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THE COMMISSION ON ARCIDVES AND IDSTORY
DETROIT ANNUAL CONFERENCE
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THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
First Log Church
on the River Rouge
1818
Ronald A. Brunger, Archivist
Home Phone: (5 17) 456-7992
Archives, Adrian College Library
Adrian , Michigan 4922 1
Tele phone: (517) 265-5161
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edifice in Conference
1837
Nov . 14, 1989.
G'·!en J a ck::;on,
2312 Sou t h ·,·i estned.ge ,
Kalama zoo , M! 49008.
I a::-1 not g oing to be able to h e lp you with as mV.ch in:ormat ion on
:·Tillia m Baxter 3r;;,dford. , 2s I e xpect ed to do 1vhen talking to you b y p hone
yeste rday . I serve d. the Du.'1d.ee Church for 5 years , 195L!-59, and. had a h c:.p py
time th ere along with my fa~ ily. They had, a nd have, no g oo d hi •tory . I did
a lot o f prelimin ~ry ~ork on the histo=y, after di s cover~ng the e a rly Quar: erly
Go:r:e renc e records f o r t >e Dundee Circui7. here in the ar c hiv :~ s . I ha ve never
fou.'P'J.6. t he ti::1e to co:1plete tr_e hh.tory.
The Dundee Circuit Ha.s e s tn.b li sh ed. in 1837, and covered a l a r -:;e terri tory,
all of !-lonroe County a n d a little of the n e i :::,hborine cou.'P'J.t i e s e v i t!.e ntly. The
Fir:~ r. ue. rt e rly Meet in ~ a nd. Go n fe ·.~ ence ·.;i1_S held. at London, southe ast of I·!ilan,
on Oct. 21, 1337. Am on ~ those pr9s ent were t Ho Loc ~ l Pr ~a chers --·· ~ . B. Bra dford,
and Ne~·rman Ackley ." '·le c::'..nnot tel l t·rh e re Bradford lived, it might have been c:.nyHhere on th:: Circuit. Ho~·r ever since h e continu ed to be list ed as a local preacher for Ro me ye a rs, pe rhaps h e did not live too f a r fr 8m Duniee.
In 1338-39, t~ e Lo cal Preacher s were T~omas ~ . ~ ~t o n a nd w. B. Br a dford,
Tl:e prea chers appointed Here Ira ~-~cintyre and De ~·I i tt v. Jo rmson .,rho had just
joine ~ the Co:1.fer ence on tria l.
Jo!:nson di e d e :::.rly in th e year and~va s buried in
Dund.ee buryin: ground. Helline;ton ?: . Collins '"'as a pnc int ed to f i} 1 hi s pla ce,
but ~-Jas soor. removed to anothe r, and Jona than Bl a nc!la rd 1.-ras put u pon the charge .
l-~c!ntyre ' s t·rife Asenath, di ed Aue; . 21 , 1.339 , and. a t the clo s ex of the year
Mcintyre located(i . e . withdrew fro m the ministry) . We c a n ima~ine that ~radford
sa1-r servic e in the l ocal area t he.t y ear.
In 1839-40 Da n Barnes and John A. ?aughmc::.n were the circu it pr eachers.
Ba rnes became sick and had to withdraw i n the spring .
The s t a tement is ma de
tha t in 1839 Dund ee r ecommended loca l pre a.c her ~·lilliam B. Br adford to the r.achigan Annual Co nferenc e , and he •,;::;. 3 r e ceive d on tri ::t,l. I c a nnot find in the
Annual Conference Record, tha.t h-e HA.s so received or li sted. But in the Class
Book of the Dundee Circuit, in the f"1.ll of 1839 Dan Barne s a nd Jo hn Baughman are
list e d as t he Circuit Preach e r s . A l a ter revision of the Clas s Book, evidently
in t!le s prin ~ of 1840, li s ts "William B. Bradfo=d, Jo~~ A, Baughman, Circuit
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THE COMMISSION ON ARCHIVES AND IDSTORY
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DETROIT ANNUAL CONFERENCE
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THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
First Log Church
o n the River Rouge
1818
Ronald A. Brunger, Archivist
Home Phone: (517) 456-7992
:\rchives. Adrian College Library
Adrian, Michigan 49221
Tele phone: (5 17) 265-516 1
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Lat er in 1842- 43, ~ . B. ~~adfo~d wss li s~ ed as onH of t wo loca l pre ~chers
on the ~C.ee Circ1.; i t. :<:vid.e:-.tly Bradford re":'!ai!'led a lo ca l preacher, but i·ras
u::;e:i by -t h ~ Presid :.r.r?; 2:lde r ., t t i::J·~s in the service of th e Co!1fer~!1ce.
In t : e Go nfere!lce a~n~i!'lt~ents to t .l:.e Oa kville Circuit, est ~blishe d i n 1 845,
does not a~p ~ ~ r a ~ one of tc ~ ap~cinted ~ini s te rs . But in 1 847 s. C.
Strin:;h".m '"'as anpointed, Hi t h "o ne to be s-..:.ppli ':!d. 11 :Lc;ain in 1 349 , E . ':I . 'Bo~den
~·r· s a~ - o inted to Oakville Ci:oc"..1.i t, anci. one more Has "to be supp l ied ."
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veTy po::;sible , and proba':-1;-i likely, t .l:.~t '3rad.ford >·ra s th e man i<Ih o fille d in at
Oa~ill e Circuit, a · the secon d circuit preac~0 r.
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Thb seems to be all t :'!.,. t I c ?..n t ell you a~ou't hi:: se r vic e to the Ch:.:.:och .
It will be very int e~esti n ·~nd v a luabl e t o us in dae cours e , to h~ve a copy of
y "J ur fi:1din :;s , to pl?..ce in c:. file on Br ?.d:ord , Hhich I ar.1 sett in~ up. ';fe have
ne ~ rly 9 00 fil e s on m i niste ~~ in our archives .
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