| Rev. Alexander Martin,D.D |
joined Pittsburgh Conf. in 1847; Principal Northwestern Virginia Academy 1851-1854; elected President Indiana Asbury University in 1875. |
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| Hon. John W.F. White, L.D. |
born in Washington county, PA, 1821; educated in Allegheny College; an eminent jurist of his state. |
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| Rev. Alfred Wheeler, D.D. |
born in Ohio, 1824; educated at the Ohio Wesleyan University; in 1876 he was elected Editor of the Pittsburgh Christian Advocate |
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| Rev. Ellwood Haines Stokes, D.D. |
joined the New Jersey conference in 1844; served the church as pastor in Newark, Morristown, New Brunswick, Trenton, Bordentown, Camden, and other places |
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| Rev. Francis H. Root |
born in New Berlin, New York, 1815; was a member of the State Methodist Convention which resulted in the establishment of Syracuse University; active in benevolent and business organizations |
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| Hon. Francis H. Pierpont |
born in Monongahela county, Virginia (now West Virginia); filled positions of responsibility and trust in his state for many years; was Governor of West Virginia. |
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| Rev. Bradford Kinney Pierce |
born in Royalton, Vermont, 1819; graduated from Wesleyan University Middletown, Connecticut in 1841; joined the New England |
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| Rev. Charles H. Payne, D.D., LL.D |
born in Taunton, Massachusetts, 1830; graduated from Wesleyan University, 1854; President of Ohio Wesleyan University. 1876-88. |
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| Rev. Alpha J. Kynett |
born in Adams county, Pennsylvania, 1829; he was the author of the plan for the Church Extension Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church |
| Rev. Otis Gibson, D.D. |
born in Franklin county, New York, 1826; graduated from Dickinson College, 1854; sailed from New York to China, 1855; served the Church in Foochow Mission for ten years, and afterward returned to America and was appointed Missionary to the Chinese in California. |
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| Washington C. DePauw, Esq. |
born at Salem, Indiana, 1822; because of his great interest in the Indiana Asbury University, and his large endowment, the name of the university was changed to that of DePauw University. |
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| Rev. George R. Crooks |
born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1822 graduated from Dickinson College, 1840; in 1860 he became the Editor of The Methodist, a position he held for fifteen years |
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| Rev. John F. Dravo |
born in West Newton, Pennsylvania, 1819; educated at Allegheny College; he was President of the National Local Preachers' Association, 1872-3; founder of Beaver College. |
