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Dresden United Methodist Church |
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Blooming Grove,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
32° 1' 31.03924000008",
-96° 41' 16.22545000008"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
The Rev. James E. Ferguson (1824-76), father of Texas Governor James Ferguson, was appointed in 1847 to Richland (later Dresden), the first Methodist circuit in Navarro County. Ethan Melton (1793-1873), the founder of Dresden -- which was Richland in his day -- gave land for a school, cemetery, and the church. A log cabin meetinghouse stood here in 1847. A storm razed that structure; fire, another. The present building stands near the original land. This church helped Blooming Grove Mission become a full-fledged church and has also aided other congregations.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Dresden United Methodist Church Historical Marker Location Map, Blooming Grove, Texas
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