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The first class leader was Thos. Kirkpatrick; the stewards were G. W. Houts, G. N. Elliott, C. E. Moorman, S. M. Fitch, Lewis Schmidlapp and Mrs. Brown; Sunday school superintendent, Lewis Schmidlapp; trus- tees, James Gilliland, C. E. Moorman, G. N. Elliott, M. U. Foster, Robt. A. Foster, G. Will Houts, G. W. Houts, Thomas W. Williams, William Hollingsworth.
This church was organized with members whose sympathies during the rebellion were with the union. Some of the members belonged to the M. E. church, south.
An important revival occurred during the winter of 1866-7, under the ministration of Rev. J. W. Newcomb, when there were thirty received on
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probation. Under the pastorate of Rev. G. W. Derment, in 1871-2, there were 35 additions. Rev. J. N. Pierce came to the charge of this church April, 1873, and the results of his faithful labors show an increase of 91 communicants. Rev. Pierce is an energetic, outspoken, fearless herald of the cross, ever found in the performance of what he considers his duty. He is now ministering with great acceptability to the people at Clinton. Dur- ing the past six years there have been frequent additions, but no large gathering of new converts at any one time. The present membership is 200. The Sunday school has an average attendance of 125.
The annual conference of ministers, including all of that portion of Mis- souri south of the Missouri river, met at Warrensburg April, 1874.
The large and elegant brick house of worship was erected in 1871 at a cost of $7500. It will seat 400. The furniture is neat and fully equal to that of our best churches in the large cities. It is situated on the north side of East Market street, between Holden and Miller streets. The par- sonage was built under the pastorate of Rev. J. N. Pierce, in 1874, and stands next west of the church. It is a large and convenient brick house, costing $2500.
Rev. S. R. Reese was sent by the conference from Lee's Summit to this charge in April, 1881. He is a man vigorous in thought, forcible in expression, and thoroughly in earnest in his work.
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church .- This church was organized Sept. 23, 1866, with the following names enrolled: Robert McFarland, Elizabeth McFarland, A. W. Ridings, Mary J. Ridings, L. Murphy, Wm. P. Granger, F. M. Granger, Miss U. Granger, Eliza Granger, I. A. Knight, Rachel Brownlee, Josephine Brownlee, W. S. and J. H. Warnick, Jane Berry, F. M. Cockrell, B. E. Morrow, Henry Neill, Sarah A. Neill, L. A. Ward, Emily Edwards, Miss S. M. Lewis, Mary J. Morrow, A. C. Mc- Farland, Margaret Knight, Susan I. Bradley, James and S. P. Warnick, Sina E. and Margaret Warnick.
The names of the pastors since the reorganization are as follows: Rev. J. B. Morrow, from Sept. 23, 1866, for one year; Rev. J. H. Houx, from December, 1867, to March 28, 1875; Rev. J. E. Sharp, from March, 1875, to May, 1881; Rev. A. L. Barr, was called May 2, 1881, and preached his first sermon on the third Sabbath in June.
The present membership is 140. The Sabbath school numbers 100. W. K. Morrow is superintendent and Dean Redford secretary.
The church in which the congregation worship is situated on the corner of Grover and Miller streets. It was built during the winter and spring of 1875 at a cost of $1600, and is furnished with good seats, pulpit, organ, carpets, bell and all other conveniences in a well ordered house of worship. The present pastor, Rev. A. L. Barr, though a young man,
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comes to this field of labor with flattering prospects of success, both as a pastor and a preacher. He was educated in the literary course of Drury college, Springfield, Mo., and Cumberland theological seminary, Lebanon, Tennessee; his literary and social qualities rendering him particularly fitted for his ministerial duties.
The organization of the church was effected in the court house in Old Town in the fall of 1866, and meetings were held there for a time till the hall on the east side of Holden, just north of Culton street, was completed Here meetings were held till the buildings were destroyed by fire; then the second story of what is now Eads' hotel was fitted up and used for that purpose about two years. Leaving this place services were held in the Old School Presbyterian church till their present house was completed in 1875. This church to-day has a large and influential membership.
The Methodist Episcopal Church, South .- In the existence of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church, the student of history will remember that, previous to 1844, there was no M. E. Church, South, but the whole denomination was under the same management.
The Methodists in Warrensburg organized themselves into a church soon after the county seat was located. The church edifice was not built till 1853. Among the early members were Elizabeth Granger, Isaac Granger, Z. T. Davis, Elizabeth E. Davis, Sarah Colbern, Nancy Dyer, Mary Davis, Adkins Power, and, later on, W. H. Anderson and Col. James McCown.
The old church was erected on the open lot just east of the old ceme- tery in Old Town, and cost $2,300, being 46x36 feet. W. H. Anderson, Dr. W. D. Pinkston, and James McCown were the building committee. Mr. Anderson having full control and management of the work of con- struction. This house was burned in 1864, during the war, while soldiers were encamped in and about it. The present house of worship was built in 1867, at a cost of $1,800, and dedicated the same year, by Rev. David R. McAnnally, one of the most distinguished divines of that denomination.
He has preached fifty-one years, and edited the Advocate, in St. Louis, twenty-eight years, besides presiding over a college in Tennessee a score of years. Among the pastors are the names of Geo. W. Love, J. L. Porter, S. S. Colbern, Thos. B. Ruble, R. A. Foster, W. R. Babcock, Daniel A. Leeper, John C. Shackeford, C. C. Wood, John S. Scurlock, B. A. Holloway, S. S. Bryant, J. C. Daily, and Dr. W. M. Prottsman, the present pastor. Dr. Prottsman is a man of minute observation, vast experience, unsurpassed intellectual faculties, a ripe scholar, unspotted Christian character, and a profoundly eloquent preacher. The church membership is sixty-five, and the attendance at Sabbath school is sixty. W. H. Anderson, who is superintendent, is one of the oldest citizens of
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Warrensburg. No man deserves nor sustains a higher place of honor and repsect, for his sterling integrity and neighborly qualities, than he.
The Presbyterian Church .- Until about fifteen years after the organiza- tion of Johnson county, no meetings, under the exclusive direction of this denomination were held here. A few Presbyterians commenced holding meetings, under the direction of Rev. Mr. Bradshaw, in 1851, and on May 30, 1852, Rev. A. V. C. Schenck and Elder L. Green came out from Lex- ington, by authority of the Upper Missouri Presbytery, and organized the First Presbyterian Church of Warrensburg. The names of the following persons were enrolled as members of the church by certificate from other churches: Elias Ogden, Maria Louisa Ogden, Mary A. Ogden, Mrs. Deborah Silliman, Mrs. Elizabeth Armstrong, B. P. Evans, Mrs. Catharine Evans, Miss H. Evans, John Cummings, Jesse Brown, Mrs. Kitty Brown, William Calhoun, M. D., L. S. Cornwall, Mrs. Martha S. Cornwall, Mrs. Agnes Woods.
The names of the prominent ministers who have preached to this church are Revs. Bradshaw, A. V. C. Schenck, James T. Lapsley, R. S. Reese, D. Coulter, Joshua Barbee, W. G. Bell, John Montgomery, Eben Muse, J. H. Clark, W. H. Hillis, Farel Hart, and Charles Fuller, who has been pastor since December, 1877. The elders have been as follows: William Calhoun, Elias Ogden, B. P. Evans, J. J. Welshans, Alfred Duf- field, William Zoll, Samuel McConnel, A. W. Reese, Amos Foot, J. H. C. Wilson, Cyrus Heizer, Isaac Stewart, Edward L. De Garmo, William E. Robinson, William Sensenderfer, and Prof. J. J. Campbell.
From the time of its organization, up to the war, the church greatly prospered, and numbered, at one time, over one hundred communicants, but in 1870 it numbered considerably more. They built a commodious frame church, on the north side of Gay street, at a cost of about $2,500, where they worshiped till the present imposing brick edifice was erected on the corner of East Market and Miller streets. During the war, meet- ings were held at irregular intervals, as the following, from an old record, dated March 27, 1864, will show:
WHEREAS, the Warrensburg Presbyterian church has been almost entirely deprived of any ministerial services since the war began, except a few sermons preached for us by the Rev. Joshua Barbee, and that it is very important to the spiritual interest of this church that we secure the ministerial services of the Rev. Joshua Barbee, and that he asks $350 per annum for his services, which sum we deem very reasonable, and after a full and fair effort we can raise only the sum of $50, and we are advised that there is a hopeful prospect of a church at Smithton, forty miles distant from this church, will pay $50, and the people of Dresden, twenty-five miles distant from this church, will pay $50, leaving a deficit of $200,
Resolved, Therefore, that application be made to the Board of Domestic Missions, for the aforesaid sum of $200, to aid said churches in securing the ser-
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vices of the aforesaid Rev. Joshua Barbee. The session was then closed with prayer. William Calhoun, secretary pro tem; Wm. Zoll, moderator pro tem.
The old brick church was sold for $900, and the new brick completed in 1873, at a cost of $8,000. The church edifice is the largest and most imposing in the city, furnished with all necessary conveniences ; it also con- tains the pastor's study, in which is placed his large private library. Through the enterprise of the ladies of the church and congregation, a large bell, and cushions for the seats will soon be furnished. Regular sessions of the sabbath school are held every Lord's day afternoon, with an average attendance of about 125. Mr. E. L. De Garmo is their efficient superintendent. The present membership of the church is 90. It is in a prosperous condition.
The United Presbyterian Church-This church was organized June 23, 1866, by Rev. Matthew Biggar, and among the original members were: Geo. Kane, Orilla Kane, Sarah E. Kane, Kate Kane, David Moore, Mrs. Moore, Mrs. S. E. Biggar, Hugh Truesdale, Tamor Truesdale, James G. Wilson, Isabella Wilson, Henry Crabil, Rebecca Crabil, Margarie Barnes, A. R. Barnes, D. W. Barnett, Mary Barnett, Wm. McClellan, Charlotte McClellan, James Richmond, Mrs. Richmond, Lizzie Richmond, Andrew Paxton, Maria Paxton, Margaret Brown, W. L. Sloan, Mrs. Sloan, John Kaufman, W. C. Marlatt, Jennie McKnab, Nannie Eckleson, Lucy A. Steele, E. A. Bell, J. G. Scroggs, A. R. Scroggs, Mr. McKnab, Agnes McClung. The only regular pastors of this church were Rev. Samuel Jamison and Rev. John C. Steele, though the pulpit was generally sup- plied at other times by missionaries sent by the home missionary board. Among the names of the spiritual leaders of this church, we mention Joseph D. Steele, Samuel Biggar, Samuel Jamison, Rev. Johnson, R. G. Thompson, John C. Steele, Geo. W. Torrence, Rev. Strang, Samuel Herron, A. B. McCarrol, William A. Findley, J. A. Sherrard, and John Taylor, the present supply. . Under the pastorate of Rev. Sam- uel Jamison and John C. Steele, the church greatly prospered and acces- sions were numerous. During the services of Rev. Steele, communion was regularly held once a quarter, and save one only, at each of these solemn services, members were received into full fellowship, on some occasions as high as thirteen.
Rev. John Taylor commenced his labors here in October, 1880, and since that time a manifest increase in interest and number attest his well directed efforts in building up the cause of his Master.
Up to the year 1872 the congregations met in the school house and in Empire hall. The present church edifice was built on the corner of Market street and Washington avenue in 1872, at a cost of about $2,100 including the lot. The funds for building the house of worship were
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ยท obtained by contributions from members of the church and congregation, and donations by the board of church extension. During the pastorate of Rev. John C. Steele, through his efforts, friends in Allegheny contri- buted $400, which finished and furnished the church. The church is well arranged with neat pulpit, chandaliers, seats, Bible and psalm book. The Bible and psalm book were presented to the church by friends here. Among those who have served as elders of the church are the names of George Kane the originator of the congregation, still an active member though now over eighty, Hugh Truesdale, John E. Dodds, Samuel Wil- son, deceased, and Robert Jamison, deceased. The present membership is forty, Rev. John Taylor is superintendent of the Sabbath school and though the number in the school is small it is doing valuable work.
The Christian Church-The church of Christ in Warrensburg, was first organized in the year 1859, and after the war, January 11, 1866, it was reorganized. Among those who belonged to the church before services were abandoned at or near the commencement of the war, we have been able to collect the following:
J. H. Calwell and wife, M. C. Goodlett and wife, A. H. Gilkeson and wife, John Burnett and wife, J. D. Eads and wife, T. J. Burnett and wife, German Burnett and wife, Madison Burnett and wife, W. S. Foster and wife, Joseph Henshaw and wife, William M. Collins and wife, Elizabeth Logan, Eliza C. Hickman, Anna M. Engle, Mrs. Thomas Engle, John Ferris and wife, U. S. Bradley and wife, Robert Price and wife, Alvin Thornton and wife, Jonathan T. Huff and wife, Mrs. Anna Collins, Nancy Cook, Permelia Allen, Nancy Bearsley, Margaret J. Murphy, A. A. Hus- ton, Mrs. Virginia Huston, Mrs. Margaret Stevenson, Mariah Brooker, Mrs. Rebecca Warren, J. J. Adams and wife, Solomon Clay, Mrs. Sarah Clay, C. L. Calwell, Mrs. Sarah Hickman, Bettie Logan, Mrs. Catharine Collins, Sarah J. Libby, Joshua Wiley and wife, Mary J. Jennings, Judie A. Bradley, Gideon Jones and wife, Miss Lucy J. Burnett, James S. Matthews, Nancy Vigus, Wm. Wiley, Jacob Wiley, Drucilla J. Jennings.
The following are among those who entered the more recent organiza- tion: H. C. Cord and wife, Elizabeth Cord, Mary F. Morgan, S. S. Latham, Thomas D. Cheatham and wife, G. W. Swan, J. P. Johnson and wife, Sarah A. Johnson, Mary Jane Johnson, James W. Johnson, David Nation. The present convenient church edifice was erected in 1867 at a cost of $2,100; it is situated on the south side of Gay street, between Washington avenue and Warren street. Among the men who have preached for this church have been the following pastors: David Nation, George W. Longan, I. M. Tennison, I. W. Monser, J. H. Foy and J. H. Hughes, the present pastor. Elder Hughes came to this people in October, 1879, and has since carried on the good work, endearing himself to the
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people with whom he labors. The membeship of the church is now about two hundred and thirty. The Sabbath school numbers one hundred and fifty, superintended by M. Shryack, with Ella Christopher, secretary.
Episcopalian Church-The first missionary services held in this city were begun in the year 1866, by the Rev. Geo. K. Dunlap, there being five communicants resident in or near this place at that time. From that time until April, 1868, occasional missionary services were held by Revs. Dun- lap, Green and Johnson. In April, 1868, "Christ Church parish," with the Rev. W. H. D. Hatton, as rector, and John Q. De Garmo, Samuel H. Moore, B. C. Holmes and Dr. Charles W. Robinson as vestrymen, was organized, Dr. Robinson being appointed senior warden, and John Q. De Garmo junior warden. Articles of association were drawn up, and the parish was styled, "The rector church wardens and vestrymen of Christ Church parish, Warrensburg, Missouri," and under the same parish was admitted into the diocese of Missouri, at the convention held at Kirkwood, Mo., May 28, 1868, J. Q. De Garmo, B. C. Holmes, and C. W. Robinson, being delegates to the same. Two lots were purchased in May, 1868, for a church. August 13, 1868, Rev. Thompson L. Smith, of Lexing- ton, commenced holding service for the church. On the 26th of April, 1869, were the first confirmations in this parish, the confirmed being Miss Mary Kerr, Miss Amanda Ross, Miss Birdie Mehaffey and John Davis, The number of communicants was now sixteen. In August, 1869, Rev. T. L. Smith's engagement expired, and services were discontinued for a time. Rev. T. J. Taylor, of Sedalia, occasionally held service, till May 17, 1870, when Rev. L. M. Freeman, of Pleasant Hill, was called to give a portion of his time to this parish. June 22, 1870, were the first convocation services, the Right Rev. C. F. Robertson, bishop; Rev. D. D. Van Antwerp, and A. Battle, of Kansas City, T. J. Taylor, of Sedalia, G. R. Dunlap, of Kirkwood, and L. N. Freeman, were clergymen present. January, 1871, Rev. Dr. S. Jennings accepted a call, served the church one year. Then followed Rev. John H. Eick- baum, Rev. A. Leonard, Rev. Andrew T. Sharp, and Rev. Dr. C. A. Foster, of Sedalia. From 1878 to August 1, 1880, only occasional service was held by visiting ministers, and the regular visits of the bishop.
August 1, 1880, Rev. Dr. C. A. Foster, of Sedalia, was called, and now holds service the first and third Sabbath in each month. The present membership is thirty. The Sabbath school meets regularly every Sabbath, with Col. A. W. Rogers, superintendent. It numbers thirty. The present neat little frame church on the south side of Gay street between Holden and Miller streets, was built in the year 1872, at a cost, including the lot, of $2,000. It is neatly furnished and conveniently arranged.
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The Evangelical Association .- This church was organized, A. D. 1869, 1 with the following families constituting its first members: John A. Smith and wife, Fred. Burkhardt and wife, John Scheidenberger and wife, Henry Kemmerly and wife, and George Opp and wife. The fol- lowing pastors have succeeded one another as spiritual advisers of this church: Revs. M. Alspaugh, William Folgate, J. C. Emmel, F. Harder, Charles Ehrhart, H. Koepsel, F. J. Shaefer, and again H. Koepsel, who is the present minister. The membership of the church is thirty-five, and the average attendance at the Sabbath school is about forty. John Scheidenberger is superintendent, and John A. Smith secretary. The church house is a large and well arranged brick structure, situated on the north side of Gay Street, between Washington avenue and Warren street. Formerly it was owned and used by the Presbyterian church, but the Evangelical Association having purchased it for about $1,000, dedi- cated anew in 1873, Revs. Jno. Wueth, and E. E. Condo officiating. The first meetings were held at private houses.
The Protestant Methodist Church .- This church was organized in 1866, and the next year the house of worship was built. Their frame edifice is . situated on West Market street, having cost about $2,300. Among the first members were: O. R. Carlton and wife, Thomas Evans and wife, A. J. Cecil and wife, J. B. Evans and wife, S. J. Burnett and wife. Among the pastors the following have been spiritual advisers of the church: Rev's. Reack, Keener, Winn, W. A. Fogel, Tipton, D. L. Fordney, James Shepherd, Ross, and A. J. Young the present pastor. The membership has increased to about 25. A union mission Sunday school of about one hundred, superintended by Mr. M. Shryack, meets every Sabbath afternoon.
German Lutheran Church .- This body of christian worshipers was organized about the year 1878, by Rev. Craft. The old court house was purchased for a church, costing $300, but at the present time no regular services nor pastor sustain their particular faith there.
The Catholic Church .- The brick house of worship is situated on the north side of Culton between Warren and Mulberry streets.
The church and congregation was established here about 1866, by Father Calmer, of Sedalia. The house of worship was erected soon after the organization at a cost of about $3,000. Among the pastors we find the names of Father Calmer, Murry, McKin, Everheart and Rev. Father Phelan, the present pastor who lives at Holden. Services are held in this . church on the first and third Sabbath's of each month. The membership is about 130.
The First Baptist Church (Colorea) .- In the year 1864, this church was organized by Rev's. J. Brock and J. Givens. A church house
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situated on Culton street, in block No. 13, Rentch's addition, was com- menced in 1879, and when entirely completed will cost $800. Rev. R. York, Rev. James Moore and Rev. R. M. Vernon have preached for this church. At the time of building the new church, there were 112 mem- bers, but now only 46; some deceased and some excluded. The deacons are Lewis Williams, Martin Miller and Marion Caldwell. The Sabbath school meets with an average attendance of 33. Henry Washington being superintendent, and Hattie Williams secretary. Rev. R. M. Ver- non is pastor.
The Second Baptist Church (Colored.)-This church was organized August 26, 1880, by Rev. J. J. Moore and Elder Bryant. The church building formerly the Colbern school house is situated on Main street in the north part of Old Town. It is 32x20 feet, and cost $250. The pres- ent pastor is Rev. J. J. Moore, who resides at Pleasant Hill, preaching here one half the time. The membership of the church is 48, and attend- ance at Sabbath school 56. W. H. Dixon is superintendent, and the fol- lowing are deacons: B. Edwards, Theodore Turner, Robert Edwards, Berry Bryant, Benjamin Lynch, Willis Banks and Douglass Jones. .
The M. E. Church (Colored) .- It was organized in 1866, by Rev. H. Glenn. The house of worship is a frame structure, costing $500. Among the prominent members were Joseph Hurndon, Harriet Bryants, Mary Gibson, Philip Walker, The present pastor is Rev. B. F. Steele. Membership, thirty-six. Henry Gibson is superintendent of the Sunday- school, and Frank Davis, secretary.
An African M. E. Church was organized in Old Town, and their meet- ings were held in the First Colored Baptist Church, but the membership is small, and only occasional services.
CEMETERIES.
" Here may we muse, at this lonely, midnight hour, When thoughts steal on us softly as the tread Of ghostly forms, from yew or cypress bower, Around the gloomy mansions of the dead."
Of all the solemn and mournful thoughts that pass through the mind of man, none more deeply stir the profound depths of his soul, than those awakened in the presence of the sacred dead. The thought that they, whose dust reposes beneath us, once walked the earth in the pride of man- hood, that they were brought low by the chill hand of death, and that now their immortal spirits, either in the dark pits of endless woe, or in the bright regions of heavenly bliss, around the throne of God, know, in all its awful reality, the truth of all those mysterious questions that gather around the problem of human life. Could we look down into their graves, and call back to consciousness, the mouldering dust, O! how much could
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we learn that would cheer man on in the race of life, and soothe his dying hour. The dark mystery of life, which is only answered in death, would then be solved to living man, and his destiny revealed. But there is a ruler who presides over all the affairs of men with infinite wisdom and goodness, and he has ordered all things for the best. We were only mus- ing upon the strange results that seem possible to man, could he commune with the dead. Yet, when we find ourselves in the city of the dead, perhaps, in the melancholy gloom of the surrounding twilight, a strange, mysterious feeling comes over us, as if our spirits were communing with the sacred shades that repose beneath the marble slabs around our pathway. All the sad thoughts of death come to our minds-thoughts, perhaps, of a sister's death, or some most loved friend. We recall to mind all the sacred memories of the parting scene, the tender and touching farewell; aye, the closing of those eyes, that never again shall see the light of day, and the last and final act, that places the body of one, now so pure and lovely, into the dark and awful grave, consigning her to the mercy of a just God. These, and many other similar thoughts are awakened in our minds, as we wander among the mouldering tombs of those who have passed beyond the scenes of mortal life, into the uncertain realms of death. This same feeling of love, mingled with sorrow, comes over us, whether we visit the elegant marble tombs of the wealthy, or the plain, wooden slab that marks the last resting place of the poor. Such must be the thoughts that arise in our minds, as we roam among the polished and costly monuments or the drooping and neglected slabs, that variegate the cemeteries of Warrens- burg.
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