Wesley Chapel Methodist Church
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member QuarrellaDeVil
N 31° 57.524 W 096° 48.431
14R E 707238 N 3537962
Texas Historical Marker at the Wesley Chapel Methodist Church, noting its establishment and service to the Pelham community. Located on Navarro County Rd 3280, just east of its intersection with FM 744.
Waymark Code: WMQED4
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/15/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
Views: 2

Marker Number: 11644

Marker Text:
This congregation was established at the forks of Richland and Ash Creeks in 1877 by the Rev. Austin Lockhart, an itinerant Methodist minister of the West Texas Conference. Initial services were held in a nearby log schoolhouse and later in a church building near the present-day Pelham Cemetery. New sanctuaries were erected at this site in 1911 and in 1934. Wesley Chapel Methodist Church is an important local institution with a tradition of supporting a Sunday school, choir, and numerous youth and elderly outreach programs and activities for members of the rural Pelham community. Sesquicentennial of Texas Statehood 1845-1995 Incise: "In memory of Elmer O. Porter, descendant of William Porter."


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