Rev William Mullen Minerd

Occupation Details
- Will's occupation was in mining / energy.
  - Occupation Notes
    - He began his worklife in the local coal mines and coke ovens but went on to a 35-year career in the ministry.
  His occupation was tipple man in mining / energy in Bridgeport, Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA.
  - Occupation Notes
    - http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_williammullen.htm
      
      In 1910, the Minerds lived at Bridgeport, next to Will's sister Bertha Reese. There, he worked as a "tipple man" at the local coal mine.
      
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      From Wikipedia
      
      a Coal tipple == a structure used for loading coal into railroad cars
  From after 1915 his occupation was Reverend in services in Pennsylvania, USA.
  - Occupation Notes
    - He began his worklife in the local coal mines and coke ovens but went on to a 35-year career in the ministry.
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      After attending a religious revival in about 1915, ... he was converted to the Christian faith. He thus decided to study for the ministry, and spent the rest of his years as a clergyman.
      
      Will was a great admirer of famed preacher Billy Sunday, who had played professional baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates before entering the ministry. ... during the 1888-1890 era that he played in the "Smoky City," .. a time when Will would have been a young and impressionable age.
      
      As a clergyman, Will was licensed to preach in 1916, according to a typed manuscript history of the Calvary United Evangelical Church of Freedom, Armstrong County, PA. He is known to have had charge of churches in these towns: Jennerstown, PA (1918-19); Bethany, PA (1919-24?); Freedom and Salem, Armstrong County (1924-27?); Valencia, PA (1930); and Harnedsville, Somerset County, PA (1930-1936).
      
      Will and Violet later moved to Rockwood, Somerset County, PA, where for 15 years he was pastor of the four-church Somerset Circuit of the Evangelical United Brethren Church -- Husband, Pleasant Hill, Beulah and Mostoller.
  From about 1916 his occupation was Reverend for Calvary United Evangelical Church of Freedom, in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, USA.
  - Occupation Notes
    - http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_williammullen.htm
      As a clergyman, Will was licensed to preach in 1916, according to a typed manuscript history of the Calvary United Evangelical Church of Freedom, Armstrong County, PA. He is known to have had charge of churches in these towns: Jennerstown, PA (1918-19); Bethany, PA (1919-24?); Freedom and Salem, Armstrong County (1924-27?); Valencia, PA (1930); and Harnedsville, Somerset County, PA (1930-1936).
  From about 1918 to about 1919 his occupation was Reverend in services in Jennerstown, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA.
  - Occupation Notes
    - http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_williammullen.htm
      As a clergyman, Will was licensed to preach in 1916, according to a typed manuscript history of the Calvary United Evangelical Church of Freedom, Armstrong County, PA. He is known to have had charge of churches in these towns: Jennerstown, PA (1918-19); Bethany, PA (1919-24?); Freedom and Salem, Armstrong County (1924-27?); Valencia, PA (1930); and Harnedsville, Somerset County, PA (1930-1936).
      
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      In the fall of 1919, when preparing to depart Buckeye for his first assignment, the members of the United Evangelical Church of Bridgeport held a farewell party. Reported the Daily Courier, "Mr. Minerd has been called to preach on a circuit near Johnstown. The people of this place will miss him very much, where he has been noted for his zeal and work for the cause of Christ." Among those attending the party were Mr. and Mrs. William Morgan and family, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stuben, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Minerd, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Minerd, Mrs. Mary Ann Deomer, Mrs. Charles Rhomes, Mrs. John Queer, Mrs. John Clansner, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Slonecker and family, Mrs. Silas Miller, Mrs. Charles Jones, Misses Bess, Harriet and Mary Jones, Harry Rhome, Campbell Glassburn, Cigale Weaver, Frances Miller, Dewey Miller, Marshall Shaffer, Edward Switkey, Kenneth Jones and Mrs. A.M. Shaffer.
  From about 1919 to about 1924 his occupation was Reverend in services in Bethany, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, USA.
  - Occupation Notes
    - http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_williammullen.htm
      As a clergyman, Will was licensed to preach in 1916, according to a typed manuscript history of the Calvary United Evangelical Church of Freedom, Armstrong County, PA. He is known to have had charge of churches in these towns: Jennerstown, PA (1918-19); Bethany, PA (1919-24?); Freedom and Salem, Armstrong County (1924-27?); Valencia, PA (1930); and Harnedsville, Somerset County, PA (1930-1936).
      
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      A 1999 Somerset Daily American article said that while at Bethany, he "felt the need for a better and larger building. The present stone structure was started Feb. 3, 1921 and was completed in 1922." The church today has a stained glass window bearing his name.
  From about 1924 to about 1927 his occupation was Reverend in services in Salem, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, USA.
  - Occupation Notes
    - http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_williammullen.htm
      As a clergyman, Will was licensed to preach in 1916, according to a typed manuscript history of the Calvary United Evangelical Church of Freedom, Armstrong County, PA. He is known to have had charge of churches in these towns: Jennerstown, PA (1918-19); Bethany, PA (1919-24?); Freedom and Salem, Armstrong County (1924-27?); Valencia, PA (1930); and Harnedsville, Somerset County, PA (1930-1936).
      
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      While at Salem in the '20s, Will was responsible for three churches. He was known to have preached at all three of them in a single Sunday, giving a completely different sermon each time. Often, when funds were low, members paid Will in vegetables and chickens. There were other times when the family ran out of food, but he assured them that "God will provide," and inevitably someone would bring some chickens, or some potatoes, to feed the family. Three daughters married men from Armstrong County, and there is a large concentration of descendants there today.
  From about 1924 to about 1927 his occupation was Reverend in services in Freedom, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, USA.
  - Occupation Notes
    - http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_williammullen.htm
      As a clergyman, Will was licensed to preach in 1916, according to a typed manuscript history of the Calvary United Evangelical Church of Freedom, Armstrong County, PA. He is known to have had charge of churches in these towns: Jennerstown, PA (1918-19); Bethany, PA (1919-24?); Freedom and Salem, Armstrong County (1924-27?); Valencia, PA (1930); and Harnedsville, Somerset County, PA (1930-1936).
  From about 1930 his occupation was Reverend in services in Valencia, Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA.
  - Occupation Notes
    - http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_williammullen.htm
      As a clergyman, Will was licensed to preach in 1916, according to a typed manuscript history of the Calvary United Evangelical Church of Freedom, Armstrong County, PA. He is known to have had charge of churches in these towns: Jennerstown, PA (1918-19); Bethany, PA (1919-24?); Freedom and Salem, Armstrong County (1924-27?); Valencia, PA (1930); and Harnedsville, Somerset County, PA (1930-1936).
  From about 1930 to about 1936 his occupation was Reverend in services in Harnedsville, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA.
  - Occupation Notes
    - http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_williammullen.htm
      As a clergyman, Will was licensed to preach in 1916, according to a typed manuscript history of the Calvary United Evangelical Church of Freedom, Armstrong County, PA. He is known to have had charge of churches in these towns: Jennerstown, PA (1918-19); Bethany, PA (1919-24?); Freedom and Salem, Armstrong County (1924-27?); Valencia, PA (1930); and Harnedsville, Somerset County, PA (1930-1936).
  For fifteen years his occupation was Reverend in services for Evangelical United Brethren Church, in Husband, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA.
  - Occupation Notes
    - http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_williammullen.htm
      
      Will and Violet later moved to Rockwood, Somerset County, PA, where for 15 years he was pastor of the four-church Somerset Circuit of the Evangelical United Brethren Church -- Husband, Pleasant Hill, Beulah and Mostoller.
      
      Will was an inspiring preacher. When a popular Rockwood teenager, Merle Evan Miller, died suddenly of appendicitis, the community mourned, and Will "delivered an impressive discourse" at the funeral, said the Rockwood newspaper. "His text was 'I have fought the good fight.' This text was chosen upon request of Mrs. Miller, mother of the young man..."
      
      A 1930 article in the Mt. Pleasant Journal that Will's Bible messages:
      
      ... are stirring the deep foundations of his hearers' souls. [He] believes home influence are among the mightiest of all influences upon the soul. There are countless thousands of men who have maintained their integrity and morals, not because they were any better naturally than other people, but because there were home influences praying for them all the time. They got a good start. They were launched on the world with the benedictions of a Christian mother. When you want the grandest idea of a queen, look at your mother.
      
      While in Rockwood, Will also oversaw the funerals of many local citizens, including his father's first cousin, Daniel Martin Younkin (1935) and a second cousin, George Wingerd.
  For fifteen years his occupation was Reverend in services for Evangelical United Brethren Church, in Pleasant Hill, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA.
  - Occupation Notes
    - http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_williammullen.htm
      
      Will and Violet later moved to Rockwood, Somerset County, PA, where for 15 years he was pastor of the four-church Somerset Circuit of the Evangelical United Brethren Church -- Husband, Pleasant Hill, Beulah and Mostoller.
      
      Will was an inspiring preacher. When a popular Rockwood teenager, Merle Evan Miller, died suddenly of appendicitis, the community mourned, and Will "delivered an impressive discourse" at the funeral, said the Rockwood newspaper. "His text was 'I have fought the good fight.' This text was chosen upon request of Mrs. Miller, mother of the young man..."
      
      A 1930 article in the Mt. Pleasant Journal that Will's Bible messages:
      
      ... are stirring the deep foundations of his hearers' souls. [He] believes home influence are among the mightiest of all influences upon the soul. There are countless thousands of men who have maintained their integrity and morals, not because they were any better naturally than other people, but because there were home influences praying for them all the time. They got a good start. They were launched on the world with the benedictions of a Christian mother. When you want the grandest idea of a queen, look at your mother.
      
      While in Rockwood, Will also oversaw the funerals of many local citizens, including his father's first cousin, Daniel Martin Younkin (1935) and a second cousin, George Wingerd.
  For fifteen years his occupation was Reverend in services for Evangelical United Brethren Church, in Beulah, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA.
  - Occupation Notes
    - http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_williammullen.htm
      
      Will and Violet later moved to Rockwood, Somerset County, PA, where for 15 years he was pastor of the four-church Somerset Circuit of the Evangelical United Brethren Church -- Husband, Pleasant Hill, Beulah and Mostoller.
      
      Will was an inspiring preacher. When a popular Rockwood teenager, Merle Evan Miller, died suddenly of appendicitis, the community mourned, and Will "delivered an impressive discourse" at the funeral, said the Rockwood newspaper. "His text was 'I have fought the good fight.' This text was chosen upon request of Mrs. Miller, mother of the young man..."
      
      A 1930 article in the Mt. Pleasant Journal that Will's Bible messages:
      
      ... are stirring the deep foundations of his hearers' souls. [He] believes home influence are among the mightiest of all influences upon the soul. There are countless thousands of men who have maintained their integrity and morals, not because they were any better naturally than other people, but because there were home influences praying for them all the time. They got a good start. They were launched on the world with the benedictions of a Christian mother. When you want the grandest idea of a queen, look at your mother.
      
      While in Rockwood, Will also oversaw the funerals of many local citizens, including his father's first cousin, Daniel Martin Younkin (1935) and a second cousin, George Wingerd.
  For fifteen years his occupation was Reverend in services for Evangelical United Brethren Church, in Mostoller, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA.
  - Occupation Notes
    - http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_williammullen.htm
      
      Will and Violet later moved to Rockwood, Somerset County, PA, where for 15 years he was pastor of the four-church Somerset Circuit of the Evangelical United Brethren Church -- Husband, Pleasant Hill, Beulah and Mostoller.
      
      Will was an inspiring preacher. When a popular Rockwood teenager, Merle Evan Miller, died suddenly of appendicitis, the community mourned, and Will "delivered an impressive discourse" at the funeral, said the Rockwood newspaper. "His text was 'I have fought the good fight.' This text was chosen upon request of Mrs. Miller, mother of the young man..."
      
      A 1930 article in the Mt. Pleasant Journal that Will's Bible messages:
      
      ... are stirring the deep foundations of his hearers' souls. [He] believes home influence are among the mightiest of all influences upon the soul. There are countless thousands of men who have maintained their integrity and morals, not because they were any better naturally than other people, but because there were home influences praying for them all the time. They got a good start. They were launched on the world with the benedictions of a Christian mother. When you want the grandest idea of a queen, look at your mother.
      
      While in Rockwood, Will also oversaw the funerals of many local citizens, including his father's first cousin, Daniel Martin Younkin (1935) and a second cousin, George Wingerd.
  From 1943 his occupation was Reverend in services for Paradise Evangelical Church, in Connellsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA.
  - Occupation Notes
    - http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_williammullen.htm
      
      A 1943 Connellsville Daily Courier article said that Will had held revival services at the Paradise Evangelical Church near Connellsville, which featured "special music by a senior choir and boys' and girls' sunbeam choirs and appearances of ministers from other churches."
  From July 2nd, 1944 to July 16th, 1944 his occupation was song leader in services for Evangelical Camp Meeting at Pine Ridge Camp, in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA.
  - Occupation Notes
    - http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_williammullen.htm
      
      The following year, from July 2-16, 1944, Will served as a song leader for an Evangelical Camp Meeting at Pine Ridge Camp, located between Lickingville and Tylersburg, Clarion County, PA. The gathering was led by Rev. A.H. Doescher of Cleveland, OH, and by Rev. P.E. Pyle of Brookville. A self-mailing promotional flyer from the camp meeting is seen here.

Children
- Ruth Virginia Minerd (Shaffer)
  Ruth was born in 1906 in Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA.³
  Nellie I Minerd (Bish)
  Nellie was born in 1909 in Bridgeport, Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA.³ She died at the age of 26 in 1935.
  - Death Notes
    
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    Sadly, Nellie died after only a few years of marriage.
  Violet Pearl Minerd (Sanner)
  
  Violet Pearl Minerd
  
  Violet was born about April 27th, 1911 in Pennsylvania, USA.⁴
  - Birth Notes
    
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  She died about June 28th, 1991 in Rockwood, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA. She was buried at the Rockwood I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Rockwood, Milford Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA.³
  - Death Notes
    
    http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_williammullen.htm
    
    Violet passed away at the age of 80 in Rockwood on June 28, 1991, and was laid to rest in the Rockwood IOOF Cemetery.
    
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  William “Melvin” Minerd
  
  William-Melvin-Minerd
  
  William, known as Melvin, was born in 1913 in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA.³ She died at the age of 73 on March 3rd, 1986 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA.³
  Bertha Ora Minerd (Blubaugh)
  
  Bertha-Ora-Minerd----Glenn-B-Blubaugh
  
  Bertha was born about 1915.³ He died on January 8th, 2006. He was buried at the Memorial Park Cemetery, Lima, Allen County, Ohio, USA.³³
  - Death Notes
    
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    Bertha lived another four years (after her husbands death), and died at the age of 90 on Jan. 8, 2006. She was laid to rest at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Lima. She was the last of her family.
  Ethel Bernell Minerd (Hetzer)
  Ethel was born in 1918 in Robinson, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA.³ She died at the age of 78 on November 9th, 1996 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA. She was buried in Beulah Cemetery, Beulah, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA.³³
  - Death Notes
    
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    Ethel outlived (her husband) by nearly a quarter of a century. Said the Daily American, she was a "member of Beulah United Methodist Church and Somerset Fire Department Auxiliary, 1937 graduate of Somerset High School [and a] faithful crossing guard for the Somerset Borough Police Department with 18 years of service, retiring in 1994." She passed away at home at the age of 78 on Nov. 9, 1996, and was buried at Beulah Cemetery.
  Paul Wayne Minerd
  
  PaulWayneMinerd--Obit
  
  Paul was born about October 31st, 1920.³
  - Birth Notes
    
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    Fort Bayard National Cemetery
    Fort Bayard, Grant County, New Mexico
    
    Minerd, Paul Wayne, b. 10/31/1920, d. 12/14/1978, MSGT ARMY ARTILLERY, Plot: A ROW P/GR, bur. 12/18/1978,
  She died due to while on duty on December 14th, 1978 in Pinos Altos, Grant County, New Mexico, USA. She was buried on December 18th, 1978 at the Fort Bayard National Cemetery, Fort Bayard, New Mexico, USA.³³
  - Death Notes
    
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    Paul passed away at the age of 58, on Dec. 14, 1978 while on duty. A news article said he "was an asset to the morale and spirit of those he came in contact with." A former master sergeant in the Army artillery, Paul is buried at Fort Bayard, NM.
    
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    Fort Bayard National Cemetery
    Fort Bayard, Grant County, New Mexico
    
    Minerd, Paul Wayne, b. 10/31/1920, d. 12/14/1978, MSGT ARMY ARTILLERY, Plot: A ROW P/GR, bur. 12/18/1978,
    
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    Death: 1978 in Pinta Altos,New Mexico
  Esther Bell Minerd (Williams, Vesek)
  Esther was born in 1922 in Jennerstown, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA.³
  - Birth Notes
    
    http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_williammullen.htm
  He died at the age of 76 in 1998 in Easy Living Estates, Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA. He was buried in Weller Cemetery, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA.³³
  - Death Notes
    
    http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_williammullen.htm
    
    Esther passed away at the Easy Living Estates in Somerset at the age of 75 on Jan. 12, 1998, with burial at Weller Cemetery. At the time of her passing, she had 14 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
  Donald E Minerd
  Donald was born about 1925.³
  - Birth Notes
    
    http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_williammullen.htm
  He died on August 24th, 2003 in Fairhope Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA. He was buried at the Pike Cemetery, Brotherton, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA.³³
  - Death Notes
    
    http://www.minerd.com/bio-minerd,_williammullen.htm
    
    Donald passed away at the age of 78 on Aug. 24, 2003, at the home of his daughter in Fairhope, PA. He was laid to rest in the Pike Cemetery.
  Lillian Minerd (Bailey)
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Rev William Mullen Minerd

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