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Covenant United Presbyterian Church

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Kaufman, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 32° 35' 1.500828", -96° 18' 36.772884"
 
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    Organized July 1854 by The Rev. Richard O. Watkins, as Cumberland Presbyterian Church. First church building was erected in 1854-55. First pastor, The Rev. Dempsey W. Broughton, helped found Trinity University. Present sanctuary was built in 1877. Church took name First Presbyterian after national denominational merger in 1906. It became Covenant after absorbing Gastonia (1912) and Jiba (1963) congregations. Incise on back: Marker in memory of our parents, Martha Jane and Jim Duncan, by Bertha Duncan Lane and Herman H. Duncan Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1971

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Covenant United Presbyterian Church Historical Marker Location Map, Kaufman, Texas