| Rev.
Alexander Martin,D.D |
joined
Pittsburgh Conf. in 1847; Principal Northwestern Virginia
Academy 1851-1854; elected President Indiana Asbury
University in 1875. |
|
| Hon.
John W.F. White, L.D. |
born
in Washington county, PA, 1821; educated in Allegheny
College; an eminent jurist of his state. |
|
| Rev.
Alfred Wheeler, D.D. |
born
in Ohio, 1824; educated at the Ohio Wesleyan University;
in 1876 he was elected Editor of the Pittsburgh Christian
Advocate |
|
| Rev.
Ellwood Haines Stokes, D.D. |
joined
the New Jersey conference in 1844; served the church
as pastor in Newark, Morristown, New Brunswick, Trenton,
Bordentown, Camden, and other places |
|
| Rev.
Francis H. Root |
born
in New Berlin, New York, 1815; was a member of the State
Methodist Convention which resulted in the establishment
of Syracuse University; active in benevolent and business
organizations |
|
| Hon.
Francis H. Pierpont |
born
in Monongahela county, Virginia (now West Virginia);
filled positions of responsibility and trust in his
state for many years; was Governor of West Virginia. |
|
| Rev.
Bradford Kinney Pierce |
born
in Royalton, Vermont, 1819; graduated from Wesleyan
University Middletown, Connecticut in 1841; joined the
New England |
|
| Rev.
Charles H. Payne, D.D., LL.D |
born
in Taunton, Massachusetts, 1830; graduated from Wesleyan
University, 1854; President of Ohio Wesleyan University.
1876-88. |
|
| Rev.
Alpha J. Kynett |
born
in Adams county, Pennsylvania, 1829; he was the author
of the plan for the Church Extension Society of the
Methodist Episcopal Church |
| Rev.
Otis Gibson, D.D. |
born
in Franklin county, New York, 1826; graduated from Dickinson
College, 1854; sailed from New York to China, 1855;
served the Church in Foochow Mission for ten years,
and afterward returned to America and was appointed
Missionary to the Chinese in California. |
|
| Washington
C. DePauw, Esq. |
born
at Salem, Indiana, 1822; because of his great interest
in the Indiana Asbury University, and his large endowment,
the name of the university was changed to that of DePauw
University. |
|
| Rev.
George R. Crooks |
born
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1822 graduated from Dickinson
College, 1840; in 1860 he became the Editor of The Methodist,
a position he held for fifteen years |
|
| Rev.
John F. Dravo |
born
in West Newton, Pennsylvania, 1819; educated at Allegheny
College; he was President of the National Local Preachers'
Association, 1872-3; founder of Beaver College. |
