Shook's Chapel, Darke Co., OHShook's Chapel, Darke Co., OH
Located two miles north and two miles east of Rossburg, is now undergoing repairs and will soon make a different appearance. From an old record I copy the following account of this society:
"The society was organized about the year 1843 under the pastorate of Rev. Alexander Harmount. The meetings were held in the old schoolhouse. The members were: Peter Shook and wife, Davidson Birt and wife, Harmon Shook and wife, Elijah Shook and wife, Thomas Sutton and wife, John Rose and wife, Hopkin Rose and wife, Adam Harness and wife, John Gibson and wife, John Kimble and wife, and F.S. Supinger. The school house stood near the present site of the M.E. Church, where in 1847 a log church was erected, followed in 1867 by the present church. It then belonged to the Ft. Recovery circuit, since to Ansonia, Hillgrove, Versailles, Dawn, Wabash and now again to Dawn, where we hope it may rest."
Such is the record and such the hope expressed, but it now belongs to Rossburg Charge, and, thanks be to God, is showing unmistakable signs of life and growth.Birt, Frank M. Birt, Matilda Birt, Osie Blakely, Thomas Blakely, Sarah Burns, Isaac N. Burns, Elizabeth Davenport, John Davenport, Melvina Davenport, William Davenport, Anna Davenport, ______ Davenport, ______ Eby, Theodore Eby, Martha Eby, Howard Eby, Mollie Ensley, Mrs. M. Gibson, Nancy Hathaway, Jennie Jeffries, Arthur Levitt, Lorena McKibben, Albert McKibben, Louisa McKibben, Harry McKibben, Grace McKibben, Walter McKibben, Earnest McKibben, Clara Michael, Sarah J. Rummell, P.O. Sebring, John Sebring, Hannah Sebring, Chas. A. Sebring, Emma Sebring, James Sebring, Laura Shook, Abel Shook, Anna Shook, Mollie Shook, Elijah Shook, ______ Shook, Louisa Shook, Mary Shook, Charles Shook, Stella Sneary, Emma Smith, Solomon Smith, Blanche S. Smith, Benjamin Shook, Josie Sebring, Josie Supinger, S.L. Supinger, Mary Supinger, Rachel Supinger, William Supinger, Lucinda Supinger, F. Newton Supinger, Stella Supinger, Robt. L. Wagner, Frank Wagner, Alice
Leaders: S. Supinger and Albert McKibben
Trustees: T.O. Eby, A.M. Shook, Albert McKibben, Lonnie Shiverdecker, S.L. Supinger, John Sebring, John Davenport and F.M. Birt.
Parsonage Trustees: T.O. Eby and William Davenport
Auxiliary to Parsonage Trustees: Mrs. T.O. Eby, Mrs. William Davenport, and Mrs. Albert McKibben.Stewards: T.O. Eby and William Davenport
Estimating Committee: T.O. Eby and William Davenport
Sunday School Committee: L. Shiverdecker, Everett Birt, S.L. Supinger, Albert McKibben, Mrs. E.O. Eby, Susie Davenport, Blanche Smith, and Grace McKibben.
Music Committee: Everett Birt, Susie Davenport, Thos. Dickey, A.M. Shook, Blanche Smith, and L. Shiverdecker.
Missions & Benevolences: Walter McKibben, Susie Davenport, Sarah Michael. and Blanche Smith.
Birt, May Shook, Archibald Michael, Wm. Michael, Chas. Shook, Oscar Armstrong, Grace Birt, Mrs. J. T. Dickey, Thos.