. The story of Anthony Coombs and his descendants . Tim lldMi:, as it was iRi:vi(ifs to \^<)( TiiK Cm Kin. namos in Maino, and anion^ thos(^ ronsi il iit in;,:; the Icc-ognizing coiiiicil aic llir Idllowiii}^: Elder Ic-habod Temple, repreHeiitin^ the (Mmrch atBowdoiii, Me. Elder Andrew Sluaburno, ro})resentin}i; tlie Cimrch atArundel, Mr. Brother Timothy ICfi/cr, representing the Church atWells, Me. Brother Seth Hinkh^y, n^presenting the Church atFoui- Mile, Ky. Ahout 1S80 a meeting-house was huilt on a lot donatedby Andrew Coomhs on the corner of his farm. Thiswas taken down and replace

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. The story of Anthony Coombs and his descendants . Tim lldMi:, as it was iRi:vi(ifs to \^<)( TiiK Cm Kin. namos in Maino, and anion^ thos(^ ronsi il iit in;,:; the Icc-ognizing coiiiicil aic llir Idllowiii}^: Elder Ic-habod Temple, repreHeiitin^ the (Mmrch atBowdoiii, Me. Elder Andrew Sluaburno, ro})resentin}i; tlie Cimrch atArundel, Mr. Brother Timothy ICfi/cr, representing the Church atWells, Me. Brother Seth Hinkh^y, n^presenting the Church atFoui- Mile, Ky. Ahout 1S80 a meeting-house was huilt on a lot donatedby Andrew Coomhs on the corner of his farm. Thiswas taken down and replaced hy a substantial hiickhouse in 1853, which still remains as the home of theChurch. The fight against human slavery was then fairly be-ginning, and the Coombs family took an active part inthis. Rev. John Rankin of Ripley, Ohio, was one ofthe strongest opponents of slavery in all that house was built on the hill back of the town, over-looking the Ohio River, and it is said that he alwayskept a light burning at night as a guide to any fugi-tive slave who might be needing the shelter w

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