Closed Church Records from Danville Grace UMC |
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Central Illinois Conference Closed Church
Danville Grace UMC
Overview of the Collection | |
| Repository: | IGRC Archives and Special Collections MacMurray College, Jacksonville, IL |
| Creator: | Grace UMC |
| Title: | Closed Church Records from Danville Grace UMC |
| Dates: | 1895-1980 |
| Quantity: | 2 cubic feet |
| Abstract: | The collection contains four membershp books (1895-1970), real property papers, WSCS minutes, treasurer's reports, conference reports, and a 1967 pictorial directory. |
| Identification: | 2178 |
| Language: | The records are in English. |
Scope and Contents
There are four membership books, the earliest recorded entry is 1895 and one book has newspaper clippings glued onto the pages. Membership books include baptisms, deaths and marriages as well as membership data. There is a folder of letters of membership transfers, newspaper clippings of church weddings, and index cards of membership data. One folder has the treasurer's annual reports to the congregation. One folder has annual conference reports random years from 1925 to 1980. There are miscellaneous items, such as church bulletins, and correspondence regarding the sale of the church building. One WSCS notebook of minutes and one notebook has a listing of WSCS charter members included with the treasurer's ledger, and one UMW treasurer's ledger. A folder of real property documents has mortgage papers, and quit claim deeds.
Church History
In the summer of 1892, Rev. Shields from the Lincoln MEC came to Danville to preach a sermon before a small group of twenty in a small grove. He continued preaching in the open until the weather turned cold and the group moved indoors to various homes. The congregation officially organized in 1893 with ten members. Rev. Shields solicited funds and bricks to build their first permanent house of worship, dedicated in 1895.
By 1916 the congregation was large enough to require more room so the congregation added to the original building with a full basement, kitchen, art windows and a heating plant.
The church closed in 1980.
Index Terms
This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Restrictions
Restrictions on Access
The collection is unrestricted.
Separated Material
Volumes: 122A Membership Roll 1895-1980; 122B Membership Roll 1895-1949; 122C Membership Book 1925-1944; 122D Official Membership Roll 1953-1980; 122E UMW Treasurer's Ledgers 1957-1977. The 1967 pictorial directory is filed in the church's historial folder..