The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, August 27, 1943 Page: 2 of 10
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of the visitors at the Co-
Methodist Church Home-
ing and Dedication Week re-
Uy was Rev. W. Yeargln Swlt-
son of the late "Uncle Cape"
amt a cousin of our
townsman, Sam 8wilier
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Rev. Switzer is now pastor of
| the Bayer, Oklahoma Methodist
Church and h«p been an ordained
minister for about 40 years and
serviW for four years as a presid-
w“ elder in Oklahoma.
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rv Switzer's brother, John.
the De Leon Pree
tn 1899 and Yeargln, him-
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— » letter received recently
by The Chief. Rev. Switzer says.
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*1 cannot tell you -how much I
enjoyed my visit So Comanche,
the scenes of. my childhood and
youth
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"Though I have not lived in
Comanche for more than 40
Xyays. 1 still think of that town
eg my home. To renew the scenes
sf other days and meet old friends
and to make new ones was a
delight,.indeed.
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“I am enclosing herewith a
draft of some of the things I said
lg my talk, of reminiscenes dur-
ing the homecoming, all In a way
had to do with the Comanche
Methodist Church before 1900.
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T trust this'article will be of
totores* to all your readers wheth-
er members of the Methodist
Church or not as it picture# the
conditions true to all the churches
oi voSf thne, of course varying
according to the customs and be-
lief in some respects of the dif-
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“My reference to my own father
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metotntbu^rconnection with the
congregation and because the old
timers so frequently linked them
with the early religious history of
Comanche.” .
The article follows:
THE METHODIST CHURCH,
Comanche. Texas
Prior to 1900
In !8?t there was established
at Comanche “The Maaonnc In-
stitute" and a young Ex-Confed-
erate soldier, a Master of Arts
of the University of Mississippi,
became its president. His name
- was Dgvid 0. Switzer. J
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fii 1873 he persuaded his breth-
er. my father. W. C. Bwi'zer to
mum to Comanche to take un
After two yrirs here
built a two store stone
in Um-aortlivest yurt
, now-owned and occupied
by Mrs. N. «. Ocrdhar. where he
resided until his death In Jan-
»U.
About 1879 the old stone Metho-
ch gras erected on the
be present commodious
My father and W W
i were on the building
„ and each contributed
in cash to the building fund
labor in putting in the
a fearless pro-
led when I was
mber him with
daughter Miss Ellen
a coward.
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“I have lived to
that prayer Is
the preacher of this
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in Colorado which was his first.
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sity He afterward was a Profes-
Among other pastors before 1900 > sor in Weatherford College and
I remember C. W Dafaiel. R R. Clarendon College. He died at
'Gizzard Lip) Raymond, Bam J. Houston.
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Pranks was a tall red haired sett and O. F. Sensabaugh. The
man who was fearless ^and force- former had lost a leg and walked
ful in his d'Sbunclafion of all on a peg leg.
kinds of sin. He wad-pastor here,- * •
when the hectic prohibition cam-J My uncle, Ben W. Switzer who
paign of 1887 was on. — j lived near Blanket had also lost
• • I a leg In the Civil War mid since
I have to my scrap book an It was the “other leg” he and
appointment 87 years ago.
I cannot mention all the glor-
ious names of laymen who have
had to do with the progress of
this church. I recall a few whom
I mention here.
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There was Uncle Josiah Tun-
nell. the bass singer and who
though nearly 70 years of age
was the first president of the
Epworth League organized about
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Wilkerson, J. C. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, August 27, 1943, newspaper, August 27, 1943; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth888626/m1/2/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.