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A. A. of I. and S. W .- A. A. of I. and S. W. Sec .; J. L. Mercer, P. Com .; W. E. Hamilton meets at the northwest corner of Sixth and Sr., Aid; G. H. Metzger, Jr., Aid; Dan Price, Main streets, in the Curran Block, every other Guard; D. S. Carle, Sent.
Saturday evening. Wm. R. Matthews is Presi- Knightsand Ladies of Honor .- Jewel Lodge, dent; Charles Denner, Secretary.
B. P. O. Elks-Zanesville Lodge, No. 114,
No. 322, meets each alternate Thursday in Athenæum building, South Fifth street. Mrs. C. meets each alternate Wednesday evening in C. Curtis, Protector; Ellis G. Etzler, Vice Pro- Elks' Hall, Masonic Building. John A. Mor- tector; W. H. Haworth, Secretary; C. E. Brooks, row is Exalted Ruler; S. A. Baldwin, Est. 10
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Leading Kt .; A. J. Parker, Est. Loyal Kt. C. D. every Thursday evening in Painters' Union Wedge, Est. Lecturing Kt .; James H. Smart, hall, Main street. Wm. Wells is P. P .; Wm. Esquire; F. M. Ford, Secretary; W. C. Conrad, H. Tanner, president; J. Crooks, vice presi- I. G .; Wm. Smart, Treasurer; Ernest Scott, dent and M. of F. and S .; Benj. Highfield, re- Tyler. cording secretary; S. C. Scott, financial secre-
Knights of Labor-Buckeye Assembly, No. tary; C. E. Maneely, treasurer; Wm. Wells, 2444, meets every Tuesday evening in Trades chaplain; D. P. Mercer, W. M. Wells, John and Labor Hall, at the corner of Main and Henderson, trustees. Fifth streets. J. J. Roll is M. W .; Jas. A. Fan-
The National Union .- Putnam Council, No.
ton, W. F .; Jos. A. Bauer, R. S .; Fred Factor, 162, meets on the last Wednesday of each Treasurer. Mayflower Assembly, No. 469, meets month over the Citizens' National Bank, Main every Thursday evening in Knights of Labor street. H. L. Anderson is president; T. W. Hall. Samuel Campbell is M. W .; Charles Lewis, vice president; Ed. Gigax, secretary; Coverdale, W. F .; E. T. Roberts, R. S .; John Thomas Scott, financial secretary; H. Lim- McDonald, F. S .; Rufus Chidester, Treasurer. bacher, treasurer.
Zane Assembly, No. 2688, meets every Mon- The Ancient United Order of Druids .- Con- day evening at Labor Hall; Henry Vogt is M. cordia Grove, No. 13,instituted May 3, 1858, meets W .; Frank Long, W. F .; Charles Aker- every Tuesday evening in Athenaeum hall, 32 son, R. S .; George Spangler, F. S .; John South Fifth street, Jacob Paulus, N. A .; Ed- Purcell, Treasurer. Cigar Makers' Interna- mund Ritzer, V. A .; Adam Pfeifer, secretary; tional Union-Zanesville Union, No. 173, Frank Kaechele, treasurer; Charles Brendel, meets the Ist Monday evening of each month; David Goodman, August Shaum, trustees.
A. Wharton is President; P. D. McCann, Vice -.
Rechabites .- Banner Tent, No. III, insti- President; P. A. Carr, Secretary; M. McCabe, tuted August 12, 1880, meets Thursday eve- E. F. McGovern, James McCarty, P. A. Carr, nings in the hall over post-office. Edwin Ball is Board of Trustees. The Muskingum County D. R ; Geo. Vaughn, recording secretary. Ex- Undertakers' Association meets on the second celsior Tent, No. 80, instituted March 21, 1879, Monday of each month at Arnold & Bateman's meets every Friday evening in Athenaeum hall, undertaking rooms. J. L. Reed (White Cot- South Fifth. W. C. Hager is recording secre- tage), President; F. F. Mader (Zanesville), tary. Lily of the Valley Tent, No. 27, meets Treasurer; W. M. Bateman (Zanesville), Secre- each alternate Friday evening in the hall over tary.
the post-office. Miss Allie Lampton, record-
Fraternal Mystic Circle .- Valley Ruling, ing secretary. Matthews Junior Tent, No. 12, No. 53. Meets second and fourth Thursdays of meets every Wednesday evening in Athenæum each month. W. M. Dodd is W. R .; John B. hall, South Fifth street. David Matthews, Smith, W. V. R .; J. F. Stemm, W. P. R .; W. M. recording secretary. Peerless Tent, meets Shinnick, Jr., recorder; Fred Abel, Jr., collector; every alternate Saturday evening, in Athenaeum H. E. Printz, treasurer; Dr. C. E. Brush med. hall, South Fifth street. Mrs. Harris is re- examiner; F. M. Tarrier, chaplain, C. C. Con- cording secretary. well, marshall; C. Wm. Howard, Warden; G. Mary and Martha Society .- Meets in the basement of the chapel of St. Thomas D. Seright, guard; R. J. Brown, sentry.
Patriotic Order Sons of America .- Camp 41, Church, every fourth Sunday in each month. P. O. S. of A., meets every Friday evening in Miss Maggie McCarty, president.
P. O. S. of A. hall, Main street, L. G. Dover is
Knights of St. Thomas .- Meet the first Sun- P. P .; W. Burlingame, president; O. M. Wise- day in each month at 1:30 o'clock, P. M. in man, vice president; H. W. McOwens, M. of their hall on the corner of Main and Third F .; F. T. Gurley , recording secretary; J. A. streets. Jas. McCarty is president, P. D. Mc- O'Donnel, financial secretary; C. O. Carnes, Cann, vice president; P. A. Carr, secretary; M. treasurer. Wm. Johnson, chaplain; O. M. Wise- McCabe, E. F. McGovern, Jas. McCarty, P. A. man, Jno. Jordan, P. J. Snyder, trustees. Camp Carr, board of trustees.
43, P. O. S. of A., instituted June 6, 1879, meets Zanesville City Guards .- Co. B. 17th Regi- each alternate Monday evening in P. O. S. of ment, Infantry, O. N. G. meets every Monday A. Hall, over First National Bank, Main street. evening at the armory, in Memorial build- F. D. Ford is president; Elmer Barton, vice ing, North Fifth street. Joseph Beckhart is president, J. L. Sammons, M. of F .; Wm. Hager captain; Chauncey Ogle, Ist lieutenant; Chas, F. S .; C. A. Barton, treasurer; F. W. Logan H. Booz, 2d lieutenant; Charles H. Taylor, recording secretary. Washington Camp, 47, Sergeant. Zanesville Light Artillery .- Battery P. O. S. of A., instituted February 9, 1881, meets C., Ist Regiment, Light Artillery, O. N. G. is
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officered thus: H. A. Leslie, captain; D. H.
The Old Settlers' Association was organized Gaumer, Ist lieutenant; C. F. Brendel, 2d at Odd Fellows' hall, August 30th, 1867. At a lieutenant; C. F. Atwell, Sergeant. St. Joseph meeting, September 13, 1867, a constitution Benevolent Society organized July 25, 1878, was adopted and signed by the following per- meets in St. Nicholas hall. J. N. Steiner is sons: G. M. Crooks, Sr., born 1795, came into president; John Schiele, secretary. The Ger- the county in 1798; I. B. Brookover, born 1790, man Benevolent Society, meets at Horn's hall. came 1806; David Gibson Porter, born in Simon Linser is president; J. N. Steiner, secre- Zanesville in 1806; John Dulty, born 1791, tary.
came 1811; Frederick A. Seborn, born 1813,
Building and Loan Association .- The Buck- came 1820; Elijah H. Church, born in Zanes- eye Building and Loan Co., of Zanesville, Ohio, ville in 1809; A. C. Ross, born in Zanesville has a capital stock of $1,000,000. B. Wheeler in 1812; Amasa Van Horne, born 1795, came is president; T. W. Lewis, vice-president; H. 1815; Valentine Best, born 1816, in what is A. Sharpe, treasurer; F. Bagley, secretary and now a portion of Zanesville; Silvers Porter, attorney. The Equitable Building Co., Zanes- born in Newton township in 1817; Peter H. ville, incorporated October 27, 1887; capital Morgan, born in 1805, came 1817; Stephen $1,000,000 is thus officered: F. C. Dietz, presi- Burwell, born 1803, came 1816; John Wolf, dent; A. W. Richards, vice-president; George born 1789, came 1837; William I. Green, born Brown, secretary; A. V. Smith, treasurer; 1804, came 1814; Benjamin F. Leslie, born George Brown, attorney. The Farmers' Build- 1812, came 1820; Cecelia C. Beatty, born in ing and Loan Co., of Zanesville; incorporated Zanesville 1820; John Church, born in Zanes- June 8, 1889; organized June 18, 1889; has a yille 1816; John Greiner, came 1835; Margaret capital stock, $1,000,000. Howard Aston is A. Porter; L. H. Dugan, came 1817; David president; Wm. M. Bateman, vice-president; Johns, born 1807, came 1819; Christian Grim, G. A. Allen, secretary; F. C. Dietz, treasurer; born 1800, came 1828; I. H. Sullivan; I. Bel- Henry R. Stanbery, attorney. The Home- knap, born 1792, came 1816; James Granger, stead Building and Savings Co .; incorporated born 1788, came 1816; James Hocking, born February 28, 1884; has assets aggregating 1788, came 1830; Elijah Sullivan. John Peters $214,479.89. Robert Silvey is president; Geo. was the first president and L. H. Dugan the D. Gibbons, vice-president; Alex. Grant, treas- first secretary, to organize. The first duly urer; T. F. Spangler, secretary and attorney. elected officers for the year ending May I, The Young Men's Christian Association rooms 1868, were Rev. Cornelius Springer, president; are at 51 N. 5th Street. A. P. Pinkerton is Col. Elias Ellis, first vice-president; John president of the local association, which was Peters, second vice-president; Col. John Crooks, organized November 11, 1867; C. S. Harkinson, third vice-president; L. H. Dugan, corres- vice-president; O. L. Martin, recording secre- ponding secretary; F. A. Seborn, recording tary; John S. Derwacter, treasurer; E. H. Pierce, secretary. This society met as late as No- general secretary. The Young Women's Chris- vember 16, 1867, but no record is extant of any tian Temperance Union meet in the Y. M. C. subsequent organized activity. The aged citi- A. rooms. Miss M. Bird is recording secretary; zens of Muskingum county assembled at the Miss May Wildman, treasurer. St. Nicholas court house at 10 A. M., May 21, 1886, for the Association, organized in 1854, meets in St. purpose of organizing a historical society to Nicholas School hall. J. N. Steiner is presi- be composed of the elderly ladies and gentle- dent; Theodore Dosch, secretary. The Ohio men of said county, and organized temporarily Bible Society met in Zanesville, Sept. 3, 1818. by calling John Sims, of Rich Hill to the It was its sixth annual meeting. The following chair, who appointed William Gray, of Falls, officers were elected for the ensuing year: secretary. The following were appointed a General Isaac Van Horne, president; Rev. J. committee on permanent organization: Sam- Culbertson and Rev. J. Wright, vice-presidents; uel Pollock, of Rich Hill, Joshua Butler of Rev. S. P. Robbins, corresponding secretary; Muskingum, C. H. Trimble of Blue Rock, Edwin Putnam, recording secretary; David Jacob Worts of Salem and John G. McConnell Putnam, treasurer; Revs. L. Harris, S. P. Rob- of Brush Creek. This committee reported bins, J. Culbertson, J. Moore, J. Wright, W. Thomas Mckees for president and B. F. Gould, Levi Whipple and W. R. Putnam, trus- Swingle for vice-president. On motion of tees. It would be interesting, could it be done, Joshua Butler it was decided that all persons of the age of fifty years and over be eligible to to trace the further history of this society.
Temperance societies began to be formed membership in the society. Following is the in this county in 1825-26. roll of members as it appears in the record of
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the first meeting: T. McLees, Isaac Pyle, on the voluntary gifts of the charitable and Abraham Cooper, William Gray, Jefferson humane; and therefore is to have no capital Honnold, James Colvin, Joseph Lyons, LaFay- stock.
ette Baker, James Platt, Jason Spencer, Joshua In witness whereof, we have hereunto set Butler, George Welch, David Stokeley, Chaun- our hands this 19th day of February, 1888, cey Ford, J. G. Jones, John Sims, Llewellyn (signed) C. W. Potwin, James Buckingham, Warne and wife, William Williams, George John C. Sullivan, Moses M. Granger, C. Stolzen- Peairs, Joseph Peairs, Solomon Rees, Samuel bach, T. F. Spangler, N. T. Gant. Signed and Hadden, S. W. Moore, M. B. Robertson, Will- scaled by Alfred A. Frazier, notary public, iam Dunn, Joshua Downard, Balser Dietrick, Muskingum county, Vincent Cockins, clerk of Albe Showers, Thomas Showers, William F. court, Muskingum county, James S. Robinson, Swingle, Solomon S. Baughman and wife, Mrs. secretary of the state of Ohio. Jason Spencer, Marshall Stultz, C. N. Trimble, The foregoing charter was obtained Febru- John M. Bell, Cynthia Moore, R. Slack, J. Worts, ary 19, 1888, by the aforesaid signers. The Samuel Conns, Precilla Sims, Jacob Bannister, organization was never perfected and, there- Pierce Warne, James S. Moore, Thomas Will- fore, no work was done under the charter. iams, Captain William C. Tanner. The orig- When the Zanesville City Hospital Association inal idea, as advocated by Thomas McLees and was effected April, 1890, it was decided to take others, was to make only those eligible to up the work under the original articles of in- membership who were at least fifty years old corporation obtained in 1888. Article first of and were owners and occupants of the homes, the by-laws reads as follows: Section I, the in Muskingum county in which they were born. incorporated name of this organization shall be A more accommodating rule was adopted and in the Zanesville City Hospital Association; time all old residents of the county were made section 2, the object and purpose of this As- eligible without regard to place of nativity. sociation is to establish and maintain in the At the second meeting, held at Zanesville, city of Zanesville, Ohio, a hospital for the care August 21, 1886, President McLees in the and treatment of sick and disabled persons, chair, William Gray was elected secretary. without regard to creed, color or condition; This organization had a continuous existence section 3, the management and control of the until it was superseded by the present Pioneer property, business and concerns, shall be and Historical Society of Muskingum County, and are invested in the board of trustees, with a history of which appears elsewhere in this power to fill until next annual eleetion, all va- volume.
cancies which may occur in the board and
Zanesville Hospital Association .- These with power to organize a medical board for articles of incorporation of the Zanesville City hospital, and to appoint the matron and such Hospital Association, witnesseth, that we the assistants, nurses and servants as may be nec- undersigned, all of whom are citizens of the essary to carry out the purposes of the asso- state of Ohio, desiring to form a corporation ciation, and to take such other action consis- not for profit under the general incorporation tent with law, and the character of the asso- laws of said state, do hereby certify: First, the caition as in its judgment shall tend to promote name of said corporation shall be "The Zanes- the objects thereof and increase the efficiency ville City Hospital Association," Second, said of the organization; section 4, the officers corporation shall be located, and its principal shall be a president, two ·vice-presidents, ( Ist business transacted, at Zanesville, in Muskin- and 2nd,) treasurer and secretary; section 5, gum county, Ohio. Third, the purpose for the regular meetings of the board of trustees which said corporation is founded is: Ist, to shall be held on the second Tuesdays of April. provide medical and surgical aid and nursing June, August, October, December and Febru- for sick and disabled persons, free of expense ary of each year. Special meetings may be to those unable to pay, and at a cost to those called by the president and secretary at any who are able to pay the amount to be de- time and shall be so called upon the written termined by the trustees; 2nd, to instruct and request of any two members."
train suitable persons in the duties of nursing The hospital buildings were dedicated and and attending upon the sick; 3rd, to carry into formally opened on Thursday, January 22, 1891. execution such other purposes and objects, in- The committee on arragements consisted of Mrs cidental and kindred to those above set out, as Fenton Bagley, Mrs. J. C. Harris and Mrs. J. W. the trustees may from time to time prescribe; Pinkerton. They appointed Rev. F. Richards 4th, this corporation is not created for profit, to arrange the programme and to make the but will rely for its establishment and support, dedicatory address. The following, from the
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address of the president contains the history those who desire to help in this good work, we of the institution to that date: "In March, would say there is room for work in furnishing 1890, the matter was once more brought to the the free wards on this floor. Do not let us front by a few ladies, and a called meeting of stop now till all is complete." all persons interested in the work resulted in a Board Trustees, 1890 .- Mrs. James Herd- most enthusiastic gathering in the parlors of man, *Mrs. M. M. Granger, *Mrs. Florence the Young Men Christian Association. An or- Lynn, Mrs. F. J. Terry, Mrs. James Peabody, ganization was effected which, after careful in- * Miss Mattie A. Taylor, fMrs. E. G. Silvey, vestigation, and in strict conformity to law, re- Mrs. James Buckingham, Mrs. T. B. Townsend, sulted in the present organization, which is *Mrs. Ellen M. Gattrell, Mrs. D. I. Jones, Mrs. known as the Zanesville Hospital association, Julius Frank, +Mrs. C. C. Goddard, +Mrs. W. and consists of a board of twelve trustees and W. Harper, tMiss Jennie T. Ball.
twenty-four managers, all ladies, and an advi- The board of 1890 organized by electing sory board of four gentlemen. The trustees the following officers: President, Mrs. James were elected and took the oath of office on the Herdman; first vice-president, Mrs. James first day of May, 1890. Then began the active Buckingham; second vice-president, Mrs. F. work to secure the needful funds to give the J. Terry; secretary, *Miss Mattie A. Taylor; idea definite form and purpose-in other words, +Miss Jennie T. Ball; treasurer, *Ellen M. to get a suitable building for a hospital. The Gattrell, +W. H. Pierpoint.
Advisory Board, 1890 .- Rev. F. Richards,
price of membership was placed at $1.00, so that none might be debarred from its privi- F. H. Southard, C. Stolzenbach, M. Churchill. leges. There are now something over 450 Board Trustees, 1891 .- Elected at the An- members. We want 2,000 more. Subscription nual meeting, April 13th, 1891; elected for papers were circulated and many very gener- three years: Mrs. James Herdman, Mrs. F. J. ous donations made-not only by residents of Terry, Mrs. James Buckingham, *Mrs. W. E. our own city, but by many former citizens, and Guthrie; elected for two years: Mrs. C. C. God- some by friends who have never lived here. dard, Mrs. Fenton Bagley, *Mrs. Julius Frank, Onc donation of $1,000 came from an unex- Mrs. W. W. Harper; elected for one year, Mrs. pected source, and entirely without solicita- James Peabody, Mrs. D. I. Jones, Mrs. T. B. tion. The donator was a woman, Mrs. Curran Townsend, *Mrs. T. J. Maginnis, +Mrs. Willis Blue. The mid-summer carnival, so well Bailey.
planned, so successfully carried out, played no The Board of 1891 organized by electing small part in our financial aid. In August the the following officers: President, Mrs. James trustees found on their subscription books the Herdman; first vice-president, Mrs. James
amount of $9,000. After much anxious Buckingham; second vice-president, Mrs. T. thought, and with the consent and encourage- F. J. Terry; secretary, Mrs. Fenton Bagley, ment of our advisory board, we decided to treasurer, W. H. Pierpoint.
risk the debt that would be incurred, and pur-
Advisory Board, 1891 .- For one year-Rev. chased this - the Peabody homestead, for F. Richards; for two years, C. Stolzenbach; for $10,000, paying at the time of purchase $4,400. three years, F. H. Southard; for four years, M. In September a payment was made of $1,500, Churchill.
and in October $1,000. We have in bank to-
Hospital Medical Staff, 1891 .- January and day $823 and some unpaid subscriptions. The February-Dr. J. T. Davis and Dr. E. C. Logs- details of the work done since need not be don. March and April-Dr. T. J. Barton and given here. When it was decided two weeks Dr. J. M. Fassig. May and June-Dr. H. T. ago to get this building ready to open to-day, Sutton and Dr. J. C. Crossland. July and Aug- there were some heavy hearts among us, as the ust-Dr. Lenhart, Sr. and Dr. J. Jordan. Sep- thought of the expense loomed up before us. tember and October-Dr. C. M. Lenhart and They are lighter to-day. Look around you- Dr. O. M. Wiseman. November and Decem- ber-Dr. J. Holden and Dr. A. J. Parker. Con- sulting physicians: Dr. A. E. Bell, Dr. Z. C. McElroy, Dr. J. S. Haldeman. Consulting surgeons: Dr. J. G. F. Holston, Dr. Jno. F. Ken- nedy, Dr. E. C. Brush. Specialist-eye and car: Dr. L. R. Culbertson.
all through the house and see what generous people have done. Every article here and all the expense of changing has been donated, and many others have come asking what can we do? What are our hopes for the future? In view of all that has been accomplished in three months less than a year, have we not a right to indulge in very large hopes? While much has been done, much remains to be done. To
*Resigned.
+Elected to fill vacancy.
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Chapter XXU.
CHURCHES OF ZANESVILLE.
N his paper, "Pioneers of Putnam-Who The circuit was also divided and Fairfield | were They and What did They do?" read be- formed, to which Putnam was attached. In
fore the Pioneer and Historical Society of 1808, James Watts was sent to Wills Creek cir- Muskingum County, and by authority of that cuit. He took Zanesville into his plan and society placed at the disposal of the compiler formed a class there. This took from us our of this work, Z. M. Chandler writes as follows: members on that side of the river, but we con-
"The Methodist Episcopal church was the tinued to prosper and increase in members. first church organized in Putnam or Zanesville, In 1809, Levi Whipple, Esq., gave us a lot and and probably the first in the county. Unfor- we built a little frame meeting house 24x30 tunately, some twenty years ago, all of its rec- feet. The first Methodist meeting house in ords up to that time were burned. Thus, much Zanesville was built in 1813. It was also frame. of its early history is lost, amongst other mat- Continuing to prosper in 1829 and 1830, we ters of interest the names of its members. Mr. built another house on the same ground. It Goshen, however, in his reminiscences, has pre- was a brick building 40x50 feet.' Mr. Goshen served much that is interesting. He says: gave a list of elders and pastors who had 'When I came here in 1805, I found no church charge of the church between 1805 and 1843 organization or regular preaching of any kind. with the date of their appointment. There are, The Hockhocking circuit of the old Ohio dis- however, thirteen years of the time which he trict, Western conference, took in, as far as I left blank, doubtless because he had no records can remember, Lancaster, Franklinton, Mans- from which to fill them. I copy this list with- field, Mt. Vernon, and appointments on the out the dates. Presiding elders: Wm. Burk, river below Coshocton, the name not now re- John Sale, James Quinn, David Young; preach- membered, Hog-run, Bolingreen, thence back ers: James Quinn, John Meeks, James Axley, to Lancaster. In addition to these appoint- Peter Cartwright, William Ellington, Ralph ments, there were several other intervening ap- Lotspeach, Francis Travis, James Dickson, pointments, the names of which I cannot now James B. Findley, John Clingan, William Dick- recall. At that time William Burk was pre- son, - Ruark, Abner Goff, J. A. Waterman, siding elder of the Ohio district, and James J. Hooper, John Tivis, Thomas A. Morris (after- Quinn preacher in charge of Hockhocking cir- wards bishop), Cornelius Springer, James Gur- cuit. I found a few Methodist families here ley, Joseph Carper, -- Hand, James T. Don- and formed a class. Of that class I know of ahon, James C. Taylor, John M. Trimble, James but one person now living (1864) except my- Armstrong, Martin F. Kellogg, -- Young, self. At the annual conference that year ( 1805) Edward D. Doe. Added from my own recollec- John Sale was appointed presiding elder, and tions: Presiding elders: Leroy Swarmstedt, John Meeks, James Axley and Peter Cartwright, Jacob Young, J. M. Jamison, Robert O. Spencer, preachers on the Hockhocking circuit. Soon James B. Findley; preachers: Michael Ellis, after conference, James Vickers and I had an Samuel Hamilton, Henry S. Fernandis, David interview with John Meeks, the preacher in Whitcomb, James Courtney, James Gilruth, charge, and requested him to put Putnam into John W. Stone, Winter R. Davis. This list, con- his plan when he came near. He did so, gave taining the names of forty-four ministers is, of us a week-day appointment and appointed me course, very incomplete. Besides the blanks leader. In 1806 Hockhocking circuit was that Mr. Goshen left, he often gave only the divided and Knox circuit set off, Putnam re- name of the preacher in charge of the circuit. maining in Hockhocking. In 1807, the circuit There were always two and at one time, at was divided and Muskingum district was set off least, there were three. The list, however, is
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