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Rev. James B. Stonesifer
Rev. James B. Stonesifer was born in
Littlestown, Pa., January 14. 1859. He entered Muhlenberg College in 1883,
graduating in 1886. He entered the Theological Seminary, Lancaster, and
graduated after a full course of study. He accepted a call to Glencoe, Somerset
Co., Pa. After a pastorate of one year he was called to the Scheilsburg Charge.
In 1891 he was commissioned by the Home Mission Board to take charge of the
Centenary Reformed Church, Winchester, Va. Then followed a nine years' pastorate
in the Carroll Charge, Maryland Classis and three years in the Mount Crawford
Charge, Virginia Classis. In 1913, he became pastor of the Fort Loudon Charge,
Mercersburg Classis, where he labored until his death on November 15. 1916. He
is survived by his widow, one daughter and three sons.
Obituaries including Portraits and Biographical
Sketches, Almanac and Year Book for the Reformed Church in the United States,
1918, page 49
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