1868
S. K. Holtsinger, S.C., Sharonville, O.
Minister - Miami Presbytery - Ohio Synod
Commissioner to General Assembly, May 21-29, 1868, in Lincoln, Illinois.
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1868, pages 8, 105]

1869
S. K. Holtsinger, Stated Clerk, Sharonville, Ohio
Minister - Miami Presbytery - Ohio Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1869, page 85]

1870
S. K. Holtsinger, St Clerk, Sharonville, Ohio
Minister - Miami Presbytery - Ohio Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1870, page 79]

1871
S, K. Holtsinger, Stated Clerk, Sharonville, Ohio
Minister - Miami Presbytery - Ohio Synod
Commissioner to General Assembly, May 18-27, 1871, in Nashville, Tennessee.
Served on the Committee on the Record of Sangamon Synod.
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1871, pages 5, 8 & 80]

1872
Holtsinger, S. K., Sharonville, Ohio, Stated Clerk
Minister - Miami Presbytery - Ohio Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1872, page 122]

1873
No report from Miami Presbytery
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1873]

1874
Holtsinger, S. K., West Chester, Ohio
Minister - Miami Presbytery - Ohio Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1874, page 98]

1875
Holtsinger, S. K., West Chester, Ohio
Minister - Miami Presbytery - Ohio Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1875, page 81]

1876
Holtsinger, S. K., West Chester, Ohio
Minister - Miami Presbytery - Ohio Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1876, page 91]

1877
Holtsinger, S. K., West Chester, Ohio
Minister - Miami Presbytery - Ohio Synod
Commissioner to General Assembly, May 17-25, 1877, in Lincoln, Illinois
Served on the Committee on State of Religion.
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1877, pages 6, 8 & 86]

1878
Holtsinger, S. K., West Chester, Ohio
Minister - Miami Presbytery - Ohio Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1878, page 95]

1879
Holtsinger, S. K., West Chester, Ohio
Minister - Miami Presbytery - Ohio Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1879, page 90]

1880
Holtsinger, S. K., West Chester, Ohio
Minister - Miami Presbytery - Ohio Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1880, page 117]

1881
Holtsinger, S. K., West Chester, Ohio
Minister - Miami Presbytery - Ohio Synod
Commissioner to General Assembly, May 19-25, 1881, in Austin, Texas.
Served on the Committee on Temperance.
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1881, pages 5, 8 & 89]

1882
Holtsinger, S. K., West Chester, Ohio
Minister - Miami Presbytery - Ohio Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1882, page 119]

1883
Holtsinger, S. K., West Chester, Ohio
Minister - Miami Presbytery - Ohio Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1883, page 128]

1884
Holtsinger, S. K., West Chester, Ohio
Minister - Miami Presbytery - Ohio Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1884, page 117]

1885
Holtsinger, S. K., West Chester, Ohio
Minister - Miami Presbytery - Ohio Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1885, page 132]

1886
Holtsinger, S. K., West Chester, Ohio
Minister - Miami Presbytery - Ohio Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1886, page 161]

1887
Holtsinger, S. K., West Chester, Ohio
Minister - Miami Presbytery - Ohio Synod
Commissioner to General Assembly, May 19-25, 1887, in Covington, Ohio.
Served on the Committee on Finance.
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1887, pages 6, 8 & 158]

1888
Holtsinger, S. K., West Chester, O.
Minister - Miami Presbytery - Ohio Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1888, page 170]

1889
Holtsinger, S. K., West Chester, Ohio
Minister - Miami Presbytery - Ohio Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1889, page 179]

1890
Holtsinger, S. K., West Chester, Ohio
Minister - Miami Presbytery - Ohio Synod
Pastor - Bethany Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Pastor - Sharonville Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Pastor - West Chester Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Commissioner to General Assembly, May 15-22, 1890, in Union City, Tennessee.
Served on the Committee on Publication and Sunday-school.
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1890, pages 9, 125 & 210]

1891
Holtsinger, S. K., D.D., West Chester, Ohio
Minister - Miami Presbytery - Ohio Synod
Pastor - Bethany Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Pastor - Sharonville Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Pastor - West Chester Cumberland Presbyterian Church
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1891, pages 139 & 224]

1892
Holtsinger, S. K., D.D., West Chester, Ohio
Minister - Miami Presbytery - Ohio Synod
Pastor - Bethany Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Pastor - Sharonville Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Pastor - West Chester Cumberland Presbyterian Church
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1892, pages 147 & 236]

1893
Holtsinger, S. K., D.D., West Chester, Ohio
Minister - Miami Presbytery - Ohio Synod
Pastor - Bethany Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Pastor - Sharonville Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Pastor - West Chester Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Commissioner to General Assembly, May 18-24, 1893, in Little Rock, Arkansas
Served on the Committee on Publication and Sunday-schools.
Served on the Special Committee on Credentials.
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1893, pages 6, 9, 149 & 236]

1894
Holtsinger, S. K., D.D., West Chester, Ohio
Minister - Miami Presbytery - Ohio Synod
Pastor - Bethany Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Pastor - Sharonville Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Pastor - West Chester Cumberland Presbyterian Church
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1894, pages 164 & 248]

1895
Holtsinger, S. K., D.D., West Chester, Ohio
Minister - Miami Presbytery - Ohio Synod
Pastor - Bethany Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Pastor - Sharonville Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Pastor - West Chester Cumberland Presbyterian Church
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1895, pages 170 & 256]

1896
Holtsinger, S. K.
Minister - California Presbytery - Pacific Synod
Pastor - San Diego Cumberland Presbyterian Church - San Diego, California
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1896, page 233]

1897
Holtsinger, S. K., D.D., (charge), San Diego, Cal.
Minister - Los Angeles Presbytery - Pacific Synod
Pastor - Elmonte Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Elmonte, California
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1897, pages 197 & 276]

1898
Holtsinger, S. K., D.D., without charge, San Diego, Cal.
Minister - Los Angeles Presbytery - Pacific Synod
Pastor - Elmonte Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Elmonte, California
Commissioner to General Assembly, May 19-26, 1898, in Marshall, Missouri
Served on the Committee on Missions and Church Erection
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1898, pages 10, 15, 218 & 290]

1899
Holtsinger, S. K., D.D., charge, West Chester, O.
Minister - Athens Presbytery - Ohio Synod
Pastor - Centerburg Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Centerburg, Ohio
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1899, pages 111a & 185a]

1900
Holtsinger, S. K., D.D., charge, West Chester, O.
Minister - Athens Presbytery - Ohio Synod
Pastor - Centerburg Cumberland Presbyterian Church - Centerburg, Ohio
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1900, pages 130a & 199a]

1901
Holtsinger, S. K., D.D., without charge, West Chester, O.
Minister - Athens Presbytery - Ohio Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1901, page 257a]

1902
Holtsinger, S. K., D.D., charge, West Chester, O.
Minister - Athens Presbytery - Ohio Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1902, page 211a]

1903
Holtsinger, S. K., D.D., synodical evangelist, West Chester, Ohio.
Minister - Athens Presbytery - Ohio Synod
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1903, page 198a]

1904
Ordained Minister Dismissed to Other Denominations.
Name: Holtsinger, S. K., D.D.
Presbytery: Athens
Synod: Ohio
Denomination: Presbyter'n, U.S.A.
Date: Jan. 27, 1904
[Source: Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1904, page 169a]

Dr. Samuel K. Holtsinger, of West Chester, Ohio, died suddenly, October 10, in his sixty-ninth year.
[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, October 17, 1907 page 500]

Rev. S. K. Holtsinger, an eloquent and scholarly divine and one of the leading ministers of the Cumberland Presbyterian church in Butler county, is a native of Washington county, Tennessee, where his birth occurred on December 22, 1838. John Holtsinger, his grandfather, was born in Pennsylvania, but moved to east Tennessee a number of years ago and became widely and favorably known throughout the county of Washington, where he spent the greater part of his life. He married a lady by the name of Elizabeth Patton, who bore him ten children, five sons and five daughters, among the former being Rev. John P. Holtsinger, who was the second in order of birth and who spent forty years of ministerial work in the Cumberland church. John P. Holtsinger espoused the cause of the Union during the late Civil war and served as chaplain of the First Tennessee Regular Cavalry, which was first commanded by Col. Robert Johnston and later by James P. Brownlow, his military experience covering a period of three years. The maiden name of Mrs. John P. Holtsinger was Nachey Roberts; she was also a native of east Tennessee and became the mother of three children, namely: Samuel K., of this review; John R., who served as a Union soldier in the war of the Rebellion and mysteriously disappeared during the struggle, and Nachey E., now the wife of Rev. James A. Francis, of Winchester, Kentucky.

Rev. S. K. Holtsinger spent his early life in the South and when old enough to be of service began earning his own livelihood by working on a farm in his native county and state. While thus engaged he devoted the winter months to study, attending for a couple of years an academy at Greenville and later becoming a student of Clear Springs Academy, Green county, where he spent about the same length of time. The training received in these institutions aroused an ambition in the mind of young Holtsinger to prosecute his studies further, in order to fit himself for the ministry, a calling for which he early manifested a decided preference. Yielding to this laudable desire, he entered Ewing and Jefferson College, about fifteen miles west of Knoxville, where he devoted three years to close study and painstaking research, during which time he made a creditable record as a student, and at his graduation, in 1861, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, he stood among the first in his class. It was about this time that the dark and ominous clouds of civil war began to overshadow the country and, with other loyal young men of his state, Mr. Holtsinger responded to the President's call for volunteers by enlisting, in August, 1862, in a Tennessee regiment, with which he served for a period of one year. Receiving his discharge at the expiration of that time, he entered the ministry of the Cumberland Presbyterian church and, thinking to find in the north a more favorable field than the disturbed condition of the South then presented, he made his way to Hamilton, Ohio, where for some time he was under the necessity of laboring with his hands for a livelihood. He arrived in Hamilton in 1863 and the latter part of the year following was formally ordained and set apart to the holy office of the ministry, immediately after which he entered upon the active duties of the same, taking charge of the church at Sharon, Ohio, and continuing his labors with great acceptance during the thirty-one succeeding years. Rev. Holtsinger's work in Sharon was greatly blessed and the church to which he ministered grew steadily in members and influence during the entire period of his long and successful pastorate. He endeared himself not only to his own congregation but to the people of the county, irrespective of church or creed, manifesting an abiding interest in secular as well as religious affairs and winning a conspicuous place in public esteem. While devoutly attached to his own parishioners, he found time amid his pressing duties to labor in other fields near by, the churches at West Chester and Bethany having been founded by him. September 22, 1895, Rev. Holtsinger severed his connection with the church for which he had so long been a spiritual leader and guide and went to California, where he spent the ensuing three years as pastor of the congregation at Santiago, during which period he also organized the church at the town of Elmonte and made it self-supporting. Closing his labors in the West at the expiration of the period noted, he returned to Ohio and since the year 1898 has lived at West Chester, the scene of his former labors, where he owns a beautiful and comfortable home and enjoys the friendship and love of many to whom in days gone by he broke the bread of life.

Rev. Holtsinger's ministerial career has been one of continued success and advancements and, as already indicated, he is today numbered with the ablest preachers and most scholarly divines of the church with which he is identified. Through his efforts thousands have been induced to abandon lives of sin and chose the better way, churches have been established that are powerful agencies for good and in the different communities in which he has lived the people have felt the influence of his earnest preaching and strong personal presence, as powerful incentives to noble aims and high ideals. As a preacher he is clear and concise in statement, cogent in reason, strong and logical in discussing doctrinal points, and earnest and eloquent in presenting the claims of the gospel, his chief aim being to convince and save men and women rather than to flatter and please his auditors. His every-day walk and conversation forcibly exemplify the beauty and exceeding worth of practical religion, his presence is an inspiration and his life has been his most eloquent sermon. A thinker and a scholar, deeply informed on ecclesiastical matters and firmly guided in the oracles of God, he wields a wide and powerful influence in his own denomination and is held in the highest esteem by leading divines of other religious bodies. Mr. Holtsinger gave up his ministry in the Cumberland Presbyterian church in September, 1903, and is now affiliated with the Presbyterian church. His spirit is broadly and intensely catholic, perceiving good wherever it may be found, recognizing the truth under whatever ecclesiastical garb it may appear, and appreciating every earnest effort for the advancement of the Redeemer's kingdom among men, providing the motives be honest and pure. He has never allowed his calling to make him narrow or pedantic nor permitted it to interfere with the duties of citizenship. He has mingled much with men, is an excellent judge of human nature and by coming in contact with the world in many practical ways has learned to realize his obligations to the public and to know how to meet and discharge the same. Mr. Holtsinger is well posted on current events, keeps abreast the times relative to the leading questions of the day and, while not a politician, takes considerable interest in party affairs, voting the Republican ticket. Fraternally he is identified with the Grand Army of the Republic, holding membership with A. W. Graves Post, at Lockland, Ohio.

The domestic life of Rev. Holtsinger dates from 1865, on September 27th of which year was solemnized his marriage with Miss Margaret O. Housel, of Warren county, Ohio, but for many years a successful and popular teacher in the schools of Butler county. To Rev. and Mrs. Holtsinger two children have been born, John P., who died at the early age of two years, and a daughter by the name of Nachey H., who married E. W. Scribbs, a prominent journalist of Ohio, and the present proprietor of the Cincinnati Post.
[Source: Bartlow, Bert Surene. Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio. [Place of publication not identified]: B.F. Bowen, 1905, pages 373-376. ]