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Church Buildings & People
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The Buildings:
(click on the small
photos to see larger images) |
United Brethren Church, Lisbon
First U.B. Church west of the Mississippi River.
(1911 History, p. 344) |
United Brethren Church, Lisbon
(1911 History, p. 108) |
Lutheran Church, Lisbon
(1911 History, p. 188) |
St. Patrick's Church, Cedar Rapids
(1911 History, p. 412) |
Chapel, Cornell College,
Mt. Vernon
(1911 History, p. 124) |
Bohemian St. Wenceslaus Church, Cedar
Rapids (1911 History, p. 404) |
Old M. E. Church,
Mt. Vernon
(1911 History, p. 116) |
Methodist Church & Parsonage,
Fairfax
(1911 History, p. 121) |
Methodist Church,
Springville
(1911 History, p. 176) |
United Presbyterian Church,
Scotch Grove
(1911 History, p. 128) |
Methodist Church,
Center Point
(1911 History, p. 152) |
M. E. Church,
Troy Mills
(1911 History, p. 156) |
Methodist Church, Palo
(1911 History, p. 180) |
Baptist Church, Central City
(1911 History, p. 228) |
Congregational Church, Central City
(1911 History, p. 236) |
Christian Church, Central City
(1911 History, p. 236) |
Quaker Meeting House, Whittier
(1911 History, p. 256) |
Baptist Church, Prairieburg
(1911 History, p. 269) |
Paris, IA Methodist Church about 1920
submitted by: Evelyn Evans
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M. E. Church of Marion. Built by J. B. Young A. D. 1871
(1875 History, p. 222) |
Martin Creek Church & Cemetery
It burned down in early 1900's |
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The People:
(click on the small photos
to see more information and/or larger images) |
Rev. J. B. Albrook, D. D., Cornell
College, Mt. Vernon
(1911 History, p. 224) |
Rev. George B. Bowman,
Founder of Cornell College
(1911 History, p. 84) |
Rev. Samuel M. Fellows, A.M.,
First President Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
(1911 History, p. 208) |
Father Flynn,
Cedar Rapids
(1911 History, p. 296) |
Very Rev. Dean Gunn,
Cedar Rapids
(1911 History, p. 408) |
Father Lowry, Catholic church leader in
Cedar Rapids - 1870-1880
(1911 History, p. 401) |
Father Michael J. Quirk,
St. Patrick's Church, Cedar Rapids 1888-1889
Submitted by:
richard.c.casey@comcast.net
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Rev. Elias Skinner
(1911 History, p. 384) |
Father T. J. Sullivan,
Cedar Rapids
(1911 History, p. 92) |
Father Svrdlik,
Cedar Rapids
(1911 History, p. 307) |
Some early members of the United
Brethren Church, Lisbon
(1911 History, p. 60) |
One of the 5 women is Elizabeth (Martin) Scott, wife of Preston Scott.
The Martin farm was across the road from the Martin Creek Church & Cemetery |
Resources: History of Linn County Iowa From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II, Chicago, 1911.
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