The Methodists established a circuit preacher and organized a class.

The evidence

• “The Church has always been represented here. In 1847, the Methodists established a circuit preacher, and organized a class, and, about the year 1860, the Congregationalists organized a church, holding regular service in the commodious brick schoolhouse. This year, they com^ menced the erection of a church edifice ;”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/16-rock-county-ch10-villages.md, PDF p. 689

  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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