BIO: Richard Varcoe, 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 257.
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  VARCOE, RICHARD, was born in Lincolnshire, England, in 1825.  At the 
age of eighteen he became a minister of the Reformed Methodist Church.  
In October, 1864, he came to America.  Before coming to this country he 
married Miss Elizabeth Condon, who died in England, leaving three 
children, Richard, Montgomery, and Fannie E., all of whom are now 
deceased.  On December 27, 1865, he married Miss E. Amanda Doney, at 
Dyberry, Wayne County, Pa., who had been a school-teacher several 
years.  Two children were born to them - Laura A. and Franklin A.  The 
daughter was born September 3, 1867, and died on April 9, 1892.  The 
son was born on March 21, 1872, and is now a merchant in Waymart, Pa.
  In 1866 he united with the Wyoming Conference on trial, the 
Conference recognizing his elder's orders which he received from the 
Reformed Church.  he died at South Canaan on April 9, 1885, and his 
body was laid to rest in the Glen Dyberry cemetery at Honesdale, Pa.
  He served the following charges:  1866-67, Sanford; 1868, Thompson; 
1869-71, Cherry Ridge; 1872, Clifford; 1873-75, Narrowsburg; 1876, 
Spencer; 1877-78, Berkshire; 1879, Thompson; 1880-82, Narrowsburg; 
1883-84, Canaan.