BIO: Martin V. B. Williams, 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 438.
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  Williams, Martin Van Buren, was born on July 4, 1864, in Apalachin, 
Tioga County, N.Y. He was led into Christ's kingdom on January 29, 
1888, as a result of a prolonged fit of sickness and the prayers of a 
faithful wife. He felt a call to the ministry shortly after his 
conversion and before he was off his sick bed.
  His educational advantages were such as the common school of 
Apalachin could give him until he determined to enter the ministry, 
when he entered Wyoming Seminary, studying there two and a half years, 
after which he entered Drew Theological Seminary, graduating in the 
special course in 1897.
  He joined the Conference in 1897.
  He was married on February 4, 1888, to Miss Ettie Hayes, of 
Apalachin, N.Y., who lived but eleven months after marriage. He was 
again married on May 10, 1898, to Miss Cora Whiting, of Binghamton, 
N.Y.
  His pastorates have been as follows: 1897, assistant at Centenary, 
Binghamton; 1898-1093, Fairview, Binghamton.