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145 HISTORY OF THE VA CONFERENCE, E.U.B. CHURCH—D.F. GLOVIER

GREAT CACAPON: The churches
on Great Cacapon Charge—Great
Cacapon (built in 1888), Mt. Nebo,
and Green Spring—are nestled
among the beautiful hills of West
Virginia. The Great Cacapon and
Mt. Nebo Churches are in Morgan
County, and Green Springs is in
Hampshire. Capon Mission was
listed in the conference minutes of
1899 with Rev. H. E. Richardson as
pastor. It was listed as Cacapon
Circuit in 1901. The Great Cacapon
Church was remodeled at a cost of
$366.75 in 1904, under the
pastorate of Rev. B. N. Sypolt.
The church was again remodeled at
a cost of $1,475 in 1963, under the
pastorate of Rev. Daniel A. Frazier.
The membership in 1964 is 136.

GREEN SPRING: The United
Brethren Church at Green Spring,
West Virginia, was organized by
the late Reverend H. E.
Richardson while serving the
Cumberland First Church in 1917.
Worship services were held in a
small building on the lot where
the Church now stands. In 1921
the members purchased the lot
and the small building for the sum
of $365.00 and built the present
structure at a cost of $2,683.00.
The Reverend L. G. Bridgers
serving the Bowling Green
Charge near Cumberland was the

pastor when it was dedicated in 1921.

Green Spring Church, an appointment on the Great Cacapon Charge
since 1925, is in the northwestern part of Hampshire County, West Vir-