Bishop H.H. Kavanaugh
Presiding Bishop 1878
Origions of Salem United Methodist Church
The Salem Methodist Church is a decendent of the first organized church in what is now Fulton Countyu. The first church was organized and sevices held in a private home about 3 miles north of what is now the town of Salem. This was around the year of 1836. This makes it the oldest organized church in Fulton County. The church was issued its charter July 13, 1874. Many of the charter members names were also listed as members of the origional church. The present church building is locaed on land donated to the church by John and Recca Saunders. The origional structure was a frame building which was destroyed by a tornado in 1924. The present building sits on the same site and was built in the 1920's. However, the members had to wait until November 4, 1938 for the building to be dedicated, at which time, Bishop Selectman came to town for the dedication. *********************************************************************************************
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Pastors of Salem United Methodist Church

1874.......J.F. Jemian 1875.......T.J. Settles 1876.......J.M. Steele 1877.......A.P. Staffold 1878-80....J.C. Carter 1881.......No Record 1882.......E.C. Castleberry 1883.......S.W. Register 1884-85....I.A. Vernon 1886-87....J.S. Brooks 1888.......John S. Watson 1889-91....F.R. Noe 1892.......T.J. Settle 1893-94....W.S. Southworth 1895-96....F.R. Noe 1897-98....W.E. Hall 1899.......P.B. Wallis 1900-01....H.H. Hunt 1902.......J.S. Watson 1903.......C.L. Castleberry 1903.......W.W. Gibson 1904.......J.D. Spence 1905-06....E.M. Davis 1907-08....F.E. Hall

----------------------------------------- 1909.......A.E. Horton 1910-11....B.F. Mason 1912.......G.C. Emmons 1913.......W.C. Barham 1914.......J.B.Stewart 1915.......H.E. May 1916.......I.C. Brasher 1917-18....J.C. Wimpey 1919.,,,,,,J.M. Crimshaw 1920-21....H.H. Hunt 1922.......M.F. Johnson 1923-24....George S. Burr 1925.......H.H. Hunt 1926-27....W.W. Peterson 1928-30....Eli Craig 1931.......T.H. Wright 1932.......A.L. Riggs 1933-34....W.F. Fausi 1935-36....A.W. Harris 1937.......Don C. Holman 1938-39....W.H.Dunlap 1940-41....T.C. Chamberliss 1942-44....Jesse Johnson 1945.......Farris McDonald

1946.......R.P. Sessions 1947-48....Luther Wilson 1949-50....B.L. Wilford 1951-54....Maurice Lanier 1955-56....B.W. Stallcup 1957-58....H.W. Jinske 1959-60....Elvis Wright 1961.......V.M. Hainsey 1962-64....Kenneth Renfroe 1965-71....L.L. Bounds 1971-72....D. McCammon 1973-78....DuBois M. Pettit 1979-80....Ortho Straghorn 1981.......B.W. Stallcup 1982-86....Orvil Sthl 1987-88....Will Dublin 1989-93....Betty Robinson 1994-96....Everett P. Isom 1997-06....Douglass Criss 2006.......David Eaton 2007.......Sam Williams 2007.......Marion Flemming 2008.......Sam Williams 2008.......Gary Wiles