Preachers and Pioneers of Trinity Methodist History
The record recalls early Methodist figures in Trinity and Morgan County, highlighting bishops, pastors, and historians who shaped local church history. It notes Anson West and O B Fitzgerald works, Moses S Morris, and the 1818 Cotton Circuit preaching milestone as foundational to Decatur and area religious life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Knox
Josephus Shackleford
Hillside
Morris Cemetery
Trinity
Saunders
Lawrence
McClellan
Limestone
Betts and Taylor
Madison
Anson West
Bishop McFerrin
O. B. Fitzgerald
A. A. McGregor
Waights G. Henry
Muscle Shoals Association
Trinity Methodist Church
M. N. Morris
Sam Lile
Moses S. Morris
Morris
Tennessee
Huntsville
Marion Station
North Alabama
Sarah Fennel Lane
Morgan County
Cotaco
Early Methodist Circuit Roots in Trinity and Decatur
The article traces the 1820s Methodist itinerant beginnings in the Franklin and Lawrence circuits, naming early preachers such as Abraham Still Thomas Madden Nicholas Snead Barbabas Pipkin Peyton Graves John Lambuth, and later circuits forming in 1823 1824 1825 1827. It notes church founding near Dry Creek between 1820 and 1825, Summer Seat Campgrounds established 1827, and Bishop Andrews Lorenzo Dow and Simon Richardson preaching there. The Trinity church moved to a new site in 1837, was deeded to trustees, and burned by Federal troops in 1862 after relocation to the present America Neville residence lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Lazenby
Alabama
Florida
Thomas A. Strain
Twelve-Corners Church
Priceville
Alexander Sale
John B. MecFerrin
M. N. Morris
Abraham Still
Thomas Maddin
Franklin
Nicholas T. Snead
Barbabas Pipkin
Peyton S. Graves
John Russell Lambuth
Lawrence
Morgan
Daniel de Vinne
Thomas Burpe
Geo. W. Morris
Thomas Strain
Barton Brown
Benjamins. Clardy
John B. McFerrin
Trinity
Decatur-and- Tuscumbia
Dry Creek
Bishop Andrews
Lorenzo Dow
Simon Peter Richardson
America Neville
William Ellett
James Kimbell
Joe Sykes
Peyton H. Lile
John Allen
Simon B. Sykes
William Burt
David M. Dancy
Historic hour of worship after church fire and long gap
The record notes a historic worship hour for white and Black congregations on a Sunday afternoon. It recalls that after the church burned there was no public worship for nearly four years and lists early pastors including Morris, Gregory, Geo W Morris, Robert C Jones, Moses S Morris and W P Nichols with dates from 1831 to 1833.
Trinity Church History Recounted by Rev Morris
Rev Morris notes post Civil War hardships and revival at Trinity area churches. He covers church relocations, the 1896 fire, the 1897 reopening, founding ministers, notable preachers, and church leadership including stewards trustees and Sunday school superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Church
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Trinity
Morris
Wm. Mc
Repairman in Space Age To Salvage Costly Satellites
The era of orbiting repairmen arrives as Space shuttles and the MOL plan to support on orbit maintenance. Engineers argue the high expense of launches is offset by in orbit fixes and upgraded satellite servicing capability. Astronauts could perform on site repairs and even assemble large structures, boosting scientific return and mission success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
Orbiting Astronomical Observatory
OAQO
Air Force
Manned Orbital Laboratory
MOL
Space
Krafft A. Ehricke
Autonetics
California
Thi
Earth
Contributed Railway to Heaven Poem by Mrs H J Howard
A religious poem by Mrs H J Howard of Hanceville Alabama invites travelers on heaven's railway. It portrays Jesus as engineer and conductor ensuring passage through trials and deserts toward a mansion, noting Jesus paid all expenses at Calvary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heaven
Christ
Jesus
Calvary
H. J. Howard
Hanceville
Ala
Cadres to Build and Maintain Space Structures Urged
The piece argues for a trained cadre of technicians rather than a lone man to construct and service space structures and instrumentation, emphasizing skilled manpower and practical results from want ads.
Plant respiration observed with jelly coated leaves
A home science activity uses a house plant and petroleum jelly to compare leaf breathing. Coat the top sides of two leaves and the undersides of two others, leave for a day or two, then observe. Leaves with jelly on the undersides will show reduced gas exchange and begin to die.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Preachers
New Decatur
Albany
Old Decatur
W. N. Morris
North Carolina
Murfreesboro
Winchester
Forked Deer
Sarah Morris
Geo. Bewley
Ambrose S. Driskill
E. J. Dodson
J. Dodson
F. G. Ferguson
Geo. W
John S. Marks
Phillip Henderson
A. J. Woolridge
R. G. Linn
Samuel Orman
John and Jasper Nichols
Joseph Curry
John S. Davis
M. B. Kimbrell
Bro. Davis
Susie Fennel
Charles Callahan
Wonders of the
the Franklin Institute
Ting
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Plex
Science
By Bob Brown
66 Gen's Features Corp
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