Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . First Presbyterian Church. Macomb. Christian Church. Macomb St. Georges Episcopal Church. Macomb t- 1 ^^d£^ 1^ ^^^^^^^. J^V^^^ -f W ^ ^^^ |: ^HlH^* ~^^^^B First M. E. Church. Macomb HJSTORY OF McDONUUGH COUNTY. 757 building erected at a cost of $2,000 the sameyear, a parsonage being added in IStiO. Themembership at the date of organization wasforty-four, but in the next fifteen years hadincreased to about one hundred. ) —The Cumber-land Presbyterians, now a part of the regularPresbyterian denomination, took a prominentpart

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Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . First Presbyterian Church. Macomb. Christian Church. Macomb St. Georges Episcopal Church. Macomb t- 1 ^^d£^ 1^ ^^^^^^^. J^V^^^ -f W ^ ^^^ |: ^HlH^* ~^^^^B First M. E. Church. Macomb HJSTORY OF McDONUUGH COUNTY. 757 building erected at a cost of $2,000 the sameyear, a parsonage being added in IStiO. Themembership at the date of organization wasforty-four, but in the next fifteen years hadincreased to about one hundred. ) —The Cumber-land Presbyterians, now a part of the regularPresbyterian denomination, took a prominentpart at an early day in church development inMcDonough County. A flourishing congrega-tion existed for a time at Macomb, but this wasdisbanded for a time, but has since been re-organized and has a church at 515 East JacksonStreet, with Rev. R. B. Fisher pastor. The Beersheba (or Argyle) congregation ofthis denomination was the first to be organ-ized in the county—its organization taking •place with a membership of nine, at the res-idence of John McCord, in the southwes

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