Gwinnett-Muscogee-Hancock County GaArchives Biographies.....Dimon, S. H. August 15 1854 - living in 1911
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Author: J. C. Flanigan
Rev. S. H. Dimon.

	Rev. Stephen Henry Dimon was born August 15, 1854 at Columbus, 
Muscogee county, Georgia. His early education was in the public school of 
Columbus and then was prepared for college at the Wynnton Academy under the 
tuition of Mr. R. W. B. M. Monroe. He was sent to Emory College where he 
remained four years. During Junior year, while at Emory, he was licensed to 
preach at Oxford, Georgia, by Dr. Frank Cook of the North Georgia Conference. 
His first work after leaving college was teaching school at Culverton, Hancock 
county, Georgia. While teaching here, he was married to Miss Claud Yarbrough 
of Oxford, Ga., September 28, 1878. In the fall of 1878, he joined the North 
Georgia Conference at Marietta, Ga., Bishop H. N. McTyeire presiding and was 
immediately transferred to the Florida Conference and stationed at Ellaville, 
Madison county, Florida, where he had a successful pastorate of one year. From 
Ellaville, he was transferred back to the North Georgia Conference and sent to 
the Newnan circuit. Serving this charge one year, he was ordained deacon by 
Bishop H. N. McTyeire at Rome, Ga. in 1880 and was appointed to Lawrenceville, 
Gwinnett county, Ga. Lawrenceville was then a circuit of four churches, viz: 
Lawrenceville, New Hope, Prospect and Pleasant Hill, now Dacula. In July of 
this year 1881, he was elected principal of the Wynnton Academy at Columbus, 
Ga. which school he accepted and served one year. He then taught one year at 
Rock Mills, Ala. He was then re-admitted to the North Alabama Conference at 
Birmingham, Ala., and during the years 1884 and 1885, served the Oak Bowery 
circuit in Chambers Co., Ala. He was ordained elder by Bishop A. W. Welson at 
Gadsden, Ala. in the fall of 1885 and was appointed to Athens station.

	After a most delightful term of three years at Athens, he was 
appointed to Elyton station, Birmingham, Ala. His next appointment was 
Tuscumbia, Ala. and in June, 1891, was transferred by Bishop Haygood to the 
Los Angeles Conference and stationed at Santa Ana, California. He was next 
stationed at West End, and then at Bellview Ave., Los Angeles. He was then 
transferred to the North Georgia Conference and served the Monticello circuit 
two years. Here he witnessed two years of great revival power-235 being added 
to the church.

	In 1895, he was pastor of the First church, Gainesville, Ga. In 1896 
and 1897 he was pastor of St. Paul, Atlanta, Ga., and then one year at Second 
church, Rome, Ga. From Rome to Lavonia one year and then Bowman two years. 
From Bowman back to Atlanta and stationed at Mt. Vernon. His next appointment 
was the Forsyth circuit and from Forsyth to Hampton. After three years at 
Hampton, two years were spent on the Salem charge, and from Salem to 
Loganville where he is now serving the third year. During his ministry, he has 
baptized and received into the church about 1000 persons and married about 100 
couples.


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From:

GWINNETT CHURCHES
A COMPLETE HISTORY OF EVERY CHURCH
IN GWINNETT COUNTY, GEORGIA,
WITH SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES OF ITS
MINISTERS
BY
J. C. FLANIGAN
1911

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