FIRST -- Delawarean to Serve as a Methodist Bishop - Townsend, DE
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bluesnote
N 39° 23.272 W 075° 39.769
18S E 442919 N 4360029
This "FIRST" is located right next to Willy's.
Waymark Code: WMC2F1
Location: Delaware, United States
Date Posted: 07/17/2011
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"A log church was built here in 1789 on land donated by Joseph Dickinson. The church was named "Dickison's Chapel" in his honor. Francis Asbury and many other pioneers of American Methodism conducted services here Levi Scott, a native of this area and member of the church, became the first delawarean to serve as a Methodist bishop. He is interred in the adjoining cemetery. The present church was constructed in 1847. Then known as a Union Methodist Episcopal Church. It continued to serve the families of Appoquinimink Hundred until the early 1900's, when regular services were discontinued. The Old Union Church Society was organized in 1939 to preserve the church and grounds. In 1973, Union Church was listed in the National Register of Historic Places."
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