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Volume 7 History of Virginia Conferences of United Brethren December 26, 2024
21. March 1896 Reports (Annual Conference at Broadway)
Service. Table 19 identifies the pastors serving at the end of the previous conference year.
Table 19. Pastors Serving at the End of Conference Year 1895-96
Charge Pastor Mbrs Charge Pastor Mbrs
Albemarle Circuit W. S. Rau 156 Hartmansville Circuit W. P. Bazzel 268
Augusta Circuit C. H. Crowell 342 Lacey Springs Circuit S. R. Ludwig 288
Berkeley Circuit J. F. Snyder 245 Lost River Circuit J. W. Brill 330
Berkeley Springs Circuit W. O. Jones & W. L. 526 Martinsburg Station Samuel H. Snell 300
Childress
Bloomery Circuit P. J. Lawrence 126 Moorefield Circuit Albert J. Nagley 246
Capon Springs Mission Charles N. D. Bennett 214 New Creek Circuit S. D. Skelton 495
Churchville Circuit A. S. Hammack 447 Prince William Mission George W. Stover 103
Cross Keys Mission W. O. Ewing 251 Roanoke Mission Station S. L. Rice 215
Dayton Circuit W. F. Gruver 412 Rockbridge Circuit H. E. Richardson 226
Edinburg Circuit W. H. Sampsell 302 Rockingham Freedmen’s Msn W. H. Bruce 101
Elkton Circuit G. B. Fadeley 359 Shenandoah City Circuit A. J. Secrist 407
Franklin Circuit S. A. Crabill 307 Singers Glen Circuit William R. Berry 477
Frederick Circuit N. F. A. Cupp 341 South Branch Circuit J. M. Hott 422
Friendship Mission B. P. S. Busey 214 Staunton Station J. D. Donavon 430
Garrett Circuit None Assigned 120 Toms Brook Circuit W. H. Clary 329
Harrisonburg Freedman’s Msn T. K. Clifford 327 Winchester Circuit J. E. B. Rice 267
Harrisonburg Mission Station S. R. Ludwig; W. F. Gruver 128
Shenandoah District. To the Virginia Annual Conference, in Conference assembled: Mr.
Chairman and Members of the Conference, It is with a grateful heart and with much pleasure that I
present to you my report of another year’s work. As most of you know, my health has been so poor that
I have not been able to do much work on the district during the year. I regret, this very much, but the
Lord does all things well. The District is composed of 17 fields, all of which were supplied at our last
annual gathering except one, Harrisonburg Mission Station. Not being able to secure a regular supply, I
arranged with Rev. W. F. Gruver and Rev. S. R. Ludwig, of Dayton and Lacey Springs circuits, to
supply the work most of the year, who, under the circumstances, did very well. The station, everything
considered, is doing remarkably well. A beautiful house of worship has been put under roof and the
lecture room made ready for occupancy, and is filled with a congregation each Sabbath evening to hear
the Word of God. The Sabbath school is also doing unusually well, and while we are somewhat in debt
for the house, we have nothing to fear if we make a long pull a strong pull, and a pull altogether. I hope
this Conference will take steps to encourage this very hopeful and commendable enterprise.
The church house at Shenandoah City has been relocated and is now ready for dedication, with
only a small debt that can be easily provided for at the dedication. This is an excellent [place], and well
deserves our sympathy and help. We have also organized a class of respectable size and intelligence at
Elkton, another very hopeful appointment. Here we need not build, but it needs your consideration. The
parsonage at Lacey Springs has been painted and fenced, and most of the old debt paid. The district and
circuit parsonages at Dayton have both been greatly improved. The church at Roanoke was dedicated
during the year by Bishop Kephart. Here our church has had a steady and vigorous growth, until we
now have over 200 members, well organized for aggressive work. A church house on Albemarle circuit
was greatly improved, at a cost of $350.
There has not been a general revival over the district, such as we desired, but most of the fields
have had some revival influence upon them, while other fields have had powerful revivals, so that the
number of accessions will not fall far short of 500. I think the finances will, in the main, be in excess of
previous years, but we need more system in the management of our finances, and must have it, if we are
to succeed along this line of work, and the sooner every preacher and layman in the Conference learns
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21. March 1896 Reports (Annual Conference at Broadway)
Service. Table 19 identifies the pastors serving at the end of the previous conference year.
Table 19. Pastors Serving at the End of Conference Year 1895-96
Charge Pastor Mbrs Charge Pastor Mbrs
Albemarle Circuit W. S. Rau 156 Hartmansville Circuit W. P. Bazzel 268
Augusta Circuit C. H. Crowell 342 Lacey Springs Circuit S. R. Ludwig 288
Berkeley Circuit J. F. Snyder 245 Lost River Circuit J. W. Brill 330
Berkeley Springs Circuit W. O. Jones & W. L. 526 Martinsburg Station Samuel H. Snell 300
Childress
Bloomery Circuit P. J. Lawrence 126 Moorefield Circuit Albert J. Nagley 246
Capon Springs Mission Charles N. D. Bennett 214 New Creek Circuit S. D. Skelton 495
Churchville Circuit A. S. Hammack 447 Prince William Mission George W. Stover 103
Cross Keys Mission W. O. Ewing 251 Roanoke Mission Station S. L. Rice 215
Dayton Circuit W. F. Gruver 412 Rockbridge Circuit H. E. Richardson 226
Edinburg Circuit W. H. Sampsell 302 Rockingham Freedmen’s Msn W. H. Bruce 101
Elkton Circuit G. B. Fadeley 359 Shenandoah City Circuit A. J. Secrist 407
Franklin Circuit S. A. Crabill 307 Singers Glen Circuit William R. Berry 477
Frederick Circuit N. F. A. Cupp 341 South Branch Circuit J. M. Hott 422
Friendship Mission B. P. S. Busey 214 Staunton Station J. D. Donavon 430
Garrett Circuit None Assigned 120 Toms Brook Circuit W. H. Clary 329
Harrisonburg Freedman’s Msn T. K. Clifford 327 Winchester Circuit J. E. B. Rice 267
Harrisonburg Mission Station S. R. Ludwig; W. F. Gruver 128
Shenandoah District. To the Virginia Annual Conference, in Conference assembled: Mr.
Chairman and Members of the Conference, It is with a grateful heart and with much pleasure that I
present to you my report of another year’s work. As most of you know, my health has been so poor that
I have not been able to do much work on the district during the year. I regret, this very much, but the
Lord does all things well. The District is composed of 17 fields, all of which were supplied at our last
annual gathering except one, Harrisonburg Mission Station. Not being able to secure a regular supply, I
arranged with Rev. W. F. Gruver and Rev. S. R. Ludwig, of Dayton and Lacey Springs circuits, to
supply the work most of the year, who, under the circumstances, did very well. The station, everything
considered, is doing remarkably well. A beautiful house of worship has been put under roof and the
lecture room made ready for occupancy, and is filled with a congregation each Sabbath evening to hear
the Word of God. The Sabbath school is also doing unusually well, and while we are somewhat in debt
for the house, we have nothing to fear if we make a long pull a strong pull, and a pull altogether. I hope
this Conference will take steps to encourage this very hopeful and commendable enterprise.
The church house at Shenandoah City has been relocated and is now ready for dedication, with
only a small debt that can be easily provided for at the dedication. This is an excellent [place], and well
deserves our sympathy and help. We have also organized a class of respectable size and intelligence at
Elkton, another very hopeful appointment. Here we need not build, but it needs your consideration. The
parsonage at Lacey Springs has been painted and fenced, and most of the old debt paid. The district and
circuit parsonages at Dayton have both been greatly improved. The church at Roanoke was dedicated
during the year by Bishop Kephart. Here our church has had a steady and vigorous growth, until we
now have over 200 members, well organized for aggressive work. A church house on Albemarle circuit
was greatly improved, at a cost of $350.
There has not been a general revival over the district, such as we desired, but most of the fields
have had some revival influence upon them, while other fields have had powerful revivals, so that the
number of accessions will not fall far short of 500. I think the finances will, in the main, be in excess of
previous years, but we need more system in the management of our finances, and must have it, if we are
to succeed along this line of work, and the sooner every preacher and layman in the Conference learns
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