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120 HISTORY OF THE VA CONFERENCE, E.U.B. CHURCH—D.F. GLOVIER
In the year of his graduation he opened a high school in Dayton,
Virginia, and taught there four years. Later he taught in Bridgewater and
Harrisonburg. For twelve years, Professor Fries was at the head of
Shenandoah Institute.
He died in 1928, and was buried at Berkeley Springs, West Virginia.
RIDENOUR:—Jacob R. Ridenour was born near Myersville,
Maryland, in 1849. He was the first student to enter Lebanon Valley College
from south of the Mason-Dixon Line.
He was licensed in 1874 and joined Conference the next year. In 17
years of pastoral work, he served New Creek, South Branch, Hagerstown,
Winchester, Berkeley Springs, Keedysville, Martinsburg and Dayton. For
two years he was Presiding Elder of the Winchester district.
In 1893 he took a superannuate relation because of failing health. He
died in 1929 and was buried in Middletown, Maryland.
RAU:—The Rev. W. S. Rau, a native of Edinburg, Virginia, was
admitted to the Conference in 1900, and ordained in 1908. His first
assignment was to the Rockbridge Circuit in 1899. He served pastorates on
Rockbridge, Bayard, Augusta, Elkton, Lacey Springs, Shenandoah Circuits,
and Bethel Church near Harriston, Augusta County, Va. He retired in 1927
after a ministry in the Virginia Conference of 28 years. For a number of
years prior to his retirement, he was mayor of Shenandoah where he had
lived since 1918. During his ministry he gave the church valued service. He
died suddenly during the summer of 1929 at the age of 71 and was buried at
Shenandoah, Va.
FERGUSON:—J. B. Ferguson of Roanoke, Virginia, was admitted to
the Virginia Conference in 1901. He served Pendleton charge with residence
at Crabbottom, Highland County, Virginia, from the Conference of 1908 to
the Conference of 1913 when he was appointed to Shenandoah Charge
during the Conference year of 1914-1915 on account of ill health. He died
in 1929 at the age of 59 years, at Roanoke, Virginia, and was buried there.
The Conference Superintendent in his report of deaths in 1929 states: “Rev.
J. B. Ferguson, of Roanoke, Virginia, a retired minister, after having served
a number of charges in the Conference, and gaining to himself and the
church a host of friends, closed his days on earth during the year.”
In the year of his graduation he opened a high school in Dayton,
Virginia, and taught there four years. Later he taught in Bridgewater and
Harrisonburg. For twelve years, Professor Fries was at the head of
Shenandoah Institute.
He died in 1928, and was buried at Berkeley Springs, West Virginia.
RIDENOUR:—Jacob R. Ridenour was born near Myersville,
Maryland, in 1849. He was the first student to enter Lebanon Valley College
from south of the Mason-Dixon Line.
He was licensed in 1874 and joined Conference the next year. In 17
years of pastoral work, he served New Creek, South Branch, Hagerstown,
Winchester, Berkeley Springs, Keedysville, Martinsburg and Dayton. For
two years he was Presiding Elder of the Winchester district.
In 1893 he took a superannuate relation because of failing health. He
died in 1929 and was buried in Middletown, Maryland.
RAU:—The Rev. W. S. Rau, a native of Edinburg, Virginia, was
admitted to the Conference in 1900, and ordained in 1908. His first
assignment was to the Rockbridge Circuit in 1899. He served pastorates on
Rockbridge, Bayard, Augusta, Elkton, Lacey Springs, Shenandoah Circuits,
and Bethel Church near Harriston, Augusta County, Va. He retired in 1927
after a ministry in the Virginia Conference of 28 years. For a number of
years prior to his retirement, he was mayor of Shenandoah where he had
lived since 1918. During his ministry he gave the church valued service. He
died suddenly during the summer of 1929 at the age of 71 and was buried at
Shenandoah, Va.
FERGUSON:—J. B. Ferguson of Roanoke, Virginia, was admitted to
the Virginia Conference in 1901. He served Pendleton charge with residence
at Crabbottom, Highland County, Virginia, from the Conference of 1908 to
the Conference of 1913 when he was appointed to Shenandoah Charge
during the Conference year of 1914-1915 on account of ill health. He died
in 1929 at the age of 59 years, at Roanoke, Virginia, and was buried there.
The Conference Superintendent in his report of deaths in 1929 states: “Rev.
J. B. Ferguson, of Roanoke, Virginia, a retired minister, after having served
a number of charges in the Conference, and gaining to himself and the
church a host of friends, closed his days on earth during the year.”
