Richmond, Virginia, Times-Dispatch, Thursday, September 5, 1935:

D. C. Moomaw Dies; Was Roanoke Pioneer
ROANOKE, Sept. 4 (A/P) --- Daniel Crouse Moomaw, perhaps the oldest of the men who pioneered Roanoke, died this afternoon at his suburban home, "Guildhall," which he had occupied since it was erected. Mr. Moomaw would have been 96 years of age on November 28.
Born at Bonsack in 1839, Mr. Moomaw was married in 1864 to Rebecca Crumpacker and for a time lived in Catawba Valley, near Blacksburg. He moved to Roanoke, then Big Lick, in 1880, and two years later built "Guildhall."
Mr. Moomaw's activities embraced farming, stock raising, real estate, writing, and for 50 years he was active as a minister.
Surviving are six children: Mrs. Ella Miller, Warrensburg, Mo.; G. C. Moomaw, Mayor of Dublin; W. H. Moomaw, Mrs. Annie M. Duval, Dr. Ben C. Moomaw and Mrs. R. E. L. Shafer of Roanoke.
Funeral services will be held at the home Friday afternoon.
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"The Gospel Messenger," Church of the Brethren, October 12, 1935:

Daniel C. Moomaw, one of the pioneers of Roanoke Va., came to the end of life's long way Sept. 4, aged 95 years. He was a son of Elder B. F. Moomaw and Mary Ann Moomaw. He was born at Bonsack, Nov. 28, 1839, and was educated in the district schools.

In 1864 he married Rebecca Crumpacker, who lived in the Catawba Valley near Blacksburg, and for a time thereafter lived at Cloverdale. He then purchased the ancestral home of his wife and lived in Montgomery County, coming to Big Lick (Roanoke) in 1880. In 1882 he built "Guildhall," where he died, the brick being made on the place and the trimmings of the house being hand worked.

From that time he was closely identified with the progress of Roanoke, which began soon after he moved here. His activities embraced farming, stock raising, real estate, writing, and for fifty years of his long life in the active ministry of his church. Bro. Moomaw built approximately 120 houses in the city, and erected the first three-story brick building to go up here. He built for his congregation a large brick church on Salem Avenue which later was sold to and is now used by the local Syrian congregation.

His land holdings at "Guildhall" embraced 400 acres and from this he sold the acreage that the country club grounds occupy. To the end he kept in close touch with political and religious affairs of the world, devoting a half century to the ministry of the Church of the Brethren.

A pronounced pacifist, he wrote two books, "A Cloud of Witnesses," and "Christianity Versus War," copies of the latter being sent by the author to the rulers of almost all countries in the world. Many of these gifts were acknowledged. After witnessing the horrors of four wars he spent the last quarter century preaching pacifism.

In a lifetime of little less than a century he was an actor in a most interesting period of world development, particularly industrial progress, or from tallow dip to electric light and from covered wagon to flying machines.

Surviving of nine children are: Mrs. Ella Miller, Warrensburg, Mo.; G. C. Moomaw, mayor of Dublin; W. H. Moomaw, Mrs. Annie M. DuVall, Dr. Ben C. Moomaw and Mrs. R. E. L. Shafer, Roanoke. A brother, C. A. Moomaw, is actively connected with the Mountain Trust Bank. There are sixteen grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted at the home by Bro. M. G. West, pastor of the Central Church of the Brethren, with interment in the family plot.

Pallbearers were his nephews, Ben F. Moomaw, B. C. Moomaw, Clarence Moomaw and John Crumpacker.

Roanoke, Va.---M.G. West.
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The Brethren Encyclopedia Inc, Elgin IL., Vol 2, 1983, page 873-4:

Moomaw, Daniel Crouse (Brethern Church), 1839-1935, minister, businessman, denominational leader. The son of Benjamin F. and Mary Ann Crouse Moomaw, D. C. Moomaw was born Nov. 28 in Botetourt Co., VA. He married Rebecca Ann Crumpacker in 1864. Moomaw joined the Botetourt (Daleville) congregation in 1862 and was elected a minister ca. 1865 (elder ca. 1870). Moomaw was active in the organization of the 'Brethren's Church Extension Union in 1877. Although never an active supporter of H. R. Holsinger, Moomaw presented, on Holsinger's behalf but at his own initiative, the unsuccessful "olive branch of peace" proposal at the 1882 Annual Meeting.

After moving in 1880 to Roanoke, VA, where he undertook farming, construction, and real estate ventures, Moomaw became a trustee of the Virginia Normal School (*Bridgewater College) in 1882. His association with the school ended during the controversy surrounding Principal Edward A. Miller (1888-92). Moomaw's refusal to accept the findings of an Annual Meeting special committee which investigated charges against Miller resulted in Moomaw's excommunication and the revocation of his eldership. Moomaw helped organize the Roanoke (Brethren Church) congregation in 1892 and led in the organization of other Progressive Brethren congregations in Virginia.

His request for readmission to the German Baptist Brethren in 1899, after charges against Miller similar to those made by Moomaw surfaced in California, was unsuccessful. After the death of his son in France during World War I, Moomaw compiled two volumes of articles, sermons, and statements on peace and war by Church of the Brethren, Mennonite, and Quaker leaders (1924-25). Moomaw died Sept. 4, 1935; his funeral was held in the Roanoke Central Church of the Brethren. ESM/DDM

H. R. Holsinger, Tunkers (1901) 703-6; GM (Oct. 12, 1935) 23; R. E. Sappington, Bridgewater Brethren (1978) 25-28; D. C. Moomaw, Interview . . . Stoner, Moomaw, Crumpacker (1891); C. E. May, Four Flags in Virginia (1976) 511-17; Full Report (1882) 10-11, 19-32; J. W. Wayland, ed., Bridgewater College (1905), 15-25; Virginia (1973) index; A. T. Ronk, History B[ridgewater] C[ollege], (1968) 109, 294; BE (March 21, 1906) 1, (July 2, 1919) 15; Vindicator (1885), 30-32; P. H. Bowman, Brethren Education SE (1955). 104, 108.
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