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MARSHALL COLLEGE
Class of 1843 Obituaries
Rev. Charles BECKER, A. M., son of Rev. Jacob Christian Becker, D. D., and his wife Susanna Dreisbach, was
born June 2, 1819, at Kreidersville, Allen township, Northampton county, Pa. The son prepared for college under the
direction of his father and a neighboring school teacher, Alexander Loder. He entered the Freshman class of Marshall College in 1839, and graduated in 1843. During his
stay at Mercersburg he was a member of the Diagnothian Literary Society. He received the degree of A. M. in course in 1846.
He studied theology privately with his. father for three years, and having completed his theological course, he was
ordained, in 1846, at Stone Church, Allen township, Northampton county, the Rev. Dr. J. H. A. Bomberger (1837)
participating in the services on that occasion. He served as his father's assistant for a number of years, and at the
same time had charge of a select school at Howertown, Northampton county, where he taught the classics and
higher mathematics. This arrangement was continued until Rev. Dr. Becker's charge was divided, when the son
became the pastor of the Stone Church, Big Moore township, and Little Moore township congregations, which he
served until 1855. He then went to Monroe county and assumed the pastorate of the Chestnut Hill charge, consisting of seven congregations, which he served until 1874,
when failing health compelled him to relinquish the active duties of the ministry.
Broken down in health and spirits, he lingered for many years. Part of the time he lived in Scranton and Allentown, Pa., and then moved to Philadelphia where he died,
July 15, 1894. His earthly remains are buried in Northwood cemetery, Oak Lane, Pa.
He was married twice. The first wife was a Miss Margaret Weber. This union was blessed with two sons, George and John Becker. April 28, 1853, he married Miss Caroline Yeager, who with three sons, William, Neander and
Achilles, and two daughters, Alice Camilla, and Cora, wife of John Guth, together with the two sons of the first marriage, survive him. The sons are engaged in mercantile pursuits.
[Acts and Proceedings of the Eastern Synod of the Reformed Church in the United States, 1894; Rev. Wilson F. More.]
William FIREY, A. M., M. D., was a son of Henry and
Martha (Miller) Firey. He was born at the Firey homestead at St. Paul's Reformed church, near Clearspring,
Md., December 16, 1823. He prepared for college at Hagerstown and entered the Junior class in 1841. At graduation he took the honor for proficiency in Latin. He was
a member of the Diagnothian Literary Society.
After leaving college he studied medicine and graduated
from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, April 3, 1847. For a time he was principal of the
high school in Springfield, Ill., and later practiced his profession in St. Louis, Mo. From here, in 1849, he went
overland with an ox-team to California, and engaged in gold mining with considerable profit. He returned home
in 1853, took another course of lectures in medicine in Philadelphia, and then opened an office in Clearspring.
He was quiet and unpretentious in manner and of a kind and obliging disposition, so that the patient felt he was a friend
as well as physician. He had a large and profitable practice.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, in the spring of 1861, he
recruited a force of cavalry, and was commissioned captain of the company, which was at once mustered into the service
of the United States as Company B, 2d Regiment, Maryland Cavalry. He went into camp at Frederick, Md., for drill
and preparation for active service in the field. He was called into action in West Virginia and Maryland to repel
an invasion, and was in several engagements at this time.
The company was especially serviceable to the army on
the retreat of Banks. When Lee invaded Pennsylvania in 1863 Captain Firey burned the bridge over the Potomac at
Falling Waters, thereby harassing and delaying the retreat of the Southern army to Virginia. He had many most
exciting adventures. During one of the periodical raids of the rebel army down the Shenandoah Valley, before the
advent of Sheridan, Captain Firey's company was driven before the enemy and the Captain received a severe wound
in the head. He fell from his horse unconscious and was left on the field for dead, and thus escaped being taken
prisoner. He soon recovered sufficient strength to make his way into the lines of the National army.
Owing to his injury, Captain Firey never resumed the
practice of medicine, but spent his last years in other pursuits. For a time he was engaged in farming on the old
homestead near Clearspring. In 1884 he visited California and the scenes of his mining ventures, and then returned to
Topeka, Kansas, where he had large real estate interests. He died of paralysis, in Topeka, April 6, 1896, and is buried
in St. Paul's cemetery, near Clearspring.
Captain Firey was a man of most positive character, and always a leader of advanced public sentiment in his community.
[ Rev, M. J. Firey D. D. , Edwarfd Kershaer, M. D.: Rev. E. W. Reinecke, D. D. Geo. W. Shower, M.D.]
James Parker FLEMING, Req., A. M.
was born near Shippensburg, Pa., entered college as a Sophomore in 1840, and graduated three year later. He was a member of the
Diagnothian Society. He read law in Chambersburg, Pa. where he was admitted to the bar in 1846. About that
time he moved to Missouri,—to Boonville, it is supposed.
When Thomas B. Kennedy, Esq. (1844), went overland to
California, in 1849, Mr. Fleming joined his company at Independence, Mo. He died of cholera in Sacramento,
Cal., where he was buried, early in 1850. A son of Mr. Fleming, George Fleming, was said to be living at Shenandoah, Iowa, but all letters addressed to that place were returned unclaimed.
[E. J. Bonebrake, Esq.; Thos. B. Kennedy, Esq.)
Rev. John Sharpley FOULK, A. M., D. D., son of William and Ann Jane (Crawford) Foulk, was born in Lebanon,
Pa., December 21, 1820. He died at Northumberland, Pa., October 5, 1890, and is buried in Greenmount cemetery, Baltimore.
He was a student in the Preparatory Department of Marshall College, and entered the Freshman class of the College in 1839, graduating with his class. He was a member
of the Goethean Literary Society, and received the degree A. M. from his Alma Mater.
He took a theological course at Mercersburg and was
ordained to the ministry in 1844. His first charge was in Shippensburg, Pa., where he labored from October, 1845, to
October, 1850. Afterwards he served charges as follows: Greencastle, Pa., 1850-57; Third Reformed church, Baltimore, 1857-70; and the Reformed church of Carlisle, Pa.,
1875. During his pastorate at Shippensburg and Greencastle these congregations built churches.
After resigning the charge at Carlisle he entered the
ministry of the Presbyterian Church, and served the congregations at Williamsport, Md., from 1875-76; Northumberland, Pa., 1876-79; Stockton, N. J., 1879-84; and Garrett
Memorial church of Oakland, Md., from 1884 until the spring of 1890, when failing health compelled him to resign.
He died the following autumn at the residence of his son,
Prof. Wilson M. Foulk, in Northumberland.
Mr. Foulk left no writings in permanent book form. He was, however, a frequent contributor to the reviews and
other publications of the church.
He was married to Miss Margaret Sarah Matthews, December, 1844. They had four children: Delia Imogene
and Edward Payson, both deceased, and Mrs. Mary C. Noble, of Martinsburg, W. Va., and Prof. W. M. Faulk, of
Piedmont, W. Va.
[College Student, 11:32; Mrs. J. S. Foulk; Rev. E. W. Reinecke.]
Cyrus Dorsey GLONINGER, A. M., M. D., eldest son of
John W. and Mary Ann (Hassinger) Gloninger, was born March 13, 1824, at Lebanon, Pa. His preliminary studies
were pursued at the Lebanon Academy, after which he entered the Sophomore class of Marshall College in 1840.
He joined the Diagnothian Society and graduated in 1843.
He received the degree of A. M. from Alma Mater in 1846.He began the study of medicine with his father, and then
attended lectures at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1846. The two following years were spent in the
universities and hospitals of Europe, his accurate and familiar acquaintance with the French and German languages
greatly facilitating his studies in the scientific centers of the Old World. Returning to Lebanon he commenced the practice of medicine and soon acquired a marked reputation for
ability and skill in every department of his profession. Like his father, he devoted much of his attention to diseases of
the eye, and in the course of twenty-six years attained a high rank in this important specialty. He was strictly
scientific and regular, faithful to his patients, and honorable to his professional brethren.
He instructed a large number of students, and many of
them are now leading men in their profession. Aside from the science of medicine, Dr. Gloninger's literary studies
were extensive. He was especially well informed in all that relates to the collateral sciences; and his knowledge of
sacred and profane history, strengthened by travel and observation, made him an agreeable and entertaining companion. He contributed much to various journals and periodicals.
As a public man he was greatly esteemed. He was twice
nominated by the Democratic party for Congress, in 1866 and in 187o, but was defeated. In the industrial enterprises
of his native town he took a warm interest. He was one of the founders of the Lebanon Manufacturing Company,
of which he was president; and he was president of the Lebanon National Bank. In his church, St. John's Reformed, he was an active and zealous member. His private
charities were numerous, and he gave a willing support to the various evangelical and Christianizing enterprises of
the day.
He died at Lebanon, August 23, 1872.
[A. B. Gloninger; Rev. F. W. Kremer, D. D.]
John Weinland KILLINGER, Esq., A. M., son of John
and Fanny (Sherzer) Killinger, was born at Annville, Lebanon county, Pa., September 18, 1824, and died at Lebanon,
Pa., June 30, 1896. His ancestors were Pennsylvania Germans, who received grants of land from the sons of William
Penn. His father served a term in the Pennsylvania State Senate. He attended schools at Annville and Lebanon, and
prepared for college at the Harrisburg Academy. He entered the Freshman class of Marshall College in 1839, graduating in due course. He also received the
degree of A. M. from Alma Mater, in 1846. He was a member of the Diagnothian Society, took an active part in its affairs, and after
graduation was appointed its financial agent to collect funds for the erection of its hall at Wercersburg. In 1856 he delivered the annual address before the Alumni Association of
the College.
He was a trustee of the College for many years until his
death. As a member of the Reformed Church he took part in organizing the St. John's congregation of Lebanon, of
which he was a member at the time of his death.
He studied law with Hon. Thaddeus Stevens at Lancaster, was admitted to the bar of Lebanon county, November
3, 1846, and was actively engaged in his profession for about forty years. In 1848 he was appointed district attorney of
his county, but resigned in 1849 to accept a nomination to the Legislature.
In 1848 he was editor and part owner of the Lebanon
Courier, but sold out his interest the following year on account of his connection with the Philadelphia Daily News,
of which he was editor nearly a year.
He served as a member of the House during 1850 and
1851, and served as a member of the State Senate for three years, from 1854. He was a delegate to the national convention that nominated Fremont in 1856, became an earnest
Republican, but was not an offensive partizan. He always had many Democratic friends and supporters. He was a
member of Congress for six terms, from 1859 to 1863, 1871 to 1875, and 1877 to 1881. He was assessor of internal
revenue in his district from 1864 to 1866. He took an active part in politics, speaking through his county and elsewhere in every political campaign during a period of more
than forty years. He never had any competitor within his own party and county for any nomination.
He was identified with the industrial development of his
county. He was one of the incorporators and directors of the Lebanon Valley Railroad and, while in the State Senate,
was active in securing legislation needed for its construction, and its subsequent consolidation with the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad. He served as its attorney until his death. He was an incorporator and director of the Lebanon Valley Bank. During the war he was engaged in the
Iron business, as a member of the firm of J. W. and P. W. Klllinger , manufacturing blooms at Monroe Forge, Lebanon
county.
He married Miss Mary A. Hittrell, of Ohio. November 25,
1851, and left three children Charles H. (member of class of 1872, F. and M. for year and a half, Sheffield Scientific
School, Yale, 1874): John W. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1886) and Flora C.
[Lebanon Courier, Lebanon Daily Report; Reformed Church Messenger. Charles H. Killinger, Esq.]
Rev. Franklin William KREMER, A. M., D. D., was
born November 16, 1816, in Washington, now Washingtonboro, Lancaster county, Pa. He was one of three
brothers in the ministry: A. H. Kremer, D. D., the subject of this sketch, and A. R. Kremer, D. D. His parents were
Frederick William and Margaretta (Yentzer) Kremer. His mother, who received a superior education at a female seminary in Lancaster, was a daughter of Lieutenant John Yentzer, a Revolutionary soldier.
Dr. Kremer began his preparation for college at the
Reformed School in York, Pa., and then entered the Freshman class of Marshall College, graduating in 1843. He
was a member of the Goethean Literary Society. He entered the Theological Seminary, and in 1845 became the
pastor of the Grindstone Hill charge, residing in Chambersburg. In 1851 he accepted a call to the pastorate of the
First Reformed church, Lebanon, Pa., where he continued as pastor until his tragic death in 1889. During his pastorate no less than three congregations were organized from
this mother church.
The degree of A. M. was conferred upon him in course,
and of D. D., by Heidelberg College, June 29, 1869. His literary contributions were confined principally to the
periodicals of the church: The Reformed Church Messenger, The Christian World, The Mercersburg Review and Reformed
Quarterly Review. He delivered the address at the laying of the corner-stone of the Goethean Hall at Lancaster, in
1856.
He was twice married, April 9, 1846, to Miss Margaretta
Keller, of Carlisle, who died in 1854, and June 9, 1859, to Miss Henrietta Cromwell, of Lancaster, Pa., who
died in April, 186o. The first marriage was blessed with four children—two sons and two daughters, the youngest,
an infant daughter, dying a few weeks after her mother. The sons are Edward P. Kremer, D. D. S. (1868), and Rev.
Leighton, deceased, of Ursinus College, and the Union Theological Seminary, New York. The surviving daughter
is the wife of Hon. Jos. E. Noble, of Iowa.
On June 14, 1889, Dr. Kremer, at the head of a funeral
procession, was run down by a passenger train on the Lebanon Valley Railroad, at Lebanon, and was instantly
killed. He was a faithful pastor, a good preacher, and devoted to his calling.
[Rev. A. R. Kremer, D. D.; Rev. F. W. Kremer, D. D.]
Charles Benjamin MACLAY, A. M., M. D., son of John
and Hannah (Reynolds) Maclay, was born in Shippensburg, Pa., April 23, 1824. Fitted for college in the academy of
Nevin and Champ, near Pittsburg, Pa., he entered the Sophomore class in 184o, and was graduated in 1843, receiving his A. M. degree in course, a few years later. He was a
member of the Diagnothian Society.
He studied Theology in the Western Seminary at Allegheny City, Pa., for three years, and was licensed to preach
by the Presbytery of Carlisle, Pa., in April, 184.6. During the next two years he practiced at Petersburg, Pa. From
1849 to 1851 he was pastor of the Presbyterian church, Gallipolis, Ohio, after which he studied medicine, receiving
the degree M. D. in 1852 from the Medical College of Cincinnati. The same year he accepted a position in the
Beaver Academy, Beaver, Pa., and during 1853 and 1854 he was principal of the school. In 1856 he removed to
Delavan, Ill., where he practiced medicine for several years. In 1859 he accepted the chair of Medical Jurisprudence in
the Cincinnati College of Medicine. Upon the breaking out of the Rebellion he returned to Delavan, Ill., and resumed the practice of medicine.
On September 2, 1846, at Mercersburg, he married Miss
Louisa Irwin, daughter of Mr. Archibald Irwin, and sister of ex-President Benjamin Harrison's mother. Another
sister presided at the White House during the short official term of President Harrison, the elder, she being the widow
of his son William Henry Harrison. Outside his profession Dr. Maclay was deeply interested
in mechanical and scientific subjects. He was a frequent contributor to literary and scientific periodicals and published a treatise on mineralogy. He was a man of genial
spirits—intelligent and conscientious—a valuable citizen and a true friend. Of his children five are living: John
Maclay, M. D., of Carthage, Mo.; Archibald Irwin Maclay, M. D., of Delavan, Ill. Three daughters, Mrs. Sidney
Booth, Mrs. Harriet Fisher, and Miss Louisa Irwin, with their mother, reside in Peoria, Ill., where he lived from 1885
to the time of his death, November 3, 1890. He was buried at Delavan, Ill.
[Mrs. Livia Maclay Plumer.]
James Edgar MOORE was the youngest son of Laommi
Moore, of Morristown, N. J., where he was born, July 28, 1823. His mother, Huldah Byram, was a lineal descendant
in the sixth generation from John Alden, well known as one of the Pilgrims of the Mayflower.
He came to Mercersburg, to the Preparatory School,
in 1838, and in 1839 entered the Freshman class of Marshall College, then under the presidency of Frederick A. Rauch,
his brother-in-law. During his college course he made his home with his sister, Mrs. Daniel Young, who had,
charge of the Female Seminary. He connected himself with the Diagnothian Literary Society, and graduated in
1843, pronouncing the valedictory. Soon after his graduation he went to Cincinnati, Ohio,
where he engaged in business with an older brother, William H. Moore, a prominent publisher and bookseller.
There he died, June 7, 1844.
As a student he was courteous, refined and gentlemanly
in his manners, appearing to advantage in the best society. He was also active in the affairs of the College, and a pleasant fellow-student. Owing to some complaint that his own
Society had not made proper use of the chapel after its evening sessions, Mr. Moore and his classmates broached
the subject of erecting a new hall. Princeton had such halls, and why not Mercersburg? Dr. Nevin took up
the subject and urged the students to embark in the undertaking. The Alumni Association approved of it highly,
and the Diagnothian Literary Society authorized Mr. Moore to make an effort to secure subscriptions for a new hall.
He visited the large cities, and by his courteous manners secured liberal subscriptions even when some grumblers
at first snapped at him, as was the cue with a distinguished lawyer in Baltimore, who, after scolding awhile, subscribed $50.
When the news of Mr. Moore's death reached Mercersburg it male a very deep impression on the students,
which Dr. Nevin turned to account by preaching a funeral sermon on the 33rd of the same month (June, 1844) from
the text, " So teach us to number our days," etc., Psalm xc. 12. This sermon was published at Mercersburg by the
Diagnothian Society in 1844.
[Rev. Theodore Appel, D. D.; Edgar M. Green, M. D.; Rev.
E. W. Reinecke, D. D.]
Henry Daniel MOTTER, Esq., A. M., son of George and
Susan (Biser) Molter, was born in Middletown, Frederick county, Md., December 23, 1820. He prepared for college
in the Preparatory School in connection with the College, and entered the Freshman class in 1839, graduating with
his class. He was a Diagnothian.
After graduation he studied law in Frederick, Md., for
two years and was admitted to the bar. He then moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he studied law another year to
know more thoroughly the Ohio statutes. He opened an office in the same city, but was never active in his
profession, seeming to care more for a knowledge of literature than the emoluments of office, shunning business rather
than courting it. He was of a retiring disposition, of pleasant, affable manners, and his scholarly attainments were
generally admitted.
He received the degree of A. M. in course from his Alma
Mater.
He died, unmarried, July 18, 1869. The following story
is told by a friend who sat in the carriage with him on theway to the cemetery when his sister was buried. The
Colonel, as he was generally called from his fine physique, remarked very calmly: " Doctor, precisely in two years
hence, should you survive me, you will follow me to the grave." Two years thereafter, same month, two days later
than his sister, he passed away " with general paralysis."
[George M. Maris, M. D.; Rev. E. W. Reinecke, D. D.; S. S. Rickli.]
Rev. Ernest William REINECKE, A. M., D. D., was
born, December 9, 1822, in Helmarshausen, Saxe-Weimar, Germany. He was the son of Rev. John and Fredericka
(Schaeffer) Reinecke.
In 1834, with his father's family, he embarked for the
New World, where he arrived in August of the same year, and settled in Frederick, Md. He entered the Preparatory
Department of Marshall College in the fall of 1837, and the Freshman class of College in 1839, graduating in due
course with the honor of salutatorian. Marshall College conferred the degree of A. M. upon him in 1845, and in
1877 he received the degree of D. D. from Franklin and Marshall. On graduation he entered the Theological Seminary, and upon completing his course in that institution
was ordained to the holy ministry, in 1846. He was a Goethean.
During his course in the Seminary he was private tutor in the family of the late Rev. Dr. J. W. Nevin, and at the
same time he taught in the Preparatory Department. From 1846 to 1848 he was a tutor in Marshall College, and subsequently in the college at Frederick, Md. He was then
offered a professorship in Marshall College, but his father desiring him to enter the active service of the ministry, he
accepted a call to the Millersville charge, in Lancaster county, Pa., which he served for about five years. This
charge he resigned to assist his father at Shrewsbury, York county, Pa. Here he remained until his father resigned
the charge. His health being somewhat impaired, he gave up preaching for a year and took charge of an academy at Norristown, Pa. He was then called to the German congregation at Frederick, Md., which he served until the fall of
1858, when he accepted a call to the Plainfield charge, Northampton county, Pa., residing in Nazareth, Pa. Here he
remained as pastor for over thirty-three years. In addition to his pastoral work at Nazareth, Dr. Reinecke devoted
much time to fitting young men for teaching in the public schools and to preparing them for college. All this work
he did as a labor of love.
On March 10, 1859, he was married to Miss Mary E.
Knode, of near Hagerstown, Md. This union was blessed with ten children, one son and nine daughters. The former, Rev. J. W. Reinecke, of Millersburg, Pa., graduated
from Franklin and Marshall College (1891), and also from the Theological Seminary at Lancaster (1894). The
daughters are Susie, wife of the Rev. E. C. Greider, Moravian missionary to the West Indies; Annie, wife of Mr. J.
M. Baker, Lititz, Lancaster county, Pa.; Mary, wife of Rev. O. E. Reidenbach, Moravian pastor at Parry, Burlington county, N. J.; Carrie, graduate nurse of the hospital of
the University of Pennsylvania, 1892; Ellie, Alice, Martha, Mabel and Lizzie. Annie (1891), Alice (1893), and Lizzie
(1894), are graduates of the Kutztown, Pa., State Normal School.
Dr. Reinecke was stricken with paralysis in July,
1890, and lingered until May 8, 1891, when he was called to his reward.
[College Swdsat, 111 151; Rev. E. W, Reinecke, D. D.; Rev. J. W. Reinecke.]
Benjamin Francis SCHNICK, A. M., M. D., born in
Lebanon, Pa., July 7, 1824, was the second son of Henry Schneck, M. D., an eminent physician, and his wife, Mary
Weiss. His paternal ancestors came from the Palatinate, where they were a family of distinction. They settled in
Berks county, Pa., probably in Alsace township.
Benjamin F. Schneck prepared for college in the
Lebanon Academy, John Ernst, principal, and entered the Sophomore class in 184o, when he became a member
of the Diagnothian Society. He received the degree of A. M. from his Alma Mater. After leaving college he
entered the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, graduating from that institution in 1846. He then
located in Lebanon and practiced medicine in conjunction with his father. He was engaged in one of the Union
hospitals, in Washington, during the late war, but when apprised of his father's illness he returned to Lebanon,
where his father died, January 2, 1863. He was an eminent and successful physician, inheriting much of the talent and
skill of his father. He was an active member of the Lebanon County Medical Society, in which he took a great
interest; a member of the Pennsylvania State Medical Society and at one time vice-president; also a member of the
American Medical Association.
Besides being a successful practitioner, he was also a
lover of the fine arts—music, poetry, belles-lettres and painting. He excelled in music, both as a performer and
a composer. He composed a number of church tunes and anthems, some of which were published in the Carmina
Ecclesia, a book prepared by Prof. W. D. Roedel, and extensively used in the worship of the Lutheran Church
for a number of years. For a long time he served as organist of the First Reformed church of Lebanon, of
which congregation he was a member.
He was married, June 13, 1864, to Miss Louisa Ann,
daughter of Daniel Stichter, of Lebanon. He died October 2, 1865. His widow, some years later, became the wife
of Rev. Thomas Marshall, D. D., of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church.
[Rev. B. F. Alleman, D. D.; Rev. F. W. Kremer, D. D.;
F. G. Stichter.]
Rev. Mortimer Lawrence SHUFORD, A. M., was born
in Rutherford county, N. C., January 24, 1818, and died in Washington City, D. C., November 7, 1883.
His parents were Martin P. and Rhoda (Ramsaur)
Shuford. In the war against the Seminole Indians he served for a short time as adjutant of a regiment recruited in his
neighborhood.
Rev. Shuford entered the Preparatory Department of
Marshall College in January, 1838, and in 1839 the Freshman class of College, taking the four years course.
During his college days he was an honored member of the Goethean Literary Society and was known as a pleasing
and forcible speaker. He graduated from the Theological Seminary in 1844, having taken some of his theological
studies while a student in college. He received the degree of A. M. from his Alma Mater.
July 11, 1844, he was married to Lucinda Catherine
Sohn, of Mercersburg, Pa. Of seven children born to them only two are now living, L. S. Shuford and Mrs. Annie R.
Welck, both of whom reside in Hagerstown, Md.
At a meeting of the Virginia Classis of the Reformed
Church, in 1844, he was examined and licensed, and at the same time or soon afterwards he was ordained to the holy
ministry. His first charge was at Lovettsville, Loudoun county, Va., where he lived five years. In November,
1849, he accepted a call to the Glade charge in Frederick county, Md., where he labored faithfully until 1857, when
he accepted a call to the Mt. Moriah charge in Washington county, Md. He resided at Sharpsburg during this
pastorate and suffered much from the ravages of civil war. In 1863 he became pastor of the Boonsboro, Washington
county, Md., charge, where he labored acceptably until 1867, when he accepted a call to Winchester, Va., where
he served six years. In 1873 he was called to Burkittsville, Frederick county, Md., which was his last charge. Here
he lived and labored for about eleven years. In October, 1883, he attended a meeting of the Potomac Synod of the
Reformed Church at Newton, N. C., and on his return was taken sick and only lived to reach the city of
Washington. His body was taken to Burkittsville, and in the graveyard adjoining the church in which he so faithfully
labored for so many years he was buried.
His ministerial work as expressed in figures is as follows:
Baptisms, 970; confirmations, 371; funeral services, 413; marriages, 228. He was three times honored by being elected
president of classis, once by the Virginia Classis, in 1870, and twice by the Maryland Classis, in 1863 and 1876. At
the meeting of the Potomac Synod at Newton, in 1883, he was chosen vice-president.
[The Fathers, 6: 197; Rev. Wm. M. Deatrick, D. D.; Rev.
E. W. Reinecke, D. D.; L. S. Shuford.]
Source: Franklin and Marshall College
Obituary Record, Edited for the Alumni Association, Vol. 1, No.1, Lancaster,
Pa. Published by the Alumni Association of Franklin and Marshall College,
June 1897.
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