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 The First Baptist Church of Stoneboro was organized October 9, 1870, by
Revs. J. M. Perry, Ross Ward, E. T. Crane
and R. H. Austin. The first members of the
new society were: David Griffith, Miriam Griffith,
Nancy Gomforey, T. H Price, D. A. Phillips,
Parmelia M. Phillips, Sarah A. Vernon, Susan McCormick, D. T. Davis,
Eliza Davis, Sarah B. Haskell, Sarah Olds, Elisha Flickinger, Mrs.
Flickinger, Sarah Corbin, Deliah, Hannah and Rebecca Woolford.
The congregation was incorporated September 24, 1883, upon petition of Thomas
H. Price, James Stubbs, James Lyle, D. A. Phillips, D. M. Griffith,
Herbert Davis, William Davis, Edward Rowe, J. R. Cummings and T.
B. Martin. The building occupied by the congregation [1888] is a
frame structure erected in 1873, at a cost of $2,500. The first pastor
of the church was Rev. J. T. Griffith, who
remained three years. Succeeding him came Rev. W.
H. Leet, one year; Rev. E. H. Hovey,
two years; Rev. J. T. Bradford, two and a
half years; Rev. G. M. Evans, two years,
and the present pastor, Rev. J. T. Davis,
who was placed in charge in 1886. A list of the secretaries of the
congregation is as follows: D. A. Phillips, J. T.
Davis, David Wilson, J. C. Wilson, William Phillips, D. C. Bachelor, T.
H. Rowe,
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