BIO: William R. Netherton, 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 375-376.
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  Netherton, William R., was born in 1854, at St. Blazey, Cornwall, 
England. In England he passed the eight standard courses of the public 
schools, and taught the intermediate grades one year. On coming to 
America he worked in the mines, clerked in John Jermyn's store, and 
subsequently entered Wyoming Seminary, taking a special course.
  On February 17, 1872, at Jermyn, then called Gibsonburg, in an 
afternoon prayer meeting, he was converted. The Rev. S. F. Wright was 
the pastor at the time. He received his local preacher's license from 
the Jermyn church.
  In 1876 he joined the Conference, having been married on the 30th of 
March, preceding, to Miss Elizabeth A. Baker, of Jermyn. On account of 
the affliction of his oldest daughter, he took a supernumerary relation 
in 1894, which he continued until 1901, when he became superannuated. 
At his retirement he settled in Forty Fort, engaging in the drug 
business with his oldest son, remaining there until 1900, when he moved 
to Wyoming, establishing a business there alone, having passed the 
necessary examinations to become a registered pharmacist.
  His pastorates have been as follows: 1876-77, Lackawaxen; 1878-80, 
Beach Pond; 1881-83, Orwell; 1884-86, Camptown; 1887-88, Hampton 
Street, Scranton; 1889-93, Forty Fort; 1894-1900, sy.; 1901-03, sd.