. A history of Rockingham County, Virginia . of the DunkerChurch (page 250), was distinguished for high character andgood works, but his goings and comings upon missions of hisoffice aroused the suspicions of an evil time, and when he didnot heed either the threats of foes or the warnings of friendshe was waylaid and shot. The deed was committed near hishome, near Broadway, June 15, 1864. He was a martyr toduty and the works of peace. ^^ The Death of Meigs: 1864. The three Confederate scouts referred to on page 148,above, were Frank Shaver, Campbell, and Martin. Shaver,who lived near Pleasant
. A history of Rockingham County, Virginia . of the DunkerChurch (page 250), was distinguished for high character andgood works, but his goings and comings upon missions of hisoffice aroused the suspicions of an evil time, and when he didnot heed either the threats of foes or the warnings of friendshe was waylaid and shot. The deed was committed near hishome, near Broadway, June 15, 1864. He was a martyr toduty and the works of peace. ^^ The Death of Meigs: 1864. The three Confederate scouts referred to on page 148,above, were Frank Shaver, Campbell, and Martin. Shaver,who lived near Pleasant Valley, and who died in 1895, wasthe one who killed Meigs. He and his companions wereplanning to get on the high hills between the Warm SpringsPike and the Valley Pike, to locate the Federals by theirnight campfires, and would gladly have ridden away fromMeigs and his companions without firing a shot. Shaver, 9. See Mauzys Genealogical Record, pp. 37, 38; also, pp. 142, 143,above. 10. See Ziglers History of the Brethren, pp. 143, 144. -434-. SIDNEY (435) ROCKINGHAM COUNTY Campbell, and Martin left the Pike, by the old east-goingroad, near D. T. Clicks. Meigs and his men followed,crossed the line now occupied by the Railroad, andmounted the first terrace of the hill. Then the Confederatesturned, and in a moment the fight was over. Martin waswounded. He was taken by Shaver and Campbell to , near Spring Creek, where he was attended by H. B. Brown (page 316). The Thurman Movement. Wm. C. Thurman, who died in Richmond almshouse in1906, was a notable figure in Rockingham for many a Baptist, he joined the Dunker Church at Greenmountin 1865, and was at once put into the ministry. Soon hebegan to preach new doctrines, and to fix a time, near athand, for the second Advent. He won followers—perhaps ahundred—chiefly good people; and in time he was expelledfrom the church. He and his followers continued theiractivities, and the movement cu
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