AKERS, JOHN MILTON See
AKERS, JOSEPH BENSON See
ALLEN, EDWARD E. See
AMOS, JOHN EDWIN
Born: 4-12-1838 married: Lucy V. Amos
Died: 1925 obit: d. 1908
married2: Mary Lindsley Sledge
1859 admitted on trial, East Baltimore Conf obit2:
1861 ordained deacon, East Baltimore Conference
1864 ordained elder, East Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1859-60
1860-61 Hancock
1862-63 suspended
1864-66 Hampstead
1866-68
1868 transfer
to
1868-70
1872-71
1872-74
1875-77
1877-80 Martinsburg
1881-84 Woodberry
1884-85
1885-91 superintendent,
1891-92 Dumbarton
1892-94
1894 transfer to Wilmington Conference
1897 transfer
to
1897-98
1898-99
1899-01 Harford
1901-04
1904-06
1906-09
1909 retired
Note: The maiden surname of Mrs. Amos was also Amos, but they were unrelated.
ANDERSON, JOHN H.
Born: 12-24-1803
Died: 9-10-1867 Sunbury PA obit:
1834 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1834-35 Patapsco
1835-36 Sunbury
1836-37
1837-38
1838-39
1839-40 Harford
1840 transfer to Missouri Conference
1840-41
1841-43 Warrenton
1843-44
1844-46 Arrow Rock
1846-47 *
1847-48 Carrolton,
under
1848-49
1849-50
1850-51 Perry, “
1851-52
1852-53
1853-54 (in transition)
1854 transfer to Baltimore Conference
1854-56 Castle Fin
1856-57
1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference
1857-58
1858-59 Middletown & Jefferson
1859-61 Bellefonte
1861-62 Kishacoquillas
1862-64 McVeytown
1864-66 Manor Hill
1866-67 Sunbury
*When the Missouri Conference sided with the MEC South, John
Anderson remained and worked under direction from the Illinois Conference until
the MEC was able to re-establish a
ASH, HENRY M. See
BARNES, SAMUEL See
BARNHART, THOMAS See
BARNITZ, ALEXANDER M. See
BEERS, ROBERT See
BENDER, AMOS J.
Born: 7-31-1828 Bendersville
PA married:
Died: 6-30-1897
1856 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1855-56
1856-57
1857 charter
member of
1857-58
1858-59
1859-60 Coalmont
1860-61
1861-63 New
1863-68 on leave for health reasons
1868 transfer
to
1868-71 Allegany
1871-73 Harper’s Ferry
1873-76
1876-78 Gorsuch
1878-79 Fletcher
1879-88 on leave for health reasons
1888-92
1892-96
1896-98
Note: Amos J. Bender is the father of Simpson A. Bender
(1865-1940) of the East Main Conference and
BERKSTRESSER, GEORGE See
BLACK, ROBERT WESLEY
Born: 9-6-1824 Huntingdon
Died: 8-13-1895 obit:
1851 admitted on
trial,
Interment: Louden
Obit:
1851-52 Cassville
1852-53
1853-54
1854-55 Catawissa
1855-57 Mifflinburg
1857 charter
member of
1857-59
1859-60
1860-62 Mechanicsburg station
1862-64
1864-66
1866-68
1868 transfer
to
1868-69
1872-75
1875-78 Hamline
1881-82
1882-87 superintendent,
1887 retired
Note: This name is sometimes given in the form R. Wesley Black.
BOUSE, GEORGE W. See
BOWEN, JOHN
Born: 6-8-1793
Died: 11-18-1864 obit: [10/14/1800 – 8/28/1877]
1820 license
1823 admitted on
trial,
1825 ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference
1827 ordained elder, Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1822-23
1823-24 Aughwick
1824-25 Bald Eagle
1825-26
1826-28 Lycoming
1828-30 Pendleton
1830-32
1832-33
1833-34 Calvert
1834-35 Lewistown
1835-37 Huntingdon
1837-39 Hollidaysburg
1839-41
1841-43
1843-44 Lycoming
1844-45
1845-47 Berwick
1847-49
1849-50
1850-51 Shepherdstown
1853-55 Patapsco
1855-57
1857 charter
member of
1857-59
1861-65 retired
Note: Mrs. Bowen was the widow of a Dr. Matthew Blackburn Grier, M.D. (1887-1818). This 4/5/1827 marriage may have been a second marriage for John Bowen.
BOWMAN, SHADRACH L. See
BRADS, JAMES
Born: married: Eliza Ritchie
Died: 12-18-1887
1836 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1836-37
1837-38 Moorefield
1838-39 Wardensville
1839-40 on leave
1841-43
1843-44
1844-46 Westmoreland
1846-47 Warrenton
1847-49 York Springs
1849-51 Boonsboro
1851-53
1853-55
1855-57
1857 charter
member of
1857-59
1859-61
1861-62 Westernport
1862-64 Huntingdon
1864-66
1866-68
1868 retired
BRIM, WILLIAM W. See
BRITTAIN, MELVILLE C.
Born: c1844 PA married: Amelia J.B. _____
Died: obit:
1865 admitted on
trial, East
BaltimoreConference:recommended
by
Interment:
Obit:
1862-63
1865-66
1866-67 Half Moon
1867-68
1868-69
1869 transfer
by boundary change to
1869-70
1870-71 chaplain, US Navy
1871 transfer
to
1871-72
1872 withdrew
1873-75 Bloomingdale,
1880 living
in
1881-82
1897 preached
and officiated at funerals in
Note: Melville C. Brittain is the son of Alem M. Brittain. Local sources report that he served Dillsburg 1865-66.
BROWN, JAMES H.
Born: 8-20-1807
Died:3-15-1886 obit: [d.11/7/1883]
1829 admitted on trial , Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1829-30 Bellefonte
1830-31 Lycoming
1831-32 Sunbury
1832-
1830-35
1835-36
1836-37
1837-38 Shippensburg station
1839-41
1841-42
1842-44
1844-46
1846-47
1847-49
1849-51
1851-53 Lewistown
1853-55 Washington Wesley chapel
1855-57 Martinsburg
1857 charter
member of
1857-59
1859-61
1861-63 assistant,
1863 retired
1868 transfer
by boundary change to
BROWN, JOHN D. See
BROWN, JOHN FEARON See
BROWN, JOHN WESLEY
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1859-60 Hampstead
1860-62
1862-63
1865 withdrawn
Note: This is not the John Wesley Brown (1827-1919) of the
BUCKINGHAM, NATHAN S. See
BUCKLEY, JOHN W. See
BUHRMAN, EMORY
Born: 4-11-1836
Died: 2-3-1919 Relay MD obit: [10/5/1838 - ?]
1858 license,
1859 admitted on trial, East BaltimoreConference
1861 ordained deacon, East Baltimore Conference
1863 ordained elder, East Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1858-59 Hampstead circuit
1859-60 Coalmont
1860-61 Schellsburg
1861-62 Allegany
1862-63 Mifflin
1863-64
1864-66 Wrightsville
1866-68 Frostburg
1868 transfer
by boundary change to
1868-69 Frostburg
1869-72 Hampstead
1872-75
1875-77 Harford
1877-80
1880-83 Bentley Springs
1883-86 Hancock
1886-90 Patapsco
1890-93 New
1893-99 Hampstead
1899-02 Summerfield
1902-07
1907-09 Elkridge
1909 retired
Note: Emory Buhrman reportedly had a brother in the ministry, name and denomination unstated.
CADDEN, JAMES R.
Born: 1-9-1828
Died: 7-13-1906
married2: Rachel Leona Ecker Stouffer
1858 admitted on trial , East BaltimoreConferenceobit2: [c.1849 - ?]
Interment:
Obit:
1858-59
1859-60
1860-61
1861-62
1862-63
1863-65
1865-67
1867-68
1868 transfer
by boundary change to
1868-70
18760-72
1872-74 Woodberry
1874-77
1877-79
1879-80 Govanstown
1881-84 New
1884-86 Patapsco circuit
1886-87 Spencerville
1887-88
1888-94 on leave
1894 retired
Note: James R. Cadden is the son of Robert Cadden. The second Mrs. Cadden
was the widow of a
CADDEN, ROBERT
Born: 10-28-1782
Died: 6-26-1859
admitted on trial,
Interment:
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1860, 36
1815-16 Huntingdon circuit
1816-17 Allegheny
1817-18
1818-19
1819-20
1820-22 Aughwick
1822-24 Lycoming
1824-26 Northumberland
1826-28
1828-30
1830-32
1832-33
1833-34
1834-35
1835-39 superintendent,
1840-42 Loudon
1842-44
1844-46 Front
1846-48
1849-51
1851-52
1852 retired
1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference
Note: Robert Cadden is the father
of James R. Cadden and
CARE, THOMAS
Born: 7-10-1832
Died: 3-18-1864
1859 admitted on trial, East BaltimoreConference
Interment:
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1865, 38
1859-60 Shirleysburg
1860-61 Mifflin
1861-62
1862-64 faculty, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary
1864 retired
Note: During a period of poor health about 1863, Thomas Care
served as a self-appointed missionary to
CARROLL, DAVID HENRY See Central Pennsylvania Conference Methodist listing.
CASE, WATSON
Born: 12-1-1839 Catawissa PA married: Sarah V. Daneker
Died: 11-13-1911 obit:
1862 quarterly conference license, Catawissa circuit
1864 admitted on trial ,
Interment:
Obit:
1862-63 Bloomingdale circuit (beginning 12/9/62)
1863-64 Mifflinburg
1864-65 Jeansville
1865-66 Muncy
1866-67
1867-68 Bloody Run [
1868 transfer to
1868-70 Baltimore Green,ount Avenue
1870-71 Harper’s
1871-72 Long Green
1872-75
1875-76
1876-78
1878-80 Hancock
1880-83
1883-85
1885-87
1887-91
1891-94
1894-96
1896-97
1897-98
1901-04
1906-09
1909-11
CASTLEMAN, DAVID See Central Pennsylvania Conference Methodist listing.
CHAMBERS, ROBERT DANIEL
Born: 1-4-1823
Died: 9-8-1864 Carlisle PA obit:
admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1865, 40
1845-46 South Branch
1846-47 Front Royal
1847-48
1848-51
1851-53
1853-54 Rockingham
1854-56
1856-57
1857 charter
member of
1857-59
1859-64 faculty,
1864-65 president,
CLYMER, JOHN FLETCHER
Born: 7-27-1840
Died: 1-18-1903
1864 East Baltimore Conference :recommended for admission on trial by Shippensburg station
Interment:
Obit:
1862-63
1863-64
1865-66 DePuyster
1866 “transfer”
to Black
1866-68
1868-69
1869 transfer
to
1872-73
1873 transfer
to
1873075
1875-78
1878-80
1880 transfer
to Central
1880-81
1881-84
1887 transfer
to
CHENOWETH, GEORGE D. See Central Pennsylvania Conference Methodist listing.
CHILCOTE, ELIAL M. See Central Pennsylvania Conference Methodist listing.
CLEAVER, CHARLES See
Central
CLEAVER, JOHN W. See Central Pennsylvania Conference Methodist listing.
COLE, JOHN T.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1858-59 Allegany
1859-60
1860-61 Shippen [Emporium]
1861-62
1862 expelled
Born: 1801
near
Died: 5-7-1857 obit:
1830 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1858, 17
superintendent
served for 27 years
CONSER, SOLOMON L. M.
Born: 6-6-1812 Lewisburg PA married:
Died: 2-20-1896 Loganton PA obit:
1840 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1840-41 Licking Creek
1841-42 Allegany [MD]
1842-43
1843-44
1844-46 Luzerne
1846-48
1848-49
1849-50 Allegany
1850-52 Northumberland
1852-54 Lewisburg (Pa) station
1854-56
1856-57
1857 charter
member of
1857-58
1860-62 Huntingdon
1862-63 chaplain
1863-64
1864-66
1866-67 Port Matilda
1867 transfer
to
1867
1877 retired
Note: S.L.M. Conser requested the 1867 transfer to
help reorganize the Methodist Episcopal Church in the South following the
War. He is the author of the 1891
COOK, CHARLES OSCAR
Born: 11-17-1845
Died: 10-11-1899
1865 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1865-66 Hancock
1866-67 Frostburg
1867-68
1868 transfer
by boundary change to
1868-69
1869-71
1871-73
1873-75 on leave for health reasons
1875-76 Bladensburg
1876-78 Spencerville
1878-80
1880-81
1881-84 Shepherdstown
1884-86
1886-89 Anacostia
1889-94
1894-97 Fletcher
1897-98 Brookland & Langdon
1898-99 Brookland
1899
Born: 6-19-1789
Died: 3-7-1868
1813 admitted on trial, Genesee Conference
1816 ordained
deacon,
1817 ordained elder,
Interment:
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1868, 55
1813
1813-14 Lycoming
1814-15
1815-16 Northumberland
1816-17
1817-18
1818-19 Shamokin
1819-20 Lycoming
1820 transfer
by boundary change to
1820-21 Northumberland
1821-22
1822 retired
1857 charter
member of
Note:
COOK, JOHN C.
Born: c. 1837 married:
Died: 4-22-1862 Carlisle PA obit:
1860 admitted on trial, East BaltimoreConference
1862 ordained deacon, East Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1863, 31
1860-61 Shirleysburg
1861-62
1862 McVeytown [appointed, but took ill before filling the appointment]
COOPER, GEORGE
Born: 7-11-1825
Died: 1-22-1902 obit: [c.1827 – after 1903]
1847 admitted on trial,
1850 ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference
1852 ordained elder, Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1848-49 Shippensburg
1849-50
1850-51
1851-53 Lewisburg (Va) station
1853-55 Martinsburg
1855-56 Lewistown
1856-57 Hollidaysburg
1857 charter
member of
1857-58 Hollidaysburg
1860-62
1862-63
1866-68 Frostburg station
1868 transfer
by boundary change to
1868-69 Frostburg
station
1872-74
1874-78 superintendent,
1878-81
1887-92
1892-97
1897 retired
1897
CRAIG, JOHN F. See
CREIGHTON, SAMUEL See
CREVELING, SETH A. See
CREVER, BENJAMIN HECK See
CREVER, FREDERICK E. See
CRONE, LEVI S. See Central Pennsylvania Conference Methodist listing.
CUDDY, JAMES BILLINGSLEY See
Central
CULLUM, JEREMIAH WESLEY
Born: 2-18-1808
Died: 4-30-1886
married2: Mrs. Esther Bickerton
1832 admitted on
trial,
Obit:
1832-33 Christiansburg
1833-34
1834-35 Huntersville
1835-36 Craig’s Creek mission
1836-37
1837-38
1838-39 South Branch
1839-41 Moorefield
1841-42 Harford
1844-45
1845-47
1847-48 retired
1850-52 Castle Fin
1852-54
1854-56 Boonsboro
1856-59 agent, Maryland State Colonization Society
1859-60 in leave
1860-61 agent, Maryland State Colonization Society
1861 retired
1868 transfer by boundary change to Baltimore Conference
1870-72
1872-75 Hampstead
Note: J.
CURNS, JAMES See
CURRY, JAMES WILSON
Born: 9-25-1831 Huntingdon PA married: Elizabeth A. Barndollar
Died: 5-11-1892 Altoona PA obit: [8/5/1837 – 5/11/1889]
1855 admitted on
trial,
1857 ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference
Interment: Fairview Cemetery, Altoona PA
1855-56 Bedford circuit
1856-57 Westernport
1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference
1857-58 Woodbury
1858 transfer to Peoria Conference
1858-59 Chillicothe circuit
1859 located
1860 transfer to Western Virginia Conference
1860-62 Brandonville
1862 located
Note: James Wilson Curry is reported to have attended Cassville Seminary and graduated from Evanston Theological Seminary in Illinois. The 1870 census lists him as a merchant in Altoona PA.
DASHIELL, JOHN HUTSON
Born: 10-11-1821
Died: 1-21-1914 obit: [d. 11/27/1866]
1852 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1852-54
1854-56
1856-58 Lewisburg (Pa) station
1857 charter
member of
1857-58 Lewisburg (Pa) station
1858-60 principal, Williamsport Dickinson Seminary
1860-62
1862-63 Baltimore Emory Chapel (nominal)
1863-64 without appointment
1864-65 principal, Northwest Institute in
1865 “withdrew to join M.E. South”
1865-70 *
and principal, Northwest Institute in
1870 re-admitted
to
1874-77
1877-80
1880-83
1883-86
1891-92 secretary,
Methodist Alliance in
1892 retired
Note: John H. Dashiell is a brother to Robert Laurenson Dashiell of the
*In the early 1860’s there was dissension in
DAUGHERTY, BEVERLY WAUGH
Born: 1834
Died: obit:
married2: Mrs. Helen J. Thompson Sawyer
1855 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference obit2:
1855-56
1856-57 Warm Springs (Va)
1857 charter
member of
1857-58 Castle Fin
1858-59 Alto Dale
1859-60
1860-61 Lock Haven
1861-62
1862-63 West Falls
1863 withdrew
“transfer” to Methodist Episcopal
“transfer” to Episcopal Church
1884 ordained in the Episcopal Church,
Diocese of
1891 Huron OH Christ
Note: Beverly Waugh Daugherty is a brother to Thomas
Daugherty. The second Mrs. Daugherty was
the widow of a Mr. Cleveland Sawyer, and her papers reside in the manuscript
collection of the Perkins Library at
DAUGHERTY, THOMAS
Born: 4-6-1828
Died: 9-15-1885 obit:
married2
1850 admitted on
trial,
Obit:
1850-51
1851-52 Front Royal
1852-54 South Branch
1854-56 Bellefonte
1856-57
1857 charter
member of
1857-58
1858-60
1860-61 Mercersburg
1861 transfer
to
1861-64 principal,
1864 transfer to East Baltimore Conference
1864-66 Hollidaysburg
1866-67
1867-68 Mechanicsburg
1868 charter
member of
1868-69 Mechanicsburg
1869 transfer
to
1869-70
1870-73
1875-78
1878-81
Note: Thomas Daugherty is a brother to Beverly Waugh Daugherty.
DAY, GIDEON HOWARD See
Central
DEALE, JOHN SUMMERFIELD
Born: 9-3-1825
Died: 4-19-1885
1849 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1849-50
1850-51
1851-52
1852-53 Warrenton
1853-55 Shepherdstown
1855-56
1856-57 Ryland Chapel station
1857 charter
member of
1857-58 Ryland Chapel station
1858-59
1859-60
1861-63
1863-65 principal, Baltimore County Institute
1864-66
1868 transfer
by boundary change to Baltimore Conference
1869-70
1870-74 superintendent, East Baltimore District
1874-76
1876-78 Waugh
1878-81
1881-82 Ryland
1882-85 superintendent,
Washington District
DECKER, ANDREW
DeMOYER, JOHN AMOS See
DILL, HENRY G. See
DILL, WILLIAM HENRY See
Central
DONAHUE, JOHN See Central Pennsylvania Conference Methodist listing.
DOSH, JOHN H. C.
Born: 4-17-1821
Died: 4-16-1881
1846 quarterly
conference license,
1848 admitted on
trial,
1850 ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference
1852 ordained elder, Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1847-48
1848-49 Frostburg
1849-50
1850-51 Lewistown
1851-53 Pine Creek
1853-54 New
1854-56
1856-57
1857 charter
member of
1857-58
1858-60 Hollidaysburg
1860-62
1862-64
1864-66
1866 -68 superintendent,
1868 transfer
by boundary change to
1868-69 superintendent,
1869-70 superintendent,
agent, Book Depository
Summerfield
Note: Mrs. Dosh is the daughter of prominent layman Jeremiah
Tallman of the
Born: 3-12-1827 near
Died: 10-?-1884 obit: [b. 1836]
1850 quarterly
conference license, Fincastle (
1851 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1850-51 Fincastle circuit
1851-52 Moorefield
1852-54
1854-56
1856-57
1857 charter
member of
1857-59 Lock Haven
1859-61 Boonsboro
1861-63 Frostburg station
1863-65
1865-67 Lewistown
1868 transfer
by boundary change to
1869-72
1874-78 superintendent,
1878-81
1881-84
Note: Wilford Downs is the father of Howard F. Downs (1860-1936) of the Baltimore Conference.
DRUM, MARTIN L. See
Central
DUNLAP, GEORGE WILSON See Central Pennsylvania Conference Methodist listing.
DUNLAP, SAMUEL B.
Born: 5-10-1816
Died: 5-14-1861
1838 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1862,36
1837-38 Kingwood (Va) circuit
1838-39
1839-40
1840-41 Ligonier
1841-42 Redstone
1842 transfer
to
1842-43
1843-44 Fayette
1844-45 (no appointment)
1845 transfer to Pittsburgh Conference (because of the ME/MES split)
1845-46 Beallsville circuit (last part of the year)
1846-48
1848-50
1851-52
1852-54
1854-55 (no appointment)
1855 transfer
to
1855-57 Frostburg
1857 charter
member of
1857-59
1859-61 Baltimore Caroline station
1861
DYSON,
EGE, OLIVER See
Central
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1859 admitted on trial, East BaltimoreConference
1859-60 Muncy
1860 discontinued at own request
Born: 3-1-1798
Died: 1-16-1891
1830 admitted on
trial,
Obit:
1830-31 Northumberland
1831-32 xxx, George’s & St. Mary’s
1832-33 Warm Springs
1833-34 Christiansburg
1834-35
1835-36
1836-37 Rocky springs
1837-38 Fincastle
1838-40
1840-42 Rockingham
1842-44
1844-45
1845-47
1847-49 Moorefield
1849-50 South Branch
1850-52 on leave
1852-54
1854-55 Bladensburg
1856-57 Patapsco station
1857 charter
member of
1857-59
1859-60 Manor Hill
1860-62 Kishacoquillas
1861-62
1862-63 retired
1864 withdrew to join M.E. South
Born: 12-15-1786 married: Prudence Manifold
Died: 9-22-1861
1809 admitted on
trial,
1811 ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference
1813 ordained elder, Baltimore Conference
Obit:
1809-10 Huntingdon
1810-11
1811-12
1812-13
1813 Harford
(
1813-33 located
1833-34
1834-36
1836-38
1838-40 Lycoming
1840-42 Berwick
1842-44 Northumberland
1844-46
1846-48 Lycoming
1848-50 Sunbury
1850-52 Lewistown
1852-53 on leave
1853 retired
Note: James Ewing is the grandfather of Edwin Henry Witman (1855-1919) of the Central Pennsylvania Conference. Sisters of James Ewing married Baltimore
Conference brothers/preachers James Reiley
(1784-1841) and Tobias Reiley (1789-1843). He is part of extended Ewing-Bowman-Reiley-Witman family that
produced dozens of Methodist pastors over several generations. A detailed listing of this family may be
found in the
EYER, P.
FORREST, JOSIAH See
Central
FOSTER,
FRANCE, JOSEPH
Born: 8-26-1819 married:
Died: 7-27-1889 obit:
1842 admitted on
trial,
Obit:
1842-43 Licking Creek
1843-44
1844-45
1845-46
1847-48
1849-51
1851-53
1853-54
1854-57 on leave
1857 charter
member of
1857-61 on leave
1861-63 tract agent
1863-64
1866-67 superintendent, Baltimore District
1887 retired
Note: Joseph France is the father of Henry Strickler France (1851-1925) of the
FURLONG, HENRY
Born: 3-21-1797
Died: 8-29-1874
1816 quarterly conference license, Fells Point
1817 admitted on
trial,
1819 ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference
1821 ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1816-17
1817-19
1819-20 Loudon
1820-21
1821-22 Short Creek
1822-24
1823-25 Chartiers
1825-26 Redstone
1826-27
1827-28
1828-29
1829-30
1830-32
1832-33
1833-35 Loudon
1835-37 Harford
1837-39
1839-40
1840-41
1841-42
1842-46 superintendent, Huntingdon District
1846-47 Huntingdon
1847-49
1849-50
1850-51 Martinsburg station
1851-52 Leesburg
1852-53
1855-57
1857 charter
member of
1857-58
1858-60 on leave
1860-62 Seaman’s Union Bethel
1864 retired
Note: Henry Furlong is the father of Henry Bascom Furlong (d. 1853/4) of the Baltimore Conference.
GAMBLE, JAMES
Born: 2-22-1802 near Carlisle PA married:
Died: 3-10-1890
married2: Julia Ann Rowe
1828 quarterly conference license, obit2: [d. 7/9/1868]
1837 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1835-36 Moorfield circuit
1836-37 ?
1837-38
1838-39 Christiansburg
1840-41
1841-42
1842-44
1844-46
1846-47
1847-49 Sinnemahoning
1849-50 Luzerne
1850-51
1851-53
1855-57 mission to colored people,
1857 charter
member of
1857-58 Montour mission
1858-59
1859-60 on leave
1861 retired
1865-73 city missionary,
Born: 10-10-1831 near
Died: 2-24-1925 York Springs PA obit: [d. 1899]
1854 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1854-55 Mercersburg
1855-56
1856-57
1857 charter
member of
1857-59 McConnellsburg
1859-61 Hancock
1861-63 Lock Haven station
1863-65 Curwensville
1868-70
1870 transfer
to
1873 transfer
to
1873-74
1874-75
1875-76 Frostburg
1876-78
1878-81
1881-84 Washington
DC
1997-90 Woodberry
1890-02 on leave due to wife’s illness
1902 retired
Note: A copy of Sunset Memories, the autobiography of L.M. Gardner, is on file in the biography section of the conference archives.
GEARHART, FRANKLIN See
Central
GERE,
GIBSON, ALEXANDER EARLY
Born: 9-2-1825 married: Mary Ellen Markey
Died: 1-10-1897 obit: [7/9/1833 – 3/2/1915]
Interment:
Obit:
1848-50
1850-51
1851-52
1852-53
1853-55
1855-56
1856-57
1857 charter
member of
1857-59
1859-61
1863-64
1864-66 Broadway
1866 transfer
to
(the following are not necessarily in order)
Strawbridege
Whatcoat
Note: Alexander E. Gibson is the father of Rev. Frank E. Gibson of the Episcopal Church.
GIBSOM, ANDREW WIER See
Central
GOTWALT, THOMAS D.
Born: New
Died: 12-3-1863 obit:
1852 quarterly conference license
1853 admitted on
trial,
Interment: Lock Haven PA
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1854, 35
1852-53 (unknown)
1853-54 Huntingdon
1854-55 Bellefonte
1855-56 Lock Haven
1856-57 West Georgetown & Tennal station
1857 charter
member of
1857-59
1859-61 Muncy
1861-63 Clearfield & Curwensville
1863
GRAY, EDWARD JAMES See
Central
GRAY, GEORGE TARRING See
Central
GREENLY, THOMAS See
Central
Born: 3-23-1834 Honey Brook PA married:
Died: 4-8-1898
1859 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1859-60 Chestnut Hill
1860-61 Churchtown
1861-62
1862 transfer
to
1862-64
1864 transfer to
Somerton
1872-73 touring
the Europe and the
Reading Covenant
Mauch Chunk
Tamaqua
Media
Conshohocken
Note: Thomas M. Griffith attended
GUSS, JOHN See
Central
GUYER, ASBURY WESTON See
Central
GUYER, JOHN
Born: 2-13-1808
Died: 12-13-1867 obit:
1834 admitted on
trial,
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1868, 50
1834-35 Sunbury
1835-36 Northumberland
1836-37
1837-38
1838-39
1838-41 Lewisburg (Va) station
1841-42
1844-45
1845-46 Shepherdstown
1846-47
1847-49
1849-50
1850-52 Lewisburg (Pa) station
1852-54 Patapsco
1854-56
1856-57 Bellefonte
1857 charter
member of
1857-58
1858-60 Bloomsburg
1862-64 Lewistown station
1864 superintendent, Northumberland District
Note: John Guyer had 4 brothers in
the Methodist ministry: George Guyer (1812-1891) of
the Central Pennsylvania Conference, James Guyer
(1817-1846) of the Baltimore Conference, and Simpson Guyer
(1821-1893) of the Des Moines Conference, and Asbury Guyer
(1832-1899) of the
GUYER, GEORGE See
Central
HAGEY, J. CLARKE
Born: 3-15-1835 near Martinsburg PA married:
Died: 9-22-1888 obit:
1857 quarterly conference license, Cassville
1858 admitted on trial, East BaltimoreConference
1860 ordained deacon, East Baltimore Conference
1862 ordained elder, East Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1858-59
1859-60 Mifflin
1860-61
1861-62 Shippensburg
1862-63
1863-64 Catawissa
1864-65 Muncy
1865-66 Jeansville
1866-67 New
1867-69
1869 transfer
to
1869-72
1872-73
1874-76
1879-82
1882-83
1883-86
1886-88 faculty,
HALL, JOHN P.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1854-54 Frostburg
1854-55
1855-56 Fincastle
1856-57
1857-59 Boonsboro
1859-60 Catawissa
1860-62
1862-63
1863 withdrew
HAMLIN, BENJAMIN BAIRD See
Central
HANK, WILLIAM
Born: 8-31-1796
Died: 3-31-1869
1820 admitted on
trial,
Obit:
1820-21
1821-22 Monongahela
1822-23 Lewis
1823-24
1824-25
1825-26 Cross Creek
1826-27 Monongahela
1827-29 Fincastle
1829-31 Rockingham
1831-32 Pendleton
1832-34
1834-36 Calvert
1836-38
1838-39
1839-41
1842-43
1843-44
1844-46
1847-48
1848-49
1849-51
1851-53
1853-55 Washington DC Foundry & Asbury station
1855-57
1857 charter
member of
1859-61 on leave
1861 retired
1868 transfer by boundary change to Baltimore Conference
Note: William Hank is the father of Jehu Newman Hank
(1827-1899) of the Baltimore Conference ME South and Armeinius
Summerfield Hank (1831-1887) of the
HARDEN, WILLIAM See
Central
HARTMAN, DANIEL See
Central
HARTSOCK, SAMUEL MITCHELL
Born: 11-23-1838 near
Died: 3-18-1908 obit:
1857 admitted on
trial,
Obit:
1857 charter
member of
1857-58 Penn’s Valley
1858-59 Bellefonte
1859-60 Boonsboro
1860-62 Frostburg
1862-63 Greencastle
1863-65 Warrior’s Mark
1865-66 Port Matilda
1866-68
1868 transfer
by boundary change to Baltimore Conference
1869-71 Middleton
1871-73
1875-78
1881-84
1894-99
1899-04
1904-05 Chatsworth
1905-08
HASLUP, REZIN C.
Born: 9-30-1840
Died: 6-2-1874 obit:
1859 admitted on trial, East BaltimoreConference
Obit:
1859-60 Hancock
1860-61 Allegany
1861-63
1863-64
1864-66 Emmitsburg
1866-67
Govanstown
HAUGHAWOUT, JOHN W. See
Central
HEDGES, JOHN W.
Born: 7-2-1818
Died: 4-27-1907
1845 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1845-46
1846-47
1847-49 Greenbrier mission
1849-50 Rockingham
1850-52 agent, Wesley Female Institute In Wilmington DE
1852-54 Ryland Chapel station
1854-55
1855-56 Rockbridge
1857 charter
member of the
1858-60
1860-62 Lewisburg
1862-64
1868 transfer
by boundary change to
1868-70
1873-75
1877-82 Sunday School and Tract Society
1883-87 on leave
1887-88
1888-90
1890-92
1892-93
1893-94
1894 retired
HERRON, LEVIN DORMAN
Born: 10-20-1824
Died: 4-4-1897 obit: [c1835 – 1875]
1853 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1853-54
1854-55 Patapsco
1855-57
1857 charter
member of
1857-59 West Falls
1859-61 Emmitsburg
1861-62 Hancock
1862-64
1864-65 Westernport
1865-68 Long Green
1868 transfer
by boundary change to
1868-69
1869-77 on leave
1877-80 Pendleton
1880 retired
HESSER, WILLIAM CHARLES See
Central
HEYDE, GEORGE WATSON
Born: 1-2-1835
Died: 1-20-1913 Parkton MD obit:
1858 admitted on trial, East BaltimoreConference
Interment:
Obit:
1858-59 Shirleysburg
1859-60 York Springs
1860-62
1862-63 Mercersburg station
1863-65
1865-67 Havre de Grace
1867-68 Hollidaysburg
1868 charter
member of
1868-69 Hollidaysburg
1869 transfer
to
1869-71 Hancock
1871-74 Patapsco
1874-75 Woodberry
1876-79 Summerfield
1881-84
1884-87
1887-88
1888-11 chaplain,
Seamen’s
1911 retired
HICKS, WILLIAM W.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1857-58
1858-60
1860-62 Havre de Grace station
1862-64 missionary to
1864-65 Bellefonte
1865-66
1866 withdrew
HILDEBRAND, JOSIAH
Born: 6-16-1816Lewistown PAmarried: Frances S. Dorsey
Died: 8-5-1892Des Moines IAobit:
1852 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference
Interment: Winterset City Cemetery, Winterset IA
Obit: on file in the conference archives
1852-53 ?
1853-55 Greenbank
1855-56 Lewisburg circuit
1856-57 Hampstead
1857
charter member of the East Baltimore Conference
1857-58 Hampstead
1858-59 Allegany
1859
transfer to Illinois Conference
reportedly served in the Illinois Conference until locating about 1884
Note:
There was a Josiah Hildebrand in Western Pennsylvania in the 1840's (Brockaway 1844, Cambridge Springs 1848-49, etc.), but it is
unknown whether this is the same man. It is possible that this Josiah
Hildebrand may have initially joined another Conference about 1842.
HILDT, GEORGE
Born: 2-6-1803
Died: 3-7-1882
married2: Eliza Welch
1826 admitted on
trial,
Obit:
1826-27 Northumberland
1827-28
1828-29
1829-30
1830-31
1831-33
1833-35
1835-37
1838-38 Harper’s Ferry
1838-39
1839-40
1840-41
1841-45 superintendent, Northumberland District
1845-47
1847-49 Baltimore Caroline station
1849-51
1851-55 superintendent, Winchester District
1855-57 McKendree station
1857 charter
member of
1857-59
1859-61
1861-65 on leave
1865 retired
1868 transfer
by boundary change to
HOWE, WESLEY See
Central
HUNTER, JAMES See
Central
ISENBERG, DAVID A.
Born: 10-20-1836 near
Died: 3-25-1866 obit:
1859 quarterly conference license, Rainsburg charge
1860 admitted on trial, East BaltimoreConference
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1867, 46
1860-61
1861-62 Hampstead
1862-63 Muncy
1863-64
1864-65 New
1865-66 Shirleysburg
1866-67 on leave
1867 died
JAMISON, ENOCH G.
Born: 1820 married: Mary S. Eakin
Died: 12-10-1880 VA obit: [1828 – 1845]
Obit:
1841-43
1842-43 Lewisburg
1843-44
1844-45 Floyd
1845-46
1846-47 Sweet Springs
1847-48
1848-50
1850-52 Huntersville
1852-54
1854-56 Lost River
1856-57 Pleasant Grove
1857 charter
member of
1857-58 Pleasant Grove
1858-59 Coalmont
1859-62 on leave
1861 transfer to
JOHN, DAVID CLARK See
Central
KALBFUS, DAVID CHARLES
Born: 1807 married: Mary Ann Bowman
Died: 5-10-1882 obit: [c1814 – c1859]
married2: Lavinia Elizabeth Beall
obit2: Cincinnati Conference 1909,301
Obit:
1826-27 Rockingham
1827-28 Calvert
1828-29 Northumberland
1829-30 Lycoming
1830-31
1831-32
1832-34
1834-35 Loudon
1835-36
1836-38 Northumberland
1838-40 Berwick
1840 located
1860 readmitted
to
1860-61 Pleasant Grove
1861-62 Clear Spring
1862-64 Westernport
1864-65
1865-66 transfer to
Note D. Charles Kalbfus is the
father of Charles Henry Kalbfus (1834-1911) of the
KELLEY, REUBEN E. See
KEPLER, SAMUEL
Born: 11-5-1804 married:
Died: 8-1-1884 obit:
Obit:
1827-28
1828-29
1829-30
1830-31
1831-32 Westmoreland
1832-34
1834-35 Lewistown
1835-37 Union,
1837-39 Leesburg
1839-41
1841-42
1842-43
1843-45 Loudon
1845-47
1847-48
1848-50
1850-51 Harper’s Ferry
1851-54 on leave
1854-55
1855-56
1856-57
1857-59
1859-61 Lewistown
1861-63
1863-64 McConnellsburg
1864 withdrew to join M.E. South
KESTER,
KING, BARTHOLOMEW PETER See
Central
KING, JOSEPH REEDER See
KINSEY, EDWARD
Born: 3-21-1829 near Triadelphia MD married: Martha C. Wells
Died: 9-12-1877
1853 admitted on
trial,
Interment: near
Obit:
1853-54 Bladenburg
1854-55
1855-56
1856-58
1858-59
1859-61
1861-63
1863-66
1866-67
KIRBY, EDMUND WESLEY See
Born: 1837 married:
Died: 5-26-1863 obit:
1860 admitted on trial, East BaltimoreConference
Interment:
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1864, 36
1860-61 New
1861-62 New
1862-63 Glen Hope
1863 Newberry
Note: This surname is also rendered KITCHEN.
LANTZ, J. MAX See
LARKIN, JACOB.
Born: 1-24-1792
Died: 3-29-1857
1819 admitted on
trial,
1821 ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference
1823 ordained elder, Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1858, 20
1819-20 Aughwick circuit
1820-21
1821-22 Fell’s
1822-23
1823-24
1853 on leave
LECKIE, JOHN W. See
LEE, JOSEPH S. See
LEIDY, GEORGE See
LINN, HUGH
Born: 11-18-1832
Died: 5-26-1894 Shelby IA obit: [b. 1845]
Obit:
1857-58 Allegany
1858-59 Cassville
1859-60 New
1860-62
1861-62 McConnellsburg
1862-63 Bellefonte
1863-66 Glen Hope
1866-68 Hampstead
1868 transfer
by boundary change to
1868-69 Hampstead
Note: This surname is also rendered
LLOYD, JOHN ZACHARIAS See
Born: 1-11-1803
Died: 10-7-1874 obit:
Obit:
1823-24 Huntingdon
1824-25 Northumberland
1825-26 Lycoming
1826-28
1828-30
1830-32
1832-34 Loudon
1834-35
1835-37
1837-39 Bladensburg
1839-41 Calvert
1841-43
1843-45 Leesburg
1845-47 Bladensburg
1847-49
1849-51
1851-53
1853-55
1855-57
1857 charter
member of the
1857-59
1859-60 Mechanicsburg station
1860-62
1862-64
1864-66
1866-67
1867-68
Note: A biographical sketch of Francis Macartney is given in Armstrong’s History of the Old Baltimore Conference, page 413.
MACLAY, ROBERT SAMUEL
Born: 2-7-1824 married: Henrietta Caroline Sperry
Died: 8-18-1907 obit:
married2:
obit2: Southern California Conference 1904, 73
Obit: Pacific Japanese
1846-48
1848 missionary to
Note: Five Macaly brothers from
the
MANN, JOHN BARRET See
Born: 1829
Died: 1-2-1865 Mechanicsburg PA obit:
1851 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference
1853 ordained deacon, Baltimore Confrence
1858 ordained elder, East Baltimore Conference
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1865,44
1851-52
1852-53 Lock Haven
1853-54 on leave
1854 located
1854-56 faculty, Male Literary Institute in
1856-58 principal,
1858 readmitted
1858-65 principal,
1865 died
MARSH, JOHN HENRY
Born: 11-17-1838
Died: 11-13-1921 Fallston MD obit:
1859 quarterly
conference license,
1864 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1859-64 schoolteacher
and irregular supply,
1864-65 Mercersburg
1865-66 Westernport
1866-67
1867-68
1868 transfer by boundary change to Baltimore Conference
1868-71 Long Green
1871-74
1874-75 Harper’s Ferry
1875-76
1876-79 Frostburg
1879-81
1881-84
1884-87
1887-89 New
1889-90
1890-92
1892-95 Long Green
1895-98
1898-02
1902-04 Harper’s Ferry
1904 retired
Note: John Henry Marsh is the uncle of John Tolley Marsh (1864-1935) of the
Born: 2-6-1830 Chambersburg PA married:
Died: 3-28-1866 Chambersburg PA obit:
1861 admitted on trial, East BaltimoreConference
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1867, 45
1861-62
1862-63
1863-64 McVeytown
1864-65
1865-66
1866-67 on leave
McCLOSKY, DAVID BYRON See
McCLURE, THOMAS F. See
McCORD, JAMES H. See
McGARRAH, JAMES H. See
McKEE, WILLIAM A. See
McKEEHAN, JOSEPH G. See
McKINDLESS, J.A. See
McMURRAY, JACOB SNYDER See
MELICK, JUSTUS A. See
MEMINGER, WILLIAM MCKEAN See
MENDENHALL, HENRY S. See
MILLER, ALEXANDER R. See
MILLER, JOHN
Born: 12-23-1794
Died: 10-10-1878
1819 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference
Obit:
1819-20 Greenbrier
1820-21 Rockingham
1821-22 Allegany
1822-23
1823-24 Pendleton
1824-25 on leave
1825-27 South Branch
1827 located
1832 readmitted
1832-34 Fincastle
1834-35
1835-36
1836-37
1837-41 superintendent, Northumberland
1841-42
1844-46
1846-50 superintendent, Huntingdon District
1851-52
1852-53 on leave
1853-55
1855-56
1856-57
1857 charter
member of
1857-59
1859-61 on leave
1861 retired
Note: A biographical sketch of John Miller is given in Armstrong’s History of the Old Baltimore Conference, page 422.
MILLS, FRANCIS M.
Born: 8-5-1810
Died: 3-10-1900
Obit:
1832-33 St Mary’s
1833-34
1834-35
1835-36
1836-38
1838-40
1840-42 Allegany
1842-44 Bellefonte
1844-45 Berwick
1845-46 Patapsco
1846-47 East Baltimore station (moved to
1847-48
1848 transfer
to
1848-49 apparently no appointment for health reasons
1849 transfer
to
1849-57 on leave
1857 charter
member of the
1857-1864 on leave
1864 withdrew to join M.E. South
*This was an “exchange” with William M.D. Ryan, later of the Central Pennsylvania Conference.
Note: A biographical sketch of Francis M. Mills is given in Armstrong’s History of the Old Baltimore Conference, page 423.
MILLS, WILLIAM ROBERT See
MITCHELL, THOMPSON See
MONROE, DAVID SOLOMON See
MONROE, WILLIAM M.
Born: 9-8-1783 Boonsboro MD married:
Died: 5-29-1871 Boonsboro MD obit:
1810 admitted on
trial,
Obit:
1810-11
1811-12 Huntingdon
1812-13
1813-14
1814-15 Redstone
1815-16
1816-17 Monongahela & Randolph
1817-18 Rockingham
1818-19 Allegany
1819-20
1820-21
1821-23
1823-24
1824-26 Rockingham
1826-28
1828-30
1830-32
1832-34
1834-35 South Branch
1835-37
1837-38 on leave
1838-39 retired
1839-41 Boonsboro
1841-42 Codorus mission
1842-43 on leave
1843-44 Mercersburg
1844-45
1845-46 Greencastle
1846 retired
1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference
1868 transfer by boundary change to
Note: William Monroe is the brother of local pastor John
Monroe (1772-1862) of
MONTGOMERY, JACOB See
Born: 10-19-1839 Carlisle PA married: Mary A. Miller
Died: 2-13-1906 obit:
1863 admitted on trial, East BaltimoreConference
Obit:
1863-64
1864-65 Allegany & Pleasant Grove
1865-67 West Falls
1867-68 Mechanicstown [Thurmont] - Emmitsburg
1868 transfer
by boundary change to
1868-70 Mechanicstown [Thurmont] - Emmitsburg
1879-73
1873-73
1878-81
1881-82
1882-83 Harper’s Ferry
1883 retired
Note: J. Duey Moore is a brother to J. Patton Moore.
MOORE, JAMES G.
Born: 7-9-1834
Died: 7-8-1875
1859 admitted on trial, East BaltimoreConference
Obit:
1859-60
1860-61 Cassville
1861-62
1862-63 Philipsburg
1863-64 York Springs
1864-65
1865-67 Shippensburg
1867-68 Newville & Rehoboth
1868 transfer
by boundary change to
Summerfield
MOOREHEAD, JOHN See
MULLIN, JAMES See
Central
MUNROE, JOHN A.
Born: 6-15-1835
Died: 10-30-1897
1859 admitted on
trial, recommended by
Obit:
1856-59 faculty,
Pennington Seminary in
1859-60 faculty,
1860-62 principal, Annapolis Institute
1862-68 principal, Westminster Institute
1868-73 principal,
1873 “transfer”
to
Patterson
Hackettstown
Meridan
Note: John A. Munroe is the son of Jonathan Munroe. This surname is also rendered
MUNROE, JONATHAN
Born: 6-11-1801
Died: 12-4-1869
Obit:
1825-26 Allegany
1826-27
1827-28 Shamokin
1828-29 Lewistown
1829-30
1830-31
1831-33
1833-35 Patapsco
1835-37 Calvert
1837-39 Lewistown
1839-41 Warrior’s Mark
1841-43 Huntingdon
1843-45
1845-47
1847-49
1849-50
1850-52
1852-54
1854-56 Mercersburg
1856-57
1857 charter
member of the
1857-58
1858-59
1859-61
1861-63
1863-64 Emmitsburg
1864 retired
1868 transfer by boundary change to
Note: Jonathan Munroe is the father of John A. Munroe. This surname is also rendered
NORRIS, RICHARD
Born: 3-25-1835
Died: 4-13-1897
1855 quarterly
conference license,
1855 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1855-56
1856-57
1857 charter
member of the
1857-58
1860-61
1861-62
1862-64 Havre de Grace
1867-68
1868 transfer
by boundary change to
1868-70
1873-76 Waugh
1876-79
1882-84 Ryland
1884-87 Wesley
Chapel
OCKERMAN, JOHN F. See
OLEWINE, JOHN WESLEY See
OWEN, JOHN W.
Born: 12-26-1830
Died: 6-13-1885 Kittanning PA obit:
1859 admitted on trial, East BaltimoreConference
1862 ordained, East
Baltimore Conference :Allegheny Conference of the
Interment:
1859-60
1860 “transfer”
to Allegheny Conference of the
1860-61 Wilmore
1861-63 Knoxdale
1863-65
1865-70 located for health reasons
1870 honorable discharge
Note: In 1866, John W. Owen moved to Kittanning where he practiced dentistry, operated a store, and engaged in other business pursuits. He bcame an active layman in the local Methodist Protestant church. There is a biographical sketch of John W. Owen in the biographical files.
PARRISH, DANIEL H.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1856-57
1857 charter
member of the
1857-58
1858-59
1859-60
1860-62 Hampstead
1862-64
1864 located
Note: In 1865, a Daniel H. Parrish was
PITCHER, EDWIN FRANK
Born: 2-14-1846 married: Maria C. Gleim
Died: 5-18-1876 obit: Philadelphia Conference 1885, 77
1864 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1864-65
1865-66
1866 no longer listed
PITCHER, WILLIAM H.
Born: 11-25-1824
Died: 12-25-1893 obit: [d. 1892]
1846 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1846-47 Charles
1848-50 Ryland Chapel
1850-52
1852-57 on leave
1857 charter
member of the
1859-61 on leave
1861 retired
1868 transfer
by boundary change to
PORTER, JAMES
Born: 9-25-1833
Died: 7-11-1866 obit:
1853 quarterly
conference license,
1854 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1867, 47
1854-55
1855-56 Patuxent
1856-57 Summerfield
1857 charter
member of
1857-58 Coalmont
1858-59 Montoursville
1859-61 Bloomingdale
1861-62 Berwick
1862-63 York Springs
1863-66 Shamokin & Trevorton
1866-67 Jeanesville
Note: J. Franklin
Porter is the preferred usage. Patuxent
is a short-lived appointment. The
POTT, ROBERT R.
Born: married:
Died: 3-31-1865 obit:
1860 admitted on trial, East BaltimoreConference
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1866,38
1860-61 Catawissa
1861-62 Orangeville
1862-63 Castle Fin
1863-64
1864-65 Penn’s Valley
1865-66 private, US Army
1866 killed
at
PRICE,
Born: 11-9-1832 Potter’s Mills PA married: Catharine Andrews
Died: 1-31-1910
1855 admitted on
trial,
1857 ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference
1859 ordained elder, East Baltimore Conference
Obit:
1854-55
1855-56 Castle Fin
1856-57
1857 charter
member of the
1857-58 Mifflin
1858-60 White Haven
1860-62 Northumberland
1862-64 Mechanicsburg station
1864-67 Huntingdon
1867-68 Bloomsburg
1868 transfer
by boundary change to
1870-71 Broadway
1871-74
1876-78 Whatcoat
1878-84 superintendent,
1884-87 Hamline
1887-90 Waugh
1890-93 Ryland
1896-00 Martinsburg
1900-02
1904 retired
PRICE, SAMUEL WESLEY
Born: 12-19-1833
Died: 1-8-1866 obit:
1853 quarterly conference license, McVeytown charge
1853 admitted on
trial,
Interment: family burying ground, McVeytown PA
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1866, 40
1853-54 York Springs
1854-55
1855-56 Coalmont
1856-57 Newville
1857 charter
member of
1857-58
1858-60 Hampstead
1860-62
1862-63 Espy &
1863-65
Note: S. Wesley Price is the preferred
REESE,
Born: 12-30-1812
Died: 3-7-1878 obit: [c1811 – 2/5/1892]
1833 admitted on
trial,
Obit:
1833-34
1834-35
1855-56 Christiansburg
1836-37 Rock Creek
1837-38 on leave
Whatcoat
1838-39 Harford
1839-41
1841-43
1843-45 Boonsboro
1845-47 Patapsco station
1849-50
1850-54 superintendent, Rockingham District
1854-58 superintendent, Carlisle District
1857 charter
member of
1857-58 superintendent, Carlisle District
1858-59
1861-63
1863-77 chaplain, US Army
Note:
REESE, PHILIP B.
Born: 9-30-1811
Died: 2-7-1880 obit:
1839 admitted on
trial,
Obit:
1839-41 Chickamuxena mission
1841-42 Floyd
1842-43
1843-44
1844-45
1845-46 Lock Haven
1846-47 Northumberland
1847-49
1849-51 Berwick
1851-53
1853-54
1854-56
1856-57
1857 charter
member of
1857-58
1858-60
1860-61 Mifflin
1861-63 Emmitsburg
1863-65
1865-68 on leave
1868 transfer
by boundary change to
1868-69
1869-71
1871-72 Wesleyan
Home
1872-73 Patterson Chapel
1873-74 Harper’s Ferry
1874-77 Lonaconing
1877-78 Catonsville
and
1879-80 Harford
a
The Chickamuxen creek in southern of
Note: Philip B. Reese
is the brother of Aquila Asbury Reese and Thomas M. Reese, and the son of John
Lee Reese, a prominent local preacher of the
REESE, THOMAS McCLEARY See
REID, BURGESS GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Born: 1-31-1830
Died: 9-6-1909 obit:
married2: Mrs. Isabella Pennington
1856 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference obit2:
1858 ordained deacon, East Baltimore Conference
1860 ordained elder, East Baltimore Conference
Obit:
1856-57 Hancock
1857 charter
member of the
1857-58
1858-59 Boonsboro
1859-60 Frostburg
1860-61 Rainsburg
1861-62 Allegany
1863-64
1867-68
1868 charter
member of
1868-69
1869 transfer
to
1869-71
1874-77
1885-86
1886-89
1889-93
1893-94 on
leave
1898-00 North Capitol
1900 retired
REILEY, ASBURY ROBERTS
Born: 4-9-1829 Libertytown MD married: Julia A. Lowe
Died: 1-12-1908
1853 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1852-53
1853-54 Castle Fin
1854-55
1855-56
1856-57 Coalmont
1857 charter
member of
1857-59
1858-59 Shippen [Emporium]
1859-60
1860-62 Bloomsburg
1862-64 Northumberland
1864-66
1868 transfer
by boundary change to
1872-83
1873 transfer
to
1875 transfer
to
1875-77
1877-79
1879 transfer
to
1879-81 Bentley
Springs
1884-86 Long
Green
1889-91
1891-92
1892-97
1897-00
1900 retired
Note: Asbury Roberts Reiley is the son of James Reiley (1784-1841) of the Baltimore Conference, is the brother of J. McKendree Reiley of the Central Pennsylvania Conference. The compete Reiley relations are given on the Williams McKendree Reiley page of the Central Pennsylvania Conference (Methodist) file.
REILEY, JAMES McKENDREE See
RESCORL, PHILIP
Born: 1801
Died: 8-22-1862
1832 admitted on
trial,
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1863,30
1832-34 South Branch
1834-35
1835-36
1838-39 Huntingdon
1839-40 retired
1840-42
1842-44 Havre de Grace
1844-46 Warrenton
1846-47 Westmoreland
1847-48
1848-50 Christiansburg
1850-52 Churchville
1852-54 South Branch
1854-56 Harper’s Ferry station
1856-57
1857 charter
member of the
1857-58 on leave
1858-60
1860-61
1861 retired
Note: A biographical sketch of Philip Rescorl
is given in Armstrong’s History of the Old Baltimore Conference, page 443,
RICHARDS, THOMAS T.S.
Born: 9-13-1834
Died: 12-26-1869
1864 admitted on
trial, East
BaltimoreConference : recommended by
Obit:
1864-65 Emmitsburg
1865-66 Frostburg
1866-67 Bloody Run [
1867-68 New
1868 charter
member of
1868-69 Philipsburg circuit
1869 transfer
to
1869 on leave
RIDDLE, FINLEY B. See
RIDGAWAY, HENRY BASCOM
Born: 9-7-1830
Died: 3-30-1895
1851 admitted on
trial,
Obit:
1851-52
1852-54 Loudon
1854-55 Summerfield
1855-56
1856-57
1857 charter member of East Baltimore Conference
1857-58
1860 transfer to
New
York
Sing Sing
1882-84 faculty,
Garret Biblical Institute in
1884-95 president, Garrett Biblical Institute [now Garrett Theological Seminary]
Note: Henry Bascom Ridgaway is the
author of The Life of Alfred Cookman (1873), The Life
of Edmund S. Janes (1882), and other books.
His biography was supposedly written by a
ROSS, JOSEPH
ROTHROCK, JOSEPH YOST See
SANKS, JAMES
Born: 6-12-1806
Died: 6-4-1862
married2: Harriet A. Timmons
1828 admitted on
trial,
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1863, 29
1828-29 Clear Spring
1829-30 Huntingdon
1830-31
1831-32
1832-34 Bellefonte
1834-36 Lycoming
1836-38 Berwick
1838-40 Northumberland
1840-42
1842-44
1844-46 Harper’s Ferry
1846-48 Front Royal
1848-49
1849-50 Hollidaysburg station
1850-52
1852-54
1854-56
1856-57
1857 charter
member of
1857-58
1858-62 superintendent, Bellefonte District
1862-63
Note: A biographical sketch for James Sanks is given in Armstrong’s History of the Old Baltimore Conference, page 452. The second Mrs. Sanks was the widow of a person unknown when she married James; Timmons was her maiden name.
SARGENT, THOMAS BARTOW
Born: 3-30-1805
Died: 10-14-1879
Obit:
1825
1825-27
1827-29
1829 transfer
to
1829-31
1831-32
1832-33
1833-34
1834-36
1836-38
1838-39 Patapsco
1839-41
1841-42
1842-43 traveling companion, Bishop Soule
1843-47 superintendent, Potomac District
1847-48 Summerfield
1850-52
1852-53 agent,
1853-56 superintendent, Northumberland District
1856-58
1858-59 superintendent, West Baltimore District
1859-62 superintendent, Baltimore District
1862-63
1863-66
1866 located
Note: A biographical sketch for Thomas B. Sargent is given in Armstrong’s History of the Old Baltimore Conference, page 453.
Born: 1835
Died: obit:
1857 admitted on trial, East BaltimoreConference
1857-58 Muncy
1858-59 Orangeville
1859-60 Berwick
1860-61 West Falls
1861-62
1862-63 Clear Spring (first part of year)
1863-64 Allegany
1884-86 Frostburg
1866-67 Hancock
transfer to
1870
1886 located at own request
Note: Biographical information on
Born: 9-24-1835
Died:12-25-1909
1858 admitted on trial
Interment:
Obit:
1858-59 Woodbury
1859-60 Philipsburg
1860 discontinued at own request
Note: This surname is also rendered SCARBORO. John B. Scarboro is the subject of an article in THE CHRONICLE 1991, page 88. His 12/18/1860 marriage is likely the reason for his leaving the itinerant ministry.
SCHLOSSER, NOAH See
SEARS, SAMUEL WESLEY See
Central
SEWELL, REUBEN
Born: married: Margaret A. McCrory [2/14/1860]
Died: obit:
1859 admitted on trial, East BaltimoreConference
1859-60 Alto Dale
1860 discontinued at own request
Note: This surname is also rendered SEWALL.
SHAFFER, NATHAN
Born: 9-18-1823
Died: obit: [b. 1/21/1833]
1852-53 Penn’s Valley
1853-54 New
1854-55
1855-56 Bald Eagle
1856-57 Luzerne
1857 charter
member of the
1857-58
1858-59
1859-61
1861-62
1862 “retired”
1863 moved
to
1863-66 lived and preached in
1866-69 lived preached in
1869-96 lived and farmed in
1896
moved to
Note: There is biographical information on Nathan Shaffer in the biographical files at the conference archives.
SHANNON, SAMUEL
Born: 8-1-1830 Muncy PA married: Deborah M. Knorr
Died: 12-27-1896
1856 admitted on
trial,
Interment: Bloomsburg PA
Obit:
1856-57 Bloomingdale
1857 charter
member of the
1857-58 Orangeville
1858-59 Luzerne
1859-61 Mifflinburg
1861-63 Montoursville
1863-65 Muncy
1865-67 White Haven
1867-68
1868 transfer
by boundary change to
1868-69
1872-75
1875-76
1881-84
1884-87 Havre de Grace
1887-91
1891-94
1894-96
Note: A biographical sketch for Samuel Shannon is given in Armstrong’s History of the Old Baltimore Conference, page 453.
SHEFFER, DANIEL See
SHERLOCK, THOMAS See
SHOAFF, DAVID
Born: 7-17-1823
Died: 5-27-1871
1848-49 Allegany
1849-50 Shirleysburg
1850-52
1851-52
1852-53 Blue
1853-55
1855-56
1856-57 Huntingdon
1857 charter
member of the
1857-58 Huntingdon
1858-59 Hancock
1859-62 Frostburg
1861-62
1862-64
1864-65
1865-66
1866 withdrew to join M.E. South
Hedgesville
Leesburg
1870-71
Note: David Shoaff is the father of James Watts Shoaff (1852-1911) of the
SHOEMAKER,
SHOWALTER, WESLEY M.
Born: 2-24-1831
Died: 11-27-1865 Salona PA obit:
1855 admitted on
trial,
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1866, 39
1855-56
1856-57 Lock Haven
1857 charter
member of the
1857-59
1859-61
1861-63
1863-65
1865
Note: A biographical sketch of Wesley M. Showalter is given
in Armstrong’s History of the Old Baltimore Conference, page 458.
SLICER, HENRY
Born: 3-27-1801
Died: 4-23-1874 obit: Baltimore Conference 1874, 35
1821 license
1822 admitted on trial , Baltimore Conference
1824 ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference
Obit:
1821-22
1822-23 Harford
1823-24 Redstone
1823-25
1825-26
1826-27
1827-28
1828-30
1830-32
1832-36 superintendent, Potomac District
1836-38
1838-40
1840-42
1842-44
1844-46
1846-48 Wesley Chapel
1848-50
1850-52
1852-53
1853-55 agent,
1855-59 superintendent, North
1859-62 superintendent,
1862-70 Seamen’s Union Bethel
1870-74 superintendent, Baltimore District
Note: Henry Slicer is the father of the wife of William
Harden. A biographical sketch is given
in Armstrong’s History of the Old Baltimore Conference, page 459. Mrs. Slicer is the daughter of George Roberts
(1765-1827) and a sister to George C.M. Roberts (1806-1870), both of the
SLICER, THOMAS ROBERTS
Born: 4-16-1847
Died: 5-29-1916 obit:
1867 recommended for
admission on trial by
1869 ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference
1871 ordained elder, Baltimore Conference
1869-70 Lutherville
1871 transfer
to
1871-72
1872-73
1873 transfer to New York Conference
1881 withdrew to enter the Unitarian ministry
1881-90
1890-97
1897-16
Note:
SMITH, AMOS
Born: 4-30-1795
Died: 1-20-1868 McConnellsburg PA obit:
1820 admitted on
trial,
1822 ordained deacon, Baltimore Conferece
1825 ordained elder , Baltimore Conferece
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1868, 51
1820-22 Greenbrier
1822 transfer
to
1822-23 Fleming
1823-24
1825 transfer
to
1825-26 Huntingdon
1826-27 Lycoming
1827-29 Bellefonte
1829-31 Lewistown
1831-33 Trough Creek
1833-35 Huntingdon
1835-36 Harford (18
1836-37 located,
moved to
1837-39
1839-42 superintendent, Chambersburg District
1842-44
1845-47 Calvert
1847-48 Bladensburg
1848-50
1850-52
1851-53 Shirleysburg
1853-55 Hancock
1855-57
1857 charter
member of the
1857-59 Shirleysburg
1859-61
1861-63 New
1863 retired
Note: A biographical sketch for Amos Smith is given in Armstrong’s History of the Old Baltimore Conference, page 460.
SMITH, CHARLES DAVIDSON
Born: 7-28-1839
Died: 19-16-1904
1865 admitted on trial, East BaltimoreConference
Interment:
Obit:
1865-66
1866-67
1867-68 Watersville
…
1874 East Baltimore station
…
Note: Charles D. Smith is the author of Rev. Leonard Cassell: A Memoir, published by the Baltimore Methodist
Publishing House (1896) and John Evans and the Evans House (1897). Charles D. Smith’s mother was the former
Elizabeth Cassell, granddaughter of Richard Cassell who was converted by Robert Strawbridge, and it was
Smith who presented the Strawbridge pulpit to
SMITH, JOHN WILSON
Born: 8-25-1837
Died: 8-17-1925 obit: [b.8/20/1830]
1860 admitted on trial, East BaltimoreConference
Interment:
Obit:
1860-62 Boonsboro
1861-62 Hancock
1862-63 Clearspring
1863-64 Pleasant Grove
1864-66 retired
1866-67
1867-68 Mercersburg
1868 transfer by boundary change to Baltimore Conference
1868-70 Buckeystown
1870-72 New
1872-75
1875-78 Shepherdstown
1878-80 Spencerville
1880-82
1882-85
1885-88
1888-89
1889-91 Elk Ridge
1891-93 Summerfield
1896-99 Reistertown
1899-02
1902 retired
Note: John W. Smith is the son of John Smith (1802-1851) of
the
SMITH, MARTIN LUTHER See
SMITH, SAMUEL HENRY CLAY.
Born: 11-25-1828
Died: 4-25-1915 obit: [d.7/29/1874]
married2: Mary A. White
1857 quarterly conference license, obit2: [d.1/?/1911]
1858 admitted on trial, East BaltimoreConference
1861 ordained deacon, East Baltimore Conference
1863 ordained elder, East Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1860-61
1861-63 Lewistown
1863-65 Mifflin
1865-68
1868 transfer
to
1868-69
Summerfield
Roxborough Central
Steelton
1895 retired
Note: S.H.C Smith is the father of Samuel Wise Smith (1855-1935) of the Philadelphia Conference.
SMYSER, MARTIN LUTHER See
SNIVELY, WILLIAM ANDREW
Born: 12-6-1833 Greencastle PA married: Ella Pirtle
Died: 3-2-1901 obit: [4/16/1839 - ]
1855 admitted on
trial,
1865 ordained, East Baltimore Conference: Protestant Episcopal Cjurch
1855-56
1856-57 Lewistown
1857 charter
member of the
1857-59
1859-60
1860-61 on leave
1860-61
1861-62
1862 transfer to Pittsburgh Conference
1862-64
1864-65 ?
1865 joined
the Protestant Episcopal denomination
1867-70
1874-
Note: William A. Snively is the
author of many books on various religious topics. He is the brother of Rev. Summerfield Emory Snively (1848-1914) and Rev. Thaddeus Alexander Snively (1851-1914), both of the Protestant Episcopal
Church.
SNYDER, EDMUND B.
Born: married:
Died: 6-28-1895 obit:
Obit:
1854-55
1855-56 Christiansburg
1856-57 Shippensburg station
1857 charter
member of the
1857-58 Shippensburg Station
1858-60 Bellefonte station
1860-62 Hollidaysburg station
1864 transfer to Pittsburgh Conference
1866-67
1868 transfer
to
1868-69
1869 transfer
to
transfer to
1885 moved
to
1890-91
1891 transfer to
1891-95
Note: Edmund B. Snyder moved to
SPANGLER, JOSEPH N.
Born: 3-12-1823
Died: 12-20-1997
married2: Sarah E. Malone
1845 admitted on
trial,
Obit:
1845-46
1846-47 Mifflin
1857-49
1849-51
1851-53 Cassville
1853-54 Stonerstown
1854-56 Schellsburg
1856-57
1857 charter
member of
1857-58 Mercersburg
1858-60
1860-62
1862-63 McConnellsburg
1863 withdrew to join M.E. South
STANSBURY, JOHN T.
Born: 7-15-1828
Died: 1-26-1873 obit:
1850 admitted on
trial,
Obit:
1850-51
1851-52 Fincastle
1852-53
1853-54
1854-55 agent, Olin and Preston Institute in
1855-56 Wardenville
1856-57 Blue
1857 charter
member of
1857-58 Bald Eagle (first part of year)
New
1858-61 on leave
1861 retired
1868 transfer by change of boundaries
to
STEVENS, BENJAMIN F. See
STEVENS, ISAAC
STEVENS, WILLIAM HENRY See
STEVENSON, GEORGE
Born: 9-20-1810 married: Tarresse G. _____
Died: 7-8-1893 obit: [d. 8/27/1849]
married2: Sarah Watts
1841 admitted on
trial,
Obit:
1841-42
1842-43 Warrior’s Mark
1843-44
1844-45 Allegany
1845-47 Trough Creek
1847-49
1849-50 Mifflin
1850-52
1851-53 Hancock
1853-55
1855-56 Hampstead
1856-57
1857 charter
member of the
1857-58
1858-60 Lewistown
1860-62 Greencastle
1861-62
1862-64
1864 retired
1866 withdrew to join M.E. South
Note: The first Mrs. Stevenson is buried in the
STEWART, OLIVER M.
Born: 5-5-1839 married:
Died: 3-7-1915
1864 admitted on trial, East BaltimoreConference :recommended by Saxton circuit
Obit:
1864-65 Saxton
1865-67 Manor Hill
1867-68 Greencastle
1868 charter
member of
1868-69 Greencastle
1869 transfer
to
STINE, JOHN See
Born: c1833
Died: 8-30-1875 obit: [b. 11/13/1837]
1860 admitted on trial, East BaltimoreConference : recommended by Strawbridge station
1860-62
1862-63
1863-64 without appointment, see page 14
1864 expelled, see page 14
Note: Charles L.K. Sumwalt served in the Union Army 1862-64. Though he was once arrested on the charge of expressing disloyal sentiments for wearing crepe in the button-hole of his coat as a badge of mourning for the late Stonewall Jackson (d. 5/10/1863) of the Confederate Army, this appears not to be the cause for his expulsion from the ministry.
SWALLOW, SILAS COMFORT See
Central
SWANGER, JOHN PHILLIP
Born: 2-15-1836
Died: 6-29-1867
1859 admitted on trial, East BaltimoreConference
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1868, 48
1859-60 Orangeville
1860-61 Sunbury
1861-63
1863-64
1884-85 Lycoming
1865-67 Bellefonte
SWARTZ, EMORY T. See
SWITZER, THOMAS H. See
TANEYHILL, THOMAS See
THOMAS, CHARLES F.
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1861-62
1862-64
1864-65
1865-67
1867-68 Havre de Grace
1868 transfer
by boundary change to
1868-69 Harvre de Grace
1869 transfer
to
1869-70
1871-72
1872 withdrew
THOMAS, JAMES SEWALL
Born: 12-21-1831 MD married:
Died: 1-14-1917 obit:
1854 admitted on
trial,
Obit:
1854-55
1855-56 South Branch
1856-57 Front Royal
1857 charter
member of
1857-58
1858-61 on leave
1861 located
apparently resumed his ministry in other conferences
Note: James S. Thomas is the father of T. Snowden Thomas
(1869-1907) of the
THOMAS, JOHN
Born: 5-23-1783
Died: 10-17-1867
1807 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1807-08 Harford
1808-09 Huntingdon
1809-10 Aughwick
1810-11
1811-12 Mishannon
1812-13 Huntingdon
1813-14 Lycoming
1814-15
1815-16 Lycoming
1816-18 Northumberland
1818-20 Bald Eagle
1820-21 Lycoming
1821-23 Northumberland
1823-24 on leave
1824-25 Lycoming
1825-26 Shamokin
1826-28 Northumberland
1828 retired
1857 charter
member of
Note: After retiring from the ministry, John Thomas served
as an associate judge in
TIFFANY, OTIS HENRY
Born: 7-3-1825
Died: 10-24-1891
1846 admitted on
trial,
Obit:
1846-47
1847-48
1848-57 faculty,
1857 charter
member of
1857-58 faculty,
1858-61 secretary, Maryland State Bible Society
1861 transfer to
Note: Otis Henry Tiffany is the author of published sermons, articles and contributions to McClintock and Strong’s Cyclopedia.
TIPPETT, CHARLES B.
Born: 12-19-1801
Died: 2-28-1867 Hookstown MD obit: [7/28/1803 - ?]
Interment:
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1867, 49
1820-21
1821-22 Rockingham
1822-23 Allegany
1823-25
1825-26
1826-28
1829-30 Leesburg
1830-31 Harford
1831-35 superintendent, Rockingham District
1835-36
1836-38
1838-40
1840-41
1842-44 superintendent,
1844-48 agent, Book Concern in
1848-50
1850-54 superintendent, Carlisle District
1854-56 Summerfield circuit
1856-57
1857 charter
member of the
1857-58 superintendent, Bellefonte District
1858-62 superintendent, Cumberland District
1865-67
Note: A biographical sketch of Charles B. Tippett is given in Armstrong’s History of the Old Baltimore Conference, page 474.
TORRENCE, IRVIN H. See
VAN FOSSEN, GEORGE W.C. See
VAN METER, JOHN BLACKFORD
Born: 9-6-1842
Died: 4-30-1939 obit:
1865 admitted on
trial, East Baltimore Conference: recommended by
Interment:
Obit:
1864-65
1865-66
1866-67
1867-68
1868 charter
member of
1868
1868 transfer
to
1868-70 faculty,
The Female
1870-72
1872-82 chaplain, US Navy
1885-86
1886 transfer
to
1886-89
1889 transfer
to
1889-1916 faculty,
dean, acting president Woman’s [Goucher]
1916 retired
Note:
VINTON, ROBERT SPENCER
Born: 1796 married:
Died: 7-31-1870 obit: [1802 - 1872]
1818 admitted on
trial,
1820 ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference
1822 ordained elder, Baltimore Conference
Obit:
1817-18 supplied an appointment under the district superintendent
1818-19 Huntingdon
1819-20
1820-21
1822-23
1823-24
1824-25
1825-26
1826-28 Westmoreland
1828-29
1829-30
1830-31
1831-33
1833-35 superintendent, Chambersburg District
1835-37
1837-39
1839-51
1841-43 Bladensburg
1843-45
1845-47
1849-51
1851-53
1853-55
1855-56
1856-57
1857 charter
member of
1857-58
1858-60
1860-61 missionary to colored people,
1863-66 chaplain, US Army
1866 on leave
1868 transfer
by boundary change to
1869 retired
Note: A biographical sketch of Robert S. Vinton is given in Armstrong’s History of the Old Baltimore Conference, page 478.
WATSON, LORENZO DOW
Born: 12-15-1838
Died: 10-6-1915
1859 license, East Baltimore Conference
1860 admitted on
trial, East
BaltimoreConference: recommended by
Interment:
Obit:
1859-60
1860-61 McConnellsburg
1861-62 Glen Hope
1862-63 New
1863 located
1866 “transfer”
to
1870-71 located
1871 “transfer”
to
1871 East
1872 transfer
by boundary change to
1872 transfer
to
1872-74
1874-78 superintendent, Olean District
1878-80 Spencerport
1880-83
1883-85 superintendent,
1885-88 on leave
1888-92 retired
1892-93 Painted Post
1893-96 Honeoye Falla
1896-99
1899-01 East Aurora and Springbrook
Note: Dr. Lorenzo Dow Watson prepared for college at
Allegheny Seminary in Rainsburg. He has degrees from various schools,
including a PhD. from
WELTY, ELIAS
Born: 3-15-1821
Died: 9-4-1890
1842 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
1842-43 Boonsboro
1843-44
1844-45
1845-47
1847-48 Penn’s Valley
1848-50 Greencastle
1850-52 Hollidaysburg station
1852-54 Harper’s Ferry
1854-55 Leesburg
1855-57 Shepherdstown
1857-58 Rockingham
1858 transfer
to
1858-59 Emmitsburg
1859-61
1861-63
1863-65 Harford Mission
1865-66
1866 withdrew to join M.E. South
1887
Note: Elias Welty was also a medical doctor. His later ministerial service is reportedly
with the “Reformed Church” in
WEST, THOMAS MARSHALL
Born: 7-13-1840
Died: 5-30-1923
1863 admitted on trial, East BaltimoreConference
1865 ordained deacon, East Baltimore Conference
1867 ordained elder, East Baltimore Conference
Interment:
Obit:
1862-63
1863-64 Shippensburg circuit
1864-65 Mifflin circuit
1865-66 Shippensburg
1866-67
1867-68
1868 transfer
by boundary change to
1868-69
1869-71
1871-72 Hancock circuit
1872-74 New
1874-77
1877-79 Harford circuit
1879-81 Patapsco circuit
1881-83
1883-86 Bentley Springs circuit
1886-91 Hampstead circuit
1891-93
1893-97 Frostburg
1897-01
1901-03
1903-08
1908-10 Kensington
1910 retired
Note: Thomas M. West is a brother to Henry Porter West (1838-1908) of the Baltimore Conference and William Montgomery West (1842-1918) of the West Ohio Conference. His daughter married the son of Solomon German (1849-1934) of the Baltimore Conference.
WHITNEY, WALTER RICHARD See
WICKES, WILLIAM
Born: 5-16-1789 Chestertown MD married:
Died: 4-7-1862 Bel Air MD obit:
1833 admitted on
trial,
Obit: East Baltimore Conference 1864, 33
service in the Protestant Episcopal
1814-17 Trinity
[Old Swedes] Episcopal Church,
service in the Methodist Episcopal Church
1833-35
1835-36
1836-38
1838-40
1840-41
1841-43
1843-44
1844-46
1846-47
1857-58
1848-50
1850-52
1852-54
1854-56 on leave
1856-57 Lewistown
1857 charter
member of the
1857-60 on leave
1860 retired
Note: William Wickes served churches in the Protestant
Episcopal Church for 15 years, then was a school teacher and a local preacher
before entering the Methodist Episcopal itinerancy. His services in the Episcopal church included various parishes on the Eastern Shore of
Maryland, in
WILLIAMS, JOHN
Born: married:
Died: obit:
1859-60 Welsh missionary,
1860 located
1863 withdrew
Born: 9-9-1826 Boonsboro MD married:
Died: 9-27-1903 obit:
1848 admitted on
trial,
Interment:
Obit:
1847-48 Lock Haven
1848-49 Northumberland
1849-50
1850-51 Calvert
1851-52 Summerfield
1852-53 Hollidaysburg station
1853-54
1854-55
1857 charter
member of the
1857-59
1859-60
1862-64
1867 transfer
to
1867-69
1869-72
1872-73
1873-01 on leave
1901 retired
Note: After leaving the active itinerancy, Samuel A.
Born: 3-14-1797 married: Sarah L. Owens
Died: 9-1-1869 Calvert MD obit:
1831 ordained deacon, Baltimore Conference
1839 ordained elder, Baltimore Conference
1852 admitted on trial, Baltimore Conference
Obit:
1851-52
1852-53
1853-54
1854-55 missionary to colored people,
1855-56
1856-57 missionary to colored people,
1857 charter
member of the
1857-58 Wrightsville
1858-60
1860-61 on leave
1861 retired
1868 transfer
by boundary change to
Note: William T. Wilson served as a local
WOLF, DAVID See