Family History Research Assistance
for Clarke County, Iowa
CHURCH:
OTTER CREEK
Otter Creek Church, near Woodburn, an early member of the Western Association, was organized on Saturday before the third Sunday in November 1861, in the northwest corner of Clarke County, with six charter members. Elder John A. Whiteley and others assisted in the constitution. By March 1862, William Lafollett, a member of the church, wrote that the membership had grown to 12. References to the location of this church indicate it also met part of the time in Warren County, Iowa. The meetings were probably held in the homes of the members. Elder William Morphew united with the church in 1867, and was ordained to the ministry here in 1868. He served the church as pastor until 1885, when he removed to Missouri. The church probably ceased to exist about that time.
SURNAMES OF MEMBERS:
Lafollett, Morlan, Morphew, Oliver, Rowland, Wood (very incomplete list due to loss of records).
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