Daniel Isom Vanderpool (1891-1988) was a minister and general superintendent in the

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.Olivet Nazarene University website, ''D. I. Vanderpool Dead at Age 96'', published in Herald of Holiness magazine, Volume 77 Number 08 (1988), page 35
/ref> Born September 6, 1891, in Missouri, Dr. Daniel Isom Vaderpool was converted in a

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and began preaching in country schoolhouses within three months.Olivet Nazarene University website, ''General Superintendent D. I. Vanderpool Retires'', Herald of Holiness magazine, Volume 53 Number 19 (1964), page 9
/ref> Joining the Church of the Nazarene in 1913, Dr. Vanderpool was educated at John Fletcher and Pasadena (Nazarene) colleges. He served as district superintendent for 19 years before his election to the general superintendencyOlivet Nazarene University website, Herald of Holiness magazine, Volume 53 Number 19 (1964), page 4
/ref> in 1949. He served in this position until 1964. After retirement in that year he became general superintendent emeritus. He served churches in Colorado, Pasadena and Washington. Vanderpool with married to Edith who died in 1928; he then married Emmalyn. He had four children. Three of his children became preachers in the Nazarene Church and the fourth married a preacher. Death came on March 21, 1988, with burial in

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, Phoenix, Maricopa County.

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1891 births 1988 deaths American Nazarene ministers Free Methodist Church ministers Vanderpool, Daniel I. {{Nazarene-stub