Ellis County Texas Archives Photo Place.....First Baptist Church - Milford- Marker 
************************************************
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, 8:20 pm

Source:             Unavailable
Photo can be seen at:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/ellis/photos/firstbap2530gph.jpg
Image file size: 47.2 Kb

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


Chartered in 1855 with eleven members, this congregation was organized at the
home of Dr. J. M. Higgins. The first pastor was the Rev. J.M. Perry (1817-1905),
a native of Alabama. A chapel on College Street, built in 1856, served the
fellowship 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. Former pastors include prominent
state and national Baptist leaders.

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/ellis/photos/firstbap2530gph.txt

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

File size: 1.4 Kb