Schuyler County, Illinois, Episcopal Church Index

  TheEpiscopal ChurchinSchuylerCounty    Historyof the Episcopal Churchby Howard F. Dyson, 1908 ChristEpiscopal ChurchThe Rushville Times,October 7, 1948            Return to SchuylerCounty Main Page

Schuyler County, Illinois, Christ Episcopal Church

    ChristEpiscopal Church    Christ Episcopal ChurchOne Of Earliest, This Faith, In State In the history of the Episcopalchurch of Illinois, Rushville stands pre-eminent as one of the first townsto establish a church of that denomination. Altho the diocese of Illinoiswas not organized until March 9, 1835, Christ Church parish, Rushville,was organized in February, 1834. At that time there were only three orfour other Episcopal churches in the state of Illinois, and when BishopChase, the first bishop of Illinois, made his visitation to the state,Rushville was included in his itinerary. Little is known of the earlyhistory of the church … Read more

Schuyler County, Illinois, Christian Church Index

  TheChristian ChurchinSchuylerCounty   Historyof the Christian Churchby William Fowler, 1882 ChristianChurchby Howard F. Dyson, 1908 The ChristianChurchThe Rushville Times,October 7, 1948 OtherChristian Churches in Schuyler CountyThe Rushville Times,October 7, 1948    Copyright 1999-2006 Judi Gilker; all rights reserved. For personal use only. Commercial use of the information contained in these pages is strictly prohibited without prior permission. If copied, this copyright must appear with the information. Return to SchuylerCounty Main Page

Schuyler County, Illinois, Christian Church

    TheChristian Church    Elder James Hughes FoundedChristian Church Here In 1833Held First Meeting Of ThisFaith In Ben Chadsey’s Cabin In 1829 It was in 1829 that ElderJames Hughes, on a preaching tour thru Indiana and Illinois, passed thruthis area in a company with Henry Johnston. They stopped off in Rushvillewith Benjamin Chadsey, the son-in-law of Mr. Johnston. Here in the Chadsey log cabinhome, located two and one-half miles northeast of Rushville, in 1829, waspreached the first sermon of the Christian church denomination, by ElderHughes, whose sermons continued for one week to a much interested groupof pioneer settlers, before … Read more