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 HISTORY OP SOUTHEAST illSSOUKI 457 J. H. Ileadlee; Charleston, L. P. Rowland; Bloomfield, E. E. Deddge; Greenville, H. N. Watts; Predericktown, N. B. Peterson; Ste. Genevieve, P. B. ilarkle ; Ripley, J. Eaker ; Black River, R. M. Stevenson. The enumeration of the circuits contained in the Cape Girardeau District at this time indicates the growth experienced bj' the church. In 1847 a new conference was or- ganized called the "St. Louis Conference," and a new district, Greenville District, was formed from the western part of the Cape Girardeau District. Prom this time until the breaking out of the Civil war, in 1S61, the church experi- enced a steady growth. It is hardly possible to give an entire list of the preachers who supplied the various circuits at that time. The Presiding Elders for Cape Girardeau ' District from 1852 to 1861 were : J. M. Kelly, J. H. Ileadlee, J. C. Berryman, Wesley Browning, H. S. Watts, J. McCarry. M. R. Anthony. The Presiding Elders of the Greenville District from 1852 to 1857 were : N. B. Peterson, J. R. Burk, J. L. Burchard. In 1857 there was a reorganization of the dis- tricts and the western district was called "Potosi." Its Presiding Elders were H. N. Watts and J. C. Thompson. The work of the church was very greatly interrupted by the Civil war. There were no regular appointments made in 1861, and there were no meetings of the St. Louis Con- ference during the war. Services continued to be held at Charleston. Bertrand, Big Lake and Rush Ridge. Many of the churches were destroyed and the organi/atidiis disliandcd under the stress of the war. In 1S65 Southeast ^Missouri was organized into the Iron Mountain District, and W. S. Woodward was appointed as the Presiding Elder. The appointments on the circuits for that year were as follows: Richwoods, G. C. Knowles; Predericktown, J. S. Prazier; Perryville, J. M. Proctor ; Jackson, not tilled ; Charleston, II. N. Watts ; New Madrid, L. W. Powell ; Greenville, S. A. Blakey ; Grand , Prairie, James Copeland ; Bloomfield, J. C. Thompson. In 1866 the old districts of Cape Girardeau and Greenville were restored, but in 1868 the name of the latter was changed to Potosi. In 1871 the districts were named Iron Mountain and Charleston, and in 1873 a new district called Poplar Bluff was established. In 1887 Charleston District contained the following stations : Charleston, established in 1872; membership, 253; value of church, $6,- 000 ; C. M. Hensley, pastor. Cape Girardeau, membership, 132; value of church, $1,200; W. Mooney, pastor. Parmington, member- ship, 185; value of church. .$3,200: W. P. Wilson, pastor. New Madrid, membership, 153; value of churches, $2,800; E. P. Seuter, pastor. Predericktown, membership, 216 ; value of churches, $3,400; J. AV. Robinson, pastor. Sikeston and Bertrand were for sev- eral years prior to 1887 under one charge. They had a membership of 348, and churches to the value of $3,300. Sikeston was a station under the care of V. J. Millis. The circuits within the Charleston District were as follows : Commerce, including Conniieree. ilacedonia. Head's schoolhouse. Campbell's schoolhouse and Lusk's chapel, S. A. ]Iason, pastor; Jlor- ley, including Jlorley, Oran, Blodgett, Sandy Prairie and Cross Plains. S. H. Renfro, pas- tor; Point Plea.sant, including Point Pleas- ant, New Hope, Union, Ruddell's Point, ^ilound and Beech Grove, supplied liy A. G. Horton ; Bertrand, .including Bertrand or- ganized in 1844 : East Prairie, organized in 1865; Thrower's Chapel, organized in 1880, and Diehlstadt. orsanized in 1886, W. H.