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Early Iowa City Baptist Church and Bell Theft Tale
The article recounts the 1844 organization of the Iowa City Baptist church led by Rev W R Morey and a host of early ministers. It also details the 1840s Presbyterian church history, Hummer’s clashes with the presbytery, a disputed bell theft from the tower, and its eventual disappearance and alleged arrival with Brigham Young’s Mormon church in Salt Lake City. The tale is tied to local settlers, the college build, and a later poem about Hammer’s Bell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Church
W. R. Morey
State House
Dexter P. Smith
A. Russel Belden
G. D. Simmons
Billings Smith
James Dixon
J. T. Westover
B. F. Ashley
A. Kenyon
A. H. Stowell
H. A. Guild
Frank Adkins
E. J. Hiscock
H. M. I Thompson
Mr. Morey
D. P. Smith
David Laumeran
Nauvoo
College Street
Wm. Hauke
Roberts
First Presbyterian Church
Berry
Mechanics Academy
Council Chamber
Capitol
Michael Hammer
Paris, Hil
Silas H. Hazard
John Crozier
F. A. Shearer
Hummer
Presbytery
Des Moines College
West Point
Lee County
Iowa
Keokuk
J. W. Margrave
New Lights
Troy Bell Foundry
Presbyterian Congregational
Mr. Hummer
Dr. Margrave
Margrave
Bli Myers
Anthony Cole
Dillon's Island
Mr. Myers
A. B. Newcom
James Miller
David Lamerean
Samuel Shellady
Iowa River
Rapid Creek
Salt Lake
David Lamereau
Asa Calkin
Tme
Brigham Young
S. M. Osmond
Brigham ‘Young
Mr. Hammer
Hammer
John P. Cook
Wm. Bouthill
Stephen ¥ Whicker
Bloomington