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Edmund Stringer was born in Bullitt County, Ky., Nov. 28, 1825. His parents, Thomas and Mary Stringer, came from that county to Indiana with their family of nine children, and settled in Hendricks County. The first year they lived near Stilesville, and then entered eighty acres of Government land in Adams Township, Morgan County, where they passed the rest of their lives. The father died June 17, 1847, aged eighty years, and the mother Jan. 3, 1854, aged seventy years. Of a family of nine children, five, Mrs. Susan Gentry, Mrs. Sylvia Clark, James, Lewis and Asa are deceased. The living are-Reuben, Edmund, Rich-
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ard and Mrs. Minerva Hults. Edmund Stringer remained on the homestead till after the death of his parents, and succeeded them in its ownership, making it his home till 1869. He then lived two years on his father-in-law's farm, and in 1872 bought the farm where he now lives, on section 34, Franklin Township. His home contains seventy-nine acres of valuable land, and he also retains the old homestead in Morgan County. Mr. Stringer was married Oct. 3, 1858, to Mary Ellen Snoddy, a native of Hendricks County, born `in this township May 26, 1833, daughter of James and Rachel Snoddy. They have two children-Eberle and Warren. Mr. and Mrs. Stringer are members of the Christian church. In politics he is a Democrat.
William Tincher, section 9, Franklin Township, was born in Monroe County, Ind., March 18, 1825, a son of John and Polly Tincher. His grandfather, Robert Tincher, was one of the first settlers of Clay Township, this county, and lived there till his death, his sons John, Robert, George and Obadiah also being early settlers of Hendricks County. John and Polly Tincher had a family of four children-Emeline, Rebecca, Robert and William, the latter being the only one living. The mother died in Putnam County, and the father subsequently married Mrs. Aseneth (Fox) Carter, widow of Aaron Carter, and to them were born four chil- dren-Mrs. Hannah Evans, of Illinois; Mrs. Mary J. De Pew, of Marion Township; Obadiah, of Guilford Township, and John, of Morgan County, Ind. The second wife died and the father mar- ried again. His third wife survives him. He died in June, 1842, aged thirty-eight years. William Tincher was married April 6, 1845, to Martha A. Fitts, a native of Indiana, born April 6, 1829, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Fitts. Her father died in Put- nam County, and her mother at her residence, in 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Tincher have had eight children-John, enlisted in the war for the Union in the One Hundred and Seventeenth Indiana In- fantry, and died at Knoxville, Tenn .; William H., resides in Kan- sas; Mrs. Eliza A. Woods, of this township; James M., of Stiles- ville; George W., at home; Sarah E., wife of Rev. Lewis S. Smith, a Methodist minister, now of Tippecanoe County; Harri- son T., an attorney of Indianapolis; Flora A. and Charles D., at home. After his marriage Mr. Tincher lived near Coatesville till the spring of 1858, and then located on his present farm, where he owns 335 acres of valuable land. He is purely a self-made man. He was but seventeen years of age when his father died, and
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since then has been obliged to rely on his own resources, but en- ergy, frugality and business tact have been rewarded, and he is now one of Franklin Township's most substantial and reliable citizens. He has served his township efficiently as Trustee. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
James Walls, a pioneer of Franklin Township, was born in Wilkes County, N. C., and was there married to Mary Kennedy. In 1825 they moved to Indiana that they might provide a better home for their family. They located in Monroe County, and re- mained one season, but not being satisfied with the country de- termined to look further before making a permanent location. Accordingly, in the spring of 1826, Mr. Walls came to Hendricks County and entered eighty acres of land in Franklin Township, near the present site of Stilesville, now owned by his son John. He built a log cabin, into which he moved his family, and at once began the improvement of his land. By hard work on the part of himself and wife they improved their land and made a good home, gradually adding to the first purchase till they owned 200 acres. He was a man of strong force of character, and a worthy specimen of the honored pioneers, who converted the forests into fruitful fields. He died in the prime of his manhood, Nov. 22, 1841, his wife surviving him till Jan. 12, 1873. Their, family consisted of ten children-Susan E., Reuben P., Mary Ann (deceased), Eliza- beth and Sarah (twins, the latter deceased), Nancy L., Joseph, James, William and John.
Reuben P. Walls, section 19, Franklin Township, was born in North Carolina in 1824, the second of ten children of James and Mary (Kennedy) Walls. After the death of his father in 1841, he took charge of the farm, and with the assistance of his mother, who was a woman of fine executive ability, the work of improve- ment progressed. In 1862 he located on his present farm, where he owns 120 acres of fine land, all under cultivation. He was mar- ried Sept. 9, 1847, to Martha Harrison, a native of Knox County, Ky., born Jan. 27, 1828, daughter of Thomas Harrison, a pioneer of Hendricks County. Mr. and Mrs .. Walls have had a family of eleven children, six of whom are living-Frances, Marion C., Howard W., Nancy, Lora E. and Alva J. James T. died at the age of twenty-six years, leaving a wife and two children; Mary Angeline, aged twenty-nine years; Clara E., aged twelve years; Alice, aged one year; and one daughter in infancy.
Joseph M. Woods, County Commissioner of Hendricks County,
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was born in Franklin Township, Hendricks Co., Ind., March 27, 1845. He was reared a farmer, and educated at the district schools of his neighborhood until the spring of 1865, after which he attended the Danville Academy almost a year. In September, 1866, he entered the Asbury, now the De Pauw, University at Green- castle, Ind., which he attended three years, leaving at the close of the Freshman year in June, 1869. Mr. Woods was a son of Lo- renzo N. and Catherine (Coble) Woods. After leaving school he taught in the district schools of Hendricks County for six years during the winter terms, farming the remainder of the year. In 1877 he discontinued teaching and has since followed farming ex- clusively in Franklin Township. In November, 1882, he was elected one of the County Commissioners of this county, and as- sumed the duties of the office in the following December. He was married Feb. 7, 1872, to Miss Eliza A., daughter of William and Martha (Fitz) Tincher, of Franklin Township, born Aug. 19, 1850. They have two children-Homer A. and Ernest. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Stilesville, of which he is Steward and Trustee.
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CHAPTER XV.
GUILFORD TOWNSHIP.
DESCRIPTION .- DRAINAGE .- EARLY SETTLEMENT. - FIRST POLITICAL CAMPAIGN .- POLITICAL HISTORY .- TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS .- PROP- ERTY AND TAXATION. - PLAINFIELD .- BUSINESS, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES. - BIOGRAPHICAL ..
The township of Guilford, the only one of the size of a Congres- sional township, occupies the southeastern corner of the county, and is bounded as follows: On the north by Washington Township, on the east by Marion County, on the south by Morgan County, and on the west by Liberty Township. It has the best natural drainage of any part of Hendricks County. White Lick passes through its center, the East Fork through the east side, Clark's Creek between them, and the West Fork and a small tributary to it passes through the west side. The uplands are only gently roll- ing, and are generally quite fertile, while along each of these streams are valleys of unsurpassed fertility. In these streams is gravel enough to macadamize all the roads in the county, and along their banks is grown corn enough to feed a city. Much of the upland along the Middle and the East forks was originally cov- ered with walnut, poplar and maple trees, and is almost as good as bottom land. The only land in Guilford Township which may be called second rate for Hendricks County, is along the water- shed between the East Fork and Clark's Creek, and on the high- .ands on the west side of the West Fork; and any one who will pass along the ridge will be able to controvert the idea that oak timber is growing scarce in this county.
FIRST SETTLERS.
Guilford was the first settled township in the county, and its oc- cupancy dates back to 1820. In that year Samuel Herriman, James Dunn, Bat Ramsey, Harris Bay, John W. Bryant, and George Moore settled on White Lick, south of Plainfield, near the Morgan County line. Some of these settlers raised some corn and potatoes in 1820. In the spring of 1821 Noah Kellum, Thomas (607)
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Lockhart, & Mr. Plummer and Felix Belzer settled on the East Fork, and Matthew Lowder, Elias Hadley, Jesse Hockett and Rob- ert Tomlinson, on White Lick, south of Plainfield. In the spring of 1823 David Carter settled in the northern part of the township, and was the first to locate in the neighborhood of Plainfield. In the same year, James Downard settled on the State farm.
The settling-up of Guilford Township was more rapid than that of any other portion of the county, so that in 1824 it contained more population than the other townships combined. A very large majority of the early comers were Friends. The township was named by Samuel Jessup, in honor of Guilford County, N. C., whence a large number of its settlers immigrated.
FIRST ELECTIONS.
Samuel Jessup was the first Justice of the Peace in Guilford Township and Hendricks County. IIe was elected in the autumn of 1822, under the jurisdiction of Morgan County, to which Hen- dricks County was attached for two years for judicial purposes, be- fore its organization. Mr. Jessup's election was the result of the first political campaign in the county. John and Samuel Jessup, on East Fork, were candidates, and Gideon Wilson, up by Shiloh, was also a candidate. There were fifteen voters below and eight up in Mr. Wilson's neighborhood. A caucus was held in the Fair- field neighborhood, and it was found that there would be no elec- tion if all the candidates remained in the field, and as Samuel had the most votes, it was decided that John should withdraw from the race, which he did, and Samuel was elected.
The poll-book of the first general election held in Guilford Town- ship (Aug. 7, 1826, at the house of John Jessup) gives a list of forty-two voters, which is here copied in full, as the best possible catalogue of the early settlers: Timothy Jessup, Thomas Lock- hart, James McClure, John White, Noah Kellum, Isaac Sanders, Harmon Hiatt, Adin Ballard, Benjamin Sanders, Henry Bland, Robbert Tomblinson, Joseph Chandler, John Hiatt, Elihu Jackson, Joseph Ballard, Charles Reynolds, Prat W. Jessup, Joseph Jessup, Joel Jessup, John Hawkins, Lee Jessup, Abijah Pinson, John Jes- sup, Joseph P. Jessup, Levi Cook, Henry Reynolds, Timothy H. Jessup, James C. Tomblinson, Joseph Cloud, John Lemon, John Carson, David Stutesman, James Ritter, William Merritt, Solomon Edmunson, John Ballard, David Ballard, Robert Lemon, Joseph Hiatt, Jesse Kellum, Thomas R. Ballard and John Burris. The
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vote in this township at that election was as follows: For Con- gressman, Thomas H. Blake, thirty-seven; Ratliff Boon, three. For Senator, Josiah F. Polk, twenty-one; Calvin Fletcher, four- teen; John W. Redding, two. For Representative, Thomas J. Matlock, thirty-nine; Isaiah Drury, two. For Sheriff, Robert Cooper, thirty-nine. For Coroner, James McClure, fifteen.
Two years later, at the presidential election of 1828, the number of votes had increased to seventy-two, of which number John Quincy Adams received sixty-nine and Andrew Jackson only three.
Another interesting election return bears date of April 5, 1852. The township voted on the question of granting liquor license, and seventy-nine votes were cast against the proposition, while not one was given for it.
POLITICAL.
Few communities in the world are as unequally divided in politi- cal sentiment as Guilford, which has been almost unanimous in its loyalty to the Whig party and its successor, the Republican party. The largest number of votes ever given the Democratic ticket was fifty-two, in 1836. In 1864, Lincoln received 575 votes, and McClelland one. Following is the vote for President at each elec- tion since 1828:
1828- John Quincy Adams 69
66
Andrew Jackson 3
1832-Henry Clay. 86
80
Andrew Jackson 6
1836-William H. Harrison. . 165 Martin Van Buren. 52
113
1864-Abraham Lincoln ... .575
George B. McClellan.
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1868-Ulysses S. Grant.
.675
670
Horatio Seymour
5
1872-Ulysses S. Grant.
.525
507
1848-Zachariah Taylor 142
93
1876-Rutherford B. Hayes. . . 641 Samuel J. Tilden. . . . .
25
Lewis Cass. 20
1852-Winfield Scott. 124
40
John P. Hale 84
Franklin Pierce 36
1856-John C. Fremont. 301
269
James Buchanan 32
Millard Fillmore 2
1860-Abraham Lincoln.
.. 843
320'
Stephen A. Douglas. . .. 23
John C. Breckinridge ..
1
John Bell.
1
1844-Henry Clay. 236
208
James K. Polk. 28
James G. Birney 18
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Horace Greeley
18
616
Martin Van Buren 49
Peter Cooper. 19 1880-James A. Garfield .. .. 521
474
Winfield S. Hancock .. 47
James B. Weaver.
12
1884-James G. Blaine.
.454
Grover Cleveland.
48
406
John P. St. John
29
Benjamin F. Butler.
25
OFFICIAL.
Following is, as nearly as possible, a complete list of those who have held the various township offices, together with the years of election :
Justices of the Peace: James McClure, 1829; Harmon Hiatt,
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1830; Zadok Smith, 1834; Harmon Hiatt, James T. Downard and John Pinson, 1835; Joel Hodgen, 1836; Joel Hodgen and Wash- ington Done, 1841; John Reagan, 1845; Joel Hodgen and Alex- ander Worth, 1847; James S. Odell and Carey Reagan, 1849; James G. Odell, 1850; Isaac Osborn, 1851; Milton Harvey, 1854; William Faulkner and Carey Reagan, 1855; Joseph Dennis, 1856; Perry Ransom, 1857; Isaac M. Shideler, 1859; Eli Johnson, 1860; Lafayette Oursler, 1863; Eli Johnson and Jesse N. Townron, 1864; Asa Martin, 1865; Ransom Wooten, 1866; Eli Watson, 1867; Berry A. Tomlinson and Solomon Shinafelt, 1868; Samuel M. Cook, 1869; James M. Odell and Morris K. Ellis, 1870; Jonathan L. Moffatt, 1872; Eli Johnson, 1873; Eli Johnson and John P. Ballard, 1876; Thomas Archey, 1878; Eli Johnson, 1880; Thomas B. Archer, 1882; Richard Duddy, 1884.
Constables: Granville P. Barker and William Bryant, 1836; Zimri Vestal, 1837; William Hamlet and Isaac Holton, 1838; William Bryant and John Shelley, 1839; Eli McCaslin, 1844; Eli McCaslin and John C. Johnson, 1845; Eli McCaslin and Line Brown, 1847; Coleman Francis, Rufus Ostler and Verlin Jones, 1848; ' John Moon and Eli McCaslin, 1849; John Dobbins and Barney A. Tomlinson, 1850; Willis H. Wilhite and William Glass- cock, 1851; Benjamin MeConaha, and John Tauksley, 1852; John Dobbins and William Moss, 1853; Joseph Talbot and Robert Ed- monds, 1854; Jobn Medaris, Loten Jenkins and George W. Stephens, 1855; Caleb Dalton, Isaac Sparks and Madison Law- rence, 1856; John D. Williams and B. A. Tomlinson, 1857; Milton Harvey and Joseph Cox, 1858; Carey Reagan and W. H. Wilhite, 1859; Perry Ransom and W. H. Wilhite, 1860; Perry Ransom and Amos Easterling, 1861; Joseph A. Cox and F. Shirley, 1862; Edward D. Stratton and John Sims, 1863; William H. Thompson and John Dobbins, 1864; John Dobbins and Isaac Sparks, 1865; Nathan Hubbard and Jonathan Mendenhall, 1866; Elijah Eddy and A. W. Greenlee, 1867; William N. Lakin and Elijah Eddy, 1868; David McNabb and Charles Doan, 1869; Thomas J. Stewart and Daniel McNabb, 1870; Thomas J. Stewart, 1872; Thomas Stewart and Henry Widdows, 1874; Thomas Stewart and William Lakin, 1876; William Lakin and William Stone, 1878; William Sorters and John Craig, 11880; William Sorters and Peter Bry- ant, 1882; Corry Edmonds, 1884.
Trustees: Charles Lowder, 1856; Elisha Hobbs, 1857; Jesse Hockett, 1858; Elisha Hobbs, 1859-'60; Carey Reagan, 1861-'64;
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Dillon Haworth, 1865-'67; Carey Reagan, 1868-'74; Ebenezer Tomlinson, 1876-'78; David Hadley, 1880; Ebenezer Tomlinson, 1882-'84.
Clerks: Perry Ransome, 1856; Hiram Lindley, 1857; Elias Jessup, 1858 (office abolished).
Treasurers: Solomon Blair, 1856; William F. Harvey, 1857- '58 (office abolished).
Assessor8: Eli Overinan, 1870; Hugh J. Jessup, 1872; Amos Hoak, 1874; Hugh J. Jessup, 1876-'82.
STATISTICAL.
The population of Guilford Township was determined by the census of 1880 to be 2,691. The following figures of property and taxation are for the year 1885: Acres of land assessed, 22,097.15; value of same, $707,188; value of improvements, $134,629; value of lots, $18,439; value of improvements, $67,735; value of personal property, $335,275; total taxables, $1,263,266; polls, 387; dogs, 213; State tax, $1,709.42; county tax, $3,734.68; township tax, $884.33; tuition tax, $2,623.25; special school tax, $3,351.68; road tax, $2,526.50; endowment tax, $63.16; bridge tax, $1,263.25; total tax, $18,836.64; delinquent tax, $1,311.39.
PLAINFIELD.
The second town in the county in size is Plainfield, pleasantly situated in a beautiful valley on the east bank of White Lick, on the Indianapolis & Terre Haute Railroad, now known as the Van- dalia line. It was laid out by Elias Hadley and Levi Jessup in 1839. Thomas Worth built the first frame house in town, and Worth & Bro. were the first merchants.
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Plainfield was duly incorporated as a town in 1839, when an election was held to choose five trustees. Following is the report of the officers of the election:
"We, the undersigned president and clerk chosen and qualified according to law, do hereby certify that we did, on the morning of the 25th day of May, 1839, lay off the said town into five districts, to wit: That the town lots lying east of Center street and north of the national road shall be known as the first district; that the lots lying east of Center street south of the national road shall be known as the second district; that the town lots lying between Center and Mills streets south of the national road, shall be known as the third district; that the town lots lying between Center and
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Mills streets north of the national road, shall be known as the fourth district; and that the town lots lying west of Mills street shall be known as the fifth district.
"And we do further certify that David G. Worth, Eli K. Cavi- ness, James M. Long, Andrew Prather and James M. Blair were duly elected Trustees of the town of Plainfield according to law. " DAVID G. WORTH, President.
" Attest :. ISAAC OSBORN, Clerk. "
At this election the following twenty-three persons voted: Daniel Berker, David G. Worth, M. G. Taylor, David Berker, Jesse Hacket, James M. Blair, A. C. Logan, A. Prather, Luther Sikes, James M. Long, James T. Downard, Eli K. Caviness, M. G. Cor- lew, Joel Hodgin, Huling Miller, Thomas J. Porth, Benjamin Lawrence, David Phillips, V. C. Githens, John Shelley, Isaac Osborn, Isaac Holton and William Osborn.
The town has no charter now, the same having been surrendered many years ago. It was found that the township government was . best, on the ground of both efficiency and economy. Plainfield has never retrograded, for while its business is purely local, it has always been healthy and steady, and the population and wealth of the place have steadily increased. There are now nearly 1,000 inhabitants. The business firms of 1885 are enumerated in the following list:
Pleasant Allman, livery; Misses Allman, dressmaking; A. A. Brown, attorney; A. Carter, physician; H. T. Conde, agricultural implements; Douglass & Carter, saw-mill; Douglass & Strong, builders; W. C. Douglass, builder; Dennis & Adams, wagons and wood- work; Caleb Dalton, meat market; T. E. Evans, physician; Ellis & Sons, saw-mill; Robert Edmonds, builder; Teresa Ellis, dressmaker, G. W. Fogleman, builder; Miss Rosa Fogleman, dressmaker; Nerius Frazier, blacksmith; W. T. Fawcett, boots . and shoes; Green & Hadley, druggists; Cyrus Green, station agent; T. B. Gullefer, physician; Miss C. A. Havens, dressmaker; Hiatt & Sons, saw and flouring mill; Harlan Hadley, livery; W. L. Hamar, dentist; B. G. Harlan, dentist; A. T. Harrison, editor Plainfield Progress; Anson Hobbs, grocery and hotel; Hiss & Car- ter, agricultural implements; S. Hiss, undertaker; I. A. Johnson, harness; Allen Jackson, livery and sale stable; Ellwood Johnson, greenhouse; Adam Jones, nursery; R. A. Kelley, barber; T. B. Kinnan, postoffice; A. M. Lewis & Co., hardware; Lawrence & Small, real estate and insurance; Robert Lewis, physician; McMil-
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len & Son, dairy; P. F. Moore, grocer; Mrs. Newlin, boarding- house; S. A. Osborne, wagon shop; Charles Owens, blacksmith; Mit Phillips, druggist; A. M. Pritchett, builder; Frank Phillips, dry goods; T. Reagan, grocer; Jesse Reagan, physician; S. Smith, restaurant; O. W. Sullivan, shoe-shop; N. R. Schooley, coal dealer; Eli Spray, dairy; I. R. Sivage, livery; J. T. Strong, physician; E. J. Shaw, dry-goods; W. R. Snipes, grocer; F. W. Smith, physi- cian; Wm. Townsend, grocer; Moses Tomlinson, jewelry, pho- tography and mill; Will Tucker, barber; Tomlinson & Co., bankers; W. A. Watson, grocery; Wm. Wilkin, blacksmith; Ellwood Was- son, blacksmith, J. C. Worth, feed stable; Mrs. J. E. Walker, mil- linery and dressmaking; Mrs. A. Wagoner, millinery and dress- making; Willis Wilhite, dry-goods; B. F. Worth, grocery and meat market; T. J. Worth, tin-shop.
SCHOOLS.
The town has a fine public-school building, two stories in height, erected in 1867 and 1868, at a cost of $12,000. It contains six rooms, used by as many different instructors. J. R. Owens is now (1885) principal, and the assistants are Addison Moore, William Douglass, Sue McMillin, Ida Phillips and Mrs. Elva T. Carter. The enrollment reaches about 300 annually. The affairs of the school are well managed under Ebenzer Tomlinson's trusteeship.
Central Academy, located at Plainfield, is controlled by a Board of Trustees appointed by three Quarterly Meetings of the society of Friends-Plainfield, White Lick and Fairfield. There are eighteen Trustees, six from each Meeting. The school was organized in 1881, and is consequently four years old now. The academy building was completed in 1882, at a cost of $5,000. The school has no endowment, and is sup- ported by the tuition fees. These, however, are very moderate, ranging from $7.80 to $9.00 per term, there being three terms in a year. The object of the academy is stated to be " to furnish such literary instruction as is generally given in the High Schools of our . cities, joined, however, with a larger amount of Christian teaching than is common in such schools." There are three courses-the grammar school, the English and the Latin. The Principal is George W. White, A. B.
RELIGIOUS.
Of the the churches, there are several, all well supported. The Christian Church was organized in March, 1830, with the 39
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following as the first members: David F. Cox and wife (only ones now living), John Hadley, Jonathan Hadley, David Carter, Ezekiel Hornaday. Hiram Hornaday, Hiram Green, Abijah Cox, with their wives, and Alexander Shawver, seventeen in all. They soon built a hewed-log church, having first held their meetings in the settlers' cabins, and in that primitive structure, half a mile north of where is now Plainfield, they worshiped for five or six years. They then erected a frame church in the village, using the same for twenty years, when it was succeeded by the present brick struct- ure, built on the site of the frame, at a cost of $3,000. Among the first ministers were Revs. Michael and Job Combs, Lewis Comer, John Secrest, - - Oatman and John O'Kane. For the past two years their spiritual interests have been attended to by Rev. Urban Brewer, of Danville. .
The Methodist Episcopal society has been organized some forty years, and has used the same building as a place of worship, con- tinuously. Among the early members were O. H. Dennis (only one living), Riley Taylor and wife, Alexander Worth (founder of the society) and . wife, William Owens, Sebastian Hiss, Fred Trucks and Mrs. Higgins. The church has now about 100 mem- bers, and the present pastor is H. H. Dunlavy, who commenced his labors here in September, 1884. He was preceded by Revs. G. W. Switzer (three years), Green (two years), Johnson (one year), Beard (two years) and Siddell (two years). The present Trustees are John Moore, S. Hiss and William Lakin; Stewards, Isaac A. Johnston and John Moore. The Sunday-school has forty members and meets before church services every Sunday morning, under the superintendency of John Moore.
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