Thank you Herbert for a very nice information letter. I used to go up to Linden, Ia. and stay with my grandmother who used to lived across from the town park and there was what I would called a little church like building, and at the south east end of the park I think that is the little Quaker's Church at one time could you tell me for sure if it was or not. There was another church just across from her. I don't remember what that one was but I was inside of it several times when I was a kid. boy how time flies. I always wanted to go and see what the little Quaker's church was like I have got a very rich hertiage, I think. Thank you again, Gloria gholder4@juno.com On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 17:15:02 EST Standcedargrove@aol.com writes: > This pertains to a mailing from Jean Leeper dated 2/04/2004 in which > she asks > where Linden MM was located. > > Linden Meeting was located in the town of Linden in Linn > Township, Dallas > County, Iowa. It is only a mile or two from the Guthrie County, IA > border. > Linden Meeting was organized in 1882, apparently as a Preparative > Meeting of > Linn Monthly Meeting, which also included East Linn Meeting which > evidently > met in a schoolhouse near the East Linn Cemetery, a mile or more > north of the > town of Redfield, Iowa. East Linn Meeting seems to have been of > short duration, > and the Monthly Meeting continued as Linden Monthly Meeting centered > at > Linden. Linden Monthly Meeting was laid down in 1949. I believe > that the > meetinghouse has been remodeled as a private dwelling. Linden > Monthly Meeting was > affiliated with Bear Creek Quarterly Meeting of Iowa Yearly Meeting > (FUM). > > In my files I have the following item reported by J. H. Mills in > his > column, "East Linn Record", for the weekly edition of the _Redfield > Record_, > published at Redfield, Iowa , Jan. 11, 1884: > > The Friends of Linn held their regular monthly meeting at the > schoolhouse > on Saturday, a good turnout and an interesting time was had. > Preachers J. > M. Coffin and Abel Holloway with our Samuel for good measure. > > The "Samuel" to whom reference was made seems to have been Samuel > Hockett, a > Friends minister and pastor, with family connections with the > Hocketts of > Salem Friends Meeting in Henry County, Iowa. > > - Herbert Standing, Earlham, Iowa. > > > ==== QUAKER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS LIST: Send an email to: > QUAKER-ROOTS-L-REQUEST@RootsWeb.com > The ONLY word in your message should be UNSUBSCRIBE. > >