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Next General Conference asked to define the boundary of this Conference so as to include in it all of Alleghany county
(Md.), and all of Garrett east of the Alleghany Divide.
W. F. Gruver, A. P. Funkhouser appointed delegates to the Anti-Saloon League meeting a! Washington. I). C. in
December.
Ordered that Mt. Pleasant be detached from Winchester circuit and added to Inwood circuit; that Red Bud be detached
from Inwood and added to Winchester; that Claysville be attached to New Creek circuit; that Virginia Mission district be divided
into Staunton and Linville circuits.
W. L. Childress, H. E. Richardson transferred to Maryland Conference; Dr. T. C. Carter granted an open transfer.
Itinerants: T. J. Feaster, E. A. Stanton.
Presiding elders: G. P. Hott, J. D. Donovan.
To open a mission at Ponce, Porto Rico, $150 secured.
Died: A. Hoover.
Ordained: J. W. Brill, T. J. Feaster, Ida M. Judy.
Constitutional Convention petitioned to allow a vote on the liquor question as an addendum to the State Constitution of
Virginia.
Licentiates: (1st year) W. O. Jones, G. M. Jones, 0. W. Burtner, A. R. Hendrickson, C. M. Good, T. C. Harper, W. S. Rau,
J. B. Ferguson, J. W. Stearn; (2d year) G. A. Newman, Ida M. Judy, E. A. Stanton; (3d year) J. C. S. Myers, J. W. Brill, E. W.
McMullen, J. W. Walter, L. O. Bricker.
Sunday School Secretary and Treasurer, A. P. Walton.
Secretary Historical Society, N. F. A. Cupp.
Trustees Lebanon Valley College: S. D. Skelton, S. K. Wine, H. B. Miller.
Trustees Shenandoah Institute: J. C. S. Myers, G. B. Fadeley, A. P. Funkhouser.
Conference Mission Secretary: W. B. Berry.
Minister present, 43; absent, 18; delegates, 19.
Leading reports: Temperance, missions, education, Sunday Schools, young people's societies.
1902
Conference met at Lacey Spring, March 12-16.
J. S. Mills, bishop; G. P. Hott, secretary.
Reporters: A. P. Funkhouser, J. O. Long.
Advisory seats given to H. H. Font, E. U. Hoenshel, J. G. Roudabush.
0. W. Burtner transferred to Pennsylvania Conference.
Ordained: W. O. Jones, A. B. Hendrickson.
Ordered that Shendun and Belvidere be detached from Augusta circuit to form Basic City circuit; that Camp Hill be
detached from Capon circuit to form nucleus of a new charge; that a mission be established in Cumberland, Md.
S. E. Boyd, of Methodist Episcopal Church, South, received as ordained elder.
Missionary Treasurer: W. R. Berry.
Treasurer Conference Educational Society: J. N. Fries.
Sunday School Secretary and Treasurer: J. H. Brunk.
Presiding elders: J. D. Donovan, A. S. Hammack.
Died: Snowdon Scott.
Licentiates: (1st year) C. M. Good, T. C. Harper, J. W. Stearn, W. D. Good, George Burgess; (2d year) G. A. Newman, W.
S. Rau, J. B. Ferguson, G. M. Jones; (3d year) J. C. S. Myers, J. W. Brill, E. W. McMullen, J. W. Walter, L. O. Bricker, J. W.
Steam, E. A. Stanton.
Ministers present, 39; absent, 18; delegates, 18.
Leading report was on Lebanon Valley College.
1903
Conference at Staunton, Va., March 26-30.
J. S. Mills, bishop; G. P. Hott, secretary.
Advisory seats given to J. L. Grim, S. H. Snell, J. P. Anthony, A. N. Horn, F. M. Glenn, Dr. W. R. Funk.
Reporters: A. P. Funkhouser, W. A. Black.
S. G. Wells received from the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Ordered that Clay Hill be detached from Rockbridge and added to Churchville; that Marion Chapel be detached from
South Branch and added to Franklin: that Christiansburg circuit be authorized.
Presiding elders: A. S. Hammack and W. F. Gruver.
Itinerants: Lau Seng Nam, J. B. Ferguson, George Burgess, S. E. Boyd.
Died: H. Tallhelm.
Ordained: E. A. Stanton.
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(Md.), and all of Garrett east of the Alleghany Divide.
W. F. Gruver, A. P. Funkhouser appointed delegates to the Anti-Saloon League meeting a! Washington. I). C. in
December.
Ordered that Mt. Pleasant be detached from Winchester circuit and added to Inwood circuit; that Red Bud be detached
from Inwood and added to Winchester; that Claysville be attached to New Creek circuit; that Virginia Mission district be divided
into Staunton and Linville circuits.
W. L. Childress, H. E. Richardson transferred to Maryland Conference; Dr. T. C. Carter granted an open transfer.
Itinerants: T. J. Feaster, E. A. Stanton.
Presiding elders: G. P. Hott, J. D. Donovan.
To open a mission at Ponce, Porto Rico, $150 secured.
Died: A. Hoover.
Ordained: J. W. Brill, T. J. Feaster, Ida M. Judy.
Constitutional Convention petitioned to allow a vote on the liquor question as an addendum to the State Constitution of
Virginia.
Licentiates: (1st year) W. O. Jones, G. M. Jones, 0. W. Burtner, A. R. Hendrickson, C. M. Good, T. C. Harper, W. S. Rau,
J. B. Ferguson, J. W. Stearn; (2d year) G. A. Newman, Ida M. Judy, E. A. Stanton; (3d year) J. C. S. Myers, J. W. Brill, E. W.
McMullen, J. W. Walter, L. O. Bricker.
Sunday School Secretary and Treasurer, A. P. Walton.
Secretary Historical Society, N. F. A. Cupp.
Trustees Lebanon Valley College: S. D. Skelton, S. K. Wine, H. B. Miller.
Trustees Shenandoah Institute: J. C. S. Myers, G. B. Fadeley, A. P. Funkhouser.
Conference Mission Secretary: W. B. Berry.
Minister present, 43; absent, 18; delegates, 19.
Leading reports: Temperance, missions, education, Sunday Schools, young people's societies.
1902
Conference met at Lacey Spring, March 12-16.
J. S. Mills, bishop; G. P. Hott, secretary.
Reporters: A. P. Funkhouser, J. O. Long.
Advisory seats given to H. H. Font, E. U. Hoenshel, J. G. Roudabush.
0. W. Burtner transferred to Pennsylvania Conference.
Ordained: W. O. Jones, A. B. Hendrickson.
Ordered that Shendun and Belvidere be detached from Augusta circuit to form Basic City circuit; that Camp Hill be
detached from Capon circuit to form nucleus of a new charge; that a mission be established in Cumberland, Md.
S. E. Boyd, of Methodist Episcopal Church, South, received as ordained elder.
Missionary Treasurer: W. R. Berry.
Treasurer Conference Educational Society: J. N. Fries.
Sunday School Secretary and Treasurer: J. H. Brunk.
Presiding elders: J. D. Donovan, A. S. Hammack.
Died: Snowdon Scott.
Licentiates: (1st year) C. M. Good, T. C. Harper, J. W. Stearn, W. D. Good, George Burgess; (2d year) G. A. Newman, W.
S. Rau, J. B. Ferguson, G. M. Jones; (3d year) J. C. S. Myers, J. W. Brill, E. W. McMullen, J. W. Walter, L. O. Bricker, J. W.
Steam, E. A. Stanton.
Ministers present, 39; absent, 18; delegates, 18.
Leading report was on Lebanon Valley College.
1903
Conference at Staunton, Va., March 26-30.
J. S. Mills, bishop; G. P. Hott, secretary.
Advisory seats given to J. L. Grim, S. H. Snell, J. P. Anthony, A. N. Horn, F. M. Glenn, Dr. W. R. Funk.
Reporters: A. P. Funkhouser, W. A. Black.
S. G. Wells received from the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Ordered that Clay Hill be detached from Rockbridge and added to Churchville; that Marion Chapel be detached from
South Branch and added to Franklin: that Christiansburg circuit be authorized.
Presiding elders: A. S. Hammack and W. F. Gruver.
Itinerants: Lau Seng Nam, J. B. Ferguson, George Burgess, S. E. Boyd.
Died: H. Tallhelm.
Ordained: E. A. Stanton.
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