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WADDAM'S GROVE
CHURCH Of The BRETHREN

This is a special presentation transcribed and contributed to Genealogy Trails by Carrol Parrish.

We want to thank Carrol Parrish for this extraordinary work. It took months to get this transcribed and perfected.
For anyone who has ancestors belonging to the Church of the Brethren it will be a pure gold mine of information.
This is a very long and detailed report. Chapter Eight is the "every name list"

History of The
WADDAMS GROVE CHURCH

A History of the Waddams Grove Congregation of the
Church of the Brethren, in Stephenson and Jo Daviess
Counties, Illinois, and adjoining counties of
Wisconsin. Including an account of the Annual
Meeting of 1856, Enoch Eby’s Mission to
Denmark, in 1877, and the Minutes
of the first three District
Meetings of Northern
Illinois held at
Waddams Grove,
in 1862, 1871,
and 1882.

Elgin, Illinois
Brethren Publishing House
1910

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"TABLE OF CONTENTS"

Preface

Chapter One
Its Beginning

Chapter Two
Waddams Grove Church

Chapter Three
Ministers and Deacons

Chapter Four
A List of the Members of the Church

Chapter Five
The Annual Meeting of 1856

Chapter Six
Enoch Eby and Daniel Fry’s Mission to Denmark in 1877

Chapter Seven
District Meeting Preceedings for 1862, 1871 and 1882

Chapter Eight
Every Name List

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Chapter One
The Yellow Creek Meeting house in 1910

Chapter Two
Waddams Grove Meeting house in 1910
Chelsea Meeting house in 1910

Chapter Five
Where the Annual Meeting of 1856 Was Held

Chapter Six
Brother Enoch Eby’s Photograph

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