Kit Carson United Methodist Church History, Cheyenne County, Colorado Contributed by Ginnie Flanders, GiMiFlan@aol.com March 2, 1999 HAYMOND MEMORIAL METHODIST CHURCH - 1911-1941 [Also known as THE KIT CARSON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH] Pastors, Marriages, Deaths, The following information was extracted from the 1941 bulletin celebrating the first 30 years of the Methodist Church in Kit Carson. Information in brackets [] has been added. A fund to build the Methodist Church in Kit Carson was started in 1910 by Reverend A. G. Voight. The building was completed in September 1911. The church was dedicated in October 1911 and named "Haymond Memorial" for Charles Haymond, an active member and contributor. Later additions included a basement and parsonage. HAYMOND MEMORIAL METHODIST CHURCH BULLETIN November 9, 1941 Kit Carson, Cheyenne County, Colorado Bulletin Note: "These records are not complete due to the inability to obtain necessary information" PASTORS who have served this Church: 1910-1911 ...... Rev. A. G. VOIGHT 1911-1913 ...... Rev. D. M. SCOTT 1913-1914 ...... Rev. G. W. DUDLEY 1914-1915 ...... Rev. F. C. JOHNSTON 1915-1917 ...... Rev. Frank WHITING 1917-1918 ...... Rev. W. L. DeMUNBRUN 1918-1920 ...... Rev. A. R. DENNIS 1920-1921 ...... Rev. Ray ALTAFFER 1921-1922 ...... Rev. George HOOTS 1922-1923 ...... Rev. F. R. JOHNSON 1923-1926 ...... Rev. J. B. PAYTON 1926-1931 ...... Rev. Ronald E. TERRY 1931-1933 ...... Rev. L.L. GAITHER 1933-1934 ...... Rev. STONE 1934-1937 ...... Rev. A. C. BRYANS 1937-1939 ...... Rev. B. W. DAVIS 1939-1941 ...... Rev. Harold B. BROWN 1941- .......... Rev. Raymond W. MOORE OFFICIAL BOARD MEMBERS April 1911 ANDERSON, J. W. BURNETT, R. I. CLEMM, Effie CRISSMAN, George CRISSMAN, Mrs. George [nee Dell WEST] DICK, Fred GENEVER, Benj. POOR, C. E. SHERMAN, Stanford SHERMAN, Mrs. Mary WHITEHEAD, Benj. WILLIAMS, George WILLIAMS, Mrs. Rachel WILSON, Daisy 1941 Board BLACK, L. G. COLLINS, Mrs. C. E. [nee Mary SMETHER] CUNNINGHAM, Miss FOREST. Karl FOREST, Lute FOREST, Mrs. Karl MARMION, Mrs. R. S. MARTIN, Mrs. Edward MCKEEVER, John NICOLARSON, Arthur PADGETT, Mrs. W. A. [nee Annie LARSON] PADGETT, W. A. Record of Marriages: (minister, date, groom, bride) Minister: Rev. D. M. Scott 29 Sep 1912 - Joseph J. LIESEN and Pearl ROBINSON 9 Dec 1912 - Fred B. FLETCHER and Myrtle GODLEY 24 Dec 1912 - James H. CURTIS and Mary SKINNER Minister: Rev. F. C. Johnston 22 Dec 1914 - James WILSON and Verta JOHNSON 23 Dec 1914 - Joseph D. MURPHY and Amy PETERSON 17 Mar 1916 - John H. LIESEN and Mamie MELBER [nee CRAIN] Minister: Rev. A. R. Dennis 8 May 1918 - Frank JELINEK and Irma MEIER 15 Jun 1919 - James H. WOLFE and E. May COCHRAN Minister: Rev. J. B. Payton 30 Dec 1924 - Wendell DODD and Nora COLVIN 25 Oct .... - Robert WILLIAMS and Margarete KELLY Minister: Rev. Ronald E. Terry 28 Sep 1927 - Harold WHITE and Edna GETMAN 21 Jan 1928 - Chester MARTIN and Stella WATKINS 10 Mar 1928 - William H. SHEARD and Helen CRAVEN 25 Jun 1929 - Robert BURNS and Ruth NEAL 11 May 1930 - Wm. H. RHOADES, Jr. and Adalene BENTLEY 20 Dec 1930 - Verne C. SALLEE and Lucy MCKOWN Minister: Rev. A. C. Bryans 11 Jul 1933 - Mr. SMITH and Ella WATKINS 2 Aug 1936 - Troy WILKERSON and Mildred SWISHER 2 Aug 1936 - Roger FORREST and Eva Belle HALDERMAN 6 Sep 1936 - Herbert CROW and Joan LIESEN 4 Apr 1937 - Rod KNUDTSEN and Barbara WHERRY 7 Jul 1937 - Coulson LASELLE and Nan G. WRIGHT Minister: Rev. H. B. Brown 19 Jun 1940 - Max MILLS and June FORREST 27 Oct 1940 - Buck PRICE and Doris FORREST 16 Mar 1941 - Richard PRICE and Florence FORREST FUNERAL SERVICES "IN MEMORIAM" Minister: D. M. Scott 31 Dec 12 ... Dorothy COLLINS [b 1911.daughter of Roy and Pearl RHOADES COLLINS] Minister: F. C. Johnston 10 Oct 14 ... NOWOWIEJSKI 3 Mar 15 ... MCCARTHY - 4 Mar 15 ... BENGSTON [Juanita b. 1914, daughter of Emil and Maude ROACH BENGSTON] Minister: A. R. Dennis 11 Feb 18 ... Mr. MANKER 27 Mar 18 ... Lewis F. RHOADES 8 Oct 18 ... Clarence WATKINS 6 Dec 18 ... Mrs. Hazel GRABNER [wife of George GRABNER] 5 Apr 19 ... Mrs. D. C. ROSE Minister: J. B. Payton 21 Dec 25 ... Mr. Jack MCCOMISH [diptheria, husband of Olive NYE MCCOMISH] 23 Nov 26 ... Eva Jean WILLIAMS Minister: Ronald E. Terry 20 Mar 27 ... Miss Clarice FULLER 18 Apr 27 ... Mrs. Frances RICHMOND 28 May 27 ... Mrs. CLEMENS 15 Jun 27 ... Conant L. LASELLE 3 Jul 27 ... Mrs. Chas. CHRISTOHER 17 Sep 27 ... Mr. Cyrus PLATNER 16 Jul 28 ... Mrs. Mary FRY 11 Nov 28 ... Mrs. Mary MANN 13 Jan 29 ... Miss Lila STRONG 3 Feb 29 ... Majorie LASELLE 4 Feb 29 ... Mr. Anton OLSEN 18 Feb 29 ... Mrs. Elda WOOD 7 Jul 29 ... Mrs. W. V. MARTIN 7 Jul 29 ... David NICOLARSEN 28 Jul 30 ... Juanita May HARVEY 11 Feb 31 ... Mr. William STRONG 22 Feb 31 ... Claude JACKSON Minister: A. C. Bryans 9 Aug 34 ... Mrs. Roy COLLINS 30 Jul 35 ... Mr. George PRESSE 29 Dec 35 ... Mrs. Lula KNOTHE 2 Jan 36 ... Mr. David A. DERBY 5 Jan 36 ... Mrs. Effie T. BESANCON 16 Feb 36 ... Mrs. Sara I. RHOADES 7 Mar 37 ... Mr. R. J. MUSGRAVE 28 Apr 36 ... Mr. Raymond VAN HOUSEN 17 Jul 16 ... Mrs. Anna M. JOHNSON 2 Aug 36 ... Child of George YOUNG 10 Aug 36 ... Margaret RUCK 25 Nov 36 ... Mr. Arthur GREEN 20 Dec 36 ... Mrs. Josephine H. COLVIN 22 Dec 36 ... Mrs. Maud ROACH BENGSTON 16 Jan 37 ... Mr. Isaac WATKINS 27 Mar 37 ... Mr. John B. BARBER 24 May 37 ... Mrs. Grace LESSENDEN 26 Jun 37 ... Mrs. Leona MASSEY Minister: H. B. Brown 5 Jan 41 ... 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