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 HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 487 Presbyterian church of the North or of the South, and it was the hope of this association who were guilding the destinies of the synod, that a connection between the two divisions of the church might be effected. Abandoning this hope, however, at a meeting of the Potosi Presbytery in Jackson in April, 1874, it was determined to send commissioners to the gen- eral assembly of the Presbyterian church in the United States, commonly known as the Southern Presbyterian church. The commis- sioners chosen at the meeting were Rev. T. C. Barret and Elder E. Virgil Conway. The meeting of the assembly was held at Colum- bus, Mississippi, and the commissioners from Potosi Presbytery were received and the con- nection established between the bodies. At the beginning of the fourth decade of the history of the Potosi Presbytery in April, 1874, there were on its roll six merabei's and seventeen churches. The ministers were: A. Munson, George W. Harlan, T. C. Barret, C. W. Alexander, William McCarty and An- drew W. Gause. The churches were: Belle- vue, Potosi, Farmington, Brazeau, First Apple Creek, Clark's Creek, Pleasant Hill, First Ironton, Cape Girardeau, New Madrid, First Jackson, Iroudale, South Bellevue, Charleston, Sikeston, Lakeville and Clarkton. Two of these churches, however, those of Ironton and Pleasant Hill, though they were on the roll, were no longer regarded as a part of the Presbytery since they had attached them- selves to the Northern Assembly and were dropped from the roll in October, 1874. During this period of the church the min- isters received and ordained were these: J. V. Worsham, ordained November 12, 1874. He preached at Clarkton and New Madrid and was siipply at Apple Creek and Brazeaii and was later the general evangelist of the Presbytery. A. W. Milster, who became con- nected with the Presbytery in Jime, 1876, and served as supply at Bellevue and South Belle- vue churches, was later pastor at Bellevue; John M. Rhea, also received in June, 1876, was for a time supply at New Madrid church ; Robert Morrison, preached at Potosi and Irondale, was received in April, 1877; Uncas McCluer, who was received in September, 1877, preached at New Madrid, Clark's Creek, Clarkton and other points; John B. Rubey received April, 1878, and supplied a number of churches; William M. Stratton, received in 1881, and served as supply at Potosi and Irondale ; Jcseph A. Graves, received in April, 1881, and preached as supply at Cape Gir- ardeau, New Madrid and Clarkton ; Weisel Beale ordained in September, 1881, was pas- tor at Apple Creek and supply at Brazeau, New Madrid, Clarkton, Kennett, Jackson and Oak Ridge ; James H. Creighton, received m September, 1882, preached at Farmington for six years ; J. W. Roseborough, received in September, 1882, and supplied at Cape Gir- ardeau and Pleasant Hill ; John Brown, re- ceived in April, 1883, but had no regular work ; Horace B. Barks, received in April, 1884, and preached as supply at Bellevue and South Bellevue. Only one church was organized during this period, that of Watervalley in August, 1879. In April, 1878, the churches at Lakeville and Sikeston were disbanded and Charleston church was disbanded in March, 1882, leav- ing on the roll seven ministers and thirteen churches. Decade from 1884 to 1894 During the decade which extended from 1884 to 1894, the changes in the ministers of the church were as follows : James V. Wor- sham was received in September, 1884, and supplied at Brazeau and Apple Creek for