BIO: Nelson J. Hawley, 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 337-338.
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  Hawley, Nelson J., was born on September 14, 1841, in Brooklyn, Pa. 
He received his education in the district schools, New Milford Graded 
School, Harford Academy, and Wyoming Seminary.
  While but a boy he was deeply impressed concerning his duty to 
preach, and often when in the woods, and especially when gathering sap 
in the sugar bush, he would preach his boy sermons to the great maples, 
calling them great sinners and exhorting them to do better in giving 
more and sweeter sap.
  His plans for education were seriously interrupted in 1862, as he 
went to the army and served nearly three years, being promoted from a 
private to captain in Company F, 141st Pennsylvania Volunteers.
  In 1868 he was licensed as exhorter and local preacher. In 1870 he 
joined the Conference, becoming deacon in 1873 and elder in 1875.
  Failing health compelled him in 1886 to seek a milder climate, and 
during the ensuing nine years he labored in Florida, in the St. John's 
River Conference, transferring back to this Conference in 1895.
  In 1865 he married Miss Hattie M. Tiffany, of Lenox, Pa. Several 
daughters and a son have been born to them. The son is now preparing 
for the ministry.
  His pastoral record is as follows: 1870-72, Plainsville; 1873-75, 
North Abington; 1876-77, New Berlin; 1878-79, Afton; 1880, Lackawanna; 
1881-83, sy.; 1884, Harpursville; 1885, Harpursville and Nineveh; 1886-
89, sy.; 1889-95, in Florida; 1895, Trucksville; 1896, Shavertown; 
1897-99, Askam; 1900-03, sd.