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OAKES, JOHN W.

 

Born: 4-24-1884  Pottstown PA                                 married: Florence Mabel Hepner

Died: 11-18-1943                                                        obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1955,29

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 433

Gibble list: yes

 

1912    quarterly conference license

1913    license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1923    ordained, Allegheny Conference

 

Interment: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Johnstown PA

Obit: Allegheny Conference 1944,57

                       

1914-15           Shaffertown

1915-16           Susquehanna

1916                transfer to Allegheny Conference

1916-17           Hollsopple

1917-19           New Florence

1919-22           West Decatur

1922-25           Rockwood

1925-27           Madison

1927-30           South Williamsport

1930-36           Milton

1936-40           Latrobe

1940                retired

 

O’FARREL, DAVID

 

Born: 11-21-1821  VA                                                married: Hannah Fohl

Died: 6-28-1887  Parsons KS                                     obit: [1/2/1826 – 6/28/1887]

Miller-Raker #: 279

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

 

1842    quarterly conference license, Winchester circuit of Virginia Conference

1844    license, Virginia Conference

1847    ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

 

Interment: Oakwood Cemetery, Parsons KS

Obit: Neosho Conference 1888,? [see O’Farrell biographical file]

 

1844-45           Chambersburg circuit

1845-46           living in Indiana

1846                charter member of East Pennsylvania Conference

1846-48           New Holland circuit

1848-50           Lancaster circuit

1850-53           Harrisburg circuit

1853-54           Rocky Spring circuit, Pennsylvania Conference

1854                transfer to White River Conference

1854-55           Dublin

1855-56           ?

1856-57           Marion

1857-58           Fall Creek

1858-60           presiding elder, East District

1860-61           presiding elder, Marion District

1861-62           Antioch

1862-63           presiding elder, Indianapolis District

1863-64           presiding elder, Marion District

1864-65           Antioch

1865-66           Salamony

1866-67           no assignment

1867-68           York Springs circuit, Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69           Mt. Joy, East Pennsylvania Conference

1869                transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference

1869-71           New Holland

1871-72           Hummelstown-Highspire

1872-73           Highspire

1873                transfer to White River Conference   

1873-74           Williamsburg

1874-75                     Dundee                                               

1875-76           presiding elder, Dublin District

1876-77           Lincolnville

1877-80           location

1880                transfer to Osage Conference                                                

1880-84           ?

1884-87                     Parsons

 

Note: Mrs. O’Farrel is a sister to John Fohl – see Loyer’s 2000 Autobiography of John Fohl for more information on David O'Farrel.

 

 

OGG, ALBERT EDWARD

 

Born: 1873, California                                                married: Delores Eva Davis

Died: 10-13-1917  Chicago IL                                   obit:

Miller-Raker #: 530

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

 

1904    license, recommended by Washington DC

1905    ordained

1907    received on trial in Baltimore Conference of ME Church

1907    ordained deacon in Baltimore Conference of ME Church

1908    missionary to India

1908    continued on trial in South India Conference

1911    [actually 12/1910] ordained elder in South India Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: South India Conference 1918 [actually 12/1917]

 

1904-06           living in Washington DC

1906                withdrew irregularly, page 49

                        1907"transferred"to the Baltimore Conference of theMethodist Episcopal Church

1907-08           Gaithersburg MD

1908-09           Madras, Press Church

1909-11           Madras, Boys’ Orphanage & Press Church & publishing house agent

1911-14           agent for Madras Publishing House

1914-18           on leave

 

Note: 1904,61 reports “that in view of the work done by Brother Albert E. Ogg in the Howard Theological Seminary, Washington DC, the past two year, he be passed to the second year’s course of reading.”  1905,49 reports that Rev. Ogg was retained in third year’s course of reading.  His relationship to George Albertus Ogg (1867-1945) of the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Church is not known, but they are not immediate family.  The South India Conference was supposed to meet about February each year, depending on the schedule of the overseeing bishop, but sometimes the annual conference for one year was actually held in December of the preceding year.

 

O’HARE    [see HARE]

 

 

OHNMACHT, JOHN

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

 

1908    license, East Pennsylvania Conference

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1908-10           Manor circuit

1910-12           Catawissa circuit

1912                name erased

 

 

OLEWILER, HOWARD LOWER

 

Born: 4-3-1893  York County PA                              married: Ruth E. Quigley

Died: 4-30-1983  Bradenton FL                                 obit: [June 1983]

Miller-Raker #: 573

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

 

1912    license, recommended by York Second

1917    ordained, Donegal Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church

 

Interment: Memorial Gardens, Hollywood FL

Obit: [see biographical files]

 

1912-14           student, Lebanon Valley College

1914-16           student, Princeton Seminary

1916                withdrew to become Presbyterian, page 72

1916-17           student, Princeton Seminary

1917-19           Bellevue Presbyterian, Gap PA

1919-23           First Presbyterian, Wilkinsburg PA

1923-27           Forrest Hills Presbyterian, Pittsburgh PA

1927-54           First Presbyterian, Marion OH

1954                retired

                        interim OH pastorates at Sandusky, Norwalk, Fostoria, Olena

                        supply for St. Andrews’s Presbyterian, Hollywood FL

                        organizing pastor for First Presbyterian, Margate FL

                            1973-83       chaplain at Doctor’s Hospital, Hollywood FL

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OLIVER, JOHN EARL

 

Born: 6-5-1893  Martinsburg WV                              married: Miriam Green

Died: 9-3-1979  Pen Argyl PA                                   obit: [7/30/1895 – 3/27/1974]

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

 

1917    license, Virginia Conference

1922    ordained, Virginia Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Baltimore Conference 1980,360

 

1917-19           student, Lebanon Valley College

                        1917-10  Stoverdale circuit

1919-22           student, Bonebrake [United] Theological Seminary in Dayton OH

1922-24           Shenandoah

1924-25           Broadway

1925-32           Cumberland MD

1932-35           Singers Glen

1935-38           Keyser WV

1938-43           Petersburg WV

1943-61           Winchester

1961                retired to Pen Argyl PA

1970                transfer to Baltimore Conference

 

 

OPLINGER, W.G. .

 

Born:                                                                           married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 382

Gibble list: no

 

1933   license, Allegheny Conference: recommended by Arona

Interment:

Obit:

 

Note: W.G. Oplinger apparently never served under appointment.  He is otherwise unknown.

 

 

ORLIDGE, ALFRED J.

 

Born: 2-25-1891  Braddock PA                                 married: Carrie Almetta House

Died: 12-14-1957  McKeesport PA                            obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1988,391

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 437

Gibble list: yes

 

1913    quarterly conference license

1917    license, Allegheny Conference

1923    ordained, Allegheny Conference

 

Interment:

Obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1958,35

 

1913-14           Clarion River

1914-15           Milton

1915-16           Jefferson

1916-18           Runville

1918-19           Bradenville

1919-22           New Florence

1922-25           Wall

1925-28           Altoona Grace

1928-30           Shanksville

1930-37           McKeesport First

1937-44           Johnstown Barron Avenue

1944-50           Jeannette Gethsemane

1950-57           McKeesport Shoemaker

 

Note: Mrs. Orlidge is a daughter of Edwin F. House and a sister to Clyde E. House.

 

ORMSTON, EARL E.

 

Born: 1-6-1892                                                            married: Martha Esther Dainton

Died: 1961                                                                  obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1974,320

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 436

Gibble list: yes

 

1915    quarterly conference license

1917    license, Allegheny Conference

1921    ordained, Allegheny Conference

 

Interment: Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown PA

Obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1962,37

 

1917-20           Knoxdale

1920-23           Fayette

1923-24           Industry & Sewickley

1924-28           Altoona Third

1928-31           [Florida Conference, under Board of Home Missions]

1931-34           Hollsopple (beginning 11/15/1931)

1934-44           Conemaugh

1944-48           Bellefonte

1948-58           Johnston Overbrook (ending 1/1958)

1958                retired for health reasons (beginning 1/58)

 

 

ORNER, THEODORE PORTER

 

Born: 12-22-1839  Perry County PA                          married: Delilah P. Pines

Died: 10-19-1920                                                        obit: Allegheny Conference 1929,62

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 207

Gibble list: yes

 

1873    quarterly conference license

1875    license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1884    ordained, Allegheny Conference

 

Interment: Fairview Cemetery, Altoona PA

Obit: Allegheny Conference 1921,93

 

1878-79           Millersburg Hebron

1883                transfer to Allegheny Conference

Mapleton

Altoona First

Altoona Second

superintendent

Pitcairn

Tyrone

Port Matilda

Greenwood

Altoona Third

Altoona First

 

 

OTTERBEIN, PHILIP WILLIAM

 

Born: 6-3-1726  Dillenburg, Germany                        married:

Died: 11-17-1813  Baltimore MD                              obit:

Miller-Raker #: 1

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

 

1749    ordained, German Reformed Church

 

Interment: Old Otterbein Church, Baltimore MD

Obit:

 

1749-52           Ockersdorf, Germany

1752-58           Lancaster PA

1758-60           Tuplehocken PA

1760-65                      Frederick MD

1765-74           York PA

1774-00           Baltimore MD

1800                charter member (and first bishop) of United Brethren denomination

1800-13           Baltimore Old Otterbein

 

Note: Several biographies exist

 

 

OW, JOHANN GERHARDUS HERMANUS [HARMONIUS]

 

Born: 2-17-1778  Oberisen, Germany                         married: Catherine Gilbert

Died: 7-20-1861  Cherry Tree, Indiana County PA   obit:

Miller-Raker #: 58                                                       married2: Christina Elizabeth Faust

Fulton #: no                                                                 obit2:

Gibble list: no                                                              married3: Rebeca Wilson

                                                                                    obit3:

1810    license

1814    ordained

 

Interment: Stiffler Church Cemetery, Berringer PA

Obit: [Allegheny Conference 1907,9]

 

1836-37           presiding elder, Huntingdon District

1839                charter member of Allegheny Conference

 

Note: The site http://www.rootsweb.com/~papastor/ gives a brief biography.

 

 

OWEN, ALEXANDER

 

Born: 8-22-1820  Orrstown PA                                  married: Rebecca _____

Died: 12-3-1861  Newville PA                                   obit:

Miller-Raker #: 261

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

 

1842    license

1845    ordained

 

Interment: Oakville PA

Obit: 1862,76&78

 

1842-43           Carlisle circuit

1843-45           Littletown mission

1845-46           Chambersburg circuit

1846-47           Carlisle circuit

1847-49           Chambersburg station

1849-52           Shopp’s station [Shiremanstown]

1852-54           presiding elder, York District

1854-56           Big Spring circuit

1856-57           Shopp’s station [Shiremanstown] (did not finish the year)

1856-57           president, Mt Pleasant College

1857-59           denominational editor, Unity Magazine and (English) Sabbath School Periodicals

 

Note: Five Owen brothers entered the ministry: Alexander, Wilson and William in the UB Church; Abraham K. (1825-1904) in the North Ohio Conference of the ME Church; Stephen W. in the Lutheran Church (at St. John’s in Hagerstown for more than 40 years).  Holdcraft’s 1939 History of the Pennsylvania Conference, page 303, gives brief biographical sketches of the various Owen pastors.

 

 

OWEN, JOHN W.

 

Born: 12-26-1830  Clearfield County PA                  married: Lavina C. Korb

Died: 6-13-1885  Kittanning PA                                obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 120

Gibble list: no

 

1859    admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1862    ordained, Allegheny Conference of the United Brethren Church

 

Interment: Kittanning Cemetery, Kittanning PA

Obit:

 

1859-60           Penns Valley

1860                “transfer” to Allegheny Conference of the United Brethren Church

1860-61           Wilmore

1861-63           Knoxdale

1863-65           Mahoning

1865-70           located for health reasons

1870                honorable discharge

 

Note: In 1866, John W. Owen moved to Kittanning where he practiced dentistry, operated a store, and engaged in other business pursuits.  He became an active layman in the local Methodist Protestant church.  There is a biographical sketch of John W. Owen in the biographical files.

 

 

OWEN, JOHN WILSON

 

Born: 9-3-1871  Littlestown PA                                 married: Minerva Wantz

Died: 1-27-1949  Dayton OH                                     obit: 1930,59

Miller-Raker #: 456

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

 

1895    license

1898    ordained

 

Interment: Memorial Park Cemetery, Dayton OH

Obit: 1949,31

 

1894-95           Frederick

1895-96           Walkersville

1896-99           Duncannon

1899-00           Chambersburg circuit

1900                 Gettysburg (Mar-Oct, resigned 11/1/1900)

1900-03           Union [Bonebrake] Theological Seminary

                             1902  Dayton High Street mission (Jun-Aug)

1903-06           Mechanicsburg

1906-10           Baltimore Franklin Street

1910-13           York Fifth

1913-25           denominational associate editor, Sunday School literature

1925-41           denominational editor, Sunday School literature

1941                retired

 

Note: John Wilson Own is the son of Wilson Owen.

 

OWEN, WILLIAM O.

 

Born: 5-26-1830                                                          married:

Died: 4-21-1911                                                          obit:

Miller-Raker #:

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

 

1857    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1857-58           Greencastle circuit

1858-60           Path Valley circuit

1860-61           Orrstown circuit

1861-62           Big Spring station

1862                withdrew to minister in the Church of God

1871                withdrew to minister in the Baptist church

 

Note: Five Owen brothers entered the ministry: Alexander, Wilson and William in the UB Church; Abraham K. (1825-1904) in the North Ohio Conference of the ME Church; Stephen W. (1837-?) in the Lutheran Church.  Holdcraft’s 1939 History of the Pennsylvania Conference, page 303, gives brief biographical sketches of the various Owen pastors.
 

 

OWEN, WILSON

 

Born: 5-25-1827  Franklin County PA                       married: Catherine Benninger

Died: 4-2 1876  Chambersburg PA                            obit:

Miller-Raker #: 345

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

 

1867    license

1870    ordained

 

Interment:

Obit: 1877,17

 

1867-69           Bendersville

1869-71           Shopp’s station [Shiremanstown]

1871-74           Littlestown

1874-76           Greencastle

1876                Orrstown (Mar-Apr)

 

Note: Wilson Owen is the father of John Wilson Owen.  Five Owen brothers entered the ministry: Alexander, Wilson and William in the UB Church; Abraham K. (1825-1904) in the North Ohio Conference of the ME Church; Stephen W, in the Lutheran Church.  Holdcraft’s 1939 History of the Pennsylvania Conference, page 303, gives brief biographical sketches of the various Owen pastors.

 

OYER, DAVID MONTGOMERY

 

Born: 9-27-1868                                                          married: Irene Hoover

Died: 2-22-1917                                                          obit: 1946,32

Miller-Raker #: 482

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

 

1897    quarterly conference license, Upper Strasburg

1901    license

1905    ordained

 

Interment: Spring Hill Cemetery, Shippensburg PA

Obit: 1917,87

 

1897-01           student, Lebanon Valley College

1901-03           Mechanicsburg circuit

1903-07           Newburg

1907-09           Duncannon

1909-14           Boiling Springs

1914-16           Enola

1916-17           York Fourth

 

Note: David M. Oyer is the father of Russell C. Oyer and the grandfather of David N.R. Oyer.

 

OYER, DAVID N.R.

 

Born: 2-18-1943                                                          married:

Died:                                                                           obit:

Miller-Raker #: 803

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

 

1963    license

 

Interment:

Obit:

 

1963-65           living in Lemoyne

1965-68           living in Pittsburgh

1968-69           living in Dayton OH

1969                no longer listed

 

Note: David N.R. Oyer is the son of Russell C. Oyer and the grandson of David M. Oyer.

 

OYER, RUSSELL CONWELL

 

Born: 9-12-1906                                                          married: Mary Elizabeth Jackson

Died: 3-19-1971                                                          obit: 2002,367

Miller-Raker #: 649

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

 

1925    quarterly conference license, Shippensburg Messiah

1926    license

1932    ordained

 

Interment: [cremated]

Obit: 1971,363

 

1925-29           student, Lebanon Valley College

1929-32           student, Bonebrake [United] Seminary

1932-33           living in Boiling Springs

1933-35           Myersville

1935-38           Mt. Alto-Quincy

1938-44           Baltimore Siemers Memorial

1944-49           Mt. Wolf

1949-52           Hagerstown Emmanuel

1952-60           Hanover

1960-63           conference director, Christian Education

1963-66           Lemoyne Calvary

1966-70           Lock Haven First

1970-71           Yorkanna

 

Note: Russell Oyer is the son of David M. Oyer and the father of David N.R. Oyer.  His daughter Mary Ann is the wife of John W. Schildt.  His daughter Patricia Sue is the wife of Rev. Aaron M. Sheaffer of the East Pennsylvania Conference.