Pennsylvania Conference UB Pastors

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

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RABER, WILLIAM B.

Born: 2-22-1824 married: Catherine A. Weidman

Died: 2-11-1875 obit: [1852]

Miller-Raker #: 289 married2: Susan Hoff

Fulton #: no obit2:

Gilbble list: no

1846 quarterly conference license, Littlestown circuit

1848 license

1850 ordained

Interment: Mount Rose Cemetery, York PA

Obit: 1875,15

1847-48 assistant, Chambersburg Circuit (beginning in July)

1848-49 York circuit

1849-51 Chambersburg circuit

1851-53 Perry circuit

1853-54 Dover circuit

1854-57 York station

1857-60 Chambersburg station

1860-63 presiding elder, York District

1863-67 Mechanicsburg

1867-71 presiding elder, York District

1871-75 York station

Note: The entire 1996 volume of The Chronicle is given to William Raber and his journal.

RABY, EARL STEPHEN

Born: 6-11-1924 Quincy PA married: Lillian Ruth Isenhower

Died: 4-2-2006 obit: [12/19/1925 – 8/30/2005]

Miller-Raker #: 717

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

1943 quarterly conference license, Ephrata

1945 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1948 ordained

Interment: Masonic Cemetery, Eagle Lake TX

Obit:

1943-45 student, Lebanon Valley College

1943-45 Hummelstown

1945-49 student, Bonebrake [United] Seminary

1945-47 Dayton Zion, Miami OH Conference

1947 transfer to Pennsylvania Conference

1947-49 Dayton Zion, Miami OH Conference

1949-53 Myersville MD

1953-63 Wormleysburg

1963-64 York First

1964-65 San Antonia First, Oklahoma-Texas Conference

1965 transfer to Oklahoma-Texas Conference, page 111

1965-85 San Antonio First [aka Albright UM]

1970 transfer to Southwest Texas Conference

1970-85 San Antonia Albright

1985 retired

Note: The conference archives has secular published obituaries for Rev. and Mrs. E. Stephen Raby.

RAEZER, GEORGE BARSTOW

Born: 7-24-1866 New Holland PA married:

Died: 2-9-1949 Lititz PA obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

quarterly conference license, New Holland

1900 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1904 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1899-00 Ephrata (last part of the year)

1900-01 Mt. Joy circuit

1901-02 ?

1902-04 Elverson

1904-05 Hagerstown circuit, Pennsylvania Conference (resigned after 2 months)

1905 honorable discharge from United Brethren Church

1905 joins the ministry of the Reformed Church

1905-07 Shoops [Colonial Park] charge, Dauphin County

1907-09 Penbrook St. Andrew’s

1909-12 Maytown

1912-46 Warwick charge (Lititz St. Luke’s, Brickerville Zion, and Penryn Jerusalem)

RALSTON, S.H.

Born: 1873 married:

Died: 7-23-1953 obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 330

Gilbble list: no

1896 quarterly conference license

1904 license, Allegheny Conference

1908 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment:

Obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1954,23

1904-06 Industry

1906-08 New Florence

1908-11 Dunio and Beaverdale

1911-13 Johnstown Barron Avenue

1913-15 McKeesport First

1915-19 Madison

1919-23 Windber

1923-24 Monessen

1924-25 West Lebanon, East Pennsylvania Conference

1925-28 Bellwood

1928-31 Woodland

1931-37 Windber

1937-40 Bellwood

1940 retired

RANCK, EZRA HOOVER

Born: 10-13-1907 married: Dorothy Estella Mohler

Died: 1-29-1996 obit: [12/26/1919 – 10/13/1991]

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

1930 quarterly conference, recommended by Ranck’s

1933 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1934 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit: Eastern Pennsylvania Conference 1996,?

1933-34 Baltimore Otterbein

1934-38 Campbelltown

1938-55 Mount Joy

1955-73 conference director of Christian Education/Adult Ministries

1973 retired

1973 Milton Grove Moyer’s

1973-76 associate, Mount Joy St. Mark’s

Note: Ezra H. Rank is a brother of J. Allan Ranck. His picture is on the cover of the 5/13/1933 Religious Telescope as a member of the Bonebrake Seminary class of 1933.

RANCK, JOHN ALLAN

Born: 8-16-1912 Lancaster County PA married: Mildred A. Stauffer

Died: 2-4-1979 Montclair NJ obit: Eastern Pennsylvania Conf. 1971,326

Miller-Raker #: no married2: Harriet Spangler

Fulton #: no obit2:

Gilbble list: yes

1933 quarterly conference license, Ranck’s

1934 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1937 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Ranck Church Cemetery, New Holland PA

Obit: Eastern Pennsylvania Conference 1979,409

1933-34 student, Lebanon Valley College

1934-37 student, United Theological Seminary

1937-46 Allentown Zion

1946-52 denominational director of Young People’s Work

1952-77 staff, National Council of Churches

1977 retired

Note: J. Allan Ranck is a brother of Ezra H. Ranck.

RANKIN, ROBERT G.

Born: 4-8-1822 Indiana County PA married: Catherine Waggoner

Died: obit: [d. 1853]

Miller-Raker #: no married2: Elizabeth Ale

Fulton #: 66 obit2: [b. 1824]

Gilbble list: no

1847 license, Allegheny Conference

1850 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1846-47 Sinamahoning

1847-48 Westmoreland

1848-50 Juniata

1850-52 Liverpool

1852-53 Bellefonte

1853-54 Wayne station

1854-55 Allegheny City

1855-56 Juniata

1856-57 Warrior’s Mark

1857-59 Bellefonte

1859-60 Curwinsville

1860-62 Clearfield

1862-64 Ligonier

1864-65 Springfield

1865-67 Madison

1867-68 Allegheny station

1872-73 Springfield

1873 located, moved to Cass County MO and entered farming

Note: Robert G. Rankin appears to have some connection with Miss Mary Rankin (1821-1889), author of the 1858 autobiographical book The Daughter of Affliction, although any biological relationship has not been determined. A copy of the book is in the UB biography section at the conference archives.

RATHFANG, JOHN

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 70

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

1814 license

Interment:

Obit:

Note: This surname is also rendered RATHFON. This may be the father of John Rathfang, Miller-Raker #191. To distinguish them, lists commonly designate the latter as John Rathfang Jr – but that designation does not appear in the minutes.

RATHFANG, JOHN

Born: married: Lydia Spangler

Died: obit: [8/27/1817 – 11/28/1880]

Miller-Raker #: 191

Fulton #: 5

Gilbble list: yes

1834 license

1837 ordained

Interment:

Obit:

1834-35 York circuit

1837-39 Westmoreland circuit

1839 charter member of Allegheny Conference

1839-40 Juniata circuit

1840 transfer to Pennsylvania Conference

1842-44 Chambersburg circuit

1844-51 local preacher, Littlestown circuit

1854 withdrew

Note: This surname is also render RATHFON. This may be the son of John Rathfang, Miller-Raker #70. To distinguish them, lists commonly designate the former one as John Rathfang Sr – but that designation does not appear in the minutes.

RAUCH, JOHN LEROY

Born: married: Lily A. Beck

Died: obit: 2008,422

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

1950 license, Allegheny Conference: recommended by Orbisonia

1954 ordained, Western Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1949-51 Fulton Memorial charge

1951-54 student, United Theological Seminary in Dayton OH

1951-54 Castine – Weaver Station OH

1954-61 Johnstown Barron Avenue

1959-60 Johnstown Centennial

1961-65 Punxsutawney Area Large Parish

1965-66 chaplain, Quincy Home in the Central Pennsylvania Conference

1966 transfer to Susquehanna Conference

1966-71 chaplain, Quincy Home

1971-82 Chambers Hill (ending 10/1/1982)

1982-87 Millersburg Grace (beginning 10/1/1982 and ending 9/1/1987)

1987-89 Mount Calvary (beginning 9/1/1987)

1989-93 Mount Calvary – Manada Hill

1993-97 Fayetteville Otterbein

1997 retired

Note: John L. Rauch is the son of Jonathan P. Rauch, and the brother of United Methodist missionary Ruth Evelyn Rauch (1927-1995) and Mary Ethel Rauch Esch, wife of Byron Moore Esch (1915-2001) of the Western New York Conference.

RAUCH, JONATHAN PETER NEWMAN

Born: 9-27-1891 married: Jennie May Bickhart

Died: 1-14-1957 obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1980,459

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 462

Gilbble list: no

1921 quarterly conference license

1922 license, Allegheny Conference

1926 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment: Liverpool PA

Obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1957,30

1920-27 Richfield (beginning 1/1921)

1927-30 West Decatur

1930-33 Coalport

1933-43 Liverpool

1943-50 Orbisonia

1950-54 Altoona Pleasant Valley

1954 retired

Note: Jonathan P. Rauch is the father of John L. Rauch, United Methodist missionary Ruth Evelyn Rauch (1927-1995) and of Mary Ethel Rauch Esch, wife of Byron Moore Esch (1915-2001) of the Western New York Conference.

RAUCH, SAMUEL A.

Born: 3-22-1874 Lebanon County PA married: Carrie M. Swoyer

Died: 3-10-1944 Lancaster PA obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

1898 quarterly conference license

1900 license, East German Conference

1906 ordained, East Nebraska Conference

Interment: East Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg PA

Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 1944,18

1900-01 Memphasis NB, East Nebraska Conference

1901 transfer to East Nebraska Conference

1901-02 Memphasis

1903-04 Swanton

1904-07 Crab Orchard

1907-09 Pickrel

1909 transfer to North Kansas Conference

1909-11 Herrington

1911-14 Corning

1914-17 Ozawkie

1917-18 Catawissa, East Pennsylvania Conference (beginning Jan 1918)

1918 transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference

1918-22 Catawissa

1922-26 Pine Grove

1926-34 Paradise St. John’s

1934-37 Tower City

1937-44 Manor circuit

RAUHAUSER, JOEL

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 299

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

1852 license

Interment:

Obit:

1854 transfer to any conference he may wish to join, page 31

Note: There is a 32-year-old Joel Rauhauser in the 1850 census in Dover township, York County PA.

RAVER, C.W.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 196

Gilbble list: yes [RABER]

1881 license, Allegheny Conference

1885 ordained, East German Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1881-82 Orbisonia

1884 transfer to East German Conference

1884-85 Millheim

1885-87 Paxinos ciorcuit

1888 expelled

1892-93 Freeburg circuit, East German Conference

1893-94 Lancaster circuit, East Pennsylvania Conference

RAY, LUKE CRANSTON

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 625

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

1924

Interment:

Obit:

1924 transfer from Congregational Church, page 41&44&66

1924-25 associate, Chambersburg

1925 transfer to Syracuse Presbytery of Presbyterian Church, page 71

? ?

19444-48 Monroe NY First Presbyterian

RAYSOR, JOHN

Born: 1-1-1789 married:

Died: 8-31-1850 obit:

Miller-Raker #: 234

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

1838 license

Interment: Raysor’s Cemetery, near Penbrook PA

Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 1851,28

1846 charter member of East Pennsylvania Conference

Note: John Raysor remained a local pastor and did not itinerate. Gibble’s 1951 History of the East Pennsylvania Conference, page 246, gives a brief account of Raysor’s Church (predecessor of Penbrook Grace) and Rev. Raysor.

REASEY, ROBERT EARL

Born: married: Margaret _____

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 745

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

1953 license, recommended by Arnolds

1958 ordained

Interment:

Obit:

1955-58 student, United Seminary in Dayton OH

1955-56 Feesburg OH, Congregational Christian Church

1958-59 assistant, Chambersburg

1959-63 Shiremanstown

1963-79 Chambersburg First

1979-80 leave of absence

1980-82 Altoona Faith

1982-95 chaplain, Bethany Village

1995 retired

REBER, CALVIN H. JR

Born: married: Audrie E. Fox

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

1934 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1939 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1939-42 missionary to China

1942-46 Palmyra Second

1946-51 missionary to China

1951-83 faculty, United Theological Seminary

1983 retired

REBER, HOWARD F.

Born: 4-1-1888 McKeansburg PA married: Esther Weidner

Died: 4-23-1914 obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 369

Gilbble list: no

1909 license, Allegheny Conference

Interment:

Obit: Allegheny Conference 1914,83

1907-08 Eschol

Hustontown

Middleburg

1911-14 student, Bonebrake Seminary in Dayton OH

Oregonia, Miami Conference

Kingsville, Miami Conference

REBOK, HENRY W.

Born: married: Lydia Cormany [?]

Died: 5-11-1906 obit: Iowa Conference 1891,10

Miller-Raker #: 302

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

1853 license

1861 ordained

Interment:

Obit: Iowa Conference 1907,41

1852-53 Greencastle circuit

1853-55 Path Valley circuit

1855-56 Manchester circuit

1878 transfer to any conference he wishes to join, page 14

REBOK, KENNETH LEE

Born: 1-11-1939 married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 804

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

1963 license

1969 ordained

Interment:

Obit:

1963-64 Upper Strasburg

Note: Kenneth L. Rebok is listed in the 1969 Susquehanna Conference journal as being ordained in 1969 and as without an appointment, but he does not appear in the 1969 United Methodist General Minutes. He drops out of all records.

REDDICK, D. LEONARD

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 586

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

1914 license, recommended by Walkersville MD

Interment:

Obit:

1919 withdrew

Note: Rev. Reddick is a graduate of LVC.

REDDING, EARL EUGENE

Born: 9-14-1901 Hanover PA married: Ada Myrle Creswell

Died: 1-15-1981 obit: 1979,348

Miller-Raker #: 648

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

1925 quarterly conference license

1926 license, recommended by Baltimore Salem

1930 ordained

Interment: Mount Rose Cemetery, York PA

Obit: 1981,338

1925-29 Jefferson

1929-32 Taneytown

1932-38 Shepherdstown

1938-52 York Third

1952-64 Hagerstown Grace

1964-67 Fayetteville

1967 retired

1967-76 associate, York Fourth

REED, JOHN BENEDICT JR.

Born: 2-7-1901 Chambersburg PA married: Laura Edna Stickell

Died: 6-6-1958 York PA obit:

Miller-Raker #: 630

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

1920 quarterly conference license, Hagerstown St. Paul’s

1924 license

1929 ordained

Interment: Rose Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown MD

Obit: 1958,42

1922-26 student. Lebanon Valley College

1926-29 student, Bonebrake [United] Seminary

1929-31 Biglerville

1931-37 Keedysville

1837-45 Boiling Springs

1945-52 Hanover

1952-58 Spry

REEL, FREDERICK

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

1889 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1887-89 Philadelphia Port Richmond St. Paul’s

1893 name erased

REESE, HORACE GREELEY

Born: 9-21-1900 Port Matilda PA married: Katharine Beatrice Williams

Died: 5-24-1965 obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1960, 32

Miller-Raker #: no married2: Mrs. Matilda Hunsburger

Fulton #: 493 obit2: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1976,345

Gilbble list: no

1924 quarterly conference license

1925 license, Allegheny Conference

1927 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment:

Obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1965,4&27

1924-28 Liverpool

1928-30 Milton

1930-39 Pitcairn

1939-42 Tyrone

1942-49 Punxsutawney

1949-54 McKeesport Kephart

1954-65 Dubois

1965 retired

Note: The maiden name of the second Mrs. Reese was Matilda Jane Brendlinger. Her first husband, a Mr. Claude Hunsburger, died in 1931.

REESER, DAVID M.

Born: married:

Died: 6-22-1864 Petersburg VA obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

1859 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: near Fort Hell, Petersburg VA

Obit:

1856-57 Northumberland mission

Note: David M. Reeser was mustered in May 12, 1864, and killed in battle while serving with the Pennsylvania Regiment 184, Company B.

REID, WILBUR L.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 729

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

1950 license

Interment:

Obit:

1948-51 Windsor Grace (did not finish final year)

1951 withdrew “to return to pastorate in New England,” page 48

Note: Rev. Reid is listed 1948-50 under “permanent quarterly conference and lay ministers.”

REIDER, GEORGE

Born: married:

Died: 1901 obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

1858 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1863 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1870 name erased

Note: George Reider is a brother to Mary Rider Gingrich, wife of David Gingrich Jr. He was prominent in the Elizabethtown congregation – see Gibble’s History of the East Pennsylvania Conference, pages 94 & 95. He apparently continued as a local pastor in the denomination after his name was erased from the conference rolls, for Kelker’s 1907 History of Dauphin County, reports (volume 3, page 319) a March 1877 marriage performed by “Rev George Reider, pastor of the United Brethren Church of Mount Joy” and reports (volume 3, page 233) a January 1890 marriage performed by “Rev. George Rider, pastor of the Hummelstown United Brethren Church.” George Reider was not the assigned pastor of record on either occasion. This surname is also rendered RIDER.

REIDER, JOHN

Born: 1787 married:

Died: 1849 obit:

Miller-Raker #: 103

Fulton #: 21

Gilbble list: yes

1822 license

1825 ordained

Interment: Union Cemetery, near New Baltimore PA

Obit: Allegheny Conference 1850,

1835-39 presiding elder, Huntingdon District

1839 charter member of Allegheny Conference

1847-48 Schellsburg circuit

Note: This surname is also rendered RIDER.

REIGEL, JOHN ADAM

Born: 9-7-1754 married:

Died: 8-2-1822 obit:

Miller-Raker #: 31

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

1800 license

Interment: Hummelstown PA

Obit:

Note: This surname is also rendered RIEGEL. Gibble’s 1951 History of the East Pennsylvania Conference, page 60, gives a brief biography.

REISINGER, DAVID KENNETH

Born: 6-4-1905 Pittsburgh PA married: Mary Ellen Hair

Died: 1-14-1977 obit: see biographical files

Miller-Raker #: 652

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

1926 license, recommended by New Bloomfield charge

1933 ordained

Interment:

Obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1977,363

1927-28 Bendersville

1928-32 Mechanicsburg circuit

1932-36 Dover

1936-45 Greenmount

1945-46 executive secretary, Baltimore School of the Bible

1946-47 Second Congregational Church, Baltimore MD

1947-48 president, Buffalo Bible Institute in West Seneca NY [now part of Houghton Col]

1948 transfer to Erie Conference, page 96

1948-53 president, Buffalo Bible Institute in West Seneca NY [now part of Houghton Col]

1953-55 Bradford

1955-61 president, Evangelical Teacher Training Association of Wheaton IL

1961-68 director of adult education, Gospel Light Publications of Gendale CA

1968 retired

Note: His mother’s death is noted 1929,21. According to 1929,21 he may have served for a time on Wolfsville charge circa 1928. D. Kenneth Reisinger is married to Mary E. Reisinger.

REISINGER, MARY H. see HAIR, MARY E.

REITZEL, JOHN RICHARD

Born: 10-16-1847 married: Mary Ann Weiss

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

1870 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1874 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1869-71 Philadelphia Mt. Airy

1871-72 Florin Glossbrenner (first part of year), Shamokin First (second part of year)

1872-73 Shamokin First

1873-74 Harrisburg Calvary [Derry Street]

1874-76 Monocacy circuit

1876-77 Middletown (first 10 months), Shamokin First (last 2 months)

1877-79 Shamokin First

1881 honorable dismissal

1881 organized Mitchell SD First Congregational Church

1893 Owosso MI Congregational Church

Note: It is believed J.R. Reitzel later moved to Chicago and was a public speaker at Chautauqua-type gatherings in the early 1900’s.

RENN, U.S.G.

Born: 3-18-1864 near Sunbury PA married: Lillie F. Light

Died: 12-24-1912 Harrisburg PA obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

1888 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1890 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Annville Cemetery, Annville PA

Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 1913,40

1887-88 student, Lebanon Valley College

1887-88 Manor circuit (beginning 9/1/87)

1888-89 Manheim

1889-91 Elverson

1891-93 Mont Clare

1893-96 Oberlin

1896-00 Ephrata

1900-03 student, Bonebrake [United] Theological Seminary

1903-07 Reading Memorial [Trinity]

1907-12 Middletown

1912 Harrisburg State Street

RENSHAW, ELWOOD JAMES

Born: 5-29-1860 married: Anna Elizabeth Henry

Died: 2-10-1921 Baltimore MD obit: 1958,44

Miller-Raker #: 565

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

1903 ordained, Baptist

Interment: St. John’s UB Church, Paradise PA

Obit: 1921,66

1894-04 East Brandywine Baptist, Chester County PA

1904-05 Paradise St. John’s, UB denomination (begin soon after conference; see 1905,4)

1905 transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference, UB denomination

1905-10 Paradise St. John’s

1910 Lebanon Hebron (briefly)

1910-11 Baltimore Sixth, Pennsylvania Conference

1911 transfer to Pennsylvania Conference

1911-16 Boonsboro

1916-17 Myersville

1917-21 Baltimore Fifth [Otterbein Memorial]

Note: Elwood James Renshaw is believed to be a brother to George B. Renshaw.

RENSHAW, GEORGE B.

Born: married: Hannah A. _____

Died: obit: 1921,73

Miller-Raker #: 566

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

1899 ordained, Baptist Church

Interment:

Obit:

1899-03 First Baptist, Lebanon PA

1903-05 First Baptist, Chesterfield NJ

1905 transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

1905 Intercourse (Jan-Oct)

1905-09 Lykens

1909-10 Reading Otterbein

1910-13 Quincy Orphanage/conference evangelist

1913 Baltimore Fourth (July-Nov)

1913-17 Wormleysburg

1917-22 Windsor

1922-25 Manchester PA (resigned 9/1/1925 1925,28)

1925 transfer to Lutheran Church, page 71

Note: George B. Renshaw is believed to be a brother to Elwood J. Renshaw. He traveled as a signing evangelist

RESSLER, JACOB BRUNER

Born: married: Emily Shupe

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

Interment:

Obit: Central Ohio Conference 1891,46

Note: Jacob B. Ressler is the father of John I.L. Ressler. A reference to the death of Jacob B. Ressler appears in the 1891 Allegheny Conference journal, page 38, where it states he "had for many years been associated with the Allegheny Conference." The marriage date of "Rev. Jacob B. Ressler" and Emily Shupe is given in the Religious Telescope as 1/27/1848. There appears to be no formal documentation of his license or ordination. For this person, this surname is also rendered RESLER.

RESSLER, JOHN ISAAC LEWIS

Born: 11-30-1854 Mt. Pleasant PA married: Mary Sammis

Died: 9-6-1934 Beaverdale PA obit: Allegheny Conference 1944,62

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 189

Gilbble list: no

1876 quarterly conference license

1877 license, ? Conference

1879 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment: Otterbein Cemetery, Westerville OH

Obit: Allegheny Conference 1934,61

1876 graduated from Otterbein College in Westerville OH

1876-78 student, Union Biblical Seminary and Western Theological Seminary

1878-79 New Paris, Allegheny Conference

1879 transfer to Allegheny Conference

1879-82 Johnstown First

1882-83 Greensburg

1883-86 Braddock

1886-91 Mt. Pleasant

1891-94 Altoona First

1894-97 Wilkinsburg

1897-01 Johnstown First

1901-07 conference superintendent

1907-13 McKeesport Shoemaker

1913-19 Conemaugh

1919-22 Johnstown Southmont

1922-27 Trafford

1927-28 Wilmore

1928 Beaverdale

John I.L. Ressler is the son of Jacob B. Ressler and the father of Mary Grace Ressler Shively, wife of B. Frank Shively. In some cases J.I.L. Ressler is incorrectly recorded as G.L. Ressler.

RETTEW, CHESTER ELIJAH

Born: 10-4-1890 Columbia PA married: Ruth C. Detweiler

Died: 1-31-1964 obit: [Eastern Pennsylvania Conf 1985,318]

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

1910 quarterly conference license, Columbia

1912 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1915 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Conestoga Memorial Park, Lancaster PA

Obit: Eastern Conference 1964,125

1911-12 student, Lebanon Valley College

1911-12 Mont Clare

1912-15 student, Bonebrake [United] Theological Seminary

1914-15 Kingsville

1915-17 Halifax Otterbein

1917-20 New Holland

1920-26 missionary, Philippine Islands

1926-29 Harrisburg First

1929-32 Mount Joy

1932-37 Allentown Linden Street [Zion]

1937-41 Schuylkill Haven

1941-47 Philadelphia First [Mt. Pisgah]

1947-53 Myerstown

1953 retired

Note: Chester E. Rettew is the father of Rev. Richard D. Rettew of the Presbyterian denomination.

REXRODE, LAFAYETTE

Born: 4-?-1867 KY married: Mattie B. Cithrill

Died: obit: Allegheny Conference 1902,48

Miller-Raker #: 461 married2: Sue Cleaver

Fulton #: 312 obit2: [3/22/1864 – 12/4/1951]

Gilbble list: no

1896 license

? ordained

Interment:

Obit:

1895-96 Manchester (last part of the year) 1896,50

1896-97 Dover

1897-99 York Haven circuit (left during last year to attend seminary)

1899-02 seminary student, Dayton OH

1902 transfer to Allegheny Conference

1902-03 Clearfield station

1903-05 McKeesport

1905-06 West Decatur

1906-07 living in Valier PA

1907-08 Johnstown Barron Avenue

1908-11 Fairmount

1911-12 Punxsutawney (resigned 4/30/1912, page 48)

1912 honorable dismissal, page 73

1919 living in Freeport PA

Note: Rev. Rexrode is reported to have lived in Kearneysville WV and appears to have connections to Grant County WV, where his brother Aldine Whetsel Rexrode farmed.

REYNOLDS, FRANCIS D.

Born: 11-26-1871 Baltimore MD married: Emma Jane Rush

Died: 1-3-1932 obit: Baltimore Conf (Methodist) 1957,278

Miller-Raker #: 476

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

1895 ordained “in the Mission of Faith of the M.E. Church in Baltimore MD”

1901 license

1901 ordained

Interment: Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Baltimore MD

Obit: Maryland Conference of Methodist Protestant Church 132,115

1901-02 New Bloomfield (resigned 3/13/01)

1902-03 York Haven (resigned 11/9/02)

1903-05 living in Baltimore MD

1905 granted open transfer, page 46

1907 transfer to Maryland Conference of Methodist Protestant Church

1907-09 Lawsonia

1909-10 Kennedyville

1910-12 Dover and Leipsic

1912-15 Sharptown

1915-16 Waverly

1916-18 no appointment, by own request

1918-25 Baltimore St. Paul’s

1925-31 Evergreen

RHINEHART, JACOB

Born: married:

Died: 1856 Fisherville VA obit:

Miller-Raker #: 163

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes [RINEHART]

1830 license

1832 ordained, Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Bethlehem Cemetery [unmarked grave], Augusta County VA

Obit:

1830 charter member of Hagerstown [Virginia] Conference

1836-37 presiding elder, Maryland District

1838-39 local preacher, living 4 miles from Hagerstown

Note: This surname is also rendered REINHART and RINEHART. See Burrow’s 1984 History of the West Virginia Conference, page 215. This may be the same Jacob Rhinehart as #239.

RHINEHART, JACOB

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 239

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

1840 entered conference

Interment:

Obit:

1840-42 Chambersburg station

1842-43 believed to be serving in Allegheny Conference

1843-45 York First

1845 transfer to Virginia Conference

Note: This may be the same Jacob Rhinehart as #163.

RHINEHART, PAUL E.

Born: 9-28-1896 Greencastle PA married: Mary Helen Waltrick

Died: 5-15-1965 Westminster MD obit:

Miller-Raker #: 619

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

1920 quarterly conference license, Greencastle First

1922 license

1926 ordained

Interment: Druid Ridge Cemetery, Pikesville MD

Obit: 1965,109

1922-24 Mercersburg circuit

1924-26 Myersville

1926-29 Manchester MD

1929-34 Dillsburg

1934-34 York Second

1938-44 Mount Wolf

1944-62 Baltimore Seimer’s Memorial

1962-65 Taneytown

RHINEHART, WILLIAM R.

Born: 11-28-1800 Rockingham County VA married:

Died: 5-9-1861 obit:

Miller-Raker #: 112

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes [RINEHART]

1825 license

1828 ordained

Interment: Miami Chapel, Dayton OH

Obit: Miami OH Conference 1892,9

1830 charter member of Hagerstown [Virginia] Conference

1831-34 Hagerstown circuit

1834-39 (first) editor, Religious Telescope

1853 transfer to Miami OH Conference

Note: This surname is also rendered REINHART and RINEHART. Funkhouser’s 1921 History of the Virginia Conference, page 85, and Holdcraft’s 1939 History of the Pennsylvania Conference, page 321, give brief biographies.

RHOAD, EDWIN MORRIS

Born: 4-3-1893 Lebanon County PA married: Mary B. Nissley

Died: 6-23-1978 obit: Eastern Pennsylvania Conf 1977,578

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

1917 quarterly conference license, Lemberger’s

1918 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1925 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Hummelstown Cemetery, Hummelstown PA

Obit: Eastern Pennsylvania Conference 1979,410

1917-22 student, Lebanon Valley College

1917-19 Manada Hill

1919-22 Hillsdale circuit

1922-25 student, Princeton Theological Seminary

summer 1923 McKeesport-Shoemaker’s

summer 1924 Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga TN

summer 1925 Hillsdale circuit

1925-43 Ephrata First

1943-45 chaplain, US Army

1945-52 Lebanon Salem

1952-62 Harrisburg Sixth Street

1962 retired

Note: Edwin M. Rhoad is a brother to Hiram F. Rhoad and an uncle to William O. Rhoad.

RHOAD, HIRAM FRANKLIN

Born: 3-14-1878 Lebanon County PA married: Annie Mae Houser

Died: 11-8-1950 obit: Eastern Conference 1964,124

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

1896 quarterly conference license

1898 license, East German Conference

1902 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Gravel Hill Cemetery, Palmyra PA

Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 1951,26

1900-01 Ebenezer

1901 transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference

1901-02 Bellegrove

1902-04 Pine Grove

1904-07 Lykens circuit

1907-09 Manheim

1909-17 Highspire

1917-28 Harrisburg State Street

1928-47 Lancaster Otterbein

1947-50 Highspire

Note: Hiram F. Rhoad is a brother to Edwin M. Rgoad and the father of William O. Rhoad.

RHOAD, WILLIAM OTTERBEIN

Born: 8-17-1903 married: Myrtle Iva Dymon [11/22/1929]

Died: 2-28-1989 obit: [3/19/1904 – 1/10/1994]

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

1923 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1928 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1923-25 student, Lebanon Valley College

1924-25 Manada Hill

1925-28 student, Princeton University

1928-30 Linglestown and Colonial Park

1930 honorable dismissal to join Presbyterian ministry

Ashfield & Ripley, Ontario Canada

Note: William O. Rhoad is the son of Hiram F. Rhoad and a nephew of Edwin M. Rhoad.

RHOADS, SOLOMON LINCOLN

Born: 11-9-1864 near Hummelstown PA married: Mary A. Seigfried

Died: 2-16-1941 obit: Eastern Conference 1964,123

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

1894 quarterly conference license, Hummelstown Trinity

1895 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1898 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon PA

Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 1941,11

1895-98 Lebanon St. John’s mission

1898-01 Mount Joy circuit

1901-03 Denver

1903-04 Allentown Sixth Street [Grace]

1904-07 Mount Carmel

1907-11 Sunbury

1911-14 Lancaster Otterbein

1914-17 Lykens circuit

1917-20 Lykens station

1920-25 Palmyra Second and Campbelltown

1925-29 Highspire

1929-30 Shoemakersville

1930-34 Intercourse

1934-41 Tremont St. John’s and Barry

RHODES, CHARLES H.

Born: married: Mary Dunlap

Died: obit: Allegheny Conference 1923,65

Miller-Raker #: no married2:

Fulton #: 440 obit2: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1958,35

Gilbble list: no

1917 quarterly conference license

1918 license, Allegheny Conference

1920 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1917-19 Mapleton Depot

1919-22 Madison

1922-25 Bellwood

1925-26 Everson

1926-29 Altoona Schum Memorial

1929-30 Coalport

1930-34 South Williamsport

1934-35 Susquehanna (ending 3/1/1935)

1935 removed for violating policy on divorce & remarriage – see 1935, 93

RICE, AMOS HEINTZELMAN

Born: 7-11-1849 near Chambersburg PA married: Jennie E. Miller

Died: 12-13-1904 Dayton OH obit: 1935,28

Miller-Raker #: 356

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

1871 license

1873 ordained

Interment: Dayton OH

Obit: 1905,64

1869-70 assistant, Shopp’s station

1870-71 assistant, York circuit

1871-73 Path Valley

1873-75 Manchester MD

1875-77 York Second

1877-79 Newville station

1879-82 Liverpool circuit

1882-86 Harrisburg Otterbein

1886-90 presiding elder, Baltimore District

1890-91 Baltimore George Street

1891-02 Baltimore Scott Street

1902-04 York Allison Memorial (Third)

RICE, H.S.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

1875 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1879 Millersburg Hebron (June-Oct)

1880-81 Phoenixville circuit

1888 removed at own request

RICE, J.E.B.

Born: 1-26-1862 Rockingham County VA married: Martha Jane Applegate

Died: 2-18-1949 Quincy PA obit: 1934,24

Miller-Raker #: 496

Fulton #: 323

Gilbble list: no

1885 license, Virginia Conference

1887 ordained, Virginia Conference

Interment: Red Lion Cemetery

Obit: 1949,33

1885-86 Clark mission

1886-87 Singers Glen

1887-90 Churchville

1890-91 Berkeley Springs

1891-94 student, Bonebrake seminary

1894-97 Winchester

1897 transfer to Maryland Conference

1897-00 Boonsboro

1900-02 Walkersville

1902 transfer to Pennsylvania Conference

1902 Mount Wolf (Mar-Aug)

1902-03 Tyrone, Allegheny Conference

1903 transfer to Allegheny Conference

1903-04 Tyrone

1904-05 ?

1905-06 East Pittsburgh

1906 transfer to Pennsylvania Conference, page 50

1906-07 Taneytown

1907-10 Chewsville

1910-12 Scotland

1912-15 York Third

1915-17 West Fairview

1917-19 local

1919-25 Jefferson

1925-29 Manchester PA

1929 retired

Note: JEB Rice may be a brother to Samuel L. Rice.

RICE, MARVIN LEE

Born: 9-1-1936 married: Marlene L. Myers

Died: obit: 1965,107

Miller-Raker #: 758

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

1956 license, recommended by Hagerstown Emmanuel

1962 ordained

Interment:

Obit:

1956-58 Gardners-Mount Victory

1958-62 student, United Seminary in Dayton OH

1958-62 Eldorado, Miami Ohio Conference

1962-69 Greencastle

1969 no appointment

Note: Marvin L. Rice never appears in the United Methodist Church records.

RICE, SAMUEL L.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 497

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

1889 license, Virginia Conference

1892 ordained, Virginia Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1889-91 Cross Keys

1891-98 ?

1898 transfer to Maryland Conference

1898-02 Keedysville (beginning 7/1/98)

1902 transfer to Pennsylvania Conference

1902-05 Gettysburg

1905-06 field secretary, Quincy Orphanage

1906 withdrew irregularly, page 49

Note: Samuel L. Rice may be a brother to JEB Rice.

RICHARDSON, HARVEY EUGENE

Born: 6-22-1865 Buckeystown MD married:

Died: 9-17-1957 obit:

Miller-Raker #: 501

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

1895 license, Virginia Conference

1898 ordained, Virginia Conference

Interment: Rosedale Cemetery, Martinsburg WV

Obit: Virginia Conference 1958,17

1900-02 Williamsport MD

1902 transfer to Pennsylvania Conference

1902-03 Williamsport MD (resigned April 1903) 1903,21

1903 transfer to Iowa Conference

1903-04 Letts

1909 transfer to Virginia Conference

1912-14 Cumberland MD

Note: Funkhouser’s 1921 History of the Virginia Conference, page 179, gives a brief biography.

RICHIE, GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS

Born: 9-22-1888 married: Belle Orris

Died: 7-17-1966 obit: Eastern Conference 1966,124

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

1909 quarterly conference license, Shamokin First

1911 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1917 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Grand View Cemetery, Annville PA

Obit: Eastern Conference 1967,123

1909-13 student, Lebanon Valley College

1911-12 Jonestown circuit

1913-14 associate, Marble Collegiate (Dutch Reformed) NYC

1914-17 student, Bonebrake [United] Seminary

1915-17 Fairfield (ME) OH

1917-23 Allentown Zion

1923-25 Philadelphia Second

1925-58 faculty, Lebanon Valley College

1925-56 Annnville

1958 retired

Note: Mrs. Richie was ordained a United Brethren deaconess 10/6/1919. Daughter Alice (1917-1998) is the wife of Darwin D. Clupper (1912-1981), US Navy chaplain and pastor in the Minnesota and Ohio Sandusky Conferences.

RICHTER, GEORGE MARTIN

Born: 3-9-1884 Halifax PA married:

Died: 8-?-1974 Grinnell IA obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

1906 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1906-07 Sinking Spring

1907-08 Lehigh circuit

1908-09 Birdsboro Grace

1909-12 student, Bonebrake [United] Seminary

Delta OH

Oak Street, Dayton OH

1912-15 missionary, Africa

1915-16 Coatesville

1916-19 Schuylkill Haven

1919-38 missionary, Africa

1938 transfer to Colorado-New Mexico Conference

last listed as United Brethren in 1940 in Espanola NM

Note: George M. Martin served as a Congregational pastor in Elkader IA and Grinnell IA c1943-c1960. Mrs. Martin was also a graduate of Bonebrake Seminary.

RICKABAUGH, CLYDE EDWARD

Born: 2-15-1902 married: Viola Isabelle Smith Mitchell

Died: 2-9-1993 obit: [10/18/1903 – 10/22/1989]

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

1927 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1925-26 Pottstown

1927-28 Tremont St. John’s

1928-31 student, Crozer Theological Seminary

1931 removed to enter the Presbyterian ministry

First and Salem, Slatington PA

Note: Clyde E. Rickabaugh is the father of Rev. Homer T. Rickabaugh of the Presbyterian Church.

RIDER, GORDON I.

Born: 6-27-1877 Silver Lake IN married: Cora Ellen Haverstock

Died: 1-1-1966 obit: Baltimore Conference 1982,415

Miller-Raker #: 516

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

1903 license, recommended by Shepherdstown

1907 ordained

Interment: Rose Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown MD

Obit:1966,145

1905-06 Thurmont

1906-09 Walkersville

1909-52 Hagerstown Second [Grace]

1952 retired

RIEGEL, ADAM

Born: married:

Died: 1822 obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

1800 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

RIDDLE, JEREMIAH SYLACE.

Born: 8-5-1848 Gilmer WV married: Amelia Eleanor Kipp Kneal

Died: 7-16-1880 Oxford County, Ontario Canada obit: [5/1/1848 – 9/27/1879]

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

? license, West Virginia Conference

Interment: Princeton, Ontario Canada

Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 1881,14

1873 transfer to

1878-79 Halifax Otterbein, East Pennsylvania Conference

1879 transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference

1879-80 Intercourse

Note: Jeremiah S. Riddle is the brother of Merchant S. Riddle (b. 1847) of the West Virginia Conference Mrs. Kneal (nee Kipp) was a widow when she married Jeremiah Riddle 9/25/1874.

RIFE, CARL BRUCE

Born: 2-5-1940 married: Judith _____

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 787

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

1960 license, recommended by York Fifth

1966 ordained

Interment:

Obit:

1961-62 student associate, Lemoyne Calvary

1962-63 youth evangelist, General Board of Evangelism

1963-66 student, United Seminary in Dat=yton OH

1963-66 youth minister, Brookville OH

1966-68 Silver Spring

1968-70 Lemoyne Grace

1970-71 student, Wesley Seminary

1971 transfer to Baltimore Conference

1971-81 Frederick Brooke Hill

1981-84 Baltimore Grace

1984-87 director of development, United Seminary

1987-94 Millford Mill

1994- Wheaton Hughes

RIGOR, G.W.MILES

Born: 9-22-1831 near Scottdale PA married: Lillie Jane McCreary

Died: 7-9-1906 obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 1906,32

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 87

Gilbble list: yes

1852 quarterly conference license, Mount Pleasant

1854 license, Allegheny Conference

1860 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment: Stoverdale Church, Dauphin County PA

Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 1906,31

Altoona and Tyrone

Johnstown

Springfield

Liverpool

Perrysville

1862 transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference

1862-63 Northumberland Mission

1863-66 Columbia Salome

1866-70 Lebanon Trinity

1870-72 Harrisburg First

1872-75 superintendent

1875-76 ?

1876-79 superintendent

1879-80 Highspire circuit

1880-81 superintendent

1881-83 Mount Joy

1883-84 Baltimore Scott Street

1884-85 Philadelphia Jasper Street mission

1885-88 superintendent, Lancaster District

1888-89 Philadelphia First

1889-90 Camden NJ Woodland mission

1890-95 living in Vineland NJ

1895-96 Lebanon Trinity

1896-98 Pottstown

1898-99 Halifax Otter (first part of year), Paradise St. John’s (last part of year)

1899-01 Royalton Emmanuel

1901-02 Elverson

1902-03 Coatesville mission [Grace]

1903 retired to Vineland NJ

RILAND, PAUL JONES

Born: 4-8-1827 married: Mary Gilbert

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

1853 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1857 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1853-54 Halifax circuit

1854-56 Lancaster circuit

1856-58 New Holland

1858-91 living in Powell’s Valley

1891 name erased

RINGER, ANDREW

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 172

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

1832 license

Interment:

Obit:

1832-33 Carlisle circuit

1834 dismissed

RISLEY, FRANK ASHER

Born: 3-17-1880 Clinton County MI married: Elta Ankeny

Died: 1-7-1942 obit: [3/16/1885 - ?]

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 354

Gibble list: no

1901 license, Michigan Conference

1909 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment:

Obit: St. Joseph Conference 1942,56

1902-03 Mt. Pleasant

1903-07 student, Otterbein College in Westerville OH

1907 transfer to Allegheny Conference

1923 transfer to

Note: Frank Asher Risley is a brother to Robert Russell Risley (1875-1950) of the Sandusky Conference.

RITCHEY, ARTHUR

Born: 1-28-1880 Blue Knob PA married: Juniata Allenbaugh

Died: 11-19-1958 obit: [1885-1952]

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 418

Gilbble list: no

1910 quarterly conference license

1915 license, Allegheny Conference

1931 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment: Mount Moriah Cemetery, Blue Knob PA

Obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1959,30

1910-14 Three Springs

1914-18 Wilmore

1918-19 St. Michael

1919-27 located

1927-30 Port Matilda

1930-34 Susquehanna

1934-38 Belsano

1938-40 Springfield

1940-42 Wyano

1942-45 Waukesha

1945-48 East Salem

1948-52 Shade Gap

1952 retired

RITCHEY, LEONARD E.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

1941 quarterly conference license, Altoona Third

Interment:

Obit:

1945-50 Runville

1950-51 student, Grace Seminary in Winona Lake IN

1951-53 Casselman

1953 no longer listed

1966 Breedtown PA Baptist Church

Note: Leonard E. Ritchey served as a local pastor. He is otherwise unknown.

RITCHEY, WILLIAM J.

Born: 11-18-1907 Beaverdale PA married: M. Elizabeth Hearn [9/27/1930]

Died: 5-21-1991 Colorado Springs CO obit: [11/30/1907 – 4/20/2000]

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 512

Gilbble list: no

1926 quarterly conference license

1927 license, Allegheny Conference

1939 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1927-30 student, Otterbein College

1930-34 supply

1930-31 Industry (10/30/1930 - 3/1/1931)

1934-37 Bellwood (beginning 1/8/1934)

1937-46 Fayette

1946-47 East Connellsville

1947-52 Johnstown Westmont

1952-54 DuBois

1954-55 without appointment at own request

1955 united with the Independent Baptist Church – 1955,88

Note: William J. Ritchey is the father of three pastors, affiliation unknown – Rev. William D. Ritchey, Rev. Thomas F. Ritchey, and Rev. Dennis E. Ritchey. A Colorado Springs CO newspaper obituary for Mrs. Ritchey is on file at the archives. This surname is sometimes incorrectly given as RICHEY.

RITTER, JACOB

Born: 3-28-1815 near Chambersburg PA married:

Died: 2-4-1901 Liverpool PA obit:

Miller-Raker #: 186

Fulton #: 10

Gilbble list: yes

1833 license

1835 ordained

Interment: Liverpool PA

Obit:

1833-34 Huntingdon circuit

1834-35 Juniata circuit

1835-37 Carlisle circuit

1837-38 Chambersburg circuit

1838-39 Washington circuit

1839 charter member of Allegheny Conference

1839-40 Washington circuit

1840-41 (no minutes recorded)

1841-42 Westmoreland circuit

1842-43 (assignments not listed)

1843-45 presiding elder, Westmoreland District

1843-44 also Mt. Pleasant station and New Stanton station

1845-46 Schellsburg circuit

1846-47 Johnstown mission

1847-48 traveling agent, Mt. Pleasant College

1848-49 Johnstown station

1850 located to Liverpool to practice medicine and serve as local preacher

1852 transfer [?]

Note: Holdcraft’s 1939 History of the Pennsylvania Conference, page 308, gives a brief biography. Chapter 8 of the 1908 denomination study course Our Heroes discusses Jacob Ritter.

RITTER, T. DEWEY

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 643

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

? license, Virginia Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1917-20 Franklin circuit

1920-22 Bendersville, Pennsylvania Conference

1922-23 Biglerville, Pennsylvania Conference

1923-25 Taneytown, Pennsylvania Conference

1925 transfer to Pennsylvania Conference [from Virginia Conference, page 71]

1925-27 Spring Run

1927-31 Sherman’s Dale circuit

1931-33 Rohrersville

1933-34 local, living in Paramount MD

1934 withdrew, page 38

Note: There appears to be no formal recognition of his license in the Virginia Conference minutes, although he is listed as “resigned” in their 1921 journal. There is a picture of Rev. Ritter on page 37 of the 1931 journal.

RITTGERS, J.B.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 344

Gilbble list: yes

? license, Methodist Protestant Church

? ordained, Methodist Protestant Church

Interment:

Obit:

1907 received on credentials by Allegheny Conference of United Brethren Church

Monessen

1908 transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference

1908-10 Mount Joy

1910-12 Reading Otterbein (did not finish second year: see 1912,7)

1912 name erased

ROBERTS, GERALD WAYNE

Born: 4-2-1926 York PA married: Helen Louise Blauser

Died: 7-28-1982 obit:

Miller-Raker #: 815

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

1964 license, recommended by York Third

1968 ordained

Interment: Mt. Zion Cemetery, York PA (Springettsbury township)

Obit: 1983,406

1964-67 Mt. Victory

1967-71 Spring Run

1971-74 Genesee-Ulysses

1974-82 Barnitz

ROBERTS, PALMER FRANKLIN

Born: married: Mary Bertha Spatz

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

Interment:

Obit:

1903-13 student, Lebanon Valley College

1909-10 Harrisburg circuit

1912-13 Sinking Spring

Note: In 1947 Palmer F. Roberts worked in landscaping and pastored the Argyle Presbyterian Church in Colchester IL.

ROBINSON, WILLIAM T.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 468 [ROBISON]

Gilbble list: yes

? license, ?

? ordained, Pittsburgh Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Interment:

Obit:

1901-06 Coultersville

1915-22 Masontown

1922 “transfer” to Wyoming Conference by credentials

1922-23 McKeesport Shoemaker (resigned 1/15/1923)

1923 dropped

Note: The Pittsburgh Conference of the ME Church appears to assign William T. Robinson to Youngwood 1922-24 without interruption, and then on to other churches.

ROCK, RUDOLPH

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

Interment:

Obit:

Miami Conference

1894-95 Lebanon Trinity, East Pennsylvania Conference

1895 transfer to East German Conference

1896-99 Shamokin First

1899 honorable dismissal

Note: He is referred to as “Rudolph Rock, D.D.”

RODES, DAVID HOOVER

Born: 4-7-1895 Mount Wolf PA married: Mary K. Smith

Died: 11-12-1962 obit: 1977,271

Miller-Raker #: 709

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

1933 quarterly conference license, York Third

1948 license

1950 ordained

Interment: Prospect Hill Cemetery, York PA

Obit: 1963,48

1944-45 Dover & Harmony Grove

1945-47 Mt. Olivet

1947-52 Rohrersville

1952-56 Springet

1956-62 Pleasureville-Longstown

1962-62 Pleasureville

Note: David H. Rodes is a nephew of Rufus R. Rodes.

RODES, RUFUS ROMANUS

Born: 12-1-1860 Wago PA married: Anna Flury

Died: 6-9-1941 obit: 1921,72

Miller-Raker #: 458 married2: Mrs. Nettie M. Sollenberger

Fulton #: no obit2:

Gilbble list: no

quarterly conference license, Johnstown First

1895 license

1898 ordained

Interment: Manchester PA

Obit: 1941,30

1884-90 superintendent of schools, Johnstown PA

1890-94 superintendent of schools, Glen Rock PA

1894-96 York circuit

1896-99 New Cumberland

1899-04 Dallastown

1904-08 York Third

1908-13 Wormleysburg

1913-22 York Fifth

1922-27 Windsor

1927-30 Emigsville

1930 retired

Note: Wago [Wago Junction] is in York County along the Susquehanna River, south of York Haven. Rufus R. Rodes is an uncle to David H. Rodes. There was also a Rev. Richard Rufus Rodes who served EUB and other churches, but his relationship to Rufus Romanus Rodes is not known – although Richard Rufus Rodes may be the son of Rufus Romanus Rodes’ son Lester A. Rodes, as both Richard (1941) and Lester (1914) are graduates of LVC.

ROEDIGER, H.E.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

Interment:

Obit:

1883-84 Camden Emmanuel Mission

Note: H.E. Roediger is otherwise unknown. In 2007, a Richard Roediger is a board member at United Theological Seminary and an architect for Lorenz & Williams.

ROHRBAUGH, LAVERNE EUGENE

Born: 2-24-1924 YorkPAmarried: Shirley Elaine Blatt

Died: 9-21-1999BeltsvilleMD obit:

Miller-Raker #: 704

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

1947 license

1953 ordained

Interment: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington VA

Obit: Baltimore-Washington Conference 2000,?

1947-64 Biglerville

1964-70 Hagerstown Grace

1970 transfer by boundary change to Baltimore Conference

1970-74 Hagerstown Grace

1974-83 Washington Mt. Vernon Place

1983-87 Cheverly

1987 retired

Note: Laverne E. Rohrbaugh served in the Army Air Forces in Europe during World War II and was held prisoner by the Germans at Barth, Germany, from 1944 to 1945.

ROJAHN, BENJAMIN D.

Born: 1-31-1882 Dallastown PA married: Mamie E. Seitz

Died: 6-13-1961 obit: 1966,146

Miller-Raker #: 544

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

1904 quarterly conference license, Dallastown Bethlehem

1907 license

1909 ordained

Interment: Home Cemetery, Dallastown PA

Obit: 1961,44

1904-05 student, Lebanon Valley College at Annville PA

1905-06 student, Yale Divinity School

1906-07 City Mission, New Haven CT

1907 Congregational Church, Sherbourne VT (Jun-Sep)

1907-09 student, Bonebrake Seminary

1907-08 Millville, Miami Conference

1909 Dover circuit (Aug-Oct)

1909-11 Mont Alto

1911-14 New Cumberland

1914-21 Yoe

1921-25 York Fourth

1925-33 Waynesboro

1933-52 Spry

1952 retired

Note: Rev. Rojahn is a first cousin to Catherine Daugherty (Mrs. Franklin B.) Emenheiser – through Rojahn, and possibly through Daugherty. A copy of the 11/29/19 Telescope in the Dallastown church file includes brief biographical sketches of Rev. and Mrs. Rojahn.

ROMIG, HENRY HORACE

Born: 3-22-1864 Lehigh County PA married: Alavesta Musselman [1/7/1886]

Died: obit: [c1866 – 11/19/1886]

Miller-Raker #: no married2: Rosie Ellen Jacobs [5/26/1888]

Fulton #: no obit2: [9/10/1865 – 2/8/1937]

Gilbble list: yes

1891 license, East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association

1892 admitted on trail, East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association

1892 ordained deacon, East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association

Interment:

Obit:

1891-94 Phoenixville

1894-96 Williamstown

1896-97 Shendandoah

1897-98 Brush Valley

1898-99 Penn’s Valley

1899-00 New Columbia & Buffalo Valley

1900-02 Jarrettsville MD

1902 transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference of United Brethren Church

1902-04 Manor circuit

1906 honorable dismissal

1907 “transfer” to East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Evangelical Church

1907-09 Bethlehem Bethany

1909 not assigned, member of Allentown Bethany quarterly conference

Note: H. Horace Romig is the son of Mennonite Brethren in Christ pastor Joseph L. Romig (1837-1869) and is a brother to Oscar G. Romig. There an unexplained reference in the 1902 United Brethren Yearbook listing him as a member of the Allegheny Conference serving the Susquehanna charge. He is the author of the 1939 111-page book “One Cut in 206.” See the Romig folder in the biographical files.

ROMIG, OSCAR GEHMAN

Born: 7-20-1866 Lehigh County PA married: Alice Frey

Died: 9-23-1937 Hershey PA obit: [1868 – 1/31/1943]

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

1892 quarterly conference license, East German Conference

1894 license, East German Conference

1898 ordained, East German Conference

Interment: Hershey Cemetery, Hershey PA

Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 1937,16

1893-98 Freeburg

1899-01 Cressona

1901 transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference

1901-04 Valley View

1904-05 Berne circuit

1905-08 Jonestown

1908-11 Hershey First

1911-14 Union Deposit circuit

1914-16 Tower City

1916-17 New Holland

1917-18 Florin

1918-20 Denver

1920-22 Refton & West Willow

1922-29 Chambers Hill

1929-31 Pottstown

1931-32 Grantville circuit

1932 retired

Note: Oscar G. Romig is the son of Mennonite Brethren in Christ pastor Joseph L. Romig (1837-1869) and is a brother to H. Horace Romig. His given name is J. Oscar Romig [the J. assumed to be for Joseph], but he began using Oscar G. Romig in memory of his mother Elizabeth [nee Gehman] Romig – who died when he was one month old. See the Romig folder in the biographical files.

ROOP, HERVIN ULYSSES

Born: 11-16-1868 near Highspire PA married: Emma May Kephart

Died: 9-22-1955 obit: [12/28/1869 -

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

1890 quarterly conference license, Highspire

1893 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1895 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Annville PA

Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 1956,34

1895-97 superintendent, Pennsylvania State Sabbath School Association

1897-06 president, Lebanon Valley College

1906-09

1909-16 president, Eastern College in ?

1916-19

1919-21 president, York College in York NE

1921-23 Janesville WI

1923-30

1930-3 1 Philadelphia Second

1929-31 president, Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate TN

1931-37 West Willow & Refton

1937 retired

1937-39 faculty, Columbus College in Washington DC

1940-45 Chicago Atwood Heights

Note: Hervin U. Roop is the great-grandson of Jacob Roop. Mrs. Roop is the daughter of Ezekiel Boring Kephart. The gaps may be filled in by noting that he taught at Shippensburg State Normal School, Rittenhouse Academy and Wheaton College and did graduate work at the University of Chicago and other places.

ROOP, JACOB

Born: 3-1-1782 near Highspire PA married: Fannie Witmer

Died: 2-2-1875 Highspire PA obit:

Miller-Raker #: 126

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

1820 license

1833 ordained

Interment: Highspire Cemetery, Highspire PA

Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 1876,16

1833-34 Dauphin circuit

1834-35 Carlisle circuit

1835-36 German preacher, Carlisle & York circuits

1839-40 Dauphin circuit

1840-41 Lebanon circuit

1846 charter member of East Pennsylvania Conference

1846-47 Halifax circuit

1847-48 presiding elder, Lebanon District

1849-50 Myerstown circuit

1851-52 Highspire circuit

1852-53 Pine Grove

1854-55 Hummelstown circuit

1855-56 Dauphin circuit

Note: This name is sometimes rendered RUPP. Jacob Roop is the great-grandfather of Hervin U. Roop. Gibble’s 1951 History of the East Pennsylvania Conference, page 458, gives a brief biography – see also page 222.

ROSE, LOUIS CHARLES

Born: 4-5-1878 Curry's Hollow PA married: Luella E. McCloskey [3/19/1902]

Died: 1967 obit: [b. 5/13/1880]

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 396

Gilbble list: no

1911 quarterly conference license

1912 license, Allegheny Conference

1914 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment:

Obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1967,31

1911-14 student, Bonebrake [United] Theological Seminary in Dayton OH

1914-16 Mahaffey (beginning 5/14/1915)

1916-19 Windber

1919-21 Punxsutawney

1921-24 Hollsopple

1924-27 Monessen

1927-29 Beaver Falls

1929-34 Madison

1934-37 South Williamsport

1937-40 Altoona Garden Heights

1940 Trafford (resigned 9/30/1940)

1940-44 Richfield (beginning 9/28/1940)

1944 retired

ROSS, LESTER F.

Born: 2-3-1913 married:

Died: 6-2-1995 obit:

Miller-Raker #: 671

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

1932 license, recommended by Mechanicsburg First

Interment:

Obit:

1932-38 living in Mechanicsburg

1938 withdrew, page 45

Note: Lester Ross was a student at Lebanon Valley when he received his license.

ROTH, CONRAD

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: 85

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

1817 license

Interment:

Obit:

1818-19 Hagerstown area

Note: The following isolated references to Conrad Roth exist.

5/5/1818 Pennsylvania Conference meeting in Lancaster County PA: “Resolved that Conrad Roth be permitted to preach the gospel in and around Hagerstown this year, with the understanding that after harvest he is to go to Virginia to help to hold big meetings if his health permits.”

6/16/1818 Miami Conference in Warren County OH: Conrad Roth is present and preached in English on 6/17.

2/23/1825 Marion County OH: Conrad Roth “minister of the gospel” of Bucyrus [adjacent Crawford County] OH performs a wedding.

11/6/1825 Marion County OH: Conrad Roth “minister of the gospel” performs a wedding.

11/17/1825 Marion County OH: Conrad Roth “justice of the peace” performs a wedding.

ROTHERMEL, GEORGE W.

Born: 9-4-1873 married:

Died: 5-25-1942 obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 365

Gilbble list: yes

1909 license, Allegheny Conference

1913 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment: Friedensburg PA

Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 1942,13

1908-09 Spring Run

1909-10 Orbisonia

1910-13 student, Bonebrake [United] Theological Seminary

1913-14 Port Matilda

1914-15 Windber

1915-16 Liverpool

1916-17 Iona, East Pennsylvania Conference

1917 transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference

1917-19 Lykens circuit (did not finish second year)

1919 resigned for health reasons

Clerk, Allentown Portland Cement Company

ROWE, EMANUEL DAVID

Born: 1-23-1869 Danville PA married: Catherine M. Yocum

Died: 4 -1-1938 Milton PA obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 482

Gilbble list: no

1921 quarterly conference license

1924 license, Allegheny Conference

1930 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment: Harmony Cemetery, Milton PA

Obit: Allegheny Conference 1938,64

1921 Milton (9 months)

1921-23 New Paris

1923-25 Runville

1925-27 St. Michael

1927-28 Glasgow

1930-35 Clarion River (beginning 9/26/1930)

1935-36 Shade Gap (beginning 11/15/1935)

1936 retired

RUDISILL, ABRAHAM

Born: 4-14-1811 Hanover PA married: Sarah Wehrley

Died: 1-20-1899 York PA obit: [8/15/1813 – 8/30/1882]

Miller-Raker #: 359

1871 license

1874 ordained

Interment: York PA

Obit: 1899,50

1870-72 Harmony Grove

1872-73 Dover circuit

Note: Holdcraft’s 1939 History of the Pennsylvania Conference, page 305, gives a brief biography. Abraham Rudisill is the subject of the 1936 book The Day of Our Abraham. While there are various reports that he is buried in Wrightsville PA or Baltimore MD, he is likely buried in York PA. He is the father of Rev. Abram Wehrley Rudisill (1846-1922) – Methodist Episcopal minister, missionary, author, and head of that denomination’s publishing house in Madras, India – and of Charlotte Rudisill Fisher (1833-1856), first wife of Alfred A. Fisher (1830-1893) of the Wilmington Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Abraham Rudisill is also the grandfather of Wilhelmina Rudisill Mower, wife of Alfred B. Mower, and of Lilly Rudisill Stair, wife of Rev. Reuben Stair, affiliation unknown.

RUDISILL, MARTIN LUTHER

Born: 6-18-1860 near Gettysburg PA married: Addie Alice Young

Died: 4-24-1929 obit: [9/21/1871 – 8/16/1947]

Miller-Raker #: 359

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

1901 license, Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church (Old Constitution)

1918 ordained, Maryland Synod of the Lutheran Church

Interment: Grace Lutheran Cemetery, Two Taverns, Adams County PA

Obit:

1901-02 Littlestown mission (resigned January 1902) PA UBOC 1903,14

1902-03 ?

1903 transfer to Pennsylvania Conference of United Brethren Church, page 57

1903-06 living in Gettysburg

1906-07 New Paris, Allegheny Conference

1907-09 Sabillasville

1909-10 living in Gettysburg

1910 dismissed

1917 enters the Lutheran ministry

1917-21 Trinity, Needmore WV

1921 transfer to West Pennsylvania Synod

1921-23 Upper Frankford

1923 pulpit supply as health permits

Note: Stump’s 1925 History of the West Pennsylvania Synod [Lutheran], page 188, gives a picture and a brief biography. Some sources give his full name as Benjamin Martin Luther Rudisill. Martin L. Rudisill is the brother of Lutheran pastor Andrew Jackson Rudisill (1867-1927).

RUHL, JOHN

Born: 11-3-1829 married: Esther

Died: 7-26-1887 obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

1868 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Ruhl’s UB Cemetery, Lancaster County PA

Obit: East German Conference 1887,10

1869 charter member of East German Conference

Note: John Ruhl was never appointed to a charge. He was a member of Ruhl’s [Zion] Church in Rapho township and served as a local pastor.

RULOFF, FRANKLIN HENRY

Born: c 1846 Germany married: Ellen Elizabeth Hahn [6/10/1870]

Died: obit: [9/4/1852 – ?]

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes [RUHLOFF]

1885 license, East German Conference

1888 ordained, East German Conference

Interment:

Obit:

1885-88 Valley View circuit

1888-89 Lebanon circuit

1889-90 Baltimore Fulton Avenue

1890 transfer to another denomination

1893 licensed by the Lehigh classis of the Eastern Synod of the Reformed Church

1893-96 Nanticoke PA

1907 without a charge, living in Allentown

Note: F.H. Ruloff graduated as a civil engineer from the University of Berlin in 1866, immigrated to Northampton County PA, and practiced his profession for 13 years before entering the ministry. See the Ruloff folder in the biographical files.

RUMMEL, CHARLES LESLIE

Born: 9-26-1913nearMount Union PA married: Sarah E. Secrest

Died: 1-26-1988 obit: [9/16/1916 - 5/7/1991]

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

1942 quarterly conference license

1945 license, Allegheny Conference

1955 ordained, Western Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Mount Nebo Cemetery, Shirleysburg PA

Obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1988,374

1943-46 Knoxdale

1947-53 Houserville

1953-64 Franklin Grace

1964-77 Somerset Grace

1977 retired

1986-87 Spruce Creek, Central Pennsylvania Conference

Note: This surname is also rendered RUMMELL.

RUNK, DAVID

Born: married:

Died: 1866 obit:

Miller-Raker #: 166

Fulton #: 28

Gilbble list: yes

1831 license

1834 ordained

Interment:

Obit:

1832-33 Lancaster circuit

1834-35 presiding elder, Westmoreland District

1839 charter member of Allegheny Conference

Note: Mary Gray, the daughter of Methodist pioneer Peter Gray of Half Moon Valley in Centre County, married a David Runk – but it appears unlikely to have been this David Runk.

RUNK, IRVIN EUGENE

Born: 8-23-1874 Pillow PA married: Mary Zacharias

Died: 11-11-1959 obit:

Miller-Raker #: no married2: Catherine Wetz

Fulton #: 412 obit2:

Gilbble list: yes

1896 license, East German Conference

1899 ordained, East German Conference

Interment:

Obit: Michigan Conference 1960,118

1895-96 Reading Trinity

1896-97 student, Lebanon Valley College

1897-98 Sinking Spring

1898-99 student, Lebanon Valley College

1899-00 Lebanon Salem

1900-01 student, Lebanon Valley College

1901 transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference

1901-06 Mount Joy

1906-13 Harrisburg First

1913-14 Scottdale, Allegheny Conference

1914 transfer to Allegheny Conference

1914-19 Scottdale

1919-20 Annville, East Pennsylvania Conference

1920 transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference

1920-24 Annville

1924-25 Canton, East Ohio Conference

1925 transfer to East Ohio Conference

Canton

Grand Rapids First

Note: Irvin E. Runk is the son of Jacob Runk and brother of Cora M. Runk Mutch, the wife of Charles A. Mutch. His birth date is also reported as 8/23/1871 and 9/23/1874.

RUNK, JACOB

Born: 7-20-1835 Elizabethville PA married: Henrietta Geist

Died: 9-9-1915 Berrysburg PA obit: [8/21/1843 – 5/28/1874]

Miller-Raker #: no married2: Sarah Davis

Fulton #: no obit2: [d. 1877]

Gilbble list: yes

1857 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

1864 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Berrysburg PA

Obit: East Pennsylvania Conference 1915,38

1857-59 Lebanon circuit

1859-60 Hummelstown circuit

1860-63 ?

1863-65 Lykens Valley circuit (moved in the middle of the second year)

1865-65 Sinking Spring circuit (last part of the year)

1865-67 Middleburg circuit

1867-69 Reading Zion

1869 charter member of East German Conference

1869-72 Bethlehem circuit

1872-74 Lebanon Salem

1874-78 district superintendent

1878-80 Williams Valley circuit

1880-82 Jacksonville circuit

1882-84 Lykens Valley circuit

1884-85 Grantville circuit

1885-87 Allentown Zion

1887-91 district superintendent

1891-96 ?

1896-98 Ebenezer station

1898-99 Avon Zion

1899-01 Lebanon Salem

1901 transfer to East Pennsylvania Conference

1901-03 West Lebanon

1903-04 Pleasant Hill

1904-05 Sinking Spring

Note: Jacob Runk is the father of IrvinE. Runk and Cora M. Runk Mutch, the wife of Charles A. Mutch.

RUNKLE, DANIEL

Born: 3-21-1820 married: Elizabeth Neidig

Died: 8-2-1892 obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes [RUNKEL]

1849 license, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment:

Obit: Iowa Conference 1893,32

1850 transfer to

Note: Daniel Runkle is a founding 1855 trustee of the United Brethren’s Western College in Linn County IA. The name of Mrs. Runkle has not been verified and should be considered a reasonable conjecture.

RUPP, C.F.

Born: married:

Died: obit:

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: no

Interment:

Obit:

1934-35 Hummelstown circuit

RUPP, JOHN C.

Born: 1-3-1874 near Liverpool PA married: Rebecca Rice Murphy

Died: 7-6-1960 obit: Allegheny Conference 1944,63

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: 338

Gilbble list: no

1903 quarterly conference license, Allegheny Conference

1906 license, Allegheny Conference

1911 ordained, Allegheny Conference

Interment: Grandview Cemetery, East McKeesport PA

Obit: Western Pennsylvania Conference 1961,38

1906-07 Susquehanna

1907-11 Williamsgrove [Bigler]

1911-13 Coalport

1913-21 Wall

1921-26 Beaverdale

1926-28 McKeesport First

1928-30 Windber

1930-32 Everson

1932-34 Altoona Grace

1934-43 Woodland

1943-44 Johnstown Overbrook

1944 retired

RUPP, SAMUEL EDWIN

Born: 9-9-1878 Harrisburg PA married: Jessie Brane

Died: 5-23-1964 Ocean Springs MS obit: East Ohio Conference 1973,274

Miller-Raker #: no

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

1900 license, East Pennsylvania Conference; recommended by Chambers Hill

1904 ordained, East Pennsylvania Conference

Interment: Hagerstown MD

Obit: East Ohio Conference 1964,15

1900-01 student, Lebanon Valley College

1901-06 Mont Clare

1906-11 Lebanon Trinity

1911-23 Harrisburg Otterbein

1924-26 Westerville OH, Southeast Ohio Conference

1926 transfer to Southeast Ohio Conference

Note: Mrs. Rupp is the daughter of Commodore I.B. Brane.

RUSSELL, JOHN

Born: 3-18-1799 Near Pipe Creek MD married: _____ Harmon

Died: 12-21-1870 obit:

Miller-Raker #: 90

Fulton #: no

Gilbble list: yes

1818 license

1822 ordained, Miami Conference

Interment: Mt. Hebron Cemetery [later moved to Keedysville MD]

Obit:

1819 transfer to Miami Conference

1825 charter member of Scioto Conference

1830 presiding elder, Miami Conference

1834 presiding elder, Sandusky Conference

1837 transfer to Pennsylvania Conference

1838-41 Baltimore station [Old Otterbein]

1843-45 presiding elder, Chambersburg District

1845-49 bishop

1849-50 presiding elder, Chambersburg District

1851-54 Baltimore station

1855-56 Chambersburg German mission

1857-61 bishop

1862-64 Annville

Note: Holdcraft’s 1939 History of the Pennsylvania Conference, page 321, gives a brief biography. Koontz’ 1950 The Bishops: Church of the United Brethren in Christ, page 272, gives a biography of Bishop Russell.