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From: "Patti Smith" <>
Subject: [ILKNOX-L] article in paper
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 20:28:11 -0500


Hello,

In the Galesburg Register Mail they have been running history articles on
Saturday and this week is about Knox Co. churches. Not much in the way of
family names but I found a few interesting genealogy clues I thought I would
pass on. These are just the highlights.. Enjoy.

first church- Henderson Church of Jesus Christ 1830
founded by Primitive or Old School Baptists east of Rio,
later moved to Greenbush..
Oneida's first church Congregational in 1855
Billy Sunday preached one day in 1897

Methodists in Knoxville met in a tin shop

Abingdon Catholics met in homes In 1908 Abingdon Pottery opened, bringing
many Catholics from New Castle, PA.

In 1831 a small group came from KY to Cameron and called their village
Savanna finding another town of the same name changed theirs to Coldbrook.
Originally called "the church of Christ on Cedar Fork of Henderson River."

In 1855 the CB & Q RR came through.

After 1844 when Joseph Smith the morman was killed in Navoo there were still
some members in Knox Co. They regrouped in Amboy, IL under the leadership
of Joseph Smith III before heading to Utah. (ATTN LINDA!) possible lead...


Maquon had a tavern, racetrack and a distillery before they had a church.

United Brethren and Methodist used circuit riders using Washington school
in Rio township. and Condra school in Henderson Township. in 1867 started
camp
meetings in Gilson for the next 43 years.

The original agreement of the founders of Galesburg building only
Presbyterian churches. So. Catholics were forced to travel to St.
Augustine for services (This may explain why my relatives graves started in
St. Mary's in East Galesburg)
Families from KY joined other Catholics from OH to build the St. Augustine
church. After getting tired of travel, they built outside of Galesburg but
it was destroyed by a tornado. St. Patrick's on the south side of Galesburg
was built in 1863.



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