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113 HISTORY OF THE VA CONFERENCE, E.U.B. CHURCH—D.F. GLOVIER
Va., February 29, 1829. He was converted when young and identified
himself with the Methodist Church, and from that Church received his
license to preach. He was ordained in 1879. He united with the United
Brethren Church in Roanoke in 1904, being received as an ordained Elder
on his credentials from the Methodist Church. During the four years of his
relation to our Church, he was consistent in life, diligent and earnest in the
performance of his duties and attentive to all the means of grace afforded
him. As a dental surgeon and practicing physician he was devoted to his
profession. He was a benefactor to the poor and he was a faithful minister.
He finished his work on earth, December 28, 1907, at the age of 79. Funeral
services were held in the Hott Memorial Church and interment was made in
Fairview Cemetery in Roanoke, Va.
CLIFFORD:—Rev. Theodore K. Clifford (a negro) was born in
Virginia on December 16, 1844. At the age of 15, several years after the
death of his mother, he ran away from home. He enlisted in the United
States Army during the War Between the States, served a full term in the
ranks, and was honorably discharged in 1864 at Brownsville, Texas. He
returned to Hardy County, W. Va., and several years later was licensed to
preach in the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1887, he became a member of
the Virginia Conference. For 25 years he was pastor of the Rockingham-
Augusta County Freedmen’s Mission of the United Brethren Church in the
Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, where he served faithfully and
unswervingly until the day of his death. He always attended the sessions of
the Annual Conference and was closely interested in all proceedings, but
never took part in the public discussions unless he was called upon. He died
of pneumonia at his home in Harrisonburg, Va., March 16, 1908, at the age
of 63 years and 6 months. His funeral was conducted in the Colored United
Brethren Church in Harrisonburg by Rev. G. A. Newman, principal of the
Harrisonburg Colored High School. Rev. Newman was the last surviving
colored member of the Virginia Conference. The funeral was held March
18, 1908. Interment was in Cedar Green Cemetery, Staunton, Virginia.
TABB:—Theodore Turner Tabb was born near Hedgesville, West
Virginia on July 1, 1878. He was converted at the age of fourteen and
graduated from the Shenandoah Collegiate Institute in 1901. He then
began to preach, having been licensed in 1899. In 1907 he graduated from
Vanderbilt University. While studying there, he felt it his duty to labor in
Japan.
He landed in Japan July 26, 1907, and taught English in Hagi for
Va., February 29, 1829. He was converted when young and identified
himself with the Methodist Church, and from that Church received his
license to preach. He was ordained in 1879. He united with the United
Brethren Church in Roanoke in 1904, being received as an ordained Elder
on his credentials from the Methodist Church. During the four years of his
relation to our Church, he was consistent in life, diligent and earnest in the
performance of his duties and attentive to all the means of grace afforded
him. As a dental surgeon and practicing physician he was devoted to his
profession. He was a benefactor to the poor and he was a faithful minister.
He finished his work on earth, December 28, 1907, at the age of 79. Funeral
services were held in the Hott Memorial Church and interment was made in
Fairview Cemetery in Roanoke, Va.
CLIFFORD:—Rev. Theodore K. Clifford (a negro) was born in
Virginia on December 16, 1844. At the age of 15, several years after the
death of his mother, he ran away from home. He enlisted in the United
States Army during the War Between the States, served a full term in the
ranks, and was honorably discharged in 1864 at Brownsville, Texas. He
returned to Hardy County, W. Va., and several years later was licensed to
preach in the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1887, he became a member of
the Virginia Conference. For 25 years he was pastor of the Rockingham-
Augusta County Freedmen’s Mission of the United Brethren Church in the
Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, where he served faithfully and
unswervingly until the day of his death. He always attended the sessions of
the Annual Conference and was closely interested in all proceedings, but
never took part in the public discussions unless he was called upon. He died
of pneumonia at his home in Harrisonburg, Va., March 16, 1908, at the age
of 63 years and 6 months. His funeral was conducted in the Colored United
Brethren Church in Harrisonburg by Rev. G. A. Newman, principal of the
Harrisonburg Colored High School. Rev. Newman was the last surviving
colored member of the Virginia Conference. The funeral was held March
18, 1908. Interment was in Cedar Green Cemetery, Staunton, Virginia.
TABB:—Theodore Turner Tabb was born near Hedgesville, West
Virginia on July 1, 1878. He was converted at the age of fourteen and
graduated from the Shenandoah Collegiate Institute in 1901. He then
began to preach, having been licensed in 1899. In 1907 he graduated from
Vanderbilt University. While studying there, he felt it his duty to labor in
Japan.
He landed in Japan July 26, 1907, and taught English in Hagi for
