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               Pastors, Preachers and Priests in Crawford County, PA.

 

James Fish

 

FISH, JAMES Conference Relations: Minister United Free Methodist Church of England for 11 years prior to 1885; Admitted on Trial Methodist Protestant Pittsburgh Conference 1885; Deacon 1887, President David Jones; Elder 1887, President David Jones; Retired 1918. Deceased: September 28, 1937 in McConnellsville OH. Buried in Waynesburg, PA.

Appointments: Elizabeth/Bellevue Assistant 1884-1885; Bethel 1885-1886; Cherry Tree/Salem/Cookport 1886-1889; Waynesburg/Morrisville 1889-1890; Mount Zion 1890-1891; Orange Circuit 1891-1893; Union Circuit 1893-1895; Turnersville 1895-1896; Stahlstown 1896-1898; Cassville 1898-1899; Cookport/Salem 1899-1901; Susquehanna Circuit 1901-1903; Without work at own request 1903-1904; Left in Hands of the President 1904-1907; New Derry 1905-1906; Broadford 1907-1908; Hoboken (Blawnox)/Fox Chapel Assistant 1908-1909; Left in Hands of the President 1909-1910; Loaned to Methodist Protestant Ohio Conference 1910-1912; Without work at own request 1912-1913; Nettle Hill 1913- 1914; East Liverpool 1914-1918.

James married Minnesota Ruffner Sep 13 1888 in Jackson County, Pennsylvania. They had two children, both born in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. (Cecelia G b. abt 1890 lived with her parents until at least 1920) He was a minister in Montgomery Twp, Indiana County, Pennsylvania in 1900, & Manchester, Ohio in 1910. He was a railroad shop laborer in Morgan Twp, Ohio in 1920 & a odd job laborer in McConnelsville in 1930.
 

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