Illinois

A list the churches that were organized in Illinois.

Link to Illinois churches by county.

County

Church

Cemetery

Lawrence

Allison Prairie (1865-)

 

Carroll

Arnold's Grove (1842-1932)

Arnold's Grove church cemetery. This cemetery is known locally as the  Arnolds Grover Dunkard cemetery.

Fulton

Astoria (Woodland) (1852-)

South Fulton Cemetery: South Fulton was the name of the meetinghouse.     

Mother church was the Upper Fulton congregation

Kane

Batavia: Faith (1896-)

Mother church was the Elgin congregation

Christian

Bear Creek (1870-1912)

Mother church was the Otter Creek congregation

Hancock

Bear Creek (1876-?)

By 1878 this congregation joined the Congregational Brethren church

Piatt Bement (1895-1907) Mother church was the Milmine congregation

Champaign & Piatt

Blue Ridge (1878-1928?)

Known locally as the Dunkard Cemetery

Christian

Buckhart (1870?-76?)

 

La Salle & Livingston Buffalo (1871?-73?)  

McDonough & Fulton

Bushnell (1865-79)

Mother church was the Upper Fulton congregation

McDonough

Camp Creek (1879-1961?)

Cemetery

Mother Church was the Bushnell congregation

Piatt

Cerro Gordo (1884-)

Mother church was the Macon congregation

Champaign

Champaign (1901?)

Mother church was the Blue Ridge congregation 

Jo Davies

Chelsea

East Chelsea Cemetery
 

Carroll

Cherry Grove (1859-)

Cherry Grove Brethren Cemetery

Cook

Chicago: Chinese Fellowship (1960-74)

No cemetery

Cook

Douglas Park (1938-)

No cemetery

Cook

Chicago: First (1889-)

No cemetery

Christian

Clear Creek (1879-86?)

Mother church was the Sugar Creek congregation

Fulton

Coal Creek (Upper Fulton, Canton) (1845 - )

Coal Creek "Dunkard"

Adams 

Concord (1881-1908)

Mother church was the Liberty congregation

Livingston

Cornell (Vermillion) (1868-1904)

 

Cumberland

Cumberland Co. (1869-89?)

 

Macon

Decatur (1910-)

Mother church was the Okaw (LaPlace) congregation

Lee

Dixon (1908-)

Mother church was the Franklin Grove congregation

Edgar

Edgar County (1871-75)

 

Kane

Elgin: Blackhawk Manor Fellowship (1959-?)

No church cemetery

Kane

Elgin: Highland Avenue (1899-)

No church cemetery

Cook

Evanston: Reba Place Fellowship (1975-)

No church cemetery

Lee

Franklin Grove (Rock River) (1845-

 Emmert Cemetery

Stephenson

Freeport (1920-)

Mother church was the Yellow Creek congregation

Macoupin

Girard (1912-)

Mother church was the Pleasant Hill congregation

Pike

Hadley Creek (Barry) (1881-98?)

Mother church was the Mill Creek church in Adams Co. ILL

Carroll

Hickory Grove (1858-1970)

Hickory Grove church cemetery. It is also known locally as the Hickory Grove/Wacker Cemetery  

Mother church was the Arnold's Grove congregation

McLean & Bond

Hudson (1865-1926)

 

Bond

Hurricane Creek (1843-)

 

Fayette

Kaskaskia (1886-)

 

Jasper Kniman (1894-1889)  

Crawford

La Motte Prairie (1868-)

 

Piatt

La Place (Okaw) (1866-)

Mother  church was the Cerro Gordo (Oakley Brick) congregation  

Carroll

Lanark (1878-)

No Church cemetery

Some members are buried in the Lanark  Cemetery  - community cemetery

Mother church was the Cherry Grove congregation

Adams

Liberty (Mill Creek) (1831-)

Some of the early members are buried in the Kimmons Cemetery  

Mother church was the Union County congregation

Montgomery Litchfield (1889-?) Mother church was the Macoupin Creek congregation

Adams

Loraine (1880-1901)

Mother Church was the Liberty congregation

Fulton Macedonia (1888-?)

Mother church was the Coal Creek congregation

Montgomery

Macoupin Creek (1876-1923)

Cemetery

Mother church was the Otter Creek congregation

Wayne

Martins Creek (1888-)

Cemetery

Mother church was the Big Creek (Walnut Grove) congregation

Carroll

Milledgeville (Dutchtown) (1858-)

Milledeville church cemetery. This cemetery is known locally as the Dutchtown Brethren  Cemetery

Mother church was the Arnold's Grove congregation 

Macon

Milmine (1866-1905)

Mother church was the Cerro Gordo (Oakley Brick) congregation

Kendall

Montgomery: Boulder Hill Community (1958-)

No Church cemetery

Carroll

Mount Carroll (1909-32)

Mother church was the Arnold's Grove congregation

Bond

Mulberry Grove (1875-1939)

Mother church was the Hurricane Creek congregation

DePage

Naperville (Bethel) (1860-?)

Cemetery is locally called Erb Cemetery

Woodford & Marshall

Oak Grove (Pigeon Creek) (1878-)

 

Macon

Oakley Brick (1856-)

Mother church was the Cerro Gordo congregation

Woodford

Panther Creek (1852-)

 

Peoria

Peoria (1948-)

No Church  cemetery

Mclean

Pike Creek (Chenoa) (1878-97?)

Mother Church was the Vermillion (Cornell) Congregation

Ogle

Pine Creek (1858-1971)

Pine Creek Brethren Cemetery 

Jefferson

Pleasant Grove (Mount Vernon) (1882-1971)

 

Macoupin

Pleasant Hill (Otter Creek) (1876-1912)

Pleasant Hill Cemetery

Mother church was the Otter Creek (Sugar Creek) congregation

Ogle

Polo (1905-)

Mother Church was the Pine Creek Congregation

Whiteside

Rock Creek (1866-1938)

Other cemeteries Used:  Malvern Cemetery & Hickory Grover Cemetery,

Mother church was the Arnold's Grove Congregtion

Winnebago

Rockford: First (1911-)

 

Marion

Romine (1891-)

Cemetery

Mother church was the Salem Congregation

Marion

Salem (1869-1917)

 

 

Carroll

Shannon (1875-1936)

Shannon church cemetery. This cemetery is known locally as the Brethren (Dunkard) Cemetery

Mother church was the Cherry Grove congregation

Shelby

Shelby County (1865?-67?)

 

Ogle

Silver Creek (Mount Morris) (1867-)

Silver Creek Cemetery  

Mother church was the West Branch congregation

Christian

South Fork (1882-90)

 

Fulton

Spring Run (1879-1927)

Mother church was the Bushnell congregation

Sangamon

Springfield (1922-)

 

Whiteside

Sterling (1892-1971)

Mother church was the Rock Creek congregation

Sangamon

& Morgan

Sugar Creek (1830-1919)

Cemetery

Winnebago

Sylvan (1959-67)

Mother Church was the Rockford first congregation

Tazwelle

Tazewell (1874?-77?)

 

Union

Union County (1812-84?)

Not known: The Kimmell Cemetery  was used by the member of this church.

Champaign

Urbana (1863-1904)

 

Macoupin

Virden (1912-)

Mother church was the Pleasant Hill congregation

Stephenson

Waddams Grove (Lena) (1859-)

No church cemetery. Some members are buried in the Lousia Cemetery and at the  East Chelsea cemetery  

Mother church was the Yellow Creek congregation

Richland & Edward

Walnut Grove (Big Creek) (1859-)

 

Drake

West Branch (Palestine) (1846-)

West Branch or Maryland Cemetery 

Macoupin

West Otter Creek (1876-1912)

Mother church was the Sugar Creek congregation

Fulton

Woodland (1881-)

Woodland church cemetery. This cemetery is known locally as the  Woodland Brethren  Cemetery.

Mother Church was the Astoria congregation

Stephenson

Yellow Creek (1867-)

This church did not have church cemetery, but members are buried in the Yellow Creek Cemetery next to the church.

 

Depage

York Center (1945-)

No Cemetery

 

List of books on  history for the churches in Illinois.    

Brethren In Northern Illinois and Wisconsin by John Heckman & J E Miller  1941

Church of the Brethren in Southern Illinois by Minnie S. Buckingham 1950

 Compiled Minutes and History of the church of the Brethren of the Southern District of Illinois (1908)

 

 

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County

Church

Adams 

Concord (1880-1908)

Adams

Liberty (Mill Creek)

Adams

Loraine (1880-1901)

Bond

Hurricane Creek(1843-)

Bond

 Mulberry Grove (1875-1939)

Carroll

Arnold's Grove (1842-1932)

Carroll

Cherry Grove (1859-)

Carroll

Hickory Grove (1858-1970)

Carroll

Lanark (1878-)

Carroll

Milledgeville (Dutchtown) (1858-)

Carroll

Mount Carroll (1909-32)

Carroll

Shannon (1875-1936)

Champaign

Champaign (1901?)

Champaign

Urbana (1863-1904)

Champaign & Piatt

Blue Ridge (1878-1928?)

Christian

Bear Creek (1870-1912)

Christian

Buckhart (1870?-76?)

Christian

Clear Creek (1879-86?)

Christian

South Fork (1882-90)

Cook

Chicago: Chinese Fellowship (1960-74)

Cook

Chicago: Douglas Park (1938-)

Cook

Chicago: First (1889-)

Cook

Evanston: Reba Place Fellowship (1975-)

Crawford

La Motte Prairie Federated (1886-)

Cumberland

Cumberland Co. (1869?-89?)

DePage

Naperville (Bethel) (1860-?)

DePage

York Center (1945-)

Drake

West Branch (Palestine) (1846-)

Edgar

Edgar County (1871-75)

Fayette

Kaskaskia (1886-)

Fulton

Astoria (1852-)

Fulton

Coal Creek (Upper Fulton, Canton) (1845 - )

Fulton

Spring Run (1879-1927)

Fulton

Woodland (1881-)

Hancock

Bear Creek (1876-?)

Jasper Kniman (1894-1895?)

Jefferson

Pleasant Grove (Mount Vernon) (1882-1971)

Jo Davies

Chelsea

Kane

Batavia: Faith (1896-)

Kane

Elgin: Blackhawk Manor Fellowship (1959-?)

Kane

Elgin: Highland Avenue (1899-)

Kendall

Montgomery: Boulder Hill Community (1958-)

Lawrence

Allison Prairie (1865-)

Lee

Dixon (1908-)

La Salle & Livingston Buffalo (1871?-73?)

Lee

Franklin Grove (Rock River)

Livingston

Cornell (Vermillion) (1868-1904)

Livingston  & LaSalle Buffalo (1871?-73?)

Macon

Decatur (1911-)

Macon

Milmine (1866-1905)

Macon

Oakley Brick (Cerro Gordo) (1856-)

Macoupin

Girard (1912-)

Macoupin

Pleasant Hill (1876-1912)

Macoupin

Virden (1912-)

Macoupin

West Otter Creek (1876-1912)

Marion

Romine (1892-)

Marion

Salem (1869-1917)

Marshall & Woodford

Oak Grove (Pigeon Creek) (1881-)

McDonough

Camp Creek (1879-1961?)

McDonough & Fulton

Bushnell (1865-79)

Mclean

Pike Creek (Chenoa) (1878-97?)

McLean & Bond

Hudson (1865-1926)

Montgomery

Macoupin Creek (1876-1923)

Montgomery Litchfield (1889-?)

Ogle

Pine Creek (1858-1971)

Ogle

Polo (1905-)

Ogle

Silver Creek (Mount Morris) (1867-)

Peoria

Peoria (1948-)

Piatt

Bement (1895-1907)

Piatt

Cerro Gordo (1884-)

Piatt

La Place (Okaw) (1866-)

Pike

Hadley Creek (Barry)  (1881-98?)

Richland & Edward

Walnut Grove (Big Creek) (1859-)

Sangamon

Springfield (1922-)

Sangamon

& Morgan

Sugar Creek (1830-1919)

Shelby

Shelby County (1865?-67?)

Stephenson

Freeport (1845-)

Stephenson

Waddams Grove (Lena) (1859-)

Stephenson

Yellow Creek (1867-)

Tazewell

Tazewell (1874?-77?)

Union

Union County (1812-84?)

Wayne

Martin Creek (1888-)

Whiteside

Rock Creek

Whiteside

Sterling (1892-1971)

Winnebago

Rockford: First (1911-)

Winnebago

Sylvan (1959-67)

Woodford

Oak Grove (Pigeon Creek) (1881-)

Woodford &            Marshall

Panther Creek (1852-)

 

 

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