A Methodist Episcopal committee (Ira Jones, Hiram Griffith, Thomas Robinson) estimated the cost of a church, and a subscription list was circulated and a building commenced.

The evidence

• “In 1845, at the Third Quarterly Conference, Messrs. Ira Jones, Hiram Griffith and Thomas Robinson were appointed a committee to estimate the cost of a church, and, during the year, a subscription list was circulated and a building commenced on the lot now owned and occupied by J.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/16-rock-county-ch10-villages.md, PDF p. 656 / book p. 660

  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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