BIO: George A. Cure, Wyoming Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, PA & NY

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Chaffee, Amasa Franklin. History of the Wyoming 
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
New York: Eaton & Mains, 1904, page 310.
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  Cure, George Alvah, was born on April 10, 1851, in Tompkinsville, Pa. 
He is a graduate of Dickinson College, class of 1876, receiving the 
degree of A.B. on graduation.
  He was converted when eighteen years old, at a revival meeting in 
Scott Valley conducted by Rev. J. G. Eckman. He taught school for 
several years, which will explain the fact that re received exhorter's 
license from the pastor at Jermyn, and local preacher's license in 1877 
from the Honesdale District Conference. He united with the Conference 
in 1880.
  On July 30, 1876, he married Miss Helen V. Lewis, of Peckville, Pa.
  His pastoral record is as follows: 1880, Union; 1881, Assistant at 
Carbondale; 1882-84, Lake Como; 1885-87, Moscow; 1888-90, Hawley; 1891-
93, Asbury, Scranton; 1894-98, Athens; 1899, Newark Valley; 1900-03, 
Providence, Scranton.