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M. E. CHURCH AND M. E. CHURCH SOUTH.
The first organization of a Methodist Church in Louisiana is supposed by the citizens to have ocenrred about the year 1830 and under or during the ministry of Rev. Andrew Monroe. Meetings were first held in private resi- dences, afterwards in oldl Masonic Hall, and then in the school-house.
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Among the carliest members are remembered the names of M. Watson and wife, David Watson and wife, Col. John E. Allen and wife, Ivy Zumwalt and wife, John Basye and wife, and Mrs. Betty Perry. In 1837 this little congregation was augmented by the addition of J. S. Markley, a local preacher, L. Newman, another local preacher, and wife, and Edward Dra- per and wife. About this time a prayer-meeting was held at the house of L. Newinan, which resulted in a determination to hold these meetings daily, and out of these, in connection with the preaching of Rev. Daniel T. Sherman, the preacher in charge, grew a revival which resulted in the addition of thirty members to the church. In 1839 steps were taken to build a church at the foot of Main street, on the west side of the same. A brick church was erected here under the superintendency of David Watson. When it had been in use about three years, and while still in an unfinished condition, the church fell down. In 1844 another attempt was made to build a church, a frame, on the same lot. When it had been partially enelosed it was blown down. In 1845. nothing daunted by past failures, the members again went to work and put up a briek church on the same foundation upon which the other two had been built, and the building is in use to-day as a tenement house. The official board of the church at this time was composed of John E. Allen, Hayden Gentry, David Watson, John E. Markley, L. Newman, Joseph Charleville, John Schwimmer, Ivy Zumwalt, and T. T. Bake.
In 1844 or 1845 the division occurred in the Methodist Church, and this congregation, falling within the lines of the southern branch, became, by mutual consent, the M. E. Church South. They continued to use the house at the foot of Main street until 1854, when they built the brick church on the corner of Fourth and Sonth Carolina Streets, which was soon after dedi- cated by D. R. MeAnally, D. D., of St. Louis. In 1861, on account of troubles engendered by the war, a part of the members, while not formally withdawing, went into what they termed "a union association." Among these were Edwin Draper, Philander Draper, Daniel Draper, J. S. Markley, Charles Hunter, Joseph S. Barnum, T. J. C. Fagg, William Vanhorn, R. . S. Strother, Robert Allison, Jesse Gentry, Joseph Charleville, H. Haley, Frank Haley, and Robert Owens, with their families. Out of this associa- tion grew the Northern Methodist Church of Louisiana. It is due to state, however, that several who had gone into the " association" returned to the Church South when the object of organizing a new church was disclosed.
The Methodist Episcopal Church North was organized in 1863, under the ministry of Rev. Wm. Demott, and was received into the conference of that body by Bishop Ames on June the 20th of that year. At this time Bishop
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Ames also formed a presiding elder's district, to be called the Louisiana District, and to embrace the territory situated between the Missouri River and the Ilannibal & St. Joe Railroad. Among the constituting members of this church we find the names of Rev. N. Shumate, P. E .; Rev. William Demott, pastor; R. S. Strother, class leader; C. G. Hunter and Edward Draper, stewards; T. J. C. Fagg, J. S. Markley, Samuel Griggs, Robert Owns, J. Charleville, J. M. Gentry, J. S. Barnum, John Schwimmer, and Ezra Gibson. These, with their families, aggregated 102 members. with which the church was organized. After their organization they worshiped for quite a while in the M. E. Church South, pending the suit which they had instituted for the property. The supreme court, however, awarded the property to the M. E. Church South, when the other wing withdrew, and thereafter, for a season, worshiped in the Presbyterian church, the use of which had been kindly offered them. In 1867 they built the brick church on the corner of Seventh and Tennessee streets, where they have since con- tinned to conduct their services.
The present organization of the M. E. Church South is as follows: Rev. John A. Beagle, pastor; W. N. Tinsley, T. P. Cubberly, Dr. E. Crutcher, J. A. Estes, and W. O. Gray, official board; W. O. Gray, recording stew- ard; W. HI. Morrow, superintendent of sabbath-school. And of the M. E. Church North as follows: Rev. J. C. Horn, pastor; F. C. Haley, John Lake, J. W. Dreyfus, J. N. Frier, W. M. Brown, board of stewards; H. W. Lake, W. E. Jackson, Philander Draper, R. L. Foster, John Gamble, John N. Frier, J. W. Dreyfus, F. C. Haley, trustees; J. N. Frier, superintendent of sabbath-school. Membership one hundred and sixty-eight, with twenty probationers .:
CHRISTIAN CHURCHI.
The Christian Church in Louisiana, Missouri, was organized by Elders Jeremiah Lancaster and Sandy Jones in 1837. Its first meetings were held in the court-house, and in Schwimmer's vacant log store room, on the corner of Main and Georgie streets. The original members were five in number; viz., Mrs. Minerva Luce, Mrs. Catharine Ruggles, Mrs. Dr. Gorin, Miss Attella Jackson, and Jno. T. Folks. Three of the charter members are still living; viz., Mrs. Lnee, Mis. Ruggles. and Mrs. Barnard, the latter being Miss Jackson in 1837. Elders Jones and Lancaster preached frequently for the church during the years 1837-S. The place of worship was Sewhimmer's store room. The place of worship was changed in 1839 to Luce's ware- house on the levee, near South Carolina street; then to the court-house, on
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Third street; and again, about 1845, to the public school-house on Georgia street near Fifth street. The ministers who did the preaching for this church from the date of its organization, in 1837, to the date of the build- ing of the present house of worship, in 1850, in chronological order were Sandy Jones, Jeremiah Lancaster, Jacob Creath, Jr., Samuel S. Church (then a youth), Dr. J. W. Hughes, and Joseph J. Errett. The two latter lived in Paynesville, Missouri, and preached monthly in Louisiana. In 1845 Elders Jacob Creath and George Waters held a meeting at . which Julius C. Jackson and his wife Harriet Jackson united with the church. Capt. George Barnard, Isaac N. Bryson, and William Luce were baptized and united with the church at the same time. In 1846 Mrs. J. E. Carstar- phen (then Miss Belinia Jackson), Joseph Barnett, Jacob Linder, and George Young became members of this church. The present house of worship was completed in 1850. Julus C. Jackson and William Luce were the trustees and building committee. These and Capt. George Barnard were the chief contributors to the building fund. President Alexander Campbell of Beth- any, Virginia, visited Louisiana in 1851, and preached several times to the great enjoyment and encouragement of the congregation. During the decade from 1850 to 1860 protracted meetings were held at various intervals by Dr. W. H. Hopson, Elders L. B. Wilkes, T. M. Allen, J. W. Burbridge, Peter Donan, Timothy Ford, George Watters, and Joseph J. Errett. Elder Joseph J. Errett of Paynesville preached monthly for the church in 1858- 59-60. Elder Alphens Brown was the resident minister for this church in 1861-62. Elder William Brown, known as " Billy Brown," of Illinois, visitied and preached for the church in 1863-64. Elder J. D. Dawson loca- ted in Louisiana, in 1862, as principal of an academy; he also preached for the church occasionally and has continued to minister to it, at intervals, to the present time (1883). Elder J. Creath held a noted meeting in JS5+, at which there were fifty additions. It was his custom to hold a daily prayer- meeting at sunrise. Dr. W. H. Hopson, a few years later, in 1857, held a series of meetings that are still fresh in the memories of all who attended them. Elder Thomas M. Allen, of Columbia, Missouri, soon after the elose of the war, held a grand union meeting, at which he succeeded in harmonizing the dis- cordant elements in the church, and restoring friendship and unity among its members. His visit is remembered as an epoch in the history of the church. Elder HI. D. Clark of Pittsfield, Illinois, held a successful meeting for the Church in March, 1868, at which there were thirty or forty additions. In August, ISos, Clayton Keith, having just graduated at Kentucky Univer- sity, and the Theological (or Bible) College, Lexington, Kentucky, began his
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ministry with this church, and continued until October, 1869. During the year of his ministry the congregation was in a prosperous condition, num- bering 300 members, abont 100 of which were added during the year. In 1870 and 1871 Elder H. D. Clark, now of Baltimore, Maryland, was the resident minister of the church. Elder Jesse II. Berry of Springfield, Missouri, was pastor of the church for the years 1872-73-74. He was suc- ceeded by Elder D. P. Henderson in 1876, and he by Dr. H. R. Walling in 1877 and 1878. Elder A. C. Walker was the pastor during 1881 and 1882. At present (1883) the church is without a minister. The elders are Jno. D. Dawson, Jno. T. Rule, Jas. I. Nelson, and Clayton Keith. It cannot be said of the church, at this writing, that it is in a highly prosperous con- dition. It has a membership of 150.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
The Episcopal Church of Louisiana was organized in 1853 or 1854. Pre- vions to 1872, when the first Episcopal church was built in Louisiana, the con- gregation worshiped in court-ball or over the old market-house of the city. The Rev. John T. Worthington was the first pastor of this church and con- tinued to officiate for a number of years. The original or constituting members were Col. P. T. Senteney and wife, George Hind and wife, Sam- uel Lewis and wife, Col. N. P. Minor and wife, and a few others.
Like the church at Prairieville this organization was seriously affected by the war, and not until the civil strife had ceased did they attempt anything in the interest of the church, further than an occasional service and the con- duct of the sabbath-school.
In 1867 they again organized in the form of a parish at which time David Steward, Col. D. P. Dyer and wife, and a few others, became connected with the organization. From this time until now regular services have been con- ducted and a regularly ordained minister has been in the employ of the church. Revs. Dr. Jennings, Mr. Webb, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Matran, and Dr. Curtis, the present rector, have been employed in the order named. In 1878 or about that time the church was moved from its old site to Georgia street, on the west side of Seventh street, and a neat and comfortable look- ing rectory was erected.
The church is not numerically strong, but is apparently in a healthy spir- itual condition, with a well conducted and well attended sabbath-school, which has been long continued, and with every prospect of doing much to advance the well-being of those in whose midst it has been planted.
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ST. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCHI.
The families that formed the nucleus for this church were those of Ed- ward Emerson, David Crider, F. A. Suda and Mrs. Webber. They first had services as early as 1840, and their places of assembling for this purpose were the shops and other buildings of the poor classes of the citizens. Father Lyon, of Milwood, Lincoln county, was the priest who conducted these early services. Other Catholic families commenced to settle in Louisiana and its vicinity soon after the year named above, and in 1850 Father Lyon began to build a church in the northern part of the city, which was called St. Pat- rick's, and in which they continued to worship until 1874. This was a wooden strneture and its cost was comparatively trifling, the land upon which it stood having been donated for this purpose. Father Lyon officiated as pastor until 1857. and was succeeded by Fathers Brady, Termnell, Haley, O'Ragan, Cummings, Kam, and Murray. These continued to serve the church until 1873, when Father Gleason became pastor, and during his charge a fine brick structure, known as St. Joseph's Catholic Church of Louisiana, was erected in the northern part of the city. This church was dedicated on July 15, 1874, by Right Rev. Bishop P. J. Ryan, of St. Louis. Rev. Gleason officiated until 1873, when he was succeeded by Father Calmners, who re- mained until 1877, when the Franciscans, of Quincy, Illinois, took charge of the church and supplied its pulpit until 1882, when the bishop again took control of it, and sent the present pastor, Father John Hubert May. The membership of this church number at this time almost four hundred communicants. In September, 1881, a parochial school was estab- lished, under the charge of the Ursuline Sisters, with two teachers, Mother Juliana and Sister Stanislans. The attendance during the first academic year was more than one hundred pupils.
PERSEVERANCE LODGE NO. 92, A. F. AND A. F. M.
This lodge was organized under charter which bears date October 12. 1847, the first officers were Philander Draper, W. M .; E. G. MeQnie, S. W .; and Theodore Betts, J. W. The names of all the charter members we have been unable to obtain. The present officers are E. Pepper, W. M .; Alexander Owens, S. W .; and Martin Flegle, J. W. The lodge has at this time about sixty members, and before a part of its membership withdrew to form Globe Lodge there were almost a hundred members in good standing in Perseverance Lodge. The lodge is represented as working pleasantly and harmoniously, and as being in a good and flourishing condition.
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GLOBE LODGE NO. 495, A. F. & A. M.
This lodge was granted its dispensation or charter in June, 1876, at which time it was organized. The first officers were C. J. Atkins, W. M .; H. B. Butts, S. W .: W. H. Biggs. J. W .; R. J. Hawkins, secretary; A. Tinsley, treasurer, George Tyrrell, S. D .; Champ Clark, J. D .; Ed. Glenn, tyler. This lodge was burnt out in February, 1852, losing everything except one copy of their by-laws and the records, the latter being in the safe of Mr. John C. Walters at the time. The present officers are W. W. Ander- son, W. M .; P. G. Baird, S. W .; Adam Wald, J. W .; J. C. Walters, sec- retary; J. S. Barnum, treasurer; M. G. Reynold, S. D .; J. W. Matson, J. D .; S. C. Orton, tyler. The lodge is a strong one with no dissensions ex- isting among its members.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Lodge Knights of Pythias was organized August 13, 1881, by Grand Chancellor Rudorf of St. Louis. The constituting members were O. C. Pry- son, J. M. Blodgett, J. D. Bowman, Dr. E. Crutcher, W. E. Dowds, M. C. Far- ber, J. Frier. E. B. Fagg, J. W. Gunn, W. H. Glenn, H. L Hart, H. L. Mur- ray, J. L. Minor, M. G. Reynolds, Joe B. Reid, J. H. Reid, A. L. Stone, A. C. Sheldon, A. W. Wehrman, C. B. Wason, and I. W. Basye. The first officers were A. C. Sheldon, C. C .; Dr. E. Crutcher, V. C .; John Minor, K. of R. & S .; M. C. Farber, M. F .; O. C. Brysol, Prel .; H. L. Hart, M. of E .; A. W. Wehrman, M. at A .; A. L. Stone, I. G., C. B. Mason, O. G. The present officers are E. B. Fagg, C. C .; A. W. Wehrman, V. C .; R. R. Clemens, K. R. & S .; J. B. Reid, Prel .; Abe L. Stone, M. of F .; IL. L. Hart, M. of E. The lodge has thirty-seven menbers at this time and is in a truly prosperous condition.
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
The Louisiana Lodge K. of H. was instituted September 5, 1879, by John M. Blodgett, deputy. The constituting members were Dr. S. B. Avres, Charles Burkhardt, M. P. Brown, J. M. Blodgett, H. C. Draper. John N. Frier, J. D. Godfrey, J. M. Gentry. W. J. Howden, II. IL. Johnson, J. M. Lewis, A. M. Mounce, Carson Modissett. A. C. Sheldon, W. G. Tinsley, C. B. Walton, A. W. Wehrman, and R. H. Williams. The first officers were A. C. Sheldon, dictator: Charles Burkhardt, V. D .; A. W. Wehrman, A. D .; H. L. Murray, reporter; W. J. Howden. financial reporter; John N. Frier. treasurer, N. P. Brown, chaplain; and A. W. Wehrman, A. C. She !- 42
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don, and J. N. Frier, trustees. The present officers are N. J. Lynot, D .; E. B. Fagg, P. D .; D. A. Ball, V. D .; J. Will Gunn, A. D .; John C. Walters, financial reporter; W. A. Gunn, reporter; R. HI. Williams, chaplain; W. II. Glenn, S., and W. W. Anderson, A. W. Werhman, and W. H. Glenn, trustees. The lodge numbers fifty-five members and has dis- bursed a great deal of money in paying the death claims of the order, and thus have the members been enabled to contribute to the necessities of the widows and orphans of their deceased brethren.
RIVERSIDE LODGE NO. 285, INDEPENDENT ORDER B'NAI B'RITH. (MANY SONS OF THE COVENANT.)
This lodge was organized in August, 1877, with twenty members. The present officers are A. Wald, president; M. Lesem, vice-president; M. Morris, secretary; P. Zuzak, F. S .; S. Michael, treasurer; M. Michael, monitor; H. Gensberger, warden. The stated meetings are held the first and third Sundays of each month.
CATHOLIC CEMETRY.
This place of burial, designed for the members of the Catholic families of Lonisiana and vicinity, is situated one and one-fourth miles west of the limits of the city. It contains five and one-fourth acres of land, is well fenced and suitably decorated with trees, flowers, and shrubs. It was set apart for burial purposes in 1878, and the first interments were Miss Rhoda Snyder and Mrs. Mary D. McCarty, made during this year. Since that time some forty graves have been made here, whose head-stones mark the last resting places of the pious dead.
HEBREW CEMETERY.
This is a beautiful plat of ground, containing perhaps a little less than an acre of land, and located just north of and immediately upon the Louisiana & Bowling Green Gravel Road and about two miles west of the city. It is called "Rodef Sholem," the Hebrew for Road to Peace. It is entered through an arched gateway over which is inscribed in Hebrew "Shaare Sholem," and in English the translation, "Gates of Peace." It was set apart for burial purposes by the Hebrew Society Rodef Sholem in the summer of 1871. The first interment made was Katie, a little daughter of Ferdinand Fishell. The interinents now number about thirty, and the graves are beautifully kept, while the grounds give evidence of the respect which our Jewish neighbors cherish for the memory of their dead.
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William Wilson Anderson, attorney at law, is a native of Virginia. He was born at Fredericksburg, Angust 19, 1846. His father, James L. Anderson, was a native of England, and his mother (Milfred A. Allen) was a descendant of an old Virginia family. His father died in 1851, and in the following year his mother removed with the family to Missouri and settled at Louisiana, where he began to attend the public school, in which the rudi- ments of his edneation were received. In 1850 he went to Hannibal, Mis- souri, to live with his guardian, his Uncle George Allen, with whom he lived until 1885, and during that time he was sent to the Van Renssalear Academy, in Ralls county, Missouri, where he laid the foundation for a substantial English and classical education and prepared himself for col- lege. In 1965 he entered the senior class of Bethany College, West Vir- ginia, and graduated as A. B. in 1866; after which he returned to Missouri and accepted a position as a teacher in the Van Renssalear Academy for one year, leaving this position to become principal of the Louisiana public schools for one term. In 1868 he began the study of law in the office of Robert A. Campbell, at Bowling Green, and in September, after passing the required examination, he was admitted to the bar. Ile then established himself in the city of Louisiana, which has since been his home; and where he is not only recognized as a prominent member of the Pike county bar, but an energetic publie man and wide awake to the growth and prosperity of the city. In 1870 he was elected city attorney. In 1874 he was elected a member of the city council, and has been re-elected and served every term since, and for the past six years has been president pro ter. of the council and chairman of the finance committee. In 1877, the city being burdened with a bonded indebtedness that retarded its growth, the council appointed a committee, of which he was chairman, to compromise with the bondholders, the most of the work falling on him. A settlement was effected, redneing the debt nearly one-half and the interest from ten to six per cent, and the time of payment from five to twenty years. In 1872 he married Cornelia F. Vanhorn, daughter of J. W. Vanhorn, of Louisiana, by whom he has three children: James Walter, Cora Jeans, and Floyd Frasier. He is a Master, Royal Arch, and Knight Templar Mason, and in 1877 he was dep- uty grand commander of the Grand Commandary of Missouri. He is also a Knight of Honor.
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Captain Carroll Jones Atkin, superintendent of the C. & A. iron railroad bridge across the Mississippi River at Louisiana, Missouri, was born at Waterbury, Washington county, Vermont, November 3, 1837. where he lived with his parents and attended school until he was seventeen years of age, when he came to Missouri. He first stopped at St. Charles, and was employed as book-keeper in the lumber office of Porter & Overall for one year, when he went to the Missonri River, which he followed either as river pilot or master of a steamboat, plying between St. Louis and Fort Benton until 1871, when he came to Louisiana and took charge of the steam trans- fer across the Mississippi for the C. & A. Railroad Company until the fall of 1873, when he accepted his present position as superintendent of the iron bridge for the same company. Mr. Atkin is a prominent Mason. He is a member of Globe Lodge No. 495, A. F. & A. M .; of Bond Chapter No. 23, R. A. M., of Louisiana City, and of Cyrene Commandery No. 13, K. T., of Bowling Green. He has served Globe Lodge as master one year, and Bond Chapter as principal sojourner two years, and was eminent com- mander of Cyrene Commandery for four years. In October, 1878, was elected and served as grand commander of the Grand Commandery of the State of Missouri, he filling that station for two years. February 2, 1865,' he married Lanra S. Boal, of St. Charles, Missouri. They have eight chil- dren, Carroll Lee, May, Birdie, William P., Stonewall, Price, Robert Morse, and Ralph Parsons, all living at home.
Salathiel Bainbridge Avers, M. D., was born near Spencersburg, Pike county, Missouri, January 5, 1839, where he was raised. He is the son of Thomas J. and Elizabeth (Lewis) Ayers. He received the rudi- ments of his education by attending public school until he was eighteen, when he was sent to Washington Seminary at Paris, Missouri, one year, after which he taught school two years at the Rose school-house, near Cur- ryville, Pike county, when he resumed his studies at Bethel College, Pal- myra, completing his literary education there in 1861. He then studied medicine for a short time under Dr. Bailey, and then enlisted in the Mis- souri State Guards under General Price and served eight months, when he resumed the study of medicine under Drs. Wicks & Tucker, of Spencers- burg, and completed the course by graduating as M. D. from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, in January, 1866. In 1864, in the interim between the course of lectures, he began to practice at Spencersburg. May 12, 1866, he permanently settled at Louisiana, and has built up an exten- sive and profitable practice. October 25, 1864, he married Susan E., daugh- ter of Thomas P. Woodson, of Spencersburg, Missouri. Himself and wife
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are members of the First Baptist Church of Louisiana. He is a member of Globe Lodge No. 495, A. F. & A. M., of Louisiana.
David Alexander Ball. attorney at law, was born on a farm near Troy, Lincoln county, Missouri, June 8, 1851. He is the son of John E. and Elizabeth (Dyer) Ball. He was raised a farmer, and lived with his parents, and helped by his labor to maintain a large family, until he was nineteen, when he started out in the world for himself. With an innate desire to enter upon a professional life he, in his early boyhood, bent his energy to acquire an education. In his sixteenth year he attended a select school, taught by a Miss Carrie McCleney; previous to that he had attended the public school during the winter terms. When seventeen he taught a winter term of school. after which he worked on his father's farm until the fall of 1870, when he came to Louisiana and entered the public high school and maintained himself by working in the tobacco factory of F. Tinsley & Co. He pursued this course, at the same time privately studying law, until June, 1872. when he commenced reading law in the office of Fagg & Dyer, and was admitted to the bar in the latter part of that year and began practice in the city of Louisiana. In the spring of 1873 he was the Dem- .ocratic nominee for city attorney, but was defeated by a few rotes. In the following spring he was a candidate for the same office, and was elected by & good majority, and in 1874 was elected his own successor. In ISTS he was elected prosecuting attorney of Pike county, and re-elected in 1850. In 1881 he was elected a member of the city council for a term of two years. July 26, 1882. he was elected a member of the Democratic State Central Committee for the Seventh Congressional District of Missouri. May 13, 1875, he was united in marriage with Jessie, daughter of Samuel O. Miner, of Louisiana. Himself and wife are members of the M. E. Church South.
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