EV. N. B. KIRACOFE was recommended for ordination at the Valley Conference held at Soliloquy church in Shenandoah county, Virginia, and was solemnly set apart to the gospel ministry by the [380] presbytery, on Sunday, 15th of October, 1872. He was chosen to preach the annual sermon before the next Conference, and appointed on the Executive committee. At the conference at Linville, he was appointed on the committee on Rules of Order and By-laws. In 1873, he delivered the annual sermon, and was chosen a delegate to the General Convention to meet the following May, 1874.

      His ministerial career was brief. He was distinguished for his "meekness, piety, and efficiency" as one of the highest examples of christian virtues and usefulness. He was one of the church's most earnest workers.

[LCM 380-381]