Sheffield township churches of Tippecanoe Co Indiana

Denomination	Church name	Origin date & location	Founder	Buildings	Significant events / cemeteries	Address & possible records available
Presbyterian	Dayton Presbyterian, then Memorial Presbyterian	Rev. James A. Carnahan and others, preached in the 1830s; org. 1834; SE corner Walnut and Ricks	Rev. James A. Carnahan (Father Carnahan)	1st building (frame) 1834; 2nd building (frame w steeple) 1852; 3rd and present brick building 1899. (Yost)	1st church building in township; Carnahan was a missionary who organized numerous churches in the Wabash Valley country. Dayton Cemetery	Memorial Presbyterian Church St. Rd. 38, Dayton, IN 765-296-3199 www.daytonpres.org
Baptist		met in Presbyterian building in Dayton for a time		none		Closed
United Brethren	Dayton United Brethren	UB met in 1828 in home of William Baker, with Rev. John Duncan (DeHart)	William Baker, with Rev. John Duncan	Building erected about 1850 on Main St in Dayton (DeHart), then moved to. SE corner Main and Conj. (Sesqui; 1878); closed about 1895; torn down 1907 (Sesqui)	Present house at the last location built by shop class at Dayton High School aft 1907 (Geo Rowe)	Closed about 1895
Universalist	Universalist Church	in 1828 in schoolhouse in Dayton (DeHart)	Rev. Hiram Curry	Frame building erected 1839 under pastorate of Erasmus Manford; NW corner Main and Conj (1878); services held once a month; last service funeral in 1900 (Sesqui).	Building remodeled into residence	Closed 1900
Methodist Episcopal	Dayton Methodist Church	class org. 1830	Rev. W. Wilson?	ME services in 1830 with Rev. W. Wilson in schoolhouse, in Dayton; 1st building 1843, lots 8 & 11 Beara’s addition (“Real Estate”); 2nd buildingbrick 1866 NW corner Walnut and Pennsylvania, improved in 1908 (DeHart); 3rd bldg S of Dayton about 1975	First services in Township were Methodist, home of James Paige, in 1823, near Wyandott; ME Academy in 1860s	No historical records; several church histories exist; Dayton United Methodist Church 7201 Wesleyan Dr., Dayton, IN 765-296-3155
Methodist Episcopal	Salem ME Church	about 1840?; Sec 33 (1878) on 775 E		Frame building erected in 1840; By 1909 only used for preaching of funerals (DeHart)	Salem Cemetery	absorbed by Stockwell ME
United Brethren	Newcomer United Brethren	Sec 35 (1878), next to Newcomer School at CR 1000 E and 700 S		Brick building still standing; shows on 1866 and 1878 maps	Funk/Newcomer cemetery is on the same road to the North.	Closed about 1933 or 1934 per Fred Reichart; now building is used for farm storage
Missionary Baptist	Lauramie Missionary Baptist need photo	Sec 36 on N side of Newcastle Rd (1878). Adjoining cemetery (Tippecanoe; Doty), probably on the east?; shows on maps 1866-1900		(could this be the Baptist group that met in Dayton briefly?) building shows on 1878 map; new building 1888 brick, next to McDole home and adjoining the cemetery (S. McDole bio)	McDole Cemetery AKA Lauramie Missionary Baptist Cemetery on N side of Newcastle Rd	Closed by 1917, building gone (P McDole obit)
Campbellite	Boggs?	1837? Newcastle Rd between 800 and 900		Site of church and tent meetings Boggs Cemetery was a Campbellite church cemetery, Sec. 27, est. 1837. (Tippecanoe)	Boggs cemetery. Cemetery destroyed by 1940s	Closed
Lutheran	Wyandotte mission	1852 at Wyandotte (Waltmann)	Obadiah Brown of “First Church” in Lafayette (Waltmann)	Probably short lived; not mentioned elsewhere. No bldg.	Wyandotte Cem.	Closed