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Fremont Area Church Chronicles Birth Of Alameda Presbyterian
Centerville Presbyterian Church origins trace to Alameda Valley meeting on June 4 1853 with Rev W W Brier chairing and Charles Hilton secretary. The 1855 structure cost 1175 with brick building and 1859 steeple added for 250. On Sept 6 1868 the ground behind the church was set aside as a burial ground.
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Alameda Valley
W. W. Brier
Charles Hilton
Charles Kelsey
Cosen
Nior
Church of Jesus Christ
Charlotte Cornell
Chas. Kelsey Eliza Beard
James M. Selfridge
Board of Sessions
Mayhews
Shinn
Blacaw
Tyson
Eggers
Norris
Ellsworth
Board of Trustees
Richard E. Wright
Centerville Presbyterian Church
Wright
Centerville
Fremont
San Francisco Theological Seminary
Brier
James Malcolm Brier
Stillwater
Dayton
Ohio
Indiana
Elizabeth Naylor
California
Panama
Drury
Marysville
Howard Street
San Francisco
Alameda
Little Church
William Wallace
James Welch Brier
Michigan
Death Valley
Charles Brier
George Brier
Sacramento