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Paris M. E. South
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This church was one of those who, in 1844, upon
the division of the denomination, went into the Southern
association, and it has since remained under the jurisdiction of
the M. E. Church South. It was organized in 1832, the first
members being Thomas S. Miller and wife, Thomas Noonan and wife,
Wesley Hill, Joel Maupin, Jefferson T. Marr and wife, Richerson S.
Marr, William Stevens and wife, John S. Fowkes and wife, John T.
Nesbit and wife, Walker Wright and wife, Mrs. Virginia Bryan,
Joseph Wast, Henry Marr and wife, Harrison Sparks and wife. Two
buildings for worship have been erected -the first, a frame, in
1846, at a cost of $1,000, and the second, a brick structure, in
1881, this being valued at $3,000. Connected with it is a good
parsonage, frame, worth $800. Seventy members constitute the
present congregation. Those who have served as pastors are James
Jameson, Jacob Lanius, Benjamin R. Johnson, J. Gray, Hugh L. Dodds,
George Grove, Berry H. Spencer, Arthur Sears, John F. Young and
Jesse Sutton. A Sabbath-school of 35 scholars is superintended by
J. M. McMurry.
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