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Thus closes up all, or nearly all, the recorded for- concerning the old house, the first church of Bethel, Gloucester Co., N. J., and although, as has been -aid before, Bethel makes no claim to priority boastfully enough to establish the fact of having been alway- loyal as the Methodist Episcopal Church.
First the society was known as the Methodist Epi -- copal Society of North America until after 1784, when we became a church in this country with a regular ordained ministry, since which time no note or recor !! is made, but this fact is plainly stated, Methodist Episcopal Church of Bethel, or in terms equivalent.
The old church building, according to the record, was used as a place of worship from 1770 to 1840, just seventy years, during which time this time- honored temple was often filled with power and
of Death. How many who found the pearl of great price within her walls are now swelling the hallelujah> of heaven !
Just in the rear of the old pulpit, towards the set- ting sun, lie the bones of Rev. John Ragan, a native of Ireland, who fell with his armor on in 1797. Around and beneath the spot where stood the old meeting-house are buried the fathers and mothers of early Methodism, where their names can be read.
We have thought perhaps it would not be uninter- esting to some to hear a short description of this old house. The dimensions were as follows: Size, twenty- eight by thirty-six ; height of post, sixteen feet; and it stood side front to the road. Galleries ran around the front side and two ends. It was lined or ceiled inside with cedar boards, the posts and beams were planed smooth, and all the timbers, except braces and rafters, were seen on the inside. The outside was covered with inch cedar boards, and the roof covere.l with shingles. Who built the structure, or whe
The next item recorded is the horse-sheds, then built, and subscription-list containing fourteen names, : helped in any way to erect or construct, we have no
record to show. The frame, containing the same tim- bers almost intact, is still standing in a good state of preservation, and is used as a barn on the farm of Sam- uel J. Evans, about a mile from where the old church stood as a house of worship, now one hundred and thirteen years old. That old house and its old grave- yard are both objects of more than ordinary interest to people of Bethel, cach having its history. Here "the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep;" let them rest in peace.
THE SECOND CHURCH EDIFICE .- Following this is the subscription-list, containing one hundred and
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thirty-nine names, pledging to pay from one dollar to fifty dollars. In this house the society wor-biped from 1840 until Feb. 15, 1883, forty-three years. During this time many changes have taken place. In 1840 we had only a small burial-place, about two acres; since then have been purchased, first, half an acre, next one and a quarter acres, and the last pur- cha-e comprises some thirty-two aeres. Besides this, the house and lot which constitutes the parsonage has been purchased and paid for, and a new house built for the pastor on the same, in addition to the one on the lot when bought. Thus from time to time has the church grown stronger financially and numeri- cally.
In the summer of 1840 the now old house was fin- . superstructure was raised, and dinner was served in ished and dedicated. All these forty-three years the old temple number two has stood, amid lightning's flash and thunder's roar of summer and the stormy winds of winter, and still it stands, a relie of by-gone days. A few are with us still who saw the second temple rise, but far the greater number are gone over the river. It would be matter of much interest to know just how many were converted in this house, but this can never be known until the great day of , the last year, being the last year of his pastorate here. eternity, when all things shall be revealed. Time Perhaps few other men could have had so good success as Rev. J. T. Price. Great credit is also due the build- ing committee, John C. Turner, Samuel J. Evans, and John C. Thompson, who proved worthy the trust re- posed in them. has rapidly flown, and with its flight have gone the men and women who made up the congregations forty years ago. How many of them we have known and loved who used to worship here. We could name them, but we forbear. Peace to their memory, which is as ointment poured forth.
The grass grows, the sun shines, the birds warble just as sweetly, the seasons come and go, and Time's chariot-wheels roll by as if they had never been ; but their record is on high, and when the last trump's dreadful din shall call them they will rise from old , is of good material, well and substantially built. The Bethel graveyard to take part in the first resurrec- . entire cost of building, including furniture and organ, tion, "and every form and every face be glorious and ; divine."
Thus we have passed over the events of the past. Much, very much of interest has been passed over untouched. We have said but little of the grand old preachers, those mighty men of God, who used to Preach as for eternity, and who stood on this classic ground of Methodism so long ago. Of such were
jamin Abbott, who speaks of Bethel in his journal, and says the power fell on the people while he was preaching, and all fell to the floor as dead. Charles Pitman, that mighty preacher of Jesus and the res- urrection, has often held forth here. And so we might name many truly good and great men who ; whom all blesings flow."
have honored this place with their presence and are gone to their rewards, but time and space will not allow.
We must now leave these old, time-honored tem- ples for the present, and hasten to speak of the new house we now occupy, erected during the last year i eighty-three, fall of years and full of faith. He had (1882). But little need be said, however, of this, as
almost all are cognizant of the facts. Only a little more than a year ago the matter began to be talked about, and soon measures were put on foot to begin the work. Plans were drawn and submitted, # con :- mittee was appointed, facts and figures were taken, and a plan was adopted at a meeting called for the purpose in April, 1882. A contract was entered into for the work in May, 1882, and on June 20th the corner-stone was laid, according to disciplinary form, by Rev. John W. Hickman. A galvanized iron box, containing the records, together with the subscription-list, a copy of each county newspaper. and some small coins, were deposited in the wall of the foundation June 22, 1882. Two days later the the churchyard by the ladies, underneath the maple shades. This new house stands ninety feet south of the second church (still standing at this writing), and is the third house of worship erected at Bethel. The work was pushed rapidly forward, almost the entire community helping, as of one mind. Great praise is due to our then beloved pastor, who labored so un- tiringly in assisting to build this church edifice during
The present edifice is thirty-cight by sixty feet; thirty feet post; lower story cleven feet in the clear ; upper story, from Hoor to ceiling, twenty-five feet six inches ; height of tower to top of dome, seventy-three , feet, with rod, ball, and golden hand making seven feet more, -- eiglity feet in all. The whole structure
was seven thousand six hundred dollars. With the close of the year 1882, the house being finished, or nearly so, the furniture and carpets and fixtures were rapidly put into position, while ready hands were constantly employed and willing hearts engaged to : get all ready for the great, good time coming, namely, the dedication, which occurred Feb. 15, 1883.
The dedieaury sermon was preached by Bishop Francis Asbury, Ezekiel Cooper, -- Pedicord, Ben- , Matthew Simpron, from the text, "She barh done what she couldt" The day was stormy, the rain fell in torrents, but did not prevent the people from at- tending, and though the trustees had to raise fourteen hundred dollars and upwards, every dollar was pro- vided for, and all the people sang " Praise God, from
One event orearring about this time, or a little be- fore, had the ofect to sadden all hearts. In the midst of our rejoicing our dear old father, Calvin G. Rich- man, who had Jived among us for thirty years, had been gathered home, like a ripe shock of corn, at the age of so wished to Kve to see this new church finished and
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dedicated and hear the bell, and so often and anxiously asked hoy the work went on during his last days among us, that all had hoped he would have been with us. But before the time arrived his time had come, and the new bell he had so much desired to hear was tolled for the first time for his funeral, which took ; place in the old house. Many times had he been permitted to meet the inthers in the first church here, and nriny more times had he stood up in the second house and proclaimed the truth of God to the people. Faithfully he lived, and peacefully and triumphantly he passed away. He is gone, but not forgotten, while we are left to continue the work he so nobly sustained for more than fifty years.
" May we triumph so when all om conflicts past, And, dying, find our latest foe under our feet at last. "
And last, though not by any means the least, we come to notice the Sunday-school connected with this church. According to the recorded facts concerning the school, we find a meeting was held on the 13th day of May, 1849, which is the first on record of any school connected with the church. A constitution and by-laws is recorded for our school, written at the time above named, Article 1 of which reads : "This association shall be called the Bethel Sunday-school, auxiliary to the Sunday-school Union of the Method- ist Episcopal Church." Officers were elected at this time and teachers appointed; Thomas Young as su- perintendent. The school has been reorganized in the spring of every year since. The names of the different superintendeuts elected are as follows: 1849, Thomas Young; April 28, 1850, Michael Devall ; April 6. 1851, Thomas Young: March 21, 1852, Ed- ward Evans; April 3, 1853, Thomes Young; April 10, 1854, E. F. Watson ; April 23, 1555, Michael De- vall; April 29, 1856, and May 16, 1857, Thomas E. McKendry Richman ; May 6, 1860, Edward Evans, ; Jr .; May 5, 1861, Joseph R. Chew ; April 13, 1862, Jesse B. Thompson ; March 27, 1864, and April 10, 1865 and 1866, John W. Downs; 1867, William Beckett ; from 1870 to 1880, E. F. Watson ; and from then until the present, J. C. Thompson. Until 1804 the school could not be maintained through the win- ter, but ever since that time has continued to be an evergreen, living and blooming in winter as well as summer.
Thus we have noted only a few facts in our history of one hundred and thirteen years, and many of us saw the last service in the old and the first in the new church. May 6, 1883, was celebrated for the first time the sacrament of the Lord's Supper in this new house, when the new silver communion set was brought into use for the first time by our new pastor, Rev. William Margerum. For how many years to come the people of old Bethel will kneel here at this altar we cannot tell, but sincerely hope for another hundred years at least.
" Who'll press for gift the crow lod street, A bad: vi ye irs to e me? Who'll tread these aisles with willing feet, A hundred year- to come ? Pale Trembling age, and fery youth, And childhood with its heart of truth, The rich, the poor, on land and sea, Where will the nighty millions be, A hundred years to come ?"
Turnersville Methodist Episcopal Church .- Thi- was, in 1780, an out-station from old Bethel Church at Hurffville, or rather Bethel, a mile from Hurffville. The old pioneer Methodist preachers were in the earlier days of Methodisin composed of men who were found at the post of duty, whether that path led to the hovel or palace. They were men of religious convictions, and went wherever the spirit led them, preaching to the people whenever they could gather a few of the pioneer settlers. They were not as par- ticular about the size of quality of their congrega- tions as some of the modern followers of the lowly Galilean. Had they been of that class they never would have entered fields so utterly uninviting a> some of the wooded hamlets of South Jersey were in those days of toil and privation. These men of God not only preached, but they organized classes avd zo- cieties at those points where enough persons could reasonably be convened to form a class.
As nearly as can be ascertained, John Turner, father of the present venerable Joseph Turner, was ap- pointed a class-leader in 1785, and his son, Jesse Tur- ner, was his snecessor in office. Among the pioneer members of Turner's class were Elizabeth Turner. wife of the leader, Tamson Hurff and wife, Jacob Cheeseman and wife. Lemuel Sheldon and wife, Maria Gantz, Adam Fox and wife. John Carter aud wife, and John Williams and wife.
Previous to 1855 meetings were held in school-
· Chew; April 18. 1858, E. F. Watson ; May 1, 1859, ; houses, private dwellings, barns, and in the summer-
time, when the weather was fair, in the grove. After worshiping seventy years without a regular place of : worship, a building committee consisting of Benjamin Prosser, Samuel Sharp, John Turner, and John Pros- ser was appointed, and during the summer of 1555 the present large church edifice was erected at a cost of five thousand five hundred dollars, and dedicated in the fall of the same year by Rev. Hickman.
The first trustees were Benjamin Prosser, Jonas King, John Prosser, Samuel Sharp, Daniel Turner, Jesse R. Turner, and William Garwood.
Among the preachers who have served this people. Mr. Turner remembers Solomon Sharp, John Walker. James Stout, James Long, Jacob Gruber, - Green- bank, Ed. Page, and Mr. Loomis az among the ear. lier ones. Rev. Jacob Price is the present pastor in charge of the circuit.
The present official board, August, 1892, is com- posed of the following-named persons : Trustees, Joseph Turner, George Williams, Samuel Gaunt, Eimer Curry, and William Corson : Steward -. Joseph
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turner, Samuel Gauntt, and George Williams ; Class- Leader, Samuel Gauntt. Membership, thirty. Value of church property, four thousand dollars. John R. Chew is the Sunday-school superintendent.
Wesley Chapel is located in the southeast part of the township, in the hamlet known locally as " Senor- ville, " about two and a half miles east from Hurffville. .
This was formerly a school-honse appointment, Inown as " Lebanon" district. Divine services were . Leldl here for several years by the itinerant preachers ' of the Methodist denomination, and previous to 1868 a class was formed, with Caleb Ross and William Kerns as leaders. The class was a part of the Bethel Society at Ilurffville, and for the better accommoda- i tion of the members living in Lebanon district it was thought advisable to build a house of worship for what appeared to be the nucleus of a strong society, and accordingly a subscription-list was put in circu- lation, dated Lebanon, July 28, 1869, and the follow- ! ing signatures obtained : Daniel Senor, David I. Se- nor, Willima S. Dilks, Isaac Cramer, George Wilson, Thomas E. Armstrong, Jesse Foster, Wesley Brown, Matthias Freuch, John T. Brown, Thomas Reeve, Jesse Nicholson, John Angelo, C. Mellvaine, Joseph Watson, John Nitshe, H. Clifford, John C. Thomp- son, James Lots, John S. Wood, Joseph Hurff, George Builey, William S. Senor, W. Jessup, John 1. Wat- son, John Libb, I-aac Turner, Joseph Higgins, C. G. Richman, Edward Evans, Joseph Harper, Charles W. Sheldon, Jacob Leedy, Mary E. Franklin.
It is proper to state here that the late Mrs. David Senor was instrumental in building Wesley Chapel, she having circulated the subscription-list, obtaining from the above-named persons in sumis ranging from fifty cents to fifty dollars, a total amount -ufficient to warrant the building of the chapel. Hoa. Thomas W. Hurff donated the half-acre of land upon which the chapel stand -.
The corner-stone of the chapel was laid July 9, 1870, upon which occasion one hundred and twenty persons donated sums ranging from fifty cents to twenty-five dollars each.
The chapel was completed and dedicated in the . fall of 1870, at a cost of thirteen hundred dollars. The trustees at that time were David Senor, John Lloyd, Gilbert Pine, and John Libb. Rev. Stiles preached the dedicatory sermon.
The officers of the chapel in 1883 were as follows : Trustees, Gilbert Pine and John Libb ; Class-Leader and Steward, John Libb.
A Sunday-school was organized in 1870, with John Lloyd as superintendent, who was succeeded by Johu Libb, the present superintendent.
BURIAL-GROUNDS. -
Bethel Cemetery .- This burial-place is in rear of the Methodist Episcopal Church and lot at Bethel, or Hurffville, in this township. This seems to have been one of the pioneer graveyards of the township. The
following are of the many inscriptions to be found
William Guslin, djed March &, Isft. a_od St. Ania Applegate, died vet. 31, 1 75. azed 77. Andrew Sild Med .Int, 4, 18, aged 69. Sean Murphy, dird June 1, 1-14, aged 60. Ist & tickets, hel April 25, 1sil, aged 50. I-aa Motivaiar, died Ang. 2, 1570, aged 75. Rev. William V. Barrow, died Jan. 24, 1836, aged 36.
Toate C. Dalkes, diel Ang. 2, 1-73, agal 13. Elisha Chew, And March 3, 1964, azed m. Michael Devantt, died Oct. s. 1sal, Aged 75. Patrick L'humain, died Oct. 31. ledd, apel 74. Benjamin Heritage, born Feb, 14, 1740, died March 27, 1815. Rev. Ja-ish Heritage, born April .. , 1778, died May 7. 1859.
Marty Rentage, born March 24, 17-0, died March 22, 1857.
Ruth Will ums, died May 13, 1799, aged 27.
Benjamin Clark, born Oct. 15, 1714, died Ang. 2, 1830. John Dill.», din Jan. 20, 177!, ag.d (5. William Beckett, died Oct. 28, 1944, aged 62. Sar.d. Beckett, died March 20, 1-5, aged 75. Joseph Watson, died Nov. 24, 1610, aged 35. Mary Lock, died Aug. 16, 1937, aged 79.
John S. Beli, dad Dec. 17. 1839, agel 73. David Ward, di-d Jan. 13, 1sip, aged 56. Mary Ward, Sind Jan. 27, 1870, agel s1. Charles P. Downs, feil in defense of his country, July 25, 1862.
James A. Murphy, died March 2. 19 7, Ngod 51.
Rebecca E Nicholson, died Sefit. 6, 1868, aged 32.
Taison Harf, died Nov. 21, 1-77, aged 09.
George Herff, bon July 22, 1780, died Sept. 1, 1971.
Ann Streeten, died Jan. an, IsGI, aged 89. Panic! Bates, died Jin. 2, 1815, aged 64.
Tamzom Sneath, died May 7, 1- 2, aged 64. H. tholomew Carter, died April 19, 1854, aged 77.
Rev. John Turner, died Oct. 2, 183-, aged 85. Elizabeth Turner, died Dec. 27, 1874, aged 93. Dily ud Tuiner, died Ang. 18, 1-21, aged 50. Sarah Turner, died Sept. 8, Is2\, aged 47.
Mary Early, dird March 14, 1501.
I. Carpeater, 1814.
Rev. John Brown, died Jan. 2, 1527, aged do.
Mary Aan Kery os, died March 24, 1-69, nged 34. William G. Sparks, died Sept. 16, 1-72, aged 63.
Samuel J. Moore. le rn March 2, 1507, died May 13, 1871.
Juanthan C. DWkez, died July 16, 1863, aged 03.
James Dilka, Gid March 12, 1 75. . ged 77.
Juasy P. Dilky, died Dec. 26, 1:02, aged 62.
Bev. Denjuvin Heritage, born April 4, 1810, died Jan. 17, 1572. Charles Auna Heritage, boru Anz. 21, 1831, died July 10, 1852.
Thomas Bre, Jr., die I Sept. 5, 1433. aged 12. Martha Bee, died June 27, 1861, aged 43.
Rev. Andrew Flikes, died Oct. 12, 1853, aged GS. Prestanl Dilkes, died July 15, 1865, aged 80.
Maty Dilkes, died Ang. 91, 1802. aged 80. Ephraim Ben, died Ang. 22, 1960, ag-d 90. Anna Bee, diod Aug. 30, 1-72, aged 53. Jolin Swope.
Charles H. Swope.
Jacob Swope. Jolin S. Wood, di-d May 2, 1:79, azed <3.
Rebecca L. Dilks, born .Jan. 2. Jsou, died Aug. 19, 1879. Rev. Mark Heritage, died Jan. 6, 1-79, aged 76.
Elizabeth Heritage, med March IT, 1833, age 1 58. James $ Dilks, born Jan. 21, 17-4. died June 12, 1862. Michael Chew, ditel Auz. 21. 1332, aged 4.
Saralı Chew, diel Aug. 21, 1575, aged 43. Margaret C. lleriage, died A; til :, 1878, aged 47.
J .el Wood, born Aug. 12. 178 4, died sept. 20, 1:70. Ann Word, drol Sept. 21, 1205, 42-1 63. David Hutchinson, boin Sept. 25, 179%, died July 31, 1851. Prisalla Hutchinson, born Ang. 30, 1595, died Dec. 16, 1552. J din K. Patt ou, JJied Jin. 30, 1-7s, aged 70. Henry Tung, Sr., born Sept. 1 ;, 17es. died Feb. 21, 1853. Aun Horff, die 1 Jan. 18, 150. aged Så. Jesse B. Thompson, diel Dec. 7, 1stu, aged 66.
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Jese Stren. die 1 Oct. 11, 187". . .. B.v. Johu Rasan, died Sept. 11, 336, azed 15.
Je Leonard, dont Feb. 10. i. S. nagel 0]. Mary & Leonard, died Apol 4, Isti. atoicz Je stal. Clerk, bonn Nov. S, 1771, died Feb. 27, 1:25. Mutha Clark, bagn Vy 51, 17h, ched July 21, 1:49. Jesse Bichointe, died July 13, 1.41, aged ~4. William Brewer, Jorn Aug, 9, 1401, dial Oct. 19, 1912 Jacob Viele:, diet March 4, 1844, aund ST. Nathan Carter, died Match 20, 1-47, aged 7s.
During the early part of the last century the north side of this yard was occupied by the Indians as a burying-ground.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
JOSEPH TURNER.
Three brothers of the Turner family at an early period emigrated from England. One settled in New York State, another in the West, and the third in New Jersey. From the latter was descended Robert, the grandfather of the subject of this bia- graphical sketch, who located in Washington, then Deptford township. By his wife Joanna he had one son, John, a local Methodist preacher, born May 9, 1774, who resided on the farm and in the present house of his son Joseph, which was erected nearly a century ago. He married, in 1798, Miss Elizabeth Carter, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Carter, born June 26, 1782, and had fourteen children, else- where mentioned by name in this volume. Mr. Turner died Oct. 4, 1858, in hi, eighty-titth year. His son Joseph was born Sept. 29, 1509, on the home- stend, where the winter sessions of the district school and the duties incident to the cultivation of the farm occupied the years of his boyhood. Ile also assisted his father in the cutting and shipping of timber until twenty-four years of age, when an opportunity to rent a farm advantageously was embraced. For seven years Mr. Turner was a tenant, after which he became a par- chaser, and removed to the property now owned by his son, Ellison K. Here he remained for twenty years, and in 1862 returned to the old homestead, which is still his home. He was married, Jan. 12, 1832, to Miss Achsah, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Kirby, and granddaughter of Samuel and Mercy Kirby, of Salem County. Mr. and Mrs. Turner had children,-Ellison K .. born in 1833; Mary Ann (Mr -. William Kernst, in 1834; Martha H. (Mr. Henry ANDREW DILKS. Leap), in 1836; Sarah W. (Mr. Hiram Stenger), in 1838; Robert. in 1840; Elizabeth (Mrs. Harris Leap), in 1812; Burroughs, in 1845; Anna (Mrs. John Wilkins), in ISIS; and Abigail (Mrs. Benjamin Williams), in 1851, of whom Mary Ann is deceased. , grated from England, and in Till sedel upon a tract All are living in Gloucester County, and are accos- sible to the home of their parents. In 1869 Mr. Turner retired from active labor, and transferred the interests of the farm to his son Robert. In politics
he has never been a partisan, but has reserved . himself the right to vote independently and witho . regard to party claims. Though not desirous of or distinction, he has served acceptably as free holder. his township. He has been for nearly hity ye ... identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church. which Mrs. Turner is also a member. Mr. and Mrs Turner celebrated their golden wedding in 19-2. .. which eventful occasion their children, grandelinda , and great-grandchildren, to the number of By, wer. present.
JOHN S. WOOD.
The grandfather of the subject of this sketch w ... Samuel Wood, who married Mary Tatum, and bad children,-Joel, Gerrard, and two daughters. Mr Wood followed farming employments, and was 4 prominent justice of the peace, as was also his father. His son Joel was born June 27. 1813, and succeedes to the pursuits of his parent. He married, June 27. 1813, Susanna, daughter of John Sickler, of Sickler- town, N. J., and had children, -William T., born in 1814; John S .; Mary, born in 1820 (Mrz. Beber: Turner, : Hannah, who died in youth ; and Sam, born in 1822. He married, a second time, Ann War- ner, and had one son, Edmund T., born in Isz ;. The death of Mr. Wood occurred in 1879. His son John S. was born Feb. 10, 1816, and jarred his boy- hood at his father's home, where the usual poutine of the farmer's son was followed. He was married, Jan. 16, 1845, to Miss Sarah, daughter of Ephraim ard Anna Bee, of Washington township. Gloucester Co. and innnediately after purchased a tract of land for farming purposes, to which additions were nord from time to time until he had secured a productive farm and other lands of value, including a cranberry- bog. lle continued farming occupations for mer . years, his frugal habits and industry winning success. and gaining for him a competency. Mr. Woed wa- a strong Democrat in his political relations, and helt various smail offices in the township, though honor- of this character were frequently declined. In rr. ligion, he was a Methodist, and a member of the Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church of Herffville. Ili- death occurred May 2, 1879, in his sixty-this year. Ilis wife still survives, and re-ides npor tir farm.
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