Pleasant Hill Church Was Organized 100 Years Ago
The Pleasant Hill Church of Christ marks a century since its 1866 founding in Washington township. Early settlers led by Richard Moore built a cabin and hosted worship with Rev Absolom Leeper first preaching in the territory, later expanding to a schoolhouse and finally a dedicated church site donated by Bassam and Henry Anderson. The church’s first cemetery originated on the Moore claim, with sixty members admitted at the 1866 dedication and multiple restorations since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Adam Ritchey
John Black
Illinois
Adam
Iowa
Garden of Eden
Crawfordsville
Henry County
Adam’s
Humphrey
Ilinois
Matthew Morehead
Utah
John Mostella
Maulsby
George Baxter
William Hutter
Mostella
William Moore
Marion Township
Richard Moore
New London
Moores
Bari Kephart
Washington
Richard Moores
Moore
Absolom Leeper
Moore Home
Pleasant Hill
Tucker School
Bassam Anderson
Henry Anderson
Pleasant Hill Church
L. C. Wilson
B. Anderson
Personal Stories of Pioneers Wishard Wellman Iowa
Pioneers recount moves to Iowa and frontier life. William Henry Wishard recalls settling 190 acres, crossing plains in a wagon, railroads through Iowa City and Washington, and early trading with grain for 25 cents a bushel. Lettie Wishard and Hattie White share family roots in Iowa, farming, milling, and schooling with notable figures. Phoebe Whith notes migration from Illinois in 1852, California and Oregon trails, Mormon movements, and travel by covered wagon to Louisa County in 1867.
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William Henry Wishard
Wellman
Iowa
Joseph H. Wishard
Nicholas County
Kentucky
Indiana
W. H. Wishard
Iowa City
Washington
Keota
Phoebe Whith
Crawfordsville
Illinois
Cass County
California
Oregon
Utah
Louisa County
Memoir of J. M. Utterback’s Iowa journey in 1864
J M Utterback recalls a move from Elizaville Indiana to Iowa in a covered wagon in 1864. He was five, remembers crossing a river by ferry at Port Louisa, fearing loose colts might fall into the water, and describes a terrible storm during the trip. The narration centers on early frontier travel and child perspective.
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Hattie White
Ainsworth
Iowa
Indiana
Charles Curtis
Topeka
Kansas
Anna Baird
J. M. Utterback
Elizaville
Port Louisa
Washington memory of Almon Moore home and store
Mrs Bellamm of Washington Route 3 recalls her grandfather Almon Moore moving his family to Washington in 1889 or 1890. He built a one story frame house on the current Barclay's Grocery lot and expanded rooms nearby. Her parents lived there after marriage and children were born there. In the late 1940s and early 1950s the father ran a general store in part of the house.
Fires and history of Havre Montana town
The article recalls Havre's early days naming origins with Havre versus Haver, and notes three major fires including the first store, plus an elevator fire. It mentions a lakeside post office once called Lake, frogs as a musical theme, a blacksmith shop, rail agency, and two old houses. It describes the Havre school once Benson school with pre Civil War building and lamp details.
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Havre
Easter
George Waster
Fred Zieglowsky
Lake
Lewis Hering
Charles Zieglowsky
Frogtown
Benson
West
Benson Cemetery
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Earl Kephart
Clayton Nicholson
James T. Nichols
J. Madison Williams
S. P. Telford
John Nicholson
Will Hckerman
Church of Christ
Lost Creek
Pleasant Hill Christian Church
Lettie Foster Wishard
Simon Childs
Dayton
Wassonville
Worth County
Shell Rock River
Wittmer
Juanita Herin
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