Kansas History and Heritage Project--Douglas County Churches

Douglas County Churches
Plymouth Congregational Church, Lawrence
Charter Members


Although the Plymouth Congregational church was organized in Lawrence in 1854 (the first Congregational church in the state), it did not have it own church home until 1856 when a stone ediface was built at the corner of Louisiana and Sixth street. The charter members of the church, most of whom were New Englanders, were:

Rev. and Mrs. Samuel Lum
Miss Anna Tappan (later Mrs. O. A. Hanscom)
O. A. Hanscom
Charles Dickson
Oscar Harlow
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Litchfield
Samuel C. Pomeroy
Franklin Haskell.





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