Shelby  County,  Indiana
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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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