Coal Branch (Illinois)

congregation #700432

created 2022-02-25 by bplewe

official name: Coal branch

assertion #4010162 by bplewe on 2022-02-25: confidence 100%.

is a(n): branch

assertion #4010163 by bplewe on 2022-02-25: confidence 100%.

started: between Jan 1857 and May 1857

assertion #4010164 by bplewe on 2022-02-26: confidence 100%.

ended: between 16 Jul 1859 and 1863

assertion #4010165 by bplewe on 2022-02-26: confidence 100%.

located at: Alton, Illinois

assertion #4010166 by bplewe on 2022-02-25: confidence 100%.

location: 38°55'51"N, 90°10'40"W

assertion #4010167 by bplewe on 2022-02-25: confidence 100%.

appears in: HS Eldredge (image: catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org, source part: 1857-1858 Diary, p.53)

31 Oct 1857: Horace S. Eldredge (regional president) visits the Coal Branch near Alton, Pres. T. Hunts

entity #700431, assertion #4010169 by bplewe on 2022-02-26: confidence 100%.

9 June 1857-16 Jul 1859: unnamed branch, Pres. Thomas Hunt (KWJ4-R1K)

entity #700434, assertion #4010219 by bplewe on 2022-02-26: confidence 80%.

notes: Coal Branch is the name of a creek and possibly a former village, but at least one source clearly refers to it as an ecclesiastical branch.

assertion #4010168 by bplewe on 2022-02-25: confidence 100%.