Minor  each  signature  being  made  in  person.  The
first  vestryujen  were  G.  W.  Hough,  C.  W.  Stuart,
William  G.  Minor,  James  L.  Minor,  William  A.  Davi-
son and  Josiah  Murfee.  On  Easter  Sunday,  April
12,  1841,  the  first  vestry  named  above  was  re-elected,
with  the  addition  of  James  Dunnica,  Israel  B.  Read,
S.  M.  Bay;  (J.  W .  Hough  being  elected  Secretary.    At


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Gr.Tce   Episcopal   Clnirc-li,    Inti'i-ior.
a  meeting  in  December,  1841,  it  was  resolved  to  ap-
ply for  admission  of  this  Parish  into  union  with  the
liam  A.  Davison,  Josiah  Murfee,  S.  Mansfield  Bay,     Protestant  Episcopal  church  in  this  diocese.    April


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1-,  lS4l',  a  coiiiiiiittei'  was  apiiointiHl  to  decide  (iii
suitable  plans  fur  a  rliiircli  lniildiiifr  and  obtain
t-stiniates  of  the  cost.  On  July  '2d,  lSi'2.  James  A.
<"runii)  was  awarded  the  contract  to  build  Grace
<huich  (a  cut  of  which  accompanies  this  article,  the
<iri};inal  buildin<j  still  standing,  it  being  the  oldest
I'rotestaut  church  building  now  standing  West  of
the  Mississippi  Kiveri.  The  cost  of  this  structure
was  |i:,S()(),  the  building  committ'ee  being  James
Dunnica,  James  L.  Minor  and  Charles  W.  Stuart.
