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Massillon Independent

Location

Massillon, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1899

Page

3

Bunker Hill Methodist Church of Sugarcreek Township 1835 Era

In Sugarcreek Township a hilltop near Mary Marshall Farm once held a 1835 Methodist church that faded by 1855. Ministers served from the Dalton circuit, with prominent families in the area. The site, now overgrown, includes a cemetery with unmarked gravestones and few surviving members. Notes recount the church’s rise, relocation, and eventual disappearance, preserved here by the writer.

Adam Poe Mary Marshall Sugarcreek Township Bunker Hill Tark County Philip and Hirza Kripliver Tuscarawaas Township Dalton James Brewster Sanford C Bunker Hill Society United Brethren Society Heckman Tuscarawas Township Sixteen Elton Road Philip Weirich McFarren Brethren Society McFarren's Methodista West Lebanon Brethren Methodist Society Ae McFarren Old Bunker Hill Society Sitle Cary Klinger Lash Carr Habt Bowlby EF F Wanner

Secret Societies Officers Named In Local Lodges

Branch No 38 Catholic Mutual Benefit Association elects L Volkmer as president and Joseph Oehl as first vice president with a slate of officers and committee members. Abraham Lincoln lodge elects Michael Erwin president and D Jones Jr assistant secretary. Massillon Lodge Protected Home Circle nominees announced. German Benefit Society names Louis Ehmer president and Joseph Dressler as vice president. Massillon Hive No 41 Ladies of the Maccabees chooses Emma Dillon past commander and Mary Merrell commander with officers in key posts and rosters.

Catholic Mutual Benefit Association L. Volkmer Joseph Oehl G. L Happoldt Sebastian Hamel Emil Lux Martin Gerhart Adam Miller EL. Stucker John Hamel Nicholas Schneider William Crone Edward Ertle George Happoldt L. L. Volkmer Hamel Joseph Lux Abraham Lincoln Lodge Sons of St. George Michael Erwin Daniel Griffith T. L. Hopkinson Joseph Healy Charles Davis D. Jones, Jr Knights and Ladies of Security U. A. M. Hall Massillon Lodge Protected Home Circle German Benefit Society Louis Ehmer Joseph Dressler Michael Neininger Louis Gross Massillon Hive Ladies of the Maccabees Emma Dillon Mary Merrell Sarah J. Howard Mary Pietzcker Maggie Able Matilda George Susan Frantz Louisa Critchfeld Mary E. Shertzer Adella Howaia Sentinel Louisa Koontz Emma Ames Mary Willison Mary Keley Alice von Kanel

Obituary Notices for Hattie Bowman Joseph Smith and William Forest

Mrs Hattie Bowman 31 wife of Prof J B Bowman of Canfield died at home of paralysis Funeral services private Sunday in Massillon after arrival of the body Survived by husband and one son Joseph Smith father of Township Trustee Cyrus Smith died at home in Stars county Heart disease Funeral Monday morning at residence William Forest died near Newman Friday of pneumonia Elderly writer of poems noted in county Highly regarded in western Stark county

Hattie Bowman J B Bowman Canfield J. B. Wert Massillon F. O. Humberger Bowman Joseph Smith Cyrus Smith Stars County Mr. Smith Pennsylvania Stark County William Forest Newman

Foley's Honey and Tar Praised by Readers Across States

Geo A Pontius of Upper Sandusky Ohio reports Foley's Honey and Tar as the best remedy for sore throat hoarseness and cough. Rider & Snyder promise quick relief and claim it cures coughs colds hoarseness croup pneumonia bronchitis and throat and lung troubles. Chas W Cupples and Rider & Snyder cited as endorsers.

E.C. Dewitt &Co Chicago Chas. W. Cupples W. Tremont Street Rider & Snyder East Main Street Geo. A. Pontius Upper Sandusky, O Foley Chas. W. Cupples and

How to Prevent a Cold with Foley's Honey and Tar

After exposure or when symptoms begin, take Foley's Honey and Tar. It claims to prevent pneumonia or consumption if taken twelve times, per Rider & Snyder.

Foley Rider & Snyder

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