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97 HISTORY OF THE VA CONFERENCE, E.U.B. CHURCH—D.F. GLOVIER
Admit
to Conf. Name Died Age Place of Internment
1960 67 Manasota Memorial Park,
1921 Ulsie Perkins
1962 Sarasota, Florida
Hovermale 1963 75 Elk Garden, W. Va.
1964
1931 Grover M. Pool 1964 76 Luray, Virginia
1950 Harry C. Swartz 80 Singers Glen, Va.
1922 B. F. Spitzer 73 Waynesboro, Pa.
1931 C. A. Moon
WHITESEL:—Rev. Peter Whitesel was born of United Brethren
parents on the Whitesel farm near Pleasant Valley, Rockingham County,
Virginia, 1805. In 1828 he was licensed to exhort. In 1830 he was
licensed to preach, and in 1832 he was ordained. He early became a
companion of United Brethren ministers, and married a daughter of
Bishop Brown of Pennsylvania. He served Hagerstown Circuit for one
year, Woodstock Circuit for two years, and Staunton Circuit, his home
territory, for two years. He died in 1837, at the early age of 32, and his
body lies within the shadow of the church founded by his father, who
survived him by twenty-seven years.
HIESTAND:—Bishop Samuel Hiestand was born in Page County.
Virginia, March 3, 1781. When about twenty-five years of age he went
to Ohio where he became a pioneer evangelist and very active as a
leader in the United Brethren Church. He was licensed to exhort by the
Miami Conference in 1819, and to preach in 1820 when thirty-nine years
of age. He was a delegate to several General Conferences. At the age of
fifty-five he was elected Bishop at the General Conference of 1833, and
again in 1837. Bishop Hiestand served his church with quiet distinction
and great acceptability. He was a man of deep piety, a faithful and
efficient expounder of the Holy Scriptures. The quiet influence of his
Virginia Moravian background was reflected in his preaching. Even
though his license to preach bears the date of 1820, Hiestand was
secretary of the General Conference of 1821, and he was a member of
General Conference of 1825. He was a man of good social qualities, and
noted for his generous hospitality, no one ever going away hungry from
his door. At his home in Fairfield County, Ohio, on October 9, 1838,
Bishop Hiestand’s life quietly and peacefully slipped away. He had
reached the age of fifty-six, and had spent twenty years in the ministry.
Admit
to Conf. Name Died Age Place of Internment
1960 67 Manasota Memorial Park,
1921 Ulsie Perkins
1962 Sarasota, Florida
Hovermale 1963 75 Elk Garden, W. Va.
1964
1931 Grover M. Pool 1964 76 Luray, Virginia
1950 Harry C. Swartz 80 Singers Glen, Va.
1922 B. F. Spitzer 73 Waynesboro, Pa.
1931 C. A. Moon
WHITESEL:—Rev. Peter Whitesel was born of United Brethren
parents on the Whitesel farm near Pleasant Valley, Rockingham County,
Virginia, 1805. In 1828 he was licensed to exhort. In 1830 he was
licensed to preach, and in 1832 he was ordained. He early became a
companion of United Brethren ministers, and married a daughter of
Bishop Brown of Pennsylvania. He served Hagerstown Circuit for one
year, Woodstock Circuit for two years, and Staunton Circuit, his home
territory, for two years. He died in 1837, at the early age of 32, and his
body lies within the shadow of the church founded by his father, who
survived him by twenty-seven years.
HIESTAND:—Bishop Samuel Hiestand was born in Page County.
Virginia, March 3, 1781. When about twenty-five years of age he went
to Ohio where he became a pioneer evangelist and very active as a
leader in the United Brethren Church. He was licensed to exhort by the
Miami Conference in 1819, and to preach in 1820 when thirty-nine years
of age. He was a delegate to several General Conferences. At the age of
fifty-five he was elected Bishop at the General Conference of 1833, and
again in 1837. Bishop Hiestand served his church with quiet distinction
and great acceptability. He was a man of deep piety, a faithful and
efficient expounder of the Holy Scriptures. The quiet influence of his
Virginia Moravian background was reflected in his preaching. Even
though his license to preach bears the date of 1820, Hiestand was
secretary of the General Conference of 1821, and he was a member of
General Conference of 1825. He was a man of good social qualities, and
noted for his generous hospitality, no one ever going away hungry from
his door. At his home in Fairfield County, Ohio, on October 9, 1838,
Bishop Hiestand’s life quietly and peacefully slipped away. He had
reached the age of fifty-six, and had spent twenty years in the ministry.
