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Presiding elders: J. W. Howe (Potomac Dist.), J. Ruebush, (S. V. Dist.).
Appointed: Frederick, J. L. Grim; Mechanicstown, C. I. B. Brane, Myersville, J. W. Funk; Boonsboro station, J. W.
Kiracofe; Keedysville station, H. A. Bovey; Hagerstown, J. B. Funk; Hagerstown station, G. W. Statton; Martinsburg station, A.
M. Evers; Potomac mission, G. W. Kiracofe; Tuscarora, J. D. Freed; Bath, C. B. Hammack; Back Creek, P. H. Thomas;
Alleghany, G. W. Rexrode; Keyser mission, J. W. Grim; New Creek, J. M. Roderick; Winchester, J. K. Nelson; Winchester
mission station, M. F. Keiter; Edinburg, W. Beall; Dayton, J. W. Nihiser; Lacey Spring, I. M. Underwood; Rockingham, W. O.
Grim, W. D. Barger; Page Valley, G. J. Roudabush; Churchville, J. E. Whitesel; Rockbridge, C. H. Crowell; Madison mission,
H. Jones; Bloomery mission, J. M. Hott; Cacapon mission, C. Miller, South Branch, J. B. Ridenour; Mill Creek, G. H. Snapp;
Highland, E. P. Funk; Augusta Freedman's mission, J. A. Evans; Rockingham mission, S. T. Wells.
1876
Conference at Churchville, Va., February 2.
David Edwards, bishop; W. 0. Grimm, A. M. Evers, secretaries.
Present: Jacob J. Glossbrenner, John W. Howe, J. K. Nelson, C. B. Hammack, W. O. Grimm, W. H. Burtner, George W.
Albaugh, E. P. Funk, Abram P. Funkhouser, G. H. Snapp, I. M. Underwood, William Beall, G. J. Roudabush, S. T. Wells,
George W. Statton, A. M. Evers, H. A. Bovey, J. L. Grim, J. W. Nihiser, D. D. Keedy, George Harman, J. Zerman, J. W. Funk,
G. W. Brown, C. I. B. Brane, Charles Miller, A. D. Freed, Henry Jones, John Ruebush, J. W. Kiracofe, J. W. Hott, J. M.
Rodruck, George Hoffman, Joshua Harp, J. B. Funk, J. E. Whitesel, C. M. Hott, George W. Howe, J. Zahn, G. W. Kiracofe, M.
F. Keiter, J. R. Ridenour—45.
Absent: J. F. Hott, W. J. Miller, J. S. Grim, George W. Rexrode, Z. Umstadt, J. G. Humphreys, J. W. Grim, William Lutz,
George A. Shuey, Adam I. Bovey, J. N. Fries, W. H. Clary, P. H. Thomas, P. W. Weller, Snowden Scott, J. Negley, D. Barnhart
—17.
S. T. Wells (colored) received from Des Moines Conference.
Transferred: J. W. Grim.
Visiting ministers: W. J. Shuey, D. K. Flickinger, J. B. Resler, J. M. Hershey, Prof. W. S. Walker.
G. W. Albaugh withdrew from conference and church.
Ordained: W. Beall, C. I. B. Brane, G. Harman, A. P. Funkhouser.
Licentiates: C. W. Stinespring, I. T. Parlett.
Presiding elders: J. Ruebush (Potomac Dist.), J. W. Howe (S. V. Dist.).
Appointments, 212; organized churches, 163; members received, 1,245; at end of year, 6,772; Sunday Schools, 126;
teachers and officers, 1,141; scholars, 5,639; meeting houses, 92; parsonages, 9; Telescopes, 389; collected for mission
$1,206.85; for all purposes, .$21,100; salaries of preachers, $9,500.
Appointed: Hagerstown, J. B. Funk; Hagerstown station, C. M. Hott; Potomac, G. W. Kiracofe; Boonsboro, H. A. Bovey;
Keedysville station, J. W. Kiracofe; Mechanicstown, E. P. Funk; Myersville, J. W. Funk; Frederick mission and station, J. L.
Grim; Martinsburg station, A. M. Evers; Tuscarora, J. D. Freed; Alleghany, J. E. Widmeyer; Westernport mission station, I. M.
Underwood; Bath, C. B. Hammack; Berkeley, W. Beall; New Creek, J. M. Roderick; Winchester, J. K. Nelson; Winchester
mission station, G. W. Howe; South Branch, J. B. Ridenour; South Fork mission, C. Miller; Mill Creek, to be supplied; Highland,
A. P. Funkhouser; Churchville, J. E. Whitesel; Rockingham, W. O. Grim; Shady Grove, C. W. Stinespring; Lacey Spring, M. F.
Keiter; Dayton, J. W. Nihiser; Edinburg, G. W. Statton; Page Valley, G. J. Roudabush; Madison mission, H. Jones; Rockbridge,
C. H. Crowell; Bloomery mission, J. M. Hott; Augusta Freedmen's mission, J. A. Evans; Rockingham Freedmen's mission, S. T.
Wells; Garrett, G. H. Snapp; agent Lebanon Valley College, D. D. Keedy; treasurer General Missionary Society, J. W. Hott;
bishop Ohio District, J. J. Glossbrenner.
1877
Conference at Rohrersville, Md., February 3.
John Dickson, bishop; W. O. Grim, A. P. Funkhouser, secretaries.
Present: Jacob J. Glossbrenner, John W. Howe, J. K. Nelson, C. B. Hammack, William O. Grim, D. D. Keedy, J. Zerman,
J. W. Funk, G. H. Snapp, I. M. Underwood, M. F. Keiter, J. R. Ridenour, J. D. Freed, J. S. Grim, Z. Umstot, I. T. Parlett, George
W. Statton, A. M. Evers, H. A. Bovey, J. L. Grim, J. W. Nihiser, Joshua Harp, J. E. Whitesel, C. M. Hott, C. I. B. Brane, G. W.
Kiracofe, G. J. Roudabush, J. F. Hott, W. J. Miller, George W. Rexrode, J. N. Fries, S. T. Wells, John Ruebush, J. W. Kiracofe,
J. W. Hott, J. M. Rodruck, W. H. Burtner, J. B. Funk, Abram P. Funkhouser, A. Hoover, J. Zahn, William Beall, Henry Jones, P.
H. Thomas, P. W. Weller, J. Negley, C. W. Stinespring—47.
Absent: George A. Shuey, George Harman, Charles Miller, Adam I. Bovey, W. H. Clary, A. D. Freed, G. W. Brown, William
Lutz, George Hoffman, George W. Howe, Snowden Scott, J. G. Humphreys—13.
J. E. Hott received from Dakota Conference.
Visiting ministers: S. M. Hippard, J. B. Resler, J. M. Hershey, President DeLong.
Licentiates: S. K. Wine, J. D. Donovan, J. M. Hott, J. E. Widmeyer.
The names of G. W. Brown and J. G. Humphreys dropped from roll, the former for withdrawing under charges, the latter
for failing to meet his committee on course of reading.
Ordained: G. W. Kiracofe.
Died: A. D. Freed, (Oct. 1876).
Minutes ordered printed.
Articles of Incorporation adopted.
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Appointed: Frederick, J. L. Grim; Mechanicstown, C. I. B. Brane, Myersville, J. W. Funk; Boonsboro station, J. W.
Kiracofe; Keedysville station, H. A. Bovey; Hagerstown, J. B. Funk; Hagerstown station, G. W. Statton; Martinsburg station, A.
M. Evers; Potomac mission, G. W. Kiracofe; Tuscarora, J. D. Freed; Bath, C. B. Hammack; Back Creek, P. H. Thomas;
Alleghany, G. W. Rexrode; Keyser mission, J. W. Grim; New Creek, J. M. Roderick; Winchester, J. K. Nelson; Winchester
mission station, M. F. Keiter; Edinburg, W. Beall; Dayton, J. W. Nihiser; Lacey Spring, I. M. Underwood; Rockingham, W. O.
Grim, W. D. Barger; Page Valley, G. J. Roudabush; Churchville, J. E. Whitesel; Rockbridge, C. H. Crowell; Madison mission,
H. Jones; Bloomery mission, J. M. Hott; Cacapon mission, C. Miller, South Branch, J. B. Ridenour; Mill Creek, G. H. Snapp;
Highland, E. P. Funk; Augusta Freedman's mission, J. A. Evans; Rockingham mission, S. T. Wells.
1876
Conference at Churchville, Va., February 2.
David Edwards, bishop; W. 0. Grimm, A. M. Evers, secretaries.
Present: Jacob J. Glossbrenner, John W. Howe, J. K. Nelson, C. B. Hammack, W. O. Grimm, W. H. Burtner, George W.
Albaugh, E. P. Funk, Abram P. Funkhouser, G. H. Snapp, I. M. Underwood, William Beall, G. J. Roudabush, S. T. Wells,
George W. Statton, A. M. Evers, H. A. Bovey, J. L. Grim, J. W. Nihiser, D. D. Keedy, George Harman, J. Zerman, J. W. Funk,
G. W. Brown, C. I. B. Brane, Charles Miller, A. D. Freed, Henry Jones, John Ruebush, J. W. Kiracofe, J. W. Hott, J. M.
Rodruck, George Hoffman, Joshua Harp, J. B. Funk, J. E. Whitesel, C. M. Hott, George W. Howe, J. Zahn, G. W. Kiracofe, M.
F. Keiter, J. R. Ridenour—45.
Absent: J. F. Hott, W. J. Miller, J. S. Grim, George W. Rexrode, Z. Umstadt, J. G. Humphreys, J. W. Grim, William Lutz,
George A. Shuey, Adam I. Bovey, J. N. Fries, W. H. Clary, P. H. Thomas, P. W. Weller, Snowden Scott, J. Negley, D. Barnhart
—17.
S. T. Wells (colored) received from Des Moines Conference.
Transferred: J. W. Grim.
Visiting ministers: W. J. Shuey, D. K. Flickinger, J. B. Resler, J. M. Hershey, Prof. W. S. Walker.
G. W. Albaugh withdrew from conference and church.
Ordained: W. Beall, C. I. B. Brane, G. Harman, A. P. Funkhouser.
Licentiates: C. W. Stinespring, I. T. Parlett.
Presiding elders: J. Ruebush (Potomac Dist.), J. W. Howe (S. V. Dist.).
Appointments, 212; organized churches, 163; members received, 1,245; at end of year, 6,772; Sunday Schools, 126;
teachers and officers, 1,141; scholars, 5,639; meeting houses, 92; parsonages, 9; Telescopes, 389; collected for mission
$1,206.85; for all purposes, .$21,100; salaries of preachers, $9,500.
Appointed: Hagerstown, J. B. Funk; Hagerstown station, C. M. Hott; Potomac, G. W. Kiracofe; Boonsboro, H. A. Bovey;
Keedysville station, J. W. Kiracofe; Mechanicstown, E. P. Funk; Myersville, J. W. Funk; Frederick mission and station, J. L.
Grim; Martinsburg station, A. M. Evers; Tuscarora, J. D. Freed; Alleghany, J. E. Widmeyer; Westernport mission station, I. M.
Underwood; Bath, C. B. Hammack; Berkeley, W. Beall; New Creek, J. M. Roderick; Winchester, J. K. Nelson; Winchester
mission station, G. W. Howe; South Branch, J. B. Ridenour; South Fork mission, C. Miller; Mill Creek, to be supplied; Highland,
A. P. Funkhouser; Churchville, J. E. Whitesel; Rockingham, W. O. Grim; Shady Grove, C. W. Stinespring; Lacey Spring, M. F.
Keiter; Dayton, J. W. Nihiser; Edinburg, G. W. Statton; Page Valley, G. J. Roudabush; Madison mission, H. Jones; Rockbridge,
C. H. Crowell; Bloomery mission, J. M. Hott; Augusta Freedmen's mission, J. A. Evans; Rockingham Freedmen's mission, S. T.
Wells; Garrett, G. H. Snapp; agent Lebanon Valley College, D. D. Keedy; treasurer General Missionary Society, J. W. Hott;
bishop Ohio District, J. J. Glossbrenner.
1877
Conference at Rohrersville, Md., February 3.
John Dickson, bishop; W. O. Grim, A. P. Funkhouser, secretaries.
Present: Jacob J. Glossbrenner, John W. Howe, J. K. Nelson, C. B. Hammack, William O. Grim, D. D. Keedy, J. Zerman,
J. W. Funk, G. H. Snapp, I. M. Underwood, M. F. Keiter, J. R. Ridenour, J. D. Freed, J. S. Grim, Z. Umstot, I. T. Parlett, George
W. Statton, A. M. Evers, H. A. Bovey, J. L. Grim, J. W. Nihiser, Joshua Harp, J. E. Whitesel, C. M. Hott, C. I. B. Brane, G. W.
Kiracofe, G. J. Roudabush, J. F. Hott, W. J. Miller, George W. Rexrode, J. N. Fries, S. T. Wells, John Ruebush, J. W. Kiracofe,
J. W. Hott, J. M. Rodruck, W. H. Burtner, J. B. Funk, Abram P. Funkhouser, A. Hoover, J. Zahn, William Beall, Henry Jones, P.
H. Thomas, P. W. Weller, J. Negley, C. W. Stinespring—47.
Absent: George A. Shuey, George Harman, Charles Miller, Adam I. Bovey, W. H. Clary, A. D. Freed, G. W. Brown, William
Lutz, George Hoffman, George W. Howe, Snowden Scott, J. G. Humphreys—13.
J. E. Hott received from Dakota Conference.
Visiting ministers: S. M. Hippard, J. B. Resler, J. M. Hershey, President DeLong.
Licentiates: S. K. Wine, J. D. Donovan, J. M. Hott, J. E. Widmeyer.
The names of G. W. Brown and J. G. Humphreys dropped from roll, the former for withdrawing under charges, the latter
for failing to meet his committee on course of reading.
Ordained: G. W. Kiracofe.
Died: A. D. Freed, (Oct. 1876).
Minutes ordered printed.
Articles of Incorporation adopted.
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