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Arnold Chapel Church History Linked to Fosterburg Origins
The Arnold Chapel Church began as a Fosterburg structure built about 1838, moved to Lester around 1868, and served as a community hub on the Zion Vernon Patoka circuit. It hosted lyceums and debates, and figures like Hardy Foster and Rev. Cecil Lowe shaped its legacy before a recent fire destroyed the building.
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Arnold Chapel
Salem Times
Fosterburg
Hardy Foster
Foster
Salem
Vandalia
Lester
Zion, Vernon and Patoka
Southern Methodist
Cumberland
Kinmundy
Atkins
Cecil Lowe
First Methodist Church of
Charlie Lowe
Lowe
Jackson Jones
Foster Township
St. Louis-Vincennes
St. Clair County
Georgia
Rev
Harrison Eagan