LOMAX METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

A public meeting was held at Union school, Lomax, June 28, 1871, to take the necessary steps toward building a church. Messrs. William Lomax, Robert Crownover and William Curry were chosen as building committee. At a meeting held August 9, the same year, seven trustees were elected, as follows : Wm. Carry, J. Beardsly, Robert Crownover, Robert A. Lomax, Abram Ashur, Samuel Vaughn, and Jacob Millman.

It was finally concluded to build a substantial frame structure, at a cost of about $2,000, to be open to all denominations, the plan being 32 x 48 feet, without any ornamentation. The money was readily raised by subscription, and during the year the building was finished. The conditions upon which other denominations were to use the building were, that they should bear a proportionate share of the expenses. This the Baptist organization agreed to do, but failed in it, and at a public meeting held November 20, 1878, the trustees resolved to exclude them until they fulfilled the conditions of the contract. The Methodists have now full control of the building, and the church is in a prosperous condition, at least financially.

History of Mercer and Henderson Counties.

 

 

 

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