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Volume 7 History of Virginia Conferences of United Brethren December 26, 2024
18. March 1893 Reports (Annual Conference at Hawkinstown)
Service. Table 16 identifies the pastors serving at the end of the previous conference year.
Table 16. Pastors Serving at the End of Conference Year 1892-93
Charge Pastor Mbrs Charge Pastor Mbrs
Augusta Circuit J. F. Snyder 262 Martinsburg Station J. B. Chamberlain 277
Berkeley Circuit W. H. Clary 197 Moorefield Circuit W. P. Bazzel 197
Berkeley Springs Circuit Rudolph Byrd 291 Mt. Bethel Circuit G. W. Rexroad
Bloomery Circuit R. L. Dorsey 244 New Creek Circuit S. D. Skelton 41
Cacapon Circuit D. R. Bovey Prince William Mission S. D. Skelton; C. I. B. Brane 371
Churchville Circuit W. H. Sampsell 54 Roanoke Mission Station S. L. Rice
Cross Keys Mission William R. Berry 264 Rockbridge Circuit E. A. Pugh 38
Dayton Circuit C. P. Dyche 277 Shenandoah Mission G. B. Fadeley 114
Edinburg Circuit W. F. Gruver 428 Singers Glen Circuit W. O. Ewing 202
Franklin Circuit J. M. Hott 247 South Branch Circuit A. S. Hammack 391
Frederick Circuit C. H. Crowell 527 Staunton Mission Station J. D. Donavon 459
Freedman’s Mission T. K. Clifford 295 Toms Brook Circuit J. W. Walter 322
Hartmansville Circuit B. P. S. Busey 429 VanCleavesville Circuit Samuel H. Snell 375
Lacey Springs Circuit C. F. Flook 221 Winchester Circuit N. F. A. Cupp 248
Lost River Circuit J. A. Nagley 388 Winchester Mission Station P. J. Lawrence
Madison Mission J. W. Maiden 257 23
348 208
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Shenandoah District. To the Virginia Annual Conference: I am glad to be with you today, and
to be able in person to present my report. Rev. I. M. Underwood resigned the district to take effect
November 1, 1892, and I was appointed by Bishop E. B. Kephart to take charge of the same. Since that
time I have worked to the best of my ability. The district is composed of 15 fields. Some of them are in
a very prosperous condition, others are about holding their own, while others are scarcely what they
were a year ago. But in the main we have gained in several respects, I think. Two houses of worship
have been erected, but neither of them quite finished. Two excellent parsonages have been completed,
and another is now under roof. New territory is being carefully looked after, and preachers and people
seem to have a mind to work. I preached 43 sermons, held 11 quarterlies in person and 2 by proxy.
Two of the fields were not reached, partly for want of time, and partly on account of the very cold
winter. My predecessor received on salary, $387.53. Parsonage rent $40; total, $427.53. I received as
salary, $130. Total for the year, $557.53. The rent of the parsonage during my term of office was paid
for improvement of the property and interest on debt. With thankfulness to my Heavenly Father for his
goodness and the preachers and people for their kindness, I am your fellow laborer, J. W. Howe.
J. R. Ridenour, Presiding Elder, read his report of Winchester District, when, after remarks by
J. B. Chamberlin, Bishop N. Castle, in a happy manner, presented him a gold watch and chain in behalf
of the ministers of his district. The response was a good one.
Winchester District. Dear brethren: Under the care of a kind Heavenly Father, I have been
permitted to pass through the labors of another conference year, and now present to you this report. The
district is composed of 15 charges. Our aim and effort has been to encourage faithful duty upon the part
of the Ministry and a better remuneration from the people. In this we have succeeded to some extent on
most of the charges, while a few have failed. The Missionary and Conference collections are, upon the
whole, as good as last year. While many have advanced, a few have fallen short. All the business of the
charges has been carefully looked after, and pastors and official members required to report to their
quarterly conferences, as per forms given in Discipline.
The church houses and parsonages have not been neglected. On Berkeley Springs circuit a neat
and comfortable church was built, at a cost of $675, paid for, and dedicated. On Winchester circuit three
churches were repaired, one costing $350, another $122, and the other $192. One church house on
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18. March 1893 Reports (Annual Conference at Hawkinstown)
Service. Table 16 identifies the pastors serving at the end of the previous conference year.
Table 16. Pastors Serving at the End of Conference Year 1892-93
Charge Pastor Mbrs Charge Pastor Mbrs
Augusta Circuit J. F. Snyder 262 Martinsburg Station J. B. Chamberlain 277
Berkeley Circuit W. H. Clary 197 Moorefield Circuit W. P. Bazzel 197
Berkeley Springs Circuit Rudolph Byrd 291 Mt. Bethel Circuit G. W. Rexroad
Bloomery Circuit R. L. Dorsey 244 New Creek Circuit S. D. Skelton 41
Cacapon Circuit D. R. Bovey Prince William Mission S. D. Skelton; C. I. B. Brane 371
Churchville Circuit W. H. Sampsell 54 Roanoke Mission Station S. L. Rice
Cross Keys Mission William R. Berry 264 Rockbridge Circuit E. A. Pugh 38
Dayton Circuit C. P. Dyche 277 Shenandoah Mission G. B. Fadeley 114
Edinburg Circuit W. F. Gruver 428 Singers Glen Circuit W. O. Ewing 202
Franklin Circuit J. M. Hott 247 South Branch Circuit A. S. Hammack 391
Frederick Circuit C. H. Crowell 527 Staunton Mission Station J. D. Donavon 459
Freedman’s Mission T. K. Clifford 295 Toms Brook Circuit J. W. Walter 322
Hartmansville Circuit B. P. S. Busey 429 VanCleavesville Circuit Samuel H. Snell 375
Lacey Springs Circuit C. F. Flook 221 Winchester Circuit N. F. A. Cupp 248
Lost River Circuit J. A. Nagley 388 Winchester Mission Station P. J. Lawrence
Madison Mission J. W. Maiden 257 23
348 208
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Shenandoah District. To the Virginia Annual Conference: I am glad to be with you today, and
to be able in person to present my report. Rev. I. M. Underwood resigned the district to take effect
November 1, 1892, and I was appointed by Bishop E. B. Kephart to take charge of the same. Since that
time I have worked to the best of my ability. The district is composed of 15 fields. Some of them are in
a very prosperous condition, others are about holding their own, while others are scarcely what they
were a year ago. But in the main we have gained in several respects, I think. Two houses of worship
have been erected, but neither of them quite finished. Two excellent parsonages have been completed,
and another is now under roof. New territory is being carefully looked after, and preachers and people
seem to have a mind to work. I preached 43 sermons, held 11 quarterlies in person and 2 by proxy.
Two of the fields were not reached, partly for want of time, and partly on account of the very cold
winter. My predecessor received on salary, $387.53. Parsonage rent $40; total, $427.53. I received as
salary, $130. Total for the year, $557.53. The rent of the parsonage during my term of office was paid
for improvement of the property and interest on debt. With thankfulness to my Heavenly Father for his
goodness and the preachers and people for their kindness, I am your fellow laborer, J. W. Howe.
J. R. Ridenour, Presiding Elder, read his report of Winchester District, when, after remarks by
J. B. Chamberlin, Bishop N. Castle, in a happy manner, presented him a gold watch and chain in behalf
of the ministers of his district. The response was a good one.
Winchester District. Dear brethren: Under the care of a kind Heavenly Father, I have been
permitted to pass through the labors of another conference year, and now present to you this report. The
district is composed of 15 charges. Our aim and effort has been to encourage faithful duty upon the part
of the Ministry and a better remuneration from the people. In this we have succeeded to some extent on
most of the charges, while a few have failed. The Missionary and Conference collections are, upon the
whole, as good as last year. While many have advanced, a few have fallen short. All the business of the
charges has been carefully looked after, and pastors and official members required to report to their
quarterly conferences, as per forms given in Discipline.
The church houses and parsonages have not been neglected. On Berkeley Springs circuit a neat
and comfortable church was built, at a cost of $675, paid for, and dedicated. On Winchester circuit three
churches were repaired, one costing $350, another $122, and the other $192. One church house on
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