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171 HISTORY OF THE VA CONFERENCE, E.U.B. CHURCH—D.F. GLOVIER
P L E A S A N T VA L L E Y:
History records that the
first United Brethren
Church was built at
Pleasant Valley in 1860
and burned in 1862, and
that a second church was
built by P. H. Thomas in
1869 at a cost of $1,000.
This second church was
dedicated by Bishop
Glossbrenner. We have no
record of what happened to the second church building or what disposal
was made of it, but in a quarterly conference held at Whitesel’s Church,
April 19, 1890, it was decided that Pleasant Valley should be taken up as an
appointment. Services had been held in William Edward Whitesel’s shop or
coop factory. A church was built in 1896, at a cost of $1,000, and was
dedicated November 11, 1896, free of debt. In 1963 the Pleasant Valley
Church building and the land upon which it stood was sold. The bell, cast
and installed in 1898, was removed from the building and reinstalled in the
bell tower of the New St. James Church. The St. James Evangelical United
Brethren Church or Congregation was formed by the merger of Whitesel’s
and Pleasant Valley Congregations in 1961.
PRIZE HILL: The Prize Hill United Brethren Church, then on
Albemarle Circuit, was finished by W. S. Rau in 1896, and dedicated by Dr.
A. P. Funkhouser. The cost was $700. It was last reported as one of eight
appointments on Swift Run Circuit in 1921. The church building still stands
and is near Booneville, on Route 810, in the northwest part of Albemarle
County, Virginia. A nearby cemetery is still maintained. It is one of our
abandoned churches.
RIVERSIDE: The Riverside Church was built by Rev. Joseph R. Collis
at a cost of $3,412, and was dedicated by A. S. Hammack on August 14,
1921. At the September Conference of 1921 a membership of 50 was
reported. A membership of 110 was reported at the 1964 Annual
Conference. The church is on Route 259 in northwest Rockingham County,
several miles north of Fulks Run.
P L E A S A N T VA L L E Y:
History records that the
first United Brethren
Church was built at
Pleasant Valley in 1860
and burned in 1862, and
that a second church was
built by P. H. Thomas in
1869 at a cost of $1,000.
This second church was
dedicated by Bishop
Glossbrenner. We have no
record of what happened to the second church building or what disposal
was made of it, but in a quarterly conference held at Whitesel’s Church,
April 19, 1890, it was decided that Pleasant Valley should be taken up as an
appointment. Services had been held in William Edward Whitesel’s shop or
coop factory. A church was built in 1896, at a cost of $1,000, and was
dedicated November 11, 1896, free of debt. In 1963 the Pleasant Valley
Church building and the land upon which it stood was sold. The bell, cast
and installed in 1898, was removed from the building and reinstalled in the
bell tower of the New St. James Church. The St. James Evangelical United
Brethren Church or Congregation was formed by the merger of Whitesel’s
and Pleasant Valley Congregations in 1961.
PRIZE HILL: The Prize Hill United Brethren Church, then on
Albemarle Circuit, was finished by W. S. Rau in 1896, and dedicated by Dr.
A. P. Funkhouser. The cost was $700. It was last reported as one of eight
appointments on Swift Run Circuit in 1921. The church building still stands
and is near Booneville, on Route 810, in the northwest part of Albemarle
County, Virginia. A nearby cemetery is still maintained. It is one of our
abandoned churches.
RIVERSIDE: The Riverside Church was built by Rev. Joseph R. Collis
at a cost of $3,412, and was dedicated by A. S. Hammack on August 14,
1921. At the September Conference of 1921 a membership of 50 was
reported. A membership of 110 was reported at the 1964 Annual
Conference. The church is on Route 259 in northwest Rockingham County,
several miles north of Fulks Run.
