BIO: Philip Houck, 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 345.
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  Houck, Philip, was born on September 11, 1843, in Flicksville, 
Northampton County, Pa. When about eighteen years of age he was 
convicted of sin under catechetical instructions in the German Reformed 
Church. He was soon converted, and in 1864 joined the Evangelical 
Association. He learned the tinsmith trade in Stewartsville, N.J., and 
subsequently engaged in the tin and hardware business in Flicksville 
and Bangor, Pa., about eight years, during which time he built a three-
story shop and dwelling. He became so deeply impressed that God was 
calling him to the ministry that he sold his business, entered Wyoming 
Seminary, and graduated in 1876. While in school at the seminary he 
joined the Kingston Methodist Episcopal Church by letter from the 
Evangelical Association. Exhorter's license was given him in November, 
1873, and local preacher's license in March, 1877. After serving 
Stoddartsville one year as supply he joined the Conference in 1877.
  On May 24, 1873, he married Miss Phoebe Gulick, of Bangor, Pa. Three 
children have been born to them - Oscar, Sue G., and L. Victoria.
  His pastoral record is as follows:  1877, Stoddartsville; 1878-80, 
Maple Grove; 1881-82, Hanover; 1883-84, Dalesville and Union; 1885, 
Herrick Center; 1886-90, Bethany; 1891-93, Salem; 1894, Clifford; 1895, 
Carley Brook; 1896-97, Mountain Top; 1898, West Nanticoke; 1899-1900, 
Shavertown; 1901, Falls; 1902-03, Hawleyton.