East Union Baptist church, of Moral township, was organized in March, 1867, by members as follows: Lindsey and Lucinda Leonard,
A. J. Joyce,
H. R. Joyce,
Margaret T. Joyce,
Archibald Mann,
R. C. Mann,
Letitia Mann,
B. P. Mann, and
Eliza E. Mann.
This church was located at the Center schoolhouse and used the same as a meeting place for a number of years. In September, 1867, Rev. J. M. Smith was made pastor of this church, spending one-fourth of his time with them, for which he received thirty dollars per year. In 1868 a frame building was erected and the society grew rapidly, having in 1886 a membership of ninety persons.
[Chadwick's discussion of the Baptist denomination moves to Pleasant View Baptist church-pmf]
Chadwick's History of Shelby County, Indiana, by Edward H. Chadwick, B.A., assisted by
well known local talent, B.F. Bowen & Co, Publishers: Indianapolis, IN, 1909, page 160.
Submitted by Marita Bolson
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