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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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REV. EDWARD D. SMITH, PH. D., D. D.
REV. ERWIN STROTHER.
REV. DANIEL STECKER.
REV. MELLVILLE G. SWEARINGEN.
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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 ;
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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.
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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
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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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