This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
History of the Athens Sabbath School and its leaders
A historical account details the Athens Sabbath School origins in the Methodist and later Presbyterian venues, founded around 1826 under Rev. Lindley and Dr. Perkins. It covers early governance, rules against corporal punishment, teaching methods, the move from courthouse to Cumberland and later Christian churches, key superintendents like Norman Root, infant classes, and the evolution of facilities and records through the mid-1800s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wits
Jacob Lindley
Ohio University
Jame
Isv
Teeting
Chauncey F. Perkins
Joseph B. Miles
Jno. Walker
James Gilmore
Alvin Bingham
Silas Parker
Henry van Deman
Exon Chendier
Solomon Porter
Jno. Hunt
Joseph Scamse
Lydia L. Perkins
Amelia Scott
Priscills Crippen
Eliza Ann Gillmore
Polly Bartlett
Lindley
Dr. Perkins
Messers. Miles
Walker
Parker
Seaman
Perkins
Crippen
van Deman
Hunt
Chandler
Porter
Miles
Gillmore
Sabbath School
Samuel W. Rose
Athens
Orek
Congress Street
Root
Court House
Matthew Patrick
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
A. B. Walker
John Walker
Norman Root
W. H. Young
W. H. Scott
H. C. Martin
R. W. Erwin
C. H. Dixon