BIO: John W. Nicholson, 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 378-379.
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  Nicholson, John W., M.A., was born on October 14, 1865, in Durham, 
England, of Methodist stock, his father being a local preacher in the 
Wesleyan Church. He is the eleventh in a family of sixteen children. He 
was converted when only nine years of age, and when fifteen he preached 
his first sermon in the church at Penshaw, county of Durham. The church 
stands to-day just as it stood when Wesley preached in it, the people 
having such reverence for it that they will not allow it to be altered. 
He graduated from Harley College, London, in 1886, and in the fall of 
that year came to America, landing in New York on October 4.  In 1887 
he went to Lackwaxen as supply, and in 1888 joined the Conference.
  On June 23, 1892, he married Miss Blanche Crowell, of Harford, Pa., 
daughter of Rev. Jesse T. Crowell.
  In 1900 Grant University conferred upon him the degree of M.A.
  His pastorates have been as follows: 1888, Harford, Pa.; 1889-90, 
assistant at First Church, Scranton; 1891-92, Cedar Avenue, Scranton; 
1893-96, Clinton Street, Binghamton; 1897-1903, Waverly, N.Y.