History of Hope Baptist church in Hope Arkansas shifts location
The article traces the Hope Baptist church origins from its first site at North Wabnut and East Avenue A to a 1884 move to South Main and East Third, detailing land deeds, trustees, manse purchases, and the 1906 cement auditorium. It lists early pastors, deacons, and officers, notes the church’s growth to about 400 members and 300 in Sunday School, and cites sources from J. H. Arnold’s records and member recollections.
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Simandl Baptist Church
Hope
Hope Baptist Church
North Wabnut
East Avenue A
James M Loughrought
Thos, Allen
A. R. Allen
Henry GC. Marquand
Elizabeth c| Marquand
J. R. Giles
C. T. Short
J. B. Powell
J. M. Awbry
The
Hope Baptist Shurch
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South Main
East Third Avenue
John H. Davis
E. Jane Davis
Benj. Beard
Sallie P. Beard
South Elm Street
Brichenan
Charles Champlin
Will Palmore
Luther Hollamon
H.d. F. Garrett
Casey
F. N. Forter
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City of Hope
H. 2. F. Garrett
C. T. White
J. H. Black
Sid Reed
S. W. White
J. H. Wood
Thomas Black
Capt
Geo. W. Bowden
M. L. Bowden
Wm. Mack
Dr. Rye
Robert Lewis
Z.T. Lewis
Bro. Aaron
M. D. Early
C. W. Callahan
van Ware
J. W. Daley
Co. T. White
Neco
Texas
G. W. Reeves
Harris
W.T. Box
J. B. Searcy
J. P. Thomas
A. H. Autry
Dr. Searcy
Rev. Autry
W. M. Bostick
J. DD. Cotton
D. Brown
D. D
Br. Brown
Dr. Brown
Sabbath School
G. £. Cannon
W. R. Alexander
B. P B. Haynes
Charles Routon
G. E Cannon
M. W. Russell
Henry Roebuck
Chas. Hervey
C. R. Pugh
H. J. F. Garrett
G. E. Cannon
Sid
J. H. Arnold
Baptist Church
Churches and fires mark Hope history of 1890s era
The excerpt recalls Hope’s Methodist church founding in 1874 with land donations and early pastors, plus postfire rebuilds of church properties. It notes civic figures like James M. Loughborough and Capt. Thos H. Simms, and chronicles 1897 turmoil amid temperance fights, fires at church buildings, and new land purchases for parsonage and sites.
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Methodist Church of
Cairo and
Thos. H. Simms
Methodist Church
Washington
Hempstead
Calvin M. Hervey
A. H. Carrigan
W. R. Belt
Arthur A. Gibson
J. M. Hanegan
Hope
Presbyterian Church
Iquar
Temberance
John M. Pittman
Addie Kendall
Charles Eddie
Richard Kendall
Transports of Yesterday and Today Church Holdings
The record details the 1905 purchase of lots 6 and 7 in Block 38 by Steve and Nora Carrigan for church use, naming trustees and clerks of that era. It chronicles the organization of the church in 1874 under Rev. C. C. Steele, lists early and later pastors, notable members, and current officers, trustees, and Sunday school leaders, framing a long history of Hope's Methodist congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve
Nora Carrigan
George Sandefur
J. 5. Monroe
Steve Carrigan
W. H. Robinson
L. J. Gillespie
James W. Stephenson
John P. Owens
Jas. H. McCollum
R. H. Ethridge
Jas, H. McCollum
O. A. Graves
J. H. Weaver
W. W. Folsom
J. H
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C. C. Steele
Gussie Steele
Wolf
Carruth
Brice Williams
Washington, Ark
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Bro. Steele
J. C. Biglow
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A. L. Johnneen
Migs Moltie Barton
H. Ef. Watson
H.R. Withers
J. C. Stone
B. B. Hawley
H. W. Brooks
J. M. Laughlin
J. M. Pinnell
W.C. Rhodes
T. O. Rarne
Grand Lodge of Masons of Arkansas
J. R. Sanders
W. C. Watson
W. Y. Foster
Magnolia
T. D. Scott
Joseph S
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Saines Atkins
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Matt Kay
W. A. Chead- Ware
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W. H. Melani
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R. Weeks
A. T. White
L. W. Rogers
R. L. Patterson
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W. A. Tharp
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T. H. Billingsley
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A. L. Johnson
M. M. Ichinese
Lillie Smith
P. A. Tharp
Dave Thompwison
R. M. LaGrone
A. A. Boyett
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Southwest
Arkansas
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