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world scores of men who attained positions of useful- ness and influence, and many who reached distinction.
Among the earlier students were, Samuel, William and James Woods, from near Carlisle, David and Jos- eph Trimble, living near Newburg, Wm. Henderson, M. D., David Wills, M. D., subsequently an eminent physician in Chillicothe, Ohio; Andrew P. Linn, Rev. James Smith, Alexander Sharp, D. D., Rev. John H. Kennedy, William McClure, of the Harrisburg bar; J. W. Mccullough, D. D., James Williamson, pastor at Silver Spring; Moses Williamson, pastor of the Cold Spring church; N. J. McKnight Williamson, an able Presbyterian minister; William H. McClure, an emi- nent judge in Pittsburg ; - Beattie, a Baptist minis- ter, and two cousins, bearing the name of Robert Scott.
Mr. Cooper married Miss Kearsley and to them were born six children, Robert, Samuel, Jonathon, Sarah, married John Reynolds, of Roxbury; Jane, married John Smith, of Hopewell township; Elizabeth, married Mr. Stettinius, of Virginia.
To Mrs. Cooper is due much of the success of the academy during the last ten years of its existence, when in her husband's declining health, she was able finan- cially and intellectually to maintain the influential status of the school.
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CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS IN 1900.
RULING ELDERS.
W. A. Cox, W. D. Means,
W. C. Creamer, Murray Fickes.
Robert Peebles.
TRUSTEES.
A body of twelve members. W. A. Cox, President. W. S. Zeigler, Treasurer. W. D. McCune, Secretary.
SABBATH SCHOOL AT MIDDLE SPRING. Rev. S. S. Wylie, Superintendent.
W. D. McCune, Assistant Superintendent. Jennie White, Secretary. Calvin Creamer, Treasurer.
SABBATH SCHOOL AT NEWBURG. Henry Wineman, Superintendent.
SABBATH SCHOOL AT ORRSTOWN. Arthur Foglesonger, Superintendent.
Christian Endeavor Society, Middle Spring, organized March 5, 1894. Horace Barner, President. Margaret Burk, Secretary. John Goodyear, Treasurer.
Junior Christian Endeavor Society, Middle Spring, or- ganized May 1, 1897. James Warren, President.
Misses Clugston and Wylie, Teachers
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Woman's Foreign Missionary Society. Organized 1856. Mrs. Helen Stuart, President. Mary Quigley, Secretary. Maggie McClay, Treasurer.
Home Missionary Society.
Bertie Conner, President. Bertie Hollar, Secretary. Anna J. Peebles, Treasurer.
Christian Endeavor Society, Newburg, organized March 15, 1894.
Bertie Conner, President. Sara Ramsey, Secretary. C. Long, Treasurer.
Organist.
Mrs. Helen Stuart. Held this position for 35 years.
Choir Master. W. D. Means. Held this position for 35 years.
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CHURCH RECEIPTS.
Account of William Rodgers, Treasurer. 1783.
£. s. D.
March 16th. Rec'd of Charles Maclay, Sr., the sum of 11 10 0
March 25th. Rec'd of John McKee,
3
1 3
March 25th. Rec'd of Peter Dickey,
3 0
1
April 11th.
Rec'd of Andrew Thomson
1 2 6
May 17th.
Rec'd of Samuel Wherry,
2 0
4
June 17th.
Rec'd of John McKee,
30 0
June 17th,
Rec'd of David Wills,
3 13
6
June 27th.
Rec'd of Andrew Luckey, 1 15
3
July 12th.
Rec'd of Andrew Patterson, 1 10 () :
July 20th. Rec'd of John McKee,
0 7 6
July 30th.
Rec'd of Daniel Nevin, 4 6 8
Re'cd of Thomas Montgomery, 0 18 10
1784.
May 3d. Rec'd of Alexander Long, 0 15 0
May 4th. Rec'd of Gavin Morrow, 2 0
May 11th.
Rec'd of Richard Morrow, 200
July 24th. 1785.
Rec'd of Samuel Rippey, Jr., 2 8 9
Feb. 19th.
Rec'd of William Montgomery, 3 4 0
Feb. 21st. Rec'd of David Mckinney, 5 12 0
April 23rd. May 7th.
Rec'd of James Patterson, 10 0 0
Rec'd of Adam McCormick, 4 0 3 June 16th. Rec'd of David Wills, 1 14 6
Oct. 16th. Rec'd of Andrew Thompson, 2 17 6 1786.
Mar. 24th. Rec'd of Thomas Barr, 2 10 0
May 15th. Rec'd of Francis Graham, 250
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1786
€. s. D.
May 16th. Rec'd of Abraham Weir, 6 16 0
June 16th. Rec'd of Thomas McClelland, 30 0
June 19th. Rec'd of William Sterrett, 4 11 3
June 19th. Rec'd of Francis Campble, 11 10 2
June 29th. Rec'd of Thomas McClelland, 1 12 6
Aug. 5th. Rec'd of William Turner, 7 10 0
Aug. 25th. Rec'd of Jas. and Benjamin Alworth, 6 12 7
Sept. 7th. Rec'd of Thomas McCleland, 2 3 9
Sept. 26th. Rec'd of Mary Montgomery, Sr., and daughter, 1 2 6
Rec'd of John Maclay, Jr., 5 16 2
Nov. 14th. 1787.
Feb. 18th.
Rec'd of William Sterrett, 5 15 3
April 4th.
Rec'd of Thomas McCleland, 14 0
April 27th.
Rec'd of Archibald Cambridge, 6 15 6
Rec'd of Abraham Smith, 1 13
Rec'd of Thomas Snodgrass, 2 18 9
Nov. 27th. 1786.
April 16th. Rec'd of Mary Turner, 2 6 6
Rec'd of John Knox, 7 6
Rec'd of John Maclay, Jr., 3 19 7
Rec'd of John Maclay in part of his subscription, 8 0
Rec'd of William McClintock,
12
1782.
Cr.
9
Feb. 27th. Paid James Atkins, the sum of 6 11 1783.
Paid ditto, 2 17 0
Dec. 10th. Paid ditto,
9 6 7
1784, Oct. 22. Paid ditto, 2 14 2
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€. s. D.
1783, Apr. 2. Paid Gavin Morrow,
6 0 4
June 30th. Paid Gedion Smith, July 24th. Paid ditto,
6 17 10
1784, Aug. 23. Paid Alexander Smith, 3 8 3
1 17 6
1785, Aug. 9. Paid William Hunter, 3 0 0
Sept. 13th. Paid George Stinger, 2 10 9
Sept. 17th. Paid Adam Weaver, 1 5 0
Oct. 12th. Paid William Hunter, 2 5 0
Dec. 15th. Paid Joseph Thomson, 17 6
1786, Apr. 15. Paid Samuel Blyth, 5 12 6
May 15th. Paid Francis Graham, 5 1 8
Aug. 10th. Paid John Reynolds, Esq., 1 5 0 Nov. 14th. Paid Francis Cain and Moore, 6 1 10
1787, Feb. 18. Paid the Rev. Mr. Cooper, 15 0 0
Paid Laurence Clancy for nails, 4 6
Paid James Johnson for cutting withs and clearing a place for frameing the roof, 15 0)
66 Paid for whiskey at raising roof, 10 0 May 10th. Paid John Blair by order of of Hugh Alexander in part of bond, 4 7 1
66 Paid Newman & Culbertson, for 3₺ bl. flaxseed, 18 4
66 Paid for 1 gallon rum at raising the gallery frame, 5 0
66
Paid John Thomson, carptr. at sundry times to the amt 70 16 1 Paid James Cooper, carptr. at sundry times, to the amt. 45 2 0 Paid John Morrison for clearing
1
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1787. £. s. D.
ground where the new meet- ing house now stands, 12
By services done as a trustee, 12 10
Paid John Snider for oil, 3
1 3
Account of William Scott, treasurer;
William Scott, in account with the Trustees of Mid- dlespring Congregation.
1814, July. To surplus on bank stock, $ 69 00
1814, Nov. To interest on bank stock, 18 98
1815, May. To ditto on ditto, 29 70
1815, Nov. To ditto on ditto, 35 00
1816, May. To ditto on ditto,
35 20
1816, Nov. To ditto on ditto,
35 20
1817, May. To ditto on ditto,
53 15
1817, Nov. To ditto on ditto,
38 50
1818, May. To ditto on ditto,
38 50
1818, Mov. To ditto on ditto,
38 50
1819, May. To ditto on ditto,
33 00
1817, Oct. 6. To ballance on collections. See Congregation Book, 4 00
To cash received see Congregation Book, 975 24
$ 1403 97
To ballance due on the 1st of May 1819,
$ 295 32
Interest on this sum for 1.10 mo.,
32 48
Balance due 1st of March, 1821,
Cr. $ 327 80
1814, Sept. 19th. By cash paid to Chambers- burg bank on shares of
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stock held by the Con- gregation, $ 60 00
1815, May 11th. By cash to ditto
110 00
1815, Sept. 30th. By ditto to nitto,
110 00
1816, Dec. 9th. By ditto to ditto.
220 00
1816, By cash paid to sundry per-
sons, see congregation B.
275 85
By cash, being expenses attending lawsuit, attorney fees, &c., as per bill rendered, 221 80
$ 997 65
Ballance due to congregation,
406 32
$ 1403 97
By allowance made for arrearages of salary, 111 00
Which sum taken from the ballaance above
stated would leave $295 32, as per Dr. side.
We the undersigned, a committee, appointed by the Trustees of Middlespring congregation to investigate and settle the accounts of William Scott, late Treasurer of said congregation, report that we have gone through the examination of the books of said Treasurer and it ap- pears that he is indebted to the said Trustees the sum of Three hundred and twenty-seven dollars and eighty cents as stated above. Witness our hands this 5th day of March 1921.
JOHN MACLAY, JAMES LINN, JAMES MCKEE.
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APPENDIX.
The foregoing records have been carefully copied from the original Church books, some of which are yel- low with age, and the contents almost obliterated. This accounts for any unavoidable discrepancy in dates. The omission of names in the list of births and marriages, indicates neglect on the part of the pastors to record them. If mistakes occur in the tombstone inscriptions, they are due to the defaced condition of the markers, rendering the deciphering of them difficult, For gene- alogical purposes, the ages have been reduced from date of death, to ascertain time of birth, and published ac- cordingly, instead of giving the number of years at date of death.
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CONTENTS.
PAGE.
Sketch of the Church, by Rev. S. S. Wylie,
5
Pastors of the Middle Spring Church,
28
The Glebe, 37
Church Buildings, 39
Subscribers to the old Stone Church, 43
Subscribers to the Pulpit Fund, 45
Ruling Elders of the Church, 47
Sons of the Church who entered the Ministry, 50
Admissions during Pastorate of Rev. John Moody, 54 66
Baptisms by Rev. John Moody,
Marriages by Rev. John Moody,
107
Baptisms by Rev. I. N. Hays,
128
Marriages by Rev. I. N. Hays,
135
Baptisms by Rev. D. K. Richardson,
139
Marriages by Rev. D. K. Richardson,
141
Baptisms by Rev. S. S. Wylie,
142
Marriages by Rev. S. S. Wylie,
156
Deaths during Pastorate of Rev. S. S. Wylie, 162
The Graveyards, 173
Tombstone Inscriptions, Upper Graveyard,
176
Tombstone Inscriptions, Lower Graveyard, 194
Tombstone Inscriptions, Hanna's Graveyard, 201
Middle Spring in the Revolution,
206
Hopewell Academy,
216
Church Organizations,
219
Church Receipts,
221
Appendix,
ERRATA.
Baptisms of the following persons were not recorded by Rev. I. N. Hays during his pastorate.
There may be other omissions, but these are all of which we have knowledge.
Quigley, Liberty, daughter of John.
Quigley, Anna Margery, daughter of James and Elizabeth, born May 10, 1856.
Quigley, Mary Bell, daughter of James and Elizabeth, born February 26, 1858.
Quigley, Birdella Jane, daughter of James and Elizabeth, born December 16, 1862.
Quigley, Jane McFarlane, daughter of James and Elizabeth, born September 16, 1864.
Quigley, Ida Bell, daughter of Robert and Ellen, born Octo- ber 13, 1858.
Since the tombstone inscriptions were copied, a marker has been erected to the memory of James S. Quigley, born Janu- ary 20, 1820, died August 9, 1892.
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