Shane, Joseph

Shane, Joseph, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Jefferson County, O., April 9, 1834, and united with the Church when about seventeen years old. He was licensed as a local preacher April 25, 1857, and in 1859 was received into the Pittsburgh Conference. In the spring of 1865 he was compelled to, resign his charge, and after a few months of illness, died in Apollo, Armstrong Co., Pa., Jan. 16, 1866. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1866, p. 21 .