Milford chronicle., 1935-12-13
MILTON
Brief History Of the Milton
Methodist Protestant Church

Brief History Of the Milton
Methodist Protestant Church
In the year of 1857, the Rev
Thomas A. Moore. a member of tn
Maryland Annual Conference of tn
Methodist Protestant Church, hav
ing supernumeTary relation witt
the Conference, was making hi
home with Joseph Belts, living il
North Milton. the dwelling now oc
cupied by Franklin Baker, a gram
son of Joseph Belts. The Rev
Moore having the church at heart
saw the need as he thought Of |
Methodist Protestant Church in Mil
ton. After looking for a site OF
which to build a church, he decided
on the one on which the church nov
stands, and on the twenty-secOnC
day of October, 1857, the said Rev
Thomas A. Moore, with Andrew
Holland, Bartlett Wilson, John NJ
Phillips and John d. Rodney, mem'
ters of Beaver Dam Church, pur-
chased the lot where the church
now stands for the sum of forty
dollars from the late William A
Hazard and Mary P. Hazard, his
wife, and began to build the church
At the session of the Conference
which convened at Georgetown, D
c., on March 8, 1859, with the Rev
Washington Roby, president, the
church was put on Sussex Circuit
The said Thomas A. Moore, having
decided to take regular work was
appointed to Sussex Circuit. The
following ministers served the
church: r. c. Ewell, J. r. Nichols,
A. S. EversOll. G. w. Simpson and
w. G. Holmes.
On March II, 1868, when the Con-
ference convened at East Baltimore
Church, Baltimore, Md, with the
Rev. S. B. Southerland, president,
Milton was set off from Sussex Cir
cult with Beaver Dam and Reynolds
which formed Milton Circuit. The
following preachers served the cir
cult: 1. r. Atkins, A. T. Melvin, j..
H. EllegOod, C. NJ. Thompson, Hen
ry Bruner, A. A. Haraman, ID. A.
Shermer, A. D. Dick, J. E. Maloy, J.
A. Weigand, F. H. Mullineaux, B. W..
Kindley, r. S. Williamson and G. X.
Hodge. During the pastOrate of Rev.
Hodge, in 1897, with George r. Da-
wilson, delegate to the Conference,
which convened at the Broadway
Church, Baltimore, Nd, with the
Rev. A. d. Melvin, president, the
Milton Circuit was made charge
and Brother G. R. Hodge was re-
turned for another year. The follow
ing preachers have served the
church since that time: Rev. c. H.
Littleton, H. E. Bennington, H. s..
Johnson, G.. w. Hines, G. J. Hooker.
G. R. McCready, ]. D. Smith, Frank
A. Holland, NJ. e. HungerfOrd, T. D.
Grouse, J. w. Townsend, A. H.
Green, d. x. Sturgis, L. Colvin Ran
dali, owen w. Prince, with our pres
ent pastor, G. S. Ross.
There has been some changes
Iaade to the church since first built,
with ~ feet added to the length
with the present pulpit added also.
The tower which was formerly in
the center of the church was remov-
ed and rebuilt in the northern cor
ner as it now stands. We believe
the church has and is still serving
its mission in the town and COM
and that many have gone
from this church. to the Church Tri-t
umphant.
Mrs. George II. TunisOn and
Marybeth, and sister, Miss
Martha Jane Wilson, have returned
from a weeks visit to West Point
n. Y.
Joseph y. Martin tripped over
rug at his home on Lavinia avenue,
IN Sunday and sustained a broken
srm. The fracture was just below
he shoulder. Mr.. Martin, who is 80
Years of age, has been in i'll health
or some time aud his condition IS
,ritical.
w. w. Crouch was taken suddenly
II at work at RehOboth on Saturday
and was brought to his
lone where he is under the care OF
lis physician. He is much improved
It this time.
A bazaar was held by the mem-
'ers of st. John Baptist 7. b.
,hurch on Saturday. The large tur-
ey was won by Mrs. Lottie Waga-
non. The receipts from the affair
ere very satisfactory.
Mrs. Ida ]. Fox is spending the
yinter at 304 Plant avenue, Tampa,
florida, where her granddaughter
Iiss Jane Mathis, who is attending
Delaware University, is expecting to
nend fhe Christmas holidays with
er. ,
Irvine Jefferson, near town, but
hered two hogs that weighed 4V9 i,
nd 461 pounds; respectively. !
Charles B. DickersOn on Decem- \
er 6 butchered two porkers that .
-eighed 800 and $40 pounds each. \
hese porkers were 3O6 days old ana +
lade a remarkable growth. :
Slaughter Neck M. e. Church 7
i'll hold its annual Home Coming 7
srvices on Sunday, December TO- q
forming and evening. The Rev :
ichard Green, of Christiana, Tor :
er Milton boy, will have charge OF
le evening services. Everybody +
elcome. "
Mr.. and Mrs. John Phillips OF y
ilIsboro. Mr.. and Mrs. John Rust \
Harbeson, Mrs. Laura Cainoun :
Id Captain David DuttOn, Of Milton Z
ere dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs +
)shua Massey on Tuesday. !,
John T. Crouch and Clarence
elvin, of Philadelphia, were the
tests of Mr.. and Mrs. William NJ.
.o,,oh oDd other Million relatives