Growth of the Presbyterian Church of Indianapolis
The narrative traces Indianapolis Presbyterian origins from 1821 open air services under a walnut tree to rapid church growth and splits. It covers first congregation on Pennsylvania street, early pastors like Proctor Bush Moreland Gurley and Ballard, shifts from First to Second Church, property divisions, and later moves toward larger buildings and enduring impact on the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Fal!creek
White River
Ludwell G. Gaines
Ohio
Walnut Tree
Washington and
Mississippi Streets
Senate Avenue
Samuel D. Maxwell
David C. Practor
Connecticut
Isaac Reed
Missionary Board
Proctor
Pennsylvania Street
Talbott
Isaac Coe
James Blake
Daniel Yandes
Nicholas McCarty
Caleb Scudder
Coe
Scudder
First Presbyterian Church
John R. Moreland
West Lexington
Bush
Moreland
William A. Holliday
First Presbyterian Church History and Split to New Congregations
A detailed chronicle of Indianapolis First Church from its 1841 founding and 1843 dedication through its pastorates, branch formations including Fifth Sixth Seventh and Memorial churches, and the creation of the Fourth Church. It notes location moves, key ministers like Mills Nixon Reed Edson Withrow Ballard and Odell, missions, and the church’s growing influence in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement E. Babb
Lane Seminary
Thornton A. Mills
General Assembly
Committee On
George P. Tindall
Hanford A. Edson
Bartlett
James McLeod
Joseph A. Milburn
Owen Davies Odell
Michigan and
Blackford Streets
Fifth Presbyterian Church
Congregational Church
Sixth Presbyterian Church
Union and
McCarty Streets
Ashland Avenue
Eleventh Street
Memorial Presbyterian Church
Frank C. Ballard
Memorial
West End
Twelfth Presbyterian Church
Exposition
Delaware Street
Peck
Alabama and
Nineteenth Streets
Olive Street
Mayer
Tabernacle Church
Fourth
Illinois and
Ohio Streets
Meridian and
Second Streets
J. A. Randthaler
J. Cumming Smith
East Washington Street
East Washington-street
The
Tabernacle
Indianola Church
Jackson
Memorial Church
Thesv
Frank O. Ballard
A. D. Heron
Babb
Beecher
What shall we call them Panamanians or Panamist debate
The Board of Geographic Names will consider a Panama adjective at its January meeting. Writers propose Panamanian Panamist Panamate forms while the State Department has no official adjective. Officials expect public choice to settle the usage before any government decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Evening Post
Board of Geographic Names
Panama
Panama Canal Company
State Department
Panama Canal
Pierce
James W. Carrington
Washington
Their Queer Answers in Naturalization Tests
A New York Tribune report describes immigrant applicants faced with naturalization questions in a post office building. Examples include an Italian misdefining the president and an elevator man misunderstanding state names, illustrating coached answers and cultural gaps in citizenship exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
United States
Feeter
United States Senate
Scandinavia
New York
New Chicago
New Boston
New Jersey
Tom Foley
Murphy
Melia Chooses Dancing Over Methodist Sermons
A shy girl Melia Browne faces a tug between strict Methodist doctrine and a new Episcopal parish circle that approves dancing. She observes teachers mothers and girls, fears losing her soul, confronts peers, and ultimately switches Sunday schools to Mildred’s Episcopal class where she discovers dancing is not condemned and she can learn to waltz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LSA
Melia
Mrs. Raymond
Mella
Father
Pauline
Melia Browne
Kitty
Aunt Kitty
Mother
Me-la
Ralph
Littl
Mildred
Episcopal
Methodist Church
Hassork
Misa Lovett
Episcopal Chapel
Miss Lovett
Set
Piscopal
Mother Eddy
Molla
Also Mentioned on This Page
Presbyterian Church of Indianapolis
Second Presbyterian Church
Hoosier
Samuel Merrill
Colonel Merrill
Isage Coe
James M. Rey
Ian
Iso
Samuel
George L. Mackintosh
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Fulton
Phineas D. Gurley
Princeton Theological Seminary
Dayton, O
Gurley
Planus
Market and
Circle Streets
Fitzgerald
Pastor Memorial Church
Ninth Church
Caley Scudder
Ebenezer Sharpe
John Johnson
John G. Brown
James M. Ray
Samuel Bigger
George 8. Brandon
Charles Axtell
Horatio C. Newcomb
Thomas H. Sharpe
William Sheets
Thomas McIntire
Benjamin Harrison
Myron W. Stowell
Willam E. Craig
Robert Browning
Jeremiah McLene
James W. Brown
Isaac C. Hays
Leverett B. Walker
Asher M. Benham
James H. Johnson
Marion County Seminary
Meridian
New York Streets
Henry Ward Beecher
English
NEW First Presbyterian Church
Delaware and
Sixteenth Streets
Third Presbyterian Church
Blake
Newcomb
John A. McClung
Ebenezer
McClung
Thomas M. Cunningham
Missouri
Cunningham
J. Howard Nixon
Pennsylvania
Seventh Presbyterian Church
Huron Street
Nixon
Robert D. Harper
North Broadstreet Church
Philadelphia
Jeremiah P. E. Kumler
Evansville
Cincinnati
James H. Brooks
D. D
St. Louis
Myron W. Reed
M. L. Haines
Reed
Brooklyn
Lfe
David Ayrton Heron
Delaware Streets
Baldwin Block
Pennsylvania and
Pratt Streets
George M. Maxwell
Alexander Graydon
Mr. Merrill
Col. Merrill
C. W. Merrill
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Peck Mission
Alabama
Charles W. Moores
John L. Ketcham
H. L. Beveridge
R. L. Dorsey
James Somerville
James E. Ludlum
Charles Smith
Olive-street
Fourth J
Cumming Smith
Presbyterian Churches
Second Church
William 8. Hubbard
Thomas A. Morris
David W. Coffin
Lewis C. Walker
William L. Kirby
William 8. Fish
William J. Richards
Thomas H. Spann
John F. Wallick
Vinson Carter
William Dugdale
Smiley N. Chambers
John Scott
William H. Hubbard
F. M. Montgomery
Lew Nicoll
Edgar H. Evans
G. C. Pratt
William ©. Anderson
Robert A. Brown
John C. Ingram
W. H. Simmons
John Chestnutt
Plnny W. Bartholomew
Franklin E. Brown
Andrew J. Diddle
Edwin P. Ferris
Adam J. Johnson
OLD First Presbyterian Church
Circle
Republic of Panama
Melias
Little Girl
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