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First Presbyterian Church

of Port Gibson, MS

 

Early Register

 

REGISTER OF COMMUNICANTS

 

All names should be entered in  case of married females, it will prevent confusion to insert after the name the first name of the husband, (e.g. wife of Charles).  When a female afterwards changes her name by marriage, this ought also to be noted.  Put this and similar purposes, a column for “Remarks” is provided.

 

 

NAME, IN FULL

DATE OF ADMISSION

HOW RECEIVED

DISMISSED: WHEN AND WHITHER

DIED

REMARKS

Mr. Charles D. Wharton

Jan. 7

1860

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Mary Hughes

Aug.

1860

Exam.

Bethel Ch, Lives in Yazoo

 

 

 

Mrs. Anna Marye Archer

Mar. 24

1861

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Cornelia Harvey

Mar. 23

1861

Cert.

To Henderson, Ky

 

 

 

Mr. James A. Maxwell

Mar. 23

1861

Cert.

To Church at Indianapolis

Decd.

 

 

Mr. Lymen D. Maxwell

Mar. 23

1861

Cert.

To Church at Indianapolis

 

 

 

Mrs. Maria Sessions

Mar. 25

1861

Cert.

 

8/1878

 

 

Mrs. Kate Gunnis

July 13

1861

Exam.

 

Decd.

 

 

Mrs. Emma Fulkerson

July 13

1861

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Mr. Charles Baumgart

July 14

1861

Cert.

 

Decd.

 

 

Mrs. Anne Brown

July 14

1861

Cert.

 

Decd.

 

 

Mrs. Jane Clark

Nov. 15

1862

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Esther Day

Nov. 15

1862

Exam.

Moved off to Episcopal Ch

 

 

 

Mrs. Marilla Wylie

Nov. 15

1862

Cert.

Dismissed 8/1/1877

 

 

 

Mr. James G. Spencer

Oct. 31

1863

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Eliza Jefferies

Feb. 6

1864

Exam.

Lives in La.

 

 

 

Mrs. Harriet L. Hastings

Feb. 7

1864

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Miss Mary McAlpine

May 1

1864

Exam.

Episcopalion

 

 

 

Mrs. Elizabeth Burnet

Aug. 6

1864

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Elizabeth Parker

Aug. 6

1864

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Mary T. Morehead

Aug. 7

1864

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Elizabeth Hoopes

Aug. 7

1864

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Elizabeth McArthur

Oct. 30

1864

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Nancy Hughes

Sept. 2

1865

Exam.

 

12/31/1875

After much affliction

 

Mrs. Caroline Sillers

Oct. 8

1865

Exam.

 

11/9/1875

 

 

Miss Mary Wylie

May

1866

Cert.

8/1/1877

Decd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NAME, IN FULL

DATE OF ADMISSION

HOW RECEIVED

DISMISSED: WHEN AND WHITHER

DIED

REMARKS

Mrs. Lucy Spencer

Sept. 25

1866

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Mr. Charles S. Mason

Jan. 4

1868

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Miss Ella Gordon

Jan. 4

1868

Exam.

 

 

 

Mrs. Margaret Shreve

Oct. 3

1868

Exam.

 

9/1878

 

 

Mr. James W. Person

Oct. 3

1868

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Isabella Person, wife of Jas. W.

Oct. 3

1868

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Miss Catharine Gordon

Nov. 29

1868

Cert.

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Enfield I. Hopkins

Jan.

1869

Cert.

 

 

 

 

Miss Susan Hopkins

Jan.

1869

Cert.

 

 

Married Mr. C. D. Wharton, June 21, 1874

 

Mrs. Margaret Watt

July 3

1869

Cert.

 

Decd.

 

 

Mrs. James A. Maxwell, wife of James A.

July 3

1869

Exam.

To church at Indianopolis, Ind.

 

 

 

Dr. Geo. Wm. Haug

Oct. 3

1869

Exam.

 

Decd.

 

Mrs. Mary Haug

Oct. 3

1869

Exam.

Dismissed to St. Louis, 1889

 

 

Mr. Joseph A. Turpin

Apr. 3

1870

Cert.

 

 

 

Mrs. Laura Turpin

Apr. 3

1870

Cert.

 

 

 

Miss Rebecca Turpin

Apr. 3

1870

Cert.

 

 

 

Mrs. Laura Bridewell

June 12

1870

Cert.

In Jefferson County

 

 

Miss Mary E Hopkins

Feb. 12

1871

Exam.

 

 

Now Mrs. Meck (Columbus)

Mr. Absolom Spielman

Feb. 12

1871

Cert.

Evansville, Ohio 4/12/1876

 

 

Mrs. Mary Spielman

Feb. 12

1871

Cert.

Evansville, Ohio 4/12/1876

 

 

Mrs. St. John E. Parker

Feb. 26

1871

Exam.

 

 

 

Miss Charlotte I. Wharton

Oct. 7

1871

Exam.

 

 

 

Mrs. Maxine S. Maxwell, wife of W. D.

Oct. 8

1871

Cert.

Ch.in Indianopolis, Ind.

 

 

Miss Ida McArthur

July 13

1872

Exam.

 

Decd.

 

Mrs. Mary Hall

July 13

1872

Cert.

Fayetteville, Tenn 6/10/1874

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NAME, IN FULL

DATE OF ADMISSION

HOW RECEIVED

DISMISSED: WHEN AND WHITHER

DIED

REMARKS

 

 

Mrs. Sarah Gage

Oct. 11

1873

Exam.

 

 

Mrs. Gage the first one recd under my ministry  D. A. Planck

 

Miss Fanny Spielman

Oct. 11

1873

Exam.

Greenville, Ohio 4/12/1875

 

 

Miss Fanny Englesing

Nov.

1873

Exam.

Grand Ave Ch, St. Louis

 

 

 

Miss Blanche Hopkins

Nov.

1873

Exam.

To Mobile

 

Mrs. Planck

 

Mrs. Louisa Keisker

Dec. 14

1873

Exam.

Lives in Greenville

 

 

 

Miss Sarah Polle McGoepel

Dec. 14

1873

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Miss Julia Lehman

July 25

1874

Cert.

To New Orleans

 

 

 

Mrs. Mary Ann Ringer

Aug. 22

1874

Exam.

 

Decd.

 

 

Miss Sally McArthur

Aug. 22

1874

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Miss Mary Turpin

Aug. 22

1874

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Miss Cordelia Rowan

May 20

1876

Exam.

 

Decd.

 

 

Miss Julia Montgomery

May 20

1876

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Miss Ellen M. Butler

Feb. 10

1877

Cert.

 

Decd.

 

 

Miss Josie Ker

Apr. 12

1877

Cert.

To Natchez 3/1890

 

 

 

Miss Lucy Wharton

Jan. 27

1878

Prof.

 

Decd.

 

 

Mrs. Mary Torrey

Feb. 10

1878

Prof.

 

Decd. 1881

 

 

Dr. John F. Torrey

Feb. 10

1878

Prof.

 

 

 

 

Miss Judith Rundell

Feb. 10

1878

Prof.

 

 

Resides Hermanville

 

Mr. James C. Bertron

Nov. 12

1878

Prof.

 

Decd.

 

 

Miss Anne Bertron (Mrs. Redus)

Nov. 12

1878

Prof.

 

 

 

 

Miss Fanny Bertron

Nov. 12

1878

Prof.

 

 

 

 

Mr. Wm. Young Hughes

Nov. 12

1878

Prof.

Lives in Rodney

 

 

 

Mr. George McGinnis

Dec. 8

1878

Prof.

Lauderdale St, St. Louis

 

 

 

Mrs. Elizabeth Harding

Dec. 8

1878

Cert.

 

 

 

 

Mr. Joseph A. Montgomery

Dec. 8

1878

Cert.

 

Decd.

 

 

Miss Mary Watson

Jan. 25

1879

Prof.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NAME, IN FULL

DATE OF ADMISSION

HOW RECEIVED

DISMISSED: WHEN AND WHITHER

DIED

REMARKS

Miss Kate Wharton

Jan. 25

1879

Prof.

 

 

 

Mr. Jas. W. Person

Jan. 25

1879

Cert.

 

 

 

Mrs. Belle Person

Jan. 25

1879

Cert.

 

 

 

Mrs. Julia McAlpine

Apr. 5

1879

Prof.

 

 

Mrs. Morehead

Mrs. Kate H. Butler

Apr. 5

1879

Cert.

 

 

 

Mrs. Ella Williams

Sept. 21

1879

Prof.

 

 

 

Mrs. Sally Bobo

Sept. 21

1879

Prof.

 

 

 

Mrs Juliet Stowers

Oct. 12

1879

Prof.

 

 

 

Mrs. Elizabeth Wilkinson

Oct. 12

1879

Prof.

 

 

 

Miss Caroline Harding

Oct. 12

1879

Prof.

Boston

 

 

Mr. Cornelius Doremus

Jan. 24

1880

Cert.

9/16/1900 - New Orleans

 

 

Mrs. A. Doremus

Jan. 24

1880

Cert.

9/16/1900 - New Orleans

 

 

Mr. John H. Leckey

Jan. 24

1880

Cert.

To Huntsville, Ala.

 

 

Mrs. M. Leckey

Jan. 24

1880

Cert.

To Huntsville, Ala.

 

 

Mr. Thomas L. Norwood

Mar.

1881

Cert.

Bingham School

Decd.

 

Mrs. Maggie Norwood

Mar.

1881

Cert.

Bingham School

4/8/1881

 

Mrs. Clara G. Rowan

Mar. 28

1882

Cert.

 

Decd.

 

Mrs. Julia Moore

Mar. 28

1882

Cert.

 

 

 

Mr. J. D. Rogers

May 25

1882

Exam.

 

 

Lost sight of

Miss Marie Newell

May 25

1882

Exam.

To Texas Ch

Decd.

 

Prof. G. Hann

May 27

1882

Cert.

 

 

 

Mrs. G.Hann

May 27

1882

Cert.

To Ocean Springs Ch.

 

 

Miss Fanny Wright

May 27

1882

Exam.

 

 

 

Mrs. Sarah McLaurin

Oct.

1882

Cert.

 

 

 

Mrs. Ida McLaurin

Oct.

1882

Cert.

 

 

 

Mr. A. H. Homer

Oct.

1882

Exam.

 

 

Resides at Grand Gulf

Mrs. A. H. Homer

Oct.

1882

Exam.

 

 

Resides at Grand Gulf

 

NAME, IN FULL

DATE OF ADMISSION

HOW RECEIVED

DISMISSED: WHEN AND WHITHER

DIED

REMARKS

Capt. George Fulkerson

Mar. 30

1883

Exam.

 

 

 

Mr. Douglas Gage

Mar. 30

1883

Exam.

Texas

 

 

Mr. Nelson Spencer

Mar. 30

1883

Exam.

 

 

 

Mr. Charles R. Wharton

Mar. 30

1883

Exam.

 

 

 

Mr. Stokes Newell

Mar. 30

1883

Exam.

 

 

 

Mr. Cecil Newell

Mar. 30

1883

Exam.

To Pres. Ch., St. Joseph, La. 3/3/1901

 

 

Mr. George Douglass

Mar. 30

1883

Exam.

 

 

 

Mr. Maxwell Bland

Mar. 30

1883

Exam.

 

 

 

Mr. John Henry

Mar. 30

1883

Exam.

Rodney Ch.

 

 

Mr. Robert Munroe

Mar. 30

1883

Exam.

Vicksburg Ch.

 

 

Mr. Eugene Woods

Mar. 30

1883

Exam.

 

 

 

Miss Lyda Dunbar

Mar. 30

1883

Exam.

 

 

 

Miss Nellie Hann

Mar. 30

1883

Exam.

Ocean Springs

 

 

Miss Katie Guy

Mar. 30

1883

Exam.

 

 

 

Mr. Chas. Johnson

Oct. 22

1883

Prof.

Home at Grand Gulf. His wife is also a member

 

 

Mrs. Chas. Johnson

Oct. 22

1883

Prof.

Lives at Grand Gulf

 

 

Mr. Wm. H. Ker

Mar. 29

1884

Prof.

To Natchez, 3/1890

 

 

Mr. W.C. Guthrie

Mar. 29

1884

Cert.

 

 

 

Mrs. Lilie Guthrie

Mar. 29

1884

Cert.

 

 

 

Mrs. Frances Kilcrease

Dec. 11

1884

Prof.

 

 

 

Mrs. Olivia Bertron, wife of James

Dec. 11

1884

Prof.

 

 

 

Mr. Henry Pipes

Dec. 11

1884

Prof.

Dismissed

 

 

Mr. David Pipes

Dec. 11

1884

Prof.

Dismissed

 

 

Mr. Winsor Pipes

Dec. 11

1884

Prof.

Dismissed

 

 

Mr. Chas. Shaw

Dec. 11

1884

Prof.

Dismissed

 

 

Mr. Robert Evans

Dec. 11

1884

Prof.

Dismissed

 

 

 

NAME, IN FULL

DATE OF ADMISSION

HOW RECEIVED

DISMISSED: WHEN AND WHITHER

DIED

REMARKS

Mr. Lomax Anderson

Dec. 11

1884

Prof.

Dismissed

 

 

Mr. Ogden Wichleff

Dec. 11

1884

Prof.

 

 

 

Miss Ruth Shreve

Dec. 12

1884

Prof.

 

 

 

Miss Helen Gordon

Dec. 12

1884

Prof.

To Glen Allen Ch.

 

 

Miss Maggie Gordon

Dec. 12

1884

Prof.

 

 

 

Mrs. Sue W. Shreve

Dec. 15

1884

Prof.

Episcopalion

 

 

Mr. Jno. Miller

Dec. 15

1884

Prof.

Dismissed:

 

 

Mr. Benjamin Kennon

Dec. 15

1884

Prof.

Dismissed

 

 

Mr. Lewis Perkins

Dec. 15

1884

Prof.

Dismissed

 

 

Mr. Geo. T. Fulkerson

Dec. 15

1884

Prof.

 

 

 

Miss Clara Haug

Dec. 15

1884

Prof.

Dismissed

 

Now Mrs. Clara Young, St. Louis, Mo

Mr. Lee Perkins

Dec. 15

1884

Prof.

 

 

 

Miss Lizzie Perkins

Dec. 15

1884

Prof.

 

 

 

Mr. Claude Barnet

Dec. 15

1884

Prof.

 

 

 

Mr. John Shreve

Dec. 15

1884

Prof.

Episcopal

 

 

Mr. Herbert Wilkinson

Dec. 15

1884

Prof.

 

 

 

Mrs. Mary Enfield Planck

Dec. 15

1884

Prof.

 

 

 

Mr. Stanly Knapp

Mar. 29

1885

Prof.

 

12/29/1888

 

Mr. W. C. Hope

Mar. 29

1885

Prof.

 

 

 

Mr. P. M. Perkins

Apr. 12

1885

Cert.

 

Decd.

 

Mrs. Janice Perkins

Apr. 12

1885

Cert.

 

 

 

Mrs. Rita Newell

Apr. 12

1885

Prof.

 

 

 

Mr. C. D. Wilkison

Nov. 30

1886

Prof.

 

 

 

Mrs. M. E. Graddick

Apr. 4

1887

Prof.

 

Decd.

 

Dr. W. D. Redus

Apr. 15

1887

Prof.

 

 

 

Miss Lizzie Spencer

Apr. 15

1887

Prof.

 

 

 

Mr. J. M. Allen

Oct. 9

1887

Cert.

 

 

 

 

NAME, IN FULL

DATE OF ADMISSION

HOW RECEIVED

DISMISSED: WHEN AND WHITHER

DIED

REMARKS

Miss Ellen Murphy

Oct. 9

1887

Cert.

 

12/10/1899

 

Mr. Henry Berger

Nov. 27

1887

Prof.

Dismissed 4/1/1895

 

 

Mr. Valentine Berger

Nov. 27

1887

Prof.

 

 

 

Mr. Chas. Berger

Nov. 27

1887

Prof.

Dismissed 4/1/1895

 

 

Mr. John Butler

Nov. 27

1887

Prof.

 

 

 

Mr. Wm. Holt

Nov. 27

1887

Prof.

 

 

 

Mr. H. Arbuthnot

Nov. 27

1887

Prof.

 

 

 

Mr. Ralph Jones

Nov. 27

1887

Prof.

 

 

 

Mr. Arthur Frost

Nov. 27

1887

Prof.

Water Valley, Mar. 1890

 

 

Mr. Frank Thompson

Nov. 27

1887

Prof.

 

 

 

Mr. Calvin Smith

Nov. 27

1887

Prof.

 

 

 

Mr. Hunter Mills

Nov. 27

1887

Prof.

 

 

 

Mr. Edward Peters

Nov. 27

1887

Prof.

 

 

 

Mr. Meredith Spencer

Nov. 27

1887

Prof.

 

 

 

Miss Agnes Haug

Nov. 27

1887

Prof.

To St. Louis

1897

 

Miss Ella Whitehead

Nov. 27

1887

Prof.

 

 

 

Miss Sarah Spencer

Nov. 27

1887

Prof.

 

 

 

Miss Mollie Fulkerson

Nov. 28

1887

Prof.

 

 

 

Miss Annie Sevier

Nov. 28

1887

Prof.

 

 

 

Miss Sadie Evans

Nov. 29

1887

Prof.

 

 

 

Mr. Thomas Evans

Nov. 29

1887

Prof.

 

 

 

Mrs. Nannie H. Planck

Nov. 30

1887

Prof.

To Mobile

 

 

Judge Jones

Dec. 2

1887

Prof.

 

 

 

Mr. Percy Cowan

Dec. 2

1887

Prof.

To Vicksburg Ch.

 

 

Mr. Louis Evans

Dec. 2

1887

Prof.

 

 

 

Mr. Willie Chamberlin

Dec. 3

1887

Prof.

To Vicksburg Ch.

 

 

Dr. L. Anderson

Dec. 3

1887

Prof.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NAME, IN FULL

DATE OF ADMISSION

HOW RECEIVED

DISMISSED: WHEN AND WHITHER

DIED

REMARKS

Mr. Robert Anderson

Dec. 3

1887

Prof.

 

 

 

Miss Eugenia Gordon

Dec. 4

1887

Prof.

 

 

 

Mr. James Magruder

Dec. 4

1887

Prof.

 

 

 

Miss Fay Taliaferro

Dec. 5

1887

Prof.

 

 

 

Miss Fannie Person

Dec. 5

1887

Prof.

 

 

 

Mr. William Jeffries

Dec. 5

1887

Prof.

 

 

 

Miss Balmayne Taliaferro

Dec. 6

1887

Prof.

In La

 

 

Mr. A. E. Inslee

Mar. 4

1888

Cert.

 

 

 

Mr. D. K. Mattingly

Nov. 25

1888

Prof.

 

 

 

Mr. Hunter Williams

Nov. 25

1888

Prof.

 

 

 

Mr. Fletcher

Nov. 25

1888

Prof.

 

 

 

Mr. Richard G. Hastings

Feb. 9

1889

Prof.

 

 

 

Mr. Merritt Graddick

Mar. 16

1890

Prof.

 

 

 

Mrs. Florence S. Brownlee

Mar. 30

1890

Cert.

 

 

 

Mrs. Elva Hann

Mar. 30

1890

Cert.

 

 

 

Miss Nellie Hann

Mar. 30

1890

Cert.

 

 

 

Mr. Robert Hann

Mar. 30

1890

Cert.

 

 

 

Mr. Albert Hann

Mar. 30

1890

Cert.

 

 

 

Miss Sally Scott

Mar. 30

1890

Prof.

 

 

 

Miss Sally Gordon

Mar. 30

1890

Prof.

 

 

 

Mr. Robert Evans

Dec. 11

1884

Prof.

 

 

 

Mr. John Butler

Nov. 27

1887

Prof.

 

 

 

Mr. Lomax Anderson

Dec. 11

1884

Prof.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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