Born: Nicholas County, Kentucky, 1824.Died: Kansas, 1910.
Born: Nicholas County, Kentucky, 1824.
Died: Kansas, 1910.
Mr. Sconce came with his parents to Vermilion County, Illinois, in 1830, and in 1836 to Shelby County. At the age of nine he started to school. The only book he had was a copy of the New Testament, his parents being too poor to buy others for his use. He was baptized by Bushrod W. Henry in 1841. He began to preach at the White log schoolhouse, Todd's Point Township, in 1849. The same year he located on a farm six miles north of Shelbyville. The churches of the county engaged him to preach in destitute places. His ministry was fruitful and many were turned to the Lord in various localities. In 1863 he moved to a farm in Moultrie County, where, for ten years, he continued the same kind of work that he had done in Shelby. His family was supported mainly by his farms.
In 1873 he settled in Dalton City. Chiefly through his labors, a church of Christ was established there.
In 1876 he moved to Mt. Ayr, Iowa. In that new country he continued successfully his pioneer work as a preacher. Ten years thereafter he moved to Attica, Kansas. There he continued in the same sort of work until the infirmities of age compelled him to give it up. Of such as he the Lord will make up his jewels. In such sacrifices of self have the beginnings of the Kingdom been laid through all the centuries.