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a wide influence in the Altons during the same winter. On June 16, 1912, the church celebrated its 83d anniversary. The occasion was made memorable by the presence of Bishop Quayle, and the raising of $10,500 towards the extinguishing of the church debt of $12,- 000. Of this Mrs. H. C. Priest gave $2,000 and J. E. Kelsey $1,000. Mrs. Priest had previously given some $18,000 towards the new edifice.
The First Baptist church of Alton was or- ganized March 10, 1833, Rev. John M. Peck assisting in the services. Rev. Alvin Bailey was the first pastor. The society met, orig- inally, in Lyceum Hall and later in the stone church on Market street, alternating in both buildings with the Presbyterians. A new edi- fice was erected in 1840 at the corner of Sec- ond and Easton streets, a large stone building with basement. It was destroyed by fire in 1860. The second pastor was Rev. E. Rodg- ers, father of Col. A. F. and Edward Rodgers. He was succeeded in 1836 by Rev. Dwight Ives; Rev. G. B. Perry, 1841; Rev. Chas. Hackett, 1845; Rev. R. F. Ellis, 1847; Rev. R. R. Coon, 1855; these years being the be- ginning of their pastorates. Rev. Dr. M. Jameson began his pastorate in 1860, contin- uing until 1869, when he resigned to enter the mission field in Burmah. Under his pas- torate a new church was built at the corner of Fifth and Market streets. He was succeeded by Rev. N. Butler in 1870 and he by Rev. T. G. Field in 1873. His successor was Rev. Dr. L. A. Abbott, who served from 1879 to 1896. The present pastor, Rev. Dr. M. W. Twing, succeeded him and still serves the church most acceptably. Under his pastorate the present beautiful edifice was erected in 1900, on the site of the old one, at a cost of $26,000. The church has maintained several missions, the most important of which was the Hunterstown Baptist mission which has developed into the Cherry Street Baptist church. This church has a large membership
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and is now under the pastoral charge of Rev. S. D. McKenney. It also maintains a mis- sion chapel on State street. No church in Alton has a nobler record than this of evange- listic and missionary service continued for seventy-nine years.
WANDA
One of the first organizations of the M. E. church in the county was at Wanda. Ryderus C. Gillham was a charter member when the society was first organized in 1809 by author- ity of the western conference held that year in Cincinnati. Services were held at private houses until 1812, when Mr. Gillham and his neighbors built the first church at Old Salem. In 1838 the same gentleman and his neigh- bors laid out the camp grounds adjacent to the church. An interesting sketch of these enterprises will be found in the biography of the Gillham family in second volume of this work. There also will be found an entertain- ing account of primitive conditions in Madi- son county : churches, schools, agricultural implements, with methods of culture, charcoal pits for powder-making, sugar camps, etc.
ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL OF ALTON
St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal church was organized in 1836 with six members, Rev. Mr. dePuy serving as first rector. Another ac- count says it received parochial organization in 1838, Rev. Dr. S. Y. McMasters being the first rector. In 1843 the building and grounds at the corner of Third and Market streets were purchased from Benjamin Godfrey. In 1850 the building was razed and the present edifice erected on the same site at a cost of $13,000. It was consecrated July 5, 1857, by Bishop Whitehouse. Following Dr. McMas- ters as rectors were Revs. C. A. Bruce, John Foster, Dr. Mccullough, C. S. Abbott, M. Chase, Thomas Haskins, E. L. S. Taylor, H. E. Chittenden. The present rector is Rev. Arthur Goodger. Among the old time wardens
and vestrymen were: Judge John Bailhache, Col. S. H. Long, Chas. Trumbull, Utten Smith, S. R. Dolbes, M. M. Dutro, Harry Taylor, T. W. Radcliffe, Joseph Gratian, Wil- liam Huskinson, Thomas Cannell, all now de- ceased. The great tornado of June, 1860, tore off the tower and damaged the building to the extent of $5,000. In 1870 Trinity chapel, a branch of this church, was built in the North Alton section of the city at a cost of $2,000. The church also has a handsome rectory ad- joining the house of worship.
The first services of the Episcopal church in this county are said to have been held by Rev. Amos Baldwin, who came to Alton and Edwardsville in 1823.
ALTON GERMAN EVANGELICAL
The record of this congregation goes back to the year 1847, when the members of this church would gather, at irregular intervals, at private houses for worship, which was con- ducted mostly by visiting ministers, especially from St. Louis. The official record shows that the church had been fully organized in 1851 with fifty voting members. The trustees at that time were Philip Maurer, Henry Nein- haus and Philip Wenzel; the pastor, Rev. G. A. Detharding. In a meeting of this year it was decided to build a church of their own. A committee was elected, consisting of M. Jaeckel, G. H. Weiglerand, August Rosenberg, to select a site. They chose the fine property at the corner of Eighth and Henry streets, where the first church was built in 1852. The original building was lately razed and the present spacious edifice erected in 190.4. With an addition just completed, it has the largest seating capacity of any church in Alton. A large number of distinguished men have served as pastors of this church, and its mem- bers have included many of the leading Ger- man families of Alton. Rev. E. L. Mueller is the present efficient pastor. The church has been a great power for good in the sixty-five
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years of its existence. Services are held in German in the morning and in English in the evening.
CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER.
The Church of the Redeemer (Congrega- tional) may properly be classed among the pio- neer churches of Alton from the fact that the majority of its charter members included many of the oldest members of the First Presbyte- rian church, from which they were dismissed to form the new organization. It was organ- ized at the home of Capt. F. L. Lewis in 1870. It was combined with the Mission Sun- day school work on Henry street and occu- pied at first the building there erected. The congregation now worships in a costly mod- ern edifice erected on the site of the original building. Rev. M. K. Whittlesey was the first pastor of the new church. He was suc- ceeded in order by Rev. Robert West, Rev. George C. Adams, Rev. E. G. Chaddock, Rev. H. S. Wills, Rev. C. C. Warner, Rev. J. H. J. Rice, Rev. A. A. Tanner and the present pas- tor, Rev. D. R. Martin. The church has num- bered many influential citizens among its members and officials, including such men as the Hon. Samuel Wade, its most generous donor at its inception ; James Newman, John Atwood, Albert Wade, all deceased, and Mr. M. H. Boals, who still survives in an honored old age.
THE A. M. E. AND UNION BAPTIST
The colored people of Alton maintain three churches. One of them, the Union Baptist, dates back to 1836. Rev. Mr. Mason is its present pastor. This church was organized at the home of Charles Edwards in Upper Alton by Rev. E. Rodgers, with ten members. It occupied various houses in Alton for several years, finally locating in a neat building, cor- ner of George and Seventh streets. The con- gregation now worships in a fine brick edi- fice on the same site. Mr. I. H. Kelley has
been one of its leading officials for many years. It has had a long succession of pastors, the first of whom seems to have been Rev. Mr. Livingstone.
The Alton A. M. E. church was organized in 1839 by William Paul Quinn. The orig- inal members were William and Jane Barton, Loudon and Jane Parks, Shadrach Stewart, Thomas and Eliza Ellsworth. They met for several years in various places. The first building owned by the society was a small brick house on Third street, near Vine. In 1867 the society purchased a lot on same street, between Henry and Ridge and erected a brick building costing between $4,000 and $5,000. It was built under the pastorate of Rev. H. dePugh. A debt of $2,500 was in- curred, which was long a burden, but was finally put in process of extinction by the generosity of the creditor, William Eliot Smith, who remitted a large amount of the indebtedness. During the spring of 1912, the church building was remodeled and improved to such an extent that a second corner stone laying took place with elaborate ceremonies by Knights and Daughters of Tabor, of East St. Louis, and a program of addresses. The cost of the improvements was $2,500.
Another A. M. E. church is located in the northwestern section of the city and a fourth just over the line in Godfrey township.
GERMAN METHODISTS
The Highland German Methodist Episco- pal church was organized in 1846. The first pastor was the Rev. Charles Koeneke. He was succeeded by Rev. Louis Kunz and he by Rev. William Fiegenbaum. During his pas- torate, in 1848, the first church was erected. In 1849 cholera broke out in Highland, eight or ten persons dying daily. Mr. Fiegenbaum spent his time during the epidemic in hero- ically nursing the sick and ministering to the dying. He was later very successful in build- ing up the denomination in the county. He
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was the father of those two eminent physi- cians of this generation, Dr. E. W. Fiegen- baum, of Edwardsville, and Dr. J. H. Fiegen- baum, of Alton.
The missionary labors of the German Meth- odists did not begin in Edwardsville until 1847, and the society did not hold regular services until 1855. Rev. William Koeneke was the first resident pastor.
The German M. E. church of Alton dates back to 1845, when Rev. Louis Kunz, of Fos- terburg, first held services in that city, meet- ing in the American M. E. church. A regular organization was not effected until 1852. The first members were J. H. Appel, V. and J. Miller, and J. Wiand. The first church was built at Walnut and Third streets in 1854, under the pastorate of Rev. Jacob Miller. A few years later it was exchanged for a church building on Union street. The latter building was destroyed by fire in 1880 and the society then erected a handsome edifice on the corner of Seventh and Henry streets, which with the parsonage adjoining cost $12,500. This was accomplished largely by the efficient labors of Elder J. J. Helmes, and Trustees Henry F. Lehne, J. Lorch, R. Bierbaum, Louis Unger and R. W. Bilderbeck.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES
The Collinsville Presbyterian church was organized May 3, 1823, with these members : William, Esther, Augustus, Elizabeth B., Eliza, Almira and Frederick Collins ; Oriel and Su- san Wilcox, Horace and Emma C. Look. It is spoken of more particularly in the sketch of Collinsville township.
Marine Presbyterian church was organized November 21, 1834. For the next six years Revs. Roswell Brooks, Robt. Blake and Thos. Lippincott supplied the pulpit, followed by Rev. Jas. R. Dunn. The original members were James Breath, Elizabeth Breath, George C. Allen, Mary Allen, Jas. M. Nichols, Eliza- beth Nichols, Geo. W. Walsh, John R. Kerr,
William Anderson, Emma A. Anderson, Ger- trude Anderson, Z. Barker, George Foster, Hannah N. Foster, Rebecca M. Breath and Mary A. Breath. Alvin Butler and Lewis Potter were the mainstays of the church for many years.
The Church of Christ in Monticello was or- ganized November 2, 1839, Rev. Theron Bald- win presiding, who was installed first pastor by order of Presbytery, Rev. A. T. Norton preaching the sermon.
EARLY BAPTIST CHURCHES IN COUNTY
The first Baptist church in Madison county was organized at Wood River May 3, 1807, by Rev. David Badgley and William Jones. It was one of five churches that formed the first Baptist association, called the "Illinois Union." In 1809 the association met with the Wood River church. The first Saturday in July, 1816, the church purchased 11/2 acres of land where the meeting house and cemetery were located, from Joseph Vaughn, for $7.50, and Vaughn donated 1/2 acre and twenty rods. This is where the victims of the Wood River massacre were buried and is still known as the Vaughn cemetery.
The first Baptist church of Edwardsville was organized April 18, 1828, at the residence of Dr. B. F. Edwards, subsequently the home of Judge Joseph Gillespie. The original mem- bers were Dr. Edwards and wife, Rev. Thos. Ray and wife, Jacob Gonterman and wife, Eliza A. Fall, later Eliza A. Adams, of Alton. Among the prominent members, a little later, ยท were Paris Mason and John Adams, subse- quently sheriff of the county. The first pas- tor was Rev. T. P. Green.
The Baptist church of Troy was organized in 1833 by Joseph and James Lemen, with fifteen members. The organization took place at the home of John Lindley, near Silver creek. It was called "The Union Baptist Church of Christ and Friends of Humanity." The latter part of the title was because of its
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opposition to slavery. In 1846 it was removed to Troy and the name changed to Troy Bap- tist Church.
The Mount Olive Baptist church was or- ganized May 31, 1851, by Elders John and J. V. Rhoads. The former was the first pas- tor, and the first two deacons were Madison Williams and Richard Young.
The New Hope Baptist church was consti- tuted as early as 1840. It was situated near the present town of Worden.
The Bethlehem United Baptist church was constituted August 17, 1849, by Elders J. V. Rhoads and R. C. Keele, with twenty-one members. It was situated south of Bethalto. It soon became a strong and flourishing so- ciety. Its first building was erected in 1851. Its first pastor was Rev. R. C. Keele, fol- lowed by Rev. John Brown for eleven years. He was succeeded by Rev. John R. Jones, grandson of Rev. William Jones. Its mem- bership at one time exceeded 150.
The German Baptist church of Fosterburg was organized in 1857, with fifteen members. Rev. Carl Schobs was the first pastor. He was succeeded by Rev. Henry Williams, Sr.
The Pleasant Ridge Baptist church, located near St. Jacob, was constituted prior to 1844, with twenty-five members. Its first pastor was Rev. Joseph Lemen.
In 1836 or '37 a Baptist church was con- stituted at Paddock's Prairie, with nine mem- bers. Zenas Webster and Elihu J. Palmer, brother of Gov. Palmer, were its first dele- gates. Mr. Palmer was ordained by this church August 24, 1840, and became its pastor.
In 1849 the Baptist church at Rattan's Prairie was constituted, with thirteen mem- bers. Its pastor was Rev. Ebenezer Rodgers and its delegate, Luther Lyon. It dissolved in 1851.
The Providence Baptist church was consti- tuted by Rev. E. Rodgers in 1843. Its mem- bers were scattered by the floor of 1844 and never reunited.
The Baptist church of the Forks of Wood River was organized in 1836, with sixteen members, Rev. Aaron Trabue, pastor. It flourished for a time, but was extinct in 1845.
The Salem Colored Baptist church on Wood river was organized May 3, 1846, with eleven members.
UNITARIAN CHURCH OF ALTON
The Unitarian denomination is represented by one church, that at Alton. As early as 1836 Rev. W. G. Eliot, of St. Louis, is re- corded as holding occasional services at Alton, preaching to small congregations either in a school house or in the office of Dr. Wm. S. Emerson. Dr. Eliot continued his visits for several years and it is supposed a society was formed, but no records thereof remain. The first regular pastor is said to have been Rev. Charles A. Farley. The preliminary organi- zation finally became extinct following the town's later slump in business and decline in population. Says the late Rev. Judson Fisher, writing in Brink's History: "In October, 1853, Rev. W. D. Haley came to Alton with purpose to re-establish the society and awak- ened such interest as to lead to the organiza- tion now existing, known as 'The First Con- gregational Society of Alton,' which adopted a constitution similar to that of Dr. Eliot's church in St. Louis. Its first officers were Edward Keating, president; B. F. Barry, sec- retary; Moses G. Atwood, treasurer ; Henry Lea, M. H. Topping, Geo. B. Ingersol, L. S. Metcalf and William McBride, trustees. Other members were: N. Hanson, E. D. Top- ping, A. K. Root, S. W. Robbins, C. Stigle- man, W. A. Platt, A. L. Corson, Robert Smith, H. W. Billings and George Moody. In 1854 it was decided to build a church, and money was raised for the purpose, the St. Louis society contributing $3,500 in aid of the enter- prise. Meanwhile opportunity offered for the purchase of the Catholic church, a stone edi- fice, partly destroyed by fire, but with massive
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walls intact. The building was reconstructed at a cost of $13,000. It was dedicated Octo- ber 14, 1855, Rev. G. W. Hosmer, of Buffalo, N. Y., preaching the sermon. The organiza- tion included thirty communicants. Mr. Haley resigned in 1856 and was succeeded by Rev. J. G. Forman, who was installed May 17, 1857. From 1861 to 1863 he served as chaplain in the army, when he resigned and continued serv- ing the church another year. After his re- tirement Rev. Joseph Mason and Rev. A. D. Russell supplied the pulpit, but not as regular pastors. Other ministers following them were Rev. D. H. Clark, Rev. H. P. Cutting, Rev. Isaac Kelso. After 1873 Dr. Eliot, Rev. J. L. Douthit and others supplied the pulpit until December, 1874, when a call was extended to Henry C. Hogg, whose labors were closed by his sudden death the following April. During the next three years services were continued, but without a regular pastor. In April, 1878, Rev. Judson Fisher, of Wisconsin, was called to the pastorate."
This ends Dr. Fisher's narrative. He con- tinued as pastor until his lamented death in May, 1890. He was succeeded by J. B. Frost, Henry D. Stephens, Wilson M. Backus and George R. Gelanee. At this writing the church has no regular pastor, but the pulpit is supplied by Prof. McCreary, of St. Louis. It will be noticed that among the original trus- tees and members are the names of several of the most prominent and influential of the early residents of Alton.
CHURCH OF CHRIST (CHRISTIAN)
Silver Creek church was the first of this denomination in this county. It was estab- lished July 4, 1830, which gives it rank with the oldest church organizations in the county. Elders Humphries, Austin Sims and Robert Foster were the early preachers, followed in later years by Elders Lucas, Birge, Philips, Cathcart, W. B. Foster and Thos. Vance.
MARINE
The Marine Christian church was estab- lished April 7, 1860, Elder William Birge officiating. For seven years after the organi- zation services were held in the Coon school house. In 1871 a church building was erected in Marine and dedicated in December of that year. It cost $2,500. St. Clair McLain, E. J. Jeffries, P. S. Wideman, J. W. Boosinger and David Crandall were chosen trustees. A large number of able men have served the church as pastors in the past.
The Fairview Christian church was estab- lished in May, 1873, during a meeting held by Elder Frank Talmadge. Hon. Jones Tontz and A. H. Goodman were chosen deacons. A meeting house was erected in 1874.
Ridgeley Christian church was organized about 1842. The first meeting house was erected through the liberality of Mrs. O'Ban- non. Elder E. L. Craig was one of the earliest pastors. Elders Houston, Foster, Corwine, Masters and Groner likewise served the church with great acceptance in later years.
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCHES
The first Protestant Episcopal church in Madison county was that of Christ church at Collinsville, which was organized by Bishop Chase in 1835. It is the oldest organization in the Diocese of Springfield. In 1833 Rev. Joseph L. Darrow, of New York, located in Collinsville, and through his energy, personal liberality and aid received from the east, three church edifices were soon after erected at Col- linsville, Edwardsville and Marine. That at Collinsville was consecrated by Bishop Chase in 1841. Dr. Darrow died of cholera in 1855. The rectors who followed later were Rev. A. P. Crouch, Rev. Robert Trewortha, Rev. Dean Dresser, Rev. G. C. Tucker and others. Among the early parishioners were Daniel Ground, of Marine; John S. Clark and Hon.
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George Churchill. At a later day Dr. A. M. Powell, T. Kneedler, S. Newson and W. H. Brown were prominent in the official work of the church.
St. Andrew's church, at Edwardsville, elected the following trustees April 26, 1841 : C. Roberts, A. J. Lusk, J. L. Brackett, Wm. T. Brown, Solon Stark, Horace Look, Jos. H. Treadway. On November 7, 1841, Orren Meeker deeded to the above trustees, lot 125, Edwardsville, for $1,000, on which a frame building was erected, where services were held until 1869, when the building was sold to the German Methodist. A new building was erected in 1870 on the corner of Hillsboro and Buchanan streets. Rev. Dr. Darrow and Rev. S. Y. McMaster, of Alton, supplied the pul- pit in the early days.
CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Ministers of the Cumberland Presbyterian church were prominent in the early religious history of Madison county. The early rec- ords of the church are incomplete, but the late Rev. J. B. Logan, of Alton, has, in his History of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Illinois, rescued from oblivion many important facts regarding the establishment of his denomination in this state. Dr. Logan was, during his residence in Alton, the most prominent divine in his denomination in Illi- nois. He was equally widely known as an author and editor of religious papers. He passed to his reward on the 14th of Septem- ber, 1878, after a life of usefulness and self- sacrifice seldom equaled. His history of his church was published after his death. He writes : "As early as 1815 Cumberland Pres- byterian ministers began laboring in this state. Many meetings were held, but the poverty of the people and the fluctuating character of the population for years after the first mis- sionary efforts made it difficult to secure per- manent church organizations. Among the pio- neer preachers were Rev. Samuel McAdow,
who lies buried in Mt. Gilead cemetery, Bond county ; Rev. David Foster, whose remains rest in Madison, and Rev. David McLin, 'the immortal trio' who composed the first Pres- bytery of Illinois." Mr. W. P. B. Paisley writes Dr. Logan from Emporia, Kansas, un- der date of November 28, 1876: "The first camp meeting held by the Cumberland Pres- byterians in Illinois was at the old Ebenezer camp ground, in Madison county, two miles south of Edwardsville. Ministers : Revs. Wil- liam Barnett and Green B. Rice." There seems to have been no church organization at this meeting, probably for the reasons stated above and the added difficulty of guaranteeing any permanent ministerial supply, but out of its influence, followed by the efforts of Robert Paisley, John Barber, Joseph and David Rob- inson, grew up the Goshen congregation, later Columbia, which was organized in 1824. The second church seems to have been organized in 1838, at Omphghent, with a membership extending into both Madison and Bond coun- ties. The first meeting Dr. Logan ever at- tended in Illinois was at this old Goshen, or Columbia, church. This was in 1855. "The congregation still exists," he writes in 1876, "holding its meetings a few miles east of Ed- wardsville, where they have a neat and com- fortable house of worship. The congregation includes some of the leading and most in- fluential citizens of the county." Two of the most useful of the early Cumberland Presby- terians of the county were the Rev. John Bar- ber, Sr., and his son, Rev. John Barber, Jr. The latter died at an early age, in 1838. The former lived until 1855, and at his death was the oldest member of the Presbytery.
The present strong and influential Twelfth Street Presbyterian church of Alton was orig- inally known as the Alton mission. Dr Logan writes: "It was started by Vandalia Presby- tery, which had organized a Presbyterial mis- sionary society in 1848. The Presbyterial mis- sionary, Rev. A. M. Wilson, in 1850 circu-
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lated a subscription paper for the purpose of raising means for sustaining a missionary at Alton. At length, in the fall of 1853, Rev. T. M. Hardwaick was employed to go to Alton and begin operations as a missionary. He remained one year. During that time he held a meeting in Upper Alton at which 26 per- sons gave their names to form a congrega- tion. From the fall of 1853 to the spring of 1855, Rev. A. M. Wilson supplied the mis- sion." In the spring of 1855 Dr. Logan re- moved from St. Louis and agreed to take charge of the mission. The following June he organized a little congregation of eighteen members in the German church on Henry street, with William Blair and Benjamin Rose as elders. A lot was bought on Twelfth street and a church building was begun. The base- ment was so far completed that the first serv- ice was held there the first Sunday in Janu- ary, 1856. The next Sunday a Sabbath school was organized, with Stephen Lufkin as super- intendent. The church building was dedicated the following June. The whole cost, including the lot, was $5,200, which left a debt of over half the amount. Great success attended the further labors of Dr. Logan, who remained as pastor until his resignation in 1871. One of the pastors succeeding him was his son, Rev. Wm. C. Logan. The present new and handsome edifice speaks well for the pros- perity of this society. This church has stood for religious as well as for civil union. When the Presbyterian church of the United States and the Cumberland church adopted plans for reunion in 1906, there was no opposition on the part of any members of this church.
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