BIO: Richard C. Gill, 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 327-328.
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  Gill, Richard C., was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, on 
November 14, 1841. He was converted when thirteen and fourteen years of 
age, and at once united with the Wesleyan Methodist Church. He came to 
this country in 1869, and had been a local preacher in England between 
four and five years. He was educated in the Wesleyan day school. In 
1871 he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church at Starrucca, and in 1874 
united with the Conference.
  In 1862, he married Miss Elizabeth Temperton, of Barnsley, England, 
who died at McClure, N.Y., on October 26, 1889.
  In September, 1891, a shock of paralysis brought his lifework in the 
pulpit to a close. Since this time he has lived in Worcester, N.Y. In 
1902 he visited the scenes of his childhood.
  His pastoral record is as follows: 1874-75, Beach Lake; 1876-77, 
Lehman; 1878-80, Stoddartsville; 1881-83, Decatur; 1884-86, Hartwick; 
1887-89, McClure; 1890-91, East Worcester; 1892-1903, sd.