Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-10-24
IN MEMoRIAM.
A Warm Tribute to one who was Much
Loved, and is Greatly Missed.
published by request.)

At a special meeting of the
Graded School Committee held in
the office of the committee, in
the School Building, in the North
Ward, Oh the 4th day of June,
1906, the object of the meeting be-
ing to take suitable action upon
the death Of our fellow commit
teeman, the Reverend Jethro
Rumple, D. D., on motion of the
Hon. John S Henderson, the fol-
lowing minute was unanimously
adopted and ordered to be enter
ed as a memorial page in the Re-
cord book of the Committee:
In MEMoRIAM.
Jethro Rumple was torn in Ca
barrus County, March 10Th, 1927.
He was graduated at Davidson
College, with distinction in 1850.
In the year 1854, he entered the
Theological Seminary at Colum-
bia, S. c., in which the Rev. J.
II. Shornwell, D. D., was protes.
sor. He was licensed to preach
by Concord Presbytery, July 81,
1856, and he was ordained a min
lister, January 8, 1857, and in
stalled as Pastor, of Providence
and Salem Churches, in Mecklen.
burg County, N. G. He minis
tered to these congregations, lei r
ly four years, when he was called
to be Pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, in Sails
bury, and was duly installed on
November "a, 1860. In 1856 he
was married to Miss Jennie Whar-
ton, of Guilford County; and the
marriage was a very happy one.
Mrs. Rumple died in 1908. Shs
was greatly beloved by the entire
community and her death was an
irreparable loss to her honored
husband, whose health and spir-
it's were very much affected by
her departure. He left Salisbury
to visit his daughter, Mrs. G. G.,
Vardell, at Red Springs, in No.
vember 1905, and not long after
his arrival at her home, he was
taken sick and died there on Sat-
urday evening at $50 o'clock,
January 20, 1906. During DR..
Rumple's pastorate insSalisbury
six young men entered the minis
try of the Presbyterian Church
from his congregation. For more
than forty-two years he served as
Trustee of Davidson College and
Director Of Union Theological
Seminary; and he was treasurer
of the Board of Trustees of Da-
wilson College for many years.
In 1882, the University of North
Carolina conferred upon him the
degree of Doctor of Divinity, an
honor seldom bestowed by that
institution, and for that 1eason
the more highly esteemed, and
in the case of DR.. Rumple emf.
nently we'll bestowed. He was
richly deserving of the compli-
ment. DR.. Rumple was a man of
studious and literary tastes, and
was all author of some :ote. He
wrote ske= ch9s of Presbyterian
ism in North Carolina; and in
1881 published History of Row.
an County-now out of print
but filled with facts which will be
of inestimable value to future
historians of the County and
State. He was the originator of
Barium Springs Orphanage and
was elected and reelected Regent
of this corporation. Rumple Hall,
one Of the handsomest buildings
of that Institution, was named
for him. About two years before
the death Of DR.. Rumple, the Rev.
John II. Grey WAS made his as
sistant. For many years Dr..
Rumple was a member of the
Graded School Committee, and
he devoted himself to his duties
on that committee and to the