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| Toms Brook, Virginia |
Architecture is interesting to me, and I keep an eye out for buildings to photograph for this blog. While driving home yesterday I saw this church in Toms Brook. When I pulled over to take a picture, I was shocked to see that this church was named for Christian Newcomer, a very distant relative of mine! I've passed this church many times without reading the sign!Christian Newcomer was a brother of my gggg-grandfather Henry Newcomer. I posted a picture of Christian Newcomer's grave in December 2013 along with a summary of his life. He was the third Bishop of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. You can read about him on Wikipedia or GAMEO.
Although a sign on the church identifies it as a Methodist church, a plaque tells us that is was originally Evangelical United Brethren and was first built in 1879 and rebuilt in 1915.
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Nice to have a lengthy heritage you can trace like that.
ReplyDeleteIt is a very distinctive looking church.
ReplyDeleteThat is so cool and I like the looks of the church.
ReplyDeletewow that is so neat! what a surprise!
ReplyDeleteThat's a pretty church. How interesting to find out the connection to your family!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful church building, and Newcomer is such an apt name!
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