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The
New Providence church was organized August 3, 1834. The first
church building was erected in 1842, and was a frame structure.
The present building is also a frame, and was built in 1866, at
a cost of $2,600. The first church building was located on
section 24, the last on section 11, township 59, range 8. The
dedicatory services of the latter building were conducted by the
Rev. J. A. Darrah, Oct. 14, 1866. The original members of this
church were:
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Maj.
Wm. Bohon
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Nancy
Bohon
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Joseph
McAfee
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Priscilla
A. McAfee
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Wm.
Wilson
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Maria
Wilson
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Nancy
Wilson
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John
C. McAfee
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Matilda
McAfee
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Jos.
Blackwood
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Walter
T. Bohon
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Wm.
J. Bohon
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Miss
E. J. Bohon
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Henry
Sanford
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Mrs.
M. A. Knott
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The
church for some three years was supplied with ministers from the
Marion College, some of whom were the Revs. George C. Wood,
Allen Gallaher, S. C. McConnell, John Blatchford, Wm. S. Potts,
and C. Goodrich. The Rev. F. R. Gray was called in 1837, and
remained until 1846, and after that the Revs. H. H. Hays, T. H.
Tatlow, J. A. Darrah, L. W. Dunlap, G. F. Dvis, J. L. Jones,
Thos. Gallaher, and W. W. Whipple. The first child baptized in
the church, was Rebecca Jane McAfee, by the Rev. David Nelson.
There have been about 200 baptized since. The present membership
is 72.
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