The New Providence church was organized August 3, 1834 in Marion County, Missouri. The first building was a frame structure built in 1842. The present (1884) structure was built in 1866 for $2,600. The first building was located in Section 24, the last on Section 11, township 59, range 8. The names of the original members are listed in the History of Marion County, MO 1884. The church was supplied with ministers from Marion College including C. Goodrich . The Rev F. R. Gray was called in 1837 and remained until 1846. This was the minister who performed the marriage of JOHN GOODRICH & EMMA E. RUTHERFORD in Lafayette County on the 22 October 1874. Anyone with access to Presbyterian church records of this period please post or contact gaeseal@sbcglobal.net