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Union Baptist Church of Estherville History
The Estherville Free Baptist and First Baptist churches formed a federation in 1908, then united as the Union Baptist Church of Estherville in 1913. Arthur Pelton documents the early members, pastors, building projects, and the 1920 plans for a new House of Worship, with details on officers, trustees, deacons, and the June 6 1920 cornerstone ceremony. The history spans from 1870s through 1920, noting key pastors, mergers, and community federation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Ridley
A. A. Pingrey
A. J. Thompson
Coats
Woolery
Free Baptist Church
Robert Ridley
J. W. Ridley
Isaac Matson
Henry Curtis
Charley Matson
R. B. Wittaker
Free Baptist
C. I. Hinman
Whittaker
R. H. Hayden
J. Reese
A. R. Toothacre
R. A
Young People’s Society
Toothacre
Luella Barker
Maud Doolittle
Edna Barker
Droz
First Baptist Churches
Robert Carroll
Iowa
Estherville
First Baptist Church of
D. J. Gillet
Wealthy Gillet
S. H
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Baptist
Court House Hall
T. W. Eldredge
State Sunday
Blow
A. C. Pelton
W. W. der Autells
Colgate Seminary
Gillet
Pelton
R. T. Broadbridge
O. J. Brown
Broadbridge
M. D. Bevan
D. D
A. A. Holmes
R. L. Ludaw
C. J. Brown
Dr. Bevan
D. A. Gillet
J. W. Neyman
W. Heady
Genoa
Arthur C. Pelton
L. C. Doolittle
First Baptist
Rev
A. Croz
A. C. Droz
Benj, Franklin
J. D. Vanney
J. Frederic
Union Baptist Church of
Union Baptist Church
T. E. Lapham
S. M. Osgood
Fred L. Nelson
W. A. Lesher
Fred C. Trevett
Roy J. Ridley
O. A. McCall
John M. Barker
E. B. Lohr
W. E. Turner
Harry A. Barber
L. V. Cranston
John Osgood
Fred Trevett
Elizabeth Colt
Lucy Pinggrey
Perl Bemis
J. Arthur Hurley
Edna M. Barker
Treas
L. A. Fairbanks
W. B. Flindt
L. V. Cranaton
T. E. S. Lapham
F. M. Wagoner
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