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by the Board of Trustees; (4) that said agent shall make his report to the Board, at such time or times as
shall be specified by that body; and (5) that five trustees be elected to fill the place of those whose term
of office has expired. [The institution was then known as Shenandoah Institute.]
Boundaries. The report of Boundary Committee was read and adopted, as follows:
1. That the Districts remain as they are.
2. Detach Mt. Tabor from Hagerstown Circuit, and New Hope from Hagerstown Station and
attach to Williamsport Mission, to be called Potomac Circuit.
3. Detach White Hall, Mt. Carmel, Pleasant View, Salem, and Singers Glen, from Lacey
Springs Circuit and call it Singers Glen Circuit.
4. Detach Cedar Grove, from Dayton Mission Station, and attach to Lacey Springs, to be
called Lacey Springs Mission.
5. That Dayton Mission Station include Harrisonburg.
6. That Rockingham and Augusta Freedman’s Missions be consolidated, to be called
Freedman’s Mission.
7. Detach all the appointments from Bloomery Circuit except Union Chapel, File’s Chapel,
Mt. Hebron and Mellon’s S. House, and attached to North River Mission.
8. That Laurel Hill be detached from North River and attached to Bloomery Circuit.
9. That the Presiding Elders of Potomac and Shenandoah Districts be requested to visit
Fauquier county, Va., with a view of projecting a mission, and report to next Annual Conference.
[Submitted by] J. W. Howe, J. W. Funk, J. K. Nelson, C. W. Stinespring, A. M. Evers, C. P. Dyche.
Summary from Funkhouser.
Conference at Lacey Springs, Va., March 5. John Dickson, bishop; A. P. Funkhouser, G. P. Hott. secretaries.
Present: W. R. Berry, L. O. Burtner, A. Day, J. N. Fries, A. P. Funkhouser, G. Harman, J. W. Hicks, J. E. Hott, J. W.
Howe, M. F. Keiter, P. J. Lawrence, W. J. Miller, I. T. Parlett, G. J. Roudabush, W. H. Sampsell, I. M. Underwood, C. I. B.
Brane, W. H. Clary, C. P. Dyche, J. D. Fried, J. J. Glossbrenner, J. Harp, A. M. Horn, J. W. Hott, H. Jones, J. G. Ketterman, W.
L. Martin, J. K. Nelson, J. R. Ridenour, G. W. Rexrode, S. H. Snell, S. K. Wine, W. H. Burtner, C. H. Crowell, A. M. Evers,
J. W. Funk, J. S. Grim, W. Hesse, C. M. Hott, G. P. Hott, D. D. Keedy, J. W. Kiracofe, M. L. Mayselles, J. H. Parlett, J. M.
Rodruck, M. A. Salt, C. W. Stinespring, J. Zerman—49.
Absent: J. M. Bolton, J. A. Evans, J. F. Hott, E. Ludwick, J. A. Negley, P. H. Thomas, B. F. Cronise, W. O. Fries, G. W.
Howe, W. Lutz, J. W. Nihiser, J. D. Donovan, A. Hoover, G. Hoffman, C. Miller, S. Scott—17.
Visiting ministers: D. K. Flickinger, J. Dickson, J. X. Quigley, G. H. Snapp, D. D. DeLong.
Died: Zimri Umstot, aged about 43; Joseph E. Widmeyer, aged 26.
Voted to purchase Shenandoah Seminary. Trustees and agent chosen.
Ordained: W. L. Martin.
Preachers’ Aid Fund, $2,109.67.
Resolutions adopted relative to Senator G. B. Keezel’s letter to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Appointments, 221; organized churches, 188; members received, 1,045; at end of year, 8,975; Telescopes, 850; meeting
houses, 116; value, $122,374; parsonage, 11, value, $12,055; Sunday schools, 152; teachers and officers, 1,324; scholars,
8,226; collected for missions, $1,295.28; for all purposes, $29,209.48; salaries of preachers, $10,903.81.
Presiding elders: J. W. Howe (Shen. Dist.), C. M. Hott, (Potomac Dist.), J. K. Nelson, (South Branch Dist.).
Appointed: Churchville, J. W. Hicks; Augusta, S. K. Wine; Rockbridge, A. S. Castle; Dayton station, G. P. Hott; Dayton,
G. J. Roudabush; Lacey Springs, J. W. Funk; Elkton, J. M. Hott; Madison, to be supplied; South River mission, N. A. Kiracofe;
Edinburg, J. E. Hott, and one to be supplied; Winchester mission, A. M. Horn; Front Royal mission, to be supplied; Singers
Glen, N. F. A. Cupp; Freedman’s mission, T. K. Clifford; Boonsboro, C. H. Crowell; Keedysville, J. R. Ridenour; Hagerstown,
W. R. Berry; Hagerstown station, W. O. Fries; Myersville, I. M. Underwood; Mechanicstown, W. L. Martin; Frederick, S. H.
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by the Board of Trustees; (4) that said agent shall make his report to the Board, at such time or times as
shall be specified by that body; and (5) that five trustees be elected to fill the place of those whose term
of office has expired. [The institution was then known as Shenandoah Institute.]
Boundaries. The report of Boundary Committee was read and adopted, as follows:
1. That the Districts remain as they are.
2. Detach Mt. Tabor from Hagerstown Circuit, and New Hope from Hagerstown Station and
attach to Williamsport Mission, to be called Potomac Circuit.
3. Detach White Hall, Mt. Carmel, Pleasant View, Salem, and Singers Glen, from Lacey
Springs Circuit and call it Singers Glen Circuit.
4. Detach Cedar Grove, from Dayton Mission Station, and attach to Lacey Springs, to be
called Lacey Springs Mission.
5. That Dayton Mission Station include Harrisonburg.
6. That Rockingham and Augusta Freedman’s Missions be consolidated, to be called
Freedman’s Mission.
7. Detach all the appointments from Bloomery Circuit except Union Chapel, File’s Chapel,
Mt. Hebron and Mellon’s S. House, and attached to North River Mission.
8. That Laurel Hill be detached from North River and attached to Bloomery Circuit.
9. That the Presiding Elders of Potomac and Shenandoah Districts be requested to visit
Fauquier county, Va., with a view of projecting a mission, and report to next Annual Conference.
[Submitted by] J. W. Howe, J. W. Funk, J. K. Nelson, C. W. Stinespring, A. M. Evers, C. P. Dyche.
Summary from Funkhouser.
Conference at Lacey Springs, Va., March 5. John Dickson, bishop; A. P. Funkhouser, G. P. Hott. secretaries.
Present: W. R. Berry, L. O. Burtner, A. Day, J. N. Fries, A. P. Funkhouser, G. Harman, J. W. Hicks, J. E. Hott, J. W.
Howe, M. F. Keiter, P. J. Lawrence, W. J. Miller, I. T. Parlett, G. J. Roudabush, W. H. Sampsell, I. M. Underwood, C. I. B.
Brane, W. H. Clary, C. P. Dyche, J. D. Fried, J. J. Glossbrenner, J. Harp, A. M. Horn, J. W. Hott, H. Jones, J. G. Ketterman, W.
L. Martin, J. K. Nelson, J. R. Ridenour, G. W. Rexrode, S. H. Snell, S. K. Wine, W. H. Burtner, C. H. Crowell, A. M. Evers,
J. W. Funk, J. S. Grim, W. Hesse, C. M. Hott, G. P. Hott, D. D. Keedy, J. W. Kiracofe, M. L. Mayselles, J. H. Parlett, J. M.
Rodruck, M. A. Salt, C. W. Stinespring, J. Zerman—49.
Absent: J. M. Bolton, J. A. Evans, J. F. Hott, E. Ludwick, J. A. Negley, P. H. Thomas, B. F. Cronise, W. O. Fries, G. W.
Howe, W. Lutz, J. W. Nihiser, J. D. Donovan, A. Hoover, G. Hoffman, C. Miller, S. Scott—17.
Visiting ministers: D. K. Flickinger, J. Dickson, J. X. Quigley, G. H. Snapp, D. D. DeLong.
Died: Zimri Umstot, aged about 43; Joseph E. Widmeyer, aged 26.
Voted to purchase Shenandoah Seminary. Trustees and agent chosen.
Ordained: W. L. Martin.
Preachers’ Aid Fund, $2,109.67.
Resolutions adopted relative to Senator G. B. Keezel’s letter to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Appointments, 221; organized churches, 188; members received, 1,045; at end of year, 8,975; Telescopes, 850; meeting
houses, 116; value, $122,374; parsonage, 11, value, $12,055; Sunday schools, 152; teachers and officers, 1,324; scholars,
8,226; collected for missions, $1,295.28; for all purposes, $29,209.48; salaries of preachers, $10,903.81.
Presiding elders: J. W. Howe (Shen. Dist.), C. M. Hott, (Potomac Dist.), J. K. Nelson, (South Branch Dist.).
Appointed: Churchville, J. W. Hicks; Augusta, S. K. Wine; Rockbridge, A. S. Castle; Dayton station, G. P. Hott; Dayton,
G. J. Roudabush; Lacey Springs, J. W. Funk; Elkton, J. M. Hott; Madison, to be supplied; South River mission, N. A. Kiracofe;
Edinburg, J. E. Hott, and one to be supplied; Winchester mission, A. M. Horn; Front Royal mission, to be supplied; Singers
Glen, N. F. A. Cupp; Freedman’s mission, T. K. Clifford; Boonsboro, C. H. Crowell; Keedysville, J. R. Ridenour; Hagerstown,
W. R. Berry; Hagerstown station, W. O. Fries; Myersville, I. M. Underwood; Mechanicstown, W. L. Martin; Frederick, S. H.
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