(Click on small photos for a closer look at the inside.)
(Click on small photos for a closer look at the inside.)
This was the first Baptist Church.�It was located between 3rd and 4th�Streets on the south side of Winter. They moved to the present church some time in the 1930s.
The Charter member of the First Baptist Church of Humeston were:
In July 1893 the First Baptist Church of Humeston was organized and incorporated July 1, 1893 as recorded in Book 1 Box 165 at the office of Wayne Co. Recorder. The members originally met in the Presbyterian building. A new church building was dedicated Dec. 10, 1893 and by Christmas eve it was dedicated debt free.
Brothers: M.K. BARNES, Charles BALDWIN, D.R. BLAIR, Eli FLETCHER, L.T. GREENLEE, F.M. GARTEN, A.P. KIRBY. W.H. MCGEE, J.W. MCGEE, Edward PATRICK, W.G. PATRICK, A.W. RYAN, REV. G.W. SMITH, J.B. SMITH, J.W. WINLAND.
Sisters: ASHER, W.A. , A.B. BENEFIELD, Mary, BALL, S.M. GREENLEE, E.B. GARTEN, S.C. HUGHES, Sarah HALL, L.J. KIRKHART, Clementine McGEE, Maggie McGEE, Jennie PATRICK, Mattie RYAN, Mary SMITH, E.J. STANTON, Luella WINLAND.
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