Todd's Chapel, M. E. South Richmond Township

This church was organized in 1828, but no building was erected till in 1851. Following is a partial list of the original members: D. H. Thorpe, Jacob Anderson, Lewis Linville, Thomas Adkinson, J. W. Smith, Presley Carter, J. D. Elliott, and others. The church building was erected in 1851, at a cost of six hundred dollars, and named in honor of Reverend Joseph S. Todd, who was at one time its pastor. In 1852 the building was dedicated to the service of God, by Reverend William G. Caples, then presiding elder. Todd's Chapel is located on section twenty-eight, township fifty-tow, range twenty-eight, Richmond township Taken in part from Ray County History 1881 Todd's Chapel Cemetery

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