Peoria city and county, Illinois; a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement . •STUEKT SCKXE IX ELMWiioD. ELMWOOD SCHOOL TlLD HISTORY OF PEORIA COUNTY 267- months. Rev. J. Steiner became the regular pastor in August, 1856, and re-mained until 1858. He was followed by Sherlock Bristol, who came in remained two years and was followed by W. G. Pierce, who commenced hislabors April 21, 1861. During the war of the rebellion Rev. Pierce acted aschaplain of the Seventy-seventh Regiment of Illinois Volunteers for about oneyear. His ministry closed with this church in 1871 a
Peoria city and county, Illinois; a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement . •STUEKT SCKXE IX ELMWiioD. ELMWOOD SCHOOL TlLD HISTORY OF PEORIA COUNTY 267- months. Rev. J. Steiner became the regular pastor in August, 1856, and re-mained until 1858. He was followed by Sherlock Bristol, who came in remained two years and was followed by W. G. Pierce, who commenced hislabors April 21, 1861. During the war of the rebellion Rev. Pierce acted aschaplain of the Seventy-seventh Regiment of Illinois Volunteers for about oneyear. His ministry closed with this church in 1871 and for some months therewas no pastor, the pulpit being supplied by different clergymen. Rev. AlbertFitch was a supply. In 1872 Rev. Allen J. Van Wagner, who had just graduatedfrom the Chicago Theological Seminary, was called and entered upon his the fall of 1872 he was ordained and installed as pastor. His successorswere Rev. L. R. Royce, W. R. Butcher, W. S. Pressy and Arthur Miles. In1893 the church building was remodeled at a cost of $10,000. It has a seatingcapacity of about 400 and many of the modern con
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