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From: Ross Cameron <>
Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN] Christian Church in Marionville, Need Help
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 14:54:47 -0400 (EDT)


Melissa,

There is a brief history of the Marionville Christian Church in the 1974 Lawrence County Missouri History book, p. 247, written by E. T. Sechler. It was founded in 1871 according to the 1917 Lawrence County History. J. R. Blunt is the last of the "later pastors" named in the 1974 history article. It appears he became pastor about 1905 and served a few years. At the end of the article is a list of "Present Officers:" which is a long list. The clerk was Mrs. F. L. Elsey. The clerk kept the records. Elders were Thomas Owens, Robert Turner, W. L. Adkins, and Charles Hadley. Deacons were F. L. Elsey, Wm. Arnold, E. L. Payne, C. I. Francis, Jim Gilmore, H. L. Caddin, I. R. Matthews, Joe Elliott, and Dan and Ronnie French. Trustees were Frank Moore, Don Hubbard, and W. C. Arnold. Sechler refers to the records several times, so they existed when he wrote the article. Perhaps you can find some of the above named people still living in Marionville and one of them would know!
who has the records.

Ross Cameron

-----Original Message-----
>From: Melissa Barker <>
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>Subject: [MOLAWREN] Christian Church in Marionville, Need Help
>
>Hello, can anyone tell me if the Christian Church of Marionville is still in existence? I can not seem to find anything about this church on the net.
>
>I am working on a portion of the Ladd family in Marionville and they were members of the Christian Church of this same city. According to newspaper accounts of Rosetta Jane (Stacy) Ladd's death, an Elder named J.R. Blunt of Christian Church conducted her services.
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>I would like to find out if this church is still ongoing and if so, do they have any surviving records that can be researched?
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>Thanks in advance for any help.
>
>Melissa Barker
>
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