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Methodist Episcopal Church
BOOKS
Outposts of Zion by the Rev. Wm. H. Goode, 1864 (Feb 2003)
Have Faith in God by the Rev. Charles W. Savidge, 1914 (Jan 2003)
Solitary Places Made Glad by the Rev. Henry T. Davis, 1890. (Dec 2002)
A Frontier
Life: Sketches and Incidents of Homes in the
West,
1902, by Rev. Charles Wesley Wells (biography)
A History of
Nebraska Methodism: First
Half-Century (1854-1904)
by Rev. David Marquette, D. D.
John
W. Iliff - Religious School for
Methodists, at University Park, Colorado
was founded in his memory by his son, William.
(article from Portrait and Biographical Record of
Denver and Vicinity, Colorado)
All 6 books are part of the Mardos Memorial Library Collection
Conferences Booklets of the Methodist
Episcopal Church - Abbreviations
List, Photo Index
The following booklets were sent to us by the people that "cleaned
a parsonage and the minister's office" in Nebraska. As we complete
the reproductions, the original material is being sent to the NE
United Methodist Historical Center (see bottom of this page for
the address).
NEW
Nebraska
Conference of the M. E. Church (entire state), Minutes, etc.
1870-1881
(Single volume collection, a
reproduction of Conference Minutes - Mardos Memorial Library -
completed Feb 2003)
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1870 |
Nebraska City, Lincoln, Omaha |
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1871 |
Nebraska, Beatrice, Lincoln, Omaha, Covington |
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1872 |
Nebraska, Beatrice, Lincoln, Omaha, Covington |
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1873 |
Nebraska, Beatrice, Lincoln, Omaha, Kearney, Covington |
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1874 |
Nebraska, Beatrice, Lincoln, Omaha, Kearney, North Nebraska |
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1875 |
Omaha, Lincoln, Kearney, Beatrice, Nebraska, North Nebraska (order changes) |
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1876 |
Omaha, North Nebraska, Kearney, Lincoln, Nebraska, Beatrice (order changes) |
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1877 |
Omaha, Nebraska City, LIncoln, Kearney, North Nebraska, Beatrice |
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1878 |
Omaha, North Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska City, Beatrice, Kearney |
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1879 |
Omaha, North Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska City, Beatrice, Kearney |
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1880 |
Omaha, North Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska City, Beatrice, Hastings |
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1881 |
Last meeting as M. E. Church as one conference for entire state. Division of districts as follows - |
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NEBRASKA CONFERENCE - Nebraska City, Lincoln, Beatrice, York, Hastings |
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NORTH NEBRASKA CONFERENCE - Omaha, Norfolk |
Nebraska Conference - 1883 (Districts: Nebraska City, Lincoln, Beatrice, York, Hastings, Kearney, Grand Island; Montana Mission)
North Nebraska Conference
Minutes of the annual conference with statistics, and reports
of conference and standing committees. A good source for following
the assignments and residences of Methodist Episcopalian
Ministers. Some memorials for deceased ministers. These booklets
were recovered from trash when a parsonage was being cleaned.
Thanks to Jim & Barb Hruza!
Districts in this conference for 1892:
Elkhorn Valley, Grand Island, Norfolk, and Omaha.
Districts in this conference for 1899:
Grand Island, Neligh, Norfolk, and Omaha.
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Note 1: The size of the images used in the above has been
dependent on the quality of the paper used for the original
printing. Sorry about the loading time for the statistical tables
in some issues; have reduced the image size where it was possible
to do so and still have legible data.
Note 2: Links for all files, 1892-1899 were
"swept" and corrections made Mar 2000. Aug 2001: The "fuzzy" image
(table) has been replaced.
1897 NEBRASKA
CONFERENCE - Complete book of minutes (except a
partially torn-out page)
Districts: Beatrice, Hastings,
Lincoln, Nebraska City and York. (Jan
2003)
1898 Nebraska Conference held at Fairbury, NE - from local newspaper (file on Jefferson County website) Districts: Beatrice, Hastings, Lincoln, Nebraska City and York.
1900
NEBRASKA
CONFERENCE - news clippings only,
with some advertisements.
Districts: Beatrice, Hastings,
Lincoln, Nebraska City and York.
A portion of a news report for Des
Moines Conference (Iowa) was attached. (Hruza.
Swept Mar 2000)
Methodist Episcopal Church Nebraska
Conference -
Districts: Beatrice, Hastings,
Lincoln, Nebraska City, York (Hruza - Files
for 1901 through 1903 swept Mar 2000)
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1913 - M.E.
Church Nebraska Conference (year that NE
statewide Conference came into existence)
Booklet has no cover, includes summary of church history;
lists of ministers with past & current assignments, current
status, some obits. Alpha index appeared at back of book & is
not complete. NOTE: Some mention of Omaha
tornado damage, drought conditions in the district reports.
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Note: Obituary for the Rev. Jacob Adriance was published in
ENGS Fall Quarterly 1999 Vol XXIV, no 3 page 41.
Contact Dodge County website for information.
Nebraska & Midwest Genealogical Record, Vol. IX,
1931
Marriage
Records, First Methodist Church, Plattsmouth, Cass County,
NE
Record
of Baptisms, First Methodist Church, Plattsmouth, Cass County,
NE
NSGS--Nebraska Ancestree
Vol I, no. 3 page 131 - Winter 1978
Crawford Valley Methodism 1882-1957, Plainview, Pierce Co.
Vol. 2, no. 2 page 56 - Fall
1979
ME Church, Church
Record for Stromsberg, NE (Polk County)
Vol. 2, no. 2 page 66 - Fall 1979
ME Church Record, Lexington,
Dawson, NE (Baptisms, Marriages)
Vol. 4, no. 4 - Spring 1982
Beginnings
of the Methodist Church in Nebraska (including list of early ministers
and early sermons)
Vol 7, no. 1, page 17 - Summer
1984
Third
Annual Epworth League Conference and School of Methods, North
Platte (Lincoln County), NE - 1 Jul -1 Aug 1897
Vol. 7 no. 1, page 21 - Summer 1984
Highland
Methodist Cemetery, Nemaha County, NE
Vol. 7 no. 3, page 100 - Winter 1984-5
Blue
Springs Methodist Church, Gage County, NE (1878-79 death records)
Vol. 12 no. 1 page 12 - Summer, 1989
M.E.
Church Cemetery, Davis Creek Twp.
Valley Co., NE
Vol. 21 no. 3 page 85 - Winter 1998
Macon Methodist Church - Baptism records 1883-1916
Vol. 21 no. 3 page 91 - Winter 1998
List of ministers appointed in 1885 for Nebraska City District as reported by Nemaha County Granger
Vol. 22 no. 2 page 49 - Fall 1999
Keene
Methodist Church/Cemetery(Kearney County)
Plattsmouth Journal, Thursday, 21 September 1916: Departure of Rev. F.M. DRULINER, arrival of Rev. Thomas A. TRUSCOTT.
Methodist Ministers
- Obits
HERRICK, Marvin Virgil (1920, KS - 2004, NE) See archives of Grand
Island Independent (15 Jan 2004).
WESTADT, Dale K. (1918, Belden, NE - 2002, Schuyler, NE) See
archives of Columbus
Telegram (29 Nov 2002)
Reference Links and addresses -
Missing Links, Vol. 6, No. 32 - 19 August 2001
The General Commission on
Archives and History for The United Methodist Church
<http://www.gcah.org/> maintains an archive and library in
which historical records and materials about The United Methodist
Church are preserved and made available for public and scholarly
use. The online catalog is a searchable database of detailed
descriptions of the material held at the Archives.
August 2001
Nebraska United Methodist Historical
Center, Cochrane-Woods Library, Lower Level, 5000 St.
Paul Avenue, Lincoln, NE 68504
Mail: P.O. Box 4553, Lincoln, NE 68504 Telephone #
402-465-2175
Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00
p.m.
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