Today in History:

January 8, 1863

We visit the poor, sick, and aged of our congregation. Some very glad to see us. One, a Mrs. Measy, 85 years of age, nearly destitute but of sound mind. Requested that she be buried beside her husband in the churchyard. (NOTE: The Measy house is still standing at 559 South Main Street. A single brick house that at one time had a public pump in front on the sidewalk. After the death of her husband, she ran a boarding house there for an income. Her husband had been a shoemaker.)