MORGAN'S HISTORY OF THE NEW JERSEY CONFERENCE Page 48

CHAPTER I. 

WALTER THOMPSON

served both circuits and was ordained Deacon at the conference of 1874, at Mt. Holly, by Bishop James A. Shorter, and was appointed to Paterson, N. J. He served there two years and built a church. He was ordained Elder by the conference of 1876, April 17, by Bishop James A. Shorter, and was appointed to Jersey City where he served one year, and was appointed by Bishop Payne to Cape Station, where he served three years. In 1880 he was appointed to Pennington, serving one year. In 1881 he was appointed to Freehold by Bishop Brown and on account of wife's ill health was transferred to Philadelphia and stationed at Columbia. He stayed two years, and was changed in interval of conference to N. Y. Conference and stationed at Maspeth, L. I., by Bishop R. H. Cain. He served part of the year, and was transferred to N. J. Conference to fill a vacancy at Navesink, in 1885.

REV. G. M. WHITTEN

Was born in Perry county, Pa., April 25, 1833. He entered the ministry in 1864, in the Baltimore Conference, and was appointed to Eastern City, Eastern Shore, Md. He was next appointed to Chambersburgh, Pa., by Bishop D. A. Payne. The church there had been burned down by the rebel invasion. In 1868 he was appointed to Baltimore city, Md., and next to Port Deposit, Md. Three years after, he was appointed to Frederick City, and was then by his own request transferred to the Philadelphia Conference by Bishop J. P. Campbell. He was appointed by Bishop J. A. Shorter to Allen Chapel; was its first stationed pastor. After two years successful labor, receiving ninety-seven members, he was appointed by Bishop Shorter to Columbia, Pa. He was next appointed to Harrisburg, Pa., By Bishop D. A. Payne. His next appointment was at Burlington, N. J., by Bishop J. M. Brown.

REV. WILLIAM M. WATSON

Was born in Cedar Creek, Sussex county, Del., in May, 1822. His father's name was Robert J. Watson, and his mother's maiden name Araminta Campbell. The result of this union was

Rev. W. D. Schureman.

Rev. Walter Thompson.

Rev. G. M. Whitten.

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