BIO: David L. MacDonald, 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 365-366.
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  MacDonald, David Lincoln, was born on May 14, 1871, at Pittston, Pa. 
When a boy he worked in and about the coal mines. At the age of 
fourteen he met with an accident which caused the loss of his left 
hand. He soon afterward entered school with the idea of preparing for a 
professional life. At the age of sixteen he was converted at a meeting 
in the Young Men's Christian Association of his native place. Soon 
after conversion he joined the Church at Pittston, where his father has 
been a prominent official many years. Feeling himself called to the 
ministry he entered Wyoming Seminary in the fall of 1888, where he 
studied three years. At the close of his work at Wyoming he entered 
Drew Theological Seminary, graduating in 1895. Exhorter's license was 
given him August 25, 1888, and six months later local preacher's 
license. He received deacon's orders in 1894, and joined Conference in 
1895.
  On May 22, 1895, he married Miss L. Anna Green, daughter of Rev. 
Samuel Green, of Binghamton, N.Y.
  His pastoral record is as follows: 1895-96, Port Crane; 1897-98, 
Hallstead; 1899-1900, Windsor; 1902-03, Avoca.