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Waterford Methodist Episcopal Church & Cemetery
The following history was provided by . Soon after the establishment of the glass-works at Waterford the Methodists began holding meetings in the school house, and were encouraged to forma society by John Porter and others, on account of the influence the meetings had over the workmen. A cordial welcome was extended the itinerant preachers by the Porters, and in due season the nucleus of a congregation was gathered. A division of the Sons of Temperance was also organized, and to accommodate both bodies, it was proposed to erect a two-story building in which their meetings could be held, each in a separate room. Accordingly, Samuel Shreve, Joseph Porter, Joseph C. Porter and Thomas Porter set aside a lot of ground for the purpose of erecting thereon such a building, conveying the same, in trust, to John McCann, Richard A. Winner,Daniel W. Wescott, Micajah Cline, Brazier Wescoat, Arthur Wescoat and Jacob Read, in May, 1848. Soon after, a two-story frame building was put up, the upper story being fitted up for the use of the temperance society, the lower being the church proper. Both bodies had a flourishing membership as long as the glass-works were carried on, but after they were discontinued most of those belonging removed, leaving so few interested in their future existence that the division suspended its meetings, and in the church occasional services only were held. On 23rd of March, 1864, Brazier Wescoat and Arthur Wescoat, the two remaining trustees, conveying the property to the Methodist Episcopal Church and Division No. 49, Sons of Temperance, where the title still rests. Lewis W. Neipling is one of the few surviving members, and now has the property in charge. Owing to disuse, the house is not in good condition, but the graveyard connected bears evidence of recent attention. Though showing signs of decay, and being no longer the useful factor it was in the by-gone days, the old church not be abandoned, but should be reconsecrated to an era of new usefulness in connection with the rapid development of this part of the township. |
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