Browse Items · Decatur Public Library Local History Photo Collection

Photo of Rev. Henry W. Trueblood, pastor Second United Brethren Church.

Photograph of Rev. Henry w. Trueblood; died 3/5/1924. Pastor Second United Brethren Church 1920 until time of his death. Had served as pastor of First U. B. church in Decatur two times previous to 1920. Ordained in 1877. First came to Decatur in…

Tags: 1903, CH6, CH6A, Churches, Decatur IL., First United Brethren, Herald and Review, Monroe and Olive Streets, pastor, Photo File: Churches, Rev. Henry W. Trueblood, Rev. Trueblood, Second United Brethren, United Brethren

Photo of Rev. Homer Tanner

Photograph Rev. Homer Tanner (born 10/12/1884; died 6/12/1948) married Mary Etta Bonham, 1907; superintendent of the Decatur area of Free Methodist Churches, retired in 1944. (Information from clips). Photo ran 4/6/1930.

Tags: 1930, Churches, Decatur District, District Supt., Free Methodist Church, Herald and Review, Mary Bonham, Photo File: Churches, Rev. Homer Tanner, Rev. Tanner

Photo of Rev. Horace Reed

Photograph of Rev. Horace Reed; (died 11/15/1914). Methodist minister who at the time of death was one of the oldest in the Methodist conference. He came to the pastorate of the First Methodist Church in Decatur in 1874 and remained 2 years. He…

Photo of Rev. Jerome H. Smart

Photograph of Rev. Jerome H. Smart, former Christian Church minister in Decatur, (died 11/6/1913). Veteran of the civil War and entered ministry about 1870. For several years associated with "The Christian," a paper published in St. Louis, later…

Tags: Christian Church, Churches, Civil War veteran, Decatur IL., Minister, pastor, Photo File: Churches, Rev. Jerome H. Smart, Rev. Smart, The Christian Evangelist, The Christian Newspaper

Photo of Rev. John C. Willits

Photograph of Rev. John c. Willits, former pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church in Decatur. (Now First United Methodist church). He was pastor of that church from 1908-1912. After leaving Decatur he became pastor at Grand Rapids, Mich. and…

Tags: 1908-1912, Churches, Decatur IL., First United Methodist, Grand Rapids MI., Herald and Review, Holland MI., Methodist, Methodist Episcopal, Minister, pastor, Photo File: Churches, Rev. John C. Willits, Rev. Willits

Photo of Rev. Leon W. Kern

Photograph of Rev. Leon W. Kern; first pastor Wesley Methodist Church, Brush College Road, (1927-1928). Attended Millikin University while here. Photo by Seitz Studio. Ran Review 11/13/1927.

Tags: 3800 E. Cerro Gordo, Brush College Road, CH49, Churches, Decatur IL., Herald and Review, Methodist, Millikin University, Rev. Kern, Rev. Leon W. Kern, Seitz Studio, Wesley Methodist, Wesley United Methodist

Photo of Rev. Theodore C. Lohrmann pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church

Photograph of Rev. Theodore C. Lohrmann, (died 7/4/1925). Pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Decatur from 1905 to 1925. He came to Decatur from Millstadt, Illinois. (Information from clips). Phot ran July 5, 1925.

Tags: 1925, CH17, Churches, Decatur IL., Herald and Review, Rev. Lohrmann, Rev. Theodore C. Lohrmann, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Wood and Edwards Streets

Photo of Rev. W. H. Prestley

Photograph of Rev. W. H. Prestley; (died 5/7/1914). Pastor of the Presbyterian church in Decatur for 13 years. He came to the church in Decatur in 1876. After leaving Decatur in 1890 he went to Kankakee and remained there until 1897, when he went to…

Tags: biography, CH92, CH92A, Chas Voss, Churches, Decatur IL., First Presbyterian Church, Kankakee IL., Newton IL., Photo File: Churches, Presbyterian, Rev. W. H. Prestley