Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-08-22

who served this old church: 1855,
w. w. Roupe, d. Blackburn; 1856,
| D. Roupe; 1857, e. Ellison, j. j.
Jackson; '58, w. Smith, j. Jackson
D. Mummey $3.50, Ludwell Petty,
David Mummey; 1861, l.. Petty, j.
Pat Miller, H. B. Edwards; 1S62-63,
Hollister, H. w. Close; 1864, d. NJ
Hollister, w. Allen; 1866, D. M
Hollister, w. ID. Mercer; 1867, J.
HI. White, J. P. McCune; 1868, j.
N. McAbee, Jas. A. Rogers; 1869,
Chas. Buchanan; 1S70-72, N c..
Worthington; 1875, r. S. Strahl;
1S76-77, Jas. Rupree; 187S-8O, j.
H. Doan; 1SS1-S3, j. w. Satter-
waite; 1884-S5, Rev. Bowers; 1856
80, Dawson Hollingshead; 1891,
Rev. Humble; 1929, Rev. Eng
land; 1894-95, L C. Hallock; 1895,
Rev. Sirderfeld; 1897, Rev. Hemp
stead; 1898, Rev. Sullivan; 1899
1902, J. R. Stewart; 10000, Rev.
Baker 1905, Harry L. Peoples;
1906-07, Rev Walter; 190S-09,
Rev. Williams; 1901, Rev. Pet
ers; 1928, Rev. Dean. From
here on the record does not give
date: NJ. Danford, Lepage, Cutler,
Misel, Williams, J. L. Nuzum, La
rev, Staley, O.. f. Wolfe, Tillotson.
Forsythe, Dawson.
Tillotson asked the folks who
were attending church at that time
to meet him at Lebanon. and the
house was closed. 1t seems funny.
but it is true nevertheless-some
preachers could go there next Sun
day, with three days notice, and be
greeted with packed house.
On the back of the sheet from
which we have copied the names of
the preachers, we find the tabula-
ton Of the result of an election for
some church office. We give it for
the names it contains, also because
it was a hot contest, judging from
the vote cast: Ray 2, Davis 2, Cor
don 1, Strong 2, Humphrey l, Dew
lit 3, Hardesty 2, Chambers 3.
Wilson 2, Brown /, Crumley 2,
Wilson /, and one name badly fad
ed which we believe to be Hender
son 4. Total 27, with 13 candi-
dates
Again quoting from the manual.
The East Ohio conference of the M.
Il. church was organized Sept. 20.
1875, in the First Church, Steuben-
vile, Ohio, with Edwin R. Ames.
bishop, presiding. The extensive
territory embraced by this confer
ence was divided into eight dis
tricts. The most southern of these
was first called McConnelsvile, but
after few years was changed to
Cambridge
The district lies principally south
OF the b. & O. railroad, and between
the Ohio and Muskingum rivers.
covering nearly all of Muskingum.
east side Of Morgan, Noble and
Washington, exclusive of the city of
Marietta; part of Monroe and
Guernsey counties. At that time
there were "a pastoral charges. 81
churches, valued at s135,625. Four
teen of these charges have parson-
ages valued at $4,000; S,290 mem.
bers with more than twice that
number attending services of the
different churches, or an average of
1870 or more; go Sunday schools
with 900 officers, with 7,124 schol-
ars enrolled. In 1894 some 1,4OOl
were added to the church member
ship. Up to that time four su-
perintendents, or presiding elders
as they were then called, had held
the office: A. H. Norcross, J. r.
Mills, w. L. Dixon and J. I. Will
son. We have hopes that little
later we may be able to give you
the condition of the church in the
district, as Of 1894 Up to and in
Guiding 1895, four men had been
elevated to the position or office of |
presiding elder: A. H. Norcross, J. |
K. Mills, w. L. Dixon, and J.
wilson, whose term ended 1896. |
For many years it was quite a chore
to fill the position of elder. On ac-
count Of the roads, they Travelled
slowly. The elder came to the
nome of pracher on whose circuit
he was to preside Sunday morning.
on the previous afternoon. After
the morning service the preacher |
would convey him to the next point
ana SO on, until he made the round.
lt did not take so many sermons.
as the same one would be made ap-
pllcable TO all points. But even
then the story was told of the man
LIuleS Il
from the text: Peters wife's moth
er lay SICK of fever" On the third
occasion the listener said 81 sup
posed the old lady was dead, she
mas been sick three weeks"
The cost of many of the church
houses seems very low; but at the
time when they were built, timber
and lumber, and also labor, was
much cheaper than at present, and
perhaps We may be right in our
guess that in many instances ma
.erial and labor was donated. and
no record kept.
In writing of Emery church, we
meant to mention, and we are sure
! applies to all of the churches in
mis- section and no doubt it is true
)I all the country churches, that
paths came across fields and woods
% these houses of worship: that
was before folks lost the art or
whatever you cali it, Of walking.
Faths now lead only to sheen
Some time ago We wrote man
VINO is supposed to know more
about the Cambridge district than
anyone We can think of, and asked
Tor some record. AS yet we have
not heard from him. Perhaps it is
none of our business-or yours
either. Had we got it, we would
have given it to you. We have Of
ten wondered why, and perhaps he
lid, and it was translated wrong:
anyway we can't help thinking that |
we have the preach the
gospel, we might well use advertise