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115 HISTORY OF THE VA CONFERENCE, E.U.B. CHURCH—D.F. GLOVIER
School, Dayton., Va., and later graduated from Union
Biblical Seminary in 1882. He was given the honorary degree of Master of
Arts by Lebanon Valley College.
He was licensed as a preacher in 1877, and entered Conference in
1879, serving for twenty-seven years a number of charges in Virginia and
West Virginia. He was Presiding Elder for six years, and served as secretary
of the Conference for thirty years. Four times he was sent to the General
Conference.
He composed nearly five hundred religious songs as well as programs
for Sunday school entertainments. He was also the author of “Christ the
Teacher.”
For eleven years he was Principal of Shenandoah Collegiate Institute
and for twenty-five years a trustee.
Mr. Hott died November 28, 1914, at Dayton, Va., and was buried
there.
KIRACOFE:—Rev. John Wesley Kiracofe was born near Stribling
Springs, Augusta County, Virginia, in 1841. He united with the Mt. Zion
United Brethren Church near Mt. Solon, Augusta County, Virginia, at the
age of 15 years. He joined the Virginia Conference and was assigned to the
Lacey Springs Circuit at the Annual Conference of 1862. He was ordained
in 1864. He served the following Virginia Conference circuits: Lacey
Springs, Highland, Rockbridge, Winchester, Churchville. Frederick,
Hagerstown, Boonsboro, Keedysville, Potomac, and had pastorates at
Newville, Mechanicsville, Mt. Alto, Rocky Springs, Green-castle, Boiling
Springs and Windsor, in the Maryland and Pennsylvania Conferences. He
was an able pulpit orator and long a powerful factor in the church. In 1912
he retired and made his home in Hagerstown, Maryland. Five of his six
brothers were preachers. He died at Hagerstown, Maryland, September 29,
1914, aged 73 years. Interment was at Hagerstown.
ROUDABUSH:—Rev. George J. Roudabush was born at Seville,
Virginia, December 1, 1846, and died December 17, 1916. He was
converted at Shady Grove. Rockingham County, Va., in 1866, and was
licensed in 1868. Despite the limited educational advantages of his early
years, he read many books and was considered a minister of splendid
ability. He traveled East Virginia Mission, Elkton, Lacey Springs, Augusta,
and Dayton Circuits in the Virginia Conference, and Mechanicstown and
Boonsboro in the Maryland Conference. He built three churches and two
parsonages, and received about 500 members into the church. He served
several years as Presiding Elder of Maryland Conference. He died at the
home of his daughter in Washington, D. C., and was buried at Boonsboro,
Maryland.
School, Dayton., Va., and later graduated from Union
Biblical Seminary in 1882. He was given the honorary degree of Master of
Arts by Lebanon Valley College.
He was licensed as a preacher in 1877, and entered Conference in
1879, serving for twenty-seven years a number of charges in Virginia and
West Virginia. He was Presiding Elder for six years, and served as secretary
of the Conference for thirty years. Four times he was sent to the General
Conference.
He composed nearly five hundred religious songs as well as programs
for Sunday school entertainments. He was also the author of “Christ the
Teacher.”
For eleven years he was Principal of Shenandoah Collegiate Institute
and for twenty-five years a trustee.
Mr. Hott died November 28, 1914, at Dayton, Va., and was buried
there.
KIRACOFE:—Rev. John Wesley Kiracofe was born near Stribling
Springs, Augusta County, Virginia, in 1841. He united with the Mt. Zion
United Brethren Church near Mt. Solon, Augusta County, Virginia, at the
age of 15 years. He joined the Virginia Conference and was assigned to the
Lacey Springs Circuit at the Annual Conference of 1862. He was ordained
in 1864. He served the following Virginia Conference circuits: Lacey
Springs, Highland, Rockbridge, Winchester, Churchville. Frederick,
Hagerstown, Boonsboro, Keedysville, Potomac, and had pastorates at
Newville, Mechanicsville, Mt. Alto, Rocky Springs, Green-castle, Boiling
Springs and Windsor, in the Maryland and Pennsylvania Conferences. He
was an able pulpit orator and long a powerful factor in the church. In 1912
he retired and made his home in Hagerstown, Maryland. Five of his six
brothers were preachers. He died at Hagerstown, Maryland, September 29,
1914, aged 73 years. Interment was at Hagerstown.
ROUDABUSH:—Rev. George J. Roudabush was born at Seville,
Virginia, December 1, 1846, and died December 17, 1916. He was
converted at Shady Grove. Rockingham County, Va., in 1866, and was
licensed in 1868. Despite the limited educational advantages of his early
years, he read many books and was considered a minister of splendid
ability. He traveled East Virginia Mission, Elkton, Lacey Springs, Augusta,
and Dayton Circuits in the Virginia Conference, and Mechanicstown and
Boonsboro in the Maryland Conference. He built three churches and two
parsonages, and received about 500 members into the church. He served
several years as Presiding Elder of Maryland Conference. He died at the
home of his daughter in Washington, D. C., and was buried at Boonsboro,
Maryland.
