Farley's Seminary Church

Farley's Seminary Church was a church located in the Calfkiller River valley in Putnam County, south of Monterey. Very little is known of the church, other than the location, the name of one preacher, and a single date it was in operation. Circumstantial evidence may be used to infer possible further data about the congregation.
== History ==
Farley's Seminary existed as a congregation at least as early as November 1895, when Thomas Jefferson Clouse, Jr. was the preacher. Family history relates that Clouse died after eating some hickory nuts he picked up on the return walk from Farley's Seminary one Sunday. Based on Reverend Clouse's other ministerial offices during his life, it might be inferred that Farley's Seminary was a member of the Christian Baptist denomination. However, no records have yet been found linking the two institutions.
A cemetery of the same name is known to have burials going back as far as 1830, and as late as 1890. It is thus possible the church existed here for decades before it is definitively known, along with its graveyard. Another Christian Baptist congregation known to exist in this area, named Calf Killer, may have been renamed Farley's Seminary at some point. Reverend Clouse is known to have represented Calf Killer at a regional association meeting in 1879. Furthermore, he is known to have held a revival in the neighborhood in December 1862, which was broken up by Confederate guerillas.
A public school named Farley's Seminary was in operation in the 1918-1919 school year.
== List of ministers ==
* Thomas Jefferson Clouse, Jr. (unknown - November 1895)
== References ==
Category:Putnam County churches
Category:Calfkiller Valley