Going to Church in 1845 - Part 1

Several mentions of Benjamin Upton and his family
Benjamin Upton settled in Pennsylvania after serving in Ohio in the War of 1812.

                                    Benjamin Upton                                       

B: 1793

MD, USA

D: 3 Mar 1877

Garland, Warren, PA, USA

Eleanor McCray

B: 27 Mar 1798

Pennsylvania, USA

D: 27 Mar 1857

Pennsylvania, USA

Marriage 12 Sep 1823

Children
Nancy Upton 11 Aug 1824 Pennsylvania, USA
Samuel Upton 20 Nov 1825 - 4 Sep 1847
Robert Upton 11 Mar 1827, Cherry Creek, Chautauqua, NY  - 7 Feb 1877
Eve Ann Upton 21 Aug 1829, Pennsylvania, USA - 25 Apr 1856
Eliza Jane Upton 3 Mar 1831, Garland, Warren, PA - 10 Oct 1898, Kane, PA
James Upton 20 Sep 1834, Garland, Warren, PA , USA - 11 May 1905, Garland, Warren, PA , USA
John McCray Upton 1 Mar 1837, Pennsylvania, USA - 21 Nov 1900, Pennsylvania

Going to Church in 1845

Old Time Tales of Warren County

A Sabbath morning in the Brokenstraw Valley in June of the year 1845. Young meadow larks are trying their wings in the stumpy pasture lands along the creek, bobolinks balance and swing in the blackberry bushes at the edge of Benjamin Upton's rye field. Catbirds, goldfinches, field sparrows, orioles and the silvery voiced larks make all the soft summer air melodious. Between its grassy banks the gentle waters of the Brokenstraw move placidly, mirroring the dense, overhanging willows and the blue sky with its puffs of white cloud. It is a lovely land of sunshine and birdsong, bees clambering in the pink and blue morning glories which grow wild everywhere in the fields and the balmiest of June breezes bringing from the northwest the sweet breath of great forests.

In the very midst 'of the valley, surrounded by green fields, and not far from the bank of the creek stands the little church wherein worships the first religious organization formed in Warren County. It has already been a number of years since the congregation first gathered at the home of James White and organized the Broken-straw Presbyterian Church. During the interim the congregation has met regularly for worship at the homes of its members, in barns, on the bank of the creek.

The little church stands in the corner of the small cemetery with its few white stones, evergreens and blue-blossoming myrtle creeping in the corners. Two doors give entrance to the church, the one on the right for the women, the other for the men. It is half past nine o'clock, preaching is at ten-thirty, the doors are already open, waiting the congregation.

SOURCE:Ancestry.com. Old time tales of Warren County [database on-line]. Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.
Original data: Bristow, Arch.. Old time tales of Warren County. Meadville, Pa.: Press of Tribune Pub. Co., 1932.