LOOKING FORWARD - Elijah Brown - Urbana Daily Citizen
Submitted story This is a 2021 photo of the St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church at 316 E. Market St., Urbana. Submitted photo This is a 2021 photo of the St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church at 316 E. Market St., Urbana. It was built in 1866 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. This “Looking Forward” is from the perspective of Elijah Brown, an early member and deacon of the A.M.E. Church. Sometime after Elijah Brown’s death George Brown and Lewis Adams in 1837 testified before William Patrick, Justice of the Peace of Champaign County, that ...
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