File submitted for USGenWeb/MOGenWeb Lincoln County Missouri History Page by Neal Underwood, 9 November 1998.  Link change or update: 4 Dec 1999

History of
The First Christian Church of Elsberry
From the 1986 Directory of the First Christian Church of Elsberry.

The First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Elsberry, Missouri was

organized on March 28, 1887 and the Methodist church building was used until

a permanent building could be constructed.  The first church building, which

cost $1,600.00, was dedicated in November, 1890 by Rev. B. F. Grimes, State

Secretary.  By 1908, membership had grown to 211.  The present brick

building at 101 North 6th Street was dedicated on Sunday, April 21, 1912

with Rev. George L. Snively delivering a sermon on "The Fundamentals of

Our Faith."



         Charter Members of the First Christian Church



Mrs. Emma Bibb           Mrs. Claudia Frazier      Mrs. Becky Palmer

George Black             Miss Nettie Galloway      Mrs. Josie Prewitt

Mrs. Sadie Black         Mrs. Maggie Gatewood      Sarah E. Rodgers

Mrs. Mary Cooney         Mrs. Emily Hunter         Miss Mollie Shipp

Mrs. Nannie Diggs        Mrs. Lena Hunter          Miss Ruth Sours

Miss Nell Eastin         Miss Maggie Knox          Miss Cora Wingfield

Mrs. Laura Elsberry      Addison Mayes             Miss Irene Wingfield

John W. Fleener          Mrs. Sarah Mayes          Louis Wingfield

Mrs. Sarah Fleener       John T. Nelson            Mrs. Mary Wingfield



                     Ministers Who Have Served



R. A. Martin             Arthur A. Hedges          Robert F. Bristol

W. A. Giboney            Arthur S. Anderson        Dr. Enoch P. Gabriel

J. E. Dyer               Frances J. Yokely         Harold Linday Odor

J. B. Mayfield           J. Morgan Harris          Oscar P. Campbell

Dr. Wm. W. Ramsey        Ralph V. Calloway         Charles Peters

E. G. Merrill            H. Lee Jacobs             Arthur Bennett '61-'64

W. A. Maloan             O. Leonard Angel          David S. Plumbley '64-'70

B. G. Reavis-20 yrs.     Ben H. Cleaver            James Hopkins '71-'74

Guy V. Ferguson          Otis S. Watson            Michael K. Roberts '78-'85

James E. Todd            George W. Swan, Jr.

Frank W. Leonard         William S. McLean



                        Interim Ministers



              Darell Wolfe              Thomas Ramsey

              H. Allegood               Oliver Claassen

              Victor Schroeder          James E. Young, Sr.





From the 1986 Directory of the First Christian Church.

File submitted for USGenWeb/MOGenWeb Lincoln County Missouri History Page by Neal Underwood, 9 November 1998.  Link change or update: 4 Dec 1999

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