April 6, 1894 - Mayfield News in the Mayfield Voice - "Mayfield: Then & Now" - Page 358

April 6, 1894 - Mayfield News in the Mayfield Voice 
"Mayfield: Then & Now" - Page 358

Married at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at 4 p.m., Mr. E. P. Freeman and Miss Stella Greathouse. Both are prominent young people in the community. The church was handsomely decorated with evergreens and natural flowers. Mr. Jonas Evans acted as groomsman and Miss Lula Nunn bridesmaid. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. W. Foose.  The church was crowded with spectators. May peace, joy and prosperity ever attend the young couple through life, is our wish.

Marriage Licenses
  A.M. Smith, Lacey O.T. age 43
  Mae Close, Mayfield, age 22
  E.P. Freeman, Mayfield age 30
  Stella Greathouse, Mayfield, age 19

The Mayfield Voice was published from March 16, 1894, until February 28, 1895.  Subscription price was $1.00 per year in advance, and it was published every Friday by Lyman Naugle. Office of Publication on Washington Avenue,Wellington, Kansas.  Telephone No. 26. 

Amanuensis Monday - Worship in the Community - Mayfield: Then & Now

Mayfield: Then & NowCopyright 2003; Compiled and Written by Elaine Clark and Sherry Kline

Chapter: Worship in the Community, Compiled & written by Elaine Clark, p. 91

In 1879, two years after the formation of Osborn Township, and one year before Mayfield was officially declared a town, two churches were organized. The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in the town of Belleview, one mile east of the current site of Mayfield.  On Sept 6 of that same year, folks met in the sod house of Nicholas Burnside for the purpose of taking the beginning steps to organize a United Presbyterian Church southwest of Mayfield.

Because records were either lost or not kept, we only know that A. D. Moore organized The First Presbyterian U. S. A. Church in the town of Mayfield – probably in the early 18880’s, and we know some of the charter members.

In 1882 the Union Christian Church was organized southwest of Mayfield, and in late 1883, a Baptist Church was organized in the town of Mayfield.

The Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized in 1887, and those records are quite complete.  A 1902 church newsletter and a 1934 newspaper article give details about the beginnings of a strong Presbyterian congregation in Mayfield.

At the present time, the only church still active in the community is the Mayfield Federated Church formed by merging the Cumberland Presbyterian and Methodist Churches in 1925.