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Thomas Gettings, born about 1785 or 90, married Oct. 11, 1810 (Taking average age for men to marry), Sar- ah Armstrong, born Nov. 17, 1792-3; | reasonable.
w | Christina Peddy, 1806; 4. William; 5. Benjamin. Girls: 1. Jemima; 2. Cath- erine; 3. Nancy; 4. Susan; 5. Sarah; 6. Amn. Eliza Clark was a Quakeress and his family did not approve of the marriage so they went to Ohio.
ARMSTRONG .
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Catherine Crow Armstrong, dau. of Georglana Greenwood and James Armstrong (was his mother a Crow?) married Henry Baugham. Elizabeth Greenwood Armstrong married Daniel Baugham. Catherine and Elizabeth were cousins and re- lated to Sarah Armstrong Getting's. Elizabeth named her youngest son "Robert|' Armstrong Gettings." Could his mother's mother have been Crow? The above names; Arm- strong's mother and then Crow as daughter's middle name evidently were family names. (Not always so, sometimes children are named' after a friend or neighbor. There are two, Harrys that I know of. There is no family connection but my mother ibe- friended these families' at one time, one is . Dr. Harry Odell Jones of Ce- dar Falls, Iowa, where I was born).
Have a Georgiana Greenwood line. She was in her 90s when she died, hair turned, dark again= Comberland Co., Pa. Census 1810. There were 45 males, 43 females, "p. 66. Thomas Armstrong, 39, Andrew Armstrong, 207. James Armstrong, Frankfort.p. 194, James Giddings, 230 (New Township) 'John Giddings. This Thomas Armstrong could have been a son of Robert 'Armstrong and brother of Sarah Armstrong; both
ily. Thomas Gatten married "1810," Cumberland Co., Pa. and ' license, spells " name both "Gettings” and "Gittings."
Harry A. Odell, A. G. G. P. O. Box 899, Church St. Annex, New York City
WARD
1 Josiah Ward and wife Mary were the parents of Ellsha Ward, born Sept. 26, 1790, married Sophia Sin- clair' born March 31, 1793, married Dec. 2, 1811."Am wanting the sur- name of Mary, wife of Josiah."
Sophia Sinclair was the daughter
of Samuel Sinclair, Revolutionary
soldier of New Hampshire. He was made' major of milltia in Madison county, N. Y. His wife Sallle Per- kins Sinclair died there in 1804. In 1810 he moved to Chautauqua 'coun- ty, "N. Y.
I do not know where Elisha Ward and Sophia Sinclair were married.
Elisha died in Morgan county, Ohio. Among his fourteen children were Sabra who married an Out- cault, Josiah,. Calvin' (my grandfath- er), Clarissa.
Mrs. Thomas Currie, 2116 Van Buren street, Amarillo, Texas
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1948
The Petries In America
Ey These notes and records of the. Johan Jost Petrie family and de- scendants' in America' were compil- ed' by the late Mrs. Frederick Stach.' ia, of Munnsvilie, N. Y. Her notes have been checked, so far as we have been able to do so, and we wlii try to complete her work.
Dr. and Mns. R. C. Petrie; Johnstown, N. Y.
„Installment No. 40 (Continued from last week)
(Instaliment No. 40 was compiled by Paul W. Prindie of' New York city and:, Mrs Edward Davern of Nashwauk, Minnesota as their part in the research of "The Petries"'in America." .This line ties in with a great many' . Petrie families who moved to "the . west .- Raymond C. Petrie, Johnstown, N. Y.)
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(GENERAL) GEORGE PETRIE (1793-1879)
463, (General) George Petrie, son of Johannes J: Diet: Petrie (83) (John D. in Benton's History) and Gertrude G: (Charity) De Muth was born Sept. 8, 1783; bapt. Sept. 26. Sponsors George Demuth and Cath- arina. In his father's wili he and his brother . Aaron got the homestead farm of 200 acres-the support of
the mother to be taken care of by George and Aaron.
Paul W. Prindie, of Darien, Conn. has in his possession a golden locket containing a miniature painting in water colors, on a plate of ivory, of George Petrie. The work is so fine it must have been done With a single hair as a brush. Since George wss born in' 1793 and appears to be about 20 years old in the portrait, it must have been painted about the time of the War of 1812. The half tone cut in' last week's issue is a miniature. In the . "Biographical Directory of the American Congress," 1771-1927, Wash. Govt., Printing Office, 1928, p .: 1405, is the following biographical sketch:77
(466)X. Aaron Petri, son of Jol hannes J: Diet: Petri (83) (or John it"Petrie, 'George, a Representative from N. Y. Born at Littie Faiis, N. Y., Herkimer.Co.,.September 8, 1793; attended the common schools; elect- ed as a Republican, to the 30th Con- gress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849); employed in the Post Office Depart- ment, Washington, D. C. from /Jan! 1, 1869 )until: August 31; 1875, when D.) and Gertrude G: DeMuth. Born Aprii 25, 1810; bapt. June 24, 1810. Sponsors Petro "Sherer and' Maria, hls wife. Lived at Little Falls, N .. Y. Mentioned In will ... of father, He died at sea, February 13, 1850, aged 40. Married Mary H .. .... She died July 24, 1894 ,aged 78." Children: 1) 1400. Lieut. August Cameron Pe- he resigned. He died at Little Falls, tri, born 1837. Died at Bakersville, N. Y. May, 8, 1879; interment in the Church Street cemetery. Maryland, October 10, 1862, aged 25 years. Buried in Church Street cem- etery, Little Falls; beside his' mother, (467)X. Catharine .(Katrina) Pe-
The above record was furnished Mr. Prindle by Mr. Finiey, librarian
Barsh, daughter of George and Eliz- abeth (Uttermark) Barsh. She was born "in 1808 in Herkimer Co. and died in Rochester, N. Y. in 1889. She is buried in the La Fargeville, ceme- tery. They removed to the farm" m the Town of Orleans, in Jefferson Co., which had been purchased for them (according to the terms of the father's wili). Some of their children, at least, have' birth or baptismal dates recorded in the Herkimer. Re- formed Dutch Church ,and either the originai or copie's are in the Herki- mer Historical Society in Herkimer, N. Y. Children :/ 13.
1390. John Petrie, bapt. May 24, 1821 (Herk. Ref. Ch). Sponsors George and Elizabeth Barsh.
1391. Theodore Petrie.
1392. Addison Petrie.
1393. Richard Petrie. Alive in 1845.
1394. Kate Petrie.
1395. Linda Petrie.
1396. Jeremiah Petrie.
1397. Charity Petrie. Born in 1838. ( Census 1850).
1398. Harvey Petrie. Born 1842. (Census 1850).
1399.'Margaret Petrie. Born 1842.
(Census 1850).
1399A. Martha Petrie. Born 1845. (Census 1850).
. 1399B. Charies A. Petrie, born May 1, 1847, died at Clayton, Jeffer- son Co., N. Y. July 26, 1899. (1855 census). Married February 22,- Eugenia E. Butts. She was born De- cember 1, 1856 at Clayton, N. Y .; died March 9, 1916 at Clayton, N. Y. (Family record). Children: one daughter, Edith Petrie (Mrs. Dr. Wm. B. Tanzer of Watertown, N. Y.) Possibly there was a son also. 1399C. Peter Petrie. (Possibly be- longs here).
(465). David Petri, son of Jo- hannes J: Diet: Petri (83) (John D.) and Gertrude G: De Muth. He is pre- sumabiy the David Petrie, farmer, of the 1855 census, Town of Orleans, Jefferson Co., N. Y., District 1. Family No. 14 (no details given), age 60 (born 1795) in Oneida Co .; a resident of Orleans fer 20 years. His marriage date, from other re- cords, was September 30, 1824, no further details.
David (465) may weil have been the father of David Alpho Petrie, born Newport, Herkimer Co., N. Y. December 21, 1829; died November 3, 1907 ; married April 20, 1855 Han- nah (Kerriila ?) Llewellyn, whose mother was Phoebe O'Connor. David Alpho Petrie was a cheesemaker; served in the Mexican War; remov- ed from Herkimer county to Mount Carmel, Kentucky, and soon after the Ciivl War to Greenview, Ili. He had sons. Claude, John, Clarence and Frank; . daughter . Lydia . (Petrie' Moore. Clarence Petrie was father of Charles Herbert Petrie of Wino- na Lake, Ind., 'and 'David Petrie, Denton, Texas.
Early History of Salisbury Center
by H. D. Heller . i
We are, indebted to Delos Heller of Salisbury Center for the follow- ing excellent history of the Salisbury Center Methodist church.
, Early Settlers {
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Among the first settlers, , perhaps as early as 1715, were several Meth- odists and others who were ready to subscribe to the . doctrines ! of : John Wesley. History gives the names of the Lambersons, Johnsons, Tanners, Hopsons, Rices, Coles ond of , other prominent . settiers. The "exact date of the formation of the church so-, ciety is no known. This little. band of worshippers met in the log, cot- tages of - the members to conduct their services. "Sometimes an itiner- ant preacher' would visit the little back wood settiement with horse and pack saddle and remain a few days to give religious counsel to the faithfui and exhort non-believers "to flee from the wrath to come." ..
Incorporates Their Church
Finally the littie band became too large to assemble in any of the small cabins of the members so they organized with a full set of officials. The minutes of the incorporation which are on file in the Herkimer county cierk's offic eread as follows: Incorporation of the First Meth- odist Church of Salisbury Center:
At a meeting of the members and friends of' the Methodist Episcopal Church in the town of Salisbury held agreeable to previous appoint- ments, duly made, at Moses Rice's residence on the 3rd day of Novem- ber, 1820 chose Rev. Eleazer Whipple president and Caleb Johnson, secre- tary. The following trustees were chosen and elected: Darius Hopson, Charles Lamberson, Belcher Johnson, Moses M. Rice and David W. Cole for the purpose of building the Methodist Episcopal church in said town. The trustees voted that the corporation shall be known by the name of the first society of the Methi- odist Episcopal Church in the Town of Salisbury, county of Herkimer and State of New York.
Elezer Whippie, president; Caleb Johnson, secretary,
Church "Ralsing" Without Whiskey Two probiems confronted the trus- tees. First to raise funds and second to select a site. A majority of the members decided on a small , village lot on the rise of ground in the west- erly edge of the settlement. Suffi- cient' funds had been secured to warrant - the 'trustees in "starting building operations. In those early days the erection of the large. tim- bers of a public buliding was a most interesting event.' In fact no event except "Generai Training" called out larger or more enthusiastic crowds of men. Liquor was always "furnished, the imbibing of which gave the' nec- essary, exhilaration for; feats of strength/ and :: chalienger: for wrest- ling and boxing and fool hardy risks in ciimbing the" cross timbers., The trustees having set the day for the raising a crowd of men not only in the Center but from near by settle- ments gathered with anticipation of the usual good fellowship of frame raisins Rit solos than
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quur was born Sept. 8, 1783; bapt. Sept. 26. Sponsors George Demuth and Cath- arina. In his father's will he and his brother " Aaron got the homestead farm of 200 acres-the support of the mother to be taken care of by George and · Aaron.
Paul W. Prindie, of Darien, Conn. has in his possession a golden locket containing a miniature painting in water colors, on a plate of ivory, of George. Petrie. The work is so fine it must have. been done with a single hair as a brush. Since George was born in 1793 and appears to be about 20 years old in the portrait, It must have been painted about the time of the War of 1812. The ' half tone cut in last week's issue is a miniature.
In the "Biographical Directory of the American , Congress," 1771-1927, Wash. Govt., Printing Office, 1928,: p. 1405, is the following biographical sketch:
""Petrie, 'George, a Representative from N. Y. Born at Little Falls, N. Y., Herkimer Co., September 8, 1793; attended the common schools; elect- ed as a Republican, to the 30th Con- gress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849); employed in the Post Office Depart- ment, Washington, D. C. from: Jan! 1, 1869)until: August 31, 1875, when he resigned. He died at Little Falls, NY.May 8, 1879, interment, In the Church Street cemetery.
The above record was furnished Mr. Prindle by Mr. Finley, librarian of Cooper Union.
Although George Petrle was in- variably referred to In family re- cords, as""General George," no re- cord , of his right to" that title has been found. Mr. Prindle's father, Francis Petrie Prindle, was named in honor//of "General"- George Petrie by his father George Sidney Prin- dle, whose wife Anne E. Sanderson was a great nlece of General George Petrie. George S. Prindle, a promi- nent patent attorney of Washington, D. C., was a close associate of "Gen- eral" George, who gave him the lock- et above referred to."
The World Almanac list of Post- master, Generals of the United States does not bear his name. Mr. J. J. Doran, Chief Inspector, Post Office Department; Washington, D. C. in- formed Mr. Prindle on "August 12, 1948 that the department's records show George Petrie to have been em- ployed as a clerk. No reference to his title of General was found. The title appears to have been an "hon- orary' 'one,
George's gravestone in the Church Street cemetery, Little Falls, gives his birth date as Sepember 8, 1793, died May 8, 1879, not referred to as "General."
`The stone of his wife reveals her to have been Mary M., daughter of Sylvanus and Waity Tillinghast. 'She died July 2, 1876, age 80 years, 11 months (b. September 2, 1795). George and Mary appear to have had no children.
(464)X. John Petrie, son of Jo- hannes J: Diet: Petri (83) (John.,D. in Benton's History) and Gertrude G: (Charity) De Muth, was born 1801-2 in Herkimer county, N. Y. He dled in La Fargeville, Jefferson Co., (469). N. Y. in 1888. He married Margaret,
a resident of Orleans fer 20 years. His marriage date, from other re- cords, was September 30, 1824, no further details.
David (465) may well have been the father of David Alpho Petrie, born Newport, Herkimer Co., N. Y. December 21, 1829; died November 3, 1907 ;married April 20, 1855 Han- nah (Kerrilla ?) Llewellyn, whose mother was Phoebe O'Connor. David Alpho Petrie was a cheesemaker; served in the Mexican War; remov- ed from Herkimer county to Mount Carmel, Kentucky, and soon after the Cilvl War to Greenview, Ill. He had sons. Claude, John, Clarence and Frank; - daughter - Lydia (Petrie' Moore. Clarence Petrie was father of Charles Herbert Petrle of Wino- na Lake, "Ind.,"'and 'David Petrie, Denton, Texas.
%(466)X. Aaron Petri, son of Jol hannes J: Dlet: Petri (83) (or John D.) and Gertrude G: DeMuth. Born April 25, 1810; bapt. June 24, 1810. Sponsors Petro "Sherer and' Maria, hls. wife. Lived at Little Falls,, N. Y. Mentioned in will ... of father. He died at sea, February 13, 1850, aged 40. Married Mary H. She died July 24, 1894 aged 78. Children: 1. 1400. Lieut. August Cameron Pe; tri, born 1837. Died at Bakersville, Maryland, October 10, 1862, aged years. Buried in Church Street cem, etery, Little Falls, beside his' mother. (467)X. /Catharine (Katrina) Pe- tri, daughter of Johannes J: Diet: Petri and Gertraud G: . DeMuth :; She died before her father Johannes made his will, for he mentioned her child- ren. Married Nicholai Harter or Her- der. Children: 3 .. !
1410. Aaron Harter. He and Isaac received one-half of 200 acres of wild land in Russia, by will of grand- father.
1411. Isaac Harter. Received same as above.,
1412. Elizabeth Harter. " She and her brothers lived at Herkimer, N. Y. Married George H. Bucklin.
(469A.) Adam Petrie, died' August 4, 1831, aged 26 y. (born 1805); pre- sumably son of Johannes. J: Diet: Petri (83) and his wife Gertrude G: De Muth, since his tomb stone in the Church Street cemetery, Little Falls. is right'next to those of his parents and of his sister Gertrude (Charity)
( To be continued)
Charles Lamberson, Belcher Johnson, Moses M. Rice and David W. Cole for the purpose of bullding the Methodist Episcopal church in said town. The trustees voted that the corporation shall be known by the name of the first society of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church in the Town of Salisbury, county of Herkimer and State of New York.
Elezer Whipple, president; Caleb Johnson, secretary.
Church "Raising" Without Whiskey Two problems confronted the trus- tees. First to raise funds and second to select a site. A majority of the members decided on a small village lot on the rise of ground in the west- erly edge of the settlement. Surfl- cient' funds had been secured to warrant the trustees in starting building operations .. In those early days the erection of the large. tim- bers of a public building was a most interesting event. In fact no event except "General Training" called out larger or more enthusiastic crowds. of men. Liquor was always furnished, the imbibing of which gave the' nec- essary exhilaration' for, feats of strength! and : challenger! for wrest- ling and boxing and fool hardy risks in climbing the cross timbers. The trustees having set the day for the raising a crowd of men not only in the Center but from near by settle- ments gathered with anticipation of the usual good fellowship of frame raising's. But, alas! The preacher, end a majority of the trustees decid- ed that it was not consistent to raise a church building with the use of rum and the rough conduct and con- versation"., engendered "thereby. A goodly portion of the crowd stuck. "No rum-no work" was the cry, so they stood around and watched the "dry" church members and other "dries" 'erect the big timbers. Tra- dition says this was the first build- ing ever erected in Salisbury without the use of the early settlers' rum.'
Historians are not agreed on the "(468)" Anna (Nancy) Petry, a. exact year when the church was built daughter of Johannes J: Diet: "Petri' but it was some where between the (83) (John D. 'in Benton's /Hist.) years of 1820 'and 1824. It was erect- ed on the westerly side of the lot, close to the line of what was later the McDougal homestead. The, trus- tees succeeded in getting it enclos- ed but the interior was not completed for" several years, the worshippers sitting on rough boards. The Rev. John Erkenbrack was the preacher in charge. During the pastorates of the Revs. Jonathan Worthing and Earl Fuller the edifice was finally com- pleted and the dedication took place some time in 1830. and Gertraud G: (Charity) DeMuth. Mentioned In will of her father. Giv- en land in town of Russia." Married Jacobus M: Small' a son of Melchoir Small and Dorothea Petry (263) on March 8, 1821. (Herk. I-307): Mel- choir Small died 14 December 1847, aged 68 years. Jacob Schmaal"was" baptized 30 December 1801. Spon- sors were Jacob Schmaal and Ana Poter (Herk. I-6). Col. Leo Xatoph Bellinger's Regiment. Anna was called Nancy and was born 'in Her- (To be continued) kimer, N. Y. If she was Adam's (1386) "Aunt Nancy Nelson" who died 12 August 1852 (per John Hoov- er letter), Jacob must have died and Nancy remarried between 1848 and 1852.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1948
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ST. JOHNSVILLE, (N. Y.)
MOHAWK VALLEY
GENEALOGY AND
HISTORY
St. Johnsville Enterprise and News, St. Johnsville, N. Y.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16th, 1948
Questions and Answers
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BROOKS
I am working on my gr gr grand- father's line and noticed' the item in the Enterprise and News Sept. 23, BAINBRIDGE, Chenango Co., N. Y. Desire data as to parents and 1948. I find many of my Brooks relatives in Chenango county of grandparents of George Wells of Bainbridge who was born Colchester, Conn. in 1806. He had a son Rev. George Huntington Wells born 1839. Vermont Recompense In Lands /, which Norwich is the county seat. (Note: There was a misprint in that item. William Brainard Brooks died March 19, 1925). My ancestors' name In 1786 Joseph Welis received Lot 38, 1st part of lot, 360 acres and Chenango Co., N. Y. (later Bain bridge T.) Who were these Wells? John Wells, Jr. of Johnstown, N. 3, Y. married Jan. 1, 1798 Mercy Gil- lett. This record is found in N. E. H. and G. records, Vol. 72, p. 99 and in the Wintonbury Church records (now Bloomfield, Conn.) Wanted anything at all about John Wells. I think through such information to get a clue ot Welis of Geneseo and Buffa- lo, N. Y. was Ira Brooks, born Conn, 1770, died in Columbus, Chenango Co. 1852. Have spent years searching for ( Obadiah Wells lot 99 in Clinton T., his parents. Because of similarity in given names he could have_been a son of Benjamin 4 (Benjamin Thomas 2, Henry 1.) Benjamins 4 and 3 were in New Hampshire dur- ing the Revolution and then moved to Otsego county, N. Y. Henry 1 set- tled in Chesire, Conn. If anyone has anything on my Ira will be glad to exchange with them. I have much data on this family. One reason for thinking Ira was a son of Benja- min is because he named his first son Mrs. F. F. Weinard, 713 Iowa street, rbana, Ill. Benjamin. A grandson of Ira was Ira Benjamin, There were Williams in this family.
Mrs. D. C. McCreary,
2133 East Seventh avenue, Beaver 6, Colorado
WAGGONER, DOOKSTADER
Corrections and additions asked in the following list of the 5 sons and 7 daus. of Lt. Col. Johan Peter (2) Waggoner' and Barbara Elizabeth Dockstader who lived in Palatine, N. Y.
1. Johan Peter born Nov. 6, 1750) died Aug. 1, 1816; married 1782 An- na Bell.
2. Johan George born Jan. 17, 1752, died when? Where? Married 1st March 9, 1777, where ? Elizabeth Nellis, married 2nd Mary : Strayer, « @widow.
3. Elizabeth born Dec. 9, 1753. married Andrew Nellis.
4. Maria Margaretha born Jan. 26, 1755, , married Henrich Johannes Klock.
5. Johan I. born ca. 1757 died Oct. 4, 1829, married 1st Elizabeth. Was she "Elizabeth Allen ? Married 2nd Bleecker.
6. Johan Jost or Joseph born Mar. 6, 1759, died Aug. 15, 1848, married 1st 1784 Catharine · Abeel, married 2nd Sept. 13, 1835 Catharine (Gib- son) Bleecker, wid.
7. Daughter, no information,
8. Maria born 1763, married Wil- liam Nellis, died 1843.
9. Anna (Nancy) born July 16, 1766, died . April 12, 1820, married Oct. 15. 1786, . Johan Casper Leib
70, Marmaduke born 1779, Eseck, John and William. By 1802 they were of Buffalo and Geneseo, N. Y.
ORUMS, CRUMBS
Wanted data Crums, Crumbs. Syl- vester Crumb born 1779 married 1801 Ruth Babcock. Lived in DeRuyter, N. Y. Would appreciate data on any children or descendants.
Sands Niles Crumb brother of Syl- vester born 1793 lived in De Ruyter. Whom did he marry? Data on hfs descendants, if any, desired.
Clara Crumb Fisk, 712 Commonwealth avenue, Boston, Mass.
Early History of Salisbury Center by, H. D. Heller
We are indebted to Delos Heller of Salisbury Center for the 'follow- ing excellent history of the Salisbury Center Methodist church.
(Continued from last Week) Local Preachers
This church furnished the town of Salisbury with two local preachers, viz. Lorren Kelley of the paper mill district and John Elliott of Salis- bury Center, Whenever the pastor was sick or was absent for any rea- son, one or the other of these two gentlemen would often supply the pulpit. They also .assisted, at times. of special meetings. Connected with' the home church there were several outside appointments at school hous- these appointments at
es where school houseg where . these, local
vided in the church discipline for certain individuals to assist the 'pas- tors of the churches. These men were called class leaders. The church was divided into groups according to places of residence and the class leader acted as chairman at . all class meetings, was the leader of the prayer circles or meetings, kept a record of attendance, admonished ) those who were not living strictly to their profession and make a re- port of the work of the class under his care at each quarterly confer- ence. In the early days of the church the pastor was assisted by five class leaders-one of each of the following places: Deveneaux (Stratford), Sal- işbury Center, Curtis Corners, Dia- mond Hill (Papermill) and Tanner District (Pine Crest). Two of the outstanding old time class leaders were William Darling of Curtis Cor- ners and Orrin Tanner of the Tan- ner neighborhood.
Revival Meetings
In the early days of Methodism and also in the early days of the Salisbury Center church it was the custom of each pastor to hold from two to four weeks of special meet- ings both on the Sabbath and week- day evenings. Some times a great revival would break out and the church would be paoked full night after night. Several would confess their faith in the new life and be- come constent church workers.
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