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Churches Section
MEMBERSHIP LIST OF THE FIRST CHRISTIAN
CHURCH
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This is my attempt to create a membership list for the First Christian Church of Washington, Washington Co., PA for use on this web site. It is based on the church records transcribed by Mrs. Martha Lacock Nicholl, deceased, late of Washington, PA Mrs. Nicholl presented the church with two notebooks she had prepared on the church's history. One notebook is held by the church in Washington PA; the second notebook is held by the Disciple of Christ Historical Society in Nashville, TN.Membership tables are based on Church records Submitted by Paula Schlichter Aug. 2006 Go to Membership Table 1 with beginning history of 1st Christian Church |
Introduction Repeated for Tables 17 and 18:
From PAGE ONE:
Washington, April 30th 1831
Baptist Church at this place met in church meeting, Elder WHEELER, presiding as moderator. After the usual businefs (sic=business) had been disposed of Samuel Marshell arose and gave notice to the brethren that is (sic=it) was his intention to withdraw from the church and having briefly afsigned (sic=assigned) his reasons for the course he was about to pursue, requested that his name might be erased from the church book by the approbation of the church. Brother R. B. CHAPLIN then arose and desired that his name might be joined with that of Brother MARSHELL in whatever the church might think proper to do in solution of his case. After some interchange of opinion and discufsion (sic=discussion) between Brother WHEELER and RUPLE, it was decided by a vote of the church, that the names of Brothers MARSHELL and CHAPLIN should be erased from the church book.
Church created August 1, 1841.
TABLE 17
| Name | Date first mentioned | Admitted | Immersed by Brother | Rec'd by Letter | Granted Letter | Excluded | Previous Church | Offense | Died | Comments | |
| Sarah McGary ?
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July 26, 1868, p.39 | took membership | At a meeting held by Br. CRANE during the month of Jan. 1869 | ||||||||
| Robert McDONOUGH | July 26, 1868, p.39 | took membership | Br. CRANE during the month of Jan. 1869 | ||||||||
| Mary BANE | July 26, 1868, p.39 | took membership | Br. CRANE during the month of Jan. 1869 | ||||||||
| Sarah HUGHES (line through name) | July 26, 1868, p.39 | Br. CRANE during the month of Jan. 1869 | July 26, 1868, p.39 restored to membership | ||||||||
| Edward WHITING | July 26, 1868, p.39 | took membership | Br. CRANE during the month of Jan. 1869 | ||||||||
| Thomas HOWE | July 26, 1868, p.39 | took membership | Br. CRANE during the month of Jan. 1869 | ||||||||
| John WHITE
There were either 2 John Whites OR John was re-immersed 20 years later. |
July 26, 1868, p.39 | took membership | Br. CRANE during the month of Jan. 1869 | ||||||||
| James KUNTZ | July 26, 1868, p.39 | took membership | Br. CRANE during the month of Jan. 1869 | ||||||||
| ? SIMS | July 26, 1868, p.39 | took membership | Br. CRANE during the month of Jan. 1869 | ||||||||
| Susan KEENY | July 26, 1868, p.39 | took membership | Br. CRANE during the month of Jan. 1869 | ||||||||
| Charlotte WHITE | July 26, 1868, p.39 | took membership | Br. CRANE during the month of Jan. 1869 | ||||||||
| Walker McFARLAND | July 26, 1868, p.39 | took membership | Br. CRANE during the month of Jan. 1869 | ||||||||
| Margaret BAIRD | July 26, 1868, p.39 | took membership | Br. CRANE during the month of Jan. 1869 | ||||||||
| Sarah KATON | July 26, 1868, p.39 | took membership | Br. CRANE during the month of Jan. 1869 | ||||||||
| Catherine CALE | July 26, 1868, p.39 | took membership | Br. CRANE during the month of Jan. 1869 | ||||||||
| Anna LACOCK
Were there 2 Annas? See Table #2 |
July 26, 1868, p.39 | took membership | Br. CRANE during the month of Jan. 1869 | ||||||||
| Minerva LACOCK | July 26, 1868, p.39 | took membership | Br. CRANE during the month of Jan. 1869 | ||||||||
| Jennie WHITE | July 26, 1868, p.39 | took membership | Br. CRANE during the month of Jan. 1869 | ||||||||
| Eliza WHITE | July 26, 1868, p.39 | took membership | Br. CRANE during the month of Jan. 1869 | ||||||||
| Phoebe KELSEY | July 26, 1868, p.39 | took membership | Br. CRANE during the month of Jan. 1869 | ||||||||
| Thomas HALE | July 26, 1868, p.39 | took membership | Br. CRANE during the month of Jan. 1869 | ||||||||
| Julius CLARK | July 26, 1868, p.39 | took membership | Br. CRANE during the month of Jan. 1869 | ||||||||
| Andrew J. LENNON | July 26, 1868, p.39 | took membership | Br. CRANE during the month of Jan. 1869 | ||||||||
| James HALL | July 26, 1868, p.39 | took membership | Br. CRANE during the month of Jan. 1869 | ||||||||
| ? DYE | July 26, 1868, p.39 | took membership | Br. CRANE during the month of Jan. 1869 | ||||||||
| ? HALL | July 26, 1868, p.39 | took membership | Br. CRANE during the month of Jan. 1869 | ||||||||
| ? PORTER | July 26, 1868, p.39 | took membership | Br. CRANE during the month of Jan. 1869 | ||||||||
| ?SAMPLE | July 26, 1868, p.39 | took membership | Br. CRANE during the month of Jan. 1869 | ||||||||
| H. B. BANE | July 26, 1868, p.39 | took membership | Br. CRANE during the month of Jan. 1869 | ||||||||
| George MARTIN | July 26, 1868, p.39 | was admitted | who was immersed while in the Army | Nov. 1869 Restored==
(Sept. 1871), p41 excluded |
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| Mr. PORTER | July 26, 1868, p.39 | was admitted | unknown | from the Baptists. |
End of Table 17
TABLE 18
| Name | Date first mentioned | Admitted | Immersed by Brother | Rec'd by Letter | Granted Letter | Excluded | Previous Church | Offense | Died | Comments | |
| Mary CLOUSE | May 30 1869, p.38 | received as a member. | unknown | formerly a member of the Baptists | |||||||
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Henry W. BANE
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May 30 1869, p40 | received into the church by confefsion (sic) and immersion. | unknown | H. W. BANE and wife granted letters of recommendation. | |||||||
| MRS. (H. W.) BANE | May 30 1869, p40 | H. W. BANE and wife granted letters of recommendation. | |||||||||
| James HUGHES
Another James died Nov. 24th 1861 |
July 26, 1868, p.39 | July 26, 1868, p.39 restored to membership | |||||||||
| George KEENY | July 26, 1868, p.39 | July 26, 1868, p.39
restored to membership-
(Sept. 1871), p41 excluded |
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| I. H. LONGDON | July 26, 1868, p.39 | July 26, 1868, p.39 restored to membership | |||||||||
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J. (B.?) CRANE, PASTOR SEE Table 15 for date of when he became PASTOR |
Aug. '69, p40 | Letters of commendation granted | |||||||||
| Sharlotte (R.?) CRANE
Likely the wife of J.B. Crane |
Aug. '69, p40 | Letters of commendation granted | |||||||||
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Br. T. A. CRENSHAW, PASTOR commenced his labors as pastor of the church in Washington.
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Dec. 1869, p40 | were received as a members | were received as a members on letters of commendation. |
Dec. 1869, p40 Br. T. A. CRENSHAW commenced his labors as pastor of the church in Washington. Br. CRENSHAW and wife and daughter were received as a members on letters of commendation. Nov. 1869, p40 Br. T. A. CRENSHAW accepted a call of the church as pastor for one year commencing Dec. 1st 1869 for which he is to receive $1200 and have eight Sundays to labor elsewhere. |
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| MRS. (T. A.) CRENSHAW and wife and daughter on |
Dec. 1869, p40 | Nov. 1869, p40 Br. CRENSHAW's wife and daughter (were) received into the church by letters. | |||||||||
| CRENSHAW daughter | Dec. 1869, p40 | Nov. 1869, p40 Br. CRENSHAW's wife and daughter (were) received into the church by letters. | |||||||||
| Nellie Monniger, | Dec. 1869, p40 | added to the church | unknown | ||||||||
| Frank Griffith Wolf.
Also listed as only Frank Griffith in 2nd entry - see below |
Nov. 1869, p40 |
Nov. 1869, p40 added to the church | Nov. 1869, p40 immersed by Br. CRENSHAW received into the church.
Dec. 1869, p40 added to the church |
Frank Griffth [see Wolf]. (Sept. 1871), p41 Received by letter | |||||||
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Sister HOWEL |
Nov. 1870, p40 | received by letter. | |||||||||
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Br. MARSHALL
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Nov. 1870, p40 | received into the church | immersed by Br. POWER | ||||||||
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Br. Smith E. McELROY
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(Jan. 1st 1871 but listed under "Nov. 1870"), p40 - March 1870 (is this out of order or did they mean 1871? If so, is McElroy's death year wrong ? Likely they meant March 1871 for these next entries.), p40 |
(Jan. 1st 1871 but listed under "Nov. 1870"), p40 Departed this life Br. Smith E. McELROY Jan. 1st 1871 aged 38 years. |
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Sister Sharlotte MARTIN
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March 1870 (is this out of order or did they mean 1871? If so, is McElroy's death year wrong ? Likely they meant March 1871 for these next entries.), p40 | Departed this life Sister Sharlotte MARTIN aged 66 years. | |||||||||
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Sister Mary Jane MONINGER |
Jan. 1870, p40 (or did they mean 1871?) |
Jan. 1870, p40 (or did they mean 1871?) Sister Mary Jane MONINGER departed this life aged 44 years. |
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Mattie Bell MONINGER |
Nov. 1869, p40 | received into the church. | immersed by Br. CRENSHAW | ||||||||
| Frank Griffith (e.g. Wolf) | Nov. 1869, p40 | received into the church. | immersed by Br. CRENSHAW | ||||||||
| Mary Jane LACOCK | admitted into the church. | immersed at Pleasant Valley |
End of Table 18
NOTE Assumptions had to be made about identities. For example, an assumption was made about the identity of Joshua Martin where I made a new entry but I could be wrong. I assume they did not mean Joshua Jr. since he was in trouble more and the other Joshua was given duties of responsibility. . Example: June 29, 1850, p.21 Br. Joshua MARTIN cited for fornication. But, some Jr. entries could also be Joshua Martin of Matthew?
I may have gotten other identities wrong. **If you find errors, please email me.
Some items do not fit with any particular name or are related to the entire Church body. Some problems with dates or explanations of dates is also presented below.
(Dec. 22nd 1847)
(Webmaster's Note: Nothing is transcribed for dates from Dec 1847 to Aug 1848. Original record books would need checked to verify this much time was skipped by the Church's books, especially considering that all other years have documentation every two weeks usually; the longest period so far with no notations was the summer months of one year. Possibly some event/s in the year 1848 prevented the Church from attending to their Minute Books?)
Aug. 30th 1848
(Webmaster's Note: I wonder if this is not for 1847 (?) rather than 1847, because #1 page 18 which is typed below has dates from 1849 and #2 the entries marked Aug and Oct would fall into the order of months in the year. Since I am working from a transcript and NOT from the original Church book(s), I cannot say for certain that the Aug and Oct are correct in being transcribed as 1848. Be aware it **appears** like these 2 entries could be for 1847.)
(Webmaster's Note: Nothing is transcribed for dates from Oct 1848 to May 1849. Original record books would need checked to verify this much time was skipped by the Church's books...)
PAGE TWENTY-SEVEN:
March 8th, 1851, p.27 The Deacons be a committee to take up subscriptions for building a meeting house in Washington City. March 8th, 1851, p.27 We recommend to the the Deacons the propriety of taking up an annual subscription for the purpose of aiding in the missionary operations in Pennsylvania.
PAGE TWENTY-EIGHT:
March 8th, 1851, p.27-28 Those members of the church who have absented themselves from its regular appointed meetings for public and social worship on account of certain alleged objection against certain members have acted very improperly and we exhort them to abstain from their position
1865, p.35 (Two pages 73-76 missing from the book.) [Note: If typist meant 73 to 76 inclusive, that would be 4 pages total, and presumably each page was also double-sided.)
March 24, '66, p.37 It was resolved that the church elect two deacons and that on the following Lord's day each member deposit his or her vote for the persons they might consider the most suitable for the office and that the four having the highest vote should be considered nominated.
Aug. 12, '66, p.37 On motion of J. C. CHAMBERS, John MUNCE, James HAMILTON and John HUGHES were appointed a committee to confer with the Trustees of the Cumberland Church in regard to renting their House (e.g. church house) in Washington.
June 2nd 1867, p.38 The church met for the first time in Washington under the new arrangement.
Feb. 1870, p40 (or did they mean 1871?) The former board of Trustees reelected.
Feb. 1872, p41 The former board of Trustees continued.
Feb. 1874, p41 The former board of Trustees elected another year.
Feb. 1875, p41 The old board continued.
Feb. 1877, p42 On motion the same board was continued.
Feb. 1878, p42 The above named persons elected for the year 1878.
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FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF WASHINGTON - FAMILIES OF MARTIN, CLARKE FAMILIES, with Markland, Michener, Baker, Loofman, Hamilton, Charlton, Valentine, Kline |
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Typed here exactly EXCEPT for the following additions: WEBMASTER'S ADDITIONS -- PLEASE READ!!!!: (1) ***The word "sic=" was added by this Webmaster along with the word where an S was read as an F. Sometimes an A was read as an S. (2) Surnames were put in CAPS to make it easier for internet users to spot names since this is a long document. (3) Page numbers were added by this webmaster, to correspond to the numbering of the pdf submission. (4) Asterisks added to include notes after each page, if needed (5) The year was added in parenthesis on entries where the year was not written - I assume not written in the original. (6) On lists of more than 6 names, this webmaster inserted the names onto a table, which should be read down the left column, down the middle column next, then down the right (on 3 cell tables) in order to read the entry exactly as it was transcribed. |
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