They acquired property near Joseph Enochs who had arrived a year earlier.

The schoolhouse was also a community center where a variety of local functions were held, including church services and Sunday school classes.

The following year the Kent Cemetery Aid Society was established by area women.

They signed a 50-year lease for the land and held a variety of fundraisers to raise the money to build the chapel.

The chapel and cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.