{"id":1586,"date":"2012-09-13T10:44:19","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T14:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/?page_id=1586"},"modified":"2021-09-21T21:41:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T02:41:56","slug":"dedication-of-mt-zion-methodist-episcopal-church-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/dedication-of-mt-zion-methodist-episcopal-church-south\/","title":{"rendered":"Dedication of Mt. Zion Methodist Episcopal Church, South"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obiontn\/church\/dedication-of-Mt_Zion_Meth_So.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obiontn\/church\/dedication-of-Mt_Zion_Meth_So.jpg\" alt=\"Dedication of Mt. Zion Methodist Episcopal Church, South\" width=\"771\" height=\"639\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Photo submitted by <a href=\"mailto:ncsmall [at] comcast [dot] net?Subject=Photo%20of%20Dedication-MtZion%20Church\">Nancy Small<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">May 29, 1910<br \/>\nLeft to Right:<br \/>\nRev. C. C. Newbill, Rev. S. F. Wynn, Rev. C. D. Hilliard,<br \/>\nRev. J. T. McGill, Rev. W. H. Witt, Rev. Sim Weaver<\/p>\n<p>The Rev. Simpson Weaver, who married Louisiana Dement, was my great-grandfather. He was pastor at several Methodist churches in the Obion County area, including Shady Grove and Chapel Hill. He was the first minister of Chapel Hill (outside Martin) and he, his wife, and several family members are buried there.<\/p>\n<p>I would love to hear from anyone else who has information about his family.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks,<br \/>\nNancy Small<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">PS: Rev. Weaver died the next year in 1911.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo submitted by Nancy Small May 29, 1910 Left to Right: Rev. C. C. Newbill, Rev. S. F. Wynn, Rev. C. D. Hilliard, Rev. J. T. McGill, Rev. W. H. Witt, Rev. Sim Weaver The Rev. Simpson Weaver, who married <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/dedication-of-mt-zion-methodist-episcopal-church-south\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2448,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1586\/revisions\/2448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}