Ministers of Record in Lake County Ohio Probate Court
1846-1975

Surnames from Sh through Sz

Vol

Name

Date

County From

Date Orig. License

Church

3

Shafer, G. Kenneth Jr.

Oct. 7, 1969

Montgomery

Presbyterian Church

1

Shaffer, James K.

Jan. 13, 1879

Geauga

Methodist Episcopal

1

Shaffer, M. Dean

Sep. 8, 1938

Cuyahoga

United Lutheran

1

Shaw, Charles E.

Jun. 21, 1922

Ashtabula

Episcopal

1

Sheesley, Thomas

Oct. 23, 1934

Muskingum

Methodist Episcopal

3

Sheldon, Gilbert I.

Jan. 22, 1962

Cuyahoga

Roman Catholic

2

Shellenberger, Wayne J.

May 24, 1962

Lake

Baptist

1

Shellhass, Joseph

Dec. 24, 1943

Auglaize

Methodist Episcopal

2

Sheppard, Arthur R.

May 3, 1960

Lake

Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

3

Sheppard, Elbert

Mar. 21, 1968

Ashtabula

Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

4

Shigoka, Yoshio Royal

Dec. 12, 1966

Lake

Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

3

Shilling, Donald W.

Sep. 4, 1973

Stark

Evangelical United Brethren

1

Shiltz, Emmett E.

Jul. 18, 1932

Lake

Methodist Episcopal

3

Shobe, C. P.

Sep. 1, 1960

Ashtabula

Seventh-Day Adventists

3

Shoemaker, Stanley J.

Jun. 9, 1956

Ashtabula

Methodist Episcopal

3

Shoff, Robert John

Oct. 25, 1954

Trumbull

Nazarene

2

Short, Leonard

May 25, 1956

Lake

Disciples of Christ

1

Short, Thomas

Jan. 18, 1937

Trumbull

First Baptist

2

Shuba, Michael

Dec. 23, 1932

Lake

Roman Catholic Church

3

Shumaker, Jack Edward

Jun. 18, 1956

Columbiana

Jehovahs Witnesses

3

Shumaker, Rutherford Jr.

Aug. 2, 1960

Allen

Brotherhood of the Disciples of Christ

3

Sibley, Charles Ashley

Sep.10, 1970

Cuyahoga

Evangelical Covenant Church of America

3

Sidley, Francis J.

Oct. 18, 1952

Cuyahoga

Roman Catholic

2

Sieck, Clyde A.

Mar. 15, 1958

Lake

Jehovah's Witnesses

3

Sieck, Don L.

Dec. 22, 1970

Cuyahoga

Jehovahs Witnesses

–

Siller, William Augustus

May 29, 1851

Geauga

May 29, 1851

Disciples

3

Silverman, Myron

Jul. 30, 1953

Cuyahoga

Reform Judaism

2

Simmons, James George

Oct. 25, 1954

Lake

Methodist

3

Simnons, John W.

Aug. 9, 1968

Cuyahoga

Protestant Episcopal

1

Simons, Minot Osgood

Feb. 28, 1906

Cuyahoga

Unitarian

2

Sims, L.

Mar. 2, 1927

Lake

Church of God in Christ

3

Sinclair, Donald Keith

Jun. 2, 1954

Portage

Congregational

5

Singell, Timothy Dean

Feb. 11, 1972

Franklin

Church of the Nazarene

1

Sivard, Jas. H.

Dec. 16, 1935

Lorain

Methodist Episcopal

1

Sixt, George J.

Jul. 17, 1941

Preble

Evangelical Lutheran

3

Sizemore, Foster G.

Oct. 19, 1960

Scioto

Church of Christ

3

Skadra, Gordon H.

Jun. 28, 1966

Franklin

Presbyterian

1

Skeele, Arthur F.

Feb. 18, 1898

Lorain

Congregational

3

Skeen, David

Jul. 19 1957

Columbiana

Methodist Episcopal Church

1

Slaughter, Robert Earl

Sep. 4, 1945

Cuyahoga

Baptist

3

Slaven, Frederick G.

Nov. 26, 1968

Mahoning

Roman Catholic

2

Sloan, Arthur H. C.

Sep. 19, 1900

Lake

Baptist

1

Slutz, Earl R.

Dec. 21, 1911

Jackson

Methodist Episcopal

1

Slutz, Mahlon J.

Oct. 19, 1905

Columbiana

Methodist Episcopal

2

Small, Ben R.

Jun. 14, 1958

Lake

Jehovah's Witnesses

1

Small, Charles H.

Jun. 7, 1920

Summit

Congregational

4

Small, Richard G.

Aug. 7, 1973

Lake

Jehovahs Witnesses

4

Smetters, Theodore G.

Sep. 13, 1971

Lake

Independent Fundamental Churches of America

5

Smith, Author

Nov. 10, 1975

Cuyahoga

Baptist

4

Smith, Bernie

Jun. 16, 1975

Lake

Gospel Ministry

3

Smith, Charles

Nov. 27, 1951

Franklin

Baptist

–

Smith, Darius

Apr. 11, 1856

Ashtabula

Sep. 27, 1850

Episcopal Methodist

4

Smith, Denison H.

Sep. 5, 1963

Lake

Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

1

Smith, E. J.

Oct. 11, 1876

Muskingum

M. E. Church

3

Smith, Earl Elwood

Mar. 21, 1966

Franklin

Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

–

Smith, Edmund

Aug. 21, 1847

Geauga

Apr. 2, 1842

Christian Church

–

Smith, Edward

Apr. 18, 1853

Richland

Mar. 23, 1852

Wesleyan Methodist

1

Smith, Elmer S.

Oct. 18, 1909

Jefferson

Methodist Episcopal

1

Smith, George A.

Jan. 15, 1887

Greene

Christian Church

4

Smith, George W.

Apr. 19, 1973

Lake

Baptist

1

Smith, H. Kenneth

Jul. 26, 1930

Ashtabula

First Congregational

3

Smith, Harold H.

Jul. 5, 1966

Summit

Assn. Of Fundamental Ministers & Churches

1

Smith, Harold S.

Sep. 2, 1939

Trumbull

Church of Christ

1

Smith, Hinds

Nov. 6, 1877

Portage

Congregational

3

Smith, Hugh

Jun. 25, 1968

Ashtabula

Church of God

1

Smith, J. R.

Mar. 30, 1894

Monroe

Methodist Episcopal

2

Smith, James Edwin

Sep. 7, 1961

Lake

The Church of Christ

1

Smith, John E.

Jan. 27, 1877

Ashtabula

Congregational

3

Smith, Lyman E.

Aug. 13, 1964

Huron

Methodist Church

4

Smith, Lymon E.

Nov. 4, 1976

Lake

American Baptist

3

Smith, M. Ray

Apr. 2, 1957

Jefferson

Methodist Episcopal

3

Smith, Nathan S.

Aug. 6, 1956

Belmont

Christian Church

3

Smith, Robert J.

Oct. 2, 1970

Stark

Nazarene

1

Smith, Samuel W.

Jul. 25, 1940

Portage

United Brethren

1

Smith, Thomas K.

Apr. 18, 1928

Hamilton

The Christian Church

2

Smith, Wilbur Stanley

Dec. 16, 1920

Lake

Methodist Episcopal

5

Smitley, Melvin L.

Jun. 4, 1975

Champaign

The Church of the Nazarene

1

Snare, Francis Leroy

Dec. 19, 1945

Geauga

Baptist

3

Snell, Dennis E.

May 21, 1973

Geauga

Christian Church Disciples of Christ

4

Snipes, John Joseph Jr.

Jun. 1, 1971

Lake

Full Gospel Church

1

Snow, Walter A.

Jan. 28, 1942

Ashtabula

Congregational

3

Snyder, Henry W. Jr.

Jan. 8, 1974

Seneca

Lutheran Church in America

1

Snyder, Hubert S.

Nov. 27, 1939

Greene

Church of Christ

1

Snyder, John G.

Oct. 8, 1931

Cuyahoga

Congregational

–

Soch, James R.

Sep. 8, 1853

Trumbull

Mar. 31, 1846

Methodist Episcopal

2

Somers, Clyde W.

May 4, 1940

Lake

South Madison Mission Church

4

Sorenson, Scott Hous

Sep. 13, 1974

Lake

Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints

3

Southerland, Francis Lemuel

Dec. 5, 1960

Tuscarawas

Church of God

4

Sowers, Kenneth Darrell

Dec. 21, 1970

Lake

Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

2

Sowers, Ronald R.

Jul. 29, 1957

Lake

Church of Christ

1

Spangler, Howard

Jun. 25, 1925

Cuyahoga

Disciples of Christ

3

Spangler, William

Apr. 6, 1971

Summit

Church of Christ

2

Sparks, William A.

May 10, 1928

Lake

Protestant Episcopal

2

Spayd, L. W. (see attachment in intro)

Mar. 27, 1899

Lake

Disciple (or Christian Church)

1

Speight, Raymond P.

Jun. 5, 1946

Cuyahoga

Roman Catholic

4

Spence, Elmer

Nov. 7, 1963

Lake

Church of Christ

2

Spencer, Clinton C.

Jul. 29, 1957

Lake

Authorized until May 3rd, 1958. Licence renewed through may 2, 1959. License renewed through Apr. 30, 1960. License renewed through June 4, 1961.

Church of the Nazarene

2

Sperry, Arthur C.

Oct. 20, 1952

Lake

Methodist

3

Spiegelman, Marvin J.

Sep. 5, 1963

Cuyahoga

Oer Chodosh Anshe Sfard

1

Spindler, W. R.

Aug. 11?, 1876

Columbiana

Disciple

3

Sprague, C. L.

February 5, 1954

Ashtabula

Baptist

1

Spring, Chadbourne A.

Jun. 7, 1940

Cuyahoga

Unitarian

3

Spurgeon, Hugh

Jan. 17, 1958

Huron

Church of Christ

2

Squire, Joseph Sr.

Jul. 7, 1920

Lake

Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

2

Stadelman, Richard William

Jul. 17, 1958

Lake

Disciples of Christ

2

Stalzer, Carl J.

Oct. 31, 1953

Lake

Jehovah's Witnesses

2

Stalzer, Donald C.

Jun. 14, 1958

Lake

Jehovah's Witnesses

3

Stamets, V. C.

Jun. 29, 1970

Ashland

United Brethren

1

Stampfer, Elijah David

Apr. 8, 1932

Summit

Jewish Orthodox

1

Stanley, Kenneth G. T.

Sep. 28, 1934

Cuyahoga

Protestant Episcopal

1

Stanton, Charles E.

May 27, 1936

Hamilton

Baptist

2

Stants, Calvin

Sep. 24, 1945

Lake

Assembly of God

1

Starkey, Wm. D.

Nov. 11, 1902

Jefferson

Methodist Episcopal

1

Starrett, John A.

Aug. 22, 1904

Trumbull

Methodist Episcopal

1

Steadman, Hezekiah N.

Oct. 28, 1880

Summit

Methodist Episcopal

1

Stebbins, Linson H.

Jun. 18, 1941

Trumbull

Presbyterian

3

Steedman, Garfield

Aug. 27, 1968

Cuyahoga

Methodist

3

Steele, Norman L.

Apr. 26, 1971

Ashtabula

Universal Life Church

2

Stehman, Earl L.

Mar. 13, 1944

Lake

Licensed, not ordained

Presbyterian

3

Steiger, Raymond J.

Nov. 15, 1949

Summit

Roman Catholic

4

Stein, William Allen

Jul. 19, 1971

Lake

United Methodist Church

3

Stell, Wilbur Herbert

Jul. 19, 1973

Lorain

Evangelical and Reformed Church (now the United Church of Christ)

4

Stemen, Wilbur L.

Jun. 9, 1975

Lake

Christian & Missionary Alliance

3

Stephan, Joachin Guentler

Nov. 23, 1970

Franklin

Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

1

Stephens, John Vant Jr.

May 19, 1945

Hamilton

Presbyterian

1

Stephenson, J. B.

Mar. 6, 1946

Washington

Baptist

1

Stepler, John H.

Apr. 7, 1891

Seneca

Reformed Church of the United States of America

3

Stepp, John L.

Dec. 15, 1967

Ashtabula

Grace Missionary Baptist

1

Stern, Norella E.

Mar. 26, 1948

Licking

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.

–

Steve, Collins

Dec. 22, 1862

Franklin

Mar. 14, 1855

Presbyterian

4

Stevens, Charles J.

Jun. 9, 1970

Lake

Baptist General Conference

1

Stevens, Rupert E.

Dec. 16, 1907

Cuyahoga

The Christian Church

1

Stevenson, Michael Leo

Aug. 17, 1931

Cuyahoga

Roman Catholic

1

Stewart James Albert

Jan. 2, 1948

Cuyahoga

Methodist

4

Stewart, Earl Ketchener

Apr. 23, 1973

Lake

Jehovahs Witnesses

1

Stewart, J. Frank

Nov. 24, 1937

Jefferson

Methodist Episcopal

1

Stewart, Samuel H.

Nov. 24, 1883

Jefferson

Methodist Episcopal

2

Stewart, William

Oct. 18, 1930

Lake

St. John Baptist

–

Stickney, Charles B.

Oct. 17, 1867

Huron

Nov. 16, 1852

Congregational Consociation

4

Stiffler, Martin L.

Aug. 17, 1973

Lake

Congregationalist (U.C.C.)

3

Stiles, Charles Edward

Aug. 17, 1955 (65?)

Ashtabula

Church of Christ

3

Still, Ira R.

Jun. 19, 1958

Summit

Roman Catholic

1

Stilwell, H. F.

Jun. 13, 1904

Cuyahoga

Baptist

1

Stivers, J. C. B.

Sep. 14, 1886

Cuyahoga

Disciple

1

Stivers, J. C. B.

May 1, 1905

Cuyahoga

Christian Church

1

Stockham, Almon E.

Jul. 13, 1925

Ashtabula

Methodist Episcopal

5

Stoltz, Joseph G.

Jun. 10, 1975

Stark

Roman Catholic

2

Stone, Albert E.

Feb. 17, 1906

Lake

Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

3

Stone, John A

Apr. 15, 1965

Ashtabula

Methodist

4

Stonebraker, David N.

Jan. 5, 1973

Lake

Erieside Church on the Boulevard (Nondenominational)

4

Stoneburner, John

Jul. 2, 1964

Lake

Methodist

1

Stoody, Henry W.

Sep. 11, 1936

Fairfield

Methodist Episcopal

3

Stotts, Edwin Keith

Mar. 11, 1963

Ashtabula

Church of Christ

3

Stover, Kenneth T.

Sep. 6, 1972

Lake

Church of the United Brethren in Christ

3

Straniero, Arthur

Nov. 22, 1971

Geauga

Congregation of Jehovahs Witnesses

1

Stratton, Isaac

Nov. 14, 1911

Mahoning

Friends

3

Stratton, Percie James

Jun. 18, 1956

Guernsey

Methodist

1

Strausbaugh, George S.

Feb. 2, 1942

Seneca

German Baptist Brethren Church

1

Striffler, Roy Jacob

Oct. 10, 1936

Ashtabula

Congregational

3

Strine, Miles

Aug. 18, 1953

Ashland

Evangelical

3

Strittmatter, Lawrence R.

Apr. 4, 1968

Hamilton

Roman Catholic Church

4

Strohmeyer, G. Dewey

Oct. 26, 1972

Lake

Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

2

Strong, Dwight A.

Apr. 6, 1893

Lake

Congregational

2

Strong, John Melvin

Jun. 8, 1956

Lake

Baptist

1

Stroup, C. A.

Oct. 18, 1946

Fulton

Congregational

1

Stroup, N. W.

Aug. 4, 1903

Portage

Methodist Episcopal

3

Stuck, Werner W.

Sep. 10, 1958

Shelby

American Lutheran Church

3

Suhy, Michael

Sep. 8, 1970

Cuyahoga

Roman Catholic Church

1

Suitor, Sidney G.

Apr. 25, 1947

Guernsey

Methodist Episcopal

1

Sullivan, Charles W.

Oct. 8, 1923

Champaign

Methodist Episcopal

1

Sullivan, Edward F.

Feb. 28, 1941

Cuyahoga

Roman Catholic

3

Sullivan, J. Gordon

Aug. 6, 1968

Athens

Methodist

–

Sullivan, Potter

Sep. 15, 1851

Geauga

Apr. 2, 1846

Methodist Episcopal

2

Sumann, Richard

May 31, 1956

Lake

The Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod

3

Summers, Paul Vincent

Jul. 25, 1950

Cuy

Roman Catholic

3

Sunberg, Ronald D.

Jul. 18, 1963

Huron

First Methodist

4

Sunburn, John Harvey

Feb. 13, 1968

Lake

Third Congregational Church

1

Suoddy, Elmer E.

Feb. 28, 1911

Summit

Christian

3

Surgenor, John M. Jr.

Sep. 14, 1960

Belmont

Christian

4

Suskko, Daniel J.

Jul. 8, 1974

Lake

United Church of Christ

4

Sutterfield, Kevin James

Sep. 13, 1974

Lake

Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints

1

Swain, Charley R.

Nov. 23, 1943

Ashtabula

Congregational Christian

2

Swan, William L.

Jan. 14, 1919

Lake

Presbyterian

3

Sweeney, George Richard

Dec. 1, 1955

Columbiana

Methodist Episcopal

3

Sweeney, Joseph Aloysius

Aug. 17, 1949

Cuy

Catholic Roman

1

Swenson, Frank

Apr. 4, 1895

Ashtabula

Evangelican Lutheren

3

Swingle, Jacob

Nov. 8, 1971

Stark

The United Lutheran Church in America

2

Swope, Glenn E.

Dec. 6, 1960

Lake

Congregational Christian Church

3

Sykes, John M.

May 3, 1963

Cuyahoga

The Congregational Church

3

Synder, W. Douglas

Sep. 18, 1974

Stark

Congregational Christian

2

Szeghy, John B.

Nov. 12, 1938

Lake

Evangelical and Reformed Church

1

Szepasy, Julius

Jul. 28, 1909

Cuyahoga

Roman Catholic

2

Szilgy, Oscar

Jan. 6, 1911

Lake

Roman Catholic