The Zion General Baptist Church was started April 1895
by Br. Elder, T. M. Mace, S.M. Burch, A. J. Miller Paster, J. W. Scott Deacon and
D. N. Scott Deacon.
Charter members were:
S. M. Burch, S. E. Burch, S. F. Scott, S. E. Jeffries, M. E. Allen, J. A. Webb, Elizabeth Burch, Simon Scott, Elizabeth Scott, James McDowell, Amanda McDowell.
James W. Scott and E. Angeline Webb Scott in front
Simon Scott and Elizabeth "Lizzy" Galyon Scott in back
In later years the church was disbanded and the building was torn down.
Information from Shirley Kohlstaedt
NEW information from the Stamper family.
At least five Stampers here in center. Tall one in center is my
grandfather William Earnest, One with bible next to him is his
father William Marion. To his left is Dallas and below him is Alva,
and the boy with him is Vernon Stamper.
Youngest girl on the right is Nadine (Meltebarger) Blankenship,
raised by her grandfather William Marion
Information also appears in the Bagnell Dam Anniversary Book, page 72.
