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CUPP: N. F. A. Cupp, son of Daniel and Rebecca Cupp, was born near Mount Sidney, Va.,
September 22, 1862, was a Lutheran until the age of fourteen, when he joined the United
Brethren. He was licensed in 1885, ordained in 1887, and has been an itinerant 33 years, serving
Singer's Glen, South Branch, Winchester, Frederick, Berkeley Springs, Edinburg, Lacey Springs,
Elkton, Shenandoah City, Petersburg and Greensburg.
DAWSON: S. D. Dawson was born near Keyser, West Virginia, in 1864, and was licensed in
1862. His relation to the conference prior to 1900 was local.
DAY: Albert Day was born and converted in Pendleton county, West Virginia. He was licensed in
1883 and traveled the North Fork mission for $50 a year, but considered the experience worth
many times the money. Three years later he did very successful work on the Alleghany circuit,
receiving four times his first salary. In 1892 he joined the Huntington Presbytery, passing a most
rigid examination, and was pastor at Mannington, West Virginia, and Marietta, Ohio. By 1900 he
had been in synod and General Assembly, acting as moderator in some of the sessions of the latter.
Mr. Day had four children.
DONOVAN: John D. Donovan was born of religious parents in Rockingham county, Virginia, May
10, 1855. His call to the ministry was clear, and he entered it in 1877, being ordained in 1881. His
pastorates were Bloomery, Dayton circuit, Boonsboro, Martinsburg, Berkeley Springs, Lacey
Springs, Singers Glen, and Staunton mission. Also, he was seven years presiding elder of the
Winchester district, and was twice in General Conference. Mr. Donovan easily made friends, and
among the railroad men he was a great favorite. He was an interesting preacher and untiring
pastor, and a most successful evangelist. During the last months of his life, true to his wish to help
others, he cared for an aged blind man in whose home he lived in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and
where he died April 22, 1905. His wife was Miss Lillian V. Croft, of Staunton. He had an only son.
EVERS: Abram M. Evers was born near Port Republic, Virginia, in 1837, and was converted in
1855. His circuits to 1900 were South Branch, Rockbridge, Keezletown, Boonsboro, Myersville,
Hagerstown, Frederick, Martins-burg, and Churchville. After 1887 he was a member of the
Maryland Conference. In this period he was seven years presiding elder, three times a delegate to
the General Conference, and built four churches. A daughter married the Rev. D. E. Burtner of the
Congregationalist Church.
EWING: William O. Ewing was born July 13, 1866, and died at Churchville, October 15, 1898.
He joined the church when fourteen years old and the conference when twenty-three. His
pastorates were Winchester, Vancleavesville, Singers Glen, Cross Keys, Dayton, and Churchville.
FADELEY: Green B. Fadeley, son of Abraham Fadeley, was born at Columbia Furnace,
Shenandoah county, Virginia, March 3, 1859. He was converted at an early age and entered the
Virginia Conference in 1886, his early pastorates being Bloomery, Elkton, Shenandoah, and Lacey
Spring. In these fifteen years he built four churches, completed two parsonages, and received 549
members into the church. He was married to Charlotte Shipp in 1878 and had seven children. Mr.
Fadeley has made a record as a good preacher, an industrious worker, a man loyal to his friends,
who hold him in high esteem.
FEASTER: Thomas J. Feaster was born near Maysville, West Virginia, November 23, 1864, and
died in the parsonage at Pleasant Valley, Virginia, August 20, 1906. His parents were religious and
he was converted at the age of sixteen. Three years later he was licensed to preach and a year
later yet he began teaching in the public schools of Grant county. In 1898 he entered the Virginia
Conference and was ordained in 1901. His circuits were Pendleton, West Frederick, Toms Brook,
and Pleasant Valley. He was one of the most promising young men of the conference; a forcible
preacher, an earnest Christian worker, and successful evangelist. In 1889 he was married to Miss
Alverda Hott. Their children were four.
FORD: John Henry Ford was born in Ireland in 1869, and was educated at Dundee, Scotland. He
was converted in 1888, licensed in 1903, and ordained in 1912. During eleven years he has served
Edinburg, Churchville, Martins-burg, and Roanoke. Before joining the Virginia Conference, Mr. Ford
served two charges in Kansas.
FREED: A. D. Freed, son of the Rev. J. D. Freed, also of the Virginia Conference, was born
October 15, 1850, and died in October, 1877. He was converted in 1867, and felt a call to preach,
yet his diffidence and a sense of being unworthy led him for a long while to keep back his
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September 22, 1862, was a Lutheran until the age of fourteen, when he joined the United
Brethren. He was licensed in 1885, ordained in 1887, and has been an itinerant 33 years, serving
Singer's Glen, South Branch, Winchester, Frederick, Berkeley Springs, Edinburg, Lacey Springs,
Elkton, Shenandoah City, Petersburg and Greensburg.
DAWSON: S. D. Dawson was born near Keyser, West Virginia, in 1864, and was licensed in
1862. His relation to the conference prior to 1900 was local.
DAY: Albert Day was born and converted in Pendleton county, West Virginia. He was licensed in
1883 and traveled the North Fork mission for $50 a year, but considered the experience worth
many times the money. Three years later he did very successful work on the Alleghany circuit,
receiving four times his first salary. In 1892 he joined the Huntington Presbytery, passing a most
rigid examination, and was pastor at Mannington, West Virginia, and Marietta, Ohio. By 1900 he
had been in synod and General Assembly, acting as moderator in some of the sessions of the latter.
Mr. Day had four children.
DONOVAN: John D. Donovan was born of religious parents in Rockingham county, Virginia, May
10, 1855. His call to the ministry was clear, and he entered it in 1877, being ordained in 1881. His
pastorates were Bloomery, Dayton circuit, Boonsboro, Martinsburg, Berkeley Springs, Lacey
Springs, Singers Glen, and Staunton mission. Also, he was seven years presiding elder of the
Winchester district, and was twice in General Conference. Mr. Donovan easily made friends, and
among the railroad men he was a great favorite. He was an interesting preacher and untiring
pastor, and a most successful evangelist. During the last months of his life, true to his wish to help
others, he cared for an aged blind man in whose home he lived in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and
where he died April 22, 1905. His wife was Miss Lillian V. Croft, of Staunton. He had an only son.
EVERS: Abram M. Evers was born near Port Republic, Virginia, in 1837, and was converted in
1855. His circuits to 1900 were South Branch, Rockbridge, Keezletown, Boonsboro, Myersville,
Hagerstown, Frederick, Martins-burg, and Churchville. After 1887 he was a member of the
Maryland Conference. In this period he was seven years presiding elder, three times a delegate to
the General Conference, and built four churches. A daughter married the Rev. D. E. Burtner of the
Congregationalist Church.
EWING: William O. Ewing was born July 13, 1866, and died at Churchville, October 15, 1898.
He joined the church when fourteen years old and the conference when twenty-three. His
pastorates were Winchester, Vancleavesville, Singers Glen, Cross Keys, Dayton, and Churchville.
FADELEY: Green B. Fadeley, son of Abraham Fadeley, was born at Columbia Furnace,
Shenandoah county, Virginia, March 3, 1859. He was converted at an early age and entered the
Virginia Conference in 1886, his early pastorates being Bloomery, Elkton, Shenandoah, and Lacey
Spring. In these fifteen years he built four churches, completed two parsonages, and received 549
members into the church. He was married to Charlotte Shipp in 1878 and had seven children. Mr.
Fadeley has made a record as a good preacher, an industrious worker, a man loyal to his friends,
who hold him in high esteem.
FEASTER: Thomas J. Feaster was born near Maysville, West Virginia, November 23, 1864, and
died in the parsonage at Pleasant Valley, Virginia, August 20, 1906. His parents were religious and
he was converted at the age of sixteen. Three years later he was licensed to preach and a year
later yet he began teaching in the public schools of Grant county. In 1898 he entered the Virginia
Conference and was ordained in 1901. His circuits were Pendleton, West Frederick, Toms Brook,
and Pleasant Valley. He was one of the most promising young men of the conference; a forcible
preacher, an earnest Christian worker, and successful evangelist. In 1889 he was married to Miss
Alverda Hott. Their children were four.
FORD: John Henry Ford was born in Ireland in 1869, and was educated at Dundee, Scotland. He
was converted in 1888, licensed in 1903, and ordained in 1912. During eleven years he has served
Edinburg, Churchville, Martins-burg, and Roanoke. Before joining the Virginia Conference, Mr. Ford
served two charges in Kansas.
FREED: A. D. Freed, son of the Rev. J. D. Freed, also of the Virginia Conference, was born
October 15, 1850, and died in October, 1877. He was converted in 1867, and felt a call to preach,
yet his diffidence and a sense of being unworthy led him for a long while to keep back his
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