A history of Scioto County, Ohio, together with a pioneer record, Part 72

Author: Evans, Nelson W. (Nelson Wiley), 1842-1913
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Portsmouth, O. N. W. Evans
Number of Pages: 1612

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Sixth Street Methodist Episcopal Church.

Up till 1853, there was but one Methodist Episcopal Church in Ports- mouth, "Bigelow" and the church stood on Second street on the location of the Hibbs hardware store. There was a meeting of the members of Bigelow in 1853 and the names were called. Each person called responded as to whether they would go into the new church or remain in the old. The following elected to go into the new church; Samuel Briggs and wife, Benjamin Fryer, Richard Lloyd, Dudley Day, Simon Drouillard, Aholihab Bentley, Wm. Salter, Wm. Russell, C. C. Hyatt, Silas Cole, Rev. B. L. Jefferson, Jacob P. Noel, Mrs. Catharine Timmonds, Maria Timmonds, Mrs. Barbara Micklethwait, Mrs. Agate Lawson, George Yeamans and his wife, Mrs. Parmelia Montgomery, the Misses Hannah, Josephine and Elizabeth Montgomery, Mrs. Amanda Wilhelm, John H. J. Fryer and his wife, Jerome Valodin and wife, William Barber.

The new church was named Spencer Chapel in honor of Rev. Oliver M. Spencer, a presiding Elder of the Portsmouth District who donated the lot on Seventh street on which the Church was built. The Church was built in 1853, a frame building of a seating capacity of 450, and it cost $1,600.

The succession of Ministers in the new Church was as follows: 1853, Zachariah Wharton; 1854, Edward Mabee, who died in charge June 25, 1855, of cholera, at Ironton, while in attendance on a Masonic celebration; 1855, Max- well P. Gaddis for the vacancy; 1855-56. F. H. Brodbeck; 1856-57, James F. Green; 1857-58, S. M. Merrill, (Bishop in 1872); 1858, John W. Dillon, {now pre- siding Elder); 1859-61, Lovett Taft; 1861-63, Joseph F. Williams, 1863-65, John T. Miller; 1865-66, Charles C. McCabe, (now Bishop): 1866-67. F. F. King; 1867- 68, A. B. See; 1868-71, J. H. Gardner; 1871-74, T. W. Stanley; 1874-77, C. W. Bethauser; 1877-78, W. H. Sutherland; 1878-79, Thomas R. Taylor; 1879-82, R. H. Wallace; 1882-84, T. DeWitt Peake; 1884-86, B. F. Stubbins; 1887-88, F. S. Davis; 1888-92, Z. W. Fagans; 1892-96, A. E. Johnson; 1896-98, T. S. Robjent; 1899-1901, W. H. Miller; 1901, B. R. Wilburn.

In 1865 the congregation became too large for the building and it was proposed to build a new church. Richard Lloyd and wife gave the lot on the northeast corner of Sixth and Chillicothe on which the new church was after- wards built. It was eighty-five feet front on Sixth Street by 107 feet deep on

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Chillicothe street. At the meeting to consider the matter, the resolution to build was adopted and $2,100 subscribed. The Ladies of the Church did a great work in raising the money to build. The Corner Stone of the new church was laid on June 14, 1866 with Masonic ceremonies. C. C. Hyatt obtained the contract for the brick work and John W. Purdum for the carpenter work. The church was to cost $30,000. May 11, 1867, the Lecture Room was dedicated. The bell, placed in the tower, weighed 3,500 pounds.

The church itself was dedicated August 21, 1870. Subscriptions to the amount of $9,000 were made that day. The total cost of the church was about $47,000. The building and grounds are estimated at $40,000, organ at $1,700, furniture and fixtures $2,000.

The following persons have been Superintendents of the Sunday School: Wm. P. Russell, Wm. H. Watson, Uri Tracy, Alexander Calder, T. J. Pursell, W. W. Donaldson, J. W. March, Henry Amberg, M. H. Ball, Charles O. Tracy, Wm. H. Gibson, Wm. B. Anderson, the present Superintendent. The Sunday school has an enrollment of 400 and an attendance of 275. On December 15, 1896, the organ was burned and much damage done the church. Loss $4,000, of which $3,200 was covered by insurance. The membership of the church is 650.

Christ Church

was organized August 30, 1857. Messrs. Washington and Peter Kinney, mem- bers of the parish of All Saints', assumed the expense of building the new house of public worship, and upon its completion, gave it, free of all cost and debt to the wardens and vestry of Christ Church. The first rector was the Rev. Samuel D. Tompkins. Since the ministrations of Mr. Tompkins, the parish has had eleven rectors. The following are the list of clergymen who have officia- ted in Christ Church: Rev. Samuel D. Tompkins, from September 1858 to July 1861; Rev. William J. Clark from April 1862 to November 1864; Rev. Abner P. Brush, from January 1865 to September 1866; Rev. William Henry Watts, from December 1, 1866, to March 1870; Rev. James Taylor Franklin, April 11, 1870 to January 1, 1877; Rev. Francis K. Brooke, from August 25, 1877, to Sep- tember 1880; Rev. Henry B: Ensworth, from December 11, 1880 to June 1881; Rev. William C. McGuire, from December 1881 to November 1886; Rev. Wil- liam Price. from June 1887 to June 1888; Rev. J. O. Babin, from September 1888 to September 1889; Rev. William M. Mix, from October 1889 to April 1891; Rev Alfred R. Taylor, from October 26, 1891 to July 26, 1897; Rev. Tullius C. Tupper, D. D. from May 1898 to December 1898. At the organization of the vestry, Washington Kinney was senior warden and Peter Kinney was junior warden. In 1860, S. P. Nickells, Thomas S. Currie, J. L. Watkins, John P. Terry and P. C. Kinney were vestrymen. Of those who have served as ves- trymen in addition to the list given above there were: Washington Kinney, Van Der Lyn Tracy, Peter Kinney, Joseph C. Gilbert, Thomas E. Tynes, Wil- liam Kinney, S. R. Ross, Robert S. Drake. P. C. Kinney, Henry Hall, David L. Moore, G. B. Bailey, Dr. A. B. Jones, Thomas D. Greene, George W. Sullivan. Samuel Reed, Edward W. Hope, Colonel S. E. Varner, N. W. Evans, Thomas S. Hall, E. H. Hall, Ira J. Secord, J. H. Johnson, Daniel F. Connell, George O. Newman, W. Q. Adams, A. L. Sanford, David K. Ball, Lodwick Ulrich, H. S. Grimes, Watkins Kearns, Levi D. York, Charles S. Messer. William Waller, Theodore F. Davidson, M. D., William Brent, William Parker, J. Leigh Wat- kins, Fred W. Tynes, L. C. Turley, S. P. Baird, C. C. Fulton, C. C. Glidden and Theodore K. Funk. Since December, 1898, the church has been closed. It has had no rector and no services have been held. The church edifice was built by William Newman, and the chapel was built three years later. The church, as stated, was a present from Washington and Peter Kinney. The chapel cost $3,444.00.

The Hebrew Congregation.

The Hebrew congregation of Portsmouth, known by its Hebrew name, "K'bal Kodesh Bene Abraham" (K. K. B. A.) or its English equivalent "The Holy Congregation of the Children of Abraham," was founded presumably in the early part of the fifties. As the records bearing on this are no longer ex- tant, it is impossible to ascertain the exact date. But as the Congregation was incorporated in 1858, it may safely be conjectured that a religious body of

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Jews must have been in existence a few years prior to its incorporation. The tide of the Jewish immigration from Germany to the United States became very strong during and immediately after the memorable year, 1848, the year of European Revolutions and very many of those Jewish settlers went west- ward, making the large cities like Cincinnati and Chicago, their principal places of residence, but settling also in smaller cities, like Dayton, Zanesville and Portsmouth.

The Jewish cemetery must have been purchased simultaneously with the organization of the Congregation, although the exact date of that purchase is not known. In this, the history of the Portsmouth Jewish community, sim- ply resembles that of most of the Jewish Congregations of the land, when the purchase of a cemetery was the first sign of life on the part of the Congrega- tion and the first mark of its activity. It is only after their cemetery was secured that the Jews attended to their other spiritual wants, and notably those of erecting a synagogue and securing the services of a Rabbi.

The incorporation of the Congregation took place November 1, 1858. The Board of Trustees at that time consisted of Louis Levi, Mayer Eichelstein, Ludwig Stern, Isaac Freiberg, Jacob Stern, Mayer Seeberger and Bernard Drey- foos. Up to 1864, the Jewish citizens worshipped either in a private residence of one of the members, or in a hall rented for the purpose. In 1864, Thomas Dugan offered to sell his property on the corner of Washington and Third streets. After due deliberation the Congregation decided to buy the building in partnership with the Masons; the Congregation to have the first and second floors, the Masons the third floor. For this, the Congregation paid Dugan the sum of two thousand dollars. The tide ot church reform which has swept away so many of the old Jewish religious customs during the latter half of the 19th Century, did not leave intact those of the Portsmouth community. From a strictly Orthodox Congregation, at its beginning, it gradually became more and more a follower of the reforms instituted and promulgated by the great reform leaders, Drs. Einborn of Baltimore, and Wise of Cincinnati. Yet, unlike most of the American Jewish congregations, this congregation submitted to the icon- oclastic influence of the Jewish reform movement without the least perceptible reluctance or struggle, regarding, as it did, all the changes and innovations as God-sent and conformable with the spirit of the age and environments.

The first minister ever formally engaged by the Congregation was Rabbi Wechsler, who served from 1863 to 1864. Following is the list of Rabbis, who have served the congregation ever since :- Rabbi Laser, 1864-1866; Rabbi Gab- richer, 1866-1868; Rabbi Eppstein, 1868-1870; Rabbi Weil, 1870-1871; Rabbi Gerstman, 1871-1873; Rabbi Kaufman, 1873-1876; Rabbi Lasker, 1876-1877; Rabbi Stempel, 1877-1879; Rabbi Eichelstein, 1879-1886; Rabbi Pollak, 1886-1887; Rabbi Block, 1887-1888; Rabbi Schapiro, 1888-1901. The present incumbent of the Temple is Rabbi Max Raisin, an alumnus of the Hebrew Union College and the University of Cincinnati. The Jewish citizens of Portsmouth have always done their utmost to live in peace and concord with their Christian fellow-citizens and have never refused their contributions towards other Congregations, when called upon. Their Christian friends always reciprocate these feelings of friend- ship. On the occasion of the dedication of the Jewish Temple, September, 1864. the choir of the Presbyterian Church very generously assisted at the services; and to this day, most of the members of the choir at the Temple are also mein- bers of the choir of the Bigelow M. E. Church.

The present officers of the Congregation are: President, I. Levi; Vice President, M. Lehman; Secretary. F. Haas; Treasurer. S. Schloss. Other bodies within the Congregation are: The Ladies' Temple Aid Society and the Jewish Kaffee Klatsch for the mutual social intercourse between the members of the Congregation.

Pleasant Green Baptist Church

was organized February, 1864, by Rev. B. Harper. It was built and dedicated in 1865, on Findlay and Tenth streets. The following are the names of the members that were in the organization: James Daverson and wife, Alse Hunt, John Discerson and wife, Jeff Worlds, Adison Haly, Mary and Rachel Cocks, Mary E. Sands and daughter, Fannie Senton. L. Charity and wife and two daughters, Martha Spotts, Martha Tolbert, Martha Discerson, John Don-

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son. Names of pastors and years of service are the following: Rev. B. Har- per, 1864 to 1869; Rev. Zimmerman, 1869 to 1870; Rev. James Severed, six months; Rev. Merritt, nine months; Rev. W. P. Cradic, six months; Rev. Red- mon, four years; Rev. J. M. Meek, six months; Rev. W. W. Devan, two years; Rev. R. Meardeth, three years; Rev. C. M. Bools, three years; Rev. Dordth, six months; Rev. Newson, two years; Rev. P. Gyson, six months; Rev. Cradic, three months; Rev. Cockran, three years; Rev. A. Haly, two years; Rev. C. W. Strifling, eighteen months; Rev. Orner, three months; present pastor, Rev. J. L. Murray. It is his fifth year and under his administration, the members have made an addition to the old church, 36x52, which cost about $1,500.00 when completed. The old building cost $2,000.00. There are twelve voices in the choir, three male voices and nine females. The chorister is Cora Carr. The present officers of the church are: Frank Washington, John Holiday, Ped Stan- field, George Taylor, James Fleming and Oliver Steel. There are nine teachers in the Sunday school, seventy-eight pupils. The superintendent is P. M. Stanfield.

United Brethren Church.

The United Brethren church of Portsmouth, Ohio was organized in 1865 by Rev. George Schmidt who lived in Baltimore, Maryland.

The organization consisted of sixteen members, viz: Philip Herder and wife, Fred Voelker and wife, George Voelker and wife, James Voelker and wife, George Herder and wife, Mrs. Catherine Brandau, Mrs. Catherine Gils- dorf, Mrs. Henry Hast, Mrs. John Gansley, Mrs. Christina Staiger, Mr. Lewis Voelker.

The first board of trustees were composed of the following members: Philip Herder, Fred Voelker, George Voelker, James Voelker, George Herder.

The names of the ministers as follows: George Schmidt, 1865 to 1867; Fred Albright, 1867 to 1868; S. Schwab, 1868 to 1870; Henry Kumler, 1870 to 1871; Jacob Ernest, 1871 to 1872; Charles Stumph, 1872 to 1873; Valentine As- sel, 1873 to 1875; E. S. Lorenz, 1875 to 1878; George Schmidt, 1878 to 1881; Cas- per Streich, 1881 to 1883; A. Kopittke, 1883 to 1886; J. T. Mosshammer, 1886 to 1889; Casper Streich, 1889 to 1892; B. F. Fritz, 1892 to 1894; J. Floerke, 1894 to 1895; John Schwab, 1895 to 1897; J. E. Comer, 1897 to present.

At one time the Church held services in what is now known as the Con- nolley Hall, later they built a small church on the corner of Seventh and Gay streets, where now stands the present church, which was remodeled some years ago at a cost of $4,000. The building and lot is now worth $10,000. The church had a struggle to exist, the old were dying, the younger people were drifting into other churches. This was discouraging to the workers and they realized that the time had come for action and the adoption of the English language, so, in the year 1897 the change was made, being the first congregation in the de- nomination to make so radical a change.

October 15, 1897, the boundary committee of Scioto Conference made the following report, "That the German United Brethren church at Portsmouth. Ohio, be received into Scioto Conference," which report was adopted. At the close of the conference Rev. J. E. Comer was assigned as Pastor. J. F. Menke was the first lay delegate to represent the church in an annual conference. George J. Schmidt and Philip M. Streich have represented the church in the conference of 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901.

The first English service was conducted by the present pastor, October 24, 1897. The membership at that time was seventy-five (75), the Sunday school attendance was thirty-seven (37). Since that time the success of the church has been remarkable. The present membership is two hundred and seventy- eight (278,) an average increase of forty per year. The Sunday School has an enrollment of three hundred and eighty (380) with an average attendance of two hundred and twenty-five (225). The church is well organized with a strong board of trustees composed of the following: George Brandau, Presi- dent; J. F. Menke, Secretary and Treasurer; George Schmidt, John Moeller, Lewis Voelker. Philip M. Streich, John Norman.

George J. Schmidt is Sunday School Superintendent with a band of faith- ful officers and teachers; Miss Maud Rockwell, Secretary; Philip M. Streich, Treasurer; Fred Reinhardt, Librarian. Teachers, Mesdames John Prior. Wil- liam Reed, W. S. Haney and P. M. Streich, Misses Kate Menke, Cora Frowein,

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Marie Chabot, Eliza Hanes, Messrs. Walter McCarty, D. Y. Coriell, J. F. Menke, Philip Emrich, William Smith, George Brandau, John Prior.

Ladies Aid Society, Mrs. William Reed, President; Mrs. George Schmidt, Secretary; Mrs. P. M. Streich, Treasurer.

Otterbein Society, Miss Mattie Kanouse, President; Eliza Hanes, Secre- tary; Bertha Brandau, Treasurer.

Young People's Christian Union, Arthur Cox, President; Katie Menke, Secretary; John Prior, Treasurer.

The Junior Y. P. C. U. have Mrs. W. S. Haney as Superintendent.

Miss Katie Menke is the organist and the choir is composed of the fol- lowing: Mamie Emrich, Anna Smith, Bertie Staiger, Mattie Kanouse, Edna Streich, Eliza Hanes, Eva Smith, Deana Herder, Henry Knost, Fred Reinhardt, Stephen Holman.

The different societies are working with a new church in view as the present building is too small for the growing congregation. The church raised last year for all purposes $2,000.00.

The financial part of the church is looked after by George J. Schmidt as General Steward, J. F. Menke, Secretary; Lewis Voelker, Church Treasurer; John Moeller, Philip Bobst, Conrad Hast, Emanuel Oakes, D. V. Coriell as Church Stewards.

The German Presbyterian Church

of Portsmouth, Ohio, was organized on the 29th of October, 1866. It was origi- nally a branch of the German Evangelical Church. Under the services of the Rev. H. Veith it was organized at the above mentioned date as a Presbyterian church by the Presbytery of Hocking. But few of the charter members have survived. Some of its founders are Chris Hehl, Adam Burkel, J. P. Wilhelm, Valentine Burkel, Adam Reeg, Jacob Hey, Phil Reeg, Conrad Gerlach, John Doerr, Frederick Hoesch, Mrs. W. Bihlman, William Leichner, Mrs. M. Laub- ley. The first Board of Elders consisted of the following persons: Rev. H. Veith, Chairman, Valentine Burkel, Phil Reeg and J. P. Wilhelm. The names of the pas- tors and years of service are the following: Rev. H. Veith, 1866 to 1870; Rev. John Heckmann, 1870 to 1873; Rev. Elias Benzing, 1874 to 1885; Rev. F. W. Schwabe, 1885 to 1887; Rev. H. C. Guthe, 1887 to 1890; Rev. E. A. Ehlfeld, 1890 to 1893; Rev. A. Toensmeier, 1893 to 1901; Rev. H. De Beer, 1901 to present time. Until 1869, the congregation worshiped in the old Connolley Hall, on Fifth street, near Chillicothe. In 1869 the present building was erected on the cor- ner of Seventh and Chillicothe streets at a cost of about $10,000.00 Its seating capacity is about 500. The structure is a large brick. The steeple of which has never been completed. The congregation was organized with ninety-eight members, and although it has passed through some very trying periods, it has been steadily advancing, and has a membership of 250. The pipe organ cost about $800.00. The choir numbers four male voices, four female voices and one violinist. Miss Grace Andres is the organist. The original German Sun- day school was disbanded some two years ago, and an English Sunday school has been organized, which has today an enrollment of 157, with four officers and seventeen teachers. The present superintendent is Bernhard Heid; the sec- retary is Walter Kress and the treasurer, Ed. Buchert. The Sunday school is in a most promising condition, with a constant growth. The present officers of the church are: Rev. H. De Beer, pastor; Elders, Rev. John Heid, Adam Young, Chris Hehl, John Grohmann and Henry Kress; Deacons, John Brandel, Jr., John Linck and Charles J. Schmid; Trustees, John Brandel, Jr., President of the Board of Trustees, Edward Buchert, Secretary, William Pressler, Treasur- er, Charles J. Schmid, George Hoesch, Valentine Roth, Leon Stegman, Bern- hard Heid. The church is in a very prosperous condition and every branch of the congregation shows marked signs of activity. Some $1,500.00 was spent in the summer of 1902 in remodeling and renovating the church. The morning service on Sundays is conducted in German and the Sunday evening service and other services of the congregation are conducted in English.

The Second Presbyterian Church,

located on the northwest corner of Eighth and North Waller streets, was com- pleted early in January, 1875.

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The need and desire for a Second Presbyterian Church in this locality originated with the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Dr. E. P. Pratt and his congregation. The idea had been entertained by them for some years before, that Presbyterians should locate a church in this territory, which at that time was well to the northeast of the more populous part of the city, and about a mile from the First Church. This desire found expression in the year 1870 by a memorial thank offering of $5,000.00 from the First Church for the consummation of the union of the two branches of the Presbyterian church which was used for the purchase of the lot where the church now stands.

The foundation of the Second Church was laid in 1872, and the building finally completed at a total cost of $20,000.00.

It was built under the management of the following building committee from the First Church: J. L. Hibbs, J. H. Rhoades, W. K. Thompson; and a fi- nance committee consisting of E. B. Green, A. B, Voorheis and others. It was dedicated on the 24th day of January, 1875, free of debt, a generous gift of the mother church to the hundred and seventy-two charter members who chose to transfer their membership from the old to the new church and enter this new field of Christian work. The first minister was Rev. H. A, Ketcham, D. D., who had been the Associate Pastor of the First Church, and served the Second Church for ten years from its organization. The division to create the Second church was entirely harmonious, and purely voluntary as to those who elected to go or remain with the First Church.

The dedication sermon was preached by Rev. H. A. Ketcham, D. D., from Psalms, 96-6, "Honor and majesty are before Him; strength and beauty are in His Sanctuary." On the 9th of February following, the Second Presbyterian Church of Portsmouth, Ohio, was organized by the Presbytery of Portsmouth.

The first session was composed of the following persons: Joseph Riggs, George W. Weyer, M. D., J. P. Bing, M. D., O. D. McCall, P. J. Kline, M. D., and Dr. C. P. Dennis; and the following were the first board of Trustees: I. R. Lane, O. C. McCall, R. P. Ritenberick, Irving Drew, and J. H. Brown. On April 3, 1876, the first board of Deacons was elected as follows: T. M. Patterson. Irving Drew, J. R. Boal, W. S. Green. The first superintendent of the Sabbath school was G. W. Weyer, M. D., who continued his services for several years.

There have served the church as pastors: Rev. H. A. Ketcham, D. D., 1875 to December, 1884; Rev. C. L. Work, D. D., July 1885 to January 1890; Rev. R. K. Porter, May 1890 to March 1892; Rev. Simeon Gobiet, June 1892 to June 1895; Rev. D. R. Francis as supply during parts of 1895-1896, and the present pastor, Dr. S. B. Alderson since November, 1896.

The original church structure was built in the form of a cross and will seat about five hundred people. In 1894 a two story addition, costing about $5,000.00, was built, with a primary room and several class rooms on the first floor for Sabbath School purposes, and a prayer meeting room on the second floor with seating capacity of two hundred.

The original structure was partially destroyed by fire June 9th, 1895. It was practically covered by insurance, and was at once rebuilt and re-dedicated December 1, 1895, Dr. D. S. Tappan of the First Church preaching the re-dedi- cation sermon.

The present membership of the church is five hundred and thirty-four. The present Board of Elders are A. G. Sellards, M. D., Irving Drew, C. H. Towse, W. W. Gates, Jr., W. H. Smith, John E. Williams, H. W. Heer and Lewis Lowery. The Board of Deacons consists of W. G. Williams, C. W. Car- son, Alonzo Williams, A. Littlejohn, W. H. Dressler and J. Rinner. The Board of Trustees is composed of John Peebles, John Richardson,, J. M. Wall, Philip Bauer, O. W. Blood, G. H. Heinisch, Henry Revare, W. S. Kennedy and H. T. Wilson,

The Sabbath school now has a membership of three hundred and ninety- two pupils, thirty-nine teachers and eight officers: W. W. Gates, Jr., Superin- tendent.

After a lapse of twenty-seven years there are of the hundred and seven- ty-two charter members now on the active roll but twenty-four. Many have died, some changed their residences, and others their church relations, and but two of the officers composing the first boards are still connected with the church.

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Manly Methodist Episcopal Church

was organized in 1892 under the auspices of Bigelow M. E. church. The church building is on the northwest corner of Eleventh and Clay streets. The origi- nal trustees were T. J. Buck, J. H. Farmer, G. D. Wait, R. A. Cross, J. A. Maxwell and Milton Monroe. The succession of ministers is as follows:

N. D. Bigelow, July 3, 1892 to October 1, 1892; A. Gilruth, October 1, 1892, to October 1, 1893; James F. Steele, October 1, 1893, to October 1, 1896; F. M. Swinehart, October 1, 1896, to October 1, 1898; H. B. Cooper, October 1, 1898, to October 1, 1899; C. A. Fellows, October 1, 1899, to the present time.

The church was built in 1892 at a cost of $2,500. It was enlarged in 1901 at a cost of $3,750. The seating capacity is 650. The main room is 65x30 north room 30x20, south room 15x20. The choir consists of 12 voices. T. J. Buck is the chorister. There are 13 Stewards and eight Trustees. It started with 37 members. The Sunday School has 15 teachers, 8 officers and 340 pupils. John Bridwell is the Superintendent. In the nine years it has grown from 37 to 400 members. It is well situated to minister to the spiritual wants of a large population.

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A history of Scioto County, Ohio, together with a pioneer record, Part 72

Author: Evans, Nelson W. (Nelson Wiley), 1842-1913 Publication date: 1903 Publisher: Portsmouth, O. N. W. Evans Number of Pages: 1612

Author: Evans, Nelson W. (Nelson Wiley), 1842-1913
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Portsmouth, O. N. W. Evans
Number of Pages: 1612