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S A MU E L
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B 0 T T R E L L
Reverend Sa umel T. Bottrell was born in St.
Ive s, Cornwell , Engla nd Feb. 11, 1887. Parents:
Edwin Bottrell and Mary Trevorrow. Ca me to IronMountain, Michigan from Engla nd April 14, 1914 .
He married Lydia Mary Jenkins Sept. 1916.
His first appointment was Republic, Mich.
in Sept.
1 ~16.
Left Republic June 1917 to at tned
Garrett Bibical Inst. Evanston, Ill. Graduated
June 1920 and took the charge of Ironwood (Newport)
Mich.
La st charge was Hemlock, March
7, 1961. He
was 70 years of· age.
His greatest achievement was the building
and decication of a brick church at La ke Fenton,
free of debt, after the white fra me church was
struck by lightning a nd burned to the ground.
While preaching at Republic he served the
little village of Witch Lake 10 miles away. It took
about 24 hours to make the trip, most of 19 spent
in waiting for trains.
Lydia Jenkins Bottrell, born in I ron Mounta ir
M ichi ~an
Feb . 8, 1892 . She attended Iron Mountain
busine ss college. Was librari a n a t the Richland
Township Library for eight years.
Her parents
were Samuel Jenkins and Kate Kinsman, of Blackwater,
En ~ land
Samuel T. Bo ttre ll
EV. Samuel '1'. Bottrell, 74, died at
the Saginaw General Hos pi tal af ter
a brief illness. He was born F ebruary 11,
l 887, in St. Ives, Cornwall, E ngland, a nd
came t o the United States in 1914. He
manied Lydi a J enkins a t I ron Mounta in
in 1916.
Mr. Bottrell attended Garr ett Biblical
Ins ti tute in 1918 a nd was ordained in
the Detroit Confer ence in 1920 s erving
churches in I ron Mount ain, Ir onwood,
New port, Newberry, Ma nis tique, Kochville and Hemlock. Upon ret iremen t in
R
1957 he made his hom e in Hemlock
\\'het·e he had s et·ved s ince 1!)47.
Survivors besides his wife are two
sons , Wilbur at home and Emerson of
Howell ; and l\vo g m ndchi ldren.
T he serv ice was held in the Hemlock
chu rch. Wanen P ettis , a minis terial
s tudent , t he r esul t of Mr. Bottr ell's infl uence, deli vered t he sermon. H e was
assis ted by Rev. Andrew Michelson,
pnstor, a nd Hev. H erber t Bt·ubaket·, district s up er intendent.
A second ser vice was held at the Erickson Funera l H ome , Iron :Mountain, with
Rev. J. Harold W allis of Fi rst Church
officiat ing . Bur ial \\'as in Iron Mount a in.
Memoria ls may be given to t he H eart
Fund or to the Hemlock Meth od is t Chur ch
1\Iemor ial Fund.
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DETRO IT CONFERENCE HISTORICAL SOCIETY FILE
Date of Recor d- - - - Name :
samuel
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BfJl;rf 11
February 11
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Persona I Appearance
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Birth:
Trevorrow
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St. I ves , Cornual l, England
(place)
145
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Blue
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Famll y Backgr-ound:
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Any Notab le item In fami ly history (Publi c Service, Authorsh i p, lnvention 7
Educat ion, Med ici ne, et c. , etc.
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PERSONAL HISTORY :
I.
Re li gious Experience and Church Work before ent er in g the Mini st rY----- - -Loca l p rea cher 10 years in England with the Methodist Church
2.
Ca ll to the Mini str y__l_9_1_4_ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ __ _ __ __
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Education:
Schoo ls and Degrees---High Schoo i__ _~~~~,.~~~----Repuolic Mieh
Co l lege ____________ seminary-~Ga~rr~e~t~t~B~ib~~l~i~c~a~.J~S~e~m~junaa~rY
~-Post-Graduate ___ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ ___
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Admi tted on Trial, and Ordina tions:
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Deacon 19 20
Elder ) 1922
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Date _ __ :::;~.:P-~_ ..2..!.. ;!.~_16___ Pi ace . ···- I ron Mountain,_}!i C?_h_ _ _ _ __
5.
Marr iage:
6.
WIfe's m~:~l den n~:~me . .:.____LJ[~~~-~- _]~.r ~. J"e_~i~-~ ____ ··-· _·--·
Education
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Buisness C_o_1_1_e~.g=e ______~\~
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ChI Idren z
N~:~me _w±-Hm-r-.J-enk-ins-Be-M-xe+l+l------ Date
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of B.i rth .-e-et~-9__ne e 31, 1 921
Appointments served, with datesz
Iron MQ1:UL~_:j,_!L.f;i.rs"L..l~.l...4.,___...R~p..JJp 1ip, 1916,
ltude_nLP~Q.X Chi cago
_____________;;1::..9..;;1::..8__,, _ wh i l e attending school , Linden 19gQ__._ Irormood, Newport 19 25,
Newbery 1929,
Manistique 19 32,
~Ullingt o n 1939...~.
Hemlock 19 47J..... Re__! !Eed 1;951_
9. Of fices held In the Conference, or on District:
Saginaw District Loca t ion Committee
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Public or Community Offlcess
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Service Record with U.S . Armed Forces :
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Writings -- Ar t icles or Booksa
Kochville 1945,
· P-age 3
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Clubs and Fraternal Organizations:
I5aso n~ and£
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Lion~
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Li st one or two items which you consider outstanding in your Mi nistry;
such as aBuilding Program, an Evangelistic Crusade, an exceptional Class
of New Members, some bit of commun ity service, etc .
Built Long Lake Church on Flint District.
Most 0-u tstanding in my mi n i stiry concerns the Nelson Church on
the Hemlock Charge .
chu~h
In coming to the charge i n 19 47 I found a
voting whether to close its doors or try to keep them
open. •
I t grew from a congre~tion of six old people in 1947
C L I P P I NGS
(about you personal ly or your ministry)
to a thriving church fullno f young people in 1957,
On Palm
Sunday of that year I baptized 32 nd on Easter Sunday I received
22 into membership.
Paid of a mor'g;g.ge oiB'
$45oo,oo
on the Millington Charge.
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Bottrell, Samuel T.