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of A. S. Hammack and A. N. Horn). He then served 9 years as pastor of Oak Street Church of Dayton, Ohio,
in Miami Ohio Conference, and in 1899 was elected to the office of presiding elder in that Conference. In
1900 he was married to Miss Adah Catherine Pierson. In 1901 he was elected by the General Conference as
Editor of Sunday School Literature, in which position he served for 12 years. He was first elected Bishop in
1913 and continued to serve in this high office for 28 years. Bishop Fout traveled widely both in his homeland
and abroad, and was the author of a number of books. He was joint author with Bishop W. M. Weekley of Our
Heroes [Weekley 1911], a sketch of U.B. pioneers. He was author of The 1900 Pilgrimage [Fout 1900], his
visit to the Holy Land. He was a member of the American Committee for Relief, a commission to the Near
East in 1918-19. [Hiser 1932, p. 30; Herbaugh 2013c]. He made to official trips to the Holy Land during the
post-WWII British Mandate for Palestine. He died Dec. 4, 1947. A memorial service was held on Dec. 7th in
Park Avenue Church in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he was an active member. A second service was held in
the Oak Street Church, Dayton, Ohio, where he had served as pastor from 1891 to 1899. Interment was in
Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio. Fairview Church at Lahmansville was dedicated by Bishop Fout in 1900
and Bayard in 1906. From [Funkhouser 1921, pp. 151-152]:
Henry H. Fout was born at Maysville, W.Va., Oct. 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, Ind. [Glovier 1965, p. 128; see also pp. 69, 77, 90, 96, 131, 192, 219] and
[Funkhouser 1921, pp. 127, 135 (“Harness H.”), 151-152, 218, 285-288, 294, 300-301] The two pictures at the ends are
from [Glovier 1965, pp. 69, 128]; the one furthest left was taken about 1886. The picture second from the left is from
[U.B. Yearbook 1906].
FOUT: Dr. Julius Edward Fout, D.D. (1870-1930), a son of Henry Susan (Powell) Fout and
brother to Bishop Henry H. Fout (see above), was born at Johnsonville, Grant Co. (now W.Va.),
March 27, 1870. He joined Conference in 1890, and graduated from Shenandoah Seminary in
1893, in which year he was ordained. He graduate from Union Biblical (Bonebrake Theological)
Seminary in 1893. He served Franklin Circuit, 1890-91, and Roanoke Mission, 1891-92, in
which his efforts began the congregation for Roanoke Church. He transferred to Maryland
Conference in 1894 and to Sandusky Conference in 1898. In the first 7 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, in 1909, serving
until 1926, increasing its assets from $245,497 to $858,745. He then served a pastorate in Detroit, Mich.,
until health forbade. He died suddenly April 17, 1930, and is interred in Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
His first wife preceded him in death; and his second wife, Mrs. Marie Fout, whom he met on Mt. Calvary in the
Holy Land, survived him, living thereafter in Ocean City, N.J. Photo from James A. Chaney (Bonebrake’s 40th
Anniversary program). [Funkhouser 1921, p. 152; see also pp. 127, 135, 218, 290-294, 302, 307];
[Holdcraft 1938, p. 318]; [Hiser 1932, p. 30]; [Glovier 1965, pp. 52, 90, 173, 231]; and [Herbaugh 2013c]
FRANK: Kenneth Bruce Frank was born in Augusta County, Va.,
Apr. 27, 1939. He was converted and joined St. Paul’s EUB Church in
1955. He was educated at Wilson Memorial High School, Shenandoah
College (Class of 1958), and Madison College; and he and took post-
graduate work at the University of Virginia, eventually received a Master
of Education Administration. He married Miss Delene Anne Keller, June
14, 1959. They have two children, Bruce Daren and Brent David. He
joined the Conference in 1958 and has served the Oak Grove and Grove
Hill Churches on Shenandoah Charge, 1957-59; Cedar Grove, 1960-62; Pleasant Grove, 1962-64; and
McKinley, 1963-68. Under the energetic and capable leadership of the Rev. Kenneth Frank, a new edifice was
started and completed in a period of nineteen months, from December of 1958 to July of 1960, at a cost of
$21,000, with a remaining debt of only $3,300. He was a probation officer in Rockingham County in 1960.
He taught at Woodrow Wilson Memorial High School and Robert E. Lee High School, and in 1964 he [was]
principal of the Shelburne Junior High School, Staunton, Va. He retired as Superintendent of Staunton City
Schools and then lived in Swoope, Va. He died May 18, 2011, at the University of Virginia Medical Center. His
memoir is provided in Section II.A (below). [Glovier 1965, p. 170, 179, 298, from which the two pictures at
the left were taken; see also pp. 222, 228, 297]
FRAZIER: Daniel Abraham Frazier was born Jan. 20, 1899, at Elkton, Va., the son of John
Mordichai (a.k.a., Mordicai; b. Aug. 4, 1848; Apr. 8, 1916) and Sarah Catherine (Dovel)
Frazier (b. July 13, 1861; d. June 9, 2024). He was converted in 1911 (age 12) at East Point
U.B. Church, where W. S. Rau was the pastor and G. B. Fadeley was the evangelist. His
mother died when he was 8 and his father when he was 17. He worked on the B&O; Railroad,
and on Aug. 2, 1918, he lost his leg below the knee at or near Keyser, W.Va., while at work.
He attended the public schools and Shenandoah Collegiate Institute (1920-21), where he
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of A. S. Hammack and A. N. Horn). He then served 9 years as pastor of Oak Street Church of Dayton, Ohio,
in Miami Ohio Conference, and in 1899 was elected to the office of presiding elder in that Conference. In
1900 he was married to Miss Adah Catherine Pierson. In 1901 he was elected by the General Conference as
Editor of Sunday School Literature, in which position he served for 12 years. He was first elected Bishop in
1913 and continued to serve in this high office for 28 years. Bishop Fout traveled widely both in his homeland
and abroad, and was the author of a number of books. He was joint author with Bishop W. M. Weekley of Our
Heroes [Weekley 1911], a sketch of U.B. pioneers. He was author of The 1900 Pilgrimage [Fout 1900], his
visit to the Holy Land. He was a member of the American Committee for Relief, a commission to the Near
East in 1918-19. [Hiser 1932, p. 30; Herbaugh 2013c]. He made to official trips to the Holy Land during the
post-WWII British Mandate for Palestine. He died Dec. 4, 1947. A memorial service was held on Dec. 7th in
Park Avenue Church in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he was an active member. A second service was held in
the Oak Street Church, Dayton, Ohio, where he had served as pastor from 1891 to 1899. Interment was in
Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio. Fairview Church at Lahmansville was dedicated by Bishop Fout in 1900
and Bayard in 1906. From [Funkhouser 1921, pp. 151-152]:
Henry H. Fout was born at Maysville, W.Va., Oct. 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, Ind. [Glovier 1965, p. 128; see also pp. 69, 77, 90, 96, 131, 192, 219] and
[Funkhouser 1921, pp. 127, 135 (“Harness H.”), 151-152, 218, 285-288, 294, 300-301] The two pictures at the ends are
from [Glovier 1965, pp. 69, 128]; the one furthest left was taken about 1886. The picture second from the left is from
[U.B. Yearbook 1906].
FOUT: Dr. Julius Edward Fout, D.D. (1870-1930), a son of Henry Susan (Powell) Fout and
brother to Bishop Henry H. Fout (see above), was born at Johnsonville, Grant Co. (now W.Va.),
March 27, 1870. He joined Conference in 1890, and graduated from Shenandoah Seminary in
1893, in which year he was ordained. He graduate from Union Biblical (Bonebrake Theological)
Seminary in 1893. He served Franklin Circuit, 1890-91, and Roanoke Mission, 1891-92, in
which his efforts began the congregation for Roanoke Church. He transferred to Maryland
Conference in 1894 and to Sandusky Conference in 1898. In the first 7 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, in 1909, serving
until 1926, increasing its assets from $245,497 to $858,745. He then served a pastorate in Detroit, Mich.,
until health forbade. He died suddenly April 17, 1930, and is interred in Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio.
His first wife preceded him in death; and his second wife, Mrs. Marie Fout, whom he met on Mt. Calvary in the
Holy Land, survived him, living thereafter in Ocean City, N.J. Photo from James A. Chaney (Bonebrake’s 40th
Anniversary program). [Funkhouser 1921, p. 152; see also pp. 127, 135, 218, 290-294, 302, 307];
[Holdcraft 1938, p. 318]; [Hiser 1932, p. 30]; [Glovier 1965, pp. 52, 90, 173, 231]; and [Herbaugh 2013c]
FRANK: Kenneth Bruce Frank was born in Augusta County, Va.,
Apr. 27, 1939. He was converted and joined St. Paul’s EUB Church in
1955. He was educated at Wilson Memorial High School, Shenandoah
College (Class of 1958), and Madison College; and he and took post-
graduate work at the University of Virginia, eventually received a Master
of Education Administration. He married Miss Delene Anne Keller, June
14, 1959. They have two children, Bruce Daren and Brent David. He
joined the Conference in 1958 and has served the Oak Grove and Grove
Hill Churches on Shenandoah Charge, 1957-59; Cedar Grove, 1960-62; Pleasant Grove, 1962-64; and
McKinley, 1963-68. Under the energetic and capable leadership of the Rev. Kenneth Frank, a new edifice was
started and completed in a period of nineteen months, from December of 1958 to July of 1960, at a cost of
$21,000, with a remaining debt of only $3,300. He was a probation officer in Rockingham County in 1960.
He taught at Woodrow Wilson Memorial High School and Robert E. Lee High School, and in 1964 he [was]
principal of the Shelburne Junior High School, Staunton, Va. He retired as Superintendent of Staunton City
Schools and then lived in Swoope, Va. He died May 18, 2011, at the University of Virginia Medical Center. His
memoir is provided in Section II.A (below). [Glovier 1965, p. 170, 179, 298, from which the two pictures at
the left were taken; see also pp. 222, 228, 297]
FRAZIER: Daniel Abraham Frazier was born Jan. 20, 1899, at Elkton, Va., the son of John
Mordichai (a.k.a., Mordicai; b. Aug. 4, 1848; Apr. 8, 1916) and Sarah Catherine (Dovel)
Frazier (b. July 13, 1861; d. June 9, 2024). He was converted in 1911 (age 12) at East Point
U.B. Church, where W. S. Rau was the pastor and G. B. Fadeley was the evangelist. His
mother died when he was 8 and his father when he was 17. He worked on the B&O; Railroad,
and on Aug. 2, 1918, he lost his leg below the knee at or near Keyser, W.Va., while at work.
He attended the public schools and Shenandoah Collegiate Institute (1920-21), where he
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