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Mt. Hope Presbyterian Church
Union City township

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Mt. Hope church, ca 2002 - photo contributed by Alice Gensmer
Mt. Hope, ca 2002
~contributed by Alice Gensmer

"Mom & Dad were married here in May 1925. Mom's home was just down the road, visible from the Church. My grandfather, Ben Hartley, was a church elder for 57 years and Sunday School supt. for 55 of them. I remember that the congregation always sang hymns in 2 part harmony."
~Alice Gensmer.


Mt. Hope, June 23, 2007 - photo taken by Errin Wilker
Mt. Hope, June 23, 2007
~contributed by Alice Gensmer


Mt. Hope, June 23, 2007 - photo taken by Errin Wilker
Mt. Hope, June 23, 2007
~contributed by Alice Gensmer

Mt. Hope sign, ca2002 - photo contributed by Alice Gensmer
Mt. Hope sign
~contributed by Alice Gensmer
Mt. Hope historical sign, June 23, 2007 - photo taken by Errin Wilker
Mt. Hope historical marker
~contributed by Errin Wilker

Mt. Hope Presbyterian Church was organized in 1858. Services were held in schoolhouses until this church was built in the summer of 1870.


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