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Newspaper
Carmi Times
Location
Carmi, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1965
Page
53
The article recalls Ashland Christian Church history and notes a homecoming on the first Sunday in Aveuet. It reflects on longtime members, community ties, and the aim to continue the work, with a call to be workers “rightly dividing the word of truth.”
Mill Shoals Township in White County origins trace to 5S acres forming the northwestern area with timber and fertile soil. Early settlers included William Urien Richard Upton Wr. Mason Wow Childers and Vodinudr Fowler. James I. Fraser moved in 1856. Springerton and local churches, schools, and mills are listed with founders James Springer J N Moutray J W Springer and B F Files. Enrollment grew from 335 pupils in 1860 to 1,024 by 1882. first officers included Fraser Steel Robinson Brown Hicks Hunter and Files.
The Mt Pleasant Regular Baptist Church organized in Burnt Prairie Township White County Illinois in July 1830 with thirty members led by Elder Stephen Williams and Elder Elias Roberts. Presbytery officiated from Burnt Prairie Regular Baptist Church Bonpas Edwards County and Deacons Tolliver Simpson William Simpson James Taylor. Articles of Faith Rules of Decorum Church Covenant taken from Little Wahabash Association. First building measured twenty six by thirty feet and was hewn.
Early settlers include the Bain family father the first in White County in 1806 and many others such as the Wilmans Weeds Funk housers Vaughns Hunsingers Files Vaughts and Stewarts. Libe rty and Burnt Prairie grew around a central prairie and church sites with the first sermon by Rev. Harris, the first school taught by John Hefford, and a two acre church ground deeded for ten dollars. The township saw rapid growth with 1818 1819 arrivals and a 1867 frame building later replaced in 1949 by a glazed tile structure. The article details founding families, the village name Liberty, local trades, the first mill, merchants, and a census count of 121 residents conducted mid November.
A long list of personal names appears in an OCR fragment. Readable items include James H Moutray George Balsover Wm Rose Matthew Wilson Wm Upton and others, suggesting a roster or notices section in a historical page.
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