Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-10-12

a L! Oli, Aidl u. Lynn, oo4tN ClIce,
Araminta Adrian. -Adrian,
Jane Yarnell, Mrs. Auard, Isaac l..
Coen, Samuel Henery. jr., Jane
Henery, Jane Daugherty, Mary Nor
thrup, Lucenia Beswick. Catherine
Lyon, Sally Lyon. Hannah Kelly,
Elizabeth Kelly. Mary a. Wallace,
Phoebe Kelly, Rachel Kelly, Thos
r. Adrian, Marinda Adrian, Lydia
Adrian, Mordecai Adrian. Jane
Adrian. Mariah J. Russell, Susan G.
McElhose, Eliza Mercer, Harvey
Russell, Ellen Rardin. Warren ".
Wallace Greenberry Kenay. Achsah
Fenery. Isabella Iytle. Mordecai
Rowland, Lucinda Rowland John
Rowland, Martha Rowland. Saman-
tha McElhose. Wallace, Their
essa Wallace. Louisa Wallace, Am
anda Mott. James Harshe.
Quigley. Ellen Ellis. Rebecea j.
Hale. Mary J. Geddes. Alva McNatt,
Anna L. Mccain, Robert Van Pelt,
I Elizabeth Van Pelt. George c..
DaughertE Phillip Mccain. Lydia
Ellis. Diantha Ellis. Mary 3. Rus
sell, John W. Chosuill, Flora J Up
dixie John w Calvert, Arson Green,
VIM c. Choguiu. Geo. Updike,
Martha Z. Calvert, Sarah Blazer,
Matilda Shultz. John Blazer. Ida A.
Hooper Anna Brewer. Nariah Har-
she, Rebecca Geddes. Elizabeth Me
/ NJ Dc II
| Daugherty Maraline Harshe. Mar
tha Williams. Jane Eie2leman,
David Riegleman, Ellen Lynn. Jane
I Ellis, Linda p Russell, Ethelinda
Davis. Elizabeth Ellis. Martha J.
! Ellis. Isabel Geddes. Sidney a. Chad
wick Eli Mc1nturf Mary Purvianco,
Mahala Geddes, John Choeuill. sr.,
James Williams, VIM. Shultz, Lydia
/ A. Green. Asa Davis, Hale,
Jacob Calvert. Arthur f. Choguill,
Angeline Russell, Lydia Williams,
! Archibald McElhose, Matilda Neil
hose, Lucy ChoguiH. Mice Ellis.
Isabel Calvert. Mary ] Rowland
Lucinda Rowland, Maggie Yarnell,
! Caroline Green, Sarah Davis, Rena
! Bloom. Chas II. Tinker, Emma Tin
ker, Frances Tinker, and James
! A. Daugherty. Thus ends the list
as kept by Mr.. Ellis. which in
cludes the membership from the
organization March 20, 1919. up to
Feb. A. 1S79--a total of 259, who
have made history in this church
and community IN the same record
we find the following. March 90,
1S49: Charles Burr and Henry ].
Deaver We're appointed indefinitely
elders OF the congregation. Ephraim
Ellis end. was ordained bishop,
Nov. S, 1S49. Thomas A. Russell,
Matthias Mercer and Samuel Lytle
were ordained deacons Nov. 6, 1849,
by Llewellyn \. Harvey and Solo
mon Deyore (by order Of the con-
gregation) evangelist for the time.
Chas. Burr and Abner Lewis were
ordained bishops. Oct. 21, 1850. by
LIewellyn n. Harvey and Ephraim
Ellis 2nd. VIM. Burr and Alfred
Burr were ordained bishops July IT.
1853. by John Campbell and Eph-
RAIN Ellis 2nd. David A. Henery
was ordained bishop March 5, 1860,
by John Beard and Ephraim Ellis
2nd. Samuel Grimes was ordained
deacon June 4 1860, by John
Beard. David A. Henery and Eph-
RAIN Ellis 2nd Then we find Thos.
Hopes was appointed deacon but
no date is given. Samuel Grimes
and VIM ChoguiH were appointed
elders or bishops, Nov. 4, 1878, by
John Beard and Chas. II. Tinker.
Perhaps somewhere we will find
the class book containing the list
up to the present time. How many
Of these folks can you tell about?
Under the above title we will write
through several issues of the Demo
crat, telling of the church, the
schools, the soldiers. the mills, and
in fact anything of interest that
comes to light. We are thanking
you in advance for any help you
give. We also want to add that
many have been helping us from the
start. In many instances we find
there are very few and in many no
one left to tell of the first church
building, and in many cases no one
who knows anything about even the
present building, but notso with the
Tabor church, as we find a lot Of
folks who remember the old log
meeting house.
We find that after the organiza-
ton of the class they held services
in the school house at Gastown,
then they built the log house, This
house was on what is now the
cemetery lot.
We appreciate the fact that after
nearly century has rolled on since
the spirit of the Christ called these
folks to meet in the old school |
house to worship, and then with !
saws, axes and broad axes to go into |
he forest and cut, saw and hew and |
ay log upon log, corner on corner,
iaub, plaster and make ready the
Irst meeting house, and that long
-ince the men and women who had
! part in this work have gone to
cap the rewards of the deeds done
n the flesh and much Of the history
If those days is in the minds and
learts Of the children even unto the
bird generation: and that we will
rave to gather it thread by thread;
hus we will be unable TO start at
he beginning and continue straight
through the years and give the
tory as it occurred, but we are glad
hat friends of the church and our