The Presbyterian Church
congregation was organized November 19, 1878, through the
instrumentality of Rev. David
Waggoner, Rev. J. Frank Stonecipher and Elder J. H. Carr. Its first
regular members were John Parry,
Thomas English, Mrs. C.
E. English, Miss E. L. English, Mrs. L. Bowen, Mrs. Eliza Bonner, Mrs.
J. A. Allen, Miss Mary Pringle, O. V. Porter, Mrs. Margaret E. Porter,
Mrs. Mary L. McClurg, V. B. Coulson, Mrs. Mary Coulson, Miss S. R.
Downs, B. L. Coulson, S. E. Coulson, J. P. Coulson and Mrs. Margaret Cornwell. The
church was incorporated September 17, 1883, at which time the board of
trustees consisted of E. Houser,
James Hewitt and Charles Runningbrew. The building used by
the congregation is a frame, erected in 1883, at a cost of $2, 500. The
first pastor was Rev. Samuel Glenn.
He was followed by Rev. B. C.
Critchlow, who in turn was succeeded by Rev. J. C. Chapman. The
present [1888] pastor, Rev. E. A.
Nelson, has been in charge for about three years, and is
the first regular pastor the congregation has had, the others having
been provisional ministers merely.
The
membership of the church is 145. Connected with it is a Sunday-school,
of which Robert P. Cann
is the superintendent; and also a Ladies’ Missionary Society, of which
the president is Mrs. Robert P.
Cann, and the vice-president,
Miss Mary Pringle.
History of Mercer County,
1888, pgs 469-470
Early Members of the Presbyterian Church in
Stoneboro
John
Parry
Thomas
English
Mrs.
C. E. English
Miss E. L. English
Mrs. L. Bowen
Mrs.
Eliza Bonner
Mrs. J. A. Allen
Miss
Mary Pringle
O. V. Porter
Mrs.
Margaret Porter
Mrs.
Mary L. McClurg
V.
B. Coulson
Mrs.
Mary Coulson
Miss S. R. Downs
B.
L. Coulson
S.
E. Coulson
J.
P. Coulson
Mrs. Margaret Cornwell
Robert P. Cann
Harriett
Patterson Greer, wife of James L. Greer
b: 1858,
d: 1924
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