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Ben Franklin Methodist Church |
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FM 38 and 128, Ben Franklin,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
33° 28' 18.48137000016",
-95° 46' 2.95879000008"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Founded 1854 by reports of local preachers Dan Clower and John B. Craig (former law partner of John B. Denton, for whom Denton County was named). A circuit rider, Rev. Bennett Elkins, was named Dec. 5, 1854, to serve Sulphur Forks Mission, including this church. Log walls, roof shingles and rafters were cut in sawmill of a settler, Greenville Smith. Present building was erected 800 yards from old site, 1898. RTHL - 1966
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Ben Franklin Methodist Church Historical Marker Location Map, Texas
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