OLD CALVARY METHODIST CHURCH

The Calvary Methodist Church was once located on this site before the brick structure was built across the road. On November 4, 1842, members of the community met to discuss the Wigglesworth Kidnapping. In attendance at the meeting were future U.S. Congressman David Fisher and Ohio State Senator Doughty Utter. The group condemned the act as “a heinous crime” and petitioned the Governor of Ohio to intervene on the family’s behalf. The Wigglesworth family was carried off to Kentucky and eventually to Missouri.