1855: Rev. John Parker, First Circuit Rider in Story County.
     1856: First Quarterly Conference held at Parkers between Nevada and Cambridge, J. E. Hestwood
                     *Pastor in charge, considered "Father of Methodism in Story Co." Ref. Paine, p.110
     1859: Rev. S. G. Gossard
     1861: Rev. W. O. Glasner
     1865: Rev. W. S. Dorwin

                           Ames Circuit:
     1867: Rev. Theodore Powell Newland
     1868: Rev. Elijah Kendall
     1870: Rev. James Eckles
     1871: Rev. Amos Wilson
     1873: Rev. Artemas Brown, probably first Pastor in new Pleasant Grove Church
     1875: Rev. Ichabod Taylor Miller
     1877: Rev Ebenezer Walker Brady
     1878: Rev. Benjamin Franklin Durfee
     1879: Rev. J. A. Smith
     1880: Rev.. William Abraham
     1881: Rev. E. Kendall
     1883: Rev. Dugald Thompson
     1884: Rev. H. J. Everly
     1887: Rev. A. L. Hunt for Ames
               Rev. Fegtley Pleasant Grove
     1888: Rev Ostrander, Pleasant Grove
     1889: Rev. E. E. Raymond, Pleasant Grove
     1890: Rev, J. S. Throckmorton, Pleasant Grove

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     A.W. Harned, appointed September, 1892, removed September 1895
     W. L. Cox, appointed September 30, 1895