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Origin of Old Friendship Church

NOTE: The  original church book from Nov. 1875 to April 1941 plus a few pictures &  history of Old Friendship Church is on microfilm at Nashville – copies can be bought from: The Historical Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention … Continue reading

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Golden Wedding Celebration of W. R. and Sabria Clack

From the Rhea County News, Sept. 17, 1915 Sunday, September 12, 1915, was a great day for Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Clack, who live in Rhea county, about ten miles east of Spring City. Fifty years ago on that date … Continue reading

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Children of Asa and Elizabeth Newport

Children of Asa (1802-1876) and Elizabeth (Rogers) Newport (1801-1877) who moved from Rhea County: Sarah and A.J. Bolinger to Arkansas Polly Ann and Isaac P. Cline to Missouri John and Frances M. Underwood to Missouri Ezekiel and Leanna C. Underwood … Continue reading

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NEWSPORT, Elder Asa (1877)

Elder Asa Newport Dies The following obit was printed in the “Signs of the Times” Vol. 45 Middletown, N.Y., April 15, 1877 – No.8 ELDER ASA NEWPORT, an aged Baptist minister, died at his residence in Rhea County, Tenn. He … Continue reading

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CLACK, Sabria Newport

Spring City (By Herald Correspondent) Mrs. Sabria Caroline Clack, widow of the late William Raleigh Clack, died Tuesday morning, May 15th, age 85 years,1 month and 10 days. She was the daughter of the late Rev. and Mrs. Asa Newport. … Continue reading

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