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mile ride on Sunday morning was inconvenient and often unpleasant in bad weather.

So several influential people in Sperryville got together to build their own church.

According to records supplied by Trinity Church, the founding group included Harry Smoot, a wealthy businessman whose family owned property and a tannery business in Sperryville. He teamed up with Dr. William H. Amiss, a physician who lived on Main Street, and his wife Sallie.

Tradition has it that Mr. Smoot and Dr. Amiss largely

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