Cradle of North Mississippi Methodism
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krsmith2
N 34° 09.135 W 089° 37.867
16S E 257425 N 3782166
United Methodist Church was organized in 1870.
Waymark Code: WMEFQP
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 05/23/2012
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Cradle of North Mississippi Methodism
The North Mississippi Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, now the United Methodist Church, was organized one block East on November 30, 1870. It was created from portions of the Memphis, Alabama and Mississippi Conferences - Bishop D. S. Doggett, President; John Barcroff, Secretary.
1879 - Minister's Relief Assoc. organized
1898 - Mississippi Orphan's Home, M.E.C.S. built here
Site of seven of the North Mississippi Annual Conference
Date Installed:: 1998/8/1
Organization that placed the object:: The United Methodist Church
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