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This
village, which is situated about one mile west of Mount Pleasant,
was laid off about the year 1815, by Ellwood Radcliff.
Probably because of its proximity to Mount Pleasant, it had made but
little progress. It contains about one hundred and
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fifty inhabitants - one-half of whom are colored. The colored
people have a school and church (Baptist) which was dedicated Oct.
13, 1872. The village contains one dry goods store, one grocery
store, one blacksmith shop, one wagon maker’s shop, one carriage
shop, one shoemaker’s shop, one church, and one school house -
colored.
THE REGULAR BAPTIST CHURCH,
(TRENTON COLORED)
This
church was organized and constituted Jan. 10, 1844, at a meeting
held in the east room of the brick house owned by Esther
Sparksman. William Callihan was moderator,
and Milton W. Kasley, clerk. The names of those who
united with the organization, were George Sparksman,
Esther Sparksman, John Williams,
Harriet Emeline Williams, Frank King,
Susan Thompson, John V. Brown, Sarah
Brown, John Cusans, Elizabeth Sparksman,
John Thompson, Charlotte Dating and
Martha Sawyer, George Sparksman was then
appointed deacon, and ordained, and John Cusans
elected church clerk. The exercises were closed by Elder
Callihan preaching a discourse adapted to the occasion.
This church belongs to the Zoar Association.
Nov. 2, 1850, Elder Jones was called to the
pastorate at a salary of $4 per month.
May 30, 1854, a committee was appointed to buy a lot on
which to build a church. A half lot was bought from Henry
Bundy for $30, and the amount of first payment raised among the
members.
Oct. 26, 1860, the church met and agreed to employ
Madison H. Gaskins, as pastor, at a salary of $105, for half his
time. The meetings were held in the Seceder church, about
eighteen months, when the congregation removed to a room in Mrs.
Sparksman's house, where they worshiped until their new church
building was completed in 1872, a neat frame, 24x30, costing $1,000.
The new house was duly dedicated Oct. 13, 1872. Elder G. C.
Sedgwick preached the dedication sermon.
They have ordained two ministers, Jared Chavers
in 1866, and Madison Boggs in 1873.
This church, in 1879, numbers one hundred and four
members. Five of the original members in 1844, are still
living, Esther Sparksman, Elizabeth Sparksman, Susan Brown, John
Williams and Harriet Williams.
A Sabbath school was organized in 1868.
Number of volumes in the library, 258; number of scholars enrolled,
25.
SKETCHES
OF THE GILL FAMILY -
THE
SHARON FAMILY
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JONATHAN
AND ANN TAYLOR
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HALL
FAMILY
MRS. ANNA
H. G. BROWN -
ASAHEL H.
HUSSY -
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GEORGE C.
JENKINS
THE
STANTON FAMILY
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PLEASANT
H. UNDERWOOD. -
ROBERT B.
LAWRENCE. -
HENRY
HEBERLING. -
CHARLES
BURKE. -
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JOSIAH
HALL -
WILLIAM
B. HUMPHREYVILLE. -
ROBERT
SMITH
BRADWAY
THOMAS
ELLWOOD
RADCLIFF
A. M.
WALKER. -
MRS.
SARAH McGLENN. -
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AARON
BLACKLEDGE
ELISHA
PACKER. -
GEORGE I.
EVANS
W.
HEATON. -
GEORGE P.
CLARK
THOMAS
HORTON
JOHN W.
SMITH -
MILTON R.
PETTIT
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PETTIT
FAMILY RECORD.
WILLIAM
J. WATERMAN
JOHN B.
BECK
JEREMIAH
WALKER. -
BENJAMIN
COMLY. -
S. M.
GRUBB
CHARLES
ZEYER. -
SAMUEL J.
HAWTHORN. -
JOSEPH
RUSSELL -
WILLAM THOMPSON, SR.
- This old gentleman is also a son of Aaron Thompson
and the history of his parents is found in the preceeding sketch of
John Thompson. William Thompson,
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was born in Pennsylvania, in 1801, and came with his parents to
Ohio, when he was a small boy. He recollects the first cabins
and the first settlers of this section. He remembers Abram
Farington, who built a three cornered cabin on the farm now
owned by Mr. Brown, and a hewed log house, the first
one he ever saw, built by William Foreman, which now
stands on the farm of Robert Smith. Mr.
Thompson was first married in 1825 to Rachel Vernon,
daughter of Amos and Mary Vernon, of Belmont county, Ohio.
Mrs. Thompson’s parents were natives of Georgia. They
reared a family of eight children, only three of them now living,
William, Israel, and Aaron. Mrs. Thompson
died in 1864. Mr. Thompson next married Mrs.
Mary Vernon Craft, Dec. 19, 1868. His present wife was but
one year old at the time of his first marriage, and he himself is
two years older than his mother-in-law. Mrs Thompson’s
second husband, Mr. Craft was killed while on picket
duty near a house on the northerly side of Bald mountain.
Mr. Thompson is now in his seventy-ninth year, and has
seen many trials and hardships.
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