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Crescent City Branch
of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

The Crescent City branch of the RLDS
The church the day it was dedicated. (Click on the photo for a close-up of the congregation.)

The Crescent Branch of the RLDS church was organized July 1, 1860, by John A. McIntosh, originally starting with 14 members. The first appointed president was Elder Absalom Kuykendall.


For further information contact: Barbara Bernauer , Assistant Archivist of the Community of Christ Church.  

Church Memebers

  Surname, Given Names Birth Date/Place Baptism Date/Place Death Date/Place
1 ADAMS, Jane 14 Mar 1808, Eng 5 Dec 1869, Pottawattamie Co. IA Unknown
2 BOREN, James B. 6 Apr 1817, IL 20 Aug 1860, Crescent, Pottawattamie Co., IA 6 Apr 1902, Crescent, Pottawattamie Co., IA
3 BOREN, Nancy McIntosh 2 Dec 1810, KY Abt 1860, Pottawattamie Co. IA 12 Apr 1868, Pottawattamie Co. IA
4 BOREN, Nancy P. 8 Jun 1849, Pottawattamie Co.IA 7 Mar 1861, Pottawattamie Co. IA Unknown
5 CHARLSON, Anna Margaret 27 Nov 1818, Denmark 13 Jun 1860, ? Unknown
6 CHARTSEN, Ole 27 Apr 1818, Denmark 5 Apr 1867, Utah Unknown
7 CHRISTIANSEN, Anna 6 Mar 1827, Denmark 24 Jan 1866, Goshen, UT Unknown
8 CHRISTIANSEN, Jensine 6 Feb 1835, Denmark 27 Sep 1874, Crescent, Pottawattamie Co., IA 29 Apr 1885
9 CHRISTIANSEN, John C. 16 Jan 1821, Denmark 3 Jul 1862, Florence, NE Unknown
10 CHRISTIANSEN, Matison 28 Mar 1853, Denmark 13 Sep 1862, Florence, NE Unknown
11 CHRISTIANSEN, Mikel Vilhelm 7 Mar 1825, Denmark 24 Jan 1866, Goshen, UT Unknown
12 FISHER, Mary Ann 1812, IN 6 Sep 1862, Pottawattamie Co. IA 12 Dec 1892, Utah
13 GIER, Jacob 10 May 1836, PA 25 Dec 1867, Pottawattamie Co. IA Unknown
14 HALE, E. R. Unknown, ? 1 Oct 1865, Pottawattamie Co. IA Unknown
15 HALL, Cynthia 6 Dec 1805, OH Oct 1860, Decatur Co., IA 25 Apr 1879, ?
16 HALL, Elijah 31 Oct 1803, VA Oct 1860, Decatur Co., IA 27 Jan 1886, Crescent, Pottawattamie Co., IA
17 HANSEN, Anna 28 Mar 1855, Denmark Mar 1865, Omaha, NE 22 Feb 1885, ?
18 HANSEN, Christine 7 Oct 1856, Denmark Sep 1871, Crescent, Pottawattamie Co., IA Unknown
19 HANSEN, Hemming 1 Aug 1818, Denmark Mar 1867, Box Elder Co., UT 19 Apr 1905, Crescent, Pottawattamie Co., IA
20 HANSEN, Johanna 5 Jun 1819, Denmark Mar 1868, Omaha, NE 23 Apr 1882, ?
21 HARDING, Benjamin 20 Dec 1828, KY 11 Jul 1859, Decatur Co., IA 17 Apr 1905, Crescent, Pottawattamie Co., IA
22 HARDING, Eliza Ann Haskins 4 Dec 1836, Vermillion Co., IL 11 Jul 1859, Decatur Co., IA 11 Feb 1898, Crescent, Pottawattamie Co., IA
23 HOSKINS, Elza 13 Aug 1801, OH 28 May 1861, Decatur Co., IA 15 Apr 1878, Crescent, Pottawattamie Co., IA
24 HOSKINS, Isham 9 Jun 1835, Vermillion Co., IL 6 Nov 1864, Pottawattamie Co. IA 14 Dec 1904, ?
25 HOSKINS, Mary 7 Jun 1808, TN 28 May 1861, Decatur Co., IA 22 Mar 1887, ?
26 HOSKINS, Mary Ann 4 Dec 1843, Vermillion Co., IL 6 Mar 1864, Pottawattamie Co. IA 6 Apr 1876, ?
27 KELLY, James 14 Mar 1845, OH 5 Dec 1869, Pottawattamie Co. IA Unknown
28 LANDEN, Eliza 1842, MO 25 Mar 1864, Pottawattamie Co. IA Unknown
29 LAPWORTH, Agnes 30 Dec 1830, Scotland 5 Dec 1869, Pottawattamie Co. IA Unknown
30 McINTOSH, Barbara 5 Sep 1830, KY 5 Jul 1860, Pottawattamie Co. IA Unknown
31 McINTOSH, J. T. 7 Aug 1836, IL 3 Aug 1862, Pottawattamie Co. IA Unknown
32 McINTOSH, Sarah E. 28 Feb 1845, Lee Co., IA 1861, Shelby Co. IA Unknown
33 MOSS, Elijah 25 Oct 1832, Vermillion Co., IL 11 Nov 1864, Pottawattamie Co. IA Unknown
34 MOSS, Mahala 18 Jul 1842, Vermillion Co., IL 29 May 1861, Decatur Co., IA Unknown CRESCENT CITY BRANCH, Pottawattamie Co.
35 MOSS, Mary Ann 8 Mar 1840, IN 15 Nov 1860, Decatur Co., IA Unknown
36 MOSS, Melinda 13 Apr 1838, IN 29 Apr 1863, Pottawattamie Co. IA Unknown
37 MOSS, Riley 22 Aug 1830, Vermillion Co., IL 15 Nov 1860, Decatur Co., IA Unknown
38 OLSEN, Gensena 28 Dec 1831, Denmark 26 Apr 1869, Omaha, NE Unknown
39 OLSEN, Peter 17 Jan 1831, Denmark 10 Nov 1866, ? Unknown
40 RASMUSSEN, Peter B. 4 Jan 1841, Denmark 24 Jan 1866, Goshen, UT 14 Mar 1884, ?
41 SLATER, Louisa Caroline 13 Apr 1835, IN 20 Aug 1860, Crescent, Pottawattamie Co., IA 19 Jan 1894, Crescent, Pottawattamie Co., IA
42 STEPHENS, Catherine 21 Nov 1832, VA 17 Jul 1870, Pottawattamie Co. IA Unknown
43 STEPHENS, Lydia 13 Aug 1859, Utah 17 Jul 1870, Pottawattamie Co. IA Unknown
44 STEPHENS, William 18 Jan 1831, TN 12 Dec 1869, Pottawattamie Co. IA Unknown
45 STEVENS, Emma Unknown, ? 1 Oct 1865, ? Unknown
46 STRANG, Jane Muer 5 Nov 1817, Scotland 6 Sep 1862, Pottawattamie Co. IA 5 Feb 1885, Crescent, Pottawattamie Co., IA
47 STRANG, William 10 Jun 1817, Scotland 6 Sep 1862, Pottawattamie Co. IA 1 Nov 1881, Crescent, Pottawattamie Co., IA
48 TIDD, Mary Jane 1843, MO 1861, Decatur Co., IA Unknown
49 TIDD, Moses S.   1861, IA Unknown
50 WALDO, Nancy 31 Jul 1798, NY 7 Oct 1862, Pottawattamie Co. IA Unknown
51 WALDO, Samuel 24 Jun 1795 1860, IA 27 May 1875, Crescent, Pottawattamie Co., IA
52 WILDING, David 24 Nov 1804, Eng 8 Oct 1863, Pottawattamie Co. IA Unknown
53 WILLIAMS, Caroline Elizabeth 13 Dec 1847, Denmark 15 Nov 1863, Pottawattamie Co. IA 18 May 1872, Council Bluffs, IA
54 WILLIAMS, Larinda 30 May 1814, KY Jun 1861, IA Dec 1884

Provided by the Archives of the Community of Christ, formerly Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.