Lorenzo Waugh
Father Lorenzo Waugh is well known by the older citizens of Mansfield and Richland County as a former Methodist pastor here and in recent years he has occasionally made return visits to Mrs. M.E. Aten, his niece, who lives near Lexington, and other relatives in this and adjoining counties. He is now living in California and the Howard Methodist Church of San Francisco recently celebrated his four-score and tenth birthday anniversary at which addresses of congratulations were made by the local pastor and others. Father Waugh is said to be the oldest living Methodist preacher in the world. He was born Aug. 28, 1808 near Greenbriar, West Virginia. In his younger days he knew Daniel Webster, John Quincy Adams, Thomas H. Benton and other great men who figured in American history. He went to California over the plains with an ox team in 1852. in the early years there Gen. Vallejo made him a present of 350 acres of land which subsequently became very valuable and which he divided among his children. The aged pastor is now living in Los Olivos, Santa Barbara County, California.
From The Mansfield Semi-Weekly News, November 22, 1898