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Vethodist ohurzh en South Kain was bought in 1835 fro. John W Youngex.

building was of wood,then later a hrisk,then another brick

displaced in 33:1951 by the preheat building. The first presid‘
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was Marsus Lindfiay. Thure havi%'e§n 20 presidigg elflers on thifl

work«séavo~ 7E9 first preasher 9f whish there is aay retard who served

the shursh was Charlss Palliday in 1828. $1206 tn have

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Hhilo thoro are no resords i: refersnco to tho Cumberland
Presbyterian @hurch,now the Presbyterian Church,U.Sigorior to about
1850, vat thi 3 is ovidenae that t? so: people were in the riold at an
fiaPliBI d te\”ho fiIst houso oractod W‘s in 1849.13 1869,John F Wilkins
and fi,fo doad\to the chuIs_ : lot orl North Main Stroet upon which the

cod ahurch now stands. Soon after the flood was node a brisk church
was erected when about 20 years ago the present building was oroctod.

09 March 19th 1870 thirty ono nartists not and organized a
shuch at Madisonville. The supposition is that those people were 16"
bars of the church at IDIO other point in the County,as the Baptist 5
were known to be among the early sottl rs of this portion of tho statou
Tho ngtist built a brick house on North Main street. At one time this
Was the laIgost hou so of/W WOIship in Madisonville. Last year a new build

in; was commenced and very soon it will be soaploted and ready for esca—

The "nonalldo’ Proqiztoriins,thoarh t 8 church has been dividod
or: still with as. In this short article it is a difficalt matter to
trace the Cumnorlavd Pres y oriaaa,or ceoarato tb on from the other brandi—

es of the Presbyterian Church. Those people who failed to go with the

other oresbytoriano are now erecting a house of worship on West center

street.

It is to be rogrottod that very few churshos have anything

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like couplets re or$g_that reach back noro than a generation. Hence
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it is a difficulft~na$£er to do all these organizations

justice in the
matter or early history.