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Avery Methodist Protestant Church Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1803
Scope and Contents

Records of a church near Morgantown, including minutes, 1843-1855; register of members, baptisms, deaths, and marriages, 1919-1929; organization of the Young People's Meeting, 1935-1943; the Sunday school, 1935; and organization of the Christian Endeavor Society, 1934; minutes of the Easton-Avery Community Building, 1939-1946; minutes of the Community Center Board of Directors; and Bible Class records, 1908-1926.

Dates: 1843-1948

Kingwood Methodist Church, History and Baptismal Record

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1020
Overview

A Brief History of Methodism in Kingwood and Vicinity from the Earliest Times to March, 1874, by W.C. Snodgrass. Also a typed Baptismal Record, dating between 1852 and 1896, listing dates and places of birth, parents' names, and officiating ministers.

Dates: ca. 1816-1896

Morgantown Methodist Episcopal Church, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1014
Overview

Records, including minutes of the quarterly conference and the Epworth League; lists of church members and probationers; and papers and records relating to baptisms, marriages, and pastors.

Dates: 1847-1917

Peter T. Laishley Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0670
Overview

Correspondence, business papers, and an account book of Peter T. Laishley, a Methodist minister, physician, and merchant in Monongalia County. There are papers on the settlement of the estate of Richard Laishley in England, marriages performed by Laishley; Laishley family birth and marriage notes; accounts for services as a minister and physician, 1833-1839; and other items on church and local history.

Dates: 1809-1915