BIO: Frank James, 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 347-348.
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  James, Frank, was born on January 10, 1864, in the city of Durham, 
England, and with his parents came to America in 1876. He attended the 
public school in England. At Berwick-on-Tweed he learned the tailor's 
trade. He worked at that trade in this country for some time, also 
worked in the Ashley, Luzerne County, Pa., machine shops, and for some 
time was clerk in S. E. Wells's general store.
  He was converted in Ashley in 1880, during a revival, and at once 
joined the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was licensed as a local 
preacher by the Ashley Methodist Episcopal Church. He worked as supply 
preacher four years before joining Conference in 1898.
  On September 16, 1885, he married Miss Ella O'Neill, of Ashley, Pa.
  His pastoral record is as follows: 1898, Eaton; 1899-1903, 
Centermoreland.