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 PLATTE PRESBYTERY 
 
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 PRESBYTERIANISM 
 
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 NORTHWEST MISSOURI 
 
 COMPILED BY / 
 
 REV. WALTER H. CLARK 
 
 KANSAS CITY : 
 
 Tiernan-Dart Printing Company 
 
 1910 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 Page 
 Introductory 1 
 
 History, in chronological order, by periods : 
 
 1826-1840 5 
 
 1841 14 
 
 1842—1843 21 
 
 1844—1848 33 
 
 1849—1854 42 
 
 1855—1860 51 
 
 1861-1866 67 
 
 1867—1874 78 
 
 1875—1885 110 
 
 1886—1907 121 
 
 Extinct and Non-reporting Churches 133 
 
 Early Pioneers 158 
 
 German Work 168 
 
 Platte Presbytery (U. S. A.) 169 
 
 Educational Work 178 
 
 Ministerial Register 189 
 
 Index— General 222 
 
 Churches 223 
 
 Ruling Elders 225 
 
 " Ministers 234 
 
 " Personal 240 
 
FOREWORD 
 
 Several years ago Platte Presbytery requested the 
 compiler, as Committee on Presbyterial History and 
 Stated Clerk, to prepare a History of the Presbytery, 
 and ultimately it appropriated two hundred dollars 
 towards the expensie. The gathering of material was 
 begun at once, and extra copies of the first ''form," 
 which was printed about two years ago, were largely 
 distributed to aid in the work. Repeated periods of 
 ill health have delayed the work, with the advantage of 
 making it more complete. During this delay, the scope 
 of the history has been enlarged to include all Presby- 
 terian work in this section, and up to date, so that 
 the secondary title of the book most fully and cor- 
 rectly gives its character. 
 
 Most of the material has been obtained by a very 
 extensive correspondence. No pains have been spared 
 to secure accuracy in the statements. One error oc- 
 curs on the thirteenth page, in the fourth line, where 
 ' ' sixteen ' ' should be " nine. ' ' Names, figures and facts 
 easily obtainable from published Minutes have not been 
 
largely used, but chiefly such as are not ordinarily 
 accessible. 
 
 This work seeks to cultivate, in the entire member- 
 ship of our churches, an intelligent interest in the his- 
 tory and prosperity of their own church, and thus in 
 cite them to a fuller consecration and a more loyal 
 devotion to the Divine ]\Iaster in the great work of 
 bringing every human heart to know experimentally 
 the power of His great salvation. He recognizes and 
 holds dear the humble worker equally with those set 
 apart to lead or to rule. 
 
 This work, carried forward only as the time and 
 strength not required by regular duties have per- 
 mitted, has been, to the compiler, a labor of love. 
 That it may be useful is the only reward he seeks. 
 
 Parkville, Mo., December, 1909. 
 
HISTORY 
 
 OF 
 
 PLATTE PRESBYTERY, 
 
 INTRODUCTORY. 
 
 This little book aims to give not only some account 
 of Platte Presbytery since its organization in 1870, 
 but also and more especially the ''beginnings of Pres- 
 byterianism" in connection with the Presbyteries of 
 upper Missouri, Lexington, Barnett and PlattcA, previ- 
 ous to that date, in the territory embraced in the bounds 
 of that Presbytery. What that territory is will appear 
 from the following extract from a brief history of 
 Platte Presbytery, by Rev. Dr. E. B. Sherwood, pub- 
 lished in 1888: 
 
 PLATTE PRESBYTERY took its name from the 
 Platte river which rises in the State of Iowa and 
 crosses into Missouri in the county of Nodaway, and 
 runs through Nodaway, Andrew, Buchanan and 
 Platte into the Missouri river. This Presbytery in- 
 cludes the 19 northwestern counties of the State of 
 Missouri, and is bounded on the north by the State of 
 Iowa, on the west by the states of Nebraska and 
 Kansas, on the south by the Missouri river to where 
 the Grand river empties into the Missouri, thence 
 North on the east boundary of the counties of Car- 
 roll, Livingston, Grundy and Mercer to the Iowa line. 
 This Presbytery is a child of the union of the Old 
 and New School divisions of the Presbyterian Church. 
 The United General Assembly that met in Philadel- 
 phia in May 1870 ordered the United Synod of Mis- 
 souri to meet in St. Louis on July 7th, 1870, and fix 
 
2 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 the boundaries of the Presbyteries and the names 
 thereof. The Synod of Missouri did then and there 
 assemble and passed the folloAving order: 
 
 ''The Presbytery of Platte is hereby to consist of 
 the ministers and churches in the counties of Mercer, 
 Harrison, Worth, Nodaway, Atchison, Holt, Andrew, 
 Gentry, DeKalb, Daviess, Grundy, Livingston, Cald- 
 well, Clinton, Buchanan, Platte, Clay, Ray and 
 Carroll." 
 
 The Presbytery of Upper Missouri, as originally 
 constituted, covered this territory and no more; while 
 the Presbytery of Lexington included also several 
 counties south of the Missouri. The Cumberland 
 Presbyteries of Barnett and Platte also covered this 
 territory, wholly or in part, as will be noted later. 
 
 To avoid possible confusion, a brief notice will here 
 be given of an earlier Platte Presbytery, obtained from 
 a valuable manuscript "History of the Presbytery of 
 Upper Missouri," written in 1900 by its Stated Clerk, 
 Rev. Oscar W. Gauss. 
 
 At its fall meeting in 1857, the newly-erected Synod 
 of Upper Missouri set off the six northwestern 
 counties of this state, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, 
 Holt, Nodaway and Platte (the "Platte Purchase") as 
 Platte Presbytery. It existed till 1864 when the Gen- 
 eral Assembly (0. S.) re-attached it to the Presbytery 
 of Upper Missouri, and then re-attached that to the 
 Synod of Missouri, the Synod of Upper ]\Iissouri hav- 
 ing become disintegrated by the loss of a quorum of 
 Presbyteries. 
 
 As it may be satisfactory to have a glimpse of the 
 earliest general history of Presbyterianism in this state, 
 the following abstract, taken from Rev. Dr. John B. 
 Hill's history of the Presbvtery of Kansas City (p.p. 
 12, 13) is given. 
 
 By order of the Synod of Tennessee, "the Presby- 
 tery of Missouri was duly constituted at St. Louis on 
 Thursday, December 18, 1817, consisting of Rev. 
 Timothy Flint, Rev. John Matthews, Rev. Salmon 
 Giddings, Rev. Thomas Donnell and elders from the 
 Concord, Bonhomme, St. Louis and Buffalo churches." 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 3 
 
 This Presbytery covered not only Missouri, but also 
 the western two-thirds of Illinois. In October, 1828, 
 it was transferred by the General Assembly to the care 
 of the Synod of Indiana. In Januar}^, 1829, the Illinois 
 ministers and churches were set off as the Presbytery 
 of Kaskaskia. In September, 1831, the Presbytery of 
 Missouri was divided by the S3mod of Illinois (to which 
 it had been transferred) into three Presbyteries, St, 
 Louis, St. Charles and Missouri, the latter covering 
 all the State west of the other two. ''For some years 
 after the general disruption of 1837, the Missouiri 
 Presbyterians remained united and declined to con- 
 nect with either Assembly. But at last, in 1840, the 
 division came. The civil courts gave to the Old School 
 Synod of Missouri the records and the succession." 
 
 The following ecclesiastical history (given here 
 because it does not appear in Dr. Hill's book) antedat- 
 ing and connected with the first Presbyterian work 
 done in our territory, has been kindly and painstak- 
 ingly furnished by Eev. W. 0. H. Perry, Stated Clerk 
 of Platte Presbytery A. 
 
 The godly women of Kentucky connected with the 
 Cumberland Synod sent the first Home Missionary'-, 
 Rev. Robert D. Morrow, D.D., to Missouri about the 
 year 1817. McGee Presbj^tery, organized in 1819, 
 embraced a part of Illinois and the whole of Missouri, 
 and extended westward indefinitely. "The Cumber- 
 land Synod in session at Russellville, Ky., on the third 
 Tuesday in November, 1827, passed the order to 
 organize Barnett Presbytery." It included the Platte 
 Purchase, the tier of counties adjoining it on the east, 
 with Ray and Caldwell and some territory south of 
 the Missouri. It met at Lexington on the third Tues- 
 day in April, 1828 and the opening sermon was 
 preached by Rev. Samuel King, one of the founders 
 of the Church. Rev. R. D. Morrow was elected Moder- 
 ator. The ministers present besides the two just 
 named were Daniel Patton and Henry Renick. The 
 elders were William Jack and Andrew Robertson. 
 
 "Missouri Synod, in session at the home of John 
 M. Bell in Chariton Countv (probably near Keytes- 
 ville) October 18, 1844, ordered Platte Presbvterv to 
 
4 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 be formed out of Barnett." It comprised the Platte 
 Purchase and the adjoining territory drained by the 
 Platte river. It met at Miller's School House, in 
 Platte County, April 11, 1845, and was opened by Rev. 
 Hugh R. Smith. Rev. Wm. T. Lewis was chosen 
 ]\Ioderator. The above ministers and Jesse R. Allen, 
 Henry Eppler and John Price were present, together 
 with elders John Bigham, of Bee Creek Church, Abijah 
 Means, of Rock House Church, and Joab Schultz. 
 
 ''August 23, 1872, Platte Presbytery, in session at 
 Flag Springs, Andrew County, appointed Rev. F. M. 
 Miller, Rev. 0. D. Allen and Elder A. D. Capps a com- 
 mittee to arrange for the union of Barnett and Platte 
 Presbyteries." (Barnett then included only Ray, 
 Clay and Caldwell counties and a part of Clinton.) 
 These came before the Synod of Missouri, (to whose 
 minutes I have no access) that fall, and evidently 
 the desired action was taken. 
 
 Any one desiring to have the ecclesiastical history^ 
 of this period more at length will find it given in Dr. 
 Hill's History of the Presbytery of Kansas City. In 
 passing on, only very little notice will be taken of the 
 ecclesiastical distinctions and divisions that existed 
 during this early period, for in the final 6utcome the 
 work done has, on the whole, become inextricably and 
 happily blended together. 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 1826-40. 
 
 All religious work in this territory was very 
 unfavorably and seriously affected by the coming in 
 of the Mormons after their expulsion from Jackson 
 County in 1833, as they then scattered themselves over 
 the easternmost counties, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, 
 Daviess, Livingston, Ray and Caldwell, especially the 
 last named, in which nearly four out of the five thou- 
 sand inhabitants were Mormons at the time of their 
 final expulsion from the State in 1838-9, when they 
 removed to Nauvoo, 111. 
 
 The opening up of the ''Platte Country" in 1837 to 
 settlement started a heavy tide of immigration into 
 this whole country, mainly from Kentucky, Tennessee 
 and Virginia. This swept not only up the Missouri 
 into the newly opened section, but also into the Grand 
 Eiver country. At that time the Grand River was 
 navigable for a long distance and was utilized by the 
 settlers as a public highwaj^ The high character of 
 these settlers for morality and intelligence is indicated 
 by the numerous churches they organized and their 
 early founding of colleges, as that at Richmond and 
 the Grand River College five miles from Trenton, and 
 the Sugar-tree Grove academy in Clay County. 
 
 The earliest settlements in our territory were very 
 naturally made along the Missouri, notably in Clay 
 County, both because it was the farthest section open 
 to settlement, and also because the military post at 
 Fort Leavenworth, which was established in 1827, 
 furnished a near market for its produce. Hence we 
 find that the only two Presbyterian churches organized 
 during this period in our territory of which we have 
 any satisfactory record, were both located in Clay 
 County. 
 
 To our Cumberland brethren belongs the honor of 
 organizing the first church and congregation in our 
 territory, called Lebanon. ''Among the early pioneers 
 sent by the women of the Cumberland Presbyterian 
 Church in Kentuckv came the Rev. "Robert D. Morrow, 
 
6 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 D. D., a man of power, filled with the Spirit. On June 
 3, 1826, he organized, at the home of Rev. Henry 
 Weeden, the Lebanon congregation of the Cumberland 
 Presbj^terian Church, which came under the care of 
 Barnett Presbytery. The original membership was 
 twentj^-seven. A log meeting house, nearly in the 
 form of a Maltese cross, and afterw^ards used as Sugar- 
 tree Grove Academy, was built on a part of the farm 
 then known as ' Weeden 's Campground.' It w^as lo- 
 cated about two miles north and about three-fourths of 
 a mile west of the north end of the present 'Mihvau- 
 kee railroad' bridge. The membership being greatly 
 depleted by deaths and removals, the organization was 
 moved into Platte county, to Second Creek, about two 
 miles southeast of Linkville, and the name changed 
 accordingly. In connection with three other denomi- 
 nations they built a large, commodious brick church, 
 forty by sixty feet^ on a ten acre tract designed for 
 camping and a cemetery. 
 
 "Campmeetings had been held annually from the 
 first organization and were continued at the latter 
 place for a number of years. At both camp grounds, 
 members, filled with a holy evangelistic zeal, built log 
 cabins into which they came with their families, re- 
 maining while the meeting lasted, and feeding and 
 lodging the multitude." When one camp meeting was 
 over the preachers would go to hold another at some 
 point waiting for them. 
 
 (It is not known by every one that camp meetings 
 are a Presbyterian institution, originated, it is said, by 
 Rev. James McGread}^ in 1796, in Kentucky. They 
 were the great evangelizing agency of that day and 
 eminently adapted to both the state of the countrj- and 
 the habits of the people.) 
 
 ''Again weakened by deaths and removals, the or- 
 ganization was moved to Barry in 1859, and the name 
 changed accordingly. The present house was dedi- 
 cated November 13, 1859, the dedicatory sermon being 
 preached by Rev. George S. Woodward, pastor of the 
 Parkville Presbyterian Church, and the dedicatory 
 prayer offered by Rev. G. L. IMoad, the pastor, through 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 7 
 
 whose labor and influence the house was built. The 
 services were continued fifteen days and nights, 
 Brother Woodward doing the preaching, and resulted 
 in seventeen conversions and additions. Revival ser- 
 vices have been held almost annually since the church 
 was dedicated, the last being in August, 1906, when 
 fourteen were received on profession." 
 
 From the above oar readers will not be surprised 
 at some facts yet to be given. The following six of 
 its members entered the ministry: Benjamin Musick, 
 Thomas Harmon Hardwick, C. A. Davis, Charles B. 
 Hodges, Joseph Clark and Caleb Weeden. The first 
 carried the Gospel to Oregon in 1848 or 1849. The 
 second served in mission work in St. Louis and is be- 
 lived to have established the first Cumberland Presby- 
 terian church in Alton, 111., about 1850, later removing 
 to Texas, where he died. Rev. C. A. Davis, established 
 the first permanent Cumberland Presbyterian church 
 in Memphis Tenn., and died at his post of duty during 
 an epidemic of yellow fever, refusing to leave his peo- 
 ple. Charles B. Hodges, after years of service near 
 home, established and built up the first Cumberland 
 Presbyterian church in Nebraska City, Neb., and after 
 aiding others in Nebraska and Kansas, removed to 
 Texas, where he died in the harness a few years ago. 
 
 ''A Union Sabbath School was organized in Barry- 
 on the second Sabbath in March, 1860, with Dan Car- 
 penter as superintendent and Thomas S. Pratt (Bap- 
 tist) as assistant. The Baptists and the Methodists 
 (South) each had an organization and monthly preach- 
 ing in the church, and for several years were equally 
 interested in the Sabbath School. But deaths and re- 
 movals caused the dissolution of both of these organi- 
 zations, when the Sabbath School was made Cumber- 
 land Presbyterian in name, though it always continued 
 unsectarian. For seventeen years it was a 'summer' 
 school, continuing from March to November, but since 
 then it has been 'evergreen.' About 250 of the 
 scholars have united with the various churches, and six 
 have become superintendents of other schools. One is 
 doing good work as a minister of the I\I. E Church 
 (South)." 
 
8 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 In the eighty years of its existence this church has 
 been served by Robert T>. Morrow, Henry Weeden, 
 Caleb Weeden, Samuel King, Henry Rennick, John 
 Linville, Daniel Patton, Hugh R. Smith, Jesse R. Allen, 
 Thos. Allen, C. A. Davis, Chas B. Hodges, G. L. Moad, 
 0. D. Allen, Robert D. Miller, Walter Schenck, M. B. 
 Irvine, John G. Fackler, J. Harvey Norman, James 
 Froman, Chas. B. Powers, S. T. Divinia, S. H. Murray, 
 R. B. Ward and D. M. Boyer. 
 
 The following is a list of the elders: Benjamin 
 Gragg, Samuel Tilford, Joseph Clark, Samuel Hodges, 
 John McKissick, Thos. Stokes, P. A. Hardwick, John 
 Stokes, John Gragg, Dan Carpenter, Horace L. Moore, 
 Albert Tillery, Henry R. Davis, James M. Barnes, An- 
 drew Loughre}^ Jacob R. Funk, G. W. Thompson, G. 
 C. Martin, Frank R. Chambers and Frank P. Ched- 
 ester. 
 
 The charter members were Thos. Adams, Polly Ad- 
 kins, Cicero Brown, Elizabeth Brown, Jane Burns, 
 Jeremiah Burns, Esther Davis, Harmon Davis, Charles 
 English, Jane English, Jonathan English, Polly 
 English, Rebecca English, Edna Fox, Nancy Frost, 
 Benjamin Gragg, Anna Harris, iMatilda Linville, John 
 McKissick, Patsv McKissick, David Magill. David P. 
 Magill, Sally Magill, Wm. IMalott, Edna AVeeden, 
 Henry J. Weeden and Sarah Whitson. 
 
 The preceding information has been furnished by 
 Elder Dan Carpenter, who has been Clerk of Session 
 and Treasurer for forty-seven years, as well as Super- 
 intendent of the Sabbath School for the same period, 
 and for the last five years of a flourishing country 
 Sabbath School which meets in the afternoon. He is 
 still active in every good work, in which his no less 
 devoted wife, Mrs. Pauline Gash Carpenter, has been 
 for over fifty years equally efficient as co-worker. He 
 is widely known in all the country, both as a successful 
 business man and as an untiring, self-sacriflcing Chris- 
 tian worker, and might well be called the "people's 
 minister," for he has officiated at over two hundred 
 funerals. He was born at Hanging Rock, O., March 7, 
 1825, and began business as a merchant at Randolph, 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 9 
 
 Mo., in 1845, removing in 1847 to Barry, which has 
 since been his home. 
 
 Of the wealth of biographical sketches of the ' ' wor- 
 thies" of this church furnished by Elder Carpenter, a 
 few (only a few because of lack of room) will be given 
 to show the material that made up this church which, 
 while never strong numerically or financially, has 
 weathered adversity and been a mighty power for 
 good. These sketches have been largely condensed 
 and so much of interest necessarily omitted. 
 
 Miss Margaret Gregg (familiarly known as ''Aunt 
 Peggy"), daughter of Harmon Gregg, a Pennsylvanian 
 of Scotch-Irish descent, was born in Tennessee, July 
 31, 1801. She was brought early to Missouri, where 
 her parents, for protection, lived in Cooper's Fort, and 
 where she saw Capt. Cooper killed by the Indians. She 
 was married in Howard county, October 9, 1821, to 
 Capt. Philip A. Hardwicke, a well known and efficient 
 officer in the early Indian wars, who settled in 1824 
 near "Weeden's Campground," and was received in 
 1828 into the Lebanon Church, which he served effi- 
 ciently and faithfully as elder from 1843 till his death, 
 April 22, 1851. After training up her ten children, 
 Mrs. Hardwicke "again took up her work in the service 
 of the Master," and was called to her reward Novem- 
 ber 29, 1892, after sixty-two years of service in the 
 Lebanon Church. "Her whole life was a living epistle 
 to be read by all those who came within the range of 
 her influence." 
 
 Benjamin Gragg, the first elder of Lebanon Church, 
 was born in Cooke county, Tenn., December 28, 1791, 
 came to Missouri in 1819 and to Clay county in 1822. 
 A soldier under Gen. Jackson in the war of 1812, he 
 enlisted under the banner of the cross in 1823 and 
 served most faithfulh- for forty-eight years — till his 
 death, Jnne 30, 1871. His younger brother, John, bom 
 February 11, 1810, Avho came to Missouri when he did, 
 also became an elder in the Lebanon Church, serving 
 till his death, July 28, 1881. These brothers "were 
 pillars of strength and wisdom who largely bore up 
 and carried forward the work all their years, adorn- 
 ing their lives with a holy conversation and pure walk. 
 
10 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 To them, especially John, in connection with Rev. G. L. 
 Moad, belongs the honor of building the church in 
 Barry and giving it the impetus of whatever success 
 it may have had in the Master's cause." Both were 
 men of unusual intelligence, especially in the Scrip- 
 tures and Christian doctrine, broad-minded, and in 
 close touch ''with all the pioneer ministers of all the 
 churches in the West." Both their wives were a 
 "present help in every time of need and trouble." 
 
 Their sister, Mahala Gr a gg, who died February 19, 
 1895, aged over eighty-one years, and after sixty-one 
 years of service for the Master, "was an almost uni- 
 versal nurse in sickness among her neighbors, ex- 
 emplifying pure and undefiled religion by visiting the 
 fatherless and widows in their affliction and keeping 
 herself unspotted from the world." 
 
 Samuel Hodges, born in Norfolk county, Va., in 
 1789, came to Fulton county, Ky., in 1810. He served 
 as a minute man in the war of 1812, and married Miss 
 Nancy Cain in 1822. To them were bom two daugh- 
 ters and five sons, three of whom measured six feet six 
 inches in height. All were ardent Cumberland Pres- 
 byterians, and one, Charles B, (already mentioned), a 
 well known and popular minister. In 1851 the family 
 came to Platte county and settled near Avhere Linkville 
 now stands. He served as elder many years — till his 
 death in 1875. In 1876, his children, with a number 
 of others, built a church in Linkville. 
 
 Joseph D. Gash was born near Asheville, N. C, No- 
 vember 4, 1797, and on September 17, 1822, married 
 Miss Eliza Killian, of Hendersonville, N. C, who was 
 born -March 3, 1801. Having entered a large body of 
 land in Clay county in 1824, they moved here in 1831, 
 and soon united with Lebanon Church by letter. ' ' They 
 built comfortable cabins at both camp grounds, en- 
 tertained freely and were earnest workers for the Mas- 
 ter during their entire lives, and liberal in their sup- 
 port of the church in all its work. ]\Iinisters were hos- 
 pitably entertained and often preached in their home 
 before churches were built. They were staunch Pres- 
 byterians, training their children well." Their daugh- 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 11 
 
 ter, Mrs. Mary A. George, who died November 18, 
 1906, ag-ed eighty-four years, has the record of sixty- 
 five years and three months of faithful Christian 
 service in connection with this church. 
 
 The first regular Presbyterian Church in our terri- 
 tory was organized at Liberty, Clay county. Happily 
 the complete records of that church are in existence. 
 
 ' ' On the 29th day of August, 1829, a number of per- 
 sons convened in a grove in the west part of Liberty, 
 Mo., and after a sermon, notice having been previously 
 given for that purpose, they presented themselves and 
 were organized into a church, as follows : 
 
 ''Rev. Hiram Chamberlain, of the Presbytery of Mis- 
 souri, presided, aided by Rev. N. B. Dodge, of the 
 Harmony Mission. Letters were received in testimony 
 of the qualifications of the following, viz. : Archibald 
 Mcllvaine and wife, Mrs. Hannah . Mcllvaine, James 
 McWilliams and Mary his wife, Walter Davis and 
 Margaret, his wife', William Modrel, Margaret Ward, 
 Hannah Thompson, Isabella Moore and Jane P. Looney 
 and her daughter, Poll}^ W. Looney. The following 
 persons were admitted on examination, they having 
 been members of Presbyterian churches and removing 
 without letters, viz. : Robert Elliott and Sarah his 
 wife, and Mrs. Mary Long. After these examinations 
 were made, the following covenant was read to the 
 members present and solemly assented to by them: 
 Having professed your sincere belief of the Holy Scrip- 
 tures; your firm faith in the adorable Trinity: your 
 hopes of pardon through Christ your Redeemer, you, 
 and each one of you, do now in the presence of God 
 and before these witnesses, enter into solemn covenant 
 with this church that you will submit yourselves to its 
 government and ordinances; that you will praj^ for its 
 peace and enlargement; that you will study to pro- 
 mote its edification; that you will make the Word of 
 God 3^our constant rule of faith and practice ; that you 
 will most earnestly endeavor to walk in all the ways of 
 the Lord blameless; and that by a pure conversation 
 and by holy living you will seek to convince the world 
 of the superior excellence of our holy religion and try 
 
12 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 to win them over to the service of Jesus Christ. Do 
 you thus covenant and promise? 
 
 '^ Having given their solemn assent, the members 
 were then informed that they were authorized to elect 
 their church officers, and after an address to the throne 
 of grace imploring Divine direction, the following per- 
 sons were declared duly elected: Robert Elliott, 
 James Mc Williams and William Modrel. Notice was 
 given that the elders-elect would be ordained on the 
 morrow, and services were closed by singing and 
 Xjrayer. The church met on August 30th, and after 
 sermon the elders-elect were set apart and ordained 
 according to the form of government of the Presby- 
 terian Church. 
 
 ' ' Attest : H. CHAMBERLAIN, 
 
 "Moderator." 
 
 Mr. Chamberlain was the first pastor, and the 
 church has since been served b}^ the following minis- 
 ters: John L. Yantis, Wm. Dickson, J. M. Inskeep, 
 R. H. Allen, J. C. Thornton^ John G. Packler, John 
 Hancock, Robert Scott, David Coulter, John P. Fore- 
 man, J. L. Caldwell, E. McNair, John N. McFarlane, 
 Wm. Frost Bishop and J. J. Hill. 
 
 The full roll of elders, in addition to the three 
 named above, is as follows: Allen Denny, Joseph 
 Clark, William T. Wood, William Inskeep, Thomas 
 Sublette, Edward M. Samuel, Greenup Bird, C. C. 
 Trabue, James T. Marsh, M. D., William Webb, John 
 A. Denny, A. M. Chase, Lewis B. Dougherty, James 
 Love, James Robb, Ambrose M. Griffith, John J. Gaw% 
 A. C. Courtnev, W. L. Trimble, Morton Marsh, Prof. 
 John Staley, Prof. E. J. Scott, George W. Herbold, 
 Irving Gilmer and John Laipple. 
 
 It is a cause of regret that we are able to give 
 even a brief sketch of only one of the ''pillars" of 
 this early ''evergreen" and influential church. 
 
 Dr. James T. Marsh was born Februaiy 18, 1833, at 
 the old family homestead in the Gilead neighborhood, 
 his father havino: come from Kentucky in 1827. He 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 13 
 
 • 
 
 graduated from Westminster College in 1857, and a 
 St. Louis medical college in 18'60. He began practice 
 in Liberty and remained there till his death, February 
 16, 1907.*^ He was ordained as elder October 7, 1866, 
 in the Liberty church, and retired from active service 
 in 1901. He was active both as a Christian and a citi- 
 zen, and could always be depended on as elder as well 
 as physician. Faithfulness was a very marked trait of 
 his character. 
 
14 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 1841. 
 
 The first Presbyterian church in the Platte Pur- 
 chase of which we have any definite record was called 
 West Union and was organized. June 11, 1841, by Rev. 
 E. A. Carson. The only other fact about it on record 
 is that it was disbanded April 6, 1850, by the Presby- 
 teiy of Lexington, and its records ordered transferred 
 to the Weston church. This last fact may give us a 
 hint of its location, of which nothing definite is known, 
 unless it should possibly be the church spoken of by Dr. 
 E. B. Sherw^ood in his Autobiography (page 103) as 
 being "about ten miles northw^est of Savannah and 
 about three miles this side of Fillmore." 
 
 The earliest permanent organization was near Sa- 
 vannah. We are able to give an unusually full ac- 
 count of this church, thanks to the painstaking and 
 unwearied co-operation of the pastor and the long-time 
 Clerk of Session, Elder H. B. McDonald. The early 
 history here given consists mainly of extracts from a 
 History of Andrew County published a few years ago, 
 and a memorial sermon preached by the pastor. Rev. 
 A. W. McGlothlan, on Christmas clay, 1904, the last 
 Sabbath in which services were held in the old build- 
 ing. 
 
 •'A number of families, most of them from the 
 State of Kentucky, had settled in the western part of 
 the county where, with heroic spirit and surrounded 
 with conditions peculiar to a new country, they Avere 
 striving to support themselves and their families. This 
 was not a dilficult task so far as. food and clothin«r 
 were concerned ; but they were not satisfied with these 
 alone. The greater portion of them were interested 
 in the intellectual and moral development of their 
 children. A log school house had been erected on what 
 is now known as the Andrew Barr farm, then owned 
 by Robert Elliott. It was in this school house on a 
 hot Sabbath afternoon, August 7, 1841, that a number 
 of the people living in the settlement came together 
 for a religious service. The Rev. Elijah A. Carson 
 preached to them and at the close of the service pro- 
 posed the organization of a Presbvterian church." 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 15 
 
 The folloAvino- paper was then adopted and signed 
 by twenty-four persons : 
 
 "We, the subscribers and citizens of Andrew and 
 adjoining counties, who have emigrated from other 
 portions of the country and were members of the Pres- 
 byterian and other churches in Christ, since there are 
 no churches in this newly settled country with 
 which we feel disposed to unite, having credentials 
 from churches to which we belonged, believing that 
 we are the children of God and having a good hope 
 of life through faith in Christ, and in all humility de- 
 siring to avail ourselves of the privileges of Christ's 
 visible church, of which we are now deprived, by 
 serving Him according to the doctrines of God's Word 
 and ordinances of His house and governed by the 
 discipline of the Presbyterian Church, do, by subscrib- 
 ing our names, evince that it is our earnest solicitude 
 to be organized into a Presbyterian church, which shall 
 be called by whatever name a majority of us shall wish 
 and vote for at the time of organization." 
 
 A number of regulations were also adopted, one of 
 which gave any one the privilege of withdrawing at 
 any future time in order to unite Avith a church of their 
 preference. 
 
 The twenty-four who signed the above paper were 
 Aury Ballard, Sarah Ballard, Keziali Beattie, Abraham 
 Brubaker, Elizabeth Brubaker, George Brubaker, Julia 
 A. Brubaker, Elijah A. Carson, Mary J. Carson, Harriet 
 Castle, James Davis, Harriet Davis, John E. Davis, 
 Sarah A. Davis, Jane E. Hardy, David C. Montgomery, 
 Jane Montgomery, Gilbert Ray, Elizabeth Ray, ^lary 
 A. Rodgers, Thomas Rodgers and W. H. Rodgers. 
 
 Of these Aury Ballard, George Brubaker, James 
 Davis and W. H. Rodgers were elected Ruling Elders. 
 
 Rev. E. A. Carson became and continued pastor till 
 the union of the two Savannah churches. 
 
 For a time the church was called Pisgah, which was 
 soon changed to Savannah, it being from the first the 
 purpose of the founders to remove to the county seat 
 when that should be located. "Meetings were held 
 regularly on 'Hackberry Ridge' until in December, 
 1842," when the church began holding services in 
 
16 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 Savannah "in the old courthouse which stood on the 
 corner of Sixth and Market streets, diagonally across 
 from where the new church now stands." Here the 
 church continued to worship and grow in strength. 
 "In the mean time a Sabbath School, the first in Savan- 
 nah, was organized, which became a valuable auxiliary 
 to the church imder the efficient management of Mr. 
 Carson and his wife. ' ' 
 
 Feeling the need of more room, the congregation 
 purchased a lot on Third street, "and a neat brick 
 structure was erected in 1848, which cost over $3,100, 
 nearly all of which sum was generously donated by 
 Mr. Carson, who contributed besides a great deal of 
 time and labor to the building." 
 
 It has seemed best to the compiler that when a 
 church is first mentioned, its whole history should be 
 given then and there, including that of other churches 
 which may have united with it. Hence, anticipating 
 the future, we will here speak of the Old School Church 
 which was organized here eight years later. Its records 
 having disappeared, we are unable to give definite 
 and full particulars. 
 
 There were two Old School churches in the county, 
 the exact date of whose organizations is unknown, 
 the one. Hound Prairie, about thirteen miles northwest 
 of Savannah, at or near the present town of Fillmore ; 
 the other, Flag Springs, about the same distance in a 
 northeast direction. 
 
 "In 1849 an Old School Presbyterian Church was 
 formed in Savannah by the consolidation of what were 
 known as the Round Prairie and Flag Springs congre- 
 gations, after a series of meetings conducted by Revs. 
 R. H. Allen and R. S. Symington. The number of 
 members was about forty-five including those who 
 identified themselves with the society during these 
 meetings. Robert Elliot, Wm. Nichols, Dr. H. Smith and 
 Martin Bayles were chosen elders. They selected as 
 their pastor Rev. Charles Stewart from Kentucky, who 
 died in 1852, and was succeeded by Rev. W. D. Syming- 
 ton, who served the church nine years. Rev. "W. H. 
 Strvker came next, and he was followed bv Rev. J. 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 17 
 
 Emoiy Fisher, during whose pastorate the Old and 
 New School churches united, ' ' 
 
 In this year (or more probably in the summer of 
 1840) there came into this territory a pioneer, Rev. 
 Elijah A. Carson, who did much to mold society and 
 to build up the cause of Christ. Having received a full 
 classical and theological training (the latter a practi- 
 cal one under a pastor) he was ordained by the Pres- 
 bytery of French Broad, and labored in Tennessee and 
 Virginia as a home missionary, under the direction of 
 Presbytery until he came to Missouri, teaching also 
 much of the time. He was a far-seeing and broad- 
 minded man, throwing his whole soul into the work 
 of benefiting in any and every way the country to which 
 he had come. He taught the first school in Savannah 
 and was recognized and honored equally as citizen and 
 minister, being elected Circuit Clerk of Andrew county 
 for several successive terms. The following sketch is 
 furnished by a neighbor and co-presbyter: 
 
 "Rev. Elijah A. Carson was among the first, if not 
 the very first minister to settle in the new territory 
 obtained from the Indians by the Platte Purchase. As 
 soon as the town of Savannah was organized he moved 
 within its bounds and resided there until he died. The 
 condition and manner of life — the character of the 
 scattered people also — were scaircely different from 
 what he had been accustomed to in Tennessee. 
 Eggleston's Circuit Rider would give a fairly correct 
 idea of Western Missouri in the early '40s. Mr. Carson 
 belonged to that period, was made by it, suited it. 
 
 ''As an educated man he devoted himself to teach- 
 ing and preaching while largely supporting himself 
 on the land he had entered. The w^ork he did was 
 missionary, heroic, unselfish. He was a man of posi- 
 tive convictions, strict integrity, and a high sense of 
 honor. 
 
 "For his church no sacrifice was too great. He 
 gave more than did all the members together toward 
 the erection of the Brick Church in Savannah, selling 
 a large part of his land to raise the money. 
 
18 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 ' ' The war which broke up nearly every New School 
 Presbyterian Church in the state, brought divisions 
 among the brethren in Savannah. Finally the perver- 
 sion of the Brick Church and the refusal of the new 
 Presbytery of Platte to right the wrong, so deeply 
 hurt him that he withdrew and Joined the Southern 
 Presbytery of Upper Missouri. ' ' 
 
 In 1905 when Platte Presbytery met in the beauti- 
 ful new church in Savannah, it was thought that the 
 time had come for some public recognition of the 
 services of the first Presbyterian pastor of Savannah, 
 and a marble tablet has been placed in the church 
 with the following inscription: 
 
 In memory of 
 
 REV. ELIJAH A. CARSON. 
 
 Born in Tenn. June 30, 1810. 
 
 Ordained, 1835. Came to Mo. 1841. 
 
 The same year he taught the first school 
 
 and organized the first church 
 
 IN ANDREW CO. 
 
 Pastor of that church 
 
 1841-1853. 
 
 Stated Clerk of Lexington Presbytery. 
 
 . Died in Savannah, Mo. Oct. 16, 1891. 
 
 A TRIBUTE BY THE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 ''In labors more abundant. 
 
 In journeyings often." 
 
 The following sketches have been furnished by 
 residents of Savannah: 
 
 ''It may truly be said that no more earnest, devoted, 
 consecrated servants of God have had membership in 
 His church here upon earth than David Landers and 
 Deborah his wife. Faithful in all their dutie^ 
 towards God and man, they were blessed with a long 
 life of over three score and ten years, and left the 
 impress of their character upon a number of noble 
 Christian sons and dauarhters." 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 19 
 
 ''Of Mrs. iNIargaret Smith it may be said that God's 
 true work in the conversion of the soul was fully shown 
 in her life. Although called upon to endure severe 
 trials and great bodily afflictions, especially in the 
 latter part of her life, she was ever faithfulto the vows 
 made in earlier years. Her greatest joy seemed to be 
 in reading God's Word and talking of His great love 
 to her." 
 
 Mr. Andrew Barr was for many years an elder in 
 this church. He was a pioneer farmer whose manifold 
 duties nev^r interfered with the occupancy of a 
 certain front pew in the church by him and his 
 large family on the Sabbath day. His five sons and 
 two daughters, still living in Andrew county, all Chris- 
 tians and, with one exception, Presbyterians, testify 
 by their lives to his faithfulness as a godly father, 
 
 Mr. Colin C. Somerville was for many years a uni- 
 que and influential figure in the Savannah Church. 
 Born in Scotland, of a long line of Presbyterian 
 ancestry, he could scarce be other than what he was, 
 a staunch and loyal Presbyterian. Among the inti- 
 mate friends of his school days, he numbered Horatius 
 Bonar, the great hymn writer, and Robert Murray 
 McCheyne, ''the sainted McCheyne." His brother. Dr. 
 Somerville, of Edinburgh, was one of the greatest 
 preachers of his day. Mr. Somerville had an exception- 
 ally tine bass voice and was a member of the church 
 choir for many years. 
 
 He was a poet of no mean ability and left a publish- 
 ed volume of poems which have been a source of 
 pleasure and comfort to his many friends here and in 
 the old country. 
 
 Mrs. Hallie J. Stuart was one of those "Mothers in 
 Israel" whose helpful influence will long be felt in this 
 community. No task was too hard for her undertak- 
 ing if dione for the church, and she possessed to a 
 remarkable degree, the power of enlisting others in the 
 work. This gave her for years, an acknowledged lead- 
 ership among the women of the church, a position which 
 she held to the day of her death, in 1901. For a long 
 time she was teacher of the Primary Department in 
 
20 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 the Sabbath School, and a very beautiful window in 
 the new church stands as a memorial to her faithful 
 service in the church she loved. 
 
 Mrs. Mary Stuart Russell, daughter of the above, 
 is one whose name should be mentioned in this con- 
 nection. From a child she was the organist of the 
 Sabbath School and after her marriage, her beautiful 
 home on Christian Ridge was a recognized stopping 
 place for the transient minister and was always open 
 to any kind of gathering in the interest of the church. 
 By her splendid liberality, she was enabled to rescue 
 the church from many a financial difficulty. She is 
 now a resident of Spokane, Washington, but continues 
 her liberal subscription to the expenses of the Savan- 
 nah Church. 
 
 Other women whose names are deserving of mention 
 because of their great service to the Master's cause 
 in this church are, Mrs. James Reed, w^ho literally gave 
 her life for the work here, Mrs. Mary Carson, Mrs. 
 T. D. Roberts, and Mrs. J. R. Caldwell. 
 
 Since the reunion in 1870, the Savannah Church 
 has been served bv Revs. Robert Cruikshank, G. A. 
 Pollock, W. G. Keady, T. D. Roberts, W. T. Voss, 
 James Reed, W. A. Cravens and A. W. McGlothlan; 
 and Elders W. S. Earls, H. T. Walker, Andrew Barr, 
 Upton Rohrer, H. H. Dobbins, W. E. Smith, John H. 
 Tvner, John R Caldwell, R. H. Stuart, J. F. Waters, 
 Jacob Schell, H. B. McDonald, J. W. Grant, Rudolph 
 Born, J. P. Burns, J. H. Graff and William M. Kerr. 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 21 
 
 1842-3. 
 
 The first cliurch whose beginning- is recorded in 
 this period is Plum Grove, organized by Rev. George 
 M. Crawford, Jnly 17, 1842. In 1846 it reported thirty 
 members, lis last appearance in the Minutes of Lex- 
 ington Presbytery was in 1859, and it had then been 
 vacant for some years. Nothing is known of its loca- 
 tion, and it mav liave been south of tlie Missouri River. 
 
 Mt. Zion Church wa8 organized August 20, 1842, by 
 Rev. E. A. Carson, 'Mn a frame building, thirty by forty 
 feet, erected expressly for the worship of God, on the 
 Grand River about ten miles south of Albany. Mr. 
 James C. Patton had given four acres for the location 
 of the church and cemetery, and ten acres adjoining 
 this for use as a camp ground, which remained so set 
 apart until a recent date." 
 
 The original members were ^lary IMissimer, Philij) 
 T\[issimer, Belinda J. Patton, Hugh L, W. Patton, James 
 C. Patton and Isabella, his wife, James H. Patton, 
 Sarah A. M, Patton, William A. Patton, Margaret J. 
 AVhitton, Jeremiah S. Young and Ruth Young. "AV 
 but the last two produced certilicates from the Mt. Zion 
 Church in Tennessee, signed by Rev. T. Brown, pastor. 
 J. C. Patton and J. S. Young were elected elders, and 
 Caleb Simi)son, Booker Smith and H. L. W. Patton, 
 trustees." 
 
 In those early years ]\It. Zion Church was the 
 "Mecca of Presbyterianism" for a very large section. 
 It never became very large, many of its members going 
 from time to time to form new churches in the vicinity, 
 and at times it has been greatly reduced, but since the 
 recent reunion it has taken on new life and is nobly 
 doing a much needed work. Soon after a camp meet- 
 ing held at Mt Zion by Rev. A. B. Hobbs, in August, 
 1907, the Mt. Zion Church was reorganized, with 
 George ]\lcConkey, Isaac G. Patton and William Whit- 
 ton as elders. William A. Patton, who had been a-n 
 
22 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 elder for fortv years, and the only one for several 
 years, had died April 28, 1900. For the first fifty-eight 
 years of its existence the church had but six elders, J. 
 C. Patton, J. S. Young-, Martin Low, David F. Jameson, 
 James W. Owen and^ W. A. Patton. D. F. Jameson, 
 who died December 25, 1889, served as elder for over 
 thirty-five years, and as clerk of session for over 
 twenty-six. Eev. Timothy Morgan was the first per- 
 manent supply, and Rev. John Dykes came later. The 
 original frame church was replaced by a brick build- 
 ing, the bricks for which were made under the super- 
 vision of Mr. Patton, on his farm. This building hav- 
 ing become unfit for worship, his son, Isaac A. Patton, 
 donated in his will one thousand dollars for a new 
 building. With this the present neat little church was 
 built in 1892, on the same site. 
 
 James C. Patton was bom in Augusta county, Vir- 
 ginia, July 24, 1787. In 1809 he emigrated to TenneSvsee, 
 where he continued to reside till he came to Missouri 
 in the spring of 1841. September 15, 1841, he settled 
 in Miller township. Gentry county, near Gentryville. 
 He found a sparsely settled country, with its society 
 unorganized. Neither a school house or church had 
 been built in the county. Being a very devout and en- 
 ergetic man, his next act, after providing shelter for 
 his family, was to donate a suitable location for a 
 church and cemeterj^, and almost unaided, except by 
 his own family, he built a frame house of worship, and 
 called it Mt. Zion. He was, in truth, a patriarch. It 
 is sad that such a life had a tragic end. He espoused 
 the cause of the South in the civil war, but remained 
 at home, as he was old and feeble. Being an influen- 
 tial citizen, soldiers were sent, in May, 1862, to arrest 
 him. They took him to Albany and placed him under 
 guard in the Court House. Being a Southern gentle- 
 man, his indignation at such harsh treatment is sup- 
 posed to have been the cause of his death, a few hours 
 later, when he fell from his chair, surrounded by none 
 but rude soldiers. His body was interred at Mt. Zion, 
 where sleep all his ten children, except one who is still 
 living. 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 23 
 
 William A. Patton, son of J. C. Patton, was bom in 
 Monroe county, Tennessee, December 1, 1819, and was 
 reared on a farm, receiving his education in the com- 
 mon schools of his native county. He came to Mis- 
 souri with his father in 1841. ''He was of like char- 
 acter with his father, whose mantle fell on his shoul- 
 ders. With the aid of a few others he held a Sabbath 
 School during the war in a school house near Gentry- 
 ville. During the whole of his long life he was not 
 only an active and ardent church and Sunday school 
 Avorker, but he was also by precept and example a 
 zealous advocate of the cause of temperance." He 
 was prominent as a citizen and a business man. He 
 erected in Albany the first steam saw and grist mill in 
 the county, and built the old Court House. 
 
 Eliza C. Owen was born in Monroe county, Ten- 
 nessee, August 5, 1827. She was married to W. A. 
 Patton, February 27, 1845, and came with him to the 
 neighborhood of Mt Zion. She was converted and 
 united Avith the Mt. Zion Church in 1848. ''Being a 
 Avoman of remarkable strength of character, clearness 
 of religious experience and gentleness of disposition, 
 with firmness of conscience, her religion showed bright- 
 ly to family and friends." She died January 31, 1907. 
 
 For the material for the above history and sketches, 
 we are indebted to Miss Flora L. McCammon, a great- 
 grand-daughter of James C. Patton. 
 
 As Ave learn from Paxton's Annals of Platte 
 County, the Weston Church was organized August 28, 
 1842, by Rev. E. A. Carson, with the following mem- 
 bers: Mary Cowles, Robert A, Cummins, America P. 
 Hudson, Anna Nash, Elizabeth Neville, Elizabeth Nor- 
 ton, Samuel Norton, Roderick G. Stevens and P. M. 
 Underbill. Another authority gives also Caroline R. 
 Case. 
 
 As all the records prior to 1871 are lost, but little 
 of the early history can be given. A brick church, 
 forty by sixty feet and costing four or five thousand 
 dollars, AA^as erected in 1844. Rev. Edmiuid Wright, 
 
24 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 who was received by the Presbytery of Lexington, Oc- 
 tober 28, 1842, was pastor for seven years. Rev. Fred- 
 eric Starr, sent out by the American Home Missionary 
 Society, was ordained and installed November 16, 1850. 
 He was a very talented, tactful and peculiarly genial 
 man, and secured the building of a manse costing 
 twelve hundred dollars. Tradition says that by his 
 tact and geniality he turned from their purpose a mob 
 who had come to hang him because he had prayed with 
 a. negro previous to his execution. In after years when 
 he was financial agent for Auburn Theological Semi- 
 nary, he was one of the only two of the many official 
 ''beggars" who Avere universally Avelcomed among the 
 churches of Western New York. His being an anti- 
 slavery man shortened his stay in Weston. Much of 
 the time since the church has not had a regular supply, 
 but the following haA^e served it for a definite period: 
 AVilliam M. Kain, E. B. SherAvood, W. L. S. Clark, 
 James M. CraAvford, W. H. Penharllegon, Edmund ^l. 
 Palmer and John H. Aughey. 
 
 A lady, AA^hose name we do not feel free to mention, 
 Avrites of the early officers and members: ''Mr. Rod- 
 ney Stephens was a very zealous and successful Avorker 
 in Sunday school, and Avas loA^ed by all the children as 
 Avell as groAATi folks. In 1854 Joseph V. Parrot Avas 
 added to the list of elders. We remember Mr. and 
 Mrs. George T. Hulse, Mr. AA^entAvorth, ^Irs. Sarah 
 Parrot and ]\Iiss Jane McCurdy as earnest, faithfu! 
 members of the early church." 
 
 Among the early elders A\'ere R. G. Stevens, J. R. 
 Tyler, Rodney Stephens, John H. Carson, J. V. Parrot, 
 G T. Hulse, John S. Maitland, Andrew Mitchell and 
 E. G. Heriot. The last named Avas especially active in 
 Sunday school work. Messrs. Carson and Alitcheli 
 Avere both born in Ireland. The former Avas an elder 
 in Tyrone county before he came OA^er in 1846. Pie 
 was elected an elder of the Weston Church about 1850 
 and served till his death. "For years he Avas a col- 
 porteur of the Tract Society, and he fell dead Novem- 
 ber 14, 1878, while delivering a Bible to a purchaser, 
 Avith the half uttered sentence, 'I must do all the good 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 25 
 
 I can while — .' " Mr. Mitchell, ''a faithful worker and 
 a pillar in the church," became an elder in the church 
 in 1865, and died in Colorado, aged ninety-eio-ht. The 
 more recent elders are: A. C. Bell, William Ohlhausen, 
 Thomas C. Ma<?:ers, Oeoroe Brill, Selmon AVallace and 
 F. H. Coujihlan. 
 
 Rev. J. E. Flow, recently Stated Clerk and Treas- 
 urer of tlie Upper Missouri Presbytery and pastor of 
 the Bethel Church, has kindly furnished the followini;- 
 data: 
 
 ''On record in the Session Book T find, viz.: 'Al. 
 a nieetini»- of the iMissouri Presbytery, held in the New- 
 Providence Church, Lafayette county, September 24, 
 1842, it appearing' from the representation of the rep- 
 resentative from the Liberty Church, that it was in- 
 convenient for the whole body to worship at the same 
 place; whereupon it was* resolved: That part of the 
 church north and east of Fishing' river is hereby or- 
 ganized into a church, the name of which shall be desig- 
 nated by themselves; and the elders elect, living within 
 the bounds of the cono^regation, be the acting elders oi 
 the church ; and that elders be elected and ordained in 
 the Church of Liberty.' 
 
 "The following names were then transferred from 
 the Liberty Church to the Bethel Church: Elders 
 Fortius Clark, John Crossett, William Crossett, Allen 
 Denny and Riland Shackelford. Members — Charity 
 Bane, Nancy Clark, Artelia Crossett, Margaret Cros- 
 sett, INFary Crossett, Ann Cummins, Mary Cummins, 
 Ruth Cummins, Samuel Cummins, William Cummins, 
 Margaret Davis, Walter Davis, Emily Denny, George 
 Dennv, Hannah Dennv, Jane Dennv, IMatilda Dennv, 
 Nancy E. Finley, 'Rufus AV. Pinley, John M. 
 Gray, Robert Henderson, Isabella Lynn, Benjamin 
 McClain, Hannah ]\lcllvain, Isabella McLane, Jane 
 ]\IcNeeley, John McTaggart, William IMurray, Mary 
 Riley, Sarah Schoolfield, Hannah Scudder, Joseph 
 Scudder, Allen Shackelford, IMartha Stockton, William 
 Stockton and Jane Welton. 
 
26 HISTORY OP' PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 ''J. M. C. Inskiff preached for them the first year, 
 and J. L. Yantis the second year. They had preach- 
 ing once or twice per month by various ministers as 
 stated supply until, on October 15, 1903, J. E. Flow was 
 ordained and installed pastor for all his time. Since 
 then the church has built a manse and become self- 
 sustaining and supporting all the causes. 
 
 "The present (September, 1906) elders are: George 
 K. Denny, Albert Hojt, Edgar Laffoon, John Morrov/, 
 H. C. Scudder and William Taylor. Deacons: John 
 Crossett, Fred Holt and C. Schoolfield. Our house ox 
 worship is situated fifteen miles northeast of Liberty, 
 six northwest of Excelsior Springs and four east of 
 Kearney. 
 
 "Among the elders who rendered most service to 
 the church we might mention Caleb Wilson, in the 
 early days;; Sidney Morrow, of more recent date, and 
 William Taylor, our present senior elder. L^ws-on 
 and Barnesville churches were offshoots of Bethel." 
 
 It seems that though the Bethel Church did not be- 
 come ecclesiastically separate from the Liberty Church 
 till 1842, it was knoAvn by that name and had a sort 
 of semi-independent existence earlier, for it is stated 
 in Dr. J. B. Hill's History of Kansas City Presbytery, 
 I)age 46, that "Bethel, Clay county," Avas supplied by 
 Dr. Yantis in 18'38. 
 
 The early history of the Cumberland Ridge (C. P.) 
 Church, sometimes called Savannah, is involved in ob- 
 scurity, there being no early records extant. Rev. 
 Henrj^ Eppler, who was present at the organization ot 
 Platte Presbytery in 1845 (page 4), removed in 1837 
 from Clay to Andrew county, and settled on Dillon 
 creek, where was born his son Jonathan, who says: 
 "He organized the Cumberland Ridge Church in the 
 Cumberland Ridge neighborhood, between 1840 and 
 1844. Eli Hughes, Logan Maxwell, Martin Sutton, 
 John B. Thompson and Clinton Young were some of 
 the members of that organization. The above is ail 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 27 
 
 hearsay evidence, as we moved to Flaj^ Springs in the 
 spring of 1844." The fact that Mr. Eppler organized 
 a chnrcli at Flag Springs only two years after his re- 
 moval there warrants the conclusion that he probably 
 organized the Cumberland Ridge Church earlier than 
 1843, the usually accepted date. It was doubtless one 
 of the four churches existing at the formation of Platte 
 Presbytery in 1845. One of these four churches was 
 named Platte and that may have been the original 
 name of this church. 
 
 Mrs. Priscilla Roberts, who joined the church about 
 two years after it was organized, says the first two 
 elders were Elias Hughes and Alex. McDonald. 
 
 J\liss. Etta Breit Avrites: ''The Savannah (C. P.) 
 Church was organized about 1843 by Rev. H. Eppler, 
 on the site of the old Camping Ground, and was al- 
 ways known as Cumberland Ridge. The church thrived 
 for several years, then dwindled down, because of 
 deaths and removals, till in 1874 there were bat few 
 members and no elder. So on December 19, 1874, it 
 was reorganized by Rev. Leander P. Hayes, with forty- 
 two members, of whom William Deakins, Eliza H. Maul, 
 Sarah E. Maul, William M. Maul, Priscilla Roberts, 
 Polly H. Rodgers, Mar.y C. Terhune, Emily A. Young 
 and Mary Young were old-time members, and twenty- 
 two Avere received on the profession of their faith. 
 Elias Hughes, William A. Pyle and Joseph Terhune 
 were elected elders, and William Ketring and Matthew^ 
 Thompson, trustees. John Erixson, W. Ketring and 
 John Roberts were elected deacons, on February 7, 
 1875. 
 
 ''Since that date the following have been elected 
 elders: W. A. Singleton, Matthew Thompson, Charles 
 MaxAvell, James Montgomery, J. F. S. Breit, Benj. U. 
 BoAvman and Jacob Nuckols; J. F. S. Breit. Jacob 
 Bowman, John W. Fuller, Aaron Bowman, Pearl A. 
 Breit and Edward Miller as deacons. The church has 
 been served hv the following ministers: L. F. Hayes, 
 F. M. :\riller,' Martin Huirhes, Allen Guthrie, W.* O. 
 IT. Perry, D. H. IMurray, H. W. Fisher, J. T. Hood, 
 
28 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 Charles Parsons, AF. P. Eller, H. R. Norris, J. H. Nor- 
 niaD, D. M. Boyer and George Engler. 
 
 ''Rev. Mitcii. Miller, better known as Old Uncle 
 Mitch. ]\Iiller, was one of the best workers and will be 
 remembered longer than any other. He took charge 
 of the chnrch soon after it was reorganized and was pas- 
 tor for several years. Fie nsed his influence in the 
 building of the chnrch, and after he ceased being pas- 
 tor he preached ofi' and on till he died, about eighteen 
 years ago. Another pastor, faithful to this church, was 
 Rev. AV. O. PT. Perry. lie was helped by his son, 
 Arthur, in revival meetings, in which three of our 
 household were converted. All the people regretted 
 the leaving of our last pastor, Rev. D. M. Boyer, the 
 President of the Platte School. He had been with us 
 almost three years and in that time the church had 
 made great progress. It was through his influence 
 that we are having these big tent meetings which are 
 bringing the hearts of so many into touch with Christ. 
 
 "The church building, standing among large and 
 beautiful trees and erected in 1880, is located on the 
 main road from St. Joseph to Savannah, ten miles 
 north of the former and three and a half miles south of 
 the latter, and an eighth of a mile northeast of the 
 Old Camping Ground and Cemetery." 
 
 The Mars Hill Church was organized February 11, 
 1843, by either Rev. T. S. Reeve or Rev. E. A. Carson, 
 and was disbanded by Lexington Presbyters^ April 23, 
 1853 (its membership being reduced to three), and its 
 records ordered transferred to Savannah. It was lo- 
 cated about three miles from Oregon, eastward. Prob- 
 ably the Oregon Church had absorbed the most of its 
 members. In 1846 it had a membership of eight, and 
 in 1850, when Rev. John Dunbar was its pastor, twenty- 
 four were reported. 
 
 The data for the Platte City Church has been mostly 
 furnished by Hon. W. M. Paxton (in fragmentary form) 
 in his Annals of Platte County and extracts from the 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 39 
 
 records of the church. Mr. Paxton united with the 
 church a few months after its org-anization, and served 
 as Clerk of Session from April, 18"51, till recently. 
 
 It was organized April 27, 1843, by Rev. John I\r. 
 Fulton, M. D. (who was its pastor till his death, June 
 3, 1851), with the following members: William B. 
 Almond, John Clark, M. D., and Ann, his wife; John 
 Y. Cooper, N. H. Hope, S. T. S. McCurdy, Joseph Pat- 
 ton, Allen Sloan and Anna M., his wife, and James E. 
 Walker. 
 
 '^n October, 1847, W. B. Almond, Joseph Clark, J. 
 Y. Cooper, Preston Duiilap and A. Sloan are elders.'' 
 ''Meetings were held in the Old Court House; after- 
 wards in the Old M. E. Church." ''In February, 1857, 
 Bros. J. Gr. Fackler and Robert Scott held a successful 
 protracted meeting." In 1852, the congregation, in 
 connection with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 
 erected a church on lot 6, block 31, "valued at $200 
 and given by S. A. Jack and M. N. Owen." "The 
 church prospered until the war in 1860. Nothing was 
 done during the war. The house was burned by Fed- 
 eral 'Redlegs,' July 12, 1864." "The next recorded 
 meeting of the Session is March 5, 1874, with Rev. J. G. 
 Fackler, moderator, and Allen Sloan, John R. Swain 
 and W. M. Paxton, elders. Several joined the church." 
 "In 1873 the church consisted of twenty-three mem- 
 bers and is said to have reorganized under the General 
 Assembly of the United States." In 1867 the Method- 
 ists and Presbyterians began building a church on the 
 old site. This ^vas dedicated in April, 1868. The 
 church was never large, but was very influential, espe- 
 cially in its early days when it was larg*ely officered by 
 such men as Judges Almond and Dun I a p. No com- 
 plete list of elders is at hand, but to those given above, 
 James A. Baldwin, M. D., and John T. McRuer san be 
 added. No recent information has been furnished, but 
 the present pastor and clerk of session are J, M. Camp- 
 bell and G. K. White McGee. 
 
 William McClurg Paxton w^as born in Mason 
 county, Kentucky, March 2, 1819, and married Marv 
 
30 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 Forman October 1, 1840. He came to Platte county 
 in 1839, and since that time his acknowledged lesra] 
 talents have been at the service of every good cause. 
 Intensely loyal, he was between two fires during the 
 civil war. Having the respect and confidence of his 
 fellow citizens, he has been honored with positions of 
 trust and responsibility, as that of Public Administra- 
 tor. As an ardent temperance man he has been of 
 great service to the cause. He stands most prominent 
 as one active in every good work. At times he has 
 seen dark days and has been the only elder in the 
 church, but has never given up during the darkest 
 days. The infirmities of age alone have retired hira 
 from his wonted active service. 
 
 Allen Sloan Avas bom in Shelby county, Kentucky, 
 May 15, 1816, and died April 16,^ 1889. He came to 
 Indiana in 1842, and two years later settled two miles 
 Avest of Platte City. He was a just and upright citi- 
 zen and a zealous Presbyterian. He always loved the 
 little church he had helped to plant at Platte City, and 
 over which he was a ruling elder for forty years. 
 
 Much of this account of the Clear Creek Church is 
 taken from the Historical Sketch, prepared by Elder 
 Farrington B. Staats for the Semi-Centennial Celebra- 
 tion of the organization of that church. 
 
 The organization was commenced Saturday, August 
 12, 1843, by Rev. Moses W. Henderson, at the residence 
 of Mr. William Brown, near Clear Creek, Daviess 
 county. After a sermon the following persons, James 
 Arter, Phoebe Arter, James K. Brown, Sarah Brown, 
 William Brown, Sarah Brown and Mrs. Margaret C. 
 Price, presented their certificates of membership in 
 good and regular standing, and were organized into 
 the Clear Cl*eek Presbyterian Church. J. Arter and J. 
 K. Brown were duly elected ruling elders. The next 
 day the organization was completed by the ordination 
 and installation of the elders, after which a meeting 
 of the session was held, which received into com- 
 munion and fellowship James Ward and Elizabeth, his 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 31 
 
 wife, from Mt. Pleasant Cliurcli; ]\Irs. Nancy Hagins. 
 from the Presbj^terian Cliurch of Richmond, and Mr. 
 and Mrs. Francis Hudgrins, from the Presbyterian 
 Church of Lawrenceburg, Ky. 
 
 On March 10, 1844, Rev. T. S. Reeve presiding, the 
 session elected J. K. Brown as clerk and chose him to 
 represent the church at the meeting of Lexington Pres- 
 bytery, to be held in Weston in May. On Sabbath. 
 July 20, 1845, the first baptisms took place — six chil- 
 dren of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miller and three of Mr. 
 John and Mrs. Sarah Ann McClurg. On October 19, 
 1845, the six children of Mr. and Mrs. Price were bap- 
 tized by Rev. T. Morgan. 
 
 James Harper was elected elder October 15, 1848, 
 and William Allen, September 23, 1855. There was no 
 meeting of session from the last date till April 28, 
 1871 ; first, because of the lack of a pastor, and later 
 because of the civil war. April 29, 1871, the church 
 resolved to change its name to Bethel and "to under- 
 take the erection of a house of worship on the lot do- 
 nated by John H. McNeill for that purpose." This 
 house was dedicated March 24, 1872. Before it was 
 built the services were held at private houses, notably 
 those of Messrs. J. Arter, J. K. Bro^vn, W. M. Brown, 
 J. McClurg and R. Miller. 
 
 The chnrch has been served by Revs. M. W. Hen- 
 derson, T. S. Reeve, T. Morgan, E. B. Sherwood, J. A. 
 Pinlvcrton, W Kendrick, J. Gillespie, W. Asdale, G. A. 
 McKmlay, E. M. Palmer, J. Kirkwood, C. McCain, D. 
 C. Davies and N. McA. Tatnm. Mr. Henderson, a 
 most lovely young man, died very soon after the or- 
 ganization. 
 
 The elders, in addition to those named above, are: 
 A. M. Barrett, Samuel D. B. Poage, S. L. Doty, P. IT. 
 Hawkins, Reuben Wetzel, F. B. Staats and Wm. C. 
 Poage. 
 
 Bethel and Hopewell (C. P.) churches were happily 
 united August 26, 1906. 
 
33 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 Noveniber ID, 1843, a church wa.s orsraiiized at the 
 home of Francis Wilkinson, on" Castile Creek, near 
 where Stewartsville now stands, b}^ Rev. Lewis Thomj)- 
 son, with the following members: Alonzo Beck, James 
 G- Clavwater, James Gra^rg, ^Irs. Jane Gragg, Mrs. 
 Elizabeth Venable, Geo. C. Venable, John Venable, 
 Joseph Venable, Mrs. Mary Venable , JNIrs. ]Mary 
 Walker, Mrs. E. C. Wilkinson, Miss Fannie Wilkinson 
 and Frank Wilkinson. Joseph Venable and Frank 
 Wilkinson were elected elders. 
 
 The following' ministers served they church: Tj. 
 Thompson, William Dixon, Robert Scott, Chas. Stew- 
 art, R. H. Allen, Robert Canfield, C. A. W.ylie. A. P. 
 Forman, H. P. S. Willis, H. F. Albright, David Coulter, 
 J. P. Forman, C. W^. Price, J. A. D. Hughes and J. M. 
 Campbell. The full list of elders is: Frank Wilson, 
 Joseph Venable, Robert Stewart, Robert Clark, A. W. 
 Pickett, Joseph Clark, W. C. Wilkinson, J. L. Wylie, 
 •]. D. McCroskey, John Sanders, F. M. Dixon and W. A. 
 Wylie; and of deacons: Geo. Venable, Samuel Clark, 
 John Jones, J. II. Wylie, Thos. Coe and William Wil- 
 kinson. 
 
 The name of the church was changed from Castile 
 to Stewartsville, September 3, 1870. Elder J. L. Wylie, 
 clerk of session, kindly furnished the above informa- 
 tion. 
 
 "The Richmond Presbyterian Church (0. S.) was 
 (organized on the first Saturday of February, 1843, by 
 Rev. Drs. J. L. Yantis and LcAvis W. Green, with 
 twenty-six members." "In November, 1869, a brick 
 church costing $10,000 was dedicated by Rev. Dr. Na- 
 than Ij. Rice. This was destroyed by a cyclone, June 1, 
 1878, and no services were held till thefall of 1880." 
 
 The above was taken from a local history in the 
 Kansas City Library-. 
 
 This very early and interesting church is not among 
 the "defunct," but we have failed to get fuller infor- 
 mation, which has been diligently sought. 
 
 The present pastor and clerk of session are J. A. 
 Gray and R. B. Kirkpatrick. 
 
HISTORY OF PLx\TTE PRESBYTERY. 33 
 
 1844-8, 
 
 In 1843, the year in which St. Joseph — previously 
 known as Eobidoux Landing — was laid out, Rev. Tap- 
 ping S. Reeve preached the first sermon ever delivered 
 there, in a log tavern kept by a Mr. Beattie, ''corner 
 of Main and Jule, where the Occidental Hotel now 
 stands." In the spring of 1844 he began building a 
 log church on a lot owned by George Brubaker, "on 
 Francis, about 150 feet east of where the I'acific House 
 now stands." Mr. William Langston donated the logs 
 (in the tree). His timber was on a bottom about a 
 mile above town. Parson Reeve, shouldering an axe, 
 went with his helpers, cut down the first tree himself, 
 and Avorked with them day by day amidst the clouds of 
 mosquitoes, at noon bringing their dinner, which Mrs. 
 Reeve had prepared The building was finished ready 
 for occupancy in the Avinter of 1844-5. "It was of 
 hewn logs, twenty by forty feet. D. Hardy, George 
 and John Brubaker, Israel Landis and others helped 
 to build it. It was used for some time conjointly as 
 church and school house. Mrs. Israel Landis was the 
 first teacher, the school being known as 'St. Joseph 
 Female Academy.' " In 1844 a very successful Union 
 Sunday School was organized, towards the support of 
 which Mr. Joseph Robidoux contributed ten dollars, 
 and of which Mrs. Reeve was the leading spirit. 
 
 September 15, 1844, a church was organized con- 
 sisting of Abraham Brubaker, Mrs. Elizabeth Bru- 
 baker, George Brubaker, Miss Julia A. Brubaker, Mrs. 
 Harriet Castle, Mrs. Nancy McMunn, Mrs. Jane Mc- 
 Munn, Mrs. Laura Postel, Mrs. Jane E. Reeve and 
 George A. Smith. George Brubaker was elected rul- 
 ing elder. In 1847 a brick building, fifty by sixty feet, 
 was begun at the corner of Fourth and Francis. It 
 was completed in the winter of 1849-50. Mr. Reeve re- 
 mained with the church till 1855. Revs. Fred R. Gallar 
 ger and Franklin E. Sheldon followed him. 
 
 The excitement previous to and during the civil 
 war, which affected this whole section sn disastrously, 
 
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34 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 caused the church to die out gradually. But we have 
 no further information; as Lexington Presbytery, with 
 which it was connected, furnished the General As- 
 sembly with no reports between 1858 and 1863. Elder 
 Israel Landis, who held on till the last, after giving 
 letters of dismission to two applicants, said: ''That 
 leaves me as the last member of the chnrch." The 
 church building, on which the Board of Church Erec- 
 tion had a mortgage, was sold, and was occupied by a 
 German congregation till quite recently. 
 
 ''The only sense in which Westminster succeeded 
 the First Church was that it represented the same 
 opinions and had its pulpit Bible." Therefore the 
 histon^ of the former is given separately and in its 
 chronolooical order. 
 
 From the records of the Parkville Church, which 
 are complete, and remarkably and ideally full historic- 
 alh', we gather the following : 
 
 In November, 1842, Rev. Edmund Wright, then of 
 Weston, preached the first Presbyterian sermon in 
 Parkville (which was laid out and named in 1844). A 
 permanent Sabbath school was established in 1843, and 
 a temporary union was had with the ]\Iethodists, it be- 
 ing thought not expedient to organize a church at that 
 time. In this year Licentiate Charles Lord, a mission- 
 ary of the American Home ]\Iissionarv Society, settled 
 at Independence, gave a part of his time to Park\dlle. 
 April 27, 1845, Messrs. Lord and Wright organized a 
 cTiurch with the following members : Alfred and Mary 
 Painick, Geors:e S. Park, Harriet Parsons and Romulus 
 R. and Mary^A. Stephens. G. S. Park and R. R. 
 Stephens were elected elders. 
 
 December 3, 1845, Licentiate Charles D. Herbert, a 
 very devoted missionary of the American Home Mis- 
 sionary Society and late of Bangor Theological Semi- 
 nary came to Parkville. April 26, 1846, he was or- 
 dained and installed pastor of the church, at a "pro 
 re nata" meeting of Lexington Presbytery held "under 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 35 
 
 the roof of the new warehouse of ]\Iessrs. Park & Par- 
 sons. " Some extracts from a letter of Mr. Herbert's, 
 written to Dr. Timothy Hill, soon after his arrival, may 
 be of interest. "After they decided" (in St. Louis) 
 ''that I should go to the Platte country, Bro. Lewis and 
 myself put off together by stage early Monday morn- 
 ing for Independence. The first two days, being on the 
 great thoroughfare from the metropolis to the capital 
 of the greatest state in the Union, we might have ex- 
 pected a good road, but it was just a path cut out over 
 the hills, without having even a dollar of work wrought 
 upon it. Sometimes it wasi so bad that it would be 
 hard to tell where the road was. Every man went the 
 best way he could. We walked much and had to get 
 out every little way and get the stage through some 
 deep ravine. The public houses were of a piece. The 
 first night we stopped at a house that had no window 
 and was about eighteen feet square, and there we were, 
 some fourteen of us, and only two beds among us! As 
 beautiful and as fertile a country as the sun ever shone 
 upon, and yet men will live fifteen years like dogs in 
 a kennel — black, white and gray. After we passed 
 Jefi'erson we found things better, and it was a most 
 splendid country with its timber and open lands all 
 combined together." ''There are but few Presbyteri- 
 ans here, and no preaching at all. Mr. Park, the pro- 
 prietor, is from New England and is very anxious to 
 have a minister permanently located. He and his 
 brother-in-law, Mr. Parsons, will supply all my imme- 
 diate wants of board, horse, etc. I find this place 
 where T am to board to be one of the pleasantest places 
 in all the Platte. Yes, will you believe it, it is in a cor- 
 ner of the State of Maine ! Mr. Parsons is from Maine. 
 Mrs. Parsons is the very life of the church." 
 
 Mr. Herbert left in January, 1848, and in March, 
 1849, when there were only three members, Mr. Park 
 being the elder, Rev. George S. Woodward, of Pennsyl- 
 vania, came, dividing his time equally with Weston, 
 where he remained till November, when "he moved to 
 Parkville and took up his residence with Mr. Park, who 
 kindly boarded him and his wife during the winter 
 without charge." ]Mr. Woodward gives a glimpse of 
 
36 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 the simplicity of those days when, in describing the 
 first communion, he says: "Our good elder came to the 
 service, clad in his red blanket overcoat with black 
 fringe, a bottle of wine in one pocket and two blue 
 tumblers in the other, with the bread wrapped in a 
 paper." January 12, 1850, eleven Avere received, four 
 of them from Cumberland churches. 
 
 January' 15, 1850, the following Board of Trustees 
 was elected: G. S. Woodward, Chairman; Geo. S. Park, 
 Roderick G. Stevens, Thos. Aspling, Mason T. Summers, 
 William P. Burney and James Bowie. Major Levi 
 Hinkle and Samuel Akin, Jr., were added to the Board 
 soon after. In 1851 a movement was made to build a 
 church and parsonage. The latter was of brick. The 
 former was of stone and was dedicated December 12. 
 1852. ''The whole expense of the church as finished 
 and furnished for use was $2,544.70." Mr. Park gave 
 $500 of this, and he raised nearly $800 of it from friends 
 in Maine, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware, on 
 a trip East. In June, 1855, the trustees received from 
 Mr. Park a deed for the four lots on which the church 
 and parsonage stood. 
 
 October 4, 1858, the church w^as received under the 
 care of Platte Presbytery (page 2), and its records 
 were examined and approved by that Presbytery at 
 Platte City in April, 1861. Mr. Woodward remained 
 the beloved pastor till the church was scattered by the 
 Civil War in 1861. After that the Sessional Records 
 give December 13, 1867, as the date of the first meeting 
 of the Session, Rev. John IM. IMoore, having come by 
 invitation and commenced his labors the previous June. 
 The church had a slow and normal growth from that 
 time till the coming of Rev. Dr. John A. McAfee and 
 his "Family" — Park College in embryo — in the spring 
 of 1875, since which time its size and influence have 
 continually increased. It has carried on Sabbath School 
 and evangelistic work very largely in the surrounding 
 neighborhoods. The large part which its members have 
 taken in home and foreign missionary work will be 
 spoken of later in the notice of Park College. 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 37 
 
 Rev. John ]\Ioore has been followed as pastor by E. 
 B. Sherwood, J. A. McAfee, Edmund :\I. Palmer, E. P. 
 Foster, ^Y. F. Matthews, Lapsley A. McAfee, Cleland 
 B. McAfee, J. Aikin Smith and Silas Evans. 
 
 The roll of elders has been kindly furnished by the 
 successor of the lamented Prof. Charles F. Winchell, 
 Prof. John AV. Stephens, who has served most efficiently 
 as Clerk of Session for twelve years, and also as Sun- 
 da v School Superintendent for the last ten years. They 
 are: Geo. S. Park, R. R. Stephens, W. P. Burney, L. 
 Hinkle, John H. Bueneman, W. G. Gano, Thos. D. Rob- 
 erts, D. S. Eccles, W. C. Day, D. M. Wyncoop, W. E. 
 Voss, Robert AVatt, B. B. Holter, Fred Kahm, Chas. W, 
 Blake, Reuben BroAvn, Prof. AVilliani S. Nelson, Prof. 
 Lee S. Pratt, Robert Irwin, David R. Todd, Prof. Ed- 
 ward Fitch, J. N. Covert, H. H. Winchell, Prof. AYilliam 
 H. Tibbals, Prof. George A. Knapp, Pres. L. M. McAfee, 
 AVilliam Y. Jones, Prof. Arthur L. Wolfe, Howard B 
 McAfee, Prof. Geo. H. Minor, Prof. Chas. F. Winchell, 
 Prof. Arthur M. Mattoon, Jesse Bell, John Creighton, 
 Prof. J. W. Stephens, Prof. Merlin C. Findlay, William 
 M. Dager, Arthur ]\I. Sharrocks, Prof. Thos. G. Burt, 
 Henry A. Kehn, James D. Dean, James Brown, Geo. H. 
 Venard, AVilliam L. Palmer, Prof. John H. Lawrence, 
 E. Allen Prouse, Robert Buchanan, J. Will Harris, 
 Frank R. Zugg, James S. Bailey, Fred Chase, Harlan 
 M. Roberts, Geo. M. Johnston, Prof. W. H. Cooper, J. 
 Ernest McAfee, Benj. L. Myers, E. B. Stevenson, James 
 W. Chapman, Prof. R. V. Magers, Prof. Howard A. 
 Dean, Grant Merchant, Prof. John W. Hornbeak, David 
 J. Orr and Dr. C. S. Benham. 
 
 The fact that the Session has, for several years, in- 
 cluded twelve members accounts in part for the large 
 number. The long-time custom of ahvays having in 
 the number one advanced student, who shall thus get 
 one 3^ear's experience of Session work, counts also. 
 Many of these student elders are now in the ministry 
 or missionary w^ork, some as phj^sicians. 
 
 For many years the Sabbath School has been very 
 large, being attended by all the students connected 
 with "The Familv," as well as the most of the children 
 
38 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 of the village. It would be inexcusable not to .speak, 
 in this connection, of the long-time services of Elder H. 
 B. McAfee. Ofticially and non-officially, he has had 
 the charge of the primary department for over twenty 
 years, and the children delight in him as much as he 
 does in them. His unwearied labors in encouraging, 
 developing and uplifting the very important colored 
 Sabbath School of the place are much appreciated. 
 
 Most that relates to the Flag Springs Church has 
 been obtained from Mr. Jonathan Eppler and Elder 
 James R. Dunn, Clerk of Session for twenty-two years. 
 The former says: ''The organization took place in 1846, 
 at the home of Washington Means, but this is only the 
 dim memory of childhood. Clayton Boyles, Jehiel 
 Boyles, Fletcher Cowen, John Francis, James Irv:in, 
 Samuel Irwin, Clemens Means, Clarence Means, Harry 
 Memahan, James Memahan, Washington Memahan, 
 William Memahan, Geo. Taylor, Joel Taylor, John B. 
 Thompson and their wives were members of that early 
 church. Newton Cowen, Adam Means and Ahija 
 Means were the first elders. Later on, between 1850 
 and 1860, John A. Clark and Thompson Barnette were 
 elected. ' ' 
 
 This church, like so many others, ran down during 
 the Civil War. Elder Dunn, who has been a member 
 since 18'85, says: "This church, organized in 1846, was 
 the result of a campmeeting held by Rev. Henry Eppler 
 near the Kirtley residence, close to the Means neigh- 
 borhood, about two and a half miles south of Flag 
 Springs. They met, held meetings in a log school house 
 about a mile south of the village, on the farm of Geo. 
 Boyles, near Avhere the old church was built. 
 
 "The congregation was reorganized, I think, in 
 1873, by Rev. Isaac Chivington, with T. Barnett, Joseph 
 Laning and T. C. Simpson as elders, and Jasper A. 
 Dungaii as clerk. Eli Knappenber*>,'eiv who came here 
 about Po^ty years ago and who has been the mainstay 
 of the congrea-ation and the Sabbath School foi: the 
 last thirty years, was elected elder in the early seven- 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 39 
 
 ties, and Geo. Roclecker, Joseph M. Glick, Echvard R. 
 Speaker and James R. Dunn since then. Since 1873 
 the pastors have been: I. Chivin^ton, C. B. Powers, J. 
 H. Tharp, J. Froman, A. S. McDaniel, C. E. Wright, W. 
 E. Vanhorn and W. 0. H. Perry twice. 
 
 ' ' The old church house was torn down in the w^inter 
 of 1872-3 and rebuilt in the village, and the Methodists 
 "^\"ere given a half interest in it for helping to rebuild it. 
 
 ''Mrs. Hannah B. Eppler, E. A. Dungan, Aunt Mary 
 Knappenbera-er and Mrs. Ailsie Eppler IMunroe were 
 among the 'IMothers in Israel.' 
 
 ''By deaths, removals and other causes the congre- 
 gation has dwindled from a hundred communicants 
 down to six or seven members at present, but remem- 
 ber, and so state in your History that we are still loyal 
 Cumberland Presbyterians." 
 
 The disappearance of the earliest records and the 
 burnino- of the later ones account for the incomplete- 
 ness of the above. 
 
 We are indebted to Elder Ralph K. Denny, Clerk of 
 Session for twenty-two years, for the following extracts 
 from the records and for the sketch of "Father 
 Denny:" 
 
 "According to previous appointment, a congrega- 
 tion assembled in a grove on Crooked River, in Clinton 
 county, on Saturday, June 14, 1847, and after a sermon 
 by Rev, Robert Scott, the committee appointed by the 
 Upper Missouri Presbytery for the purpose of organiz- 
 ing a church, he proceeded to discharge that duty. The 
 names of those present prepared to enter into the orga- 
 nization were enrolled and are as follows: David 
 Cooper, Rachel Cooper, John Crossett, Geo. Denny, 
 Jane Denny, Newton Denny, J. B. Green, Benj. P. 
 McClain, Eliz. McClain, Kizzie McNeeley, James 
 Riley, Margaret Riley and Mary Riley. The con- 
 gregation then proceeded to the election of ruling 
 elders. B. F. McClain and D. Cooper were duly 
 
40 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 elected. Crooked River was the name chosen by which 
 they Xvished to be known." 
 
 Veiy soon after the church w^as organized a con- 
 gregational meeting was called at Avhich the money 
 was raised to purchase forty acres, "being the north- 
 east quarter of the southeast quarter of section eleven, 
 in toAvnship fifty-four, range thirty." On this a churc'i 
 was soon erected, and later a manse. 
 
 The following extracts from the records are given 
 because such items are of very unusual occurrence : 
 *' November 25, 1849, Armilda, a colored woman, the 
 property of D. F. Green, was received with others." 
 *'July 20, 1851, Nathan and Charity, persons of color, 
 were received as members." 
 
 Like most others, this church suffered greatly dur- 
 ing the Civil War. Its name was changed to Barnes- 
 ville in the early seventies. 
 
 Among the pastors of this church have been : J. W. 
 Canfield, John P. Fox, James C. Barnes, William Dick- 
 son, Charles Price, J. P. Foreman, Edward M. Yantis 
 and J. W. IMcClure. 
 
 The original elders have been followed by D. Find- 
 lay Green, Fortius Clark, Cyrus E. Green, James Mor- 
 row, Thos. Paisley, Erasmus Estill, James B. Green, 
 Henry B. Moberly, Geo. B. Tuggle, R. K. Denny and 
 Chris. W. Stratford. 
 
 Mr. George Denm^ — "Father Denny," as we used 
 to love to call him — was bom February 15, 1784, in 
 Guilford count3% N. C, in the palmy days of Georire 
 Washington. His ancestors were part of the Presby- 
 terian colony which settled in that county and organ- 
 ized the Buffalo Presbyterian Church, noted as being 
 for over sixty years under the pastoral care of Rev. 
 David Caldwell, D. D., who was also an M. D. and a 
 surgeon in General George Washington's army. Mr. 
 Denny was married January 14, 1808, to Jane Kenady, 
 who died January 10, 1866, in the seventy-seventli 
 year of her age. Shortly after this marriage they 
 
HISTORY OP PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 41 
 
 united with the Buffalo Church. He emigrated to 
 Missouri with his family in 1835, settling on a farm in 
 Clay county. He moved thence two years later to a 
 place near Barnesviile, and, erecting a log house, opened 
 up the farm on which he lived till his death. March 34, 
 1879, in the ninetj^-sixth year of his age. 
 
 He greatly prized the privileges of the sanctuary. 
 That front seat of his had to be occupied even though 
 the ninety odd years old man (ivho never needed or 
 used a cane) had to walk five miles to fill it, which he 
 did on several occasions. Through nearly a century 
 his quiet, happy and useful life flowed on. Almost to 
 the last he was free from the infirmities of age, his 
 form was erect and his eye had but little of the dimness 
 of years. Always bright, sunny and cheerful, he waited 
 calmly for his change, and passed away sweetly trust- 
 ing in the dear Savior whom he had served so long. 
 
 ''None knew him but to love him ; 
 None named him but to praise." 
 
42 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 1849-1854. 
 
 The following account of the Lawson Church was 
 furnished in July, 1907, by the pastor. Rev. J. B. Car- 
 penter : 
 
 "The Lawson Church is a continuation of New 
 Salem church, which Avas organized June 18, 1849, at 
 the request of members of the Liberty, Richmond «fc 
 Bethel churches, residing on or near Crooked River 
 in Ray county. Revs. Richard H. Allen and Robert 
 Scott were sent by the Presbytery of Upper Missouri 
 to perfect the organization. The new church building 
 v/as built jointly with the Kelly ites (now known as 
 the Christian Union denomination) about five miles 
 east of Lawson. 
 
 "For some cause worship ceased till '62 or '63. when 
 it was resumed at the Jefferson school house just 
 south of where Lawson now^ stands. In '70 the town 
 of Ijawson was established, and the Methodists and 
 Presbyterians joined together in building the first 
 house of worship. In '88 the former built a new church, 
 selling out their interests in the property to the latter, 
 who remodeled the old house and continued to use it 
 until last iVugust when it was torn down to make way 
 for the new building, costing about $5,000.00, which 
 was dedicated free of debt on May 26, 1907. 
 
 "The first ruling elders in New Salem were 
 Jedediah Smith and William Murray. I think the 
 pastors are not all enumerated in the following list, 
 but it is the most complete catalog of them that I have 
 been able to compile from the records : R. H. Allen, 
 J. W. Canfield, David Coulter, J. M. Scott, Jas. Mor- 
 ton, E. M. Yantis, J. G. Fackler, D. D. Evander 
 McNair, H. B. Boude. D. D., R. W. Wilson, G. T. 
 Thompson, D. D., Joshua Barbee, J. S. Sibley, H. M. 
 Kerr, R. A. Coolr, R. Brown, J. D. INIassey and J. B. 
 Carpenter.'* 
 
 jMore recently, James M. Morrow, Clerk of Session, 
 gives this additional information: "The old records 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRE-SBYTERY. 43 
 
 are not to be found. Joseph A. Smith succeeded his 
 father, Jedediah. When the church moved from Jef- 
 ferson school house to Lawson, S. D. Wharton and J. 
 M. Morrow were elected elders; and Ambrose Griffitli, 
 later." 
 
 The Presbyterian Cliurch of Oregon was organized 
 on Saturday, January 1. 1853, by Revs. William Ham- 
 ilton and S. N. Irwin, members of the Presbytery of 
 Nebraska and missionaries to the Iowa and Sac Indians, 
 in the old court house, with ten members: Samuel 
 Dunn, Margaret Jane Dunn, Robert G. Emmerson, 
 Jane Emmerson, Joseph Evans, Ilila Evans, John 
 Meyer, Sarah F. Meyer, Plenry W. Peter and Jane 
 Peter. John IMeyer and Dr. II. W. Peter were elected 
 elders. 
 
 The first Presbyterian preaching in Oregon was 
 between 1840 and 18i5, by Rev. E. A. Carson. On one 
 occasion here in Oregon there being no convenient or 
 suitable place for a public service; by permission of 
 the owners, he held religious services in a saloon. It 
 was the same drinking place that was afterwards 
 struck by lightning and in which several persons lost 
 their lives in the flames of the burning liquid and 
 timbers, the liquor being set on fire by the lightning. 
 
 A very neat brick church, the first in Oregon, was 
 erected in 1853 at a cost of $4,000, without any aid 
 from the Board of Church Erection. It has been in 
 ase ever since, its seating capacity having been raised 
 to 400 by an addition. There is a comfortable manse of 
 seven rooms; also a neat frame church, seating about 
 250, for the Woodville auxiliary congregation, about 
 three miles east. Services are held in both churches 
 every Sabbath. 
 
 The church has been served by Revs. W. R. Fulton, 
 C. McCain. N. H. Smith, W. 'm. Cummins, James 
 Lafferty, J. S. IMcClung, George Miller, W. E. William- 
 son, T. D. Roberts, PI. A. Sawyers, James McFarland 
 and James A. Walton. 
 
 The elders who have served the church are John 
 Meyer, Dr. H. W. Peter, Francis Irwin, William Zook, 
 
44 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 James L. Allen, Gexyrge P. Tjiickhardt, James Scott, 
 Geo. Anderson, James A. Keeves, George Tritt, Ro?j- 
 ert Montgomery, John N. ^Menifee, Joshua D. Tritt, 
 AYilliam A. Kleinpeter, Nicholas F. Murray, Charles 
 Kurtz, Alexander Van Buskirk, Thosi. L. Price, Silas 
 N. Bucher, F. E. Markt, J. AV. Buntz and J. H. Mur- 
 ray. 
 
 The above is condensed from a verj^ complete his- 
 tory furnished by Elder Van Buskirk, Clerk of Ses- 
 sion. 
 
 Hon. N. F. Murray, who was translated May 26, 
 1908, from the General Assembly in session at Kansas 
 City, to "the general assembly and church of the first- 
 born enrolled in heaven," was for thirty years an 
 active and efficient elder. His daughter Minnie, Mrs. 
 J. S. Cunningham, is a missionary in West Africa. He 
 was born in Virginia, ]\rarch 17, 1839. 
 
 A church was organized in the Plum Creek school 
 house November 26, 1858, by Revs. J. M. Canfield and 
 J. B. Harbison and Elder Samuel Rannels, with Hugh 
 Cochran and wife, Mrs. Frederick, Mrs. Jane Marquam, 
 Samuel Rannels and wife and William Stockton and 
 Avife. The next day John McBride, Sarah Morton, 
 Malissa Jane Rannels. George Smith and Mr. and Mrs. 
 Stoifel were added. S. Rannels was the first elder. A 
 frame church, costing $325, was errected in 1854, The 
 name Avas changed from Plum Creek to Mirabile in 
 1855. The Civil War suspended tlie church, which 
 was reorganized in 1866. In 1879, the old church was 
 replaced by one costing $1,600. 
 
 The above is from a local history in the Kansas 
 City Library. 
 
 The early records being lost, the present incomplete 
 record was gathered by Rev. John Wilson. 
 
 What frtllows is from a very full account fur- 
 nished in 1906, by Mrs. Mary C. (Wm. H.) AVhite. 
 
 "Araonjz" our papers we find a deed, given Septem- 
 ber 29, 1857, by William E. Marquam and Jane Mar- 
 
HISTORY 01' PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 45 
 
 i]uam, his wife, 'proprietors of the town of Mirabile/ 
 conveying to the 'trustees of IMirabiJe Presbyterian 
 Church and to their successors forever.' the land on 
 which our present church was erected. In connection 
 with it he also deeded land (five acres) for a ceme- 
 ter}^, to be held in the same manner. It still remains 
 in charsfe of the trustees who, at present, are Thos. 
 AVilkin, W. H. Stillwell and W. H. White. The trus- 
 tees whose names appear in 1857. are George Smith, 
 John McBride, Simon Stockton and W. E. IMarquam. 
 
 '""l^he churcfi liere was reorganized in 1866, and the 
 application for a charter is dated June 29, 1874, and 
 bears the names of E. Fort, H. M. Cooper, Jacob Clute, 
 Geo. Fort, Geo. M. Treat, Nicholas F. Clute, Hugh. C. 
 Stockt(m, Elias Lankford and James IMylar. The 
 oldest members of our church in point of age are 
 i\lr. and Mrs. AVilliam Stillwell who joined the church 
 by certificate in 1877. The latter is in her 86th year. 
 To her wonderful memory and kindness of heart we 
 are indebted for much of the information we are able 
 to give. Another venerable member is Mr. Daniel 
 Fort, wdiose father, Elderet Fort, was the first elder oi 
 whose election we find any account. The elders elected 
 since 1882 are J. H. Conlev, Geo. Wilkinson, J. N. 
 Matchett, Robert MaTciuis,' Thos. Virtue, Thos. Wil- 
 kin and W. H. White. Prior to that we know of E. 
 Fort, Cyrus Hartpence, Elias Lankford, Nicholas F. 
 Clute, Joseph Mylar and Hugh C. Stockton. 
 
 "This church was for years the only Protestant one 
 :'n or near Miral)ile. It is groux>ed usually with that 
 at Kingston or Hamilton, and has preaching only once 
 or twice a monih. Our present building was erected 
 in 1874 on the site of the old church.'' 
 
 Since the above was written, H. C. Matchett has 
 been added to the Session. 
 
 Rev. Geo. A. McKinlay, ^^'ho served the Mirabile 
 Church from 1872 to 1875, writes: 
 
 "Among the worthy members of this church special 
 mention may properly be made of the three elders, E. 
 Port, Iincie Joe INFylar (as lie was often familiarly 
 
46 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 called) and Hugh Stockton. A young- minister could 
 wish for no more appreciative and wisely critical hear- 
 ers, affording a balance and stiraulus that theological 
 seminaries do not always give. Mr. Fort was 
 of the old. solid Dutch stock of New York, 
 reared on the Heidelberg catechism and unbend- 
 ing as the five x"><^iiits of Calvinism. Still he 
 was not hypercritical of the vagaries of a 
 novice in the ministry. The practical good sense 
 of the man ]? seen in an incident taken from his own 
 lips by the present writer. He had from boyhood been 
 addicted to the use of the iveed, and would often be 
 on the streets of the village with a pipe. One day he 
 espied two young boys puffing away at their pipes, 
 Avhen the thought came to him with great force that 
 his OAvn example might be the means of infiuenciug 
 snch boys, and ho immediately threw away his pipe. . 
 
 '•Mr. J^.Iylar came of the good old Presbyterian 
 stock of Ohio, strong on the matter and proof texts of 
 the Westminster catechism. His religion often partook 
 of that emotional type seen in men of large heart. 
 One Fourth of July, a few of the neighboring families 
 were quietly enjoying a picnic. As they were about 
 to separate Mr. Mylar proposed that they sing and 
 have a season of prayer. Immediately some one struck 
 up 'There is a fountain filled vvith blood,' all joining 
 in the refrain. As they proceeded Uncle Joe could 
 not restrain his emotions, being visibly affected to 
 tears at the closing lines, 
 
 'When this poor lisping, stammering tongue 
 Lies silent in the grave.' 
 
 ''Hugh Stockton was the young man in the elder- 
 ship, genial, earnest and pure hearted, a true typ3 
 of the practical, Western-born ^Tissourian." 
 
 "Anj^ sketch of the Mirabile Church would need to 
 include the names of the two sisters, 'Zllothers in 
 Israel,' Mrs. Cochran and ]Mrs. Stockton. Their sweet 
 and placid faces always greeted, the minister from 
 the same pew, giving assurance of hearts en^zaged in 
 prayer for a blessuig on the service. Southern in 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 47 
 
 birth, training' and sympathy; their kinchies!? embraced 
 all, whether hailing' from North or South. They used 
 to tell an amusing episode of tlie Avar time. The 
 whole coujitry v.'as infested with bands of .cjuerriUasi 
 of both sides. One Sabbath reli2*ious services were 
 being held in a school house, the Poages attending. 
 A company of men came along, and placing the 
 stars and stripes over the door, proposed to force the 
 whole congregation to come out under its folds at the 
 close of the service. But Mrs. Poage, scorning to sub- 
 }i]it to the dictation of irresponsible guerrillai^. though 
 large of form, promptly bolted out of an open win- 
 dow, cheating the band of a portion of their triumph. 
 
 "One of the most interesting times in the life of 
 the Mirabile Church, was the short ministry of the 
 Rev. Joseph H. France, D. D. After a brilliant course 
 in college, Mr. France had come west from Washing- 
 ton, D. C, his home, to practice law in Kansas City. 
 It was not long till he was convinced that he must 
 preach the gospel, and he came at the opening of the 
 seventies to the churches of Lathrcp and Mirabile. 
 Those countrv farmers knew a good sermon when 
 they heard it, and gave Brother France their whole 
 heart. Congregations filled the church and a spirit 
 of revival was soon manifest. The tradition of those 
 grand sermons is writ large in the history of the 
 Mirabile Church." 
 
 A Presbyterian church was organized, January 12, 
 lSo4, at the house of Mrs. Susan N. Combs, by Rev. 
 W. R. Fulton of Oregon, commissioned by Upper Mis- 
 souri Presbvterv, with the following members: Dr. 
 0. Brown, C^ C. Carson, Mrs. S. N. Combs, Mrs. E. Car- 
 son, James Dysart; Mrs. L. D^sart, Mrs. L. Fore, 
 Mrs. L. Fulkerson, Dr. James E. Hewlett, Mrs. Lucy 
 A. Hewlett, Francis Irwin, James M, IrAvin, Mrs. 
 Louisa C. IrAvin, Mrs. N. T). Langford, Mrs. Hettie 
 Monroe, John Montgomery, Mrs. E. Monte^omery, Wm. 
 Sublette, Mrs. S. S. Sublette, Wm. Vanarsdale and 
 Geo. C. Yenable. Dr. Oscar Brown, C. C. Carson and 
 Jas. Dvsart were elected elders: and Dr. J. E. Hew- 
 
48 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 lett, W. Sublette and G. C. Venable, deacons. They 
 worshipped in various halls till the iirst of January, 
 1860. when they moved into the basement of the church 
 on the southwest corner of Sixth and Faraon streets, 
 and by the vote of the cont^rei^ation the organization 
 took the name of the Sixth Street Presbyterian Church. 
 
 The church prospered under the ministrations of 
 Revs. A. C. V. Schenck, John G. Fackler and Aaron P. 
 Forman. In the Avinter of 1862-3, notwithstanding the 
 excitement of those troublous times, there was a great 
 outpouring of the Holy Spirit. "During that revival 
 of ten weeks, 134 persons were added to the commun- 
 ion of the church." 
 
 In 1867 there was a division in the church, with 
 a frieudly and eciuitable division of the i)roperty. The 
 large majority forming the present First Church 
 (whose history immediately follows this) took the 
 parsonage. The minority retained the name and also 
 the building, still only a basement. In this building 
 Platte Presbytery was organized in July, 1870, and 
 not long after a brick church was completed on the 
 walls of this basement. But to do this, they borrowed 
 ^8,000, and being unable to pay even the ten per cent 
 interest, in October, 1872, they turned the building 
 over to the Westminster Church, which met all claims, 
 then amountino- to $12,000, by giving its property on 
 Felix street. The church was dissolved by Presbyter}'- 
 in the fall of 1872. Thev had been served in the mean- 
 time bv Revs. E. P. Cowan, H. A. Newell. Wm. H. Giil 
 and Wm. H. Hillis. 
 
 "John Colhoun, who seldom missed a meeting of 
 the session and was probably the most reliable of the 
 body of elders, joined the Westminster Church, and 
 then removed to the First Church in 1875. Elders 
 C. T. Gaugh and Wm. Zook united with the West- 
 minster Church: C. C. Carson and James Dysart be- 
 came elders in the Walnut Grove Church; and Jam.es 
 McConnell and Alex. Smiley ceased to appear on the 
 records after the organization of the Willow Brook 
 Church." 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 49 
 
 A portion of the precerliiig- and the whole of the 
 following' are taken from a very full an<l interesting 
 manuseript history of the First Church, kindiy loaned 
 by Elder W. T. Sanders, Clerk of Session. 
 
 During the pastorate of Dr. Forman, in 1867, the 
 conoregation of the First Church started a movement 
 lookinir to the erection of a new church huihling. hi 
 1868 the work was so far advanced that the lecture 
 room was completed and fitted up, and used for services 
 till the main auditorium was finished. Prior to this 
 the services were held in a large hall knoAvn as the 
 ' ' Aeadem}^ of Music. ' ' 
 
 In April, 1870, Dr. Forman was compelled by fail- 
 ing health to resign, and in September, 1870, Mr. Fack- 
 ler, to the universal delight of the congrega- 
 tion, returned and resumed the pastoral charge of the 
 church. During the fifteen months following his 
 return the congregation contributed for the 
 completion of the church building and the pay- 
 ment of some debts about $13,000, and within 
 the same period there were added to the mem- 
 bership of the church, ninety persons, mosth^ on con- 
 fession of their faith. The new church, one of the 
 largest, most substantial and tastefully finished 
 church buildinu's in the city, was dedicated on Sun- 
 day, January 21, 1872. 
 
 In 1873-4, protracted or revival meetings were held 
 in the church and more than a hundred members, some 
 of them our most prominent citizens and business men, 
 were received. 
 
 Mr. Fackler was compelled by ill health to resigTi 
 in July, 1875, and was followed by Rev. R. S. Campbell 
 who served until December, 1890. During Dr. Camp- 
 bell's pastorate several mission Sunday schools were 
 supported by the First Church, and in 1888, a Mission 
 Church — the Third Presbyterian Church — was organ- 
 ized with fifty-three members, two elders and two 
 deacons, the ofBcers and some of the members going 
 from the First Church, which, in 1889, erected 
 
 —4. 
 
50 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 for them, at 24th and Faraon streets, a church build- 
 ing costing about $2,600. 
 
 After being briefly supplied by Rev. A. A. Pfan- 
 stiehl and Dr. T. J. Hendrick, the church called Dr. 
 Geo. A. Trenholm who "was an excellent preacher, 
 a kind and tender minister, and was beloved by th<- 
 entire congrescation." Dr. Trenholm was taken ill iii 
 the summer of 1898, and lingered till May 25, 1899, 
 when Grod in his mysterious providence called this 
 good and powerful i^reacher of the Gospel of Christ 
 unto himself. Dr. W. E. Boggs supplied the church till 
 the coming of Rev. W. R. Dobyns who preached his 
 iJrst sermon as pastor-elect December 3, 1899 and v^as 
 duly installed January 28, 1900. ''The pastoral rela- 
 tion still continues to the entire satisfaction of the con- 
 gregation. The good work that has been accomplished 
 during his pastorate is known and felt throughout 
 the whole church." 
 
 During the last eight years the church has in- 
 creased in efficiency along all lines. Five foreign and 
 four home missionaries are now maintained, and three 
 other churches and chapels have been put up and sup- 
 ported in whole or part, in this city. The contributions 
 to all causes have increased to something like five-fold. 
 Jn contributions to foreign missions this church leads 
 aJl others connected \Wth our General Assembly. Tbe 
 church numbers among its officers, leading business 
 and professional men of the city, and these have not 
 been selected on that account, but because of their 
 superior riuali/i cations for the place. The Sabbath 
 School has a larger average attendance than ever 
 before. 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 51 
 
 1855-1860. 
 
 Religious work in this section, especially in Platte 
 county, was seriously affected by the excitement and 
 disorder consequent on the virtnal repeal of the Mis- 
 siouri Compromise by the passage of the Kansas- 
 Kebraska bill. Elder George S. Park, compelled by 
 the conditions of society, had long been a slaveholder, 
 having intelligent Presbyterian slaves, but he m.ade 
 himself especially obnoxious to the pro-slavery men 
 by insisting, in his paper. The Industrial Luminary, 
 that the i\!issouri people should not do the voting for 
 the Kansas people. These men, termed ''Kansas 
 Leaguers,'- came to Parkville, April 14, 1855, and 
 thrcAV his press into the river. Mr. Park was aAvay 
 then, but two days later they came again to hang him, 
 but his friends, fully armed, forbade that, and so they 
 spared his life on condition that he leave the country. 
 He did so and the Presbyterian Church was broken 
 up for a time. 
 
 About a year before his death, Mr. Park inci- 
 dentally gave the writer the following facts: On the 
 morning of April 15, Mr. Park arrived home from 
 Manhattan, Kans., to find his type scattered in the 
 street and his press at the bottom of the Missouri. 
 Hearing the whistle of a steamboat, he went to the 
 landing and spied the Rev. Fred Starr, of Weston, on 
 the hurricane deck. As all the steamboats wooded 
 up at Parkville and thus there would be ample time, 
 he invited Mr. Starr to come and take dinner with him. 
 Mr. Starr replied that he could not, as he was a prisoner 
 and being cleported to St. [jouis. Mr. Park Avent on 
 board in order to go up to him, but at the foot of the 
 stairs he was met by a sentry and ordered back. So 
 they could converse only at a distance. Mr. Starr pro- 
 posed that Mr. Park go to St. Louis with him — a 
 journey whicli he soon took. 
 
 The Fillmore Church was organized, in the Metho- 
 dist Church, June 25, 1855, by R^vs. W! R. Fulton and 
 
53 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 Robert Scott, ^vith the followinj? inembers: Andrew and 
 Maria Chambers, Isaac and Eleanor Cowan, Joseph 
 and Eleanor GiJmoiirj Mrs Mary Gresen, Catharine 
 and Sarah McCallen, Angeline McCreary, Mrs. 
 Meagher, Wm. Nicldes, Wm. and Martha Oasley, Car- 
 oline Oiisley and Upton and Amanda Rohrer. Messrs. 
 Cowan and Nickles were elected elders; and Chambers 
 and Ousley, deacons. 
 
 The church was served by W. R. Enlton, W. D. 
 Syminofton, J. N. Young, E. B. Sherwood and N. H. 
 Smith. The imperfect records make the elders, in ad- 
 dition to the above to have been Robert Mnir, Hugh W. 
 Gilchrist, Dr. W. E. Brown. Philip W. Anderson and 
 Benj. S. Jackson. The church dwindled through re- 
 movals, the last recorded meetings of S'cssion being 
 solely to give letters of dismission. The little handful 
 left gave up the fight finally and sold the church about 
 1887, passing the proceeds, equal in amount to what the 
 church had received, over to the Board of Church Erec- 
 tion, which had helped to build it. 
 
 The New Providence Congregation was organized 
 February 7, 1855, in a union church about seven miles 
 north of Chill icothe, by Rev. John E. Nevins, by order 
 of the Chill icothe Presbytery. The charter members, 
 as far as they can be made out Proin the meager and im- 
 perfect records were Elisha Francis, Polly Francis, 
 Wm. F. McGee, Sarah McGee, Mary K. McGee, Charles 
 W. Ward, Elizabeth Ward, Orphias Ward, Caroline 
 Ward. Elisha Francis was one of the iirs1 elders; 
 Henry Wiscarver was ordained June 15, 1856, and Sam- 
 uel Buckbee, Wm. R. Scholl and Joseph Ward, 
 February 18, 1860. The only early members still liv- 
 ing (in Ai'gust, 1907) were F. D. Ward, aged eighty- 
 two; Maggie Ward, who united with the church in the 
 early sixties; Mattie E. jNTinor, who united in 1866; J. 
 H. Breedlove. uniting in 1860, and his wife, IMrs. R. M. 
 Breedlove, who is Clerk of Session and furnished all 
 this information, and has been a member since August 
 21, 1867. 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 53 
 
 The elders, in addition to those named above, are 
 John Patterson, Nathan Cravens, Wm. F. McGee, Joel 
 Minor, Henry Ward, J. W. :\TcGee, James W. Smith, E. 
 P. P]lmore and Frank C. Smith. 
 
 The ministers who have served the eon ji^regation are 
 Wiley Clark, S. L. Edgar, Robert Speer, Alex. Critch- 
 field. John W. French, Thomas Montg-omerj', J. H. 
 Tharp, J. M. Ratian, E. S. Ra^an, P. W. Winn, Frank 
 Davis, S. D.. Belt, S. S. Hardin and J. R. Adkins. 
 
 The neat frame church, abont four miles northwest 
 of Chula, was bailt in 1876. Before they worshipped 
 in the Ward school house. Though a weak, strug- 
 gling country church, with preachint:^ only a part of tlie 
 time, they have kept up a Sabbath school since in the 
 early sixties. Especially active in it have been Joel 
 Minor, Henry Ward, Mrs. Mary Minor Ward, E. P. 
 Elmore and R. D. Ward. The last named is a grandson 
 of Joel Minor. 
 
 Elizabeth Ward died in 18S0, at a ripe old age. Her 
 influence is still felt. Noel Gates, though a Christian 
 only a few years, was the most zealous Christian 
 worker it was my privilege ever to know. Charles 
 W. and Joseph AVard, brothers, were both ])illars in 
 the congregation. Joel Minor, though incapacitated 
 by defective hearing for many of the public duties of 
 an elder, was a faithful worker. E. P. Elmore, a mem- 
 ber for over forty years, has been a model sexton for 
 years, never having failed, except when ill or absent 
 at Presbytery, to open up the church and have it 
 wanned and lighted up on time. 
 
 The Rochester Congregation, which was first organ- 
 ized December 16, ISno, was reorganized by Rev. All-^^n 
 Guthrie in June, 1867, and the original name. Muddy 
 Creek, changed to Rochester at the fall session of Platte 
 Presbytery at Agency in August, T871. The early mem- 
 bers, as remembered (the early records being gone), 
 were Yv'm. Blue, wife and three daughters, W. M. PTay- 
 ter, Mrs. Elvira Hicklin, Samuel Irwin, Samuel Jei- 
 fers and wife. Wm. jMcKee, W. P. Slade and wife, Mrs. 
 
5i HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTE-RY. 
 
 Elizabeth Slade and Samuel Stewart, wife and one' 
 daughter. The first elders were W. N. Haj^ter, S. 
 jlrwin and W. P. Slade, followed by John Se<rrist, Henry 
 Blount, Geo. W. Lewis, W. R. Nuckols, Henry Mattox 
 and J. F. Martin. The church house cost nearly $1,500. 
 The above infcrniation was furnished by Elders W. 
 R. Nuckols, of Savannah, Clerk of Session, and W. P. 
 Slade of Helena, who was ejected in 1855. 
 
 The Shady Grove, or finally Fishing River, Congre- 
 gation, near Excelsior Springs, was organized in the 
 spring of 1856, or probably some years earlier. Mr 
 A. M. Cameron, Clerk of Session in 1905, \Arrote: '^In 
 the Session book T find it recorded that the first records 
 were burned at the house of one of the early elders, and 
 in this record it was stated that there were, to the best 
 of the recollection of James IMcCrorey and Daniel Pat- 
 ton, thirty-one members in the spring of 185C." 
 
 Elder J. C. Ferril, a later Clerk of Session has given 
 the following: Daniel Patton and Wiley Clark were 
 the first ministers: after them L. J. A. Prather, John 
 Prather, Lafayette Munkirs, Hugh R. Smith and Henry 
 Renick. Among the early members were Jessie Clark, 
 Tersy Clark, David L. Ferril and wife, J. C. Ferril, Mrs. 
 Holt, James McCrore.y, Nancy Patton and "^Tother" 
 Prather. The list of elders gives Andrew Robison, 
 Edward Picket, James McCrorey, Wm. Holt, Sidney 
 .IMorrow, B. F. Marr and J. C. Ferril. 
 
 The Providence Church v/as organized May 3, 1857, 
 in a locality known as Walnut Grove, about seven miles 
 southeast of St. Joseph, by a committee consisting of 
 Rev. Casey A. Wiley and Polder John Colhoun, 
 appointed by the Presbytery of Upper ^.lissouri in re- 
 sponse to a petition from a number of members of the 
 St. Joseph Church. The original members were C. 
 C. Carson, Charles C. Carson, jr., Jane Elizabeth Carson, 
 Louisa M. Carson, Paulina Carson, James Dysart, 
 Louisa Dysart, Nancy D. Langford, IMargaret McCon- 
 nel, Elizabeth IMcDaniel, John INtcDaniel, Lydia E. Mc- 
 Daniel, ]\Lary Jane McDaniel, James ^lathews, Eliza- 
 
HISTORY OP^ PLATTE PRESBYTE'RY. 55 
 
 beth Montgomery, John Montgomery, Ann E. Robin- 
 son, Alexander Smiley, Alex. M. Smiley, Nancy Smiley 
 and Sarah Jane Smiley. C. C. Carson, J. Dysart and 
 Alex, and A. M. Smiley were elected elders. 
 
 The Records show the admission of nine colored per- 
 sons to the church, on the confession of their faith, in 
 1859 and 1860. 
 
 ''The church continued to^ flourish np to the break- 
 ing out of the rebellion in 186J, when the. organization 
 lost its existence, most of the late members who re- 
 mained in the country re-uniting" themselves with the 
 church in St. Joseph." Prior to this date John Doug- 
 lass had been added to the Session and the church had 
 been served bv Revs. C. A. Wilev, Gary Hickman and 
 Robert Scott. ^ 
 
 "On the second day of November, 1872, in a new 
 and neat frame building erected near the site of the old 
 Pro^'idence Church, by the united efforts of several re- 
 ligious denominations, the old Providence Church was 
 reorganized under the name and style of Walnut Grove 
 Church. Twenty-two members composed the or- 
 ganization, with the Rev. James L. Barnes, a minister 
 of ability and distingruished scholarship, as pastor; Col. 
 James Dysart, D. C. Montgomery and Joshua Ewing, 
 elders; and Allen S. Kanten and James Gaston, dea- 
 cons. The church is in a prosperous condition." 
 
 The above was obtained from two sources — the 
 Records of the Providence Church, secured by Judge 
 John L. Leonard by long and persevering effort; and 
 a series of Historical Sketches of all the churches of 
 St. Joseph published in a city paper in 1874, and wisely 
 preserved by Dr. Henry Bullard. These sketches have 
 been largely used in the history of the early St. Joseph 
 churches. 
 
 No light has been obtained as to when and why 
 the above Y\"alnut Grove Church became practically 
 extinct. Judge Leonard, Clerk of Session of the pres- 
 ent Walnut Grove Church, has kindly furnished what 
 follows. 
 
56 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTE'RY. 
 
 This church was organized April 20, 1897, by a 
 commission appointed by -Presbyters^ consisting of 
 Kevs. G. A. Trenholm and W. S.' Foreman. The fol- 
 lowing persons presented letters of dismissal from 
 the Second Presbj^terian Chnrch of St Joseph: 
 Misses Daisy, Emma and Jnlia Dysart, Samuel 
 Dysart, Mr and Mrs. Frank Ewing, Wm. J. 
 Ewing, Miss Mary H. Fogg, Mr. and Mrs. 
 John L. Leonard, Misses Euphora May and 
 Perilla L. Leonard, Mr. W. D. Pyne, Misses Julia K. 
 and Man^ M. Pyne and Mrs. Dora Smith. Mr. atid 
 Mrs. J. C. t*ryor and Mr. S. P. Smith were received 
 on profession of their faith in Christ, and their names 
 enrolled. Messrs. J. L. Leonard and W. J. Ewing were 
 elected elders, the latter ordained and both installed. 
 Messrs. J. K. Jones and W. D. Pyne were elected, or- 
 dained, and installed as deacons. 
 
 ^lay 25, 1897, Presbytery, at Lawson, gave the 
 church permission to employ Rev. Duncan Cunning- 
 ham for one year, for half his time, at $250 per year. 
 Mr. Cunningham remained till April 1, 1902, and Rev. 
 (Judge ^- Xenophon Ryland ministered to the church 
 from AuG'ust 1, 1903, till December 1, 1904, having held 
 a series of meetings for us in March, 1908. He was 
 followed by Rev. J. M. Campbell. W. D. Pyne and J. 
 K. Jones were elected to the eldership in September, 
 1903; and W. W. Frazer, in September, 1905. 
 
 ''Walnut Grove Presbvterian S. S. was started sev- 
 eral years before the organization of the church, as 
 a Mission School from the Second Presbyterian 
 Church, and has never closed. We have now (Octo- 
 ber, 1908) only thirty-one members on our roll, but 
 are proud of the fact that we have two in the foreign 
 field, Miss Annie E. Dysart at MatamoraS; Mexico, 
 and ]\riss Julia Dysart in Korea." 
 
 The Albany Church was organized May 30, 1857. 
 b^ Revs. Ralph Harris and John N. Young (who be- 
 came the first pastor) and elder S. Edmiston, with the 
 following members: Allen G. IMcConkey (who was 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 57 
 
 made the first elder), Mrs. Mary McConkey, Mrs. Mar- 
 i^^aret Miller, Mrs. Ilarriet Rannels, Misses Caroline 
 and Sarah Rannels and Mrs. Jane Youngr. A small 
 chnrch building: was secured, but sold when it beeame 
 too small, after which the congregation worshipped 
 in public halls and other churches till in 1884, when 
 a commodious building, costing" $2,400, was erected. 
 Since 1900 the pulpit has been vacant except as sup- 
 plied temporarily. The church has been served bv 
 Revs. J. N. Young, C. McCain, N. H. Smith, D. Mc- 
 Ruer, M. L. Anderson, John Huston, W. A. Cravens, 
 A. M. Tanner, T. M. Ilillman, M. J. McLeod, Jay C. 
 Hanna, Arthur B. Ilerr, F. W. Grossman and E. H. 
 Bull. The elders are A. G. McConkey, J. H. Virden, 
 J. H. White, J. W. Owen, B. F. Lucas, Thomas J. Smith, 
 Jos. C. Power, C. M. Gordon, Robert A. Patterson and 
 Robert M. McCammon. 
 
 On the 14th of July, 1904, an arrangement was made 
 ])y the Home Mission Committee of the Presbyterian 
 Church and the Home Mission Committee of the Cum- 
 berland Presbyterian Church, in Platte Presbytery for 
 these two denominations to co-operate in their work 
 at this place. Rev. M. B. Irvine, the Cumberland Pres- 
 byterian minister in charge at the time was continued 
 as pastor. The Sabbath School uses the Westminster 
 helps and literature. As these two churches soon 
 united, the history of the latter will be given here. 
 
 A Cumberland Presbyterian church was organized 
 here, March 12, 1884, by Rev. James H. Tharp. with 
 forty-four members : Almira P. Birch, I;Ou. E. Clark, 
 Olive Combs, Alice M. Culp, Moses Cunningham, R. 
 J. N. Dorsey, Florence A. Ervin, Margaret E. Hard- 
 wick, Aurelia S. Homes, Wallace Hubbard, Jennie E. 
 Johnson, Geo. W. Jones, Hampton Jones, Wm. D. 
 Jones, Hannah Kier, James A. Larmer, Nancy J. Lar- 
 raer, Norman H. Larmer, Rosa W. Larmer, Hat- 
 tie Lawson, Thomas D. Lawson, Emma Lewis, 
 J. L. Lewis, Nellie Mcintosh, John II. Newman, Chas. 
 O. Patton, Frances F. Patton, Luella Patton, Tena 
 Pontius, Gideon W. Sampson, Ed. C. Sellers, Victoria 
 Sellers, OUie D. Stephens, Elizabeth Taylor, Maggie 
 
58 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTETIY. 
 
 Taylor, Wm. S. Taylor, Mary F. Tharp, Alice M. Way- 
 man, D. P. AYayman, II. ]\I. Wayman, Margaret Way- 
 man. Rachel C. Wayman, Margaret Whaley and John 
 S. Williams. The organization followed a revival 
 conducted by Rev. A. M. Buchanan and Rev J. H. 
 Tharp, continuing about three months and resulting 
 in one hundred and sixty conversions. March 22, 1884, 
 Chas. 0. Patton, M. Cunningham, R. J. N. Dorsey and 
 Dennis P. Wayman were elected elders. 
 
 The church has has been served by the following 
 ministers: J. II. Tharp, J. H. Norman, C. E. Hayes, S. 
 T. Divinia, M. Lowe, E. M. Wright, R. J. Beard, W. 
 O. Wozencraft, Geo. Wozencraft and M. B. Irvine. 
 The elders are C. 0. Patton, M. Cunningham, R. J. 
 N. Dorsey, D. P. Wayman, AV. Hubbard, Hugh M. 
 Wayman, J. P. McCammon and John Newman. 
 
 On June 4, 1905, at joint sessional and congrega- 
 tional meetings of the two churches, a resolution was 
 adopted, declaring a union, and that the sessions and 
 members would abide by the decision of the General 
 Assembly. 
 
 We are indebted for all the above to Elder R. ^I. 
 McCammon, long Clerk of Session, and a prominent 
 and most iufluential citizen of Albany. 
 
 Mr. W. T. Minnick, then Clerk of Session of the 
 Tjock Springs, formerly New Design, Church, wrote 
 December 10, 1906, that that congregation "was or- 
 ganized in the summer or early fall of 1857, by Revs. 
 R. Speer and J. W. French. Nathaniel Houston was or- 
 dained elder. In 1859, A. C. and J. C. Minnick were 
 ordained elders. The pioneer preachers vvere R. Speer, 
 J. W. French, J. D. IMahan, — . — . Walker, A. Cooper 
 and E. S. and J. M. Ragan." N. McAdow Tatum was 
 then pastor. At present Geo. B. Sproule is the pastor: 
 Elder J. R. Minnick, Clerk of Session: and the mem- 
 bership. 158. 
 
 Mr. Frank P. Keplar, Clerk of Session of the 
 Grand River Church, wrote in November, 1908: "The 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 59 
 
 Grand River congregation was organized .September 
 7, 1857, by Rev. R. Speer, with eleven members, three 
 oi* whom were elected ruling? elders. The Records of 
 the chnrch from 1857 to 1870 were destroyed by fire, 
 but the original members, as near as I can find out, 
 were John Grant, Lavina Grant, R. L. Grant, Elizabeth 
 Headric, Mary J. Headric, Willson Robinson, Jonah 
 D. Wynn, P. N. Wynn and Rebecca Wynn. 
 
 *'The church was resuscitated October 4, 1866, by 
 Rev. J. M. Rag-an, when thirty-three communicants 
 were enrolled ; John Grant, Jonah D. W^Tin and Rob- 
 ert B. Foster were elected elders; and Wm. Grant and 
 James Waugh, deacons. December 10. 1870, G. B. 
 Kimball and Wm. Grant Avere chosen and ordained 
 elders, the Rev. L. A. Burkhart having charge of the 
 work at $62.50 per six months. We have always 
 worshipped in the Hickory Creek Church (five miles 
 southeast of Coffeyburg- and six miles north of Jame- 
 son) which is OAvned jointly by the Baptists and 
 Presbyterians. 
 
 ''The followiner ministers have had charge of the 
 work: P. W. W^Tin, W. N. Nickell. J. W. French, J. 
 H. Tharp, J. IT. Brundige, J. R. Adkins, J. F. Davis, 
 S. S. Hardin, J. M. Ragan, S. E. McDonald, and L. 
 Layman. Peleg' Vagel and M. C. A. Wynn were elect- 
 ed and ordained elders in 1883. and Frank P. Kep- 
 lar, in 1887." 
 
 The Rev. James H. Tharp, twice the pastor, wrote : 
 "The Gallatin (C. P.) Church was orgranized Novem- 
 ber 24, 1857, by Revs. W. D. Mahan and R. Speer, with 
 ten members — James Davis. Robert Hannah, Sarah 
 Hannah, Skelton T. Hill, Mary Hill, Henry W. Lile, 
 Wm. P. Lile. James IMinor, Ruth Minor and John H. 
 Pugh. S. T. Hill, H. W. Lile and R. Hannah were 
 elected elders. 
 
 ''Mrs. Mary Hill was a most consecrated Christain 
 and devoted church member. She was regarded as a 
 'Mother' in this local church, and was consulted by all 
 in the worlc of the church. Her home was the home 
 
60 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTETIY. 
 
 of the preachers. The other women who were most 
 ].)rominent in the work of the early church were Mar- 
 garet Grain, America Davis, Mrs. A. Knauer, Mrs. 
 David Boggs, ]Mrs. Selby and IMrs. Wm. Man; the 
 women of later years, Mrs. Scott PTaynes, Mrs. C. L. 
 Knauer. Mrs. A. J. Selby, ^Trs. Jennie Fisher, Mrs. 
 Mary J. Lile, etc. 
 
 ''Mr. Hill was a most sincere and devoted Christian 
 man, and loved the church ardently. At his death all 
 his material resources went to it by will. He gave 
 $1,000 to the Gallatin Church as a permanent fund to 
 heep his own and his wife's name in remembrance. 
 He gave the balance, .$1,000 to the Ministerial Relief 
 Board. Andrew Knauer, who was killed a few years 
 since by a kick from a horse, was a prosperous business 
 man of Gallatin. His will provided for two good prop- 
 erties to come to the church of Gallatin at the death of 
 his wife. Hiram Cook was a farmer, and for years 
 the Session put it upon him to represent his church in 
 the Presbyterial meetings. He became so Avell ac- 
 quainted with all the business of Presbytery that he 
 was very serviceable as a presbyter. 
 
 "The united church holds and uses the property 
 owned by the C. P. Church. The church house is 
 valued at $10,000, and the manse at $3,000. 
 
 ''Up to the date of the union with the Presbyterian 
 Church of Gallatin, June 10, 1906, the following min- 
 isters supplied the church or were pastors: W. D. Ma- 
 han, J. W. French, Alfred T. Cooper, S. D. Burkhart, 
 J. M. Ragan. W. S. Davis. P. W. Wynn, J. F. Rogers, 
 B. F. Looan, J. H. Tharp, M. R. Dougherty and H. F. 
 Smith. The elders were S. T. Hill, H. W. Lile, J. 
 Minor, Kehler Wertz, T. J. Grain, Andrew Knauer, 
 Hiram Cook, Thomas J. Wertz, Wm. P. Lile, C. Trout- 
 wine. Chas. L. Knauer. Wm. Robinson, James Lile and 
 Wm. G. Lile." 
 
 The following history of the church that united 
 with the above church is furnished by Elder Charles 
 Pipkin, M. D. "The Gallatin Presbyterian Church 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTETIY. 61 
 
 was or;i>anized April 29, 1871, by a committee from 
 riatte Presbytery, eonsistinp- of Revs. E. B. Sherwood, 
 Timothy Morgan and Duncan IMcRuer, and Elder Wm. 
 Allen. The following- persons were present and were 
 enrolled as members: PTannah Babcock, Susan 11. 
 Brown, Hattie Brundio-e, Lydia Brundige, Alexander 
 W. Callahan, Elizabeth Callahan, Carrie Lindsay, Mrs. 
 Susan I\r. McDonald, Emma IMcDougall, Wm. A. Mc- 
 Dowell and Rachel Robertson. A. W. Callahan and W. 
 A. McDowell were elected Rulino; Elders. 
 
 '"Pastors and stated supplies: D. ^IcRuer, Wm. 
 Kendrick, John Gillespie, Wilson Asdalo, G. A. Mc- 
 Kinlay, P'. E. Thompson, E. M. Palmer, James Kirk- 
 wood, C. jMcCaiii, Willis Weaver, Evander McNair, 
 PI. W. jMarshall and David C. Davies. The followino- 
 is an incomplete roll of the elders: A. W. Callahan, 
 W. A. McDowell, Jos. C. Shepherd. Daniel J. Davis, 
 R. G. Sawver, David Hummer, P. PI. Hawkins, James 
 W. Miller/ W^m. Palmer, C. C. Ward, C. M. Harrison, 
 T. J. Vogelgesang and Charles Pipkin. 
 
 '"After the General Assembly had declared that 
 the union of the churches had been completed, our con- 
 greo-ations simply united and the two sessions be- 
 came one, the same elders continuing in office. 
 
 "The church building was erected by the Conc^re- 
 gational denomination in 1863, and purchased about 
 1878, the Board of Church erection granting $500. 
 In 19CK), the church was improved at a cost of $600, 
 the Board granting ^'200." 
 
 Since the union of these two churches. Rev. J. IT. 
 Tharp has been the pastor, and A. J. Selby has been 
 added to the Session. 
 
 The followino- extracts are from a letter of Rev. 
 Geo. A. McKinlay, an early pastor: 
 
 ''At or near Gallatin twenty-five or more years ago 
 were Dr. Charles Pipkin, later of the Jameson Church, 
 S. D. B. Poage and wife of the Bethel Church, and E1-* 
 ders Hawkins and Davis. ]Mr. and Mrs. Poage were 
 
62 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTE'RY. 
 
 Jarge of heart and generous in hospitality. Their home 
 was a genuine Presbyterian 'house bountiful/ 
 
 "Among the 'worthies' of the Gallatin Church the 
 name of Mrs. iMars^ Gillespie" (who is still with us) 
 "should not be forgotten. Ccmtinuing to make Gallatin 
 lier home after the death of her husband, she always 
 took a lively interest in the church, wise in counsel 
 and keen in her knowledg;e of religious needs. Her 
 genuine Irish wit and brilliant mind, all fused by a 
 true and warm heart, gave her presence a peculiar 
 charm to all her friends. Few who came to know her 
 will forget the strength and beauty of her person- 
 ality." 
 
 • The English Grove Church was organized on Satur- 
 day, May 22, 1858, at the home of John Dunlap, by 
 a committee from Platte Presbytery (see page 2), 
 Rev. W. R. Fulton l)eing the ^loderator, with the fol- 
 lowing members : Geo. W. Curry, Isaac A. Curry, James 
 A. Curry, Margaret K. Curry, Eliza Dolan, James M. 
 Dunlap, John Dunlap, ]Margaret R. Dunlap, Mary E. 
 J)uiiiap, Robert K. Dunlap, Sarah Hoover, Charles 
 Price, R. A. Price and Susan Vanatta. I. A. Curry 
 and R. K. Dunlap were chosen elders. 
 
 The ministers who have supplied this church, as 
 near as I can find out, are W. R. Fulton, A. S. Billings- 
 lev, A. P. Forman, H. P. S. Willis, J. P. Forman, Chas. 
 Price, J. A. D. Hughes, E. McXair, L. E. McNair, W. 
 Asdale, James Kirkwood, AV. Beale, R. S. Watson, 
 D. S. West and John Duncan. 
 
 With those named above, the elders who have 
 served the church are Robert Curry, AV. N. Curry, R. 
 F. Erwin, W. T. Youel and W. H. Massingill. There 
 are now three elders, three deacons and a Sabbath 
 school of sixty-five members. The Sabbath School, 
 which is the oldest in Atchison county and continues 
 all the year, was organized in 1856, with Isaac A. 
 ^ Curry as superintendent. 
 
 The church, which is located two and a half miles 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTETIY. 63 
 
 west of Fairfax, was built in 1867 or 1868, at a prob- 
 able cost of $1,500. 
 
 For the above we are indebted to Elder R. F. Erwiu, 
 Clerk of Session, who also says: 
 
 ''Special mention should be made of Elder Isaac A. 
 .Curry, w^ho died ]3ecember 23, 1907, aged about eighty 
 years, who did more for the upholding of the kingdom 
 of Christ and the uplift of society than any other per- 
 son in the church. He was Clerk of Session for a long 
 time and S-uperintendent of the Sabbath school for 
 thirty years. He was greatly helped by his wife who 
 died only a year before him: also by his sons and Mr. 
 W. A. Hedriek who has been and is now a pillar in 
 the church. He was a trusting, humble, faithful fol- 
 lower of the Master whom he served." 
 
 The early Eecords of the Chillicothe Church are 
 missing, but it is believed that it was organized Nov- 
 ember 27, 1858, by Rev. Ralph Harris. 
 
 The following was furnished, after much research, 
 b}" Rev. eT. Franklin Fetteroli, the tireless, efficient pas- 
 tor. 
 
 About 1857, a little handful of Presbyterians and 
 a few sympathizers decided to build a church if the\^ 
 could secure a lot. About this time Mr. James Love, 
 of Liberty, Mo., who owned some lots in town, came 
 to visit Mr. James B. Leeper, whose wife was a Pres- 
 byterian-. When asked to give a lot, Mr. Love gladly 
 consented and gave a deed in which he provided that 
 it should remain the propertj^ of the church so long as 
 used for a church lot. Messrs. J. B. Leeper and W. C. 
 Samuel were chosen Trustees, and the people began to 
 get means and material together for the building, which 
 was to be a one-story brick structure. After enough 
 material had been secured, Mr. John Smclare, who w^as 
 a Presbyterian, did the masonr\^ work. 
 
 After the church was completed and furnished, 
 Messrs. Thomas B. Jones, and Henry Lansing were 
 elected elders, and Rev. Mr. Singleton came to preach 
 
64 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTE'RY. 
 
 for the church. After he had been preaching for some 
 time, the war broke out, and soldiers took possession 
 of the church. They took down the bell and sold it, 
 and put a lot of negroes in the church. The Elders 
 and Trustees appealed to the Governor, who ordered 
 the negroes removed. A soldier who had formerly 
 been a Presbyterian preacher, and whose sympathies 
 were with the church people, asked to conduct a school 
 in the church. Permission to do so \vas given, and 
 thus they kept possession of the building. 
 
 After the close of the v-ar, in the year 1866, the 
 real church organization was perfected with a mem- 
 bership of twenty-seven, whose names follow: Greenup 
 Bird, 3 Irs. J. C. Bird, John Campbell, ]\[ary Campbell, 
 George Dnnn, Mrs. E. L. Ellis, Newton Howell, Nancy 
 IJoAvelL ]>.]rs. Elizabeth Leeper, Jacob Laferty, Mar- 
 garet Laferty, John C. Laferty, Miss E. J. Laferty, 
 Miss. Margaret Laferty, E. S. IMoore, ^fartha Moore, 
 Mrs. J. T*. iMoore, Geo. W. Outcult, Mrs. Out- 
 cult, Benj. Outcult, Mrs. Isabelle Outcult, Mrs. 
 Lucy A. Pinkerton, Wm. Rhea, Elizabeth Ilhea, 
 Mrs. Ellen K. Samuel, Samuel Standish and Lucinda 
 Standish. Gj-eenup Bird and NeAvton Howell were 
 elected elders. 
 
 Rev. John W. Pinkerton was the pastor, and the 
 other ministers who have filled the pulpit from 
 1866 to 1907 are Samuel Sawyer, John A. Pinkerton. B. 
 A. Williamson, AVm. D. Patton, J. A. McKelvey, H. U. 
 Shocklev, W. R. McElrov. Georoe Miller. Wm J. Hat- 
 field, James H. Shields, Thos. A. Scott and J. F. Fet- 
 terolf. 
 
 The elders diirino- the same period are G. Bird, N. 
 Howell, iMorgan Tjawson, Peter Outcult, John C. Harlan, 
 E. S. Osgood John McNeil, Jacob S. Funk, Chas. Her- 
 riman, H M. Hrtton, J. M. Gross, M. H. Wilcox, R. 
 S. Moore, Geo. S. Reed, Hiram F. Woodford, J. W. 
 Elliott, Arcb. ]\L..jors, Dr. Geo. A. Gordon, E. O. Smiley, 
 James AA^. Samiiel, C. F. Wikofl', Campbell Crossen and 
 Albert Faultinson. 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTE'RY. 65 
 
 In the year 1892, a new church building, costin.'^: 
 $14,000, was erecten, and the church became self sus- 
 taining. 
 
 This church owes a great deal to its women, who 
 have labored faithfully with their prayers and with 
 their hands. These are some of the most faithful : Mrs. 
 John McNeil, Mrs. Morgan Lamson, Mrs. R. S. Moore, 
 Mrs. L. N. Barker, Mrs. Frank Leaver, Mrs. Bissett, 
 Mrs. Geo. Milbank, Mrs. J. B. Ostrancler, Mrs. Wm. 
 Summerville, Mrs. A. R. Smiley, Mrs. C. N. Smiley, 
 Mrs. David Gordon, Mrs. E. F. Blake, Mrs. Wm. Crei- 
 len. Miss Ellen Diegelman and Miss Alice Woodford. 
 
 J. M. Gross, Superintendent of the public school, 
 was a man thoroughly acquainted with his Bible. He 
 always tau^rht the young ladies' class in Sabbath school, 
 and to sit uncler his teaching made you feel as if you 
 Avould like to be doing something for the Master. 
 
 M. H. Wilcox loved music, and for a long time he 
 AVMs organist and led the choir. 
 
 To R. S. Moore, more than any other one person, 
 this church owes a debt of gratitude. An attorney by 
 profession, he was once elected Representative from 
 this District. A man of deep spirituality, he left his 
 ■ own o]:)inion in the background, and did the thing that 
 v/as best for the church. He was S. S. Superintendent 
 i'or eight years, missing only one Sunday in all that 
 time. Tn his death the church suffered a loss it has 
 never been able to fill. 
 
 Geo. S. Reed, still one of the elders of the church, 
 has served it faithfully. For a long time he was the 
 most liberal contributor the church had. 
 
 Hiram F. Woodford, though greatly afflicted by 
 disease, was always at prayer meeting. Sabbath school 
 and church services, s'ctting a splendid example. He 
 gave a noble posterity to the church which is still reap- 
 ing the fruits of his labor. Mrs. Chas H. Bierkemper, 
 now m.issionary to the Navajo Indians in Arizona, is 
 one of his daughters. 
 
 J. W. Elliott, who still serves as elder, a man of 
 —5 
 
66 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 good judgment and a liberal giver, has been a great 
 help to the church in every way. 
 
 G. A. Gordon, who came into the church on profes- 
 sion of his faith in 1893, and was elected elder the 
 same year, was proud of his church and wanted to see 
 it progress. His death was a great loss to it. 
 
 E. 0. Smiley, first a deacon and then an elder, a 
 young man who ever had the good of the church at 
 heart, folloAved Mr. Moore as Sunday School Superin- 
 tendent, missing scarcely a Sunday for eight years, and 
 until his removal to Oklahoma, in 1902. 
 
 James W. Samuel, who* came into the church at 
 the age of twelve years and was elected deacon when 
 quite a young man, sang in the choir for twenty years, 
 taught the Bible Class for two years, and was clerk 
 of Session till his death in 1904. 
 
 Since the above was written, Messrs. F. E. Riley 
 and Gilladette have been added to the Session. 
 
 . The Graham Church was organized July 26, 1860, 
 by Revs. J. G. Fackler and AY. D. Symington. A Coun- 
 ty History, in the Kansas City Library, says the church 
 was organized "in a handsome union church built in 
 1856, and that the charter members were Aaron Cole, 
 Mary Cole, John Cowen, Mary E. Cowen, Eliz. Gres- 
 ham, Eliz. McCoy, A. E. Rea, Sarah Vinsonhaler, 
 Henry Walker, Martha Walker and Mary Waterman." 
 
 The first pastor of whom we have any record was 
 W. M. Stryker, who came in 1864. Since then are N. H. 
 Smith, M. L. Anderson, W. G. Thomas, A. D. Work- 
 man, B. D. Luther, A. W. Benson, D. C. Smith, J. N. 
 Young, E. W. Symonds, W. AYeaver, C. P. Blayney, W. 
 E. Caldwell, H. P. Alexander and Jer. Moore. 
 
 The roll of elders, so far as known, is Peter Maurer, 
 J. H. Bohart, Wm. Eshelman, John L. Taylor, Harlan 
 Bohart, Amos C. Hutchinson and Edward R. Taylor. 
 A church costing $2,200 was built in 1872. 
 
 That no fuller account of this ever reliable church 
 and its worthies can be given, is a great disappointr 
 ment. 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 67 
 
 1861-1866. 
 
 This period contribiiterl but little to the upbuilding^ 
 of Christ's kin.sdom in this section and much to its 
 tearint'- down. The terrible desolations and the fearful 
 wrecking- of that sad reion of disorder appear in the 
 fact that of the twenty-one churches reported in 1859 
 by J^exington Presbytery, only four. Clear Creek 
 (Bethel), Mt. Zion, Savannah and AVeston, ever .ap- 
 peared ag-GJn on the roll. The Presbytery of Upier 
 Missouri did not suffer quite as severely, ten of the 
 twenty-four churches reported in 1859 being in exist- 
 ence in 1869. 
 
 The history of the Sampson Creek Church gives a 
 glimpse of the lamentable conditions prevalent. This 
 church appears in the 0. S. General Assembly Minutes 
 for 1853, as having eleven members and being vacant. 
 Rev. John N, Young began his labors there in 1855, or 
 later, but no exact dates can be given about anything. 
 Tradition gives James and Samuel Edmiston, Allen Mc- 
 Conkey, Daniel Waiker, and Jeremiah Young and their 
 wives as among the earh^ members. The people built 
 a nice church about eleven miles southeast of Albany, 
 near White Oak Creek. They were a colony from 
 North Carol nia, and when that state seceded, the 
 trouble began. Mr. Young says: "I went there to hold 
 a Communion service. Instead of doing so, I found 
 myself detained by my own parishioners. I told them 
 I vrould go to the church and there tell them what I 
 thought of their conduct. My speech melted some of 
 them to tears, and they pressed around me asking my 
 forgiveness. I directed them to ask forgiveness of 
 (rod. Thinking it would turn out at last for good. I 
 called for my horse and went home. It was my last 
 interview. In a few days their beautiful church was 
 in ashes. The congregation scattered and never rallied 
 again. One family, that of Jeremiah Young, remained 
 true to their country and their church, and transferred 
 their membership to Albany." 
 
68 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 The following account of the Plattsburg Church 
 was furnished in August, 1906, by the pastor, Rev. H. P. 
 McClintic. 
 
 ''Our records shoAv that a petition was presented, 
 April 5, 1861, to Upper Missouri Presbytery, in session 
 at the Crooked River Church, for the organization of 
 a church here, signed by the following: James Burr, 
 Mrs. Jane L. Burr, Ira Dunham, Matilda Edgar, Mrs. 
 C. M. Hooper, Mrs. S. L. Hooper, Wm. P. Hooper, Mrs. 
 M. E. Ilughurt, Mrs. A. 0. Morgan, R. S. Morgan, 
 Cynthia Smawley, H. C. Smawley, J. J. Smawley, Mrs. . 
 M. E. Smawley,'^Mrs. M. Smith, Mrs. H. E. Snowden, 
 Esther J. Trimble, James W. Trimble, Mrs. Amelia 
 Turner, R. R. Turner and N. H. Whitehead. The pe- 
 tition was granted and Revs. J. C. Barnes, C. A. Wiley, 
 and R. S. Shackelford were appointed a committee to 
 meet in Plattsburg, Saturday, April 26, and to organ- 
 ize a church if the way be clear. This Committee met 
 here on the day appointed, using the Methodist Church. 
 Dr. Barnes preached from Hebrews 12 :28. The church 
 was duly organized. Dr. J. Burr and W. P. Hooper be- 
 ing elected ruling elders, and N. H. Whitehead, deacon. 
 These were ordained and installed on the 27th, and 
 W. P. Hooper made Clerk of Session. C. A. Wiley was 
 'solicited' to be their stated supply till the fall meeting 
 of presbytery, for one-fourth of his time, and he be- 
 came their first pastor. 
 
 "During the year 1863, Rev. John Scott was Moder- 
 ator of the Session. We have no further record till 
 
 1866, at which time Rev. J. P. Fox is moderator. In 
 
 1867, Rev. Wm. Dickson is moderator ; in 1869, Dr. A. 
 P. Forman; in 1870, Rev. C. W. Price, and he con- 
 tinued so till 1875. Their next pastor was John P. 
 Foreman, from 1875 to 1882 ; Rev. J. A. D. Hughes, 1882 
 to 1887. 
 
 "Mrs. A. 0. Morgan is the only charter member 
 left. Her husband, R. S. Morgan, died recently. He 
 was truly a godly man." 
 
 The Mt. Olive congregation was organized April 28, 
 1861, by Rev. Robert E. Speer, in the McCollum school 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRE-SBYTERY. 69 
 
 house, with Jane Buzzard, John Buzzard, Eliz. J. Hef- 
 ner, Eliza Kelly, Geo. W. Kelly, Alexander McCollum, 
 Martin Rhea, Thos. Smith and Susan Whidbee, as mem- 
 bers. A. McCollum and T. Smith were chosen elders. 
 The former served as Clerk of Session from the organ- 
 ization till his death, December 17, 1898. He was al- 
 ways faithful to the cause of Christ, and there were 
 times when this church would have been a thing of the 
 past had it not been for the faithful work of Bro. Mc- 
 Collum in holding up and keeping the church together. 
 
 The roll of elders, including the above, is John Bar- 
 rick, Edward Hutchinson, AVm. Mockbee, Wyly Milli- 
 gan, W. L. Hefner, Thos. Alexander, Wm. Hendren, 
 M. Y. Hillyard, Lewis Hendren, Frank Coffman, Alex. 
 Murray, John A. Stone, S. H. Hefner, Walter Murray 
 and Geo. Hendren. The deacons, from the organiza- 
 tion till now are Lewis Hendren, Wm. Kemp, Henry 
 Buzzard, S. H. Hefner, John McCollum and C. T. Mor- 
 ris. 
 
 The ministers who have served the church are 
 R. E. Speer, — . Scoggins, Amos Coen, W. N. Nickell, 
 W. D. Wood, M. E. Gaston, Levi Henshaw, J. H. Tharp, 
 H. C. Shook, J. W. McGee, H. B. Bearing, E. J. Adams, 
 S. S. Hardin, J. R. Adkins, Walter Bradley, E. L. Upte- 
 grove and Henry A. Brown. 
 
 The church, a frame building, is six miles north 
 of Bethany. 
 
 For the above we are indebted to Elder Lewis Hen- 
 dren, Clerk of Session. 
 
 According to Dr. E. B. Sherwood's History of Platte 
 Presbytery, published in 1888, the Union, since called 
 Empire Prairie Church, was organized June 18, 1861. 
 This date is doubtless correct, as the early records were 
 not destroyed (by fire, with Elder Manley's house) till 
 in October, 1895. 
 
 Elder Sylvester S. Manley, who came from Canton, 
 Pa. in 1861, who has been an elder for thirty-three 
 
70 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 years and has probably attended more meetings of 
 Platte Presbytery than any other elder in it, gives the 
 following: "This clmrch was organized by Rev. J. N. 
 Young, in a Cumberland Presbyterian church one mile 
 south of Flag Springs, and was named Union as every 
 man present w^as a 'Union' man. It is really the suc- 
 cessor of a Presbyterian church which existed and held 
 services near Flag Springs a number of years before 
 this date. The charter members were George and Mar- 
 tha Boyles, Martin and Martha Boyles, Richard W. 
 Shepard and w^ife and Mrs. T. C. Simpson. Martin 
 Boyles was the first elder. The roll of elders is Martin 
 Boyles, R. W. Shepard, James Ilowitt, Matthew Mc- 
 Kinney, S. S. Manley, Elisha Coleman, E. Johnson, 
 Robert Bonham, Roderick Bonham, L. P. Munson and 
 A. B. Wray. 
 
 "Among the pastors are J. N. Young, M. L. Ander- 
 son, James B. Akey, James M. Morrison, F. G. Strange, 
 F. E. Thompson, W. Weaver, John B. Rice (deposed 
 later for immorality), S. W. Richards, James Reed, 
 F. W. Grossman, U. G. Schell and D. M. Boyer. The 
 church was erected in 1873, at a cost of $1400. 
 
 "Among the faithful workers in the early days 
 w^ere J. Howitt and wife, R. Bonham and wife, Sophia 
 Bonham, Jane Brown and Mrs. E. Johnson; later Rod- 
 erick Bonham and wife, A. B. "Wray and wife, Wm. 
 Vanatta and wife and C. A. Manley and wife." 
 
 Rev. J. M. Morrison, pastor in 1876, writes: "J. 
 Howitt, M. IMcKinney, R. W\ Shepard, S. S. Manley 
 and R. Bonham, all elders then or later, of Union 
 Church, are w^orthy of the highest praise. They were 
 all staunch Christian men, honoring their profession 
 by their godly lives and their activity in the services 
 of God whom they loved and delighted to honor. Their 
 hearts went out to the unsaved. Earnest — often agon- 
 izing — were their prayers in behalf of the impenitent 
 and God honored their efforts and gave them 'souls 
 for their hire.' Taking delight in communing with 
 God and in associating with His people, they were al- 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 71 
 
 ways in their places, whether in the public services of 
 the sanctuary, the prayer-meeting or the Sabbath 
 school. And with their means they liberally supported 
 the church and her various agencies. 
 
 ''No less praise is due to a few devoted, earnest, 
 faithful women of Union Church.- Mrs. Peter Fleming, 
 Mrs. R. W. Shepard, Mrs. M. McKinney, Mrs. S. S. 
 Manley and Mrs. John and Mrs. Robert Bonham took 
 ^n active part in the work of the church. They did 
 what they could, and to them is owing in great meas- 
 ure, the success of the prayer meeting and the Sabbath 
 school. They were regular in attendance and took part 
 in the exercises, and their testimonies and prayers 
 were 'a power.' " 
 
 The "Westminster Church of St. Joseph, was organ- 
 ized by Dr. George I. King, of Quincy, 111., November 
 9, 1863, ''to furnish a church home for those who were 
 loyal to the United States Government during those 
 dark days, and brave enough to let it be known amid 
 the prevailing disloyalty. ' ' The charter members were 
 Guy C. Barton, Dr. and Mrs. Harvey Bradley, Mrs. 
 Joseph Craig, G. F. Dexter, Mr. and Mrs. John De Clue, 
 Allen L. Gilkison, Elbridge Gurney, Mrs. S. P. Hyde, 
 Henry Lambrite, Jerome C. Lambrite, Mr. and Mrs. 
 Joseph Lambrite, Mr. and Mrs. George Lyon, Thomas 
 McFarland, Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Maxwell, Mr. and 
 Mrs. Willis M. Sherwood and Mrs. Mary Thompson, 
 fourteen of whom had withdrawn from the Sixth Street 
 Church. E. Gurney and Joseph Lambrite were chosen 
 elders and Geo. Lyon and R. F. Maxwell, deacons. 
 
 Rev. Benj. B. Parsons, the first pastor, was called 
 in February, 1864, at a salary of $1,200, paya- 
 ble quarterly, in advance. In April, 1865, a lot at the 
 corner of Seventh and Felix streets was bought for 
 $3,000, and the erection of a chapel begun. ' ' We held 
 our weekly prayer meeting in a one-story house on 
 the same lot on which we were building, and during 
 one of these meetings, a pistol ball entered a window. 
 
72 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRE'SBYTERY. 
 
 passed over our heads and lodged in the opposite wall. ' ' 
 The first report of the church to Presbytery was: 
 "Thirty members; $6180 collected and paid out." The 
 chapel was finished in 1866, at a cost of $21,000, in- 
 cluding the lot. In October, 1872, by what was prac- 
 tically an exchange, Westminster Church came into 
 possession of the building at the corner of Sixth and 
 Faraon streets (see sketch of Sixth Street Church), 
 which it occupied till it removed in 1895, to the new 
 brick church at the corner of Twenty-first and Jule 
 streets, built at a cost of about $13,000, of which 
 $5,000 came from the sale of the old building and the 
 rest was raised by the church. 
 
 Dr. Parsons resigned in January, 1868, and March 
 11, 1868, Rev. Henry Bullard, who began his labors on 
 the third of May and is still the beloved pastor, 
 was called. Rev. Joel Kennedy supplied the church 
 during the interval. 
 
 Westminster was a missionary church from the firsts 
 and the coming and life service, later, of a pastor so 
 remarkably in sympathy with the "common people,"" 
 has deepened and intensified the missionary spirit. 
 Most wisely it worked among the young. Its first mis- 
 sion Sunday school was in a colored Baptist church on 
 Francis street, and was turned over to the First Baptist 
 Church in 1869, in a very satisfactory and promising 
 condition. ^Meanwhile, Westminster Chapel, costing 
 (with the land) $1600, was built at the corner of Third 
 and Isabelle streets, and a Sunday school opened in it 
 in September, 1869. Mr. S. M. Markle, superintendent 
 of the first mission Sunday school, was appointed to 
 superintend this one, which was also a gratifying suc- 
 cess from the first. The North, now the Third Street 
 Church, grew out of this. The same summer a Sun- 
 day school, which resulted in the organization of the 
 Oak Grove Church, was reorganized at the Maxwell 
 school house, at the request of ^Ir. Logan Maxwell. 
 Mr. Bullard preached several years alternately, either 
 in the afternoon or evening, at these two points until 
 supplied, and when they were vacant. 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 73 
 
 The next mission enterprise was undertaken in an 
 unsupplied neighborhood north and west of Mt. Mora. 
 A Sunday school was organized in May 1889, in Hope 
 Chapel at the corner of Thirteenth and Highly streets, 
 and Mr. Frank J. Behne was appointed superintendent. 
 This developed, in 1893, into the now flourishing Hope 
 Church. "During nearly four years, though living 
 most of the time twenty-seven blocks away from Hope 
 Chapel, Mr. Behne has been absent only three times, 
 twice because of sickness, and once when absent from 
 the city." 
 
 The elders who have served the church are Joseph 
 Lambrite, Elbridge Gurney, Willis M. Sherwood, John 
 De Clue, Robert F. Maxwell, James A. Nye, Hans Niel- 
 son, Wm. A. Baker, Geo. B. Armstrong, Wm. K. Adams, 
 Henry M. Butler, Samuel P. Huston, Herschel Bartlett, 
 Frank J. Behne, James A. Plotner, James R. Martin, 
 Walter J. Sanders, Geo. D. Crothers, Frank L. Schrei- 
 ber, Fred H. Reynolds, John W. Gaver, Edward T. 
 Markle, Geo. M. Johnson, C. C. Russell and Chas. D. 
 Bell. 
 
 Rev. Chas. H. Derr, Chenchow, Hunan, China, is 
 the Foreign Missionary pastor. Silas F. Johnson, M. 
 D., connected with our Africa Mission for the last fif- 
 teen years, was a member of the Westminster Church. 
 
 The following tribute to Elder John De Clue, who 
 died October 23, 1899, is from his long-time pastor : 
 
 John De Clue was born of Huguenot stock, in the 
 city of New York, January 6, 1821. He served three 
 years in the navy as carpenter's mate, in the early 
 forties. Admiral Foote was then Lieutenant and Ex- 
 ecutive Officer of the ship. 
 
 Mr. De Clue came to St. Joseph in the summer of 
 1859. His name appears among those who withdrew 
 from the only Presbyterian church then existing in the 
 city to organize the Westminster Church in November, 
 1863. Two years later, December 13, 1865, he was 
 
74 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 elected elder and held the office until his death. None 
 of the elders won a higher place in the confidence of 
 the Presbytery, to which he was often sent by his 
 brethren. He was Commissioner to the General As- 
 sembly four or five times. In ecclesiastical affairs as 
 elsewhere, his rare ability, quickness to see, wisdom 
 to plan and promptness and. courage to execuro, 
 placed him in the forefront. 
 
 A stranger — with a wife and baby to support, and 
 only his trade to depend upon; a Northerner — intense- 
 ly loyal and outspoken in St. Joseph, Mo., in the bitter 
 times of war, he accepted his discharge from a railroad 
 bridge gang, rather than work on Sunday. Years af- 
 ter, when he had become the most prominent leader 
 in political councils, the President of the Public Library 
 Board, and one of the heaviest and best trusted con- 
 tractors and builders in the city, he said his prosperity 
 began from that date, for when men forsook him, the 
 Lord took him up. What better indication could be 
 given of the esteem in which he was held by those who 
 knew him best, than this ? He was authorized by West- 
 minster Church and Society to build their present house 
 of worship upon his own estimate of the cost, and noth- 
 ing but a floor plan to show what it would be like. 
 The last four years of his life were brightened b;^ fre- 
 quent assurances from the people that they were 
 pleased with the job. 
 
 For thirty years he was his pastor's trusted coun- 
 selor and most intimate friend. 
 
 The Session Book of the Dawn Presbyterian Church 
 says: "Being desirous of obtaining the organization 
 of a Presbyterian church in Dawn, Livingston Co., Mo., 
 a number of Presbj^terians and others petitioned the 
 Presbytery of Des Moines to appoint a committee for 
 this purpose. In answer to this request. Presbytery, 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 75 
 
 at its meeting in April, 1865, appointed Rev. Wm. Reed 
 said Committee." 
 
 On the second Saturday of June, 1865, Rev. Wm. 
 Reed organized, in the school house in Dawn, a church 
 with the following members: Abraham and Mary 
 Brown, Miss Melissa Brown, Wyley and Nancy J. El- 
 liott and Robert and Elizabeth Reed. (A history of 
 Livingston county gives also Mary M. and Minerva 
 Brown, John Reed and wife. Dr. Rice (Dice) and wife, 
 and Dr. Shields and wife. Probably these were early 
 members.) A. Brown was unanimously elected elder 
 and installed the next day, when Mrs. Hannah Mc- 
 Clanathan was received on certificate. In November, 
 1865, R. M. and Ellinor McLawry and Thomas H. and 
 Margaret Trussell were received. In 1870, a frame 
 house of worship, costing about $1800, was erected. 
 The first trustees, elected in 1873, were Wyley Elliott, 
 Dr. T. R. Dice and Henry Bushnell. 
 
 The following ministers have served this church: 
 Wm. Reed, J. D. Beard, J. Hood, James Reed, Geo. 
 Case, John Hawkes, E. M. Palmer and J. T. Boyer. The 
 roll of elders is : Abraham Brown, James J. Nellis, 
 James D. Graham, Wyley Elliott, E. J. James, Frank 
 B. Elliott, Dr. R. W. Murray, C. S. Bush and Thomas 
 Griffiths. 
 
 "The Welsh Calvinistic Church had no connection 
 with this church and was disbanded years ago, when 
 Mr. Thomas Griffiths transferred his membership to this 
 church. ' ' 
 
 For the above we are indebted to Rev. James Reed, 
 twice the pastor, and Elder Evan J. James, Clerk of 
 Session for many, j^ears. The disorder, disintegration 
 and destitution of those daj^s is illustrated by the above 
 call for help on a Presbytery of another state. 
 
 Mr. W. F. Bradley, a student of Missouri Valley 
 College, who supplied the Bethany Church in the sum- 
 
76 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRE'SBYTERY. 
 
 mer of 1907, furnished the following, having found the 
 early records after a long and persevering search: 
 
 The Bethany Church was organized September 10, 
 1865, by Rev. Robert E. Speer, with the following mem- 
 bers: Bethuel Buck, Mary Buck, John Holland, Mar- 
 garet Holland, Margaret Speer, Nancy D. Speer, Robert 
 Speer, and Samuel P. Speer. Bethuel Buck was elected 
 elder. The following year Wm. G. Lewis was chosen 
 elder, a position which he filled with great acceptance 
 for several years. The roll of Ruling Elders, including 
 the above, is : J. A. Brewer, Marquis Gunn, M. K. How- 
 ell, H. L. Schnatterh^ James Berry, Thomas ]\I. Alexan- 
 der, M. McCollum, Amos Morgan, Campbell Crossan, 
 J. S. Pile, Thomas Linthacum, C. W. Gillidett, J. R. 
 Cunningham, I. J. Wiedner, A. J. Fuller, AV. S. Walker, 
 S. E. Farmer and T. E. Stone. 
 
 The church has been served by Robert E. Speer, J. 
 W. French, J. M. Ragan, J. IJ. Tharp, Amos Coen, Levi 
 Henshaw, J. F. Rodgers, J. W. McGee, E. J. Adams, J. 
 W. Duvall, W. J. Willis and J. T. Hood. (Edward D. 
 Barnes came in 1908.) 
 
 The court house was used by the congregation till 
 1868, when a handsome brick church, forty by fifty, 
 seating 350 and costing $2,000, was erected. This w^as 
 used for more than a quarter of a century, being im- 
 proved from time to time. Then, through the labors 
 of Rev. J. AV. McGee, a modern frame edifice was built. 
 This was dedicated by Dr. H. W. Sears. During the 
 ministry of Rev. E. J. Adams a beautiful manse was 
 built, and in 1903, the church was enlarged by an ad- 
 dition, thirty by thirty-five. Various improvements 
 and furnishings, then and since, have put the church 
 in excellent condition; also it is free from debt. 
 
 Through the kindness of Elder James AY. AA^atson, 
 Clerk of Session since 1892, who was elected elder 
 September 16, 1877, we are able to give the follow- 
 ing: 
 
 The Stewartsville congregation was organized on 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 77 
 
 the fourth Sabbath of September, 1865, in the Method- 
 ist church, by Rev. W. 0. H. Perry, with J. W. Bras- 
 ington, Mary C. Brasington, Elizabeth Finch, Milton 
 Finch, Margaret Hayter, Eliz. Perry, E. B. Perry, G. 
 B. Perry, li. A. Perry, L. T. Perry, S. H. Perry, W. C. 
 Perry, Eliz. Stagg and W. E. Stagg as members. 
 
 J. W. Brasington, L. T. Perry and W. E. Stagg were 
 elected ruling elders and ordained by Rev. W. 0. H. 
 Perry. M. Finch and W. C. Perry, having been pre- 
 viously ordained ruling elders, were requested by the 
 congregation to form a part of the Session. Since then 
 the following have been elected elders : Wm. C. Stagg, 
 Jacob B. Shewey, Ambrose D. Capps, James W. Wat- 
 son, W. C. Hamilton, Daniel H. Capps, Jacob Hanson, 
 E. T. Hoggett and Abraham Gregory. 
 
 An incomplete list of the ministers who have served 
 the church is : F. M. Miller, R. D. Miller, 0. D. Allen, 
 W. 0. PI. Perry, W. C. Carter, James Froman, Arthur 
 E. Perry, Matthew Patton and S. T. Divinia. The con- 
 gregation has a fourth interest in the church, built in 
 1869. 
 
78 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRE-SBYTERY. 
 
 1867—1874. 
 
 Dr. E. B. Sherwood, who organized the Brecken- 
 ridge Church, puts the time in February, 1867, though 
 others set it earlier. Doubtless it was organized in the 
 winter of 1866-7. The records were burned in 1890, 
 lience no complete lists can be given. 
 
 Among the ministers are : Joel Kennedy, John C. 
 Young, T. C. Armstrong, C. P. Blayney, W. A. Cravens, 
 L. H. Shock, E. H. Bull, C. G. Russell, W. E. Caldwell 
 and James H. Weaver; among the elders, J. Morton, 
 Geo. S. Will, A. C. Burbank, Frank Ward, James Er- 
 win, Anson Salsbury, W. 0. Hart, A. L. Roughmont 
 and H. H. Denlon. 
 
 The first church built in 1867, was burned in 1882, 
 and a new one, costing about $1800, was erected in 
 
 1887. 
 
 The following sketches were furnished by one who 
 knew whereof he wrote : 
 
 "In the Church of Breckenridge no one has wrought 
 more faithfully, nor done more to maintain and ad- 
 vance the organization than Mrs. Elizabeth M. Rus- 
 sel. Grandma Russel, as she is known to everyone, 
 is from that true Kentucky stock which adheres to 
 what it espouses with a faith and purpose that does 
 not flag. She was a charter member of the church, 
 is now in her ninetieth year, and has been at the head 
 of every w^omen's organization in the church, first or 
 last. A woman who was always at the services, unless 
 stress of weather or sickness prevented; a veritable 
 inspiration to her pastors and one who would sacrifice 
 to the last for the cause of her blessed Master and the 
 beloved church. God has made very few like Grandma 
 Russel; her presence has ever been a benediction and 
 a blessing, in both the home and the church. ' ' 
 
 "Mrs. Rebecca Salsbury was of that Scotch ances- 
 try of which martyrs are made, and her sixty-two 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 79 
 
 years of life exemplified the spirit of her progenitors. 
 She belonged to everybody who had a need. She had 
 been bought with the precious blood of Jesus, and her 
 little sacrifices she deemed small compared with His. 
 She was a charter member of the church at New York 
 Settlement, and for years was one of the leading work- 
 ers in that country church. In 1890 she removed to 
 Breckenridge, and ever after was considered as 
 an essential to the progress of the work. Together 
 with Grandma Russel, you might see her coming and 
 going to the Missionary or Aid Society, and the prayer 
 service was her soul's delight. She did not hesitate to 
 rebuke sin wherever* found and in whatever guise it 
 appeared, but she was one of those rare characters who 
 could speak reproachfully and leave no sting in the 
 heart of the one concerned most deeply. She finished 
 her work here August 7, 1907, but her influence is felt, 
 and her Avork is being carried on by others and younger 
 ones who remember her most kindly." 
 
 The following is condensed from a very full history 
 of the Hamilton Church, furnished by Tinsley Brown, 
 M. D., long-time Clerk of Session: 
 
 The Hamilton Church was organized August 18, 
 1867, by Rev. J. P. Fox, with Mrs. Jane Collins, Wm. 
 and Lucinda Gibson, Andrew and Elizabeth King, Miss 
 Mary E. McAdoo, Samuel Quick, Wm. G. and Lucinda 
 Stewart, Geo. and Mary Wilson and S. P. Wilson as 
 members. W. Gibson and S. P. Wilson were chosen 
 elders January 4, 1868, and W. G. Stewart, Dr. S. V. 
 Stoller and James McAdoo were elected trustees. Ser- 
 vices were held in various halls and churches till in 
 1872, when the Free Methodist church was bought. This 
 was used till the spring of 1899, when it was replaced 
 by a handsome brick-veneered building, costing about 
 $4,000, under the supervision of Rev. Geo. H. William- 
 son, one of the most noted, honored and inveterate 
 church builders in the State. 
 
80 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 The church has been supplied by J. P. Cox, Joel 
 Kennedy, Wm. M. Reed, T. C. Armstrong, J. C. Young, 
 H. M. Rogers, II. M. Sydenstricker, J. D. Walkinshaw, 
 James P. Green, G. H. AVilliamson, W. I. Doole and 
 John G Templeton. The roll of elders is S. P. Wilson, 
 W. Gibson, Dr. S. Y. Stoller, Wm. F. Pickell, C. A. 
 Green, Dr. Tinsley Brown, Dr. Wm. T. Lindley, D. C. 
 McDonald, J. V. Ilaughawout, Finis A. ]\Iartin, Joel 
 R. IMorse, Geo. S. Will, Hugh C. Stockton, S. H. Town, 
 Ira Houghton, E. C. Stewart and J. L. Morgan. 
 
 This is a healthy, well organized and active church, 
 and has been self-supporting since 1890. Drs. T. Brown 
 and W. T. Lindley have served continuously in the 
 Session for more tlian twenty-five years. 
 
 But little information about the Elk Horn Church 
 has been obtained. It was organized October 16, 1867, 
 tradition says, by Rev. Daniel Patton. Because of its 
 isolated situation it has been very insufficiently sup- 
 plied Avith gospel ministrations, and consequently has 
 languished. Its church, valued at $500, is situated nine 
 miles northwest of Richmond. In 1907, D. W. Pettus, 
 Clerk of Session, C. D. Houchin and S. H. Degraffen- 
 reid were the elders. 
 
 August 14th, 1908, this church was dismissed by 
 Kansas City Presbytery to the Methodist Church, 
 South. This was done that the IMaster's work might 
 be carried on more efficiently, because there was no 
 other Presbyterian church with which it could reason- 
 ably be grouped. This is a delightful example of the 
 spirit of comity and loyalty to the Master, which, we 
 trust, will grow mightily and prevail. 
 
 A Presbyterian church was organized in Cameron 
 about 1859, probably by Rev. Ralph Harris, but haAdng 
 become disorganized during the Civil War, it was 
 dropped from the roll of Upper Missouri Presbytery 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 81 
 
 September 18, 1865. Nothing else definite is known 
 a,boiit this early church. 
 
 What follows is almost Avholly from the records 
 very painstakingly furnished by Miss Mary V. Craig. 
 
 In 1867, a movement being made to build a chuifch 
 in connection with the regular Baptists, a Presby- 
 terian organization became necessary as well as de- 
 sirable, and Rev. N. H. Smith, then residing at Oregon, 
 visited the field. In consequence he organized a church 
 .it the house of Mr. Peter Fisher, on the evening of 
 the twenty-fifth of October, 1867, with the following 
 members : Peter and Rebecca Fisher, Samuel and 
 Maria Hall, and Mrs. Mary C. Harwood. (A history 
 in tiie Kansas City Library adds Mary Frame and 
 Nancy Shults to the preceding.) P. Fisher and S. 
 Hail w^ere elected elders and have been followed since 
 by George Smith, E. J. Wheeler, M. J. Weir, J. H. 
 Shuts, J. R. Brockman, P. H. Kipp, H. W. Garrett, 
 John Ewing, H. C. Stockton, H. E. Silsbee, W. W. 
 Howard, James Craig, Thomas Foy, H. B. Cooper, 
 Hugh A. Steel, J. W. Rawson, James W. Grant, 
 Samuel M. Sifers, J. C. Dilliner, J. H. Conley and J. 
 W. DeWalt. 
 
 At the organization S. Hall, P. Fisher and John H. 
 Shuts were chosen trustees. December 14, 1870, the 
 Board of Trustees having met to consider the erection 
 of a house of worship. Rev. J. M. Green being in the 
 chair, it was decided to build one and to withdraw 
 from the Baptist church. Hence the present church, 
 costing about $5,000, which was remodeled in 1890, 
 was built. 
 
 The church has been supplied by N. H. Smith, 
 J. N. Green, Jos. H. France, J. H. Hunter, J. C. 
 Young, A. W Lawrence, John Foy, W. A. Cravens, 
 H. A. Sawvers, J. C. Hanna, A. C. V. Skinner, Geo. 
 Miller, E. S. Farrand, J. IL Shields, E. W. Waits and 
 Perry A. Tinkham. 
 
 The Records of the Easton Church (U. S. A.) say: 
 "In accordance with previous arrangement, those 
 
82 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 who were interested in the organization of a Presby- 
 terian church at Easton, Mo., assembled at Forbes' 
 Ilall on the ninth day of November, 1867. Of those 
 who had previously signed a paper requesting to be 
 organized into a Presbyterian Church, the following 
 responded to their names: Calvin C. Colt, Chester L. 
 Colt and Bradford Morgan from the Presbyterian 
 Church of Scottsville, N. Y. ; H. M. Towne from the 
 Fort Street Church, Detroit; Anne E. and Mary C. 
 Starrett from the Presbyterian Church of Antioch, 
 Mo.; Mrs. S. T. Butler from the First Presbyterian 
 Church of Denver, Colo. ; Capt. H. S. Buck from 
 111. ; Mrs. H. Buck from the Protest- 
 ant Methodist Church of Brookline, 111. ; W. A., Mrs. 
 Anna M., Emma H. and Laura D. Irwin from the M^ 
 E. Church of Brownsville, Ind. ; John T. and Mrs. 
 Atlanta Taylor, from a M. E. Church in Philadelphia; 
 Mrs. C. E. Palmer from a Congregational Church in 
 Cleveland, 0. ; John and Mrs. Anna E. Reisch of the 
 United Brethren Church ; Mrs. Jane Tuck of the Cum- 
 berland Presbyterian Church, and Alex, and Mrs. 
 Nancy Starrett and Cora Bell Morgan, on the profes- 
 sion of their faith. 
 
 ''C. C. Colt and B. Morgan w^ere chosen elders, and 
 Alex. Starrett, deacon, and H. S. Buck, S. T. Butler, 
 Geo. Chandler, Henry Iba and W. A. Irwin, trustees. 
 On December 17, Calvin W. Benight and Dr. Isham 
 B. Talbot were added to the Board of Trustees." 
 
 Dr. E. B. Sherwood, the Presbyterial Missionary,, 
 was the organizer. In 1868, Ephraim Bowen and Dr. 
 Geo. M. Loomis were added to the Session; Thomas 
 A. Gray, in 1869, and Hugh Carmichael, Alex. C. Den- 
 ney and Horace Scovill in May, 1874. A commodious 
 house of worship, forty by sixty feet, was soon erected. 
 The Church prospered greatly for a time. A revival 
 in the winter of 1867-8, brought in eighty-eight mem- 
 bers, and another in 1870-1, twenty-two more. I'l 
 1868, 103 members were reported to the General As- 
 sembly, but in consequences of deaths and numerous re- 
 movals caused by the failure of the town to become- 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 83: 
 
 an important railroad point, and the ravages of the 
 hog cholera, which almost beggared the farmers, only 
 fourteen members were reported in 1884. In the 
 earlier years the Church was regularly supplied by 
 J. M. Green, T. D. Roberts and J. F. Clarkson, and 
 briefly by others, but latterly it has been marked 
 "vacant" all the time. The community have kept the 
 church in repair, and all religious services, including an 
 evergreen Union Sunday school, have been held in it. 
 
 ^ Some time in 1906, Platte Presbytery A. trans- 
 ferred the Easton (C. P.) Church to Platte Presbytery 
 (U. S. A.). The united church, which has been sup- 
 plied by R. H. Craig and E. G. Haymaker, has been 
 greatl}^ revived and enlarged. Its elders include J. 
 W. Wright, H. Carmichael, Geo. S. Homon, Wm. T. 
 Davis, James M. Gibson, Cyrus Slaybaugh, John M. 
 Starrett and T. B. Vaughn. 
 
 The late Easton (C. P.) Church has (greatly to 
 our regret) furnished no data. All we can give is. 
 the following, taken from the minutes of the Cumber- 
 land General Assembly for 1905 : It was then supplied 
 by Rev. R. H. Craig; it had preaching once a month; 
 Dr. J. W. Mays was its clerk of session ; its membership 
 was fifty-one; it had paid its pastor $140, and it had 
 contributed $14 to its Woman's Board of Missions. 
 
 Hugh Carmichael had been, for many years be- 
 fore the union, the only elder in the church which 
 he had served since 1874. For thirty years (up to 
 the union) he was clerk of session. For a long time 
 he was superintendent of the Sabbath school. He 
 was an active temperance worker, especially among 
 the young. Unblessed with early religious and edu- 
 cational privileges, he became the pillar of the church 
 and a mighty power for good. Modest, irrepressible, 
 and unswerving from duty, "Uncle Hugh" (as he was 
 familiarly called by all) held the respect and good 
 will of every citizen of Easton. 
 
 The Lathrop Church was organized April 12^ 
 1868, at the Phelps school house, by Revs. J. P. Fox 
 
«4 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 and N. H. Smith, and Elder D. Cooper, with David C. 
 and Louisa Barber, Mrs. Sarah Byers, Stewart and 
 E. J. Gilchrist, Mrs. Janie E. James, L. W. Lee, 
 Thomas H. McKee, A. A. and Mrs. Monroe, Peter and 
 Jane Pence, Alex, and Mary Service, James arid Nancy 
 Templeton and Mrs. Sarah Welsh as members. A. A. 
 Monroe and L. W. Lee were elected elders. 
 
 With the above, the roll of elders is Peter Pence, 
 Silas W. Skinner, D. C. Barber, W. W. McKee, Wm. 
 Z. Thompson, Cyrus E. Green, Bryant Welsh, J. W. 
 Carruthers, Walter AVilson, David S. Brillhart, J. L 
 Coulson, J. F. Stevens, T. H. McKee, James H. Eames 
 and A. C. Welsh. 
 
 The following ministers, in their successive order, 
 have served the church : N. H. Smith, J. W". Allen. 
 Jos. H. France, H. Chadeayne, S. G. Fisher, John S. 
 Gourley, J. H. Hunter, J. C. Young, AV.'T. Scott, J. 
 L. D. Hughes, E. McNair, John AVilson, A. W. Mc- 
 Glothlan, T. B. Terhune, L. H. Shock, T. D. Roberts, 
 David C. Davies, AVm. H. Lytle and Charles E. Ed- 
 Avards. 
 
 A church building was erected in 1869 and was 
 used continuously until about 1900, when it was sold 
 and a newer and more modern building, known as the 
 Calvary Baptist Church, was purchased. This is now 
 occupied under the most acceptable ministry of the 
 Rev. C. E. Edwards. 
 
 The church has always successfully maintained 
 the two essential auxiliaries of a church, the prayer 
 meeting and the Sabbath school, and has been an up- 
 lifting power in the community. Among those worthy 
 of special mention are Elder C. E. Green, who at all 
 times answered to the call of duty, esteeming it a 
 privilege, and Elder W. W. McKee and wife, strong, 
 influential and active members till they were called 
 higher. The ministry of the church has usually been 
 of a high order of intelligence and fitness. Notably 
 in the list are the names of Bros. France, McNair, 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 85 
 
 McGlotlilan and Terhune. The records of sessional 
 meetings are a tribute to some of the Sessional clerks, 
 especially to L. W. Lee, S. W. Skinner, W. W. Mc- 
 Kee, C. E. Green, J. W. Carrnthers and J. I. Coulson. 
 These records give a good idea of the activities of the 
 church, and form a large part of its history. 
 
 The above is from a fuller sketch by Elder J. 
 M. Eames, Clerk of- Session. 
 
 The Bethlehem congregation was organized No- 
 vember 4, 1868, by Rev. T. M. Crider, at the Grout 
 schoolhouse, Jackson township, Grundy county. The 
 charter members were G. W. Alldridge, J. S. AUdridge, 
 M. J. Alldridge, W. E. Alldridge, T. M. Barnett, M. 
 Bonion, R. B. Bomon, Jothiel Boyles, Mary T. Boyles^ 
 A. Huntsinger, H. H. Huntsinger, M. W. Tluntsinger, 
 C. K. Wood and J. E. Wood. T. M. Barnett, J. Boyles 
 and C. K. Wood were the first elders; J. H. Handel, 
 John Preston, George Ward and Wm. Millan came 
 later. The church was supplied by Revs. I. Chivington, 
 F. M. Miller, L. F. Hayes, C. B. Powers, J. H. Tharp 
 and James Froman. Their house of w^orship was 
 built in King City in 1874, and probably the name of 
 the church was changed to King City about that time. 
 
 The above was furnished chiefly by Mr. Ephraim 
 W. Salisbury, Clerk of Session. 
 
 In 1906, a happy union was effected between this 
 and the King City Church (U. S. A.). The latter 
 church was organized May 1, 1872, by Rev. M. L. 
 Anderson and Elder Matthew McKinley, with the 
 following members: Eben E. and Cornelia M. Black- 
 lock, Thomas D. and Nicolas Collow, Geo. Furguson, 
 Chas. H. and Milley Graham, A. J. and Mary J. Mc- 
 Millan, David McMillan, W. J. and Anne J. McMillan, 
 Mary J. Morris, Nancy J. Ross, John S. and S. 0. Van- 
 derveer, J. Harvey and Caroline White, Mathew and 
 Elliza Williamson, Wm. and Mary A. Williamson, Hat- 
 tie A. Winchester and T. P. Winchester. J. H. White 
 was elected elder. The roll of elders included W 
 
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 J. McMillan, Philip M. Adams, C. H. Graham, T. Black- 
 lock, Adolph Stevenson, John D. Venderveer and L. 
 T. Monlton. The ministers were J. M. Morrison, F. 
 G. Strange, F. E. Thompson, J. F. Clarkson, W. 
 Weaver, J. B. Eice, S. W. Richards, M. J. McLeod, 
 J. C. Hanna, A. B. Herr, F. W. Grossman, C. C. Arm- 
 strong and K. F. Cardy. The church was built in 1888, 
 at a cost of $2,700. 
 
 For the above we are indebted to Elder A. Steven- 
 son, Clerk of Session for fifteen years or more. 
 
 The very efficient pastor of the united church is 
 George E. Newell. 
 
 In 1906, Mrs. C. M. Blacklock, a teacher in the 
 Sabbath school from the first, sent some very interest- 
 ing reminiscences, from which the following extracts 
 are made : 
 
 ''Our meetings were held for years in a school 
 house on the open prairie which was later destroyed 
 by a cyclone. The country was thinly settled, and 
 the people came from long distances in farm Avagons 
 and on horseback, from different directions and with- 
 out regard to roads, the prairie being then unfenced." 
 "We helped them (the Cumberlands) to build a church 
 which we used on alternate Sabbaths, paying for wood, 
 coal and janitor's salary for both congregations, as 
 rent." "In 1885, Rev. Willis Weaver came to be our 
 pastor, and during the three years that he remained 
 with us, our church took on new life, and under his 
 superintendence and leadership, we built the cozy little 
 church which we now occupy." "The members of 
 our church were very loyal and earnest people, but 
 one family, I think, should be mentioned as stalwarts 
 in the early history of our church. I refer to Elder 
 Harvey White and his wife and her two maiden sis- 
 ters, the Misses Rannals. Of those Avho by their strong 
 faith and deep spirituality are surely entitled to be 
 mentioned as 'Mothers in Israel' are Mrs. Janet Giddis 
 Smith, Mrs. S. 0. Vanderveer and Mrs. Nancy Ross. 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 87 
 
 ■Grandma Ross is still with us, and as much interested 
 in her church as ever." 
 
 The first pastor writes : "Harvey White, the elder, 
 was ' one of the few. ' Strong in faith and consecrated 
 to the work, his life was a benediction to the com- 
 munity. His works of charity and his efforts in be- 
 half of the lost, keep his memory fresh in the minds 
 of many." 
 
 The Union Church of Maryville was organized by 
 Dr. E. B. Sherwood, December 13, 1868. 
 
 Miss Emma G. Canan wrote in 1906 : ' ' The char- 
 ter members were gathered from the Old School, New 
 School and United Presbyterian Churches, and this 
 led to its being called the Union Presbyterian Church. 
 Two of those members are still living in Maryville, 
 Mr. Wm. W. Jackson and Rebecca, his wife, both of 
 Avhom have been faithful, always at all the services, 
 both Sabbath and mid-week. Our first pastor was 
 Rev. James II. Crawford, who not only preached on 
 the Sabbath and conducted the mid-week service, but 
 worked on the building till it was completed and dedi- 
 cated." 
 
 The charter members as given by Mr. W. W. 
 Jackson were : Miss Bell Andrews, Miss Letitia An- 
 drews, Homer A. Avery, John and Mollie J. Blair, 
 John Edwards, Lewis C. Evans, David T. Geiger, Mrs. 
 Hightman, Wm. W. and Rebecca A. Jackson, Mrs. L. 
 C. Leiber, Mrs. 'Riley and Mrs. Prather. A history 
 in the Kansas City Library adds to these : Mrs. Re- 
 becca Evans, Mrs. Rebecca Geiger, Wm. Geiger and 
 John Jackson. These were probably early members. 
 The same authority gives J. Blair, J. Edwards and D. 
 T. Geiger as the elders, and J. E. Alexander, F. P. 
 Glasgow and W. H. Purviance as the trustees. 
 
 No roll of ministers or elders has been furnished, 
 but we can give of the former — J. . M. Crawford, W. 
 
88 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 G. Thomas, A. D. AVorkman, James A. Gerhard, A. M. 
 Reynolds, F. P. Berry, S. M. Ware, Chas. E. Kircher 
 and Chas. P. Lnee ; of the latter, J. Blair, J. Edwards, 
 D. T. Geiger, John W. Bell, Joseph Jackson, J. B. 
 Morrison, M. D., 0. S. Hotchkin, Wm. M. Howell, W. 
 n. Davey, Geo. Worst, F. M. Petty, Chas. AVells, Jos. 
 McKee, J. A. McAnulty, O. P. Torrance, Peter Gris- 
 wold, L. C. Evans, H. T. Crane, Wm. 0. Saw^yers, John 
 :\r. Scott, S. G. Gillam, Prof. H. A. Colbert and S. .A. 
 F rmer. 
 
 In 1889-1890, a division occurred which resulted 
 in the organization of the Second Church. This la- 
 mentable breach was happily healed in the summer of 
 1898, largely through the influence of Rev. R. Cameron 
 Townsend, the last paster of the Second Church, by 
 the union of the two churches, forming the present 
 First Church. 
 
 Rev. Geo. Sluter, of St Louis, on January 17, 
 1869, organized a church at Carrollton, w4th James 
 E. January, Chas. Sterne, Wm. H. Walker and Wm. 
 R. Wilson as elders, and Thomas L. Montgomery, and 
 Isaac A. McCombs as deacons. The records are not 
 full, and only through the persistent efforts of Elder 
 Robert AY. Steel (in 1905), are we able to give so 
 nearly a complete list of the original members. These 
 w^ere Wm. Austin, Miss Eliz. Brand, Martha A. Cowles, 
 J. E. January, John B. and Mary C. Lindsey, Misses 
 Sallie and Virginia Lindsey, I. A. McCombs, T. L. 
 and Mary Montgomery, C. Sterne, Isaac H. Walker, 
 ^Y. H. AValker, James F. AA'ilson, ^Y. R. AA^ilson and 
 Miss Nancy Young. 
 
 In addition to the above the roll of elders is 
 Richard Jackson, Thomas Orchard, A. L. McCorkle, 
 M. D., AY. D. Dobson, S. Kirkwood Turner, Smith C. 
 Rea, R. AA"^. Steele, John D. A^albracht, James L. Grant, 
 Wm. R. Painter, James F. Farnham, Robert AY. Brown, 
 E. D. AleCorkle, Arthur C. Phillips, Andrew Finlayson, 
 J. B. Stanlev and J. W. Howell. 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 89 
 
 The first pastor was J. M. Scott, who has been 
 followed by S. T. Ruffner, Geo. A. McKinlay, W. D. 
 Patton, R. M. Carson, J. H. Dixon, B. H. Dupuy, S. W. 
 Griffin, C. C. Armstrong, E. A. Boj^d, Wm. A. Cravens, 
 James T. Crane and John A. Ward. 
 
 A frame church costing about $2,000 was built 
 in 1869, and very recently a new brick church valued 
 at $10,000 has been erected. The old one, attached 
 to it, is used for Sabbath school and prayer meeting. 
 A manse costing $2,750 has recently been built. The 
 church owes very much to Mr. Samuel Painter, the 
 father of Elder W. R. Painter. Though languishing 
 at times, the church is now full of life and energy. 
 
 A. Finlayson, Clerk of Session, has kindly supple- 
 mented Elder Steel's earlier history and brought this 
 Uj) to date. 
 
 The following sketch was furnished by an early 
 pastor. Rev. Geo. A. McKinlay. 
 
 ^'The two men whose personalities stand out 
 prominently in this church in the early days succeed- 
 ing the war, are Richard Jackson and Dr. IMcCorkle. 
 Complete opposites in birth, training and character, 
 they yet had in common that sturdy American sense 
 of right and independence, crowned by a genuine 
 Christian spirit, which drew them together in strong 
 bonds of affection and mutual respect. Mr. Jackson, 
 coming from the North, was keen in his sympathies 
 with the Union cause.; Dr. McCorkle, descended from 
 the ''F. F. Vs.," was taken prisoner during the cam- 
 paigns of Gen. Price's army. Each held to his con- 
 victions tenaciously, but never a jar marred all their 
 relations as members and elders in the Carrollton 
 Church. Such men are brilliant types of the forceful 
 manhood that has laid so broad and deep the founda- 
 tions of the churches of old Platte Presbyter}'." 
 
 The Aval on Church, for a time called Fairview, 
 
90 HISTORY OF PJ.ATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 was organized April 8, 1869, by Kev. J. D. Beard and 
 Elder Abraham Brown, in a school house two miles 
 north of Avalon, with the following members: Agnes 
 Altman, Jane Fullerton, Mary FuUerton, Mary A. 
 FuUerton, Margaret Gray, S. A. Gray, Wm. S. Gray, 
 David Linton, Jimmie Linton, Henrietta Manson, Mar- 
 garet Manson, Mary Myers, Simeon Myers, David 
 Shields, Mary Shields and Nannie B. Shields, W. S. 
 Gray, S. Myers and D. Shields were chosen elders. 
 In addition to these the church has had the following 
 elders: John K. Sweeney, S. A. Gray, V. C. Bates," 
 James W. Edmonds, Leroy Myers, Ross Canning and 
 Adrian Wright. The church has been supplied by 
 J. D. Beard (for twelve years), James Reed, John 
 Hawkes, Geo. Case, W. C. McCune, James Welch, James 
 A. Liggett, James A. Gehrett, A. D. Wolfe and T. C. 
 Armstrong. 
 
 In 1875 they built a church costing about $2,200. 
 In 1888-1889, the citizens of Avalon — virtually 
 the Presbyterian Church — highly appreciating the 
 value of educational facilities, purchased the ''Avalon 
 College" building from the United Brethren. Later 
 the Institution was taken under the care of Platte 
 Presbytery. A heroic struggle to sustain it w^as car- 
 ried on for years, but finally abandoned in 1898. The 
 church, built in 1875, "was sold in 1892, and the pro- 
 ceeds applied towards the purchase of the College 
 property." While the movement was disastrous finan- 
 cially, it showed the spirit of the church and reflected 
 great credit upon it. From it have gone forth one 
 home missionary. Rev. James D. Sweeney, and one 
 medical missionary. Dr. John L. Myers of Alaska, while 
 others of its youth have taken a liberal education. 
 
 Simeon Myers was born in Ohio and came to In- 
 diana with his parents. He had a faithful Christian 
 mother who, herself, gathered her eight children 
 around the family altar till Simeon was converted at 
 sixteen and took part with her until he left home 
 to teach school. After serving in the 63rd Illinois 
 Infantry till the close of the war, he moved with his 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 91 
 
 family to Avalon. After being Clerk of Session for 
 twenty-four years, he retired from active service be- 
 cause of infirmity. He has a son in missionary work, 
 and another preparing for it. 
 
 For much of the above we are indebted to S. A. 
 ■Gray, Clerk of Session for the last fifteen years, and 
 an active elder for over a quarter^ of a century. 
 
 The Rosendale Church was organized May 22, 
 1869, by Eev. J. N. Young and Elder R. Muir, with 
 •eleven members. It has been served by Revs. M. L. 
 Anderson, W. E. Voss, James Reed, Wm. A. Smith, 
 W. A. Cravens and A. W. McGlothlan. An incomplete 
 list of elders is J. W. Porterfield, David Atkinson, 
 Thomas B. Howard, John H. Graff, James P. Anderson, 
 James A. Porterfield, James B. Muir and George 
 Baum. The church, erected in 1871, cost $600, all oi" 
 which was raised at home. 
 
 The above was furnished by Elder J. P. Anderson. 
 
 The Harmony congregation was organized at the 
 Hurdle store, five miles northwest of Easton, August 
 1, 1869, by Rev. W. O. H. Perry, with eight members. 
 John G. Williams and John Simmons were elected and 
 ordained ruling elders. March 26, 1870, the church 
 then having thirty-one members, elected Wm. Cor- 
 nelius and Dr. John H. Wright as elders, and Isaac 
 Clark and John Davis as deacons. April 1, 1870, the 
 <iongregation was received under the care of Platte 
 Presbytery, and ''Rev. W. 0. H. Perry engaged as 
 ministerial supply one Sabbath in each month for one 
 year, with the understanding that he effect an ex- 
 change of pulpits each alternate month with Rev. F. M. 
 Miller, the' congregation agreeing to pay the sum of 
 $125.00 per year." 
 
 The above extracts from the Records were furn- 
 ished bv Mr. W. E. Knadler, Clerk of Session. The 
 
92 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 Records being very incomplete, little more is given. 
 The elders known, in addition to those named above, 
 are Geo. Bermond, Simeon Hefley and John Cornelius. 
 The frame church, valued at $1,000, six miles north- 
 west of Easton, Avas built in 1870. 
 
 The New York Settlement Church Avas organized 
 in the ''Radical" school house, October 3, 1869, by 
 Reys. E. D. Sherwood and Joel Kennedy, with five 
 members : Eliz. Austin, Sarah A. Filson, John Q. Peck, 
 Mary, Scott and Thomas Wilson. T. AYilson was 
 elected elder, and James L. Filson, J. Q. Peck and 
 A. C. Sears, trustees. J. Kennedy served as pastor for 
 seven years, and has been followed by T. C. Armstrong, 
 J. C. Young, C. P. Blayney, W. A. Cravens, And. 
 Glendenning, L. H. Shock, E. H. Bull, C. G. Russell. 
 W. E. Caldwell and J. TI. Weaver. 
 
 A probably incomplete list of elders is : T. Wilson,. 
 Anson Salsbury, J. Q. Peck, Ira Houghton, Geo. S. 
 Will, S. H. Towne, L. R. Thwing, L. ^L Hill and S. M. 
 Towne. 
 
 The church, built in 1878, at a cost of $1,389.71, 
 is situated twelve miles southwest of Breckenridge. 
 
 We are indebted to Elder S. M. Towne for the 
 above. 
 
 Always small and feeble, this church has been, like 
 so many country churches, a feeder for other churches 
 and the church at large, having supplied one home 
 missionary, Rev. James H. Salsbury, and one mission- 
 ary teacher (among the Mormons), Miss Cora M. 
 Owen. Weak in numbers, it has been strong in the 
 persistent devotion of its leading members. 
 
 A former pastor sends the following tribute v: 
 
 "IMrs. Leonard Towne and her daughter-in-law, 
 Mrs. Etta Towne are certainly worthy of mention as 
 'Mothers in Israel.' The first, while not one to take 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 93 
 
 a leading part in public, would always urge others 
 forward and hold up their hands. The latter was a 
 very superior woman and possessed many rare gifts, 
 all fused into a noble Christian character. That sweet 
 spirit was also strong in its influence in the home and 
 the church. It was the living of these two women in 
 the home that led their husbands to come out on the 
 Lord's side." 
 
 The Oak Grove Church was organized December 
 12, 1869, by Rev. E. B. Sherwood, in the Maxwell 
 school house, one mile north of the limits of St. Joseph, 
 with the following members : Huston, Isabel, Melissa 
 and Orlena Bazar, Lorenda and Wm. R. Becraft, Fran- 
 <^is N. Brinson, Marion Carswell, Geo. AV. Casteel, 
 Martha E. Cox, Clarinda and Jacob Decker, Benton 
 W., Fannie M., Wickliffe and Sarah E. Estes, James 
 P. Gardner, Mary Ann Gilbert, Joshua and Mary Ann 
 Haxton, Biddie and J. W. Mansfield, Rebecca 
 Matthews, Annie E., Charles, John A., Julia, Logan, 
 ]\Iary E. and Susan K. Maxwell, Missouri Ann Murry, 
 John Newman, Cora, Mary Ann and Wm. A. Rhodes, 
 Marion Ann Self, John Sullivan, Sallie C. and Wm. 
 Van Horn and Mary A. AYelsh. 
 
 The early elders were L. Maxwell, J. Haxton and 
 W. Becraft. Since 1895, H. A. Matthews, A. P. Moor- 
 man, P. H. Woods, G. AV. AVhitsett and I. Roup have 
 been elected. 
 
 The church has been supplied by E. D. Sherw^ood, 
 AV. H. Ilslcy, T. D. Roberts, S. F. Wilson, John I. Cur- 
 tis and D. B. AVhimster. 
 
 In 1871, a frame church costing about $1,400 was 
 built on land donated by Elder JMaxwell. In 1904-5, a 
 l)rick church costing about $5,000 was built on the same 
 site, being ''finished through the fidelity and diligence 
 of the pastor. Rev. J. T. Curtis." The manse stands 
 on a half-acre lot. 
 
 This church was the outgrowth of a Sabbath school 
 <3arried on by the Westminster Church of St. Joseph, 
 
94 HISTORY OF FI^TTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 and was, at first and for years, whenever vacant, sup- 
 plied on alternate Sabbaths by the honored pastor of 
 that church. It flourished for years and raised up 
 two faithful ministers, A. M. Reynolds and C. C. Arm- 
 strong, but was finally reduced, by removals, death and 
 the organization of another church in the same neigh- 
 borhood, to a membership of three, and in 1891, of two. 
 Elder Maxwell, with wise foresight, persistently re- 
 fused the disbandment of the church, and the sale 
 of the building. A flourishing church there to-day 
 fully justifies him. Elder Matthews, who furnished 
 most of the above, has been a worthy successor in 
 zeal and efficiency. 
 
 The following sketch would be equally in place 
 among the "Early Pioneers," 
 
 "Logan Maxwell was born March 25, 1813. in 
 Caldwell county, Ky. His father dying when he was 
 a lad of seven years, he was obliged to look out for 
 himself, and as the schools of that period were con- 
 ducted upon the subscription plan, he received very 
 little education. Tn 1836, he married Sarah K. Beard 
 of Tennessee, sister of Dr. Richard Beard of Cumber- 
 land Presbyterian fame. She was the mother of eleven 
 children, and died June 17, 1891, aged seventy-five 
 years. In the fall of 1837, he arrived in the state of 
 Missouri, having started two months previous, with 
 his wife and babe, in a one-horse cart. On reaching 
 the Ohio River, he traded his horse for a yoke of oxen. 
 .He settled on the land where he lived till the day 
 of his death, June 13, 1904, a wild, uncultivated tract. 
 St. Joseph was then only a mere trading post, four 
 miles distant. He cradled many an acre of wheat 
 where the large business houses of the city now standi 
 eating his dinner on the hill now occupied by the Court 
 House. His first work, after taking his elaim, was 
 to build a log shanty, the floor of puncheon and the 
 roof of clapboards. In order to purchase his first 
 cow he bargained to make 2,500 rails. 
 
 "Mr. Maxwell always took an active part in edu- 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 95 
 
 cational and religious matters, and was very generous 
 in his gifts for their support, donating a site for the 
 school. He was first a member of a Cumberland church 
 in the country north of the city. At the close of the 
 war he transferred his membership to the Westminster 
 Church. In 1869, meetings were held in the Maxwell 
 school house, and as a result the Oak Grove Church 
 was organized, largely through his influence. Through 
 all the years of its struggle for existence, and for sev- 
 eral years it was kept alive solely by his gifts. In 
 his morning and evening devotions he was never 
 known to fail to pray for its success, and during the 
 last days of his life the building of a new church 
 was his constant theme of conversation with all. His 
 last business transaction was the giving of two per- 
 sonal checks of $1,000, with the request that the old 
 church be torn down and the new one be begun at once. 
 The last service held in the old building was his fun- 
 eral. The beautiful new building stands to-day, a 
 monument of his love and devotion and prayers." 
 
 The Mt. Zion congregation was organized March 
 26, 1870, by Rev. F. M. Miller, with the following 
 members : Wm. J. Arthur and wife, Wm. Brown and 
 wife, Wiley H. Chapman and wife, J. T. Elder and 
 wife, John Evans and wife, George Grace, Wm. James 
 and wife, W. J. McCorkle and wife, Laban Pritchard 
 and wife, Mrs. Janet Robertson, Elmira Sharp and 
 James Weir and wife. J. Weir, J. T. Elder and L. 
 Pritchard were chosen elders. 
 
 This church has been served by Revs. F, M. Miller, 
 Leander F. Hayes, W. 0. H. Perry, C. D. Powers, J. 
 H. Tharp, James Froman, C. E. Hayes, Arthur E. 
 Perry and S. T. Divinia. The later elders are W. H. 
 Chapman, Paul Norris, Robert Onstalt, John H. Young, 
 S. M. Mayes, John Aitken, Benjamin Cottrell, R. D. 
 Parker and Edward Moore. The house of worship is 
 six miles south of St. Joseph Court House. 
 
96 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 The above has been kindly furnished by Elder \V 
 H. Chapman, Clerk of Session. 
 
 This is one of the few churches having a glebe, 
 It has a very large Sabbath school, and is a power t'or 
 good in the community. 
 
 The Kockport Church was organized May 11, 
 1870, by Eevs. J. M. Morrison and ^Y. 11. Cummins, 
 and Elder G. R. Luckhardt, with Mrs. E. L. Hawthorn, 
 Robert Lynn, Margaret McMillan, Samuel Morrison, 
 Eliza Snyder, Martha Thompson and Wm. A. Thomp- 
 son as members. R. Lynn was chosen elder. 
 
 The Records being imperfect, the following lists 
 may be incomplete : Ministers, J. M. Morrison, E. B. 
 Sherwood, Luther Dodd, H. T. S. Willis, F. J. Reichert, 
 W. E. Vose, James Kirkwood, Jos. Wood, James E. 
 Leyda, J. A. Currie, R. D. AYest and John Duncan. 
 Elders : R. Lynn, W. N. Curry, Chas. Shepperson, 
 James H. Filson, Wm. Bentley, AYm. H. Gordon, 
 Prof. J. U. Crosen and L. C. Christian. The church 
 costing about $3,000^ was built in 1877. 
 
 The above was furnished by Judge W. H. Gordon, 
 
 Clerk of .Session. 
 
 The fact that many of the officers of this church 
 have been high county officials has added to its in- 
 fluence, but has also been a drawback because their 
 stay in it has been limited by their terms of office. 
 
 This church has long been rich in the possession 
 of Elder Charles Shepperson, a native of A^irginia and 
 of a noted ministerial family, who as a popular teacher 
 on the rich, but religiously destitute Missouri bottom 
 lying near, has been also a spiritual teacher and guide 
 to multitudes of youth. 
 
 Rev. Joel Kennedy, who began preaching in the 
 Eureka school house in Lincoln township, Caldwell 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 97 
 
 county, in April, 1870, organized a church at that point 
 in conjunction with Rev. E. B. Sherwood, on Satur- 
 day, August 13, 1870, with the following members : 
 David and Rachel Cooper, and James M. and Sarah 
 M. Cooper, from the Crooked River Church ; Sam '1 
 F. Gallaher, and Thomas B. and Jane Gallaher, from 
 Deersville, 0.; Henry W. Botsford from Martinsbur j", 
 N. Y., and Charles L. Botsford from Franklin, 0. ; D. 
 Cooper and H. W. Botsford Avere elected elders, and 
 S. F. Gallaher, deacon. In the next two days, Mary 
 C. Cooper, Wm. C. Cooper and Mrs. Eliz. Miller were 
 received on profession of their faith. The church was 
 called the First Presbyterian Church of Lincoln Town- 
 ship, but sometimes appears in various published 
 Minutes as Glassville (its nearest post office). 
 
 The Pleasant View Church was organized May 28, 
 1874, at the Baker school house (where Rev. Geo. A. 
 McKinlay had been preaching over a year), by Revs. 
 E. B. Sherwood, J. H. France, C. W. Higgins and 
 Joel Kennedy, a committee appointed by Platte Pres- 
 bytery, wdth ten members. Of these, John C. and 
 Jane Adams were received by letter from the Lin- 
 coln Church; Robert T. and M. A. Mylar, from the 
 Mirabile Church, and Sarah Lizzie Adams, Joseph M. 
 and Harriet Baker, Miss Jennie M. Baker, and Pleasant 
 M. and Charity E. Shafer on the profession of their 
 faith. J. M. Baker and R. T. Mylar were chosen elders. 
 August ninth, J. C. Adams was elected elder, and P. 
 M. Shafer, deacon. 
 
 February 24, 1877, a meeting of the above two con- 
 gregations, moderated by Rev. John F. Clarkson, was 
 held in the Shelleberger school house, when the two 
 churches united under the name of Lincoln, and re- 
 .tained all their officers as follows: J. M. Baker, J. C. 
 Adams, R. T. ]\Iylar, T. B. Gallaher and James Tait, 
 elders, and P. I\I. Shafer and S. F. Gallaher, deacons. 
 
 Preaching services were held at various points 
 till 1884, when a house of worship costing over $1,100 
 was erected at Glassville, on land donated by Aaron 
 
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98 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 Pfost. In consequence of the coming of a railroad,, 
 the building was removed, in 1893, about two miles 
 to Cowgill, and the name of the church changed to 
 Cowgill. 
 
 The elders, in addition to those named above, are 
 Alvin Poor, R. 11. Whitsitt ; J. II. Conley, Wm. Claude 
 Poor, R. A. McPheeters, Samuel C. Ludington and J. 
 H. Whitsitt. 
 
 The church has been supplied by Joel Kennedy, 
 G. A. McKinlay, J. F. Clarkson, Wm. C. Smith, W. T. 
 Scott, A. B. Goodale, G. E. Northrup, J. T. Boyer, J. 
 W. Todd, James Reed, C. G. Russell, C. E. Edwards. 
 John Wilson, Pastor-at-large, preached frequently from 
 1893 to 1897, and secured the removal of the church 
 building to Cowgill. 
 
 For the above we are indebted to Alvin Poor, 
 Clerk of Session, and elder for twenty-five years, and 
 Rev. James Reed. 
 
 Elder G. D. Shewey, of Trimble, Clerk of Session, 
 writes : 
 
 The Bethany congregation was organized at the 
 Kelley school house, September 3, 1870, by Rev. Isaac 
 Chivington. The church, a frame building valued at 
 $1,000, is situated four miles northeast of Trimble. 
 It is now supplied by Rev. C. E. Edwards. We regret 
 not having a fuller sketch of this large and important 
 country church. 
 
 The Knox Church was organized the second Tues- 
 day of September, 1871, by Revs. T. Morgan, N. H. 
 Smith and D. McRuer, and Elder Wm. Allen, a com- 
 mittee of Platte Presbytery, with the following mem- 
 bers : Walter Gladstone, Wm. C. Gladstone, Peter 
 McPherson, Robert Pringle, James Shillinglaw, Hugh 
 Wallace and John Wallace and their wives, and Mrs. 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 9& 
 
 Mary T. McRuer. M. Gladstone and IL Wallace were 
 elected elders. These elders and most, if not all the 
 church members came from Scotland, by way of Can- 
 ada. In addition to these, Samuel ^Maxwell, Wm. C. 
 Gladstone and Alex. Gladstone have been elders. The 
 church has been supplied by Duncan McRuer, John 
 Huston, Wm. Meyer, Carson Reed, James Kirkwood^ 
 Duncan McRuer and C. C. Armstrong. 
 
 The above has been furnished by Elder Alex. 
 Gladstone,, for about twenty years Clerk of Session 
 and the only active elder. 
 
 The church building, three and a half miles north- 
 east of Gentry, a new railroad to^^oi, and till recently 
 far from any town, is on a broad prairie and visible 
 from afar. The church spiritual has been a beacon 
 light for this whole section, for though meagerly sup- 
 plied with preaching because of its isolation, an ever- 
 green Sabbath school has been maintained, superin- 
 tended these many years most efficiently and attrac- 
 tively by ]\Irs. Alex. Gladstone. 
 
 The Aubery Grove congregation was organized at 
 Ketron Chapel, September 4, 1871, by Revs. Wm. M. 
 Houston and Wm. S. Davis. The charter members were 
 Hanna Buzzard, Susan T. Callison, Bell Caraway, Jane, 
 Mary B. and Robert B. Foster, Eliz., Margaret, Simeon 
 and Virginia Hamlin, Ella R. and Virginia Hill, John 
 Lockridge, Carrie McCartney, Wm. H. McClung, Net- 
 tie and Sallie E. IMiller, Harriet Nickell, Geo. A. Pogue 
 and James and Mary C. Waugh. 
 
 In the spring of 1873, the Bethel Presbyterian 
 Church w^as built and the Aubery congregation began 
 holding services there, so doing till in June, 1890, when 
 the Hopewell Church was completed and ready for 
 use. At that time the name was changed from Aubery 
 Grove to Hopewell. 
 
 The roll of ministers is Wm. S. Houston, Wm. S. 
 Davis, James M. Ragan, Wm. N. Nickell, J .H. Tharp, 
 
100 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 L. F. Hayes, J. W. French, John R. Adkins, S. S. 
 Hardin, L. F. Eodgers, M. U. Dougherty and N. M. 
 Tatum. The elders were R. B. Foster, James Waugh, 
 W. H. McClung, Wm. Robinson, Thomas K. Hays, 
 Chas. S. Chamberlain, Geo. C. Goodbar, Dr. N. Hesler, 
 Joseph R. Foster, Robert W. Hill, Homer Musselman 
 and Samuel Gant. 
 
 Hopewell united with the Bethel Church (U. S. 
 A.), August 26, 1906. 
 
 The above was furnished, in most excellent shape, 
 by Elder Jos. R. Foster, the last Clerk of Session of 
 the Hopewell Church. Since the union the consolid- 
 ated church has prospered greatly. 
 
 The Mound City Church was organized May 5, 
 1872, by Rev. E. B. Sherwood, with the following five 
 members: Andrew Frazer, Mrs. Mary Ann Frazer, 
 W. W. Frazer, Mrs. Jane Glenn and Mrs. Catherine 
 Strickler. W. W. Frazer was elected ruling elder. 
 
 The elders who have served the church are W. 
 W. Frazer, S. P. Jewell, Geo. C. Brown, M. M. Smith, 
 W. H. Wett, G. H. Carpenter, W. M. Hamsher, H. K. 
 S. Robinson, C. S. Armstrong, Wm. Hoblitzell and Dr. 
 C. N. Smith; the ministers, M. L. Anderson, W. G. 
 Thomas, J. 0. Pierce, Duncan Brown, Willis Weaver, 
 A. W. Benson, A. M. Irvine, S. G. Fisher, A. B. Byram, 
 Jos. M. AYright, Geo. Miller, A. D. Wolfe, H. N. Bullard 
 and E. W. Waits. 
 
 The church, costing about $2,000, was erected in 
 1872, and enlarged in 1881 ; outlay, $500. 
 
 For the above we are indebted to Elder Wm. M. 
 Hamsher, Clerk of Session and main pillar of the 
 church for many years. 
 
 This is a real missionary church having two out- 
 stations, Blair and Shiloh. 
 
 New Point Church, known as ''Hope" for some 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 101 
 
 years, was organized September 2, 1872, by Revs. 
 N. 11. Smith and R. Cruikshank and Elder P. G. Tyner, 
 in the Cowan school house, one mile northwest of New 
 Point. The first members were Jeremiah Botkins, Wm. 
 and Sarah Coburn, Misses Emma and Nellie Coburn, 
 John G. and Mary E. Cowan, B. 0. Cowan, Mrs. Eliz. 
 Graham, V. L. and Hannah Graham, John and Mary 
 Meyer, Miss Anna M. Meyer and Samuel G. Park. The 
 first elders were J. G. Cowan and John Meyer, and they 
 have been follow^ed by Samuel Praisewater, B. 0. 
 Cowan, B. F. Praisewater, J. A. Price, E. K. Christen- 
 sen, Wm. F. Bragg and 0. P. Botkin. 
 
 The church has been supplied by N. H. Smithy 
 Geo. Miller, "W. E. Williamson, T. D. Roberts, S. G. 
 Fisher, Willis Weaver, A. B. Byram, C. P. Blayney^ 
 W. E. Caldwell, H. P. Alexander and T. D. Roberts 
 (at present). 
 
 The frame church, costing about $2,000, all of 
 which was raised at home, was completed in October, 
 1877. This church has a manse. It has raised up one 
 minister, William Meyer. 
 
 While this church, located in an intelligent and 
 prosperous farming community, has never been large^ 
 it has always been strong in every sense. 
 
 Elder Wilson C. Baldwin, Clerk of Session of the 
 Martinsville Church, writes : 
 
 A petition signed by I. N. Wren, James Scott 
 and six others was presented to Presbytery at its 
 session held in Oregon in September, 1872, that a 
 church be organized, and Revs. E. B. Sherwood and 
 D. McRuer, and Elder James Owen were appointed 
 as a committee. The church was organized December 
 18, 1872, with Archibald Scott, James Scott, son and 
 wife, James Scott, Jr., and wife. Miss Jane Scott^ 
 Thomas Scott and wife, Mrs. Mary Stoffle and son, 
 and I. N. Wren and wife as members. A. Scott and 
 
102 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 J. Scott, Jr., were elected elders. Both of these had 
 served as ruling elders in Scotland, the latter in St. 
 Luke's Church, Glasgow. 
 
 The church has been supplied by D. McRuer (for 
 over thirteen years), James A. IMcKay, C. P. Blayney, 
 James Eeed and H. A. Brown. 
 
 The more recent elders are Walter Murray, W. C. 
 Baldwin, Frank S. Hills, W. Riley Thompson and 
 Thomas Scott. 
 
 Services were held in a building owned jointly 
 with the Methodists till 1898, when a neat frame 
 church costing $1,500 was erected. 
 
 Education is greatly appreciated in this church 
 which has raised up two ministers, Robert C, and 
 James B. Stone, and several high grade teachers. 
 
 The First Presbyterian Church of Trenton was 
 organized May 1, 1873, by Rev. Joel Kennedy, at the 
 residence of Mr. Wm. Donaldson, with five members, 
 Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Donaldson, Mrs. Randolph, John 
 A. Reid and Mrs. C. Smith. It soon grew to forty 
 members, when it rented the old Methodist church. 
 Rev. Hiram Chadeayne was the first pastor, and he 
 was followed by Rev. J. M. Crawford who continued 
 in charge till January 1, 1879. In the meantime a 
 commodious church building was erected, and on the 
 morning it was to be dedicated it burned to the 
 ground, involving a loss of $6,800, with an insurance 
 of only $3,000. The church was young and vigorous, 
 and at once built a very elegant structure which was 
 dedicated June 18, 1876. 
 
 The organization became involved in a lawsuit 
 at this time through the indebtedness occasioned by 
 the loss of their first building. The case was decided in 
 favor of the defendants, but Presbytery appointed a 
 committee to compromise the case, and the result of 
 the arbitration was that the church was turned over 
 to the mortgagees in the fall of 1879. 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 103 
 
 The "First Church" was disbanded, and May 
 19, 1880, the "Hodge Presbyterian Church" was organ- 
 ized with the following members : Miss Helen Bab- 
 cock, Mrs. Ed. Benson, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Dobson, 
 Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Donaldson, Mr. and Mrs. John Flan- 
 igan. Miss Jennie Lafferty, Miss Tillie McGuire, Mrs. 
 Randolph, ^Irs. C. Smith, Miss Flora Tinsman, Mrs. 
 Oeo. F. Walker, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. White and Mr. and 
 Mrs. Charles Zinsien. They purchased the old South 
 Methodist church, and had it refitted throughout at 
 an expense of $2,300 for the whole. 
 
 Rev. Francis E. Thompson was called in 1879; 
 Rev. Geo. Miller, in 1881, and he was followed by Rev. 
 Alvin B. Goodale, who had been a missionary in Tur- 
 key, and whose daughter, Emma, went to Chili as 
 Mrs. James F. Garvin, daring his pastorate here. 
 
 On the afternoon of July 13, 1883, Trenton was 
 visited by a destructive windstorm which completely 
 destroyed several buildings, among them the church 
 built in 1876, which "was blown into the street and 
 the whole building reduced to kindling wood." The 
 Hodge church was moved about six inches by the wind 
 and damaged to the extent of $500. 
 
 Rev. G. H. Putnam supplied the church a year in 
 1886-7, and was succeeded by Rev. John Knox. Dur- 
 ing his pastorate a manse was built. Rev. Wm. Y. Jones, 
 now a missionary in Japan, supplied the church a 
 part of the year 1893, and followed by Rev. John W. 
 Crawford. Rev. John Creighton served the church 
 from 1897 till 1901, and Rev. Alfred Fowler, the fol- 
 lowing year. In October, 1902, Rev. Geo. H. William- 
 son was called, and remained as pastor-elect till March, 
 1905, during which time the present attractive and 
 convenient edifice valued at $8,000, was built, and 
 dedicated, free of debt, August 7, 1904. In December 
 of the same year a series of evangelistic meetings was 
 held, and a large number of young people, mostly 
 from the Sabbath school, united wdth the church. Rev. 
 Wiley K. Wright was installed in 1905, but after a 
 
104 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTE'RY. 
 
 short and happy pastorate was obliged to resign on 
 account of ill health. While he was pastor the present 
 commodious manse was purchased for $2,200. In the 
 fall of 1906, the church gave a call to Rev. Edmund 
 S. Brownlee, who entered upon his work with this 
 church, December 1, 1906. 
 
 The above was condensed from a very full his- 
 tory, furnished by Mr. Brownlee, the present efficient 
 and acceptable pastor. 
 
 The list of elders, probably incomplete, is Wm. 
 Donaldson, John Flanigan, J. M. White, T. B. Cook, 
 E. K. Hunter, Geo. DeLano, R. P. Johnston, E. C. 
 Lightner, Henry Baker, J. L. Lafferty, C. F. Palmer, 
 R. F. Keith and R. W. Allerdice. 
 
 A number of families in Hopkins, desiring a 
 church of their own order, corresponded with Rev. 
 E. B. Sherwood. He came, and after thoroughly can- 
 vassing the town and holding some services, appointed 
 Saturday, May 31, for a meeting to organize. Elders 
 John M. Bell and Geo. H. Hotaling assisted in the 
 organization. Letters were presented by Wm. K. and 
 Mary Adams, Mrs. Sarah Bender, Mrs. Clarissa Brad- 
 ley, Henry P. and Sarah L. Dryden, Mrs. Mary Green, 
 Mrs. Jennie Heald, Geo. H. and Mildred Hotaling, 
 David L. Latschar, Mrs. i\Iary E. Martin and Mrs. 
 Martha A. and John W. Walker ; and Mark B. Bradley 
 was received on profession of faith. On Sunday, June 
 1, 1873, the organization of the First Presbyterian 
 Church of Hopkins w^as consummated, W. K. Adams 
 and G. H. Hotaling being elected elders, and H. P. 
 Dryden and D. L. Latschar, deacons. 
 
 Bi-monthly services were held in the M. E. Church 
 till January, 1874, and then in Union Hall till the 
 Presbyterian church, costing about $2,400 was com- 
 pleted and occupied in January, 1876. This building, 
 which was enlarged, remodeled and fitted out with all 
 conveniences in 1901, at a cost of $2,200, burned down 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 105 
 
 in 1904. A new brick-veneered edifice, valued at $7,500, 
 was completed in 1906. 
 
 The church has been served by Revs. E. B. Sher- 
 wood, A. D. Workman, W. H. Ilsley, Wm. C. Smith, 
 A. B. DeLong, F. Lonsdale, Wm. McPheeters, H. B. 
 Mays, A. D. Seelig, E. Aston and K. J. Cardy; and 
 Elders G. H. Hotaling, W. K. Adams, John Crepps, 
 Josiah Strain, R. P. Johnson, A. C. Kennedy, John 
 C. Stewart, Warren L. Robb, John H. Aiken, Wm. 
 Hepburn, C. L. Adams and Chas. S. Evans. 
 
 Four young men who joined this church on pro- 
 fession of faith, afterwards dedicated their lives to 
 the ministry, viz. : T. Morris Hillman, Albert W. 
 McGlothlan, Ernest W. Symonds and T. Henry Hep- 
 burn; and two ladies, Miss Helen Goodsil, now Mrs. 
 L. J. Davies, and Miss Mary Richardson, now Mrs. 
 J. Ashley Fitch, went as missionaries to China. 
 
 Most of the above is taken from a more detailed 
 account given by Miss Pearl Kennedy, a deeply 
 afflicted but devoted and tireless worker; and the 
 rest was furnished by A. C. Kennedy, who has served 
 as elder for twenty-five years, and as Clerk of Session 
 for about twenty. 
 
 In the address of the Pastor of the Westminster 
 Church on his Twenty-fifth Anniversary in 1893, it was 
 said: "In looking over the city for a needy field, it 
 was found there was no place of worship north of 
 Robidoux, except the African Methodist Church on 
 Third street, while there were several thousand people 
 living along the valley. A lot was bought on Third 
 and Isabelle for $600, and a small chapel built at a 
 cost of $960. The house was dedicated and a Sunday 
 school opened in it in September, 1869. 
 
 This building was known as Westminster chapel, 
 and in it the North Presbyterian Church was organ- 
 ized October 7, 1873, by Revs. H. Bullard and E. B. 
 Sherwood, and Elder John DeClue, with the following 
 
106 HISTORY OB^ PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 members : Edward and Sarah Biddle, B. D. and Julia 
 Elliott, Miss Maggie Frank, Miss Sallie Leininger, Miss 
 Alice Moore, J. F. and Mary A. Riggs, Mrs. Mary 
 Vance and Miss M. Vance. B. D. Elliott and J. F. 
 Riggs were elected elders then, and since then, J. D. 
 McClain, Eugene Ayres, J. D. Walker, H. A. Matthews, 
 E. P. Adams, J. A. Montgomery, W. H. Gaugh, C. W. 
 Parcells, A. C. Hayes, Chas. Aldrich, C. M. Miller, A. 
 A. Elliott, J. C. Dauerlein, K. White, G. E. McDaniel 
 and J. C. Lynch. The following pastors have served 
 the church /W. H. Tlsley, T. D. Roberts (twice), Dun- 
 can Brown, J. E. Brown, E. G. Moore, Frank Lons- 
 dale, Geo. H. Williamson, U. G. Schell, A. M. Reynolds 
 and A. L. Hall-Quest. 
 
 This church has never been large, but has done 
 a great work among the young, the Sabbath school 
 numbering as high as 300. In the fall of 1889, a brick 
 church, fifty-four by sixty feet, was erected at a cost 
 of $7,000, which was raised entirely at home. The 
 name of the church was changed to Third Street, 
 October 19, 1891. ''The church is now in a flourishing 
 condition, being self-supporting and owning property 
 worth $8,000, free of debt." 
 
 For the above we are indebted to the venerable 
 flrst elder, who is still in the harness, and his son. 
 Elder A. A. Elliott. 
 
 The Akron Church was organized in December, 
 1873, by Revs. D. McRuer and Wm. Reed, with the 
 following members : David and Mary P>azier, Mrs. 
 Eliz. Frazier, Mrs. Emily (Andrew) Frazier, Mrs. 
 Emily (Robert) Frazier, Joseph Heasley and wife, 
 Mrs. Rosanna McDonald, A. M. and Mary E. Morgan, 
 Geo. and Frances E. Morgan, Mrs. Nancj^ Morgan, and 
 Henry and Louisa Taff. D. Frazier and A. M. Mor- 
 gan were elected elders, and they have been followed 
 by Wm. Frazier, A. L. Ammons, E .G. Poland, J. A. 
 Frazier, Geo. IMorgan, Walter Bishop and A. C. Sallee. 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 107 
 
 The church has been supplied bj^ "Wm. Reed, D. Mc- 
 Ruer, C. C. Ilembree, James A. McKay and James Reed. 
 
 A frame church, thirty by forty feet, ample for 
 this small country neighborhood, was built in 1876. 
 Though never large and constantly depleted by re- 
 movals, this church has furnished valuable workers 
 for the church at large and has been a feeder for other 
 churches. 
 
 Elder George Morgan, Clerk of Session, furnished 
 the above data. 
 
 In the early seventies. Rev. Luther Dodd did good 
 service for the Master in preaching at every point in 
 Atchison County where there was any opening. 
 Among these was the Willsie or London school house 
 where, on Jane 19, 1874, he and Rev. E. B. Sherwood 
 organized the Tarkio Church with the following mem- 
 bers : Miss Blessing, Mrs. Rebecca Booth, David Flack 
 and wife, G. W. Marquis and wife, Mrs. B. Schaum 
 and "Grandma" Schaum. Of these G. W. Marquis 
 was elected elder. Two years later Adam Faris and 
 family and others from Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, were re- 
 ceived, and Mr. Faris and H. C. Wilson were ordained 
 elders. The place of meeting for the first four years 
 was the London school house. Then Homer Hall was 
 used, and Barger Hall afterv/ards till the church was 
 built. The first Sunday school in town was organized 
 at a meeting held in the depot. The town of Tarkio 
 was not even located till six years after the organiza- 
 tiqn of the church. A frame church, thirty by fifty 
 feet, and costing $2,500, the first one erected in the 
 town, was dedicated April 9, 1882. 
 
 For the preceding early history we are indebted 
 to Elder Robert Lynn. 
 
 This church has been supplied by L. Dodd, S. M. 
 Kier, J. F. Clarkson, F. J. Reichert, James Kirkwood, 
 A. W. Benson, George ]\Iiller, Duncan Brown, John 
 H. Hatfield and Samuel B. Alderson. The complete 
 
108 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTETIY. 
 
 roll of elders is Geo. AV. Marquis, A. Faris, Harry C. 
 Wilson, Peter McKenzie, Wm. B. Travis, John C. Lynn, 
 John Currie, And. B. Craig, Robert Lynn, H. K. Noel, 
 J. W. Botkin and James H. Filson. It has been self- 
 supporting since 1888. 
 
 This large, able and very liberal church has also 
 contributed to the work of the Master, one minister, 
 John A. Currie, son of Elder Currie, and one devoted 
 missionary to our American Highlanders, Miss Sarah 
 E. McMullen. 
 
 The sketch we give is condensed from one written 
 by Mrs. J. A. Postlewaite and furnished by Mrs. Geo. 
 S. Luckhardt. 
 
 Miss Sarah E. ]\IcMullen Avas born and educated 
 in Pennsylvania, and came in 1890, from Stella, Neb., 
 to Tarkio, as a public school teacher. As elder 
 daughter she was a dependence, counsellor and sym- 
 pathizer in the home circle, as among friends, and no 
 less an ever ready helper in every department of 
 Christian work. She spent nearly two years in Bible 
 study in the Moody Institute and in city mission work 
 in Chicago. Dedicating her life to the work among 
 the mountaineers, she went to Jarrold's Valley, W. 
 Va., in October, 1896. 
 
 The record of her work is from her letters to per- 
 sonal friends. In the first three months she attended 
 seventy-five meetings, which she usually conducted, 
 and made 217 visits.- All the traveling had to be done 
 on horseback or on foot, over the worst of roads, cross- 
 ing and re-crossing bridgeless streams. And for 
 wearied body and intensely active and overtasked 
 mind, there was no home for relaxation and recupera- 
 tion except such as was offered by the crude civiliza- 
 tion of this primitive people. We cannot wonder that 
 failing health compelled her to lay down her work in 
 June, 1897, when she went to Pennsylvania, hoping to 
 regain her health. 
 
 But God had otherwise ordained, and on the 5th 
 of August, He took to Himself the brave spirit which 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 109 
 
 had so honored Him in life. Dr. Humble says: "Hers 
 was a heroic, self-sacrificing life, and though dead she 
 yet speaketh through her mountain people." 
 
 The Fairview congregation was organized by Rev. 
 J. M. Ragan, August 9, 1874, and was known as High 
 Prairie congregation till about 1884. It was received 
 under the care of Chillieothe Presbytery, October 4, 
 1874. The names of the constitutional members : 
 Lethe J. Allen, John, Martha, Mary and Policy Palmer, 
 Mary J., Phebe and A¥m. Patton, Magdalena Ruby, 
 Clark, Hattie and Mahala A. Smith, and George, Nancy 
 and Susie Tipton. 
 
 The above information was kindly furnished in 
 December, 1906, by Wm. J. Smith, Clerk of Session. 
 We gather the following additional items from printed 
 Minutes. 
 
 The recent pastors are E. L. Uptegrove, J. R. Ad- 
 kins and Amos Coen. The present elders are F. Mill- 
 sted, F. 3rownhill, J. Minor and J. W. Snider. The 
 church, valued at $700, is situated four miles west of 
 Chula and four miles south of Winston. 
 
110 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTEllY. 
 
 1875—1885. 
 
 The AValkiip's Grove congregation .was organized 
 December 3, 1876, at the Walkup's Grove school house^ 
 with six members : Silas C. Combs, Maggie TurnbuU, 
 Henry R. AValkup, Mary F. Walknp, Marguerite Walk- 
 up and Wm. R. Walkup. H. R. Walkup was chosen 
 elder. 
 
 Leander F. Hayes was the pastor most of the time 
 from 1876 till 1898, alternating after 1890 with 0. D. 
 Allen, the present pastor. For some years about 1900 
 and after, the church was much reduced and discour- 
 aged, but in 1906, it was greatly revived. The house 
 of worship, on a two acre lot about nine miles east by 
 south of Fairfax, which cost about $2,000 originally, 
 has been modernized recently at an expenditure of 
 over $500. The complete list of elders is — H. R. Walk- 
 up, J. M. West, John Hogland, Timothy H. Proud, Silas 
 C. Combs, Philip Drayer, Wm. M. Goldsberry, T. F. 
 Rolofson, J. B. Smith, G. W. C. Littell, S. E. Proud, 
 AValter B. Littell and James Thompson. 
 
 For the above we are indebted to Elder W. B. Lit- 
 tell. 
 
 The Round Grove Cumberland Presbyterian congre- 
 gation was organized September 15, 1877, by Rev. F. 
 Mitchell Miller, with the following members: Anna 
 and S. C. Broderick, Eliz. D., Harrison V., James E., 
 James M., Jos. S., Martha J., M. E., M. J., R. F. M., S. 
 Nancy and S. Thomas Clark, David F., Mary F. and 
 Mary J. Fitzgerald, And. C, B. Caroline, Cassandra F., 
 Clementina B., John R., Nathaniel, Newton K. and 
 R. May Gartin and David F. Jameson. The list of 
 elders is : D. F. Fitzgerald, A. C. Gartin, D. F. Jameson, 
 C. L. Owen and Daniel Fore. 
 
 The church has been served by Revs. C. C. Luce, C. 
 
 B. Powers, J. H. Tharp, J. H. Norman, W. 0. H. Perry, 
 
 C. E. Hayes, S. T. Divinia, H. R. Norris, A. S. ]\[cDaniel, 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTE'RY. Ill 
 
 M. Lowe, R. J. Beard, L. F. Hayes, 0. D. Allen, J. Fro- 
 man, E. L. Uptegrove and J. M. Glick. 
 
 The above was furnished by Elder D. F. Jameson, 
 Clerk of the congregation. The house of worship, val- 
 ued at $7C0, is situated near Darlington, 
 
 The Craig church was organized in the school house 
 September 16, 1877, by Kevs. J. W. Allen and Duncan 
 Brown and Elder W. W. Frazer with six members : 
 Dr. S. S. Bacon, A. M. Hunter, S. P. Jewell, Mrs. E. F. 
 "Welch, Mrs. Harriet M. Wilson, and W. B. Wilson. 
 S. P. Jewell was chosen elder. Mr. Brown, then sup- 
 plying the Mound City Church, had been preaching in 
 the school house for about three months, and on Sep- 
 tember 2nd, S. S. Bacon, A. M. Hunter and W. B. 
 Wilson had been elected trustees. 
 
 The elders who have served the church are S. P. 
 Jewell, S. S. Bacon, G. W. Gasldll, A. M. Hunter, J. 
 W. Nauman, W. L. Riffe, S. K. Allen, T. D. Frazer, 
 L. A. Shipley and S. E. Judy ; the ministers : Duncan 
 Brown, B. D. Luther, D. C. Smith, James Reed, A. P. 
 Haydon, M. E. Krotzer, John A. Currie and R. Bruce 
 West ; the deacons : W. B. Wilson, Robert Lyons, Wm. 
 Thaver, H. S. Hogue, F. S. Brownfield, G. W.* Ballinger, 
 J. H. Riffe, W. T. Crews and Chas. McClandish. 
 
 In 1879, this solid church built a solid brick church, 
 thirty by fifty feet, at a cost of $3,000. The manse is 
 on a lot 100 by 110 feet. 
 
 The above is from a very complete and concise 
 sketch by Elder A. M. Hunter, long the clerk of Ses- 
 sion, who has served the church over twenty-nine years. 
 
 The records of the Stanberry Church having been 
 burned and no information furnished by the church 
 itself, what is here given has been gathered at a great 
 expenditure of time, from various sources. 
 
112 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 The church was organized by Revs. J. W. Allen, F. 
 G. Strange and B. D. Luther. 1883 has been given as 
 the date of organization, but 1880 is undoubtedly the 
 true date, as Dr. Allen was not Synodical Missionary 
 after that year, and Dr. Strange, who was then at Em- 
 pire Prairie, went to Hiawatha, Kans., before May, 
 1881. Dr. Strange writes: ''If my memory is correct, 
 the Stanberry Church was organized in October, 1880. 
 The town was started in a corn field. The services at 
 which the organization was effected were held in the 
 upstairs of a new, unfinished building. The railroad 
 was not yet completed." 
 
 Miss Ida Birge and Dr. R. R. Dunshee were among 
 the charter members. The church has been served by 
 Revs. Duncan Brown, Carson Reed, T. M. Hillman, A. 
 W. McGlothlan, D. C. Smith and C. C. Armstrong, 
 and Elders L. A. Kimball, Wm. Miller, C. F. Gardner, 
 J. W. Huggins, John Davis, Edgar M. Hurlburt, J. C. 
 Dhume, Dr. J. A. Hawthorne, C. C. T^^ard, D. G. Boleyn, 
 John Kuyler, W. H. Fawcett, ^\. C. Porter, L. A. Cook, 
 W. C. Smothers, T. J. Smith, J. H. McGinnis, Owen L. 
 Smith, Dr. E. P. Campbell, N. E. Reynold, and Wm. 
 Sterritt. Elder 0. L. Smith has been the Clerk of- 
 Session for several years. The church has a frame 
 house of worship, is grouped with Knox, and has 
 preaching half of the time, with a flourishing Sabbath 
 school. 
 
 The following is taken from "Twenty-Five Years 
 of Tarkio Congregation," by Prof. J. Yallance Brown, 
 published in The United Presbyterian, of June 14, 
 1906. 
 
 ''In August of 1880 the surveyor put Tarkio on the 
 map. Some three or four months later. Rev. R. M. 
 Sherrard conducted the initial religious meeting in the 
 only availal)le building, the primitive temple of the 
 prairie lands, the railroad station. On the ninth of 
 June, 1881, the maiden service of the first public hall 
 was the formal organization of the Tarkio congrega- 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 113 
 
 tion by the pioneer missionary, preacher and supply. 
 The first elder was Mr. J. F. Hanna, one of the most 
 influential in the history of the congregation. The 
 winter following Tarkio united with York in calling 
 Rev. R. H. Barnes. March 14, 1882, dates his accept- 
 ance. On May 5, 1888, Mr. W. 0. Miller became second 
 ruling elder. Summer of the same year saw a $5,000 
 building erected without help from the Board of 
 Church Extension. With June of 1885, Rev. Barnes 
 gave York his entire time. 
 
 ''The memories of the 'western Sunday,' on which 
 the first pastor preached his initial sermon. It was 
 afternoon of the last Sabbath of November, 1881. The 
 half-story upper room over the grocery story held six 
 early listeners. Stragglers numbered two or three. 
 Outside were, crowds and open booths. Pounding ham- 
 mers well nigh drowned the preacher's appeals. 
 
 "The longest (the second) pastorate was that of 
 Rev. W. P. McNary, D. D. May 3, 1886 dates his call ; 
 July 1, his entrance on the work. Not until September 
 1, 1899, was the relation dissolved. Three statements 
 ^re suggestive. Membership attained to 390. On 
 March 15, 1896, the present $18,000 edifice was dedi- 
 cated. In 1899, the Committee of Missions met in Tar- 
 kio. Dr. McNary was also active in college interests. 
 For practically his entire pastorate he was president 
 of the Board of Directors, and was later an efficient 
 financial agent. 
 
 "On February 28, 1900, Rev. R. B. A. McBride was 
 called. On the first of April he entered the work. His 
 first year was 'the year of the great revival' in Tarkio 
 nnd community under Williams and Alexander. A not- 
 able sequel was the communion occasion of December 
 16, 1900. Seventy-six accessions were reported. Sixty- 
 four of these were by profession and baptism. An 
 event of wider historic interest was the meeting of the 
 memorable 'Missionary' Assembly of 1903, in Tarkio. 
 On October 8, 1905, the pulpit was again vacated. 
 
114 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTE'RY. 
 
 ' ' Musical history : At first an elder ' took the pitch ' 
 and led the congregation. A favorite opening refrain 
 was from the long meter of the twenty-second Psalm: 
 
 To Thee in praise, I'll lift my song, 
 Amid the great assemJ:)led throng; 
 
 "In the application 'the great assembled throng' 
 numbered ordinarily — seven! Later, the session 'se- 
 lected twelve members to constitute a choir.' March 
 26, 1899, Session was petitioned to grant the congrega- 
 tion an opportunity to express itself on the use of an 
 instrument in worship. September 9, 1899, Session's 
 committee on choir was authorized to rent a piano. 
 The pipe-organ was installed in 1903. The present 
 choir consists of forty-two." 
 
 Prof. Brown, who is also Clerk of Session, wrote 
 December 16, 1907: ''To the article enclosed must be 
 added our present pastor. Rev. E. C. Little, w^ho settled 
 with us a 3^ear ago. Below you will also find a list of the 
 charter sixteen: Mrs. James Anderson, Mrs. Sarah 
 Black, Wm. A. Carothers, Mrs. Ollie Foster, S. S. Fos- 
 ter, J. F. Hanna, Mrs. Nettie V. Hanna, Miss Sarah. 
 Ingstrum, T. S. McCullough, INIrs. Lon Miller, Robert 
 F. Miller, W. 0. Miller, Mrs. Esther Phillips, Isaac 
 PhilliDs, Mrs. Nina Stevenson, and R. M. Stevenson. ' ' 
 
 Something will be said later, in the sketch of Tarkio 
 College, of the ministers and missionaries, many of 
 whom were doubtless temporary members of this 
 church, and some of them probably raised up in it. 
 
 In August, 1908, Elder T. D. Frazer, Clerk of Ses- 
 sion of the Second Presbyterian Church of St. Joseph, 
 sent a very full and exact memorandum of its history, 
 from which the following is taken, verbally or in sub- 
 stance : 
 
 The records of the Session state: "July 11, 1881,. 
 the Lafayette Presbytery appointed Revs. R. S. Camp- 
 bell and II. S. P. Willis and Elder W. P. Sanders a 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTE'RY. 115 
 
 committee to arrange for the organization of a church. 
 The committee met and enrolled the following persons : 
 Mrs. Agnes Abercrombie, Thomas Crawford and wife, 
 Mrs. Mary Gibson and Miss Lauretta Richards, all 
 from the P'irst Church, and Mrs. R. G. Brown from 
 Hiawatha, Kans, and on profession of faith, Miss Clara 
 Richards, Elizabeth Richards, Katie Sever and Magda- 
 line Walker. 
 
 "This action was reported to Presbytery and the 
 committee was instructed to complete the work of or- 
 ganization. Oct. 7, 1881, the committee met and added 
 the following names to the list of members: B. B. 
 Frazer, Sr., and wife, B. B. Frazer, Jr., T. D. Frazer, 
 J. E. Hewlett and wife, Samuel M. Beattie, Miss Lu- 
 emma Dimmitt, Miss Bettie Glaskin and Dr. J. M. Rich- 
 mond and wife, all from the First Church ; also Chester 
 L. Evans, of Oregon, Mo., B. B. Frazer, Sr., and 
 J. E. Hewlett, who had been elders in the First Church 
 were chosen and installed elders in this church. Rev. 
 George Miller, of Oregon, Mo., accepted a call as stated 
 supply, and entered on his duties October 1, 1881." 
 
 "The following ministers have acceptably served 
 the church : Geo. Miller, B. H. Dupuy, W. S. Trimble, 
 W. S. Foreman, and L. E. McNair. Rev. McNair re- 
 signed Nov. 3, 1907. The pulpit has been supplied 
 since by Rev. Duncan Brown, till the middle of May, 
 and by Rev. W. AV. Harrison since. The following per- 
 sons have served the church as elders : B. B. Frazer, Sr., 
 J. E. Hewlett, John Williams, John L. Leonard, T. D. 
 Frazer, M. C. Powell, C. R. McCoy and R. W. McDon- 
 ald. The following persons have served the church 
 as deacons: James W. Patrick, T. D. Frazer, M. C. 
 Powell, James Ferguson, M. L. Seip, John L. Leonard, 
 Wm. Ewing, John Massey, Floyd C. Stannard, David 
 Aitchison, Chas. A. Hensley, A. W. Coats, W. R. Mach- 
 ett, Daniel L. Sims, J. W. Koch and F. H. Bierman. 
 
 !'The Church and Sabbath school have always been 
 active workers. The Sabbath school has been super- 
 intended continuously the last twenty-five years by M. 
 
116 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 C. Powell. Mr. Powell has several times desired to re- 
 tire, but at the urgent request of the school has re- 
 mained." 
 
 This organization is the outgrowth of a Sunday 
 school started about 1870, on Penn street, nearly oppo- 
 site where the church now stands. It was superintend- 
 ed from the first up to 1881 by Col. John F. Tyler, who 
 paid the rent of the room in which it was held. Miss 
 Lauretta Richards was very active in the Sabbath 
 school both before and after the organization of the 
 church. Manj^ times when the attendance was very 
 small, she acted as superintendent and all the other 
 officers. No doubt her fidelity was the means of keep- 
 ing up the school. 
 
 The Grant City Church was organized October 8, 
 1881, by Rev. E. B. Sherwood and Elders Walter Glad- 
 stone and Wm. A. Patton, with the following members : 
 AVm. C. and Helen Gladstone, Mrs. Caroline Harrison, 
 Mrs. Martha Hicks, Mrs. Araminta (James) Kerr, Hen- 
 ry E. and Mary J. Martin, Mrs. L. A. Raplee, Wm. N. 
 and Mary E. Woods and Thomas J. and Sarah B. Wors- 
 ter. W. C. Gladstone and H. E. Martin were elected 
 elders. The elders elected since are Stokely C. Da- 
 vidson, Chas. L. Wheeler, B. F. Lucas, Geo. H. Hota- 
 ling, John Stalder, A. W. Kelso, Erdley 0. Sayle and 
 John F. Robertson. The church has been supplied by 
 Wm. Meyer, Carson Reed, James Kirkwood, Duncan 
 McRuer, Jr., Edward H. Bull and Allen D. Seelig. 
 
 A Sabbath school was begun three months after 
 the church was organized and has been very prosper- 
 ous. A frarae church costing $3,000 and replacing the 
 old one was dedicated April 26, 1891, free of debt. 
 
 For the above we are indebted to Dr. S. C. David- 
 son, elder for over twenty years. Clerk of Session for 
 sixteen, and Sabbath school superintendent for prob- 
 ably a longer period. 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 117 
 
 Elder E. H. White, Clerk of Session, the sustaining 
 and inspiring power of the whole community as well 
 as the church which he has served for twenty-two 
 years, though a very busy man, has kindly furnished 
 the following: 
 
 The First Presbyterian Church of Fairfax was 
 organized March 18, 1882, by Rev. E. B. Sherwood and 
 Elders Robert Montgomery and Geo. "W. Gaskill, with 
 eight members : TIenry L. and Abbie E. Allen, Thomas 
 Bright, Wm. Newton and Julia Curry, S. P. and Ida S. 
 Jewell and Mrs. Anna Lininger, W. N. Curry and S. 
 P. Jewell were elected elders. To these have been 
 added H. L. Allen, E. TI. White, J. Harvey Laird, A. 
 C. Hayes, James Thompson and Ruffner Dunlap. 
 
 Its ministers are Wilson Asdale, Chas. W. Price, 
 James Kirkwood, D. C. Smith, James Reed, James E. 
 Leyda, J. C. Gilkerson, Wisel Beale, Robert S. Wat- 
 son, Donald S. West, John Duncan and J. M. Bell. 
 
 The church was built in 1882, costing about $2,200. 
 The manse cost $750. This is a missionary church, 
 having an outstation at Nishnabotna. 
 
 For several years Union Star had been considered 
 an outpost of Empire Prairie whose ministers held ser- 
 vices there as they had opportunity. In 1882, a Union 
 church, in which the Presbj^terians of Union Star had 
 a one-fourth interest, having been built, a petition was 
 presented Platte Presbytery asking for an organiza- 
 tion. Presbytery appointed Revs. E. B. Sherwood and 
 Wm. Meyer and Elder James W. Porterfield to visit 
 the field. They met at Union Star, September 29, 1882, 
 and on October first, completed the organization of the 
 church Avith the following members : A. A. Daugherty 
 and wife, Mrs. Maggie Hudson, Mrs. Rebecca Lowe, 
 Miss Annie Miller, Geo. Moyes and wife. Miss Jennie 
 Moyes, J. C. Ogden and wife. Misses Julia and Kate 
 Ogden, John Patterson and wife, Mrs. Mary Teanor 
 and Miss Harriet N. White. Judge A. A. Daugherty 
 
118 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 was elected elder. Miss Ansie Ilerron was received on 
 profession the next day. 
 
 The elders elected since then are W. S. Earls, Geo. 
 Moyes, AValter L. Reynolds, James L. Landers, Geo. D. 
 Burton, Samuel Stewart and Geo. A. Moyes. James 
 Moj^es is deacon. 
 
 Kev. F. E. Thompson was the first pastor, and he 
 has been followed by J. F, Clarkson, W. Weaver, J. 
 
 B. Rice, S. W. Richards, James Reed, F. W. Grossman, 
 
 C. C. Armstrong, U. G. Schell and D. M. Boyer. 
 
 November 30, 1895, the Ladies Aid Society pur- 
 chased a half acre lot on which a neat church was 
 erected ; all now valued at about $2,400. 
 
 The above was furnished by Rev. James Reed, who 
 knows more about the churches of Platte Presbytery 
 than any other man living. 
 
 The Kingston Church was organized May 18, 1884, 
 by Revs. John C. Young, Thomas Marshall and C. W. 
 Higgins, with the following members : Abijah W. and 
 Julia A. Bishop, Mrs. Belle Buxton, Mrs. Laura Dodge, 
 Mrs. Mary Higgins, Edward D. and Emily Johnson, 
 Jacob and Mary A. Krautz, ]\Irs. Hannah L. Lambert, 
 Dr. Daniel Neff, James A. Rathbun and Mrs. Mary 
 C. Spivey. D. Neff and J. A. Rathburn were elected 
 elders, and E. D. Johnson, A. W. Bishop and R. D. 
 Sackman, trustees; C. S. McGlothlan became trustee 
 later. 
 
 The church, thirty by forty feet, was built in 1868 
 by the Congregationalists, and purchased from them 
 in 1884, for $750, (according to a history in the Kansas 
 City Library). The manse lot contains an acre. 
 
 The church has been ministered to by C. W. Hig- 
 gins, A. B. Goodale, G. E. Northrup, La Theo. lobe, 
 John Weston, E. S. Farrand, A. B. Byram, C. P. Blay- 
 ney and W. E. Barksdale. 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 119 
 
 The roll of elders is D. Neff, J .A. Rathbun, John 
 McNaug'hton, L. M. Spivey, Wm, Spivey, John W. Sni- 
 der, Geo. K. Dodge, Lee Bridgewater, C. S. McLaugh- 
 lin and Q. T. Jones. 
 
 The church was in a discouraging condition, being 
 much depleted by removals, but has lately been greatly 
 revived and has taken on new life. 
 
 For the above we are indebted to Elders L. M. and 
 AVm. Spivey. 
 
 On February 28, 1885, Rev. Duncan McRuer and 
 Elder James Scott, a committee appointed by Platte 
 Presbytery, proceeded, after due consideration, to or- 
 ganize a church in New Hamj^ton, there being no other 
 church in the place. The charter members were : Mich- 
 al and Elizabeth Scott Cochrane, Josiah W. and Mary 
 S. Corell, Mrs. IMargaret Tennant, Geo. Tennant, and 
 John W. and Caroline D. Virden. Of these Messrs. 
 Virden, Cochrane and Corell were elected elders. M. 
 Cochrane was chosen Clerk of Session, and served the 
 church faithfully in that capacity until September 19, 
 1897, when he resigned because of infirmity and age. 
 ''Those who have been possibly the most faithful and 
 instrumental in the continued existence of the church 
 and Sabbath school are Mr. and Mrs. Cochrane, Mrs. 
 Wm. Virden, Miss Naomi Virden, Mr. Albert McMillen, 
 Miss Sarah Williams, and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Tennant. ' ' 
 
 The church, twenty-eight by forty feet, was erected 
 in 1885, at a cost of $1200.' The very comfortable 
 manse built in 1902 at a cost of $1,000, owes its ex- 
 istence largely to the Virden family, who contributed 
 half of the amount. 
 
 The church has been served by Revs. D. McRuer, 
 James A. McKay, Chas. P. Blayney, James Reed and 
 Henry A. Brown ; and Elders Cochrane, Corell, Virden, 
 A. L. Funk and John Tennant. 
 
 The church has always been especially strong in 
 its Sabbath school. 
 
120 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 The above was furnished by Elder A. L. Funk^ 
 Clerk of Session, for nearly twelve years and the effi- 
 cient and enthusiastic superintendent of the Sabbath 
 school for ten years. 
 
 Elder Charles Baker, Clerk of Session, wrote in 
 June, 1907: "The Cumberland Presbyterian congre- 
 gation was organized in the Congregational church 
 building at Mabel P. 0. on May 17, 1885, by Rev. El- 
 bert S. Ragan. Sallie Bendure, John Blackburn, Retta 
 Blackburn, Ella F. Crum, L. W. Crum, Kate Davis,. 
 Mary E. Hainline, J. E. Medlar, Annabell Webb and 
 John Webb were the charter members. Ministers : E. 
 S. Ragan, S. A. McPherson, M. T. Bell. Ruling elders : 
 John Webb, L. W. Crum, Frank Blackburn, Adam 
 Reiminschneider, John Blackburn, Chas. Baker, E. 
 M. Smith, Wm. McHenry and Guy Hunter. 
 
 Nothing additional or later has come to hand. 
 
 The Linkville congregation was organized Nov. 23, 
 1885, at Mt. Pleasant (Second Creek) by Rev. C. B. 
 Hodges. The charter members were Pete Baron and 
 wife, F. W. Hilbus and wife, Anna Hodges, C. B. 
 Hodges and wife, J. J. Hodges and wife, Jesse Hodges, 
 R. T. Hodges and wife, Wm. McMonigle and wife, Mrs. 
 Nancy Slaughter, Mrs. Amanda Taylor and Mrs. Lee 
 Vance. 
 
 The church has been served by Revs. James Fro- 
 man, L. Munkirs, S. T. Divinia, W. 0. H. Perry, Arthur 
 Perry, S. H. Murray, J. H. Norman, J. C. Moore and 
 D. M. Boyer ; and by elders J. J. Hodges, R. T. Hodges„ 
 F. W. Hilbus, W. W. Morrow and Scott Jones. Rev. 
 James Froman is the present pastor. 
 
 Elder F. W. Hilbus, Clerk of Session, kindly fur- 
 nished the above. 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 121 
 
 1886-1907. 
 
 Oower Presbyterian Church was organized May 20, 
 1886, by a Commission of Upper Missouri Presbytery, 
 consisting of Rev. J. A. D. Hughes, Chairman, Rev. 
 H. B. Boude, D. D., Elder W. P. Hooper, of Plattsburg 
 Church and Elder John L. Wylie of Stewartsville 
 Church. Thomas Hall and F. R. Allen were elected 
 and ordained Ruling Elders; John C. Atchison and D. 
 S. Hall, Deacons ; and William Hammett, Trustee. Soon 
 after, date not given, N. G. Cummings and Calvin M. 
 Graves, having been elders in other churches, were 
 elected Eldersi; and William Hammett, elected and 
 ordained Deacon. Beside the above the following be- 
 came charter members: Mrs. Mattie Allen, Mrs. Mary 
 F. Gartin, Mrs. M. J. Graves, Miss Annie Hall, Mrs. 
 Edna F. Hall, Mrs. Emma Hall, Mrs. Inez C. Hall, Mrs. 
 Virginia Hammett, Miss Minnie Pryor, Mrs. Celia 
 Smith, Samuel Starrett and Mrs. J. E. White. Rev. J. 
 A. D. Hughes became the first regular monthly supply, 
 and the following succeeded him, in the order named : 
 L. E, IMcNair, 0. W. Ganss (installed as pastor), Chas. 
 P. Foreman, J. M. Campbell, Xenophon Ryland, and 
 James B. Carpenter, our present worthy supply. The 
 present officers are Elders F. R. Allen, A. C. Cummino:s 
 and William Hammett; Deacons J. C. Atchison and 
 Robert C. Cummings. 
 
 Our church was built in 1896. With lots and all we 
 estimate the cost $2,500; all paid for. The Ladies Aid 
 Society furnished some things. The organ and Bible 
 stand were presents. 
 
 Elder William Hammett, Clerk of Se sion, most 
 courteously and promptly furnished the above in July, 
 1907. 
 
 The Tina Church was organized December 19, 1886, 
 by Rev. Thos Marshall and Elders Thos. H. Trussell 
 and Dr. W. H. Dice, with the following members: Mary 
 Allen, R. D. Allen, Mrs. J. Austin, Mariah Beans, Mrs. 
 
123 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 Mary Campbell, Alice Crose, Mrs. M. Crose, Stephen 
 Crose, Mrs. Crose, Emma Dice, W. H. Dice, Wm. For- 
 sj^lie, Mrs. A. B. 'Ross, G. T. Ross, Jesse States, Tkos. 
 H. and Margaret Trussell, Alice Wamick and John 
 Warnick. Dr. W. H. Dice and T. H. Trussell were 
 elected elders. Dr. Dice, a veteran pioneer, did the 
 preliminary work. He wrote in October, 1905, "The 
 church was made up of members of the Coloma and 
 Rockford churches, with Wm. Forsythe and wife of 
 the Avalon Church." 
 
 This church because it was the first one organized 
 in the town, received from the Burlington R. R. Co., 
 the gift of a lot on which a, frame building, costing 
 $800, was erected in 1888. It has been supplied by 
 Revs. George Case, W. C. McCune, A. J. Harmon, A. D. 
 Wolfe, T. C. Armstrong, L. W. Cunningham and Ira 
 W. Barnett: and served by Elders T. H. Trussell, W. 
 H. Dice, J, R. West, James Edmonds, Robert R. Wilson, 
 Isaac Edmonds, Leslie G. Venard, R. D. Allen, J. G. 
 McGa^ughey, John L. Dickerson, E. M. Ross and B. A. 
 Wilmot. 
 
 For most of the above we are indebted to Elder J. 
 G. McGaughey, Clerk of Session, and his daughter, 
 Miss Kate. 
 
 The Green Valley Congregation was organized Feb- 
 ruary 21, 1889, by Rev. F^ M. Miller, half a mile north 
 of the city limits of St. Joseph. It was known as the 
 Oak Grove Congregation till in 1900. It now has a 
 good church, valued at $2500, two miles northwest of 
 St. Joseph, and a glebe. The recent pastors are J. Tur- 
 ner Hood, J. H. Tharp and G. L. Engles. The present 
 elders are W. D. Maxwell, J. W. Bond, J. C. Thomas, 
 Henry Peter and E. B. Teagarden. 
 
 Elder W. D. Maxv^ell says, "We have services 
 three Sabbaths in the month, a midweek prayer meet- 
 ing, a Christian Endeavor, and an ever-areen Sabbath 
 School." 
 
 The Weatherby Congregation was organized April 
 11, 1889, by Rev. L. F. Hayes with the following mem- 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 133 
 
 bers: James N. Clark, xSiartiu M. Crow, Sarah Crow, 
 JaJm Lclie, Walter iiClson, ±iClward ,(jrraiiam, ijaura ii;. 
 Graham, A. E. Plarper, Henry R. Harper, Margaret A. 
 Harper, Mary E. Harper, JSarah Howard, Wm. M. How- 
 ard, Laura Kariker, Chas. McClure, John McClure, 
 Hattie B. Musser, Cora J. Rhoads, Eva E. Rhoads, 
 Caroline Riggs, Lillie Riggs, Flora Roper, Addie 
 Thompson, Georgie Ward and A. L. Zimmerman. H. R. 
 Harper, J. McChire and J. N. Clark were elected 
 elders. ; A. E. Harper and A. L. Zimmerman, deacons. 
 The congregation was received under the care of Platte 
 Presbytery in September, 1889. 
 
 The church house, thirty by fifty feet, built in 
 1890-1, cost $1600. The adjoining lot, owned by the 
 church, fifty by a hundred feet, is planted in maple 
 trees. 
 
 The pastors have been L. F. Hayes, C. B. Powers, 
 E. S. Ragan, M. R. Daugherty, W. 0. H. Perry and S. 
 T. Divinia; the elders, H. R. Harper, J. McClure, J. N. 
 Clark, John Fisher, J. W. Baker. Chas. McClure, W. B. 
 Taylor, Eugene E. DeHart, C. B. Johnson, Oliver Mus- 
 ser and S. A. Riggs; and the deacons, A. L. Zimmer- 
 man, A. E. Harper and Isom F. Riggs. 
 
 Elder H. R. Harper, Clerk of Session, furnished the 
 above. 
 
 The Polo Church was organized January 24, 1893, 
 in the M. E. South church, by Revs. W. A. Cravens 
 and La Theo lobe, and John Wilson, Pastor-at-large, 
 with nine members: Thomas Bathgate, Miss Mary 
 Bathgate, Mrs. Mattie Carter, Mrs. Toney Estes, JosepJi 
 Frazer, Mrs. Mecca Frazer, Mrs. Effie Madden, Mrs. 
 Maggie Moss and James Tait. Messrs. Tait and Bath- 
 gate were chosen elders. The church w^as supplied by 
 John Wilson, J. L. Boyer, A. M. Hendee, Joel W. Todd 
 and James Reed. The reasonable prospects of growth 
 which existed at its organization having faded away, 
 it was disbanded by Presbytery September 10, 1903. 
 It owed its existence to the now venerable Elder Tait, 
 
124 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 long an active business man, who was never contented 
 to live in a place without a Presbyterian church. 
 
 The Hope Church of St. Joseph was organized Nov- 
 ember 5, 1892, by Revs. H. Bullard, E. B. Sherwood, 
 C. B. McAfee, F. Lonsdale and H. W. Cowan with the 
 tolloAving- members: Wm. K. and Annie M. Adams, 
 Harlan E. Adams, Mrs. Arabella Anderson, Mrs. 
 Catherine Artlip, IMrsi. Mary E. Blinn, iHarvey S., 
 Treneus P. and J. Edward Blinn, Miss Lucy E. Blinn, 
 Mrs. Martha E. Baker, Mrs. C. E. Bethel, Misses Goldie 
 and Nannie K. Bethel, Mrs. Bertha Brill, IMisses Edna, 
 Nellie and Pearl Brill, Miss Nellie E Carrier, Mrs. 
 Martha Coe, Mrs. Annie L. Cowan, Misses Lavina K. 
 and Mahala E. Davis, Wm. M. Groves, Mrs. Susan S. 
 Groves, Mrs. Emma and Miss Olive L. Hardwick, Wm. 
 S. Hepburn, Mrs. .Maggie E. Hepburn, Miss Marv E. 
 Hubbell, Miss Roxana Johns, Mrs. L. H. Jones, ]\Iisses 
 Janet L. and Jessie R. Jones, Wm. D. Jones, Mrs. Eliz. 
 Krinzel, Harvey J. Maun, Adam Miller, Mrs. Sarah Mil- 
 ler, Mrs. Susan R. IMohler, Miss Rosa IMoser, Miss 
 Mary T. Oppliger, Misses Emily P. and Laura P. 
 Robinson, Mrs. Mary J. Rupert, 0. Schoepfer, ]\Iiss 
 Lizzie Shank, Mrs. Sarah Shaw, William H. Speaker, 
 Mrs. Mary Speaker, IMiss M. Christina Speaker, 
 Miss Glennie M. Sells, Miss Laura Stone, Mrs. Katie 
 B. Stumpfad, Mrs. IMary Swartz, Chas. E. Swartz, 
 Misses iDinah and Emma Yost, Mrs. Sarah E. Ziebold, 
 Daniel A. and Edward P. Ziebold. Messrs. W. K. 
 Adams and I. P. Blinn were elected elders : and H. E. 
 Adams and W. M. Groves, deacons. 
 
 In the sketch of Westminster Church some mention 
 has already been made of the work in Hope Chapel. 
 This was built at a cost of over $500, on a lot bought bv 
 Elder Herschel Bartlett for $900 and "placed at the 
 disposal of the pastor." ''The whole region was visv 
 ited from house to house, and Sunday ni^rht services 
 were arrane-ed for. These, the Session placed in the 
 harids of Elder Arlams, who had so fullv proved his ef- 
 ficiencv in evangelistic work during eighteen months* 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 125 
 
 while conducting Sabbath night meetings at Oak Grove 
 church. He had just been released from that work by 
 the organization in the neighborhood of a Cumberland 
 Presbyterian church, made possible by a revival in 
 which about forty of the young people who had been 
 regular attendants on Mr. Adams' services, were con- 
 verted. This duty was accepted, and for two and a 
 half years was carried on with gratifying success. 
 During the first summer Elder Butler assisted, till he 
 left the city. The next two summers theological 
 students were employed during their vacations, until 
 in September, 1891, it (became evident to Mr. Adams 
 and the Session that the time had come when some 
 minister should be regularly employed. Rev. Hector 
 W. Cowan was invited to take charge,'* and remained 
 until March 1, 1894. Rev. Ernest W. Symonds, a recent 
 graduate of Omaha Theological Seminary, accepted a 
 call and was installed May 3, 1894, as the first pastor, 
 remaining till January 1, 1903. He was immediately 
 followed by Rev. Henry A. Sawyers, the present pastor. 
 
 Very largely through Mr. Cowan's influence and 
 efforts, a, brick church costing $2,250 was erected in 
 August, 1892. The first building now serves as a 
 chapel for the brick structure. 
 
 The complete roll of elders is W. K. Adams, I. P. 
 Blinn, Jesse 0. McClain, Edward P. Adams, O. P. Tor- 
 rance, E. Donovan Plummer and Christian F. Mever. 
 
 The Barbee Memorial Church was organized May G, 
 1894, in the Baptist church of Excelsior Springs, by 
 Revs. Wm. Frost Bishop and E. McNair and Elder John 
 M. Finley, a committee from Upper Missouri Presby- 
 tery. The charter members were Joshua F, Barbee, 
 Mrs. M. M. Barbee, Miss ]\Iary A. Barbee, Mrs Fratie 
 Bates, Mrs. Mary Jane Crockett, Fred H. Dice, J. L. 
 Dice, Mrs. M. L. Dice, E. L. Dimmitt, Mrs. Luella Ever- 
 sole, Mrs. Cordie Ford, Mrs. Jennie Gordon, George Mc 
 Caslin, Misses Agnes and Helen jMcGeorge, Mrs. Jane 
 McGeorge, Mrs. Belle Mc]\Iullen, Mrs. Clara, Newle^, 
 
126 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 Miss Louise Pitney, Mrs. Laui'a Shelton and Mrs. 
 Emma Sparks. 
 
 The pastors have been Jlevs. Joshua Barbee, Ros.s 
 M. Neel, Robert L. Kinnaird, Donald S. West and 
 Frank A. Bradshaw; the elders, Edward L. Dimmitt,. 
 Anthony Haynes, John M. Finlev, A. M. Griffith, Wm. 
 T. Hufft, Jos. M. McKibben, James C. Shelton, Chas. C. 
 Sherwood and S. B. Cole. 
 
 The church held its meetings in Prof. Haynes' 
 Academy building until the church building was fin- 
 ished, April 1, 1902. It was dedicated April 18, 1902 
 by Dr. Dobyn. 
 
 For the above we are indebted to Prof. Anthony 
 Haynes, Clerk of Session, who has been the main pillar 
 of the church, financially and otherwise. 
 
 The Gaynor City Church was organized December 
 8, 1894, by Rev. John Wilson with the following mem- 
 bers: Mrs. Clara Barks, George Barks, Mrs. Mary 
 Barks, James and M. Burgher, Mrs. Jane P. Dinsmore, 
 Mrs. E. Donaldson, Charlotte S.. David, Elizabeth J. 
 and Esther C. Hepburn, Mrs. Isabell Hepburn, James 
 L. and M. J. Hepburn, Jennette, John, John G., Mar- 
 gurite A., Richard and Thomas H. Hepburn, Mrs. 
 Louise Hicks, Mrs. Eliza Higgins, Mrs. Hattie Lindsay, 
 Mrs. E. Nigh, Mrs. Melissa Shirley, Thos. Shirley and 
 Mrs. Electa Smith. J. Burgher and J. L. Hepburn w^ere 
 elected elders. In 1895, a neat frame church was erect- 
 ed, costing about $1550, all of which was raised on the 
 ground. Deaths and removals reduced the roll of 
 members from sixty to six in a dozen years, and the 
 church was disbanded in 1907-8. It was an offshoot 
 of the Hopkins Church, to which its remnant returned. 
 The history of this church illustrates that of many 
 feeble or extinct country churches. Depleted by the 
 scattering of their vigorous young to their life work, 
 and the death or removal to town of others, they be- 
 come weak or die through sriving their life blood to the 
 church at large. Elder Hepburn has contributed one 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 127 
 
 son as a minister, and several highly educated daugh- 
 ters are Christian workers. 
 
 The Chula Church was organized in 1895 by Revs. 
 J. H. Tharp, J. M. Ragan and others. So wrote Miss 
 Nellie Lilly, Clerk of Session, in July 1908, but in the 
 absence of the Records, she gave nothing more. The 
 recent elders are D. F. Shiflett, J. N. Ballinger and M. 
 H. Smith. The church is evidently alive as it has a 
 weekly prayer meeting. Its property was valued at 
 $1600 in 1905. 
 
 The Morton-Hardin Church Avas organized in April 
 (or May), 1895, at Hardin, by Revs. Joshua Barbee 
 and J. S. Van Meter. Mr. Barbee was pastor five 
 years till his death. Rev. Ross M. Neel preached a few 
 times, then Revs. Robert L. Brown, J. W. McClure and 
 Guy B. Duff. The present elders are W. C. Kirk- 
 patrick, Thomas Kirkpatrick, J. B. HaiTison, James 
 Prather and John J. Stephenson. One of the first 
 elders of the church was H. S. Trigg of Hardin. 
 
 Elder J. J. Stevenson, Clerk of Session, furnished 
 the above in August, 1907. The temporary absence of 
 the Records caused the uncertainty as to the date of 
 the organization, and prevented the giving of fuller 
 information. 
 
 The Maitland Church was organized July 7, 1895 
 by Revs. John Wilson and H. A. Sawyers and Elder W. 
 M. Hamsher, with the following members: Ralph 
 Crider, Rosetta Crider, John U. Crozen, Blanche De 
 Bard, Maggie W. Dills, Mollie Frank, Orville Graves, 
 Wilda Graves, Emma Kenyon, D. Ward King, Mary B. 
 King, Ijettie Reed King, David McHugh, Elzira Mc 
 Hugh, John L, Ogle, Lottie Powell, Lizzie Robison, 
 Mary Robison, S. D. Robison, Ella Rogers, J. P. Rogers, 
 Rose Rogers, Elizabeth Shields, William Shields. 
 Messrs. Crozen, Graves and Ogle were chosen elders. 
 With the preceding, the elders are Wm. Shields, D. Me 
 
us HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 Hugh, R. Crider, F. P. Gates, J. M. Kenyon, H. K. 
 Noel, Samuel Weaver and Chas. Graves. The church 
 has jjeen supplied b}^ C. P. Blayney, W. E. Caldwell, 
 H. P. Alexander and Jeremiah Moore. 
 
 The church, which cost about $4,500 was built in 
 1898. The manse, purchased for $1,500, stands in a 
 half acre lot. 
 
 We are indebted to Elder H. K. Noel, Clerk of 
 Session, for the above. 
 
 • Hev. J. T. ]\IcKitrick, pastor of The United Presby- 
 terian Church of St. Joseph, writes : ' ' The church was 
 organized in 1899, by the Board of Home Missions. 
 Rev. W. R. Leeper was pastor until June, 1907, and 
 the undersigned since September, 1907. The elders 
 have been F. D. McKinley, E. M. Wallace, D. E. Law- 
 head, D. R. Forgan, Wylie McKinley and J. A. CraAv- 
 ford. The present church building cost $7,000 and the 
 lot on which it stands cost $5,000. 
 
 The following is condensed from a fuller sketch 
 kindly furnished by Elder J. A. Speer, Clerk of Session 
 of the Burlington Junction United Presbyterian 
 Church. V 
 
 Work was begun at this place September 24, 1899, 
 by Rev. J. W. Johnson, and continued by members of 
 College Springs Presbytery who volunteered their ser- 
 vices. On Thursday evening, February 22, 1900, Rev. 
 S. S. Martin of College Springs, Iowa, and Elders W. P. 
 ]\Iorrison of College Springs and J. K. Herron of Coin, 
 Iowa, the committee of Presbytery, having held ser- 
 vices for five days, "proceeded to the organization 
 known as the First United Presbyterian Congregation, 
 Burlington Junction, Mo. The charter members were 
 James i\I. Affleck, Mrs. Nannie Affleck, Howard and 
 Jessie Affleck, J. L. Duff, Mrs. Emma Duff, John A. 
 Duff, T. E. Fordyce, Mrs. W. H. Hamilton and Mrs. 
 Geo. Thompson, by letter; and Anna M. Duff and Effie 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 129 
 
 Thompson, on profession. J. L. Duff and T. E. Fordyce 
 were elected elders, and J. M. Affleck, J. L. Duff and 
 Mrs. Hamilton, trustees. 
 
 February 23, 1902, a church building costing $4,350, 
 was dedicated, free of debt, the sermon being by Rev. 
 R. B. A. McBride of Tarkio. 
 
 The church has been supplied by Revs. J. P. Gibson, 
 i). P. Smith, J. E. Barr, W. H. Anderson, E. J. Griffith 
 and Joseph Calhoun, D. D. ; and served by Elders J. L. 
 Duff, T. E. Fordyce, J. M. Affleck, J. A. Speer, S. C. 
 Taylor and J. R. George. Up to September, 1908, 
 sixtv-eiofht members had been received." 
 
 The work in South St. Joseph which resulted in the 
 organization of Faith Church was begun in June, 1899, 
 by Elders J. 0. McClain and 0. P. Torrance of Hope 
 Church, at the solicitation of Mrs. E. E. Brown and Mr. 
 Albert N. Sprague. The iirst meetings were held in 
 Hagan Hall with an attendance of only eight, but 
 patience and faith triumphed. In November, 1899, 
 they began a neat frame church costing nearly $1700, 
 which was completed in March, 1900. The deep inter- 
 est felt in the enterprise by all the kindred churches of 
 St. Joseph is shown by the participation in the organi- 
 zation of the church, September 2, 1900, of Revs. E. B. 
 Sherwood, T. D. Roberts and E. W. Svmonds, and 
 Elders W. M. Sherwood, F. J. Behne and W. J. San- 
 ders of Westminster; A. A. Elliott and C. M. Miller 
 of Third Street, and W. K. Adams and 0. P. Torrance 
 of Hope. 
 
 The charter members were Mrs. E. E. Brown, Hor- 
 ace L. Ewing, Cora S. Ewing, Chas. W. Hengston, 
 Albert N. Sprague, Mrs. Laura Sprague, W. L. Upton, 
 Mrs. R. B. West, J. B. Wright, M. D., Mrs. J. B. 
 Wright, J. W. Wright and Mrs. J. W. Wright. The 
 first elders were W. L. Upton and J. W. Wright, and 
 they have been followed by O. Burnett, G. H. Moffett, 
 Henry Dishner, W. E. Blanchard, Walter H. Penning- 
 ton, Wm. Dishner, Chas. McKaj^ and Samuel Johnston. 
 —9 
 
130 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 The church has been serv^ed by Revs. R. Bruce West, 
 H. A. Brown, David C. Davies and D. Augustus Shetler. 
 
 In 1901 a manse costing $900 was provided. The 
 church is doing a good work, its specialty being the 
 Sabbath school. Most of the above was furnished by 
 Elder 0. Burnett, Clerk of Session. 
 
 In the spring of 1901, three young men from the 
 First Presbyterian Church of St. Joseph started a little 
 Sabbath school in the King Hill school house. South 
 St. Joseph. Elder T. B. Campbell took a special in- 
 terest in the work, and Rev. I. F. Swallow, who had 
 just graduated from Louisville Seminary, began work 
 there the first Sabbath of June. By his untiring zeaJ 
 and perseverance the work grew, and by the prompt 
 liberality of friends in the First Church, the foundation 
 for the church building was laid September 17, 1901. 
 The building wasi formally opened for services, Novem- 
 ber 17, 1901, and the church was organized January 17, 
 1902, with the following members; Miss Charlotte 
 Anderson, J. P. Anthony and wife, F. C. Brown and 
 wife, C S. Brown and wife, James Clemenson, Mrs. 
 Augusta Conners and her two daughters, Albert D. 
 Conway and wife, E. A. Crain, Mrs. Edds and her two 
 daughters, Wm. E. Ervin, Chas. A. Hoffman and wife 
 Mrs. Bessie Jones, Mrs. Grace McKelvey, George A. 
 Mosier and wife, C. C. Miller, wife and daughter. Miss 
 Luella Norris, Mrs. D. A. Pope, Mrs. Belle Rasmus, Mrs. 
 Vina Stout and Miss Mary Waugh. Messrs. Hoffman 
 and Mosier were elected elders; and J. Clemenson, 
 deacon. 
 
 Rev. I. F. Swallow was elected pasitor, and after 
 three years of untiring and successful work, he accept- 
 ed a call to Augusta, Ky. After going without a per- 
 manent pastor for over a year, our friends succeeded i.a 
 getting for usi Rev. B. B. Sutcliffe, who is doing excel- 
 lent work. jWilliam E. Ervin and E. W. Sandusky 
 have been added to our bench of elders, and J. J. Hen- 
 dra, W. Barton, Wm. Kirschner and Geo. Anthony, to 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 131 
 
 the board of deacons. The church, which is situated 
 on the corner of Hyde Park Avenue and Fifth Street, 
 and the manse were built for about $10,000. Wm. 
 Kirschner is Superintendent of the flourishing Sabbath 
 school. 
 
 The above was condensed from a fuller account 
 furnished ,by Elder Wm. E. Ervin, Clerk of Session. 
 
 The Brookdale Church, like so many others, had its 
 beginning in a Sabbath school. This Sabbath school 
 ''was established in the spring of 1903, in a public 
 school building on Edmond St., and was maintained as 
 a mission school of the First Cumberland Presbyterian 
 Church of St. Joseph, until the fall of 1903. In Novem- 
 ber the Presbytery of Platte (C. P.), assumed control 
 and placed the Rev. W. S. Harold in charge. He was 
 ordered to make a canvas of the Presbytery for funds 
 with which to erect a building. His labor was so suc- 
 cessful that on June 19, 1904 the Siuiday school was 
 changed from the school building to the new building 
 which was dedicated, free of debt, on July 3, 1904. 
 The church is located on Sylvanie Street in what is 
 known as the Brookdale Addition, and is valued at 
 $1500, beside the lot which cost $500. 
 
 "On January 1, 1905, the organization of the con- 
 gregation was consummated by ;Rev. W. S. Harold. 
 The list of charter members is as follows: Mr. and 
 Mrs. J. A. Ainscombe, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. E. Clonkey, 
 Homer and Waldo Clonkey, C. E. Dobson, Mr. and Mrs. 
 Alex. Dumbreck, Misses Catherine and Celia Dum- 
 breck, Mrs. W. S. Harold, Mrs. J. W. Hagerty, Mr. and 
 Mrs. J. D. Munger, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Pumphrey, Miss 
 Nellie Pumphrey, W. P. Sampson, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. 
 Story, and Mr. and Mrs. .W. T. Wise. Messrs. Clonkey, 
 Sampson and Story were elected elders; and Munger 
 and Wise, deacons. 
 
 "Rev. W. S. Harold served the congregation until 
 June, 1905, when he accepted a call to the pastorate 
 
1S2 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 of the church at Memphis, Mo. The church was with- 
 out regular services, except a Sunday night service 
 conducted by a Y. M. C. A. worker, till in the spring 
 of 1906. Then the Chuch Extension Committee of 
 the Synod of Missouri secured the services of Rev. Wm. 
 A. McCammon, who took charge of the work, June 1, 
 1906." 
 
 The ahove was furnished by Mr. McCammon in 
 June, 1907. He went to Arizona in 1908, and the 
 church is now in charge of Rev. Duncan Brown. Mr. 
 Llewellvn White has been added to the Session. 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 133 
 
 Extinct and Non-reporting Churches. 
 
 In this section are found only the extinct churches 
 not already noticed and the non-reporting churches, 
 excepting' Mt. Bethel, because of its relation to Bee 
 Creek ; Bethlehem and Pratherville because of the date 
 of their organization is not definitely known; and the 
 Pleasant View, First Cumberland of St. Joseph and 
 York, because their sketches were not obtained in time 
 to be inserted in their proper place chronologically. 
 Where the known facts are few, as is often the case, 
 they are all given. 
 
 That there ,are s;o many extinct churches is no cause 
 for surprise or severe criticism. In a new country 
 where people charfge residence so freely and nothing 
 is yet crystallized or settled, the most flattering pros- 
 pects of ,any locality may utterly fail, so that enter- 
 prise and activity in building up the Master's kingdom, 
 necessarily involves siome apparent waste. Still some 
 of these extinct churches have raised up a minister of 
 the gospel — a thing that many of our larger churches 
 have never done. A denominational zeal which some- 
 times sought to build up one branch of the church 
 militant at the expense of another and which was more 
 tolerated in the early times than now, was responsible 
 for much of the real waste. 
 
 The date of the organization of the Bethlehem — 
 often called Walnut Grove — Church, has not been 
 learned. Mrs. Mary Calhoun Baker of Denver wrote 
 in November, 1906 : "Bethlehem Church was organized 
 in the early fifties. From 1854 until their death, 
 Edward Pickett and Andrew Robertson were elders. 
 My father, Alexander J. Calhoun, was ruling elder and 
 clerk. He died November 22, 1904 at the age of 
 ninety years and twelve days. Rev. Daniel Patton was 
 one of the early pastors of the church, if not the first." 
 Mrs. Calhoun sent an editorial obituary of her husband 
 
134 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 ^;hich will be found, in condensed form, among the 
 "Early Pioneers." The Records were left in the hands 
 of the deacons, Messrs. R. L. Harbauorh and Wm. 
 Sevier, from whom no response to inquiries made has 
 been received. 
 
 In 1905, fifteen members were reported, and church 
 property (four miles north of Liberty) valued at $1000. 
 The last reported membership of the church was ,only 
 five, but it to be hoped that it jwill be maintained, if 
 only as an out-station. Many such are needed to pre- 
 vent many of our country districts from lapsing into 
 practical heathenism. 
 
 We are indebted to Elder E. R. Melton, iClerk of 
 Session of the Pleasant View Church, for the following 
 highly valued information. The old church Record has 
 been lost. 
 
 "In 1874, Rev. L. F. Hayes organized what was 
 known as the New Liberty C. P. Church ,at the New 
 Liberty school house, four and a half miles east and 
 one mile north from Craig. The congregation used the 
 school house till the New Liberty Baptist church was 
 built right near it, both congregations using that for 
 several years. Then the Presbj^terians held their ser- 
 vices in the Lonesome school house, one half mile south 
 and one mile west of where the present church stands. 
 This was built in 1889, at a cost lOf $1600, and is located 
 three and a half miles north and four miles east of 
 Craig. 
 
 "The charter members were Mason F. Dawsion, 
 Mary Dearmont, Thomas Dearmont, Clark Eppler, Har- 
 vey Finney, Andrew Judy, Eliz. Judy, Chris. Neider- 
 houser, Mrs. ]\Iary Neiderhouser, Thos. Simpson, Wm. 
 Skelly and wife, Henry Walker, Miss Mary Walker 
 and D. A. Young. The following is a list of ministers : 
 L. F. Haves, J. Harvey Norman, Chas. B. Powers, F. G. 
 Prall, 0.' D. Allen, W. F. Perry, H. R. Norris, W. C. 
 Carter, John A. Murphy, D. M. Boyer, R. B. West and 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 135 
 
 John Duncan. The list of ruling elders is Chris. Neider- 
 houser, And. Judy, D. A. Yoiuig, J. R. Nauman, John 
 Strough, H. Finney, E. R. Melton, W. E. Johnston, 
 A. T. Rowland, Peter S. Nauman, J. H. Neely, S. D. 
 Painter and B. F. Judy." 
 
 Elder D. B. Jesse, Clerk of Session of the Prather- 
 ville Church, furnished the following very satisfactory 
 sketch. He wrote in December, 1908 : 
 
 ''The earliest records of our church were destroyed 
 by fire in 1898. The Pratherville C. P. Church was 
 organized at Missouri City by Rev. L. J. A. Prather, hi 
 either the year 1866 or 1867, and was known as the 
 Missouri City congregation. The first elders we have 
 any record of were Robert Gilmore, James Allcorn and 
 Jefferson Robertson. For several years — until 1873 — 
 the congregation worshipped at Missouri City in con- 
 nection with the Methodist Church, lafter which a 
 church was erected at Pratherville under the efficient 
 leadership of Rev. J. A. Prather. After the building 
 was erected, chiefly at the expense of Mr. Prather, the 
 Fishing River Baptist Church paid one half the ex- 
 pense of erection and worshipped in it till they moved 
 to Mosby in 1891. The Presbyterians continued to wor- 
 ship in the old church till the dedication of the new 
 one, which was built with the aid of the Christian Union 
 Church, the latter paying one third of the expense 
 on condition that they be ,allowed use of the building 
 one Sabbath in each month. The church was com- 
 pleted at a total cost of $1400, and was dedicated 
 May 29, 1898. 
 
 "The elders in 1873 were Wm. Wilkerson, Perry 
 Cameron, F. M. Carroll and A. J. Martin. The present 
 elders are J. E. Ferril, F. M. Carroll, F. J. Vaughn 
 and D. B. Jesse. The pastors since the church was 
 organized, as nearly as we can give them in their order, 
 are as follows: L. J. A. Prather, John Prather, 
 Lafayette Munkirs, 0. D. Allen, Geo. W. Hawley, 
 L. F. Hayes, H. R. Norris, H. W. Fisher, Y. W. Whit- 
 
136 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 sett, Arthur L. O'Dell, R. H. Craig, J. H. Tharp and 
 James Froman. 
 
 "For several years there were only a few who kept 
 the church alive, and these faithful few were Mrs. 
 Mary P. Vaughn and her daughter, Mrs. John M. 
 Hart, ]\Irs. Thos. Smith, Mrs. L. C. Pettus (till recently 
 Clerk of Session), F. M. Carroll, his wife and daughter 
 Emma and Mrs, Wm. Wilkerson; a few years later, 
 H. R. Norris and wife. In 1894 Rev. C. E. Hayes con- 
 ducted a revival in which the church was greatly 
 strengthened, heads of families being converted and 
 coming into the church. Among these were Messrs. 
 Thos. Smith audi J. N. Hart, husbands of two' of the 
 women who had labored so untiringly, and Mr. F. J. 
 Vaughn, son of Mary P. Vaughn, an aged and loyal 
 member. Mr. Vaughn has been Superintendent of the 
 Sabbath school ever since then." 
 
 Elder Luke H. Moss, Superintendent of the Sab- 
 bath school of the first Cumberland Church of St. 
 Joseph for twenty years, has kindly furnished the fol- 
 lowing data: "The original church was built in 1882, 
 Rev. F. M. Miller being considered the moving spirit 
 in the enterprise. Associated with him were such men 
 as Ed. M. Davidson, T. B. Gordon, Wiley H. Chapman, 
 et al. Among the first elders were E. M. Davidson and 
 J. W. White. Dr. J. W. Burton Farr, Revs. S. A. Sad- 
 ler, Alonzo Pearson, J. H. Norman, J. H. Doran, D. E, 
 Bushnell, D. D., M. B. Irvine, G. A. Blair, P. M. Simms 
 and Arthur W. Henderson have been pastors ; the latter 
 is now. We have maintained a Sunday school from the 
 start which has always taken a leading part in the 
 church work of this city and Platte Presbytery. The 
 old church house was razed in 1903, during the pastor- 
 ate of G. A. Blair and a new one built on the same site, 
 containing seven class rooms and a primary class 
 room, all facing and opening into the auditorium so 
 that we can seat a thousand persons. This church, 
 Sixteenth and Edmond Streets, cost $5000. T. P. Gor- 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 137 
 
 don, J. A. Whiteford, Bruce Mitchelhill, W. D. Boyer 
 and myself compose the present eldership." 
 
 Rev. R. H. Barnes, D. D., the pastor writes: The 
 United Presbyterian Con^reg*ation of York wasi organ- 
 ized in the snmmer of 1878, by Rev. Marion Morrison, 
 under the name of Greenville, and was under the care 
 of the United Presbyterian Presbytery of Nebraska. 
 The first members were Joseph and Ellen Ely, Samuel 
 Haiferty, Solomon and Susan McCully, W. b. Miller, 
 James and Ellen Rankin, Misses Laura and Lou Ran- 
 kin and Wm. P. and Eliz. J. Smith. Solomon McCully 
 and Joseph Ely were elected elders. The name of the 
 congregation was changed to York, to correspond with 
 the name of the post office where the members received 
 their mail, in 1881, when the Rev. R. H. Barnes came 
 to the congregation as its pastor. 
 
 In the Cumberland General Assembly Minutes for 
 1905, the Agency Church was reported as having a 
 house of worship and a manse valued at $2,000, eighty 
 resident members, and sixty-seven in attendance on 
 Sabbath school. From other sources we learn that the 
 recent pastors have been A. W. Green and D. M. Boyer, 
 and the present elders are James A. Smiley, Thos. 
 Brinton and Jos. Smiley. The Sabbath school is 
 vigorous. 
 
 Alpha Church, Grundy coimty, is foundj in the 
 Minutes of the Synod of Missouri for 1907 and 1908, 
 but not in the Cumberland Minutes for 1905 and 1906. 
 Probablv it became extinct before 1905. 
 
 The only mention of the Antioch Church found is 
 that it was dropped from the roll of Upper Missouri 
 Presbytery, April 3, 1869. Its location is not known. 
 
 Sometime in 1868 a church was organized at Salem 
 
138 HISTORY OF TLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 by Eev. J. N. Young (its first pastor) with eleven mem- 
 bers, and it was received by Upper Missouri Presby- 
 tery, October 3, 1868, Elder Arthur Andrews represent- 
 ing it. "In 1870 it was removed two miles east to 
 Barnard, the name being changed accordingly, and re- 
 organized by Rev. E. B. Sherwood with Mrs. C. C. 
 Baker, James Griffin and wife, Wm. Griffin, C. House 
 and wife, J. C. McCandliss and wife, Mrs. S. IMcFar- 
 land, Samuel Stonehocker and wife, Albert Ulman and 
 others. It was served by E. B. Sherwood, Wm. Ilsley 
 and B. D. Luther. A church costing $1500 was built." 
 So says a history in the Kansas City Library. 
 
 From various sources we learn that the church was 
 also served hj M. L. Anderson, E. W. Symonds, James 
 Reed and J. K. Sawyers; and that its roll of elders 
 includes J. C. McCandliss, Henry Dorst, James Griffin, 
 Geo. S. Graves, J. C. Robinson, J. E. Akey and Henry 
 Stalling. "The Barnard Church was disbanded and 
 the building sold in 1907." The place is small and 
 was greatly overchurched. 
 
 The data for this fragmentary sketch of the Bee 
 Creek Church, including its branches and successors. 
 Fancy Bottom, la tan, ]\It. Pisgah and Mt. Bethel 
 churches, were obtained from Rev. 0. D. Allen, Mrs. 
 M. A. Collier, Mrs. Mary Bigham Collier and L. R. Pal- 
 mer, Clerk of Session, and especially from Elder Isaac 
 W. Carson (son of Elder John H.' Carson), Clerk of 
 Session of the latan and :\It. Bethel churches from 
 1874 to 1900, and the venerable Mrs. Minerva Moore 
 (sister of Elder Sidney C. Risk, of Kentucky stock). 
 The dates of the latter, who had access to the Records 
 of the Mt. Bethel Church, are the ones here given. 
 
 The Bee Creek Church was organized at the Miller 
 school house (which is believed to have been six or 
 seven miles north-east of latan) by Rev. Henry Renick. 
 Very little is positively known of its early history ex- 
 cept that Elder John Bigham represented it at the or- 
 ganization of the Platte Presbytery, in 1845. (See 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 139 
 
 page 4.) After worshiping in school houses for some 
 years, its first building was a log church in the vicinity 
 of the old cemetery on the place now owned by L. D. 
 ]\IcColleY, about five miles north of Weston. Later 
 they erected a frame building one mile south of the loj; 
 church. When the name of the church was changed 
 to Mt. Pisgah is unknown, but it probably was when 
 the church was built, the present name of the neighbor- 
 hood being Pisgah. This building was sold in 18'82 or 
 1883 after the Mt. Pisgah and latan churches united 
 to form the Mt. Bethel Church. Sidney C. Risk was an 
 elder in the former church at that time. 
 
 Mrs. Moore wrote in November, 1908: "The Fancy 
 Bottom congregation was set off from the Bee Creek 
 congregation by an act of Platte Presbytery, and was 
 organized at the Fancy Bottom school house by Rev. 
 H. R. Smith, in the fall of 1851, by the election of 
 Col. James A. Smith, Geo. W. Dyer and Wm. Staggs 
 as ruling elders. (Another authority gives Phillip 
 Staggs as one of the first elders.) Philip Siler was 
 elected elder in 1859. The name of the congregation 
 was changed from Fancv Bottom to latan bv Presby- 
 tery in the fall of 1859." 
 
 Mr. Carson says: "The church house at latan was 
 built under the ministry of C. B. Hodges. This being 
 wrecked by a storm some time in the eighties (prob- 
 ably June 16, 1882), the congregation of latan, join- 
 ing in with the remnant of the Mt. Pisgah congre- 
 gation, built the present Mt. Bethel church" (which is 
 situated three miles east by north from latan and 
 about seven miles north by west of Weston. A well- 
 cared-for cemetery is by it.) "The church was dedi- 
 cated May 4, 1883. Richard Pemberton, S. Robinson, 
 Elias Siler and I. W. Carson were elected elders at 
 latan, and H. R. Smith, Benj. McCreary, C. B. Hodges 
 and G. L. Moad preached there." 
 
 Mrs. Moore says the record of the first meeting of 
 Session of the Mt. Bethel Church gives F. M. Miller 
 as Moderator and S. C. Risk, G. W. Dyer and I. W. 
 
140 HISTORY OF FLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 Carson as elders. C. B. Powers was Moderator in 1887 ; 
 S. H. Murray, in 1890; L. F. Hayes, in 1892, and W. O. 
 H. Perry, in 1899. Other pastors are O. D. Allen, J. H. 
 Norman, R. D. Miller, Allen Guthrie and S. T. Divinia. 
 A probably incomplete list of later elders is P. Linville^ 
 Albert S. Glummer, A. B. Foley, M. C. Ferril, S. P. 
 Rose and Isaac McCrea : of deacons ; C. M. Siler, R. Til- 
 ton, John W. Carson, James M. Hord and Leonard R. 
 Palmer. The church has been recently revived and 
 greatly strengthened. 
 
 In the Presbytery of Chillicothe in the ^linutes of 
 the Synod of Missouri for 1906, appears the following: 
 Bethel Church, near Oak Hill, has a frame church and 
 its elders are Wm. Benner and J. P. Briscoe. 
 
 In 1905 the Birming Church reported fifteen mem- 
 gers and church property (situated fourteen miles 
 south of St. Joseph) valued at $800. W. R. Dallam 
 was Clerk of Session. 
 
 The Blythedale Church was organized May 6, 1882, 
 by Rev. E. B. Sherwood and Elders A. M. Morgan and 
 James Scott, with eight members, J, H. Myles being 
 elected elder. A church costing $1600 was promptly 
 erected. Deaths and the removal of the leading family 
 caused its disbandment April 2, 1885. Rev. James A. 
 McKay writes: ''The church at Blythedale was or- 
 ganized with but one Presbyterian family there at the 
 time. After this family moved away the church was 
 sold to the Baptists," in 1886. 
 
 "Rev. J. W. Pinkerton as chairman of the com- 
 mittee to organize a church in Carroll county, reported 
 (to Upper Missouri Presbytery, September 5, 1867) 
 that on Sabbath, June 16, he had organized the First 
 Presbyterian Church in Carroll county, with R. M. 
 McLaurv and Samuel Graham, ruling elders." In 1869 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTE'RY. 141 
 
 this church reported twenty-five members and $1165 
 raised for congregational purposes ; and in 1870, thirty- 
 six members. In October, 1869 it was represented at 
 Presbytery by Elder J. O. Adams. Its name was 
 changed to Ebenezer April 5, 1871. The Ebenezer 
 Church had a house of worship, and was served by 
 Eev. J. D. Beard. It was disbanded in April, 1878. 
 
 There was an Old School church in Chillicothe 
 which reported twelve members in 1859, and thirty- 
 eight in 1869. It was vacant both times. It was dis- 
 solved and stricken from the roll by Upper Missouri 
 Presbytery, April 4, 1870. 
 
 Clear Fork Church appears twice in the Records of 
 Upper Missouri Presbytery, in 1853, with seventeen 
 members, Robt. Scott as its supply, and Ridgeley as its 
 post office ; and again in 1869 when it was dropped 
 from the roll. Ridgeley Church, with twenty-six mem- 
 bers, Robert Scott as supply and Ridgeley as its post 
 office appears in the roll of the early Platte Presbytery 
 in 1859. Probably the two churches were one and the 
 same. 
 
 The Coloma Church was organized October 1, 1870, 
 by Rev. J. D. Beard, with twelve members and one 
 eider, and was dropped from the roll April 2, 1885. Dr. 
 W. H. Dice says; ''The Coloma church was organized 
 partly from members of the Ebenezer church. Thomas 
 H. Trussell and wife, Dr. J. P. Dice and wife and Mrs. 
 R. M. McLaury and family were, I presume, among tho 
 charter members." The elders were T. H. Trussell, 
 R. D. Allen and Wm. H. Dice, M. D. ; the deacons, John 
 Reed and Geo, Ross. 
 
 Elderton Church, with J. N. Young as supply, and 
 Gentrv-ville as its post office, but otherwise only a blank 
 report, appears in 1859. It does not appear on the roll 
 
142 HISTORY OF PLATTE ,PRESBYTE'RY. 
 
 of Upper Missouri Presbytery after June, 1867. 
 
 The Fairview Church, six miles northeast of St. 
 Joseph, was originally known as High Prairie. In 1905 
 it reported fifty-three members, and church property 
 valued at $900. 0. B. Lawliss was the pastor; and 
 H. H. Higgins, Clerk of Session. 
 
 A church was organized at Farley between Septem- 
 ber, 1860 and April, 1861. John R. Swain, an eminent 
 Christian and business man, was the elder. His re- 
 moval to Platte City ended the church. 
 
 In 1905 the Faucett Church reported 135 members, 
 with a Sabbath school of fiftj^, and church property 
 valued at $4,000. 
 
 The Forest City Church was organized betweeo 
 April and October, 1860, by Rev. Aug. T. Norton of 
 Alton, 111. All the records have disappeared. The el- 
 ders known are H. K. S. Robinson, Wm. Zook, C. C. 
 Platter and J. A. DeMuth. Among those who served it 
 were Willis Weaver, J. S. McClung, Geo. Miller and 
 Geo. A. McKinlay. Under the last, it saw its best days, 
 the membership reaching thirty-four. It embraced 
 some strong earnest men who struggled long against 
 most adverse and discouraging circumstances. Its last 
 published report was in 1888, when its membership 
 had been reduced to seven. The church seems never 
 to have been formally disbanded. 
 
 Mr. Harry E. Robinson of Ottumwa, Iowa, son of 
 Elder H. K. S. Robinson, wrote in July, 1907, as fol- 
 lows. ''I lived in Forest City till about three years ago. 
 During the last three years of my residence there we 
 tried to reorganize the Presbyterian Church, but could 
 not do it. Rev. H. A. Sawyers of Oregon and others 
 came and preached for us in the Christian church, but 
 
HISTORY OP PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 143 
 
 we finallji gave it up, and my wife, her sister and I 
 united Avith the Oregon Church." Mr. Robinson gives 
 the following names of charter or early members: 
 Mrs. Abel, James H. Allen, Mrs. Geo. W. Baldwin, 
 Misses Ann and Mary Canon, Mrs. Canon, Mr. and Mrs. 
 Joe De Muth, Mrs. Seth Ferguson, Mrs. Vine Hovey, 
 Mrs. Ann Kaull, Mrs. Louis Lukehardt, Hugh K. S. 
 and Mary M. Robinsion, Mrs. Kitty Wells, Misses Clara, 
 Edith and Joe Wilkinson and Mrs. Emma Williams. 
 
 April 3, 1869, Upper Missouri Presbytery "ap- 
 pointed Rev. J. N. Young and Elder R. Muir a commit- 
 tee to organize a church at Valley Mills, if the way be 
 clear." October 9, 1869, "the committee appointed for 
 the purpose report the organization of a church with 
 two ruling elders and eleven members at Valley Mills 
 to be known as Glendale Church." 
 
 The enrolment of this church seems to have been 
 neglected, as it never appears in any roll of Presbytery, 
 either written or printed. 
 
 A church was organized at Goshen, November 20, 
 1880, by Revs. E. B. Sherwood and D. McRuer. Among 
 the charter members were Clark Deshler and wife, 
 Mrs. Susan Easter, Thos. M. Harper and wife, Camp- 
 bell Mehaffy, Mrs. Jennett Mehaffy, Chas. G. Russell 
 and Wm. Tuttle. T. M. Harper and C. G. Russell were 
 the first elders. The latter entered th ministry after- 
 wards. Clark Deshler was an elder later. The church 
 reported! two elders and sixteen imembers in 1882. 
 "The death of the church was caused by the death 
 and removal of its few members." Its last report to 
 Presbytery was in 1885. 
 
 For most of the above we are indebted to Mrs. Eliz. 
 Lindsay, of Princeton and Mrs. Malissa Scott of Betha- 
 ny, early members of the Goshen Church. 
 
 The Grand River Church was organized in 1871 by 
 
144 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTE-RY. 
 
 Rev. J. D. Beard, evidently the outcome of a revival. 
 The first report, in 1872, gave sixteen members, eleven 
 of whom were received on the profession of their faith, 
 and five by letter. The second and last report (in 
 1873,) gave only ten members. Its location is un- 
 known, but probably it was near the Grand River and 
 in Carroll county. 
 
 The Grand View Church, which was probably in 
 Grundy county, was organized September 15, 1865. 
 In 1869 it reported thirty-one members. It was dis- 
 banded by Upper JMissouri Presbytery in April, 1877. 
 In 1872 it reported forty-nine members, hence probably 
 its speedy disappearance was owing to its absorption 
 by some other church started in the vicinity. 
 
 "According to previous agreement, Revs. Robert 
 Cruikshank and E. B. Sherwood and Elder Upton 
 Rohrer, a committee appointed by Platte Presbytery, 
 met at the school house on Hackberry Ridge (several 
 miles northwest of Savannah), May 12, 1872, and find- 
 ing 'the way clear,' organized the Hackberrs' Ridge 
 Presbyterian Church. The church consisted of the fol- 
 lowing sixteen, who were dismissed by order of Pres- 
 bytery, from the Savannah Church: Andrew Barr, 
 Harriet Barr, :Jane Barr, John T. Barr, Wm. Barr. Wm. 
 X. Barr, Abner Hart, jMary Hart, Andrew Hunter, 
 Sarah Himter, Theodore F. Hunter, Bernice Liggett, 
 John Liggett, Mary Liggett, Elijah ]\Iartin and Sarah 
 E. Martin; Jasper Conway and Rebecca Conway, re- 
 ceived by certificate ; and Harriet Isabella Barr, Jo- 
 seph Barr, Mary Jane Barr, Maggie Bricilla Hunter, 
 Wm. Hunter, Amanda Langford, M. Louisa Virginia 
 IMartin, Frances ]M. Tatloek and Susan ^Mildred Thraii- 
 kill, received by profession. T. F. Hunter, J. Liggett 
 and E. INIartin were chosen and ordained as elders: 
 and Jasper Conway and Abner Hart, deacons." 
 
 Later, Andrew Barr and Abner Hart were added to 
 the eldership. March 26, 1896, after the death of 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 145 
 
 Elder Barr, who for many A^ears had been the only elder, 
 Wm. N. Barr and Robert Goodloe were elected elders ; 
 and Wirt Ball and Tine MeMurray, deacons. But the 
 change in the residents of the neighborhood, which had 
 been going on for years, continued so that the mem- 
 bership was reduced to six in 1905. The church has 
 been disbanded since, and the plain but commodious 
 house of worship, erected soon after the organization, 
 has been sold. The church was always grouped with 
 Savannah and served by its pastors. 
 
 The following sketch of Mr. Barr, who was the 
 Clerk of Session for fifteen years, was furnished by 
 Eev. James Reed, one of his pastors. 
 
 Andrew Barr wasi born December 10, 1822 in Coun- 
 ty Down, Ireland, and when quite small came with his 
 parents to America, living for a short time in Pennsyl- 
 vania and then in Scioto county, Ohio, where he mar- 
 ried Jane Liggett. He came to Andrew county in 1847 
 or 1848. About 1852, he moved to Daviess county 
 where he lived till April, 1865, when he returned to 
 Andrew county and settled, in 1866, on the farm where 
 he died, February 8', 1896. J\Ir. Barr was an earnest 
 and devoted Christian man, always at his post in the 
 church. 
 
 Rev. 0. D. Allen writes that the first meeting of 
 Platte Presbyter}^ after Barnett Presbytery was con- 
 solidated with it, was held at Halleck, Buchanan coun- 
 ty in February, ;L873, so that we may reasonably con- 
 clude there was a Cumberland church there at that 
 time. 
 
 The Harmony, now the Prairie Valley, Church, is 
 situated near and east of Gallatin. In 1905 it reported 
 fifty-seven resident members, forty in Sabbath school, 
 and church property valued at $1,000. Henry Hamil- 
 ton was Clerk of Session. The last report gives it 
 ninety-two members and eighty-seven in Sabbath 
 school. Recent pastors are M. R. Dougherty, N. M. 
 Tatum and Geo. B. Sproule. 
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146 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 The Highland Church was organized December 7» 
 1879, at the Highland school house, by Revs. Geo. Mil- 
 ler and Geo. A. McKinlay and Elder Robert Mont- 
 gomery, a committee appointed hy Platte Presbytery, 
 with Miss Adda Carroll, Mrs. Eliz. Carroll, Josiah Car- 
 roll, Misses Anna and Jessie J. Murray, Linville and 
 Mary Murray, Nicholas F. and Eliz. J. Murray, Miss 
 Josie Norval, Mrs. Jane Riggle, Mrs. Anna Yates and 
 John M. Yates as members. N. F. Murray and J. M. 
 Yates were elected elders. Most of the above were 
 members of the Oregon Church previously. In 1881, it 
 reported twenty-three members and was in a good 
 financial condition. But the lack of a house of wor- 
 ship, with deaths and removals, caused its disband- 
 ment. 
 
 Honey Creek Church is near Spickard. In 1905 it 
 reported sixty-six resident members, thirty in Sabbath 
 school, and church property valued at $800. S. D. 
 Belt was pastor, and J. C. Hon, Clerk of Session. 
 
 The Independence Church is six miles northeast 
 of Easton. In 1905, it reported eighty resident mem- 
 bers, thirty in Sabbath school and church property 
 valued at $900. R. H. Craig was pastor. The last re- 
 port gives thirtj^-five members, and G. W. Williams, 
 D. T. Mark, Chas. Krol^t, Silas Kerns and W. H. Sifers 
 as the elders. 
 
 The Jameson Church was organized August 26, 
 1882, in the M. E. Church (South), by Revs. Alvin B. 
 Goodale and Geo. A. McKinlay and Elder S. D. B. 
 Poage, with Geo. P. and Sarah Allen, Miss Lucy Cole, 
 Lewis J. Gallagher, Miss Jessie IMiller, Dr. Charles and 
 Mary Frances Pipkin and John S. and Sarah E. White 
 as members. Dr. C. Pipkin and J. S. White were 
 elected elders. Geo. P. Allen and John H. Miller be- 
 came elders later. 
 
 The last sessional record is dated February 17, 
 1895, when eight members, including an elder, were 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 147 
 
 dismissed to other churches. On the removal of Dr. 
 Pipkin, always the Clerk of Session, who had labored 
 heroically to sustain the church, it was dropped from 
 the roll. No house of worship had been erected, the 
 Methodist brethren having most courteously and gen- 
 erously given the use of their church for all meetings. 
 
 In 1905, the Jamesport Church reported twenty- 
 eight resident members, thirty in Sabbath school, and 
 church property valued at $1500. J. W. McGee was 
 Clerk of Session. 
 
 April 3, 1868, "Rev. J. P. Fox reported to Upper 
 Missouri Presbytery the organization in part of a 
 church at Kingston. The report was adopted and the 
 committee continued." It was "stricken from the 
 roll," April 3, 1869. 
 
 The Liberty Church, eight miles northwest of Al- 
 bany, reported thirty resident members, thirty in Sab- 
 bath school, and church property valued at $500, in 
 1905. M. B. Irvine was pastor, and W. P. Caster, 
 Clerk of Session. In 1907, J. R. Ross was clerk of 
 Session. 
 
 The Long Branch Church, located in the vicinity of 
 Hopkins, appears first in 1878, with eleven members 
 and was supplied for five years by Rev. F. B. Dins- 
 more. Though its highest number of members was 
 nineteen, it had four elders, James H. Bain, Noah 
 Barks, John McKee and H. H. Conrad. It never had a 
 house of worship. At its last report, in 1885, it had 
 ten members. , 
 
 The Macedonia Church, which is near Bogard, was 
 organized in 1860. In 1905 it reported forty resident 
 members and church property valued at $1,000. S. S. 
 Hardin was the pastor, and J. C. Daugherty, Clerk of 
 
l48 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 Session. J. C. Daugherty and W. ^L Dice are the 
 present elders, and J. Caulk the .Sabbath school Super- 
 intendent. 
 
 Maple Grove Church, five miles northeast of Fair- 
 fax, reported twenty-six resident members and church 
 property valued at $1,200, in 1905. AV. H. Hindman 
 was Clerk of Session, and it had no pastor. J. A. 
 Sauceman was Clerk of Session in 1906. 
 
 April 3, 1868', Upper Missouri Presbytery enrolled 
 a church recently organized at Mar^^ville by Revs. J. 
 N. Young and Wm. M. Stryker. It reported twelve 
 -members in 1869, and was dissolved by Presbytery 
 and stricken from its roll, April 2, 1870. Mrs. John 
 Leiber, the only charter member known, became after- 
 wards a charter member of the Union Church. 
 
 The McFall Church, which was organized in 1888, 
 reported twelve resic^ent members, church property 
 valued at $1000 and $150 paid for preaching, in 1905. 
 Wm. P. BroAvn was Clerk of Session. The recent pas- 
 tors are E. L. Uptegrove, Geo. B. Sproule and E. C. 
 Seabright. W. P. Brown and Daniel Fox are the 
 elders. 
 
 The Mizpah Church was organized, April 14, 1878, 
 in the New Salem school house (eight miles northwest 
 of Skidmore and two miles south-east of Dotham) by 
 Revs. J. W. Allen and E. B. Sherwood, and Elders 
 Adam Faris and H. C. Wilson of Tarkio, a committee 
 of Platte Presbytery appointed for the purpose. ]\Irs. 
 Margaret Bilb}^ Mrs. Mary E. Botkin, Mrs. E. F. Car- 
 ter, Mrs. Alamed Speakman, Bruce and Mary A. Walk- 
 er and John A. and Nancy Wilson were received by 
 letter; and Mrs. Lizzie Sloper, Miss Anna Walker, 
 and Homer L. and Lucy T. Walker, on profession. B. 
 Walker and J-. A. Wilson were elected elders. John 
 Dyer Owens, a licentiate of Allegheny Presbytery had 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 149 
 
 prea,ched there, as ,one of his mission stations, reg^ularly 
 for the previous six months. 
 
 Later, J. Hervey Laird became an elder; and John 
 W. Botkin and John Price, deacons. The church never 
 had a house of worship. Owing* to the building of a 
 railroad near, New Salem ceased to be a central point, 
 and being- reduced to a membership of nine, the church 
 was disbanded April 22, 1896, after bravely and faith- 
 fully doing a good work. Elder Walker stood by it 
 till the last. 
 
 The Mt. Carmel Church, eight miles from Bogard, 
 was organized in 1881. In 1905 it reported twenty- 
 seven resident members, church property valued at 
 $500, and $148 expended in repairs. G. S. Renner was 
 Clerk of Session and S. E. McDonald, pastor. The 
 present elders are G. S. Renner and Adam Liller. 
 
 The Mt. Carmel Church, near Rockport, reported in 
 1905 twenty-five resident members, fort}^ in Sabbath 
 school, church property valued at $800, and $150 for 
 preaching. W. C. Carter was pastor and W. D. Mor- 
 row, Clerk of Session. G. W. Moitow was Clerk of 
 Session in 1907. 
 
 The Mt. Gilead Church, near Cameron, reported 
 nine resident members and church property valued at 
 $1,000, but no pastor, in 1905. H. Wamsley was Clerk 
 of Session. 
 
 The early name of the Mt. Pleasant Church, near 
 Richmond, was Timber Ridge. In 1905, it reported 
 thirty-three resident members, and church property, 
 which includes a manse, valued at $2,000. J. E. Cort- 
 ner was pastor, and W. R. Patton, Clerk of Session. 
 
 In 1905, the Mt. Zion Church, near Denver, Har- 
 rison county, reported nineteen resident members, for- 
 
150 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 ty-five in Sabbatli school, and property valued at $650. 
 J. E. Carver was Clerk of Session. 
 
 The New Market — later the Dearborn — Church was 
 organized September 1, 1866, by Rev. J. L. Riley with 
 the following members: Sarah E. Baty, Catharine 
 Carnard, Ann Eliza Cartwright, Mary Erie, Virginia 
 Erie, Martha Furber, G. W. Gant, Nancy A. Gant, 
 Susan S. Gant, Rebecca Gibbs, Elizabeth Lamar, Fran- 
 ces Lamar, John Lamar, Wm. Lamar, Anah Mason, 
 Carrie Neal, Mary H. Neal, S. D. Neal, Hannah Single- 
 ton and Josie Singleton. John Lamar and S. D. Neal 
 were chosen elders. 
 
 J. L. Riley, F. M. Miller, James H. Norman, R. D. 
 Miller and C. B. Powers were among the early pastors. 
 The elders are John Lamar, ,S. D. Neal, Jerome Mullen- 
 dore, Wm. Litzenberg, Wm. A. Singleton, John Wood- 
 house, Wm. Wilson and James Siner. 
 
 Rev. Geo. D. Mullendore writes: "We worshiped 
 with the M. E. people both at New Market and at 
 Dearborn, but at New Market yve owned a half inter- 
 est in the house, and at Dearborn they extended the 
 courtesy of their church to us until during the pastor- 
 ate of Rev. Chas B. Powers, we built a joint house, 
 about 1880, with the Christians with whom we held ser- 
 vices, they having the exclusive right of the house one 
 half of every month and we the other half, and we got 
 on well together until we sold out our half to them 
 about two years, ago, on account of removals and 
 deaths. We removed from New Market upon the 
 founding of Dearborn, when we sold our property in 
 New Market." 
 
 The report for 1905 gave ten resident members, 
 church property valued at $400, and $50 spent in re- 
 pairs. This church since then has been dropped from 
 the roll, after having done a good work and furnished 
 to the church at large one useful minister, Geo. D. Mul- 
 lendore, son of Elder Jerome jMullendore. Mrs. Edith 
 Siner, the last Clerk of Session, being too enfeebled bv 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 151 
 
 age for the task, passed the letter of inquiry over to 
 another venerable "Mother in Israel," Mrs. Kathryne 
 (Jerome) Mullen dore, who was translated to her hea- 
 venly home by a cyclone, near Hydro, Okla., June 5, 
 1909. In June, 1908, with trembling hand, she furn- 
 ished most of the above information in the form of 
 full extracts from the Records. 
 
 The Osborn Church was organized June 5, 1865, by 
 Rev. E. B. Sherwood with the following members: 
 Sidney J. Brownson, Mrs. Nancy Edie, Thos. J. Edie, 
 Carrie W. Higgins, Mrs. Harriett W. Higgins, Mrs. 
 Alice A Loring and Wm. E. Loring. W. E. Loring was 
 elected elder ; and S. J. Brownson, T. J. Edie and W. E. 
 Loring, trustees!. A church, twenty by forty feet, was 
 erected in 1869. Later on, S. J. Brownson. Samuel 
 Bouton, Geo. A. McKinlay and Geo. A. Brown were 
 chosen elders. The church was served by C. W. Hig- 
 gins, J. C. Thornton and James H. Hunter. The last 
 meeting of Session recorded was January 21, 1880. 
 The church was sold in 1893, and the proceeds turned 
 over to the Board of Church Erection. 
 
 Always a small church and fatally depleted by re- 
 movals, it did not live in vain, for it gave the church 
 one valuable minister, Geo. A. McKinlav. 
 
 In 1893, there was a Cumberland Church at Osborn, 
 but since that date it has disappeared from the rolls. 
 
 The Paint Lick Church, eight or ten miles north of 
 Trenton, was organized early in 1856 by Rev. Timothv 
 Morgan. It had a plain building. It became extinct 
 during the Civil War. 
 
 The Minutes of the Synod of ]\Iissouri for 1885-7 
 give Patton as the name of a church in the Presbytery 
 of Platte, with N. C. Griffith, M. D. as its elder, but the 
 name has not been found elsewhere. 
 
15J HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 A church was organized at Phelps City by Rev. E. 
 B. Sherwood, September 2, 1869, and in 1870 reported 
 ten members, and fifty in Sabbath school. Of the char- 
 ter and early members only the following are known : 
 Mrs. Bush, Mr. and ]Mrs. Dort, Miss Ellen Dort, Mr. 
 Osborne, Mr. and Mrs. Robinson and Miss Emma C. 
 Shepperson. Mr. Dort was chosen elder, Mr. Osborne, 
 deacon, and pev. Luther Dodd became the pastor in 
 1871. Mr. Robinson became elder later. After the 
 death of Mr. Dort, the pastor and a part of the church 
 became discouraged, so that the church, at its own re- 
 quest, was disbanded April 3, 1873. 
 
 Most of the above was furnished, from memory, 
 in March, ,1906, by ]\Iiss Shepperson, the only surviving 
 charter member. 
 
 The Pisgah Church, six or eight miles northwest 
 of Bethany, was organized by Revs. F. B. Dinsmore 
 and D. McRuer, October 17, 1873. In 1874 it reported 
 sixteen members, and Rev. F. B. Dinsmore as pastor. 
 It was disbanded in il875. 
 
 Tradition says that Platte was the name of one of 
 the four churches with which Platte Presbytery, C. P. 
 was organized. Very probably it was the Agency 
 Church, of whose early histoiy we have learned 
 nothing. 
 
 Platte Church Avas organized by Rev. F. Starr, Nov- 
 ember 20, 1853. In 1854 it reported four members, 
 and in 1855, six. 
 
 There was a Cumberland Church in Platte City in 
 the sixties. It is mentioned incidentalh^ in the AnnaiS 
 of Platte County. 
 
 Pleasant Ridge Church, one mile south-east of Fair- 
 fax, was organized in 1868. In 1905, it reported sixty- 
 three resident members, fifty in Sabbath school, church 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 153 
 
 property including a manse $1800, and $140 expended 
 in repairs. S. T. Divinia was the pastor, and W. K. 
 White, Clerk of Session. Present elders W. K. White, 
 W. H. Hindman, Richard White and J. A. Hun- 
 ter, M. D. 
 
 A church was organized March 20, 1881 at Ravan- 
 na by Revs. E. B. Sherwood and John Huston, with 
 thirteen members, llezekiah Snyder and Thos. Clap- 
 ham were the elders, and Jacob Clingingsmith, the 
 deacon. Being inadquately supplied with preaching 
 because of its isolation, it languished, and was dropped 
 from the roll, April 2, 1885. 
 
 Richfield Church appears in the Minutes of the 
 General Assembly (O. S.) for 1869, as vacant and 
 having forty members. Its location is an unsolved 
 puzzle. 
 
 A New School church was organized at Richmond 
 in February, 1843, by Rev. Edmund Wright. In 1846 
 it reported thirty members and Elijah P. Noel as pas- 
 tor. Col. John Rice was a very active and prominent 
 elder in it. In 1853, it reported five members, and in 
 1854, onlv three. 
 
 Nov. 18, 1883, Rev. W. T. Scott and Elder S. A. 
 Gray organized the Rockford Church (near Hale). Dr. 
 W. H. Dice wrote, October, 1905: ''Rockford Church 
 had for charter members, John AA^amock, Margaret 
 Warnock, Clara Warnock, Bell Frock and Martin 
 Crose and wife. John Warnock was the elder and very 
 devoted to the church." Probably this church was the 
 successor of the Grand River Church organized by Rev. 
 J. D. Beard in 1871. In 1884 it reported eleven mem- 
 bers and two elders. Some of its members joined in 
 the forming of the Tina Church in 1886, and it was 
 disbanded in March, 1887. Its elders were J. War- 
 nock and Stephen Crose. 
 
154 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 Eock House Church, about five miles south of Eas- 
 ton and now extinct, was represented by Elder Abijah 
 Means at the organization of Platte Presbyter v (C P.) 
 in April, 1845. 
 
 Rock House Church, (probably in the vicinity of 
 the above) appears in the report of Platte Presbytery 
 (0. ,S.) for 1859, with seventeen members, and two 
 adult and six infant baptisms, Robert Scott beinj? the 
 pastor. 
 
 There was a Cumberland Church at San Antonio in 
 the early sixties, but no particulars have been obtained. 
 It may have been one of the four churches with which 
 Platte Presbytery began, of which Bee Creek, Rock 
 House and Cumberland Ridge (Savannah) are knoAvn. 
 
 The Shady Grove Church was stricken from the 
 roll by Kansas City Presbytery, April 22, 1908. Hev. 
 James Froman wrote, July, 1908 : ' ' Shady Grove Con- 
 gregation was once prominent in religious Avork. The 
 church building is still standing, three and a half miles 
 east of Kearney. The congregation nearly all wor- 
 ship at Pratherville now, but have a Basket Meet- 
 ing once a year on the old Camp Ground." 
 
 Mrs. Adelia Taylor, Clerk of Session, wrote in June, 
 1007: "The Tinney Grove Congregation was organ- 
 ized at the Tinney Grove Methodist church, April 30, 
 1888, by Rev. 0. D. Allen. The original members were: 
 Caleb Brown, A. B. Cowsert, M. F. Cowsert, Rosannaii 
 Cowsert, Sarah Cowsert, Wm. A. Cowsert, John A. 
 Dixon, Almeda Hampton, B. A. Johnson, H. S. John- 
 son, Adelia Long, Ollie Long, Lucinda Long, S. H. 
 Long, S. F. Petree, Caroline Wingling and Rosinda 
 Wingling ; the ruling elders : A. B. Cowsert, C. Brown, 
 J. A. Dixon, Jos. L. Wilson, John A. Petree, Hedar O. 
 Cowsert and Harvey E. Hanna ; and the ministers : O. 
 D. Allen, E. S. Ragan, James Froman, Geo. W. Haw- 
 
HISTORY OP PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 155 
 
 ley, H. G. King, H. W. Fisher, H. K. Norris, E. M. 
 Wright and L. F. Hayes." 
 
 The church house which was valued at $500, in 
 J 905, is located near Braymer. Then there were but 
 nine ii^iciirbers, and fewer since. By removals to a rail- 
 road town near, and the giving up of the post office 
 for a rural (route, the place ceased to be a center of 
 population and business, and the church was stricken 
 from the roll, July 31, 1908. 
 
 A church was organized at Trenton in September 
 or October, 1851, by Rev. S. J. M. Beebe, with six mem- 
 bers. Elder James G. Vincent represented it repeated- 
 ly in Lexington Presbytery. It reported nine members 
 in 1853, and ten, in 1856. 
 
 Union Chapel, near Clarksdale, reported, in 1905, 
 thirty resident members, church property valued at 
 .$500, and $45 expended in repairs. 0. B. Lawliss was 
 the pastor, and J. M. Hayter, Clerk of Session. A. S. 
 McDaniel was the pastor in 1906, 
 
 April 24, 1842, Rev. Geo. M. Crawford reported as 
 follows to Lexington Presbytery: ''On the sixteenth 
 day of November, 1851, I organized a church in Car- 
 rollton consisting of eight members. Two were elected 
 elders. The above church asks to be taken under care 
 of this Presbytery and to be called the Wacandah 
 Presbyterian Church." (The name is also written 
 Waconda and Wakenda, and it appears in printed 
 records repeatedly, as [the Carrollton Church.) Jamf s 
 Arter was one of the elders, and Wm. Wallace, who 
 represented the church in Presbytery in October, 1855, 
 was probably the other. In 1855, it reported fifteen 
 members, and the same number in 1859. The Civil 
 War seems to have quenched this little light, as well as 
 many others. 
 
156 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 In 1905, the Watson Church reported eighty-three 
 resident members, fifty in the Sabbath school, and 
 church propert}^, including a manse, valued at $2,000. 
 Rev. A¥. C. Carter was the pastor, and W. H. Good, 
 Clerk of Session. James M. Bell was pastor in 1906. 
 The present elders are W. H. Good, Marion Good, I. B. 
 Jones, M. D., Sylvester Hall and John Garst. The 
 Sabbath school is very flourishing. 
 
 The Westboro Chureh was organized August 23, 
 1882 by Revs. B. D. Luther and F. J. Reichert. In 1883 
 it reported two elders and fourteen members. While 
 it was grouped with Tarkio it prospered, but being left 
 for years without a supply, it died a slow death. In 
 1892 it reported only eight members. 
 
 The West Fork Church, near Grant City, in 1905, 
 reported thirtj^-eight resident members, thirty in Sab- 
 bath school and church property valued at $800. W. 
 O. H. Perry was the pastor and Joseph Simpson, Clerk 
 of Session. S. H. Murray was the pastor in 1906. 
 
 Since the first "form" was printed, it has been 
 learned that the West Union Church was about six 
 miles east of Weston. At one time it had thirty-three 
 members, but Weston having become a large and thriv- 
 ing place, the people and business were drawn to it. 
 
 The Wheeling Church was organized October 20, 
 1869, by Rev. E. B. Sherwood, with twelve members. 
 Isaac A. White was probably the first elder. The fail- 
 ure of the town to become an important railroad point 
 explains the final- decadence of the church. A lot was 
 given to the church at the beginning, but no building 
 was ever erected. The membership reached twenty- 
 nine in 1872 but soon the existence of the church be- 
 came a struggle which was bravely kept up till its dis- 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 157 
 
 bandment in 1896. Peter P. Peugh, the last elder, 
 stood by it till the end. 
 
 The Willow Brook Church was organized some time 
 in 1861 by Rev. Robert Scott. Its Records havino- been 
 destroyed by accident, but little of its early history 
 can be given. Its house of worship Avas located about 
 twelve miles southeast of St. Joseph. Alex. Smiles- 
 was one of the first elders, and John Douglass was 
 probably another. In 1869 it reported only six mem- 
 bers, but in 1871, nineteen. Though it never became 
 larger, it maintained a flourishing Sabbath school for 
 a. long time, and was not formallv disbanded till April 
 20, 1893. 
 
158 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 Early Pioneers. 
 
 It is due to tlie living- who are specially mentioned 
 here and elsewhere, to say that such sketches (except 
 as found in the Ministerial Register) are given with- 
 out either their knowledge or consent, and the only 
 regret is that more could not be given, for the Church 
 has a right to know something of and to appreciate 
 its worthies before they are called away to higher 
 service. 
 
 The fact that in many cases the dat^ concerning 
 the early pioneers is disappointingly meager, has not 
 prevented the giving of that little. For the informa- 
 tion we are able to give about the early pioneers of 
 the Cumberland Church, we are chiefly indebted to 
 Rev. 0. D. Allen. 
 
 It is very noticeable that the early pioneers were 
 not only "home missionaries," but also largely ''for- 
 eign missionaries" in the sense of laboring among the 
 Indians. Also, that they were largely self-supporting, 
 often working with their own hands as did the Apostle 
 Paul. 
 
 Before proceeding to individual sketches, a few 
 facts of early history w^orthy of preservation, furn- 
 ished by Rev. 0. D. Allen, w^ill be given. 
 
 "Rev. Henry Renick moved from Clay county into 
 Platte somewhere between 1838" and 1840. About that 
 time he organized at the Miller school house, Avhat 
 was first called the Bee Creek congregation. About 
 the same time Rev. John Price came from Logan 
 countv, Ky., and settled in the neighborhood; and 
 Revs." Jesse R. Allen and Moses Allen, coming from 
 Calloway county, settled in the same parts. Rev Hugh 
 R. Smith from Clay county came up in 1841 and set- 
 tled where the tow^n of Wallace now is." 
 
 Rev. 0. D. Allen, the Nestor of Platte Presbytery 
 (C. P.), is of Scotch-Irish ancestry and "Presbyterian 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 159 
 
 all the way back." In 1851, before he was twenty- 
 one, he was sent on a missionan^ tour in Northwesterji 
 Missouri and Southwestern Iowa, and his whole life 
 has been emphatically a missionary one. ''Abundant 
 in labors," a most self-denying Christian soldier, he 
 has ever served where the need was the greatest and 
 the fight the hottest. Full of years and honors, he is 
 still an indefati enable worker. 
 
 Major Alexander J. Calhoun, who was born in Wil- 
 son Co., Tenn., November 10, 1814, was the son of 
 Thomas Calhoun, a greatly revered and eminently 
 pious minister of the gospel, who was born in North 
 Carolina and married Mary Robertson Johnson in 
 1808. In 1837, Major Calhoun moved to Columbus, 
 Miss., where he engaged in merchandising, and in 
 1845, to Clay county, where he farmed and taught 
 school till 1853, when he was elected Circuit Clerk, 
 which position he held till 1865, and again from 1874 
 till 1878. 
 
 "Major Calhoun was a devout Christian. He was 
 long a leading member and elder in the Walnut Grove 
 (Bethlehem) Cumberland Church, and attended ser- 
 vices there up to his last illness. He w^as one of the 
 kindliest, sweetest tempered of men, and all his paths 
 were those of peace. In manners he was refined, gentle 
 and gracious. His word was his bond. His purse 
 was open to the needy at all times, and he could deny 
 no one a favor ; hence he suffered often from his surety- 
 ships. He goes with the blessing of all, and leaves a 
 deliciously fragrant memory." 
 
 He was a remarkably active and vigorous man, 
 never needing or using spectacles, and passed the 
 ninetieth milestone on life's journey, going to his rest 
 and reward, November 22, 1904. 
 
 Rev. Geo. M. Crawford appears first (in the records 
 we have) as a member of Lexington Presbytery at its 
 organization, November 17, 1841. He took part in the 
 organization of the Arrow Rock, Lexington, Tabo, 
 
160 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 Waconda and Plum Grove churches. In 1853, he was 
 the oldest member of the Presbytery, but he continued 
 to labor till his death, June 5, 1858. 
 
 Rev. Henry Eppler, son of Jonathan Eppler anci 
 Elsie Thomas, was born December 6, 1808, at Seviers- 
 ville, Tenn. His parents removed to Ft. Hampton, Ala , 
 in 1812, and from there to Randolph County, Mo., in 
 1822, aiid later to Carroll county. He studied at Ric'i- 
 mo id College, took theolo^ under Rev. Daniel Patten, 
 and was (undoubtedly) licensed and ordained by 
 Barnett Presbytery. He married Elizabeth Clark, set- 
 tled first in Clay county, and removed to Andrew Coun- 
 ty in the fall of 1837, locating on Dillon Creek. Evi- 
 dently he was largely a self-supporting home mission- 
 ary, depending much on farming and teaching. After 
 a very useful life, his work closed at Flag Springs, 
 October 1, 1888. 
 
 Elder Wm. Jack, born in Tennessee, March 19, 
 1778, was an influential citizen of Lexington, Mo., w^here 
 he settled about 1820. He was converted after he was 
 forty years of age and became a devout and useful 
 ruling elder. He raised a large family wdio were con- 
 spicious fifty years ago. In the early settlement of the 
 Platte Purchase he moved to Platte City wdiere he live-i 
 many years in usefulness and honor, and died June 8, 
 1864, loved and regretted. 
 
 Mr. Paxton says (Annals of Platte County) : "In 
 1837 the family moved to Platte and after a few^ years 
 settled at Platte City. They were a father and mother 
 in Israel, and enjoyed the esteem and veneration of all 
 men. I knew him only in his hoary age, w^hen his 
 whole soul was absorbed in holy contemplations. T 
 procured for him a large-print Testament, and every 
 pleasant day, with the sacred volume under his arm, 
 he would totter to the Presbyterian church, and at a 
 south window, spend an hour in reading, contempla- 
 tion and prayer." 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTE'RY. 161 
 
 Rev. Samuel King- was one of the founders of the 
 Cumberland Church. He moved to Clay county in the 
 fall of 1824 or 1825, settlmg where Shady Grove church 
 now^ is, four miles east of Kearney. In the autumn ot 
 1833, he moved into Johnson county w^here he resided 
 until his death in 1842. He was said to be a very 
 earnest, powerful and evangelical preacher, doing- :\ 
 wonderful amount of good wherever he went. He 
 preached to the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians, and 
 it was under his preaching that the mother of the Rev. 
 Israel Folsom, a native Indian preacher, was converted. 
 His preaching sometimes resulted in the conviction and 
 conversion of the interpreter. Under the direction of 
 the General Assembly he traveled extensively through 
 the states of Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, 
 Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky, spending at one 
 time twenty months away from his home and family 
 in these long missionary tours. From the foundation 
 which he laid among the Choctaws, a thousand of that 
 tribe once belonged to the church. 
 
 Elder Robert Lynn was born in Ballymena, Ireland 
 in 1825. After spending twenty-two years in Canada 
 he came to Missouri in 1868. He has always been a 
 zealous, imtiring missionary worker. 
 
 Rev. J. M. Morrison writes: "To Mr. Lynn more 
 than any one else is due the organization of the Pres- 
 byterian Church of Rockport. At his suggestion — I 
 may say request — I commenced the work which event- 
 uated in the organization of that church. He was the 
 first elder, and the leader in all the branches of its 
 work. He is a man of earnest piety, pronounced opin- 
 ions and indomitable energy. His life is beyond criti- 
 cism and is a recommendation of religion. He has the 
 good-will, esteem and confidence of all, and so far as I 
 know, the ill-will of none." 
 
 Rev. Duncan McRuer did not come to IMissouri from 
 Canada till 1871, yet he was truly a pioneer in the sec- 
 tion of the country where he located. He was n-'^t 
 ^11 
 
162 HISTORY OP PLATTE PRESBYTE'RY. . 
 
 afraid of work or hardship, even starting out in the 
 face of a blizzard to fill an appointment. 
 
 A co-presbyter writes: ''Rev. Duncan McRuer wag 
 a large man in every way. His large head was mado 
 massive in appearance by closely curling dark hair 
 and beard. His father Avas a Highlander who intoned 
 his reading of the Bible and his prayers at family 
 worship because it was not reverent to speak to God 
 or about Him in the tones of ordinarj^ speech. Mr. Mc 
 Ruer used to regret that he had never been able to 
 entirely rid himself of that habit. He preached with a 
 small Bible open in his hand and with few gestures; 
 his round, full voice rising and falling in regular ca- 
 dence like the waves of the sea. 
 
 ''He was a clear, strong thinker, and wdien roused, 
 an eloquent, impressive speaker. His field was Har- 
 rison county and he seldom missed an appointment, 
 though Akron was twenty-two miles from his home. 
 His traveling companion was a large mule bearing the 
 familiar but unpopular name of Cain. 
 
 "He loved to discuss theology. As chairman of the 
 Home Mission Committee, it was my pleasure once to 
 spend several days with him riding over his great par- 
 ish and digging into the deep things of God. He closed 
 the interview — 'I'm glad to call you my friend, Bul- 
 lard, but ve'r no sound! ye'r no sound!' " 
 
 Elder John Meyer was born in Baden, Germany, 
 December 29, 1822. With his parents: he came first to 
 Ohio, and then to Holt Co., Mo. He was converted 
 while serving as farmer in the Iowa and Sac India a 
 Mission at Highland, Kans. After some years of mis- 
 sionary service there he settled at New Point. He was 
 one of the charter members and elders of the Oregon 
 Church and a regular attendant, coming the long dis- 
 tance with an ox team. Later he was a charter member 
 and elder of the New Point Church also. One beauti- 
 ful trait of his active, energetic and consecrated char- 
 acter was his loyalty to his pastors. Only once in his 
 life did he criticise one of them, even in his own familv, 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 163 
 
 and tliat was a great surprise to them. He was happily 
 mated, marrying a Moravian lady. All their thirteen 
 children became Presbyterians — one of them, William, 
 a minister. 
 
 Rev. F. Mitchell Miller came to Andrew county m 
 the spring of 1843, when his father, Wm. A. Miller 
 moved there. He was converted at the age of seven- 
 teen or eighteen, and put himself under the care of 
 Platte Presbytery at its organization, April, 1845. He 
 was licensed April, 1849, at the Savannah camping 
 ground, and for two years labored as a home mission- 
 ary in Southwestern low^a and Northwestern Missouri. 
 September 6, 1848, he married Nancy E. McDonald, 
 and his father died soon after, leaving him the care of 
 his mother and three younger brothers. In earlier 
 years he hired a hand for the farm and missionated 
 nearly six months, teaching a school in the fall and 
 winter for sixteen consecutive winters. He served the 
 church at San Antonio for many years, but was very 
 active all his life as an evangelist and organizer of 
 churches. 
 
 Rev. Robert D. Morrow, D. D., was the young man 
 whom the Women's Missionary Society of Kentucky 
 sent as missionary to the Territory of Missouri in 1817 
 or 1818. No particulars can be given of his missionary 
 work in all this region, but he Avas a very logical, virile 
 and wonderfully effective preacher. In 1850, he was 
 elected President of Chapel Hill College, an institution 
 previously founded by A. W. Ridings (who had been n 
 student in Chapel Hill College, in North Carolina) and 
 legally transferred to the Missouri Synod (C. P.). He 
 was a very clear theologian, and many young men wert'' 
 trained in theology by him, both before and during his 
 connection with the College. 
 
 None of the early pioneers has left a more notable 
 mark than the Hon. George S. Park. Born in rugged 
 Vermont, near Grafton, October 22, 1811, a farmer boy. 
 with limited educational advantages, at fifteen he start- 
 
164 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 ed for the West, walking all the way from Sarato2:a 
 Springs to Central Ohio. After teaching- school there 
 for a year, he went to Illinois on a pony purchased by 
 his earnings, and later entered College at Jacksonville. 
 His eyes giving out for study during his Junior year, 
 he had to leave. AVhile teaching in Calloway Co., Mo., 
 in 1833-4, he was converted under the ministry of tho 
 sainted Dr. David Nelson, and made public profession 
 of his faith in the Presbyterian church. 
 
 He w^as one of the first to volunteer his services to 
 the young Republic of Texas under Gen. Houston, and 
 was in the battle of San Antonio cle Bexar in 1836. 
 But he led a "charmed life" for the Lord had high 
 service in store for him in the future. He was sent 
 from the Alamo the day before its fatal investment as 
 a messenger to the army of the North at Goliad. After 
 its honorable surrender he was among the 330 doomed 
 prisioners, stripped to their shirts and trousers, treach- 
 erously marched out in divisions, drawn out in line 
 on the bank of the Coleto River, and mercilessly 
 shot down, by the orders of Santa Ana. With 
 tAvo others he dropped at the flash, and lying 
 quietly till the firing was over, he plunged 
 into the river and swam across amid the foam 
 of a tempest of bullets. After weeks of night 
 travel he reached the settlements in the extreme north, 
 torn, bleeding and almost naked. In 1837 he took a 
 claim at the mouth of the Platte River, returned to 
 Vermont, and selling his small patrimony there, 
 brought a stock of goods from New York City, pur- 
 chased the site of Parkville and opened a store. He 
 soon became the leading business man of the com- 
 munity. He laid out Parkville in 1844, and in 1854 
 erected the stone hotel which became the home of Park 
 Colletie in 1875. A volume would be needed to give the 
 details of his most enterprising, troublous and success- 
 ful career, but some notice of his important religious 
 and educational activities will be found elsewhere. 
 
 Far-sighted and untiringly energetic in business: 
 courteous, quiet and unassuming in manners: consider- 
 ate and thoughtful of others' comfort: forgiving to- 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 165 
 
 wards those who had sought his very life ; ever 
 planning and working for the temporal and eternid 
 good of others; and as firm and immovable in 
 standing for the right, as the massive block 
 of Vermont marble that marks his resting place, Mr. 
 Park exerted an influence for good that cannot be 
 measured. 
 
 Rev. Daniel Patton wasi of Irish extraction and wms 
 converted when seventeen, in Middle Tennessee. He 
 was sent with Rev. R. D. King as missionary into 
 North Alabama. He came to Ray county before Rich- 
 mond was laid out, and married a daughter of Rev. 
 Samuel King. He was long the Stated Clerk of Barnett 
 Presbytery. He was a strong and. successful preacher 
 in his day. He died almost at the close of his ninety- 
 fifth year, full of honors, labors and successes in the 
 Master's work. 
 
 Rev. Tapping S. Reeve was born in Holland, Mass., 
 October 5, 1808, and after a large experience and train- 
 ing as S. S. missionary, teacher and lawyer, was o.*'- 
 dained hy the Presbytery of St. Louis, October 20, 184:J. 
 and came at once to St. Joseph. The first sermon ever 
 preached there was by him and he built the first Prc:-;- 
 byterian church of logs, a, cut of the successor of which 
 appears on the opposite page. He was very active in 
 evangelistic and educational lines. He Avas moderator 
 of the Synod of Missouri (N. S.) in 1852. He died 
 July 16, 1886. 
 
 Elder Andrew Robertson came to Clay count.y at nu 
 early day and settled four miles north of Ijiberty where 
 he owned a large tract of land and a considerable fam- 
 ily of negro servants — forty or fifty in number — whom 
 he furnished with wagons and teams, furniture and 
 bedding, and clothing and provisions, and sent them 
 away to Kansas and freedom, in the midst of the Civil 
 War. He was a very liberal man with his money and 
 a very useful ruling elder, mainly furnishing the means 
 to build the church and maintain the ordinances of 
 
166 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 religion in the church (Bethlehem) of which he was a 
 member axid an elder. He was an uncle of the heaven- 
 13^-minded and much-loved Rev. Hugh Robertson Smith, 
 so well known and greatly honored among us. 
 
 Rev. Edmimd Wright, son of Ichabod Wright and 
 Mary Clapp, was bom in Easthampton, Mass., July 1, 
 1808. He graduated from Williams College in 1836, 
 and studied theology at East Windsor, Conn. The fol- 
 lowing is from a report to his college classmates : 
 
 "I was city missionary in St. Louis, Mo., from 1839 
 to April 1841, during which time I visited forty coun- 
 ties in Missouri and preached a few months to the Pres- 
 byterian church in Palmyra. In 1842 I became mis- 
 sionary and pastor at Weston, near Ft. Leavenworth, 
 remaining until November, 1849. I then returned to 
 St. Louis and became pastor of the Spruce Street 
 Church until May, 1856. A month later I became agent 
 for the American Tract Society, and continued in that 
 service over two and a half years. I rested, on account 
 of ill health, till May, 1863, when I became agent for 
 the American Bible Society, for Missouri." 
 
 After twenty-five years of service he resigned. In 
 his closing Report to the American Bible Society, he 
 said: *'I collected during the twenty-five years of ser- 
 vice $32,891.31, and the amount of my sales was 
 $135,488.36. In retiring from the service of the 
 Society, its noble aims and world-wide work seems 
 doubly dear." He had traveled 24,467 miles on official 
 duty. He was then eighty years old, but full of streno^th 
 and vigor. He was married in August, 1842, to Miss 
 Achsah Fidelia Hurd of Bridgeport, Vt., who survives 
 him, and is still, as always, abundant in good works. 
 After retiring he made his home with his only surviv- 
 ino- child, Mrs. Anna Bullard Whitney, of Seattle, till 
 called to higher service in August, 1901. "His was a 
 most symmetrical character, worthv of emulation." 
 
 Rev. John Lapsley Yantis, D. D., born in Kentucky 
 in 1804, came to Missouri in 1833. He labored in Clay 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 167 
 
 county till 1835, and again in 1838-9. His most notable 
 work in our territory was as President of Richmond 
 College. He was a remarkable man, as is seen in th^ 
 sketch of him in Dr. John B. Hill's History of Kansas 
 City Presb3^tery. ''His work as an evangelist and 
 minister has made a lasting impression upon thousands, 
 and he was not only a pioneer, but one of the fathers 
 of Presbyterianism in Western Missouri." 
 
 Rev. John N. Young came to Missouri in 1855, and 
 did much pioneer work. A co-presbyter writes as 
 follows : 
 
 * ' The ministry of Rev. John N. Young in Northwest 
 Missouri in connection with the Presbytery of Upper 
 Missouri, fell in troublous times. In such times he 
 illustrated the Scriptural ideal of the ministry as "an 
 example in all things." Not only was he faithful and 
 devoted in the religious duties of the preacher, but so 
 wise, couragous and decided in political matters that 
 he w^as elected to the State Senate. When those duties 
 w^ere done he returned to the care of the churches until 
 advancing age released him from such responsibili- 
 ties." 
 
168 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTETIY. 
 
 German Work. 
 
 As a matter of history something should be said of 
 the work done by Presibyterians among our German 
 population. Time has not permitted an exhaustive in- 
 vestigation, so that what isi given covers only the 
 early years, and was mostly connected Avith Lexington 
 Presbyter3\ 
 
 Conrad Henry Heckman was born December 3, 
 1811, at Bessendorf, Germany, was educated at Rot- 
 terdam, and was ordained by Lexington Presbytery in 
 1849, when he was working at Weston. He is reported 
 at BrunsAvick in 1851, and in 1852 he preached also at 
 a point ten milesi from Carrollton. In 1853 he removed 
 to the Line Creek Church, near Parkville, which had a 
 log church and land valued at $260. He preached there 
 twice a month, once at Weston and once at Westport. 
 It is distinctly stated in the Records, for 1853, in this 
 connection, that the above named churches were "not 
 in regular Presbyterial connection." In 1856, St. John 
 appears as one of his churches with twenty-nine mem- 
 bers. Nothing can be told of its location unless it was 
 in Andrew county where there is now a German Re- 
 formed St. Johns Church, which is not probable. The 
 last report of Mr. Heckman's work, in the I\Iinutes for 
 1859, gives St. Johns twenty-nine members ; Weston, 
 twenty-five; Westport, twenty-three, and Independ- 
 ence, eleven, but as the report was starred, it referred 
 to an earlier date. April 4, 1861, he was received by 
 Platte Presbytery (O. S.) from Lexington Presbytery. 
 
 April 4, 1861, Platte Presbytery (0. S.) received 
 under its care a German church in St. Joseph, and at 
 the same time received and enrolled its acting pastor, 
 Rev. F. W. Steffens. This church was stricken from 
 the roll, April 11, 1833. 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 169 
 
 Platte Presbytery (U. S. A.). 
 
 The beginning' of its history is found on the first 
 and second pages, and Dr. Sherwood continues: 
 
 There were at this time the following ministers and 
 churches in the counties which constituted the Pres- 
 bytery of Platte by this act of Synod. 
 
 Ministers: — Elijah A. Carson, Timothy Morgan, 
 Wm. Reed, John N. Young, Nelson H. Smith, Elisha 
 
 B. Sherwood, John Moore, D. D., Joel Kennedy, 
 Matthew L. Anderson, Samuel Sawyer, Henry Bullard, 
 
 C. W. Higgins, J. M. Green, Wm. H. Cummings, J. ]\[. 
 Morrison, Wm. H. Gill, J. D. Beard and J. M. Craw- 
 ford— 18. 
 
 Churches: — Savannah, Mt. Zion, Sixth Street St. 
 Joseph, Fillmore, Oregon, Paint Lick, Salem, Union, 
 Lathrop, Grand A^iew, Hamilton, Mirabile, Alban^^, Car- 
 rollton. Dawn, Fairview, Forest City, Willow Brook, 
 Graham, Platte City, Weston, Breckenridge, Chilli- 
 cothe, Osborn, Westminster, St. Joseph, Easton, Mary- 
 ville, Phelp's City, Oak Grove, New York Settlement, 
 Crocked River and Wheeling — 32. 
 
 This Presb^^tery thus constituted, was ordered "to 
 meet in the Sixth Street church of St. Joseph, on the 
 21st day of July, 1870, at 7 :30 p. m. The Rev. Jolui 
 Moore, D. D., or in his absence, the oldest minister 
 present to preside until the election of moderator ; 
 
 And furthermore, the Presbytery of Platte is hereb.v 
 declared to be the proper and legal successor of the 
 Presbyteries of Upper Missouri and Lexington, and 
 as siuch entitled to all the rights and franchise and 
 posessions, and liable for the performance of all the 
 duties, of those Presbyteries. ' ' 
 
 On the 21st of July 1870, the Presbytery of Piatt-, 
 as constituted by the Synod of Missouri, in obedience 
 to order of General Assembly convened in the Sixth 
 Street Presbyterian church at 7:30 p. m. In the ab- 
 sence of the Rev. John M. Moore, D. D., who was ap- 
 
170 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 pointed to open the Presbytery, Rev. E. B. Sherwood, 
 the oldest minister present called the Presbytery to 
 order, and having read the authority by which they 
 had assembled, called on the Rev, John N. Youn^ to 
 open the meeting with prayer, after which the Rev. E. 
 B. Sherwood preached a sermon, founded upon Rom. 
 4:20, 21: ''He staggered not at the promises of God 
 through unbelief : but was strong in faith, giving glory 
 to God; and being fully persuaded that what he had 
 promised he was able also to perform. ' ' After sermon 
 he formally constituted the Presbytery of Platte with 
 prayer. The Rev. W. H. Gill was then chosen clerk 
 protem. The roll of members present was then made 
 and the following answered to their names: 
 
 Ministers : — John N. Young, Nelson H. Smith, E. B. 
 Sherwood, Henrj^ BuUard, Joel Kennedy, Matthew 
 L. Anderson, J. M. Crawford and Wm. H. Gill. 
 
 Elders: — John Colhoun of Sixth Street Presbyter- 
 ian church. 
 
 The Presbj^tery as its first act resolved to spend the 
 first half hour of every session in prayer, after whi'^/i 
 it adjourned until the next morning at 9 o'clock, clos- 
 ing with prayer. 
 
 The Presbytery met according to adjournment at 
 9 o'clock on the 22nd of July. The roll was called, 
 and the following additional elders reported: Peter 
 Fisher from the church at Cameron and John DeClue 
 from "Westminster church, St. Joseph. After half an 
 hour spent in prayer, the Presbytery proceeded to tht^ 
 election of officers. Rev. W. H. Gill was chosen mod- 
 erator and Rev. Henry Bullard stated clerk. Commit- 
 tees were filled and Platte Presbytery entered upon 
 the work assigned her in the 19 counties of North- 
 western Missouri." 
 
 The history of the churches has already been given, 
 and a brief sketch of many of the ministers appears in 
 the Ministerial Register so but little more need be said. 
 Some special notice of those who have been markedly 
 helpful in developing the churches, in bringing them to 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 171 
 
 self-support, and in giving to Platte Presbytery the 
 position it came to occupy, will be given farther on. 
 
 The union and reunion with the Cumberland 
 Church was hailed with delight by the Presbytery, 
 though it necessarily involved to many the sundering 
 of long-cherished ties and associations, very precious in 
 themselves. The healing of the breaches of Zion by the 
 formal union of those already one in all things except 
 the name, was heartily welcomed. The evangelistic 
 zeal of the Cumberland brethren which led them to the 
 position (or offence, if w^e prefer so to call it) of giv- 
 ing, among the required qualifications for the ministry, 
 the classical training a second place to a divinely im- 
 planted desire and fitness for soul-winning, had long 
 since won the sympathy of earnest woirkers, and led 
 them to forgive the offence. And the disillusionment 
 of the majority of the Cumberland brethren as to the 
 truth and propriety of the claim of the Primitive Bap- 
 tists, with their fatalism and opposition to all forms of 
 Christian activitj^, to be the representatives and ex- 
 ponents of Calvinism (which led so many to justly 
 abhor the veiy word Calvinism) had prepared the way, 
 on their part, for the reunion. 
 
 That such a large proportion of the Cumberland 
 churches were in the country and so many of them 
 necessarily weak financially and in numbers, was to 
 many a welcome fact, because from them come the 
 most of our ministers, and in them very many of those 
 who afterwards become leading and most efficient of- 
 ficers in the larger churches, find the opportunity and 
 necessity of learning church work by practice. Also, 
 if the country churches are well cared for, the town 
 churches of Avhich they are the feeders will take care 
 of themselves; neglect of the outlying districts being 
 a suicidal policy for any Church, as well as disloyalty 
 to the Master and a lack of true Christian patriotism. 
 
 The earlier appreciation of our Cumberland breth- 
 ren of both the Scripturalness and wisdom of utilizing 
 the talents and zeal of the gentler sex for more leading 
 and public service than was customary formerly, is 
 something in which they may justly take pride. 
 
172 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 The following" is a list of the Moderators and Stated 
 Clerks of Platte Presbytery : 
 
 Moderators of Presbytery. 
 
 July 1870 Wm. H. Gill. 
 
 April 1871 J. M. Crawford. 
 
 September 1871 Jno. A. Pinkerton. 
 
 April 1872 M. L. Anderson. 
 
 September 1872 Robt. Cruikshank. 
 
 April 1873 Duncan McRuer. 
 
 September 1873 Joel Kennedy. 
 
 April 1874 Jno. H. France. 
 
 September 1874 John Gillespie. 
 
 April 1875 Jno. S. McClung. 
 
 September 1875 Jno. D. Beard. 
 
 April 1876 Duncan McRuer. 
 
 September 1876 Luther Dodd. 
 
 April 1877 Jno. A. Pinkerton. 
 
 September 1877 Wm. G. Keady. 
 
 April 1877 Geo. A. McKinlay. 
 
 September 1878 Geo. Miller. 
 
 April 1879 Duncan Brown. 
 
 September 1879 F. G. Strang-e. 
 
 April 1880 E. B. Sherwood. 
 
 September 1880 A. D. Workman. 
 
 April 1881 W. C. Smith. 
 
 September 1881 Duncan McRuer. 
 
 April 1882. W. D. Patton. 
 
 September 1882 T. D. Roberts. 
 
 April 1883 Wm. IMeyer. 
 
 September 1883 B. D. Luther. 
 
 April 1884 A. B. Goodale. 
 
 September 1884 F. E. Thompson. 
 
 April 1885 Carson Reed. 
 
 August 1885 James Reed. 
 
 March 1886 E. P. Foster. 
 
 August 1886 H. M. Rogers. 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 173 
 
 March 1887 Willis Weaver. 
 
 September 1887 W. A. Cravens. 
 
 March 1888 Carson Reed. 
 
 September 1888 James Kirkwood. 
 
 March 1889 W. A. Cravens. 
 
 September 1889 H. M. Sydenstriker. 
 
 March 1890 S. L. McAfee. 
 
 September 1890 W. R. McElroy. 
 
 March 1891 T. D. Roberts. 
 
 September 1891 A. M. Reynolds. 
 
 March 1892 James Reed. 
 
 September 1892 C. McCain. 
 
 April 1893 IT. A. Sawyers. 
 
 September 1893 E. B. Sherwood. 
 
 April 1894 T. D. Roberts. 
 
 September 1894 George Miller. 
 
 April 1895 John Wilson. 
 
 September 1895 S. L. McAfee. 
 
 April 1896 Duncan Brown. 
 
 September 1896 E. W. Symonds. 
 
 April 1897 v. W. McGlothlan. 
 
 September 1897 J. G. Gilkerson. 
 
 April 1898 Jas. P. Green. 
 
 September 1898 Geo. Miller. 
 
 April 1899 A. D. Wolfe. 
 
 September 1899 W. A. Cravens. 
 
 April 1900 G. H. Williamson. 
 
 September 1900 W. E. Caldwell. 
 
 April 1901 E. H. Bull. 
 
 September 1901 S. M. Ware. 
 
 April • 1902 J. H. Shields. 
 
 September 1902 Duncan Brown. 
 
 April 1903 C. P. Blavnev. 
 
 September 1903 (\ E. Kircher. 
 
 April 1904 W. I. Doole. 
 
 September 1904 J. H. Hatfield. 
 
174 HISTORY OF TLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 •April 1905 H. N. Bullard. 
 
 September 1905 Jno. T. Curtis. 
 
 April 1906 James McFarland. 
 
 September 1906 Silas Evans. 
 
 April 1907 U. G. Schell. 
 
 Stated Clerks of Presbytery. 
 
 July 1870. 
 
 April 1880. 
 
 April 1883. 
 
 September 1890. 
 September 1899. 
 
 . .Henry Bullard. 
 . . E. B. Sherwood. 
 . .T. D. Roberts. 
 ..W. H. Clark. 
 ..A. W. McGlothlan. 
 
 By the action of the General Assembl}^ in session 
 at Columbus, 0., May 23, 1907, Platte Presbyteiy ceased 
 at 10 A. M., June 18, 1907, to have an ecclesiastical 
 and legal existence. Clay, Platte and Ray counties vviro 
 attached to Kansas City Presbytery ; Grundy and Mer- 
 cer, to Kirksville; Caldwell, Carroll, Daviess and Liv- 
 ingston, to McGee; and the remaining ten counties 
 constituted St. Joseph Presbytery. 
 
 Notices, like comparisons, may be considered "in- 
 vidious," but the impossibility of noticing all of the 
 many worthy of special commendation should not for- 
 bid the recognition of some of them. 
 
 Something should be said of Elder William K. 
 Adams, still a vigorous worker. Though the most of 
 his work has been done in St. Joseph, he has belonoed 
 to the Presbytery in a special sense. As a business man 
 he has long held a high position as head, in St. Joseph, 
 of the freight department of the Burlington System, 
 with hundreds of men under his control, and has the 
 confidence and esteem of every one. But he stands high- 
 est as a most consecrated and wise Christian Avorker. 
 Indefatigably active, he has been prominent in the mis- 
 sionary enterprises of the Westminster Church, es- 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 175 
 
 pecially as an acceptable and greatly blessed lay 
 preacher. Years ago some of his friends urged him to 
 seek ordination. Consulting his pastor he was told: 
 "Multitudes of men who run shy of an ordained 
 preacher and whom I cannot reach, will listen to you. 
 If 3^ou are ordained they will soon become shy of you. ' ' 
 He saw the wisdom of the suggestion and acted ac- 
 cordingly. "As a business man and a lay preacher of 
 the gospel, he exemplifies the possibility of happily 
 combining both." 
 
 The Nestor of , Platte Presbytery (U. S. A.), the 
 beloved pastor for over forty years of the Westminster 
 Church, cannot be passed by entirely. Full of loving 
 sympathy for the "common people," winsomely genial, 
 and deeply spiritual, his life has been a power and a 
 benediction to multitudes. The striking fact, that after 
 being the pastor for twenty-five years he was able to 
 "recollect only one instance wheu the Session, after 
 full discussion, voted contrary to his expressed wish/' 
 attests both his tact and wisdom. The following tri- 
 butes are from men qualified to judge: 
 
 "The Rev. Henry Bullard has exemplified two ele- 
 ments of character which spring from inherited mould- 
 ing — one, a sweet Christian spirit, charity and gen- 
 erosity; the other, the inclination to succeed by indi- 
 vidual initiative in vigorous efforts for the spread of 
 the kingdom of God and for civic righteousness, taking- 
 his stand wherever there is need of the best efforts of 
 men of ability, persistency and high character." 
 
 "A man of great purity of character; of earnest 
 devotion to his sacred calling ; as a preacher unusually 
 well read in current events, and therefore very prac- 
 tical in his pulpit utterances — dealing largely with mat- 
 ters of today. Few pasrtors are as greatly loved by 
 their people, this because he is so approachable at all 
 times and by all classes, and so sympathetic and help- 
 ful in his delightful companionship. Wliile he has 
 never considered himself a revivalist in the modern 
 
176 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 acceptation of that word, few ministers of the Evangel 
 have made more positive and lasting impressions for 
 "ood on those who have been his listeners." 
 
 The Rev. John A. McAfee was for fifteen years one 
 of the most prominent and influential members of Platte 
 Presbytery, though never its Moderator, always declin- 
 ing such honors. His active mind, though intensely oc- 
 cupied with his work as President of Park College, 
 busied itself with the condition of the churches, and 
 his consuming zeal for the upbuilding of the Master's 
 kingdom, and his high ideals of Christian service made 
 him a leader in every advance movement. 
 
 As Chairman for several years of the Presbyterv^ 's 
 Permanent Committee on Home ^lissions, Prof. Samu^^l 
 L. McAfee rendered invaluable service. His extensive 
 acquaintance in the ministry peculiarly fitted him to 
 aid in securing desirable supplies for the vacant 
 churches. His Sabbaths were very largely given to 
 visiting and supplying destitute churches. 
 
 Revs. James Reed and Thos. D. Roberts stand pro- 
 eminent in giving many years of faithful, self-denying 
 service, largely among the feebler and thusi more 
 needy churches. The former has been in IMissouri since 
 1870, and all but ten years of the time, in Platte Pres- 
 bytery. The Avhole ministerial life of the latter, be- 
 ginning in April, 1876. has been spent in Platte Pres- 
 bvtery. 
 
 In 1865, Rev. Elisha B. Sherwood came to this sec- 
 tion as Presbyterial Missionary. A stalwart physical- 
 ly, and filled with unquenchable zeal, he did a great 
 work in Northern JMissouri, organizing thirt^^-three 
 Presbyterian churches, some of them east of our bounds, 
 and reaching his ninety-sixth year. The details of his life 
 work are quite fully given in his very interesting Auto- 
 biography, ''Fifty Years on the Skirmish Line." 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 177 
 
 After a successful pastorate at Lathrop, Rev. John 
 Wilson served Presibytery most efficiently as Pastor-at- 
 Larg-e for over four years. He not only supplied the 
 vacant churches as far as possible, assisting the feeble 
 and heartening- the discouraged, but looked after the 
 property interests of the Presbytery, arranging for the 
 removal of one building and the sale of others. He 
 did much towards bringing the weaker churches up to 
 self-support and greater self-denying activity. 
 
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178 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRE-SBYTERY. 
 
 EDUCATIONAL WORK. 
 
 At this day tiie High Schools in all our larger towns 
 have greatly reduced the demand for Academies and 
 Seminaries, and the State Universities have so affected 
 the attendance at the smaller colleges that many of 
 them have been forced to give up. But even a passing 
 glance at the work of our earlier Presbyterian min- 
 isters, will show that a very large part of it was educa- 
 tional. They were true to the traditions of the Pres- 
 byterian Church in exalting education to its proper 
 place. Some notice, often meager and painfully in- 
 definite, will here be given of some of the Presbyterian 
 institutions of higher learning, present and past, in our 
 territory. 
 
 Avalon College was taken over from the United 
 Brethren in 1888-9, Rev. Wm. C. McCune, the first 
 president, being very active in the movement. After 
 several years of struggle it w^as taken under the care 
 of Platte Presbytery as an academy and put in charge 
 of Rev. Austin D. Wolfe. This institution did a good 
 work, but the lack of a financial basis finally necessi- 
 tated its abandonment. 
 
 The Grand River College (doubtless only an acad- 
 emy) four or five miles from Trenton, was quite a 
 school in 1851, having several teachers, two of whom 
 were Presbyterians. In 1853 the pastor of the Trenton 
 Presbyterian Church preached there one Sabbath each 
 month. So we feel warranted m concluding thai it was 
 largely, if not wholly, a Presbyterian institution. 
 
 Prof. Anthony Haynes wrote from Excelsior 
 Springs, Aug. 31,' 1908: ''My school, 'Haynes Acad- 
 emy,' was founded by me in 1896 anri continued ten 
 years. It was a Christian school and a great body of 
 my old students have become Christians. The school 
 prepared students for the University. My old s^tudents 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRE-SBYTERY. 179 
 
 hold places of influence in different parts of the United 
 States. I owned the school property. Owing to bad 
 health I have been compelled to give up my school 
 work." 
 
 While Park College is non-sectarian, it is a distinct- 
 ly Presbyterian institution, and is entitled to a some- 
 what extended notice here. 
 
 At least as early as in 1851, the Hon. George S. 
 Park had in mind what eventually became Park Col- 
 lege. Lexington Presbytery, then in session at Keats- 
 ville (now Keytesville?) took the following action 
 April 25, 1851 : ' ' Resolved : That Presbytery have re- 
 ceived with high gratification from Mr. G. S. Park, an 
 elder of the Presbyterian Churcli in Parkville, a propo- 
 sition for establishing a school of high order, or a 
 college, in that town, to be placed under the care and 
 patronage of this Presbytery, and that we highly ap- 
 preciate the liberality and enterprise of our brother in 
 the matter ; Resolved, that a committee of three be ap- 
 pointed by the Moderator to mature a plan for an in- 
 stitution, and for receiving into proper care the dona- 
 tion proposed by the said G. S. Park." The whole 
 matter was repeatedly and carefully considered by 
 Presbytery, which on May 3, 1853, said; "Whereas the 
 Presbyter}^ in their corporate capacity cannot either so 
 rapidly or satisfactorily carry forward this enterprise 
 as a single, well qualified individual, therefore Re- 
 solved: That this Presbytery appreciate the noble and 
 philanthropic motives w^hich prompted Esq. Park to 
 make this liberal donation ; that they return to him 
 their hearty thanks for his confidence in their ability 
 and integrity; and that he saw fit to confide to them 
 the organization and the subsequent control of the in- 
 stitution; Resolved, 2nd, That this Presbytery hereby 
 return to Esq. Park his magnificent donation, provided 
 he assume all the responsibility assumed by the Trus- 
 tees, hoping and praying that success may attend his 
 plans and exertions; Resolved, 3rd, The Presbytery also 
 holds itself in readiness again to receive under its care, 
 
180 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 the contemplated institution, if Esq. Park shall choose, 
 at a future time, again to commit it to our hands." 
 
 The disturbed political condition of this special sec- 
 tion of the country which soon followed and continued 
 until, durmg* the Civil War, Parkville was badly 
 wrecked, suspended further action for many years. 
 Then Rev. E. B. Sherwood became an ally with Mr. 
 Park in his plans, and finally brought him and Rev. 
 John A. McAfee together. The result was the estab- 
 lishment of an institution for "The Training of Chris- 
 tian Workers," of both sexes and for any and every 
 line of Christian service; Mr. Park contributiaij much 
 financially, and Mr. IMcAfee much towards its character 
 and success. It was opened in 1B75, and chartered as 
 Park College in 1879. One marked feature of Park 
 College was that it gave a large place to the study of 
 God's Word, which every student was expected to read 
 through in course, once every year. The cliarter says : 
 ''There shall be daily Bible readings and expositions.'' 
 Every student was required to attend daily worship as 
 well as the regular Sabbath services, including the 
 Sabbath school. All who yielded themselves to the re- 
 ligious influences thrown around them, gained a Chris- 
 tian experience, unless they had it before coming. 
 Those who resisted these influences did not, as a rule, 
 remain long. None were employed as instructors or 
 helpers who were not in sympathy with the highest 
 ideals of Christian life. 
 
 The other most marked distinctive feature of Park 
 College is the ''Family" arrangement. Park College 
 is the outgrowth of "Park College Family," a very 
 peculiar institution (if we may so call it), which is so 
 closely connected with Dr. John A. McAfee, its founder, 
 that it can best be understood through his history. His 
 father's crippled flnancial condition in consequence of 
 his investments in IMarion College (in sight of which 
 Dr. McAfee was born) so noted in its time as an in- 
 tended self-supporting industrial institution, compelled 
 him to secure a full classical education, bv his own un- 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 181 
 
 aided efforts, after he had reached his majorit}^ That 
 struggle qualified him to sympathize with the many 
 youth financially unahle to secure an education and he 
 felt called of God to give his life to opening a way 
 for such to obtain a college education and training. 
 He gave himself to teaching, and from the first began 
 to carry out his idea by taking into his own family 
 and giving a home to one or more young men, for 
 whom he could find something to do which would ena- 
 ble them to accept the help given without forfeiting 
 their own self-respect. He sought to induce others to 
 aid in carrying out his ideas, with but limited success, 
 for most considered them visionary. In 1870, at High- 
 land, Kans., he began work on a larger scale, gathering 
 under his own roof about thirty young people for 
 whom he provided regular work of some kind. He 
 there perfected, in its practical details, the development 
 of the ^'family" idea. This was the reception of wor- 
 thy but poor youth of both sexes into all the privileges 
 and duties of a Christian home, under loving watch- 
 care and full parental control. Financial aid from 
 without supplemented what they could do towards 
 their own self-support. 
 
 In 1875 he accepted the invitation of Hon. George 
 S. Park to remove his "Family" (later known a^ 
 ''Park College Family") and Avork to Parkville. He 
 and his life companion (specially fitted for, and called 
 like himself to this work) were the united head of this 
 "Family." In it a care and responsibility for each 
 other's welfare in all respects, were inculcated and 
 practiced. The recent expulsion of two unworthy men 
 by the fellow students of their dormitory, with the 
 knowledge and approval of the President, is a natural 
 sequence of the brotherly responsibility ever laid upon 
 all, and acknowledged by the majority. As the insti- 
 tution has prospered, the occasion and oi^portunity for 
 every kind of farm work, for quarrying, stone cutting, 
 building, repairing, printing, baking and every kind of 
 work connected with and needed in a family of some 
 hundreds, have arisen and made "all-around" men. 
 
18a HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 Habits of industry^ punctuality and unflinching fidel- 
 ity regardless of weather and hardship, have been 
 formed. Ambition to excel in their assigned work, and 
 thus to be intrusted with greater responsibility, is cul- 
 tivated. The guying which the student, careless or 
 stupid about his work, receives from his fellows, is 
 good discipline. Faithful work is recognized as the 
 highest manliness. 
 
 But not alone or chiefl.y to the invaluable discipline 
 and experience gained in the "Family" — the Self -Help 
 Department. — is to be credited the recognized fitness 
 and readiness of Park College graduates for self-deny- 
 ing service. President McAfee's high ideals of conse- 
 cration and service, backed by the inspiration which 
 his life and personal influence gave, largely reproduced 
 in them his own character. He ever insisted that the 
 deepest need, not any possible personal considerations, 
 was the loudest call to the Christian worker. The sympa- 
 thy ever shown, even in sharing his scanty wardrobe 
 with destitute students, gave his teachings a firmer 
 grip. The wonderful growth of the work during the 
 fifteen years of his presidency was the result of his in- 
 domitable energy and exhausting self-denial. Aft^- 
 spending the day, in our Eastern cities, in the most 
 wearisome and trying work of soliciting for a greatly 
 misunderstood cause, he would utilize his time by rid- 
 ing all night, never taking a sleeper, because of the 
 expense. Thus he did thirty years' work in fifteen 
 years. 
 
 Making no individual mention of the more than a 
 hundred alumni Avho have done more or less of ordi- 
 nary home mission work, often helping with their own 
 hands in building churches and manses, and often 
 bringing their churches up to self-support, the effec- 
 tiveness of the religious influence in Park College is 
 partially indicated by the following list of those who 
 have engaged, for a shorter or longer period, in w^hat 
 may be called distinctively "missionary" work, in all 
 lines and under various auspices — chiefly the Home 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRE-SBYTERY. 183 
 
 and Foreign Boards of the Presbyterian Church. This 
 includes a few non-graduates. The exact location of 
 the workers is not ^iven, but they are classified accord- 
 ing to their field; as those among our American High- 
 landers in the Appalachian regions; among the Indians, 
 Alaska excepted; among the Spanish-speaking Ameri- 
 cans; and in Mormondom. Only the date of gradua- 
 tion is given. 
 
 Africa. 
 
 Frank D. P. Hickman, '92; Wm. M. Dager, '96; 
 Sarah Shaw-Da ger, '97; James M. Cunningham and 
 Minnie M. Murray-Cunningham, '98 ; Ethelbert B. Kalb- 
 Weber, '00 ; Frank 0. Emerson, and John Wright, '03 ; 
 Una Van Alen-Wright, '06; and Albert G. Adams. 
 
 Alaska. 
 
 Christiana Baker-Taylor, '88 ; Nellie M. Taylor, '96 ; 
 Alex. Pringle, '97; Eva W. Culp-Thompson, John L. 
 jMyers, M. D., Mayme Pr^^or- Waggoner, David Wag- 
 goner, and Florence A. Young-Myers, '01 ; Arch, Law, 
 02; Fred Chase and Christina Duncan-Holt, '04; Leo- 
 nora Dawson, Maron J. MacLean and Laura D. Oakes- 
 Brown, 05; Fay Langelier-Mitchell and Bertram G. 
 Mitchell, '06; and Jeanette H. Wright, '07. 
 
 American-Spanish. 
 
 Mary B. Higgins-Scott and Jennie L. Kipp-Carrico, 
 '80 ; Agnes M. Dilley-Wootan, '88 ; Jos. J. Perdomo, '93 ; 
 Henrietta Caskey-Bible, '00; Laura C. Stapleton-Cole, 
 '06; Lou Luthy-0 'Conner and Eva Whissile-Stevenson. 
 
 Appalachians. 
 
 Sadie V. Armstrong-Bridges, '91 ; Nina Robinson, 
 '92; Sarah G. Street-Heyd'enburk, '96; Ella Whitte- 
 more-Gamble, '97; Edith Flagler, M, Luther Girton, 
 and Bessie Venard-Abbe, '00; Ina F, Deaderick. '06; 
 G. Gracia Beenev-Thomas and Rose Lesslev-Beenev, 
 '02 ; Eliz. B. Blair-Flack, '03 ; Nellie C. Adams, Marga- 
 ret Hughes-McClusky, Alice L. Johnston, Anna L, 
 
184 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTE'RY. 
 
 ]\Iarsli-Deitz, Dorcas ]\I. Robinson, Ethel J. Stauffer- 
 Phillips and Esther V. Walline, '04; Margarette I. Bal- 
 lantyne-Calfee and John E. Calfee, '05 ; Zora M. Wilson- 
 McManis, '06 ; Elsie M. Pollock, '07 ; Margaret Wilson, 
 '08 ; and Maude Evans-Rich. 
 
 Bohemia. 
 
 John Skerik, '93. 
 
 Bulgaria. 
 
 Stephen ]\Iomchiloft; '93. 
 Chili. 
 
 Webster E. Browning;, '91; Hallie Riley-Browning, 
 '94 ; Geo. M. McBride and Robert W. Newman, '95 ; 
 Martha V. Fulton-Gloeckner and Jesse S. Smith, '00; 
 Bessie M. Chambers-Smith and Alexia Duncan-Coronel, 
 '01 ; and Chas. E. Wells, '03. 
 
 "^ China. 
 
 Lulu H. Boyd-Chalfant, '86; Eleanor Chesnut, M. 
 D. and John N. Young, '88; E. Elva Fleming, M. D., 
 '93 ; Frank W. Bible, Chas. H. Derr and Paul P. Paris, 
 'Ol ; Margaret Paris, '03 and R. Paul Montgomeiy, '04. 
 
 Egypt. 
 
 Annie E. Henderson-McParland, '88. 
 
 Freedmen. 
 
 i\Iary J. Coffland-Berg, '89 ; and INIaiy McCarle, '98. 
 
 Hawaii. 
 
 Robert A. Buchanan, '01; Ernest H. Wilson, '02; 
 Chas. E. Flack, '04; Plarlan M. Roberts, '05; Beatrice 
 S. Harbaugh and Pansy G. Roberts, '08; and Jos. F. 
 Durao. 
 
 India. 
 
 Jessie F. Bell-Holt, M. D., '80; W^alter J. Clark, '88; 
 Victoria E. McArthur, M. D., '94; and Caroline R. 
 Clark, '95. 
 
H [.STORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 185 
 
 Indians. 
 
 M. Anna Dolley-Wynkoop, '81 ; Jasper J. Crosswhite 
 and A. Maude Levagood-Brown, '82; Mary A. Lane 
 and Eliz. J. Templeton, '88; Clara B. Hastino^s-Hender- 
 son, Jeannie ]\I. IMcRuer-Mathes, Agnes L. Reed-Pliter 
 and Harvey M. Shields, 89 ; Prazier 8. Ilerndon and El- 
 sie M. Prngh-Herndon, '93; Margaret Morris-Edgar, 
 '94; Fred V. Richards, '95 < Alfred C. Edgar, '97; Chas. 
 H. Bierkemper, '98 ; Dorothy B. Venard, • '99 ; Louise 
 Hemdon ^nd Frank McAfee, '02; Bertha Darby-Wil- 
 liamson, '03-; Wilbur J. McManis, '05; Irene Bernheim 
 and Harry S. Phillips, '06; Lloyd C. Goff, '07; Fern 
 Dilley, Florence E. Dilley, Sophia Ostermeier, Wm. L. 
 Palmer, Amanda A. Runquest and Aubrey Seth Thorn- 
 ton. 
 
 Japan. 
 
 Mary M. Palmer-Gorbold, '84; Wm. Y. Jones, '92; 
 Harvey Brokaw, '93; Isabella M. Ward, 01; Sol D. 
 Light, '08 ; and Olivia B. Forster-Brokaw. 
 
 Korea. 
 
 Marv A. Barrett, Marg-aret Best and Marv E. Hay- 
 den-Gifford, '88; Susian A. Doty-Miller, '89;' Helen B. 
 McAfee-McCune, '92 ; Emily L. Hartman-Johnson and 
 Walter V. Johnson, '98 ; Mary R. Armstrong, '99 ; Her- 
 bert E. Blair and Geo. S. McCune, '01 ; Walter C. Pur- 
 viance, M. D., '02 ; J. Gordon Holdcroft, '03 ; Katherine 
 McCune and Cyril Ross, '06; and Lulu Byram-Purvi- 
 ance. 
 
 Mexico. 
 
 Effie J. ]\Iiller-Bryce, '80; Katherine Herndon-Chea- 
 vens, '94. 
 
 Mormondom. 
 
 Mary A. Dayton-Krig'baum, Chas. J. Godsman and 
 Anna B. Palmer, '82 ; Anna P. Handley-Keach and Lucy 
 H. Hindman-McAiee, '84; Aima P. Hulburd-McCuish 
 and Margie Stoner-Best, '87; Vernie E. Jones-Merton 
 
186 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 and Viola E. Wynne-Smith, '88; Lntie A. Christian- 
 Thomas, '89; Emily McCarty-Bertelsen, '90; F. Frances 
 Shimp-Moore, '91 ; Ida D. Stump-Gray, '92 ; A. Augusta 
 Elliott-Romig, '95 ; Chas. F. Romig, '96 ; Harriet E. El- 
 liott and Aurelia Hansen-Liberiosi, '97 ; Lizzie M. Dienst- 
 Ayres, Charlotte Kyle and Mae Alice Kyle, '99 ; Anna 
 L. Doggett, Chas. H. Hamilton, Edith Hughes, and 
 Lottie E. Stevenson, '00 ; Hettie D. Hotchkin-Mclntyre, 
 C. Curtis Mclntyre, Ulna Prv^or-Troxell and Kate B. 
 Taylor, 01; Agnes Lasley-Newell and Vergie M. Lasley, 
 '03 ; Filer J. Freeee and H. Peter Freece, '04 ; Alice I. 
 Reed, '05 ; J. Mabel Wells, '07 ; Minnie M. Huckett and 
 Edythe Wells, '08; Mary Bremner and Inza R. Mont- 
 gomery, '09; Grace D. Hamilton-Hamilton, and Eliza- 
 beth Kyle. 
 
 Persia. 
 
 Margaret A. Demuth-Schermerhorn, '92; Edith D. 
 Lamme, '00; and Geo. D. Prentice, '09. 
 
 Philippines. 
 
 Roy H. Brown and Harry L. Finlay, '00; Nellie 
 McA. Pollock-Brown, '01; Theresa M. Kalb, '03; and 
 Geo. T. Shoens. 
 
 Porto Rico. 
 
 Elie S. Lheureux, '91 ; J. Will Harris and Eunice 
 E. White-Harris, '02; Effie M. Copeland, A. Victoria 
 McArthur and Arnold Smith, '03; Lydia Lheureux, 
 '05; Cornelia L. White, '09; and Frank O. Gloeckner. 
 
 Siam. 
 
 Mary J. Henderson-McClure and Hugh Taylor, '85 : 
 Robert Irwin and Dora B. Martin-Taylor, '87 ; Elsie J. 
 Bates-Kellett, '89 ; Annabelle King-Briggs, '92 ; Howard 
 L. Cornell, '97 ; Harry P. Armstrong and Marion B. 
 Palmer, '98; May E. McClusky-Palmer, '99; Florence 
 B. Binghain-Crooks and Alice Richards-Armstrong, '00; 
 Chas. H. Crooks, :\[. D., '01; Lyle J. Beebe, '04; Eula 
 Van Vranken, '05; Albert J. CaldAyell, Sylvia M. Har- 
 baugh-Cal dwell and Edward M. Spilman, '09. 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 187 
 
 Ida Grace McClung, '91, valedictorian of her class, 
 would have been in this list if her life had been spared. 
 
 More space for Park College cannot reasonablj^ be 
 asked, so we must not speak at length of the very effi- 
 cient President, Lowell M. McAfee, LL. D. — eldest 
 son and successor of the first President — or of the able 
 Faculty, but we beg- leave, to say that to Prof. Arthur 
 L. Wolfe, more than to any other man now living, is 
 owing the missionary spirit indicated above. For many 
 years he has devoted much time and attention to Mis- 
 sion Study Glasses. 
 
 The Platte School (which ranks as an Academy) at 
 Edgerton, was established by Platte Presbytery (C. P.) 
 and is under a Board of nine Trustees. Its high aim is 
 "the promulgation of Ghristian learning." It has a 
 large field from which to draw students, and is prosper- 
 ing under its popular President, Rev. D. M. Boyer. 
 
 Of Richmond Gollege, which flourished in the fifties, 
 we have obtained no information in response to repeat- 
 ed inquiries. 
 
 In Sept., 1863, Rev. W. O. H. Perry opened ''The 
 Stew^artsville Male and Female Seminary," in a build- 
 ing erected by Prof. A. E. Summers three years before. 
 For three years he did all the teaching himself, after 
 which additional teachers were required. The school 
 had so grown in numbers and popularity that in the 
 spring of 1879 it was chartered, with Mr. Perry as 
 President, and the building was enlarged to more than 
 double its former capacity. Soon after a dormitory for 
 young men was erected, also a two-story building for 
 young ladies, in which one of the professors lived and 
 had oversight of those who roomed and boarded there. 
 On the 5th of Nov., 1886, the main building (frame) 
 was totally destroyed by fire. It was never rebuilt but 
 the College work w^ent on till the next Commencement, 
 June, 1887. 
 
188 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 All that. is known of the Sugar-tree Grove Academy 
 is found on page 6. 
 
 "Tarkio Valley College and Normal Institute" was 
 organized, as a private institution, Aug. 30, 1883, and 
 was chartered as Tarkio College, Jan. 31, 1885, imder 
 thirteen Directors, three of whom are chosen by the 
 Board itself and ten by the Synods of Iowa and Nebras- 
 ka. Rev. Samuel C. Marshall, D. D., organized the insti- 
 tution and was President till failure of health compelled 
 his resignation in June, 1887. Rev. J. A. Thompson, D. 
 D., the present very popular and successful President, 
 has served continuously since June, 1887. 
 
 The fact that the College is an institution of the 
 United Presbyterian Church gives ample assurance of 
 its positive Christian character and high aims. From 
 the catalogue of 1907, we learn that forty-one of its 
 graduates were then either preaching or studying theol- 
 ogy, not including the following whose fields of mis- 
 sionary labor are given below : 
 
 Egypt. 
 
 Minnehaha Finney and Myrtle Wilson, '91; Grace 
 Gowdv-Finlev and Wm. L. McClenahan, '92 ; Robert S. 
 McClenahan, '93; Chas. A. Wilson, '95; Margaret A. 
 Bell, '96 ; Helen J. Ferrier, '98 ; Alda B. Atchison, '01 ; 
 Anna B. Cl*iswell, Roberta F. Gibson and Mary M. 
 Pattison, '04. 
 
 India. 
 
 Laurella G. Dickson, Wm. E. Nicoll and Wm. L. 
 Porter, '96 ; Clara Dickson-Nicoll, '97 ; Everett E. Camp- 
 bell, '00; and John A. McArthur, 01. 
 
 The Soudan. 
 
 Ralph W. Tidrick, '06. 
 
 Turkey. 
 
 Laurence S. Moore, '01. 
 
 One who has done much financially for Tarkio Col- 
 lege, says; "Of course the College owes its existence 
 and its prosperitv to the liberalitv of Hon. David Ran- 
 kin." 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 189 
 
 MINISTERIAL REGISTER. 
 
 This very incomplete ministerial register embraces 
 not only members of the Platte Presbytery, but also 
 others for whom we have the requisite data. Dr. John 
 B. Hill's Historv^ of Kansas City Preshytery and Dr. 
 Edgar S. Robinson's ]\Iinisterial Directory have been 
 consulted and freely used. 
 
 In these brief ministerial sketches no notice has, in 
 many cases, been taken of the distinction between pas- 
 tor and stated supply. The permanent pastoral rela.tion 
 is certainly the ideal one and to be desired, but how- 
 ever just the stigma resting upon the latter relation 
 may be in the older sections of the country, it has no 
 proper place in a newly settled region. And in many 
 small churches, wherever they may be located, the per- 
 sistent activity of one disgruntled individual ensures 
 the speedy departure of the minister in charge. It is 
 said that one active hornet can stampede a whole camp- 
 meeting. Many a church has a hornet who becomes 
 effectively active as soon as the pastoral relation is 
 established, though otherwise likely to remain quiet 
 for a season. Some of our wisest, most talented and 
 consecrated pioneers never sought or accepted the posi- 
 tion of installed pastor lest it might hinder their work. 
 They preferred the position of missionary, or acting 
 pastor. The Apostle Paul was probably never installed 
 over a church. The pastoral relation is often termed 
 ''ecclesiastical marriage." The joint pastorate of two 
 churches is too much like polygamy. It has serious 
 drawbacks — so serious that its desirability in any case 
 is questionable. If an ecclesiastical courtship of at 
 least a year were the rule there would be fewer eccle- 
 siastical divorces. Short p'astorates are no credit to 
 either party concerned. The ideal and incomparably 
 vital relation of a minister to his church is that of 
 Christian service. 
 
 Alderson, Samuel Baker; b. St. Charles Co., Mo.; s. 
 Benj. A. and Mary Lisle Baker (of Va.) ; gr. Blkb. U., 
 
190 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 and McCor. T. S. ; lie. Pby. St. Louis; ord. Pby. Ebene- 
 zer; p. Maysville, Ky. (11 yrs.) ; Washin^on C. H., O. 
 (7 yrs.) ; Topeka, Kans. (5 yrs.) ; Portsmouth, 0. (11 
 yrs.) ; Tarkio, Mo., '07—; A. M. and M. D. Central U., 
 Ky. ; m. ]Miss Nannie M. Barber. 
 
 Alexander, Hugh Payson; b. Aug. 15, 1869, Cape 
 Girardeau Co., Mo. ; s. Rev. C. W. and Mary Jane 
 Mathesi; gr. Pk. C. '97, and Louisville T. S., '00; lie. 
 Pby. Lafayette, May 23, '99; ord. Get. 29, '01, Pby. 
 Palmyra ; serv. South Fork, New Point, Maitland and 
 Graham, Mo.; Pond Creek, Okla., '07 — ; m. June C. 
 Lord, St. Joseph, Mo. 
 
 Allen, Oliver Dillard; b. May 26, 1831, Bourbon Co., 
 Ky. ; s. "Wright and Mary Allen ; st. Chapel Hill C. and 
 under Dr. R. D. Morrow ; lie. Oct. '51 ; ord. Apr. '55, 
 Pby. Platte (C. P.) ; serv. Clarinda and Hawleyville, 
 la.; Maywood (10 yrs.), Bethel and Round Prairie, 
 Kans.; Barry, Easton, Watson, Pleasant View (12 yrs.), 
 Stewartsville and Mt. Bethel, Mo. 
 
 Anderson, Matthew L. ; b. Serubgrass, Pa. ; s. John 
 and Rebecca Patterson; gr. W. and J. C, '60; Wn. T. 
 S., '63; lie. Apr. 10, '62, Pby. Butler; ord. Nov. 10, '63, 
 Pby. Wooster; serv. Millersburg, Holmesville and Or- 
 ville, 0. ; Rosendale, Union, Graham, Albany and 
 Mound City, Mo.; Norman, Okla., '92—. 
 
 Armstrong, Cyrus C. ; b. Fulton, N. Y. ; gr. State 
 Normal, Mo.; Lane T. S.; ord. '91, Pby. Platte; serv. 
 Carroll ton. Mo.; Kansas City-Central, Kans.; Union 
 Star, Empire Prairie, Stanberry and Knox, Mo. ; inv. 
 some years; m. dan. Logan Maxwell, St. Joseph, Mo. 
 
 Armstrong, Thomas Chalmers ; b. Nov. 29, 1849, Bel- 
 mont Co., 0. ; s. Rev. R. T. and Lydia Heath; gr. Frank. 
 C, 0. '74 ; St. Wn. and Lane T. S. ; lie. Apr. '76 and 
 ord. Apr. '75, Pby. St. Clairsville ; serv. Hamilton, Mo. 
 (3 yrs.) ; Taeoma-First, AA^ash. (4 yrs.) ; ]\Iiles City, 
 Mont. ; La Grande, Ore. ; Spokane-Centenarv and 
 Northport, Wash.; Avalon, Mo., 1900—; m. Oct." 7, '80, 
 Miss Anna M. Smith, Kidder, Mo. 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 191 
 
 Asdale, Wilson; b. Mar. 5, 1846, County Antrim, 
 Ireland; gr. Wn. U. Pa., '73, Wn. T. S. '76; lie. Oet. 
 
 3, '76, Pby. Pittsburg-; ord. Sept. 12, '78, Pby. Platte; 
 serv. Oallatin, Mo. ; Hays City, Kans. ; Fairfax and Tip- 
 ton, Ma. ; Conrad Grove and Arlington, la. ; Hebron, 
 Mt. Olivet and Murdocksville, Pa. ; Tipton, Mo., 1906—. 
 
 Aughey, John H. ; b. Nev^ Hartford, N. Y. ; gr. 
 Frank. C. 0.; st. theol. Holly Springs, Miss.; lie. Oct. 
 
 4, '56, Pby. Cbickasaw; ord. April, '61, Pby. Tombeck- 
 bee; serv. Bethany, Waterford, Spring' Creek, French 
 Camp, Poplar Creek and Nazareth, Miss. ; Princeton, 
 Livonia, Paoli, Cambridge City, Leavenworth and Val- 
 ley City, Ind. ; Oong-ress, Chester and Wayne, 0.; Char- 
 iton, la.; Mulhall, Okla. ; Weston, Mo.; H. R. some 
 years; au. ''Iron Furnace," ''Tupelo," "Spiritual 
 Gems," and "Ei^ht Years' Mission Work in Oklahoma 
 and Indian Territories." 
 
 Barnes, Edward D. ; b. Mar. 28, 1880, Minneapolis, 
 Kans. ; s. H. S. and Nettie A. Hoag; gr. Pk. C. '04, Aub. 
 T. S. '08 ; lie. and ord. June, '08, Pby. Kansas City ; ss. 
 Unionville, Marceline, Raymore and La Grange, p. 
 Bethany, Mo., '08—. 
 
 Beard, John Dickey; b. May 31, 1829, Rockbridge, 
 Va. ; s. David and Mary Bowen McCampbell ; st. Frank. 
 C. O., theol. under Pby. ; lie. Mar. 22, '61, ord. Apr. 18, 
 '62, Pby. Des Moines; serv. Paris, Kingston, Dawn and 
 Avalon, (14 yrs.) Mo.; Elko, Nev. ; Vacaville (6 yrs.) 
 and Santa Marino, Cal. ; Bay City, Ore. ; Pleasant Val- 
 ley, Shandon, Cal., '92-5; H. R. Pby. San Jose; D. D., 
 1893 ; m. '60, Miss Mary E. McAdoo, Hamilton, Mo. 
 
 Berry, Franklin P. ; b. Dover, N. J.; gr. Prin. U. 
 '72, Un. T. S. '75 ; lie. Apr. 14, '75, Pby. Morris and 
 Orange ; ord. Oct. 3, '77, Pby. Emporia ; serv. Walnut 
 Valley, New Salem, Wellington, Kans. ; Salem-First, 
 Ore.; Kansas City-First, (10 yrs.) Kans.; Maiyville, 
 Mo., '94-99 ; Cheyenne, Wyo. ; Los Angeles-Highland 
 Park and Olivet, Cal.; D. D., 1901. 
 
192 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 Bible, Frank W. ; b. July 18, 1877, Bellefonte, Pa.; 
 gv. Pk. C. '01, Anb. T. S. '04; lie. May 14, '03, ord. May 
 18, '04, Pby. Platte; fm. Hang Chow, China, '04—; m. 
 Henrietta Caskey, Oregon, Mo. 
 
 Blair, Herbert E. ; b. Sept. 27, 1878, Salina, Kans. ; 
 gT. Pk. C. '01, Prin. T. S. '04; lie. and ord. May 18, 
 '04, Pby. Platte ; fm. Syen Chun, Korea, '04—. 
 
 Blayney, Chas. P. ; b. Nov. 21, 1848, Wheeling, W. 
 Va. ; s. Vincent and Marv Donahey; gr. W. and J. C. 
 '69; m bus:. '69-75; gr. Wn. T. S. '78; lie. Sept. 26, '77, 
 Pby. Washington; ord. Dec. 5, '79, Pby. Osage; serv. 
 Olive Branch (6 yrs.), Raymore, Breckenridge, New 
 York Settlement, Milan, Maitland, New Point, Graham, 
 New Hampton, Martinsville, Kingston and Shelbyville, 
 Mo.; Com. to Gen. Ass. '84 and '93; m. Oct. 4, 1881, 
 Maggie S. Wallis, Creighton, Mo. 
 
 Boyer, Jacob T.; b. Feb. 6, 1866, Campbellsburg, 
 Ky.; gr. Centre C. '90; Prin. T. S. '94; ord. June 25, 
 '94, Pby. Louisville ; serv. Cowgill, Polo, Dawn, Osceola, 
 Vista, Holden, St. Louis-Cook Ave. 
 
 Brown, (James) Duncan; b. June 6, 1844, Hannibal, 
 Mo. ; s. Cyrus S., and Julia B. Duncan ; gr. Pardee C, 
 '68, Prin.'T. S. '71; lie. Apr. '70, Pby. Palmyra; ord. 
 Apr. 23, '72, Pby. Osage ; serv. Warsaw, Sunnyside, 
 Clarence, Palmyra, Mound City, Craig, St. Joseph-Third 
 Street., Maicon, Tarkio (10 yrs.). Mo.; Phoenix, Ariz.; 
 Mexico City, Mex. ; inv. some years ; St. Joseph-Brook- 
 dale. Mo. ; prof. Latin Highland IT. Kans., '82-83, and 
 pres. same, '85-89; pres. Brookfield C. '89-91; D. D. 
 Highland U. '84; serv. in Third Mo. Un. Vol. Cavalry, 
 '61-65; m. Miss Mattie Y. Lewis, Clarence, Mo., Aug. 25. 
 '74. 
 
 Brown, Henry A. ; b. Jan. 13, 1865, Covington, Ky. ; 
 s. Herman and Charlotte Braun; gr. Centre C, '91, Dan- 
 ville T. S. '94; lie. Apr. 12, 94; ord. May 8, '95, Pby. 
 Ebenezer; serv. Cottageville-Ebenezer, Ky. (3 yrs.); 
 Alexandria, S. D. ; Firth, Nebr. ; Osceola, Lowry City, 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 193 
 
 St. Joseph-Faith, New Hampton (3 yrs.), Martinsville 
 and Akron, Mo. 1906—; m. Miss Edith L. Dietrich, 
 Aberdeen, O., June 4, '95. . 
 
 Brown, Roy H. ; b. May 2, 1877, Girard, Kans. ; s, 
 James and Mercy A. Playter; gr. Pk. C. '00, McC. T. S. 
 '03 ; lie. and ord. Aug. 15, '03, Pby. Platte ; fm. Legaspi, 
 Albay, P. I. 1903—: m. June 3, '03, Miss Nellie McA. 
 Pollock, Chicago, 111. 
 
 Brownlee, Edmund S. ; b. Washington, Pa. ; gr. W. 
 and J. C. '86, Wn. T. S. '89; lie. Apr. 11, '88, Pby. 
 Washington ; ord. Apr. 8, '90, Pby. West Virginia ; serv. 
 Ravenswood, W. Va. ; Mt. Vernon, la. ; Appleton City, 
 ]Mo. : Kansas City-Grand View Park, and Council Grove, 
 Kans. ; Trenton-Hodge, Mo. 
 
 Buchanan, Robert A.; b. Apr. 27, 1867, Hensall, On- 
 tario; s. Wm. and Jane ^IcAUister ; journeyman carpen- 
 ter six and a half vears; gr. Pk. C. '01, Aub. T. S. '04; 
 lie. May 14, '03, ord. June 28, '04, Pby. Platte ;p. Kohala 
 Union Church, with oversight of a Japanese and also 
 a Chinese mission church, '04-08; m. June 28, '05, 
 Minnie Alice, dau.Dr. Daniel Thorn, Mardeen, Turkey. 
 
 Bull, Edward H. ; b. Mav 25, 1869, Frankfort, Ky. ; 
 gr. Centre C. '90, McC. T. S. '95 ; ord. June 18, '95, Pby. 
 Duluth; serv. Tower and Ely, Minn.; Breckenridge, 
 New York Settlement, Albanv, Knox, ^It. Zion, Grant 
 City, Mo. ; Hopkinsville, Ky., 'l905— . 
 
 BuUard, Henry; b. Sept. 23, 1829, St. Louis, Mo.; s. 
 Artemas and Anne T. Jones; gr. Amherst C. '60, And- 
 over T. S. '63 ; lie. Jan. '63, Suffolk South Assoc. ; ord. 
 Oct. 1. '63, Council at Wayland, Mass.; p. Evangelical 
 Trinitarian Ch., Wayland,* Mass., Oct. 1, '63-68; p. St. 
 Joseph-Westminster, INIo., Mav 1, '68 — ; D. D. Westm. 
 C. (Mo.) 1883; m. Aug. 30, '71, Miss Helen Nelson. 
 Walnut Hills, Cincinnati. 0. 
 
 Bullard, Henry Nelson ; b. Nov. 19, 1874, St. Joseph, 
 Mo. ; s. Henrv and Helen Nelson ; gr. Amh. C. '96, Aub. 
 T. S. '02; prof. Greek and libr. Park C, '96-99; lie. 
 
194 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 Aug. 17, '00, ord. May 15, '02, Pby. Platte ; p. INIound 
 Citv, Mo. '02-06; Kansas City-Mellier Place. Mo., 
 '07-08; Per. Clk. Synod of Missouri, '04-08; Ph. D. 
 Kansas City U., 1900; m. Aug. 20, '02, Miss Marv A. 
 Payne, Auburn, N. Y. ; d. Feb. 12, '08. 
 
 Byram, Albert Barnes; b. Hillgrove, O. ; gr. Iowa C, 
 McC. T. S. ; lie. Apr. '76, Pby. Chicago ; ord. Nov. '77, 
 Pby. Alton ; serv. Greenville, 111. ; Fremont, Edgar, Ong, 
 Oak, Craig, Nebr. ; Mound City, Mo. ; Diagonal, Platte 
 Center, Prairie Star, Williams, la. ; Kingston, Mo. ; 
 Firth and Hopewell, Nebr. 
 
 Caldwell, Wm. Elliott; b. July 1, 1857, Elizabeth, 
 Pa.; s. Wm. and Mary E. Douglass; gr. Woos. U. '79, 
 Wn. T. S. '82 ; lie. Apr. '81, Pby. Pittsburg ; ord. July 
 '82, Pb}^ Des Moines; serv. Marcus, Liberty, Paulina 
 (7 yrs.), Sanborn, Livermore, Irvington, Luveme, Al- 
 lenton, la, ; New Point, Graham, Maitland, Brecken- 
 ridge. New York Settlement, Marceline, ]\Io. ; m. Nov. 
 26, '84. Miss Fannie M. Gates, Canton, Dak. 
 
 Cardy, Kersey Jones; b. Wild Rose, Wis.; s. Rev 
 John Jones Cardy; st. Huron C. ; gr. Oma. T. S. '04; 
 lie. April, ord. Sept. 14, '04, Pby. Platte ; serv. King City 
 and Hopkins, Mo.; m. June 19, '06, Grace Moulton, 
 King City, Mo. 
 
 Carson, Wm. ; b. 1846, Tyrone Co., Ireland; s. John 
 H. and Marv Wilson; gr. Blkb. U. '73, (Lane T. S. '74) 
 Un. T. S. '76; ord. Oct. '77, Pby. Platte; serv. Coloma, 
 j\Io. ; Rising Sun, Ind. ; Batavia, Circleville and HaiTison 
 (3 yrs.), 0.; Knightstown, Sunderland, Ind.; m. Apr. 
 11, '78, Miss Jennie Beeson, Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, 
 O. ; au. "Last Days of Pompeii," "Bob Ingersoll.'' 
 
 Clark, Walter Halsey ; b. July 2, 1832, Milton, N. Y. ; 
 s. Nathaniel and Hannah Marsh; gr. Williams C. '54, 
 Un. T. S. '59 (Aub. T. S. '56-8) ; ord. June 30, '59, Pby. 
 North River; fm. Gaboon and Corisco, West Africa, '59- 
 69; serv. Ponca, Elk Valley, Daily Branch, Nebr.; 
 tea. Silver Ridge, Nebr., '78-87; helper Pk. C. Family, 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 195 
 
 Parkville, Mo., '87 — ; m. Maria M. Jackson, Corisco, 
 W. Africa, Jan. 1, '61. 
 
 Clark, Walter Jackson; b. Jan. 31, 1862, Milton, N. 
 Y.; s. Walter H. and Maria M. Jackson; gr. Park C. 
 '88, Un. T. S. '91 ; lie. and ord. Apr. 20, '93, Pby. Platte ; 
 office sec. Student Vol. Movement, '90-93 ; fm. Punjab 
 Mission, India, '93 — ; m. July 12, '93, Nettie Dunn, 
 Hillsdale, Mich. 
 
 ' Cowan, Hector W.; b. July 12, 1863, Hobart, N. Y. ; 
 s. Hector and Helena Jane E/ich ; gr. Prin. U. '88, Prin. 
 T. S., '91; lie and ord. May, '91, Pby. Otsego; serv. 
 Tina and St. Joseph-Hope, Mo., '91-94; Spring Hill, 
 Gardner, Stanley, Kans. ; Buffalo-Bethesda, N. Y. ; tea. 
 Potsdam, N. Y. ; prof. Physical Culture and Chapel 
 Director, Kans. U. '94-97; m. June 30, '92, Annie L. 
 Smith, Jamestown, N. Y. 
 
 Crane, James Irwin; b. 1873, Brooklyn, Mich.; gr. 
 Alma C. '98, McC. T. S. '01 (Aub. T. S. ^'99) ; ord. '01, 
 Pby. Owosso; serv. Troy Grove, 111. (3 yrsi.) ; Carrollton, 
 Mo. ; Hanover, Mich. ; m. 1900, Miss Ethel Ryon, Val- 
 paraiso, Ind. 
 
 Cravens, Wm. A.; h. Feb. 15, 1852, Hanover, Ind.; 
 s. John C. and Nancy Manaugh ; gr. Han. C. '75, Danv. 
 T. S. '78; lie. Apr. 27, '77, Pby. Transylvania; ord. 
 Apr. 1, '79, Pby. Ozark; serv. Salem, Shiloh, Modoc, 
 Pleasant Valley, Knobnoster, Albany, Stanberry, Cam- 
 eron, Breckenridge, New York Settlement, Savannah 
 (8yrs.), Carrollton, Mo.; Chandler, Wewoka and Wau- 
 rika, Okla. : m. Mar. 7, '78, Mrs. Sallie Farrand, Dan- 
 ville, Ky. 
 
 CreightonJ John; b. Dec. 22, 1864, Douglastown, N. 
 B. ; s. David and Euphemia Millar ; gr. Pk. C. '94, McC. 
 T. S. '97; lie. Sept. 13, ord. Sept, 24, '97, Pby. Platte; 
 serv. Trenton-Hodge, Mo. (4 yrs.) ; York, Nebr. (6 
 yrs.) ; Phoenix, Ariz. ; m. Aug. 24, '97, Eliza Delle Cau- 
 ghey, Seville, 0. 
 
 Currie, John A'.; b. Feb. 22, 1872, Tarkio, Mo.; s. 
 John and Isabella Currie; gr. Tarkio C. '93, McC. T. 
 
196 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 S. '97 ; lie. Apr. 21, orcl. Oct. 19, '97, Pby. Platte ; serv. 
 Craig, Mo. ; Humboldt, Nebr. ; Ajctell and Clifton, 
 Kans. ; m. June 2, '97, Miss Minnie Hogne, Tarkio, Mo. 
 
 Curtis, John Tate; b. April 21, 1858, London Co., 
 Tenn. ; s. Wm. HaiTison and Nancy Ann Robinett ; gr. 
 Centre C. '92, Danv. T. S. '94; lie. Apr. '93, Pby. Tran- 
 sylvania; ord. Sept. '94, Pby. Ozark; serv. Harlin, Ky. ; 
 Salem, Preston, Irwin, Jasper, Mo. ; Chanute, Kans. ; 
 Eureka Springs, Ark. ; St. Joseph-Oak Grove, Mo. ; 
 Pawnee, Okla. ; m. Dec. 21, '95. Mary Huston Couch- 
 man, Irwin, Mo. 
 
 Dager, Wm. M. ; b. 1870, Cincinnati, 0.; ^. Chas. 
 Dager; gr. Pk. C. '96, McC. T. S., '99; lie. and ord. May 
 11, '99; Pby. Platte; fm. Elat, W. Africa, '99—; m. 
 Sarah Shaw. 
 
 Davies, David C. ; b. July 5, 1874, Scranton, Pa. ; s. 
 Benj. D. and Marv Jones; gr. Ham. C, '99, Aub. T. S. 
 '04 ; lie. May '03, Pby. Utica ; ord. Sept. 5, '05, Pby. 
 Platte; serv. Lathrop, Callatin, Bethel, Mo.; Glovers- 
 ville, Mechanicsville, N. Y. ; libr. Park College, '99-01 ; 
 m. Nov. 15, '04, Miss Bertha L. Farley, Forestport, N. Y. 
 
 Derr, Chas. H. ; b. Nov. 16, 1877, Chicago, 111. ; gr. 
 Pk. C, '01, McC. T. S. '04; lie. May 14, '03, ord Apr. 13, 
 '04, Pby. Platte ; fm. Chen Chow, China, '04—. 
 
 Dinsmore, Francis B. ; b. Apr. 22, 1817, Greene Co., 
 0. ; s. Moses and Irene Braddock; gr. Wash. C, 43, 
 Prin. T. S., '47; lie. Apr.. 22, '47, Pby. Washington; ord. 
 June, '49, Pby. Iowa; serv. Mt. Pleasant, Trenton and 
 Unity (5 yrs.), la.; Pisgah, Long Branch, Mo.; prof. 
 Latin, Des*^ Moines College, '52-53 ; m. Jan. 3, '47, Jane 
 Patterson, West Alexander, Pa.; d. Feb. 21, '04, Hop- 
 kins, Mo. 
 
 Doole, Wm. Irenaeus ; b. Beech Springs, 0. ; s. Wm. 
 Speer and Annie Campbell; gr. ]\Ionm. C, '79, McC. T. 
 S. '82; lie. Mar., '82, ord. Sept., '82, Pby. Peoria; serv. 
 Conrad, la. ; Craig, Nebr. ; Wichita-Oak St., Horton 
 (9 yrs.), Kans.; Hamilton, Mo.; Adams, Nebr.; m. May 
 18,' '92, Miss Annie Pollock, Blair, Nebr. 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 197 
 
 Dougherty, Mark Rufus; b. Nov., 19, '59, Edmond- 
 ton, Ky. ; gr. Odessa C. '89, Cumb. T. S. '91 ; lie. Oct., o, 
 '87, Pby. Lexington; ord. Oct. 5, '90, Pby. McMinns- 
 ville ; serv. Colorado City, Pilot Point, Tex. ; Salem, 
 Otterville, Gallatin, Prairie Valley, Hopewell, Center- 
 view, Freeman, Mo. ; m. Miss Parma Wash, Sept. 30, '91. 
 
 Duff, Guv B. ; b. Nov. 6, '90, Stickleyville, Va. ; s. 
 Wm. P. and Eliza B. Newland; gr. King. C. '00, Ky. T. 
 S. '04; lie. July 6, ord. Sept. 14, '04, Pby. Upper Mis- 
 souri ; serv. Morton-Hardin, Montgomery City, Mo. ; m. 
 May 20, '06, Miss Stella Shepherd, Hardin, Mo. 
 
 Duncan, John ; b. Aug. 30, '75, Perham, Minn. ; s. 
 James S. and Sara Wallace ; gr. Pk. C. '02, McC. T. S. 
 '05 ; lie. and ord. Apr. 12, '05, Pby. Platte ; serv. Poto- 
 mac, Mont. ; Fairfax, Rockport, Craig, Mo. ; m. June 
 29, '05, Miss Eliz. T. Bailey, Parkville, Mo. 
 
 Edwards, Chas. E. ; b. Philadelphia, Pa. ; gr. Han. C. 
 '79; lie. Apr., '83, Pby. Pittsburg; ord. Nov. 3, '85, Pby. 
 Northumberland; p. Mifflinburg (3 yrs.), Port Alle- 
 gheny, Sharpsville, Charleroi, Shenandoah (4 3^rs.), Pa. ; 
 Lathrop. Mo. ; B. A. Centre C. '79 ; M. A. Han. C. '82. 
 
 Emerson, Frank 0. ; b. July 10, 1876, Pierce, Nebr. ; 
 s. Asa and Sarah Jones; gr. Pk. C, '03, Aub. T. S., '06; 
 ord. May, '06, Pby. Cayuga; fm. Batanga, W. Africa. 
 '06 — ; m. June 9, '06, Alta Almyra Kimberly. 
 
 Eppler, Henry; b. Dec. 6, 1808, Sevierville, Tenn. ; s. 
 Jonathan and Elsie Thomas ; st. Richmond C. and under 
 Rev. D'aniel Patton; ev., tea.-, farmer — self-supporting 
 home my. in Clay and Andrew Counties, Mo. ; m. Eliza- 
 beth Clark, Clay Co., Mo. ; d. Oct. 1, '88, Flag Springs, 
 Mo. 
 
 Evans, Silas; b. Feb. 12, 1876, Scranton, Pa. ; s. Row- 
 land Hill and Mary Alban; gr. Ripon C. '98, Prin. T. S. 
 '01; lie. Apr., '00, Pby. New Brunswick ; ord. Sept., '01. 
 Pby. Hastings; ss. Giltner, as. p. Hastings, Nebr., '01-03 ; 
 ss. and p. Parkville, Mo., '03-09 ;prof. Philosophy, Hast- 
 ings, C, '01-03; prof. Mental and IMoral Philosophy, 
 
198 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 Park C, '03-09; prof. Hebrew and Hellenistic Greek, 
 Wisconsin U., '09—; m. Aug. 15, '06, Miss Nellie B. 
 McAfee, McAfee, Ky. 
 
 Farrand, Edward S.; b. Jan. 9, 1861, Garrard Co., 
 Ky.; s. Chas. E. Farrand; gr. Centre C, '85, Wn. T. S., 
 '88; lie. May, '87, Pby. Transylvania; ord. June, '88, 
 Pby. Pittsburg ; serv. Pittsburg-Mt. Washington, Pa. ; 
 Topeka-Westminster, Kans. ; Los Angeles-Boyle 
 Heights, Cal. ; Cameron, Stanberry, Mo. ; Ponca City, 
 Kingfisher, Okla., '05 — ; m. Emma Dodge, Kingston, 
 Mo., '89 ; Kate Foy, Cameron, Mo., '02. 
 
 Fetterolf, John Franklin; b. Kalamazoo, Mich.; s. 
 John and Margaret Kern; gr. Pk. C. '93, MeC. T.S., '96: 
 ord. Oct. , '96, Pby. Platte; serv. Kingston, Mirabile, 
 Mo. ; Wilmington, Macon, Assumption, 111. ; Chillicothe, 
 Mo. 1906—. 
 
 Flow, John Eldred; b. Nov. 14, 1874, Mecklenburg 
 Co., N. C. ; s. Robert Hall and Marv Jane Alexander ; 
 gr. Davidson C. '00, Un. T. S. Va. '03; lie. May 20, '03, 
 Pby. Mecklenburg; ord. Oct. 15, 03, Pby. Upper Mis- 
 souri ; p. Bethel, St. Charles, Mo. ; S. C. Pby. Upper Mis- 
 souri ; m. Dec. 27, '05, ]\Iiss Lula Wharton, Lawson, Mo. 
 
 Foy, John; b. May 9, 1840, Guernsey Co., 0.; s. Dan- 
 iel and Anna Warner ; gr. Musk. C, '66, Wn. T. S. '69 ; 
 lie. '68', ord. '69, Pby Zanesville ; serv. W. Carlisle, Mar- 
 tinshurg, 0. ; Salem, Nebr. ; Cameron, Greenfield, Mo. ; 
 Titusvile, Fla. (where he gathered and built up a flour- 
 ishing church) : ev. and inv. in. 0. ; m. Miss Hattie 
 Davis; d. Jan. 5, '03, Otsego, 0. 
 
 France, Joseph H. ; b. Washington, D. C. ; gr. Colgate 
 U. ; St. theol. William Jewell C. ; lie. Apr. 21, '71, Pby. 
 Osage ; ord. Oct. 10, '71, Pby. Platte ; hm. Lathrop, Cam- 
 eron, Osborn, ]\Io. ; p. Kalamazoo, Mich. (3 yrs.) ; Low- 
 ville (7 yrs.) Canandaigua (8 yrs.), Johnstown (9 yrs.), 
 Naples, N. Y. ; D. D. '83, Colgate U. 
 
 Froman, James; b. Nov. 3, 1850. Clinton Co., Mo.; 
 s. Lorenzo J. and Cecil G. Gist; st. Stewartsville C, 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTE'RY. 199 
 
 Lebanon T. S. ; lie. Aug., 75, ord. Aug., '78, Pby. Platte 
 (C. P.) ; serv. West Fork, Barry, Shady Grove, Bethle- 
 hem, Bethany, King City, Union Star, Mt. Zion, Prather- 
 ville, Mo.; Mt. Bethel, Kans. ; m. Sept. 10, '89, Miss 
 Ella Adkins, Linkville, Mo. 
 
 Gauss, Oscar W. ; b. Mar. 28, 1842, Glasgow, Mo. ; gr. 
 (M. A.) Wash. U. '63, (M. D.) St. Louis Med. C, '65; 
 St. theol. Westm. C. ; lie. Pby. Missouri, ord.Pby. Potosi, 
 '71; ss. Jackson, Pleasant Valley ; p. Cape Girardeau, 
 '73-5; Boonville, '75-84; ss. Memphis, '84-5; p. Jeffer- 
 son City, '85-8 ; ch. Missouri Pen., '88-92 ; p. Plattsburg, 
 '92-7 ; cm. Kansas City, '97-03 ; hm. in Ozarks, '03 ; org. 
 ch. Arvada, Colo., July, '04 and ss. '04-06; Nunn, Colo., 
 '06—; S. C. Pby. Upper Missouri, '93-02. 
 
 Gillespie, John; b. Oct. 8, 1814, Ballibay, Ireland; 
 s. Isaac and Jane Boj^d; gr. Belfast C, '41; hm. south 
 of Ireland; serv. Franklinton, Eng. (7 yrs.) ; ag. Ffeed- 
 man's Board; ss. Gallatin and Bethel, Mo.; m. Mary 
 Breakey, Co. Monaghan, Ire.; d. Sept. 8, '77, Gallatin, 
 Mo. 
 
 Gillette, John M..; b. Nodaway Co., Mo.; s. Wm W. 
 and Jane Kadford; gr. Pk. C, '92, Prin. T. S., '95; ord. 
 May 21, '95, Pby. Platte ; ss. Dodge City, Kans. ; libr. 
 Normal C, Springfield, Mass. ; prin. Chadron Acad., 
 Nebr. ; pres. Female Acad., Jacksonville, 111. ; prof. His- 
 tory and Social Science, State Normal, Valley City, 
 N. "d. ; prof. Grand Forks, N. D. ; Ph. D., '98, Chicago 
 T. S., and '01, Chicago U. ; m. Sept. 4, '01, Margaret 
 Carolyn Morgan, Chadron, Nebr. 
 
 Goodale, Alvin B. ; b. May 22, 1829, Potsdam, N. Y 
 s. Solomon and Fanny Bauister ; gr. Amh. C, '58, Union 
 T. S.. '60, (M. D.), N. Y. Med. C, '60; tord. Feb. 5, '60 
 Third Pby. N. Y. City ; fm. Marash, Turkey, '60-5 ; ss 
 Belle Plaine, Kans., '65-7; pres. Parsons C, '68-70: p 
 Marshalltown, Cedar Falls, Wyoming, la.; Trenton 
 Kingston, Mo. ; Baldwin, Kans., '88-93 ; res. Pomona 
 Cal., '93-07; m. Jan. 10, '60, Marv Linslev, Millville! 
 N. Y. ; d. Jan. 9, '07. 
 
200 HISTORY OF FLATTE PRE-SBYTERY. 
 
 Grossman, Francis W. ; b. Jan. 22, 1858, Louisville, 
 Ky. ; s. Franz and Anna Buschs ; gr. Centre C, '85, 
 McC. T. S., '89; lie. and ord., '87, Pby. Louisville; ss. 
 Leavenvrorth, Ind. ; Cloverport, K}^ ; cm. Dallas, Tex. ; 
 p. Villisca, la. ; p. m. Pby. Coming ; p. e. King City and 
 Albany, Mo. ; p. m. Pby. Winona ; Pres. Lenox 0. ; p. 
 New Albany, Ind. ; D. D., 1905 ; m. July 21, '87, Miss 
 Nellie Lucas, Louisville, Ky. 
 
 Hall-Quest, Alfred Lawrence ; b. May 13, 1879, N. Y. 
 City ; s. Chas. A. and Mary Louise Lantz ; gr. Augustine, 
 '00, (p. gr. Prin. U., '02), Prin. T. S., '03; lie. '00, ord. 
 '03, Pby. Brooklyn ; as. p. N. Y. City-Church Covenant ; 
 p. Black Duck, Minn. ; St. Joseph-Third St., Mo. ; M. A., 
 Princeton U. ; m. Aug. 26, '08, Shirley I.. Knox. 
 
 Hardin, Stewart Sandford; b. Nov. 16, 1839, Henry 
 Co., Ky.; ord. '68, Bishop Kavanaugh (M.E. Ch. S.) ; 
 serv. Prairie Valley, Hopewell, Grand River, New Hope, 
 Lock Spring, Macedonia, New Providence, Chula, Mo. 
 
 Hamilton, Chas. H. ; b. Nov. 4, 1871, Pittsburg, Pa. ; 
 s. A. J. and Martha L. Slade; gr. Pk. C, '00, Wn. T. S., 
 '03; lie. Oct., '02. ord. May 7, '03, Pby. Pittsburg; hm. 
 Smithfield (5 yrs.), Mt. Pleasant, Utah; m. May 21, '03, 
 Grace D. Hamilton, Parkville, Mo. 
 
 Hanna, Jay C; b. Apr. 19, 1863, Savannah, O.: s. 
 T. Wilson and Amanda Gault; gr. Woos. U., '88, Prin. 
 T. S., '91; ord. July 14, '91, Pby. Ozark; serv. Ash 
 Grove, Cave Springs, Willard, King City, Albany, Cam- 
 eron, Mo.; Maron, 111.; Purcell, Pond Creek, Okla.; 
 Osceola, Mo.; Forest, O. ; m. June 19, '95, Belle Van 
 der Veer, King City, Mo. 
 
 Harold, Wm. Seborn; b. July 30, 1872, Greeneville, 
 Tenn. ; s. Wm. C. and Martha Willis; gr. Gr. and Tus. 
 C, '98; lie. '96, and ord. '98, Pby. East Tennessee; serv. 
 Ottawa, Newmansville, Tenn.; Batesville, Bethesda, 
 Centerburg, O.; St. Joseph-Brookdale, Memphis, Mo.; 
 Wvthe. 111. ; m. July 20, '99, Columbus, 0. 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 201 
 
 Hatfield, John H. ; b. Ridgely, Mo.; s. Geo. E. and 
 Minerva Mefford; gr. pk. c., '92, MeC. T. S., '95; lie. 
 May, '95, Fby. Platte; ord. June, '95, Pby. Freeport; 
 ss. Salina, Baxter Springs, Kans. ; cm. Springfield, Mo. ; 
 Oronoco, Minn. ; p. Harvard, Pontiac, 111. ; Tarkio, Mo. ; 
 Columbns-Hoge Memorial, O., '07—; m. June 18, '95, 
 ]\Ii.s.s Adah Marie Aniel, Loveland, 0., '07 — . 
 
 Hayes, Chas. Edward; b. May 13, 1860, Buchanan 
 Co., Mo.; s. Rev. Leander F. and Susan C. McKee; gr. 
 Amity C, '85 ; st. Lebanon T. S. ; lie. '90 and ord. Apr. 
 '92, Pby. Platte; serv. Albany, McFall, Round Grove, 
 Mt. Zion, Agency, Mo.; Danvers, 111. (5 yrs.) ; State 
 Supt. Ch. Extension in 111., '00-07; Supt. Home Mis- 
 sions, '07—; D. D., '07, Amity C. ; m. June 15, '92, Ida 
 Smith, Louisiana, Mo. 
 
 Haymaker, Edward Graham; b. Nov. 25, 1862, New- 
 lonsburg. Pa. ; gr. W. & J. C, '85, Wn. T. S., '09 (p. 
 gr., '90-1); p. Midway, Union, Pa.; Prin. Oak Hill 
 Acad., Okla., '92-04; tea. Winona (Ind.), Acad., '04-6; 
 ]). Easton, Mo., '07—; m. Oct. 25, '94, Elizabeth Willis. 
 
 Henderson, Arthur W. ; b. Sept. 20, 1870, Lebanon, 
 Mo. ; s. W. T. and Emily Headlee ; gr. Cumb. U., '97, 
 Un. T. S., '98; lie. '96, ord. '97, Pby. Lebanon; ed. 
 Canyon City Times, Colo.; serv. St. Joseph-First Cum- 
 berland, Mo. 
 
 Henderson, John T. ; b. Feb. 27, 1864, Franklin, Ind. ; 
 s. Isaac and Theresa Thompson ; gr. Wab. C, '89, McC. 
 T. S., '92; ord. June 14, '92, Pby. Mankato; p. Pipe- 
 stone-First, Minn., '92-8; ch. Pk. C, and cp., Parkville^ 
 Mo., '98-00; p. Janesville, Wis., '00-05; Minneapolis- 
 Merriam Park, Minn., '05—; m. April 28, '92, Sarah 
 Banford, Chicago, 111. 
 
 Hepburn, T. Henry; b. Nov. 3, '72, Hopkins, Mo.; 
 s. James L. and Maria Jane Robinson ; gr. Pk. C, '99, 
 McC. T. S., '02 ; lie. and ord. June 5, '02, Pby. Ozark ; 
 ss. Coon Rapids, la., three summers; p. Monett-First, 
 Mo., '02-05; Aurora, 111., '05-08'; Chicago-Buena Mem- 
 
202 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRE'SBYTERY. 
 
 orial '08 — ; m. May 7, '02, Isabelle Speer, Vandergrift, 
 Pa. 
 
 Herr, Arthur Bell; b. May 7, 1872, Mifflinburg, Pa.; 
 s. James Edwin and Annetta M. Young; gr. Pk. C, '92, 
 Aub. T. S., '95; lie. and ord. May 21, '95, Pby. Platte; 
 ss. King City and Albany, Mo. ; p. Pottsgrove, Pa., '98- 
 04; p. Great Bend, Pa., '04—; m. June 11, '03, Mary 
 Estelle McWilliaius, Mooresburg, Pa. 
 
 Hickman, Frank D. P. ; b. Sept. 10, 1866, Philadel- 
 phia, Pa.; gr. Pk. C, '02, Prin. T. S., '05; ord. May 21, 
 '95, Pby. Platte; fm. Benito, West Africa, '95—. 
 
 Higgins, Corydon W. ; b. Jan. 18, 1822, Worthing- 
 ton, Mass. ; s. Luther and Lydia Ring ; gr. Wms. C, '50, 
 Aub. T. S., '53; ord. '53, Pby. Rochester; serv. East 
 Avon, Spencer, Newfield, Big Flats, N. Y. ; Cottage 
 Grove, "Wis. ; Osbom, Mo. ; org. ch. Beloit, Kans. ; inv. 
 long time; m. '53, Harriet W. Chapin, N. Y. City; m. 
 Dec. 23, '75, Marv Eraser, Parkville, Mo. ; d. Aug. 21, 
 1894, Salt Lake City, Utah. 
 
 Hindman, David R. ; b. Allegheny Co., Pa. ; st. theol. 
 under Rev. J. A. Darrah; lie. '68, ord. '70, Pby. North 
 Missouri; serv. Canton, Monticello, Williamstown, 
 Greensburg, Mo. ; Seymour, Allerton, Promise City, 
 Lineville, Tex. ; Wilson, Ft. Harker, McCune, Osage, 
 Kanopolis, Miltonvale, Clyde, Philipsburg, Long Island, 
 Bow Creek, Auburn, Kans. ; m. Feb. 23, '58, Mar\' M. 
 Bohon, New Providence, Mo.; d. Mar. 11, '08, Park- 
 ville, Mo. 
 
 Ilsley, Wm. Plenry ; b. April 25, 1844, Montgomery, 
 Co., 111. ; s. Edward and Lucv C. L. Stoddard; gr. Blkb. 
 U. and Blkb. T. S., '73;lic. April 12, '73, Pby. Alton; ord. 
 Oct. 8, '73, Pby. Platte; serv. St. Joseph-Third St., Oak 
 Grove, Hopkins (6 yrs.), Barnard, Mo.; Lenox, la.; 
 Carlyle, Elgin, Macon, 111. ; Grand Junction, Dana, Leon, 
 Wvoming, la., '03—; fin. ag. Coe College, '94-96; A. M., 
 Blkb. U., '93 ; m. Mar. 12, '65, Sarah E. Robb ; m. Oct. 21, 
 '73, :\[iss Helen H. Smith, St. Louis, Mo. 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 203 
 
 Irvine, Melville B. ; b. Feb. 25, 1843, Saline Co., Mo. ; 
 s. Philander Y. and Sarah P. Brown; gr. Westm. C. 
 '68; St. theol. at home; lie. '69, Pby. New Lebanon; 
 ord. Mar. 6. '71, Pby. Leavenworth; itin. m. Mo., Kans. 
 and Nebr., '71-77; serv. Arrow Rock, Mo.; Canyon 
 City, Colo.; Marshall, Roanoke, Mt. Olive, Mo.; Dan- 
 ville, 111.; Warrensburg- (8 yrs.), Carthage, Mo.; Tay- 
 lorville. 111. ; St. Joseph-Cumberland, Albany, Mo. ; Min- 
 neapolis-House of Faith, Minn. '08 — ; 7118 sermons^ 
 257 funerals, 2004 professions, 1496 members received ; 
 m. June 22, '79, Miss Mary E. Woodward. 
 
 Irwin, Robert; b. Sept. 28, 1870, Garafraxa, Out; 
 s. Robert H. Irwin; ^r. Pk. C. '87, McC. T. S., '90; ord. 
 April 10, '90; fm. Laos, Siam, '90-06; serv. Friday 
 Harbor, Wash. ; Braidwood, 111. 
 
 Jones, Wm. Yates; b. 1864, Dunlap, 111.; s. Rev. 
 Wm. Jones; gr. Pk. C. '92, McC. T. S. '05; lie. and 
 ord. May 21, '95, Pby. Platte; fm. Japan, '95—; m. 
 ]\Iiss Mary Brokaw, Japan. 
 
 Kircher, Chas. E. ; b. Germantown, 0. ; gr. Ohio Nor- 
 mal U.. '83 (A. M. '86), Lane T. S., '91; lie. '90, Pby. 
 Cincinnati ; ord. '91, Pby. Whitewater ; p. Knightstown, 
 '90-94, Alexandria, '94-97, Muncie- Westminster, Evans- 
 ville, Ind.; Maryville, '02-08, Jefferson City, Mo., '08—. 
 
 Kirkwood, James; b. May 5, 1827, Glasgow, Scot- 
 land; s. Francis and Ag-nes Ross; st. theol. Rev. John 
 Scott, London, Can.; ord. Pby. Kearney; serv. Osceola, 
 Spring Ranch, Glenville, Inland, Nebr. ; Norton, Quene- 
 mo, Kans. ; Tarkio, Fairfax, Gallatin, Grant City, Mo. ; 
 m. June 14, '52, Jane Gordon, London, Can. ; d. Feb. 
 15, '95, Fairfax, Mo. 
 
 Knox, John; b. Nov. 18, 1860, Norristown, Pa.; s. 
 Andrew Jackson and Susanna W. Detwiler ; gr. Laf . 
 C. '85, Prin. T. S. '88; lie. '86, Pby. North Philadel- 
 phia; ord. Oct. 18, '88, Pby. Arizona; serv. Tombstone, 
 Ariz.; Trenton-Hod^e, Mo. (4 yrs.) ; Sayre, Pa.; Spen- 
 cer (9 yrs.), Painted Post, N. Y., '08—; m. '87, Eimice 
 M. Yale, Honesdale, Pa. 
 
204 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 Krotzer, Marcus E. ; b. June 22, 1867, Rimersbur*;, 
 Pa.; s. Samuel and Levina Bartholomew; gT. Pk. C. 
 '90, McC. T. S. '93 (Lane, '90-91) ; lie. '92, Pby. Tope- 
 ka; ord. June 13, '93, Pby. Ft. Dodge; serv. Manila, 
 Manning, Delmar, la. ; Craig, Raymore, ^lo. ; Harvard, 
 111.; Ottumwa, la., '03—; m. May 11, '93, Nona Spur- 
 ling, Murdock, O. ; m. Jan. 16, '96, Emma Hartlieb, 
 Cincinnati, 0. 
 
 Leyda, James, E. ; b. Jan. 18, 1818, Dunningsville, 
 Pa.; s. Emery and Hannah Wilson; gr. W. and J. C. 
 '74, Wn. T. S., '77; lie. '77, Pby. Washington; ord. 
 '77, Pby. Clarion; p. Perry, Worthville, West Glade 
 Run, Worthing-ton, Pa.; Ellsworth, Kans. (5 yrs.) ; 
 West Plains (6 yrs.), Fairfax, Rockport, Mo.; Jones- 
 boro. Ark. (7 yrs.); Monument, Table Rock, Colo.; 
 Cairo, W. Va. ; m. April 5, '77, Nannie R. Robinson, 
 Allegheny City, Pa. 
 
 Lonsdale, Frank; b. Heslington, Yorkshire, Eng. ; 
 St. Dublin U. and theol. Rev. E. C. Miller, Hamilton, 
 Can.; ord. Aug. 5, '88, Pby. Platte; p. Hopkins (4 yrs.), 
 hm. Barnard, Quitman, Morning Star, p. St. Joseph- 
 Third St., Mo.; ss. Golden, Colo.; pm. Pby. Denver; 
 p. Ft. Collins-First, Colo. (3 yrs.) : Raton, N. Mex. ; St. 
 Louis, Mo. (9 yrs.) ; Collinsville, III, '08—. 
 
 McAfee, Cleland Boyd; b. Sept. 25, 1866, Ashley, 
 Mo.; s. John A. and Anna W. Bailev; gr. Pk. C. '84, 
 Un. T. S., '88; lie. July 10, '88. ord. Sept. 13,88, Pby. 
 Platte; ss., as. p. and p. Parkville, Mo., '88-01; p. Chi- 
 cago-Forty-First St., '01-04; Brooklyn-Lafavette Ave., 
 N. Y., 'Oi-; prof. Philosophy, Park C. '89-01; Ph. D.-, 
 '92, Westm. C. ; D. D., '99, Pk. C. ; m. Aug, 10, '92, Miss 
 Hattie L. Brown, Girard, Kans. 
 
 McAfee, John Armstrong; b. Dec. 12, 1831, Marion 
 Co., Mo.; s. Joseph and Priscilla Ann Armstrong; gr. 
 Westm. C. '59; st. theol. in his own studj^; lie. Sept. 
 '65, ord. April, '66, Pby. Palmyra ; serv. Ashley, Louisi- 
 ana, Mo. ; Highland, Kans. ; Parkville, Mo., '75-89 ; prof. 
 Synodical C, Fulton, Mo., '59-60; prin. Watson Sem., 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 305 
 
 Ashley, '60-67 ; pres. Pardee C, Louisiana, '67-70 ; pres. 
 and prof. Greek, Highland U., '70-75; pres. Park C, 
 '75-90; D. D. Westm. C. ; m. Aug. 23, '59, Miss Anna 
 Waddell Bailey, Fulton, Mo.; d. June 12, '90, Park- 
 ville. Mo. 
 
 McAfee, Lapsley Armstrong; b. Mar. 31, 1864, Ash- 
 lev, Mo.; s. John A. and Anna W. Bailev; gr. Pk. C. 
 '82, McC. T. S., '85; lie. July 10, '88, ord.'^Mar. 14, '89, 
 Pbv. Platte; p. Parkville, Mo., '89-98; p. Phoenix, Ariz. 
 '99-05: p. Berkeley, Cal., '05—; ch. Park C, '85-98; 
 steward and supt. Park College Family, 85-89; D. D., 
 '00, High. U. and '01, Pk. C. ; m. Aug. 17, '87, Ella 
 Taylor, Bloomington, Nebr. 
 
 McAfee, Samuel Lanty; b. May 13, 1841, Emerson, 
 Mo. ; s. Joseph and Priscilla Ann Armstrong ; gr. Pardee 
 C. '69, McC. T. S. '71; lie. May 14, '69, Pby. North- 
 east Missouri; ord. Dec. 17, '71, Pby. Missouri River; 
 p. Red Oak, la., '71-82; Winnebago, Minn.; Malvern. 
 la., '82-85 ; prin. Corning Acad., la., '85-89 ; prof. Bibli- 
 cal History and Practical Christian Training, Park C. 
 '89—; First Lieut. Third Mo. Vol. Cavalry, '62-65; 
 A. M., '72, High. U., D. D., '97, Parsons C. ; S. C, Pby. 
 Council Bluffs, 16 years; Mod. Syn. Iowa South, '76; 
 m. April 19, '71, iMary Esther Poage, Ashley, Mo. 
 
 McCammon, Wm. Albert: b. July 4, 1873, Gentry- 
 ville, Mo. : s. Jonathan P. and Margaret Eliz. Clark ; 
 St. Mo. Val. C. 2 years, Cumb. U., and gr. McC. T. S., 
 '06; ord. Feb. 22, '01, Pby. Platte (C. P.) ; serv. Free- 
 dom and Mt. Zion, la. ; Mt. Moriah, Salem, St. Joseph- 
 Brookdale (2 yrs.). Mo.; Benson, Ariz., '08 — . 
 
 McCain, Cornelius; b. Sept. 28, 1824, Lebanon, 0.; 
 s, Daniel and Magdalena Voorhis; gr. Han. C. '51; tea. 
 Grand River C, Trenton, St. Joseph, Savannah, Ore- 
 gon, Mo., and Iowa and Sac Mission, Kans., '51-57; 
 lie. '55, Pby. Upper Missouri: ord. April, '58, Pby. 
 Platte ; hm. Kans. and Nebr. '57-61 ; serv. Forest City 
 and Oregon, Mo. (2 yrs.) ; Washington, Ind. (3 yrs.) ; 
 Albany, ]\Io. (2 yrs.) ; Hanover, Monroe and Hunting- 
 
»06 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 ton (4 yrs.), Kentland (7 yrs.), Goodland, Ind. 
 (6 yvs.) ; Gallatin, Mo. (4 yrs.) ; m. Sept. 21, '51, Miss 
 Eliza A. Currey, Grand River C, Trenton, Mo. 
 
 McClintic, Hugh Peyton ; b. Oct. 16, 1868, Bath Co., 
 Va. ; s. Wm. and Nancy Byrd ; gr. Hamp. Sid. C, '96, 
 Un. T. S .(Va.), '99; lie. June 15, '99, Pby. Norfolk"; 
 ord. Jul}^ 8, '00, Pby. Lexing-ton; serv. Shemeriah, 
 Basic City, Va. ; Shelbina group (2 yrs.), Plattsburg 
 (2 yrs.). Liberty, Mo., '06—; S. C. Pby. Upper Mo. 
 
 McClung, John S. ; b. Dec. 24, 1837, near Jackson- 
 ville, 111. ; s. Hervey and Sarah Bird; gr. 111. C. '64. McC. 
 T. S. '67; lie. April, '66, Pby. Sangamon; ord. Nov. 11, 
 '67, Pby. Bureau; serv. Beulah, Coal Valley, Calvars- 
 (3 yrs.). White Rock (3 yrs.), 111.; Oregon, Mo. '73-75; 
 hm., Kans., org. and built three churches, '75 — ; org. 
 and bit. Coal Valley and Calvary ; m. June 5, '67, Car- 
 rie C. Tomlin, Jacksonville, 111. 
 
 McElroy, Wm. R. ; b. Dec. 17, 1856, Mackville, Ky. ; 
 s. Samuel Rice and Mary B. Reed; gr. Drury C. S6, 
 McC. T. S. '89; lie. April, '89, Pby. Ozark; ord. Sept. 
 '89, Pby. Platte; serv. Chillicothe, Mo .(4 yrs.); Cas'- 
 sopolis, Mich., '93-7; West Plains, Mo., '98-02; Min- 
 neapolis (6 3T*s.), Topeka, Kans. 
 
 McFarland, James; b. 1855, Co. Clare, Ireland; 
 
 St, Pbn. C, Montreal, McGill U., Quebec (3 yrs.), McC. 
 T. S. (1883) ; ord. '81, Pby. Pueblo; p. Durango (2 yrs.), 
 Walsenburg (3 j^rs.). Central City (3 yrs.), Idaho 
 Springs (2 yrs.), Denver-Hyde Park (11 yrs.), Colo.; 
 Oregon, Mo., '03-06 ; d. Aug. 18, '06, Oregon, Mo. 
 
 McGee, James W. ; b. Oct. 22, 1859, Leavenworth 
 Co., Kans, ; s. Wm. F. and Sally Tuggle ; great-grandson 
 of Rev. Wm. McGee; st. Kirksville Normal, Ozark C, 
 Cumb. U., '86-91; lie. Sept., '90, ord. Sept. 17, '91, 
 Pby. Chillicothe ; p. Bethany, Pilot Grove, Bethel, But- 
 ler, Harrisonville ; ss. Mt. Olive, Union, Peculiar, Mo.; 
 p. Jefferson, Tex. ; m. Aug. 9, '94, Ruth A. Kinkade, 
 Bethany, Mo. 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 207 
 
 McGlothlan, Albert W.; b. Aug. 2, 1856, Galesburg, 
 111.; s. Wm. and Sarah Massey; gr. (M. A.) North Mo. 
 State Normal, '82; railway elk. '82-89; gr. Lane T. S., 
 '92; ord. April 20, '93, Pby. Platte; ss. Madeira, 0., 
 '91-92; p. Lathrop (3 yrs.), Stanberry (5 yrsi.), Savan- 
 nah, Mo., '01—; Com. Gen. Ass., '96; m. Aug., '82, Miss 
 Frances Jackson, Hopkins, Mo. 
 
 McKay, James, Allan; b. Sept. 6, 1857, Lake Ains- 
 lie, N. S. ; s. Lauchlin and Marv McMillan ; gr. Pk. C. 
 '84, (M. A. '87), MeC. T. S. '87; ord. April 12, '87, Pby. 
 Platte; p. New Hampton and Martinsville (8 yrs.), 
 Akron (12 yrs.). Mo.; Davis City, Dexter, la.; Heron 
 Lake, Minn.; Milo, Atkins, la., '08 — ; m. April, '87, 
 Miss Maggie C. McRuer, Union Grove, Mo. 
 
 McKinlay, Geo. Angus; b. Dec. 14, 1847, Pleasant 
 Lake, Ind. ; s. Angus and Frances Forbes ; st. La Grange 
 C, Aub. T. S. (2 yrs.) ; lie. Sept. '72, ord. April 9, '74, 
 Pby. Platte; serv. Mirabile, Mo. (3 yrs.) ; Owasco Out- 
 let,"^ N. Y. ; Carrollton, Forest City, Gallatin, Mo. ; Sum- 
 ner, Wash. ; Eugene, Sellwood, Pendleton, Spring Val- 
 ley, McCoy, Woodburn, Aurora, Ore.; Newark, Cal.; 
 H. R. '04, Pby. Willamette ; pres. Sumner Acad., '83-86 ; 
 prin. Pendleton Acad., '94-96; m. Dec. 24, '68, Julia 
 Brace Patch, Ontario, Ind. 
 
 McNary, Wm. Pollock; b. Sept. 16, 1839, Canons- 
 burg, Pa.; s. Wm. H. and Margaret Murray; gr. Jel¥. 
 C, '61, Xenia T. S. '65; lie. Mar. '65, Pby. Xenia; ord. 
 Dec. 8, ^66, Pby. Kansas; p. Leavenworth, Kans., '66-69 ; 
 Bloomington, Irid., '70-84; Jordan's Grove, 111., '85-86; 
 Tarkio, Mo., '86-99; Creston, la., '05-07; org. U. P." 
 church, Torrington, Wyo., '07 ; pres. Board of Trustees, 
 Tarkio College, 12 years, and fm. ag., '03-05 ; two and 
 a half years in the Army of the Potomac and partici- 
 pated in nine battles; D. D. Westm. C. ; m. Sept. 27, 
 '67, Elizabeth Graham, Wilkinsburg, Pa.; m. Mar. 26, 
 '07, Margaret Wilson, Bloomington, Ind. 
 
 McNair, Lindsay Evander; b. Nov. 17, 1871, Jack- 
 son, Tenn. ; s. Evander and Jennie Stodghill ; gr. Wm. 
 
208 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 Jewell C, '89, (Un. T. S. (Va.) '92-4), Louisville, T. S., 
 '95; lie. June 15, '94, ord. June 15, '95, Pby. Upper 
 Missouri; serv. Barnesville, Platte City, Weston, Gow- 
 er, Stewartsville, Pleasant Hill, Mo.; Victor, Colo.; 
 '98-01; St. Joseph-Second, Mo., '01-07; Memphis- Ala- 
 bama St., Tenn., '08—; chan. Highland U., '07-8; D. D., 
 High. U., '08; m. Dec. 31, '95, Emma C. Wilson, Louis- 
 ville, Ky. 
 
 McNair, Evander ; b. Robeson Co., N. C. ; gr. Centre 
 C, '57, Danv. T. S., '60; lie. April, '59, Pby. Transyl- 
 vania; ord. June, '61, Pby. Louisiana; ch. C. S. A., '62; 
 p. Jackson, Tenn., '65-79; Liberty, '80-88; Lathrop, 
 '88-90; Richmond, '90-93; Lawson, '94-96; Gallatin, 
 Mo., '96-7 ; Independence, Colo. ; res. Monroe City, Mo. ; 
 M. A., '92; D. D., '95; Ph. D., '96, Centre College. 
 
 McPherson, Samuel A. ; b. Mar. 20, 1849, Brazeau, 
 Mo. ; s. Archibald M. and S. Malvina Stevenson ; st. 
 Trinitv U., '75, theol. Morgan Park ; lie. April, '74, Pby. 
 Red Oak; ord. Sept., '77, Pby. Oazrk (C. P.); hm. 
 Barton, Dade and Vernon counties, '77-80; miss, to 
 Choctaws and Chickasaws; hm. Bond and Montg-omery^ 
 Cos., 111. ; Franklin, Crawford, Randolph, Linn, Living- 
 ston, Daviess Cos., Mo.; Ellis McLennan Cos., Tex. • 
 m. Mar. 7, '76, Addie Brewer, Dade Co., Mo. 
 
 McRuer, Duncan (Sen.) : b. Fd3. 8, 1824, Lachute 
 Quebec; s. John and Mary Mclntyre; gr. Knox C. 
 Toronto; st. theol. Drs. WiUis and Burnes, Knox. C. 
 ord. Pby. Brantford; serv. Paris, A>t, Ont. ; Knox 
 Martinsville, Akron, New Hampton, Mt. Zion, Mo.; org 
 several churches ; m. 1854, IMary Torrance, Paris, Can. 
 d. Dec. 18, '86, Gentry, Mo. 
 
 McRuer, Duncan (Jr.) ; b. Sept. 13, 1864, Ayr, Ont.; 
 s. Duncan and Marv- Torrance ; gr. Pk. C, '90, McC. T. 
 S., '93; lie. April, ord. Mav 15, '94, Pby. Platte; p. 
 Grant City, Mo., '93-99; Paul's Valley, Okla., '99-03: 
 S. S. m., Pby. Ardmore, '03—: m. July 10, '95, Retha 
 Stalder, Grant City, Mo. 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 209 
 
 Meyer, Wm. ; b. Mar. 7, 1849, Iowa and Sac IMission, 
 Kans. ; s. John and Mary Schorb ; gr Witt. C, '75, Un. 
 T. S., '78; lie. and ord. May, '78, Pby. Dayton; org. 
 and sup. Phoenix, Ariz., '78-81 ; Grant City and Knox, 
 Mo., '81-5; Oelwein, la.; p. Edina (2 yrs.), Green City 
 (3 yrs.), Mo.; org. and sup. Tecnmseh, Okla., '91-9; 
 hm. Bethesda, Herron, Rock Creek, Jones City, Okla.; 
 p. m. Pby. Oklahoma. 
 
 Miller, George; b. Sept. 3, 1834, Chester, S. C; s. 
 Robert H. and Susanna ]\IcAliley; gr. Centre C, '57, 
 Danv. T. S.,- '60; lie. April, '59, Pby. Transylvania; 
 ord. Nov. 2, '60, Pby. Lafavette ; serv. Pleasant Hill, 
 Mo.," '60-62 and '65-67; Kansas City-First, 62-64; inv. 
 3 years ; org. and sup. Raymore and Greenwood, '70-76 ; 
 p. Oregon and New Point, '76-81 ; St. Joseph-Second^ 
 '81-83; Nevada, '83-88; Tarkio, '88-93 ; Chillicothe, 
 '93-97; Cameron, Mo.: D. D., May, '92, High. U. ; au. 
 '^Missouri's IMemorable Decade"; m. '63, Mary Hocka- 
 dav. Pleasant Hill, Mo. ; d. Jan. 11, 1900, Kansas City, 
 Mo. 
 
 Mitchell, Geo. Albert ; b. Benton, 111. ; s. James and 
 Sarah Hurst; gr. Lake For. C, '86, ]\IcC. T. S., '89; lie. 
 April, '89, Pby. Chicago; ord. '89, Pby. Freeport ; st. 
 Edinburg-h and Berlin ; ss. Hanover, 111. ; p. Chicago- 
 Calvary ; ev. work three years; Albany, Mo., '08 — ; 
 m. Feb. 26, '02, Jessie M. 'Strang. 
 
 Moore, Jeremiah; b. Home, Tenn. ; s. Anthony and 
 Nancv Paxton Holt; gr. Gr. and Tusc. C, '71, Lane 
 T. S.,''74; lie. Sept. 3, '73, ord. Sept., '74, Pby. Hoist on ; 
 hm. Elizabethton, Amity, Timber Ridge, Mt. Bethel, 
 Oakland, Tenn.; Manchester, '02-05, Hyden, Ky., 
 '05-07; Maitland and Graham, Mo., '07—; pres. Gr. 
 and Tusculum C, May, '83-01 : prin. Manchester Acad., 
 '02-05 ; supt. mission work, Hvden, '05-07 ; Com. Gen. 
 Ass., '78, '83, '92 and '01; D. D., Gr. and Tusc. C. ; 
 m. Dec. 10, '74, Belle R. Mathes, Washington, Tenn. 
 
 Moore, John iMorrison ; b. Washing-ton Co., Pa. ; s. 
 Joseph and Eliza Glenn ; gr. Jeff. C. ; st. theol. Rev. 
 
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210 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 Moses Allen; lie. Oct. 23, 1827, Pby. Pittsburg; ord. 
 June 18, '28, Pby. Ohio ; serv. Cross Creek, Mt. Prospect, 
 Pa. ; Yellow Creek, 0. ; many feeble churches in O. and 
 Pa.; Parkville, Mo., '67-70; D. D., Franklin C; m. Jan. 
 10, '28, Rosanna Donnell, Allegheny Co., Pa. ; m. Mar. 
 19, '60, Nancy Fraser, Wellsville, 0. ; d. Aug. 19, '70, 
 Parkville, Mo. 
 
 Morrison, James McCalmont ; b. July 21, 1832, Cble- 
 raine. Pa. ; s. Alex. Wilson and Margaret McCalmont ; 
 gr. Del. C, '56, Prin. T. S., '61; lie. June 4, '61, Pby. 
 Donegal; ord. April 6, '76, Pby. Platte; serv. Upper 
 West Nottingham, Pa. ; Rockport, 69-72, Union and 
 King City, Mo., '72-76 ; Shenandoah and Riverside, ''77- 
 80, College Springs and Blanchard, la., '80-84; Weston, 
 '84-86 ; Grass Valley, '86-93, :\Ionkland iind Moro, Ore., 
 '93-00; ev. and H. R., Pby. Pendleton; org. Rockport, 
 Mo., Monkland, Moro, Ore. ; jjrin. Spring Run Acad., 
 Pa., '64-66; prin. Female Sem., Newburg, Pa., '66-68, 
 tea. Oregon, Mo., '68-72; A. M., '59, Indiana State U. ; 
 m. Nov. 18, '62, Nancy Bailey, Baileyville, Pa. 
 
 Mullendore, Geo. Decatur; b. Dec. 26, 1860, Leaven- 
 worth Co., Kans. ; s. JeroiAe and Kathrvne Wurtz ; gr. 
 S. W. State Normal, Pa., '91, Lebanon* T. S., '93 ; lie. 
 Sept., '88, Pby. Platte (C. P.) ; ord. April 9, '93, Pby. 
 Lebanon ; serv. Coffeen, Palmer, 111. ; Cayuga, Ind. ; 
 Lerna, 111.; Kansas City — First C. P., Kans., (5 yrs.) ; 
 Oak Grove, Mo. ; Pleasant Valley, Kans. ; West Union, 
 Harmony, Coal Center, Pa. ; p. Frankf ord ; m. April 12, 
 '06, Miss Blanche McVay, Prosperity, Pa. 
 
 Newell, Geo. Edwards; b. Mar. 23, 1877, Chester, 
 Pa. ; s. Wm. and Kate Edwards ; gr. Pk. C, '04, Aub. 
 T. S., '07; lie. May 29, '06, Pbv. Platte; ord. June, '07, 
 Pby. St. Joseph; p. King City, Mo., '07—; m. Aug. 22, 
 '06, Agnes Lasley, Raymore, Mo. 
 
 Palmer, Edmund Marion ; b. May 2, 1832, Mason Co., 
 Ky. ; s. Philip and Ann A. Ivens ; st. Westm. C. ; tea. 
 Fulton, Mo.; ord. Sept. 19, '68, Pby. Palmyra; p. La 
 Belle, Philadelphia, Olivet, Mo. ; helper Park College 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 211 
 
 Family, 79 — ; serv. Parkville, Platte City, Weston, 
 Dawn, Mo. ; ev. and colporteur ; m. Sept. 11, '56, Miss 
 Eliza Bailey, Mexico, Mo. ; d. Feb. 1, '92, Parkville, Mo. 
 
 Perry, Wm. 0. H. ; b. Feb. 11, 1838, Lake Co., 0. ; 
 s. Wm. C. and Eliza Brown; gT. McGee C, '60; lie. 
 Oct. 1, '59, ord. Oct. 1, '64, Pby. Platte (C. P.) ; serv. 
 Concord, Stewartsville, Weatherby, Osborn, Easton, 
 Mo. ; Union, Dunbar, Nebr. ; Columbus, Lexington, Ir- 
 win, Preston, Mo.; Palmyra, Nebr., '08 — ; pres. Stew- 
 artsville C, '63-87, Odessa C, '87-88; A. M., '65, McGee 
 C. ; m. Mar. 2, '62, Lizzie Ozenberger, Clinton Co., Mo. 
 
 Pringle, Alex.; b. July 1, 1869, Co. Meath, Ireland; 
 s. Joseph and Miss. Rountree; gr. Pk. C, '97, Prin. T. 
 S., '00; lie. May 11, ord. May 13, '00, Pby. Platte; hm. 
 San Coulee, p. Kalispell, Mont., '01-06 ; Juneau, Alaska, 
 '06-08; Leadville, Colo., '08—; M. A., '00, Prin. U. ; m. 
 June 8, '04, Effie B. James, Warsaw, Ind. . 
 
 Reed, James; b. Nov. 27, 1834, Buffalo, Pa.; s. Sam- 
 uel and Mary Ann Vincent; gr. Wash. C, '61, Wn. T. 
 S., '67; lie. Oct. 3, '66, Pby. Washington ; .ord. April 5, 
 '72, Pby. Palmyra; serv. Milhvood and Mt. Pleasant, 
 O., '67-70; Coloma, Ebenezer, Laclede (10 yrs.), Grants- 
 ville, Bethel, Avalon and Dawn (3 yrs.). Savannah 
 (6 yrs.), Rosendale, Hackberry, Craig and Fairfax 
 (3 yrs.), Union Star, Union and Barnard (4 yrs.), Cow- 
 gill, Polo and Dawn (4 vrs.). New Hampton, Martins- 
 ville and Akron (4 yrs.)^, Mo.; H. R., '05, Pby. Platte; 
 Com. Gen. Ass., twice; tea., '61-64; org. Bethel and 
 Wheeling churches; m.- May 20, '68, Eliza J. Mc- 
 Williams, Monroe, Pa. ; m. Feb. 22, '93, Mrs. Laura V. 
 Compton, Savannah, Mo. 
 
 Reynolds, Albert Melville; b. Feb. 19, 1844,' Rich- 
 mond Co., Va.; s. James and Elsie Davis; st. Blkb. U., 
 '69-72, Blkb. T. S., '72-74, Lane T. S., '75; lie. April, 
 ord. Nov. 2, '75, Pbv. Davton; ss. Easton, Willow Brook, 
 Mo., '73, '74; p. Blue Ball, 0. (4 yrs.); Spring Hill 
 (5 yrsi.), Oskaloosa, Columbus (2 yrs.), Kans. ; La 
 Grande, Ore; Maryville, Mo. (4 yrs.); Denison, Tex.; 
 
212 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 Oskaloosa (2 yrs.), Topeka-Wesminster, Kans., '97-05; 
 St. Joseph-Third St., Mo., '05-07; inv. '07—; member 
 Sixth Kans. Vol. Cavalrs^ ; m. Aug. 3, '75, dan. Logan 
 IMaxwell, Oak Grove, Mo. 
 
 Roberts, Thomas D. ; b. Jnly 7, 1844, Carrollton, 0.; 
 s. James and Mary J. McLain ; st. Lenox C, High. U., 
 Pk. C; theol. Rev. John A. McAfee; lie. April, '76, 
 ord. April 25, '77, Pby. Platte ; p. St. Joseph-Third St. 
 (4 3^rs.), Savannah (2 yrs.), Oregon and New Point 
 (11 yrs.), St. Joseph-Third St. (7 yrs.), New Point, Mo., 
 '06—; ev. '01-05; volnnteer U. S. Army, '62-66; m. 
 May 19, '71, ]\Iiss Emma Mathes, Leon, la. 
 
 Rogers, Henry I\Iartyn; b. Oct. 3, 1852, Rockville, 
 Ind. ; s. James S. and Jane Snodgrass; gr. Wab. C.,'75, 
 Dant. T. S., '80; lie. April, '78, Pby. Austin; ord. 
 April 25, '81, Pby. Ebenezer; serv. Vallev Creek, Tex., 
 '78-9; p. Mt. Sterling, Ky., '80-2; Lockland, O., '82-3; 
 Hamilton, Mo., '93-7; Dayton, Ind., '87-98; Frankfort, 
 O., '98-00; Norman, Okla., '01-03; Rossville, '03-07, Vin- 
 cennes, Ind., '07—; m. Oct. 3, '82, Miss Alma G. Smith, 
 Richmond, Ky. 
 
 Sawyers, Henry A.; b. Feb. 22, 1859, New Castle, 
 0. ; s. Wm. 0. and Agnes Kirker; gr. Frank. C, '93, 
 Lane T. S., '86; lie. April 29, '85, Pby. St. Clairsville ; 
 ord. Sept. 27, '86, Pby. Ft. Wayne; p. Anbnrn and 
 Waterloo, Ind., '86-90; Cameron, '90-94, Oregon, '94-03, 
 St. Joseph-Hope, Mo., '03 — ; an. ''Series of Sermons on 
 Baptism"; m. Sept. 2, '86, Miss Martha E. Seott, Mary- 
 ville. Mo. 
 
 Schell, Ulysses Grant; b. Jan. 12, 1864, Deer Creek, 
 Ind., s. Jacob and Eliz. Zeller ; gr. Pars. C, '89, :\IcC. 
 T. S., '92 ; lie. May. 21, '91, Pby. Platte ; ord. June 24. 
 '92, Pbv. Waterloo; p. Greene, la., '92; Unionville, Mo., 
 '92-98; Marysville, Kans., '98-00; White, S. D., '00-03; 
 St. Joseph-Third St., '03-04; Union Star and Empire 
 Prairie, Mo., '04-08; Ravmond, Nebr., '08—; Com. Gen. 
 Ass., '96; D. D., York C, '99, Ph. D., Woos. U., '00; 
 m. Sept. 14, '98, Hattie Orr, Mt. Vernon, Mo. 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 213 
 
 Schock, Lafayette Henry; b. July 24, 1872, Tiffin,0. ; 
 s. Henrv M. and Sarah Dryfuse; gr. Woos. U., '92 
 (Prin. f. S. 2 yrs.), McC. T. S., '95; lie. May 14, '94, 
 Pby. Philadelphia; ord. Sept. 27, '95, Pby. Platte; sery. 
 Breckenridge and New York Settlement (2 yrs.), St. 
 Louis-Covenant, Lathrop, Mo.; Virden (5 yrs.), Tolono, 
 111., '08—; m. June 6, '00, Miss Stella Beardslee, Car- 
 linville, 111. 
 
 Scott, Winfield Thaeker ; b. April 18, 1852, New Bos- 
 ton, 0. ; s. Joseph and IMaria Thaeker ; gr. Pk. C, '79, 
 Lane T. S.,'82; lie. April, '82, ord. April 12, '83, Pby. 
 Platte; serv. Mirabile, Lincoln, Kingston, Lathrop, 
 Laclede, Bethel, Grantsville, Trinity, Mo., '82-85 ; Ben- 
 nington, Kans., '85-89; hm. Weston, Athena, Milton, 
 Helix, Zena, McCoy, Oak Grove, Cleone-Smith Mem- 
 orial (17 vrs.), Briclalveil Falls, Latourell Falls, Spring 
 Valley, Whiteson, Ore., '90—; m. June 21, '82, Mary B. 
 Higgins, Kingston, Mo. 
 
 Sherwood, Elisha Barber; b. April 15, 1810, Fair- 
 field, Vt. ; s. John and Lucy Barber; st. Lane T. S. 
 (1 yr.), gr. Oberlin T. S., '36; ord. Sept. 18, '36, W. 
 Reserve Cong. Assn.; p. Wilson, N. Y., (4 yrs.) ; p. m. 
 Pby. Niagara (5 yrs.); p. Liverpool, Pitcher, N. Y. ; 
 Edwardsburg, Cassopolis, Mich. ; p.m. Pby. Platte, '65 — ; 
 D. D., Pk. C. and High. U. ; au. ''Fifty Yeacs on the 
 Skirmish Line"; m. Jan. 3, '37, Miss Aurelia M. Bald- 
 win, Darien, N. Y. ; m. July 25, '84, Mrs. Susan B. 
 Butler, Youngstown, N. Y. ; d. Aug. 15, 1905. 
 
 Shields, James H. ; b. Freeport, Pa. ; s. James and 
 Abigail Redick; gr. W. & J. C, '69, Wn. T. S., '72; lie. 
 ]\Iay 21, '71, Pby. Butler; ord. June 8, '72, Pby. Belle- 
 fontaine; p. Crestline, 0. (4 yrs.) ; St. Louis-Carondelet 
 (5 yrs..), St. Louis-Cote Brilliant (5 yrs.), Mo.; Ogden, 
 Utah, '90-91; Madisonville, Concord^ 0., '91-97; Deca- 
 tur, Mich., '97-8; Chillicothe, Cameron, Mo., '98-04; 
 Spokane-Fifth, Wash., '04—; D. D., Westm. C. and Mi. 
 U. 
 
 Smith, Arnold; b. July 19, 1876, Edzell, Scotland; 
 s. Rev. Christopher and Mary CudAvorth; gr. Pk. C.,'03, 
 
214 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 Aub. T. S., 06 ; lie. and ord. June 17, '06, Pby. Platte ; 
 fm. Anasco, Aguadilla, Porto Rico, '06 — ; m. Aug. 3, '06, 
 Bertha Isabel Leland, Seneca Falls, N. Y. 
 
 Smith, Henry (Hal) Franklin; b. Oct. 15, 1853, Col- 
 linsville, Ala. ; s. James W. L. and Nancy L. McNairon ; 
 gr. North Ala. C, '81; B. D., '87; lie. '77, ord. '79, 
 Pby. Talladega; tea. in Georgia, '82-86; serv. New- 
 burgh, Ind., '87-91; Kansas City-Westport Ave. (C. P.), 
 '91-93; Gallatin, Mo. (10 yrs.) ; Topeka, Kans. (3 yrs.) ; 
 Tyler, Tex., '07—. 
 
 Smith, James Aikin ; b. Oct. 5, 1870, Garnett, Kans. ; 
 s. John A. and Margaret A. Aikin ; gr. Ohio Normal U., 
 '94, McC. T. S., '97; ord. April U, '97, Pby. 'Lima; hm. 
 Reading, Bloomington, Streator, Ansable Grove, 111., 
 '97-00; p. Kirksville, Parkville, Mo., '00-02; Cincinnati- 
 Sixth, 0., '02-08; Marion, la., '08—: m. Oct. 20, '97, :\riss 
 Clara Timmons, Clarksburg, 0. 
 
 Smith, Jesse S. ; b. Aug. 28, 1876, Coffevville, Kans. ; 
 s. Rev. Benj. F. Smith; gr. Pk. C, '00, McC. T. S., '03; 
 lie. and ord. April 15, '03, Pby. Platte; fm Copiapo, 
 Chile, '03 — ; m. '03, Miss Bessie May Chambers, Hope- 
 ville, la. 
 
 Sproule, Geo. B.; b. Jefferson, Co., 0.; st. High. U., 
 McC. T. S., Lane T. S. ; serv. Plainville, Kans. ; '86-90 ; 
 Creighton, Appleton City, Brownington, Deepwater 
 (5 yrs.), Sharon, Drexel (5 yrs.), Mo.; Mammoth 
 Springs, Ark.; McFall (3 vrs.), Lock Spring, Mo., 
 '08—. 
 
 Strange, Ferdinand Gresham; b. Sept. 28, 1848, 
 Chattanooga Co.,Ga. ; s. John A. and Fidelia Gresham; 
 gr. Blkb. U., '72: st. Blkb. T. S. and Lane T. S., '73-75; 
 lie. April 11, ord. Nov. 15, '74, Pby. Alton; p. Carlyle, 
 111. (3 yrs.) ; King City and Empire Prairie (3 yrs.), 
 ]\Io. ; Hiawatha, Kans. (3 yrs.) ; Seattle-First, Wash. 
 (4 yrs.) ; Ashland, Ore. (15 yrs.) ; hm. Marshfield,"Ore., 
 Kent, Renton, Sedro-Woolley, Wash., '06— ; D. D. Whit- 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 215 
 
 worth C, '04, A. M. Blkb. U., 76; m. June 15, 71, 
 Sarah A. Robinson, Reno, 111. ; m. Nov. 7, 77, Sarah 
 Naomi Van der Veer, King City, Mo. 
 
 Sutcliffe, Bernard Bliss; b. Nov. 6, 1872, Halifax, N. 
 S. ; s. Edward Walton and Mary Ann Miller ; electrical 
 eng-ineer for years; gr. McGill C. ; st. Moody's Bible 
 Institute; lie. April 24, ord. May 9, '06, Pby. Upper Mis- 
 souri; p. St. Joseph-Hyde Park, Mo., '06 — ; m. June 
 1, '06, Miss E. Franc Anderson, Inwood, la. 
 
 Sydenstricker, Hiram Mason; b. Sept. 26, 1848, 
 Lewisburg, W. Va. ; s. Andrew and Prances Coffman ; 
 gr. Wash, and Lee U., '77, Un. T. S. (Va.), '80; lie. 
 June, '79, Pby. Greenbrier; ord. April 12, '81, Pby. St. 
 Louis (U. S.) ; p. Wa.ter Valley, Miss. (4 yrs.) ; Pleasant 
 Hill (2 yrs.), Hamilton, Mo. (3 yrs.) ; syn. ev. Synod, 
 Texas ; syn. ev. Syn. Nashville ; p. Brownwood, Tex. ; 
 Corinth, West Point, Miss.; prof, philosophy and Mol. 
 Lang., Daniel Baker C. ; A. M. and Ph. D., Woos. U. 
 
 Symonds, Earnest W. ; b. Jan. 1, 1858, England; s. 
 Matthew and Elizabeth Jenman ; st. '78-81 ; tea. in Iowa 
 13 years; gr. Oma. T. S., '94; lie. April 24, ord. May 3, 
 '94, Pby. Platte; serv. Barnard, Graham, Hopkins, Mo., 
 '90-92; Marne, la., '92-94; p. St. Joseph-Hope, Mo., 
 (8 yrs.) ; Chicao^o-Immanuel, '02 — ; m. Nov. 27, '88, Miss 
 Martha Mary Wilson, Massena, la. 
 
 Tatum, Nuburn McAdow; b. Mar. 27, 1876, Wood- 
 bury, Tenn. ; s. Rev. A. C. and McAdow ; tea. 
 
 Woodville, Milan, Tenn. ; gr. Southern Normal U., '00 ; 
 lie. '01, Pby. Obion; ord. '02, Pby. Hopewell; serv. 
 Flippin, Davidson's Chapel, :\Iedina, Tenn.: Newman. 
 Cal. : Memphis-Central, Tenn. ; Hopewell, Lockspring 
 (3 yrs.), Prairie Valley, Centerview, Mo.; m. June 30, 
 '05, Miss Edna Sweet, Stanton, Tenn. 
 
 Taylor, Hugh; b. Aug. 9, 1862, Iowa City, Ta. ; s. 
 Hugh and Jane Windreni; gT. Pk, C, '85, Prin. T. S., 
 '88; lie. July 10, ord. Aug. 5, '88, Pbv. Platte; fm. 
 Laos, Siam, '88—; A. M., '88, D. D., 'Oi, Park C; ; m. 
 July 26, '88, Dora Belle Martin, Crawfordsville, Ind. 
 
216 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 Teis, Edward Barth; b. Oct. 17, 1866, Buffalo, N. Y. ; 
 s. Peter George and Rosina Barth; st. Pk. C, gr. Prin. 
 T. S., '93 (p. g-. '94-5) ; lie. Oct. 14, ord. Oct. 15, '93, 
 Pbv. Kendall; serv. Soda Springs, Ida.; Joplin (Cong. 
 ch.), Platte City and Weston (2 yrs.). Mo.; Columbus, 
 Kans. ; Anadarko, Okla. ; p. ev. Pby. El Reno, '08 — ; 
 m. June 30, '96, Mary Alma Hunter, Gallatin, Mo. 
 
 Terhune, Thomas Barnett ; b. Mar. 16, 1870, Perry- 
 ville, Ky. ; s. Barnett and Sarah E. Ewing (niece of 
 Finis Ewing); gr. Centre C, '90, McC. T. S., '93; lie. 
 and ord. June 24, '92, Pby. Rock River; ss. Beulah, 111., 
 '91-2; p. Moberly-First (3 yrs.), Lathrop (3 yrs.). Mo.; 
 hm. North Jellico, Boyle, Pittsburg, Barboursville, 
 Bradfordsville, Ky. (6 yrs.) ; p. Huntington, Ind. '05 — ; 
 m. May 24, '92, Miss Abigail E. Prine, Lebanon, Ky. 
 
 Tharp, James Henry: b. Jan. 4, 1847, Linn Co., Mo.; 
 
 s. James and Hughes ; gr. McGee C, '70 ; st. 
 
 theol. Dr .J. B. Mitchell (pres. McGee C.) ; lie. Mar.. 
 '68, ord. Oct. 2, '70, Pby. Chillicothe ; tea. and hm., 
 '70-75; p. Gallatin (8 yrs.), Albany (4 yrs.). King City 
 (7 yrs.), Odessa (4 yrs.). Mo.; syn. m. Synod Missouri 
 (5 yrs.) ; hm. near Odessa (3 yrs.), near St. Joseph 
 (2 yrs.) ; p. Gallatin, Mo., '70 — ; m. July 5, '71, Mary 
 F. Jeter, Chillicothe, Mo. 
 
 Thompson, Francis E. ; b. May 3, 1849, New Wil- 
 mington, Pa.; s. James ]\I. and Sarah J. Porter; gr. 
 Westm. C. (U. P.), '70, AVn. T. S., '73; lie. April 4. '72, 
 Pby. Shenango; ord. June 25, '73, Pby. Kittanning:: 
 p. Concord and Mahoning (4 yrs.), Pa.; inv. one year; 
 Fairmount (1 yr.), Marysville, Kans. (3 yrs.); Kin-g 
 City, Empire Prairie, Gallatin, Bethel, Jameson, Mo., 
 '82-86; Cawker City (7 yrs.), Mankato (4 yrs.), AVilson 
 (4 yrs.), Kans.; St. Edwards (4 yrs.), Niobrara and 
 Anoka, Nebr., '05 — ; m. June 6, '70, Margaret E. Steen, 
 New Wilmington, Pa. 
 
 Townsend, Richard Cameron ; b. June 13, 1854, 
 North Washington, Pa. ; s. Wm. H. and Hannah E. Van 
 Sant; St. Pk. C, '81 and '82; gr. Aub. T. S., '85; tea. 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 217 
 
 Pa. and Kans., 71-81; lie. April 16, '85, Pby. Cayuga: 
 ord. Sept. 30, '85, Pby. Alton; p. Staunton (3 yrs.), 
 Raymond, 111.; Tipton, la. (4 yrs.); Maryville-Second, 
 Mo., '92-3; Stillwater, Okla. (2 yrs) ; p. m. Pby. Okla^ 
 homa; Dunlap and Alta (8 yrs.), Oswego (2 yrs.), Car- 
 terville and Herrin, 111. ; Middle Sandy and Hanover- 
 ton, O., '07—; ni. June 14, '87, Miss Rebekah E. Jacke, 
 Lawrence, Kans. 
 
 Waits, Edward Wallace ; b. 1855, Cambridge, Eng. ; 
 s. Edward and Suzanna Wallace; gr. Jesus C, Cam- 
 bridge ; st. Edinburg U. and Berlin ; theol. Free Church 
 Theological Hall, Glasgow, and Theo. Hall, Can. ; gr. 
 '73; lie. May, ord. June 13, '73, Pby. Hamilton, Ont. ; 
 p. Waterdown, '73-77, Stratford, Out., '77-81; Mira- 
 michi-St. Andrews, N. B., '81-88; Owen Sound, Ont., 
 '88-02; Glasgow and Prazerborough, Scotland, '02-05; 
 Cameron, 05-08, Moimd City, Mo.; Granite City, 111., 
 '09; B. Sc. Berlin, U., D. Sc., Chicago., U. ; m. Mary 
 Buehan, Aberdeen, Scotland; m. Nellie Grant, Glen- 
 garry, Ont. 
 
 Walton, James M. ; b. Barboursville, Ky. ; s. William 
 Isaac and Rhoda Hudson; gr. Centre C, '88 (A. M., 
 '93), Danv. T. S., '90; lie. April 8, ord. May 24, '90, 
 Pby. Transylvania; p. Greensburg (6 yrs.), Livingston 
 (2 yrs.), Hyden (4 yrs.), Ky. ; Salem (2 3^rs.), Shannon- 
 dale, Tenn. (2 yrs); syn. ev. Syn. Kentucky; p. Ore- 
 gon, Mo., '07 — ; prin. Coll. Institute, Mt. Vernon, and 
 Hyden Acad., Ky. ; A. M., '92, Centre C. ; m. Oct. 12, 
 '96, IMiss Nellie Sambrook. 
 
 Ware, Samuel Miller; b. Aug. 28, 1852, Richmond, 
 Ky. ; s. Samuel C. and Sarah A. Miller ; gr. 111. Wesl. 
 U., '79 (A. M., '82), McC. T. S., '84; tea. Tuscola, 111., 
 '79-81; ord. May 6, '84, Pby. St. Louis; p. Ferguson 
 (3 yrs.), Clinton (3 yrs.). Mo.; Omaha-Second (8 yrs), 
 Nebr.; Maryville, Mo., '98-02; Spokane-Fourth, Wash., 
 '02 — ; memb. Board Trustees Omaha U. and T. S.; 
 D. D., '92, Oma. U. 
 
218 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 Watson, Robert A.; b. Athens, N. Y.; gr. Scio C, 
 71 (M. A., '80), Wn. T. S., 74; lie. 73, Pby. Steuben- 
 ville; ord. 74, Pby. Wooster; p. Shreve (3 yrs.). West 
 Riishville (7 yrs.), Radnor (3 yrs.), Eckmansville and 
 Mt. Leigh (6 yrs.), Montgomery, O., '96-7; Fairfax, 
 Mo., '02-05; ev. and hm., '97—; D. D., 1891; m. Miss 
 Jennie Shields, Blairsville, Pa. 
 
 Weaver, James Henry; b. Dec. 15, 1848, Hardimau 
 Co., Tenn. ; s. John Henson and Matilda Collie ; gT. S. 
 W. Pbn. U., 76, Un. T. S. (Va.), '79; lie. April and ord. 
 Oct., '79, Pby. Memphis; p. Atoka and Big Creek 
 (6 yrs.). Mason and Center (3 yrs.), Tenn.; Jefferson- 
 town, and Beulah (4 yrs.), Campbellsville and Bethel 
 (6 yrs.), Ky. ; hm. Smyrna, Graham, Monroe, '98-04, p. 
 Brownstown (4 yrs.), Ind. ; Breckenridge and N. Y. 
 Settlement, '08 — ; m. June, '76, Tipton Co., Tenn. 
 
 West, Donald Sloan; b. June 15, 1873, Wanganui, 
 New Zealand; s. Rev. William and Elizabeth Wales; 
 St. Canterbury C. and Otego U. ; Theological Hall, 
 Dunedin, '01 ; tea. for several years previous ; hm. 
 Dannevirke, '95-6, Wellington-St. Andrews (asst.), 
 summer '96 and '97, Patea, '98-9, Cheviot, '00-01 ; Cav- 
 ersham, N. Z., '01-02; Fairfax, Mo., '02-05; hm. Am- 
 berg, Athelstane, Pembina, Wis. ; m. Dec. 31, '03, Miss 
 Magdeline Haven, Neenah, Wis. 
 
 West, Richard Bmce ; b. July 8, 1871, New Zealand ; 
 s. Rev. William and Elizabeth Wales; st. in N. Z. till 
 '92, and Moody Bible Inst., '96; ord. Nov. 2, '97, Cong. 
 Council in Vt. ; serv. Cong. ch. Bridgewater, Vt., '97-00; 
 St. Joseph-Faith (2 yrs.), Craig (6 yrs.), Mo.; Ham- 
 burg, la., '08—; m. June 10, '96, Jessie M. Kirkland. 
 
 Williams, Henry F. ; b. Nov. 4, 1847, Hannibal, Mo.; 
 s. Henry M. and Amanda M. Bird ; st. while teaching ; 
 theol. Dr. James H. Brookes; lie. '79, Pby. West Texas; 
 ord. Sept. 15, '80, Pby. Platte; ev.and Y. W. C. A. 
 Sec, 3 years; International Sec. Y. M. C. A., N. Y. 
 City, 12 years; p. St. Louis-Ch. of Covenant (7 yrs.), 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 219 
 
 Mo. ; Editor publications For. Miss. Executive Com. 
 (U. S.), Nashville, Tenn. ; m. Nov. 26, '68, Miss Mary E. 
 Etarpham, Havana, 111. 
 
 Williamson, George H. ; b. July 11, 1840, Bedford, 
 
 N. Y. ; s. Francis A. and Cornelia ; st. 
 
 Amenia Sem., Trov U., N. Y. U. (8 yrs.), Burlington 
 T. S.; ord. Sept. 5^ '69, Bp. Geo. F. Pierce (P. E.), St. 
 Louis, Mo. ; miss, among Cherokees, supt. Orphan 
 Asylum, pres. -Tahlequah C. (4 yrs.), and other school 
 work ; reed, by Pby. Ozark, '81 ; hm. and p.. Ash Grove, 
 Cameron, Carthage, Fairplay, Fordland, Green City, 
 Greenfield (3 yrs.). Golden City, Hamilton (twice), Ir- 
 win, Jefferson City (2 yrs.), Joplin (twice), Kirksville, 
 Lockwood, Millard, Monett (twice), ^It. Vernon 
 (2 yrs.), Ozark Prairie (8 yrs.), St. Joseph-Third St., 
 St. Louis-McCansland Ave., Trenton-Hodge, West 
 Plains (2 yrs.). White Oak, Mo.; built ten churches in 
 Mo., besides manses. 
 
 Willis, William James; b. April, 1871, Wayland 
 Springs, Tenn.; s. J. V. and E. A. Williams; st. Cum- 
 berland U.; gr. C. U. v., '01; lie. Sept. 15, '94, Pby. 
 Richland ; ord. Mar. 6, '01, Pby. Lebanon ; p. Nashville- 
 Watkins Park, Tenn.; Sheffield, Ala.; Bethany, Mo.; 
 Siloam Springs-First, Ark. ; Huntingdon and Trezevant, 
 Tenn., '09 — ; S. C. and treas. Pby. Arkansas. 
 
 Wilson, John ; b. June 26, 1843, Bridgenorth, Shrop- 
 shire, Eng. ; s. Daniel and Elizabeth Collins; gr. High. 
 U., '72; theol. Dr. John A. McAfee; lie. April 3, '73, 
 ord. April 15, '74, Pby. Highland; hm. and p. Frank- 
 fort (3 yrs.), Vermillion, Irving and Beloit (3 yrs.), 
 Glen Elder, Oberlin (11 yrs.), Norton, Clayton, Colby, 
 Oakley, Phillipsburg, Kans., '73-91 ; Lathrop and Mira- 
 bile (2 yrs.), Mo.; p. m. Pby. Platte, '93-98; hm. Hunt- 
 ington, Nephi, Payson, Utah, '98-02; Osceola, Vista, 
 Raj^more, Willow Springs, Mo., '02-08; Garden Grove 
 and Leroy, la., '08 — ; org. 4 chs. in Kans.; S. C, Pby. 
 Osborne, ''83-91, Pby. Utah, '99-02, Svn. Utah, '01-02; 
 Mod. Syn. Kansas, '87 ; U. S. Army, '61-65 ; m. Oct. 30, 
 '66, Miss Rachel S. Whitehead, Macon, Mo. 
 
220 HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 
 
 Wilson, Samuel Fackler; b. Nov. 2, 1855, Greenfield, 
 Mo. ; s. A. M. and R. M. Tarbet ; st. High. U. and Pk. 
 C, '72-78; tea. in Kans., 2 years; 8 years in railroad 
 service; lie. Oct., '88, ord. Nov., '90, Eastern Cong 
 Assn.; serv. Tonganoxie and North Lawrence (5 yrs.), 
 Kans.; Wymore, Table Rock, Beatrice-Second (2 yrs.), 
 Nebr. ; Oskaloosa (2 yrs.), Kans.; Oak Grove and Eas- 
 ton, Mo. ; sec. Park College, 8 years ; p. Chickasha-First, 
 Okla., '08—; m. Aug. 19, '80, Miss M. E. Smith, Lenexa, 
 Kans. 
 
 Wolfe, Austin Dickinson ; b. Jan. 4, 1861, Montclair, 
 N. J.; s. Aaron Robarts and Laura P. Jackson; mere, 
 bus., '78-84; gr. N. Y. U., '87, Un. T. S., '90; lie. April 
 6, '90, Pby. Newark ; ord June 12, '90, Pby. Waterloo ; 
 p. State Center, la. (4 yrs.); Seward, Nebr., '94-6; 
 Avalon (2 yrs.), Mound City, Mo., '98-01; libr. Park C, 
 '01—; pres. Avalon C. (Acad.), '96-98; m. April 29, '90, 
 Cornelia S. Weitzel, Scranton, Pa. 
 
 Woodward, George S. ; b. Oct. 18, 1819, Gardiner, 
 Me.; gr. Bowd. C, '44; tea. West Chester, Pa., four 
 years and st. theol. Dr. John Crowell; lie. '47, Pby. 
 Philadelphia ; ord. '49, Pby. Missouri ; p. Parkville, Mo., 
 '49-63; Leavenworth-First, Kans., '63-67, when throat 
 trouble compelled resignation; insurance bus. till his 
 death, April 1, 1892. 
 
 Wright, John.; b. Feb. 9, 1876, Ellendale, N. D. ; 
 s. xVlex. AVright; gr. Pk. C, '03, Prin. T. S., '06; lie. 
 and ordv June 17, '06, Pby. Platte; fm. Libreville, 
 Gaboon, West Africa, '06 — ; m. ]\Iiss Una Van Alen, 
 Gresham, Nebr. 
 
 Wright, Wiley K. ; b. Sept. 23, 1856, St. Peter, Minn. ; 
 s. Newell K. and Marv J. Hunter; gr. Knox C, '79, 
 Un. T. S., '82 (McC. T. S., '79-80) ; lie. May, '81, Pby. 
 Peoria; ord. May 16, '82, Pby. Logansport; p. Misha- 
 waka, Ind., '82-92; Petoskey\3 yrs.). Traverse City, 
 Mich., '95-04; Trenton-Hodge (2 yrs.). Mo.; Holly, 
 Colo., '07—; S. C, Pbv. Logansport, '86-92, Pbv. 
 
HISTORY OF PLATTE PRESBYTERY. 231 
 
 Petoskev, '92-04; Mod. Syn. Michigan, '97-98; A. M., 
 '82, Knox. C; m. May 11, '82, Sarah D. Bateman, 
 Galesburg-, 111. 
 
 Young, John Newton; b. June 12, 1828; Hawkins 
 Co., Tenn. ; s. Arthur G. and Elizabeth McChesnev ; gr. 
 Jeff. C, '52; St. New Albany T. S., Prin. T. S. and 
 Danv. T. S. ; lie. '54, Pby. Transylvania; ord. Nov. 16, 
 '56, Pby. Upper Missouri; hm. Albany (6 yrs.), Samp- 
 son Creek, Union (6 yrs.), Fillmore (6 yrs.), Mo.; 
 Salem (4 yrs.), Nebr. ; Clinton, Marion, Kans., '74-76; 
 Neosho, Mo.; Altamont, Edna, Mound Valley, Ripon, 
 Kans., '77-88; Graham and Mizpah, Mo.; ev. and H. R., 
 '91 — ; org. Empire Prairie; memb. State Senate, '65-67; 
 m. Sept. 9, '56, Miss Jane Patterson, Lafayette Co., Mo. 
 
 Young, John N. Jr. ; b. July 1, 1867, Fillmore, Mo. ; 
 s. John Newton and Jane Patterson; gr. Pk. C, '88, 
 Prin. T. S., '91; lie. and ord. Mav 20, '91, Pbv. Platte; 
 fm. Peking, China, '91-93; d. Feb. 18, '93, Peking, 
 China. 
 
INDEX 
 
 GENERAL. 
 
 TTie Alamo; 164. American Bible Society; 166. American 
 Home Missionary Society; 24, 34. Avalon College; 90. 
 Baker school house; 97. Basket Meeting; 154. Blair; 100. 
 Burlington R. R. Co.; 122. Calvinism; 171. Camp Meetings; 
 6. Chapel Hill College; 163. Christian Union; 42, 135. Civil 
 War; 67, 180. Committee of Missions; 113. Cooper's Fort; 9. 
 Cowan school house; 101. Crooked River, 39, 42. Cumber- 
 land Church; 171. Cumberland Synod; 3. Dillon Creek; 26, 
 160. Eureka school house; 96. "Fifty Years on the Skirmish 
 Line"; 176. Fishing River Baptist Church; 135. Grennan 
 Work; 168. Glassville; 97. Goliad; 164. Grand River; 5, 21. 
 Grand River College; 5, Hackberry Ridge; 15, 144. Haynes 
 Academy; 126. Highland, Kans.; 162. History Kansas City 
 
 Presbytery; 2, 4, 26, 167 , Platte Presbytery (U. S. 
 
 A.); 1, 69 Upper Missouri Presbytery; 2. Hope 
 
 Chapel; 73, 124. Industrial Luminary; 51. Iowa and 
 Sac Mission; 43, 162. Jarrold's Valley; 108. Jefferson school 
 house; 42. Kansas Leaguer's; 51. Kansas-Nebraska bill; 51. 
 Kelley school house; 98. Kellyites; 42. Ketron Chapel; 99. 
 King Hill school house; 130. Ladies' Aid Society; 121. Lon- 
 don school house; 107. Lonesome school house; 134. Marion 
 College; 180. Maxwell school house; 93, 95. McCollum school 
 house; 68. Methodist Episcopal Church, South; 80^ Miller 
 school house; 4, 138. "Missionary" Assembly; 113. Mission- 
 ary Workers; 183-6, 188. Mormons; 5. Mt. Mora; 73. Mt. 
 Pleasant; 120. New Liberty school house; 134. New Salem 
 school house; 148. Nishnabotna; 117. Park College; 36, 
 179-187. Park College Family; 180. Pastor-at-Large ; 177. 
 Paxton's Annals of Platte County; 23, 28, 152, 160. Phelps 
 school house; 83. Platte Purchase; 2, 4, 14, 160. Platte 
 School; 187. Presbytery of Barnett; 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 145, 165. 
 
 Chillicothe; 52, 140 College Springs; 
 
 128 Des Moines ; 74 Kirksville ; 
 
 174. Lexington; 1, 2, 14, 67 Mc- 
 
 Gee ; 174 Nebraska (U. P.) ; 137 
 
 Platte (C. P.) ; 1, 2, 3, 4, 83, 131, 138-9, 145, 152, 154 . 
 
 Platte (O. S.); 2, 36, 141, 154, 168 Platte (U.S. 
 
 A.) ; 1, 2, 48, 83, 169-174 St. Joseph ; 174 
 
 Upper Missouri; 1, 2, 25, 67. Primitive Baptists; 171. Radi- 
 cal school house; 92. Richmond College; 167, 187. Robidoux 
 Landing; 33. Second Creek; 6, 120. Schelleberger school 
 house; 97. Shiloh; 100. Stewartsville College; 187. Sugar- 
 tree Grove Academy; 5, 6, 188. Synod of Missouri (O. S.); 
 2, 3 Missouri (C. P.) ; 137, 140 Tennes- 
 see; 2 Upper Missouri; 2. Tarkio College; 114, 
 
 188. "Twenty-five Years of Tarkio Congregation"; 112. Uni- 
 ted Brethren; 178. United Synod of Missouri; 1. Walkup's 
 Grove school house; 110. Weeden's Campground; 6, 9. 
 Westminster Chapel; 72, 105. White Oak Creek; 67. Wilsie 
 school house; 107. 
 
INDEX. 223 
 
 CHURCHES. 
 
 Agency; 137. Akron; 106. Albany; 56, 159. Albany 
 (C. P.); 57. Alpha; 137. Antiooh; 137. Aubrey Grove; 99. 
 Avalon; 89. Barbee Memorial; 125. Barnard; 138. Barnes- 
 ville; 40. Barry; 6. Bee Creek; 4, 133, 138, 158. Betha,ny 
 
 (Clinton Co.) ; 98 ; 75. Bethel (C. P.) ; 140 (U. 
 
 S.) ; 25 (U. S. A.) ; 31, 100. Bethlehem (Clay Co.) ; 133, 
 
 159. Bethljhem; 85. Birming; 140 . Blythedale; 140. Brecken- 
 ridge; 78, 169. Burlington Junction; 128. Cameron; 80. Carroll; 
 
 141. Carrollton; 88, 169. Castile; 32. Chillioothe; 63, 169 
 
 (O. S.); 141. Chula; 127. Clear Creek; 30, 67. Clear Fork; 
 141. Coloma; 141. Concord; 2. Oowgill; 97-8. Craig; 111. 
 Crooked River; 39, 169. Cumberland Ridge; 26. Dawn; 74, 
 
 169. Dearborn; 150. Easton (C. P.) ; 83 (N. S.) ; 
 
 81, 169. Ebenezer; 141. Elderton; 141. Elk Horn; 80. Em- 
 pire Prairie; 69. English Grove; 62. Fairfax; 117. Fairview; 
 
 89,169 (Andrew Co.); 142 (C. P.); 
 
 109. Fancy Bottom; 138. Farley; 142. Fawcett; 142. Fill- 
 more; 51, 169. Fishing River; 54. Flag Springs (C. P.) ; 38. 
 (O. S.) ; 16, 70. Forest City; 142, 169. Galla- 
 tin (C. P.); 59 (U. S. A.); 60. Gaynor City; 
 
 126. Glassvllle; 96. Glendale; 143. Goshen; 143. Gower; 
 
 121. Graham; 66, 169. Grand River (C. P.); 58 
 
 (U. S. A.); 143, 153. Grand View; 144, 169. Grant City; 
 116. Green Valley; 122. Hackberry Ridge; 144. Hamilton; 
 
 7y, 169. Halleck; 145. Harmony; 91 (Daviess 
 
 Co.); 145. Highland; 146. High Prairie; 109, 142. Hodge; 
 
 103. Honey Creek; 146. Hope; 100 (St. Joseph) ; 
 
 124. Hopewell; 31, 99. Hopkins; 104. Hyde Park; 130. 
 
 latan; 138. Independence (C. P.) ; 146 (German) ; 
 
 168. Jameson; 146. Jamesport; 147. King City (C. P.) ; 85. 
 
 (U.S. A.); 85. Kingston (O. S.) ; 147 
 
 (U. S. A.); 118. Knox; 98. Lathrop; 83, 169, 177. Lawson; 
 
 42. Lebanon; 5. Liberty (C. P.) ; 147 (U. 
 
 S.); 11. Lincoln; 96. Line Creek; 168. Linkville; i20. 
 Lock Springs; 58. Long Branch; 147. Mabel; 120. Mace- 
 donia; 147. Maitland; 127. Maple Grove; 148. Mars Hill; 28. 
 
 Martinsville; 101. Maryville, First; 88 (O. S.); 
 
 148 Second ; 88 Union ; 87, 169. 
 
 McFall; 148. Mirabile; 44, 169. Missouri City; 135. Mizpah; 
 
 148. Morton-Hardin; 127. Mound City; 100. Mt. Bethel; 133, 
 
 138. Mt. Carmel; 149 (Carroll Co.); 149. Mt. 
 
 Gilead; 149. Mt. Olive; 68. Mt. Pisgah; 138. Mt. Pleasant; 
 
 149. Mt. Zion (C. P.); 95 (Harrison Co.); 149. 
 
 (U. S. A.); 21, 67, 169. Muddy Creek; 53. New 
 
 Design; 58. New Hampton; 119. New Liberty; 134. New 
 Market; 150. New Point; 100, 162. New Providence; 52. 
 New Salem; 42. New York Settlement; 92, 169. Oak Grove 
 
 (C. P.); 122 (U. S. A.); 93, 169. Oregon; 43, 
 
 162 169. Osborn; 151,169 (C. P.); 151. Paint 
 
224 INDEX. 
 
 Lick; 151, 169. Parkville; 34. Patton; 151. Phelps City; 152, 
 
 169. Pisgah (N. S.) ; 15 (U. S. A.) ; 152. Platte 
 
 (C. P.) ; 27, 152 (N. S.) ; 152. Platte City (C. P.) ; 
 
 152 (U. S.) ; 28, 169. Plattsburg; 68. Pleasant 
 
 Ridge; 152. Pleasant View; 97 (C. P.); 133-4. 
 
 Plum Creek; 44. Plum Grove; 21. Polo; 123. Prairie Val- 
 ley; 145. Prathersville; 133, 135. Providence; 54. Ravanna, 
 
 153. Richfield; 153. Richmond (N. S.) ; 153 
 
 (O. S.); 32. Ridgeley; 41. Rochester; 53. Rockport; 153. 
 Rock House (C. P.) ; 4, 154 (O. S.) ; 154. Rock- 
 port; 96, 161. Rosendale; 91. Round Grove; 110. Round 
 Prairie; 16. St. Johns (German); 168. St. Joseph-Brookdale; 
 
 131 , Faith; 129 , First (C. P.) ; 128, 
 
 133, 136 , First (N. S.) ; 33, 165 , 
 
 First (U. P.); 128 , First (U. S.); 47, 49, 130. 
 
 (German) ; 168 , Hope; 124 , 
 
 Hyde Park ; 130 , North ; 105 , Oak 
 
 Grove (C. P.) ; 122 , Oak Grove (U. S. A.) ; 93, 169. 
 
 , Second; 114 , Sixth St.; 47, 169. 
 
 , Third; 49 ..., Third St.; 105 , 
 
 Westminster; 48, 71, 169, 174-5. St. Louis; 2, Salem; 137, 169. 
 Sampson Creek; 67. San Antonio; 154,163. Savannah (C. P.); 
 
 26 (German); 168 (N. S.) ; 14,67, 
 
 169 (O. S.); 16. Second Creek; 6, Shady Grove; 
 
 54, 154, 161. Stanberry; 111. Stewartsville (C. P.); 76. 
 
 (U. S.); 32. Tarkio (U. P.); 112 
 
 (U. S. A.); 107. Timber Ridge; 149. Tina; 121, 153. Tin- 
 
 ney's Grove; 154. Trenton-First; 102 Hodge; 103. 
 
 (N. S.); 155. Union; 69, 169. Union Chapel; 
 
 155. Union Star; 117. Wakenda; 155. Walkup's Grove; 110. 
 Walnut Grove ( C. P.) ; 133 (U. S.) ; 54. Watson; 
 
 156. Weatherby; 122. Westboro; 156. West Fork; 156. 
 
 Weston (German) ; 168 (U. S. A.) ; 23, 67, 166, 
 
 169. Westport (German); 168. West Union; 14, 156. Wheel- 
 ing; 156, 169. Willow Brook; 157, 169. York; 113, 133, 137. 
 
INDEX. 225 
 
 RULING ELDERS. 
 
 Ordinarily the ruling- elders are the permanent and the 
 controling element in our churches. Some of them do not 
 realize the ecclesiastical dignity of their office, and the 
 solemn responsibilities belonging to it. Practically they de- 
 cide who is to fill the pulpit, and his success depends largely 
 on their wisdom and efficiency. That the putting them in a dis- 
 tinct division of the index may lead them to appreciate and 
 magnify their office more adequately, is the end sought in so 
 doing. Some who appear in this list became ministers after- 
 wards. 
 
 Adams, C.C.; 105 , E. P.; 106, 125 
 
 J. C; 97, 141 , P. M.; 86 , W. K.; 73, 
 
 104-5, 124-5, 129, 174.. Affleck, J. M.; 128-9. Aiken, J. H.; 
 105. Aitken, J.; 95. Akey, J. E.; 138. Aldrich, C; 106. All- 
 corn, J.; 135. Allen, F. R.; 121 , G. P.; 146 , 
 
 H. L.; 117 , J. L.; 44 , R. D.; 122, 141. 
 
 , S. K.; Ill , W.; 31, 61, 98. Alexander, 
 
 T. M.; 76. Allerdice, R. W.; 104. Almond, W. D.; 29. Am- 
 nions, A. L.; 106. Anderson, G.; 44 , J. P.; 91. 
 
 , P. W.; 52. Andrews, A.; 138. Armstrong, C. S.; 
 
 100 , G. B.; 73. Arter, J.; 30, 155. Atkinson, D.; 
 
 91. Ayers, E.; 106. 
 
 Bacon, Dr. S. S.; 111. Bailey, J. M.; 37. Bain, J. H.; 147. 
 
 Baker, C; 120 , H.; 104 , J. M.; 97. 
 
 , J. W.; 123 , W. A.; 73. Baldwin, Dr. J. 
 
 A.; 29 , W. C; 101-2. Ballard, A.; 15. Ballinger, 
 
 J. N.; 127. Barber, D. C; 84. Barks, N.; 147. Barnes, J. M.; 
 8. Bamett, T. M.; 85. Barnette, T.; 38. Barr, A.; 14, 19, 20, 
 
 144-5 , W. N.; 145. Barrett, A. M.; 31. Bartlett. 
 
 H.; 73, 124. Bates, V. C; 90. Bathgate, T.; 123. Bauerlein, 
 J. C; 106. Baum, G.; 91, Bayles, M.; 16. Becraft, W.; 93. 
 
 Behne, T. J.; 73, 129. Bell, A. C; 25 , C. D.; 73. 
 
 , Jesse; 37 , J. M.; 3 , J. W.; 104. 
 
 Benham, Dr. C. S.; 37. Benner, W.; 140. Bentley, W.; 96. 
 Bermond, G.; 92. Berry, J.; 76. Bigham, J.; 4, 138. Bird, 
 
 G.; 12, 64. Bishop, W.; 106. Blackburn, F.; 120 , 
 
 J.; 120. Blacklock, T.; 86. Blair, J.; 87. Blake, C. W.; 37. 
 Blanchard, W. E.; 129, Blinn, I. P.; 124-5. Blount, H.; 54. 
 
 Bohart, H.; 66 , J. H.; 66. Boleyn, D. G.; 112. Bond, 
 
 J. W.; 122. Bonham, Robt.; 70 , Rod.; 70. Born, 
 
 R.; 20. Botkin, J. W.; 108 , O. P.; 101. Botsford, 
 
 H. W.; 97. Bouton, S.; 151. Bowen, E.; 82. Bowman, B. 
 
 U.; 27. Boyer, W. D.; 137. Boyles, J.; 85 , M.; 70. 
 
 Bragg, W. F.; 100. Brasington, J. W.; 77. Breit, J. F. S.; 27. 
 Brewer, J. A.; 76. Bridge water, L.; 119. Brill, G.; 25. Brill- 
 hart, D. S.; 84. Briscoe, J. R.; 140. Brockman, J. R.; 81. 
 Brown, A.; 75, 90 , C.; 154 , G. A.; 151. 
 
 —15 
 
226 INDEX. 
 
 , G. C; 100 , Jas.; 37 , J. K.; 30. 
 
 , Prof. J. v.; 112-114 , Dr. O.; 47 , 
 
 Reu.; 37 , R. W.; 88 , Dr. T.; 79-80 , 
 
 Dr. W. E.; 52 , W. P.; 148. Brownhill, F.; 109. 
 
 Brownson, S. J.; 151. Brubaker, G.; 15, 33. Buchanan, R. A.; 
 37. Bucher, S. N.; 44. Buck, B.; 76. Buckbee, S.; 52. Buene- 
 man, J. H.; 37. Buntz, J. W.; 34. Burbank, A. C; 78. 
 Burgher, J.; 126. Burnett O.; 129, 130. Burney, W. P.; 37. 
 Burns, J. P.; 20. Burr, Dr. J.; 68. Burt, Prof. T. G.; 37. 
 Burton, G. D.; 118. Bush, C. S.; 75. Butler, H. M.; 73. 
 
 Caldwell, J. R.; 20. Calhoun, A. J.; 133, 159. Callahan, 
 A. M.; 61. Cameron, P.; 135. Campbell, Dr. E. P.; 112. Can- 
 ning, R.; 90. Capps, A. D.; 4, 77 , D. H.; 77. 
 
 Carmichael, H.; 82-3. Carpenter, D.; 7, 8 , G. H.; 
 
 100. Carroll, F. M.; 135. Carruthers, J. W.; 84-5. Carson, 
 
 C. C; 47, 48, 54-5 , I. W.; 138-9 , J. H.; 
 
 24. 'Chamberlain, C. S.; 100. Cliambers, F. R.; 8. Cliapman, 
 
 J. W.; 37 , W. H.; 95-6. Chase, A. M.; 12 , 
 
 Fred; 37, 183. Chidester, F. P.; 8. Christensen, E. K.; 101. 
 Christian, L. C; 96. Clapham, T.; 153. Clark, J. A.; 38. 
 
 , J. N.; 123 , Jos. (four); 8, 12, 29, 32. 
 
 ,'p.; 25, 40 , R.; 32. Clonkey, C. E.; 131. 
 
 Clute, N. F.; 45. Cochrane, M.; 119. Colbert, Prof. H. A.; 
 88. Cole, S. B.; 126. Coleman, E.; 70. Colhoun, J.; 48,54,170. 
 Colt, C. C; 82. Combs, S. C; 110. Conley, J. H.; 45, 81, 98. 
 
 Conrad, H. H.; 147. Cook, H.; 60 , L. A.; 112. 
 
 , T. B.; 104. Cooper, D.; 39, 84, 97 , H. B.; 
 
 91 , J. Y.; 29 , Prof. W. H.; 37. Corell, 
 
 J. W.; 119. Cornelius, J.; 92 , W.; 91. Cottrell, B.; 
 
 95. Coughlan, F. H.; 25. Coulson, J. I.; 84-5. Courtney, A. 
 
 C; 12. Court, J. N.; 37. Cowan, B. O.; 101 , I.; 52. 
 
 , J. G.; 101. Cowen, N.; 98. Cowsert, A. B.; 154. 
 
 , H. O.; 154. Craig, A. B.; 108 , J.; 81. 
 
 Grain, T. J.; 60. Crane, H. T.; 88. Cravens, N.; 53. Craw- 
 ford, J. A.; 128. Creighton, J.; 37. Crepps, J.; 105. Crider, 
 R.; 128. Crose, S.; 153. Crosen, Prof. J. U.; 96. Crossen, 
 
 C. 64, 76. Cro'ssett, J.; 25. , W.; 25. Crozen, J. U.; 
 
 127. Crothers, G. D.; 73. Crum, L. W.; 120. Cummings, A. 
 
 C.; 121 , N. G.; 121, Cunningham, J. R.; 76 
 
 M.; 57-8. Currie, J.; 108. Curry, I. A.; 62-3 , R.; 
 
 62 , W. N.; 62, 96, 117. 
 
 Dager, W. M.; 37. Daugherty, Judge A. A.; 117 , 
 
 J. C; 147-8. Davey, W. H.; 88. Davidson, E. M.; 136 , 
 
 Dr. S. C; 116. Davis, D. J.; 61 , H. R.; 8 , 
 
 Jas.; 15 , J. 112 , W. T.; 83. Day, W. C; 
 
 37. Dean, Prof. H. A.; 37 , J. D.; 37. De Clue, J.; 
 
 73-4, 105, 170. Degraffenreid, S. H.; 80. De Hart, E. E'.; 123. 
 De Lano, G.; 104. De Muth, J. A.; 142. Denlon, H. H.; 78. 
 
 Denny, A.; 12, 25 , G. R.; 26 J. A.; 12. 
 
 , R. K.; 39, 40. Denney, A. C; 82. Deshler, C; 143. 
 
INDEX. 227 
 
 DeWalt, J. W.; 81. Dhume, J. C; 112. Dice, Dr. W. H.; 121- 
 
 2, 141, 153 , W. M.; 148. Dickerson, J. L.; 122. 
 
 Dilliner, J. C; 81. Dimmitt, E. L.; 125-6. Dishner, H.; 129. 
 
 , W.; 129. Dixon, F. M.; 32 , J. A.; 154. 
 
 Dobbins, H. H.; 20. Dobson, W. D.; 88. Dodge, D. K.; 119. 
 Donaldson, W.; 102-4. Dorsey, R. J.; 57-8. Dorst, H.; 138 
 Dort; 152. Do4:y, S. L.; 31. Dougherty, L. B.; 12. Douglass, 
 
 J.; 55, 157. Duff, J. L.; 128-9. Dunlap, P.; 29 
 
 R. K.; 62 , Ruff.; 117. Dunn, J. R.; 38-9. Dyer, 
 
 G. W.; 139. Dysart, J. 47-8, 54-5. 
 
 Eames, J. H.; 84. Earls, W. S.; 20, 118. Eccles, D. S.; 
 
 37. Edmiston, S.; 56, 67. Edmonds, I.; 122 , J.; 
 
 122 , J. W.; 90. Edwards, J.; 87. Elder, J. T.; 95. 
 
 Elliott, A. A.;- 106, 129 , B. D.; 106 , F. B.; 
 
 75 , J. W.; 64-5 , R. (two) ; 11, 12, 14, 16. 
 
 , W.; 75. Elmore, E. P.; 53. Ely, J.; 137. Ervin, 
 
 W. E.; 130-1. Erwin, J.; 78 , R. F.; 62-3. Eshel- 
 
 man, W.; 66. Estill, E.; 40. Evans, C. S.; 105 , 
 
 L. C; 88. E wing, J.; 81 , Josh.; 55 , W. 
 
 J.; 56. 
 
 Paris, A.; 107-8, 148. Farmer, S. A.; 88 , S. E. 
 
 76. Farnham, J. P.; 88. Faultinson, A.; 64. Fawcett, W. H. 
 
 112. Ferril, J. E.; 135 , M. C; 140. Filson, J. H. 
 
 96, 108. Pinch, M.; 77. Findlay, Prof. M. C; 37. Finlayson 
 A.; 88-9. Finley, J. M.; 125-6. Finney, H.; 135. Fisher, J.: 
 
 123 , P.; 81, 170. Fitch, Prof. E.; 37. Fitzgerald 
 
 D. F.; 110. Flanigan, J.; 104. Foley, A. B.; 140. Fordyce, T 
 E.; 128-9. Fore, D.; 110. Forgan, D. R.; 128. Fort, E.; 45-6 
 
 Foster, J. R.; 100 , R. B.; 59, 99, 100. Fox, D.; 148 
 
 Foy, T.; 81. Francis, E.; 52. Frazer, B. B. Sen; 115 
 
 T. D. (two); 111, 114-5. . . .• , W. W.; 56, 100, 111 
 
 Frazier, D.; 106 , J. A.: 106 , W.; 106 
 
 Fuller, A. J.; 76. Funk, A. L.; 119, 120 , J. R.; 8 
 
 , J. S.; 64. 
 
 Gallaher, T. B.; 97. Gano, W. G.; 37. Gant, S.; 100. 
 Gardner, C. P.; 112. Garrett, H. W.; 81. Garst, J.; 156. Gar- 
 tin, A. C; 110. Gaskill, G. W.; 111. Gates, P. P.; 128. Gaugh, 
 
 C. T.; 48 , W. H.; 106. Gaver, J. W.; 73. Gaw, 
 
 J. J.; 12. Geiger, D. T.; 87. George, J. R.; 129. Gibson, J. 
 
 M.; 83 , W.; 79, 80. Giffin, J.; 138. Gilchrist, H. 
 
 W.; 52. Gilladette, — ; 66. Gillam, S. G.; 88. Gillidett, C. 
 W.; 76. Gilmer, I.; 12. Gilmore, R.; 135. Gladstone, A.; 99. 
 
 , W.; 98-9, 116 , W. C; 98-9, 116. Glick, 
 
 J. M.; 39. GoldBberry, W. M.; 110. Good, M.; 156 , 
 
 W. H.; 156. Goodbar, G. C; 100. Goodloe. R.; 145. Gordon, 
 
 C. M.; 57 , Dr. A.; 64-6 , T. B.; 136-7. 
 
 , Judge W. H.; 96. Graff, J. H.; 20, 91. Gragg, B.; 
 
 8, 9 , J.; 8, 9. Graham, C. H.; 86 , J. D.; 75 , 
 
 S.; 140. Grant, J.; 59 , J. W.; 20, 81 , W.; 59. 
 
228 INDEX. 
 
 Graves, C. M.; 121 , Chas.; 128 , G. S.; 
 
 138 , O.; 127. Gray, S. A.; 90-1 , T. A.; 
 
 82 , W. S.; 90. Green, C. A.; 80 , C. E ; 
 
 40, 84-5 , D. F.; 40 , J. B.; 40. Gregory, 
 
 A.; 77. Griffith, A.; 43 , A. M.; 12, 126 , 
 
 Dr. N. C ; 151. Griffiths, T.; 75. Griswold, P.; 88. Gross, 
 J. M.; 64-5. Gunn, M.; 76. Gurney, E.; 71. 
 
 Hall, S.; 81 , Syl.; 156 , T.; 121. Ham- 
 
 ilton, W. C; 77. Hamniet, W.; 121. Hamsher, W. M.; 100, 
 
 127. Handel, J. H.; 85. Hanna, H. E.; 154 , J. F.; 
 
 113-4. Hannah, R.; 59, 60. Hanson, J.; 77. Hardwick, P. 
 
 A.; 8, 9. Harlan, J. C; 64. Harper, H. R.; 123 , 
 
 J.; 31. Harris, J. W.; 37. Harrison, C. M.; 61 , J. 
 
 B.; 127. Hart, A.; 144 , W .O.; 78. Hartpence, 
 
 C; 45. Haughawout, J. V.; 80. Hawkins, P. H.; 31, 61. 
 Hawthorne, Dr. J. A.; 112. Haxton, J.; 93. Hayes, A. C; 
 106, 117. Haynes, A.; 126, 178. Hays, T. K.; 100. Hayter, 
 
 W. M.; 53-4. Hefley, S.; 92. Hefner, S. H.; 69 , 
 
 W. L.; 69. Hendren, G.; 69 , L.; 69 W.; 
 
 69. Hepburn, J. L.; 126 , W. 105. Herbold, G. W.; 
 
 12. Heriot, E. G.; 24. Herriman, C. 64. Herron, J. K.; 128. 
 Hesler, Dr. N.; 100. Hewlett, Dr. J. E.; 47-8, 115. Hilbus, 
 
 F. W.; 120. Hill, L. M.; 92 , R. W.; 100 , 
 
 S. T.; 59, 60. Hills, F. S.; 102. Hillyard, M. Y.; 69. Hind- 
 man, W.H.; 153. Hinkle, L.; 37. Hoblitzell, W.; 100. HodgeB, 
 J. J.; 120 , R. T.; 120 S.; 8, 10. Hoff- 
 man, C. A.; 130. Hoggett, E. T.; 77. Hogland, J.; 110. Holt, 
 A.; 126. Holter, B. B.; 37. Homon, G. S.; 83. Hooper, W. 
 P.; 68, 121. Hornbeak, Prof. J. W.; 37. Hotaling, G. H.; 104-5, 
 116. Hotchkin, O. S.; 88. Houchin, C. D.; 80. Houghton, 
 
 1.; 80, 92. Houston, N.; 58. Howard, T. B.; 91 , 
 
 W. W.; 81. Howell, W. M;; 88 , M. K.; 76 , 
 
 N.; 64. Howitt, J.; 70. Hubbard, W.; 58. Hufft, W. T.'; 
 126. Huggins, J. W.; 112. Hughes, E.; 26-7. Hulse, G. T.; 
 
 24. Hummer, D.; 61. Hunter, A. M.; Ill , E. K.; 
 
 104 , Guy; 12C' , Dr. J. A.; 153. Hurlburt, 
 
 I.; 80, 92. Houston, N.; 38. Howard, T. B.; 91 , 
 
 E.; 69. 
 
 Inskeep, W.; 12. Irwin, F.; 43 , R.; 37 , 
 
 S.; 54. 
 
 Jack, W.; 12. Jackson, B. S.; 52 ,Jos.; 88. 
 
 , R.; 88-9. James, E. J.; 75. Jameson, D. F.; 22, 
 
 110-1. January, J. E.; 88. Jesse, D. B.; 135. Jewell, S. P.; 
 100, 111, 117. Johnson, C. B.; 123 , E.; 70 , 
 
 G. M.; 73 , R. P.; 105. Johnston, G. M.; 37 
 
 R P.; 104 S.; 129 , W. E.; 135. Jones, 
 
 Dr. I. B.; 156 , J. K.; 56 , Q. T.; 119. 
 
 , T. B.; 63 , S.; 120 , W. Y.; 37. 
 
 Judy, And.; 134-5 , B. F.; 135 , S. E.; 111. 
 
INDEX. 229 
 
 Kahm, F.; 37. Keeves, J. A.; 44. Kehn, H. A.; 37. 
 Keith, R. F.; 104. Kelso, A. W.; 116. Kennedy, A. C; 105. 
 Keplar, F. P.; 58-9. Kerns, S.; 146. Kerr, W. R.; 20. Kim- 
 ball, G. B.; 59 , L. A.; 112. Kipp, P. H.; 81. Kirk- 
 
 patrick, R. B.; 32 , T.; 127 , W. C; 127. 
 
 Kleinpeter, W. A.; 44. Knadler, W. E.; 91. Knapp, Prof. G. 
 
 A.; 37. Knappenberger, E.; 38. Knauer, A.; 60 , 
 
 C. L.; 60. Krom, C; 146. Kurtz, C; 44. Kuyler, J.; 112. 
 
 Lafferty, J. L.; 104. Laffoon, E.; 26. Laipple, J.; 12. 
 Laird, J. H.; 117, 149. Lamar, J.; 150. Lambrite, J.; 71. 
 Landers, J. L.; 111. Landis, I.; 33-4. Laning, J.; 38. Lank- 
 ford, E.; 45. Lansing, H.; 63. Lawhead, D. E.; 128. Lawrence, 
 Prof. J. H.; 37. Lawson, M.; 64. Lee, L. W.; 84-5. Leonard, 
 
 Judge J. C; 55-6, 115. Lewis, G. W.; 54 , W. G.; 
 
 76. Liggett, J.; 144. Lightner, E'. C; 104. Lile, G.; 60. 
 
 , H. W.; 59-60 , J.; 60 , W. P.; 60. 
 
 Liller, A.; 149. Lindley, Dr. W. T.; 80. Linthacum, T.; 76. 
 
 Linville, P.; 140. Littell, G. W. C; 110 , W. B.; 
 
 110. Litzenberg, W.; 150. Loomis, Dr. G. M.; 82. Loring, 
 W. E.; 151. Loughrey, A.; 8. Love, J.; 12, 63. Low, M.; 
 22. Lucas, B. F.; 57, 116. Luckhardt, G. P.; 44, 96. Lud- 
 ington, S. C; 98. Lynch, J. C; 106. Lynn, J. C; 108. 
 , R.; 96, 107-8, 161. 
 
 McAfee, H. B.; 37-8 , J. E.; 37 , Pres. 
 
 L. M.; 37, 187. McAnulty, J. A.; 88. McCammon, J. P.; 58. 
 
 , R. M.; 55, 58. McCandliss, J. C; 138. McClain, 
 
 B. F.; 39 , J. D.; 106 , J. O.; 125, 129. 
 
 McClung, W. H.; 99, 100^. McClure, C; 123 , J.; 123. 
 
 McCollum, A.; 59 , M.; 76. McOonkey, A. G.; 56-7. 
 
 , G.; 21. McCbnnell, J.; 48. McCorkle, Dr. A. L.; 
 
 88-9 , E. D.; 88. McCoy, C. R.; 115. McCrea, L; 
 
 140. MoCroskey, J. D.; 32. McCully, S.; 147. McDaniel, G. 
 
 E.; 106. McDonald, A.; 27 , D. C; 80 , 
 
 H. B.; 14, 20 , R. W.; 115. McDowell, W. A.; 61. 
 
 McGaughey, J. G.; 122. McGee, G. K. W.; 29 , J. 
 
 W.; 53 , W. F.; 53. McGinnis, J. H.; 112. Mc- 
 
 Henry, W.; 120. McHugh, D.; 127-8. McKay, C; 129. Mc- 
 
 Kee, J.; 147 , Jos.; 88 , T. H.; 84 , 
 
 W. W.; 84-5. McKenzie, P.; 108. McKibben, J. M.; 126. 
 
 McKinlay, G. A.; 151. McKinley, F. D.; 128 , W.; 
 
 128. McKinney, M.; 70. McKissick, J.; 8. McLaughlin, C. 
 S.; 119. McLaury, R. M.; 140. McMillan, W. J.; 85-6. Mc- 
 Naughton, J.; 119. McNeil, J.; 64. McPheeters, R. A.; 98. 
 McRuer, J. T.; 29. McWilliams, J.; 11, 12. Magers, Prof. 
 
 R. v.; 37 , T. C; 25. Maitland, J. S.; 24. Majors, 
 
 A.; 64. Manley, S. S.; 69, 70. Mark, D. L; 146. Markle, E. 
 
 T.; 73. Markt, F. E.; 44. Marquis, G. W.; 107-8 , 
 
 R.; 45. Marsh, J. T.; 12 , M.; 12. Martin, A. J.; 
 
 135 , E.; 144 , F. A.; 80 , G. 
 
 C; 8 , H. E.; 116 , J. F.; 54 , 
 
230 INDEX. 
 
 J. R.; 73. M,a'ssingill, W. H.; 62. Matchett, H. C; 45. 
 
 , J. N.; 45. Matthews, H. A.; 93-4, 106. Mattoon, 
 
 Prof. A. M.; 37. Mattox, H.; 54. Maurer, P.; 66. Maxwell, 
 
 C; 27 , Logan; 26, 93-5 , R. P.; 73 , 
 
 S.; 99 , W. D.; 122. Mayes, S. M.; 95. Means, Abi.; 
 
 4, 38, 154. , A.; 38. Melton, E. R.; 135. Menifee. 
 
 J. N.; 44. Merchant, G.; 37. Meyer, C. F.; 125 , 
 
 J.; 43, 101, 162. Millan, W.; 85. Miller, C. M.; 106, 129. 
 
 , J. H.; 146 , J. W.; 61 , W.; 112. 
 
 , W. O.; 113-4. Milligan, W.; 69. Millsted, F.; 109. 
 
 Minnick, A. C; 58 , J. C; 58 , J. R.; 58. 
 
 Mitchell, A.; 24. Mitchelhill, B.; 137. Moberly, H. B.; 40. 
 Mockbee, W.; 69. Modrel, W.; 11, 12. Moffett, G. H;. 129. 
 
 Monroe, A. M.; 84. Montgomery, D. C.; 55 , Jas.; 
 
 27 , J. A.; 106 , R.; 4, 146. Moore, E.; 
 
 95 , H. L.; 8 , R. S.; 64-5. Moorman, A. 
 
 P.; 93. Morgan, A.; 76 , A. M.; 106 , B.; 
 
 82 , G.; 106-7 , J. L.; 80. Morrison, Dr. 
 
 J. B.; 88 , W. P.; 128. Morrow, Jas.; 40 
 
 J. M.; 42-3 , John; 26 , S.; 26 , 
 
 W. W.; 120. Morse, J. R.; 80. Morton, J.; 78. Mosier, G. 
 A.; 130. Mobs, L. H.; 136. Moulton, L. T.; 86. Moyes, G.; 
 
 117-8 , G. A.; 118. Muir, J. B.; 91 , R.; 
 
 52, 91, 143. Mullendore, J.; 150. Munson, L. P.; 70. Murray, 
 
 A.; 69 , J. H.; 44 , N. F.; 44, 146 , 
 
 Dr. R. W.; 75 , W.; 69, 102 , Wm.; 42. 
 
 Musselman, H.; 100. Musser, O.; 123. Myers, B. L.; 37. 
 
 , L.; 90 , S; 90-1. Mylar, J.; 45-6 , 
 
 R. T.; 97. Myles, J. H.; 140. 
 
 Nauman, J.R.; 135 , J. W.; Ill , P. S.; 135. Nee- 
 
 ly, J. H.; 135. Neff, Dr. D.; 118-9. Neiderhouser, C; 134-5. Nellis, 
 J. J.; 75. Nelson, Prof. W. S.; 37. Newman, J.; 58. Nichols, 
 W.; 16. Nickles, W.; 52. Nielson, H.; 73. Noel, H. K.; 
 
 10^8, 128. Norris, P.; 95. Nuckols, J.; 27 , W. R., 
 
 54. Nye, J. A.; 73. 
 
 Ohlhausen, W.; 25. Onstalt, R.; 95. Orchard, T.'; 88. 
 Orr, D. J.; 37. Osgood, E. S.; 64. Outcalt, P.; 64. Owen, 
 C. L.; 110 , J. W.; 22, 57, 101. 
 
 Painter, S. D.; 135 , W. R.; 88-9. Paisley, T.; 
 
 40. Palmer, C. F.; 104 , W.; 61 , W. U; 
 
 37, 185. Parcells, C. W.; 106. Park, Hon. G. S.; 34-7, 51, 
 
 163-5, 179, 180-1. Parrott, J. V.; 24. Patterson, J.; 53 , 
 
 R. A.; 57. Patton, C. O.; 57-8 , I. G.; 21 , 
 
 J. C; 21-3 -. ., W. A.; 21-3, 116. Paxton, W. M.;28-9. 
 
 Peck, J. D.; 92. Pemberton, R.; 139. Pence, P.; 84. Pen- 
 nington, W. H.; 129. Perry, L. T.; 77 , W. C; 77. 
 
 Peter, H.; 122 , Dr. H. W.; 43. Petree, J. A.; 154 
 
 Pettus, D. W.; 80. Petty, F. M.; 88. Peugh, P. T.; 157. 
 Phillips, A. C; 88. Pickell, W. F.; 80. Pickett, A. W.; 32. 
 
., S. A.; 
 
 : 123. Riley, 
 
 12. ... 
 
 , W. L.; 
 
 ., T. D.; 
 
 37. RO'bert- 
 
 116. . . 
 
 , Jeff.; 
 
 
 , J. C; 138. 
 
 
 
 ....—; 152. 
 
 INDEX. 231 
 
 '. ., E.; 133. Pile, J. S.; 76. Pipkin, Dr. C; 60-1, 146-7. 
 
 Platter, C. C; 142. Plotner, J. A.; 73. Plummer, A. S.; 140. 
 
 .., E. D.;125. Poage, S. D. B.; 31, 61, 146 
 
 W. C; 31. Poland, E. G.; 106. Poor, A.; 98 , W. 
 
 C; 98. Porterfield, J. A.; 91 , J. W.; 91, 117. 
 
 Powell, M. C; 115-6. Power, J. C; 57. Praisewater, B. F.; 
 
 101 , S.; 101. Prather, J.; 127. Pratt, Prof. L. S.; 
 
 37. Preston, J.; 85. Price, A. J.; 101 T. L.; 44. 
 
 Pritchard, L.; 95. Proud, S. E.; 110 T. H.; 110. 
 
 Prouse, E. A.; 37. Pyie, W. A.; 27. Pyne, W. D.; 56. 
 
 Rannels, S.; 44. Ratlibun, J. A.; 118-9. Rawson, J. W.; 
 81. Rea, S. C; 88. Reed, G. S.; 64-5. Reiminschneider, A.; 
 120. Renner, G. S.; 149. Reynold, N. E.; 112. Reynolds, 
 
 F. H.; 73. , W. L.; 118. Rice, Col. J.; 153. Riffe, 
 
 W. L.; 111. Riggs, J. F.; 106 
 
 F. E.; 66. Risk, S. C; 138-9. Robb, J. 
 
 105. Roberts, H. M.; 37, 184 
 
 son. A.; 3, 133, 165 , J. T.; 
 
 135. Robinson, H. K. S.; 100, 142. 
 
 , S.; 139 , W.; 60, 100. 
 
 Rodecker, G.; 39. Rodgers, W. H.; 15, Rohrer, U.; 20, 144. 
 Rolofson, T. F.; 110. Rose, S. P.; 140. Ross, E. M.; 122. 
 Roughmont, A. L.; 78. Roup, I.; 93. Rowland, A. T.; 135. 
 Russell, C. C; 93 , C. G.; 143. 
 
 Sallee, A. C; 106. Salsbury, A.; 78, 92. Sampson, W. 
 
 P.; 131. Samuel, E. M.; 12 , J. W.; 64-5. Sanders, 
 
 J.; 32 , W. P.; 49, 114 , W. J.; 73, 129. 
 
 Sandusky, E. W.; 130. Sawyer, R. G.; 61. Sawyers, W. O.; 
 88. Sayle, E. O.; 116. Schnatterly, H. L.; 76. Schreiber, 
 
 F. L.; 73. Scott, A.; 101-2 , Prof. E. J.; 12 
 
 James (two); 44, 101-2, 119 , J. M.; 88 , 
 
 T.; 101-2. Schell, J.; 20. Scholl, W. R.; 52. Schultz, J.; 
 4. Scovill, H.; 82. Scudder, H. C; 26. Segrist, J.; 54. 
 Selby, A. J.; 61. Shackelford, R. 25. Sharrocks, A. M.; 37. 
 Sbelton, J. C; 126. Shepard, R. W.; 70. Shepherd, J. C; 
 
 61. Shepperson, C; 96. Sherwood, C. C; 126 , 
 
 W. M.; 73, 129. Shewey, G. D.; 8, 9 , J. B.; 77. 
 
 Shields, D.; 90. , W.; 127. Shiflett, D. F.; 127. 
 
 Shipley, L. A.; 111. Shults, J. H.; 81. Sifers, S. S.; 81. 
 
 , W. H.; 146. Siler, E.; 139 , P.; 139. Sils- 
 
 bee, H. E.; 81. Simmons, J.; 91. Simpson, T. C; 38. Siner^ 
 J.; 150. Singleton, W. A.; 27, 150. Skinner, S. W.; 84-5. 
 Slade, W. P.; 54. Slaybaugh, C; 83. Sloan, A.; 29, 30. 
 
 Smiley, A.; 48, 157 , E. O.; 64-5 , J. A.; 
 
 137 , Jos.; 137. Smith, Dr. C. N.; 100 .-, 
 
 B. M.; 120 , F. C; 53 , G.; 81 , Dr. 
 
 H.; 16 , Col. J. A.; 139 , J. B.; 110. 
 
 J. W.; 53 , Jed.; 43 , Jos. A.; 
 
 43 , M. H.; 127 , M. M.; 100 , 
 
 O. L.; 112 , T.; 69 , T. J.; 57, 112 , 
 
232 INDEX. 
 
 W. E.; 20 , W. J.; 109. Smothers, W. C; 112. 
 
 Snider, J. W.; 109 , J. W.; 119. Snyder, H.; 153. 
 
 Speaker, E. R.; 39. Speer, J. A.; 129. Spivey, L. M.; 119. 
 
 , W.; 119. Staats, F. B.; 30-1. Stagg, W. C; 77. 
 
 , W. E.; 77. Staggs, P.; 139. , W.; 139. 
 
 Stalder, J.; 116. Staley, Prof. J.; 12. Stalling, H.; 138. 
 
 Stanley, J. B.; 88. Starrett, J. M.; 83, Steel, H. A.; 81 , 
 
 R. W.; 88-9. Stephens, Prof. J. W.; 37 , R.; 24. 
 
 , R. R.; 34, 37. Stephenson, J. J;. 127. Sterne, C; 
 
 88. Sterritt, W.; 112. Stevens, J. F.; 84 , R. G.; 
 
 23-4. Stevenson, A.; 86 , E. B.; 37. Stewart, E. 
 
 C; 80 , J. C; 105 , R.; 32 , S.; 
 
 118. Stockton, H. C; 45-6, 80-1. Stokes, J.; 8 T.; 
 
 8. Stoller, Dr. R. V.; 80. Stone, J. A.; 69 , T. E.; 
 
 76. Story, J. H.; 131. Strain, J.; 105. Stratford, C. W.; 40. 
 Strough, J.; 135. Stuart, R. H.; 20. Sublette, T.; 12. Swain, 
 J. R.; 29, 142. Sweeney, J. K.; 90. 
 
 Tait, Jas.; 97, 123. Taylor, E. R.; 66 , J. L. 
 
 66 , S. C; 129. , W.; 26 , W 
 
 B.; 123. Teagarden, E. B.; 122. Tennant, J.; 119. Terhune 
 
 J.; 27. Thomas, J. C; 122. Thompson, G. W.; 8 
 
 J.; 110, 117 , M.; 27 , W. R.; 102 
 
 W. Z.; 84. Thwing, L. R.; 92. Tibbals, Prof. W. H.; 37 
 Tilford, S.; 8. Tillery, A.; 8. Todd, D. R.; 37. Torrance 
 O. P.; 88, 125, 129. Town, S. H.; 80, 92. Towne, S. M.; 92, 
 Trabue, C. C; 12. Travis, W. B.; 108. Trigg, H. S.; 127 
 
 Trimble, W. L.; 12. Tritt, G.; 44 , J. D.; 44. Trout 
 
 wine, C; 60. Trussell, T. H.; 75, 121-2, 141. Tuggle, G. B 
 40. Turner, S. K.; 88. Tyler, J. R.; 24. Tyner, J. H.; 20. 
 , P. G.; 101. 
 
 Upton, W. L.; 129. 
 
 Vagel, P.; 59. Van Buskirk, A.; 44. Van der Veer, J. 
 
 D.; 86. Vaughn, F. J.; 135 , T. B.; 83. Venably, 
 
 J.; 32. Venard, G. H.; 37 , L. G.; 122. Vincent, 
 
 J. G.; 155. Virden, J. H.; 57 , J. W.; 119. Virtue, 
 
 T.; 45. Vogelgesang, T. J.; 61. Voss, W. E.; 37. 
 
 Walker, B.; 148-9 , H. T.; 20 , J. D 
 
 106 , W. H.; 88 , W. S.; 76. Walkup, H 
 
 R.; 148-9. Wallace, E. M.; 128 , H.; 98-9 
 
 S.; 25 , W.; 155. Ward, C. C; 61, 112 
 
 F.; 78 , G.; 85 , H.; 53 , Jos 
 
 54. Warnock, J.; 153. Waters, J. F.; 20. Watson, J. W 
 76-7. Watt, R.; 37. Waugh, J.; 99, 100. Wayman, D. P.; 58 
 
 , H. M.; 58. Weaver, S.; 128. Webb, J.; 120 
 
 W.; 12. Weir, J.; 95 , M. J.; 81. Wells, C; 88 
 
 Welch, A. C.; 84 , B.; 84. Wertz, K.; 60 
 
 T. J.; 60. West, J. M.; 110 , J. K.; 122 Wett 
 
 W. H.; 100. Wetzel, R.; 31. Wharton, S. D.; 43. Wheeler 
 
INDEX, 
 
 233 
 
 E. J.; 81. White, E. H.; 117. 
 
 , J. M.; 104. 
 
 136. 
 
 K. 
 
 106. 
 
 J. S.; 146. 
 
 w. ii.'; 45! 
 
 Whitsett, G. 
 
 98. Whitton, 
 
 64. Wilcox, 
 
 45. Wilkin- 
 
 C. L.; 116 
 
 J. H.; 57, 85-7. 
 
 , J. W 
 
 L.; 132 , R.; 153 
 
 , W. K.; 153. WMteford, J. A.; 137. 
 
 W.; 93. Whitsitt, J. H.; 98 , R. H. 
 
 W.; 91. Wiedner, T. J.; 76. Wikoff, C. F. 
 
 M. H.; 64-5. Wilkerson, W.; 135. Wilkin, T 
 
 son, F.; 32 , G.; 45 , W. C; 32. Will, 
 
 G. S.; 78, 80, 92. Williams, G, W.; 146 , J.; 115. 
 
 , J. G.; 91. Wilmot, B. A.; 122. Wilson, C. 26. 
 
 C; 107-8, 148 , I. A.; 156 , 
 
 , J. L.; 154 , R. R.; 122 , 
 
 , T.; 92 W.; 84 , 
 
 W. R.; 88. Winchell, Prof. C. F.; 37. 
 
 , H. H.; 37. Wiscarver, H.; 52. Wolfe, Prof. A. L.; 37, 
 
 187. Wood, C. K.; 85 , W. T.; 12. Woods, P. H.; 
 
 93. Woodford, H. F.; 64-5. Woodhouse, J.; 150. Worst, G.; 
 
 88. Wray, A. B.; 70. Wright, A.; 90 , Dr. J. B.; 
 
 129 , Dr. J. H.; 91 , J. W.; 83. V/ylie, 
 
 J. L,; 32, 121 , W. A.; 32. Wynkoop, D. M.; 37. 
 
 Wynn, J. D.; 59 , M. C. A.; 59. 
 
 Yates, J. M.; 146. Youel, W. T.; 62. Young, D. A.; 
 134-5 , J. H.; 95 , J. S.; 21-2, 67. 
 
 , H. 
 
 J. A.; 148. 
 S. P.; 79-80. 
 Wm.: 150. 
 
 Zook, W.; 43, 48, 162. Zugg, F. R.; 37. 
 
234 INDEX. 
 
 MINISTERS. 
 
 Adams, E. J.; 69, 76. Adkins, J. R.; 53, 59, 69, 100, 109. 
 Akey. J. B.; 70. Albria^ht, H. P.; 32. Alderson, S. B.; 107, 
 189. Alexander, H. P.; 66, 101, 128. 190. Allen, J. R.; 4, S, 
 
 158 , J. W.; 84, 111-2, 148 , M.; 158 , 
 
 O. D.; 4, 8, 77, 111, 134-5, 138, 140, 145, 154, 158, 190 , 
 
 R. H.; 12, 16, 32, 42 , T.; 8. Anderson, M. L.; 57, 66, 
 
 70, 85, 91, 100, 138, 169, 170, 172, 190 , W. H.; 129. 
 
 Armstrong, C. C; 86, 89, 94, 99, 112, 118, 190 , H. P.; 
 
 186 , T. C; 78, 80, 90, 92, 122, 190. Asdale, W.; 31, 
 
 61-2, 117, 191. Aston, E.; 105. Aughey, J. H.; 24, 191. 
 
 Barbee, J.; 42, 126-7. Barksdale, W. E.; 118. Barnes, E. 
 
 D.; 76, 191 , J. C; 40, 55, 68 ,R. H.; 113, 137. 
 
 Biarnett, I. W.; 122. Barr, J. E.; 129. Beale, W.; 62, 117. 
 
 Beard, J. D.; 75, 90, 141, 144, 153, 169, 172, 191 , R. 
 
 J.; 94, 111. Beebe, L. J.; 186 , S. J. M.; 155. Bell, 
 
 J. M.; 117, 156 , M. T.; 120. Belt, S. D.; 53, 146. 
 
 Benson, A. W.; 66, 100, 107. Berry, F. P.; 88, 191. Bible, 
 
 F. W.; 184, 192. Bierkemper, C. H.; 185. Billingsley, A. S.; 
 
 62. Bishop, W. F.; 12, 125. Blair, G. A.; 136 , H. E.; 
 
 185, 192. Blayney, C. P.; 66, 78, 92, 101-2. 118-9, 128, 173, 192. 
 BDggs, W. E.; 50. Boude, H. B.; 42, 121. Boyd, E. A.; 89. 
 
 Boyer, D. M.; 8, 28, 70, 118, 120, 134, 137, 187 , J. T.; 
 
 75, 98, 123, 192. Bradley, W. F.; 69, 75. Bradshaw, W. F.; 
 126. Brokaw, H.; 185. Brown, D.; 100, 106-7, 111-2, 115, 132, 
 
 172-3, 192 , H. A.; 69, 102, 119, 130, 192 , J. 
 
 E.; 106 , R. L.; 42, 127 , R. H.; 186, 193. 
 
 T.; 21. Browning, W. E.; 184. Brownlee, E. S.; 104, 
 
 193. Buchanan, A. M.; 58 , R. A.; 184, 193. Bull, 
 
 E. H.; 57, 72, 78, 92, 116, 173, 193. Bullard, H.; 55, 105, 124, 
 
 169, 170, 193 , H. N.; 100, 174, 175-6, 193. Burkhart, 
 
 A. L.; 59 , S. D.; 60. Bushnell, D. E.; 136. Byram, 
 
 A. B.; 100-1, 118, 194. 
 
 Caldwell, D.; 40 J. M.; 12 , W. E.; 
 
 66, 78, 92, 101, 128, 173, 194. Calhoun, J.; 129 , 
 
 T.; 159. Campbell, E. E.; 188 , J. M.; 32, 
 
 56, 121 , R. S.; 49, 114. Canfield, J. M.; 40, 42, 44. 
 
 , R.; 42. Cardy, K. J.; 86, 105, 194. Carpenter, J. B.; 
 
 42, 121. Carson, E. A.; 14-8, 21, 23, 26, 169 , R. M.; 
 
 89 , W.; 194. Carter, W. C; 77, 134, 149, 156. Case, 
 
 G. R.; 75, 90, 122. Chadeayne, H.; 84, 102. Chamberlin, H.; 
 
 11. Chivington, I.; 38-9, 98. Clark, J.; 7 , W. H.; 
 
 174,194 , W. J.; 184, 195 , W.; 53-4 , 
 
 W. L. S.; 24. Clarkson, J. F.; 83, 86, 97-8, 107, 118. Coen, 
 A.; 69, 76, 109. Cook, R. A.; 42. Cooper, A. T.; 58, 60. 
 Cortner, J. E.; 149. Coulter, D.; 12, 32, 42. Cowan, E. P.; 
 
 48 , H. W.; 124-5, 195. Cox, J. P.; 80. Craig, R. H.; 
 
 83, 136, 146. Crane, J. I.; 89, 195. Cravens, W. A.; 20, 57, 
 78, 81, 89, 91-2, 123, 173, 195. Crawford, G. M.; 21, 15.5, 159. 
 
INDEX. 236 
 
 J. M.; 24, 87, 102, 169, 170, 172 J. W.; 103. 
 
 Creighton, J.; 103, 195 , T. M.; 85. Cruikshank, R. 
 
 C; 20, 101, 144. Cnitchfield, A.; 53. Cummings, W. H.; 
 
 48, 96. Cunningliam, D.; 56 , J. M.; 183 , L. 
 
 W.; 192. Currie, J. A.; 96, 108, 111, 195. Curtis, J. T.; 95, 
 174, 196. 
 
 Dager, W. M.; 183, 196. Davies, D. C; 31, 61, 84, 
 
 196. Davis, C. A.; 7, 8 , F.; 53 , J. F.; 59. 
 
 , W. S.; 60, 99. Dearing, H. B.; 69. De Long, A. B.; 
 
 105. Derr, C. H.; 184, 196. Dickson, W.; 12, 40, 68. Dins- 
 more, F. B.; 147, 152, 196. Divinia, S. T.; 8, 58, 77, 95, 110, 
 
 120, 123, 140, 153. Dixon, J. H.; 89 , W.; 32. Dobyns, 
 
 W. R.; 50, 126. Dodd, L.; 96, 107, 172. Dodge, N. B.; 11. 
 Donnel!, T.; 2. Doole, W. I.; 80, 173, 196. Doran, J. H.; 
 136. Dougherty, M. R; 60, 100, 123, 145, 197. Duff, G. B.; 
 127, 197. Dunbar, J.; 28. Duncan, J.; 62, 96, 117, 134, 197. 
 Dupuy, L. H.; 89, 115. Durao, J. F; 184. Duvall, J. W.; 
 76. Dykes, J.; 22. 
 
 Edgar, A. E.; 185 , S. L.; 53. Edwiards, C. B.; 
 
 84, 98, 197. Eller, M. P.; 28. Emerson, F. C; 183, 197. 
 Engler, G. I.; 28, 122, Eppler, H.; 4, 26-7, 38, 160, 197. Evans, 
 S.; 37, 174, 197. 
 
 Fackler, J. G.; 8, 12, 29, 42, 48-9, 66. Faris, P. 
 P.; 184. Farr, J. W. B.; 136. Farrand, E. S.; 81, 
 118, 198. Fetterolf, J. F.; 63-4, 198. Fislier, H. W.; 
 
 27, 135, 155 , J. E.; 17 , S. G.; 84, 100-1, 
 
 Flint, T.; 2. Flow, J. E.; 25, 198. Foreman, J. P.; 12, 32, 
 
 40, 62, 68 , W. S.; 56, 115. Forman, A. P.; 32, 48-9, 
 
 62, 68 , C. P.; 121. Foster, E. P.; 37, 172. Fowler, 
 
 A.; 103. Fox, J. P.; 40, 68, 79, 83, 147. Foy, J.; 81, 198. 
 France, J. H.; 47, 81, 84, 97, 172, 198. French, J. W.; 53. 
 58-9, 60, 76, 100. Froman, J.; 8, 39, 77, 95, 111, 120, 136, 154, 
 198. 
 
 Gallagher, F. R.; 33. Garvin, J. F.; 103. Gaston, M. E.; 
 69. Gauss, O. W.; 2, 121, 199. Gehrett, J. A.; 90. Gerhard, 
 J. A.; 88. Gibson, J. P.; 129. Giddings, S.; 2. Gilkerson, 
 J. C; 117, 173. Gill, W. H.; 48, 170, 172. Gillespie, J.; 31, 
 61, 172, 199. Gillette, J. M.; 199. Glendenning, A.; 92. Glick, 
 J. M.; 111. Gloeckner, W. F; 186. Godsman, C. J.; 185. 
 Goodale, A. B.; 98, 103, 118, 146, 172, 199. Gourley, J. S.; 
 
 84. Green, A. W.; 137 , J. M.; 83, 169 , J. N.; 
 
 81 , J. P.; 80, 173. Griffin, S. W.; 89. Griffith, E. J.; 
 
 129. Grossman, F. W.; 57, 70, 86, 118, 2001 Guthrie, A.; 27, 
 53, 140. 
 
 Hall-Quest, A. L.; 106, 200. Hamilton, C. H.; 186, 200. 
 
 , W.; 43. Hancock, J.; 12. Hanna, J. C; 57, 81, 86. 
 
 200. Harbison, J. B.; 44. Hardin, S. S.; 53, 59, 69, 100, 
 146, 200. Hardwick, T. H.; 7. Harmon, A. J.; 122. Harold. 
 
236 • INDEX. 
 
 W. S.; 131, 200. Harris, J. W.; ISCT , R.; 56, 63, 
 
 80. Harrison, W. H.; 115. Hatfield, J. H.; 107, 173, 201. 
 
 , W. J.; 64. Hawkes, J.; 90. Hawley, G. H.; 135, 
 
 154. Haydon, A. P.; 111. Hayes, C. E.; 58, 95, 110, 136, 201. 
 , L. F.; 27, 95, 100, 110.1, 122-3, 134-5, 140, 155. Hay- 
 maker, E. G.; 83, 201. Heckman; C. H.; 168. Hembree, 
 C. C; 107. Hendee, A. M.; 123. Henderson, A. W.; 136, 
 
 201 , J. T.; 201 , M. W.; 30-1. Hendrick, 
 
 T. J.; 50. Henshaw, L.; 69, 76. Hepburn, T. H.; 105, 201. 
 Herbert, C. D.; 34. Herndon, F. S.; 185. Herr, A. B.; 57, 
 
 86, 202. Hickman, F. D. P.; 183, 202 , G.; 55. 
 
 Higgins, C. W.; 97, 118, 151, 169, 202. Hill, J. B.; 2 , 
 
 J. J.; 12 , T.; 35. Hillis, W. H.; 48. Hillman, T. 
 
 M.; 105, 112. Hindman, D. R.; 202. Hobbs, A. B.; 21. 
 Hodges, C. B.; 7, 8, 10, 120, 139. Holdcroft, J. G.; 185. 
 
 Hood, J.; 75 , J. T.; 27, 76, 122. Houston, W. M.; 
 
 99. Hughes, J. A. D.; 32, 62, 68, 84, 121 , M.; 27. 
 
 Hunter, J. H.; 81, 84, 151. Huston, J.; 57, 99, 153. 
 
 Ilsley, W. H.; 93, 105-6, 138, 203. Inskeep, J. M.; 12. 
 
 Inskiff, J. M.; 26. lobe, L. T.; 118, 123. Irvine, A. M.; 100. 
 
 , M. B.; 8, 57-8, 136, 147, 203. Irwin, R.; 186, ?03. 
 
 , S. N.; 43. 
 
 Johnson, J. W.; 128 , W. V.; 185. Jones, W. 
 
 Y.; 103, 185, 203. 
 
 Kain, W. M.; 24. Keady, W. G.; 20, 172. Kendrick, 
 W.; 61. Kennedy, J.; 72, 78, 92, 96-8, 100, 169, 170, 172. 
 
 Kerr, H M.; 42. Kier, S. M.; 107. King, G. I.; 71 , 
 
 H. G.; 155 , R. D.; 165 , S.; 8, 161, 165. 
 
 Kinnaird, R. L.; 126. Kircher, C. E.; 88, 173, 203. Kirk- 
 wood, J.; 31, 61, 96, 99, 107, 116-7, 173, 203. Knox, J.; 103, 
 203. Krotzer, M. E.; Ill, 204. 
 
 Lafferty, J.; 43. Lawliss, O. B.; 142, 155. Lawrence, 
 
 A. W.; 81. Layman, L.; 59. Leeper, W. R.; 128. Lewis, 
 W. F.; 4. Leyda, J. E.; 96, 117, 204. Lheureux, E. S.; 186. 
 Liggitt, J. A.; 90. Linville, J.; 8. Little, E. C; 114. Logan, 
 
 B. F.; 60. Lonsdale, F.; 105-6, 124, 204. Lord, C; 34. Lowe, 
 M.; 58, 111. Luce, C. C; 110. Luther, B. D.; 66, 111-2, 138, 
 156, 172. Lytle, W. H.; 84. 
 
 McAfee, C. B.; 37, 124, 204 , J. A.; 36-7, 176, 180-2, 
 
 204 , L. A.; 37, 205 , S. L.; 173, 176, 205. 
 
 McArthur, J. A.; 188. McBride, R. B. A.; 113, 129. McCain, 
 C; 31, 43, 57, 61, 173, 205. McCammon, W. A.; 132, 205. 
 MoClenahan, W. L.; 188. McClintic, H. P.; 68, 206. Mc- 
 Clung, J. S.; 43, 142, 172, 206. McClure, J. W.; 40, 127. 
 
 McCune, G. S.; 185 , W. C; 90, 122, 178. McDaniel, 
 
 A. S.; 39, 110. McDonald, S. E.; 59, 149. McElroy, W. R.; 
 173, 206. McFarland, J.; 43, 174, 206. McParlane, J. N.; 
 12. McGee, J. W.; 69, 76, 206. McGlothlan, A. W.; 14, 20, 
 
INDEX. 237 
 
 84-5, 91, 105, 173-4, 207. McGready, J.; 6. Mclntyre, C. C; 
 186. McKay, J. A.; 102, 107, 119, 140, 207. McKelvey, J. 
 A.; 64. McKinlay, G. A.; 31, 45, 61, 89, 98, 142, 146, 151, 
 172, 207. McKitrick, J. T.; 128. Mci:eod, M. J.; 57, 86. Mc- 
 
 N'air, E.; 12, 42, 61-2, 84, 125, 208 , L. E.; 62, 115, 121, 
 
 207. McNary, W. P.; 113, 207. McPheeters, W.; 105. Mc- 
 Pherson, S. A.; 120, 208. McRuer, D.; 57, 61, 98-9, 101-2, 
 
 106-7, 119, 143, 152, 161-2, 172, 208 , D. Jr.; 99, 116, 
 
 208. 
 
 Mahan, J. D.; 58 , W. D.; 59, 60. Marshall, H. 
 
 W.; 61 , S. C; 188 , T.; 118, 121. Martin, 
 
 S. S.; 128. Miassey, J. B.; 42. Matthews, J.; 2 , 
 
 W. F.; 37. Mayo, H. B.; 105. Mieyer, W.; 99, 101, 116-7, 
 172, 209. Miller, F. M.; 4, 27-8, 77, 91, 95, 110, 122, 136, 139, 
 
 150, 163 , G.; 43, 64, 87, 100-1, 103, 107, 115, 142. 
 
 146, 172-3, 209 , R. D.; 8, 77, 140, 150. Mitchell, G. 
 
 A.; 209. Moiad, G. L.; 6, 8, 10. Momchiloff, S.; 184. Mont- 
 gomery, R. P.; 184 , T.; 53. Moore, E. G.; 106. 
 
 , J.; 66, 128, 209 J. M.; 36, 169, 209 , 
 
 J. C; 120 , L. S.; 188. Morgan, T.; 91, 98, 151, 169. 
 
 Morrison, J. M.; 70, 86, 96, 169, 210 , M.; 137. Mor- 
 row, R. D.; 3, 5, 8, 163. Morton, J.; 42. Mullendore, G. D.; 
 150, 210. Munkirs, L.; 54, 120, 135. Murphy, J. A.; 134. 
 Murray, S. H.; 8, 27, 120, 140, 156. Musick, B.; 7. 
 
 Neel, R. M.; 126-7. Nelson, D.; 164. Nevins, J. E.; 52. 
 Newell, G. E.; 86, 210 , H. A.; 48. Nickell, W. N.; 
 
 59, 69, 99. Noel, E. P.; 153. Norman, J. H.; 8, 28, 58, 110, 
 120, 134, 136, 140, 150, 155. Norris, H. R.; 28, 110, 134-6 
 Northrup, G. E.; 98, 118. 
 
 O'Dell, A. L.; 136. Owens, J. D.; 148. 
 
 Palmer, E. M.; 24, 31, 37, 61, 75, 210 , M. B.; 186. 
 
 Parsons, C; 28 B. B.; 71. Patton, D.; 3, 8, 54, 80, 
 
 133, 160, 165 , M.; 77 , W. D.; 64, 89, 172. 
 
 Pearson, A.; 136. Penhallegon, W. H.; 24. Perdomo, J. J.; 
 
 183. Perry, A. E.; 77, 95, 120 , W. F.; 134 , 
 
 W. H. O,: 27, 39, 77, 91, 95, 110, 120, 123, 140, 156, 187, 211. 
 Pfanstiehl, A. A.; 50. Pierce, J. O.; 100. Pinkerton, J. A.; 
 31, 64, 140. Pollock, G. A.; 20. Powers, C. B.; 8, 39, 95. 
 110, 123, 134, 140, 150. Prall, F. G.; 134. Prather, J.; 54, 
 
 135 , L. J. A.; 54, 135. Price, C. W.; 32, 40, 62, 68. 
 
 117 , J.; 4, 158. Pringle, A.; 183, 211. Putnam, 
 
 G. H.; 103. 
 
 Ragan, E. S.; 53, 58, 120, 123 , J. M.; 53, 58-9, 
 
 60, 76, 99, 109, 126. Reed, C.; 99, 112, 116, 172-3 , J.; 
 
 20, 70, 75, 90, 98, 102, 107, 111, 117-8, 119, 123, 138, 145, 172-3. 
 
 176, 211 , W.; 75, 106-7, 169 , W. M.; 80. 
 
 Reeve, T. S.; 28, 31, 33, 165. Reichert, F. J.; 96, 107, 156. 
 Renick, H ; 3, 8, 54, 138, 158. Reynolds, A. M.; 88, 94, 106, 
 
238 INDEX. 
 
 173, 211. Rice, J. B.; 70, 86, 118 , N. L.; 32. Richards, 
 
 F. v.; 185 , S. W.; 70, 86, 118. Riley, J. L.; 50. 
 
 Roberts, T. D.; 20, 43, 83, 84, 93, 101, 106, 129, 172-4, 176, 212. 
 
 Rogers, H. M.; 80, 172, 212 , J. F.; 60, 76, 100. 
 
 Romig, H. G.; 184. Ross, C; 185. Ruffner, S. T.; 89. Rus- 
 sell, C. G; 78, 92, 98, 143. Ryland, X.; 56, 127. 
 
 Sadler, S. A.; 136. Salsbury, J. H.; 92. Sawyer, S.; 64. 
 
 Sawyers, H. A.; 43, 81, 125, 127, 142, 173, 212 , J. K.; 
 
 138. Schell, U. G.; 70, 106, 118, 174, 212. Schenck, A. C. V.; 
 
 48 , W.; 8. Schermerhorn, L. S.; 186. Schock, U; 78, 
 
 84,92,213. Seott, J.; 68 , J. M.; 42, 89 , R.; 
 
 12, 29, 32, 39, 42, 52, 55, 141, 154, 157 , T. A.; 64. 
 
 , W. T.; 84, 98, 153, 213. Scroggins, — .; 69. Seabright. 
 
 E. C; 148. Sears, W. H.; 76. Shackelford, R. S.; 68. 
 Sheldon, F. E.; 33. Sherrard, R. M.; 112, Sherwood, E. B.; 
 1, 31, 52, 61, 69, 78, 82, 87, 92-3, 96-7, 100-1, 104-5, 107, 116-7, 
 124, 129, 138, 140, 143-4, 148, 151, 153, 156, 169, 170, 172-4, 176, 
 
 180, 213. Shetler, D. A.; 130. Shields, H. M.; 185 
 
 J. H.; 64, 81, 173, 213. Shockley, H. M.; 64. Shook, H. C; 
 69. Sibley, J. S.; 42. Simms, P. M.; 136. Singleton, — .; 63. 
 Skerik, J.; 184. Skinner, A. C. V.; 81. Sluter, G.; 88. Smith, 
 
 A.; 186, 213 , D. C; 66, 111-2, 117 , D. P.; 129. 
 
 , H. F.; 60, 214 , H. R.; 4, 8, 54, 139, 158. 
 
 .. , J. A.; 37, 214 , J. S.; 184, 214 N. H.; 43, 
 
 52,57,66,81,84,98,101,169,170 , W. A.; 91 , 
 
 W. C; 98, 105, 172. Speer, R. E.; 53, 58-9, 68-9, 76. Sproule, 
 
 G. B.; 58, 145, 214. Starr, F.; 24, 51, 152. Stewart, C; 12, 
 
 32. Stone, J.; 102 , R. C; 102. Strange, F. G.; 70, 
 
 86, 112, 172, 214. Stryker, W. H.; 12, 66, 148. Sutcliffe, 
 B. B.; 130, 215. Swallow, I. F.; 130. Sweeney, J. D.; 90. 
 Sydenstricker, H. M.; 80, 173, 21-5. Symington, R. S.; 12. 
 
 , W. D.; 12, 52, 66. Symonds, E. W.; 66, 125, 129, 
 
 173, 215. 
 
 Tianner, A. M.; 57. Tatum, N. M.; 31, 58, 100, 145, 215. 
 Taylor, H.; 186, 215. Tels, E. B.; 216. Templeton, J. C.; 
 80. Terhune, T. B.; 84-5, 216. Tharp, J. H.; 39, 53, 57-9, 
 60-1, 69, 76, 95, 99, 110, 122, 127, 136, 216. Thomas, W. G.; 
 66, 88, 100. Thompson, F. E.; 61, 70, 86, 108, 118, 172, 216. 
 , G. T.; 42 , J. H.; 188 , L.; 32. Thorn- 
 ton, J. C; 12, 151. Tinkham, P. A.; 81. Todd, J. W.; 98, 
 123. Townsend, R. C; 88, 216. Trenholm, G. A.; 50, 56. 
 Trimhle, W. S.; 115. 
 
 Uptegrove, E. L.; 69, 109, 111, 148. 
 
 Van Horn, W. E.; 39. Van Meter, J. S.; 127. Voss, W. 
 E.; 20, 91, 96. 
 
 Waggoner, D.; 183. Waits, E'. W.; 81, 100, 217. Walker, 
 — .; 58. Walkinshaw, J. D.; 80. Walton, J. M.; 43, 217. 
 Ward, J. A.; 89 , R. B.; 8. Ware, S. M.; 88, 173, 217. 
 
INDEX. 230 
 
 Watson, R. A.; 62, 117, 218. Weaver, J. H.; 78, 92, 218. 
 
 , W.; 61, 66, 70, 86, 100-1, 118, 142, 173. Weeden, C; 
 
 7, 8 , H.; 6, 8. Welch, J.; 90. West, D. S.; 62, 117, 
 
 126, 218 , R. B.; 96, 111, 130, 134, 218. Weston, J.; 
 
 118. Whimster, D. B.; 93. Whitsett, Y. W.; 135, 218. 
 Wiley, C. A.; 54-5, 68. Williams, H. F.; 218. Williamson. 
 
 B. A.; 64 , G. H.; 79, 80, 103, 106, 173, 219 , 
 
 W. E.; 43, 101. Willis, H. P. S.; 32, 62, 96, 114 , W. 
 
 J.; 76, 219. Wilson, J.; 44, 84, 98, 123, 126-7, 173, 177, 219. 
 
 , R. W.; 42 , S. F.; 93, 220. Wolfe, A. D.; 90, 
 
 100, 122, 178, 220. Wood, J.; 96 ., W. D.; 69. Wood- 
 ward, G. S.; 35-6, 220. Workman, A. D.; 66, 88, 105, 172. 
 
 Wozencraft, G.; 58 , W. O.; 58. Wright, C. E.; 39. 
 
 , E.; 34, 153, 166 , E. M.; 58, 155 , J.; 
 
 183,220. ...-..., J. M.; 100 , W. K.; 103, 220. Wylie, 
 
 C. A.; 32. Wynn, P. W.; 53, 59, 60. 
 
 Yantis, E. M.; 40, 42^ , J. L.; 12, 26, 32, 166. 
 
 Young, J. C; 66, 78, 80, 81, 84, 92, 118 , J. N.; 52, 
 
 56-7, 67, 70, 91, 138, 141, 143, 148, 167, 169, 170, 221 , 
 
 J. N. Jr.; 184, 221. 
 
240 INDEX. 
 
 PERSONAL. 
 
 This division of tlie index includes all persons mentioned 
 in the book not given in the preceding two divisions, except- 
 ing those incidentally appearing in the Ministerial Register. 
 
 Abel, Mrs.; 143. Abercrombie, Agnes; 115. Adams, A. 
 
 G.; 183 Annie E.; 124 , H. E.; 124 , 
 
 Jane; 97 , Mary; 104 , Nellie C; 183 .., 
 
 Sarah L.; 97 , Tr, 8. Adkins, Polly; 8. Affleck, H.; 
 
 128 , Jessie; 128 , Nannie; 128. Ainscombe, 
 
 J. A.; 131. Aitchison, D.; 115. Akin, S. J.; 36. Alexander, 
 
 J. E.; 87. Alldridge, G. W.; 85 , J. S.; 85 , 
 
 M. J.; 85 , W. E.; 85. Allen, Abbie E.; 117 , 
 
 G. P.; 146 , J. H.; 143 , Lethe, J.; 109, 
 
 Mary; 121 , Mattie; 121 , R. D.; 121. 
 
 , Sarah; 146. Altman, Agnes; 90. Anderson, Arabella; 
 
 124 , Charlotte; 130 , Mrs. J.; 114. Andrews, 
 
 Bell; 87 , Letitia; 87. Anthony, G.; 130 , J. 
 
 P.; 130. Armilda; 40. Armstrong, Miary R.; 185 , 
 
 Sadie V.; 183. Arter, Phoebe; 30. Arthur, W. J.; 95. Art- 
 lip, Catherine; 124. Aspling, T.; 36. Atchison, Alda B.; 188. 
 
 , J. C; 121. Austin, Eliz.; 92 , Mrs. J.; 121. 
 
 , W.; 88. Avery, H. A.; 87. 
 
 Babcock, Hannah; 61. . , Helen; 103. Baker, Chris- 
 tiana; 183 , Mrs. C. C; 138 , Harriet; 97. 
 
 , Jennie L.; 97 , Martha E.; 124. Baldwin, 
 
 Mrs. G. W.; 143. Ball, W.; 145. Ballantyne, Margarette I.; 
 
 184. Ballard, Sarah; 15. Ballinger, G. W.; 111. Bane, Char- 
 ity; 25. Barbee, J. F.; 125 , Mary A.; 125 
 
 Mrs. M. M.; 125. Barber, D. C; 84 , Louisa; 84. 
 
 Barker. Mrs. L. N.; 65. Barks, Clara; 126 G.; 126. 
 
 , Mary; 126. Baron, P.; 120. Barr, Harriet; 144 
 
 , Miss H I.; 144 Jane; 144 , J.; 144. 
 
 , J. T.; 144 , Mary J.; 144 , W.; 144. 
 
 , W. N.; 144. Barrett, Mary A.; 185. Barton, G. C; 
 
 71 , W.; 130. Bates, Elsie J.; 186 , Fratie; 
 
 125. Bathgate, Mary; 123. Baty, Sarah E.; 150. Bazar, H.; 
 
 93 , Isabel; 93 , Melissa; 93 , Orlena; 
 
 93. Beans, Maria; 121. Beard, Sarah K.; 94. Beattie, Mr.; 
 
 33 , Keziah; 15 , S. M.; 115. Beck, A.; 32. 
 
 Becraft, Lorenda; 93 , W. R.; 93. Beeney, Gracia; 
 
 103. Bell, Jessie F.; 184 , Marg. A.; 188. Bender, 
 
 Sarah; 104. Bendure, Sallie; 120. Benight, C. W.; 82. 
 Benson, Mrs. E.; 103. Bemheim, Irene; 185. Best, Marg; 
 
 185. Bethel, Mrs. C. E.; 124 , Goldie; 124 , 
 
 Nannie K.; 124. Biddle, E.; 106 , Sarah; 106. Bier 
 
 man, F. H.; 115. Bilby, Marg.; 148. Bingham, Florence B.; 
 
 186. Birch, Almira P.; 57. Bird, Mrs. J. C; 64. Birge, Ida; 
 
 112. Bishop, A. W.; 118 , Julia A.; 118. Bissett, 
 
 Mrs.; 65. Black, Sarah; 114. Blackburn, Retta; 120. 
 
INDEX. 241 
 
 Blacklock, Cornelia M.; 85-6 , E. E.; 85. Blair, Eliz. 
 
 B.; 183 , Mollie J.; 87. Blake, Mrs. E. F.; 65. Bles- 
 sing, Miss; 107. Blinn, H. S.; 124 J. K; 124. 
 
 Lucy E.; 124 , Mary E.; 124. Blue, W.; 53. 
 
 Boggs. Mrs. D.; 60. Bomon, M.; 85 , R. B.; 85. Bon- 
 ham, Mrs. J.; 71. , Mrs. R.; 71 , Sophia; 70. 
 
 Booth, Rebecca; 107. Botkin, Mary E.; 148. Botkins, J.; 
 101. Botsford, C. L.; 97. Bowie, J.; 36. Bowman, A.; 27. 
 
 , J.; 27. Boyd, Lulu H.; 184. Boyles, C; 38 , 
 
 J; 38 , Martha (two); 70 , Mary T.; 85. 
 
 Bradley, Clarissa; 104 , Mrs. H.; 71 , Dr. H.; 
 
 71 , M. B.; 104. Brand, Eliz.; 88. Brasington, Mary 
 
 C; 77. Breedlove, J. H.;^52 ., Mrs. R. M.; 52. Breit, 
 
 Etta; 27 , J. F. S.; 27 , P. A.; 27. Bremner, 
 
 Mary; 186. Bright, T.; 117. Brinson, F. N.; 93. Broderick, 
 
 Anna; 110 , S. C; 110. Brown, C; 8 , Eliz.; 
 
 8 , Mrs. E. E.; 129 , F. C; 130 , G. S.; 
 
 130 , Jane; 70 , Mary M.; 75 Melis- 
 sa; 75 , Minerva; 75. , Mrs. R. G.; 115 , 
 
 Sarah; 30 , Susan R.; 61 , W. (two); 30, 95. 
 
 Brownfield, F. S.; 111. Brownson, S. J.; 151. Brubaker, A ; 
 
 15,33 , Eliz.; 15, 33 , J.; 38 , Julia A.; 
 
 15, 33. Brundige, Hattie; 61 , Lydia; 61. Buck, Mrs. 
 
 H.; 82 H. S.; 82 ,Mary; 76. Burgher, Mrs. 
 
 M.; 126. Burney, W. P.; 36. Burns, Jane; 8 , J.; 8. 
 
 Burr, Jane L.; 68. Bush, Mrs.; 152. Bushnell, H.; 75. Butler, 
 
 S. T.; 82. Buxton, Belle; 118. Buzzard, Hannah; 99 , 
 
 Jane; 69. .' , J.; 69. Byers, Sarah; 84. Byram, Lulu; 
 
 185. 
 
 Cain, Nancy; 10. Caldwell, A. J.; 186 , Mrs. J. 
 
 R.; 20. Calfee, J. E.; — . Calhoun, Mrs. A. J.; 133 , 
 
 T.; 159. Callahan, Eliz.; 61. Callison, Susan T.; 99. Camp- 
 bell, J.; 64 , Mary (two); 64, 122. Canan, Emma G.; 
 
 87. Canon, Ann; 143 , Mary; 143. , Mrs.; 143. 
 
 Caraway, Bell; 99. Carnard, Catharine; 150. Carothers, W. 
 A.; 114. Carpenter, Mrs. P. G.; 8. Carrier, Nellie E.; 124. 
 Carroll, Adda; 146 , Eliz.; 146 , J.; 146. Car- 
 son, C. C. Jr.; 54 , Mrs. E.; 47 , Jane E.; 54. 
 
 , J. W.; 140 , Louisa M.; 54 , Mary, J.; 
 
 15, 30 , Paulina; 54. Carswell, M.; 93. Carter, Mrs. 
 
 E. F.; 148 , Miattie; 103. Cartwright, Ann E'.; 150 
 
 Carver, J. E.; 150. Case, Caroline P*,.; 23. Caskey, Henrietta; 
 
 183. OaBteel, .G W.; 93. Caster, W. P.; 147. Castle, Harriet; 
 15, 33. Caulk, J.; 148. Chambers, A.; 52 , Bessie M.; 
 
 184. , Maria; 52. Chandler, G.; 82. Charity; 40. Ches- 
 
 nut, Eleanor; 184. Christian, Lutie A.; 186. Clapp, Mary; 166. 
 
 Clark, Ann; 29 , Caroline R.; 184 , Eliz.; 160. 
 
 , Eliz. D.; 110 , H. V.; 110 , L; 91. 
 
 , J. E.; 110 , J. M.; 110 , Jessie; 54. 
 
 , J. S.; 110 , Dr. J.; 29 , Lon E.; 57. 
 
 , Martha J. ; 110 M. E.; 110 , M. J.; 110. 
 
 —16 
 
242 INDEX. 
 
 , Nancy (two) ; 25, 110 , R. F. M.; 110 
 
 S.; 32 , S. T.; 110 , Tersy; 54. Clay water, J. 
 
 G.; 32. Clemenson, J.; 130. Clingingsmith, J.; 153. Clonkey. 
 
 H.; 131 , W.; 131. Clute, J.; 45. Coats, A. W.; 115. 
 
 Cbburn, Emma; 101 , Nellie; 101 Sarah; 101. 
 
 , W.; 101. Cochran, Mrs.; 46 , H.; 44. Coch- 
 rane, Eliz. S.; 119. Coe, Martha; 124 , T.; 32. Coff- 
 
 land, Mary J.; 184. Cole, A.; 66 , Lucy; 146. Collier, 
 
 Mrs. M. A.; 138. ....... Mary B.; 138. Collins, Jane; 79. 
 
 Collow, N.; 84 , T. D.; 85. Colt, C. L.; 82. Combs, 
 
 Olive; 57 , S. C; 110 , Susan N.; 47. Cbn- 
 
 ners, Augusta; 130. Conway, A. D.; 130 , J.; 144. 
 
 , Rebecca; 144. Cooper, Capt.; 9 , H. M.; 45. 
 
 ,J. M.;97 , Mary C; 97 , Rachel (two) ; 
 
 39, 97 , Sarah M.; 97 , W. C; 97. Copeland, 
 
 Effie M.; 186. Corell, Mary S.; 119. Cornell, Dr. H. L.; 186. 
 
 Cowan, Annie L.; 124 , Eleanor; 52 , Mary E.; 
 
 101. Cowen, F.; 38 , J.; 66 , Mary E.; 66. 
 
 Cowles, Martha A.; 88 , Mary; 23. Cowsert, M. F.; 
 
 154 , Rosanna; 154 , Sarah; 154 , W. 
 
 A.; 154. Cox, Marth:a E.; 93. Craig, Mrs. J.; 71 , 
 
 Mary V.; 81. Crain, E. A.; 130 , Marg.; 60. Crawford, 
 
 T.; 150. Crellen, Mrs. W.; 85. Creswell, Anna B.; 188. 
 Crews, W. T.; 111. Crockett, Mary J.; 125. Crooks, Dr. C. 
 
 H.; 186. Crose, Alice; 122 , Mrs.; 122 , Mrs. 
 
 M.; 122 , M.; 153 , S.; 122. Crossett, Artelia; 
 
 25 , J.; 26, 39 , Marg.; 25 , Mary; 25. 
 
 Crosswhite, J. J.; 185. Crow, M. M.; 123 , Sarah; 123. 
 
 Crum, Ella F.; 120. Culp, Alice M.; 57 , Eva V.; 183. 
 
 Cummings, R. C; 121. Cummins, Ann; 25 , Mary; 
 
 25 , R. A.; 23 , Ruth; 25 , S.; 25. 
 
 , W.; 25. Cunningham, Mrs. J. S.; 44. Curry, G. W.; 
 
 62 , J. A.; 62 , Julia; 117 , Mary K.; 
 
 62. , ; 
 
 Darby, Bertha; 185. Davies, Mrs. L. J.; 105. Davis, Amer- 
 ica; 60 , Esther; 8 , Harriet; 15 , H.; 
 
 8 , J.; 59 , John; 91 , J. E.; 15. 
 
 , Kate; 120 , Lavina K.; 124 , Mahala 
 
 E.; 124 , Marg.; 11, 25 , Sarah A.; 15 , 
 
 W.; 11, 25. Dawson, Lenora; 183 , M. F.; 134. Day- 
 ton, Mary A.; 185. Deaderick, Ina F.; 183. Deakins, W.; 
 
 27. Dearmiont, Mary; 134 , T.; 134. Decker, Clarin- 
 
 da; 93 , J.; 93. De Clue, Mrs. J.; 71. De Muth, J.; 
 
 143. Demuth, Marg. A.; 186. Denny, Emily; 25 , G.; 
 
 25, 39 , Hannah; 25 , Jane; 25, 39 , 
 
 Matilda; 25 , N.; 39. Dexter, G. F.; 72. Dice, Emma; 
 
 122 , F. H.; 125 , J. L.; 125 , Mrs. M. 
 
 L.; 12 , Dr. T. P.; 75, 141. Dickson, Clara; 188. 
 
 , Laurella G.; 188. Diegelman, Ellen; 65. Dienst, Liz- 
 zie M.; 186. Dilley, Agnes M.; 183 , Fern; 185. 
 
 , Florence E'.; 185. Dimmitt, Luemma; 115. Dinsmore, 
 
INDEX. 243 
 
 Jane P.; 126. Dobson, C. E.; 131 , W. D.; 103. Dodge, 
 
 Laura; 118. Doggett, Anna L.; 186. Dolan, Eliza; 62. Dolly, 
 
 M. Anna; 185. Donaldson, Mrs. E.; 126 , Mrs. W.; 
 
 102-3. Dort, Mrs.; 152 , Ellen; 152. Doty, Susan A.; 
 
 185. Dry den, H. P.; 104 , Sarah L.; 104. Duff, Anna 
 
 M.; 128 , Emma; 128 , J. A.; 128. Dumbreck 
 
 A.; 131 , Catherine; 131 , Celia; 131. Duncan 
 
 Alexia; 184 , Christina; 183. Dungan, E. A.; 39 
 
 , J. A.; 38. Dunham, I.; 68. Dunlap, J.; 62 ,J 
 
 M.; 62 , Marg. R.; 62 , Mary E.; 62. Dunn 
 
 G.; 64 , Marg. J.; 43 , S.; 43. Dunshee, Dr 
 
 R. R.; 112. Dysart, Annie E,; 56 , Daisy; 56 
 
 Emma; 56 , Julia; 56. ....... Mrs. L.; 47 
 
 Louisa; 54 , S.; 56. 
 
 Easter, Susan; 143. Edds, Mrs.; 130. Edie, J.; 123. 
 
 , Mrs. N.; 151 , T. J.; 151. Edgar, 
 
 Matilda; 68. Edmiston, J.; 67. E'dson, W.; 123. Elliott, A. 
 
 Augusta; 186 Harriet; 186 , Julia; 106. 
 
 , Nancy J.; 75 , Sarah; 11. Ellis, Mrs. E. L.; 
 
 64. Elmore, E. P.; 53. Ely, Ellen; 137. Emmerson, Jane; 
 
 43 , R. G.; 43. English. C; 8 , Jane; 8. 
 
 , J.; 8 , Polly; 8 , Rebecca; 8. Eppler, 
 
 C; 134 , Hannah B.; 39 , J.; 38. Erixson, J.; 
 
 27. Ervin, Florence A.; 57. Estes, B. W.; 93 , Fannie 
 
 M.; 93 , Sarah E.; 93 , Mrs. T.; 123 , 
 
 W.; 93. Evans, C. L.; 115 , Hila; 43 , John; 
 
 95 , J.; 43 , L. C; 87. , Maude; 184. 
 
 , Rebecca; 87. Eversole, Luella; 125. Ewing, F.; 56. 
 
 , W.; 115 , Cora S.; 129 , H. L.; 129. 
 
 Fa,ris, Marg.; 184. Ferguson, J,; 115 , Mrs. S.; 
 
 143. Ferrier, Helen J.; 188. Ferril, D. L.; 54. Filson, Sarah 
 A.; 92. Finch, Eliz.; 77. Finlay, H. L; 186. Finley, Nancy 
 E.; 25 , R. W.; 25. Finney, H.; 134 , Minne- 
 haha; 188. Fisher, Jennie; 60 , Rebecca; 81. Fitch, 
 
 Mrs. J. A.; 105. Fitzgerald, Mary F.; 110 , Mary J.; 
 
 110. Flack, C. E.; 184 , D.; 107. Flagler, Edith; 183. 
 
 Flanigan, Mrs. J.; 103. Fleming, E. Elva; 184 , Mrs. 
 
 P.; 71. Fogg, Mary H.; 56. Ford, Cordie; 124. Fore, Mr,^. 
 L.; 47. Forster,' Olivia B.; 185. Forsythe, W.; 122. Fort, D.; 
 
 45 , G.; 45. Foster, Jane; 99 , Mary B.; 99. 
 
 , Ollie; 114 , S. S.; 114. Fox, Edna; 8. Frame, 
 
 Mary; 81. Francis, J.; 38 , Polly; 52. Frank, Mag- 
 gie; 106. Frazer, A.; 100 , B. B., Jr.; 115 J.; 
 
 123 , Mary A.; 100 , Mecca; 123. Frazier, 
 
 Eliz.; 106 , Emily; 106 , Mary; 106. Freder- 
 ick, Mrs.; 44. Freece, E. J.; 186 , H. P.; 186. Frie, 
 
 Mary; 150 , Virginia; 150. Frock, Bell; 153. Frost', 
 
 Nancy; 8. Fulkerson, Mrs. L.; 47. Fuller, J. W.; 27. Ful- 
 lerton, Jane; 90 , Mary; 90 , Mary A.; 90. 
 
344 INDEX. 
 
 Fulton, Martha V.; 184. Furber, Martha; 150. Furguson, G.; 
 85. 
 
 Gallagher, L. J.; 146. Gallaher, Jane; 97 S. F.; 
 
 97 , T. B.; 97. Gant, G. W.; 150. . .' , Nancy A.; 
 
 150 , Susan S.; 150. Gardner, J. P.; 93. Gartln, B. 
 
 Caroline; 110 , Cassandra F.; 110 , Clemen- 
 tina B.; 110 , J. R.; 110 , Mary F.; 121. 
 
 , N.; 110 , N. K.; 110 R. May; 110. 
 
 Garvin, Mrs. J. F.; 103. Gash, J. D.; 10. Gaston, J.; 55. 
 
 Gates, N.; 53. Geiger, Rebecca; 87 , W.; 87. George, 
 
 Mary A.; 11. Gibbs, Rebecca; 150. Gibson, Lucinda; 79. 
 
 Mary; 115 , Roberta F.; 188, Giffin, Mrs. J.; 
 
 138 , W.; 138. Gilbert, Mary A.; 93. Gilchrist, E. J.; 
 
 84 , S.; 84. Gilkison, A. U; 71. Gillespie, Mary B.; 
 
 62. Gilmour, Eleanor; 52 , J.; 52. Girton, M. L.; 
 
 183. Gladstone, Mrs. A.; 99 , Helen; 116. Glasgow, 
 
 F. P.; 87. Glaskin, Betty; 115. Glenn, Jane; 100. Goff, L. C; 
 185. Goodale, Emma; 103. Goodsil, Helen; 105. Gordon, Mrs. 
 
 D.; 65 , Jennie; 125. Gowdy, Grace; 188. Grace, G.; 
 
 95. Gragg, J.; 32 , Jane; 32 , Mahala; 10. 
 
 Graham, C. H.; 85 , E.; 123 , Eliz.; 101. 
 
 , Hannah; 101 , Laura E.; 123 , Milley; 
 
 85 , V. L.; 101. Grant, Lavina; 59 , R. L.; 
 
 52. Graves, Mrs. M J.; 121. Gray, J. M.; 25 , Marg.; 
 
 90. Green, D. F.; 40 , Mary; 104. Gregg, H.; 9. 
 
 , Marg.; 9. Gresen, Mary; 52. Gresham, Eliz.; 66. 
 
 Groves, Susan S.; 124 , W. M.; 124. 
 
 Hafferty, S.; 137. Hagerty, Mrs. J. W.; 131. Hagins, 
 Nancy; 31. Hainline, Mary E'.; 120. Hall, Annie, 121 
 
 Edna F.; 121 , Emma; 121. ....... Inez C; 
 
 121 , Maria; 81 , Nancy; 31. Hamilton, 
 
 Grace D.; 186 , Mrs. W. H.; 128-9. Hamlin, Eliz.; 
 
 99 , Marg.; 99 , S.; 99 , Virginia; 99. 
 
 Hammett, Virginia; 121. Hampton, Almeda; 15,4. Handley. 
 
 Anna F.; 185. Hanna, J. F.; 114 , Nettie V.; 114. 
 
 Hannah, Sarah; 59. Hansen, Aurelia; 186. Harbaugh, 
 
 Beatrice S.; 184 , R. L.; 134 , Sylvia M.; 186. 
 
 Hardwick, Emma; 124 , Marg. E.; 57 , Olive; 
 
 124. Hardy, D.; 33 , Jane E.; 15. Harold, Mrs. W. 
 
 S.; 131. Harper, A. E.; 123 , Marg. E.; 124 , 
 
 Mary E.; 123. Harris, Anna; 8. Harrison, Caroline; 116. 
 
 Hart, J. A.; 136 , Mrs. J. M.; 136 , Mary; 144. 
 
 Hartman, Emily L.; 185. Harwood, Mary C; 81. Hastings, 
 Clara B.; 185. Hawthorn, Mrs. E. L.; 96. Haxton, J.; 93. 
 
 , Mary A.; 93. Hayden, Mary E.; 185. Haynes, Mrs. 
 
 S.; 60. Haytes, J. M.; 155 , Marg.; 77. Headric, 
 
 Eliz.; 59 , Mary J.; 59. Heald, Jennie; 104. Heasley, 
 
 J.; 106. Hedric, W. A.; 63. Hefner, Eliz. J.; 69. Henderson, 
 
 Annie E*.; 184 , Mary J.; 186 , R.; 25. Hen- 
 
 dra, J. J.; 130. Hengston, C. W.; 129. Hensley, C. A.; 115. 
 
INDEX. 245 
 
 Hepburn, Charlotte S.; 126 , Eliz. J.; 126 , 
 
 D.; 126 , Estlier C; 126 , Isabell; 126. 
 
 , Jennette; 126 , J.; 126 , J. G.; 126. 
 
 , Maggie E,; 124 , Mrs. M. J.; 126 
 
 Margurite A.; 126 , R.; 126 , T. H.; 126. 
 
 , W. S.; 124. Herndon, Katherine; 185 , 
 
 Louise; 185. Herron, Ansie; 118. Hewlett, Lucy A.; 47. 
 
 Hicklin, Elvira; 53. Hicks, Louise; 106 , Martha; 
 
 116. Higglns, Carrie W.; 151 , Eliza; 126 , 
 
 Mary; 118 , Mary B.; 183: , Mrs. H. W.; 151. 
 
 Hightman, Mrs. H.; 87. Hill, Ella R.; 99 , Mary; 59. 
 
 , Virginia; 99. Hindman, Lucv H.; 185 , W. 
 
 H.; 148. Hodges, Anna; 120 C. B.; 120 , 
 
 J.; 120. Hogue, H. S.; 111. Holland, J.; 76 , Marg.; 
 
 76. Holt, Mrs.; 54 , F.; 26. Homes, Aurelia S.; 57. 
 
 Hon, J. C; 46. Hooper, Mrs. C. M.; 68 , Mrs. S. L.; 
 
 68. Hoover, Sarah; 62. Hope, N. H.; 29. Hord, J. M.; 140. 
 Hotaling, Mildred; 104. Hotchkins, Hettie D.; 186. House, 
 
 C; 138. Hovey, Mrs. V.; 143. Howard, Sarah; 123 , 
 
 W. M.; 123. Howell, Nancy; 64. Hubbard, W.; 57. Hubbell, 
 Mary E.; 124. Huckett, Minnie M.; 186. Hudgins, Mrs. F., 
 
 31. Hudson, America P.; 23 , Maggie; 117. Hughes, 
 
 Edith; 186 , Marg.; 183. Hughurt, Mrs. M. E.; 68. 
 
 Hulburd, Anna F.; 185. Hulse, Mrs. G. T.; 24. Hunter, A., 
 
 144 , Maggie B.; 144., , Sarah; 144 , 
 
 W.; 144. Huntsinger, A.; 85 , H. H.; 85 , M. 
 
 W.; 85. Hurd, Miss A. F.; 166. Hyde, Mrs. S. P.; 71. 
 
 Iba, H ; 82. Ingstrum, Sarah; 114. Irwin, Anna M.; 82. 
 
 , Emma H. ; 82 , F. ; 47 , I. ; 38 , 
 
 J. M.; 47 , Laura D. ; 82 , Louisa C; 47. 
 
 , S,; 38 , W. A.; 82. 
 
 Jack, S. A.; 29. Jackson, J.; 87 , Rebecca; 87. 
 
 , W. W.; 88. James, Janie; 84 , W; 95. Jei:- 
 
 fers, S.; 53. Jewell, Ida S.; 117. Johns; Roxana; 124. 
 
 Johnson, B. A.; 154 , Mrs. E.; 70 , E. D.; 118. 
 
 , Emily; 118 , H. S.; 154 , Jennie; 57. 
 
 , Mary R.; 159 , Dr. S. F.; 73. Johnston, Alice; 
 
 L.; 183. Jones, Bessie; 130 , G. W.; 57 ,H; 
 
 57 , Janet L.; 124 '. ., Jessie R.; 124 , 
 
 J.; 32 , Mrs. L. H.; 124 , Vernie E.; 185. 
 
 . . . . . ., W. B.; 57 , W. D.; 124. Judy, Eliz.; 134. 
 
 Kalb, Ethel B.; 183 , Theresa M.; 186. Kanten, 
 
 A. S.; 55. Kariker, Laura; 123. Kaull, Ann; 143. Kelly, 
 
 Eliza; 69 , G. W.; 69. Kenady, Jane; 40. Kennedy, 
 
 Pearl; 105. Kerr, Araminta; 116. Ketring, W.; 27. Kier, 
 
 Hannah; 57. Kilian, Eliza; 10. King, A.: 79 , Anna- 
 
 bello; 186 , Eliz.; 79. Kipp, Jennie L.; 183. Kirsch- 
 
 ner, W.; 130 Knappenberger, Mary; 39. Knauer, Mrs. A.; 
 60 , Mrs. C. L.; 60. Koch, J. W.; 115. Krautz, J.; 
 
246 INDEX. 
 
 118 , Mary A.; 118. Krinzel, Eliz.; 124 Kyle, Char- 
 lotte; 186 , Eliz.; 186 , Mae B.; 186. 
 
 Laferty, Miss E. J.; 64 J.;64 , J C; 64. 
 
 , Marg.; 64 , Miss M.; 64. Lafferty, Jennie; 
 
 103. Lamar, Eliz.; 150 , Frances; 150 , W.; 
 
 150. Lambert, Hannah L.; 111. Lambrite, H.; 71 , 
 
 Mrs. J.; 71 , J. C; 71. Lam me, Edith D.; 186. Lam- 
 son, Mrs. M.; 65. Landers, D.; 18 , Deborah; 18. 
 
 Landis, Mrs. I.; 33. Lane, Mary A.; 185, Langelier, Faye; 
 
 183. Langford, Amanda; 144 , Mrs. N. D.; 47, 54. 
 
 Langston, W.; 33. Larmer, J. A.; 57 , Nancy J.; 57. 
 
 , N. H.; 57 , Rosa W.; 57. Lasley, Agnes; 186. 
 
 , Vergie M.; 186. Latschar, D. L.; 104. Law, A.; 183. 
 
 Lawson, Hattie; 57 , T. D.; 57. Leaver, Mrs. F.; 65 
 
 Leeper, Eliz.; 64 , J. B.; 63. Leiber, Mrs. L. C; 37, 
 
 148. Leininger, Sallie; 106. Leonard, Euphora; 56 
 
 Mrs. J. C; 56 , May; 56 , Perilla; 56. Less- 
 ley, Rose; 183. Levagood, A. Maude; 185. Lewis, Emma; 
 
 57 , J. L.; 57. Lheureux, Lydia; 186. Liggett, Ber- 
 
 nice; 144 , Jane; 145 , Mary; 144. Light, 
 
 Sol.; 185. Lile, Mary J.; 60 , W. P.; 59. Lindsay. 
 
 Carrie; 61 , Eliz.; 143 Hattie; 126. Lindsey, 
 
 J. B.; 88 , Mary C; 88 , Sallie; 88 , 
 
 Virginia; 88. Linton, D.; 90 , J,; 90. Linville, Matil- 
 da; 8. Lockridge, J.; 99. Long, Adelia; 154 ., Lucin- 
 
 da; 154 , Mary; 11 , Ollie; 154 S. H.; 
 
 154. Looney, Jane P.; 11 , Polly W.; 11. Loring, 
 
 Alice A.; 157. Lowe, Rebecca; 117. Luckhardt, Mrs. G. S.; 
 108. Lukehardt, Mrs. L.; 143. Luthy, Lou; 183. Lynn, Isa- 
 bella; 25. Lyon, G.; 71 , Mrs. G.; 71. Lyons, R.; 111. 
 
 McAdoo, J.; 79 , Mary E.; 79. McAfee, F.; 185. 
 
 .. , Helen B.; 185. McArthur, A. Victoria; 186 , 
 
 Victoria E.; 184. McBride, G. M.; 184 , J.; 44-5. 
 
 McCallen, Catherine; 52 , Sarah; 52. McCammon, 
 
 Flora L.; 23. McCarle, Mary; 184. McCartney, Carrie; 99. 
 McCarty, Emily; 186. McCaslin, G.; 125. McClain, B.; 25. 
 
 Eliz.; 39. McClanathan, Hannah; 75. McClandish, 
 
 C; 111. McClenahan, R. S.; 188. McClung, Ida G.; 187. 
 
 McClure, C; 123. McClurg, J.; 31 , Sarah A.; 31. 
 
 McClusky, May E.; 187. McColley, L. D.; 139. McCombs, 
 I. A.; 88. MoConkey, Mary; 57. McConnel, Marg.; 54. Mc- 
 Corkle, W. J.; 95. McCloy, Eliz.; 66. McCreary, Angeline; 
 52. McCullough, T. S.; 114. McCully, Susan; 137. McCune, 
 
 Katherine; 185. McCurdy, Jane; 24 , S. T. S.; 29. 
 
 MoDaniel, Eliz.; 54 , J.; 54 , Lydia E.; 54. 
 
 , Mary J.; 54. McDonald, Nancy E.; 163 , 
 
 Rosanna; 106 , Susan M.; 61. McDougall, Emma; 
 
 61. McFarland, Mrs. S.; 138 , T.; 71. McGaughey, 
 
 Kate; 122. McGee, J. W.; 147 , Mary K.; 52 , 
 
 Sarah; 52 , W. F.; 52. McGeorge, Agnes; 125. 
 
INDEX. 247 
 
 Helen; 125 , Jane; 125. McGlotblan, C. S.; 
 
 118. McGuire, Tillie; 103. Mcllvain, Hannah; 25. Mcllvaine, 
 
 A.; 11 , Hannah; 11. Mcintosh, Nellie; 57. McKee, 
 
 T. H.; 84 , W. 53. McKelvey, Grace; 130. McKinney, 
 
 Mrs. M.; 71. McKissick, Patsy; 8. McLane, Isabella; 25. 
 
 McLawry, Elllnor; 75 , R. M.; 75, 141. Mac Lean, 
 
 Maron J.; 183. McManis, W. J.; 185. McMillan. A. J.; 85. 
 
 , Anne J.; 85. ....... D.; 85 , Marg.; 96 
 
 , Mary J.; 85 , W. J.; 85. McMillen, A.; 119. 
 
 McMullen, Belle; 125 , Sarah E.; 108. McMunn, Jane; 
 
 33 , Nancy; 33. McMurray, Tine; 145. McNeeley, 
 
 Jane; 25 Kizzie; 39. McNeil, Mrs. J.; 65 , 
 
 J. H.; 31. McPherson, P.; 98. McRuer, Jeanie M.; 185. 
 
 , Mary T.; 99. McTaggart, J.; 25. McWilliams, Mary; 
 
 11- 
 
 Machett, W. R.; 115. Madden, Effie; 153. Magill, D.; 8. 
 
 , D. P.; 8 , Sally; 8. Malott, W.; 8. Man, 
 
 Mrs. W.; 60. Manley, C. A.; 70 , Mrs. S. S.; 71. 
 
 Mann, H. J.; 124. Mansfield, Biddie; 93 , J. W.; 93. 
 
 Manson, Henrietta; 90 , Marg.; 90. Markle, S. M.; 
 
 72. Marquam, Jane; 44-5 , W. E.; 44-5. Marsh, Anna 
 
 L.; 183. Martin, Dora B.; 186 , Mary E.; 104 
 
 Mary J.; 116 , Miss M. L. V.; 144 , Sarah E.; 
 
 144. Mason, Anali; 150. Massey, J.; 115. Mathews, J.; 54. 
 
 Matthews, Rebecca; 93. Maul, Eliza H.; 27 , Sarah 
 
 E.; 27. , W. M.; 27. Maxwell, Annie E.; 93 , 
 
 C; 93 , J. A.; 93 , Julia; 93 Mary 
 
 E.; 93 , Susan K.; 93 , R. F.; 71 , 
 
 Mrs. R. P.; 71. Mays, Dr. J. W.; 83. Meagher, Mrs. 52. 
 
 Means, Clar.; 38 , Cle.; 38 , W.; 38. Medlar, 
 
 J. E.; 120. Mehaffy, C; 143 , Jennett; 143. Mema- 
 
 han, H.; 38 , J.; 38 W.; 38 , Wm.; 
 
 38. Meyer, Anna M.; 101 , Mary; 101 , Sarah 
 
 F.; 43. Milbank, Mrs. G.; 65. Miller, A.; 124 , Annie; 
 
 117 , C. C; 130 , E.; 27 , E'ffie J.; 
 
 185 , Eliz.; 97 , Jessie; 146 , Mrs. L.; 
 
 114 Marg.; 57 , Nettie; 99 R.; 31. 
 
 , R. F.; 114 , Sallie E.; 99 , Sarah; 124. 
 
 , W. A.; 163 , W. O.; 114, 137. Minnick, W. T.; 
 
 58. Minor, J.; 59 , Joel; 53 , Mattie E.; 
 
 52 , Ruth; 59. Missimer, Mary; 21 , P.; 21. 
 
 Mitchell, B. G.; 183. Mohler, Susan R.; 124. Monroe, Mrs. 
 
 A. A.; 84 , Hettie; 47. Montgomery, D. C; 15. 
 
 , Mrs. E.; 47, 54 , Inza R.; 186 , Jane;" 
 
 15 , J.; 47, 55 , Mary; 88 , T. L.; 88. 
 
 Moore, Alice; 106 , Isabella; 11 , Mrs. J, P.; 
 
 64 , Martha; 64 Minerva; 138-9 , Mrs. 
 
 R. S.; 65. Morris, Marg.; 185 , Mary J.; 85. Mor- 
 rison, S.; 96. Morrow, G. W.; 149 , W. D.; 149. Mor- 
 ton, Sarah; 45. Moser, Rosa; 124. Moss, Maggie; 123. 
 Moyes, J.; 118 , Jennie; 117. Mullendore, Mrs. K.; 
 
248 INDEX. 
 
 151. Hunger, J. D ; 131. Munroe, Ailsie E.; 39. Murray, 
 
 Anna; 146 , Eliz. J.; 146 , Jessie J.; 146. 
 
 , L.; 146 , Mary; 146 , Minnie M.; 183. 
 
 , W.; 25. Murray, M. Ann; 93. Musser, Hattie B.; 
 
 123. Myers, Dr. J. L.; 90, 183 , Mary; 90. Mylar, 
 
 J.; 45 Mrs. M. A.; 97. 
 
 Nash, Anna; 23. Nathan, 40. Neal, Carrie; 150 t, 
 
 Mary H.; 150. Neiderhouser, Mary; 134. Neville, Eliz ; 23. 
 
 Newlee, Clara; 125. Newman, J.; 93 , J. H.; 57. 
 
 , R. W.; 184. Mckell, Harriet; 99. Nigh, Mrs. E.; 126. 
 
 Norris, Mrs-. H. R.; 136 , Luella; 130. Norton, Eliz., 
 
 23 , Sarah; 23. Norval, Josie; 146. 
 
 Oakes, Laura D;. 183. Ogden, J. C; 117 , Julia; 
 
 117 , Kate; 117. Oppliger, Mary T.; 124. O'Riley, 
 
 Mrs.; 87. Osborne, Mr.; 152. Ostermeier, Sophia; 185. Os- 
 trander, Mrs. J. B.; 65. Ousley, Caroline; 52 , Mar- 
 tha; 52 , W.; 52. Outcult, B.; 64 , Isabelie; 
 
 64 , Mrs.; 64 G. W.; 64. Owen, Cora M.; 
 
 92, 186 , Eliza C; 23 , M. N.; 29. 
 
 Painick, A.; 34 , Mary; 34. Palmer, Anna B.; 
 
 185 , Mrs. C. E.; 82 , J.; 109 , L. R.; 
 
 138, 140 , Martha; 109 , Mary; 109 , 
 
 Mary M.; 185 " , Polly; 109. Park, S. G.; 101. Parrot, 
 
 Sarah; 24. Parsons, Mr.; 35 , Harriet; 34. Patrick, 
 
 J. W.; 115.- Patterson, J.; 117. Pattison, Mary M.; 188. Pat- 
 ton, Belinda; 21 , Frances T.; 57 , H. L. W.; 
 
 21 , I. A.; 22 , Isabella; 21 , J. H.; 21. 
 
 , J.; 29 , Luella; 57 , Mary J.; 109. 
 
 , Nancy; 54 , Phebe; 109 , Sarah A. M.; 
 
 21 , W.; 109 , Vv^. R.; 149. Pence, Jane; 84. 
 
 Perry, E'. B. ; 77 , Eliz. ; 77 , G. B. ; 77 , 
 
 H. A.; 77 , S. H.; 77 , W. C; 77. Peter, 
 
 Jane; 43. Petree, S. F.; 154. Pettus, Mrs. L. C; 136. Phil- 
 lips, Esther; 114 , H. S.; 185 ,I.;114. Pinker- 
 ton, Lucy A.; 64. Pipkin, Mary F.; 146 Pitney, Louise; 126 
 Poage, Mrs. S. D. B.; 61. Pogue, G. A.; 99. Pollock, Elsie 
 
 M.; 184 , Nellie M.; 186. Pontius, Tina; 57. Pope, 
 
 Mrs. D. A.; 130. Porter, W. L.; 188. Postel, Laura; 33. 
 Postlewaite, Mrs. J. A.; 108. Prather, Mrs.; 54, 87. Piatt, 
 
 T. S.; 7. Prentice, G. D.; 186. Price, C; 62 J.; 149. 
 
 , Mary C; 30, 31. , R. A.; 62. Pringle, R.; 98. 
 
 •Prugli, Elsie M.; 185. Pryor, Mayme; 183 , Minnie; 
 
 121 , Ulna; 186. Pugh, J. H.; 59. Pumphrey, J. H.; 
 
 131 , Nellie; 131. Purviance, W. C; 185 , 
 
 W. H.; 87. Pyne, Julia; 56. Mary, 56. 
 
 Quick, S.; 79. 
 
 Randolph, Mrs.; 102-3. Rankin, D.; 188 , Ellen; 
 
 137 , J.; 137 , Laura; 137 , Lou; 137. 
 
INDEX. 249 
 
 Rannals, Miss; 86. Rannels, Harriet; 57 , Malissa, 
 
 J.; 44. Raplee, iMrs. L. A.; 116. Rasmus, Belle; 130. Ray, 
 
 Eliz.; 15. ....... G.; 15. Reed, Agnes L.; 185 , 
 
 Alice I.; 186 , Eliz.; 75." , Mrs. J.; 20. , 
 
 J.; 75 , R.; 75. Reeve, Jane E.; 33. Reid, J. A.; 
 
 102. Reish, Anna E.; 82 , J.; 82. Rhea, A. E.; 66. 
 
 , Eliz.; 64 , M.; 69 , W.; 64. Rhoads, 
 
 Cora J.; 123 , Eva E.; 123. Rhodes, Cora; 93. 
 
 , Mary A.; 93 , W. A.; 93. Richards, Alice; 
 
 186 Clara; 115 , Eliz.; 115 , Laur- 
 etta; 115-6. Richardson, Mary; 105. Richmond, J. M.; 
 115. Ridings, A. W.; 163. Riffe, J. H.; 111. Riggle, Jane; 
 
 146. Riggs, Caroline; 123 , Lillie; 123 , 
 
 Mary A.; 106. Riley, Hallie; 184 J.; 39 , 
 
 Marg.; 39. ...-..., Mary; 25. Roberts, H. M.; 184. 
 
 J. ; 27 , Pansy G. ; 184 , Priscilla; 
 
 27 , Mrs. T. D.; 20. Robertson, Janet; 95 , 
 
 Rachel; 61. Robidoux, J.; 33. Robinson, Ann E.; 55. 
 
 , Dorcas M.; 1S4. .. , Emily* P.; 124 , 
 
 H. E.; 142 , Laura P.; 124 , Mary M.; 143. 
 
 , Nina; 183 , Mrs.; 152 , W.; 59. 
 
 Rohrer, Amanda; 52 , U.; 52. Romig, C. F.; 186. 
 
 Ross, Mrs. A. B.; 122 , G. T.; 122 , J. R.; 
 
 147 , Nancy J.; 85-6. Ruby, Magdalena; 109. Run- 
 quest, Amanda A.; 185. Rupert, Mary J.; 124. Russel, 
 Eliz. M.; 78. Russell, Mary S.; 20. 
 
 Sackman, R. D.; 118. Salsbury, Rebecca; 78. Samp- 
 son, G. W.; 57. Samuel, Ellen K.; 64 , W. C; 
 
 63. Sawcemian, J. A.; 148. Schaum, Mrs.; 107 , 
 
 Mrs. B.; 107. Schoepfer, O.; 124. Schoolfield, C; 26. 
 
 , Sarah; 25. Scott, J. Sr.; 101 , Jane; 101. 
 
 , Malissa; 143. Scudder, Hannah; 25 , J.; 
 
 25. Seip, M. L.; 115. Selby, Mrs.; 60 , Mrs. A. J.; 
 
 60. Self, Mary A.; 93. Sellers, E. C; 57 , Vic- 
 toria; 57. Sells, Glennie M.; 124. Service, A.; 84. 
 
 , Mary; 84. Sever, Katie; 115. Sevier, \V.; 134. 
 
 Shackelford, A.; 25. Shafer, Charity E.; 97 , P. 
 
 M.; 97. Sharp, Elmira; 95. Shaw, Sarah; 124, 183. 
 Shelton, Laura; 126. Shepard, Mrs. R. W.; 71. Shepper- 
 son, Emma C; 152. Sherwood, Mrs. W. M.; 71. Shields, 
 
 Dr.; 75 , Mary; 90 , Nannie B.; 90. Shil- 
 
 linglaw, J.; 98. Shimp, F. Frances; 186. Shirley, Melissa; 
 
 126 , T.; 126. Shoens, G. T.; 186. Shults, Nancy; 
 
 81. Siler, C. M.; 140. Simpson, C; 21 , J.; 156. 
 
 , T.; 134 , Mrs. T. C; 70. Sims, D. L.; 115. 
 
 Sinclare, J.; 63. Siner, Mrs. E.; 150. Singleton, Hannah; 
 
 150 , Josie; 150. Skelly, W.; 134. Slade, Eliz.; 
 
 54. Slaughter, Nancy; 120. Sloan, Anna M.; 29. Sloper, 
 
 Lizzie; 148. Smawley, Cynthia; 68 , H. C; 68. 
 
 , J. J.; 68 , Mrs. M. E.; (iS. Smiley, Mrs. 
 
250 INDEX. 
 
 A. R.; 65 Mrs. C. N.; 65 , Sarah J.; 55. 
 
 , Nancy; 55. Smith, B.; 21 , Celia; 121. 
 
 , C; 109 , Mrs. C; 102-3 , Dora; 56. 
 
 , Electa; 126 , Eliz. J.; 137 , G.; 
 
 44 , G. A.; 33 , Hattie; 109 , Janet 
 
 G.; 86 , Mrs. M.; 68. , Mahala A.; 109. 
 
 , Mairg.; 19 , T.; 136 , Mrs. T.; 13S. 
 
 , W. P.; 137. Snowden, Mrs. H. E.; 68. Snyder, 
 
 Eliza; 96. Somerville, C. C; 19. Sparks, Emma; 1-^6. 
 
 Speaker, Christina; 124 ., Mary; 124 , W. 
 
 H.; 124. Speakman, Mrs. A.; 148. Speer, Marg.; 76. 
 
 , Nancy D.; 76 , R.; 76 , S. P.; 7b. 
 
 Spilman, E. M.; 186. Spivey, Mary C; 116. Sprague, A. 
 
 N.; 129 .Laura; 129. Stagg, Eliz.; 77. Standish, 
 
 Lucinda; 64 , S.; 64. Stannard, F. C; 115. Sta- 
 
 pleton, Laura C; 183. Starrett, A.; 82 , Anna 
 
 E.; 82 , Mary C; 82 , Nancy; 82 
 
 S.; 121. States, J.; 122. Stauffer, Ethel J.; 184. Steph- 
 ens, Mary A.; 34 , Ollie D.; 57. Stevenson, Lottie 
 
 E.; 186 , "Nina; 114. , R. M.; 114, Still- 
 well, W. H.; 45. Stockton, Mrs.; 46 , Martha; 25. 
 
 , S.; 45 , W.; 25. Stoffel, Mr.; 44. StofTIe, 
 
 Mary; 101. Stone, Laura: 124. Stonehocker, S.; 138. 
 Stoner, Margie; 185. Stout, Vina; 130. Street, Sarah G.; 
 183. Strickler, Catherine; 100. Stuart. Hallie J.; 10. 
 Stump, Ida D.; 186. Stumpfad, Katie B.; 124. Sublette, 
 Mrs. S. S.; 47 W.; 47-8. Sullivan, J.; 93. Sum- 
 mers, M. T.; 36. Summerville, Mrs. W.; 65. Sutton, M.; 
 26. Swartz, C. E.; 124 , Mary; 124. 
 
 Taff, H.; 106 , Louisa; 106. Talbot, I. W.; 
 
 82. Tatlock, Frances M.; 144. Taylor, Amanda; 120. 
 
 , Atlanta; 82 , Eliz.; 57 , G.; 38. 
 
 ,J.; 38 ,J. F.; 82 , Kate B.; 186 
 
 Maggie; 57 , Nellie M.; 183 ,W. S.; 58. Teanor, 
 
 Mary; 117. Templeton, Eliz. J.; 185 , J.; 84. 
 
 , Nancy; 84. Tennant, G.; 119 , Marg.; 119. 
 
 Terhune, Mary C; 27. Tharp, Mary P.; 58. Thayer, W.; 
 
 111. Thompson, Addie; 123 , Effie; 128-9 , 
 
 Mrs. G.; 128 , Hannah; 11 , J. B.; 26, 38. 
 
 , Martha; 96 , Mary; 71 , M.; 27. 
 
 , W. A.; 96. Thornton, A. S.; 185. Thrailkill, Su»an 
 
 M.; 144. Tidrick, R. W.; 188. Tilton, R.; 140. Tinsman, 
 
 Flora; 103. Tipton, G.; 109 , Nancy; 309 , 
 
 Susie; 109. Towne, Etta; 92 , H. M.; 82 , 
 
 Mrs. L.; 92. Treat, G. M.; 45. Trimble, Esther J.; 68. 
 
 , J. W.; 68. Trussell, Marg.; 122. Tuck, Jane; 82. 
 
 Tuttle, W.; 143. Turnbull, Maggie; 110. Turner, Amelia; 
 68 , R. R.; 68. Tyler, J. F.; 116. 
 
 Ulman, A.; 138. Underbill, P. M.; 23. 
 
INDEX. 251 
 
 Van Alen, Una; 183. Vanarsdale, W.; 47. Vanatta, 
 
 Susan; 62 , W.; 70. Vance, Mrs. L.; 120 
 
 Mary; 106 , Miss M.; 106. Vander Veer, J. S.; 85. 
 
 , Mrs. S. O.; 85-6. Van Horn, Sallie C; 93 , 
 
 W.; 93. Van Vranken, Eula; 186. Vaughn, F. J.; 136. 
 
 ., Mary P.; 136. Venable, Eliz.; 32 G.; 32. 
 
 G. C; 47-8 G. H.; 32 , J.; 32. 
 
 , Mary; 32. Venard, Bessie; 183 , Dorothy 
 
 B.; 185. Vinsonhaler, Sarah; 66. Virden, Caroline D.; 
 119 Naomi; 119 , W.; 119. 
 
 Walker, Anna; 148 , D.; 67 , Mrs. G. 
 
 F.; 103 , H.; 66. 134 , H. L.; 148 
 
 T. H.; 88. • , J. E.; 29 , J. W.; 104 
 
 Lucy F.; 148 , Magdaline; 115 , Mary; 32, 
 
 134 , Mary A.; 148 , Martha; 66 , 
 
 Martha A.; 104. Walkup, Marg.; 110 , Mary F.; 
 
 110 W. R.; 110. Wallace, J.; 98. Walline, Esther 
 
 v.; 184. Wamsby, H.; 149. Vv'ard, Caroline ; 52 , 
 
 C. W.; 52-3 , Eliz.; 30, 52-3 F. D.; 52. 
 
 , Georgia; 123 , H.; 53 , Isabella M.; 
 
 185 , J.; 30 , Mrs. M. M.; 53 , Mag- 
 gie; 52 , Marg.; 11 , Orphias; 52 ,R. D.; 
 
 53. Warnick, Alice; 122 ,J.; 122. Warnock, Clara; 153. 
 
 , Marg.; 153. Waugh, J.; 59 , Mary; 130. 
 
 , Mary C; 99. Wayman, Alice M.; 58 , H. 
 
 M.; 58 , Marg.; 58 .., Rachel C; 58. Webb, 
 
 Annabell; 120. Weeden, Edna; 8 , H. J.; 8. 
 
 Welch, Mrs. E. F.; 111. Wells, C. E.; 184 , Edythe; 
 
 186 , J. Mabel; 186 , Kitty; 143. Welsh, 
 
 Mary A.; 93 , Sarah; 84. Welton, Jane; 25. Went- 
 
 worth, — ; 24. West, Mrs. R. B.; 129. Whaley, Marg.; 
 58. Whidber, Susan; 69. Whissile, Eva; 183. White, 
 
 Caroline; 85 , Cornelia L.; 186 , Eunice E.; 
 
 186 , Harriet N.; 117 , Mrs. J. E.; 121. 
 
 , J. M.; 103 , Mary C; 44 Sarah E.; 
 
 146. Whitehead, N. H.; 68. Whitney, Anna B.; 166. 
 Whitson, Sarah; 8. Whittemore, Ella; 183. Whitton, 
 
 Marg. J.; 21. Wilkerson, Emma; 136 , W.; 136. 
 
 Wilkinson, Clara; 143 , Edith; 143 , Mrs. 
 
 E. C; 32 , Fannie; 32 , J.; 143 , 
 
 W.; 32. Williams, Emma; 143 , J. C; 58 , 
 
 Sarah; 119. Williamson, Eliza; 85 , Mary A.; 85. 
 
 , M.; 85. , W.; 85. Wilson, C. A.; 188. 
 
 , E. H.; 184 , G.; 79 , Harriet M.; 
 
 Ill , J. F.; 88 , Marg.; 184. .. , Mary; 
 
 79, 92 , Myrtle; 188 Nancy; 148 
 
 S.; 92 W. B.; Ill , Zora M.; 184. Win- 
 chester, Hattie A.; 85 , T. P.; 85. Wingling, Caro- 
 line; 154 , Rosinda; 154. Wise, W. T.; 131. Wood, 
 
252 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 J. E.; 85. Woods, Mary E.; 116 , 
 
 Worster, Sarah B.; 116 , T. J.; 116. 
 
 101. Wright,!.; 166 , Jeanette H.; 
 
 J. B.; 129 , Mrs. J. B.; 129 
 
 129. Wylie, J. H.; 32. 
 59. Wynne, Viola E.; 
 
 Wynn, P. N. 
 186. 
 
 W. N.; 116. 
 Wren, I, N.; 
 
 183 , 
 
 Mrs. J. W.; 
 
 59 , Rebecca; 
 
 Yates, Anna; 146. Yost, Dinah; 124. Emma; 
 
 124. Young, C; 26 , Emily A.; 27 , Flor- 
 ence A.; 183 , Jane; 57 Mary; 27 , 
 
 Nancy; 88 , Ruth; 21. 
 
 Ziebold, D. A.; 124 , E. P.; 124 , Sarah 
 
 E.; 124. Zimmerman, A. L.; 123. Zinsien, C; 103. 
 
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