BIO: Charles H. Newing, 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 378.
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  Newing, Charles H., M.A., was born on May 1, 1862, in Ellenville, 
N.Y. At the age of ten his parents moved to Binghamton, where his 
boyhood was spent, and where he attended school until fifteen years 
old. When fourteen years old he joined the Centenary Church, where his 
parents held their membership. After leaving school he served two years 
as clerk, and at seventeen began to learn the carpenter's trade, 
working at this three and a half years.
  During a part of 1883 he was acting general secretary of the 
Binghamton Young Men's Christian Association. In the fall of 1883, 
feeling the need of a better education, he entered Wyoming Seminary, 
where he graduated in 1887. While in the seminary he felt called to 
enter the ministry, and received a local preacher's license from the 
Kingston Quarterly Conference. In going through Wyoming, he was 
assisted the first year by a friend, but paid the balance of his 
expenses by working around the school. In 1887 he entered Drew 
Theological Seminary, graduating in 1890. While in this school he 
supplied Woodland Avenue Church, Philadelphia Conference, and Glen View 
charge, Newark Conference. In 1890 he joined this Conference.
  Grant University conferred the degree of M.A. upon him in 1900.
  On May 14, 1890, he married Miss Lila Lucas, of Florence, N.J.
  His pastorates have been as follows: 1890, Greene; 1891-92, Castle 
Creek; 1893-94, Falls; 1895-97, Dalton; 1898-1900, Susquehanna; 1901-
03, Dunmore.