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ABRAM, HARRY EMERSON

Born: 2-7-1930 Hastings PA married: Ruth Alice Thompson

Died: obit:

1954 admitted on trial

1955 ordained deacon

Interment:

Obit:

1953-56 student, Garrett Biblical Institute in Evanston IL

1953-56 youth minister, Wilmette IL Baptist Church

1956-58 M2 missionary to Latin America

1958-67 missionary to Malaya

1967 transfer to Southeastern Asia Conference

1968 transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1968-71 Wayne

1971-83 Willistown Township

1983-97 Havertown Trinity

1997 retired

Note: H. Emerson Abram retired to the United Methodist Home in Lewisburg PA.

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ADAMS, FURMAN

Born: 9-3-1849 Mt. Horeb NJ married: Sarah Elizabeth VanNess

Died: 11-19-1905 Montoursville PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1923,137

? quarterly conference license, Mt. Horeb NJ

1874 admitted on trial, recommended by Carlisle Emory

Interment: Montoursville Cemetery

Obit: 1906, 112

1874-77 Mercersburg

1877-79 Lumber City

1879-82 Glen Hope

1882-84 Penn’s Valley

1884-87 Port Royal

1887-88 Manor Hill

1888-93 Cassville

1893-97 Stewartstown

1897-99 Newport

1899-04 Ralston

1904 retired

Note: Furman Adams is the father of Katherine Adams Roher, wife of Frank W. Roher.

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ADAMS, JOSEPH VERNON

Born: 4-13-1874 Clearville PA spouse: Nettie S. Brengle

Died: 2-20-1945 Muncy PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1944,243

married2: Mrs. Laura Probst Bierly

1898 admitted on trial, recommended by Bedford obit2: 1971,371

Interment: Kohr-Adams mausoleum in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, New Cumberland PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1945, 215

1897-98 Tatesville

1898-99 Belleville

1899-00 Pleasant Gap

1900-03 Blackwell

1903-06 McConnellsburg

1906-11 Newport

1911-13 Hanover

1913-16 New Cumberland

1916-18 Milton

1918-20 Williamsport Grace

1920-24 Altoona Grace

1924-27 Curwensville

1927-28 Harrisburg Trinity28

1928-32 Williamsport Third Street

1932-33 Clearfield West Side

1933-35 York Ridge Avenue

1935-43 Renovo (ending 12/1/43)

1943-45 Muncy (starting 12/1/43)

Note: The manuscript “Horse and Buggy Days” of Joseph V. Adams was printed in the 1994 volume of The Chronicle, pages 3-52.

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ADAMS, MAE

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1928-29 Harrisonville (beginning January 1929)

Note: Mae Adams served as a local pastor. She is otherwise unknown.

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ADAMS, ROBERT BRUCE

Born: 9-14-1939 Altoona PA married: Donna M. Wicker

Died: obit:

1963 license, recommended by Altoona Eighth Avenue

1964 admitted on trial

1964 ordained deacon

1967 ordained elder

1960-61 Lemont

1961-63 Ramey

1963-67 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1963-67 Whitesville, Northern New Jersey Conference

1967-74 Reedsville

1974-75 on leave

1975 withdrew, page 112

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AGUE, GEORGE B.

Born: 5-3-1848 Hubbard OH married: Margaretta Susan Loy

Died: 3-27-1922 Bellwood PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1927,528

? quarterly conference license, Grahamton circuit

1874 admitted on trial, recommended by Grahamton

Interment: Logan Valley Cemetery, Bellwood PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1923, 129

1874-75 Snow Shoe

1875-76 Osceola

1876-78 Loyalsock

1878-81 New Washington

1881-82 Clearfield circuit

1882-83 Port Matilda

1883-84 Pine Grove

1884-96 on leave, ill health

1896 retired

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AHO, ROBERT D.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1968 license

Interment:

Obit:

1967-70 Manor Hill

1970 no longer listed

Note: Robert D. Aho served as a local pastor while attending Lock Haven University and planning to go on to seminary. He was from Conneautville PA and appears to have returned to that area as a pastor, but not in the United Methodist Church.

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AKE, FRANK WORTH

Birth: 2-20-1910 Altoona PA married: Helen Eichelberger

Death: 6-19-1987 Lewisburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 2010, 160

1931 license, recommended by Williamsport Pine Street

1946 admitted on trial

1946 ordained deacon

1948 ordained elder

Interment: Rolling Green Cemetery, Camp Hill PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1988, 400

1944-47 Hampton NJ, Northern New Jersey Conference

1947-50 Avis

1950-53 Woolrich

1953-57 Lewisburg Beaver Memorial

1957-66 Williamsport Pine Street

1966-75 Bloomsburg Wesley

Note: Frank Worth Ake is the son of J. Howard Ake. He is listed in the Prominent Personalities in American Methodism, 1947.

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AKE, JAMES HOWARD

Born: 4-16-1874 Williamsburg PA married: Martha Daisy O’Connor

Died: 1-28-1952 Berwick PA obit: died from childbirth 2-25-1910

married2: Olive Cecelia Cortright

1899 license, recommended by Williamsburg obit2: 1971, 372

1903 admitted on trial

Interment: Pine Grove Cemetery, Berwick

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1952, 197

1900-01 Wagner

1903-09 Mapleton-Mill Creek

1909-10 East Altoona

1910-16 Berwick First

1916-21 Chambersburg

1921-25 Harrisburg Stevens Memorial

1925-31 superintendent, Harrisburg District

1931-34 Sunbury St. John’s

1934-42 Williamsport Pine Street

1942-46 Harrisburg Camp Curtin

1946 retired

Note: J. Howard Ake is the father of Frank Worth Ake. Some biographical information appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 38.

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AKE, MERRILL H.

Born: married:

Died: 9-15-1921 Altoona PA obit:

1907 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1907-09 Karthaus

1909-11 Port Matilda

1911-12 no appointment

1912 withdrew under complaints

Note: Merrill H. Ake is not a close relative of the other ministerial Akes. He may be the Merrill Howard Ake who was rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Berwick in 1919.

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AKERS, JESSE R.

Born: 9-26-1844 Bedford County PA married: Clara Ashcome

Died: 12-7-1904 Everett PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1924,127

1869 admitted on trial

Interment: Everett Cemetery, Everett PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1905, 113

1868-69 Schellsburg

1869-71 Saxton

1871-72 Thompsontown

1872-75 Freedom

1875-77 Huntingdon

1877-78 West Huntingdon

1878 transfer to Minnesota Conference

1878-79 ?

1879 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1879-91 on leave

1891 retired

Note: Jesse Akers is a third cousin of J. Milton Akers and J. Benson Akers. Until 8 months before his death, he apparently lived in Iron River MI.

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AKERS, JOHN MILTON

Born: 2-12-1836 Fulton County PA married: Millie E. Ellis

Died: 2-3-1889 Minnesota obit: Northern Minnesota 1918, 216

1861 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference: recommended by York Springs circuit

Interment:

Obit: Minnesota Conference 1889, 70

1861-62 Pleasant Grove

1862-63 Clinton

1863-64 Orangeville

1864-65 Sunbury

1865-66 Laporte

1866-67 Elysburg

1867-68 Newport

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-71 on leave

1871 transfer to Minnesota Conference

Note: J. Milton Akers is a brother of J. Benson Akers. They are third cousins of Jesse Akers.

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AKERS, JOSEPH BENSON

Born: 2-3-1829 Akersville PA married: Henrietta Gallagher

Died: 10-27-1889 Bellwood obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1873, 74

married2: Lydia A. Gibbony

obit2: 1916,129

? quarterly conference license, Castle Fin circuit

1858 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference , recommended by Carlisle Emory

1860 ordained deacon, East Baltimore Conference

1862 ordained elder, East Baltimore Conference

Interment: Bellwood Cemetery

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1890, 78

1858-60 Shrewsbury

1860-62 York Springs

1862-63 Catawissa

1863-65 Sharpsburg & Clear Springs

1865-67 Mercersburg

1867-68 Liberty

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69 Liberty

1869-70 Freedom

1870-71 Port Matilda

1871-72 president, Catawissa Seminary

1872-74 White Haven

1874-77 Hyner’s Run

1877-80 Howard

1880-82 Penn’s Valley

1882-85 Glen Hope

1885-87 Logan Valley

1887-89 Shrewsbury

1889 on leave

Note: J. Benson Akers is a brother of J. Milton Akers. They are third cousins of Jesse Akers.

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ALBERTS, WILLIAM EDWARD

Born: married: Doris _____

Died: obit:

1952 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1949-51 Trout Run

1951-52 Clearville

1952-60 at school

1960 transfer to New England Conference

1960-64 Somerville First

1964-65 Salem Lafayette Street

1965-70 Boston Old West

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ALBERTSON, ALBERT O.

Born: 4-28-1884 Freylinghuysen Township NJ married: Anna M. _____

Died: 7-?-1962 NJ obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1910-11 student, Dickinson College

1910-12 Newville

Note: Dickinson College records home town and subsequent residence of Albert O. Albertson as Hope NJ. He is otherwise unknown. He appears to have completed the 3/1911 to 3/1912 appointment at Newville, even though he graduated from Dickinson 6/1911.

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ALBERTSON, ADEN BYRON

Born: 10-24-1887 Rossford OH married: Margaret Lola Finlay [6/27/1922]

Died: 7-11-1984 obit: [b. 12/?/1891 – 4/23/1970]

married2: Doris _____

obit2:

Interment:

Obit: West Ohio Conference 1985, ?

1913-14 Excelsior

1914-16 student, Dickinson College

1915-16 Littlestown

1916-18 student, Ohio Wesleyan University

Note: A. Byron Albertson is a non-graduate of the Dickinson class of 1918. He is the author of the book In memory's Lane, or the life story of Alonzo Baldwin Albertson and Rhoda Anne Moore Albertson.

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ALBERTSON, I.W.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1919-21 Orangeville & Rohrsburg

Note: I.W. Albertson served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.

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ALBERTSON, OLIVER HERMAN

Born: 11-21-1867 married: Oriola Jennison Latteer

Died: 9-28-1949 obit: Nebraska 1933,384

1894 ordained deacon, recommended by Harveyville

1895 admitted on trial, recommended by Harveyville

Interment:

Obit: Nebraska Conference 1950, 414

1895-97 Washingtonville

1897-99 Benton

1899-02 Irish Valley

1902-03 Beach Haven

1903-04 Harveyville

1904-05 Medix

1905-08 Rouservile

1908 transfer to Nebraska Conference

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ALBRIGHT, NEIL ROY

Born: 11-10-1934 Philipsburg PA married: Barbara Ann Phennicie

Died: obit:

1953 license, recommended by Madera

1957 admitted on trial

1957 ordained deacon

1959 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1953-54 Hopewell (beginning 9/1/53)

1954-56 Fairbrook

1956-58 Frankstown Parish

1958-61 Saxton-Coalmont

1961-65 Mercersburg

1965-70 Mifflintown

1970-80 Altoona Pleasant Valley Parish

1980-81 sabbatical leave

1981-86 Phillipsburg Grace

1986-93 Tyrone Christ

1993-94 Tyrone Christ & chaplain, Epworth Manor

1994 retired

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ALBRITTON, JOSIAH L.

Born: 1848 Kentucky married:

Died: obit:

? admitted on trial, Kentucky Conference MES

Interment:

Obit:

1882 transfer to Central Ohio Conference

1882-83 Lima South

1883-86 Toledo St. John’s

1886-90 Bellefontaine

1890-94 Fremont

1894-96 superintendent, Toledo District

1896-97 superintendent, Findlay District

1897-98 suspended for one year

1898 transfer out to Montana Conference

1898-99 (appears to have no assignment this year)

1899 transfer in to Montana Conference

1899-01 Butte Mountain View

1901-02 Salt Lake City First (until Aug 1902, Utah Mission Conference)

1902-03 Williamsport Grace (from Aug 1902, Central Pennsylvania Conference)

1903 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1903-04 Williamsport Grace

1904-06 Lewisburg Beaver Memorial

1906 transfer to Illinois Conference (April/September)

1906 transfer to Austin Conference (September/December)

1906-07 Dallas Tabernacle

Note: Rev Josiah L. Albritton is mentioned briefly in Edward Laird Mills’ 1947 Plains, Peaks and Pioneers: Eighty Years of Methodism in Montana, page 58. In August 1902 two pastors exchanged positions across conference line: I.N. Morehead from Williamsport Grace to Salt Lake City First, and J.L. Albritton in return – undoubtedly as arranged by the superintendent of all the work in the Utah Mission appointments at that time, J.L. Leilich of the Central Pennsylvania Conference.

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ALFORD, REGINALD LLIAS

Born: 7-20-1927 Lake Placid NY married

Died: obit

1950 license

1953 admitted on trial

1953 ordained deacon

1955 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1952-55 Harrisonville (ending 8/10/55)

1955-58 Catawissa (beginning 8/10/55)

1958 transfer to North Indiana Conference

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ALLEN, EDWARD E.

Born: 8-15-1804 Accomac County VA married:

Died: 5-28-1872 Shrewsbury PA obit:

1827 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

ordained deacon

ordained elder

Interment: Baltimore MD

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1873, 71

1827-28 Bellefonte

1828-29 Lycoming

1829-30 Shamokin

1830-31 Concord

1831-32 Huntingdon

1832-33 Stafford

1833-34 Fredericksburg

1834-35 St. Mary’s

1835-37 Severn

1837-38 Fort Littleton

1838-39 Licking Creek

1839-41 Bedford

1841-43 Cumberland

1843-44 Hollidaysburg

1844-45 Patapsco

1845-47 Baltimore City Mission

1847-53 Baltimore Sailor’s Bethel

1853-57 on leave

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-58 on leave

1858-60 Jersey Shore

1860-62 Great Island

1862-63 Hereford

1863-65 Liberty

1865-66 on leave

1866 retired

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

Note: A biographical sketch of Edward E. Allen appears in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 327.

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ALLEN, ROBERT JOHN

Born: 4-20-1869 Stockton PA married: Bertha Huff

Died: 12-15-1963 Harrisburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1936, 198

1897 admitted on trial

Interment: Hazleton, Penna.

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1964, 354

1897-98 Washingtonville

1898-99 Waller

1899-01 Silver Brook

1901-04 Riverside

1904-07 Freeland

1907-11 Picture Rocks

1911-14 Lock Haven East Main Street

1914-16 Woolrich

1916-20 Everett

1920-25 Juniata First

1925-29 Tyrone First

1929-35 Waynesboro

1935-40 Berwick First

1940-42 Mechanicsburg

1942 retired

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ALLEN, WILLIAM HENRY

Born: 4-5-1878 Dauphin PA married: [never married]

Died: 9-20-1914 Williamstown PA obit:

1897 license, recommended by Williamstown

1905 admitted on trial, recommended by Waterville

Interment: Williamstown PA.

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1915, 116

1904-06 Waterville

1906-07 Cameron

1907-09 Emporium

1909-11 Blackwell

1911-14 Mercersburg

1914 on leave

Note: Some biographical information on William H. Allen appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 52.

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ALLER, ELLSWORTH McCLELLAN

Born: 7-6-1863 near Knobsville PA married: Mary Ann Peffer

Died: 8-30-1948 Berwick PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1940, 180

1887 admitted on trial, recommended by Loudon

Interment: St. John’s Cemetery, Shiremanstown PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1949, 192

1886-88 Fort Loudon circuit

1888-91 Fairview-Marysville

1891-93 Greencastle

1893-98 Newville-Rehoboth

1898-01 Hopewell

1901-04 Warriors Mark

1904-08 Howard

1908-10 Barnesboro

1910-12 Duncannon

1912-15 Mount Holly

1915-18 Dillsburg-Wellsville

1918-22 Enola

1922-25 Nescopeck

1925-28 Flemington

1928 retired

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ALLISON, JOHN S. JR.

Born: 8-20-1883 Mount Forest, Ontario Canada married: Clara M. Thompson

Died: 8-10-1968 Washington PA obit: Pittsburgh Conference 1957, 597

1906 admitted on trial, Pittsburgh Conference

1909 ordained deacon, Pittsburgh Conference

1911 ordained elder, Pittsburgh Conference

Interment:

Obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1969, 316

1904-05 student, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary

1904-05 Elimsport & Maple Hill

1905-07 student, Washington & Jefferson College in Washington PA

1905-07 Houston & Meadow Lands

1907-12 Bentleyville

1912-15 Dravosburg

1915-21 McKees Rocks

1921-26 Pittsburgh North Avenue

1926-31 Crafton

1931-36 New Kensington

1936-51 Washington First

1951-56 Aspinwall

1956 retired

1956-62 Pittsburgh Rock Bend

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AMOS, JOHN EDWIN

Born: 4-12-1838 married: Lucy V. Amos

Died: 1925 obit: d. 1908

married2: Mary Lindsley Sledge

1859 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conferenceobit2:

1861 ordained deacon, East Baltimore Conference

1864 ordained elder, East Baltimore Conference

Interment:

Obit: Baltimore Conference 1926, 242

1859-60 Middletown

1860-61 Hancock

1861-62 Baltimore High Street

1862-63 suspended

1863-64 Baltimore Caroline Street

1864-66 Hampstead

1866-68 Westminster

1868 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1868-70 North Baltimore station

1872-71 Baltimore Strawbridge

1872-74 Hagerstown

1874-75 Washington DC Fourth Street

1875-77 Annapolis

1877-80 Martinsburg

1880-81 Jackson Square

1881-84 Woodberry

1884-85 Baltimore Wesley Chapel

1885-91 superintendent, West Baltimore District

1891-92 Dumbarton

1892-94 Canton

1894 transfer to Wilmington Conference

1897 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1897-98 Bloomington

1898-99 Savage & Guilford

1899-01 Harford

1901-04 North Capitol

1904-06 Reisterstown

1906-09 Falls Church

1909 retired

Note: The maiden surname of Mrs. Amos was also Amos, but they were unrelated.

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AMUNDSEN, ANTON JOHANNES

Born: 3-31-1891 Talvik Norway married: Jenny Aminda Hansen

Died: 6-22-1975 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1963,336

1920 admitted on trial, Norwegian Danish Conference

Interment: Nelson PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1976, 143

1919-21 Kenosha WI

1921-23 Chicago Bethany IL

1923-27 Hillsboro ND

1927-28 Virginia MN

1928-32 Duluth MN

1932-35 Forest City IA

1935-36 Manister MI

1936-39 Cambridge WI

1939-40 Corning Bethany and South (Genesee Conference)

1940 transfer to Genesee Conference

1940-77 Corning Bethany and South

1947-51 Cuba-Hinsdale

1951-56 Scio

1956-58 Silver Springs

1958 retired

1958-62 Nelson-Tompkins

1962 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1962-64 Nelson

1964 retired

Note: Rev. Amundsen is the father of Ann A. Palmer. After his (second) retirement in 1964 he was no longer a pastor in charge, but he continued to serve individual congregations on multi-point charges (Millerton 1965-66, East Smithfield 1966-67, and maybe others).

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ANDERSON, BLAKE CHARLES

Born: 4-28-1919 Hollidaysburg PA married: Marguerite M. Love

Died: 11-02-1999 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 2010, 161

1956 license, recommended by Altoona Broad Avenue

1960 license

1965 ordained

1969 admitted as associate member

Interment: Blair Memorial Cemetery, Bellwood PA

Obit: [2000, 334]

1960-64 Schellsburg

1964-69 Lock Haven East Main Street

1969-77 Laurelton Lincoln Chapel

1977-82 Martinsburg

1982-85 Mifflinburg St. Paul’s

1985 retired

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ANDERSON, JOHN H.

Born: 12-24-1803 Frederick County MD married:

Died: 9-10-1867 Sunbury PA obit:

1834 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment:

Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1868, 48

1834-35 Patapsco

1835-36 Sunbury

1836-37 Phillipsburg

1837-38 Clearfield

1838-39 Stafford

1839-40 Harford

1840 transfer to Missouri Conference

1840-41 Potosi

1841-43 Warrenton

1843-44 Lexington

1844-46 Arrow Rock

1846-47 *

1847-48 Carrolton, under Illinois Conference MEC

1848-49 Greenfield, “

1849-50 Pittsfield, “

1850-51 Perry, “

1851-52 Warsaw, “

1852-53 St. Louis Hedding, under Missouri Conference MEC

1853-54 (in transition)

1854 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1854-56 Castle Fin

1856-57 Gettysburg

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-58 Frederick

1858-59 Middletown & Jefferson

1859-61 Bellefonte

1861-62 Kishacoquillas

1862-64 McVeytown

1864-66 Manor Hill

1866-67 Sunbury

*When the Missouri Conference sided with the MEC South, John Anderson remained and worked under direction from the Illinois Conference until the MEC was able to re-establish a Missouri Conference..

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ANDERSON, JOSEPH FERGUSON

Born: 3-17-1849 Bedford PA married: Drusilla V. Tallhelm

Died: 1-5-1940 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1931, 197

? quarterly conference license, Woodland

1876 admitted on trial, recommended by Woodland

Interment: Altoona PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1940, 172

1876-77 Clearfield circuit

1877-78 Pine Creek circuit

1878-79 Duboistown

1879-82 Ralston

1882-84 Hughesville

1884-87 Dillsburg-Wellsville

1887-92 Woodland-Bradford

1892-96 Sinnemahoning

1896-00 Williamsport Fourth Street [Calvary]

1900-06 Altoona Simpson

1906-08 Patton

1906-11 Emporium

1911-16 Milton

1916-21 Bellwood

1921-25 Saxton

1925 retired

1926-32 Tipton

1932-33 Altoona Eighth Avenue

1933-34 Hollidaysburg First

Note: J.F. Anderson is the author of Methodist Dictionary: A Brief Work on Methodist Terminology, published by Eaton & Mains in 1909. Mrs. Anderson is the daughter of John F. Tallhelm of the Allegheny Conference of the United Brethren denomination.

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ANDES, WILLIAM OLIVER JR

Born: 10-18-1914 Nanticoke PA married: Annetta Semmer

Died: obit:

1966 license, recommended by Danville Trinity

1971 ordained deacon

Interment:

Obit:

1967 Audenreid-Janesville (summer)

1968-72 Buckhorn-Rupert

1972-82 Orangeville

1982 retired

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ANDREAS, J. FRED

Born: 2-25-1882 Conyngham PA married: Esther Belle Showalter

Died: 9-28-1956 Highspire PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1973, 381

1909 admitted on trial

Interment: Highspire Cemetery

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1957, 237

1908-09 Laurelton

1909-11 Jonestown

1911-13 Bloomingdale

1913-18 Town Hill

1918-22 Shrewsbury

1922-25 Milesburg-Unionville

1925-28 Hastings

1928-31 Weatherly

1931-34 Williamsport Market Street

1934-40 Enola

1940-42 Riverside

1942-47 Wrightsville

1947 retired

Note: J. Fred Andreas is the grandfather, through his daughter Helen Margaret, of Ken DeWalt, of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference.

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ANDUJAR, MANUEL

Born: 6-16-1856 married: Emma Clouser

Died: 9-?-1929 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1903, 114

married2: Lily Esther Kurzenknabe

1898 admitted on trial, rec by New Bloomfield obit: Puerto Rico Miss Conference 1955,70

Interment:

Obit: Puerto Rico Mission Conference 1929, 52

1898-99 Cassville

1899-00 Alum Bank

1900-01 New Millport

1901-14 missionary to Puerto Rico

1914 transfer to Puerto Rico Missionary Conference

Note: The second Mrs. Andujar is a daughter of Harrisburg songwriter J. H. Kurzenknabe. See Christian Advocate, October 6, 1904, p. 24.

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ANTES, WILLIAM M.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1867 quarterly conference license, Howard

Interment:

Obit:

1868-69 Laporte

1869-70 Leidy

1871-72 English Center

1872-73 Sinnemahoning

Note: William M. Antes apparently served as a local pastor.

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ARGOUE, L.L.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1949-50 Morris

Note: L.L. Arguoe served as a local pastor.

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ARMSTRONG, ROBERT LEIPER

Born: 5-22-1843 near Chambersburg PA married: Elizabeth Catharine Peffer

Died: 5-8-1905 Howard PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1927, 534

? quarterly conference license, Lexington KY

1873 admitted on trial, recommended by Chambersburg

Interment: Lock Haven

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1906, 107

1873-74 Shippensburg

1874-75 McConnellsburg

1875-77 Fort Littleton

1877-79 Bendersville

1879-81 Beach Haven

1881-83 Centralia

1883-86 Trevorton

1886-89 Airville

1889-91 Dillsburg-Wellsville

1891-94 Salladasburg

1894-95 Half Moon

1895-96 Woodland-Bradford

1896-99 Ralston

1899-02 Snydertown

1902-03 Reedsville

1903-05 Wallaceton

1905 retired

Note: Robert L Armstrong is the father of William L. Armstrong.

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ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM LANDSTREET

Born: 11-19-1875 Hustontown PA married: Mazie Trumbower Paris

Died: 5-20-1960 Orangeville PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1931,194

married2: Estelle White

1900 admitted on trial obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1955, 236

Interment: Williamsport PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1960, 241

1893-97 student, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary

1897 Ralston (Apr – Sept)

1897-00 student, Dickinson College

1898-99 Berrysburg, Philadelphia Conference

1900-02 Jeddo

1902-04 Town Hill

1904-06 Espy-Lime Ridge

1906-10 Warriors Mark

1910-12 Coalport-Irvona

1912-15 Muncy

1915-17 Shamokin Chestnut Street

1917-19 Hanover

1919-22 Montoursville

1922-28 Clearfield West Side

1928-30 Harrisburg Camp Curtin

1930-34 Chambersburg

1934-36 Sunbury St. John’s

1936-40 Emporium

1940-45 Altoona Eighth Avenue

1945-47 Espy-Light Street

1947 retired

1947-50 Audenreid

Note: William L. Armstrong is the son of Robert L. Armstrong.

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ARTHUR, KENNETH RAY

Born: 12-23-1936 Altoona PA married: Margaret Ainsworth

Died: obit:

1958 license

1959 admitted on trial, recommended by Altoona Grace

1960 ordained deacion

1961 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1957-59 Allenwood-Elimsport

1959-62 Orbisonia

1962-70 Watsontown

1970-71 assistant director, United Methodist Home for Children

1971-06 executive director, United Methodist Home for Children

2006 retired

Note: Rev. Arthur is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 34.

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ARTLEY, FRANKLIN LUTHER

Born: 4-16-1893 married: Grace Edna Hartman

Died: 10-1-1984 Bloomsburg PA obit: [3/17/1891 - ]

married2: Olive Elizabeth Ehmer

1914 admitted on trial obit:

Interment: Esther Furnace Church Cemetery, near Catawissa PA

Obit:

1913-16 Emporium Circuit (moved to Montandon during the 1915-16 year)

1916-18 Montandon

1918-23 Millville & Jerseytown

1923-27 Newport

1927-29 Mifflinburg

1929 withdrew to enter Presbyterian ministry

1929-37 Bayonne NJ

1937-61 Elmora Presbyterian Church, Elizabeth NJ

1961 retired to 534 Iron Street, Bloomsburg PA

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ASH, HAROLD GIRARD

Born: 8-3-1898 New Bloomfield PA married: Edna Mae Young

Died: 2-24-1988 State College PA obit: 2004, 358

1938 ordained by Baptist Church

1943 licensed, recommended by State College St. Paul’s

1944 admitted on trial

1962 ordained deacon

1964 ordained elder

Interment: Alto Reste Cemetery, Hollidaysburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1988, 402

1939-43 South Altoona Baptist Chapel

1943-46 Wallaceton (beginning 11/1/1943)

1948-52 Half Moon

1952-53 discontinued

1953-63 Vira (beginning 6/1/1953)

1963-67 Allenport

1967 retired

1967-75 Howard

Note: Harold G. Ash is the son of Henry K. Ash and the grandson of Henry M. Ash.

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ASH, HENRY KINGSLEY

Born: 7-18-1866 New Washington PA married: Nancy Loraine McCaulley

Died: 3-4-1940 Juniata PA obit:1957, 246

1892 admitted on trial

Interment: Grandview Cemetery, Juniata PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1940, 173

1892-93 Mountaindale

1893-94 Allegheny

1894-95 Gordon

1895-98 Burnt Cabins

1891-01 New Bloomfield

1901-04 Ennisville

1904-07 Three Springs

1907-10 Martinsburg

1910-12 Woolrich-Avis

1912-15 Milesburg-Unionville

1915-18 Newton Hamilton

1918-20 North Bend-Farwell

1920-24 Mill Hall

1924-33 Marysville

1933 retired

Note: Henry K. Ash is the son of Henry M. Ash, and the father of Harold G. Ash.

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ASH, HENRY M.

Born: 8-6-1840 Bedford County PA married: Adaline Boak

Died: 11-23-1910 Lewisburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1929, 202

? quarterly conference license, Allegheny circuit

1860 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference, recommended by Pleasant Grove

Interment: Lewisburg Cemetery

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1911, 125

1860-61 Clinton

1861-62 Karthaus

1862-63 Caldonia

1863-65 Port Matilda

1865-67 New Washington

1867-68 Muncy

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-70 Muncy

1870-71 Shippensburg

1871-74 Wrightsville

1874-76 Newport

1876-78 Newton Hamilton

1878-80 Mount Union

1880-81 Manor Hill

1881-84 Port Royal

1884-86 Salona-Washington

1886-89 Mifflinburg

1889-91 Weatherly

1891-94 Northumberland

1894-95 Gordon

1895-97 McVeytown

1897-99 Mont Alto

1899-01 McConnellsburg

1901-02 Shrewsbury

1902-03 Liverpool

1903-05 Muncy Valley

1905-06 Jamestown

1906-09 Montandon

1909 retired

Note: Henry M. Ash is the father of Henry K. Ash, and the grandfather of Harold G. Ash. A memoir also appears in the 1/12/1911 NY Christian Advocate, page 63.

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AUMAN, LESTER WARD

Born: 11-28-1890 Mifflintown PA married: Esther Morsch

Died: 8-15-1982 obit: [c1892 – 1974]

1908 license

1917 admitted on trial, New York East Conference

1917 ordained deacon, New York East Conference

1919 ordained elder, New York East Conference

Interment:

Obit: New York Conference 1983, ?

1911-14 student, Dickinson College

1911-13 Greencastle (beginning fall 1911)

1913-14 Newville

1914-17 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1917 “transfer” to New York East Conference

1917-18 Center Moriches

1918-20 Sag Harbor

1920-22 Bensonhurst St. James

1922-26 Winstead CT

1926-30 Amityville First

1930-38 Jamaica First

1938-50 Jackson Heights

1950-56 superintendent, Brooklyn South District

1956-61 Floral Park

1961 retired

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AUSTIN, PAUL LEIGHTY

Born: 6-14-1918 Myersdale PA married: Margaret Keim

Died: obit:

1943 admitted on trial

1943 ordained deacon

Interment:

Obit:

1938-40 student, Dickinson College

1938-40 Tipton (beginning 9/1/1938)

1940-43 student, Boston University School of Theology

1940-43 Waltham, New England Conference (beginning 9/1/1940)

1943-44 Altoona Jaggard Memorial

1944-46 assistant, Harrisburg Grace

1946-48 Danville St. Paul’s

1948-52 student, University of Pennsylvania

1948-52 Chester Parkside, Philadelphia Conference

1952 transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1952-53 Grove

1953-80 faculty, Haverford College (beginning 9/1/1953)

1980 retired