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This church which now numbers a membership of
202, had the following named persons as the original members upon
its organization in November, 1858: Penelope Shropshire, Sarah
Evans, Maria Hollingsworth, Nancy Hayden, Eliza Wood, Sarah
Jackson, Margaret A. Morrison, Eliza Jackson, Phebe Jackson,
Margaret Whitesides, Mary Wilson, Catherine Howell, Sarah
Shropshire, Berzilla Forsythe, Sarah Barnes, John W. Wood, Eliza
Jane Wood, Nancy S. Wood, John Wood, America Shropshire, Walter
Shropshire, Martha Goodwin, Phebe Thompson, Arabella Goodwin,
Richard Thompson, Eli Jackson, Tirey Ford, J. H. Goodnight, John
E. Howell, Thomas D. Whitesides, Milton Forsythe, James F. Wood,
John Hickey, Jesse S. Dry, J. S. Mitchell, James S. Mason, George
W. Clay, Benjamin Hollingsworth, John C. Kipper, George Porter,
Ella Kipper, Laura Kipper, Mary A. Smith, Emily Smith, Minna
Catlett, Mary B. Goodwin, Malinda Morrison and Mary Twirnan. Those
who have served as the pastors of the congregation are A. Wilson,
J. D. Wilmot, William M. Featherston, Revs. Colston, Donan, Rice,
Hatch, Hy. Thomas, J. C. Davis, Ridgeway, G. A. Hoffman and Rev.
Hughley. On December 11, 1858, their first frame church building
was completed, and in 1880 the present frame house of worship was
erected at a cost of $1,900. The superintendent of the
Sabbath-school, which has an attendance of 100, is Mr. J. S.
Austin.
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