BIO: Addison W. Hayes, 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 338-339.
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  Hayes, Addison Wilbur, D.D., was born on December 13, 1850, at 
Penfield, O. He prepared for college at Oberlin and Berea, O., and 
graduated from Baldwin University in 1875, having pursued the classical 
course of study. He studied two years in the Oberlin Theological 
Seminary, and graduated from the Boston Theological Seminary in 1878. 
Subsequent to his entering the ministry Baldwin University conferred 
the degree of Doctor of Divinity upon him.
  He felt called to the ministry when but eight years old. Conversion 
occurred while he was attending college. His license to preach was 
given him at Berea in 1872. during his sophomore, junior, and senior 
years in college he preached at Wakeman, O.; during his two years at 
Oberlin he preached at Pittsfield, O., and during his year at Boston he 
preached at Falmouth, Mass.
  In 1878 he joined Genesee Conference, receiving deacon's orders at 
the same session of Conference, and became a member of this Conference 
by transfer in 1899.
  He married Miss Julia Elizabeth Brooker in Ohio in 1873.
  He was treasurer of the Minard Fund for Widows and Orphans in the 
Genesee Conference, and was also a trustee of Lima Seminary. He has 
published several addresses and Plans for Bible Study. It is solely due 
to his energy that the Church has become acquainted with the fact that 
Rev. Joseph Hartwell was the originator of Church Extension work in our 
denomination.
  His pastoral record is as follows: Genesee Conference, 1878-80, 
Oakfield; 1881, Kendall; 1882-84, Honeoye Falls; 1885-89, Cornhill, 
Rochester; 1890-94, Plymouth, Buffalo; 1895-98, Asbury, Rochester; 
Wyoming Conference, 1899-1903, Tabernacle, Binghamton.