Background
Baketel, Oliver Sherman was born on October 18, 1849 in Greentown, Ohio, United States. Son of Moses A. and Lydia M. (Welch) Baketel.
Baketel, Oliver Sherman was born on October 18, 1849 in Greentown, Ohio, United States. Son of Moses A. and Lydia M. (Welch) Baketel.
Bachelor of Science, Mount Union College, Alliance, O., 1871, Doctor of Divinity, 1898.
Ordained Mechanical Engineering ministry. 1870; pastor Pittsburgh Conference, 1870-1877, Southern Newmarket, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1877-1878, Manchester, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1979-1980, Methuen, Massachusetts, 1881-1884, Greenland, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1884-1887. Portsmouth, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1887-1891.
Presiding elder, 1891-1903.
Member General Conference, 1892-1896. South.S. work, 1903-1910.
Editor Methodist Year Book and the Minutes of Annual Conferences Methodist Episcopal Church, 1910-1930. Librarian Methodist History Society, 1930.
Trustee Tilton (New Hampshire (U.S.)) School.
Member General Conference, 1892-1896.
Married Rosie L. Mack, October 25, 1870 (died 1910). Married second, Annie J. McWhorter, 1912. Children: Harrie Sheridan (Doctor of Medicine), Roy Vincent (Doctor of Medicine), Leon Burt.