Denomination

Church name

Origin date
&  location

Founder

Buildings

Significant events / cemeteries

Address & possible
records available

Methodist Episcopal

1829 origin house of Peleg Potter by Rev. Emmett.

no longer active by 1888 (BR)

Methodist Episcopal

Asbury Church

origin between 1841 and 1845

first church building erected about 1843 in the southern part of township; destroyed by fire early 1870s; joined Wesleyan Church (BR) (DeHart) (“Churches”)

closed early 1870s

Methodist Episcopal

Wesley Chapel

origin 1841; Sec 2 or Sec 35 (1878)

1841 first church built, 3 mi W of Montmorenci; closed by 1888 (DeHart; DePauw)

closed by 1888

Methodist Episcopal

Little Pine Church

1829 ME society origin at house of William McCrea; org. 1845 (BR; DePauw)

1845 bldg 3/4 mi N of Morenci on the farm of Samuel Shigley; 1867 merged with Wesleyan and moved into their building, SW corner of Montmorenci cemetery; closed about 1872 and members moved to Morenci (DeHart)

closed about 1872

Methodist

Pleasant Grove Methodist

Abandoned before 1900 (“Churches”)

Methodist

Round Grove Methodist

Abandoned (“Churches”)

Wesleyan Methodist

Wesleyan Methodist

SW corner of Montmorenci cemetery, frame church

1867 merged with Little Pine Congregation. Moved into Wesleyan Methodist building

 Montmorenci cemetery

merged 1867

Methodist Episcopal

Montmorenci ME Church

origin 1872; S of Montmorenci (1878)

built in 1872-73 in Montmorenci (BR) included Little Pine and Wesleyan memberships; 1965 merged with EUB church of Montmorenci; 1968 name changed to United Methodist Church of Montmorenci (“Churches”)

1872 new bldg destroyed by wind storm; rebuilt 1873 (“Churches”)

United Methodist Church of Montmorenci. Could it be now Otterbein United Methodist or Zion United Methodist of Wabash twp
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Records at DePauw U?

Methodist

Willow Grove

Jan 1875, in Willow Grove School house

1st building about 1881 in Benton Co; Rev. Thomas Burns McMannis; abandoned about 1895 and members moved to Otterbein Church (“Churches”)

Closed about 1895. See Otterbein Church

United Brethren, became Evangelical United Brethren (EUB)

Otterbein Church / Otterbein Chapel

1851 or earlier

Bishop William Brown and his brother, David Brown (“Churches”)

building erected 1851 by Rev. Andrew Winsett; part of congregation in Warren Co; about 1880 divided and Warren Co members formed Pond Grove Church in Warren Co (“Churches”); probably the EUB church that merged to become United Methodist Church of Montmorenci

2 entrances, for men and women; in mid 1890s bell moved to UB church in Otterbein

See Montmorenci ME Church

United Brethren

Otterbein Castle UB Church

6 Nov 1893, in Otterbein

1^st building 1893 in Otterbein; 2^nd building 1914

United Brethren

Montmorenci UB

1894 in Otterbein Chapel bldg, seems to be result of 3-way split, some to Pond Grove, some to Montmorenci ME, some remained

Rev. William E. Stanley

1894 moved to school house; 1895 1^st building on Hoover Rd; building burned 1916 result of leaf fire that spread; met in Methodist Church; 1919-2^nd building; 1928/29 members added when Union Chapel closed; 1946 national merger, became Evangelical United Brethren; 1965 local merger with Methodist Church became Montmorenci Methodist Church; moved to that building.

Bldg closed 1965 when merged with Montmorenci Methodist Church; now Montmorenci United Methodist Church.

United Brethren

Union Chapel

1901?

1st building 1901; presiding elder Rev. Stanley; 1927/28 disbanded, bldg sold; many transferred to Montmorenci UB

Disbanded 1927/28; many transferred to Montmorenci UB

Lutheran, United Brethren, and Reformed

Mount Tom or School No. 10 Sunday School

Three denominations met in school house (“Churches”)

Lutheran

St. Paul’s Lutheran

1881, 7 mi. S of Otterbein

German congregation; minister from St. James Lutheran 1860s-1870s. bldg 1881. Closed and abandoned 1974

1979 bldg moved to Hoosier 4-H Leadership Center (“Chapel”)

Closed 1974

Lutheran

St. John Lutheran

1890 at 900 N near US 231

Est. 1890 as mission of St. Paul’s (“Churches”)

German congregation; Abandoned (“Churches”)

Lutheran

Faith Lutheran of Otterbein

In Otterbein

Merger of St. Paul’s & St. John’s (“Churches”)