. History of Organ Church. ncord, N. C.; Rev. J. A. B. Scherer,our foreign missionary now in Japan. Rev. W. F. Ketehie. Rev. W. R. Ketehie was born nearChina Grove, Rowan county, N. C,on February 13, 1839. He grew upon the farm, laboring through thesummer months and attending theold-field schools when he could bespared. In the spring of 1860 heentered the preparatory departmentof North Carolina College, and con-tinued to pursue his studies untilSeptember, 1861, when, in responseto the call of his country, he volun-teered in the Confederate army, andserved without intermission until theclose of


. History of Organ Church. ncord, N. C.; Rev. J. A. B. Scherer,our foreign missionary now in Japan. Rev. W. F. Ketehie. Rev. W. R. Ketehie was born nearChina Grove, Rowan county, N. C,on February 13, 1839. He grew upon the farm, laboring through thesummer months and attending theold-field schools when he could bespared. In the spring of 1860 heentered the preparatory departmentof North Carolina College, and con-tinued to pursue his studies untilSeptember, 1861, when, in responseto the call of his country, he volun-teered in the Confederate army, andserved without intermission until theclose of the war. April 5, 1866, he was united bythe holy bonds of matrimony withMiss Sallie J. Patterson. Immedi-ately on the adjournment of theNorth Carolina Synod m May, 1866,and in obedience to a resolution of synod, the president, Rev. N. Aid-rich, gave him a certificate of ad interim license to preach the gospeland bury the dead within certai n prescribed limits. At the meeting of the s ynod, in Lows church, Guilford county,. Rev. W. R. Ketehie. m History of Organ Church. N. C, beginning April 30, 1868, his license was renewed, this time topreach the gospel and administer the sacraments of the church. Inthe autumn of the same year he took charge of two small congregationsin Davie county, namely, St Matthews and Jerusalem, (now known asEeformation.) These he served faithfully and well until August, 1871,when he removed to Mount Pleasant, N. C, and at the beginning ofthe scholastic year again entered North Carolina College, studying fortwo years, and completing the prescribed course for the sophomore class. In 1871 he was regularly ordained by the North Carolina synod, butbeing in college he had no charge until June, 1873, when he becamethe eleventh pastor of Organ church, serving at the same time, St. Steph-ens in Cabarrus county, and Bethel in Stanley. He was pastor of Organchurch only seven months, but won many friends in that time, and didmuch for the upbuilding of Zion. After


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