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Mason County. its formation, name. area, population; Point Pleasant Parish, early histo- ry; bounds of, 673; Christ Church begun (1869), conse- crated (1882); great flood (1884). 674; gifts to Christ Church, 675; vestrymen, 676. Rev. R. H., death of; trib- ute to. 336, 345.
Massaere of early colonists, .. 3 MeCandlish. R. J., elected first treasurer of the Diocese of West Virginia, 268; death of. and tribute to, 312, 660. McDowell County, its formation, name, area, population. 676; Grace Church, Eckman, 676; Elkhorn Station; work now promising. 677; Welch; work of Rev. Mr. Marshall; visits of Bishops Peterkin and Gra- vatt; promising outlook, 677. MeMechen, Rev. J. H., accepts professorship in West Virginia University; assumes charge of Lindsay Institute; secedes from the church, 236, 237.
Meade, Rev. Wm., D. D., elected Bishop of Virginia (1829), 60; letter from, appointing Lay Readers for Parkersburg (1834), 799: address of, on a proposition to divide the Dio- cese. 800; death of, (March 9, 1862), 195; tribute to, by Bish- op Johns, 198; republication from his book, 405-533.
Institute, Parkersburg.
movement to incorporate (1850). 793.
Institute, Wellsburg, incor- porated. (1852), 141.
Mercer County, formation, name, area. population, 678; Church of the Heavenly Rest, Prince- 101; account of. 678; Christ Church. Bluefield; interesting account of. 681: Church of the
Holy Trinity, Bramwell; rapid growth and development o. the work, 683.
Methodists. separation from the Episcopal Church, 13.
- establish themselves in Vir- ginia. 8.
Middleway. Grace Church, 620; tribute to Dr. Nelson 621.
Mingo County, its formation, name, area. population; Coun- ty seat growing in impor- tance, 687.
Mineral County, how and when formed. area, population, 686; Shaw, Visits of the Bishop; Auctuating population; Pied- mont, Church members iden- tified with Church in Western- port, Maryland, 686; Keyser. outlook not encouraging, 687. Ministers and Lay Readers of Frederick Parish, (1764 to 1780), names of, 477.
Mission of Bishop Peterkin to Brazil, 337.
Monongah, efforts to build Chapel, 667.
Monongalia County, how and when formed, name, area, popula- tion, 39, 687; Trinity Church, Morgantown, early history of; unusual contracts. 688; Guy Allen Parish, admitted (1876). Church built (1886), conse- crated (1890); greatly enlarg- ed (1893); list of clergymen. 690; Church Hall, Morgan- town. 691: State University and Church dormitory a suc- cessful combination, 692.
Monroe County, how forme !!. name, area, population, 693; All Saints' Church, Union; time of first services not known: church building eon- secrated (1878): rectory pur- chased: list of clergymen: financial statement. 694: Church of the Messiah, Alder- son: building consecrated (1894) ; previous visits of Bish- op. 694: list of clergymen. 695.
Moore, Rev. Richard Channing. D.
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D., elected second Bishop of Virginia (1814), 17, 46; conse- crated (1814), 18; death of, (1841), 436.
Moorefield, Emmanuel Church, 382 Morals of the Laymen contrasted with those of the early clergy, 443.
Moravians establish themselves in Virginia, 8.
Morgan County, formation, name, area, population, 686; Berke- ley Springs, visit of Bishop Peterkin (1878); services in ball room of hotel; gifts tow- ard church; building conse- crated, (1886), 696; rectory added; hotels burned, 697.
Morgan's Chapel, Norborne Par- ish, 535; tribute to Morgan Morgan and his father, 491.
Morgantown, Trinity Church, 688; Church Hall at. in connection with State University, 691.
Mormon Missionaries, .. . .. . 835 Moundsville, Trinity Church, 660; Young Ladies' Seminary at, 669, 796; Trinity Parish Insti- tute at, 670; Reynold's Memo- rial Hospital at, 671; its minis- ters and vestrymen, 533.
Mountain distances, 841. - hospitality, .836
"Mouthing it out," .839
"Must Raise the price of preach- ing," 853.
Names of County and County town associated, 840.
of persons ordained in the Diocese since June, 1878; date and place of ordination; by whom, 775.
Nash, Rev. Norman, tribute to his zeal, 500.
Nelson, Rev. Dr. Kinloch, Profes- sor in Theological Seminary of Virginia; death of, and tribute to, 351.
Parish, sketch of. .. 616-617 New Church erected at Volcano, 236.
Diocese of West Virginia, resolutions looking toward formation of. 254, 795; permis- sion for its formation grant- ed: action of General Conven-
tion, (October, 1878); history of the movement; Primary Convention held. (December 5. 1877), 262-267.
Method of Church extension, 852.
New Martinsville. St. Anne's Church, 533, 749-750.
New River Convocation. merged with the Kanawha, 390.
Newton, Right Rev. John B., Bishop Coadjutor of Virginia; death of, and tribute to. 360. Nicholas County, formation, name, area. population; visit of Bish- op Peterkin, (1887), 697. Norborne Parish. organized, (1769) ; origin of name, 333. 603; its division (1801), into six parishes; successive cler- gymen, 497; liberal gifts of Abraham Shepherd and fami- ly, 482; remarkable extraet from General Charles Lee's will. 499; sketch of its church- es and clergy, 485; Morgan's Chapel and Cunningham's Chapel built before 1750: ear- ly Churches at Hedgesville and Martinsburg, 535-538: succession of ministers. 536; parish divided (1848), 539.
North View, St. Thomas' Church. 585.
Number of Churches. Chapels and Rectories now within the Dio- cese, 769-775.
- of confirmations. occasions. places, 779-782.
of parishes, churches, chap- els and clergymen at the be- ginning and at the close of the Revolution, 12.
Offertory, general improve- ment of plan, 381.
Ohio County. how and when formed, 39. 695; area, popula- tion, 698: St. Matthew's Church, Wheeling, names of early parishioners. 698: first services held in court house: corner stone of Church laid (1821). 699: new and larger church built (1837); building sold and a costly church edi- fice erected (1866): account .
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of successive ministers, 703; Bishop Peterkin's consecra- tion in St. Matthew's Church (May 3, 1875). 706; debt of church cancelled and church consecrated (November 1, 1888) : missionary expansion, 707: Rev. D. W. Howard, pres- ent Rector, 708: list of war- dens and vestryment, 709; St. Luke's Church (the Island Par- ish) Wheeling, interesting ae- count of, 711: separation from St. Matthew's Parish, 713; de- vastated by great flood (1884), 714: speedy repair of the wreck: beautiful parish house. 716: list of vestrymen of St. Luke's, 716: St. John's Church. Wheeling; varied ca- reer of. 717: names of officiat- ing ministers, 718; St. Paul's Elm Grove. account of. 720: St. Andrew's Mission, South Wheeling. sketch of; encour- aging outlook. 721.
Okonoko. Epiphany Church .. . 379
"Old Churches. Ministers, and Families of Virginia", by Bishop Meade, 405; sources of information 405; appeals for a resident Bishop, 408; two hun- dred years without an eccle- siastical head, 408; Jax mor- als of the early clergy, 409; Whitefield's visit to Virginia, his preaching. 408: Dr. Grif- fith's election as Bishop: his property prevents his going to England to be consecrated. 410: blasting influence of the War of the Revolution, 410; Bishop Madison's effort to re- vive the dying church, 411; tribute to the activity and pi- ety of the Rev. Walter Addi- son. 415: drinking habits of the period, 415: Mr. Addison's efforts to prevent duelling; John Randolph's threatened encounter with Mr. Eppes, 416: Bishop Madison's views upon the inviolable observance of the prescribed form of worship, 420; a chilling ordi- nation: infidelity rampant,
421; Capitol Building in Rich- mond used jointly by Episco- palians and Presbyterians; Justice Marshall's despondent view of the future of the Church. 422; Bishop Meade's entrance upon the ministry taken as an evidence of his mental unsoundness, 423; change from private to pub- lic baptisms, 424; family wor- ship introduced, 425; Rev. Wm. Wilmer, and Rev. Oliver Nor- ris, coming from Maryland to AAlexandria, are credited with having given the Gospel a great up-lift in Virginia, 426; death of Bishop Madison (1812), 42S; Dr. Bracken elected Bishop, (May, 1812), and resigned at the next An- nual Convention; Dr. Moore of New York elected Bishop (1814), 429: code of discipline established in Convention (1813); theaters, horse-rae- ing, and public balls condemn- ed, 430.
Oley. General John H., his labors for the church, 559; death of, 299; tribute to, 303.
Ordinations in Brazil; date, place, by whom, 778.
In West Virginia, (June, 1878, to September, 15, 1901), 775. a Seminarian, death of. 313.
Panetti, John M.,
Parish Boundaries, history of early, 328; later reports, 340; tabulated statement, 342; rec- ommendations concerning, 344. Parishes, churches and chapels be- fore and after the Revolution, 12.
And churches in Western Virginia, with names of min- isters, (1853), 142.
In Frederick county, 478; names of early ministers, 478; new parishes organized, 479; churches built after the Re- volution, 480; list of vestry- men preceding the division of the parish. 481; Burwell Graveyard, 481:
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Parkersburg, labors of Mission- aries Lee and Page, 532; church first organized (1843) ; its several ministers; church- es at ( ow Creek and Bellville. 532; list of vestrymen, 533; Episcopal residence located in, 276.
Trinity Church, 754-758; the Good Shepherd, 759; the Light House, 759; rapid growth of City, 92.
Parliament, attempt of, to subdue the Colonies, 5.
Parochial Reports, West Virginia (1785-1877) 38; reports re- quired, 45; report of Commit- tee on. 354; summary of, to the Council (1878), 853;
School, Wellsburg, estab- lished (1850), 135.
Past and Present of the Church, 450.
Pearson, Rev. Charles C., Whee]- ing. 714; Point Pleasant, 675; Berkeley Springs, 679.
Pendleton County, how and when formed. name, area, popula- tion: visit of the Bishop; 723. Family, sketch of. 485-486. Peterkin. Rev. George W., elected Bishop of West Virginia at Charlestown (February 27. 1878): consecrated (May 30. 1878), 24. 267; movement to celebrate the twenty-fifth an- niversary of his consecration by increasing the Permanent Fund to $50,000, 403: selectedt letters of. 832.
Plea for Home Missions. .. ... 177 Pleasants County, formation. name. area, population, 723; Grace Church, St. Mary's Mis- sion: first services (1859) : church erected (189s), rector secured (1901) ; encouraging outlook. 723:
St. John s Chureh. Willow Island, work begun (1843): church erected (1852): St. John's Parish or- ganized. (1855): list of clergy- men: visitations of Bishop; list of vestrymen, 725.
Pocahontas, baptism and mar- riage of, 2.
County, formation, name, area, population, 726; Clover Lick and Huntersville, firs: services in the County (1866: Bishop Peterkin's first visits. (1878), 726; previous visits of Bishop Whittle; Emmanuel Church at Clover Lick con- secrated (1892); list of clergy- men and vestrymen. 727; er- forts at Marlinton, Hunters- ville and Hillsboro, 728. Point Pleasant Parish. .674 Polk, Bishop, his Missionary work in the southwest (1838), 22.
Porto Rico, visit of Bishop Peter- kin to. 387.
Powellton. St. David's 568.
Mission.
Prayer Book, proposed changes in, 283, 299, 313. Books and Tracts; Society for their distribution, formed, 18.
Preaching, purpose of, 315.
Presbyterians from Pennsylvania settle in West Virginia (1738), S. 473.
Preston County, how formed, area and population; services by Bishop Peterkin and others at Irondale Furnace, Gladesdale, Newburg and Terra Alta, 728. Princeton, Church of the Heaven- ly Rest, 678. Private Baptism. .424
Progress, review of, since the for- mation of the new Diocese of West Virginia, 276, 299.
Prominent Virginia Families, in- cluding Washington, Patrick Henry. Richard Henry Lee. Francis Lightfoot Lee. George Mason. Edmund Pendleton. Peter Lyons, Paul Carrington. Win. Fleming, Win. Grayson, together with the Nelsons, Meades. Mercers, Harrisons, and Randolphs, and other Lay members of the Episcopal Church, take sides with the Colonies, 10.
Provisional Convention for fram-
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ing the Constitution for the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States, 19S. Provost, Rev. Dr., consecrated Bishop of New York (1787), 21.
Puritans seek refuge in the Col- ony, 3.
Putnam County, its formation, area, and population. 728: St. John's in the Valley, account of, from Bishop Meade's Book, 728; Scary, first service at (1887); church erected (1888), 729.
Quakers, laws against .. .. 6 - Presbyterians, Moravians. New Lights, and Methodists, establish themselves in Vir- ginia, 8.
Quarrier, Mrs., sketch of. 326. Raleigh County, how formed name, area, population: ser- vices of Bishop Peterkin and others; hopeful outlook, 729. Raleigh, Sir Walter, his gift to the Church of Virginia, 457. Randolph County, how formed, name. area. population. 730; Beverly, visits of Bishop Pe- terkin to, 730; history of the Church in Randolph County. 731; growth of the work at Elkins; Grace Church organ- ized (1900) : consecrated (1901); rectory purchased, 733:
John. his threatened en- counter with Mr. Eppes. 416. Ravenswood Parish organized. 794: Grace Church. 589: clergy and vestrymen 531.
Records of the Northwestern Con- vocation (1850-1877). 792;
Rectories in use (June. 1878). 774: built since June, 1878, 775; in use (1901). 856.
Religions controversies settled by enactment, (December, 1785), 17.
Report of Conneil (1901) ...... 855. Resident Pastors: need of cordial co-operation among churches. 206.
Retaliation. spirit of. repressed. 454.
Revival of the Church. means adopted for the. 452.
Revolutionary War. its effect upon the Church, 20. "Ride and tie" way of travel, 837. - On a mule. .844 Ripley, St. John's Church, 391-592. Ripon, St. John's .. .. 612 Ritchie County, how and when formed, area, population; but few Episcopalians in the Coun- ty; visits to Cairo, Harrison- ville and Pennsboro, 733.
Roane County, how formed, name. area. population; account of the work done within the County. 734.
Robing rooms. . . . .441 Rogers, JJudge. J. P., Chancellor of New Diocese, 276.
Roller, Rev. Robert Douglas, D. D.,
Martinsburg (1879), 538, Char- leston (1888). 640. Secretary of Diocese since (1887). elect- ed, 293.
Romney. fruitful labors of Rev. Sylvester Nash in, 577.
Ronceverte, gifts to Church of the Incarnation, 573.
Rotation of Conventions. system of. 434.
Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, first in Virginia. 1; to be ad- ministered at least four times a year, 44.
Salines, Church at. . . .
.. 527 Scary, St. John's Church, 728-729. Scattered members. fruitfulness of labor among them. 320. Scotch-Trish settlers in West Vir- ginia, 515.
Seabury, Dr., consecrated Bishop in Scotland, 17.
Selected letters of Bishop Peter- kin, from the Church News. relating chiefly to visitations made in the early years of his work, 832.
Separation of the Methodists from the Episcopal Church (1784). 13.
Settlement of Western Virginia by the Germans and Scotch-Irish, 515.
Slanesville. Zion Church. .. 576
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Shaw, visits of the Bishop to, 686. sheltering Arms, improved meth- ods adopted for the support of. 305; report upon the work of, 366.
Shepherd, Captain Thomas, laid out Shepherdstown, 605.
Shepherdstown, laid out by Cap- tain Shepherd, 605. Simms, Richard, tribute to, 518. Sistersville, St. Paul's Church, 740- 743.
Sittings in Churches and Chapels, (1901), 836.
Slaves, spiritual oversight of, 92. Smith, Captain John, account of first religious services in Vir- ginia, by, 461; influence in rc- building first church destroy- ed by fire, 1; his piety; elect- ed President of the Colony, 462.
Cruger W., Registrar of Diocese, 276.
Rev. Adam, rector of Bote- tourt Parish, (1774-1776), 472. Rev. Thomas, tribute to, 111.
Rev. Thompson L., appoint- ed missionary for service in the Kanawha Valley; interest- ing account of his labors, 181; Smithtown (White Day) visits to. 666.
Society for Relief of Widows and Orphans of Deceased Clergy, 43.
Special Fund, its uses. 381 Spiritual Blessings attending the early Councils, 40.
Sprigg, Rev. D. Francis, resigna- tion of and removal from Dio- cese, 151.
Spruce Run Mission, Upshur coun- ty. 745-746.
St. Alban's, St. Mark's Church. 625.
St. Andrew's Parish. Jefferson County; created (1817, 594.
St. John's Parish, Brooke County, 558.
St. Luke's Parish. Wheeling, 275.
St. Mary's Mission, Grace Church, Pleasants County. 723.
Staten's Run, Mission. . .. ... 636 Summary of Parochial Reports to
the Council (187%), 855.
Summers County. how formed. name. area. population. 735; Ascension Church, Hinton: first Episcopal Church Ser- vice. (1874) ; sanctuary erected (1>$1); destroyed (1897); re- built (1898) : rectory added (1890); successive ministers; primitive condition of the Mountain Districts, 736.
Summerville, Rev. Grant Paul, Greenbrier, 572. Tyler, 742. Summit Point. Church of the Holy Spirit, 618, 619.
Sunday-school established in con- nection with Christ Church, Norbourne Parish, Berkeley county (1819), and with St. Andrew's Parish, Jefferson county, 51.
Schools, teachers, scholars (1901); 855.
Supply of Churches, and self-sup- port, 391; shirking the respon- sibility, 395;
Surplice, gown, dress .. ........ 44 Sutton, St. John's Chapel .... 659. Swearingen, Colonel Joseph Van, first Lay-member of Trinity Church, Shepherdstown, 605.
Tabulated statement accompany- ing petition for the appoint- ment of a Bishop Co-adjutor, 375.
Tavennersville, Grace Church, 758. Taylor County, how and when formed, name, area, popula- tion, 737; St. Matthias' Church, Grafton; first called Trinity Mission, next called Church of the Good Shepherd; early history; 'first church conse- crated (1888); rectory added; names of ministers and offi- cers. 737-738.
Taylor, Rev. Jefferson Randolph. Montgomery, 32, Moundsville, 670.
Temperance, duty of the Church concerning, 277:
Temporalities, system in .. .. 300 Then and Now .. .. 450
Theological Seminary at Alexan- dria, its origin and progress. 18. 60. 431.
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Thomas, Rev. Harris Bush, Green- brier, 373, Wellsburg, 552.
Thompson, B. S., reminiscences of, 626.
Honorable Geo. W., death of. 299; tribute to, 302.
Tompkins, Rev. Samuel D., Weston 653, Jackson Co. 586. Volcano, 243.
Tobacco and Corn, as clergymen's pay. (1621), 3.
Tractarianism not accepted, 437. Training School for Nurses, 390.
Travel by hand-car. its difficulties, 852.
By skiff, 844.
Trinity Church, Cabell Parish, ad- mitted into union with the Council, 230.
Church, Wellsburg .. .... 556 Parish, Morgantown, appli- cation for admission of, 255. Parish Institute, Mounds- ville, 670.
Tucker County, how and when formed, name, area, popula ยท tion: account of the visits of the Bishop, and services of other clergymen, 739; Elkins, Davis, Belington, Bayard, Par- sons and other points visited: church built at Davis (1899) ; hopeful outlook, 739-740.
Tyler County, how and when formed, name, area, popula- uon, 740; St. Paul's, Sisters- ville: began as a Mission (1869) ; account of its growth; visit of Bishop Johns (1869), and of Bishop Whittle (1870) ; Bishop Peterkin visited Mid- dlebourn, Sisterville and Long Reach (1879): church built at Sisterville (1886); gifts to the Church: efficient work of "Young Woman's Guild," 740- 743; Long Reach, Union Church built (1876), 743; Tyler Parish admitted, 357.
Union, All Saints' Church .... 693.
Monroe County, Church or- ganized at. (May. 1868,) . . 226. Unpleasant experiences. . .847. Upshur County. how formed. name, area, population, 744;
The Transfiguration, Buck - hannon, early history of; Buckhannon Mission begun (1893); connected with Sutton (1897); joined with Grafton (1901). 744-745. Spruce Run Mission, history of, 745-746. Vestments, considerable liberty in the use of, 440; robing rooms a modern thing. 441.
Vestries, regular elections requir- ed. 45.
Of the early Virginia churches; intelligence and in- tegrity; prominent leaders in the War of the Revolution, 462.
Vestrymen of Frederick Parish (1764 to 1780). names of, 476.
Vestry System, 347; qualifications of vestryment, 348: removal from office. 350.
Virginia Convention (1776), nearly all Episcopal Vestrymen, 464. Visitor, how appointed, duties of, 43.
Volcano, new church erected at, 236.
Wanted, a blacksmith, 851.
Waters, Mrs. J. T., Sr., legacy for church improvements, 644.
War of the Revolution, its effect. upon the Virginia Clergy and the Church, 10, 20, 40. - Times 638. Waverly, Church of the Advent, 764.
Wayne County, how and when formed, name, area, popula- tion, 747; Grace Church Mis- sion, Ceredo (1890); first offi- cers: services transferred to Kenova, (1893); church edi- fice removed from Volcano lo Kenova, (1895); consecrated, (1899): gifts to the Church, 747-749.
Webster County, how formed. name. area, population; visits of the Bishops and others; no churches or missions yet. formed, 749.
Wellsburg, Christ Church, 551-552- 556.
Wesley, Rev. John, founder of
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Methodism; his address to the Church of England, 9; powers assumed by, 15.
Charles, views of, concern- ing the powers assumed by John Wesley to ordain elders, consecrate Bishops, &c., 15. West Liberty, Ohio County, Vir- ginia; church at; Dr. Dod- dridge's labors (1792); list of supporters (1800), 555.
Weston, St. Paul's Church, 654, 660. Wetzel County, how and when formed, name, area, popula- tion, 749; St. Anne's Church, New Martinsville; Wetzel Par- ish organized (1851); united with Northwestern Convoca- tion: church erected (1854); work declined; revived (1874), 745-750; church sold for debt; new church erected (1882); successive ministers, 751; Smithfield, growing interest; services rare, 753.
Parish, admission of, 129; church at New Martinsville; its ministers, 533.
Wheeling, first church, St. Mat- thews, (1819); names of per- sons constituting the first as- sociation; Rev. John Arm- strong, first minister; succes- sive ministers, 516; list of ves- trymen, 317; tribute to Judge Caldwell and Richard Simms. 518; large church consecrated (1837). 77; East Wheeling, St. John's Church, organized (1849); its progress. 520.
St. Matthew's Church, 698- 709: the Island Parish, St.
Luke's Church, 713-716; St. John's Church, 717-718; St. Andrew's Mission, 721.
Whittaker. Rev. Alexander, in charge of first church at Jamestown, 1.
White. Nathan Smith, death of, and tribute to, 309.
Rev. Dr., consecrated Bish- op of Pennsylvania, (1787), 21. Whitefield, visit to Virginia: his eloquence, 408.
White Sulphur Springs, St. Thom . as' Mission, 574.
Whittle, Right Rev. Francis M. D. D., Rector at Charleston, 636; consecrated Assistant Bishop (1868), 221.
Wickham, Rev. Mr., elergyman at Henrico, 2.
Widows and Orphans of Deceased Clergy, Society for Relief of, 43.
William and Mary College ....... 6. Williamsburg, its unsuitability as a site for proposed Theologi- cal Seminary, 432. Williamstown, Christ Memorial, 759-763.
Willow Island. St. John's Church, 725.
Wirt County, its formation, name, area, population, 753; Wirt County Mission; occasional services at Elizabeth, Burning Springs, and Newark; names of those connected with the mission, 753.
Wood County, how formed, name, area, population, 754; Trinity Parish, Parkersburg; early history, 754; admitted into Union with the Convention of Virginia (1844), 755; corner- stone of Trinity Church laid (1846); consecrated (1850); rectory built (1863), 757; new church erected (1878); eu- larger and beautified (1898); Trinity Hall built. (1881); Rev. S. Scollay Moore, D. D., becomes Rector, 758; Chapel
at Tavennersville; Bishop's house in Parkersburg com. pleted (1885), 758; three missions established; Chapel built at Williamstown; me- morial gift of Bishop and Mrs. Peterkin, 759; list of cler- gymen, 754-759; vestrymen, 759; other memorial gifts. 759- 760; Belleville: chureh de- stroved by fire, 760; Williams- town, early history, 760-762: Christ. Memorial Church, con- secrated (1892); bequest of Mrs. Ilenderson, 763; Waver-
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ley Mission, the Church of the Advent; early history, 764; Union Hall erected, (1887); purchased by the Episcopal- ians; names of church officers. 765.
Woods, Rev. John F., Moundsville 665, Clarksburg 584, Cresaps 672.
Working His Passage ... ... 845.
Wyatt, Sir Francis, Governor (1639-1644), 4.
Wyoming County, how formed, area, population; visit
of Bishop Peterkin (1882), 766. Yeardley, Sir George, Governor of Virginia (1619), 2. Youghiogheny County, formed (1776), 39.
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