Shelby
County, Indiana
Churches
Acton Methodist Episcopal Circuit
Landan and Canaan
Acton Methodist Episcopal Circuit - Two of the churches
of this circuit, viz., Landan and Canaan are in Shelby County. (Landan Methodist Episcopal Church) ...has
been organized for many years, the precise date being unknown. This class has never been strong in numbers, but
there has always been a display of earnestness in the work that is characteristic of the true Christian. There
are at present about fifty active members, of whom William Clayton, John Sleeth and family, Joel
Crum and wife, Jordan Perry and wife, and Margaret House are among the oldest members. The present
frame building, which has been used for more than twenty years, is still in good condition. The trustees are:
Marquis Case, Joel Crum, William Clayton, Jordan Perry and F. Sleeth.
A Sunday School, which is well attended and from which much good has resulted, is now under the supervision of
William Clayton, Canaan Methodist Episcopal Church is located in Moral Township, about four miles south of
Palestine. The house is an old frame, in which the people have for many years gathered together to listen
to the word as it fell from the lips of the many who have served them as pastor. The old members are: Amos
Wilson and wife, Amelia Campbell, John Willis and wife, J. C. Wilson and wife and
Samuel Rollings and wife. The trustees are: Amos Wilson, Samuel Rollings, Robert Phares,
James Moore and Wright Borning. James Reed is Superintendent of Sunday Schools. The
names of those who have been in charge of this circuit since 1880 are as follows: Revs. William Nickols,
R. L. Kinnear, Albert Cain, Alexander Jameson and J. H. Burton.
History of Shelby County, Indiana, Chicago, Brant and Fuller, pages 372-373.
Contributed by Judith Lucero
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