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102 HISTORY OF THE VA CONFERENCE, E.U.B. CHURCH—D.F. GLOVIER
Brethren Church, in 1877, at the age of 20, and was ordained at Edinburg.
Virginia, 1880. Always an itinerant, having traveled six fields of labor,
namely, Allegheny, Highland and South Branch Circuits, Westernport and
Martinsburg Stations, and was just entering his third year on Winchester
Circuit at the time of his decease. He won friends everywhere, and those
who knew him best loved him most. He died May 8, 1883, aged 26 years, 9
months and 15 days. Interment was at Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester,
Virginia.
HOTT:—Rev. Jacob F. Hott was converted at a camp meeting under the
preaching of Bachtel, Haney and others of pious memory, and joined the
Church of the United Brethren in Christ along with Jacob Markwood, who
later became Bishop Markwood. He joined the Virginia Annual Conference
at Mt. Hebron, Washington County, Maryland in 1857, and sustained
honorably a local relation until his death. Although not working in the
itinerant ranks, he travelled a wide field, preaching in barns, mills, groves,
and private houses. His name was called on the Conference Roll for 27
years. He was an affectionate husband, a kind father, a gentle brother, and a
constant friend. Four of his sons became ministers in the United Brethren
Church, among them being James W. who became Bishop, and George Hott,
who served as Presiding Elder in the Virginia Conference. On the 31st day
of August, 1884, Rev. Jacob Fries Hott departed this life from his residence
in Frederick County, Virginia, in the sixty-fourth year of his life. His grave
is near his birthplace, and by the sanctuary he loved so well, the Pleasant
Valley Church on Winchester Charge.
KETTERMAN:—Rev. J. G. Ketterman embraced religion when but a
boy. Some time shortly after the Civil War he was licensed by the Quarterly
Conference to preach, and, in 1880, he was admitted to the Virginia Annual
Conference. He was a sound, forcible, and faithful itinerant preacher. His
last circuit was Lost River Mission. He died December 11, 1884, at his
residence on Lost River Mission, Hardy County, West Virginia, at the age of
50 years. He was buried in Bakers Run United Brethren Church Cemetery,
Hardy County, West Virginia.
ZARMAN:—Rev. Jacob Zarman was born in Franklin County,
Pennsylvania, about the year 1813. Here he gave his heart to God, his hand
to the United Brethren Church, and worshiped during the time of his
residence in the County. In 1840 he received Quarterly Conference License
to preach from the Quarterly Conference of Hagerstown Circuit. He
sustained this relation for some years and
Brethren Church, in 1877, at the age of 20, and was ordained at Edinburg.
Virginia, 1880. Always an itinerant, having traveled six fields of labor,
namely, Allegheny, Highland and South Branch Circuits, Westernport and
Martinsburg Stations, and was just entering his third year on Winchester
Circuit at the time of his decease. He won friends everywhere, and those
who knew him best loved him most. He died May 8, 1883, aged 26 years, 9
months and 15 days. Interment was at Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester,
Virginia.
HOTT:—Rev. Jacob F. Hott was converted at a camp meeting under the
preaching of Bachtel, Haney and others of pious memory, and joined the
Church of the United Brethren in Christ along with Jacob Markwood, who
later became Bishop Markwood. He joined the Virginia Annual Conference
at Mt. Hebron, Washington County, Maryland in 1857, and sustained
honorably a local relation until his death. Although not working in the
itinerant ranks, he travelled a wide field, preaching in barns, mills, groves,
and private houses. His name was called on the Conference Roll for 27
years. He was an affectionate husband, a kind father, a gentle brother, and a
constant friend. Four of his sons became ministers in the United Brethren
Church, among them being James W. who became Bishop, and George Hott,
who served as Presiding Elder in the Virginia Conference. On the 31st day
of August, 1884, Rev. Jacob Fries Hott departed this life from his residence
in Frederick County, Virginia, in the sixty-fourth year of his life. His grave
is near his birthplace, and by the sanctuary he loved so well, the Pleasant
Valley Church on Winchester Charge.
KETTERMAN:—Rev. J. G. Ketterman embraced religion when but a
boy. Some time shortly after the Civil War he was licensed by the Quarterly
Conference to preach, and, in 1880, he was admitted to the Virginia Annual
Conference. He was a sound, forcible, and faithful itinerant preacher. His
last circuit was Lost River Mission. He died December 11, 1884, at his
residence on Lost River Mission, Hardy County, West Virginia, at the age of
50 years. He was buried in Bakers Run United Brethren Church Cemetery,
Hardy County, West Virginia.
ZARMAN:—Rev. Jacob Zarman was born in Franklin County,
Pennsylvania, about the year 1813. Here he gave his heart to God, his hand
to the United Brethren Church, and worshiped during the time of his
residence in the County. In 1840 he received Quarterly Conference License
to preach from the Quarterly Conference of Hagerstown Circuit. He
sustained this relation for some years and
