This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
First Presbyterian Church History Highlights and Leaders
Chronology of the First Presbyterian Church starting with its 1830 house of worship, fire destruction in 1846, and rapid postwar rebuilding. Notes on splits during the Civil War, Kanawha and First Church affiliations, key pastors including Dr Barr Ernest Thompson and Dr Alston, and the church’s expansion into multiple daughter churches and the present 1915 home with 1932 educational building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. W. Calhoun
James Moore Brown
First Presbyterian
Northern Assembly
Kanawha Presbyterian
Southern Church
Kanawha Group
Mange
Barr
First Presbyterian Church
Kanawha
Southern Presbyterian Church
Charleston
Bream Memorial Church
Sattes
McKinnon
Littlepage
Hobbs
Lydia Robson
First Church
South Charleston
Rock Lake
Ruffner Memorial
Belle and Sunset
Hugheston
Black Hawk
South Park
Cabin Creek
South Ruffner
Village
Elk Hilla
Westminster
Perrow Memorial
Ernest Thompson
Louisville
Kentucky
Dr. Barr
Thompson
Wallace McPherson Alston
D.D