The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-15

OF that year. He was also elected by
tho general assembly of tho Presbyter-
ian Church as adelegate to the fourth
meeting of the Pan. Presby terian coun-
Gil, which also convened in London in
| that year.
Rev. DIR. McIIwaIne.
Rev Ri chard Mcllwaine, ID. d, was
born in Petersburg, Va, May IA, 1894.
His academic education obtained at the
den-Sidney College and the University
of Virginia. He studied theology at
Union Theological Seminary. Virginia,
and at tho Free Church College, Edin-
burgh, Scotland. His first pastoral
charge was in Amelia, which he left to
enter the army,where no served first as
lieutenant and then as chaplin of tho
FortY-fourth Virginia Regiment. lie
was then pastor of the chu CHI at Farm
villo and subsequently of the First Pres
byterian Church, of Lynchburg. In 1872
he was elected coordinate secre tary and
treasurer of the homo and foreign miss
ions of the Southern Presbyterian
Church, which Offices he hold till 1883,
when he was elected president and pro-
lessor of moral philosophy and Bible
studies Of Hampden-Sidney College.
Rev. j. G. Shepperson
was born in Hanover county April IS,
1914. His parents removed to Rich
mond in 1916, where his father died in
1923. He remembers with much pleas
ure when he entered the Sunday-school
Of the First Presbyterian Church of
Richmond in 1878, under tho pastoral
care of Rev. j. Ii. Rice, D. D. He was
educated at HampdenSidney,, college
and Winston Theological Seminary, and
was licensed to preach by West Hanover
Presbytery April II. 1870 He served
the congregation of New London, lying
partly in Campbell, but mostly in Bed
ford, from May, 1910, to June, 1870; Lib
erty, (now Bedford City,, from June.
1870, to January, 1878. Two congreea.
tions, Ottcrwood and Leesyille, both in
Campbell county, Va, from January.
1878, till this time.
Rev. james ID. Thomas
was born in Washington, d. c.. in 1888.
He was educated in Georgetown in an
academic course, and graduated at
Delaware College in 1854. He pursued
his theological course at Union Theolo-
gical Seminary, New York, graduating
in the class of 1857. He labored in
Maryland as a licentiate until 1859, in
which year he came to Virginia, and
from 1859 to 1881 was pastor of the
Presby terrain churches of Drummond,
Holmes and Wytheville, and for three
years chaplain in the G. s. A., 10th Vir
GINA battalion artillery. In 1881 he
became president of Rogersville Fe-
male College, and in 1883 pastor of
Rushvillo Church, Rushville, Ind.
In 1886 he entered Upon ovangelistic
work for White Water Presbytery,
Synod of Indiana. In 1887 he became
an evangelist for tho Montgomery
PreSbytery Synod of Virginia. Tho
first of February, 1901, this work was
ended, since which timo Mr.. Thomas
has been residing in Salem, Va, con-
| sidering the question of settlement.
He is not at the Presbyte terry, but neces-
sarily in Maryland, where ho has gone
to look into the matter of settlement
as pastor of q charge to which he mas
been called and where he will probably
settle. Mr.. Thomas most useful work
has been in twelve years pastoral al
Wytheville, Va, and three wears al
Nashville. Ind, together with his re-
cont evangelistic work for Presbyteries
of Indiana and Virginia.
Mr.. Thomas has been twice married
once in Frederick, Maryland, 1859, tc
Miss M. q. Buckley, and again to Miss
Ella Jordan in Wytheville, Va. He
has seven children and is 81 years old
but is as vigorous and active as in
former years.
Licentiate Floyd l.. Kurtz
was born In Staunton, Va, on the 27tf
of April, 1S49, at which time his father,
DIR. j. E. Kurtz, practiced medicine in
that place. His mother was a daughter
of Daniel Gold, OF Winchester, Va Al
the age of ten years Mr.. Kurtz removed
with his father to Maryland, where he
attended school and graduated in the
Cambridge Military Academy in 1870.
For number of years he was engaged
in the fire and lite insurance business
but finally embarked in the newspaper
business. being, until within the pas
year, editor and owner of the Herald, ,
published at Eastvllle, Va. After his
conversion in 1888 he become greatly
interested in the work of the Young
Mems Christian Association, but feeling
that he was called of God to enter the
Gospel ministry he commenced his
studies looking to that end under the
instruction of the Rev. r. d. Stimson,
and was received under the care of East
Hanover Presbytery in 1890, since which
time he has been pursuing his studies
under the instruction of Rev. w. s.
Lacy, ID. d., and Rev. e. b. McCluer
of Norfolk. Afterupassing satisfactor :
examination at the last session of the
East Hanover Presbytery, held on thu
1st OF the present month. he was licensed
to preach, and will, as soon as 9
field is open to him, enter upon the
work of his high calling.
Elder II. t. Aunspnugh,
from the Second Presbyterian Church
of Lynchburg, is native of Liberty
(now Bedford City, whore no was en-
gagged in merchandising from earl
boyhood until the breaking out of the
war.