Jamesport Churches
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized September 2, 1871,.
in the old Methodist Church, called "Ketron Chapel," situated on
section. twenty-five. This church is now used as a barn and a new
Methodist church was erected on section thirty-one. Those conducting
the services in the organization of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, were the Rev. William. M. Houstin and the Rev. William S.
Davis. The original members were Robert B. Foster, George A. Poage,
John Lockridge, William H. McClung, Simeon Hamlin; James Waugh, Jane
Foster, Elizabeth Hamlin, B. M. Car-away, Ella R. Hill, Harriet
Mickel, Nettie Miller, Virginia W. Hill,. Susan F. Callison, Sallie
E. Miller, Mary B. Foster, Harry McCastney, Margaret Hamlin,
Virginia Hamlin, Hannah A. Buzzard and Mary C. Waugh.
At present the congregation have no church edifice of their own, but
are holding services at the Bethel Presbyterian Church just over in
Grand River township, in the southeast corner of that township. The
church is in a flourishing condition and has a present membership of
fifty-two. Its present pastor is the Rev. J. H. Tharp, of Gallatin.
Pleasant Grove Methodist Episcopal Church
The Pleasant Grove Church was organized on the 2d day of February,
1876, by John Perry, presiding elder of the Jamesport Circuit. The
original members were W. F. Burr, Rebecca Burr, Newton Maxwell, E.
S. Max-well, Mary Robinson, James Maxwell, Harriet Roberts, Caroline
Lockridge, Elizabeth Maxwell, Margaret Maxwell, Anna Maxwell, D. W.
Maxwell, W. W. Province, Mary Province, William W. Drake, Isaac
Barnum, Charles McLaughlin, William F. Robinson, Samuel Hayes,
Cadora A. Hayes, Sarah G. Maxwell, Francis McLaughlin, Sarah E.
Robinson, Emma Maxwell, David Standiff, Sarah W. Hays, Linnetta
Marshall, Thomas G. Marshall, John W. Killen, Virginia B. Witt,
Elizabeth Merritt, Rebecca A. Hart, Isaac N.. Lowery, Elizabeth
Lowery and Lewis G. Roberts.
The names of the pastors who have officiated in that position are
Rev. John W. Perry, in 1876; Rev. S. S. Harden, in 1877-78, and the
Rev. D. H. Root, in 18'79, 1880 and 1881, present pastor. The
present membership of the church is twenty.
Other Churches
The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1839, and its members built a church in Jamesport in the year 1871. The building was frame, costing $1,000. It was dedicated by Rev. Oscar Deshles. Membership, twenty-five.
Methodist Episcopal Church South was built in
the year 1879 at a cost of $1,500. The church is a frame building
and was dedicated by the Rev. E. R. Hendricks. Its present
membership is twenty-six.
The Old School Presbyterian Church was built in 1873 at a
cost of $900. It is situated northwest of Jamesport four miles, and
was dedicated by Rev. Robert Speers. Membership, in town, six.
The Baptist Church organization has about twenty members and hold
their meetings in the M. E. Church. They have raised the money and
will build a church the coming spring, and sooner if the weather
permits.
The first church in the township was Ketron Chappel, built in
1859, at a cost of $750. It was located two miles west of Jamesport,
and its denomination was Methodist Episcopal. It was occupied for
several years, and is. now used as a barn.
The Christian Church has a membership of twenty and holds
services in the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
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