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Lakefield Baptist Church 1863-1988 TVA: Deladone File 30

Church Membership Roll 1863-1988 BA

            Members – there are three lists, sorted by date of admission

            By Baptism (1870 Jun -1916 Mar 14, 1928Mar 25 -1980 Aug 3 There may be gaps)

            By Letter (1863 Oct - 1917 Nov, 1928 Feb 5 - 1981. There may be gaps)

            By Experience (1878 Jan - 1904 Jan 5, 1935 Jun 2 - 1978 Oct 8) The last group are not in date order. There may be gaps.

            Members dismissed by letter (1864, 1890 Oct 21 - 1928 Nov 20, 1943 Feb 28 - 1981 Jun) There may be gaps and there is some slight lack of order to the dates.

            Members dropped (1962 - 1974)

            Members died, and for early years where buried (1890 Jan 28 - 1920 Mar 5, 1944 Dec 29 - 1951 Mar 12, 1964 Jan - 1988 Aug 7)

            Membership List. Alphabetical.

            Office Bearers Roll. A list of pastors.

Pastor’s Membership Register (1890 - 1987) BA

            Largely a less complete repeat of the Church Membership Roll

            Members received by Baptism (1892 Sep 18 - 1896 Apr 19)

            Members in good standing on 1896 Dec 31

            Members received by letter (1871 - 1907)

            Members received by experience (1878 Jan 18 - 1904 Jun 5)

            Members dismissed by letter (1864, 1891 - 1908 not entirely in date order, 1981 Jun)

            Members dropped (1896 Jun 10)

            Members died (1890 Jan 28 - 1906, 1981 Aug 23)

            Unidentified lists of names (3 pages at end of Members Died section)

            Members in good standing on 1900 Jan

            Membership list. Alphabetical.

            Office Bearers Roll. Pastors and some other positions.

Marriage Register (1911 Jul 5 - 1956 Jun 16) BA There is an alphabetical index in front.

Church minute book, 1843-1890 FHL 804349 item 5

(The pastors are taken from the Church Membership Roll as well as the Yearbook. Undated ones are not in date order!)

                                                            John Gilmour

            1863 - 1886                            see Smith (Lakefield was a Branch Church of Smith)

            1863                                        Organized (per 1897 Baptist Year Book)

            1863 Oct 25                            church opened (Pbo Ex 1863 Nov 5)

            1885 -1886                             listed as an Unassociated Church

            1886                                        separated from the Line Church, but shared ministers to 1890

            1887 - 1888                            listed as a regular church.

            1889                                        vacant

                                                            Wm Waddell

                                                            Thos Borie

            1890                                        E Norman (student)

                                                            H C Priest

                                                            H J Harlin?

                                                            W C Steves

                                                            T J Bennett

            1890 Oct 5 - 1892 Jul 3          W L Palframan (the first full-time pastor)

            1892 Aug 16 - 1896 Oct 14    A R McDonald

            1892 Oct 30                            enlarged church opened.

            1896 - 1902                            Warsaw attached

            1897 - 1899                            H S Erb

            1899 - 1900                            E J Bridgeman

            1902 May                               A L Torrie (A W Torrie?)

            1903                                        vacant

            1903                                        Walter Quarrington

            1904                                        vacant

            1905 - 1907                            G Victor Collins

            1908 Jan 5 - 1910 Apr 4         A Hilliard Jones (student)

            1910 May 15 - 1914 Jun 30    J W Gregory

            1914 Nov 1 - 1917 Jun 17      J H Slimon

            1917 Sep - 1919 Apr              Ben Davies

            1919 Jun - 1920 May 30         Fred Ashton

            1920 Jun 20 - 1924 Sep 20     Thos L White

            1923 - 1930                            Selwyn attached

            1924 Dec - 1925                     W H Howard

            1926 Oct - 1927 Nov              W Spencer

            1927 Dec - 1931 Apr 19         J B McCormack

            1931 Jun 7 - 1944 Mar 26      W B Walker

            1931 - 1943                            Warsaw attached

            1944 Jun 15 - 1951 Sep 30     W S Watson

            1952 Dec 7 - 1961                  George E Downing

            1961                                        vacant

            1961 Dec 3 - 1967                  Albert Eikenaar

            1963 Jun 23                            extension opened

            1967                                        vacant

            1968 Jul 1 - 1971 Apr             John Furry (student in 1968)

            1969 - 1971                            Indian River attached

            1971 Jun>                               Kennedy W Connor

            1972                                        vacant

            1973 Jan - 1982 May 23         Richard L McPhee

            1982                                        vacant

            1983 Jul 19 - 1988                  Stephen Jones

            1989 Dec 31 - 1996                Ronald A Humphries

            1997 - 2002                            Charles E Jackson