St. Francis Baptist Temple History News Story, St. Joseph Telegraph, 1990

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St. Francis Baptist Temple History, Part 1

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Name/Title

St. Francis Baptist Temple History News Story, St. Joseph Telegraph, 1990

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P9999.BHF.709

Description

St. Francis Baptist Temple History News Story, St. Joseph Telegraph. Digital images (7) of news story in St. Joseph Telegraphy by Deborah Curtin. 1990 History of church with accompanying photos. Church began in 1844 as Dillon Creek Baptist Church in a log cabin on the river bluffs in near Buchanan-Andrew County line (later K Hwy), between St. Joseph and Amazonia. The first building to be owned by a Baptist congregation in this area. It was superseded by a St. Joseph church (now First Baptist Church) composed of whites and a small number of blacks. In 1863, the black members request withdraws and establishment of the independent First African Baptist Church, between 10th & 11th on Francis Street and became for a mission of the First Baptist Church. In 1889. a new church was erected there. The church was renamed Francis Street Baptist Church. It set on top of the hill on Francis Street, east of the current Senior Apartment Complex. In 1926, the city annexed the area in preparation for new City Hall & civic park and the building was razed. A new church was built at 17th & Angelique Street, opening in 1928, renamed St. Francis Baptist Temple. Photos that accompany the article: Nellie Long Men leaders of congregation, 1960's Congregation in front of church c. 1920's Congregation in front of church c. 1940's St.FrancisBaptistTemple.jpg St.FrancisBaptistTemple 2.jpg St.FrancisBaptistTemple 3.jpg St.FrancisBaptistTemple 4.jpg St.FrancisBaptistTemple 5.jpg St.FrancisBaptistTemple 6.jpg St.FrancisBaptistTemple 7.jpg

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Black Archives

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Date made

1990

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St. Joseph

State/Province

Missouri

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Search Terms

Black History, St. Francis Baptist Temple, Dillon Creek Baptist Church, Eshelman Music House, Francis Street Baptist Church

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Digital Image

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Digital Image Only

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Not Rated

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Date

Jun 22, 2013

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Nellie Long

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Rev. W. W. Steward

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Richard Montgomery

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Rebecca Parr

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Tobias Cole

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Charles Williams

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Henry Peterson

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Gentry Carpenter

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Rev. Adam Demit

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Rev. E. L. Cohorn

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Lennie Montgomery

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Nora Reggons

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Lilian Jackson Edwards

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G. L. Price

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Lois Hartshorn

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T. M. Bedford

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Rev. C. P. Morrow

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Matthew Firtzpatrick

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Helen Fitzpatrick

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Vivian Madison

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Rev. Louis L. Sikes

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Rev. W. A. Sparks

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Rev. Norman S. Fiddmont

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Linn A. Hedge

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Rev. Ernest E. Thompson

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Rev. William A. Hedge

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Clarence Gray, Jr.

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Lenetta Banks

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Howard Alton Brown

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Rev Dr. Donald Cottner

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Rev. Lucious Fullwood

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Rev. A. B. Brown

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Mary E. Brown

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Charles Blakely

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Alton Brown

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Bentley Jones

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James Harvin

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James D. Green

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Rufus Thompson

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Earnestine Blakely

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Chambers, Warren

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George Matthews

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Martha Bell

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Wilbur Gamble

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Loes Hedge

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Cheryl May

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Fannie Maxey

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Lois Brewer

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Jackie Williams

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Washington, Eunice

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Jean Matthews

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Weeden, Charlotte

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Dorothy Chambers

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Frances Wilson

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Larry E. Brown

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Georgina Gray

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Precious Love

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LaTanya McDugal

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Nicole Gray

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LaVesta Love

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Harold Williams

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Digital Images from photos loaned from members of Black Archives for scanning only