Excerpt from Indiana Baptist History, 1798-1908 The author having through many years interested himself in gathering data for a history of the Baptists of Indiana, had the impression that he owed it to his brethren to undertake the work. He has found them willing and glad to assist in the undertaking, and he is under obligation to many; he would particularly mention the help rendered by the Rev. J. K. Howard, of Indianapolis, and the Rev. L. S. Sanders, of Franklin, in gaining a knowledge of the Associations of southwestern Indiana; and the Rev. Charles Herring, of Lima, in securing statistics of the Free Baptists of northern Indiana. Certain facts are found here which may also be found in Dr. William Cathcart's Baptist Encyclopaedia, and in Dr. J. A. Smith's Baptists of the Western States east of the Mississippi - but the author furnished the Indiana notes for both these treatises. As to the statistics of numbers and finances, only approximate accuracy can be claimed, because of the imperfect records and reports of the churches and because of the fact that the church year, the Association year, the Convention year and the year of the different national denominational organizations do not coincide with the calendar year, nor with each other. The statistics given are substantially correct. The biographical sketches have been given in connection with the Association or Society in which the person did most of his denominational work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."