The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-13

He united with the Methodist Episcopal
Church in 1856, and has been steward
and Sunday-school superintendent over
since his connection with the church;
has been q delegate to nearly all the
Baltimore annual conferences held
since 1870. He was delegate to the
general conference of 1890.
I'D Hobbs
was born in Allegheny county in 1914,
and was raised in Augusta county, re-
turning to Covington in the spring of
1868 and engaging in the mercantile
business, in which business he is q
member of the firm of Hobbs & Payne.
Since November, 1870, he has been
clerk Of the county and circuit courts of
Allegheny, having been four timos
elected. He served during the late war
as private in Company +, Fifth Vir-
ginia infantry, Stonewall brigade, and
was present at the surrender at Apo
mattox Court House. lie has been
member of tho Methodist Episcopal
Church South since 1868, and served as
steward and Sunday-school superinten-
dent for many years He has frequently
been elected delegate to the annual
conference. He is a brother of James
o. Hobbs, of the firm Of Hobbs & Baker,
of Roanoke.
THOMAS HOskinsOn
was born in Polesville, Montgomery.
where he now lives. His father died
when he was three years of age and he
was raised entirely under the influence
OF his mother, who was devoted mem-
Der of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South. At the age of eighteen he en-
tered mercantile establishment as
clerk, and two years later went into
business for himself. He has been a
steward of his church for twelve years
and was elected a delegate to tho pres
ent conference.
DIR. II. H. Jones
was born in Highland county, Virginia,
attending the county schools until he
was Is years old, when he entered the
Confederate Army as private in Com
pany b, Thirty-frst Virginia Regulars.
He was promoted to lieutenant, and
severely wounded in battle at Gains
Mill, in June, '62, and by the wound
rendered unfit for military duty. He
then entered Washington College, now
Washington and Lee University, and
from there entered the medical depart
ment of the University of Virginia, and
afterwards attending the University
School of Medicine in Baltimore, from
which he graduated IN March, 1867.
Since that time he has been q practic-
ing physician in the village of Darhill
and vicinity. He was raised by Metho-
dist parents and joined the church in
his youth. He has been a Sunday
school superintendent for twenty years,
and has been n lay delegate to several
annual conferences.
Prof. S. +. NIoreIand
was born in Sumter county, Georgia,
and grew up in Claiborne Parish, Louis
lpn In, nl,
and Lee University, receiving the de-
gree of civil engineer in 1874 and that
of master of arts in 1876. From 1876
to 1850 taught in the NIcDough school
near Baltimore. From 1850 to the pres
ent time he has been professor of nat
ural philosophy in Washington and
Lee University. He is recording stew
ard and Sunday-school superintendent
in the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South in Lexington. lie was elected
delegate to the annual conference by
the Roanoke district conference.
Mr.. f. Ii. Prettyman.
Mr.. E. b. Prettyman was born in
Williamsport, Pa, and graduated at
DICKINSON College. He has been in
succession principal of Brookeville,
Maryland, Academy; clerk of the court
in Montgomery county, Md; deputy
house, and is now principal of the State
normal school, Baltimore. lie has fire.
quently been a lay member of the annual
conference and three times of the gen.
eral conference of his church, and was
member of the centennial conference
held in Baltimore in 1884.
Judge j. NJ. McWhorter
was born in Lewis county, Virginia, in
1928, received but common school
education, and commenced life by
teaching school in winter and farming
the other part of the year. In 1856, at
organiza ton of Roane county, he was
elected clerk of the county court and
served in that office up to the organiza-
ton of the State of West Virginia in
1863 He was then elected to represent
Roane county in the first Legislature Of
the new State, and was elected Auditor
of the State in 1864, serving two terms
and declining reelection. In 1870 he
was appointed judge of the circuit in
place of N. Morrison, resigned. After
out of that Office he settled at Lewis
burg for the practice of his profession,
and since that has served as superin-
tendent of the public schools of Green
brier county. lie joined the M. E.
Church in 1843, and iemained in that
church until 1871. After moving to
Greenbrier county he joined tho Metho-
dist Espiscopal Church South. lie has
been delegate to three annual con-
ferences of Baltimore Conference, and
at the conference held at Baltimore in
1890 was elected and served in general
conference, which met at St. Louis,
May. 1890. He is now a member of the
Sunday-school board, and as such a
member of this conference.
E1r. II. NJ. Wolf,s s;s:ss.
of Rectortown, was born in Fauouier