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 Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
was originally a class connected with Harrisville,
the earliest traces of which run back as far as 1845. The
organization, however, it is claimed, had been effected in connection
with Clintonville long before this. The pastors of the church have
been: Revs. G. F. Reeser, 1845; J.
Wigglesmith, 1845; A. Hildebrand,
1846; W. M. Bear, 1846; T.
Benn, 1847; G. Stocking, 1849; R.
Norton, 1850; J. W. Wilson, 1851; J.
S. Lytle, 1852; J. Schofield, 1854; T.
G. McCreary, 1857; F. Vernon, 1857; R.
B. Boyd, 1858; W. R. Johnson, 1859; S.
A. Milroy, 1860; J. Abbott, 1861; B.
Marsteller, 1863; R. Beatty, 1865; J.
M. Groves, 1868; J. Crumb, 1869;
L. Wick, 1871; J. M. Foster, 1872;
N. Morris, 1875; L. G. Merrill,
1877; C. M. Morse, 1879; G.
W. Chesbro, 1881; J. B. Espy, 1883;
and A. R. Rich, 1886, the present pastor
[1888]. The present building, a handsome brick structure, costing
$12,000, is the successor of an old frame that stood north of
town.
It was dedicated with appropriate ceremonies February 27, 1885, and is
by far the finest church edifice in
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Grace Methodist Church, photographed in May
2000. To see more photographs of the church, click
here.
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