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- Rev. Alfred Taylor was ordained at Sandy Creek Church somewhere around 1832. From there he started what became known as the "Protracted Meetings", which are what we call "Revival Meetings" today. This was unheard of at that time and some people showed opposition. But during his first meeting 180 people were Baptized at Walton Creek Church in Ohio County. During his first several months he Baptized something like 1,000 people. At that point his services were called for all over the region of Warren, Muhlenburg, Ohio, Daviess, and Butler Counties. During his 34 years of preaching, "Elder" Taylor was said to have been the biggest influence on the spread of Baptist Doctrine in that area. I believe five of his sons also became prominent Baptist preachers. Taylor would also go down in local history for participating in several debates against prominent preachers of other denominations. Of course in his bio it says that he won them all hands down and had his arm raised in victory by the defeated preachers he left lying in his wake. Upon Alfred Taylor's death in 1865, one of his sons wrote an impressive biography on him. I have seen it several different places online so if anyone is interested I would suggest going to Google and looking it up.
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1808 - 1887 (78 years)