Crawford County Clergy
               Pastors, Preachers and Priests in Crawford County, PA.

 

James Garfield Hanna

 

HANNA, JAMES GARFIELD Conference Relations: Licensed to Preach 1928; Admitted on Trial Methodist Episcopal Erie Conference 1929; Full Member 1934; Deacon 1932, Leonard; Elder 1934, Blake; Member Methodist at Union 1939; Retired 1957; Retired Member Western Pennsylvania Conference at Merger 1962; Retired Member United Methodist Western Pennsylvania Conference at Union 1970. Deceased: March 24, 2002 at Knox, PA. Buried in Venus Cemetery, Venus, PA.

Appointments: Cranesville/Wellsburg 1928-1930; To Attend School 1930-1931; Valier/Sportsburg/ Frostburg/Hamilton 1931-1934; Belleview: Cliff/Ohl/Stanton/Summerville: Mount Pleasant 1934-1935; Spartansburg/Centerville/McCray 1935-1936; Luthersburg/Home Camp 1936-1939; Fertigs/Hill City/Pine City 1939-1945; Salem/Fallowfield/Kennard/Old Salem 1945-1946; Cooperstown/Franklin: Bethel/Lupher (Wesley) Chapel/Worden Chapel 1946-1948; Chicora/Kaylor 1948-1949; Fredonia/Big Bend 1949-1951; Strattanville 1951-1953; Sabbatical Leave 1953- 1954; Spartansburg/Elgin/McCray 1954-1955; Emerickville/Meade Chapel 1955-1957; Retired 1957.


James Hanna attended Oil City schools, and went to Greenville Christian Academy, Greenville, IL. He went to Asbury, Kentucky for one year of college, and attended Mount Lake School of Theology in Maryland. He worked in a machine shop at the oil well, and at the Oil City National Bank, the Oil City Post Office, and the Borland Lumber Company. As a boy he delivered the Oil City Newspapers. Rev. Hanna was a member of the Western Pennsylvania Methodist Conference, and pastored churches for almost 30 years in Northwestern PA. He played the trumpet, E-Flat Alto horn, and Trombone in school, church, and the Boy Scout band.
 

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