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Parallel Passages (Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 1900). [Funkhouser 1921, p. 141; see also pp. 126, 253-254];
[Glovier 1965, p. 88]; and [Lycoming 2013]
LOCKHART: B. J. Lockhart was a member of the Va. EUB Conference on his death on Aug. 3, 1967 [Va.
EUB Conf. Journal 1968, p. 15; W.Va. Conf. Journal 1968, p. 15]. He was at Pleasant Grover Missionary
Baptist Church in Marietta, Ga. in May 2005, when he conducted the funeral service for James Blount, and in
July 2012, when he conducted the funeral service for David Major. His son-in-law, Rev. Dr. James D. Curtis,
was the pastor at New Covenant Church in June, W.Va., and later President, W.Va. Christian University in
Buckhannon, W.Va.
LONG: David Long (b. July 6, 1771, Cumberland County, Pa.; d. Feb. 19, 1860, Pfoutz Valley, Pa.; mar.
Catharine Hershey) was licensed and became a member of Conference in 1801 and was then designated an
Itinerant. He among others was explicitly authorized to administer the sacraments in 1812. However, he was
expelled from Pa. Conf. in 1837. Note: David Long is a nephew of Isaac Long, in whose barn Otterbein and
Boehm first met in 1767. He moved to the Pfoutz Valley in 1814 and served as a local preacher. The 1816
Annual Conference was held at his home. Mrs. Long is a sister to Abraham (Lancaster County) and Christian
Hershey. [Funkhouser 1921, p. 141; see also pp. 124, 225, 227-231, 241]; [Glovier 1965, pp. 87, 304]; and
[Lycoming 2013]
LOTTS: Joseph Lee Lotts served Otterbein Circuit, 1957-59, together with Mt. Horeb Circuit,
1958-59. He finished his Junior College Diploma at Shenandoah College in 1959 and his B.A. from
Bridgewater College. In 2002 he was retired clergy living in Appomattox, Va., with his wife Peggy
C. In 2012 Joseph Lee was listed as a retired elder of the Virginia Annual Conference living in
Appomattox, Va. [VAC 2012 p. 58].
LOWER: W. J. Lower apparently (according to church but not Conference records) served
Friendship Church and perhaps the other churches of VanCleavesville Circuit in 1886. See also [Funkhouser
1921, p. 195, 197] and [Glovier 1965, p. 195 (“J. W.”)] Note: A John W. Lower graduated Bonebrake
Theological Seminary, Class of 1881.
LOWER: William T. Lower (b. May 22, 1822, Orange County, Va.; d. May 4, 1875,
Cumberland County, Pa.) became a member of Va. Conf. in 1851; ord. 1853; and served
Frederick Circuit, 1850-51; Jackson Mission, 1851-52; Frederick Circuit, 1852-53; Presiding Elder
(East Virginia), 1852-53; Frederick Circuit, 1855-57; Hagerstown (St. Paul’s) Station, 1857-61;
Hagerstown Circuit, 1861-62; Frederick Circuit, 1862-65; Hagerstown Station, 1865-66; and
Martinsburg, 1867-70. He transferred to Pa. Conf. in 1870, served Chambersburg Station, 1871-
72; Orrstown Station, 1873-74; and Newburg, 1874-75. He is buried in Chambersburg, Pa. The
picture is from [Glovier 1965, p. 68], taken in 1873. [Funkhouser 1921, p. 141; see also
pp. 126, 254-263, 265-268, 270]; [Glovier 1965, p. 89]; and [Lycoming 2013]
LUDWICK: Esdras Ludwick (b. Nov. 27, 1847, near Romney, W.Va.; d. Oct. 29, 1925, Shippensburg, Pa.)
was raised in Middletown, Pa. He joined the Va. Conf. in 1878 and was ordained there in 1881. He was
appointed to Boonsboro, 1877-78; Frederick Circuit, 1878-79; Winchester Circuit, 1879-80; Hagerstown
Station, 1880-83 and Berkeley Springs Circuit for 1883-1884. He transferred to the Pa. Conf. in 1885, where
he served Shippensburg, 1884-86. He transferred to East Pa. Conf. in 1886 and there served Mountville St.
Paul’s, 1886-88; Columbia, 1888-93; Steelton Centenary, 1893-96; Middletown, 1896-1904; Reading
Otterbein, 1904-06; Hershey First, 1906-08. Living in Shippensburg, 1908-10, he transferred back to Pa.
Conf. and served Newburg, May to Nov., 1910. He retired in 1921. Some of his papers are in the
Biographical File Collection at The Drew University Methodist Library. He was listed with his family in the
Hampshire County (then Va.) 1860 Census (age 16) with his father Joseph, 59, a blacksmith, and mother
Ann, 53 (Vol. 35, p. 169). [Funkhouser 1921, p. 141; see also pp. 130, 276, 278-285 (all “Ludwick”); and
276-277 (“Ludwig”)]; [Glovier 1965, p. 89 (“Ludwich”)]; and [Lycoming 2013]
LUDWIG: Christian Ludwig was listed as a member of Conference present in 1826, whose death was
reported in 1829. [Funkhouser 1921, p. 238, 240]
LUDWIG: Sanford R. Ludwig was born at Rio, W.Va., in 1859. He joined Va. Conf. in
1894, was ordained there in 1897, and served South Branch (1892-94), Harrisonburg (?),
and Lacey Springs (1894-95) before transferring to Miami Ohio Conference in in 1895 in
order to study at Bonebrake Theological Seminary. He served Abbottsville, 1895-98, after
which he transferred back to Va. Conf. He served as Agent and Treasurer of Shenandoah
College during 1902-03. He served Berkeley Springs Station, 1898-99; Churchville, 1899-
1901; Blue Ridge and Basic Circuit, 1902-03; and Cumberland-Keyser Circuit, 1903-08. In
Pa. Conf. he served Rayville, 1908-10; Boonsboro, 1910-11; Gettysburg, 1911-12; Oakville,
1912-13; Elkins, W.Va. (W.Va. Conf.), 1913-16; Clarksburg, W.Va. (W.Va. Conf.), local relation, 1917-18;
Fayetteville, 1918-20; and Manchester, Md. (1920-22). He returned to his home Conference in 1923 and
Biographical Sketches 93
Parallel Passages (Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 1900). [Funkhouser 1921, p. 141; see also pp. 126, 253-254];
[Glovier 1965, p. 88]; and [Lycoming 2013]
LOCKHART: B. J. Lockhart was a member of the Va. EUB Conference on his death on Aug. 3, 1967 [Va.
EUB Conf. Journal 1968, p. 15; W.Va. Conf. Journal 1968, p. 15]. He was at Pleasant Grover Missionary
Baptist Church in Marietta, Ga. in May 2005, when he conducted the funeral service for James Blount, and in
July 2012, when he conducted the funeral service for David Major. His son-in-law, Rev. Dr. James D. Curtis,
was the pastor at New Covenant Church in June, W.Va., and later President, W.Va. Christian University in
Buckhannon, W.Va.
LONG: David Long (b. July 6, 1771, Cumberland County, Pa.; d. Feb. 19, 1860, Pfoutz Valley, Pa.; mar.
Catharine Hershey) was licensed and became a member of Conference in 1801 and was then designated an
Itinerant. He among others was explicitly authorized to administer the sacraments in 1812. However, he was
expelled from Pa. Conf. in 1837. Note: David Long is a nephew of Isaac Long, in whose barn Otterbein and
Boehm first met in 1767. He moved to the Pfoutz Valley in 1814 and served as a local preacher. The 1816
Annual Conference was held at his home. Mrs. Long is a sister to Abraham (Lancaster County) and Christian
Hershey. [Funkhouser 1921, p. 141; see also pp. 124, 225, 227-231, 241]; [Glovier 1965, pp. 87, 304]; and
[Lycoming 2013]
LOTTS: Joseph Lee Lotts served Otterbein Circuit, 1957-59, together with Mt. Horeb Circuit,
1958-59. He finished his Junior College Diploma at Shenandoah College in 1959 and his B.A. from
Bridgewater College. In 2002 he was retired clergy living in Appomattox, Va., with his wife Peggy
C. In 2012 Joseph Lee was listed as a retired elder of the Virginia Annual Conference living in
Appomattox, Va. [VAC 2012 p. 58].
LOWER: W. J. Lower apparently (according to church but not Conference records) served
Friendship Church and perhaps the other churches of VanCleavesville Circuit in 1886. See also [Funkhouser
1921, p. 195, 197] and [Glovier 1965, p. 195 (“J. W.”)] Note: A John W. Lower graduated Bonebrake
Theological Seminary, Class of 1881.
LOWER: William T. Lower (b. May 22, 1822, Orange County, Va.; d. May 4, 1875,
Cumberland County, Pa.) became a member of Va. Conf. in 1851; ord. 1853; and served
Frederick Circuit, 1850-51; Jackson Mission, 1851-52; Frederick Circuit, 1852-53; Presiding Elder
(East Virginia), 1852-53; Frederick Circuit, 1855-57; Hagerstown (St. Paul’s) Station, 1857-61;
Hagerstown Circuit, 1861-62; Frederick Circuit, 1862-65; Hagerstown Station, 1865-66; and
Martinsburg, 1867-70. He transferred to Pa. Conf. in 1870, served Chambersburg Station, 1871-
72; Orrstown Station, 1873-74; and Newburg, 1874-75. He is buried in Chambersburg, Pa. The
picture is from [Glovier 1965, p. 68], taken in 1873. [Funkhouser 1921, p. 141; see also
pp. 126, 254-263, 265-268, 270]; [Glovier 1965, p. 89]; and [Lycoming 2013]
LUDWICK: Esdras Ludwick (b. Nov. 27, 1847, near Romney, W.Va.; d. Oct. 29, 1925, Shippensburg, Pa.)
was raised in Middletown, Pa. He joined the Va. Conf. in 1878 and was ordained there in 1881. He was
appointed to Boonsboro, 1877-78; Frederick Circuit, 1878-79; Winchester Circuit, 1879-80; Hagerstown
Station, 1880-83 and Berkeley Springs Circuit for 1883-1884. He transferred to the Pa. Conf. in 1885, where
he served Shippensburg, 1884-86. He transferred to East Pa. Conf. in 1886 and there served Mountville St.
Paul’s, 1886-88; Columbia, 1888-93; Steelton Centenary, 1893-96; Middletown, 1896-1904; Reading
Otterbein, 1904-06; Hershey First, 1906-08. Living in Shippensburg, 1908-10, he transferred back to Pa.
Conf. and served Newburg, May to Nov., 1910. He retired in 1921. Some of his papers are in the
Biographical File Collection at The Drew University Methodist Library. He was listed with his family in the
Hampshire County (then Va.) 1860 Census (age 16) with his father Joseph, 59, a blacksmith, and mother
Ann, 53 (Vol. 35, p. 169). [Funkhouser 1921, p. 141; see also pp. 130, 276, 278-285 (all “Ludwick”); and
276-277 (“Ludwig”)]; [Glovier 1965, p. 89 (“Ludwich”)]; and [Lycoming 2013]
LUDWIG: Christian Ludwig was listed as a member of Conference present in 1826, whose death was
reported in 1829. [Funkhouser 1921, p. 238, 240]
LUDWIG: Sanford R. Ludwig was born at Rio, W.Va., in 1859. He joined Va. Conf. in
1894, was ordained there in 1897, and served South Branch (1892-94), Harrisonburg (?),
and Lacey Springs (1894-95) before transferring to Miami Ohio Conference in in 1895 in
order to study at Bonebrake Theological Seminary. He served Abbottsville, 1895-98, after
which he transferred back to Va. Conf. He served as Agent and Treasurer of Shenandoah
College during 1902-03. He served Berkeley Springs Station, 1898-99; Churchville, 1899-
1901; Blue Ridge and Basic Circuit, 1902-03; and Cumberland-Keyser Circuit, 1903-08. In
Pa. Conf. he served Rayville, 1908-10; Boonsboro, 1910-11; Gettysburg, 1911-12; Oakville,
1912-13; Elkins, W.Va. (W.Va. Conf.), 1913-16; Clarksburg, W.Va. (W.Va. Conf.), local relation, 1917-18;
Fayetteville, 1918-20; and Manchester, Md. (1920-22). He returned to his home Conference in 1923 and
Biographical Sketches 93