Rev. John W. Pontius

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Husband Rev. John W. Pontius ^{1 2}

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           Born: 14 Aug 1846 - near Millerstown, Butler Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: Solomon Pontius (1819-      ) 2
         Mother: Margaret Myers (1822-      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. John W. Pontius

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He prepared himself for college at the Clarion Collegiate Institute, Rimersburg, Pennsylvania; entered Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, in the fall of 1869, and graduated in 1873; was licensed to preach the gospel June 11, 1875; was ordained to the holy ministry July 18, 1875, and installed as pastor of the Mission Church at Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, on the same day. On account of ill health he was constrained to resign at the close of the year, but succeeded in placing the mission on a fair footing, and increasing its membership from twenty to forty-three. He received a call from Zion's charge in Crawford County, April 4, 1877, and accepted the same and entered upon the duties of his present pastorate April 15, 1877.

He was pastor of the German Reformed church at Martinsburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania.

1 Editor, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 861.

2 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 952.