Jacob and Mary B. CASE were Methodists and were very religious, holding religious meetings in their home. Their daughter, Maria (CASE) McANINCH joined the church when she was around the age of thirteen years.

Charles P. BENNETT noted in his list of "Historic Religious Sites of Ringgold County: Abandoned Rural and Ghost Town Churches" that the only known church which existed in Ringgold City was the Evangelical church. It is quite possible that the congregation of the Methodist Church at Ringgold City met in homes or at the school, as was the custom when the congregation lacked funds to build a house of worship.

SOURCE: Banner, Raymond V. Ringgold City, Iowa 1844-2002: From First Settlement to Forgotten Community Pp. 32-3. 2002.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2010