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HISTORY OF CHURCHES NO LONGER OPEN OR MOVED FROM

ASSOCIATION HISTORY OF DALE

HISTORY OF DALE SOUTHERN MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

IF YOU SHOULD BE TRAVELING ON IL STATE HWY 142 AND PASS THROUGH THE LITTLE TOWN OF DALE, IL. YOU PASS RIGHT IN FRONT OF A WHITE CHURCH BUILDING WHICH PROUDLY FOR YEARS PROCLAIMED THE NAME OF DALE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH WE ARE RECORDED AS BEING ORGANIZED IN 1909, BUT OUR HISTORY STARTED LONG BEFORE THAT.

AT ONE TIME, EVEN BRFORE A BUILDING WAS AVAILABLE THEY MET IN THE YARD OF WHAT IS NOW THE RESIDENCE OF HALLIE WHEELER. ALSO ,AT ONE TIME, SOMEWHERE NEAR THE PARKER’S PRAIRIE OLD SCHOOL BUILDING. I BELIEVE THEY DID HAVE A BUILDING THERE, BUT NO I’M NOT SURE.

IN 1895, THE CHURCH WAS ORGANIZED AND ACCEPTED INTO THE FAIRFIELD ASSOCIATION. WE MET IN THE OLD HARRAWOOD SCHOOL EAST OF DALE WITH ELDER T. A. LEMAY AS PASTOR. HIS DAUGHTER, MRS. ELLA GRAY WAS THE CLERK.. LATER ELDER R. P HENSON WAS PASTOR OF THIS MEMBERSHIP. (IN 1959 THE GRANDSON ( WILLIAM A GRAY) OF BRO LEMAY HELD A REVIVAL IN OUR CHURCH. LATER ELDER R. P. HENSON WAS PASTOR OF THIS MEMBERSHIP.

IN 1900 THE CHURCH WAS DROPPED FROM THE FAIRFIELD ASSOCIATION BECAUSE THE CHURCH NO LONGER EXISTED.

IN 1901 A NEW FRAME BUILDING WAS ERECTED ONE HALF MILE WEST OF DALE NEAR THE DALE SCHOOL.

IN 1902, WE WERE RESTORED MEMBERSHIP IN THE FAIRFIELD ASSOCIATION ACCORDING TO THEIR RECORDS.

IN 1914 SUNDAY SCHOOL SERVICE WAS STARTED.

IN 1919 THE BUILDING WEST OF DALE WAS MOVED TO DALE AND SET ON A LOT WEST OF G.V. ROUINTREE’S GENERAL STORE. SUNDAY SCHOOL WAS EVERY SUNDAY AT 10 AM “PREACHING SERVICES” WAS HELD EVERY 4^TH SUNDAY. LATER B.Y.P.U WAS HELD EVERY SUNDAY EVENING AT 7:30 PM. IN THE 1930'S “TRAINING UNION” TOOK THE PLACE OF B.Y.P.U AND SOME WONDERFUL PROGRAMS WERE PRESENTED. THE TRAINING UNION STIRRED UP AN INTEREST IN “BIBLE STUDY”WHICH CONTINUED FOR SOME TIME.

IN 1934, KELLY ENDICOTT PUBLISHED “THE DALE MESSENGER”. THIS PAPER STATED THAT “THE LADIES AID” OF DALE BAPTIST CHURCH COMPLETED

ANOTHER QUILT THIS WEEK AND ONE THE WEEK BEFORE. THIS MADE 50 QUILTS

FINISHED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. THE LADIES KEPT THE CHURCH GOING IN THOSE DAYS.

IN THE EARLY 40'S OIL WAS DISCOVERED NEAR DALE, AND AN “OIL BOOM” FOLLOWED. ATTENDANCE ENLARGED AND MANY GOOD THINGS HAPPENED. A WMS WAS ORGANIZED, THIS ORGANIZATION CONTINUED DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS, REMINDING OUR CHURCH TO CONTINUE GIVING TO MISSIONS.

OUR FIRST V.B.S. WAS CONDUCTED BY BRO W.E. HALL, OUR FAIRFIELD ASSOCIATION DIRECTOR OF MISSIONS. THIS WAS IN SESSION FOR TWO WEEKS. SINCE THAT TIME ALMOST EVERY YEAR WE HAVE HAD A V.B.S. BUT ONLY A WEEK SESSION IS HELD NOW.

SEVERAL GREAT REVIVALS WERE HELD. SOME CONDUCTED BY OUR PASTORS OTHER BY EVANGELIST.

IN 1947/1948 A NEW CONCRETE BLOCK BUILDING, WITH A BASEMENT, WAS ERECTED. A LOT WAS GIVEN BY DEACON KELLY L ENDICOTT FOR A BUILDING SIGHT. THE DEDICATION SERVICE WAS HELD JUNE 20, 1948. WITH ELDER MARVIN COLE OF FORTH WORTH, TX BRING THE DEDICATORY MESSAGE, THE FIRST FUNERAL IN THE NEW CHURCH WAS HELD THE SAME DAY. IT WAS THAT OF DECON CURTIS WILLIAMS.

LAST YEAR OUR CHURCH SANCTUARY WAS REMOLDED; CEILING LOWERED, ROSTRUM LOWERED, WALLS PANELED, WALL TO WALL CARPETING AND THE FRONT ENTRANCE CARPETED. WE PAID FOR THAT AS IT WAS DONE AND GAVE MORE TO MISSIONS THAN EVER IN THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH, WHICH SHOULD PROVE TO ALL THAT YOU CAN’T “OUT GIVE” THE LORD.

MANY PEOPLE HAVE SERVED THIS CHURCH FAITHFULLY DOWN THROUGH

THE YEARS. BRO KELLY ENDICOTT SERVED AS DEACON AND SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER FOR MANY YEARS. HIS WIFE GRACE, BY HIS SIDE, HELPING IN SO MANY WAYS. THEIR DAUGHTER, DORIS, AFTER HER FATHER’S DEATH TOOK OVER HIS SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS AND WAS THE PIANIST, FOR MANY YEARS.

PASTORS SERVING WERE

T. A. LEMAY 1880

D. J. CLARK 1895

T. B. HUNT 1902

T. A. LEMAY 1906-1907

T. B. HUNT 1910

MARION RUSSELL 1912

S. E. HAMLITON 1926-1927

ED KEIGER 1932

T. B. HUNT 1934-1935

E .G. CRAVENS 1937

P. D. TITTLE 1938-1941

OTTO CATLIN 1942 PLUS

WILLIAM ROBERSON 1946

J. T. JONES 1947

J. A. MURRAY 1948

JOEL KNIPPER 1949

ALVA DAILY 1950

ERNIE ESSARY 1951-1955

VINCENT JEWELL 1957

CARL TENNYSON 1957-1958

G. E. PRESLEY 1959

J. H. CARR 1960

ALDEAN ENGLISH 1962-1979

HOWARD IRVIN 1968-1969

STEPHEN HALE 1969

HAROLD CLARK 1970-1971

DOUGLAS HORNER 1972

DAVID SCHALG 1973-1974

ROBERT BLACKMAN 1974-1979

KENT WHITKICK 1980

EUGENE RISTER 1980-1982

BALLARD DEPEW 1983-1984

RAYMOND CLARK 1986-1987

H. DAVENPORT 1989

DATES FOR FOLLOWING PASTOR ARE NOT KNOWN

FRED HEDGES

P. HARRIS

HARVEY PAGE

BRO HANCOCK

BRO THROGMORTON

R. P. HENSON

HISTORY OF ELLIS MOUND MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

ELLIS MOUND MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY THREE AND ONE HALF MILES NORTHEAST OF THE VILLAGE OF ADEN. ELLIS MOUND WAS ORGANIZED IN1856, WITH SEVEN CHARTER MEMBERS. PRIOR TO THIS DATE SERVICES WERE HELD IN A LOG BUILDING A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE LOCATION OF THE PRESENT CHURCH BUILDING.

JOHN B. SMITH WAS THE FIRST PASTOR. ELDER VERNARD ILE PASTORED THE CHURCH FOR TEN YEARS.

THIS HISTORY WAS TAKEN FROM THE HAMILTON COUNTY SESQUICENTENNIAL IN1971.

ELLIS MOUND IS NOT A MEMBER OF OUR GOSHEN TRAIL ASSOCIATION SINCE IT JOINED ANOTHER ASSOCIATION IN 2005.

HISTORY OF SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH OF MCLEANSBORO

THE SECOND MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH CAME FROM A MISSION WHICH HAD BEEN MEETING FOR SOME TIME IN DIFFERENT HOMES. THE MISSION MET WEDNESDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 28, 1955, FOR THE NECESSARY ARRANGEMENTS OF ORGANIZING A CHURCH. ON JANUARY 22, 1956, AT A CALLED MEETING, CHURCH OFFICERS WERE ELECTED.

THE TRUSTEES WERE HAROLD CROSS, ROSS LISENBY, AND JAMES UPCHURCH. BROTHER HEATY B. STOLTZ WAS THE FIRST PASTOR. THERE WERE 14 CHARTER MEMBERS. THEIR FIRST BUILDING WAS ON NORTH HARRIS STREET IN MCLEANSBORO. LATER THEY PURCHASED ANOTHER BUILDING ON N. HARRIS STREET AND HELD SERVICES THERE UNTIL THEY MOVED TO A BUILDING ON WEST CHERRY STREET IN MCLEANSBORO. THE ABOVE REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM THE HAMILTON COUNTY SESQUICENTENNIAL (1971). THE SECOND BAPTIST OF MCLEANSBORO CLOSED IT’S DOORS IN 2003.

HISTORY OF SMITH CHAPEL

NEW LIBERTY BAPIST CHURCH (LATER CALLED SMITH CHAPEL) WAS FIRST LOCATED AT THE SITE OF OLD RALLY HILL SCHOOL. SERVICES WERE HELD AT THIS SITE FOR A TIME. THE CHURCH WAS ORGANIZED BY REV. JOHN B. SMITH IN THE YEAR 1886. THEN MR. JIM AND MARGARET MOONEY GAVE THE CHURCH ONE ACRE OF GROUND WHERE THE PRESENT CHURCH NOW STANDS. THIS LAND WAS DEEDED TO THE CHURCH DECEMBER 17, 1887. IT IS STATED IN THE DEED THAT THIS LAND AND BUILDING COULD ONLY BE USED FOR CHURCH PURPOSES. IF THE TIME SHOULD COME THAT NO SERVICES ARE HELD HERE AND THE DOORS ARE CLOSED, THE BUILDING COULD NOT BE USED FOR STORAGE OR ANY OTHER PURPOSE, AND THE LAND WOULD GO BACK TO THE HEIRS OF THE DONOR.

THIS NEW BUILDING WAS APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET BY 20 FEET WITH ONE DOOR IN THE NORTH END OF THE BUILDING. IT WAS HEATED WITH A WOOD BURNING STOVE THAT BURNED 20 INCH STICKS OF WOOD. LIGHTING WAS FROM KEROSENE LAMPS.

IN THE SPRING OF 1914 THE BUILDING WAS REMODELED AND ENLARGED. NEW PEWS WERE MADE AND ALSO A RAILING IN FRONT OF THE CHOIR.

THE CHURCH WENT BY THE NAME OF NEW LIBERTY UNTIL 1903, THEN IT WAS CHANGED TO SMITH CHAPEL.

SMITH CHAPEL BECAME A PART OF THE FAIRFIELD ASSOCIATION IN 1886. BROTHER C. T. MATTHEWS WAS THE FIRST PASTOR THE CHURCH HAD.

SEVERAL MINISTERS HAVE BEEN ORDAINED OUT OF SMITH CHAPEL.

SMITH CHAPEL CLOSED IN 2003 AND THE BUILDING AND CONTENTS WERE AUCTIONED.

HISTORY OF TENNESSEE BEND BAPTIST CHURCH

THE ASSOCIATION HAS NO INFORMATION REGARDING TENNESSEE BEND OTHER THAN IT’S YEAR OF ORGANIZATION IN 1880.

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