Hello Granny - thanks for your fast response. It appears we are on the same wave length. > > "I see from the local history books that before the North Butler Presbyterian > Church organized in 1848, folks met for worship in Fergus Hutchison home." Yes - the Hutchinsons owned that large property and sold the portion that the Church and cemetery now stands on to the Church around 1850. I have articles from the Butler History about it but don't know just where they are right now. I have been researching and collecting for over 15 years now. I live in Los Angeles, Calif., but have been back to the North Butler Cemetery 4 times - it seems that everyone buried there is a relative of mine!!! > > "I do have a copy of a Hutchison Family Tree. It must have taken a long time > to do it. It's hand done and quite unique." If it is the one done by Euphemia Minteer in 1935, then I do have a copy. If it is some different one, I would most certainly love to have a copy > > "The North Butler Presbyterian Church was called "an infant" of the Concord > Presbyterian Church. There is a wonderful old newspaper article where the > other churches celebrate with their "mother," the Concord Presbyterian Church." That is all new to me. I am not familiar with the Concord Presbyterian Church. Where is it located in relation to the North Presbyterian Church??? How can I get a copy of the neswpaper article you mentioned??? > > "My Cumberland great, great grandparents are buried at Concord, as are my > great grandparents, my grandparents and my father and sister, among many > numerous uncles, aunts and cousins. The majority resting there are related in > some way." That must be exciting for you. I know how thrilled I was to find all of my ancestors at the North Pres. Cemetery. I just sat down in the cemetery and cried! > > "Getting back to North Butler Presbyterian Church, my great grandmother, > Eleanor, was a daughter of John Beatty. One can see from her pictures what an > attractive woman she was. " I have 22 Beatty's in my descendancy chart. My earliest is William, b. 1808, married to Matilda Hutchinson; children: George Beatty b.1833, John b.1835, Margaret b.1838, Nancy b. 1842, Eleanor b. 22 Jan.1845 married Willis J. McGinnis, and William, b.1848 > > "She was the youngest daughter of a large family. I think she may have been a > bit "spoiled," too. The reason is, one of my uncles said she insisted her > husband, Great Grandfather John Cumberland take her home for church at North > Butler." I don't show any Cumberlands on my list. > > "Now, on occasion, that would be nice, but think how long it would take > traveling two ways with horse and buggy every Sunday. It's such a short > distance today by car. " I guess most places were a loooong distance apart in those days. > > "It would seem likely they'd attend Concord in bad weather. My great > grandfather carried bricks from his father's farm and barefoot, too, when the > present Concord Presbyterian Church was built. > > Those bricks were fired by the Kinzer brothers on the James Cumberland farm. > Uncle Paul laughed when he showed me the cornerstone of Concord. He thought > perhaps the Kinzer, that put it in, may have had "one too many." It's upside > down." Please tell me where Concord is - I can't relate to it?? > >" I'd like to hear more about he North Butler Presbyterian Church that my > Great, Great Beatty Grandparents attended." > I would love to hear about any Hutchinson or related info you might have. It must be wonderful to live in that area and have access to so much info from there. As I mentioned I have made 4 trips back to the Butler area and end up finding more info each time. I was fortunate to connect with Audrey Fetters who ran the Butler Genealogy Library at that time, and was most helpful to me. Joan Semper jsemper@earthlink.net > > > > ==== PABUTLER Mailing List ==== > To contact Ed Book, List Maintainer, e-mail to: > edbook@alpha.clarion-net.com > >