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HALL, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

Born: 7-4-1824 married: Mary Ann Hipple
Died: 7-22-1901 Shermansdale PA obit: [1/19/1825 – 3/29/1893]

married2: Mrs. Anna H. Fenicle Anthony

license obit2:
1852 ordained deacon
1854 ordained elder

Interment: Pisgah Church Cemetery, Perry County PA
Obit: [1902,83]

1850-52 Gettysburg circuit
1852-53 Franklin
1853-55 Columbia
1855-57 Buffalo circuit
1857-76 located
1876-77 Cumberland
1877 located

Note: The second Mrs. Hall is the widow of Benjamin F. Anthony. She is also referred to as Anna H. Zimmerman.

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HAMMER, W.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1851 ordained deacon

Interment:
Obit:

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HAMMER, CHARLES

Born: 12-7-1809 near Orwigsburg PA married:
Died: 1-2-1887 Cleveland OH obit:

1830 license
1831 ordained deacon
ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1830-31 Lebanon
1831-32 White Deer

1832 transfer to Western Conference
1832-33 Wooster
1833-34 Lancaster
1834-35 Canton
1835-36 Schuylkill
1836-37 Buffalo
1837-39 superintendent, Moriah District
1839-42 publishing agent of the Evangelical Association
1842-44 Baltimore
1844-46 superintendent, Baltimore District
1846-48 Susquehanna District
1848-50 Baltimore
1850-52 York circuit
1852-53 located
1853-54 superintendent, Susquehanna District
1854-67 publishing agent of the Evangelical Association

1867-76 superintendent, Ebenezer Orphans Home at Flat Rock OH

Note: A biographical sketch for Charles Hammer appears in the Encyclopedia of World Methodism.

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HANEY, EZRA E.

Born: 6-26-1864 Ottsville PA married: Sallie R. Hendricks
Died: 7-16-1934 Salladasburg obit: 1929,86

1894 license, East Pennsylvania Conference, recommended by Lansdale

1897 ordained deacon. East Pennsylvania Conference EA

1903 ordained elder, East Pennsylvania Conference EA

Interment: Millheim PA
Obit: 1935,85

1895-98 Birdsboro
1901-05 Port Trevorton
1905-08 Spring Mills
1908-11 Penns Valley
1911-18 Waller
1918-22 located
1922-23 Sugar Valley

1923 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1923-26 Spring Mills
1926-29 Grover
1929-30 East Point
1930-34 West Nanticoke
1934 Salladasburg

Note: During the denominational split, Ezra E. Haney served in the East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association.

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HANSHAW, JOHN

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1843 license

Interment:
Obit:

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HARDING, SANFORD

Born: married:
Died: obit:

Interment:
Obit:

1872 Luzerne
located, living in Allentown

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HARRIS, L.K.

Born: married: Joanna B. Ettinger
Died: obit: [1/6/1851 – 8/?/1908]

1870 license
1872 ordained deacon
1874 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1870-71 Hughesville
1871-72 Nittany Valley
1872-73 Buffalo
1873-74 Prospect
1874-75 Lycoming
1875-77 Milesburg
1877-78 Canton
1878-79 Dewart
1879-80 Bloomsburg
1880-82 Juniata
1882-85 Fishing Creek Valley
1885-88 Jarrettsville
1888-90 Lewisberry
1890-93 Bendersville
1893-94 Big Spring
1894-96 Fishing Creek Valley
1896-00 located
1900-02 Cherry Run
1902-04 Mexico
1904-05 Waller
1905 located

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HARRIS, MATHIAS WILLIAM

Born: 5-12-1837 Dushore PA married: Caroline C. Sanger
Died: 9-17-1887 Carthage MO obit:

1859 license
1861 ordained deacon

Interment:
Obit: Kansas Conference 1888,21

1860-61 Liverpool
1861-63 Franklin circuit
1863-65 Columbia
1865-67 Buffalo
1867-69 Shrewsbury
1869-71 Muncy
1871-72 Liberty
1872-73 Center circuit
1874 dropped

1887 transfer to Kansas Conference

Note: Mathias W. Harris is the father of William S. Harris and Mary Ann Harris Goodman, wife of Benjamin Franklin Goodman (1855-1932) of the East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren in Christ Church.

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HARRIS, WILLIAM SCHULER

Born: 10-3-1865 New Columbia PA married: Emma Sands
Died: 4 -?-1956 Allentown PA obit: [1868-1927]

Married2: Amelia J. Saible Kichline.

1888 license, Kansas Conference obit2: [1872-1951]

Interment: Paxtang Cemetery, Paxtang PA
Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 1956,237

1888-89 Carthage mission

1889 transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference

1889-90 Sparrowbush & Matamoras

1890-92 Sunbury

1892-93 Easton

1893-96 Lykens & Wiconisco

1896-00 Pottstown & Spring City

1900-03 Lemoyne Grace

1903-07 Harrisburg Park Street

1907-08 Charlton & Penbrook Trinity

1908-12 ?

1912-17 Charlton & Penbrook Trinity & Rutherford Heights

1917-18 Charlton & Rutherford Heights

1918-20 Penbrook Trinity & Harrisburg Sixth Street

1920-22 Harrisburg Sixth Street

1923-27 Steelton Grace

1929-39 Nazareth

1939 retired

Note: William S. Harris is the son of Mathias W. Harris and the father of Edwin B. Harris (1896-1982) of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church. The author of several books, he is the subject the article “Rev. William Schuler Harris (1865-1956): Minister, Writer, Entrepreneur and Developer” in the 1994 volume of The Chronicle, pages 112-119. The second Mrs. Harris was the widow of a James Henry Kichline (1868-1908) and the mother of Rev. Clayton H. Kichline (1889-1979) of the Reformed Church.

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HARTMAN, WILLIAM HENRY

Born: 11-10-1852 Union County PA married: Abigail Robbins

Died: 1-12-1945 Bloomsburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference ME 1943,216

1877 license

1881 ordained deacon

1883 ordained

Interment: Almedia Cemetery, Almedia PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference ME 1945, 214

1875-79 student, Central Pennsylvania College in New Berlin PA

1879-80 Center circuit

1881-82 West Clifford

1882-84 Maple Grove

1884-87 Dushore and Bernice

1887-88 Catawissa

1888-90 Zion’s Grove

1890-92 Columbia

1892 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1892-95 Nescopeck

1895-00 Buckhorn

1900-04 Espy-Lime Ridge

1904-09 Millville

1909-11 Trout Run

1911-16 Woodland-Bradford

1916-21 Mahaffey

1921-23 White Haven

1923 retired

1923-30 Rupert and Buckhorn

Note: Mrs. Hartman’s sister Idylla (d. 1950) married John Crawford Bickel (d. 1939) of the Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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HARTZLER, HENRY BURNS

Born: 3-23-1840 near Yorkanna PA married: Sarah Zeller
Died: 9-11-1920 Lemoyne PA obit: 1923,81

1866 license, Methodist Episcopal Church

1869 license

1870 ordained deacon
1872 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit: 1921,66

1869-70 Middle Creek circuit
1870-73 Carlisle
1873-74 Milton
1874-76 York King Street
1876-79 assistant editor, Evangelical-Messenger
1879-88 editor, Evangelical-Messenger
1888-91 editor, The Evangelical
1891-95 chaplain, Moody Bible School at Northfield MA
1895-02 editor, The Evangelical
1902-10 bishop of the United Evangelical Church
1910-20 editor, The Evangelical

Note: Henry B. Hartzler is a brother to Jacob Hartzler. He wrote several poems that became hymn texts. Biographical sketches for H.B. Hartzler appear in the 1939 History of the Central Pennsylvania Conference, page 317, and in the Encyclopedia of World Methodism.

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HARTZLER, JACOB

Born: 1-18-1833 near Yorkanna PA married: Sarah Sayres
Died: 1-2-1916 York PA obit: 1908,70

Interment:
Obit: 1916,76

1856-58 Middle Creek
1858-60 Wilkes-Barre
1860-61 Columbia circuit
1861-62 Buffalo circuit
1862-63 Center Circle
1863-64 agent, Union Seminary at New Berlin PA
1864-65 Lewisburg
1865-67 agent, Washington DC mission
1867-71 Glen Rock
1871-72 Baltimore Green Street
1872-80 editor, The Evangelical-Messenger
1880-88 superintendent, Japan Mission
1888-91 superintendent, Carlisle District
1891-96 superintendent, Center District
1896-98 Yorkana
1898-02 Alberton
1902-05 York Grace
1905-08 Alberton
1908-10 Mechanicsburg
1910-11 West Nanticoke
1911 retired

Note: Jacob Hartzler is a brother to Henry B. Hartzler. Biographical sketches for Jacob Hartzler appear in the 1939 History of the Central Pennsylvania Conference, page 351, and in the Encyclopedia of World Methodism.

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HAUERT, MATTHIAS

Born: 9-19-1805 Markheimer, Alsace FRANCE married: Lydia Matter
Died: 9-19-1865 Monroe WI obit: [5/7/1816 – 7/18/1864]

1841 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1836-37 Armstrong
1837-38 Lancaster circuit
1838-39 Crawford
1839-40 Somerset
1840-41 Bedford
1841-43 Clarion
1843 transfer to the Ohio Conference

1843-44 Milwaukee WI mission

1844 charter member of the Illinois Conference

1844-45 Milwaukee WI mission

1845-46 Dubuque IA mission

1846-47 without appointment

1847-48 Jefferson WI

1848-49 Sauk WI mission

1849-50 Florid IL

1850-56 unclear

1856 charter member of the Wisconsin Conference

1856-57 Dane County

1857-62 unclear

1862 retired

NOTE: Matthias Hauert came to America with his family in 1820. Some sources give his death date as 1868. A picture of Matthia Hauert appears in the 1940 Centennial Program (84^th Session) of the Wisconsin Conference, page 17.

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HAUGH, PRESTON LEROY

Born: 9-21-1922 Red Lion PA married: Edna Martin Burkhart
Died:12-24-1997 obit:

1951 license, recommended by Red Lion St. Paul's
1954 ordained elder

Interment: Red Lion PA
Obit: 1998,435

1952-54 Warrensville
1954-58 Penn's Creek
1958-65 Avis

1965-72 Felton

1972-80 East Prospect

1980-88 Roxbury

1988 retired

1993-98 visitation pastor, Red Lion St. Paul’s

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HEILMAN, GERLAD GLENN

Born: married: Geraldine _____
Died: obit:

1942 license, recommended by Manchester St. Paul
1948 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1945-47 Faith, Milwaukee Wisconsin Conference
1947-53 West Milton
1953-56 Cumberland
1956-67 Baltimore Immanuel

1967-78 Williamsport Trinity

1978-87 Altoona Simpson

1987-91 Lewisburg St. Paul’s

1991 retired

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HEIM, R. KENNETH

Born: 6-23-1917 Cogan Station PA married: Virginia Todd Benson
Died: 1-7-2001 obit: 1961,89; 1962,92

married2: Jean Louis Bennett

1940 license, recommended by Balls Mills obit2: [d. 8/18/2011]

1942 ordained deacon
1944 ordained elder

Interment: Montoursville Cemetery, Montoursville PA
Obit: 2001,364

1940-44 Montoursville-Pennsdale
1944-47 chaplain, U.S. Army
1947-48 Port Trevorton
1948-51 Cumberland charge
1951-59 New Kingstown
1959-64 Williamsport St. Paul's

1964-80 Berwick Bethany

1980 retired

Note: The second Mrs. Heim served was former missionary nurse in Israel.

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HEIM, WILLIAM WARDEN

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1903 license

Interment:

Obit:

“transfer” to Methodist Episcopal Church

1905-06 Montandon, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1906-08 Wharton, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1908-09 Ceres, Genesee Conference

1909-10 Ceres and Horse Run, Genesee Conference

1910 no longer listed

Note: William W. Heim served as a local pastor in the Methodist Episcopal Church but was not recommended for admission to either the Central Pennsylvania Conference or the Genesee Conference.

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HEINDEL, JOHN ELMER

Born: 7-16-1872 Wrightsville PA married: Alma Dorothy Klinker
Died: 7-?-1941 obit:

1892 license

1897 license, Allegheny Synod of the Lutheran Church

1898 ordained, Allegheny Synod of the Lutheran Church

Interment:
Obit:

1892-95 student, Albright College

1895-98 student, Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary at Gettysburg PA

York Haven

York Haven & Goldsboro Mt. Zion

1898-41 English Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Jersey City NJ

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HEINEY, G.W

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1893 license
1896 ordained deacon

Interment:
Obit:

1896-97 Waller
1897-99 Bellefonte circuit
1899-04 located
1904 name dropped from conference roll

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HEISER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

Born: 6-11-1908 Shenandoah PA married: Viola Alyce Wiest
Died: 12-5-1997 Mechanicsburg PA obit: 1940,84

married2: Mabel I. Oberdorff

obit2: 1998,437

1927 license, East Pennsylvania Conference, recommended by Shenandoah Bethany

1932 ordained deacon
1934 ordained elder

Interment: Wimdsor PA
Obit: 1998,436

1930-33 Bellwood-Pine Croft
1933-38 White Deer charge
1938-41 Hebbville
1941-47 Mifflin Trinity
1947-51 Baltimore Immanuel
1951-53 Mechanicsburg Grace
1953-59 Williamsport St. Paul's
1959-70 conference program director

1970-74 associate conference program director

1974 retired

visitation pastor, Shiremanstown

visitation pastor, Lemoyne Grace

Note: The first Mrs. Heiser is the daughter of Rev. Lawrence Orwig Wiest (b. 1867, affiliation uncertain), granddaughter of Samuel L. Wiest, and great-granddaughter of W.W. Orwig.

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HEISLEY, HOMER WILLIAM

Born: 11-27-1905 Marysville PA married: Anna Evelyn Page
Died: 6-11-1952 obit: 1984,388

1922 licensed, recommended by Marysville

1931 ordained deacon

1933 ordained elder

Interment: Twin Hills Cemetery, Williamsport PA
Obit: 1953,77

1929-32 Dushore
1932-43 Lock Haven

1943-52 Williamsport First

Note: Homer W. Heisley is a brother to Lester H. Heisley and the father of Joan Heisley Fisher, wife of Bruce D. Fisher of the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Church.

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HEISLEY, LESTER HENRY

Born: 1-3-1894 Marysville PA married: Edna Geilow
Died: 10-24-1922 Chicago IL obit:

1913 license

Interment:
Obit: Evangelical Church Yearbook 1924, 122

1913-14 student, Albright Academy at Myerstown

subsequent schooling [exact dates unknown]

Albright College

Moody Bible Institute

McCormick Theological Seminary (Union Theological College)

subsequent pastoral service [presumably while a student]

1916-18 North Ashland Avenue United Evangelical Church, Chicago IL

1918-19 unknown church, Manhattan IL

1919-22 Cragin Congregational Church, Chicago IL

He died before his expected 1923 graduation from seminary.

Note: Lester H. Heisley is a brother to Homer W. Heisley. A biographical sketch appears in Hain’s 1922 History of Perry County, page 814. This name is incorrectly given in the 1913 journal, page 38, as Lester M. Heishley.

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HEISS, JACOB

Born: 12-30-1808 Lancaster County PA married:
Died: c1850 St. Joseph County IN obit:

1841 license

Interment:
Obit:

Note: Jacob Heiss is a brother to Peter Heiss and Samuel Heiss. Two other brothers, Henry Heiss and Levi Heiss, were 1840 charter members of the Ohio Conference – and Levi, who served the Rock River IL circuit for two years while it was part of the Ohio Conference, guided the charter members of the Illinois Conference into that territory in 1844. There is a brief account of the Heiss family in Stapleton’s 1900 Evangelical Annals, page 107.

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HEISS, PETER

Born: 11-21-1817 Lancaster County PA married: Catherine Williams
Died: 11-12-1871 Mifflingburg PA obit: [b. 8/1/1824]

1842 license
1845 ordained deacon
1847 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit: [1893,67]

1842-43 Cumberland
1843-44 York circuit
1844-45 Somerset
1845-47 located
1847-48 Lycoming
1848-49 Cumberland
1849-50 Strasburg
1850-52 Luzerne
1852-53 Hollidaysburg
1853-54 located
1854-56 Canton
1856 located

Note: Peter Heiss is a brother to Jacob Heiss and Samuel Heiss. Two other brothers, Henry Heiss and Levi Heiss, were 1840 charter members of the Ohio Conference – and Levi, who served the Rock River IL circuit for two years while it was part of the Ohio Conference, guided the charter members of the Illinois Conference into that territory in 1844. There is a brief account of the Heiss family in Stapleton’s 1900 Evangelical Annals, page 107.

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HEISS, SAMUEL

Born: 7-14-1803 Lancaster County PA married: Maria Anna Roland
Died: 2-9-1883 St. Joseph County IN obit: [3/8/1808 – 6/29/1849]

married2: Susanna _____

1841 ordained deacon obit2:

Interment: California Church Cemetery, St. Joseph County IN
Obit:

1839-41 Armstrong
1841-42 Warren
1842 transfer to Ohio Conference

Note: Samuel Heiss is a brother to Jacob Heiss and Peter Heiss. Two other brothers, Henry Heiss and Levi Heiss, were 1840 charter members of the Ohio Conference – and Levi, who served the Rock River IL circuit for two years while it was part of the Ohio Conference, guided the charter members of the Illinois Conference into that territory in 1844. There is a brief account of the Heiss family in Stapleton’s 1900 Evangelical Annals, page 107.

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HELLER, JOHN

Born: 9-28-1805 Hellerstown [Berrysburg] PA married: Christina Troutman
Died: 2-14-1892 Loganton PA obit: [1/24/1805 – 6/16/1891]

? license

Interment: Fairview Evangelical Cemetery, Loganton PA
Obit: 1892,14

Note: John Heller was a local preacher and a wagon-maker in Loganton, Sugar Valley. He was converted under Bishop Seybert.

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HENCH, SEIBERT LEE

Born: 9-25-1885 Blain PA married: Edna S. Uhrich
Died: obit:

1908 license
1913 ordained, Western Pennsylvania Synod of the Lutheran Church

Interment:
Obit:

1908-10 student, Albright College

1910-13 student, Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary in Gettysburg PA

1913-15 West Manheim Lutheran

1915-52 Dallastown Christ Lutheran

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HENDRICKS, J

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1873 license

Interment:
Obit:

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HENGST, BENJAMIN

Born: 1826 Yorkanna PA married: Mary A. Dunkle
Died: 11-13-1907 York PA obit:

married2: Mrs. Kate P. Hetzel Rhoads

1847 license obit2: 1924,83
1849 ordained deacon
1851 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit: 1908,69

1847-49 Center circuit
1849-50 Buffalo circuit
1850-52 Baltimore McEldery Street
1852-54 Baltimore Green Street
1854-56 Center
1856-60 Baltimore District
1860-63 Baltimore Green Street
1863-65 York Queen Street
1865-67 Baltimore Green Street
1867-69 Washington DC
1869-71 Baltimore Green Street
1871-73 Baltimore McEdlery Street
1873-74 Baltimore Memorial
1874-77 Baltimore McEldery Street
1877-78 located
1878-81 Baltimore Memorial
1881-83 Lewisburg
1883-86 Center circuit
1886-89 Loganville
1889-92 York Queen Street
1892-93 Williamsport Market Street
1893-95 Newport
1895-99 York Grace
1899-00 York West
1900-02 located
1902-04 Mt. Holly Springs
1904-05 Emigsville
1905-07 York Bethany
1907 retired

Note: Benjamin Hengst is the father of Anna Leah Hengst Benfer, wife of Henry A. Benfer.

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HENN, JACOB

Born: 4-27-1835 Europe married: Lydia Ream
Died: 2-20-1903 LeMars IA obit: [9/12/1839 – 9/11/1917]

1856 license
1861 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit: [Iowa 1924,6]

1856-57 Center
1857-58 Lycoming
1858-59 Middle Creek
1859-60 Center
1860-62 Baltimore circuit
1862-64 Baltimore McEldery Street
1864-66 Washington DC
1866-68 agent, Washington DC mission
1868-70 Baltimore Green Street
1870 transfer to Iowa Conference

Note: Mrs. Henn is a native of Centre County PA.

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HERMAN, MARK ARTLY

Born: 10-5-1892 York Springs PA married: Alice Myrtle Herman
Died:8-20-1961 Idaville PA obit:

1921 license
1924 ordained deacon

1926 ordained elder

Interment: Uriah Church Cemetery, Cumberland County PA
Obit: 1962,94

1922-24 Rebersburg
1924-31 West Milton
1931-38 Lock Haven mission
1938-50 Espy

1950-54 White Deer

1954-61 Danville

1961 retired

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HEROLD, S

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1872 license

Interment:
Obit:

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HERTZ, JOHN HENRY

Born: 8-28-1846 Linglestown PA married: Susan Anna Graybill
Died: 2-25-1926 Sonestown PA obit: 1929,87

1876 license, recommended by Pine on the Port Trevorton charge
1879 ordained deacon
1881 ordained elder

Interment: Sonestown Cemetery, Sonestown PA
Obit: 1926,94

1877-78 Columbia
1878-79 Liberty
1879-82 Catawissa
1882-83 Susquehanna
1883-84 Tunkhannock
1884-86 Maple Grove
1886-88 Chanceford
1888-91 Red Lion circuit
1891-92 Shrewsbury
1892-95 Spring Mills
1895-99 Middleburg
1899-03 Perry
1903-04 Cumberland
1904-06 Yoe
1906-08 East Point
1908-12 Sonestown
1912-13 South Wayland
1913 retired

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HESS BENJAMIN

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1844 license
1846 ordained deacon
1848 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1844-45 Center
1845-46 Lycoming
1846-47 Union
1847 Buffalo

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HESSER, CHARLES.

Born: 11-5-1807 Orwigsburg PA married: Hannah Wagoner
Died: 10-12-1843 McKees Half Falls PA obit: [1819-1873]

1831 license

Interment: Orwigsburg PA
Obit:

Note: A biographical sketch of Charles Hesser is given in Stapleton’s 1900 Annals of the Evangelical Association, page 543. Mrs. Hesser is the daughter of Charles Wagoner. And a sister to . Rebecca Wagoner Hoffman, wife of Francis A. Hoffman, and Elizabeth Wagoner Orwig, mother of Bishop W.W. Orwig.

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HETNER, JOHN A.

Born: c1850 married: Rebecca _____
Died: 1942 obit: 1938,59

1872 license
1873 ordained deacon
1875 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit: Pittsburgh Conference 1942,53

1871-72 Milton
1872-73 Sugar Valley
1873-75 Liverpool
1875-76 Millerstown
1876-77 Orangeville
1877 transfer to Platte River Conference

transfer to Kansas Conference

1893 withdrew irregularly
reinstated as local elder, Pittsburgh Conference

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HEWITT, CLYDE ERNEST

Born: 1-31-1897 Fulton County PA married: Clara Erma Royer
Died: 11-28-1934 Mechanicsburg PA obit:

1917 license, recommended by Berkley Springs
1920 ordained deacon
1927 ordained elder

Interment: Mechanicsburg Cemetery, Mechanicsburg PA
Obit: 1935,87

1918-19 Wapwallopen
1919-20 Rebersburg
1920-26 student, Albright College

1922-23 Klinefeltersville

1924-25 Charlton

1925-26 Steelton

1926-29 State College
1929-31 student, Princeton Theological Seminary at Princeton NJ

1929-31 Locktown NJ Congregational Church

1931-34 Mechanicsburg

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HILL, ELMER S.

Born: 4-21-1888 Lycoming County PA married: Clara Virgil Rider
Died: 1-16-1933 obit: 1979,345

1915 license, recommended by Jersey Shore
1917 ordained deacon
1919 ordained elder

Interment: Hughesville PA
Obit: 1933,78

1915-16 Pennsdale
1916-20 South Wayland
1920-25 Liberty
1925-29 Loganville
1929-32 Cumberland
1932-33 Baltimore Immanuel

Note: Elmer S. Hill is a brother to Harry D. Hill.

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HILL, HARRY DOLMER

Born: 4-27-1877 near Hughesville PA married: Sarah A. Bartlow
Died: 10-27-1960 obit: 1924,82

Married2: Mary Alice Bennett

1906 license, recommended by Hughesville obit2: 1979,346
1910 ordained deacon
1912 ordained elder

Interment: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Hughesville PA
Obit: 1961,87

1908-12 South Wayland
1912-16 Grover
1916-19 Nuremberg
1919-24 Loganton
1924-26 Berwick Bower Memorial
1926-33 Baltimore Olive Branch
1933-48 York Grace

1948 retired

Note: Harry D. Hill is a brother to Elmer S. Hill.

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HINKLE, GEORGE

Born: married:
Died: obit:

license
ordained deacon
ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1852 Perry circuit
left the church

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HINKLE, J.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1852 license

Interment:
Obit:

Note: John Hinkle appears to have been a school teacher in Mechanicsburg who functioned as a local preacher. An 1852 letter written by him says he was “unable to preach for health reasons.”

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HIPPLE, CHARLES W.

Born: 7-4-1870 near Carlisle PA married: Maggie Murray
Died: 3-18-1940 Hellam PA obit: 1933,79

1892 license, recommended by New Kingston
1896 ordained deacon
1898 ordained elder

Interment: Mt. Holly Cemetery, Mt. Holly Springs PA
Obit: 1941,90

1894-95 Zion's Grove
1895-96 Tunkhannock
1896-97 Bellefonte circuit
1897-98 Cumberland circuit
1898-99 West Clifford
1899-01 Waller circuit
1901-04 Craleyville
1904-06 Hagerstown circuit
1906-10 Perry circuit
1910-14 Warrensville
1914-16 Salladasburg
1916-21 Wellsville
1921-24 Port Trevorton
1924-28 McClure
1928-33 Hellam

1933 retired

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HIPPLE, HERMAN H.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1916 license

Interment:
Obit:

Note: Herman H. Hipple was a resident of Marysville PA.

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HOCH, WILLIAM C.

Born: 8-25-1871 Mahanoy City PA married: Carrie Jeannette Fetzer
Died: 8-6-1940 Lewisburg PA obit: 1949,96

1893 license
1895 ordained deacon
1898 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit: 1941,89

1893-94 Tunkhannock
1894-95 Milton circuit
1895-96 Spring Mills
1896-98 Port Trevorton
1898-99 Good Will
1899-09 East Prospect
1902-05 Felton
1905-08 Middleburg
1908-12 Mifflinburg
1912-15 West Berwick
1915-16 Baltimore Olive Branch
1916-19 Glen Rock
1919-23 West Milton
1923-26 Hummels Wharf
1926-30 Hughesville
1930-32 Windsor
1932-34 Danville
1934-37 Marysville
1937 retired

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HOFFMAN, BALTHASAR

Born: 1-5-1828 Bavaria married:
Died: 2-14-1912 Jasper County MO obit:

1852 license, Evangelical Church

1861 ordained, Cincinnati OH Presbytery

Interment:
Obit:

1854-55 Lycoming
1855-56 Clinton
1856 “transfer” to the German Reformed Church

1856-59 Sellersburg IN

1859 “transfer” to Ohio German Conference of the United Brethren Church

1859-63 (locations unknown, apparently Presbyterian connections during this time)

1863 transfer to Ohio Conference of the Evangelical Association

1863-64 (locations unknown)

1864 transfer to Indiana Conference of the Evangelical Association

1864-65 Montgomery

1865-66 Richmond

1866-68 Fulton

1868-70 South Bend circuit

1872 began serving in the Presbyterian Church

1872-78 Holton & Arlington KS

1878-80 Summit & Prosperity MO

1880-93 ?

1893-? Clafin KS Salem

retired a member of the Ozark Presbytery

Note: Balthasar [aka Balthazar] Hoffman studied for the priesthood at the Jesuit College in Rome 1844-45 and converted to Protestantism in 1850.

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HOFFMAN, BENJAMIN GRIFFIN

Born: 5-18-1893 Milton PA married: Eva Imogene Miller
Died: 8-14-1987 obit: 1979,346

1916 license, recommended by West Milton
1919 ordained deacon
1921 ordained elder

Interment: Montoursville
Obit: 1988,414

1916-17 Keystone
1917-20 Bloserville
1920-27 Leesburg
1927-34 Yorkana
1934-42 Lycoming
1942-56 Jersey Shore
1956-64 Hughesville

1964 retired

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HOFFMAN, ELISHA ALBRIGHT

Born: 5-7-1839 Orwigsburg PA married: Susanna M. Orwig
Died: 11-25-1929 Chicago IL obit: [6/1/1844 – 6/22/1876]

married2: Emma S. Hoffman [c. 1878]

1867 license, East Pennsylvania Conference obit2:
1868 ordained deacon, East Pennsylvania Conference

1867-68 Lebanon station

1868-69 Fairville station

1869 open transfer, apparently to pursue music business in Cleveland OH

1895 withdrew from the denomination, apparently because of the denominational split

1900-15 First Presbyterian Church in Benton Harbor MI

1915-22 First Presbyterian Church in Cabery IL

Note: Elisha Hoffman is the son of Francis A. Hoffman. He is a noted writer and publisher of gospel songs. The first Mrs. Hoffman is the daughter of William W. Orwig. A biographical sketch of Susanna Orwig Hoffman, including some of her poetry, is given in Stapleton’s 1908 Flashlights of Evangelical History, pages 166–173. The mothers of Elisha Hoffman and W.W. Orwig were sisters, and so the first Mrs. Hoffman was the daughter of his first cousin.

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HOFFMAN, FRANCIS A.

Born: 1-3-1806 Hamburg PA married: Rebecca Ann Wagoner
Died: 7-26-1894 obit:

1826 license
1828 ordained deacon
1832 ordained elder

1824-25 Schuylkill circuit (beginning fall 1824)

1826-27 Mansfield and Canton OH circuits

1827-28 Franklin and Berkley circuits

1828-29 Union circuit

1829-30 Centre circuit

1830-31 located

1831-32 Berkley (beginning fall 1831)

1832-33 Lancaster circuit

1833-34 Union circuit

1834-35 Centre circuit

1835-36 York circuit

1836-37 Lycoming circuit

1837-38 Lebanon circuit

1838-39 Lehigh circuit

1839-40 Lebanon circuit

1840-42 Schuylkill circuit

1842-43 Womelsdorf circuit

1843-44 Pine Grove station

1844-46 Lehigh circuit

1846-48 Philadelphia station

1848-52 superintendent, Philadelphia District

1852-54 superintendent, Lebanon District

1854-56 superintendent, Orwigsburg District

1856-57 Reading

1857-58 New York City

1858-62 superintendent, Lebanon District

1862-64 Pine Grove

1864-66 Lehigh circuit

1866-68 Lebanon

1868-71 superintendent, Easton District

1871-72 superintendent, Harrisburg District

1872-73 Philadelphia Sixth Street

1873-74 Philadelel[hia Fifth Street mission

1874-75 Philadelphia Fourth Street

1875-76 Philadelphia Fifth Street

1876-78 Norristown mission

1878-81 Emmaus mission

1881-84 Tremont circuit

1884085 Womelsdorf circuit

1885-86 East Reading mission

1886 retired

Note: Francis A. Hoffman is the father of Elisha A. Hoffman and Francis C. Hoffman. A biographical sketch his given in Stapleton’s 1900 Annals of the Evangelical Association, page 544. Mrs. Hoffman is the daughter of Charles Wagoner and a sister to Hannah Wagoner Hesser, wife of Charles Hesser, and Elizabeth Wagoner Orwig, mother of Bishop W.W. Orwig.

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HOFFMAN, FRANCIS C.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1860 license
1862 ordained deacon
1865 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1860-61 Cumberland
1861-73 faculty, Union Seminary at New Berlin PA

moved to Cleveland OH

Note: Francis C. Hoffman is the son of Francis A. Hoffman and a brother to Elisha A. Hoffman. In 1914, he was associated with First Church [denominational affiliation uncertain] in Newton MA. At the time of the 1916 Evangelical Centennial Celebration, Mrs. Francis C. Hoffman was noted as living in Newton Center MA.

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HOFFMAN, GEORGE C

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1893 ordained deacon

Interment:
Obit:

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HOGUE, RALPH WAYNE

Born: married: Charlene _____
Died: obit:

1952 license, recommended by Bradford Hill Memorial, Erie Conference EUB
1957 ordained elder, Erie Conference EUB

Interment:
Obit:

1957-60 Glenwood, Erie assistant
1960-62 Bradford Degolia

1962 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1962-67 Buffalo Run

1967-75 Centre Hall

1975-81 Fayetteville Otterbein

1981-94 Hughesville Bethany

1994-95 Blossburg

1995 retired

1995-96 York St. Luke’s

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HOLLENBAUGH, JAMES A.

Born: 3-5-1852 Blain PA married: Emma Mary Davis
Died: 11-6-1932 Lewisburg PA obit: 1943,86

1877 license, recommended by Stony Point on the Perry circuit

1879 ordained deacon

1881 ordained elder

Interment: Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg PA
Obit: 1933,77

1877-79 Wyoming
1879-81 Lenoxville
1881-87 transfer to Pacific Conference

1881-84 Albany mission

1884 charter member of Oregon Conference

1884-85 Albany mission

1885-87 Salem

1887 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1887-90 Lewisburg
1890-92 Lock Haven
1892-96 Williamsport First
1896-98 Williamsport St. Paul
1898-02 Altoona
1901-06 Baltimore Memorial
1906-10 Lewisburg
1910-14 superintendent, Williamsport District
1914-18 superintendent, Carlisle District
1918-21 Jersey Shore
1921 retired

Note: James A. Hollenbaugh is a brother to Reuben C. Hollenbaugh.

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HOLLENBAUGH, REUBEN CREIGHTON

Born: 12-25-1861 married:
Died: 7-6-1893 obit:

1885 license

Interment: Stony Point United Evangelical Church Cemetery, Perry County PA
Obit: 1894,55

Note: Reuben C. Hollenbaugh is a brother to James A. Hollenbaugh. His surname is also given as HOLLENBACH.

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HOLLOPETER, ELWOOD LYLE

Born: 5-22-1918 Rockton PA married: Eva Newkirk
Died: 4-26-2009 Wellsboro PA obit:

1956 license, recommended by Clearfield First Baptist

1957 ordained, Baptist Church

Interment: East Point Cemetery, East Point PA
Obit: 2009,422

1957-58 First Baptist, St. Mary’s OH

1958 transfer to Indiana Conference of the Methodist Church
1958-60 Hope First
1960-62 Clarksville

1962 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference EUB
1962-64 Union circuit

1964-67 Salladasburg

1967-68 Hartfield Memorial, Mayville NY

1968-79 Riverview, Buffalo NY

1970-75 Lycoming

1975-78 Pine Creek

1978-82 Howard

1982-92 Wallis Run

1992 retired

Note: Elwood L. Hollopeter is a brother to Jason P. Hollopeter; they are the sons of Rev. Jason B. Hollopeter of the Church of the Brethren.

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HOLLOPETER, JASON PHILIP

Born: 9-30-1913 Rockton PA married: Nellie Dean Wright

Died: 5-20-1996 obit: 2008,409

1942 license, recommended by Decker MI Baptist

1946 ordained, American Baptist

Interment: Rockton Memorial Cemetery, Rockton PA
Obit: 1996,413

1942-50 [American Baptist churches]

Lawton MI

Decker MI

1950-62 [Methodist churches]

Otisville MI

(Beaverton MI?)

Elkton MI

Central Square NY, Northern New York Conference

Savona NY

Skinners Eddy, Wyoming Conference

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, and the father of Rev. Jason C. Hollopeter of the United Brethren (Old Constitution) Church [see Susquehanna Conference EUB/UM list]. He and Elwood are the sons of Rev. Jason B. Hollopeter of the Church of the Brethren.

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HOOSE, H. DEAN

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1907 license

Interment:
Obit:

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HORN, J.B.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

Interment:
Obit:

1874 dropped

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HORN, WILLIAM

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1891 license

Interment:
Obit:

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HORNBECK, HAROLD CLIFTON

Born: 8-30-1907 married: Sarah Ann Bower
Died: 9-17-1998 obit: 1998,440

1928 license, recommended by West Milton
1937 ordained elder, New York Conference

Interment: Harmony Cemetery, Milton PA
Obit: [1999,423]

1933 transfer to New York Conference

1933-39 Grove-Swain
1939-42 Binghamton

1942 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1942-46 Lycoming
1946-52 Berwick St. Paul's
1952-58 Lewistown Trinity
1958-68 Mifflin Trinity

1968-71 Mount Nittany

1971-75 Houserville

1975 retired

1975-76 Church Hill

1978 Axeman-Weaver

Note: Mrs. Hornberger is a sister to Tamer Evans, wife of H.A. Dietrich.

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HORNBERGER, ZACHARIAH

Born: married: Minerva Evans
Died: 1893 obit: [b.1837]

1859 license
1859 ordained deacon
1861 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit: 1894,55

1858-59 Perry
1859-60 Montour
1860-61 Cherry
1861-62 York circuit
1862-64 Cumberland
1864-65 Conewago
1865-67 Shrewsbury
1867-68 Gettysburg
1868-70 Clinton
1870-72 Liberty
1872 Seneca
1872-73 Jersey Shore
1873-75 Port Trevorton
1875-77 Lewistown and Patterson
1877-78 Lewisburg
1878-79 Shickshinny
1879-81 Buffalo circuit
1881-82 Danville
1882-84 East Liberty
1884-85 Milesburg
1885-1887 Seneca Falls
1887-88 Red Lion circuit
1888-92 assistant editor, The Living Epistle and English Sunday-school Literature
1892 located
withdrew

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HOSTERMAN, WARD KRAPE

Born: 2-4-1902 near Woodward PA married: Beatrice S. Rishel
Died: 7-1-1962 Lewisburg PA obit: [1989,486]

1930 license
1932 ordained deacon

1934 ordained elder

Interment: Reformed Cemetery, Aaronsburg PA
Obit: 1963,101

1930-35 Mt. Holly Springs
1935-47 Centre Hall

1947-54 Leesburg

1954-61 Sugar Valley

1961-62 White Deer

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HOTTENSTEIN, CHARLES STETLER

Born: married: Annie G. Gerhart
Died: obit: [?/?/1896 – 1/16/1986]

1912 license, recommended by Winfield

Interment:
Obit:

1912 transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference

1912-16 student, Albright College

Note: Beginning with a 1916-17 term as principal of the high school at New Albany PA, Charles S. Hottenstein went on to a distinguished career as an educator. Though not an itinerant, he maintained membership in the East Pennsylvania Conference.

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HOUSE, CLYDE EDWARD

Born: 5-18-1901 Frostburg MD married: Ethel Perry

Died: 12-6-1973 obit: 2008,410

married2: H. Marie Hornberger

obit2: 2008,410

1918 quarterly conference license, Altoona Greenwood

1928 license, Allegheny Conference

1930 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment: Union Cemetery, Richfield PA

Obit: 1974,423

1927-30 student, Bonebrake [United] Theological Seminary in Dayton OH

1930-31 Runville

1931-39 Bigler

1939-42 Trafford City

1942-44 Westmoreland

1944-51 Richfield

1951 transfer by boundary change to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1951-52 Richfield

1952-54 Montoursville-Pennsdale

1954-63 Rebersburg

1963-66 Lopez-Dushore

1966 retired

Note: Clyde E. House is related to two Allegheny Conference pastors included in the United Brethren files. He is the son of Edwin F. House and a brother to Carrie Almetta House Orlidge, wife of Alfred J. Orlidge.

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HOUSEAL, DAVID ABEL

Born: married: Peggy _____
Died: obit:

1961 license, recommended by Carlisle First
1965 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1961-62 student, Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena CA

1962-65 student, Evangelical Theological Seminary in Naperville IL

1963-65 Rollo UCC, Rollo IL

1965-66 Rollo UCC, Rollo IL

1966-71 Duncannon

1971-73 student

1973-80 York Bethlehem

1980 withdrew, page 273

Note: David A. Houseal is the son of Harry A. Houseal.

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HOUSEAL, HARRY ALBERT

Born: 10-4-1908 married: Beatrice Romain Abel
Died: 7-22-1995 obit:

1927 license, recommended by York Grace

1933 ordained deacon
1935 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1931-37 Montoursville-Pennsdale
1937-43 Millheim
1943-57 Lemoyne
1957-59 York Bethany

1959-67 Carlisle First

1967-68 Chewsville

1968 dropped, page 237

Note: Harry A. Houseal is the father of David A. Houseal.

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HOUSER, A.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1870 ordained deacon

Interment:
Obit:

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HOUTZ, WILLIAM H.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1867 license

Interment:
Obit:

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HOWER, JAMES FRANKLIN

Born: 3-31-1864 Lycoming County married: Ida D. Moyer

Died: 8-15-1943 obit: 1945,83

1897 license
1900 ordained deacon
1902 ordained elder

Interment: Lewisburg PA
Obit: 1944,79

1898-02 Danville
1902-05 Lopez
1905-08 Dushore
1908-12 Bellefonte
1912-16 Scranton
1916-21 Baltimore
1921-24 Milton
1924-27 State College
1927-32 Glen Rock
1932-36 Nescopeck
1936 retired

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HUDDELL, HOWARD EARL

Born: 8-26-1903 Philadelphia PA married: Doris Melissa Bishop
Died: 4-14-1967 Ephrata PA obit:

1936 license, recommended by Kearney NE
1940 ordained deacon
1942 ordained elder

Interment: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington VA
Obit: Eastern Conference 1967,133

1926-27 Dayking, Powell & Hazard NE, Methodist Episcopal Church

1936-37 Eddysville NE

1938 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1938-40 Manchester and Yorkshire

1940-42 Ransom

1942-46 chaplain, US Army

1946-48 Mifflinburg

1948-50 Loganville

1950-57 chaplain, US Army

1957 transfer to Northeastern Conference
1957-62 Jersey City Zion
1962-65 Brownstown Emmanuel & Rothsville Salem

1965-67 Brownstown Emmanuel

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HUFF, FLOYD ARTHUR

Born: 1-4-1888 Union County PA married: Anna Smith
Died: 6-14-1959 Lewisburg PA obit:

1924 license

Interment: Highland Cemetery, New Columbia PA
Obit: 1960,87

1925-26 Centre Hall
1926-27 Williamsport Trinity
1927-31 Buffalo Valley
1931 located

Note: Floyd A. Huff returned to the teaching profession and served as an active layman in the local church.

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HUMMEL, NORMAN LONG

Born: 12-16-1888 Snyder County PA married: Edna Belva Logan
Died: 8-21-1980 Camp Hill PA obit: 1559,106

married2: Mrs. Alice Eva Haney Niebel Steinmetz

1908 license, recommended by Shreiners obit2: 1984,389
1919 ordained deacon
1921 ordained elder

Interment: Shreiners Church Cemetery, Shamokin Dam PA
Obit: 1981,333

1917-22 State College
1922-26 York Bethany
1926-32 Williamsport St. Paul
1932-39 York Trinity
1939-59 superintendent, Williamsport District
1959 retired

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HUMMELBAUGH, H.A.

Born: Adams County PA married: Mary Jane Myers
Died: 1922 Los Angeles CA obit: [1833 – 1908]

1871 ordained deacon

Interment:
Obit:

service in Iowa

transfer to California Conference

Evangelical Association, not United Evangelical Church

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HUMMELSHEIM, LEVI

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1845 ordained deacon
1847 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1844-45 Cumberland
1845-47 Gettysburg circuit
1847-48 Perry circuit
1848-49 Tuscarora Mission

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HUMMER, GEORGE BERNARD

Born: married: Helen _____
Died: obit:

1948 license, recommended by York Trinity
1953 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1950-54 Danville
1954-59 Selinsgrove
1959-67 Williamsport Trinity

1967-87 chaplain, US Navy

1987 retired

1997 withdrew, page 207

Note: In 2010 George B. Hummer is living in Hanover PA.

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HUMMER, J.C.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

Interment:
Obit:

1887 Baltimore Trinity (Aug-Oct)

Note: J.C. Hummer appears to have been a Maryland medical doctor who also supplied pulpits for the Evangelical Association. In 1885 he is listed as pastor of Baltimore’s John Wesley Chapel of the Independent Methodist denomination. The nature of his ministerial credentials is not known. There is also mention of a Rev. J.C. Hummer in the Methodist Church in Virginia and Maryland in the mid-1800’s.

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HUMPHREYS, HARRY ANDREW

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1940 license, recommended by Emmaus Second Street

1943 ordained deacon
1945 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1940-45 Bryansville
1945-50 Hebbville
1950-51 without appointment
1951-52 Lewistown Trinity
1952-53 Baltimore St. Matthew
1953 transfer to Atlantic Conference

1953-55 without appointment

1955-57 local elder: see 1955,49

1957 transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference
1957-59 Oberlin

1959-60 living in Baltimore

1960 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1960-64 Baltimore St. John's

1964-65 Baltimore Salem, Eastern Conference

1965 located

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HUNT, LEVI CLARENCE

Born: 7-30-1873 Seitzland PA married: Anna Frey
Died: 1948 Pottsville obit:

1896 license

Interment:
Obit:

1896-97 student, Dickinson College

1897 transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference

1897-98 Columbia

1898-01 faculty, Albright College at Myerstown PA

1898-99 Myerstown

1901-05 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1901-04 Centerport NY, Methodist Episcopal Church

1905-09 Reading Grace

1909-13 Philadelphia Germantown

1913-15 Bangor

1915-23 president, Albright College at Myerstown PA

1923 “transfer” to the Evangelical Congregational Church [which retained the name United Evangelical for a few years]

1923-26 Allentown Bethany

1926-31 Reading First

1931-34 Philadelphia Kembel Park

1934-39 Schuylkill Haven Park

1939-? Boyertown

Note: L. Clarence Hunt appears to be the preferred form of this name.

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HUNTER, GEORGE

Born: 10-14-1824 Columbia County PA married: Sarah Greenough
Died: 12-7-1901 Lewisburg obit:

1848 license
1850 ordained deacon
1853 ordained elder

Interment: Lewisburg PA
Obit: [1902,83]

1848-49 Virginia circuit

1849-50 Gettysburg circuit

1850-51 Virgiia circuit

1851-52 Shrewsbury

1852-53 Perry

1853-54 Buffalo

1854-55 Luzerne

1855-57 Seneca Falls

1857-58 Hagerstown

1858-60 Shrewsbury

1860-61 Lewisburg

1861-63 Columbia

1863-65 Gettysburg

1865-67 New Berlin

1867-68 Cumberland

1868-69 New Berlin

1869-71 Lock Haven

1871-72 Williamsport Bennett Street

1872-73 located

1873-74 White Deer

1874-76 Buffalo

1876-78 located

1878-79 Bloomsburg

1879-81 Danville Emmanuel

1881-83 Centre Hall

1883-88 located

1888-89 Leesburg

1889 retired

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HUSLER, THURMAN REESE

Born: 9-15-1888 Leesburg PA married: Verna G. Cover
Died: 6-13-1973 obit: [d. 2/8/1922]

married2: Jane Amanda Kane

1924 license, recommended by Leesburg obit2: 1981,439
1929 ordained elder

Interment: Leesburg
Obit: 1974,425

1924-25 Hancock MD
1925-27 South Wayland NY

1927-28 Howard
1928-31 Lock Haven mission
1931-40 West Milton
1940-50 Sugar Valley
1950-57 Felton
1957 Retired

Note: Thurman R. Husler is an uncle to Rev. James Nenninger, affiliation unknown.

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HYDE, JACOB S.

Born: 9-27-1828 married: Amanda Crane
Died: 3-12-1865 obit:

1851 received into the itinerancy

Interment:
Obit: [Pittsburgh Conference 1866]

1850-51 Franklin circuit
1851 transfer to Pittsburg Conference

1851-53

1853-54 New Paris

1854-55

1855 located

Note: Jacob S. Hyde died in the Civil War, of disease, while a captain in the West Virginia Cavalry. There is a possibility the Rev. J.S. Hyde of the Evangelical Association may not be the Jacob S. Hyde whose dates and spouse are given above.