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TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH Denison, Texas Herald
Democrat
May 9, 2013 Pat Thompson had a history and directory of Trinity Methodist Church dated the fall of 1939 that was edited and printed by Rev. Paul O. Cardwell, who was pastor from 1936 through 1939. I remember Rev. Cardwell as a birding enthusiast who wrote weekly columns about birds for The Denison Herald and Sherman Democrat for a number of years later in his life. I remember Rev. Cardwell gave me fits when the composing room cut one of his columns to make it fit the space allowed. I almost never could get the entire column published, and now that I write a column regularly, I understand why he would get upset. He came to Trinity as pastor in November 1936 after being assigned by the North Texas Conference. During his pastorate a $51,000 debt on the church building was liquidated. Many improvements were made to the church during his pastorate.The preface of the booklet told how it was difficult to put the booklet together because some official records could not be found. Old Trinity was used by two denominations before the Methodists acquired it. It was located on the northwest corner of the 400 block East Munson in Denison. The Christian Church organized a small mission in 1896 and started the building. After two years, with the building not finished and in debt, it was sold to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, which met there as a mission of the First Presbyterian Church. It then was sold to the Methodists and became Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, South in 1900. At that time Rev. W. F. Clark was pastor and Rev. J. A. Stafford was presiding elder. The building was remodeled in 1912, then sold in 1919 and made into an apartment house before it was destroyed. The pamphlet didn’t say how it was destroyed. The parsonage was built in 1905 and moved to 120 West Texas in 1919.  Trinity Methodist Church Records of the first Quarterly Conference held in January 1901 showed that Trinity was on a circuit with Messenger Chapel and Canning Factory in the region of the Cotton Mill. By October 1902, Canning Factory had been dropped from the circuit and West End was added. Messenger Chapel continued with Trinity until 1918. Canning Factory is a new one on me. At first I through it was talking about a factory that canned foods, but evidently that was the name of a chapel. Grace Church was organized in 1891 by Rev. David Tasker, an itinerant evangelist, after holding a revival meeting on the southwest corner of the 100 block West Munson. A church building was erected in 1894 at 231 West Texas.  Grace Methodist Episcopal Church  1924 In more recent years a modern church was constructed at 101 East Highway 69, where services are held today. Rev. Melton Caraway is senior pastor. A page in the pamphlet is dedicated to pastors of Trinity beginning in 1900 with W. F. Clark. Mrs. Trout had carefully written the number of pastors, adding new ones through the following years to number 37, Rev. Keith Boone, who came in June 1987, and is the last noted by the then elderly church member. Some of the pastors who may be remembered include W. O. Bucy, 1947-1954; Ray Flaherty, 1958; Jack Gray, 1968-1971; Jack Johnson, 1968-1971; Ray Hennigh, 1971-1978; and Johnny Haney, 1983. It’s special to run across information like this little book that is so full of information about Denison’s history.  Trimity Methodist Church History Church Index Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson CountyTXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |