Part 60 (1/2)

November 1, 1863. ”Yesterday all the liquor destroyed by the sheriff.”

November 29, 1863. ”No school in consequence of the Evangelical dedication.”

January 16, 1865. ”Large school, as both schools are united.”

”Both schools” seems to refer to our own and a Sunday school conducted for a short time by the Presbyterians. Enrollment 129; attendance 166.

April 16, 1865. ”Our church was draped in memory of the death of our late President, Abraham Lincoln.”

May 7, 1865. ”The Missionary Board met with us. Bishops Edwards, Markwood, and k.u.mler, and Revs. S. VonNeida and J.

W. Shuey were present.”

Reference is frequently made to deaths that occurred in town. The burial of several soldiers is noted. The secretaries of later years recorded but little of such general events. The record of June 6, 1880, says: ”On account of tearing down the church, school met in M. E.

church at 2:00 p. m.” On May 26, 1878, I. K. Statton, Mrs. T. D. Adams, J. Bittinger, Amos Runkle and wife and Miss Sue Fletcher were appointed delegates to the towns.h.i.+p and the county conventions.

The superintendents have been A. A. Sweet, Benjamin Hoover, Adam Runkle, J. Bittinger, W. H. Runkle, J. S. Smith, U. D. Runkle, and the present inc.u.mbent, Amos K. Runkle, who has served the school continuously for sixteen years, and has just been reelected.

The Woman's Missionary a.s.sociation of the United Brethren church of Lisbon, was organized October 27, 1878, with the direction and a.s.sistance of Mrs. A. L. Billheimer. Mrs. T. D. Adams was appointed temporary secretary. The following officers were elected: Mrs. Mary Shaler, president; Mrs. A. K. Runkle, vice president; Mrs. Addie Eby, secretary; Mrs. Lizzie A. Runkle, treasurer; solicitors: Mrs. E. N.

Runkle, Mrs. Holderman, Mrs. Nancy Neidig, Miss Maggie Houser, Mrs.

Katie Kurtz.

The first regular meeting was held at the parsonage and was opened by devotional exercises by Mrs. Charlotte Davis (wife of Rev. Wm. Davis).

LISBON CAMP-MEETING

The earliest camp-meeting of our church in this vicinity, as far as can be learned, was held in 1848 on the site of the present school building. It was followed by the second in 1849, and a third in 1852.

Similar meetings were held at various times and places for several years.

At a quarterly conference held July 7, 1879, a camp-meeting committee was appointed, consisting of Rev. T. D. Adams, and brothers J.

Bittinger, D. Runkle, C. H. Neidig, A. E. Kurtz, A. K. Runkle, George Rupert, Sr., and J. S. Smith. The committee organized on July 11, electing Rev. T. D. Adams, president, and Rev. I. K. Statton, secretary. A plot of ground of about twenty-five acres, lying one and one-fourth miles southeast of Lisbon was purchased, and a camp-meeting planned to begin on August 26 following. At this time the temporary organization was succeeded by a permanent one, with Rev. T. D. Adams, president, and J. Bittinger, secretary. On September 3d, the grounds were dedicated by Bishop Milton Wright, Rev. T. D. Adams, Pastor, Rev.

I. K. Statton, presiding elder, and a number of other ministers a.s.sisting.

The ground was a nicely wooded tract, with two good springs, and was fitted up with a number of neat cottages, a boarding house, chapel, speakers' stand, and seats, and was enclosed with a substantial fence.

Among the prominent men who at different times took part in the meetings were, Bishops Weaver, Kephart, Hott, Mills, and Wright, President W. M. Beardshear, and Dr. J. W. Etter. Interesting meetings were held each summer up to and including 1893. Some hindrance at length arose, and at the annual meeting held on August 27, 1894, the a.s.sociation voted to sell the grounds and disorganize.

LIST OF PASTORS, YANKEE GROVE CIRCUIT AND LISBON STATION

1843-44 John Peters 1843-44 Christian Troup 1845-57 J. W. Sterling 1847-49 Luther McVay 1848-49 Luther McVay John DeMoss, a.s.st.

1849-50 J. S. Brown 1850-52 S. W. Kern 1855-56 J. B. Wells 1856-58 Martin Bowman 1858-59 George Miller 1859-60 Jonathan Wynn 1860-61 John Goodin 1861-62 A. Shessler 1862-63 Martin Bowman 1863-65 John Curts 1870-74 Wm. Davis 1874-75 S. Sutton 1875-76 Wm. Davis 1876-79 T. D. Adams 1879-83 I. K. Statton 1883-85 Wm Cunningham 1885-88 R. E. Williams 1888-92 C. K. Westfall

[Ill.u.s.tration: FATHER FLYNN, CEDAR RAPIDS]

1852-53 F. R. S. Byrd 1853-54 Jacob Newman 1854-55 Daniel Runkle Jacob Miller, a.s.st.

1865-66 John Manning 1866-67 John Curts 1867-68 T. Brashear 1868-70 H. B. Potter 1892-95 V. A. Carlton 1895-99 I. K. Statton 1899-03 W. I. Beatty 1903 C. J. Kephart

SESSIONS OF IOWA CONFERENCE HELD AT LISBON