First Baptist Ellettsville, Indiana was established in 1858 by 28 persons, men and women, who initially met in members’ homes to worship and pray. Within a few short years, the congregation constructed a simple meeting house, a frame building costing a mere $95. The price of the church building reveals the common folk nature of…
Born in Clarion County, Pennsylvania on September 26, 1832, Joanna P. Moore was raised by Episcopalian and Presbyterian parents. During a revival meeting in 1851, however, she joined a Baptist church. Attending Female Seminary in Illinois earlier this year, she learned of the needs among a colony of freed women and children on Union-controlled Island…
Memphis has now been under Union control for over a year, the city serving as a strategic point on the Mississippi for the United States Army. From the beginning of the war Tennessee was a divided state, and the occupation of Memphis is welcomed by many residents of Union sentiment. This week the one remaining…