Hi everyone, My apologies to those of you who are listmembers of both the Schuyler and McDonough mailing lists for receiving two copies of every message I send! It has been wonderful to see how active the McDonough County mailing list has been lately! Just a note to let you know that I am still on vacation in Idaho, but will return to Illinois around the first of October. Its nice to take a break and refocus, but I sure miss working on the McDonough and Schuyler webpages. My husband, Karl, has been graciously updating the webpage with surnames and queries that have been submitted in my absence. All other contributions are being held until my return. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmcdono Take care, Robin Petersen robin@firedragon.com Listowner ILSCHUYL-L and ILMCDONO-L

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Hi Joyce: In response to your inquiry today (Can anyone tell me if and when a Claude Hornbuckle of Bushnell area in 1918 died ? Possible in McDonough Co. Thanks , Joyce) I found the following formation in the McDonough County Genealogical Society publications of burials at Bushnell Cemetery: Ethel HORNBUCKLE, Wife of Claude Birth 1886 Death 6 Dec. 1918 Age 33 William HORNBUCKLE, Vet. Death 24 Nov. 1917 Age 72 Mary Green, wife of Wm. HORNBUCKLE Birth 1848 Death 17 July 1901 All are buried in Blk 134 Lot 1 Sec 1 Under "Veterans" information it states that William Hornbuckle served as a private in the 122nd Illinois Inantry during the Civil War. Enjoy this information...Nancy

As a prosperous mine operator, and President of the Applegate & Lewis Coal Company, James T. Applegate is rounding out a career of varied experience, resulting in a wide knowledge of business tactics and ethics, and ready adaptation to the general needs of twentieth century existence. Born on a farm near Rushville, Schuyler County, Ill., June 26, 1831, Mr. Applegate is a son of RICHARD P. APPLEGATE, who was born in Simpsonville, near Louisville, KY., in 1793 and grandson of BENJAMIN APPLEGATE, who spent his entire life in Louisville. His mother, TABITHA (HAWLEY) APPLEGATE, was born in Kentucky in 1799, and died in Illinois in December, 1871. Emerging from a youth uneventfully passed on the old homestead, and in which work in the fields was interspersed with attendance at the district school, Mr. applegate found himself a victim of the western fever, which unsettled half the wage-earners between the two oceans during the middle of the last century. Lured by the prospect of a quickly made fortune in the gold fields on the Pacific coast, he reached the Mecca of his dreams under circumstances that would have dismayed the most ambitious Argonauts. Leaving home in January, 1852, he left Panama the following March in a sailing vessel, the British bark "Emily" destined for eighty-four days upon the deep before reaching the port of Mansanillo, Mexico, where they stopped four days laying in supplies of food and water, as they were short of both. They then coasted up to San Blas, where they remained forty-seven days waiting an opportunity to secure passage on another vessel, as the "Emily" had been declared unseaworthy. Through the American Consul the passengers finally secured passage on the "Archibald Gracia", a sailing vessel, which was little better than the "Emily". On this vessel they were on the ocean forty-five days more before reaching San Francisco on September 11, 1852. During this time thirty-nine of two hundred and fifty passengers died from various causes, and for the greater part of the voyage, half-rations of food and a pint of water constituted the daily allowance. After reaching his destination, Mr. Applegate engaged in mining in different parts of California, continuing his residence in the west until returning to Illinois in the fall of 1867. >From a comparatively small beginning Mr. Applegate engaged in the stock business for many years in Illinois, and in 1881 accompanied DR. WESTFALL to Europe, repeating the trip the following year, and on both occasions brought back with him high grade horses. He has dealt extensively in horses, cattle, hogs and grain, and has bought and sold town and country properties, at present owning two thousand acres of land in Kansas and Nebraska. At Moline, Ill., in 1895, in company with MR. KEEFER, he purchased 160 acres of coal lands, which since have been operated with gratifying success. DR. LEWIS bought Mr. Keefer's interest in 1897 and The Applegate & Lewis Coal Company was organized with Mr. Applegate as President, Mrs. Applegate as Vice-President, and DR. ROBERT E. LEWIS as secretary. Dr. Lewis formerly was a general practitioner in Macomb for fourteen years, and gave up a business of $4,000-$5,000 a year to look after the growing interests of the coal company. The firm owns mines at Cuba and Hanna City, Ill., employs about two hundred and twenty-five men, and has a mining capacity of 1,500 tons of coal a day. Formerly Mr. Applegate had an interest in the sewer-pipe concern now operating under the name of Dickey & Company, of Kansas City, and which have several concerns engaged in the manufacture of sewer-pipe in different parts of the country. The plant at Macomb, Ill., in which Mr. Applegate was interested burned in 1896 with a loss of $40,000 above the insurance and was almost immediately rebuilt. Politically, Mr. Applegate is a Republican and fraternally is connected with the Macomb Lodge No. 17, A. F. & A. M. December 24, 1864, he married LUCINDA MURRY, a native of Schuyler County, Ill., and a graduate of the Rushville High School. Mrs. Applegate is a daughter of ALLEN and SARAH (MARVIN) MURRY, natives of New York and Vermont, respectively. To Mr. and Mrs. Applegate have been born two children, of whom FANNIE died at the age of two years, and ADDIE L., is the wife of DR. ROBERT E. LEWIS of Macomb. Mr. Applegate is a man of strong and forceful character, and throughout an extended and busy career has evinced the most important and fundamental requisites of success.

A well-known and thrifty farmer of Chalmers Township, McDonough County, Ill.., was born in Somersetshire, England, September 24, 1826. His parents were JOHN and ANN (BIDDLECOMB) ANDREWS, natives of England. WILLIAM ANDREWS, his paternal grandfather, married a lady named WILLIAMS both being of English nativity. THOMAS and MARY (LOCKY) BIDDLECOME of English birth, were the maternal grandparents. Charles Andrews and his brother HENRY ANDREWS, came to Philadelphia, PA., May 4 1850. They journeyed on foot and by canal and wagon to McDonough County, Ill., where they engaged in farming on rented land for thirteen years. In 1856 Charles went back to England, where he remained six months. Returning to McDonough County, they operated rented farms until 1864. In the fall of that year, Mr. Andrews bought a farm of eighty acres in Section 24, Chalmers Township, to which he moved May 6, 1864. Ten years later he bought forty acres more, adjoining his farm. He cleared the tract of all timber, built a comfortable house and made other improvements and now has one of the finest farms in the township. The religious faith of Mr. Andrews is based on the creed of the Presbyterian Church. On political issues he is affiliated with the Republican party. His brother, Henry never married, and died in November, 1902, at the home of his brother-in-law, JOSEPH BOWN, in Scotland Township. (MY NOTES: CHARLES AND HENRY ALSO HAD BROTHERS NAME WILLIAM AND THOMAS. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THEM ARE ALSO IN THIS BOOK)

Who has been successfully engaged in farming in McDonough County, Ill., for more than half a century, is still carrying on his customary work in Chalmers Township, where he worked by the day in the middle of his "teens". He was born in Somersetshire, England, February 2, 1835, and is a son of JOHN and ANN (BIDDLECOME) ANDREWS, natives of England, the father's birthplace being the city of London. The grandparents on both sides - WILLIAM and SARAH (WILLIAMS) ANDREWS and THOMAS and MARY (LOCKYER) BIDDLECOME - were all of English origin, as were the paternal great-grandparents, DAVID and MARY (MORGAN) ANDREWS. William Andrews, the subject of this sketch, is the seventh son of his parents, and had two younger sisters. He obtained his schooling partly in England and partly in McDonough County, Ill., where he arrived in 1853. He at once started to work on a farm in Scotland Township, seven years later removing to Chalmers Township. Two years afterwards he bought a farm of 120 acres in Section 26 and 27 of the latter township, which was all in timber. This he cleared, and subsequently purchased 160 acres in Section 27. At present Mr. Andrews is the owner of 280 acres of land, on which he raises cattle, hogs, and horses. His principal crops are corn and grass for use in feeding. In June, 1862, Mr. Andrews was married to ROWENA MCCORMICK, who is a native of Kentucky, where she received her early mental training in the common schools. The children resulting from this union are: EMMA (MRS. LESLIE BATY); JOHN OLIVER; IDA (MRS. ALFRED STURGEON); INEZ (MRS. ALONZO BAYMILLER); AND BLANCHE (MRS. MICHAEL SULLIVAN). In politics, Mr. Andrews is a Republican. He has held the office of School Trustee four terms, and has served as School Director for many years. MY NOTES: WELL, HERE ARE 2 SISTERS. UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THEM MARRIED A BOWN. THIS BIO ALSO TELLS THE NAMES OF THE MISS WILLIAMS WHO MARRIED THE GRANDFATHER, AND A FEW MORE ANCESTOR'S NAMES.

Who has been for more than half a century engaged in farming in Industry Township, McDonough County, Ill., was born in Somersetshire, England, July 21, 1823, a son of JOHN and ANN (BIDDLECOMB) ANDREWS, also natives of England. WILLIAM ANDREWS, the paternal grandfather, and THOMAS BIDDLECOME, the grandfather on the mother's side, were also of English birth. Thomas Andrews, who is the second of nine children born to his parents, received his education in the common schools and worked on a farm until 1849. At that period he came to the United States and located in Ohio, where he continued in farm work for nine months. He then came to Schuyler County, Ill., and was employed for one year in the same occupation, after which he located in McDonough County and worked four years with his two brothers. In 1859, Mr. Andrews bought a farm of forty acres in Industry Township, to which he added from time to time until his farming possessions now amount to 250 acres of land. This is situated in four townships, viz.: Scotland, Industry, Bethel and Chalmers. Of late years he has lived on his original farm in Industry Township, Section 6. When he first came to this vicinity all his land was in timber. The whole region was a wilderness, and deer were abundant. Mr. Andrews cleared all of his land but about forty acres and has made all the improvements. Three weeks before Christmas, in 1847, Mr. Andrews was married to SARAH GARLAND, a native of Somersetshire, England, who has borne him ten children, namely: ELIZA (MRS. COBB), ELLEN (MRS. VENARD), WILLIAM, JOSEPH, OF Macomb, Ill., ANNIE (MRS. STEVENS), CHARLES, GEORGE, FRANK and two who died in infancy. In political contests, Mr. Andrews ranges himself on the side of the Republican party, and is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. MY NOTES: THE TWO BROTHERS HE WORKED WITH WERE PROBABLY CHARLES AND HENRY, AS WILLIAM WON'T BE ARRIVING IN THE U.S. UNTIL 1853.

A well-known resident of Chalmers Township, McDonough County, Ill., where he is successfully engaged in stock-raising, was born in McDonough County, April 27, 1855, a son of JAMES and ROSANNA (BOWN) ANDREWS, natives of Middlezoy, England. His parents came to McDonough County in the fall of 1854, and settled in Scotland Township, where they remained four years. The family then moved to Chalmers Township, where the father bought a farm, the cultivation of which occupied him until his death March 26, 1903. John T. Andrews is the eldest of a family of eleven children born to his parents. In early youth he attended public school, and remained on the home farm until he reached the age of twenty-five years. He then entered into matrimony and conducted a rented farm six years. At the end of that period he bought seventy acres of farming land in Section 26, and eighty acres in Section 25, Chalmers Township. Here he devotes his attention to raising Shorthorn cattle and thoroughbred Poland-China hogs, with corn and grain for feeding purposes. On December 23, 1879, Mr. Andrews was joined in wedlock with MARY M. JOHNSON, who was born in Franklin Co., OH, and attended school in Illinois. Of this union eight children have been born, namely: MARY LEONA, who died in infancy; AMY ETHEL, ROSE MALINDA, JAMES JOHNSON, JOHN CLIFFORD, MARY LENORA, LAURA MILDRED and ADA LOIS. In politics the subject of this sketch gives his support to the Republican party. He has served as Supervisor, and was elected Highway Commissioner in the spring of 1903. His religious faith is founded on the doctrines of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Andrews is thorough and systematic in the conduct of his work, and the results produced attest the close and intelligent attention he bestows upon it. MY NOTES: HIS FATHER, JAMES MUST BE ANOTHER BROTHER OF CHARLES, WILLIAM, THOMAS & HENRY, THEREFORE, HE IS ALSO A NEPHEW OF THEM AND A 1ST COUSIN TO THE OTHER CHARLES ANDREWS. AND HERE IS THAT BOWN NAME AGAIN. THE BROTHERS MUST HAVE A SISTER THAT MARRIED A MAN NAMED BOWN, AS HENRY DIED IN HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW'S (JOSEPH BOWN'S) HOUSE.

Who is successfully engaged in farming in Industry Township, McDonough County, Ill., was born in this township September 21, 1865, and here received his early education in the public schools. He is a son of THOMAS and SARAH (GARLAND) ANDREWS, whose biographical record appears on another page of this volume. The subject of this sketch was the seventh of ten children born to his parents or whom three girls and five boys are living. He remained at home until he was twenty-eight years old, when he rented a farm in Chalmers Township for two years. At the end of that period he purchased a farm of 120 acres in Industry Township, and to this has added from time to time until he is now the owner of 210 acres of excellent farming land in Section 5. His main crops consist of corn, wheat and oats, and he also raises horses, cattle and hogs. Mr. Andrews was united in marriage February 28, 1894, to JENNIE CURRAN, a daughter of NICHOLAS and MARIA (TEAL) CURRAN, natives of Ireland and Illinois. They resided in McDonough County near Industry until their death and Mrs. Andrews herself was born and schooled in Industry Township. Five children have bern born to the union of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Andrews, namely: LENA RUTH, ETHEL MAY, CHARLES WILLIAM, BEULAH VIOLA and EARL DELOSS. Mr. Andrews is a supporter of the principles of the Republican party, and fraternally is identified with the I. O. O. F. He an his family are members of the Presbyterian Church. He holds a high place in the esteem of his neighbors and is considered one of the substantial members of the community. MY NOTES: THIS GUY IS THE NEPHEW OF CHARLES, HENRY AND WILLIAM ANDREWS

Who resides at No. 901 West Carroll Street, Macomb, was born in Perry County, Ill., June 9, 1853. He is the son of BERRY and ELIZA (MARLOW) ANDERSON, natives of Illinois, where the former was born in Kaskaskia in 1805. AMOS and TABITHA ANDERSON, the paternal grandparents were natives of Virginia. The grandparents on the mother's side, RICHARD and SARAH MARLOW, were born in Illinois. Perry County, Ill., was organized at the home of Berry Anderson. he was a Liberal-minded, public-spirited man, a firm friend of education, and devoted much of his time and means to the education of his family. The subject of this sketch considers his father the greatest teacher he has ever seen. Richard B. Anderson attended the public schools in the neighborhood of his early home, and supplemented his primary education by courses in the Illinois Agricultural College and the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio. at the age of twenty years he began teaching. He was Superintendent of Schools at Pickneyville, Ill., for six years, County Superintendent of Perry County (Ill.) schools four years, Superintendent of Schools at Carlinville, Ill., five years, and of the Bushnell (Ill.) schools seven years. For two years he occupied the Chair of Sciences in Shurleff College. He has been a member of the Illinois State Teachers' Association for twenty-five years, of the Southern Illinois Teachers' Association from its organization, and of the National Teachers' Association for ten years. He has read the proof-sheets of many text books before they were finally published, has been a contributor to many educational magazines, and has been much engaged as Institute Instructor and lecturer on educational and social topics. On August 14, 1879, Mr. Anderson was married to HENRIETTA BOWMAN, who was born in Tennessee, where in girlhood she attended the public schools. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have one child, ELMA VEVA, who is a graduate of the high school under her father's supervision, and also of Know Conservatory of Music. The religious belief of Mr. Anderson is based on the creed of the Baptist Church. On political issues his views are in accordance with the policies of the Republican party.

A prominent citizen of Good Hope, McDonough Co., Ill., who is there successfully engaged in the banking business, was born in Ross County, Ohio, on February 2, 1849, son of WILLIAM and MARGARET (EAKLE) ALLISON, natives of the state of Virginia. William Allison was a farmer and surveyor by occupation. He came to McDonough County in 1852 and carried on farming. The subject of this sketch was educated at Cherry Grove Academy and Lincoln College, Ill., and was engaged in mercantile pursuits in Good Hope until 1790, when, in connection with J. H. CUMMINGS and Q. C. WARD, he organized the Bank of Good Hope, with a capital of $20,000. It is a private banking concern and has a membership in the State Bankers' Association. On September 2, 1875, Mr. allison was united in marriage with MARY J. CAMPBELL, who wa born in McDonough County, a daughter of DAVID and WINIFRED (BRIDGES) campbell. Two children have resulted from their union, ALVAH ALLISON and CHARLES ALLISON. Politically, Mr. Allison supports the Democratic party. He served two terms as Supervisor of Sciota Township, and has held the office of President of the Village Bard. He is an elder in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, representing that church in the General Assembly of 1902. He bears the reputation of a sound and perspicacious financier. Mr. Allison was made a Mason in 1870, and is a member of Good Hope Lodge, No. 617, A. F. & A. M., and has filled several offices in the organization.

Can anyone tell me if and when a Claude Hornbuckle of Bushnell area in 1918 died ? Possible in McDonough Co. Thanks , Joyce

One of the most prominent of the McDonough County (Ill.) farmers, who is still actively engaged in agriculture, was born in Morgan County, Ill., December 17, 1838. His father, WILLIAM POINTER, was born in Cumberland County, KY, and his mother, ELIZABETH (MORRISON) POINTER, was a native of Fleming County, in that state. They were married May 31, 1835. The grandparents on both sides - CORNELIUS POINTER (born in Pulaski County, KY., in 1788, and died in 1833) and REBECCA (SNOW) POINTER (born in Maryland in 1789 and died in 1835) - were all natives of Kentucky. William Pointer, the father, was born in Cumberland County, KY., on November 30, 1812, came to Morgan County, Ill., with his parents in 1828, and remained there until 1855 and then moving to Macomb. Here, for one year, he conducted a hotel known as the "Brown House", situated on the west side of the square. In January, 1859, he sold the hotel to JAMES BROWN, and bought a farm in Scotland Township. In the Black Hawk War he enlisted twice, and in the fall of 1861 became identified with the Civil War by joining Company C, Eighty-fourth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, of which he was wagon master, but in the fall of 1862-63 was discharged from the service on account of disability. He then returned to his farm, and afterward removed to Industry, Ill., where he lived with his son, Robert, until his death in June, 1893, at the age of eighty years. The mother had passed away July 8, 1892, at the age of seventy-six years. William Pointer wa a prominent figure in the Free Methodist Church, being a licensed preacher and an ordained elder of that denomination. He solicited the funds to build the church in Macomb, contributing most of the necessary funds himself. Robert C. Pointer was the second of four children born to his parents. In boyhood he attended the common and select schools and remained under the parental roof until he was twenty-five years old. At that period he married, and moved on his present farm of 240 acres in Section 23, Scotland Township. In May 1876, he established himself in Bardolph, McDonough County, in the manufacture of drain tile, in connection with the Bardolph Fire Clay Works. Ten years later, he sold out his interest and returned to the farm, where he has since resided. Mr. Pointer has seen this region developed from a raw prairie to its present finely improved condition, and has done his share to promote the transformation. On May 5, 1864, Mr. Pointer was married to FLORA GATES, who was born in Scotland Township, and there attended public school in her youthful days, as well as the Macomb High School. Seven children blessed their union, namely: ANNIE E. (MRS. J. D. HAYES), JENNIE (MRS. L. L. GARDNER), IDA M. (MRS. G. A. LEWIS), LULA (MRS. B. D. HERNDON), WILLIAM C., NELLIE (MRS. JAMES C. GIFT), AND GRACE G. Mr. Pointer's religious associations are with the United Brethren Church. In politics, he takes the Democratic side of public issues. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the A. F. & A. M., being a member of Industry Lodge No. 327, as also is his son, William.

In 1906 there are twelve churches in the city of Macomb, representing ten different Christian denominations--viz.: Christian, Cumberland Presbyterian, First Baptist, Second Baptist (colored), First Free Methodist, First Methodist Episcopal, Second Methodist Episcopal (colored), First Presbyterian, St. George's Episcopal, St. Paul's Catholic, Trinity Lutheran and Universalist--besides the Christian Endeavor Chapel and Salvation Army Headquarters.

St. George's Episcopal Church of Macomb was organized in 1873. The church building, located at 225 East Carroll Street, is of unique design in the style of English churches. The cost was about $12,000. It is furnished with a large organ and, altogether, is an attractive structure. Since the organization of the church, there have been a number of different pastors in charge, the present rector being the REV. FRANCIS M. WILSON, a learned and able preacher.

The first organization of this denomination in McDonough county was effected April 7, 1871, by REV. G. H. SCHNURR, who located about that time at Bushnell. This church held its services for a time at Jerusalem Chapel three miles north of Bardolph, but finally removed to Macomb, where it was reorganized in January, 1875, under the name of the "Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church", taking possession there of the old Congregational Church. In the meantime, another organization was effected at Bardolph which continued in existence for one year, when it was suspended. In July, 1872, a church was organized in Chalmers Township, five miles southwest of Macomb City and in conjunction with the Methodist denomination, a church was erected there called Salem's Church.

This denomination, which is distinguished by its name from the Moravian, or United Brethren, Church, but holding doctrines similar to those of the Methodist Episcopal Church, has had several organizations in McDonough County. The first sermon by a representative of this denomination was preached by ELDER JOSIAH TERRELL in 1846, and an organization, later known as the "Blandinsville Church", effected during the same year, with twelve original members. This church established the Blandinsville Seminary, which was in successful operation for a number of years, its building finally passing into possession of the village and being used for public school purposes. Elm Grove Church, in Hire Township, was organized with fifteen members in 1855 and erected a church building in 1866, costing $1,200. Willow Grove Church, also located in Hire Township, was organized in 1871 by REV. I. VALENTINE, although preaching began in Prosperity Hall, which belonged to a temperance organization, as early as 1867. On November 10, 1872, a building erected at a cost of $2,000, in the northeastern section of Hire Township, was dedicated by BISHOP D. EDWARDS. The original members of this church were: A. BROWN and wife, QUINCY HAINLINE and wife, GEORGIANA, EMMA and LODELIA WATTS, JAMES FIELDING, REBECCA, FLORA and AMANDA M. HAINLINE. New Philadelphia Church, located in the eastern part of Mound Township, was organized in the 'sixties and erected a church building in 1868. Jerusalem Chapel Church was organized at the residence of A. SWITZER, October 29, 1867, and soon afterward began the erection of a church building, which was dedicated December 22, 1868. Pleasant Gale Church was organized by REV. J. DUNHAM, in Sciota Township, in 1868, and a church structure was erected which was dedicated November 1, 1874. The original members were: SAMUEL RUSH and wife, WILLIAM ELWELL and wife, MRS. B. K. PURKEY and MRS. SAMUEL MCDONALD. A number of revival meetings in the early history of this church contributed to the increase of its membership. Center Chapel Church was organized in November, 1875, with thirty-six members, and the following year a church building was erected in the central part of Walnut Grove Township. The dedication of this building took place December 10, 1876. In connection with three other churches of this denomination--viz.: the Willow Grove, Pleasant Gale and jerusalem Churches--The Center Chapel Church owned a parsonage in Good Hope.

There were two Catholic Churches in McDonough County in the late 'seventies--one located at Tennessee and the other at Macomb. The Tennessee Church was first established at Fountain Green (known also as St. Simon's), about 1839, but in 1860 was removed to Tennessee, where a good church building was erected, the first pastor being FATHER ALBRIGHT. St. Paul's Catholic Church, Macomb, was organized in 1854 by REV. FATHER O'NEILL. The first pastor wad REV. FATHER JOHN LARMER, and the present pastor REV. F. G. LENTZ. The McComb Church has had a steady growth since its organization.

A church under this name was organized in Bushnell, October 19, 1856, by a committee consisting of REV. A. WILSON and S. B. AYERS. The original members were FREDERICK CRUSER, THOMAS PLOTTS and wife, AARON SPERLING and D. M. WYCKOFF. The first meetings were held in a school-house and later in a carpenter-shop fitted up for that purpose, but a frame church edifice was erected in 1860-61, costing $5,000, which was dedicated May 1, 1861.

The first sermon by a representative of the Universalist creed was preached in Macomb by REV. MR. GARDNER in 1846, and a congregation organized by REV. I. M. WESTFALL in 1851, with the following list of members: R. M. BONHAM, J. 2. WESTFALL, J. M. MARTIN, JOHN S. SMITH, ORSAMUS WALKER, J. L. N. HALL, WILLIAM D. PENROSE, F. L. WESTFALL, D. D. ROLL, GREEN C. LANE, H. H. BURR, JOHN Q. LANE, JOHN L. HENTON, and J. H. BAKER. The congregation occupies a handsome church building erected in 1896, on West Carroll Street. The present pastor is REV. MR. ALCOTT.