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the addition of a tower, bell, and stained glass windows, at a total cost of $1,500, the Rev. Thomas N. Barkdull, pastor. The building was further improved under the pastorate of the Rev. D. H. Bailey in the year 1898. In 1873 a parsonage was provided, costing $1,600, during the pastorate of the Rev. N. B. C. Love. The church building is commodious and homelike. It is an inspiration to stand in the pulpit where most of the pioneer preachers of the Maumee Valley have stood and preached the gospel within the past seventy-eight years.
Some of these "old-time" ministers who preached in this region as elsewhere throughout the borders of the early Church were fond of religious controversy, their power in polemics being greatly de- veloped. There were Universalists to be silenced. Calvinists to be overthrown, and Millerites to be shaken from their vagaries and dreams.
The Church- to-day has a membership of over three hundred, and pays a salary of $1,000 and a good parsonage. The town is becoming a delightful residential suburb of Toledo, and the thor- oughfare between the town and the city is rapidly becoming lined and beautified with comfortable homes and fine buildings.
The Church has been served by more than sixty preachers dur- ing the course of its long history, all of whom have witnessed a good profession, and their names are as follows: John P. Kent, P. B. Morrey, Elias Pattee, S. Baker, John A. Baughman, George Walker, Jacob Heil, J. B. Finley, E. C. Gavitt, E. B. Pilcher, Wm. Sprague, Cyrus Brooks, O. Mitchell, D. Burns. R. N. Chubb, J. W. Bowen, Rev. Cacraft, L. Hill, P. Start, H. S. Bradley, I. L. Johnson, John Janes, J. B. Jewitt, T. Cooper. C. H. Owen, L. Ward, John Graham, Thomas Parker, Thomas J. Pope, D. P. Pelto, J. F. Burkholder, L. D. Rogers, Ambrose Hollington, Wm. S. Lunt, Wm. Fegtley, S. H. Alderman, Lewis M. Albright, J. Shannon, T. N. Barkdull, John S. Kalb, John H. Wilson, N. B. C. Love, Joseph H. Bethards, L. T. Clark, T. J. Pope, W. A. Yingling, J. L. Scott, Wm. H. Scoles, Geo. B. Wiltsie, John C. Shaw, David H. Bailey, Daniel Stecker, W. T. Dumm, George Matthews, G. W. Sower, W. W. Constein, E. J. Webster, and Stewart Baumgardner, the present pastor, who is having a very successful pastorate.
Among the members of this Church appear the names of A. G. Williams, Wm. Barton, Mr. Wallace (the father of the Rev. Richard W. Wallace), and C. F. Chapman; and among its stanch and noble
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friends: General Hunt, Governor Lucas. W. B. Way, Hon. E. D. Peck, Perry Thomas, Francis Hallenbeck. Dr. Hamilton, and Gen- eral P. S. Slevin. This historic Church has had in its membership and congregation many noble men and women.
RICHWOOD CHURCH.
In the year 1834 Rev. Warren Frazell, an itinerant preacher. was sent to this community as minister. A little class of five whose names should never be forgotten had gathered together the year before and enrolled their names. They were William Phillips and his wife, Isabella Ann Phillips: Mortimer Bentley and wife. Nancy Bently, and Mrs. Elsie Sirpless. Soon after the following names were added : Mrs. Sarah Woods, wife of John Woods: Mrs. Margaret Brookins, wife of Dr. John P. Brookins; William Bark- dull and his wife, Priscilla; Adam Benge ; Hezekiah Burdish and his wife, Catherine, and their daughters, Lois and Catherine; and Philip Plummer and wife, Ann Maria. To these sixteen charter members Rev. Frazell preached until 1835, when the infant society took another step forward. At a quarterly meeting held at Cyree Lendon's, June 20. 1835, Richwood was joined to twelve other societies to constitute the Richwood Circuit. The following entry appears on the record- ing steward's book: "Brother Frazell re- REV. ALBERT H. WEAVER. ceived ninety dollars for three quarters." PASTOR. Jacob Young, famous throughout Western Methodism. was pre- siding elder.
During the year 1837 the Methodist Episcopal Church erected the first house of worship in Claibourne Township. It was built of logs hewed square, the cracks being daubed with mortar. and was about 28 x 30 feet in size. The seats were without backs. being simply slabs of wood with wooden pegs for legs. It had a high pulpit, and was warmed by a stove in the center of the room. It was located on Fulton Street, where the residence of Jolin Lang- staff now stands. On August 14, 1837, this house was dedicated . by Rev. Samuel Hamilton. Rev. E. T. Webster was the preacher in charge.
At the third quarterly meeting, held in Robert Perry's barn on
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the Scioto River, it was decided to build a parsonage, and the first Board of Trustees, composed of the following, was appointed: William Barkdull, Nathan Richardson, Lewis H. Hastings, Chris- tian Gowell, and William Phillips. It was built of logs, and stood on the corner now occupied by the church.
In the year 1856-58, during the pastorate of Rev. Joseph Good and Joshua M. Longfellow, a new, substantial, two-story brick structure with tower and bell was built. It cost about $6,000. The log parsonage which sheltered the early preachers, who had long disappeared, was removed and replaced by a new frame dwell- ing costing about $1,500 in the year 1883.
The outlying appointments had one by one been cut off as the Church in Richwood grew stronger, until it was thought to be able to stand alone. In 1874 the last one, Finley Chapel, north of town, was joined to another circuit; since then Richwood has been a station.
In the year 1901 the Richwood Methodists felt that their needs had outrun the accommodations of the old brick house of worship, and began promoting a new church enterprise. During the follow- ing years, under the wise leadership of Rev. A. A. Thomas as pastor, plans were consummated and hopes realized in the completion of a beautiful modern brick church costing about $21,000. A new par- sonage is planned and will be built soon.
The Rev. Albert H. Weaver is now (1914) pastor and is enjoy- ing "good success" in the Lord's work. During the eighteen months of this pastorate about two hundred, mostly adults, have been re- ceived into the membership of the Church. The Sunday school enrollment numbers 546, with a Men's Bible Class with an enroll- ment of over two hundred and an average attendance of eighty.
RUSHSYLVANIA CHURCH.
The Rushsylvania Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1861 by the Rev. Wm. J. Peck with fourteen members, two of whom are living. At first and until 1879 it was one of five appoint- ments on the Zanesfield Charge when it was made the head of a circuit, under the pastorate of the Rev. David B. Rinehart.
A parsonage was built in 1882. The circuit now consists of Rushsylvania, Hopewell, and St. Paul or Taylor Creek. The Church at Rushsylvania has a membership of 145.
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The first church building was a frame structure. In 1893, under the pastorate of the Rev. S. W. Scott, a new brick building was commenced, and under the labors of the Rev. J. C. Crider the church was completed at a cost of about $4,500. Rev. E. D. Whitlock, at that time presiding elder of the Bellefontaine District, had charge of the dedicatory services.
The ministers who have served the charge are: A. J. Frisbie, H. J. Bigley, J. S. Blair, M. M. Markwith, J. S. Reeder, David J. Whiting, T. I. Jagger, David B. Rinehart, John Parlette, E. C. Gavitt, B. B. Powell, S. W. Scott, J. C. Crider, E. D. Cooke, C. F. Gowdy, J. D. Simms, W. P. Bender, F. M. Houser, A. V. Knepper, and J. W. Horne.
SHERWOOD CHURCH.
The Sherwood Methodist Episcopal Church was first organized in a log schoolhouse standing about one-half mile north of the town by Rev. Cameron and Rev. A. Robertson, and was composed of a goodly number of the early settlers, but from different causes they became divided and some joined other Churches. Rev. A. Robert- son labored among this people and aided much in keeping Meth- odism alive here.
Some time later, about the year 1875, the Methodists commenced to hold services in a hall located at the corner of Lawrence and - Taylor Streets, where they continued until the year 1880, when they purchased a lot of Elias Miller, located on the corner of Taylor and Vine Streets, where they erected the present church building; Rev. Tlico. W. Brake was pastor in charge. Mr. Zeno Miller and Mr. Harry Mitchel were the Building Committee, and Eli Kaiser was the contractor and builder. Some time during the following winter Rev. W. G. Waters, the presiding elder, dedicated the house to the worship of God.
The names of those who served as pastor of the Church in Sherwood are as follows: S. O. Shreeves, Halcy C. Gavitt, Theo. W. Brake, M. T. Ayers, W. G. Talbert, J. W. Shultz, R. W. Mun- son, John Houghtby, D. H. Bailey, S. J. Colgan, E. D. Cooke, H. A. Brown, W. H. Drury, L. B. Smith, J. H. Wingate, John Pimlott, W. T. Cordrey, J. W. Hodge, J. M. Longsworth, Chas. Monosmith, J. S. Altman, Michael Yeagle, A. C. Rainsberger, A. D. Miller, and G. W. Deemer. The society has a membership of
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forty-five at the present time, and a Sunday school which has an average attendance of about one hundred.
SIDNEY CHURCH.
The first sermon in Sidney by a Methodist was preached by Lewis White in 1825, in the home of John Frankenburger, at which time a class of eight members was formed. Sidney was at that time a part of Bellefontaine Circuit, which included West Liberty and Westville, with all the intervening territory. David Young was presiding elder, and the charge was in the Ohio Conference.
The first church building erected in Sidney was in 1831; the second in 1838, and was dedicated by the Rev. Edward Sehon, D. D., afterward prominent in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. David Warnock and Wm. Sutton were the preachers in charge.
Sidney became the head of a circuit in 1834, and was made a station in 1843.
The present church building was erected in 1867, during the pastorate of the Rev. W. J. Wells, but not completed until 1873, when the Rev. Joseph Wykes was pastor.
The fourth church building, which is to be a new addition to the remodeled old structure. to cost $60,000, was begun in 1912-13,
with W. B. Armington, pastor, and was completed in February, 1914. The Church in Sidney has enter- tained the Annual Conference five times. Bishops Janes, Andrews, Warren. Joyce, and Neely pre- siding.
The following ministers have served the Church as pastors: Lewis White, Philip Gatch, Beacham, Boucher, Clark, J. B. Finley, Wm. Simms, Sullivan, Stewart, W. S. Morrow, Sharp, REV. W.M. B. ARMINGTON, D. D., PASTOR. D. D. Davison, Smith, Chase Miller. David Warnock, Hansley, Samuel Lynch. Taylor. James. Brown, Stafford, Star, Elmer Yocum, W. J. Wells, Joseph Wykes, Lamb, Benjamin Herbert,
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S. H. Alderman, L. C. Webster, Chas. H. Ketcham, Gershom Lease, T. C. Read. Oliver Kennedy, L. M. Albright, P. P. Pope, Daniel Strong, J. H. Bethards, Isaac Newton, W. W. Lance, T. L. Wiltsie, M. M. Figley, W. G. Waters, Clayton Smucker, E. E. McCammon, and W. B. Armington.
SIDNEY CHURCH AND PARSONAGE.
W.H.C.GOODE
MR. W. H. C. GOODE.
MRS. W. H. C. GOODE.
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There is a record that seventeen men have gone from this Church into the ministry.
The parsonage was built in 1888, during the pastorate of Isaac Newton, at a cost, lot and house, of $9,000, and is modern in every respect and has been equipped during the erection of the new church with steam heat, electric lights, hardwood floors, and paint.
The present membership of the Church is 1,150, resident and non-resident, making this one of the largest and strongest Churches of the Conference.
The largest number of accessions during any one time was during the pastorate of the Rev. J. H. Bethards, when four hundred united, and the next largest was during the present pastorate in 1912. when three hundred joined the Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Goode are very active and helpful in the work, not only of the local Church, but in the Conference and general work. Mrs. Goode has been for some years president of the Con- ference Woman's Home Missionary Society, and after the union of the Conferences into the West Ohio she was chosen as president of the new Conference society.
ST. MARYS CHURCH.
The first Methodist services in St. Marys were held in the year 1824, and the Revs. Millice and Wareham were among the first Methodist ministers who visited the vicinity. An atlas of Auglaize County, which was edited by Mr. R. Sutton, states that a Methodist society was organized by the Rev. James B. Finley in 1825. The official records of Methodism in St. Marys and vicinity begin October 14, 1832.
The minutes of the quarterly meeting held on that date show that the St. Marys Mission was in the Maumee District in the Ohio Conference, and that the Rev. Wm. H. Raper was the presiding elder and the Rev. Jesse Prior the missionary.
In 1838 the society was transferred from the Ohio into the Michigan Conference, and in 1840 it was placed in the Bellefon- taine District in the North Ohio Conference, which had just been organized. In that year the appointment was changed from a mis- sion to a two weeks' circuit.
In 1844 the charge was made a part of the Sidney District, and in 1847 St. Marys and Willshire Circuits were combined and
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called the St. Marys Mission; and in 1848 it was again made a circuit. After two years, in 1850, the appointment was changed back to a mission, and in 1852 again declared a station.
In 1856 the northwest part of the State was organized into the Delaware, now and since 1860 the Central Ohio Conference, and St. Marys became a part of Lima District. where it has remained.
The charge remained a station until 1869, when for a year it was an appointment on the Wapakoneta Circuit, and then made a station for two years, when it was once more changed to a circuit.
In 1886 St. Marys became a station again and has so appeared in Conference appointments ever since. The first building occupied by the St. Marys Church was a log schoolhouse.
A frame building was erected in 1838, and in 1841, after a ninety-nine year lease had been obtained for the present site. the frame church was removed to the new location.
In April, 1866, with the Rev. A. J. Frisbie pastor, it was de- cided to erect a new brick church, and the building was completed in the fall of 1867, when the Rev. J. F. Mounts was pastor.
In 1892, during the pastorate of the Rev. Stewart Baumgardner, extensive additions were made to the building, enlarging its size and enhancing its appearance and value.
In the year 1908, under the pastorate of the Rev. C. W. Sutton, steps were taken to build an entirely new brick edifice; but on account of uncontrollable circumstances the effort was postponed until February, 1911, when the movement was taken up under the pastorate of the Rev. C. C. Kennedy, the present pastor. The contract was let in April of that year, ground was broken in the following May, and in June the corner-stone was laid by the Rev. T. H. Campbell, D. D., now of King Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbus ; and on April 7, 1912, the church was dedicated by Bishop Robert MeIntyre, assisted by the Rev. W. D. Parr, of the Indiana Conference.
The society has grown from eight to 825 members. The follow- ing ministers have served the charge: Jesse Prior, J. B. Finley, John Alexander, Philip Wareham, Isaac Bennet, Joseph Saintly, Jonathan Armstrong, Greenbury Vincent, Martin Welch, Liberty Prentice, A. D. Wambaugh, Jacob Brown, Edward Williams, J. J. McNabb, Emanuel Beatty, Amos Wilson, C. Thomas, J. R. Jewett, J. M. Bara, T. W. Bowdle, C. B. Brandebury, Elisha Hook, J. F. 17
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Mounts, S. B. Guiberson, Ralph Wilcox, Joseph Wykes, Franklin Marriott, W. W. Winter, John Graham, S. H. Alderman, B. A. Webster, Wm. Deal, A. J. Frisbie, J. F. Mounts, T. J. Mathers, I. N. Kalb, J. J. Finley, Wm. G. Littell, Wm. Coulter, Chas. W. Taneyhill, J. F. Crooks, J. M. Shultz, Lemuel Herbert, W. A. Yingling, I. N. Smith, J. W. Miller, Jason Young, J. W. Donnan, J. D. Simms, Stewart Baumgardner, Peter Biggs, J. F. Harsh- barger, E. B. Lounsbury, J. C. Shaw, Chas. W. Sutton, P. P. Pope, and C. C. Kennedy.
The presiding elders and district superintendents have been: W. H. Raper, L. B. Gurley, John Janes, Wm. S. Morrow, Samuel P. Shaw, Wesley Brock, H. M. Shaffer, E. C. Gavitt, Franklin Marriott, S. L. Roberts, Alexander Harmount, Arkinson Berry, L. M. Albright, J. F. Davies, David Rutledge, I. R. Henderson, J. H. Fitzwater, W. G. Waters, J. M. Mills, David Bowers, and M. M. Figley.
ST. JOHNS CHURCH.
The Methodist Episcopal Church at St. Johns, Auglaize County, was organized in 1856, and was made a part of Lima Circuit.
In 1859 it was made the head of a circuit with Wesley Chapel, Pleasant Hill, Failers, Amherst, and Hammocks as outlying ap- pointments.
The pastors who have served the circuit are: A. J. Frisbie, J. C. Miller, David Bulle, Caleb Hill, E. G. Longsworth, John T. Bower, I. N. Kalb, J. F. Crooks, Lemuel Herbert, Philip Le- masters, W. R. Shultz, B. F. Jannary, Harrison Maltbie, W. G. Littell, J. M. Longfellow, J. C. Bolton, R. E. Woodruff, John Parlette, J. W. Hill, J. J. Richards, H. S. Worthington, K. L. Smith, H. J. Keister, D. N. Kelley, and Joseph Bennett.
The circuit consists at present of St. Johns, Mt. Tabor, New Hampshire, and Wesley.
ST. PARIS CHURCH.
The first church building, a frame structure, was built in 1852-53, when the Rev. Geo. W. Harris was pastor.
The charter members were Mr. and Mrs. Mahlen, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Overhaly, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Rhodes, and Benjamin Kizer.
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The present commodious brick structure was erected in 1876, when the Rev. John W. Pearson was pastor.
St. Paris was a part of the Cincinnati Conference until in the early eighties. when it was transferred to the Central Ohio Con- ference.
During the pastorate of the Rev. J. W. Gibson a pleasant and convenient parsonage was secured.
The charge consisted for a great many years of St. Paris and Lena, and at Lena, where there was a parsonage. the minister had his residence. Several years ago St. Paris became a station.
The Church has a membership of 300, and is an enjoyable society to serve.
SWANTON CHURCH.
The Swanton Church was originally a part of the Metamora Circuit, but was made a station in 1888. The Rev. B. N. Board- man was appointed pastor. A new church was at once begun, which was dedicated December 1, 1889, by Dr. E. D. Whitlock. On December 1, 1891, this church was burned, and another was erected on the same ground, the enterprise being led by Rev. M. D. Baumgardner. This church was dedicated by Dr. P. P. Pope in December, 1892.
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Dr. N. B. C. Love served this charge from 1895 to 1898; Rev. J. D. Simms, 1898 to 1901, and Rev. Wm. Boyer from 1901 to 1906. In September, 1906, the present pastor, Rev. C. R. Davenport, was ap- pointed and is serving his eighth year, the longest pastorate ever served in the Toledo District.
REV. CHARLES R. DAVENPORT, PASTOR.
In 1912 an addition to the church for Sunday school and social work was built at a cost of $4,000. Both a vocalion and a piano have been purchased. In all more than $6,000 have been added to the value of the church property during the present pastorate.
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Sunday school. It bears the name of Mr. L. D. Boyer, a leading Sunday school worker of the State, who was its superintendent for thirty-seven years.
SYLVANIA CHURCH.
The first Quarterly Conference of the Sylvania Charge was held February 8, 1837, the Rev. Ira Chase preacher in charge and the Rev. John Janes presiding elder.
During the seventy-six years of the history of the Sylvania Church, from 1837 to 1913, it has been served by forty-five pastors and has been the head of a circuit for nearly all these years.
The church building was erected in 1862 at a cost of about $2,000. During the pastorate of the Rev. J. W. Miller, in 1902, the church building was remodeled at a cost of $3,600. It now has a basement, with kitchen and dining room, some separate rooms for prayer-meeting, Epworth League, and Sunday school purposes, and a very comfortable and commodious auditorium. A good, com- fortable brick parsonage stands beside the Church.
The following pastors have served the charge: Ira Chase, Austin Coleman, John Tibbal, E. R. Hill, S. L. Yourtee, S. H. Alderman, T. J. Pope, W. M. Thatcher, J. L. Johnson, Jason Wil- cox, A. Foster, John Crabbs, D. W. Ocker, L. D. Rogers, Ambrose Hollington (who was the first pastor after the organization of the Central Ohio Conference), Henry Warner, E. B. Morrison, H. L. Nickerson, S. D. Shaffer, J. R. Colgan, Martin Perkey, H. Boyers, L. D. Rogers, R. H. Chubb, C. G. Ferris, J. S. Kalb, W. S. Lunt, John Poucher, B. P. Powell, J. Carter, F. Marriott, Joseph Wykes, John Miller, Ashford Hall, R. E. Woodruff, A. Hopkins, R. E. Carter, R. W. Munson, J. C. Sinclair, E. S. Keller, J. W. Miller, E. D. Keyes, J. A. Steen, H. C. Burger, and E. T. Dailey.
During this time the list of presiding elders and district super- intendents serving the Maumee and Toledo Districts were as fol- lows: John Janes, Wesley Brock, J. T. Kellam, Thomas Barkdull, G. W. Breckenridge, William Pierce, David Gray, Joseph Ayres, E. C. Gavitt, Samuel Lynch, T. H. Wilson, L. A. Belt, P. S. Donaldson, W. G. Waters, E. D. Whitlock, P. P. Pope, Adam C. Barnes, J. L. Albritton, J. M. Avann, W. G. Waters, and E. O. Crist.
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UPPER SANDUSKY CHURCH.
The origin of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Upper San- dusky is in the Wyandot Mission. This was probably some time after the stone mission church was built in 1821.
Before the Wyandots left in 1843 for Kansas a class of white people had regularly prayer and class meeting and occasionally a sermon in English by one of the missionaries and by a visiting pre- siding elder or bishop or some other ministers. Sometimes an English hymn was sung or prayer offered in the Wyandot services. For several years before the Wyandots left the missionaries visited adjacent settlements and organized classes.
The white members in the mission were with John Stewart from his first year (1816) and con- tinued with the mission with- out a break until 1843, when the Indians left, and after that their society was the head of the Wyandot Circuit until Upper Sandusky was made a station during the year 1851. The first meeting house was a log one built in 1821 by Dr. Charles Elliott; in his volume, "Indian Reminiscences," he de- scribes it.
After the Wyandots left, the white people worshiped in the stone mission until 1850, when they built a frame church on the east part of the site where REV. JOHN W. HOLLAND, Pastor Upper Sandusky Church for eight years. the present church stands, and where it remained until 1859 or 1860, when it was sold and taken away. In 1858 a two-story brick church was built, under the pastorate of Thomas J. Monnett. At the time it was the largest and best public building in the town. The following are the names of a few of the leading members when the church of 1858 was built: Henry Peters. Sr .. G. C.
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Worth, Alexander Kiskadden, Hiram Flack, Billy King, John Stoker, John Ownes. Rev. Geo. Bee, and Wesley Hedges.
The present handsome church stands upon the site of this church and parsonage, which were removed in 1898, during the pastorate of
GEN. W. H. GIBSON, Converted at an Indian camp meet- ing at Upper Sandusky in 1837. For many years a leading layman.
MR. HENRY W. PETERS.
Rev. John C. Shaw. The Church secured an excellent and modern parsonage while Chas. Bennett was pastor, 1902-05.
At a Quarterly Conference held February, 1899, Dr. Leroy A. Belt, presiding elder, and Rev. J. C. Shaw, pastor, steps were taken to build a new church. In the following April the amount
TWO-STORY BRICK CHURCH, UPPER SANDUSKY. O. (Old Church.)
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of $10,000 in money and subscriptions was secured. The Building Committee was composed of the pastor, J. C. Shaw ; Henry W. Peters, M. H. Brinkerhoff. D. C. Parker, William Gregg, Dr. G. O. Maskey, Adam Pontious. D. L. Ingard, and W. H. Frater. The cost of the building when completed was about $20,000. Dr. I. B. Ives preached the dedicatory sermon, and all indebtedness was provided for by good subscriptions.
From 1843. when the Indians left for Kansas, the pastors that served the white Church after that to 1913 were: Ralph Wilcox,
First M E Church taper Sandusky, (pm)
FIRST CHURCH, UPPER SANDUSKY, O. (Present Church.)
C. Switzer, Leonard Hill, L. M. Pounds, R. S. Kimber, J. Reese, S. A. Seigman, L. Ward, E. R. Hill, E. Williams, W. Thatcher, N. B. Wilson, J. A. Mudge, John Graham, Jacob Feighty, Thomas J. Monnett, N. B. C. Love, Jacob Burkholder, L. C. Webster, W. W. Winter, I. N. Smith, J. L. Bates, L. M. Albright, John Graham, T. L. Wiltsie, J. H. Bethards, John Miller, N. B. C. Love, G. Lease, G. B. Wiltsie, G. Lease, David Bowers, J. C. Shaw, Charles Bennett, and J. W. Holland.
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