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MINNIE SHREVE, daughter of William Foster, born February 19, 1885, and married July 13, 1905, John B. Shreve, painter, son of Harrison Shreve.
BELLE HALL SHUTTLEWORTH, daughter of Robert T. and Margaret (Brady) Hall. Born September 15, 1882, at Washington, Pa., and married Joseph E. Shuttleworth, son of Charles E. and Virginia (Fast) Shuttleworth of Fairmont, W. Va., November 19, 1905.
Mr. Shuttleworth is in the employ of the B. & O. R. R. Co., and the owner of a violin one hundred years old, inherited from his ancestors.
DR. JEFFERSON B. SIMON, resident physician of Alton, born February 17, 1874, on Laurel Fork of French Creek, son of Dr. Geo. W. and Harriet (Lemmons) Simon. His mother was a daughter of Jesse Lemmons and Ruhama
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(Hyre) Lemmons, a daughter of Peter Hyre. He is a grandson of Isaac W. and Almira (Pringle) Simon, daughter of William Pringle, son of Samuel Pringle.
His father was a soldier in the Upshur Battery and raised a family of four children, whose names are: Walter, married Lizzie Johnson; Olive, wife of Lynn Phillips ; Lona, wife of U. G. Zickefoose and the subject of this sketch.
Dr. Simon took his course in medicine at the Electric College of Cincinnati, graduating therefrom, with a degree of M. D. He then began practice with his father and remained with him until his death.
Married Pearl Thomas, daughter of A. B. Thomas, the son of John S. Thomas, May 26, 1901. His home is at Alton. He is partial to his profession and succeeds.
NORVELL SYLVESTER SIMON, born May 11, 1875, son of Job Simon, a soldier in Company E, Ioth West Virginia Infantry, and Elizabeth Cutright, the daughter of George Cutright and Susanna Pringle (See history of Jno. Cut- right and Samuel Pringle). He was raised on a farm, is a farmer and owns fifteen acres of land. He married Emma B. Crites, daughter of John D. Crites and Elizabeth Smallridge, the daughter of Wm. Smallridge, she was the widow of John D. Linger, and their children are twins and names Franta May and Francis Ray, born August 7, 1905. His grandparents were Christian Simon and Polly Black.
WILLIAM LOOMIS SIMON, a farmer, son of Goodman and Sarah ( Hosa- flook) Simon. Born November 26, 1861, on the waters of Stone Coal, near the Lewis County line. His grandfather, Jacob Simon, emigrated from Germany.
His brothers and sisters are: Abram, Jacob, Victoria, Mary, and Letta.
Married Dora Linger, daughter of William and Christian ( Porter) Linger, February 22, 1883.
Mr. Simon not only farms but has lately been engaged in the lumber business. Children : Sanford Riley, Ephram Ray, and Leslie Scott.
ALLAN A. SIMPSON, Assistant Cashier of the Peoples Bank of West Vir- ginia, was born July 25, 1853, at French Creek. Son of Henry Simpson and Mary C. (Leonard) Simpson. His mother was the daughter of Ebenezer and Betsy Leonard, emigrants from Bridgewater, Mass., in 1816. His father's people came to Upshur from Lewis. He began his business life as clerk for his father, which position he held until he succeeded him in 1881. For twenty-two years he followed the mercantile business in Buckhannon, and sold out to accept his present position in the bank, in 1903. He married Ann Elizabeth Lorentz, daughter of L. D. and Elizabeth (Burr) Lorentz, May 5, 1881.
Children : Essie Caldwell, born August 13, 1882 ; Henry Burr, born February 6, 1884.
MARY CATHERINE SIMPSON, born January 26, 1846, near Buck- hannon, was the daughter of Simon Rohrbough and Catherine Lorentz, a daughter of Jacob Lorentz and Rebecca Stalnaker. In the Simon Rohrbough family were fourteen children, eight sons and six daughters, whose names are: Rebecca, wife of George Warner ; John Marshall, died at the age of 21 years; C. Perry, married Martha Hazeldon; Calenoer, married Annie More; Asbury, married Woodfill and Mary Cooper; Jacob M. married Rachel Ward; George M. married Louisa Brake; Harriet R., dead; Elizabeth A., wife of Jacob Grove; Mary Catherine, wife of A. Frank Simpson ; Louvernia A., wife of Jacob Grove ; Simen Elliott, married Ada Gains; Elsie Grey, dead. The subject of this sketch married Frank Simpson, son of John Simpson and Margaret B. Moore of Preston County, on December 15, 1870, and to them have been given four children : three
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sons and one daughter : Wilbert J. G., married Margarette L. Hall, the daughter of Captain Hall, and lives at West Plains, Mo. Elsie Grey, single, graduate of Lexington, Kentucky ; Simon Cecil, married Maud Young, the daughter of Rev. Hamilton Young and Asbury Blake, single at home.
Her husband has been a traveling salesman for thirty years.
Her father, Simon Rohrbough, died December 6, 1867, in the 66th year of his age, and 47th year of his connection with the M. E. Church, and of him it was said: "Bro. R. was widely known among the Ministers of the West Virginia Conference, and will be remembered by a number of the older members of the Pittsburg Conference, who have enjoyed his hospitalities in other years. His conversion was so clear that he never doubted the willingness of Christ to save, even to the uttermost. His religion prompted him to duty, and his place was always filled in the class-room-social prayer meeting, and in the great congre- gation. He was a man of extensive information, but of all other books, the Bible was most highly prized by him. Truly 'his delight was in the law of the Lord.' He was a liberal supporter of the church in all of her enterprises, and now that he sleeps in the grave, his acts of charity are being felt in heathen lands as well as at home. He always loved the church of his early choice, and when such men as Rev. W. Smith, the lamented Batelle, and others, were defending the old church against the charges of the Southern Church, they could always rely upon Bro. R. with unshaken confidence. He was true to his country during the late war, and he remained true until the close of life. He served for many years in the capacity of Justice of the Peace, and was always regarded as a true hearted honest man in all of his official proceedings. He enjoyed the full confidence of all our people, which fact was fully evinced at the time of his death."
ALFRED MORGAN SMITH, son of Joshua M. and Elizabeth ( Henders- on) Smith, born May 24, 1837. On both sides, his parents were Virginia people. In 1858 he married Martha F. Willoughby, a daughter of Albert and Betsy (Carter) Willoughby. Raised on a farm, was, and is, a farmer.
Children : Sarah F., Martha. Will O., Elizabeth L., Lilly, Rosa, Albert, John T., James F., Mattie F. and Claude K.
CHARLES SMITH, a locomotive engineer on P. H. V. R. R., was born June 5, 1873, the son of Walker James and Melvina (Haddox) Smith, and the grandson of William J. Smith and Elizabeth McNeman. His grandfather was a private in CompanyA, under Captain Morgan Darnall and was killed at Benders Place, Webster County. His grandmother was the first pensioner of the Civil War in Upshur County. He married Jessie F. Knight, daughter of Frank Knight and Sadie Young. The marriage took place at Oakland, Md., October 4, 1904. Child : Virginia Ruth, born May 9, 1906.
Was a soldier of Spanish-American War, enlisting July 6, 1898, under Captain Jackson Arnold in Company F. Mustered out at Weathersville, S. C., April 10, 1899.
EMMA ETTA SMITH, daughter of Jonathan and Hanna (Miller) Cool, was born in Webster County and married Charles Andrew Smith of Lewis County. Born March 2, 1840, in New England, whence he emigrated before the Civil War, and died in 1906. Two Children : Cornelius and Thomas, the latter was a soldier in the Spanish-American War.
ELLEN ELIZA SMITH, daughter of George and Ellen (Barnaby) Clark. Born at Fall River, Mass., August 4, 1834. She came with her parents to West Virginia, in 1839, locating on the waters of the Buckhannon River, near Sago,
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Was the second wife of John L. Smith, marrying him July 6, 1855. His first wife being Catherine Miller, who died September 15, 1854.
John L. Smith's children by his first wife were: James L., who married May Rohrbough, daughter of Perry and Martha (Hazleton) Rohrbough, now lives at Ashland, Ky., has two children : Jessie, wife of J. J. Mead, and John L. ; Charles M. married Sudie Fowkes, children: Mercer, Russell and Chauncey ; Phoebe E., wife of Elmer Wells, of Clarksburg. Second wife's children: Floyd G., married Mary Sexton, daughter of James and Lucinda (Leonard) Sexton ; child, Edith E .; Alice E., wife of William Alexander, civil engineer and mechanic at New Martins- ville, W. Va .; George Albert, married Amy M. Burgett, daughter of Harrison Burgett, child : George Albert, Jr.
HOWARD N. SMITH, a native of Banks District, Upshur County, was born November 17, 1872, son of Peter J. Smith and Alcinda Brain and the grandson of Noah Smith and Charlotta Smith. Noah Smith was captured at Centerville with the Militia (See history of Upshur Militia ).
Peter J. Smith was a volunteer in Company M, 3d, West Virginia Cavalry, and served in that Company from the time he was mustered in until the close of the war.
His mother was the daughter of Elijah Brain and the granddaughter of Benjamin Brain, Jr., who was the son of Benjamin Brain, Sr. This last Brain was captured and lived among the Indians for many years.
The subject of this sketch married Eva M. Forinash, the daughter of Lorenzo D. Forinash and Eliza Wymer, July 16, 1902, and unto them were given two children : Alcinda May and Marcela Alice.
Mr. Smith is a farmer of Banks District and a member of the M. E. Church.
Ira O. Smith, a brother of Howard N. Smith, was a soldier in the Spanish- American War.
JAMES L. SMITH, son of Peter S. Smith, who had three wives and their maiden names were: Catherine Eagle, Mary Wilson and Phoebe Lee. Grandson of Jonathan Smith and Mary Swisher of Marion County. He was born October 17, 1845. He is a farmer of Banks District, owning one hundred and thirty- four acres of land. Has retired and now lives in Buckhannon. Married Mary E. Curry, daughter of Robert Curry and Mary Wilson, the daughter of Isaac Wilson.
Children : Rhoda O., wife of Warner Riggleman ; Lillie, wife of O. K. Roby ; Samuel C., who married Bertie Brake; Robert G, who married Maggie Kincaid, and Ford Huff, who married Wilma Brady.
JOSEPH CARPER SMITH, son of Christian and Jane (Carper) Smith, born July 27, 1868. His father immigrated to this country from the South Branch of the Potomac River in the early part of the century. Was the owner of a large farm on the Buckhannon River, and at the time of his death, April 15, 1874, was considered the wealthiest man in the County.
He was twice married, first to Mary Skidmore and to them one child was born, Maud Ellen, who married James Babb, a soldier of the Civil War; second, Jane (Carper) Smith, daughter of Adam Carper, and to them was born two children : Perry D. and Joseph C.
Joseph C. Smith, was raised on the farm and farmed extensively during the early part of his life. His zeal for the possession of high-grade and pure bred cattle and horses led him into the expenditure of money that eventually involved himself and his mother so much that his estate was sold from him. He then took up the study of land surveving and was employed in the first surveying corps in
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the northern part of Upshur County that surveyed the coal field for the Century Coal Company, helped survey the B. & N. R. R. Since that time he has been employed in every coal survey made in Upshur County, and made many in other counties. He was elected County Surveyor in 1904.
The father of Christian Smith, John Smith, came from Germany and was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army, and was corporal under General Gates. Served seven years.
WILLIAM O. SMITH, born January 3, 1863, son of A. Morgan and Martha F. (Willoughby) Smith and the grandson of Joshua Smith, one of the oldest settlers of Banks District. He is a farmer, owning land in Randolph County, on which he is growing fine apple orchards. While his orchards are growing for fruition, he gives considerable of his time to lumbering.
His first wife was Ida M. Brown, a daughter of Rev. George Brown and Mary (Carter) (Phillips) Brown, a daughter of Henry Carter. His second wife was Miss Viola Virginia Nixon, daughter of Jesse Nixon, who married a Miss Lewis.
Children : Mary and Madge.
CHARLES M. SNYDER, ex-merchant of Hinklesville, now a resident of lenerton. Son of George and Marietta (Bargerhoff) Snyder, and the grandson of Samuel Snyder, the great hunter of Stone Coal in the early part of the last century. Mr. Snyder had one brother, Lloyd P., and one sister, Mina, the wife of Silas Butcher.
When comparatively a young inan Mr. Snyder was seized with an attack of sciatic rheumatism, which resulted in a serious deformity of his spine, leaving him almost double. Mr. Snyder has been twice married, his first wife being Rebecca Snyder, a daughter of John W. and Elizabeth (McBride) Snyder, and to them was born one child, William Jesse, February 4, 1889. His second wife was Kate Cutright, daughter of Nebo Cutright and Sophia Burgoyne, descendant of General Burgoyne of Revolutionary fame, and to them were born three children, Bernice Grey, born June 1, 1904; Stella May, born July 29, 1905, and Mildred Dale, born August 16, 1906.
JOHN CHANDLER SNYDER, son af Jacob Snyder and Sarah Wamsley. Born December 15, 1845, on Cheat river, Randolph county, who moved therefrom to Upshur county, settling on Leonard Run. He is a farmer of Warren district, living near Hall. His first wife was Sarah Bailey, daughter of William Bailey. His second wife was Rachel Vangilder, daughter of Amos Vangilder, and their children were: Andrew Floyd, Jacob E., Minerva J., Lilly B., Coleman and Riker. His third wife is Mahala Brake, daughter of Lemuel and Polly Hyer Brake. Frederick Snyder, the grandfather, was a Revolutionary soldier.
JOHN QUINCY SNYDER, son of Lewis Snyder and Mary Ann Brenner, of Highland county, Va., who immigrated from Virginia to what is now West Virginia in 1855, settling near Rock Cave. He was born April 7, 1848, raised on a farm; is a farmer, owning two hundred and eighty acres of land on the waters of the Little Kanawha river, in Banks district, and is a Democrat. He married' Eliza J. McKisie, daughter of Andrew J. McKisic and Mary Coger, and their children are: L. W., who married Iva Dawson ;; Amos M., who married Rosa Butcher ; John Quincy, Jr., who married Georgia Beverage; Robert E., Lewis M., Grover C., Minter J., Maud B. and Orval B.
VALENTINE MONROE SNYDER, born September 19, 1871. Son of Ephraim Snyder and Phoebe J. Taylor and the grandson of Jacob Snyder and Sarah Wamsley. His grandparents emigrated from Pennsylvania to Randolph
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County, W. Va., many years ago. The birthplace of V. M. is Hemlock. He was educated in the public schools of the county, completing his education in the Normal and Classical Academy at Buckhannon and the National Normal Uni- versity at Lebanon, Ohio. He began teaching when a young man, and has pur- sued this profession so continuously that in seventeen years he taught twenty-one terms in Randolph and Upshur counties. For four years he was a merchant at Queens, during which time he was married to Annie M. Phillips, daughter of Burton Phillips and Narcissus Brake, June 5, 1901.
Child : Paul, born October 16, 1904.
He has three brothers and one sister, all of whom have gone West to grow up with the country.
ELIZABETH (CUTTER) SPIKER, daughter of Henry and Frederica B. (Heller) Cutter. Born October 15, 1846. Widow of John B. Spiker.
Children: Frederick, George Henry, Jacob K., Mary Caroline, wife of Archibald Earl, and Frederica, wife of Thomas Sharps.
Her husband was a soldier in the Union army from Maryland, and moved from that state to West Virginia at the close of the Civil war, and to Buckhannon in 1885.
JESSE WASHINGTON STARKEY, born June 22, 1825, in Harrison County. Son of George and Sarah D (Lowther) Starkey. Was raised on a farm. Enlisted at the beginning of the war in Company K. Third West Virginia Cavalry. After the war served apprenticeship as carpenter and stone mason, and moved to Upshur county, in 1894. He married Margaret Jane Hyde, Feb- ruary 5, 1843.
Children : Daniel M., Peter, Sarah, Martha, Bird, Robert, Amos and Rebecca.
MRS. KATE STEWART, daughter of Jacob Rohrbough, one of the well known old citizens of Upshur county. Was raised in Buckhannon, and after the close of the war met George W. Stewart, who had been a soldier in the Forty- fourth Ohio Infantry in the Civil war, and had come into Upshur county for the purpose of pursuing his profession, that of a painter, paper hanger and politician. He was Constable for Buckhannon district, and was Deputy United States Mar- shal for a time. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart have one child, whose name is Nellie, who married Richard Phillips, a son of Wirt Phillips, of French Creek.
Mrs. Stewart owns a good residence on Florida street, near College avenue. Is a Methodist in religion.
GUSTAVE F. STOCKERT, born September 3, 1854, in Wainesborough,
Augusta county, Virginia, son of Julius F. Stockert and Maryland Virginia Davis.
Julius F. Stockert and Edward F., his brother, emigrated from Plowen, Ger- many, in 1847, landing in New York. From there they went to Richmond, thence to Staunton, where he was married to Miss Davis, the daughter of Hezekiah Davis and Frances Kidd, natives of Louisa county.
Julius F., the father of the subject of this sketch, died in Lewis county, and the mother of the subject of this sketch was born in 1835, and also died in Lewis county, and her father, a native of Maryland, died in Washington, D. C., in the employ of the government.
In 1871 the subject of this sketch moved with his parents from Virginia to Lewis County, W. Va., and worked on his father's farm until he was 23 years old. His education up to that time consisted of the items of knowledge he could gather from books, pamphlets and papers during unemployed hours.
MRS. G. F. STOCKERT.
GUSTAVE F. STOCKERT.
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On the 23d day of September, 1877, he married Pooce Bailey, the daughter of James M. Bailey and Amanda McCue, who was born August 28, 1857, and the granddaughter of William Bailey. Mrs. Stockert is of Scotch-Irish descent on her mother's side, being related to the McCues of Nicholas County, whence she came. The ceremony of marriage was celebrated in the Leading Creek Baptist Church, Lewis County. Unto this union were born seven children, of which five are dead. The living children are: Michael F., born June 29, 1884; Minter G., born October 15, 1888.
Mr. Stockert went into the lumber business in 1877, renting a sawmill, and has continued in that business up to the present time; has handled many mills and their output. In 1886 he came to Upshur County to pursue the lum- ber business, and after doing much custom sawing at several points in this County, who was owner of the Stockert lumber plant and 4,500 acres of timber Iand thereabout. He made 22 sawmill sets in his lumber business.
ABEL STRADER is a native of Upshur County, born March 13, 1863, on Grassy Run. The son of Simon and Permelia E. (Tenney) Strader. Simon Strader was a son of Martin, who was the son of John Strader. The mother of the subject of this sketch was a daughter of Samuel Tenney, who was the son of James Tenney, a Revolutionary soldier, who emigrated from Massachu- setts with his wife, whose maiden name was Thankful Shippie, to the waters of the Middle Fork, in 1814. James Tenney was the son of James Tenney of England. On April 22, 1883, he married Mary Ours, the daughter of Nicholas Ours and Hettie Bryan, the daughter of James Bryan of Virginia, and the granddaughter of Nicholas Ours, Sr., who came here in 1800.
Children : I. N., born March 26, 1884; Elihu M., born Ferburary 23, 1885; Esther L., born January 22, 1888; Quincy, born April 12, 1890.
I. N. married O. E. Tenney ; Elihu M. married Minnie I. Hoover ; Esther L. married H. H. Westfall.
Mr. Strader's father was a very devout Christian and loyal member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was an Exhorter of that Church, and made frequent and earnest appeals to his neighbors on religious subjects.
The subject of this sketch follows in the footsteps of his father in religious matters. He is a merchant and farmer, a tanner and blacksmith, and has done much carpenter work for his neighbors.
His store is located at Nixon on the B. & O. R. R. His farm, tannery and blacksmith shop lie two miles north of Nixon.
FAIRLEY ADAM STRADER, son of John and Mary B. (Wolfe) Strader, born May 21, 1861. Has devoted his entire life to farming. Married Ella Sophronia Rohrbough, daughter of Isaac and Margaret (Linger) Rohrbough, October 13, 1886. Children: Arch D., Ralph B., Opal Victoria and Fairley Judson.
HOUSTON GRANT STRADER, born March 1., 1873, son of Salathiel Strader, whose first wife was Elizabeth Parker, whom he married June 16, 1856, and their children are: Andrew J., John W., and Sarah J.
Salathiel Strader's second wife, whom he married January 4, 1866, was Annie E. Cotter and their children were: Albert E., Ellen E., George E., Fielding C., Houston G., Rebecca C., and Emma M.
The subject of this sketch married Tessie Lourena Sines, born March 5, 1879, the daughter of David Sines and Sarah Friend, and their children are: Deney May, Virgie Ellen, and Roberta Catharine.
Mr. Strader is a Methodist, a farmer, and a Republican-
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His father was born Sunday, February 12, 1832, and died Sunday, July 31, 1904.
The subject of this sketch owns 71 acres of land near Craddock, on the B. & O. R. R.
GEORGE ELLSWORTH STRADER, born May 12, 1870, married Anna Olatha Haymond, the daughter of Marshall P. Haymond, December 5, 1895, and their children are: Iris Fern, Tressie Edith, Otto Marshall, Icy Bell.
Mr. Strader is the son of Salathiel Strader. He lives at his father's home- stead, which contains 200 acres, of which 75 are improved. He is interested in fruit growing, and has a fine orchard. He farms his other land with success. Is a member of the M. E. Church, the same Church to which his father belonged, and in which he suddenly died after a Class Meeting. His politics are Republican.
JOHN STRADER, farmer, of Lewis County, born February 14, 1837, son of John Strader, Sr., and Elizabeth Cesell and grandson of John Strader, whose wife's maiden name was Post. Mr. Strader is the youngest of a family of ten children.
June 23, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, Third West Virginia Infantry, under Captain P. J. Potts, afterwards under Captain S. B. Phillips, and served throughout the war in this company and regiment. Re-enlisted as a regular and was sent across the plains to guard and protect the border settlements. He was mustered out at Wheeling. During his service he was captured at New Creek and carried south by the Confederates. After the war closed he married Elizabeth Linger, daughter of John Linger and Louvinia Crites, and to them II children were given, of whom seven are now living.
Their names are Nicholas, who married Rosa Lanham; Willis C., who married Julia Rexroad; Samuel F., who married Minta Winemiller ; Charles A., who married Cora Forinash; T. M., who married Elna Talbot; John A., who married Celia Smith ; Rosa B., wife of Gideon Marsh.
The subject of this sketch owns 70 acres of land, is a member of the M- E. Church. His wife was born January 16, 1847; died September 22, 1902.
His father's second wife was Mary B. Wolfe.
NEWTON J. STRADER, born April 19, 1858, the son of Valentine and Mary (Jackson) Strader, daughter of Edward Haddon Jackson, who was a son of John, Jr., son of John, Sr.
Valentine Strader was a son of John Strader by his second wife, whose name was Cooper.
The subject of this sketch is a farmer and school teacher of Meade District. Was educated at the French Creek Academy and Buckhannon High School. Married Rosa L. Townsend, daughter of William and Mary (See) Townsend, who was the daughter of Anthony See. They have two children: Leslie E., employed at Ironton, Ohio, with the D. T. and P. R. R., as stenographer and clerk ; and Clara B.
Children of Valentine Strader: Sally, dead; L. D. Strader, dead; Rebecca E., Victoria C., dead ; Mollie C., dead; Prudence T., Virginia L., dead ; Ada, dead; Winfield Scott, dead; William M., Valentine, Willis, dead; and N. J., the subject of this sketch. Mr. Strader is a Republican in politics.
REV. PERRY S. STRADER, a minister of the United Brethren Church, now located at Freemansburg, Lewis County, was born May 1, 1870, in Wash- ington District, this County. His parents were Asa and Nancy Jane (Debarr) Strader. His mother was a daughter of William Debarr and wife, whose maiden name was Reed. The grandparents of the subject of this sketch were
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Isaac Strader, who was the son of John Strader and wife, whose maiden name was Post.
Asa Strader was a farmer and a very devout Christian, having been a member of the U. B. Church for 40 years, and a class leader and local exhorter for 20 years prior to his death, March 10, 1891.
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