Lower left corner: Opal Russell, age 3-4, sister, Leitha Russell. Their mother, Anna (Smith) Russell, is on the far right. Their maternal grandmother, Sarah (Beers) Smith, is above them holding a small boy. Their paternal grandmother, Clara (Cunningham) Russell, is standing in the open church doorway. Fred Mychalek is in the center of the picture, with probably one of the ministers to his left.
The Union Center Methodist Episcopal Church was located in Section 31 of Fairfield Township, just at the Maquoketa township line, 7 miles east of Maquoketa. The cemetery is easy to get to, just off Hwy. 64. The land for the church was donated by Bert Haylock from his farm. The sanctuary was built about 1870. The church was on the Methodist circuit and served by pastors from Preston and Charlotte - two of whom were Rev. Williams and Rev. C.W. Clemo.
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