BIO: Abraham Schofield, Wyoming Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, PA & NY

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Chaffee, Amasa Franklin. History of the Wyoming 
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
New York: Eaton & Mains, 1904, page 242.
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  SCHOFIELD, ABRAHAM, was born in Littleboro, Lancashire, England, on 
June 10, 1859, and died in the parsonage in Springville, Pa., of 
typhoid fever on September 2, 1897.  His remains were laid to rest in 
the cemetery at Lynn, Susquehanna County, Pa.
  He was reared in a Methodist home and converted at nine years of age.  
His zeal in Christ's service led the Church to give him a license to 
preach when he was seventeen years of age.  When he decided to give 
himself wholly to the work of the ministry he entered Harley College, 
London, for better preparation, from which institution he graduated in 
1886.  He came to America in the September after graduation and 
accepted the pastorate of a Congregational church in Wisconsin.  His 
love for Methodism prompted him to return to the Church of his fathers.  
He accordingly sought admission, and was received into Wyoming 
Conference in 1889.  He has a brother preaching for the 
Congregationalists in Canada.
  On December 12, 1888, he married Miss Delia Randall, of Avoca, Wis., 
who with two children survives him.
  His pastoral record is as follows:  1889, Paupack; 1890-91, Triangle; 
1892, Askam; 1893-94, Rush; 1895-97, Springville.