First Presbyterian Church

of Port Gibson, MS

 

Early Register

 

REGISTER OF COMMUNICANTS

 

All names should be entered in  case of married females, it will prevent confusion to insert after the name the first name of the husband, (e.g. wife of Charles).  When a female afterwards changes her name by marriage, this ought also to be noted.  Put this and similar purposes, a column for “Remarks” is provided.

 

 

NAME, IN FULL

DATE OF ADMISSION

HOW RECEIVED

DISMISSED: WHEN AND WHITHER

DIED

REMARKS

Mr. Charles D. Wharton

Jan. 7

1860

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Mary Hughes

Aug.

1860

Exam.

Bethel Ch, Lives in Yazoo

 

 

 

Mrs. Anna Marye Archer

Mar. 24

1861

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Cornelia Harvey

Mar. 23

1861

Cert.

To Henderson, Ky

 

 

 

Mr. James A. Maxwell

Mar. 23

1861

Cert.

To Church at Indianapolis

Decd.

 

 

Mr. Lymen D. Maxwell

Mar. 23

1861

Cert.

To Church at Indianapolis

 

 

 

Mrs. Maria Sessions

Mar. 25

1861

Cert.

 

8/1878

 

 

Mrs. Kate Gunnis

July 13

1861

Exam.

 

Decd.

 

 

Mrs. Emma Fulkerson

July 13

1861

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Mr. Charles Baumgart

July 14

1861

Cert.

 

Decd.

 

 

Mrs. Anne Brown

July 14

1861

Cert.

 

Decd.

 

 

Mrs. Jane Clark

Nov. 15

1862

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Esther Day

Nov. 15

1862

Exam.

Moved off to Episcopal Ch

 

 

 

Mrs. Marilla Wylie

Nov. 15

1862

Cert.

Dismissed 8/1/1877

 

 

 

Mr. James G. Spencer

Oct. 31

1863

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Eliza Jefferies

Feb. 6

1864

Exam.

Lives in La.

 

 

 

Mrs. Harriet L. Hastings

Feb. 7

1864

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Miss Mary McAlpine

May 1

1864

Exam.

Episcopalion

 

 

 

Mrs. Elizabeth Burnet

Aug. 6

1864

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Elizabeth Parker

Aug. 6

1864

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Mary T. Morehead

Aug. 7

1864

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Elizabeth Hoopes

Aug. 7

1864

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Elizabeth McArthur

Oct. 30

1864

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Nancy Hughes

Sept. 2

1865

Exam.

 

12/31/1875

After much affliction

 

Mrs. Caroline Sillers

Oct. 8

1865

Exam.

 

11/9/1875

 

 

Miss Mary Wylie

May

1866

Cert.

8/1/1877

Decd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NAME, IN FULL

DATE OF ADMISSION

HOW RECEIVED

DISMISSED: WHEN AND WHITHER

DIED

REMARKS

Mrs. Lucy Spencer

Sept. 25

1866

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Mr. Charles S. Mason

Jan. 4

1868

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Miss Ella Gordon

Jan. 4

1868

Exam.

 

 

 

Mrs. Margaret Shreve

Oct. 3

1868

Exam.

 

9/1878

 

 

Mr. James W. Person

Oct. 3

1868

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Isabella Person, wife of Jas. W.

Oct. 3

1868

Exam.

 

 

 

 

Miss Catharine Gordon

Nov. 29

1868

Cert.

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Enfield I. Hopkins

Jan.

1869

Cert.

 

 

 

 

Miss Susan Hopkins

Jan.

1869

Cert.

 

 

Married Mr. C. D. Wharton, June 21, 1874

 

Mrs. Margaret Watt

July 3

1869

Cert.

 

Decd.

 

 

Mrs. James A. Maxwell, wife of James A.

July 3

1869

Exam.

To church at Indianopolis, Ind.

 

 

 

Dr. Geo. Wm. Haug

Oct. 3

1869

Exam.

 

Decd.

 

Mrs. Mary Haug

Oct. 3

1869

Exam.

Dismissed to St. Louis, 1889

 

 

Mr. Joseph A. Turpin

Apr. 3

1870

Cert.

 

 

 

Mrs. Laura Turpin

Apr. 3

1870

Cert.

 

 

 

Miss Rebecca Turpin

Apr. 3

1870

Cert.

 

 

 

Mrs. Laura Bridewell

June 12

1870

Cert.

In Jefferson County

 

 

Miss Mary E Hopkins

Feb. 12

1871

Exam.

 

 

Now Mrs. Meck (Columbus)

Mr. Absolom Spielman

Feb. 12

1871

Cert.

Evansville, Ohio 4/12/1876

 

 

Mrs. Mary Spielman

Feb. 12

1871

Cert.

Evansville, Ohio 4/12/1876

 

 

Mrs. St. John E. Parker

Feb. 26

1871

Exam.

 

 

 

Miss Charlotte I. Wharton

Oct. 7

1871

Exam.

 

 

 

Mrs. Maxine S. Maxwell, wife of W. D.

Oct. 8

1871

Cert.

Ch.in Indianopolis, Ind.

 

 

Miss Ida McArthur

July 13

1872

Exam.

 

Decd.

 

Mrs. Mary Hall

July 13

1872

Cert.

Fayetteville, Tenn 6/10/1874

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NAME, IN FULL

DATE OF ADMISSION

HOW RECEIVED

DISMISSED: WHEN AND WHITHER

DIED

REMARKS

 

 

Mrs. Sarah Gage

Oct. 11

1873

Exam.

 

 

Mrs. Gage the first one recd under my ministry  D. A. Planck

 

Miss Fanny Spielman

Oct. 11

1873

Exam.

Greenville, Ohio 4/12/1875

 

 

Miss Fanny Englesing

Nov.

1873

Exam.

Grand Ave Ch, St. Louis

 

 

 

Miss Blanche Hopkins

Nov.

1873

Exam.

To Mobile

 

Mrs. Planck

 

Mrs. Louisa Keisker

Dec. 14

1873

Exam.

Lives in Greenville

 

 

 

Miss Sarah Polle McGoepel