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Lawshe church of Christ, Lawshe, Adams Co., OH - A history of the congregation is presented 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Lawshe was the congregation in Adams County attended by the Spurgeon, Rodgers, Eakins, Sprinkle, Jones and Nesbit families before some of their families moved to Grant County IN.

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Normal church of Christ, Normal (f.k.a. Slash), Grant Co., IN - This congregation was the site of worship for the Hoggatt, Nesbitt, Smith and Sprinkle families.  The church building has a cemetery in the back yard.  Dean Hoggatt also recalls the outhouse (now gone). 

Interior views on 22 Aug 2004 of the Normal church of Christ 1  2  3  4  There was a wood furnace near the left-center of the auditorium, now removed.  The old wooden benches still in use at the church building may be original.  The church building is located west of the house on the corner.  The corner house was the residence of George A. and Julia (Rogers) Sprinkle.  The house to the west of the church building was the residence of the Pratt family.  Maxine Pratt married Charles Lyndell Hoggatt (oldest son of Wilbur and Esta Hoggatt) on 22 May  1929 in Grant Co. IN.  Charles Hoggatt was an elder at the Donmoyer Avenue church of Christ in South Bend at the time of his death. 

Pond southeast of Normal church of Christ where baptisms were performed - including Dean Hoggatt's baptism 

Dean Jeri Thelma and Patterson sisters at the Normal church of Christ 22 Aug 2004

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Prairie Creek church of Christ, Prairie Creek (Middleton), Vigo Co., IN - Land for the town of Prairie Creek was donated by James D. Piety, including land for the church building, which also served as the town's school.

Baptisms of ancestors at the Prairie Creek church of Christ include:

• 15 Oct 1853 - Sarah Devol (by statement)
• 15 Oct 1853 - John Devol
• 03 Dec 1857 - Frances Devol
• 15 Dec 1865- J. D. E. Piety
• 1875 Clara E. Devol
• 18 Nov 1875 - James Buchanan Watson
• 18 Mar 1880 - Richard C. Watson
• 10 Jan 1896 - Ora Frances Watson
• 10 Jan 1896 - Zadoc John Piety

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Elmwood church of Christ, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., IN - Elmwood was attended by Aubrey Dean and Thelma Mae (Campbell) Hoggatt as they attended Purdue University and when they were married.

Campbell family Nov 1948 Elmwood Street church building, East Lafayette IN - This picture is when Roy and Mary Campbell visited Thelma at Purdue.

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Calvert & Caroline church of Christ, South Bend, St. Joseph Co., IN - This is the first congregation in South Bend.  The congregation began meeting in 1923 in the South Bend home of Zadoc John and Ora Frances (Watson) Piety.  Baptisms were performed in the St. Joseph River (Thelma Hoggatt), at the Mentone IN church of Christ (Roy Campbell), or some other area congretation.

Calvert & Caroline picnic - about 1938

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Donmoyer Avenue church of Christ, South Bend, St. Joseph Co., IN

Donmoyer bulletin tribute to Zadoc John Piety - 22 Feb 1961

Charles Lyndell Hoggatt, oldest son of Wilbur and Esta Hoggatt, was an elder at the Donmoyer Avenue church of Christ in South Bend at the time of his death on 18 Sep 1973.