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Vol. 76, No. 3 ● ISSN 1529-4579
To inform you about your cooperative and
its efforts to serve your energy needs; how to
use electricity safely and efficiently; and the
people who define and enhance the quality of
life in communities served by electric co-ops.
STEVENJOHNSON * Editor
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RUSSELLG. BROWN * Chair
WADEC. HOUSE * Vice Chair
C.MICHAEL SANDRIDGE * Secretary/Treasurer
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Board of Directors: Christopher D. Bott, Belvin Williamson Jr., A&N;
C. Michael Sandridge, Chris Botulinski, BARC; George N. Goin,
Gary E. Wood, Central Virginia; Robert E. Arnold, Micheal E. Malandro,
Choptank; Jeannette S. Everett, Steven A. Harmon, Community;
James E. Huffman, Jeff M. Ahearn, Craig-Botetourt; Patricia S. Dorey,
Gregory Starheim, Delaware; Fletcher B. Jones, John C. Lee Jr.,
Mecklenburg; Russell G. Brown, Brad H. Hicks, Northern Neck;
Wade C. House, Stan C. Feuerberg, Northern Virginia; David T. Kindle,
Brad Coppock, Powell Valley; Herbert R. Patrick, Casey J. Logan,
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Jeffrey S. Edwards, Southside.
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From left, project volunteers Thelma Crowder,
Lisa Jordan, Ann Keeling and Carol Corker
A Preacher's Home, in Perpetuity
NEARLY 250 YEARS AGO, AN IRISH IMMIGRANT RODE HORSEBACK from community
to community across Southside Virginia, helping to foster a religious revival. Now, Canann,
the home of the Rev. Edward Drumgoole Sr., an essential figure in Methodism in America,
is being preserved in history.
The Old Brunswick Circuit Foundation is restoring Drumgoole's residence, which
rests in the woods on 16 acres near Valentines. In late 2021, organizers won inclusion
of Canann on the Virginia and national historic registers. There's more work ahead in
reconstructing the two-story, mortise-and-tenon timber frame house. It was ensnarled
in vines and the first floor had fallen into the basement when the circuit foundation
acquired it in 2008. " We had no idea what we were getting into, " laughs Thelma Crowder,
then-chair of the foundation board.
In 2018, Hurricane Michael caused a sharp shift in the east chimney, which
threatened to pull down the house because it was tied to it with timbers. Local builder
Tom King performed temporary repairs; the state also provided the foundation with a
$200,000 grant for stabilization and other work.
The Brunswick Circuit, which includes Southside Virginia and parts of North Carolina,
is known as " the Cradle of Methodism in America. " The circuit on which Drumgoole rode
is believed to be the singular, continuous reaching circuit in America. " There are religious
aspects to this, but cultural and historical significance as well, " says Ann Keeling of the
foundation board. " Ultimately, we'd like to develop it as a retreat and a place for tourism.
We're excited about the possibilities. " 
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