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 Second
Presbyterian Church. —This congregation, a colony from the
First Presbyterian Church, withdrew from the fold of the parent flock on
the 20th day of October, 1863, the cause of the schism being the
peculiar views which the pastor of the latter church, Rev.
John R. Findley, held concerning the war, which was then waging.
The organization of the seceders was effected in the Congregational
Church, there being forty-seven members who united them selves into the
new congregation. These were: Elias Alexander,
Joseph Fleming, Henry W. Ahrend, Nancy Ahrend, Eva Baskin, Jane Bell,
Rachael B. Bell, D. W. Findley, Mary J. Findley, Samuel Fleming, Joseph
Forker, Laura C. Filson, Sarah F. Filson, D. H. Fleming, Mrs. M. C.
Fleming, John J. Graham, Mrs. Mary E. Hirst, Mrs. Huett, Mary W. Hirst,
William McMillan, R. M. Irwin, Rachael Irwin, Robert F. Irwin, H. Irwin,
Susannah Kieth,
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What
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