Information from Kansas West card file (discarded): 1847 - born January 24 in Manchester, OH to Mr. and Mrs. John L. Pollard 1872 - married Ella Hill (b. December 10, 1848, d. July 20, 1919) in January 1878 - Kentucky Conference 1887 - Cincinnati Conference 1888 - transferred to Southwest Kansas Conference from Cincinnati 1888-91 - Mulvane 1892-93 - Augusta 1894-96 - Nickerson 1897-98 - Burrton 1899-1902 - Sterling 1903-06 - Wichita, Emporia Ave 1907-08 - Anthony 1909 - Mt. Hope 1910 - Plevna 1911 - Windom 1912 - superannuated 1920 - wife's memoir, Southwest Kansas Journal (p.71) 1938 - died December 3 in Salem, Mass; buried Newton, Mass 1939 - memoir, Southwest Kansas Journal (p.482) children: Mrs. J. West Thompson; Mrs. Roy P. Crawford; Mrs. George H. Parkinson; Mrs. E. Marsh Williams, Mrs. David T. Parkinson see also: "Western Methodist" march 26, 1896 (p.5) read bible 100 times & gave away 85,000 copies won over 5,000 to Christ brother of Samuel G. Pollard interested Dr. Roy L. Smith in the ministry