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Rev. William H. Knott was pastor of Clifton Presbyterian (Yellow Springs, Ohio) in 1857. [Funkhouser 1921, p.
140; see also pp. 125, 199, 240-256, 258]; [Glovier 1965, pp. 88, 231]; and [Lycoming 2013]

KNUPP: Stanley A. Knupp served Manassas Circuit, 1940-46. [Glovier 1965, pp. 91, 208]

KOLB: George Kolb was licensed to exhort in 1813 and became a member of Conference and licensed to
preach in 1814. He was pastor of Sharon Center UMC (formerly Sharon Evangelical Church), 1890-91.
[Funkhouser 1921, p. 140; see also pp. 124, 229-231] and [Glovier 1965, p. 87]

KOONTZ: Harry R. Koontz served Bayard Circuit, 1945-48, and Westernport Circuit, 1948-49. Note: J.
P. Koontz (1861-1923) was a member of Pa. Conf., ord. in 1891. Dr. Paul R. Koontz, D.D., the son of H.R.,
was a member of Pa. Conf. in 1938 [Holdcraft 1938, pp. 301, 343]. [Glovier 1965, p. 92]

KOPE: William G. Kope served Bayard Circuit, 1967-69. He graduated from Shenandoah College in 1959.
In 1987 he was a pastor in the W.Va. Conf. , living in Franklin, W.Va. He is listed in the 2012 W.Va.
Conference Journal as retired, living in Oakland, Md. [WVAC 2012, p. 69]

KORNS: Kenneth L. Korns was born Apr. 10, 1941 in Cumberland, Md., the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Korns. He was converted at the age of 11 in the Hyndman Church where he became a member. In the
sixteenth year of his life while recovering from an extended illness, he discovered the talent in the art of
drawing and painting. At Myersdale High School, from which he graduated, he became more interested in art.
He is a student at the time of this writing at Frostburg State College as an art major. Kenneth is a member of
a church which is located in Western Pa. Conf., but due to his living on the very edge of Va. Conf., he has
accepted the appointment to be the pastor of Bethel Church in Cumberland where he is serving in his second
year. His ability as an artist is a great help in illustrating hymns and Bible passages. Kenneth Korns and
Carole Jean Pardew were united in marriage on Aug. 9, 1964. They reside in Cumberland, Md., where he
serves Bethel Church, 1963-65, and is in driving distance to Frostburg College. Pastor Ken L. Korns and his
wife, Carole, and son, Brian were called in June 1968 to pastor the newly established Calvary Bible Church (an
independent Baptist Church in Ellerslie, Md.), in which there were 21 charter members
[http://www.thecalvarybiblechurch.org/home]. He officiated at burial services for Allen Beck in July 2007 and
funeral services for Shirley Jones Morgan in Nov. 2010, both in Cumberland, Md. He conducted funeral
services Nov. 25, 1991, for Albert Kennel in Hyndman, Pa. He assisted in the funeral service for Doris Emerick
at Hyndman, Pa., in Feb. 2011. In June 2012 he assisted at the funeral of Sharon Troutman in Cumberland.
[Glovier 1965, pp. 179, 181, 297, 299-300]

KRACK: John Krack became a member of Conference in 1825; ordained 1827. He served Frederick,
1835-36. In Pa. Conf. he served York Circuit, 1827-28; Baltimore Circuit, 1830-31; and Baltimore Old
Otterbein, 1831-35. In 1836 he transferred to Wabash Conference. He is listed in the May 1844 listing of the
American Home Missionary Society (minister #473) as a missionary for the Evangelical Lutheran Church,
Madison, Ind.57 A history of Cincinnati reports58 that “the Rev. John Krack, who had been a member of the
U.B. Church, also preached occasionally for the Lutherans.” He organized Mt. Pisgah Lutheran Church in
northwestern Pulaski Co., Ill., in 1849.59 He is listed for May 1951 as being newly appointed to the Executive
Committee of the American Home Missionary Society (p. 77) for “Germans, Jonesboro and vicinity, Ill.”60 He

is listed as the first pastor, relinquishing his charge, Sep. 2, 1879, for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Zion, Somerset Township, Jackson Co., Ill., which was established Jan. 2, 1854. [Funkhouser 1921, p. 140;
see also pp. 125, 242, 246] and [Glovier 1965, p. 88]

KREIDER: John Kreider. When the German-Swiss settled in the lower part of the Cumberland Valley,
they purchased their farms from the Scotch-Irish, who had originally taken up the land. It is possible through
this fact [e.g., in the deeds executed at the time] that the name became anglicized as “Crider.” [Egle 1901,
p. 55] See the entry for John CRIDER (above). [Funkhouser 1921, p. 124; Glovier 1965, p. 87]

KREIDER: Martin Kreider. [Funkhouser 1921, p. 124, 224-225; Glovier 1965, p. 87] See CRIDER’

KROLL: Richard A. Kroll served Otterbein UMC of Martinsburg during 1983-1994. He attended school
1970-71 and served the following appointments: Manchester Circuit, 1971-76; Benevola Charge, 1976-79,
Halethorpe UMC, 1979-1983; Otterbein UMC 1983-94; Williamsport UMC, 1994-2003; and Asbury UMC of
Charles Town, 2003-Present.

KRUM: Christian and Henry Krum [Glovier 1965, p. 18-19, 26-27, 50, 87, 152, 241]. See CRUM.

57 American Home Missionary Society, Vol. 15, May 12, 1841, p. 39.
58 Charles Frederick Goss, editor, Cincinnati, the Queen City, 1788-1912, Vol. 1, S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1912, p. 548.
59 [Niestrath 1987, p. 39].
60 American Home Missionary Society, Vol. 24, April 1852, p. 77.

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