Adams United Methodist Church (Decatur County, Indiana)
MC 661                                                                                                                                                                                     

Size: 1 container, 0.4 linear feet

Restrictions: None

Accession #: MC 91-47

Provenance: Donor

Processed by: Joan Stevens, October 1993; Marian Schlotterbeck, August 2001

The Adams United Methodist Church, Decatur Co., was organized January 14, 1859, with seven members, by Rev. Jesse Brockway. Rev. Joseph Tarkington, in the spring of 1861, raised money to construct the church, which was built by Andrew Stevens and dedicated by the Presiding Elder, Rev. Samuel Tincher, on January 14, 1863. It was then included in the Milford Circuit. The Sunday School was organized Easter Sunday 1862, and the Ladies’Aid Society, September 24, 1890. Under the pastorate of Rev. Stanley Hendricks the church was remodeled and rededicated on April 18, 1920, by the District Superintendent, Rev. W. M. Whitsit. The church was placed on the Sandusky Charge in 1923. Remodeling took place again in 1950 with the addition of a new basement and was dedicated on May 15, 1955 by the District Superintendent Dr. Harry O. Kisner. By the end of 1987, the membership and attendance were so low that the Adams United Methodist Church was closed

Collection Statement

Series I consists of records pertaining to Adams UMC Church. These include: Admin. Board Records, Conference Reports, Letters, Records of sale of church property, Warranty Deeds, and Membership records. Series II contains photographs of Adams UMC and its ministers and members.

Folder 1: Administrative Board Records

                                        Folder 2: Roscoe Bright Trust

                                        Folder 3: Charge Conference Reports 1970 - 1987

                                        Folder 4: Election of the Board of Trustees, 1969-1987

                                        Folder 5: Harvest Day, 1984

                                        Folder 6: History and 100^th Anniversary Program 1959

Folder 7: Leadership Directory 1983, 1985, 1987 (See also Folder 3)

Folder 8: Letters, 1959-1987

Folder 9: Membership (See also Folder 3)

Folder 10: Navajo Mission School

Folder 11: Records/ Letters pertaining to the sale of Adams UMC

Folder 12: Survey, ca. 1960

Folder 13: Warranty Deed

 

                                        Folder 1: Adams UMC Building, Sept. 1957

                                                      Adams UMC Building, 1984

Folder 2: Church Meal Gathering

Folder 3: Ewer Farewell Dinner, 1962

Folder 4: Rev. Hendricks and Rev. Houseman and Families

Folder 5: Avis Kirk, 1986

Folder 6: Ladies’ Aid Society

Folder 7: Ladies Group

Folder 8: Vanest Farewell Dinner, 1969

                         See also: Adams United Methodist Church

                                       WSCS/UMW Record Books 1939-1987

                                       Methodist Bound Volumes #3434 to #3441

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