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his character. His ceaseless toil was remarkable, and undoubtedly contributed to cut him off at
what seemed a premature age.
Bishop Hott died January 9, 2025 at the age of fifty-seven years. His first wife was Martha A.
Ramey of Frederick County, Virginia. Their children were four. He was married a second time to
Marie Shank of Ohio.
Henry H. Fout was born at Maysville, West Virginia, October 18, 1860, being a son of Henry and
Susan (Powell) Fout. He was educated at Shenandoah Institute and Union Theological Seminary. He
was licensed in 1885, and in this conference served Frederick (Md.), Keedysville, Edinburg, and
Williamsport. He then joined the Miami Conference, in which he was a presiding elder. During the
next twelve years he was editor of the Sunday school papers of the Church, and in 1913 he became
a bishop with his residence at Indianapolis, Indiana.
Julius E. Fout, a son of Henry Fout, was born at Maysville, West Virginia, in 1870, and was
graduated from Shenandoah Seminary in 1893, in which year he was ordained. His only field in the
Virginia Conference territory was Franklin circuit. In the first seven years of his ministry, he
received 287 members. After rising to high position in the activities of the Church, Dr. Fout became
General Manager of Bonebrake Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio.
Samuel Hiestand, ninth bishop of the United Brethren Church, was born in Page county,
Virginia, March 3, 1781. His parents were Moravians. About 1804 he went to Ohio, and through the
influence of George Benedum was roused from a backslidden state, becoming associated with him
as an evangelist. In 1810 he helped to organize the Miami Conference, the first daughter
conference of the Church. He was a faithful itinerant and became bishop in 1833. Bishop Hiestand
was a man of estimable social qualities. As an English scholar he was indifferent, but he was well
read in the German. He died in Fairfield county, Ohio, in 1838.
Zebedee Warner was born in the west of Pendleton county, West Virginia, February 28, 1833,
and died in Nebraska, January 24, 1888. He joined the United Brethren Church in 1850. Feeling the
need of a better education than he could secure in his native county, he went the following year to
the Northwestern Academy at Clarksburg, W. Va. He arrived there without any money, yet he
remained one year, earning his board and tuition by manual labor. A student he remained all his
life. In 1853 he was licensed as a preacher, and three years later was sent to the extreme west of
Virginia. In 1858 he helped to organize the Parkersburg Conference, this being done in Taylor
county, and from the very first he was a leader in it. In the new conference his first charge was
Taylor circuit, which took in parts of five counties. His salary was $100, and out of this he had to
pay rent on a little log cabin in the outskirts of Philippi. At times the family faced want. From 1862
to 1869 he was a presiding elder. Whether as pastor or elder, Mr. Warner had very unusual courage
and endurance and neglected no duty. He made a specialty of "catching and training" young men.
For this purpose he established a theological institute for the benefit of young candidates for the
ministry who were without a sufficient education, and he taught this school without compensation.
His pastorate at Parkersburg,— 1860 to 1880,—was when it closed the longest known in the history
of the Church. He was Missionary Secretary, 1880-87. In 1878 Mr. Warner was made a Doctor of
Divinity by Otterbein University. He was one of the greatest pulpit orators in the Church, a great
advocate of temperance, and he helped to change the attitude of his Church on the question of
secret orders.
Abner Corbin was born in Hampshire county in 1823, but went to Iowa in 1844, where he was
soon licensed. About 1848 he was made a frontier missionary. In this capacity his labors were of
the most strenuous character. There were times when he could cross a river only by fastening
several logs together and making his horse swim. He died in 1862.
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Others
what seemed a premature age.
Bishop Hott died January 9, 2025 at the age of fifty-seven years. His first wife was Martha A.
Ramey of Frederick County, Virginia. Their children were four. He was married a second time to
Marie Shank of Ohio.
Henry H. Fout was born at Maysville, West Virginia, October 18, 1860, being a son of Henry and
Susan (Powell) Fout. He was educated at Shenandoah Institute and Union Theological Seminary. He
was licensed in 1885, and in this conference served Frederick (Md.), Keedysville, Edinburg, and
Williamsport. He then joined the Miami Conference, in which he was a presiding elder. During the
next twelve years he was editor of the Sunday school papers of the Church, and in 1913 he became
a bishop with his residence at Indianapolis, Indiana.
Julius E. Fout, a son of Henry Fout, was born at Maysville, West Virginia, in 1870, and was
graduated from Shenandoah Seminary in 1893, in which year he was ordained. His only field in the
Virginia Conference territory was Franklin circuit. In the first seven years of his ministry, he
received 287 members. After rising to high position in the activities of the Church, Dr. Fout became
General Manager of Bonebrake Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio.
Samuel Hiestand, ninth bishop of the United Brethren Church, was born in Page county,
Virginia, March 3, 1781. His parents were Moravians. About 1804 he went to Ohio, and through the
influence of George Benedum was roused from a backslidden state, becoming associated with him
as an evangelist. In 1810 he helped to organize the Miami Conference, the first daughter
conference of the Church. He was a faithful itinerant and became bishop in 1833. Bishop Hiestand
was a man of estimable social qualities. As an English scholar he was indifferent, but he was well
read in the German. He died in Fairfield county, Ohio, in 1838.
Zebedee Warner was born in the west of Pendleton county, West Virginia, February 28, 1833,
and died in Nebraska, January 24, 1888. He joined the United Brethren Church in 1850. Feeling the
need of a better education than he could secure in his native county, he went the following year to
the Northwestern Academy at Clarksburg, W. Va. He arrived there without any money, yet he
remained one year, earning his board and tuition by manual labor. A student he remained all his
life. In 1853 he was licensed as a preacher, and three years later was sent to the extreme west of
Virginia. In 1858 he helped to organize the Parkersburg Conference, this being done in Taylor
county, and from the very first he was a leader in it. In the new conference his first charge was
Taylor circuit, which took in parts of five counties. His salary was $100, and out of this he had to
pay rent on a little log cabin in the outskirts of Philippi. At times the family faced want. From 1862
to 1869 he was a presiding elder. Whether as pastor or elder, Mr. Warner had very unusual courage
and endurance and neglected no duty. He made a specialty of "catching and training" young men.
For this purpose he established a theological institute for the benefit of young candidates for the
ministry who were without a sufficient education, and he taught this school without compensation.
His pastorate at Parkersburg,— 1860 to 1880,—was when it closed the longest known in the history
of the Church. He was Missionary Secretary, 1880-87. In 1878 Mr. Warner was made a Doctor of
Divinity by Otterbein University. He was one of the greatest pulpit orators in the Church, a great
advocate of temperance, and he helped to change the attitude of his Church on the question of
secret orders.
Abner Corbin was born in Hampshire county in 1823, but went to Iowa in 1844, where he was
soon licensed. About 1848 he was made a frontier missionary. In this capacity his labors were of
the most strenuous character. There were times when he could cross a river only by fastening
several logs together and making his horse swim. He died in 1862.
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Others
