>Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 07:18:16 -0600 >X-From_: [email protected] Tue Aug 5 07:18:16 2003 >From: "Dick" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> >Old-Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 09:17:57 -0400 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 >X-Diagnostic: Not on the accept list >Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: Christian Union church, etc >X-Envelope-To: OHADAMS-L >X-pstn-levels: (C:51.8443 M:97.0282 P:95.9108 R:95.9108 S:48.4064 ) >X-pstn-settings: 3 (1.0000:2.0000) pmCr >X-pstn-addresses: from <[email protected]> > >Looking at history of Hickory Ridge Church and Union Church, names not >necessarily exact - Adams County. In 1903, apparently a portrait of >Alexander McClain, founder (or a founder), was dedicated in one of these >churches. I can't get an answer on the one phone number on yahoo yellow >pages. Does anyone know anything of these churches? >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Hermon B Fagley" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 8:02 AM >Subject: [OhBrown] Christian Union church > > > > In the past year,I've met a minister of the Christian Union faith,and > > then > > noticed on White Oak Valley Rd,in mid Brown Co,Oh Farmer's Chapel of > > Church of Christ and Christian Union. I've just read of the Christian > > Union > > church at Edenton,n e Clermont,and have read of the formation of the > > Benton > > Christian Union church. Wamsley,in e Adams Co had a church,and perhaps > > Beasley's > > Fork. As I understand,Christian Union people opposed the civil war, and > > had > > trouble staying in the churches they normally belonged to,or at > > least,with the ministers at their normal churches. > > And I saw this am reference to a Clermont Co church certificate of > > marriage that approaches what we saw from Quaker churches. > > 1820 Thomas Martin certified he was authorized by law to preform > > marriages,and that > > he had married Jane Carter to Hiram Prickett, ,with 8 men witnesses. I > > think > > it would be a Baptist marriage. > > Jane Carter was from Tom's River,now Ocean Co,NJ..Severl of the daughters > > of Wm ,of > > Benjamin,Johnson,of Tom's River,NJ shore, were in Clermont. Samuel and > > Hannah > > Johnson was near Marathon. Wm and Lucretia Smith were near the Rts 133 > > and 50 > > One of the Lemings near Milfdord,and a Johnson girl m a Shumard,whose > > brothers were inClermont..So add Harris and Carter,at kleast,to the list. > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > > Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! > > > > > > ==== OHBROWN Mailing List ==== > > List Administrator, give her the e-mail address you want to add, and ask >her to add you to the "Accept List." You will then be able to post from >that address without a second actual subscription. > >