BIO: William H. Gavitt, 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 185-186.
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  GAVITT, WILLIAM H., was born in Springville, Pa., March 4, 1833, and 
died in Centermoreland, Pa., December 21, 1883.
  His parents came from Rhode Island and were among the early settlers 
of Susquehanna County.  He was converted in 1855 and joined the 
Methodist Episcopal Church at Brooklyn, Pa., from which church he 
received his license to preach and recommendation to Wyoming 
Conference, in to which he was admitted in 1860.  In 1864 his love for 
country prompted him to enlist in the army, where he was soon promoted 
to the chaplaincy of the 52d Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 
receiving his commission March 11, 1864.  In this capacity he 
faithfully served his country until the close of the war.
  On October 2, 1865, he married Miss Mary Louisa Blakeslee, of 
Springville, Susquehanna County, Pa., who with four sons survived him.
  After a glorious revival at Beaumont, and just as he was about to 
commence a series of services at Centermoreland, he was stricken with 
pneumonia, which hurried him out of the world.  His body was laid in 
the Lynn Cemetery, Springville charge, Susquehanna County, Pa.
  During his ministry he won souls for Christ.
  His pastoral record is as follows:  1860, Gibson; 1861-62, Auburn; 
1863, Paupack; 1864-65, Chaplain in the Army; 1866-67, South Danby; 
1868-69, Hornbrook; 1870, Shepherd's Creek; 1871, Caroline; 1872-73, 
Harpursville; 1874-76, Greene; 1877-79, Clifford; 1880-81, Sterling; 
1882-83, Northmoreland.