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43 HISTORY OF THE VA CONFERENCE, E.U.B. CHURCH—D.F. GLOVIER
for Harrisonburg Circuit and T. K. Clifford for Rockingham, both
together reporting a total of 12 appointments, 12 organized churches, and
518 members.
Under the Heading “Benevolences” is a report of those contributing
on the Harrisonburg Circuit (Colored)—Minutes of 1905 and page 46.
Harrisonburg Circuit: G. A. Newman (Pastor), $1.50; Rebecca
Hall, $1.10; Mildred Morris, 50¢; Alex Stuart, 50¢; John L. Temple,
45¢; Dennis Jackson, 35¢; A. Dallard, Maggie Givens, Laura Temple,
Mary Temple, 30¢ each; Lucy Strothers, Harriet Bradford, Rachel
Payne, Sallie Stevens, Josephine Frazias, Edward Matson, Nelson Mack,
25¢ each; Maggie V. Newman, Samuel Harris, Jacob Frazier, Reuben
Bilhimer, 20¢ each; Carter Bibbs, Annie Bilhimer, 15¢ each; Louisa
Bibbs, Mary Wilson, Jack Wilson, Fannie Wilson, Beatrice Watson, Jane
Jackson, Thomas Givens, Hannah Fazier, 15¢ each; Fannie Conley, 20¢;
Nellie Mealy, Jane Frazier, dec’d G. A. Newman, Jr., H. M. Dallard,
Belle Bruce, 10¢ each; Jane Carter, Beulah Johnson, Jennie Watson, 5¢
each.” This report was especially interesting to the author, because
it is the only report of names of members of any of the Freedmen’s
Missions.
At the Conferences of 1906, 1907 and 1908, G. A. Newman was
assigned to Harrisonburg Colored, and T. K. Clifford to Augusta and
Rockingham Colored.
M E M O R I A L TO R E V. T. K . C L I F F O R D
(Conference Minutes, 1908)
Rev. Theodore K. Clifford, for twenty-five years pastor of the
Freedmen’s mission of the United Brethren church in the Valley of
Virginia, died of pneumonia at his home in Harrisonburg, Va., March
16, 1908, at the age of sixty-three years and three months. His wife,
who was Sarah J. Turney, preceded him to the Spirit World just two
months. He is survived by eight children—five daughters and three sons
—one of whom takes up his father’s work. He also leaves a brother
who is a lawyer and editor, of Martinsburg, West Virginia.
At the age of fifteen, several years after the death of his mother,
he ran away from home, and after serving as a waiter to Captain Gerool-
men, of the 87th Ohio regiment, he enlisted in the regular army, served
a full term in the ranks and proved himself a gallant soldier. He was
honorably discharged in 1864 at Brownsville, Texas. He returned to
Hardy County, West Virginia, and several years later was licensed to
preach by the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he worked for eleven
years.
for Harrisonburg Circuit and T. K. Clifford for Rockingham, both
together reporting a total of 12 appointments, 12 organized churches, and
518 members.
Under the Heading “Benevolences” is a report of those contributing
on the Harrisonburg Circuit (Colored)—Minutes of 1905 and page 46.
Harrisonburg Circuit: G. A. Newman (Pastor), $1.50; Rebecca
Hall, $1.10; Mildred Morris, 50¢; Alex Stuart, 50¢; John L. Temple,
45¢; Dennis Jackson, 35¢; A. Dallard, Maggie Givens, Laura Temple,
Mary Temple, 30¢ each; Lucy Strothers, Harriet Bradford, Rachel
Payne, Sallie Stevens, Josephine Frazias, Edward Matson, Nelson Mack,
25¢ each; Maggie V. Newman, Samuel Harris, Jacob Frazier, Reuben
Bilhimer, 20¢ each; Carter Bibbs, Annie Bilhimer, 15¢ each; Louisa
Bibbs, Mary Wilson, Jack Wilson, Fannie Wilson, Beatrice Watson, Jane
Jackson, Thomas Givens, Hannah Fazier, 15¢ each; Fannie Conley, 20¢;
Nellie Mealy, Jane Frazier, dec’d G. A. Newman, Jr., H. M. Dallard,
Belle Bruce, 10¢ each; Jane Carter, Beulah Johnson, Jennie Watson, 5¢
each.” This report was especially interesting to the author, because
it is the only report of names of members of any of the Freedmen’s
Missions.
At the Conferences of 1906, 1907 and 1908, G. A. Newman was
assigned to Harrisonburg Colored, and T. K. Clifford to Augusta and
Rockingham Colored.
M E M O R I A L TO R E V. T. K . C L I F F O R D
(Conference Minutes, 1908)
Rev. Theodore K. Clifford, for twenty-five years pastor of the
Freedmen’s mission of the United Brethren church in the Valley of
Virginia, died of pneumonia at his home in Harrisonburg, Va., March
16, 1908, at the age of sixty-three years and three months. His wife,
who was Sarah J. Turney, preceded him to the Spirit World just two
months. He is survived by eight children—five daughters and three sons
—one of whom takes up his father’s work. He also leaves a brother
who is a lawyer and editor, of Martinsburg, West Virginia.
At the age of fifteen, several years after the death of his mother,
he ran away from home, and after serving as a waiter to Captain Gerool-
men, of the 87th Ohio regiment, he enlisted in the regular army, served
a full term in the ranks and proved himself a gallant soldier. He was
honorably discharged in 1864 at Brownsville, Texas. He returned to
Hardy County, West Virginia, and several years later was licensed to
preach by the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he worked for eleven
years.
