EV. JOHN KITCHEN died at his home in Southampton county, Virginia, October 22, 1849, at an advanced age. To Rev. John Kitchen and wife were born three children; two daughters and one son, Capt. Dick Kitchen. [197]

      At the Eastern Virginia Conference at Cypress chapel in Nansemond county, Virginia, he was ordained to the office of Elder, on Sunday, May 7, 1837. He had represented Barrett's chapel ofttimes before in the Conference. At the Conference at Union, in Southampton county, in 1828, he was a representative from Barrett's. In 1838, he was a member of the Conference at Barrett's and represented Barrett's chapel. While he was pastor of the church, he received James W. Wellons into the church with four other persons. These four were baptized by Rev. W. R. Stowe. Elder Kitchen attended the Conference at Holy Neck chapel, in 1843.

      In 1849, he was visited by Rev. W. B. Wellons, who says: "In the evening, October 17th, I rode with my mother to see Bro. John Kitchen, an old minister who formerly preached at Barrett's. We found him very ill, but he was still clinging to life. I fear much he will not recover. His loss would be seriously felt by the whole community. He is a very peaceable and pious Christian man. May God yet spare him longer." He lived only a few days longer, dying in less than a week from that time.

[LCM 197-198]