. History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan . l^p.^— _ y M/SS- ACTA B. M< /fes/DsA,c£ OfT M^^s NELLIE^ f Wl^ QLINTOCK. LAiNCSBURe StiiAWASsee Co Mich. SCIOTA TOWNSHIP. 299 who took charge in July, 1875. Rev. J. C. Thompsonbecame the pastor in 1877, and after him came Rev. FayetteHurd, the present pastor. Since the organization the church has received eighty-five members, of whom sixty-three yet remain. Meetingsare now held in a fine church edifice at Laingsburg, firstoccupied in the fall of 1871. The deacons are now Wil-liam Ballentine and I. T. Hollister; the trustees
. History of Shiawassee and Clinton counties, Michigan . l^p.^— _ y M/SS- ACTA B. M< /fes/DsA,c£ OfT M^^s NELLIE^ f Wl^ QLINTOCK. LAiNCSBURe StiiAWASsee Co Mich. SCIOTA TOWNSHIP. 299 who took charge in July, 1875. Rev. J. C. Thompsonbecame the pastor in 1877, and after him came Rev. FayetteHurd, the present pastor. Since the organization the church has received eighty-five members, of whom sixty-three yet remain. Meetingsare now held in a fine church edifice at Laingsburg, firstoccupied in the fall of 1871. The deacons are now Wil-liam Ballentine and I. T. Hollister; the trustees are PhiloBacon, Sydney Manzer, and Charles E. Hollister. TheSunday-school, which has an average attendance of seventy,is in charge of Sydney Manzer. LAINGSBURG POST-OFFICE. The only post-ofiSce in Sciota is at Laingsburg, althoughthere was for a time, about 1846, a post-office called Sciota,at Mitchell Bloods tavern on the Grand River road. TheLaingsburg post-office was established in 1837 or 1838through the efforts of Dr. Peter Laing, who was appointedpostmaster. He retained the office unti
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