BIO: Thomas M. Furey, 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 325.
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  Furey, Thomas May, was born on May 21, 1860, in Springville, 
Susquehanna County, Pa. He was educated in the public schools of the 
city of Philadelphia, and at the Protestant Episcopal Academy of the 
same city. He also attended the College of Pharmacy and Pierce's 
Business College there.
  He was converted in a Sunday school prayer meeting held in North 
Ninth Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, on October 12, 
1875. When but a child he believed himself destined to the ministry, 
and passing years ripened the thought into conviction that he ought to 
preach. Providential indications settled the question. Exhorter's 
license was granted him on April 4, 1881, by Haddington Methodist 
Episcopal Church, Philadelphia; and local preacher's license was given 
him October 29, 1881, by the Loyalsock Circuit of Central Pennsylvania 
Conference, of which his brother, J. R. Furey, was pastor. He joined 
Virginia Conference in 1883, and in 1884 was transferred to this 
Conference. In the fall of 1903 he was appointed district missionary 
for the Children's Home Society of Pennsylvania, and has a territory 
covering ten counties. He is the author of the hymn "Shall I Wait?" 
which was set to music by Professor J. R. Sweeney.
  On October 14, 1881, he married Miss Martha Anna Wilson, at Fairfield 
Center, Lycoming County, Pa.
  His pastoral record is as follows: 1883, Virginia Conference, Vienna; 
1884-85, Fairdale; 1886, Oakland; 1887, Union Center; 1888-90, Lake 
Como; 1891, Thompson; 1892-94, Yatesville; 1895, Wanamie; 1896-97, 
Rendham, Stewart Memorial; 1898-`90`, Mountain Top; 1902=02, 
Yatesville.