Rev. Everett Wade Bedinger was also known as Rev. E. C. Bedinger. He was also known as Rev. Edward Wade Bedinger. Rev. Everett Wade Bedinger was born on 8. Sep. 1830 at Kenton County, Kentucky. He married
Sarah E. (Unknown). On Sunday, December 11, 1859, the following commission consisting of Rev. J. E. Spilman, who delivered the sermon, and Rev. J. M. Worrall, who (p. 9) delivered the two charges, installed Rev. Everett Wade Bedinger, pastor. Mr. Bedinger resigned this pastorate October 9, 1860.
Rev. Everett Wade Bedinger and
Sarah E. (Unknown) appeared on the census of 11. Jun. 1860 at Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky,
; real estate value 7,000.00. personal property 14,000.00. Rev. Everett Wade Bedinger married
Annie Billmyer, daughter of
Conrad Billmyer and
Maria Van Doren Voorhees.
Rev. Everett Wade Bedinger and
Annie Billmyer appeared on the census of 26. Jun. 1870 at Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky,
; real estate value 10,000.00, personal property 8,000.00.
Rev. Everett Wade Bedinger and
Annie Billmyer appeared on the census of 18. Jun. 1880 at Anchorage, Jefferson County, Kentucky.
Rev. Everett Wade Bedinger was shown in the census on 18. Jun. 1880 as a Presbyterian Minister.
He a moderator of the Synod of Kentucky 1888. The Bedinger Years
Everett Bedinger arrived in Anchorage in 1878 from Kenton County, Kentucky with six sons and daughters and their families from his first wife. He and his second wife had three children. There were also numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. Three more children were born in Anchorage in the white frame house that the family built located at the corner of Ridge Road and Walnut Lane. Three Bedinger sons became ministers and all preached in our church. Two daughters became foreign missionaries. Daughters Kate, Myra and Olivia are still remembered by members of our church. They were teachers who taught at the Bellewood Seminary and the early Anchorage Public School. The church library is named for Miss Olivia who died in 1968 at the age of 86.
.... then (early 1930's) there were two Protestant churches In Anchorage....like it is now. There was great rivalry between them for new members. Of course the Episcopalians would join their church and the Presbyterians theirs. New people of other denominations would visit both churches and decide which one to join. Both church pastors and some of the members would call on new arrivals in Anchorage soon after they moved. Three maiden sisters, called the Bedinger sisters, who lived in the large frame house next to the school.... They were teachers in the Louisville schools. Their father had been the pastor of Anchorage Presbyterian Church for years. Their names were Misses Myra, Katherine and Olivia. It was said that they followed the moving trucks of new people, they called so soon to invite them to join their church. Sure enough, they were our first visitors to call....
(Mrs. James E. Durham, Sr. (Margaret), Oral History, Anchorage Archives, February, 1983)
Dr. Bedinger also became Chaplain of Bellewood Seminary and held morning and evening prayer service daily at the school. He also taught a class in Moral Science and Evidence of Christianity.
There were 3 Elders, 2 Deacons, 90 children in Sabbath (Sunday) School and 87 members of the church in April of 1880.
After a revival in 1881 there were 3 Elders, 2 Deacons, 110 in Sabbath School and 116 members.
Obviously concerned about attendance, the Session asked the Clerk to send out letters to absent congregation members to find out about their status.
March of 1882 saw a daily two week revival, led by the Reverend J. G. Hunter. "All fruits of this blessed harvest having been gathered in the church", wrote Professor R. C. Morrison, Clerk of the Session, thirty-three new people had joined the church.
http://anchoragepresbyterian.org/pgs2.htm.