Churches: Various Baptist Churches in Chester County, PA

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Phoenixville Baptist Church, Chester County, PA was organized May 28,
1830, with eight members, public services being held next day in the
Methodist Church. A church edifice was erected in 1833, which was
superseded in, 1853 by a commodious structure at the corner of Church
and Gay Streets, and was dedicated in July, 1834. The pastors here have
been Revs. Jonathan G. Collon. William Smith, Thomas Larcombe, Dyer A.
Nichols, Andrew Collins, William S. Hall, John P. Hall, Joseph Currin
William S. Hall, Joel E. Bradley, I. D. King, G.
G. Craft, William H. Stenger, Jonathan Nichols, J. Madison Hare and A.
J. Hughes, the present pastor. The membership of this church is 512 and
the church property is valued at $23, 500.
Source: "Chester County and It's People", page 794, published 1898,
author;
W.W. Thomson
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East Nantmeal Baptist Church, Chester County, PA was organized November
5, 1841, with twenty-six members. Meetings were held for a couple of
years in a schoolhouse, but in 1843 a church building was dedicated,
which cost $800. In 1880 a new church building was erected which cost
$3,500. The pastors here have been Revs. A. Collins, D. A. Nichols. John
Duer, William H. Ellis, F. Wilson. J. W. Plannett, C. H. Mellotte, and
Walter Whitley the present pastor. The membership of the church is 163,
and property is valued at $5,000.
Source: "Chester County and It's People", page 794, published 1898,
author;
W.W. Thomson
East Nantmeal Baptist Church
is located in Elverson, Pennsylvania
on Nantmeal Road,1 mile east off Rt. 401
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East Brandywine Baptist Church, Chester County, PA was organized
February 21, 1843, with fifty-three members, a church building having
been erected the previous year. This building was burned down in 1856,
and rebuilt the same year.. The church was incorporated August 9, 1864,
and the parsonage, which was purchased in 1870, is situated in
Guthrieville.
The pastors of this church have been Revs. Thomas S. Griffith, H. S.
Haven, William J. Nice, John S. Christine, John M. Richards, George H.
Mitchell, S. Livermore, Jesse B. Williams, B. H. Fish, T.G. Guessford,
Maris Gibson, T.A. Lloyd, William Marrow, James M. Guthrie, A.M.
McCurdy,Walter Mayo, F. W. Randal and G.W. Renshaw, the present pastor.
The membership of the church is twenty-five, and the property is valued
at $4,500.
Source: "Chester County and It's People", page 794, published 1898,
author;
W.W. Thomson
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Pughtown Baptist Church, Chester County, PA was organized January 19,
1856, with twenty-five members. Two days previously, it was resolved to
abstain from the use of intoxicants for sacramental purposes. The
pastors of this church have been as follows: Revs. Theophilus Jones,
John Perry, John Entriken., J. G. Walker, E. P. Barker, S. Belsey,
William Barrows, David Landis, J. H. Hyatt, W. O. Owen, and is now
supplied by Rev. William T. Johnson. The membership of the church is now
eight y-one and the property is valued at $2,800.
Source: "Chester County and It's People", page 795, published 1898,
author;
W.W. Thomson
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The First Baptist Church of Coatesville, Chester County, PA was
organized September 3, 1867 with forty-nine members, a building having
been secured on April 3, previously, from the school board, and then
fitted up for a place of worship. In 1869 most of this building was torn
down and a new one erected in its place on the southwest corner of Third
Avenue and Main Street, which was opened for worship January 1, 1870,
and dedicated November 10, following. The pastors of this church have
been as follows: Revs. A. C. Wheat, M. Deitz, E. Wildman E. Edwards,
from December ) , 1880 to July 9, 1882; E. E. Jones, November 1, 1882 to
April 1, 1887: Joseph L. Sagebeer, September 17, 1887, until his death
in 1890; Benjamin C. Needham, October 1, 1890, to 1896, when owing to
failing health he was compelled to cease from labor and was succeeded by
Rev. William E. Needham. The membership of the church is about 450, and
the church property is valued at $ 25,000.
Source: "Chester County and It's People", page 795, published 1898,
author;
W.W. Thomson
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Willistown Baptist Church, Chester County, PA was organized in 1833, as
a branch of the Great Valley Baptist Church. A church building was
erected in 1875 at Malvern to take the place of the old building and the
parsonage was erected in 1877. In 1881 the membership was 319, Rev. E.
W. Bliss being pastor at that time. Since then there has been but one
pastor, Rev. W. W. Dalbey.
Source: "Chester County and It's People", page 795 published 1898,
author;
W.W. Thomson