Wesley United Methodist Church Bell - Pelham, TX - Bells on Waymarking.com

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.

Brass bell with no marker supported by metal braces on a cement square. Lever on the side allows the bell to be rung.

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