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

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Central Pennsylvania Conference Methodist Pastors.  Click on the first letter of the surname to enter the file of all the pastors for that letter.  The instructions file gives information about this project, the dates at which various conference boundary changes occurred, and detailed bibliographic references. 

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TANEYHILL, THOMAS

Born: 12-7-1803 Calvert County MD married: Elizabeth Berryman

Died: 11-19-1894 Toledo OH obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1893, 95

1828 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment: Bryan Cemetery, Bryan OH

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1895, 82

1828-29 Greenbriar WV

1829-30 Pendleton

1830-31 Monroe

1831-33 Concord

1833-35 Sunbury

1835-36 Huntingdon

1836-38 Lycoming

1838-40 Bellefonte

1849-42 Northumberland

1842-44 Berwick

1844-45 West Branch

1845-46 Jersey Shore

1846-48 Gettysburg

1848-50 Lewistown circuit

1850-51 Lycoming

1851-52 Muncy

1852-54 Bloomsburg

1854-56 Milton

1856-57 Sunbury

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-58 Sunbury

1858 retired

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

Note: A biographical sketch of Thomas Taneyhill is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference. He is the father of Charles Wesley Taneyhill (1842-1925) of the West Ohio Conference.

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TAYLOR, ANDREW EDWARD

Born: 11-29-1833 Rockbridge Baths VA married: Cleopatra F. Diehl

Died: 4-20-1907 Mechanicsburg PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1909, 111

1856 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment: Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1908, 124

1855-56 Sewell Valley

1856-57 Monroe

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-59 Gettysburg

1858-60 Milton circuit

1860-61 Pleasant Grove

1861-63 Harford Mission

1863-65 Schellsburg

1865-67 McConnellsburg

1867-68 Concord

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-70 Concord

1870-73 Great Island

1873-75 Sinnemahoning

1875-78 Salona

1878-81 Salladasburg

1881-84 Watsontown-Montandon

1884-87 Montoursville

1887-90 Muncy

1890-94 Montoursville

1894-99 Mechanicsburg

1899-03 Wrightsville

1903-04 Mount Holly Springs

1904 retired

Note: Andrew E. Taylor is the son of local pastor Stuart Taylor (1796-?) of the Virginia Conference, brother to prominent Bishop William Taylor (1821-1902) and Archibald Taylor (1830-?) of the Georgia Conference, father of Rollin Stewart Taylor and Charles Diehl Taylor (?-1952) of the Baltimore Conference and missionary to Africa Jennie Taylor Gordon, and grandfather of Rollin H. Taylor. A biographical sketch appears in Biographical & Portrait Cyclopedia of Cumberland, York & Adams Co, pages 409-10.

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TAYLOR, GEORGE E.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1905-06 Centre & Sandy Ridge

Note: George E. Taylor served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.

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TAYLOR, GEORGE THOMAS JR.

Born: 9-4-1926 Greensburg PA married: Mary Denman Herr

Died: 10-26-1991 obit:

1948 license, Pittsburgh Conference

1953 admitted on trial, Central Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1948-50 Bobtown, Pittsburgh Conference (beginning 10/48)

1950-51 Pittsburgh Lemington Avenue, Pittsburgh Conference (ending 9/51)

1951-53 Lewisberry (beginning 9/51)

1953-55 Fayetteville

1955-56 Marysville

1956-59 Beach Haven

1959-62 Montgomery

1962-65 Flemington

1965-68 chaplain, Correctional Institution: Wilmington, Delaware

1968-73 on leave

1968-71 associate, Pennsville NJ Trinity

1971-73 Quinton NJ

1973 voluntary location

Note: George T. Taylor is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1292. The dates for Mrs. Taylor may be 5/28/1928 – 1/?/1991.

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TAYLOR, HARTER STRATFORD

Born: 9-28-1899 Broad Top City PA married: Margaret Catherine Carbaugh

Died: 1-18-1968 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1999, 442

1923 license

1940 ordained deacon

Interment:

Obit: [1968, 141]

1923-25 Alum Bank

1925-26 Salona & Lamar

1926-28 Penfield

1928-31 New Millport

1931-36 Morris

1936-46 Shawville (ending 12/15/46)

1946-60 Sinnemahoning (beginning 12/15/46)

1960-67 Cherry Tree

1967 retired

Note: Harter S. Taylor served as a local pastor and is the father of Stratford C. Taylor.

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TAYLOR, JAMES HAROLD

Born: 3-16-1937 Port Royal PA married: Nancy Ann Wert

Died: obit:

1958 license, recommended by Palmyra TN

1963 admitted on trial

1963 ordained deacon

1966 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1958-61 student, Austin Peay State College in Clarksville TN

1958-60 Palmyra TN, Tennessee Conference

1960-61 Woodlawn TN Montgomery, Tennessee Conference

1961-62 Woodlawn TN Montgomery, Tennessee Conference

1962-65 student, Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington DC

1962-64 Robertsdale

1964-65 New Paris

1965-66 New Paris

1966-82 chaplain, US Army (ending 8/31/82)

1982-83 without appointment (9/1/82-1/14/83)

1983-86 Saxton-Six Mile Run (beginning 1/15/83)

1986-89 Philipsburg Grace

1989-94 Bellwood Calvary

1994-98 McElhatten

1998 retired

2001-02 Robertsdale

Note: James H. Taylor is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1293.

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TAYLOR, JOHN PAUL

Born: 5-24-1923 Osceola Mills PA married: Glade Fronk

Died: 9-2-2000 obit:

1942 license, recommended by Osceola Mills

1952 admitted on trial

1952 ordained deacon

1954 ordained elder

Interment: Mt. Rose Cemetery, York PA

Obit: 2001, 376

1942-46 Cogan Valley

1946-50 Cherry Tree

1950-51 Penns Valley

1951-55 Nescopeck

1955-62 Sunbury Catawissa Avenue

1962-65 Hazleton St. Paul’s

1965-71 Altoona Juniata Gethsemane

1971-77 superintendent, Harrisburg District

1977-83 Clearfield West Side (ending 8/15/83)

1983-89 York Aldersgate (beginning 8/15/83)

1989 retired

1989-92 visitation minister, Altoona Juniata Gethsemane

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TAYLOR, ROLLIN HARMON

Born: 4-21-1903 Philipsburg PA married: Catharine A. Flanigan

Died: 4-8-1982 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1922, 140

married2: Maude Geedy

obit2: Central Pennsylvania Conference 2003, 390

1925 license, recommended by Williamsport Third Street

1928 admitted on trial

1930 ordained deacon

1932 ordained elder

Interment: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Mackeyville PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1982, 385

1925-26 Laurelton

1926-27 Picture Rocks

1927-29 Clearfield circuit

1929-31 Catawissa circuit

1931-34 Schellsburg

1934-37 Orangeville-Rohrsburg

1937-43 Mifflintown

1943-48 Curwensville

1948-51 Williamsport High Street

1951-57 Huntingdon Fifteenth Street

1957-62 Tyrone Columbia Avenue

1962-65 Altoona Fairview

1965-70 Westfield and Cowanesque

1970 retired

1970-72 Lock Haven parish

Note: Rollin H. Taylor is the grandson of Andrew E. Taylor (whose card gives a complete list of the related Taylor pastors in the Methodist ministry) and the son of Rollin S. Taylor.

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TAYLOR, ROLLIN STUART

Born: 9-23-1862 Rockbridge County VA married: Catherine Anna Flanigan

Died: 5-16-1933 Williamsport PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1922, 140

1884 admitted on trial, recommended by Watsontown & Montandon

1886 ordained deacon

1888 ordained elder

Interment: Mill Hall Cemetery, Mill Hall PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1934, 219

1884-85 West Shamokin

1885-87 Rohrsburg

1887-89 Mill Hall

1889-92 Lycoming

1892-94 Picture Rocks

1894-96 Montandon

1896-98 Cross Forks

1898-01 Newville-Pine Grove Furnace

1901-03 Wallaceton

1903-05 Martinsburg-Woodbury

1905-08 Half Moon

1908-12 Howard

1912-14 Woolrich-Avis

1914-15 Lock Haven East Main Street

1915-18 Hughesville

1918-20 Shippensburg

1920-22 Williamsport Market Street

1922-23 Wilburton

1923 retired

Note: Rollin S. Taylor is the son of Andrew E. Taylor (whose card gives a complete list of the related Taylor pastors in the Methodist ministry), a brother to Jennie M. Taylor Gordon, and the father of Rollin H. Taylor. Some sources given his middle name as Stewart.

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TAYLOR, STRATFORD CLAIR

Born: 2-24-1925 Alum Bank PA married: Esther L. Mayhew

Died: obit:

1943 license, recommended by Shawville

1946 ordained deacon

1947 admitted on trial

1948 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1943-45 student, Dickinson College

1943-45 Vira

1945-47 student, Drew Theological Seminary in Madison NJ

1945-47 West Fairview & Summerdale

1947-59 Thompsontown

1959-73 Philipsburg Trinity

1973-79 superintendent, Williamsport District

1979-95 Montoursville Faith

1995 retired

Note: Stratford C. Taylor is the son of Harter S. Taylor. He listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist Church, page 1294.

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TAYLOR, WILLIAM MORGAN

Born: 4-26-1889 Glen Richey PA married: Bernice Virginia Decker

Died: 7-27-1964 Bradenton FL obit: [7/25/1897 – 1/29/1987]

1916 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1911-14 student, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary

1912-14 Waterville (ending fall 1914)

1916-20 at school

1920-22 abroad

1922-24 Lewisburg

1924-30 Chambersburg

1930-34 Lock Haven Trinity

1934-38 Harrisburg Stevens Memorial

1938-42 Altoona First (charges filed, did not finish the year)

1942-43 suspended

1943 withdrew under charges

Note: Mrs. Taylor is a 1915 graduate of WDS. They were married 12/30/1922.

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THAYER, GEORGE ALLAN

Born: 8-10-1930 married: Joyce _____

Died: obit:

? license, Genesee Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1959-61 Freemont

1961-62 Middlebury

1962 “transfer” by boundary change to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1962-64 Burnt Cabins

Note: George A. Thayer is the son of Rev. Thurber Reuben Thayer (1903-1997) of the Free Methodist Church. He is a graduate of Roberts Wesleyan College. As of 2006 Rev. George A. Thayer is president and CEO of Christian TV Services in Ellicottville NY.

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THOMAS, CARL ADAM

Born: married: Glenda _____

Died: obit:

Pacific Japanese Provisional Conference

1964 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1964-67 student, Pacific School of Religion, Berkley CA

1967 transfer to California-Nevada Conference

1967-03 [California-Nevada Conference]

2003 retired

Note: Carl Adam Thomas is a 1963 graduate of Lycoming College.

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THOMAS, CHARLES F.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1861-62 Milton circuit

1862-64 North Baltimore circuit

1864-65 Frederick circuit

1865-67 Waynesboro

1867-68 Havre de Grace

1868 transfer by boundary change to Baltimore Conference

1868-69 Harvre de Grace

1869 transfer to Cincinnati Conference

1869-70 Cincinnati Ladies’ Home Mission

1871-72 Cincinnati Mount Auburn

1872 withdrew to enter the Presbyterian ministry

1873-78 Third Presbyterian Church, Chester PA

1878-79 Northwestern Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia PA

1881 serving in Philadelphia

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THOMAS, JAMES SEWALL

Born: 12-21-1831 MD married: Eunice Drake

Died: 1-14-1917 obit: New England Southern 1905, 97

1854 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment:

Obit: New England Southern 1917, 130

1854-55 Woodstock

1855-56 South Branch

1856-57 Front Royal

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-58 North Baltimore

1858-61 on leave

1861 located

apparently resumed his ministry in other conferences

Note: James S. Thomas is the father of T. Snowden Thomas (1869-1907) of the Philadelphia Conference.

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THOMAS, JOHN

Born: 5-23-1783 Philadelphia PA married: Rebecca Tallman

Died: 10-17-1867 Lycoming County PA obit: [9/1/1778 – 10/6/1853]

1807 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment: Williamsport PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1870, 65

1807-08 Harford

1808-09 Huntingdon

1809-10 Aughwick

1810-11 Juniata

1811-12 Mishannon

1812-13 Huntingdon

1813-14 Lycoming

1814-15 Juniata

1815-16 Lycoming

1816-18 Northumberland

1818-20 Bald Eagle

1820-21 Lycoming

1821-23 Northumberland

1823-24 on leave

1824-25 Lycoming

1825-26 Shamokin

1826-28 Northumberland

1828 retired

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

Note: After retiring from the ministry, John Thomas served as an associate judge in Lycoming County.

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THOMAS, NELSON ALEXANDER

Born: 4-16-1904 Blandburg PA married: Esther May Gross

Died: 8-5-1990 Green Cove Springs FL obit: [d. 8/17/1987]

married2: Leona McGowen

1927 license, recommended by Blandburg obit2:

1930 admitted on trial

1932 ordained deacon

1934 ordained elder

Interment: Penney Retirement Community Cemetery, Penney Farms FL

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1991, 493

1928-30 Westport 7 Shintown

1930-31 Clearville

1931-33 Beach Haven

1933-35 Birmingham

1935-37 Cherry Tree

1937-41 Trevorton

1941-43 Stewartstown

1943-46 chaplain, US Army

1946-51 Benton

1951-58 South Williamsport

1958-63 Selinsgrove

1963-69 Osceola Mills

1969 retired

Note: Nelson A. Thomas is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in The Methodist church, page 1305.

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THOMAS, PHILIP

Born: married:

Died: 1935 obit:

1889 ordained deacon, recommended by Shamokin station

1895 license

Interment:

Obit: [1936, 98]

1886-87 Helfenstein

1895-97 Excelsior

1897-00 Jamison City

1900-05 Wapwallopen

1905-10 Harveyville

1910-12 Roaring Creek

1912-13 Park Place & Delano

1913 no appointment

1914-17 Jonestown

Note: Philip Thomas served as a local pastor.

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THOMAS, ROBERT F.

Born: 11-18-1914 Harrisburg PA married:

Died: 6-?-1980 obit:

1938 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1934-38 student, Western Maryland College in Westminster MD

1934-35 Vira (beginning Oct 1934)

1935-36 Littlestown

1936-38 Rouzerville

1938-40 Oriole-Antes Fort

1940-41 [not listed]

1941 discontinued to enter ministry of the Episcopal Church

North Carolina

Kentucky

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THOMAS, WALTER SHERWOOD

Born: 1-7-1933 Boone IA married: Jane Elizabeth Davies

Died: obit:

1956 license, Ohio Conference: recommended by Dayton OH South Park

1956 admitted on trial, Ohio Conference

1959 ordained deacon

1962 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1950-54 student, Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown PA

1954-56 student, United Theological Seminary in Dayton OH

1954-56 associate, Dayton South Park

1956-58 Waynesville Lytle (ending 11/30/58)

1958-59 Harrisonville, Central Pennsylvania Conference (beginning 12/1/1958)

1959 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1959-61 Harrisonville

1961-65 Danville St. Paul’s

1965-69 Hazleton Diamond

1969-71 Chambers Hill

1971-77 Northumberland Christ

1977-87 Tyrone Wesley

1987-96 Linglestown

1996 retired

Note: W. Sherwood Thomas is the preferred form.

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THOMPSON, JAMES VORHEES

Born: 5-25-1878 Rock Springs PA married: Nora Gray

Died: 7-1-1952 obit: [4/18/1869 – 5/31/1951]

1906 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit: Pittsburgh Conference 1953, 452

1906-07 Altoona First

1907 transfer to Pittsburgh Conference

1907-09 associate, Pittsburgh Christ

1909-12 faculty, Shady Side Academy in Pittsburgh

1912-14 faculty Peabody High School in Pittsburgh

1914-25 superintendent, Young People’s Department of the ME Board of Sunday School

1925-28 associate, Evanston First

1927-28 faculty, Northwestern University

1930-45 faculty, Drew University

Note: James V. Thompson is listed in the 1945 Personalities in American Methodism. Mrs. Thompson is from the Gray family of Half Moon Valley; her father was a first cousin to George Tarring Gray. Some biographical information on James V. Thompson appears in the Ministerial Qualifications Book, page 65.

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THOMPSON, T.J.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1881-82 Licking Creek

Note: T.J. Thompson lived in McConnellsburg served as a local pastor.

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THRUSH, JOHN

Born: 3-4-1822 Shippensburg PA married: Rachel Mann

Died: 7-12-1872 Lewistown PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1909, 113

1844 license, Baltimore Conference

1845 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment: Lewistown PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1873, 72

McConnellsburg

Boonsboro

Newport

Gettysburg

Greencastle

Cumberland Mission

Christiansburg

Williamsburg

Staunton

Rockingham

South Baltimore

Annapolis

West River

Washington DC Union

1863-65 Washington DC McKendree

1865-66 South Baltimore

1866 transfer to North-West Indiana Conference

LaPorte station

South Bend

1870 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1870-72 Lewistown

Note: A biographical sketch of John Thrush is given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 473.

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TIFFANY, OTIS HENRY

Born: 7-3-1825 Baltimore MD married: Eliza Bruce Hamilton

Died: 10-24-1891 Minneapolis MN obit:

1846 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Obit: Minnesota Conference 1892, 80

1846-47 Hereford

1847-48 Great Falls

1848-57 faculty, Dickinson College

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-58 faculty, Dickinson College

1858-61 secretary, Maryland State Bible Society

1861 transfer to Rock River Conference

Chicago IL

New Brunswick NJ

Newark NJ

Washington DC

Philadelphia PA

Minneapolis MN Hennepin Avenue

Note: Otis Henry Tiffany is the author of published sermons, articles and contributions to McClintock and Strong’s Cyclopedia.

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TIMLIN, JOSEPH PAUL

Born: 9-30-1925 Philadelphia PA married: Martha Elizabeth Hogan

Died: obit:

married2: Genett _____

1957 license

1961 ordained deacon

1962 admitted on trial

1964 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1956-60 Rouzerville

1960-61 Ray’s hill

1961-64 Kulpmont

1964-66 Williamsport High Street (ending 11/15/66)

1966-67 Altoona Mardorf (beginning 11/15/66)

1967-71 voluntary location

1969-71 Worcester, Wyoming Conference

1971 re-admitted, Wyoming Conference

1971-72 Worcester

1972-75 North Fenton

1975-78 Mount Upton

1978-80 Mehoopany

1980-84 Harpursville

1984-86 Marathon

1986 retired

1986-88 Berkshire

1988-89 Middlefield-Roseboom

1990-94 Cherry Valley, North Central New York Conference

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TIPPETT, CHARLES B.

Born: 12-19-1801 Prince George County MD married: Margaret Strother Lewis

Died: 2-28-1867 Hookstown MD obit: [7/28/1803 - ?]

Interment: Moiunt Olivet Cemetery, Baltimore MD

Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1867, 49

1820-21 Jefferson

1821-22 Rockingham

1822-23 Allegany

1823-25 Fredericksburg

1825-26 East Baltimore

1826-28 Severn

1829-30 Leesburg

1830-31 Harford

1831-35 superintendent, Rockingham District

1835-36 Georgetown

1836-38 Washington DC Foundry

1838-40 North Baltimore

1840-41 Baltimore City station

1841-42 Baltimore Fayette Street

1842-44 superintendent, Carlisle district

1844-48 agent, Book Concern in New York City.

1848-50 North Baltimore station

1850-54 superintendent, Carlisle District

1854-56 Summerfield circuit

1856-57 Williamsport PA

1857 charter member of the East Baltimore Conference

1857-58 superintendent, Bellefonte District

1858-62 superintendent, Cumberland District

1862-64 Baltimore Caroline Street

1864-65 Baltimore Exeter Street

1865-67 Baltimore Whatcoat

Note: A biographical sketch of Charles B. Tippett is given in Armstrong’s History of the Old Baltimore Conference, page 474.

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TITLEY, RICHARD KIMPTON

Born: 1-31-1923 Newark NJ married:

Died: obit:

1947 ordained deacon

1948 admitted on trial, recommended by Bendersville

Interment:

Obit:

1945-46 Picture Rocks (6/15-45 – 2/1/46)

1946-47 Dillsburg & Wellsville (beginning 2/1/46)

1947-49 Bendersville

1949 transfer to Florida Conference

Note: In 2003 Richard K. Titley is listed as a retired member of the Florida Conference.

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TITUS, CHARLES L.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1927-28 student, Bucknell University

1927-28 Jamison City (beginning 9/1/17) [see 1928,655]

Note: C. L Titus served as a local pastor. He is listed as the soccer coach at Bucknell for the 1931 season.

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TOLBERT, CHARLES FRANKLIN

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1966 license, recommended by Waynesboro Christ

1971 admitted on trial

1974 ordained deacon

Interment:

Obit:

1966-71 Roxbury (beginning 1/1/66)

1971-76 St. Thomas-Lemasters

1976-80 St. Thomas

1980 withdrew, page 273

Note: Charles F. Tolbert appears to be continuing to function as a minister, affiliation unknown.

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TOMKINSON, THEOPHILUS LESSEY

Born: 7-19-1836 Puttneyville NY married: Laura Elizabeth Hayman

Died: 3-19-1915 Wilmington DE obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1922, 140

1860 admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference

.

Interment: Harrisburg PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1915, 119

 Salisbury MD

Quantico

Princess Anne

Accomac VA

1868 charter member of Wilmington Conference

Annamessex

Federalsburg MD

Wyoming

Wilmington Scott

Zion MD

Easton MD

Wilmington Mount Salem

Millington MD

Galena MD

1887 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1887-89 Harrisburg Thirteenth Street

1889-94 New Cumberland

1894-97 Berwick

1897-02 Philipsburg

1902-03 Williamsport Mulberry Street

1903-07 Mount Carmel

1907 retired

Note: Theophilus L. Tomlinson is a brother to William E. Tomkinson. An obituary also appears in the 6/24/1915 Christian Advocate, page 836.

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TOMKINSON, WILLIAM ELDRIDGE

Born: 9-21-1837 married: Julia Elizabeth Redford

Died: 12-26-1923 obit: Wilmington Conference 1933, 122

Interment:

Obit: Wilmington Conference1924, 134

1901-02 Littlestown

Note: William E. Tomkinson is a brother to Theophilus L. Tomkinson.

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TORRENCE, IRVIN H.

Born: 2-24-1821 Lancaster County PA married: Margaretta R. Gearhart

Died: 2-11-1899 Riverside PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1914, 129

1843 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference

Interment: Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Danville PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1899, 95

1843-44 Bloomingdale

1844-45 Stafford

1845-46 Warrenton

1846-48 Wrightsville

1848-49 Jersey Shore

1849-51 Lock Haven

1851-87 secretary, Pennsylvania Bible Society

1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference

1857-68 secretary, Pennsylvania Bible Society

1868 charter member of Central Pennsylvania Conference

1868-85 secretary, Pennsylvania Bible Society

1885-94 on leave

1894 retired

Note: Biographical sketches for Irvin H. Torrece are given in Armstrong’s The Old Baltimore Conference, page 474, and in Simpson’s 1881 Cyclopedia of Methodism. Irvin H. Torrence laid out the town of Riverside. Mrs. Torrence is a first cousin to Bishop Thomas Bowman (1817-1914) of the Baltimore Conference, her mother being the daughter of Thomas Bowman (1760-1823) of the Baltimore Conference. Her mother’s father Thomas Bowman entertained Francis Asbury, and her father’s father Jacob Gearhart entertained Francis Asbury and was a founder of Gearhart’s Church/Mt. Vernon Cemetery outside Riverside.

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TRACH, GEORGE

Born: c1864 married: Martha Halton

Died: obit:

1887 admitted on trial, recommended by Decatur circuit

Interment:

Obit:

1886-87 Decatur

1887-88 Concord

1888-91 Irvona

1891-94 New Washington

1894-96 Wallaceton

1896-97 on leave

1897 discontinued at own request

Note: George Trach reportedly moved to Mannington WV.

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TRAIL, GARY WAYNE

Born: married: E. Elaine _____

Died: obit:

1965 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1963-64 Warfordsburg

1964-66 Robersdale

1966 transfer to Peninsula Conference

1966-68 Sherwood-Bayside

1968-72 Preston-Bethesda

1972-76 Chesapeake City

1976-80 [Peninsula Conference]

1980 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1980-92 Ridgeley Holy Cross (ending 1/1/92)

1992-94 conference approved evangelist (beginning 1/1/92)

1994-96 East Cumberland Parish

1996-01 Rawlings

2001 retired

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TRAUTMAN, HOWARD MONROE

Born: 10-31-1867 Hebe PA married: Naomi Evelyn Mohn

Died: 5-18-1942 Lewistown PA obit: [d. 12/17/1918] [1919, 62]

married2: Lula Susan Matilda Davidson

obit2: 1943,219

1899 license, East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

1911 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

Interment: Landingville Cemetery, Landingville PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1943, 213

1899-01 Freeburg

1901-03 Pequea circuit

1903-06 Grantville

1906-08 Manor circuit

1908-10 Bern circuit

1910-12 Tower City

1912-13 Birdsboro Grace

1913-14 living in Gibraltar, Berks County, PA

1914 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1914-16 Laurelton

1916-20 Cassville

1920-23 Ramey

1923-25 Munson

1925-26 Half Moon

1926-28 Elysburg

1928-31 McVeytown

1931-32 Hopewell

1932-34 Shirleysburg

1934-36 East Waterford

1936-37 James Creek

1937-38 Allenport-Singer’s Gap

1938-39 Muncy Valley

1938 retired

Note: Howard M. Trautman is the fathe of Mary E. Trautman Donat, wife of Rev. J.K. Donat of the Lutheran Church. The first Mrs. Trautman, who died in the flu epidemic, was the daughter of a pastor, most likely Evangelical or United Brethren, but the specific Rev. Mohn has not been able to be identified.

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TREESE, DONALD HOWARD

Born: 9-11-1930 Mines PA married: Lois Audrey Ward

Died: obit:

1948 license, recommended by Williamsburg

1953 admitted on trial

1953 ordained deacon

1957 ordained elder

Interment:

Obit:

1950-52 Allenport

1952-53 Hopewell

1953-55 student, University of Chicago Theological Seminary

1955-56 associate, Williamsport Pine Street

1956-57 director of religious affairs, Lycoming College

1957-61 Newport

1961-65 Gettysburg

1965-69 Williamsport Newberry

1969-73 Altoona First

1973-79 Carlisle Allison

1979-93 associate general secretary, Board of Higher Education and Ministry

1993 retired

Note: Donald H. Treese is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in the Methodist Church, page 1326.

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TRESSLER, ROBERT LEONARD

Born: 9-29-1890 Bellefonte PA married: Dorothy Marie Gibbs

Died: 5-10-1993 obit:

1918 admitted on trial

1942 ordained deacon, Virginia Conference

1943 ordained elder, Virginia Conference

Interment:

Obit: Virginia Conference 1993, 229

1918-20 Dudley

1920-21 Cassville

1921 permitted to withdraw from the ministry

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1940-42 Caroline, Virginia Conference

1942 admitted on trial, Virginia Conference

1942-43 Caroline

1943-44 Ferrum

1944-46 Spotsylvania

1946-50 Middle Bedford

1950-54 Albermarle

1954-58 Grottoes

1958-61 associate, Greene Memorial

1961-63 Brookville

1963 retired

Note: Citing doctrinal differences with the Methodist Church in 1921, Robert L. Tressler United with the Christian & Missionary Alliance Church

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TREVERTON, HENRY

Born: 9-9-1866 Mistershult Parish, Sweden married: Lulu J. Hench

Died: 4-24-1901 Mapleton PA obit: [1946, 252]

1890 admitted on trial

1892 ordained deacon

1894 ordained elder

Interment: Everett Cemetery, Everett PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1902, 119

1889-90 Port Royal

1890-93 Burnt Cabins

1893-96 Thompsontown

1896-01 Mapleton-Mill Creek

Note: The obituary of Henry Treverton does not mention a wife. The following is on file in the Juniata County Historical Society: “On Tuesday of this week [29 Jun 1897], Rev. Henry Treverton, a former pastor of the Methodist charge at Port Royal and Thompsontown, now located at Mapleton, was united in marriage to Miss Lulu Hench, of Eschol, Perry County. We extend heartiest congratulations to these most estimable young people, wishing them unalloyed happiness, along life's pathway.”

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TRIMBATH, JAMES W.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1895-97 Wagner

1897-98 Shirletsburg

Note: James W. Trimbath lived in Everett and served as a local pastor.

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TRIMBLE, ROBERT LOUIS JR

Born: 11-15-1938 Kane PA married: Nancy Elaine Bartlett

Died: 9-?-1979 obit:

1960 license, Western Pennsylvania Conference

1966 admitted on trial, Western Pennsylvania Conference

1966 ordained deacon, Western Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1961-65 student, Slippery Rock State College in Slippery Rock PA

1961-63 assistant, Millers Station

1963-65 New Castle Christ

1965-66 student, Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington DC

1965-66 Hopewell, Central Pennsylvania Conference

1966-67 Fayette City

1967-70 at school

1970 discontinued

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TRITTENBACH, EDWARD VICTOR

Born: 10-24-1922 married:

Died: 2-4-1989 El Paso TX obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1967-68 Ralston

Note: Edward V. Trittenbach served as a local pastor. He is believed to have been from Emmaus PA.

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TROUP, KENNETH LEROY

Born: married: Janet _____

Died: obit:

1967 license, recommended by Mechanicsburg Salem

1971 ordained deacon

Interment:

Obit:

1969-81 Beach Haven

1981-86 Airville

1986 retired

1987-95 Stewartstown Mt. Olivet (beginning 9/6/87)

Note: Kenneth L. Troup served as a local pastor.

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TRUAX, ERNEST BELL

Born: 4-29-1871 married:

Died: obit:

1897 quarterly conference license

Interment:

Obit:

1897-99 living in Morrisdale

1899-00 Grant (Clearfield County)

1900 no longer listed

Note: Ernest B. Truax served as a local pastor and is the son of Job Truax.

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TRUAX, JOB

Born: 6-18-1842 Warfordsburg PA married: Harriet Lodge Bishop

Died: 3-14-1903 Hollidaysburg PA obit: [8/31/1842 – 9/25/1917]

1894 quarterly conference license

1895 ordained elder, recommended by New Washington

Interment:

Obit: [1903, 57]

1889-91 Coalport (beginning circa Oct 1889)

1891-94 Glen Hope

1894-96 New Washington

1896-98 Ansonville

1898-99 McKee’s Gap

1899 no longer listed

Note: Job Truax served as a local pastor and is the father of Ernest B. Truax.

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TUBBS, TIMOTHY H.

Born: 1-9-1842 Fairmount, Luzerne County PA married: Emma Edwards

Died: 5-2-1925 Williamsport PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1916, 132

1869 license, recommended by Laporte

1872 admitted on trial

1874 ordained deacon

1876 ordained elder

Interment: Beach Grove Cemetery, Shickshinny PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1926, 337

1872-73 Conyngham

1873-74 Berwick circuit

1874-75 Mifflinville

1875-77 Bendersville

1877-80 Fort Littleton

1880-82 Jerseytown

1882-84 Elysburg

1884-85 on leave

1885-87 Buckhorn

1887-94 on leave

1890-91 Silver Brook

1894-95 Excelsior

1895-97 Jamison City

1897-00 Bloomingdale

1900-02 Buckhorn

1902-04 Orangeville-Light Street

1904 retired

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TUCK, ERNEST EVERETT

Born: 11-11-1888 Australia married:

Died: 3-?-1966 California obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1933-34 Dillsburg & Wellsville (did not finish the year)

Note: Dr. Ernest E. Tuck was a Methodist missionary to the Philippine Islands. He was interned in Manila by the Japanese during World War II (1942-1945). He came to the United States from Australia as a teenager in 1905, settling in Colorado. He graduated from the University of Denver and became a Methodist minister in Denver. He later went to Boston University for graduate work in theology. At the time he finished his degree, World War I had ended and the Methodist church was launching a new world mission program. Tuck and his wife volunteered, and along with their four-year-old daughter began their mission work in India, spending five years. He then spent seven years as an Associate Secretary at the Board of Missions in New York. After another three years as a minister, in 1936 they went to the Philippines where he was appointed the superintendent of the Methodist Mission in Manila. Following the war and a brief time in the United States he returned to the Philippines to help in the rebuilding for seven years. He returned to spend five years in New York as the director of the Advance Department for the Board of Missions after which he retired in 1957. His papers are in the University of Oregon Libraries Special Collections in Eugene. The details of his brief connection with the Central Pennsylvania Conference are unknown.

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TURNER, ARIEL REUEL

Born: 1-3-1888 Oxford ID married: Miriam Rutherford

Died: 11-14-1967 Camp Hill PA obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1985, 418

1914 admitted on trial

Interment: Lincoln Chapel Cemetery, Laurelton PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1968, 322

1913-14 Laurelton

1914-15 Orangeville-Light Street

1915-18 Orangeville-Rohrsburg

1918-22 Berwick Calvary

1922-25 Hastings

1925-30 Everett

1930-35 Curwensville

1935-40 York Grace

1940-43 Altoona Simpson

1943-48 Huntingdon First

1948-55 Hanover

1955-58 Harrisburg Epworth

1958 retired

Note: Ariel R. Turner is the son of James Elmer Turner (located 1894, d. 1912 [or possibly 1863-1910]) of the Southern California Conference and a brother to James A. Turner. He listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in the Methodist Church.

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TURNER, ELBERT

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1875 admitted on trial

Interment:

Obit:

1875-76 Grahamton

1876 discontinued

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TURNER, J.C.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

1869 quarterly conference license, Orangeville

Interment:

Obit:

1868-69 Orangeville

1869-70 Laporte

Note: J.C. Turner served as a local pastor. His initials also appear as “I.C.” and “P.C.”

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TURNER, JAMES AUBREY

Born: 4-7-1889 Oxford ID married: Leona Agnes Kittle

Died: 8-9-1971 obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1964, 366

1914 license, recommended by Bloomsburg

1915 admitted on trial

1917 ordained deacon

1919 ordained elder

Interment: Jersey Shore Cemetery, Jersey Shore PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1972, 398

1915-18 Harveyville

1918-22 Conyngham

1922-26 Picture Rocks

1926-31 Gordon

1931-32 Williamsburg

1932-34 Altoona Fairview

1934-37 New Oxford-Ortanna

1937-42 Patton

1942-49 Riverside

1949-50 Duncannon

1950-55 Ashland

1955-61 Jersey Shore Epworth

1961 retired

Nelson (approx. 1 year)

Note: James A. Turner is the son of James Elmer Turner (located 1894, d. 1912 [or possibly 1863-1910]) of the Southern California Conference and a brother to Ariel R. Turner. He is listed in the 1966 Who’s Who in the Methodist Church, page 1336.

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TURNER, WILLIAM

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Interment:

Obit:

1958-60 Frankstown

1960-64 Snydertown

Note: William Turner served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.