Pennsylvania Conference UB Pastors

ARCHIVES OF THE SUSQUEHANNA CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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

On Line Data Bases

Pennsylvania United Brethren 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.

MACDONALD, JOSEPH R.

Born: 9-7-1883 Lancaster County PA married: Bessie Creamer

Died: 12-15-1986 obit: [d. 1929]

Miller-Raker #: no married2: Emma Mae Parmer

Fulton #: no obit2:

Gibble list: yes

1909 quarterly conference license, Lancaster Covenant

1912 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1917 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Fishburn UM Cemetery, Hershey PA

Obit: Eastern Pennsylvania Conference 1987,7.3

1912-16 New Holland

1916-17 Lykens

1917-27 Union Deposit circuit

1927-32 Coatesville

1932-37 Harrisburg Twenty-Ninth Street

1937-48 Oberlin

1948-62 Fishburn and Union Deposit

1962 retired

1962-64 conference supply, including Geyers and Falmouth

1964-73 Milton Grove and Moyers

MAHORTER, JOHN

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 217

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

? license

1837 ordained

Interment:

Obit:

1840 withdrew

MARCH, DANIEL J.

Born: 12-14-1880 Adams County PA married: Eleanora Jane Zuck

Died: 6-15-1942 obit: 1960,48

Miller-Raker #: 553

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1908 quarterly conference license, Hanover Lohr’s Memorial

1909 license

1914 ordained

Interment: Hanover PA

Obit: 1942,30

1908-09 Spring Grove

1909-11 Dover circuit

1911-14 Springett [Pleasureville]

1914-17 Mont Alto

1917-21 Taneytown

1921-22 Rayville

1922-34 Scotland

1934-42 Dillsburg

Note: Daniel J. March is the father of Harold V. March.

MARCH, HAROLD V.

Born: 11-26-1913 Pleasureville PA married: Kline Elizabeth Shriner

Died: 9-8-1990 obit: 2001,369

Miller-Raker #: 694

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1938 quarterly conference license, Dillsburg Calvary

1941 license

1949 ordained

Interment: Fetterhoff Church Cemetery, Franklin County PA

Obit: 1991,483

1938-41 Middletown MD

1941-42 Mt. Victory-Gardners (including Dillsburg Jun-Oct)

1942-44 Shermansdale

1944-56 Gettysburg

1956-63 New Cumberland Trinity

1963-64 disability

1964 Baltimore Otterbein (5 months)

1964-73 Fetterhoff’s-Mt. Union

1973-75 Elkland

1975-79 disability [legally blind]

1979 retired

1989 pastor emeritus, Fetterhoff’s

Note: Harold V. March is the son of Daniel J. March

MARK, GEORGE A. SR

Born: 11-6-1790 married: Christina Runkle

Died: 12-26-1868 obit: [b. 10/3/1794]

Miller-Raker #: 246

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1841 license

1848 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: United Brethren Cemetery, Annville PA

Obit: East Pennsylvania 1869,19 and 1870,31

1846 charter member of East Pennsylvania Conference

1852-54 Myerstown circuit

Note: George A. Mark Sr is the father of George A. Mark Jr and of Lydia Mark Etter, wife of Samuel R. Etter. A biographical sketch is given in the 1911 Landmark History of the United Brethren Church, page 209, by Eberly et al.

MARK, GEORGE ADAM JR

Born: 2-8-1825 married:

Died: 2-16-1886 obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1852 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1855 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 1887,27

1852-54 Myerstown circuit

1854-55 Lancaster circuit

1855-56 ?

1856-57 Lebanon circuit

1857-58 ?

1858-59 Hummelstown

1859-61 Millheim

1963-69 superintendent

1869-70 agent, Lebanon Valley College

1872-73 Annville

Note: George A. Mark Jr is the son of George A. Mark Sr and a sister to Lydia Mark Etter, wife of Samuel R. Etter. Gibble’s 1951 History of the East Pennsylvania Conference, page 455, gives a biographical sketch.

MARK, HARRY CLAYTON

Born: 1-7-1906 married:

Died: 6-19-1999 obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1931 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1932 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 2000,?

1932-34 Lebanon Bethany

1934-39 Union Deposit circuit

1939-52 Royalton

1952-71 Neffsville

1971 retired

Note: Harry C. Mark is the author of “Patterns for Preaching: the Art of Sermon Making” and “If a Man Die, Shall He Live Again.”

MARK, JACOB H.

Born: 4-24-1826 married: Amanda E, Clark

Died: 3-26-1900 obit: [7/13/1833 – 11/6/1861]

Miller-Raker #: no married2: Hettie Van Reed

Fulton #: no obit2:

Gibble list: yes

1862 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1869 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon PA

Obit:

1862-63 Hummelstown circuit

1866-69 Lebanon Salem

1869-70 Annville

1870-72 Susquehanna circuit

1872-73 ?

1873-76 Lykens Valley circuit

1876-79 Reading Zion

1879-81 Allentown Zion

1881-83 Myerstown

1883-87 Schuylkill Haven

1887-89 ?

1889-90 Reading Salem

1890-92 Pine Grove circuit

1892-93 Avon Zion

1893-95 West Lebanon

transfer to?

Note: Jacob H. Mark is the father of Emma Mark Mohn, wife of Henry V. Mohn.

MARKER, ANDREW

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1841 license

Interment:

Obit:

MARKS, WILLIAM J.

Born: 1-14-1872 Slatington PA married: Francis S. _____

Died: 6-14-1932 obit:

Miller-Raker #: 541

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1907 license

1911 ordained

Interment: Gettysburg PA

Obit: Philadelphia Conference (ME) 1933,172

1907-07 Spring Grove

1907-11 Biglerville

1911-12 Walkersville

1912-14 Mon Alto

1914-17 Taneytown

1917-20 Duncannon

1920-21 Greenmount

1921 transfer to Philadelphia Conference, ME denomination (see 1921,25)

1921-22 Avondale

1922-27 Mountain Home

1927-29 Lansford

1929-31 Wiconisco

1931-32 Steelton

MARTIN, AMOS

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

Interment:

Obit:

1914-17 Brunnerville

Note: Amos Martin Served Brunnerville while it was under the Lititz quarterly conference. He appears to have been a lay speaker, as there is no record of his appointment in the conference journal.

MARTIN, JERE R.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1955 license, East Pennsylvania Conference: recommended by Lancaster Otterbein

1960 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1955-57 student, Lebanon Valley College

1957-50 student, United Theological Seminary

1960-65 Royalton

1965-75 Lancaster Community

1975-93 Annville

1993-98 Swarthmore

1998 retired

1998-99 Morgantown

MARTIN, LLOYD

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1913 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1912-13 Neffsville Long Memorial

1913-14 living in Johnson City TN

1914 transfer to Miami Conference

MARTIN, PAUL JONATHAN

Born: 6-25-1889 Shippensburg PA married: Ruth Hostetter

Died: 10-28-1963 obit: 1982,391

Miller-Raker #: 659

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1928 license

1932 ordained

Interment: Chambersburg PA

Obit: 1964,47

1935-37 Upper Strasburg

1936-47 secular employment

1947-52 Middleburg [State Line]

1952-57 Emigsville

1957-58 Shermansdale-Young’s

1958-61 Myersville

1961-63 Enola

MARTIN, WILLIAM LANDERS

Born: 1-24-1835 Frederick County MD married: Emma A. Sigmund

Died: 1-27-1917 Richmond VA obit: 1941,31

Miller-Raker #: 494

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1881 license, Virginia Conference

1884 ordained, Virginia Conference

Interment: Thurmont MD

Obit: 1917,85

1882-84 Clark mission

1884-86 Mechanicsburg [Thurmont] circuit

1886-87 Frederick circuit

1887 charter member of Maryland Conference

1887-89 Frederick circuit

1889-92 Myersville circuit

1892-93 Williamsport MD

1893-95 Mechanicstown [Thurmont] circuit

1895-97 Boonsboro

1897-99 living in Thurmont

1899-00 Williamsport MD

1900-01 living in Thurmont

1901-02 Thurmont

1902 transfer to Pennsylvania Conference

1902-04 living in Thurmont

1904-07 South Bendersville

1907-09 Wolfsville

1909-11 living in Thurmont

1911-13 Sabillasville

1913 retired

Note: Funkhouser’s 1921 History of the Virginia Conference, page 175, and Holdcraft’s 1939 History of the Pennsylvania Conference, page 302, give brief biographies.

MARTIN, WILLIAM NORMAN

Born: Rouzerville PA married: Grace Snyder

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

Interment:

Obit:

1914-18 student, Lebanon Valley College

1918-20 principal, Lebanon Valley Academy

1920-26 missionary, Sierra Leone

1926 high school teacher in the US

Note: William N. Martin taught at the Albert Academy in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Mrs. Martin graduated from LVC in 1919 and also taught at the Academy in Sierra Leone; she is the daughter of Josiah F. Snyder.

MATHIAS, HARRY CLEMENT

Born: 3-15-1875 married: Emma B. _____

Died: 5-13-1965 obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 1960,55

Miller-Raker #: 602

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1916 quarterly conference license, Highspire (East Pennsylvania Conference)

1917 license

1921 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Halifax Cemetery, Halifax PA

Obit: Eastern Conference EUB 1965,116

1917-18 assistant superintendent, Quincy Orphanage

1918-19 living in Chambersburg

1919 transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference, page 57

1919-25 Powell’s Valley

1925-36 Halifax Otterbein

1936-39 Iona

1939-41 Jonestown circuit

1941-46 Cressona-Landingville

1946 retired

Note: Mrs. H.C. Mathias is recognized as a deaconess [1917,47] but may have been looking toward the ministry [1917,38].

MAULFAIR, MICHAEL

Born: 1794 Dauphin County PA married: Christiana Ellenberger

Died: before 1860 obit: [1794 – after 1860]

Miller-Raker #: 183

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1833 license

Interment:

Obit:

1846 charter member of East Pennsylvania Conference

1854 name erased

Note: It appears that the family lived in the Palmyra area. The name of the spouse and the associated dates may not be for this Michael Maulfair.

MAXWELL, A.W.

Born: married:

Died: before 1860 obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 229

Gibble list: no

1873 license, Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association

1889 license, Allegheny Conference

1893 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1874-75           Northumberland Mission
1875-78           located
1878-79           Duboistown
                        located
1886                surrendered license and withdrew from the Church

1889 “transfer” to Allegheny Conference of the United Brethren Church

1889-90 assistant, South Williamsport mission

1890-91 Liverpool

1891-93 Huntingdon & Juniata

1893-94 Huntingdon

1894-95 Philipsburg

1895-98 Port Matilda

1898-00 New Paris

1900-01 located, living in New Paris

1901 no longer listed

1904 surrendered license and withdrew from the Church

MAY, FREDERICK

Born: 9-9-1799 Middletown PA married: Magdalena Gingrich

Died: 5-9-1857 West Fairview PA obit: [6/23/1797 – 7/16/1870]

Miller-Raker #: 195

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1835 license

1838 ordained

Interment: Mount Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Enola PA

Obit: 1858,55

Note: Frederick May lived in West Fairview. Miller’s 1968 History of the Pennsylvania Conference, page 378, gives a brief biography. Frederick May (through his daughter Katherine) is the grandfather of Edward Otterbein Burtner and Ida May Burtner Lowery, wife of Daniel D. Lowery. Mrs. May is a sister to Joseph Gingerich and a first cousin to David Gingrich Jr and to the father of John S. Gingerich.

MAY, THOMAS SENGER

Born: 9-8-1911 Paradise PA married: J. Elizabeth _____

Died: 10-28-1981 obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1932 quarterly conference license, Paradise St. John’s

1935 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1937 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: St. John’s Cemetery, Paradise PA

Obit: Eastern Pennsylvania Conference 1982,268

1934-37 student, Bonebrake [United] Theological Seminary

1937-44 Harrisburg First

1944-53 Hershey First

1953-59 assistant to president, Lebanon Valley College

1959-70 Harrisburg State Street

1970-76 Elizabethtown St. Paul’s

1976 retired

MAYER, ABRAHAM

Born: 1757 Cumberland County PA married:

Died: 10-28-1826 obit:

Miller-Raker #: 25

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1796 license

1815 ordained

Interment: Bear’s Graveyard, Plainfield PA

Obit: 1827,24

1807 Pfoutz Valley

1812-13 presiding elder, between Susquehanna and Potomac rivers

1816-21 presiding elder, Juniata circuit

1823-24 presiding elder

Note: Miller’s 1969 History of the Pennsylvania Conference, page 373, and Weaver’s 1908 Minutes of the 1819-24 Conferences, page 47, give brief biographies.

MAYS, ROBERT VERNON

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1939 quarterly conference license

1942 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1944-46 Silver Springs

1946-47 Cressona

1949 withdrew to join another denomination, page 82

MAYSILLES, MARTIN LUTHER

Born: 4-25-1846 married: Kate Magdalen Linebaugh

Died: 1-17-1917 obit: [b. 3/2/1844]

Miller-Raker #: 495

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1880 license, Virginia Conference

1887 ordained, Virginia Conference

Interment: Sleepy Creek WV

Obit: 1914,92

Martinsburg

1885-86 Morgan

Garrett

1887 charter member of Maryland Conference

Westernport

1892-94 Frederick city

1898-99 local, living in Munson WV

1899-00 Walkersville

1900-01 local, living in Munson WV

1902 transfer to Pennsylvania Conference

retired

1911-13 Big Pool

McBEATTY [see BEATTY]

McCANN, CHARLES HOWARD

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 576

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1906 quarterly conference license, Duncannon

1912 license, recommended by Rayville 112,33

Interment:

Obit:

McCAULEY, JONATHAN LEE

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 767

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1958 license, recommended by Quincy

Interment:

Obit:

1960 withdrew, page 88 & 89

McCLAIN, A.H.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 495

Gibble list: no

1925 license, Allegheny Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1926 irregularly withdrawn

McCLARREN, LLOYD CHARLES

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 784

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1960 license, recommended by Duncannon

Interment:

Obit:

1960-61 Penbrook Trinity, Northeastern Conference

1961 transfer to Northeastern Conference

1961-69 Penbrook Trinity

1969-70 Wiconisco

1970 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1970-73 Clarksburg circuit

1973-82 Baltimore St. Paul’s

1982-88 Cumberland Grace

1988-90 Cumberland Wesley

1990 retired

Note: Lloyd McClarren originally received a BS in Agriculture Education from Penn State and taught at McCurdy Mission School, Santa Cruz NM, 1954-56.

McCONEL, J.H.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 494

Gibble list: no

1925 license, Allegheny Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1923-25 Casselman (resigned for health reasons 12/1/1924)

1925-26 Zion

1926-28 local

1928 withdrew, page 129

McCRACKEN, RICHARD

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1931 license, Allegheny Conference: recommended by McKeesport First

Interment:

Obit:

Note: Richard McCracken apparently never served under appointment and was never ordained. He is otherwise unknown.

McCURDY, CHARLES E.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1908 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1909 transfer to Iowa Conference, page 9

McDANIEL, CHARLES B.

Born: 4-4-1853 Pataskala OH married: Josephine Carr

Died: 5-4-1908 Waynesboro PA obit: [1898]

Miller-Raker #: 506 married2: Mary Jane Gearhart

Fulton #: no obit2: 1908,21

Gibble list: no

1889 license, Ohio

1903 ordained

Interment: Burns Hill Cemetery, Waynesboro PA

Obit: 1908,118

Dayton OH

Germantown OH

Bremen OH

Basil OH

Remington IN

Germantown OH

1901-02 Lemasters, Pennsylvania Conference

1902 transfer to Pennsylvania Conference

1902-03 Lemasters

1903-04 New Bloomfield

1904-05 Walkersville

1905-07 Duncannon

1907 disability

Note: Rev. McDaniel is the son of William K. McDaniel (d1889) of the Scioto Conference.

McDANNELL, RUTH DELILAH

Born: 3-26-1905 New Oxford PA married: Francis J. Geiger

Died: 6-8-2000 obit: 1997,382

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1933 quarterly conference license, Gettysburg charge 1933,26

1954 ordained deacon, Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Church; 1954,63

1958 ordained elder, Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Church

Interment: Perry Heights Cemetery, Marysville PA

Obit: 2001,363

1939 listed as local pastor pf Central Pennsylvania Conference of ME Church; 1939,58

1946 begins “assignments” with the Methodist denomination

1946-47 student, Scarritt College

1947-50 deaconess, Kulpmont

1950-51 deaconess, Hughesville

1951-53 deaconess, Curwensville

1953-56 deaconess, McConnellsburg

1956-62 Burnt Cabins

1962-68 Big Pond-Wetona

1968 leave of absence (Jul-Nov)

1968-69 Millerton-Daggett (beginning 11/10/68)

1969-70 Roseville Yoked (UM,Baptist)

1970 retired

Note: For the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Church, Rev. McDannell was the first woman regularly assigned a church at conference (1956) and the first woman ordained an elder (1958). She married Rev. Francis J. Geiger (1912-1996), a member of the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Church, in 1970.

McDERMAD, JOHN A.

Born: 3-7-1861 Adams County PA married: Maggie Jane Crouse

Died: 3-25-1909 Aspers, Adams County PA obit: [1891]

Miller-Raker #: 428 married2: Annie Eckert

Fulton #: no obit2:

Gibble list: no

1888 license, recommended by Mt. Calvary, Bendersville charge

1889 ordained

Interment: Bendersville Cemetery, Bendersville PA

Obit: 1909,121

1888-89 Path Valley

1889-90 York Springs

1890-91 Duncannon

1891-92 living in Gettysburg

1892-97 faculty, Lebanon Valley College

1897-98 faculty, York College (NE)

1898 illness, retired to Aspers

McDONALD, J.R.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

? quarterly conference license, Lancaster Covenant

Interment:

Obit:

1909-10 Shamokin circuit (did not finish the year; 1910,7)

McFARLAND, HARRY L.

Born: 9-11-1920 Johnstown PA married: Elizabeth Aline Kessel

Died: 5-31-1993 obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1938 quarterly conference license

1942 license, Allegheny Conference

1945 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1940-42 student, Otterbein College in Westerville OH

1942-45 student, Bonebrake [United] Theological Seminary in Dayton OH

1945-57 Altoona Garden Heights

1957-65 Clearfield

1965 "transfer" to North Hills (unaffiliated) Presbyterian Church in Salisbury NC

McGINNIS FRED B.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1935 license, Allegheny Conference: recommended by Altoona First

Interment:

Obit:

Note: Fred B. McGinnis apparently never served under appointment. He is otherwise unknown.

McHENRY, L.C.

Born: 12-23-1874 near Punxsutawney PA married: Elizabeth Engelder

Died: 4-23-1945 obit: Allegheny Conference 1917,71

Miller-Raker #: no married2: Mrs. Minnie Mumberg Hamilton

Fulton #: no obit2:

Gibble list: no

1912 quarterly conference license

1931 license, Allegheny Conference: recommended by Mahaffey

Interment: Circle Hill Cemetery, Punxsutawney PA

Obit: Allegheny Conference 1945,59

1916-18 Glasgow

1918-23 Houserville

1923-25 Springfield

1925-28 Belsano

1928-32 Mahaffey

1932-37 Three Springs

1937-45 East Salem

Note: L.C. McHenry served as a local pastor until 1931. The second Mrs. McHenry was the widow of Robert M. Hamilton

McKEE, G.B.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 242

Gibble list: yes

1884 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1887 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1884-86 Port Providence

1886-88 Catawissa circuit

1888-89 Clearfield [Woodland], Allegheny Conference

1889 transfer to Allegheny Conference

1889-90 Tyrone station

1890 honorable discharge

Note: In 1900 there was a Rev. G.B. McKee at the First Baptist Church in Sharon PA.

McKEE, W.B.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 89

Gibble list: 50

1854 license, Allegheny Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1853-54 Allegheny (did not finish the year)

1854-55 Allegheny and Allegheny City mission

1855-56 Johnstown station

1856 withdrew

McKINNEY, WILLIAM R.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 466

Gibble list: no

quarterly conference license

1917 license, Virginia Conference

1918 ordained, Virginia Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1913-15 Harveyville, Central Pennsylvania Conference of the ME Church

1915-17 York Springs, Central Pennsylvania Conference of the ME Church

1917 "transfer" to Virginia Conference of UB Church

1917-19 West Rockingham

1919-21 South Branch

1921-22

1922 transfer to Allegheny Conference

1922-23 Arona (beginning 5/1922)

1923-24 Liverpool

1924-26 Bigler

1926-27 Industry

1927-28 evangelist

1928 located

Note: William R. McKinney served in the Methodist Episcopal Church as a local pastor. His given Virginia Conference ordination and status is what was reported to the Allegheny Conference and is not supported by Funkhouser's 1921 History of the Virginia Conference.

McLAUGHLIN, ALBERT G.

Born: 5-21-1909 married:

Died: 4-9-1995 obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 382

Gibble list: no

1933 license, Allegheny Conference: recommended by Altoona First

Interment:

Obit:

1937 erased from roll for specified violations of the Discipline, page 94

Note: Albert G. McLaughlin apparently never served under appointment. He is otherwise unknown.

McNEIL, T.S.

Born: married:

Died: 1874 obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

Interment:

Obit:

1854-55 York Springs circuit

1855-56 Path Valley circuit

transfer (?) to Miami Conference

1859 transfer to Virginia Conference

Note: In an undated poster of individual Virginia Conference pastors, he is identified as Dr. T.S. McNeil. He attended the Virginia Conference sessions, but was not given an assignment and apparently has no conference obituary. He could have been a faculty member.

McNELLY, HENRY FRANKLIN

Born: 5-9-1863 near Gap PA married: Kathryn M. Wise

Died: 10-1-1912 obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 1960,54

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1890 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1893 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Bellevue Cemetery, Gap PA

Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 1912,32

1889-90 Pequea circuit

1890-93 Mt. Pleasant circuit

1893-96 Paradise

1896-99 Mt. Joy

1899-12 Pottstown Baltzell

MEASE, CLARENCE

Born: 11-21-1880 Lebanon County PA married: Anna M. Risser [7/4/1903]

Died: 2-3-1961 obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1908 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1912 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Shoop’s Cemetery, Harrisburg PA

Obit:

1907-08 Intercourse

1908-09 Halifax

1909-12 Florin

1912-15 Cressona

1915-18 Williamstown

1918-21 Allentown Sixth Street [Grace]

1921-23 Oberlin

1923-25 Hopeland

1925-26 Jonestown (resigned 8/9/26)

1928 withdrew, page 30

Note: Clarence Mease is a brother to Oliver L. Mease, whose 1946 obituary states that Clarence was living in Harrisburg.

MEASE, OLIVER L.

Born: 10-10-1883 Lebanon County PA married: K. Gertrude Shenk

Died: 4-27-1946 Danville PA obit: Eastern Conference 1969,115

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1904 quarterly conference license

1905 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1912 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Mount Bethel Cemetery, Columbia PA

Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 1946,15

1904-08 student, Lebanon Valley College

1905-06 Centerville

1906-07 Cordelia

1907-08 Centerville

1908-12 student, Bonebrake Theological Seminary

1910-11 Lake Odessa MI

1911-12 Lockington OH

1912-16 Myerstown

1916-18 Mountville

1918-28 Millersburg

1928-32 Harrisburg State Street

1932-38 Mt. Joy

1938-46 Shamokin First

Note: Oliver L. Mease is a brother to Clarence Mease.

MEFFERD, THEODORE CLAYTON

Born: 10-29-1940 married: Esther Moore

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 797

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1962 license, recommended by Shiremanstown

1969 ordained

Interment:

Obit:

1962-63 Upper Strasburg

1963-65 student assistant, Dover Otterbein-Maytown portion of York Area parish

1965-69 student, United Seminary

Dayton Eastmont

1969-70 Lancaster Covenant, Eastern Conference

1970 transfer to Eastern Pennsylvania Conference

1970-74 Lancaster Covenant

1974-90 New Berlinville

1990- Cornwall

MEILY, C. SELTZER

Born: 8-1-1850 Lebanon County PA married:

Died: 12-8-1882 obit: [East Pennsylvania Conf 1922,66]

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1872 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1875 ordained, Easy Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit: 1883,24

1871-73 Florin circuit

1873-75 Millersburg

1875-78 Hummelstown

1878-79 Schuylkill Haven

1879-82 Columbia Salome

MELHORN, JAMES IRVIN

Born: 8-14-1939 married: Barbara _____

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 785 married2: Lora Bush

Fulton #: no obit2:

Gibble list: no

1960 license, recommended by Red Lion Bethany

1967 ordained

Interment:

Obit:

1960-62 Gardners-Mt. Victory

1962-64 York Area parish

1964-66 student, United Seminary

1966-69 Red Lion Zion

1969-71 Gettysburg

1971-78 administrator, Quincy Home

1978-79 administrator, Methodist Home of Pittsburgh

1979-80 executive director, Sherwood Oaks

1980 withdrew 1980,273

1980-04+ president and CEO, Episcopal Ministries to the Aging Inc.

1996-03+ chairman, board of trustees of Western Maryland [now McDaniel] Coll.

Note: 2003 addresses are

H: 10 East Lee Street, Unit 1606, Baltimore MD 21202

W: EMA, 576 Johnsville Road, Eldersburg MD 21784

e-mail: melhornj@emasenioircare.org (if trouble, check the site emaseniorcare.org)

MELOY, SAMUEL

Born: married:

Died: 1847 obit:

Miller-Raker #: 281

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1845 license

Interment: Chambersburg PA

Obit:

1845-46 Chambersburg circuit

Note: A Susan Resler, born 10-24-1806 in Juniata County, married a Samuel Meloy in 1831.

MENTZER, C.B.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

Interment:

Obit:

1921 Lebanon Hebron (part year)

Note: C.B. Mentzer served following the 2/3/1921 death of D.D. Buddinger. He is otherwise unknown and assumed to be a layman.

MENTZER, HARRY MYERS

Born: 4-2-1883 Stevens PA married: Carrie Wolf Myers

Died: 2-26-1969 Pottsville PA obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1913 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1917 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: St. Andrews Cemetery, Valley View PA

Obit: Eastern Conference 1969,115

1913-59 Valley View

1959 retired

Note: Harry M. Mentzer is the father of Warren F. Mentzer.

MENTZER, WARREN FRANKLIN

Born: 2-4-1915 Valley View PA married: Marie Shadle

Died: 1-29-1991 MT. Gretna PA obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1931 quarterly conference license

1932 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1938 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit: Eastern Pennsylvania Conference 1991,7.299

1931-35 student, Lebanon Valley College

1935-38 student, Bonebrake [United] Theological Seminary

1938-54 Campbelltown circuit

1954-60 Campbelltown

1960-62 Lincoln Park – Sinking Spring (ending April 1962)

1962-63 conference superintendent (beginning April 1962)

1963-69 superintendent, Western District

1969-73 superintendent, Lebanon-Reading District

1973-80 Myerstown Zion

1980 retired

1980-90 visitation pastor, Lebanon Trinity

Note: Warren F. Mentzer is the son of Harry M. Mentzer.

MEREDITH, EDWARD CLAYTON

Born: 3-25-1871 married:

Died: 9-15-1897 York PA obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

quarterly conference license, York First

Interment: Prospect Hill Cemetery, York PA

Obit: 1898,21

Note: Edward C. Meredith is the son of Joseph R. Meredith. A more complete secular obituary is on file in the conference archives.

MEREDITH, JOSEPH ROBERT

Born: 7-26-1840 Benvenue, Dauphin County PA married: Mary Catherine Hiney [Heine]

Died: 4-30-1910 Reading PA obit: 1925,15 East Pennsylvania Conference

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1868 quarterly conference license, Halifax circuit

1869 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: York PA

Obit: 1910,43 East Pennsylvania Conference

1868-69 assistant, Lykens circuit

1869-71 Schuylkill Haven

1871-72 Manheim

1872-75 Mount Joy

1875-78 Annville

1878-79 ?

1879-82 Grantville circuit

1882-85 York First

1885-89 Annville

1889-90 New Holland

1890-92 Philadelphia First [Mt. Pisgah]

1892-93 Steelton

1893-98 Highspire

1898-04 Reading Otterbein

1904-05 Myerstown

1905 retired

Note: Joseph R. Meredith is the father of Edward C. Meredith.

MERKER, ANDREW

Born: 2-10-1804 Ingerweiler, Alsace married: Caroline Hissey

Died: 5-25-1876 Baltimore MD obit: [1852]

Miller-Raker #: 252

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1841 license

1848 ordained

Interment: Baltimore MD

Obit: 1877,18

1844-47 Baltimore mission

1847-48 ?

1848-76 “ruling elder” of Baltimore Otterbein

Note: His name is sometimes misrendered as MARKER.

MERRICK, J.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

Interment:

Obit:

1882-83 Shamokin First

MERRICK, SOLOMON GRASLEY

Born: 1-21-1858 Easton MD married: Althea Corilla Fink

Died: 6-18-1911 Miami FL obit: [1859-1937]

Miller-Raker #: 407

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1883 license

1886 ordained, Congregational denomination

Interment:

Obit:

1882-83 student, Lebanon Valley

1882-83 Columbia Salome

1883-86 student, Yale Divinity School

1886 transfer to Congregational denomination

1886-96 Gaines NY

1896-00 Duxbury MA

1900-05 Coconut Grove FL

Note: Apparently the family was not UB, but he temporarily connected with the denomination while at Lebanon Valley. In 1898 Rev. Merrick purchased 160 acres of undeveloped land southwest Miami FL, where the family operated thriving orange, grapefruit and avocado groves. Their home at 907 Coral Way, Coral Gables, is now a museum and mini-conference center. His son George Edgar Merrick founded Coral Gables FL and the University of Miami on the family estate, which had grown to 1600 acres. The University of Miami has a Solomon G. Merrick building.

MERSFELDER, FRIEDRICH

Born: 6-20-1847 married: Anna _____

Died: 1-31-1915 obit: Central German Conf (ME) 1923,315

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1884 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit: Central German Conference (ME) 1915,118

1883-84 Camden mission

1885 transfer to

METCALF, LESLIE GORDON

Born: 7-18-1936 married: Katherine _____

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 813

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1964 license, recommended by Baltimore Third

1971 ordained, Baltimore Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1964 Old Otterbein (Oct-Nov)

1965-69 Baltimore St. Matthew’s

1969 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1969-75 Baltimore St. Matthews’s

1975-87 Woodlawn St. Luke’s

1987-91 Parkside

1991-93 Catonsville Trinity

1993-94 leave of absence

1994-97 Pasadena

1997 retired

METZGER, HENRY

Born: 3-10-1802 married:

Died: 12-10-1842 obit:

Miller-Raker #: 209

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1839 license

1842 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment:

Obit: [Allegheny Conference 1907,9]

1839 charter member of Allegheny Conference

MICHAEL, THOMAS

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1801 license

Interment:

Obit:

MICKEY, L.W.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 329

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1862 license

1865 ordained

Interment:

Obit:

1862-63 Path Valley circuit

1868 transfer to Allegheny Conference

1869 transfer to “any conference he wished to join”

Note: Secular sources indicate he performed a funeral in Plainville KS in 1892, but he is not listed in the UB Yearbooks. He must either be a local pastor or serving in another denomination.

MICKEY, MILLARD ORION

Born: 6-30-1909 Pitcairn PA married: Beatrice Noble Brownlee

Died: 6-25-1981 York PA obit: [8/31/1919 – ?]

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1927 quarterly conference license

1931 license, Allegheny Conference: recommended by Bradenville

1937 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment: East Prospect Cemetery, East Prospect PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1981,336

1928-30 Waukesha

1930-32 Three Springs

1932-36 Industry

1936-42 Zion

1942-47 Bellwood

1947-51 Liverpool

1951 transfer by boundary change to Central Pennsylvania Conference (EUB)

1951-62 Liverpool

1962-72 East Prospect

1972 retired

1972-78 assistant, Red Lion St. Paul (ending 12/31/1978)

Note: M. Orion Mickey is a nephew of Paul F. Mickey,

MICKEY, PAUL F.

Born: married: May Overly

Died: 4-2-1947 obit: Western Pennsylvania Conf 1958,35

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 417

Gibble list: no

1910 quarterly conference license

1915 license, Allegheny Conference

1917 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment: Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown PA

Obit: Allegheny Conference 1947,69

1911-12 Waukesha

1912-14 Rochester Mills

1914-18 Beaver Falls

1918-19 Everson

1919-22 evangelist

1822-29 Johnstown Barron Avenue

1929-42 Philipsburg

1942-47 Tyrone

Note: Paul F. Mickey is an uncle to M. Orion Mickey.

MILLER, AMOS S.

Born: 1-7-1829 married:

Died: 12-4-1868 obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1862 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: UB Cemetery, Intercourse PA

Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 1870,32

1862-66 West Branch circuit

MILLER, ARTHUR G.

Born: 8-19-1906 Lebanon PA married: Anna Elizabeth Fortna

Died: 2-13-1983 obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1953 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1960 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Greenwood Cemetery, Lebanon PA

Obit: Eastern Pennsylvania Conference 1983,332

1947-51 Mt. Aetna

1951-62 Lickdale

1962-67 Rocherty-Fontana

1967-72 Pequea circuit

1972 retired

1977-80 Bellegrove

MILLER, C.G.F.

Born: 12-8-1859 Lancaster County PA married:

Died: 11-7-1899 obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1891 quarterly conference license

1892 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1895 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: United Evangelical Cemetery, Millersville PA

Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 1900,32

1891-92 Intercourse

1892-99 Lititz

MILLER, C. NEVIN

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 727

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1950 license

Interment:

Obit:

1950-57 living in York

1957 withdrew

MILLER, C.W.

Born: 7-22-1833 married:

Died: 10-21-1922 obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: [Gibble blends together C.W. Miller and C. Wallace Miller]

Interment:

Obit: Miami Conference 1922,102

Miami Conference

1903-05 Williamstown, East Pennsylvania Conference

1905 transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference

1905-07 Sunbury

1907-09 Elizabethtown St. Paul’s

1909-10 Centerville circuit (did not finish the year; 1910,7)

1910-11 on leave

1911 transfer to Miami Conference

MILLER, C. WALLACE

Born: married:

Died: 3-17-1960 obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: [Gibble blends together C.W. Miller and C. Wallace Miller]

1906 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1910 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1906-10 Tower City

1910-14 Iona circuit (did not finish last year; see 1914,5)

1914 withdrew 1914,13

Note: It appears that C. Wallace Miller later served in the Wisconsin, Nebraska and Michigan Conferences and that his obituary is given in the Indiana Conference North 1960,15.

MILLER, CALVIN R.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1945 quarterly conference license

Interment:

Obit:

1945-46 Brunnersville

Note: Calvin R. Miller is listed until 1951,127 and then dropped.

MILLER, CHARLES CALVIN

Born: 7-12-1869 McClure, Snyder County married: Anna Bertha May

Died:1-8-1949 obit: 1948,34

Miller-Raker #: 584

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1891 license, Allegheny Conference

1897 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment: Norland Cemetery, Chambersburg PA

Obit: 1949,32

1891-93 Runville

1893-95 Millheim

1895-97 Bellefonte

1897-01 Bellwood

1901-05 Braddock

1505-09 Clearfield

1909-13 Conemaugh

1913-14 Dallastown, Pennsylvania Conference

1914 transfer to Pennsylvania Conference

1914-16 Dallastown

1916-20 Waynesboro

1920-25 Hanover

1925-33 York Fourth

1933-37 Boiling Springs

1937-43 Scotland

1943 retired

MILLER, CHARLES F.

Born: 5-6-1896 Orbisonia PA married: Claudia Stapleton

Died: 8-26-1963 Burnt Cabins PA obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1927 quarterly conference license

1937 license, Allegheny Conference

1946 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment: Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery, Shade Gap PA

Obit: [Western Pennsylvania Conference 1964,27]

1927-31 Runville & Shade Gap

1931-33 Shade Gap (ending 5/17/1933)

1933-38 Runville (beginning 5/18/1933)

1938-48 Middleburg

1948-57 Mapleton

1957-61 Fulton Memorial

1961 retired

MILLER, CHARLES RICHARD

Born: 2-25-1909 Red Lion PA married: Dorothy I. Mergenthaler

Died: 5-1-1996 obit: [1995,440]

Miller-Raker #: 687

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1935 lay minister’s license

1937 quarterly conference license

1938 license, recommended by York Fifth

1946 ordained

Interment: Red Lion Cemetery

Obit: 1996,421

1938-41 Mt. Olivet

1941-42 Aley-Harshman, Miami Ohio Conference

1942-44 Oakville

1944-47 Mt. Tabor

1947-49 Keedysville

1949-53 Mont Alto-Quincy

1953-62 Greencastle

1962-68 York Second

1968-69 leave of absence

1969-74 Yoe Salem

1974 retired

1979-87 Mt. Olivet [including Winterstown Feb-Jun 1981]

MILLER, CHRISTOPHER

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1881 license, East German Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1881-82 Middleburg circuit

1884 name erased

MILLER, CLINTON SYLVESTER

Born: 10-4-1855 Lynnville PA married:

Died: 11-11-1927 Royalton PA obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1884 license, East German Conference

1886 ordained, East German Conference

Interment: Royalton PA

Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference1928,15

1884-85 Avon

1885-87 Tamaqua

1887-90 Pine Grove

1890-91 Reading Third

1891-93 Tower City

1893-94 Bellegrove circuit

1894-96 Schuylkill Haven

1896-97 Milton and Sunbury

1897-99 on leave, living in Fogelsville

1899-01 Tower City

1901 transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference

1901-08 Royalton

1908-09 Avon

1909-10 Lebanon Hebron

1910-16 Mount Carmel

1916-19 Lititz

1919-23 Williamstown

1923-26 Lykens circuit

1926 retired

Note: The Miller family moved to Fogelsville when Clinton was four, and he may have lived there 1897-99 to care for his parents.

MILLER, ELMER RAY

Born: 3-8-1903 near Jonestown PA married: Mary Jane Shook

Died: 1-15-1992 obit: [d. 4/10/1964]

Miller-Raker #: no married2: Keith Painter Silvis

Fulton #: no obit2: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1991,345

Gibble list: no

1926 quarterly conference license

1931 license, Tennessee Conference

1942 ordained, Tennessee Conference

Interment: Harmony Cemetery, Westover PA

Obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1992,295

1924-27 Shade Gap

1927-28 Runville

1928-30 Knoxdale

1931 "transfer" to Tennessee Conference

1931-32 student, Chattanooga University in Chattanooga TN

1932-33 Chattanooga First

1935-37 student, Chattanooga University in Chattanooga TN

1937-40 student

1940-42 Runville, Allegheny Conference (beginning 10/28/1940)

1942-43 Punxsutawney-Albion. Allegheny Conference

1943 transfer to Allegheny Conference

1943-45 Punxsutawney-Albion

1945-52 Waukesha

1952-54 Troutville

1954-55 Troutville & Knoxdale

1955-56 OakRidge (beginning 1/1/1956)

1956-61 Clarion River

1961-62 Westover

1962-68 Clarion River

1968 retired

1968-71 Clarion River

MILLER, ESSIE EDWOOD

Born: 11-09-1893 married:

Died: 4-28-1987 obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1920 license, Virginia Conference

1925 ordained, Virginia Conference

Interment:

Obit: Virginia Conference 1987,?

1919-21 Jonestown circuit

Note: E.E. Miller served at Jonestown while a student at Lebanon Valley College, but he did not graduate from that institution.

MILLER, GEORGE

Born: 1810 York County PA married:

Died: 1-8-1860 Cedar County IA obit: [Iowa Conference 1915,46?]

Miller-Raker #: 189

Fulton #: 4

Gibble list: yes

1834 license

1837 ordained

Interment:

Obit: [Iowa Conference 1920,33?]

1834-35 Clearfield circuit

1835-37 York circuit

1837-39 Huntingdon circuit

1839 charter member of Allegheny Conference

1839-40 Westmoreland circuit

1840-41 no records exist

1841-42 presiding elder, Westmoreland District

1842 transfer to Pennsylvania Conference

1842-45 Chambersburg station

1845-47 Hershe’s station

1848-51 Baltimore station [Old Otterbein]

1851 transfer to Iowa Conference

Note: Rev. Miller was one of the founders of Western College in 1855.

MILLER, GRANT NATHANIEL

Born: 2-12-1905 married: Ruth Darling Essick

Died: 1-5-1997 obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1925 quarterly conference license, Tower City

1928 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1935 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Columbia PA

Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 1997,?

1927-29 Pottstown Baltzell Memorial

1929-32 student, Lebanon Valley College & University of Chattanooga

1929 Brunnerville (part year)

1929-32 Chattanooga TN

1932-35 student, Princeton Theological Seminary

1935-36 Hillsdale

1936-37 Enders and Powell’s Valley

1937-40 Lebanon circuit

1940-49 Kochenderfer’s

1949-52 Steelton

1952-63 Ironville

1963-66 Enders and Powell’s Valley

1966-70 Jonestown-Fredericksburg

1970 retired

1972-82 Safe Habor and Colemanville

MILLER, HARRY EDWIN

Born: 6-5-1873 Orwin PA married: Laura Etta Keiper

Died: 2-5-1947 obit: [3/21/1870 – 1/14/1941]

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1893 quarterly conference license

1894 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1899 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon PA

Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 1947,23

1898-00 Lebanon St. Paul’s

1900-01 Elizabethtown

1901-03 student, Bonebrake [United] Theological Seminary

1903-04 Myerstown

1904-45 Lebanon Salem

1945 retired

Note: Harry E. Miller is the father of Paul A. Miller. Mrs. Miller is a sister to John A. Keiper.

MILLER, HENRY MILTON

Born: 3-2-1866 Hopeland PA married: Amanda Susan Shirk

Died: 9-8- 1946 obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1887 quarterly conference license

1889 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1896 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Mount Tunnel Cemetery, Elizabethtown PA

Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 1946,19

1889-91 Schaefferstown

1891-05 Grantville

1895-99 Intercourse

1899-04 Florin and Elizabethtown

1904-07 Elizabethtown

1907-21 Penbrook

1921-26 Lebanon Memorial

1926-41 field secretary, Quincy Orphanage

1941 retired

MILLER, HOMER HERBERT

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1923 quarterly conference license

1924 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1932 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1923-26 Aristes

1926-28 Barry

1928-30 Williamstown

1930-34 Royalton

1934-35 Rocherty and Lickdale

1935-36 ?

1936 transfer to Miami Conference

MILLER, J.H.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1881 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1881 Bethlehem circuit (Feb-Oct)

1881-82 Unity circuit

1886 name erased

MILLER, J.R.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1886 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1893 name erased

MILLER, JACOB

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

Interment:

Obit:

1929-30 Fishing Creek Salem (an attachment to New Cumberland)

Note: Rev. Jacob Miller apparently served under a quarterly conference license, although no one by that name can be so identified. There was a quarterly conference preacher named George G. Miller living in Emigsville at this time.

MILLER, JOHN PEFFLY

Born: 7-11-1863 near Pine Grove PA married: Elizabeth Ann Rouse

Died: 10-24-1942 Minneapolis MN obit: [1921]

Miller-Raker #: 384

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes [J.P.]

1875 ordained, East German Conference

Interment: Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis MN

Obit: [see biographical files]

1872-73 Middleburg circuit

1873-74 Landingville circuit

1874-76 Tamaqua circuit

1876-78 Williams Valley circuit

1878 transfer to Pennsylvania Conference

1878-79 Baltimore Fifth

1879-82 York First

1882-88 Chambersburg station

1888-91 Baltimore Fourth

1891 transfer to Iowa Conference

1891-95 faculty, Western College at Toledo IA

1893-95 Harrisburg First

1895 transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference

1895-99 Harrisburg First

1897-98 professor of social ethics, Lebanon Valley College

1899 transfer to Miami Conference

1899-08 Dayton First

1908 transfer to Minnesota Conference of Congregational Church

1908-14 Minneapolis Pilgrim

1914-17 Wayzata

1917-19 Minneapolis 38^th Street

1919-34 superintendent, Twin Cities District

1924 founded Mayflower Community Congregational Church in Minneapolis

1935-42 superintendent emeritus, Twin Cities District

Note: There were also (different) contemporary individuals with similar names: Jacob P. Miller (1837-1916) in the Philadelphia Conference of the ME denomination; J.P. Miller who transferred to White River Conference in 1910 and served Elwood (1910-11), Otterbein (1911-12) and Black Hawk (1912-13).

MILLER, L.E.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 443

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

ordained, Central Illinois Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1888-90 Duncannon, Pennsylvania Conference (see 1889,19)

1890 transfer to Pennsylvania Conference

1890-91 Greencastle

1891 transfer to California Conference

1891-92 Olinda CA

1892 transfer to Walla Walla Conference

1892-93 Pasco WA

1893 transfer to Columbia River Conference

1893-94 Prosser WA

1894-95 Winterstown (last part of year), Pennsylvania Conference

1895-96 Manchester MD, Pennsylvania Conference

1912 Mont Alto (Jan-Oct: see 1912,33)

Note: This may be the Lewis Elmer Miller of the Lower Wabash and Illinois Conferences (obit: 1927,42) from 1901 to 1927 who supposedly served in Shanksville [Somerset County] PA 1908-09 (see 1909 UB Yearbook). There is also a different L.E. Miller in the Allegheny Conference 1910-14 before transferring to the East Ohio Conference.

MILLER, MILTON HARRISON

Born: 5-12-1859 Bellegrove PA married: Sallie Smith

Died: 11-12-1936 obit: [d. 1/8/1930]

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1891 quarterly conference license

1892 license, East German Conference

1896 ordained, East German Conference

Interment: Ebenezer Cemetery, Lebanon County PA

Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 1937,12

1895-96 Pine Grove

1896-01 Lehigh circuit

1901 transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference

1901-04 Sinking Spring

1904-08 Lebanon St. Paul’s and St. John’s

1908-10 Allentown circuit

1910-12 Valley View

1912-14 Lykens circuit

1914-18 Denver

1918-26 Florin

1926-31 West Willow

1931-33 retired

1933-36 Iona

1936 retired

MILLER, PAUL ALFRED

Born: 11-24-1913 married: Dorothy Irene Moudy

Died: 4-20-1995 obit: [b. 11/2/1917]

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1937 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1939 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1939-42 assistant, Lebanon Salem

1942-45 chaplain, US Army

1945-60 Lititz

1960 withdrew, page 95

Note: Paul A. Miller is the son of Harry E. Miller.

MILLER, ROBERT JOHN

Born: 2-13-1924 Hummelstown PA married: Jean Burkholder

Died: 3-16-1989 obit: 1990,461

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1941 quarterly conference license, Hummelstown

1947 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1950 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit: 1990,460

1941-43 student, Shenandoah Junior College

1943-45 US Army

1945-47 student, Lebanon Valley College

1947-50 student, United Theological Seminary

1948-50 youth director, Dayton Euclid Avenue

1950 assistant, Baltimore Fulton Avenue (June-Sept)

1950-56 Iona

1956-65 Lancaster Community

1965-66 Harrisburg Mt. Calvary and Union Deposit

1966-70 Harrisburg Mt. Calvary

1970 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1970-76 Harrisburg Mt. Calvary

1976-84 Chambersburg St. Paul

1984-87 York Bethany

1987 retired

Note: Robert J. Miller served Derby-Derwent circuit in Derby, England, 1973-74 in an exchange program.

MILLER, SAMUEL HARVEY

Born: 11-16-1923 Loganville PA married: Doreen M. _____

Died: 3-7-2001 obit:

Miller-Raker #: 786

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1960 license, recommended by York First

1967 ordained

Interment: Bixler’s UMC, Westminster MD

Obit: 2001,370

1960-66 Manchester MD

1966-76 Saginaw-Starview

1976-78 Hegins

1978-79 Hegings-Muir

1979-86 Hershey

1986 retired

MILLER, THOMAS B.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1852 admitted on trial, Philadelphia Conference of ME Church

Interment:

Obit:

1854-55 North East circuit

1877-80 Eden

1880 tried and expelled 1880,5&7&13&28

1883-84 Philadelphia Jasper Street mission, East Pennsylvania Conference UB Church

1884-85 Philadelphia First [Mt. Pisgah], East Pennsylvania Conference UB Church

1885-86 Philadelphia Fifth Street, East Pennsylvania Conference UB Church

Note: Gibble’s 1951 History of the East Pennsylvania Conference, page 430, reports that Rev. Miller was “an ordained minister of the ME Church, a druggist, and medical doctor.” There seems to be a long-standing association (1867 camp-meeting, medicine) between Miller and William Major, who was also expelled in 1880 (see Philadelphia Conference ME 1880,12).

MILLER, THOMAS

Born: married: _____ Painter

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 124

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1825 license

1828 ordained

Interment:

Obit:

1827-29 Virginia circuit

1830 charter member of Hagerstown [Virginia] Conference

Note: Funkhouser’s 1921 History of the Virginia Conference reports that Rev. Miller lived in Shenandoah County and later joined the Lutheran Church.

MILLER, WILLIAM

Born: 12-6-1805 married:

Died: 7-13-1853 Orrstown PA obit:

Miller-Raker #: 294

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1849 license

1851 ordained

Interment:

Obit: 1853,27

1851-52 Littlestown circuit

1852-53 Rocky Spring circuit

MILLER, WILLIAM ARTHUR

Born: married: Betty K. _____

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1954 license, East Pennsylvania Conference: recommended by Limeville

1959 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1955-60 Williamstown-Tower City

1960-62 associate, Manheim (ending 6/1/62)

1962 Mt. Aetna (June)

1962-73 Myerstown Zion

1973-77 industrial chaplain, Quaker Alloy Casting Company

1977-98 Schaefferstown Zion

1998 retired

MILLER, WILLIAM C. JR

Born: 3-3-1934 married: Marguerire _____

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 814

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1964 license, recommended by Scotland

? ordained

Interment:

Obit:

1966-68 Daniels

1968-70 Dorsey Emmanuel

1970 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1970-72 Dorsey Emmanuel

1972-76 Rockville Millian Memorial

1976-83 Gatch Memorial

1983-89 Brooklyn Heights

1989-94 Cumberland Centre Street

1994-97 Woodlawn St. Luke’s

1997 retired

MILLS, JAMES A.

Born: 2-17-1873 Blair County PA married: Rebecca A. Rinker

Died: 11-18-1933 Bellwood PA obit: Allegheny Conference 1934, 61

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 340

Gibble list: no

1904 quarterly conference license

1906 license, Allegheny Conference

1911 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment: IOOF Cemetery, Orbisonia PA

Obit: Allegheny Conference 1934, 59

1905-07 Belsano

1907-09 West Decatur

1909-11 Knoxdale

1911-15 Cambria

1915-17 Delano

1917-20 Coalport

1920-24 Mapleton

1924-27 Bellefonte

1927-30 Westmoreland

1930-33 Bellwood

MINGLE, WILLIAM HENRY

Born: 1-29-1854 Warriors Mark PA married: Anna Virginia Campbell

Died: 5-6-1945 Middleburg PA obit: Allegheny Conference 1908,65

Miller-Raker #: no married2: Minnie Myers

Fulton #: 202 obit2: Allegheny Conference 1914,85

Gibble list: no

1879 quarterly conference license

1883 license, Allegheny Conference

1884 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment: Fairview Cemetery, Tyrone PA

Obit: Allegheny Conference 1945,60

1880-83 student, Bonebrake [United] Theological Seminary in Dayton OH

1883-85 New Paris

1885-87 Madison

1887-91 Johnstown First

1891-94 Conemaugh

1894-95 Pitcairn

1895-96 Madison

1896-97 Liverpool

1897-00 Woodland

1900-01 Fayette

1901-08 located

1908-09 Milton

1909-11 Shanksville

1911-12 New Florence

1912-15 Herminie

1915-16 Bellwood

1916-18 Middleburg

1918 retired

MINNICH, SAMUEL L.

Born: 4-15-1815 Chestnut Hill PA married:

Died: 1897 obit:

Miller-Raker #: 305

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1854 license

1857 ordained

Interment: Ivy Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia PA

Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 1897,39

1853-55 Rocky Spring circuit

1855-56 Littlestown circuit

1856-57 Hanover circuit

1857-58 Mercersburg

1858-59 Greencastle circuit

1859-61 without appointment

1861-65 Philadelphia Mt. Airy

1865 transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference

1865-69 Philadelphia Mt. Airy

1869-71 Philadelphia Parrish Street mission

1871-72 Philadelphia Darien Street mission

1872-73 Philadelphia Parrish Street mission

Note: This surname is sometimes rendered Minnick.

MISAL, DONALD ARTHUR

Born: 2-7-1923 married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 757

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1956 license, recommended by Baltimore Otterbein Memorial

1961 ordained

Interment:

Obit:

1954-58 student, Lebanon Valley College

1956-58 Fishing Creek Salem

1958-61 student, United Theological Seminary

1961-63 Fishing Creek Salem

1963-67 Wormleysburg St. Paul’s

1967-70 Red Lion Bethany

1970 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1970-71 Woodside

1971-73 leave of absence

1973-77 administrator, Quincy Home

1977 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1977-78 administrator, Quincy Home

1978-87 administrator, Franklin County Nursing Home

1987-88 leave of absence

1988 retired

MITCHELL, GERTRUDE [see HALLIWELL, GERTRUDE]

MITCHELL, GLENN C.

Born: 1907 married: Emily Jane [Emma] Edmonds

Died: 1963 obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1987,408

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 530

Gibble list: no

1928 quarterly conference license

1930 license, Allegheny Conference

1935 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment:

Obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1964,27

1929-32 Johnstown Overbrook

1932-37 East Pittsburgh

1937-40 Windber

1940 Altoona Garden Heights (resigned 9/25/1940)

1940-42 Windber (beginning 10/3/1940)

1942-58 chaplain, US Army (ending 3/1958)

1958-59 McKeesport Shoemaker (beginning 3/1958)

1959-63 Johnstown Belmont

MITTENDORF, WILLIAM [HEINRICH WILHELM]

Born: 1-30-1830 Hanover, Germany married: Louisa Remmert

Died: 4-24-1895 Dayton OH obit: [11/19/1830 – 1/17/1879]

Miller-Raker #: no married2: Rosina Meyer

Fulton #: no obit2: [c1845 – 1/25/1893]

Gibble list: yes

license, Ohio German Conference

ordained, Ohio German Conference

Interment: Woodland Cemetery, Dayton OH

Obit:

1869-85 editor of German paper

1885-87 Baltimore Old Otterbein

1887 transfer to East German Conference

1887-89 Baltimore Old Otterbein

1889 transfer to Ohio German Conference

1889-95 editor of German paper

Note: Berger’s 1897 History of the United Brethren in Christ Church gives biographical information on William Mittendorf on page 422 and a photograph of him opposite page 323. Biography of William Mittendorf is an autobiography, of which the conference archives does not have a copy, written by Heinrich Wilhelm Mittendorf in 1888.

MOBLEY, MARK ANDERSON

Born: 9-21-1921 married:

Died: 2-?-1977 obit:

Miller-Raker #: 696

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1944 license

1947 ordained

Interment:

Obit:

1943-44 student, Lebanon Valley College

1944-47 student, Bonebrake [United] Seminary

1946-47 Rohrersville

1947-48 Rohrersville

1948-55 living in Red Lion

1955 transfer to Donegal Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church USA 1955,70

MOFFAT, ARTHUR THOMAS SR.

Born: 3-5-1911 married:

Died: 3-3-2003 obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1933 quarterly conference license

1934 license, Allegheny Conference: recommended by Monessen

1937 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment:

Obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 2003,?

1937-40 student

1937-40 Advance IN Congregational Christian Church

1940-46 Bradenville

1946-51 Pitcairn

1951-59 Johnstown Beulah

1959-70 Franklin First [Christ]

1970-78 New Kensington

1978 retired

Note: Arthur T. Moffat is the father of Arthur T. Moffat Jr of the Western Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church.

MOHN, G.B. [a misrendering of the German script for Samuel V. Mohn]

MOHN, HENRY V.

Born: 8-9-1842 Lancaster County PA married: Alvesta Schmeyer

Died: 9-5-1935 obit: [d.1874]

Miller-Raker #: no married2: Emma Mark

Fulton #: no obit2: [6/9/1858 – 11/15/1943]

Gibble list: yes

1869 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1872 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Mohn Cemetery, Mohn’s Hill PA

Obit: see biographical files in the conference archives

Susquehanna circuit

missionary, Sunday School work in eastern PA

1870-71 Harrisburg circuit (1^st part of year)

1870-71 Columbia (2^nd part of year)

1871-73 Allentown English mission

1873-76 Philadelphia Mt. Airy

living in Allentown for health reasons

1884-86 Baltimore George Street

1891-97 Reading Trinity

1897-99 independent congregation in Reading

1899 name erased

Note: Henry V. Mohn is the brother of Samuel V. Mohn. The V. in both names is assumed to be for Von Neida, their mother’s maiden name. There are gaps and inconsistencies in the material available, but it appears that Rev. Mohn may have identified with the Congregational and/or Evangelical Congregational Church after 1899. Rev. Mohn’s second wife is the daughter of Jacob H. Mark. Henry and Samuel are first cousins to Jeremiah G. Mohn (1839-1919) of the East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Evangelical Church.

MOHN, SAMUEL V.

Born: 3-2-1845 married:

Died: 6-17-1879 obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1870 license, East German Conference

1873 ordained, East German Conference

Interment:

Obit: East German Conference 1880,12

1869-70 Middleburg circuit

1870-71 Bellegrove circuit

1871-72 Lebanon circuit

1872-73 Lykens Valley circuit

1873-74 Willaims Valley circuit

1874 Jonestown circuit (part year)

1874-76 Landingville circuit

1876-78 Myerstown

1878-79 Bellegrove circuit

Note: Samuel V. Mohn is the brother of Henry V. Mohn. The V. in both names is assumed to be for Von Neida, their mother’s maiden name. Henry and Samuel are first cousins to Jeremiah G. Mohn (1839-1919) of the East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Evangelical Church.

MONTGOMERY, HENRY M.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 340

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1865 license

Interment:

Obit:

1864-65 Liverpool circuit (last part of year) 1864,97 & 1865,105

1867-68 Plainfield circuit

1869 dismissed 1869,3&23

MOORE, MABLE E.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 665

1931 license, recommended by Baltimore Franklin Street

Interment:

Obit:

1935 withdrew 1935,54

Note: In 1935, page 35, Mabel E. Moore was denied credentials as a conference evangelist because she was not ordained.

MOREY, ROGER DEXTER SR

Born: 11-25-1914 Erie PA married: Luella Gray

Died: 8-5-1986 obit:

Miller-Raker #: no married2: Mrs. Margery Winkie

Fulton #: no obit2:

Gibble list: no

1934 quarterly conference license, Erie Conference

1936 license, Erie Conference

1945 ordained, Erie Conference

Interment:

Obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1987,396

1935-36 Millport

1936-38 Bear Lake

1938-42 student, Lebanon Valley College

1940-42 Lickdale circuit

1942-45 student, Bonebrake [United] Seminary

1943-44 Potsdam

1944-48 Frewsburg NY

1948-55 Warren Bethel

1955-62 Bradford West Branch

1962-71 Weis Library

1971 transfer to Western Pennsylvania Conference

1971-78 Weis Library

1978 retired

1984 Smethport (Apr-Jun)

MORGAN, DONALD RAY

Born: married: Ruby _____

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1958 license, East Pennsylvania Conference: recommended by Valley View

1962 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1959-62 student, United Theological Seminary

1959-60 Congregational Christian Church, Covington OH

1962-70 Sunbury Otterbein

1970 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference

1070-74 Sunbury Otterbein

1974-77 on leave

1977 honorable location, page 201

MORGAN, RUFUS ELMER

Born: 4-4-1881 married: Edna Mae Schrope

Died: 3-2-1960 obit: [11/9/1883 – 9/17/1925]

Miller-Raker #: no married2: Virgie May Bingeman

Fulton #: no obit2: [5/6/1902 – 12/2/1985]

Gibble list: yes

1906 quarterly conference license

1907 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1913 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Hopeland, Lancaster County PA

Obit:

1906-08 student, Lebanon Valley College

1908-11 Jonestown

1911-13 Williamstown

1913-14 Bellefonte, Allegheny Conference

1914-16 Iona

1916-21 Pine Grove

1921-22 Tower City

1922-25 Grantville

1925-28 Hopeland

1928-30 Royalton Emanuel

1930-35 Williamstown

1935-42 “unemployed”

1942 expelled, page 8

MORRIS, PAUL ALVIN

Born: 7-18-1897 KIngsview PA married: Helen J. McIndoe

Died: 7-9-1986 Connellsville PA obit: [d. 4/16/1962]

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 471

Gibble list: no

1921 quarterly conference license

1923 license, Allegheny Conference

1926 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment: Scottdale PA

Obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1987,397

1923-26 student, Bonebrake [United] Theological Seminary

1926-27 Arona

1927-29 Fayette

1929-30 Central City

1930-37 Springfield

1937-46 Everson

1946-47 Everson – Mt. Olive

1947-64 Westmoreland

1964 retired

MORRISON, JOHN E.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1914 license, East Pennsylvania Conference: recommended by Steelton

Interment:

Obit:

1914-16 student, Lebanon Valley College

1915-16 Hillsdale circuit

1916-17 Florin (did not finish the year)

1917 name erased

Note: John E. Morrison was a member of the class of 1917, but did not graduate from Lebanon Valley at this time. His picture and a brief biographical statement are given in the LVC yearbook designated 1917, page 115. He may be the John Ephriam [sic] Morrison of Steelton who graduated from LVC in 1932 and pursued a career in education.

MOSES, ELVA CAMPBELL

Born: 5-5-1909 married: James C. Moses

Died: 2-18-1999 Davenport IA obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1971,388

Miller-Raker #: no married2: _____ Janke

Fulton #: no obit2:

Gibble list: no

1929 quarterly conference license

1931 license, Allegheny Conference

1933 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1931-49 available supply pastor

1949-52 Susquehanna, with James C. Moses

1952-58 available supply pastor in Central Pennsylvania Conference of EUB Church

1958-59 local pastor

1960 no longer listed

Note: In 1944 Elva Campbell married James C. Moses, also an ordained member of the conference. In 1951 the Susquehanna charge was transferred to the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the EUB Church, but Elva C. Moses appears to have kept her conference membership in the Western Pennsylvania Conference. Since Rev. Mrs. Moses married Mr. Janke after she had ceased all ministerial functions, she is listed in this file as Elva Campbell Moses.

MOSES, JAMES C.

Born: 12-12-1879 East Freedom PA married: Laura Harriet Feather

Died: 4-13-1971 obit: Allegheny Conference 1940,58

Miller-Raker #: no married2: Elva Campbell

Fulton #: 429 obit2:

Gibble list: no

1909 quarterly conference license

1916 license, Allegheny Conference

1928 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment: Mount Pleasant Mills PA

Obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1971,388

1909-11 Waukesha

1911-14 Ligonier

1914-19 Port Matilda

1919-21 Arona

1921-24 Bigler

1924-28 Mapleton

1928-30 Bellwood

1930-33 Liverpool

1933-35 Jefferson

1935-37 Rochester Mills

1937-40 Sidman St. Michael

1940-42 Altoona Third

1942-46 Rockwood

1946-47 Coalport

1947-49 New Florence

1949-52 Susquehanna

1952 retired

Note: In 1951 the Susquehanna charge was transferred to the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the EUB Church, but James C. Moses appears to have kept his conference membership in the Western Pennsylvania Conference. He is the father of Ruth Moses Fisher, wife Wilbur R. Fisher. The second Mrs. Moses is also an ordained member of the conference. James C. Moses is sometimes listed incorrectly as Joseph C. Moses.

MOTTER, WILLIAM

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 278

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1844 license

1848 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1846 charter member of East Pennsylvania Conference

1857 transfer to White River Conference

MOUNTAIN, J.V.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 443

Gibble list: no

1915 quarterly conference license

1918 license, Allegheny Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1917-25 Zion

1925 withdrew to unite with Presbyterian Church

Windy Gap Presbyterian Church

Clarksburg Presbyterian Church

Oak Grove Presbyterian Church

Note: This may be John Vincent Mountain (3/31/1890 – 4/30/1946) of Allegheny County PA.

MOWER, ALFRED BISHOP

Born: 4-28-1865 Mount Rock PA married: Annie M. Biggs

Died: 3-18-1940 Wormleysburg PA obit: [8-2-1903]

Miller-Raker #: 433 married2: Wilhelmina Rudisill

Fulton #: no obit2: 1959,49

Gibble list: yes [A.B.]

1888 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1891 ordained

Interment: Rolling Green Cemetery, Camp Hill PA

Obit: 1940,31

1889 transfer to Pennsylvania Conference

1889-95 Path Valley circuit

1895-01 Shopp’s station [Shiremanstown]

1901-04 Taneytown

1904-07 Mount Wolf

1907-11 Carlisle (did not finish the last year)

1911-12 illness

1912-17 Shepherdstown

1917-22 Wormleysburg

1922-29 West Fairview

1929 retired

Note: While the 1894 journal lists his assignment as Hanover, he apparently returned to Path Valley for another year. Alfred B. Mower is the son of Simon S. Mower, on whose card the Mower family is discussed. He is also the grandfather of A. Glenn Mower Jr of the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Church. The second Mrs. Mower is the granddaughter of Abraham Rudisill.

MOWER, HENRY HYRAM HUMMELBAUGH

Born: 6-25-1860 Newburg PA married: Harriet Ella Marple [1881]

Died: 9-19-1943 Brooklyn NY obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1886 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Greenfield Cemetery, Hempstead NY

Obit:

1882-83 Halifax

1885-87 Manor circuit (ending 9/1/87)

1887-89 on leave

1889 honorable dismissal

1898 Lebanon First Baptist

Note: Henry H.H. Mower is the son of Simon S. Mower, on whose card the Mower family is discussed.

MOWER, JOHN FOHL

Born: 11-8-1846 Mowersville PA married: Katharine E. Andrews [1871]

Died: 12-26-1943 Beatrice NE obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1869 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Evergreen Home, Beatrice NE

Obit:

1869-70 Susquehanna circuit

1870-71 Shamokin First

1871-72 ?

1872-73 Mt. Airy

1873-74 Allentown English mission

1874-75 Sunbury mission

1875-78 New Holland circuit

1878-80 Monocacy circuit

1880-86 Springfield circuit

1881-82 also Monocacy circuit (2^nd part of year)

1886-89 on leave, living in Chester County

1889-92 Philadelphia St. Paul’s

1892-93 on leave (first part of year), Philadelphia First (2^nd part of year)

1893-94 Mont Clare

1894-95 on leave, living in Phoenixville

1895 withdrew irregularly, page 30

Note: John F. Mower is the son of Simon S. Mower, on whose card the Mower family is discussed.

MOWER, SAMUEL TAWNEY

Born: 1-16-1852 Dry Run PA married: Mary Ann Bowman [1877]

Died: 5-27-1914 Philadelphia PA obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1876 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Ardsley Cemetery, Ardsley PA

Obit:

1883 referred

Note: Samuel T. Mower is the son of Simon S. Mower, on whose card the Mower family is discussed.

MOWER, SIMON SMITH

Born: 1-16-1822 Mowersville PA married: Catharine Piper

Died: 3-26-1898 Oberlin PA obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1869 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1877 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Oberlin PA

Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 1898,31

S.S. Mower never received an appointment from the annual conference, but he served by appointment of the presiding elder as an evangelist. The Mowers had 9 sons and 2 daughters – 8 of the sons became pastors, and 1 of the daughters married a pastor. See the Mower folder in biographical files. They named their sons for United Brethren pastors. Those with ministerial connections are

Rev. John Fohl Mower (1846-1943), East Pennsylvania Conference & Nebraska Conference

Rev. William Dickson Mower (1848-1910), Pennsylvania Conference

Rev. Samuel Tawney Mower (1852-1914), East Pennsylvania Conference

Rev. David Wilson Mower (1854-1926), service unknown

Rev. Zephaniah Colestock Mower (1856-1938), Pennsylvania Conference

Harriet Eveline Mower (1858-1907)

married Rev. Anson Leroy Hassler (1853-?), service unknown

Rev. Henry Hyram Hummelbaugh Mower (1860-1943), East Pennsylvania Conference

Rev. Joseph Raber Mouer [note variant spelling] (1862-1938), Nebraska Conference

Rev. Alfred Bishop Mower (1865-1940), Pennsylvania Conference

MOWER, WILLIAM

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 313

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1880 license

Interment:

Obit:

1891-92 Mainsville

1916 withdrew

Note: Rev. Mower lived in Shippensburg. His relation, if any, to the other Mowers is not known.

MOWER, WILLIAM DICKSON

Born: 5-10-1848 Mowersville PA married: Frances Emiline Mellon

Died: 10-6-1910 Schuylkill Haven PA obit: 1915,79

Miller-Raker #: 473

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1873 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1877 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Schuylkill Haven Cemetery, Schuylkill Haven PA

Obit: 1910,124

1872-73 Highspire circuit

1873-74 ?

1874-76 Harrisburg Calvary

1876-79 Columbia

1879-81 Halifax

1887 transfer to Virginia Conference, Methodist Episcopal South Church

1900 transfer to Pennsylvania Conference, United Brethren Church

1900-03 Chambersburg circuit

1903-08 Fayetteville

1908-10 living in Schuylkill Haven

Note: William Dickson Mower is the son of Simon Smith Mower (1822-1898) of the East Pennsylvania Conference; see the S.S. Mower card.

MOWER, ZEPHANIAH COLESTOCK

Born: 3-7-1856 Newburg PA married: Sarah Ellen Miller

Died: 6-7-1938 Colfax WA obit: White River Conference 1913,74

Miller-Raker #: 386 married2: Sarah Hortense Butts [1913]

Fulton #: no obit2:

Gibble list: yes

1878 license, recommended by Linglestown

1882 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Colfax WA

Obit: Oregon Conference 1938,47

1878-79 Orrstown station

1879-80 Pequea Valley circuit, East Pennsylvania Conference

1880 transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference

1880-83 Pequea Valley circuit

1883-86 Manchester MD

1886-89 Middletown

1889-90 Intercourse (did not finish the year)

1890 expelled 1890,28

1898 Mohawk circuit, Hancock County IN

join Nebraska Conference

1924 transfer to Oregon Conference

1924-25 Salem

1925-26 Elberton

1926-32 Colfax

1932 retired

Note: Zephaniah C. Mower is the son of Simon S. Mower, on whose card the Mower family is discussed.

MOWERS, S.A.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 348

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1868 license

1870 ordained

Interment:

Obit:

1868-69 St. Thomas circuit

1869-75 Mercersburg station

1875-79 Baltimore Fourth

1879-81 Chambersburg station

1882 transfer to Miami Conference

MOWREY, DAVID FLOYD

Born: 12-13-1885 Franklin County PA married: Eva Catherine Shearer

Died: 2-22-1966 obit: 1954,34

Miller-Raker #: 658

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1918 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1933 ordained

Interment: New Cumberland PA

Obit: 1966,147

1925-56 New Cumberland Community

1956 retired

Note: David F. Mowrey’s son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. D. Dwight Grove, were missionaries to Africa 1939-41.

MOYER, DAVID

Born: 12-11-1824 married:

Died: 7-7-1868 obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1851 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1857 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon PA

Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 1870,30

1856-59 Myerstown

1859-61 Lykens Valley

1861-63 Susquehanna circuit

1862-63 West Branch circuit (1^st half of year)

1863-64 ?

1864-67 Harrisburg circuit

1867-68 Bellegrove circuit

MOYER, JOHN K.

Born: 9-18-1818 married:

Died: 12-27-1891 obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1844 license

1848 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Mt. Annville Cemetery, Annville PA

Obit:

1846 charter member of East Pennsylvania Conference

1846-47 Dauphin circuit

1847-65 ?

1865-66 Millheim circuit

1866-67 Sinking Spring circuit

1867-68 Union Deposit circuit

MOYER, SAMUEL NICHOLAS

Born: 9-10-1855 Snyder County PA married: Sarah Jane Trostle

Died: 1-23-1908 obit: [1902]

Miller-Raker #: 413 married2: Mary [Minnie] Elizabeth Rupp

Fulton #: no obit2: 1928,75

Gibble list: no

1885 license

1888 ordained

Interment: Mechanicsburg PA

Obit: 1908,115

1884-86 Perry circuit

1886-89 York circuit

1889-92 New Cumberland mission

1892-95 Rock Springs [Scotland] charge

1895-00 Boiling Springs

1900-03 Mechanicsburg First

1903-07 Red Lion Bethany

1907-08 Baltimore Third

MULHOLLEM, LLOYD GARRISON

Born: 2-10-1905 Glasgow PA married: Mary Elizabeth McGrill

Died: 6-13-1980 Latrobe PA obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 520

Gibble list: no

1927 quarterly conference license

1929 license, Allegheny Conference

1930 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment: I.O.O.F Cemetery, Rockwood PA

Obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1981,416

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

1930-33 Knoxdale

1933-34 Belsano

1934-41 Casselman

1941-52 West Decatur

1952-58 Indian Creek

1958-67 Rockwood

1967-72 Brush Valley Calvary

1972 retired

1972-73 Brush Valley Calvary

1973-79 Hatsings (ending 1/1/1979)

Note: This surname is sometimes given incorrectly as Mulhollen.

MUMMA, JACOB

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1849 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1855 expelled

MUMMA, JOSEPH C.

Born: 2-9-1840 near Highspire PA married: Catherine Reitzel

Died: 3-19-1902 Union Deposit PA obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1869 license, East Pennsylvania

1872 ordained, East Pennsylvania

Interment:

Obit:

1868-69 Highspire circuit

1869-71 Mt. Joy circuit

1871-73 Columbia Salome

1873-75 ?

1875-77 Mountville St. Paul’s

1877-78 Schuylkill Haven

1878-80 New Holland circuit

1880-83 Steelton station

1883 Baltimore George Street (did not finish the year)

1883 withdrew 1884,6

Note: Joseph C. Mumma is a twin brother to Martin J. Mumma.

MUMMA, MARTIN J.

Born: 3-9-1840 near Highspire PA married: Catharine Ann Fisher

Died:11-9-1912 Hershey PA obit: [2/16/1852 – 10/16/1906]

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1869 quarterly conference license, Highspire

1870 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1872 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Oberlin PA

Obit: East Pennsylvania 1913,40

1869-70 Highspire circuit

1870-71 Annville

1871-75 New Holland circuit

1875-76 agent, Lebanon Valley College

1876-77 Reading Otterbein

1877-81 presiding elder

1881-84 Mountville

1884-86 Lancaster Covenant

1886-87 New Holland

1887-89 Penbrook [East Harrisburg circuit]

1889-91 presiding elder

1891-93 Hummelstown

1893-94 Springville circuit (part year); agent, Lebanon Valley College (part year)

1894-97 Annville

1897-00 Jacksonville circuit

1900-03 Ephrata

1903-07 Schuylkill Haven

1907 retired

Note: Martin J. Mumma is a twin brother to Joseph C. Mumma.

MUND, FREDERICK W.

Born: 4-26-1903 married: Helen Lucille Hearn

Died: 4-21-1997 obit: Baltimore-Washington Conf 1998,597

Miller-Raker #: 668

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1931 license

1935 ordained

Interment: Louden Park Cemetery, Baltimore MD

Obit: Baltimore-Washington Conference 1997,646

1931-32 student, Lebanon Valley College

1932-35 student, Yale Divinity School

1935-67 Baltimore Dorguth Memorial

1967-70 Baltimore Dorguth Memorial & Old Otterbein

1970 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1970-75 Baltimore Dorguth Memorial

1975 retired

1975-80 Delmont

Note: The SS Death index gives the death date as 2-21-1997.

MUNDEN, JASPER N.

Born: 2-19-1858 married: Millia Elmina Pershing

Died: 8-3-1939 obit: [8/2/1859 – 4/13/1942]

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 187

Gibble list: no

1878 license, Allegheny Conference: recommended by Bradenville

1884 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment:

Obit: Pittsburg Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church 1939,471

1880-81 Rockwood

1883-85 Intercourse (did not finish 2^nd year), East Pennsylvania Conference

1883-84 Paradise St. John’s (second part of year)

1885-87 Greensburg charge

1887-89 Braddock

1889-91 Altoona First (ending Feb 1891)

1891-92 living in Woodbridge CA

1892-95 Scottdale First

1895 joined Pittsburgh Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1895-98 Stahlstown circuit

1900-03 McKeesport circuit

1903-05 Vanderbilt

1905-06 Dunbar

Note: The Western Pennsylvania Conference records place him on the Stahlstown ME circuit 1882-85! The 1891 Allegheny Conference journal, page 19, reports: “Altoona First Church passed through an ordeal that was very unpleasant and deleterious to the general interests of the station, resulting from the resignation of Brothers J.N. Munden and W.J. Zuck.” A 1930 anniversary booklet from Altoona First incorrectly lists J.N. Munden with the deceased pastors.

MUNDIS, CARL H.

Born: 2-6-1894 Snydertown [Yoe], PA married: Amelia Snyder

Died: 10-1-1954 obit: 1986,432

Miller-Raker #: 597

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1915 quarterly conference license

1916 license

1920 ordained

Interment: Union Cemetery, Yoe PA

Obit: 1954,36

1916-17 student, Bonebrake Seminary

1917-19 Jefferson

1919-23 Newburg

1923-24 Baltimore Fourth

1924-29 Hagerstown Emmanuel

1929-34 Mechanicsburg First

1934-37 Greencastle

1937-50 York Fifth

1950-54 Winterstown

MUNDIS, D.C.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

Interment:

Obit:

1900-01 Hellam

Note: D.C. Mundis served 11 months, following the resignation of William Beatty – see 1901,16. Nothing more is known about this man.

MURRAY, CHARLES RANDOLPH

Born: 4-19-1913 West Fairview PA married: Jean Frances Betts

Died: 12-29-1992 Reamstown PA obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1933 quarterly conference license, Johnstown Barron Avenue

1934 license, Allegheny Conference: recommended by Johnstown POverbrook

1939 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment: Mount Zion UM Church Cemetery, Akron PA

Obit: Central Pennsylvania Conference 1993,466

1933-37 Johnstown Overbrook

1937-39 Susquehanna

1939-48 Beaverdale

1948-70 Altoona Greenwood

1970-79 Berwick Bower Memorial

1979 retired

Note: Charles R. Murray is the son of William L. Murray.

MURRAY, WILLIAM LUTHER

Born: 7-27-1883 West Fairview PA married: Grace Lantz

Died: 6-17-1932 Johnstown PA obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference (EUB) 1961,39

Miller-Raker #: 568

Fulton #: 480

Gibble list: no

1910 quarterly conference license, West Fairview

1911 license

1918 ordained

Interment:

Obit: Allegheny Conference 1932,47

1911 Sabillasville (May-Oct) & Horse Valley (summer)

1911-13 Spring Run

1913-20 Williamsport MD

1920-21 Duncannon

1921-22 Buffalo NY, Erie Conference

1922 transfer to Allegheny Conference

1922-24 Johnstown Southmount

1924-26 Punxsutawney

1926-31 McKeesport Kephart Memorial

1931-32 Johnstown Barron Avenue

Note: William L. Murray is the father of Charles R. Murray.

MUSSELMAN, JOHN FRANKLIN

Born: 12-25-1877 Florin PA married: Alice Naomi Dougherty

Died: 9-7-1947 near Mt. Gretna PA obit: Eastern Conference 1966,125

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1906 quarterly conference license, Lancaster Covenant

1907 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1909 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon PA

Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 1947,30

1908-47 nissionary, Sierra Leone

1908-09 Shenge

1909-10 Mofus

1911-16 Rotifunk

1916-21 Freetown

1921-47 superintendent

MUTCH, CHARLES AMBROSE

Born: 2-21-1859 Lebanon PA married: Cora M. Runk

Died: 6-17-1942 obit: [10/4/1865 – 3/6/1940]

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1887 license, East German Conference

1890 ordained, East German Conference

Interment: Ebenezer Cemetery, Lebanon County PA

Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference1942,16

1886-87 Freeburg circuit

1887-89 Susquehanna circuit

1889-91 Montana mission

1891-94 Williamstown

1894-96 Shamokin Second

1896-99 Schuylkill Haven

1899-01 Reading Fourth [Trinity]

1901 transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference

1901-06 New Holland

1906-08 Palmyra

1908-11 Millersburg

1911-13 Sunbury

1913-16 Schuylkill Haven

1916-20 Ephrata

1920-25 Reading Salem

1925-28 Shamokin Second

1928-30 Bellegrove

1930 retired

1930-31 Lebanon West (1/1/1931)

1933-34 Lickdale and Grier Point

Note: Charles A. Mutch is the father of Heber R. Mutch and M. Ella Mutch Leister, wife of Rev. J.M. Leister of the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Mutch is the daughter of Jacob Runk and the brother of Irvin E. Runk.

MUTCH, HEBER R.

Born: about 1901 married: Frances H. Shellenberger

Died: obit: [5/9/1903 – 4/27/2001]

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1923 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1929 name erased

Note: Heber R. Mutch is the son of Charles A. Mutch. He went on to be a public school principal in Glen Rock PA. An obituary for Mrs. Mutch is in the biographical files.

MYER, GOTTLEIB

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1880 ordained, East German Conference

Interment:

Obit:

East German Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1879-80 Camden mission, East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

1880 transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference

1880-81 Philadelphia Port Richmond [St. Paul’s]

1881-82 Camden mission

1882-84 Williams Valley circuit

1884-86 Jonestown circuit

1886-88 Landingville circuit

1888-90 Catasaqua circuit

1890-91 Northampton circuit

1891-93 Bellegrove circuit

1893-95 Avon Zion

1895 transfer to Ohio German Conference

MYERS, ABRAHAM R.

Born: 6-18-1850 near Mountville PA married:

Died: 5-23-1908 obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: yes

1882 quarterly conference license, Mountville

1893 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1896 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Mountville PA

Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 1908,38

1892-99 Centerville

1899-07 Steelton Centenary

1907-08 Lancaster Covenant

MYERS, JOHN

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 275

Fulton #: no

Gibble list: no

1844 license

Interment:

Obit:

1846 charter member of East Pennsylvania Conference

Note: The East Pennsylvania Conference appears to have no further record of this man.