754 Presbyterian Church

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Marker reads, One of three founded, 1784, by Reverend David Rice; earliest of this denomination west of Alleghenies. Here worshipped: James Gillespie Birney, whose presidential candidacy in 1844 caused defeat of Henry Clay; John Cabell Breckinridge, whose 1860 candidacy resulted in election of Lincoln; Samuel Dickerson Burchard, whose Rum, Romanism and Rebellion defeated James Gillespie Blaine in 1884.