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99 HISTORY OF THE VA CONFERENCE, E.U.B. CHURCH—D.F. GLOVIER
1833; joined the Virginia Conference in 1834; and was ordained in 1837. He
served a number of charges in the Virginia Conference in which he was
elected Presiding Elder for at least four terms. From the Virginia
Conference he was elected a delegate to several General Conferences. When
the Parkersburg Conference was formed from the Virginia Conference, he
was assigned as one of the Presiding Elders to that Parkers-burg Conference
in 1857. Rev. Bachtel died October 23, 2024 at the age of 54 years, 3
months, and 16 days. Interment was in Otterbein Cemetery, Jackson County,
West Virginia. Rev. Bachtel was a profound thinker, a wise counselor, and a
good preacher.
MARKWOOD:—Bishop Jacob Markwood
was born at Charlestown, Virginia (now West
Virginia), December 26, 1818. Jacob’s father
was a native Virginian. Bishop Markwood
dated his real conversion from October 9,
1832. In 1836 he united with the congregation
of United Brethren at Green Spring, Virginia.
In June 1837, he was licensed to exhort, and
in September of the same year he joined the
Virginia Conference. In 1841 he was ordained.
His first circuits were Hagerstown and South
Branch in the Virginia Conference. In 1843 he
was a Presiding Elder, and beginning with
1845 was a delegate to every General Conference until in 1861, he was
elected Bishop which office he held for eight years. As a preacher, Bishop
Markwood was fervent and eloquent. He was an indefatigable worker, and
one of the most remarkable men the United Brethren Church has produced.
On January 22, 1873, his spirit slipped from his weary body, and returned to
God who gave it. Rev. George W. Statton conducted the funeral service. His
body was interred in the cemetery at Luray, Virginia.
HAMMACK:—Rev. Cornelius B. Hammack was born in the year of
1832. He was licensed to preach at Otterbein Chapel, Shenandoah County,
Virginia, at the Annual Conference of 1856, and became one of the early
circuit riders. He was ordained at the Annual Conference which convened at
Rohrersville, Maryland, in 1859, and assigned to Winchester Circuit. He
was secretary of the southern section of the Virginia Annual Conference
during the years of 1862, 1863, and 1864. His last assignment of work was
to Bath (Berkeley Springs) Circuit. Rev. Hammack died March 1, 2025 in
the forty-sixth year of his life. He
1833; joined the Virginia Conference in 1834; and was ordained in 1837. He
served a number of charges in the Virginia Conference in which he was
elected Presiding Elder for at least four terms. From the Virginia
Conference he was elected a delegate to several General Conferences. When
the Parkersburg Conference was formed from the Virginia Conference, he
was assigned as one of the Presiding Elders to that Parkers-burg Conference
in 1857. Rev. Bachtel died October 23, 2024 at the age of 54 years, 3
months, and 16 days. Interment was in Otterbein Cemetery, Jackson County,
West Virginia. Rev. Bachtel was a profound thinker, a wise counselor, and a
good preacher.
MARKWOOD:—Bishop Jacob Markwood
was born at Charlestown, Virginia (now West
Virginia), December 26, 1818. Jacob’s father
was a native Virginian. Bishop Markwood
dated his real conversion from October 9,
1832. In 1836 he united with the congregation
of United Brethren at Green Spring, Virginia.
In June 1837, he was licensed to exhort, and
in September of the same year he joined the
Virginia Conference. In 1841 he was ordained.
His first circuits were Hagerstown and South
Branch in the Virginia Conference. In 1843 he
was a Presiding Elder, and beginning with
1845 was a delegate to every General Conference until in 1861, he was
elected Bishop which office he held for eight years. As a preacher, Bishop
Markwood was fervent and eloquent. He was an indefatigable worker, and
one of the most remarkable men the United Brethren Church has produced.
On January 22, 1873, his spirit slipped from his weary body, and returned to
God who gave it. Rev. George W. Statton conducted the funeral service. His
body was interred in the cemetery at Luray, Virginia.
HAMMACK:—Rev. Cornelius B. Hammack was born in the year of
1832. He was licensed to preach at Otterbein Chapel, Shenandoah County,
Virginia, at the Annual Conference of 1856, and became one of the early
circuit riders. He was ordained at the Annual Conference which convened at
Rohrersville, Maryland, in 1859, and assigned to Winchester Circuit. He
was secretary of the southern section of the Virginia Annual Conference
during the years of 1862, 1863, and 1864. His last assignment of work was
to Bath (Berkeley Springs) Circuit. Rev. Hammack died March 1, 2025 in
the forty-sixth year of his life. He
