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MYERS, JACOB M., born October 28, 1846, Hopewell Town- ship ; elected to ministry May 4, 1890, Codorus; ordained June 14, 1909; deceased May 22, 1921.
MYERS, JOHN M., born August 26, 1887, Adams County ; elected to ministry February 6, 1937, Marsh Creek; or- dained ; Fairfield.
MYERS, S. B., born October 11, 1862, York County ; elected to ministry May 26, 1896, Codorus; ordained January 1. 1919; Dallastown.
NEDROW, J. LLOYD, born September 25, 1885, Westmore- land County; elected to ministry October 7, 1911; or- dained ; Mechanicsburg.
NEIKIRK, DANIEL H., born May 15, 1854, Hagerstown, Mary- land ; elected to ministry October 4, 1900, Back Creek; installed October 22, 1904; deceased October 1922.
NEWCOMER, AARON, born August 4, 1866, Ringgold, Mary- land ; elected to ministry November 9, 1913; Antietam; installed November 1915; deceased November 13, 1935. NEWCOMER, PAUL K., born August 20, 1896, Codorus Township; elected to ministry May 1926, Pleasant Hill ; installed May 1927 ; Spring Grove.
NISWANDER, A. M., ordained, Back Creek ; Greencastle R. 1. NICARY, S. OMAR, born January 29, 1916, Chambersburg; elected to ministry May 13, 1938, Falling Springs; in- stalled May 13, 1939; Chambersburg R. 1.
OELLIG, C. RUSH, born October 23, 1862, Upton; elected to ministry January 20, 1893, Antietam; ordained May 15, 1910; Waynesboro.
OLLER, JACOB F., born January 18, 1825, Waynesboro; elected to ministry August 1855, Antietam; ordained about 1883; deceased January 30, 1897.
PFOUTZ, C. L., born in Maryland; elected to ministry Sep- tember 21, 1872, Marsh Creek; ordained 1886; deceased November 13, 1919.
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PRICE, BENJAMIN E., born June 19, 1827, Waynesboro; elected to ministry February 22, 1881, Antietam; in- stalled January 18, 1883; deceased June 5, 1896.
PRICE, JACOB, born April 16, 1811; elected to ministry No- vember 16, 1845, Antietam; ordained October 22, 1863; went with Old Order Brethren October 1880; deceased October 19, 1883.
RARICK, RALPH G., born February 18, 1893, Royerton, In- diana ; elected to ministry January 1, 1914, Bethany ; or- dained September 5, 1921; Chambersburg.
RESSER, GEO. M., born November 17, 1866, East Berlin; elected to ministry April 29, 1905, Upper Conewago; or- dained January 1, 1921; Manchester, Maryland.
RICE, WILLIS M., born February 6, 1892, Masonville ; elected to ministry May 18, 1929, Antietam; installed 1930; Zullinger.
RIDDLESBERGER, ISAAC, born April 5, 1844, Waynesboro; elected to ministry September 16, 1882, Falling Springs ; ordained May 14, 1910; deceased August 15, 1917.
ROHRER, JOSEPH FUNK, born January 31, 1810, Hagers- town, Maryland; elected to ministry January 16, 1850, Antietam; ordained October 22, 1866; deceased October 9, 1873.
ROWLAND, JOHN E., born February 16, 1882, Greencastle ; elected to ministry March 16, 1907, Welsh Run; ordained September 14, 1925; New Paris.
ROYER, CHARLES, born April 7, 1811, Lancaster County ; elected to ministry 1847, Buffalo; ordained September 23, 1874; deceased February 28, 1895.
ROYER, CHESTER H., born April 13, 1896, Talmage, Penn- sylvania; elected to ministry April 1922, Elizabethtown; ordained April 1922; served in York; Manchester, Maryland.
ROYER, JOHN, born March 17, 1768, Lancaster County ; elected to ministry 1828, Buffalo; ordained about 1837; deceased October 28, 1846.
RUTHRAUFF, JOHN B., born October 18, 1855, Waterloo, Pennsylvania ; elected to ministry August 6, 1892, Antie- tam; ordained August 9, 1902; deceased March 25, 1910. SCHROYER, ADAM, born July 17, 1840, Loganton; elected to ministry June 22, 1878, Sugar Valley ; installed June 8, 1880; deceased January 11, 1833.
SCHROYER, CHESTER F., born August 2, 1890, Loganton; elected to ministry June 24, 1917, Sugar Valley; de- ceased January 29, 1938.
SCHROYER, DANIEL, born 1836, Loganton; elected to minis- try June 8, 1880, Sugar Valley ; installed June 4, 1883; deceased March 4, 1912.
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SCHWENK, CHARLES A., born January 18, 1883, Loganton; elected to ministry June 16, 1907, Sugar Valley ; ordained June 1913; deceased 1942.
SELLERS, JAMES C., installed Pleasant Hill; Spring Grove, R. 3.
SELLERS, N. S., born December 31, 1890, York County ; elected to ministry 1917, Upper Codorus; ordained 1936; Lineboro, Maryland.
SHAMBERGER, JACOB, born April 10, 1819, Middletown, Maryland ; elected to ministry June 5, 1857, Codorus; or- dained May 16, 1869; deceased June 13, 1894.
SHANK, JOHN, born January 11, 1811; elected to ministry and built Shanks Church, Back Creek; deceased Novem- ber 17, 1877.
SHEAFFER, WM. IRA, born March 25, 1875, Cumberland County ; elected to ministry before 1909; ordained Janu- ary 5, 1918, Upper Cumberland; deceased August 25, 1925.
SHEFFER, SALMON S., born June 8, 1873; elected to minis- try 1918, Lower Conewago; ordained 1925; deceased February 22, 1939.
SHIVELY, GREENE, born December 23, 1870, Union County ; elected to ministry October 26, 1894, Buffalo; ordained June 1, 1905; Millmont.
SMITH, WELTY G., born May 7, 1864, Quincy; elected to ministry October 16, 1909, Falling Springs; ordained May 6, 1915; Waynesboro R. 1.
SNADER, EARL E., born April 1, 1920, Waynesboro; elected to ministry December 31, 1939, Waynesboro; installed ; graduated Juniata College 1942; entered Bethany Bibli- cal Seminary 1942.
SNAVELY, HARPER M., born January 15, 1892, Heilman- dale; elected to ministry December 22, 1923, Spring Creek ; ordained August 23, 1931; Carlisle.
SNIDER, DONALD M., born December 18, 1915, Akron, Ohio; elected to ministry December 27, 1938, Waynes- boro ; installed September 6, 1939; graduated from Beth- any Biblical Seminary, 1942; Huntingdon.
SNIDER, JACOB, born June 12, 1826, Germany; elected to ministry August 23, 1874, Antietam; ordained October 9, 1900; deceased December 1900.
SOLLENBERGER, CLARENCE B., born October 28, 1897, Clarlisle; elected to ministry May 1920, Carlisle; or- dained April 1931; Carlisle.
STAROOK, SAMUEL S., born May 16, 1859, Mattawana; elected to ministry September 28, 1906, Buffalo; installed October 2, 1907 ; Mifflinburg.
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STEERMAN, CHARLES H., born August 23, 1876, Belington, West Virginia ; elected to ministry 1898, West Virginia ; ordained 1907, Broadwater, Missouri; served various points in Southern Pennsylvania for 16 years; Leesburg, Florida.
STOUFFER, DANIEL EMMERT, born August 10, 1884, Tur- key Foot; elected to ministry March 16, 1926, Falling Springs ; ordained 1936; Chambersburg.
STOUFFER, J. M., born May 7, 1878, Adams County ; elected to ministry October 2, 1918, Hanover; ordained Decem- ber 18, 1929; Hanover.
STOUFFER, SAMUEL M., born 1854, Franklin County ; elected to ministry, Huntsdale; ordained May 16, 1900; deceased December 27, 1930.
STOVER, DANIEL, born 1757, Franklin County; ordained about 1800, Antietam; deceased October 6, 1822.
STOVER, WILLIAM (Stober, Wilhelm), born about 1725, Switzerland ; ordained Antietam; deceased 1800.
STOVER, H. M., born April 22, 1870, Greencastle ; elected to ministry November 1, 1898, Antietam; ordained July 1913; Waynesboro.
STRAWSER, GEORGE, born August 18, 1861, Juniata County ; elected to ministry 1895, Lost Creek; ordained October 23, 1908; Richfield.
SWEITZER, HENRY Z., born November 5, 1900, New Free- dom; elected to ministry January 1, 1940, Codorus; in- stalled January 1, 1941; Glen Rock.
THOMAS, J. IRWIN, born January 1, 1898, Williamstown, Ohio; elected to ministry 1918, Eagle Creek, Ohio; or- dained November 19, 1932; Smithsburg, Maryland.
TRIMMER, CHAUNCEY E., born January 28, 1885, York County ; elected to ministry December 21, 1920, York First Church ; installed ; York.
TRIMMER, J. E., ordained ; 264 West South Street, Carlisle. VALENTINE, M. C., born September 28, 1889, Emmittsburg, Maryland; elected to ministry May 27, 1923, Antietam ; ordained May 28, 1932; Waynesboro R. 4.
WAGAMAN, B. F., born September 11, 1911, Elbrook ; elected to ministry March 6, 1937, Falling Springs; ordained 1939; Chambersburg R. 6.
WALLECK, JOHN S., born January 23, -, Greencastle ; elected to ministry March 21, 1908, Back Creek ; ordained March 15, 1919; gathered much of data for Back Creek Congregation ; deceased June 7, 1935.
WERTZ, W. CLAY, born August 2, 1882, Johnstown; elected to ministry June 1904, Johnstown; installed December 1910 ; Waynesboro.
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WEST, W. A., born November 11, 1894, Franklin County ; elected to ministry May 18, 1920, Antietam; installed 1921; Rouzerville.
WILDASIN, MARK A., born April 5, 1906, Brodbecks; elect- ed to ministry December 24, 1934, Upper Codorus; in- stalled November 14, 1935; Lineboro, Maryland.
WILSON, JEREMIAH D., born February 11, 1865, Franklin County ; elected to ministry May 31, 1904, Back Creek ; ordained November 29, 1917; deceased July 6, 1939.
WINEMAN, DAVID B., born February 14, 1845, Spring Run ; elected to ministry in Ridge Congregation; ordained 1918; deceased November 23, 1930.
WINGERT, EDWARD B., born March 19, 1896, Franklin County ; elected to ministry August 25, 1934, Back Creek ; installed November 6, 1937; St. Thomas.
ZOBLER, W. N., ordained ; Gettysburg.
ZIEGLER, EDWARD K., missionary to India; ordained ; pastor First Church, York; York.
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MISSIONARIES SUPPORTED BY SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA
Missionaries Supported by Missionary Association of Waynesboro:
MARY QUINTER
MRS. NORA ARNOLD LICHTY
MINOR MYERS
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Missionary Supported by York Sunday School:
J. M. BLOUGH
Missionaries Supported by Sunday Schools of Southern Pennsylvania:
ADAM EBY
MRS. CHRISTINA KULP
CHAPTER XVI
LIST OF CONGREGATIONS, NUMBER OF MEMBERS, PRESIDING ELDERS AND MINISTERS, YEARBOOK 1941-1942
Congregation Antietm (311)
Presiding Elder
Ministers
M. C. Valentine
¥H. M. Stover Walter A. West Willis M. Rice
Back Creek (304)
M. B. Mentzer
*A. M. Niswander
*Edgar Landis *Norman Dentler Edward Wingert Frank McCoy
Boiling Springs (40)
Henry L. Miller
*J. Albert Cook, Pastor
Buffalo (168)
Greene Shively, Pastor
*Marvyn Mensch Samuel S. Starook
Carlisle (190)
H. M. Snavely, Pastor
*J. E. Trimmer C. B. Sollenberger Wm. Burkholder
Chambersburg (275)
Maurice B. Mentzer
*Ralph G. Rarick, Pastor Adam E. Forney
Codorus (400)
S. C. Godfrey
*S. B. Myers *George H. Keeney *D. Edward Keeney *M. M. Hartman *Obed Frey Samuel Lerew Samuel K. Sweitzer George Fuhrman
*D. Emmert Stouffer *B. Franklin Wagaman *C. Lowell Gearhart S. Omar Nicary
Greencastle (187)
C. E. Grapes, Pastor
Hanover (226)
J. E. Myers
*J. M. Stouffer *B. F. Kline *E. E. Baugher
Huntsdale (145)
O. J. Hassinger, Pastor
Lost Creek (453)
H. D. Emmert, Pastor
*George Strawser *Ira Brandt Robert L. Ditmer
Lower Conewago (135)
G. W. Harlacher
*C. H. Altland *J. Albert Cook Charles Eichelberger Melvin Jacobs
Falling Springs (236)
Welty G. Smith
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Congregation Lower Cumberland (91)
Presiding Elder J. E. Trimmer
Ministers
*Henry L. Miller *Walter E. Cocklin Harold E. Kettering
Marsh Creek (198)
W. G. Group
· $B. F. Lightner *Chas. G. Flohr *W. N.Zobler *J. G. Miller *W. A. Keeney
*W. C. Hanawalt * John Myers
Mechanicsburg (80)
W. G. Group
*J. Lloyd Nedrow, Pastor Ira Hart
Mt. Olivet (60)
S. C. Godfrey
#Earl S. Kipp, Pastor * William Miller
New Fairview (330)
Michael Markey
Newville (103)
H. M. Snavely
Perry (100)
S. C. Godfrey
Pleasant Hill (314)
G. Howard Danner
#Henry R. Miller *Jacob H. Keeney *S. M. Lehigh James C. Sellers
Paul K. Newcomer David M. Lehigh
Ridge (124)
Samuel A. Myers
*R. L. Cocklin, Pastor B. Frank Johns Joseph Burkhart
*J. Linwood Eisenberg, Pastor
John C. Boone B. F. Long
Upper Codorus (300)
N. S. Sellers
*A. S. Baugher *G. M. Resser
Mark A. Wildasin
Raymond Bucher
Henry E. Miller Daniel Mummert
Upper Conewago (338) J. Monroe Danner
*S. S. Miller *W. G. Group *D. B. Harlacher *George W. Hull Paul Miller
Bruce Anderson
Truman Grogan
Arthur R. Hess
Van Dyke Mission (57)
Mission Board
Robert L. Ditmer, Pastor
Waynesboro (830)
George L. Detweiler, Pastor
*C. R. Oellig *H. C. Muck W. C. Wertz Donald Snider Earl Snader
Welty (197)
.T. I. Thomas, Pastor
Jacob L. Miller
J. A. Buffenmyer
Cletus S. Myers, Pastor
Shippensburg (217)
Samuel A. Myers
Sugar Valley (57)
LIST OF CONGREGATIONS AND PRESENT PRESIDING ELDER
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Congregation York, First (788)
Presiding Elder J. J. Bowser
Ministers *Edward K. Ziegler, Pastor *L. Elmer Leas *Chester H. Royer *Joseph M. Baugher *Ralph B. Lehman John W. Barwick Jesse O. Jenkins Ernest W. Lefever J. Jack Melhorn Stanley S. Dotterer
Chauncey Trimmer Robert S. Kraut
York, Madison Avenue M. A. Jacobs, Pastor (393)
Total Members, 7,647 ; Elders and Ministers, 118. *Elder.
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