BIO: Irving J. Smith, 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 403.
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  Smith, Irving J., was born on April 24, 1849, at Liberty Falls, N.Y. 
In his early days he was clerk, bookkeeper, and schoolteacher. In 1879 
he graduated from De Pauw University, with the degree of B.S. He was 
converted at ten years of age. In 1872 he was licensed as a local 
preacher, at Clinton, Ind., and joined the North Indiana Conference in 
1874. In 1886 he was transferred to this Conference.
  In 1872, he married Miss Georgia I. Boyce, at Jenningsville, N.Y. Two 
children have been born to them - Lillie M., now the wife of V. D. 
Keeler, editor of the Rocket, at Wyalusing, Pa., and Rev. Charles W., a 
member of the Wilmington Conference.
  His pastorates have been as follows: North Indiana Conference, 1874-
75, Raysville; 1876, Williamsburg; 1877-78, Larwill; 1879-80, Silver 
Lake; 1881-83, La Fountain; 1884-86, Mexico; Wyoming Conference, 1887-
88, Danby; 1889-91, Berkshire; 1892, Taylorville; 1893-96, Wyalusing; 
1897-98, Nichols; 1899-1900, Slaterville; 1901-03, Meshoppen.