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 HISTORY OP SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 477 churches in the association with 1,400 mem- bers. In 1876, 10 churches were dismissed to form the Wayne County Association. At the meeting in 1878 there were representatives present from 24 churches chiefly in Madison and Bollinger counties with a membership of 1,200. At this time the ministers of the as- sociation were J. C. Hornsby, AVilliam Loudon, H. F. Toug, L. W. Revelle, A. Tidwell, F. M. Holbrook, M. Robins, V. T. Settle, B. L. Bow- man, J. F. Rudy, and J. C. Hembree. The oldest church in the association was Big Creek church organized in iMa3', 1835, about 18 miles south of Fredericktown. The first church house was built in 1854 ; the first pastor of the church was Henry McElmurry ; he was succeeded by C. T. Graham, who served as pastor for 22 years. Castor church was oi'ganized in 1845 by Elders Graham, Settle and Eaton. Little Vine church was organized in 1846 with 21 mem- bers. Marble Hill church was organized in 1848. The first church of Fredericktown seems to have been organized in 1870 by Elder W. W. Settle and Silas Livermore; there were 31 members at the time of the reorganization in 1872. Among the prominent ministers of this as- sociation were the following: Carter T. Gra- ham, who was a native of North Carolina and who came to Madison county in 1822, was a well educated man and while he preached for a great many years, supported himself principally by farming. He died in Septem- ber, 1861 ; Anderson Hughes was a native of Tennessee but settled in Wayne county while very young; he preached for a number of years and died in 1863. One of the most influential of the men of this association was W. W. Settle, who came to Missouri from Tennessee in 1833. He first lived in Bollinger county and later in Madi- son county ; he became a preacher in 1839 and up to the time of his death in 1870, was a very active, energetic woi'ker as a minister. One of the early preachers of this a.ssocia- tion was Pinkney Graham, who was a native of Kentucky and came to Southeast Missouri in 1826 and was for many years an influential minister. Twenty-four churches reported to the asso- ciation in 1910. They had a combined mem- bersliip of 2,009. They were : Big Creek, 82 ; Brush Creek, 87; Castor, 22; Ebenezer, 71; Fredericktown, 444; Friendship, 107; Gran- ite View, 19 ; Glen Allen, 102 ; Little White- water, 136 ; Marble Hill, 156 ; Marquand, 113 ; Miller's Chapel, 41; Moore's Chapel, 46; Mt. Carmel, 43 ; Mt. Pisgah, 116 ; Mt. Pleasant, 47 ; New Salem, 73; Shetley's Creek, 93; Trace Creek, 93 ; Twelve Mile, 116 ; Union Light, 19. The association known as Cane Creek Asso- ciation was formed in 1857 by 5 churches formerly members of Black River Association ; for a considerable time the association had churches in Butler, Carter and Ripley coun- ties in ]Iissouri as well as some churches in Arkansas. In 1867 there were 14 churches reported, in 1874 there were 24 churches with a total membership of 632, in 1875 there were 22 churches. There were 29 churches in the association in 1910 with a combined membership of 2,115. They were: Amity, 46; Antioch, 73; Black Creek, 71 ; Bethel, 75 ; Belleview, 31 ; Bethle- hem, 33; Bay Springs, 94; Concord-Elsinore, 26 ; Cane Creek, 30 ; Doniphan, 353 ; Friend- ship, 44; Grandin, 125; Harmony, 25; Lone Star, 41; Lone Hill, 90; Mt. Carmel, 53; Mel- ville, 7 ; New Prospect, 49 ; Naylor, 91 ; New