           Barton

 

1923-24           Maine

 

Note: A.J. McKenzie served as a supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

McKENZIE, HAROLD A.

 

Born: 1904                                                                  married: Marion F. Hawks

Died: 3-?-1957  near Rochester NY                           obit: [1904-1993]

 

1929    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1931    ordained deacon

1933    ordained elder

 

Interment: Riverview Cemetery, Oxford NY

Obit:

 

1929-31           East Worcester

1931-33           McDonough

1933-36           Harpursville

1936-38           Edmeston

1938-40           Sanitaria Springs

1940-43           Plymouth NY

1943-44           sabbatical leave

1944-53           located

1953                approved supply preacher

1953-55           no appointment

1955-57           Plymouth NY

 

Note: Harold A. McKenzie is the brother of Rev. Howard McKenzie, one-time pastor of the Gospel Tabernacle [aka Church of Christ and Christian Union] in Athens PA and the McRay Wesleyan Methodist Church.  For the first several years this surname is reported in the journal as MacKENZIE.

 

McLAREN, ROBERT

 

Born: 4-9-1865  Newark NJ                                       married: Christiana Jamieson

Died: 4-7-1953  Stuart FL                                          obit:

 

?          admitted on trial

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Fairmount Cemetery, Newark NJ

Obit: New York Conference 1953, 168

 

1896-98           Rush

1898-00           Hawletyon

1900                transfer to Colorado Conference

1900-04           ?

1904                transfer to Northern New York Conference

1904-08           DeKalb Junction

1908                transfer to New York Conference

1908-11           Long Eddy

1911-13           North Egremont and North Hillsdale

1913-16           Gay7lordsville

1916-20           North Egremont and Alford

1920-22           Phoenicia

1922-24           Arkville and Dry Brook

1924-25           Spencertown

1925-28           Middle Hope

1928-30           Bullville

1930-33           Ashland

1933-34           Arkville and Dry Brook

1934-35           Palenville and High Falls

1935                retired

 

 

Note: Robert McLaren served in the Wyoming Conference as a local preacher.

 

McLEAN, CHARLES CLOTHIER

 

Born: 1-10-1851  Philadelphia PA                             married: Ada Manderson

Died: 3-19-1932  CA                                                  obit: Baltimore Conference 1942, 157

 

1869    quarterly conference admitted on trial, Green Street

1874    admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference

 

Interment: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Los Angeles CA

Obit: Baltimore Conference 1932, 105

 

1874-75           Cochranville and Friendship

1875-77           Fulton circuit

1877-80           Coatesville Olivet

1880-81           on leave [FL] for health reasons

1881-82           Philadelphia Belmont [Forty-third Street]

1882                transfer to St. John’s River Conference

1882-85           Jacksonville Trinity

1885-90           St. Augustine Grace

1890                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1890-91           Scranton Adams Avenue [Elm Park]

1891                transfer to Austin Conference

1891-93           San Antonio

1893                transfer to Southern California Conference

1893-98           Los Angeles Simpson Memorial

1901                transfer to Rock River Conference

                        Galena

                        Dixon

                        Oak Park

                        Chicago

1910                transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1910-13           Harrisburg Stevens Memorial (ending December 1913)

1913                transfer to Baltimore Conference

1913-15           Roland Park (beginning December 1913)

1915-18           Douglas

1918-21           Lincoln Road

1921                retired

 

 

McMILLEN, EDWARD

 

Born: 2-27-1868  Sussex County NJ                          married: Dora Isabel Blackman (10/3/1900)

Died: 3-23-1909  Sterling PA                                     obit: [8/19/1877 – 4/30/1968]

 

1893    exhorter’s license, Newark Conference

1894    local preacher’s license, Newark Conference

1899    ordained local deacon, Newark Conference

1900    admitted on trial

1902    ordained deacon

1904    ordained elder

 

Interment: Frankford Plains Cemetery, Augusta NJ

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1909, 121

 

1896-99           student, Wesleyan University

                             1899  Palisade Avenue (summer)

1900                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1900-01           Campville

1901-02           Franklin Forks

1902-04           Newton

1904-06           Hornbrook

1906-09           Sterling

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Edward McMillen appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 371.

 

McNULTY, THOMAS GLENN

 

Born: c1934                                                                married: Elizabeth A. Munson (4/15/1961)

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1957    admitted on trial

1959    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1957-60           Wanamie

1960-62           Wilkes-Barre Parrish Street

1962-63           on leave

1963-65           student, Temple University in Philadelphia PA

1965                located

 

Note: Thomas Glenn McNulty is a graduate of Houghton College and Drew Theological Seminary.  He appears to have originally been from New Jersey.  In 2022 Thomas G. McNulty was living in Chalfont PA.

 

MEAD, AMOS PETER

 

Born: 8-7-1829  Genoa NY                                        married: Anna A. _____

Died: 12-14-1886  Omaha NE                                   obit:

 

1850    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

1852    ordained deacon

1854    ordained elder

 

Interment: Mount Vernon Cemetery, Mount Vernon IA

Obit: Wisconsin Conference 1887, 41

 

1851-52           Cayuta

1852                charter member Wyoming Conference

1852-53           Van Ettenville and Spencer

12853-54         Spencer

1854-56           Athens

1856-58           Binghamton Henry Street

1858-60           Pittston

1860-62           Honesdale

1862                transfer to Rock River Conference

1866-67           Chicago Park Avenue

1875                transfer to Wisconsin Conference

                        Racine

                        Appleton

                        Waupen

1880-83           superintendent, Waupaca District

1883-86           on leave

 

Note: Amos P. Mead is the author of the 1859 book about camp meetings Manna in the Wilderness, or, The Grove and Its Altar, Offerings, and Thrilling Incidents.  The 1875 journal, page 14, states that charges against A.P. Meade were not sustained.

 

MEAD, GEORGE M.

 

Born: 1842  Perryville NY                                         married: Orpha D. Wilcox

Died: 3-17-1900  DeWitt NY                                     obit: [8/22/1839 – 10/24/1910]

 

1865    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse NY

Obit:

 

1865-67           Clockville

1867-69           Masonville

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1869-71           Sidney

1871                transfer to Central New York Conference

1871-73           East Hamilton

1873                transfer to Northern New York Conference by change of boundary

1873-75           Boonville

1875-78           Watertown Arsenal Street

1878-81           Ilion

1881-82           Rome First

1882-86           superintendent, Oswego District

1886                transfer to Central New York Conference

1886                retired

 

MEAD, PETER F.

 

Born: 1-13-1862  Bloomingdale NJ                           married: Kate Alma Bosch

Died: 1949  NJ                                                            obit: [1868-1951]

 

c1881  exhorter’s license

1884    local preacher’s license, Succasunna in the Newark Conference

1889    ordained local deacon, Newark Conference

1890    admitted on trial, Newark Conference

 

Interment: Butler-Bloomingdale Cemetery, Butler NJ

Obit:

 

1890-91           Hainsville and Centerville

1891-93           Hibernia

1893-94           Barryville NY

1894                discontiued

1896-97           Rome, Wyoming Conference

1897                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1897-99           Rome

1899-01           Litchfield

1901-02           North Tioga

1902-06           Carley Brook

1906-07           Wallsville

1907-08           Rush

1908-09           Gibson and South Gibson

1909                located, page 74

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Peter F. Mead appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 372.

 

MEAKER, ELIHU BRADLEY

           

Born: 1-5-1851  Hawletton NY                                              married: Martha (Mattie) Queal (1881)
Died: 11-6-1885                                                                      obit: [7/14/1851 – 3/24/1916]

 

1880    ordained local deacon

1894    ordained local elder

 

Interment: West Bainbridge Cemetery, West Bainbridge NY

Obit:

 

1880-81           Randolph (briefly, until his health broke)

 

Note: Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 233, says that E. Bradley Meaker “was for a short time a member of Wyoming Conference.” He (and his brother A.E. Meaker) taught mathematics at Lehigh University.  Mrs. Meaker is the daughter of William G. Queal and a sister to Alice Queal (Mrs. George) Benedict.  Following the death of E. Bradley Meaker, she married a Mr. Nathan Horace Briggs (1856-1909) in 1908 and a Mr. Franklin L. Ives in 1912.

 

MEAKER, JARED NELSON

           

Born: 11-21-1869  Brackney PA                                married: Grace May Fuller
Died: 8-28-1933  Brooklyn NY                                 obit: Illinois Conference 1945, 378

 

1896    admitted on trial, Central New York Conference

 

Interment: Conklin Cemetery, Conklin NY
Obit: Illinois Conference 1933, 322

 

1895-96           Gordon City

1896-97           East Hill (ending 12/97)

1897-01           Thornhurst, Wyoming Conference (beginning 12/97)

1899                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1899-01           Thornhurst

1901-03           Clifford

1903-07           Lake Como

1907                Hale’s Eddy (half year)

1907-10           student, Illinois Wesleyan

                             1907-09      Mt. Olive and Padua

                             1909-10      Weldon

1910                transfer to Illinois Conference

1910-12           Auburn

1912-13           Petersburg

1913-14           Tolono

1914-15           Roodhouse

1915-18           Bath and Fairview

1918-20           Pleasant Plains

 

Note:  A brief biography of Jared Nelson Meaker appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 368.  The Emma J. Meaker (1846-1897) married to Alva G. Blood (1842-1922) of the Detroit Conference is his father’s cousin. 

 

MEEKER, DAVID L.

           

Born: 4-21-1861  Silver Lake PA                              married: Carrie Belle Abbott
Died: 8-29-1924  Binghamton NY                             obit: [d. 1889]

                                                                                    married2: May I. Watrous

1894    exhorter’s license                                            obit2: Wyoming Conference 1929, 141

1895    local preacher’s license

1896    admitted on trial

 

Interment:  Floral Park Cemetery, Binghamton NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1925, 139

 

1896-97           Coventry

1897-00           McDonough

1900-04           Lanesboro

1904-08           Windsor

1908-10           Sidney Center

1910-14           Afton

1914-15           Glen Lyon

1915-18           Edmeston-Garratsville

1918-20           Guilford

1920                retired

 

Note:  David L. Meeker is an uncle to Mildred Margaret Meeker Fletcher, wife of Robert E. Fletcher.  A brief biography of David L. MEAKER [sic] appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 372.  The second Mrs. Meeker is a sister to Ward W. Watrous and an aunt to Ruth Andrus Crompton, wife of J. Rolland Crompton.

 

MEEKER, LESTER A.

           

Born: 8-23-1888                                                          married: Bessie E. Fairchild
Died: 1-15-1968                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1982, 226

 

1927    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1968, 251

 

1923-28           Middlefield

1928-34           Lanesboro

1834-39           Old Forge

1939-44           Scranton St. Paul’s

1944-46           Wilkes-Barre Derr Memorial

1946-56           Askam – Sugar Notch

1956-59           Pittston St. Paul’s

1959                retired

 

MENKING, STANELY JAMES

 

Born: 11-15-1932  Chicago IL                                   married: Betty Jane Kennedy

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1955    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1955-56           Carley Brook

1956-59           Old Forge

1959                transfer to New Jersey Conference

 

MEVIS, JOHN W.

           

Born: 1-9-1835  Caroline NY                                     married: Darlisca White
Died: 4-27-1896  Oxford NY                                     obit: Wyoming Conference 1905, 118

 

1859    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Riverview Cemetery, Oxford NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1897, 84

 

1859-60           Schuyler’s Lake

1860-62           Worcester

1862-64           Edmeston

1864-66           Westford

1866-67           on leave

1867-69           Laurens

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1869-70           Laurens

1870-71           Morris

1871-74           Otego

1874-75           Plymouth NY

1875-77           Butternuts

1877-80           Unadilla

1880-82           Great Bend

1882-83           Plains

1883-86           Oxford

1886-87           Sherburne

1887-90           East Worcester

1890-91           Milford

1891-92           Milford and Westville

1892-93           Binghamton Clinton Street

1893                retired

 

Note:  A brief biography of John W. Mevis appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 211.   He is not to be confused with Rev. John Wesley Mevis (1822-1912) of Massachusetts.

 

MI, HII PO

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1865    admitted on trial, recommended by Fuhchau China

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1865                transfer to East Baltimore Conference

 

Note: Hii Po Mi was an active elder an appears in Foreign Missionary Society minutes past 1890.

 

MILLER, CHARLES W.

 

Born: 4-23-1881  Virgil NY                                       married: Lena Chevalier

Died: 2-17-1952                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1964, 243

 

1914    admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment: Virgil NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1952, 1156

 

 

1911-15           Campville

1915-17           LeRaysville

1917-19           Spencer

1919-22           Berkshire

1922-23           Newton

1923-25           Ouaquaga

1925-27           Lisle

1927-45           Union Center

1945-49           Apalachin – Little Meadows

1949                retired

 

MILLER, DEXTER FRANKLIN

 

Born: 9-3-1920  Marinette WI                                    married: Ruth A. _____

Died: 10-22-2013  Shoreline WA                              obit:

 

1952    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1954    ordained elder

 

Interment: Tahoma National Cemetery, Maple Valley WA

Obit:

 

1942-54           Gouldsboro

1954-56           Spencer

1956                transfer to Minnesota Conference

1956-62           Coon Rapids

1962-70           Wyoming

1967-75           Chisholm

1975-82           Sherburn-Welcome

                        retired

                             visitation minister, Fairmont

 

MILLER, ETHEL

 

Born: Scranton PA                                                      married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1918    commissioned missionary, recommended by Scranton Asbury

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference

 

1916-1938       missionary to Korea

 

Note: Ethel Miller is a sister to Etta Miller Weavers, missionary to Japan.

 

MILLER, GEORGE W.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

                        Illinois Conference

1882                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1882-84           Owego

1884-87           Wilkes-Barre Central

1887-89           Scranton Hyde Park

1889                transfer to Minnesota Conference

 

MILLER, GUY THOMAS

 

Born: 10-1-1910  Dewart PA                                     married: Elizabeth Aimee Sholley

Died: 7-17-1994                                                          obit: [1909-1997]

                                                                                    married2: Clara M. Miles Shafer [1962]

1952    license, Wyoming Conference                       obit2: Wyoming Conference 1992, 360

 

Interment: Clarks Green Cemetery, Clarks Green PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1995, 320

 

 

1945-48           Muncy Valley (beginning 6/1/45), Central Pennsylvania Conference

1952-53           East Lemon

1953-68           Lemon – East Lemon

1968-74           Carley Brook

1974-77           Taylor

1977                retired

                            1977-81  West Nicholson

                            1981-94  LaAnna

 

Note: Guy T. Miller served as a local pastor.  The first marriage ended in divorce.  The second Mrs. Miller [nee Miles] was the widow of a Mr. Glendon P. Shafer (1900-1957).

 

MILLER, HUGH WARD

 

Born: 10-15-1936  St. Paul MN                                 married: Sarah Shelhorse

Died: 3-17-2019  Scranton PA                                   obit:

 

?          admitted on trial, New England Conference

1962    ordained deacon

1964    ordained elder

 

Interment: Vestal Hills Memorial Park, Vestal NY

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2019, 346

 

1962-78           New England Conference

1978                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1978-87           Binghamton Centenary

                            1982-87       Binghamton Chenango Street (beginning 1/1/1982)

1987-89           associate conference council director

1989-90           sabbatical leave

1990-91           Choconut Center 

1991-97           Montrose

1997                retired

    2010  transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Hugh W. Miller is married to Sarah S. Miller.

 

MILLER, JACOB

 

Born: 8-9-1812  Muncy PA                                        married: Elizabeth Auchenbach

Died: 12-24-1899  Muncy PA                                                obit: [3/31/1832 – 1/8/1899]

 

Interment: Muncy Cemetery, Muncy PA

Obit:

 

1853-54           Colley

1859-60           Salem

1860-62           Wilkes-Barre

1862-63           Susquehanna

1863-65           Candor

1865                withdrew, page 9

 

Note: Jacob Miller served as a local pastor.  He resided in Sullivan County 1851-59, serving as postmaster for 3 of those years, before “itinerating” for 6 years and eventually returning to Muncy, Lycoming County, where he continued to serve as a local preacher.

 

MILLER, JAMES EMERSON

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1955    admitted on trial, Wisconsin Conference

1957    ordained deacon, Wisconsin Conference

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1950-51           Davenport, Wyoming Conference

1951-54           no appointment

1954                “transfer” to Wisconsin Conference

1954-56           Stitzer

1956-57           Mt. Hope – Millville

1957-65           Spell Lake – Sarona

1965-69           Cuba City

1969-70           sabbatical

1970-73           on leave

1973-75           Eau Claire Lake Street

1975-81           Colfax Taintner

1981-82           Bristol Wesley Chapel

 

Note: James E. Miller served in the Wyoming Conference as a local preacher.

 

MILLER, SARAH S.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Hugh W. Miller

Died:                                                                           obit: Susquehanna Conference 2019, 346

 

?          admitted on trial, Southern New England Conference

?          ordained deacon

1980    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1978                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1978-85           Great Bend (beginning 9/1978 and ending 9/15/1985)

1985-91           superintendent, Binghamton District (beginning 9/15/1985)

1991-97           South Montrose

1997-02           Clarks Summit

2002                retired

    2010  transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Sarah S. Miller [nee Shelhorse] is married to Hugh W. Miller.

 

MILLER, THOMAS BOWIE

 

Born: 3-3-1867  Dumbarton Scotland                                    married: Mina Eugenia French

Died: 11-3-1951                                                          obit: New York Conference 1982, 1119

 

1897    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Sandy Point Cemetery, Sandy Point ME

Obit: New York East Conference 1952, 216

 

1897-98           Ouaquaga

1898-00           Mount Vision

1900-02           Worcester

1902                transfer to New York East Conference

 

MILLER, WESLEY ALFRED

 

Born: 12-14-1881  Weston MO                                  married: Ethel Arletta Barlow

Died: 7-3-1963  Elyria OH                                         obit:

 

1914    ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: [donated to medical science]

Obit: North-East Ohio Conference 1965, 425

 

                        Idaho, Snake River circuit

                        Missouri

                        Minnesota

1911-14           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                            Brookhaven

                            Roosevelt

1914-15           assistant, Scranton Elm Park

1915-16           Harford

1916-17           Oxford (ending 8/31/1917) – see 1918, page 79

1917-20           missionary to the Belgian Congo, Africa

1920                transfer to Congo Missionary Conference

1920-23           Kabongo

1923                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1923-25           Moosic

1925-26           Meshoppen

1926-27           Oneonta Elm Park

1927-29           Milford

1929-31           Morris-Garrattsville

1931                transfer to Northeast Ohio Conference

                        Bridgeport First

                        Akron North Arlington

                        Akron South Arlington

                        Brewster and West Lebanon

                        Dennison

                        East Liverpool Orchard Grove

                        Akron Trinity

                        Fredricktown

                        Cleveland Nottingham

                        Atwater

1951                retired

                       

 

Note. Wesley A. Miller entered the conference and served his first appointments under the surname MUELLER, which he used until about 1917.  The credentials, if any, under which he served before entering seminary are unclear.

 

MILLER, WILLIAM FLETCHER.

 

Born: 3-14-1878  Bristol, England                             married: Mary Rowlands

Died: 12-25-1968  Deposit NY                                  obit: [d. 1907]

                                                                                    married2: Mabel Anna Wright

1913    admitted on trial, Atlantic Conference           obit2: Wyoming Conference 1973, 291

 

Interment: Hale Eddy Cemetery, Deposit NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1969, 250

 

1913-15           Blue Ridgr and  Pinners Point VA

1915-16           Elizabeth City NC

1916-18           Ocracoke

1918                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1918-20           Danby – South Danby

1920-24           Hornbrook – Ghent

1924-28           Lanesboro

19287-30         Noxen – Eatonville

1930-344         Kirkwood – Franklin

1934-43           McClure – North Sanford

1943                retired

                            Middlefield – Roseboom – Pleasantbrook

                            West Exeter – Exeter – Schuyler Lake

                            Rockroyal, New York Conference

                            Deposit NY Presbyterian Church

 

Note: William F. Miller is the father of Rev. John Henry Miller (b. 5/7/1907) affiliation unknown and Rev. James Emerson Miller (1925-2010) of the Wisconsin Conference..

 

MINEMIER, JOHN J.

 

Born: 10-11-1856                                                        married: Emma C. _____

Died: 5-2-1931                                                            obit: [1859 – 7/3/1920]

 

 

Interment: Green Mount Cemetery, Dansville NY

Obit:

 

1922-23           Maple Grove (5/1/1922 – 11/1/1922)

 

Note: J.J. Minemier was a Lutheran pastor who supplied Maple Grove when the appointed pastor would not report there.  See 1923, 99.

 

MINER, MILO MILTON

 

Born: 3-16-1859  Nevada, IA                                     married: Jessie Archie Edwards

Died: 1-23-1934  Modesto CA                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1929, 141

                                                                                    married2: Mattie Butterfield

1884    admitted on trial, East Ohio Conference        obit2:

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Acacia Memorial Park, Modesto CA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1934, 395

 

1884-85           Carlisle

1885-86           Toronto

1886                transfer to Michigan Conference

1886-87           Wacurta and Delta

1887-88           Irving

1888-90           Nunica

1890                transfer to Columbia River Conference

1890-91           Prescot

1891-92           Huntsville

1892-83           Milton

1893-94           Pomeroy

1894-95           Adams

1895                transfer to Idaho Conference

1895-96           Elgon

1896-97           Idaho Falls

1897                transfer to Montana Conference

1897-99           Lima

1899-00           Bridger and Gebo

1900                transfer to California Conference

1900-03           Pleasant Grove

1903-04           Forbestown

1904-05           Middletown

1905-06           Bloomfield

1906                transfer to Genesee Conference

1906-07           Colegrove and Clearmont

1907-09           Garland and Otis

1909-10           Pekins

19109-12         Cameron

1912                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1912-13           Spencer

1913-14           Litchfield

1914-15           Castle Creek

1915                retired

 

Note: Mrs. Miner was the daughter William Edwards, of a local Methodist richer from London, England.

 

MITCHELL, GILBERT CLYDE

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1953    admitted on trial

1954    ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1953-55           student

1955                transfer to Central New York Conference

1955-57           Millerton & Jackson Center

1957-60           Millerton

1960-76           Jordan

1976-85           Newark First

1985-86           Horseheads

1986                transfer to North Central New York by change in boundaries

1986-93           Horseheads

1993                retired

                             1993-00      associate, Corning Grace

                             2010           transfer to Upper New York by change in boundaries

 

MOAKSUM, H.A.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1911-12           Speedsville

 

Note: H.A. Moaksum served as a supply pastor.  He is otherwise unknown.  This surname may be MOAKSON.

 

MOGG, CURTIS ELLIOTT

 

Born: 12-5-1853  Euclid NY                          married: Jennie M. Andrews

Died: 6-26-1930  Fort Collins CO                  obit: Central New York Conference 1947, 142

 

1873    exhorter’s license, Central New York Conference

1874    local preacher’s license, Central New York Conference

1877    ordained local deacon, Central New York Conference

1878    admitted on trial, Central New York Conference

1881    ordained elder, Central New York Conference

 

Interment: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse NY

Obit: Central New York Conference 1930, 561

 

1877-78           Ludlowville

1878-81           Fair Haven

1881-82           Van Ettenville

1882-83           Liverpool

1883-85           Jordan

1885-87           Oneida

1887-91           Cazenovia

1891-96           Ithaca First Church

1895-96           Wilkes-Barre Central, Wyoming Conference

1896                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1896-11           Wilkes-Barre Central

1911                transfer to Oklahoma Conference

1911-13           Oklahoma City

1913                transfer to Colorado Conference

1913-14           Greely First

1914                transfer to Central New York Conference

1914-17           assistant, Syracuse First in the Central New York Conference

1917-19           superintendent, Bethel Hospital at Colorado Springs CO

1919-23           assistant, Syracuse First

1923                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Curtis E. Mogg appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 371.  Mrs. Mogg is the daughter of James Franklin Andrews (1827-1911) of the Central New York Conference.

 

MOISTER, ROGER

 

Born: 10-4-1783  Sedbergh, England                         married: Ann Fawcett (1805)

Died: 8-9-1857  Wilkes-Barre PA                              obit: [12/?/1782 – 11/30/1823]

 

Interment: Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre PA

Obit:

 

1854-55           The Plains

 

Note: Roger Moister was a local preacher and class leader in England before emigrating to America in 1830, where he lived in the Wilkes-Barre area served as a local preacher.  He is credited with founding St. Paul’s M.E. Church in Hazelton.  He is the subject of the 1883 book Memoir of Roger Moister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, known in the United States as the Patriarch of Wyoming, With a brief account of Methodism in America by William Moister (1808-1891) – his son, a Wesleyan missionary to Africa and a prolific writer of books on the history and missions of British Methodism.

 

MONROE, CHARLES H.

 

Born: 8-9-1873  Huntington Mills PA                       married: Myra J. Mae

Died: 1-20-1933  Laurens NY                                    obit: [9/2/1874 – 1944]

 

1911    local preacher’s license, Noxen charge of the Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Orcutt Grove Cemetery, Noxen PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1934, 394

 

1915                “transfer” to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1915-17           Bloomingdale

1917-20           Catawissa circuit

1920-22           Jeanesville & Audenreid

1922-23           Half Moon (resigned in midyear)

1923                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1923-25           Skinner’s Eddy

1925-27           Springville

1927-30           Glen Lyon

 

Note: Charles H. Monroe is the father of Edna Monroe Crispel, wife of Floyd S. Crispel, and of Rev. Howard Leroy Monroe (1897-?) of the Free Methodist Church.  Charles served as a local preacher in both the Central Pennsylvania and Wyoming Conferences.

 

MOORE, HAROLD G.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1939-40           Laflin

 

Note: Harold G. Moore served as a local preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.  He is simultaneously listed as pastor at the Fox Hill Community Church (near Wilkes-Barre), at least from January to May of 1940.

 

MOORE, MAGGIE A.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2008-10           Binghamton Centenary – Chenango Street

 

Note: Maggie A. Moore served as a local preacher.

 

MOORE, MARYELLEN

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2007    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2007-10           Milford

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Maryellen Moore served as a local preacher.

 

MOORE, SAMUEL

 

Born: 1-21-1836  Broome NY                                   married: Laura J. Day

Died: 11-25-1911  Norwich NY                                 obit: Wyoming Conference 1901, 101

                                                                                    married2: Mary O. Brewer (1902)

1862    local preacher’s license, Norwich                   obit2:

1863    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Mt. Hope Cemetery, Norwich NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1912, 126

 

1862-64           Masonville

1864-66           South New Berlin NY

1866-67           Mount Upton

1867-70           Gilbertsville

1870-73           Smyrna

1873-75           Worcester

1875-78           West Pittston

1878-80           Carbondale

1880-83           Wilkes-Barre First

1883-86           Waverly NY

1886-87           Scranton Hyde Park

1887-89           superintendent, Owego District

1889                transfer to Puget Sound Conference

1889-90           financial agent, Puget Sound University

1890-96           superintendent, Tacoma District

1896                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1896-00           Norwich

1900-01           financial agent, Wyoming Seminary

1901-03           Binghamton Clinton Street

1903-05           conference evangelist

1905-06           on leave

1906-07           Worcester

1907                retired

 

Note: Samuel Moore is the father of Edward Jay Moore (1861-1935) of the East Ohio Conference.  A biographical sketch of Samuel Moore appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 373, and a memoir appears in The Christian Advocate, 2/6/1912, page 31.

 

MORDT, ROBERT KARL

 

Born: 5-27-1930                                                          married:

Died: 7-8-2004  Ballwin MO                                     obit:

 

?          admitted on trial, St. Louis Conference

 

Interment: Truxton Zion Cemetery, Truxton MO

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2005, 202

 

1954-57           student, Drew Theological Seminary

    1954-56  Center Moreland charge

    1956-57  Center Moreland charge and Evans Falls           

 

Note:  Robert K. Mordt served in the Wyoming Conference while attending school as a probationary member of the St. Louis Conference and returned to Missouri following his graduation in 1957.

 

 

MORGAN, DAVID ROBERT.

 

Born: 1905                                                                  married: Mary Alice Caswell

Died: 1-28-2001  Athens GA                                     obit: Wyoming Conference 1996, 330

 

1929    admitted on trial, New Jersey Conference

 

Interment: Harleigh Cemetery, Camden NJ

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2002, 213

 

1929-31           New Lisbon – Magnolia

1931-33           Kingston

1933-34           Vincentown

1934-35           Vincentown – Buddtown

1935-37           Hammonton

1937-39           New Egypt parish

1939                Erma

1939                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1939-47           Alderson – Noxen

1947-52           Courtdale – Larksville

1952-56           Wilkes-Barre Parrish Street

1956-61           Mountaintop Christ

1961-70           Wyoming

1970-74           Scranton Myrtle Street

1974                retired

 

MORGAN, HALSEY W.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1928-33           Davenport Center

1935-36           Warren Center (did not finish the year – see 1936, 768)

 

1941                First Baptist, Port Crane NY Baptist (7/?/1941 – 12/21/1942)

1943                Wurts Street Baptist, Kingston NY (beginning 1/1/1943)

1944                Central Baptist, Greene NY

 

Note: Halsey W. Morgan served in the Wyoming Conference as a local preacher.  He also served at Windham PA.

 

MORGAN, HUGH PHILIP

 

Born: 1867  South Wales                                            married: Margaret Ashton

Died: 3-26-1946  Mankato MN                                  obit: [5/?/1866 – 7/6/1936]

 

1898    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis MN

Obit:

 

                        local preacher

                        evangelist, Wesleyan Church

1895-97           assistant to home missionary John Evans

1897                call to Welsh ME Church in America

1897-00           Wilkes-Barre Sherman Street

1900                transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1900-02           Bangor

1902                discontinued, page 14

1902-05           Oshkosh WI Welsh Bethel (Wesleyan)

1905                “transfer” to Wisconsin Synod of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church

1905-14           Minneapolis MN Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church

                        Presbyterian pastor, as indicated by the following partial records

1914                Denver CO, Twenty-Third Avenue Presbyterian

1917-22           Emporia KS Second Presbyterian

1924-32           Paullina IA

1934                Odebolt IA

 

Note:  H.P. Morgan served British Methodism for four years as joint secretary of Glamorgan and Monmouth Wesleyan Methodist Council, and for three years as the Sunday School lesson examiner, South Wales District.  He was the pastor involved in the Welsh-English controversy at the Welsh [Sherman Street, later St. Andrews] Methodist Episcopal church in Wilkes-Barre.  His congregation of nine years in Minneapolis (first at 17th and Franklin avenues, then on 15th avenue near Lake Street) is sometimes referred to as “Welsh Presbyterian” and sometimes as “Welsh Calvinistic Methodist.”

 

 

MORGAN, ROBERT E.

 

Born: 1930  Clarks Summit PA                                  married: Dorothy Davis

Died: 11-4-2018  Nashua NH                                     obit: [5/15/1926 – 4/14/05]

 

1963    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1963-67           student

1967                transfer to New England Conference

1967-68           Glendale

1968-72           Ludlow St. Paul’s

1972-79           on leave

1979-87           Lowell Highland Union – St. Paul’s

1987-92           Sagamore

1992-97           Milford, New Hampshire Conference

1997                retired

 

Note: As of 2008, Robert E. Morgan is a retired member of the New England Conference living in Milford NH.

 

MORRIS, PAUL BRUCE

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1978    admitted on trial

1978    ordained deacon

1981    ordained elder, Western Pennsylvania Conference

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1978-80           student

1980                transfer to Western Pennsylvania Conference

1980-85           Creekside

1985-89           Elton (ending 2/1/1989)

1989-91           Forest Hills (beginning 2/1/1989) [a reorganization and enlargement of Elton]

1991-96           Johnstown Homestead Avenue

                             1995-96      assistant administrator, Arbutus Park Manor

1996-05           Scottdale Trinity

2005-11           South Fork First

2011                retired

 

 

 

MORRIS, ROBERT H.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1977    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1977-79           student

1979                transfer to Southern New Jersey Conference

1979-82           Ventnor Trinity

 

 

MORRIS, STEPHEN

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1891    ordained local elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1888-91           Cherry Ridge

 

Note: Stephen Morris served as a supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown

 

MORRISON, EDWARD W.

 

Born: 2-12-1885  Glasgow, Scotland                         married: Carrie Mae Dickins

Died: 4-5-1943  Sanitaria Springs NY                       obit: Wyoming Conference 1950, 545

 

1912    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1914    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Shady Lane Cemetery, Chinchilla PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1943, 613

 

1910-12           South Canaan

1912-14           Foster

1914-16           Wallsville

1916-18           Lake Como

1918-22           Beach Lake

1922-25           Waverly

1925-28           Moosic

1928-29           Scranton Bradley Memorial

1929-33           Waymart

1933-36           Scranton St. Paul’s – West Park

1936-38           Forest City

1938-41           Hawley

1941-42           Pleasant Mount

1942                Sanitaria Sprigs

 

 

MORSE, OLAF FRANKLIN

 

Born: 8-15-1820  Cavendish VT                                married: Emily Alvira Morse [10/26/1858]

Died: 1-15-1892  Manhattan IL                                 obit: [2/20/1838 – 5/22/1909]

 

1847    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Browns Church Cemetery, Manhattan IL

Obit:

 

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-53           Newport

1853-54           Wyalusing

1854-55           Colley

1855-56           suspended, page 5

1856-57           without appointment, page 5

1860                remanded back to Wyoming Conference for a new trial

General Conference Minutes, page 196

1861                “the whole afternoon session was consumed in the trial of O.F. Morse,” page 8

expelled, page 13

 

Note: Olaf F. Morse is a brother to William C. Morse.  His offense is not specified in the journal.  He moved to Illinois in 1862, and he performed the wedding ceremony for one of his nieces there in 1879. 

 

MORSE, WILLIAM CRAIGUE

 

Born: 11-5-1826  Weathersfield VT                           married: Lydia Kilmer [11/5/1855]

Died: 1-10-1906                                                          obit: [2/9/1836 – 3/6/1927]

 

1853    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Browns Church Cemetery, Manhattan IL

Obit:

 

1853-54           Stoddartsville

 

Note: William C. Morse is a brother to Olaf F. Morse.

 

MOSES, ROXY J.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          admitted on trial, Maine Conference

?          ordained deacon

1990    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1989-94           Greenville Jucntion and Shjirley ME

1994-95           Penobscot ME

1995-01           Dover-Foxcroft and Atkinson ME

2001                transfer to New England Conference

2001-06           East Hartford CT Wesley

2006-07           on leave

2007-09           Moosic, Wyoming Conference

2009-10           Hancock, Wyoming Conference

2010                “transfer” to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-11           Hancock, Susquehanna Conference

2011                transfer to Susquehanna Conference

2011-15           Hancock

2015                retired

                             2015-18      Courtdale-Larksville

 

MOTT, PHILIP MELANCTHON

 

Born: 2-17-1843  Scranton PA                                   married: Sarah Emma Hayward

Died: 8-7-1908  Dorranceton PA                               obit: Wyoming Conference 1908, 130

 

1869    exhorter’s license

1871    local preacher’s license

1872    admitted on trial

1874    ordained deacon

1876    ordained elder

 

Interment: Woodlawn Cemetery, Dallas PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1909, 120

 

1872-73           Lehman

1873-76           Stoddartsville

1876-78           Beach Pond

1878-79           Narrowsburg

1879-82           Canaan

1882-84           Sterling

1884-86           on leave

1886-89           Lehman

1889-93           Hornbrook

1893-96           Orwell

1896-03           retired

                             1903-06      Noxen

                             1906-08      Yatesville

 

Note: Philip M. Mott is an uncle to Walter A. Edwards.  A biographical sketch of Philip M. Mott appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 374.

 

MOTT, THOMAS E.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Barbara _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2005    license, recommended by Whitney Point

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2005-08           McClure NY

2008-10           Russell Hill

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Thomas E. Mott served as a local preacher.

 

MOWATT, ACTON JAMES WILTON

 

Born: 8-19-1884                                                          married: Nellie E. Gruber

Died: 4-2-1976                                                            obit: [9/3/1883 – 8/9/1963]

 

1914    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Clove Cemetery, Sussex NJ

Obit:

                        New York Conference

1912                associate, New Rochelle NY St. John’s

1914                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1914-16           Thornhurst (ending 2/1916)

1916                “transfer” to Presbyterian Church [1916, 74]

1916-               Stevensville PA

1923-51           Sussex NJ

 

Note: Acton J.W. Mowatt was elected a deacon in 1914, but was not ordained.  He reportedly left his seat at conference without explanation.  He was described as “Rev. Acton Mowatt” in January 1909 when the engagement to Miss Nellie Gruber was announced, but no affiliation is given.

 

MOYER, FRANK EDWARD

 

Born: 1-3-1883  Williamsport PA                              married: Mabel M. Morgan

Died: 3-8-1959  San Diego CA                                  obit: [1887 - 1946]

 

1907    license, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1912    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1912    ordained local deacon, recommended by Damascus

 

Interment: Greenwood Memorial Park, San Diego CA

Obit: Dickinson Alumnus May 1959, page 76

 

1907-08           student, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary

     1907-08      Clarkstown

1908-11           student, Dickinson College

                             1908-10      Newville

1911                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1911-13           Damascus (ending August 1912 – see 1913, page 76)

1913                discontinued

                        entered the Lutheran ministry and the U.S. Navy chaplaincy

 

Note: Frank E. Moyer served in the Central Pennsylvania Conference as a local pastor.  He is sometimes reported as Frank A. Moyer. 

 

 

MUELLER, HENRY

 

Born: 10-26-1863  Budigen, Germany                       married: Louise Katherine Genzlinger

Died: 2-2-1948  Brooklyn NY                                   obit: East German Conference 1941, 248

 

1884    admitted on trial, East German Conference

 

Interment: Linden Hill Cemetery, Brooklyn NY

Obit: New York East Conference 1948, 177

 

1887-88           Yonkers Chriple Mission

1888-92           Brooklyn Greene Avenue

1892-97           New Haven

1897-00           Buffalo First German

1900-06           New York First German

1906-10           Scranton First German [later renamed Adams Avenue]

1910-15           superintendent, West District

1915-29           Brooklyn Greene Avenue

1929-32           New York Elton Avenue

1932                retired

 

Note: Henry Mueller is the father of George Max Mueller (1893-1968) of the Northern New Jersey Conference.  He was never a member of the Wyoming Conference, but he served Scranton Adams Avenue when it was part of the East German Conference.  The given name of Mrs. Mueller is also rendered Catherine Louise.

 

MUELLER, WESLEY A.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1914    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1914-15           assistant, Scranton Elm Park

1915-16           Harford

1916-17           Oxford (ending 8/31/1917)

 

Note. Wesley A. Mueller changed his surname to MILLER and went to Africa as a missionary under the Board of Foreign Missions. For his complete records, see MILLER, WESLEY A.

 

MULKEY, JOHN

           

Born: 6-30-1804  Stonington CT                                married: Myra Ray
Died: 4-22-1877  near Montrose PA                          obit: [d. 3/16/1844]

                                                                                    married2: Hannah Jones

1841    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference             obit2: Wyoming Conference 1886, 54

 

Interment:  Fairdale Cemetery, Fairdale PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1878, 29

 

1841-42           Barton

1842-43           Abington

1843-44           Canaan

1844-46           Northmoreland

1846-48           Lackawanna

1848-49           Springville and Tunkhannock

1849-50           Springville

1850-52           Montrose

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-53           LeRaysville

1853-54           Flemingville

1854-60           located

                            1858-59       Auburn

1860-61           on leave

                            1860-61       Montrose

1861                retired

 

Note:  A brief biography of John Mulkey appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 212.

 

MULLEN, JAMES

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1865    admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1865-67           Mount Carmel

1867-69           Emporium

1868                charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69           Emporium

1869-72           Bellefonte

1872                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1873                located

 

Note:  This surname also appears as MULLIN.  He was a supporter of public education and a speaker at state Institutes. This may be the James Mullen, age 48, who was a miner born in Ireland and died in Scranton in a mine accident 12/2/1893.

 

MULLER, LOUIS CONRAD

 

Born: 7-12-1849                                                          married: Carrie Margaret Slaughter

Died: 4-4-1928                                                            obit: Newark Conference 1939, 365

                                                                                   

1880    admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference                                                       

 

Interment: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Newark NJ

Obit: Newark Conference 1929, 100

 

1880-83           Baltimore Grace

1883                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1883-86           Scranton First

1886                transfer to Newark Conference

 

MUMBULO, VERNER SYLVESTER

 

Born: 11-3-1897  Pittsfield NY                                  married: Maude Mary Hunt [1916]

Died: 11-8-1981  Farmington MI                               obit: Detroit Conference 1987, 2173

 

1926    admitted on trial

1928    ordained deacon

1930    ordained elder

 

Interment: Acacia Park Cemetery, Beverly Hills MI

Obit: Detroit Conference 1982, 1567

 

1926-27           Apalachin

1927-29           associate, Binghamton Tabernacle

1929-32           Binghamton Fairview

1932-34           Forty Fort

1934-38           Scranton Asbury

1938                transfer to Genesee Conference

1938-               Buffalo Asbury – Delaware

1944                transfer to Northeast Ohio Conference

                        transfer to Detroit Conference

 

Note: Before joining the Wyoming Conference, Verner S. Mumbolo was (in 1918) pastor of the Full Gospel Mission in Union NJ and perhaps of other congregations and/or affiliations.

 

MUMFORD, LYMAN HAMILTON

           

Born: 8-13-1810  Newport NY                                  married: Margaret Amanda Reed Rice
Died: 6-29-1883  Utica NY                                        obit: [5/30/1808 – 8/27/1879]

 

1832    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

1834    ordained deacon

1836    ordained elder

 

Interment: Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica NY
Obit:

 

1832-33           Russia

1833-34           Brooklyn

1834-36           Owego

1836-37           Candor

1837-39           Bethany and Honesdale

1839-40           Wyoming circuit

1840                expelled

 

Note:  Lyman Hamilton Mumford graduated from Cazenovia Seminary in 1830.   The family history records that he retired from the ministry due to poor health in 1840 when he was living in Kingston Township, Luzerne County.  At the time he was a partner with his brother-in-law Levi Cooke Rice in the Rice and Mumford Mill in Lehman Township and in a general store.  Lyman and Margaret made their home on a high hill between Toby's Creek and the Rice homestead on Harris Hill Road.  By 1848 he had moved back to New York, and in 1850 he was living in Utica NY.  In 1883 he was listed as having a dry goods, grocery and crockery store at 16 South Street in Utica and living at 2 Chatham Street.  Mrs. Mumford is the daughter of Jacob Rice. 

 

MUNGER, JOHN W.

           

Born: 1817                                                                              married: Phoebe Cornelia _____
Died: 4-12-1875                                                                      obit: [3/19/1820 – 12/22/1889]

 

1854    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1856    ordained deacon

1858    ordained elder

 

Interment: Forest Hill Cemetery, Dunmore PA
Obit:

 

1852-53           Fishkill West, New York Conference

1853-54           Rome, Wyoming Conference

1854-55           Spencer

1855-57           Skinner’s Eddy

1857-58           Newton

1858-60           Providence

1860-61           Plymouth

1861-63           Carverton

1863-64           Moscow

1864                located

 

MUNOZ, CARLOS BALDERAS

 

Born: 11-4-1926  Mexico                                           married: Elizabeth L. Lee

Died: 3-15-2000  Monroe County PA                        obit: [6/1/1921 – 3/19/1995]

 

?          ordained local deacon, Albuquerque NM

?          ordained local elder, Dallas TX

 

Interment: Reeders Methodist Cemetery, Monroe County PA

Obit:

 

1954                “transfer” to Rio Grande Conference

1968                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1968-73           Rome

1973-76           Hop Bottom

1976-81           Centermoreland

1981-86           Damascus

1987                “transfer” to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1987-90           York First Hispanic

1990-92           Eagles Mere Federated

 

Note: Carlos B. Munoz served as a local preacher.

 

MUNYON, HERBERT SANFORD

 

Born: 3-5-1878  Bridgeton NJ                                    married: Hattie E. Miller

Died: 6-?-1943                                                            obit: [1879 – 1966]

 

?          local preacher’s license, New Jersey Conference

?          ordained local deacon

?          ordained local elder

 

Interment: Marsh Cemetery, Center Moreland PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1944, 845

 

                        Oceanport NJ

                        “transfer” to Central New York Conference

                        Tyrone

                        Benton Center

                        “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1920-24           Spencer

 

1928-29           Coventry

1929-34           Center Moreland

1934-37           Clifford

1937-41           Uniondale

1941-43           Carley Brook

 

Note: Herbert S. Munyon is the father of Ellis Munyon (1903 – 1962) of the Genesee Conference for 30+ years.  This surname is sometimes given as MUNYAN.

 

MURDOCK, LEONARD C.

 

Born: 8-24-1863  Toddsville NY                               married: Lucy E. Peet

Died: 12-26-1938  Cape May NJ                               obit: Wyoming Conference 1927, 126

 

1885    local preacher’s license

1890    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1890    ordained deacon

1892    ordained elder

 

Interment: Lakewood Cemetery, Cooperstown NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1939, 583

 

1890-94           Carverton

1894-97           Wilkes-Barre Parrish Street

1897-04           Kingston

1904-10           superintendent, Wyoming District

1910-16           superintendent, Scranton District

1916-18           Scranton Asbury

1918-21           Joint Centenary Committee

1921-25           executive secretary, Philadelphia Area Methodist Missionary Centenary

1925-39           Binghamton Centenary

1930-32           executive secretary, Wyoming Conference Enlargement Program

 

Note: Leonard C. Murdock is a brother to Sarah Murdock Lathrop, wife of William D. Lathrop. A biographical sketch of Leonard C. Murdock appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 375.

 

MURPHY, BEVERLY

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2001    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2001-10           Auburn

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-11           Silvara

2011                retired

 

Note: Beverly Murphy served as a local preacher.

 

MURPHY, MICAHEL

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1982-83           Willet

1983                Willet – Itaska (ending 9/83)

1983-84           student, Wesley Seminary in Washington DC

 

MURRAY, SAMUEL B.

 

Born: 11-6-1873                                                          married: Maggie E. _____

Died: 3-4-1957                                                            obit: [1/2/1879 – 12/25/1959]

 

1906    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1906    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Ft. Worth TX

Obit:

 

1906-07           Eatonville

1907-09           Ariel

1909-11           Moscow

1911-12           Waverly

1912                withdrew to join Presbyterian ministry

1912-14           ?

1914                transfer to Illinois

1914-15           Vandalia IL

1915-16           Mattoon IL

…                    …

1919-21           living in Ft Worth TX, but not serving a church

 

MUZZY, VIRGIL P.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Linda _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1982    admitted on trial, Western Pennsylvania Conference

1984    ordained deacon

1987    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1977-81           Trinity

1881-82           Pond Eddy, Western New York Conference

1982-85           Miller

1985-89           Sigel

1989-90           chaplain, US Navy

1990-91           Chinchilla, Wyoming Conference

1991                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1991-96           Chinchilla

1996-00           Norwich

2000-03           Apalachin First

2003-04           chaplain, US Army

2004-05           Lounsberry (ending 7/31/2004); Honesdale (beginning 8/1/2004)

2005                retired

                             2005-08      Russell Hill

     2010           transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

 

MYERS, GREGORY C.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Deborah _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1971    admitted on trial, Central Pennsylvania Conference: recommended by Red Lion Bethany

1971    ordained deacon

1974    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1971-73           student, United Theological Seminary

1973-76           associate Carlisle Grace

1976-81           Enola Mt. Zion

1981-86           chaplain, Wyoming Seminary (ending 3/1986)

1986                Courtdale, Wyoming Conference (2/1986 – 6/31/1986)

1987                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1987-98           Honesdale

1998-04           Kingston, Church of Christ Uniting

2004-10           superintendent, Wilkes-Barre District

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-11           superintendent, Wilkes-Barre District

2011                retired

 

 

NAIK, R. BROWN

 

Born: 9-17-1947  Orissa, India                                   married: Alice Maynard (8/23/1975)

Died: 8-15-2020  New Berlin NY                              obit:

 

1978    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1980    ordained deacon

1984    ordained elder

 

Interment: Fairview Cemetery, New Berlin NY

Obit:

 

1978-79           ?

1979-82           Gibson

1982-86           Nichols – Lounsberry

1986-90           Nichols

1990-05           Union Center

2005-10           Union Center – Endicott Wesley

2010                charter member Upper New York Conference

2010-15           Union Center – Endicott Wesley

2015                retired

 

NANKIVELL, JAMES

 

Born: 2-8-1863  Cornwall, England                           married: Jane Watt

Died: 5-1-1946                                                            obit: [d. 1919]

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Mae Thomas Willis

?          license, Salvation Army                                  obit2: Wyoming Conference 1963, 236

 

Interment: Dunmore Cemetery, Dunmore PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1947, 719

 

1889                moved to the United States

                        Pittsburgh

1920                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1920-25           Auburn

1925-29           Lake Como

1929-40           Orson

1930-46           South Sterling

 

Note: James Nankivell worked in 22 cities, including Scranton, for the Salvation Army before joining the Methodists.  At least two of his children went on to be officers in the Salvation Army: Evangeline Jane Nankivell Fox and Ballington Booth Nankivell.  The second Mrs. Nankivell was the widow of a Mr. Foster Willis.

 

NARBETH, ARTHUR BENJAMIN

 

Born: 2-11-1911  Norton-on-Tees, England              married: Dorothy Klock Davis

Died: 3-7-1999  Baltimore MD                                  obit: [2/15/1913 – 7/4/2011]

 

1940    admitted on trial

 

Interment: St. James Episcopal Cemetery, Lothian MD

Obit:

 

1940-41           North Fenton

1941-43           Mt. Vision – Laurens

1943-45           Newton

1945-47           Bethany (ending 1/1/1947)

1947                “transfer” to the Episcopal Church

1947-49           Ashland PA St. John’s

1949-51           Binghamton NY Trinity

1951-55           Waverly NY Grace                

1955-58           Philadelphia PA St. Matthais

1958-62           Wilmington BE Trinity

1962-65           Shady Side MD St. John’s

1965-73           Lothian MD St. James

1973                retired

 

Note: Arthur B. Narbeth is the father of Gwen Narbeth Spicer, wife of Rev. Allen Spicer of the Episcopal Church.  He was from Swarthmore PA and a graduate of Duke University and Drew Theological Seminary.

 

NAUGLE, W. CHARLES

 

Born:                                                                           married: Barbara _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1969    admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference

1969    ordained deacon

1972    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1969-71           student, Union Theological Seminary in NYC

                            1971            chaplain, Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn NY

1971                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1971-73           associate, Kingston First

1973-77           Lake Winola

1977-81           Waverly PA

1981-86           Windsor

1986-93           Kingston Dorranceton

1993-02           Trucksville (ending 9/15/2002)

2002-03           on leave(beginning 9/15/2002)

2003-04           associate, Scranton Elm Park

2004-10           serving in New York Conference

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010                retired

 

NEFF, ALVIN JAY

           

Born: 9-21-1870  Madison NY                                  married: Maude E. Holliday (1898)
Died: 11-21-1902  Davenport NY                              obit: [b. 7/?/1876]

 

1897    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1899    ordained deacon

1901    ordained elder

 

Interment: Madison Village Cemetery, Madison NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1903, 105

 

1895-97           student, Syracuse University

                             1895-97      North Norwich

1897-98           North Norwich

1898-00           Exeter

1900-02           Smyrna

1902                Davenport Center

 

Note:  A brief biography of Alvin J. Neff appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 213. 

 

NEIGHBOR, JOHN J.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1909    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1911    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1903-05           Amwell, New Jersey Conference

1903-04           Penn’s Park, Philadelphia Conference

1906-07           Cornwall, Philadelphia Conference

1907-08           Lumberville, Philadelphia Conference

1909                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1909-11           Clark’s Green

1911-12           Scranton St. Paul’s (ending 12/1/1911) [see 1912,91]

1912                “transfer” to Episcopal Church

1912-13           Reading PA St. Luke’s

1913-15           Long Brach NJ

1915-18           Bradley Beach NJ St. James

1918-               Bound Brook NJ St. Paul’s

                        Ocala FL Grace

        -38           Sarasota FL Church of the Redeemer

 

Note: John J. Neighbor graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University, and from Drew Theological Seminary in 1909.  Before his graduation from seminary he supplied churches in the New Jersey and Philadelphia Conferences.  From the individual conference journals he appears to have served in two different conferences one year, and not at all in another year – and so these records should not be taken as the final authority.

 

NELSON, DALL

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1943-44           Lisle

 

Note: Dall Nelson served as a supply preacher.  Nothing else is known about him.

 

NELSON, REUBEN

           

Born: 12-13-1818  Andes NY                                    married: Jane Scott
Died: 2-20-1879  New York NY                                obit: Wyoming Conference 1899, 107

 

1834    exhorter’s license

1835    license

1840    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

1842    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1879, 34

 

1840-43           principal, Otsego Academy in Cooperstown NY

     1840-41      Otsego

     1841-42      Westford

1843-44           on leave

1844-52           principal, Wyoming Seminary

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-62           principal, Wyoming Seminary

1862-64           superintendent, Wyoming District

1864-72           principal, Wyoming Seminary

     1868-69      superintendent, Wyoming District

1872-79           agent, Methodist Book Concern in New York NY

 

Note:  A brief biography of Reuben Nelson appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 213.

 

NELSON, WILLIAM C.

 

Born: 5-20-1921  Worcester MA                               married: Eva Mae Norton

Died: 6-2-2014  Tunkhannock PA                             obit: Susquehanna Conference 2013, 269

 

1973    license

1982    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: body donated for medical research

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2015, 271

 

                        American Baptist Church

                             Mendon and Whitman MA

                             denominational offices, Valley Forge PA

                             Wayne PA

                             Abington Heights PA (union of Clarks Green and Clarks Summit)

1973-85           Fairdale

1986                retired

                             1986-90      South Montrose Community (ending 8/31/1990)

                             1990-08      Beaver Meadows (beginning 9/1/1990)

     2010           transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

 

NETHERTON, WILLIAM R.

 

Born: 4-28-1854  St. Blazey, Cornwall                      married: Elizabeth Ann Baker

Died: 12-3-1905  Jermyn PA                                      obit: Wyoming Conference 1919, 148

 

1876    admitted on trial

1878    ordained deacon

1880    ordained elder

 

Interment: Shady Side Cemetery, Jermyn PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1906, 109

 

1876-78           Lackawaxen

1878-81           Beach Pond

1881-84           Orwell

1884-87           Camptown

1887-89           Scranton Hampton Street

1889-94           Forty Fort

1894-01           on leave

1901                retired

                        became a registered pharmacist in Forty Fort, Wyoming and Jermyn

 

Note: A biographical sketch of William R. Netherton appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 375.

 

NEWELL, JOHN VINING

 

Born: 4-26-1830 Durham ME                                    married: Abbie S. Weeman

Died: 3-3-1914  Windsor NY                                     obit: Wyoming Conference 1900, 118

 

1851    exhorter’s license

1853    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1855    ordained deacon

1857    ordained elder

 

Interment: Forest Hill Cemetery, Scranton PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1914, 108

 

1851                Vestal (Jul – Oct)

1851-52           teacher, South Owego schoo1 (11/5851 – 3/1852)

1852                teacher, Nichols (Sep – Dec)

1852-53           Van Ettenville (beginning 12/1852)

1853-54           South Danby

1854-56           Rome

1856-58           Mehoopany

1858-60           Springville

1860-61           Auburn

1861-62           Gibson

1862-64           Scranton

1864-65           Springville

1865-66           Tunkhannock

1866-67           on leave

1867-69           Susquehanna Depot

1869-71           Mount Pleasant

1871-72           Schenevus

1872-75           Hartwick

1875-78           Hawley

1878-81           Jermyn

1881-84           Dunmore

1884-85           Scranton Park Place

1885-88           Hawley

1888-91           Salem

1891-94           Lake Como

1894-99           Throop and Nay Aug

1899-00           Yatesville

1900                retired to Uniondale PA

 

Note: A biographical sketch of John V. Newell appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 376.

 

 

NEWHART, PATRICIA

 

Born:                                                                           married: Daniel

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2009    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2008-10           Beaver Meadows

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Patricia Newhart served as a local preacher.

 

 

NEWING, CHARLES HENRY

 

Born: 5-1-1862  Ellenville NY                                   married: Lila Lucas

Died: 8-6-1943                                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1913, 121

                                                                                    married2: Mary A. Peck

1884    local preacher’s license, Kingston                  obit2: Wyoming Conference 1934, 402

1890    admitted on trial

1892    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1944, 846

 

1887-90           student, Drew Theological Seminary

1890-91           Greene

1891-93           Castle Creek

1893-95           Falls

1895-98           Dalton

1898-01           Susquehanna

1901-05           Dunmore

1905-07           Lestershire

1907-10           Pittston

1910-12           Wyoming

1912-15           Ashley

1915-18           Wilkes-Barre Derr Memorial

1918-21           Taylor

1921-25           Peckville

1925-30           Tunkhannock

1930-33           Wilkes-Barre Bennett Memorial-St. Andrews

1933                retired

 

Note: Charles H. Newing is the father of Mr. Ralph L. Newing (1891-1987), director of public relations for the Wyoming Conference and editor of the conference’s The Methodist for 17 years. He is also an uncle of Irene Newing Willets, wife of Howard Willets.  The second Mrs. Newing is the daughter of Jonathan K. Peck.  A biographical sketch of Charles H. Newing appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 376.

 

 

NICHOLSON, JOHN W.

 

Born: 10-14-1865  Durham, England                         married: Blanche Crowell

Died: 1-8-1939  Del Ray Beach FL                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1949, 223

 

1888    admitted on trial

1890    ordained deacon

1892    ordained elder

 

Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery, Norwich NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1939, 586

 

1887-88           Lackawaxen

1888-89           Harford PA

1889-91           assistant, Scranton First

1891-93           Scranton Cedar Avenue

1893-97           Binghamton Clinton Street

1897-04           Waverly NY

1904-12           Kingston

1912-18           Binghamton Centenary

1918-28           Scranton Asbury

1928-34           Norwich

1934                retired

 

Note: Mrs. Nicholson is the daughter of Jesse T. Crowell.  A biographical sketch of John W. Nicholson appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 378.

 

 

NICKEY, EVELYN P.

 

Born: 5-13-1897  Scranton                                         married: John Dillon Nickey

Died: 3-14-1997                                                          obit: [4/6/1896 – 1955]

 

?          consecrated deaconess

 

Interment: Forest Hill Cemetery, Dunmore PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1997, 364

 

1958-60           Thornhurst

1960-62           Throop

1962-65           Koinonia Ministry in Milford NY

1965                retired

 

Note:  Dr. Evelyn Nickey [nee Phillips] worked as a dentist until 1955.  She served in the Wyoming Conference as a deaconess and local pastor.

 

NICOLAIS, GUISEPPE

 

Born: 7-13-1870                                                          married: Annie Delullo

Died: 2-27-1959  Los Angeles CA                             obit: [7/12/1887 – 7/27/1970]

 

1897    exhorter’s license

1907    admitted on trial

1907    ordained deacon

1909    ordained elder

 

Interment: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood CA

Obit:

 

1896-98           Buffalo, Central New York Conference

1898-00           ?

1900-06           Pittston

1906-10           Wilkes-Barre

1910                transfer to Central New York Conference

1910-12           Syracuse Italian Mission

 

 

NILES, FRANK J.

 

Born: 4-12-1876                                                          married: Ina Lawson

Died: 9-?-1974  FL                                                     obit: Wyoming Conference 1955, 2070

 

1904    admitted on trial

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Forest Long Memorial Gardens North, Pompano Beach FL

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1975, 178

 

1901-04           Rileyville

1904-06           Speedsville

1906-11           Rome

1911-14           Nichols

1914-17           Marathon

1917-22           assistant superintendent, Anti-Saloon League of New York

1922-25           assistant general secretary, Lord’s Day Alliance of New York

1925-29           general secretary, Lord’s Day Alliance of Ohio

1929-49           general secretary, Lord’s Day Alliance of Indiana

1949                retired

 

NOBLE, WILLIAM ALBURTON

 

Born: 12-16-1929  Bristol CT                                    married: Cora Louise Loudon (7/11/1953)

Died: 7-10-2011  Rice Lake WI                                 obit: [10/4/1932 – 7/20/2013]

 

1957    admitted on trial

1957    ordained deacon

1960    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1956-58           Preston

1958-61           Mehoopany

1961-67           North Fenton

1967-69           Gouldsboro

1969                transfer to Wisconsin Conference

1969-74           Franksville

1974-82           Neillsville - Granton

 

Note: Mrs. Noble was a graduate of United Theological Seminary in Minneapolis MN and served as an ordained UM pastor until 1995.  Some sources give the death date for William A. Noble as 2010.

 

NOBLE, WILLIAM ARTHUR

 

Born: 9-13-1866  Springville PA                               married: Martha “Mattie” Lillian Wilcox

Died: 1-6-1945  Stockton CA                                     obit: [1/6/1872 – 8/5/1956]

 

1888    exhorter’s license

1889    local preacher’s license

1892    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Park View Cemetery, Stockton CA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1945, 163

 

1887-91           student, Wyoming Seminary

                            1887-91       Harding, Coxton, and Buttonwood.

1890-93           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                            1890-92       New York City Madison Street Mission

1892-96           faculty, Pai Chai College at Seoul Korea

1895-97           student, Drew Theological Seminary

1896-01           Pyeng Yang Circuit

1901-04           superintendent, North Korea District

1904-44           Korean Methodist Church

1944                retired

 

Note: W. Arthur Noble is the father of Emily Ruth Noble Appenzeller, wife of Henry D. Appenzeller (1889-1953) of the Southern California-Arizona Conference.  A biographical sketch of W. Arthur Noble appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 377.

 

NOBLE, WILLIAM TAYLOR

 

Born: 6-16-1791  Pittsfield MA                                 married: Christina Brower

Died: 1-7-1861  Newark Valley NY                          obit: [9/29/1793 – 4/9/1876]

 

Interment: Hope Cemetery, Newark Valley NY

Obit:

 

Note: William T. Taylor served as a local preacher.  He came to Sterling PA from Pittsfield MA about 1820 is credited with founding the Methodist Episcopal classes at Sterling and Daleville in 1821 and 1826 respectively.  

 

NONNENBERG, CHARLES WILBUR.

 

Born: 7-11-1924  Middletown PA                             married: Kathryn A. Van Steenburg (1946)

Died: 11-27-2020  Genesco NY                                 obit: [8/1/1926 – 7/27/2001]

 

1974    associate member, Western New York Conference

 

Interment: West Perry Cemetery, Perry NY

Obit:

 

1945-46           Wells Bridge

1946-53           West Exeter

1953                “transfer” to New York Conference

1953-54           Long Eddy – Goulds – Rock Valley

1954-69           no record

1969                “transfer to Western New York Conference

1969-75           South Dayton – Hamlet

1979-83           Silver Springs – Gainesville

1983-89           Pavilion

1989                retired

                             2010  charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Charles W. Nonnenberg served in the Wyoming Conference as a local preacher. 

 

NOON, SAMUEL A.

 

Born: 1871                                                                  married: Mary B. Walople

Died: 1-27-1928  NY                                                  obit: [1877-1974]

 

1895    ordained, Congregational Church

1917    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Chuctanunda Cemetery, Minaville NY

Obit:

 

1895-97           Taftsvill CT

1897-17           ?

1917                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1917-19           Herrickville

1919                discontinued

1920                “transfer” to Presbyterian Church

1920-25           Mariaville NY

1925-28           Freedom Plains NY

 

Note: It is possible that the above information refers to more than one “Rev. Samuel A. Noble.”

 

NORRIS, WILLIS CLARK

 

Born: 9-20-1856  Jackson PA                                    married: Ida Clarissa Keen (12/29/1880)

Died: 1-20-1939  New Milford PA                            obit: [3/21/1856 – 12/?/1936]

 

1880    license

1881    admitted on trial

1885    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Keen Cemetery, Wayne County PA

Obit:

 

1880-81           assistant, Susquehanna (beginning January 1881)

1881-83           Franklin Forks

1883-84           Rush

1884-86           on leave

1887                located for health reasons

 

Note: The headstone gives a birth year of 1855 for both Willis and Ida.  Before entering the ministry, W.C. Clark graduated from Mount Pleasant Academy in 1878 and worked as a school teacher.  After leaving the ministry, he worked for the Grand Union Tea Company, from which he retired in 1914, while preaching occasionally in various Protestant churches.

 

NORTHROP, GEORGE HENRY

 

Born: 4-2-1864  Cherry Creek NY                             married: Florence Esther Kibbe

Died: 6-21-1934  Fruitland Park FL                           obit: Florida Conference 1955, 193

 

1894    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit: St. John’s River Conference 1935, 52

 

1894-95           Slaterville

1895-97           Mehoopany

1897                transfer to St. John’s River Conference

 

Note: This surname is sometimes erroneously reported as NORTHRUP.

 

 

NORTHROP, PAULINE L. STEVENS

 

Born: 4-14-1914  Fine NY                                         married: Lyndon F. Northrop

Died: 9-2-2000                                                            obit: [1902 – 1974]

 

Interment: Vestal Park Cemetery, Vestal NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2001, 198

 

1990-94           Flemingville

1994                retired

 

Note: Pauline L. Northrop [nee Stevens] served as a local pastor.  The heading of the conference obituary is erroneously given as NORTHRUP.

 

NOWERS, RICHARD EARL

 

Born: 4-29-1929  Reading PA                                    married: Olive L. Marsh

Died: 1-23-2017  Edgewater MD                               obit: Baltimore-Washington Conference 1998, 597

 

1953    admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Baltimore-Washington Conference 2017, 507

 

1953-54           East Bangor

1954                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1954-57           associate, Scranton Elm Park

1957                transfer to Baltimore Conference

1957-61           associate Washington DC Foundry

1961-65           Solomons

1965-69           Riderwood Hunt’s Memorial

1969-76           Baltimore Beechfield

1976-82           Hillcrest Heights Church of the Redeemer

1982-94           Pasadena

1994                retired

 

Note: Richard E. Nowers is the brother of Donald G. Nowers Jr. (1926-2012) of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference.  Mrs. Nowers, along with their daughter Lisa (1960-1981) is buried in the Milwaukee Cemetery, Milwaukee PA.

 

OAKLEY, WILLIAM

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1944-46           Gouldsboro (beginning 1/1/1944)

 

Note: William Oakley served as a local preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

O’BORSKI, JANE L.

 

Born:                                                                           married: W. Andrew Cottle Jr.

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2007    license

2009    provisional elder, Wyoming Conference

2017    ordained elder

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2007-10           Old Forge Stewart Memorial (beginning 12/16/2007)

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-12           associate, Bloomsburg Wesley

2012-18           Hughesville

2018-20           associate, Montoursville Faith

2020-22           Wyalusing

2022-23           Heshbon Park

 

OLIN, WILLIAM H.

           

Born: 1-5-1821  Laurens NY                                     married: Emily A. Reed
Died: 9-16-1889  Dexter MI                                       obit: [c1825 – c1856]

                                                                                    married2: Melissa E. Watkins

1851    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference obit2: Wyoming Conference 1898, 99

 

Interment: Oneonta NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1890, 80

 

1851-53           Deansville

1853-54           Madison

1854-56           Stockbridge

1856-58           Ithaca Aurora Street

1858-60           Utica Corn Hill

1860-62           Norwich

1862-65           superintendent, Chenango District

1865-69           superintendent, Oneida District

1869                transfer to Central New York Conference by boundary change

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1869-72           Binghamton Centenary

1872-74           Waverly NY

1874-77           Wilkes-Barre Franklin Street

1877-81           superintendent, Wyoming District

1881-84           Binghamton Centenary

1884-88           superintendent, Binghamton District

1888-89           superintendent, Oneonta District

 

Note:  A brief biography of William H. Olin appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 214.  He was also an attorney and a member of the New York State Legislature.

 

OLMSTEAD, CHARLES M.

           

Born: 11-23-1868  South Worcester NY                    married: Lillian Beatrice Scott
Died: 5-27-1937  Nicholson PA                                 obit: Wyoming Conference 1955, 2071

 

1888    exhorter’s license

1889    local preacher’s license

1894    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Village Cemetery, Milford NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1938, 369

 

1894-95           North Norwich

1895-99           Castle Creek

1899-03           Guilford

1903-08           Binghamton Chenango Street

1908-11           Scranton Asbury

1911-16           Kingston

1916-22           superintendent, Wilkes-Barre District

1922-26           Carbondale

1926-30           Scranton Elm Park

1930-37           Owego

1937                Nicholson

 

Note:  A brief biography of Charles M. Olmstead appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 380.

 

OLMSTEAD, DeWITT CLINTON

           

Born: 5-15-1826  Nichols NY                                                married: Emma E. Bailey
Died: 19-12-1888  Nanticoke PA                               obit:

                                                                                    married2: Emma J. Lane

1844    exhorter’s license                                            obit2: Wyoming Conference 1921, 111

1845    local preacher’s license

1848    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

1850    ordained deacon

1853    ordained elder

 

Interment:  Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1889, 81

 

1847-48           Geneva Mission

1848-49           LeRaysville

1849-51           Brooklyn

1851-52           Tunkhannock

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-54           Canaan

1854-55           Honesdale

1855-57           Candor

1857-59           Danby

1859-60           Caroline and Speedsville

1860-61           Windsor

1861-63           Binghamton Court Street

1863-64           Abington

1864-65           Union NY

1865-67           Windsor

1867-71           superintendent, Wyalusing District

1871-75           superintendent, Honesdale District

1875-77           Waverly NY

1877-79           Wilkes-Barre Central

1879-82           Milford

1882-85           Oneonta

1885-87           Pittston

1887-88           Nanticoke

 

Note:  DeWitt Clinton Olmstead is the father of Edwin B. Olmstead and a brother to noted Baptist clergyman Rev. John Wesley Olmstead (1816-1891).  A brief biography of DeWitt Clinton Olmstead appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 216.

 

OLMSTEAD, EDWIN B.

           

Born: 12-23-1858                                                        married: Cora L. Smith
Died: 4-20-1917 NY                                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1889, 83

                                                                                    married2: Mary Scott Danforth

1883    license                                                             obit2: St. Louis Conference 1919, 327

1885    ordained deacon

1887    ordained elder                                                            

 

Interment: 
Obit: St. Louis Conference 1917, 205

 

1882-83           Oneonta Plains

1883-85           Oneonta Plains and Laurens

1885-88           Great Bend

1888-90           Sayre

1890-94           Norwich

1894-99           Binghamton Tabernacle

1899                transfer to Genesee Conference

1904                transfer to Holston Conference

1909                transfer to St. Louis Conference

 

Note:  Edwin B. Olmstead is the son of DeWitt Clinton Olmstead.  Some sources name the first Mrs. Olmstead as the former Annie C. Smith.

 

OLMSTEAD, PATRICIA J.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1983    admitted on trial, Western New York Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1983-84           student

1984-98           associate, Williamsville

1998-00           Castle Creek, Wyoming Conference

2000                transfer to Wyoming Conference

2000-02           Morris (ending 1/31/2002)

2002                on leave (2/1–7/31)

2002-04           Chinchilla (beginning 8/1/2002)

2004-08           North Fenton

2008-10           on leave

2010                charter member Upper New York Conference

 

OLMSTED, CHUMASERO FAY

 

Born: 5-18-1844                                                          married:

Died: 8-18-1878                                                          obit:

 

1874    admitted on trial

1876    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Cutter Cemetery, Newfield NY

Obit:

 

1873-74           Litchfield

1874-75           Germany [Tioga Point]

1875-76           Cherry Ridge

1876                located

 

Note: Prior to 1873 C. Fay Olmstead may have preached in the Free Methodist Church in NY.  This surname name is sometimes given as OLMSTEAD.

 

OLSOMMER, DONALD E.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Janet _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2009    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2009-10           Carley Brook

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-11           Carley Brook (ending 12/31/2011)

2012                Smith Hill (beginning 1/1/2012)

2012                retired

                              2012-         Smith Hill

 

Note: Donald E. Olsommer served as a local preacher.

 

OLVER, ALBERT C.

 

Born: 3-15-1848  near Honesdale PA            married: Mary Elizabeth Webb

Died: 6-14-1930                                              obit: Wyoming Conference 1919, 146

 

1878    admitted on trial

1880    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Riverdale Cemetery, Honesdale PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1931, 574

 

1876-77           Springbrook

1877-78           assistant, Daleville

1878-79           Springbrook

1879-82           Taylorville

1882-85           Cherry Ridge

1885-88           Damascus

1888-90           Moscow

1890-92           Waymart

1892-93           on leave

1893-97           Thompson

1897-99           Harpursville and Nineveh

1899-03           Lake Como

1903-04           on leave

1904                retired

                             1907-08  Plymouth NY

                             1912-13  Damascus (beginning August 1912 – see 1913, page 76)

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Albert C. Olver appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 379.

 

O’MALLEY, VIRGINIA E.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1986    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1987    ordained deacon

1989    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1986-92           Otego

                            1987-89  Wells Bridge (beginning 11/1987 and ending 12/31/1989)

1992-00           superintendent, Scranton District

2000-04           Owego

2004-10           Scranton Elm Park

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-11           Scranton Elm Park (ending 10/31/2011)

2011-17           incapacity leave (beginning 11/1/2011)

2017                retired 

 

ONDER, RONALD W.

 

Born: 1-18-1952                                                          married: Cynthia L. _____

Died: 8-26-2017                                                          obit: [11/13/1952 - ]

 

1978    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1979    ordained deacon

1982    ordained elder

 

Interment: St. Johns Cemetery, Jessup PA

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2018, 276

 

1978-83           Mount Upton (ending 10/31/1983)

1983-89           Unadilla – Sidney Center (beginning 11/1/1983)

1989-92           associate, Endicott Central

1992-08           Lake Ariel

2008-10           Gouldsboro

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

O’NEILL, KENNETH D.     

 

Born: 9-9-1904  Tunkhannock PA                             married: Grace Louise Odell

Died: 1976                                                                  obit: Wyoming Conference 1996, 331

 

1953    admitted on trial

1953    ordained deacon

1955    ordained elder

 

Interment: Roberts Cemetery, Falls PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1976, 221

 

1951-55           student, Westminster [Wesley] Theological Seminary

                            1951-55       Mehoopany

1955-60           Lehman

1960-68           Plains

1968-71           Candor

1971                retired

 

ORR, WILLIAM R.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

ORTH, FAITH (EHRLER)

 

Born: 6-10-1935                                                          married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1968    license, Central Pennsylvania Conference

 

Interment: [tombstone prepared at Mills Cemetery, Mills PA]

Obit:

 

1967-68           Middlefield, Wyoming Conference

1968-70           Ulysses (beginning 12/1/68)

1970                no longer listed

                             1970-73  Mills

 

Note: Faith E. Orth served as a local pastor.  She apparently kept serving the union congregation at Mills when it was dropped from the United Methodist Ulysses charge in 1970.  Her name appears in connections with area marriages and burials at least until 2001.

 

OSBORN, ARTHUR

           

Born: 10-17-1858  Spencer NY                                 married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1886    exhorter’s license, Candor

1887    admitted on trial

1889    ordained deacon

1891    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1888-90           Speedsville

1890-92           Damascus

1892-93           Uniondale and Dundaff

1893                transfer to Genesee Conference

1893-97           Painted Post

1897                transfer to Central New York Conference

1897-00           Mecklenburg and Cayutaville

1900-02           Italy

1902-04           Sheldrake

1905-10           on leave

1910                located

 

OSBORNE, CLIFFORD HAZELDINE

 

Born: 11-26-1900  London England                          married: Beryl Eva Rampton (1922)

Died: 5-2-1996  Naples FL                                         obit: [5/20/1899 – 1/8/1989]

 

1923    admitted on trial

1923    ordained

1925    ordained elder

 

Interment: Royal Palm Memorial Gardens, Punta Gorda FL

Obit: New England Conference 1996, B-209

 

1923-24           McClure Settlement

1924-26           Guilford

1926-30           Worcester

1930                transfer to Maine Conference

                        chaplain and faculty, Colby College in Waterville ME

 

Note: C. Hazeldine Osborne is the author of The Religion of John Burroughs (1930).

 

OSBORNE, NABOTH

 

Born: 4-8-1871  Cornwall England                            married: Emily Burgess

Died: 4-17-1940  Miami FL                                       obit: [1867 – 3/25/1949]

 

1899    ordained local deacon

 

Interment: Dodge Grove Cemetery, Mattoon IL

Obit:

 

1895-97           student, Syracuse University

    1895-97       Belgium, Central New York Conference

                        “transfer” to Congregational Church

1904-06           Mattoon IL First

1906-29           Burlington IA

1929                retired

 

Note: In 1894, Naboth Osborne was a student at Syracuse University.  He performed the marriage ceremony of Elliott Roosevelt, son of FDR, and Ruth Googins.  The Burgess-Osborne Memorial Auditorium in Mattoon IL is community building on the National Register of Historic Places – it was a gift to the city through a trust fund established in 1944.

 

OSTERHOUT, S. PEARL

 

Born: 7-7-1906  Newton Township PA                     married: [single]

Died: 6-6-1984                                                            obit:

 

1949    ordained local elder

 

Interment: Newton Cemetery, Newton Center PA                     

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1984, 212

 

1951-56           Lakeville

1956-67           Carley Brook

1967-69           superintendent, Scranton Home for the Aging

1969-72           Hop Bottom

1972                retired

 

OTTO, CHARLES J.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Peg Gorman

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2004    ordained deacon, recommended by Tunkhanock

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2004-09           chaplain, Exodus Prison & Aftercare Ministries

2009                retired

    2010            transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

 

OUDOMKHATI, CHAY

 

Born:                                                                           married: Mone

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2001    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2001-10           Johnson City Lao

 

Note: Chay Oudomkhati served as a local preacher.

 

OWEN, EPENETUS

 

Born: 3-17-1815  New Milford PA                            married: Sarah Maria Reed [1843]

Died: 1-10-1890  Spring Hill PA                               obit: [12/12/1812 – 3/18/1880]

                                                                                    married2: Isabella Goodell [1855]

1840    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference             obit2: [3/24/1830 – 7/19/1908]

1842    ordained deacon

1844    ordained elder

 

Interment: Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica NY

Obit:

 

1840-41           Bethany and Honesdale

1841-42           ?

1842-43           Hanover

1843-44           Lackawanna

1844-46           Canaan

1846-52           ?

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-53           Candor

1853-55           Binghamton Court Street

1855-56           ?

1856-57           Honesdale

1857-58           ?

1858-59           located

1859-60           ?

1860-61           on leave

                            1860-61       Binghamton Henry Street

1861                transfer to Oneida Conference, page 17

1870                withdrew to join the Free Methodists

 

Note: Epenetus Owen served 20 years in the Free Methodist Church, whose history says this about him:  Mr. Owen was an admirable writer, as well as an able and eloquent preacher. He corresponded frequently for the columns of the Church periodicals, and was elected editor of the Free Methodist at the General Conference of 1882, but resigned the position in the afternoon of the same day. He was also the author of “Things New and Old,” and “Struck by Lightning,” two volumes that proved a blessing to many souls.

 

 

OWEN, R.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1858                located

 

PADDOCK, BENJAMIN GREEN

 

Born: 1-24-1789  Bennington VT                              married: Sophronia Perry
Died: 10-7-1872  Metuchen NJ                                  obit: [4/20/1794 – 2/25/1837]

                                                                                    married2: Sophia Scott

1810    admitted on trial, Genesee Conference           obit2: [b. 1797]

 

Interment: First Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Metuchen NJ
Obit: Central New York Conference 1872, 44

 

1810-11           Lyons

1811-12           Northumberland

1812-13           F.C. Shetockway

1813-14           St. Lawrence

1814-15           Wyoming

1815-17           Utica

1817-18           Canandaigua

1818-19           Western

1819-20           Cooperstown

1820-21           on leave

1821-22           Utica

1822-23           Auburn

1823-24           Watertown

1824-26           Black River

1826-28           Potsdam

1828-29           superintendent, Potsdam District

1829                charter member of Oneida Conference

1829-31           superintendent, Potsdam District

1831-32           Madison

1832-33           Lenox

1833-34           Hamilton

1834-35           Pompey

1835-37           Lenox

1837-38           Pompey

1838-39           Onondaga

1839-40           Hamilton

1840-41           Agusta

1841-42           Andover

1842-43           Deansville

1843                retired

                             1846-47      Cassville

                             1850-51      Hampton

                             1869           transfer to Central New York Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Benjamin Green Paddock is a brother to Zachariah Paddock.  While he was never a member of the Wyoming Conference, he labored in the territory of the Wyoming Conference while it was still within the Genesee (1810-1829) and Oneida (1829-1852) Conferences.  He is the father of Episcopal pastors Rev. William Heemans Perry Paddock (1817-1872) and Rev. Wilbur Fisk Perry (1831-1903), and the father-in-law of Presbyterian pastor Rev. Thomas Thurston Bradford (1809-1889).  He is also an uncle to Zachariah Darwin Paddock (1819-1883) of the Rock River Conference.  The first Mrs. Paddock is a niece to Commodore Oliver Perry.

 

 

PADDOCK, JAMES H.

 

Born: 8-28-1839  Sussex County NJ                          married: Elsie H. Ming
Died: 3-30-1874                                                          obit: [1847-1898]

 

1859    license, Methodist Protestant Church

 

Interment: Jersey Hill Cemetery, Auburn Center PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1874, 41

 

                        Albany

                        Canaan

                        Sterling

                        Auburn

1868-70           Gouldsboro

[1868-69         Factoryville, Wyoming Conference ME – apparently did not materialize?]

1872                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1872-73           Stoddardsville

1873-74           Newport

 

Note: A brief biography of James H. Paddock appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 217.

 

PADDOCK, ZACHARIAH

 

Born: 12-20-1798  Northampton NY                         married: Mary Graves [8/11/1822]
Died: 7-4-1879  Binghamton NY                               obit: [1806 – 4/20/1877]

                                                                                    married2: Julia _____

1818    admitted on trial, Genesee Conference           obit2:

1820    ordained deacon

1822    ordained elder

 

Interment: Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1880, 33

 

1818-19           Ridgeway

1819-20           Sweden

1820-21           Batavia

1821-22           French Creek

1822-23           Buffalo

1823-24           Watertown

1824-25           Westmoreland

1825-26           Utica and Paris

1826-27           Utica

1827-29           Rochester

1829                charter member of Oneida Conference

1829-31           Cazenovia

1831-33           Ithaca

1833-35           Utica

1835-36           Auburn

1836-38           superintendent, Cayuga District

1838-42           superintendent, Oneida District

1842-46           superintendent, Cazenovia District

1846-48           New York Mills

1848-50           Binghamton

1850-51           Oxford

1851-52           superintendent, Susquehanna District

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-55           superintendent, Binghamton District

1855-56           Chenango Forks

1856-59           superintendent, Owego District

1859-60           Wilkes-Barre Franklin Street

1860-62           Binghamton Henry Street

1862-64           Honesdale

1864-86           superintendent, Binghamton District

1868-69           Chenango

1869-70           Port Dickinson

1870                retired

 

Note: Zachariah Paddock is a brother to Benjamin Green Paddock, and an uncle to Zachariah Darwin Paddock (1819-1883) of the Rock River Conference.  A brief biography of Zachariah Paddock appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 217.

 

PALL, WALTER JAMES

 

Born:                                                                           married: Susan _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1974    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference: recommended by Maple Grove

1974    ordained deacon

1981    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1974-76           student, Boston University

1976-79           chaplain, Wyoming Seminary (ending 9/1979)

1979-83           Wyalusing beginning 9/1979 and ending 2/1983)

1983-87           associate, Forty Fort (beginning 2/1983)

1987-90           on leave

1990-92           Courtdale – chaplain, State Correctional Institution

1992-02           Courtdale

2002-10           Huntsville

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-13           Huntsville

2013-14           Scranton St. Pauls

2014                retired

                             2014-23      Maple Grove

 

PALMER, LOUIS DeFOREST

 

Born: 1-13-1871  Brookfield NY                               married: Sarah Pollard Lewis

Died: 4-7-1968  State College PA                              obit: [9/6/1877 – 10/20/1974]

 

1894    admitted on trial

1896    ordained deacon

1898    ordained elder

 

Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery, Norwich NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1968, 252

 

1893-95           Coventry

1895-97           Gilbertsville

1897-98           Chenango Forks

1898-00           North Norwich

1900-03           Chenango Bridge

1903-07           Factoryville

1907-11           Owego

1911-16           Peckville

1916-18           Dunmore

1918-23           Ashley

1923-28           Norwich

1928-39           Clark’s Summit

1939                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Louis D. Palmer appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 380.

 

PARDEE, IRA NICHOLS

 

Born: 7-29-1840                                                          married: Mary Lucinda Winchell

Died: 3-9-1899                                                            obit: [1840-1900]

 

1861    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1864    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Logan Park Cemetery, Sioux City IA

Obit: Gulf Conference 1900, 31

 

1861-62           Ararat

1862-64           Tallmansville

1864-66           Newton

1866-67           Plymouth

1876                transfer to Nebraska Conference

 

PARKER, BROLIN C.

 

Born: 1949                                                                  married:

Died: 1-11-2018  Binghamton NY                             obit:

 

?          admitted on trial, Yellowstone Conference

?          ordained deacon

1984    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Upper New York Conference 2018.2, 213

 

1983-84           Bozeman

1984                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1984-88           Waverly PA

1988-93           Binghamton High Street

1993-96           Clarks Green

1996-97           sabbatical leave

1997-00           Moscow

2000-04           superintendent, Wilkes-Barre District

2004-10           serving in Troy Conference

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

PARO, DEBORAH J. CORSON

 

Born: c1950                                                                married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1998-00           Hornbrook and Union Corners

2000-03           Barton – Halsey Valley

2003                not appointed

 

Note: Deborah Paro (nee Corson) served as a lay pastor and appears to have moved to Ohio.

 

PARSONS, CATHERINE A.

 

Born:                                                                           married: John Parsons

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1995    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1997    ordained deacon

2000    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1995-04           Mehoopany

2004-10           Scott Valley

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010                retired

 

PARSONS, FRANKLIN H.

 

Born: 7-18-1850  Center Village NY                         married: Evangeline M. Plough

Died: 3-30-1928  Endicott NY                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1932, 804

 

1875    exhorter’s license

1877    local preacher’s license

1878    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1880    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Riverside Cemetery, Endicott NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1928, 141

 

1878-79           Triangle

1879-81           Willet

1881-83           North Fenton

1883-84           on leave

1884-87           Union Center

1887-90           Hawleyton

1890-92           Vestal

1892-97           Waverly PA

1897-02           Milford

1902-05           Greene

1905-08           Union

1908-11           Susquehanna

1911-14           Plains

1914                retired

 

Note: Frank H. Parsons is the son of Sylvester Parsons.  A biographical sketch of Frank H. Parsons appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 381.

 

 

PARSONS, GEORGE

           

Born: 12-13-1810  Sharon NY                                   married: Elizabeth D. Diefenport
Died: 7-7-1900  Fort Plain NY                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1877, 35

                                                                                    married2: Sallie A. Diefenport

1838    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference             obit2: Wyoming Conference 1891, 82

                                                                                    married3: Sara A. Stokes

Interment: Sharon Springs NY                                   obit3:
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1901,98

 

1838-40           Morrsiville

1840-42           Homer

1842-43           Dryden

1843-45           Cherry Valley

1845-47           Ames

1847-49           Westford

1849-51           Decatur

1851-52           Frey’s Bush

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-53           Frey’s Bush

1853-55           Sharon

1855-57           Fly Creek

1857-59           Westville

1859-61           Springfield

1861-63           Oneonta

1863-65           Schenevus

1865-68           Springfield

1868-70           Worcester

1870-73           Fly Creek

1873-75           Middlefield

1875-77           Sidney Center

1877-79           Preston

1879                retired

 

Note:  George Parsons is the father of Charles Wesley Parsons (1851-1907) of the Newark Conference.  A brief biography of George Parsons appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 219.

 

PARSONS, SYLVESTER

           

Born: 1820                                                                  married: Maria E. Goodsell
Died: 1902                                                                  obit: [1826-1908]

 

1880    ordained local deacon

 

Interment: Perch Pond Cemetery, Center Village NY
Obit:

 

Note:  Sylvester Parsons is the father of Frank H. Parsons.  He served as a local pastor.  Mrs. Parsons is a first cousin of Bishop Daniel Goodsell (1840-1909). 

 

PASCOE, RICHARD M.

 

Born: 11-27-1864  South Canaan PA                         married: Jennie M. Madison

Died: 4-18-1930  Scranton PA                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1929, 137

 

1885    local preacher’s license, Waymart

1885    admitted on trial

1887    ordained deacon

1889    ordained elder

 

Interment: Forest Hill Cemetery, Scranton PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1931, 566

 

1885-86           Cherry Ridge

1886-89           Jackson

1889-92           Le Raysville

1892-97           Meshoppen

1897-99           Berkshire

1899-02           Avoca

1902-07           Thompson

1907-12           Guilford

1912-14           Susquehanna

1914-17           Waymart

1917-19           Clarks Green

1919-22           Ariel

1922-25           Gouldsboro

1925-28           Pleasant Mount

1928                retired

 

Note: Mrs. Pascoe is the daughter of Joseph Madison.  A biographical sketch of Richard Pascoe appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 383.

 

PASTORE, E.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1860-61           South Canaan

 

PAUL, FRANK JAMES

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died: 6-20-1938                                                          obit:

 

1906    license

1907    admitted on trial, Central New York Conference

1909    ordained deacon, Central New York Conference

 

Interment: Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira NY

Obit:

 

1906-07           Belgium (first part); Monterey (second part)

1907-11           Van Etten

1911-13           Caton

…                    discontinued?

1921-23           Laurens, Wyoming Conference

1923                North Towanda and Luthers Mills, Central New York Conference

                             1923   suspended

 

 

Note: F.J. Paul served as a supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

PAYNE, HIRAM

 

Born: 7-25-1826  Chenango County NY                   married: Patty Ferris

Died: 7-24-1902  Bainbridge NY                               obit: [1824 – 7/8/1861]

                                                                                    married 2: Olive A. Eckert

                                                                                    obit2: [8/?/1826 – 3/?/1927]

                                               

Interment: Greenlawn Cemetery, Bainbridge NY

Obit:

 

Note: Hiram Payne is listed as a local preacher living in Bainbridge NY.  The second Mrs. Payne was the widow of a Mr. Wheeler Brown (1828-1858).

 

PEARCE, CROMWELL

 

Born: 7-1-1823  Wilkes-Barre PA                              married:

Died: 6-16-1872  Wilkes-Barre PA                            obit:

 

1852    “re-admitted” on trial

 

Interment: Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre PA

Obit:

 

1859-60           Auburn

1860-61           Springville

1861-62           Tioga

1862-63           ?

1863-64           Ararat

1864-65           Cherry Ridge

 

Note: Cromwell Pearce is the son of Marmaduke Pearce and a brother to John J. Pearce.  He was a member of the bar and served as a local preacher. 

 

PEARCE, ELMER ELLSWORTH

 

Born: 4-11-1862  North Afton NY                             married: Gertrude Russell

Died: 10-1-1958                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1951, 854

 

1892    admitted on trial

1892    ordained deacon

1894    ordained elder

 

Interment: North Afton Cemetery, Afton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1959, 1178

 

1892-95           East Worcester

1895-97           Laurens

1897-01           Fly Creek

1901-03           Morris

1903-05           Gilbertsville

1905-07           Harford and Kingsley

1907-10           Maine

1910-13           Slaterville

1913-15           LeRaysville

1915-18           Barton

1918-20           Flemingville

1920-23           Castle Creek

1923-25           Choconut Center

1925                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Elmer E. Pearce appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 381.

 

PEARCE, JOHN JAMESON

 

Born: 2-28-1826  Wilkes Barre PA                            married: Elizabeth Dunn

Died: 5-26-1912  Conneaut OH                                 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1913, 139

 

1844    admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

1848    ordained elder, Baltimore Conference

 

Interment: Highland Cemetery, Lock Haven PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1913, 133

 

1844-45           Lycoming

1845-46           Bellefonte

1846-47           Northumberland

1847-48           Milton

1848-49           Warrior’s Mark

1849-51           Lycoming

1851-52           Muncy

1852-53           Jersey Shore

1853-54           Lock Haven

1854-57           located

1857                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1857-58           Wyoming

1858-59           Owego

1859-62           superintendent, Owego District

1862-65           superintendent, Honesdale District

1865-66           located

                            West Camden DE (latter part of the year)

1866                transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1866-67           Williams Grove

1867-70           Philadelphia 19th Street

1870-71           Waynesburg

1871-74           Pottsville

1874                transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1874-77           Williamsport Mulberry Street

1877-81           superintendent, Williamsport District

1881-84           Huntingdon

1884-87           Lewistown

1887-88           McVeytown

1888-98           on leave

1898                retired

 

Note: John J. Pearce is the son of Marmaduke Pearce. Obituaries also appear in the 8/29/1912 Christian Advocate, page 1767, and the 11/4/1912 Christian Advocate, page 1639.  In 1865 John J. Pearce moved to West Camden DE, laid out plots, and renamed the village Wyoming (after the Wyoming Valley in PA).  Several others from the Wyoming Valley came and settled there, and the area is now part of metropolitan Dover.  This surname is sometimes rendered PIERCE, and his middle name is sometimes given as JAMISON.

 

PEARCE, MARMADUKE

           

Born: 7-18-1776  Paoli PA                                         married: Jane Potter
Died: 8-11-1852  Berwick PA                                    obit: [d. 10/18/1818]

                                                                                    married2: Hannah Jameson

1811    admitted on trial, Genesee Conference           obit2: [9/17/1782 – 10/21/1859]

1813    ordained deacon

1815    ordained elder

 

Interment: Beach Grove Cemetery, Luzerne County PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1853, 21 [PIERCE]

 

1811-12           Holland Purchase

1812-13           Tioga

1813-14           Wyoming

1814-15           Shamokin

1815-19           superintendent, Susquehanna District

1819-20           Wyoming

1820                transfer by boundary change to Baltimore Conference

1820-21           Shamokin

1821-22           Northumberland

1822-23           Chambersburg

1823-25           superintendent, Carlisle District

1825-29           superintendent, Northumberland District

1829-30           Baltimore circuit

1830-32           Baltimore city

1832-33           Northumberland

1833-34           Berwick

1834                transfer to Oneida Conference

1834-35           Pittston

1835-37           on leave

1837                retired

                             1852  charter member of Wyoming Conference

 

Note:  Marmaduke Pearce is the father of Cromwell Pearce and John J. Pearce.  A brief biography of Marmaduke Pearce appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 220.

 

PEARCE, WEBSTER H.

 

Born: 7-18-1843  Springfield OH                              married: ?

Died: 4-18-1905  Aiken SC                                        obit: Philadelphia Conference 1925, 150

 

1869    admitted on trial, Michigan Conference

 

Interment: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd PA

Obit: Philadelphia Conference 1906, 81

 

                        Three Rivers

                        Coldwater

1874                transfer to Detroit Conference

                        Detroit

                        Flint

1882                transfer to East Ohio Conference

                        Adrian

                        Akron First

1885                transfer to Erie Conference

                        Erie

1887                transfer to Pittsburgh Conference

                        Pittsburgh Butler Street

1891                transfer to Wyoming Conference

                        Scranton First [Elm Park]

                        Wilkes-Barre

                        Binghamton

1902                transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1902-05           Philadelphia Park Avenue

1905                retired

 

Note: Webster H. Pearce is the father of Ralph E. Pearce of the Baltimore Conference and a brother to Liston H. Pearce (1838-1924) of the Central New York Conference and Francis E. Pearce (1847-1912) of the Detroit Conference.   The conference obituary gives the birth year as 1845. An obituary also appears in The Christian Advocate for 5/4/1905, page 702 (22).

 

PEARNE, THOMAS HALL

 

Born: 6-7-1820  London, England                             married: Anna P. Root

Died: 6-1-1901  Cincinnati OH                                  obit: [d. 5/14/1874]

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Carolina McDonald Bottome

1839    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference             obit2: Cincinnati Conference 1912, 151

                                                                                   

Interment: Cortland Rural Cemetery, Cortland NY

Obit: Cincinnati Conference 1901, 285

 

1845-47           Binghamton Henry Street [Centenary]

1851                transfer to Oregon Conference

1851-55           superintendent, Williamette District

1855-56           agent, Williamette University

1856-64           editor, Pacific Christian Advocate

1854-65           agent, Portland Academy

1865                Binghamton Henry Street [Centenary] (did not finish the year? See Chaffee, page 448)

1865                transfer to Holston Conference

1866-69           superintendent, Knoxville District

1869-70           editor, Knoxville Daily Whig

1870-73           U.S. Consul at Jamaica, West Indies

1873                transfer to Cincinnati Conference

 

Note: Thomas H. Pearne is the son of William N. Pearne (1794-1868) of the Central New York Conference and a brother to William H. Pearne.

 

PEARNE, WILLIAM HALL

 

Born: 1-23-1816  London, England                           married: Phebe M. Wright

Died: 11-17-1890  Homer NY                                   obit: [d. 1842]

                                                                                    married2: Jeannette Dillaye

1833    exhorter’s license, New York Mills                obit2: Central NY Conference 1886, 98

1835    local preacher’s license, Oneida Conference married3: Mrs. Mary J. Russell

1836    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference obit3:

1838    ordained deacon, Oneida Conference

1840    ordained elder, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse NY

Obit: Central New York Conference 1891, 116

 

1835-36           Speedsville

1836-37           Barton

1837-38           Cayuga

1838-40           Dryden

1840-42           Oxford

1842-43           Earlville

1843-45           Norwich

1845-46           Sherburne

1846-48           Owego

1848-50           Auburn

1850-52           Binghamton

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-56           superintendent, Owego District

1856-64           agent, American Bible Society

1864-65           missionary New Orleans LA

1865-66           missionary to Memphis TN

1866                transfer to Tennessee Conference

1866-70           superintendent, Memphis District

1870                transfer to New Jersey Conference

1870-73           Trenton State Street

1873-75           Salem Broadway

1875-76           Vineland

1876-77           Freehold

1877-78           Absecon

1878-81           Ocean Port

1881-83           Sharpstown

1883                transfer to Central New York Conference

1883-84           Brewerton

1884-85           on leave

                            Penfield (6 months)

1885-87           Preble

1887-89           McLean and Groton City

1889                retired

 

Note: William H. Pearne is the son of William N. Pearne (1794-1868) of the Central New York Conference and the brother of Thomas H. Pearne.

 

PEASE, BARBARA L.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2005    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

2006    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2005-06           Thompson

2006-08           Netwon

2008-10           Unadilla

                            2009-10       on leave 12/25/2009 – 4/15/2010)

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-13           Wilkes-Barre Firwood

2013-24           Alderson – Maple Grove

 

PECK, ANDREW

 

Born: 2-29-1800  Middlefield Center NY                  married: Polly Hudson (1824)
Died: 5-6-1887  Cortland NY                                     obit: [2/3/1803 – 11/29/1832]

                                                                                    married2: Electa Gunn (1833)

1818    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference             obit2: [10/9/1805 – 8/29/1857]

                                                                                    married3: Betsy Fenn (1858)

Interment: Cortland Rural Cemetery, Cortland NY   obit3: Central NY Conference 1892, 110
Obit: Central New York Conference 1887, 94

 

1818-19           Tioga

1819-20           Ontario

1820-21           Dansville

1821-22           Plattsburg

1822-23           North East

1823-25           Boston

1825-29           on leave

1829                charter member of Oneida Conference

1829-30           Rome

1830-31           New York Mills

1831-32           Paris

1832-36           superintendent, Chenango District

1836-37           East Hamilton

1837-39           Madison

1839-40           Smyrna and Plymouth

1840-42           New Berlin

1842-44           Plymouth

1844-46           Chenango

1846-47           Woodstock

1847                retired

1869                transfer by boundary change to Central New York Conference

 

Note: Andrew Peck is one of the five noted Peck brothers to serve in the Methodist ministry: Luther Hoyt (b. 1793), George (b. 1797), Andrew (b. 1800), William (b. 1802), [Bishop] Jesse Truesdell (b. 1811).   Their story is told in the 1897 book Luther Peck and his Five Sons, by Jonathan Kenyon Peck.  Those five brothers (and their sister Anna Peck Crowell) are the ancestors of numerous additional preachers.  Andrew Peck is the father of Wesley Peck (1831-1914) of the California Conference and Elbert Andrew Peck (1846-1928) of the Central New York Conference.

 

PECK, GEORGE

 

Born: 8-8-1797  Middlefield NY                               married: Mary Myers
Died: 5-20-1876  Scranton PA                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1882, 48

 

1815    exhorter’s license

1816    admitted on trial, Genesee Conference

 

Interment: Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1877, 28

 

1816-17           Broome

1817-18           Cortland

1818-19           Wyoming

1819-20           Bridgewater

1820-21           Canaan

1821-22           Paris

1822-24           Utica

1824-26           superintendent, Susquehanna District

1826-27           Wyoming

1827-28           Wilkes-Barre

1828-29           Ithaca

1829                charter member of Oneida Conference

1829-30           Ithaca

1830-31           Utica

1831-33           Cazenovia

1833-35           Auburn

1835-39           principal, Cazenovia Seminary

1839-40           superintendent, Susquehanna District

1840                transfer to New York Conference

1840-48           editor, Methodist Quarterly Review

1848-52           editor, The Christian Advocate

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-54           Wilkes-Barre

1854-55           superintendent, Wyoming District

1855-56           superintendent, Binghamton District

1856-58           Scranton Mission [Elm Park]

1858-62           superintendent, Wyoming District

1862-66           superintendent, Lackawanna District

1866-68           Providence

1868-69           Dunmore

1869-73           superintendent, Wyoming District

1873                retired

 

Note: George Peck is one of the five noted Peck brothers to serve in the Methodist ministry: Luther Hoyt (b. 1793), George (b. 1797), Andrew (b. 1800), William (b. 1802), [Bishop] Jesse Truesdell (b. 1811).   Their story is told in the 1897 book Luther Peck and his Five Sons, by Jonathan Kenyon Peck.  Those five brothers (and their sister Anna Peck Crowell) are the ancestors of numerous additional preachers.  George Peck is the father of George M. Peck and Luther W. Peck, and of Mary Helen Peck Crane, wife of Jonathan Townley Crane (1819-1880) of the Newark Conference – and the mother of noted American author Stephen Crane.  Biographies of George Peck appear in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 220, and in the 1974 Encyclopedia of World Methodism, page 1872.  His 1860 Early Methodism within the Bounds of the Old Genesee Conference from 1788 to 1828 preserves much information that otherwise would have been lost.

 

PECK, GEORGE CLARKE

 

Born: 9-13-1865  Lowell MA                                    married: Kate Marshall

Died: 1-27-1927  Baltimore MD                                obit: Baltimore Conference 1964, 293

 

1892    admitted on trial, New York East Conference

1892    ordained deacon

1894    ordained elder

 

Interment: Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn NY

Obit: Baltimore Conference 1927, 394

                       

1892-94           Westport CT

1894-97           Long Island NY Bay Shore

1897-05           Mount Vernon NY First

1905                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1905-07           Scranton Elm Park

1907                transfer to New York Conference

1907-12           St. Andrews

1912-14           executive secretary, New York City Missionary Society

1914                transfer to Baltimore Conference

1914-19           Baltimore First

1919-27           general superintendent, Maryland General Hospital

 

Note: George C. Peck is the son of Jonas Oramel Peck (1836-1894) of the New York East Conference.  He is the author of several books – including Bible Tragedies (1900), Ringing Questions (1902), Men Who Missed the Trail (1917), and Side-stepping Saints (1918).  Mrs. Peck lived to be 103.

 

 

PECK, GEORGE MYERS

 

Born: 4-17-1820  Forty Fort PA                                 married: Sarah Louisa Butler
Died: 2-16-1897  Scranton PA                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1903, 112

 

1845    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Dunmore Cemetery, Dunmore PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1897, 87

 

1845-46           Salem

1846-48           Canaan

1849-50           Beach Pond

1850-52           Mount Pleasant

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-54           Pittston

1854-56           Wyoming

1856-58           Providence

1858-59           on leave

                            1858-58       Abington (1st half), Newton (2nd half)

1859-60           Owego

1860-62           Pittston

1862-64           Carbondale

1864-66           Providence

1866-69           superintendent, Lackawanna District

1869-71           Unadilla

1871-72           Berkshire

1872-76           on leave

1876-78           Cherry Ridge

1878-80           Salem

1880-82           Clifford

1882-84           Park Place [Court Street]

1884                retired

 

Note: George M. Peck is the son of George Peck, whose page gives details on the Peck ministerial family.   A brief biography of George M. Peck appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 223.

 

PECK, JESSE TRUESDELL

 

Born: 4-4-1811  Middlefield Center NY                    married: Persis Wing
Died: 5-17-1883  Syracuse NY                                  obit: [9/2/1807 – 12/8/1897]

 

1829    local preacher’s license

1832    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

1834    ordained deacon, Oneida Conference

1836    ordained elder, Black River Conference

 

Interment: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse NY
Obit: Central New York Conference 1883, 122

 

1832-33           Dryden

1833-34           Newark Valley

1834-35           Skaneateles

1835-36           Potsdam

1836                charter member of Black River Conference

1836-37           Potsdam

1837-41           principal, Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary

1841-48           principal, Troy Conference Seminary in Poultney VT

1848-52           president, Dickinson College

1852-54           Washington DC Foundry

1854-56           editor, Tract Society

1856-58           New York City Green Street

1858                transfer to California Conference

                        San Francisco

                        Santa Clara

                        Sacramento

                        superintendent, San Francisco District

1868                returned east

                        Peekskill

                        Albany

                        Syracuse

1872                elected bishop

 

Note: Jesse Peck is one of the five noted Peck brothers to serve in the Methodist ministry: Luther Hoyt (b. 1793), George (b. 1797), Andrew (b. 1800), William (b. 1802), [Bishop] Jesse Truesdell (b. 1811).   Their story is told in the 1897 book Luther Peck and his Five Sons, by Jonathan Kenyon Peck.  Those five brothers (and their sister Anna Peck Crowell) are the ancestors of numerous additional preachers. 

 

PECK, JONATHAN KENYON

 

Born: 12-31-1824  German NY                                 married: Mary Searle
Died: 12-31-1899  Kingston PA                                 obit: Wyoming Conference 1915, 101

 

1848    exhorter’s license

1852    local preacher’s license, Liberty Circuit of the Baltimore Conference

1853    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1855    ordained deacon

1857    ordained elder

 

Interment:  Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1900, 113

 

1850-52           student, Dickinson College

1852-53           teacher, Liberty MD

1853-54           Newport

1854-55           Springville

1855-56           Spencer

                            1855-56       faculty, Susquehanna Seminary in Binghamton NY

1856-57           Plainsville

1857-59           Candor

1859-61           Montrose

1861-63           Brooklyn

1863-65           Bethany

1865-69           superintendent, Honesdale District

1869-72           Newark

1872-74           Flemingville

1874-76           Tunkhannock

1876-78           Oxford

1878-80           Nichols

1880-83           Tioga

1883-85           on leave

                        librarian, State of New York

1885-86           Middlefield

1886-89           Hanover and Sugar Notch

1889-90           Askam

1890-91           Plainsville

1891-92           Rendham

1892                retired

 

Note: Jonathan K. Peck is the son of Luther Hoyt Peck, whose page gives details on the Peck ministerial family.  He is also the father of Mary A. Peck Newing, wife of Charles H. Newing.  He is the author of several pamphlets and two books.  A brief biography of Jonathan K. Peck appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 224.  The following article appeared in the 1/1/1900 Scranton Times: “Minister Dies in Pulpit.  The Rev. Jonathan Peck, patriarch of the Honesdale District of the Wyoming Conference, died while delivering a sermon during a Watch Night service at the Kingston Methodist Episcopal Church… According to witnesses, Peck was speaking about the history of Methodism in the Wyoming Valley when he suddenly let out a gasp and fell to the floor from the pulpit.  It was also Peck’s birthday.”

 

PECK, LUTHER

 

Born: 3-9-1827  Brackle NY                                      married: Lucy A. Lyman
Died: 10-31-1894  Hornbrook PA                              obit: Wyoming Conference 1909, 123

 

1853    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1855    ordained deacon

1857    ordained elder

 

Interment:  Hornbrook PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1895, 85

 

1853-54           Springville

1854-56           Wyalusing

1856-58           Gibson

1858-59           Great Bend and New Milford

1859-61           Plains

1861-63           Dunmore

1863-65           Tunkhannock

1865-68           Montrose

1868-71           Meshoppen

1871-75           superintendent, Wyalusing District

1875-77           Candor

1877-80           Barton

1880-83           LeRaysville

1883-86           Hornbrook

1886-88           Barton

1888-90           on leave

1890                retired

 

Note: Luther Peck is the son of Luther Hoyt Peck, whose page gives details on the Peck ministerial family.  A brief biography of Luther appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 226.

 

PECK, LUTHER HOYT

 

Born: 11-3-1793  Danbury CT                                   married: Mary Kenyon
Died: 2-25-1881  Pitcher NY                                     obit: [1796 – 5/28/1865]

                                                                                    married2: Dorcas Kenyon Carpenter

1819    local preacher’s license                                   obit2: [1801 – 5/18/1885]

1832    ordained deacon

1837    ordained elder

 

Interment: Brackel Church Cemetery, Pitcher NY
Obit:

 

Note: Luther H. Peck is one of the five noted Peck brothers to serve in the Methodist ministry: Luther Hoyt (b. 1793), George (b. 1797), Andrew (b. 1800), William (b. 1802), [Bishop] Jesse Truesdell (b. 1811).   Their story is told in the 1897 book Luther Peck and his Five Sons, by Jonathan Kenyon Peck.  Those five brothers (and their sister Anna Peck Crowell) are the ancestors of numerous additional preachers.  Luther H. Peck is the father of Jonathan Kenyon Peck and Luther Peck.  He served as a local pastor.   The first Mrs. Peck is an aunt to Andrew James Kenyon (1835-1888) of the Central New York Conference.   The second Mrs. Peck was the sister of the first Mrs. Peck and the widow of a Mr. Nathan Carpenter.

 

PECK, LUTHER WESLEY

 

Born: 6-14-1825  Kingston PA                                  married: Sarah M. Gibbons
Died: 3-31-1900  Scranton PA                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1912, 133

 

1845    admitted on trial, New York Conference

 

Interment: Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1900, 116

 

1845-46           Brooklyn Pacific Street

1846-48           Durham

1848-49           Windham

1849-51           Rhinebeck

1851-53           Sheffield MA

1853-54           Lee MA

1854-56           Newburgh

1856-58           Poughkeepsie Cannon Street

1858-60           New York City Forty-third Street

1860-61           Dobbs Ferry

1861-63           Rhinebeck

1863-64           Kingston

1864-66           Middletown

1866                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1866-68           Scranton Hyde Park

1861-71           Susquehanna

1871-72           Wavely NY

1872-74           Wilkes-Barre Ross Street

1874-74           Waverly PA

1875-79           superintendent, Honesdale District

1879-80           Pittston

1880-83           Oxford

1883-85           Whitney’s Point

1885-87           Apalachin

1887-88           Harford

1888-90           Yatesville

1890-91           West Nanticoke

1891                retired

 

Note: Luther Wesley Peck is the son of George Peck, whose page gives details on the Peck ministerial family, and the father of Mary Peck Williams, wife of John F. Williams.  A brief biography of Luther Wesley appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 227.

 

PECK, WILLIAM

 

Born: 12-7-1802  Middlefield Center NY                  married: Charlotte Wallen
Died: 3-16-1883                                                          obit: [b. 1806]

 

1841    admitted on trial, Black River Conference

 

Interment: 
Obit: Northern New York Conference 1883, 32

 

1841-42           DeKalb

1842-44           Hammonfd

1844-45           Colosse

1845-47           North Manilus

1847-49           Victoria

1849-51           Rose

1851-52           New Haven

1852-53           South Richland

1853-55           Cleveland

1855-57           New London

1857-58           SW Oswego and Granby

1858-59           Oswego Center, SW Oswego and Granby

1859-60           on leave

1860-61           Parish

1861-62           Gilberts Mills

1862                retired

1869                transfer by boundary change to Central New York Conference

 

Note: William Peck is one of the five noted Peck brothers to serve in the Methodist ministry: Luther Hoyt (b. 1793), George (b. 1797), Andrew (b. 1800), William (b. 1802), [Bishop] Jesse Truesdell (b. 1811).   Their story is told in the 1897 book Luther Peck and his Five Sons, by Jonathan Kenyon Peck.  Those five brothers (and their sister Anna Peck Crowell) are the ancestors of numerous additional preachers. 

 

PEDONE, ALICE

 

Born:                                                                           married: Michael Pedone

Died:                                                                           obit: Susquehanna Conference 2016, 267

 

2004    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2004-10           Equinunk

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010                retired

 

Note: Alice Pedone served as a local preacher.

 

PEEBLES, ROBERT W.

 

Born: 10-16-1829                                                        married: Maria Platt

Died: 5-4-1900                                                            obit: Upper Iowa Conference 1880, 46

 

1862    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Grandview Cemetery, Fayette IA

Obit: Upper Iowa Conference 1900, 85

 

1871                located

 

PEMBERTON, JAMES S. JR

 

Born: 9-24-1904  Camden NJ                                    married: Irma Pearl Groff

Died: 3-21-1994                                                          obit: New England Conference 2001, B-255

 

1929    admitted on trial, New Jersey Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Swan Point Cemetery, Providence RI

Obit: New England Conference 1994, 366

 

1929-31           West Creek

1931-33           Mantua

1933-36           Westmont

1936-40           Camden First

1940-50           Asbury Park Ballard

1950                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1950-54           Dorranceton

1954-55           on leave

1956                located

 

Note: James S. Pemberton served on the faculty of Barrington College in Rhode Island 1953-59 before returning to the parish ministry in the New England Conference.

 

 

PENNELL, JOSEPH RANSOM

 

Born: 3-19-1882  Deshler OH                                                married: Beatrice M. Athey

Died: 9-12-1956  Johnson City NY                            obit: [1883 – 1964]

 

1909    admitted on trial

1909    ordained deacon

1911    ordained elder

 

Interment: Riverhurst Cemetery, Endicott NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1957, 564

 

1909-10           Miner’s Mills

1910-13           Noxen

1913-15           West Nanticoke

1915-18           Wilkes-Barre St. Andrews

1918-23           Dallas

1923-26           Wilkes-Barre Parish Street

1925-30           Endicott Central

1930-34           Binghamton Chenango Street

1934-41           superintendent, Binghamton District

1941-45           Forty Fort

1945-50           Honesdale

1950                retired

                            1950-56       Johnson City Westover

 

PENNIMAN, LeROY DUSTIN

 

Born: 12-12-1881  Minneapolis MN                          married: Mary Janetta Smith [5/5/1916]

Died: 1-20-1957                                                          obit:

                                                                                    married2: Annie Mashburn

1916    admitted on trial, Troy Conference                obit2: [2/22/1888 – 9/3/1970]

1916    ordained deacon

1918    ordained elder

 

Interment: Salem Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery, Kynesville FL

Obit:

 

1916-17           Manchester Center

1917-19           Lake Pleasant

1919-20           Elizabethtown and Lewis

1920                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1920-22           Lanesboro

1922-23           Lake Como

1923-24           Cherry Ridge

1924-25           West Nicholson

1925                located, page 35

 

Note: LeRoy D. Penniman graduated from Hamline University in 1913, and from Drew Theological Seminary in 1916.

 

PEPPER, DALE E.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Carolyn Butler

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1986    admitted on trial

?          ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1984                Clifford (9/1 - 12/25)

1985-87           Throop (beginning 2/1/1985)

1987-91           Duryea – Avoca

1991                “transfer” to Baptist Church (7/14/1991)

1991-               Bethel Baptist, Clark’s Summit PA (beginning 7/14/1991)

                        Berean Baptist, Carbondale PA

 

PERKINS, CHARLES

 

Born: 2-22-1810  New London CT                            married: Mary Ann Curtis

Died: 8-26-1877                                                          obit: [d. 1873]

 

1838    exhorter’s license

1842    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

1844    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago IL

Obit: Rock River Conference 1877, 30

 

1841-42           Brooklyn

1842-43           Salem and Lackawaxen

1843-45           Abington

1845-46           Bethany and Mount Pleasant

1846-52

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-53           Lehman

1853-54           Providence

1854-55           Providence and Archbald

1855-56           Orwell

1856-58           Tunkhannock

1858-59           Newton (1st half), Kingston (2nd half)

1859-60           Kingston

1860-61           not listed [moved to Chicago for health reasons]

1861                retired

    1864  located

“transfer” to Rock River Conference

1866-67           Brickton

                        Council Hill, Savannah, Park Ridge, Malden [per conference obit]

1869                retired

 

Note: Mrs. Perkins is a niece of Rev. Henry Curtis, pastor of the Honesdale Baptist Church 1832-1845.

 

PERRI, YVONNE M.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1996-01           Lake Como

2001-02           associate, Honesdale

2002-06           Carley Brook

 

Note: Yvonne M. Perri served as a student local pastor.

 

PERRY, MICHAEL FRANCIS

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died: 1-24-2005                                                          obit:

 

2003    local pastor’s license

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2005, 202

 

2003-05           Cortez (beginning 10/15/2003)

 

Note: Michael F. Perry served as a local preacher.

 

PERSONEUS, CHARLES BYRON

           

Born: 7-20-1857  Caroline Center NY                       married: Flora Ellis
Died: 1905                                                                  obit: [1856-1946]

 

1883    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1886    ordained deacon

1891    ordained elder

 

Interment: Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport CT
Obit:

 

1884                South New Berlin

1884-87           Decatur

1887-90           Masonville

1890-93           Sidney Center

1893-96           Afton

1896-00           Saratoga Springs

1900-03           on leave, living in Binghamton NY

1903                withdrew to join another denomination

 

Note:  Charles B. Personeus is the son of David Personeus.  After being without appointment for 3 years, he formally withdrew from the Conference after the death of his father, and nothing more is known about his life or ministry – but he is the father of Rev. Charles Carl Personeus (1888-1986), who carried on the family ministerial tradition in a mighty way.  Charles Carl Personeus was the first Assembly of God missionary to Alaska (1917), where he labored for many years – and the father of Charles Byron Personeus (1918-2008), also a missionary worker for that denomination, and father-in-law of Assembly of God pastor Bob Courart (1922-)  The story of Charles Carl Personeus is told in the book Frontiers of Faith by his granddaughter AnnaLee (Cousart) Conti, who is a fifth generation ordained minister of the gospel in the Personeus family and the wife of Assembly of God pastor Bob Conti.

 

PERSONEUS, DAVID

           

Born: 2-14-1834  Candor NY                                     married: Sarah M. Snow
Died: 19-28-1902  Candor NY                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1914, 113

 

1856    exhorter’s license

1857    local preacher’s license

1859    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1861    ordained deacon

1864    ordained elder

 

Interment: Candor NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1903, 104

 

1858-59           Center Moreland

1859-60           Newton

1860-62           Dundaff

1862-63           Moscow

1863-65           Lehman

1865-67           Sterling

1867-69           on leave

1869-72           Athens

1872-74           Kirkwood

1874-77           Lisle

1877-78           Willet

1878-80           Chenango Forks

1880-81           on leave

1881-84           Castle Creek

1884-87           Sidney Plains

1887-90           Laurens and Oneonta Plains

1890                located for reasons of health

 

Note:  David Personeus is the father of Charles B. Personeus.  A brief biography of David Personeus appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 232.

 

PETERSON, ORVILLE T.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1944 ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

Note: This was a courtesy ordination for the New Jersey Conference.

 

 

PETERSON, PAUL

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

 

1953    ordained deacon

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1952-53           Great Bend - Hallstead

 

Note: Paul Peterson of the Oregon Conference served as a student supply pastor.  He transferred in (5/22/1953) and out (5/24/1953) of the Wyoming Conference for purposes of ordination.  In 1959, he was instrumental in founding the Loon Lake Camp of the Oregon Conference,

 

 

PETERSON, SVEND MAGNUS

 

Born:   Denmark                                                         married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1927    admitted on trial

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1927-31           student, Oberlin College

1931                discontinued

 

Note: Svend M. Peterson appears to have been associated with the West Pittston congregation.  He graduated from Wyoming Seminary in 1927 and abandoned his plans to enter the ministry in favor of becoming the proprietor of Peterson’s Fairlawn Store, a grocery in West Pittston.

 

PETTES, HARRY CURTIS

 

Born: 10-24-1912  Orwell PA                                                married: Erdine Clark

Died: 4-23-1989                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 2001, 199

 

1955    license

1961    ordained local elder

1971    associate member of conference

 

Interment: Wysox Cemetery, Wysox PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1989, 368

 

1966-70           Afton

1970-72           Damascus

1972-75           Hornbrook

1975-78           disability leave

1978                retired

                            1986  Hornbrook (2/1 – 6/30)

 

 

PHILLIPPE, JOHN L.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Carroll _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          admitted on trial, Minnesota Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1963-70           Racine – Grand Meadow

1970-82           LaCrescent – Dakota – Dresbach

1982-90           Buffalo (ending 9/20/1990)

1990-91           Worcester, Wyoming Conference (beginning 10/1/1990)

1991                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1991-96           Worcester

1996                retired

    2010  charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

PHILLIPS, A.W.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1895-96           Rush

 

Note: A.W. Phillips is listed as the pastor in the 1896 statistical report, apparently because the pastor assigned in 1895 either did not report or did not finish the year.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

PHILLIPS, CHARLES WILLARD

 

Born: 8-10-1903  Scranton PA                                   married: Anne Snavely Garber

Died: 11-19-1975  FL                                                 obit: [1/18/1907 – 9/23/1999]

 

1929    admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment: Willow Street Mennonite Cemetery, Lancaster PA

Obit: Eastern Pennsylvania Conference 1976, 532

 

1927-29           student, Penn State University

                            1927-29       Vira, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1929-32           student, Boston University School of Theology

                            1929-32       Brookline NH, New Hampshire Conference

1932-33           Montdale

1933-35           Factoryville

1935-38           Binghamton Ogden

1938-42           associate, Scranton Elm Park

1942-43           Honesdale

1943-45           Binghamton Centenary

1945-53           Kingston First

1953                transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1953-69           executive secretary, Conference Board of Education

1969                retired

 

 

PHILLIPS, GEORGE H.

 

Born: 9-27-1888  Cornwall, England                         married: Mabel M. McWilliams

Died: 9-27-1986                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1976, 229

 

1911    admitted on trial, North Nebraska Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Vestal Hills Memorial Park, Vestal NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1987, 321

 

1911-12           Monroe

1912-16           Warren University Place

1916-18           Ulysses

1918                transfer to New England Conference

1918-22           Wilmington

1922-26           Malden

1926                transfer to Vermont Conference

1926-30           St. Johnsbury

1930                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1930-37           Oneonta First

1937-45           Wilkes-Barre First

1945-61           Binghamton Tabernacle

1961                retired

 

 

 

PHILLIPS, LEVI C.

           

Born: 2-20-1822  East Homer NY                             married: Angenette Terrell
Died: 11-10-1892  Binghamton NY                           obit:

 

1853    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1856    ordained deacon

1860    ordained elder

 

Interment: Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1893, 83

 

1853                transfer to Oregon Conference

1853-56           agent, American Bible Society

1856-57           Spencer’s Butte

1857-58           Dallas

1858-59           located

1859                re-entered Wyoming Conference

1859-60           Salem

1860-61           Oregon

1861                retired

 

Note:  A brief biography of Levi C. Phillips appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 231.

 

PHILLIPS, WATSON LYMAN

 

Born: 1-28-1850  Troy NY                                         married: Ella Vernon Stetson

Died: 12-29-1944                                                        obit:

 

1873    admitted on trial, Providence Conference

 

Interment: Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven CT

Obit:

 

1873-74           West Duxbury

1874-77           South Yarmouth

1877-79           Fall River First

1879-81           New Bedford County Street

1881                transfer to New York East Conference

1881-84           Brooklyn Summerfield

1884-87           Brooklyn St. John’s

1887-89           Brooklyn Summerfield

1889                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1889-90           Wilkes-Barre First

1890                withdrew to join Congregationalists

1890-               New Haven Church of the Redeemer

 

Note: Watson L. Phillips is the son of Jonas Phillips (1821-1883) of the Troy Conference.

 

PHOENIX, L. JAMES.

 

Born: 1-10-1817  Northmoreland PA                         married: Mary Ann Rice [1841]

Died: 1-9-1890  Bowman Creek PA                          obit: [2/1/1819 – 5/8/1894]

 

Interment: Orcutt Cemetery, Noxen PA

Obituary:

 

Note: L. James Phoenix served as a local preacher.  The following unidentified newspaper obituary was written by Rev. R.W. Van Schoick.  “James Phoenix was born January 10, 1816 and died at Bowman's Creek, Pa., January 9, 1890. With his conversion in his 18th year he received a clear call to preach, and was soon licensed as a Local Preacher, and retained that relationship until his death. He was also a class-leader, steward, and trustee in the church. In all these offices he was greatly esteemed for his fidelity. For years he was Justice of the Peace and an Associate Judge of Wyoming County. His preaching was of the evangelical type. He conducted many revival meetings, and was instrumental in the conversion of many persons. He was very conscientious and earnest. When 25 years of age he married Mary Ann, daughter of the Rev. Jacob Rice, of Kingston, and a sister of the Rev. C. L. Rice, of the Wyoming Conference. She, with three daughters and two sons, has the sympathy of a large circle of friends in the loss of one so dear to her and to the church he so faithfully served for 50 years.”  Mrs. Phoenix is the daughter of Jacob Rice.

 

PIEPLOW, FREDERIC JOHN

 

Born: 11-28-1891  Oak Harbor OH                           married: Gladys V. Daggett

Died: 5-25-1983  Ocean City NJ                                obit: Wyoming Conference 1991, 336

 

1921    admitted on trial, New York East Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Seaside Cemetery, Palermo NJ

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1983, 249

 

1921-22           New Milford

1922-26           Springdale

1926-28           Waterbury St, Paul

1928-30           Ansonia

1930-32           Hicksville, Plainview & Central Park

1932-33           Brooklyn Corner Stone Temple

1933-36           Wethersfield and Rocky Hill

1936                transfer to Wilmington Conference

1936-39           Claymount

1939                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1939-43           Clark’s Green

1943-47           Vestal

1947-52           Sayre

1852-57           Nanticoke

1957-60           Plymouth – Larksville

1960                retired

 

PIERCE, JOHN J. [see PEARCE, JOHN J.]

 

PIERCE, WILLIAM RICHARD

 

Born: 9-2-1862  Michigan City IN                             married: Jessica Inez Patrick (1883)

Died: 7-3-1942  Lakeland FL                                     obit: [1/?/1865 – 10/24/1955]

 

1885    ordained deacon, Nebraska Conference

 

Interment: Riverside Cemetery, Albion MI

Obit: Maine Conference 1943 [no obituary]

 

                        Nebraska Conference

1900                Naples NY

                        Michigan Conference

1913                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1913-14           Wilkes-Barre Parrish Street

1914-16           assistant, Wilkes-Barre Central

1916-19           on leave

1919                transfer to Maine Conference, page 34

1919-21           Waterville

1921-22           financial secretary, Maine Conference Claimants’ Commission

1922                retired

                             1930  living in Albion MI as a chiropractor

                             1940  living in Lakeland FL as a farmer

 

PILKINGTON, JOHN

 

Born: 10-22-1827  Lincolnshire England                   married: Cordelia L. Faunce

Died: 5-6-1910                                                            obit:

 

1857    admitted on trial, Oneida

 

Interment: Port Jefferson, Long Island NY

Obit: New York East Conference 1911, 112

 

1857-58           Cedar Lake Mission

1858-59           Clinton

1859-61           Morrisville

1861-63           Chittenango

1863-64           Fayetteville

1864-65           Cooperstown

1865-66           West Winfield

1866-68           Otego

1868-69           Morris

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1869-70           Morris

1870-72           Westford

1872                transfer to New York East

1872-75           Great Neck

1875-75           Port Jefferson

1876-79           Astoria

1879-80           Southold

1880-81           Brooklyn Francis Chapel

1881-83           Milford

1883-85           New York Alanson

1885-86           Centre Moriches

1886-87           Brooklyn Warren Street

1887-89           Brooklyn Throop Avenue

1889-94           Bay Ridge

1894-96           Windsor Terrace

1896-97           on leave

1897                retired

 

PINKNEY, H. ROSS

 

Born: 4-19-1916                                                          married: Virginia Thomas

Died: 3-24-2004                                                          obit:

 

1940    admitted on trial

1940    ordained deacon

1942    ordained elder

 

Interment: Green Gate Cemetery, Hawley PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2004, 215

 

1940-42           Gibson

1942-43           associate, Scranton Elm Park

1943-46           chaplain

1946-51           Taylor

1951                “transfer” to Presbyterian denomination

1951-78           Hackensack NJ

1978-83           Hawley and Bethany PA

1983                retired

 

PIPER, ALBERT EDWARD

 

Born: 12-6-1867  Devonshire England                      married: Elizabeth Edna Thomas

Died: 12-10-1945  Philadelphia PA                           obit: [12/1/1870 – 3/18/1928]

                                                                                    married2: Helen Ambrose

1894    admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conf.             obit2:  

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Easton Cemetery, Easton PA

Obit: Philadelphia Conference 1946, 462

 

1894-96           Philadelphia St. Matthew’s

1896-00           Ardmore

1900-05           Philadelphia Calvary

1905                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1905-10           Wilkes-Barre First

1910                transfer to Pittsburgh Conference

1910-16           Pittsburgh Emory

1916                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1916-20           Wilkes-Barre First

1920                transfer to Northeast Ohio Conference

                        Cleveland First

                        superintendent, Akron District

                        Elyria First

1932                transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1932-36           Reading Holy Cross

1926-38           Frankford Central

1838                retired

 

 

PITCHER, PHILIP NORTON

 

Born: 3-13-1913  Maine NY                                      married: Ruth Marion Davis

Died: 1-19-1995                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1995, 320

 

1931    license

1935    admitted on trial

1937    ordained deacon

1938    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1995, 321

 

1935-39           student

1939-41           Preston

1941-48           Springville – Dimock

1948-66           Milford

1966-70           Tunkhannock

1970-72           Norwich

1972-77           superintendent, Binghamton District

1977-80           Newark Valley

1980                retired

                            1980-83  Plymouth

 

Note: Philip N. Pitcher is the father of Robert A. Pitcher.

 

PITCHER, ROBERT ARCHIE

 

Born: 6-12-1947  Springville                                      married: Jane McDonell

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1970    admitted on trial

1970    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1970-77           student

1977                discontinued

 

Note: Robert A. Pitcher is the son of Philip N. Pitcher.  As of 2020 he was living in Hedgesville WV.

 

PITELY, NANCY K.

 

Born:                                                                           married: George Pitely

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          admitted on trial, North Georgia Conference

1989    ordained deacon

1991    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

                        North Georgia Conference

1989                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1989-92           Pittston

1992-96           Rome

1996-99           Chinchilla

1999-05           director of pastoral care, Wesley Village

2005                retired

                            2005-10       director of pastoral care, Wesley Village

    2010            transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

    2010-23       director of pastoral care, Wesley Village

 

PITKIN, GARY L.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Linda Dearstyne

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1970    admitted on trial

1970    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1970-78           student

1978                discontinued

 

Note: Gary L Pitkin is the son of Leighton E. Pitkin and a brother to L. Paul Pitkin.

 

PITKIN, L. PAUL

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1970    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1970    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

1972    ordained elder, Central New York Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1970-71           student

1971                transfer to Central New York Conference

1971-74           Webb Mills

1974-87           Lansing

1987                transfer to North Central New York Conference

1987-90           student

1990-07           family counselor, Susquehanna Associates

2007                retired

                            2010  charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: L. Paul Pitkin is the son of Leighton E. Pitkin and a brother to Gary L. Pitkin.

 

PITKIN, LEIGHTON EGBERT

 

Born: 9-9-1913  Union Center NY                             married: Alma Marie Peterson

Died: 12-8-2000                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 2008, 186

 

1939    admitted on trial

1941    ordained deacon

1942    ordained elder

 

Interment: Vestal Hills Memorial Park. Vestal NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2001, 199

 

1939-42           Lake Como

1942-44           Morris

1944-48           Avoca – Yatesville

1948-51           Luzerne

1951-59           Hawley

1959-65           Scranton Embury

1965-70           Dunmore

1970-72           Unadilla

1972-77           Athens

1977-83           Vestal

1983                retired

                            1983-92       Westover

 

Note: Leighton E. Pitkin is the father of Gary L. Pitkin and L. Paul Pitkin

 

PITTS, LEVI

 

Born: 6-18-1807  Middlefield NY                             married: Betsey Clock
Died: 2-2-1890  Binghamton NY                               obit: Wyoming Conference 1888, 92

 

1839    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Glenwood Cemetery, Binghamton NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1890, 85

 

1839-40           Windsor

1849-41           Greene

1841-43           Broome

1843-45           Lisle

1845-46           Spencer

1846-47           Flemingville

1847-48           Orwell

1848-50           Page Brook

1850-51           Osborne Hollow

1851-52           South Danby

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-53           South Danby

1853-54           North Danby

1854-55           Vestal

1855-57           Union

1857-59           Page Brook

1859-61           Van Ettenville

1861-62           Broome

1862-63           Hawleyton

1863-64           Osborne Hollow

1864-65           Harpursville

1865-68           Kirkwood

1868-69           Page Brook

1869-71           Broome

1871                retired

     1873-74      Osborne Hollow

     1874-75      Union Center

 

Note:  A brief biography of Levi Pitts appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 230.

 

PLACE, GEORGE A.

 

Born: 1-22-1849  Mount Upton NY                           married: Amy A. Payne

Died: 4-12-1923  Dallas PA                                       obit: Wyoming Conference 1901, 102

 

1870    exhorter’s license

1871    local preacher’s license

1875    ordained local deacon

1876    admitted on trial

1878    ordained deacon

1880    ordained elder

 

Interment: Floral Park Cemetery, Johnson City NY [or Glenwood Cemetery, Binghamton NY?]

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1924, 130

 

1876-78           Chenango

1878-81           Castle Creek

1881-84           Greene

1884-86           Bainbridge

1886-89           Slaterville

1889-94           Athens

1894-95           Wilkes-Barre Derr Memorial

1895-99           Carbondale

1899-04           Honesdale

1904-06           Wilkes-Barre Parrish Street

1906-11           Tunkhannock

1911-15           Moscow

1915-16           Clarks Green

1916-17           Alderson

1917-21           Shavertown

1921                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of George A. Place appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 382.  In 1920 he is reported to have been the principal at the high school in Salamanca in Cattaraugus County NY.

 

PLATT, JAMES N.

 

Born: 8-8-1838  Maryland NY                                   married: Laura Sibley

Died: 4-11-1906  Clark SD                                        obit:

 

admitted on trial

 

Interment: Fairview Cemetery, Cedar Falls IA

Obit:

 

1864-66           Decatur NY

1866-68           Westville

1869                located

                        Upper Iowa Conference

1871-73           Earlville

1878-79           Marion

1888                on leave

1896                on leave

 

Note: Mrs. Platt survived her husband and died in Long Beach CA.

 

POE, BETTE J.

 

Born: 9-1-1938  Indianapolis IN                                married:

Died: 12-17-2021  Wilkes-Barre PA                          obit:

 

1985    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1986    ordained deacon

1991    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1985-91           Campville (beginning 3/1/1985)

                            1987        visitation, Johnson City Sarah Jane Johnson Memorial (1/1–9/13)

                            1987-91  Endicott St. Paul’s  (beginning 9/13/1987)

1991-03           Wilkes-Barre Firwood

2003-10           superintendent, Scranton District

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010                retired

                             2010-12      Scranton St. Pauls (ending 12/31/2012)

 

Note: Bette Poe had worked as a secretary before entering the ministry.

 

POMEROY, JESSE

           

Born: 8-27-1785  Norwich MA                                  married: Polly Salmon
Died: 9-14-1878  Winslow IL                                    obit: [d. 4/2/1881]

 

1822    admitted on trial, New York Conference

 

Interment: Christian Hollow Cemetery, Winslow IL
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1879, 34

 

1822-23           Delaware

1823-24           Jefferson

1824                transfer to Genesee Conference by boundary change

1824-26           Sharon

1826-28           Otsego

1828-29           Litchfield

1829                charter member of Oneida Conference

1829-30           Litchfield

1830-31           Camden

1831-32           Vienna

1832-33           Westmoreland

1833-34           Steuben

1834-35           Vienna

1835-36           Cortland

1836                retired

                             1840-41      Otselic

     1852           charter member of Wyoming Conference

 

Note:  Some sources give the birthdate as 4/14/1784.  A brief biography of Jesse Pomeroy appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 229.

 

POPE, GEORGE EDWARD

 

Born: 1847  England                                                   married: Susan Whear

Died: 1929  Endicott NY                                           obit: [1848 – 1927]

 

1878    admitted on trial, Pennsylvania Conference MP

1879    ordained

 

Interment: Riverhurst Cemetery, Endicott NY

Obit:

 

1877-78           Shickshinny and Pine Creek

1878-79           Shickshinny

1879-80           Albany

1880-81           [missing]

1881-82           Covington (beginning 9/11/1881)

1882-84           Salem and Sterling (and Covington)
1884-85           Salem and Sterling

1885-86           [missing]

                        withdrew 2/27/1886

                        “transfer” to Wyoming Conference ME

1887-89           Eatonville

1889-91           ?

1891-92           North Fenton

1892-07           ?

1907-11           Union Center

1911-13           Choconut Center

 

1914-15           Franklin Forks (see 1915, 60)

 

1922-23           West Endicott

1923-24           Campville

 

Note: George Pope became a local preacher in the Wyoming Conference ME.  He was instrumental in the organization of the St. Paul’s ME congregation in West Endicott and served as its first acting pastor.

 

PORTER, GEORGE P.

           

Born: 1820  Berwick PA                                            married: Frances Worthing
Died: 6-11-1877  Cowlesville NY                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1893, 89

 

1847    license

1848    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Owego NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1878, 30

 

1847-48           Northmoreland

1848-49           Montrose

1849-51           Greene

1851-52           Binghamton Court Street

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-54           Owego

1854-55           Waverly and Factoryville

1855                “lapsed into infidelity”

1856                withdrew, page 5

                             1859-60      Waverly and Factoryville

                             1860-61      Waverly and Factoryville and Athens

1861                re-admitted to Wyoming Conference

1861-63           Owego

1863-67           superintendent, Owego District

1867-68           superintendent, Wyoming District

1868                transfer to Genesee Conference

1868-72           Buffalo Grace

                             1868-72      superintendent, Buffalo District

1872                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1872-73           Scranton Elm Park

1873-75           on leave

1875                retired

 

Note:  Mrs. Porter is the daughter of Jonathan Worthing.  A brief biography of George P. Porter appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 229.

 

POSEGATE, H. DOUGLAS

 

Born:                                                                           married: Dianne _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1984    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1985    ordained deacon

1988    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1984-86           St. Paul School of Theology in Kansas City MO

                          1984-86  Kansas City Wesley, Missouri West Conference

1986-90           Marathon

1990-92           Emmanuel, North Central New York Conference

1992-95           Scranton Myrtle Street

1995-03           Daleville

2003-10           Wilkes-Barre Firwood

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-14           Carbondale and Jermyn

2014-16           Carbondale and assisting elder SWB District (ending 5/1/2016)

2016-19           Scranton Court Street/Embury (beginning 5/1/2016)

2019                retired

 

POTTER, ALBERT EDWARD

 

Born: 6-21-1870  Foster NY                                      married: Myrtle L. Gage

Died: 12-25-1929                                                        obit: Northern NY Conference 1926, 323

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Emma J. [Wells] Hicks

1898    exhorter’s license, Union                                obit2: Northern NY Conference 1955, 784

1898    local preacher’s license, Union

1899    admitted on trial

1903    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Oak Hill Cemetery, Herkimer NY

Obit: Northern New York Conference 1930, 380

 

1899-01           student, Wyoming Seminary

1901-03           Cooperstown Junction

1903-07           Rush

1907-11           Springville

1911-13           Askem

1913-16           Noxen

1916-17           Lehman

1917                transfer to Northern New York Conference

 

Note: Albert E. Potter is a brother to Alice Potter Whitaker, wife of Adelbert H. Whitaker.  A biographical sketch of Albert E. Potter appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 382.

 

PREMRU, EMIL A.

 

Born: 10-26-1901  Trieste Italy                                  married: Lillian Edith Frye

Died: 9-30-1989                                                          obit: Central New York Conference 1980, 323

 

1928    license

1929    admitted on trial, Central New York Conference

1932    ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: North Central New York Conference 1990, 342

 

1928-33           Webb Mills

1933-34           Webb Mills and Daggett

1934-38           Sterling and Martville

1938-39           Freeville and McLean

1939-40           Freeville and West Dryden

1940-45           Freeville

1945-52           Gorham and Stanley

1952-56           Cincinnatus, Taylor Center and Brackle

1957-67           Cincinnatus, Taylor Center and Union Valley

1967                retired

 

Note: Emil A. Premru is listed in a card file of the Wyoming Conference, even though it appears he never had an association with that conference.  Daggett is in Pennsylvania, and since 1962 within the Central Pennsylvania [now Susquehanna] Conference.

 

 

PRENTICE, DIANE E.

 

Born:                                                                           married: William C. Prentice

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1999    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

2003    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1999-03           Nanticoke NY

2003-04           Maine Federated

2004-08           Wyalusing

2008-10           Kirkwood First

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

PRENTICE, GEORGE HENRY

 

Born: 1-17-1853  Burlington NY                               married: Hattie V. Chamberlain

Died: 6-17-1946  Avoca PA                                       obit: Wyoming Conference 1920, 115

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Henrietta J. McCutchan

1877    exhorter’s license                                            obit2: Wyoming Conference 1949, 221

1883    admitted on trial

1885    ordained deacon

1885    ordained elder

 

Interment: Mount Upton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1947, 720

 

1879-82           student, Drew Theological Seminary

1883-84           East Worcester

1884-86           Wells Bridge

1886-87           East Worcester

1887-88           Harpursville and Nineveh

1888-91           Gilbertsville

1891-94           New Berlin NY

1894-99           Waymart

1899-06           Moscow

1906-13           Wanamie

1913-20           Avoca–Yatesville

1920-23           Wilkes-Barre Bennett Memorial

1923-27           Dalton

1927                retired

 

Note: Before entering the ministry, George H. Prentice taught school and ran a printing business.  He is the author of two temperance booklets: High License, a Step in the Wrong Direction (1888) and Constitutional Prohibition, the Best Remedy for the Drink Evil of Modern Times (1889) – neither of which are in the conference archives.   A biographical sketch of George H. Prentice appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 384.

 

PRENTICE, WILLIAM C.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Diane _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2003    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2003-10           Campville

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: William C. Prentice served as a local preacher.

 

PRICE, GEORGE T.

 

Born: 12-25-1836  Warwick MD                               married: Susannah Blake

Died:                                                                           obit: Wyoming Conference 1890, 88

 

1871    admitted on trial

1873    ordained deacon

1876    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1870-71           Paupack

1871-72           Prompton

1872-73           Herrick Center

1873-76           Mt. Pleasant

1876-78           Harford

1871-81           Brooklyn

1881-83           Clark’s Green

1883-85           Athens

1885-88           Union

1888-90           Milford

1890-93           located

1893-95           Avoca

1895-98           Scranton Court Street

1898-99           Dallas

1899                expelled

 

Note: Mrs. Price is the daughter of C.W. Blake. This may be the George Thomas Price (1836-1/29/1917) buried in Arlington National Cemetery who served with the First Delaware Infantry and whose (second) wife was Evelyn Mumford (b. 1853).  Details of the expulsion are not given in the conference journal but appear in the Scranton Republican for 4/17/1899, page 3.

 

PRICE, JACOB EMBURY

 

Born: 10-23-1853  Cape May NJ                               married: Annie Ware

Died: 9-21-1935                                                          obit: [ - 6/8/1909]

 

1876    admitted on trial, New Jersey Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: New York Conference 1936, 566

 

1883-86           Elizabeth NJ St, James

 

1889-90           New York City St. James

1890                transfer to New York Conference

 

                        Washington Heights

 

Note: Dr. Jacob Embury Price is the author of the 1894 book Epworth League Workers, as well as other books and articles.

 

PRICE, JOHN WALDO.

 

Born: 3-6-1860  near Pottsville PA                            married: Lula S. Gordon

Died: 5-7-1933                                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1939, 593

 

1883    exhorter’s license, William Penn

?          local preacher’s license, Kingston

1891    admitted on trial

1891    ordained deacon

1893    ordained elder

 

Interment: Denison Cemetery, Forty Fort PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1934, 396

 

1889-90           Harvey’s Lake

1890-94           Maple Grove

1894-97           Centermoreland

1897-99           Shavertown

1899-02           Mehoopany

1902-07           Springville

1907-10           Nicholson

1910-11           West Nanticoke

1911-14           Larksville

1914-17           Mountain Top

1917-21           Lehman

1921-29           Duryea

1929                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of John W. Price appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 385.

 

PRINDLE, HORACE G.

 

Born: 1-6-1829                                                married: Elizabeth Thorp

Died: 4-13-1892                                              obit: [4/23/1824 – 1/11/1892]

 

1875    ordained local elder

 

Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery, Norwich NY

Obit:

 

Note: Horace G. Prindle was a lawyer and a county judge.  He was a lay delegate to the 1876 General Conference.

 

 

PRITCHETT, GEORGE

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1866    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1868    ordained deacon

1870    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1866-67           Newport

1867-68           Flemingville

1868-70           VanEttenville

1870-72           Oregon [Carley Brook]

1872-75           Sterling

1875-77           Clifford

1877-79           Harpursville

1879                located

 

Note: This is believed to be the Rev. George Pritchett, late of of Brooklyn NY, who married Eliza Ann Schoonover (b. 2/19/1842) of northeastern PA on 5/13/1867.

 

PRITTS, DEBORAH L.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Kraig

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          admitted on trial

?          ordained deacon

1982    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

                        North Central New York Conference

1003                transfer to Wyoming Conference

2003-07           Windsor

2007                retired

    2010  charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

PROOF, WALTER H.

 

Born: 1-13-1904  Buffalo NY                                    married: Thelma Hanley

Died: 4-21-1986                                                          obit: [1908-2005]

 

1931    admitted on trial

1933    ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Riverhurst Cemetery, Endicott NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1986, 296

 

1929-30           Plymouth NY

1030-34           Choconut Center

1934-35           Rome – North Orwell

1935-44           Great Bend – Hallstead

1944-48           Endicott St. Paul’s

1948-53           Newark Valley

1953-58           Bainbridge

1958-70           Hawleyton

1970                retired

                            1970-74       Murray-Tufts-Garrett Manor assisted living facility, Narrowsburg PA

 

 

PRYNN, AUSTIN LEONARD

 

Born: 10-19-1985  Jermyn PA                                   married: Helen Gertrude Baer

Died: 2-23-1945  Kingston PA                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1971, 249

 

1921    admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment: Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1945, 166

 

1921-22           Harford

1922-25           Sterling

1925-29           Waverly – Fleetville

1929-31           Factoryville

1931-37           Moscow

1937-42           Pittston First

1942-45           Dallas

 

 

PUCKEY, WILLIAM L.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Heidi _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1993    license

2000    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1993-94           Thompson

1994-00           Newton

2000-05           Castle Creek

2005-10           Hawleyton

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

 

PUFFER, ENOS

 

Born: 2-26-1811                                                          married: Mary Ann West

Died: 5-22-1872                                                          obit: [4/26/1817 – 2/26/1884]

 

1843    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: North Fenton Cemetery, North Fenton NY

Obit:

 

1837-39           South Danby

1843-45           Broome

1845                discontinued

                        “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1854-55           Page Brook

1859-61           McDonough

1866-67           Newton

1868-69           Osborn Hollow

1869-72           Chenango

 

Note: Enos Puffer lived in Castle Creek, was a blacksmith and a member of the state legislature.  He served as a local preacher.

 

PULLYBLANK, THOMAS E.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2001    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

2005    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2001-10           Fly Creek

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

PURKISS, HENRY T.

 

Born: 1860  England                                                   married:
Died:                                                                           obit: [1856 - ]

 

Interment:
Obit:

 

1903                came to America

                        Baptist Union (see 1905,38)

1905                “transfer” to Central Pennsylvania Conference of the United Evangelical Church

1905-06           Susquehanna

1906-07           West Clifford

1907-08           Luzerne

1908-09           English Baptist Church, Plymouth PA (beginning 5/1908 and ending 9/1909)

                        “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1910-12           Lakeville


Note: In the United Evangelical Church, H.T. Purkiss was received as a local deacon and is always listed at serving under the presiding elder.  He is sometimes listed as H.L. Purkiss.  After serving successfully for 3 years, he is no longer listed in any context in the United Evangelical Journals (although in 1908,76 he is listed as being on the Memorials committee). 
     In the Wyoming Conference, H.T. Purkiss is listed as a Baptist who served as a supply pastor.  In January 1912 (see the Honesdale Citizen 1/31/1912, page 4) he created a moderate scandal apparently claiming his steamship ticket to return from Ireland had been stolen when no ticket had been purchased – and the Lakeville congregation said they would send him no money.  He appears to have managed to return to finish the year – as he signed the year-end reports, and no mention of the incident is made in the 1912 journal – but he was not given an appointment in 1912 and nothing more is known about him.

 

 

PYKUS, JANE M.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1991    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference: recommended by Honesdale Central

1991    ordained deacon

1993    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1990-92           Jermyn (beginning 1/1/1990)

1992-96           Camptown

1996-01           Scott valley

2001-09           Worcester

2009-10           Montrose

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-20           New Milford and South Montrose Community

2020-23           Kingston Church of Christ Uniting

 

 

QUEAL, WILLIAM GRAVES

           

Born: 12-14-1822  Worcester NY                              married: Lorinda L. Booth
Died: 2-26-1888  Pueblo CO                                      obit: Wyoming Conference 1909, 122

 

1846    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: West Bainbridge NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1888, 89

 

1846-47           Bainbridge

1847-48           Smyrna

1848-49           Chenango

1849-50           Bainbridge

1850-52           Brookfield

1852-54           Vernon Center

1854-56           Sherburne

1846-58           Oneonta

1858-60           Milford

1860-62           Afton

1862-63           Unadilla

1863-66           Guilford

1866-68           Oxford

1868-69           Otego

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference by change of boundaries

1869-70           Otego

1870-73           Milford

1873-74           Morris

1874-76           Salem

1876-78           Sherburne

1878-80           Plymouth NY

1880-82           Windsor

1882-83           on leave

1883-85           Norwich

1885                retired

 

Note:  William G. Queal is a brother to Atchison Queal (1817-1859) of the Oneida Conference and Luke C. Queal (1827-1898) of the Central New York Conference.  Both daughters of William G. Queal married Wyoming Conference pastors: Mattie Queal Meaker, wife of E. Bradley Meaker, and Alice Queal Benedict, wife of George Bernard Benedict.  A brief biography of William Graves Queal appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 233.

 

QUICK, RUTH ESTHER CHURCH

 

Born: 1930                                                                  married: Jan Quick

Died: 7-12-2000  Albany NY                                     obit:

 

Interment: Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2001, 200

 

1986-88           North Norwich

1988-89           North Norwich – Plymouth

1898-92           Throop

1992-96           Waymart (ending 12/1/19960

1996                retired (12/1/96)

 

Note: Ruth E. Quick had been an officer in the Salvation Army.  She served in the Wyoming Conference as a local pastor.

 

QUICK, WILLIAM HARRY

           

Born:                                                                           married: Linda Diana Beck

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

 

1968    ordained deacon

 

Interment:
Obit:

 

1967-69           New Berlin

1969                no longer listed

                       

 

Note: William H. Quick apparently was never a member of the Wyoming Conference.  He was a member of the South Indiana Conference and served (as was ordained by) the Wyoming Conference while a student 1967-69 working on a Master’s of Theology at Princeton University.  He had graduated from Asbury College in 1964, and received a B.D. in 1967 from Asbury Seminary.  Mrs. Quick is the daughter of Rev. Glenn H. Beck (1915-2001) of the Ohio Conference and the niece of Rev. Gerald B. Beck (1925-2000) of the Northern Indiana Conference.

 

 

QUIMBY, EUGENE ANDREW

 

Born: 7-19-1863  Shongum NJ                                  married: Celinda Hudeman [7/5/1894]

Died: 9-9-1949                                                            obit: [d. 1917]

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Ida Porter Poole [3/24/1940]

1895    admitted on trial                                              obit2: Newark Conference 1958, 153

1897    ordained deacon

1899 ordained elder

 

Interment: Presbyterian Cemetery, Mt. Freedom NJ

Obit: Newark Conference 1950, 492

 

1895-96           Flemingville

1896-99           Le Raysville

1899-03           Salem

1903-05           Sanitaria Springs

1905-06           Smyrna

1906                transfer to Newark Conference, page 68

1906-07           Asbury

1907-09           Califon and Fairmount

1909-11           Paterson Calvary

1911-13           Oxford

1913-16           Paterson Cedar Cliff

1916-17           Staten Island Asbury

1917-18           on leave, war work

1918-20           Columbia and Hainesburg

1920-21           Rahway First

1921-25           Roselle Wesley

1925-26           Staten Island Dickinson

1926-27           on leave

1927-28           Stillwater and Swartswood

1928-29           Quakertown

1929                retired

                             1931 Utah Gospel Mission

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Eugene A. Quimby appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 385.

 

 

RACE, JAMES LEE

 

Born: 7-4-1830  Richmond, England                         married: Jane Humble

Died: 9-29-1910  Fairmont WV                                 obit: [1831/2 - 1866]

                                                                                    married2: Harriet Elizabeth Abbott Wright (1868)

1846    local preacher’s license, Richmond [Eng]      obit2: Wyoming Conference 1927, 131

1866    ordained local deacon

1868    admitted on trial

1871    ordained deacon

1872    ordained elder

 

Interment: Dunmore Cemetery, Dunmore PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1911, 102

 

1849-51           Richmond circuit

1851-53           First London circuit

1853-54           evangelistic work, Reformed Methodists

1854-55           Hoxham circuit, Reformed Methodists

1855-56           Shotley Bridge circuit

1856-58           Grantham circuit

1858                emigrated to America

1858-60           Lackawaxen, Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1860-61           Moscow

1861-62           Paupack

1862-63           Ararat

1863-65           Damascus

1865-68           Bethany

1868-70           Beach Pond

1870-71           Waymart

1871-74           Tunkhannock

1874-77           Nicholson

1877-79           Smyrna

1879-82           Plains

1882-85           New Milford

1885-86           Marathon and Killawog

1886-89           Mehoopany

1889-91           Lehman

1891-95           Lackawanna

1895-98           Scranton Cedar Avenue

1898-10           Rendham

1910-11           Scranton Tripp Park

1911                retired

 

Note: James L. Race is the son of British local preacher David Race and the father of John H. Race.  The second Mrs. Race (nee Abbott) was the widow of a Mr. Charles A. Wright. A biographical sketch of James L. Race appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 386.

 

RACE, JOHN HUMBLE

 

Born: 3-10-1862  Paupack PA                                    married: Alice Bannister (1890)

Died: 10-14-1954  New York NY                              obit: Wyoming Conference 1941, 166

 

1884    local preacher’s license, Kingston

1888    ordained local deacon

1890    admitted on trial, New Jersey Conference

 

Interment: Floral Park Cemetery, Binghamton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1955, 2059

 

1884-86           student, Wyoming Seminary

1886-90           student, Princeton University

                             1890  Island Heights (part year)

1890-95           faculty, Wyoming Seminary

1894-95           Binghamton Centenary, Wyoming Conference

1895                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1895-98           Binghamton Centenary

1898-13           chancellor, U.S. Grant University [U of TN at Chattanooga]

1913-37           publishing agent, Methodist Episcopal Church

1937-44           publishing agent emeritus, Methodist Church

1944                retired

 

Note: John H. Race is the son of James L. Race.  Mrs. Race is the daughter of Rev. Dr. Edward Bannister (1814-1871) of the California Conference and on the Wyoming Seminary faculty 1881-93.  A biographical sketch of John H. Race appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 387, and in the 1916 Who’s Who in American Methodism, page 178,

 

RADER, REUBEN WINFIELD

 

Born: 10-9-1917  Williamsport PA                            married: Irma Minetta Kreuzwiesser

Died: 3-31-1994  Trumbull County OH                     obit: East Ohio Conference 1988, 133

 

1938    license

1946    ordained local deacon

 

Interment: Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport PA

Obit: East Ohio Conference 1995, 93

 

1948-50           Fairdale–Rush

1950                transfer to North East Ohio Conference

1950-52           Churchill

1952-57           Vienna

1957-59           Shreve

1959-60           Shreve – Newkirk

 

 

RAHM, PENELOPE M.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1981    ordained, American Baptist Church

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

                        Central New York Conference

1983-88           Savona Federated (ending 12/31/1987)

1988-89           Flemingville, Wyoming Conference (beginning 9/1/1988)

1989-91           Tioga Center, Wyoming Conference

1991                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1991-98           Tioga Center

1998-05           Wilkes-Barre Central

2005-08           Greene

2008-10           Wyalusing

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2020-12           Wyalusing

2012-15           Clearfield Trinity

2015                retired

 

RAINEY, H.G.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                   

Interment:

Obit:

 

1907-08           Campville

1908-09           Heart Lake

1909-10           West Nicholson

1910-11           ?                     

1911-13           Middlefield

1913-14           ?

1914-15           Arkansaw, Wisconsin Conference

1915-16           Rib Lake, Wisconsin Conference

                        Maiden Rock, Wisconsin Conference

 

Note: H.G. Rainey served as a supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.  This surname also appears as RAINY and RANEY/

 

RAMSEY, WILLIAM H.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1914                “transfer” from Wesleyan Methodist Church

 

Note: William H. Ramsey served as a local elder.

 

RANDLE, WILBERT ISHAM

 

Born: 1-19-1875  Warsaw IL                                     married: Rue Ethel Dalrymple

Died: 8-1-1957                                                            obit: [6/8/1887–9/12/1966]

 

1907    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Jessops Methodist Cemetery, Baltimore County MD

Obit: Baltimore Conference 1958, 272

 

1904-07           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                            1905       Schuyler Lake NY (summer)

                            1906-07  Pattenburg NJ, Newark Conference

1907-10           Wellsbridge

1910-13           Maple Grove

1913-17           Camptown

1917-18           Springville

1918-20           Newton

1920                transfer to Baltimore Conference

1920-22           Flintstone

1922-25           New Windsor

1925-29           Hillsdale

1929-35           Hampstead

1935-46           Western Run

1946                retired

 

RANDOLPH, HERBERT F.

 

Born: 11-4-1871                                                          married: Elva Wolfe

Died: 1-22-1940                                                          obit: New England Conference 1955, 1050

 

1893    admitted on trial, Newark Conference

 

Interment: Center Cemetery, Northfield MA

Obit: New England Conference 1940, 153

 

1893-96           Plainfield Grace

1896-98           Bernardsville

1898-05           South Orange

1905-06           Elizabeth St. James

1906-08           Hoboken First

1908-14           Montclair

1914                transfer to Wilmington Conference

1914-19           Wilmington Grace

1919                transfer to Baltimore Conference

1919-24           Washington DC Foundry

1924                transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1924-28           Philadelphia Calvary

1928                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1928-30           Oneonta First

1930-34           Wilkes-Barre Central

1934                transfer to New England Conference

 

RANSOM, JARED COMSTOCK

           

Born: 5-24-1803  Warren NY                                    married: Ann Amanda Cook
Died: 7-5-1882  Oxford NY                                       obit: [d. 12/25/1828]

                                                                                    married2: Mary Preston

1834    exhorter’s license                                            obit2: [d. 12/28/1858]

1836    local pastor’s license

1836    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Riverview Cemetery, Oxford NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1883, 47

 

1835-37           Sharon

1837038          Brookfield

1838-39           Otego

1839-41           Chenango

1841-42           Otego

1842-43           Butternuts

1843-50           on leave

1850                retired

     1869  transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

 

Note:  A brief biography of Jared C. RANSON [sic] appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 234.

 

RARICH, JEFFREY LEE

 

Born:                                                                           married: Karen _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                    married2: Suzanne _____

                                                                                    obit2:

1977    admitted on trial, Central Pennsylvania Conference: recommended by Berwick Bethany

1977    ordained deacon

1981    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1977-79           student, Trinity Theological Seminary in Deerfield IL

1979                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1979-85           Maple Grove

1985-91           Wallenpaupack Area

1991-99           Paupack (ending 2/15/1999)

1999-07           director, New York Conference UM Foundation (beginning 2/12/1999)

2007-09           director of planned giving, Guideposts Foundation

2009-10           associate director for special gifts, Salvation Army Eastern Territory          

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-16           associate director for special gifts, Salvation Army Eastern Territory

2016                retired

                             2016-          Hamlin-Hollisterville-Maplewood

 

RAUGHT, ROGER EARL

 

Born: 9-1-1898  Scott township PA                           married: Winola Dunn

Died: 9-11-1994                                                          obit: [1901 – 2000]

 

Interment: East Ararat Cemetery, East Ararat PA

Obit:

 

1923-24           Lakeville

1924-25           Cherry Ridge – Lakeville

 

Note: Roger E. Raught served in the Wyoming Conference as a local preacher.  He was a longtime pastor in the Honesdale area in the Assembly of God denomination.

 

RAWLINGS, WILLIAM HENRY

 

Born: 8-12-1828  Birmingham England                     married: Catharine _____

Died: 11-3-1914                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1910, 132

 

1868    admitted on trial, North Carolina Conference

 

Interment: Maple Grove Cemetery, Sweet Valley PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1915, 96

 

1868-89           mission work

1889                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1889-91           Maple Grove

1891-92           Trucksville

1892-94           Waymart

1894-97           Cherry Ridge

1897-99           on leave

1899-01           Arlington

1901-02           South New Berlin

1902-07           Hickory Grove

1907                retired

 

Note: Mrs. Rawlings is buried in her son’s plot in Gastonia NC

 

RAYMOND, J.H.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1911-13           Lockwood

 

Note: J.H. Raymond served as a supply pastor.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

RAYMOND, JOHN G.

 

Born: 8-6-1844                                                            married: Margaret D. Moore

Died: 12-25-1929                                                        obit: [1849-1923]

 

1894    license, Wyoming Conference

1900    ordained local deacon

 

Interment: Indian Orchard Cemetery, Wayne County PA

Obit:

 

1893-98           Arlington [Paupack]

1898-02           Carley Brook

1902-03           Uniondale

1903-04           (apparently not appointted)

1904-09           Gouldsboro

 

Note: John G. Raymond served as a local preacher.  He is not to be confused with contemporary Philadelphia Presbyterian pastor James G. Raymond.

 

REDDY, WILLIAM

 

Born: 9-28-1813  Lansingville NY                            married: Sarah Comfort Cargill (7/13/1840)

Died: 6-20-1894  Kingston PA                                   obit: [6/17/1818 - 1842]

                                                                                    married2: Elizabeth Gildersleeve Comfort

                                                                                                     (4/19/1843)

1833    exhorter’s license                                            obit2: Central NY Conference 1882, 97

1836    license                                                             married3: Mrs. R.S. Sullivan (12/31/1883)

1837    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference             obit3:

1839    ordained deacon

1841    ordained elder

 

Interment: Evergreen Cemetery, Cazenovia NY

Obit: Central New York Conference 1894, 124

 

1836-37           Pittston

1837-38           Canaan

1838-39           Brooklyn

1839-40           Gibson and Jackson

1840-41           Bridgewater and Montrose

1841-42           Carbondale

1842-44           Wyoming

1844-45           Honesdale

1845-46           Owego

1846-50           superintendent, Wyoming District

1850-54           superintendent, Chenango District

1854-56           Cazenovia

1856-57           Auburn

1857-61           superintendent, Auburn District

1861-62           Ithaca Aurora Street

1862-66           superintendent, Cazenovia District

1866-67           Chittenango

1867-70           Utica First

1870-73           Skaneateles

1873-77           superintendent, Syracuse District

1877-80           Weedsport

1880-81           on leave

1881-91           tract agent

           

Note: William Reddy never actually served in the Wyoming Conference – but he served several appointments that were later within the Wyoming Conference, and he was a founder of Wyoming Seminary and had significant contacts with various Wyoming Conference charges and personalities.  Note2: The second Mrs. Reddy is a sister to George Comfort, to Silas Comfort (1803-1868) of the Oneida Conference, and to Mary Comfort Round (1817-1893) – wife of Nelson Round (1807-1874) of the Oneida Conference and president of Willamette University in Salem OR.  He is the author of the History of Cazenovia Seminary.  The second Mrs. Reddy (1819-1882) is also the aunt of the first Mrs. Reddy (1818-1842) – being a sister to the mother Mrs. Reddy, who was Mrs. Sarah (Comfort) Cargill (1799-1818).

 

REDFORD, GLADYS

 

Born: 7-7-1907                                                            married: Allen Dudley Smith

Died: 5-31-1993                                                          obit: [7/22/1910 – 12/23/1966]

                                                                                    married2: Albert Claude Molino

Interment: Stockton Rural Cemetery, Stockton CA   obit2: [6/11/1915 – 3/3/1985]

Obit:

 

1932-33           Jenksville – Speedsville

 

Note: Miss Gladys Redford served as a local preacher, and was an active speaker on many topics/occasions.  She married later in life, eventually becoming a psychiatric technician for the state of California.

 

REED, FITCH

 

Born: 3-28-1795  Armenia NY                                  married: Almeda Dana [2/20/1823]

Died: 10-10-1871  Ithaca NY                                     obit: [2/19/1799 – 5/19/1885]

 

1815    local preacher’s license

1817    admitted on trial, New York Conference

1817    ordained deacon

1819    ordained elder

 

Interment: Ithaca City Cemetery, Ithaca NY

Obit: Central New York Conference 1872, 46

 

1820                charter member of Genesee Conference

1820-21           York [Canada]

1828                transfer to New York Conference

                        Rhinebeck

                        New York City

                        Brooklyn

                        Poughkeepsie

1848                transfer to Oneida Conference

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852                transfer to Oneida Conference

1856-57           superintendent, Auburn District

1857-58           Ithaca Seneca Street

1862                retired

    1869  charter member of Central New York Conference

 

REED, GEORGE BENTON

 

Born: 10-23-1870  Glenburn PA                                married: Kate May Bell [9/11/1895]

Died: 7-4-1940  Gibson PA                                        obit: [6/?/1876 – 1951]

 

1928    ordained local deacon

1930    ordained local elder

 

Interment: Peckville PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1941, 162

 

1822-27           Orson

1927-30           Montdale

1930-37           Pleasant Mount

1937-40           Gibson

 

Note: George B. Reed served as a local preacher.

 

REES, GEORGE E.

 

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

Died: 1-16-2000  Towanda PA                                  obit: Central PA Conference 2010, 173

 

1961    license, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1965    ordained deacon

1967    ordained elder

1970    admitted as associate member

 

Interment: Nanticoke Cemetery, Nanticoke PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 2000, 353; Wyoming Conference 2000, 316

 

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

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

1967-69           Centralia

1969-72           North Towanda

1972-75           Milroy

1975-79           Almedia-Espy

1979-81           Middlebury Parish

1981                retired             

                             1983-84      Litchfield, Wyoming Conference

                             1986-89      Damascus, Wyoming Conference

                             1990-92      Hornbrook, Wyoming Conference

 

 

REESE, THOMAS McCLEARY

 

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

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

 

1842    admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

 

Interment: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Baltimore MD

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1883, 74

 

1842-43           Milton circuit

1843-45           Gettysburg

1845-46           Shippensburg

1846-47           West River

1847-49           Washington DC McKendree Chapel

1849-51           Staunton VA

1851-53           East Baltimore

1853-55           Baltimore Fayette Street

1855-57           Danville

1857                charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-59           Frederick City

1859-60           Lewisburg

1860-64           superintendent, Northumberland District

1864-66           Espy – Light Street

1866-69           Williamsport Pine Street

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1869-72           Wilkes-Barre

1872                transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

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

1873-77           superintendent, Altoona District

1877-80           Shamokin

1880-81           Harrisburg St. Paul’s

1881-82           Altoona Chestnut Avenue

1882                on leave

 

Note: Thomas M. Reese is the brother of Aquila A. Reese (1812-1878) and Philip B. Reese (1811-1880), and son of prominent local preacher John Lee Reese, all of the Baltimore Conference, and the father of William W. Reese (1846-1924) of the Central Pennsylvania Conference.  A biographical sketch is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 440.  An obituary is also given in the 4/1/1882 Conference News, front page. 

 

REESE, WILLIAM HENRY

 

Born: 2-3-1844  Clifton Springs NY                          married: Ella Parsell

Died: 12-20-1932  Los Angeles CA                           obit: Genesee Conference 1935, 779

 

1870    license to preach

1874    admitted on trial, Northern New York Conference

1876    ordained deacon, Northern New York Conference

 

Interment: Roosevelt Memorial Park, Gardena CA

Obit: Genesee Conference 1933, 315

 

1875-78           Clinton

1878-81           Rome

1881-84           Ilion

1884-87           Watertown

1887                transfer to St. Louis Conference

1887-92           Kansas City Dundee Place

1892                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1892-93           Wilkes-Barre Central

1893                transfer to Genesee Conference

1893-95           principal, Genesee Wesleyan Seminary

1895-00           Coudersport PA

1900-01           Lockport

1901-05           Corning First

1905-09           Wellsboro PA

1909-11           Medina

 

REID, MARGARET AMELIA LATSHA

 

Born: 11-2-1924  NJ                                                   married: William W. Reid

Died: 11-21-2016  Tunkhannock PA                         obit: Wyoming Conference 2007, 180

 

1975    license

1984    (1956) admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1986    (1961) ordained deacon

1988    (1965) ordained elder

 

Interment: South Eaton Cemetery, Wyoming County PA

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2017, 290

 

1975-79           Huntsville

1979-84           (not appointed)

1984-86           Courtdale (ending 2//1/1986)

1986-91           associate, Tunkhannock (beginning 2/1/1986)

                             1986-91      Beaver Meadows

     1989-91      Eatonville

1991-94           Eatonville

1994                retired

    2010  transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Margaret L. Reid is married to William W. Reid.

 

REID, MOSES HUNTER

 

Born: 4-12-1859  Albany NY                                     married: Adeline Carr

Died: 10-1-1939                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1932, 805

 

admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment: Lanesboro Cemetery, Lanesboro PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1940, 819

 

1896-07           missionary to Africa, International Missionary Alliance

1907-08           Morris

1908-13           Mount Upton

1913-18           Scranton Myrtle Street

1918-21           Peckville

1921-28           Taylor

1928-35           Ashley

1935                retired

 

 

REID, WILLIAM W. JR.

 

Born: 11-12-1923  New York NY                              married: Margaret Amelia Latsha

Died: 3-27-2007                                                          obit: Susquehanna Conference 2017, 290

 

1950    admitted on trial

1950    ordained deacon

1952    ordained elder

 

Interment: South Eaton Cemetery. Wyoming County PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2007,180

 

1950-57           Camptown (ending 2/28/1957)

1957-67           Carverton (beginning 3/1/1957)

1967-78           Wilkes-Barre Central

1978-84           superintendent, Wilkes-Barre District

1984-85           Wyoming

1985-92           Tunkhannock

1992                retired

                            1993       Wilkes-Barre Central (3/15/1993 – 6/30/1993)

                            1999-04  Scranton Simpson – West Park  (beginning 3/28/1999)

                            2006       Nanticoke (1/12/2006 – 6/30/2006)

 

Note: William W. Reid is married to Margaret L. Reid.  He is the author of two hymn texts in the United Methodist Hymnal: #435 O God of Every Nation, #443 O God Who Shaped Creation.

 

REIDY, ROBERT HENRY

 

Born: 5-10-1870  Wittten Gilbert, England               married: Jennie Garnett (3/1897)

Died: 5-5-1911  Des Moines IA                                 obit:

 

1899    ordained local deacon

1901    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Wyoming Cemetery, Wyoming PA

Obit: Northwest Iowa Conference 1911, 112

 

1898-99           Lackawanna

1899-01           student, Drew Theological Seminary

1901                Old Forge (ending October)

1901                transfer to Northwest Iowa Conference (October)

1901-03           Milford    

1903-07           Laurens

1907-11           Rockwell City

 

Note: The Reidy family entered the USA 4/4/1888 and settled first in Wanamie PA, then in Wyoming PA. The Garnett family was active in the Wyoming church.

 

REILLY, BETTY J. (GILLETTE)

 

Born: 8-18-1938  Lake Ariel PA                                married: Edward Reilly (divorced)

Died: 12-17-2019                                                        obit:

 

1984    license, recommended by Hamlin Centenary

1990    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2020, 343

 

1984-92           Sterling (beginning 8/1/1984)

1992-99           Plains

1999-01           Hawleyton

2001                retired

                            2001-10       Scranton Myrtle Street (ending 9/17/2010)

    2010            transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

                            2010-12       Greentown Hemlock Grove (beginning 10/17/2010)

                            2012-17       Eatonville – Evans Falls

                            2017-19       Dunmore

 

Note: Betty J. Reilly worked in the garment industry, eventually owning multiple clothing factories in Wayne County PA, before entering the ministry.  She also served as the chaplain at Wesley Village 2014-2019.

 

REINFURT, FREDERICK WILLIAM

 

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

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

                                                                                    married2: Larissa G. _____

1931    admitted on trial                                              obit2: [6/?/1911 – 9/?/2008]

1935    ordained deacon

1936    ordained elder

 

Interment: Sand Hill Cemetery, Unadilla NY

Obit:  Wyoming Conference 1992, 362

 

1931-33           student, Dickinson College

1933-36           student, Drew Theological Seminary

    1933-36       Jackson

1936-38           Candor

1938-40           Wilkes-Barre Parrish Street

1940                transfer to Florida Conference

1940-42           Florida Conference

1942                transfer to Genesee Conference

1942-43           Leroy

1943                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1943-54           Scranton Providence

1945-52           Dallas

1952-57           Unadilla

1957-60           Athens

1960-66           Binghamton Centenary

1966-68           Moscow

1968-71           Carbondale

1971                retired

                            1971-79       Sand Hill

 

RELYEA, HARRY AYRES

 

Born: 3-16-1890  New Brunswick NJ                        married: Lillian Snyder Welker

Died: 5-10-1947  Woxall PA                                      obit: [8/23/1890 – 8/?/1985]

 

1911    admitted on trial, New Jersey Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Elmwood Cemetery, New Brunswick NJ

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1948, 1014

 

1911-13           Audubon

1913-15           Wenonah

1915-16           Cape May City

1916                transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1916-17           Porto Rico Mission

1917                transfer to Pittsburgh Conference

1917-22           Uniontown Asbury

1922                transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1922-25           Philadelphia Logan

1925                transfer to New Jersey Conference

1925-29           Trenton First

1929-32           Ocean Grove

1932                transfer to Newark Conference

1932-36           Newark Roseville

1936                transfer to New Jersey Conference

1936-39           Asbury Park First

1939                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1939-45           Binghamton Tabernacle

1945                retired

 

Note: Harry A. Relyea is the grandson of Milton Relyea (1835-1909) of the New Jersey Conference

 

 

RENVILLE, HARRY LAWRENCE

 

Born: 8-3-1881  Brooklyn NY                                   married: Helen Myra Neyhart

Died: 6-23-1964  St. Petersburg FL                           obit: Wyoming Conference 1955, 2073

 

1909    admitted on trial

1911    ordained deacon

1915    ordained elder

 

Interment: Nicholson Cemetery, Nicholson PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1965, 249

 

1909-10           South Canaan

1910-13           Jackson

1913-16           Damascus

1916-21           Forest City

1921-26           Nicholson

1926-30           Susquehanna

1930-36           Wilkes-Barre Abbot

1936-41           Luzerne

1941-44           Moosic

1944                retired

                            1948-1959  Nicholson Presbyterian

 

 

REYNOLDS, C.S.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1866-67           Hawleyton and Brackneyville

 

REYNOLDS, CHARLES HENRY

 

Born: 2-17-1867  Philadelphia PA                             married: Nellie Beilby

Died: 6-9-1940  Deposit NY                                      obit: Wyoming Conference 1949, 224

 

1890    local preacher’s license, Philadelphia Scott

1892    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1894    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Deposit NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1941, 163

 

1891-92           North Sanford

1892-94           Ouaquaga

1894-96           Davenport Center

1896-99           Sidney Center

1899-01           Clark's Summit

1901-03           Sanitaria Springs

1903-07           Binghamton Oak Street

1907-08           conference evangelist

1908                withdrew to enter the Congregational ministry

1908-20           Congregational Church

1920                re-admitted to the Wyoming Conference

1920-24           Wilkes-Barre St. Andrews

1924-27           Wyalusing

1927-31           Wanamie-Alden

1931                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Charles H. Reynolds appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 389.

 

REYNOLDS, GEORGE WASHINGTON

 

Born: 4-11-1837  Plattekill NY                                  married: Susan A. Griffin

Died: 12-30-1905  Middlesex NY                              obit: Central New York Conference 1911, 168

 

1865    exhorter’s license

1866    license

1868    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1870    ordained deacon

1872    ordained elder

 

Interment: Middlesex Cemetery, Middlesex NY

Obit: Central New York Conference 1906, 151

 

1868-69           South Danby

1869-71           Caroline Center

1871-72           Little Meadows

1872                transfer to Central New York Conference by boundary change

1872-74           Van Etten

1874-75           Morrisville

1875-78           Cayuga

1878-80           Burdett

1880-83           Middlesex

1883-85           Bellona

1885-90           Rose

1890-92           Cuyler

1892-93           Camillus

1893-98           Lysander

1898-00           Peterboro and Pratts

1900-02           Cuyler and Keeney

1902-05           Perryville

1905                retired

 

REYNOLDS, NELSON SINSEBAUGH

           

Born: 4-13-1832  Greenfield NY                               married: Delia Boyer Swift
Died: 9-11-1890  Nichols NY                                    obit: Wyoming Conference 1909, 122

 

1859    local preacher’s license

1863    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1866    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Sidney DE
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1891, 79

 

1862-63           Page Brook

1863-64           Cherry Ridge

1864-66           Tallmansville

1866-69           Damascus

1869-72           Hawley

1872-73           Berkshire

1873-75           Candor

1875-76           Sidney Plains

1876-78           Bainbridge

1878-80           Worcester

1880-81           New Berlin

1881-83           Mount Upton

1883-86           Plains

1886-88

1888-90           Nichols

1890                Castle Rock

 

Note:  A brief biography of Nelson S. Reynolds appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 234.

 

RHOADS, WILLIAM LEMUEL JR.

 

Born: 10-12-1942  Chester PA                                   married: Helen Roselyn Edwards

Died: 2-23-2007  Lancaster PA                                  obit:

                                                                                    married2: Marianna Mullikin

1967    license, Philadelphia Conference                   obit2:

1968    admitted on trial, South Indianan Conference

1968    ordained deacon, South Indiana Conference

1971    ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery, Aston PA

Obit:

 

1970                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1970-74           Berkshire

1974-83           chaplain, US Army

1983                transfer to Southern New Jersey Conference

1983-86           chaplain, US Army

 

Note: A graduate of Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore KY, William L. Rhoads was attending a Presbyterian Church and pursing a doctorate at Eastern Seminary at the time of his death.  The first Mrs. Rhoads later married a Mr. Wolf.

 

RICE, CHARLES LANE

           

Born: 10-22-1827  Trucksville PA                             married: Ann Louise Wells
Died: 5-23-1903  Cortland NY                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1903, 111

 

1847    exhorter’s license

1849    local preacher’s license

1850    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

1852    ordained deacon

1854    ordained elder

 

Interment: Cypress Hill Cemetery, Brooklyn NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1904, 106

 

1849-50           Mount Pleasant and Bethany

1850-51           Lackawaxen

1851-52           Springville

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-53           Springville

1853-54           Newton

1854-56           Northmoreland

1856-58           Hawley

1858-60           Waymart

1860-61           Carverton

1861-63           Plymouth

1863-65           Dunmore

1865-67           Waymart

1867-83           on leave
                             1880,21 – commended to other conferences in which he might be traveling

1883-86           Paupack

1886-89           North Fenton and New Ohio

1889-93           Lanesboro

1893-94           Union Center

1894-95           Binghamton Oak Street

1895                retired

 

Note:  Charles L. Rice is the son of Jacob Rice.  A brief biography of Charles Lane Rice appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 235.

 

RICE, JACOB

           

Born: 6-30-1783  York PA                                         married: Sarah Cooke
Died: 12-18-1858  Luzerne PA                                  obit: [3/28/1785 – 10/9/1863]

 

1834    local pastor’s license

1843    ordained local deacon

 

Interment: Cedar Crest Cemetery, Trucksville PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference

 

Note:  Jacob Rice is the father of Charles L. Rice; John P. Rice; Margaret Amanda Reed Rice Mumford, wife of Lyman Mumford; and Mary Ann Rice Phoenix, wife of L. James Phoenix.  Jacob served as a local pastor.   He is the considered the founder of the Trucksville UMC, whose first (1844) building was erected on his land and informally called the Rice Church.  Some sources give his birthplace as New Jersey.

 

RICE, JAMES GARFIELD

 

Born: 11-19-1880  Columbus Center NY                  married: Elizabeth Taylor

Died: 5-14-1954  Genoa NY                                      obit:

                                                                                    married2: Edith Elizabeth Crumb

?          local license, Virginia Conference                 obit2: Wyoming Conference 1971, 249

1909    license , Wyoming Conference                                                          

1922    admitted on trial

1925    ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Unadilla NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1955, 2062

 

1909-11           Preston

1911-14           Westford

1914-18           Harpursville

1918-20           Wells Bridge

1920-22           Middlefield

1922-25           McDonough

1925-27           Schuyler Lake

1927-29           Wells Bridge

1929-33           Mehoopany – Eatonville

1933-35           Gibson – Hartford

1935-38           Rome – North Orwell

1938-41           Mt. Vision

1941-42           West Exeter

1942-44           Coventry

1944-45           Damascus

1945                retired

 

 

 

RICE JOHN PRUTZMAN

           

Born: 8-22-1805  Knowlton NJ                                  married: Sarah Ann Kunkle
Died: 7-27-1886  Hunlock Creek PA                         obit: [11/23/1807 – 10/27/1866]

 

license

 

Interment: Cedar Crest Cemetery, Trucksville PA
Obit:

 

Note:  John P. Rice is the son of Jacob Rice.  He served as a local pastor.

 

RICH, TRUMAN ASHTON

 

Born: 4-16-1886  Canton NY                         married: Charlotte Elizabeth Darling

Died: 6-7-1943  Waverly NY                         obit: Wyoming Conference 1984, 213

 

1913    admitted on trial

1913    ordained deacon

1915    ordained elder

 

Interment: Glenwood Cemetery, Binghamton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1944, 848

 

1912-16           Binghamton Clinton Street

1916-17           Great Bend

1917-21           Marathon

1921-23           Shavertown

1923-27           Plains

1927-31           Sidney

1931-35           West Pittston

1935-39           Unadilla

1939-43           Waverly NY

 

 

RICHARDS, F.D.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1919-24           North Tioga

 

Note: F.D. Richards served as a supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

RICHARDS, JEFFREY J.

 

Born:                                                               married:

Died:                                                               obit:

 

1982    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1979-81           Jermyn

1981-82           not appointed

 

Note: This is believed to be the prolific author and scholar Jeffrey Jon Richards, who earned his MTh at Dallas Theological Seminary and his PhD at Drew University.

 

RICHARDS, MADISON ABIJAH

 

Born: 3-24-1841  Wilkesville OH                              married: Anna Mary Stewart

Died: 5-11-1902  Cincinnati OH                                obit: West Ohio Conference 1922, 472

1864    admitted on trial, Cincinnati Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Greenwood Cemetery, Hamilton OH

Obit: Cincinnati Conference 1902, 432

 

1864-66           Mt. Auburn

1866-68           Seven Mile

1869-71           Springboro and Red Lion

1871-72           Piqua Grace

1872-74           Dayton Grace

1874-77           Xenia First

1877-78           Avondale Grace

1878-80           Troy

1880                transfer to Wilmington Conference

1880-81           New Castle

1881-83           Wilmington St. Paul

1883                transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1883-86           Philadelphia Green Street

1886                transfer to Wyoming Conference (?)

1886                transfer to New England Conference

1886-90           Lawrence MA First

1890-99           located

1899                transfer to Cincinnati Conference

 

Note: M.A. Richards is listed (1886, page 33) as transferring from the Philadelphia Conference, but it appears that he never served in the Wyoming Conference.  This was likely a transfer/appointment that never materialized.

 

 

RICHARDS, ROGER G.

 

Born: 2-1-1952                                                            married: Pegg Ainslie

Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                    married2: Lisa _____

1975    admitted on trial, Texas Conference               obit2:

1978    ordained deacon, Nebraska Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1975-77           student

1977                transfer to Nebraska Conference

1977-80           Cozad First

1980-83           Loup Cooperative Parish       

1983                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1983-88           Carverton

1988-92           associate, Vestal

1992-03           Tunkhannock

2003-10           Endwell

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Roger G. Richards is the grandson of Luke W. Hovey, his mother being Elizabeth Hovey Richards.  He was married to Pegg Ainslie-Richards and was for a time listed as Roger G. Ainslie-Richards.

 

RICHARDSON, ALBERT B.

 

Born: 7-1-1842  England                                            married: Caroline Hopkins

Died: 6-22-1921                                                          obit: Newark Conference 1934, 208

 

1874    admitted on trial

1876    ordained deacon

1878    ordained elder

 

Interment: Glenwood Cemetery, Oneonta NY

Obit: Newark Conference 1922, 170

 

1874-76           Bainbridge

1876-79           Milford

1879-82           Oneonta

1882-85           Honesdale

1885-88           Oneonta

1888-89           Carbondale

1889                transfer to New Jersey Conference

1889-               Camden Centenary

 

Note: Albert B. Richardson is a cousin to James Benge.

 

RICHARDSON, PHILLIP H.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2007    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2007-10           Hop Bottom

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Phillip H. Richardson served as a local preacher.

 

 

RICKETTS, MARY L.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Michael K. Willis

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1984    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1985    ordained deacon

1988    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1984-85           Exeter Center

1985-88           Edmeston

1988-91           Huntsville

1991-01           associate, Tunkhannock

2001-10           associate Vestal

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Mary L. Ricketts is married to Michael K. Willis.

 

RIDER, J.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1876-77           Spencer

 

Note: J. Rider served as a supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

 

RIDGELY, WILLIAM WINFIELD

 

Born: 1866  Howard County MD                               married: Anella Fay

Died: 5-1-1944  Syracuse NY                                    obit: [1869 – 6/22/1955]

 

1894    admitted on trial, New Jersey Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse NY

Obit:

 

1894-97           Navesink

1897-99           Bradley Beach

1899-02           Bridgeton Fourth

1902-05           West Asbury Park

1905-07           Camden Bethany

1907-08           field agent, Pennington Seminary

1908-13           conference evangelist

1913-15           on leave

1915-17           associate, Bridgeton Fourth

1917-19           on leave

1919                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1919-21           Clark’s Green

1921-24           Hawley

1924-25           Heart Lake (part year; see 1925, 82)

1925-29           on leave

1929                located

 

 

RIDGLEY, BENJAMIN J.

 

Born: 2-2-1914  Avoca PA                                         married: Jean Mildred Fraley

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

 

1944    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1944    ordained deacon

1946    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1936-39           Middlefield

1939-40           Smyrna

1940-41           West Nicholson

1941-44           ?

1944                Skinner’s Eddy

1944                transfer to New Jersey Conference (9/23/1944)

1944                transfer to Wyoming Conference (9/25/1944)

1944-47           chaplain, US Navy

1947-51           Meshoppen

1951                “transfer” to Episcopal Church

                        Forestville MD Epiphany

 

Note: This surname also appears as RIDGELY.

 

RIDLEY, MARK D.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Katherine _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                    married2: Nadine E. _____

1973    admitted on trial                                              obitq:

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1973-74           student, Yale Divinity School

1974-81           discontinued

1981                readmitted

1981-85           associate, Owego

1985                “transfer” to Lutheran Church

1985-88           associate, Albany NY St. John’s

1988-10           Vestal NY, Christ the King

2010                retired to Edenton NC

                            2011-12  interim, Edenton NC Good Shepherd

 

Note: Mark D. Ridley is a graduate of law school and divinity school and was also a practicing attorney 1977-90.

 

 

RIGGIO, ETTORE G.

 

Born: 12-30-1888  Palermo Italy                               married:

Died: 3-10-1917  Scranton PA                                   obit:

 

1914    admitted on trial, Erie Conference

1915    ordained deacon, Erie Conference

 

Interment: Washburn Street Cemetery, Scranton PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1917, 121

 

1914-16           Jamestown

1916                transfer to New York Conference

1916                New York City (ending 11/30/1916)

1916-17           Scranton Italian Mission (beginning 12/1/1916)

1917                transfer to Wyoming Conference

 

Note: Ettore G. Riggio came to America in 1910.

 

RILEY, RUSSELL J.

 

Born: 11-?-1904  Adams County PA                         married: Mrs. Marie Rose Little

Died: 1-20-1971  Windsor NY                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1999, 342

 

Interment: Alexander Hill Cemetery, Windsor NY

Obit:

 

Note: Russell J. Riley was a local pastor.  His primary ministry was the care and supervision of Sky Lake Camp in Windsor NY for 23 years, and he is the namesake of that facility’s Riley Lodge.  Mrs. Riley was the widow of a Mr. George Little.  His gravesite information gives his name as JAMES RUSSELL RILEY.

 

RINEHART, HUGH STANLEY

 

Born: 4-24-1895  Wyandot County OH                     married: Helen Sophie Wardwell (1919)

Died: 2-8-1974  Brownwood YX                               obit: [9/5/1892 – 6/10/1965]

                                                                                    married2: Lucille _____ (1968)

Interment: Zyphyr Cemetery, Zephyr TX                  obit2: [6/15/1915 – 1/18/1986]

Obit:

 

1924-25           McClure (see 1925,82)

 

Note: H. Stanley Rinehart “came from a Free Methodist Church in Ohio.”

RINES, ALBERT D.

 

Born: 1875                                                                  married: Florence B. Wilcox

Died: 1942                                                                  obit: [1882 – 1962]

 

1911    admitted on trial

?          ordained deacon

1921    ordained elder

 

Interment: Port Crane Cemetery, Port Crane NY

Obit:

 

1911-12           assistant, Binghamton Centenary

1912-14           Whitney Point

1914                transfer to North Dakota Conference

1914-20           conference evangelist

1920                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1920-23           Hartwick – Hyde Park

1923-24           Windsor

1924                located

 

Note: Albert D. Rines is a brother to Harry J. Rines.  The Rines brothers conducted evangelistic campaigns in the area 1900-10 before joining the Wyoming Conference.

 

RINES, HARRY J.

 

Born: 1870  London England                                     married: Georgina Alice Parish

Died: 3-21-1933                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1957, 567

 

1913    admitted on trial

1915    ordained deacon

1917    ordained elder

 

Interment: Chenango Valley Cemetery, Binghamton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1933, 158

 

1913-14           Triangle

1914-21           Binghamton Oak Street

1921-22           Vestal

1922-23           assistant, Binghamton Tabernacle

1923-26           Ogden

1926-31           Chenango Bridge

1931-33           Marathon

 

Note: Harry J. Rines is a brother to Albert D. Rines.  The Rines brothers conducted evangelistic campaigns in the area 1900-10 before joining the Wyoming Conference.

 

 

RIPLEY, BENJAMIN P.

 

Born: 7-18-1853  Morris NY                                     married: Helen Laura Collins

Died: 1-4-1916                                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1939, 596

 

1872    exhorter’s license

1874    local preacher’s license

1875    admitted on trial

1877    ordained deacon

1880    ordained elder

 

Interment: Riverhurst Cemetery, Endicott NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1916, 107

 

1874-75           Unadilla [Wells Bridge]

1875-76           Wells Bridge

1876-78           Laurens

1878-81           Garrattsville

1881-84           Fly Creek

1884-87           Westford

1887-91           Windsor

1891-94           Unadilla

1894-99           Cooperstown

1899-01           Marathon

1901-05           Forty Fort

1905-07           Mount Upton

1907-12           Hawley

1912-16           Lestershire

 

Note: Benjamin P. Ripley is a brother to Nelson B. Ripley.  A biographical sketch of Benjamin P. Ripley appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 389.

 

RIPLEY, NELSON B.

 

Born: 1-16-1860  Morris NY                         married: Emma Augusta Shepherd

Died: 3-29-1937  Milford NY                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1936, 859

 

1877    exhorter’s license

1878    local preacher’s license

1882    admitted on trial

1882    ordained deacon

1886    ordained elder

 

Interment: Milford NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1937, 146

 

1882-84           Westville

1884-87           Portlandville

1887-92           Afton

1892-97           Milford

1897-99           Schenevus

1899-05           Otego

1905-11           Binghamton Fairview

1911-12           Scranton Court Street

1912-22           Milford

1922                retired

 

Note: Nelson B. Ripley is a brother to Benjamin P. Ripley.  A biographical sketch of Nelson B. Ripley appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 390.

 

RIPLEY. WILLIAM L.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Colette _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1982    admitted on trial

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1981-83           Davenport (beginning 11/1/1981 and ending 9/30/1983)

1983-87           associate, Scranton Elm Park (beginning 10/1/1983)

1987                transfer to Kansas East Conference

 

 

RITCHEY, GEORGE SAMUEL

 

Born: 2-20-1914  Duncansville PA                            married: Laura Emma Jackson

Died: 11-10-1991  Yellowstone County MT              obit: [5/3/1917 – 3/10/1999]

 

1952    admitted on trial

1953    ordained deacon

1954    ordained elder

 

Interment: Ryegate Cemetery, Ryegate MT

Obit: Yellowstone Conference 1992, 131

 

1947-48           Tucson Menlo Park

1948-50           not appointed

1950-51           Ashfork – Seligman

1951-52           not appointed

1952                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1952-53           Newton

1953-54           Pittston First

1954                Pittston First – Yatesville (ending 11/1/1954)

1954                transfer to Montana Conference (11/1/1954)

1954-57           Browning

1957-58           Temperance League

1958-59           Claysburg, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1959-63           Fort Benton – Carter

1963-64           Harlowtown

1964                transfer to Minnesota Conference

1964-66           Howard Lake

1966-67           Long Prairie

1967-68           sabbatical leave

1968                withdrew

 

Note: Following the death of George S. Ritchey, Mrs. Ritchey married widower Mr. Robert Harold Brown (1912-1995).

 

RIVENBURG, FRED EVERETT

 

Born: 2-7-1925  Equinunk PA                                    married: Betty Ann Rosenthal (1960)

Died: 10-24-2001                                                        obit:

                                                                                    married2: Nina Lobdell (1981)

1968    admitted on trial                                              obit2

1970    ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Pine Mill Cemetery, Equinunk PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2002, 214

 

1968-76           Schenevus (beginning 9/1/1968)

1976-81           Oxford

1981-87           Jermyn

1987                retired

                            1987-92  Lake Como

                            1992-93  Mount Upton (beginning 4/1/1993)

                            1993-94  Plymouth NY

                            1997-99  Coventry

 

ROBBINS, STERRY S.

 

Born: 6-10-1880                                                          married: Phoebe B. Harding

Died: 12-1-1952  Eatonville                                       obit: Wyoming Conference 1955, 2075

 

1913    admitted on trial

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Sunnyside Cemetery,Tunkhannock PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1955, 2065

 

1913-14           Eaton

1914-15           Miners Mills

1915-16           Glen Lyon

1916-19           Middlefield

1919-22           McClure Settlement

1922                transfer to New York Conference

1922-26           Olivebridge

1926-28           Cooks Falls and Rockland

1928-30           Grand Gorge and Gilboa

1930-32           South Bethlehem and Kiefers Corners

1932-35           Storkport and Stottsville

1935-36           Red Hook and Milan

1936-37           Harpersfield and North Harpersfield

1937-41           Bridgeville, Glen Wild, Rock Hill and Woodbridge

1941-45           Ridgebury and Slate Hill

1945                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1945-47           Wyalusing

1947-52           Thornhurst

1952                retired

 

 

ROBERTS, BARBARA J.

 

Born:                                                                           married: John Roberts

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2001 license, recommended by Moosic

 

Interment:

Obit:

2001-02           Wilkes-Barre Abbott

2002-09           Plains

2009-10           Moosic

2009                retired

                             2009-10      Moosic

                             2010           transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

                             2010-13      Moosic

 

Note: Barbara J. Roberts served as a local preacher.

 

ROBERTS, DONALD ALAN SR.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Louise _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1972    license, Wyoming Conference: recommended by Taylor

1984    ordained deacon

1986    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1973-80           Pleasant Mount (beginning 8/1973)

1980-85           Waymart

1985-92           Wyoming

1992-98           Sidney

1998-10           Forty Fort

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-12           Forty Fort

2012                retired

                             2012-23      Taylor First

 

ROBERTS, E.R.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died: 1943                                                                  obit:

 

1919    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

Pikes Creek

Rush

1923-26           Camptown

Mountain Top

Center Moreland

Harford

Pocono Lake

 

Note: E.R. Roberts served as a supply pastor.

 

ROBERTS, EARL WILLIAM III

 

Born:                                                                           married: Anne _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1973    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1973    ordained deacon

1976    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1973-75           student, Drew University School of Theology

1975-78           Maple Grove

1978-80           associate, Vestal

1980-86           Newton

1986-92           Sayre

1992-97           Oneonta Elm Park (ending 1/18/1997)

1995-05           on leave (beginning 3/1/1997 and ending 12/31/2004)

2005-07           chaplain, White Haven Center of Danville State Hospital (beginning 1/1/2005)

2007-09           Unadilla

2008-10           Dallas

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-11           Dallas

2011-13           Greentown Hemlock Grove

2013                retired

 

ROBERTS, EDWIN J.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1923    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1923-24           student

1924-26           faculty, Wyoming Seminary

1926                discontinued

 

Note: The Edwin J. Roberts Memorial Prize at Wyoming Seminary is presented each year to a member of an advanced Latin class.

 

 

ROBERTS, ELI FULLER

           

Born: 3-26-1826  near Honesdale PA                        married: Catharine DeWitt
Died: 1-21-1882  Meshoppen PA                               obit: Wyoming Conference 1894, 85

 

1850    exhorter’s license

1852    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1855    ordained deacon

1858    ordained elder

 

Interment: Overfield Cemetery, Meshoppen PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1882, 44

 

1850-51           Abington

1851-52           Newton

1852-54           Springville

1854-56           Mehoopany

1856-57           located

1857-59           Rome

1859-60           Orwell

1860-62           LeRaysville

1862-63           Candor

1863-66           chaplain, US Army

1866-68           Sterlingville

1868-69           Mehoopany

1869-70           Skinner’s Eddy

1870-71           living in Meshoppen

1871-72           North Danby

1872-75           Hawley

1875-76           Tioga and Halsey Valley

1876-78           Wyalusing

1878                retired

 

Note:  A brief biography of Eli Fuller Roberts appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 236.

 

ROBERTS, GAYLE

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1990    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1992    ordained deacon

1997    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1990-92           Lisle (beginning 10/22/1990)

1992-94           Springville (ending 3/31/1994)

1994-95           on leave (beginning 4/1/1994)

1995-99           Wyalusing

1999-00           Peckville

2000-10           on leave

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-13           on leave

2013                retired

 

ROBERTS, GEORGE A.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1930    admitted on trial

1930    ordained deacon

1932    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1930-31           student

1931-33           Hartwick

1933-37           Afton

1937-40           Chenango Bridge

1940-44           Endicott St. Paul’s

1944-48           Trucksville

1948-52           Wyoming

1952                “transfer” to Presbyterian Church

 

ROBERTS, HARRY

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1900-01           West Danby

 

Note: Harry Roberts served as a local preacher.

 

ROBERTS, N. DOUGLAS JR.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1969-70           Sterling

1970-71           Throop

1971-72           Gibson

1972-74           Montdale

 

Note: N. Douglas Roberts Jr. is the son of N. Douglas Roberts Sr.  He served as a lay pastor.

 

ROBERTS, N. DOUGLAS SR.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1963-67           Montdale

1967-72           Taylor

 

Note: N. Douglas Roberts Sr. is the father of N. Douglas Roberts Sr.  He served as a lay pastor.

 

ROBERTS, THOMAS BURROUGHS

 

Born: 1-1-1875  East Varick NY                                married: Elma May Bowerman [1903]

Died: 4-26-1941  Kenton OH                                     obit: [4/9/1878 - ?]

 

1904    admitted on trial

1906    ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Woodlawn Cemetery, Lima OH

Obit: Ohio Conference 1941, 482

 

1904-06           assistant, Wilkes-Barre Central

1906-08           Cooperstown

1908                transfer to East Ohio Conference

 

Note: Thomas B. Roberts attended Syracuse University 1901-03 and graduated from Cornell in 1903.

 

ROBERTS, WILLIAM

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1851    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

1853    ordained deacon

1855    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-54           Osborne Hollow

1853-55           Windsor

1855-56           Harpursville

1856-57           Page Brook

1857-58           Choconut

1858-59           Lanesboro

1859                withdrew

 

ROBERTSON, CLIFFORD STUART

 

Born: 4-21-1916                                                          married: Elizabeth Anna Kinney

Died: 11-?-1979                                                          obit: [12/1/1917 – 3/2/1990]

 

1944    admitted on trial, Central New York Conference

?          ordained deacon, Central New York Conference

1948    ordained elder, Central New York Conference

 

Interment: Millport Cemetery, Millport NY

Obit: [Central New York Conference 1980, 321]

 

1943-44           Spencer

1944                “transfer” to Central New York Conference

1944-45           Dresden – Bellona

1945-49           student

1949-51           Penfield

1951-52           Tonawanda

1952                withdrew

1952-79           engineering supervisor for Westinghouse in Elmira NY

1979                Webb Mills

 

Note: This surname also appears as ROBINSON.  Clifford Robertson served in the Wyoming Conference as a supply pastor.  He was a 1942 graduate of Houghton College.  The name DONNACHAIDH appears on his gravemarker, but that is not his surname.  Clan Donnachaidh, also known as clan Robertson, is a Scottish clan that supported the Stuart kings in the 17th century – and that heritage is celebrated today by world-wide society branches.

 

 

ROBINSON, GEORGE F.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1916    admitted on trial, recommended by Foster PA

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1915-18           Foster

1918-19           YMCA Army work

 

Note:

 

ROBINSON, GEORGE T.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1874 ordained local deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

Note: A Rev. George T. Robinson graduated from Wilberforce University with a B.D. in 1872 – but he was associated with the AME and CME denominations..

 

 

ROBINSON, GEORGE W.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1874 ordained local deacon

 

Interment:

Obit: [Wyoming Conference 1876, 13]

 

1872-73           Rileyville

1873-74           Arlington [Paupack]

1874-76           Herrick Center

 

Note: George W. Robinson served as a local preacher.

 

 

ROBINSON, JOHN

 

Born: 12-18-1889  Walls End, England                     married: Margaret Sykes

Died: 4-11-1970  Binghamton NY                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1969, 258

 

1915    admitted on trial, Vermont Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Fairview Memorial Park, Elmhurst NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1970, 244

 

1915-16           Evansville

1916-18           Lunemburg – East Concord

1918-19           Williamstown

1919-20           Weston

1920-22           Underhill

1922                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1922-24           Plymouth NY

1924-26           Uniondale

1926-30           Damascus

1930-33           Beach Lake – Narrowsburg

1933-37           Mehoopany – Eatonville

1937-41           Mountaintop

1941-43           Wilkes-Barre Abbott

1943-48           Dalton – Waverly

1948-53           Scranton Court Street – West Park

1953-61           Forest City

1961                retired

 

 

ROBINSON, KINGSLEY BENJAMIN

 

Born:                                                                           married: Cindy

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1991    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1991-94           Coventry (beginning 10/1/1991)

1994-03           Gibson

2003-10           Rome

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-11           Rome

2011                retired

 

Note: Kingsley B. Robinson served as a local preacher.

 

ROBINSON, LORI ANN

 

Born:                                                                           married: Miles Robinson

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2008    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2008-10           Eatonville

                             2009-10      chaplain, Tunkhannock UM Manor

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-12           Eatonville

                             2010-11      chaplain, Tunkhannock UM Manor

                             2011-12      Evans Falls

2012-15           Dalton – Factoryville

2015-19           Lehman-Idetown

2019-23           Moscow

                             2019-20      Gouldsboro

 

Note: Lori Ann Robinson served as a local preacher.

 

ROCKWELL, DAVID ALBERT

 

Born: 12-25-?  Sayre PA                                            married: Mary _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1966    license

1968    admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

1969    ordained deacon

1973    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1968-69           student

1969-72           student, Wesley Theological Seminary

                            1969-72  P   iney Plains

1972                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1972-74           associate, Oneonta First

1974-83           Greene

1983-89           Oneonta Elm Park

1989-94           Endicott First

1994-00           Owego

2000-07           Nimmonsburg

2007                retired

    2010     charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

 

ROCKWELL, THOMAS BURR

           

Born: 8-21-1808  Ridgefield CT                                married: Caroline Laura Hyatt
Died: 5-16-1884  Batavia IL                                      obit: [1/10/1810 – 4/8/1872]

                                                                                    married2: Laura C. Curtis

1837    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference             obit2:

 

Interment: West Batavia Cemetery, Batavia IL
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1885, 56

 

1837-38           Tully

1838-39           Scott

1839-40           Owasco mission

1840-41           Smyrna

1841-43           New Hartford

1843-45           Vernon Center

1845-47           Warren

1847-49           Deansville

1849-51           Vernon

1851-53           Verona

1853-54           Lennox

1854-56           on leave for health reasons

1856                New Woodstock

1856                moved to Illinois for health reasons

                                          supplied charges in Rock River Conference

     1869     transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

 

Note:  Thomas Burr Rockwell is the father of Lyman Eddy Rockwell (1848-1918) of the Northwest Kansas Conference and of missionary to India Sarah Minerva Rockwell Downey Thoburn (1831-1862), the wife of missionary James Mills Thoburn (1836-1922) who was elected a bishop in 1888.  A brief biography of T.B. Rockwell appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 237.

 

ROGERS, AUGUSTS J.

 

Born: 7-28-1811  England                                          married: Linda H. Quick

Died: 3-7-1884                                                            obit: [6/22/1821 – 4/18/1887]

 

1837    license

?          ordained deacon (by Bishop Hamline)

?          ordained elder (by Bishop Janes)

 

Interment: Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Kimbles PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1884,60

 

Note: Augustus J. Rogers served as a local preacher and lived in the Lackawaxen area for the last 40 years of his life.

 

ROGERS, AUSTIN T.

 

Born: 2-9-1901  Glendale PA                                     married: Helen E. Jacoby

Died: 3-1-1962                                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1993, 352

 

1933    admitted on trial

1938    ordained deacon

1940    ordained elder

 

Interment: Newton PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1962, 224

 

1932-35           student

1936-40           West Nicholson

1940-43           Courtdale – Larksville 

1943-47           Meshoppen

1947-49           Castle Creek

1949-55           Nichols – Lounsberry  

1955-57           associate, Johnson City Sarah Jane Johnson Memorial

1957-61           Nimmonsburg

1961-62           Vestal Center

 

 

 

ROGERS, B.F.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1906-08           Lackawaxen

 

Note: B.F. Rogers served as a supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

ROGERS, GURDEN B.

 

Born: 10-1-1821                                                          married: Juliana Tucker [6/9/1844]

Died: 10-20-1910                                                        obit: [9/5/1819 – 11/18/1878]

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Celia Newton [1891]

1851    local preacher’s license, Brooklyn                  obit2:

1856    ordained local deacon

 

Interment: Old Brooklyn Cemetery, Brooklyn PA

Obit:

 

1853-54           Dundaff

1860-61           Foster, West Nicholson, Heart Lake & Alford [see Chaffee, page 496]

1894-97           East Bridgewater [see Chaffee, page 496]

 

Note: Gurdon B. Rogers lived in Brooklyn, where he was as a justice of the peace, and served as a local preacher.

 

ROLLINS, WILLARD

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2005-09           West Wyoming Shoemaker Chapel (beginning 9/1/2005)

 

Note: Willard Rollins served as a local preacher and is otherwise unknown.

 

ROMMEL, VAL M.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Amy _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1995    license, recommended by Vestal Calvary

2002    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1995-96           Nanticoke NY

1996-06           Nichols

2006-10           Bethany (Wayne County)

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-11           Bethany

2011-15           Wellsboro

2015-20           Alderson – Noxen – Kunkle

2020                retired

                             2020-23      White Mills    

 

ROOF, HARRY CLARENCE

 

Born: 8-2-1891  Standing Stone PA                           married: Ida Magdilena Graham

Died: 12-15-1972  Stroudsburg PA                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1989, 368

 

license

 

Interment: Pinegrove Cemetery, South Sterling PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1973, 285

 

1919-28           Thornhurst – Pocono Lake

1928-30           Pocono Lake

1930-59           South Sterling

1959                retired

                            1962-63  Lakeville

 

Note: Harry C. Roof served as an approved supply pastor.

 

ROOT, CHARLES K.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Ginger _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1961    license, Wyoming Conference

1966    admitted on trial, Southern New Jersey Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1961-63           Scranton Providence

1963-64           Mount Upton

                        “transfer” to Southern New Jersey Conference

1965-69           Carneys Point

1969-72           associate, Willingboro St. Paul’s

1972-81           Farmingdale

1981-87           Mt. Holly First

1987-92           Salem Broadway and First

1992-00           Ocean Grove St. Paul’s

2000                retired

 

Note: Charles K. Root of Sidney served in the Wyoming Conference as a local preacher.  Chuck and Ginger Root are known for doing marriage seminars.

 

ROSE, DEBORAH R.

 

Born:                                                                           married: David Rose

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2002    license

2004    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

2007    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2002-03           McClure NY and Hale Eddy

2003-04           McClure NY and North Sanford

2004-09           Montrose

2009                retired

     2010           transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

     2012-13      Hollisterville (beginning 1/1/2013)

2014                return to active

2014-17           Dorranceton

2017                retired

                             2020-21      Luzerne

                             2021-22      Dorranceton (beginning 11/1/2021)

 

ROSE, JULIAN D.

 

Born: 7-21-1903  Vermont IL                                    married: Bernice Deichman

Died: 12-29-1983                                                        obit:

                                                                                    married2: Bertha L. Houston

1924    license, Free Methodist Church                      obit2: [1912-2002]

 

Interment: Maywood IL

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1984, 214

 

 

1962-63           Binghamton Oak Street

1963-68           Sanitaria Springs

 

Note: Julian D. Rose served Free Methodist pastorates in Kansas, Illinois and Pennsylvania, and as a an evangelist, before serving as a supply pastor in the Wyoming Conference and then retiring to Illinois.

 

 

ROSE, RODNEY SANFORD

           

Born: 2-6-1819  Exeter, NY                                       married: Esther Thurston
Died: 12-14-1900  Candor NY                                   obit: [1/1/1823 – 10/2/1859]

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Mary Kinney

1841    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference             obit2: [d. 7/12/1860]

                                                                                    married3: Mary Louisa Ward

Interment: Maplewood Cemetery, Candor NY          obit3: Wyoming Conference 1905, 117
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1901, 101

 

1839-40           Owasco Mission

1840-41           Smyrna and Plymouth

1841-43           Bainbridge

1843-44           New Berlin

1844-45           Chenango

1845-46           Windsor

1846-47           Great Bend

1847-49           Vestal

1849-51           Broome

1851-52           Sanford

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-53           Sanford

1853-55           Mount Pleasant

1855-57           Salem

1857-59           Shepherd’s Creek

1859-61           Berkshire

1861-62           Van Ettenville

1862-64           Caroline

1864-66           Flemingville

1866-69           Lackawanna

1869-71           Newton

1871-74           Springville

1874-76           Orwell

1876                retired

 

Note:  Rodney S. Rose is the father of Olin Ward Rose (1863-1940) of the Illinois Conference.  A brief biography of Rodney S. Rose appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 238.  The first Mrs. Rose was the sister of Ellis D. Thurston.  The second Mrs. Rose was the widow of _____ Kinney of the Genesee Conference.

 

ROSENDAHL, STEPHEN DWIGHT

 

Born: 10-4-1950  Fort Dodge IA                               married: Susan Shatzer

Died: 11-2-2007                                                          obit:

 

1979    admitted on trial

1979    ordained deacon

1981    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: [Wyoming Conference 2007, 185]

 

1978-82           Hartwick – Mt. Vision

1982-85           Afton

1985-87           on leave (ending 7/31/1087)

1987-07           chaplain, Hamot Medical Center in Erie PA(beginning 8/1/1987)

 

Note: Stephen D. Rosendahl graduated from Concordia College in St. Paul MN in 1973 and from Christ Seminary [Seminex] in St. Louis MO in 1977.

 

ROSENKRANCE, ROBERT ANDREW

 

Born: 6-3-1929                                                            married: Lucille _____

Died: 2-18-2012                                                          obit:

 

1952    admitted on trial

1952    ordained deacon

1954    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1952-56           Bethany

1956-64           Dalton

1964-69           Vestal Calvary

1969-72           Chenango Bridge

1972                withdrew

1972-1991       faculty, Johnson City High School

1991                retired

 

ROSKELLY, THOMAS CHARLES

           

Born: 1835  Portsmouth England                               married: Mary Ann Henwood

Died: 12-29-1912  Ithaca NY                                     obit: [2/7/1836 – 11/19/1904]

 

1874    admitted on trial

1877    ordained deacon

1880    ordained elder

 

Interment: Willow Glen Cemetery, Dryden NY

Obit:

 

1873-74           Ninnevah

1874-76           Coventry

1876-79           Nanticoke

1879-80           Rush

1880-83           Thompson

1883-86           Lanesboro

1886-88           North Sanford

1888                located

1888                “transfer” to the Presbyterian Church, Synod of New York

1888-92           Newfield

1892                “transfer” to Central New York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1892-94           Freeville and West Dryden

 

Note: Thomas C. Roskelly was investigated in 1886, page 28, but the evidence was “insufficient to warrant further investigation.”  The charges were not specified.

 

ROSSER, WILLIAM MORGAN

 

Born: 2-10-1912                                                          married: Anna Davis

Died: 5-?-1970                                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 2009, 238

 

Interment: Sky View Memorial Park, Hometown PA

Obit:

 

1948-54           Carley Brook

1954-59           Litchfield

1959-65           West Nanticoke

1965-70           Maple Grove

 

Note: William M. Rosser served as a lay pastor.

 

ROUND, WILLIAM

           

Born: 3-5-1803  Richfield NY                                   married: Sarah Ann Carr
Died: 9-5-1881  Manassas VA                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1892, 99

 

1828    admitted on trial, Genesee Conference

 

Interment:  Manassas VA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1882, 42

 

1828-29           Fabius

1829                charter member of Oneida Conference

1829-30           Mentz

1830-32           Lebanon

1832-34           Chenango

1834-35           Hamilton

1836-36           Winfield

1836-38           Otsego

1838-40           Wyoming

1840-41           Bridgewater

1841-42           Springville

1842-43           Pittston

1843-45           Brooklyn

1845-47           Montrose

1847-49           Barton

1849-52           Candor

1851-52           Windsor

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-53           Windsor

1853-55           Page Brook

1855-57           Gibson

1857-59           Conklin

1859-61           Castle Creek

1861-63           Windsor

1863                retired

                             1863-64  Page Brook

                             1866-67  Windsor

                             1868-70  Hawleyton

 

Note:  A brief biography of William Round appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 239.

 

ROUNDS, NELSON

 

Born: 5-4-1807  Winfield NY                                    married: Mary Comfort [3/26/1835]

Died: 1-2-1874  Union Bridge WA                            obit: [1816 – 1893]

 

1831    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

1833    ordained deacon

1835    ordained elder

 

Interment: River View Cemetery, Portland OR

Obit:

 

1831-32           Binghamton

1832-33           Green

1833-34           Homer

1834-35           Vernon Centre

1835-36           Cazenovia

1836-38           faculty, Oneida Conference Seminary

1838-40           superintendent, Cayuga District

1840-44

1844-48           editor, Northern Christian Advocate

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-56           superintendent, Honesdale District

1856-60           superintendent, Binghamton District

1860-62           Newark

1862-64           Nichols

1864-66           Berkshire

 

1868                transfer to Oregon Conference

1868-70           president, Willamette University

1870                retired

 

Note: Mrs. Rounds is a sister to George Comfort and Elizabeth G. Comfort Reddy [wife of William Reddy], and to Silas Comfort (1803-1868) of the Oneida Conference.

 

ROUSE, JAMES P.

 

Born:                                                                           married: B.J. _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2007    license, recommended by Castle Creek

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2007-10           Susquehanna

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-12           Susquehanna

2012-14           Trinity Charge [Monroeton, New Albany, Ulster]

2014                retired

 

Note: James P. Rouse served as a local preacher.

 

ROWE, HENRY F.

           

Born: 9-19-1803  Schoharie County NY                    married: Sarah Maria [Sally] Marvin
Died: 7-29-1892  Charlotte Court House VA            obit: [d. c1864]

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Emeline Downing

1825    admitted on trial, Genesee Conference           obit2: [1819 – 1871]

 

Interment: Village Church Cemetery, Charlotte Court House VA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1893, 87

 

1825-26           Bath

1826-27           Bloomfield

1827-28           Perry

1828-29           Sweden NC

1829                charter member of Oneida Conference

1829-30           Cooperstown

1830-32           Otsego

1832-33           Wilkes-Barre

1833-35           Wyoming

1835-37           Honesdale

1837-38           Binghamton

1838-39           Auburn NY

1839-41           Cortlandville

1841-43           Newark

1843-44           Tunkhannock

1844-46           Nichols

1846-47           Candor

1847-49           Clinton

1849-50           Sauquoit

1850-52           Hampton

1852-54           West Winfield

1854-56           Earlville

1856-58           New Berlin

1858-59           Clarksville

1859-60           Ames

1860-61           on leave

1861-63           Westville

1863-64           Decatur

1864-65           Sharon Springs

1865-66           Worcester

1866                retired

     1869  transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

 

Note:  A brief biography of Henry F. Rowe appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 239.

 

 

ROZELLE, W.J.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1915-19           Preston

1919-20           Westford

1920-22           Little Meadows

 

Note: W.J. Rozelle served as a supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

RUCH, REUBEN FRANK

 

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

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

 

1908    admitted on trial, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1910    ordained deacon, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1945    restored to membership, Central Pennsylvania Conference

 

Interment: Northumberland Cemetery, Northumberland PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1951, 204

 

1901-04           student, Wyoming Seminary in Kingston PA

                             1901-03      Susquehanna County

                             1903-04      Old Forge

1904-06           Damby NY, Wyoming Conference

1906-07           Loyalsock

1907-09           Westport

1909-14           Snow Shoe

1914-15           Fairview

1915-17           South Williamsport

1917-20           York West Street

1920-21           Altoona Llyswen

1921-23           Newport

1923-24           leave of absence

1924-25           on leave

1925-26           Harrisburg Riverside.

1926-28           Riverside

1928-29           Picture Rocks

1929-30           Wilburton

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

1931-34           on leave

1934-45           located

1945                retired

 

RUCKMAN, PHINEAS G.

 

Born: 4-26-1842  New Providence NJ                       married: Emily M. Greene

Died: 11-26-1912  Franklin Forks PA                        obit: [1838 – 6/1/1886]

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Luella Electa Minshall

1865    exhorter’s license, New Providence NJ          obit: Wyoming Conference 1929, 138

1866    local preacher’s license, Kingwood NJ

1870    admitted on trial, Newark Conference

 

Interment: Franklin Forks PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1913, 116

 

1866-67           Kingwood NJ

1867-71           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                            1870-71  Sparrowbush

1871-72           Centerville and Greenville

1872-74           New City

1874-75           Sergeantsville

1875-76           on leave

1876-77           Hibernia

1877-78           Newfoundland and West Milford

1878-81           Buttzville

1881-82           West Milford

1882                transfer to New Jersey Conference

1882-83           Deerfield

1883-84           Berlin

1884                transfer to Nebraska Conference

1884-85           Exeter

1885                transfer to West Nebraska Conference

1885-87           Big Springs

1887-88           Kearney circuit

1888-90           Arcadia

1890                transfer to Newark Conference

1890-93           Buttzville

1893                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1893-95           Brooklyn

1895-98           Middlefield

1898-99           Lake Como

1899-00           agent, Mallalieu Seminary at Kinsey Alabama

1900                retired

 

Note: The second Mrs. Ruckman was the former Luella Abel, born 2/26/1850.  A biographical sketch of Phineas G. Ruckman appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 388.

 

RUGER, MORGAN

           

Born: 1805  Montgomery County NY                       married: Laura _____
Died: 10-11-1851                                                        obit: [1806 – 4/6/1873]

 

1826    exhorter’s license

1828    local preacher’s license

1829    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

1831    ordained deacon, Oneida Conference

1834    ordained elder, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: North Fenton Cemetery, North Fenton NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1852, 26

 

1829-30           Bainbridge

1830-31           Canaan

1831-32           Bainbridge

1832-33           Windsor

1833-34           Courtland

1834-36           Spencer

1836-37           Broome

1837-39           Newark

1839-41           Nichols

1841-43           Vestal

1843-44           Pike

1844-46           Orwell

1846-47           Barton

1847-49           Brooklyn

1849-51           Vestal

1851                Page Brook

 

Note:  While the memoir of Morgan Ruger appears in the first journal of the Wyoming Conference, he died before the Conference was organized and was officially never a member of the Wyoming Conference.  A brief biography of Morgan Ruger appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 241.

 

RUMBAUGH, ULRICH D.

 

Born: 11-27-1886  Millerstown PA                            married: Marguerite P. MacKenzie

Died: 1977                                                                  obit: [1891 – 1983]

 

1917    admitted on trial

1918    ordained elder, Iowa Conference

 

Interment: Fern Knoll Burial Park, Dallas PA

Obit:

 

1917-18           Lynn

1918                transfer to Iowa Conference

1918-19           West Grove

1919-24           student, Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia PA

1924                located

                        became a physician in Luzerne County PA

 

Note: Ulrich D. Rumbaugh is listed as a 1917 graduate of Drew Theological Seminary, from Millerstown PA with an A.B. degree from Ursinus College, but the 1918 Iowa Conference journal lists him as being ordained having  completed the conference course of study and not under the seminary rule

 

RUSH, DONALD WESLEY

 

Born: 3-11-1929  Schenectady NY                            married: Marion A. _____

Died: 10-19-2002                                                        obit:

 

1952    admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment: Walnut Grove Cemetery, Onondaga Hill NY

Obit: North Central New York Conference 2003, 323

 

1952-53           student

1953                transfer to Northern New York Conference

Jamesville Federated

Erwin

Hamilton Park

chaplain, Onondaga County Corrections Department

1992                retired

 

 

RUSSELL, LAWRENCE R.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Nancy _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1992    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1992-95           Richford, Troy Conference (ending 9/31/1995)

1995-00           Susquehanna (beginning 10/1/1995)

2000-03           Fairdale

2003-04           Courtdale

2004-07           Courtdale – Larksville

2007-10           Schenevus

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Lawrence R. Russell served as a local preacher.

 

RUSSELL, NANCY L.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Lawrence R. Russell

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1998    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1998-00           Equinunk

2000-03           South Montrose

3003-04           Lehman

2004-07           Lehman-Idetown

2007-10           Davenport

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Nancy L. Russell served as a local preacher.

 

RUSSELL, ORSON GILBERT

 

Born: 9-8-1863  Afton NY                                         married: Henrietta Mae Dimorier

Died: 5-9-1949  Uniondale NY                                  obit: [4/13/1865 – 12/31/1951]

 

1898    license

1909    admitted on trial

1910    ordained local elder

 

Interment: Rounds Cemetery, Uniondale PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1950, 538

 

1898-04           Hale Eddy

1904-08           Herrick Center

1908-11           Orson

1911-17           Hamlin

1917-22           Pleasant Mount

1922-26           Damascus

1926-27           Wallsville

1927-29           Hartford

1929                retired to Uniondale

 

Note: Orson G. Russell served as a supply pastor and is the grandfather of two Wyoming Conference pastors – his daughter Ina Minnie Russell Corey is the mother of Leon E. Corey, and his daughter Helen Russell Covert is the mother of Denton H. Covert. 

 

RYAN, SCOTT A.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Ronnia _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2007    license, recommended by Old Forge Stewart Memorial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2007-08           Nanticoke

2008-10           Nanticoke – Newport

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-15           Wapwallopen New Hope [Slocum, Slocum Faith, Stairville]

2015-21           Meshoppen – Lemon

                             2015-18      East Lemon

                             2018-21      Russell Hill

2021-23           Shermans Dale – Youngs      

 

Note: Scott A. Ryan served as a local preacher.

 

RYDER, JAMES

           

Born: 1849  Grantham, England                                married:
Died: 6-12-1886  Spencer NY                                    obit:

 

?          local preacher’s license, Wesleyan Methodist Church in England

1874    ordained local deacon

1876    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1878    ordained deacon

1880    ordained elder

 

Interment: Spencer NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1887, 70

 

1873-76           Spencer

1876-79           Fly Creek

1879-82           Bainbridge

1882-85           Unadilla

1885-86           Athens

1886                retired

 

Note:  A brief biography of James Ryder appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 240.

 

RYU, KEE CHONG

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial, Korean Central Conference

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1976-78           student

                            1976-78       Equinunk

1979                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1979-80           student

1980    transfer to Northern New Jersey Conference

1981-82           Westfield NJ Korean Union

 

Note: Kee Chong Ryu later served on the faculty of the Methodist Theological Seminary in America in Los Angeles CA.

 

SABIN, CHARLES J.

 

Born: 6-6-1904  Danby NY                                        married: Daisy Page

Died: 4-1-1966                                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1988, 390

 

1931    admitted on trial

1934    ordained deacon

1936    ordained elder

 

Interment: Knox Cemetery, Ouaquaga NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1966, 259

 

1925-26           West Danby

1930-35           Auburn

1935-39           West Exeter – Schuyler Lake

1939-65           Harpursville – Ouaquaga

1965                retired

 

Note: Charles J. Sabin is a great-nephew of Edward N. Sabin.

 

 

SABIN, EDWARD NELSON

 

Born: 9-3-1843  Ithaca NY                                         married: Ella A. Patmore

Died: 1-27-1914  Ithaca NY                                       obit: [c1854 – 12/17/1939]

 

1875    local preacher’s license

1876    admitted on trial

1879    ordained deacon

1880    ordained elder

 

Interment: Fair View Cemetery [Ithaca City Cemetery], Ithaca NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1914, 104

 

1876-78           Litchfield

1878-80           North Barton

1880-82           Speedsville

1883-84           Camptown

1884-86           Mehoopany

1886-89           Marathon and Killawog

1889-91           Mount Upton

1891-98           on leave

1898-99           North Sanford

1899-00           Courtdale

1900-03           Chenango Forks

1903-07           Spencer

1907-11           on leave

                            Lockwood

1911                retired

 

Note: Edward N. Sabin is a great-uncle to Charles J. Sabin.  A biographical sketch of Edward N. Sabin appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 392.

 

 

SACKETT, CHARLES H.

 

Born: 9-26-1856  Plymouth NY                                 married: Arabella Crandall

Died: 4-24-1918  Bainbridge NY                               obit: Wyoming Conference 1946, 456

 

1879    local preacher’s license

1882    admitted on trial

1884    ordained deacon

1887    ordained elder

 

Interment: Bainbridge NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1919, 130

 

1880-82           Pleasant Valley [Avoca]

1882-85           Lehman

1885-88           Carverton

1888-90           Meshoppen

1890-91           Newark Valley

1891-93           Mount Upton

1893-97           Schenevus

1897-01           Bainbridge

1901-04           Plains

1904-96           Waverly PA

1906-10           Peckville

1910-11           Forest City

1911                retired

                            1915-17  Forest City

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Charles H. Sackett appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 392.

 

 

SAFFORD, JAMES DWIGHT

           

Born: 7-30-1880  Kingston PA                                  married: Maude Smith
Died: 12-10-1921                                                        obit: [4/21/1884 – 9/?/1967]

 

Interment: Dunmore Cemetery, Dunmore PA
Obit:

 

1906-08           Nay Aug

 

Note:  James D. Safford is the grandson of John D. Safford.  He served as a supply pastor.  His granddaughter Susan Bright has published an award-winning book House of the Mother of poetry, prose and photographs about her family which includes material of James D. Safford. 

 

 

SAFFORD, JOHN DWIGHT

           

Born: 9-14-1817  Brooklyn PA                                  married: Arminta Blackman
Died: 19-11-1852  Ransom PA                                  obit: Wyoming Conference 1915, 98

 

1842    exhorter’s license

1843    local preacher’s license

1844    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

1846    ordained deacon, Oneida Conference

1848    ordained elder, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Westside Association Cemetery, Brooklyn PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1853, 22

 

1844-45           Providence

1845-47           Lackawaxen

1847-48           Newport

1848-49           Northmoreland

1840-50           Bethany and Mount pleasant

1850-52           Beach Pond

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852                Newton

 

Note:  John D. Safford is the grandfather of James D, Safford.  A brief biography appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 241.

 

 

SALIN, ARTHUR HAROLD

 

Born: 7-29-1900  Manhattan NY                               married: Elizabeth Tomlinson

Died: 8-30-1996  Kingston PA                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1984, 214

                                                                                    married2: Bergithe Waldemar Knight

1928    admitted on trial, New Jersey Conference      obit2: Wyoming Conference 2001, 200

 

1929    ordained deacon, New Jersey Conference

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Mountain View Cemetery, Exeter PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1997, 364

 

1930                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1930-35           New Berlin

1935-37           Thompson

1937-40           Wilkes-Barre Derr Memorial

1940-42           Jermyn

1942-43           Binghamton Ogden

1943-46           chaplain, US Army

1946-47           student

1947-52           Scranton Embury

1952-60           Waverly NY

1960-73           West Pittston

1973                retired

 

Note: The second Mrs. Salin (nee Waldemar) was the widow of a Mr. Lamar Knight.

 

SAMUEL, SUNDAR R.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Deborah _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          ordained, American Baptist Convention

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2003-10           Cooperstown

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Sundar A. Samuel served in the Wyoming Conference as an ordained member of the American Baptist Church.

 

SAMUEL, VIRGINIA A.

 

Born:                                                                           married: _____ Cetuk
Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1974    admitted on trial

Interment:
Obit:

 

1974-77           student

1977                transfer to Northern New Jersey Conference

1977-81           chaplain, Overlook Hospital

1981-               assistant dean, Drew University School of Theology

                        retired

 

Note: Virginia Samuel Cetuk served at Drew University until her retirement.  She is the author of several books on contextual learning and family ministry.

 

SAMUELS, HENRY EARL

 

Born: 5-25-1892  Williamstown PA                          married: Gertrude Meixell

Died: 9-22-1975  Allentown PA                                obit: [c1893 – 1/?/1989]

 

1918    license, Philadelphia Conference

1923    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

 

1918-19           student, Dickinson College

1818-20           student, Moody Bible Institute

1920-23           Landenberg

1923                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1923-24           West Nicholson

1924                “transfer” to the Evangelical Congregational Church

1924-27           Locust Dale

1927-30           Kinderhook

1930-32           Adamstown

1932-36           Richland – Newmanstown

1936-44           Wiconisco

1944-52           Weissport

1952-53           Rothsville

1953-66           Weissport

1966                retired

 

Note: Henry E. Samuels is the father of three ordained pastors: H. Robert Samuels and Charles Samuels (1928-2015) of the Evangelical Congregational Church, and seminary professor Joel L. Samuels.

 

SANDERCOCK, LINDA M.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2002 license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

Note: Linda M. Sandercock was licensed to served as a local preacher and is otherwise unknown.

 

SANDERS, GEORGE W.

 

Born: 12-27-1842  Homer NY                                   married: Ellen Burnett King (6/6/1864)

Died: 4-16-1914  Norwich NY                                   obit: [10/31/1834 – 3/25/1914]

 

Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery, Norwich NY

Obit:

 

                        Hawleyton

1888-90           Rush

                        Silver Lake

 

Note: George W. Sanders served as a supply preacher.  Joyce Tice’s website on local history states the following: Rev G W Sanders was appointed to supply the charge.  He was widely acceptable being born a farmer, and very sociable spending most of his time in and among the people. He did not attempt to make specialty.  His sermonizing brought many of the members of the Devine Ridge Class to the Fairdale Charge. It was a way of strengthening the Rush Charge spiritually and financially.

 

SANFORD, DAVID A.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1880    admitted on trial

1882    ordained deacon

1884    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1880-83           Paupack

1883-85           Carverton and Orange

1885-88           Lake Como

1888-90           Wanamie

1890-93           on leave

                             1890-91      Thompson

1893                expelled, page 40

 

Note: This is not the David Augustus Sanford (1850-1923) of the Protestant Episcopal Church who was a noted missionary to American Indians beginning in 1893.

 

SANFORD, LUMAN ELLSWORTH

 

Born: 5-10-1863  Winwood PA                                 married: Elizabeth Jane Dix

Died: 1-11-1944  Montrose PA                                  obit: Wyoming Conference 1947, 731

 

1886    local preacher’s license, Lake Como

1891    ordained deacon

1893    admitted on trial

1896    ordained elder

 

Interment: Shehawken Cemetery #1, Wayne County PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1944, 850

 

1890-93           student, Drew Theological Seminary.

                            1891-94  New Dover NJ

1893-96           Mountain Top

1896-99           Ariel

1899-07           Nicholson

1907-11           Thompson

1911-17           Tunkhannock

1917-24           Endicott First

1924-26           Montrose

1926                retired

                            1927-29  Bainbridge

 

Note: Luman E. Sanford is a great-nephew of Luman Andrew Sanford (1807-1883) of the Rock River Conference and a nephew of Isaac Sanford (1815-1908) of the New York East Conference.  He is the author, under the pseudonym Kirk Parson, of the railroad story On the Mountain Division and the story A Fast Game.   A biographical sketch of Luman E. Sanford appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 393.

 

 

SANTEE, ELIJAH L.

 

Born: 8-6-1848  Fairmount PA                                  married: Georgiana Atherton

Died: 12-12-1934  Scranton PA                                 obit: Wyoming Conference 1888, 91

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Florence A. (Harrison) Rood

1873    exhorter’s                                                        obit2: Wyoming Conference 1925, 151

1876    admitted on trial

1878    ordained deacon

1880    ordained elder

 

Interment: North Chinchilla Cemetery, Chinchilla PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1935, 634

 

1879-79           Taylorville

1879-82           Wilkes-Barre Parrish Street

1882-83           Dallas and Trucksville

1883-86           Parsons

1886-87           Avoca

1887-90           Wilkes-Barre Parrish Street

1890-92           Montrose

1892-93           New Milford

1893-95           Scranton Cedar Avenue

1895-99           Lackawanna

1899-03           West Nanticoke

1903-04           Taylor

1904-05           Scranton St. Paul’s

1905-06           Scranton Nay Aug

1906-08           Noxen

1908-11           Avoca

1911-12           Courtdale

1912                retired

 

Note: Elijah L. Santee is a (half) brother to Joseph B. Santee.  The second Mrs. Santee (nee Harrison) was previously married to a Mr. William B. Rood.  A biographical sketch of Elijah L. Santee appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 394.

 

 

SANTEE, JOSEPH BALLIET

 

Born: 12-30-1842  Luzerne County PA                     married: Celestia E. Compton

Died: 3-6-1922  St. Cloud FL                                     obit: Wyoming Conference 1908, 129

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Nancy Mason (Parker) Bass

1870    admitted on trial                                              obit2: 1922. 131

 

Interment: Oak Lawn Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1922, 120

 

1869-70           Campville

1870-72           Hornbrook

1872-73           Barton

1873-75           Vestal

1875-76           Lehman

1876-79           North Abington

1879-80           Preston

1880-82           South New Berlin NY

1882-83           Edmeston

1883-85           Springville

1885-87           Northmoreland

1887-90           Wyalusing

1890-92           Meshoppen

1892-93           on leave

1893-94           Le Raysville

1894-95           Whitney's Point

1895                retired

 

Note: Joseph B. Santee is a (half) brother to Elijah L. Santee.  A biographical sketch of Joseph B/ Santee appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 296.  The second Mrs. Santee (nee Parker) was previously married to William A. Wadsworth of the Wyoming Conference and a Mr. William W. Bass.

 

 

SANTELLA, RICHARD A.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Doris

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1984    admitted on trial, Troy Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1984-91           Speculator (beginning 9/16/1984

1991                transfer to Baltimore Conference

1991-94           Morgan

1994                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1994-99           Lehman

1999-02           Deposit

2002-06           Binghamton High Street

2006                retired

    2010  charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

 

SANTOMEN, JOSEPH A. JR.

 

Born: 7-9-1931                                                            married: Elizabeth Nicholas

Died: 6-17-2021                                                          obit:

 

1961    ordained local elder

 

Interment: Strongsville Cemetery, Strongsville OH

Obit:

 

1960-61           associate, Scranton Elm Park

1961                transfer to North-East Ohio Conference

1961-67           East Canton

1967-70           Greentown

1970                transfer to East Ohio Conference by boundary change

1970-79           Greentown

1979-86           Poland

1986-96           Strongsville

1996                retired

 

 

SANTOS, HARRIET L.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1981    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference: recommended by Lehman

1982    ordained deacon

1985    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1980-84           Huntsville

1984-87           Huntsville – associate, Shavertown

1987-96           associate, Shavertown

1996-01           Ashley

2001                retired

                            2001-09       Pittston – Old Forge

    2010            transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

    2010-11       Wilkes-Barre Albright (beginning 1/1/2011)

    2013-19       Wyoming

                             2013-14      Bennett-Derr

 

 

SARGENT, NORMAN VINCENT

 

Born: 2-22-1889  Emporia KS                                   married: Grace _____

Died: 1958                                                                  obit: [1896 – 1977]

 

?          admitted on trial, New Jersey Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Glenwood Cemetery, West Long Branch NJ

Obit:

 

1935                transfer to Wyoming Conference (10/1/1935)

1936                transfer to New Jersey Conference (2/1/1936)

 

Note: It is unclear what position N.V. Sargent filled during his 4 months as a member of the Wyoming Conference – but by coincidence R.D. Coward transferred from the New Jersey Conference (Collingswood Embury) to the Wyoming Conference (Plains) on 2/1/1936.  Following the death of N.V. Sargent, Mrs. Sargent married a Mr. Wilson.          

 

SARGENT, RUSSELL EDWIN

 

Born: 6-3-1919                                                            married: Nancy Borgese

Died: 4-25-2016                                                          obit: [4/17/1926 – 10/20/2012]

 

1943    admitted on trial, Minnesota Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Cairo Cemetery, Cairo NY

Obit:

 

1943-48           student

                             1943-45      Newark Roseville Avenue, Newark Conference

                             1945-46      Bayville, New York East Conference

                             1946-48      Rockaway Valley, Newark Conference

1948-54           missionary to Chile

1954                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1954-55           Chenango Forks

1955                transfer to Central America Provisional Conference, Costa Rica

1955-61           serving in Costa Rica

1961                transfer to New York Conference

1961-64           Redhook – Elizabethville

1964-70           Redhook

1970-73           Board of Missions

1973-81           Margaretville

1981-82           Franklin

 

Note: Mrs. Sargent is a sister to Nina Borgese Eldridge, wife of Rev. Richard Eldridge of the Baptist Church.

 

SARTELL, CHARLES WESLEY

           

Born: 11-19-1847  Susquehanna County PA             married:
Died: 2-6-1875  Ararat PA                                         obit:

 

1871    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1873    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Ararat Cemetery, Ararat PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1875, 40

 

1871-72           Union Center

1872-73           on leave for health reasons

1873-74           Oregon

1874-75           Lehman

 

Note:  A brief biography of Charles W. Sartell appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 241.

 

Note: Charles W. Sartell is the son of local M.E. preacher Rev. Nathaniel Parker Sartell (1810-1884).

 

SARTORIO, ANTONIO

 

Born: 1-9-1893                                                            married: Fillamino di Taranto

Died: 7-10-1958                                                          obit:

 

1915    admitted on trial, New York Conference

1916    ordained local deacon, Newark Conference

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: New York East Conference 1959, 1389

 

1915-16           Dobb’s Ferry

1916                transfer to New York East Conference

1916-17           Corona

1917                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1917-20           Scranton Italian Mission (ending November 1919)

1920                transfer to New York East Conference

 

 

Note: Antonio [a.k.a. Anthony] Sartorio is the father of Paul L. Sartorio (1921-1992) of the New York Conference.

 

SAVACOOL, HARRY MARTIN

 

Born: 1-26-1902  Stillwater NJ                                  married: Bethel Edmonds

Died: 6-19-1973  Binghamton NY                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1966, 262

 

1923    admitted on trial

1925    ordained deacon

1926    ordained elder

 

Interment: Evergreen Cemetery, Owego NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1974, 289

 

1923-26           Mehoopany

1926-32           Camptown

1932-36           Whitney Point – Willett

1936-42           Trucksville

1942-68           Owego

1968                retired

 

 

SAVIGE, GEORGE RALPH

 

Born: 1-12-1887  Harford PA                                    married: Mae Jewel Witman

Died: 1-8-1980  Pittston PA                                       obit: Wyoming Conference 1965, 253

                                                                                    married2: Hazel Ford

1909    license, Wyoming Conference                       obit2: Wyoming Conference 1969, 259

1910    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        married3: Pearl Averette

1912    ordained deacon                                              obit3: Wyoming Conference 1984, 215

1914    ordained elder

 

Interment: Harford PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1980, 309

 

1909-10           Eatonville

1910-14           Lisle

1914                transfer to Central New York Conference

1914-15           Clockville

1915                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1915-19           Berkshire

1919-20           Binghamton Fairview

1920-24           Sayre

1924-25           Endicott First

1925-30           Scranton Providence

1930-38           Peckville

1938-43           Binghamton High Street

1943-48           superintendent, Oneonta District

1948-51           Wilkes-Barre Firwood

1951                retired

 

SAVO, ULDERICO

 

Born: 11-7-1889                                                          married: Esther A. Reese

Died:                                                                           obit: Northern New York Conference 1969, 888

 

1920    admitted on trial, Newark Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Northern New York Conference 1970, 850

 

1920-25           Patterson Prospect Street Italian [Church of the Savior]

1925                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1925-28           Scranton Elm Park Italian

1928                transfer to Newark Conference

 

SAXE, BARBARA A.A.

 

Born: 1935                                                                  married: Larry H. Saxe

Died:                                                                           obit: Wyoming Conference 1989, 370

 

1995    license, recommended by Wilkes-Barre Firwood

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1990-93           assistant, Forty Fort

1993-01           Newport

2001                retired

                            2001-02       Alderson – Evans Falls (beginning 12/1/2001)

                            2001-03       Wilkes-Barre Abbott (ending 9/15/2002)

                            2003-04       Maple Grove (beginning 10/1/2003)

                            2005-10       West Nanticoke First

    2010            transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Barbara A.A. Saxe is married to Larry H. Saxe.  She served as a local preacher.

 

SAXE, LARRY HARTFORD

 

Born: 1-16-1934  Kingston PA                                  married: Barbara A.A. Walters

Died: 10-26-1988                                                        obit: [1935 - ]

 

1961    admitted on trial

1961    ordained deacon

1963    ordained elder

 

Interment: Scott Cemetery, Waterton PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1989, 370

 

1961-63           Fairdale

1963-66           Wircester

1966-68           Newton

1968-72           Centermoreland

1972-74           Plymouth

1974-85           Ashley

1985-88           Wilkes-Barre Firwood

 

Note: Larry H. Saxe is married to Barbara A.A. Saxe.

 

SAXTON, HAROLD JAY

 

Born: 11-2-1902  Middlefield NT                              married: Iva McRorie

Died: 2-19-1988                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1999, 344

 

1964    ordained local elder

 

Interment: Westville Cemetery, Westville NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1988, 390

 

1964-69           Edmeston

1969-73           Cooperstown

197                  retired

 

Note: Harold J. Saxton is a cousin to Herbert B. Bowen.  He served as a lay pastor and was in the grocery business before entering the ministry.

 

SCHAFF, CLYDE A.

 

Born: 1905                                                                  married: Alice Rooke

Died: 1-5-1982                                                            obit:

                                                                                    married2: Charlotte Bertha DeLorey

1930    admitted on trial                                              obit2: Wyoming Conference 2008, 187

1933    ordained deacon

1935    ordained elder

 

Interment: Fairview Memorial Park, Moscow PA

Obit: Southern New Jersey Conference 1983, 243

 

1929-31           Preston

1930-32           Schuyler Lake

1932-34           Davenport Center

1934-37           Kirkwood

1937-43           Lake Ariel

1943-46           Taylor

1946-53           executive secretary, Conference Board of Education

1953                transfer to New Jersey Conference

1953-68           youth worker, Conference Board of Education

1968-71           conference staff

1971                retired

 

Note: Alice Rooke Schaff is the author of The Golden Road, a radio sketch copyrighted in 1933.

 

SCHAFFER, RICHARD THOMAS

 

Born:                                                                           married: Susan _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1977    admitted on trial

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1974-76           Kirkwood

1976-81           student

                            1976-78  Pond Eddy, Northern New Jersey Conference

                            1978-81  Clifford

1981-86           Candor

1986-87           Windsor (ending 11/15/1987)

1987-90           disability leave (beginning 11/15/1987)

1990-97           chaplain. Elizabeth Church Manor

1997                “transfer” to United Church of Christ (10/20/1997)

 

 

SCHALK, DONALD JOSEPH.

 

Born: 1-8-1931  Scranton PA                                     married: Della Ann Klose

Died: 5-2-2016                                                            obit: [1935 - ]

 

1955    license, Scranton Myrtle Street

1959    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1961    ordained deacon

1963    ordained elder

 

Interment: Hillcrest Memory Gardens, Jeffersonton VA

Obit: Upper  New York Conference 2016, 222

 

1958-62           Lake Come (beginning 10/1958)

1962-64           Lake Como

1964-67           Gouldsboro

1967-74           Carverton

1974-82           Luzerne

1982-84           Scranton Providence

1984-90           Whitney Point

1990-96           Vestal Center

1996                retired

                            1996-99       Nanticoke NY (beginning 11/17/1996)

    2010            charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: There is also a headstone prepared for Donald J. Schalk at Vestal Hills Memorial Park, Vestal NY.

 

SCHELL, MARVIN KEPLEY

 

Born: 11-12-1910  Lebanon PA                                 married: Winifred Rebecca Albert

Died: 11-17-1983                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1977, 243

 

1931    admitted on trial, East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

1935    ordained elder, East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

 

Interment: Zion UM Cemetery, Myerstown PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1984, 216

 

1935-41           Pottstown Baltzell Memorial

1941-43           district secretary, PA YMCA

1943-45           Uniondale, Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Church

1945                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Church

1945-57           Scranton Providence

1957-66           Moscow

1966-73           Binghamton Centenary

1973-76           Warren Center

1976                retired

 

SCHENCK, WILLIAM THEODORE

 

Born: 11-15-1876  Braman PA                                  married: Myrtle Iona Taylor

Died: 11-28-1938                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1911, 109

                                                                                    married2: Mary Evelyn Allen

1909    admitted on trial                                              obit2: 1989, 371

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Lookout PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1939, 585

 

1907-09           Lakeville

1909-12           Pleasant Mount

1912-13           Nicholson

1913-16           Lake Como

1916-17           Wallsville

1917-23           Cherry Ridge – White Mills – Lackawaxen

1923-28           Carley Brook

1928-30           Hamlin

1930-33           Damascus

1933-36           Flemingville

1936-39           Choconut Center

 

Note: W.T. Schenck taught school for 12 years before entering the ministry.

 

SCHMOYER, WOODROW G.

 

Born: 2-24-1930  Allentown PA                                married: Phyllis M. Roth

Died: 9-6-1986  Allentown PA                                  obit:

 

1964    license, New York Conference

1969    ordained local elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1987, 322

 

1964-65           Voluntown CT

1965-68           Groton CT

1968                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1968-72           New Milford

1972-74           Luzerne

1974-77           Courtdale

1977-81           Bethany

1981-82           Scranton Providence

1982                honorable location

 

SCHNEIDER, WILLIAM A. JR

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1962    admitted on trial

1965    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1958-59           Mount Upton

1959-62           Sidney Center

1962-64           Clifford

1964-65           Clifford – Lennoxville

1965-67           Waymart – Brompton

1967-70           Oxford

1970-73           Endicott St. Paul’s – Wesley

1973-75           Endicott St. Paul’s

1975-76           on leave

1976                withdrew

1980                readmitted to transfer to Western Pennsylvania Conference

1980-83           Strattanville (beginning 1/1980)

1983-86           Ringgold – Barton Chapel

1986                retired

                             1990-91      East Kane

 

SCHNELL, PHILLIP O.

 

Born: Peekskill NY                                                    married: Anne Johnson          

Died: 5-23-2017                                                          obit:

 

1956    admitted on trial

1969    ordained local elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: New York Conference 2017, ?

 

1956-57           Hamlin

1957                transfer to New York Conference

1957-58           student

1958-62           Goldens Bridge – Purdy

1962-68           Beacon First

1968-78           Setauket

1978-91           Bristol CT

1991-               Newburgh

-1998               Newington

1998                retired

                                                Warwick RI

                                                Fall River MA

                             2008-13      Westerly RI Grace

 

SCHOFIELD, JAMES

           

Born: 7-30-1840  Mosley, England                                        married: Sarah Jane Skelding
Died: 8-4-1899  Camptown PA                                              obit: [5/17/1853 – 12/19/1904]

 

1873    local preacher’s license, Connecticut

1883    admitted on trial, St. John’s River Conference [Florida]

1885    ordained deacon, St. John’s River Conference

1888    ordained elder, St. John’s River Conference

 

Interment: Camptown Cemetery, Camptown PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1900, 110

 

                        Lebanon CT

                        New Bedford CT

1883-86           Orange City

1886-90           Windsor

1890-95           Lake Como [FL]

1895-96           Fruitland Park

1896                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1896-99           Mehoopany

1899                Camptown

 

Note:  A brief biography of James Schofield appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 243.

 

SCHOLFIELD, ABRAHAM

           

Born: 6-10-1859  Littleboro, England                        married: Della A. Randall
Died: 9-2-1897  Springville PA                                 obit: Wyoming Conference 1943, 618

 

?          license, Congregational Church

 

Interment: Lynn Cemetery, Springville PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1898, 95

 

                        Congregational Church in Wisconsin

1888-89           Starucca

1889                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1889-90           Paupack

1890-92           Triangle

1892-93           Askam

1893-95           Rush

1895-97           Springville

 

Note:  Abraham Scholfield is a brother to Congregational pastor John Scholfield.  A brief biography of Abraham Scholfield [erroneously given as Schofield] appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 242.

 

SCHOONMAKER, ANTHONY HASBROUCK

 

Born: 1-12-1821  Fallsburg NY                                 married: Nancy D. Brown [2/4/1841]

Died: 5-15-1895                                                          obit:

 

1848    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

1852    ordained deacon

1857    ordained elder

 

Interment: Sugar Grove IL

Obit: Rock River Conference 1895, 78

 

1847-48           Callicoon mission, New York Conference

                        Abington

                        Carmon

                        Northmoreland

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-53           Northmoreland (1st part); Pittston (2nd part)

1853-54           Mehoopany

1854-56           Scranton and Hyde Park

1856-57           New Troy

1857-58           Brooklyn

1858-59           Plymouth

1859-61           Providence

1861-63           Tunkhannock

1863-64           chaplain, U.S. Army (1st part); Montrose (2nd part)

1864-65           Montrose

1865                located

1865                Fulton, Rock River Conference

1865                “transfer” to Rock River Conference

1866-67           Sterling

                        Winnebago

                        Lighthouse

                        New Milford

                        Cherry Valley

                        Marengo

                        Franklin Grove

                        Coleta

                        Ashton

                        Kaneville

                        Steward

1890-93           agent, American Bible Society

1893                retired

 

Note: Anthony H. Schoonmaker is the subject of the 1992 book Let Me Go Where the Saints Are Going: An Historical Sketch of Rev. Anthony Hasbrouck Schoonmaker; his origin, life, and some of his descendants by Richard A Everett.

 

 

SCHUMACHER, EDWIN C.

 

Born: 9-11-1924  Jersey City NJ                                married: Beryl Champlin

Died: 9-12-2004                                                          obit: [1932 - ]

 

1950    license

1953    admitted on trial

1955    ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Vestal Hills Memorial Park, Vestal NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2005, 203

 

1950-51           Campville (beginning 4/16/1950)

1951-54           Campville – Barton

1954-62           Union Center – Whittemore Hill

1962-64           Union Center

1964-82           executive director, Wyoming Conference Children’s Home

1982-88           Hawleyton

1988-91           Factoryville

1991                retired

 

 

SCHUSTER, CHARLES T.

 

Born: 8-15-1908  Carbondale PA                               married: Ella Margaret Edwards

Died: 10-5-1976                                                          obit: [? - 1969]

 

1956    license

1971    ordained local deacon

 

Interment: Canaan Corners Cemetery, Waymart PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1977, 239

 

1956-67           Plymouth NY

1967                not appointed

 

Note: Charles T. Schuster served as a local preacher.

 

SCHUSTER, RICHARD H.

 

Born: 4-7-1929  Dickson City PA                              married: Phyllis M. Williams

Died: 10-23-2001                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 2009, 239

 

1963    license

1972    admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment: Nichols Cemetery, Nichols NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2002, 215

 

1963-65           Pleasnat Mount (beginning 1/2/1963)

1965-73           Mehoopany

1973-81           Sayre

1981-91           Ogden – Hillcrest

1991                retired

                            1992-96  Halsey Valley – Barton

                            1996-98  Litchfield – Barton

                            1998-01  Litchfield

 

 

SCHWARTZ, ANTHONY  P.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Roxan _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2007    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2007-08           Forest City (beginning 5/16/2007)

2008-10           Chinchilla

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-16           Chinchilla (ending 12/31/2015)

2016-17           unappointed (1/1/2016 – 3/18/2017)

2017                discontinued (3/18/2017 – 11/14/2017)

2017                reinstated 11/14/2017

2017-18           unpappointed (11/14/2017 – 12/31/2017)

2018-23           Paupack (beginning 1/1/2018)

                             2021-23      Greentown Hemlock Grove

 

Note: Anthony P. Schwartz served as a local preacher.

 

 

 

 

SCOTT, ORANGE W.

 

Born: 10-15-1842  Newbury VT                                            married: Lucy J. Jameson

Died: 12-6-1909  Fitchburg MA                                            obit: New England Conference 1920, 123

 

1867    admitted on trial, Maine Conference

 

Interment: Springfield Cemetery, Springfield MA

Obit: New England Conference 1910, 130

 

1867-68           York

1868-70           South Berwick

1870                transfer to  New Hampshire Conference

1870-73           Haverhill MA

1873-75           New Market

1875-77           Dover First

1878-79           Concord First

1879                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1879-81           Kingston

1881-84           West Pittston

1884-86           Binghamton Centenary

1886                transfer to New England Southern

 

Note: A sister of Orange Scott, Anna W. Scott, is the wife of Silas Everand Quimby (1837-1913) of the New Hampshire Conference.  A sister of Mrs. Scott, Emma Janette Jameson, is the wife of Nathan C. Alger (1847-1925) of the New York Conference. 

 

SCOTT, ROY CLYDE

 

Born: 4-12-1889  Fontanelle IA                                 married: Luella M. Morgan

Died: 12-25-1969                                                        obit: Iowa Conference 1992, 139

 

1917    admitted on trial

1917    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Mount Vernon Cemetery, Mount Vernon IA

Obit: Iowa Conference 1970, 339

 

1917-18           Campville

1918                “transfer” to Michigan Conference

 

Note: R.C. Scott reportedly served pastorates in the Wyoming, Detroit, Upper-Iowa and North-Iowa Conferences.

 

SCOUTEN, OLIVER BURTISS

 

Born: 11-24-1879  West Crescent NY                       married: Ida Livingston

Died: 6-23-1959                                                          obit: Troy Conference 1963, 1061

 

1928    ordained local elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Malta Ridge Cemetery, Malta Ridge NY

Obit: Troy Conference 1960, 213

 

                        North Hampton and Osborn Bridge, Troy Conference

                        “transfer’ to Wyoming Conference

1927-29           South Canaan

1929-30           Lake Como

                        “transfer” to Troy Conference

                        East Oittstown

                        Grafton and West Grafton

Gallupville and Malta Ridge

 

Note: O.B. Scouten is reported to have served as a lay pastor in “several conferences”

 

SEBRING, EDWARD FRANKLIN

 

Born: 9-18-1926  Gouldsboro PA                              married: Gladys C. Kurtz

Died: 1-21-2002                                                          obit: Susquehanna Conference 2016, 268

 

1961    license

1968    admitted on trial

1969    ordained elder

 

Interment: Fairview Memorial Park, Moscow PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2002, 216

 

1962-66           Gibson

1966-68           Pleasant Mount

1968-75           Lake Ariel

1975-76           Noxen

1976-92           disability leave

1992                retired

 

 

SECHRIST, RICHARD GRANT

 

Born: 12-12-1902  Trout Run PA                               married: Dorothy E. _____

Died: 1-26-1996                                                          obit: [9/11/1906 – 1/18/1989]

 

1933    admitted on trial

1935    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Oakland Cemetery, DeLand FL

Obit:

 

1933-36           Greene

1936-39           Otego

1939-42           Apalachin – Little Meadows

1942-43           Nicholson

1943-46           chaplain, U.S. Army

1946                withdrew

 

Note: R. Grant Sechrist reportedly lived in Chemung NY in 1925 and in Binghamton NY in 1933.

 

SEELEY, WILBUR SMITH

 

Born: 9-10-1911  Philadelphia PA                             married: Susan Elaine Addy

Died: 3-25-2002  Johnson City NY                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1976, 230

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Doris E. Kopyar

1943    ordained elder, New York Conference           obit2: Wyoming Conference 2002, 216

                        of the Evangelical Church

 

Interment: Ivy Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2002, 216

 

1943-48           Dunkirk and Laona

1948-49           Rochester First

1949-53           West Valley

1953-61           Olean First and Nile First

1961-62           Olean First

1962-68           Binghamton Emmanuel

1968                transfer to Wyoming Conference of the United Methodist Church

1968-70           Binghamton Emmanuel

1970-74           Conference Program Director

1974-77           Binghamton Emmanuel

1977                retired

 

Note: The second Mrs. Seeley was the widow of a Mr. Steven Kopyar.

 

SELIX, VIRGIL WAYNE

 

Born: 4-5-1912  Woodlake MN                                 married: Glennette Whipple

Died: 5-15-1994                                                          obit: [12/16/1911 – 12/16/1957]

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Ruth Velma Hutchinson Dengle

1940    license, South Dakota Conference                  obit2: Wyoming Conference 1985, 298

1969    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

1971    ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1994, 335

 

1939-42           Doland-Frankfort, South Dakota Conference

1942-44           San Gabriel, Southern California Conference

1944-49           Spearfish, South Dakota Conference

1949-50           Mojave CA, UCC

1950-54           Nucla CO, UCC

1954-59           student, Pacific School of Religion

1959-68           Idaho, UCC

1968                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the United Methodist Church

1968-69           Lake Como

1969-70           Gouldsboro

1970-74           Kirkwood

1974-77           Bethany

1977                retired

                            1977-81       Greenville CA, California Conference

 

Note: The second Mrs. Selix (nee Hutchinson) was the widow of a Mr. Jack Dengle.

 

 

SELLARS, FRED M.

 

Born: 10-7-1894  Western Bay, Newfoundland        married: Jean Baird Clark

Died: 6-10-1946  Staten Island NY                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1979, 257

 

1914    admitted on trial, Newfoundland Conference

1926    ordained elder, United Church of Canada

 

Interment: “cemetery on Victory Boulevard,” Staten Island NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1947, 723

 

1921-24           Moretown VT

1924-26           Federated Church, Waitsfield VT

1929-33           Spencer, Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1933                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1933-38           Shavertown (ending 1/1/1938)

1938-46           Community Church [Immanuel Union Church], Staten Island NY (beginning 1/1/1938)

 

Note: Fred M. Sellars is the father of Rev. Alastair Sellars of the Congregational Church.  This surname is often reported (including most of the Wyoming Conference journal references) as SELLERS.

 

SERVISS, JOSEPH LEWIS

 

Born: 6-5-1877  Brooklyn NY                                   married: Emma R. Schmeidel (10/7/1903)

Died: after 1940                                                          obit:

 

1903    admitted on trial

?          ordained deacon

1908    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1903-04           Davenport

1904-05           North Norwich

1905-08           student, Drew Theological Seminary

1908                located, page 84

                        living in Rockville Centre, Nassau County NY

                       

Note: Joseph L. Serviss appears to have been connected with Knickerbocker ME Church in Brooklyn and what is now St. Mark’s UMC in Rockville Centre, although not under appointment.  A biographical sketch of Joseph L. Serviss appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 393.

 

 

SEVERSON, GEORGE A.

           

Born: 7-10-1818  Guilderland NY                             married: Helen Hogan
Died: 9-16-1894  Binghamton NY                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1905, 119

 

1856    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1858    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1895, 83

 

1856-57           Choconut Center

1857-59           Osborne Hollow

1859-61           Harpursville

1861-62           Castle Creek

1862-63           Great Bend and New Milford

1863-64           located

                             1863-64  Page Brook

1864-67           Gibson

1867-69           Sterling

1869-72           Moscow

1972-75           Dunmore

1875-78           Waverly PA

1878-80           North Fenton

1880-82           Otego

1882-84           Sidney Plains

1884-87           Windsor

1887                retired

 

Note:  George Severson is the father of Oscar L. Severson.  A brief biography of George Severson appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 244.

 

 

SEVERSON, OSCAR L.

 

Born: 1-22-1845  Guilderland NY                 married: Ellen Sanders

Died: 10-13-1924  Scranton PA                     obit: Wyoming Conference 1933, 169

 

1875    exhorter’s license. Moscow

1876    local preacher’s license

1876    admitted on trial

?          ordained

 

Interment: Dunmore Cemetery, Dunmore PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1925, 137

 

1876-79           Wilkes-Barre Parrish Street

1879-82           Smyrna

1882-85           Great Bend

1885-88           Binghamton High Street

1888-92           Factoryville

1892-94           Sayre

1894-99           Plymouth PA

1899-07           West Pittston

1907-10           Scranton Simpson

1910-16           superintendent, Oneonta District

1916-18           Peckville

1918                retired

 

Note:  Oscar L. Severson is the son of George Severson.  A biographical sketch of Oscar Severson appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 400.

 

SEWARD, CHARLES HALBERTON

 

Born: 1-2-1871  Orange PA                                       married: Florence Elrose Graham

Died: 8-4-1944                                                            obit: Northwest Iowa Conference 1940, 99

 

1891    exhorter’s license, Carverton-Orange

1901    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit: Northwest Iowa Conference 1944, 107

 

1893-95           Gouldsboro

1895-96           Sugar Notch

1896                Wilkes-Barre Sherman Street (Welsh) Mission (ending July 1896)

1896-97           Wilkes-Barre Bennett Chapel (July 1896 to September 1897)

1897-01           student, Wesleyan University in Middletown CT

                            1898-09       Colchester CT

1901-02           assistant, Wilkes-Barre Franklin Street

1902-04           Choconut Center

1904                transfer to Northwest Iowa Conference, page 71

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Charles H. Seward appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 391.

 

 

SEXTON, JANET E.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2005-06           Providence

 

Note: Janet E. Sserved as a local preacher and is otherwise unknown.

 

SEYMOUR, WILLIAM J.

 

Born: 4-7-1875  Succasunna NJ                                 married: Etta Maria Jay

Died: 6-9-1929                                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1964, 244

 

1904    exhorter’s license

1908    admitted on trial

1910    ordained deacon

1912    ordained elder

 

Interment: Shady Lane Cemetery, Jermyn PA

Obit: Wyoming conference 1930, 351

 

1908-10           Clifford

1910-14           Beach Lake

1914-17           Pleasant Mount

1917-18           Waverly PA

1918-19           Wallsville

1919-20           Damascus

1920-24           Throop

1924-26           Wilkes-Barre St. Andrew’s

1925-29           on leave

1929                retired

 

SHAFFER, JOHN F.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Donna _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2004    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2004-05           Evans Falls (beginning 8/1/2004)

2005-09           Lemon

2009-10           Lemon – West Nicholson

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-20           Nicholson

2020-22           Gibson

2022-23           Springville

 

Note: John F. Shaffer served as a local preacher.

 

 

SHAMBORA, MICHAEL

 

Born:                                                                           married: Kimberly _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          license, Christian & Missionary Alliance Church

1991    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

                        Christian & Missionary Alliance Church

1983                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1983-90           Lehman (beginning 10/23/1983)

1990-93           Newton

1993-93           Newton – Ransom

1994-06           Wyoming

2006-10           Duryea

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-16           Duryea

2016                retired

                             2016-23      Unity in Christ Parish [Moosic – Stewart Memorial]

 

 

SHAO-WEN, LI

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1895                transfer to North China Conference

 

Note: There is no prior reference to Li Shao-Wen in any Wyoming Conference context.  In 1889 he is listed in the Foochow Conference as a deacon, but he is otherwise unknown.

 

SHAW, BENJAMIN H.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Kathy

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1996    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1996-97           Brookville (beginning 10/1/1996 and ending 10/12/1997)

1998-09           North Afton (beginning 11/15/1998)

2009-10           (not appointed)

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Benjamin H. Shaw served as a local preacher.

 

 

SHAW, DAVID STANLEY

 

Born: 5-26-1876  Wallaceburg Ontario                      married: Callie C. Idle

Died: 6-18-1930                                                          obit: Philadelphia Conference 1943, 683

 

1900    admitted on trial, Detroit Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Lakeside Cemetery, Port Huron MI

Obit: Philadelphia Conference 1931, 717

 

1900-01           Detroit Oakland Avenue

1901-03           Bellville

1903-04           assistant, Detroit Central

1904-07           Monroe

1907-08           Detroit Burns Avenue

1908-10           Tecumseh

1910-12           Hudson

1912-15           Sault Ste. Marie

1915-21           Port Huron

1921                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1921-28           Binghamton Tabernacle

1928                transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1928-30           Philadelphia Calvary

 

Note: The preferred designation is D. Stanley Shaw.  Mrs. Shaw is the daughter of Dunning Idle of the Toronto Conference of the Methodist Church of Canada.  She is incorrectly identified in her Philadelphia Conference obituary as Carrie C. Shaw.

 

 

SHAW, McKENDREE

 

Born: 9-8-1837  Norwich NY                                    married: Sarah M. Tinker

Died: 5-11-1917                                                          obit: Central New York Conference 1921, 133

 

1857    exhorter’s license, Earlville

1858    local preacher’s license

1866    ordained local  deacon

1867    admitted on trial

1871    ordained elder

 

Interment: Rural Cemetery, Phoenix NY

Obit: Central New York Conference 1917, 139

 

1861-66           soldier

1866-68           Preston

1868-69           South New Berlin (left in mid-year to attend seminary)

1869-70           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                            1869-70  Green Village NJ

1870-72           Mount Upton

1872-74           McDonough

1874                transfer to Central New York Conference

1874-75           Clockville

1875-76           Morrisville

1876-79           Euclid

1879-82           Phoenix

1882-84           Trumansburg

1884-87           Horseheads

1887-90           Marcellus

1890-92           Chittenango

                        Tulley

                        Phelps

                        Port Gibson

                        Williamson

                        Liverpool

                        Milo Center

1909-10           on leave

1910                retired

 

 

SHAW, WILLIAM MARION

 

Born: 1-26-1848  Lemon PA                                      married: Harriet L. Shales

Died: 8-29-1920                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1927, 129

 

1887    admitted on trial

1889    ordained deacon

1891    ordained elder

 

Interment: Stark Cemetery, East Lemon PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 121, 107

 

1887-90           Randolph

1890-91           Laurens and Oneonta Plains

1891-94           Plymouth NY

1894-97           Pleasant Mount

1897-01           East Worcester

1901-02           Kirkwood

1902-04           North Fenton

1904-06           Union Center

1906-09           Auburn

1909-11           Heart Lake

1911                retired to Binghamton NY, attended Chenango Street

                            1913-14  Castle Creek (beginning 7/1913, after the death of C.D. Kellum)

 

Note: A biographical sketch of William M. Shaw appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 397.

 

SHAWGER, GEORGE WILLIAM

 

Born: 11-24-1926  East Stroudsburg PA                    married: Marylin Simes

Died: 11-1-1988                                                          obit:

 

1978    local pastor’s license

 

Interment: Arlington Hills Cemetery, Scranton PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1989, 372

 

1974-79           Montdale (beginning 8/1/1974)

 

Note: George W. Shawger suffered a massive heart attack on 12/6/1979 and eventually lapsed into a coma until he died in 1988.

 

SHAY, JOHN A.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Susan _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1982-83           Gibson

 

Note: John A. Shay served as a local pastor while attending Drew Theological Seminary.  He works as a Christian therapist in Purling NY.

 

SHEEHAN, ROBERT HENRY

 

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

Died: 11-3-1992  Pittston PA                                     obit: Wyoming Conference 2004, 216

 

1939    license, Wyoming Conference

1947    admitted on trial, recommended by Littlestown of the Central Pennsylvania Conference

1947    ordained deacon, Central Pennsylvania Conference

 

Interment: Lakeville Cemetery, Hawley PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1993, 354

 

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

                             1941-42      Thornhurst

1942-44           student, West Virginia Wesleyan in Buckhannon WV

                             1942-44  Volga circuit

1944-47           student, Westminster Theological Seminary in Westminster MD

                             1944-45      Hustontown, Central Pennsylvania Conference

                             1945-47      Littlestown

1947                transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1947-49           Conyngham

1949                transfer to Wyoming Conference (6/9/1949)

1949-55           Wyalusing

1955-58           Cooperstown

1958-64           Endicott St. Paul’s

1964-70           Dallas

1970-74           Tunkhannock

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

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

1977-79           Vestal Calvary

1979                retired

 

Note: Mrs. Sheehan is the daughter of Stephen Treat.

 

SHEERER, ELWIN JEREMIAH

 

Born: 12-27-1928  Siles PA                                                               married: Audrey Jean Higley 

Died: 1-1-2023  Townville PA                                                           obit: [8/10/1935 – 12/18/2018]

 

1964    admitted on trial, Erie Conference EUB

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1962-64           Lake Pleasant

1964-66           Great Valley

1966-68           Grand Valley

1968                transfer to Mennonite Church

1969-70           Skinners Eddy, Wyoming Conference

1970-71           Little Cooley, Erie Conference (former EUB)

1971                transfer Western Pennsylvania Conference

1971-72           Little Cooley

1972-78           Sligo – Cherry Run

1978-79           Brush Valley

1979-83           West Elizabeth – Elrama

1983-89           Deckards – Sugar Lake

1989-92           Clearfield, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1992                retired

                             1992-99      Pleasantview Hebron – Harrisville Wesley

                             1999-01      New Ireland – Lake Pleasant

 

Note: Mrs. Sheerer was a local pastor in the Western Pennsylvania Conference.

 

SHELDON, ALBERTA M.

 

Born: 6-11-1916                                                          married: [never married]

Died: 1-21-2007                                                          obit:

 

1964    license, Wyoming Conference

1968    admitted on trial, Troy Conference

?          ordained deacon, Troy Conference

1971    ordained elder, Troy Conference

 

Interment: North Jackson Cemetery, Jackson PA

Obit: Troy Conference 2007, 235

 

1964-65           assistant Oneonta First

1965                “transfer” to Troy Conference

1965-77           Willsboro – Reber

1977-81           Mayfield

1981                retired 

 

 

SHELLAND, JAMES C.

 

Born: 1-13-1845                                                          married: Annie Dorothy Trickey

Died: 9-14-1935                                                          obit: Northern Minnesota Conference 1897, 123

                                                                                    Married2: Julia Ellen Bulkley

1870    admitted on trial                                              obit2: [4/21/1845 – 1/31/1935]

1872    ordained deacon

1874    ordained elder

 

Interment: Oakland Cemetery, Hutchinson MN

Obit:

 

1870-71           Westville

1871-73           Morris

1873-75           Sidney Plains

1875-76           Hartwick

1876-78           Carbondale

1878-80           New Berlin

1880-83           Wyoming

1883-86           missionary to Dakota

    1883-84       Alexandria

    1884-86       DeSmet and Norland

1886                “transfer” to [South] Dakota Conference

1886-87           Gary and Canby

1887-89           Vermillion

1889-90           Millbank

1890-92           Aberdeen

1892-94           superintendent of Indian Schools, Sisseton Agency

1894                transfer to Minnesota Northern Conference

1894-95           Hutchinson Vineyard

1895-96           Montevideo and Rosewood

1896-97           Ortonville and Pleasant Valley

1897-98           Minneapolis Thirteenth Avenue

1898-00           Ortonville and Pleasant Valley

1900-01           Montevideo and Rosewood

1901-02           Minneapolis Western Avenue

1902-03           Granite Falls

1903-04           conference evangelist

1904                retired

                            1904-05       conference evangelist

                            1909            withdrew

?                      “transfer” to Congregational Church

1904-07           Morris

1907-14           Minneapolis [Hopkins] Mizpah

 

SHELP, WILLIAM M.

           

Born: 12-18-1827  Jessup PA                                     married: Patience Robinson
Died: 4-29-1882  Franklin, Luzerne County PA        obit: [6/26/1826 – 10/28/1869]

                                                                                    married2: Eliza P. Parks (8/3/1870)

1851    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference             obit2: [1843 - ?]

1853    ordained deacon

1856    ordained elder

 

Interment: Fairdale Cemetery, Fairdale PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1883, 51

 

1851-52           Brooklyn

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-54           Thompson

1854-56           Dundaff and Glenwood

1856-58           Madison mission

1858-60           Sanford

1860-62           Beach Pond

1862-64           Dundaff

1864-66           located to pursue M.D. degree in medicine

1866-68           Fairdale

1868-70           Rush mission

1870-72           Rome

1872-75           Mehoopany

1875-78           Northmoreland

1878-81           Newton

1881-82           Lehman

1882                retired

 

Note:  A brief biography of William Shelp appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 245.  He was also a medical doctor.

 

 

SHEPARD, CHARLES DARIUS

 

Born: 11-2-1832  Little Falls NY                               married: Adaline C. Hunt

Died: 11-26-1910  Springville PA                             obit: [d. 1871]

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Mary Guile Brown

                                                                                    obit2: Wyoming Conference 1903, 114

1855    exhorter’s license, Black River Conference  

1855    local preacher’s license, Little Falls. Black River Conference

1862    ordained local deacon, Black River Conference

1867    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Whitney Point NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1911, 105

 

1856                Naperville IL

1856-58           student, Garrett Biblical Institute

1858-66           secular work

1866-67           Lowell

1867-68           Brookfield

1868-69           Preston

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1869-70           New Berlin NY

1870-72           Harpursville

1872-74           Windsor

1874-76           North Fenton

1876-78           Whitney's Point

1878-80           Vestal

1880-83           Maine

1883-85           North Barton

1885-88           Flemingville

1888-92           Springville

1892-93           Afton

1893-96           Sidney Center

1896-99           Davenport Center

1899-01           Castle Creek

1901-04           Lisle

1904-06           Kirkwood

1906                retired

 

Note: Charles D. Shepard is the father of Edmund L. Shepard (1863-1936) of the Northern New York Conference and a nephew of Black River Conference pastors Hiram Shepard (1804-1862) and Gideon Shepard (1800-1876).  The first husband of Mary (nee Guile) Shepard is reported to have been a Mr. Edwin Ruthven Brown born in Delaware County NY.  A biographical sketch of Charles D. Shepard appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 395.

 

 

SHEPARD, DAVID ADKINS

           

Born: 6-22-1802  Augusta NY                                   married: Laura Bartholomew (1823)
Died: 10-8-1876  Washington DC                             obit: [1904 – 9/15/1824]

                                                                                    married2: Maria Robie (1828)

1820    exhorter’s license                                            obit2: Wyoming Conference 1888, 93

1822    local preacher’s license

1824    admitted on trial, Genesee Conference

1826    ordained deacon

1828    ordained elder

 

Interment: Congressional Cemetery, Washington DC
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1877, 30

 

1824-25           Steuben

1825-26           Herkimer

1826-28           Wyalusing

1828-29           Owego

1829                charter member of Oneida Conference

1829-30           Owego

1830-32           Berkshire

1832-34           Binghamton

1834-35           Ithaca

1835-36           Utica

1836-40           superintendent, Chenango District

1840-44           superintendent, Cayuga District

1844-46           Wilkes-Barre

1846-47           Utica

1847-50           superintendent, Susquehanna District

1850-52           superintendent, Wyoming District

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-54           superintendent, Wyoming District

1854-56           Binghamton Henry Street

1856-57           on leave

1857-59           Waverly and Factoryville

1859-61           Carbondale

1861-62           Hawley

1862-63           superintendent, Owego District

1863-64           Owego

1864-65           chaplain. Auburn prison

1865-68           Union

1868-69           Scranton Hyde Park

1869-73           chaplain, Auburn prison

1873                retired

 

Note:  Mrs. Shepard is the daughter of John Edward Robie (1811-1972) of the Western New York Conference.  A brief biography of David A. Shepard appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 246.

 

 

SHEPSON, HENRY M.

 

Born: 1874                                                                  married: Agnes Little

Died: 1949                                                                  obit: [1881 – 1971]

 

Interment: Floral Park Cemetery, Johnson City NY

Obit:

 

1906-10           McClure

1910-11           Oakland

 

Note: H.M. Shepson served as a supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

SHERMAN, IRA E.

 

Born: 2-1-1914                                                            married:

Died: 10-1-2004                                                          obit:

 

1937    admitted on trial

1938    ordained deacon

1940    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Florida Conference 2005,?

 

1937-37           student

1838-41           Springville

1941-43           Marathon – Killawog

1943-46           chaplain, US Army

1946-47           student

1947                transfer to Rock River Conference

1847-49           Apple River

1949-50           Durand

1950                “ransfer” to Cuba

1950-52           Isla de Pinos

1952-55           Guantanamo Jamaica

1955-56           student

1956-58           Guantanamo Jamaica

1958-61           Cardenas Varadero

1961                “transfer” to autonomous relationship

1961-74           missionary to Argentina

1974                transfer to Florida Conference

1974-76           Opa Locka

1976                retired

 

 

SHERMAN, LEONA S.

 

Born: 7-21-1900                                                          married: Earl Frank Sherman

Died: 1-7-1977 Cortland NY                                      obit: [2/1/1897 – 4/13/1978]

 

1923    license

1930    ordained local deacon

1932    ordained local elder

 

Interment: Virgil Rural Cemetery, Virgil NY

Obit: Central New York Conference 1977, 231

 

1928-32           Lisle – Triangle

1958                “transfer” to Central New York Conference

1958-65           Virgil

1965                retired

 

Note: Mrs. Leona Sherman served as a local preacher.  She was a graduate of Binghamton Bible School.

 

SHIELDS, SUSAN D.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2006    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2006-10           Harpursville

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Susan D. Shields served as a local preacher.

 

 

SHILLABEER, HARRY JAMES

 

Born: 8-15-1927  Wilkes-Barre PA                            married: Phyllis Baldrica

Died: 6-23-1996                                                          obit:

 

1959    license, Baptist Church

1962    ordained, Baptist Church

 

 

Interment: Oak Lawn Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1997, 365

 

1959                begins ministry in the American Baptist Church      

Wilkes-Barre PA Meade Street         

                        Paulsboro NJ Taylor Memorial

                        Brewster NY

1972                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the United Methodist Church

1972-74           Mount Vision

1974-77           New Berlin NY

1977-85           Athens

1985-93           Trucksville

1993                retired

                            1993-96  assistant, Mountaintop

 

Note: The conference obituary erroneously gives the birth year as 1926.

 

SHIPMAN, H.E.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1910-12           North Tioga

 

Note: H.E. Shipman served as a supply pastor.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

SHIPMAN, ISAAC NEWTON

 

Born: 8-9-1849  Brockville, Canada              married: Julia E. Cocks

Died: 6-16-1920  Montrose PA                      obit: Wyoming Conference 1913, 120

 

1878    local preacher’s license

1882    ordained local deacon

1883    admitted on trial

1887    ordained elder

 

Interment: Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1921, 108

 

1878-82           student, Drew Theological Seminary

1882-83           Spencer

1883-86           Speedsville

1884-87           Lackawanna

1887-91           Sherburne

1891-95           Hawley

1895-98           Montrose

1898-01           Binghamton Chenango Street

1901-03           Susquehanna

1903-06           Oxford

1906-07           Whitney Point – Lisle

1907-12           on leave

1912                retired to Montrose

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Isaac N. Shipman appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 397.

 

 

SHOEMAKER, E.E.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1890    Castle Creek (summer)

 

Note: E.E. Shoemaker may be local pastor E. Shumaker living in Dalton.  See the 1890 journal page 55 and the 1891 journal, page 15.  This also may be Rev. E.E. Shoemaker of the Congregational Church in Massachusetts, who was known to visit in the area.

 

 

SHOOP, DARRELD RUSSELL

 

Born: 5-2-1925  St. Paul MN                                     married: Verna Evelyn Middleton (9/27/1946)

Died: 5-28-2015  Staunton VA                                  obit: [9/22/1928 – 9/25/2016]

 

1959    license

1971    admitted on trial, Virginia Conference

?          ordained deacon, Virginia Conference

1973    ordained elder, Virginia Conference

 

Interment: Oakwood United Methodist Church Cemetery, Cumberland VA

Obit: Virginia Conference 2015, ?

 

1959-62           Camptown

1962-65           McClure

1965-66           involved in the Civil Rights movement

1966                “transfer” to Virginia Conference

1966-69           South Brunswick

1969-72           Prince George

1972-74           North Garden Trinity

1974-77           director, Westview on the James (conference church camp)

1977-78           Fredericksburg St. Matthias

1978-80           Richmond Fairmount

1980-82           King George Trinity

 

Note: Derreld R. Shoop farmed in upstate New York until being called to the ministry in 1958.   He served in the Wyoming Conference as a supply pastor.

 

SHUMWAY, THURSTON CARTER

 

Born: 1-12-1918  Wyalusing PA                                married: Marguerite Rhodes Hibbard (4/3/1947)

Died: 12-15-2020                                                        obit: Susquehanna Conference 2016, 270

 

1964    license

1968    ordained local deacon

1970    ordained local elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2021, 368

 

1966-68           Thompson

1968-70           Sanitaria Springs

1970-77           Harpursville

1977-85           Plains

1985                retired

                            1986-87       Dunmore (beginning 2/1987)

                            1987-88       Moscow (beginning 11/1987)

                            1991-92       Scranton Myrtle Street (beginning 1/1/1992)

    2010            transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Thurston C. Shumway served as a local preacher.  His burial details are unknown, but Mrs. Shumway is buried at Spring Hill Cemetery in Bradford County PA,

 

 

SHYNA, MICHAEL CHARLES JR.

 

Born: 7-10-1929  Wilkes-Barre PA                            married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1953    admitted on trial

1954    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Fairview Memorial Park, Elmhurst PA [projected]

Obit:

 

1953-54           student

1954-58           Gibson

1958-64           Beach Lake

1964-69           Dalton

1969-82           Milford

1982-85           Tunkhannock

1985                withdrew 4/12/1985

 

Note:  In 2023, Michael C. Shyna was living in Clifton Township PA.

 

SIBLEY, EDGAR

 

Born: 2-1-1824  Sand Lake NY                                 married: Rachel L. Everets

Died: 2-3-1910  Binghamton NY                               obit: [d. c1860]

                                                                                    married2: Nancy M. Stephens

1849    exhorter’s license, Lebanon                            obit2: Wyoming Conference 1912, 135

1852    local preacher’s license, Osborne Hollow

1854    admitted on trial

1857    ordained deacon

1859    ordained elder

 

Interment: Glenwood Cemetery, Binghamton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1910, 128

 

1854-55           Nichols

1855-56           South Danby

1856-57           Shepherd's Creek

1857-58           Wyalusing

1858-60           Little Meadows

1860-62           Windham

1862-64           Vestal

1864-66           Castle Creek

1866-68           Maine

1868-69           Kirkwood

1869-71           North Fenton

1871-73           Broome

1873-75           Hawleyton

1875-77           Caroline

1877-79           Danby

1879-80           Rome

1880                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Edgar Sibley appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 403.  The maiden name of Mrs. Sibley is also given as Stevens.

 

 

SICHER, AUSTIN CLAY

 

Born: 1904                                                                  married: Ruth Estella Williams

Died: 8-9-1982                                                            obit: [1912-1958]

 

Interment: Methodist Church Cemetery, Milwaukee PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1983, 250

 

1950-54           Gibson

1954-62           Newton

1962-64           Gouldsboro

1964                retired

 

Note: A. Clay Sicher is the father of David P. Sicher.  He served as a local preacher.

 

SICHER, DAVID PHILLIP

 

Born: 1-4-1936  Kingston PA                                    married: Lois Ethel Scott

Died: 8-7-2003                                                            obit:

                                                                                    married2: Barbara Ann Tierno

Interment: Methodist Cemetery, Milwaukee PA       obit2:

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2004, 217                      married3: Edith Ann (McClain) O’Connell

                                                                                    obit3:

1959-60           Hop Bottom

1960-74           withdrew

1974-80           Daleville

1980-81           Duryea

1981-84           Bethany

 

Note: David P. Sicher is the son of A. Clay Sicher.  He served as a local preacher and worked for the gas industry 1960-74 and after 1984.

 

SIEBOLD, EDWARD ALLEN

 

Born: 7-20-1946  Malden MA                                    married: Judith Eloise Johnson

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1969    admitted on trial< Central New York Conference

1969    ordained deacon, Central New York Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1969-71           student

1971-73           Lanesboro

1973-75           Skinners Eddy

1975-78           associate, Endicott Central

1978-79           Lake Ariel

1979-85           Kirkwood

1985-92           associate, Endwell

1992-95           associate, Vestal

1995-00           Greene

2000-02           Clarks Green

2002-07           Lansingburgh (Troy Conference)

2007                transfer to Troy Conference (4/1/2007)

2007-10           Lansingburgh Cornerstone Community Church

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

2010-               Lansingburgh Cornerstone Community Church

 

Note: E. Allen Siebold is married to Judith Siebold.  Mrs. Siebold is the daughter of G. Louis Johnson.

 

SIEBOLD, JUDITH

 

Born: 11-16-1947  Worcester MA                             married: E. Allen Siebold

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1970    admitted on trial, Central New York Conference

1970    ordained deacon, Central New York Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1971                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1971-75           student

                            1971-73       McClure

1975-78           associate, Endicott Central

1978-79           Peckville

1979-82           Westover

1982-87           director, Christian Alternative School

1987-89           student, Syracuse University

1989-91           associate, Owego

1991-93           Endicott St. Paul’s – Campville

1993-95           associate, Binghamton Tabernacle

1995-96           student, Colgate-Rochester Divinity School

1996-00           Marathon

2000-02           Moscow

2002-04           Greenwich Centenary (Troy Conference)

2004-07           Waterford (Troy Conference)

2007                transfer to Troy Conference (4/1/2007)

2007-08           Waterford

2008-10           Rotterdam

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

2010-11           Rotterdam

2011-               Ravena Grace

 

Note: Judith Siebold is the daughter of G. Louis Johnson.  She is married to E. Allen Siebold.  Sometime after leaving the Wyoming Conference she chose to identify as Judith Johnson-Siebold.

 

SIGNOR, WATSON B.

 

Born: 10-?-1877  Hamden NY                                   married: Jessie A. Smith

Died:                                                                           obit: [d. 9/8/1953]

 

1904    admitted on trial

1906    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1900-03           Arlington

1903-07           Thornhurst

1907-11           Bethany

1911-12           Orson

1912                expelled [1912, 80]

 

Note: The Citizen of Honesdale for 3/27/1912 reports: “On the evening of July 10, Watson B. Signor, with his wife and son, Duane, came to Scranton, ostensibly to attend an outing of the preachers and their families the next day. Leaving his family with friends, he came to the central city, and since that time none of his friends have been able to locate him. Many clues have been followed but all efforts to find him thus far have been fruitless.” [The 1920 census records show Mrs. Signor and Duane boarding with a Grant and May Christman of Union NY]   See “What Ever Happened to Watson Signor” in the 2016 volume of The Chronicle, pages 58-66.

 

SILL, MATTHEW DORR

 

Born: 11-20-1855  Burlington NY                             married: Ella M. Bent (6/10/1884)

Died: 12-10-1943  Richfield Springs NY                  obit: Northern New York Conference 1949, 305

 

1884    admitted on trial, Northern New York Conference

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment: Hartwick NY

Obit: Northern New York Conference 1944, 122

 

1879-80           Oneonta Plains

1880-81           Portlandville & Tunkhannock

1881-84           student, Boston University School of Theology

 

Note:  Matthew Dorr Sill served in the Wyoming Conference as a local preacher, and his first year the surname was given as DORR SILL or DOOR SILL,

 

 

SILSBEE, WILLIAM

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                   

1845    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference            

1847    “ordained” deacon [previously ordained while a local preacher]

1849    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1845-46           Chenango

1846-47           Spencer

1847-49           Lisle

1849-51           Union

1851-52           Speeedsville

1852                charter member Wyoming Conference

1852-53           Speedsville

1853-55           Orwell

1855-57           Castle Creek

1857-58           Great Bend and New Milford

1858-59           Broome

1859-61           Osborne Hollow

1861-62           Lisle and Whitney’s Point

1862-63           Cherry Ridge

1863                retired

    1864  expelled, page 8

 

Note: No specifications, or even indications that there was any discussion, are given for the expulsion.  This William Silsbee is not to be confused with the contemporary Harvard graduate Rev. William Silsbee (1813-1890) of the Unitarian Church.  William Silsbee may have served as a supply pastor as early as 1840.
     This is believed to be William F. Silsbee (7/24/1821 – 4/12/1891), born in Steuben NY and died in Ames IA and buried in Chatfield MN – married to Susan Abigail Holden (1825-1902)

 

 

SILVERNAIL, ESTUS ANDREW

 

Born: 10-21-1877  Pitcher NY                                   married: Mary Lovina Steward

Died: 2-28-1948  Palmyra PA                                                obit: Wyoming Conference 1929, 135

                                                                                    married2: Viola Wolf

1921    admitted on trial                                              obit2: Wyoming Conference 1996, 332

1923    ordained deacon

1926    ordained elder

 

Interment: South Plymouth NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1948, 1007

 

1920-21           Ouaquaga

1921-23           East Worcester

1923-25           Mount Upton

1925-26           Cherry Ridge – Lakeville

1926-29           Jackson

1929-30           Sterling

1930-33           Harpursville

1933-37           Carley Brook

1937-39           Clifford

1939-40           Lakeville

1940                retired

 

SIMMONS, CLARENCE A.

 

Born: 1-28-1916  Rockland ME                                 married: Christina Krapf

Died: 10-29-1975  New York NY                              obit: [d. 1967]

                                                                                    married2: Betty Jacobs

1934    commissioned [ordained], Salvation Army    obit2:

 

Interment: Achorn Cemetery, Rockland ME

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1976, 222

 

1934-72           Salvation Army, mostly in Men’s Social Services

1972                retired

                             1973-75  Damascus, Wyoming Conference of the United Methodist Church

 

Note: Betty Simmons was also commissioned [ordained] in the Salvation Army and assisted at Damascus – actually finishing the 1974-75 conference year when Clarence’s health failed.

 

SIMMONS, EDWIN ARTHUR

 

Born: 10-8-1938  Bainbridge NY                               married: Susan Thrusher

Died: 10-9-2010  Tunkhannock PA                           obit:

 

1965    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1965    ordained deacon

1967    ordained elder

 

Interment: Lynn Cemetery, Springville PA

Obit: Susquehanna Conference2011, 406

 

1965-67           Lakeville

1967-70           Montdale

1970-71           Scranton Court Street

1971-73           Lake Winola

1973-78           Mehoopany (ending 9/1986)

1978-86           Dallas (starting 9/1986)

1989                retired

                            1989-90       Beaver Meadows (ending 8/31/1990)

                            1991-92       South Auburn

                            1992-98       Auburn

                            1998-01        Lemon

                            2001-05       Lemon – West Nicholson (ending 3/1/2005)

 

 

SIMONIN, MARY JEAN

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2000    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

2003    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2000-03           Maple Grove

2003-07           Center Moreland

2007-10           Apalachin First

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

2010-15           Apalachin First

                             2011-15      Whittemore Hill

2015-               Nichols – Tioga Center – Smithboro

 

 

SIMPKINS, SAMUEL C.

 

Born: 9-18-1854  Atlantic City NJ                             married: Mary E. Jackson

Died: 12-29-1910  Hawley PA                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1912, 138

 

1882    local preacher’s license, New Jersey Conference

1888    admitted on trial

1890    ordained deacon

1892    ordained elder

 

Interment: Honesdale PA, at least temporarily

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1911, 107

 

1888-90           Canaan

1890-95           Moscow

1895-00           Peckville

1900-07           Hawley

1907-08           Mount Upton

1908-09           Morris

1909                on leave

 

Note: Samuel C. Simpkins is the son of Isaac Simpkins, reportedly a pastor in the New Jersey Conference.   A biographical sketch of Samuel C. Simpkins appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 397.

 

 

SIMPSON, WILLIAM GLENN

 

Born: 11-4-1850  Inverary, Scotland                          married: Anna Moore

Died: 4-23-1918  Scranton PA                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1940, 823

 

1875    admitted on trial, Rocky Mountain Conference

?          ordained

 

Interment: Dunmore Cemetery, Dunmore PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1919, 141

 

1875-76           Silver City ID

1876                charter member of Columbia River Conference

1876-77           Silver City ID

1877-79           Boise City

1879-81           Walla Walla

1880                transfer to Oregon Conference

1880-82           East Portland

1881                transfer to Nevada Conference

1881-84           Virginia City

1883                transfer to Oregon Conference

1883-85           Eugene City

1885-86           Ashland

1886                transfer to Columbia River Conference

1886-90           The Dalles

1890-91           student, Drew Theological Seminary

1891                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1891-94           Oxford

1894-95           Binghamton High Street

1895-99           West Pittston

1899-02           Scranton Asbury

1902-08           Athen

1908-10           Ashley

1910-15           Jermyn

1915-17           Hawley

1917-18           Waymart (ending 4/23/1918)

 

Note: A biographical sketch of William G. Simpson appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 399.

 

 

SINGER, EDGAR BENTON

 

Born: 1-25-1866  White Haven PA                            married: Anna E. Fletcher

Died: 12-5-1938  Nicholson PA                                 obit: Wyoming Conference 1960, 263

 

1887    local preacher’s license, Schloyersville: Central Pennsylvania Conference

1897    admitted on trial

1897    ordained deacon

1901    ordained elder

 

Interment: Sidney Center NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1939, 588

 

1888-92           student, Wyoming Seminary

                            Glen Lyon (1 year, 3 months)

                            West Nanticoke (9 months)

1892-97           Wesleyan University

                            supply preacher

1897-98           Noxen

1898-01           Middlefield

1901-03           assistant, Scranton Elm Park, Scranton

1903-04           Great Bend

1904-05           Endicott

1905-08           Lehman

1908-11           Candor

1911-13           Sherburne

1913-15           Mount Upton

1915-17           Windsor

1917-21           Alderson

1921-22           Carverton (ending 9/1922; see 1923,99)

1922-27           Wanamie

1927-29           Foster – Brooklyn

1929-33           Scranton St. Paul’s

1933-34           Old Forge

1934-36           Lanesboro

1936                retired

 

Note: Edgar B. Singer is the father of Edgar F. Singer and the grandfather of Philip B. Singer.  A biographical sketch of Edgar B. Singer appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 401.

 

 

SINGER, EDGAR FLETCHER

 

Born: 10-9-1908  Binghamton NY                             married: Elneda Potter

Died: 5-27-2001  Vestal NY                                      obit: Wyoming Conference 2007, 181

 

1932    admitted on trial

1933    ordained deacon

1934    ordained elder

 

Interment: Nicholson Cemetery, Nicholson PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2001, 201

 

1933-34           Clifford

1934-36           associate, Christ Church at Wesleyan University

1936-37           Lake Ariel

1937-40           Nicholson

1940-43           Scranton Providence

1943-45           Honesdale

1945-61           Forty Fort

1961-66           Endicott First

1966-72           Endwell

1972-78           superintendent, Wilkes-Barre District

1978                retired

                            1979-80       Cooperstown (2/79 to 6/15/80)

                            1980-81       Mountaintop Christ (ending 1/1/81)

                            1981             Hawley (1/2/81 to 6/30/81)

                            1981-82       Clifford

                            1982-87       Nanticoke NY

                            1987-88       Windsor (9/27/87 to 6/26/88)

                            1988            Waverly (10/9/88 to 11/6/88)

                            1988            Cooperstown 11/27/88 to 12/11/88)

                            1989            Greene (1/15/89 to 6/25/89)

                            1989       Susquehanna (ending 9/30/89)

 

Note: Edgar F. Singer is the son of Edgar B. Singer and the father of Philip B. Singer.

 

SINGER, PHILIP BENTON

 

Born: 1-8-1946  Scranton PA                                     married: Beverly Snape

Died: 8-26-2001  Vestal NY                                      obit:

 

1976    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Nicholson Cemetery, Nicholson PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2002, 217

 

1976-77           associate, Criminal Justice Project

1977-80           North Fenton (beginning 8/77 and ending 1/80)

1980-01           chaplain, Broome County Council of Churches

2001                incapacity leave

 

Note: Philip B. Singer is the son of Edgar F. Singer and the grandson of Edgar B. Singer.  Before entering the ministry he had taught school and worked for the American Bar Association.  For the last several years, he had been serving as a part-time associate pastor at Binghamton Tabernacle UMC.

 

 

SIVERS, DOUGLAS L.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Joanne _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1968    admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

1968    ordained deacon

1972    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1968-70           student, Wesley Theological Seminary

1970-71           Flintstone

1971-74           associate, Cumberland Center Street

1974-76           Urbana

1976                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1976-78           Old Forge Stewart Memorial – First (ending 12/1978)

1978-81           Beach Lake (beginning 12/1978)

1981-89           Apalachin

1989-93           Vestal Calvary

1993-98           chaplain, Children’s Home

1998-00           director of clinical services, Children’s Home

2000-03           North Fenton

2003                retired

                            2005-06       Loyalville (beginning 1/15/2006)

    2010            transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

                            2014-15       Clarks summit (beginning 5/5/2015)

                            2015-16       Clarks Summit (beginning 11/8/2015)

                            2016-20       Montrose (beginning 8/8/2016)

                            2022-23       Endless Mountain [East Rush – Fairdale Community]

 

SIVERS, DOUGLAS R.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Teressa _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2006-08           director of emerging ministries, Hawley

 

Note: Douglas R. Sivers served as a local preacher.  Mrs. Sivers is an ordained member of the Wyoming Conference.

 

SIVERS, TERESSA M.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Douglas R. Sivers

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2001    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

2005    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2001-07           Lakeville

2008-10           Oneonta First

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

2010-18           Oneonta First

2018-               Ithaca St. Paul’s

 

Note: Mr. Sivers served as a local preacher in the Wyoming Conference.

 

SKEIRIK, ALBERT JOHN

 

Born: 8-3-1918  Marquette NE                                  married: Betsey Ross (1947)

Died: 3-7-2007  Brewster MA                                    obit: [10/17/1923 – 2/1/2010]

 

1945    admitted on trial

1947    ordained deacon

 

Interment: [cremated, ashes in front garden at Middleboro MA First UUC]

Obit:

 

1945-46           assistant, Binghamton Tabernacle

1948-48           student

1948-50           Guilford – Mt. Upton

1950-51           Mt. Upton

1951-54           student

1954                “transfer” to Congregational Church

1962                “transfer” to Unitarian Universalist Church

                        Sherborn MA First

                        Reading MA

                        Hollis NY

                        Middleboro MA First

1983                retired

 

Note: A. John Skeirik is the son of Habeeb John Skeirik.

 

 

SKEIRIK, HABEEB JOHN

 

Born: 7-14-1889  Elias Lebanon                                married: Adma Moghabghab

Died: 6-28-1958  Endwell NY                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1978, 235

 

1919    admitted on trial, Nebraska Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Bellevue Cemetery, Lawrence MA  [a.k.a. United Syrian Cemetery, Andover MA?]

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1978, 235

 

1919-25           student, Boston University School of Theology

                             Lowell MA

1925                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1925-27           Windham

1927-29           Kirkwood

1929-33           Tioga Center

1933-45           Binghamton Clinton Street

1945-50           Binghamton Plymouth

1950-54           Binghamton Plymouth – Vestal Center

1954-57           Choconut Center

1957                retired

 

Note: Habeeb John Skeirik is the father of A. John Skeirik and the son of Rev. Hanna John Skeirik (1858-1946), affiliation unknown.

 

SKELLET, WALTER WAYNE

 

Born: 10-22-1878  Scott Township PA                      married: Catherine E. Bodie

Died: 7-19-1954  Binghamton NY                             obit: [6/2/1882 – 6/26/1972]

 

1902    license, Free Will Baptist Church at Millport NY

1909    ordained elder, Central New York Conference

 

Interment: Vestal Hills Memorial Park, Vestal NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1955, 2066

 

1901-03           Tuscarora

1903-08           East Troy

1908                “transfer” to Central New York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1908-09           Burdett and Reynoldsville

1909-11           Union Valley

1911-12           Rutland [Roseville]

1912                located

1912-43           [see below]

1943                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1943-51           Hale Eddy

1951                retired

 

Note: Walter W. Skellet is a brother to Rev. John D. Skellet of the Baptist Church.  He served in the Wyoming Conference as a supply pastor.  Between 1913 and 1943 he is said to have supplied pulpits in “Pennsylvania, new York, New Jersey, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Nebraska, and South Dakota” and also to have done “Mission Work among the mountain people of Virginia and the Indians of the West.”

 

SKINNER, CHARLES DRAKE

 

Born: 8-31-1874  Milanville  PA                               married: Alberta Harding [6/10/1896]

Died: 6-14-1950  Chicago IL                                     obit: Genesee Conference 1924, 167

 

1904    ordained

 

Interment: Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago IL

Obit: Rock River Conference 1950, 180

 

1893-94           Noxen

1894-95           ?

1895-96           Plainsville

1898-03           student, Syracuse University

1903-04           East Solvay NY

1904-05           faculty, Syracuse University

                        Auburn NY

1908-15           president, Cazenovia College

                        Buffalo NY (where Mrs. Skinner died)

                        Tulsa OK

                        Kansas City MO

                        Indianapolis IN

                        LaGrange IL

 

Note: C.D. Skinner served in the Wyoming Conference while a student at Wyoming Seminary.   

 

SLAPINSKI, JAMES HAROLD

 

Born: 6-22-1928  Wilkes-Barre PA                            married: Josephine _____

Died: 5-14-2011  Mountain Top PA                          obit:

 

1964    admitted on trial

?          ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2011, 406

 

1954-57           Wallaceton, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1957-58           Skinners Eddy, Wyoming Conference

1958-63           Coventryville, Philadelphia Conference (ending 12/31/1962)

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

1964-67           Burnham

1967-79           located

1979-80           Forest City, Wyoming Conference

1980                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1980-83           Forest City

1983-89           not appointed

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

1993                retired

                             1993-97  Luzerne  

                             2010       transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: James H. Slapinski is a brother to Dorothy Slapinski Kramer, wife of George C. Kramer.  He served as a local preacher.         

 

SLATER, IRVING W.

 

Born: 11-26-1858  Garrattsville NY                          married: Eunice P. Nash [8/21/1881]

Died: 3-11-1952                                                          obit: [12/26/1866 – 7/3/1938]

                                                                                   

Interment: Until the Dawn Cemetery, Angelica NY

Obit:

 

1921-22           Triangle

1922-23           Little Meadow

 

Note: Irvin L Slater served as a supple preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

SLOAN, WILLIAM HAROLD

 

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

Died: 12-23-1972                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1992,363

 

1926    admitted on trial, Erie Conference

1927    ordained deacon

1931    ordained elder

 

Interment: Palms Memorial Park, Homestead FL

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1973, 286

 

1924-26           student, Bucknell University

                            Eatonville, Wyoming Conference

                            Johnson City NY [Ranshaw], Wyoming Conference

1926-29           Lander

1929-32           student, Garrett Biblical Institute at Evanston IL

                            1929-30  Chicago IL Adriel

                            1930-32  Stoughton WI First

1932-35           Linesville

1935-38           Cambridge Springs

1938-44           Fredonia NY

1944-49           Dubois Old First

1949-50           Erie Simpson

1950                transfer to New Jersey Conference

1950-53           Asbury Park Ballard Memorial

1953-54           East Falls, Philadelphia Conference

1954                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1954-57           Scranton Myrtle Street

1957-60           Nanticoke

1960-64           Athens

1964                retired to Florida

                            associate, Homestead First

                            Sanibel Island Community

 

Note: William H. Sloan was a student at Dickinson College 1921-24 and reportedly served student appointments in the Central Pennsylvania Conference.

 

 

SLOTH, EILEEN J.

 

Born:                                                                           married: William Cornwell

Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                    married2: Sven Sloth [2008]

1990    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2:

1991    ordained deacon

1993    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1990-97           Peckville

1997-01           Fly Creek

2001-07           Oneonta Elm Park

2007-10           Deposit

2010                charter member of Upper New York Conference

 

 

SMALL, KENNETH T.F.

 

Born:                                                                           married: DiAnn _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          license, Salvation Army

1983    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1985    ordained deacon

1988    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

                        Salvation Army

1982-83           Hartwick, Wyoming Conference of the United Methodist Church

1983                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1983-87           Hartwick (ending 7/31/1987)

1987-94           Binghamton Centenary (beginning 8/1/1987)

1994-01           Hawleyton and Conklin Forks

2005-07           Fairview

2007-10           Skinners Eddy

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-11           Skinners Eddy

2011                retired

                            2011-22       Bethany

                                                     2013-14      Prompton Community (ending 5/1/2014)

 

SMALLEY, ALBERT LUCIUS.

Born: 7-23-1843  Malone NY                                    married: Mrs. Angeline Fannie Redway Briggs

Died: 6-9-1907  Buffalo NY                                      obit: [9/3/1825 – 3/8/1894]

 

1867    admitted on trial, Northern New York Conference

1869    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo NY

Obit:

 

1867-70           Warner’s

1870-72           Fayetteville

1872-75           Oswego East

1875-78           Malone Centenary

1878-79           Ogdensburg First

1879                transfer to Wyomig Conference

1879-83           Waverly NY

1883-84           Scranton Hyde Park

1884-86           Binghamton Main Street

1886                located

 

Note: Mrs. Smalley [nee Redway] was the widow of a Mr. James W. Briggs, who died in 1860, and married Albert in 1866.

 

SMITH, CHARLES

 

Born: 5-10-1849  Howard NY                                   married: Mary E. Johnson

Died: 1-23-1904  Redlands CA                                  obit: [d. 1/6/1889]

                                                                                    married2: Sarah F. Depew

1876    license, Baptist Church                                   obit2: [1863 – 1918]

 

Interment: Hillside Memorial Park, Redlands CA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1904, 105

 

1882                Baptist Church, Almond NY

1885-91           Baptist Church, Harrison Valley PA

1891                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1891-96           Choconut Center

1896-99           Binghamton Oak Street

1899-03           New Milford

1903                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Charles Smith appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 402.

 

 

SMITH, CHARLES C.

           

Born: 10-27-1828  New Berlin NY                          married:
Died: 9-20-1860  Cherry Ridge PA                         obit:

 

1858    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference; recommended by Binghamton Court Street

 

Interment: Darling Cemetery, Cherry Ridge PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1861, 26

 

1858-59           Moscow

1859-60           Cherry Ridge

 

Note:  A brief biography of Charles C. Smith appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 245.

 

 

SMITH, CHARLES WESLEY

 

Born: 1-29-1876  Baysville IN                                   married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1901    admitted on trial, Wilmington Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1899-02           East New Market MD

1902-04           Hillsboro MD

1904                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1904-05           Binghamton Fairview

1905-06           suspended for one year, page 78 (see also pages 22, 30, 50)

1906-07           Newton

1907-08           Worcester

1908                withdrew, page 85

 

Note: Charles W. Smith is the son of Irving J. Smith.  He was last (1923) known to be living in Chicago.

 

 

SMITH, DeLOSS STERLING

 

Born: 12-54-1910                                                        married:

Died: 7-2-1987                                                            obit:

 

1934    admitted on trial

1935    ordained deacon

1938    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: West Ohio Conference 1988, 355

 

1934-36           student

1936-38           Springville

1938-42           Camptown

1942-48           Pleasant Mount (ending 6/15/1947)

1947                transfer to Ohio Conference (see 1948, 884)

1947-50           Racine

1950-53           North Lewisburg

1953-60           Linworth – Bethel

1960-61           Clarksburg

1961-64           Piketon

1964-65           Zanesville

1965-70           Pandora

1970-76           Vinton McArthur – Zaleski

1976                retired

 

 

SMITH, ERASTUS SR.

           

Born: 9-16-1809 NY                                                  married: Clarissa E. Landon
Died: 2-27-1885  Normal IL                                      obit: Wyoming Conference 1890, 87

 

1832    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington IL
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1887, 67

 

1832-33           Bethany and Honesdale

1833-34           Pittston

1834-35           Bridgewater

1836-37           Nichols

1837-39           Vestal

1839-41           Orwell

1841-43           Brooklyn

1843-44           Nichols

1844-46           Barton

1846-49           Northmoreland

1848-49           Pittston

1849-50           on leave

     1849-50  Northmoreland

1850-52           Springville

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-54           Beach Pond

1854-56           Waymart

1856-58           Newport

1858                retired

                             1884  transfer to Rock River Conference

                             supply, Rock River Conference

                             agent, American Bible Society

 

Note:  Erastus Smith is the father of Melville [“Melvin”] Cop Smith of the Central Illinois Conference (1835-1907), Erastus Herbert Smith (1842-1918) of the Nebraska Conference, and evangelists Elizabeth [“Libby”] Ann Smith (1837-1903) and Clarissa [“Casa”] Isabella Smith (1840-1914).  A brief biography of Erastus Smith appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 242.

 

 

SMITH, FRANK N.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Fannie Robbins (3/9/1893)

Died: before 1925                                                       obit: Wyoming Conference 1897, 91

 

1893    admitted on trial

1895   

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1889-91           Larksville

1891-93           West Nanticoke

1894-95           Askam

1895-97           Windsor

1897-98           Worcester

1898-99           Oakland

1899-00           Chenango Bridge

1900-01           on leave

1901                withdrew, to enter the Congregational ministry

1901-04           appears to be a Congregational minister without appointment

1904                Tintah MN

                       

He is no longer in Tintah in 1907 and appears to be living in Bozeman MT in 1905.

 

Note: Frank N. Smith is a brother to Howard D. Smith and to Alfred Smith (1852-1928) of the Wilmington Conference.  He attended Wyoming Seminary and was a student for one year (1892-93) at Drew Theological Seminary, whose 1905 alumni directory states he was from Templeville MD.

 

SMITH, HARRY EMERSON

 

Born: 11-16-1920  Idetown PA                                  married:

Died: 12-20-2000                                                        obit:

 

1942    license

1945    admitted on trial

1945    ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: California-Pacific Conference 2001, J-16

 

1945-47           Rome–Orwell

1947-48           student

1948-52           Union Center

1952-55           Chenango Bridge

1955-57           Plymouth

1957                transfer to California-Arizona Conference

1957-60           Thousand Oaks

1960-63           San Diego

1963-65           Paramcunt

1965-68           Santee – Vista

1968-70           Santa Ana St. Lukes

1970                retired

 

SMITH, HARRY HADLEY JR.

 

Born: 5-13-1936  St. Louis MO                                             married: Karel Ann Smith

Died: 9-8-2016                                                                        obit:

 

1955    license, Missouri West Conference

1959    admitted on trial

1959    ordained deacon

1961    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Missouri Conference 2017, ?

 

1955-57           Otterville

1957-58           Tipton – Fortuna

1958-59           no appointment

1969                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1959-62           New Milford

1962                transfer to Missouri East Conference

1962-65           Pacific

1965-69           associate, Kirkwood

1969-72           St. Louis Scruggs Memorial

1972-74           St. Louis Shaw Avenue

1974-82           Florissant St. Andrew – St. Louis North

                        Bellefontaine

                        director, Metro Ministry

                        St. Louis Lafayette Park

1999                retired

 

SMITH, HOWARD DAY

 

Born: 3-31-1859  Willow Grove DE                          married: Eva Salman

Died: 11-3-1933  Clifton Springs NY                        obit:

                                                                                    married2: Netta M. Litzenberger

1890    admitted on trial, Black Hills Mission Conf  obit2: Central New York Conference 1945,124

 

Interment: Ovid Union Cemetery, Ovid NY

Obit: Central New York Conference 1934, 525

 

1884-87           student, Wyoming Seminary

     1884-87      Plainsville

1887-90           student, Drew Theological Seminary

1890-92           Hot Springs SD

1892                transfer to West Wisconsin Conference

1892-95           Lancaster

1895-99           on leave

1899                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1899-01           Lehman

1901-03           Brooklyn

1903-05           New Milford

1905-09           on leave

                             1907-09      Hawleyton

1909-12           Hawleyton & Franklin Forks

1912-14           Vestal

1914                transfer to Central New York, page 60

1914-15           Sheldrake

1915-17           Ovid

1917-21           on leave

1921-23           Ovid

1923-26           conference evangelist

1926-28           Manchester

1928                retired

                            1928-32       Fairville

 

Note: Howard D. Smith is a brother to Frank N. Smith and to Alfred Smith (1852-1928) of the Wilmington Conference.  A biographical sketch of Howard D. Smith appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 402.

 

 

SMITH, IRVING JOHN

 

Born: 4-24-1849  Liberty Falls NY                            married: Georgia I. Boyce

Died: 3-31-1923  Chicago IL                                     obit: Wyoming Conference 1934, 405

 

1872    local preacher’s license, Clinton IN

1874    admitted on trial, North Indiana Conference

1876    ordained deacon, North Indiana Conference

1878    ordained elder, North Indiana Conference

 

Interment: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Sidney NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1923, 137

 

1874-76           Raysville

1876-77           Williamsburg

1877-79           Larwill

1879-81           Silver Lake

1881-84           La Fountain

1884-87           Mexico

1887                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1887-89           Danby

1889-92           Berkshire

1892-93           Taylorville

1893-97           Wyalusing

1897-99           Nichols

1899-01           Slaterville

1901-04           Meshoppen

1904-05           Newton

1905-10           Afton

1910-13           Sidney Center

1913-15           New Berlin

1915-17           Wells Bridge

1917                retired

 

Note: Irving J. Smith is the father of Charles Wesley Smith.  A biographical sketch of Irving J. Smith appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 403.

 

 

SMITH, JAMES A.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Dreama _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1999-08           West Chenango and Choconut Center

2008-09           West Chenango

2009-10           West Chenango Abbot

 

Note: James A. Smith served as a supply preacher.

 

 

SMITH, JOHN RANDOLPH

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1899    admitted on trial, Rock River Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

1898-01           student, Garrett Biblical Institute in Evanston IL

    1898-01  Evanston Wheadon (beginning 11/1898)

1901                transfer to Montana Conference

1902                transfer to Montana Conference

1902-04           Great Falls First

1904                transfer to North Nebraska Conference

1904-07           Omaha Trinity

1907                transfer to Indiana Conference

1907-08           Bedford

1908                withdrew

1908-11           First Congregational Church of Binghamton NY (beginning 9/13/1908)

1911                “transfer” from Congregational Church, page 54

1911-15           assistant, Binghamton Tabernacle

1916-17           on leave

1917                withdrew, page 64

 

Note: J. Randolph Smith reported worked for 5 or 6 years as a lawyer in Iowa before entering the ministry.  He completed his divinity school at Northwestern in Evanston IL and had a reputation as an orator and church builder.

 

 

SMITH, JOSEPH EDMUND

 

Born: 9-1-1830                                                            married: Carolene R. _____

Died: 12-6-1910  Washington DC                             obit: Wilmington Conference 1876, 43

 

1857    admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference

 

Interment: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington DC

Obit: Baltimore Conference 1911, 82

 

1857-58           ? circuit

1858-60           Kent Island MD

1860-61           Hampton DE

1861-62           Tilton MD

1862-64           Chestertown MD

1864-67           Philadelphia Fifth Street

1867-71           Philadelphia Twelfth Street

1871-74           Lancaster First

1874                transfer to Wilmington Conference

1874-77           Wilmington Grace

1877                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1877-80           Wilkes-Barre First

1880-83           Scranton Elm Park

1883                transfer to West Virginia Conference

1883-86           Wheeling Fourth Street

1886                transfer to Genesee Conference

1886-87           Buffalo Plymouth

1887                transfer to Minnesota Conference

1887-90           St. Paul Central Park

1890                transfer to New Jersey Conference

1890-95           Trenton State Street

1895                transfer to Baltimore Conference

1895-01           Baltimore Mount Vernon Place

1901-07           Washington DC Grace

1907-10           secretary, American Society of Religious Education

 

Note: Joseph E. Smith is the father of the Reverends Frederick William Smith and Herbert Scott Smith [who presided at the 1915 wedding of President Woodrow Wilson and Edith Galt], both of the Episcopal Church.  One source gives the maiden surname of Mrs. Smith as Edmundson, but that has not been verified.

 

 

SMITH, JOSEPH HENRY

 

Born: 8-1-1886  Smallthorne, England                      married: Mary Elizabeth Albertson

Died: 3-27-1968  Binghamton NY                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1948, 1025

                                                                                    married2: Honor Elizabeth Mulford

1913    admitted on trial                                              obit2: Wyoming Conference 1995,323

1917    ordained deacon

1919    ordained elder

 

Interment: Chenango Valley Cemetery, Binghamton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1968, 253

 

1913-17           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                            1913-17  Heart Lake

1917-18           Heart Lake

1918-21           Bethany

1921-24           Waymart

1924-29           Moscow

1929-30           Peckville

1930-37           Binghamton Centenary

1937-41           superintendent, Oneonta District

1941-43           superintendent, Binghamton District

1943-59           Binghamton Chenango Street

1959                retired

 

 

SMITH, LYSANDER

 

Born: 1878                                                                  married: Rozetta Matteson

Died: 1951                                                                  obit: [1879 – 1962]

 

1914    admitted on trial

?          ordained deacon

1918    ordained elder

 

Interment: Chenango Valley Cemetery, Binghamton NY

Obit:

 

1914-15           Slaterville

1915-18           Castle Creek

1918-19           Lisle

1919-20           Spencer

1920                withdrew, page 35

 

Note: Lysander Smith, in 1915, is described as “a former Binghamton newspaper man.”

 

SMITH, MELVILLE COX

 

Born: 8-14-1835  Waymart PA                                  married: Ellen Salome Reed

Died: 4-25-1907  Pasedena CA                                  obit: Central Illinois Conference 1901, 78

 

1860    admitted on trial, Rock River Conference

1862    ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

 

Interment: Sheldon Cemetery, Sheldon IL

Obit: Central Illinois Conference 1907, 76

 

1858-59           Newport

                        [23 years in the Rock River Conference]

1862-63           Paw Paw

1863-64           Freedom

1883-84           Charter Oak

1884                transfer to Central Illinois Conference

1886                retired

 

Note: Melville C. Smith is the son of Erastus Smith and the father of two deaconesses: Lois and Edith.  Named for the noted missionary Melville Cox, he served in the Wyoming Conference as a local preacher before entering the ordained ministry. 

 

 

SMITH, RALPH EDGAR JR.

 

Born: 8-10-1930  Galveston TX                                 married: Bondelyn Hope Spencer

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1955    license, North Texas Conference

1958    admitted on trial, North Texas Conference

1958    ordained deacon, North Texas Conference

1972    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1959-61           student

1961-62           not appointed

1962                discontinued

1971                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference (see 1971, 38)

1971-73           Bainbridge

1973-75           Pittston First (ending 6/3/1975)

1975                transfer to Southwest Texas Conference (see 1976, 139)

1975-77           Lometa

1977-81           Corpus Christi St. Peters

1981-82           Utopia

 

Note: As of 2014 Ralph E. Smith is a retired member of the Southwest Texas Conference.

 

SMITH, RUSSELL DENNY

 

Born: 12-23-1936  Salem NY                                    married: Joyce Lucille Raudenbush

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1960    admitted on trial

1961    ordained deacon

1962    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1960-62           Pleasant Mount

1962-69           Peckville

1969                transfer to Troy Conference

1969-73           Valley Falls – Melrose

1973-78           Schenectady Calvary

1978-82           Albany East Greenbush

 

 

SMITH, WELCOME

 

Born: 5-12-1825  Brooklyn PA                                  married: Teressa A. Sutton

Died: 7-8-1903  Redondo Beach CA                         obit: [5/27/1817 – 12/18/1863]

                                                                                    married2: Hannah Vandervoort (1863)

1856    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2: [1/?/1840 – 5/27/1925]

1858    ordained elder

1876    admitted on trial, Central New York Conference

 

Interment: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood CA

Obit:

 

1855-56           Flemingville

1856-57           Van Ettenville

1857-58           Caroline Center

1858-60           Barton

1860-62           Vestal

1862-63           Sanford

1863                expelled, page 8

                        …

1874                “transfer” to Central New York Conference

1874-79           Onondaga Indian Mission

1879                moved west, page 51

                        …

                        “transfer” to West Nebraska Mission

1884-85           Stockville

                        …

1895                moved to Redondo CA

 

Note: No specifications, or even indications that there was any discussion, are given for the 1863 expulsion.  While Welcome Smith was admitted on trial in the Central New York Conference in 1876, he is not considered to have been a member and is counted as a local preacher.  In Redondo, Welcome Smith owned a contracting business and served as a justice of the peace.  The first Mrs. Smith, whose name is also given as Theresa, is buried in the old cemetery in Brooklyn PA.

 

SMITH, WESLEY WOOD

           

Born: 9-15-1860  New Jersey                                     married: Lucia Maria Dewey [5/21/1884]
Died: 5-5-1920  Bakersfield VT                                 obit: [9/16/1860 – 11/20/1942]

 

1883    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1885    ordained deacon

1887    ordained elder

 

Interment: Weybridge Hill Cemetery, Weybridge VT
Obit:

 

1883-84           Plainsville

1884-86           Pleasant Valley

1886-89           Skinner’s Eddy

1889-93           Candor

1893-94           Taylorville

1894                “transferred” to the Congregational Church [1894,34 & 53]

1894-?             Portland CT First

?-03                 Gildersleve CT

1903-               Staffordville CT

                        Weybridge VT

 

Note:  Wesley W. Smith is the son of Young C. Smith.  His service record in the Congregational Church has not been accurately determined.  See 1894,47 for a resolution asking Go’d blessing on nhis new endeavor.

 

 

SMITH, WILLIAM  

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1853    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1853-54           Lackawaxen

1854-55           Lehman

1855                no longer listed

 

 

SMITH, WILLIAM HERD

 

Born: 3-21-1904  Philadelphia PA                             married: Margaret Kirkpatrick

Died: 9-12-1978                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1978, 237

 

Interment: Maplewood Evangekical Cemetery, Maplewood PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1979, 258

 

1950-51           Enon Valley Bible Presbyterian Church

1951-60           living in Bushkill PA

1960-76           Maplewood, Northeastern Conference (EV) EUB*

1970                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1970-76           Maplewood

1976                retired

                             1976-78      Maplewood

 

* The East Pennsylvania Conference (EV) of the EUB church merged into the Eastern Conference EUB in 1963 and became the Eastern Conference UM in 1968 before the new Pennsylvania UM Conferences were formed in 1970.

 

Note: William H. Smith served as a local pastor in the EUB and United Methodist Church. 


 

SMITH, WILLIAM MARTIN

 

Born: 8-20-1929  Endicott NY                                   married: Patricia Pomeroy

Died: 8-2-2011  Whitewater WI                                 obit:

 

?          admitted on trial

?          ordained deacon

1954    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1951-54           student, Drew Theological Seminary

    1952-54       Hornbeck – Ghent

1954-55           Hornbeck – Ghent

1955-57           Vestal Center

1957-60           student, Union Theological Seminary

                            1957-60       Hasbrouck Heights NJ

1960-63           student, Temple University at Philadelphia PA

1963-65           faculty, Marietta College at Marietta OH

1965                transfer to Ohio Conference

1965-94           faculty, Marietta College

1994                retired

 

 

SMITH, YOUNG C.

           

Born: 2-14-1820  New Berlin NY                              married: Mary Elizabeth Wood
Died: 10-19-1902  Carbondale PA                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1891, 82

 

1852    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1854    ordained local elder

 

Interment: Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1903, 103

 

1848-49           faculty, Deerfield Academy in Knoxville PA

1849-62           faculty, Wyoming Seminary

                            1859-60       Kingston

1862-63           president, Wyoming Seminary

1863-64           Carverton

1864-67           Wilkes-Barre Franklin Street

1867-70           Pittston

1870-72           Carbondale

1872-77           on leave

1877-78           Thompson

1878-79           Oneonta

1879-83           superintendent, Owego District

1883-86           Wyoming

1886-88           Parsons

1888-89           agent, Preachers’ Aid Society

1889-91           on leave

1891                retired

 

Note:  Young C. Smith is the father of Wesley W. Smith.  A brief biography of Young C. Smith appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 247.

 

 

SMYTH, WINFIELD SCOTT

 

Born: 10-22-1838  Franklin PA                                  married: Lavina Espy Line [1864]

Died: 8-5-1908  South Haven MI                               obit: [10/5/1839 – 4/3/1925]

 

1864    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference; recommended by Kingston

1866    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago IL

Obit:

 

1863-64           principal, Wyoming Commercial College

1864-67           faculty, Wyoming Seminary

1869-70           principal, Cazenovia Seminary

1870                transfer to Central New York Conference

1870-78           principal, Cazenovia Seminary

1878-80           book industry

1881-82           manager, Ginn & Company educational published in Chicago IL

1882                withdrew

1882-93           vice-president, D.C. Heath & Company educational publishers in Chicago IL

1893                retired

 

Note: Winfield Scott Smyth received a PhD from Syracuse University in 1876.  He was an 1863 graduate of Wesleyan University in Middleton CT and a trustee there 1871-82.

 

SNEDAKER, ANNETTE

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2009    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2009-10           Flemingville

2010                charter member Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Annette Snedaker served as a local preacher.

 

 

SNEDAKER, LYNN ELMO

 

Born: 6-13-1919  Endicott NY                                   married: Marietta Howard

Died: 12-7-1999                                                          obit: [9/6/1922 – 7/11/2009]

 

1978    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Vestal Hills Memorial Park, Vestal NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2000, 317

 

1969-74           Litchfield

1974-78           Berkshire

1978-79           associate, Endicott First

1979-81           Unadilla

1981                Hawley (ending 11/1/1981)

1981-82           on leave (beginning 11/1/1981)

    1981-82       Halsey Valley

1982-83           Westover

1983-87           Tioga Center

1987                retired

    1987-92       West Chenango

    1992-95       Westover (beginning 10/1/1992)

                            1999            Lounsberry (2/1/1999 – 12/7/1999)

 

Note: L. Elmo Snedaker work for IBM for 30+ years before entering the ministry.

 

SNELL, ELIJAH

 

Born: 1-25-1825  Sanford NY                                    married: Betsy Denning Ely

Died: 10-23-1901  Jessup PA                                     obit: [11/6/1831 – 9/21/1911]

 

1876    ordained elder

 

Interment: Rush Center Memorial Park, Susquehanna County PA

Obit:

 

Note: The 1876 journal, page 12, reports that Elijah Snell of the Wesleyan Methodist Church was recognized as an elder in the Methodist Episcopal Church.  That same journal, page 46, lists him as a local preacher living in Little Meadows PA.  He apparently never served under appointment.

     Dr. Elijah Snell MD was a very active Methodist all his life and preached regularly in the Rush township area, where he was one of the first trustees of the Rush Center church.

 

SNOWDEN, SAMUEL GUY

 

Born: 9-29-1868  Baltimore MD                                married:

Died: 5-4-1920  Trenton NJ                                       obit:

 

1893    admitted on trial

1894    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore MD

Obit:

 

1893-95           Port Crane

1895-97           Westford

1897-99           Moscow

1899-01           Nichols

1901-03           Great Bend

1903                withdrew to join the Presbyterian ministry

1903-07           Conemaugh PA

1907-12           ?

1912-1920       Trenton NJ Princeton Avenue

 

Note: Samuel G. Snowden graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1890 and from Drew Theological Seminary in 1893.  It appears that he never married.

 

SNYDER, AUGUSTUS H.

 

Born: 7-5-1850  Pitman PA                                        married: Pauline Madara

Died: 4-10-1917  Allentown PA                                obit: Wyoming Conference 1914, 117

 

1884    admitted on trial, Evangelical Association

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Tamaqua PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1917, 123

 

Fleetwood

Tamaqua

Lansford

Schuylkill Haven

Wilkes-Barre

1906-07           Allentown Seibert

1907                no longer listed

1908                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1908-14           secretary, Luzerne County Sunday School Association

1914-17           Plainsville

 

SNYDER, BARBARA J. (BOUTON)

 

Born:                                                                           married: Frederick Snyder

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1993    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1993    ordained deacon

1996    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1993-98           Forest City

1998-01           Pittston

2001-08           Carbondale

2008-10           Waverly PA

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-13           Waverly

2013-14           Waverly New Hope Trinity (= Waverly, East Benton, Montdale)

2014-20           Beach Lake

2020-23           unappointed

 

Note: Barbara J. Bouton Snyder is married to Frederick Snyder.  She is the daughter of David W. Bouton, granddaughter of Leon W. Bouton, and great-granddaughter of Webster M. Bouton.

 

SNYDER, FREDERICK CHARLES II

 

Born:                                                                           married: Barbara J. Bouton

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1998    license, recomme3nded by Myrtle Street

2011    license, Susquehanna Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1998-02           Factoryville

2002-07           Dunmore & Jermyn

2007-11           not appointed

2011                “transfer” to Susquehanna Conference

2011-14           Scranton Court Street

2014-15           Common Thread Community of Faith (= Hamlin, Lake Ariel, Lakeville, Maplewood)

2015-18           Lake Ariel – Lakeville

2018-20           Hancock NY Emory

2020                Port Royal – Matamoras – Locust Run – Thompsontown (ending 9/30/2020)

2020-21           LaAnna (beginning 10/1/2020)

2021-22           Mehoopany

2022                retired

                             2022-23      Carbondale – East Benton

 

Note: Frederick C. Snyder is married to Barbara Bouton Snyder.  He served as a local pastor.

 

SNYDER, GEORGE SINCLAIR

 

Born: 8-7-1914  Mount Vernon IA                            married: Dorothy Dale [1942]

Died: 12-17-1999  Rogers R                                      obit: [1912-1983]

                                                                                    married2: Ruth Wells [1984]

1943    admitted on trial                                              obit2: [Iowa Conference 2005, 354]

1943    ordained deacon

1945    ordained elder

 

Interment: Jackson Township Cemetery, Montezuma IA

Obit: Iowa Conference 2000, 86

 

1943-44           Courtdale – Larksville

1944-47           Huntsville

1947                transfer to Iowa Conference

1947-52           Des Moines Eaton Place

1952-52           Leon – Decatur

1956-62           Montezuma

1962-68           Villisca

1968-75           Waoello

1975-79           Algona

1979                retired

 

Note: George S. Snyder is the son of Jacob J. Snyder (1880-1949) of the North Iowa Conference.

 

SNYDER, HENRY L.

 

Born: 5-21-1872  Girdland PA                                   married: Elizabeth Swartz

Died: 9-18-1939                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1957, 568

 

1922    admitted on trial

?          ordained deacon

1926    ordained elder

 

Interment: Forest Hills Cemetery, Scranton PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1940, 818

 

                        Decatur

                        Masonville

                        Chenango Forks

1922-23           Wells Bridge

1923-24           Lanesboro

1924-26           Newton

1926-28           Sidney Center

1928-32           Gouldsboro

1932-33           New Milford

1933-34           Hop Bottom – Brooklyn

1934-35           Thompson

1935                retired

 

SNYDER, IVAN LOTT

 

Born: 6-22-1875  Waverly PA PA                             married: Lydia “Lida” Addie McRill
Died: 7-13-1955  West Wyoming PA                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1946, 458

                                                                                    married2: Margaret Sutton Reed

1895    license, recommended by Wilkes Barre         obit2:

1903    admitted on trial, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1904    ordained deacon, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1905    ordained elder, Central Pennsylvania Conference

 

Interment: Wyoming Cemetery, Wyoming PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1956, 254

                       

1895-99           student, Wyoming Seminary

                             1897-99      Larksville

1900-03           student, Drew University in Madison NJ

                             1901-03      supply in Newark Conference

1903-05           Lewisberry-Lisburn

1905-06           Marysville

1906-08           Clearville

1908-10           Vira

1910-11           Rouzerville

1911                transfer to West Wisconsin Conference

1911-13           Hixton

1913                Montfort

1913                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1913-14           Rush

1914-17           Carverton

1917-19           Rendham-Old Forge

1919-20           Old Forge

1920-21           Hawley

1921-26           New Milford

1926-29           Waymart

1929-31           Throop

1931-36           Luzerne

1936-38           West Nanticoke

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 of the Central Pennsylvania Conference, page 42.  The maiden name of the first Mrs. Snyder is also given as MacRill and McKrill.  Her father is a cousin to Franklin P. Doty (they both being grandchildren of a Mr. Benjamin Alling) and her mother is the granddaughter of Oliver G. Lewis, an uncle to Joshua S. Lewis.

 

SNYDER, JOHN MOORE

 

Born: 4-26-1807  Otsego County NY                        married: Charlotte D. Clarke

Died: 2-2-1875  Lanark IL                                         obit: [d. 1840]                                                                                                                                                 married2: Sabra A. West

1827    admitted on trial, Genesee Conference           obit2: [4/26/1817 – 1/11/1902]

1829    ordained deacon, Oneida Conference

1831    ordained elder, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Lanark City Cemetery, Lanark IL

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1875, 41

 

1827-28           Camden circuit

1828-29           Lebanon circuit

1829                charter member of Oneida Conference

1829-30           Lebanon circuit

1830-31           Norwich

1831-32           on leave

1832-33           Auburn circuit

1833-35           New York Mills

1835-36           Wilkes-Barre circuit

1836-39           superintendent, Susquehanna District

1839-41           New York Mills         

1841-43           Camillus

1842-47           superintendent, Susquehanna District

1847-52           superintendent, Newark District

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-56           located

1856-57           Waverly and Factoryville

1857-59           Wilkes-Barre

1859-61           North Danby

1861-62           Carbondale

1862                located

 

SNYDER, MARGARET E.

 

Born: 7-3-1946  PA                                                    married: Thomas J. Snyder

Died: 1-4-2021  Accord NY                                       obit: Susquehanna Conference 2012, 301

 

1991    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1996    ordained deacon

2000    ordained elder

 

Interment: [cremated]

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2021, 368

 

1991-95           Mehoopany (beginning 1/1/1991)

1995-01           Scranton Myrtle Street

2001-03           Cooperstown

2003-06           Duryea

2006-10           Shavertown

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-13           Shavertown

2013                retired

 

Note: Margaret E. Snyder is married to Thomas J. Snyder.  She is commonly known as M. Lynn Snyder.

 

 

SNYDER, THOMAS JAMES

 

Born: 5-26-1929  Scott Township PA                        married: Elizabeth A. Rhodes

Died: 7-21-2011  Pittston PA                                     obit: Wyoming Conference 1979, 259

                                                                                    married 2: Margaret E. Gatti

1948    license                                                             obit2: Susquehanna Conference 2021, 368

1966    ordained local deacon

1968    ordained local elder

1969    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Tompkinsville Cemetery, Tompkinsville PA

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2012, 301

 

1948-56           West Nicholson (beginning 4/1948)

1956-57           (not appointed)

1957-66           West Nicholson (ending 12/31/1965)

1966-69           Gibson (beginning 1/1/1966)

1969-76           Scranton Providence

1976-81           Scranton Providence – Court Street

1981-84           Chinchilla (ending 1/15/1984)

1984-85           on leave (beginning 1/15/1984)

1985-86           Nanticoke – West Nanticoke

1986-95           Nanticoke

1995                retired

                            1996-98       Throop (beginning 8/1/1996)

                            1998-01       Throop – Scranton St. Paul’s

                            2002-04       Schenevus

                            2004-05       Loyalville (ending 11/8/2005)

 

Note: Thomas J. Snyder is married to Margaret (Lynn) Snyder.  He was ordained a full elder in 1972.

 

 

SOLLER, JAMES P.

 

Born: 2-8-1934                                                            married: Loretta _____

Died: 2-1-2012                                                            obit:

 

1991    license

 

Interment: Woodlawn Cemetery, Great Bend PA

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2012, 302

 

1991-93           Hale Eddy (beginning 11/1/1991)

1993-94           McClure NY

1994-97           Thompson

1997-01           West Nicholson

2001                retired

    2010  transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Jim Soller retired from IBM in 1991 before entering the ministry.

 

 

SOURS, STEPHEN B.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Sarah _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2001    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

2004    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2001-04           minister to youth, American Church in Paris

2004-10           student, Duke University

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-11           student, Duke University

2011-13           Mountaintop Christ

2013-15           faculty, Huntingdon College in Alabama

 

Note: Stephen Sours is married to Sarah Sours in the Susquehanna Conference database.

 

SOUTHWORTH, JOSEPH S.

 

Born: 9-7-1840  Edmeston NY                                  married: Mary Ellen. Robinson

Died: 1-12-1917  Norwich NY                                   obit: [6/1846 – 6/24/1939]

 

1874    admitted on trial

1876    ordained deacon

1878    ordained elder

 

Interment: Union Cemetery, Edmeston NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1917, 115

 

1874-76           Laurens

1876-77           Sidney Plains

1877-79           Morris

1879-81           Westford

1881-82           Middlefield

1882-86           on leave

1886-89           Plymouth NY

1889-91           Fly Creek

1891-96           on leave

1896                retired to engage in the mercantile business in Norwich NY

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Joseph S. Southworth appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 405.

 

SOUTHWORTH, REUBEN S.

           

Born: 2-?-1818  New Lisbon NY                               married: Jane Trumbull
Died: 12-10-1875  Litchfield PA                               obit: Wyoming Conference 1890, 89

 

1851    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Evergreen Cemetery, Cazenovia NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1876, 47

 

1851-52           Richmondville

1852-53           Smyrna

1853-55           Bainbridge

1855-57           Warren

1857-58           Deansville

1858-60           Sangerfield

1860-61           Augusta

1861-62           Knox Corners

1862-64           Lowell

1864-66           Schuyler’s Lake

1866-69           Exeter

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1869-72           Masonville

1872-74           Schuyler’s Lake

1874-75           Litchfield

 

Note:  Reuben S. Southworth is a brother to William Southworth (1816-1891) of the Free Methodist Church and an uncle to William’s son Charles H. Southworth (1844-?), also of the Free Methodist Church.  The birthdate of Mrs. Southworth, not given in her obituary, is 5/23/1816.  A brief biography of Reuben S. Southworth appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 248.  The maiden name of Mrs. Southworth is also given as Turnbel, but Trumbull appears to be correct.

 

 

SOUTHWORTH, SAMUEL

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

Note: Samuel Southworth had a card in the Wyoming Conference files, but there was no other information.

 

SPANGENBERG, BRADFORD BROOKS

 

Born: 1-8-1937                                                            married: Geraldine Woodbury

Died: 5-21-2019  Johnson City NY                            obit: [1932 – 1996]

 

1959    admitted on trial, recommended by Binghamton Boulevard

1960    ordained deacon

1961    ordained elder

 

Interment: Salem Cemetery, Unityville PA

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2020, 345

 

1959-64           student

1965-66           South Sterling

1966-69           faculty, Connecticut College

1969-77           faculty, Temple University

1977-78           on leave

1978                transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference (8/1/1978)

1978-82           Unityville

1982-83           Fairview

1983-86           Farragut – Fairfield

1986-91           Millville

1991-92           on sabbatical

1992-96           Heshbon Park – Eagle

1996-97           West Milton

1997                retired

 

 

SPANGENBERG, HARRY ALAN

 

Born: 6-19-1916  Carbondale PA                               married: Gladys Jones

Died: 12-2-1978  Wilkes-Barre PA                            obit:

                                                                                    married2: Dorothy Nichols

1959    license                                                             obit2:

1961    ordained deacon                                              married3: Betty Jean Flomsbee [Solmsbee?]

1963    ordained elder                                                 obit3:

 

Interment: Canaan Corners Cemetery, Waymart PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1979, 260

 

1959-62           Willet

1962-65           Litchfield

1965-68           West Nanticoke

1968-74           Ashley

1974-78           Plymouth

 

Note: Harry A. Spangenberg served as a supply preacher until being admitted to the itinerancy in 1967.

 

 

SPENCER, DAVID SMITH

 

Born: 1-31-1854  Lemon PA                                      married: Mary Ann Pike

Died: 10-31-1929  Pasadena   CA                              obit: Wyoming Conference 1943, 619

 

1882    admitted on trial, Detroit Conference

 

Interment: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale CA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1930, 348

 

1883                transfer to Wyoming Conference and appointed missionary to Japan

1883-87           faculty, Philander Smith Biblical Institute in Tokyo

1887-93           principal, Chinzei Gakuin in Nagasaki

1893-00           superintendent, Nagoya District

1900-04           superintendent, Tokyo District

1904-08           USA deputation work for Missionary Board

1908-13           general manager, Methodist Publishing House in Tokyo

1913-20           missionary in charge, Nagoya

1920-21           USA deputation work, Interchurch World Movement

1921-28           missionary in charge, Kumamoto

1928                retired

 

Note: David S. Spencer is nephew to Francis S. Spencer and a brother to John Oakley Spencer and to Alice Spencer Wilcox, wife of William S. Wilcox.  He is the father of missionary to Japan Robert Steward Spencer (1888 – 1953) of the Newark Conference.

 

SPENCER, FRANCIS S.

           

Born: 6-22-1820  Springville PA                   married: Katherine King [9/1/1849]
Died: 9-18-1862  Lanesboro PA                    obit: [b. c1832]

 

1848    local preacher’s license, Springville circuit

1852    ordained local deacon

1855    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1858    ordained elder

 

Interment: Lynn Cemetery, Springville PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1863, 8

 

1854-55           Cheholo

1855-57           Sanford

1857-58           Salem

1858-58           Bethany

1859-61           Mount Pleasant

1861-62           Page Brook

1862                Lanesboro

 

Note:  Francis S. Spencer is an uncle to David S. Spencer and John O. Spencer and to Alice Spencer Wilcox, wife of William S. Wilcox.  A brief biography of Francis S. Spencer appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 246.

 

 

SPENCER, JOHN OAKLEY

 

Born: 7-11-1857  Lemon PA                                      married: Almeda Ruth [Rosalie] Cushman

Died: 5-24-1947  Baltimore MD                                obit: [9/11/1859 – 5/14/1900]

                                                                                    married2: Susan Van Pelt

1883    admitted on trial, Colorado Conference         obit2:

 

Interment: Lynn Cemetery, Springville PA

Obit: Baltimore Conference 1947, 203

 

1883                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1884                transfer to Japan Conference

1884-99           faculty, Tokyo Anglo-Japanese College

                        student, Columbia University

                        principal, Hudson River Institute in Claverstock NY

1902-37           president, Morgan College in Baltimore MD

 

Note: J.O. Spencer is a nephew of Francis S. Spencer and a brother to David S. Spencer and to Alice Spencer Wilcox, wife of William S. Wilcox..  He is the author of Student Life in Nippon and co-author of at least one edition of Merrill’s noted Digest of Methodist Law. 

 

SPENCER, SAMUEL W.

           

Born: 8-1-1836  Wantage NJ                                      married: Florence A. Sanders
Died: 6-3-1893  Mount Pleasant MI                           obit: Wyoming Conference 1948, 1027

 

1873    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Riverside Cemetery, Mount Pleasant MI
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1894, 82

 

1873-74           Broome

1874-75           Lanesboro

1875-77           Hawleyton

1877-79           Sanford

1879-81           on leave

1881-82           Rileyville

1882-83           Canaan

1883-85           Narrowsburg

1885                retired

 

Note:  Samuel W. Spencer is reported to be the son of a Baptist minister Rev. William Spencer (dates undetermined).   A brief biography of Samuel W. Spencer appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 248.

 

SPERING, RICHARD S.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Janice

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2002    license, recommended by East Rush

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2003-04           Newport

                            2003-04 Nanticoke (beginning 12/1/2003)

2004-05           Newport and Nanticoke (ending 9/15/2005)

2005-10           Fairdale (beginning 9/15/2005)

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-13           Fairdale

2013    retired

                 2013-15      Hop Bottom

 

Note: Richard S. Spering served as a local preacher.

 

 

SPERRY, AARON C.

           

Born: 3-24-1821  Alford MA                                     married: Abigail Culver
Died: 8-18-1894  Whitney’s Point NY                      obit: Wyoming Conference 1905, 118

 

1849    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

1853    ordained elder

 

Interment: Lisle Cemetery, Lisle NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1895, 82

 

1849-50           Ames

1850-51           Berkshire

1851-52           Vestal

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-53           Conklin

1853-54           Conklin and Loderville

1854-56           Maine

1856-57           Page Brook

1857-59           Castle Creek

1859-61           Lisle and Whitney’s Point

1861-63           Little Meadows

1863-66           Brooklyn

1866-68           Rome

1868-70           Orwell

1870-73           Harford and South Gibson

1873-74           West Nicholson

1874-75           Osborne Hollow

1875-76           Chenango

1876-78           North Fenton

1878-81           Whitney’s Point

1881-83           Chenango Forks

1883-85           Triangle

1885-87           Willet

1887-89           Oakland

1889                retired

 

Note:  Aaron C. Sperry is reported to be a cousin to Lyman Sperry.  A brief biography of Aaron C. Sperry appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 249.

 

 

SPERRY, LYMAN

           

Born: 12-15-1808  Alford MA                                   married: Amanda K. Robertson
Died: 5-18-1892  Unadilla NY                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1891, 81

 

1828    exhorter’s license

1829    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

1832    ordained deacon

1834    ordained elder

 

Interment: Unadilla NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1893, 86

 

1829-30           Sharon

1830-32           Chenango

1832-34           Cherry Valley

1834-36           Springfield

1836-38           Oxford

1838-40           Norwich

1840-42           Sauquoit

1842-44           Oxford

1844-45           agent, Wesleyan University

1845-46           Cazenovia

1846-50           superintendent, Otsego District

1850-54           superintendent, Oneida District

1854-56           Unadilla

1856-57           on leave

1857-58           Unadilla mission

1858-60           on leave

1860-61           Mount Upton

1861-63           on leave

1863-65           Bainbridge

1865-66           Sidney

1866-67           Bainbridge

1867-68           Sherburne

1868-69           Guilford

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1869-71           Guilford

1871-73           on leave

1873                retired

 

Note:  Lyman Sperry is reported to be a cousin to Aaron C. Sperry.  A brief biography of Lyman Sperry appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 250.

 

SPRAGUE, LEVI L.

 

Born: 12-23-1844  Beekman NY                               married: Jennie E. Russell

Died: 3-6-1936                                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1922, 127

 

1874    admitted on trial

1876    ordained deacon

1878    ordained elder

 

Interment: Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1936, 851

 

1868-82           faculty, Wyoming Seminary

1882-36           president, Wyoming Seminary

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Levi L. Sprague appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 405.

 

 

SPROULE, JOSEPH 

 

Born: 5-28-1896  County Tyrone, Northern Ireland              married: [never married]

Died: 1-21-1969  Easton PA                                                  obit:

 

1924    license, Philadelphia Conference

 

Interment: Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1969, 251

 

1924-27           Collingdale

1927-29           Malvern

                        “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1956-61           Lanesboro

1961                retired

 

Note: Joseph Sproule is an uncle to Rev. Thomas Sproule (1920-2010) of the Presbyterian Church and served as a local preacher in both the Philadelphia and Wyoming Conferences.  He never married, and the Sproule females buried with him are his mother and his sister.  He apparently was affiliated with the Methodist Church in Dallas PA in the early 1950’s, although there is no record of him as a pastor, supply, or local preacher there.

 

 

STACKHOUSE, RICHARD W.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Cathy ­­­­­_____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2003    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2003-05           Hornbrook and Union Corners

2005-10           Hartwick

 

Note: Richard W. Stackhouse served as a local preacher.

 

 

STAFFORD, HAROLD L.

 

Born: 3-14-1919                                                          married: Cleona M. _____

Died: 4-1-1998                                                            obit: [1917 – 2001]

 

1960    admitted on trial, West Ohio Conference

1960    ordained deacon, West Ohio Conference

1963    ordained elder, West Ohio Conference

 

Interment: New Caledonia Cemetery, Caledonia OH

Obit:

 

1955-57           Hunstville – Bloom Center

1957-59           Spencerville circuit

1959-60           Narrowsburg, Wyoming Conference

1960-63           student

1963-66           Perry

1966-69           Monroe

1969-71           Fayette

1971-74           Toledo Central

1974-79           Toledo Point Place

1979-80           Ashville

1980-81           New Bloomington – Meeker

1981-82           Cincinnati Norwood - Grace 

 

 

STALL, ROBERT A.

 

Born: 1-4-1899  Cottekill NY                                    married: Wilhelmina Uthe

Died: 12-29-1967                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1966, 262

 

1945    ordained local deacon

1947    ordained local elder

 

Interment: Grove Cemetery, Coeymans NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1968, 254

 

1944-46           Greene

1946-52           Hawleyton

1952-59           New Milford

1959-64           Bethany

1964                retired to Johnson City NY

 

Note: Robert A. Stall retired to Johnson City NY.  Mrs. Stall had been the widow of a Mr. Grover C.. Gedney.

 

STANG, WILLIAM HENRY

 

Born: 12-20-1851  Russell Hill PA                            married: Mabel Allen

Died: 9-1-1934  Shavertown PA                                obit: Wyoming Conference 1940, 825

 

1883    ordained local deacon

1884    admitted on trial

1884    ordained deacon

1888    ordained elder

 

Interment: Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1935, 636

 

1883-85           Randolph

1885-86           Thompson

1886-88           Exeter and Schuyler's Lake

1888-93           Auburn

1893-98           Skinner's Eddy

1898-01           Little Meadows

1901-03           Spencer

1903-08           Shavertown

1908-12           Camptown

1912-16           Falls

1916                retired

                             1917-19      Springville

                             1919-21      Centermoreland

 

Note: A biographical sketch of William H. Stang appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 406.

 

STANLEY, HENRY 

 

Born: 1826                                                                  married: Emeline Simpson

Died: 4-23-1898                                                          obit: [4/29/1830 – 4/6/1920]

 

1857    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1859    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Old Daleville Cemetery, Daleville PA

Obit:

 

1857-58           Springville

1858-59           Dundaff

1859-60           Moscow

1860-61           Ararat

1861-62           Paupack

1862                located

 

Note: Henry Stanley moved to Turnersville, 3 miles south of Moscow, in 1868 and is reported to have preached there every other week (when the itinerate was elsewhere on the charge) for almost 30 years.

 

STANLEY, NANCY J.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2006    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2006-09           Santiaria Springs and Port Crane

2009-10           Sanitaria Springs

2010                charter member Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Susan J, Stanley served as a local preacher.

 

STANTON, WILLIAM HENRY III

 

Born: 3-9-1936  Binghamton NY                               married: Betty Anne Foote

Died: 10-22-2000                                                        obit:

 

1960    admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment: Chenango Valley Cemetery, Binghamton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2001, 202

 

                        assistant, Endwell

                        Harford and Harford Mills

1960-62           student, Wesley Theological Seminary

                             1960-62      youth pastor, Kensington MD

1962-63           New Milford

1963-65           student, University of Southern California

1965-68           Berkshire

1968-70           Athens

1970-71           Binghamton High Street

1971-72           sabbatical leave

1972-78           Vestal

1978                retired

 

 

STAPLES, GIRARD L.

 

Born: 1840                                                                  married:

Died: 4-26-1866                                                          obit:

 

1855    ordained local deacon

1855    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Delaware Water Gap Cemetery, Delaware Water Gap PA

Obit:

 

 

1855-56           Lehigh

1856-57           Rome

1858                no longer listed

 

Note: Girard L. Staples served as a private in Company K of the 6th PA Regiment.  This may be the G.L. Staples who lived in White Haven and was a justice of the peace in 1851 and 1857.

 

STAPLES, JOHN L.

 

Born: 4-1-1814                                                            married: Anna _____

Died: 3-22-1898                                                          obit: [1/3/1811 -11/24/1877]

 

1855    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Stroudsburg Cemetery, Stroudsburg PA

Obit:

 

1855-56           Brooklyn

1858-59           Stoddartsville and Port Jenkins

                        chaplain, US  Army

 

Note: John L. Staples was a wheelwright who also served as a local preacher and a Civil War chaplain.  Chaplain John L. Staples is described* as “an old-fashioned shouting Methodist from Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, whose son John Summerfield Staples (1845-1888) was President Lincoln’s representative recruit.”  Port Jenkins is between Bear Creek and White Haven.

 

*Faith in the Fight: Civil War Chaplains, by John W. Brinsfield, page 25; The Christian Advocate, 2/8/1906, page 11.

 

STEELE, RUSSELL ROLAND

 

Born: 4-26-1901  Mooretown PA                              married: Dorothy Karschner

Died: 10-8-1984                                                          obit:

 

?          local preacher’s license, Free Methodist Church

 

Interment: Maple Grove Cemetery, Pike’s Creek PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference

 

                        Mooretown

1965-82           Outlet Bible Tabernacle (independent)

 

Note: Russell R. Steele supplied Mooretown when it was without a pastor and was honored in 1984 for over 45 years as a local preacher serving as needed in his region of the Wyoming Conference.  He worked for the Wilkes-Barre Transit Company for 42 years.  Mrs. Steele is the daughter of Lloyd W. Karschner.

 

STEELMAN, ISAAC NEWTON

 

Born: 11-16-1859  Georgetown PA                           married: Carrie E. Ball

Died: 1943                                                                  obit: [1869 – 1966]

 

1885    license, Baptist

 

Interment: Fairview Cemetery, Williamstown NY

Obit:

 

1887-88           Providence [Scranton PA] Baptist (1/9/887 – 10/31/1888)

1897                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1897-99           Salem

1899-00           Forest City

1900-01           Gilbertsville

1901                withdrew

 

Note: I. Newton Steelman graduated from Colgate in 1892.  He was one of three brothers, all of whom entered the Baptist ministry – the others being Henry Bolton Steelman (1855 - 1912) and Albert Judson Steelman.

 

STEFFENSEN, LORI J.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Ted Gabriel

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1998    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1998    ordained deacon

2000    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1998-02           Gouldsboro

2002-08           Clarks Green

2008-10           Trucksville

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-11           Trucksville

2011-19           superintendent, State College District

2019-23           Fairbrook

                             2019-22      Ross (ending 5/24/2022)

 

Note: Lori J. Steffensen is a brother to Rev. Ernest A. Steffensen of the Assembly of God denomination.  Ted Gabriel is a local preacher in the Wyoming Conference.

 

STEPHENS, DANIEL GRIGG

 

Born: 1848                                                                  married: Arthetta Nelson

Died: 8-30-1924  Portland OR                                   obit: [1859 – 2/7/1939]

 

1879    admitted on trial

1881    ordained deacon

1883    ordained elder

 

Interment: River View Cemetery, Portland OR

Obit: Oregon Conference 1924, 80

 

1879-81           Rileyville

1881-84           Stoddardsville

1884-86           Sterling

1886-89           on leave

1889                located

                        “transfer” to Oregon Conference

1896-97           Drain

 

Note: Daniel G. Stephens is a brother to Joseph G. Stephens and Simon Stephens – the three of whom came together to America in 1869.

 

STEPHENS, JOSEPH GRIGG

 

Born: 1850  Cornwall, England                                  married: Catherine (Jessica) Blaker (1876)

Died: 12-22-1920                                                        obit: [1856 –  4/1/1948]

 

1875    admitted on trial

1877    ordained deacon

1879    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1874-75           Yatesville

1875-76           Carley Brook

1876-77           Thompson

1877-80           Union

1880-83           Herrick Center

1883-86           Clifford

1886-87           Harpursville and Nineveh

1887-88           Westford

1888-89           on leave

1889                located

1891-93           Mace, North-West Indiana Conference

1893                “transfer” to North-West Indiana Conference

1893-94           Mace

1894-97           Crawfordsville

1897                appointed by President McKinley consul at Plymouth, England

1897-19           consul, Plymouth England

 

Note: Joseph G. Stephens is a brother to Daniel G. Stephens and Simon Stephens – the three of whom came together to America in 1869.  He is the founder of the Stephens Tin Mining, Milling and Manufacturing Company of Scranton.  He was appointed consul at Plymouth by President McKinley and served with distinction through WWI.  His son John Jolly Stephens served with him as vice-consul.

 

STEPHENS, SIMON

 

Born: 12-26-1852  Cornwall, England                       married: Sylvia C. Bogart

Died: 1-19-1936                                                          obit: [d. 12/14/1930]

 

1877    admitted on trial

1879    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Fishkill Rural Cemetery, Fishkill NY

Obit: New York Conference 1936, 570

 

1877-78           Rileyville

1878-81           Lackawaxen

1881-83           Coventry

1883-86           Plymouth NY

1886-87           McDonough

1887                located

1887                transfer to New York Conference

1887-89           Ridgebury

1889-94           Phillipsport

1894-99           Sharon

1899-04           Hillsdale and North Hillsdale

1904-09           Lakeville CT

1909-14           Cold Spring

1914-18           Chatham

1918-28           Beacon Trinity

1928                retired

 

Note: Simon Stephens is a brother to Daniel G. Stephens and Joseph G. Stephens – the three of whom came together to America in 1869.  After locating in 1887, Simon “went West” – but returned after a few months so Mrs. Stephens cold be near her friends.

 

STETTLER, WALLACE FREDERICK

 

Born: 2-25-1921  Philadelphia PA                             married: Sue Brill

Died: 10-21-2010                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1999, 344

 

1942    admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference

1946    ordained deacon, Philadelphia Conference

1948    ordained elder, Philadelphia Conference

 

Interment: Covenant UMC Memorial Garden, Springfield PA

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2011, 407

 

1942-43           Romansville

1943-45           Philadelphia St. John’s

1945-48           Lima

1948-53           associate, Grmantown First

1953-67           Springfield Covenant

1967-69           president, Wyoming Seminary

1969                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1969-90           president, Wyoming Seminary

1990                retired

 

 

STEVENS, H.P.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1875    ordained local deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

 

 

STEVENS, SAMUEL GREGORY

 

Born: 2-19-1824  Chester NY                                    married: Jane E. Leach

Died: 10-27-1907  Cortland NY                                 obit: [3/1824 – 1902]

 

1846    local preacher’s license, New Jersey Conference

1846    admitted on trial, New York Conference

 

Interment: Westminster Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1908, 124

 

1847-48           Marbleton

1848-49           Catskill

1849-50           Deposit

1850-51           Cannonsville

1851-52           Callicoon

1852-54           Liberty NY

1854                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1854-55           Thompson Mission

1855-57           Lanesboro

1857-59           Maine

1859-61           Liberty PA

1861-62           Spencer

1862-64           Flemingville

1864-66           Orwell

1866-67           Tallmansville

1867-76           on leave

1876                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Samuel G. Stevens appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 404.  Mrs. Stevens died in Philadelphia in 1902 and was buried there, hence the burial location for Samuel.

 

STOCKING, SELAH

 

Born: 5-9-1806  Glastonbury CY                               married: Mary Hayward Blood

Died: 4-10-1891  Syracuse NY                                  obit: Central New York Conference 1893, 111

 

1827    license to exhort

1828    admitted on trial, New England Conference

1830    ordained deacon

1832    ordained elder

 

Interment: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse NY

Obit: Central New York Conference 1891, 126

 

1828-29           Marblehead

1829-30           Hingham

1830-31           Andover

1831-32           Lynn

1832-33           Newburyport

1833                transfer to Oneida Conference

1822-35           Wilkes-Barre PA

1835-36           Skaneateles

1836-37           Windsor

1837-38           Berkshire

1838-39           Cortland

1839-40           Windsor

1840-41           Auburn

1841-43           Cortland

1843-45           Cazenovia

1845-46           Sauquoit

1846-50           superintendent, Chenango District

1850-51           Sherburne

1851-52           Oxford

1852-54           Clinton

1854-55           Manilus

1855-58           on leave

                             1856-58      Pittston, Wyoming Conference

1858-60           Port Plain

1860-62           Stockbridge

1862-64           Canastota

1864-67           Marcellus

1867-68           Auburn Wall Street

1868                charter member of Central New York Conference

1868-69           Dryden

1869-70           Elbridge

1870-71           on leave

1871-72           Jamesville and Dewitt

1872-73           on leave

1873                retired

                             1874-75      Manlius Station

 

Note: Selah Stocking is the son of Rev. Jeremiah Stocking (1767-1853) of the New England Conference (who was ordained by Francis Asbury) and a brother to Rev. S. H. Stocking (1798-1879) of the Rock River Conference (whose first name appears various as Sophronius, Sophronias and Semphronius).  Selah Stocking served in the Wyoming Conference 1856-58 as a supply preacher.

 

STOCKWELL, GEORGE E.

 

Born: 7-30-1853  Hoosick Falls, NY                         married: Louise Allen

Died: 6-30-1925  near Athens PA                              obit: Troy Conference 1898, 156

                                                                                    married2: Sarah Smith

1882    admitted on trial, Troy Conference                obit2: Troy Conference 1956, 213

                                                                                   

Interment: Maple Grove Old Cemetery, Hoosick Falls NY

Obit: Troy Conference 1926, 248

 

1882-84           Schaghticoke

1884-87           Salem

1887-89           Schuylerville

1889-93           Mechanicville

1893-95           Troy Trinity

1895-98           Fort Plain

1898-02           Amsterdam

1902-03           Rensselaer First

1903-06           Fort Plain

1906-08           Troy Grace

1908-09           associate, Fort Plain

1909-14           conference evangelist

1914-16           Fort Plain

1916                retired

                        retired

     1921-22      Hale’s Eddy, Wyoming Conference

     1922-25      Carverton, Wyoming Conference (see 1923,99)

 

Note: As a retired member of the Troy Conference, G.E. Stockwell moved to Pennsylvania to be near family and served as a supply pastor in the Wyoming Conference.  He once ran for Governor of NY on the Prohibition ticket.

 

STOCUM, DONALD EUGENE

 

Born: 2-18-1906                                                          married: Emily Puckey

Died: 6-8-2000  Raleigh NC                                      obit: Wyoming Conference 1962, 231

                                                                                    married2: Agnes Dunham

1952    license, local preacher                                     obit2: Florida Conference 1991, 517

1960    ordained local deacon

1962    ordained local elder

 

Interment: Vestal Hills Memorial Park, Vestal NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2001, 202

 

1954-57           Binghamton District lay leader

1957-62           Castle Creek and Glen Castle

1962-64           superintendent, Children’s Home of the Wyoming Conference

1964                transfer to Southern New Jersey Conference

1964-67           assistant, Ocean Grove

1967-69           no appointment

1969                transfer to Florida Conference

1969-71           Clearwater Skycrest

1971                retired

 

STODDARD, C.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1861-62           Tallmansville

 

Note: C. Stoddard served as a local preacher. 

 

STONE, GIDEON BARTO

 

Born: 7-21-1861  Pittston PA                                     married: Jennie H. Drake

Died: 9-6-1935  Scranton PA                                     obit: Wyoming Conference 1890, 87

                                                                                    married2: Elizabeth May Keller

1883    exhorter’s license                                            obit2: [1879 – 1945]

1884    local preacher’s license

1888    admitted on trial

1888    ordained deacon

1892    ordained elder

 

Interment: West Pittston Cemetery, West Pittston PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1936, 853

 

1882-85           student, Wyoming Seminary

1885-88           student, Drew Theological Seminary

1888-90           Narrowsburg

1890-93           Falls

1893-95           Masonville

1895-99           Forest City

1899-04           faculty, Grant University at Athens TN

1904-06           Sherburne

1906-09           Moscow

1909                West Nanticoke

1909-19           president, Cookman Insittute at Jacksonville FL

1919-21           Carverton

1921-24           Noxen

1924-27           Old Forge

1927-19           Ariel

1929                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of G. Barto Stone appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 487.

 

 

STONE, SAMUEL MATTISON

           

Born: 4-30-1819  Augusta NY                                   married: Lydia Elizabeth Cook
Died: 12-9-1901  Burleigh NJ                                                obit: Wyoming Conference 1911, 110

 

1841    exhorter’s license

1842    local preacher’s license

1847    admitted on trial, Rock River Conference

 

Interment: Fairview Memorial M.E. Cemetery, Cape May Court House NJ
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1902, 98

 

1847-48           Winnebago WI

1848                charter member of Wisconsin Conference

1848-50           Centerville

1850-52           Lowell (did not finish second year)

1852-54           located, returned east

1854-55           Vernon Village NY, Oneida Conference

1855                transfer to Oneida Conference

1855-57           Decatur

1857-58           Laurens

1858-59           Oneonta

1859-60           on leave

1860-62           Vernon Center

1862-64           Westmoreland

1864-67           Warren

1867                retired, moved to Cape May County NJ

                             1869  transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

                                       Hamilton, New Jersey Conference

                                      South River, New Jersey Conference

                                       Asbury, New Jersey Conference

 

Note:  A brief biography of Samuel M. Stone appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 251.

 

 

STONE, THEODORE JOHN

 

Born: 5-14-1896  Waverly PA                                   married: Clara Eckel

Died: 12-13-1985  Laport PA                                     obit: Wyoming Conference 1994, 336

 

1933    admitted on trial

1933    ordained deacon

1934    ordained elder

 

Interment: Spring Hill Cemetery, Spring Hill PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1986, 298

 

1933-35           Sanitaria Springs

1935-39           East Worcester

1939-41           Lanesboro

1941-42           New Berlin

1942-43           Throop – Scranton Bradley Memorial

1943-45           Waymart

1945-49           Nichols-Lounsberry

1949-55           Cooperstown

1955-61           Wyalusing

1961                retired

 

 

STONER, JOHN CLARK

 

Born: 2-18-1906  Tarrs PA                                         married: Violet Mabel Stein

Died: 12-6-1975  Portage PA                                     obit:  Western Pennsylvania Conference 1987,413

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 529

Gibble list: no

 

1929    quarterly conference license

1930    license, Allegheny Conference

1937    ordained, Allegheny Conference

 

Interment: Westmoreland Memorial Park, Greensburg PA

Obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1976,332

 

1928-32           student, Otterbein College in Westerville OH

1932-34           student, Western Seminary in Pittsburgh PA

1934-40           Wall

1940-42           Punxsutawney First

1942-47           Scottdale

1947-48           East Connellsville

1948-52           Philipsburg

1952-63           Portage Trinity

1963-65           without appointment

1965                retired

                             Mt. Olive

 

 

STORCK, ARTHUR FAUST

 

Born: 12-24-1910  Brooklyn NY                               married: Eleanor Ficken

Died: 9-19-1990                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 2004, 218

 

1961    license

1963    ordained local deacon

1966    ordained local elder

 

Interment: [ashes scattered from the air near Tunkhannock PA]

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1991, 336

 

1961-68           Cortez

1968-70           Lakeville

1970-76           Meshoppen

1976                retired                 

 

Note: Arthur Storck served as a local pastor.  He worked in government procurement until retiring from the Tobyhanna Army Depot in 1970, and then in full-time ministry until retiring to Tunkhannock in 1976.

 

 

STOUT, RICHARD E.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1954    admitted on trial

1954    ordained deacon

1956    ordained elder, New York Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1953-55           Harford – Harford Hills

1955-56           student

1956                transfer to New York Conference    

1956-61           minister of education, Stamford

1961-65           Mamaroneck

1965-66           associate, Mamaroneck

1966-68           associate, Whiteplains Memorial

1968-69           sabbatical leave

1969-72           probation officer, West County

1972-73           secular management position

1973-74           on leave

1974                located

 

STRATTON, ROLLAND KIPTON

 

Born:                                                                           married: Anita _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1967    admitted on trial, Ohio West Conference

1970    ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1967-69           Elida Morris Chapel – Zion

1969-70           associate, Columbus Linden

1970-72           student, Methodist School of Theology in Delaware OH

1972-75           student, Emory University

1975-76           faculty, Hartwick College

1976                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1976-78           faculty, Hartwick College

                            1977-78  Sand Hill

1978-80           program coordinator, Binghamton and Oneonta Districts

1980-82           conference program director

1982-85           conference council director

1985-86           on leave

1986-00           Morris

2000-01           sabbatical leave

2001-05           Unadilla

2005                retired

                            2005-07  Unadilla  

    2010        charter member Upper New York Conference

 

 

STRICKLAND, HARLEY HORTON

 

Born: 1822  NY                                                          married: Charlotte P. Andrews

Died: [before 1901]                                                    obit: [5/18/1821 – 12/17/1901]

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1868-69           Thompson

 

Note: H.H. Strickland is the father of Rev. Judson Harley Strickland (1855-1928) of the Michigan Conference.  He served in the Wyoming Conference as a supply preacher.  He is also listed as serving the Free-Weill Baptist Church in Warsaw NY for one year, and he is credited with organizing the ME class in Sand Lake MI in 1872.  Mrs. Strickland and their son Judson are buried in the Forest Home Cemetery, Greenville MI.

 

STULL, LEWIS EDWARD SR

 

Born: 7-28-1797                                              married: Elizabeth Guinther

Died 9-11-1866                                               obit: [1801 – 2/16/1881]

 

 

Interment: Stoddartsville Cemetery, Stoddartsville PA

Obit:

 

   

 

Note: Lewis Stull labored as a local preacher.  He reportedly was born in Germany as Ludwig Stoll.  He was a “laborer and itinerant minister” who lived in the nearby community of Beaumont [this appears to be a location near Stoddartsville, and not the Beuamont in Wyoming County] and converted to Methodism soon after moving there in 1818.  He was reportedly known for “making weekly preaching rounds in Gouldsboro, Stoddartsville and Blakeslee Corners.”  He is said to have physically built the church at Stoddartsville and gave the deed for the lot [Chaffee’s History of the Wyoming Conference, page 680].  He is not to be confused with his son Lewis Stull (1821-1896), postmaster of Stoddardtsville and an active Methodist layman.

Peck [Early Methodism in the bounds of the Genesee Conference, page 314] says of his 1818 appointment to Wyoming circuit: “The work at Stoddartsville was sweeping everything before it.  A wicked young man by the name of Lewis Stull had been frightened by what he considered an apparition of the devil in the woods at a shingle camp.  He had thenceforward begun to pray, and the news of his awakening had made a profound sensation through the mountains among the lumbermen.  Many were awakened and were turning to God.”

He reportedly went blind in his later years – and yet three weeks before his death he walked 16 miles from Stoddartsville to Wilke-Barre to preach.

 

 

STURDEVANT, BYRON D.

 

Born: 1832                                                                  married: Phoebe Minerva Mott

Died:                                                                           obit: [2/13/1842 – 1868]

 

1863    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1866    ordained deacon

1868    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1863-65           faculty, Wyoming Seminary

                             1864-65      Kingston

1865-67           Kingston

1867-69           Scranton Elm Park

1869                located

 

 

SULLIVAN, SANFORD WESLEY

 

Born: 1-16-1926  Springfield Center NY                   married: June R. Miltenberger

Died: 3-28-2006  Rochester NY                                 obit: Wyoming Conference 2002, 218

 

1986    admitted on trial

1986    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Fly Creek Valley Cemetery, Fly Creek NY        

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2006, 183

 

1985-88           Mehoopany (ending 1/15/1988)

1988                retired

 

Note: Sandy Sullivan entered the ministry following a career of 32 years with the New York Port Authority and a 1985 degree from Colgate Rochester Divinity School.

 

SULLIVAN, THOMAS J.W.

 

Born: 1823                                                                  married: Clarissa Moore [1849]

Died: 8-10-1887                                                          obit: [1825 – 12/1/1903]

 

1856    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1858    ordained deacon

1862    admitted on trial, Central Illinois Conference

1864    ordained elder, Central Illinois Conference

 

Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery, Logansport IN

Obit:

 

1856-57           Salem

1857-58           LeRaysville

1858-59           Mehoopany

1859                located (5/1859)

1859                “readmitted” to Kentucky Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church South (9/1859)

1859                transfer to Louisville Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church South (10/1859)

1859-60           Mammoth Cave

                        …

1862                “transfer” to Central Illinois Conference

1862-63           Loda

1863-64           LaSalle

1864-65           Knoxville

1865-66           Berwick

1866-67           Odell

1867-68           Sheldon

1869-70           Fairbury circuit

1870-71           Ash Grove and Milford

1871                withdrew

 

Note: Prior to joining the Wyoming Conference, T.J.W. Sullivan lived in Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, [West] Virginia.  He was in retail business there at least from 1846 to 1851 and was married there in 1849.  In 1879 he is listed as the postmaster of Jefferson, Clinton County IN.

 

SUMMERHILL, WILLIAM R. JR.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Patricia ­­_____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1974    admitted on trial, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1974    ordained deacon

1977    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1973-76           student, Wesley Theological Seminary

                            1974-76  Rockville

1976-80           Roxbury

1980-86           chaplain, Quincy Home

1986-00           chaplain, Wyoming Seminary

2000                transfer to Wyoming Conference

2000-09           chaplain Wyoming Seminary

2009-10           president, Ascension Academy in Amarillo TX

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-20           president, Ascension Academy in Amarillo TX

2020                retired

 

SUMMERSON, GEORGE.

 

Born: 1-?-1851  England                                            married: Frances Hutton

Died: 1922  Plains PA                                                obit: [1853 – 1933]

                                                                                   

Interment: Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre PA

Obit:

 

1915-16           Gilbertsville

1916-18           Westford

1918-22           Davenport Center

 

Note: George Summerson is the father of George G. Summerson.  He served as a supply preacher.  The 3/16/1922 Christian Advocate, page 336, reports that George Summerson has been in the Cancertorium at Binghamton NY for several months and that Rev. Seward A. Terry is completing the year at Davenport Center.

 

SUMMERSON, GEORGE G.

 

Born: 12-28-1890  Hudson PA                                   married: Elizabeth Louise Palmer

Died: 4-22-1962  Oneonta NY                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1971, 250

 

1914    admitted on trial

1918    ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Brookside Cemetery, Gilbertsville NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1962, 225

 

1912-14           Gilbertsville

1914-16           Davenport

1916-17           Gilbertsville

1917-19           Hartwick – Hyde Park

1919-22           Windsor

1922-25           Portlandville

1925-26           Worcester

1926-29           Wilkes-Barre Parrish Street

1929-37           Wyoming

1937-40           Plymouth

1940-47           Sayre

1947-52           Oneonta Elm Park

1952-58           Peckville

1958                retired

 

Note: G.G. Summerson is the son of George Summerson.

 

SUMNER, JOHN BUNNELL

 

Born: 3-25-1838  Wyalusing PA                                married: Alma Lydia Gardner

Died: 5-10-1918  Binghamton NY                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1918, 132

 

1869    admitted on trial

1871    0rdained deacon

1873    ordained elder

 

Interment: Floral Park Cemetery, Johnson City NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1919, 139

 

1869-70           Wyalusing

1870-73           Nicholson

1873-76           Wyalusing

1876-79           Binghamton High Street

1879-82           Binghamton Main Street

1882-84           Milford

1884-87           Susquehanna

1887-93           superintendent, Honesdale District

1893-95           Pittston

1895-97           Nanticoke

1897-99           Waverly PA

1899-03           Binghamton Oak Street

1903-06           Brooklyn

1906-08           Kirkwood

1908                retired

 

Note: John B. Sumner is the father of Ida May Sumner Decker, wife of Alexander D. Decker, the grandfather of Earl V. Tolley, and the great-grandfather of Mark S. Harvey.  He was member of the Wyoming Conference Trio and composed several tunes, including the one for “A Child of the King.”  Biographical sketches of John B. Sumner appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 407, and in Lippy’s 2002 Where Rivers Run and Mountains Rise, page 79.

 

SURDAM, CHARLES M.

 

Born: 3-20-1846  New Orleans LA                            married:

Died: 9-3-1911                                                            obit:

                                                                                    married2: Mary L. Spencer

                                                                                    obit2: Wyoming Conference 1939, 595

1878    local preacher’s license, Binghamton Centenary

1879    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Glenwood Cemetery, Waverly NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1912, 124

 

1878-81           Harford and Gibson

1881-84           Brooklyn

1884-87           Nicholson and South Gibson

1887-92           Susquehanna

1892-97           Waverly NY

1897-99           Nanticoke

1899-07           Pittston

1907-10           superintendent, Owego District

1910-11           superintendent, Binghamton District

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Charles M. Surdam appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 408.  The second Mrs. Surdam was born in Wisconsin 1859, to parents born in Brooklyn PA, and married Charles in 1884.

 

SUTCH, GERALD

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2002-03           Davenport – West Davenport (beginni9ng 10/13/2002)

 

Note: Gerald Sutch served as a local preacher and is otherwise unknown.

 

SUTTON, LOIS

 

Born: 12-6-1925  New Milford PA                            married: [single]

Died: 1-31-2012                                                          obit:

 

?          license

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: New Milford Cemetery, New Milford PA

Obit: Upper New York Conference 2012, 307

 

1963-74           assistant supervisor, Scranton Home

1974-87           assistant administrator, Hilltop Campus

1987                retired

                             2010  transfer to Upper New York Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Lois Sutton served while an ordained member of the United Church of Christ denomination.

 

SWALES, HAROLD STANLEY

 

Born: 2-16-1900  Peckville PA                                  married: Dorothy Gothier

Died: 1-5-1968                                                            obit: Central New York Conference 1975, 187

 

1923    admitted on trial

1927    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Onondaga Valley Cemetery, Syracuse NY

Obit: Central New York Conference 1968, 201

 

1923-25           student

1925-27           Foster & Brooklyn

1927-29           Greene

1929-31           Vestal

1931-34           Athens

1934-40           Scranton Myrtle Street

1940                transfer to Central New York Conference

1940-45           Syracuse Lafayette Avenue

1945-50           superintendent, Elmira District

1950-57           North Syracuse

1957-63           superintendent, Syracuse District

1963-67           Canandagua

1966                retired

 

Note: Harold S. Swales is the father of William Robert Swales (1928-2006) of the Central New York Conference, and a brother to Thomas G. Swales.

 

SWALES, THOMAS GEORGE

 

Born: 4-17-1907  Peckville PA                                  married: Eleanor May Lindsey

Died: 5-31-1986  Binghamton NY                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1986, 299

 

1929    admitted on trial

1931    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1986, 299

 

1929-31           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                            1929-31  Thornhurst

1931-32           Scranton Bradley Memorial

1932-37           Wilkes-Barre Derr Memorial

1937-44           Athens

1944-58           Norwich Broad Street

1958-63           Wilkes-Barre First

1963-71           Binghamton Boulevard

1971-75           Chenango Bridge

1975                retired

 

Note: Thomas G. Swales is the father of Louis Swales Tiffany, wife of Norman R. Tiffany, and a brother to Harold S. Swales.

 

SWALLOW, MINER

           

Born: 9-10-1815 Plains PA                                        married: Eliza Mary Dobson
Died: 7-6-1898  Kingston PA                                     obit: Wyoming Conference 1893, 89

 

1854    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1856    ordained deacon

1858    ordained elder

 

Interment: Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1899, 106

 

1853-54           Nichols

1854-55           Choconut

1855-57           Thompson

1857-59           Salem

1859-60           Damascus

1860-61           Lackawanna

1861-63           South Danby

1863-64           Plains

1864-66           Newport

1866-67           New Town

1867-68           Tioga

1868-69           on leave

1869-71           tract agent

1871-73           Bush

1873-93           on leave

                           1875-76        Mountain Top

1893                retired

 

Note:  Miner Swallow is a brother to Elizabeth Swallow Keatly, wife of William Keatley, and an uncle to Silas Comfort Swallow (1839-1930) of the Central Pennsylvania Conference.  A brief biography of appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 252.

 

SWARTZ, TAYLOR D.

           

Born: 12-15-1836  Moscow PA                                 married: Emma J. Marsh
Died: 3-30-1865  Petersburg VA                               obit: [7/1/1843 - ?]

 

1862    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1864    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Moscow Cemetery, Moscow PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1866, 27

 

1861-62           Dundaff and Lackawanna

1862-63           Lackawanna

1863-64           Northmoreland (ending 8/31/1864)

1864-65           chaplain, US Army (beginning 8/31/1864)

 

Note: Mrs. Swartz reportedly later [c1869] married a Mr. F.W. Wormsbacker (c1842-?) and [c1880] a Mr. H.G. Potter (1853-?).  A brief biography of Taylor D. Swartz appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 253.

     The 1868 journal, page 24, states: REV. T.D. SWARTZ’S MONUMENT.  The Commi9ttee, in accordance with the instructions of the Conference, have expended the $200 in their possession in purchasing a monument, and have placed it over his grave in his native village.  It is of Vermont Italian, quadrangular in form, nearly six feet in height, and surmounted by a Bible and a hymn book.  It bears the inscription: “Rev. Taylor D. Swartz, Chaplain of the 210th Regiment, Pa., Vol., born Dec. 15th, 1836; died at City Point Hospital, March 30th, 1865.  Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.  Erected by the Wyoming Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in memory of one of their number.”

 

SWEET, BURTT EDWARD

 

Born: 3-8-1926  Scranton PA                                     married: Marilyn F. Moore

Died: 12-25-2011  Hammond NY                              obit:

 

1949    admitted on trial

1953    ordained deacon

1955    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2012, 303

 

1947-50           student, Lycoming College

                            1947-48       associate, Williamsport Pine Street, Central Pennsylvania Conference

                            1948-49       Wallis Run (ending 2/1949), Central Pennsylvania Conference

                            1949-50       Rome – Orwell Federated (beginning 2/1949)

1950-55           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                            1950-55       Rome – Orwell Federated

1955-57           Narrowsburg

1957-60           Newark Valley

1960-62           associate, Binghamton Tabernacle

1962-66           Vestal Center

1966-71           Clarks Summit

1971-74           Binghamton Boulevard

1974-80           superintendent, Oneonta District

1980-82           Shavertown

1982-88           Binghamton Fairview

1988-90           Castle Creek

1990                retired

 

Note: Burtt E. Sweet is the son of George L. Sweet and the father of Rebekah Sweet and of Deborah Sweet Earthrowl of the Upper New York Conference.

 

SWEET, CHARLES E.

 

Born: 8-22-1860  Smithville NY                                married: Alta Amanda McDonald

Died: 1-6-1918  Binghamton NY                               obit: Wyoming Conference 1938, 373

 

1889    exhorter’s license

1892    local preacher’s license

1893    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Glenwood Cemetery, Port Dickinson NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1918, 125

 

1890-91           evangelist

1891-92           Doraville and Cole’s Hill

1893-93           Cooperstown Junction

1893-94           Cooperstown Junction

1894-99           Davenport

1899-03           Afton

1903-05           Carverton

1905-07           Duryea

1907-08           superintendent, Boy’s Industrial Association at Wilkes-Barre

1908-10           Courtdale and Larksville

1910-11           Larksville Brooks Memorial

1911-13           Avoca

1913-16           Wanamie

1916                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Charles E. Sweet appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 410.

 

 

SWEET, CORNELIUS

 

Born: 11-20-1842  Goshen NY                                  married: Charlotte M. Wise

Died: 1-18-1940  Ithaca NY                                       obit: Wyoming Conference 1933, 164

                                                                                    married2: Mary Rowe Jackson

1876    admitted on trial                                              oibit2: Wyoming Conference 1940, 821

1878    ordained deacon

1881    ordained elder

 

Interment: King’s Cemetery, Ithaca NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1940, 820

 

1874-75           Halsey Valley

1875-76           supply

1876-77           Lamb's Corners

1877-79           Broome

1879-82           Exeter

1882-83           South New Berlin NY

1883-84           Edmeston

1884-85           Flemingville

1885-88           South Danby

1888-91           on leave

1891-93           Orwell

1893-95           Litchfield

1895-98           on leave

1898                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Cornelius Sweet appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 409.

 

 

SWEET, GEORGE LORENZO

 

Born: 8-5-1891  Salt Lake City UT                            married: Ethel Sara Walton

Died: 1-10-1949                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1962, 232

 

1919    exhorter’s license, Marcus Hook Cokesbury: Philadelphia Conference

?          local preacher’s license, Philadelphia Conference

 

Interment: Maple Lake Church Cemetery, Maple Lake PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1949, 218

 

                        supply work in the Philadelphia Conference

1923-28           Scranton Bell Mt. Mission

1928-33           Carley Brook

1933-38           Maple Grove

1938-40           Courtdale – Larksville

1940-43           Lakeville

1943-44           not appointed

1944-46           Camptown

1946-48           Clifford

1948-49           Rome – Orwell Federated

 

Note: George L. Sweet is the father of Burtt E. Sweet.  He was converted in a Billy Sunday revival and served as a local pastor.

 

 

SWEET, JOHN BURGESS

 

Born: 7-3-1854  Frome, Somsersetshire, England     married: Iona Adele Miller

Died: 5-12-1918  Johnson City NY                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1950, 546

 

1878    exhorter’s license, Scranton Park Place

1879    local preacher’s license, Scranton Park Place

1879    admitted on trial

?          ordained

 

Interment: Floral Park Cemetery, Johnson City NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1919, 125

 

1879-80           Spring Brook

1880-82           Cherry Ridge

1882-85           Mount Pleasant

1885-88           Peckville

1888-90           Great Bend

1890-92           Waverly PA

1892-96           Ashley

1896-01           Scranton Simpson

1901-02           Oneonta

1902-08           superintendent, Binghamton District

1908-16           Binghamton Chenango Street

1916-18           Johnson City

 

Note: A biographical sketch of John B. Sweet appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 410.

 

SWEET, REBEKAH B.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Birney D. Kellogg

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1982    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1985    ordained deacon

1988    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1982-86           McClure NY

1986-87           Willow Glen, California-Nevada Conference

1987-89           Rome (ending 11/30/1989(

1989-92           assistant director, Sky Lake (starting 12/1/1989)

1992-93           Forest City

1993-96           Litchfield

1996-00           Apalachin First

2000-05           Norwich

2005-10           Honesdale

2010                charter member Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Rebekah Sweet is married to Birney D. Kellogg.  She the daughter of Burtt E. Sweet.

 

 

SWEEZY, LINDA M.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Dwight Sweezy

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2003    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference: recommended by Hawley

2006    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2002-08           Gouldsboro

2008-10           Clarks Green

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-11           Clarks Green

2011-12           family leave

2012                retired 

 

SWETLAND, DANIEL WEBSTER

 

Born: 1839  PA                                                           married: Savanna E. Furman

Died: 3-18-1917  Nineveh NY                                   obit: [1842-1907]

 

1880    license

 

Interment: North Fenton Cemetery, North Fenton NY

Obit:

 

1880-83           Campville

1883-85           Spencer

1885-88           Triangle

1888-93           Willet

1893-98           North Fenton

1898-01           Triangle

1901-05           Coventry

1905                retired

 

Note: Daniel W. Swetland served as a local preacher.  He appears to have been from Mehoopany PA.

 

SWETT, JEAN L.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2001    license, recommended by Athens

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2001-04           Lounsberry

2004-08           Mehoopany

2008-09           (not appointed)

2009-10           Mehoopany

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-13           Mehoopany

2013-16           Sideling Hill (ending 5/1/2016)

2016                retired (5/1/2016)

 

Note: Jean L. Swett served as a local preacher.

 

SWINEFORD, JOHN E.L.

 

Born: 5-19-1909  Mifflinburg PA                              married: Margaret Lenore Plageman

Died: 11-7-2000  East Stroudsburg PA                      obit: California-Pacific Conference 2005, ?

 

1934    admitted on trial

1936    ordained deacon

1938    ordained elder

 

Interment: Mifflinburg Cemetery, Mifflinburg PA

Obit: California-Pacific Conference 2001, J-17

 

1934                Litchfield

1934-36           West Nicholson

1936-41           Jackson

1941-43           Uniondale

1943-45           Portlandville

1945-46           Laurens

1946                transfer to California-Nevada Conference

1946-48           Yerington

1948-55           Carson City

1955                transfer to Southern California – Arizona Conference

1955-56           associate, Riverside First

1956-60           Oceanside South

1960-62           Holtville

1962-64           Glendale Pacific

1964-65           Shell Beach

1965-66           associate, San Luis Obispo

1966-71           Cucamonga

1971-74           Desert Hot Springs Community

1974                retired

                            visitation pastor, East Stroudsburg PA

 

SWINGLE, SANFORD S.

 

Born: 8-8-1837  Wayne County PA                           married: Sarah M. Wagner

Died: 8-31-1871  PA                                                  obit: [1840 – 7/25/1924]

 

 

Interment: Salem Cemetery, Hamlin PA

Obit:

 

1869-70           Kingsbury Hill [Hale’s Eddy]

 

Note: S.S. Swingle served as a supply preacher.  The widowed Mrs. Swingle later married Gabriel Westfall – married 7/10/1873 by Rev. George M. Peck, divorced 5/1881.

 

SWINTON, JERROLD W.

 

Born: 10-25-1936                                                        married: Sherry Litttle

Died:                                                                           obit: [5/30/1936 - ]

 

1959    license, Iowa Conference

1960    admitted on trial, Iowa Conference

1960    ordained deacon, Iowa Conference

1963    ordained elder, Iowa Conference

 

Interment: Red Oak Cemetery, Tipton IA

Obit:

 

1957-59           Muscatine – South City

1959-60           Fairdale, Wyoming Conference

1960-63           student

1963-68           Millersburg – South English

1969-72           Mt. Ayr - Caledonia   

1972-75           Mt. Ayr parish

1975-78           Wapello

1978-89           Tipton

1989-95           Albia

1995-               superintendent, Waterloo District

 

Note: Jerrold W. Swinton is the father of David G. Swinton of the Iowa Conference.  As of 2017 he is a retired member of the Iowa Conference – with a tombstone erected as indicated above.

 

SWOPE, WILLIAM H.

 

Born: 9-22-1883  Highland PA                                  married: Edith F. Russell

Died: 11-28-1963  Bainbridge NY                             obit:

 

1917    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1920    ordained deacon

1922    ordained elder

 

Interment: Freeland PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1964, 235

 

1915-16           Waterville, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1916-17           Plymouth NY, Wyoming Conference

1917-19           McClure Settlement

1919-22           Preston

1922-23           Middlefield

1923-25           Westford

1925-27           Fly Creek

1927-28           East Worcester

1928-30           Ouaquaga

1930-32           Edmeston

19323-35         Mount Upton

1935-36           Sanitaria Springs

1936-37           Smyrna

1936-37           Mount Upton

1937-38           Davenport

1938-42           Rome – North Orwell

1942-43           Lake Como

1943-48           Hop Bottom

1948-53           Daleville

1953-54           Beach Lake

1954                retired

                             1954-57  Hale Eddy

 

Note: William H. Swope served in the Central Pennsylvania Conference as a local preacher. 

 

 

SYMONS, HAROLD FREDERICK JR

 

Born: 10-14-1917  Wilkes-Barre PA                          married: Mary LaQuay Pickette

Died: 9-7-2012  Sacramento CA                                obit: [d. c1991]

                                                                                    married2: Alberta Emeline Spellman Bunker

1940    admitted on trial                                              obit2: [8/5/1921 – 11/30/2011]

 

Interment: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Columbarium, Sacramento CA

Obit:

 

1940-42           student, Drew Theological Seminary

1942                discontinued

…

1947                “transfer” to Newark Conference

1947-48           Parsippany (ending 9/1/1948)

1948                transfer to Minnesota Conference

1948-51           Nashwauk (beginning 9/1/1948)

1951-79           chaplain, US Navy

1979                retired 

 

Note: Upon retirement in 1979, Harold F. Symons became an Episcopal priest and served various congregations.  Harold Symons graduated from Wyoming Seminary in 1836, and the first Mrs. Symons graduated from there in 1937.  The second Mrs. Symons (nee Spellman) was apparently previously married to a Mr. Bunker.

 

 

TABER, JAMES MONROE JR.

 

Born: 2-17-1860  Vineyard Haven MA                     married: Addie Belle King (7/7/1886)

Died:                                                                           obit: [Southern New England Conf 1927, 355]

 

1887    admitted on trial, New England Southern Conference

1889    ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1882-83           Falmouth MA [home church of Mrs. Taber]

1883-84           Somers and Pond Square

1884-85           South Glastonbury (did not finish the whole year?)

1885-86           (student)

1886-88           Colchester CT

1888-91           Norwich CT Sachem Street

1891-94           South Manchester CT

1894-98           Providence RI Trinity

1898-99           Chattanooga TN First, Holston Conference

1899                transfer to Holston Conference

1899-02           Chattanooga Firdt

1902-05           Binghamton NY Centenary, Wyoming Conference

1903                transfer to Wyoming Conference, page 63 

1903-05           Binghamton Centenary

1905                transfer to Newark Conference, page 78

1905-09           Newark St. Luke’s

1909                transfer to Rock River Conference

1909-11           Rockford Court Street

1911                transfer to Kentucky Conference

                        [an apparent gap, likely spent as mid-year appointment in Kentucky Conference]

1912                transfer to Kentucky Conference

1912-13           superintendent, Louisville District [also, Louisville Trinity]

1913-14           conference evangelist

1914-16           on leave

1916                transfer to Arkansas Conference

1916-17           Fort Smith

                        president, Siloam College at Siloam Springs AR – per 1918 Yearbook, page 145

1917                transfer to Wyoming Conference – per Spring 1918 General Minutes, page 9

 

Note: James Monroe Taber graduated from Wesleyan University in 1886.  A biographical sketch of James M. Taber appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 411.  “Siloam College” [previously known as Arkansas Conference College] operated 1899-1917 and never achieved its expected enrollment.  There is no record of James M. Taber after 1917, and he did not follow through on his transfer back to the Wyoming Conference.  It is known that Mrs. Taber died in Providence RI in 1927.

 

TAFT, HARRY

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1905-06           Castle Creek (part year: see 1906,52)

1907-08           West Exeter and Burlington Flats

 

Note: Harry Taft served as a supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

TALBOT, HIRAM VINTON

 

Born: 6-30-1834  Edmeston NY                                married: Rosina Colegrove

Died: 2-20-1888  Odessa TX                                      obit: [9/1/1834 – 6/?/1916]

 

1859    license

1861    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Deming Cemetery, Edmeston NY

Obit: Erie Conference 1888, 51

 

Schenevus

Morris

Middlefield

Fly Creek

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1869-70           Fly Creek

1870-73           Worcester

1873-74           Kingston

1874-76           Oxford

1876-77           Marathon

Columbus, Erie Conference

Ridgway, Erie Conference

1880                transfer to Erie Conference                

Sherrett

Belleview

Punxsutawney

1886                retired

 

TALIMCI, ROBIN L.

 

Born: 3-28-1932  San Francisco CA                          married: Ergin Talimci

Died: 11-21-2010  Harleysville PA                            obit:

 

1990    license

1992    admitted on trial. Wyoming Conference

1992    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1990-96           Damascus

1996                retired

 

Note: Robin L. Talimci (nee Parker) worked as a nurse for 32 years before pursuing studies for the ministry and graduating from Drew Theological Seminary in 1990.

 

TAPPER, F.M.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1855-56           Shepards Creek

 

TARRETO, DOROTHY L.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2002    license, recommended by Plains

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2002-04           Alderson

2004-10           Afton

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-11           Afton

2011-20           Skinners Eddy

                             2018-20      South Auburn (beginning 1/1/2018)

2020-22           Towanda

                             2020-21      Burlington

                             2021-22      Luthers Mills

2022                retired

 

Note: Dorothy L. Tarreto served as a local preacher.

 

 

TAYLOR, CORRINGTON E.

           

Born: 8-11-1818  Rome PA                                        married: Emiline Almira Warner (7/9/1845)
Died: 4-23-1888  Whitney’s Point NY                      obit: Wyoming Conference 1885, 59

 

1842    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Rome Cemetery, Rome PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1889, 80

 

1842-43           Pike

1843-45           Skinner's Eddy

1845-47           Abington

1847-49           Salem

1849-51           Northmoreland

1851-52           Skinner's Eddy

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-53           Skinner’s Eddy

1853-54           Hawley

1854-56           Beach Pond

1856-58           Orwell

1858-60           Windham

1860-62           Barton

1862-64           Castle Creek

1864-66           Abington

1866-69           Little Meadows

1869-71           Whitney's Point

1871                retired

     1872-74  Chenango

 

Note:  A brief biography of Corrington E. Taylor appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 253.

 

TAYLOR, EDWARD JOHN JR.

 

Born: 1-5-1929  PA                                                    married: Mildred Mae Morris

Died: 8-20-2016  VA                                                  obit: [7/24/1931 – 3/8/2016]

 

1953    admitted on trial

1955    ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: National Memorial Park, West Falls Church VA

Obit:

 

1953-55           student

1955                transfer to Virginia Conference

 

Note: In 2016 Edward J. Taylor is a retired member of the Virginia Conference.

 

TAYLOR, FRED P.

           

Born: 7-13-1855                                                          married: Nettie A. Eastman
Died: 8-9-1879  Wells Bridge NY                             obit:

 

1876    license

1878    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Smyrna East Cemetery, Smyrna NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1880, 36

 

1876-79           Osborne Hollow

1879                Wells Bridge

 

Note:  Nettie Eastman is the daughter of Alfred Eastman.  A brief biography of Fed P. Taylor appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 254.

 

 

TAYLOR, JASPER SCOTT

           

Born: 7-20-1840  Franklindale PA                             married: Inez F. (L.) Moger
Died: 6-19-1917  Athens PA                                      obit: [2/10/1846 – 1921]

 

?          license, Central New York Conference

                                                                       

Interment: Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens PA
Obit:

 

1905-07           Terrytown and New Era

1907-08           Rutland

1908-09           Liberty Corners and Asylum

                        “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1910-13           Litchfield

1913-14           Slaterville

 

Note:  J.S. Taylor served as a supply preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church.  His credentials are uncertain, but he appears to have been previously associated with another denomination.  He is listed in the 1880 census as a lumberman in Cherry township, Sullivan County.  Jasper and Inez Taylor are listed as members of the Presbyterian Church in Bernice, Sullivan County, before having their names erased October 27, 1893, with the notation “joined another church.”

 

TAYLOR, JAMES HERMON

 

Born: 8-10-1838  Tioga NY                                       married: Mary A. Eckert

Died: 4-26-1919                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1939, 595

 

1860    exhorter’s license

1864    local preacher’s license, Tioga Center license

1869    ordained local deacon

1870    admitted on trial

1872    ordained deacon

1874    ordained elder

 

Interment: Smithboro Cemetery, Smithboro NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1920, 110

 

1870-71           Harford

1871-72           Campville

1872-75           Cherry Ridge

1875-77           Bethany

1877-80           Tallmansville

1880-83           McDonough

1883-85           Garrattsville

1885-88           Auburn

1888-90           Harpursville

1890-93           Masonville

1893-97           McClure

1897-98           Hawleyton

1898-00           West Nicholson

1900-01           Franklin Forks

1901-02           Union Center

1902-05           Triangle

1905-06           Chenango Forks

1906                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of James H. Taylor appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 411.

 

TAYLOR, PALMER NEWTON

 

Born: 6-10-1887  Cutchogue NY                               married: Bessie Elizabeth Cogswell

Died: 11-29-1960  Sheridan NY                                obit: Western PA Conference 1978, 422

 

1912    admitted on trial

1912    ordained deacon

1914    ordained elder

 

Interment: Sheridan Cemetery, Sheridan NY

Obit: Erie Conference 1961, 602

 

1912-14           Springville

1914-15           Foster

1915-18           Jackson

1918                transfer to Erie Conference

 

 

TAYLOR, THOMAS G.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Betty _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1973    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1973    ordained deacon

1977    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1973-76           student

1976-79           Scranton Embury

1979-86           Norwich

1986-88           Binghamton Boulevard (ending 1/20/1988)

1988                St. Paul’s, Alaska Missionary Conference (1/20 – 6/31)

1988-95           Fairbanks First, Alaska Missionary Conference

1995-96           Alaska Missionary Conference

1996                retired

                             1999-00      Homer, Alaska Missionary Conference

                             2002           Morris (2/01 – 6/31)

     2010            charter member Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Thomas G. Taylor is the father of Thomas G. Taylor Jr. of the Susquehanna Conference.

 

TEACHOUT, ARNOLD R.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Alice Hanson

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1966    license

1970    ordained local deacon

1972    admitted on trial

1975    ordained

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1966-68           McDonough

1968-69           Emmons

1969-71           Edmeston

1971-74           student

1974-76           Hartwick

1976-78           on leave

1978                located

1980                “transfer” to Nebraska Conference

1980-82           Potter

1993                retired

 

Note: In 2013, Arnold R. Teachout is listed as a retired member of the Nebraska Conference.

 

TEACHOUT, RICHARD

 

Born: 2-22-1922  Schenectady NY                            married: Wanda Mary Thayer [6/6/1943]

Died: 2-27-2019  Richfield Springs NY                    obit: [5/19/1924 – 7/21/2006]

 

Interment: Lakeview Cemetery, Richfield Springs NY

Obit:

 

1943-44           Hartford

 

Note: Richard Teachout served as a supply preacher.  It has not been verified that he is the same Richard J. Teachout whose personal information is given above.  If so, he served for one year after returning from the war and then purchased and operated a dairy farm until retiring in 1971.

 

TEACHOUT, ROBERT BURTON

 

Born: 11-29-1901                                                        married: Inez Elizabeth Snyder [1/30/1928]

Died: 11-11-1983  Hidalgo County TX                      obit: [2/27/1906 – 6/15/1997]

 

1945    ordained elder, on credentials from Baptist Church

 

Interment: Valley Memorial Gardens, McAllen TX

Obit:

 

1927-28           Carbondale First Congregational

1928-29           student, Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary

 

1939                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church

1939-43           Hartford

1943-44           not appointed [reportedly, government work in New York City]

1944-46           Hawleyton

 

Note: Robert B. Teachout is the son of Rev. Orrin C. Teachout (1874-1943) – a farmer who supplied the Delhi NY Baptist Church 1918-22 and who also supplied Methodist and Baptist churches in Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri and Michigan.  Robert B. Teachout served in the Wyoming Conference as a supply pastor.  Following the death of Robert, Mrs. Teachout married a Mr. Herman Fred Weideman.

 

TENNANT, JOHN C.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Sarah I.  _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1899    admitted on trial, recommended by Wilkes-Barre First

?          ordained local deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1899-02           student

1902-03           assistant, Wilkes-Barre Central

1903                discontinued

 

Note: John C. Tennant of Wilkes-Barre graduated from Syracuse University in 1901.  In 1907 he established the annual “John C. Strong Prize in Semitic Languages and Biblical Literature” at Syracuse University.  He appears was engaged in the lumber business, eventually establishing in 1905 the Tennant-Richards Lumber Company in Wilkes-Barre, and was active in Christian work.

 

 

TENNY, EPHRAIM BAILEY

 

Born: 3-18-1805  Corinth VT                                     married: Harriet Lott

Died: 12-4-1880  Binghamton NY                             obit: [7/16/1809 – 6/27/1844]

                                                                                    married2: Angeline Houghtailing

1833    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference             obit2: [7/8/1817 – 2/8/1873]

1835    ordained deacon                                              married3: Isabell Beaman

1837    ordained elder                                                 obit3:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1834-35           Barton

1835-36           Wyalusing

1836-38           Bridgewater [Springville]

1838-39           Brooklyn

1839-40           on leave

1840-41           Vestal

1841-43           Montrose

1843-44           on leave

1844-46

1846-47           located

1847-49

1849-50           New Milford

1850-52

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-54           Nichols

1854-55           Union

1855-56           Susquehanna

1856-57           Conklin

1857-58           on leave

                            1857-58  Liberty

1858                located

 

Note: After 1858, E.B. Tenny lived as a farmer and local preacher in Conklin NY.  This surname is also rendered TENNEY.

 

TERRY, SEWARD A.

 

Born: 3-15-1855  Pavilion NY                                   married: Libbie A. Weston

Died: 9-15-1924                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1938, 374

 

1888    preacher’s license

1893    admitted on trial

1893    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Evergreen Cemetery, Keeseville NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1925, 143

 

1893-97           Barton

1897-99           Lockwood

1899-01           Davenport Center

1902-04           Sidney Center

1904-08           Berkshure

1908-10           on leave

1910-11           Vestal

1911-13           Fly Creek

1913-15           Mount Vision – Schuyler Lake

1915                retired

                             1921-22      Davenport Center (completed the year for ailing George Summerson)

 

Note: Seward A. Terry is the son of George W. Terry (1823-1885) of the Genesee Conference.  A biographical sketch of Seward A. Terry appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 412.

 

 

TERWILLIGER, MARK R.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Phyllis

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1988    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1988    ordained deacon

1990    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1988-93           Edmeston

1993-98           Wilkes-Barre Central

1988-04           Honesdale (ending 7/31/1998)

2004                on leave (8/1 – 8/31)

2004-06           General Board of Global Ministries (beginning 9/1/2004)

2006-10           Beach Lake

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-14           Beach Lake

2014-20           Countryside Community

2020-23           York Asbury

 

THISTLE, JUDITH A.

 

Born:                                                                           married: William McCall

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1978    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1978    ordained deacon

1981    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1978-79           student

1979-80           Upper Chenango

1980-83           Sanitaria Springs

1983-85           Schenevus

1985-10           chaplain, Fox Hospital in Oneonta

2010                charter member Upper New York Conference

 

 

THODY, STUART

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1965    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1971    ordained deacon, New York Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1965-66           Thompson

1966-69           Scranton Providence

1969                transfer to New York Conference

1969-72           Georgetown & West Redding

1972-78           Huntington CT

1978-88           Dobbs Ferry Aldersgate

1988-97           West Hartford

1997-04           Lake Ronkonkoma

2004                retired

 

 

THOMAS, FRANK V.

 

Born: 8-31-1893  Philadelphia PA                             married: Gertrude Cotton

Died: 4-18-1964  Binghamton NY                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1981, 200

 

1924    admitted on trial

1926    ordained deacon

1928    ordained elder

 

Interment: Brookvale Cemetery, Brookvale NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1964, 236

 

1924-25           West Exeter

1925-27           Wells Bridge

1927-30           Sanitaria Springs

1930-32           Mount Vision

1932-37           Skinner’s Eddy

1937-39           Hornbrook

1939-40           sabbatical leave

1940-42           Middlefield – Pleasant Brook

1942-43           on leave

1943-59           Brookvale

1959                retired

                            Brookvale

 

THOMAS, FREDERICK C.

 

Born: 9-30-1932  Wilkes-Barre PA                            married: Grace May Williams

Died: 12-14-2005  Peckville PA                                obit: Wyoming Conference 2000, 318

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1990-98           Clifford

1998                retired

 

Note: Frederick C. Thomas served as a local preacher.  He served in the Marine Corps 1952-71 and was a member of the Thornhurst church.  His service at Clifford apparently also included Tompkinsville and Lennox.

 

THOMAS, HOWARD W.

 

Born: 12-19-1870  Yorkanna PA                               married: Carrie J. Musser

Died: 10-13-1962                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1915, 101

                                                                                    married2: Lucia B. Vanlott

1900    license, United Evangelical Church               obit2: Wyoming Conference 1984, 217

1905    ordained deacon

 

Interment: New Milford PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1963, 231

 

1900-03           student, Albright College

1903-05           West Clifford

1905-07           Ransom

1907                transfer to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1907-10           Bald Mount

1910-12           Harford and Kingsley

1912-16           New Milford

1916-18           Portland and Cooperstown Junction

1918-24           Susquehanna

1924-27           Sidney

1927-32           Cooperstown

1932-37           superintendent, Wyoming Conference Children’s Home

1937                retired

                            1938-49       Nimmonsburg

                            1949-50       Willet

 

THOMAS, JOHN L.

 

Born: 2-24-1855  Cornwall, England                         married: Martha Jane Harway

Died: 12-31-1937  Trucksville PA                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1940, 824

 

1872    exhorter’s license, Succasunna NJ

?          local preacher’s license, Grass Valley CA

1886    admitted on trial

1888    ordained deacon

1890    ordained elder

 

Interment: Oak Lawn Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1938, 370

 

1885-86           Hale’s Eddy

1886-87           Forest City

1887-90           West Nicholson

1890-92           Union Center

1892-94           Fly Creek

1894-96           Sanitaria Springs

1896-99           Afton

1899-02           Sidney Center

1902-06           Parsons

1906-09           Wilkes-Barre Bennett Memorial

1909-13           Shavertown

1913-17           Askam

1917-21           West Nanticoke

1921-23           Lehman

1923-25           Glen Lyon

1925                retired

                             1925-26      Glen Lyon

 

Note: A biographical sketch of John L. Thomas appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 413.

 

THOMAS, ROBERT JOHN

 

Born: 8-17-1916  Wilkes-Barre PA                            married: Beatrice Pennell

Died: 9-5-2001  Sherrill NY                                       obit: Central NY Conference 1970, 162

 

1940    admitted on trial

1943    ordained deacon

1944    ordained elder

 

Interment: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse NY

Obit: North Central New York Conference 2002, ?

 

1940-46           student

                              1942-43     Clifford

      1945-46     San Francisco CA Geneva Avenue   

1946-49           Jermyn

1949                transfer to Central New York Conference (7/1/1949)

1949-51           associate, Syracuse First

1951-56           Syracuse Brown Memorial

1956-63           Syracuse Rockefeller

1963-64           psychologist, Syracuse Cerebral Palsy Clinic

1964-80           Sherrill

1980                retired

 

THOMAS, WALTER B.

              

Born: 12-31-1819  Emhurst Green, England                     married: Abigail Caroline Turner
Died: 5-13-1897  Carbondale PA                                      obit: Wyoming Conference 1885, 58

 

1853       admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1853       ordained deacon

1857       ordained elder

 

Interment: Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1898, 96

 

1853-54  Conklin and Loderville
1854-55  Berkshire
1855-56  Vestal
1856-58  Athens
1858-60  Nichols
1860-62  Orwell
1862-64  Gibson
1864-66  Lisle and Whitney's Point
1866-68  Castle Creek
1868-70  Windsor
1870-71  North New Berlin
1871-72  Middlefield
1872-74  Bainbridge
1874-76  Morris
1876-78  Westville
1878-79  Exeter
1879-82  Broome
1882                       retired

 

Note:  Walter B. Thomas served as a local preacher in England for 16 years before coming America.  A brief biography of Walter B. Thomas appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 254.

 

 

THOMPSON, CHARLES EDWARD

 

Born: 7-11-1907  Pierrepont Manor NY                    married: Dellamae E. Clark

Died: 9-15-1990                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1999, 345

 

1938    exhorter’s license

1939    admitted on trial, Northern New York Conference

1941    ordained deacon

1943    ordained elder

 

Interment: Lisle Village Cemetery, Lisle NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1991, 338

 

1938-41           Martinsburg

1941-43           Lee Center

1943-46           chaplain, US Air Corps

1946-49           Colton

1949-50           Trenton

1950-58           chaplain, US Air Force (

1958                Utica Centenary (Mar – Jun)

1958-64           Morristown

1964-68           Edwards

1968-71           Alexandria Bay

1971                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1971-74           Lisle

1974                retired

 

Note: Charles E. Thompson had been principal of the Lisle Free Academy 1930-34.

 

THOMPSON, D.       

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1855-56           LeRaysville

 

THOMPSON, HOWARD E.

 

Born: 1884                                                                  married: Olive N. Reigle

Died: 3-10-1972                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1946, 457

                                                                                    married2: Leona E. Moss

1912    admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference        obit2: Wyoming Conference 1964, 245

?          ordained deacon                                                         [also 1966, 264]

?          ordained elder                                                            

 

Interment: Fairview Cemetery, Williamstown PA

Obit: [Wyoming Conference 1972, 272]

 

1911-14           Hunts Memorial

1914-18           Reisterstown

1918-22           Sparrows Point

1922-25           North Baltimore station

1925-28           Cumberland Center Street

1928                transfer to New York Conference

1928-38           Newburgh Trinity

1938-41           Poughkeepsie Washington Street

1941                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1941-52           Wilkes-Barre Central

1952                retired

                            1952-58  Wilkes-Barre Abbott

                                                1952-53  Wilkes-Barre First Reformed

                                                1954-55  Wilkes-Barre Bennett  Memorial

 

 

THOMPSON, J.S.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1871    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1871-72           New Milford (5 months, replaced by Asa Brooks)

1872                expelled, heresy (page 11,16)

 

Note: This name is sometimes reported as I.S. Thompson and I.S. Thomson.  J.S. Thompson was reported to be “an eloquent speaker” and the church was filled Sunday after Sunday with eager listeners.  He then organized an independent society “where immense congregations assembled to hear him.”  He was then replaced by a Mr. Clark and the independent society was discontinued for a lack of interest.  Nothing more is known about J.S. Thompson or the nature of his heresy.
     This MAY be Rev. Justin S. Thompson (1839-1894) who “went west” and joined the West Wisconsin Conference in 1876.

 

THOMPSON, PAUL A.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1932    ordained local deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1923-26           Hale Eddy

1926-28           McClure and North Sanford

 

1933-35           Montdale

 

Note: Paul A. Thompson served as a supply preacher.

 

THORICK, PHILIP J.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1971    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1971    ordained deacon

1976    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1971-74           student

1974-78           Great Bend

1978-83           Tioga Center (ending 5/1983)

1983-86           Endicott St. Paul’s (beginning 5/1983

                            1983-84  Campville (5/1983 – 1/31/1984)

1986-87           Endicott St. Paul’s – chaplain, Hilltown

1987-96           chaplain, Homes for the Aging

1996-00           Nimmonsburg

2000-07           Oxford

2007                retired      

2010                charter member Upper New York Conference

 

THORPE, WILLIS LOOMIS

 

Born: 1-20-1838  Sheffield MA                                 married: Hattie E. Coe

Died: 12-28-1907  Clyde NY                                     obit: [d. 1868]

                                                                                    married2: Emma Bresee

1858    exhorter’s license                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1928, 147

1860    local preacher’s license

1862    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Evergreen Cemetery Otego NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1908, 125

 

1862-63           Worcester

1863-65           Starkville

1865-68           Morris

1868-69           Cooperstown

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1869-71           Cooperstown

1871-72           located

1872                transfer to Upper Iowa Conference

1872-73           Hampton

1873                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1873-74           Unadilla

1874-77           Montrose

1877-80           Scranton Hyde Park

1880-81           Scranton Providence

1881-85           superintendent, Chenango District

1885-88           Honesdale

1888-89           Binghamton High Street

1889-92           Waverly NY

1892-93           Pittston

1893-99           superintendent, Honesdale District

1899-02           Plymouth PA

1902-04           Newark Valley

1904-07           Plains and Miners Mills

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Willis L. Thorpe appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 413.

 

THURSTON, ALBERTUS ELISHA

 

Born: 12-15-1833  Morris NY                                   married: Lydia M. Marble

Died: 1894                                                                  obit: [1833-1852]

                                                                                    married2: Eliza Ann Bulson

                                                                                    obit2: [1833-1910]

Interment: Plains Cemetery, West End NY

Obit:

 

1888-93           Coventry

1893-94           Garrattsville

 

Note: A.E. Thurston served as a supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

 

THURSTON, ELLIS DAVID

 

Born: 11-10-1821  Pittsfield NY                                married: Eleanor A. Lynch

Died: 12-20-1886  Varna VY                                     obit: Central New York Conference 1909, 164

 

1844    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference; recommended by Morris

 

Interment: Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Ithaca NY

Obit: Central New York Conference 1887, 91

 

1844-45           New Berlin

1845-46           Westford

1846-48           Richmondville

1848-49           South New Berlin

1849-51           Coventry

1851-53           Bainbridge

1853-55           McDonough and Smithville

1855-57           Greene

1857-59           Plymouth

1859-61           Guilford

1861-63           Mt. Upton

1863-65           Earlville

1865-66           New Berlin

1866-68           Newfield

1868                charter member of Central New York Conference

1868-70           Ledyard

1870-72           Warners

1872-74           South Onondaga

1874-76           Euclid

1876-79           West Dryden and Asbury

1879-81           Milford

1881-83           Enfield

1883-84           McClean

1884-86           Varna and Etna

 

Note:  Ellis D. Thurston is a brother to Esther Thurston Rose, wife of Rodney S. Rose.  Mrs. Thurston is the daughter of William R. Lynch.  He never actually served in the Wyoming Conference, but he served many charges [Chenango and Otsego districts] that were transferred to the Wyoming Conference in 1868, and he has family ties in the Wyoming conference.

 

 

TIEBERT, H. JANET

 

Born:                                                                           married: Bruce Tiebert

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2002    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

2005    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2002-06           Bethany (Wayne County)

2006-10           West Pittston

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-11           West Pittston (ending 10/30/2011)

2011-13           family leave (beginning 10/31/2011)

2013-18           Philadelphia, Indiana Conference

2018-21           on leave (ending 12/31/2021)

2021                retired (12/31/2021)

 

TIFFANY, CORTLAND P.

 

Born: 2-3-1872  Nicholson PA                                   married: L. Gertrude Kauffman

Died: 7-18-1904  Blue Mountain Lake NY               obit: Wyoming Conference 1943, 620

 

1895    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Riverview Cemetery, Huntingdon PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1905, 112

 

1895-97           Foster

1897-00           Kirkwood

1900-04           Candor

 

Note: Cortland P. Tiffany is a second cousin to Harriet Tiffany Hawley, wife of Nelson J. Hawley.  A biographical sketch of Cortland P. Tiffany appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 414.

 

 

TIFFANY, NORMAN RONALD

 

Born: 11-27-1930  Bronx NY                                    married:  Eleanor Louise Swales

Died: 4-6-2014                                                            obit:

 

1954    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1956    ordained deacon

1957    ordained elder

 

Interment: [cremated]

Obit: Upper New York Conference 2014, 461

 

1954-55           student

1955-57           Rome

1957-61           Meshoppen

1961-64           Lehman

1964-71           Greene

1971-75           Clarks Green

1975-80           Castle Creek

1980-82           Morris

1982                retired

                            1982-86       Garrattsville

                            1990             Milford (1/1 – 7/1)

                            1990            Worcester (7/1 – 9/20)

                            1991-07       Sand Hill

                            2007-10       Unadilla Center

    2010            charter member Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Mrs. Tiffany is the daughter of Thomas G. Swales.

 

 

TILLETT, DOROTHEA M.

 

Born: 8-28-1909  Philadelphia PA                             married: William Leslie Tillett (10/5/1938)

Died: 5-1-1966  Cooperstown NY                             obit: [5/7/1913 – 12/20/1964]

 

1965    received as local elder from American Baptist Church

 

Interment: Green Hill Cemetery, Waynesboro PA

Obit:

 

Note: Dorothea Tillett (nee Roberts) apparently took ill and died before serving on the Wyoming Conference.  Upon the death of her husband, she had been ordained to take over the Cherry Valley Baptist charge.  Rev. William L. Tillett was an American Baptist pastor.

 

TIMLIN, JOSEPH PAUL

 

Born: 9-30-1925  Philadelphia PA                             married: Martha Elizabeth Hogan (6/24/1950)

Died: 5-23-2010  New Hartford NY                          obit:

                                                                                    married2: Florence Gardy (1968)

1957    license, Central Pennsylvania Conference     obit2:

1961    ordained deacon                                              married3: Rev. Genett E. Couch (7/3/1989)

1962    admitted on trial                                              obit3:

1964    ordained elder

 

Interment: Windsor Village Cemetery, Windsor NY

Obit: (none)

 

1956-60           Rouzerville

1960-61           Ray’s hill 

1961-64           Kulpmont

1964-66           Williamsport High Street (ending 11/15/66)

1966-67           Altoona Mardorf (beginning 11/15/66)

1967-71           voluntary location

                             1969-71      Worcester, Wyoming Conference

1971                re-admitted, Wyoming Conference

1971-72           Worcester

1972-75           North Fenton

1975-78           Mount Upton

1978-80           Mehoopany

1980-84           Harpursville

1984-86           Marathon

1986                retired

                             1986-88      Berkshire (beginning 9/1/1986)

                             1988           Middlefield-Roseboom (9/1 – 10/31)

                             1990-94      Cherry Valley, North Central NY Conference (beginning 4/1/1990)

                             2010           transfer to the Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Joseph Paul Timlin met the first Mrs. Timlin while both were students at Dickinson College.  He worked in the family furniture firm before entering the ministry.  He died during the dissolution of the Wyoming Conference, and there is no conference obituary.  His gravemarker notation “Munsee – Running Red Wolf” is a statement that he was part Munsee Native American.  The third Mrs. Timlin (nee Walker), formerly of the Central New York Conference, is a member of the Upper New York Conference.

 

TISDALE, NEWTON A.

 

Born: 12-3-1856                                                          married: Ellen Louise Day

Died: 4-4-1934                                                            obit:

 

 

Interment: Grandview Cemetery, Utica NY

Obit:

 

1891-92           Exeter and Schuyler’s Lake

 

Note: N.A. Tisdale served as a supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown, but appears to have had a Baptist connection.

 

TODD, CHARLES WESLEY

 

Born: 7-22-1832  South Sterling PA                          married: Anna M. Pursel

Died: 6-3-1912  Uniondale PA                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1923, 143

 

1860    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1862    ordained deacon

1864    ordained elder

 

Interment: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Sidney NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1913, 113

 

1860-61           Union

1861-62           Springville

1862-64           Spencer

1864-65           Barton

1865-66           Plymouth PA

1866-68           Narrowsburg

1868-69           Hawley

1869                transfer to Oregon Conference

1869-70           Oregon City

1870-71           Albany

1871-73           Rosenburg

1873-75           agent, Umpqua Academy

1875-76           Springfield

1876-80           located

1880                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1880-82           Masonville

1882-85           Uniondale

1885-86           on leave

1886-87           Thompson

1887-90           Oregon [Carley Brook]

1890-91           Beach Pond

1891-93           on leave

1893-94           Waymart

1894                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Charles W. Todd appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 415.

 

TOLLEY, EARL VINCENT

 

Born: 9-14-1898  Honesdale PA                                married: Pauline C. Hoteling

Died: 1-3-1997  Fort Myers FL                                  obit: Wyoming Conference 1990, 321

 

1924    admitted on trial

1924    ordained deacon

1926    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1997, 367

 

1924-27           Greene

1927-29           Dalton

1929-35           Nanticoke

1935-41           Dunmore

1941-48           Johnson City

1948-54           superintendent, Binghamton District

1954-59           Endicott Central

1959-65           superintendent, Scranton District

1965-65           Oneonta First

1958                retired

 

Note: Earl V. Tolley is a brother to William Pierson Tolley (1900-1996) of the North Central New York Conference, and an uncle (through his sister Marjorie) to Mark S. Harvey.

 

TOLLEY, SAMUEL

 

Born: 1835  Chacewater, Cornwall England              married: Emily Perry

Died: 3-12-1925  Factoryville PA                              obit: [see Wyoming Conference 1925, 92]

 

1873    ordained local deacon

1877    ordained local elder

 

Interment: Nicholson Cemetery, Nicholson PA

Obit: [see Wyoming Conference 1925, 92]

 

1907-09           West Nicholson

1912-13           Equinunk

 

Note: Samuel Tolley is the grandfather of Earl V. Tolley and the great-grandfather of Mark S. Harvey.  He served as a local pastor.

 

TOMPKINS, LEWIS ALVA JR.

 

Born: 11-29-1902  Port Gibson MS                           married: Alice Haldane West

Died: 5-22-1986                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1985, 291

                                                                                    married2: Sara Eastburn Glenn

Interment:                                                                   obit2:

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1986, 300

 

                        Associate, Wilkes-Barre First Presbyterian

1934-63           Chicago Olivet Presbyterian

1964                retired

    1964-68       Lemon

    1968-80       East Lemon

 

Note: Alva Tompkins was a 1924 graduate of Cornell University.  His roots are in the Lemon area, as his father Lewis Alva Tompkins (1866-1938) and grandfather Alva Tompkins (1827-1919) are buried in Tunkhannock’s Sunnyside Cemetery.  His grandmother was a Stark, of the nearby pioneer Stark’s M.E. Church.

 

TOMPKINS, LYNN H.

 

Born: 1-6-1942  New Milford PA                              married: Jane Griffin

Died: 8-12-2020  Scranton PA                                   obit:

 

1974    license

1978    admitted on trial

 

Interment: South Gibson Cemetery, South Gibson PA

Obit:

 

1974-78           Carley Brook (beginning 8/14/1974)

1978-79           Westover

1979-81           Glenwood

1981                discontinued, page 96

 

Note: After not making progress toward ordination and showing no interest in becoming a local pastor, Lynn Tompkins was discontinued as a probationary member and declared ineligible for appointment – at which point he and the Glenwood congregation left the denomination, formed an independent church, and erected their own building.

 

TOPOLEWSKI, JOHN LEO

 

Born: 10-15-1941  Jersey City NJ                              married: Donna _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                    married2: Nancy _____

1951    admitted on trial,                                             obit2:

            Newark Conference: recommended by St. John’s

1968    ordained deacon

1970    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1961-63           student, Keystone Junior College

                            1961-63       Hop Bottom

1963-67           student, State University of New York

                            1963-65       Hop Bottom

                            1965-67       Damascus

1967-70           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                            1967-69       Damascus

                            1969-70       Lanesboro

1970-72           associate, Oneonta First

1972-75           Trucksville

1975-80           Mountaintop Christ

1980-81           sabbatical leave (ending 12/31/1980)

1981-85           Mountaintop Christ (beginning 1/1/1981)

1985-88           Johnson City Sarah Jane Johnson Memorial

1988-96           superintendent, Oneonta District

1996-01           Vestal

2001                retired

                            2001-06       associate, Owego

                            2006-10       Newport NH Church of the Good Shepherd, New England Conference

    2010            transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

    2010-19       Newport NH Church of the Good Shepherd, new England Conference

 

Note: John L. Topolewski is married to Nancy E. Topolewski.

 

TOPOLEWSKI, NANCY E.

 

Born:                                                                           married: John L. Topolewski

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          ordained Presbyterian, recommended by Wilkes-Barre First Presbyterian

1989    ordained deacon

1993    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1978-85           Presbyterian Church

1985-86           (inactive)

1986-87           Presbyterian Church

1987                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the United Methodist Church

1987-88           Flemingville (beginning 7/12/1987 and ending 8/31/1988)

1988-96           Kirkwood (beginning 9/1/1988)

1996-06           Vestal Center

2006-10           on leave

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-19           on leave

2019                retired

 

Note: Nancy E. Topolewski is married to John L. Topolewski.

 

TORRY, DANIEL

           

Born: 4-22-1800                                                          married: Betsey E. _____
Died: 9-30-1857                                                          obit: [1804 – 11/28/1862]

 

1827    admitted on trial, Genesee Conference

 

Interment: Old Brooklyn Cemetery, Brooklyn PA
Obit: [Wyoming Conference 1858, 10]

 

1827-29           Bridgewater

1829                charter member Oneida Conference

1829-30           Binghamton

1830-32           Broome

1832-33           Spencer

1833-35           Lanesboro

1835-36           Brooklyn

1836-37           Vestal

1837-38           Skinner's Eddy

1838-39           on leave

1839-41           Pike

1841-42           Orwell

1842-47           on leave

1847-49           Montrose and Great Bend

1849                retired

     1852  charter member of Wyoming Conference

 

Note:  A brief biography of Daniel Torry appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 256.

 

TOTTEN, LEON R.

 

Born: 1903                                                                  married: Margaret A. _____

Died: 3-12-1954                                                          obit: [1906 – 1993]

 

 

Interment: Know Cemetery, Ouaquaga NY

Obit:

 

1932-34           Brookvale

 

Note: Leon Totten served as a supply preacher.  April 7, 1931, “Leon R. Totten, Endicott NY, now a student at Wyoming Seminary” appeared for examining before the conference board of ministerial training, but he was not among those admitted on trial that year.

 

TOW, MAXWELL

 

Born:                                                                           married: Geri ­­­­­

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1959    admitted on trial, Northern New Jersey Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1959-69           Patterson Christ – Calvary

1969-79           Patterson Urban Ministries

1979-83           Maplewood Morrow Memorial

1983-89           superintendent, Southern District

1989-90           sabbatical leave

1990-93           Windsor, Wyoming Conference

1993                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1993-95           Windsor

1995-99           on leave

1999                retired

2010                charter member Upper New York Conference

 

TOWER, PURINGTON RIAL

 

Born: 3-22-1834  West Lenox PA                              married: Mary D. Lyon

Died: 2-27-1914  Thompson PA                                obit: Wyoming Conference 1907, 115

 

1867    exhorter’s license

1868    local preacher’s license, Scranton Providence

1869    admitted on trial

1871    ordained deacon

1873    ordained elder

 

Interment: Tower Cemetery, West Lenox PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1914, 107

 

1868-69           Rome

1869-70           Wyalusing

1870-71           Herrick

1871-74           Skinner's Eddy

1874-76           Factoryville

1876-77           Salem

1877-80           Bethany

1880-82           Hawley

1882-84           Guilford

1884-85           Fly Creek

1885-88           Osborne Hollow and Port Crane

1888-89           Lanesboro

1889-91           Gibson

1891-94           Jackson

1894-96           Canaan

1896                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Purington R. Tower appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 416.

 

TOWNER, ISAAC PRATT

           

Born: 12-26-1822  Rome PA                          married: Sally Jane Forbes
Died: 3-18-1887  West Nicholson PA                                    obit: [6/13/1825 – 12/24/1846]

                                                                        married2: Sally Jane Van Nest [1847]

1854    local preacher’s license                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1892, 99

1856    ordained local deacon

1856    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: McCabe Farm Cemetery, Rome PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1887, 72

 

1856-57           Apalachin

1857-58  Little Meadows
1858-59  Litchfield
1859-61  Mehoopany
1861-63  Wyalusing
1863-67  on leave
1867-70  Fairdale
1870-71  Union
1871-74  Sanford
1874-77  Harpursville
1877-78  Windsor
1878-80  McDonough
1880-83  Hale's Eddy
1883-85  Herrick Center
1885-86  Daleville and Union
1886-87  West Nicholson.

 

Note:  Isaac P. Towner is the son of Joseph Towner.  A brief biography of Isaac P. Towner appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 255.

 

 

TOWNER, JOSEPH

           

Born: 3-14-1797                                                          married: Amelia Emily Pratt
Died: 4-12-1854  Rome PA                                        obit: [5/12/1799 – 11/6/1859]

 

1826    admitted on trial, Genesee Conference

 

Interment: McCabe Farm Cemetery, Rome PA
Obit:

 

1826-27           Tioga circuit [Forksville, etc.]

1827-28           Spencer

1828                discontinued

                            1849-50       Orwell
                            1851-52        Litchfield

                            1852            “transfer” to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

                            1852-53       Litchfield

                            1853-54       LeRaysville

 

Note:  Joseph Towner is the father of Isaac Pratt Towner and the brother of Rev. Benjamin Towner (1803-1866), affiliation unknown, who was also known as a great singer.  Joseph is, through noted musician son John Griffin Towner (1825-1870), the grandfather of the even more noted gospel songwriter Daniel Brink Towner (1850-1919).  As Joseph Towner is named in several sources as a “prominent Methodist preacher” and officiated at marriages and funerals after 1828, he apparently continued as a local preacher.

 

 

TOWNSEND, WILLIAM J.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1984    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1986    ordained deacon

1988    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1984-85           Stevens Point (beginning 12/84)

1985-88           Ransom

1988-93           Skinners Eddy

1993-95           Cooperstown

1995-01           New Milford

2001-03           Kingston Dorranceton

2003-10           chaplain, Children’s Home

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-18           chaplain, Children’s Home

                             2017-18      Franklin Forks (beginning 9/1/2017)

2018                retired

                             2018-19      Franklin Forks

 

TRANSUE, GEORGE SMITH

 

Born: 11-4-1837  Smithfield PA                                married: Mary Jane Nye

Died: 2-20-1916  Cardiff NY                                     obit: Central New York Conference 1905, 148

                                                                                    married2: Laura Parks

1862    license to exhort                                              obit2:

1867    admitted on trial, East Genesee Conference  

1869    ordained deacon, East Genesee Conference

ordained elder, East Genesee Conference

 

Interment: Bellona Cemetery, Bellona NY

Obit: Central New York Conference 1916, 139

 

1865-66           Rush, Wyoming Conference (part year)

1966-67           Franklinville (part year)

1867-68           Forksville

1868-70           Monroeton

1870-72           East Charleston

1872                transfer to Central New York Conference by change of boundaries

1872-73           East Charleston

1873-76           Burlington

1876                transfer to Genesee Conference by change of boundaries

1876-78           Westfield

1878-80           Potter

1880                transfer to Central New York Conference by change of boundaries

1880-83           Bellona

1883-86           Williamson

1886-89           Liverpool

1889-90           Montour Falls

1890-93           Rose

1893-95           Union Springs

1895-98           Jamesville and DeWitt

1898-04           Solvay

1904-05           on leave

                             1905  Truxton (part year)

1905-06           conference evangelist

                             1906  Marion (part year)

1906-08           DeWitt

1908-09           Reading Center

1909-10           Mottville and Skaneateles Falls

1910-               Syracuse Olivet

 

Note: George S. Transue served in the Wyoming Conference as a supply preacher.  His relation (if any) to the other Transue clergy is unknown.

 

TRANSUE, JOHN A.

 

Born: 3-27-1851  Scot Run PA                                  married: Rachel H. Bisbing

Died: 1-21-1930  Waymart PA                                  obit: Wyoming Conference 1928, 149

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Leolia Belle Matteson

1876    local preacher’s license                                   obit2: Wyoming Conference 1950, 547

1881    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Canaan Corners Cemetery, Wayne County PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1930, 352

 

1879-81           Mountaintop

1881-84           Lackawaxen

1884-85           Ouaquaga

1885-86           Exeter and Schuyler's Lake

1886-89           Paupack

1889-90           Beach Pond

1890-95           Carley Brook

1895-96           Bethany

1896-98           Wanamie

1898-99           Maple Grove

1899-02           Canaan

1902-07           Cherry Ridge

1907-10           Jackson

1910-11           on leave

1911-15           Auburn

1915-16           Centermoreland

1916-18           Noxen

1918                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of John A. Transue appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 417.  The second Mrs. Transue (nee Daniels) was the widow of a Mr. Enos Matteson.  Breyfogel’s 1888 Landmarks of the Evangelical Association say he was licensed in 1875 and in 1876 “J.A. Transue, local preacher, received a letter of dismissal.”

 

TRANSUE, MILLARD EUGENE

 

Born: 7-16-1898  Lake Como PA                              married: Violet E. Jay

Died: 2-6-1977  Johnson City NY                              obit: Wyoming Conference 1961, 221

 

?          local preacher’s license

1963    ordained local deacon

1965    ordained local elder

 

Interment: Riverhurst Cemetery, Endicott NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1977, 240

 

1960-66           Hornbrook (beginning 11/1960)

1966-67           Marathon

1967-71           Hornbrook

1971                retired

                            1971-73  Lanesboro Presbyterian Church

                            1973-75  Lanesboro

                            1975-76  Occanum Community Baptist Church

                            1976-77  Silver Lake Presbyterian Church at Laurel Lake

 

Note: Millard E. Transue served as a local pastor.

 

TRAVIS, JOSEPH

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2004    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2004-06           Forest City and East Ararat

 

Note: Joseph Travis served as a local preacher.

 

 

TREAT, STEPHEN

 

Born: 4-20-1873  Beach Lake PA                              married: Clarissa Belle Arnold

Died: 9-23-1918  Scranton PA                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1960, 204

 

1908    local preacher’s license

1913    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Clinton Center Cemetery, Wayne County PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1919, 137

 

1910-12           Thornhurst

1912-16           Lakeville

1916-17           Heart Lake

1917-18           Hamlin (ending 9/23/18)

 

Note: Stephen Treat is the father of Clarissa Treat Sheehan, wife of Robert H. Sheehan.

 

TREDINNICK, JOHN STEPHEN

 

Born: 12-4-1870  Cornwall, England                         married: Mary Wilks Warren

Died: 2-7-1933  Port Huron MI                                  obit: [1875-1957]

 

?          admitted on trial, New York Conference

?          ordained deacon, New York Conference

?          ordained elder, New York Conference

 

Interment: Old Liberty Cemetery, Liberty NY

Obit: Michigan Conference 1933, 322

 

                        associate, New York Union

1896-98           North Highland

1898-01           Cobake

1901-03           Dover Plains

1903-04           Lake Mahopac

1904-07           Deposit

1907-12           Liberty

1912-15           Hudson

1915                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1915-21           Binghamton Tabernacle

1921                transfer to Detroit Conference

1921-25           Port Huron First

1925-26           Detroit Preston

1926-28           Saginaw Jefferson Avenue

1928                transfer to Michigan Conference

1928-31           Grand Rapids Trinity

1931-33           Jackson Calvary

 

TREIBLE, WILSON

 

Born: 3-30-1850  near Stroudsburg PA                      married: Eva Belcher

Died: 3-18-1945  Mehoopany PA                              obit: Wyoming Conference 1916, 121

                                                                                    married2: Jennie Fassett

1878    admitted on trial                                              obit2: Wyoming Conference 1961, 222

1880    ordained deacon

1882    ordained elder

 

Interment: Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1945, 168

 

1878-80           Yatesville

1880-81           Nanticoke

1881-83           Waverly PA

1883-86           Sayre

1886-90           Newark Valley

1889-95           superintendent, Owego District

1895-00           Wyoming

1900-08           Norwich

1908-11           Nanticoke

1911-15           Dallas

1915                retired

                            1918-20  Camptown

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Wilson Treible appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 419.

 

TRETHOWAN, HENRY

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1871    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1871-72           Forty Fort (did not finish the year)

1872                no longer listed

 

 

TRUESDELL, EMRI HALL

 

Born: 8-4-1846  Colesville NY                                  married: Ella Niven

Died: 7-14-1894  Harpursville NY                             obit: [10/20/1849 – 3/10/1913]

 

1886    admitted on trial

1889    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Pratt Cemetery, Harpursville NY

Obit:

 

1885-88           Garrattsville

1888-89           Triangle

1889                located

                             1891-92      Preston

 

TRUSCOTT, SAMUEL J.

 

Born: 9-20-1901  Nanticoke PA                                 married: Helen Benjamin

Died: 10-3-1964                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1961, 223

                                                                                    married2: Rosalind Stevens                           

1926    admitted on trial, Northern NY Conference   obit2: [3/24/1921 – 11/23/1990]

?          ordained deacon

1931    ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1965, 250

 

1924-28           Granby Center

1828-29           Vernon Center

1929                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1929-32           Skinner’s Eddy

1932-35           West Nanticoke

1935-41           Dalton – Waverly

1941-44           Tunkhannock

1944-48           Dorranceton

1948-54           Scranton Asbury

1954-60           superintendent, Oneonta District

1960-62           superintendent, Children’s Home

1962                retired

 

Note: Samuel J. Truscott is the son of Rev. James Truscott (1872-1933) of the Primitive Methodist Church and a brother to Susan Truscott Davey, wife of Richard J. Davey.  He is reported to be the father of Eleanor Ruth Truscott Vernody – wife of Rev. David Vernody, affiliation unknown.

 

TRYON, LEVI D.

           

Born: 11-2-1817  Owasco NY                                   married: Priscilla G. Mead
Died: 9-27-1876  Honesdale PA                                obit: Wyoming Conference 1893, 88

 

1840    exhorter’s license

1841    local preacher’s license

1842    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Honesdale PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1877, 33

 

1842-43           Scipio

1843-44           Amber

1844-45           Scipio

1845-46           Elbridge

1846-48           Nichols

1848-49           Brooklyn

1849-51           Windsor

1851-52           Dryden

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-54           New Troy

1854-55           Tunkhannock

1855-56           Honesdale

1856                retired

 

Note:  A brief biography of Levi D. Tryon appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 256.

 

TUCKER, JACK M. SR

 

Born: 1926                                                                  married: Shirley A. Hodson

Died: 1-31-2001                                                          obit: [1926 – 1994]

 

Interment: Village Cemetery, Windsor NY

Obit:

 

1963-66           Windsor (beginning 1/1963)

1966-67           withdrew

1967-68           Oak Street

1968-77           withdrew

1977-78           Warren Center

1978-81           Davenport

1981                withdrew (see 1982 journal, did not finish the conference year)

1981-91           Apalachin Faith Christian Fellowship

1991                retired

 

Note: Jack M. Tucker served as a local pastor.  In 1981 he was a founding pastor of Faith Christian Fellowship.

 

TUCKLEY, HENRY

 

Born: 11-16-1848  Staffordshire, England                 married: Mary Susanna Smith

Died: 8-24-1909  Dimock PA                                    obit: Wyoming Conference 1924, 138

 

            exhorter’s license, Raper MEC in Dayton OH

            local preacher’s license, Raper MEC in Dayton OH

1875    admitted on trial, Cincinnati Conference

 

Interment: Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1910, 121

 

1874-75           [circuit in Kentucky]

1875-77           Hartwell and Carthage

1876-79           Cincinnati St. John's

1878-81           Delhi

1880-84           Cincinnati Christie

1883-85           on leave, for year abroad

1884-88           Springfield St. Paul's

1887                transfer to New England Southern Conference

1887-90           Providence RI Mathewson Street

1889                transfer to Kentucky Conference

1889-93           Lexington

1892-94           on leave, for year abroad

1893                transfer to New England Conference

1893-99           Springfield MA Trinity

1898                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1898-01           Binghamton Centenary

1901                on leave, for year abroad

1902-05           Oneonta

1905-08           Scranton Asbury

1908-09           superintendent, Binghamton District

 

Note: Henry Tuckley is the father of missionary to Turkey Martha Jane Tuckley Yarrow, wife of Rev. Ernest Albert Yarrow.  He is the author of numerous religious, social and historical articles and books, including a memorial volume on Rev. William Nast.  A biographical sketch of Henry Tuckley appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 418.

 

 

TUPPER, MASON F.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1854-55           Liberty

 

Note: Mason F. Tupper was a businessman and local pastor for many years in the Binghamton NY area.

 

TURKINGTON, WILLIAM H.

 

Born: 1851  Falmouth MA                                         married:

Died: 6-19-1917  Watertown MA                              obit:

 

 

?          admitted on trial, New England Southern Conference

 

Interment: Ridgelawn Cemetery, Watertown MA

Obit:

 

1876-77           Millville

…

1882                Windsorville

…

1885-86           North Manchester

1886                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1886-87           Luzerne

1887-88           Hartwick

1888                transfer to New Hampshire Conference

1890-91           Suncook

1891-93           Lebanon

1893-95           Tilton and East Tilton

1895-96           Woodsville

1896                withdrew

 

Note: William H. Turkington is the son of William Turkington (1818-1908) who spent his entire career in the New England Southern Conference.

 

TURNER, MICHAEL K.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Stephanie _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2005    license, recommended by Brentwood

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2009-10           Pittston

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Michael K. Turner served as a local preacher.

 

 

TURNER, WILLIAM RICHARDS

 

Born: 1-24-1855  McHenry County IL                      married: Frances Brougham (1880)

Died: 2-21-1916  Binghamton NY                             obit: [1861 – 5/25/1938]

 

1882    admitted on trial

1884    ordained deacon

1886    ordained elder

 

Interment: Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton NY

Obit:

 

1882-83           Union

1883-84           Wells Bridge

1884-86           East Worcester

1886-88           Middlefield

1888-89           Ouaquaga

1889-90           Sidney Centre

1890-92           Great Bend

1892-94           Factoryville

1894-96           Binghamton Oak Street

1896-96           on leave

1897                withdrew

 

Note: The widowed Mrs. Turner later (1917) married a Mr. Arthur G. Berkley (1861-1925)

 

TUTHILL, JOHN ALLEN

 

Born: 10-2-1874  Port Jervis NY                               married: Anna Mae Runyon

Died: 1-26-1919  Carbondale PA                               obit: Wyoming Conference 1957, 568

 

1906    admitted on trial

1908    ordained deacon

1910    ordained elder

 

Interment: Glen Dyberry Cemetery, Honesdale PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1919, 122

 

1906-08           South Canaan

1908-10           Beach Lake

1910-13           Clifford

1913-16           Sterling

1916-19           Betheny

1919-19           Waymart

 

 

TUTTLE, ALEXANDER HARRISON

 

Born: 2-28-1844  Bordentown NJ                              married: Charlotte Taylor Gamewell

Died: 12-4-1932  East Orange NJ                              obit: Newark Conference 1948, 136

 

1869    admitted on trial, Newark Conference

 

Interment: Hackensack Cemetery, Hackensack NJ

Obit: Newark Conference 1933, 87

 

1869-72           Hackensack Asbury

1872-75           Jersey City Lafayette

1875-78           Newark Union Street

1878-81           Hackettstown

1881-83           Elizabeth St. James

1883-86           Plainfield

1886                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1886-89           Wilkes-Barre First

1889                transfer to Baltimore Conference

 

TWINING, SEYMOUR G.

 

Born: 1-22-1865  Union NY                                      married: Mary Jane Stratton

Died: 2-28-1929  Tioga NY                                       obit: [3/7/1871 – 12/18/1958]

 

 

Interment: Nanticoke Valley Cemetery, Union Center NY

Obit:

 

1911-14           Union Center

1921-29           Tioga Center

 

Note: S.G. Twining served as a supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

TYBRING, GILBERT B.

 

Born: 5-4-1894                                                            married: Helen M. Crawford

Died: 3-27-1960                                                          obit: [1/9/1898 – 6/8/1979]

 

Interment: Vestal Hills Memorial Park, Vestal NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1960, 257

 

 

1954-59           Warren Center

 

Note: Gilbert Tybring served as an approved supply.  He retired from IB in 1959 after 43 years of service.

 

TYLER, LOUIS D.

 

Born: 7-14-1870                                                          married: Emma Ellison (1901)

Died: 7-?-1968                                                            obit:

                                                                                    married2: Harriet Gillette

1901    admitted on trial                                              obit2: [1877 – 1/18/1965]

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1900-01           Dundaff

1901-02           Thornhurst

1902-03           Beach Lake

1903                discontinued

 

Note: Louis D. Tyler was re-appointed to Dundaff in April 1901, but apparently was moved to Thornhurst later in 1901.  He had lived in Lake Worth FL at least since 1950.

 

 

UMBRA, JAMES J. JR.

 

Born: 1926  KINGSTON PA                                     married:

Died: 11-8-1994                                                          obit:

 

1966    admitted on trial

1968    ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Highland Park, Sicily Island LA

Obit:

 

1963-64           Skinner’s Eddy

1964-66           Wanamie

1966-71           Lake Winola

1971-73           Candor

1973-76           Bainbridge (ending 8/11/1976)

1976-79           on leave (beginning 8/11/1976 and ending 5/30/1979)

1979                terminated: see 1979 journal, page 163

 

Note: James J Umbra later served in the Mississippi Conference and in the Louisiana Conference.

 

UNANGST, DAVID F.

 

Born: 3-5-1848                                                            married: Tillie A.  _____

Died: 11-15-1940                                                        obit: [1848-1920]

 

1873    admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference

?          ordained deacon

1879    ordained elder

 

Interment: Chenango Valley Cemetery, Binghamton NY

Obit:

 

1873-74           Holmesburgh

1874-75           Boyertown

…

1878-79           Nesqhehoning

1879-80           Bethel

1880-81           Packerton

1881                located

                        “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1896-97           Hickory Grove

1904-05           Coventry (5 months)

1911-12           Eaton, Wyoming Conference

 

Note: D.F. Unangst served in the Wyoming Conference as a supply preacher. 

 

UNDERHILL, LEE

 

Born: 10-19-1919  Wells KS                                      married: Inez Dorrine Jones (6/1/1941)
Died: 12-10-2003                                                        obit: [4/16/1920 – 1/6/2009]

 

Interment: Parkview Cemetery, Hastings NE
Obit:

 

1937-41           student, Kansas State

1941-45           student Drew Theological Seminary

1945                approved supply, Wyoming Conference

1945-46           Damascus

1946-49           Montdale        

1949-50           ?

1950-54           faculty, Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant IA

1954-57           Staten Island NY Woodrow

1957-60           faculty, College of Idaho in Caldwell ID

1960-72           faculty, Dubuque Theological Seminary in Dubuque IA

1972-86           faculty. Hastings College in Hastings NE

 

 

 

UNDERWOOD, GEORGE NEWCOMBE

 

Born: 3-2-1871  Binghamton NY                               married: May Edson

Died: 9-27-1947                                                          obit: [1872-1971]

 

1892    exhorter’s license, Binghamton Centenary

1893    local preacher’s license, Binghamton Centenary

1893    admitted on trial

1895    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Floral Park Cemetery, Johnson City NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1948, 1016

 

1893-94           Decatur

1894-95           Larksville

1895-96           North Norwich

1896-98           Gibson and South Gibson

1898-02           Westford

1902-04           Sherburne

1904-07           Marathon

1907-12           Forty Fort

1912-14           Dorrranceton

1914-17           Endicott

1917-23           Honesdale

1923-25           Dunmore

1925-29           Peckville

1929-33           Scranton Embury

1933-36           Tunkhannock

1936-41           Bainbridge

1941                retired

 

Note: George N. Underwood is the father of Ruth L. Underwood.  A biographical sketch of George N. Underwood appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 421.

 

UNDERWOOD, JONAS

 

Born: 9-20-1835  Deposit NY                                                married: Sarah E. Silvernail

Died: 1-8-1918                                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1886, 52

                                                                                    married2: Della C. Ayres

1859    exhorter’s license                                            obit2: Wyoming Conference 1896, 104

1859    local preacher’s license                                   married3: Nellie D. Peck

1867    ordained local deacon                                     obit3: Wyoming Conference 1926, 146

1868    admitted on trial

1872    ordained elder

 

Interment: Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1918, 137

 

1863-65           Oregon [Carley Brook] (beginning 8/24/1863)

1866-68           Thompson

1868-69           Mount Pleasant

1869-72           Damascus

1872-74           Brooklyn

1874-76           Peckville

1876-77           Forty Fort

1877-80           Ashley

1880-83           Salem

1883-86           Hanover

1886-87           Wilkes-Barre Parrish Street

1887-89           Luzerne

1889-91           Scranton Park Place

1891-93           Dallas

1893-95           New Milford

1895                retired

                            1902-03  Old Forge

                            1909-10  Old Forge

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Jonas Underwood appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 420.  The middle initial of the first Mrs. Underwood is given as “C” in the conference obituary.

 

UNDERWOOD, RUTH L.

 

Born: 12-1-1900  Westford NY                                 married: [not married]

Died: 6-11-1977  Avon CT                                         obit:

 

1943    local preacher’s license

1944    ordained local deacon

1946    ordained local elder

1959    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Floral Park Cemetery, Johnson City NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1978, 238

 

1943-49           McClure

1949-57           Alderson-Noxen

1957-67           Duryea

1967-69           Huntsville and Wilkes-Barre Parrish Street

1969-71           Wilkes-Barre Parrish Street

1971                retired

 

Note: Ruth L. Underwood is the daughter of George N. Underwood.

 

 

UNSER, RONALD MALBERN

 

Born:                                                                           married: Beth Ann _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1956    license, Missouri East Conference

1960    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1960    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

1962    ordained elder, Missouri East Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1956-57           Cairo

1957-58           Cairo – Renick

1958-60           no appointment

1960                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1960-61           Hop Bottom

1961                transfer to Missouri East Conference

1961-65           Arlington

1965-66           Braggadocio

1966-67           Braggadocio – Hayti

1967-71           Wesley Foundation

1971-72           Camping Ministry

1972                transfer to Iowa Conference

1972-74           Wesley Foundation, University of Iowa

1974-79           Dubuque – East Dubuque

1979-82           Sioux City St. James

…

1998                retired

 

Note: Ronald M. Unser served Hop Bottom while a student at Drew University.  In 2016 he is listed as a retired member of the Iowa Conference.  As of 2022, he was living in Loma Linda MO.

 

 

UNTERREINER, ALFRED ERHART

 

Born: 3-7-1925  Stamford CT                                    married: Audrey J. Snow

Died: 8-12-2001  Colbert OK                                     obit: [b. c1930]

 

1968    license, Maine Conference

1969    local deacon, Main Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2002, 219

 

1970                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1970-73           Marathon

1973-75           Slocum

1975-80           Thompson

1980-83           Lehman (ending 9/30/1983)

1983                transfer to Oklahoma Conference (10/1/1983: see 1984 journal, page 93)

1984-85           Valliant – Wright City

 

Note: Alfred E. Unterreiner served as a lay pastor until becoming an associate member of the Wyoming Conference in 1979.  As of 2015 Mrs. Unterreiner was living in Bonham TX.

 

 

UPTON, ROBERT

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          ordained, United Presbyterian Church

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1977-85           associate, Kingston Church of Christ Uniting

…

1889-91           interim, Trinity Presbyterian in Dallas PA

1991-93           interim, First Presbyterian in Wellsboro PA

…

1996-97           interim, Maplewood Presbyterian in Greensburg PA

 

 

VALENCIA, JOSE LARDIZABAZ JR.

 

Born: 11-28-1930                                                        married: Marcell Wiseman

Died:                                                                           obit: [8/15/1937 - ] (divorce)

                                                                                    married2: Nan Strickland Scovell [1995]

1955    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2: 8/29/1931 – 12/3/2017]

1955    ordained deacon

1957    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1957-58           student

1958-61           Edmeston

1961-66           Afton

1966-71           Windsor

1971-74           Binghamton High Street

1974-78           associate, Scranton Elm Park

1978-95           Endwell

1995                retired

                            1995     Susquehanna (7/1 – 9/30)

    2010     charter member Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Jose L. Valencia Jr. is the son of bishop Jose L. Valencia (1898-1995) of the Philippines Central Conference, subject of the autobiography Under God’s Umbrella.  The second Mrs. Valencia (nee Strickland) had been the widow of a Mr. Glenn “Bucky” Scovell.

 

VALENTINE, JAMES CLINTON

 

Born: 5-23-1943  Susquehanna PA                            married: Vickie L. Gatton

Died: 2-23-2021                                                          obit:

 

1968    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference: recommended by Fairdale

1968    ordained deacon (by Ohio Conference)

1969    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1968-72           Camptown

1972-79           Whitney Point

1079-84           Peckville Bradley Memorial

1984-87           Chinchilla

1987-95           New Milford

1995-05           Newark Valley

2005                retired

                            2005-09       Franklin Forks

    2010            transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

VAN ARNAM, GEORGE ANIBAL JR.

 

Born: 7-5-1936  Northville NY                                  married: Margaret S. Jenkins

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1960    admitted on trial, Troy Conference

1961    ordained deacon, Troy Conference

1962    ordained elder, Troy Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1960-62           student

1962-66           Sarasota Springs

1966                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1966-72           campus minister, Binghamton

1972                transfer to Central New York Conference

 

 

Note: George A. VanArman appears to have spent his entire career in campus ministry.

 

VAN AUKEN, SMITH DANIEL

 

Born: 2-9-1900  Nicholson PA                                   married: Grace Sisco

Died: 5-7-1978  Binghamton NY                               obit: Wyoming Conference 1984, 218

 

Interment: Vestal Hills Memorial Park, Vestal NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1978, 239

 

1953-54           Hullsville

1954-62           Vestal Calvary

1962-66           Castle Creek

1966                retired

                            1966-78       associate, Binghamton Boulevard

 

Note: Smith D. Van Auken completed the conference course of study and served as a supply pastor.  He was the founding pastor of the Calvary church in Vestal.

 

VAN CAMPEN, LEWIS T.

 

Born: 7-22-1853  Paquahbarry NJ                              married: Anna M. Stires

Died: 1-26-1932                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1942, 394

 

1881    local preacher’s license, Newark Conference

1884    ordained local deacon

1889    ordained local elder

 

Interment: East Canaan PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1932, 802

 

1883-85           Colesville

1885-87           Newfoundland

1887-88           Sparrowbush NY

1888-90           Erskine

1890-92           (not appointed)

1892-93           Stoddartsville, Wyoming Conference

1893                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1893-94           Stoddartsville

1894-98           West Nicholson

1898-00           Auburn

1900-01           Gibson

1901-03           Shavertown

1903-07           Salem [Hamlin]

1907-08           Damascus

1908-09           Pleasant Mount

1909-12           Wallsville

1912-15           Harford

1915                retired

                            1916-18  Thornhurst

                            1918-21  Lake Como

                            1921-23  South Canaan

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Lewis T. Van Campen appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 421.

 

VAN CLEFT, ASA JESSOP

 

Born: 3-3-1840  Middletown NY                               married: Elizabeth J. Wood

Died: 4-19-1912  Binghamton NY                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1906, 114

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Alice Finch

1859    exhorter’s license, Waverly NY                     obit2:

1860    local preacher’s license, Waverly NY

1860    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1863    ordained deacon

1865    ordained elder

 

Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery, Norwich NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1913, 111

 

1859-60           principal, Waverly public school

1860-61           Tioga

1861-62           Moscow

1862-64           Newport

1864-66           Carverton

1866-67           Newton

1867-70           Wyoming

1870-73           Union

1873-76           Susquehanna

1876-79           Honesdale

1879-83           superintendent, Honesdale District

1883-86           Scranton Providence

1886-90           Norwich

1890-91           on leave

                            Otego (3 months)

1891-92           Oxford

1892-97           superintendent, Oneonta District

1897-98           financial agent, Preacher’s Aid Society

1898-01           Dunmore

1901-02           Ashley

1902-08           Dalton

1908-10           Binghamton Clinton Street

1910-12           Great Bend

1912                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Asa J. Van Cleft appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 421.

 

VANDERPOEL, RICHARD

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2009-10           Halsey Valley

 

Note: Richard Vanderpoel served as a supply preacher.

 

VAN DEUSEN, HENRY NEWTON

 

Born: 8-19-1836  Cherry Valley NY                          married: Mary J. Porter

Died: 5-13-1917                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1922, 133

 

1863    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Milford Cemetery, Milford NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1918, 119

 

1863-65           Morris

1865-67           Oneonta

1867-69           Schenevus

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1869-70           Schenevus

1870-73           Laurens

1873-76           Milford

1876-78           Afton

1878-81           Greene

1881-83           Sherburne

1883-85           Union

1885-88           Nichols

1881-91           Unadilla

1891-92           Little Meadows

1892-95           Mehoopany

1895-99           Slaterville

1899-04           Berkshire

1904-06           Lanesboro

1906-11           Fly Creek

1911                retired

 

Note: Henry N. Van Deusen is a brother to Albert Van Deusen (1840-1924) of the Newark Conference. A biographical sketch of Henry N. Van Deusen appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 422.

 

 

VAN HOESEN, LOUIS E.

 

Born: 12-5-1860  Susquehanna County PA               married: Isabel M. Pace

Died: 3-9-1948                                                            obit: [d. 8/25/1897]

                                                                                    married2: Nellie M. Stannert

                                                                                    obit2: Wyoming Conference 1947, 731

1886    local preacher’s license, Scranton Adams Avenue

1890    ordained local deacon

1892    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Denison Cemetery, Forty Fort PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1948, 1010

 

1887-92           student, Wyoming Seminary

                              1887-90     Plainsville

                              1890-92     Askam

1892-94           Rendham

1894-96           Forty Fort

1896-99           Avoca

1899-01           Ariel

1901-04           Little Meadows

1904-07           Meshoppen

1907-10           Alderson

1910-13           Luzerne

1913-17           Pittston

1917-19           Scranton Providence

1919-21           Owego

1921-24           Montrose

1924-28           Avoca

1928-30           Wilkes-Barre Abbott

1930                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Louis E. Van Hoesen appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 422.

 

VAN HORN, ELVIN

 

Born: 12-23-1882                                                        married: Ethel L. Eckes

Died: 1933                                                                  obit: [1884 - 7/30/1974]

 

1917    admitted on trial, Troy Conference

 

Interment: Old Stillwater Cemetery, Stillwater NJ

Obit:

 

1917-18           North Sanford, Wyoming Conference

1918                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1918-19           Westford

1919-21           Middlefield

1921                no longer listed

 

Note: Elvin Van Horn is a brother to William S. Van Horn and to Vincent H. Van Horn (1885-1973) of the Central Illinois Conference.

 

VAN HORN, WILLIAM S.

 

Born: 2-1-1880  Stillwater NJ                                    married: Ida B. Emery

Died: 12-31-1963                                                        obit: Philadelphia Conference 1937, 192

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Abbie Tobin

1918    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2: [d. 10/12/1950]

1918    ordained deacon

1920    ordained elder

 

Interment: Stone Church Cemetery, Centerville PA

Obit: Philadelphia Conference 1964, 278

 

1918-20           Rush

1920-22           Newton

1922-23           Springville

1923                transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1923-27           Coxestown

1927-28           Wiconisco

1928-29           Steelton First

1929-30           Strasburg

1930-31           Bainbridge

1931-33           Pine Grove

1933-37           Cedarville and Temple

1937                retired

 

Note: William S. Van Horn is a brother to Elvin Van Horn and to Vincent H. Van Horn (1885-1973) of the Central Illinois Conference.

 

VAN HORNE, EGBERT FRANKLIN

 

Born: 12-6-1886 Livingston MT                                            married: Daisy A. Smith

Died: 11-22-1966  Oneonta NY                                             obit: [1887-1947]

 

1921    admitted on trial

1925    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Sidney NY

Obit:

 

                        YMCA worker (2 years)

1921-26           conference evangelist

1926                withdrew under charges

 

Note: Egbert F. Van Horne was from Sidney NY.  A 1912 reference describes him as being a student at Wyoming Seminary.  He was also a noted musician/soloist.

 

VAN LOON, THOMAS JOHN

 

Born: 8-6-1916  Nanticoke PA                                   married:

Died: 4-8-1993  Hermitage TN                                  obit:

 

1940    admitted on trial

1943    ordained deacon

1944    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Western New York Conference 1993, 336

 

1940-43           student

1943-48           Methodist student pastor, Syracuse University

1948                transfer to Genesee Conference (9/1/1948)

1948-51           associate, Buffalo Central Park

1951-53           East Rochester

1953-69           General Board of Education in Nashville TN

1969-81           General Board of Discipleship in Nashville TN

1981                retired

 

 

VAN SCHOICK, ROBERT W.

 

Born: 4-6-1843  Decater NY                                      married: Mary Jane Horton

Died: 1-25-1909                                                          obit: Michigan Conference 1902, 371

 

1869    admitted on trial

1871    ordained deacon

1873    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Michigan Conference 1909, 247

 

1869-71           McDonough

1871-72           New Berlin

1872-74           Wyoming

1874-77           Scranton Hyde Park

1877-80           Scranton Providence

1880-83           Scranton Hyde Park

1883-85           Kingston

1885-91           superintendent, Wyoming District

1891                transfer to Michigan Conference

 

 

VAN SCIVER, FRANK A.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died: 7-?-1921                                                            obit:

 

1908    admitted on trial

1910    ordained deacon

1912    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1908-09           Clark’s Green

1909-12           Ariel

1912-16           Brooklyn

1916-18           Thompson

1918-21           Moosic

1921                withdrew to join the Episcopal Church

1921                Forest City Christ

 

VAN STONE, VINCENT RAYMOND JAMES

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

 

 

 

VAN VALKENBURG, RICHARD JEPTHA

 

Born: 8-16-1823  Schoharie NY                                married: Cordelia Briggs

Died: 9-8-1912  CO                                                    obit: [12/10/1923 – 1/17/1914]

 

1852    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1855    ordained deacon

1858    ordained elder

 

Interment: Fairmount Cemetery, Denver CO

Obit:

 

1852-53           Orwell

1853-54           Van Ettenville

1854-55           North Danby

1855-56           Caroline Center

1856-57           Speedville

1857-59           Skinner’s Eddy

1859-61           Rome

1861-63           Montrose

1863-64           Berkshire

1864-65           Hyde Park

1865                “deposed from the ministry”, page 3 

 

Note: The offense of Richard Van Valkenburg is not specified in the journal.  In 1867, Richard Van Valkenburg was one of the founders of Erie CO, in the greater Denver area, naming the town for Erie PA.  The original Methodist Episcopal church building there commemorated his religious work in the community with a stained glass window.

 

VAN WOERT, GRANT E.

 

Born: 8-27-1865  Oneonta NY                                   married: Eliza Belle Burrows

Died: 3-7-1935                                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1937, 154

 

1886    exhorter’s license, North Fenton

1887    local preacher’s license, North Fenton

1889    admitted on trial

1891    ordained deacon

 

Interment: North Fenton Cemetery, North Fenton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1935, 637

 

1886-89           student, Wyoming Seminary

                            1888-89  Larksville

1889-90           Harford

1890-93           Rush

1893-97           Nicholson and Lakeside

1897-01           Brooklyn

1901-06           Schenevus

1906-11           Bainbridge

1911-16           Candor

1916-18           Union

1918-19           on leave

1919-21           Binghamton Boulevard

1921-24           Moscow

1924-29           Factoryville

1929-30           Waverly-Fleetville

1930                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Grant E. Van Woert appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 423.

 

 

VARCOE, RICHARD

           

Born: 1825  Lincolnshire, England                            married: Elizabeth Condon
Died: 4-9-1885  South Canaan                                   obit:

                                                                                    married2: Amanda E. Doney

1866    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2: Wyoming Conference 1908, 128

 

Interment: Glen Dyberry Cemetery, Honesdale PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1885, 58

 

1866-68           Sanford

1868-69           Thompson

1869-72           Cherry Ridge

1872-73           Clifford

1873-76           Narrowsburg

1876-77           Spencer

1877-79           Berkshire

1879-80           Thompson

1880-83           Narrowsburg

1883-85           Canaan.

 

Note:  A brief biography of Richard Varcoe appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 257.  He had been an elder in the Reformed Church prior to joining the Wyoming Conference.

 

VAUGHN, THOMAS J.

 

Born: 11-3-1865  Tredegar, Wales                             married: Clara E. Stamets

Died: 7-26-1948                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1938, 375

 

1889    local preacher’s license, Primitive Methodist Church

1896    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1949, 217

 

1886-89           evangelist, Salvation Army

1889                “transfer” to Primitive Methodist Church

1889-93           evangelist

1893-94           Pottsville

1894-96           Stoddartsville, Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1896                “transfer” to Methodist Episcopal Churh      

1896-99           Herrick Center

1899-01           Maple Grove

1901-05           Middlefield

1905-07           Davenport Center

1907-08           Oakland

1908-13           Glen Lyon

1913-16           Throop

1916-18           Brooklyn

1918-22           Uniondale

1922                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Thomas J. Vaughn appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 424.

 

VENZOR, CHERYL ZANDT

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2000    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

2004    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2000-10           chaplain, Veterans Hospital in Alexandria VA

2010                charter member Upper New York Conference


 

VERMILYA, CHARLES E.

 

Born: 1-15-1872  Savannah OH                                 married: Goldie Ann Fausey

Died: 2-2-1950  Penny Farms FL                               obit: Wyoming Conference 1937, 155

                                                                                    married2: Mabel Louise Watrous

1902    admitted on trial, North Dakota Conference  obit2: [9/28/1879 – 3/11/1969]

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: [cremated] Hillington Cemetery, Morris NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1950, 540

 

1902-05           Fargo Broadway

1905-07           Park River

1907-12           superintendent, Monot District

1012-17           Valley City

1917-20           superintendent, Bismark District

1920-24           superintendent, Board of Home Missions, San Francisco CA

1924-27           executive secretary. Home Missions Council

1927-31           executive secretary, New York State Council of Churches

1931                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1931-42           Morris – Garratsville

1942                retired

 

Note: The conference obituary of the first Mrs. Vermilya names her as Goldia.  The second Mrs. Vermilya was the widow of a Mr. Maurice Kenyon. 

 

VER NOOY, DAVID P.

 

Born: 6-10-1929                                                          married: Eleanor Ruth Trescott

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1953    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1952-53           assistant, Scranton Asbury

1953-54           student

1954                transfer to New York East Conference

 

 

VICKERY, CHARLES ROWE

 

Born: 9-10-1873  Lansing MI                                    married: Kate Campbell [1905]

Died: 2-2-1943  New Haven CT                                 obit:

 

1899    local preacher’s license, New York Conference

1903    ordained local deacon, New York Conference

1903    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1905    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1902-03           Cold Spring Harbor NY, New York East Conference

1903-05           assistant, Scranton Elm Park

1905-07           Middlefield

1907-08           Moosic

1908                transfer to Bombay Conference

 

Note: A lecture on PANDITA RAMABAI, a female Indian Christian reformer, by Mrs. Charles Rowe Vickery was copyrighted 5/24/1922 and renewed 5/19/1950.  She was a noted lecturer on India a missions.  A biographical sketch of Charles R. Vickery appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 425.

 

VICTOR, JACOB ISAIAH

 

Born: 1-6-1939  Bluff, South India                            married: Hannah Malliga Jones

Died: 2-13-2002  Johnson City NY                            obit:

 

1966    admitted on trial, Methodist Church in India

1967    ordained deacon, Methodist Church in India

1969    ordained elder, Methodist Church in India

 

Interment: Riverhurst Cemetery, Endicott NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2002, 221

 

1966-69           Wilson Garden and Richmond Town, India Conference

1969                transfer to South India Conference

1969-70           Bangarpet

1970-72           Secunderabad and Hyderabad

1972-76           Kolar

1976-78           on leave

1978-84           missioner at large in the United States

1984-92           Harpursville

1992-93           chaplain, Wyoming Conference Children’s Home

1993-99           Hawleyton

1999                disability leave

 

Note: The parents of J. Isaiah Victor had the surname Jacob.  He was mentored in India by the noted E. Stanley Jones.

 

VISSCHER, ROBERT P. II

 

Born:                                                                           married: Carol _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2000    license

2006    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

2009    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2003-07           Waymart

2007-10           Greentown

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010                Greentown (ending 10/1/2010)

2010                executive director, Mission Central in Mechanicsburg PA (beginning 10/1/2010)

 

Note: Robert Visscher reverted to laity status in 2016, while continuing as executive director at Mission Central.

 

VOLZ, CHARLES C.

 

Born: 10-23-1882  Brooklyn NY                               married: Frances Mary Harrington

Died: 7-21-1959  Marietta NY                                   obit: [1889 – 8/21/1964]

 

1905    license

1912    admitted on trial

1914    ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Amber Cemetery, Amber NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1960, 257

 

Coventry

1906-09           South New Berlin

1909-12           Gilbertsville

1912-17           Morris

1917-18           Sanitaria Springs

1918-24           Otego

1924-29           Hawley – Paupack

1929-30           Apalachin – Little Meadows

1930-35           Mountaintop – Albert

1935-36           West Nanticoke

1936-42           Throop

1942-44           Avoca

1944-49           Great Bend – Halstead

1949-51           Castle Creek – Glen Castle

1951                retired

 

 

VOUGHT, LEONARD L.

 

Born: 2-3-1867  Rome PA                                          married: Harriet L. Jewell

Died: 8-10-1946  Cortland NY                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1964, 247

 

1894    exhorter’s license, Rome

1901    local pastor’s license

1909    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Marathon Cemetery, Marathon NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1947, 722

 

1901-06           Preston

1909-10           Orwell

1914-18           Rome

1918-23           Greene

1923-31           Marathon

1931                retired

                            1931-45  Texas Valley

 

Note: Mrs. Vought is the daughter of Charles H. Jewell.

 

VROOMAN, CHAUNCEY C.

 

Born: 6-13-1860  Roxbury NY                                  married: Harriet Stickles

Died: 10-20-1945  Genesee NY                                 obit: Wyoming Conference 1928, 148

                                                                                    married2: Mildred Jacks

1887    exhorter’s license, Oneonta                            obit2:

1887    local preacher’s license, Oneonta

1888    admitted on trial

1890    ordained deacon

1892    ordained elder

 

Interment: Sylvan Lawn Cemetery, Greene NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1946, 451

 

1887-88           Hartwick

1888-90           Wells Bridge

1890-93           McClure

1893-95           Westford

1895-98           Lanesboro

1898-03           Maine

1903-07           Guilford

1907-13           Marathon

1913-18           Greene

1918                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Chauncey C. Vrooman appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 425.

 

WADDELL, DAVID FRANKLIN

 

Born: 7-16-1852  Preston MD                                    married: Deborah Rebecca Thomas

Died: 12-20-1900  Westminster MD                          obit: [9/25/1855 – 11/24/1915]

 

?          admitted on trial, Pennsylvania Conference of Methodist Protestant Church

 

Interment: Westminster Cemetery, Westminster MD

Obit: Wilmington Conference 1901, 61

 

1877                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church

1877-78           Daleville

1878-80           Spencer

1880                transfer to Wilmington Conference

 

WADSWORTH, WILLIAM A.

           

Born: 1-?-1823  New Hartford NY                            married: Nancy M. Parker
Died: 3-9-1875  New Hartford NY                            obit:

 

1855    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: East Hill Cemetery, New Hartford NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1875, 40

 

1855-56           Bridgewater and Leonardsville

1856-57           Lenox

1857-59           Cardiff

1859-60           Fayetteville

1860-62           Jordanville

1862-64           Verona

1864-67           Vernon Center

1867-69           Mount Upton

1869                transfer to Wyoming Conference by boundary change

1869-71           Norwich

1871-73           Unadilla

1873-74           Cooperstown

1874                retired

 

Note:  Mrs. Wadsworth is an 1850 graduate of Cazenovia Seminary.  A brief biography of William A. Wadsworth appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 258.

 

 

WAGNER, JOSIAH RUGGLES

 

Born: 6-9-1838  Plains PA                                         married: Frances Marilla Durland

Died: 4-30-1925                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1922, 129

 

1870    exhorter’s license, Lehman

1871    local preacher’s license, Lehman

1872    admitted on trial

1874    ordained deacon

1876    ordained elder

 

Interment: Maple Grove PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1926, 144

 

1871-72           Lehman

1872-74           Mountain Top

1874-77           Hanover

1877-80           Lackawanna

1880-83           Lanesboro

1883-86           Gibson and Harford

1886-88           Maine

1888-92           New Milford

1892-95           Lehman

1895-86           Avoca

1896-99           Luzerne

1899-00           conference evangelist

1900-03           Askam

1903-07           West Nanticoke

1907-08           Centermoreland

1908-09           Shavertown

1909-10           on leave

1910                retired

 

Note: Josiah R. Wagner is the father of Rev. Walter A. Wagner of the Congregational Church.  He served in the Civil War and was part of Sherman’s march to the sea.  A biographical sketch of Josiah R. Wagner appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 426.

 

WAGNER, NORMAN RICHARD

 

Born: 8-27-1892  West Moshannon PA                     married: Mildred Viola Derr

Died: 10-9-1989  Tyrone PA                                      obit: Central PA Conference 1997, 394

 

1919    license, recommended by Mount Union First

1922    admitted on trial, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1926    ordained deacon [Wyoming Conference]

1928    ordained elder

 

Interment: Greenmount Cemetery, York PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1980, 470

 

1923-25           student, Dickinson College

                             1923-25      Boiling Springs

1925-26            student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1926-27           Jeddo-Lattimer-Milnesville

1927-29           Conyngham

1929-31           Centralia

1931-35           Saxton

1935-36           Lock Haven East Main Street

1936-41           Harrisburg St. Paul’s

1941-43           Altoona Jaggard

1943-45           Petersburg

1945-49           Duncansville

1949-52           Mechanicsburg

1952-58           Shrewsbury

1958                retired

 

Note: Norman R. Wagner transferred in and out of the Wyoming Conference in 1926 solely to be ordained at a convenient time and place.  He never served in the Wyoming Conference.

 

 

WAGNER, WALTER AUSTIN

 

Born: 4-3-1871  Ross PA                                           married: Mary [Mae] Gaylord Crydenwise

Died: 1948                                                                  obit: [1872 – 10/7/1935]

                                                                                    married2: Mary Elizabeth Major

1895    admitted on trial                                              obit2: [1878 – 1961]

1896    ordained deacon

1899    ordained elder

 

Interment: Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie NY

Obit:

 

1895-99           Chenango Bridge

1899-03           Luzerne

1903                withdrew

1904                Asbury Park NJ, Congregational Church

1906                “transfer” to Congregational Church

1907                Pittsfield MA

                        Middletown NY

1913                Richmond Hill

1920                Mitchell

 

Note: A definitive list of the service of Walter A. Wagner in the Congregational Church has not been found.  The first Mrs. Wagner is the daughter of Henry M. Crydenwise.  The Wagners were living in Bluff Springs FL in 1935.

 

 

WALDRON, CHARLES ELMER

 

Born: 3-21-1872  Nyack NY                          married: Mabel Augusta Gardner [5/16/1905]

Died: 1961                                                      obit: [5/1/1885 – 4/?/1967]

 

?          local preacher’s license, Middletown CT

1902    admitted on trial

1904    ordained deacon

1906    ordained elder

 

Interment: Old Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Cumberland County TN

Obit:

 

1896-97           Newark NJ South Market Street

1897-02           student, Wesleyan University

                            Colchester CT

1902-04           Lackawaxen

1904-06           Wallsville

1906-08           Beach Lake

1908-09           Uniondale (ending 1/1/1909)

1909                withdrew, page 64 & 78

1909-21           Brookdale Reformed Church in America, Bloomfield NJ

 

Note: Charles E. Waldron is a brother to Rev. John De La Montanye Waldron (1868-?) of the Congregational Church.  Mrs. Waldron was from Montdale PA and is buried in the Scott Valley Cemetery there.  A biographical sketch of Charles E. Waldron appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 426.  He is buried in the same Tennessee cemetery as his sister

 

 

WALKER, IRA TAYLOR

 

Born: 5-22-1838  Gibson PA                                      married: Orcelia A. Barnes

Died: 12-30-1921  Buffalo NY                                  obit: Genesee Conference 1916, 138

 

1858    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1860    ordained deacon

1862    ordained elder

 

Interment: Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort PA

Obit: Genesee Conference 1922, 499

 

1857-58           Cherry Ridge

1858-60           Springville

1860-62           Sterling

1862-64           Blakeley

1864-67           Carbondale

1867-70           Kingston

1870-73           Pittston

1873-75           Scranton Adams Avenue

1875-78           superintendent, Wyalusing District

1878-81           Binghamton Centenary

1881-84           Norwich

1884-85           Plymouth PA (moved in middle of 2nd year)

1885                transfer to Lexington Conference

1885-88           Lexington KY Centenary

1888                transfer to Genesee Conference

1888-89           Angelica

1889-91           Rochester First

1891-92           North Tonawanda First

1892-95           Buffalo Grace

1895-97           Genesco

1897-00           Smethport

1900-02           Springville

1902-06           Eden

1906-08           Alden

1908                retired

 

WALKER, J. ROSCOE

 

Born: 6-23-1884                                                          married:

Died: 3-26-1952                                                          obit:

 

1909    admitted on trial, New York Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: New York East Conference 1952, 221

 

1909-10           Mountainville

1910-11           faculty, Drew Seminary at Carmel NY

1911-12           West Taghkanic

1912                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1912-15           Mehoopany

1915-16           West Nanticoke

1916-19           Wyalusing

1919-21           Dorranceton

1921-25           Tunkhannock

1925                transfer to New York East Conference

1925-28           Ansonia

1928-30           Darien

1930-32           Queens Maspeth

1932-38           Greenport

1938-44           New Haven Grace

1944-50           Queens Ozone Park

1950                retired

 

WALKER, RAYMOND GEORGE

 

Born: 2-15-1906                                                          married: Dorothy Mae Megargel

Died: 10-15-1981                                                        obit: Iowa Conference 1989, 145

 

1931    admitted on trial

1933    ordained deacon

1934    ordained elder

 

Interment: White Oak Grove Cemetery, Oskaloosa IA

Obit: Iowa Conference 1982, 179

 

1931-32           Maple Lake – Lawrence Memorial

1932-35           Lakeville – Paupack

1935-37           Gibson – Harford

1937-39           Waymart

1939-41           Mehoopany – Eatonville

1941-47           Luzerne

1947-52           Candor

1952                transfer to Iowa – Des Moines Conference

1952-56           Richland – Ollie

1956-61           Humestown – Derby

1961-63           Humestown – New Zion

1963-68           Dunlap

1968-69           West Hill

1969-70           Burlington – West Hill

1970-73           Dawson

1973                retired

 

 

WALKER, TIMOTHY DWIGHT

           

Born: 2-15-1825                                                          married: Mrs. Lucy Belcher Valentine

Died: 8-3-1899                                                            obit: [1816 – 3/13/1868]

 

1848    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

1852    ordained deacon

1855    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Troy Conference 1899, 140

 

1848-49          

1849-50           Mehoopany

1850-52

1852                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1852-54           Wyoming

1854-55           Pittston

1855-56           Carbondale

1856-57           Berkshire

1857-58           [not listed]

1858-60           Binghamton Henry Street

1860                located

1866                “transfer” to Troy Conference

                        Gallupville

1891                retired

 

WALKER, WALTER

 

Born: 10-28-1879  Forty Fort PA                               married: Jennie Lucy James

Died: 7-2-1919  Binghamton NY                               obit: Wyoming Conference 1972, 269

 

1905    admitted on trial

1907    ordained deacon

            ordained elder

 

Interment: Lakeville Cemetery, Lakeville PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1920, 114

 

WALLIS, EDGAR WATTERS

 

Born: 6-24-1888  Ashley PA                                      married: Katharine L. Williams

Died: 3-17-1981                                                          obit: [1897 -

 

1916    ordained deacon, Genesee Conference

1919    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Crestview Memorial Park Cemetery, Hot Springs AR

Obit:

 

1912-14           studied law

1914-16           YMCA secretary, Buffalo NY

1916-18           supply pastor and office manager for Aetna Explosives, Wilkes-Barre PA

1918-20           Wilkes-Barre St. Andrews

1920                transfer to Central New York Conference

1920-22           Phelps

1922                discontinued

 

Note: Edgar W. Wallis matriculated through Wyoming Seminary and is a 1912 graduate of Wesleyan University at Middletown CT from Ashley PA.  He did YMCA work in Buffalo NY and Toronto Canada before entering the ministry.  See moving “farewell” article in The Christian Advocate, 10/5/1922, page 1253 – but with no hint of his future plans, although 1923–1927 newspaper articles describe him as being from Buffalo NY.  He is the author of the 1923 book The Kingdom: a study of God’s great plan for His people. 

 

WALTER, DONALD WESLEY

 

Born: 2-3-1918  Hawarden IA                                   married: Natalie Ellen Eden

Died: 7-30-2002  Destin FL                                       obit: Wyoming Conference 2009, 240

 

1961    license, New York Conference

1965    ordained deacon, New York Conference

 

Interment: Hillcrest Cemetery, Galilee PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2003, 208

 

1961-66           Equinunk

1966-70           Grahamville

1970-75           Callicoon

1975                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1975-81           Damascus

1981-84           Center Moreland

1984                retired

 

WALTER, FRANK DUNWELL

 

Born: 3-25-1866  Vernon Centre NY                         married: Elizabeth Emily Pankhurst

Died: 8-26-1941  Vernon Centre NY                         obit: [? – 11/20/1942]

 

1894    ordained local deacon, Wyoming Conference

1896    admitted on trial, New York East Conference

 

Interment: Vernon Village Cemetery, Vernon NY

Obit: New York East Conference 1942, 389

 

1893-95           student, Syracuse University

                            1893-95       Chenango Bridge, Wyoming Conference

1895-98           student, Drew Theological Seminary

                            1896-97       Seaford

                            1897-98  Long Island City Third

1898-01           Huntington

1901-02           Brooklyn Tompkins Avenue

1902-05           Bridgeport Washington Park

1905-09           Waterbury First

1909-10           South Norwalk

1910-13           Brooklyn Simpson

1913-15           Jamaica

1915-17           Meriden First

1917-18           on leave

1918                retired

 

WALTER, ISAAC E.

 

Born: 1883                                                                  married: Daisy N. Stevens

Died:  1986                                                                 obit: [1879 – 1955]

 

Interment: Prospect Cemetery, East Stroudsburg PA

Obit:

 

1948-56           Cortez

1956                retired

                             1956-61  Cortez

 

Note: Isaac E. Walter served as a supply pastor.

 

WALTER, WILLIAM NELSON SR.

 

Born: 1924  Auburn MY                                            married: Carolyn McDowell

Died: 5-21-2017                                                          obit:

 

1950    license, Wyoming Conference

1955    admitted on trial, Central New York Conference

1992    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit: Upper New York Conference 2018.2, 221

 

1950-51           Lakeville

1951-55           no appointment

1955                “transfer” to Central New York Conference

1955-57           student

                             1955-57      Factoryville, Wyoming Conference

1957-59           Lodi – Logan

1959-60           Tyrone – Wayne

1960-71           South Otselic – Pharsalia

1971-77           Weedsport Brick Church

1977-78           voluntary location

1978                re-admitted

1978                retired

                             1978    Montezuma

                             1989    Borodino

                                         Union Springs UCC

 

Note: William N. Walter is the father of Jonathan Walter of the Upper New York Conference.

 

WALWORTH, SEYMOUR E.

 

Born: 6-29-1820  Preston NY                                    married: Lanissa Sunderland Purdy

Died: 9-8-1909  Candor NY                                       obit: Wyoming Conference 1912, 136

 

1852    exhorter’s license, Newark Valley

1852    local preacher’s license, Newark Valley

1853    admitted on trial

1855    ordained deacon

1859    ordained elder

 

Interment: Greenwood Cemetery, Candor NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1910, 130

 

1853-55           Vestal

1855-57           Campville

1857-59           Liberty

1859-61           Broome

1861-62           Osborne Hollow

1862-64           Lisle and Whitney’s Point

1864-66           Nichols

1866-69           Windham

1869-72           Le Raysville

1872-75           Northmoreland

1875-77           Campville and Apalachin

1877-78           Germany

1878-80           Tioga

1880-83           South Danby

1883-84           West Danby

1884-87           on leave

1887                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Seymour E. Walworth appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 427.

 

WANCK, JUDITH W.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Philip T. Wanck

Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                    married2: Frederick Adams

?          ordained, Wesleyan Church                            obit2:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

                        Wesleyan Church

1990                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the United Methodist Church

1990-92           associate, Scranton Elm Park

1992-98           Pittston

1998-07           Chenango Bridge

2007-10           Clarks Summit

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-14           Clarks Summit

2014                on leave (ending 9/15/2014) – name change to Judith M. Adams

2014-16           Tuppers Plains St. Paul – Little Hocking, West Ohio Conf (9/15/2014 – 10/31/2016)

2016                retired

 

Note: Judith W. Wanck was formerly married to Philip T. Wanck.

 

WANCK, PHILIP T.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Judith W. _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

                                                                                    married2: Carol _____

1976    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2:

1980    ordained deacon

1983    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1976-77           student, Houghton College    

1977-80           student, United Theological Seminary

                            1977-80  Lockington, West Ohio Conference

1980-86           Daleville

1986-88           Newton

1988-91           Wyalusing

1991-98           Duryea

1998-03           chaplain, Children’s Home

2003-07           Apalachin

2007-09           New Milford

2009-10           Dunmore – Jermyn

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-12           Dunmore – Jermyn

2912-16           Forty Fort

2016                retired

                            2016-23       Rome – North Orwell

 

Note: Philip T. Wanck was formerly married to Judith W. Wanck.  He is an uncle to Gabriel Wanck of the Illinois Great Rivers Conference.

 

WARBURTON, GEORGE ADRIAN

 

Born: 4-14-1867  Auburn Center PA                         married: May Laity [8/12/1896]

Died: 12-10-1945                                                        obit: [8/15/1872 – 5/4/1934]

 

1888    exhorter’s license

1888    local preacher’s license

1899    admitted on trial

1899    ordained deacon

1904    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1889-90           student, Cazenovia Seminary

1890-95           student, Wyoming Seminary

                             1893-95      Plainsville

1895-99           student, Drew Theological Seminary

1899-01           Eatonville

1901-03           Glen Lyon

1903-04           Hallstead

1904                withdrew, page 48 & 71, to join the Protestant Episcopal Church

1904-05           Salem and Sterling

1905-07           Hamlin, Salem and Sterling

1907-25           Nanticoke St. George’s and Alden St. Andrew’s

1925-               New Milford St. Marks

 

Note: A biographical sketch of George A. Warburton appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 430.  This is not the noted author, hymnwriter and churchman Rev. George Augustus Warburton (1859-1929).

 

 

WARD, CHARLES A.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1867    admitted on trial

1869    ordained deacon

1871    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1866-67           Union

1867-68           Windsor

1876                located

 

 

WARD, WILLIAM GODMAN

 

Born: 11-5-1848  Sandusky OH                                 married: May Alden

Died: 11-3-1923  MA                                                 obit: North-East Ohio Conference 1918, 500

 

1874    admitted on trial, North Ohio Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge MA

Obit: North-East Ohio Conference 1924, 144

 

1875-76           Hayesville

1876-79           Wooster

1879-81           Elyria

1881-83           Wellington

1883-86           New London

1886-89           faculty, Baldwin University

1889                transfer to Columbia River Conference

1889-92           faculty, Spokane College

1892-94           faculty, Syracuse University

1894                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1894-98           faculty, Syracuse University

1898-23           faculty, Emerson College of Oratory at Boston MA

 

Note: William G. Ward is the son of Hibbard Potter Ward (1817-1849), and the nephew of Amelia Ward Reeder [wife of Glezen Asbury Reeder (1824-1892)] and Julia Ward Ward [wife of Myron T. Ward (1816-1903)] – all of the North Ohio Conference. He is the author of the 1898 book Tennyson’s Debt to Environment.  Mrs. Ward, a direct descendant of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins of Mayflower fame, is also an author of note and promoter of women’s clubs – and she is listed in The Biographical Cyclopedia of American Women, volume 1, page 308.

 

WARDELL, HENRY F.

 

Born: 6-19-1836  Daleville PA                                  married: Mary Hunter Havenstrite

Died: 5-24-1919  Daleville PA                                   obit: [1838-1929]

 

1859    admitted on trial, Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church

 

Interment: Old Daleville Cemetery, Daleville PA

Obit: Eastern Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church 1919, 29

 

1877-82           Daleville

 

Note: The actual service record of Henry F. Wardell is unclear.  He never served in the Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church but is included here because of his connection to the Daleville church, which became part of the Wyoming Conference in 1939.    Except for a brief time under appointment and his service in the Civil War, H.F. Wardell spent his entire life in Daleville, serving as a justice of the peace and as Sunday School superintendent for 30 years.

 

 

WARE, WILLIAM HOPPLE

 

Born: 1837 PA                                                            married: Ophelia Sara Hirst

Died: 4-7-1894  St. Paul MN                                      obit: [7/21/1840 – 11/14/1917]

 

1866    admitted on trial, Michigan Conference

 

Interment: Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis MN

Obit:

 

1861-62           Stoddartsville

1862-65           U.S. Army

…

        -94           Cloquet MN

 

Note: After the war, William H. Ware moved to Jackson County MI and entered the ministry, serving in the Michigan Conference until 1884 when he became a Presbyterian minister in the Dakotas and Minnesota.  He is the author of the 1876 book The Centennial History of Cheboygan County, Michigan.

 

WARMOUTH, DONALD L.

 

Born: 2-18-1908  Edwardsville PA                            married: Norma Williams

Died: 8-3-2002  Alma MI                                           obit: [1911 – 2001]

 

1932    admitted on trial

1937    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Ithaca Cemetery, Ithaca MI

Obit:

 

1932-34           student, Muhlenberg College

1934-37           student

1938                transfer to Michigan Conference

                        West Michigan Conference

1977-78           North Star – Perrinton - Pompeii (beginning 2/1978)

 

WARNER, JUSTUS FRANKLIN

 

Born: 4-28-1848  Forest Lake PA                              married: Ellen A. Caswell

Died: 1-3-1925  Redondo Beach CA                         obit: Wyoming Conference 1934, 403

 

1868    exhorter’s license, Montrose

1868    local preacher’s license, Montrose

1871    admitted on trial

1873    ordained deacon

1875    ordained elder

 

Interment: Inglewood Cemetery, Los Angeles CA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1925, 141

 

1871-73           Nicholson

1873-76           Thompson

1876-79           Sterling

1879-80           Waymart

1880-83           Ashley

1883-84           on leave

                             1883-84      Virginia City NV

1884-85           Marathon and Killawog

1885-88           New Milford

1888-91           Jermyn

1891-92           Tunkhannock

1892-95           Owego

1895-99           Wilkes-Barre Derr Memorial

1899-05           superintendent, Honesdale District

1905-12           Sayre

1912-19           Forty Fort

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Justus F. Warner appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 428.

 

WARNOCK, THOMAS R.

 

Born: 8-6-1853  Armagh, Ireland                               married: Charlotte Anne Dunmore

Died: 10-20-1940  Cortland NY                                 obit: Wyoming Conference 1945, 175

 

1882    local preacher’s license

1885    admitted on trial

1887    ordained deaco

1889    ordained elder

 

Interment: Laceyville Cemetery, Laceyville PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1941, 163

 

1885-87           Lackawaxen

1887-90           Castle Creek

1890-94           Nichols

1894-96           Le Raysville

1896-00           Candor

1900-01           Falls

1901-02           Clark's Summit

1902-05           Harford and Kingsley

1905-07           New Milford

1907-11           Skinner’s Eddy

1911-16           Duryea

1916-17           West Nanticoke

1917-19           Mountain Top

1919-24           Askam – Sugar Notch

1924                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Thomas R. Warnock appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 430.

 

 

WARREN, IRA D.

           

Born: 4-4-1802  Oswegatchie NY                              married: Eliza Caldwell
Died: 11-18-1869  Cortland NY                                 obit: [1807 – 3/6/1883]

 

1833    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

1836    ordained deacon

1838    ordained elder

 

Interment: Cortlans Rural Cemetery, Cortland NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1870, 30

 

1832-33           Middlefield

1833-35           Chenango

1835-36           Westford

1836-37           Otsego

1837-39           Sharon

1839-41           Bainbridge

1841-43           Otego

1843-44           Chenango

1844-46           Plymouth

1846-47           Pompey

1847-49           Truxton

1849-50           East Solon

1850-51           North Pitcher and Taylor

1851-52           North Pitcher

1852-53           Triangle Mission

1853-54           Virgil

1854                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1854-56           Le Raysville

1856-58           Springville

1858-59           Tunkhannock

1859-69           Nicholson

1860-61           Wyalusing

1861-63           Rome

1863-65           Little Meadows

1865                retired

 

Note:  A brief biography of Ira D. Warren appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 259.

 

WARRING, REES FENDICK

 

Born: 5-15-1938  Scranton PA                                   married: F. Jean Townsley

Died: 9-1-2014  Dunmore  PA                                   obit:

 

1958    local pastor’s license

1961    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1962    ordained deacon

1964    ordained elder

 

Interment: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Peckville PA

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2015, 278

 

1961-64           student, Wesley Theological Seminary

                             1961-63      associate, Howard Park: Baltimore Conference

1964-67           Forest City

1967-77           Waverly PA

1977-83           Oneonta Elm Park

1983-04           Scranton Elm Park

2004                retired

                             2005    Clarks Summit (1/1 – 6/30)          

     2010    transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

WASHBURN, DONALD R.

 

Born: 12-18-1940  Port Edward NY                          married: Debra Evelyn McCumber [8/2/1970]

Died: 4-4-2021  Saratoga County NY                        obit: Wyoming Conference 2004, 220

 

1964    admitted on trial

1964    ordained deacon

1966    ordained elder

 

Interment: Bacon Hill Cemetery, Bacon Hill NY

Obit: Upper New York Conference 2021, ???

 

1963-64           Felton, Peninsula Conference

1964-66           student

1966-71           Bainbridge

1971-77           Newark Valley

1977-78           coordinator, Binghamton-Oneonta Districts

1978-81           Windsor

1981                transfer to Troy Conference

1981-84           associate, Burnt Hills (ending 10/15/1984)

1984-92           Mechanicville (beginning 10/15/1984)

1992-95           Amsterdam United

1995-07           Burnt Hills

2007                retired

                             2010           transfer to Upper New York Conference by boundary change

 

WATKINS, JOHN REGINALD JR.

 

Born: 9-13-1934  Scranton PA                                   married:

Died: 12-25-2013  Binghamton NY                           obit:

 

1957    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1957    ordained deacon

1960    ordained elder

 

Interment: Shady Lane Cemetery, Chinchilla PA

Obit:

 

1957-59           student, Drew University School of Theology

1959-60           Great Bend

1960-64           assistant, Endicott First

1964-66           campus ministry, Binghamton

1966-67           Oak Street

1967-68           on leave

1968                located

 

Note: John R. Watkins went on to receive a Masters in Education from the University of Scranton and was a reading teacher in the Binghamton NY school district until his retirement.             

 

 

WATROUS, JAMES H.

 

Born: 1864                                                                  married: Marie Elizabeth Weeks

Died: 1923                                                                  obit: [1868 – 7/31/1945]

 

Interment: Woodlawn Cemetery, Canisteo NY

Obit:

 

                        Baptist Church

        -00           Kingsbury NY

1900-               Gayhead NY

1902-03           Hawley

1905                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, page 79

                        Baptist Church

1914-16           Lebanon NY

1916-               Dale NY

 

Note: There is no record that James H. Watrous ever served a Methodist charge.  His move to the Methodist Episcopal denomination apparently did not materialize.

 

WATROUS, WARD WESTON

 

Born: 11-14-1868  Brooklyn PA                                married: Lena Lucy Black [11/15/1898]

Died: 5-4-1946  Mexico NY                                      obit: [7/3/1874 - 1966]

 

1895    local preacher’s license, Binghamton High Street

1898    admitted on trial

1900    ordained deacon

1903    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1947, 726

 

1898-00           South New Berlin NY

1900-05           New Berlin NY

1905-10           McDonough

1910-16           Newark Valley

1916-18           Plains

1918-21           Union

1921-22           Endicott Central

1922-24           Athens

1924-26           Susquehanna

1926-33           Nicholson

1933-35           Spencer

1935                retired

 

Note: Ward W. Watrous is a brother to May Watrous Meeker, wife of David L. Meeker, and an uncle to Ruth Andrus Crompton, wife of J. Rolland Crompton.  A biographical sketch of Ward W. Watrous appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 431.

 

WATSON, WILLIAM FRANKLIN

 

Born: 1-12-1933  Binghamton NY                             married: Linda Harvey Greenburg

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1955    admitted on trial

1957    ordained deacon

1958    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1955-57           Hornbrook

1957-60           Afton

1960-62           Westover

1962-65           Center Moreland

1965-68           Harpursville

1968-70           Otego

1970-73           Sayre

1973-76           Binghamton Centenary and Emmanuel

1976-78           Binghamton Centenary and Choconut Center

1978-82           Nichols (ending 2/16/1982)

1982                withdrew: see 1982, page 95

 

 

WATSON, WILLIAM MATTHEW

 

Born: 12-18-1861  Binghamton NY                           married: Mrs. Lizzy Young Moody

Died: 7-24-1925  Whitney Point NY                         obit: [1/20/1867 – 6/18/1949]

 

1914    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1926, 137

 

1911-14           Rome

1914-16           Spencer

1916-21           Vestal

1921-22           on leave

1922-23           Whitney Point and Lisle

1923-25           Whitney Point

 

Note: William M. Watson worked as a meat cutter before being converted in a mission and entering the ministry.  He was known as an evangelist.  Mrs. Watson (nee Young) was the widow of a Mr. William L. Moody (1858-1900).  Lizzy Young was a niece of Lucy Jane Young Bliss, wife of noted gospel songwriter P.P. Bliss.

 

WEATHERLY, JOSEPH T.

 

Born: PA                                                                     married:

Died: 11-11-1940                                                        obit:

 

1914    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1912                superintendent, Salvation Army Rescue Mission [206 Spruce Street] in Scranton PA

1923-27           Dunmore Lawrence Memorial [Nay Aug]

 

Note: Joseph T. Weatherly is the father of Rev. Paul Weatherly.  Founder of the City Rescue Mission in Scranton, he had been a construction worker in Detroit MI before being called to the ministry in 1912.  He served in the Wyoming Conference as a supply pastor.

 

WEAVER, DAVID HUGH

 

Born: 11-22-1920  Chas KS                                       married:

Died: 11-6-1991  Greenwood SC                               obit:

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Nancy Sisson Rose [10/6/1964]

1940    license, West Ohio Conference                      obit2:

1945    admitted on trial, West Ohio Conference

1947    ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment: Washington Cemetery, Washington Court House OH

Obit: West Ohio Conference 1992, 341

 

1940-42           Harlem

1942-45           Guysville

1945-47           student

1947                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1947-49           Waymart

1949                transfer to West Ohio Conference

1949-51           Canal Winchester

1951-59           Toledo Zion

1959-63           Fremont

1963-65           minister of education, Miamisburg

1965-66           Carey

1966-67           sabbatical leave

1967-68           student

1968-75           Goodwill Industries

                             1973-75      Wall Street Mission

1975-82           counselor, disabled veterans

 

Note: The second Mrs. Weaver (nee Sisson), widow of Donald V. Rose (1924-1961) of the Nebraska Conference, is a 1953 graduate of Taylor University in Upland IN.

 

WEAVER, WESLEY H.

 

Born: 10-12-1879                                                        married: [single]

Died: 12-15-1974                                                        obit:

 

1944    recognized as local elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1944-45           Carley Brook

1945-46           Edmeston

1946-47           Wharton Valley – Burlington Flats

 

Note: Wesley Weaver served as a local preacher.  He was apparently licensed as early as 1935.

 

WEAVERS, ETTA MILLER

 

Born: 1890  Scranton PA                                            married: Horace Ernst Weavers

Died: 1979                                                                  obit: Wyoming Conference 1952, 1158

 

1918    commissioned missionary, recommended by Scranton Asbury

 

Interment: Montrose Cemetery, Montrose PA

Obit:

 

1918-20           missionary to Japan

 

Note: Etta Miller Weavers is married to Horace E. Weavers and is a sister to Miss Ethel Miller, missionary to Korea.  She is the author of several booklets of devotional thoughts and poems, most of which are on file at the conference archives.

 

WEAVERS, HORACE ERNEST

 

Born: 1889  Northampton England                            married: Etta Miller

Died: 11-4-1951  Susquehanna PA                            obit: [1890-1979]

 

1908    admitted on trial, Australian Methodist Conference

 

Interment: Montrose Cemetery, Montrose PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1952, 1158

 

1908-16           Home Mission Work

1916-18           student, Moody Bible Institute in Chicago IL

1918-19           Victoria

1919-21           Azamgarh, India

1921-24           Fiji Islands

1924                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1924-25           Schuyler Lake

1925-27           Windsor

1927-30           Oxford

1930-33           Oneonta Elm Park

1933-34           on leave

                            Peddie, South Africa (9 months)

1934-36           Askam – Sugar Notch

1936-43           Montrose

1943-48           Nanticoke

1948-51           Susquehanna

 

Note: Horace E. Weavers is married to Etta Miller Weavers.

 

WEBB, JOHN WALLACE

 

Born: 1-20-1891  Indiana                                           married: Melissa Ann Wright

Died: 12-14-1912  Yonkers NY                                 obit: Central NY Conference 1916, 148

 

1860    exhorter’s license, Indiana Conference

1864    local preacher’s license, Indiana Conference

1869    admitted on trial, Indiana Conference

1871    ordained deacon, Indiana Conference

1873    ordained elder, Indiana Conference

 

Interment: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse NY

Obit: Central New York Conference 1913, 176

 

1864-65           Evansville circuit

1895-69           student, Asbury [DePauw] University

1869-71           Putnamville

1871-73           Indianapolis California Street

1873-75           Evansville Ingle Street

1875-78           Princeton

1878-81           Bloomington

1881-82           Greencastle Locust Street

1882                transfer to Des Moines Conference

1882-84           Red Oak

1884-88           superintendent, Des Moines District

1889-90           student, Boston and Harvard Universities

1890                transfer to New England Southern Conference

1890-93           Providence RI St. Paul

1893                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1893-95           Wilkes-Barre Central

1895                transfer to Central New York Conference

1895-98           Syracuse University Avenue

1898-05           Canandaigua

1905-07           superintendent, Elmira District

1907-08           Geneva

1909                retired

 

WEBB, WHEATON PHILLIPS

 

Born: 11-?-1911                                                          married: Helen Marie Bush

Died: 5-6-1983                                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1935, 646

                                                                                    married2: Alice H. _____

1933    admitted on trial                                              obit2: [1915-2010]

1935    ordained deacon

1937    ordained elder

 

Interment: Marathon Ville Cemetery, Marathon NY

Obit: West Ohio Conference 1983, 325

 

1932-33           Harford (started in mid-year: 1933, 65)

1933-35           Marathon

1935-37           Milford

1937-43           Worcester

1943-45           Plymouth

1945-50           Binghamton Centenary

1950-52           Binghamton Centenary – Kirkwood

1952                transfer to West Ohio Conference

1952-56           Hamilton First

1956-64           Toledo Epworth

1964-67           Riverside

1967-73           Van Wert First

1973-78           Perrysburg First

1978                retired

 

Note: Wheaton Phillips Webb is the author of The Twelve Labors of Wimpole Stout (1970) and The Dramatic Silences of His Last Week (1971).

 

 

WEBB, WILLIAM T.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1914    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1914-16           Plymouth NY

1916-18           Chenango Forks

1918-22           McDonough

1922-24           New Berlin

1924                withdrew, page 36

 

WEBER, HENRY

 

Born: 5-27-1868  Goulbach. Germany                                   married: Hedwig [Heddie] Kruemmel

Died: 2-3-1929                                                                        obit: East German Conference 1914, 84

 

1899    admitted on trial, East German Conference

1901    ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Forest Hill Cemetery, Dunmore PA

Obit: East German Conference 1929, 47

 

Philadelphia PA York Street

Baltimore MD Light Street

Scranton PA Wellsville circuit

Buffalo NY Mortimer Street

Elizabeth NJ

Boston MA

 

 

WEBER, WILLIAM ARTHUR

 

Born: 11-14-1902  Scrantob PA                                 married: Mildred M. Morey

Died: 11-11-1982                                                        obit: East Ohio Conference 1989, 134

 

1930    admitted on trial

1930    ordained deacon

1932    ordained elder

 

Interment: LaPine Community Cemetery, LaPine OR

Obit: East Ohio Conference 1983, 78

 

1930-32           student

1932-33           Edmeston

1933-36           New Milford

1936-41           Portlandville

1941-43           Wyalusing

1943-46           chaplain, US Army

1945-50           Windsor

1950-52           West Nanticoke

1952                transfer to Ohio Conference (12/1/1952)

…

1969-78           Gilchrist Community, Oregon-Idaho Conference

1978                retired

 

 

WEBSTER, ROBERT TRACEY

 

Born: 7-16-1910  Preston NY                                    married: [single]

Died: 10-5-1987                                                          obit:

 

1938    admitted on trial

1941    ordained deacon

1942    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1988, 391

 

1936-39           Preston

1939-42           student, Boston University School of Theology

1942-48           New Berlin

1948-53           Trucksville

1953-61           Dorranceton-Kingston

1961-66           Clarks Summit

1966-77           Vestal Center

1977                retired

                            1977-79  Taylor

 

Note: Robert T. Webster is the son of Tracey E. Webster.

 

WEBSTER, TRACEY ELMER

 

Born: 2-1-1882  Franklin Hill PA                              married: Louise Duske

Died: 10-29-1956  Wilkes-Barre PA                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1963, 238

 

Interment: Newton PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1957, 566

 

1908-10           Lackawaxen

1910-11           (not appointed)

1911-15           Preston

1915-17           Decatur

1917-19           (not appointed)

1919-22           Maine

1922-24           Triangle

1924-30           Hornbrook-Ghent

1930-35           Newton

1935-39           North Fenton

1939-42           McDonough

1942-46           West Exeter

1946-50           Gibson

1950-52           Bethany

1952-54           Avoca

1954                retired

                           1954-56  Clifford

 

Note: Tracey E. Webster is the father of Robert T. Webster.  He served as a local preacher.  His first name is also given as “Tracy.”

 

WEBSTER, WILLIAM E.

 

Born: 6-2-1879                                                            married: Olive Edgerton

Died: 11-3-1977                                                          obit: New Jersey Conference 1948, 156

 

1906    admitted on trial

1908    ordained deacon

1910    ordained elder

 

Interment: Lockwood Cemetery, Barton NY

Obit: Southern New Jersey Conference 1978, 156

 

1906-07           Tioga

1907-08           Willett

1908-09           Plymouth

1909-13           Sterling

1913-16           Thompson

1916-19           Scranton Court Street

1919-26           Jermyn

1926-29           Scranton Embury

1929-31           Dallas

1931-33           Schenevus

1933                transfer to New Jersey Conference

 

 

WEED, LYLE ALFRED

 

Born: 2-19-1905  Seattle WA                                     married: Helen Dolores Mineka

Died: 5-23-1996                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1989, 374

                                                                                    married2: Betty Nofsinger

1934    admitted on trial                                              obit2:

1936    ordained deacon

1938    ordained elder

 

Interment: Charlotte NC

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1996, 332

 

1933-36           Edmeston

1936-39           Harpursville and Ouaquaga

1939-42           Sherburne

1942-43           Peckville

1943-46           chaplain, US Navy

1946-47           associate, Scranton Elm Park

1947-60           Vestal

1960-72           General Board of Pensions

1972                retired

 

WEEKS, LYMAN BACKUS

 

Born: 4-11-1849  Windsor NY                                   married: Catherine Louise Winne [1868]

Died: 1915                                                                  obit: [1851–1920]

 

1877    local preacher’s license, Baptist Church

1878    local preacher’s license, Methodist Episcopal Church

1880    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Sylvan Lawn Cemetery, Greene NY

Obit:

 

1878-79           Nanticoke

1879-81           Decatur

1881-83           Morris

1883-86           Smyrna

1886-89           Mount Upton

1889-90           Marathon

1890-92           Binghamton Clinton Street

1892-93           Le Raysville (appointed, but did not serve)

1893-97           Greene

1897-01           Sayre

1901-04           Lestershire

1904-05           Chenango Forks

1905                withdrew to join another denomination, page 43&79

1906                living in Utica NY: state superintendent, Unitarian Universalist Church

 

Note: The middle name is also rendered BACHUS.  A biographical sketch of Lyman B. Weeks appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 429.

 

 

WEIDNER, PAUL ANDREW

 

Born:                                                                           married: Sandra _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2002    license, recommended by Honesdale Central

2005    provisional elder

2008    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2003-05           Pleasant Mount

2005-09           Hancock Emory

2009-10           New Milford – Heart Lake

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-12           New Milford

                             2010-11 Heart Lake (ending 12/31/2011)

2012-16           Athens

2016-20           Clarks Summit

2020                retired

                             2020-23      Scranton Elm Park

 

WEIGHTMAN, GORDON ECKLEY

 

Born: 1957  Wilkes-Barre PA                                    married: Christine E. McLaughlin

Died: 6-14-2011                                                          obit:

 

1983    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1983    ordained deacon

1985    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2012, 303

 

1983-86           Pleasant Mount

1986-92           Springville

1992-96           Scranton Embury

1996-00           Clarks Green

2000-06           Beach Lake

2006-10           Wyoming

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-2011

 

WEISE, RUSSELL J.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1978-80           Morris

                        “transfer” to Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod

1983-97           Alton IL Messiah

1997-16           Decatur IL St. John

 

Note: Russell J. Weise served in Wyoming Conference as a local pastor.

 

WEISS, SOLOMON WILLIS

 

Born: 7-?-1831                                                            married: Frances Mantanye

Died: 2-14 1916                                                          obit: [1/?/1833-1931]

 

1853    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1855    ordained deacon

1857    ordained elder

 

Interment: Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock PA

Obit:

 

1853-55           Gibson

1855-56           Bethany

1856-58           Canaan

1858-60           Susquehanna

1860-61           Owego

1861-63           Woodville

1863-64           chaplain, U.S. Army

1864-66           Waverly and Athens

 

1878                located

 

WELD, HIRAM C.

 

Born: 2-18-1912  Chicago IL                                     married: Mary Williams

Died: 12-5-2005  Tucson AZ                                     obit:

 

1936    admitted on trial, Kansas East Conference

1936    ordained deacon, Kansas East Conference

1938    ordained elder, Kansas East Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1936-40           student

1940-44           faculty, Baker University in Baldwin City KS

1944                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1944-51           Scranton Elm Park

1951                transfer to South Indiana Conference

1951-59           Indianapolis North

1959                transfer to West Ohio Conference

1959-71           Bexley

1971-72           sabbatical

1972-75           on leave

1975-77           faculty, Park College in Columbus OH

1977                retired

 

 

 

WELLER, FENTON E.

 

Born: 6-27-1881  Bradford County PA                      married: Georgia A. _____

Died: 5-19-1958  Whitney TX                                    obit: [12/3/1883 – 8/6/1964]

 

1912    admitted on trial

1914    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Ridge Parke Cemetery, Hillsboro TX

Obit:

 

1911-14           Little Meadows

1914-15           Orwell

1915                transfer to Central New York Conference

 

Note: The mother of Fenton E. Haskins died from childbirth and his father allowed him to be adopted by his mother’s sister, who was married to a Mr. Weller.  While he and his wife have their names on the Weller family marker in the Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens PA, they are buried in Texas – where his wife is named as Georgie L. Weller.

 

WELLS, JAMES LAFAYETTE

           

Born: 4-6-1825  Augusta NY                                     married: Maria Louisa Stone
Died: 7-15-1902  Binghamton NY                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1890, 86

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Coralynn Barnard (1890)

1841    local preacher’s license                                   obit2: Wyoming Conference 1899, 108

1849    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Stockbridge NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1903, 99

 

1849-50           Nichols

1850-52           Augusta

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-54           Warren

1854-56           West Winfield

1856-58           Utica Corn Hill

1858-59           New Hartford

1859-61           Cooperstown

1861-62           Homer

1862-64           Stockbridge

1864-67           Ames

1867-69           Milford

1869-71           Candor

1871-72           Hartwick

1872-73           Westville

1873-74           Spencer

1874-76           Schenevus

1876-78           corresponding secretary, Conference Temperance Society

1878-80           Cherry Ridge

1880-82           New Milford

1882-83           Smyrna

1883-85           Coventry

1885                retired

 

Note:  James Lafayette Wells is the author of the books Great Memorial, or Sabbath Question (1856), Man Not a Mystery (1896), and the pamphlet The Republic of the United States in the Prophecy of God.  A brief biography of James L. Wells appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 261.  The second Mrs. Wells was the widow of a Dr, James T. Barnard MD (1839-1867).

 

 

WELLS, S.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1852-53           Northmoreland (2nd part of year)

 

 

WELSH, WASHINGTON WARFIELD

 

Born: 9-2-1823  Anne Arundel County MD              married: Elizabeth H. Baker

Died: 4-26-1905  Los Angeles CA                             obit: [6/25/1839 – 9/11/1921]

 

1853    admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

1856    ordained elder

 

Interment: Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles CA

Obit:

 

1853-54           Fairfax

1854-56           Wrightsville

1856                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1856-57           Kingston

1857-59           Gibson

1859-61           Skinner’s Eddy

1861-63           Berkshire

1864-64           North Danby

1865-66           Sanford

1866-67           Hawley

1867-68

1868-69           located

1869                “transfer” to Michigan Conference

1869-70           White Pigeon

                        “transfer” to Virginia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South

                        transfer to Los Angeles Conference MES

1884-85           San Diego

1887                transfer to Denver Conference MES

1887                located

                        joins Swedenborgian ministry

                        Los Angeles (meeting in WCTU Temperance Temple, Broadway and Temple Streets)

 

Note: This surname is sometimes rendered WELCH.  W.W. Welsh appears to have been raised in the MES Church, served in the ME Church, returned to the MES Church, and then become a Swedenborgian.  He is the author of the 1892 booklet Reasons for a radical change of religious views : testimony to the truth and helpfulness of the doctrines given to the world through Emanuel Swedenborg by one for more than forty years a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church.   He married late in life and had no children.  One source states "Nearly his last act was to purchase a fine property for an orphan asylum and place it in the hands of the Volunteers of America."  There is a photograph of Washington W. Welsh on the find-a-grave website.

 

WENNER, EILENE SUSAN

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1998    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1998    ordained deacon

2000    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1998-01           Wilkes-Barre Albright

2001-04           Scott Valley

2004-07           Skinner’s Eddy

2007-09           Waymart Calvary

2009-10           Worcester

2010                charter member Upper New York Conference

 

WENTZ, WILLIAM SOLON

           

Born: 1-28-1826  Binghamton NY                             married: Sarah L. Smith

Died: 4-20-1881  Owego NY                                     obit: Wyoming Conference 1894, 85

 

1858    admitted on trial, Missouri Conference

1860    ordained deacon, Missouri Conference

            Ordained elder, Missouri Conference

 

Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1882, 46

 

1858-59           Shelbyville

1859-60           Hudson

1860-61           Independence

1861-62           Kansas City

1862-63           Hannibal

1863-64           superintendent, St. Joseph District

1864-65           superintendent, Little Rock District

1865-66           on leave

1866-67           Brunswick

1867-69           Brookfield

1869                transfer to East Genesee Conference

1869-70           North Hector

1870-72           Troy

1872                transfer by boundary change to Central New York Conference

1872-75           Mecklenburg

1875                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1875-77           Ashley

1877-79           Newark Valley

1879-81           Susquehanna

 

Note:  A brief biography of William S. Wentz appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 257.

 

WENZEL, DONALD ARTHUR

           

Born: 11-10-1924  Scranton PA                                 married: Anne Sawyer (1952)

Died: 12-28-2011  Wilkes-Barre PA                          obit: [12/23/1930 – 11/15/1987]

 

1957    admitted on trial

1957    ordained deacon

1961    ordained elder

 

Interment: Clarks Green Cemetery, Clarks Green PA

Obit:

 

1956-59           Montdale

1959-60           Old Forge

1960-63           Peckville (ending 1/1/1963)

1963                transfer to Philadelphia Conference (1/1/1963)

1963-65           Bethel Hill (beginning 1/1/1963)

1965-66           Wissahickon (did not finish the year)

1966                withdrew, page 796

                        “transfer” to the Presbyterian Church

                        Mountaintop Presbyterian

 

Note: Donald A. Wenzel is a brother to Richard S. Wenzel.

 

 

WENZEL, RICHARD SEBERT

           

Born: Scranton PA                                                      married: Samantha _____

Died: 3-24-2016  Jenkins Township PA                    obit:

 

1957    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1957    ordained deacon

1961    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2016, 272

 

1956-59           student, Drew University
                             1956-59      Maple Grove

1959-61           Maple Grove

1961-69           Wyalusing

1969-71           Avoca

1971-79           Nicholson

1979-84           West Nanticoke

1984-90           Peckville

1990-94           Lake Winola

1994                retired

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

Note: Richard S. Wenzel is a brother to Donald A. Wenzel.

 

 

WENZINGER, CYNTHIA J.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Ronald E. Wenzinger

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          admitted on trial

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1997-00           associate, Chenango Bridge (beginning 9/1/1997)

2000-08           Kirkwood

2008-10           North Fenton

2010                charter member Upper New York Conference

Note: Cynthia J. Wenzinger is married to Ronald E. Wenzinger.

 

WENZINGER, RONALD E.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Cynthia J.

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1983    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1987    ordained deacon

1991    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1983-87           Choconut Center (beginning 9/15/1983 and ending 1/1987)

                            1985-87  West Chenango (beginning 10/14/1985)

1987-92           Mount Upton (beginning 1/1987)

1992-02           Sanitaria Springs

2002-10           Whitney Point

2010                charter member Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Ronald E. Wenzinger is married to Cynthia J. Wenzinger,

 

 

WERT, JAMES ANDREW

 

Born: 1-12-1929  Scranton PA                                   married: Gene Suzanne Keller

Died:                                                                           obit: Wyoming Conference 2008, 189

 

1955    local pastor’ license, recommended by Clarks Summit

1956    admitted on trial

1956    ordained deacon

1959    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1955-61           Waymart (beginning 5/22/1955)

1961-64           Scranton Myrtle Street

1964-67           executive secretary, Conference Board of Education

1967-72           Wilkes-Barre First

1972-77           Endicott First

1977-82           superintendent, Scranton District

1982-96           Shavertown

1996                retired

                            2002-07       Old Forge Stewart Memorial

    2010            transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

 

WEST, DELMA

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2008-10           Spencer Federated

 

Note: Delma West served in the Wyoming Conference as an ordained member of another Conference.

 

 

WESTFALL, GABRIEL

           

Born: 3-12-1828  Milford PA                                     married: Mrs. Eliza M. Small [10/23/1845]

Died: 3-24-1911  Spanaway WA                               obit:

                                                                                    married 2: Mrs. Sarah M. Wagner Swingle

1861    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2 [1840-7/25/1924]

1863    ordained deacon

1865    ordained elder

 

Interment: Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma WA

Obit: [Honesdale The Citizen, 8/30/1911]

 

1858-59           missionary, Nebraska

1860-61           Paupack

1861-63           Gibson

1863-64           Springville

1864-65           Sterling

1865-67           Paupack

 

1869-70           Harford and South Gibson

 

1882                located

 

Note: The Nebraska State Historical Society notes that “Regular Methodist services were begun in Southeastern Nebraska in 1858, conducted by G.L. Griffing, Gabriel Westfall and G.W. Giddings” – three pastors of the Wyoming Conference.  The 1st Mrs. Westfall was the widow of a Mr. Garrett W. Small.  The 2nd Mrs. Westfall (nee Wagner) was the widow of S.S. Swingle.  They divorced in May 1881, and Gabriel Westfall soon moved to the Pacific coast.

 

WESTFIELD, HENRY EDWARD

 

Born: 7-5-1938                                                            married: Alice Shrey

Died: 9-25-2013  Dallas PA                                       obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1965-66           Huntsville

1966-67           Hop Bottom

1967-71           McClure

1971-78           Alderson

                        director of education, Clearbrook Drug and Alcohol Lodge

                        director, Family Drug and Alcohol Program at Choice (Nesbitt Memorial Hospital)

 

Note: Henry E. Westfield served as a local pastor.  He graduated from Luzerne County Community College in 1978 with a degree in exercise science and coached Volleyball at LCCC and Dallas Area HS.

 

WESTHAFER, SHERMAN TECUMSEH

 

Born: 4-24-1865  Tracy OH                                       married: Augusta Ellen Reed

Died: 2-25-1952  Hollywood CA                               obit: Pittsburgh Conference 1948, 172

 

1891    ordained local deacon, Wyoming Conference

1894    admitted on trial, Maine Conference

1896    ordained elder

 

Interment: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale CA

Obit: Pittsburgh Conference 1952, 193

 

1891-93           student, Boston University School of Theology

1893-94           Bath ME

1894                “transfer” to Maine Conference

1893-95           Bath

1895                transfer to Holston Conference

1895-98           Chatanooga TN First

1898                transfer to Genesee Conference

1898-00           Buffalo NY Richmond Avenue

1900                transfer to West Virginia Conference

1900-07           Wheeling WV Fourth Street

1907                transfer to Pittsburgh Conference

1907-08           Aspinwall

1908-11           Asbury

1911-15           on leave

1915                retired

 

Note: Sherman T. Westhafer graduated from Ohio Wesleyan College in 1891.  It is unclear why he was involved as a local preacher/deacon with the Wyoming Conference, but it appears that he never served a church in the Wyoming Conference.

 

WESTLAKE, DAVID GREEN

 

Born: 2-13-1924  Scranton PA                                   married: Ruth MacKinder

Died: 9-1-1979  Meshoppen PA                                 obit: Wyoming Conference 2002, 222

 

1962    license

1968    admitted on trial

1970    ordained deacon

                                                                                   

Interment: Hickory Grove Cemetery, Waverly PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1980, 311

 

1964-68           Lake Como

1968-71           Newton

1971-76           Scranton Court Street

1976-77           Warren Center

1977-79           Skinners Eddy

 

Note: David G. Westlake is the grandson of William B. Westlake.

 

WESTLAKE, WILLIAM BURROUGHS

           

Born: 9-27-1831  Newburgh NY                               married: Elizabeth F. Emory
Died: 10-11-1897  Dallas PA                                     obit: Wyoming Conference 1937, 156

 

1863    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1865    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1898, 97

 

1863-65           Binghamton Henry Street

1865-68           Owego

1868-71           Waverly NY

1871-73           Susquehanna

1873-75           West Pittston

1875-78           Oneonta

1878-79           Montrose

1879-82           Moscow

1882-85           Hawley

1885-88           Jermyn

1888-93           Peckville

1893-94           Wilkes-Barre Parrish Street

1894-97           Dallas

 

Note:  William Burroughs Westlake is the grandfather of David Green Westlake; he taught school, including time at Wyoming Seminary, before entering the ministry.  Mrs. Westlake is the daughter of Rev. Benjamin B. Emory (1828-1873) – affiliation unknown, perhaps a local pastor, but the publisher of the Wyoming Intelligencer in Tunkhannock in 1861.  A brief biography of William B. Westlake appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 260.

 

WESTON, JONATHAN H.

           

Born: 5-25-1835  Vestal NY                                      married: Elizabeth Suruja Pattison
Died: 9-26-1899  Vestal NY                                      obit: Wyoming Conference 1885, 60

                                                                                    married2: Clara Marlene Cortright

1863    local preacher’s license, Montrose                 obit2: Wyoming Conference 1945, 176

1865    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1867    ordained deacon

1869    ordained elder

 

Interment: Vestal Park Cemetery, Vestal NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1900, 112

 

1865-68           Auburn

1868-71           Mehoopany

1871-74           Meshoppen

1874-77           Brooklyn

1877-80           New Milford

1880-81           Nicholson

1881-82           Wyalusing

1882-83           on leave

1883-86           Kirkwood

1886-89           Sterling

1889-92           Forest City

1892-95           Springville

1895-97           Hawleyton

1897-99           McClure

1899                retired

 

Note:  A brief biography of Jonathan H. Weston appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 262.  There is no headstone in the cemetery; the plot, north of the north loop in the cemetery, is identifird by two “W” corner markers.

 

WHEELER, HAROLD WARREN

 

Born: 9-1-1933  Dunmore PA                                                married: Martha Zablotsky

Died: 1-19-2016  Pittston PA                                     obit: Susquehanna Conference 2012, 304

 

1968    license

?          admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1975    ordained deacon

1979    ordained elder

 

Interment: Tower Cemetery, Lenox township, Susquehanna County PA

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2016, 272

 

1968-69           Sidney Center – Plains

1969-70           Sidney Center

1970-73           Davenport

1973-74           Throop

1974-77           student, United Theological Seminary (ending 1/1977)

                            1974-75  Ripley OH Centenary, West Ohio Conference

1977-78           Susquehanna (beginning 1/1977)

1978-83           Dalton

1983-84           Clarks Green

1984-87           Plymouth

1987-90           Dunmore

1990-92           Milford

1992-96           Ashley

1996                retired

                            1997-98  Luzerne

    2010        transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

WHEELER, HARRY E.

 

Born: 1881                                                                  married: Mrs. Norma A. Perry Barnard

Died: 1941                                                                  obit:

 

1912    admitted on trial

1914    ordained deacon

                                                                                   

Interment: Hartwick Seminary Cemetery, Hartwick Seminary NY

Obit:

 

1910-13           Wells Bridge

1913-15           Masonville

1915-18           McDonough

1918-19           on leave

1919                deposed from the ministry, pages 35 and 51 and 55

 

Note: It has not been verified that the Harry E. Wheeler whose personal information is given abo0ve is the dame Harry E. Wheeler who served in the Wyoming Conference.  The first marriage of Mrs. Wheeler (nee Perry) was to a Mr. Lyle Barnard,

 

 

WHEELER, HENRY E.

 

Born: 2-22-1835  Wedmore, England                        married: Mary Sparks

Died: 4-26-1925  Ocean Grove NJ                             obit: Philadelphia Conference 1919, 575

 

1856    admitted on trial

1858    ordained deacon

1860    ordained elder

                                                                       

Interment: Binghamton NY

Obit: Philadelphia Conference 1926, 390

 

1856-57           Lehman

1857-59           Plainsville

1859-61           Great Bend and New Milford

1861-63           Waymart

1863-66           Woodville [Wilkes-Barre Central]

1866-67           Wyoming

1867-68           Waverly

1868-70           Owego

1870-73           Norwich

1873-76           superintendent, Otsego District

1876-79           Kingston

1879                transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1879-82           Columbia

1882-85           Philadelphia Christ

1885-86           Philadelphia Cumberland Street

1886-93           Phoenixville

1893-96           Media

1896-03           Coatesville

1903-04           Wayne

1904                retired

 

Note: Henry E. Wheeler is the father of Minnie S. Wheeler Newberry, wife of Trusten Polk Newberry (1859-1895) of the Philadelphia Conference and a faculty member at Ohio Wesleyan University.  He is the author of several noted books, including History and Exposition of the Twenty-five Articles of Religion of the Methodist Episcopal Church (1908).  Mrs. Wheeler is also the author of several books, articles and gospel hymn texts.

 

WHEELER, HENRY E.

 

Born: 1-19-1856  Edmeston NY                                married: Mrs. Mary Lamb Blair

Died:                                                                           obit: Wyoming Conference 1899, 108

                                                                                    married2: Phoebe Rogers

1885    exhorter’s license                                            obit2:

1886    local preacher’s license, Kingston

1892    admitted on trial

1895    ordained deacon

1897    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1888-89           Fly Creek

1889-90           Stoddardsville (1st part); Hillsboro, St. Louis Conference (2nd part)

1890-91           living in Edmeston

1891                Castle Creek (beginning 2/1891)

1891-94           Cherry Ridge

1894-96           Damascus

1896-99           Bethany

1899-01           Harpursville

1901-03           Eatonville

1903-08           on leave

1908                located, page 84

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Henry E. Wheeler appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 431.  The first Mrs. Wheeler was the widow of a Dr. Arthur Edson Blair, M.D.

 

WHIPPLE, FREDERICK WARREN JR.

 

Born: 1-25-1939  Wilkes-Barre PA                            married: Judith D. Nesbitt

Died: 1-25-1987                                                          obit:

 

1971    license

1972    ordained local deacon

1983    admitted on trial

1983    ordained deacon

1986    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1987, 323

 

1971-75           Lehman

1975-87           Dunmore

 

 

WHITAKER, ADELBERT H.

 

Born: 2-23-1865  Fairdale PA                                                married: Alice M. Potter

Died: 12-8-1926                                                          obit: [1865 – 1937]

 

1899    admitted on trial

1902    ordained deqcon

1904    ordained elder

 

Interment: Riverhurst Cemetery, Endicott NY [or Glenwood Cemetery, Afton NY?]

Obit:

 

1888-89           Courtdale

1899-01           at school

1901-02           North Sanford

1902-05           Wells Bridge

1905-09           Laurens

1909-11           Chenango Forks

1911-12           Vestal

1912-18           on leave

1918                located, page 64

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Adelbert H. Whitaker appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 432.  Mrs. Whitaker is a sister to Albert E. Potter.  There is also a credible reference that Adelbert H. Whitaker is buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Afton NY, but the Riverhurst location appears to be correct.

 

WHITE, CHARLES

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1854    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1856    ordained deacon

1858    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1853-54           LeRaysville

1854-55           Salem

1855-56           Madison

1856-58           Cherry Ridge

1858-59           Damascus

1879                located

 

WHITE, EBENEZER

 

Born: 5-18-1770                                                          married: Clarissa Fields

Died: 5-19-1813                                                          obit: [8/26/1777 – 9/1/1832]

 

1802    admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference

1804    ordained deacon

 

Interment: South Hartwick Cemetery, Hartwick NY

Obit: Genesee Conference 1813, 225

 

1808    transfer to New York Conference by change of boundary

1810    charter member of Genesee Conference

 

Note: Ebenezer White preceded and never served in the Wyoming Conference.  He is included in this file because for some reason he appears in a list prepared by the former Wyoming Conference.

 

WHITE, JOHN

 

Born: 8-23-1823  Wilkes-Barre PA                            married: Melinda Collins Blackman [12/31/1844]

Died: 9-3-1894  Ashley PA                                        obit: [8/9/1820 – 12/4/902]

 

Interment: Maple Hill Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre PA

Obit:

 

1865-66           Newport

 

Note: John White was a wagon maker and local preacher living in Ashley, where he was Sunday School superintendent 1855-66.

 

WHITE, JOHN NICHOLAS

 

Born: 8-16-1896  Shamokin PA                                 married: Edna _____ (1961)

Died: 2-21-1982  Woodstown NJ                               obit: [1927-2009]

 

1922    admitted on trial

1924    ordained deacon

1926    ordained elder

 

Interment: Lawnside Cemetery, Woodstown NJ

Obit: Southern New Jersey Conference 1983, 245

 

1922-23           Fairdale

1923-26           Falls

1926-32           West Nanticoke

1932-35           Dalton

1935-37           Pittston

1937-39           Owego

1939-45           Carbondale

1945-52           Scranton Simpson

1952                transfer to New Jersey Conference

 

Note: John N. White is the son of Rev. Nicholas P. White (1873-1952) of the Primitive Methodist Church.

 

WHITE, PERRY G.

 

Born: 3-26-1810                                                          married: Azubah Shepherdson [1830]

Died: 4-4-1857                                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1903, 111

 

admitted on trial

1837    ordained deacon

1839    ordained elder

 

Interment: Earlville Cemetery, Earlville NY

Obit: Oneida Conference 1857, 26

 

1835-37           Lanesboro

1837-39           Pittston

1839-41           Brooklyn

 

1843-44           Skinner’s Eddy

1844-46           Wyoming circuit

 

1849-51           Guilford

1851-53           Sherburne

 

Note: P.G. White never actually served in the Wyoming Conference, but he is listed here since almost all of his appointments were within what later became the Wyoming Conference.  His tombstone gives his birth year as 1809.

 

WHITE, THOMAS POWELL

 

Born: 5-13-1916  Scranton PA                                   married: Virginia Mildred Bloom

Died: 11-1-1969                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1997, 368

 

1964    license

1967    ordained local deacon

 

Interment: Newton Cemetery, Clark’s Summit PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1970, 248

 

1964-66           Taylor

1966-68           Worcester

1968-69           Susquehanna

 

Note: Thomas P. White was a second-career person who served as a local pastor.

 

WHITEMAN, STEPHEN LEE

 

Born: 3-10-1878  Middlefield NY                             married: Florence Ella Loomis

Died: 12-11-1953                                                        obit: East Ohio Conference 1971, 269

 

1897    exhorter’s license, Middlefield

1898    local preacher’s license, Middlefield

1902    ordained local deacon

1903    admitted on trial

1907    ordained elder

 

Interment: Wooster Cemetery, Wooster OH

Obit: North-East Ohio Conference 1954, 689

 

1901-03           Schulyer Lake and Exeter

1903-05           Castle Creek

1905-07           Hartwick and Hyde Park

1907-10           Unadilla

1910-13           Greene

1913-14           Marathon

1914                withdrew, page 61

 

Note: S. Lee Whiteman is the father of Stephen Lee Whiteman II (1903-1969) of the Ohio Conference.  A biographical sketch of S. Lee Whiteman appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 433.

 

 

WHITHAM, JOSEPH

           

Born: 12-13-1808  Leeds, England                            married:
Died: 6-24-1863  Oregon PA                                     obit:

 

1842    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Sanitaria Springs Cemetery, Sanitaria Springs NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1864, 20

 

1842-43           Lisle

1843-44           Greene

1844-46           Spencer

1846-47           Mehoopany

1847-48           Springville

1848-49           Flemingville and Speedville

1849-50           Flemingville

1850-51           Spencer and South Danby Mission

1851-52           Broome

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-54           located

1854-55           Montrose

1855-56           Apalachin

1856-57           Le Raysville

1857-58           Litchfield

1858-59           Gibson

1859-60           Cherry Ridge

1860-61           Tallmansville

1861-62           Newton

1862-63           Tioga

1863                Oregon

 

Note:  Joseph Whitham is the son of Rev. John Whitham (1780-1834), a preacher in England who reportedly continued doing so as a Methodist after coming to America in 1820 –  but perhaps as a local preacher, as there appears to be no official record of his ministry.  A brief biography of Joseph Whitham appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 259.

 

 

WHITNEY, WALTER J.

 

Born: 4-30-1905                                                          married: Mildred Bertha Bayless

Died: 1970                                                                  obit: Troy Conference 1979, 1102

 

Interment: Union Dale Cemetery, Union Dale PA

Obit: Troy Conference 1971, 1146

 

1937-38           Smyrna

 

Note: Walter J. Whitney served in the Wyoming Conference as a supply preacher

 

WHITTEMORE, NORMAN GRANT

 

Born: 1923                                                                  married: Betty Irene McMullen

Died: 8-12-2007                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1996, 334

 

1964    license

 

Interment: Broadway Cemetery, Owego NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2008, 190

 

1962-79           Whittemore Hill

1979-93           Whittemore Hill – Endicott Wesley

1993                retired

                            1994-95  Gibson Corners

                            1996        Binghamton High Street (2/1/1996 – 3/31/1996)

 

Note: Norman G. Whittemore served as a local pastor.

 

WILBUR, HENRY H.

 

Born: 1-16-1852  Mount Vision NY                          married: Susie A. Fowler

Died: 4-23-1918  Dallas PA                                       obit: Wyoming Conference 1919, 121

 

1881    admitted on trial

1883    ordained deacon

1885    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1919, 121

 

1881-82           Westville

1882-84           Masonville

1884-87           Guilford

1887-89           Nicholson and South Gibson

1889-91           Nicholson

1891-94           Lestershire

1894-98           Factoryville

1898-06           Tunkhannock

1906-09           Wilkes-Barre Parrish Street

1909-12           Dorranceton

1912-17           Parsons

1917-18           Dallas

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Henry H. Wilbur appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 433.

 

WILBUR, JOHN F.

 

Born: 6-?-1814                                                            married: Eleanor L. ____

Died: 8-4-1890                                                            obit: [d. 8/19/1898]

 

1850    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

1852    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-54           Tunkhannock

1854-56           Providence and Archbald

1856-58           Vestal

1858-60           Brooklyn

1860-62           Nicholson

1862-64           Hawley

1864-65           Beach Pond

1865-66           Springville

 

1876                withdrew under charges

1880                census listing in Blakely borough

1888                motion from Peckville quarterly conference to restore credentials; fails, page 56

 

Note: John F. Wilbur’s son George E. married Frederick L. Hiller’ daughter Fredericka.  John F. Wilbur’s son Henry (b. 1843) is not the Henry H. Wilbur of the Wyoming Conference.

 

WILCOX, THOMAS

 

Born: 12-23-1810  Athens PA                                    married: Martha _____

Died: 4-20-1872  Elkhorn WI                                    obit: [4/14/1813 – 10/17/1882]

 

1838    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

 

Interment: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Tibbets WI

Obit: Wisconsin Conference 1872, 29

 

1846-47           located

1852                charter member Wyoming Conference

1852-53           Mount Pleasant

1853-55           Brooklyn

1855-57           on leave

1857                transfer to Wisconsin Conference

1857-58           Sheboygan Falls

1862                retired

 

 

WILCOX, WILLIAM S.

 

Born: 3-13-1866  Orange PA                                     married: Alice Spencer

Died: 3-3-1922  Brooklyn NY                                   obit: Wyoming Conference 1942, 395

                                                                                   

1889    exhorter’s license                                           

1889    local preacher’s license, Lehman

1893    ordained local deacon

1894    admitted on trial

1896    ordained elder

 

Interment: Lynn Cemetery, Springville PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1922, 118

 

1889-92           student, Wyoming Seminary

1892-94           student, Drew Theological Seminary

1894-95           Eaton

1895-97           Askam

1897-99           Cherry Ridge

1899-01           Masonville

1901-03           East Worcester

1903-05           Davenport Center

1905-06           Sidney Center

1906-10           Brooklyn

1910-12           Bald Mount

1912-15           Meshoppen

1915-17           Shavertown

1917-20           New Milford

1920-22           Damascus

 

Note: A biographical sketch of William S. Wilcox appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 434.  Mrs. Wilcox is a sister to David S. Spencer.

 

 

WILD, LUZERNE A.

 

Born: 2-10-1845  Butternuts NY                                married: Lellie V. Brown

Died: 4-6-1922  Mt. Upton NY                                  obit: Wyoming Conference 1920, 115

 

1872    admitted on trial

1874    ordained deacon

1876    ordained elder

 

Interment: Maplewood Cemetery, Mt. Upton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1922, 124

 

1872-74           Masonville

1874-76           New Berlin NY

1876-78           Coventry

1878-80           Windsor

1880-86           on leave for health reasons

1886-94           located

1894-95           Rockdale

1895-97           East Worcester

1897-98           Westford

1898                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Luzerne A. Wild appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 432.

 

WILDER, GRANT BEARDSLEY  

 

Born: 9-28-1871  Coventry NY                                 married:

Died: 9-25-1939  Charlevoix MI                                obit:

                                                                                    married2: Mabel Frances Seaman [6/26/1901]

1891    admitted on trial,                                             obit2: [10/31/1869 – 4/19/1941]

                recommended by South New Berlin

1893    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Brookside Cemetery, Charlevoix MI

Obit:

 

1891-93           South New Berlin

1893-94           Preston

1894                withdrew

 

                        entered the Presbyterian ministry

                        Baraboo WI

??-1907           Council Bluffs IA

1907-??           Worthington MN Westminster

                        Adams NE

                        Summit IA

                        Red Oak IA

 

WILEY, GENE A.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1973    license, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1973-78           Gibson

1978-80           Schenevus

1980                “transfer” to East Pennsylvania Conference

1980-86           Shoemakersville Salem – Berne

 

Note: Gene A. Wiley served as a local pastor.

 

WILLETS, HOWARD BANNER

 

Born: 3-4-1892  Guilford NY                                     married: Irene Newing

Died: 1-12-1962  Bainbridge NY                               obit: Wyoming Conference 1978, 241

 

1917    local preacher’s license, Binghamton Centenary

1919    admitted on trial

1922    ordained deacon

1924    ordained elder

 

Interment: Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1962, 227

 

1919-23           Slaterville

1923-25           Berkshire

1925-28           Ouaquaga

1928-30           Portlandville

1930-33           Afton

1933-36           Falls – Mill City

1936-37           Lehman

1937-41           Skinners Eddy

1941-42           Hamlin – Sterling

1942-44           McDonough

1944-48           Coventry

1948-50           North Fenton

1950-54           Hale Eddy

1954-57           on leave

1957                retired

 

Note: Mrs. Willets is a niece to Charles H. Newing. .

 

 

WILLIAMS, ARTHUR ORVIS

 

Born: 2-24-1868  Council Grove KS                         married: Harriet M. Blakeslee

Died: 5-25-1952  Montrose PA                                  obit: Wyoming Conference 1932, 806

 

1892    admitted on trial

1897    ordained deacon

1899    ordained elder

 

Interment: Montrose Cemetery, Montrose PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1953, 1460

 

1892-94           Randolph

1894-96           student, Drew Theological Seminary

1896-98           Stoddartsville

1898-01           Clifford

1901-03           Bethany

1903-06           Sterling

1906-11           Hornbrook and Ghent

1911-13           Skinner’s Eddy

1913-15           Shavertown – Trucksville

1915-17           Trucksville

1917-21           Scranton St. Paul’s

1921-26           Hamlin

1926                retired

                            1927-29  Orson

                            1929-33  Jackson

 

Note: Arthur O. Williams is the son of George L. Williams and a brother to Laura Williams McDermott, wife of Hugh C. McDermott.  A biographical sketch of Arthur O. Williams appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 435.

 

 

WILLIAMS, BRUCE H.

 

Born: 10-12-1947                                                        married: Sharon S.  _____

Died:                                                                           obit: [b. 6/?/1948]

                                                                                   

1970    admitted on trial

1970    ordained deacon                                                         

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1970-72           student, Boston University School of Theology

1972-77           associate, Binghamton Tabernacle

1977-81           New Berlin

1981-82           Waverly

1982-84           Scranton St. Paul’s

1984-89           West Pittston

1989-92           Oneonta Elm Park

1992-93           Wilkes-Barre Central (ending 3/13/1993)

1993                withdrew, page 228

 

Note: In 2016 Bruce H. and Susan S. Williams are living in Drums PA.

 

WILLIAMS, CORNELIUS C.

 

Born: 7-4-1839  Lexington NY                                  married:

Died: 2-21-1892  Sidney NY                                     obit:

 

1875    ordained local deacon

1876    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Sidney NY

Obit:

 

1875-76           West Danby

1876-77           Preston

1877-78           King’s Settlement and North Norwich

1878-79           King’s Settlement

 

Note: Cornelius C. Williams is listed as a local preacher in the New York Conference as early as 1870.  He later practiced law and dealt in real estate.  He lived in Bainbridge NY for several years and moved to Sidney NY in 1886.

 

WILLIAMS, DAVID

           

Born: 9-2-1819  Merthyr, South Wales                      married: Margaret _____
Died: 4-2-1882                                                            obit: [d. 1903]

 

1854    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1855    ordained deacon

1858    ordained elder

 

Interment: Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1882, 45

 

1853-58           Carbondale Welsh mission

1858-60           Carbondale Welsh mission and Blakely

1860-62           Damascus

1862-64           Beach Pond

1864-65           Ararat

1865-66           Oregon

1866-68           Cherry Ridge

1868-71           Sanford

1871                retired

                             1879        transfer to Northern New York Conference

                             1879-81  Utica Welsh Church

                             1881        “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

                             1881-82   Carbon Run, Bradford County PA

 

Note:  For comments on the Carbon Run ME church, see The Chronicle for 1998, page 88.  A brief biography of David Williams appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 265.

 

WILLIAMS, GARFORD FLAVEL

 

Born: 6-10-1919  Nicholson PA                                 married: [not married]

Died: 7-6-2002  Johnson City NY                              obit:

 

1942    license, Central New York Conference

1946    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1947    ordained deacon

1949    ordained elder

 

Interment: Hillside Cemetery, Lathrop Township PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2004, 221

 

1946-51           Hamlin and Sterling

1951-56           Wanamie and Alden

1956-57           Lanesboro

1957                withdrew

1957-68           Harford Congregational Church, Nicholson PA

1968                “transfer” to Presbyterian Church

1968-?             First Presbyterian Church, Nicholson PA

                            also Welsh Hill Congregational Church

 

Note: Garford F. Williams was an avid historian and wrote History of the First Presbyterian Church, Nicholson PA (1990) as well as a history of the town itself.

 

WILLIAMS, GEORGE L.

 

Born: 11-28-1836  Windham NY                               married:

Died: 12-31-1909  Montrose PA                                obit:

                                                                                    married2: Martha Sanders [1872]

1864    admitted on trial, Kansas Conference             obit2: Wyoming Conference 1913, 117

 

Interment: Montrose Cemetery, Montrose PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1910, 131

 

1864-65           Hiawatha and Sabatha

1865-66           Hartford

1866-67           principal, Hartford Collegiate Institute

1867-68           Council Grove

1868-69           Iola

1869-70           Osage mission

1870                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1870-72           Osborne Hollow

1872-74           Hornbrook

1874-77           Herrick

1877-79           Rome

1879-82           Danby

1882-85           Auburn

1885-88           Springville

1888-92           Maine

1892-97           Fairdale

1897-99           Foster

1899-02           North Fenton

1902-05           Franklin Forks

1905                retired

 

Note: George L. Williams is the son of a Free Methodist preacher and the nephew of George L. Fuller of the New York East Conference.  He is the father of Arthur O. Williams and of Laura Williams McDermott, wife of Hugh C. McDermott.  A biographical sketch of George L. Williams appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 437.

 

WILLIAMS, HARRY LANDON

 

Born:                                                                           married: Dorothy H. _____

Died: 12-12-1983                                                        obit: California-Pacific Conference 1998, J-25

 

 

1924    admitted on trial, California Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Pacific and Southwest Conference 1984, 300

 

1924-27           student, Drew Theological Seminary

1927                transfer to Wyoming Conference, page 33

1927                transfer to California Conference, page 35

1928                transfer to Central New York Conference

1928-31           Tully and Vesper

1931-32           Tully and Vesper and Preble

1932-37           Elmira Pennsylvania Avenue

1937-41           Oneida

1941-45           Geneva

1945-62           staff, Board of Evangelism

1962                transfer to Southern California – Arizona Conference

1962-63           associate, Pasadena First

1963                associate, Seattle University Temple

1963-66           associate, Whittier First (beginning 9/15/1963)

1966                retired

                            1966-68  associate, San Clemente St. Andrew’s by-the-Sea

 

Note: Harry L. Williams never served in the Wyoming Conference, and the nature of his 1927 in-an-out relationship with the conference (which identifies him as Harry LANGDON Williams) is unclear.

 

WILLIAMS, HUGH A.

 

Born: 10-12-1861  Harford PA                                  married: Alice J. Penwarden

Died: 5-17-1919                                                          obit: 4/5/1863 – 1/31/1927]

 

1889    admitted on trial

1891    ordained deacon

 

Interment: New Forest Cemetery, Utica NY

Obit:

 

1889-91           Middlefield

1891-92           Fly Creek

1892-94           Sherburne

1894-96           Unadilla

1896-97           Worcester

1897-99           Guilford

1899-00           Hallstead

1900-02           Vestal

1902-05           Auburn

1905-06           West Exeter and Burlington Flats

1906-07           Smyrna and North Norwich

1907-08           Gilbertsville (did not report); see 1907, page 69

1908                withdrew

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Hugh A. Williams appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 434, and gives his birth year as 1862.

 

WILLIAMS, JOHN F.

           

Born: 9-27-1844  Carbondale PA                               married: Mary Elizabeth Peck
Died: 2-18-1896  Wilkes-Barre PA                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1929, 139

 

1872    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1874    ordained deacon

1876    ordained elder

 

Interment: Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1896, 97

 

1871-72           Dunmore

1872-33           Spencer

1873-75           Windham

1875-76           Sterling

1876-78           Jermyn

1878-80           Hawley

1880-83           Afton

1883-86           Schenevus

1886-89           Smyrna

1889-93           Plains

1893-94           Dallas

1894-96           Luzerne

 

Note:  Mrs. Williams is the daughter of Luther W. Peck.  A brief biography of John F. Williams appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 263.

 

WILLIAMS, MARTIN VAN BUREN

 

Born: 7-4-1864  Apalachin NY                                  married: Esther Hayes

Died: 8-11-1946                                                          obit: [d. 1889]

                                                                                    married2: Cora Whiting

1897    admitted on trial                                              obit2: Wyoming Conference 1959, 1183

1899    ordained deacon

1901    ordained elder

 

Interment: Chenango Valley Cemetery, Binghamton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1947, 725

 

1891-93           Larksville

1893-96           ?

1897-98           assistant, Binghamton Centenary

1898-04           Binghamton Fairview

1904-05           Lestershire

1905-06           Wilkes-Barre Derr Memorial

1906-08           Ashley

1908-12           Athens

1912-18           conference evangelist

1918-20           Meshoppen

1920-22           Newark Valley

1922-27           Bainbridge

1927-30           Oneonta Elm Park

1930                retired

                            1934-36  Lisle - Triangle

    1936-39  Vestal Center

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Martin V. Williams appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 438.

 

WILLIAMS, PAUL STARK

 

Born: 2-2-1914  Wilkes-Barre PA                              married: Dorothy Marie Nelson

Died: 10-10-2009  Wyncote PA                                 obit: Eastern PA Conference 2009, 2:69

 

1935    local preacher’s license, Wyoming Conference

1946    admitted on trial

1946    ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Conestoga Methodist Cemetery, Conestoga PA

Obit: Eastern Pennsylvania Conference 2010, 2:130

 

1935-39           student, Wyoming Seminary

1939-41           student, DePauw University

                            1940       Salisbury IN (beginning 2/1940)

                            1940-41  Filmore IN  (beginning 9/1940)

1941-43           student Drew University

                            1941-42  Cliffwood NJ

1943-46           student, Yale Divinity School

                            1944-45  Stratton ME

                            1945-46  Fort Kent ME

1946-47           Buenos Aires (Argentina)

1947                transfer to Platte River Conference

1947-48           Rosario First (Argentina)

1948-58           Patagonia (Argentina)

1958-60           missionary leave, Vernon Center MN

1960-61           missionary leave, Grahamsville NY

1961-66           Paysandu-Artigas (Uruguay)

1966-76           Patagonia (Argentina)

1976                “transfer” to Eastern Pennsylvania Conference

1976-77           associate, Lancaster Otterbein

1977-79           Lancaster El Redentor

1979                retired

                            1979-81  Rawlinsville

                            1981-84  Rawlinsville and Marticville

                            1984-86  Rawlinsville

 

Note: Paul S. Williams was a local preacher and then a member of the Wyoming Conference while a student, but apparently he never served an appointment in the Wyoming Conference

 

WILLIAMS, ROBERT HULING

 

Born: 9-5-1894                                                            married: Polly Haskins

Died: 10-26-1936                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1933, 165

                                                                                    married2:

1921    admitted on trial, North-East Ohio Conf.       obit2:

 

Interment: Floral Park Cemetery, Johnson City NY

Obit: North-East Ohio Conference 1937,351

 

1921-23           Danville

1923-29           Steubenville

1928-30           Bridgeport

1930                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1930-34           Binghamton Oak Street

1934                transfer to North-East Ohio Conference, page 286

 

WILLIAMS, ROY ELLSWORTH JR.

 

Born: 5-29-1915  Philadelphia PA                             married: Margaret Thaidigsman

Died: 3-9-2001  Evesham NJ                                     obit: [Wyoming Conference 2005, 205]

 

1938    license, New Jersey Conference

1940    admitted on trial, New Jersey Conference

1940    ordained deacon

1942    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2001, 204

 

1938-40           Delair

1940-43           Rancocas

1943-53           Atlantic Highlands

1953                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1953-58           Wilkes-Barre Firwood

1958-63           Scranton Asbury

1963-67           Wilkes-Barre First

1967-68           sabbatical leave

1968-80           faculty, Wilkes College

                            1971-78  Nuangola Union Chapel, Lake Nuangola PA

1980                retired

                            1983-93  Willingboro NJ St. Paul

                                            Hopewell NJ

                                            Trenton NJ Pearson Memorial

 

WILLIAMS, THOMAS THEODORE

 

Born: 12-3-1928                                                          married: Florence M. Grabbo

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1956    admitted on trial

1957    ordained deacon

1958    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1954-56           Wilkes-Barre Bennett Memorial

1956-59           Askam

1959-64           Pittston First and St. Paul’s

1964-66           Union Center (did not fnish the second year)

1966                withdraw

 

 

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM H.H.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1868    admitted on trial, New Hampshire Conference

1877    ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1868-70           Unity and West Unity

1870                transfer to Troy Conference

1870-71           Upper Jay and Keene

1871-75           on leave

1875                located

1877                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference

1877-78           Jackson

1878-80           Randolph

1880-82           on leave

1882                located

 

WILLIAMS, WALTER RAYMOND

 

Born: 12-2-1884                                                          married:

Died: 11-1-1972                                                          obit:

                                                                                   

1897    admitted on trial                                                                     

 

Interment: Belmont Memorial Park, Fresno CA

Obit: California-Nevada Conference 1973, 252

 

1911-12           Plymouth

1912-13          

1913-15           student

1915-18           Gouldsboro

1918-20           Hawley

1920-23           Larksville

1923-25           Wilkes-Barre Bennett Memorial

1925-28           Harpursville

1928-29           associate, Harpursville

1929-36           Fort Sumner, New Mexico Mission

1936                transfer to Colorado Conference: 1937, page 43

 

 

WILLIAMSON, RALPH LEROY

 

Born: 2-11-1900  Lucas County IA               married: Mary Louise Heald

Died: 8-12-1995  Dryden NY                         obit: Central New York Conference 1981, 244

 

1924    admitted on trial, Des Moines Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: North Central New York Conference  1996, 352

 

1924-25           Mineral Ridge – Mackey

1925-27           assistant, Jefferson

1927-30           student

                              1928-30  East        Templeton – Phillipston MA

1930                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1930-39           Danby – Slaterville

1939-53           director, Rural Church Institute for Religious Workers in New York

1954                transfer to South Dakota Conference

1954-57           faculty, Dakota Wesleyan in Mitchell SD

1957-60           faculty, Gammon Theological Seminary in Atlanta GA

1960                transfer to Central New York Conference

1960-69           faculty, Gammon Theological Seminary in Atlanta GA

1969-72           associate, Wayuga Group Ministry

1972                retired

 

Note: Ralph L. Williamson is the author of several books.

 

WILLIS, FRANK WOOD

 

Born: 1-16-1865  Scarboro, England                         married: Anna Elizabeth Spencer

Died: 6-9-1934  Wanamie PA                                                obit:

 

1900    license, Wesleyan Methodist Church

 

Interment: Fern Knoll Burial Park, Dallas PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1935, 640

 

                        Leeds

                        Bradford

                        Penbroke Dock

                        Milford

1922                came to America        

1922                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1922-25           Rome (beginning mid-1922)

1925-29           Lockwood

1929-31           Berkshire

1931-34           Wanamie – Alden

 

Note: Frank W. Willis is the son of Rev. Joseph Willis of the Wesleyan Methodist Church.  He served as a local preacher, both in England and in the Wyoming Conference.

 

WILLIS, MICHAEL K.        

 

Born:                                                                           married: Mary L. Ricketts

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1983    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1983    ordained deacon

1986    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1983-84           student

1984-88           Fly Creek

1988-93           Noxen

1993-01           Kingston Dorranceton

2001-10           Vestal

2010                charter member Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Michael K. Willis is married to Mary L. Ricketts.

 

WILLIS, PHILIP W.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

admitted on trial

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1926-27           Westford

 

Note: Philip W. Willis served as a local preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

WILLISTON, HORACE      

 

Born: 11-6-1856  Fairfield OH                                   married: Lela Brandish

Died: 12-25-1935                                                        obit: Pacific Northwest Conference 1959, 890

 

1887    admitted on trial

1889    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Woodlawn Abbey Mausoleum, Sumner WA

Obit: Pacific Northwest Conference 1936, 71

 

1887-89           Candor

1889-91           Slaterville

1891                transfer to Puget Sound Conference

 

 

WILLMAN, LEON KURTZ

 

Born: 7-20-1873  Pottstown PA                                 married: Anna Judkins

Died: 6-11-1937                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1950, 548

 

1898    admitted on trial, Vermont Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Homeland Cemetery, Bristol NH

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1938, 371

 

1898-02           Waterbury

1902-04           Montpelier

1904                transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1904-07           faculty, The Hill School in Pottstown PA

1907-14           Philadelphia Spring Garden Street

1914                transfer to New Jersey Conference

1914-18           Asbury Park First

1918-19           staff, American Red Cross

1919-20           Camden Broadway

1920                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1920-37           Wilkes-Barre First

 

Note: Mrs. Willman is the daughter of George J Judkins (1830-1914) of the New Hampshire Conference.

 

WILSEY, JEANNETTE M.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Donald Wilsey

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2005-06           Hornbrook and Union Corners

2006                not appointed

 

Note: Jeannette M. Wilsey served as a lay pastor.  Prior to serving as a lay pastor she worked as a realtor and at the US Embassy in New Delhi, India.  She also reported served at the Presbyterian church in Ulster PA, and in United Methodist churches in Nichols NY, Lockwood NY and Athens PA.

 

 

WILSON, DAVID BELL

 

Born: 1-16-1863  Ireland                                            married: Elouise French

Died: 2-10-1944                                                          obit: Troy Conference 1935, 435

                                                                                    married2: Bertha M. Baker

1893    ordained deacon, Newark Conference            obit2:

1894    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference                                           

1907    ordained elder, Troy Conference

 

Interment: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Schuylerville NY

Obit: Troy Conference 1944, 801

 

1893-94           student, Drew University

1894                “transfer” to Wyomng Conference

1894-95           Jackson

1895-97           Narrowsburg

1897-99           Garrattsville

1899                discontinued

…

1907                “transfer” to Troy Conference

1907-10           Clarksville and Reidsville

1910-13           Delanson

1913-16           Hartford

1916-18           Luzerne

1918-20           US Army

1920-21           YMCA director, US Navy

1921-23           on leave

1923-26           Melrose and Cooksboro

1926                retired

 

Note: The 1893 ordination as a deacon is strange.  While David B. Wilson was attending school in New Jersey at the time, he does not appear to have an established relationship with any conference.

 

WILSON, ISAAC B.

 

Born: 4-22-1844  Blairstown NJ                                married: Margaret J. Newman

Died: 11-21-1928  Sidney NY                                   obit: [d. 6/24/1872]

                                                                                    married2: Selinda D. Sherer

1875    license                                                             obit2: Wyoming Conference 1892, 98

1880    ordained local deacon                                     married3: Julia Moody

1882    admitted on trial                                              obit3: Wyoming Conference 1926, 154

1884    ordained elder

 

Interment: Evergreen Cemetery, Spencer NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1929, 128

 

1875-77           Lehman

1877-78           Maple Grove

1879-80           student

1880-82           Yatesville

1882-85           Taylorville

1885-86           Gilbertsville

1886-88           Chenango Forks

1888-91           Flemingville

1891-96           Spencer

1896-99           Camptown

1899-01           Meshoppen

1901-06           Slaterville

1906-08           on leave

1908-09           Spencer

1909                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Isaac B. Wilson appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 438.

 

WILSON, JAMES PHILIP

 

Born: 4-25-1908  Northampton, England                  married: Betty _____

Died: 10-18-1974  Scranton PA                                 obit: Wyoming Conference 1994, 336

                                                                                   

1929    lay pastor’s license, England

1970    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference                                                                   

 

Interment: cremated, ashes scattered in England

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1975, 179

 

1970-74           Clifford

 

Note:  James P. Wilson was a dentist in England before moving to the United States and entering the ministry in 1970.

 

WILSON, JESSE L.

 

Born: 6-25-1892  Portlandville NY                            married: Rena Elizabeth Richards

Died: 1-26-1976                                                          obit: [1891 – 1958]

                                                                                   

1920    admitted on trial         

?          ordained deacon

1926    ordained elder                                                

 

Interment: Oneonta Plains Cemetery, Oneonta NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1976, 223

 

1917-18           McDonough

1918-23           Harpursville

1923-26           associate, Binghamton Tabernacle

1926-32           Ogden

1932-45           Scranton Simpson

1945-48           approved evangelist

                            1947  Pleasant Mount (6/15 – 12/15)

1948-56           Dalton

1956                retired

                                            associate, Scranton Asbury

                                            Thornhurst

                             1960-61  Lakeville

                             1963-64  Throop

                             1965-66  Throop

 

WILSON, JOSEPH B.

 

Born: 1852                                                                  married: Phoebe Alice _____

Died: 6-23-1918                                                          obit: [1849 – 12/29/1924]

 

?          ordained local deacon

 

Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery, Norwich NY

Obit:

 

1891-93           Franklin Forks

1893-96           Kirkwood

1896-06           Willett

1906-09           Coventry

1909                living in Norwich

 

Note: J.B. Wilson served as a local preacher.  The 1906 journal lists him as appointed to South New Berlin, but apparently that was changed after conference.  The given identification of Mrs. Wilson has not been confirmed.

 

WILSON, ROLLIN E.

 

Born: 8-12-1873  Pennsdale PA                                 married: Eva K. Babcock
Died: 10-22-1958  Dansville NY                               obit: Genesee Conference 1960, 191

 

1895    license, Central Pennsylvania Conference of the United Evangelical Church
1898    ordained deacon, Central Pennsylvania Conference of the United Evangelical Church
1906    ordained elder, Central Pennsylvania Conference of the United Evangelical Church

 

Interment: Greenmount Cemetery, Dansville NY
Obit: Genesee Conference 1959, 900

 

1895-97           Steuben NY

1897-98           located to attend normal school

1898-02           student, Central Pennsylvania College in New Berlin
1902-03           Susquehanna
1903-04           located

                             1903-04      Flycreek, Wyoming Conference ME
1904-06           Steuben
1906-07           Mt. Rock
1907-09           York Bethany
1909                transfer to the Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1909-11           Hallstead

1911                transfer to Genesee Conference

1911-14           Allen’s Hill

1914-15           Conesus

1915-16           Cohocton

1916-17           Pulteney

1917-18           Cameron

1918-19           Delevan-Yorkshire

1919-20           sabbatical

1920-22           Rushford

1922-25           Garland-Otis

1925-26           East Bloomfield

1926-17           Warren’s Corners

1927-28           South Royalton

1928-31           West Barre

1931-36           Alabama-Basom

1936-38           Genesee-Shongo

1938                retired

 

WILSON, STANLEY M.

 

Born: 4-29-1928  Norwich NY                                  married: Esther J. Smith (1951)

Died: 3-10-2022  Potsdam NY                                   obit: [1932 - ]

 

1965    license

?          ordained deacon

 

 

Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery, Norwich NY

Obit:

 

1965-68           Columbus

1968-79           Plymouth NY

1979-86           North Norwich

1986-87           (not appointed)

1987-94           assistant, Norwich Broad Street

1994-95           (not appointed)

1995                retired

 

Note: Stanley M. Wilson served as a local preacher while working as an accountant for Procter & Gamble for 26 years and as a registered nurse for 10 years.

 

WINCHELL, WILLIAM H.

 

Born: 3-16-1878  Housatonic MA                              married: Harriet S. Austin (1900)

Died: 5-16-1958  Stamford NY                                  obit: [1883 – 1864]

 

1908    admitted into full membership, New York Conference

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment: Greenlawn Cemetery, Great Barrington MA

Obit:

 

1904-               Milan

                        [11 total appointments in the New York Conference]

                        retired

                                                Housatonic MA

     1948-52      Portlandville, Wyoming Conference (ending in mid-year)

     1952-54      West Exeter, Wyoming Conference (beginning in mid-year)

                                                Crown Point, Troy Conference (2 years)

 

Note: W.H. Winchell served in the Wyoming Conference as a supply preacher. 

 

WINTER, C.A.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1920-23           Choconut Center

 

Note: C.A. Winter served as a supply preacher.  He is otherwise unknown.  One newspaper reference states “formerly of Johnson City, and now residing in the parsonage at Choconut Center.”

 

WINTER, LEWIS SOLOMON

 

Born: 5-2-1923  Parkston SD                                     married: Grace Ethel Grinager (1948)

Died: 10-20-2006  Souix Falls  SD                            obit: [3/1/1921 – 1/2/2018]

 

1954    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1956    ordained, United Church of Christ

 

Interment: Parkston Protestant Cemetery, Parkston SD

Obit:

 

1953-55           Damascus

1955                “transfer” to United Church of Christ denomination

1955-62           Little Ferry NJ

1962-66           River Edge NJ

1966-84           Chamberlain SD

1984-88           Armour SD

1988                retired

 

 

Note: Lewis S. Winter was a high school teacher and a businessman before entering the ministry.  He served in the Wyoming Conference while a student at Drew Theological Seminary.

 

WINTERMUTE, GAIL BENNER

 

Born: 5-19-1916  East Mauch Chunk PA                  married: Mildred Louise Young

Died: 11-13-2004  Hawley PA                                   obit: Susquehanna Conference 2012, 305

 

1961    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Fairview Cemetery, Pen Argyl PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2005, 206

 

1960-67           Springville

(?)                    Bird-in-Hand

1967-70           Scranton Myrtle Street

1970-81           Hawley, Lakeville & Paupack

1980                retired

 

Note: Gail B. Wintermute is also reported to have served Bird-in-Hand.

 

 

WISE, IRVIN CASTNER

 

Born: 1896  Williamsport PA                                     married: Marie Feigenspan

Died: 1979                                                                  obit:

                                                                                    married2: Louise _____

                                                                                    obit2:

1924    license, Allegheny Conference, United Brethren Church

 

Interment: Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort PA

Obit:

 

1924-25           Northampton circuit, including Crossroads, East Pennsylvania Conference

1925-26           Birdsboro Grace, East Pennsylvania Conference

1926                transfer to ? (open transfer, page 132)

1926-27           Birdsboro Grace, East Pennsylvania Conference

                        First Presbyterian, Frankfort KY

1933-38           Ainslie Street Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn

1938                American Christian Fellowship (new church start)

1946-48           Garwood Presbyterian, Garwood NJ

1948-50           Blackwood Presbyterian, Blackwood NJ

1950-52           executive secretary, National Council of Clergymen and Laymen, Philadelphia PA

1952-57           Cadman Memorial Congregational Church, Brooklyn NY

1957-58           ?

1958-69           Dr. Edwards Memorial Congregational Church, Kingston [Edwardsville] PA

1969                retired

      1970-73     Slocum, Wyoming Conference of the United Methodist Church

 

Note: Irvin C. Wise was reportedly born to the Philip Castner family and adopted by the Wise family.  He is listed by the East Pennsylvania Conference as “others employed by the conference.”  He graduated from Lebanon Valley College in 1926 (listed as being from East Greenville, Montgomery County PA) and Central Theological Seminary in 1928.  He did ecumenical administrative work and supplied Presbyterian and/or Congregational pulpits.

 

 

WOEHRLE, JOHN WESLEY

 

Born: 8-20-1852  Albrightsville PA                           married: Tacy A. Frantz [1880]

Died: 1-23-1914                                                          obit: Central PA Conference (ME) 1927, 534

 

1876    admitted on trial, East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association

1878    ordained deacon, East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association

1880    ordained elder, East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association

 

Interment: Buena Vista Cemetery, Brodheadsville PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference (ME) 1914, 126

 

1876-77           Sterling circuit

1877-78           Pleasant Valley circuit

1878-79           Bath and Ackermantown

1879-80           Wayne

1880-83           Mount Carmel

1883-86           Wilkes-Barre

1886-88           Brownstown

1888-89           ? (journal missing)

1889-91           Kutztown

1891                identifies with faction that becomes United Evangelical Church

1891-93           ? (journals missing)

1893-94           Bethlehem mission

1894-95           Lititz

1895                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, page 51

1895                Beach Lake

1895                withdrew, page 64

1895                “returned” to United Evangelical Church

1895-98           Weissport (beginning in mid-year)

1898                granted his credentials, page 35

1898                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, page 59

                        (see also Wyoming Conference 1898,32)

1898-00           Dundaff

1900                withdrew, pages 22 & 74

1900                “returned” to United Evangelical Church

1900-02           Slatington

1902-03           ? (journal missing)

1903-04           Weissport

1904-05           Hazleton

1905                withdrew, page 23

1905                transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1905-12           Mifflinville

1912                transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Evangelical Church

1912-13           Lititz

1913                transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1913-14           Mill Hall

 

Note: This surname is also rendered WORLEY, and so it appears in the Central Pennsylvania Conference (ME) on-line files – and in their conference obituaries.

 

WOLCOTT, WALLACE CLIFTON

 

Born: 5-19-1875  Delphi NY                                     married: Anna Belle Snyder

Died: 12-3-1917  Mehoopany PA                              obit: Wyoming Conference 1972, 270

 

1906    admitted on trial

1908    ordained deacon

1910    ordained elder

 

Interment: Vaughn Cemetery, near Mehoopany PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1918, 135

 

1906-07           Old Forge

1907-08           Eatonville

1908-12           Mehoopany

1912-14           Bald Mount

1914-17           Plains

1917                retired

 

 

WOLFE, DAVID S.

 

Born: 1893                                                                  married: Mary Ann Boulton

Died: 2-21-1969                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1948, 1026

                                                                                    married2: Helen Ray

1925    license                                                             obit2: Wyoming Conference 1984, 219

1931    admitted on trial

1935    ordained deacon

            ordained elder

 

Interment: Meadowlawn Gardens, Newport Richey FL

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1969, 252

 

1927-36           Fairdale – Rush

1936-42           Duryea

1942-44           Wilkes-Barre Derr Memorial

1944-47           Guilford – Mt. Upton

1947-60           Sanitaria Springs

1960                retired

                            1961-63       Spencer Federated

1963                reactivated

1963-65           Spencer Federated

1965                retired

                            1965-66       Spencer Federated

 

Note: David S. Wolfe is the father of John B. Wolfe.  There is also a tombstone for David S. Wolfe in the Fern Knoll Burial Park, Dallas PA.

 

WOLFE, JOHN BOULTON.

 

Born: 11-11-1922                                                        married: Katherine Jeannine Burch (1/22/1948)

Died: 11-7-2002  Cooperstown NY                           obit: [10/25/1929 – 5/4/2019]

 

            admitted on trial

1955    ordained deacon

1957    ordained elder

 

Interment: Maplewood Cemetery, Mount Upton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 2004, 222; Troy Conference 2003, 1351

 

1951-53           North Fenton – Chenango Forks (beginning 12/1/1951)

1953-54           New Berlin

1954-58           Hartwick

1958                transfer to Troy Conference

1958-60           Fair Haven

1960-66           North Creek

1966-84           Sharon Springs

1984                retired

 

Note John B. Wolfe is the son of David S. Wolfe.

 

WOOD, ALONZO

           

Born: 1-15-1808  Groton NY                                     married: M. Angeline Mallory
Died: 5-14-1874  Chesaning MI                                 obit: [11/11/1810 – 3/11/1878]

 

1829    exhorter’s license

1830    local preacher’s license

1833    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Wildwood Cemetery, Chesaning MI
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1875, 39

 

1830-33           supply work

1833-34           Speedsville

1834-36           Broome

1836-37           Slaterville

1837-39           Groton

1839-41           Owasco Mission

1841-43           Cayuga

1843-45           Mentz and Sennett

1845-48           chaplain, Auburn Prison

1848-50           Groton

1850-51           Cayuga

1851-52           Ledyard

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-52           Ledyard

1853-54           North Lansing

1854                retired for health reasons

 

Note:  A brief biography of Alonzo Wood appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 263.

 

WOOD, CHARLES GILES 

 

Born: 11-18-1833                                                        married: Lucretia E. Parsons (185 5)

Died: 6-18-1923                                                          obit: [9/16/1834 – 10/10/1918]

 

 

1877    ordained elder

 

Interment: Maple Grove Cemetery, Wichita KS

Obit: Illinois Conference 1923, 125

 

                        Oneida Conference

1877                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1877-78           Unadilla circuit

1878-79           Wells Bridge

1879-83           Sidney Plains

1882-83           Beach Pond

1883                transfer to Illinois Conference

 

WOOD, JOHN A.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1869    admitted on trial

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1869-70           South Danby

1870-71           living in South Danby

1871-72           Maine

1872-73           New Berlin

1873-74           living in New Berlin

1874                withdrew under charges

 

Note: This J.A. Wood is called “J.A. Wood 2nd” in the conference journals to distinguish him from John Allen Wood (1828-1905) – who is called “J.A. Wood 1st.”

 

WOOD, JOHN ALLEN SR.

 

Born: 6-24-1828  Fishkill NY                                    married: Mary Louisa Mills (1850)

Died: 7-7-1905  South Pasadena CA                          obit: [1825 – 7/19/1872]

                                                                                    married2: Martha Eliza Sisson (1873)

1850    admitted on trial, Vermont Conference          obit2: [2/12/1838 – 8/24/1928]

1852    ordained deacon

1854    ordained elder

 

Interment: Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleim, Altadena CA

Obit: Southern California Conference 1905, 70

 

1849-51           Brookline

1851-53           Bondville

1853                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1853-55           Osborne Hollow

1855-56           Windsor

1856-58           Susquehanna

1858-60           Binghamton Court Street

1860-61           Brooklyn

1861-62           Waverly, Factoryville and Athens

1862-64           Wilkes-Barre

1864-65           Scranton Adams Avenue

1865-73           located to pursue evangelistic work, living in Honesdale area

1873                transfer to Northern New York Conference

1873-75           Madison

1875                located

1875                moved to Baltimore MD

1878                moved to Attleboro MA

                            foreign evangelistic tour to England and India (letter from Pres. R.B. Hayes)

1886                moved to Pasadena CA

 

Note: John A. Wood Sr. is the father of John A. Wood Jr. (1854-1935) of the Central Pennsylvania Conference.  He was an active proponent of holiness, the author of several hominess books, and an organizer of the “National Camp Meeting Association for the Promotion of Holiness.” The first Mrs. Wood is buried in Glen Dyberry Cemetery in Honesdale PA; an obituary appears in the 8/15/1872 Northern Christian Advocate, page 261, column 1.

 

WOOD, KENNETH E.

           

Born: 4-22-1944                                                          married: Karen Wescott

Died: 4-13-2022  Rochester NY                                 obit:

 

1967    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1967    ordained deacon

1970    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1967-70           student

1970-74           Tioga Center

1974-78           Windsor

1978-85           Vestal

1985-90           conference council director

1990-94           Owego

1994-06           Endicott Central

2006                retired

                            2006-10       associate, Owego (beginning 9/1/2006)

    2010            charter member Upper New York Conference

 

Note: Kenneth E. Wood is a brother to Robert G. Wood.

 

 

WOOD, ROBERT

 

Born: 9-29-1906  Newcastle-On-Tyne, England       married: Ella Frances Goble

Died: 9-3-1972                                                            obit: Wyoming Conference 1991, 340

                                                                                   

1934    admitted on trial         

1937    ordained deacon                                                         

 

Interment: Nicholson Cemetery, Nicholson PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1973, 287

 

1930-34           Litchfield

1934-37           Wells Bridge

1937-39           Guilford – Mt. Upton

1939-43           Newton

1943-46           Plains

1946-57           Carverton

1957-65           Nicholson

1965-67           Scranton St. Paul’s

1967-71           on leave

1971                retired   

 

Note: Robert Wood is the father of Robert L. Wood.

 

WOOD, ROBERT G.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Marianne _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1979    license

1983    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference: recommended by Port Crane

1984    ordained deacon

1986    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1979-81           student, Mansfield University

    1979-81       Hornbrook

1981-84           student, Boston University (ending 1/1984)

1984-86           Davenport (beginning 1/1984)

1986-89           Davenport – West Davenport (ending 6/15/1989)

1989-92           Greene (beginning 6/15/1989 and ending 7/15/1992)

1992-98           Wilkes-Barre Albright (beginning 7/15/1992)

1998-03           Duryea

2003-07           Tunkhannock

2007-10           Vestal Calvary

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-11           Vestal Calvary – Whittemore Hill, Upper New York Conference

2011-17           Dallas

2017-19           Berwick First

2019                retired

 

Note: Robert G. Wood is a brother to Kenneth E. Wood.

 

WOOD, ROBERT L.

 

Born: 1-2-1942  Sayre PA                                          married: Elizabeth Gilpin

Died:                                                                           obit: Wyoming Conference 2006, 184

 

1964    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1965    ordained deacon

1967    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1964-67           Sterling

1967-70           Waymart

1970-71           associate. Endicott Central

1971-77           Plains

1977-83           Lake Winola

1983-86           Dalton (ending 8/31/1986)

1986-87           Dallas (beginning 9/1/1986)

1987-90           Chinchilla

1990-91           sabbatical leave

1991-92           Factoryville

1992-94           Sterling

1994-02           Whitney Point

2002                retired

    2010            transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

    2010-19       Paupack

 

Note: Robert L. Wood is the son of Robert Wood.

 

 

WOOD, STEPHEN H.

 

Born: 6-12-1847  Montgomery NY                           married: S. Estella Wood

Died: 1-14-1928                                                          obit: Wyoming Conference 1937, 157

 

1876    license, Freewill Baptist Church

1876    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1878    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Chenango Valley Cemetery, Binghamton NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1928, 138

 

1873-76           pastor, Freewill Baptist Church

1876-77           Nineveh

1877-78           Decatur

1878-80           Herrick Center

1880-83           West Nicholson

1883-85           North Fenton

1885-88           Coventry

1888-91           West Edmeston

1891-93           Gilbertsville

1893-96           Smyrna

1896-99           Lisle

1899-00           Chenango Forks

1900                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Stephen H. Wood appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 436.

 

WOOD, WILLIAM L.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1920    admitted on trial

1922    ordained deacon

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1920-22           Sherburne

1922                Maple Grove

1923                withdrew

 

Note: William L. Wood did not report to the Maple Grove charge.  See 1923, 99.

 

WOODALL, RONDALL IBEREA

 

Born: 10-27-1926  Ashville NC                                 married: Gladys Jean Williams

Died: 1-22-2013  Prescott Valley AZ                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1993, 356

 

1947    admitted on trial, Indiana Conference

1953    ordained deacon

1955    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2013, 275

 

1948-49           Rockford

1949-51           Hanover (ending 4/8/1951)

1951                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1951-54           Hop Bottom (beginning 4/8/1951)

1954-56           Montdale

1956-60           Wilkes-Barre Parrish Street

1960-66           Tunkhannock

1966-69           Binghamton Chenango Street

1969-72           Owego

1972-78           Endwell

1978-83           Binghamton High Street

1983-88           Montrose

1988                Great Bend (ending 10/31/1988)

1988                retired (11/1/1988)

                             1989           Binghamton Chenango Street (beginning 1/1 – 5/30)

     2010           transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

WOODRUFF, JACOB DAVIS

           

Born: 2-15-1842  Connecticut Farms NJ                   married: Melissa A. Atkinson
Died: 5-18-1884  Emporium PA                                obit: [b. 11/?/1834 – 4/9/1872]

                                                                                    married2: Emily Caroline Hall

1865    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference        obit2: [11/8/1849 – 11/14/1948]

1867    ordained deacon

1869    ordained elder

 

Interment:      
Obit:

 

1865-66           Gibson

1866-67           Plainsville

1867-68           Stoddartville

1868-69           Oregon

1869-70           Lackawaxen

1870-71           Tallmansville

1871-73           Narrowsburg

1873-74           Union Centre

1874-75           Chenango Forks

1875                Fairdale (did not finish the year)

1875                withdrew to join the ministry of the Congregational Church

1875-76           Lebanon NY

1876-79           North Collins NY

                        Little Valley NY

 

Note:  Jacob D. Woodruff is the brother of James O. Woodruff.  Connecticut Farms NJ is the present Union Township NJ.  After preaching in the Congregational church for a few years, he left the ministry to study medicine.  Soon after his 1882 graduation from Buffalo Medical College, he died of pneumonia.  The first Mrs. Woodruff is buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery at Hawley PA.  The second Mrs. Woodruff was later ordained by the Congregational Church in 1893 to serve in Little Valley NY, where her late husband had once served.  She later served in Brockton NY and St. Johnsbury VT.  She is buried in Evergreen Cemetery at Spencer NY.

 

WOODRUFF, JAMES OSCAR

           

Born: 2-27-1837 Connecticut Farms NJ        married: Eliza J. Townley
Died: 3-30-1896  Binghamton NY                 obit: [b. 1836]

 

1860    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1860    ordained deacon

1864    ordained elder

 

Interment: Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1896, 98

 

1860-62           Blakely

1862-64           Sterling

1864-67           Salem

1867-70           Carbondale

1870-73           Honesdale

1873-76           Owego

1876-79           Pittston

1879-81           Norwich

1881-83           Kingston

1883-86           Wilkes-Barre Franklin Street

1886-89           Waverly NY

1889-94           Plymouth

1894-96           superintendent, Binghamton District.

 

Note:  James O. Woodruff is a brother to Jacob D. Woodruff.  Connecticut Farms NJ is the present Union Township NJ.  A brief biography of James O. Woodruff appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 266.

 

 

WORDEN, PETER S.

           

Born: 3-27-1817  Smyrna NY                                                married: Sarah Green
Died: 7-28-1889  Binghamton NY                             obit: Wyoming Conference 1886, 53

                                                                                    married2: Mrs. Boyce

1839    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference             obit2:

 

Interment: Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1890, 79

 

1839-40           Greene

1840-41           Page Brook

1841-43           Berkshire

1843-45           Waverly and Athens

1845-47           Tunkhannock and Wyoming

1847-48           Carbondale

1848-50           Berkshire

1850-52           Newark

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-53           on leave

1853-55           Speedsville

1855-56           Berkshire

1856-57           Binghamton Court Street

1857-62           principal, Susquehanna Seminary

1862-63           Maine

1863-64           Binghamton Court Street

1864-66           Broome

1866-67           Chenango

1867-68           Page Brook

1868-70           Union NY

1870-71           Port Dickinson

1871                retired

 

Note:  A brief biography of Peter S. Worden appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 268.

 

WORLEY  see WOEHRLE

 

WORRELL, DAVISON

           

Born: 3-?-1808  Eastchurch, England                        married: Frances E. _____
Died: 8-23-1866  Factoryville PA                              obit: Wyoming Conference 1902, 102

 

1853    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1855    ordained deacon

1857    ordained elder

 

Interment: Stark Cemetery, Starkville PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1867, 37

 

1852-53           Orwell

1853-55           Speedsville

1855-57           Abington

1857-59           Nicholson

1859-61           Gibson

1861-63           Skinner’s Eddy

1863-64           Springville

1864-66           Nicholson

 

Note:  This name is also rendered DAVIDSON WORRALL.  A brief biography of Davidson Worrall appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 264.

 

 

WORTHING, JONATHAN

           

Born: 10-29-1789  Bristol NH                                   married: Betsy Hackett [4/10/1814]
Died: 8-11-1874  Binghamton NY                             obit: [d. 1821]

                                                                                    married2: Sarah Carter Robie [1821]

1810    admitted on trial, New England Conference  obit2: [8/2/1875 – 1/22/1870]

1812    ordained deacon

1816    ordained elder

 

Interment: Glenwood Cemetery, Port Dickinson NY
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1875, 40

 

1810-11           Tuftonboro and Rochester

1811-12           Industry

1812-13           Falmouth

1813-25           located

1825                transfer to Genesee Conference

1825-27           Camden

1827-29           Westmoreland

1829                charter member of Oneida Conference

1829-31           Herkimer

1831-32           Fulton

1832-33           Fabius

1833-35           Onondaga

1835-37           Madison

1837-39           Scipio

1839-40           Scott

1840-41           Spafford

1841-42           Scipio

1842-44           Owasco

1844-45           Ledyard

1845-46           on leave

1846-47           Groton

1847-48           Dryden and Virgil

1848-49           on leave

1849-51           Freetown

1851                retired

     1852  charter member of Wyoming Conference

 

Note:  Jonathan Worhing is the father of Frances Worthing Porter, wife of George P. Porter.  The second Mrs. Worthing (nee Carter) was the widow of a Mr. John Robie.  A brief biography of Jonathan Worthing appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 265.

 

WRIGHT, CALEB EARL

 

Born: 2-4-1810  Wilkes-Barre PA                              married: Phoebe Ann Fell

Died: 12-2-1889  Doylestown PA                              obit: [11/24/1814 – 4/29/1890]

 

1869    ordained local deacon

1874    ordained local elder

 

Interment: Doylestown Cemetery, Doylestown PA

Obit: [Philadelphia Conference 1890, 54]

 

Note: Caleb E. Wright was admitted to the Bucks County Bar, and practiced at it until he removed to practice law in his native Wilkes-Barre in 1853.  He returned to Doylestown in 1876, where he concentrated on literary pursuits and church work.  His article “Lesson from the Bar to the Pulpit” appeared in the July 1865 Methodist Review, page 409.  His death notice in the Philadelphia Conference journal called him “a local elder in Doylestown, and one of the most acceptable local preachers on the district.”  He is the author of several secular history books.

 

WRIGHT, ORIN PALMER

 

Born: 7-28-1850  Washington NH                             married: Julia W. Murray

Died: 6-26-1922  Laconia NH                                    obit: Maine Conference 1934, 276

 

1877    admitted on trial, New Hampshire Conference

 

Interment: Wells Cemetery, Canaan NH

Obit: Maine Conference 1923, 353

 

1886                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1886-89           Scranton Asbury

1889-91           Scranton Simpson

1891-92           Wilkes-Barre Central

1892                transfer to St. Louis Conference

 

 

WRIGHT, SANDERS F.

 

Born: 10-27-1828  Broome County NY                     married: Eliza E, Bryant

Died: 2-5-1918  Deposit NY                                      obit: Wyoming Conference 1913, 118

 

1858    exhorter’s license, Lanesboro

1860    local preacher’s license, Lanesboro

1861    local preacher’s license, Kingston

1862    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1864    ordained deacon

 

Interment: Hale Eddy Cemetery, Sanford NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1918, 128

 

1862-64           Stoddartsville

1864-65           Dundaff

1865-67           Clifford

1867-69           Blakely

1869-72           Salem

1872-74           Gibsonburg

1874-75           Union PA

1875-76           Waymart

1876-79           Mount Pleasant

1879-82           Hornbrook

1882-85           Nichols

1885-86           Berkshire

1886-88           Le Raysville

1888-90           Barton

1890-91           Orwell

1891-92           Kern Summit

1892                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Sanders F. Wright appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 436.

 

 

WRIGLEY, ABEL

 

Born: 7-8-1842  Saddleworth, England                     married: Mary E. Chase

Died: 11-22-1909  Oneonta NY                                 obit: Wyoming Conference 1934, 406

 

1873    local preacher’s license

1876    admitted on trial

1878    ordained deacon

1880    ordained elder

 

Interment: Evergreen Woodlawn Cemetery, Factoryville PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1910, 126

 

1875-76           Springville

1876-79           Auburn

1878-82           Sanford

1882-85           Middlefield

1885-88           Fly Creek

1888-91           Westford

1891-94           Hartwick

1894-98           Carverton

1898-99           Lehman

1899-02           Newton

1902-05           Mill City

1905-07           Gilbertsville

1907                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Abel Wrigley appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 437.

 

WYATT, ALBERT HARMON

 

Born: 10-16-1839  Speedsville NY                            married: Annie E. Brown [1865]

Died: 4-29-1909  Canaan CT                                      obit: [d. 4/1/1867]

                                                                                    married2: Martha Washington Preston [1868]

1856    exhorter’s license, Wilkes-Barre                     obit2: [d.2/19/1879]

1857    local preacher’s license                                   married3: Gertrude E. Field [1880]

1862    ordained local deacon                                     obit3:

1864    admitted on trial, New York Conference                                                      

?          ordained elder                                                

 

Interment:

Obit: New York East Conference 1910, 108

 

1864-66           West Harlem

1966-68           White Plains

1868-69           traveled in Europe

                            1868  Brooklyn Sands Street (April – June)

1869-72           Washington Square

1872                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1872-74           Wilkes-Barre First

1874                transfer to Erie Conference

1874-75           Jamestown

1875                transfer to New York East Conference

1875-76           Brooklyn Washington Avenue

1876-78           on leave

1878-80           Durham CT

1880-82           Brooklyn South Second Street

1882-84           Middletown CT

1884-87           New Haven CT St. John’s

1887-92           Bristol CT

1892-93           West Winsted CT

1893-97           Norwalk CT

1897-98           Brooklyn South Second Street

1898-01           Flushing

1901-05           Huntington

1905                retired

 

Note: Albert H. Wyatt is the son of William Wyatt.  The third Mrs. Wyatt is the daughter of Julius Field (1799-1884) of the New York East Conference.

 

WYATT, WILLIAM

           

Born: 2-20-1812  Danby NY                                      married: Mary Almena Reynolds
Died: 3-19-1879  Albany NY                                     obit: Wyoming Conference 1898, 99

 

1831    exhorter’s license

1832    local preacher’s license

1834    admitted on trial, Oneida Conference

?          ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:  Hollenbach Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre PA
Obit: Wyoming Conference 1879, 35

 

1835-36           Windsor

1836-37           Slaterville

1837-38           Barton

1838-40           Speedsville

1840-42           Candor

1842                transfer to Black River Conference

1842-44           Adams

1844-45           Watertown

1845-47           Lowville

1847                transfer to Oneida Conference

1847-49           Oxford

1849-51           Utica Bleecker Street, Utica

1851-52           Honesdale

1852                charter member of Wyoming Conference

1852-54           Carbondale

1854-55           Wilkes-Barre Franklin Street

1855-59           superintendent, Wyoming District

1859-62           superintendent, Honesdale District

1862-64           Binghamton Henry Street, Binghamton

1864-65           chaplain, 109th Regiment of New York Volunteers

1865                retired

 

Note:  William Wyatt is the father of Albert H. Wyatt and of Elizabeth Wyatt Abbott, wife of William Penn Abbott.  He is also an uncle to (his sister’s son) Francis Asbury King.  A brief biography of William Wyatt appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 267.  Mrs. Wyatt is the daughter of Reuben Reynolds (1791-1876) of the Northern New York Conference. 

 

 

WYCKOFF, RONALD ALAN        

 

Born: 10-21-1918  Hope NJ                                       married: Ruth K. _____

Died: 3-11-1991  Binghamton NY                             obit: [1919 – 2005]

 

1951    ordained elder

 

Interment: Chenango Valley Cemetery, Binghamton NY

Obit

 

1942-43           Tabernacle NJ

1945-47           Pittston St. Paul’s

1947-48           Skinner’s Eddy

1948-51           student, Drew Theological Seminary

1951                Sherburne (ending 12/1/1951)

1951                “transfer” to the Episcopal Church

1951-55           Chadwicks NY St. George’s

1955-               Waverly NY Grace

1975                restored, Diocese of NJ (5/5/1975)

1978                suspended for 6 months, Diocese of Central NY (9/13/1978)

 

Note:  Ronald A. Wyckoff may also have been affiliated with the New Jersey Conference prior to 1951.  He received an MSW from Syracuse University in 1969, his thesis being “A Study of Social Casework with the Unwed Mother.”  He appears to have lived in Binghamton NY from 1978 on.

 

WYRICK, RALPH

 

Born: 6-3-1871  Virginia City NV                             married: Eva Miller

Died: 5-15-1934                                                          obit: East Ohio Conference 1908, 77

                                                                                    married2: May Emily Woodworth

1895    admitted on trial, East Ohio Conference        obit2: Central New York Conference 1977, 231

1896    ordained deacon

1902    ordained elder

 

Interment: Woodlawn Cemetery, Syracuse NY

Obit: Central New York Conference 1934, 526

 

1895-               Bellaire

                        Piedmont

1898-01           student, Drew Theological Seminary

1901-02           Midvale

1902-06           Newton Falls

1906-09           Perry

1909                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1909-10           Danby

1910                transfer to Southwest Kansas Conference

1910-12           Burden

1912-15           Burrton

1915-18           Coldwater

1918-20           Bucklin

1920                transfer to Missouri Conference

1920-24           Marceline

1924-26           Macon

1926                transfer to Central New York Conference

1926-27           Syracuse James Street

1927-30           Chittenango

1930-32           Rushville

1932-33           Lodi

1933-34           Virgil

 

Note:  The dates for the second Mrs. Wyrick are not given in her obituary; they are 1879 – 11/13/1976.

 

 

 

YEOMANS, FRANK RAY

 

Born: 2-14-1882  Hale Eddy NY                               married: Hattie Bradford Avery (8/3/1905)

Died:                                                                           obit: [11/16/1887 - ?]

 

1913    admitted on trial

1915    ordained deacon

1917    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1913-14           Speedsville

1914-17           Maine

1917-19           Slaterville

1919                withdrew

 

 

 

YERTON, SANDRA L.

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2000    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2000-01           Coventry – Union Valley (beginning 9/1/2000)

2001-04           Sanitaria Springs – Port Crane

2004-06           Meshoppen (ending 3/12/2006)

 

Note: served as a local preacher and is otherwise unknown.

 

YETTER, ARTHUR R.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Keely

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

2007    license, recommended by McMichaels

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2007-10           Cortez

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-17           Cortez

2017                retired

                             2017-23      Cortez

 

Note: Arthur R. Yetter served as a local preacher.

 

YINGLING, CARL

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1947-48           Wells Bridge

1948-49           Flemingville-Fairfield

 

Note: Carl Yingling served as a local preacher.

 

YODER, ROGER G.

 

Born:                                                                           married: Barbara _____

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

1979    admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1981    ordained deacon

1989    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1979-84           Slocum

1984-86           West Nanticoke Calvary

1986-92           Forest City

1992-94           Nicholson

1994-97           Springville

1997-99           Peckville

1999-05           Hartwick

2005-09           Franklin

2009                on leave

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

2010-18           Lock Haven Parish

2018-20           Blue Mountain (ending 12/31/2019)

2020-21           Mansfield First (beginning 1/1/2020)

2021                retired

 

YORK, WELCOME SYLVESTER

 

Born: 12-21-1870  Arkansas WI                                married: Nellie Knight

Died: 8-11-1946  Kingston NY                                  obit:

                                                                                    married2: Mary Elizabeth Boyer

1901    admitted on trial, West Wisconsin Conf        obit2: [1873 – 1964]

1904    ordained deacon

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Forty Fort Cemetery, Forty Fort NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1947, 727

 

1902-05           LaGrange

1905                transfer to Northwest Nebraska Conference

1905-08           Gordon

1908-11           Long Pine

1911-15           Atkinson

1915-16           Gering

1916-18           Hemingford

1918-20           on leave

1920                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1920-24           Guilford

1924-25           Noxen

1925-35           Noxen – Alderson

1935-37           Wilkes-Barre Bennett Memorial – St. Andrews

1937                retired

                             1937-40      Laflin

 

 

 

YOST, ROBERT DeWITT

 

Born: 10-17-1918  Forty Fort PA                               married: [not married]

Died: 12-19-1979                                                        obit:

 

1940    admitted on trial

1940    ordained deacon

1941    ordained elder

 

Interment: Hamline Cemetery, Benton PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference  1980, 313

 

1940-43           student, Boston University School of Theology

1943-46           chaplain, US Navy

1946-50           Plains

1950-79           Shavertown

 

YOUNG, CARL PHILLIP

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

?          admitted on trial

?          ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2002-07           faculty, Hartwick College

2010                transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

 

YOUNG, CHARLES

 

Born: 1871  Bristol, England                                      married: Emma Jane Willoughby

Died: 2-12-1933  Syracuse NY                                  obit: [1878 – 1963]

                                                                                   

1903    ordained, Christian Church                                                                

 

Interment: Plains Cemetery, Oneonta NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1933, 160

 

                        Toledo OH

                        Youngstown OH

                        Warren OH

1914-17           First Congregational, Sherrill NY

1917-21           Clarks Mills NY

1921                “transfer” to Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1921-23           Westford and Elk Creek

1923-25           Morris

1925-27           Mount Vision

1927-30           not appointed

1930-32           Harford

1932-33           Lisle and Triangle

 

Note: Charles Young served in the Wyoming Conference as a supply pastor.

 

YOUNG, FRANK W.

 

Born: 7-20-1867  Mendota IL                                    married: Cora F. Dunckell

Died: 10-10-1936                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 1924, 136

                                                                                    married2: Helen Snell

                                                                                    obit2:

1890    local preacher’s license, Binghamton Tabernacle

1895    local deacon, Newark Conference

1896    admitted on trial

 

Interment: Floral Park Cemetery, Johnson City NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1937, 147

 

1891-93           student, Wyoming Seminary

1893-96           student, Drew Theological Seminary

1896-99           Clark's Summit

1899-03           Dallas

1903-04           Montrose

1904-10           Newark Valley

1910-11           Peckville

1911-15           Owego

1915                transfer to New York Conference

1915-16           Hudson

1916-18           Newburg St. John’s

1918                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1918-23           Norwich

1923-25           West Pittston

1925-32           Kingston

1932-34           Cooperstown

1934-36           Montrose

1936                retired

 

Note: A biographical sketch of Frank W. Young appears in Chaffee’s 1904 History of the Wyoming Conference, page 439.

 

YOUNG, LOUIS E.

 

Born: 8-20-1914                                                          married: Jean Lappley

Died: 7-4-2003                                                            obit: [10/10/1917 – 12/6/2008]

 

1940    admitted on trial

1940    ordained deacon

1942    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1940-43           student

1943                transfer to Newark Conference

 

1980                retired

 

Note: Mrs. Young is a graduate of Dickinson College.

 

YOUNG, OWEN B.

 

Born: 12-4-1884  Indianapolis IN                              married: Phoebe C.D. Olmstead

Died: 5-18-1959                                                          obit: [1873 – 8/19/1961]

                                                                                   

1907    admitted on trial, Kansas Conference                                                

 

Interment: Nichols Cemetery, Nichols NY

Obit:

 

1907-08           Manchester

1908                transfer to Colorado Conference

1908-09           Bayfield

1909                transfer to Indiana Conference

1909-11           Gosport

1911-14           Milltown

1914                transfer to North Indiana Conference

1914-17           Matthews

1917-20           Albany

1920-21           Twelve Mile

1921                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1921-23           Mehoopany

1923-26           Fairdale – Rush

1926-28           Guilford

1928-29           Sidney Center

1929-32           Mount Upton

1932-34           McClure – North Sanford

1934-36           Hornbrook – Ghent (did not finish the second year)

1936                withdrew, page 768

 

Note: Some sources give the birth year as 1883.

 

YOUNGS, GEORGE E.

 

Born: 6-14-1896  Youngs NY                                    married: Eva Mae Benedict

Died: 4-6-1980  Stantonsburg NC                              obit: Wyoming Conference 1984, 220

                                                                                   

1925    admitted on trial

1927    ordained deacon

1929    ordained elder                                                            

 

Interment: Evergreen Hills Cemetery, Unadilla NY

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1980, 314

 

1925-27           Plymouth NY (see 1925,82)

1927-31           Hartwick

1931-35           Chenango Bridge

1935-37           Nichols

1937-39           Susquehanna

1939-44           Unadilla

1944-52           Athens – Litchfield

1952-60           Binghamton Centenary

1960-64           Sidney

1964                retired

                            1964-72  Warren Center

 

 

ZAFFIRO, FELIX H.

 

Born: 12-8-1911                                                          married: Minetta _____

Died: 4-?-1966                                                            obit:

 

1938    admitted on trial

1939    ordained deacon

1940    ordained elder

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1938-40           Montdale

1940-43           Scranton Court Street

1943-46           Shavertown

1946-57           Binghamton High Street

1957-58           sabbatical leave

1958                withdrew

 

ZAFFIRO, VINCENT

 

Born:                                                                           married: Dora Schultz [1911]

Died: 2-11-1948  Scranton PA                                   obit:

 

1910    admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference

ordained deacon

ordained elder

 

Interment: Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1948, 1018

 

1910-11           Philadelphia

1911                transfer to West Virginia Conference

1911-12           Clarksburg

1912                transfer to Canada Conference

1912-15           Sydney, Nova Scotia

1915-17           North Bay, Ontario

1917                transfer to Detroit Conference

1917-19           Iron Mountain

1919                transfer to Northeast Ohio Conference

1919-26           Youngstown

1926                transfer to Erie Conference

1926-28           Jamestown

1928                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1928-48           Scranton Italian Mission

 

ZELINKA, PAUL PORTER

 

Born: 12-17-1930  Prague, Czechoslovakia               married: Rosella May Kreger

Died: 3-25-1997  Scranton PA                                   obit: Western New York Conference 1966, 825

 

1955    license, Central New York Conference

1961    admitted on trial, Genesee Conference

1963    ordained deacon, Genesee Conference

?          ordained elder

 

Interment: Hillcrest Cemetery, New Albany PA

Obit: Wyoming Conference 1997, 369

 

1955-56           Montour Falls

1956-58           Borodina

1958                transfer to Genesee Conference

1958-59           Stevens Mills–Big Creek

1959-60           Whitneyville Larger Parish

1960-62           Gaines–Marshlands–Asaph

1962-66           Whitesville–Stannards–Shongo

1964                transfer to Western New York Conference by change of boundaries

1964-66           Whitesville-Stannards-Shongo

1966                Arkport–Bishopville–South Dansville (ending 10/1966)

1966                transfer to Northern New York Conference (10/1966)

1966-69           Bombay–Fort Covington–South Bombay

1969-74           Fernwood–Dugway–Altmar

1974                transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1974-76           Wiconisco Calvary–Wesley

1976-81           Lock Haven Parish

1981-85           Westfield–Cowanesque

1985                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1985-88           Meshoppen

1988-90           Newton

1990-93           on leave

1993                retired

 

Note: Paul Porter Zelinka is the son of Paul John Huss Zelinka (1898-1975) of the Central Pennsylvania Conference.

 

ZEVENEY, JOYCE A.

 

Born: 8-31-1948                                                          married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

 

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

2001-02           Alderson – Evans Falls (beginning 12/2/2001)

 

Note: Joyce Zeveney (nee Slates) served as a lay preacher.  She worked as the administrative services director for the Penns Woods Girl Scout Council 1979-2007.  In 2023, Joyce Zeveney was living in Nanticoke PA.

 

ZIMMERMAN, GEORGE A.

 

Born: 1934  East Orange NJ                                       married: Anabelle Lee (8/20/1954)

Died: 10-13-2015                                                        obit: Wyoming Conference 2009, 241

 

1957    admitted on trial, Newark Conference: recommended by Ridgewood

1957    ordained deacon

1959    ordained elder

 

Interment: Causey Cemetery, Georgetown FL

Obit: Susquehanna Conference 2016, 274

 

1957-59           associate, Mountain View

1959                transfer to West Virginia Conference

1959-61           associate, Johnson Memorial

1961                transfer to New York East Conference

1961-63           associate, Babylon

1963-65           Long Hill

1965-67           Staten Island Christ

1967                transfer to Virginia Conference

1967-68           Brookland (ending 9/5/1968)

1968                transfer to New York Conference

1968-70           Litchfield CT (beginning 9/5/1968 and ending 9/1970)

1970-76           Liberty (beginning 9/1970)

1976-78           Lindenhurst

1978-79           Beacon

1979-83           on leave

1983-84           Newburgh Trinity (ending 9/10/1983)

1984-92           located (beginning 9/10/1983 and ending 9/30/1992)

1992-95           Greene, Wyoming Conference (beginning 10/1/1992)

1995                transfer to Wyoming Conference

1995-97           Carbondale

1997                retired

                            1997-15       Georgetown FL

    2010            transfer to Susquehanna Conference by boundary change

                            2010-15       Georgetown FL

 

ZWEIZIG, JOHN BARNET

 

Born: 12-?-1865  Hamburg PA                                  married: Sarah E. Johnson [1890]

Died: 1928                                                                  obit: [7/31/1864 – 9/24/1938]

 

 

Interment: Stroudsburg Cemetery, Stroudsburg PA

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1907-08           Thornhurst

1908-10           Carley Brook

1911-13           Heart Lake

1913-14           Thornhurst

1914-15           Pocono Lake

Note: J.B. Zweizig served in the Wyoming Conference as a supply preacher.  He is othersie unknown, but a 1905 Berks County newspaper states: “FROM FOUNDRY TO PULPIT.  The Rev. John B. ZWEIZIG, of Reading, known in that section as the "preacher-moulder," has accepted a call to the pastorate of the Methodist Episcopal church at Hale Eddy, N.Y., and will assume charge this week.”

 

 

 

 

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