MT. AUBURN CHURCH.
The history of Mt. Auburn Methodist Episcopal church dates back to 1826. The few Methodists of this neighborhood worshiped at that time in a frame church called Pleasant Hill. Its size was about twenty-four by thirty feet, and it was located on the banks of Pleasant run, one mile west of where Fairview church now stands. A few names of members of that early church now recalled are: Henry Brinton, Abner Leonard and wife, George Wright, Jesse Hughes. Julia Prewett, Franklin Sanders. Margaret Smart, Thomas Davis, Nicholas Orme, Nancy Hughes, Scott Hall, Nathan Culver, William Hull, Martin Christian, William Norton, Nathaniel St. John, Rebecca Canter and William Sanders.
About 1840, a camp-meeting of much interest was held near that church under the ministrations of Revs. James Havens, E. R. Ames, William Richards, James Scott, Henry Brinton, William Hull and John Robe. The Pleasant Run church was discontinued about the year 1852.
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| 1. Job St. John, b. Jul 06, 1772, Dutchess, New York, USA d. Apr 19, 1773, Dutchess, New York, USA (Age 0 years) | + | 2. Bethia St. John, Hurin, b. Jun 12, 1774, Dutchess, New York, USA d. Jul 16, 1831, Hamilton, Warren, Ohio, USA (Age 57 years) ▻ Othniel Hurin | | 3. Anna St. John, b. Jun 18, 1776, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. May 22, 1795, Hamilton, Warren, Ohio, USA (Age 18 years) | + | 4. John St. John, Loni Jo St. John, Randolph's line, b. Nov 23, 1778, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. Dec 16, 1861, Warren, Trumbull, Ohio, USA (Age 83 years) ▻ Rhoda Wood, St. John, m. Jan 31, 1805 | | 5. Prudence St. John, Risk, b. Feb 18, 1781, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. Jul 25, 1824, Hamilton, Warren, Ohio, USA (Age 43 years) | | 6. Mary St. John, b. May 30, 1783, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. Aug 02, 1871, Hamilton, Warren, Ohio, USA (Age 88 years) | | 7. Sarah St. John, b. Nov 28, 1785, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. Aug 18, 1811, Hamilton, Warren, Ohio, USA (Age 25 years) | + | 8. James St. John, b. Apr 04, 1788, Ashland, Chemung, New York, USA d. May 29, 1845, Morrow, Warren, Ohio, USA (Age 57 years) ▻ Elizabeth Payne, m. 1807 | + | 9. Jacob St. John, b. Aug 23, 1790, Ashland, Chemung, New York, USA d. May 20, 1845, Johnson, Indiana, USA (Age 54 years) ▻ Polly Chandler Wood, m. Mar 19, 1816 | + | 10. Seth St. John, b. Oct 29, 1792, Ashland, Greene, New York, USA d. Aug 21, 1874, Pine Village, Warren, Indiana, USA (Age 81 years) ▻ Sarah Holiday, m. 1812 | + | 11. Nathaniel St. John, of Johnson, Indiana, USA, b. Nov 02, 1795, Dutchess, New York, USA d. 1841, Johnson, Indiana, USA (Age 45 years) ▻ Jane Hunter, m. 7Sep 1815 | | 12. Joseph St. John, b. Aug 23, 1799, Warren, Ohio, USA d. Aug 25, 1875, Turtle Creek, Shelby, Ohio, USA (Age 76 years) | |