Ellis County Texas Archives Photo Place.....First Baptist Church - Milford 
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/txfiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Callie Waits calliewaits@digitex.net August 1, 2006, 8:10 pm

Source:             Unavailable
Photo can be seen at:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/ellis/photos/firstbap2529gph.jpg
Image file size: 39.8 Kb

First Baptist Church Milford
(Charter Date 1855)
200 E. Crossmain Ave.


The First Baptist Church of Milford was chartered in 1855 with eleven members.
This congregation was first organized at the home of Dr. J. M. Higgins. 

The first called pastor was the Rev. J.M. Perry (1817-1905), a native of Alabama. 

A chapel which was  built in 1856 on College Street served the congregation
until 1871, when the church was moved to this site. The property was deeded to
the First Baptist and Cumberland Presbyterian congregations, who financed the
construction of a sanctuary here.

 Separate Baptist church structures were built here in 1890 and 1917. 

Active congregation today.

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/ellis/photos/firstbap2529gph.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/txfiles/

File size: 1.4 Kb