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Wm. Greer and wife, Robert Elder and wife, Mrs. John Elder, Mrs. Ephraim Elder, Mrs. Mordecai Hammond, Mrs. Godfrey Wolford, George Swinhart and wife were the organizers and charter members of the society. The Church has a membership of about one hundred. Its oldest member, the Rev. John Smith, a local preacher for most of his life and for several years in early days a supply in the Conference, passed to his reward about the first of October, 1911. His one hundredth birthday was celebrated in a grove by the village in the spring previous to his death, a vast concourse of people from the town and surrounding country being present to honor this aged saint and extend to him their hearty congratulations .. The Rev. Adam C. Barnes, at one time Brother Smith's colleague on the charge, delivered the principal address, in which were voiced for himself and the thousands assembled the felicitations of the hour.
The following are some of the ministers who served the Mt. Blanchard Charge: A. C. Barnes, John Smith, J. W. Hill, E. A. - Harper, James W. Shultz, Jesse Carr, G. H. Priddy, C. B. Rowley, Joshua M. Longfellow, E. T. Dailey, W. F. Esberger, E. G. Brumbaugh, E. E. Mclaughlin, Samuel Given, J. S. Snodgrass, G. H. Beaschler, J. W. Miller, and Laverde B. Smith.
For a number of years Houktown has been the only preaching place connected with Mt. Blanchard. Their present church building was erected in 1875, a comfortable edifice in excellent preserva- tion-a testimony to the loyalty and devotion of the members. A few of the older families prominently connected with the organiza- tion and growth of the Church: the Lees, Van Sants, Longbrakes, Stevensons, Houks, and Dotys.
MT. VICTORY CHURCH.
The early history of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Mt. Victory, Ohio, was written by Mr. W. I. Witcraft in the year 1888.
The first Methodist Episcopal organization in this vicinity was
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in the year 1835. and consisted of nine members. The places of holding service were at the residences of Jack Marmon. James Andrews. and John Richardson. The first pastor was Enos Holmes, a local preacher. The first traveling preacher was Daniel D. Davidson.
This appointment then belonged to Bellefontaine Circuit, which consisted of forty-four appointments. The first organization con- tinued but six months. when it went down for want of support.
In the year 1853 a second organization was formed by the Rev. John K. Ford. a supernumerary preacher of Huntersville, Ohio, with Benjamin Glassco and wife, W. I. Witcraft and wife, Lewis Andrews and wife, James Smith and wife, James Dobey and family, and Mrs. P. R. Asbury as members. Benjamin Glassco was the first class leader. The first meetings were held in the "Rough and Ready" schoolhouse, situated on the land of James Smith, about one mile west of Mt. Victory.
The place of meeting was soon changed to the new schoolhouse east of the town. on the land owned by W. H. Boyd, and east of his house on the Larue road. It has since been moved north across the road.
In the fall of 1855 the place of holding services was again changed to the United Brethren Church, where it was continued until the spring of 1860, when the Methodists purchased the property for themselves. The society was small and weak for three or four years, but it gradually grew. and in the year 1857, under the ministry of A. J. Frisbie, a gracious revival was held, and in a short time the Meth- REV. C. B. CRAMER, PASTOR. odists were able to set up for them- selves, since which time they have been the leading Church of the place.
The first church property owned by the Methodists was pur- chased of I. W. Pennock in the year 1860 for the sum of $140. It was a church building which had been commenced by the Bap- tists but was not finished, and stood on the present church lot. Dr. J. S. Blair and Coleman Asbury were the most active persons
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in securing this property. It was completed and occupied by our people in 1861.
In the spring of 1870 the work of erecting the present brick house was begun under the pastorate of the Rev. William Dunlap. W. I. Witcraft, Elias Converse, William Bloomer. S. G. Humphreys, and E. A. Chapin being the trustees. It was completed in the
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fall and dedicated on November 30th by Dr. C. H. Payne, of Delaware, Ohio. The building cost $3,300. The old house was sold to G. M. McDonald for $50.
At the time of the organization of the present society in 1853, and until 1856, this work was known as Scioto Mission, Delaware District, North Ohio Conference. From 1856 to 1850 it was known as Mt. Victory Circuit, Sidney District, Delaware Conference. From 1859 to 1860 it was known as the Mt. Victory Circuit, Kenton District, Delaware Conference. From 1860 to 1868 as Mt. Victory Circuit, Kenton District, Central Ohio Conference. From 1868 to the present time as Mt. Victory Circuit, Delaware District, Central Ohio Conference.
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In 1853 Rev. John K. Ford was pastor for one year; 1854, Lemuel Herbert and S. L. Roberts, one year; 1855, William H. Taylor and John T. Bowers. During the above pastorates Joseph Ayers was presiding elder.
1856, David Bulle, one year ; 1857-58, A. J. Frisbie, two years. During these two pastorates J. S. Kalb was presiding elder.
1862-63, Samuel M. Boggs, two years; 1864-66, H. J. Bigley, three years. E. C. Gavitt, presiding elder.
1867, Hiram M. Shaffer, one year ; 1868, A. J. Frisbie, one year. S. H. Alderman, presiding elder.
1869, Frank B. Olds, one year; 1870, Caleb Hill, one year. Alexander Harmount, presiding elder.
1871, H. Boyers and J. W. Morrison, one year; 1872, D. B. Rinehart and L. O. Cook, one year. D. D. Mathers, presiding elder.
1873-74, D. B. Rinehart, two years ; 1875-76, Philip Lemasters, two years. D. Rutledge, presiding elder.
1877-78, William Dunlap, two years; 1879-80, J. C. Clemens, two years. Isaac Newton, presiding elder.
1881-83, Benjamin W. Day, three years ; 1884, L. O. Cook, one year. L. A. Belt, presiding elder.
1885-86, Daniel Carter, two years; 1887-88, C. F. Gowdy, two years. D. Rutledge, presiding elder.
Among the more prominent workers in the Church were Dr. J. S. Blair, afterward and for many years a member of the Central Ohio Conference; the first Sunday school superintendent of the Church, and a class leader and trustee for many years. Benjamin Glassco, James and Margaret Andrews, W. I. Witcraft, W. H. Baldwin (a local preacher), Henry Reames (a local preacher), T. V. Mears, Wm. Ballinger, Wm. Smith, James W. Boyd, Thomas Hiatt, John W. Baldwin, Samuel S. Stanton, Elias Converse, S. W. Kerns, F. K. Canon, B. D. Owen, Lemuel Haines, H. Lynch, E. A. Chapin, and F. V. List. The society has sent out two ministers, J. S. Blair and George A. Wood.
The first Sunday school was organized in 1855 with Dr. J. S. Blair as superintendent and Ananias Jones assistant.
The Rev. John Parlette was appointed to Mt. Victory in 1889, and during a pastorate of three years received into the Church over two hundred persons.
He was succeeded in regular order by W. H. H. Smith, Wm. S. Philpott, A. C. Barnes, J. F. Newcomb (during whose pastorate
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the Church was greatly strengthened in numbers and influence), W. P. Bender, C. M. Baker, J. J. Richards (who led the Church in the erection of the present beautiful and commodious house of worship and added a large number to the membership), D. Carl Yoder, Albert H. Weaver (under whose pastorate the charge was made a station), and now C. B. Cramer.
The Church has sent out one young man into the foreign mis- sion work, Dr. John Korns, son of S. W. Korns, who is now in Taian-fu, Shantung Province, China, as a medical missionary. He is a graduate of the Mt. Victory high school, the Ohio Wesleyan University, and Rush Medical College, Chicago.
NAPOLEON CHURCH.
In the year 1835 Henry County was organized as one of the counties of the State of Ohio, and Napoleon was made county seat.
In the fall of 1835 Rev. Austin Coleman came to Napoleon and began to preach, and made Napoleon a part of the Defiance Mission. He preached every four weeks in the homes of the people and in a tavern which was kept by Judge Craig. A union Sunday school was organized, which afforded instruction for all in the com- munity who were religiously inclined.
In 1854, at the Annual Conference which met in Tiffin, Ohio, ·Napoleon was made the head of a circuit, and the Rev. Ambrose - Hollington was appointed to the charge. Florida, Hartman's, and Texas were the other appointments. He was succeeded by Rev. W. B. Scannell in 1855; Rev. S. L. Roberts in 1856; Rev. Ebenezer Linsey in 1857 and 1858, with Rev. L. Tiede- man as junior preacher; Rev. John Poucher in 1859, and Rev. G. W. Miller in 1860.
Under the labors of Rev. G. W. Miller the first Methodist Episcopal Church was built in Napoleon. The Rev. E. C. Gavitt was the presiding REV. CHAS. BENNETT, PASTOR. elder, and it was he who dedicated the church. It was a frame church and was dedicated in the spring of 1860. It stood on the corner of Washington and Webster Streets.
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The ministers who followed Rev. G. W. Miller were: Rev. Martin Perkey in 1861; Rev. A. M. Corey in 1863 and 1864; Rev. J. R. Colgan and Rev. Charles Zimmerman in 1865; Rev. J. R. Colgan and Rev. Charles Hoag in 1866, and Rev. T. J. Mather in 1867.
In 1868 Rev. N. B. C. Love was appointed, and at this time Napoleon Charge became a "station," and has remained such ever since. Dr. Love remained the pastor of the Church for three years.
Following the Rev. N. B. C. Love, Rev. H. A. Brown served two years ; Rev. H. J. Bigley, three years ; Rev. John Farley, one year ; Rev. W. W. Winters, two years; Rev. Charles Farnsworth, one year; Rev. J. Zook, three years; Rev. J. C. Clemons, three years; Rev. T. H. Campbell, two years; Rev. R. H. Balmer, one year ; Rev. I. N. Kalb, two years; Rev. J. Williams, two years ; and the Rev. Jesse Swank, seven years.
May 15, 1898, a new brick church was dedicated which was located on the same lot that had been occupied by the old church. Bishop C. C. McCabe dedicated the church. This was a great achievement for Napoleon and was brought about by the earnest labors of the Rev. Jesse Swank.
Rev. F. W. Stanton followed Bro. Swank and was the pastor for two years. He was followed by Rev. M. D. Baumgardner, who remained two years ; Rev. A. R. Custar was pastor for three years, and was followed by Rev. Charles Bennett, the present pastor (1914), who is closing up the second year of service.
The Church possesses a good modern parsonage at 315 West Washington Street, which is in a good state of repair.
The Church is in a prosperous condition, having grown from a membership of 205 when the new church was dedicated in 1898 to about 500 members at this time.
The Sunday school has an enrollment in all departments of nearly seven hundred members. The Church has a strong Epworth and Junior League, and all other departments of a modern Church.
So great has been its growth that the congregation is now planning for the erection of a larger and better church to meet the growing needs of this growing field in the heart of one of the richest counties in Ohio.
Two of the ministers who served this charge, the Rev. W. B. Scannell and the Rev. Ebenezer Linsey, lie buried in the Glenwood cemetery, just west of Napoleon.
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NORTH BALTIMORE CHURCH.
· The first Methodist Episcopal Church in North Baltimore was organized by Rev. Joshua M. Longfellow in 1877.
But two members who united with the Church at that time are still living, Mrs. Kate Groves and Mrs. J. F. Tice.
The first church building was erected during the pastorate of Rev. J. S. G. Reeder, 1880-83.
The present church, a splendid, commodious structure, was built in 1892, during the pastorate of Rev. A. A. Thomas.
NORTH LEWISBURG CHURCH.
In the year 1805 Hezekiah Spain came from Virginia and settled near where North Lewisburg is situated. The country was · then a wilderness.
About the year 1808 regular preaching every four weeks was established in the house of Mr. Spain, and the appointment was a part of the Lebanon Circuit. Several years afterward the circuit was divided and that part of it to which the society at Spain's house belonged fell to the Mad River Circuit.
In the year 1816 a small cabin was built for religious services one mile west of the site of North Lewisburg, where services were held until the year 1832, when a more pretentious, hewed-log church was erected just north of the old one and was known as Spain's Church.
Willis Spain is the only man now living that helped to build that church. The society at that time numbered about twenty members.
Willis Spain, son of Hezekiah Spain, and his present wife, Nancy (Epps) Spain, whose parents came from Virginia in 1807, are the only surviving members of the society when the church of 1832 was built.
REV. MICHAEL YEAGLE, PASTOR.
Afterward Abram and Lemuel Spain and Abram Holy Cross were members of the society. Urbana, part of the Mad River Circuit, desiring to be made a station, the Mechanicsburg Circuit was formed with North Lewisburg as one of the appointments.
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In the course of a few years North Lewisburg became a part of East Liberty Circuit, and in 1810 another change was made which constituted North Lewisburg a station.
The first pastor of the Church after it became a station was the Rev. Geo. W. Kelley.
In 1850 a frame church was erected in North Lewisburg, Wil- liam Andas, William Crowder, Royal Jennings, Abraham Spain, Jos. T. Gary, and Caleb F. Brown, trustees.
The building and bell cost $1,350, and was dedicated by the Rev. James I .. Grover, presiding elder of the district.
At the time of the dedication of the church the Rev. Philip Nation was preacher in charge and Alfred U. Beal junior preacher.
The membership of Spain's Church was transferred to the Church in North Lewisburg.
The ministers who served the Church in North Lewisburg and at Spain's society. were: Geo. W. Walker, Michael Marlay, Joshua Boucher, Alexander Morrow, David Warnock, Samuel Clark, James Smith, Silas Chase, I. B. Cartlich, Abraham Wambaugh, T. A. G. Phillips, Wm. Letsinger, Voluntine Beemer, Elijah H. Field, Jos. W. Smith, James T. Donahue, David Sharp, Edward P. Hall, Philip Nation, William Cheever, Thomas M. Thrall, Thomas D. Crow, Wesley Denit, Geo. W. Harris, James Kendall, Thomas Andas, Jas. T. Bail, John Vance, Samuel Brown, John M. Sullivan, Jos. W. Smith. David Sharp, James Manning, N. McDonald, W. N. Williams, D. Sargent, W. C. Jackson, T. E. Fidler, W. Webster, J. Verity, J. C. Deem, E. McHugh, H. M. Curry, John Shinn, Geo. W. Kelley, J. F. Loyd. G. D. Kennedy, T. D. Hayward.
The present church edifice was built in 1881-82, at a cost of $10,000, on the site of the old building. The territory in which North Lewisburg is situated was embraced in the Cincinnati Con- ference until some twenty-five years ago.
The Church at North Lewisburg lost by death within the past year one of its members who was over a hundred years old and who had been a Methodist for ninety-four years.
The present pastor is Michael Yeagle.
PAULDING CHURCH.
Methodism was begun in Paulding County in 1830. The Rev. J. J. Hill, pastor of St. Marys Circuit, established an appoint-
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ment in Brown Township in that year, and in the year 1831 he began to preach at Milligan's, in Washington Township.
St. Marys Circuit included St. Marys, Willshire, Shane's Cross- ing. Milligan. Antwerp, Defiance, and Florida, a four weeks' cir- cuit, taking about three hundred miles to encompass it.
A society was organized and regular preaching established at Junction in 1849. In 1850 the Rev. H. A. Brown organized the first Sunday school in the northwest part of the county.
The town of Paulding was laid out in 1850. The first house built was by Elias Shaffer, in 1851. In 1855 the North Ohio Conference appropriated $00 for Paulding Mission, and Joseph S. Shaw was appointed preacher in charge, and by him the Paulding society was organized. The Rev. David Gray was the presiding elder. In 1856 the Central Ohio Conference appropriated $100 to Paulding Mission and appointed Enoch Longsworth and John Priddy to the work.
From 1857-58 Paulding was included in the Toledo District. David Gray presiding elder and Moses Hebbard and Josiah Adams preachers. The charge was allowed $100 that year.
In 1858 Josiah Adams and Henry Bogers were the preachers on Paulding Mission. In 1859 Antwerp Circuit included Paulding, with David Bulle as preacher. In 1860 John Chillen was min- ister ; in 1861-62, John T. Bower, and in 1863-64, Enoch G. Longs- worth.
In 1865 Paulding was included in Junction Mission, with Jos. Ferguson as pastor, and in 1866-67, H. A. Brown. In 1868-69 Paulding became the head of the circuit with E. A. Cammon as pastor, and in 1870 it was changed back to Junction Circuit with E. T. Curnius in charge; and in 1871-73 the charge was called Junction and Paulding with H. H. Harper as pastor.
From this time until the year 1887, when Paulding became a station, the following brethren were the pastors: Wm. R. Shultz, John Houghtby, W. T. Maltbie, E. H. Cain, C. W. Wolf, J. H. Keeler, J. C. Crider, and Wm. S. Philpott.
Under the pastorate of H. H. Harper a church was built on the land owned by the School Board.
When Paulding was made a station in 1887, Wm. S. Philpott was still pastor, and there were 125 members. The appointments since then have been M. C. Howey, Mortimer Gascoigne, M. D.
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Scott, S. L. Roberts, Wm. Hook, Jacob Hoffman, W. T. Stockstill, David F. Helms, and A. R. Custar.
The present church edifice was begun under the pastorate of S. L. Roberts, and completed during that of Wm. Hook.
The Building Committee was composed of J. P. and W. J. Gasser, James Lynn, A. N. Wilcox, W. H. Mustart, W. H. Snook, and A. R. Geyer.
Paulding is the county seat of Paulding County, a flourishing town of some 3,000 inhabitants and in one of the most prosperous sections of Northwestern Ohio. The Church has grown to be a fine station and pays a salary of $1,600.
PAYNE CHURCH.
St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church in Payne is the outgrowth of a class organized in 1864 by the Rev. John Brakefield.
It was the second Church organization in the vicinity of Payne.
Other ministers, among whom were H. A. Brown, S. H. Alder- man, E. T. Cumming, and Christian W. Wolf, had preached in this section before.
The charter members were: Louis Stillwell and wife, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Hardesty and Anna Hardesty, Jonathan Snellenberger, and Caroline Christopher. These with some others and the follow- ing early accessions formed the nucleus of the congregation: Mr. and Mrs. Henry Venrick, J. W. Stillwell and wife, Mr. and Mrs. John Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Greenser, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Sowers, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Graham, and Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Ross.
The first services were held in the Wiltsie schoolhouse, two miles northeast of Payne. The class belonged to Paulding Circuit and was served by Mr. Bonham and C. W. Wolf.
In 1882 services were held in the United Brethren Church, when the class became a part of Antwerp Circuit with Samuel Boggs as minister. Upon the coming of Brother Boggs plans were laid for the erection of a Methodist church, and the work of building was commenced in 1883.
Gen. W. H. Gibson, of Tiffin, Ohio, was a donor to the enter- prise, who with a number of self-sacrificing members of the Society made the undertaking possible. The trustees of the Church were G. W. Sowers, R. T. Ross, F. M. Spellman, J. S. Carmack, J. W.
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Cartwright, A. F. Hardesty, Wilson Graham, Henry Radenbaugh, and D. P. Dildine. The first meeting was held in May, 1883, with Samuel Boggs as pastor.
In September, 1885, the Rev. David Rutledge, D. D., of Dela- ware, Ohio, dedicated the Church, S. H. Alderman being the pastor. At the time of the dedication the Rev. S. L. Roberts was presiding elder of the Defiance District.
Brother Alderman died carly in his second year. and H. A. Brown was appointed to fill out the year. M. D. Scott was pastor from 1885 to 1887, when J. C. Clemons became pastor, during whose pastorate the Church had the greatest revival in its history. In 1889 the Rev. J. B. Smith was transferred from the Northwest Indiana Conference and appointed to the charge. During his five years' stay the Church had great prosperity in all departments. The parsonage was built during Brother Smith's pastorate.
In 1895 G. M. Hunter came on the work, and then J. G. Martin, who started a subscription to enlarge the church; but his health failing, he was forced to resign, and S. S. Clay was secured to fill out the year.
In 1899 B. F. Gordon was appointed to the charge and with a band of noble helpers succeeded by February, 1900, in completing the remodeling of the church, when the Rev. David H. Moore, then editor of the Western Christian Advocate, dedicated the building. At the commencement of Brother Gordon's second year he was com- pelled on account of impaired health to resign, and J. F. Mounts filled out the year.
The ministers serving the Church since 1901 have been: C. M. Monosmith, A. E. Delanoy, J. F. Street, M. D. Scott, W. E. Ice, and G. M. Baumgardner.
The presidng elders and district superintendents have been: Alexander Harmount, I. R. Henderson, S. L. Roberts, Gershom Lease, J. H. Fitzwater, J. M. Mills, Parker P. Pope, J. H. Bethards, and J. F. Harshbarger.
PERRYSBURG CHURCH.
THE FIRST CHURCH IN THE MAUMEE VALLEY.
Perrysburg was named after Commodore Perry, the naval hero of the War of 1812. Situated at the head of navigation, its founders believed it would become the city of the greater lower lakes.
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The town is finely located on the banks of the Maumee River, from which a view of great beauty is obtained ; up the river is Fort Meigs, on the same side, and Maumee, on the opposite side, while farther up are the rapids of the Maumee and the battlefield of "Fallen Timbers;" opposite. across the river, are Fort Miami and the Lucas County Children's Home, while down the river the giant elevators, the church steeples, and the smoking stacks of Toledo may be seen.
In those early days when the Methodist itinerants first visited Perrysburg the banks of the river were covered to the water's edge with a massive growth of native timber-the maple, elm, oak, hickory, and willow-to which clung grapevines of long years' growth, and the islands-larger then than at present, were clothed with a beautiful foliage.
The first Methodist preachers to proclaim the gospel in Perrys- burg were John P. Kent and P. B. Morrey, who came in 1820.
After the War of 1812 Fort Meigs was for several years the place of meeting of the pioneers for religious worship, and after- wards, when Fort Meigs was no longer needed, Maumee City and Perrysburg sprang up.
Among the early pioneers from whom many facts have been obtained concerning the establishment of the Methodist Church in Perrysburg and vi- cinity were John Webb, Mother Spafford, Peter Cranker, W. B. Way, and Francis Hellenbeck. Mr. Webb's acquaintance with Perrysburg dates back to 1819. The members of the first class were Mr. and Mrs. Spafford, Mr. and Mrs. Hubble (of Fort Miami), and Mr. and Mrs. John Webb.
This small class was greatly REV. STEWART BAUMGARDNER, PASTOR. aided in support and friendly sympathy by many outsiders. In the absence of any Methodist itinerant, the Rev. Van Tassell, a Presbyterian missionary, preached
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for a time for the class. Mr. Van Tassell was in charge of the Presbyterian Mission near Waterville, Ohio.
The Spafford and the Webb homes were the preaching places of the society until a brick schoolhouse was built, which served both as church and schoolhouse until 1836, when, with the Rev. L. B. Gurley as the presiding elder and the Rev. O. Mitchell as the pastor, the Church still standing and in use was erected, the first in the Maumee Valley.
The Spaffords' house was known during these years as Meth-
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odist headquarters. The year when the church was built is memora- ble in the drama of war over the State boundary line between the Michiganders and the Buckeyes in the Maumee Valley.
Perrysburg was the headquarters of Governor Lucas and his staff. The Michigan forees had their headquarters at Sylvania. some ten miles west of Toledo, and the Ohio forces were stationed chiefly where Toledo now stands.
The Rev. L. B. Gurley, then a young man full of zeal, eloquent and popular as a pulpit orator, so won the wood-will of Governor Lucas, who was a Methodist, and the confidence of the citizens that on one Sunday morning a large sum of money was secured for the building of a church costing about $2,000. It was built and dedicated in 1836. In 1866 the church was remodeled with
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