The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1911-05-25
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Continued from last week.

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Continued from last week.
| The first installment of the history
of the Methodist church of this city
as given by Joseph Stephens, the
only surviving member of the first
years of the society, from personal
recollection and with the aid of
many interesting documents pre-
served by him, was given in the last
issue of The Times. It reviewed the
church history to the year of 1883.
One document which Mr.. Stephens
still possesses and which will prove
of historical interest Fer all whose
kindred took part in the founding of
this community, gives the list of
names in the different classes COM
prising the church in 1862 when Rev.
Mr.. Whitney came and found the
only church edifce half completed
structure. with windows boarded up
while meetings were frequently
held by segregated classes in differ
ent sections of the country round
about the little frontier village.
The stewards at this time were
John Mann, Elisha Walden, Edward
Hammond, William Conley, Joseph
Stephens and George Jacobs.
The class leaders were George
Twiss, J. C. Waldron, John McDon-
aid, Elisha Walden and Joseph AL
verson. The trustees were Edward
Hammond, Elisha Walden and
Joseph Stephens. N. Schafer and
William Conley were local preach
ers. Following is list of members
Of the circuit:
WAR TIME MEMBERS
CLASS No. l, PIERCE VALLEY
J. w. Alverson, leader, M. G. Alver-
son, c. d. Davis, S. Barnes, Vir-
ginia Barnes, Levi Caldwell, A. Cad
well, M. G. Copley, Lydia Comstock,
Theodore Danforth, Catherine Davis,
Abbie Comstock, B. r. Comstock,
Ed. Hammond, Sarah hammond,
Sarah Hickock, Silas Ncinoy, John
McIlroy, Elizabeth BIcSYSy, Nancy
McIlroy, David Rollins, S. A. Rol-
Inns, Mary Rollins, Samuel Rollins,
Ira Tubbs, Hannetta Tubbs, Thos.
E. Tubbs, Rebecca Tubbs, M. C.
Pierce.
CLASS No. 2, CLIFTON John Nc
Donald, leader, Ellsworth Childs,
Phoebe Eaton, S. Eaton, Mrs. Ever
EFT, George P. Jacobs, M. g. Jacobs,
Mary Mcdonald, James Mcdonald,
M. Mcdonald, A. NJ. Poole, VIM.
Potter, Ellen Potter, M. Rasue,
James Wilkinson, Mrs. Wilkinson,
Sarah Davis, Leander Davis, John
VIM, Anna Vim, NJ. G. Shafer.
N. Shafer, was local preacher.
CLASS No. 3, MANN VALLEY &C.
w. Twiss, leader, William Brown,
John Mann, Eunice Mann, Nathan
lei Mann, Nathan Mann, Juliet
Mann, Richard Mann, Sarah G..
Mann, Stephen, Mann, Martha Mann,
Peter Griffin, Samantha Griffin,
Rachel Twiss, Sarah Conley. VIM.
Conley was the local preacher.
CLASS No. 4, SCOTT SCHOOL
HOUSE Elisha Walden, leader, A.
M. Lapham, Hannah Lapham, E.
Scott, Mary Scott, Lydia Scott, F..
Walden, James Mapes, Eunice
Mapes.
CLASS No. 5, RIVER FALLS j. G.
Waldron was leader. Samuel Rollins,
Mrs. Rollins, Sarah Chaplin, Mrs. A.
H. Waldron, Hannah Moore, A.
Rollins, w. A. Tozer, j. M. Tozer,
Joseph Stephens, Hannah E. Steph-
ems.
The improvement of the church
property Was problem of many
little steps. The old parsonage was
completed in two different seasons.
The addition at the rear of the first
edifice was not built until score Of
years after the main part was raised
Thomas E. Tubbs led in the raising
of means with which to purchase
the bell and church furniture.
About 1871 Abner Morse took it
upon himself to build a fence around
the church property. That was in
years when the cattle of the village
ran pretty much at large night and
day. Many of them pastured dur
ing the day in the wild lands around
and in what is now known as Clark S
Grove. At evening they marched il
long herds down the street past the
church property to the Kinnickinnic