Elkanah and Irena Johnson Beard, the first pastors, gave their home located next to the meetinghouse to the church be used as a parsonage at the church dedication in May of 1898. It remains as a parsonage to this day. At that time, membership in Winchester Quarterly Meeting of Friends was the largest in the world, with almost 4,000 members among 30 plus meetings in Randolph and Delaware Counties.