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VLEITS.
The first services of the Methodist Episcopal faith in Vleits were helt by Rev. Merrill G. Hamm, who conducted the meeting in the school house south of town. At that time there were about a dozen members of the Meth- odist church. Ile remained about one year and increased the membership to fifty. In March of 1800 he was followed by Reverend Payne and dur- ing his pastorate the church was built. The church was completed in 1900 at a cost of two thousand one hundred fifteen dollars.
There is a Sunday school in connection with the church and has a mem- bership of nearly one hundred. Miss Fløy Smith is superintendent. The present church officials are: C. R. Wallace. C. E. Foltz and George Con- nett, trustees: C. E. Foltz. S. B. Heisy. C. R. Wallace and Merrill Bullock, stewards. Both church and Sunday school are well attended.
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COTTAGE TILL.
The Cottage Hill Methodist church was organized in 1872, and a church and parsonage were built in 1884. Their first pastor was Rev. Charles Minear. The officers were James Clark, Reuben Hartman, John Nichols, Reuben Fuller (all deceased), and Frank Leah, now living at Grand Junction, Colorado. This church was organized with twenty-two members. At that time it was the only church in Cottage Hill, and the attendance at both church and Sunday school was much larger than now, for Cottage Hill now has three churches within a half mile of each other.
Rev. W. H. Buckner is the present pastor, with thirty-four members and about sixty attendants. The official board is John Sisco, G. Roepke, William Roepke, Herman Anderson, John Leppard and Clarence E. Nichols. The Sunday school superintendent is Henry Pretz, with thirty-eight members. It is a live church and Sunday school.
BEATTIE.
The Methodist Episcopal church of Beattie was organized in the spring of 1876 by Rev. A. J. Coe, with seven members. They were, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Byrum and Phoebe Byrum, Mary Sheldon, Elizabeth Sweet, Julia Brown and Mrs. A. J. Coe.
In 1881 a church was built, costing one thousand four hundred dol- lars. The church has prospered and in January, 1917, had a membership of one hundred thirty-five. There is an excellent Sunday school in con- nection and the usual ladies aid and missionary societies, which do their share toward making the church a factor in the community. The value of church and parsonage is near five thousand dollars. The present pastor is Rev. F. E. Hurrell.
VERMILLION.
The Methodist Episcopal church was organized in the depot in 1871 by Rev. T. B. Gray, with twelve members. Later, services were held in the school house. In 1874 a church was erected at a cost of about one thousand five hundred dollars.
In 1902 under the pastorate of Reverend Spencer, this structure was dis- inantled, and a fine new building erected. In 1914 the church was fitted with electric lights and heating plant. Previous to this, in 1906-07, a new parsonage was built at a cost of two thousand two hundred dollars. Rev. Ilomer Wroten was the first to occupy it. There is a Sunday school attached.
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES.
Memorial Presbyterian church at Marysville was organized on October 16. 1870, by Rev. Charles Parker. the noted blind preacher of Irving, Kansas.
The original records of this church written by Edward Hutchinson, read as follows :
"This was in the year rendered memorable in the history of American Presbyterianism by the union of the old school and new school branches of the Presbyterian church at the United Assembly meeting at Pittsburgh, Penn- sylvania. Meantime, the old and new school synods of Kansas united and hell their first session at Topeka, July 12, 1870, with Rev. Joseph G. Reaser, moderator, and Rev. John L. Chapman, stated clerk. Also, the old school presbytery of Highland and the new school presbytery of Smoky Hill, were united wholly or in part, occupying substantially the same territory of each of the old presbyteries, under the name of the presbytery of Highland."
Very fittingly, then. under such historical auspices this church appropri- ated to itself the name of the Memorial Presbyterian church of Marysville.
The following were the first members of the church: Mrs. Amanda Parker, Charles Pritchard, Edward Hutchinson, Mrs. Eliza Morrill, Mrs. Annie S. Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Peter AA. Reed. Peter .\. Reed and Edward Hutchinson were ordained ruling elders. E. Hutchinson was elected clerk. which office he held until 1879. First trustees were: P. A. Reed, Edward Hutchinson, James S. Magill and J. A. Broughton. Rev. A. H. Lilly, a non-resident pastor, supplied the pulpit from the spring to the fall of 1871.
The corner stone for the new church was laid on June 8. 1872, by the Masons and Odd Fellows, no minister of the Gospel being present. The church was dedicated on September 18, 1874.
The first regular pastor was Rev. E. G. Fish, who remained six months. The first members to be admitted on profession of faith were Alexander Campbell and Isabella, his wife.
On April 14. 1872, Rev. Frank E. Sheklon began his pastorate and it was largely through his efforts that the church was built. The services at that time were held in an upper room of the new stone school building. which was erected in 1866. Title to the present site of the church was pro- cured in February, 1871. and contract for its erection was let on April 10. 1872.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Hutchinson, Rufus Edwards, T. W. Waterson. Frank Schmidt and C. F. Koester, although not members of the church,
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contributed largely to its erection and maintenance. Of those who assisted in the building of the church, only Mrs. Perry Hutchinson, for many years a member, and John A. Broughton are now living in Marysville, and many have entered into rest.
At the present date the church has no pastor. The present officers are : Elders, B. Price, J. F. Hanna, A. B. Campbell, E. R. Fulton ; trustees, S. C. Schmidt, William Kraemer, J. M. Goodnight, Arthur Hohn, A. A. Good- man and E. R. Fulton. The Sunday school has an enrollment of one hun- dred and sixteen. Superintendent, Stella R. Gallup; assistant, James Good- night ; secretary, Arthur Mohrbacher : treasurer, L. H. Eddy; chorister, Grace Fannen ; organist, Mabel Montgomery.
The Woman's Missionary Society and the Westminster Circle are important church societies. There is also a very strong social circle of the ladies of the church and others, which contributes very substantially to the financial support of the church. The church owns a neat parsonage adjoin- ing it on the south. Mr. Reuben Bull, who died September 30, 1916, was an elder of the church for fourteen years.
BLUE RAPIDS.
The First Presbyterian church of Blue Rapids was organized on May I, 1870, by Rev. C. F. Mussey, with twenty-three members. Meetings were held in public halls until 1874, when a church was erected at a cost of four thousand dollars. The church has grown and prospered and now has a membership of one hundred and forty-four; seventy-six of this number having been added to the church under the pastorate of Rev. S. B. Lucas.
The present officials are: W. E. Axtell, C. A. Watkins, G. B. Layton, S. F. Paul, George S. Emmert, Marshall Arnott, E. J. Brown, Will Lock- ard, Ed Nevins, Ed Kennedy, F. O. Waynant, John Rodocker, L. B. Tibbetts and W. E. Axtell. The church property is valued at about nine thousand dollars. Mrs. E. J. Brown is the choir leader and Mrs. A. A. Marvin, pianist.
The Sunday school officers are: J. W. Nevins, superintendent ; G. B. Layton, assistant ; secretary, Clarence McKee; treasurer, John Skalla; C. C. Tibbetts, librarian. Enrollment, one hundred and thirty-four. There are thirteen classes, with as many teachers. The Christian Endeavor Society has a membership of fifteen. The Knights of St. Paul has a membership of twenty-three. The Social Union has forty members. The Woman's
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Missionary Society has a good membership and holds monthly meetings. Mrs. L. B. Tibbetts, president.
This is one of the strong Presbyterian churches of the county and is thoroughly organized in every department.
FRANKFORT.
The Presbyterian church at Frankfort was organized in 1871 with the following members : I. Greenman and wife. S. B. Todd and wife. Mrs. Mary Strong. Miss I. Greenman and F. M. Fleming. Rev. Timothy Hill was the pastor.
The school house was used as a place of worship for three years. In 1874 work was commenced on a church edifice which was finished and dedi- cated on December 2. 1877. This building was a stone structure, thirty- two by forty-five feet. and cost three thousand six hundred dollars. At that date the membership was fifty-three and a Sunday school of one hun- dred and ten members.
In May. 1904. a new and larger building was dedicated. During the period from its organization to the present, fourteen ministers have served the church, including the present pastor, Rev. G. M. West. The present membership is one hundred and eighty-seven. The enrollment of Sunday school is one hundred and sixty-eight. G. H. Coon is Sunday school superin- tendent. lloward Heleker is president of the Christian Endeavor Society, which numbers twenty-eight. Mrs. John Davis is president of the Ladies Aid Society with twenty-eight members. Emma Leavitt is president of the Missionary Society with nineteen members.
AXTELL.
The First Presbyterian church of Axtell was organized in April. 1879. by Rev. John M. Brown. The church has had gradual growth until it now has a membership of one hundred and seventy members, the highest in its history. There have been eleven pastors including the Rev. J. L. Under- wood. the present pastor.
The comfortable church edifice, seating over three hundred, together with the manse property, has a valuation of nine thousand dollars.
The session is composed of the pastor and the following laymen : Charles I. Smith, clerk : Edgar White. J. W. Fisher. John U. Payne. H. F. Detweiler, John Lichty, Ed Warner and Delbert Hanna. The Sunday school has a
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membership of two hundred with a men's Bible class of over forty mem- bers, of which J. W. Fisher is the president. Edgar White is superintendent of the school and C. I. Smith is assistant.
IRVING.
On October 26. 1862, the First Presbyterian church of Irving was organ- ized by Rev. Charles Parker. The first members were: A. Goer, C. A. Freeland and wife: C. E. Gaylord and wife; Mrs. A. Parker, Mrs. J. L. Freeland and Mrs. W. W. Jerome. In 1869 a church was erected, forty- two by fifty-two feet. at a cost of five thousand dollars. This church was destroyed by a cyclone in 1879, but the devoted members put up a frame building the same year, forty-two by fifty-two feet, at a cost of three thou- sand five hundred dollars. Rev. Charles Parker was the first pastor and other pastors of those days were: Revs. J. L. Chapman, Sheldon, G. F. Chapen, I. R. Brown, J. Wilson, I. B. Smith and J. A. Griffes. Rev. Will- iam Carnine, of Vermillion, is the present pastor.
VERMILLION.
The first religious services were held in a box-car and later in 1871 in the depot at Vermillion. Rev. Charles Parker of Irving, a Presbyterian minister, held the services.
The Presbyterian church of Vermillion was organized in 1872 by Rev. Edward Cooper, of Atchison, with nine charter members. The meetings were held in the school house, which was lighted by lanterns. Of the nine charter members but one is now living, Mrs. Ellsworth. of Boulder, Colorado.
The church disbanded a few years later owing to lack of funds, but was reorganized on February 9, 1879, by Rev. Timothy Hill, D. D., with thirteen members the greater number of whom are now living, but widely scattered. Rev. I. B. Smith was the first resident pastor.
During the thirty-four years of its existence, seventeen pastors have come and gone. Rev. W. W. Carnine, who is the present pastor, is the eighteenth to serve the church.
The church building was purchased in 1879 from the people of the Church of God, who had disbanded, and it has been remodeled into the present fine structure. In January, 1916. electric lights succeeded the acety- lene plant. The present membership is one hundred and sixty-three. A manse costing about one thousand five hundred dollars, was built in 1902. Reverend Tweed was the first pastor to occupy it.
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CHRISTIAN CHURCHIES ( CHURCHI OF CHRIST ).
The first permanent organization of the Church of Christ was effected by W. B. Irvin, who came to Marshall county, March 20, 1869, and located on the Black Vermillion, near the Merrimac school house. A young minister of the Christian faith, named Alonzo Burr, was then preaching in this part of the state, and occasionally held services at the Antioch school house in district No. 7.
Through the influence of Elder Griffith, W. B. Irvin and others, this nucleus became a permanent body, meeting regularly and maintaining a Sunday school. They were served by Eller Pardee Butler, of Atchison. widely noted for his fearless denunciation of slavery and the methods adopted in public affairs by its adherents. R. L. Downing and John Bain also preached regularly to this congregation. Later, the Antioch congregation was merged into the Bigelow congregation and the church at Bigelow was erected. Ellers Bain and Downing had been preaching at different points in the county to unor- ganized congregations of the Christian faith. The church, which is now Balderson church, was one of those congregations and was visited at inter- vals by these ministers.
Doctor Burnham, a familiar figure on the streets of Marysville in those days, was one of the old-fashioned type of exhorters from the Blue Hills of Kentucky and preached for the people of all denominations at North Ehn creek. In summer-time these services were hell out of doors and the creek served as the baptismal font. People from within driving distance came to hear Doctor Burnham exhort, and his meetings were popular with the settlers. As a result, a church organization was effected and a church built, known as the Balderson, or North Elin creek church.
Elder Bain visited his church people at Beattie and services were held in the hotel parlor and later in the stone school house. Organizations were per- fected in Beattie, Waterville, Frankfort, Irving, Blue Rapids and later in Vermillion and Marysville. The Frankfort church was destroyed by a storm in 1896 and has never been rebuilt. Services are sometimes held there by Elder Ballon, of Vermillion.
The Christian church now has seven organizations in Marshall county. Houses of worship are owned in Marysville, Beattie, Bakderson, Irving, Bigelow, Vermillion and Waterville. The property is valued at thirty-five thousand dollars. Too much cannot be said in praise of the pioneer pastors,
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Downing, Bain and others, who gave money, time and earnest devotion to the cause of the church, often giving free ministrations to the different churches in the county, and bringing the consolations of religion to the pio- neer families of that period.
IRVING.
The Christian church ( Disciples) was organized in Irving in 1892 by Elder H. E. Ballou with ninety-two charter members. Prominent among the members were W. B. Irvin, James Murphy. Caruthers Johnson, E. F. Blazier, Mrs. E. M. Peterson, Mrs. Hines. Mrs. Hollenberg, Mrs. Arnold, William Fenwick, J. S. Myers, and others. Their latest pastor was I. N. Myers. Under his pastorate about forty were enrolled in the Sunday school. A short revival under H. E. Ballou resulted in an accession of four members to the church. The total membership is now forty-six. Three successful ministers have gone out from this little church: C. W. Cooper, of Bonner Springs: I. N. Myers, of Nebraska, and L. W. Myers, state evangelist, of Nebraska. The church is free of debt and owns the building, which is worth about three thousand dollars.
VERMILLION.
The Christian church at Vermillion was organized in 1893 by Rev. R. L. Downing. The organization was perfected in the Presbyterian church, in which their services were held for one year.
The first resident pastor was Reverend Rose. The membership was twelve. In 1902 a neat parsonage was built. Under the present pastor. Rev. H. Ballou, the church has been remodeled, enlarged and equipped with electric lights and steam heat. This is a fine church with a devoted mem- bership. A well-attended Sunday school is conducted as an auxiliary to the church work.
WATERVILLE.
The Christian church at Waterville has never had a regular pastor for any length of time. Rev. James Scott, a resident pastor, preached part of the time when able, but for the last three years there have been no services beid in the church, and the membership scattered or joined the other churches in town.
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BAPTIST CHURCHES.
The First Baptist church of Marysville was organized in the year 1883. in the old court house, under the leadership of Rev. George Brown. The membership consisted of Mr. and Mrs. R. N. King. Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Morse, Carrie Morse and Mrs. T. I. Hatfield.
The Lutheran church officials offered the use of their church for evening service and for a long time the few devoted members worshipped in the Ger- man Lutheran church. The decision to erect a church home was reached and the money for the site was given by the church at Waterville in remembrance of the family of Robert Campbell, who had been members of the church at that place. The site was purchased from the Presbyterian church at a cost of five hundred dollars. In 1889 the foundation was begun and the corner stone was laid by the Masons.
AAs was the case with every church building erected in Marysville, the money was raised by subscription among the citizens of the town. In this manner four thousand five hundred dollars was raised and the ladies of the church donated three hundred and fifty dollars for the furniture. Rev. W. D. Elwell was the pastor. The church was dedicated in October, 1890.
Rev. F. Barr Brown is the present pastor. The church has the usual auxiliary societies. The Sunday school numbers fifty. Mr. E. J. McKee is the superintendent and is a devoted and energetic church worker.
BLUE RAPIDS.
On Sunday. December 1, 1872, Rev. G. Gates, a general missionary of the Baptist church, organized the Bhie Rapids Baptist church with twenty- three members. The charter was signed on January 27, 1873. The first trustees were: C. G. Beach. C. O. Roice. G. Fitzgerald, R. M. Bridges, C. B. Iloit, William Fitzgerald.
Rev. W. A. Briggs, of Homer, New York, became resident pastor April. 1873. The town company offered the lot and a church was completed and dedicated on December 4. 1873. This was the first church edifice erected in Blue Rapids and cost one thousand eight hundred dollars.
A new church was built in 1911. when Rev. J. P. Henderson was pastor. and dedicated March 3. 1912. Rev. Frank E. Gray was the resident pastor in 1912 and presided at the dedicatory services. The church is fifty-six by sixty feet. The auditorium is forty by forty feet. The lecture, or Sunday school. room is twenty by twenty-five feet, and there are three small rooms,
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ten feet square, for class room and pastor's study. The total cost was ten thousand dollars.
There are seven memorial windows in the auditorium with the fol- lowing inscriptions :
Mrs. M. A. Avis, February 7, 19II.
P. S. Burnett and wife, M. F. Burnett.
Rev. WV. A. Briggs, first pastor.
Mr. O. A. Cole and Mr. and Mrs. H. Weekly.
Thomas Hunt, March 1, 1910.
H. Burnett and wife, M. S. Burnett.
Bible Class, 191I.
At the present time Rev. George H. Clark, Jr., is pastor and I. F. Fitz- gerald, MI. A. Brooks, Charles Ostrander, John Avis and Harry L. Hunt; the deacons; I. F. Fitzgerald, R. S. Fillmore, J. B. Pope, A. H. Avis and Charles Ostrander, trustees. The Sunday school under the superintendency of A. H. Avis has an enrollment of one hundred and eighty-four. The church membership is one hundred and thirty-seven.
SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH (COLORED).
An organization was formed in 1902 and until 1905 the members met in private houses. In 1904 Rev. J. B. Overstreet and his family moved to Blue Rapids. Through his efforts, assisted by some members of the congre- gation, a lot was secured and in 1905 a church was built at a cost of five hundred dollars. Many friends of the church contributed liberally and the congregation soon had their own church home. The census of 1905 showed the colored population of the city to be forty-five, the majority being church members. They soon had a flourishing Sunday school of twenty- five members. The church has a membership of thirty, is free from debt. is lighted by electricity. Prominent members of the church are Charles Burnett, Frank Haines, Isaiah Walker, Edith Burdett, Frank Francis. The church officials are: Elders, Isiah Walker. Charles Burdette; deacons, Frank Francis, Stout Miller ; pastor, J. B. Overstreet.
FRANKFORT.
The Baptist church (colored) of Frankfort was organized in 1886, the pastor being Rev. J. H. Moran. The first officers were : P. M. Hickman, Greene Hocker and Thomas White. The building was erected in 1887 and the Sun-
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day school organized with a membership of ten. P. M. Hickman was super- intendent. They had no pastor at that date. The present officers are W. H. Me. Alister, P. Montgomery, Perry Taylor and J. B. Price. The present membership is thirty; Sunday school, ten. The superintendent of Sunday school is George Cloud.
WATERVILLE.
Waterville Baptist church was organized in the fall of 1873 by Rev. W. A. Briggs of Blue Rapids, with fifteen members. A brick edifice thirty- two by forty-two feet, was completed in 1877 at a cost of one thousand five hundred dollars. Rev. W. A. Briggs officiated until 1880, since which time the church has had no regular pastor. When the Baptist church was built in Marysville the society sold the Waterville Baptist church to the Christian church society for five hundred dollars and put that amount in the Baptist church at Marysville.
WINIFRED.
Winifred Baptist church was dedicated on September 3. 1911. It was organized by Rev. John A. Riney, a missionary of the Blue Valley associa- tion. The first pastor was Rev. Henry F. Bucker, of Plymouth, Illinois. Mrs. Edith Dexter was the first clerk: Paris Houston and Joseph Griffee. the first deacons; T. B. Dexter, D. O. Dexter and Joseph Griffee, first trus- tees. The present officers are: C. Rakestraw, Joseph Griffee, Andrew Patzka, elders: D. O. Dexter, Joseph Griffee. Paris Houston, deacons.
The Rev. Wallace Carpenter, who was ordained on November 26, 1912, closed his pastoral duties on December 31, 1916. The present church has seventy members. The Sunday school has a membership of one hundred : Young People's Society, twenty-five. \ Ladies Missionary Society is con- nected with the church. A fine parsonage has recently been added to the church property.
EPISCOPAL CHURCHES.
The story of St. Paul's Episcopal church, Marysville, is an interesting one. Twenty-eight years have passed and the little brick church on the hill is still ministering to her children in the name of the Lord. These were years fraught with joy and thankfulness, while at worship within her sacred walls.
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On November 24, 1887, Rev. Joseph Wayne, of Burlington, Kansas, held services in Marysville, and on February 1, 1888, the following officials were elected: Wardens. F. W. White, J. S. Magill; vestrymen, C. H. Shaffer, R. E. Moser, Frank Thompson.
On April 5, 1888, the site of the present church was purchased; on September II, the corner stone was laid and on Advent Sunday, the same year, St. Paul's was opened for worship. One year had passed since Rev- erend Wayne had visited Marysville and much had been accomplished in the Master's vineyard.
The next resident rector was Rev. Percy B. Eversden, who remained until November, 1899. Rev. A. Randall, of Hiawatha, came frequently and on the roth of June, 1901, Rev. H. C. Attwater was appointed to serve Washington, Irving, Blue Rapids, and Marysville. He remained about one year.
During the next four years Archdeacon Crawford visited the parish occasionally, for the celebration of the Eucharist. Rev. David Curran officiated in 1900-07. He was succeeded by Rev. P. B. Peabody, of St. Marks, Blue Rapids, until the arrival of B. E. Chapman, who remained until 1909. Rev. L. G. Fourier served the parish for one year.
Dr. H. E. Toothaker ministered to St. Paul's as catechist and deacon for three years, residing at Washington. W. L. Gibson, as lay reader, and L. P. Thatcher, served until December 19, 1914. when Louis T. Hardin was appointed and entered upon the duties of catechist. He is still serving the parish as deacon in charge.
During all these years Mr. F. W. White has served the church as warden and lias rendered devoted service to the parish. Nearly all the charter men- bers have fallen asleep; a few remain, whose desire it is to glorify the Son of Man.
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