First Congregational Church of Beardstown, Illinois Membership - 1866-1899
The church suffered a devestating fire on December 31, 1939, tht destroyed the building nd most of the church records. The first membership book, 1845-1865 was saved and lists only the members names. The following membership list, 1866-1899, contains more detailed information. The list was only printed in The Cass County Historian to include years 1866-1885, however.The list contains those who joined, removed or transferred. It was abstracted from The Cass County Historian, September and December 1992 and March 1993 Issues.
CODE: A.L. (admitted by letter); D.L. (dismissed by letter); C.F. (admitted by confession of faith); R. (removed); CH (church); Cong. (Congregational Church); Presby. (Presbyterian Church); Meth. (Methodist Church); Bapt. (Baptist Church)
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1866 April D.L. Addie E. HITCHCOCK (to Presby. Ch., Virginia, IL) April D.L. James KERR (to Meredosia, IL) May D.L. Mr. and Mrs. Frank TRACEY (to Springfield, IL) May D.L. Frank M. DAVIS (to Cong. Ch., Peoria, IL) June D.L. Sarah J. PATTERSON nee' STURTEVANT (to Warren, Conn.) July D.L. Mrs. Helen LYMAN (to Killingworth, Conn.) July D.L. Mrs. Sarah MERICA (to Cong. Ch. Jacksonville, IL) July D.L. Martha Ann ANDERS (to Missouri) July D.L. Mrs. Julia BOLIJECK (fr. Presby. Ch Paducah, KY) Oct. D.L. Mr. & Mrs. John PUTNAM (to Rushville, IL) Dec. D.L. Mr. & Mrs. C.C. STURTEVENT (to Presby. Ch. Galena, IL) Dec. C.L. Fredericke REARICK (to Quincy, IL) C.F. Mrs. Elizabeth SHAW C.F. Mr. & Mrs. George PLAHN C.F. Horatio CHAPIN C.F. Robert ELLIOTT C.F. Ellen BILLINGS C.F. Martha McCLURE C.F. James STEVENSON C.F. J. Milton McCLURE C.F. James ELLIOTT C.F. Henry H. DURHAM C.F. George SAUNDERS C.F. Theodore TREADWAY C.F. Edward DUNBAUGH C.F. John TENDICK C.F. Rebecca TENDICK C.F. Emma HOUSEKEEPER C.F. Maria S. WARREN C.F. Emma S. VAN WAY C.F. Marie NOTLE C.F. Jennie CHASE C.F. Thomas J. BURNS C.F. Mrs. ANDERSON C.F. Miss Mary GARLICK C.F. Mary BILLINGS C.F. Fanny LOOMIS C.F. Maria CHAMBERLINE C.F. Mrs. Adaline POLLARD C.F. Mrs. Addie PHILLIPS C.F. Henry MERTZ C.F. Mahala HENDERSON 1867 Jan. C.F. Mary E. CHASE Jan. D.L. Horatio CHAPIN (to Cong. Ch. Concord, IL) Feb. D.L. Mrs. Margaret PEARCE (to Cong. Ch. Pleasant Hill, MO) Feb. D.L. Norman HITCHCOCK (to Cong. Ch. Iowa Falls, Iowa) Feb. C.F. J.BOLIJACK May C.F. Caroline DURHAM May C.F. Mary P. BALDWIN May D.L. Dr. MAXWELL (to Urbana, IL) June D.L. Mrs. Harriet H. MEIGS & Dau Mary (to Malone, N.Y.) Nov. A.L. E C. SACKETT, wife, & daus. Susan & Ellen Dec. D.L. Horace BILLINGS, Mary and Ellen (to Cong. Ch. Jacksonville, IL) 1868 Jan. D.L. Mary BALDWIN (to Jacksonville, IL) Jan. C.F. Melourne PARSON Feb. D.L. Anna (STURTEVENT) STODDARD (to West Point, Iowa) Feb. C.F. Henry PHILLIPS Feb. C.F. Edward NORBURY Feb. C.F. John SAUNDERS Feb. C.F. Elizabeth CARTER Feb. C.F. Maria Edith DeHAVEN Feb. C.F. Sarah M. LITTLEFIELD Feb. C.F.Adeline HOUSEKEEPER Feb. C.F.Catherine DeHAVEN Feb. C.F.Mrs. Elsia DAVIS Feb. C.F.Mary DANNER Feb. C.F.Harriett E. TREADWAY Feb. C.F.Mrs. Hannah BELL Feb. C.F.Miss Laura FINNEY Feb. C.F. H. Frederick KORS May A.L. Mrs. Rebecca FLICKWIR (from Cong. Ch. Chandlerville, IL) May A.L. Beater LAUNER (from Bapt. Ch. Griggsville, IL) May D.L. Jane RODGERS (to out east) May C.F. Anna SEAMAN June D.L. Christ MERTZ (to Cong. Ch. Kansas City, MO) June D.L. Mrs. Catherine WOODY (to Pilgrim Ch. St. Louis, MO) June A.L. Sarah (BILLINGS) WISWELL (from Cong. Ch. Princeton, IL) July A.L. Rev. Wm. & Rebecca COLLINS (from Meth. Ch. Beardstown, IL) Nov. A.L. Dr. John L. KAINE (from Meth. Ch. Springfield, IL) Dec. D.L. Mrs. Hannah BELL (to Bapt. Ch. Rushville, IL) 1869 Feb. D.L. Charles RICH (to Cong. Ch. Lyons, Iowa) Feb. D.L. Elizabeth REED (to Cong. Ch. New Orleans, LA) July A.L. Samuel Dale (from Presby. Ch. Virginia, IL) 1870 Jan. A..L. Robert & Mary HUNTINGTON (from Presby. Ch. Kansas City, MO) Jan. A.L. Mrs. Alice KAINE (from Metho. Ch. Springfield, IL) Jan. C.F. David CLENDENIN May D.L. Mary (DeHAVEN) MASSIE (to Cong. Ch Jacksonville, IL) May A.L. Mrs. Mary A. LOOSLEY (from Cong. Ch. Springfield, IL) June D.L. Mrs. Belle DAY (to Cong. Ch. Chicago, IL) Aug. R. Thomas S. WILES Dec. D.L. Rev. Wm. & Eunice CHAMBERLINE (to Cong. Ch. Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 1871 Jan. A. L., C.F. Lucy and Eddie WALDO (from Cong. Ch. Oneida, IL) Feb. A.L. William H. HINCKLEY (from Cong. Ch. Reedsburg, Wisconsin) Feb. A.L. Mrs. Lizzie DAVIS (from Cong. Ch. Chandlerville, IL) Feb. A.L. Luke and Susan DEW (from Bapt. Ch. Mason Co, IL) Feb. C.F. Mrs. Abbie HINCKLEY Feb. C.F. Mrs. Catherine NICHOLS Feb. C.F. Mrs. Susan SEEGER Feb. C.F. Mrs. Eliza GARLICK Feb. C.F.Miss Anna RAYCRAFT Feb. D.L. Miss Martha McCLURE (to Cong. Ch. Jacksonville, IL) Feb. D.L. Edmond, Eliza, Mary & Jennie CHASE (to Cong. Ch. Des Moines, Iowa) Mar. D.L. J.Q. & Mrs. Maria MERRIMAN (to Cong. Ch. Fort Scott, Kansas Mar. D.L. E.S. and Mrs. Ellen CARTER (to Presby. Ch. Mendota, IL) Mar. D.L. Mrs. Mary & Miss Mary GARLICK (to Cong. Ch. Wyandotte, Kansas) April A.L. Charles WALDO (from Cong. Ch. Quincy, IL) April C.F. Julia LIVERMORE June A.L. Mrs. Mary A. CLENDENIN (from Meth. Ch. Beardstown, IL) June A.L. Mrs. Mary THOMPSON (from Ch. of Christ, Leavenworth, KS) July D.L. Robert & Mary HUNTINGTON (to Cong. Ch. Waterloo, Iowa) July D.L. Mrs. Anna (SEAMAN) PEARN (to Presby. Ch. Bates, MO) Aug. C.L. Miss Jane Louisa HAVEKLUFT Aug. C.F. Miss Emma TAYLOR Aug. D.L. Mrs. Lydia & Miss Hannah McCLURE (to Leavitt St. Cong. Ch. Chicago, IL) Sept. D.L. James C. & Sarah M. LEONARD (to Independence, Kansas) Nov. D.L. Thomas & Mary Jane ELLIOTT (to Cumberland Presby. Ch Nebraska City, Neb.) Dec. A.L. Miss Viola CLARK (from Cong. Ch. Quincy, IL) Dec. D.L. Mrs. E.M. (CUTTER) STARRETT (to Cong. Ch. Belfast, Maine) Dec. D.L. Miss Lizzie A. GREEN (to Cong. Ch. Fort Scott, KS) Deaths 1871 Maria S. Foster Julia A. LIVERMORE 1872 Jan. D.L. Mary A. LOOSLEY (to Presby. Ch. Rock Island, IL) Jan. A.L. Mrs. Robert LOOSLEY, former Elizabeth SEWELL (from Baptist Ch., Hamilton, IL) Jan. C.F. Mary D. SEELEY Apr. C.F. Andre MARIRS May D.L. Mrs. Francis J. COLLINS (to Meth. Ch. Wayland, IL) June C.F. Miss Sarah OSMER July D.L. William McKINNELL (to Cong. Ch. Morrison, IL) July D.L. Miss Viola CLARK ( to Cong. Ch Mendota, IL) Nov. C.F. Miss Judith A. THOMPSON Nov. A.L. Howard BURBANK (from Meth. Ch. Jacksonville, IL) Nov. D.L. L. WALDO and wife (to Cong. Ch., Lowell, Michigan) Nov. R. Milton McCLANE Nov. R. Helen DUNBAUGH Nov. R. Lydia J. FULKS |
Deaths 1872 Luke DEW, July 14 1872 Members still on Roll but living elsewhere John W. CHASE, Des Moines, Iowa Caroline DUTCH, Liverpool, IL Augusta STURTIVENT, Iowa Miss Esther GILL, Minnesota Mrs. Lydia FULKS, Bath, IL Mrs. Francis COLLINS, Schuyler Co., IL Jesse RIGGINS, Havana, IL Mrs. Ellen TREADWAY, Medford, Massachusetts James P. LOW, Charleston, S.C. John McKINNELL, Chicago, IL Theodore LELAND, Denver, Colorado John FEE, St. Louis, MO Mrs. Electa BINGHAM, ?? William L. HEATON, Virden, IL Mary Jane CUNNINGHAM, Virginia, IL Mrs. Lucy Ann THOMPSON, Nebraska City, Nebraska William ELLIOTT, Seneca, Kansas Mrs. Marcis CHILD, Holden, MO Robert ELLIOTT, Nebraska City, Nebraska James ELLIOTT, St. Joseph, MO Milton McLANE, Butler, MO George SAUNDERS, Bloomington, IL Edward DUNDBAUGH, Pueblo, Colorado Mrs. Maria WARREN, Wisconsin Caroline CIRE, Arenzville, IL John L. and Alice KAINE, St. Louis, MO 1873 Mar. A.L. William & Joanna McCROSSEN (from Presby. Ch. Springfield, IL Mar. A.L. D.E. & Mrs. Hale, Antionette, Sarah, & Belle HALE (from Cong. Ch. St. Louis, MO) Sept. A.L. Harry Harris (from Cong. Ch., Galva, IL) C.F. Mrs. Maria BRADMAN C.F. Miss Emma Kate FULKS Dec. D.L. John SAUNDERS (to Cong. Ch. Denver, Colorado) A.L. Dana BURBANK (from John Elliott Ch., South Nattie, Mass.) A.L. Hattie BURBANK (from Cong. Ch. North Reading, Mass 1874 Jan. C.F. Maria RADCLIFF Jan. C.F. Rebecca RADCLIFF Jan. C.F. Frederick RADCLIFF Jan. C.F. Oscar KUECHLER Jan. C.F. Richard B. FULKS Jan. C.F. Fannie REARICK Jan. C.F. Rosa G. SHAW Jan. C.F. Alex HALE Jan. C.F. Bion SHAW Jan. C.F. Charles HOUGHTON Jan. C.F. Rachel HOUSEKEEPER Jan. C.F. Lillie FLETCHER Jan. C.F. Francis FLETCHER Jan. C.F. Ella HEINZ Jan. C.F. Lizzie NORBURY Jan. C.F. Charlie DAVIS Jan. C.F. Francis M. DAVIS Jan. C.F. John Miles CHANDLER Jan. C.F. Mary E. HOCKING Jan. C.F. Henrietta A. SCHNEIDER Jan. C.F. Fayette POST Jan. C.F. Nellie NORBURY (d. Feb. 24, 1889) Jan. C.F. Sarah J. BURBANK Jan. C.F. Mary RITSCHER Jan. C.F. Lucy RITSCHER Jan. C.F. Ida McCLURE Jan. C.F. Maggie REID Jan. C.F. Susan SENTERS Jan. C.F. Phillip KUHL Jan. C.F. Mary LEONARD Jan. C.F. Ezra FISH Jan. C.F. Adelia KELLS Jan. C.F. Hanry H. DURHAM Jan. C.F. Sarah Ellen FULKS Jan. C.F. Margaret HAMMER Jan. C.F. Theodore B. SHIDE Jan. C.F. Abraham PUTMAN Jan. C.F. Amanda PARSONS Jan. C.F. Maggie MILLER Jan. C.F. Z.T. SMITH Feb. C.F. Carrie & Emma POST Feb. C.F. Julia KAVANAUGH Feb. C.F. Sylvester SPRING Feb. C.F. Henry ARENZ Feb. C.F. Lydia BARNARD Feb. C.F. Edith DeSOLLAR Feb. C.F. Martin Luther KORS Feb. C.F. J. Henry SHAW Feb. C.F. Nicholas GREEN Feb. C.F. Maria HENDERSON Feb. C.F. James E. BUCK Feb. C.F. Walter REARICK Feb. C.F. Rachel McFILLEN Feb. C.F. Jarod HINKLEY Feb. C.F. Simpson HINKLEY Feb. C.F. Mary HINKLEY Apr. D.L. F.H. REARICK, Wife, dau., son (to Cong. Ch. Galesburg, IL) June A.L. Rev. J.H. SHAY & Wife June A.L. Mrs. Josie H. FOSTER June A.L. P.M. & M.C. McFERREN Sept. A.L. Mrs. Hannah SPRING (fr. Cong. Ch. Griggsville, IL) Sept. D.L. Samuel & Lydia DALE (to Presby. Ch., Denver, Co.) Sept. A.L. Nettie POST Sept. A.L. John W. SANDERS (fr. Cong. Ch. Denver, Co.) 1875 Feb. R. Lucy (ELLIOTT) THOMPSON Feb. D.L. Mrs. BECHELHIMER (formerly Mrs. NICHOLS, to McDonough Co., IL) Feb. R. Mrs. Ada PHILLIPS R. Mrs. Adaline POLLARD Feb. D.L. John & Emma SAUNDERS (to Co.) Feb. D.L. D.L. HALE family (to Chicago, IL) Feb. C.F. Mrs. ATWOOD Feb. C.F. Miss Minnie HUBBARD Feb. C.F. Miss Anna KING 1876 Mar. D.L. William & Abbie HINKLEY (to Cong. Ch., Racine, WS) Oct. A.L. Joseph & Susan HANKEN (fr. Presby. Ch., DuQuoin, IL) D.L. Henry HEINZ (to Presby. Ch., Virginia, IL) Dec. R. Miss Nettie HALE Deaths 1876 Josephine FISH, March 23 Dana BURBANK, May 6 Ernest FLETCHER, May 18 1877 Mar. R. Mrs. Sarah J. FOSTER May C.F. Mrs. STEPHENSON May A.L. Rev. WYCOFF & family (from Cong. Ch, Rushville, IL) June D.L. Rev. & Mrs. SHAY (to Cong. Ch., McLean, IL) Sept. R. Johathan PUTMAN Oct. A.L. Mrs. Charlotte FAUSBURG (from Christ. Ch., Marshall, Mich.) Nov. A.L. Leroy CARPENTER (from Dong. Ch., Newton, IL) Dec. C.F. Mr. & Mrs. Silas BRAINARD Dismissals 1877 Mrs. Julia KAVANAUGH Mr. & Mrs. O.H. KUSCHLER Abraham PUTMAN H. BURBANK Deaths 1877 Adeline DeHAVEN, August 31 Leroy CARPENTER, December 25 1878 Jan. A.L. Miss Anna RICHARDS (from Providence Presby. Ch. Cass Co.) Jan. C.F. Charles BURNS Jan. A.L. H.S . SMYTHE (fr. Cong. Ch, Aurora, IL) Jan. H. & C. WHITING ( fr. Beardstown Meth. Ch.) Feb. A.L. Mrs. W.H. McCORMICK (fr. Bapt. Ch., Lafayette, Ind.) Feb. A.L. Thomas EVERDEN (fr. Bapt. Ch., Hinsdale, IL) Feb. C.F. Mrs. Mary RAYCRAFT (d. 13 May 1896) Feb. C.F. Miss Sarah RAYCRAFT Feb. C.F. Mrs. Julia CLAYTON Feb. C.F. Sylvester BRAINARD Mar. D.L. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph HANKEN (to Meredosia, IL) Apr. R. Miss Sarah LITTLEFIELD Apr. C.F. Mrs. Mary CLARK July A.L. S.C. NOEL (fr. Presby. Ch. Urbana, IL) Nov. C.F. Anna PLATNER Nov. D.L. John FEE (to Bapt. Ch., Kansas City, MO) |
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