HAMILTON METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH SO.

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One of the fundamental facts of civilization is that wherever the white man settles, the churches follow. This is true of the settlement of Hamilton. During the early frontier days the settlers held their religious services in the pioneer homes, and like the New England colonists, were sometimes met by a hail of bullets as they started for their homes.

Some of the foremost citizens in the old days were members of the Methodist church. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Steen, Mrs. Nancy Pierson, and others whose names are not known, were charter members, and Reverends Balley and McCreary were the first ministers on record.

Among the first members of this church were the late Dr. and Mrs. Geo. Perry, Judge and Mrs. J. A. Eidson, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Dean, and others whose bodies are now resting in Hamilton cemeteries. Thos. Dean was for many years superintendent of the Methodist Sunday School, both at the Presbyterian Church and in the First Methodist Church.

In the late ‘80's [1880's] the Methodist people built a one room church in the west part of town where the present edifice now stands, although the parsonage at that time was built on the west side of Pecan Creek. From the building of the first church until the present time, the Methodists have steadily grown and now have 4(missing) members with its every department well organized and doing excellent work.

Both church and parsonage are brick buildings furnished and equipped for the best service and care of the church and the ministerial family.

The present pastor, Reverend Evans is a scholarly cultured gentleman and is one of the ablest and most spiritual that has occupied the pulpit of the Methodist Church.

The Hamilton County News, Vol. IV, Number 11--Section Three

Historical and Trading Expansion Issue

W. F. Billingslea, Editor-Publisher

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June 29, 1934