Page 119 - Pictorial History of EUB Church by Glovier
P. 119
119 HISTORY OF THE VA CONFERENCE, E.U.B. CHURCH—D.F. GLOVIER
Shenandoah District in 1887 and served in this capacity for four years. In
1891, he was assigned to the Dayton Circuit and served for two years. He
was elected Presiding Elder of Winchester District at the Conference of
1893 and was reelected three times in succession. He then served as pastor
at Elkton Circuit four years, Singers Glen three years, New Creek five
years, Pleasant Valley Circuit three years. At the Conference of 1914, he
retired and made his home at Elkton, Virginia. He died in 1927 at the age of
84 and was buried at East Point, Rockingham County, Virginia. Rev. Dyche
was a good pastor and an eloquent preacher.
GARNER:—Rev. A. A. Garner, of Oklahoma Conference, was received
by the Virginia Annual Conference on September 1921, subject to his
transfer being sent to the Superintendent of Virginia Conference. His name
was ordered placed on the roll at the Conference of 1922, the Conference
Superintendent having received his transfer. Rev. Garner served Swoope
Charge from the Conference of 1921 to the Conference of 1926, at which
time he was appointed to Toms Brook Charge. He died at Toms Brook in
1927, at the age of 63 years. He was buried at Fairfield, Rockbridge County,
Virginia.
UNDERWOOD:—Rev. I. M. Underwood was born in Tyler County,
West Virginia, in 1851, and in the same year licensed to preach. He entered
the Parkersburg Conference in 1870, and in 1874 was received into the
Virginia Conference and appointed to Singers Glen Circuit. He then served
Lacey Springs Circuit, Westernport Mission Station, South Branch Circuit,
Bath Circuit, Berkeley Springs Circuit, Martinsburg Station, Hagerstown
Circuit, Myersville Circuit, Edinburg Circuit, and Dayton Circuit. At the
Annual Conference held at Churchville, Virginia, March 4-9, 1891, he was
elected Presiding Elder of Shenandoah District, and again in 1892. He was
granted an open transfer, and his resignation of membership on boards of
the Conference was accepted by the Annual Conference of 1893.
On May 4, 1924, Rev. Underwood was retired and writes to Samuel
Berry of Hinton, Rockingham County, Virginia, in which he refers to his
ministry of 19 years in the Virginia Conference, and his former friends
there. At the writing he gives his address as 144 Burlington Avenue,
Missoula, Montana, he was 73 years old. He died about 1927, at the age of
76 years.
FRIES:—Jay N. Fries was born at White Hall, Virginia, on December
13, 1850. In the fall of 1869 he began teaching and in 1876 was graduated
from Otterbein University with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He had
already been licensed to preach in 1871.
Shenandoah District in 1887 and served in this capacity for four years. In
1891, he was assigned to the Dayton Circuit and served for two years. He
was elected Presiding Elder of Winchester District at the Conference of
1893 and was reelected three times in succession. He then served as pastor
at Elkton Circuit four years, Singers Glen three years, New Creek five
years, Pleasant Valley Circuit three years. At the Conference of 1914, he
retired and made his home at Elkton, Virginia. He died in 1927 at the age of
84 and was buried at East Point, Rockingham County, Virginia. Rev. Dyche
was a good pastor and an eloquent preacher.
GARNER:—Rev. A. A. Garner, of Oklahoma Conference, was received
by the Virginia Annual Conference on September 1921, subject to his
transfer being sent to the Superintendent of Virginia Conference. His name
was ordered placed on the roll at the Conference of 1922, the Conference
Superintendent having received his transfer. Rev. Garner served Swoope
Charge from the Conference of 1921 to the Conference of 1926, at which
time he was appointed to Toms Brook Charge. He died at Toms Brook in
1927, at the age of 63 years. He was buried at Fairfield, Rockbridge County,
Virginia.
UNDERWOOD:—Rev. I. M. Underwood was born in Tyler County,
West Virginia, in 1851, and in the same year licensed to preach. He entered
the Parkersburg Conference in 1870, and in 1874 was received into the
Virginia Conference and appointed to Singers Glen Circuit. He then served
Lacey Springs Circuit, Westernport Mission Station, South Branch Circuit,
Bath Circuit, Berkeley Springs Circuit, Martinsburg Station, Hagerstown
Circuit, Myersville Circuit, Edinburg Circuit, and Dayton Circuit. At the
Annual Conference held at Churchville, Virginia, March 4-9, 1891, he was
elected Presiding Elder of Shenandoah District, and again in 1892. He was
granted an open transfer, and his resignation of membership on boards of
the Conference was accepted by the Annual Conference of 1893.
On May 4, 1924, Rev. Underwood was retired and writes to Samuel
Berry of Hinton, Rockingham County, Virginia, in which he refers to his
ministry of 19 years in the Virginia Conference, and his former friends
there. At the writing he gives his address as 144 Burlington Avenue,
Missoula, Montana, he was 73 years old. He died about 1927, at the age of
76 years.
FRIES:—Jay N. Fries was born at White Hall, Virginia, on December
13, 1850. In the fall of 1869 he began teaching and in 1876 was graduated
from Otterbein University with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He had
already been licensed to preach in 1871.
