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THE COMMISSION ON ARCHIVES AND IDSTORY
DETROIT ANNUAL CONFERENCE
THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Ronald A. Brunger , Archivist
Home Phone: (517) 456-7992
Archives , Adrian College Library
Adrian , Michigan 49221
Telephone: (517) 265-5161
First Log Church
on the River Rouge
18 18
Clinton, oldest UMC
edifice in Conference
1837
.Ya n. 6, 1 986·
Sou t h Lyons Circuit 1861-6 2. Geor ge Fo o t r e c' d h i s f ul l sal ary of S460 ;
~ourn s r ~ c e i ve d Sl 40 of bi s Sl 50 c l aim .
s . T r e port e d 27 J memhe r s :
8 prob ., 2 T:.P .; 3 Churche s Vfl l UP.Cl ?..t ~4 , 0 00 ; 1 pa rs S800; C.C. Sll. 3 0
Mi ss ion ary Society S62 . 09; Bi b l e Soci ety 1 8 . 62 ; 5-30-1 11 5-125
1862-3. Cha.l ., e a & Lima . ·T. S . Shi Pr S5 25 ; A. F . 'Rou r n s S27 5; 291 memb; 67 prob;
1 L. P. ; 13 ba pt ; 3 c hurches $8800 ; 1 pars . 81 , 0 00; c.c.s 16 . 3 6 ;
Mi ss . Soc ie ty 896 .18; Ri h l P Soc i 0 ty 91 7 . 95; 4- 37-114 -700 .
Dixboro 1863- 64 . $ 3 50. ~6 .50 f or C.C. 90 memb ~ 1 3 pBob . 2 L. P. q bapt . a dults
& 4 ; 2 Chur ch es 2000; S42 f or ~ is si on s: Sll. 4 5 i bl e Soc 3- 25-1 50- 350
Det r o i t: J ef f . Ave. in 1 ~68= 6 9. $1, 400 s a l a r y . C. C.-6. 03
8 1 m emb~ rs ; 14 pbo na ptist s 1- 1~ . 1-30- ~2 5-3 9 2
!_. ~ ~ was
one of t h e o rignal i n copora.t'ors rtn d f ounCI P. rs of t he ~Hch i gan
Chr i s t i an M voce.t e . Inde en , .--li th Or r in \'lh it rnor e he he l ~ ed er i t and pub li sh the
fl{Ont h ly publ i c a t ion of i~d ri an of >·rh i ch t he weekl y Advo cat e a t Det r o t P B.!" t he s u c ce E
e ·ra ~ a member of the BoRr d of Di r e c t ors fro m t h e b e~ innin ~ in 1R7 4 un t il h i s r emc
f r om Det r o it in 19 07. He v1as a s ap,a c i ous c oun s el o r a nd h is l o;ral i ntere s t w=! R
a n i m~Port anli. factor i n t he succe ss of th~ Ad vo c a t e .
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Al f r e d • Bo ur n s .ras truly a ma n of od , o f u n s po t t ed l ife , ?.nd ge n u i ne hr :i!t ic:
e x pe ri ence . He ,..ras a.n ·exce ll en t pr ea che r and ha d a f r ui tfu l m:i ni s t r y . Never
demonst rati~e, back of hi s qu i et manner an d sweet Ch r ist i an sn i r i t
qas a force f u l
c ha r a ct e r ·•hi ch \vOn con fi de n c e a nd s e cur ed r e;.; ul t s .