The Congregational Church.—This
church was organized March 27th, 1847, with nine members, who, at the
division of the New school Church, had separated therefrom. The
congregation occupied the old court house for its business and religious
services, until April 18th, 1852, at which time their new house was
dedicated. Its present membership is about fifty; and its Sabbath-school
has a roll of sixty. The first pastor was Rev. D.
R. Barker, who organized the church. He died in 1875, and his
memory is fondly cherished. The Revs. J. M.
Caldwell, Charles P. Mallery, D. L. Geer, and W.
C. Sexton, served successively as pastors. Rev.
S. Manning is the present [1877] pastor, and labors faithfully in
the field he occupies.
History
of Mercer County,
1877, page 108.
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What
the history of Mercer County 1888 says about the Congregational Church, 
