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The first religious meeting held in the township was at our first log house. I went to visit at Mr. Hurd's, in Pittsfield, and attended church, or preaching at Francisco's, on Lodi's Plains, by Elijah H. Pilcher, who was the first Methodist minister I had seen in Michigan. I invited him to come down to the bend of the Raisin and preach a-sermon. He accepted, and gave me an appointment, which we circulated among our neighbors when I returned home. They came together, a respectable number, and Ezekiel Gavitt, who was Pilcher's colleague, filled the appointment and left. another for four weeks from that time. E. H. Pilcher came at that time to the house of Gilbert Row and formed a class of nine members. Two of the members were absent and their letters were given in by their husbands, The names were as follows: Henry Row and wife, Conrad Row and wife, the wife of Gilbert Row, Anthony Yerkes and Joseph O. Gilbert. I think this was about June, 1832. The first prayer meeting was held at Joseph O. Gilbert's, and participated in by Presbyterians, Methodists, Baptists, and one Christian by the name of John Cannon.
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