The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-03-21
DEATH OF REV DIP. WILLS
A Notable Preacher of the Meth
odist Conference.
FIFTY YEARS OF ACTIVITY
a Man of Fine Executive Ability and
Unusual Attachments. Long Ser
Woe in the Cause of Christ.
A Hero During the
Scourge in 1855.

SCOurge in 1855.
Rev. David p. Wills died OF his resi-
dence, No 1906 Elling ham street, yes-
terday morning. III the 18th year of his
age, after protracted illness. Mr..
Wills was for nearly fifty years an no.
tive member OF the Methodist CoHfer-
| ence. He WAS born in Nantemond
county, Va, in 1916. He received u
business education. nnd was put by his
widowed mother In store III tho town
OF Smlthtield, W., as merchants clerk,
1t was during this period that he was
| converted and joined the Methodist
Church. After serving us clerk he EN-
gagged in business for himself. which he
prosecuted with great energy and sue
| cess for Geven years.
lilo was u law student and mastered
Lntin, Greek and French, taking les.
sons ut night from u private instructor,
AS soon Us MIR. Wills considered that
lie was called to preach. he began
| closing up his business, npon the com
pletion of which. he WAS lcen sed to
preach and entered the University of
Virginia, graduating at the close Of the
session OF 1916, and was sent TO Sus
sex Circuit as assistant preacher. Iu
! lSiS Mt the Conference at Elizabeth
|
| by Bishop Capers. In 1S49 he was
stationed at High street, Petersburg.
In December OF that year he was
married 10 Miss Cornelia Durant Tay.
lor, OF Sussex county, Va. On the LIST
day of December, 1850, he was or
dained elder by Bishop Paine in Cen
tennry Church, Richmond. In 1870
and 1851 he was stationed at Leesburg,
Va, 1893 and 1894 at Centenary
| Church, Lynchburg. In 1855 at Cum.
bertrand street, Norfolk, during the
yellow fever scourSe ho stood to his
post and lost seventy.two of his con.
gregatlou, also an aunt md his only
child, and he was SO near the gate OF
death hat his life was despaired of aud
his name recorded among the dead
He was agent of tho Virginia Tract So
ciety III 1897 aud 1858. la 1859 was at
Alexandria, and that year was elected
president Wesleyan Female College,
Murffeesboro county, n. G., where he
| remained until 1861.
| In 1862 and 1868, during the war. he
was on Hanover Circuit; in, 1864 aud
1850, on Louisa Circuit; in 1866 was
Presiding Elder of the Eastern Shore
District. At the end OF that year the
district WAS attached TO Norfolk and he
was appointed Presiding Elder, where
he remained until 1870. In 1871, 1872
and 1873 he wes Presiding Elder OF the
Petersburg District. Ia 1871, 1870,
| 1876 anu 1877 he was Presiding Elder
of the Richmond District. In 1878
was Presiding Elderhof the Charlotts-
vile District. From 1873 to 1854 he
served Lynchburg aud the Eastern
Shore District.
| Ha Than e.rr,I
O., two years; Churchland. Va, two
years; then, by request, lie WAS granted
| u supernnnuatcd relation. He, how.
ever. continued in the work and in
1857 was the pastor OF Eihngham
Church. Portsmouth. Mr.. Wills had
been out of active work about three
Years. He was man of fine executive
ability and one of the most successful
preachers OF the Virginia Conference.
The ministers OF the Virginia Con
ference Ill Norfolk. Portsmouth and
Berkeley and adjacent communities are
requested to net rs pall-bearers aud are
expected TO meet at the residence, No.
l2U6 f.iiinSham street, Portsmouth, and
accompany the body 10 the church ami
thence to the Norfolk and Western
depot. The burial will DO Mt Comau's
W ell, Sussex county, Va.
Charles III. Sturtevant, funeral di
rector aud embalmer, 3OS 1 bird street.
corner Harrison. mhlO-lm
"Perhnps you would not think so.
but very large proportion Of disease
i'll New York comes from carelessness
about catching cold" snys DR.. Cyrus
Edison. ''lt is such simple thing and
so common that few people, unless it is
case of pneumonia, pay any attention
to cold. There are great many cases
OF catarrh and consumption which have
TIER origin 10 this neglect of the sim.
plest precaution of every day life. The
most sensible advice is, when YOU have
ono get rid OF 1t as soon as possible.
By oil means do not neglect it," DR.,
Edison does not tell you how 10 cure
cold, but we will. Take Chamberlain
Cough remedy. 1t will relieve tie
lungs, aid expectoration. open the So
cret!ons and soon effect u permanent
cure. 20 and 90 cent bottles for sale
by all druggists.
For sCuutAc Rock Atum linn