Edward W. Arnold

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James Seward Arnold

Sadie B. Condon

Ivaleen Hadwin

Lorrel M. Hadwin

Veradel McLaughlin

Joseph Alexander McLaughlin

Clara Teresa Bonebrake

Gnoma Phetteplace

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John Starr Bonebrake

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There were nine preachers in the rotation. They preached four time s a day

A morning service, 11 AM, 3 PM and an evening service

The services lasted for ele ven days

There were four reported conversions including a Mr. Riggs and James Parker, son o f one of the preachers. There were also a number who joined the church including Mrs. Rigg s and her son. And that was before the church building existed. Three entries from the Diary of Milton Wright can be read on his Diary Page. «tab»Milton Wright Bishop Milton Wright Before buildings, meetings were held in homes, barns, schools, or outdoors - like the meeting s under the trees at the "Pine Grove." The concern was outreach, not membership and pretty bu ildings. But as more congregations erected buildings, the UB church addressed the matter i n 1837. "Let all our meeting houses be built plainly and neatly, with free seats, and not mor e expensive than necessary." At that time there was an old custom; women used one door an d men the other. Young boys sat on one side, young girls sat on the other, and families sa t in the middle section. Adaptaion of a 1950s photograph shows what the original building looked like before its man y additions It was in 1869 that John Newman and Nathaniel Cockelreas with the help of others in the commu nity began to erect the church building. Mr. James Dixon furnished most of the materials an d money for the project. It originally was surrounded by Pine trees. The county road at th at time ran between the church and the creek. Some stables were also on the south side of th e church. In July of 1878 G.W. and Mary Granger sold the property to the United Brethren fo r one dollar. John Starr Bonebrake was a carriage maker and a carpenter by trade. He buil t the pews for the church in 1888. The larger ones were donated to Fir Point Camp and are no w being used in Randall Memorial Chapel. In March of 1885 the Diary of Saphronia Brown tells of the funeral of a family member named S ummer at the Pine Grove Church. John (Casebeer)? brought the coffin out and a funeral proces sion started from the house to the church a little before noon. The sermon was preached at o ne o'clock by two men, a Mr. Webb and a Mr. Sharp. Some of those in attendance were Dave Hun ter, Tom Hatfield, Andrew Willis, Andrew Ingram, Will Bonebrake and Sam Lough. The Rosebur g Review, a democrat paper published by J.R.N. Bell had the notice of Summer's death. Some o f the obituary read: "Though always a good boy in the common acceptation of the term, he was not converted until n early fifteen years old, Sept 21st 1878, was baptized in the same year and joined the Unite d Brethren Church (Pine Grove) and there remained and labored for the building up of the caus e nearest and dearest to his heart... " «tab» Transportation to Church? - George Kohlagen's hack at the old Dixonville General Store @ 1900 In August of 1886, Milton Wright (now a Bishop in the UB), once again visited the P ine Grove Church on Deer Creek. His diary records that on Saturday he dined with John Newma n. On Sunday, August 8, he Preached at Pine Grove at 11:00 AM and 2:30 PM. His text was Rev . 1:5 and Heb. 10:35 "on the exalted character of Christ, as shown in the Epistle to Hebrews. " After church he dined on the grounds with the Brown's. On Monday he preached at the Metho dist Episcopal Church of Roseburg and on Tuesday he preached at the Lookingglass hall. Travel by train in the late 1800s (This pic from Myrtle Point Station) «tab» in August of 1887 Milton visited Pine Grove again. He called on John Newman. John Starr Bonb rake, A.H. Brown, and John Casebeer. He commented that the Speaking Meeting was "right good. " During his stay he lodged at McClellen House. One of the "highlights" of the trip is tha t he broke off a poison oak leaf and later wiped his forehead with his hands

I'm sure he le ft Pine Grove with memories. On Wednesday a Dr. Marsters took him to the Depot Hotel and gav e him his breakfast. From there he took the train and "went on freight to Ashland." The Pine Grove Community Sunday School was established around 1898. There were Sunday Schoo l classes each Sunday morning, and church services were held whenever possible. The United Brethren sold the church and property to A. M. Gallagher for "the sum o f Ten Dollars and other good and valuable considerations" in October of 1908, but church serv ices continued with a minister coming out from Roseburg at least once a month. A year late r the members of the congregation decided that they wanted to buy the church building and pro perty from Mr. Gallagher. Among themselves they raised $400 for this purpose, and borrowe d $200 from the First Baptist Church in Roseburg. They paid Mr. Gallagher the $600 that h e had asked, and a deed was made out to the First Baptist Church as a legal precaution in Apr il of 1909. For a time during World War I years no services were held in the church. Mr. John Casebear and the Gilliams started Sunday School and church services agai n in 1918. Jim Mars and his brother Raymond began attending Pine Grove in 1925. Even bac k then, they remember Cora Collison and D.D. Ranall. There was a pump organ in the church a t that time, and the fellow who played it made it do everything it was made to do and some th ings it wasn't made to do

This time services continued except for a short time during Worl d War II. In 1938 James R. Denham, a Baptist Minister wrote an article for the News Review a bout a Revival Meeting that was held at Pine Grove. To view the article Click Here. S.Deer Creek Sunday School in the 1920s May 1, 1945 Mrs. Cora Collison asked Brother D. D. Randall, the American Sunday School Missio nary in this area, to come to her home and help a number of interested people to reorganize t he Sunday School. Some of them were: Edity Brauch, Esther Morberg, Norma Hatfield, Doris (M erry) Loop, Marceline (McCormack) Kniffen and Eileen Smith. The Sunday School took the nam e "Pine Grove Union Sunday School." "Those at the meeting decided on who would be the Sunda y School teachers. There were plenty of volunteer teachers for all the classes. Eileen Smit h... Edna & Lawrence Gillam & others." Since that time regular Sunday School classes have co ntinued to meet at Pine Grove. «tab» Cora Collison Both D.D. Randall and Glen Goddard, Randall's successor would stop by Pine Grove once every t wo or three months (sometimes unannounced) and hold Morning Services. At that time there wa s only a Sunday School, but when the area Missionary showed up, they would all stay an extr a 45 minutes or so for Church. In the 1930s and 40s Randall drove a motorcycle with a sideca r that had a big box on it. He would drive up wearing his motorcycle clothes and then take h is church clothes out of the box and change. He preached and told wonderful stories to the k ids. The kids always liked to see him come. Jim Mars noted that Randall wore leggins ove r his pants, and sometimes he didn't take them off to preach

The kids were more intereste d in his outfit and his motercycle than his preaching. Raymond Mars attended Pine Grove a s a child. To view his description of the Sunday School, Click Here. He also gave a descrip tion of Dixonville in the 1930s here. In 1949 Athur Kelstrup held services at Pine Grove Picture Taken in the late 1940s The congregation leased the church building from the First Baptist Church in 1953 for 99 year s, with the understanding that they keep making the insurance payments, and continually hol d services. Rev. C. N. Currier of Roseburg became Pine Grove's pastor in 1953. He preached ea ch Sunday morning and evening until April 1955. After this the Sunday School Classes continued to meet each Sunday morning and th e Youth Group met each Sunday evening. At times, because Pine Grove was only a one room chur ch, during Vacation Bible Schools, some kids would be at Deer Creek or the Grange and the res t at Pine Grove. Dr. R. L. Dunn of Roseburg began regular Sunday morning and evening services at Pin e Grove in 1958. He organized the Sunday School into a church body in 1959. There was a dedi cation service and 36 people signed as charter members. That year the church celebrated it s 90th birthday. An article from the News Review, Sept 18, 1959 can be viewed Here. Later i n the year officers were elected and the church was incorporated. Early in 1962 the congregation purchased the Pine Grove Church building and propert y of 1 acre from the First Baptist Church in Roseburg for $1,500 ... but for some reason, th e title never got transfered. Time passed until one day in 1981 a photographer came out to t ake a picture of "the property that First Baptist owned

" Cliff Broadwater quietly took car e of the matter and on June 22, 1981 the title to the property was back in the hands of Pin e Grove. After Dr. Dunn, those who ministered to the Pine Grove Community as part time pasto rs were: Rev. Richard Morehead 1960-1961 Rev. Earl Peterson 1961-1966 Pastor Dale Cundall 1967-1972 Pastor Roy Kellar 1972-1977 Three times the church had interim pastors. They were: Roy Kellar 1966- 1967 Bill Zimmerman Summer 1977 Charles Allison 1991 Twice the church had assistant Pastors or Youth Pastors Don Bailey 1968 Steve Stone 2001-2003 Our first full time pastor, Pastor Ernest Quaintance, came to Pine Grove in Januar y 1978. Pastor Quaintance continued to be Pastor of Pine Grove Community Church from Januar y 1978 until the last Sunday in December 1990. Pastor Charles Allison became the interim at Pine Grove the first of January 1991 , and continued his ministry there the entire year. Pastor Dennis Kreiss became Pastor the first of January 1992. Since that time a nu mber of changes have occurred. A new multipurpose building has been built with a large kitch en and modern bathrooms. An amphitheater has been constructed along the Deer Creek under th e "Pine Grove" continuing a 155 year old tradition of meeting outdoors to hear the Old Time G ospel Message

«tab» In 1994 the Church celebrated its 125th Anniversary. An article from the News Review can b e Found Here. This year, September 20, 2009 we will celebrate our 140th Anniversary

Sunday School Superintendents from 1920 were: Mrs. Pearl Wilson Mrs. Lawrence Gilliam Mrs. Winnie "mother" McCormack Mrs. Hatie Ingram Mrs. Cora Callison Mrs Esther Morberg Mrs Helen Childers Mrs Thelma Stubblefield Mr. Gary Lewis Mr. Edward Karcher Mrs. Arnola Freeman Mrs. Vicki Johnston Mrs. Evie Jepsen Youth Directors were: Elward and Eileen Smith 1950-1960 Rev and Mrs Morehead 1960-1961 Elward and Eileen Smith 1961-1967 Dale and Frances Bonebrake 1968 Dick and Lillian Lundsten Carl and Sonja Mason 1975-1985 Kyle and Marcia Ingram 1992-1998 Bob and Jackie Miller 1999-2001 Steve Stone 2001-2002 Kyle & Maria Ingram 2002-2006 Mike & Laura Hampton 2006-Present Pine Grove Bus Drivers during the 1950s and 1960s: Elward Smith Sunday School Mary Ellen Collison Sunday School Elward Smith Youth Group For more history check out our Timeline Page History Of The Pine Grove Church Building The building is located In the middle of a 1 acre piece of property. It originall y was surrounded by Pine trees. The county road at that time ran between the church and th e creek. Some stables were also on the south side of the church, as well as a board fence. It was built in 1869. The original structure was 32' X 64' inside. The ceiling wa s 13' high. There were 4 narrow windows on each sidewall. The windows were 8'5"high. Insid e and out, the building was finished with clap board siding painted white. The roof was hig h pitched and covered with shale shingles. The gable ends faced north and south. Complete ly across both ends of the church was a good sized porch. Two doors were entrances to the b uilding from both porches. The original part of the Pine Grove Church still stands, and is the present sanctua ry, but many changes have taken place over the years. With the first CE addition built in 1957 «tab»Building the CE Wing in 1962 In 1944 Mrs. Harry Collison Senior and Mrs. Lewin Parker finished tearing down the badly dete riorated remains of the north porch, and then Mr. Collison Sr. and Mr. Parker built some ne w steps up to the door on the right side. This was just before the Sunday School was reorga nized in 1945. In 1953 a small kitchen was added to the back and two rooms (now the pastor's study and chu rch office) have been added to the front where the front porch used to be. The kitchen and t wo bathrooms are now where the back porch used to be. In 1957 an annex was added to the wes t side, making a social room or fellowship Hall. «tab» In 196o a bell was brought over from Roberts Creek School and placed on two posts in fro nt of the church. In 1983 it would be permanently installed in our steeple. The Bell is mad e by the C.S. Bell Co. and is called a Hillsboro.0 22". It was probably manufactured in th e early 1900s. A large parchment was drawn up in commemoration which partially reads, "In th e dedication of the church bell, hung in 1960, we honor the memory of those early men who wer e the builders of the Pine Grove Church." Nearly 90 names of the early church founders are l isted on this poster. In 1962 a second annex was added making a nursery, and class rooms, and giving the chu rch building an L shape, and in 1968 a new new front entrance was added where the two section s join. For many years there was a large covered deck across the back. «tab»replica of our church bell The New Entrance in 1969 «tab»The Bell Tower in the 70s The last part of 1991 a double wide mobile home was moved on the property as a pars onage. In 2005 Construction of an Amphitheater under the "Pine Grove on the Deer Creek" wa s begin. In 2008 a large multipurpose building was constucted with large new bathrooms an d a large kitchen. Bill watkins and Jim Cagle supervised the project. They were able to bui ld the new building at 1/2 to 1/3 the cost

When we finally completed the building we ha d a few hundred dollars left in the building fund

SOURCE OF INFORMATION Mr. O. C. Brown Mrs. Hattie Ingram Mrs. Vera Banning Mrs. Cora Collison Mrs. Idella Kincaid Mrs. Harry Hatfield Mrs. Bessie Campbell Mrs. Bessie Newby Mrs. Vannie Jack Mrs. Ruby Wadsworth Mrs. Freda Karcher Yearbook from First Baptist - Roseburg The Umpqua Trapper - Roseburg Historical Society Diary of Milton Wright "Beside the beautiful Willamette" Randy Neuman - United Brethren Historian Raymond Mars - "Back Home" United Brethren History - http://www.ub.org/about/history.html Note on Camp Meetings from Elizabeth Courier 1863 http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~orbenton/ wpa/IntervC.html John Starr Bonebrake John Starr Bonebrake was born 23 Jan 1838. He married Mary Elizabeth Arnold on 27 Nov 1 956 in Marion County, Iowa. The marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. Henry Bonebrake. The y immigrated west while Mary was pregnant and spent a year at Setters Mill, near Placerville , California. They then moved to the area of Roseburg, Oregon first settling south of town on the Ump qua River. Later, they moved to Dixonville, east of Roseburg, to a place that is about one mi le north of what is now the Dixonville Store. John Starr was a carriage-maker and carpenter by trade. He made the benches for the Pin e Grove Church in Dixonville. Around his farm, he took care of their orchard and tended the s tock. This is where John Starr and Mary Elizabeth Bonebrake lived out the remainder of thei r lives. His children and grandchildren loved him and respected him, however he was very stri ct with them. Although he was unwell in his old age, family and friends often met together a t his home for an evening of singing and popping popcorn in the fireplace. He was a compassionate man who retained his sense of humor until he died in 1909 of wha t was called "bladder trouble." One of his granddaughters called him "one of my very good pal s." John Starr and Mary Bonebrake are buried on top of a hill east of Roseburg in Burts Cemet ary among family and friends. Written by Teresa Adu Bonebrake his great granddaughter March 1981 More About JOHN STARR BONEBRAKE: Fact 1: 1842, in Illinois Fact 2: 1844, in Iowa Fact 3: 1852, in Corvallis, Oregon Fact 4: He also lived in Jackson County, Oregon Fact 5: He was a farmer and a stockman. Fact 6: He was the youngest child in his family.

Mary Elizabeth Arnold

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Mr. Bodyfell

Porter

Samuel Vinton Arnold

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Harriet Newell Smith

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Hugh Hunter

Isaac Comstock

David Arnold Comstock

Jennie Reynolds

Fred Arnold