For some time they met in a little dingy hall on Main Street known as Kuhn's Hall, which was over a downtown store. Brother S. Hamilton of Dixie occasionally preached for them. There were 40 charter members. The Daisley meetings exceeded all expectations and on March 19 there were a total of 123 members in the church. At that same time the Baileysburg church merged with the Dayton congregation and swelled the membership to 185 names.
Underlined names lead to personal profiles.
There is a local link to a panorama of Dayton in 1884 showing where the church was located . Water from the mill-race that ran behind the site backed up sometimes nearly a foot deep under the edifice. C. M. Barnes was the minister that year. The church has preserved his photo.