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106 HISTORY OF THE VA CONFERENCE, E.U.B. CHURCH—D.F. GLOVIER
Va., March 10, 1889, aged 57 years, 5 months and 26 days. He was buried
in the Mt. Horeb U. B. Church Cemetery, Hinton, Rockingham County,
Virginia.
MILLER:—Rev. Charles Miller was a native of York County,
Pennsylvania, where he professed religion at the age of 17 and became a
member of the Evangelical Association. Five years later he was licensed to
preach and ordained at the age of 25. In the mean time he was sent as a
missionary to Virginia by the Evangelical Association. He married, located
and raised a large family at Purgitsville, Hampshire County, West Virginia.
He connected himself with the United Brethren Church, remaining in the
quarterly Conference until 1874, when he was received into the Annual
Conference as an ordained Elder. He frequently travelled a circuit, thus
serving several large charges in reach of his home for a number of years.
He served the Church as a minister for 50 years. He died triumphantly at
his home near Purgitsville on March 9, 1892, at the age 67 years, 3 months
and 3 days. Interment was in the Otterbein Church Cemetery at Purgitsville,
Hampshire County, W. Va.
NIH1SER:—Rev. J. W. Nihiser was born in Shenandoah County,
Virginia, and joined the United Brethren Church through the influence of
his brother, who fell asleep the first year of his ministry. Rev. Nihiser was a
fine singer, an effective exhorter, and powerful in prayer. As an itinerant he
travelled South Branch, Alleghany, New Creek, Franklin, Augusta, Dayton
and Winchester Circuits. He was a member of the Virginia Conference for
36 years. He died, after a short illness at the residence of his son, Dr. W. M.
Nihiser, Keedysville, Md., on Sunday, February 26, 1893, in the 67th year
of his age. Interment was at Keedysville, Maryland.
BURTNER:—Rev. William H. Burtner was born in Washington,
Maryland in 1834, and in 1842 his father, with his family, moved to
Dayton, Rockingham County, Virginia. At an early age he gave his heart to
Jesus and united with the United Brethren Church. Rev. Burtner was never
a regular itinerant preacher, but while he sustained only a local relation, he
did much preaching, holding special revival services. He had three sons, L.
O. Burtner, N. W. Burtner, and O. W. Burtner, in the active ministry of the
Church of the United Brethren in Christ. He died, following a lingering
illness of three and one half years, at his home near Mt. Clinton,
Rockingham County, Virginia, on May 25, 1894, at the age of 60 years.
Interment was in the cemetery at Dayton, Virginia.
Va., March 10, 1889, aged 57 years, 5 months and 26 days. He was buried
in the Mt. Horeb U. B. Church Cemetery, Hinton, Rockingham County,
Virginia.
MILLER:—Rev. Charles Miller was a native of York County,
Pennsylvania, where he professed religion at the age of 17 and became a
member of the Evangelical Association. Five years later he was licensed to
preach and ordained at the age of 25. In the mean time he was sent as a
missionary to Virginia by the Evangelical Association. He married, located
and raised a large family at Purgitsville, Hampshire County, West Virginia.
He connected himself with the United Brethren Church, remaining in the
quarterly Conference until 1874, when he was received into the Annual
Conference as an ordained Elder. He frequently travelled a circuit, thus
serving several large charges in reach of his home for a number of years.
He served the Church as a minister for 50 years. He died triumphantly at
his home near Purgitsville on March 9, 1892, at the age 67 years, 3 months
and 3 days. Interment was in the Otterbein Church Cemetery at Purgitsville,
Hampshire County, W. Va.
NIH1SER:—Rev. J. W. Nihiser was born in Shenandoah County,
Virginia, and joined the United Brethren Church through the influence of
his brother, who fell asleep the first year of his ministry. Rev. Nihiser was a
fine singer, an effective exhorter, and powerful in prayer. As an itinerant he
travelled South Branch, Alleghany, New Creek, Franklin, Augusta, Dayton
and Winchester Circuits. He was a member of the Virginia Conference for
36 years. He died, after a short illness at the residence of his son, Dr. W. M.
Nihiser, Keedysville, Md., on Sunday, February 26, 1893, in the 67th year
of his age. Interment was at Keedysville, Maryland.
BURTNER:—Rev. William H. Burtner was born in Washington,
Maryland in 1834, and in 1842 his father, with his family, moved to
Dayton, Rockingham County, Virginia. At an early age he gave his heart to
Jesus and united with the United Brethren Church. Rev. Burtner was never
a regular itinerant preacher, but while he sustained only a local relation, he
did much preaching, holding special revival services. He had three sons, L.
O. Burtner, N. W. Burtner, and O. W. Burtner, in the active ministry of the
Church of the United Brethren in Christ. He died, following a lingering
illness of three and one half years, at his home near Mt. Clinton,
Rockingham County, Virginia, on May 25, 1894, at the age of 60 years.
Interment was in the cemetery at Dayton, Virginia.
