Rebellious Flocks

In July 1884, at the very moment Gould was heading west to start a new life, Elisha Green was facing the breakup of both his congregations. A younger generation was chafing under his old-school leadership, aspiring to the middle class and an uneducated former slave did not seem the man to lead them there. Both churches survived, while giving birth to two new ones: Zion Baptist in Paris and Plymouth Baptist in Maysville. Plymouth was the brainchild of the Rev. B. Andrew Franklin of Louisville, of whose sexual scandals there the Maysville Baptists may not have been aware. In the fall of 1884, Green campaigned for William H. Wadsworth's election to Congress. This chapter details the political situation in Kentucky at that time. On Nov 27, 1884, Green, now a widower, married a much younger woman.