BIO: Stephen Elwell, 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, pages 183-184.
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  ELWELL, STEPHEN, was the son of Rev. King Elwell, and was born in 
Springville, Pa., on March 26, 1839, and died in Yatesville, Pa., on 
March 11, 1892.
  When a mere boy he was converted and joined the Methodist Episcopal 
Church.  At nineteen he began preaching, and in 1862, at twenty, joined 
the Wyoming Conference.  His ministry was without loss of time because 
of sickness until death.  This was very sudden.  He bade his family 
good night, as usual, and retired.  The next morning he was not, his 
spirit had flown.  His body was laid to rest in Marcy Cemetery at 
Lackawanna.
  In 1865 he married Miss Eleanor Reed.  One son and three daughters 
were born to them.  The wife and children survive, save Miss Kate, who 
died on September 23, 1897.
  His pastoral record is as follows:  1862, Springville; 1863-64, 
Gibson; 1865-66, Great Bend; 1867, Chenango; 1868-69, Rome; 1870-71, 
Fairdale; 1872-74, Le Raysville; 1875-77, Carverton; 1878-80, 
Mehoopany; 1881-83, Lackawanna; 1884-86, Dunmore; 1887, Avoca; 1888, 
Plains; 1889-90, Hampton Street, Scranton; 1891, Yatesville.