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The following is condensed from a very full history of the Hamilton Church, furnished by Tinsley Brown, M. D., long-time Clerk of Session :
The Hamilton Church was organized August 18, 1867, by Rev. J. P. Fox, with Mrs. Jane Collins, Wm. and Lucinda Gibson, Andrew and Elizabeth King, Miss Mary E. McAdoo, Samuel Quick, Wm. G. and Lucinda Stewart, Geo. and Mary Wilson and S. P. Wilson as members. W. Gibson and S. P. Wilson were chosen elders January 4, 1868, and W. G. Stewart, Dr. S. V. Stoller and James McAdoo were elected trustees. Ser- vices were held in various halls and churches till in 1872, when the Free Methodist church was bought. This was used till the spring of 1899, when it was replaced by a handsome brick-veneered building, costing about $4,000, under the supervision of Rev. Geo. H. William- son, one of the most noted, honored and inveterate church builders in the State ..
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The church has been supplied by J. P. Cox, Joel Kennedy, Wm. M. Reed, T. C. Armstrong, J. C. Young, H. M. Rogers, H. M. Sydenstricker, J. D. Walkinshaw, James P. Green, G. H. Williamson, W. I. Doole and John C. Templeton. The roll of elders is S. P. Wilson, W. Gibson, Dr. S. V. Stoller, Wm. F. Pickell, C. A. Green, Dr. Tinsley Brown, Dr. Wm. T. Lindley, D. C. McDonald, J. V. Haughawout, Finis A. Martin, Joel R. Morse, Geo. S. Will, Hugh C. Stockton, S. H. Town, Ira Houghton, E. C. Stewart and J. L. Morgan.
This is a healthy, well organized and active church, and has been self-supporting since 1890. Drs. T. Brown and W. T. Lindley have served continuously in the Session for more than twenty-five years.
But little information about the Elk Horn Church has been obtained. It was organized October 16, 1867, tradition says, by Rev. Daniel Patton. Because of its isolated situation it has been very insufficiently sup- plied with gospel ministrations, and consequently has languished. Its church, valued at $500, is situated nine miles northwest of Richmond. In 1907, D. W. Pettus, Clerk of Session, C. D. Houchin and S. H. Degraffen- reid were the elders.
August 14th, 1908, this church was dismissed by Kansas City Presbytery to the Methodist Church, South. This was done that the Master's work might be carried on more efficiently, because there was no other Presbyterian church with which it could reason- ably be grouped. This is a delightful example of the spirit of comity and loyalty to the Master, which, we trust, will grow mightily and prevail.
A Presbyterian church was organized in Cameron about 1859, probably by Rev. Ralph Harris, but having become disorganized during the Civil War, it was dropped from the roll of Upper Missouri Presbytery
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September 18, 1865. Nothing else definite is known about this early church.
What follows is almost wholly from the records very painstakingly furnished by Miss Mary V. Craig.
In 1867, a movement being made to build a church in connection with the regular Baptists, a Presby- terian organization became necessary as well as de- sırable, and Rev. N. H. Smith, then residing at Oregon, visited the field. In consequence he organized a church at the house of Mr. Peter Fisher, on the evening of the twenty-fifth of October, 1867, with the following members : Peter and Rebecca Fisher, Samuel and Maria Hall, and Mrs. Mary C. Harwood. (A history in the Kansas City Library adds Mary Frame and Nancy Shults to the preceding.) P. Fisher and S. Hall were elected elders and have been followed since by George Smith, E. J. Wheeler, M. J. Weir, J. H. Shuts, J. R. Brockman, P. H. Kipp, H. W. Garrett, John Ewing, H. C. Stockton, H. E. Silsbee, W. W. Howard, James Craig, Thomas Foy, H. B. Cooper, Hugh A. Steel, J. W. Rawson, James W. Grant, Samuel M. Sifers, J. C. Dilliner, J. H. Conley and J. W. De Walt.
Át the organization S. Hall, P. Fisher and John II. Shuts were chosen trustees. December 14, 1870, the Board of Trustees having met to consider the erection of a house of worship, Rev. J. M. Green being in the chair, it was decided to build one and to withdraw from the Baptist church. Hence the present church, costing about $5,000, which was remodeled in 1890, was built.
The church has been supplied by N. H. Smith, J .. N. Green, Jos. H. France, J. H. Hunter, J. C. Young, A. W Lawrence, John Foy, W. A. Cravens, H. A. Sawyers, J. C. Hanna, A. C. V. Skinner, Geo. Miller, E. S. Farrand, J. H. Shields, E. W. Waits and Perry A. Tinkham.
The Records of the Easton Church (U. S. A.) say : "In accordance with previous arrangement, those -6
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who were interested in the organization of a Presby- terian church at Easton, Mo., assembled at Forbes' Ilall on the ninth day of November, 1867. Of those who had previously signed a paper requesting to be organized into a Presbyterian Church, the following responded to their names: Calvin C. Colt, Chester L. Colt and Bradford Morgan from the Presbyterian Church of Scottsville, N. Y .; H. M. Towne from the Fort Street Church, Detroit; Anne E. and Mary C. Starrett from the, Presbyterian Church of Antioch, Mo .; Mrs. S. T. Butler from the First Presbyterian Church of Denver, Colo .; Capt. H. S. Buck from Ill .; Mrs. H. Buck from the Protest- ant Methodist Church of Brookline, Ill .; W. A., Mrs. Anna M., Emma H. and Laura D. Irwin from the M. E. Church of Brownsville, Ind .; John T. and Mrs. Atlanta Taylor, from a M. E. Church in Philadelphia ; Mrs. C. E. Palmer from a Congregational Church in Cleveland, O .; John and Mrs. Anna E. Reisch of the. United Brethren Church; Mrs. Jane Tuck of the Cum- berland Presbyterian Church, and Alex. and Mrs. Nancy Starrett and Cora Bell Morgan, on the profes- sion of their faith.
"C. C. Colt and B. Morgan were chosen elders, and Alex. Starrett, deacon, and H. S. Buck, S. T. Butler, Geo. Chandler, Henry Iba and W. A. Irwin, trustees. On December 17, Calvin W. Benight and Dr. Isham B. Talbot were added to the Board of Trustees."
Dr. E. B. Sherwood, the Presbyterial Missionary, was the organizer. In 1868, Ephraim Bowen and Dr. Geo. M. Loomis were added to the Session; Thomas. A. Gray, in 1869, and Hugh Carmichael, Alex. C. Den- ney and Horace Scovill in May, 1874. A commodious: house of worship, forty by sixty feet, was soon erected. The Church prospered greatly for a time. A revival in the winter of 1867-8, brought in eighty-eight mem- bers, and another in 1870-1, twenty-two more. In 1868, 103 members were reported to the General As- sembly, but in consequences of deaths and numerous re- movals caused by the failure of the town to become
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an important railroad point, and the ravages of the hog cholera, which almost beggared the farmers, only fourteen / members were reported in 1884. In the earlier years the Church was regularly supplied by J. M. Green, T. D. Roberts and J. F. Clarkson, and. briefly by others, but latterly it has been marked. "vacant" all the time. The community have kept the church in repair, and all religious services, including an evergreen Union Sunday school, have been held in it.
Some time in 1906, Platte Presbytery A. trans- ferred the Easton (C. P.) Church to Platte Presbytery (U. S. A.). The united church, which has been sup- plied by R. H. Craig and E. G. Haymaker, has been greatly revived and enlarged. Its elders include J. W. Wright, H. Carmichael, Geo. S. Homon, Wm. T. Davis, James M. Gibson, Cyrus Slaybaugh, John M. Starrett and T. B. Vaughn.
The late Easton (C. P.) Church has (greatly to our regret) furnished no data. All we can give is. the following, taken from the minutes of the Cumber- land General Assembly for 1905: It was then supplied by Rev. R. H. Craig; it had preaching once a month; Dr. J. W. Mays was its clerk of session; its membership was fifty-one; it ·had paid its pastor $140, and it had contributed $14 to its Woman's Board of Missions.
Hugh Carmichael had been, for many years be- fore the union, the only elder in the church which he had served since 1874. For thirty years (up to the union) he was clerk of session. For a long time he was superintendent of the Sabbath school. He was an active temperance worker, especially among the young. Unblessed with early religious and edu- cational privileges, he became the pillar of the church and a mighty power for good. Modest, irrepressible,. and unswerving from duty, "Uncle Hugh" (as he was familiarly called by all) held the respect and good will of every citizen of Easton.
The Lathrop Church was organized April 12, 1868, at the Phelps school house, by Revs. J. P. Fox
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and N. H. Smith, and Elder D. Cooper, with David C. and Louisa Barber, Mrs. Sarah Byers, Stewart and E. J. Gilchrist, Mrs. Janie E. James, L. W. Lee, Thomas H. McKee, A. A. and Mrs. Monroe, Peter and Jane Pence, Alex. and Mary Service, James and Nancy Templeton and Mrs. Sarah Welsh as members. A. A. Monroe and L. W. Lee were elected elders.
With the above, the roll of elders is Peter Pence, Silas W. Skinner, D. C. Barber, W. W. McKee, Wm. Z. Thompson, Cyrus E. Green, Bryant Welsh, J. W. Carruthers, Walter Wilson, David S. Brillhart, J. I. Coulson, J. F. Stevens, T. H. McKee, James H. Eames and A. C. Welsh.
The following ministers, in their successive order, have served the church: N. H. Smith, J. W. Allen, Jos. H. France, H. Chadeayne, S. G. Fisher, John S. Gourley, J. H. Hunter, J. C. Young, W. T. Scott, J. L. D. Hughes, E. McNair, John Wilson, A. W. Mc- Glothlan, T. B. Terhune, L. H. Shock, T. D. Roberts, David C. Davies, Wm. H. Lytle and Charles E. Ed- wards.
A church building was erected in 1869 and was used continuously until about 1900, when it was sold and a newer and more modern building, known as the Calvary Baptist Church, was purchased. This is now occupied under the most acceptable ministry of the Rev. C. E. Edwards.
The church has always successfully maintained the two essential auxiliaries of a church, the prayer meeting and the Sabbatlı school, and has been an up- lifting power in the community. Among those worthy of special mention are Elder C. E. Green, who at all times answered to the call of duty, esteeming it a privilege, and Elder W. W. McKee and wife, strong, influential and active members till they were called higher. The ministry of the church has usually been of a high order of intelligence and fitness. Notably in the list are the names of Bros. France, McNair,
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McGlothlan and Terhune. The records of sessional meetings are a tribute to some of the Sessional clerks, especially to L. W. Lee, S. W. Skinner, W. W. Mc- Kee, C. E. Green, J. W. Carruthers and J. I. Coulson. These records give a good idea of the activities of the church, and form a large part of its history.
The above is from a fuller sketch by Elder J. M. Eames, Clerk of Session.
The Bethlehem congregation was organized No- vember 4, 1868, by Rev. T. M. Crider, at the Grout schoolhouse, Jackson township, Grundy county. The charter members were G. W. Alldridge, J. S. Alldridge, M. J. Alldridge, W. E. Alldridge, T. M. Barnett, M. Bomon, R. B. Bomon, Jothiel Boyles, Mary T. Boyles, A. Huntsinger, H. H. Huntsinger, M. W. Huntsinger, C. K. Wood and J. E. Wood. T. M. Barnett, J. Boyles and C. K. Wood were the first elders; J. H. Handel, John Preston, George Ward and Wm. Millan came later. The church was supplied by Revs. I. Chivington, F. M. Miller, L. F. Hayes, C. B. Powers, J. H. Tharp and James Froman. Their house of worship was built in King City in 1874, and probably the name of the church was changed to King City about that time.
The above was furnished chiefly by Mr. Ephraim W. Salisbury, Clerk of Session.
In 1906, a happy union was effected between this and the King City Church (U. S. A.). The latter church was organized May 1, 1872, by Rev. M. L. Anderson and Elder Matthew McKinley, with the following members: Eben E. and Cornelia M. Black- lock, Thomas D. and Nicolas Collow, Geo. Furguson, Chas. H. and Milley Graham, A. J. and Mary J. Mc- Millan, David McMillan, W. J. and Anne J. McMillan, Mary J. Morris, Nancy J. Ross, John S. and S. O. Van- derveer, J. Harvey and Caroline White, Mathiew and Eliza Williamson, Wm. and Mary A. Williamson, Hat- tie A. Winchester and T. P. Winchester. J. H. White: was elected elder. The roll of elders included W.
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J. McMillan, Philip M. Adams, C. H. Graham, T. Black- lock, Adolph Stevenson, John D. Venderveer and L. T. Moulton. The ministers were J. M. Morrison, F. G. Strange, F. E. Thompson, J. F. Clarkson, W. Weaver, J. B. Rice, S. W. Richards, M. J. McLeod, J. C. Hanna, A. B. Herr, F. W. Grossman, C. C. Arm- strong and K. F. Cardy. The church was built in 1888, at a cost of $2,700.
For the above we are indebted to Elder A. Steven- son, Clerk of Session for fifteen years or more.
The very efficient pastor of the united church is George E. Newell.
In 1906, Mrs. C. M. Blacklock, a teacher in the Sabbath school from the first, sent some very interest- ing reminiscences, from which the following extracts are made :
"Our meetings were held for years in a school house on the open prairie which was later destroyed by a cyclone. The country was thinly settled, and the people came from long distances in farm wagons and on horseback, from different directions and witlı- out regard to roads, the prairie being then unfenced." "We helped them (the Cumberlands) to build a church which we used on alternate Sabbaths, paying for wood, coal and janitor's salary for both congregations, as rent." "In 1885, Rev. Willis Weaver came to be our pastor, and during the three years that he remained with us, our church took on new life, and under his superintendence and leadership, we built the cozy little church which we now occupy." "The members of our church were very loyal and earnest people, but one family, I think, should be mentioned as stalwarts in the early history of our church. I refer to Elder Harvey White and his wife and her two maiden sis- ters, the Misses Rannals. Of those who by their strong faith and deep spirituality are surely entitled to be mentioned as 'Mothers in Israel' are Mrs. Janet Giddis Smith, Mrs. S. O. Vanderveer and Mrs. Nancy Ross.
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Grandma Ross is still with us, and as much interested in her church as ever."
The first pastor writes: "Harvey White, the elder, was 'one of the few.' Strong in faith and consecrated to the work, his life was a benediction to the com- munity. His works of charity and his efforts in be- half of the lost, keep his memory fresh in the minds of many."
The Union Church of Maryville was organized by Dr. E. B. Sherwood, December 13, 1868.
Miss Emma G. Canan wrote in 1906: "The char- ter members were gathered from the Old School, New School and United Presbyterian Churches, and this led to its being called the Union Presbyterian Church. Two of those members are still living in Maryville, Mr. Wm. W. Jackson and Rebecca, his wife, both of whom have been faithful, always at all the services, both Sabbath and mid-week. Our first pastor was. Rev. James H. Crawford, who not only preached on the Sabbath and conducted the mid-week service, but worked on the building till it was completed and dedi- ·cated."
The charter members as given by Mr. W. W. Jackson were: Miss Bell Andrews, Miss Letitia An- drews, Homer A. Avery, John and Mollie J. Blair, John Edwards, Lewis C. Evans, David T. Geiger, Mrs. Hightman, Wm. W. and Rebecca A. Jackson, Mrs. L. C. Leiber, Mrs. O'Riley and Mrs. Prather. A history in the Kansas City Library adds to these: Mrs. Re- becca Evans, Mrs. Rebecca Geiger, Wm. Geiger and John Jackson. These were probably early members. The same authority gives J. Blair, J. Edwards and D. T. Geiger as the elders, and J. E. Alexander, F. P. Glasgow and W. H. Purviance as the trustees.
No roll of ministers or elders has been furnished, but we can give of the former-J. M. Crawford, W.
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G. Thomas, A. D. Workman, James A. Gerhard, A. M. Reynolds, F. P. Berry, S. M. Ware, Chas. E. Kircher and Chas. P. Luce; of the latter, J. Blair, J. Edwards, D. T. Geiger, John W. Bell, Joseph Jackson, J. B. Morrison, M. D., O. S. Hotchkin, Wm. M. Howell, W. H. Davey, Geo. Worst, F. M. Petty, Chas. Wells, Jos. McKee, J. A. McAnulty, O. P. Torrance, Peter Gris- wold, L. C. Evans, H. T. Crane, Wm. O. Sawyers, John M. Scott, S. G. Gillam, Prof. H. A. Colbert and S. A. Former.
In 1889-1890, a division occurred which resulted in the organization of the Second Church. This la- mentable breach was happily healed in the summer of 1893, largely through the influence of Rev. R. Cameron Townsend, the last paster of the Second Church, by the union of the two churches, forming the present. First Church.
Rev. Geo. Sluter, of St Louis, on January 17, .1869, organized a church at Carrollton, with James: E. January, Chas. Sterne, Wm. H. Walker and Wm. R. Wilson as elders, and Thomas L. Montgomery, and Isaac A. McCombs as deacons. The records are not full, and only through the persistent efforts of Elder Robert W. Steel (in 1905), are we able to give so nearly a complete list of the original members. These were Wm. Austin, Miss Eliz. Brand, Martha A. Cowles, J. E. January, John B. and Mary C. Lindsey, Misses: Sallie and Virginia Lindsey, I. A. McCombs, T. L. and Mary Montgomery, C. Sterne, Isaac H. Walker, W. H. Walker, James F. Wilson, W. R. Wilson and . Miss Nancy Young.
In addition to the above the roll of elders is Richard Jackson, Thomas Orchard, A. L. McCorkle, M. D., W. D. Dobson, S. Kirkwood Turner, Smith C. Rea, R. W. Steele, John D. Valbracht, James L. Grant, Wm. R. Painter, James F. Farnham, Robert W. Brown, E. D. McCorkle, Arthur C. Phillips, Andrew Finlayson, J. B. Stanley and J. W. Howell.
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The first pastor was J. M. Scott, who has been followed by S. T. Ruffner, Geo. A. Mckinlay, W. D. Patton, R. M. Carson, J. H. Dixon, B. H. Dupuy, S. W. Griffin, C. C. Armstrong, E. A. Boyd, Wm. A. Cravens, James T. Crane and John A. Ward.
A frame church costing about $2,000 was built in 1869, and very recently a new brick church valued at $10,000 has been erected. The old one, attached to it, is used for Sabbath school and prayer meeting. A manse costing $2,750 has recently been built. The church owes very much to Mr. Samuel Painter, the father of Elder W. R. Painter. Though languishing at times, the church is now full of life and energy.
A. Finlayson, Clerk of Session, has kindly supple- mented Elder Steel's earlier history and brought this up to date.
The following sketch was furnished by an early pastor, Rev. Geo. A. Mckinlay.
"The two men whose personalities stand out prominently in this church in the early days succeed- ing the war, are Richard Jackson and Dr. McCorkle. Complete opposites in birth, training and character, they yet had in common that sturdy American sense of right and independence, crowned by a genuine Christian spirit, which drew them together in strong bonds of affection and mutual respect. Mr. Jackson, coming from the North, was keen in his sympathies with the Union cause; Dr. McCorkle, descended from the "F. F. Vs.," was taken prisoner during the cam- paigns of Gen. Price's army. Each held to his con- victions tenaciously, but never a jar marred all their relations as members and elders in the Carrollton Church. Such men are brilliant types of the forceful manhood that has laid so broad and deep the founda- tions of the churches of old Platte Presbytery."
The Avalon Church, for a time called Fairview,
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was organized April 8, 1869, by Rev. J. D. Beard and Elder Abraham Brown, in a school house two miles north of Avalon, with the following members: Agnes Altman, Jane Fullerton, Mary Fullerton, Mary A. Fullerton, Margaret Gray, S. A. Gray, Wm. S. Gray, David Linton, Jimmie Linton, Henrietta Manson, Mar- garet Manson, Mary Myers, Simeon Myers, David Shields, Mary Shields and Nannie B. Shields, W. S. Gray, S. Myers and D. Shields were chosen elders. In addition to these the church has had the following elders : John K. Sweeney, S. A. Gray, V. C. Bates, James W. Edmonds, Leroy Myers, Ross Canning and Adrian Wright. The church has been supplied by J. D. Beard (for twelve years), James Reed, John Hawkes, Geo. Case, W. C. McCune, James Welch, James A. Liggett, James A. Gehrett, A. D. Wolfe and T. C. Armstrong.
In 1875 they built a church costing about $2,200. In 1888-1889, the citizens of Avalon-virtually the Presbyterian Church-highly appreciating the value of educational facilities, purchased the "Avalon College" building from the United Brethren. Later the Institution was taken under the care of Platte Presbytery. A heroic struggle to sustain it was car- ried on for years, but finally abandoned in 1898. The church, built in 1875, "was sold in 1892, and the pro- ceeds applied towards the purchase of the College property." While the movement was disastrous finan- cially, it showed the spirit of the church and reflected great credit upon it. From it have gone forth one home missionary, Rev. James D. Sweeney, and one medical missionary, Dr. John L. Myers of Alaska, while others of its youth have taken a liberal education.
Simeon Myers was born in Ohio and came to In- diana with his parents. He had a faithful Christian mother who, herself, gathered her eight children around the family altar till Simeon was converted at sixteen and took part with her until he left home to teach school. After serving in the 63rd Illinois Infantry till the close of the war, he moved with his
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family to Avalon. After being Clerk of Session for twenty-four years, he retired from active service be- cause of infirmity. He has a son in missionary work, and another preparing for it.
For much of the above we are indebted to S. A. Gray, Clerk of Session for the last fifteen years, and an active elder for over a quarter of a century.
The Rosendale Church was organized May 22, 1869, by Rev. J. N. Young and Elder R. Muir, with eleven members. It has been served by Revs. M. L. Anderson, W. E. Voss, James Reed, Wm. A. Smith, W. A. Cravens and A. W. McGlothlan. An incomplete list of elders is J. W. Porterfield, David Atkinson, Thomas B. Howard, John H. Graff, James P. Anderson, James A. Porterfield, James B. Muir and George Baum. The church, erected in 1871, cost $600, all of which was raised at home.
The above was furnished by Elder J. P. Anderson.
The Harmony congregation was organized at the Hurdle store, five miles northwest of Easton, August 1, 1869, by Rev. W. O. H. Perry, with eight members. John G. Williams and John Simmons were elected and ordained ruling elders. March 26, 1870, the church then having thirty-one members, elected Wm. Cor- nelius and Dr. John H. Wright as elders, and Isaac Clark and John Davis as deacons. April 1, 1870, the congregation was received under the care of Platte Presbytery, and "Rev. T. O. H. Perry engaged as ministerial supply one Sabbath in each month for one year, with the understanding that he effect an ex- change of pulpits each alternate month with Rev. F. M .. Miller, the congregation agreeing to pay the sum of $125.00 per year."
The above extracts from the Records were furn- ished by Mr. W. E. Knadler, Clerk of Session. The
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Records being very incomplete, little more is given. The elders known, in addition to those named above, are Geo. Bermond, Simeon Hefley and John Cornelius. The frame church, valued at $1,000, six miles north- west of Easton, was built in 1870.
The New York Settlement Church was organized in the "Radical" school house, October 3, 1869, by Revs. E. D. Sherwood and Joel Kennedy, with five members : Eliz. Austin, Sarah A. Filson, John Q. Peck, Mary, Scott and Thomas Wilson. T. Wilson was elected elder, and James L. Filson, J. Q. Peck and A. C. Sears, trustees. J. Kennedy served as pastor for seven years, and has been followed by T. C. Armstrong, J. C. Young, C. P. Blayney, W. A. Cravens, And. Glendenning, L. H. Shock, E. H. Bull, C. G. Russell, W. E. Caldwell and J. H. Weaver.
A probably incomplete list of elders is : T. Wilson, Anson Salsbury, J. Q. Peck, Ira Houghton, Geo. S. Will, S. H. Towne, L. R. Thwing, L. M. Hill and S. M. Towne.
The church, built in 1878, at a cost of $1,389.71, is situated twelve miles southwest of Breckenridge.
We are indebted to Elder S. M. Towne for the above.
Always small and feeble, this church has been, like so many country churches, a feeder for other churches and the church at large, having supplied one home missionary, Rev. James H. Salsbury, and one mission- ary teacher (among the Mormons), Miss Cora M. Owen. Weak in numbers, it has been strong in the persistent devotion of its leading members.
A former pastor sends the following tribute :
"Mrs. Leonard Towne and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Etta Towne are certainly worthy of mention as 'Mothers in Israel.' The first, while not one to take
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