Zoar Methodist Church (former) - near Troy, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 53.667 W 091° 00.798
15S E 672294 N 4306939
Also called the German Methodist Church, because of the founders of the church.
Waymark Code: WM10GJR
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 05/05/2019
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County of church: Lincoln County
Location of church: MO Hwy J & Zoar Church Rd., S. of Troy
Built: 1873
Number of grave sites: 210
"German Methodist Church:
In the southeast part of Clark Township, near Schroeder's Mill. It was so named for the nationality of the original congregation. The records were kept in German. It is also called the Zoar Methodist Church. Zoar is a Biblical name which means "little" and it was the "little" city that escaped the destruction of Sodom (GEN. 19:17-22)." ~ The State of Missouri 1904, Walter Williams, volume I, page 403
My daughter showed me the short cut she uses to get from Warrenton to Hwy J...and this church and cemetery....interesting...used to be a Methodist church, now church building is used by the cemetery association as a cemetery chapel.
"April 23, 1936
Edward Eversmeyer, passed away at age 57
... When a young man he was converted during a revival meeting at the Zoar Methodist Church, where he became a member, and often spoke of the fine meetings that were held there in the days gone by. After services were discontinued at Zoar, about ten years age,..." ~ Troy Free Press, May 1, 1936