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The New Providence Congregation was organized February 7, 1855, in a union church about seven miles north of Chillicothe, by Rev. John E. Nevins, by order of the Chillicothe Presbytery. The charter members, as far as they can be made out from the meager and in- perfect records were Elisha Francis, Polly Francis, Wm. F. McGee, Sarah MeGee, Mary K. McGee, Charles W. Ward, Elizabeth Ward, Orphias Ward, Caroline Ward. Elisha Francis was one of the first. elders; Henry Wiscarver was ordained June 15, 1856, and Sam- uel Buckbee, Wm. R. Scholl and Joseph Ward, February 18, 1860. The only early members still liv- ing (in August, 1907) were F. D. Ward, aged eighty- two; Maggie Ward, who united with the church in the early sixties; Mattie E. Minor, who united in 1866; J. H. Breedlove. uniting in 1860, and his wife, Mrs. R. M. Breedlove, who is Clerk of Session and furnished all ihis information, and has been a member since August 21, 1867.
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The elders, in addition to those named above, are John Patterson, Nathan Cravens, Wm. F. McGee, Joel Minor, Henry Ward, J. W. McGee, James W. Smith, E. P. Elmore and Frank C. Smith.
The ministers who have served the congregation are Wiley Clark, S. L. Edgar, Robert Speer, Alex. Critch- field, John W. French, Thomas Montgomery, J. H. Tharp, J. M. Ragan, E. S. Ragan, P. W. Winn, Frank Davis, S. D. Belt, S. S. Hardin and J. R. Adkins.
The neat frame church, abont four miles northwest of Chula, was built in 1876. Before they worshipped in the Ward school house. Though a weak, strug- gling country church, with preaching only a part of the time, they have kept up a Sabbath school since in the early sixties. Especially active in it have been Joel Minor, Henry Ward, Mrs. Mary Minor Ward, E. P. Elmore and R. D. Ward. The last named is a grandson of Joel Minor.
Elizabeth Ward died in 1880, at a ripe old age. Her influence is still felt. Noel Gates, though a Christian only a few years, was the most zealous Christian worker it was my privilege ever to know. Charles W. and Joseph Ward, brothers, were both pillars in the congregation. Joel Minor, though incapacitated by defective hearing for many of the public duties of an elder, was a faithful worker. E. P. Elmore, a men- ber for over forty years, has been a model sexton for years, never having failed, except when il! or absent at Presbytery, to open up the church and have it warmed and lighted up on time.
The Rochester Congregation, which was first organ- ized December 16, 1855, was reorganized by Rev. Allen Guthrie in June, 1867, and the original name, Muddy Creek, changed to Rochester at the fall session of Platte Presbytery at Agency in August, 1871. The early mem- bers, as remembered (the early records being gone). were Wm. Blue, wife and three daughters, W. M. Hay- ter, Mrs. Elvira Hicklin, Samuel Irwin, Samuel Jef- fers and wife, Wm. McKee, W. P. Slade and wife, Mrs.
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Elizabeth Slade and Samuel Stewart, wife and one daughter. The first elders were W. N. Hayter, S. Irwin and W. P. Slade, followed by John Segrist, Henry Blount, Geo. W. Lewis, W. R. Nuckols, Henry Mattox and J. F. Martin. The church house cost nearly $1,500.
The above information was furnished by Elders W. R. Nuckols, of Savannah, Clerk of Session, and W. P. Slade of Helena, who was elected in 1855.
The Shady Grove, orginally Fishing River, Congre- gation, near Excelsior Springs, was organized in the spring of 1856, or probably some years earlier. Mr. A. M. Cameron, Clerk of Session in 1905, wrote: "In the Session book I find it recorded that the first records were burned at the house of one of the early elders, and in this record it was stated that there were, to the best of the recollection of James McCrorey and Daniel Pat- ton, thirty-one members in the spring of 1856."
Elder J. C. Ferril, a later Clerk of Session has given the following: Daniel Patton and Wiley Clark were the first ministers: after them L. J. A. Prather, John Prather, Lafayette Munkirs, Hugh R. Smith and Henry Renick. Among the early members were Jessie Clark, Tersy Clark, David L. Ferril and wife, J. C. Ferril, Mrs. Holt, James McCrorey, Nancy Patton and "Mother" Prather. The list of elders gives Andrew Robison, Edward Picket, James McCrorey, Wm. Holt, Sidney Morrow, B. F. Marr and J. C. Ferril.
The Providence Church was organized May 3, 1857, in a locality known as Walnut Grove, about seven miles southeast of St. Joseph, by a committee consisting of. Rev. Casey A. Wiley and Elder John Colhoun, appointed by the Presbytery of Upper Missouri in re- sponse to a petition from a number of members of the St. Joseph. Church. The original members were C. C. Carson, Charles C. Carson, jr., Jane Elizabeth Carson, Louisa M. Carson, Paulina Carson, James Dysart, Louisa Dysart, Nancy D. Langford, Margaret McCon- nel, Elizabeth McDaniel, John McDaniel, Lydia E. Mc- Daniel, Mary Jane McDaniel, James Mathews, Eliza-
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beth Montgomery, John Montgomery, Ann E. Robin- son, Alexander Smiley, Alex. M. Smiley, Nancy Smiley and Sarah Jane Smiley. C. C. Carson, J. Dysart and Alex. and A. M. Smiley were elected elders.
The Records show the admission of nine colored per- sons to the church, on the confession of their faith, in 1859 and 1860.
"The church continued to flourish up to the break- ing out of the rebellion in 1861, when the organization lost its existence, most of the late members who re- mained in the country re-uniting themselves with the church in St. Joseph." Prior to this date John Doug- lass had been added to the Session and the church had been served by Revs. C. A. Wiley, Gary Hickman and - Robert Scott.
"On the second day of November, 1872, in a new and neat frame building erected near the site of the old Providence Church, by the united efforts of several re- ligious denominations, the old Providence Church was reorganized under the name and style of Walnut Grove Church. Twenty-two members composed the or- ganization, with the Rev. James L. Barnes, a minister of ability and distinguished scholarship, as pastor; Col. James Dysart, D. C. Montgomery and Joshua Ewing, elders; and Allen S. Kanten and James Gaston, dea- cons. The church is in a prosperous condition."
The above was obtained from two sources-the Records of the Providence Church, secured by Judge John L. Leonard by long and persevering effort; and a series of Historical Sketches of all the churches of St. Joseph published in a city paper in 1874, and wisely preserved by Dr. Henry Bullard. These sketches have been largely used in the history of the early St. Joseph churches.
No light has been obtained as to when and why the above Walnut Grove Church became practically extinct. Judge Leonard, Clerk of Session of the pres- ent Walnut Grove Church, has kindly furnished what follows.
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This church was organized April 20, 1897, by a commission appointed by 'Presbytery, consisting of Revs. G. A. Trenholm and W. S. Foreman. The fol- lowing persons presented letters of dismissal from the Second Presbyterian Church of St Joseph : Misses Daisy, Emma and Julia Dysart, Samuel Frank Ewing, Wm. J.
Dysart, Mr and Mrs.
Miss Mary H. Fogg, Mr. and Mrs. Ewing,
John I. Leonard, Misses Euphora May and Perilla L. Leonard, Mr. W. D. Pyne, Misses Julia K. and Mary M. Pyne and Mrs. Dora Smith. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pryor and Mr. S. P. Smith were received on profession of their faith in Christ, and their names enrolled. Messrs. J. L. Leonard and W. J. Ewing were elected elders, the latter ordained and both installed. Messrs. J. K. Jones and W. D. Pyne were elected, or- dained, and installed as deacons.
May 25, 1897, Presbytery, at Lawson, gave the church permission to employ Rev. Duncan Cunning- ham for one year, for half his time, at $250 per year. Mr. Cunningham remained till April 1, 1902. and Rev. (Judge) Xenophon Ryland ministered to the church from August 1, 1903, till December 1, 1904, having held a series of meetings for us in March, 1903. He was followed by Rev. J. M. Campbell. W. D. Pyne and J. K. Jones were elected to the eldership in September, 1903: and W. W. Frazer, in September, 1905.
"Walnut Grove Presbyterian S. S. was started sev- eral years before the organization of the church, as a Mission School from the Second Presbyterian Church, and has never closed. We have now (Octo- ber, 1908) only thirty-one members on our roll, but are proud of the fact that we have two in the foreign field, Miss Annie E. Dysart at Matamoras, Mexico, and Miss Julia Dysart in Korea."
The Albany Church was organized May 30, 1857. by Revs. Ralph Harris and John N. Young (who be- came the first pastor) and elder S. Edmiston, with the following members: Allen G. McConkey (who was
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made the first elder), Mrs. Mary McConkey, Mrs. Mar- garet Miller, Mrs. Harriet Rannels, Misses Caroline and Sarah Rannels and Mrs. . Jane Young. A small church building was secured, but sold when it became too small, after which the congregation worshipped in public halls and other churches till in 1884, when a commodious building, costing $2,400, was erected. Since 1900 the pulpit has been vacant except as sup- plied temporarily. The church has been served by Revs. J. N. Young, C. McCain, N. H. Smith, D. Mc- Ruer, M. L. Anderson, John Huston, W. A. Cravens, A. M. Tanner, T. M. Hillman, M. J. McLeod, Jay C. Hanna, Arthur B. Herr, F. W. Grossman and E. H. Bull. The elders are A. G. McConkey, J. H. Virden, J. H. White, J. W. Owen, B. F. Lucas, Thomas J. Smith, Jos. C. Power, C. M. Gordon, Robert A. Patterson and Robert M. McCammon.
On the 14th of July, 1904, an arrangement was made by the Home Mission Committee of the Presbyterian Church and the Home Mission Committee of the Cum- berland Presbyterian Church, in Platte Presbytery for these two denominations to co-operate in their work at this place. Rev. M. B. Irvine, the Cumberland Pres- byterian minister in charge at the time was continued as pastor. The Sabbath School uses the Westminster helps and literature. As these two churches soon united, the history of the latter will be given here.
A Cumberland Presbyterian church was organized here, March 12, 1884, by Rev. James H. Tharp. with forty-four members: Almira P. Birch, Lou. E. Clark, Olive Combs, Alice M. Culp, Moses Cunningham, R. J. N. Dorsey, Florence A. Ervin, Margaret E. Hard- wick, Aurelia S. Homes, Wallace Hubbard, Jennie E. Johnson, Geo. W. Jones, Hampton Jones, Wm. D. Jones, Hannah Kier, James A. Larmer, Nancy J. Lar- mer, Norman H. Larmer, Rosa W. Larmer, Hat- tie Lawson, Thomas D. Lawson, Emma Lewis, J. L. Lewis, Nellie McIntosh, John H. Newman, Chas. O. Patton, Frances F. Patton, Luella Patton, Tena Pontius, Gideon W. Sampson, Ed. C. Sellers, Victoria Sellers, Ollie D. Stephens, Elizabeth Taylor, Maggie
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Taylor, Wm. S. Taylor, Mary F. Tharp, Alice M. Way- man, D. P. Wayman, H. M. Wayman, Margaret Way- man, Rachel C. Wayman, Margaret Whaley and John S. Williams. The organization followed a revival conducted by Rev. A. M. Buchanan and Rev J. H. Tharp, continuing about three months and resulting in one hundred and sixty conversions. March 22, 1884, Chas. O. Patton, M. Cunningham, R. J. N. Dorsey and Dennis P. Wayman were elected elders.
The church has has been served by the following ministers : J. H. Tharp, J. H. Norman, C. E. Hayes, S. T. Divinia, M. Lowe, E. M. Wright, R. J. Beard, W. O. Wozencraft, Geo. Wozencraft and M. B. Irvine. The elders are C. O. Patton, M. Cunningham, R. J. N. Dorsey, D. P. Wayman, W. Hubbard, Hugh M. Wayman, J. P. McCammon and John Newman.
On June 4, 1905, at joint sessional and congrega- tional meetings of the two churches, a resolution was adopted, declaring a union, and that the sessions and members would abide by the decision of the General Assembly.
We are indebted for all the above to Elder R. M. McCammon, long Clerk of Session, and a prominent and most influential citizen of Albany.
Mr. W. T. Minnick, then Clerk of Session of the Lock Springs, formerly New Design, Church, wrote December 10, 1906, that that congregation "was or- ganized in the summer or early fall of 1857, by Revs. R. Speer and J. W. French. Nathaniel Houston was or- dained elder. In 1859, A. C. and J. C. Minnick were ordained elders. The pioneer preachers were R. Speer, J. W. French, J. D. Mahan, ---. --. . Walker, A. Cooper and E. S. and J. M. Ragan." N. McAdow Tatum was then pastor. At present Geo. B. Sproule is the pastor : Elder J. R. Minnick, Clerk of Session: and the mem- bership, 153.
Mr. Frank P. Keplar, Clerk of Session of the Grand River Church, wrote in November, 1908: "The
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Grand River congregation was organized September 7, 1857, by Rev. R. Speer, with eleven members, three of whom were elected ruling elders. The Records of the church from 1857 to 1870 were destroyed by fire, but the original members, as near as I can find out, were John Grant, Lavina Grant, R. L. Grant, Elizabeth Headric, Mary J. Headric, Willson Robinson, Jonah D. Wynn, P. N. Wynn and Rebecca Wynn.
"The church was resuscitated October 4, 1866, by Rev. J. M. Ragan, when thirty-three communicants were enrolled; John Grant, Jonah D. Wynn and Rob- ert B. Foster were elected elders; and Wm. Grant and James Waugh, deacons. December 10. 1870, G. B. Kimball and Wm. Grant were chosen and ordained elders, the Rev. L. A. Burkhart having charge of the work at $62.50 per six months. We have always worshipped in the Hickory Creek Church (five miles southeast of Coffeyburg and six miles north of Jame- son) which is owned jointly by the Baptists and Presbyterians.
"The following ministers have had charge of the work: P. W. Wynn, W. N. Nickell, J. W. French, J. H. Tharp, J. H. Brundige, J. R. Adkins, J. F. Davis, S. S. Hardin, J. M. Ragan, S. E. McDonald, and L. Layman. Peleg Vagel and M. C. A. Wynn were elect- ed and ordained elders in 1883. and Frank P. Kep- lar, in 1887."
The Rev. James H. Tharp, twice the pastor, wrote: "The Gallatin (C. P.) Church was organized Novem- ber 24, 1857, by Revs. W. D. Mahan and R. Speer, with ten members -- James Davis. Robert Hannah, Sarah Hannah, Skelton T. Hill, Mary Hill, Henry W. Lile, Wm. P. Lile, James Minor, Ruth Minor and John H. Pugh. S. T. Hill, H. W. Lile and R. Hannah were elected elders.
"Mrs. Mary Hill was a most consecrated Christain and devoted church member. She was regarded as a 'Mother' in this local church, and was consulted by all in the work of the church. Her home was the home
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of the preachers. The other women who were most prominent in the work of the early church were Mar- garet Crain, America Davis, Mrs. A. Knauer, Mrs. David Boggs, Mrs. Selby and Mrs. Wm. Man; the women of later years, Mrs. Scott Haynes, Mrs. C. L. Knauer, Mrs. A. J. Selby, Mrs. Jennie Fisher, Mrs. Mary J. Lile, etc.
"Mr. Hill was a most sincere and devoted Christian man, and loved the church ardently. At his death all his material resources went to it by will. He gave $1,000 to the Gallatin Church as a permanent fund to keep his own and his wife's name in remembrance. He gave the balance, $1,000 to the Ministerial Relief Board. Andrew Knauer, who was killed a few years since by a kick from a horse, was a prosperous business man of Gallatin. His will provided for two good prop- erties to come to the church of Gallatin at the death of his wife. Hiram Cook was a farmer, and for years the Session put it upon him to represent his church in the Presbyterial. meetings. He became so well ac- quainted with all the business of Presbytery that he was very serviceable as a presbyter.
"The united church holds and uses the property owned by the C. P. Church. The church house is valued at $10,000, and the manse at $3,000.
"Up to the date of the union with the Presbyterian Church of. Gallatin, June 10, 1906, the following min- isters supplied the church or were pastors: W. D. Ma- han, J. W. French, Alfred T. Cooper, S. D. Burkhart, J. M. Ragan, W. S. Davis, P. W. Wynn, J. F. Rogers, B. F. Logan, J. H. Tharp, M. R. Dougherty and H. F. Smith. The elders were S. T. Hill, H. W. Lile, J. Minor, Kehler Wertz, T. J. Crain, Andrew Knauer, Hiram Cook, Thomas J. Wertz, Wm. P. Lile, C. Trout- wine. Chas. L. Knauer, Wm. Robinson, James Lile and Wm. G. Lile."
The following history of the church that united with the above church is furnished by Elder Charles Pipkin, M. D. "The Gallatin Presbyterian Church
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was organized April 29, 1871, by a committee from Platte Presbytery, consisting of Revs. E. B. Sherwood, Timothy Morgan and Duncan McRuer, and Elder Wm. Allen. The following persons were present and were enrolled as members: Hannah Babcock, Susan R. Brown, Hattie Brundige, Lydia Brundige, Alexander W. Callahan, Elizabeth Callahan, Carrie Lindsay, Mrs. Susan M. McDonald, Emma McDougall, Wm. A. Mc- Dowell and Rachel Robertson. A. W. Callahan and W. A. McDowell were elected Ruling Elders.
"Pastors and stated supplies: D. McRuer, Wm. Kendrick, John Gillespie, Wilson Asdale, G. A. Mc- Kinlay, F. E. Thompson, E. M. Palmer, James Kirk- wood, C. McCain, Willis Weaver, Evander McNair, H. W. Marshall and David C. Davies. The following is an incomplete roll of the elders: A. W. Callahan, W. A. McDowell, Jos. C. Shepherd. Daniel J. Davis. R. G. Sawyer, David Hummer, P. H. Hawkins, James W. Miller, Wm. Palmer, C. C. Ward, C. M. Harrison, T. J. Vogelgesang and Charles Pipkin.
"After the General Assembly had declared that the union of the churches had been completed, our con- gregations simply united and the two sessions be- came one, the same elders continuing in office.
"The church building was erected by the Congre- gational denomination in 1863, and purchased about 1878, the Board of Church erection granting $500. In 1900, the church was improved at a cost of $600, the Board granting $200."
Since the union of these two churches, Rev. J. H. Tharp has been the pastor, and A. J. Selby has been added to the Session.
The following extracts are from a letter of Rev. Geo. A. Mckinlay, an early pastor :
"At or near Gallatin twenty-five or more years ago were Dr. Charles Pipkin, later of the Jameson Church, S. D. B. Poage and wife of the Bethel Church, and El- ders Hawkins and Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Poage were
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Jarge of heart and generous in hospitality. Their home was a genuine Presbyterian 'house bountiful.'
"Among the 'worthies' of the Gallatin Church the name of Mrs. Mary Gillespie" (who is still with us) "should not be forgotten. Continuing to make Gallatin her home after the death of her husband, she always took a lively interest in the church, wise in counsel and keen in her knowledge of religious needs. Her genuine Irish wit and brilliant mind, all fused by a true and warm heart, gave her presence a peculiar charm to all her friends. Few who came to know her will forget the strength and beauty of her person- ality."
The English Grove Church was organized on Satur- day, May 22, 1858, at the home of John Dunlap, by a committee from Platte Presbytery (see page 2), Rev. W. R. Fulton being the Moderator, with the fol- lowing members : Geo. W. Curry, Isaac A. Curry, James A. Curry, Margaret K. Curry, Eliza Dolan, James M. Dunlap, John Dunlap, Margaret R. Dunlap, Mary E. Dunlap, Robert K. Dunlap, Sarah Hoover, Charles Price, R. A. Price and Susan Vanatta. I. A. Curry and R. K. Dunlap were chosen elders.
The ministers who have supplied this church, as near as I can find out, are W. R. Fulton, A. S. Billings- ley, A. P. Forman, H. P. S. Willis, J. P. Forman, Chas. Price, J. A. D. Hughes, E. McNair, L. E. McNair, W. Asdale, James Kirkwood, W. Beale, R. S. Watson, D. S. West and John Duncan.
With those named above, the elders who have served the church are Robert Curry, W. N. Curry, R. F. Erwin, W. T. Youel and W. H. Massingill. There are now three elders, three deacons and a Sabbath school of sixty-five members. The Sabbath School, which is the oldest in Atchison county and continues all the year, was organized in 1856, with Isaac A. Curry as superintendent.
The church, which is located two and a half miles
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west of. Fairfax, was built in 1867 or 1868, at a prob- able cost of $1,500.
For the above we are indebted to Elder R. F. Erwin, Clerk of Session, who also says:
"Special mention should be made of Elder Isaac A. Curry, who died December 23, 1907, aged about eighty years, who did more for the upholding of the kingdom of Christ and the uplift of society than any other per- son in the church. He was Clerk of Session for a long time and Superintendent of the Sabbath school for thirty years. He was greatly helped by his wife who died only a year before him; also by his sons and Mr. W. A. Hedrick who has been and is now a pillar in the church. He was a trusting, humble, faithful fol- lower of the Master whom he served."
The early Records of the Chillicothe Church are missing, but it is believed that it was organized Nov- ember 27, 1858, by Rev. Ralph Harris.
The following was furnished, after much research, by Rev. J. Franklin Fetteroli, the tireless, efficient pas- tor.
About 1857, a little handful of Presbyterians and a few sympathizers decided to build a church if they could secure a lot. About this time Mr. James Love, of Liberty, Mo., who owned some lots in town, came to visit Mr. James B. Leeper, whose wife was a Pres- byterian. When asked to give a lot, Mr. Love gladly consented and gave a deed in which he provided that it should remain the property of the church so long as used for a church lot. Messrs. J. B. Leeper and W. C. Samuel were chosen Trustees, and the people began to get means and material together for the building, which was to be a one-story brick structure. After enough material had been secured, Mr. John Sinclare, who was a Presbyterian, did the masonry work.
After the church was completed and furnished, Messrs. Thomas B. Jones, and Henry Lansing were elected elders, and Rev. Mr. Singleton came to preach
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for the church. After he had been preaching for some time, the war broke out, and soldiers took possession of the church. They took down the bell and sold it, and put a lot of negroes in the church. The Elders and Trustees appealed to the Governor, who ordered the negroes removed. A soldier who had formerly been a Presbyterian preacher, and whose sympathies were with the church people, asked to conduct a school in the church. Permission to do so was given, and thus they kept possession of the building.
. After the close of the war, in the year 1866, the real church organization was perfected with a mem- bership of twenty-seven, whose names follow : Greenup Bird, Mrs. J. C. Bird, John Campbell, Mary Campbell, George Dunn, Mrs. E. L. Ellis, Newton Howell, Nancy Howel!, Mrs. Elizabeth Leeper, Jacob Laferty, Mar- garet Laferty, John C. Laferty, Miss F. J. Laferty, Miss. Margaret Laferty, R. S. Moore, Martha Moore, Mrs. J. P. Moore, Geo. W. Outcult, Mrs. Out- cult, Benj. Outcult, Mrs. Isabelle Outcult, Mrs. Lucy A. Pinkerton, Wm. Rhea, Elizabeth Rhea, Mrs. Ellen K. Samuel, Samuel Standish and Lucinda Standish. Greenup Bird and Newton Howell were elected elders.
Rev. John W. Pinkerton was the pastor, and the other ministers who have filled the pulpit from 1866 to 1907 are Samuel Sawyer, John A. Pinkerton, B. A. Williarason, Wm. D. Patton, J. A. McKelvey, H. M. Shockley, W. R. MeElroy, George Miller. Wm. J. Hat- field, James H. Shields, Thos. A. Scott and J. F. Fet- terolf.
The elders during the same period are G. Bird, N. Howell, Morgan Lawson, Peter Outcult, John C. Harlan, E. S. Osgood, John McNeil, Jacob S. Funk, Chas. Her- riman, H. M. Hutton, J. M. Gross, M. II. Wilcox, R. S. Moore, Gec. S. Reed, Hiram F. Woodford, J. W. Elliott, Arch. Majors, Dr. Geo. A. Gordon, E. O. Smiley, James W. Samnel, C. F. Wikoff, Campbell Crossen and Albert Faultinson.
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In the year 1892, a new church building, costing $14,000, was erected, and the church became self sus- taining.
This church owes a great deal to its women, who have labored faithfully with their prayers and with their hands. These are some of the most faithful : Mrs. John McNeil, Mrs. Morgan Lamson, Mrs. R. S. Moore, Mrs. L. N. Barker, Mrs. Frank Leaver, Mrs. Bissett, Mrs. Geo. Milbank, Mrs. J. B. Ostrander, Mrs. Wm. Summerville, Mrs. A. R. Smiley, Mrs. C. N. Smiley, Mrs. David Gordon, Mrs. E. F. Blake, Mrs. Wm. Crel- len, Miss Ellen Diegelman and Miss Alice Woodford.
J. M. Gross, Superintendent of the public school, was a man thoroughly acquainted with his Bible. He always taught the young ladies' class in Sabbath school, and to sit under his teaching made you feel as if you would like to be doing something for the Master.
M. H. Wilcox loved music, and for a long time he was organist and led the choir.
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