Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 08:40:33 -0500
From: clawsons(a)purdue.edu (Susan Y. Clawson)
To: INTIPPEC-L(a)rootsweb.com
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Subject: [INTIPPEC-L] Armstrong Chapel
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There is also a booklet giving the history of the Armstrong Chapel, located
in Warren County near Green Hill. It is a six or eight page, 8 1/2 x 11
pamphlet. I've seen it, but I don't have a copy of it anymore. I don't know
whether the local genealogical library has it or not. It lists the names of
members and ministers. I made some notes from it, but I don't have them
with me. I was particularly interested in the information about the
arrangement of the early chapel because it had two doors, and one of our
early churches also had two doors. According to the account of the early
Armstrong chapel, one door was for men, the other for women, and the
sanctuary was divided in half also by a something like a low rail. Families
would divide up when they entered the building, then sit down on opposite
sides of the rail. Small children would be passed back and forth across the
divider. I think I also have the name of the founder or one of the early
ministers. There is an active historical group in Warren County that might
have more information on it.
Thanks Susan, I have the address for the Warren County Historical Society and
I will
write to them. I know that my g g g grandparents were early members of that
church and were buried there. I have pictures, which a friend sent me, of
their tombstones and I also have a picture of the Chapel as it looks now. I
can scan it for you if you would like a copy of it......Nina