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The Pastors

Rev. Washington Sherman (Pastor 1920-1922)

Washington Sherman was born 31 December 1867 in in Wheatfield, Michigan to Charlotte (Cobb) and Warren Sherman. He married Myrtle Hazelton in Spring Arbor, Michigan on 20 November 1890. Together, they had five children: Esther, Hazel, William, Myrtle and Clara. Myrtle and Clara still living with them when they came to Norwood in 1920. Myrtle died on 31 January 1940 in Greenville, Illinois¹ and Rev. Sherman died on 24 February 1940, being buried at Montrose Cemetery in Greenville.²

Rev. Washington Sherman entered the Indiana Conference of the Holiness Christian Church in 1913, pastoring in Elwood, Indiana. He served on the Educational Board and as Assistant Presiding Elder, the latter position he being paid $600 by vote of the 21st Annual Session.

At that Annual Session held 28-30 August 1916 in Frankfort Indiana, Rev. Sherman “gave verbal reports for Bloomington, Midland, Diamond, North and Mount Carmel. At the latter place he had dedicated the church, but there was no class there.” At that same conference, Rev. Washington was nominated for the office of Presiding Elder, though he wasn’t elected, two other ministers receiving more votes. ³

Rev. Sherman came to Norwood sometime before 1920 and along with his wife Charlotte and two of their children, Myrtle and Clara, became charter members of the First Church of the Nazarene in Norwood on 2 May 1920.

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Rev. Randall P. Fitch (Pastor 1922-1924)

Randall P. Fitch was born 11 January 1870 in Vanceburg, Kentucky to Matthew and Eugenia (Lawwill) Fitch. He married Ida May Coffman on 31 August 1892 in Huntington, West Virginia. Together, he and his wife had 8 children: Naomi, Howard, Eva, John, Nannie, Miriam, James and Paul. ⁴

In 1920-22, they lived in East Liverpool, Ohio where Rev. Fitch pastored the Church of the Nazarene on St. Clair Avenue. ⁵

In 1922, Rev. Fitch came to Norwood with his wife Ida and became members in May 1922 and pastored the Church of the Nazarene until 1924, though they remained members until June 1928. Rev. Fitch died of cancer at age 64, 2 July 1934 in Norwood and is buried in Evendale, Ohio. Ida died 7 November 1951 and is buried with Randall in Evendale.

Rev. Fitch was the first to pastor the Norwood Church at it’s present location at the corner of Smith Road and Floral Avenue.

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Rev. Selden D. Kelley (Pastor 1924-1929)

Selden D. Kelley Sr. was born 6 August 1897 in Cohoctah, Michigan to William and Mary Jane (Cunningham) Kelley. He married Dorothy Montgomery in November 1922 and together they had one son, Selden Jr. Rev. Kelley graduated from Olivet Nazarene College (now University) in 1924 then became the pastor of Norwood Church of the Nazarene on 14 September 1924 where he served until 1929.

Rev. Kelley pastored the First Church of the Nazarene in Detroit for 10 years before becoming president of Olivet Nazarene College (now University) in 1948. He died of a heart attack at age 51 on 9 April 1949. In 1980 the Kelley Prayer chapel was built, named in honor of him.⁶

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Rev. C. A. Greeding (Pastor 1929-1939)

C. A. Greeding came to the Norwood Church of the Nazarene with his wife in 1929 (becoming members on 20 April 1930) and pastored there until 31 July 1939 when he accepted the call to pastor Parsons Avenue Church of the Nazarene in Columbus, Ohio. Having retired, he was serving in 1950 as the Sunday Superintendent at the Springfield, Missouri Church of the Nazarene.

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Rev. J. E. Davidson (Pastor 1939-1942)

J. E. Davidson with his wife, Helen, came to the Norwood Church of the Nazarene 1 August 1939 and served as pastor until 1942 when he accepted a call to Parkview Church of the Nazarene in Dayton, Ohio. By 1948 Rev. Davidson was pastoring the First Church of the Nazarene in Lima, Ohio then by 1951 he was serving as an evangelist in the Church of the Nazarene.

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Rev. Millard R. Fitch (Pastor 1942-1949)

Millard R. Fitch was born on 12 April and was married to Mary McPhee. In a 2015 pastor’s report for the Canton, Illinois Church of the Nazarene, Rev. Fitch’s dedication to ministry was mentioned:

In 1920, while pastoring the St. David and Dunfermline Churches of the Nazarene in Illinois, Rev. Fitch “made trips each Friday afternoon to Canton to call in homes and conduct home prayer meetings. A tent meeting was held for a couple of weeks in the late summer in Canton. After the tent meeting was concluded the church was organized on August 15, 1920. The church began with 21 charter members.” ⁷

Millard and Mary Fitch became members of the Norwood Church of the Nazarene in August 1943 along with their children Mary, Roger, Donald and Phyllis. They pastored the church in Norwood until 1949 when they moved to Greely, Colorado to pastor the Coshocton First Church of the Nazarene, where he later retired.

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Rev. Paul G. Bassett (Pastor 1949-1959)

Paul G. Bassett was born 27 November 1910 in Grand Rapids, Michigan to Meritt and Nancy (Rice) Bassett. He married Ruth Wiess 7 August 1934 in Columbus, Ohio and together they had 4 children: David, Nancy, Karen and Paul.

“Rev. Bassett graduated from high school at Grand Rapids, Michigan and attended Grand Rapids Junior College, receiving an Associate degree in Business Law; attended Olivet Nazarene College in Kankakee, Illinois, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Theology Degrees; then he pursued graduate studies in Psychology at the University of Cincinnati; then graduated from Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio with a Bachelor of Science and Master’s Degree in Education. He served pastorates for 35 years in the Church of The Nazarene including student pastorate in Firthian, Illinois; then Lima First Church in Lima, Ohio for two years; Xenia, Ohio for seven years; Manhattan Blvd in Toledo, Ohio for six years; Norwood, Ohio for ten years 1949-1959; Troy, Ohio for ten years 1959-1969; then taught school for ten years 1969-1979; then retired. After retiring, he served as a supply pastor until 1990.” ⁸

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Rev. Russell V. Clay (Pastor 1959-1964)

Russell V. Clay was born 28 July 1908 in Mendon, Ohio to Orval and Erminie (Duff) Clay. He married Marie Whyman 29 December 1929 in Jackson, Michigan. Together they had three children: Russell Jr., Patricia and Sharon.

Rev. Clay pastored for 10 years at Manhattan Boulevard Church of the Nazarene in Toledo, Ohio before coming to the Norwood Church of the Nazarene in August 1959, pastoring there until 1964. Rev. Clay died 10 June 1973 in Los Angeles, California.

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Rev. Samuel E. Durbin (Pastor 1964-1972)

Samuel E. Durbin was born 7 January 1907 in Lima, Ohio to Samuel and Harriet (Johnston) Durbin. He married Sadie Field 10 February 1933 in Cuyahoga, Ohio with whom he had one son, Samuel, Jr.

Rev. Durbin pastored the Norwood Church of the Nazarene from 19 January 1964 until his death on 15 December 1972. Rev. Durbin led the church during the building of the new sanctuary which was dedicated on 17 June 1973.

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Rev. Morris Chalfant (Pastor 1973-1989)

Morris Chalfant was born 16 March 1921 in Indianapolis, Indiana to E. O. and Eliza (Watts) Chalfant. He attended Olivet Nazarene College (now University) then Bethany Nazarene College (now Southern Nazarene University). The 10 May 1945 edition of “Glimmerglass,” the Olivet Nazarene College newspaper, referred to Morris Chalfant as “one of the best basketball players produced in Nazarene colleges.”

Rev. Chalfant married Margaret Attebury with whom he had four children: William, David, Nancy and Theodore. After Margaret’s death, he married Yvonne Vollman in 1968 with whom he had another son, Erik.

Rev. Chalfant was assigned as a missionary to Swaziland in 1946, then transferred to Johannesburg, South Africa, where he served until 1953. Returning to the States, he pastored Churches of the Nazarene as well as served as an evangelist. The Chalfants came to Norwood Church of the Nazarene where Rev. Chalfant pastored from 1973 until his retirement in 1989. After his retirement, he and Yvonne moved to Bourbonnais, Illinois where he continued to serve as Associate Pastor and Chaplain, before passing away on 10 May 2010. ⁹

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Rev. Gary Morgan (Pastor 1989-1995)

Rev. Larry Hanson (Pastor 1995-1998)

Rev. William Taylor (Pastor 1998-2000)

Rev. Craig Harden (Pastor 2001-2004)

Rev. Travis Sears (Pastor 2004-2006)

Rev. Timothy Brooks (Pastor 2007-2011)

Rev. Jordan Kramer (Pastor 2011-2014)

Rev. Rob Westerman (Pastor 2014-2020)

Rev. Cody McNichols (Pastor 2021-Present)

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The Buildings

“In the early days of activity the congregation held services in various locations: first in a hall on Freeman Avenue, then later in the old Times-Star Building at Sixth and Walnut, a store building on Simms Street, and eventually in their tabernacle at Cross and Towne Streets. They next occupied a hall on Elsmere Avenue in Norwood, and worship there until” 1923.¹⁰ These locations were fine while the congregation was small, with about 25 charter members in 1920, growing to 52 in 1923.

Forty years before Nazarenes officially came to the Cincinnati area, Presbyterians were worshiping at the corner of Smith Road and Floral Avenue in Norwood, Ohio in a building they dedicated 22 February 1891. Seeing sustained growth with their facilities proving to be inadequate, they built and dedicated Sunday School annexes in 1908 and 1917. The members of the Presbyterian Church officially discussed the possibility of moving at church meetings in 1905, 1907 and 1914 but it wasn’t until 1919 when they made the decision to move and purchased the lot at Floral and Washington Avenues, just one block away from their current location at Smith and Floral. They broke ground in 1922, laid the first brick then the cornerstone in 1923, and held their last worship service in their Smith and Floral location on 26 August 1923. Selling their original building to the Church of the Nazarene in August 1923 with the first Nazarene worship service being held there on 2 September 1923, the next week after the Presbyterian congregation moved out. That building almost wasn’t there for the Nazarenes to move into, however, when a fire in 1922, according to a Presbyterian Church member, “looked like our own old church was going up in flames,” threatened its usefulness but an insurance indemnity of $1,673 proved sufficient to repair the fire damage.¹¹

The original building’s exterior was wood siding which remained into the early- to mid-1940s when a stone facade was added, only minimally changing the basic design of the building. During the addition of the stone, the windows facing Floral Avenue were reduced in width (eliminating the smaller windows on both sides) and replaced with stone buttress-like extrusions. The bell-shaped opened roof over the bell tower was also removed during these exterior renovations. There seems to be few other noticable changes made at that time.

When the Nazarene congregation moved into their new church building in Norwood, the church had 52 members, about double the charter membership from 1920 when they were officially organized. Over the years though, with the normal minor ups-and-downs, membership continually increased until by the end of World War Two they had a membership of 235 with an average of 220 attending Sunday School.

By 1950, after 30 years of ministry, the church had 180 members while averaging about 242 in Sunday School. The facilities they were using were not sufficient for their growing numbers so planning began for adding an education building to the existing 1891 structure to provide more space for classrooms and offices. This building was completed and dedicated in 1957 and provided “space for a Sunday School of 500 [and] contains offices, choir room, ‘cry-room,’ and a new heating plant.” Another feature was the inclusion of folding doors facing the sanctuary which could be opened to accommodate over 150 more worshipers.¹²

Over the next few years, with the new education building in use, the number of members stayed about the same and Sunday School attendance remained consistent with an average attendance around 200 in the late 1960s. By then, the sanctuary building was surely showing its age, being over 70 years old, so the church began planning another building program to replace the old sanctuary with a new, modern place of worship.

It was decided that after the demolition of the old sanctuary and during the construction of the new, worship services would take place on the 3rd floor of the education building. A center wall was removed opening up the space into a “V” shaped room with the platform being at the point of the “V.” While sitting on folding chairs in limited space was not the most comfortable situation, the excitement of a new sanctuary kept the members involved and motivated to thrive during this transition.

The first worship service held in the new sanctuary was in the early Summer of 1972. The church continued to worship in their new space for another year before the planned dedication service was held on 17 June 1973 with much excitement. Among those present at the dedication service were the District and General Superintendents of the Church of the Nazarene as well as the Mayor of the City of Norwood and the pastor of the neighboring St. Matthews Catholic Church, accompanied by a full house of members and friends of the church. The excitement of a new building translated into numerical growth with membership reaching 236 and Sunday School attendance 281 just two years after the dedication.

For the next few decades, few significant changes were made in the physical buildings of the church while attendance gradually declined. By 2016, membership was just over 100 and Sunday School attendance had dropped below 40, causing an under-utilization of the facilities. With a new passion for growth and a desire to provide a place to gather for the surrounding community, major renovations were completed on the education building, facing Floral Avenue, opening up the interior classrooms to provide a larger space for a coffee shop and providing an exterior walk-through door directly from Floral Avenue. A patio area was paved in front of the building providing space for tables and outdoor seating. Brick Coffee Company was born and continued serving the community for several years until staffing necessitated it being closed. Later, however, it was reopened as Norwood Coffee as a contribution-based coffee shop.

The parsonage was built in 1910 and is located on the corner of Washington and Forest Avenues. It was purchased by the church from Beulah Bell in September 1949 and has been home to most of the pastors since. Being just a couple blocks from the church, it was a convenient location for the pastor and his family to live.

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The Life Events

There are a few “life events” recorded in the original membership book:

Baptisms: Virginia Coleman; Parents were Allen & Ida Coleman; born in Cincinnati, Ohio; baptized by Rev. W. Sherman. Albert Charles Cory; Parents were John & Ellen Cory; born in Cincinnati, Ohio in July 1922; Baptized by R. P. Fitch. Alminal Amelia Sharp; Parents were James & Myrtle Sharp; born in Cincinnati, Ohio; in July 1922; Baptized by R. P. Fitch.

The People

According to an early membership book, perhaps the original, when the First Church of the Nazarene (the first in the Greater Cincinnati area, not just Norwood) was officially organized on 2 May 1920 there were 25 charter members received into membership by Rev. E. E. Wadsworth, the Ohio District Superintendent.

The charter members were (in alphabetical order): Jacob Coleman, Mrs. J. Coleman, Nathaniel Coleman, Allen Coleman, Ida Coleman, Ida Curtis, Mrs. R. J. Holloway, Mrs. Massey, Richard D. Por, Josephine Por, Millard C. Por, Lena Por, James Sharp, Myrtle Sharp, Rev. Washington Sherman, Mrs. Washington Sherman, Myrtle Sherman, Clara Sherman, Laura Snodgrass, John A. Stergus, Mrs. J. Stergus, Nora Webster, Rev. A. Whiteman, Fay Whiteman, Cora Woolsay.

During Rev. Washington Sherman’s pastorate (1920-1922) the following people were received into membership: Earl C. Dundas (1921), H. R. and Mrs. Fleishman (May & Oct 1921), Marion Galls (July 1921), C. B. Haile (Oct 1921), Archibald King (1920), Rev. McKisson, Mrs. E. H. Perkins (1920), James & Myrtle Sharp (1920), F. M. & Mrs. Simms (1921), G. G. & Mrs. Simms (1922), Ruth Simms, Faith Simms (1922), W. F. Voight (July 1921).

Rev. Randall P. Fitch (1922-1924) received in the following members during his tenure: Harry Burks (Nov 1922), Hazel Bell (Mar 1923), Rev. Alston Edward Boso (Apr 1923), Harry Burris (Jul 1923), Glenn W. Boggess (Aug 1923), Lillie Belle Boggess (Aug 1923), Charlie Chanez (Apr 1923), Hugh S. Clark (May 1923), Ruth Conover (Feb 1924), Maud Conover (Feb 1924), E. J. Conrad (1924), Darsy Conrad (1924), Mrs. Mammie Dockurn (Nov 1923), C. Russell Dockurn (Nov 1923), James B. & Thelma E. Dorsey (1923), John B. & Pearl Fitch (Nov 1923), Marriam H. Fitch (Apr 1923), Ida M. Fitch (May 1922), Rev. R. P. Fitch (May 1922), Susan M. Gully (Nov 1922), E. C. Garrison, Mrs. Goodlander (Feb 1924), Naomi Garau, William & Cora S. Hines (Dec 1922), Dalton Hines, (Mar 1923), Nancy J. Hartley (Jun 1923), Mrs. C. B. Jula Hail, Edith Hail (Feb 1924), H. E. Hughes (1924), Cora B. Kingery (Feb 1924), Mrs. G. J. Kingery (Feb 1924), R. E. & Mrs. McNeall (Aug 1923), J. B. Mackey (Nov 1923), Hazel Lewis Parker (Aug 1920), W. Raymond Pearl (Nov 1923), Rev. N. C. Richter (Jul 1922), Marion J. Rees (Dec 1922), Amanda Rodgers, W. M. Stratch (Jul 1922), Mrs. M. A. Stratch (Jul 1922), Clifford Sterns (Apr 1924), Mahala Taylor (Mar 1923), William Taylor (Mar 1923), John Taylor (Mar 1923), Minnie Turner (Nov 1923), M. J. Turner (Nov 1923), Jewel Turner (Nov 1923), Jesse M. Wilson (Nov 1923), Jula Wilson (Nov 1923).

Rev. Selden D. Kelley (1924-1929) received the following new members during his time as pastor: Earl A. Brown, Mrs. W. D. Brown, James Boggess, Mrs. Alma J. Boggess, William Bates, Mrs. William Bates, Mrs. H. Bates, Rev. Beitzel, Oscar Black, Mrs. Mary Black, Edwina Brown, Marion B. Benton, Zerley Brady, Mrs. Mabel Brady, Johnnie Curtis, Louis Courts, Elizabeth Courts, A. W. Cain, Mrs. A. W. Cain, R. M. Cain, Frank G. Carlson, Mrs. Malca Carlson, Irvin Davis, Walter Darling, Mrs. Walter Darling, Mrs. Eunice Dockurn, Talmage Darr, Grace Darr, Delores Darr, ? Darr, Alta Davis, Sindy Davis, J. C. Darlinson, Mrs. J.C. Darlinson, H. K. Ford, Mrs. H. K. Ford, Elsi Flicker, Mrs. Garrison, Laura Goodwin, Amanda Hughes, Mr. Hewitt, Mrs. Hewitt, Freeda Hewitt, Margaret Hewitt, Carl L. Hewitt, Mrs. Hewitt, Jewel Hood, Thelma Hines, Oscar Harmon, Gertrude Harmon, Mr. Harper, Mrs. Harper, Estella E. Hucksoll, Lilliam M. Ingersoll, Mildred E. Joyce, Ethel Jontte, Inez Kinnaman, Neal D. Kingery, Mrs. Dorothy Kelley, Rev. S. D. Kelley, Charles W. Kittleburg, Mrs. C. W. Kittleburg, Mr. Dan Kennedy, Mrs. Dan Kennedy, Paul Kennedy, Alleen Kennedy, J. L. Kress, Mr. Howard Moore, Martha Moore, Roberta McNeil, Almera McNeil, George McKinney, F. C. Meadows, Mrs. F. C. Meadows, Mrs. Estella E. Hucksoll, Mrs. Florence Motsinger, Earl Palmer, Mrs. Palmer, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Poynter, Mrs. Poynter, King Ricketts, Margerette Ricketts, J. W. Rhu, Josephine Rhu, Mary Martha Rhu, O. R. Rietzke, Mrs. O. R. Rietzke, Miss Minerva Rietzke, Truman Reynolds, Wesley Rice, Mrs. Wesley Rice, Verna Reynolds, Mr. Singleton, Mrs. Jeanette Singleton,

Rev. C. A. Greeding (1929-1939) received the following people into membership: Mrs. Anna Aston, Mr. Harrison Ash, Mrs. Gwendalyn Ash, Hazel Ash, Miss. Hathellean Ash, Mrs. Emma Bennett, Gladys Brady, Florence Barnett, Sadie Black, B. P. Black, Mrs. Nettie Black, Annabelle Brewer, Mrs. Martha Bates, Katherine Brunk, N. H. Borneman, Dixie Borneman, Harold Brady, William Bishop, Myrtle Boone, Mary Broughton, Thomas Baker, Mrs. Thomas Baker, Mrs. Lillian Boggess, Alice Baker, Estel Bal, Rosa Ball, Mary Baker, Miss. Edna Bower, Mrs. Maud Cole, James Leo Cross, Clyde W. Campbell, Mrs. Ella Campbell, Miss. Isabel Campbell, Fred Clark, Elizabeth Clark, Mrs. Elizabeth Charles, Mr. Edward Coffey, Mrs. Edward Coffey, Daisy Coffey, LaBelle Carlson, Charles L. Custee, Mrs. Charles L. Custee, Sheman Canada, Orville Coffman, Mrs. Ola Coffman, Frank Carlson, Jr., Bobby Calloway, Mrs. Lela Calloway, Janet Ruth Coffman, Gertrude Caraway, Rev. B. O. Donaldson, Mrs. Ruth Donaldson, Mrs. Mary Davis, Walter Ditmer, Mrs. Mary E. Ditmer, Thelma Donnelly, Ina Davidson, Mrs. Pearl Edwards, Roy Ehlers, William Evans, Bernice Eads, Mrs. R. Elofson, Lee A. Eads, Louise Eads, Lela Edwards, Sara Ebright, Mrs. R. P. Fitch, Edith Fitch, Wilburn M. Fain, James S. Fitch, John Foster, Mrs. Sula Foster, Mrs. Gladys Fain, Rev. C. A. Geeding, Mrs. C. A. Gedding, Felix B. Garrison, Mrs. Edna Garrison, T. A. Lenning, Mrs. T. A. Lenning, Helen Garrison, Harry Garrison, Doris Garrison, Edwin Geeding, Marvin Geeding, Donald Geeding, Richard Green, Carroll R. Geeding, Mrs. Helen Geeding, Karl M. Hunt, George W. Hulette, Viola Hall, Walter Renick Hostetler, Ruth Ellen Hostetler, Mary Hall, Orie Humphries, Malcolm Haskell, Mrs. Louise Hare, Virbinia Harvey, Mrs. D. Humphrie, Mrs. Lena Johnson, Alice Johnson, Mrs. Grace Jones, Neal Kingery, Jr., Opal Kearney, Lawrence King, Mrs. Mary King, Martha Bell Kingery, Joy King, Janet King, Mrs. Ethel Long, Mr. T. A. Lenning, Mrs. T. A. (Grace) Lenning, Rose Lutterell, Mrs. Ethel Long, Betty Jane Long, Mrs. Edith Lawson, Mrs. Maud Miller, Margaret Miller, Mrs. Mary McReynolds, Virginia Motsinger, Ocena Meadows, Harold McReynolds, Sue L. Mefford, Edna McLemore, Dorcas McGaw, Ancil McQueen, Mary Lou Morgan, John Thomas Morgan, Nellgene Morgan, Geraldine McReynolds, James Meadows, Dora Meadows, Mrs. Rosella McQueen, Ruth Meadows, Jeanette Maffett, Charles McQueary, Ralph Massey, Mrs. Elsie Newton, Janet Newton, Floyd Neal, Mr. William Ohlinger, Mrs. William Ohlinger, Mrs. Lillie Prewitt, Miss Erie Hester Price, Mrs. Nora Price, Thelma Price, Leslie F. Pitchey, Mrs. Leslie F. Pitchey, John Pfeiffer, Vincent Pfeiffer, Luther Prewitt, Joseph E. Pottenger, Guy Richardson, Mrs. Guy Richardson, Mrs. Berniece Reed, Miss Bertha Roy, Mr. C. G. Rife, Mary Rhodes, Ruth Rhodes, Mrs. C. G. Rife, Mrs. Ora Rupe, C. H. Ritchie, Mrs. Carrie Ritchie, Sadie Roberson, Amanda Rogers Roflow, Mrs. Jesse Shaw, Anna Steele, Laura Steele, Albert Sears, Mrs. Clara Sutherland, Mrs. Louise Sutherland, Ruby Sutherland, Elsie Sutherland, Lena Sutherland, Edward tone, Dorothy Stanley, Eleanor Stanley, Virginia Stanley, Joseph Sartin, Fred Spalding, Mrs. Sallie Sparks, Helen E. Scott, Katherine Scott, Mrs. J. F. Seymour, Alice Smith, Viola Turner, Katherine Thacker, Richard Thacker, Mrs. Richard Thacker, Helen Thacker, C. S. Tarter, Mrs. Effie Tarter, Miss. Anna Tarter, Miss. Agnes Tarter, Miss. Alpha Tarter, Jimmey Thacker, Dessie Toms, Erma Toms, Yuelta Thomas, Daniel Torgrimson, Mrs. Ruth Williamson, Rev. Arvis Wilson, Mrs. Arvis Wilson, Mrs. Callie Woodall, Mr. Hansford Wilson, Mrs. Hansford Wilson, E. C. Wright, Mrs. Anna Wright, Mrs. Mary Wilson, Thomas N. West, Mrs. Thomas West, Katherine West, Carrie Wilson, Helen Wilson, James Wilson, Helen Wright, Nora Walters, Almeda Wilson, D. F. Warren, Mrs. Clara Woods, Mary Ruth Woods, Dexter Westhafer, Mrs. William Young,

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¹ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/107809781/person/410061031464/facts
² https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67092520/washington-sherman
³ Minutes of the 21st Annual Session, Indiana Conference, of the Holiness Christian Church held at Frankfort, Indiana, August 28-30, 1916. N. Bradshaw, Editor.
⁴ http://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/56348916/person/42045561551 and https://www.myheritage.com/names/paul_fitch
⁵ Classified Buyers Guide of the city of East Liverpool Ohio, 1921-1922.
⁶ https://www.olivet.edu/news/remembering-olivet-alumnus-and-leader-selden-d-kelley/
⁷ NWIL District Assembly Minutes, 2015
⁸ https://www.bairdfuneralhome.com/obituary/RevPaul-Basssett
⁹ https://www.clancygernon.com/obituaries/RevDMorris-Chalfant-225006/#!/Obituary
¹⁰ “We Dedicate this House of God,” Dedication Service program, June 17, 1973.
¹¹ “Golden Jubilee of the Norwood Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), 1887-1937,” Norwood Ohio, 1937.
¹² 1957 newspaper article, date, author and paper unknown.

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