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History of Iowa Synod by A L Davidson
The article presents a 1912 reading of Rev. A. L. Davidson on the United Presbyterian synod of Iowa’s history. It covers formation at Oskaloosa in 1860, early leaders, growth from 41 ministers to 83, and congregational shifts, noting emigration, colonization, and declines, plus the cane honoring the oldest ministers.
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United Presbyterian Synod of Iowa
A. L. Davidson
Lenox
Iowa
Synod
Iowa Synod
S. E. McKee
D. C. Wilson
United Presbyterianism
Towa
Washington
S. F. VanAtta
Southland
General Assembly
Philadelphia
Synod of
Illinois
Oskaloosa
W. M. Boyce
Samuel McArthur
Assembly Town
Keokuk
Samuel Findley
D. D
N. McDowell
Jesus Christ
W. H. Wilson
R. A. McAyeal
W. M. Claybaugh
James Dawson
Rr. B. Glasgow
S. M. Robertson
Thomas Cherry
Samuel Wallace
West
Great Northwest
Dominion of Canada
United Presbyterian Church
College Springs
Tarkic
Des Moines
LeClaire
Inois
James Brown
J. P. Chambers
J. R. Doig
R. N. Fee
W. M. Graham
R. J. Hammond
David Lindsay
Alexander Story
J. T. Tate
Orr Gilchrist
Wilson
Keokuk Presbytery
Mississippi River
Washington County
Washington, Jefferson
van Buren Counties
Missouri
LeClaire Presbytery
The
Illinois Synod
Cedar Rapids
Albia
Organization of Iowa Synod
Oskalopes
Service
Winterset
St. Charles
Chariton
Somerset
Mt. Ayr
Amity
le Claire
Andrew
DeWitt
Wyoming
Fairfax
Birmingham
Columbus City
Harrison
Flee
Morning Sun
Crawfordsville
Scouller
Glasgow
Crooked Creek
Pisgah
Union
Virginia Grove
First
First Washington
Tarkio
Second
S. BE. McKee
George T. Auld
Beulah Land
A. R. Paul
BE. McKee
Goldfield
Henry Wallace
McCaughan
McCaughn
John Lackey
S. F. Thompson
Ablia
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Atlante, Ga