Pastors of the Congregation of the Methodist Church, First Methodist Church, Wesley Methodist Church, and Wesley United Methodist Church, Greenville, Texas, 1847-2000

 

1847-48           to be supplied

1848-50           Culver, Samuel G., Rev.

1850-51           Askins, Calvin, Rev.

1851-52           to be supplied

1852-53           McCarty, William, Rev.

1853-54           Johnson, N.S., Rev.

1854-55           Vann, Jesse S., Rev.

1855-56           Cocke, Calvin J., Rev. .
(born 1827; died 1892; buried Sulphur Springs)

1856-57           to be supplied

1857-58           Cumming, Andrew, Rev.

1858-60           Boyd, Jesse M., Rev.
(died 23 Dec 1871)

1860-61           Smith, J.Clark., Rev.
(born 1835; died 1889)

1861-62           Chalk, J.W., Rev.
Cumming, H.W., Rev. (supply)

1862-63           no record

1863-64           no record

1864-65           no record

1865-66           no record

1866-67           Reed, William P., Rev.
Cumming, H.W., Rev. (supply)

1867-70           Boyd, Green, Rev.
(born 1824; died Oct 1870)

1871-73  Sherwood, Thomas E., Rev.

(born 31 May 1835 La Porte, IN; married 30 Oct 1856 Nannie Lavenia McCreary; died 10 Apr 1897 Dodd City, TX; buried City Cemetery, Sulphur Springs, TX)

1874       Angel, Jarvis L., Rev.

(born 31 Mar 1829 Madison County, AL; married 1856 Callie Bell; later married F. L. Truly; died 1903)

1875       Osgood, Joel, Rev.

1875-6    Edwards, William A., Rev.
(born 28 Feb 1835 Talbot County, GA to Ambrose and Emeline Edwards; married 4 Jan 1858 Mrs. Eliza White Mizzell; died 12 Dec 1926 Dallas, TX); buried Oak Cliff Cemetery, Dallas, TX)

1876-7    Proctor, David M., Rev.

1878-80  Archer, Philmer C., Rev.

(born 31 Oct 1848 Granville County, NC; married 17 Oct 1871 Emma M. Nolley; remarried fall 1878 Anna I Downard; died 6 Jun 1930, Dallas County, TX; buried Dallas, TX)

1880-1    Blackburn, M.C., Rev.
(born 5 Jan 1849; married 1873, Mary E. Lyles; died 28 Nov 1910, Junction City, TX; buried Junction City)

1881       Rosser, Frank A., Rev.

(born 26 Aug 1854 Summerville, Chattooga County, GA; married Nov 1880 to Alta S. Owens; died 14 May 1921 Dallas County, TX; buried north of Whitesboro, TX)

1881-2    Alderson, Eugene W., Dr.
 
(born 15 Oct 1854, Hart County, KY; married 13 Aug 1876 Sallie Williams; remarried 7 Mar 1917 Mrs. Cortez (G.V.) Ridley; died 9 Mar 1939, Dallas County, TX; buried Bonham, TX)

1882-3    Ashburn, Isaac S., Rev.
(born 7 May 1854, Sulphur Springs, Decalb County, AL; married twice; died 16 Feb 1933, Denton County, TX; buried Denton, TX)

1883-5    Archer, P.C., Rev.

(born 31 Oct 1848 Granville County, NC; married 17 Oct 1871 Emma M. Nolley; remarried fall 1878 Anna I Downard; died 6 Jun 1930, Dallas County, TX; buried Dallas, TX)

1885-9    Hill, James W., Rev.
 
(born 23 Jun 1854, White County, AR; married 18 Jun 1876 Eualia Chalk; died 16 Jul 1920, Honey Grove, TX; buried Dallas, TX)

1890       Pierce, James L., Dr.
 
(born 10 Apr 1861; died 21 Sep 1920, Dallas, TX; buried Gainesville, TX)

1890-1    Shelton, W.M., Rev.

1891-3    Clark, Isaac W., Rev.
(born Tipton County, TN 16 Jul 1840; married Mary C. DuBose; died 1916; buried Oak Cliff, TX)

1893-4    Carroll, Frank B., Rev.
 
(born 23 May 1844 Cabell County, VA; died 12 Jul 1911 Denton County, TX; buried Denton, TX)

1894-6    Alderson, James F., Rev.
 
(born 13 Feb 1849 Hart County, KY; married 14 Jul 1873 Rena Parker; remarried 15 Nov 1892 Mrs. Mary King; died 1930; buried Whitewright)

1896-8    Rosser, Frank A., Rev.

(born 26 Aug 1854 Summerville, Chattooga County, GA; married Nov 1880 to Alta S. Owens; died 14 May 1921 Dallas County, TX; buried north of Whitesboro, TX)

1899-1902  Hill, James W., Rev.
 
(born 23 Jun 1854, White County, AR; married 18 Jun 1876 Eualia Chalk; died 16 Jul 1920, Honey Grove, TX; buried Dallas, TX)

1903-5    Pierce, James L., Dr.

(born 10 Apr 1861; died 21 Sep 1920, Dallas, TX; buried Gainesville, TX)

1905-6    Harless, C.M., Dr.

(born 23 Mar 1866 near Farmersville, TX; married 6 Jan 1886 Eula Thomas; died 19 Dec 1920 Dallas County, TX; buried Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, TX)

1907-10  Casey, E.H., Rev.
 
(born 6 Apr 1857 Tippah County, MS; married 11 Feb 1880 Olivia Holbrook; )

1911-2    Thomas, Oliver S., Rev.

(born 30 Dec 1850 Bluntsville, AL; married 25 Dec 1878 Jennie Bell; died 5 Nov 1934 Wichita Falls, TX; buried Cochran’s Chapel, Dallas County, TX)

1912-5    Alderson, Eugene W., Dr.
 
(born 15 Oct 1854, Hart County, KY; married 13 Aug 1876 Sallie Williams; remarried 7 Mar 1917 Mrs. Cortez (G.V.) Ridley; died 9 Mar 1939, Dallas County, TX; buried Bonham, TX)

1915-7    Morris, Thomas H., Rev.

(born 10 Feb 1860 near Milledgeville, Baldwin County, GA; married 28 May 1894 Mattie C. Easley in Fort Worth, TX; died 27 Dec 1932; buried Forest Lawn Cemetery, near Dallas, TX)

1918-21  Shugart, C.O., Rev.

(born circa 1882; married Margaret Todd; died 8 Apr 1974; buried Hillcrest Burial Park, Waxahachie, TX)

1922-3    Lehnhoff, G. A., Rev.

(married 7 Oct 1896 Jennie Shepherd, Clifton Hill, MO; died 26 May 1941, Lamar County, TX; buried Paris, TX)

1923-5    Kiker, Ira C., Dr.
  
(born 19 Jan 1886 near Stephenville, TX, to Benjamin Martin Kiker and Mary Bradford McClesky; married 3 Jun 1908 Maude M. Harber; died 18 Jan 1977, Stephenville, TX; buried Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, TX)

1925-7    French, George C., Rev.
 
(born 2 Jul 1973 in Henderson County, TX, to James Daniel and Samantha Jane French; married 1 Jun 1905 Margaret E. Cummins; died 1955; buried Dallas, TX)

1927-33  Hamilton, Martin L., Rev.
 
(born 26 Oct 1865 Lincoln County, TN; married 1882 Ella A. Forester; died 4 Aug 1940 Lamar County, TX; buried City Cemetery, Sulphur Springs, TX)

1933-5    Mays, E.H., Rev.

1935-7    Ryan, H.G., Rev.

(wife Annie Laurie)

1937-8    Kiker, Ira C., Dr.

(born 19 Jan 1886 near Stephenville, TX, to Benjamin Martin Kiker and Mary Bradford McClesky; married 3 Jun 1908 Maude M. Harber; died 18 Jan 1977, Stephenville, TX; buried Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, TX)

1938-41  Stephenson, Paul C., Dr.
 
(born 3 Dec 1893 in Nashville, AR, to John Calhoun Stephenson and Ella Provence; married 17 Dec 1913 Mary Elizabeth Baskin; remarried 23 Dec 1977 Carrie R. Pharr; died 2 Sep 1981 Greenville, TX; buried Sheridan, AR)

1942-4    Rentfro, John N., Rev.

1945-9    DeVore, Boyd I., Rev.
 
(born 26 Jan 1909 in Eighty-Four, PA to Owen Wilson and Anna Elizabeth DeVore; married 1 Dec 1933 Clara Bell Hurt; died 21 Feb 1967 Dallas County, TX; buried Dallas, TX)

1949-51  Patton, Earl J., Dr.

(born 2 Aug 1897 in Antelope, TX, to Mr. and Mrs. James Patton; married 1925 Vida Walker; died 18 Jun 1968 in Gainesville, TX; buried Fairview Cemetery, Gainesville, TX)

1951-3    Morphis, John W., Rev.

(wife Margaret)

1954-61  Fielder, Cicero B., Rev.

(born 26 Jul 1892 to James Park and Mattie Barnes Fielder; married 1910 Rossa McNatt; died 8 Dec 1970 Farmersville, TX)

1961-2    Betts, Bill, Rev.

(born 14 May 1926 in Dallas, TX, to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Betts; married 24 Jun 1949 Betty Hamilton; died 9 December 1962, Greenville, TX; buried Memoryland Memorial Park, Greenville, TX)

1963-5    Kifer, Earl E., Rev.

(wife Georgia)

1965-6    Seymour, Leslie, Rev.
 
(born 8 Oct 1896; married 27 Dec 1924 Lillian Ross; died 11 Feb 1981 Dallas, TX; buried Dallas, TX)

1966-8    Ellis, Cecil M., Rev.

1968-72  Gatlin, James M., Rev.
 
(married Faith Harriet Badger)

1972-77  Warden, Chief A., Rev.
 
(wife Betty)

1977-81  Atkinson, Richard D., Rev.
 
(wife Aloha)

1981-5    Hennigh, Ray D., Rev.

(wife Edna)

1985-8    Chester, Eldon., Rev.

(wife Bobbye)

1988-93  Ravert, Larry., Rev.

(wife Carol Ann)

1993-      Nichols, Mike., Rev.

(born 6 Dec 1947 Hunt County, TX; wife Janice)

Alderson, Edward W., Dr., (1881-2)

Alderson, Edward W., Dr., (1912-5)

Alderson, James F., Rev., (1894-6)

Angel, Jarvis L., Rev., (1874)

Archer, Philmer C., Rev., (1878-80)

Archer, Philmer C., Rev., (1883-5)

Ashburn, Isaac S., Rev., (1882-3)

Askins, Calvin, Rev., (1850-1)

Atherton, William Robert, Rev. (local preacher ~ 1936)

Atkinson, Richard D., (1977-81)

Bell, Larry, Rev., (associate ~1992)

Betts, Bill, Rev., (1961-2)

Blackburn, M.C., Rev., (1880-1)

Blackmon, D.Glen, Rev., (associate)

Boyd, Green, Rev., (1867-70)

Boyd, Jesse M., Rev., (1858-60)

Bucy, W. O., Rev., (local preacher)

Bush, Bobby, Rev., (associate)

Carroll, Frank B., Rev., (1893-4)

Casey, E. H., Rev., (1907-10)

Chalk, J. W., Rev., (1861-2)

Chester, Eldon., Rev., (1985-8)

Clark, Isaac W., Rev., (1891-3)

Cocke, Calvin J., Rev., (1855-6)

Connatser, James E., Rev. (local preacher ~1954-55)

Culver, Samuel G., Rev., (1848-50)

Cumming, Andrew, Rev., (1857-8)

Cumming, H. W., Rev., (1861-2,1866-7 supply)

Cunningham, Moody, Rev., (local pastor)

DeJernett, Eugene C., Rev., (local preacher)

DeVore, Boyd I., Rev., (1945-9)

Dickey, J. D., Rev., (local preacher)

Edwards, William A., Rev., (1875-6)

Ellis, Cecil M., Rev., (1966-8)

Ferrell, W. R., Rev., (local preacher)

Fielder, Cicero B., Rev. (1954-61)

Flenniken, Charles, Rev., (local preacher ~1931-34)

Frazier, R. G., Rev., (local preacher ~1937-44)

Fremming, Sheri, Rev., (associate)

French, George C., Rev., (1925-7)

Gatlin, James M., Rev., (1968-72)

Graves, Ben, Rev., (1848)

Hamilton, Martin L., Rev., (1927-33)

Harless, C.M., Dr., (1905-6)

Hennigh, Ray D., Rev., (1981-5)

Hill, James W., Rev., (1885-9)

Hill, James W., Rev., (1899-1902)

Hughey, Billy Joe, Rev., (local preacher)

Huston, P.E./R.E., (local preacher)

Johnson, N.S., Rev. (1853-4)

Johnson, William T., Rev., (associate)

Kifer, Earl E., Rev., (1963-5)

Kiker, Ira C., Dr., (1923-5)

Kiker, Ira C., Dr., (1937-8)

Lehnhoff, G. A., Rev., (1922-3)

Matkin, Jack, Rev., (associate,1995-8)

Mays, E.H., Rev., (1933-5)

McCarty, William, Rev., (1852-3)

McWhirter, C.I., Rev., (local preacher)

Morphis, John W., Rev., (1951-3)

Morris, Thomas H., Rev., (1915-7)

Nichols, Mike, Rev., (1993-  )

Nicholson, C.L., Rev., (local preacher)

O’Neil, Oscar, Rev., (local preacher ~1936)

Osgood, Joel, Rev., (1875)

Parsons, Clarence, Rev., (local pastor)

Patillo, John, Rev., (< 1872)

Patton, Earl J., Dr., (1949-51)

Pierce, James L., Dr., (1890)

Pierce, James L., Dr., (1903-5)

Proctor, D. M., Rev., (1876-7)

Ravert, Larry, Rev., (1988 -93)

Reed/Read, William P., Rev., (1866-7)

Rentfro, John N., Rev., (1942-4)

Rosser, Frank A., Rev., (1881)

Rosser, Frank A., Rev., (1896-8)

Ryan, H.G., Rev., (1935-7)

Self, William H., Rev., (local preacher ~1937)

Seymour, Leslie, Rev., (1965-6)

Shackelford, Clarence, Rev., (local preacher)

Shelton, W.M., Rev., (1890-1)

Sherwood, Thomas E., Rev., (1871-3)

Shugart, C.O., Rev., (1918-21)

Smith, J.Clark, Rev. (1860-61)

Stephenson, Paul C., Dr., (1938-41)

Storey, Brian, Rev., (associate 1988-9)

Tanner, W.J., Rev., (local preacher)

Thomas, Oliver S., Rev., (1911-2)

Turner, David, Rev., (associate)

Turrentine, J. J., Rev., (local preacher)

Vandiver, L. E., Rev., (local preacher ~1936)

Vann, Jesse, Rev., (1854-5)

Warden, Chief A., Rev., (1972-7)

Warford, Bob, Rev., (associate)

Weimer, W. J., Rev., (local preacher)

Welborn, Gene, Rev., (associate)