I found some information online today for Albert Dunlap & Samuel McKown (Alberts brother in law). Ive also attached this in my tree for those who use ancestry. Extracted from A History of the Church at Westville, 1862-2012 thecommunitybiblechurch.org/doc/History_of_Westville.pdf Page 7: Rev. Samuel S. McKown was the minister of the Westville Church when Samuel Oliver and his grandson George passed away in 1894, and presumably officiated at both funerals held at the church. Page 16: Rev. James Weaver and Rev. J.M. Carter served both the Westville Church and Mt. Zion Church, while Rev. Samuel S. McKown, Rev. Daniel V. Hyde and Rev. Andrew Hanger served all three congregations at various times. Also, next to a picture of the Churchill Christian Church sign: Only this sign and a small cemetery remain on the site of the Bible Christian Church of Elkrun Township. Known as Churchill Church, it was the first mission church planted by the Bible Christian Society in Columbiana County in 1826. Several early Westville ministers were also associated with Churchill. Rev. Samuel S. McKown, who served four different stints as Westville pastor, is buried in the cemetery here. See page 41. Page 17: Rev. Simeon Newhouse’s 1862 revival services at Westville are credited with bringing so many people that the church outgrew the wagon shop, and purchased the Friends school house for services. Born in Columbiana County in 1842, Newhouse joined the Christian church at Churchill under the ministry of Rev. Samuel S. McKown. He was ordained to the ministry in 1862 in the Mt. Vernon Christian Conference. He spent fortytwo years in ministry including pastorates in Clermont County, Jamestown, Piqua, and Lima, Ohio. In 1907, Newhouse was called to chair the Homiletics and Biblical Literature Department at Defiance College, a position he held until his death in 1918. Page 38: Since the formal organization of the Westville Church in 1862, twenty-three different men have served as pastor. Of those twenty-three, six served at least two separate stints as pastor, with one minister, Rev. Samuel S. McKown, serving four different times. A few of the early church ministers were related to each other. Rev. Albert Dunlap was married to Martha McKown, a sister of Rev. Samuel McKown. Page 39: The following men have served as pastor of the Westville Church: Rev. Samuel S. McKown 1865-1869 Rev. Samuel S. McKown 1876-1877 Rev. Albert Dunlap 1879-1881 Rev. Samuel S. McKown 1881-1885 Rev. Samuel S. McKown 1891-1899 Page 41: Rev. Samuel S. McKown – 1865-1869, 1876-1877, 1881-1885, 1891-1899 George W. Kunkle’s Mahoning Dispatch article from 1931 gives this character sketch of Rev. Samuel McKown: Rev. S.S. McKown, in his ministry was a great joker, full of wit and humor, seldom preaching a sermon without causing a laugh or smile on the part of his congregation. Some regarded this as a type of insincerity of faith, yet at his death he left practically all his estate to the church and its work. During the building of the church in 1867, he donated all his services, driving from his home, then at Guilford, Columbiana County, regularly to fill his appointment. Rev. Samuel S. McKown served four separate terms as pastor of the Westville Church. He is buried in the Churchill Cemetery in Columbiana County on the former site of the Bible Christian Church of Elkrun Township, where he also served as pastor. See page 16. Page 43: Rev. Albert Dunlap – 1879-1881 Originally from Portage County, Rev. Albert Dunlap served both Westville and Churchill Christian Church in Columbiana County before moving to Columbus. An article in the Columbus Citizen, dated February 2, 1905, has the following story about the death of Martha McKown Dunlap: MINISTER’S WIFE DEAD After a years suffering with cancer, Mrs. Dunlap, wife of the Rev. Albert Dunlap, died Wednesday at 5:40 p.m. at her home, 144 West Fourth Avenue. Mr. Dunlap was formerly pastor of the First Christian church in this city, but has lately been in charge of a church in Summerford. Mrs. Dunlap leaves besides her husband, four children: Chas. Dudley Dunlap, Mrs. Claude Brewer, Mrs. R. W. Lambard and Mrs. D. G. Lamb, all of this city. A 1906 Columbus City Directory shows Rev. Albert Dunlap living with his son Charles and Emma Dunlap (relationship unknown) at 105 W. Fourth Avenue, directly across the street from the original Columbus North High School, in the present-day Victorian Village neighborhood.
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