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This small volume contained some "Records of the Congregational Church of Mt. Gilead Anderson Co Kansas Territory," which may have been recorded by John S. Hanway, the son of James Hanway (although John S. Hanway's name is not cited among the church's members, etc.). The volume covered about a year and a half, from the church's inception in April, 1859, to the last dated entry in September, 1860, and was composed mainly of the congregation's articles of faith and by laws. Samuel L. Adair led devotions at the first meeting. The church's first members and/or officers were identified as Wakeman and Mary E. Partridge, J. F. and Ruth I. Wadsworth, Lydia Gilpatrick, Margaret Potter, and William Loomis.
Creator: Congregational Church of Mount Gilead
Date: April 1859 - September 1860
Item Number: 90162
Call Number: James Hanway Coll. #372 Manuscript Volume 98
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90162
Collections - Manuscript - Hanway, James
Community Life - Religion - Christianity - Congregational
Community Life - Religion - Places of Worship
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Ledger
Places - Cities and towns - Osawatomie
Places - Counties - Anderson
Places - Counties - Miami
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Church records
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