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Visiting minister: John Dickson of Pennsylvania.
Licentiates: William M. H. Cain, J. P. White, Zebedee Warner, Isaiah Baltzel, Benjamin Denton.
John F. Statton transferred to any Western Conference.
Died: J. Rhinehart, J. Baer.
Ordained: L. Hess, J. Phillips.
Resolution adopted favorable to Mount Pleasant College.
J. Markwood appointed to solicit with the Conference bounds subscriptions to erect a church at Frederick, Md.
Hartford City made a station.
Parkersburg mission projected.
Resolutions in favor of missionary work, as were passed in previous sessions.
Conference book transferred from Henry Burtner to Jacob Bachtel. J. C. Spitler and W. R. Coursey a committee to
examine it.
Presiding elders: J. Bachtel, G. W. Statton, W. R. Coursey.
Appointments: Frederick, W. T. Lower; Myersville, T. F. Brashear; Hagerstown, J. W. Miles, A. Y. Graham; Winchester, L.
Hess; Bath, H. Tallhelm; Churchville, I. K. Statton; Rockingham, G. B. Rimel; Lacey Springs, J. Ruebush; Woodstock, J.
Haney; South Branch, L. W. Mathews; Franklin, B. Stickley; Highland, J. Phillips; Waynesboro mission, J. B. Houck; West
Columbia station, Z. Warner; Hartford, W. M. K. Cain; Mason, M. Michael; Glenville, Samuel Martin; Buckhannon, I. Baltzel;
Middle Island to be supplied.
1856
Conference at Otterbein Chapel, Shenandoah Co., Va., March 15. J. J. Glossbrenner, bishop; J. Markwood, secretary.
Present: John Haney, Levi Hess, James W. Miles, John Phillips, Abel Randall, Henry Tallhelm, William Lutz, Joseph
Funkhouser, Isaiah Baltzel, Zebedee Warner, Jacob B. Houck, George Hoffman, John Pope, William R. Coursey, George B.
Rimel, Frederick Hisey, Jacob Bachtel, Jacob Markwood, Benjamin Stickley, John Ruebush, H. B. Winton, W. T. Lower,
Theodore F. Brashear, L. W. Mathews, George W. Statton—25.
Absent: Henry Burtner, George A. Shuey, John W. Fulkerson, W. M. K. Cain, Isaac K. Statton, Jonathan Tobey, Emanuel
Witter, William Knott, John W. Perry, James E. Bowersox, Moses Michael, J. White, Joseph S. Grim, Adam I. Bovey, Samuel
Martin, Daniel Engel—16.
J. W. Fulkerson transferred to Iowa Conference.
Died: J. C. Spitler, Benjamin Denton.
Licentiates: C. B. Hammack, G. W. Albaugh, Jacob A. Bovey, Eli Martin (Baptist), H. R. Davis, William Yerkey, William
James.
Ordained: H. Tallhelm, I. Bachtel, Z. Warner.
Presiding elders: J. Bachtel (Md.), J. Markwood (E. Va.), M. Michael (W.Va.).
Appointments: Frederick, W. T. Lower; Myersville, I. K. Statton; Hagerstown, W. B. Coursey, C. B. Hammack; Otterbein
mission, H. B. Winton; Bath, J. Haney; Woodstock, L. W. Mathews, H. Tallhelm; Lacey Springs, T. F. Brashear; Rockingham,
G. B. Rimel; Churchville, G. W. Statton, I. Baltzel; Highland, J. A. Bovey (by P.E.); Franklin, B. Stickley; South Branch, J.
Phillips; Brock’s Gap mission, J. Pope; Tennessee mission, J. Ruebush; West Columbia station, Eli Martin; Union station, W.
M. K. Cain; Putnam, H. R. Davis; Middle Island, L. Hess; Glenville, W. Yerkey; Lewis, S. Martin; Taylor, J. P. White; California
mission, W. Miles.
1857
Conference at Mount Hebron Church, Washington Co., Md., March 5. J. J. Glossbrenner, bishop; J. Markwood,
secretary.
Present: William R. Coursey, Adam I. Bovey, John Haney, Benjamin Stickley, George B. Rimel, Jonathan Tobey, Jacob
Bachtel, John Ruebush, George W. Statton, L. W. Mathews, H. B. Winton, Theodore F. Brashear, W. T. Lower, Joseph
Funkhouser, George A. Shuey, Isaac K. Statton, Joseph S. Grim, John W. Perry, Isaiah Baltzel, Henry Tallhelm, C. B.
Hammack, John Phillips, J. P. White, Jacob A. Bovey, James W. Miles, G. W. Albaugh, Zebedee Warner, Levi Hess—28.
Absent: Frederick Hisey, Jacob B. Houck, George Hoffman, Emanuel Witter, Abel Randall, Samuel Martin, E. Martin,
Daniel Engel, William Lutz, Moses Michael, John Pope, W. Yerkey, H. R. Davis—13.
Licentiates: J. D. Fried, J. W. Nihiser, J. F. Hott.
Transferred: W. M. K. Cain, M. Michael.
D. H. Keedy received from Alleghany Conference.
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Visiting minister: John Dickson of Pennsylvania.
Licentiates: William M. H. Cain, J. P. White, Zebedee Warner, Isaiah Baltzel, Benjamin Denton.
John F. Statton transferred to any Western Conference.
Died: J. Rhinehart, J. Baer.
Ordained: L. Hess, J. Phillips.
Resolution adopted favorable to Mount Pleasant College.
J. Markwood appointed to solicit with the Conference bounds subscriptions to erect a church at Frederick, Md.
Hartford City made a station.
Parkersburg mission projected.
Resolutions in favor of missionary work, as were passed in previous sessions.
Conference book transferred from Henry Burtner to Jacob Bachtel. J. C. Spitler and W. R. Coursey a committee to
examine it.
Presiding elders: J. Bachtel, G. W. Statton, W. R. Coursey.
Appointments: Frederick, W. T. Lower; Myersville, T. F. Brashear; Hagerstown, J. W. Miles, A. Y. Graham; Winchester, L.
Hess; Bath, H. Tallhelm; Churchville, I. K. Statton; Rockingham, G. B. Rimel; Lacey Springs, J. Ruebush; Woodstock, J.
Haney; South Branch, L. W. Mathews; Franklin, B. Stickley; Highland, J. Phillips; Waynesboro mission, J. B. Houck; West
Columbia station, Z. Warner; Hartford, W. M. K. Cain; Mason, M. Michael; Glenville, Samuel Martin; Buckhannon, I. Baltzel;
Middle Island to be supplied.
1856
Conference at Otterbein Chapel, Shenandoah Co., Va., March 15. J. J. Glossbrenner, bishop; J. Markwood, secretary.
Present: John Haney, Levi Hess, James W. Miles, John Phillips, Abel Randall, Henry Tallhelm, William Lutz, Joseph
Funkhouser, Isaiah Baltzel, Zebedee Warner, Jacob B. Houck, George Hoffman, John Pope, William R. Coursey, George B.
Rimel, Frederick Hisey, Jacob Bachtel, Jacob Markwood, Benjamin Stickley, John Ruebush, H. B. Winton, W. T. Lower,
Theodore F. Brashear, L. W. Mathews, George W. Statton—25.
Absent: Henry Burtner, George A. Shuey, John W. Fulkerson, W. M. K. Cain, Isaac K. Statton, Jonathan Tobey, Emanuel
Witter, William Knott, John W. Perry, James E. Bowersox, Moses Michael, J. White, Joseph S. Grim, Adam I. Bovey, Samuel
Martin, Daniel Engel—16.
J. W. Fulkerson transferred to Iowa Conference.
Died: J. C. Spitler, Benjamin Denton.
Licentiates: C. B. Hammack, G. W. Albaugh, Jacob A. Bovey, Eli Martin (Baptist), H. R. Davis, William Yerkey, William
James.
Ordained: H. Tallhelm, I. Bachtel, Z. Warner.
Presiding elders: J. Bachtel (Md.), J. Markwood (E. Va.), M. Michael (W.Va.).
Appointments: Frederick, W. T. Lower; Myersville, I. K. Statton; Hagerstown, W. B. Coursey, C. B. Hammack; Otterbein
mission, H. B. Winton; Bath, J. Haney; Woodstock, L. W. Mathews, H. Tallhelm; Lacey Springs, T. F. Brashear; Rockingham,
G. B. Rimel; Churchville, G. W. Statton, I. Baltzel; Highland, J. A. Bovey (by P.E.); Franklin, B. Stickley; South Branch, J.
Phillips; Brock’s Gap mission, J. Pope; Tennessee mission, J. Ruebush; West Columbia station, Eli Martin; Union station, W.
M. K. Cain; Putnam, H. R. Davis; Middle Island, L. Hess; Glenville, W. Yerkey; Lewis, S. Martin; Taylor, J. P. White; California
mission, W. Miles.
1857
Conference at Mount Hebron Church, Washington Co., Md., March 5. J. J. Glossbrenner, bishop; J. Markwood,
secretary.
Present: William R. Coursey, Adam I. Bovey, John Haney, Benjamin Stickley, George B. Rimel, Jonathan Tobey, Jacob
Bachtel, John Ruebush, George W. Statton, L. W. Mathews, H. B. Winton, Theodore F. Brashear, W. T. Lower, Joseph
Funkhouser, George A. Shuey, Isaac K. Statton, Joseph S. Grim, John W. Perry, Isaiah Baltzel, Henry Tallhelm, C. B.
Hammack, John Phillips, J. P. White, Jacob A. Bovey, James W. Miles, G. W. Albaugh, Zebedee Warner, Levi Hess—28.
Absent: Frederick Hisey, Jacob B. Houck, George Hoffman, Emanuel Witter, Abel Randall, Samuel Martin, E. Martin,
Daniel Engel, William Lutz, Moses Michael, John Pope, W. Yerkey, H. R. Davis—13.
Licentiates: J. D. Fried, J. W. Nihiser, J. F. Hott.
Transferred: W. M. K. Cain, M. Michael.
D. H. Keedy received from Alleghany Conference.
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