by Hannah Lutz | Sep 13, 2022 | Genealogy, History
A Look Back in History: First Friends Knoxville On June 25, 1908, J. Waldo Woody arrived in Knoxville, Tennessee under the auspices of Five Years Meeting (now Friends United Meeting) and Wilmington Yearly Meeting to investigate the possibility of planting a Quaker...
by Hannah Lutz | Apr 21, 2022 | Genealogy, History
A Look Back in History: Eastern Hills Friends Meeting “T“To follow the principles in Faith and Practice, making all who wish to join with us feel welcome.” These words were recorded July 1972 in the first minutes that still remain of an untitled worship group meeting...
by Hannah Lutz | Apr 19, 2022 | Genealogy, History
A Look Back in History: Xenia Friends Meeting By Betty Johnson Since our founding in 1905, Xenia Friends has been cognizant and mindful of the Quaker testimonies known collectively as SPICES–Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality and Service/Sustainability....
by Hannah Lutz | Mar 17, 2022 | Genealogy, History
A Look Back in History: Campus Friends Meeting Campus Friends began meeting in 1948 and was born out of a desire among Quaker students and staff at Wilmington College to participate in an unprogrammed worship group. At that time, there were no unprogrammed meetings in...
by Hannah Lutz | Mar 7, 2022 | Genealogy, History
A Look Back in History: Ada Chapel Ada Chapel began in 1888 as a mission in East Wilmington. At that time, East Wilmington was the impoverished side of town, and Quaker school-teacher Lizzie Harvey was concerned about the well-being of her students who lived there....
by Hannah Lutz | Feb 9, 2022 | Genealogy, History
Eli Harvey House One of the few remaining Quaker settler brick houses in Clinton County is the 1830 Eli Harvey house on Lebanon Road in the Springfield Meeting community, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Eli Harvey (1803-1872) was a very...
