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309, 312] and [Glovier 1965, p. 265, which provided the picture on the left; see also pp. 86, 182, 225, 230,
257, 258, 265]
TOBEY: Jonathan Tobey served as District Superintendent (Presiding Elder) for the churches in Morgan
County during 1863-64. He was ordained in 1835 in Va. Conf. He served the Winchester during 1835-36 and
1843-44, Frederick 1836-37, and Otterbein 1857-58 circuits. He was Presiding Elder during 1863-65. He
transferred to the Rock River Conference in 1867, but transferred back to his home conference in 1868. He
was an active minister in Va. Conf. until 1873 and was honorably dismissed in 1874. He was characterized by
Funkhouser as “critical and well informed” and “a good preacher and ahead of his time, died in the West.”
Jonathan Tobey wrote the following to the Rev. William R. Coursey on Aug. 9, 1864 from Pleasant Valley, Md.
[Funkhouser 1921, p. 45]:
We suffered much in our county from the late rebel invasion. It would take volumes to enumerate all their acts of
wrong, cruelty, and barbarism. They justified their conduct saying Gen. Hunter did so, and so Hunter’s conduct in Virginia is
not justifiable, but Johnny Reb out done him by far. The Johnnies they robbed, kidnapped, and burned in Maryland. They
took all the horses they could see except some lame ones, and all who did not run off their horses or hide them lost them.
They entered private homes in the night, and demanded of the citizens their purses, watches, and so forth. They shot a
respectable citizen in his own house and in his own bedchamber. They plundered all the stores, took meat away, and much
they destroyed. They took wagons, buggies, and harness. They seemed to be savage in their manner, quite insulting, and
threatening, seemed to look upon the Maryland people as enemies, and treated them as such. They came back to the
county twice since the first invasion, the last time took some of our citizens prisoners as hostages, for to have some of their
Rebs redeemed. It is unhappy living along the border. Religion seems now to (be) almost lost, the people were so much
excited and lost so much that (they) seem discouraged, broken down. [Funkhouser 1921, pp. 40, 67, 145; see also pp. 98,
126, 246-247, 249-266, 269-271] and [Glovier 1965, p. 88]
TRAUB: Christian Traub was licensed to exhort in 1820. He became a member of Conference, was
licensed to preach, and declared in Itinerant in 1821. He was ordained in 1823. He was a Conference
Itinerant, 1821-24. In 1824 Conference voted that $9.50 be given to Christian Traub, “who has been very
sick a long term and in great need for help.” He was present for the Conference of 1825 but evidently some
charges were laid against it; in 1826 Conference voted “that Christian Traub be received again among us”;
and in 1827-28 he served Huntington Circuit. He last attended Conference in Virginia in 1830. Pa. Conf.
archives show that he served Huntingdon Circuit, 1827-28. [Funkhouser 1921, p. 145; see also pp. 125, 233-
236, 238-239, 241] and [Glovier 1965, p. 88; Lycoming 2013]
TRESSLER: Lowell Eugene Tressler served West Frederick Circuit, 1956-57. On Sep. 13, 1935, Gladys A.
Tressler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lowell E. Tressler, of Conyngham (Pa.) and Morton Baskin were married at
the Conyngham Lutheran parsonage by Rev. Allen H. Roth—possibly Gladys was Rev. Tressler’s sister and Mr.
and Mrs. Lowell E. Tressler his parents.
TROXEL: Abraham Troxel (1750-1825) was born in Lebanon County, Pa. He was of the Omish [Amish]
section of the Mennonites. He learned, however, to distinguish between the grace of God in the soul and the
cut and fastenings of garments. After being silenced by the Omish on account of his evangelical preaching, he
became, in 1782, associated with the preachers of the revival movement. For some time prior to 1804, he
lived near the town of Lebanon. In 1804 he moved across the mountains to Westmoreland County, Pa. His
home was about 2 miles from Mt. Pleasant. Living at this place, he had the greatest influence in encouraging
and helping the work in all the region beyond him. He died in 1825. [From Egle 1901, pp. 57] As early as
1790 Abraham Troxel, who was born and reared in the vicinity of the hamlet [Annville], was brought under
the influence [of Rev. Martin Crider] and soon became a minister and then emigrated before the close of the
18th century to Westmoreland County—where he founded a church of the United Brethren and, as early as
1803, preached in Bonnet’s School House, now a land mark for this denomination and where in 1815 their
first General Conference was held. [Drury 1884, p. 227; Glovier 1965, pp. 18-19]
TROYER: Daniel Troyer (b. 1769; d. 1863) became a member of Conference in 1803, converted under
Otterbein’s preaching at Antietam, Md. He moved to Ohio in 1806 and died in 1860, aged 94. Pa. Conf.
archives show he was a charter member of Miami Ohio Conf. in 1810 and ordained there in 1815.
[Funkhouser 1921, p. 145; see also pp. 124, 229] and Glovier 1965, pp. 19, 87; Lycoming 2013]
TRUMBO: Dr. Warren D. Trumbo was born Jan. 1, 1927, at Fulks In
Run, Va. He was converted at the age of nine, at Mt. Carmel EUB
Church on Broadway Charge. The names of his parents are Roy H.
Trumbo and Ilene E. Trumbo. Mr. Trumbo was married to Margaret
Todd (Shenandoah College Class of 1945) in Fairfield, Connecticut,
June 1, 1946. The names of their children are as follows: Debra
Anne, Steven Todd, Susan Gay, and Warren D. Trumbo, Jr. He was
granted license to preach from Broadway Quarterly Conference 1943-
44 while a student at Shenandoah College (Class of 1945). Rev.
Trumbo served the Tomas Brook, 1944-45; and Mt. Clinton, 1950-51,
after receiving his education at Broadway H.S., Lebanon Valley College, and United Seminary (M.Div.).
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309, 312] and [Glovier 1965, p. 265, which provided the picture on the left; see also pp. 86, 182, 225, 230,
257, 258, 265]
TOBEY: Jonathan Tobey served as District Superintendent (Presiding Elder) for the churches in Morgan
County during 1863-64. He was ordained in 1835 in Va. Conf. He served the Winchester during 1835-36 and
1843-44, Frederick 1836-37, and Otterbein 1857-58 circuits. He was Presiding Elder during 1863-65. He
transferred to the Rock River Conference in 1867, but transferred back to his home conference in 1868. He
was an active minister in Va. Conf. until 1873 and was honorably dismissed in 1874. He was characterized by
Funkhouser as “critical and well informed” and “a good preacher and ahead of his time, died in the West.”
Jonathan Tobey wrote the following to the Rev. William R. Coursey on Aug. 9, 1864 from Pleasant Valley, Md.
[Funkhouser 1921, p. 45]:
We suffered much in our county from the late rebel invasion. It would take volumes to enumerate all their acts of
wrong, cruelty, and barbarism. They justified their conduct saying Gen. Hunter did so, and so Hunter’s conduct in Virginia is
not justifiable, but Johnny Reb out done him by far. The Johnnies they robbed, kidnapped, and burned in Maryland. They
took all the horses they could see except some lame ones, and all who did not run off their horses or hide them lost them.
They entered private homes in the night, and demanded of the citizens their purses, watches, and so forth. They shot a
respectable citizen in his own house and in his own bedchamber. They plundered all the stores, took meat away, and much
they destroyed. They took wagons, buggies, and harness. They seemed to be savage in their manner, quite insulting, and
threatening, seemed to look upon the Maryland people as enemies, and treated them as such. They came back to the
county twice since the first invasion, the last time took some of our citizens prisoners as hostages, for to have some of their
Rebs redeemed. It is unhappy living along the border. Religion seems now to (be) almost lost, the people were so much
excited and lost so much that (they) seem discouraged, broken down. [Funkhouser 1921, pp. 40, 67, 145; see also pp. 98,
126, 246-247, 249-266, 269-271] and [Glovier 1965, p. 88]
TRAUB: Christian Traub was licensed to exhort in 1820. He became a member of Conference, was
licensed to preach, and declared in Itinerant in 1821. He was ordained in 1823. He was a Conference
Itinerant, 1821-24. In 1824 Conference voted that $9.50 be given to Christian Traub, “who has been very
sick a long term and in great need for help.” He was present for the Conference of 1825 but evidently some
charges were laid against it; in 1826 Conference voted “that Christian Traub be received again among us”;
and in 1827-28 he served Huntington Circuit. He last attended Conference in Virginia in 1830. Pa. Conf.
archives show that he served Huntingdon Circuit, 1827-28. [Funkhouser 1921, p. 145; see also pp. 125, 233-
236, 238-239, 241] and [Glovier 1965, p. 88; Lycoming 2013]
TRESSLER: Lowell Eugene Tressler served West Frederick Circuit, 1956-57. On Sep. 13, 1935, Gladys A.
Tressler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lowell E. Tressler, of Conyngham (Pa.) and Morton Baskin were married at
the Conyngham Lutheran parsonage by Rev. Allen H. Roth—possibly Gladys was Rev. Tressler’s sister and Mr.
and Mrs. Lowell E. Tressler his parents.
TROXEL: Abraham Troxel (1750-1825) was born in Lebanon County, Pa. He was of the Omish [Amish]
section of the Mennonites. He learned, however, to distinguish between the grace of God in the soul and the
cut and fastenings of garments. After being silenced by the Omish on account of his evangelical preaching, he
became, in 1782, associated with the preachers of the revival movement. For some time prior to 1804, he
lived near the town of Lebanon. In 1804 he moved across the mountains to Westmoreland County, Pa. His
home was about 2 miles from Mt. Pleasant. Living at this place, he had the greatest influence in encouraging
and helping the work in all the region beyond him. He died in 1825. [From Egle 1901, pp. 57] As early as
1790 Abraham Troxel, who was born and reared in the vicinity of the hamlet [Annville], was brought under
the influence [of Rev. Martin Crider] and soon became a minister and then emigrated before the close of the
18th century to Westmoreland County—where he founded a church of the United Brethren and, as early as
1803, preached in Bonnet’s School House, now a land mark for this denomination and where in 1815 their
first General Conference was held. [Drury 1884, p. 227; Glovier 1965, pp. 18-19]
TROYER: Daniel Troyer (b. 1769; d. 1863) became a member of Conference in 1803, converted under
Otterbein’s preaching at Antietam, Md. He moved to Ohio in 1806 and died in 1860, aged 94. Pa. Conf.
archives show he was a charter member of Miami Ohio Conf. in 1810 and ordained there in 1815.
[Funkhouser 1921, p. 145; see also pp. 124, 229] and Glovier 1965, pp. 19, 87; Lycoming 2013]
TRUMBO: Dr. Warren D. Trumbo was born Jan. 1, 1927, at Fulks In
Run, Va. He was converted at the age of nine, at Mt. Carmel EUB
Church on Broadway Charge. The names of his parents are Roy H.
Trumbo and Ilene E. Trumbo. Mr. Trumbo was married to Margaret
Todd (Shenandoah College Class of 1945) in Fairfield, Connecticut,
June 1, 1946. The names of their children are as follows: Debra
Anne, Steven Todd, Susan Gay, and Warren D. Trumbo, Jr. He was
granted license to preach from Broadway Quarterly Conference 1943-
44 while a student at Shenandoah College (Class of 1945). Rev.
Trumbo served the Tomas Brook, 1944-45; and Mt. Clinton, 1950-51,
after receiving his education at Broadway H.S., Lebanon Valley College, and United Seminary (M.Div.).
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