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SANDERS, FRANK HAVEN

Born: 12-12-1892 Paxtonville PA married: Sadie Victoria Huffman
Died: 3-17-1962 Stuart FL obit: 1953,79

married2: Sadie M. Biddle Fisher

1913 license obit2: 1971,375
1915 ordained deacon
1917 ordained elder

Interment: Beavertown Cemetery, Beavertown PA
Obit: 1962,94

1913-18 Leesburg
1918-25 Cumberland
1925-31 York Christ
1931-39 Williamsport St. John
1939-46 superintendent, Evangelical Homes at Lewisburg PA

1946-50 Winfield

1950-55 Winfield and New Berlin

1955-61 Northumberland

1961 retired

Note: Frank H. Sanders is a brother to Anna Sanders Coleman, wife of Arthur B. Coleman.

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SANNER, WILLIAM MORTIMER

Born: 12-16-1862 Baltimore MD married: Anna Royston
Died: 8-4-1934 obit: 1933,82

1896 license
1898 ordained deacon
1900 ordained elder

Interment: Louden Park Cemetery, Baltimore MD
Obit: 1935,85

1896-97 Good Will
1897-98 Altoona
1898-90 Red Lion
1890-93 White Deer
1903-05 Williamsport St. Paul
1905-06 Perry circuit
1906-19 retired
1919-20 Baltimore St. Paul
1920-22 Harford
1922 retired

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SCHAEFFER, DANIEL P.

Born: 7-13-1848 Lebanon County PA married: Addie George
Died: 2-22-1912 Idaville PA obit:

1891 license, recommended by Mt Zion on the Hagerstown circuit
1893 ordained deacon
1895 ordained elder

Interment: Zearfoss MD
Obit: 1912,66

1891-93 Liverpool
1893-95 Lewisberry
1895-96 Sugar Valley
1896-99 Millmont
1899-02 Wellsville
1902-04 Bloserville
1904-08 Craleyville
1908-10 Bryansville
1910-12 Idaville

Note: This surname is also given as SCHAFFER.

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SCHAFFER, GEORGE

Born: married:
Died: obit:

? license

Interment:
Obit:

1874 deposed

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SCHECHTERLY, JOHN RAYMOND

Born: 11-10-1885 Berwick PA married: Salome Catharine Becker
Died: 4-13-1958 Williamsport PA obit: 1945,83

1908 license, recommended by Nescopeck
1914 ordained deacon
1919 ordained elder

Interment: Mt. Hope Cemetery, Myerstown PA
Obit: 1958,95

1910-11 Berwick West
1911-12 Lopez
1912-16 Sonestown
1916-21 Buffalo Valley
1921-25 Danville
1925-29 Ringtown
1929-32 Rebersburg
1932-41 McClure

1941-47 Wellsville

1947-53 Williamsport Grace

1953 retired

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SCHLEH, G.H.

Born: married: Mary Alice Krause
Died: obit: [3/3/1853 - ?]

license
1879 ordained deacon
1881 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1877-79 Jersey Shore circuit
1879-82 Dillsburg
1882-85 Prospect
1885-88 Baltimore Trinity
1888 deposed from the ministry and expelled from the Church

Note: G.H. Schleh was the pastor of record when the Evangelical churches were erected in East Berlin in 1879 and Bryansville in 1882. He is the author of the 1914 biography of Joseph Cullen Root (1844-1913), founder of the Woodmen of the World lodge. In 1916 Dr. G.H. Schleh was the Congregational minister in Krakow NE. Mrs. Schleh is the daughter of Abraham Krause and the granddaughter of James Barber.

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SCHLOSSER, NOAH

Born: c1823 Franklin County PA married: Katherine Maxwell

Died: 1909 Denver CO obit: [c1833 – 1914]

1844 license

1846 deacon

Interment:

Obit:

1844-46 Virginia Circuit

1846 located

1848 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1848-49 Mifflin

1849-50 McConnellsburg

1850-51 Jacksonville

1851-52 Sweet Springs

1852-53 Baltimore Canton-Asbury

1853-54 Washington Ryland

1854-57 St. Mary’s (did not finish third year)

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-58 located

1858-60 Green Village

1860-61 located

1861 retired

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1879 located at own request

became a dentist

1883 moved to Denver CO

Note: Information on Noah Schlosser is in the biographical files at the conference archives.

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SCHLOYER, RAY W.

Born: 12-25-1919 Nescopek PA married: Faustina Grasley
Died: 6-26-1990 obit:

1957 license, recommended by Berwick Bower Memorial
1965 ordained elder

Interment: Pine Grove Cemetery Annex, Berwick PA
Obit: 1991,488

1956-61 Dushore–Lopez
1961-68 Leesburg

1968-79 Montoursville Bethel

1979-85 Danville Trinity
1985 retired

Columbia circuit

Mt. Zion – Kulp

Light Street

Nescopek and Mt. Zion United Church of Chirst

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SCHNABEL, GEORGE ERNEST

Born: 12-23-1894 Olean NY married: Marguerite Breyfogel
Died: 9-13-1978 Syracuse NY obit: Baltimore Conference 1979,399

1917 license, East Pennsylvania Conference
ordained deacon
ordained elder

Interment:
Obit: Baltimore Conference 1979,392

1915-17 West Lawn

1917-26 Syracuse Immanuel, New York Conference
1926-51 Washington DC Albright Memorial

1951 transfer to Virginia Conference

1951-67 Arlington St. Mark’s

1967 retired

1970 transfer by boundary change to the Baltimore Conference

Note: Mrs. Schnabel is the daughter of Sylvanus C. Breyfogel (1851-1934), Evangelical Association bishop and author and seminary president.

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SCHNEIDER, GEORGE

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1825 license
1829 ordained deacon
ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1825-26 Lancaster OH circuit
1826-27 Schuylkill circuit
1827-28 Center circuit
1828-29 Sandusky
1829-30 Lancaster circuit
1830-31 Union circuit
1831-32 Lake NY circuit
1832-33 Shenandoah VA circuit
1833-34 Lycoming circuit
1834-35 Somerset circuit
1835-36 Cumberland circuit
1836 located

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SCHREIBER, HENRY

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1869 license

Interment:
Obit:

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SEARLE, HENRY THEOPHILUS

Born: 4-2-1851 Chamberwell England married: Clarissa Sybilla Meals
Died: 7-1-1934 Lancaster PA obit: 1917,78

1880 license, recommended by Williamsport Newberry
1883 ordained deacon
1885 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit: 1935,84

1881-82 Jersey Shore circuit
1882-83 Nittany Valley
1883-85 Bendersville
1885-90 Alberton
1890-92 New Berlin
1892-95 Perry
1895-98 Liverpool
1898-01 Nittany Valley
1901-04 Port Trevorton
1904-07 Sugar Valley
1907-09 Mt. Rock
1909-11 Leesburg
1911-15 Wrightsville
1915-19 Lemoyne
1919 retired

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SECHRIST, JAMES R.

Born: 2-29-1852 Chanceford PA married: Della Jane Reichard
Died: 11-27-1930 Howard PA obit: 1922,74

1880 license
1884 ordained deacon
1886 ordained elder

Interment: Red Lion Cemetery, Red Lion PA
Obit: 1931,76

1881-82 East Prospect (6 months)
1882-83 Cumberland
1883-84 Nittany Valley
1884-86 Jersey Shore
1886-89 Liberty
1889-92 Perry
1892-95 Cumberland
1895-99 Howard
1899-03 Lock Haven circuit
1903-05 Columbia
1905-09 Center Hall
1909-13 Bellwood
1913-17 Dallastown
1917-18 Burnham
1918-22 Mifflin
1922 retired

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SEIBERT, JAMES L.W.

Born: 5-2-1826 Woodstock VA married: Barbara Weller
Died: 9-13-1897 Somerset PA obit:

1845 license
1847 ordained deacon
1851 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1845-46 Somerset
1846-48 Bedford
1848-49 Somerset
1849-51 Strasburg [Shrewsbury]
1851-53 Columbia
1853-54 Cumberland
1854-55 editor, Evangelical Messenger

transfer to the Ohio Conference

transfer to Pittsburgh Conference

1857-60 Stahlstown

superintendent, Somerset District

1876-78 Somerset Grace

1893-94 Somerset-Gephart

1894 sided with the United Evangelical faction during the denominational split

Note: James L.W. Seibert is a brother to Samuel W. Seibert. This surname is also rendered SEYBERT.

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SEIBERT, SAMUEL W.

Born: 4-1-1824 Woodstock VA married: Eleanor K. Neilson
Died: 5-28-1913 Newport PA obit: [12/20/1826 – 6/16/1905]

1846 license
1854 ordained deacon
1856 ordained elder

Interment: Elliottsburg PA
Obit: 1914,67

1845-46 Bedford
1846-47 Columbia
1847-48 Perry
1848-52 located
1852-54 Blockhouse and Cherry
1854-56 Shrewsbury
1856-58 Gettysburg
1858-59 Franklin
1859-61 Gettysburg
1861-64 superintendent, Susquehanna District
1864-65 Buffalo circuit
1865-67 Lock Haven circuit
1867-69 Lock Haven Mission
1869-70 Port Trevorton
1870-72 Perry
1872-73 collector for Carlisle church
1873-75 Mifflin
1875-76 superintendent, Carlisle District
1876-77 superintendent, Baltimore District
1877-79 York District
1879-81 Liverpool
1881-82 located
1882-83 Lewistown and Patterson
1883-84 located
1884-87 superintendent, Lewisburg District
1887-88 Carlisle
1888 located

Note: Samuel W. Seibert is a brother to James L.W. Seibert. This surname is also rendered SEYBERT.

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SEIFERT, ULYSSES GRANT.

Born: 2-2-1866 near Rossville PA married: Emma Ortmeyer
Died: 11-28-1940 obit:

1893 license
1896 ordained deacon

Interment: Emmanuel Church Cemetery, Lewisberry PA
Obit: 1941,91

Note: U.G. Seifert lived in Rossville and was a member of the Mt. Airy church. He was an active local pastor. He is the great nephew of Lutheran pastor Henry Seifert.

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SEITZ, DALE E.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1920 license

Interment:
Obit:

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SEITZ, F.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1896 license

Interment:
Obit:

Note: This is believed to be Flavel Seitz of Immanuel Church in Glen Rock.

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SHAEFFER, J.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

? license
1870 ordained deacon

Interment:
Obit:

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SHAFER, EMANUEL E.

Born: 7-13-1861 Pine Station PA married:
Died: 8-10-1910 Baltimore MD obit:

1891 license
1893 ordained deacon
1895 ordained elder

Interment: Green Burr Cemetery, Clinton County PA
Obit: 1911,48

1891-93 Light Street
1893-97 Ransom
1897-01 Zion's Grove
1901-03 Columbia circuit
1903-07 North Berwick
1907-10 Baltimore Olive Branch

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SHAFER, GEORGE

Born: married:
Died: obit:

? license
? ordained deacon
? ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1837-38 Cumberland
1838-39 Gettysburg
1839-40 Lancaster
1840-41 Cumberland
1841-42 Union
1842-44 Columbia
1844-46 York circuit
1846 located
withdrew from the Church

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SHAFER, JOHN RICHARD

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1946 license, recommended by Williamsport First
1950 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1947-50 Keystone-Perry
1950-54 Sugar Valley
1954-59 Montoursville
1959-67 Cumberland charge

1967-83 Williamsport St. John’s

1983-92 New Cumberland Baughman Memorial

1992 retired

1992-97 associate, Unityville

1999-01 Trout Run – Rose Valley

2003 Avis (7/1/03 -9/7/03)

2006-07 Williamsport Faxon-Kenmar (9/6/06 – 6/30/07)

2008 Jersey Shore Trinity (8/1/08 – 10/31/08)

2009 Williamsport Faxon-Kenmar (4/1/09 – 6/30/09)

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SHAFFER GEORGE

Born: married:
Died: obit:

? license
? ordained deacon
1846 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

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SHAMBACH, JOSHUA

Born: 8-1-1850 Middleburg PA married: Sarah Jane Yetter

Died: 10-8-1915 Middleburg PA obit: 1937,81

1875 license
1878 ordained deacon
1880 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit: 1916,75

1876-77 Middleburg
1877-79 McClure
1879-82 East Prospect
1882-84 Loganville
1884-86 York Queen Street
1886-89 Spring Mills
1889-92 Lock Haven circuit
1892-94 York Queen Street

1894-95 York Grace
1895-99 Buffalo
1899-03 Middleburg
1903-07 Bloomsburg
1907-11 Williamsport circuit
1911-15 Espy
1915 retired

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SHAMBACHER, C.W.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1896 license

Interment:
Obit:

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SHAMBAUGH, WILLIAM IRA

Born: 8-19-1876 Plainfield PA married: Mary Magdalena Mundis
Died: 11-30-1942 obit: 1926,96

married: Maude L. Leyda

1896 license, recommended by Bloserville obit2: 1967,230
1902 ordained deacon
1904 ordained elder

Interment: Upper Frankford Brick Church Cemetery, near Bloserville PA
Obit: 1943,85

1900-03 York Zion
1903-07 Scranton
1907-08 Milton
1908-27 missionary, China
1927-32 Lemoyne
1932-36 Williamsport St. Paul
1936-41 Milton

1941-42 Wrightsville

Note: William Ira Shambaugh is an uncle to Clara Rebecca Shambaugh Dick, wife of Harry Roy Dick.

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SHANK, CHESTER B.

Born: 6-4-1887 Washington County MD married:
Died: 2-?-1976 obit:

1909 license, recommended by Hagerstown circuit
1917 ordained deacon
1919 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1915-17 Lewistown Trinity
1917-18 Lopez
1918-19 West Milton
1919-20 Nuremberg
1920-22 Rebersburg
1922-25 located
1925-27 Hancock
1927 located

Note: Chester B. Shank is a brother to Melvin E. Shank.

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SHANK, JOHN W.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1900 license

Interment:
Obit:

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SHANK, MELVIN EARL

Born: 3-21-1889 Washington County MD married: Anna Alice Eller
Died: 10-30-1969 Waterloo IA obit: Iowa Conference 1974,75

1913 license

1916 ordained deacon, Des Moines Conference

1920 ordained elder, Des Moines Conference

Interment: Radcliffe IA
Obit: Iowa Conference 1970, 340

1914 transfer to Des Moines Conference

Polo

Evergreen

Nevada

Iowa City

Afton

Sumner

Waverly

Laporte City

Summer Union

1957 retired

Note: Melvin E. Shank is a brother to Chester B. Shank.

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SHANNON, W.W.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1917 license

Interment:
Obit:

Note: W.W. Shannon lived in Berwick and was an auditor for Columbia County.

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SHEAFFER, STERLEN S.

Born: married: Evelyn _____
Died: obit:

1951 license, recommended by Carlisle First

1953 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1950-53 student, Evangelical School of Theology

1951-53 Milton St. Peter’s

1953-57 Nescopeck

1957 “transfer” to Lutheran ministry, page 77

Newry

Freeburg

Mount Holly Springs

1968-91 Boiling Springs St. John’s

1991 retired

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SHEARER, IRVIN CLEOPHAS

Born: 9-25-1877 Cumberland County PA married: Minnie Virginia Webb
Died: 8-3-1970 obit: 1946,83

married2: Ruth O. Shaffer

1907 license, recommended by Carlisle First obit2:

1912 ordained deacon
1914 ordained elder

Interment: Mechanicsburg Cemetery, Mechanicsburg PA
Obit: 1971,362

1910-12 Bellefonte circuit
1912-16 Northumberland
1916-17 Dushore
1917-22 York Bethany
1922-23 East Prospect
1923-29 Newport
1929 retired

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SHEARY, SAMUEL F.

Born: 4-13-1841 Lewisburg PA married: Eva Hartman
Died: 5-8-1914 Mifflinburg PA obit: [b. 1/1845]

1877 license

Interment: Paxtonville Cemetery, Paxtonville PA
Obit:

Note: S.F. Sheary served in Snyder County as a local pastor. He lived in Penns Creek and taught school, also serving for a time as town postmaster and county coroner.

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SHEELY, HARRY B.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1920 license

ordained deacon

ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

Note: Harry B. Sheely is listed as living in Newville PA

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SHEESLEY, JOSEPH PEARL

Born: 7-23-1894 Hamilton PA married: Esther Ionia Hamilton
Died: 2-22-1977 obit: Baltimore Conference1985,372

1921 license, Pittsburgh Conference, recommended by St. Jacob’s on the Worthville charge
1923 ordained deacon, Pittsburgh Conference
1925 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit: Baltimore Conference 1977,384

1921-22 Indiana and Westover Mission
1922-24 Berkeley Springs, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1924 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1924-26 Morgan mission
1926-28 Cearfoss
1928-33 Port Trevorton
1933-40 Keystone and Perry
1940-48 Union circuit

1948-51 Berkley Springs and Morgan

1951-54 Hardy, Virginia Conference

1954-56 Cumberland Calvary – Bethel

1956 transfer to Virginia Conference

1956-57 South Branch WV

1957-58 Blairton – Greenburg

1958-59 Massanutten

1959-60 Martinsburg rescue mission

1960-63 Wardensville

1963-67 conference evangelist

1967-71 Toms Brook

1971 retired

Note: Joseph P. Sheesley is the father of Dwight L. Sheesley of the Baltimore-Washington Conference.

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SHELLENBERGER, JOHN LLOYD SR

Born: 1-23-1932 Richfield PA married: Naomi Shirk
Died: 12-11-2009 Lewistown PA obit:

1954 license, recommended by Richfield

1959 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 2010,174

1958-59 student, United Theological Seminary in Dayton OH

1958-59 Gentown Congregational Christian Church, Lebanon OH

1959-64 Salladasburg Charge

1964-69 Millheim

1969-81 Middleburg Trinity
1981-94 Lykens

1994 retired
1995-99 Freeburg (beginning 1/8/1995)
1999-03 Pisgah (Perry County)

Note: John L. Shellenberger Sr is the father of John L. Shellenberger Jr of the Susquehanna Conference of the United Methodist Church.

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SHENBERGER, ADAM WALTER

Born: c1837 married: Susan F. Moody [8/16/1860]
Died: 2-18-1918 obit: [1829 – 3/10/1901]

married2: Elenora Swartz [5/3/1910]

1870 license obit2: [1913,71]

1872 ordained deacon

1874 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1870-72 Loganville

1872-74 Jarretsville

1874-77 Milton

1877-78 Columbia circuit and Bloomsburg

1878 transfer to Des Moines Conference

1878-12 [other conferences]

1912 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1912-13 Dallastown

1913 located

Note: Adam W. Shenberger was a very successful pioneer missionary, pastor and district superintendent in Kansas and Nebraska. He is the namesake of Shenberger Chapel in York County, erected on his land in 1865. There was different Adam W, Shenberger, a businessman of Red Lion, who died about 1900. This surname is also rendered SCHENBERGER. A native of Shrewsbury, Susan F. Moody Shenberger was the organizer and first president of the Platte River Conference Branch of the Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society, active in temperance causes, and the author of published pamphlets and speeches – she died in Kansas and is buried there. A.W. Shenberger may have returned from the west prior to 1912, as his 1910 marriage to Elenora Swartz took place in Harrisburg PA.

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SHERK, NOAH BASHORE

Born: 5-18-1841 Cumberland County PA married: Lydia Behny
Died: 1-17-1927 obit: Iowa Conference 1940,45

1873 license
1877 ordained deacon, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:
Obit: Iowa Conference 1917,7 & 37

1874-75 Jersey Shore circuit
1875-76 located

1876 transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference

1876-77 Mt Carmel mission [St. Paul’s]

1877 transfer to Des Moines Conference

1877-78 Buffalo circuit

1878 located

Note: Noah B. Sherk is the father of Mary Elizabeth Sherk Streyffeler, wife of Samuel H. Streyffeler (1867-1948) of the Iowa EV-EUB Conference and mother of Earl R. Streyffeler (1893-1982) of the Iowa UM Conference. A biographical sketch of N.B. Sherk is given in the 1901 Biographical Record of Linn County Iowa, pages 51-53. This surname is sometimes erroneously rendered SHIRK.

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SHERMAN, FRED D.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1911 license
1913 ordained deacon
1917 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1911-12 Lewistown Trinity
1912-14 York Princess Street
1914-16 Keystone
1916-20 Liberty
1920-23 Ransom
1923-24 Columbia
1924 withdrew with credentials

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SHIMP, JACOB

Born: 10-13-1795 VA married:
Died: 8-29-1870 Berkley Springs WV obit:

1834 license
ordained deacon
ordained elder

Interment: Riners Graveyard, Jones Springs WV
Obit:

1834-36 Virginia circuit

1844-45 Virginia circuit
1845 located

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SHOEMAKER, DANIEL

Born: 5-5-1839 Swissdale PA married: Elizabeth Probst
Died: 1-20-1918 Arden NY obit: [1841 – c1905]

? license

1880 ordained deacon

Interment: Swissdale Cemetery, Swissdale PA
Obit: 1918,76

Note: Daniel Shoemaker served as a local pastor.

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SHOLES, LEROY KUMLER

Born: 12-17-1912 Williamsport PA married: Ruth Helen Swarts
Died: 4-9-1981 obit: 1982,393

1939 license, recommended by DuBois CMA
1944 ordained elder, Christian and Missionary Alliance Church

Interment:
Obit: 1981,341

1939-41 Madera
1941-45 Nescopeck
1945-50 Marysville
1950-53 Berwick mission

1953 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference of the EUB Church
1953-59 Mexico
1959-62 Howard
1962-68 Liverpool

1968-71 Rebersburg

1971-75 Clearfield Christ

1975-78 Austin

1978 retired
associate, Milton St. Andrews

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SHOMAKER, W.E.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1874 license

Interment:
Obit:

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SHOOK, JAMES A.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1904 license

Interment:
Obit:

Note: James A. Shook is listed as living in Bellefonte.

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SHORT, SAMUEL McClellan

Born: 5-4-1883 Waterloo PA married: Rachel Elizabeth Brown
Died: 2-3-1969 Richfield PA obit: [2/26/1895 – 1/1/1974]

1914 license, recommended by Mifflin Trinity
1918 ordained deacon [in China]
1920 ordained elder [in China]

Interment: Academia Cemetery, Juniata County PA
Obit: 1969, 211

1914-21 educational missionary, China
1923-33 district superintendent, Anti-Saloon League of Pennsylvania
1933-50 superintendent, public schools of Juniata County
1950 retired

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SHORTESS, JOHN DAVID

Born: 3-22-1860 near Markelsville PA married: Minerva L. Spitler
Died: 10-20-1953 obit: 1934,75

1881 license
1884 ordained deacon
1886 ordained elder

Interment: Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg PA
Obit: 1954,78

1882-83 Center circuit
1883-85 McClure
1885-88 Lewisberry
1888-90 Chanceford
1890-92 Dushore
1892-95 Buffalo Valley
1895-97 Patterson
1897-02 Hughesville
1902-03 Millheim
1903-07 Milton
1907-11 superintendent, Carlisle District
1911-15 superintendent, Lewisburg District
1915-19 York Grace
1919-24 Lewisburg
1924-31 Mechanicsburg
1931-33 field secretary, Evangelical Homes at Lewisburg PA
1933 retired

Note: John D. Shortess is the son of Samuel I. Shortess and the brother of Thomas A. Shortess. He is the co-author of the 1916 Evangelical Centennial Celebration an d the 1939 History of the Central Pennsylvania Conference. Mrs. Shortess is a granddaughter of James Barber.

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SHORTESS, SAMUEL IRVIN

Born: 6-7-1834 New Bloomfield PA married: Elizabeth Kline
Died: 1-19-1910 Millersburg PA obit: East Pennsylvania Conference EA 1920,45

1860 license, recommended by Milford on the Perry circuit
1867 ordained deacon
1870 ordained elder

Interment: Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg PA
Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference EA 1910,33

1866-67 Middle Creek circuit
1867-68 Center
1868-70 Cherry circuit
1870-73 Wyoming
1873-75 Susquehanna
1875-77 Marysville
1877-89 Big Spring (ending 6/1879)
1879-86 superintendent, Union Seminary at New Berlin PA (beginning 6/1879)
1886-89 located
1889-93 Waller
1893 transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference EA

1893-95 Sugar Valley
1895-97 Brush Valley
1897-01 Liberty and East Point
1901-03 Millersburg
1903 retired

Note: Samuel I. Shortess is the father of John D. Shortess, of Thomas A. Shortess, and of Anna E. Shortess Yeakel, wife of Rev. Irvine C. Yaekel of the Presbyterian Church.

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SHORTESS, THOMAS ALBERT

Born: 4-7-1856 bear Markelsville PA married: Mary Augusta Seidle
Died: 9-23-1948 Beavertown PA obit: [8/1/1857 – 7/3/1938]

1877 license

1886 ordained deacon

Interment: Beavertown PA
Obit: 1949,97

Note: Thomas A. Shortess is the son of Samuel I. Shortess and the brother of John D. Shortess. He served as a local pastor.

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SHRADER, JULIAN HERISH

Born: 8-11-1927 Frost WV married: Joan Williams
Died: 9-27-2007 Dallastown PA obit: 2002, 374

1955 license, West Virginia Conference, recommended by Fairmont First
1957 ordained elder, West Virginia Conference

Interment: Prospect Hill Cemetery, York PA
Obit: 2008,428

1955-57 student, United Theological Seminary in Dayton OH

1955-57 Eaton OH

1957-58 Reader

1958-60 South Charleston mission

1960-61 Salem

1961 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1961-71 Windsor

1971-79 York Trinity

1979-90 Wrightsville Grace

1990 retired

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SHULE, JOHN

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1867 license

Interment:
Obit:

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SHULTZ, IRVIN STURGER

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1907 license
1909 ordained deacon
1911 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1907-11 Juniata Park
1911-12 located
1912 withdrew with credentials

“transfer” to the Presbyterian Church

Philadelphia Trinity

Note: I. Sturger Shultz is the son of James F. Shultz. He is also the brother of James A. Shultz and Ward K. Shultz, and of William Shultz of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He graduated from Grove City College in 1913 and from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1918.

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SHULTZ, JAMES ALVIN

Born: 8-12-1879 married: Margaret Estella Mertz
Died: 2-25-1927 obit: West Virginia Conference of the Methodist Church 1950,436

1913 license
1915 ordained deacon
1917 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit: West Virginia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church 1927,523

1913-16 Liberty
1916-18 Grover
1918-20 Center Hall
1920-22 New Freedom (left in the middle of year 3: see 1923,65)
1922 “transfer” to West Virginia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1922-23 Monongalia

1923-25 Morgantown Sabra

1925-27 Moundsville Calvary

Note: James A. Shultz is the son of James F. Shultz. He is also the brother of I. Sturger Shultz and Ward K. Shultz, and of William Shultz of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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SHULTZ, JAMES F.

Born: 1-22-1846 Dewart PA married: Mary E. Maxwell

Died: 1-3-1918 Watsontown PA obit:

married2: Amelia Garman

1875 license obit2:
1877 ordained deacon married3: Mary Etta Stevenson
1879 ordained elder obit3: 1950,95

Interment: Lewisburg PA
Obit: 1918,74

1875-76 Block House
1876-78 Danville
1878-80 Hughesville
1880-81 Big Spring
1881-82 Leesburg
1882-83 Perry
1883-84 Chanceford
1884-86 Shrewsbury
1886-87 Waller
1887-89 Bloomsburg
1889-91 Buffalo circuit
1891-93 Jersey Shore
1893-96 Williamsport circuit
1896-97 Newberry
1897-01 New Berlin
1901-05 Center Hall
1905-07 Howard
1907-09 Bellwood
1909-12 Mifflin
1912 retired

Note: James F. Shultz is the father four pastors: by his first wife, William Maxwell Shultz (1867-1934) of the West Virginia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church; by his second wife, James A. Shultz; by his third wife, I. Sturger Shultz and Ward K. Shultz.

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SHULTZ, WARD KELL

Born: 2-11-1883 Elliottsburg PA married: Maybelle Keller
Died: 6-9-1955 Watsontown PA obit: Eastern Pennsylvania Conference 1975,782

1902 license, recommended by Centre Hall
1905 ordained deacon
1908 ordained elder

Interment: Lewisburg PA
Obit: Philadelphia Conference ME 1956,223

1903-05 Milesburg
1905-06 Mt. Rock
1906-07 Cearfoss
1907-10 Mexico
1910-13 Hebbville
1913-15 Columbia circuit
1915-16 Dushore
1916-19 White Deer
1919-23 Newport
1923 transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference

1923-24 Philadelphia Christ

1924-26 Lehighton

1926 “transfer” to the Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1926-28 Reading St. Peter’s

1928-31 Minersville

1931-35 North Wales

1935-37 Philadelphia Covenant

1937-39 Philadelphia Twenty-Ninth Street

1939-40 Mount Pocono

1940-42 Frackville

1942-44 Frackville and Gilberton

1944-48 Steelton First and Mt. Zion

1948-50 Philadelphia Eden

1950-52 Paoli

1952 retired

Note: Ward K. Shultz is the son of James F. Shultz. He is also the brother of I. Sturger Shultz and James A. Shultz, and of William Shultz of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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SIEGFRIED, CHARLES WILLIAM

Born: 12-10-1843 near Kutztown PA married:
Died: 3-20-1926 Hanover PA obit:

1888 license [SEIGFRIED]

1890 license

? ordained deacon, Pittsburgh Conference
? ordained elder, Pittsburgh Conference

Interment: Harrisburg PA
Obit: 1927,86

1890-97 Warren circuit, Pittsburgh Conference

transfer to New Jersey Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1923 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Church

Note: Charles W. Siegfried is the father-in-law of J.P. Buchner.

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SILL, DANIEL

Born: 1-25-1814 Bedford County PA married: Mary E. Moses
Died: 1-9-1881 Lincolnville KS obit: [9/18/1817 – 3/28/1851]

1842 license
1844 ordained deacon
1847 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1842-43 Somerset
1843-44 Bedford
1844-46 Indiana
1846-48 Clarion
1848-49 located
1849-50 Somerset
1851 located
1852 charter member of Pittsburgh Conference

Note: Daniel Sill moved to Lincolnville in 1871 and led the organizing of the Zion Evangelical congregation there, which met in his home until erecting a building on his land. He also served as postmaster 1873-1881.

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SIMPSON, WILLIAM

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1889 license

Interment:
Obit:

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SINCLAIR, J.C.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1908 license

Interment:
Obit:

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SINDLINGER, J.M.

Born: 1807 married:
Died: 1883 obit:

1833 license
? ordained deacon
? ordained elder

Interment: Plainfield IL
Obit:

1834-35 Center circuit
1835-37 Columbia
1837-39 Lancaster circuit
1839-43 superintendent, Moriah District
1843-44 Center
1844-46 Clinton
1846-47 Center
1847-49 Buffalo
1849-50 Lycoming
1850-52 superintendent, Allegheny District
1852 transfer to Illinois Conference

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SIPE, WILLIAM C.

Born: 9-11-1894 York PA married:
Died: 1-?-1978 obit:

1912 license
1919 ordained deacon
1921 ordained elder

Interment: Congregational Cemetery, Hollis NH
Obit:

1919-20 Manchester
1920-24 Brooklyn
1924-25 located
1925 “transfer” to the Congregational Church

1928-41 Hollis NH

Note: William C. Sipe was named pastor emeritus at Hollis UCC in 1962, and the church has an endowed scholarship in his name. He was the last person buried in the church’s now full cemetery.

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SITES, HAROLD R.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1934 license
ordained deacon
ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1938-40 Keystone and Perry

1940-43 Cearfoss

1943 withdrew

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SLOAT, MICHAEL

Born: 1828 York County PA married: Mary Jane _____
Died: 9-?-1884 obit: 1911,50

1860 license
1865 ordained deacon
1868 ordained elder

Interment: East Prospect PA
Obit: 1885,47

1859-60 Montour
1860-61 Cumberland
1861-67 located
1867-69 Perry
1869-71 Union
1871-72 Center
1872-75 Nittany Valley
1875-77 Center Hall
1877-79 Buffalo
1879-81 Liberty
1881-83 Newberry
1883-84 Cumberland

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SMELTZER, DANIEL PHILIP

Born: 10-1-1883 near Craley PA married: Myra M. Illgas
Died: 7-7-1972 obit: 1919,74

married2: Ida Gertrude Hess

1917 license, recommended by Windsor obit2: 1948,100
1919 ordained deacon married3: Alberta Kerlin
1921 ordained elder obit3: [1899-1962]

married4: M. Louise Burch

Interment: Red Lion Cemetery, Red Lion PA obit4: [b. 1911]
Obit: 1974,429

1917-20 Harford
1920-22 Cearfoss
1922-26 Perry circuit
1926-28 Sonestown
1928-34 Salladsburg
1934-38 Leesburg
1938-41 Hellam
1941-45 Hebbville
1945-48 Danville
1948-52 Altoona Faith
1952-54 East Prospect
1954 retired

1956-58 Buffalo Valley

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SMELTZER, WILLIAM NATHANAEL

Born: 8-28-1902 Shamokin PA married: Beatrice Irene Thompson
Died: 1-1-1984 obit:

1930 license, recommended by Grace, Lewistown
ordained deacon
ordained elder

Interment: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Shamokin PA
Obit: 1984,381

1930-31 Williamsport Trinity
1931-35 Yoe
1935-39 Yorkana
1939-43 Middleburg
1943-48 Loganville
1948-53 Northumberland
1953-62 Bellefonte Grace
1962-65 Baltimore Olive Branch

1965-68 Gettysburg

1968 retired

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SMITH, GEORGE S.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1883 license

Interment:
Obit:

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SMITH, HARRIS

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1895 license

Interment:
Obit:

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SMITH, J.R.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1874 license

Interment:
Obit:

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SMITH, J.W.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1888 license

Interment:
Obit:

1892 withdrew

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SMITH, PHILIP

Born: 3-3-1784 married: Eve Fry
Died: 3-26-1864 obit: [9/22/1787 – 7/5/1862]

1816 license
1846 ordained deacon

Interment: Manbeck Church Cemetery, Snyder County PA
Obit:

Note: Philip Smith opened his home near Beaver Springs, Snyder County, to Jacob Albright about 1803. He became a local pastor.

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SMITH, PHILIP A.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1900 license

Interment:
Obit:

1900-02 Milesburg
1902 Rebersburg
located

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SMITH, RALPH

Born: 10-23-1878 York County PA married:
Died: 1-27-1940 Dorsey MD obit:

1906 license
1908 ordained deacon
1910 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit: 1940,83

1906-10 Wellsville
1910-14 Sugar Valley
1914-19 Millmont
1919-24 Hebbville
1924-31 Manchester
1931-39 Dorsey

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SMITH, ROY M.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1909 license

Interment:
Obit:

1919 transfer to Platte River Conference

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SMITH, SAMUEL

Born: 11-8-1833 Centre County PA married: Helen Ziebach
Died: 3-12-1915 Mifflinburg PA obit: 1924,81

1857 license
1859 ordained deacon
1861 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit: 1916,72

1857-58 Buffalo
1858-59 Lycoming
1859-60 Cherry
1860-62 Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming
1862-64 Boalsburg
1864-66 Williamsport Market Street
1866-68 York Queen Street
1868-70 Lock Haven
1870-71 Williamsport Market Street
1871-75 superintendent, Williamsport District
1875-78 Union
1878-80 Middleburg
1880-81 Center
1881-84 Mifflinburg circuit
1884-86 McClure
1886-88 White Deer
1888-90 located
1890-93 Port Trevorton
1893-95 Middleburg
1895-97 located
1897-99 Waller
1899-02 East Point
1902-05 Rebersburg
1905 retired

Note: Samuel Smith is the father of Helen Smith Biggs, wife of Joseph O. Biggs.

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SMITH, WALTER EARL

Born: 7-4-1882 Hagerstown MD married: Estella May Delp
Died: 3-1-1963 Red Lion PA obit: 1971,376

1902 license, Ohio Conference
1908 ordained deacon
1910 ordained elder

Interment: Red Lion Cemetery, Red Lion PA
Obit: 1963,102

1904 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference
1905-06 Dorsey
1906-07 Dillsburg
1907-10 Pennsdale
1910-11 Milton circuit
1911-15 Ransom
1915-20 Perry
1920-26 Williamsport circuit
1926-33 Center Hall
1933-39 Loganville
1939-46 Buffalo Valley

1946-51 Wellsville

1951 retired

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SNAVELY, JOSEPH

Born: 1812/13 married: Sarah _____
Died: 2-14-1897/8 obit:

? license
1866 ordained deacon

Interment:
Obit

Note: Jacob Snavely was a local preacher in the Yorkana area.

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SNELBAKER, JAMES KENNETH

Born: 2-1-1922 Mechanicsburg PA married: Mildred Ruebsamen
Died: 6-14-1992 obit:

1942 license, recommended by Mechanicsburg
? ordained deacon
1946 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1946-69 chaplain, U.S. Navy

1969-84 middle school teacher, Pitman NJ
1984 retired

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SNOOK, HARVEY A.

Born: 8-15-1871 Penns Creek PA married: Susan Smith
Died: 12-4-1968 Lewisburg PA obit: 1910,66

married2: Kathryn Auker Martin

1897 license, recommended by Penns Creek obit2: 1950,95
1905 ordained deacon
1907 ordained elder

Interment: Evangelical Cemetery, Penns Creek PA
Obit: 1969,210

1897 transfer to Iowa Conference

1897-98 Red Oak

1898-99 Winterset
1899-04 located

1904 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1904-05 located
1905-06 Bloserville
1906-08 Nittany
1908-12 Spring Mills
1912-16 Hagerstown circuit
1916-20 Hanover
1920-27 Winfield
1927-32 Danville
1932-37 Selinsgrove
1937-43 Windsor
1943 retired

Note: The second Mrs. Snook was the widow of Rev. J.G. Martin of the East Pennsylvania Conference EA (1905,32).

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SNOOK, NORMAN R.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1950 license, recommended by Lewistown Grace
1956 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1953-54 assistant, Devon Union
1953 assistant, Lemoyne Grace (summer)
1954-55 assistant executive secretary Y.M.C.A, Mississippi State College
1956-60 Jacobus
1960 university pastor, Ohio State University

1970 transfer to Ohio West Conference
faculty, United Theological Seminary

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SNYDER, A.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

license
1866 ordained deacon
ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

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SNYDER, C.B.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1906 license
1910 ordained deacon
1912 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1907-08 West Nanticoke
1908-12 East Point
1912-17 Lycoming
1917-18 Scranton
1918-25 Millheim
1925-27 Nescopeck
1927-28 Milton
1928 excluded from the Church

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SNYDER, CHARLES EARL

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1964 license, recommended by Jersey Shore Trinity
ordained deacon
ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1962 Salladasburg Mt. Pleasant (Jul – Oct)

1962-67 White Deer Charge (beginning 10/62)

1967-70 Greenmount

1970 transfer by boundary change to Baltimore Conference

1970- Greenmount

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SNYDER, MICHAEL J.

Born: 9-10-1853 Loganville PA married: Sallie J. Bower
Died: 11-25-1923 Potosi PA obit: 1947,98

1881 license
1883 ordained deacon
1888 ordained elder

Interment: Loganville Cemetery, Loganville PA
Obit: 1924,79

1881-82 Cumberland
1882-83 York circuit
1883-84 Dorsey
1884-87 faculty, Union Seminary at New Berlin PA
1887-89 Seneca Falls
1889-90 Williamsport St. Paul
1890-91 Lewistown
1891-03 located
1903-04 Grover
1904-05 Howard circuit
1905-07 Spring Mills
1907-11 Port Trevorton
1911-15 Howard circuit
1915-16 Buffalo
1916-20 New Freedom
1920-21 Manchester
1921-22 Dallastown
1922-23 Keystone
1923 retired

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SNYDER, SAMUEL ABRAHAM, SR.

Born: 8-28-1875 York PA married: Hattie Dora Maice
Died: 2-1-1943 Baltimore MD obit: 1956,82

1898 license, recommended by York Trinity
1904 ordained deacon
1906 ordained elder

Interment: Loganville PA
Obit: 1943,86

1901-02 Felton
1902-05 Byransville
1905-09 Rebersburg
1909-13 Center Hall
1913-18 Middleburg
1918-24 Hellam
1924-29 Baltimore Bethany
1929-31 Berwick St. Paul
1931-33 Lewistown Grace
1933-43 Baltimore Olive Branch

Note: Samuel A. Snyder Sr is the father of Samuel A. Snyder Jr and William H. Snyder. Mrs. Snyder is the daughter of J.H. Maice.

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SNYDER, SAMUEL ABRAHAM, JR.

Born: 10-3-1910 Centre Hall PA married:
Died: obit:

1931 license, recommended by Berwick St. Paul's
1936 ordained deacon
1939 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1935-36 assistant, Jersey Shore
1936-37 Bloomsburg
1937-40 Montoursville- Pennsdale
1940-50 White Deer
1950-54 Hebbville
1954-59 executive director, Middle Atlantic Town and Country Church Development

1959-63 director, South East Area Migrant Ministry
1963 executive secretary, Delaware Council of Churches

Note: Samuel A. Snyder Jr is the son of Samuel A. Snyde Sr and the brother of William H. Snyder.

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SNYDER, WILLIAM HENRY

Born: 9-24-1912 Middleburg PA married:
Died: 8-25-2002 obit:

License

Interment:
Obit:

1940-51 Dorsey

1951 without assignment

director of social services, Harford County MD

Note: William H. Snyder is the son of Samuel A. Snyder Sr and the brother of Samuel A. Snyder Jr.

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SOMERVILLE, ALBERT EDWARD

Born: 1838 married: Alice Lydia Hill
Died: 1-6-1894 obit:

1858 license

Interment: Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown PA
Obit:

1862-63 Columbia

1863 suspended

Note: It has not been verified that the Albert Edward Somerville described above, who lived in Mifflin County in the 1870’s and 1880’s and then moved to Cambria County, is the same ALBERT E. SOMMERVILLE licensed by the Evangelical Association in 1858 and the A. SUMMERVILLE who served the Columbia circuit in 1862.

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SONES, CALVIN LOW

Born: 4-17-1855 Columbia County PA married: Amanda Rebecca Young
Died: 12-9-1934 York PA obit: 1938,78

1885 license
1887 ordained deacon
1889 ordained elder

Interment: Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport PA
Obit: 1935,87

1885-86 Middleburg
1886-87 West Clifford
1887-90 Dushore
1890-93 Bloomsburg
1893-95 Nanticoke
1895-98 Hughesville
1898-01 Williamsport circuit
1901-07 Jersey Shore
1907-08 Red Lion
1908-12 Carlisle
1912-15 York Grace
1915-19 superintendent, Center District
1919-23 superintendent, York District
1923-24 York Princess Street
1924-26 Jersey Shore
1926 retired

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SPANGLER, IRA EVANS.

Born: 3-15-1868 Rebersburg PA married: Sarah E. Rute
Died: 3-18-1931 obit: 1946,84

1888 license, recommended by New Berlin
1896 ordained deacon
1898 ordained elder

Interment: Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg PA
Obit: 1932,77

1895-99 Bernice and Lopez
1899-03 Red Lion
1903-07 Baltimore Olive Branch
1907-08 Baltimore Memorial
1908-12 Berwick Bower Memorial
1912-16 Milton
1916-21 Carlisle
1921-22 Jersey Shore
1922-30 superintendent, Carlisle District
1930-31 East Prospect

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SPEAKE, GEORGE WASHINGTON

Born: 2-12-1889 Baltimore MD married: Grace May Crouch
Died: 7-19-1977 obit: [9/9/1889 – 5/3/1976]

1924 license, recommended by Baltimore Olive Branch
1926 ordained deacon
1928 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit: Baltimore Conference 1978,438

1924-32 Baltimore Immanuel
1932-36 Mifflin
1936-47 Baltimore Immanuel
1947-51 St. John's Williamsport
1951-57 Washington DC Albright Memorial
1957 retired

Note: George W. Speake has three grandsons in the United Methodist ministry: Wayne H. Upton and Dennis L. Upton in the Baltimore Conference, and George D. Speake in the North Carolina Conference.

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SPENCER, ELBERT DANIEL

Born: 7-20-1915 married: Daisy V. _____
Died: 1-19-1998 obit: [1995,440]

1943 license, recommended by Berwick Bethany
? ordained deacon
1947 ordained elder

Interment: “Cumberland Valley”
Obit: [1998,423]

1943-48 Berkeley Springs and Morgan WV
1948-53 Centre Hall-Spring Mills
1953-56 Mt. Rock Charge
1956-60 Paxtonville
1960-67 Espy

1967-73 Richfield

1973-77 Lewisberry larger parish

1977-80 Oakville

1980-84 Enders – Powells Valley

1984-86 Witmers

1986 retired

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SPILMAN, KENNETH E.

Born: 2-19-1927 married:
Died: 3-6-1998 obit:

1948 license, recommended by Baltimore Trinity
1953 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1954-55 assistant, Williamsport First
1955-56 Baltimore Olive Branch Baltimore
1956-61 Student Christian Fellowship, University of North Dakota University
1961-63 McKinley Foundation, Champaign IL
1963 Westminster Foundation, Bloomington IN

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SPRINGMAN, HAROLD FREDERICK

Born: 5-6-1906 Lycoming County PA married: Laura Elizabeth Newcomer
Died: 4-24-1992 obit: 1995,455

1928 license, recommended by Heilman's
1930 ordained deacon
1932 ordained elder

Interment: Twin Hills Memorial Par, Muncy PA
Obit: 1992,485

1928 East Point (Jun – Sep)
1928-31 Ransom
1931-33 Hummels Wharf
1933-39 Newport
1939-46 Cumberland
1946-53 Williamsport circuit
1953-71 West Milton

1971 retired

Note: Harold F. Springman is a brother to Ralph E. Springman, and an uncle to Thomas R. Springman.

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SPRINGMAN, RALPH EDWIN

Born: 12-19-1917 Lycoming County PA married: Bertie Mae Florence
Died: 5-26-2002 obit: 1994,486

1941 license, recommended by Montoursville Bethel
? ordained deacon
1945 ordained elder

Interment: Juniata Memorial Park Cemetery, Lewistown PA
Obit: 2003,389

1941-43 Lewisberry
1943-55 McClure
1955-59 Williamsport Trinity
1959-65 New Kingstown

1965-83 Lewistown Trinity

1983 retired

1992 Royalton (Jan - Jun)

Note: Ralph E. Springman is a brother to Harold F. Springman, and an uncle to Thomas R. Springman.

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SPRINGMAN, THOMAS ROBERT

Born: 4-12-1931 Montoursville PA married: Irma Williams
Died: obit:

1952 license, recommended by Montoursville Bethel
1957 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit: 2005,459

1953-56 Blanchester circuit
1956-57 Christianburg Congregational Christian Church, Christianburg OH
1957-59 Lycoming
1959-66 Bloomsburg Good Shepherd
1966-71 State College St. John’s

1971-78 Carlisle First

1978-84 superintendent, York District

1984-95 Camp Hill

1995 retired

1998-00 Harrisburg Second United Church of Chirst

2000-03 Harrisburg Stevens Memorial

Note: Tomas R. Springman is a nephew to Harold F. Springman and Ralph E. Springman.

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STABLER, LESTER LEROY

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1933 license
ordained deacon
ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1935-38 Scranton
1938-39 White Deer

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STABLER, RAYMOND CHARLES

Born: 10-12-1907 Lycoming County married: Elsie E. Niebel
Died: obit:

? license,New York Conference
1929 ordained deacon
1931 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1927-34 Liberty

1934- Warrensville

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STAHL, MURRAY WILLIAM

Born: 11-21-1881 Snyder County PA married: Mary Caroline Haas
Died: 2-15-1931 York PA obit: 1965,107

1903 license, recommended by Shreiners
1907 ordained deacon
1909 ordained elder

Interment: Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg PA
Obit: 1931,77

1905-06 Dillsburg circuit
1906-07 South Williamsport
1907-10 Keystone
1910-14 Craleyville
1914-19 Newport
1919-26 Glen Rock
1926-30 Mifflinburg
1930-31 York Bethlehem

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STAHLEY, ANDREW

Born: 10-3-1821 married: Charlotte Vogt
Died: 10-5-1911 obit:

married2: Sarah Long [11/23/1852]

1848 license obit2:

1852 ordained deacon, Pittsburgh Conference married3: Ceres Oakes [6/22/1875]
? ordained elder obit3:

Interment: Forreston IL
Obit: [Illinois Conference UE 1922,10]

1850-51 Buffalo
1851-52 Warren
1852 charter member of Pittsburg Conference

1886 transfer to Illinois Conference

Note: An extended biographical sketch of Abdrew Stahly is given in the 1899 Biographical Record of Ogle County, Illinois, pages 204-206. The second Mrs. Stahley is the daughter of the noted Joseph Long (1800-1869), bishop of the Evangelical Association 1843-1869.

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STAMBACH, ELIAS

Born: 6-6-1817 married:
Died: 7-14-1890 Aaronsburg PA obit:

1844 license
1846 ordained deacon
1849 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit: 1891,43 [STAMBAUGH]

1844-45 Bedford
1845-46 Center
1846-48 York
1848-49 Center
1849-50 Clinton
1850-52 Lycoming
1852-54 Union
1854-56 Clinton
1856-58 Baltimore Green Street
1858-60 Center
1860-62 York circuit
1862-64 Dover Mission
1864-67 Port Trevorton
1867-69 Center
1869-71 Middle Creek
1871-72 Center
1872-74 Sugar Valley
1874 retired

Note: Elias Stambach is the son of John Stambach

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STAMBACH, JOHN

Born: 11-10-1793 married: Elizabeth Walter
Died: 9-23-1828 Snyder County PA obit: [1792 – 11/7/1866]

1813 license

? ordained deacon

1817 ordained elder

Interment: Salem Evangelical Cemetery, south of Penns Creek PA
Obit:

1813-14 Northumberland

1814-15 York

1815-16 Union circuit

1816-17 Centre

1817-18 Somerset

1818-19 Union circuit

1819-20 Centre

1820 located

Note: John Stambach is the father of Elias Stambach. Mrs. Stambach is a sister to John Walter Jr. and Michael Walter. The Snyder County home of their father, John Walter Sr., near Middleburg, was one of the first Evangelical preaching places west of the Susquehanna – and it was also visited by the United Brethren circuit rider Christian Newcomer.

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STAPLETON, AMMON

Born: 1-15-1850 Oley PA married: Sarah Crandall
Died: 9-18-1916 Williamsport PA obit: 1939,86

1871 license
1875 ordained deacon
1877 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit: 1917,72

1872-73 Center Hall
1873-74 Liberty
1874-75 Conewago
1875-77 Newport
1877-78 located
1878-79 Canton
1879-82 East Liberty
1882-83 Lycoming
1883-85 Seneca
1885-86 Williamsport Market Street
1886-89 York King Street
1889-92 Hagerstown
1892-93 Hughesville
1893-95 Berwick
1895-99 superintendent, Centre District
1899-03 superintendent, Carlisle District
1903-07 Wrightsville
1907-10 York St. Paul
1910-14 Jersey Shore
1914-16 Williamsport St. Paul

Note: Ammon Stapleton is the author of the 1900 Annals of the Evangelical Association and the 1908 Flashlights on Evangelical History.

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STARR, ROBERT SPENCER

Born: 11-15-1880 Sonestown PA married: Jennie Mae Simmons
Died: 12-16-1929 Middleburg PA obit: [b. 3/15/1883]

1909 license, recommended by Sonestown
1911 ordained deacon
1913 ordained elder

Interment: Lewisburg PA
Obit: 1930,83

1909-11 Grayville, Illinois Conference
1911-12 Unityville
1912-15 Dushore
1915-20 Winfield
1920-24 Berwick St. Paul
1924-28 Baltimore Memorial
1928-29 Middleburg

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STAYMAN, S.W.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1869 license

Interment:
Obit:

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STEELY, REED OSCAR

Born: 4-12-1892 near McClure PA married: Emma Belle Yeagle
Died: 8-28-1978 obit: 1928,95

married2: Eleanor Gettig

1920 license, recommended by Williamsport First obit2: 1978,269
1923 ordained deacon
1925 ordained elder

Interment: Williamsport PA
Obit: 1979,336

1921-28 Bellefonte
1928-32 Milton
1932-39 Lemoyne
1939-46 Berwick Bower Memorial
1946-51 superintendent, Lewisburg District
1951-66 superintendent, Northern District

1966 retired

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STETLER, ROY HERBEN JR.

Born: 10-5-1914 married:
Died: 1-10-2007 obit:

1937 license, recommended by Harrisburg Harris Street

? ordained deacon
1942 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit: Baltimore-Washington Conference 2007,?

1939-45 Yorkanna
1945-70 Cheverly
1970 transfer by boundary change to Baltimore Conference

1970-80 Cheverly

1980 retired

Note: Roy H. Stetler Jr is the son of Mr. Roy H. Stetler Sr (1890 – 1984), noted publisher for the United Evangelical and Evangelical and Evangelical United Brethren denominations in Harrisburg PA from 1911 to his retirement in 1958. A biographical sketch of Roy H. Stetler Sr is given in the 1974 Encyclopedia of World Methodism.

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STITELER, W.W.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1897 license

Interment:
Obit:

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STOCK, DOOR WILLIAM

Born: 9-11-1897 Wayland NY married: Mary V. Kesecker
Died: 5-9-1991 obit: 2008,431

1920 license, recommended by Wayland NY
1927 ordained deacon
1930 ordained elder

Interment: Glendale Cemetery, Middleburg PA
Obit: 1991,492

1922-24 Berkeley Springs
1924-27 Dushore
1927-30 Windsor
1930-34 Hughesville
1934-40 Liberty
1940-45 West Milton
1945-50 Middleburg
1950-64 Glen Rock

1964 retired

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STOKE, HARRY A.

Born: 9-3-1842 Bendersville PA married: Catharine Kough
Died: 8-26-1915 York PA obit: 1927,89

1864 license
1866 ordained deacon
1868 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit: 1916,74

1865-66 Middle Creek
1866-68 Montour
1868-70 Danville
1870-72 Jarrettsville
1872-74 located
1874-76 Leesburg
1876-78 Carlisle
1878-79 Bendersville
1879-81 East Prospect
1881-83 Milton
1883-86 Grover
1886-88 Tunkhannock
1888-91 Danville
1891-93 Ransom
1893-95 Hughesville
1895-98 White Deer
1898-99 Hagerstown
1899-01 Shrewsbury
1901-03 Yorkanna
1903-05 Hebbville
1905-08 Bryansville
1908-10 Craleyville
1910-12 Wellsville
1912 retired

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STOVER, GUY R.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1896 license
1901 ordained deacon
ordained elder

Interment:
Obit: Oregon-Washington Conference 1943,65

1899-01 Good Will
1901-03 located
1903 transfer to Des Moines Conference
transfer to Oregon Conference

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STOVER, H.C.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1896 license
1900 ordained deacon
ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1899-00 Scranton and Sibley
1900-02 York Grace
1902 transfer to Oregon Conference
“transfer” to Congregational Church

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STOVER, IRA EUGENE DUBS

Born: 2-13-1882 Madisonburg PA married: Sara A. Sherwood
Died: obit:

1914 license, recommended by Berwick Bower Memorial
1916 ordained deacon
1918 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1914-16 Bellwood
1916-20 Altoona
1920-25 Nescopeck
1925-27 Baltimore Trinity
1927-30 York St. Paul
1930 surrendered his license and withdrew from the Church

Note: I.E.D. Stover is the son of William H. Stover.

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STOVER, JOHN D.

Born: 1851 near Booneville PA married: Pauline Elizabeth Overdorf
Died: 11-25-1918 obit: 1935,85

1875 license
1881 ordained deacon
1886 ordained elder

Interment: Booneville PA
Obit: 1919,73

1878-79 Center
1879-84 located
1884-87 East Liberty
1887-90 Port Trevorton
1890-93 Middleburg
1893-95 Hanover
1895-97 Lock Haven circuit
1897-00 Lycoming
1900-04 Loganville
1904-06 Port Trevorton
1906-10 Buffalo circuit
1910-11 Espy
1911 located

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STOVER, WILLIAM HARRISON.

Born: 4-4-1843 Booneville PA married: Mary Elizabeth Greninger
Died: 8-15-1921 Jersey Shore PA obit: [1848 – 10/9/1925]

1869 license
1872 ordained deacon
1875 ordained elder

Interment: Jersey Shore
Obit: 1922,73

1870-72 Boalsburg
1872-73 located
1873-74 Marysville
1874-75 Center
1875-77 located
1877-79 Center Hall
1879-82 Brush Valley
1882-84 McClure
1884-87 Middleburg
1887-88 New Berlin
1888-91 Center
1891-94 Lycoming
1894-96 East Point
1896-99 Brush Valley
1899-01 Dushore
1901-02 Zion’s Grove
1902-06 Espy
1906-07 Sonestown
1907-10 Salladasburg
1910-12 Yorkana
1912-14 Loganville
1914 retired

Note William H. Stover is the father of I.E.D. Stover

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STRINE, D.M.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1877 license
1884 ordained deacon

Interment:
Obit:

1900 withdrew

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STROHM, SAMUEL

Born: married:
Died: obit:

? license
1843 ordained deacon

Interment:
Obit:

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STROUP, C.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1877 license
ordained deacon
ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

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STROUP, CHARLES

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1871 license
1884 ordained deacon

Interment:
Obit:

1871 Jersey Shore circuit
located

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STRUNK, R.W.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1900 license
1902 ordained deacon

Interment:
Obit:

1900-01 Scranton and Sibley
1901-03 Mt. Holly Springs
1903 surrendered his license and withdrew from the Church

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SUNDAY, A.

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1897 license
ordained deacon
ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

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SUTTEM, ABRAHAM

Born: married:
Died: obit:

1873 license

Interment:
Obit:

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SUTTEN, D.L.

Born: married:
Died: 1867 obit:

? license

Interment:
Obit:

1857 Gettysburg
located

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SWARTZ, J

Born: married:
Died: obit:

license
1870 ordained deacon
ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

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SWENGEL, AMON WILMER

Born: 7-27-1858 married: Sara Elizabeth LaRue
Died: 10-20-1945 obit: [5/26/1863 – 11/9/1938]

1881 license
1883 ordained deacon
1886 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1881-82 Nittany Valley
1882-83 Jersey Shore circuit
1883-85 Highlands Mission
1885-86 located
1886-89 Dillsburg
1889-90 Bloomsburg
1890-93 Carlisle
1893 withdrew from the Church

Note: A.W. Swengel is a brother to Edwin Swengel, John G.M. Swengel and Uriah F. Swengel. The 1994 book Threads of Time by Jean Swengel gives family information, including the statement that the Swengels are descended (with a corruption of the surname) from Ulrich Zwingli.

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SWENGEL, EDWIN

Born: 7-23-1848 married: Mary Martha Diehl
Died: 7-24-1927 obit:

married 2: Sarah J. _____

1870 license obit2:
1874 ordained deacon
1876 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit:

1871-72 Columbia
1872-73 located
1873-74 Center
1874-75 Prospect
1875-77 Conewago
1877-78 York King Street
1878-80 Cumberland
1880-83 Seneca Falls
1883-85 Lewisburg
1885-87 Newport and Patterson
1887-90 Lock Haven
1890 located
1898-1900 Warren Evangelical, Warren PA

1905 Salem Christian, Beaver Falls NY

1920 living in Union County PA

Note: Edwin Swengel is a brother to A.W. Swengel, John G.M. Swengel and Uriah F. Swengel. The 1994 book Threads of Time by Jean Swengel gives family information, including the statement that the Swengels are descended (with a corruption of the surname) from Ulrich Zwingli.

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SWENGEL, JOHN GEORGE MILLER

Born: 10-3-1840 Paxtonville PA married: Jemima Dunkel
Died: 2-5-1923 obit: [d. 1895]

married2: S. Lizzie Kistler

1864 license obit2: 1945,456
1866 ordained deacon
1868 ordained elder

Interment:
Obit: East Pennsylvania EA 1923,53

1864-65 Cherry
1865-66 Buffalo
1866-67 Luzerne
1867-68 Lycoming
1868-70 Carlisle
1870-72 Cumberland
1872-75 Shrewsbury
1875-77 Lewisburg
1877-79 Lycoming
1879-80 Port Trevorton
1880-84 Sugar Valley
1884-85 Jersey Shore
1885-86 Lock Haven circuit
1886-88 Center circuit
1888-89 located
1889-92 McClure circuit
1892-94 New Berlin
1894-95 Howard
1895-96 Shenandoah, East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association
1896 transferred to East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association

Williamstown

Lebanon

Bethlehem

Terre Hill

Allentown Zion

Catasaqua

1917 retired

Note: John G.M. Swengel is a brother to A.W. Swengel, Edwin Swengel and Uriah F. Swengel. He is the father of Carrie Swengel Gift, wife of Rev. Foster Ulysses Gift (b. 1871) of the Lutheran Church. The 1994 book Threads of Time by Jean Swengel gives family information, including the statement that the Swengels are descended (with a corruption of the surname) from Ulrich Zwingli.

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SWENGEL, URIAH FRANTZ

Born: 10-28-1846 near Middleburg PA married: Bertha Luella Buck
Died: 3-8-1921 obit: 1943,86

1867 license
1869 ordained deacon
1871 ordained elder

Interment: Prospect Hill Cemetery, York PA
Obit: 1922,71

1867-68 Wyoming
1868-69 Columbia
1869-70 Perry
1870-71 Big Spring
1871-74 York King Street
1874-77 Lock Haven
1877-80 Seneca Falls
1880-84 superintendent, Juniata District
1884-88 assistant editor, Sunday School Literature at Cleveland OH
1888-91 Baltimore Memorial
1891-94 York King Street
1894-98 Baltimore Memorial
1898-99 York King Street
1899-03 superintendent, York District
1903-07 superintendent, Lewisburg District
1907-10 Lewistown
1910-19 Bishop
1919-20 Mt. Holly Springs
1920 retired

Note: Uriah F. Swengel is a brother to A.W. Swengel, Edwin Swengel and John G.M. Swengel. Mrs. Swengel is the daughter of S.T. Buck. The 1994 book Threads of Time by Jean Swengel gives family information, including the statement that the Swengels are descended (with a corruption of the surname) from Ulrich Zwingli.