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Peterkin, Joshua


Wickliffe


Clark & Jeff.


1851


Powell. Jno. D.


Wiekliffe


Clark & Jeff. .. 1855


Price. Jas.


. Shepherdstown .. 1810


Reynolds, John H.


Hardy


Hardy


1796


Robertson, John J.


Norborne,


Berkeley 1822


Sewell. William


St. John's


Brooke 1838


Sharp. Henry T. St. Paul's


Weston


1870


Shiras, Alex Wickliffe


Clark & Jeff.


1840


Smith, Thompson L. 1. . John's


Kanawha


1855


Smith. Joseph H. St. John's


Wheeling 1858


Smith. Benj. B.


St. Andrew's


Jefferson 1822


Smith, Thomas.


Parkersburg. 1343


Smythe, Thos. H.


St. Paul's


Weston


1858


Sprigg. D. F.


Trinity


Martinsburg 1850


Stewart, Wm. G. St. Mark's


Kanawha 1868


Stubbs,


. Shepherdstown .. 1786


Stringfellow, Horace, Jr .... St. John's


Harper's Ferry. . 1851


Sturgis, Daniel


Trinity


Martinsburg 1771


Taliaferro, Chas. C. Trinity


Martinsburg 1837


Tompkins, S. D. St. Paul's


Weston


1848


Tongue, Thos. O. Missionary


Wheeling


1871


Tyng, Dudley A.


Zion


Jefferson Co. 1851


Tyng, Jas. H. Trinity


Martinsburg 1830


Veasy,


Martinsburg 1830


Ward, II. D.


. Kanawha


Kanawha Co. 1845


Ward, Wm. N.


Christ Ch ..


Clarksburg 1835


West, Missionary Kanawha Co. 1844


28


THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH


Clergyman.


Parish.


County or Town. Date.


Wheat, J. Thomas


St. Matthew's .. Wheeling


1830


Wheeler, A.


Jackson


.1843


Whittle, F. M.


St. John's . Charleston 1848


Wilson, Francis


Trinity .Martinsburg 1786


Wilmer, Emmanuel


Woods, John F. Trinity Moundsville 1865


List of Lay Delegates, 1785-1877.


Laymen.


Parish. County or Town.


Date.


Allen, Benjamin


St. Andrew's


Jefferson


1816


Allen, G. R. C.


Christ Ch.


Clarksburg 1853


Andrews, M. Page


Trinity


.Shepherdstown .. 1869


Arthur, Joseph Norborne


Berkeley


1834


Baxter, Wm. E. St. John's


Brooke 1870


Baylor, Col. R. W.


Zion


Charles Town 1867


Beall, John Y.


Zion


Charles Town 1860


Berkeley, Prof. R. C.


Trinity


Monongalia 1877


Berkeley, Edmund


Kanawha


Kanawha


1826


Bonham, Robt. C.


St. Matthew's .


Wheeling


1852


Brady, S.


St. Matthew's .. Wheeling


1876


Brown, James


St. Andrew's


Jefferson 1832


Brown, Hiram D.


St. Matthew's


.. Wheeling 1858


Brown, R. T.


Zion


Charles Town 1874


Bryan, Dr. C. P.


Madison


Pocahontas


1874


Burwell, Dr. Philip


Ravenswood


Jackson 1874


Butler, Chas. T.


Trinity


Shepherdstown. 1850


Chapline, Isaac


Trinity


Shepherdstown ..


1832


Colston, Edward


Norborne


Berkeley


1822


Conrad, D. H.


Trinity


Martinsburg 1853


Cordelle, L. C.


Zion


Charles Town 1866


Colton, Dr. Jno. T.


St. John's


.Kanawha 1876


Craighill, Nathaniel


St. Andrew's . Jefferson


1819


Curtis, Geo. D.


Trinity


Marshall 18.0


Dangerfield. Jno. E.


Wickliffe


Clark & Jeff. 1842


Eoff. Beverly M.


St. John's


Wheeling 1870


Fitzhugh. Burdett


Ravenswood


.Jackson


1853


Fryatt. Tillotson


Norborne


.Berkeley


1820


Grantham, J. J.


Norborne


Berkeley 1870


Griggs. Thomas St. Andrew's


Jefferson 1830


Hall, Geo. W. Trinity


Shepherdstown. 1867


Hammett. Samuel


St. John's


Pleasants 1853


Howlev. James O. St. Paul's


Weston 1852


Helm, Strother M.


Norborne Berkeley 1819


Henderson. David E. Zion


Charles Town 1872


Hildreth. S. P. St. Matthew's .Wheeling 1875


.


Blackford, Wm. M.


Norborne .


Berkeley 1827


29


IN WEST VIRGINIA.


Laymen.


Parish.


County or Town.


Date.


Iloge, Isaac


Trinity


. Marshall


1852


Hogeman, Wm. H.


St. John's.


. Charleston 1869


Howard, H. R.


P't. Pleasant


Mason 1870


Hunter, Edward P.


Norborne.


Berkeley 1847


Jackson, Genl. J. J.


Trinity.


Parkersburg 1867


Jacobs, W. F.


St. John's


Harper's Ferry .1851


Jones, Strother


Kanawha


Kanawha 1824


Kirk, Thomas


Christ Ch. ..


Brooke


1853


Kreglow, Geo. T.


Mt. Zion Ch


Hedgesville 1877


Laidley, Maj. A. T.


St. John's


Charleston 1869


Lee, Edmund T. Trinity


Shepherdstown .. 1870


Lee, Charles H.


Vorborne


Berkeley 1841


Lee, Richard Henry


Trinity


Shepherdstown. 1847


Loekridge, James T.


Madison


Pocahontas 1877


Lynn, Geo., Jr.


Hampshire


Hampshire 1833


Magill, Archibald


Norborne


Berkeley


1831


MeCandlish, R. J.


St. Paul's


Weston


1853


McCluney, Col. James


St. Matthew's


Wheeling 1870


MeNeer. James


All Saints'


Union 1875


Moneure, Dr. Jas. D.


Trinity


Huntington 1872


Morgan, Wm. A. Trinity


Shepherdstown .. 1858


Morgan, Morgan


Norborne


Berkeley


1785


Morgan, Jacob


Trinity


Shepherdstown .. 1845


Morgan, Daniel


Trinity


Shepherdstown .. 1836


Myers, Cromwell


Mt. Zion Ch.


Hedgesville 1872


Nash, Sylvester


Christ Ch.


Berkeley


1819


Nash, Norman


Hampshire 1819


Nelson, Francis


Hampshire


Hampshire


1825


Nelson, Thomas


Norborne


. Martinsburg 1828


Nelson, Mann P.


Norborne


. Berkeley


1833


Norwood, Wm. Jr. All Saints'


Monroe 1874


Oley, Gen. Jno. H. Trinity


Huntington 1877


Page, John W. Hampshire


Hampshire 1831


Page, William Norborne


Berkeley 1816


Patrick, Dr. Spieer St. John's


Charleston 1856


Pendleton. Wm. H.


Norborne


Berkeley 1840


Pendleton, Wm.


Norborne


Berkeley 1853


Pendleton, William Norborne


Berkeley 1815


Pinkney, Chas. C. Wickliffe


1834


Reynolds, John H.


Hampshire


Hampshire 1799


Robinson, R. K.


Trinity


Martinsburg 1873


Rose, Robert


Kanawha


Kanawha


1834


Russell, Joseph A.


St. John's


Harper's Ferry .. 1850


Sharpe, George


Hampshire


Hampshire 1824


Shepherd. Abram.


.St. Andrew's


Jefferson 1817


Silver, Francis


Norborne


Berkeley 1830


Smith, Aug. J. Trinity


Shepherdstown .. 1865


30


THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH


Laymen.


Parish.


County or Town.


Date.


Smith, Cruger W., Jr.


Christ Ch.


Clarksburg 1870


Staples, E. W.


Emmanuel


Wood


1873


Steele. Thos. G. .


Christ Ch.


Marion


1870


Suydam, Abraham Trinity


Cabell 1870


Tallant, Henry St. John's


Wheeling 1853


Thomas, Jno. L. Christ Ch.


Berkeley


1829


Thompson, Judge Geo. W ... St. Matthew's


Wheeling


1872


Thompson, Philip R. St. Mark's


Kanawha


1836


Thompson, Francis


St. Mark's


Kanawha


1853


Triplett, F. M.


St. John's


Pleasants 1870


Veasy, Geo. W.


St. John's


Brooke 1853


Walker, James


Norborne


Berkeley


1818


Ward, Joel


Norborne


Berkeley


1818


Washington, Bushrod C. ..


St. Andrew's


.Jefferson 1823


Watson, W. E.


Christ Ch.


Fairmont 1877


White, S. T.


Grace Ch.


Middleway


1876


White, Nathan S.


Zion


Charles Town


1858


Wilson, John


Christ Ch.


Berkeley


1832


Woods, Andrew P.


St. Matthew's . Wheeling 1848


Young. J. Thornton


Trinity


Martinsburg 1876


CHAPTER IV.


List of Clerical and Lay Delegates to the Annual Councils of the Diocese of West Virginia-1877-1901.


List of Clergy in the Diocese of West Virginia, 1877-1901. The date gives the year when first reported at the Council.


Clergyman.


County or Town. Date.


Ambler, John


Fairmont


1887


Ambler, John C.


Grafton 1898


Armstrong. J. G.


St. Matthew's, Wheeling 1877


Birckhead, Chas. M. St. Albans 1886


Blake, Jas. H. W.


Middleway 1879


Brittingham, Jacob


Parkersburg 1881


Brooking, Robt. U.


Point Pleasant 1892


Buchanan, Anselm. Wellsburg 1879


31


IN WEST VIRGINIA.


Clergyman.


County or Town. Date.


Burkhart, W. Hullihen


Bluefield


1890


Burwell, Walter L.


Charles Town 1887


Campbell, Chas. M.


St. Albans 1886


Canfield, Isaac A.


Powellton 1895


Card, Gerald


Charleston 1897


Caswell, Robt. C. (Fenn.)


Buckhannon


1900


Chrisman, Wilson Page


Charles Town 1894


Chrisman, Clayton Alex


Wellsburg 1895


Cobbs, R. Addison


Charleston 1877


Crook, Guy H.


Ronceverte 1901


Cooke, Thos. W.


Clarksburg


1898


Coombs, L. R. (S. Va.)


Lewisburg


1894


Coupland, Robt. S.


.Charles Town 1900


Cowpland, Joshua


Pt. Pleasant


1881


Curran, T. J. Oliver


Wheeling (St. Andrew's) 1900


Davis, Wm. Lawrence


Parkersburg


1895


Deaver, Jas. N.


Charles Town


1897


Doggett, Luther W.


Fairmont 1895


Douglas, John S.


Martinsburg 1899


Dame, Geo. W.


Clarksburg


1880


Easter, Geo. W. Union


1892


England, Howard G. (Va.)


Ripon


1898


Everett, W. B. (Va.)


Harper's Ferry 1889


Fenton, Arthur K.


Powellton 1893


Ferguson, J. Dudley


Moorefield 1878


Fick, H. L. A.


St. Matthew's, Wheeling


1899


Fish. Jas. L.


W. Grafton


1900


Fitzpatrick, J. B.


St. Albans


1885


Forrest, Douglas F., D. D.


Clarksburg


1892


Foster, John T.


Grafton


1890


Gantt, J. Gibson


St. Juke's, Wheeling 1885


Gibbons, Geo. A.


Fairmont


1877


Gibbons. J. Howard


Point Pleasant


1901


Gibson, Robt. A.


Parkersburg


1878


Gibson, John S.


Middleway


1852


Grammer, Jas. Middleway


1877


Gravatt, Wm. L.


Charles Town


1893


Gray, Arthur P ..


Lewisburg


1888


Griffith, Saml. H.


Moorefield


1884


Grinnan, Andrew G.


Pt. Pleasant 1895


Grubb, Curtis


Lewisburg 1886


Hall, Emile J.


Lewisburg


1877


Hammond, Kensey J.


Parkersburg 1883


Hannah, C. Gilbert


Morgantown 1899


Hiatt, Jaeob A.


Parkersburg 1900


Howard, David W.


St. Matthew's. Wheeling 1900


Fletcher, Robt. (Center. N. Y.).


Charles Town 1898


32


THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH


Clergyman.


County or Town


Date.


Hubbard, John P.


Shepherdstown 1877


Hyland, Wm. L.


Parkersburg 1877


Joyner, John R.


St. Albans, 1894


Keeble, J. W.


Weston, . 1882


Lacy, T. H.


Point Pleasant 1877


Lea, John Willis


Martinsburg 1877


Leavell, Wm. Thos.


Hedgesville 1877


Lee, Francis D.


Lewisburg 1880


Lewis, Arthur M.


Powellton 1900


Lee, E. J.


Shepherdstown 1900


Levering, Lewis R.


Grafton 1901


Lightbourn, John S.


Huntington 1893


Loftus, J. Totenham


Moorefield 1881


Marley, John Tilton


Powellton, 1896


Marshall, W. K.


Parkersburg 1896


Mason, L. R.


Shepherdstown 1882


Mason, Richard H.


Union 1877


Marshall, Norman F.


Huntington 1887


Meade, F. A.


Hinton 1883


Meade, Wm. H.


Charles Town 1877


Moneure, John


Union


1891


Morgan, Robt. J. (Del.)


Charleston


1897


Moore, S. Scollay, D. D.


Parkersburg


1888


McGill, John (Va.)


Ripon


1878


MacQueary, T. Howard


Fairmont


1885


Neilson, W. H., D. D.


Shepherdstown 1891


Noland, R. Grattan


Wellsburg.


1884


Pearson, C. C.


St. Luke's, Wheeling 1882


Penick, Rt. Rev. C. C., D. D.


Fairmont


1899


Powers, W. H. H


Weston 1879


Price, Arthur R.


Powellton


1900


Roderick, R. Austin


Grafton


1889


Roller, Robt. Douglas, D. D.


Martinsburg, 1879


Shaw. Chas. E.


Harper's Ferry 1899


Sheerin, James


Morgantown 1895


Sommerville, Grant Paul


Lewisburg 1890


Spalding, C. N.


St. Luke's, Wheeling 1881


Spurr, B. M.


Moundsville 1894


Swan, Thos. E.


Buchannon 1897


Swope, Rodney Rush. D. D.


St. Matthew's, Wheeling 1878


Taylor, Jefferson R.


Montgomery 1888


Thomas, Nathaniel Seymour


St. Matthew's, Wheeling 1897


Thomas, Henry


Martinsburg 1888


Thomas, Harris B.


Lewisburg 1899


Thompson, P. D. (Va.)


Ripon 1892


Tompkins, Saml. D.


Volcano 1877


Tucker, Dallas


Charles Town 1883


33


IN WEST VIRGINIA.


Clergyman.


County or Town. Date.


Turner, M. Thurston (Md.)


Lewisburg


1897


Tyler, B. B.


Charles Town 1890


Wager, Peter


St. Albans


1891


Warc, J. W. .


Clarksburg


1882


Willis, Andrew J.


Middleway 1890


Winecoff, Thos. E.


Morgantown 1898


Wirgman, Henry T.


Parkersburg 1885


Woods, John F.


Clarksburg,


1877


Young, Lee H.


St. Andrew's, Wheeling 1896


List of Lay Delegates, 1877-1901.


Names.


Residence. Date.


Adams, D. J.


Clarksburg


1878


Agliouby, John. O.


Shepherdstown 1891


Alexander, Herbert L


Martinsburg 1897


Alexander, J. B.


Moundsville


1891


Ambler, B. M.


Parkersburg 1880


Angle, Stephen L.


Sistersville, 1899


Aschman, Dr. G. A.


St. Matthew's, Wheeling 1894


Baird, Wm. N.


Romney


1894


Bailey, D. M.


Weston,


1879


Baker, J. L. W.


Martinsburg


1877


Baldwin, D. B.


Bluefield


1892


Ball, W. J.


Wellsburg


1891


Barbor, H. B.


Princeton


1891


Bartlett, C. W. Barton, D. J.


Morgantown


1899


Baxter, Hon. Felix J.


Sutton 1894


Baxter, Geo. A.


Wellsburg 1SS3


Beckwith, Hon. Frank


Charles Town 1893


Berkeley, Prof. R. C ..


Morgantown 1878


Bland, E. S. Sutton 1897


Blanchard, H. M.


Bluefield 1900


Bloomer, Geo. C.


Lewisburg 1885


Bowie, E. B.


St. Luke's Wheeling 1894


Boyd, John E., Jr.


Martinsburg 1SST


Brady, Hon. S ..


St. Matthew's, Wheeling 1880


Brown, Dr. H. M.


Union 1SS8


Browne, Robt. W.


St. Matthew's, Wheeling. 1SS7


Broun, Maj. Thos. L.


Charleston 1878


Bryan, Dr. C. P.


Pocahontas Co. 1877


Burns, David


Clarksburg


1887


Camden, Dr. T. B.


Weston 1878


Carroll, W. C.


Charles Town 1891


Chandler, Ed. W.


St. Alban's 1SS3


Chew, Robt.


Charles Town 1891


Coe, Chas. Cleveland. Kenova 1897


Parkersburg


1892


34


THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH


Names.


Residence. Date.


Colston, Capt. W. B.


Martinsburg


1892


Cox, Friend


Moundsville 1894


Cotton, Dr. John T.


Charleston 1877


Craighill, Gen. W. P.


Charles Town 1897


Crawford, Wyatt C .. Huntington 1895


Creel, Geo. A.


Moundsville 1880


Crow, G. B.


Ripley 1898


Cunningham, Col. J. C.


St. Albans 1877


Curtis, Robt.


Moundsville 1883


Dandridge, Hon. A. S.


Shepherdstown 1889


Davison, Thos.


St. Andrew's, Wheeling 1896


Davisson, E. G ..


Weston


1899


Derbyshire, H. J


·Huntington 1888


Despard, B.


Clarksburg 1893


Devine, John C.


St. Andrews, Wheeling. 1899


Dimmick, M. C.


Huntington


1894


Du Bois, Jos. D.


St. Matthew's, Wheeling 1894


Dunlap, Dr. John L.


Union 1879


Eastham, Hon. P. C.


Point Pleasant 1890


Emmons, C. D ..


Huntington 1897


Ensign, Ely


Huntington 1898


Fowler, Fred


Clarksburg 1899


Frazier, Wm. C ..


Summit Point 1890


Gallaher, John T ..


Moundsville 1896


Gamble, Dr. H. MeG.


Moorefield 1878


Gamble, Wm.


Moundsville 1883


Gassman, J.


Martinsburg 1893


Gilbert, W. H.


Middleway


1899


Gordon, C. W.


Parkersburg


1892


Grantham, James


Middleway 1887


Green, F. H.


Ravenswood 1897


Greer, Jacob R.


St. Matthew's, Wheeling 1886


Greer, W. Homer


Ripley


1894


Haile, Robt. G.


Hinton 1899


Hall, F. L.


Wellsburg 1899


Hall, S. Bruce


New Martinsville. 1896


Hall, A. C ..


Wellsburg 1879


HIall, Geo. W.


Shepherdstown 1878


Hanson, J. W.


Harper's Ferry. 1895


Hartley, John


Leroy 1894


Hartman, Wm. T.


Fairmont 1899


Harrison, W. G.


Weston 1888


Haymond, A.


Morgantown 1880


Henderson, Richard


Charles Town


1898


Henderson, H. C.


Williamstown 1895


Henshaw, Wm. S.


Martinsburg 1878


Higginbotham, C. C. Buckhannon 1899


Hildreth, S. P.


St. Lukes Wheeling. 1883


35


IN WEST VIRGINIA.


Names.


Residence. Date.


Hodgman, B. F.


Moundsville


1896


Hogeman, W. H.


Charleston 1881


Howell, David


Charles Town 1890


Hubbard, W. G .. Charleston


1899


Ilunter. Dr. J. H.


Martinsburg


1883


Hunter, C. W ..


Davis 1900


Jaekson, C. Edwin


St. Andrew's, Wheeling 1897


Johns. Thos.


St. Luke's. Wheeling 1898


Johnston, A. S.


l'nion


1885


Jones, Chas. C.


Leetown


1900


Keller, B. F ..


Bramwell


1898


Kennedy, W. S.


Charles Town


1893


Kilmer, R. B ..


Hedgesville 1897


Kilmer, Wm. H.


Hedgesville


1884


Klase, Dr. W. N.


Montgomery 1897


Knightstep. W. C.


Ripley


1882


Kreglow, Geo. T.


Hedgesville 1877


Laidley, Maj. A. T.


Charleston 1883


Laidley, W. S.


Charleston 1889


La Rue. Corbin.


Ripon


1900


La Rue, F. C.


Ripon


1895


Lee, E. I ...


Shepherdstown 1877


Lewis, Mord.


Clarksburg 1893


Lewis, Comyn


St. Matthew's, Charleston. 1898


Ligon, Dr. John.


Pocahontas Co 1878


Lingamfelter, Lee


Hedgesville 1883


Linthieum, Jas. M.


Moorefield 1880


Lippitt, Dr. W. F.


Charles Town 1889


Lobb, C. Jas ..


Moorefield 1899


Logie. Dr. J.


Lee Town


1877


Logan, Jos. D.


Union


1887


Londin, William


Lorentz 1899


Lucas, Chas. C.


Lee Town 1900


Lucadoe. J. D.


St. Luke's, Charleston 1892


Lyeth, B. F.


Martinsburg 1886


Martin, Saml. R.


New Martinsville 1898


Martin, Philip


Moundsville


1897


Martin, C. C ..


Parkersburg


1899


Matthews. S. W.


Moundsville 1895


Mayo, Dr. M. L.


Huntington


1885


Miller. C. A.


Martinsburg 1890


Miller, Jacob


Hedgesville 1895


Mitehell, J. S.


Weston 1889


Moler, Lee


Shepherdstown 1884


Morgan, R. S.


Ravenswood 1880


Morgan. Morgan


Bunker Hill 1.8-1


Moss, H. I., Jr.


Parkersburg 1$99


Moss. H. H.


Parkersburg 1894


36


THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH


Names.


Residence. Date.


Muzzey, Frank W.


Shepherdstown 1899


Myers, A. H.


Hedgesville 1895


Macleod, A. E.


White Sulphur


1900


MeCandlish, R. J.


Parkersburg


1877


MeClure, John


St. Luke's, Wheeling. 1884


MeConihay, John H


St. Albans 1882


McGill, E. W.


Okonoko 1895


MeNeer. Jas.


Union 1877


MePherson, Irwin


Leroy 1893


Nelson, Dr. Mann Page


Middleway


1SS6


Noble, N. A ..


St. Matthew's. Wheeling 1893


Norris, John W.


Willow Island 1883


Northcott. G. A.


Huntington 1890


Norton, Percy


Elin Grove


1894


Nye, Dr. John L ..


St. Albans.


1880


Oley, Gen. John H.


Huntington


1877


Orndoff, Alex


Moorefield


1899


Park. J. A


Ravenswood


1880


Parks, Alex


Martinsburg 1894


Parsons, G. W.


Romney


1899


Peck, L. Tenny


Kenova


1899


Peterkin, W. G.


Parkersburg 1898


Peterson, B. W.


St. Matthew's. Wheeling 1895


Peyton, John Howe


Charleston 1895


Poindexter, Wm. R.


Huntington 1883


Potts, H. W ..


Shepherdstown 1899


Powell, Simms


Parkersburg


1888


Progler, H. S.


Ripley


1896


Queale, Wm.


Grafton


1893


Ralston, Er


Weston


1887


Rankin, R. J.


Martinsburg 1878


Reed. Lloyd


Clarksburg 1895


Richardson, 1. Lynn


Charleston 1899


Richardson. J. J.


Fairmont 1899


Ridgeley, W. C ..


Wellsburg 1886


Robinson, John S.


Mannington 1893


Rogers, Thos.


Morgantown 1879


Rogers, Judge J. P.


St. Luke's, Wheeling 1882


Rogers, Geo. J.


St. Luke's, Wheeling. 1898


Russell, Henry McG.


Okonoko 1896


Sands, Jos. E ..


Fairmont 1898


Sands, Lawrence E.


St. Luke's, Wheeling. 1889


Sands, O. S ..


Clarksburg


1893


Sehon, Hon. Edmund.


Pt. Pleasant


1877


Shaffer, Philip A.


Moundsville 1897


Sharp, Dr. W. H.


Volcano 1880


Shirley, Geo. P.


Middleway 1896


Shirey, C. A. Bluefield


1900


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Names.


Residence. Date.


Shrewsbury, C. M.


Parkersburg


1880


Slaughter, Ed. L.


Charleston 1897


Smith, Judge Jos.


Ravenswood 1877


Smith, Cruger W.


Clarksburg


1879


Smith, Dr. J. E.


St. Matthew's, Wheeling 1884


Snape, Albert


Moundsville


1895


Spillınan, H. E.


Point Pleasant 1899


Spillman, Gen. B. D.


Parkersburg


1890


Springer, Murray L.


St. Luke's, Wheeling 1897


Stalnaker, Randolph


St. Matthew's, Wheeling 1895


Staples, E. W.


Volcano 1878


Stribling, G. W.


Pt. Pleasant, 1887


Stribling, T ..


Pt. Pleasant 1880


Strider, Isaac


Leetown


1883


Stuckey, Chas.


Bunker Hill 1878


Swimley, Wm.


Bunker Hill, 1878


Tatum, Peebles


St. Matthew's, Wheeling 1891


Tarr, Clarence


Wellsburg 1883


Taylor, Archibald


St. Luke's, Wheeling 1894


Thayer, Dr. A. H.


Grafton


1899


Thomas, Harris B.


Grafton


1891


Thompson. Capt. C. L.


Huntington 1897


Thompson, Maj. B. S ..


Hinton, 1897


Thompson, Judge G. W.


St. Matthew's, Wheeling 1877


Tippett, Geo. W


Pt. Pleasant,


1899


Trapnell, Joseph


Charles Town 1896


Triplett, J. M.


Willow Island 1891


Tyler, W. D.


Bramwell


1896


Van Antwerp, F. R. Hinton


1895


Vance, J. Carl


Clarksburg


1896


Vandervort, E. M.


Weston


1894


Warren, A. A.


Weston


1887


Washington, B. C.


Charles Town 1881


Watson, W. E.


Fairmont


1877


Water's, J. T. .


Charleston


1899


Wetzell, D. S.


Lewisburg


1885


White, N. S.


Charles Town


1877


Williams, J. E.


Weston 1882


Wilson, W. A.


St. Luke's, Wheeling 1899


Wirgman, E. O.


Romney 1893


Wolff, M. K.


St. Luke's, Wheeling 1899


Wood, James Ward


Moorefield 1879


Woods, C. C.


Elm Grove 1895


Wynkoff. Garrett Hedgesville 1881


Young, J. T.


Martinsburg 1884


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THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH


CHAPTER V.


Digest of Annual Councils of Diocese of Virginia 1785-1877, with Parochial Reports from Churches, in what is now known as the Diocese of West Virginia, and full statements from addresses of the Bishops, having reference to their visitations in that territory.


There is not in our land a Diocese more truly historic than Virginia. It was within her borders that the first services of the mother Church were enjoyed in the United States. It was upon her shores that there were made the first efforts to introduce into our country the light of the Gospel as it is reflected from our liturgy and other standards. Within her bounds there are still extant the remains of the first sanctu- ary, built within the limits of the Union. The first religious service in Virginia was held at Jamestown on the 14th of May, 1607, the Rev. Robert Hunt, a clergyman of the Church of England, officiated, as he did also at the first marriage service ever performed in Virginia (1608). He was instru- mental also in the speedy erection of a church, and when this was destroyed by fire in a few months a new and substan- tial building was erected (160S). The ruins of the brick tower of this church may still be seen on Jamestown Island. By the year 1616 there were three parishes founded and settled, viz: Henrico and Bermuda Hundred, (Rev. Mr. Whittaker. He it was who baptized Pocahontas, and afterwards married her to Mr. Rolfe,) and Jamestown, Mr. Bucke. Up to 1619 the whole number of clergy who had come over to the col- ony was seven, viz. Messrs. Hunt, Bucke, Glover, Whittaker, Keith, Mease and Bargrave. In 1619, Messrs. Hunt, Glover, and Whittaker were dead, and the clergy in Virginia were: Rev. James Bucke, Jamestown Church; Rev. George Keith, Elizabeth City Parish; Rev. Thomas Bargrave, Henrico, and Bermuda Hundred, Rev. William Mease.


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In 1621, in obedience to a call from the Governor. Sir George Yeardley, the assembly of Virginia convened in its first meeting, in the Church at Jamestown. The session was opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Bucke, and the enact- ments of the Legislature formally established the Church of England in Virginia.


Before giving a list of the Clergy who in early days min- istered in the territory now known as West Virginia, it may be well to mention a few well known facts as to the formation of the counties in that section, to remind us that the familiar Virginia names covered then, what is now West Virginia ter- ritory.


Augusta county was formed in 1738, and included all of the "ntmost parts of Virginia," and extended from the Blue Ridge on the East to the Mississippi on the West.


All that part of this great territory which stretches from the borders of the present Pocahontas County, on the AAlle- gheny mountains, northwest to the Ohio river, was for some- time known as the District of West Angusta, and from this District the first assembly of the newly declared common- wealth of Virginia meeting in the old State House at Wil- liamsburg, did in October, 1776, form three distinct counties, Monongalia, Ohio and Youghiogheny. It will further be ob- served that up to 1772, the county of Frederick covered all the territory now embraced in Berkeley and Jefferson.


It is impossible to say in what part of these extensive dis- triets the men whose names are mentioned Jabored. The rec- ords are not very full, and we have to be content with the general statement.


It is further to be noted here, that in 1755 all that part of Frederick west of North Mountain was formed into Hamp- shire county.


List of the Clergy from 1700 to 1785 who labored in what is now West Virginia.


Names.


County.


Year.


Gordon, John.


Frederick


1754


Henderson, John


Angusta


1747


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Names.


County.


Year.


Hurt, John.


Jefferson


1775


Jones, John.


Augusta


1752


Manning, William.


. Berkeley


1772


Meldrum ..


Frederick 1765


Muhlenburg, Peter


Berkeley


1768


Ogilvie. James


Berkeley


1771


Sturges. Daniel.


Berkeley


1771


In his Digest of the Councils of the Diocese of Virginia, the Rev. Dr. Dashiell says, in speaking of the Church after the Revolution: While we look at the published records for the purpose of learning what was the mind of our fathers in the Church, yet the heart of those ancestors cannot be so easily discerned. No report of resolutions or canons passed, can make known to us what was the measure of religious feeling that prevailed. Traditions we have in abundance to tell us, that like unto the assembling of the tribes of God's people under the old dispensation, were the gatherings to- gether of Virginia families when the conventions would meet in the days of Bishop Moore and Bishop Meade. They were glad, blessed assemblings. The spirit of fraternal affection was ardent, and every such meeting was in the truest, sweet- est sense, a family reunion. A result of every such Conven- tion was the increase of the spirit of religion in the commu- nity where it met.


For a number of years before and after the Revolution the Church in Virginia was in an exceedingly depressed condi- tion. She went through and came out of the war suffering from all its demoralizing and depressing influences. Poverty, dispersion and wickedness, left their effects upon all the com- monwealth and the Church had her full share in these mis- fortunes. She suffered much in the loss of character upon the part of ministers and people, and also in the loss of property of which she was plundered by iniquitous legislation. Not only were the glebes taken away from the Churches, but in some cases, the Communion Plate was seized and sold for public purposes.


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Convention of 1785. Richmond, Va.


There were present 36 clergymen and 71 laymen. Among the laymen we note the name of Morgan Morgan, Norborne Parish, Berkeley Co.


Rev. James Madison, D. D., was President of the Conven- tion.


An address was prepared to the members of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Virginia, from which is taken the fol- lowing: "For more than eight years our Church hath lan- guished under neglect. We will not, however, believe that our friends have revolted, and therefore trust that a knowl- edge of her present condition will rekindle their former af- fertions.


Of what is the Church now possessed? Nothing but the glebes and your affections. Since the year 1776 she hath been even without regular government, and her ministers have received but little compensation for their services. Their numbers are diminished by death and other causes, and we have as yet no resource within ourselves for a succession of ministers. Churches stand in need of repair, and there is no fund equal to the smallest want.


By the favour of Providence, indeed, the Protestant Epis- copal Church is incorporated by law, and under this sanction are we now assembled. We have accepted the invitation of a Convention lately holden in New York, to send deputies to another to be holden in Philadelphia in the fall."


Convention of 1786. Richmond, Va.




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