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TUE3 OHIXjIjICOTHIE SCIOTO GAZETTE, BJlTUTUDJlIT, JlFTIXXj 28, 1900. 28 THE LITTLE SEED (Planted in tit WitdsrneM Qtvcui Jlen and now. It has Grozvn. Churches in This How They Changed from on South Mulberry street, during the ministry of Rev. V.

Balduff and Rev. Ch. Helwlg. Since its foundation 29 ministers have served the congregation. The present pastor is Rev.

W. E. Nocka. CHRISTIAN CHURCH. The Church of Christ was organized here in June, 1894, by the Rev.

J. W. Zachary, of Lexingtoa, Ky. Its first regular pastor was the Rev. James Johnson.

For a time the effort to found the church' here permanently, looked as though it might fail; but through the strenuous efforts and zealous work of Rev. Allen Wilson new life was infused into it in 1899, and it Is now progressing very well. The present pastor is Rev. C. M.

Keene. The church as yet has no church building, and meets in the Odd Fellows' building corner of Paint and Second. CALVARY. The youngest church in the city is the Calvary Evangelical Lutheran, ley. The first trustees were Humphrey Fullerton and John McLandburg.

Its first place of meeting was the "Bank Alley Church," so called because it was entered from the alley running from Second to Water, between Paint and Mulberry streets. The first regular pastor was Rev. Samuel Crothers, who came In 1811. In 1832 the congregation built and moved into a church built where the present church stands, on the south side of West Main street. The land was given to the church by Mrs.

Ann Haller. The first church erected here was torn down and rebuilt in 1850. The new church was burned on April 2, 1857, but so well built were the walls that theywere still used when the structure was rebuilt. In 1868 the congregation withdrew from the Associate Reform church and Joined the synod of the Old School Presbyterians. At that time it lost its name of "Associate Reform" and has been known by its present name, the "Third Presbyterian." It was called the "Third" Presbyterian because the New School Presbyterian church; 'at the corner of Paint tA' pifth, was known as the Second." The present place of meeting was presented to them in a large room of Mr.

Bauman's tavern', situated on Deer Creek street (now Park). There mass was celebrated more regularly, during the yearB up to 1837. In that year, on June 7, Rev. Henry D. Juncker, afterward bishop of Alton, 111., came here as the first regular pastor.

Under him the congregation bought the old Episcopal church on Walnut street, which they called "St. Mary's." The church grew rapidly, and sooh became too large for that building. In 1843 the corner-stone of St. Peter's church was laid, on the corner of Water and Church streets; and this church was finished in 1846, when Rev. Otto H.

Borgese was pastor. Again the parishioners grew too many for the building, and in the late '40's, about 1848, a part of the congregation went back to St. Mary's, on Walnut street. From that time St Peter's dates as a separate congregation, where German was the tongue in which the sermons were preached. At the present time the pastor is Rev.

F. H. Bene, under whose wise care the church is flourishing. THE NEW CHURCH. To return to St.

Mary's as a separ rate congregation. The catnder Father Carroll, S. 'BO faBt that a new worsnip wae need. ed, and JjMethodlst church on West church was incorporated February 2, 1831. The growth of the church made a new building necessary about this time, and a new church, was erected on East Main which was called St.

Paul's, as the lust had been. This is the same church which now stands on the north side of Main, and was built in 1833-34. It was consecrated on September 5, 1S34. The old church on Walnut street was sold to Bishop Purcell, and became St. Mary's Catholic church.

Besides the men whose names have alrealy been given in connection with the church, romc others were James T. Claypoole, Daniel Macomb, Ira Delano, Elazer Dally, John Woodbrldge, James Bramble, Henry Jack and others. The Incorporators of the church were Henry Brush, John Woodbrldge, W. X. Bond, Henry Buchanan, Mathlas Hufnagle, Peter Lies-ter, Robert Kercheval, Thomas Orr, James S.

Sweariugen and John Scott, It may be noted that among the names given are those of thrfte editors of the Gazette Barnes, Scoct, Kercheval. In 1894, under Rev. Edgar G. Murphy, St. Andrew's chapel was foundrtl, the first church In all that part of thA city I'ast of the canal.

It was located at first on the corner of Main and Rosa streets, but, in 1896, a chapel was builtt on the northwest corner of Tourta aud Watts streets. In 1897 a mission church was founded among the colored citizens, SecqiyK which is, located in a well-fitted room of the old Clinton House West Water street. Both on drew's and St. Mark's an i. An- lshing condition, and in a nour- ihe latter is taking steps toward Greeting a church building.

The esent rector of the parish is Dr. N. Watson, who has for an assista Rev. W. P.

Downes, who jkns (fecial charge of St. An- ft I in I ku if I fl I A hi li til mn I 1 V. li I ill nj a ki I -u iu The Annals of the a Brief Sketch of City with Log Huts to Time and space both forbid that any idea be entertained of giving, in this article, any history of the churches of Chillicothe that will be worthy of the subject. To deal adequately with the churches, to tell of their early beginnings, of the earnest men and women who planted them here, to recount the story of their struggles, their successes or their failures, to tell of the many noble, and, sometimes, distinguished men who have occupied the pulpits of this city, would require a volume To give a bare outline of the various churches now existing in this city is all that can be done here. To touch on other churches which have started here, and have, for one cause or another, ceased to exist, wduld require too long.

The old "Second" Presbyterian church, at the northeast corner of Paint and Fifth: that is one the history of which is a part of the history of Chillicothe; but that history can not be told, here, be yond the mere facts that it was a division of the old First Presbyterian, that it flourished most under Rev, ftenrcrft Richer, a brother of Re Ur tr Wavd Hews ni AT 7 BITd that it final wem duckj whencfl vur. mr Pev Smith. Cai- vlnlstl tfapusi, seiueu ueie uu ui- zed a church, incorporated Sep- inber 16, 1831, which did not prove uccessful. In the early days of the first quarter of the-century a Quaker preacher endeavored to organize a church of that persuasion, but failed. In 1847, a Swedenborglan, or "New Jerusalem" church was built on West Fourth street, but the congregation did not long support it.

In 1847, also, there was a Universalist church in existence here. That, too, passed out of So it was with others. i THE OLD ROCK. One of the churches which had Ita beginning here before 1800 came on the calendar is the old First Presbyterian, organized by the sturdy pioneers, who infused into its life some of their steadfastness of purpose and en ergy of intent. Religious meetings, had been held from houBe to house from the foundation of the town, in 1796, but these were attended by the devout Bettlers no matter what their individual denomination, and it was not until 1797 that the Presbyterian church obtained a separate existencea home of Jts own and ita specific name.

In that year Rev. William Speer, from Chambersburg, came here and organized the church. Its first regular n-eeting-house was an. unfinished log "cabin, situated near the Bridge street bridge, probably the cornr of Bridge and Short' Water streets. (There was then no high-flown This louse was built for a church, and services were held In it before It was finished.

Later, In 1802, and after, services were held in the lower room of the old log-house which served asthe first meeting place of the Territorial Assembly. A little later the' services were held in the new stone state house. Then the congregation, growing constantly stronger, built a church on the south side of Bast Second street, where the foundry now stands, just east of the canal. This was a quaint, brick edifice, with entrances on three sides, and with gal- lerles running around three sides of the interior, The floor was paved with large, square red bricks, as old churches in England and 'on the continent used to be paved. In that old church worshipped the Renlcks, McCoys, Waddles, Carllsles, Winshlps, Crelghtons and others whose names are identified with the history of the church and of this city.

In 1844 the new brick ch'urch on West Main street vol hnllt hut was Tint Hprtlrntprl until May 31, 1846, when the Rev. Tnomas wooarow was pastor, in me Gazette for Sept. 1844, appears a ote jo the effect that the new church rand a description ''white stee- lan who Snatl, -hed. Nl SIGN OF GEN. WASHINGTON, CHILLICOTHE.

Stately Stone. for the handsome stone structurethat now stands on the old jrite. Th corner-stone of the new church was laid on October 17, 1893, with eWnorate ceremony. During fne bulldin of the rcw church the congregations' met in the upper court-room. The list services held within the wall of the cew building were on Setember 9, 1894, and were conducted by Rev.

Glenroie McQueen, of IUinois. No mention of the First resbyterian church would be comple without at least a brief reference) Dr. Henry W. Biggs. For a quarr of a century he was the paatorof the church, and to it he gave ol his best, his thoughts, his enerf his work, bis hopes and his praxis.

Never was there a minister in is city.more universally loved andespected than Dr. Biggs, by men of conditions, of all creeds and of noeed. He still lives here, as pastor eerltus of the church he served so fi and so faithfully. The present paor of the church Is Rev. William A Stinson, who came here from nt Jersey, and under whose minlsy the church has done in theray of advancement.

WfljNUT STREET. Walnut Street church The In nhiin. is ine'iimiuij "'-jf the town's cothe. In the first yean settlement, in 1796-7, meetln held; and in the latter year, the Metho dists met for worship in a log house on East Water street. In 1803-4 they were 'holding meetings in the old log house at the northwest corner of Secondhand Walnut, and in the stone state house, as other congregations did.

Among the first supporters of the church were Edward Tiffin, Judge Thomas Scott, Dr. Hector Sanford, William McDonald, Daniel Madeira and others. In 1804 John Shields, Thomas Scott, Everard Harr, William Rutledge and Joseph Gardner were appointed trustees to superintend the building of a They bought a lot on the south side of Second street, about midway between Walnut street and the first croBB alley east, for which they paid f90, They sold this lot, however, and built their church on the north side of the street, where the livery stable now stands, at the corner of the alley between Walnut and Paint. This lot they bought from Henry Mas-sie. William Rutledge was mason in charge.

He had been the builder of the stone state house. For the stone work on the foundation of the church it is recorded that he was paid al the rate of "ten shillings per parch, to be measured according to Chillicothe masons' measure." The church, which wan of brick, was finished in 1807, at least sufficiently to hold services in, although it was not completely finished until 1810. This church was burned in 3820, and another one was erected on the same site. In 1849 the church on Second street was Bold to Bishop J. B.

Purcell, for the use of the Catholic congregation here. Meantime the on Walnut street was built, and dedicated in September, 1850. Many dis tinguished divines have been pastors of the Methodist church in this city, and many historic names are to be found on Its records. The present Incumbent is Dr. Austin M.

Courtenay, who came here from Meadevllle, and whose work is doing much foV the church. ST. PAUL'S. St. Paul'B Episcopal church dates from 1817.

On April 24th, of that year, the Rev. Roger Searle held servlcco in the court house. Mr. Searle had been rector of St. Peter's parish, Plymouth, Connecticut, and had come west to the growing state of Ohio.

He had several other places in his charge, Portsmouth, among them. The church here was organized by him at a meeting held at the house of Richard Douglas, at which Levin Belt and Thomas James were made wardens; Richard Douglas, James Barnes and Edward King, vestrymen, and Henry Brush, William Key Bond, Edward Klnj nu-J k. uougias, reading clerks. Mr. Bond was also the first secretary of the vee try.

services were held at various houses until 1820. On Ap,) 'Ah of that year a meeting was held and it determined to build a church. A ot was bought from Waddle, on east side of Walnut 'street, be Main and Fourth, and a church erected. It Is Mill standii. to- the Bonner The urch was consecrated on Sep- 1821, by ulshop Chnso, and first Episcopal church to be west of the AlWhmto.

gularly Installed rector was Kellogg, who entered cn etruar 17, 1822. The was 1 1 JAJJES BAI3LE, AT the sign of General Washington, on the corner of Walnut and Water Streets, Chillicothe, has opened the large and commodious house formerly kept by Mr. John Madeira where he tenders to traveling 1 adies and Gentlemen, his uttermost endeavors to accommodate them in a style inferior to none in the western country. His separate accommodations for Ladies and families, are complete, and conveniently apart from the more frequented and public apartments; and he piedges the greatest attention to their neatness and beauty his servants and waiters are attentive, obliging, and respectful and his greatest attention shall at all times be given to whatever may conduce to the comfor; jwhjeh. TCfis, OJganjjpfd Jjere on govern-.

oer isy, tnrougn tne Board or Home Missions of the general church. This church is composed largely of those" members of the Evangelical Lutheran who desire services to be held in English, the services in the other church of the same denomination being held in German. The services of this church are held in the Foulke block, Paint street, and Rev. George H. Schnur is the missionary In charge.

fSALEM CHURCH. The German Evangelical Salem church was organized in this city on April 8, 1877. Its first trustees were William Miller, Philip Klotz, George Lautenklos, Adam Pabst, Ph. Diehl, Leonhard Wilhelm and Leonhard Kra mer. -The first pastor, was itev.

A. F. F. Kohler. In 1881 the church at the corner of Fourth and Mulberry was built, under Rev.

C. E. Clausen. The church society was incorporated May 6, 1893, when Rer. Otto Schettler was the pastor.

The present trustees are'william Miller, Ph. Moser, William Zurcher, Peter Wegerly, Hermann Nolze, Christian Hafler and Henry Zimmerman. The pastor is Rev. J. Relnicke.

TABERNACLE BAPTIST. The Tabernacle Baptist churcn was organized March 23, 1890. The first regular pastor was Rev. A. Bartley.

At" present the services are held In the Klein building, on East Main street; but the congregation has purchased a lot at the northeast corner of Hickory and Main streets, and are erecting a church building thereon. The cornerstone was laid on September 14, 1899, and the dedication services, it is now expected, will be held in May of this year. The present pastor is Rev. W. S.

Bayne, under whom the church has made most satisfactory progress. The German United Brethren church, Rev. Emil Wegner pastor, is located at the corner of High' street and avenue. This church has been in existence here only a comparatively short time. A Protective Tariff.

Seneca W. Ely, editor of the Scioto Gazette, was for a protective tariff in 1841. He thus headed a call for a mass-meeting of merchants, mechan- ics and farmers: Huzza for the anvil, the spade, and the plough I Mechanics and Farmers, ahoy! Stand up for your rights and your liberties now, If them you would longer enjoy. The old covered bridge over North Fork, at Slate Mills, was built in 1820. A "Female Sunday School" was started in the First Presbyterian church in 1826.

Hymneal Poetry. The editors of long ago used to delight in dropping into poetry, and in inserting Verse, both original and quoted, on every occasion, especially when noticing marriages. On January 25, 1816, appeared the following: In peace Love tunes the shepherd's reed, In war, he mounts the warriors steed. In halls, in gay attire is seen, In hamlets, dances on the green. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below and saints above: For Love is Heaven and Heaven is Love.

Married: On Monday evening last, by the Rev. Robert G. Wilson, John Woodbrldge, Esquire, Cashier of the Bank of Chillicothe, to Miss Elizabeth Buchanan, both of this town. 1 Married: On Thursday evening, August 24th, 1815, by the Rev. Robt.

G. Mr. Amazlah Davlsson, merchant, of this place, to the amiable and highly accomplished Miss Harriet Kerr, daughter of Gen. Joseph Kerr, of i this neighborhood. Married: A few weeks since, Mr.

Is sachar Thissel to Miss Lydia Let's sing, be alsy; The Thistle and Daisy Unite in Hymeneal tether; And long may they flourish! And each other nourish, The Thistle and Daisy together. pastopijev Hamlen, who came here in 1899, and under whom the church is making fresh and most gratifying progress. (JUIXN CHAPEL A. M. K.

This is the oldest Africo-American church In this city. It was organized on May 30, 1821, at the house of Peter JameB, on East Fourth street. For a time the congregation met from house to house. In 1824 "they purchased a house on West Main street, which they converted into a church. Later they removed further west, to a point opposite the present church building.

In .1844 they moved to the north side of Main street, Into a house Just east of the church of today. The present edifice was erected in t1858. The pastor now in charge is Rev. M. F.

Sydes. A note of Interest to the members of Quinn chapel la found in the Gazette of 1S23, to the effect that there will be a three days' camp meeting of the "African members of the M. E. church, near Mr. Anderson's on Paint creek, about six miles from town, beginning on the 21st day of Au gust.

Charles Gray, superintendent." FIRST BAPTIST. This church is rightly named, for It is the oldest African Baptist church west of the mountains. It was organ' ized on July 13, 1824, at the house of David Nickens. Among the organizers were David and Abraham Nickens, William Thomas, Benjamin Jonee, MInty Day and Sarah and Ruth Nick ens. The first regular pastor was the Rev.

Carey, and the first church build lng was a log house on Second street, east of the canal; In 1870 the congre gation bought its present place of wor ship, situated on the north side of Fourth, between Paint and Walnut Btreets. This church was built in 1847, as a Swedenborglan church. The present church organization has greatly improved the building, much of the work being due to the present pastor, Rev. H. C.

Randolph. GERMAN EVANGELICAL. The First German Evangelical Prot estant church was organized in 1836. Its organizers were from Wurtemburg and Bavaria. The.

first meeting house was a frame structure on Main street, and Rev. Dr. Rosenfleldt was the first pastor. The church was incorporated in 1846, and in that year began the erection of their present church build lng on the north side of Main street, a few doors west of Walnut. The work was begun under Rev.

Dr. Rlemensny-der and finished under Rev. Dr. Jud. Since its foundation the church has had 17 pastors.

There are now 150 families in the church, under the pastorate of Rev. C. J. Bohnen. PLYMOUTH CHURCH.

The Plymouth Congregational churoh was first organized in this city on July 5, 1892. The meetings were then held in what used to be known as the "Biggs which was a mission established, and, for a time, conducted Ujr lllc ruol M. icou ici mu vui was in an old building on the southwest corner of Water and Sugar streets. The first regularly installed pastor of the church was the Rev. M.

R. Pasco. In the summer of 1898 the congrega tion having purchased a lot on the nortn Blde of Water street, at the head of Sugar street, erected a church build lng thereon. This Is the church now occupied by them. The present pastor Is Rev.

C. Brooks Voorhees. i GERMAN M. E. C1IUKCII.

The German M. E. church was organized here somewhere between 1840-42, the first pastor being Rev. George Brelnig, who was a home missionary of the church, and had other stations besides this city. The infant church was then under the care of Rev.

J. Geyer, Rev. J. Bier, Rev. J.

Barth and Rev. L. Nippert. In 1848 the church was reorganized on a firmer footing, under Rev. C.

Gahn. The services were then held in the old Masonic hall, which stood on the site of the present one, on East Second street, and was burned in the fire of '52. The present urch building was erected ia 1850, street, just vacated by the con- gatiou of Walnut Street church, was purchased in 1849. The trustees of the M. E-, church were authorized, on March 8, 1849, to draw up the papers necessary for the sale of the property, so it is probable that the transfer occurred shortly thereafter.

This church almost miraculously escaped burning down in the great fire of '52, when the houses on both sides of it were de- stroyed. This place served as a place of worship for St. Mary's congregation until 1867. On April 7, 1867, the cornerstone of the new St. Mary's, on South Paint street, was laid by Archbishop J.

B. Purcell, with great ceremony. The Gazette of that time says that thousands were present on that occasion. An integral part of the history of the new St Mary's is Father J. B.

Murray, who was pastor from 1869 to 1883. He was, indeed, a father to his flock, a man of wide kindliness and great charity, respected and beloved not only by his own parishioners, but by all who knew him. The present pastor is Rev. Alfred D. Dexter, who has been in charge since 1889.

TKIMTY. Trinity M. E. church is comparatively a new one, although the history given for Walnut Street church and of Chillicothe Methodism is Trinity's also up to In that year Trinity church was built, although the congregation which met in the old church on West Second street was not formally divided until in the fall of 1843. The first minister of Trinity was the.

Rev. John Barton, hut nv White was the first regular pastor of the "Eastern Charge," as Trinity" was then designated, while Walnut Street church was known as the "Western Charge." For many years Trinity was known as the Main Street Methodist church, but later adopted the more individual name it now bears. The church has had a steady and reliable growth, and is now doing good work under Rev. J. W.

Luccock, who came here from Zanes-yille In 1896. THIRD PRESBYTERIAN. This was organized in 1806 as the Associate Reform church. One of the tenets peculiar to the Associate Reform churches was that no musical Instrument should be used in the service, and that the singing should be only the psalms. The first session of the church was composed of William Car son.

James Taylor and Hugh Ghonn- and the pleasure of the guests. drew's and St. Mark's. The work of the parish is also helped in by Miss Broadwell, parish visitor. There are vested choirs at St.

Paul's and St. Andrew's, and the condition of the parish is most encouraging. ST. MARY'S To trace the history of the Catholic church in Chillicothe in the years before the '30's would require much research, not In the files of the newspaper, but among old private" papers, and the writings and records of those orders whose faithful members traveled through the wilderness ministering to their scattered flocka. It is a matter of history that French priests from Canada traversed all the valleys of the Ohio and The French built forts at various points throughout the Ohio valley, what time they claimed this fertile country for their own through right of discovery; but we may be sure that wherever French soldiers went, the devoted missionary fathers had been there before them.

Nowhere are to be found examples of nobler self-sacrifice, patient endurance, missionary energy and holy daring than among those early fathers of New France; and it may well be accepted that they knew and had traversed this beautiful valley of the Scioto. That, however, was longt before the advent of the pioneer fathers of Chillicothe. After the founding of this place, it is altogether probable that missionary priests visited this place and held divine service for such of their faith as they might find; but of this there is no record presently available, and this sketch must begin in the early 30's. For 20 years before that, so say the oldest members of the church in this city, telling what was handed down to them by their parents, there bad been weekly meetings held at' various houses, and the faithful few were ministered to several times In the year by missionary fathers. Early in the '30', however, through the kindly devout ness of Mr.

Martin Bauman, a regular.