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A BRIEF HISTORY : THIS CHURCH AND CEMETERY WAS FINISHED IN MAY , 1849 , ON LAND DONATED BY A LOCAL MAN BY THE NAME OF MR. JOHN ADAMSON...BEING A CARPENTER , HE SUPERVISED AND HELPED IN ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL WOODEN CHURCH...THE BRICKS CAME LATER FROM MR.ADAMSONS BRICK FACTORY THAT WAS LOCATED IN THE FIELD BEHIND THE CHURCH...THE FAMILY MARKERS ARE ON THE PROPERTY...IN 1890 THE CHURCH WAS CLOSED DOWN , DUE TO THE FACT THAT , 3 NEW CHURCHES HAD BEEN BUILT IN THE AREA...THE CEMETERY WAS EXPANDED IN 1888 , 1914 AND AGAIN IN 1939.....SOME STORIES INCLUDE THAT AN ELDERLY MAN KEPT VISITING THE CHURCH WEEKLY LONG AFTER IT HAD CLOSED AND THAT THE SAME MAN MAINTAINED THE GROUNDS UNTILL HE RETIRED AND HIS SON TOOK OVER THE DUTIES BACK IN THE EARLY YEARS.... |
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