The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-17

and refinement of tho adherants TO the
Presbyterian faith. There arc now
gathered in Roanoke the flower of TIE
ministry and laity of this great denom:-
nation in tho tw~ Virginias.
Below are brief sketches of the live 8
of mem bers of the Synod and these
sketches will DO published from day to
day, giving the readers of THE TIMES,
along with full reports of the proceedings
of the Synod, much valuable informatit n
about the men who compose it.
Rev. Isaac N. Naff
was born in Franklin county, Va, eleven miles
course mniniyin Liberty aud at Prince Edward
G. H.. He united with the church at Old Pisgcr
meetnghouse seven miles south OF M hpsr.iy'
d. D., and entered tho Union Theological Sem
mary, New York city, in October, ls,6 lie was
licensed in September, 1919 and took charge OF
the Holmes Church in Northampton county IN
November of the same year.
Being In feeble health, he was forced to seek a
: more saubrious cline. and August, 1850, found
him Mt razewell Z. H., where he remained over
From thence he wa, called to Pulaski county
ana removed to the vicinity OF Dublin, in Oc-
tobcr, 1857, where he resides to this present
timo.
Here he became co-pastor with the Rev.
George Painter over Drapcr's. Valley Church,
. preaching atSO NJ NcWDuru uuu W tuc COOiCu
people After the dcccasc OF DR.. Painter, he sue
cccdcd also to the pastoratc of New Dublin
church. = he Lattice relation continued five years,
tho former sixteen.
Subst0ncn TO this he was called to the pastor
ate OF Bell Spring and Dublin Churches. The
former relation he held some five or six years, the
latter he has held sixteen. Thus; without
change OF residence he has preached thirty-four
years and served Your churches. While serving
tho church at d. aper's Valley he went forth and
back every fortnight, distance of sixteen
miles, and was in the school room five days in
tho week.
was licensed to preach in 1857. His first pasto
raj charge was the Third Presbyterian Church OF
Richmond. lie removed In 1861 TO High Bridge
Church, Rockbrdgc,, which he served until
Juuc, 1884, being at the same time pastor OF
rival from High Brldgc he continued To be pas
tor of Buchanan, which he still serves, preaching
also as stated supply OF Carmel, inBotetourt, and
Nich Patch, in Allegheny, and Mt several places
in connection with these churches. rs Arcadia,
Rocky Point and Eagle Rock, etc. Mr.. Price is
hold for fourteen years lie has been for nearly
fourteen years trustee Of lIampdensi Sidney Col
:. lego. While pastor In Richmond he was was: for a
DIR. William Brown, OF the Central Prcsbytcry.
In this paper he published a few, years ago
.'skciches OF DIR. John II. Rice, ,runnlng through
fifty numbers of the paper, and constituting n
life OF that remarkable man, which may yet be
published in book form
Rev John Ruff
of Bedford county il II years OF age, and was
born near Lexington, OF Scotch-lrish parents.
lie graduated from Washington and Lee Uni
T Tnion gadatng in
lie was Immediately called to Peaks Church, In
Bedford county, where he has since remained
lie hns been instrumental in organizing the con-
grcgations OF Ottcrvillc, Bufordyillc and Laurel
Grove ana has another church under roof and
During the fourteen years OF his pastoral work
he has never Lost n Sunday on account OF sickness
and Int few from any cause. lie has wife and
Rev. James Power Smith, ID. D.,
the stated clerk of the Synod, was educated for
the ministry Mt Union Theological Seminary,
Prince Edward county va, where re-, he graduated
ut once entered the Confederate army and served
as q corporal IN the Rockbridgc' artillery. until
tile summer of 1862, when he was mndc captain
and A. d. @. on the stan OF Stonewall Jack:oa
He was afterwards on the stan OF Lieutenant
General g. s. Ewell and served in the field until
tho close OF the war Ills first pastOratc was the
Presbyterian Church at Big Lick, now Roanoke,
which he served for three yeara lie then be
fredericksburg, Va, which post he occupied for
twenty.onc years lie Y now ono OF the eyange-
field the whole OF Pied mont Virginia, from the
Potomac river TO the James and residing at
/. Charlottesville. DR.. smith has been the stated
clerk OF the Synod OF Virginia for twenty one
Rcv. John Calvin Stewart,
of the Church. OF the Covenant, Richmond, a
and has spent all his life in his native State. lie
comes OF genuine Presbyterian stock. His i'm
mediate ancestors are the W iII0US ana Slnr-
rardp, of the upper end OF the Valley of Virginia,
and these in turn were the sons and daughters
OF that race now illustrious IN church and State
In war and in peace-thc Scotch Irish Mr.
Stewart wns born In berkeley county, Va, but
was raised in Alexandria, whittier the family
had removed Just prior to the war OF 81.
robust Scotch; on the maternal SIDE they were
Irish. On both sides they loved and defended
civil ana religious liberty with their substance
and lives. Ono was numbered among that band
now famous IN the worlds history, the Scotch
Stewart, was Commissioned by Gov Wood, OF
Virginia in 1919, and sent in that memorable
campaign "a, Canada. His maternal ancestors,
at tho siege of Derry. Mr.. Stewart WAS gradu-
ated at Hampden.,Sidney, in the class OF u,
Seminary in 50. lie is now in the yigor Of early
manhood and unmarried.
Rev. James ]. Vance
is the con OF Z. A. snncc, tsq., AN attorney OF
September y, 1862, and is now 90 years of age
He is OF Scotch-Irish extraction, snd his people
have been Iresbyteria as for generations On his
hero OF Revolutionary fame and fret Governor
OF the State OF Tennessee. Mr. Vance received
bis siassical ednea,in AZ King Coltge, at Bristol
bis theological education was obtained at
Union Theological Seminary at IIampden. Sidney,
graduated in 1879. II was while at this seminary
tint he called to the Of the Prcsby
ceriah Cn naaS, at Mydhevie virginia which
pastor by Abingdon Presbytcry in May, iSSii. On
December lst he took charge OF ihe Second
Presbyterian Church, of Alexandria. lie was in
stalled Nc pastor OF the Fret Prcsby Church
Of Norfolk, October 2.
Mr. Vance was married on December ~. 1SS,
to Miss Cnrrcll, OF South Carolina, sister OF Or
w. s. Currell p ofesfOr in Davidson College
He Is brother OF Rev. Joseph a Vance.
Rev. i. N Whaling
was born In Fairfax county. Va. Scptcmher
1919. He was educated at Jefferson COLLEGE
graduating in 1916. lie graduated Mt Inf N
Theological Seminary Ia 1919 and was licensed TO
preach by Winchester Pres ID, Terry the same vSnr