Churches and Ministers in Pendleton
County
The first church edifice of the
Lutherans was a round-log structure standing a few yards
southeast of the present church, which lies on the left bank of
the South Fork, two miles above Brandywine. Prior to the
recollection of people now living, the original building was
succeeded by one of hewed logs, and this in turn by the present
frame building. The first resident pastor was the Rev. Peter
Michler (Mitchell), who died June 23, 1812, and was buried in
the churchyard. He lived a half-mile south in the vacant house
within the great bend of the river. Mitchell was followed by J.
B. Reimenschneider, who served more than 20 years. After brief
pastorates by H. Wetzel and Daniel and Jacob Sherer, George
Schmucker came in 1841. He was followed in 1876 by Arthur A.
Hahn, the present pastor.
The United Brethren Church first
appeared on the North Fork. In first gained foothold on the
South Branch about 1850, and at Upper Tract, where a
congregation gathered at the old log Methodist church which once
stood just above the burial ground to the east of the pike and
on the lane leading to the residence of C. N.
Pastors of Presbyterian Church
at Franklin
R.
H. Fleming
John A. Preston
L. H. Paul
W. C. Hagan |
J. Spencer Smith
Ivanhoe Robertson
S. S. Oliver |
Pastors of Upper Tract Circuit,
Methodist Episcopal Church: (Baltimore Conference)
James H. Howard, 1873-6
Edwards. Fort, 1876-7
L. D. Herron, 1877-80
J. R. Perdew, 1880-1
J. H. Jones, 1881-2 |
Virginia Conference
James W. Howard, 1882-5
Howard Wade, 1885-6
L. S. Huffman, 1886-8
G. S. Weiford, 1888-91 |
West Virginia Conference
G. P. Hanna, 1891-3
S. L. Gilmer, 1893-5
C. M. M. Fultz, 1896-8
E. W. Feltner, 1898-9 |
W. A. Sharp, 1899-1904
W. S. Brown, 1904
J. D. Dickey, 1904-7
P. W. Schrader, 1907 |
After some
years a portion of the work was made into the Circleville
circuit.
Church of the Brethren (Dunkard) 6
Disciples (Christian) 2
Latter Day Saints (Mormon) 1
Lutheran 7
Mennonite 2
Methodist (M. E.) 4
Methodist (M. E. C. S.) 5
Presbyterian 3
Methodist Episcopal and
United Brethren 2
Methodist Episcopal and
Methodist Epis. South 1
Union 1
United Brethren and Church of
the Brethren 1 |
The persons
in the following list were ministers in this county in the years
indicated. Where the name of the denomination is not given, they
were so far as known of the Methodist Episcopal and United
Brethren churches.
Ferdinand Lair 1800
Moses Hinkle, Lutheran 1801
Valentine Bowers 1802
John Bennett 1807
George Guthrie, Baptist 1808
Otho Wade 1809
Samuel Montgomery 1810
Gerard Morgan 1813
Robert Bolton 1814
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Ezra Grover 1817
S. P. V. Gillespie 1817
Jesse Hinkle 1818
John Watson 1819
Daniel Sherer 1819
Robert Boyd 1820
James Watts 1820
W. N. Scott 1822
Nathan Euritt 1823
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In our next
list are names of Preachers of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, 1824-32, with the year of appointment.
Richard Armstrong 1824
Samuel Bryson 1824
Harvey Sawyers 1825
William Huston 1826
P. D. Lipscomb 1826
Nathaniel Pendleton 1827
Samuel Ellis 1828
W. N. Scott 1828
W. S. Kepler 1829
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Robert Carter 1829
B. F. Tallman (P.E.) 1829
James Reed 1830
Alexander Foreman 1830
R. Slavin 1831
John P. Daggy 1831
N. P. Cunningham 1832
S. Zickafoose 1832 |
The present
list is of Preachers on Franklin Circuit
regularly appointed by bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
1833, E. R. Veitch and J. W. Cullom.
1834, E. R. Veitch and J. M.
Anderson.
1835, James Green and John
Lynn.
1836, Francis Mills and John
Lynn.
1837, Francis Mills and
Thomas J. Dwyerly.
1838, Stephen Smith and
Wesley Rosh.
1839, Stephen Smith and
Thomas H. Monroe.
1840, James Clark and Thomas
J. Harden.
1840, James Clark and Thomas
J. Harden.
1842, T. H. Bucey and J. L.
Gilbert and T. Brey.
1843, T. H. Bucey and W.
Taylor and A. Bland.
1844, Nathaniel Fisk and
Lemuel Waters.
1945, Nathaniel Fisk and
Henry Huffman.
1846, John W. Osborn and
Joseph W. Hedges.
1847, John W. Osburn and John
Dosh.
1848, W. H. Laney and James
W. Wolf.
1849, James Clark and W. C.
Steel.
1850, James Clark and M. L.
Hawley.
1851, John Start and J. M.
Lemon.
1852, John Start and J. W.
Ewan.
1853, W. Champion and P. S.
E. Sixes.
1854, P. P. Wirgman and
Joseph H. Temple.
1855, John W. Kelly and
Harrison McNemar.
1856, John W. Kelly and W.
Thomas.
1857, Robert Smith and S. H.
Cummings and S. B. Dolly.
1858, Robert Smith and J. F.
Bean.
1859, James Beatty and Samuel
Waugh.
1860, James Beatty and S. F.
Butt.
1861-4, Samuel H. Griffith,
L. W. Haslip, and S. B. Dolly.
1865, Joseph Crickenbarger.
1866, Thomas Briley and L. W.
Haslip.
1867, S. H. Griffith and
Milton Taylor assisted by Stephen Smith. |
In 1868 the
Baltimore Conference separated, there being henceforward one
such conference in the Methodist Episcopal Church and one in the
Methodist Episcopal Church South.
The following
names are the Preachers on the Franklin Circuit
since the division.
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1868, S. H. Griffith and W.
H. Mason assisted by Stephen Smith |
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1869, Thomas Hildebrand and
O. C. Bell |
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1872, S. R. Snapp |
1875, J. C.
Sedwick and W. E. Wolf |
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1878, Leonidas Butt and _____
Blackston. |
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1880, Leonidas Butt and _____
Porterfield |
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1882, Luke Markwood |
1883, W. E. Wolf
1884, C. E. Simmons
1886, F. T. Griffith
1888, S. S. Tory
1890, J. F. Baggs
1891, S. Townsend |
1894, W. M. Waters
1898, J. H. Schooley
1902, J. H. Dills
1903, J. Alexander Rood
1904, W. N. Wagner
1908, H. L. Myerly |
Presiding Elders of Franklin
Circuit
1858-62, Eldredge R. Veitch
1886-90, S. G. Ferguson
1862-6, James Thomas
1870-4, S. Griffith
1874-8, J. C. Dice
1878-82, P. H. Whisner
1882-6, Rumsey Smithson |
1890-4, G. T. Tyler
1894-8, G. H. Zimmerman
1898-1902, B. F. Ball
1902-6, G. T. Williams
1886-90, W. G. Hammond.
1906-10, W. E. Wolf |
West
Virginia AHGP
Source: History of Pendleton County West Virginia, By Oren F.
Morton, Franklin, West Virginia, Published by the author, 1910.
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