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Absent: Jacob J. Glossbrenner, J. W. Kiracofe, G. H. Snapp, G. W. Brown, George Hoffman, Dr. Levi Hess, Joshua
Harp, Jacob Markwood, J. K. Nelson, J. D. Fried, Isaiah Baltzel, J. F. Hott, J. S. Grim, William Lutz, G. Harman—15.
Assessment of $1,000 for missionary expenses ordered.
Establishment of Union Biblical Seminary endorsed.
Licentiate: J. B. Funk.
Ordained: A. Hoover.
Transferred: C. T. Stearn.
Preaching places, 194; classes, 153; members received, 1,036; members at end of year, 5,401; Telescopes, 427;
meeting houses, 72; Sunday school pupils, 6,155; teachers and officers, 796; salaries of preachers, $7,594.04; collected for
missions, $897; for all purposes, $23,206.66.
Presiding elders: A. I. Bovey (Potomac District),---------------(S. V. District).
Appointments: Myersville, G. W. Statton; Frederick, J. K. Nelson; Boonsboro, J. W. Hott, and one to be supplied;
Hagerstown, A. M. Evers; Hagerstown station, J. W. Kiracofe; Tuscarora mission, J. D. Fried; Back Creek mission, G. H.
Snapp; Bath, W. J. Miller; South Branch, J. M. Rodruck, C. M. Hott; Alleghany, J. W. Nihiser; Potomac mission, W. O. Grim.
1872
Conference at Edinburg, Va., February 16. Jonathan Weaver, bishop; J. L. Grim, secretary.
Present: A. M. Evers, H. A. Bovey, C. B. Hammack, P. H. Thomas, J. M. Rodruck, J. M, Ross, W. H. Burtner, Joshua
Harp, George Harman, J. Zerman, J. Negley, C. M. Hott, George W. Statton, John Ruebush, T. S. McNeil, J. F. Hott, J. W.
Kiracofe, John W. Howe, J. L. Grim, J. D. Fried, William J. Miller, Henry Tallhelm, J. W. Nihiser, J. W. Albaugh, J. B. Funk, J.
E. Whitesel, Abraham P. Funkhouser, G. H. Snapp, J. K. Nelson, James W. Hott, William O. Grim, George W. Howe, J. M.
Grim, George Hoffman, D. D. Keedy, William Lutz, E. P. Funk, P. W. Weller, J. W. Funk—39.
Absent: A. Hoover, George A. Shuey, Snowden Scott, Adam I. Bovey, Jacob J. Glossbrenner, J. Holcomb, Levi Hess,
George W. Rexrode, Jacob Markwood, G. W. Brown, J. S. Grim, Jonathan Tobey—12.
D. K. Flickinger, missionary secretary, present.
Licentiates: E. P. Funk, J. E. Whitesel, P. W. Weller, A. P. Funkhouser, J. Negley, J. W. Funk, C. M. Hott.
Transferred: I. Baltzel (E. Pa.).
Received: J. Zarman (Minnesota Conference).
Benevolent Fund, $785.92; secured for missions, $300; for U.B. Seminary, $100.
Special resolution encouraging the building of a church at Winchester.
Committee appointed “to take under advisement the matter of publishing our Minutes at the next session.” Note:—This
was the first move toward printing the Conference Minutes in pamphlet form.
Preaching places, 192; classes, 152; members, 5,626; meeting houses, 73; Telescopes, 299; parsonage, 7; Sunday
schools, 90; teachers and officers, 763; scholars, 4,416; salaries, $8,951.44; missions, $823.33; collected for all purposes,
$26,687.18.
Presiding elders: H. A. Bovey (Potomac District), G. W. Statton (S. V. District).
Appointments: Hagerstown Station, J. W. Howe; Myersville, J. K. Nelson; Hagerstown, J. W. Kiracofe; Boonsboro and
Keedysville, J. W. Hott, W. O. Grim; Martinsburg, P. H. Thomas; South Branch, A. Hoover; Alleghany, J. W. Nihiser, P. W.
Weller; Frederick, A. M. Evers; Bath, J. M. Rodruck; Potomac mission, J. Zarman, C. I. B. Brane; Mechanicstown, J. B. Funk;
New Creek, W. J. Miller; Back Creek mission, J. E. Whitesel; Churchville, J. L. Grim; Rockingham, H. Tallhelm, C. M. Hott;
Page Valley, E. P. Funk; East Virginia mission, J. M. Ross; Lacey Springs, J. Ruebush; Highland, J. W. Grim; Edinburg, J. W.
Grim; Winchester, C. B. Hammack; Winchester station, G. W. Howe; Tuscarora mission, J. D. Fried; Rockbridge, G. H. Snapp;
Freedman’s mission, to be supplied; bishop Ohio district, J. J. Glossbrenner.
1873
Conference at Hagerstown, Md., February 13. Jonathan Weaver, bishop, W. O. Grim, secretary.
Present: George W. Statton, J. F. Hott, James W. Hott, J. K. Nelson, J. W. Grim, George W. Howe, William O. Grim,
J. W. Nihiser, George W. Albaugh, J. Zerman, Abram P. Funkhouser, A. Hoover, Jonathan Tobey, John Ruebush, A. M.
Evers, H. A. Bovey, C. B. Hammack, P. H. Thomas, J. M. Rodruck, Henry Tallhelm, D. D. Keedy, J. B. Funk, J. E. Whitesel,
J. W. Funk, J. S. Grim, C. I. B. Brane, T. S. McNeil, J. W. Kiracofe, John W. Howe, J. L. Grim, J. D. Fried, William J. Miller,
George Hoffman, Joshua Harp, E. P. Funk, P. W. Weller, C. M. Hott, Snowden Scott, J. Zahn—39.
Absent: Jacob Markwood, W. H. Burtner, J. Holcomb, Levi Hess, Jacob J. Glossbrenner, William Lutz, G. W. Brown,
Adam I. Bovey, J. N. Ross, George Harman, George A. Shuey, George H. Snapp—12.
G. W. Statton ordered to prepare the Minutes for publication and 500 copies to be printed.
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Absent: Jacob J. Glossbrenner, J. W. Kiracofe, G. H. Snapp, G. W. Brown, George Hoffman, Dr. Levi Hess, Joshua
Harp, Jacob Markwood, J. K. Nelson, J. D. Fried, Isaiah Baltzel, J. F. Hott, J. S. Grim, William Lutz, G. Harman—15.
Assessment of $1,000 for missionary expenses ordered.
Establishment of Union Biblical Seminary endorsed.
Licentiate: J. B. Funk.
Ordained: A. Hoover.
Transferred: C. T. Stearn.
Preaching places, 194; classes, 153; members received, 1,036; members at end of year, 5,401; Telescopes, 427;
meeting houses, 72; Sunday school pupils, 6,155; teachers and officers, 796; salaries of preachers, $7,594.04; collected for
missions, $897; for all purposes, $23,206.66.
Presiding elders: A. I. Bovey (Potomac District),---------------(S. V. District).
Appointments: Myersville, G. W. Statton; Frederick, J. K. Nelson; Boonsboro, J. W. Hott, and one to be supplied;
Hagerstown, A. M. Evers; Hagerstown station, J. W. Kiracofe; Tuscarora mission, J. D. Fried; Back Creek mission, G. H.
Snapp; Bath, W. J. Miller; South Branch, J. M. Rodruck, C. M. Hott; Alleghany, J. W. Nihiser; Potomac mission, W. O. Grim.
1872
Conference at Edinburg, Va., February 16. Jonathan Weaver, bishop; J. L. Grim, secretary.
Present: A. M. Evers, H. A. Bovey, C. B. Hammack, P. H. Thomas, J. M. Rodruck, J. M, Ross, W. H. Burtner, Joshua
Harp, George Harman, J. Zerman, J. Negley, C. M. Hott, George W. Statton, John Ruebush, T. S. McNeil, J. F. Hott, J. W.
Kiracofe, John W. Howe, J. L. Grim, J. D. Fried, William J. Miller, Henry Tallhelm, J. W. Nihiser, J. W. Albaugh, J. B. Funk, J.
E. Whitesel, Abraham P. Funkhouser, G. H. Snapp, J. K. Nelson, James W. Hott, William O. Grim, George W. Howe, J. M.
Grim, George Hoffman, D. D. Keedy, William Lutz, E. P. Funk, P. W. Weller, J. W. Funk—39.
Absent: A. Hoover, George A. Shuey, Snowden Scott, Adam I. Bovey, Jacob J. Glossbrenner, J. Holcomb, Levi Hess,
George W. Rexrode, Jacob Markwood, G. W. Brown, J. S. Grim, Jonathan Tobey—12.
D. K. Flickinger, missionary secretary, present.
Licentiates: E. P. Funk, J. E. Whitesel, P. W. Weller, A. P. Funkhouser, J. Negley, J. W. Funk, C. M. Hott.
Transferred: I. Baltzel (E. Pa.).
Received: J. Zarman (Minnesota Conference).
Benevolent Fund, $785.92; secured for missions, $300; for U.B. Seminary, $100.
Special resolution encouraging the building of a church at Winchester.
Committee appointed “to take under advisement the matter of publishing our Minutes at the next session.” Note:—This
was the first move toward printing the Conference Minutes in pamphlet form.
Preaching places, 192; classes, 152; members, 5,626; meeting houses, 73; Telescopes, 299; parsonage, 7; Sunday
schools, 90; teachers and officers, 763; scholars, 4,416; salaries, $8,951.44; missions, $823.33; collected for all purposes,
$26,687.18.
Presiding elders: H. A. Bovey (Potomac District), G. W. Statton (S. V. District).
Appointments: Hagerstown Station, J. W. Howe; Myersville, J. K. Nelson; Hagerstown, J. W. Kiracofe; Boonsboro and
Keedysville, J. W. Hott, W. O. Grim; Martinsburg, P. H. Thomas; South Branch, A. Hoover; Alleghany, J. W. Nihiser, P. W.
Weller; Frederick, A. M. Evers; Bath, J. M. Rodruck; Potomac mission, J. Zarman, C. I. B. Brane; Mechanicstown, J. B. Funk;
New Creek, W. J. Miller; Back Creek mission, J. E. Whitesel; Churchville, J. L. Grim; Rockingham, H. Tallhelm, C. M. Hott;
Page Valley, E. P. Funk; East Virginia mission, J. M. Ross; Lacey Springs, J. Ruebush; Highland, J. W. Grim; Edinburg, J. W.
Grim; Winchester, C. B. Hammack; Winchester station, G. W. Howe; Tuscarora mission, J. D. Fried; Rockbridge, G. H. Snapp;
Freedman’s mission, to be supplied; bishop Ohio district, J. J. Glossbrenner.
1873
Conference at Hagerstown, Md., February 13. Jonathan Weaver, bishop, W. O. Grim, secretary.
Present: George W. Statton, J. F. Hott, James W. Hott, J. K. Nelson, J. W. Grim, George W. Howe, William O. Grim,
J. W. Nihiser, George W. Albaugh, J. Zerman, Abram P. Funkhouser, A. Hoover, Jonathan Tobey, John Ruebush, A. M.
Evers, H. A. Bovey, C. B. Hammack, P. H. Thomas, J. M. Rodruck, Henry Tallhelm, D. D. Keedy, J. B. Funk, J. E. Whitesel,
J. W. Funk, J. S. Grim, C. I. B. Brane, T. S. McNeil, J. W. Kiracofe, John W. Howe, J. L. Grim, J. D. Fried, William J. Miller,
George Hoffman, Joshua Harp, E. P. Funk, P. W. Weller, C. M. Hott, Snowden Scott, J. Zahn—39.
Absent: Jacob Markwood, W. H. Burtner, J. Holcomb, Levi Hess, Jacob J. Glossbrenner, William Lutz, G. W. Brown,
Adam I. Bovey, J. N. Ross, George Harman, George A. Shuey, George H. Snapp—12.
G. W. Statton ordered to prepare the Minutes for publication and 500 copies to be printed.
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