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Bear Creek Friends

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Sesquicentennial History of Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends. Page 96.

Bear Creek Meeting
Location: Franklin Township, Randolph County, IN. Address RR2, Winchester, IN
Date Organized as a Meeting: In 1884 a preparative meeting was established. (Some records give the date as 1882)
Organized by Authority of: Farmland Meeting.
Origin of Name: Named for the creek with the same name located nearby.
Family Names of Charter or Early Members: ADDINGTON, STEPHENS, BURTON, SMITHSON and WILLIAMS.
First Paid Minister: Fred Smith. Date 1893.
Present Membership: 51.
History of the physical Facilities: Bear Creek Friends erected theirfirst meetinghouse in 1882.
The present structure was erected in 1905 with a Christian Education Annex added in 1959.

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