“In 1888, F. Walden came to Washington and took up the work at Waitsburg. He had served for sixteen years on the Iowa State board. He was urged by many of the leading preachers of the territory to take the lead in organizing our people into a Territorial Convention,. He accordingly issued a call September 1, 1888, for such a gathering. We met in Ellensburg, October 4, 1888, and organized the Washington Christian Convention. F. Walden was elected president; Jas. E. Denton, vice-president; J. B. Daisley. corresponding secretary, and T. J. Hollewell, treasurer. Money was pledged and the work started. But little was done the first year, owing to our inability to secure a territorial evangelist who could continue in the work. C. F. Cioode labored for the board for three months and met with fair success. The second meeting of the convention was held in Waitsburg in October, 1889. Neal Cheatham was chosen president, J. T. Eshelman, vice-president; F. Walden, secretary, and John R. Ware, treasurer.”

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Churches of Christ, by John Thomas Brown, 1904, page 290