by Hannah Lutz | Sep 13, 2022 | Genealogy, History
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 meeting in Knoxville. Woody began holding meeting...
by Hannah Lutz | Apr 21, 2022 | Genealogy, History
“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 in the Clifton area of Cincinnati. How did Eastern Hills...
by Hannah Lutz | Apr 19, 2022 | Genealogy, History
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. The first building on High Street was built...
by Hannah Lutz | Mar 17, 2022 | Genealogy, History
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 Wilmington Yearly Meeting, and many of these...
by Hannah Lutz | Mar 7, 2022 | Genealogy, History
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. She began holding gospel meetings in...
by Hannah Lutz | Feb 9, 2022 | Genealogy, History
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 small child when he...
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