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- OCT. 1-29, 1891 (Creation)
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The Wesleyan Methodist Church of America emerged in response to the Methodist Episcopal Church's support of slavery and its centralized, authoritarian governance. In November 1842, leaders O. Scott, J. Horton, and L. R. Sunderland withdrew from the Methodist Episcopal Church and launched The True Wesleyan, a weekly publication explaining their reasons for separation. In December, Luther Lee and L. C. Matlack also withdrew, marking the formal beginning of the Wesleyan movement. Although earlier separations had occurred—particularly in Michigan, where a conference was established—these events laid the foundation for the official organization. The first church of the new denomination was founded in Providence, Rhode Island. In February 1843, a preliminary convention was held in Andover, Massachusetts, which led to a General Convention in Utica, New York, on May 31, 1843. There, the Wesleyan Methodist Church was officially organized and adopted a governing Discipline. The first General Conference convened in October 1844 to revise this Discipline, followed by a second in October 1848, which produced a more comprehensive and clearly organized version.
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The Roll of the Conference as afterward completed is as follows:
Allegheny Conference :—Rev. T. K. Doty, Rev. P. B. Campbell,
P. D. Cutshall, Almira Ellett.
Central Ohio Conference :—Rev. J. H. Teter, Rev. H. H.
Smith, A. W. Greer, George E. Thompson.
Champlain Conference :—Rev. N. Warduer, Rev. James Dayton,
Rev. U. D. Lathrop, A. C. Cook, H. H. Rickert, G. H. Mattoon.
Dakota Conference :—Rev. M. H. Baidridge, Myron Bromaghim.
Indiana Conference :—Rev. E. Teter, Rev. W. H. Kennedy,
Rev. W. J. Scekius, Rev. A Worth, Rev. J. Hester, 0. J. Davis,
H. Pickett, I. Unger, J. R. Gettys, S. Kennedy.
Illinois Conference :—Rev. Wm. Pinckney, L. W. Mills.
Iowa Conference Rev. G. W. Story, Rev. A. W. Hall, W.
B. Towner, Honier Frink.
Kansas Conference :—Rev. L. S. Cooper, E. White.
Lockport Conference :—Rev. B. S. Laughlin, Rev. G. W. Sibley,
E. B. Weave; R. E. Harwood.
Miami Conference :—Rev. H. Ackers, Lottie Anderson, F. L.
Ballard.
Michigan Conference:—Rev. J. H. Canfield, Rev. J. Levington,
Rev. H. A. Day, Rev. J. L. Bush, H. Bird, H. M. Rorabacher,
B. J. Curtis, B. Pennock.
Minnesota Conference :—Rev. H. E. Walker, James Arnold.
New York Conference:—Rev. B. Perhacs, Clara Tear.
North Michigan Conference :—Rev. H. D. Inman, Rev.
George Smith, Marcellus Palmer, M. A. Sprague.
Pacific Conference :—Rev. D. Lesh.
Rochester Conference:—Rev. A. T. Jennings, Rev. B. B.
Curtis, A. W. Brim, S. J. Dudley.
South Kansas Conference :—Rev. J. A. Richards.
Syracuse Conference :—Rev. E. W. Bruce, Rev. J. L. Benton,
G. S. Mead, G. G. Rich.
Tennessee Conference :—Rev. J. W. Plunk, J. J. Baidridge.
Wisconsin Conference :—Rev. 0. S. Warner, M. Ayers.
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