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POPULATION.
The population of the several townships and villages in Wayne County, by the cen- sus of 1885, was :
CENSUS. POPULATION.
Benton 734
Clay . 704
Clinton .528
Corydon, except town
.651
Corydon, town of. 820
Grand River, except towns .563
Clio, town of .. 92
Lineville, town of 586
Howard. 612
Jackson.
.985
Jefferson
Monroe .579
Richman, except Humeston
604
Humeston, town of.
684
South Fork .. 906
Union . 835
Walnut, except Seymour
814
Seymour, town of ..
710
Warren, except Allerton
.753
Allerton, town of
791
Washington .781
Wright. 935
Total for the county 15,494
The population of the county by the several Federal and State censuses has been as follows : 1850, 340; 1860, 6,409; 1865, 6,327 ; 1870, 11,287 ; 1875, 13,978; 1880, 16,127; 1885, 15,494.
MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS.
There are in Wayne County 257,234 acres of improved land. In 1884 there were 156,171 acres in cultivation, 390,042 acres of unimproved land and 70,686 acres of past- ure. There were 313,943 rods of hedge, and 532,942 rods of barb-wire fence, besides 454,211 rods of other fences. The average number of acres in a Wayne County farm is 139.
The number of farms managed by their owners directly was 1,610; by manager. 19; by tenant for money rent, 61 ; by tenant for crop rent, 300.
The following are the statistics of the leading farm products for 1884 :
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Acres of corn, 67, 144 ; bushels harvested, 2,259,124; acres of spring wheat, 279; bushels harvested, 2,192 ; acres of fall wheat, 79 ; bushels harvested, 756 ; acres of oats, 34,616 ; bushels harvested, 720,376 ; tons of straw, 12,165 ; acres of rye, 276; bushels harvested, 1,965 ; tons of straw, 149; acres of buckwheat, 644 ; bushels harvested, 6,- 571 ; acres of broom-corn, 120 ; tons of prod- uct, 116 ; acres of sorghum, 471 ; gallons of syrup, 34,925 ; acres in Irish potatoes, 698 ; bushels raised, 78,553.
There are 357 acres of-planted timber, and 22,302 acres of natural timber, while 9,056 cords of wood were cut in 1884. There are 107,314 bearing apple-trees, producing 56,654 bushels; acres of timothy, 67,568 ; tons of hay, 59, 552; bushels of seed, 40,- 945 ; tons of hay from wild grass, 2,393.
The value of the various products for 1884 was :
Garden truck, $12,108 ; forest products,
$17,416; orchard products, $34,610 ; vine- yard, $6,132 ; small fruit, $4,070; hive, $4,- 222; dairy, $94,358 ; animals slaughtered, $447,871 ; poultry and eggs, $34,018 ; other farm products, $957,097.
EDUCATIONAL.
Wayne County has thirteen district town- ships, thirty-two independent districts, and eighty-five sub-districts. There are III un- graded schools, and 24 rooms in graded schools. Average duration of school, 7 months. Number of male teachers em- ployed, 79; female teachers, 167 ; average monthly compensation, males, $36.40 ; fe- males, $26.86. There are 3,025 males, and 3,022 females of school age ; of these, 5,431 are enrolled in the public schools; the aver- age attendance is 3,218 ; average cost of tui- tion per pupil, $2.01 ; number of frame school-houses, 115 ; brick, 3 ; value, $82, 440.
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CORYDON:
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NDER the head of " Early History " is giv- en an account of the lo- cation of the county seat, and the laying out of a town to be called
Corydon. The growth of the place has always of been slow, but it has never retrograded. Though in the past its prosperity has been en- dangered by the fear of losing the county seat, this question may now be considered settled, and the citizens may be excused for the sanguine hopes they en- tertain for the future success of the town.
As stated before, George Garman bought the first lot, on which he erected a little store. This is now used for Peter Sall- man's meat market. Joel Phillips was the second to build. He put up the Phillips hotel. This was torn down in 1885, and its site is occupied by the stores of Oscar Rogers and Ben. Miles. Next came one Cade, who kept a grocery and confection- ery in a log house on the north side of the square. Richardson & Thornberry put up a grocery on the southwest corner of the
square, and operated it four years. Rich- ardson & Hay had the business the next four years, then Samuel Markham took it, and he was succeeded by P. M. Phillips, who moved his stock to Allerton.
John Atkinson built a dry-goods store on the east side of the square. Bonaparte Miller put up a similar store near by, but it was afterward moved to the southwest corner, and Lloyd Selby became a partner in the business. William Drake embarked in the wholesale notion business on the east side. James Carter started a dry-goods store on the southwest corner, where now is Clark & Hamilton's grocery. Carter was in partnership for many years with a man named Sales, and then they broke up. Another early well-known character was James Baker, who came here with a large family, and built a hotel on the east side of the square, where the American House now stands. Baker was a popular man, and his attractive daughters were a consid- erable addition to the society of the village. Dr. Purcell's drug store was another early business house. It stood where Zern's drug store is now.
· These were about all of the early business houses. There were also among the early arrivals other families, some farmers, pro-
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fessional men, county officers, etc. At the close of 1853 the population of Corydon was about 100. For the next fourteen years it grew slowly, and in 1867 it had 300 inhabitants, and was incorporated as a town. The population at different times since has been: 1870, 618; 1875, 672; 1880, 801; 1885, 820.
The building of Allerton, but six miles away, and equally near the geographical center, was a menace to Corydon. In 1874 the people voted upon the merits of the two towns, and while there was a substan- tial majority for Corydon, the friends of the latter felt it necessary, five years later, to obtain the construction of the Missouri, Iowa & Nebraska Railroad through Cory- don, in order to give the latter place ad- vantages equal to those of Allerton. The station is three-fourths of a mile northwest of the square, and the growth of Corydon latterly has been in that direction. The ground is high enough to afford excellent drainage, and is very desirable for resi- dence property. Three very handsome brick residences have gone up in this direc- tion, and more buildings of an equally at- tractive and permanent character may be expected in the near future.
POSTMASTERS.
John Hayes, Jr., was the first postmaster of the county seat. His mail did not usu- ally exceed a handful of letters, and was kept in a box. His successors have been James Carter, Colwell Russell, Randolph Chenoweth, William Hartshorn, William Boyle, I. N. Peck, George Albertson, B. T. Raisor, Al. Smeenk, S. W. Miles, H. H. Lusher and J. S. Whittaker.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
The county had constructed, in 1856, a court-house and jail northeast of the square. The court-house was a frame structure, 24 x 36, and cost $600. It was two stories 54
in height. The county offices, three in number, were in the upper story, and the court-room below. This latter was used until about 1870, and the offices remained two or three years longer. The building was sold and moved out of town in 1876. It is now a farm house, and known as the "Selby building." Court was then held in different churches, afterward in Abel's Hall, and since 1882 in Hughes's Hall. The county offices were removed from the old court-house to their present rented quarters in the brick block southwest of the square in 1874.
The jail was built of logs in three tiers, one perpendicular, then one horizontal and then one perpendicular. It was afterward sided up and painted. It has long been considered unsafe, and for three or four years past the county's boarders have been kept in the Lucas County jail at Chariton.
TOWN OFFICERS.
The officers of Corydon for the year 1886-'7 are: Mayor, W. M. Littell; Re- corder, L. M. Phillips; Assessor, C. G. Nelson; Treasurer, W. C. Browning; Street Commissioner, J. M. Young; Marshal, James Todd; Trustees, D. A. J. Sargent, Hartley Bracewell, J. W. Freeland, W. G. Clark, B. T. Miles and C. W. Steele.
SCHOOL.
The first school building at Corydon was a frame structure erected not far from 1857, to which an addition was made fif- teen years later. It contained four school- 'rooms after the addition was made. The building has been remodeled for a dwell- ing, and stands on the second block south of the square. The present brick building is a very handsome edifice, erected in 1880 at a cost of $13,000. It stands about two blocks west of the square, and contains six rooms, besides office and hallways. It is 60 x 90 on the ground, two stories and base-
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ment in height. It is ninety-two feet to the summit of the tower. The course of study is very thorough, and students are pre- pared for any college in Iowa.
Six teachers are employed, besides the principal. The roll for 1885-'6 includes C. W. Martindale, Principal; George O. McBroom, Assistant; Maggie Jeffries, Grammar grade; Mrs. George Hammack, Intermediate grade; Sarah Martin, Second Primary; Mary Pritchard, First Primary. The enrollment is about 300. Eight months school is held in cach year. The annual expenditures for school purposes amount to $4,000. The present School Board in- cludes W. F. Howell, James Harper, E. A. Ray, F. M. Everett, Uriah Welch and Alexander Mardis, the last named being president; C. W. Steele is secretary.
CHURCHES.
The first sermon preached in Corydon was by Morgan Parr, one of the pioneers in Wayne County, in 1852.
The Baptist Church, the oldest at Cory- don, was organized in 1854. Among the first members were J. W. Lancaster, John Ritchie, John Atkinson and Anna Miles. Rey. Mr. Sea was the first pastor, remaining but a short time. His succes- sors have been Revs. Andrew Green, J. L. Cole, Martin, Swallow, Martin, Newell, Archey, Spring and Carpenter. The last named commenced his labors here in 1885. The church was erected in 1868, at a cost of nearly $2,000. The society has now about forty members. The attendance at . Sunday-school is from fifty to sixty. Miss Theodosia Beal is now superintendent. This position was for many years held by C. G. Nelson.
The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized as a mission in 1856, and the following year purchased a church which had been begun by the United Brethren in 1855. The pastors have been in succes-
sion, Revs. B. F. Williams, Spooner, T. D. Sweem, Z. R. Piercy, B. Shinn, Jacob Delay, J. M. Baker, W. F. Hestwood (1867-'9), E. H. King (1869-'72), W. F. Bar- tholomew (1873-'6), Fred Harris (1876-'8), C. C. Mabee (1878-'9), D. Austin (1879-'81), H. C. Langley (1881-'2), J. D. Moore (1882-'3), W. F. Bartholomew (1883-'6). The house of worship now in use is the handsomest in Corydon, and the only brick church. It was commenced in the autumn of 1882, and dedicated in July, 1883. Its cost was $7,000. The membership of the society is about 150. J. S. Harlan has been for eighteen years past the efficient superintendent of the Sunday-school, which has an attendance of 125.
The Presbyterian Church was organ- ized in 1857. In 1860 T. W. Riley purchased an unfinished church from the Disciples' society, and presented it to the Presbyterians. Rev. J. P. Bringle, formerly of Decatur County, served the society from its organization until 1882, when he re- signed. Since then W. P. Braddock preached in the summer of 1884, and W. M. Devoe in the summer of 1885. No serv- ices are held at present. W. P. McClana- han was the last superintendent of the Sunday-school.
The United Presbyterian Church was or- ganized about 1857, and held occasional services in the old court-house until the following year, when it built a frame church in the northern part of the village, at a cost of $2,200. Rev. Leonard Proud- fit ministered to the congregation from 1867 to 1884, since when no services have been held. The society is now much re- duced in numerical strength, and there is little prospect for better times.
SECRET SOCIETIES.
The following are now active: Corydon Lodge, No. 91, A. F. & A. M .; Corydon Lodge, No. 103, I. O. O. F .; Hawkeye
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Lodge, No. 81, K. P .; Corydon Lodge, No. 83. G. T .; and Robert Jackson Post, No. 192, G. A. R.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Following are the business firms of 1886: J. S. Hardin, general store; L. C. Jordan, dry-goods; B. T. Mills, general store; W. G. Clark, grocery; Clark & Hamilton, gro- cery; C. A. Booth, grocery; E. A. Ray, hardware; S. D. Zerns, drug store; W. S. Sproatt, drug store; O. K. Rogers, drug store; H. M. Belvel, restaurant; I. H. Har- ris, restaurant; J. P. Horton, boots and shoes; Mrs. E. J. Dickinson, millinery; Mrs.
J. W. Frame, millinery; W. W. Holstein, furniture; J. W. Law, furniture; Broadbent & Roof, blacksmiths; A. Trinkhaus, black- smith; John Ripper, blacksmith; James Ray, wagon shop; John Tommy, barber; Peter Sallman, meat market; W. G. Riley, harness; E. S. Riley, harness; W. P. Mc- Clanahan, dentist; J. S. Whitaker, postmas- ter; J. M. Bullard, elevator and feed mill; I. H. Meekings, Meekings's Hotel; S. S. & J. E. Wright, Palace Hotel; Moore & Lazer, livery; Hand & Richardson, liv- ery; Wayne County Bank; Farmers and Merchants' Bank; J. A. White & Co.'s Bank.
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ALLERTON
MONG the numerous new towns which sprang into existence on the completion of the Kansas City divis- ion of the Rock Isl- and Railroad was the one to which this chapter is devoted. This village was made to order, as it were. The railroad authorities de- cided to make a station about this distance from Lineville, and accordingly secured 160 acres of land, to be sold in lots at a considerable advance over cost. Judge Aller, of Leavenworth, one of the magnates of the road, also secured 160 acres here, and it was agreed that he and the railroad company should be partners in the profitable scheme of building a town to be called " Aller town," or, for short, Aller- ton.
The railroad was completed here in the latter part of 1870, and the first train to pass through Wayne County arrived March 29, 1871. Early that year John Howard built the first house, a dwelling which has since been moved on Central avenue, and is still used as a residence. Peter Vote put up the first store, north of the railroad track, and the building is now used as a carpenter shop. Andrew Hoh-
ner came next and erected a bakery. The building is now used as a blacksmith and machine shop.
Other early arrivals were Chambers Bros., who started a lumber yard, and put in Peter Martin as. manager, they being non-residents; I. H. Meekins & Co., who put up a building still used for mercantile purposes, and brought in the first general stock of merchandise; George McLain, who put up the first hotel, calling it the McLain Hotel, and Elijah Ferrell, who erected a business house that is now used for a grocery.
At the end of the first year there were probably more than 200 people located here. The railroad had made a " boom" for the place by extensively advertising it, and village lots were held at fabulous prices. Indeed, they were higher in 1872 than at any time since. A reaction came, but it can only be called a depression by comparing the period with that of the first excitement. At no time has the village lost ground. After the first rush matters settled down to a steady, quiet but pros- perous basis, and more permanent improve- ments were made. The growth of Allerton was slow in 1872 and 1873, but the next year witnessed a very perceptible improvement. Nearly the entire south half of the county now began to desire a removal of the county seat to Allerton, and in response to
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an expressed desire to vote on the ques- tion, the matter of removal was submitted to the voters of the county at the general election of 1874.
The result of the election, after an active canvass by the friends of both places, was as follows : Corydon, 1,467; Allerton, 927 ; majority for Corydon, 540. Though this was decisive for the time being, the people of Allerton still hoped to gain this prize at some future time, and they re- tained these hopes until the friends of Corydon secured for that place a railroad, thus destroying all hopes of a removal.
INCORPORATION.
In the same year, 1874, Allerton was made an incorporated town. Proceedings were begun at the August term of the Cir- cuit Court, when the following petition was presented, signed by forty-seven resi- dent voters:
"To the Honorable the Circuit Court of the State of Iowa in and for Wayne County:
" In conformity to Chapter Ten, of Title Nine, of the Code of Iowa, we, the under- signed, being qualified resident electors of the territory to be embraced, do respect- fully petition the court that the town of Allerton, situated on and including the east one-half of the northeast quarter of section number ten (10), and the west one-half of the northwest quarter of section eleven (II); the first addition to the town of Allerton, situated on the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter, and east half of the southwest quarter of the southeast quar- ter of section 3, and east half of west half of northeast quarter of section 10; the second addition, situated on south- west quarter of the southwest quarter and west half of southeast quarter of southwest quarter of section 2; the west one-half of the cast one-half of the northwest quarter of section II, all in Warren Township (68) sixty-eight, range
twenty-two (22) west of the fifth principal meridian, in the county of Wayne and State of Iowa, as will more fully appear by re- ferring to the town plat hereto annexed, marked Exhibit 'A,' and made part of this petition, be incorporated and known by the name of Allerton.
"Said town is not embraced in the limits of any incorporated town or city, and con- tains 394 inhabitants by actual enumeration, taken on the 23d day of July, A. D. 1874, by John L. McKamy, the correctness of which is subscribed and sworn to by him and marked Exhibit 'B,' annexed to and made part of this petition."
The court appointed C. R. Wright, J. P. Hartman, Peter Martin, I. H. Meekins and W. H. H. Rogers commissioners to hold an election to decide for or against incorporation. The election was held Oc- tober 1, and resulted in forty-nine votes for incorporation and three against. Soon after, an election was held for town officers, with the following result: J. P. Hartman, Mayor; W. H. H. Rogers, Recorder; M. S. Lancaster, C. R. Wright, C. F. Le Compte, J. W. Fletcher and T. P. Walden, Councilmen. The officers selected for each year since have been :
1875 .- Mayor, A. N. Higley ; Recorder, M. S. Lancaster ; Treasurer, J. D. Codding- ton ; Street Commissioner, J. L. McKamy ; Councilmen, J. W. Fletcher, L. H. Rankin, J. W. Howard, A. Foss and Greenberry Wilson.
1876 .- Mayor, Samuel Wright; Re- corder, H. V. Nichols; Treasurer, A. C. Reck ; Street Commissioner, William B. King ; Councilmen, C. R. Wright, P. M. Phillips, G. M. Gillett, W. H. Gobel and D. F. Scott.
1877 .- Mayor, A. N. Higley; Recorder, H. H. Dean ; Treasurer, Ed. Dale; Mar- shal, A. Foss ; Councilmen, P. M. Phillips, C. C. Somerville, J. W. Fletcher, R. W. Sharp and J. W. Rankin.
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1878 .- Mayor, C. R. Wright ; Recorder, J. S. Nichols ; Councilmen, W. H. Robin- son, Ed. Dale, C. P. Wright, J. B. Vaughn and George F. Knerr.
1879 .- Mayor, A. M. Burton ; Recorder, J. S. Nichols; Treasurer, B. K. Hay ; As- sessor, C. J. Momyer ; Councilmen, C. C. Somerville, George F. Knerr, M. B. Cald- well, J. B. Vaughn, James Marks and Samuel Wright.
1880 .- Mayor. A. M. Burton ; Recorder, George M. Finley ; Treasurer, Ed. Reck ; Assessor, Elias Marks; Street Commis- sioner, Joe Evans ; Councilmen, C. C. Som- erville, C. J. Momyer, C. F. Le Compte, M. B. Caldwell, J. B. Vaughn and George F. Knerr.
1881 .- Mayor, A. N. Higley ; Recorder, George M. Finley ; Treasurer, W. K. Kel- sey ; Assessor, F. C. Swiggett ; Street Com- missioner, Joe Evans ; Councilmen, E. Marks, J. M. Williams, J. W. Fletcher, W. H. Goble, C. C. Somerville and J. B. Vaughn.
1882 .- Mayor, D. D. Shirley ; Recorder, H. W. Miller ; Treasurer, George M. Fin- ley ; Assessor, F. C. Swiggett ; Street Com- missioner, Joe Evans ; Councilmen, J. S. Nichols, J. H. Hurt, S. M. McCoy, Will- iam D. Fletcher, W. H. Goble and J. M. Williams.
1883 .- Mayor, D. D. Shirley ; Recorder, M. Young ; Treasurer, J. W. Fletcher; Street Commissioner, W. A. Wright; Councilmen, A. N. Higley, W. D. Fletcher, P. M. Phillips, S. Rinehart, and W. H. Goble.
1884 .- Mayor, D. D. Shirley ; Recorder, M. Young; Treasurer, J. W. Fletcher ; Street Commissioner, Sam T. Shields ; As- sessor, F. C. Swiggett; Councilmen, Levi Ormsby, S. M. McCoy, W. D. Fletcher, P. M. Phillips, S. Rinehart and A. N. Higley.
1885 .- Mayor, Robert Barber ; Recorder, M. Young; Treasurer, J. W. Fletcher ; Street Commissioner, Sam T. Shields ; 1
Councilmen, J. A. Alexander, H. A. Lewis, P. M. Phillips, S. M. McCoy, A. N. Hig- ley and.S. Rinehart.
1886 .- Mayor, W. P. Park; Recorder, M. Young ; Assessor, Lewis Rankin; Treas- urer, T. J. Morgan; Street Commissioner, Sam T. Shields ; Councilmen, W. L. Bullis, John Carmichael, George Balloc, P. M. Phillips, J. A. Alexander and S. M. McCoy.
POSTMASTERS.
Allerton was made a postoffice very soon after it was laid out, and George McLain was first appointed postmaster. His suc- cessors have been : Ate Raisor, E. E. Foster, C. F. Le Compte, George M. Finley and D. D. Shirley.
POPULATION.
As before stated, the population of Al- lerton when incorporated was 394. By the State census of 1875 it had 571 inhabitants. In 1880 the United States census showed 888. In 1885 another State census was taken, according to which the population is 791.
THE PROFESSION.
John L. McKamy was the first lawyer here, and H. V. Nichols the first physician. E. L. Hart and J. R. Danskin are now resi- dent attorneys, and B. S. Everett, W. L. Bullis and William Duden are practicing physicians.
SCHOOLS.
At first the children of this place were sent to the regular district school, half a mile from town. Then a hall was rented for two years. Next a temporary struct- ure was used which was afterward con- verted to business purposes. In 1876 the present three-story and basement brick school-house was erected, at a cost of $9,000. It contains five school-rooms and a recitation room. Six teachers are em- ployed as follows: G. G. Lehmer, Princi- pal; Miss Luella Page, Assistant ; Miss
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Willa Donahoe, Grammar ; Miss Ella Mc- Connell, Intermediate; Miss Mary Page, Second Primary ; Miss Mary Littell, First Primary The present School Board com- prises E. L. Hart, R. Z. McCoy, Hugh Conklin, E. C. Reck, W. P. Park and J. W. Fletcher. . The annual expenditures for school purposes amount to about $4,000.
CHURCHES.
The Methodist Episcopal Church was the pioneer here, the church being built in the summer of 1874. It is a frame structure and was rebuilt in the summer of 1880. A parsonage stands on the same lot. The early membership was very small, but has increased to 115. The pastors have been G. W. Patterson, Hayes, J. H. Miller, J. R. Horswell, G. C. Waynick, W. J. Beck and R. W. Matheny, the last named being the present incumbent. James Brace- wel! is superintendent of the Sunday- school.
The Disciples Church was organized un- der the name of the Mt. Hope Church in 1867, by Elder Levi Fleming. In Novem- ber, 1872, the Disciples of Allerton com- menced raising funds to build a church, which was completed during the following year, at a cost of something over $1,200. The pastors have been Revs. Levi Flem- ing, E. E. Harvey, Benjamin Lockhart, D. C. Morris, E. J. Stanley, C. P. Hollis and S. H. Hedrix. Under the last named the membership has doubled. The church is entirely free from debt, and has a member- ship of 115. S. M. McCoy is superinten- dent of the Sunday-school, which had during 1885 an average attendance of 127.
The Old School Presbyterian Church was organized in 1875, and their house of wor- ship was erected the following year at a cost of $1,200. The pastors have been Revs. D. R. Hindman, McClure and G. H. Putnam. The last named left in the lat-
ter part of 1885. J. K. Ritchie is superin- tendent of the Sunday-school.
The United Presbyterian Church was or- ganized in 1876, and built a church in 1881, at a cost of $1,240. The members are sev- enty-three in number, and reside mostly in the country. Leonard Proudfit was stated supply of the church until January, 1882, since when Rev. A. R. Mumford has served the congregation. Services are held every Sunday in summer, and every alternate Sunday in winter. A. P. Bell is superin- tendent of the Sunday-school, in which about forty pupils are enrolled.
The Baptist Church was partially organ- ized many years ago, but the Allerton church was not really formed until 1880. The house of worship was erected the year following, at a cost of $2,800, includ- ing furnishings. Revs. A. C. Edwards, C. E. Higgins, J. F. Moody and A. W. Akers have supplied the pulpit. No regular ser- vices have been held since 1884. The membership is sixty-six. Henry Lewis is superintendent of the Sunday-school, which has an average attendance of ninety.
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