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1902-1907; and Dayton Station, 1908-09. “He was Presiding Elder for 6 years, and served as secretary of the
Conference for 30 years. Four times he was sent to the General Conference. In 1890 he published Christ the
Teacher, which has had a large sale and is in the course of reading for licentiates. As a writer of hymns he
possessed much ability, writing nearly five hundred religious songs and a number of melodies. Nearly all of
these have appeared since 1900. For many of his hymns he wrote both the words and the music. Perhaps
the best known is “Glory Gates.” He also composed programs for Sunday school entertainments. For
11 years he was Principal of Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and for 25 years a trustee. To him much credit
is due for the success of that school. Mr. Hott died at Dayton Nov. 28th, 1914, having been in feeble health
several years,” and was buried there. “His wife was Carrie M. Robinson, also of Frederick. He left a son and a
daughter.” His wife’s memoir is provided in Section II.A (below). The upper picture on the right is from [U.B.
Yearbook 1904, p. 43]; the middle from SU Archives. The lower pictures are from [Glovier 1965, p. 69, 75,
77]; the one on the left was taken in 1886, the one in the middle in 1912, and the one on the right in 1919.
[Funkhouser 1921, pp. 169-170; see also pp. 127, 195, 218, 221, 277, 279-304, 306] and [Glovier 1965, pp.
89, 94, 107, 114, 143, 183, 230, 251, 333]
HOTT: Isaac T. Hott became a member of Conference in 1878; served Madison Mission, 1879-80;
transferred to Miami Conference 1882; joined Presb. Ch. [Funkhouser 1921, p. 127, 276-278, 280-281] He
graduated from Union Biblical (Bonebrake Theological) Seminary in 1883.
HOTT: J. Elkanah Hott was Presiding Elder for the churches in Morgan County during 1878-82. The
brother of Bishop J. W. Hott, J. E. Hott was ordained in 1866 in the U.B. Dakota Conference, withdrew in
1970, and transferred to Va. Conf. in 1877. He served Hagerstown, 1867-68; Rockingham, 1868-69; and
Frederick, 1869-70. He was pastor of Verona Church in 1878 and also served Rockingham, 1877-78;
Augusta, 1878-79; Presiding Elder (South Branch), 1879-82; Dayton, 1882-84; Edinburg, 1884-86;
Winchester Mission, 1886-87; Winchester Circuit, 1887-88; Cross Keys, 1888-89; Staunton, 1889-90;
Singer’s Glen, 1890-91; and Augusta, 1891-92. He was pastor of Reliance Church when that church was built
in 1887. In 1889, Rev. Hott withdrew from the UBIC and joined the Old Constitution Church. J. E. Hott was a
trustee of Shenandoah Institute, and in 1889, he was assigned as an agent to the college. That same year,
when John W. Howe resigned from Staunton Mission Station because of ill health, Hott was sent to supply the
station, and while there, promoted a vigorous debt reduction campaign. The next year he followed Rev.
Donovan as pastor at Singers Glen. In 1893, Hott again withdrew from Virginia and joined the Ohio
Conference. Rev. Hott was credited in 1919 by Oren F. Morton for assistance in preparing Funkhouser’s book
[Funkhouser 1921] for publication. See also [Funkhouser 1921, p. 1, 5, 127, 130, 201, 265-268, 275, 277-
279, 280-291, 296; Glovier 1965, p. 89]
HOTT: Jacob Fries Hott, born Nov. 20, 1822, lived 8 miles north of Winchester, and the door
of his comfortable home was ever open to the ministers and laymen of his church. He was a self-
made man of excellent qualities and sterling character.” Rev. Jacob F. Hott was converted at the
age of 14 at a camp meeting under the preaching of Bachtel, Haney and others of pious memory,
and joined the Church of the United Brethren in Christ along with Jacob Markwood, who later
became Bishop Markwood. He joined the Virginia Annual Conference at Mt. Hebron, Washington
County, Md., in 1857, and sustained honorably a local relation until his death. Although not
working in the itinerant ranks, he travelled a wide field, preaching in barns, mills, groves, and private houses;
however, he did serve South Fork Mission, 1878-79. His name was called on the Conference Roll for 27 years.
While a local preacher, he “is better remembered as the father of several eminent members of Va. Conf.
Jane, the wife, was a woman of deep piety and earnest devotion. Mr. Hott was a man of social attractiveness
and sparkling wit. His comfortable home was a hospitable one. He was deservedly popular as a preacher. He
never left the commanding heights of written revelation for the low grounds of uninspired thought, and every
pulpit effort was earnest work for God. He was not a man of strong physique, and at the time of his death,
Aug. 31, 1884, he had not quite completed his sixty-fourth year. Four of his sons became ministers in the
U.B. Church, among them being James W., who became Bishop; and George P. Hott, who served as Presiding
Elder in Va. Conf. On the 31st day of August, 1884, Rev. Jacob Fries Hott departed this life from his residence
in Frederick County, Va., in the sixty-fourth year of his life. His grave is near his birthplace, and by the
sanctuary he loved so well, the Pleasant Valley Church on Winchester Charge. In 1879 he reported as a local
preacher that he had preached but a few times, condition of health forbidding more. His memoir is provided
in Section II.A (below). The picture is from [Glovier 1965, p. 68], taken in 1873. [Funkhouser 1921, pp. 139,
168-169; see also pp. 150, 259-261, 263, 264-270, 272-274, 276-277, 281, 284-285] and [Glovier 1965,
pp. 93, 102, 114]
HOTT: Bishop James William Hott—26th bishop of the UBIC, who presided over Va. Conf. in 1897 and
1900—was born near Winchester, Va., Nov. 15, 1844. He gave his heart to Christ at the age of 13 years, and
at the age of 16, he began to preach the Gospel. He was received into Va. Conf. Feb. 15, 1862, and was
ordained in 1865. The first 11 years of his ministry he labored in his home Conference. In this time several
hundred souls were converted under his ministry. He served Winchester Circuit, 1863-65; Martinsburg, 1865-
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1902-1907; and Dayton Station, 1908-09. “He was Presiding Elder for 6 years, and served as secretary of the
Conference for 30 years. Four times he was sent to the General Conference. In 1890 he published Christ the
Teacher, which has had a large sale and is in the course of reading for licentiates. As a writer of hymns he
possessed much ability, writing nearly five hundred religious songs and a number of melodies. Nearly all of
these have appeared since 1900. For many of his hymns he wrote both the words and the music. Perhaps
the best known is “Glory Gates.” He also composed programs for Sunday school entertainments. For
11 years he was Principal of Shenandoah Collegiate Institute and for 25 years a trustee. To him much credit
is due for the success of that school. Mr. Hott died at Dayton Nov. 28th, 1914, having been in feeble health
several years,” and was buried there. “His wife was Carrie M. Robinson, also of Frederick. He left a son and a
daughter.” His wife’s memoir is provided in Section II.A (below). The upper picture on the right is from [U.B.
Yearbook 1904, p. 43]; the middle from SU Archives. The lower pictures are from [Glovier 1965, p. 69, 75,
77]; the one on the left was taken in 1886, the one in the middle in 1912, and the one on the right in 1919.
[Funkhouser 1921, pp. 169-170; see also pp. 127, 195, 218, 221, 277, 279-304, 306] and [Glovier 1965, pp.
89, 94, 107, 114, 143, 183, 230, 251, 333]
HOTT: Isaac T. Hott became a member of Conference in 1878; served Madison Mission, 1879-80;
transferred to Miami Conference 1882; joined Presb. Ch. [Funkhouser 1921, p. 127, 276-278, 280-281] He
graduated from Union Biblical (Bonebrake Theological) Seminary in 1883.
HOTT: J. Elkanah Hott was Presiding Elder for the churches in Morgan County during 1878-82. The
brother of Bishop J. W. Hott, J. E. Hott was ordained in 1866 in the U.B. Dakota Conference, withdrew in
1970, and transferred to Va. Conf. in 1877. He served Hagerstown, 1867-68; Rockingham, 1868-69; and
Frederick, 1869-70. He was pastor of Verona Church in 1878 and also served Rockingham, 1877-78;
Augusta, 1878-79; Presiding Elder (South Branch), 1879-82; Dayton, 1882-84; Edinburg, 1884-86;
Winchester Mission, 1886-87; Winchester Circuit, 1887-88; Cross Keys, 1888-89; Staunton, 1889-90;
Singer’s Glen, 1890-91; and Augusta, 1891-92. He was pastor of Reliance Church when that church was built
in 1887. In 1889, Rev. Hott withdrew from the UBIC and joined the Old Constitution Church. J. E. Hott was a
trustee of Shenandoah Institute, and in 1889, he was assigned as an agent to the college. That same year,
when John W. Howe resigned from Staunton Mission Station because of ill health, Hott was sent to supply the
station, and while there, promoted a vigorous debt reduction campaign. The next year he followed Rev.
Donovan as pastor at Singers Glen. In 1893, Hott again withdrew from Virginia and joined the Ohio
Conference. Rev. Hott was credited in 1919 by Oren F. Morton for assistance in preparing Funkhouser’s book
[Funkhouser 1921] for publication. See also [Funkhouser 1921, p. 1, 5, 127, 130, 201, 265-268, 275, 277-
279, 280-291, 296; Glovier 1965, p. 89]
HOTT: Jacob Fries Hott, born Nov. 20, 1822, lived 8 miles north of Winchester, and the door
of his comfortable home was ever open to the ministers and laymen of his church. He was a self-
made man of excellent qualities and sterling character.” Rev. Jacob F. Hott was converted at the
age of 14 at a camp meeting under the preaching of Bachtel, Haney and others of pious memory,
and joined the Church of the United Brethren in Christ along with Jacob Markwood, who later
became Bishop Markwood. He joined the Virginia Annual Conference at Mt. Hebron, Washington
County, Md., in 1857, and sustained honorably a local relation until his death. Although not
working in the itinerant ranks, he travelled a wide field, preaching in barns, mills, groves, and private houses;
however, he did serve South Fork Mission, 1878-79. His name was called on the Conference Roll for 27 years.
While a local preacher, he “is better remembered as the father of several eminent members of Va. Conf.
Jane, the wife, was a woman of deep piety and earnest devotion. Mr. Hott was a man of social attractiveness
and sparkling wit. His comfortable home was a hospitable one. He was deservedly popular as a preacher. He
never left the commanding heights of written revelation for the low grounds of uninspired thought, and every
pulpit effort was earnest work for God. He was not a man of strong physique, and at the time of his death,
Aug. 31, 1884, he had not quite completed his sixty-fourth year. Four of his sons became ministers in the
U.B. Church, among them being James W., who became Bishop; and George P. Hott, who served as Presiding
Elder in Va. Conf. On the 31st day of August, 1884, Rev. Jacob Fries Hott departed this life from his residence
in Frederick County, Va., in the sixty-fourth year of his life. His grave is near his birthplace, and by the
sanctuary he loved so well, the Pleasant Valley Church on Winchester Charge. In 1879 he reported as a local
preacher that he had preached but a few times, condition of health forbidding more. His memoir is provided
in Section II.A (below). The picture is from [Glovier 1965, p. 68], taken in 1873. [Funkhouser 1921, pp. 139,
168-169; see also pp. 150, 259-261, 263, 264-270, 272-274, 276-277, 281, 284-285] and [Glovier 1965,
pp. 93, 102, 114]
HOTT: Bishop James William Hott—26th bishop of the UBIC, who presided over Va. Conf. in 1897 and
1900—was born near Winchester, Va., Nov. 15, 1844. He gave his heart to Christ at the age of 13 years, and
at the age of 16, he began to preach the Gospel. He was received into Va. Conf. Feb. 15, 1862, and was
ordained in 1865. The first 11 years of his ministry he labored in his home Conference. In this time several
hundred souls were converted under his ministry. He served Winchester Circuit, 1863-65; Martinsburg, 1865-
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