Posted on 04/27/2015 9:36:35 AM PDT by OK Sun
Palmyra, TN – In 1865, Queen Victoria ruled England. Abraham Lincoln was elected to his second term in the United States. And Reverend Nute Larkins organized the Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Palmyra, Tennessee. This year, the Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church celebrates its 150th birthday.
The old Ebeneezer Cumberland Presbyterian Church, which was founded in 1846, was renamed Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1865. Originally, a one room log cabin in the hollow of East Creek, the early location was on the creek, subject to flooding.
The congregation persevered, building three different buildings on that site until they purchased the land that houses the current sanctuary. The congregation continues to worship in that sanctuary which was placed into service in 1945.
The church was adjacent to the Shiloh School, where some of today’s members were taught as children. When that school fell below the state’s requirements for a teacher in 1955, the Shiloh church purchased it for $2,050. That school is now the Shiloh fellowship hall, the site of many pot luck meals throughout the years.
In celebration, the church is having their 150th anniversary birthday party May 3rd. The church will begin the celebration May 3rd at 11:00am with a special service featuring the southern gospel music group, Damascus Road.
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Lincoln was not reelected in 1865.
Lincoln was not reelected in 1865.
Yea, currently the election takes place on January 6 by the incoming Congress on the year following the general elections: 3 U.S. Code § 15 - Counting electoral votes in Congress. Before this law was passed (in the Thirties, I think) the elections were held by the outgoing Congress sometime in December.
Presidential elections are the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November by the Constitution. 1864 was the Presidential election year in that cycle.
The November elections are to pick members of the Electoral College who then elect the President and Vice-President. These votes are counted in January nowadays. Which matters little, since the Electoral College votes were counted in December of 1864 in that election.
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