. History of the First Presbyterian Church of Bellefontaine, Ohio, and addresses delivered at the celebration of the thirty-fifth anniversary of the pastorate of the Reverend George L. Kalb, . nday-schooltaught in the old squarebrick church on South Mainstreet, probably the first Sun-day-school taught in Belle-fontaine. He united with the church at 18 years of age,under the ministry of A. Gregg, and be-lieves he is the first son ofthis church born, baptizedand converted in it, to enterthe ministry. After graduating at Mi-ami University, he taughtsome years as Principal ofGreenfi
. History of the First Presbyterian Church of Bellefontaine, Ohio, and addresses delivered at the celebration of the thirty-fifth anniversary of the pastorate of the Reverend George L. Kalb, . nday-schooltaught in the old squarebrick church on South Mainstreet, probably the first Sun-day-school taught in Belle-fontaine. He united with the church at 18 years of age,under the ministry of A. Gregg, and be-lieves he is the first son ofthis church born, baptizedand converted in it, to enterthe ministry. After graduating at Mi-ami University, he taughtsome years as Principal ofGreenfield Academy, atGreenfield, Indiana. He studied theology at the Western Theological Seminary, Pittsburg,Pa., and was licensed by the Presbytery of Sidney, sitting in thelittle brick church on North Main street, in April, 1863. Afterserving in the pastorate for 20 years in Western Pennsylvania, hehas been for the last 16 years a pastor in Illinois. He has beenseveral times a Commissioner to the General Assembly; was honor-ed with the Moderators chair by the Synod of Illinois in 1896, andwith the degree of Doctor of Divinity by his alma mater in present address is Golconda, REV. JOSEPH H. STEVENSON, D. D. 88 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH HISTORY Rev. JAMES EDWARD STEVENSON. James Edward Stevenson, son of James Edgar and HannahMoore (Hover) Stevenson, was born here November 24, united with this church March 4, 1876, and joined the Presbyterian church in Ray-more, Missouri, in the springof 1877. He has been Sup-erintendent of the Sunday-school continually since1884. For 15 years he hasspent a part of each winteras a singing evangelist inthe weak churches of Kan-sas City Presbytery. In April, 1894, he waselected Chairman of thePresbyterial Committee ofPublication and Sunday-school Work in Kansas CityPresbytery, and in 1898 hewas elected to the same po-sition in the Synod of Mis-souri. At the spring meeting of the Kansas City Presbyter}-of 1899, h^ was licensed as al
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