A Bible Society connected with the church was established, with Lyman Bates as Depositary.

The evidence

• “The present membership is about forty-five, who receive their Sunday meal of grace from the lips of the minister at Footville, they constituting a portion of his charge. In connection with the church is a Bible Society, which was established in 1849, with Lyman Bates as Depositary. The present officers are — President, J.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/16-rock-county-ch10-villages.md, PDF p. 670

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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