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5. That Swift Run, Salem, Thoroughfare, and Bloss’s School House be detached from
Page Valley Circuit and be called East Rockingham Circuit, and the remainder of
Page Valley Circuit be called Page Valley Mission.
6. Detach Lye River from Rockbridge Mission to form the base of a work to be called
Nelson Mission.
7. That Whitesell’s be detached from Shady Grove Mission and attached to Dayton
Circuit.
8. The remainder of Shady Grove Mission be attached to Page Valley Mission.
9. That Dayton be detached from Dayton Circuit and form Dayton Mission Station.
10. Detach Seneca and Bennett’s from Franklin Circuit and attach to Mill Creek.
11. That Eagle’s School House be attached to Martinsburg.
12. That West Augusta Mission be attached to South Branch Dist.
Summary from Funkhouser.
Conference at Edinburg, Va., March 3. John Dickson, bishop, A. P. Funkhouser, secretary.
Present: John Ruebush, J. W. Kiracofe, D. D. Keedy, William O. Grim, J. Zerman, J. W. Funk, William Beall, J. R.
Ridenour, William J. Miller, J. N. Fries, J. W. Nihiser, G. J. Roudabush, William Lutz, J. D. Donovan, J. E. Widmeyer, C. H.
Crowell, E. Ludwick, M. L. Mayselles, M. A. Salt, John W. Howe, J. L. Grim, W. H. Burtner, Abram P. Funkhouser, C. M. Hott,
C. W. Stinespring, A. Hoover, George Hoffman, George W. Howe, J. E. Hott, S. K. Wine, W. R. Berry, B. F. Cronise, William
Hesse, A. M. Evers, J. W. Hott, J. M. Rodruck, Joshua Harp, J. W. Funk, I. M. Underwood, Henry Jones, J. D. Fried, George
W. Rexrode, I. T. Parlett, W. H. Clary, Charles Miller, D. Barnhart, I. T. Hott, C. W. Hutzler, J. H. Parlett, J. G. Ketterman, A. M.
Horn—54.
Absent: Jacob J. Glossbrenner, J. S. Grim, P. H. Thomas, Snowden Scott, Z. Umstot, George Harman, C. I. B. Brane, P.
W. Weller, J. M. Hott, S. T. Wells, J. Zahn, Adam I. Bovey, George P. Hott. J. A. Evans, J. A. Negley—15.
Visiting ministers: M. Bulger, J. X. Quigley, D. O. Farrell, W. J. Prunner, Pres. D. D. DeLong.
Received: J. A. Evans (Mich. Conf.).
Voted to furnish a room at U. B. Seminary at a cost of $8,100; $30 raised in Conference.
Transferred: P. W. Weller, S. J. Wells, G. W. Statton.
Ordained: J. E. Widmeyer, C. W. Stinespring.
Licentiates: William Hesse, A. M. Horn, J. G. Ketterman, Samuel H. Snell, Martin. L. Mayselles, M. A. Salt.
Died: Adam I. Bovey, aged about 82.
Preachers’ Aid Fund, $1,308.89.
Bridgewater church sold for $400, three-fifth of this to go to district parsonage, two-fifths to Augusta parsonage.
Trustees appointed for district parsonage.
Appointments, 212; organized churches 186; members received, 1,548; at end of year, 8,564; Telescopes (banner
conference), 613; meeting houses, 111; parsonage, 10; Sunday schools, 150; scholars. 8,347; collected for missions,
$1,187.62; for all purposes, $26,570.66; preachers’ salaries, $10,323.05.
Presiding elders: A. P. Funkhouser, (Shenandoah Dist.), J. K. Nelson, (Potomac Dist.), J. E. Hott, (South Branch Dist.).
Appointed: Churchville, A. M. Evers; Augusta, C. H. Crowell; Dayton, J. W. Howe; Winchester, J. W. Nihiser; Winchester
station, J. R. Ridenour; Page Valley mission, H. Jones; Madison mission, M. A. Salt; Rockbridge mission, A. Hoover; Clarke
mission, J. M. Hott; Lacey Springs. G. J. Roudabush; Dayton station, C. M. Hott; Edinburg, M. F. Keiter; Nelson mission, to be
supplied; Frederick, W. Beall; Frederick station, C. W. Stinespring; Mechanicstown, J. D. Fried; Myersville, J. Ruebush;
Keedysville station, W. O. Grim; Boonsboro, J. L. Grim; Hagerstown, J. W. Funk; Hagerstown station, E. Ludwick; Opequon, J.
W. Kiracofe; Martinsburg station, J. E. Widmeyer; Berkeley, C. W. Hutzler; Berkeley Springs station, J. E. Widmeyer; Garrett,
to be supplied; Alleghany, W. H. Clary; Westernport station, J. W. Hicks; New Creek, W. R. Berry; Moorefield mission, J. M.
Bolton; South Branch, J. M. Rodruck; Bloomery, S. H. Snell; Mill Creek, A. M. Horn; Franklin, W. H. Sampsell; West Augusta
mission, to be supplied; bishop East Ohio District, J. J. Glossbrenner; editor Telescope, J. W. Hott; professor in Shenandoah
Seminary, J. N. Fries.
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5. That Swift Run, Salem, Thoroughfare, and Bloss’s School House be detached from
Page Valley Circuit and be called East Rockingham Circuit, and the remainder of
Page Valley Circuit be called Page Valley Mission.
6. Detach Lye River from Rockbridge Mission to form the base of a work to be called
Nelson Mission.
7. That Whitesell’s be detached from Shady Grove Mission and attached to Dayton
Circuit.
8. The remainder of Shady Grove Mission be attached to Page Valley Mission.
9. That Dayton be detached from Dayton Circuit and form Dayton Mission Station.
10. Detach Seneca and Bennett’s from Franklin Circuit and attach to Mill Creek.
11. That Eagle’s School House be attached to Martinsburg.
12. That West Augusta Mission be attached to South Branch Dist.
Summary from Funkhouser.
Conference at Edinburg, Va., March 3. John Dickson, bishop, A. P. Funkhouser, secretary.
Present: John Ruebush, J. W. Kiracofe, D. D. Keedy, William O. Grim, J. Zerman, J. W. Funk, William Beall, J. R.
Ridenour, William J. Miller, J. N. Fries, J. W. Nihiser, G. J. Roudabush, William Lutz, J. D. Donovan, J. E. Widmeyer, C. H.
Crowell, E. Ludwick, M. L. Mayselles, M. A. Salt, John W. Howe, J. L. Grim, W. H. Burtner, Abram P. Funkhouser, C. M. Hott,
C. W. Stinespring, A. Hoover, George Hoffman, George W. Howe, J. E. Hott, S. K. Wine, W. R. Berry, B. F. Cronise, William
Hesse, A. M. Evers, J. W. Hott, J. M. Rodruck, Joshua Harp, J. W. Funk, I. M. Underwood, Henry Jones, J. D. Fried, George
W. Rexrode, I. T. Parlett, W. H. Clary, Charles Miller, D. Barnhart, I. T. Hott, C. W. Hutzler, J. H. Parlett, J. G. Ketterman, A. M.
Horn—54.
Absent: Jacob J. Glossbrenner, J. S. Grim, P. H. Thomas, Snowden Scott, Z. Umstot, George Harman, C. I. B. Brane, P.
W. Weller, J. M. Hott, S. T. Wells, J. Zahn, Adam I. Bovey, George P. Hott. J. A. Evans, J. A. Negley—15.
Visiting ministers: M. Bulger, J. X. Quigley, D. O. Farrell, W. J. Prunner, Pres. D. D. DeLong.
Received: J. A. Evans (Mich. Conf.).
Voted to furnish a room at U. B. Seminary at a cost of $8,100; $30 raised in Conference.
Transferred: P. W. Weller, S. J. Wells, G. W. Statton.
Ordained: J. E. Widmeyer, C. W. Stinespring.
Licentiates: William Hesse, A. M. Horn, J. G. Ketterman, Samuel H. Snell, Martin. L. Mayselles, M. A. Salt.
Died: Adam I. Bovey, aged about 82.
Preachers’ Aid Fund, $1,308.89.
Bridgewater church sold for $400, three-fifth of this to go to district parsonage, two-fifths to Augusta parsonage.
Trustees appointed for district parsonage.
Appointments, 212; organized churches 186; members received, 1,548; at end of year, 8,564; Telescopes (banner
conference), 613; meeting houses, 111; parsonage, 10; Sunday schools, 150; scholars. 8,347; collected for missions,
$1,187.62; for all purposes, $26,570.66; preachers’ salaries, $10,323.05.
Presiding elders: A. P. Funkhouser, (Shenandoah Dist.), J. K. Nelson, (Potomac Dist.), J. E. Hott, (South Branch Dist.).
Appointed: Churchville, A. M. Evers; Augusta, C. H. Crowell; Dayton, J. W. Howe; Winchester, J. W. Nihiser; Winchester
station, J. R. Ridenour; Page Valley mission, H. Jones; Madison mission, M. A. Salt; Rockbridge mission, A. Hoover; Clarke
mission, J. M. Hott; Lacey Springs. G. J. Roudabush; Dayton station, C. M. Hott; Edinburg, M. F. Keiter; Nelson mission, to be
supplied; Frederick, W. Beall; Frederick station, C. W. Stinespring; Mechanicstown, J. D. Fried; Myersville, J. Ruebush;
Keedysville station, W. O. Grim; Boonsboro, J. L. Grim; Hagerstown, J. W. Funk; Hagerstown station, E. Ludwick; Opequon, J.
W. Kiracofe; Martinsburg station, J. E. Widmeyer; Berkeley, C. W. Hutzler; Berkeley Springs station, J. E. Widmeyer; Garrett,
to be supplied; Alleghany, W. H. Clary; Westernport station, J. W. Hicks; New Creek, W. R. Berry; Moorefield mission, J. M.
Bolton; South Branch, J. M. Rodruck; Bloomery, S. H. Snell; Mill Creek, A. M. Horn; Franklin, W. H. Sampsell; West Augusta
mission, to be supplied; bishop East Ohio District, J. J. Glossbrenner; editor Telescope, J. W. Hott; professor in Shenandoah
Seminary, J. N. Fries.
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