August 18, 1873 a group gathered at the old Stierwalt house, quite possibly the Stierwalt School, decided to build a church. They asked T.W. Terry to help them elect officers. The church was named The Corinth Baptist Church. The founding members included; Thomas Stierwalt, T.W. Sturgen, William A. Shoemaker (Shumaker), E.N. Voshel, William Dunigan, and Jesse Shoemaker.Thomas Stierwalt donated the land near the old school and the church was dedicated in 1874.
A few years later the church joined the Friendship Association and the church was moved across the road to another piece of Thomas Stierwalt's land. In 1881 the church left the Friendship Association and joined White Lick Association.
By the early twentieth century the church needed so many repairs that a new one was built. James H. Steirwalt donated the land and it was dedicated on December 6, 1903 by Reverend Albert Ogles. In 1963 an addition, which consisted of three rooms upstairs, three rooms downstairs, and a 14-foot extension to the auditorium was completed.
The Corinth Baptist Church still serves Plano and the surrounding area and is on Plano Road south of the store.
BIOGRAPHIES
CHRISTOPHER J. AREND was born in Bavaria, Germany in 1831. He emigrated to the United States alone at the age of 15 in 1846. In Monmouth County, New Jersey he learned the tanner's trade and served as an apprentice for three years. He managed a shop in Martinsville, Indiana in 1854 and married Rebecca F. Russell of Johnson County, Indiana. Later he moved to Ashland Township where he started a tannery.
ANANIAS MICHAEL was born March 22, 1830 in Augusta County, Virginia. Mr. Michael came to Indiana in 1834 with his parents Jonathan and Susan (Huffer) Michael. Both of his parents are recorded as being of German descent. December 29, 1852 he married Lucinda Stanton. The following year after receiving $1,200 from his father's estate he settled in Ashland Township on a farm of 158 acres.
THOMAS S. STIERWALT was born to Adam and Lucy (Sandy) Stierwalt on December 11, 1835 in Morgan County, Indiana.The Stierwalts were from North Carolina and had ancestors from Germany. Thomas was taught to farm as a youth, and received 80 acres of land from his father in 1859. The same year he married Lucinda C. Mannan. She was the daughter of William R. and Rebecca (Chambers) Mannan both native to Indiana.They raised six children.
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