BIO: William Burnside, Wyoming Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, PA & NY Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja & Denise Phillips Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ________________________________________________ Chaffee, Amasa Franklin. History of the Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. New York: Eaton & Mains, 1904, pages 163-164. ________________________________________________ BURNSIDE, WILLIAM, was born in the town of Maryland, Otsego County, N.Y., on December 20, 1817, and died of heart failure at Sidney, Delaware County, N.Y., on May 25, 1893. He was the subject of religious impressions early in life. Under the preaching of Rev. Daniel Fancher he was awakened, but failed to find peace. His mind being imbued with Calvinism caused him to attribute the failure to his being among the reprobate. Three years of despair ensued. When nineteen years of age Revs. A. E. Daniels and John Crawford preached near his home. He was again awakened, and after several days of intense struggling found peace in Christ. The witness of the Spirit came to him on the evening of January 4, 1837. He at once felt it to be his duty to preach. This he resisted for some time. He united with Oneida Conference in 1842, and became a member of Wyoming Conference by the accession of Oneida territory in 1869. On August 1, 1844, he married Miss Hannah B. Palmer, of Maryland, Otsego County, N.Y. She survived him until July 15, 1900, when she passed away at Oneida, N.Y. Husband and wife are buried at Sidney, N.Y. Two sons are living at this writing, L. H., of Walton, N.Y., and C. W., of Sidney, N.Y. It has been said, and we think with reason, that he was the means of bringing more souls to Christ than any other minister in the sections where he labored. His pastoral record is as follows: 1842, New Berlin; 1843, Butternuts; 1844-45, Richmondville; 1846, Otsego; 1847, Verona; 1848- 49, Butternuts; 1850-51, Otego; 1852, Edmeston; 1853-54, Decatur; 1855, Middlefield; 1856-57, Frey's Bush; 1858-59, Edmeston; 1860-61, New Berlin; 1862-63, South New Berlin; 1864-65, Smyrna; 1866-67, Guilford; 1868-70, Greene; 1871-72, Willett; 1873, New Berlin; 1874, Butternuts; 1875-77, McDonough; 1878-79, Coventry; 1880-81, Wells Bridge; 1882-93, sd.