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Richard Conwell

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Richard Conwell

Birth
Berkeley County, West Virginia, USA
Death
19 Jan 1845 (aged 57)
Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Section B, Lot 19, Grave 3
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Richard Conwell was the son of Arthur Conwell and Elizabeth Davenport, Grandson of Abraham Davenport and Mary Simms/Semmes . Richard's first married Mary Ann Grover Oct. 25, 1810 in Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, Richard 2nd Marriage was to Eliza Beatty October 27, 1830 in Greene County, Ohio.

Historical Record of Xenia showing that Richard Conwell was a Church Trustee in 1819.

Methodist Church:

The exact date at which a Methodist church was organized in Xenia, can not now be ascertained. According to an old record Xenia appears on the list of appointments for Mad River Circuit, June 19, 1808. It is probable the organization took place about this time; John Sale, presiding elder, and Thomas Milligan and James Davidson, circuit preachers.

A quarterly meeting was held January 30, 1819, at Rehoboth meeting­house, Rev. Moses Crume presiding, at which the building of a place of worship was discussed, resulting in favor of erecting a house at Xenia, and Frederick Bonner, Chappel Bonner, Richard Conwell, Peter Pelham, and Thomas Perkins, were appointed trustees. It is recorded that a quarterly meeting was also held at the house of Philip Good, July 24, 1819.
Richard Conwell was the son of Arthur Conwell and Elizabeth Davenport, Grandson of Abraham Davenport and Mary Simms/Semmes . Richard's first married Mary Ann Grover Oct. 25, 1810 in Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, Richard 2nd Marriage was to Eliza Beatty October 27, 1830 in Greene County, Ohio.

Historical Record of Xenia showing that Richard Conwell was a Church Trustee in 1819.

Methodist Church:

The exact date at which a Methodist church was organized in Xenia, can not now be ascertained. According to an old record Xenia appears on the list of appointments for Mad River Circuit, June 19, 1808. It is probable the organization took place about this time; John Sale, presiding elder, and Thomas Milligan and James Davidson, circuit preachers.

A quarterly meeting was held January 30, 1819, at Rehoboth meeting­house, Rev. Moses Crume presiding, at which the building of a place of worship was discussed, resulting in favor of erecting a house at Xenia, and Frederick Bonner, Chappel Bonner, Richard Conwell, Peter Pelham, and Thomas Perkins, were appointed trustees. It is recorded that a quarterly meeting was also held at the house of Philip Good, July 24, 1819.

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