The following comes from Rev. T.H. Ball's Encyclopedia of Genealogy and Biography of Lake County, Indiana, with a Compendium of History, 1834-1904, page 135:
The Methodist pioneer women were: Mrs. E.W. Bryant, Mrs. Ephraim Cleveland, Mrs. Kitchel, Mrs. Taylor, mother of Mrs. S.G. Wood, Mrs. Wood, wife of Dr. James A. Wood, Mrs. Viant, women all of character and note.