Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

540 HISTORY OF STARK COUNTS.
Lafayette Loclge, 421, I. 0. G. T., was chartered July 36, 1883,
with the follo~ving namecl members: A. S. Atherton, F. S. Jones, H.
W. Manley, W. 3. Smith, S. A. Miller, V. J. Smith, John Williams,
Elmer Beecher, A. M. Jaclison, Ella &IiI. IVilliall~s, Milla White, Corn
Gillette, J. A. Willimns, J. M. Jones, Kate Morris, &I;I:LI'JT A. Baker.
Fred Shore, Maqy J. Atl~erton, 1,ylnan Willial~is, Harriet Williams,
Mary R. Redlielcl, Kate Jones, George Williail~s, C. It. Wick, It. C.
Baker, C. P. JacBson, h1r.s. 11. 31anley. Nellie Jones antl Kate E. Driscoll,
W. C. T. and Mrs. Lynlau ~illiluus, W. V. T. Worlc untler this
charter is sleeping, owing to the f;~ct tll~~t there ;we not over four
clrinlters in the coninlunity and not ovep one " llnrtl citizen."
Goshen Townsl~ip Farmel*s7 Union was organized in the spring of
1863, wit11 Jacob Fall, president, and tJa~.ules Nolrlan, secreti~ry.
Tl~e Union Le~tgue \iTas establi sllecl ;~t TAttf'i~\ret te cluriilg tlic \V:LY.
The records ~vere ultiina.tely left wit11 J. M. ones, ant1 vrere i~urnetl in
the fire which clestroyecl his llar~~ess sllol,. Anlono the inelnbers were
J. S. Atherton, J. $1. Jones, D. J. I-I~wtl, Squire %elly, J. I-I. TVillJer,
ancl J. Lundy.
C'hz~rc7~es.-The Baptist cllnrch of 1,:lfayyette had its beginning in the
olcl " Fahrenheit Church," the iristorj7 of \\.hiell is given in the sketch of
the Toulon society ancl inuch o-E its l~ersol~al llistolay carrietl into the
chapter on ina,rriages, as Elder Jonathan Miner jolnetl inany of its
members in the bonds of wedlock. The society JV~S organized June
1.5, 1837, ancl over it he presicled until his tle;~tll in 4 TIe also
preachecl at Fralter's ant1 at the Franklin chiuacl~, better known as
" Wall's Schoolhouse." Meetings were l~eltl at Witlow Miner's llouse
until April, 1850, \\.hen the cllu~*ch builtling at Lafabyette ~vas completed
by Mrs. Miner and opened for the society. This building is
now the planing nlill of E. (+. Ilill. In IS47 Eltler Sticliney 1we;~clled
at the "Fahrenlieit" and at that time the falllilies belonging :'vere the
IIaytts, William antl Mrs. Miner, Charles 1-1. Miner anti \vlfe, Mrs. Pi~rrish,
Elisha Gill and wife 'enncl J. 31. SticBney ant1 wife. In 1845 the
church at Toulon was organized, a nu111be~ of meulbers withdrew, ant1
the change in location of place of \17orsllil) becaule a necessity. A few
of the old meinl~ers, like 1;. C. I>a.lrer, reside llere antl generally attend
the churcll at Ga]lva or Toulon.
The Methodist Episcopal cliurch of JAaf;~yette dates 1);~clin the
forties. In IS42 the second camp-meeting ever l~eltl in the county
asseml~led here, antl in 1846 tllere was a. " Nineteen Dt~ys' Iievival."
In that yeax a cil~u~ch was built here. A. E. I'helps was Eltleia, John
G. Whitcomb, P. E.; and Gee. C. IIolirles, circuit preacller, with W.
C. Cumrnings, assistant, he being then on the sn1,ernnuatetl list. The
first names on record of cli~ss 1. w l1ic11 met at Sheritlan Jones' 11onse
at 1,af;~yette in the winter of 1S5l-2 are as follows: ,Joseph IT. Wilher,
Win. M. Pratt, stew;~nls; I'hilip ,I. t2nsliutx, loct~l l)re;\cl~el*; Jonatlian
and 1)aniel Ilotlgson, Sl~eritlan Jones, I,\rlllnn 0. Ititltlle, Henry
Dunl)n,r, John Auger*, ~ J~LII~CS li. Wilson, ~,e\r;s Pelaly, Wln. L\rm;~n,
I-Ienderson Sin~i~lons, am1 tl~eila wires, anti Malay Snytler*, Einily i~l~ite,
8 Eliza Bonllam Itel,ecca I'rnl;er, Eliz:t I'olhamns. J;L~& Jz~ckson, C'l~i~~alotte
Miner, all in class 1. In class 2, John Cuncliff, Theo. F. I-Iurd, John Lun-