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Bachelor, B.      Milfield, Ohio            1834
Badger, Joseph             New York          Feb. 26, 1827
Bagby, D.         Hughs, Ky                 1833
Bagby, S.         Glasgow, Ky               1833
Bailey, A         Jonesville, Mich 1836
Bailey, A. L.     Madison, Ind.             1833
Bailey, Alvin     In 1842, Stone writes of   first number of  Bailey's 
                  periodical "Voice of Truth," edited in Winchester, Ill.
Bailey, J. T.     Paris, Mo                 1836
Bailey, Jas.      Paris, Ill.               1832
Bailey, John      Union, Ky                 1834
Bailey, Samuel    Abingdon, Va.             1828
Bailis, E.        Dillons, Ill              1836
Baird, Andrew     Wabash co. Ill   Jan. 28, 1836
Baitey, R.        Madisonville, Ky                   1833
Baker Aaron       Mt. Vernon, Ind                    1835
Baker, D          Spencer, Ind              1836
Baker, E. D.      Carrolton, Ill.           1833     1835     
Baker, G.         Rochester, Ill            1835
Baker, Elder J.   Chillicothe, Ohio         1835;    Gillaspieville, Ohio  1836
Baker, J.         Swanksville, Ind          1835
Baker, J.         Rochester, Ill            1835
Baker, Joseph     Ross Co. Ohio          Mar. 1844
Baker, Js         Rochester, Ill            1836
Baker, Js.        Chilicothe, Ohio                   1834
Baker, M.         Yelow Spring, Ohio        1836
Baker, Sam. A.    Williamsport, Tenn.       1831, 1832, 1833
Baker, Thos       Rochester, Ill            1836
Baker, W.         Huntsville,Mo.            1834
Ball, Wm          Lewistown, Ill            1836
Ballack, Polly    Union, Ky                 1832
Ballinger, C.     elder at Huston ?, Marion co. Mo            1841
Ballenger, E.     Palmyra, Mo               1835
Balleston, Js     Millersburgh, Ky                   1833
Banfield, Joseph          had a letter  in Christian Herald,  Portsmouth, 
                  N. H., 1828,  mentions Elder Simeon Swift
Banks, G.         Palmyra, Mo               1835
Banks, J. P.      Rushville, Ind.           1833
Bannion, Wm P     Marrowbone, Ky                     1833
Banta, C.         Madison, Ind.             1832     1834
Banton, G. W.     Banton's Ferry, Tenn., Mar. 9, 1836
Bapley, George    Port Gibson, Miss.        1834
Barfield, R.      Hopkinsville, Ky                   1834
Barker, George     near Chillicothie, Ohio, Nov. 12, 1833;    Georgetown, 
                  Ohio,  1834             
Barker, Sam       Mooreville, Tenn.         1834
Barnam, Henry     Fayette,Mo.               1833
Barnard, I.       Princeton, Ky             1835
Barnard, J.       Hopkinsville, Ky                   1834
Barnes, Jesse     Bloomington, Ind.         1834
Barnet, John M.           Waynesboro, Tenn.          1828
Barnett, J. M.     notice of Western Dist. Christian Conference at Gordon's 
                  Ferry on Duck River, Hickman Co. Tenn.  1830
Barnett, J.       Caneridge, Ky             1832     1833     1834
Barns, J                  Bloomington, Ind           1836
Barrett, Mills    Portsmouth, Va.                    Oct. 1, 1831.
Bartlow, J.       Felicity, Ohio            1832
Barton, B.        Clarksville, Mo           1835     
Barton, Ben       Bowling green,Mo.         1833     Paynesville, Mo   1835
                  1836 
Barton, H.        Montgomery, Ala.          1833
Barton, Henry      Brush creek valley, Penn. Mar. 1830
Barton, I         Jacksonville, Ill         1835
Barton, Theodore S.  Jacksonville, Ill      1836
Basor, H.         Wilmington, Ohio          1833
Batchelor, B.     Milfield, Ohio            1834
Batsell, Nath.    Bardstown, Ky             1834
Batterton,  D.    Bloomington, Ind. 1833    1834     1835
Batterton, Js     Millerburgh, Ky           1832
Batton, T.        Clarksville, Mo           1835
Baugh, J          reporter for various points in Ill 1840
Baughman, A.      Lewistown, Ill            1836
Bayle, B.         Palmyra, Mo               1835
Baylor, Mrs. E.   Paris, Ky                 1831
Beall, Susan      Paris, Ky                 1835
Bean, G.          Lawrenceburgh, Ky         1834
Beans, J.         Mansfield, Ohio           1834
Beasley, A.       New castle, Ky            1836
Beaty, Js         Athens, Ala.              1833
Beauchamp, Jesse   Bethel, Ky               1832     1833
Beck. C                   Bethel, Ohio               1836
Beckner, C.       Elizaville, Ky            1835
Bedford, A. C.    Georgetown, Ky                     1834
Bedford, H. C.    Paris, Ky                 1833
Bedford, S.       Columbia,Mo.              1833     1834     1835
Beek, Charity     Bethel, Ohio              1834
Beers, P                  Springfield, Ill           1836
Belcher, M.       Hillsboro, Ohio           1834
Bell, B., Senr.   Mansfield, Ohio           1835
Bell, B.          Coshocton, Ohio                    1834     
Bell, Ben. Jr.    Rutland, Ohio             1834;  Mansfield, Ohio     1835
Bell, Mrs. Elizabeth,  on Aug. 8, 1829, in the 77th year of her age. She had 
                  been amember of the Christian Church for upwards of 20 years.
                  [no place given so assume near Georgetown, Ky.]
Bell, R           in 1841 was elder at Fork Prairie, Ill
Bell, R.          Rochester, Ill            1836
Bell, S.          Paris, Ky                 1834
Bell, S.          elder at Otter creek, Louisa co.  Iowa Territory, Aug. 1842
Bell, William     Gallatin, Tenn.  1827     1828     1833     1835     1836
Bell, Wm. Jr.     officer of church in Georgetown 1842
Beller, Elisha    Windsor, Lawrence Co., S. T.  Ohio, July 20, 1833. "I left 
                  the brethren of Giles and Monroe counties, Virginia, 14th  
                  Oct. last. I got here the 24th."    Letter  Dec. 5, 1833  
                  mentions Bro. Wm. Carter. On the morning of the 13th Nov., 
                  "rising about two hours before daylight, we were alarmed by 
                  fiery streams descending from the skies in abundance, and 
                  continued in perpetual falling till after daylight."
Below, A.         Madisonville, Ky                   1833
Below, J.         Madisonville, Ky                   1834
Belt, Rich'd      Lexington,Mo.             1834
Bennett, Alex     Strasburgh, Va.           1832     1833
Bennett, J        in 1841 was elder at  Dillon's, Tazewell co. Ill
Bennett, Jos      Springfield, Ill.         1832
Benron, J.        Athens, Ill.              1834
Benson, J.        Bloomington, Mo            1835
Benton, L         Rushville, Ill            1836
Benton, Levi      Georgetown, Ky                     1834
Benton, Loyd      Lexington, Ky             1833     1834     1835  
Benton, Sam.      Georgetown, Ky                     1831     1832     1833
                  1834              
Berel, A.         Monroeton, NC             1834
Berney, J.        Colemansville, Ky,        1834
Berry, Col. G.    Cynthiana, Ky             1836
Berry, J.                 Raven creek, Ky                     1833
Berry, J. B.      Bloomington, Ind.         1833     1834     1836
Berry, Jo         Bloomington, Ind.         1833
Berry, Elder Joseph,  of  Monroe co. Ind., left to go to Texas about the last 
                  of Sept. 1834. After a journey of 7 weeks he came to 
                  Claybourne parish, Louisiana, where he was taken sick and 
                  died, leaving his family among strangers. He had been a 
                  preacher of the church of Christ for many years. Stone had 
                  known him for more than 20 years. The information on his 
                  death came from his wife Eleanor, dated Dec. 13, 1834, from 
                  Claybourne parish.
Bethel, S         Paynesville, Mo           1836
Betrand, C.       Youngstown, N.Y.          1833
Betrand, Dan      Youngstown, N.Y.           1834
Bett, R           Lexington, Mo             1835
Billingsley, J.   Dyersburgh, Tenn.         1832
Billingsley, J.   Trenton, Tenn.            1832
Billingsley, Jeptha     Jasper, Ala.        1834, Walker C.H.Ala 1835; Moulton,
                  Ala               1836
Billingsley, Jesse    Moulton, Ala          1836
Billingsley, William,   Jasper, Ala.        1834; Walker C.H. Ala 1835; Moulton,
                  Ala 1836
Bills, Dr. A. W.  Millersburgh , Ky          1827    1828     1833     1835
Bills, D. B.      Mooreville, Tenn.         1834;    Maury co. Tenn. May 23, 
                  1835.
Bills, Lillis     Mooreville, Tenn.          1834
Bills, Elder William, died at his son Daniel's on May 12, 1835, after having 
                  suffered much from "the gravel and dropsy which were the 
                  means of his death." He was buried on his birthday, just 70 
                  years after his birth.
Bitner, L.        Georgetown, Ky                     1834
Bitner, Nicholas, died Aug. 29, 1829. An early settler of Kentucky.
Black, A.         West Liberty, Ohio,        1831    1832     1833
Black, J.         Richmond, Ky              1834
Black, James D., "labors at the Stamping Ground", summer 1833.
Black, Jas.        Georgetown, Ohio, Dec.             1833.
Black, S. D.      Carthage, Ill             1835
Black, Samuel, Sr.  elder at Iowaville, Van Buren co., Iowa Territory, Aug. 1842
Blackburn, Col. Wm B. and Col McConnell,  both of Woodford county, were chosen 
                  as umpires in a church dispute.
Blain, G.         Athens, Ill               1836
Blair, R.                 Madison, Ind.              1833     1834
Blanchard, Cyrus R.,  Hendersonville, Brown co. Ill.,  July 1844. Mentions H. 
                  Howe who lives north near state line.
Blann, I. B.      Louisville, Ky            1833
Bledsoe, ? M., Paris, Bourbon co., Ky, Sept. 5, 1834.
Bledsoe, H. M.    elder atLexington,  Mo    1841
Bledsoe, Moses O.   Carrollton, Ill. Nov. 16, 1832;  chairman of the annual 
                  meeting at Springfield, Ill. Oct.  1834.Names John Rigdon, J.
                  T. Jones. 
Bledsoe, Susan    Paris, Ky                 1833     1835
Bledsoe, Tho. C.          Paris, Ky                  1833
Bledsoe, Wm       Georgetown, Ky                     1833
Blodgett, J. C.   East Kingston, N.H.       1834
Blount, A.        Hillsboro, Ohio           1834
Blue, A.                  Hopkinsville, Ky                    1834     Oak 
                  Grove, Ky     1836
Bocondo, L.       Frankfort, Ky             1833
Bodkins, Talitha          Mt. Carmel, Ky             1834
Bodkin (Bodkins), Wm., Leesburg, Ky         1831     1832     1833
Boggs, E.         Monroe, Ohio              1833
Bohannon, V. B.           Hannibal, Mo               1834
Bohannon, Wm. O., Louisville, Ky                     1836
Boner, William, died near Williamsport, Ohio, age 6_(can't read second number-
                  could be 61). In Aug. 1832 issue.  Had been a member of the 
                  Christian church for 23 years. His sufferings were short.
Bonnett, Jo       Springfield, Ill.         1834
Bonney, T.        Lewistown, Ill            1836
Books, H.         Bartons, Ala.             1834
Books, H.         Dry Creek, Ky             1834
Boone, D.         Independence,Mo.1834
Boone, G.         Lexington, Ky             1834
Boon, Hamden L.  Fayette, Mo.      1841 He had been a preacher for Methodist 
                  Episcopal Church until Feb. 1841
Boone, Isaiah, died in Christian co. Ky, 23 Aug. 1835. Death reported by R. O.
                  Warriner from Hillsboro.
Boon, J. H.        Christian co. Ky, June 20, 1834. Washington Dunkeson is 
                  "riding and proclaiming the gospel continually."
Boone, Josiah H.          Todd co. Ky,       June 29, 1835
Boone, Wm         Lexington, Ky             1833
Boothe, S.        Caneridge, Ky             1833     Quincy, Ill       1835
Botson, Robert M., died of cholera in Millersburgh on June 30, 1833, a bishop 
                  in the churh of Christ. He left a family.  Obituary by Joshua
                  Irvin.
Bottenfield, A.   Carmichaeltown, Penn      1836
Bottenfield, Sam., Woodsfield, C.,          Nov. 26, 1832.
Boughman, H       Lewistown, Ill            1836
Boughman, Samuel, Lewistown, Ill                     1835
Bounds, Js        Lexington,Mo.             1833     1835
Bowden, R.        Montevallo, Ala.                   1833     1834
Bowles, Elder Jesse, Quincy, Ill            1835     1836
Bowles, Holman            Quincy, Ill                1835
Bowles, Hugh,      Salt Creek, Ill.,        1835;  Macon co. Ill., Jan. 30, 1836
Bowles, Jo.       Salt Creek, Ill           1835
Bowles, W.        Salt Creek, Ill           1835
Bowles, Walter P.  in 1841 was elder at Salt Creek, DeWitt co. Ill.,  son of 
                  Hugh Bowles, formerly of Caneridge, Ky.; Athens, Sangamon co.
                  Ill   May 1844         
Bowman, Abm       Lexington, Ky             1832     1833
Bowman, Dan       Strasburg, Va.            1832
Bowman, J.        Strasburg, Va.            1832
Bowman, Elder  John, died at this residence near Murfreesboro, Tenn., 7 Jan. 
                  1829. Died on third day of his illness.  Barton W. Stone 
                  wrote that he had known Bowman for 35 years. He was ordained 
                  a Presbyterian preacher in North Carolina a short time before
                  Stone became acquainted with him.  Some years later he moved 
                  his family to Tennessee and united with the church of Christ.
                  "His enemies, if he had any, were few; his friends were many."
Bowsey, J.        Strasburgh, Va.           1832
Box, John         Carthage, Ill             1836
Boyd, M.          Everetts, Ky              1835
Boyd, Elder Samuel   Jacksonburgh, Ind      1835
Boyers, Henry     Athens, Ill               1834     1835     1836
Boyer, P.         Strasburgh, Va.           1832
Boyle, Mrs. S. A.         Dillons, Ill               1836
Boyle, I.                 Dillons, Ill               1836
Boys, James       Kellog's, Ga.             1828
Bradford, Daniel          Georgetown, Ky                      1833     1834
                  1835
Bradford, Mrs. Margaret, wife of Daniel Bradford and daughter of Elijah Craig, 
                  died Nov. 27, 1828, in Georgetown, Kentucky.  Mentions her 
                  "short life."
Bradford, Sim.    Nashville, Tenn.          1834
Bradford, Mrs.    Stamping Ground, Ky       1834
Bradley, S.       elder at Crawford's Fork, Jackson co. Mo             1841
Bradt, Dav        Youngstown, N.Y.          1833
Bramwell, W. C.           Scripio, Ind.          Aug. 1844
Brandon, Abel     Piqua, Ohio               1836
Brandon, Ben.      Mt. Carmel, Ky                    1831     1832     1833
Brandon, Maj. Tho.,  Huntsville, Ala.       1828
Braswell, Blake W.  in N.C. 1833, Monroeton, NC               1834
Breeden, John M.   Maucoupin co. Ill  Apr 1844  He had opened the gospel this 
                  month in meeting in Wagner's Prairie.
Brent, Hugh       Paris, Ky                 1833     1835
Bridges, N.       Flemmingsburgh, Ky,        1833
Bridgewater, C.   Columbia, Ky              1833
Bridgewater, Wm Columbia, Ky                1835
Briggs, Isaac, elder at Lost Creek, Lee Co.  Iowa Territory, Aug. 1842
Brinker, Maj.     Newcastle, Ky             1835
Briscoe, James M., died on 23  of April (or May?) after a short but extremely 
                  painful illness, aged 56 years. (At his residence in this 
                  county--assume it is same county Georgetown is in.) He left 
                  "a numerous and respectable family" but had only been a 
                  Christian a short time.
Briscoe, Mrs.     Georgetown, Ky                     1833     1834
Bristow, E        Macomb, Ill               1836
Brite, Charles,  died Oct. 5, 1836, at his father's in Callaway co. Missouri. 
                 Taken with congestive fever a few days after his return from 
                 college in Jacksonville, Ill in which he was a student. Was 
                 ill for 20 days before his death.
Brite, Jep.       Mitchells mill, Ky        1834     
Brockman, Lewis              Newtown, Ky             1833;    Mount Sterling, 
                 Ill 1836
Brockman, Sam uel   Cane run, Ky                     1828;    Jacksonville, 
                 Ill. 1835
Brockman, Mrs. Sophia, wife of James Brockman, died Apr. 28, 1844, left a 
                 husband three small  children. Obituary from John Taylor--no 
                 place indicated.
Bronaugh, Wm.     Republican, Ky            1834
Brooks, Js.       Frankfort, Ky             1831
Brothers, Wm      Greencastle, Ind                   1836
Brown, A. V.      Columbia, Tenn            1836
Brown, A.         Nashville, Tenn           1836
Brown, A. R.      East Kingston, N.H.       1834
Brown, B.         Union,Mo.                 1832     1833
Brown, C. D.      Harrodsburgh, Ky,         1834
Brown, D.         Eaton, Ohio               1832     1833
Brown, F.         Henderson, Ky             1835
Brown, Hez.       Lynchville, Tenn          1836
Brown, Ira        N.Y.                      1831     1833
Brown, J.         Montgomery, Ala           1833
Brown, J.         Florence, Ala.            1834
Brown, Jacob      Versailles, Ky            1833     1836
Brown, John       Rushville, Ill            1835
Brown, Js         Piqua, Ohio               1836
Brown, Js         Troy, Ohio                1833
Brown, Judah      Madisonville, Ky                   1834
Brown, N.         Flatrock, Ky              1832     (Caneridge in 1833) 
Brown, Samuel,             West Liberty, Henry County, Indiana, Oct. 28, 1828.
Brown, T. H.      Huntingdon, Tenn.         1832
Brown, W.         Union, Ky                 1834
Brown, William  M.    Jacksonville, Ill, Aug. 11, 1841;  Winchester, Ill 1842, 
                  Brown, Wm. M. and J. T. Jones held meeting at Winchester in 
                  Jan. 1842. Brown's address given as Pittsfield later. 
Brown, Wm         Morelands, Ky             1836
Browning, E. G.           Augusta, Ill               1843
Bruce, Wm         Bruceville, Ind           1836
Bruen,  Luther     Dayton, Ohio,    June 26, 1829;  Dec. 3, 1831, 1832
Bruen, J.         Dayton, Ohio              1834
Bruin, J.                 Carthage, Ohio             1836
Bruner, S.        Millersburgh, Mo          1835
Bryam, E.         Greenfield, Ohio                   1834
Bryan, John       Hopkinsville, Ky                   1827     1828
Bryan, Lewis      Paoli, Ind.               1828     1831     1832     1833
Bryant, H.        Wynns, Ga.                1832
Bryant, Jas. G.   Garrard Co. Ky, Aug. 27, 1833; Burnt Tavern, Ky, 1833         
Bryant, O. E.      Dover, NJ.               1832.
Buchanan, N.      elder atDiamond Grove, Newton co.  Mo                1841
Bucker (Buckner) Tho      Union,Mo.         1832     1835
Buckner, G. M.    Paris, Mo. and Florida, Mo  1835
Bullock, Mr.      Springfield, Mo           1835
Bun, Elder H      Gillaspieville, Ohio      1836
Burbridge, James            elder of Highland Church, Pike Co. Ill. 1841 and 
                  1842
Burbridge, R.     Bowling  green,Mo.1833    Louisiana, Mo     1835
Burbridge, Thomas   Louisiana, Mo                    1834     1835
Burch, Js.        Bethel, Ky                1833
Burch, Wm S       Columbia,Mo.              1832     1833     1834     1835
Burditt,J.        Lancaster, Ky             1835
Burgess, A. B.    Nashville, Tenn.          1834
Burgess, J. H.    Swanksville, Ind          1835
Burk, J.                  Strasburgh, Va.            1832
Burkhart, J.      Fayette,Mo.               1834
Burlingame, James   Sterling co.,            Oct. 10, 1831
Burnam, Henry     Fayette, Mo.      July 23, 1833    1834     
Burner, J.        Strasburgh, Va.  1832
Burnet, David S.   Bishop of  first Baptist Church of Christ in Dayton, and 
                  Fielding Gosney, Clerk, send letter to Miami Association of 
                  1829, to withdraw from it.  Stone, in his reply, mentions 
                  Jacob Warrener as being one who had left the Separate Baptist
                  Church. Richmond, Nov. 11, 1833;  Baltimore, Feb. 7, 1834--
                  preaching there "on his way  Westward from the South of 
                  Virginia;"   Cincinnati, Ohio, Mar. 1845 issue of Messenger 
                  states Burnet is publishing a Christian Family Magazine.
Burnett, D.       Cincinnati, Ohio          1834
Burns, Rowland    Little Sandy Saline, Ky   1828
Burton, Jo.       Rushville, Ill   1835
Burton, W.        elder at Richland, Howard co Mo             1841
Buscoe, Doc       Mt. Pleasant, Tenn        1836
Bush, George      Indianopolis,   May 28, 1828.
Bush, R. V.       Cobleville, Ky            1833
Bush, R.          Athens, Ky                1832
Bush, W. A.       Glasgow, Ky               1833
Buster, Col.      Monticello, Ky            1833
Butcher, E. J.    in 1841 was elder at  Athens, Greene co. Ill
Baker, Joseph     near Chillicothe, Ohio, 1827, 1828;  Nov. 18,1829; 
                  Chillicothe, Ohio, Mar. 18, 1830. 
Butler, Jonathan           Milfield, Ohio,           Aug. 16, 1829.
Butler, Jas. A.    Carlowsville, Dallas Co., Ala., Aug. 13, 1833.
Buys, James       Letter from  Decale (sic) county, Georgia, July 30, 1828. He 
                  mentions Elders  Holloway, A. Dupree, and Wm. McGaughey;  
                  Dekalb Co. Georgia, Nov. 22, 1829. 
Bybee, Wm         Marrowbone, Ky (Pace's)            1833
Byers, B. R.      Bloomington, Ind          1835
Byers, N.         Bloomington, Ind. 1833    1835     
Byers, Mrs. Sarah, wife of John Byers, died Jan. 26, 1834, aged 55 years and 4 
                  months. 
Byram, Ed.        Greenfild, Ohio           1835     1836
Byram, Eliza      Piqua, Ohio      1836;    Troy, Ohio        1835
Byram, Lewis      Orange County, Ind., 1829;  Paoli, Ind., May 8, 1833;  Died 
                  on July 11, 1834, near Paoli, Ind. age 64.  Called "Elder" 
                  and Stone wrote that he had known him for nearly 40 years and
                  he was a preacher of the gospel. Stone wrote: "He came as 
                  near to the perfect character of a christian as any ever 
                  known by me."
Byrn(s), Wm.      Union, Ky 1833            1834
                          


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