”The Methodist Episcopal Church and Society of Lyndon was organized by Revs. W. Buck and G. L. S. Stuff in 1841, the first members being Chauncey G. Woodruff and Leonora Hazard. Soon afterwards the following persons united with the church: Dr. Augustin Smith, Lucy Smith, Lucy Ann Ware, J. D. Odell, Samantha Reynolds and Harry R. Smith.”

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History of Whiteside County, Illinois, by Charles Bent, 1877, page 287