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Looking At Religion A 1854 Methodist Chapel Revisited
The Franklin Methodist Chapel near Bethel Ohio retains its original 1854 brick construction and furnishings with only a Belfry added in 1884. Trustees Denham Nichols Bettle Jones Light funded the building with pledges from one to two hundred dollars. The small parish welcomes all worthy mourners and hosts Sunday school with missionary Samuel Kamaleson as guest.
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Franklin Methodist
Laurel-Franklin Ra
Bethel
New Richmond Pike
Hancock
Nichols
Idler
Denham
Bardin
Bettle
Jones
J. L. Holtzigger
Old Cincinnati
Methodist Episcopal Church
Samuel Kamaleson
Madras
India
America
Marshall Stanton
Asbury Seminary
Janice
Kansas
Laurel
Spring Grove
God
Jack Hawkins
Williamsville-Tabasco
Mary Carnes
David Taylor
Howard Caston
Mildred
Clarence Lamb
Clara Taylor
Cynthia Jones
Lulu Taylor
Ella Bettle