Pocahontas Bell

August/05/2009 12:35 Filed in: West Tennessee
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In 1964, C. P. Roland wrote: "The church of Christ in Pocahontas, Tennessee had its beginning almost a century ago when T. B. Larimore held the first meeting there in 1872. A tornado destroyed their first building. The second building was started in 1907 and not fully complete when J. D. Tant came for a gospel meeting in 1908. Brother Tant arrived on Friday prior to the meeting and helped place the bell in the belfry. Seeing that the inside of the building was still unpainted, he told them he would "whitewash" it with the gospel. The large bell was donated by Ben Carr, father-in-law of W. H. Owen, recently deceased, of McMinnville, Tenn."

C. P. Roland, Gospel Advocate, Feb. 6, 1964, p. 92

The photo taken 3 Aug 2009 is of the bell at Pocahontas which is 36 inches wide at the bottom. It was made by the C. S. Bell Company in Hillsboro, Ohio. The inside of the bell has the numbers 5 2 08 which indicates it was molded May 2, 1908.

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For the Gospel Advocate article by brother Roland in its entirety, go to http://churchofchrist-newhope.com/HardemanCo/Pocahontas/Pocahontas.html