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County: Breathitt

Sam and Nola of Morris Fork

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1289

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At Morris Fork Presby. Church, Morris Fork, KY 28

Samuel VanderMeer came here from New Jersey in 1923. "Uncle Sam" to generations of Ky. youngsters, he became pastor of the Morris Fork Presbyterian Church in 1927, the year he married nurse Nola Pease. Missionaries, community builders. They gave a total of 98 years of service and love to this area, until retirement in 1969. Church and Community Center, 1 mile

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