The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-12

tapsco and Patuxent circuits, Maryland;
Salem, Roanoke, Virginia; st. Mary's,
Md; Clearfeld, Pa; Bladensburg,
Charles, West Ri,er and Patuxent CIR
cults, Md; Mt. Vernon. Va; Prince
Georges and Queen Ann, Eastern Shore
OF Md; Piedmont, Va; Frederick Ave-
nue., Baltimore; South River, Md; Good
Hope, Augusta, Luray, Mount Jackson,
Furnace and Bells Valley. He was or
| dained deacon at Alexandria, Va, in
1850. and ordained elder at Cumberland,
Md, by Bishop Thomas Morris. He has
been in the effective work ever since he
was received on trial, save the past con.
ference year.
Rov. Forrest j. Prettyman
was born in Brookeville, Montgomery
county, Md, April z, 1860. He was
educated at Rockville Academy, Md;
at Emerson Institute in Washington,
ID. Gland at st. Johns College in Annap-
oils, Md. He joined the Baltimore
Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church
South, March, 1884. He has served the
following charges, viz: st. James
Church, Baltimore, 1ss4-5; Bridgewater
Circuit, 1883 to 1888, and st. Pauls
Church, baltimore. 1883 to 1891. He
has ordained deacon in 1886 and elder
in 1888.
Rev. w. o. Ross.
Rev. William .. Ross was born of
Scotch-Irish Presbyterian parentage, in
the county of Augusta, in the year 1887.
His early education was received at q
classical academy established at the Old
Augusta Church, He was graduated
from Washingt ton College, at Lexington,
and was professor of Latin in the Wes-
leyan Female Institute, at Saunton, Va,
before the war. His first religious i'm
pressions were received in the house
hold OF a family brought up to reverence
the Sabbath. and observe all the ordi-
nances of Gods house.
Those strong, religious parents, which
lead to his publicly identifng himself
with the church, were made under the
preaching of the Rev. Daniel Baker, q
noted Presbyterian evangelist. He was
admitted into the Baltimore Conference
in tho year 1869, and has served Elkton,
Rockingham, East Rockingham, New
Market, Woodstock, Licking ton, Roam
oke, Blacksbhrg, Hedgeville, in West
Virginia, and Waldorf, in Maryland. He
is well known by many OF the Metho-
dlsts OF Roanoke and vicinity, having
lived at Big Lick for three years, clos
ing his service here when the Shenan-
doah Valley railroad was first surveyed.
lie has served for the past year Marks
vile station.
Rev. Charles S. Stanton.
Rev. Charles S. Stanton was born at
Mt Clifton, Shenandoah county, Vir-
GINA, May 8, 1864. He attended tho
public schools of Shenandoah county.
and such private schools as were in
roach until 1878, when he went for two
years to Prof. Jacob Fuller's schools in
Lexington. In September 1880 he re-
ceived teachers license" and taught
in tho public schools of Shenandoah
moro Conference on trial at Martins
burg w. Va, in March, 1888, and was
admitted into full connection at Balti-
more, Md, last conference, being or
dained deacon by Bishop w. w. Dun
can. He served his first year on Lin
den circuit in tee Washington district,
and was removed at the end Of one
year to Hillsboro Md, which charge he
has now served two years. He is a
nephew of Rev. A. Poe Bonde, of the
Baltimore conference.
Rcv. +. II. Shipley
was born in Reisterstown. Md, where
his boyhood was spent. His early train
ing was under very advantageous Cir
cumstances, of which he assiduously
availed himself. His father was at one
man of ability and excellent Judgment
His son, with the liberal means of edu-
cation at hand, was we'll equipped for
the work to which he was afterward
called. He was licensed as an exhorter
at camp-meeting held in Baltimore
circuit, August Is, 1865, and went as
Junior preacher to Montgomery circuit,
where he was licensed to preach Deem
Der 5, 1868, and was received on trial
into the annual conference the following
spring Thereafter he has been as
signed to the following charges: Flint
stone, Franklin, West Augusta, Fair.
field, Warm Springs, Sinking Creek,
Frederick, Charles and st. Mary's Pa
tuxent, wildwood and Sudly. His
ministry has been blessed, and in al
most every particular il seen spiritual
thrift. He was married in 1872 to Miss
BERTHE Hartman, of Albemarle county.
Rev. Mr.. Shipley has for the past two
years served Suddley, near the field of
"Bull Run"
Rev. G. Dorsey White
was born in Roanoke county, Va. When
boy he lived at Big Lick, now Roam
oke, for seven or eight years, afterwards
removing to Salem, where his mother,
two brothers and sister now reside.
lie was licensed to preach by the Quar-
terly Conference of Salem Station in
1881, and preached for nearly two years
in Roanoke county. He joined the con-
ference as travelling preacher in
March, 1888, and has served the follow
ing charges since: Severn, three years;
Bladensburg, four years; and Reisters-
town, his present charge, one year.
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