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Five persons composed the original membership of
this church upon its organization in 1838. October 24, 1841,
Elders Henry Thomas and Martin Vivion succeeded in effecting a
reorganization, when the constituent members were Martin Grove and
wife, Isaac and Elizabeth Baker, Thomas Farthing, James P. Grove,
Peter Johnson, John Grove, Moses Baker, Sarah Vivion, Samuel
Akins, Ursula Waller, Mary A. Waller, Matilda Noel, Sarah Harris,
Joseph Cunningham, Mary Cunningham, Mary Hayden, Susan Grove,
Martin Vivion, Susan Vivion, Robert Harris, Armstrong Dawson,
Elizabeth Johnson, E. M. Yager, Sally Waller, John W. Dawson and
Sarah Dawson. The membership is now 143. The first pastor, Elder
Martin Vivion, was succeeded by Henry Thomas, followed in
succession by John McCune, James Perry, Alfred Wilson, Martin
Wilmot, G. A. Perkins, J. C. Davis and H. F. Davis. The present
incumbent is William M. Featherston. In 1873 a frame house, in
which services are held, was built for $1,500.
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