. Butcher's pioneer history of Custer County : and short sketches of early days in Nebraska . isters and their address: Elder J. H. Barkey,Lamoure, South Dakota; Richard Bellis, Berwyn, Nebraska; C. W. , Nebraska; W. T. Harris, Barada, Nebraska; E. M. Hickman, Garber,Oklahoma; C. S. Kilmer, Table, Nebraska; A. Marks, Garfield, Nebraska; Moss, Amelia, Nebraska; I. H. Russel, McKinley, Nebraska; Eli , Nebraska; W. H. Ward, Berwyn, Nebraska; D. B. Zook, Crete, Ne-braska; E. J. Thomas, Broken Bow, Nebraska; Sister A. E. Sharp, Courtland,Nebraska; Elder F. A. Shar
. Butcher's pioneer history of Custer County : and short sketches of early days in Nebraska . isters and their address: Elder J. H. Barkey,Lamoure, South Dakota; Richard Bellis, Berwyn, Nebraska; C. W. , Nebraska; W. T. Harris, Barada, Nebraska; E. M. Hickman, Garber,Oklahoma; C. S. Kilmer, Table, Nebraska; A. Marks, Garfield, Nebraska; Moss, Amelia, Nebraska; I. H. Russel, McKinley, Nebraska; Eli , Nebraska; W. H. Ward, Berwyn, Nebraska; D. B. Zook, Crete, Ne-braska; E. J. Thomas, Broken Bow, Nebraska; Sister A. E. Sharp, Courtland,Nebraska; Elder F. A. Sharp, Fairfax, South Dakota. Present number oforganizations as local churches, twenty-five. Membership not reported. 354 PIONEER HISTORY OP CUSTER COUNTY ;SMUibay ;§cl;mil$ in (£uijtev County. J. M, Fodge. In assimiing to give to the public a very brief history of the organiza-tion and growth of the Sunday schools of our county, I little thought of theobstacles and difficulties which would have to be overcome in order togather data from Avhich to give a true history. After much fruitless corre-. JAMES FODGE. spondence and begging for information from tliose who were, in many cases,^participants in the organization of some of the first schools in the county, andafter weary months of awaiting answers from living witnesses, I am forcedto conclude that the Sunday schools, like verj many other objects and enter-jirises which go to make up the history of a people, state or county, havefailed to keep records of any kind, or at best very imperfect records, so thatI shall not attempt to give a history of this, one of the greatest factors in thecivilization and christianization of our great commonwealth. In the article to follow, I shall endeavor to give to the public in a generalway something of the development and growth of the Sunday school causesince my residence in the county, from the information at my that he who chronicles past events for the scrutiny of the public
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