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Volume 7 History of Virginia Conferences of United Brethren December 26, 2024
Appointments, 212; organized churches, 163; members received, 1,245; at end of year, 6,772; Sunday schools, 126;
teachers and officers, 1,141; scholars, 5,639; meeting houses, 92; parsonages, 9; Telescopes, 389; collected for mission
$1,206.85; for all purposes, $21,100; salaries of preachers, $9,500.
Appointed: Hagerstown, J. B. Funk; Hagerstown station, C. M. Hott; Potomac, G. W. Kiracofe; Boonsboro, H. A. Bovey;
Keedysville station, J. W. Kiracofe; Mechanicstown, E. P. Funk; Myersville, J. W. Funk; Frederick mission and station, J. L.
Grim; Martinsburg station, A. M. Evers; Tuscarora, J. D. Fried; Alleghany, J. E. Widmeyer; Westernport mission station, I. M.
Underwood; Bath, C. B. Hammack; Berkeley, W. Beall; New Creek, J. M. Rodruck; Winchester, J. K. Nelson; Winchester
mission station, G. W. Howe; South Branch, J. B. Ridenour; South Fork mission, C. Miller; Mill Creek, to be supplied; Highland,
A. P. Funkhouser; Churchville, J. E. Whitesel; Rockingham, W. O. Grim; Shady Grove, C. W. Stinespring; Lacey Springs,
M. F. Keiter; Dayton, J. W. Nihiser; Edinburg, G. W. Statton; Page Valley, G. J. Roudabush; Madison mission, H. Jones;
Rockbridge, C. H. Crowell; Bloomery mission, J. M. Hott; Augusta Freedman’s mission, J. A. Evans; Rockingham Freedman’s
mission, S. T. Wells; Garrett, G. H. Snapp; agent Lebanon Valley College, D. D. Keedy; treasurer General Missionary Society,
J. W. Hott; bishop Ohio District, J. J. Glossbrenner.
2. February 1877 Reports (Annual Conference at Rohrersville)
Boundaries. Report of the Committee on Boundaries (pp. 5-6):
1. The Presiding Elder Districts remain unchanged.
2. Detach from Westernport Mission Station, Union Chapel and Aaron’s Run, and
attach Union Chapel to New Creek, and Aaron’s Run to Garrett Circuit.
3. That Coffman’s School House, Russell’s School House, Berryville School House,
Vistudo School House, and Page’s School House form a mission to be called Clarke
Mission.
4. Detach Atkin’s School House from Tuscarora and attach to Berkeley Circuit. Detach
Three Runs from Berkeley and attach to Tuscarora.
5. That Tuscarora be called Opequon Circuit.
6. That all the rest of the fields of labor remain as they are. G. W. Statton, J. W. Howe,
J. Ruebush, J. Harp, G. J. Roudabush, M. F. Keiter, and J. E. Whitesell, Committee
on Boundaries and Finance.
Summary from Funkhouser.
Conference at Rohrersville, Md., February 3. John Dickson, bishop; W. O. Grim, A. P. Funkhouser, secretaries.
Present: Jacob J. Glossbrenner, John W. Howe, J. K. Nelson, C. B. Hammack, William O. Grim, D. D. Keedy, J. Zerman,
J. W. Funk, G. H. Snapp, I. M. Underwood, M. F. Keiter, J. R. Ridenour, J. D. Fried, J. S. Grim, Z. Umstot, I. T. Parlett, George
W. Statton, A. M. Evers, H. A. Bovey, J. L. Grim, J. W. Nihiser, Joshua Harp, J. E. Whitesel, C. M. Hott, C. I. B. Brane, G. W.
Kiracofe, G. J. Roudabush, J. F. Hott, W. J. Miller, George W. Rexrode, J. N. Fries, S. T. Wells, John Ruebush, J. W. Kiracofe,
J. W. Hott, J. M. Rodruck, W. H. Burtner, J. B. Funk, Abram P. Funkhouser, A. Hoover, J. Zahn, William Beall, Henry Jones, P.
H. Thomas, P. W. Weller, J. Negley, C. W. Stinespring—47.
Absent: George A. Shuey, George Harman, Charles Miller, Adam I. Bovey, W. H. Clary, A. D. Freed, G. W. Brown,
William Lutz, George Hoffman, George W. Howe, Snowden Scott, J. G. Humphreys—13.
J. E. Hott received from Dakota Conference.
Visiting ministers: S. M. Hippard, J. B. Resler, J. M. Hershey, President DeLong.
Licentiates: S. K. Wine, J. D. Donovan, J. M. Hott, J. E. Widmeyer.
The names of G. W. Brown and J. G. Humphreys dropped from roll, the former for withdrawing under charges, the latter
for failing to meet his committee on course of reading.
Ordained: G. W. Kiracofe.
Died: A. D. Freed, (October 1876).
Minutes ordered printed.
Articles of Incorporation adopted.
Benevolent Fund, $1,061.99.
A Conference Educational Society provided for. J. W. Hott to prepare a constitution, A. P. Funkhouser, an address for
publication.
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Appointments, 212; organized churches, 163; members received, 1,245; at end of year, 6,772; Sunday schools, 126;
teachers and officers, 1,141; scholars, 5,639; meeting houses, 92; parsonages, 9; Telescopes, 389; collected for mission
$1,206.85; for all purposes, $21,100; salaries of preachers, $9,500.
Appointed: Hagerstown, J. B. Funk; Hagerstown station, C. M. Hott; Potomac, G. W. Kiracofe; Boonsboro, H. A. Bovey;
Keedysville station, J. W. Kiracofe; Mechanicstown, E. P. Funk; Myersville, J. W. Funk; Frederick mission and station, J. L.
Grim; Martinsburg station, A. M. Evers; Tuscarora, J. D. Fried; Alleghany, J. E. Widmeyer; Westernport mission station, I. M.
Underwood; Bath, C. B. Hammack; Berkeley, W. Beall; New Creek, J. M. Rodruck; Winchester, J. K. Nelson; Winchester
mission station, G. W. Howe; South Branch, J. B. Ridenour; South Fork mission, C. Miller; Mill Creek, to be supplied; Highland,
A. P. Funkhouser; Churchville, J. E. Whitesel; Rockingham, W. O. Grim; Shady Grove, C. W. Stinespring; Lacey Springs,
M. F. Keiter; Dayton, J. W. Nihiser; Edinburg, G. W. Statton; Page Valley, G. J. Roudabush; Madison mission, H. Jones;
Rockbridge, C. H. Crowell; Bloomery mission, J. M. Hott; Augusta Freedman’s mission, J. A. Evans; Rockingham Freedman’s
mission, S. T. Wells; Garrett, G. H. Snapp; agent Lebanon Valley College, D. D. Keedy; treasurer General Missionary Society,
J. W. Hott; bishop Ohio District, J. J. Glossbrenner.
2. February 1877 Reports (Annual Conference at Rohrersville)
Boundaries. Report of the Committee on Boundaries (pp. 5-6):
1. The Presiding Elder Districts remain unchanged.
2. Detach from Westernport Mission Station, Union Chapel and Aaron’s Run, and
attach Union Chapel to New Creek, and Aaron’s Run to Garrett Circuit.
3. That Coffman’s School House, Russell’s School House, Berryville School House,
Vistudo School House, and Page’s School House form a mission to be called Clarke
Mission.
4. Detach Atkin’s School House from Tuscarora and attach to Berkeley Circuit. Detach
Three Runs from Berkeley and attach to Tuscarora.
5. That Tuscarora be called Opequon Circuit.
6. That all the rest of the fields of labor remain as they are. G. W. Statton, J. W. Howe,
J. Ruebush, J. Harp, G. J. Roudabush, M. F. Keiter, and J. E. Whitesell, Committee
on Boundaries and Finance.
Summary from Funkhouser.
Conference at Rohrersville, Md., February 3. John Dickson, bishop; W. O. Grim, A. P. Funkhouser, secretaries.
Present: Jacob J. Glossbrenner, John W. Howe, J. K. Nelson, C. B. Hammack, William O. Grim, D. D. Keedy, J. Zerman,
J. W. Funk, G. H. Snapp, I. M. Underwood, M. F. Keiter, J. R. Ridenour, J. D. Fried, J. S. Grim, Z. Umstot, I. T. Parlett, George
W. Statton, A. M. Evers, H. A. Bovey, J. L. Grim, J. W. Nihiser, Joshua Harp, J. E. Whitesel, C. M. Hott, C. I. B. Brane, G. W.
Kiracofe, G. J. Roudabush, J. F. Hott, W. J. Miller, George W. Rexrode, J. N. Fries, S. T. Wells, John Ruebush, J. W. Kiracofe,
J. W. Hott, J. M. Rodruck, W. H. Burtner, J. B. Funk, Abram P. Funkhouser, A. Hoover, J. Zahn, William Beall, Henry Jones, P.
H. Thomas, P. W. Weller, J. Negley, C. W. Stinespring—47.
Absent: George A. Shuey, George Harman, Charles Miller, Adam I. Bovey, W. H. Clary, A. D. Freed, G. W. Brown,
William Lutz, George Hoffman, George W. Howe, Snowden Scott, J. G. Humphreys—13.
J. E. Hott received from Dakota Conference.
Visiting ministers: S. M. Hippard, J. B. Resler, J. M. Hershey, President DeLong.
Licentiates: S. K. Wine, J. D. Donovan, J. M. Hott, J. E. Widmeyer.
The names of G. W. Brown and J. G. Humphreys dropped from roll, the former for withdrawing under charges, the latter
for failing to meet his committee on course of reading.
Ordained: G. W. Kiracofe.
Died: A. D. Freed, (October 1876).
Minutes ordered printed.
Articles of Incorporation adopted.
Benevolent Fund, $1,061.99.
A Conference Educational Society provided for. J. W. Hott to prepare a constitution, A. P. Funkhouser, an address for
publication.
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