Wesley Ministers 1797 -1987
[The names of the Senior Preachers are listed first, followed by the Junior Preachers.]
Allgire’s and Brown's Meeting House
1797-98....................John Bloodgood, Thomas F. Sargent
1799..........................D. HalI, A. Andrews, N. Reed, J. Smith
1800..........................Thomas Wilkerson, John Simmons
1801..........................Curtis WilIiams, John Pitts
1802..........................John Pitts, William RyIand, William Steel
1803..........................S. Bunn, T. Lucas, R. Cash, N. Willis
1804..........................Lawrence Mc Combs, Nathaniel B. MiIIs
1805.........................John BIoodgood, N. Reed, J. Reid
1806.........................Henry Smith, Daniel Fidler
1807.........................S. G. Rozel, H. Harriman
1808.........................William Ryland, Alfred Griffith
1809.........................Joshua Wells, James Reid
1810.........................Joseph Toy, Eli Towne
1811.........................Gerard Morgan, John French
1812.........................David Stevens, John W. Bond
1813.........................David Stevens, Caleb Leach
1814.........................Henry Smith, Joseph Toy
1815.........................James Paynter, Joseph Toy
1816.........................Eli Henkle, Bazil Barry
1817.........................Eli Henkle, William Butler
1818.........................Henry Smith, James Reed
1819.........................James Reed, John Childs
1820.........................Job Guest, John Childs
1821.........................James Paynter, Joseph Rowen
1822.........................Joseph Rowen, PhiIIip D. Lipsecum
1823.........................Edward Matthews, Thomas J. Dorsey
1824.........................Jacob Larkin, Edward Matthews
1825.........................Jacob Larkin, Daniel Parish
1826-27...................James SewelI, Tobias Riley
1828.........................Henry Slicer, S. Keppler
1829.........................Henry Slicer, G. G. Brooks
1830.........................Philip D. Lipsecum
1831.........................Jonathan Munroe, James Reed
1832.........................Jonathan Munroe, R. Barnes
1833.........................J. Ewing
1834.........................William Butler, Eli Nicodemus
1835.........................William Butler, J. Parker
1836.........................J. Ewing, Z. Jordan
1837.........................J. Ewing, John W. Cronin
1838.........................William Hank, John W. Cronin
1839-40...................Oliver Ege
1841.........................William Munroe
1842.........................Thompson Mitchell
1843.........................John Maclay
1844.........................Joseph S. Morris, James H. March
1845.........................Jonathan Munroe, Charles McElfresh
1846.........................Jonathan Munroe, James Turner
1847.........................Jacob Larkin, J .5. Gorsuch
1848.........................Jacob Larkin, C. A. Reid
1849.........................C. A. Reid, D. BalI
1850.........................D. BalI, T. Daughertv
1851.........................William Hank, C. Cornelius
1852.........................William Hank, J. A. Coleman
1853.........................W. H. Laney
1854.........................J. A. Coleman
1855.........................George Stevenson
1856.........................J. Hildebrand
1857.........................J. Hildebrand, W. H. Elliott
1858.........................S. Wesley Price
1859.........................S. Wesley Price, J. Wesley Brown
1860.........................Daniel H. Parrish, A. S. Smith
1861.........................Daniel H. Parrish, D.A. Isenberg
1862.........................F .H. Grever
1863.........................F. H. Grever, Martin L. Smyser
1864-65...................J. Edwin Amos, Thomas Watts
1866-67...................Hugh Linn, B. F. Clarkson
1868.........................Hugh Linn
1869-70...................Emory Buhrman, William M. Ferguson
1871.........................Emory Buhrman, Reuben Kolb
1872.........................J. W. Cullum, Peter Vondersmith
1873-74...................J. W. Cullum, J. B. Hall, William Barnes
1875.........................W. R. Gwinn, F. W. Shriner
1876.........................W. R. Gwinn, J. B. Hall
1877.........................Daniel Haskell, Solomon German
1878..........................Daniel Haskell, John T. Anspach
Wesley Chapel
1879..........................D. Benton Winstead, Frank G. Porter
1880-81....................D. Benton Winstead, Osborne Belt
1882..........................Joseph P. Wilson, W. S. Wheeler
1883..........................Joseph P. Wilson, E. H. Smith, John B. Tope
1884..........................Joseph P. Wilson, William W. Barnes
1885...........................W. A. Koontz, W. P. Shriner, S. S. Greenwell
1886...........................T. Marshall West, E. T. Mowbray
1887-88.....................T. Marshall West, W. J. Thompson
1889-90.....................T. MarshaIl West, J. W. FIeming, J. B. Hall
1891...........................Osborne Belt, T.E. Copes, J.B. Hall
1892...........................Osborne Belt, T.E. Copes, R.R. Murphy
1893-94.....................Emory Buhrman, L. E. Dutton
1895...........................Emory Buhrman, W. D. Knight
1896-97.....................Emory Buhrman, William J. Meeks
1898...........................Henry R. Savage
1899...........................Henry R. Savage, George F. Stiles
1900...........................D. M. Browning, W.C. Butts
1901-02.....................D. M. Browning, C. Turner Jones
1903-04.....................D. M. Browning, Joseph P. Wilson
1905...........................Milson Thomas, Joseph P. Wilson
1906...........................Milson Thomas, Wilson T. Jarboe
1907-08......................Milson Thomas, L. St. Clair AlIen
1909............................Charles T. House, Frank Steelman
1910-11......................Frank Steelman, A. H. McKinley
1912-13......................Richard H. K. Gill
1914-17......................Henry Clay Hall
1918-21......................Joseph C. Sinclair
Wesley Church
1922...........................Joseph C. Sinclair
1923...........................E. O. Pritchett (three months)
1923-26.....................Carlos Dunagan
1926-31.....................Dougias R. Chandler
1931-34.....................J. Eimer Benson
1934-37.....................J . A. Haugh
1937-40.....................J. Lee Williams
1940-42.....................G. Ernest Wunder
1942-45.....................W. A. Ledford
1945-47.....................Sidney T. Fitch
1947-52.....................James H. Talley
1952-56.....................Glenn J. Cooper
1956-59.....................L. Howard Allwine
1959-62.....................James C. Haskin
1962-66.....................Ira W. Shindle
1966-74.....................Stanley G. Harrell
1974-78......................William M. BaIderson
1978-81......................Rebecca Abts
1981............................Albert K. Lane, III
Through the 190 years covered in our listing we find 150 different ministers who have served the Church. Some came first as Senior Preachers. Some came first as Junior Preachers and stayed on as Senior. Others returned later as Junior or Senior Preachers after having served previously. It is a glorious line and Wesley Church is much in their debt.
Western Maryland College was founded in 1868 and the Westminster Theological Seminary in 1882 on the college campus. Both were founded by the Maryland Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church. Prior to 1958, when the Seminary was moved to Washington, D.C. and renamed Wesley Theological Seminary, we were fortunate to have many Seminary students supply our pulpit.
The people of Wesley are proud to have Chester W. Rill, son of Mrs. Jennie Rill and the late M. Earl Rill, enter the ministry under the pastorate of the Rev. James H. Talley. Chester remains a full member of the Baltimore Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church.
Appendix C: Wesley Ministers From 1797 to 1987
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