"Methodist Episcopal Church South was started in 1848 and ran till 1862, when it was disbanded during the Civil War."
"When the Bowers Chapel was built in 1870, the church was designated Methodist Episcopal, dropping the term South. The cost of the building was $1,000. The land belonged to my grandfather, E. Mikel Bower, and his son Emanuel and that is how the church got its name."
"The Bowers Chapel was the first Methodist Episcopal Church in the whole section. I think the first in either Dallas or Hickory Counties. (The earlier churches were M. E. South.)"
"It was the center of the community at that time and from the time it was dedicated had quite a religious success."
"From that foundation or beginning Rev. Elijah Yeager, John R. Reser, Mrs. Virginia Andrews, Aaron Darby, the Rev. James Reser, James Robertson, J. H. Vaughan and many other young men and women were trained. More than 15 young men went out into the ministry. Among them the Rev. Grant Reser, D. D. (became President of Marionville College; Rev. William Jasper Simmons, D. D. of St. Louis Conference, Rev. James Hall Glanville, Presbyterian, and C. W. Glanville, M. E. Church South." (End of quote by Rev. W. F. Yeager.)
The Dallas County Missouri Story (1841-1971) pp 19-20
Name: Margaret Bower
Gender: Female
Birth Year: 1816
Spouse Name: Elijah Fisher Yeager
Spouse Birth Place: KY
Spouse Birth Year: 1804
Marriage Year: 1840
Marriage State: MO
Name: Elijah Fisher Yeager
Gender: Male
Birth Place: KY
Birth Year: 1804
Spouse Name: Hannah Stanfield
Spouse Birth Place: TN
Spouse Birth Year: 1808
Marriage Year: 1826
Marriage State: TN
"Methodist Episcopal Church South was started in 1848 and ran till 1862, when it was disbanded during the Civil War."
"When the Bowers Chapel was built in 1870, the church was designated Methodist Episcopal, dropping the term South. The cost of the building was $1,000. The land belonged to my grandfather, E. Mikel Bower, and his son Emanuel and that is how the church got its name."
"The Bowers Chapel was the first Methodist Episcopal Church in the whole section. I think the first in either Dallas or Hickory Counties. (The earlier churches were M. E. South.)"
"It was the center of the community at that time and from the time it was dedicated had quite a religious success."
"From that foundation or beginning Rev. Elijah Yeager, John R. Reser, Mrs. Virginia Andrews, Aaron Darby, the Rev. James Reser, James Robertson, J. H. Vaughan and many other young men and women were trained. More than 15 young men went out into the ministry. Among them the Rev. Grant Reser, D. D. (became President of Marionville College; Rev. William Jasper Simmons, D. D. of St. Louis Conference, Rev. James Hall Glanville, Presbyterian, and C. W. Glanville, M. E. Church South." (End of quote by Rev. W. F. Yeager.)
The Dallas County Missouri Story (1841-1971) pp 19-20
Name: Margaret Bower
Gender: Female
Birth Year: 1816
Spouse Name: Elijah Fisher Yeager
Spouse Birth Place: KY
Spouse Birth Year: 1804
Marriage Year: 1840
Marriage State: MO
Name: Elijah Fisher Yeager
Gender: Male
Birth Place: KY
Birth Year: 1804
Spouse Name: Hannah Stanfield
Spouse Birth Place: TN
Spouse Birth Year: 1808
Marriage Year: 1826
Marriage State: TN
Family Members
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Eliza Elizabeth Yeager Reser
1802–1901
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Solomon Nicholas Yeager
1807–1881
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Cornelius Franklin Yeager
1809–1884
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William Jefferson Yager
1811–1865
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Mary Yeager Olinger
1812–1895
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Rev Josiah Joel Yeager
1814–1885
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Smith Gibbs Yager
1816–1893
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Martha E Yeager Nelson
1817–1877
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Lucinda Rebecca Yeager Shrader
1822–1894
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Susannah Margaret Yeager White
1823–1860
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Maria Emeline Yeager Reser
1827–1879
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Paulina Jane Yeager Bower
1828–1903
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Thomas Franklin Yeager
1830–1899
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Hannah Susannah Yeager Reser
1838–1862
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Sarah Lovenie Elizabeth Yeager Bruner
1841–1883
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Rev Wilbur Fisk Yeager
1843–1937
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Melvin Merritt Yeager
1846–1886
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Elijah Fisher Yeager Jr
1849–1934
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Lucy Caroline Yeager
1853–1870
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Henry Bascom Yeager
1857–1871
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Margaret Anne Yeager Niblack
1860–1947
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Laura E. Yeager Bonner
1863–1933
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