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Preserving and Celebrating Our United Methodist Heritage in Central and Northeast Pennsylvania

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PACIARELLI, JOSEPH

Born: 5-15-1866 Rome, Italy married: Josephine Piacentini

Died: 2-24-1938 Sykesville MD obit: Baltimore Conference 1963, 294

1904 admitted on trial, Genesee Conference

Interment: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Baltimore MD

Obit: Baltimore Conference 1938, 372

1904-09 Buffalo Italian Mission

1909 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1909-16 Altoona Italian Mission

1916 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1916-25 Baltimore Italian Mission

1925 retired

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PALMER, ANN AMUNDSEN

Born: 7-17-1926 Hillsboro ND married: _____ Palmer

Died: 4-28-2005 Williamsport PA obit:

1963 license, recommended by Nelson

1966 ordained deacon

1968 ordained elder

1971 admitted as associate member

Interment: Grandview Memorial Park, Annville PA

Obit: 2005, 453

1963-80 Sugar Creek Parish

1980-91 Harrisburg St. Mark’s-Riverside

1991-93 Harrisburg Riverside

1993-97 Powell’s Valley Zion [Stone]

1997 retired

Note: Ann A. Palmer is the daughter of Anton J. Amundsen.

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PANNEBAKER, FOSTER LEON

Born: 6-23-1899 near Port Royal PA married: Grace Ellen Gotshall

Died: 2-2-1978 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1993, 467

1924 license, recommended by Lewistown First

1928 admitted on trial

1930 ordained deacon

1932 ordained elder

Interment: Hillside Cemetery, Catawissa PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1978, 281

1923-27 student, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary

1925 Grant WV circuit, Baltimore Conference (6/20/25 – 9/12/25)

1925-26 Picture Rocks (beginning 10/17/1925)

1926-27 Wallis Run

1927-28 Shirleysburg & Singers Gap

1928-29 Wells Tannery-Zion (ending 11/30/29)

1929-30 Hopewell (beginning 12/1/29)

1930-32 Madera-Glen Hope (ending 11/15/31)

1931-34 Mapleton-Mill Creek (12/17/31 – 10/15/34)

1934-27 Elysburg (beginning 10/16/34)

1937-39 McConnellsburg

1939-43 Airville

1943-46 Morrisdale-Munson

1946-48 Howard

1948-52 Lock Haven East Main Street

1952-55 Williamsport Third Street

1955-61 Mifflinville

1961-64 Lewistown Grove Memorial

1964 retired

Note: Mrs. Pannebaker is the daughter of Harvey O. Gotshall.

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PARDOE, HILES C.

Born: 7-21-1839 Lewisburg PA married: Annie Stoner

Died: 9-14-1919 Altoona PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1918, 145

1861 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference

Interment: Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1920, 127

1861-62 Bloomingdale

1862-63 Milton circuit.

1863-65 Hereford MD

1965-67 Middletown

1867-68 Bellefonte

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69 Bellefonte

1869-71 Carlisle

1871-74 Mifflin

1874-77 Hollidaysburg

1877-79 Philipsburg

1879-82 Sunbury

1882-85 Danville St. Paul

1885-86 Tyrone

1886-92 superintendent, Harrisburg District

1892-96 Bedford

1896-02 Renovo

1902-05 Altoona Fifth Avenue

1905-08 Ashland

1908-10 Williamsport Third Street.

1910 retired

Note: Hiles C. Pardoe is listed in the 1916 Who’s Who in American Methodism.

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PARKS, EZRA LANDON

Born: 2-22-1901 Fairmount MD married: Helen Wright

Died: 3-4-1976 obit: [4/7/1904 – 12/?/1987]

1922 license, recommended by Harrisburg Ridge Avenue

1924 admitted on trial

1927 ordained deacon

1929 ordained elder

Interment: East Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1976, 151

1923-24 Reedsville & Milroy

1924-25 Rehoboth

1925-26 Ennisville

1926-28 Cassville

1928-31 James Creek

1931-33 McVeytown

1933-37 Marysville

1937-42 Mill Hall

1942-47 Yeagertown-Rhodes Memorial

1947-48 Altoona Wesley-Asbury

1948-55 Curwensville

1955-57 Tyrone Columbia Avenue

1957-66 Harrisburg Camp Curtin

1966 retired

1966-76 visitation pastor, New Cumberland Baughman Memorial

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PARKS, LEWIS ARNOLD

Born: married: Margaret _____

Died: obit:

1965 license, recommended by Lock Haven East Main Street

1970 admitted on trial

1970 ordained deacon

1974 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1965-68 Clearfield circuit

1968-74 student, Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington DC

1968-70 Long Green MD

1970-74 Savage MD

1974-78 New Freedom

1978-80 Montgomery

1980-86 Williamsport Wesley

1986-91 Altoona Gethsemane

1991-95 Middletown Wesley

1995-98 superintendent, Chambersburg District

1998-12 faculty, Wesley Theological Seminary
2008-10 Dillsburg Arnolds

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PARKYN, THOMAS GEORGE

Born: 7-20-1898 Shamokin PA married: Ella Schlabig

Died: 8-21-1973 Frackville PA obit: [1/17/1900 – 4/?/1978]

1939 license, recommended by Trevorton

1943 ordained local deacon

1947 ordained local elder

Interment: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Shamokin PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1974, 428

1940-41 Allenwood

1941-42 (no assignment)

1942-44 Benezette-Penfield

1944-47 East Waterford

1947-47 Coalport

1948-50 Salona-Lamar

1950-55 Mifflinville

1955-59 Centralia

1959-64 Lock Haven East Main Street

1964 retired

Note: Thomas G. Parkyn served as a local pastor. He is the uncle of Rev. Fred Parkyn, affiliation unknown.

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PARRISH, DANIEL H.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1856-57 Great Falls

1857 charter member of the East Baltimore Conference

1857-58 Great Falls

1858-59 West Harford

1859-60 Hereford

1860-62 Hampstead

1862-64 North Baltimore

1864 located

Note: In 1865, a Daniel H. Parrish was pastor of the First Congregational Methodist Church in Washington DC. In 1870, a Daniel H. Parrish was practicing dentistry in Baltimore MD.

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PATRICK, ELWYN

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1959-63 student, Houghton College in Houghton NY

1962 “transfer” by boundary change to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1962-63 Genesee & North Bingham

1963-66 student, Asbury Seminary in Wilmore KY

1966 “transfer” to the Wesleyan Church

1966-68 Wesleyan Church, Odessa NY

1968-72 ?

1972-75 Victory Highway Wesleyan Church, Painted Post NY

1975-79 Wesleyan Church, Westfield PA

1979-92 Horseheads Community Wesleyan Church, Horseheads NY

1992-06 Herrickville Wesleyan Church, Bradford County PA

2006 retired

2006- pastor to senior adults, Horseheads Community Wesleyan Church

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PATTERSON, GARLAND CHESTER

Born: 7-14-1893 Paw Paw WV married: Janet Beveridge

Died: 7-30-1958 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1975, 166

1927 license

1934 recognized as an accepted supply pastor

Interment:

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1959, 254

1927-28 Wallaceton (5 months)

1928-29 ?

1929-37 Clearfield circuit

1937-44 Cherry Tree

1944-50 Wolfsburg

1950-54 Manor Hill

1954-58 Claysburg

1958 retired

Note: Garland C. Patterson is the father of William B. Patterson and the son of Rev. William H. Patterson of the Disciples of Christ. Garland’s grandfather Charles Patterson and uncle Jerry O. Patterson were also ministers in the Disciples of Christ. Garland C. Patterson served as a local pastor.

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PATTERSON, J. ROBERT

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1941-42 Allenport

1942 Pine Grove Mills (ending 11/1/42)

Note: J. Robert Patterson served as a local pastor.

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PATTERSON, WILLIAM B.

Born: 3-25-1921 Clearfield County PA married: Isabel Ickes

Died: obit:

1963 license, recommended by Wolfsburg

1973 ordained deacon

Interment:

Obit:

1966-83 Wolfsburg (beginning 8/66)

1983 retired

Note: William B. Patterson is the son of Garland C. Patterson. He was a high school teacher before entering the ministry and served as a local pastor.

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PATTON, JAMES A.

Born: married:

Died: 12-15-16 obit:

1871 quarterly conference license

1884 ordained deacon, recommended by Cogan Valley

1895 license

Interment:

Obit: [1917, 80]

1878-79 Loyalsock

1881-82 Liberty Valley

1882-85 Cogan Valley

1885-87 Jamestown

1889-91 Waterville

1891-92 Cogan Valley

1895-96 Cross Fork (beginning c1/1/95)

1896-97 Clarkstown

1897-98 living in Picture Rocks

1898-99 Laporte

1899-00 living in Picture Rocks

1900-01 not listed

1901-02 living in Williamsport

1902-08 not listed

1908-10 living in Williamsport

1910-11 living in Hanover

1911-16 living in Salladasburg

Note: James A. Patton lived in Nauvoo, Tioga County, served as a local preacher. [He is referred to as John A. Patton in the 1870’s and 80’s, and it is possible that these were two different persons.]

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PAUL, ADAM FULTI

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1905-06 Barnesboro

Note: Adam F. Paul served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.

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PEARCE, GEORGE ESTELL

Born: 2-5-1882 Point Pleasant NJ married: Maye Frances Bowne

Died: 12-12-1945 Altoona PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1951, 205

1931 ordained elder, Eastern Conference of Methodist Protestant Church

Interment: Cassville Cemetery, Cassville PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1946, 230

1913-27 evangelist, Baptist Church

1927 transfer credentials to Eastern Conference of Methodist Protestant Church

1927-30 Cassville PA

1930-33 Patterson NJ Madison Park

1933-37 Penn’s Grove NJ

1937-39 Patterson NJ Hamilton Avenue

1939 by denominational union, member of Newark Conference of Methodist Church

1939-43 Patterson NJ Hamilton Avenue

1943 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1943-45 Hopewell

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PEARCE, JOHN JAMESON

Born: 2-28-1826 Wilkes Barre PA married: Elizabeth Dunn

Died: 5-26-1912 Conneaut OH obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1913, 139

1844 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment: Lock Haven Cemetery, Lock Haven PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1913, 133

1844-45 Lycoming

1945-46 Bellefonte

1946-47 Northumberland

1847-48 Milton

1848-49 Warrior’s Mark

1949-51 Lycoming

1851-53 Jersey Shore

1853-55 Lock Haven

1855-57 located

1857 transfer to Wyoming Conference

1857-58 Kingston

1858-59 Owego

1859-62 superintendent, Owego District

1862-65 superintendent, Honesdale District

1865-66 located

1866 transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1866-67 Williams Grove

1867-70 Philadelphia 19^th Street

1970-71 Waynesburg

1871-74 Pottsville

1874 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1874-77 Williamsport Mulberry Street

1877-81 superintendent, Williamsport District

1881-84 Huntingdon

1884-87 Lewistown

1887-88 McVeytown

1888-98 on leave

1898 retired

Note: John J. Pearce is the son of Marmaduke Pearce (1776-1852) of the Wyoming Conference. Obituaries also appear in the 8/29/1912 Christian Advocate, page 1767, and the 11/4/1912 Christian Advocate, page 1639.

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PEARSON, ROBERT BALLARD

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

New England Southern Conference

1950 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1950-51 Muncy Valley

1951 transfer to Southern California-Arizona Conference

Note: In 2003 Robert B. Pearson is listed as a retired member of the California-Nevada Conference.

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PEARSON, W.C.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1922-23 Littlestown

Note: W.C. Pearson served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.

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PENEPACKER, GEORGE DAVIS

Born: 11-3-1841 near Lewistown PA married: Nettie W. Black

Died: 1-7-1911 near Huntingdon PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1926, 347

1867 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference

Interment: Huntingdon, PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1911, 127

1867-68 Saxton

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69 Birmingham

1869-70 Greencastle

1870-72 York Duke Street

1872-74 Sunbury

1874-76 Mifflin

1876-78 Bedford

1878-81 Harrisburg Ridge Avenue

1881-84 Bellefonte

1884-86 Altoona First

1886 transfer to Minnesota Conference

1886 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1886-89 Tyrone

1889-93 Clearfield

1893-96 Williamsport Grace.

1896-99 Danville St. Paul’s

1899-02 Williamsport Mulberry Street

1902-05 Philipsburg

1905-07 Milton

1907-09 Mount Union

1909-11 Huntingdon Fifteenth Street

Note: An obituary for George D. Penepacker also appears in the 3/30/1911 NY Christian Advocate, page 439.

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PENNINGTON, JAMES FREW

Born: 10-21-1846 Mifflintown PA married: Sarah Belle Lysinger

Died: 11-26-1896 Lewisberry PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1895,88

married2: Eliza A. Foster

? quarterly conference license obit2

1874 admitted on trial, Wilmington Conference

1877 ordained deacon

1879 ordained elder

Interment: Everett PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1897, 95

1873-74 Concord

1874-75 Federalsburg

1875 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1875-76 Saxton

1876-77 Ray’s Hill

1877-78 Shirleysburg

1878-79 Burnt Cabins

1879-82 Pleasantville

1882-84 Bedford circuit

1884-86 Blain

1886-90 on leave

1890-91 West Huntingdon

1891-93 McConnellsburg

1893-95 Lewisberry

1895-96 on leave

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PEREGOY, DONALD MILTON

Born: 4-20-1931 Parkersburg WV married: Connie Virginia Lockhart

Died: 10-4-1998 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 2009, 427

1950 license, recommended by Parkersburg WV Trinity

1963 ordained deacon

1965 ordained elder

1968 admitted as associate member

Interment: Watsontown Cemetery, Watsontown PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1999, 438

1955-58 Auburn

1958-59 Leroy

1959-60

1960-61 Lockhart

1961-63 Ravenswood circuit

1963 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1963-66 Cassville (beginning 9/1/63)

1966-69 Hastings-Bakerton

1969-73 Claysburg

1973-75 Steelton First

1975-76 Emigsville (ending 3/7/76)

1976-96 disability (beginning 3/7/76)

1996 retired

Note: Mrs. Peregoy is the daughter of John Lockart (1913-1966) of the West Virginia Conference.

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PETERS, ROBERT CLARENCE

Born: 4-4-1877 Reedsville PA married: Mary McCampbell

Died: 7-11-1938 Lewistown PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1935,245

1894 license, recommended by Reedsville

1906 admitted on trial

Interment: Birch Hill Cemetery, Burnham PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1939, 215

1903-06 student, Boston School of Theology in Boston MA

1904-06 Worcester MA

1906-08 Riddlesburg

1908-10 Cross Forks

1910-14 Beaver Meadows

1914-17 Clearfield Eleventh Street

1917-19 Patton

1919-20 Williamsport High Street

1920-22 Lewisburg

1922-23 State College

1923-27 Hollidaysburg

1927-29 Mt. Carmel

1929-31 New Cumberland

1931-35 St. Mary’s

1935 retired

Note: Some biographical information on Robert C. Peters appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 62. Mrs. Peters, before her marriage, served three years in missionary work in Cairo, Egypt, under the United Presbyterian Mission Board.

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PETERSON, CARL FORD

Born: 3-26-1943 Reynolds IL married: Linda _____

Died: obit:

1962 license, recommended by Reynolds IL of the Central Illinois Conference

1966 admitted on trial, Central Illinois Conference

1966 ordained deacon, Central Illinois Conference

1969 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1966-69 student, Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington DC

1966-69 Rouzerville (beginning 10/1/66)

1969 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1969-71 Rouzerville

1971-75 Williamsport Calvary

1975-79 Williamsport Calvary-Williamsport Grace

1979-90 Harrisburg Harris Street

1990-96 superintendent, York District

1996-08 New Cumberland Trinity

2008 retired

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PETERSON, JOHN ROBERT

Born: 8-1-1917 Utahville PA married: Beatrice Wolford

Died: 3-7-1978 obit:

1939 quarterly conference license, Bellwood

1943 quarterly conference license, Allegheny Conference of the United Brethren Church

1946 license, Allegheny Conference of United Brethren Church

1948 ordained, Allegheny Conference of United Brethren Church

Interment: Kesslar Cemetery, Acme PA

Obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1978, 406

1940-42 Allenport (beginning 9/1/40)

1942 Pine Grove Mills (ending 10/31/42)

1942 withdrew to join Allegheny Conference of the United Brethren Church

1942-44 Casselman

1944-49 Susquehanna

1949-53 Shanksville

1953-58 Rockwood

1958-65 Indian Creek

1965-78 Hooversville

Note: J. Robert Peterson has a file with the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry, even though he withdrew before he was admitted in the Central Pennsylvania Conference.

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PHEASANT, JESSE MILES

Born: 10-23-1887 Mapleton Depot PA married: Audra Pope

Died: 12-9-1965 St. Petersburg FL obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1986, 432

1915 local pastor’s license

1925 admitted on trial

1925 ordained deacon

1929 ordained elder

Interment: Cassville Cemetery, Cassville PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1966, 337

1915-16 Ennisville

1916-19 living in Freeland PA

1919-23 student, Dickinson College

1923-26 student, Garrett Theological Seminary in Evanston IL

1924-26 Hazel Creek, Rock River Conference

1926-27 on leave

1927 discontinued, page 378

1927-28 Lewistown Grove Memorial (started in mid-year)

1928 re-admitted, page 604

1928-30 Lewistown Grove Memorial

1930-32 New Bloomfield

1932-29 Airville

1939-42 McConnellsburg

1942-47 Thompsontown

1947-50 Glen Campbell

1950-52 Kulpmont

1952-56 Freeland Parish

1956-58 Wrightsville

1958 retired

Note: J. Miles Pheasant is the preferred designation.

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PHILIPPS, RONALD

Born: married: Joan _____

Died: 11-11-1975 obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1960-61 Barnitz

Note: Ronald Philipps served as an exchange pastor from England. This name is also given as PHILLIPS.

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PHILLIPS, CHARLES W.

Born: 8-10-1903 Scranton PA married: Anne Snavely Garber

Died: 11-9-1975 obit:

1929 admitted on trial, Wyoming Conference

1929 ordained deacon, Wyoming Conference

1931 ordained elder, Wyoming Conference

Interment: Mennonite Cemetery, Willow Street PA

Obit: Eastern Pennsylvania Conference 1975, 532

1927-29 student, Penn State University

1927-29 Vira

1929-31 student, Boston University

1929-31 Brookline NH

1931-32 ?

1932-33 Mondale

1933-35 Factoryville

1935-38 Binghamton Ogden-Hillcrest

1938-41 associate, Scranton Elm Park

1941-43 Honesdale

1943-45 Binghamton Centenary

1945-53 Kingston First

1953 transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1953-69 executive secretary, Conference Board of Education

1969 retired

Note: Charles W. Phillips served in the Central Pennsylvania Conference as a local pastor.

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PHILLIPS, DAVID E.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1894-97 Shawmut [Shawville]

1897-99 Grant (Clearfield County)

Note: David E. Phillips served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.

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PHILLIPS, JOHN W.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1897 quarterly conference license

Interment:

Obit:

1891-92 Rohrsburg

1897-00 living in Belle Bend

1900-06 living in Beach Haven

1906-08 Washingtonville

Note: John W. Phillips served as a local pastor.

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PHILLIPS, JONATHAN SETH

Born: 6-2-1857 Rauchtown PA married: Alma Bida Clark

Died: 10-30-1934 Belleville PA obit: [d. 1918]

married2: Mrs. Margaret Cummins Bigelow

1901 license obit2: 1940, 185

Interment: Presbyterian Cemetery, Belleville PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1935, 233

1901-04 Belleville

1904-05 Burnt Cabins

1905-08 Ennisville

1908-09 Pine Grove Mills

1909-11 Thompsontown

1911-12 apparently no assignment

1912-16 Cassville

1916-17 Lock Haven circuit

1917-19 Thompsontown

1919-20 Vira

1920-23 Claysburg

1923-26 Ramey

1926-28 Salona & Lamar

1928-30 Beach Haven

1930-33 Rouzerville

1933 retired

Note: Jonathan S. Phillips served as a local pastor.

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PHILLIPS, THOMAS M.

Born: married:

Died: 1906 obit:

1897 license

1898 recognized elder on credentials from Primitive Methodist Church

recommended by Excelsior

Interment:

Obit: [1907, 64]

1897-98 Excelsior

1898-01 Washingtonville

1901-05 Rohrsburg

1905-06 Waller

1906 no assignment

Note: Thomas M. Phillips served as a local pastor. He previously served as a local pastor in the Primitive Methodist Church.

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PHILLIPS, WILLIAM LYNN

Born: 4-22-1886 Lonaconing MD. married: Margaret Ann Sollars

Died: 10-6-1958 Mountain Lake Park MD obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1970, 390

1925 admitted on trial

Interment: Oakland MD.

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1959, 255

1917-18 Loyalsock

1922-24 Emporium (began in midyear 1922/23)

1924-26 Shawville

1926-27 Burnt Cabins

1927-29 Ray’s Hill

1929-31 Schellsburg

1931-32 Airville

1932-34 Hopewell

1934-37 Hustontown

1937-40 Elysburg

1940-42 Town Hill

1942-44 Wolfsburg

1944-46 Claysburg

1946-48 Cassville

1948-55 Austin

1955-56 New Millport

1956 retired

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PICHT, CHARLES HERBERT

Born: 1-4-1915 married:

Died: 6-4-1999 obit:

1938 license, New England Conference

1943 ordained deacon, New England Conference

1944 admitted on trial, New England Conference

1945 ordained elder, New England Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1942-44 Lynn MA Lakeside

1944-46 Wakefield MA

1946 transfer to Pacific Northwest Conference

1946-48 Toppenish WA

1948 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1948-52 chaplain/faculty, Lycoming College

1952-53 chaplain/faculty, Allegheny College

1953 transfer to Erie Conference

1953-56 chaplain/faculty, Allegheny College

1956-59 Meadville Grace

1959-62 Erie Lakewood

1962 by conference merger, member of Western Pennsylvania Conference

1962-63 Ridgway

1963-64 Beaver Falls First (ending 9/1/1964)

1964-70 on leave, living in Englewood NJ

1970 voluntary location

Note: C. Herbert Picht settled in York and practiced chiropractic medicine.

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PICKEN, WILLIAM RICHARD

Born: 1-15-1856 Shropshire, England married: Sarah J. Meals

Died: 12-8-1930 Centre Hall PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1926,346

1876 licensed to preach in Wesleyan Church in England

1885 admitted on trial, recommended by Shirleysburg circuit

1885 ordained deacon, recommended by Shirleysburg circuit

Interment: Shirleysburg Cemetery, Shirleysburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1931, 185

1881-82 supply, Newark Conference

1882-83 supply, New York Conference

1883-86 Shirleysburg

1886-88 Blain

1888-93 McVeytown

1893-94 Ray’s Hill

1894-99 Osceola

1899-02 Mifflin

1902-04 Lock Haven, East Main Street

1904-07 Tyrone Columbia Avenue

1907-10 Catawissa

1910-11 Altoona Chestnut Avenue

1911-14 Williamsport High Street

1914-18 Shippensburg

1918 retired

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PICKERING, ROBERT W.

Born: married: Evelyn

Died: obit:

1967 license, recommended by North Bend

1971 ordained deacon

1974 admitted as associate member

Interment:

Obit:

1967-69 Penn’s Valley

1969-77 Sugar Valley

1977-88 Gatchelville

1988-01 Steelton Centenary

2001-08 Manchester St. Paul’s

2008 retired

2008- Renov0 Area

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PIERSON, RAY HAMILTON

Born: 4-24-1886 married: Elizabeth Ellen Reeder

Died: ? obit:

Interment:

Obit: Ohio Conference 1956, 301

1913-14 Millerstown

1914-17 East Waterford

Note: Hamilton Pierson is the father of Rev. Ray H. Pierson Jr. (1923-2005) of the Presbyterian Church in western Pennsylvania, Arthur Edward Pierson (1920-2000) of the Eastern Kansas Conference, Carl Thomas Pierson of the East Ohio Conference and one other pastor, name and affiliation unknown.

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PIFER, JAY S.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1961 license, Erie Conference

1971 ordained deacon, Western Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1961-64 Hazen

1964-65 Mingo Junction OH

1965-68 associate, Ridgeway

1968 “transfer” to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1968-69 associate, Bellefonte

1969-70 associate, Manor Hill

1970-71 Fairbrook

1971 “transfer” to Western Pennsylvania Conference

1971-72 associate, Bobtown-Mapleton

1972-78 Marianna

1978-85 Chalk Hill

1985-99 Penn

1995-96 associate, Jeannette Friendship

1996 retired

1997-99 associate, Greensburg Otterbein (beginning 8/1/97)

2002-06 associate, Greensburg Otterbein

Note: Jay S. Pifer served as a local pastor.

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PILE, WENDELL JAMES II

Born: married: Mary Nell _____

Died: obit:

1969 admitted on trial, recommended by Smithfield VA Trinity

1969 ordained deacon

1973 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1969-72 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1972-76 North Towanda

1976-78 student, Syracuse University in Syracuse NY

1978-83 leave of absence

1983 honorable location, page 327

Note: In 2002, Rev. W. James Pile officiated at a United Methodist wedding in Yorktown VA, but he is not listed as a member of the Virginia (or any other United Methodist) Conference.

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PIPER, EDGAR FOSTER

Born: 8-7-1875 Thompsontown PA married: [single]

Died: 9-1-1971 Hartford CT obit:

1901 license

1904 admitted on trial, New York East Conference

1905 ordained deacon, New York East Conference

1906 ordained elder, New York East Conference

Interment: [cremated, ashes interred at] Meeks Cemetery, Franklinville PA

Obit: New York Conference 1972, 211

1901-04 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1904 “transfer” to New York East Conference

1904-11 Greenwich Diamond Hill

1911-18 New Haven Epworth

1918-25 Seymour

1925-19 Bridgeport Newfield

1929-35 New Canaan

1935-41 Mamaroneck

1941 retired

1942-45 Pine Grove Mills (beginning 12/1/42)

1945-54 Fairbrook & Franklinville

1950-63 Curtin

Note: E. Foster Piper is the son of Marshall C. Piper. He served in Central Pennsylvania as a retired member of the New York East Conference.

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PIPER, F.S.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1928-29 Hustontown (started during 1927-28 conference year)

Note: F.S. served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.

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PIPER, JOHN FRANKLIN JR.

Born: 11-18-1936 Huntingdon PA married: Margaret Rose Powell

Died: obit:

1958 license, recommended by Williamsport Pine Street

1959 admitted on trial, recommended by Williamsport Pine Street

1961 ordained deacon

1962 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1959-61 student, Yale Divinity School in New Haven CT

1959-60 assistant, Nichols CT

1960-61 assistant, New Haven CT First

1961 New Haven St. Andrews (spring-summer)

1961-64 student, Duke University (beginning fall 1961)

1964-69 faculty, Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley MA

1966-67 Winchendon North Congregational

1967 South Hadley Falls Congregational (spring)

1967-69 associate, South Hadley-Holyhoke-Granby Methodist

1969-04 faculty, Lycoming College

1974-75 Trout Run

1975-84 Duboistown-Nisbet

1986-04 Williamsport Grace

2004 retired

2004-07 faculty, Lycoming College

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PIPER, MARSHALL C.

Born: 5-11-1848 near Petersburg PA married: Frances Elenore Grazier

Died: 4-13-1941 Milesburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1897, 98

married2: Susan Dunlap

1873 admitted on trial obit2: 1943, 217

Interment: Grandview Cemetery, Tyrone PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1941, 214

1872-73 Warrior’s Mark

1873-74 Ray’s Hill

1874-75 Decatur

1875-77 Thompsontown

1877-80 Blain

1880-82 Bedford circuit

1882-84 Saxton

1884-85 Hopewell

1885-88 Ennisville

1888-89 Penn’s Valley

1889-93 Osceola Mills

1893-96 Williamsport Fourth Street

1896-01 Sinnemahoning

1901-04 Altoona Walnut Avenue

1904-09 Milesburg-Unionville

1909-13 Mapleton-Mill Creek

1913 retired

Note: Marshall C. Piper is the father of E. Foster Piper.

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PIPP, WILLIAM EDWARD

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1963 license, recommended by Elmira NY Riverside

1968 ordained deacon

1972 admitted as associate member

1999 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1962-64 Sullivanville NY

1964 “transfer” to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1964-66 Daggett

1966-69 Burlington

1969-74 Duboistown (ending 12/31/74)

1975-81 Mifflinburg Wesley (beginning 1/1/75)

1981-84 PCAP [Pennsylvania Council on Alcohol Problems] (ending 11/1/84)

1984-95 Lycoming (beginning 11/1/84 and ending 10/1/95)

1995-06 Carlisle Good Shepherd Community (beginning 10/1/95)

2006 retired

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PITCHER, EDWIN FRANK

Born: 2-14-1846 married: Maria C. Gleim

Died: 5-18-1876 obit: Philadelphia Conference 1885, 77

1864 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference: recommended by Shippensburg

Interment:

Obit: Philadelphia Conference 1877, 69

1864-65 Carlisle circuit

1865-66 York Springs

1866 no longer listed

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PITCHER, WILLIAM H.

Born: 11-25-1824 Anne Arundel County MD married:

Died: 12-25-1893 obit: [d. 1892]

1846 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference: recommended by Severn

Interment:

Obit: Baltimore Conference 1894, 48

1846-47 Charles

1847-48 Baltimore Fayette Street

1848-50 Ryland Chapel

1850-52 Hagerstown

1852-57 on leave

1857 charter member of the East Baltimore Conference

1857-59 Baltimore Exeter Street

1859-61 on leave

1861 retired

1868 transfer by boundary change to Baltimore Conference

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PITTENGER, SAMUEL JACOB

Born: 6-17-1874 Shirleysburg PA married:

Died: obit: [d. 9/?/1930; see 1931, 78]

1901 license, recommended by Fountaindale

1902 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1901-02 Harrisonville

1902-03 Shirleysburg

1903-04 Green Village

1904 discontinued as member of conference, continues as a local pastor

1904-05 Liberty Valley

1905-08 Harrisonville

1908-10 Burnt Cabins

1910-13 Pine Grove Mills

1913-16 Concord

1916-19 Ennisville

1919-23 Wolfsburg

1923-27 Rays Hill

1927-31 York Springs

1931-32 Lewisberry & Lisburn

1932-33 Mahaffey

Note: This surname is also rendered PITTINGER.

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PLANT, JOHN JOSEPH

Born: 7-19-1917 Emeigh PA married: Elner Henderson

Died: 9-15-1992 obit:

1951 license, recommended by Emeigh

1955 ordained deacon 1955

1957 ordained elder

Interment: Lind Memorial Cemetery, Lewistown PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1993, 468

1951-53 Shawville (beginning 7/1/1951)

1953-57 Penfield

1957-63 Muncy Valley

1963-70 Austin

1970-73 New Albany (ending 9/1/1973)

1973-83 Lewistown Grove Memorial (beginning 9/1/1973)

1983-85 Milroy

1985 retired

Note: John J. Plant is the father of Robert J. Plant and the grandfather of Matthew D. Plant of the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church.

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PLANT, ROBERT JOHN

Born: 5-10-1942 Emeigh PA married: Thelma Eileen Laurenson

Died: 1-20-1974 obit:

1962 license, recommended by Muncy Valley

1966 admitted on trial

1966 ordained deacon

1973 ordained elder

Interment: Port Royal Cemetery, Port Royal PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1974, 427

1962-64 Laurelton (ending 2/1/64)

1964-68 Picture Rocks (beginning 2/1/64)

1968-74 Port Royal

Note: Robert J. Plant is the son of John J. Plant and an uncle to Matthew D. Plant of the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church.

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PLYLER, LORENZO PIERCE

Born: 4-6-1914 Mayburg PA married:

Died: 11-9-2005 obit:

1955 admitted on trial

1955 ordained deacon

Interment:

Obit:

1948-50 Benezette-Penfield

1950-54 Fairview

1954-61 at school

1961 transfer to New England Conference

1961-67 ?

1967-83 faculty, Methodist College in Fayetteville NC

Note: In 2003 Lorenzo P. Plyler was a retired member of the North Carolina Conference. He appears to have been living in Alpharetta GA at the time of his death.

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POLLOCK, GEORGE F.

Born: 9-29-1877 Troy NY married: Edna L. Aharpe

Died: 8-16-1941 Tacoma WA obit: Pacific Northwest Conference 1958, 623

1914 admitted on trial, Puget Sound Conference

Interment: (cremated)

Obit: Pacific Northwest Conference 1942, 420

1904-05 student, Syracuse University

1905-06 Clearville

1914-38 Puget Sound Conference

Bay View (at least 1914-15)

Custer

Blaine (at least 1919-20)

Everett Grace

Anacortes

Tacoma Asbury

Tacoma East Sixty-Fourth Street

Tacoma LeSourd

Tacoma Grace

Gig Harbor

Tacoma Wesley

Gig Harbor

1938 retired

Note: George F. Pollock served Clearville as a local pastor. It is unclear why he served in this area and what he did between 1906 and 1914, but perhaps he was a seminary student.

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POLSGROVE, JOHN B.

Born: 10-22-1836 St. Thomas PA married: Amelia Dereling

Died: 6-27-1918 Chattanooga TN obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1925, 164

1859 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conference

Interment: Dunnstown PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1919, 135

1859-60 Allegany

1860-61 Bellefonte circuit

1861-62 Newberry

1862-63 Warrior’s Mark

1863-64 Howard

1864-65 Bedford circuit

1865-66 Bloody Run

1866-68 Mifflin circuit

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-71 Williamsport Third Street

1871-72 Newberry

1872-79 on leave

1873-75 assistant, Williamsport Mulberry Street

1875-78 assistant, Williamsport Third Street

1878-79 assistant, Williamsport Price Chapel

1879-82 Catawissa

1882-85 Philipsburg

1885-88 Milton

1888-91 Shamokin Lincoln Street

1891-95 Lewistown

1895-00 superintendent, Juniata District

1900-01 Harrisburg Fifth Street

1901-03 Hazleton St. Paul’s

1903-04 on leave

1904-15 field agent, American University

1915 retired

Note: An obituary for John B. Polsgrove also appears in the 7/18/1918 Christian Advocate, page

909.

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POPE, CHARLES

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1949-57 Conyngham

Note: Charles Pope served as local pastor.

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PORTER, EDWARD A.

Born: 12-6-1861 Isle of Wight, England married: Jane Burrows Wilson

Died: 5-3-53 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1945, 225

1916 license

Interment: Geeseytown PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1953, 222

1916-17 Blackwell

1917-18 Leetonia

1918-20 Fort Loudon

1920-21 Concord

1921-22 Frankstown

1922-24 Cherry Tree

1924-25 Oriole & Antes Fort

1925-26 Glen Hope

1926-30 Alum Bank

1930-32 Dudley

1932 retired

1933-38 assistant, Martinsburg

Note: Edward Porter served as a local pastor.

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PORTER, JAMES FRANKLIN

Born: 9-25-1833 Danville PA married:

Died: 7-11-1866 obit:

1853 quarterly conference license, Milton

1854 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment: Milton Cemetery, Milton PA

Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1867, 47

1854-55 Covington

1855-56 Patuxent

1856-57 Summerfield

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-58 Coalmont

1858-59 Montoursville

1859-61 Bloomingdale

1861-62 Berwick

1862-63 York Springs

1863-66 Shamokin & Trevorton

1866-67 Jeanesville

Note: J. Franklin Porter is the preferred usage. Patuxent is a short-lived appointment. The Patuxent River, the longest river entirely within Maryland, begins west of Baltimore, flows between Baltimore and Washington, and empties into the Chesapeake Bay.

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POSEY, HAROLD EUGENE

Born: 5-21-1933 Red Lion PA married: Joan McCoy

Died: obit:

1954 license, recommended by Airville McKendree

1956 admitted on trial, recommended by Airville McKendree

1956 ordained deacon

1958 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1954-56 Barnitz (ending 9/30/56)

1956-58 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ (beginning 10/1/1956)

1956-58 Silverton circuit

1958-64 York Duke Street (ending 10/31/1964)

1964-68 Harrisburg Trinity (beginning 11/1/1964)

1968-71 Harrisburg St. Paul’s

1971 transfer to Kansas West Conference

1971-75 Wichita Urban Ministries

1975-81 Wichita Delrose

1981-84 Wichita Calvary

1984-86 Wichita College Hill

1986-89 Eldorado First

1989 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1989-92 Tyrone Wesley

1992-98 Chambersburg St. Paul

1998 retired

Note: Harold E. Posey is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1044.

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POSTEN, B. MONROE

Born: married: Anna Maria _____

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1895-96 Marsh Creek Baptist Church & Charleston Baptist Church, Tioga County PA

1907-10 Stoneboro PA Baptist Church

1910- Kent Baptist Church & Fishkill Baptist Church, Farmers Mills NY

1915 Pottstown PA

1919-1920 Port Matilda (beginning 1/1/1919)

1921-23 Cassville

1923 Blandburg (ending 5/1923)

1924-25 Fulton, Philadelphia Conference

Note: B. Monroe Posten served within the Methodism as a local pastor. In a 1915 article he says he has been in the ministry 22 years in Pennsylvania and New York.

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POTT, ROBERT R.

Born: married:

Died: 3-31-1865 obit:

1860 admitted on trial,  East BaltimoreConference

Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1866,38

1860-61 Catawissa

1861-62 Orangeville

1862-63 Castle Fin

1863-64 Newport

1864-65 Penn’s Valley

1865-66 private, US Army

1866 killed at Petersburg VA

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POULSON, OMER BRUCE

Born: 11-25-1881 near Barnesville OH married: Emily Ellen Britten

Died: 10-22-1979 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1973, 384

1907 license, recommended by Everett Barndollar

1909 admitted on trial

1911 ordained deacon

1913 ordained elder

Interment: Camp Hill Cemetery, Camp Hill PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1980, 347

1909-11 Shawville (beginning 1/1/09)

1911-15 New Millport

1915-17 Wallaceton

1917-18 Altoona Broad Avenue

1918-25 conference evangelist

1925-36 Huntingdon Fifteenth Street

1936-38 secretary, Men’s Dry League

1938-47 conference evangelist

1947-48 approved evangelist

1948-50 superintendent, Harrisburg District of the Penna Temperance League

1950 retired

1953 Orangeville (5/1/53 – 9/1/53)

1953-55 Calvary, Harris (beginning 9/15/53)

1955-57 Salem (beginning 8/1/55)

1958-59 Shiremanstown Mt. Olivet (beginning 10/1/58)

     1959-61 Harrisburg St. Paul’s

Note: Omer B. Poulson is the brother of C. Ross Poulson of the North-East Ohio Conference. He is the author of several temperance and anti-gambling books on file at the conference archives.

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POWELL, SAMUEL GROVER

Born: 7-31-1920 Ashland PA married: Isabelle N. _____

Died: 8-13-1980 obit:

1939 license, recommended by Rupert

1948 admitted on trial, recommended by Picture Rocks

1948 ordained deacon

1950 ordained elder

Interment: Beaufort SC

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1981, 337

1946-48 Picture Rocks

1948-50 Kulpmont

1950-52 Avis

1952-54 Shamokin Chestnut Street

1954-80 chaplain, US Air Force

1980 retired

Note: S. Grover Powell is the grandson of Daniel M. Grover.

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POYER, JOSEPH THOMAS

Born: 12-23-1826 Sunbury PA married: Coral Leggett

Died: obit:

1896 license

Interment:

Obit:

1901-02 Cameron

1902-04 McElhatten & Pine

1904 no longer listed

Note: His first name is sometimes given as JAMES. Some biographical information on Joseph T. Poyer appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, pages 26 and 40.

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PREUSS, FRED ARTHUR JR.

Born: married: Laura

Died: obit:

1960 license

1965 admitted on trial

1965 ordained deacon

1968 ordained elder, Western Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1962-64 associate, Picture Rocks.

1964-67 Wesley Theological Seminary

1965-67 Mt. Savage

1967 transfer to Western PA Conference

1967-69 associate, McKeesport First

1969-74 Erie Tenth Street

1974-76 Erie Kingsley

1976-80 Dayton-Smicksburg

1980-97 social worker, Florida Sheriff’s Youth Ranches

1997-00 involuntary leave of absence, living in Florida

2000 retired

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PRICE, ARTHUR AUSTIN

Born: 5-16-1889 Shade Gap PA married: Lettie MaeYeager

Died: 4-18-1967 Shade Gap PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1955, 240

married2: Mrs. Ada Mae Sparr

1921 admitted on trial, recommended by Shawville obit2:

Interment: IOOF Cemetery, Mount Union PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1967, 313

1913-14 Vira (5 months)

1914-16 Pine Grove Mills

1916-19 Concord

1919-20 Waterville

1920-21 Shawville

1921-23 Clearfield circuit

1923-26 Howard

1926-28 Snow Shoe

1928-31 Port Royal

1931-37 McConnellsburg

1937-38 Picture Rocks

1938-42 Duncannon

1942-45 Orbisonia

1945-50 Houtzdale

1950-51 Mapleton-Mill Creek

1951-55 Robertsdale

1955 retired

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PRICE, JOB ASBURY

Born: 11-9-1832 Potter’s Mills PA married: Catharine Andrews

Died: 1-31-1910 Washington DC obit:

1855 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

1857 ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference

1859 ordained elder, East Baltimore Conference

Obit: Baltimore Conference 1910, 70

1854-55 Newport circuit

1855-56 Castle Fin

1856-57 Concord

1857 charter member of the East Baltimore Conference

1857-58 Mifflin

1858-60 White Haven

1860-62 Northumberland

1862-64 Mechanicsburg station

1864-67 Huntingdon

1867-68 Bloomsburg

1868 transfer by boundary change to Baltimore Conference

1868-70 Baltimore Exeter Street

1870-71 Broadway

1871-74 Frederick

1874-76 Union Square

1876-78 Whatcoat

1878-84 superintendent, West Baltimore District

1884-87 Hamline

1887-90 Waugh

1890-93 Ryland

1893-96 Jefferson Street

1896-00 Martinsburg

1900-02 Westminster

1902-04 Canton Street

1904 retired

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PRICE, JOSEPH HILYED

Born: 6-4-1865 Philadelphia PA married: Minnie Louise Bautz

Died: 1-20-1953 Reading PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1933, 199

married2: Mrs. Angie Belle Nickerson

1887 local preacher’s license obit2:

1892 admitted on trial

1892 ordained deacon

1896 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1953, 223

1891 Atglen & Mt. Pleasant, Philadelphia Conference (5 months)

1891-92 Pine Grove Furnace (beginning Oct)

1892-93 Newville cir.

1893-96 Greencastle

1896-97 Duncansville

1897-99 Picture Rocks

1899-01 Williamsport High Street

1901-03 Mt. Holly Springs

1903-06 Wrightsville

1906-10 Roaring Springs

1910-11 Curwensville

1911-14 Lewistown

1914-19 Carlisle

1919-24 Huntingdon First

1924-28 Hazleton St. Paul’s

1928-31 Harrisburg Ridge Avenue

1931 retired

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PRICE, ROBERT D.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

? license, Central New York Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1961-62 Peterboro & Pratts Hollow (beginning in mid-year)

1962 “transfer” by boundary change to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1962-64 Ulster

Note: Robert D. Price served as local pastor.

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PRICE, SAMUEL WESLEY

Born: 12-19-1833 Mifflin County PA married:

Died: 1-8-1866 obit:

1853 quarterly conference license, McVeytown charge

1853 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment: family burying ground, McVeytown PA

Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1866, 40

1853-54 York Springs

1854-55 Carlisle circuit

1855-56 Coalmont

1856-57 Newville

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-58 Green Village

1858-60 Hampstead

1860-62 Jersey Shore station

1862-63 Espy & Light Street

1863-65 Baltimore Strawbridge

1865-66 Williamsport Pine Street

Note: S. Wesley Price is the preferred usage.

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PRICE, WILLIAM L.

Born: 1-29-1915 Shamokin PA married: Bertha Kaseman

Died: 1-9-2002 Danville PA obit: 2006, 426

1940 license, recommended by Shamokin Lincoln Street

1950 ordained deacon

1953 ordained elder

1970 admitted as associate member

Interment: Scott Cemetery, Waterton PA

Obit: 2002, 369

1943-47 Helfenstein (beginning 11/15/43 and ending 9/1/47)

1947-85 Town Hill (beginning 9/1/47)

1985 retired

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PRINCE, LEON CUSHING

Born: 5-15-1875 Concord NH married: Julie C. Delaven

Died: 1-31-1937 Carlisle PA obit:

1900 admitted on trial, New York East Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1900-01 faculty, Dickinson College

1901 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1901-02 faculty, Dickinson College

1902 discontinued at own request

1902-37 faculty, Dickinson College

1928-36 Pennsylvania State Senate

Note: Leon C. Prince is the son of Morris Watson Prince (1843-1932) of the New York East Conference and the grandson of Ammi Cushing Prince (1818-1894) of the East Main Conference. He is listed in the 1916 Who’s Who in American Methodism, page 176. He was a noted orator and the author of several books. The conference archives has a biographical sketch on file.

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PRINTER, J.GUY

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1914-15 superintendent, Southeastern District [GA & FL] of the Church of the Nazarene

1915-16 Jasper AL Church of the Nazarene

1922-25 Washingtonville circuit, Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Note: J. Guy Printer served as a local pastor. His picture is available on website of the Jasper AL Church of the Nazarene.

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PRUYN, HAROLD ANDREW

Born: 7-5-1901 Sidney NY married:

Died: 7-13-1961 obit:

1929 admitted on trial

1931 ordained deacon

1933 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit: Western North Carolina Conference 1962, 268

1924-27 Allegheny circuit

1927-29 Trout Run

1929-30 Riddlesburg

1930-34 Penn’s Valley

1934-38 Morrisdale-Munson

1939-41 Altoona Fairview

1941-44 chaplain, US Army

1944-51 special services, USO and YMCA

1951-52 with appointment to attend school

1952 transfer to Western North Carolina Conference 9/24/1952

1952-58 Tryon

1958-61 Winston-Salem Marvin

Note: Harold A. Pruyn appears to be based in Portsmouth VA 1944-49 and in Rantoul IL 1949-51. His assignment included overseas work with the British YMCA.

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PURCELL, FRANCIS E.

Born: 6-2-1872 married: Elizabeth Middleton

Died: 11-29-1943 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1956, 141

1895 admitted on trial, recommended by Alexandria

Interment:

Obit: New Jersey Conference 1944, 136

1894-96 Alexandria

1896-97 Shirleysburg

1897-99 Concord

1899-01 Wolfsburg

1901 transfer to New Jersey Conference

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PURSEL, GLENN WESLEY

Born: 3-20-1934 Berwick PA married: Ann Marie Dunn

Died: 3-2-2002 Berwick PA obit:

1959 admitted on trial

1959 ordained deacon

1966 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit: Greater New Jersey Conference 2002, ?

1957-60 Robertsdale

1960-64 at school

1964-66 student, Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington DC

1966 transfer to Northern New Jersey Conference

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PURSEL, ROBERT HOWARD

Born: 12-8-1941 Bloomsburg PA married:

Died: obit:

1961 quarterly conference license, Bloomsburg

1964 admitted on trial

1964 ordained deacon

1967 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1959-63 student, Bloomsburg State College

1963-66 student, Wesley Theological Seminary In Washington DC

1966-70 Shamokin Chestnut Street

1970 transfer [by boundary change] to Eastern Pennsylvania Conference

1970 withdrew

joined the ministry of the Episcopal Church

1995-2007 Selinsgrove All Saints

Note: Robert H. Pursel is a 1969 graduate of the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church in NYC.

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PURVIS, SAMUEL WARRINGTON

Born: 11-21-1867 New York City NY married: Martha G. Hammond

Died: 11-23-1941 obit: Philadelphia Conference 1950, 792

1894 ordained deacon, recommended by Carlisle

1897 admitted on trial, Genesee Conference

Interment: Emanuel Cemetery, Lewisberry PA

Obit: Philadelphia Conference 1942, 456

1893-97 student, Dickinson College

1896-97 Lewisberry (ending fall 1897)

1897-99 Williamsville NJ

1899-01 Lancaster NY

1901-03 Gowanda NY

1903-04 Albion NY

1904 transfer to Philadelphia Conference

1904-08 Clifton Heights

1908-11 Columbia Cookman

1911-14 Sharon Hill

1914-31 Philadelphia Thirteenth Street

1931-32 leave of absence

1932-33 Brookline

1933 retired

Note: Samuel W. Purvis was the author of the “Saturday Sermon” in the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin for more than 24 years.

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PYLES, EDWIN ARTHUR

Born: 12-26-1868 Waterloo PA married: Elizabeth Sylvania Martin

Died: 11-4-1932 Carlisle PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1935, 242

1893 admitted on trial, recommended by Williamsport Pine Street

1894 ordained deacon, recommended by Jamestown

Interment: Enola Cemetery, Enola PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1933, 190

1893-94 Jamestown

1894-96 West Fairview

1896-99 Camp Hill-Salem

1899-00 Port Royal

1900-03 York Epworth

1903-06 Mechanicsburg

1906-09 Bellwood

1909-15 Williamsport Pine Street

1915-20 Harrisburg Fifth Street

1920-25 superintendent, Williamsport District

1925-28 Bloomsburg

1928 retired