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He was received into Va. Conf. by Certificate of Transfer in 1951. At Easter of 1951 he became the pastor of
the Arlington Mission Church and served there until 1967. He retired in 1967. He was strongly influential in
organizing the sister churches of the Evangelical Association in Cheverly, Md., Beverly Hills, Alexandria, Va.,
and Sleepy Hollow, Va. Rev. Schnabel was an effective evangelist, an able administrator, a faithful pastor,
and a good preacher. He died Sep. 13th, 1978, in Syracuse, N.Y. His memoir is provided in Section II.A
(below). Rev. George E. Schnabel was given the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Albright College in 1917.
[Glovier 1965, p. 281, from which the picture was taken; see also pp. 63, 207, 210, 258, 259, 339]
SCHOTTLE (SCHOTT): William Schottle became a member of Conference in 1828; ordained 1829. He
served Carlisle Circuit, 1828-29; and then was a designated Conference Itinerant, 1829-31. [Funkhouser
1921, p. 144; see also pp. 125, 239-242]
SCHWOPE: Benedict Schwope [b. Oct. 30, 1731; d. Mar. 30, 1810; mar. Susanna Welker
(1731-95)] attended Conferences beginning in 1789 and was a member of Conference in
1800. He was ordained in the German Reformed Church in 1772. He served Baltimore
Station (Old Otterbein), 1771-73; Pipe Creek, 1773-76; and moved to Lincoln County, Kent.,
in 1790. Rev. Schwope is buried in Kentucky. In 1771 he was elected pastor of the group
that withdrew from the First Reformed Church of Baltimore and organized the independent
Reformed Church on Howard’s Hill in Baltimore. Otterbein succeeded him as pastor in 1774
(Old Otterbein). [Holdcraft 1938, p. 309, from which the picture is taken, in 1888];
[Funkhouser 1921, pp. 124, 144; Glovier 1965, p. 87; Lycoming 2013]
From [Drury 1884, pp. 191-192] Of Mr. Schwope it is unnecessary to speak here at length. His spirit was doubtless
molded largely by Mr. Otterbein, and perhaps, too, some- what by Mr. Strawbridge, the first Methodist preacher in America.
After his retirement from Baltimore, he appears again to have resided at Pipe Creek. He was an earnest evangelical
preacher of “ extraordinary talents,” and is often mentioned by Mr. Asbury. The latter records his death as having occurred
in Kentucky in the winter of 1809-10, at the advanced age of 80. It is an error to suppose that Mr. Otterbein was ever, in a
special sense, under the influence of Mr. Schwope. The likeness in spirit and purpose of the latter to the former was the
basis and limit of their cooperation.
From “History of Old Otterbein” [http://oldotterbeinumc.org/web_pages/webPage/1]: In 1771, a German Evangelical
Reformed Church was organized and a temporary chapel erected to house the congregation. (On June 22, 1772, pastor
Benedict Schwope lent the chapel to Joseph Pilmore as a place to organize the Lovely Lane Meeting House congregation.)
Schwope and Francis Asbury persuaded Philip William Otterbein (1726-1813) to accept the pastorate in 1774.
SCOTT: Floyd Scott son of Snowden Scott, taught school early in life and spent a number of years in the
ministry of the United Brethren Church [Hiser 1932, p 26]. Nothing else is known.
SCOTT: John D. Scott (1839-1907) “was born in Floyd county, Va., Feb. 29, 1829, and died at Roanoke,
Va., Dec. 28, 1907, aged 78. He was converted in early life, and received his first license to preach from the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In 1874 he united with the Methodist Episcopal Church and was ordained
in 1879. In 1896 he established his home in Roanoke, and in 1905 was received into the U.B. Conference as
an Ordained Elder. He was active and useful as a local preacher, assisting the pastors in their work and often
having preaching places of his own. His breadwinning profession was that of physician and dentist, in which
he was very skillful. He administered to the poor, regardless of the matter of compensation. He was
consistent in his life and diligent and earnest in the performance of all duties.” During the 4 years of his
relation to our Church, he was consistent in life, diligent and earnest in the performance of his duties, and
attentive to all the means of grace afforded him. As a dental surgeon and practicing physician he was devoted
to his profession. He was a benefactor to the poor and he was a faithful minister. Funeral services were held
in the Hott Memorial Church and interment was made in Fairview Cemetery in Roanoke, Va. His memoir is
provided in Section II.A (below). [Funkhouser 1921, pp. 128, 144, 183, 301; Glovier 1965, pp. 90, 94;
MacAllister 1976]
SCOTT: Snowden Scott (1821-1921) was born in Loudoun County, Va.,
Dec. 3, 1821, and died at Seymoursville, W.Va., May 2, 1901. He was
converted at the age of 14 years, and was transferred to Mount Hebron, Grant
County, W.Va., 7 years later. He was licensed to preach and joined the Virginia
Annual Conference in 1867 and was later ordained at an Annual Conference at
at Schuylkill College, Reading, Pa., and his first pastorate was at Syracuse, immediately following his graduation. He
was united in marriage to Miss Marguerite Breyfogel, daughter of Bishop S. C. Breyfogel of Reading. Mr. Schnabel has
been very active in many philanthropic and educational movements in Syracuse, in addition to developing his parish and
working on committees with other religious leaders of that community. It was said that the desire of the General
Conference to make announcement of the pastor-elect, along with other plans of cooperation at Washington, when the
conference meets at Williamsport. It is proposed to have the pastor on the field during the greater part of the
construction period, so the parish may become organized well by the time the buildings are completed. [Thanks to
www.breyfogle.com.]
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He was received into Va. Conf. by Certificate of Transfer in 1951. At Easter of 1951 he became the pastor of
the Arlington Mission Church and served there until 1967. He retired in 1967. He was strongly influential in
organizing the sister churches of the Evangelical Association in Cheverly, Md., Beverly Hills, Alexandria, Va.,
and Sleepy Hollow, Va. Rev. Schnabel was an effective evangelist, an able administrator, a faithful pastor,
and a good preacher. He died Sep. 13th, 1978, in Syracuse, N.Y. His memoir is provided in Section II.A
(below). Rev. George E. Schnabel was given the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Albright College in 1917.
[Glovier 1965, p. 281, from which the picture was taken; see also pp. 63, 207, 210, 258, 259, 339]
SCHOTTLE (SCHOTT): William Schottle became a member of Conference in 1828; ordained 1829. He
served Carlisle Circuit, 1828-29; and then was a designated Conference Itinerant, 1829-31. [Funkhouser
1921, p. 144; see also pp. 125, 239-242]
SCHWOPE: Benedict Schwope [b. Oct. 30, 1731; d. Mar. 30, 1810; mar. Susanna Welker
(1731-95)] attended Conferences beginning in 1789 and was a member of Conference in
1800. He was ordained in the German Reformed Church in 1772. He served Baltimore
Station (Old Otterbein), 1771-73; Pipe Creek, 1773-76; and moved to Lincoln County, Kent.,
in 1790. Rev. Schwope is buried in Kentucky. In 1771 he was elected pastor of the group
that withdrew from the First Reformed Church of Baltimore and organized the independent
Reformed Church on Howard’s Hill in Baltimore. Otterbein succeeded him as pastor in 1774
(Old Otterbein). [Holdcraft 1938, p. 309, from which the picture is taken, in 1888];
[Funkhouser 1921, pp. 124, 144; Glovier 1965, p. 87; Lycoming 2013]
From [Drury 1884, pp. 191-192] Of Mr. Schwope it is unnecessary to speak here at length. His spirit was doubtless
molded largely by Mr. Otterbein, and perhaps, too, some- what by Mr. Strawbridge, the first Methodist preacher in America.
After his retirement from Baltimore, he appears again to have resided at Pipe Creek. He was an earnest evangelical
preacher of “ extraordinary talents,” and is often mentioned by Mr. Asbury. The latter records his death as having occurred
in Kentucky in the winter of 1809-10, at the advanced age of 80. It is an error to suppose that Mr. Otterbein was ever, in a
special sense, under the influence of Mr. Schwope. The likeness in spirit and purpose of the latter to the former was the
basis and limit of their cooperation.
From “History of Old Otterbein” [http://oldotterbeinumc.org/web_pages/webPage/1]: In 1771, a German Evangelical
Reformed Church was organized and a temporary chapel erected to house the congregation. (On June 22, 1772, pastor
Benedict Schwope lent the chapel to Joseph Pilmore as a place to organize the Lovely Lane Meeting House congregation.)
Schwope and Francis Asbury persuaded Philip William Otterbein (1726-1813) to accept the pastorate in 1774.
SCOTT: Floyd Scott son of Snowden Scott, taught school early in life and spent a number of years in the
ministry of the United Brethren Church [Hiser 1932, p 26]. Nothing else is known.
SCOTT: John D. Scott (1839-1907) “was born in Floyd county, Va., Feb. 29, 1829, and died at Roanoke,
Va., Dec. 28, 1907, aged 78. He was converted in early life, and received his first license to preach from the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In 1874 he united with the Methodist Episcopal Church and was ordained
in 1879. In 1896 he established his home in Roanoke, and in 1905 was received into the U.B. Conference as
an Ordained Elder. He was active and useful as a local preacher, assisting the pastors in their work and often
having preaching places of his own. His breadwinning profession was that of physician and dentist, in which
he was very skillful. He administered to the poor, regardless of the matter of compensation. He was
consistent in his life and diligent and earnest in the performance of all duties.” During the 4 years of his
relation to our Church, he was consistent in life, diligent and earnest in the performance of his duties, and
attentive to all the means of grace afforded him. As a dental surgeon and practicing physician he was devoted
to his profession. He was a benefactor to the poor and he was a faithful minister. Funeral services were held
in the Hott Memorial Church and interment was made in Fairview Cemetery in Roanoke, Va. His memoir is
provided in Section II.A (below). [Funkhouser 1921, pp. 128, 144, 183, 301; Glovier 1965, pp. 90, 94;
MacAllister 1976]
SCOTT: Snowden Scott (1821-1921) was born in Loudoun County, Va.,
Dec. 3, 1821, and died at Seymoursville, W.Va., May 2, 1901. He was
converted at the age of 14 years, and was transferred to Mount Hebron, Grant
County, W.Va., 7 years later. He was licensed to preach and joined the Virginia
Annual Conference in 1867 and was later ordained at an Annual Conference at
at Schuylkill College, Reading, Pa., and his first pastorate was at Syracuse, immediately following his graduation. He
was united in marriage to Miss Marguerite Breyfogel, daughter of Bishop S. C. Breyfogel of Reading. Mr. Schnabel has
been very active in many philanthropic and educational movements in Syracuse, in addition to developing his parish and
working on committees with other religious leaders of that community. It was said that the desire of the General
Conference to make announcement of the pastor-elect, along with other plans of cooperation at Washington, when the
conference meets at Williamsport. It is proposed to have the pastor on the field during the greater part of the
construction period, so the parish may become organized well by the time the buildings are completed. [Thanks to
www.breyfogle.com.]
Biographical Sketches 129
