Peggy Smith-Hake's
"Window to the Past"
Historic Clergymen of Miller County
By Kelly Warman-Stallings
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Published to WTTP on 14 February 2026
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The circuit rider
In Missouri’s church history—especially in rural counties like Miller—preachers played many roles. Early on, there were circuit riders, itinerants, revivalists, evangelists, and resident ministers. By the late 1830s, Methodist and Baptist ministers made a lasting impact in Miller County, spreading the gospel of Christ. These two denominations, rooted throughout the county, continue to thrive well into the 21st century.​
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Circuit riders were fully recognized ministers who traveled a set route rather than serving a single congregation full-time. This term also applied to early Baptist “traveling elders” and Christian evangelists. However, early Methodists were almost entirely circuit riders, tasked with covering their routes on a set schedule and often receiving only a small stipend from the denomination.
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Itinerant preachers traveled without being tied to a formal circuit, visiting various church denominations across the county without ever becoming resident pastors. They often preached at revivals, funerals, and performed baptisms. Before 1900, most rural churches couldn’t afford a full-time pastor, so these ministers frequently worked for little or no pay. Still, they were the backbone of ministry in Miller County during that time. In short, all circuit riders were itinerants, but not all itinerants were circuit riders.
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Revivalists and evangelists were ordained ministers who traveled among various churches, sharing the Christian message in schoolhouses, brush arbors, certain churches, and other venues during revivals. Most were Baptist, Free Will Baptist, or Methodist ministers who depended on voluntary donations from attendees for their income. They often took on other jobs or did farming to support themselves while on the road.
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The resident pastor typically served a single denomination for an extended period, remaining within the local community rather than traveling throughout the county. Occasionally, the resident churches invited revivalists and evangelists to contribute to the ministry. The pastor’s livelihood was supported through a combination of tithes, agricultural work, and assistance from the community.​
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Life in the 1800s and early 1900s was often modest, with preachers aiming to live at or below the standard of their congregations. While some in larger towns enjoyed slightly better circumstances, many rural pastors got by on meager incomes, just enough to make ends meet.​
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Here’s a list of notable historic clergymen from Miller County (1850s - 1950s):​
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Clergy Name - Type of Clergy
Denomination
Location
Years of Service
Free Will Baptist
​Methodist Episcopal
​Baptist​
​Christian (Church of Christ)
Methodist AME (black church)
Jehovah Witness
Christian (Church of Christ)
​----------------------------------------​​​
Lutheran
Christian (Church of Christ)
Assembly of God
Congregational
Seventh-Day Adventist
Jehovah Witness
Baptist​​
Nazarene
Holiness/Pentecostal (black ch.)
Baptist
Methodist Episcopal
​Christian (Disciples of Christ)​​​​
Lutheran--​
​Baptist​
Lutheran
Methodist Episcopal
Christian (Church of Christ)
Baptist
Baptist
Assembly of God, Free Will Baptist
Baptist, Nazarene
Lutheran
Catholic
Catholic
Catholic
Methodist
Methodist Episcopal
​Baptist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Catholic
Free Will Baptist
​Christian New Light
Catholic
​Baptist
Missionary Baptist (black church)
Methodist​
Catholic
Catholic
​Baptist
Methodist​
​----------------------------------------​​​​​
Seventh-Day Adventist
Methodist
Baptist
Baptist
Presbyterian
Christian New Light
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
Baptist
Missionary Baptist (black church)
Baptist
Congregational
Jehovah Witness
Methodist Episcopal
Methodist
Methodist
Christian (Church of Christ)​
​Christian
Baptist​
Methodist
Catholic
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
Christian (Disciples of Christ)​
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
Christian (Disciples of Christ)​
Methodist Episcopal
Christian (Church of Christ)​
Baptist
Assembly of God
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
​Methodist
Baptist
​Baptist
​----------------------------------------​​​​
Nazarene
Christian (Church of Christ)
​Methodist
Methodist
Christian (Church of Christ)​
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
Baptist
Baptist
Methodist AME (black church)
Jehovah Witness
Methodist Episcopal
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
Seventh‑Day Adventist
Methodist
Catholic
Catholic
Lutheran
Catholic
Free Will Baptist (black church)
Christian (Church of Christ)​
Baptist​
Assembly of God
Methodist Episcopal
Congregational
​----------------------------------------​​​
​Baptist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Methodist
Christian (Church of Christ)​
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
Catholic
​Christian (Church of Christ)
​----------------------------------------​​​
Christian (Church of Christ)
​Baptist
Methodist Episcopal
Methodist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Lutheran
Methodist Episcopal
Catholic
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
Baptist
Christian (Church of Christ)
​Baptist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
​----------------------------------------​​​​
Baptist
Lutheran
Methodist Episcopal
​Catholic
Christian (Church of Christ)
Methodist
Methodist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Christian (Church of Christ)
Christian (Church of Christ)
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
​----------------------------------------​​​​
Catholic
Christian (Church of Christ)
Baptist
Baptist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Presbyterian
Missionary Baptist (black church)
Methodist
Methodist Episcopal
Lutheran
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
Methodist Episcopal
​Methodist
Catholic
Seventh‑Day Adventist
Methodist Episcopal (black church)
Congregational
Jehovah Witness
Presbyterian
Catholic
Assembly of God
Nazarene
Baptist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Methodist Episcopal
Baptist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Baptist
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
Congregational
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
Catholic
Congregational
​Baptist
Baptist
​Evangelical/United Brethren
Catholic
Baptist
Catholic
Christian (Church of Christ)
Methodist Episcopal
Assembly of God, Nazarene
Baptist
Methodist
Methodist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Congregational​
​----------------------------------------​​​
Christian (Church of Christ)
​Methodist
​Christian (Church of Christ)
​----------------------------------------​​​
Baptist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Christian (Church of Christ)
​Baptist
Baptist
Methodist
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
Christian (Church of Christ)
Methodist Episcopal
Seventh‑Day Adventist
​Baptist
Missionary Baptist (black church)
Assembly of God
Nazarene
Methodist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Baptist
​----------------------------------------​​​
​Evangelical/United Brethren
Christian (Church of Christ)
Baptist---
Christian (Church of Christ)
Seventh‑Day Adventist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Methodist
Methodist
Catholic
Methodist Episcopal
Christian (Church of Christ)
Methodist Episcopal
Baptist
Catholic
Lutheran
Catholic
Catholic
​----------------------------------------​​​
​Baptist
Methodist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Baptist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
Methodist​
Christian (New Light)
Evangelical/United Brethren
Christian (Church of Christ)
Evangelical/United Brethren
Catholic
Catholic
Catholic
Catholic
Christian (Church of Christ)
​Baptist
​----------------------------------------​​​
Christian (Church of Christ)
​Baptist
Methodist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
Baptist
​Methodist
Baptist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Baptist
Catholic
Presbyterian
Christian (Church of Christ)
Evangelical/United Brethren
Methodist Episcopal
​Baptist
Methodist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
Baptist
Presbyterian
Presbyterian
Christian (Church of Christ)
Evangelical/United Brethren
Evangelical/United Brethren
Congregational
Methodist Episcopal
Baptist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Methodist
Baptist
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
​----------------------------------------​​​​
Christian (Church of Christ)
Baptist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
Evangelical/United Brethren
​Christian (Church of Christ)​
​----------------------------------------​​​​
Christian (Church of Christ)
Evangelical/United Brethren
​Christian (Church of Christ)
​----------------------------------------​​​
Baptist
Congregational
Christian (Church of Christ)
Methodist
Assembly of God
Nazarene
Christian (Church of Christ)
Baptist
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
Jehovah Witness
Evangelical/United Brethren
Seventh‑Day Adventist
​Baptist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Methodist / Methodist Episcopal
Christian (Church of Christ)
Holiness/Pentecostal-black church
Baptist
​----------------------------------------​​​
Christian (Church of Christ)
Baptist
Christian (Church of Christ)
​----------------------------------------​​​
Christian (Church of Christ)
Methodist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Baptist ​​
Catholic
Presbyterian
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
Christian (Church of Christ)
Methodist Episcopal
Evangelical/United Brethren
Methodist
Baptist
Baptist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
Methodist
Baptist
Christian (Church of Christ)
​----------------------------------------​​​
Baptist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Baptist
Lutheran
Catholic
Catholic
Christian (Church of Christ)
Methodist
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
Baptist
Assembly of God
Christian (Church of Christ)
Baptist
Evangelical/United Brethren
Christian (Church of Christ)
​Methodist
Baptist
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
Baptist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Evangelical/United Brethren
Methodist Episcopal
Baptist
Baptist
Christian (New Light)
Christian (New Light)
Christian (New Light)
Methodist
Baptist
Evangelical/United Brethren
Methodist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Presbyterian
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
Christian (Church of Christ)
​Baptist
Baptist
Methodist
​Christian (Church of Christ)
​----------------------------------------​​​
​Baptist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Baptist
Methodist
Free Will Baptist
Methodist AME (black church)
Christian (Church of Christ)
Presbyterian
Methodist Episcopal
Methodist
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
Christian (Church of Christ)
Baptist
Baptist
Evangelical/United Brethren
Christian (Church of Christ)
​Methodist
​----------------------------------------​​​​
Christian (Church of Christ)
Missionary Baptist (black church)
Baptist (black church)
Holiness (black church)
Holiness/Sanctified (black church)
Holiness/Sanctified (black church)
​Methodist Episcopal
​Christian (Church of Christ)
​-------------------------------------​​​
Baptist
Baptist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Christian (Church of Christ)
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
Baptist
Methodist
​Christian (Church of Christ)
Catholic
Lutheran
​----------------------------------------​​​
Baptist
Methodist Episcopal
Christian (Church of Christ)
Baptist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
​Baptist
Advent Christian
Christian (Church of Christ)
​Baptist
Methodist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Baptist
Baptist
Methodist
​Baptist
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
Baptist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Methodist
Baptist
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
​Baptist
Baptist
Methodist Episcopal
Missionary Baptist (black church)
Methodist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Presbyterian
Jehovah Witness
Assembly of God
Nazarene
Baptist
Seventh‑Day Adventist
Christian (Church of Christ)
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
Methodist
Catholic
Methodist​
​----------------------------------------​​​​
Christian (Church of Christ)
Baptist
​Baptist
Jehovah Witness
Methodist
Baptist
​----------------------------------------​​​
Baptist​
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
Jehovah Witness
​Christian (Church of Christ)
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​1880s - 1890s
1870s - 1880s
1880s - 1890s
​c/1940s​
1880s
1930s
c/1950s
--------------------​
1890s
c/1950s
1930s
1880s
1910s - 1920s
1930s - 1940s
c/1880s - 1890s​
c/1910s - 1920s
1920s - 1930s
c/1940s - 1950s
​c/1870s
1900s
1900s
​1870s - 1880s​​​​
1880s - 1890s
1870s
c/1950s
1880s - 1890s
c/1890s
1920s - 1930s
1920s - 1930s
1900s - 1910s
1880s - 1890s
1942 - 1956
1922-30; 1926-24
​1880s​​
1880s
1870s - 1880s
c/1930s - 1940s
1890s
1890s
​c/1850s - 1860s
1879 - 1884
​1890s
1890s
​1900s
1910s
1872
​1880s - 1890s
Early 1900s
​--------------------​
1920s
1910s
​c1880s
​1880s - 1890s
1880s
1890s - 1930s
​1870s - 1880s
late 1800s
1900s
1870s - 1880s​
1880s
1940s
1890s 1900s
​c/1890s
1890s​
1880s
​c/1850s - 1860s
​1890s
Early 1900s
1884 - 1890
1890s
Early 1900s
Early 1900s​
Early 1900s
c/1890s
c/1880s - 1890s
1920s
1900s
1870s - 1890s​​​
​c/1870s
1930s - 1940s
1880s - 1890s
​c/1880s
Early 1900s
1910s - 1920s
​-------------------
1920s
​1890s​
c/1870s​
1870s - 1880s
1930s​
1870s - 1880s
c/1890s
1880s
1910s
1930s
1860s
​c/1890s
1930s
Early 1900s
1895-97; 1897-1903
1900s - 1910s
1910s
1891-95; 1903-10
c/1915 - 1930
1900s​
​1890s​
1920s
1870s
​1880s
​--------------------
​c/1880s
1890s
1870s
1900s
​​1880s - 1890s
c/1890s
1901 - 1918
1910s
​--------------------​
1910s
​c/1880s
1880s
1870s
1940s
1920s
1910s
1910s - 1930s
​c/1890s
1880s - 1890s
1900s
​c/1890s
1910s
c/1850s - 1860s
​-------------------
​c/1880s
1880s
1880s - 1890s
1920s - 1930s
1890s
1870s
​Early 1900s
1900s
1910s
1900s
1880s - 1890s
​--------------------​
1920s - 1930s
1910s
1880s
1890s
1900s
1893 - 1897
1880s - 1890s
1870s
1860s - 1870s
1930s - 1940s
1890s - 1900s
1880s
​Early 1900s
1878
1920s - 1930s
1890s
1877 - 1880
1940s
1880s - 1890s
1930s - 1940s
1940s
1940s
1890s
1910s - 1920s
1920s
1880s
1940s
1890s
​1880s
1880 - 1883
1890s
1877; 1894 - 1897
1883 - 1886
1870s - 1880s
1880s
​1890s - 1900s
1887 -1891
1880s
1900s
1900s
1890s
1920s - 1930s
1880s - 1890s
1880s
1890s
​1910s
​1886 - 1889​
​--------------------
1900s
​1870s
​1910s
​--------------------
1880s
1900s
1910s
​1890s
1890s
1880s
1880s
1930s - 1940s
1850s
1940s
​1870s - 1880s
1910s - 1920s
1930s - 1940s
1930s
1890s
1900s - 1910s
1880s
​--------------------
​1890s - 1900s
1890s
1880s
1910s
1940s - 1950s
1900s
1870s
1880s
Early 1900s
1880s
1950s
1930s - 1940s
1890s
1930s - 1940s
1890s
1914 - 1933
1875-77; 1890-94
​--------------------
​1880s
1870s
1910s
1890s
1880s
​1880s
1890s - 1900s
1880s -
1880s
1900s
1870s - 1880s
1880s - 1890s
1930 - 1942
1938- 1949
​1930s - 1940s
1940s - 1950s
1880s
​--------------------​
1890s - 1900s
1870s
1890s
1910s
1880s
​1880s
1870s - 1880s
1890s
1930s
1900s
1873 - 1875
1886-1889
1890s - 1900s
​1880s
1870s
1890s
1880s
1910s
1890s
​1880s - 1890s
1884 - 1886
1889 - 1893
1900s
1890s​
1870s - 1880s
1889 - 1893
1900s
​1880s
1950s
1890s
1890s
​c/1880s​
​-------------------​
1900s
​1880s
1910s
1890s
1890s - 1900s
​1900s​
​-------------------​
1910s
​1890s - 1900s
​1900s​
​-------------------
1880s
1893 - 1896
1890s - 1900s
​1870s
1920s
1920s
1910s
1890s
1880s
1930s - 1940s
1890s
1930s
​1870s - 1880s
1900s
1880s
1940s
1940s - 1950s
1890s​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
​--------------------​
1910s
1880s
​1900s
​--------------------​
1900s
1870s
1910s
1880s
1910s - 1920s
1890s
1890s
1900s
1910s - 1920s
1890s - 1900s
1880s
​1890s
1870s - 1880s
1940s
1880s
1890s
1880s - 1890s
​1910s​
​--------------------
1880s
1900s
1890s
1910s - 1920s
1920s- 1930s
1890s - 1900s
1910s
1870s
1880s
​1870s - 1880s
1930s
1900s
1890s
1890s - 1900s
1930s - 1940s
​1880s
1880s
1890s
1890s
1900s - 1910s
​1880s - 1890s
1850s - 1860s
1870s - 1880s
1890s
1890s
1890s - 1910s
1890s - 1920s
1890s
1880s
1890s - 1900s
1880s
1910s
1880s
1880s
1900s
1890s
1870s - 1880s
1870s
​1910s
​--------------------
​1880s
1900s
1890s
1870s
1890s -early 1900s
1920s - 190s
1910s
1897 - 1901
1870s - 1880s
1880s
​1880s
1900s
1870s - 1880s
1890s
1890s - 1900s
1940s
​1890s
​--------------------​
1910s
c/1890 - 1920
c/1890 - 1940
c/1895 - 1910
c/1900 - 1925
c/1900 - 1920
​c/1880s
​1900s
​--------------------
c/1890s
c/1900
1890s - 1900s
1910s
c/1910s
​c/1880s
c/1910s
​1900s
1940s
1880s
​--------------------
​c/1880s
c/1870s
1900s
c/1890s
1910s
c/1900s
c/1880s
c/1932- c/1950
1900s
c/1910s
c/1890s
1910s
c/1880s
c/1870s - 1880s
c/1910s
​c/1890s
c/1900s
c/1910s
1940s - 1950s
c/1880s
c/1870s
c/1910s
​c/1890s
c/1880s
1900s - 1910s
1890s - 1900s
c/1900s
1910s
1901 - 1904
1940s - 1950s
1930s - 1940s
1930s - 1940s
c/1890s
1950s
1900s
c/1910s
c/1870s
1907 - 1925
1910s
​--------------------​
1900s
1910s
​c/1890s
1950s
c/1910s
​1900s​
​--------------------
​c/1890s​
c/1910s
1950s
​1910s​
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James W. Adcock - itinerant
​Andrew L. Alexander - circuit rider
Bowlin Allen - itinerant
​John R. Allen - itinerant​
R. L. Allen - itinerant
Lewis R. Anderson - itinerant
Lemuel M. Atkinson - revivalist
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Frederick W. Bachmann - resident
Henry L. Baker - itinerant
J. L. Baker - resident
John. M. Baker - itinerant
Joseph R. Baker-itinerant evangelist
Jacob T. Baker-itinerant evangelist
John W. Baker - itinerant/revivalist​​
James W. Baker - resident
Lewis M. Baker - evangelist
James C. Barnes - revivalist
William Barnhart - circuit rider
John A. Barton - itinerant
Gustav H. Bauer - resident
George W. Bear -itinerant
Johann C. Behrens - itinerant
J. W. Bennett - circuit rider
R. E. Bennett - itinerant
George W. Bilyeu - resident
John R. Bilyeu - itinerant
Oscar A. Bilyeu - itinerant/revival
Richard L. Bilyeu - itinerant/revival
August F. Boeckler - resident
Ferdinand Boeckmann - resident
Otto J Boeckmann - resident
Bernard A. Boessen - resident
J. W. Bond - circuit rider
John H. Boulware - circuit rider
​​​John M. Bowlin - itinerant
Andrew L. Bowman - itinerant
Joseph Brand - resident
Joseph A. Branum - itinerant
​John Bray - itinerant/revivalist
Peter Bremerich - resident
​A. J. Brown - itinerant
Elijah Brown - itinerant
William H. Brown - resident
Henry Bruns - resident
Joseph M Buergler - resident
​James M. Burks - itinerant
​Robert L. Burks - itinerant​​
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Henry L. Caldwell - evangelist
John R. Caldwell - circuit rider
J. W. Caldwell -itinerant/revival
John. H. Campbell - itinerant
Joseph M. Campbell - itinerant
Charles C. Capps - itinerant
​William Cardwell - resident​
Henry E. Carter - resident
Moses Carter - resident
William H. Carter - itinerant`​
Walter H. Carter - itinerant
Willard H. Carter - circuit evangelist
William H. Carter - circuit rider
Andrew P. Clark​ - itinerant
James M. Clark - circuit rider
John M. Clark - itinerant​
​George Cline - revivalist
​John R. Coffman - itinerant
James W. Connor - resident
John Conrad - resident
Caleb C. Coppedge - itinerant
Charles M. Coppedge - itinerant
Christopher R. Coppedge - itinerant​
James W. Coppedge - resident
William H. Coppedge - itinerant
Zedekiah T. Coppedge - itinerant
Zimri Coppedge - resident​
John R. Cox - resident
Richard L. Cox - resident​
William Cox - itinerant​
W. E. Cox - resident
James A. Crawford - itinerant
Thomas Creed - circuit rider
Henry L. Crisp - resident
​Joseph B. Cunningham - itinerant
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Franklin M. Dake - itinerant
J. A. Dake - itinerant
​James W. Dake - circuit rider
William Dake - circuit rider
Elijah L. Davenport - resident​​
John Davenport - itinerant
Joseph M. Davenport - itinerant
Andrew L. Davis - itinerant
Charles Davis - resident
Edward M. Davis - itinerant/evangel.
James M. Davis - circuit rider
​John W. Davis - itinerant
William P. Davis - district pastor
Thomas Dawson - resident
Joseph Dickneite - resident
Bernard Dierker - resident
Henry W. Dierker - itinerant
Henry Diepenbrock - resident
William Driver - itinerant
Harvey F. Duncan - itinerant​
J. R. Duncan - itinerant​​​​​​
Lewis H. Duncan - itinerant
R. L. Duncan - itinerant
Charles A. Dunham - itinerant
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J. W. Edwards - itinerant
J. W. Elliott - itinerant​
Thomas Elliott - circuit rider
Thomas Elliott - itinerant​
​John Enloe - resident
S. P. Enloe - itinerant
Bernard Epping - resident
R. C. Eubanks - itinerant
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James L. Fancher - itinerant
John W. Fancher - itinerant​
J. W. Ferguson - circuit rider
Thomas Ferguson - circuit rider
William A. Ferguson - resident
Elijah A. Fischer - resident
Andrew L. Fisher - resident
John Fick - resident
John A. Fisk - itinerant​
William Forbes - resident
Harold M. Foster - itinerant
​J. M. Foster - itinerant
John E. Franklin - itinerant
George Fry - revivalist
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​John W. Gallaher - itinerant
Jacob H. Gerlach - itinerant
Thomas E. Gibson - circuit rider
Aloysius Gier - resident
J. T. Graham - itinerant
Thomas Graham - circuit rider
​W. H. Graham - resident
Walter L. Graham - itinerant
Edward M. Graves - itinerant
A. J. Green - itinerant
William A. Gunn - resident
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Bernard Hake - resident
J. R. Hale - itinerant
James W. Hale - itinerant
William T. Hale - itinerant
Samuel T. Hall - itinerant
John W. Hanna - resident
John T. Harris - itinerant
James M. Harrison - circuit rider
John W. Harrison - itinerant
Peter L. Hartenstein - resident
J. W. Hawkins - itinerant
Samuel P. Hawkins - circuit rider
John A. Hedges - resident
Fr. Helwing - resident
A. C. Henderson - itinerant
Isaiah Henderson - circuit elder
John K. Henderson - resident
R. C. Henderson - circuit servant
William P. Henderson - itinerant
Francis Hensler - resident
J. R. Hensley - resident
John R. Hensley - resident
James W. Hensley - itinerant
William P. Hensley - itinerant
John T. Hickman - resident
James W. Hickman - itinerant
Lewis E. Hickman - resident
William A. Hickman - itinerant
John W. Hicks - itinerant
William A. Hicks - resident
William T. Hicks - itinerant
Bernard HIllner - resident
Charles M. Hitchcock - resident
J. W. Hodge - itinerant
William A. Hodges - itinerant
George Hoffman - resident
Ferdinand P. Holweck - resident
John W. Holt - itinerant
Peter Holzer - itinerant/mission
Charles M. Hopper - itinerant
William A. Hopper - itinerant
Michael E. Howser - itinerant/revival
James S. Huddleston - resident
John W. Humphrey - circuit rider
William T. Humphreys - circuit rider
John A. Hunt - itinerant
James R. Hunt - resident
​-------------------------------------------​​​​​
Joseph L. Irwin - itinerant
John W. Irwin - circuit rider
Robert T. Isbell - itinerant
​-------------------------------------------​​​
J. W. Jackson - itinerant
William H. Jackson - itinerant
A. M. Jeffries - itinerant
​John A. Jeffries - itinerant​
William T. Jeffries - itinerant
J. M. Jenkins - circuit rider
A. J. Johnson - itinerant
Charles E. Johnson - resident
Edward L. Johnson - circuit rider
Frank E. Johnson - resident
John W. Johnson - itinerant
Samuel Johnson - resident
C. F. Jones - resident
Charles F. Jones - resident
John W. Jones - circuit rider
Lewis R. Jones - itinerant
William A. Jones - itinerant
​-------------------------------------------​​​
Henry Kallenbach - resident
John D. Karr - itinerant
John W. Keeth - itinerant
William F. Keeth - itinerant
Robert M. Keller - district pastor
Henry S. Kelley - itinerant
James M. Kelley - circuit rider
William T. Kelley - circuit rider
​Bernard Kempker - resident
J. M. Kerr - itinerant
John. A. King - resident
R. A. King - resident
John W. Kiser - itinerant
Joseph Klein - resident
W. F. Klinker - itinerant
August L. Knoepker - resident
Francis F. Kueper - resident
​-------------------------------------------​​​
​John W. Lamb - itinerant
James M. Lane - circuit rider
J. E. Lawson - itinerant
Joseph W. Lawson - itinerant
Robert T. Lemons - itinerant
William A. Lester - itinerant
​John A. Lindsey - circuit rider
John W. Livingston - itinerant
George Long - resident
Henry M. Long -itinerant
William Long - resident
William Lorenzen - resident
Aloysius J. Lueckenhoff - resident
Herman J. Lueckenhoff - resident
Herman Lueckenotte - resident
C. A. Luttrell - resident
John W. Luttrell - itinerant​
​-------------------------------------------​​​​
James R. Mace - itinerant
​John W. Mace - itinerant
J. A. Madden - circuit rider
William P. Maddox - itinerant
George Mahaffey - itinerant
John W. Mann - itinerant
J. M. Marshall - circuit rider​
A. J. Martin - itinerant
L. E. Martin - itinerant
William T. Martin - itinerant
Albert Mayer - resident
W. H. McAfee - resident
J. T. McCasland - resident
John McCaslin - resident
J. A. McDonald - circuit rider
John W. McDonald - itinerant​​​​​
J. A. McDowell - circuit rider
S. H. McDowell - itinerant
William McGowan - itinerant
John W. McKinney - itinerant
J A. McNair - resident
J. R. McQuown - resident
A. J. Miller - itinerant
​George Miller - resident
John Miller - resident
S. T. Miller - resident
William T. Miller - itinerant
John W. Mitchell - itinerant
C. F. Montgomery - resident
​J. A. Montgomery - circuit rider
William T. Morris - itinerant
John W. Moss - itinerant
​-------------------------------------------​​​​
J. F. Neal - itinerant
John W. Nelson - itinerant
R. L. Nichols - itinerant
A. J. Nichols - itinerant
Henry Nixdorf - resident
C. A. Norman - itinerant
​-------------------------------------------​​​​​
John W. Oliver - itinerant
Henry Overholt - resident
H. T. Owens - itinerant
​-------------------------------------------​​​​
John W. Parker - itinerant
L. E. Parker - resident
L. M. Parker - itinerant
J. A. Parton - circuit rider
E. L. Patterson - itinerant
E. L. Patterson - itinerant
J. E. Patterson - itinerant
William T. Payne - itinerant
George Pendleton - itinerant
A. J. Peters - itinerant evangel.
John Peters - resident
L. H. Peters - evangelist
​John W. Phillips - itinerant
S. R. Phillips - itinerant
J. M. Pope - circuit rider
William A. Porter - resident
James Pruitt - resident
W. A. Pruitt - itinerant​​​​​​​​​​​​
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J. H. Quinn - itinerant
John W. Quinn - itinerant
R. T. Quinn - itinerant
​-------------------------------------------​​​​
James M. Raines - itinerant
John A. Ramsey - circuit rider
Charles L. Reed - itinerant
J. W. Reed - itinerant
Charles Reinhold - resident
Caleb A. Reynolds - itinerant
George Reynolds - itinerant
Henry T. Reynolds - itinerant
Samuel H. Reynolds - resident
Henry Rhoades - resident
John M. Rice - circuit rider
William T. Riley - itinerant
James W. Roberts - itinerant
William A. Roberts - resident
Andrew J. Robinson - itinerant
John W. Rogers - circuit rider
​William Rowden - itinerant
James E. Russell - itinerant
​-------------------------------------------​​​
J. W. Sanders - itinerant
Lewis R. Sanders - itinerant
William T. Sanders - itinerant
Oscar E. Schmidt - resident
August Schneider - resident
John Schwartze - resident
H. M. Scott - itinerant
John A. Scott - circuit rider
George Scrivner - itinerant
​James W. Seaton - itinerant
Andrew D. Shelton - resident
John T. Shelton - itinerant
William A. Shelton - itinerant
John Shikles - resident
Charles E. Short - resident
​James M. Short - circuit rider
J. W. Simmons - itinerant
Andrew J. Simpson - itinerant
William Skaggs - itinerant
A. J. Smith - itinerant
George Smith - resident
J. L. Smith - circuit rider
J. W. Smith - itinerant
W. T. Smith - itinerant
John M. Sooter - revivalist
James R. Sooter - itinerant
William A. Sooter - itinerant
John A. Spencer - circuit rider
James W. Spurgeon - itinerant
Henry Stark - resident
J.amesM. Stephens - circuit rider
William P. Stephens - itinerant
John L. Stewart - itinerant
Andrew J. Stone - itinerant
Robert L. Stout - itinerant
Wiliam Stout - itinerant
James W. Stubblefield - itinerant
John A. Sullivan - circuit rider
J. H. Sullivan - itinerant
​-------------------------------------------​​​
​James W. Taylor - itinerant
J. W. Taylor - itinerant
William A. Taylor - itinerant
John A. Thompson - circuit rider
James R. Thompson - itinerant
J. W. Thompson - resident
R. L. Thompson - itinerant
Robert L. Thompson - resident
William R. Thompson - itinerant
William T. Thompson - circuit rider
​George Thornsberry - itinerant​
Henry M. Tinsley - itinerant
James W. Tinsley - itinerant
William Tinsley - itinerant
Henry Travis - resident
Charles A. Tucker - resident
James M. Tucker = circuit rider​
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James E. Underwood - itinerant
Unnamed - itinerant
Unnamed - itinerant
Unnamed - itinerant
Unnamed - itinerant
Unnamed - church leader
​J. W. Upton - circuit rider
William T. Upton - itinerant
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James M. Vaughan - revivalist
William H. Vaughan - revivalist
Lewis M. Vaughn - itinerant
Charles H. Vernon - itinerant
J. W. Vernon - resident
John A. Vestal - itinerant
James R. Vinson - circuit rider
John T. Vinson - itinerant
Francis Vogt - resident
Henry A. Vogt - itinerant
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John A. Wade - itinerant
James T. Wainwright - circuit rider
James E. Walker - itinerant
James M. Wall - revivalist
Henry T. Wallace - itinerant
Andrew. J. Walters - resident
William. H. Walters - itinerant
George W. L. Warman - resident
Charles L. Warren - itinerant
​John L. Warren - resident
James R. Watkins - circuit rider
Robert M. Watkins - itinerant
James W. Watson - itinerant
James F. Weaver - resident
John C. Webb - resident
James H. Webster - itinerant​
John A. Welch - resident
James W. Wells - resident
Andrew J. West - resident
James R. West - circuit rider
James M. White - itinerant
William T. White - resident
John A. Whittle - itinerant
Andrew J. Williams - resident
Henry C. Williams - resident
Henry Williams - itinerant
James W. Williams - resident
Samuel P. Williams - itinerant
Charles E. Wilson - resident
Frank L. Wilson - resident overseer
Henry T. Wilson - resident
Harold T. Wilson - resident
James C. Wilson - resident
John C. Wilson - resident
James R. Wilson - itinerant
Robert L. Wilson - resident
James H. Windsor - circuit rider
John H. Winkelmann - resident
Lewis E. Wright - circuit rider
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Charles M. Yates - itinerant
Henry F. Young - itinerant
J. W. Young - itinerant
Michael D. Young - resident servant
Robert L. Young - circuit rider
John A. Youngblood - itinerant
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James H. Zachary - revivalist
Andrew F. Zimmerman - itinerant
Henry P. Zimmerman - circuit serv.
Robert T. Zimmerman - itinerant
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Iberia region
Brays
Gageville, Spring Garden, Olean​
Iberia region​
Eldon
Eldon, Olean
Iberia, Ulman
​--------------------------------------​​​
Spring Garden
Brumley region
Eldon
Iberia region
Eldon, Olean
Brays, Iberia
Northern Miller County​​
Eldon, Iberia
Eldon, Olean
Iberia
​Iberia, Brumley circuit​​​
​Hickory Point, Ulman​
Olean​​​
​Brumley & Iberia regions
Olean, Spring Garden​
Tuscumbia circuit
Tuscumbia region
Pleasant Mount, Osage region
​Osage Township area ​
Brumley, Ulman
Brays, Iberia
Spring Garden
St. Elizabeth
All Catholic parishes
Marys Home; St. Anthony
​Brumley, Glaize Creek circuit​​​​​​​​
Iberia region
Iberia/Richwoods region
Eldon
Marys Home
Brumley, Ulman
​Big Richwoods area
(Old) St. Elizabeth
​Olean, Spring Garden
Eldon
Eldon, Olean
St. Anthony
(Old) St. Elizabeth
​Eastern Miller County
​Eastern Miller County
​-------------------------------------​​​​
Iberia
Brumley, Ulman
​Brays, Iberia
Eldon, Olean ​
Eldon
Equality & Richwoods Townships
​Hickory Point, Ulman
Brays, Iberia
Brumley region
Northern Miller County
Iberia region
Eldon
Brumley, Ulman
Osage region
​Iberia circuit
Big Richwoods, Brays​
​Iberia, Ulman
​Eastern Miller County
Eldon and Southern Miller Co.
St. Elizabeth
Tuscumbia, Ulman
Tuscumbia, Ulman
Ulman region​
​Big Richwoods, Ulman
​Hickory Point, Ulman
Brays, Ulman, Osage Township
Hickory Point, Tuscumbia, Ulman​​​
Eldon
Eldon​
Brays, Iberia
Iberia
Hickory Point, Ulman
Etterville, Olean
Osage Township region
​Brays, Iberia
​-------------------------------------​​​​
Eldon, Olean
Iberia region
Brumley circuit, Iberia
Brays, Iberia region
Eldon​​
Iberia region
Eastern Miller County
Osage Township region
Eldon
Eldon
Tuscumbia, Ulman
Tuscumbia, Osage River corridor
Tuscumbia, Ulman​
Eldon
Marys Home, St. Elizabeth
Eldon
St. Elizabeth
Marys Home; St. Elizabeth
Iberia region, Olean
Olean
Brumley, Ulman​
Brays, Iberia region​
Big Richwoods, Brays
Iberia region​​
​-------------------------------------​​​
Brays, Iberia region
Brays, Iberia
Eldon circuit, Olean
Big Richwoods, Iberia region​
​Tuscumbia, Ulman
Hickory Point
All Catholic parishes
​Brumley, Ulman
​-------------------------------------​​​​
Iberia region
Brays, Iberia region​
Brays, Iberia region
Eldon circuit, Olean
Eldon
Olean
Eldon
Marys Home
​Tuscumbia, Ulman
Osage Township region
Brumley, Ulman
​Eastern Miller County
Brays, Iberia region
Big Richwoods, Ulman region
​-------------------------------------​​​
​Brays, Iberia region
Spring Garden
Brumley, Ulman
St. Anthony
Brays, Iberia
Eldon circuit, Olean
Eldon
Iberia region
Brumley, Ulman
Iberia region, Osage Township
Iberia, Tuscumbia, Ulman
​-------------------------------------​​​​​
St. Elizabeth
Iberia region
Iberia region
Big Richwoods, Brays
Brumley, Ulman
Bagnell
Brays, Iberia
Tuscumbia circuit
Iberia region
Olean
Brumley, Ulman
Olean, Spring Garden
Eldon
(Old) St. Elizabeth
Brays, Iberia
Tuscumbia, Ulman
Iberia
Eldon, Iberia
Olean, Spring Garden
Marys Home
Eldon
Eldon
Brays, Iberia
Big Richwoods, Brays
Eldon
Iberia region
Eldon
Brays
​Ulman
Iberia
Tuscumbia, Ulman
(Old) St. Elizabeth & St Eliz.
Iberia
Iberia
Brays
​Pleasant Hill, Spring Garden
Marys Home
Iberia
St. Anthony - St. Elizabeth
Iberia region, Osage Township
Brays
Brays, Iberia / Brumley, Iberia
Brumley, Ulman
Eldon, Olean circuit
Tuscumbia circuit
​Brumley, Ulman​
​Iberia​
​-------------------------------------​​​
Brays, Iberia
Iberia circuit
Iberia region​
​-------------------------------------​​​
Brays, Iberia
Brumley, Ulman
Iberia region
​Iberia region
Brays, Iberia
Tuscumbia circuit
Brumley, Ulman
Eldon
Tuscumbia circuit
Eldon
​Iberia
Eldon
Brumley
Iberia
Eldon circuit, Olean
Brays, Iberia region
​Brays
​-------------------------------------​​​
​Pleasant Mount, Spring Garden
Brays, Iberia
Iberia region
Brumley, Ulman
Eldon
Iberia region
Eldon circuit
Tuscumbia, Osage River corridor
​St. Anthony
Iberia
Eldon
Eldon
Brays
St. Anthony
Olean
All (old) Catholic parishes
(Old) St. Elizabeth
​-------------------------------------​​​
Iberia region​
Tuscumbia, Osage River corridor
Iberia region
Brays, Iberia
Big Richwoods, Brays
Brumley, Ulman
Brays, Equality Township region
Eldon circuit​
Mount Pleasant, Spring Garden
Brumley, Ulman
Spring Garden
Marys Home
All Catholic parishes
All Catholic parishes
St. Elizabeth
Eldon
​Brays, Iberia region
​-------------------------------------​​​​
Iberia region
Iberia region
Tuscumbia, Osage River corridor
Brays, Iberia region
Brumley, Ulman
Brays
Eldon circuit
Big Richwoods, Iberia
Eldon
Brumley, Ulman
(Old) St. Elizabeth
Bagnell
Brays
Pleasant Mount, Spring Garden
Osage River corridor
​Iberia region
Eldon circuit, Olean
Iberia region
Ulman
Brays
Bagnell
Bagnell
Brays, Iberia
Spring Garden
Pleasant Mount
Iberia
​Brumley, Ulman
Iberia
Eldon
Tuscumbia circuit
Big Richwoods, Brays
Brumley, Ulman
​-------------------------------------​​​​​
Brays, Iberia
Iberia region
Iberia region
Brumley, Ulman
Pleasant Mount, Spring Garden
​Brumley, Ulman
​-------------------------------------​​​​
Iberia region
​Pleasant Mount, Spring Garden
​Brays, Iberia region
​-------------------------------------​​​
Iberia region
Iberia
Brays, Iberia
​Tuscumbia, Osage River corridor
Eldon, Olean
Eldon, Ulman
Iberia region
Big Richwoods, Brays
Brumley, Ulman
Olean, Spring Garden
Spring Garden
Iberia
Iberia
Brumley, Ulman
Eldon circuit
Eldon
Eldon
Brays​​​
​-------------------------------------​​​​
Iberia region
Iberia region
Brays, Iberia region
​-------------------------------------​​​​
Brays, Iberia
Tuscumbia, Osage River corridor
Iberia region
Brays, Iberia
St. Anthony
Brumley, Ulman
Brumley, Ulman
Brumley, Ulman
Eldon
Pleasant Mount, Spring Garden
Eldon circuit
Brays
Iberia region
Eldon
Ulman
Eldon circuit, Olean
Big Richwoods, Brays
​Brays, Iberia
​-------------------------------------​​​
Iberia region
Iberia region
Brays
Spring Garden
Marys Home
St. Elizabeth
Iberia region
Tuscumbia, Osage River corridor
Brumley, Ulman
Big Richwoods, Iberia
Iberia
Brumley, Ulman
Brays
Pleasant Mount, Spring Garden
Eldon
Eldon circuit
Iberia region
Ulman
Big Richwoods, Brays
Brays, Iberia region
Spring Garden
Iberia region
Iberia
Brays
Brays, Iberia region
Iberia-Ulman regions
Atwell, Iberia region
Eldon circuit, Olean
Iberia region
Pleasant Mount
Tuscumbia circuit
Brays, Iberia
Iberia region
Brumley, Ulman
Iberia region
Big Richwoods, Brays
Iberia
Eldon circuit
​Brumley, Ulman
​-------------------------------------​​​
Iberia region
Brays, Iberia
Big Richwoods, Brays
Eldon
​Iberia region
Tuscumbia, Osage River corridor
Iberia region
Bagnell
Big Richwoods, Brays
Eldon circuit
​Brumley, Ulman
Brumley, Ulman
Iberia
Brays
Pleasant Mount, Spring Garden
Eldon
​Eldon circuit, Olean
​--------------------------------------​​​​
Iberia region
Eldon, Olean
Olean
Bagnell
Eldon
Iberia region
​Iberia circuit
​Brays, Iberia region
​--------------------------------------​​​
Ulman region
Iberia region
Brays, Iberia
Iberia region
Brumley
Iberia, Tuscumbia​
Olean
​Brumley, Ulman
St. Anthony
Olean
​--------------------------------------​​​
Iberia region
Iberia circuit
Brays, Iberia
Brumley
Iberia region
Ulman
Tuscumbia
Brays
Brumley, Ulman
​Iberia
Olean
Brays, Iberia region
Brumley
Iberia, Tuscumbia
Eldon
​Ulman
Iberia
Brumley
Eldon
Tuscumbia
Iberia
Brumley
​Olean
Iberia
Eldon
Tuscumbia-Ulman circuit
Eldon
Iberia region
Bagnell
Eldon
Eldon
Eldon
Brumley
Eldon
Iberia region
Iberia
Olean
All (old) Catholic parishes
Brumley, Ulman​
​--------------------------------------​​​​
Brays, Iberia
Iberia region
Iberia region
Eldon
Eldon circuit, Olean
​Brumley, Ulman
​--------------------------------------​​​
​Brumley region
Iberia
"Countywide"
​Brays, Iberia region
​--------------------------------------​​
This roster does not claim to be final. It is simply the fullest accounting that can be made from the traces left behind — the sermons preached, the marriages solemnized, the funerals spoken, and the names that surface in minutes, memories, and margins. Others surely passed through Miller County whose names are now lost. Some stayed a lifetime; others stayed only long enough to preach a single sermon. Yet each, in their own way, helped stitch together the fabric of rural faith: the revivals in schoolhouses, the baptisms in creeks, the circuit riders on muddy roads, the resident pastors who buried generations.
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The voices of these ministers have long since faded from the pulpits and brush arbors where they once stood. Yet their echoes remain — in the hymns still sung, the congregations still gathered, and the stories still told. Their footsteps linger on the roads they traveled, their words carried forward in memory and tradition. This roster stands as a testament to their journeys, their labors, and the faith that carried them across the hills and hollows of Miller County.
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The itinerant
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The revivalist and evangelist
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The resident
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