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Lila Jean Fraizer (?-?), Methodist A-3 missionary to India, was educated at Northwestern University. Fraizer married Morris Dean Frazier before being appointed short term missionaries to India during the mid-1950s. Fraizer's assignment was social work, whereas her husband supervised the business administrator of the mission field. The Fraizers had two children. Sadly, one child died while on the mission field, whereas the other survived into adulthood.

Marian Warner (1917-2013), Methodist missionary and educational administrator, was born in Fairfield, Iowa, and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. She received her education in the John Fletcher College (1925); State University of Iowa ( B. A. in 1929; M. A. in 1943). She taught in Davenport, Iowa (1926-1928). Miss Warner was sent in October 1929 as a regular missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church to India. She served Queen's Hill School, Darjeeling, India (1930). She was assigned as principal of the Middle School and Hostel in Baihar, India (1931-1950). It is recognized as the coeducational school for Balaghat, Jabalpur and Narsinghpur districts. After 19 years of service, she was appointed vice principal of Hawabagh Women's College, a teacher's training school, in Jabalpur (1951-1967). It is now a part of Saugor University in Jabalpur, India. Warner retired from the Indian Mission field in June 1968.

James David Gillilan (1858-1935) Methodist missionary in Utah. He was also a minister, principle, and presiding elder. He was born on May 19, 1858, in Jackson, Ohio. His early schooling was in the public schools there, but mostly he educated himself. On May 19, 1880, he married Alice Wiseman.

He joined the Pittsburgh Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1883. He was sent to the Utah mission, where he served for fifteen years, including several as superintendent. He joined the Idaho Conference in 1898, and served there until his retirement in 1933. During this time, he served as the superintendent of the La Grande District, (1904-1910), and of the Boise District, (1911-1917). He was named delegate to the General Conference three times, 1904, 1912, and 1916. In 1918, he served on a commission sent to the Orient to survey the Church's missionary work there.

He died in 1935. The date and location are unknown.

Spencer Lewis (1854-1939) was a Methodist Episcopal Church missionary to China. He received a B.A. from Northwestern University (1879) and attended Garrett Biblical Institute. Lewis married Esther Bilble ( 1859-?) in 1881. Later that year they sailed for China. Upon arrival in Chinkiang he was ordained, and he remained there for one year of language study. In 1882 he moved to Chungking where he began preaching in rural areas. Lewis was appointed superintendent of the West China Mission in 1888 and established a school for boys that year. His wife began a school for girls the following year.

Maude Dillion (Dillon or Dillan) Spitler, (1876-1962), Evangelical United Brethren Church layperson, attended Ohio Wesleyan University and graduated from Missouri University with a Master’s Degree in English. She was cultured and an excellent French linguist, developing her interest in the arts through her scholarly work. Maude was the author of many published articles, including an account of John Kemp, Sr. coming to Ohio in 1805, which is now in the hands of many Ohio Kemp families. She never married.