Goodwill Baptist church, of Hanover township, East Union, is in the Central Association that meets at Indianapolis, and data is not at hand for these churches. The following is concerning these societies: The Goodwill Baptist church was formed in Hanover township in May, 1859, with the following membership:
Presley Morris,
Rebecca Morris,
Oliver Morris,
Elizabeth Merideth,
Archibald Canedy,
Eliza I. Love,
Thomas Merideth,
Delilah Talbert and
Jesse A. Gibson
.
The church was formed by its first pastor, Rev. John Phares.
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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