First United Methodist Church of Mount Vernon
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WalksfarTX
N 33° 11.068 W 095° 13.300
15S E 292873 N 3673935
Black metal marker on the brick sign for the church.
Waymark Code: WMWW2J
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/20/2017
Views: 4
Marker gives the history of the founding of the congregation and information on this existing building.
Marker Number: 9841
Marker Text:
Organized 1855, with 13 charter members: Mrs. Joel Arrington, Capt. and Mrs. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Matthews, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Parchman, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wylie Parchman, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Parchman, and squire and Mrs. C. S. Yates. The group first met south of town in Joe Wylie Parchman's home; later in a Masonic Hall; then in 1875 bought this site and built a meetinghouse. A larger frame building was erected n 1896-97. Present edifice was completed in 1930; educational building in 1953. This church body has given at least four men to the ministry.
(1975)
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