History of St. Marys Church and early Aiken ministry
The document surveys St. Marys Church in Aiken from its 1838 beginnings through its modern 1920s structures. It names past ministers including Rev. P. J. McLean and Rev. John Ridoch, notes 1919 church dedication, 1926 renovations, and later leadership under Rev. Adlai C. Holler with district and episcopal oversight. It also recounts earlier circuit services and community figures connected to the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucious Cuthbert
John Morrall
J. A. Chambliss
J. C. Browne
E.E. Bomar
D. D
Henry Miller
P. J. McLean
George A. Heywood
N. C
Chance
Boston
St ‘Phaddeus’ Church
Hollow Creek
Charleston
Aiken
John Reynolds
Cokesbury
Greenwood
C. A. Crowell
Joel Townsend
Hamburg
M. Chrietz Berg
W. C. Kirkland
P. G. Bowman
W. M. Wood
Orangeburg
A. E. Driggers
Adlai C. Holler
A. L. Gunter
Columbia
Paul B. Kern
John H. Cornish
John Grimke Drayton
Davis
Haw
Edgerton
Emer
Early Baptist Church History Tied by Lost Records
The church records were destroyed five years ago making exact history difficult. It is known the church once sat near the Palmetto Golf Club house, and in 1835 Tristam Tupper asked the South Carolina Canal and Railroad Co. directors for land in Aiken for the church. The request was granted and a deed for the present Richland location followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmetto Golf Club House
South Carolina Canal and Railroad Co
Tristam Tupper
Aiken
Baptist Church
Richland
Early Aiken Churches Chronicle Growth and Leaders
The Aiken Presbyterian Church formed August 28, 1858 with 14 members and a site donated by W. P. Finley. St. Thaddeus Church traces to 1842, with Vestry named and early rectors including Alfred E. Ford. The Lutheran St. Paul’s Parish began in 1907 with 28 charter members and grew to 44 by 1908 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Laurens Stret
St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church
St. Thaddeus’ Church
Edward R. Laurens
James Gadsden
William C. Courtney
Lee Allison
Benjamin Lockwood
William Gregg
James Black
Jacob K. Sass
John F. Schmidt
St. Theaddeus
Gadsden
South Carolina
Alfred E. Ford
Morristown
N. J
Eey. Schwartz
York Street
Cite
E. A. Bolles
Beckman
Bethany
R. L. Gunter
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Pendleton Street
J. B. Derrick
St. James Church
Augusta
H. Bell
H. S Petrie
Gerved
Tee Ae Beto
Granite
Presbyterian Church Service and Study Schedule
The Presbyterian Church announces morning worship at 11 on Sunday November 15 with the sermon The Arrest and Trial of Jesus Christ. Evening service at 8. Young People meet at 7. Bible Study Wednesday at 8 on Philippians chapter three. Visitors welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus Christ
Philippians
Also Mentioned on This Page
the First Baptist Church
Rev
the Presbyterian Church
Leland N. Edmunds
Th. M
ST. Mary’s Catholic Church
George J. Dietz
Wm. Johnson
John R. Dow
E. B. Carroll
G. I. Porter
John T. McBryde
C. N. Mattoon
Monroe Mich
Alexander Sinclair
Philadelphia
Wm. Howell Taylor
Brooklyn
Thomas P. Hay
James C. Oehler
George H. Carmeison, Jr
Frank Dudley Jones
Thomas D. Johnston
John Eadie Henderson
Samuel B. Lapeley
John Ridoch
William Johnson
St. John’s Methodist Church
ST. Thaddeus’ Episcopal Church
The
Aiken Presbyterian Church
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Theodore W. Clift
R. C. Jeter
Reg
Presbyterian oChurch
Easterling Bros
Augusta, GA
National Housing Act
Aue NG & Metal Works
Reynolds ST
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