Salem QM was established in 1807 for Friends in northeastern Ohio and in the Pennsylvania counties along the border with Ohio north of Pittsburgh. The QM was particularly strong in Columbiana County, Ohio, the location of five of its six MMs in 1820.
The second and third quarters of the nineteenth century were difficult for Salem QM. In 1824, Ohio YM partitioned Salem QM; the three southernmost MMs were set off as New Garden QM, leaving Salem, Middleton, Upper Springfield, and Marlborough in Salem QM. Then in 1828, Salem QM was heavily impacted by the Hicksite division. In 1836, Ohio YM reconfigured the QMs in northeastern Ohio, after which Salem QM included Salem, Middleton, New Garden, and Carmel MMs. Another difficult division took place in 1854 with the Gurneyites. In the 1870s, Salem QM absorbed the remnants of Redstone QM and Springfield QM. The QM also paid for the construction of the Salem Meeting House, which was the quarterly meeting house. Some meetings were subsequently laid down, and Salem QM was mostly restricted to Columbiana County until Crossroads MM was attached to Salem QM in 2012.
See also Salem QM (Hicksite) and Salem QM (Gurneyite). |
