My son followed his ancestors and I is a Pastor for the United Brethren Church ,studied at the Seminary for four years in St. Jo,MO. ----- Original Message ----- From: "mary galyon" <marygalyon@citcom.net> To: <wvhardy@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 10:51 AM Subject: Re: [WVHARDY] United Brethren Church & Stover Family > Gary, > An excellent resource for the historical background of the United Brethren > Church in Virginia and West Virginia can be found at the Shenandoah > University Library at Winchester, Virginia. > Mary G....North Carolina > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary Collins" <gcollin2@columbus.rr.com> > To: <WVHARDY@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 9:01 AM > Subject: [WVHARDY] United Brethren Church & Stover Family > > >> I am looking for information regarding the migration from Virginia to > Ohio. My ancester, Benjamin Stover and his wife Sarah Chilcutt moved from > Hardy Co. Virginia, now W. Virginia, to Fairfield, then Licking County > Ohio > around 1810. His son, my direct ancestor, George W. Stover married > Elizabeth Green in Licking County. They were all strong members of the > United Brethren Church. George being one of the primary founders in 1856, > of > Berlin Chapel later called Peachblow UB Church in the Alumcreek Circuit, > Sandusky Ohio Conference. Later the Scioto and SE Ohio Conferences. He > was > Class Leader of that church and had License to exhort the Gospel. I have > several records and documents from the church which is still open as a > United Methodist Church. They recently celebrated their 150th > Anniversary. >> >> I am searching for information on both the Church history and personal > family history in the span between 1750 & 1850. Other names associated > with > the church & family are Houser, Ault, Good, Rhodes, Emswiler. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Gary Collins >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVHARDY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVHARDY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >