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Volume 7 History of Virginia Conferences of United Brethren December 26, 2024
23. March 1898 Reports (Annual Conference at Toms Brook)
Service. Table 21 identifies the pastors serving at the end of the previous conference year.
Table 21. Pastors Serving at the End of Conference Year 1897-98
Charge Pastor Mbrs Charge Pastor Mbrs
Albemarle Circuit W. S. Rau 144 Harrisonburg Station A. S. Hammack 243
Augusta Circuit C. H. Crowell 337 Hartmansville Circuit W. H. Clary 306
Berkeley Circuit George W. Stover 318 Inwood Circuit B. P. S. Busey 217
Berkeley Springs Circuit W. H. Sampsell 176 Lacey Springs Circuit G. B. Fadeley 257
Berkeley Springs Station W. L. Childress 278 Lost River Circuit J. W. Brill & J. W. Klein 388
Bloomery Circuit W. P. Bazzel 293 Martinsburg Station W. F. Gruver 347
Blue Ridge Circuit None Assigned 105 Moorefield Circuit P. J. Jennings 325
Broadway Circuit J. William Stearn 310 New Creek Circuit J. H. Brunk 562
Capon [Great Cacapon] Mission H. E. Richardson 172 Pendleton Circuit S. A. Crabill 295
Capon Springs Circuit Charles N. D. Bennett 122 Prince William Mission L. A. Racey 111
Churchville Circuit A. J. Secrist 423 Roanoke Mission S. L. Rice 255
Cross Keys Mission J. N. Fries 262 Rockbridge Circuit J. W. Maiden 166
Dayton Circuit John W. O. Ewing 451 Shenandoah City Mission W. A. Black 240
Edinburg Circuit J. F. Snyder 304 Singers Glen Circuit William R. Berry 308
Elkton Circuit C. P. Dyche 396 South Branch Circuit J. Walter Lutz 377
Franklin Circuit J. A. Nagley Staunton Station S. K. Wine 394
Frederick Circuit N. F. A. Cupp 88 Toms Brook Circuit P. J. Lawrence 285
Garrett Circuit None Assigned 371 Winchester Circuit S. D. Skelton 332
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Winchester District. To the Virginia Annual Conference, assembled at Toms Brook, Va.: Dear
brethren, In presenting to you this general report, I acknowledge the presence and blessing of the triune
God, and the courtesy and faithfulness of the ministers and people. The district consists of 18 charges,
all supplied with ministers at our last Conference, except Garrett Circuit, a part of which has been
attached to Hartmansville Circuit, and the remainder supplied by the West Virginia Conference. By
request, Lost River Circuit, has been locally divided, each part paying about the same on pastor’s salary
as was paid on the whole charge.
The Quarterlies have all been held in person or by proxy. The business and general interests
have all been looked after carefully. The revivals have been good; quite a number of additions to the
Church. The finances and literature are both fairly good, as will be fully shown by the statistics of the
ministers’ reports. The Sunday schools are lacking, not in children nor in money, but in well qualified
and consecrated teachers and officers. The Young People’s Societies have done well this year; there are
not enough of them. Two sessions of the Ministerial Institute were held on the district, both of which
were well attended and were interesting and profitable.
Seven new church houses have been officially arranged for, some of which are in course of
erection. Eleven church houses have been repaired and greatly improved. Three new churches, of good
character and well located, were built and dedicated free of debt, except a very small balance on two of
them, which is more than covered by subscription. Five of the eight parsonages on the district have been
repaired, and arrangements have been made for the erection of four new ones, one of which is almost
completed. A. R. Hendrickson, of South Branch Circuit, Osceola Ludwig, of Lost River Circuit,
Edgar C. Fearnow, of Great Cacapon Mission, and T. C. Harper, of Berkeley Circuit, have been licensed
to preach the Gospel. Bro. Hendrickson has been recommended by his Quarterly Conference and
examined by a committee preparatory to joining the Virginia Annual Conference at the present session.
The lives of the ministers and the health of their families have been preserved, so that the work has not
been hindered by sickness nor by death, for which we are devoutly thankful.
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23. March 1898 Reports (Annual Conference at Toms Brook)
Service. Table 21 identifies the pastors serving at the end of the previous conference year.
Table 21. Pastors Serving at the End of Conference Year 1897-98
Charge Pastor Mbrs Charge Pastor Mbrs
Albemarle Circuit W. S. Rau 144 Harrisonburg Station A. S. Hammack 243
Augusta Circuit C. H. Crowell 337 Hartmansville Circuit W. H. Clary 306
Berkeley Circuit George W. Stover 318 Inwood Circuit B. P. S. Busey 217
Berkeley Springs Circuit W. H. Sampsell 176 Lacey Springs Circuit G. B. Fadeley 257
Berkeley Springs Station W. L. Childress 278 Lost River Circuit J. W. Brill & J. W. Klein 388
Bloomery Circuit W. P. Bazzel 293 Martinsburg Station W. F. Gruver 347
Blue Ridge Circuit None Assigned 105 Moorefield Circuit P. J. Jennings 325
Broadway Circuit J. William Stearn 310 New Creek Circuit J. H. Brunk 562
Capon [Great Cacapon] Mission H. E. Richardson 172 Pendleton Circuit S. A. Crabill 295
Capon Springs Circuit Charles N. D. Bennett 122 Prince William Mission L. A. Racey 111
Churchville Circuit A. J. Secrist 423 Roanoke Mission S. L. Rice 255
Cross Keys Mission J. N. Fries 262 Rockbridge Circuit J. W. Maiden 166
Dayton Circuit John W. O. Ewing 451 Shenandoah City Mission W. A. Black 240
Edinburg Circuit J. F. Snyder 304 Singers Glen Circuit William R. Berry 308
Elkton Circuit C. P. Dyche 396 South Branch Circuit J. Walter Lutz 377
Franklin Circuit J. A. Nagley Staunton Station S. K. Wine 394
Frederick Circuit N. F. A. Cupp 88 Toms Brook Circuit P. J. Lawrence 285
Garrett Circuit None Assigned 371 Winchester Circuit S. D. Skelton 332
120
Winchester District. To the Virginia Annual Conference, assembled at Toms Brook, Va.: Dear
brethren, In presenting to you this general report, I acknowledge the presence and blessing of the triune
God, and the courtesy and faithfulness of the ministers and people. The district consists of 18 charges,
all supplied with ministers at our last Conference, except Garrett Circuit, a part of which has been
attached to Hartmansville Circuit, and the remainder supplied by the West Virginia Conference. By
request, Lost River Circuit, has been locally divided, each part paying about the same on pastor’s salary
as was paid on the whole charge.
The Quarterlies have all been held in person or by proxy. The business and general interests
have all been looked after carefully. The revivals have been good; quite a number of additions to the
Church. The finances and literature are both fairly good, as will be fully shown by the statistics of the
ministers’ reports. The Sunday schools are lacking, not in children nor in money, but in well qualified
and consecrated teachers and officers. The Young People’s Societies have done well this year; there are
not enough of them. Two sessions of the Ministerial Institute were held on the district, both of which
were well attended and were interesting and profitable.
Seven new church houses have been officially arranged for, some of which are in course of
erection. Eleven church houses have been repaired and greatly improved. Three new churches, of good
character and well located, were built and dedicated free of debt, except a very small balance on two of
them, which is more than covered by subscription. Five of the eight parsonages on the district have been
repaired, and arrangements have been made for the erection of four new ones, one of which is almost
completed. A. R. Hendrickson, of South Branch Circuit, Osceola Ludwig, of Lost River Circuit,
Edgar C. Fearnow, of Great Cacapon Mission, and T. C. Harper, of Berkeley Circuit, have been licensed
to preach the Gospel. Bro. Hendrickson has been recommended by his Quarterly Conference and
examined by a committee preparatory to joining the Virginia Annual Conference at the present session.
The lives of the ministers and the health of their families have been preserved, so that the work has not
been hindered by sickness nor by death, for which we are devoutly thankful.
1898 Reports 91
