FIRST - Church, Regular Pastor, Religious Service in Canyon, TX
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 34° 58.786 W 101° 55.450
14S E 233058 N 3874706
Also this first church in town, held the fist wedding and first funeral...
Waymark Code: WM132EY
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/01/2020
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County of Marker: Randall County
Location of Marker: 1818 4th Ave., Canyon
Marker Erected by: State Historical Survey Committee
Date Marker Erected: 1969
Marker Text:
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
of Canyon
Earliest religious service in Canyon was in 1889. Leaders were the Rev. Jerome Harelson and Isaac Mills, of Panhandle District, Methodist Church, the
Rev. B. F. Jackson organized this (city's first) church in Oct. 1889. Members: Mrs. Crain, Mrs. M. M. McGee, Mrs. A. Roper, Miss Louie Roper, Mr. and Mrs. Nix Thompson and Miss Tennie Thompson.
The Rev. Mr. Jackson preached to great throngs in Palo Duro Canyon, 1890; held first local funeral and first wedding, 1891.
Original church building was erected under the first regular pastor, the Rev. T. F. Robeson, 1900.
(1969)
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