BIO: John W. Johnson, 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 352.
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  Johnson, John Wesley, was born on February 9, 1874, at Oak Hill, 
Broome County, N.Y. He was converted in a revival at Oak Hill in 1894. 
He attended district school at Oak Hill, and the High School at Union.
  He served Campville six months as supply before joining the 
Conference. His father has been a class leader and trustee for years.
  On August 23, 1893, he married Miss May Hinds.
  He joined the Wyoming Conference in 1897, at its session held in 
Oneonta, N.Y. In 1899 he was admitted into full membership, having 
previously been ordained a deacon. In 1901, at the Conference session 
held in West Pittston, Pa., he was ordained an elder by Bishop Fowler.
  His pastoral record is as follows: 1897-99, Orwell; 1900-02, West 
Nicholson; 1903, Skinner's Eddy.