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COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES
umbcrland circuit, which extended from (hat ]8 j6 «J o h n Thumas. {krorge Hildt. town up the North Branch to the Wyoming t827~John Thomas. David Shaver. W valley, and up the West Branch to Great Island. 1848—Charles Kalbfus.a y, illiam James. iK a ^ J a m e s W . D o n ^ Josiah F o rrest The distance traveled by the circuit rider tHjo—James W . Donahay. A . Eskridge. in making his rounds w as three hundred miles, which was accomplishc<l in six weeks. When Berwick circuit was formed in 18 3 1, Dan the nature of the country and roads, and the ville remaining in the old Northuml>erland cir pittance allowed the ministers o f those limes, cuit until tHyl>. The pastors of the Danville are taken into consideration it may well be circuit w e re : admitted that their labors were distinctly un jt ^ D a v id selfish, and the results of their efforts re i S ji~ M a rm a dSItaw.Pearce. James Forrest. i8 uke markable. i8j3~Josiah Forrest, James Reed. T his territory was for many years supplied i834^H enry Tarring. O lirer Ege. by only two ministers and included (he pres iR jS ^ lic n ry Tarring, John Guycr. R. Beers. Thomas Meyers. ent circuits and stations o f Williamsport, i8 3 ^ J o s e p h S. Lee. R. W . H . Brent. N ewbury, Muncy, Milton, Northumberland, l8«t7— oam uti EUit. Stephen Hildebrand. Mifflinburg, lcw isb u rg, Catawdssa, Blooms 183^-Robert T . Nixon, W illiam Hirst. burg, Berw ick, Bloomingdalc, Orangeville, iS^o^Robert T . Nixon. J. W . Houghcwent. iR | o -^ e o rg c Bergstresser. Joseph A. Koss. Sunbury and Beliefonte. Previous to 1804 i K i i ^ j c o r g e Bergstrcsser. G eorge Guyer. Danville circuit belonged to the Philadelphia 1S44—John Ball. James Cuyer. conference, but in that year w as transferred to iX4>~1ohA Ball. S. C. Hare. iKi4->James Kwing, G eorge A. Coffey, the Baltimore conference. In 1807 1R45—'James Ewing, U. J*. Brooks. lurnc<l to the Philadelphia conference, in iBlO it was included in the Genesee conference, and Pastors of the Berwick circuit w ere: in 1820 it w as reassigned to the Baltimore con 1831— W illiam Pretty man. W esley Howe. ference. T he preachers who labored in the old North 1832— W illiam Prcttyraan. O liver Ege. iH33--Marmaduke Pearce. Alem Brtuain. umberland circuit w e re : i834*3S“ *J^hn Rhodes. J. II. Young. iTQi^Richard Parrott. Lewis Browning. I79i —J ames Campbell. William Cofbcrt. > — amcs Campbell, Jameft Paynier. 793 1794— tobcrt Mantcy. John Broadhead. 179^ . amei Ward. Riephen Timmons, ohn Reward, Richard Rnealh. 1^ 7 1797— ohn [jidcey. lohn Higby.
- 79R-< ohn Lackey. John Lead,
t7» - J ames Moore. Beniamin Bidlack, Stephens. 1800— E ph raim Smith.
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183^^ . banks, J. Hall. 1837^ . Sanks. George Guyer. l8.iS -C ltafles Kalhfus, J. Hall. Charles Kalbfus. Penhcid DolL i840~James Ewing. W illiam K . Milts. iK si^Jam es Ewing. W . F. D. Clemm. tKs^^ThomaS Taneyhill. Joseph A . Ross. i8 4 3 «T h om a s Taneyhill. Thomas Bowman.
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iSoi^Johnston Dunham. Gtlberi Carpenicr. tRoa^Anping Owen, James Aikins. Daniel Ryan. James Kidxeway. ite l—Thomas Adams. Gideon Draper. I C h r i s t o p h e r F r ^ . James Saunders. t8a^Robert Burch. John Swaruwelder. -Nicholas W illis. Joel Smith. iR o ^ T h o m a s Curren. John Rhodes. )6 o ^ T im o t h y Lee. L orin g Grant. t8i<^A hraham Dawson. Isaac Puffer. iR m ^ B . C. Paddock. J. II. Baker. K. Lanning. tfti ^ G e o r g e Thomas. Ebeneaer Doolittle. tSt 3~fn sep h Kincaid. Joseph Chamberlayne.
ohn Haggard. Ahranam Dawson. igie.Reynolds M. Everts. I. B. Cook. iH i^John Thomas. .Alpheus Davts. iRiy^Benjamin Bidlack. Peter Baker.
]R|8—Gideon Lanning. Abraham Dawson. iS t^^Joh n Rhodes. D.irius Williams. i R z ^ j o h n Rhodes. Israel B. Cook. iR ji.M a r m a d u k e Pearce. John Thomas.
i8a»—. ohn Thomas. Mordecai Barry*, 1823— acoh II. Shephard. Mordecai Barry, 1824— tohert Cadden. F. McCariner. 1825— tol>crt Cadden. Richatd Bund.
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'raneis N. Mills, W. L. Spottswood. l«4{ - ohn Boiven, W. F. Penti. 1 8 4 ^ ohn Bowen, J . V. Bull.
The Blootiisbui^ circuit was formed m 1847, and the pastors in charge w e re : 1R47—S. L. M. Couser, J . Turner. H. Day. J. W. EHioit. 1R49—John W. Gere. C. H. Day. tH$o—j. S. l^c. E. if. Waring. i8 $l^ J. S. L it, T. M. Good fellow. 1852— Thomas Taneyhill, W. M Buckingham. i8S3^TlH>mas Taneyhill. J. A. ITeMoycr. 1854—1. A. kuss, A. V. <>uyer. 1855^). Moorhead. F. M. Slusser. iSsiWGeorge Warren. S. Barnes. 1857—George Warren. K. W. Colburn. i 85K -5^J. Guyer, T. Sherlock. i860—F. Gearhart. A. R. Riley. A fte r 1862 the Bloomsburg circuit was di vided ami Bloomsburg was made a station. The following are the circuits and stations of the Methodist Kpiscopul Church in Colum bia and Montour counties, together with the number o f members, value o f church property and the names of the |>astors in charge in 19 14 :
