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PUTNAM PRESBYTERIAN IN 1877

A few weeks ago we presented a rather complete early day history of the Putnam Presbyterian church, giving many facts, dates, and information of interest not only to members of that church but to many of our citizens, especially those of the pioneer section of our city, good old Putnam.

Today, the writer of that story has compiled another which contains the names of the congregation of that church on January 1, 1877. Many of our present citizens are descended from the good folk named in the story while our older citizens will remember fondly business, civic, and social contacts with more than one of the group.

The writer of this story, a prominent local citizen desires to with hold his name, but we can say that his information is always accurate and dependable and that he ranks as probably the best of our present day historians.

His story follows:

In a recent article published in the Times-Signal I quoted from two small books by the pastor of the above church from 1840 to 1877. I wish to add a little to this article and to copy therefrom the membership in 1877 (Jan.1st);

ABBOT, Mrs. Ella B.
ACKLEY, Mrs. Julia B.
BALDWIN, Miss Frances L.
BALDWIN, Miss Mary H.
BALLINGER, Mrs. Marietta F.
BARRON, Alfred
BARRON, Mrs. Isabella
BARRON, Miss Alice
BELL, Mrs. Isabella M.
BLANEY, Brin C.
BLANEY, Mrs. Caroline
BOWEN, Edward
BOWEN, Mrs. Ella
BROWN, Miss Alice
BROWN, Miss Anna
BUCKINGHAM, Mr. James
BUCKINGHAM, Mrs. Jane W.
BURWELL, Thompson
BURWELL, Mrs. Sarah A.
BURWELL, Carson
BURWELL, Lindon
CARY, H. G. O.
CARY, Mrs. Matilda A.
CHAPMAN, Miss Mary
COCKREL, Mr. Reuben
COON, Mrs. Clara K.
COX, Mrs. Lucy Ann
COX, William V.
COX, Miss Lizzie M.
COX, James B.
DICKSON, Mrs. Jane
DIETERICH, Frederick
DRAKE, Mrs. Rosetta
DRAKE, Miss Catherine
DRAKE, Carrie Eva
DUNLAP, Mrs. Martha
DUNLAP, Miss Mary S. (Zanesville art teacher for years)
EDGAR, Mrs. Margaret E.
ELDER, Mrs. Susan
EMERY, James
EMERY, Mrs. Catherine
EMERY, Abraham (of Coopermill Road)
EMERY, Mrs. Linda P.
EMERY, John
EMERY, Miss Semiramis
ERWIN, Dr. James B.
ERWIN, Mrs. Mary
FORQUHAR, Dr. E. A.
FORQUHAR, Mrs. Augusta A.
FORQUHAR, Miss Esther E.
FORQUHAR, Dr. E. A. Jr.
FORQUHAR, Mrs. Lucy
FORQUHAR, Mrs. Mary L.
FULTON, Miss Laura
GAMEL, Miss Mary
GILBERT, Miss Elizabeth
GILLESPIE, James C.
GILLE, Mrs. Augusta
GILLE, Miss Amelia
GUTHRIE, Mrs. Amelia
GUTHRIE, Stephen H.
GUTHRIE, Stephen A.
GUTHRIE, Miss Harriet E.
GUTHRIE, George N.
GUTHRIE, Mrs. Sarah A.
GUTHRIE, William E.
GUTHRIE, Miss Clara D.
HALL, Mrs. Margaret E.
HALL, Mrs. Mary
HALL, George
HARVEY, James
HARVEY, Mrs. Elizabeth
HAVER, Samuel C.
HAVER, Mrs. Sophia
HAVER, Samuel C. Jr.
HAVER, Mrs. Ellan A.
HAVER, George W.
HAVER, Mrs. Irene S.
HAVER, Miss Augusta
HAVER, Miss Lillian
HERFORD, Miss Etta
HERFORD, Miss Anna M.
HOGE, Mrs. Elizabeth M.
JENNINGS, Mrs. Margaret C.
JOHNSON, Mrs. Mary C.
KINGSBURY, Mrs. M. F. P.
KINGSBURY, Mrs. M. E.
LACY, Mrs. Elizabeth T.
LARZALEAR, Mrs. Annie E.
LINN, Mrs. Mary W.
LINN, Miss Mary F.
MATTHEWS, Miss Sarah
McBEE, Ninian S.
McBEE, Mrs. Cornelia H.
McBRIDE, Mrs. Henrietta F.
McKINNEY, Mrs. Elizabeth
MILLIGAN, James B.
MUNCH, Mrs. Elizabeth
MUNCH, Walter
MUNCH, Mrs. Ella W.
MUNSON, Mrs. Lucy P.
NICHOLSON, Mrs. Elizabeth
NYE, Dr. Horance S.
NYE, Mrs. Mary N.
NYE, Mrs. Minerva T.
NYE, William A.
NYE, Miss Mary
PARSHALL, Mrs. Elizabeth
PARSONS, Robert D.
PARSONS, Miss Maria
PARSONS, Miss Mary
PARSONS, Hannah
PARSONS, William
PARSONS, Ruth E.
POTTS, Mrs. Mary F.
POTWIN, Charles W.
POTWIN, Charles A.
RANKIN, Mrs. Caroline
REEVE, Mrs. Agnes E.
RICHARDS, Thomas E.
RICHARDS, Mrs. Sarah
SAFFORD, Mrs. Sarah E.
SAFFORD, Miss Mary P
SAFFORD, Mrs. Cornelia M.
SAFFORD, Harry P
SCARVILLE, Mrs. Amelia
SCOTT, Ernest M.
SHOREY, Miss Mary
SHIVEY, Mrs. Esther G.
SMITH, Mrs. Martha F.
SMITLEY, George W.
SMITLEY, Frances H.
SAFFORD, Miss Cornelia M. (later wife of Rev. MILLER of Scranton, PA)
SNYDER, Miss Louisa
SPRINGER, Miss Lucinda
SPRINGER, Miss Jane
STILLWELL, Miss Susan
STILLWELL, Miss Margaret (librarian McIntire Library for years)
STONESIPHER, Mrs. Susan
STURGES, Mrs. Amelia
THOMAS, Miss Mary
THOMPSON, George W.
THOMPSON, Mrs. Francis A.
THOMPSON, Miss Eva
THOMPSON, Miss Augusta
TRAIN, W. W. (noted attorney)
WAITE, Mrs. Lillian
WARD, Hudson C.
WARD, Jane E.
WARD, William V.
WARD, Vernon C.
WEAVER, Mrs. Templeton G.
WILLS, Mrs. Eliza
WORSTALL, Noyce S.
WORSTALL, Mrs. Rebecca

FIRST BORN

In my former article, I forgot to mention Julius C. GUTHRIE, a devoted member who was born near Belpre, Ohio April 26, 1792 and died in Putnam, July 25, 1849. He was the first white person born in the Northwest Territory.

PROMINENT DRUGGIST

By oversight George ALLEN was overlooked. He was a great church worker and lived in Putnam many years. One of his daughters, Ellen, married our esteemed townsman Dwight MUNSON of the Munson Music Co. and of this union one daughter was Marian, wife of Pres. Frank T. HOWARD of the First National Bank; also Mrs. Joseph BRELSFORD and Mrs. Helen FRYE. H. G. O. CARY who lived in the residence on Woodlawn Ave. and owned by the late T. F. SPANGLER, was an active officer in this church in 1877. He was a wholesale druggist at the corner of Main and Second street.

BURIED IN WOODLAWN

Rev. Addison KINGSBURY resigned the patrorate in 1877 and retired from active work. He is buried in WOODLAWN Cemetery. He was succeeded by Rev. MOORE, a brilliant man., called later to Andover, Mass. Succeeding him was Rev. WORKMAN. A few years later Rev. ROGERS became the pastor and remained for a number of years.

During his pastorate he built a wooden structure, a boys academy being a preparatory school for boys attended by a large number of boys from Zanesville and Putnam.

This was later made into a duplex residence. After Rev. ROGERS left Putnam he was succeeded by Rev. George DICKINSON who was the pastor for a number of years. His son, George, is Professor of piano and organ in the famous Vassar College for girls. Succeeding Rev. DICKINSON and Rev. JOHNSTON, who later was succeeded by Rev. BREESE. Succeeding Rev. BREESE and the present Pastor--is Rev. KERR.

One very active worker in this church was our esteemed fellow townsman, Hudson C. WARD, who owned a large grocery on Third S. We remember well his sons---Will, Vernon and Hubert.

During Rev. DICKINSON’S pastorate he wrote a history of the church giving a more detailed account after 1877.

This article was transcribed by Debbie (Noland) Nitsche on November 5, 2003. For the use of historical and genealogy purposes only. Surnames have been capitalized for easy identification.