Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-11-16
Tabor Church
Ministers
BY c. B. RAY

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Ministers
Llewellyn Harvey, solomon De-
vore (1S49), who organized the
church with 26 members. John
Moody, G. H. Tinker, NJ. A. Harvey.
A. B. Wade, A. r. Pickens, Joseph
Walters, George Varpelt, George
Sturgeon, Parker Moody, S. c.
Pierce, Geo. ". James, Will Rolin-
son, L. Q. Thompson, VIM Nuzum,
Chas. NORM, Joseph Joice, -
Cramblet, E. White, E. S. Lewis, J
A. Goddard. Harry f. Stonson. Bow
man IIosteler. John H Clark.
At this time in our reading we
find where record of October,
1898. tells that all the elders re-
signed and an election was held and
all the elders and one deacon de-
clined to serve, after which for some
time the church was without an ell
der. Following the foregoing we
find where meeting was held and
Mrs. L. A. Grimes was present. In
honor of Mrs Grimes, charter
member, and present at the organl-
zation those present, at the sugges-
ton Of VIM Ross, while singing
"An Hail the Power OF Jesus
Name passed around and shook
hands with her We would not have
you get the idea that she was the
only surviving member We be-
lieve Ephraim Ellis was the last of
the charter members. His death
occurred July 4. 1918. In 1897, we
find c. II. MORN filing his regular
appointment. In 1898 we find w.
o. Tomson holding services, Rev.
Sims, Nelson.
Mary Ann Ballot
At a business session held March
IS, 1898 ''it was agreed that a bal
lot should be taken for elders, with
ont nominations, and that those re-
ceiving the highest number of votes
were to be declared elected. Upon
counting the votes it was found
that nine persons had been voted
for, five of whom had received one
vote each; one three. and the three
receiving the highest number were
q follows Phil r. McGann. IL;
VIM. ChoguiH. eight and Thomas
Hopes, four 10 present and vot-
ing. We. find that nine persons
were voted for, for deacon. Nor
decai Adrian received Is, Ed
Adrian IA. and Joseph Geddes
eight votes. Upon suggestion Of
Bro Hopes, the congregation voted
unanimously that the congregation
was in such condition that it would
be best to reorganize, and all who
desired to have membership in
Tabor congregation, express them
selves to the elder or clerk, 1--WE
should state here that only one ac-
cepted the eldership). and their
name would be entered on the book.
For some reason the record seems
to stop here, and we have so far
been unable to find the names en-
tered following this meeting. But
at another meeting, the roll was
called and A answered yes. At
this meeting, Jan %, 1899, resolu-
tions of respect for the dead were
read and adopted, and also for the
men who had preached for the con-
gregation and had passed away,
The clerk reported that Ill persons
who had held membership at Tabor
had died, and 5 preachers who had
preached here had died. Had Mr..
McCann only thought of the future
and recorded the names of those
who had died up to that time, 1t
would have been of much interest
now 1t may seem queer, but even
churches have trouble. Tabor has
been no exception. Whether any
body was right, we are unable TO
say at this time-but we are sure of
one thing Tabor or no other
church has gone up during any of
these brawls. Perhaps brawls is a
harsh word, but a number ten shoe
is number ten in palace as well as
in a hovel. Starting, we left off
with the names of members. We
find Alice Russell, now the wife of
A. L. Smith, McConnelsville, was
immersed March 80, 1892-im-
mersed by S. c. Pierce; also the
following, Jane McInturf, John
Greathouse, Chas. F. Fox, jr., Fred
Russell, Lille Adrian, We're received
during the same meeting.
It seems they had meeting often,
with additions at each service. The
list follows: Hettie Ross, Mary Nc
Inturf, Jane Naylor, Jas. D. Wood,
Nancy Wood, Mary Kinsey, Edward
Adrian, Ida Wymer, Maggie Kinsey,
Adrian Greathouse, Millie Wallace,
Elizabeth Wallace, Gay Winner,
Cora Winner, Cora Fox, James Rob-
erts, Jennie Hayes, Mary J. Ridg-
ley, Ancil r. Ridgley, Minta Ridg-