Early Churches of Tippecanoe County Indiana
Members of the Tippecanoe
County Area
area Genealogy Society are working on this list of early churches of Tippecanoe
County.
We hope to add photographs of each one. If you or someone you know
has a photograph of any Church below we would
love to post it. This database is an effort to help others find genealogy resources in your search to
find family information
and preserve the history. Please
remember this information came mainly from early history books of the past. The
beginning
of many churches started in building of other denominations. The main tables were created from TIPCOA members
Susan Y Clawson and Joyce Watterson. Thanks ladies,
we really appreciate your time and effort
on this project.
Please send any additional information or webpage's I can link to help
us all learn the past history.
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CHURCH INFO
Fairfield, Lauramie,
Perry,
Randolph, Sheffield,
Shelby, Tippecanoe,
Union, Wabash, Washington,
Wayne & Wea.
Jackson township
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Denomination |
Church name |
Origin date |
Founder |
Buildings |
Significant events / cemeteries |
Address & possible |
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Methodist Episcopal |
1828 home of William L. Newman; about 1832 in Shawnee Mound Academy (DeHart), in Sec 27 West side of township |
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1832, services and Methodist class (DeHart); church in Sec 27, S of Shawnee Mound (1878) 1855 church bldg erected, 1st in Jackson Twp, on Meharry land (Woods and Martin); 1889 remodeled (Julian); 1928 combined with Sugar Grove and Odel as Jackson Heights Methodist Church |
Several bequests supported this church. After the 1928 consolidation, the building fell into disrepair. |
Jackson United Methodist Church, 6825 St. Rd. 28 W.
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Methodist Episcopal |
Sugar Grove Methodist |
Worshiped in homes and the Sugar Grove school house, Sec. 30 and 31 |
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1852 bldg erected of brick; open in 1909 (DeHart); at Sugar Grove (1878) 1928 combined with Shawnee Mound and Odell as Jackson Heights Methodist Church |
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Jackson United Methodist Church, 6825 St. Rd. 28 W.
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Methodist Episcopal |
Odell Methodist |
at Odell, Sec. 2 |
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bldg on farm of G. W. Odell; still open in 1909 (DeHart); at Odell (1878) 1928 combined with Sugar Grove and Shawnee Mound as Jackson Heights Methodist Church |
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Jackson United Methodist Church, 6825 St. Rd. 28 W
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Methodist Episcopal |
Prairie Chapel |
east part of twp (DeHart); Sec 27 (1878) |
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closed in 1909 (DeHart) |
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United Brethren |
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Sec 21 (1878) |
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closed? |
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Christian |
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Sec 19, E of Shawnee Mound (1878) |
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closed? |
Bibliography use for Jackson township Churches
1878 Atlas of Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
Knightstown, Ind.: Kingman Bros, 1878.
Biographical History of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren and
Pulaski Counties, Indiana. [BH]. Chicago: Lewis. 1899. 2 vols.
Biographical Record and Portrait Album of Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
[BR] Chicago: Lewis, 1888.
DeHart, Richard P. Past and Present of Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
Indianapolis: Bowen, 1909. 2 vols.
Julian, Dorothy. “Memories,” Jackson Township, Tippecanoe County Book,
AKA Jackson Township High School, by Mildred Poisel Hanselman. [1998].
Woods, Paula, and Fern Martin. Traveling Through Tippecanoe St. Louis,
MO: Bradley, 1992.
http://www.lafayettesbest.com/category/churches.htm
Another area you will find help are the cemeteries that were connected. This list is also by township.
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