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Submitted by: Ann Stoddard on: May 22, 2010 | Article rating: 
Butler M. E. Church
The M. E. Church of Butler was organized under the ministerial labors of Rev. _ Boon, a local preacher, about the year 1856.
The original members were as follows: Mrs. Alexander Gray, Moses Ber...
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Submitted by: Historical Society on: April 10, 2010 | Article rating:
In 1857 several German families settled in this community. The Rev. E. H. Kriege visited these families, preaching the Gospel to them, followed by the Rev. Louis Harmel from Decatur. The first organized meeting of...
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Submitted by: Historical Society on: April 10, 2010 | Article rating:
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Nokomis is the outgrowth of Lutheran work in Audubon Township. This began in 1852 when a group of Lutherans came to that community from Ohio. A temporary organization was effected in ...
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The First Methodist Church was organized in the year 1850 when James L. Crane organized a class of nineteen members at the home of Hugh Hightower, two miles southwest of Nokomis. Samuel Smith was appointed Class Leader, and, ...
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Baptists living in Nokomis and vicinity formed the first Baptist church on May 24, 1856, when a group of three men and five women organized themselves into a “Missionary Baptist Church”, later to be known as the “First Baptis...
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