The Presbyterian Church congregation was organized November 19, 1878,
through the instrumentality of Rev. David Waggoner, Rev. J. Frank
Stonecipher and Elder J. H. Carr. Its first regular members were
John
Parry, Thomas English, Mrs. C. E. English, Miss E. L. English, Mrs. L.
Bowen, Mrs. Eliza Bonner, Mrs. J. A. Allen, Miss Mary Pringle, O. V.
Porter, Mrs. Margaret E. Porter, Mrs. Mary L. McClurg, V. B. Coulson, Mrs.
Mary Coulson, Miss S. R. Downs, B. L. Coulson, S. E. Coulson, J. P.
Coulson and Mrs. Margaret Cornwell. The church was incorporated September
17, 1883, at which time the board of trustees consisted of E. Houser,
James Hewitt and Charles Runningbrew. The building used by the
congregation is a frame, erected in 1883, at a cost of $2, 500. The first
pastor was Rev. Samuel Glenn. He was followed by
Rev. B. C. Critchlow, who
in turn was succeeded by Rev. J. C. Chapman. The present [1888] pastor,
Rev. E. A. Nelson, has been in charge for about three years, and is the
first regular pastor the congregation has had, the others having been
provisional ministers merely.
The membership of the church is 145. Connected with it is a
Sunday-school, of which Robert P. Cann is the superintendent; and also a
Ladies’ Missionary Society, of which the president is Mrs. Robert P.
Cann, and the vice-president, Miss Mary
Pringle.
from History of Mercer County,
1888, pages 469-470.
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