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The Rev. C. V. Oswaldt organized a group of Methodist people in 1891. History does not record if there was a tabernacle-like brush arbor or building at that time, but a church was built on land given by R. L. Ross. That group bore his name through all the years of its existence. Charter members were Mary Cooner, Robert L. Wall, and Sarah E. Wall. The building was built with clapboard siding, eight-paned windows, and accessed by a side door with windows on either side. It was painted white and would easily accommodate 60 people on wooden benches made of 1X4s. There was a piano and a pump organ. Baxter Ray led the singing and Pauline Ray played the music. Other early families who joined this group were named Greenwaldt (four members), Smith (three members), William and Fronie Sadberry, and H. Bockman.
This was a fast growing, yet fluid, membership listing 197 through the year l917. The church was reorganized at that time with those who continued to be active. Revised membership during the years listed 169 names. The Rev. R.L. Bowman noted in the Church Register: "This church has been disbanded and sold," (probably in the mid-1940s), and the land reverted to Jeff McClellan who owned it at that time. Memberships were transferred to the DeLeon Methodist Church.
The building was torn down and the lumber was used to build a home in DeLeon. This was just after the war and lumber continued to be scarce.
Pastors over the years are:
1891
C.V. Oswaldt |
1904
T.W. Ellis |
1910
E.P. Swindall |
1919
C.V. Williams |
1928
G.R. Wright |
1941
C.C. Calhoun |
1892
M.H. Hudson |
1905
J.C. Carter |
1913
J.D. Smoot |
1920
Walter Griffeth |
1929
R.H. Davenport |
1942
H.J. Sanders |
1900
R.A. Clements |
1906
D.C. Ellis |
1916
Hiram B. Clark |
1922
W.A. Morton |
1933
R.L. Wallace |
1948
R.L. Bowman |
1903
J.M. Owens |
1909
W.D. Wheeler |
1917
A.W. Franklin |
1924
W.A. Neill |
1937
W.E. Harold |
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