History of the Central Ohio conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, 1856-1913, Part 25

Author: Methodist Episcopal Church. Central Ohio Conference
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: Cincinnati : Methodist book concern
Number of Pages: 408


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ROBERTS, WILLIAM N., 1895-Dawn; P. O., Ansonia, Ohio.


ROBINSON, JESSE V., 1898-Scott, Ohio.


ROWLEY, CHARLES E., 1888-Rawson ; Third Church, Findlay ; Mt.


Blanchard; Dixon; Wesley, Marion; Third Church, Findlay ; Gilboa.


RHODES, DWIGHT E., 1908-Ada Circuit; Ada, Ohio.


SCOLES, WILLIAM H., 1874-Benton Ridge; West Kenton; Colum- bus Grove; Anna; Quincy ; Perrysburg; Bryan; Bowling Green ; Richwood ; Delta; McComb; Kenton Circuit ; assistant pastor at Bluffton Circuit. Rt., . 1905; Beaverdam, Ohio.


SCOTT, SAMUEL W., 1885-Rt., 1910; Bemidji, Minnesota.


SCOTT, G. A., 1912, from Des Moines Conference-Epworth, Marion.


SCOTT, M. D., 1884-Montpelier ; Antwerp; Payne; Agosta ; Hunts- ville ; Delphos ; Paulding ; Richwood ; West Mansfield ; St. Paris; Belle Center ; Cygnet ; Delta ; Payne; Larue; Harpster ; Genoa- Lacarne.


SESSIONS, GEORGE B., 1910, from United Brethren Church-Kenton Circuit ; Pioneer.


SHANK, WILLOUGHBY N., 1900-Hoytville; Liberty Center; Wes- ton; Monroe Street, Toledo; Central Avenue, Toledo.


SHAW, JOHN C., 1888-Albany Street, Toledo; Perrysburg; Fay- ette; Detroit Avenue, Toledo; Weston; Upper Sandusky; St. Marys; Ashland, Kentucky; Bryan; Hicksville; Montpelier. SHULTZ, J. M., 1873, from Ohio Conference; served twenty years in Ohio and Wisconsin Conferences-Findlay Chapel, 1; Marysville Circuit, 2; St. Marys, 1; Lafayette, 2; Stryker, 1; Mt. Blanchard, 3; South Kenton, 1; East Kenton, 2; Belle Center, 2; Ansonia, 2. Rt., 1890; Mt. Victory, Ohio.


SIMMS, JOSEPH D., 1874-Prairie Depot; Grand Rapids; Elmore; Hicksville; Prospect; Wauseon; Forest; St. Marys; Oak Har- bor; Deshler; Rockford; Swanton; Vanlue; Jackson Center ;


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5


REV. EDWARD D. SMITH, PH. D., D. D.


REV. ERWIN STROTHER.


REV. DANIEL STECKER.


REV. MELLVILLE G. SWEARINGEN.


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History of the Central Ohio Conference.


Rushsylvania; East Liberty; Ansonia; Cridersville. Served forty years; stations, fifteen years. SINCLAIR, JEREMIAH C., 1883-East Kenton.


SMITH, LAVERDE B., 1898-Williams Center ; Sherwood; Scott ; Grover Hill; Vanlue : Gilboa; Mt. Blanchard.


SMITH, ISAAC N., 1861-Huntsville; Westfield; DeGraff; Port Jef- ferson; Ottawa; Upper Sandusky; Dunkirk; Ada; Bowling Green ; St. Marys ; McComb; Bluffton; Arcadia; Kenton Circuit. Rt., 1891; Stevensville, Montana.


SMITH, ALBERT E., 1887-York; Celina; Epworth, Toledo; De- fiance ; Epworth, Marion. President of Ohio Northern Univer- sity, Ada, Ohio, since 1905.


SMITH, EDWARD D., 1903-North Fostoria; Bluffton; Elmore; Maumee; Pandora.


SMITH, OLIN E., 1898-Jackson Center, Ohio.


SMITH, WILLIAM H:, 1874-Rt., 1909; Toledo, Ohio.


SMITH, J. HAMLINE, 1886-Rt., 1911; Wauseon, Ohio.


SMITH, KELLEY L., 1903-Epworth, Kenton, Ohio.


SNOW, EUGENE H., 1886-Holgate; Williams Center; Archbold ; South Kenton; Kenton Circuit; Lafayette; Albion; Idaho; Heber; Park City; Comme; Eureka, in Utah; East Kenton; Wesley, Marion ; South Ada; North Lewisburg; Archbold; An- sonia; Gilboa; Third Church, Findlay, and Mccutchenville. Conference evangelist, 4; missionary to Utah, 1889 to 1898.


SNODGRASS, JAMES S., 1895-Wapakoneta, 1; Ft. Recovery, 2; Will- shire, 2; Ansonia, 1; Bettsville, 5; Mt. Blanchard, 8; Jackson Center, 1; Vanlue, 2; Beaverdam, 2.


SPENCER, WILSON U., 1876-Rt., 1903; Bowling Green, Ohio. Died November 15, 1912.


STANTON, FRANK W., 1893-First Church, Findlay, Ohio.


STAFFORD, HARRY F., 1910, from Ohio Conference-West Holland ;


Beaverdam; Lockington. Served in Ohio Conference one year. STECKER, DANIEL, 1893-Sn., 1913; Findlay, Ohio. STOCKSTILL, WEBSTER G., 1896-Bryan, Ohio.


STROTHER, ERWIN A., 1891-Sn., 1913; Toledo, Ohio.


SWANK, JESSE, 1890-Gettysburg, 1 ; Zanesfield, 2; West Unity. 3; Napoleon, 7; Bellefontaine, 5; Van Wert, 6.


SWEARINGEN, MELLVILLE G., 1889-Conference evangelist, Dela- ware, Ohio.


373


Conference Roll and Pastoral Record.


SIMMS, LEROY V., 1912-Waldo.


TANEYHILL, CHARLES W., 1868-Fremont Circuit, 1; Bass Island Mission. 1; president of Purdy Seminary, Purdy, Tenn., 1; First Church, Tenn .. 1; Fayette Circuit, 1; St. Marys Mission, 1; Middlepoint, 1; Hicksville, 2; Delta, 2; Carey, 2; Bowling Green, 2; Port Clinton, 2; Bryan, 1; Howard Church, Findlay, 1; Broadway, Toledo, 1; Wapakoneta, 3; superintendent and manager of Lakeside Camp-meeting Association, 6; Grand Rapids, 1; Hamilton Memorial, Toledo, 1; Pemberville, 1; Western Avenue, Toledo, 2; supplied Washington Chapel, 2; assistant treasurer of Central Ohio Conference for five years; treasurer for six years; secretary for fifteen years; treasurer of the Board of Stewards for seven years. Rt., 1912; Perrys- burg, Ohio.


THOMAS, AARON A., 1887-North Baltimore, 6; Leipsic, 4; Hicks- ville, 4; Richwood, 5; Napoleon, 2. For the last eight years financial secretary of the Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio. Built new church on each charge served excepting one, ranging in cost from $10,000 to over $20,000.


TURNER, ROBERT W., 1907-Roundhead, Ohio.


WALKER, WILLIAM MCKINLEY, 1912-Attending school ..


WALKER, SHERIDAN T., 1910-Hardin, 3; Huntsville, 2.


WALLACE, RICHARD W., 1871-Metamora, 1; Holland and Swanton, 1; Stryker, 2; Hicksville, 2; Delta, 3; Bowling Green, 2; Fos- toria, 3; Lima, 3; Marion, 5; Asbury, Delaware, 2; Ada, 1; Allentown, 1; superintendent State School for Blind, Columbus, Ohio, 4; Western Avenue, Toledo, 4; Spring Street, Toledo, 2; St. James, Toledo, 2; Hamilton Memorial, Toledo, 2. Built six new churches and one parsonage; rebuilt two churches; re- ceived into the Church 3,643 persons; married 1,604 couples ; conducted 3,600 funerals. Rt., 1911; Toledo, Ohio.


WATERS, WESLEY G., 1858, two years after organization of the Con- ference-Galena Circuit; Delphos; Maumee City; Bryan; ยท Bellefontaine; William Street, Delaware; North Pearl Street, Albany, N. Y .; Pittsfield, Mass .; presiding elder Belle- fontaine District ; St. Paul's, Toledo; presiding elder Toledo District ; William Street, Delaware; First Church, Topeka, Kan .; Marysville; Findlay; Fremont; Trinity Church, Lima ;


374


History of the Central Ohio Conference.


presiding elder Lima District; Sidney; presiding elder Toledo District; Marysville. Rt., 1911; New Moorefield, Ohio. WATKINS, AARON S., 1893 -- Sn., 1911; Ada, Ohio.


WEANER, CORNELIUS, 1867-Celina ; White Sulphur Springs; Little Sandusky ; Lafayette; Ayersville; has done much supply work since retiring. Rt., 1872; Rising Sun, Ohio.


WEAVER, ALBERT H., 1900-Richwood, Ohio.


WEAVER, EDWARD S., 1900-Grace Church, Norwood.


WEBSTER, EDWIN J., 1897-East Liberty; Agosta; Green Camp; Arcadia ; Bloomdale ; Perrysburg; Ottawa.


WEBSTER, LORING C., 1856, from North Ohio Conference at or- ganization of Central Ohio Conference-Greenville; Port Jef- ferson ; West Liberty ; Pemberton; Sidney; Huntsville; Marys- ville; William Street, Delaware; Upper Sandusky; Greenville; presiding elder Findlay District; Lima; Marion; Richwood; Delphos ; presiding elder Findlay District; Broadway, Toledo; Carey ; Wharton; New Dover. Entered the North Ohio Con- ference in 1854, having served as supply in 1853. One of the three living charter members of the Central Ohio Conference. Rt., 1900; Marion, Ohio.


WHITLOCK, ELIAS D., 1873 -- Ansonia ; DeGraff; Bellefontaine; Wil- liam Street, Delaware; First Church, Findlay; St. Paul's, To- ledo; Asbury, Delaware; First Church, Kenton; Bellefontaine, a second term; Trinity, Lima; Defiance; Fremont; presiding elder a full term on Toledo, Bellefontaine, and Findlay Dis- tricts. Rt., 1911; Toledo, Ohio. Died December 23, 1913.


WHITLOCK, GEORGE A., 1907-Mccutchenville, 2; Hoytville, 1; Bradner, 2; Arcadia, 2.


WHYMAN, GEORGE W., 1907-Allentown, 3; Edon, 4.


WILCOX, JASON, 1853-Rt., 1865; Norwalk, Ohio.


WILLIAMS, JEFFERSON, 1879-Rt., 1908; Belle Center, Ohio. WISELEY, MILTON C., 1900-Fair Haven, Ohio.


WILTSIE, GEORGE B., 1882-West Unity; Detroit Avenue, Toledo; Perrysburg; Upper Sandusky; Hicksville; Leipsic; Monroe


Street, Toledo; Richwood; First Church, Findlay; Delphos; Forest.


WINTERS, WILLIAM A., 1900-North Montana Mission.


WOLFF, CHRISTIAN W., 1879-Rt., 1891; Findlay, Ohio.


WOODRUFF, ROBERT E., 1882-Celina Circuit; Celina, Ohio.


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REV. AARON A. THOMAS.


REV. RICHARD W. WALLACE.


REV. CORNELIUS WEANER.


REV. ROBERT W. TURNER.


REV. EDWIN J. WEBSTER.


REV. GEORGE A. WHITLOCK.


376


History of the Central Ohio Conference.


REV. RALPH WRIGHT.


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REV. W. A. YINGLING, M. D.


REV. DAVID C. YODER.


WORTHINGTON, HENRY S., 1895-Dun- kirk, Ohio.


WRIGHT, JOSEPH A., 1865-Rt., 1908; Minneapolis, Minnesota.


WRIGHT, RALPH, 1903-Wharton, Rad- nor; Ohio City; Roundhead; Gib- sonburg.


WOLCOTT, GEORGE H., 1907, from United Brethren Church-Hunts- ville; Port Jefferson, Spring Street, Toledo.


WYNN, IVAN C., 1912-Harrod ; P. O., Sidney, Ohio.


WILCH, JOHN W., 1912-Fostoria Cir- cuit ; P. O .. Fostoria, Ohio.


YANT, HARRISON D., 1890 -- Holgate, Ohio.


YEAGLE, MICHAEL, 1898-North Lewisburg, Ohio.


YEISLEY, CLAYTON J., 1907-Gibsonburg; student Drew Seminary; Central Avenue. Toledo; Monroe Street, Toledo; Eggleston Memorial. Atlanta. Georgia.


YINGLING, WILLIAM A., 1876-Lima Circuit, 1; St. Marys, 2; Perrysburg. 3; Findlay, 1. Sn., 1883; Rt., 1888; Emporia, Kan_


377


Conference Roll and Pastoral Record.


YODER, DAVID C., 1901-Pemberville; Agosta; West Mansfield; Mt. Victory ; Weston; general secretary Cuyahoga County Sun- day School Association, Cleveland, Ohio.


YOUNG, STEPHEN O., 1883-North Baltimore, 1; Fowles City, 2; Mingo, 1; Port Jefferson, 2; Belle Center, 1. Rt., 1890; Marion, Ohio.


XXV.


In Memoriam.


" Blessed are the Dead who Die in the Lord."


NAME.


Admitted on Trial in


DIED.


Age. . .


Place of Burial.


What Conference.


Yr.


William H. Scannell .


North Ohio.


1852


11, 1856


29


Holland, O.


John Brice ..


North Ohio.


1853


April 2, 1857


37


Van Wert Co., O.


Jacob T. Caples.


North Ohio.


1846


July 25, 1860


35


Fostoria, O.


John N. Priddy .


Central Ohio


1856


April 25, 1861


36


Van Wert, O.


William Baker.


North Ohio.


1849


Aug. 25, 1862


41


Lafayette, O.


Patrick G. Goode.


North Ohio.


1854


Oct. 7, 1862


64


Sidney, O.


John Sterling.


North Ohio.


1847


April 2, 1863


53


Harrison Co., O.


Thomas J. Parker


North Ohio.


1850


June 8, 1863


36


Marion. O.


James M. Morrow


North Ohio


1843


Feh. 12, 1864 May 11, 1865 June 14, 1865


35


Patterson, O.


Fielding L. Harper


Central Ohio


1857


Jan. 22, 1866


35


Bowling Green, O.


William J. Peck


North Ohio


1855


Mar. 29, 1866


43


Kenton, O.


Barton A. Wehster.


Central Ohio.


1856


Aug. 22, 1866


40


Richwood, O.


Josiah Adams.


Central Ohio.


1857


Oct. 14, 1866


45


Edgerton, O.


Leonard Hill


Ohio.


1830


April 13, 1869


80


Alexander Cooke


Central Ohio Ohio .. .


1832


Dec. 29, 1871


67


Delaware, O.


James S. DeLisle.


North Ohio.


1852


Mar. 24, 1879


57


Ada, O.


Noah Hough ..


Ohio.


1839


Feh. 19, 1874


64


Van Wert Co., O.


Douglas D. S. Reagh


North Ohio.


1854


Feh. 2, 1875


45


Bellefontaine, O.


Abel M. Corey. .


Central Ohio.


1861


Oct.


4, 1875


42


Fostoria, O.


George P. Graham.


Central Ohio.


1869


Aug. 3, 1876


28


Grand Rapids, O.


Henry L. Spindler


Central Ohio


1869


Oct.


6, 1878


Lemen T. Clark.


Central Ohio.


1874


Dec. 1, 1878


32


Rockford, O.


William S. Lunt


North Ohio


1846


April 24, 1879


John S. Kalh.


North Ohio.


1843


Nov. 17, 1879


59


Radnor, O.


Leonard B. Gurley


Ohio .. .


1828


Mar. 26, 1880


76


Delaware, O.


Richard Biggs


North Ohio.


1840


July 18, 1880


74


Rawson. O.


Henry M. Close.


North Ohio


1851


Jan. 20, 1881


Horatio S. Bradley


North Ohio.


1840


Feh. 2, 1881


65


Springfield. O.


Park S. Donaldson.


Michigan


1861


May 6, 1882


57


Dexter. Mich.


Edward Williams.


Ohio.


1839


Aug. 10, 1882


Harvey Camp.


Ohio


1833


Aug. 28, 1882


Dec. 21, 1882


83


Oberlin, O.


Philip Wareham.


Ohio.


1831


Feh. 15, 1883


77


Plymouth, Ind.


Thomas H. Wilson.


North Ohio


1842


Mar. 26, 1883


65


Kenton, O.


Valorous Pond


U B. Conference.


1855


April 23, 1883


60


Knox County, O.


Franklin Marriott


North Ohio


1851


May 3, 1883


60


Toledo, O.


Rolla H. Chuhh.


Michigan.


1838


Nov. 8, 1884


73 Perrysburg, O.


James S. G. Reeder.


Central Ohio


1874


June 15, 1885


40


Rockport, O.


Samuel M. Allen.


North Ohio.


1833


July 14, 1885


99


West Liberty, O.


Simeon H. Alderman


North Ohio.


1841


Dec. 4, 1885


71


Antwerp, O.


David Bulle.


Central Ohio


1856


Feb. 9, 1887


79


Sidney, O.


Samuel Lynch.


Ohio ..


1833


May 31, 1887


80


Delaware, O.


Bishop Wm. L. Harris


Michigan.


1837


Sept. 2, 1887


70


Chicago, III.


Ira Chase. .


Ohio.


1835


Sept. 25, 1887


78


Delaware. O.


David Grav.


Ohio.


1830


Dec. 13, 1887


87 Findlay. O.


Chas. B. Brandebury


Michigan.


1838


Oct. 24, 1887


74 Delaware, O.


Lee L. Warner


Kansas


1884


Dec. 19, 1888


25 Bowling Green, O.


Wm. Scott Paul.


North Ohio


1852


May 14, 1889


69


Urbana. O.


Oliver Kennedy


North Ohio.


1853


Mar. 23, 1888


63


Bellefontaine, O.


1866


1879


28


Summit Co., O.


Hiram M. Schaffer


George W. Miller.


United Brethren Ch ..


1851


Aug. 10, 1879


46


Pioneer, O.


Abraham B. Poe.


North Ohio


1854


33 Bowling Green, O.


Aaron J. Stubhs.


Central Ohio.


1857


46


Lima. O.


38 Hicksville, O.


62


Fostoria, O.


Pease, Pioneer. O.


Henry O. Shelden.


Ohio.


1825


84 Lima. O.


84 Brooklyn, N. Y.


378


1


379


In Memoriam.


In Memoriam-Continued.


NAME.


What Conference. Yr.


Age ...


Place of Burial.


Taylor I. Jagger.


Central Ohio


1878


Sept. 24, 1889


39


Josiah F. Crooks


Central Ohio


1866


May 11, 1890


60


William H. Taylor.


North Ohio.


1851


Sept. - 5, 1890


65


Bryan, O.


Henry E. Pilcher


North Ohio


1830


Feh. 15, 1891


88


Delaware. O.


John Poucher


Central Ohio.


1857


July 8, 1891


69


West Unity, O.


James W. Shultz.


Central Ohio


1884


Jan. 21, 1891


36


Essex, O.


Lemuel Herbert


North Ohio.


1845


Nov. 11, 1891


80


Ada, O.


Harrison Maltbie.


North Ohio.


1853


May 26, 1892


85 Shawnee, Lima, O.


Moses B. Hebhard.


North Ohio.


1851


Aug. 18. 1892


Samuel Boggs


North Ohio.


1854


July 6, 1892


68


Spencerville, O.


John C. Miller.


Central Ohio.


1857


Nov 4, 1891


66


Delaware, O.


John T. Bowers.


North Ohio.


1855


Feb. 10, 1893


59


Van Wert, O.


Alexander Harmount


North Ohio.


1843


Oct. 24, 1892


70 Lima, O.


Benjamin B. Powell.


Central Ohio.


1856


Nov. 20, 1892


79


Richwood, O.


Henry Warner.


North Ohio.


1838


April 24, 1894


89


Perrysburg, O.


Alexander Nelson.


North Ohio


1846


Jan. 26, 1894


89


Delaware, O.


Reuben D. Oldheld.


North Ohio.


1849


Oct. 3, 1893


75


Peahody, Kas.


Robert B. Olive.


Central Ohio.


1893


Sept. 5, 1894


39 Macedon, O.


William Dunlap


Central Ohio


1873


Jan. 31. 1895


64


Van Wert, O.


Richard Lawrence.


North Ohio.


1855


April 28, 1895


69


Ada, O.


Benjamin Herbert.


North Ohio.


1847


June 28, 1895


78


Richwood, O. Senecaville, O.


Clinton J. Lowry.


Central Ohio.


1894


July 15, 1895


24


73 Delaware. O.


Joseph Good


Central Ohio.


1856


Feb. 24, 1895


79


Arcadia, O.


William W. Winter


North Ohio.


1842


Nov. 28, 1895


73


Delaware, O.


Elnathan C. Gavitt.


Ohio.


1832


Mar. 15, 1896


87


Delaware, O.


John L. Bates.


Central Ohio


1860


May 13, 1897


70


Lima. O.


Friend S. Robinson


Central Ohio.


1889


June 9, 1897


41 Mendon, O.


Joseph Wykes.


North Ohio.


1847


Feb. 25, 1898


Kenton, O.


Gilmore M1. Hunter.


Central Ohio.


1889


Nov. 7, 1897


36


Van Wert, O.


Ambrose Hollington.


North Ohio.


1853


Jan. 25, 1899


73


Fayette, O.


David B. Rhinehart.


Central Ohio.


1869


Feb. 27, 1900


74


Sidney, O.


William E. Ortman.


Central Ohio.


1898


April 27, 1900


Isaac Newton.


Central Ohio.


1856


Sept. 15, 1900


James Long.


Sandusky U. B. Ch.


1853


Oct. 4, 1900


79


North Ohio.


1852


Feb. 8, 1901


72 Upper Sandusky .O.


Richard M. Culver.


Central Ohio.


1869


Jan. 19, 1901


70


Daniel G. Strong


Central Ohio.


1857


Jan. 12, 1902


63


William G. Williams.


Central Ohio.


1856


Jan. 30, 1902


79 Delaware, O.


Walter H. Leatherman Joseph Ayres


New York.


1830


July 17, 1903


96


Sidney, O.


Martin Perkey


North Ohio.


1854


May 8, 1903


84 Defiance, O.


Benjamin W. Day.


Conf. U. B. Church .. 1854 North Ohio.


1844


Mar. 9, 1903


80


Richwood. O.


Jason Young


Central, Ohio.


1858


June 27, 1904 68


Cleveland, O.


William G. Littell .


Central Ohio


1869


1887


Dec. 29, 1903


47


Delaware. O.


Jeremiah MI. Kelly


Central Ohio.


1872


Feb. 26, 1905


81


Findlay, O.


David Rutledge.


North. Ohio


1850


Nov. 24, 1904


79


Delaware, O.


Caleb Hill .


Central Ohio


1861


Nov. 14, 1904


79


Prospect, O.


Central Ohio.


1881


June 10, 1905


53


Putnam, Conn.


E. B. Lounsbury.


Wisconsin .


1879


July 31, 1905


54


Weston, O.


Lewis M. Albright


Central Ohio


1862


Aug. 5, 1905


72 Delaware, O.


John K. Ford.


North Ohio.


1847


Dec. 24, 1905


84 Black well, Okla.


James C. Clemons


Central Ohio,


1868


Jan. 7, 1906


79


Van Wert, O.


Thaddeus L. Wiltsie


Mississippi.


1871


Oct. 7, 1905 56


1877 Oct. 14, 1905 58


Lansing, Mich.


Sidney S. Clay.


Central Ohio


1895


July 3, 1905


35


Pulaski. O.


Harvey E. Michael


Central Ohio


1905


Mar. 14, 1906


27


Edon, O.


John Omerod.


Meth. Ch. Canada.


1850


Oct. 31, 1906


82


Marseilles, O.


Solomon Lindsay.


Nov. 11, 1906


84


Richwood. O.


Ashford Hall.


Virginia


Oct. 23, 1906


80 80


Findlay, O. Shelby, O.


Leroy A. Belt.


Central Ohio.


1861


April 22, 1907


Jesse Carr. .


Central Ohio.


1869


June 18. 1907


68


Toledo, O.


Oramel Shreves


Central Ohio.


1878


Aug. 18, 1907


82


Lima, O.


James F. Mounts


Central Ohio.


1858


Mar. 15, 1908


83


Van Wert, O.


60 Liberty Center, O.


Arkinson Berry


United Brethren Ch .. 1844


Dec. 16, 1906


Lorenzo D. Rogers


North Ohio.


1849


April 16. 1907


79


Huntersville. O.


John Graham.


April 15, 1904 65 Kirwin, Kas.


Benajah N. Boardman


Central Ohio.


Stewart C. Wright.


Meth. Ch. Canada. 1884


Oct. 14, 1904


Marion, O.


Mortimore Gascoigne.


Central Ohio.


1888


July 29, 1902


44


Van Wert, O.


Daniel D. Mather


North Ohio.


1812


July 27, 1895


Kenton, O.


Wilbur J. Hodges


Central Ohio.


1873


Nov. 16, 1895


50


79


05


77


West Jefferson, O. Marion, O. Weston, O.


Gershom Lease.


Bowling Green, O. Bellefontaine, O.


Bellefontaine, O.


Edmund G. Brumbaugh.


Central Ohio


United Brethren Ch .. 1843 1849


71 Delaware, O.


Admitted on Trial in


DIED.


Rockport, O. Lima, O.


75 West Liberty, O.


Aug. 8, 1903


380


History of the Central Ohio Conference.


In Memoriam-Continued.


NAME.


Admitted on Trial in


DIED.


Age. ..


Place of Burial.


A. Valma Knepper .


Oklahoma


1880


May 5, 1908


46


Pickerington, O.


George L. Tennant


N. W. Kansas.


1886


July 3, 1908


60


Angola, N. Y.


Charles Farnsworth


Central Ohio.


1868


July


6, 1908


74


West Liberty, O.


Dwight R. Cook


Central Ohio.


1866


Oct. 24, 1908


69


Lima, O.


Charles Hoag.


Central Ohio.


1866


Nov. 22, 1908


78


'Toledo, O.


Lucius E. Wilson.


United Brethren Ch .. 1883


1834


Dec. 30, 1908


79


Defiance. O.


Henry Boyers.


Central Ohio,


1857


Mar. 12, 1909


75


Toledo, O.


Charles G. Smith.


Central Ohio.


North Ohio.


1852


Jan, 10, 1910


81


Lima, O.


Benjamin L. Rowand .


Central Ohio.


1862


Dec. 21, 1909


71


Toledo, O.


Greenberry H. Priddy


Central Ohio.


1872


Mar. 3, 1910


63


Van Wert, O.


Morrison K. Markwith


Central Ohio ..


1871


Feb. 28. 1910


71


Abbotsville, O.


Henry J. Keister


Central Ohio.


1882


May 28, 1910


56


Van Wert, O.


Phillip A. Drown


Central Ohio.


1858


Jan. 14, 1911


79


Jennings, La.


James M. Longsworth


Central Ohio.


1886


Nov. 11, 1910


60


Ada, O.


John F. Strete


North Ohio.


1893


Nov. 10, 1910


52


Rockford, O.


William R. Shultz


Meth. Protestant.


1862


Jan. 31, 1911


89


West Liberty, O.


Parker P. Pope


Central Ohio.


1869


Mar. 22, 1911


Defiance, O.


John R. Colgan


Central Ohio


1857


Dec. 14, 1911


81


Toledo, O.


Charles W. Sutton


Kentucky.


1885


Dec. 11, 1911


46


Toledo, O.


James A. Steen


Central Ohio


1903


Nov. 1, 1911


33


Carey, O.


Charles M. Baker


Kentucky


1891


Aug. 1, 1912


46


Delaware, O.


Jabez S. Blair.


Central Ohio


1870


June 6, 1912


85


Bellefontaine, O.


Wilson U. Spencer.


Central Ohio


1876


Nov. 15, 1912


Bowling Green, O.


J. W. H. Morrison.


Central Ohio


1870


Feb. 23, 1913


Findlay, O.


William V. Marsh


Central Ohio.


1886


May 22, 1912


Edgerton, O.


John W. Hill ..


U. B. Conference


1855


Jan. 22, 1913


81


Ada, O.


Thomas H. Housel


Ohio.


1901


Oct. 1, 1913


38


Bucyrus, O.


Elias D Whitlock


Central Ohio


1873


Dec. 23, 1913


70


Urbana, O.


Joshua M. Longfellow


Central Ohio.


1854


Feb. 21, 1914


..


Bellefontaine, O.


Shirley H. Decker.


Central Ohio.


1909


April 18, 1914


Toledo, O.


David H. Hathaway


Central Ohio


1886


Feb. 4, 1912


67


Sidney, O.


Samuel L. Roberts


North Ohio.


1892


June 3, 1909


45


Colorado Sp's, Colo.


Enoch G. Longsworth


What Conference.


Yr.


Dec. 17, 1908


53


Wauseon, O.


XXVI.


Origin of the West Ohio Conference. (Western Christian Advocate, September 17, 1913.)


IT may be of interest to many of our readers to hear the story of the origin of the movement which resulted in the consolidation of the Central Ohio and the Cincinnati Conferences. Recently we were able to obtain it from reliable sources. We seek to give it record, since it is a matter of history which ought to be preserved. A movement which means so much for Methodism is not to be passed over lightly and forgotten. The men who have led in this matter deserve to have their relation with it preserved. The day will come, if it is not now here, when their brethren will feel a debt of gratitude to them which they will be unable to pay by any deed of kindness and expression of appreciation.


When a news item appeared announcing that the East Ohio and the North Ohio Conferences were taking steps toward con- - solidation, it was instantly recognized by discerning men that such union, if effected, would place the other Conferences of the State at a great disadvantage. The first Conference to meet after this disquieting news was announced was the Cincinnati, and, on motion of George W. Dubois, a commission of five was appointed to meet with a like number of commissioners from each of the other Con- ferences, and to consider the matter of dividing the State into four Conferences of equitable size.


This joint commission met in Columbus in April, 1912. The East Ohio and the North Ohio were so intent upon their own ar- rangement that they ignored the invitation and sent no representa- tives. The commissioners of the Ohio Conference came to the meet- ing opposed to any project for "quartering the State," on the ground that it would take from them much of their best territory west of the meridian of Columbus and give them a lot of hill country from the southern part of the East Ohio Conference. The


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meeting ended in a futile memorial to the General Conference, passed by a majority of one, praying that the number of Confer- ences be left at five, with the necessary adjustments of boundaries.


The Cincinnati representatives had feared this conclusion, and on the way to Columbus agreed that, if the way to four Conferences were blocked, they would propose to the Central Ohio men a union of the Western Conferences. On the way to the station, after adjournment, two of the Cincinnati men-Dr. C. M. Van Pelt and A. B. Austin-broached the subject to one of the Central Ohio men-E. O. Crist. He fell in with the plan enthusiastically, and declared his intention of laying it at once before his fellow-con- missioners. At an early day Dr. J. F. Harshbarger came into Dr. Crist's office in the Methodist Union rooms in Toledo. The matter was then discussed and heartily endorsed. The chairman of the Cincinnati commission was called by long-distance phone and the matter arranged that each General Conference delegation should draw up a memorial asking for an Enabling Act. Dr. C. M. Van Pelt drew up this necessary document and introduced it to the Committee on Boundaries, of which he was a member. The memorial was given due consideration by that body, and the Enabling Act was passed. The matter was later carried before the different Conferences interested, and adopted according to the laws of the State of Ohio. The consummation was reached on Tuesday, September 9th, at Urbana, when each Conference, meet- ing independently, voted for the consolidation, to which Bishop William F. Anderson concurred, setting his seal declaring that the West Ohio Conference was henceforth a part of the Fall Confer- ences of the Methodist Episcopal Church.


XXVII. Joint Commission.


THE following commissioners, elected by their respective Confer- ences and charged with the duty of working out the details of the plan for the union of the two Conferences, met first in Dela- ware, O., November 13, 1912, and organized by electing A. E. Smith, chairman, and F. G. Mitchell, secretary. The main points of the plan were taken up and agreed upon at this meeting. A later meet- ing was held March 24 and 25, 1913, in Urbana, at which time the name "West Ohio Annual Conference" was chosen, and the final details of the union agreed upon.


The task of the commis- sion was quite complicated REV. ALBERT E. SMITH, PH. D., D. D. and difficult, but the work was undertaken in such a magnanimous and unselfish spirit on the part of each Conference commission, both while acting together and as individuals. that no delays occurred and the decisions finally reached after full discussion, were made unanimous.


All members were present, and the finest fraternal feeling pre- vailed in each session of the Joint Commission. The single purpose and aim, to do that which was just and equitable, wisest and best for all concerned, dominated the minds of all the members.


The work of the commission was quite satisfactory to both Conferences ; its report was heartily adopted by each in separate session in Urbana, Ohio, September 9, 1913, and immediately after adjournment the two bodies met together for the first time as the West Ohio Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with Bishop William F. Anderson presiding.




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