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Rev John Ford Leffler

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Rev John Ford Leffler

Birth
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana, USA
Death
21 Dec 1945 (aged 78)
Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, USA
Burial
Cambria, Niagara County, New York, USA
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Rev. John Ford Leffler was the son of Philip Leffler and Olive Dimmitz (Parrish) Leffler Scammell. He was the husband of Lena May (Compton) Leffler. They were married February 1, 1898. Lena died April 23, 1940. Rev. Leffler was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church/The Methodist Church. Genesee (Western New York/now Upper New York) Conference L 1896 G 1898 F 1900. He was ordained Deacon Sunday September 30, 1900 in North Tonawanda: Central Methodist Episcopal Church by Bishop Charles C. McCabe - ordained Elder Sunday September 28, 1902 in Rochester: Corn Hill Methodist Episcopal Church by Bishop Willard F. Mallalieu. Rev. Leffler served St. James: Niagara Falls, New York 1902-1905. His maternal grandfather, Rev. William Parish, was a pioneer circuit rider in Southern Ohio, and his uncle, Rev Nathaniel Parish, was a Methodist preacher in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Obituary
Democrat and Chronicle
Rochester, NY
December 25, 1945

Memoir
The Methodist Church
Genesee Conference Journal
1946, Pgs. 522-523
Rev. John Ford Leffler was the son of Philip Leffler and Olive Dimmitz (Parrish) Leffler Scammell. He was the husband of Lena May (Compton) Leffler. They were married February 1, 1898. Lena died April 23, 1940. Rev. Leffler was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church/The Methodist Church. Genesee (Western New York/now Upper New York) Conference L 1896 G 1898 F 1900. He was ordained Deacon Sunday September 30, 1900 in North Tonawanda: Central Methodist Episcopal Church by Bishop Charles C. McCabe - ordained Elder Sunday September 28, 1902 in Rochester: Corn Hill Methodist Episcopal Church by Bishop Willard F. Mallalieu. Rev. Leffler served St. James: Niagara Falls, New York 1902-1905. His maternal grandfather, Rev. William Parish, was a pioneer circuit rider in Southern Ohio, and his uncle, Rev Nathaniel Parish, was a Methodist preacher in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Obituary
Democrat and Chronicle
Rochester, NY
December 25, 1945

Memoir
The Methodist Church
Genesee Conference Journal
1946, Pgs. 522-523

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1867 - 1945

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