Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

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were electecl trustees ancl re-electecl in 1865. Subsequently Mi-. Gral~ain
l~~rcl~nsecl a farm, resigneel his charge, and in 1867 the name of Rev.
K. (7. Weecle reappears on the recoyel, hut not as pastor. T'iTilliam D.
Tl~omas and 11. 11. Oliver were elected trustees. Eei~. MY. Montgomery
succeecled Mr. U~allam. TTTilli:~m and Tho~nas Oli~rer ailel
Dsvicl BItirray weye electecl trustees in 1S'il ancl re-elected in 1873. In
1376 tlie name of Rev. John 31. Renclerson al)pealzs, although he came
here in IS73 ancl still relnainccl as pastor until 1884. Since 1SS4 the
clluroll Iias been snpplied by various ministers. In the fall of 1SS6
tlie Rev. Ross mas callecl, and tool; charge, Mr. Ilenclerson inoring
to Tmer, Iowa. In 18'7.5 Willinnl Oliver, James Tun~bull nncl John
lloll~ies v7e;.e elected trustees, succeeded in 1877 by Robert Grieve,
Anclre~v Oliver and Jol~n Tui'nbull, as trustees, 311.. Grieve acting as
clerk since that time. In January, 1879 a 1not'ion providing tht the
t1.11stees lwocnre su1)stitutes for liats to take up the TI-ee1;ly collections
was atlop ted. The trustees weye re-elected in ISSI. In December,
ISdl, the question of admitting organ lllnsic was deciclecl neuatirelj~ by
eleven for, to sixteen ngxinst. In January, 1S3, Robert eve, Wm,
JLnrray antl Williain Oliver mere electecl trnstees ; Robert Griere,
Alaggie 12ule ancl Janet ,Jaclisou, chosen a co~llnlittee to select books
for the 1il)rary. In February the lib~nrv co~nlnittee just named, ~ ~ith
hIa.ry Oliver, ,Janet Grieve, George 7'. 0river and A(lanl Jnel~son were
;q>pointecl ;L commjttee to collect the Quarter Centennial F~ulcl. This
conllnittee collectetl $277.45, ivhicll was appliecl towarc1 church work.
111 J;~~Iu~II.~, 1885, the trustees ~i-el-c re-elected. In 1SS5 elect8io~is weye
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11eltl in the ~ni~tter of cnllin~ a pi~stol., but none being unaninlous tlie
quest ion nT:is helcl o\rel* unt~l June I, 1S8li. wlien Rer. Mr. Ross was
c~illetl. The num~ber of co~~l~ilunicants is 87. I11 the Sunday-school
lil~rarv iwe 400 volumes, scholars in Suaduy school 101. It is ilotable
that the three I'resbyterim~ cllnrclles of this tomnsllil-> imp $3.OOo as
szllaries annually, :iiicl about tlie same :~lnount for other clinrcll purposes.
il.lcthodi.c.t Z~fi'stlq)irl (Xt~rcA, of E111iira elates back to the beginning
of the Osceoln society. P12ior to 1S.i!3 the Fullers, Cli~k~, Ferns, Hudsons
families may be na~ned as the onlv ~Iethoclists here, nncl members
of the Osceola cllurch. 111 1959 Rev. iV. J. 811iitli 11