ASBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

20-22 W. Mt. Vernon, Smyrna, DE 19977

Ph. (302) 653-8415

 

Baptismal Records 1897 - 1903

by George Caley, Historian of Asbury Methodist Church

"A History of Asbury United Methodist Church, Smyrna, Delaware"
Smyrna, Del., Shane Quality Press, 1972
Dover Public Library, Call No. 287.67514 C128h

 

George Caley says: "The following marriages and baptisms have been compiled from actual church records. We have faithfully tried to copy them exactly as recorded. Some ministers used last names first, while others used last names past."

The researcher should be aware that this presentation is a 4th-hand recording of the parties' names, all of which could introduce error, to wit:

1. The mostly oral recitation of names to the person recording the information at the time of the wedding. Many of the names in the list appear to have been phonetically spelled.
2. George Caley's interpretation of the ministers' handwriting.
3. The process of translating writen notes to the final printed version.
4. Our scanning of the printed version and perhaps faulty proofreading.

Note: Mr. Caley, in a phone conversation, October, 1999, told us that there is no copyright on his work, as published here, and he has no objection to the publication of it on this site. We thank him for his work with the difficult-to-interpret handwriting in the old church records and for making it available to us for internet publication. The book, which is primarily a history of Asbury Church (baptisms and marriages are appended in tiny print), is available through the public library, Dover, Delaware. It can be consulted should questions arise about the accuracy of this version.



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BAPTISM CODE: BAPTISM PLACE: CODE:
     
I = Infant Asbury Church or Smyrna 1
C = Child Parsonage 2
Y = Youth Lecture Room, S.S. or Chapel (aft 1965) 3
A = Adult Smyrna Landling or Landing 4
  Jerman Chapel or Chapel 1871-1900 5
  At Home 6
  Home of Grandparents 7
  Other Places 8

 



       DATE     NAMES OF SUBJECTS    BAP   BIRTH                              BAP
      OF BAP       OR MINISTER       CODE   DATE         PARENTS             PLACE


             
1897            John Roche, Minister                                                

      Feb.  18  Ralph Leon Tucker     I   1/7/97       Jno. W. & Maggie       1     

      Mar.  17  Wm. Bell Megear       A   7/22/64      Thos. B. & Sarah E.    1     

      Mar.  17  Wm. Bell Megear       I   9/7/96       Wm. B. & Mary H.       1 
    

                Adam Stengle, Minister                                                                                                                                  

      June   5  Catherine Edna Price  I   3/24/97      Lewis M.& Jennie C.    1     

      June  12  Wells C.Wilson        I   6/6/97       Geo. W.& Rebecca       1     

      July  20  John H. Hoffecker     I   12/12/96     Harvey P. & Annie H.   1     
                Hall                                                                

      Aug.   7  Catherine Hudson      I   7/7/96       Alfred L. & Fannie     1     

      Aug.  11  Helen Susan Davis     I   12/13/96     Andrew J. & Emma J.    1     

      Aug.  16  Mary Edna Sylvester   I   6/10/96      Geo. W. & Maggie E.    1 
    

                William Mowbray, Minister                                                                                                                                

      Aug.  17  Mildred Jones         I   2/7/97       Chas. H. & Rachel      1     

                Adam Stengle, Minister                                                      
                                                                           

      Nov.   7  John C. Prettyman     I   8/27/97      Clarence & Sarah       6     

      Dec.  23  Mary Anna Primrose    A   5/14/19      Gravenstein, Geo. &    6     
                                                       Anna                         

1898                                                                                

      Feb.  26  Elizabeth Dawson      I   8/19/97      Ezekiel W. & Hannah    6     

      Mar.  20  Ruth Fleming          I   6/23/97      William & Virmadel     6
     

                W. W. W. Wilson, Minister                                                    
                                                                           

      Oct.   9  Mabel James Brinton   I   3/10/94      G. & Rachel A.         6 
    

                Charles A. Hill, Minister                                                   
                                                                           

      Oct.  24  Nora Cotton Pratt     I   1/15/94      Nathaniel & Jennie     6     

      Oct.  24  Margaret Hoyle Pratt  I   6/6/98       Nathaniel & Jennie     6     

1899                                                                                

      Jan.   2  Ethel Lizzie Weller   I   11/5/89      Charles S. & Emma      6     

      Jan.   2  Emma Weller           I   4/13/91      Charles S. & Emma      6     

      Jan.   2  George Alexander      I   4/18/95      Charles S. & Emma      6     
                Weller                                                              

      Jan.  11  William Elliot        I   8/27/98      Wilmer L. & Elva       6     
                Porter                                                              

      Feb.   4  George Lawrence       I   4/4/98       John L. & Anna C.      8     
                Truax                                                               

      Mar.   4  Elva Griffin          A   6/27/80      John S. & Florence     2     

      Mar.   5  Lillian Lewis         I   1/4/99       Charles P. & Della     6     
                Thornley                                                            

      Mar.   4  Avis Griffin          A   1/2/85       John S. & Florence     2     

      Mar.  17  Courtland Hoffecker   I   5/23/94      Charles & Mary E.      6     
                Jones                                                               

      Mar.  17  Helen Ruth Jones      I   9/11/96      Charles & Mary E.      6     

      Apr.  17  William S. Mattiford  I   3/24/98      Joseph Henry & Clara   6     

      Apr.  17  Clifford F.           I   3/17/99      Joseph Henry & Clara   6     
                Mattiford                                                           

      Aug.   6  Wm. A. Faries Pyle    I   6/4/99       Henry Virgil &         6     
                                                       Margaret                     

      Aug.  20  Jackson Marvel        I   3/20/99      Josiah & Mary B.       6     

      Sept. 24  Alvin Reed M.Pratt    I   5/16/98      Nathaniel B. & Lillie  6     

      Sept. 24  Helen Elizabeth       I   9/5/99       Nathaniel B. & Lillie  6     
                Pratt                                                               

      Sept.  3  Dorothy Hill          I   10/17/98     W. Llndsay & Sue       6     
                McFarlane                                                           

      Nov.   1  Edward Foster Deford  I   10/4/98      J. Edward & Florence   6     

      Dec.  25  Myrtle Jones Huggins  I   11/28/92     Ed. E. & Ella May      6     

      Dec.  25  Marion Woodrow        I   12/4/93      Ed. E. & Ella May      6     
                Huggins                                                             

      Dec.  25  Maud Stinson Huggins  I   11/3/99      Ed. E. & Ella May      6     

1900                                                                                

      Jan.  16  John S. Griffin       I   5/29/93      Jno. S. & Florence     2     

      Feb.   4  Josiah Newsum         I   2/1/00       Geo. T. & Sarah E.     6     

      June   4  Mollie Burns          I   1/31/94      Ida Burns              6     

      June   4  Ida Burns             I   4/1/95       Ida Burns              6     

      June  15  Eleanor Boulden       I   5/22/88      George & Clara V.      6     
                Kennedy                                                             

      June  15  George William        I   10/5/90      George & Clara V.      6     
                Kennedy                                                             

      June  15  Elizabeth Grace       I   8/26/92      George & Clara V.      6     
                Kennedy                                                             

      July  31  Nora Ellen Jacobs     I   1/6/00       Wm. Lewis & Alberta    2     

      Oct.   9  Sarah Belle Hazell    A   4/19/83      Wm. Henry & Albina     2     

      Oct.  28  Virginia R. Shreve    I   7/22/00      Frank B. & Hope B.     2     

      Nov.  11  Alice May Turner      I   10/8/00      Daniel & Sarah E.      6     

      Nov.  22  Mary Helen Hudson     I   1/16/98      Wm. D. & Mamie         6     

      Aug.   2  Walter Thomas         I   7/16/00      George C. & Lillie     6     
                Moffett                                                             

      Aug.   2  Ada Clawson Moffett   I   1/25/98      George C. & Lillie     6     

1901                                                                                

      Mar.   3  Charles Edward        I   2/28/00      Reuben & Susan         4     
                Marshall                                                            

      Mar.   3  Alphonzo Aiken Brown  I   10/4/99      Alphonzo & Maggie      4     

      Mar.   3  Mary Elizabeth Scout  I   2/16/00      Mark M. & Lena         4     

      Mar.   3  John Wesley Jacobs    I   3/22/00      John W. & Lydia        4     

      Mar.   3  Alice May Gaulke      I   9/4/99       Louie & Alice          4     

      Mar.   3  George Andrew Davis   I   7/4/98       Andrew J. & Emma       4     

      Mar.   3  Annie Gilchrist       I   3/2/84       John & Annie           4     
                Watson                                                              

                Vaughan S. Collins, Minister                                                
                                                                      

      May   10  Helen Eldredge        I   1/29/01      Frank S. & Clara       6     
                Busser                                                              

      Aug.  28  John Wesley           I   4/20/01      Jno. W. & Mary E.      2     
                Henderson                                                           

      Sept.  8  Francis Stanley       I   9/4/01       Wm. A. & Mary F.       1     
                Pinder                                                              

      Oct.  20  Mildred Amelia Start  A   (blank)      (blank)                1     

      Oct.  20  Neva Vernin Naramore  A   (blank)      (blank)                1     

      Oct.  27  Elizabeth Thomas      I   10/11/00     Thomas H. & Bertha     6     
                Wilson                                                              

1902                                                                                

      Jan.   6  James Henry Scott     I   5/27/01      Jas. H. & Martha M     6     

      Jan.  17  Martha Maria Scott    A   (blank)      (blank)                1     

      Mar.   9  Elva Lee Brown        I   9/30/98      Wm.C. & Anna H.        8     

      Mar.   9  John Selby Anthony    A   (blank)      (blank)                1     

      Mar.   9  McKendree Williams    A   (blank)      (blank)                1     

      Mar.   9  Blanche Perkins       A   (blank)      (blank)                1     
                Hazel                                                               

      Mar.   9  Fred Smith Williams   A   (blank)      (blank)                1     

      Mar.   9  Francis C. Armstrong  A   (blank)      (blank)                1     

      Mar.   9  Emma Capitola Shahan  A   (blank)      (blank)                1     

      Mar.   9  Evelyn Cooper Jones   A   (blank)      (blank)                1     

      Mar.   9  Carrie Scout          A   (blank)      (blank)                1     

      Mar.   9  Ruth Emily Gregory    A   (blank)      (blank)                1     

      Mar.   9  Mary Flo Reed         A   (blank)      (blank)                1     

      Mar.   9  Mary Rebecca          A   (blank)      (blank)                1     
                Doughten                                                            

      Mar.   9  Catharine Va. Wilson  A   (blank)      (blank)                1     

      Mar.   9  Sue Rebecca Jackson   A   (blank)      (blank)                1     

      Mar.   9  Elsie Cruson          A   (blank)      (blank)                1     

      Mar.   9  Beulah Faries Hazel   A   (blank)      (blank)                1     

      May   11  Irene Hawkins         I   8/22/99      Wesley & Phoebe        6     

      May   11  Freeman Wesley        I   (blank)      Wesley & Phoebe        6     
                Hawkins                                                             

      May   17  Wm. Charles Jordan    I   4/9/98       Wm. M. & Bertha        2     

      May   17  Mattie May Jordan     I   9/ /00       Wm. M. & Bertha        2     

      July  13  Elizabeth Roberts     I   6/29/99      Alfred & Fannie        6     
                Hudson                                                              

      July  26  Elva May Dyer         I   4/27/02      Harvey & Lucy          6     

      Sept.  2  Willard Franklin      I   3/19/02      Willard F. & Grace     8     
                Weldon                                                              

      Sept. 20  John Thomas Newsome   I   9/1/02       Geo. F. & Sarah        6     

      Sept. 30  Helen Turner          I   9/1/02       Daniel & Sarah         6     

      Oct.   6  Cora O'Frances Webb   I   5/18/02      Jas. H. & Cora         6     

      Oct.   6  Edward Frank Webb     I   6/21/99      Jas. H. & Cora         6     

      Oct.   6  James John Webb       I   2/11/97      Jas. H. & Cora         6     

      Oct.  12  Henrietta B. Gaulke   I   3/28/02      Lewis C. & Alice       4     

      Oct.  12  William Conner        I   5/19/01      Lewis C. & Alice       4     
                Gaulke                                                              

      Oct.  12  Thomas McClain Davis  I   4/13/02      Andrew J. & Emma       4     

      Oct.  12  MacClary, Theresa     I   3/13/98      Walter & Ida           4     
                Evans                                                               

      Oct.  12  Mary Russell Daisey   I   7/05/01      Edward & Mary E.       4     

      Oct.  12  Nathaniel Jess        I   6/04/02      Nathaniel & Clara      4     
                Moffett                                                             

      Oct.  12  Price Jefferson       I   8/12/02      John & Della           4     
                Inman                                                               

      Oct.  20  Wm. Glanden           A   (blank)      (blank)                6     

      Oct.  26  Charles Sisco Moore   A   (blank)      (blank)                1     

      Oct.  26  Alfred Burton         A   (blank)      (blank)                1     
                Carpenter                                                           

      Nov.  30  Cornelius Tilghman    I   7/08/02      Alfred & Emma          6     

1903                                                                                

      Jan.  18  Dorothy B. McDowell   I   9/23/02      Wm. C. & Rosa A.       6     

      Apr.   4  Earle Hartup          I   2/21/97      Geo. C. & Sallie       6     
                Rothwell                                                            

      Apr.   4  Rebecca Lolita        I   9/14/01      Geo. C. & Sallie       6     
                Rothwell                                                            

      Apr.  16  Vaughan Smith         I   12/07/02     Asher E. & Louisa      6     
                Collins                                                             

      May   31  Ruth Henrietta Brown  I   1/10/03      Isaac E. & Mabel C.    1     

      May   31  Dorothy Mabel Hynson  I   6/24/93      Chas. T. & Rachel      1     

      May   31  Margaret Carrow       I   9/02/94      Chas. T. & Rachel      1     
                Hynson                                                              

      June  30  Eunice Eveline        I   6/02/03      Jno. P. & Emma J.      6     
                Burdette                                                            

      July  18  John Wesley McClain   I   2/9/03       Wm. T. & Mary E.       6     

      July  26  Wm. James Gwynn       A   (blank)      (blank)                6     

      July  26  Wm. Reese Samuel      I   (blank)      Wm. James & Lucinda    6     
                Gwynn                                                               

      Sept. 13  Jennie Melvin         I   12/11/02     Thos. W. & Annie E.    6     
                Lovegrove                                                           

      Nov.  18  Mary Grace Tucker     I   9/13/03      Jno. W. & Maggie M.    6     

      Nov.  18  Alfred Daniel Wells   I   5/17/02      Wm. G. & Lavinia L.    6     

      Nov.  22  George Walton         I   6/30/03      Albert P. & Elizabcth  6     
                                                                                    

      Nov.  25  Cornelia Woodruff     A   1/20/90      Charles A. &           6     
                Beck                                   Katharine                    

      Nov.  25  Eugene Foster Beck    A   2/26/85      Charles A. &           6     
                                                       Katharine                    

1904                                                                                

      Jan.   2  Elmer Stuart Outten   I   1/22/03      E. Elmer & Orah V.     8    



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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