Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

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ette Circuit, nothing l~ositive could be lealmed at Osceola. rillage.
Osceola Class, which met at tlie Osceoln school-house in 1S5l-2, was
pesidecl over by Ctlleb C. Flint. Sulong tlle i~leulbers vere the
leatlers Dinnna A. Flint, Asa, Sally ant1 ;\l:~r\r Curlbier. Willialn and Ann
EI1i411, Jacob and Eliz;~ Sticllla~n, Willi:\lil 11.'a1nd I-Iannah Jones. This
Jones was local preacller. In IS 65 Eev. Mr. Smi tll \\-as preacher. then
I:e\r. Gee. Guy, anti so on to the present time. William I-I;tlI nTas
first 1e:~cler ofe the oltl class at \V;~lls, seven miles distt~nt, and never
missetl an apl~oint~ne~~t fro111 1836 to 1S4ci. Sul)sec~nentlv his \rife ancl
liilliself tlevotcd tlleil* attention to tile ( )sceola c.l;~ss. of \~l'licl~ tlley n7ere
centri~l figures nutil tlleir tlccense. St~u~ill's Cl;iss iuet at the gt;11*111's
school-1 louse in I 851-2. I\-i tll Petel- St uiams. loct~l 1 )re;lclle~~ a ntl leader,
Jane S t~wi~ls, Jacob 1'. a11 tl TITekl tlly .Tones. Jacob irlitl Elizabeth
Stidlialrl, ilriel Jones, ill111 Orslilitn, Ai~~les i\'i~lipntl'iclc ;tntl J olrn $1.
i~lid Nancy J)alrr;l~q)le. In IS53 this CI~~SS
\\-as ttiansf'elbretl to Seeley's
I'oin t, where ,~ohn Dr;i,wyer \rns lea tl er.
Bl~ptist Gyhzu.c~, of Osceola., was olb~~~~izetl lTebi~nal*\. lo, IStiO, :~t
the scllool-house. Dr. E. 11. Uoartlnl;i n presi (let l \r i t11 ,J . G. 13onrdm'i~n.
c1e1.l;. The origintrl meinbers were Willii~lli We:wela," Isaac Spencer.$
E. It. I:onrdin;~ii, (+i.;~n\~ille P;r~lis, James G. 1:o;irtlnlaii. Eunice C.
Spencer," Mi rantla, Ilouse, Mit~tllit (+.,I :\I I~S, 3S;~y Van Ii:\lcliel
V ;in\rcyS ant1 1-Ianuitll Bo;tlathll;i n. of t 11 ose mel~lbelbs. S~LII~~S tna~keci