Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-24
REV. DIR. DRUMNOND.

/ to America. They settled first at Pough
' keepsie, Y. Y, bat shortly afterward re
moved to a farm in Jefferson county, o
Itwas the desire of the father of james
DrummOnd to raise his sons as farmers
and during their younger years he train
ed them all to this kind of work. Blu
James, the eldest, occupied his spare mo
ments in study, and finally managed t.
break away from the farm and engaged
regularly in the study of medicine. A
younger brother, Thomas, entered the
ministry of the NJ. Z. Church when quite
young, and still younger brother, who
studied law, became in after years a prom
inent attorney of Indiana.
James DrummOnd studied medicine
with DR.. Smith, of Brook county, Vir-
ginia, and after completing his studies
commenced the practice of medicine in
partnership with DR.. Smith in April, 1927,
in Wellsburg, Virginia. After remaining
at that place for six or seven years, he
removed to the Western part of Harrison
county, Ohio, where he continued the
practice of medicine between two and
three years, practieing in Harrison and
TuScarawas counties. His parents, in
the meantime, had moved to Deersville,
/ Harrison county.
During the three years of his medical
practice in Harrison county he held a
license as local preacher in the NJ. E.
Church, and preached occasionally, al
though at that time he had no thought
of ever entering the work of itinerant
minister. He had large medical prac-
tice, was making money rapidly, and the
Methodist ministry at that time offered
only bare subsistence financially. But
about the year 1885 his brother Thomas,
who was then aged % years, and who
was one Of the most jealous and success
full ministers of the NJ Z. Church, died
suddenly at st. Louis, of cholera. The
two brothers had always been most init
mate, loving each other with unusual en-
dearment from childhood, and the sud
den death of Thomas affected James very
deeply. He carried the news to his par
ents in Deersville, and there and then
told them that he had made up his mind
to abandon the profession of medicine
and devote the remaining years Of his
life to the work of the gospel ministry,
and the next few months were spent in
closing up his business affairs, prepara-
tory to entering upon his new life work.
He entered the Pittsburgh Conference
of the NJ. E. Church in 1886, was Ordain-
ed a Deacon by Bishop Roberts July 3,
1887, and was ordained an Elder by Bish-
op Soule July 21, 1889.
7baG ,tr4o Il
Drummond received from the church was
what was then known as st. Clairsville
Circuit 1t included the following ap-
pointmentS: Cadiz, DickerSOn's, Union
town, New Athens, East Richland, Wes-
ley Chapel, Bales, Pipe Creek, Mt. Zion.
Neff's, Widow Smiths, Wegee, ScOtt's
three miles West of Bridgeport, Bridge
port, Martins Ferry, Corse's, HarrisYille,
Georgetown, and Bethel. He travelled
on this circuit two years, st. Clairsvine
Station being added to his work the sec
ond year. 1t is needless to say that his
appointments included nearly every day
of the week. He preached often three
times day.
Dr. Drummond's subsequent appoint
mentS were:
st. Clairsville, two years.
Cambridge Circuit, two years.
McConnellsville Circuit, two years.
Agent for Allegheny College, one year.
Barnesville Circuit, two years.
Martins Ferry, four years, two of them
supernumerary. During these two years
Dr. Drummond's health was bad, and he
had the impression that he would live
but a short time. But he recovered his
health and resumed work, as follows:
Richietown (now South Wheeling one
year.
Moundsyille, W. v, three years.
Fairmont, w. Va, two years.
Morgantown, W. v, two years.
Morgantown District, as Presiding FL
der, three years.
Wheeling, as Presiding Elder, three
years.
Wheeling, as Chaplain in U. S. Hos
pital, eight months.
The above appointments included the |
period from 1886 to 1865. During his !
ministry in West Virginia the Pittsburgh |
Conference was divided, and out of part |
of it the West Virginia Conference was |
lO1ultU. dl1u NdS luuo
transferred to that Conference.
In 1865 Dr. DrummOnd moved back |
to Ohio, and again became member of
the Pittsburgh Conference. He served |
as supply in st. Clairsville six months,
and then was stationed at Barnesville |
three years, from 1866 to 1869. In 1869 |
he was sent to CadiZ, where he served /
the church three years, to 1872. He re-
mained in Cadiz from this time to the |
day of his death, but held the appoint
ment of Asbury Chapel, few miles West
of Cadiz, two years. In 1875 he received |
the appointment of Agent of-the Amer
lean Bible Society for Harrison county, |
which was his last official appointment. |
He was superannuated in 1876, thus con- |
Guiding an active ministry of forty years. |
DR.. Drummond always took a promi- |
nent part in the various church councils, |
and was always recognized as leader
He was sent as delegate to five of the !
General Conferences of the Church dur
ing his ministry, namely, that of 1914,
which met in New York, and which was
noted for the secession of the members
from the South, who left the Conference
on the adoption of the rule that no min
lister of the church should be the owner
of slave; that of 1913, which met in
Pittsburgh; that of 1856, in indianapolis;
that of 1860, in Buffalo, and that of
1864, at Philadelphia.
DR.. Drummond was twice married |
His first wife was the mother of three
children, but died when quite young.
His second wife was Mrs. Taggart, who
raised his children and was his faithful
and devoted wife for forty three years.
She died at Cadiz, in 1888.
BETTER THAN ETHER.
Lincoln Journal.
''Now, my man, am about to ampu-
tate your foot"
"Well, so ahead"