MILL CREEK CHAPEL CHRISTIAN CHURCH or MILL CREEK CHAPEL CHURCH OF CHRIST 1889-1933 Section 33 in Montgomery Township near Mill Creek This church at different times, held different names. The church was organized in the year 1889. The Mill Creek neighborhood was quite a distance from Spencer. Meetings were held initially in the Willoughby Schoolhouse, until the church was erected in 1890. There were 20 charter members. No winter services were held in the years 1903-1904. During those years a minister came from Spencer Christian Church and preached every 2 weeks in the summer. By the year 1929 a movement was began which result in the sale of the church property. In November of 1933, the property was sold and the building was torn down. **It appears that July 16, 1922 was the last date of a church meeting held by this organization by Elder Jacob Littlejohn. (Debbie's note: Unfortunately this appears to be just another item in the Montgomery township area that disappeared. There were a number of cemeteries in that area that also vanished.) A FEW NOTES-- *In some instances there stands a name with another in parentheses, from what I can find in lookups, the name in parentheses is a "married name". *A "letter" is a letter of introduction to/from another church. *A date without explanation I take to mean date they joined the church. *If there is a number in parentheses after a name, that means it is a duplicate of another name and signifies that it is a different listing. CHARTER MEMBERS-- Ellsworth Cantwell Mrs Ellsworth Cantwell J.T. Clark- Died January 1934 D.J. Gaston- Died April 1913 Mrs. D.J. Gaston Charles Hancock- Died December 1905 Mrs. Charles Hancock- Died September 1922 John Layman - Died June 1899 Mrs. John Layman Mrs. Pluma Medaris- To Spencer Christian Church S.C. Medaris--To Spencer Christian Church Mrs. Stephen Medaris- Died June 1928 Stephen Medaris- Died January 1900 Phillip Naanes Edward Parrish- Died May 1912 Mrs. Edward Parrish- Died August 1903 Marcus Smith A.J. Taylor LATER MEMBERS AFTER THE CHURCH'S ORGANIZATION (written this way in record book) Eli Bowman- December 3, 1905 Jane Bowman- December 3, 1905 Cyrus Clark- May 1915 Jennie Clark(Reapp)- June 1915-To Spencer Christian Church on Mar. 21, 1926 Margaret Clark Victora Clark (Parrish) Mont Crowe- To Bethany Presbyterian Church, Owen County, IN Hazel Davis- August 1916 Mrs. Mary Davis- August 1916 J.H. Dean- Died August 1934 Lillie Dean Mary Dean- September 27, 1904- Died May 1905 Sarah Dean- Died December 1932 W.G. Dean J.T. Disney- December 3, 1905 Aaron Gates- August 1916 Esta Gates(Ward)- September 27, 1904 John Gates- September 1914- Died March 1933 Lydia Gates(Ward)- September 1914 Beatrice Hancock(Royer)- May 1915 Christea Hancock (Robertson)- May 1915 W.T. Hancock- To Spencer Church of Christ Mrs. W.T. Hancock- May 1915 Lavina Layman(Fisher)- June 11, 1905 Millie Layman- June 11, 1905- Died 1925 Winfield McClure Alma Medaris (Sink) Blanche Medaris(Poulton)-July 16, 1922 To Spencer Christian Church Apr.20, 1924 Claude Medaris-July 16, 1922 To Spencer Christian Church Apr.20, 1924 Creta Medaris Dossie Medaris (Waggnor) -To Jackson Boulevard Christian, Chicago, Illinois Effie Medaris (Van Sant)- To Jackson Boulevard Christian, Chicago, Illinois Fred Medaris- May 1915-To Spencer Christian Church on January 25, 1927 Hasting Medaris- May 1915 Jane Medaris Mary Medaris-July 16, 1922 To Spencer Christian Church Apr.20, 1924 Noah Medaris- Died May 1928 Ralph Medaris- May 1915 Ruth Medaris(Parrish)- September 27, 1904-To Spencer Christian Church Curtis Miller- May 1915 Mrs. Morris Nota Morris(Wall)- May 1915 William Morris Dell Naanes-To Jackson Boulevard Christian, Chicago, Illinois Elisabeth Naanes Ester Naanes Holllice Naanes(Bartman) - September 1914 Hugh Naanes J.P. Naanes Pierson Naanes- September 1914-To Jackson Boulevard Christian, Chicago,ILL Raymond Naanes B.F. Needy- September 1914-Died June 1931 Jane Needy- September 1914 Blanch Parrish (Neptune)- September 27, 1904 Essie Parrish (Gwyn) Eunice Parrish- Died June 1912 Matilda Parrish (Mitchell)- To Union Christian Church, Sullivan, IN. May Parrish(Usery)- To Union Christian Church, Sullivan, IN. M.T. Parrish- To Spencer Christian Church Nola Parrish(Gates)- To Spencer Christian Church Mrs. Cleve Pryor- June 1915 Mrs. Harriet Robertson Mrs. Ola Turpin- September 27, 1904 Mrs. Andrew Wall- August 1916 Goldie Wall(Haase)- August 1916 Harry Wall- August 1916 Roy Wall- August 1916 Malissa Walters Clarence Ward- May 1915 Frank Wheeler- August 1916