Denomination

Church name

Origin date
&  location

Founder

Buildings

Significant events / cemeteries

Address & possible
records available

United Brethren

Gideon Chapel aka Old Gideon

first preaching in woods at Daniel Underhill's house by Rev. Robert Brown (Howard); on 1878 map; Sec. 22

Rev. Robert Brown (Howard)

1834 Gideon Chapel built in Sec. 22 at N end of cemetery; frame building torn down 1889. (Howard; Spidle)

Gideon/Zion cemetery in Sec. 22

Closed; moved to Zion UB

United Brethren

Union Chapel

1846 in Sec 16 (Howard; Spidle; 1878), although Hershey began preaching about 1834

Rev. Joseph Hershey (Howard)

Union Chapel built on Hershey farm in Sec. 16; 1888 old Union Chapel building torn down (Howard);

Union-Hershey Cemetery in Sec 9.

On Hershey farm

Closed

United Brethren

Zion UB

1888 by Gideon Chapel, SR 26 and 900 (Howard; Spidle)

Gideon Chapel 

1888 1st bldg.

Continue to use Gideon/Zion cemetery 

Closed; building now Pentecostal Church of God

Original Women's Minutes book; exist. (Clawson)

Amish, Egly Amish, Defenseless Mennonite (Evangelical Mennonite)

Defenseless Mennonite

org. 1865 or 1870; met in homes in the Edna Mills area. Sometimes identified with Rossville or Buck Creek

Christian Zimmerman 1st minister

1885-88 brick church built in Sec 12, E of Fairview church (Howard)

Rev. John Zimmerman owned a 1536 Froschoeur Bible (Howard). Zimmermans not related, although often identified as bros.; women wore black prayer veils/caps and bonnets; Services in German until 1900s; Sunday School; closed and bldg sold 1941. (Gratz, Howard, Irick, Luthy, “Prayer Veil”)

1876, cemetery south of Edna Mills in Clinton Co.

Lafayette Evangelical Mennonite Church in Lafayette, also now closed. It was organized 2 Aug 1942 by Dist. Supt. N. J. Schmucker. 1st pastor was Reuben C. Cantrell. Concrete block building at S 26th and Kossuth erected in 1941. Closed and building sold about 1997 to Trinity Mission. (Steiner).

Presbyterian

Oxford Presbyterian

1830; Sec 36 (1878); S E of Pettit on county line road

Rev. James A. Carnahan

built 1830, probably 1st church bldg in township (Howard)

Church closed by 1840 and members transferred to Dayton (Howard).

Cemetery near church.

Old Oxford Baptist Church
502 S 2000 E
Lafayette, IN 47905
Mulberry phone: 765-296-8181

German Reformed

Oxford

origin 1840; moved into building vacated by Oxford Presbyterian (Howard); Sec. 36, SE of Pettit (1878)

Brick building erected 1871 (“Old Oxford Baptist”); building now a Baptist church

1928 the church was closed and most members transferred to the Reformed Church in Mulberry (Howard)

Cemetery near church.

Old Oxford Baptist Church
502 S 2000 E
Lafayette, IN 47905
Mulberry phone: 765-296-8181
See:  http://www.clintoncounty indiana.org/clinton/vitals/marriages/lutheran_marriages.html

Lutheran

Oxford

1832 (Waltmann); used the Oxford building; Sec. 36, SE of Pettit (1878)

Early preaching by Rev. John J. Gruber (Waltmann)

Building now a Baptist Church

Cemetery near church.

Old Oxford Baptist Church
502 S 2000 E
Lafayette, IN 47905
Mulberry phone: 765-296-8181

Moved to Mulberry and Pettit. See above web site and Waltmann

German Baptist AKA Church of the Brethren (Dunkard)

Fairview German Baptist Church of Perry Township

began in September 1872, when the North Fork congregation at Pyrmont outgrew its building (J/C) Sec 11 (1878); 900 E CR 200 N

first services Rev’s. Daniel Neher, Allen Mohler, and John Metzger on 12 Jan. 1873 (J/C; DeHart

1872 Church built east of Buck Creek in Sec. 12 of native timber and brick (J/C; “Old Oxford Baptist”)

On May 1, 1933, a wind storm damaged the building; Sunday School. Church closed Sept 1, 1968 (J/C); Still in use as Fairview Community Center.

Old German Baptist Cemetery (Aka Ulery) in Section 11 in woods..

Closed

members went to other Churches of the Brethren (“Old Oxford Baptist”)

Methodist

Wesley Chapel

origin at an early date (Howard); near Monitor (DeHart)

log church built in Sec. 16 (Howard) built bef. 1840 part of the Dayton circuit (DeHart)

did not last long (Howard)

 Closed

nondenominational

Cedar Bluff Meeting House

Est. 1830; Sec 19

will of Geo N. Foresman, owner of Eagle Mill (Howard)

frame building erected; used by groups with no bldg of their own (Howard).

School also provided for but never built; church burned down sometime after the Civil War (Howard).

Cemetery was near the area. Now destroyed.

destroyed

Lutheran

Bethel Lutheran

1862 (Waltmann) at Pettit, in Sec 24, north of 26E

1871?

1871-1928 per Tippecanoe Co Cemeteries, but listed in 1957 Directory, Rev. Joseph Radabaugh, who also served Zion Evangelical Lutheran at Colburn.

Cemetery behind church. Now destroyed.

Closed