Contributions to the Historical Society of Montana . THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF WICKES. 1. William W. Wickes. 3. Rev. Thomas N. Todd. 2. Rev. T^homas A. Wickes. 1- Rev. E. Hanna. 5. Elder Herbert O. Nasli. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH HISTORY. 399 mous vote decided that it should he a Preshyterian Churchout of regard to William W. Wickes, who had doue so muchfor the moral and religious welfare of the men before his de-parture. The denominations represented in this action were Meth-odist, Congregational, Lutheran, Presbyterian and UnitedPresbyterian, the representation being in the order
Contributions to the Historical Society of Montana . THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF WICKES. 1. William W. Wickes. 3. Rev. Thomas N. Todd. 2. Rev. T^homas A. Wickes. 1- Rev. E. Hanna. 5. Elder Herbert O. Nasli. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH HISTORY. 399 mous vote decided that it should he a Preshyterian Churchout of regard to William W. Wickes, who had doue so muchfor the moral and religious welfare of the men before his de-parture. The denominations represented in this action were Meth-odist, Congregational, Lutheran, Presbyterian and UnitedPresbyterian, the representation being in the order THE WICKES PRESBY^TERIAN CHURCH. Kev. T. A. Wickes, who was a Congregational minister, wassent as a delegate to the fall meeting of Presbytery of thatyear at Butte, to make request for admission to the Presby-tery of Montana, which was granted and Mr. Wickes wasalso received as a member from the Congregational bodyby letter. He is still a member, being next to Rev. J. the oldest member of the Synod of Montana. The prosperity of the church was in keeping with the usual ups and downs of a mining camp and its end like- wise. It was at one time one of the most flourishiug 400 HISTORICAL SOCIETY OP MONTANA. churches in the state, but only for a short while, for aftermany failures the works were removed to East Helena, andlater the mine was closed down, and at last the eommunit}^drifted away and in 1905 the church was dropped from theroll of the Presbytery and the doors of the building closed. Rev. W. G. Pollock served the church as its first T. N. Todd came next and w
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