Paw Paw United Methodist Church (Denver, Miami County, Ind.) records
Scope and Contents
Sunday School Class books and minutes, Trustees minutes and Women's Society of Christian Service minutes.
Dates
- 1890 - 2019
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright interests for this collection are held by DePauw University or the United Methodist Church.
Biographical / Historical
The Paw Paw Church was founded in October of 1837 by the Robert T. Miller and Edman J. Kidd families.
Mr. Miller and Mr. Kidd blazed a trail to Peru, which is now known as the Paw Paw Pike. The first pastor was Rev. J.M. Mershon.
At first, services were held in various homes until 1864 when the church was built. It was first remodeled in 1880 and again in 1903, which is the present building.
Paw Paw has the longest continued use of any Methodist Church for worship in Indiana. The church, cemetery and Paw Paw Creek Bridge are all Indiana historical landmarks.
Extent
.875 Cubic Feet (3 document cases)
Language of Materials
English
Source
- Paw Paw United Methodist Church (Peru, Ind.) (Organization)
- Payne, Connie, Rev. (Person)
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jenney Taylor
- Date
- 8/29/2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Archives of DePauw University and Indiana United Methodism Repository
Roy O. West Library
405 S. Indiana St.
Greencastle Indiana 46135 United States
archives@depauw.edu
