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Local history indexes | Olive Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Kirkwood, Missouri

Indexed source:

McKissack, Fredrick. Come This Far by Faith: The Story of the Olive Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church of Kirkwood, Missouri. Kirkwood, Mo.: Olive Chapel AME Church, 2004. R 977.865 M158C and circulating copy.

Personal name index

Last Name	First Name	Page	Photo	Notes
	Henri	22
	Milly, Aunt	28		Cared for Rev Jordan Winston Early, 1817
	Sale	22
	Therese	22		Daughter of Henri and Sale, baptized in 1842
Adams	John Quincy	22		President of the United States
Ali	Muhammad	135
Allen	David, Rev	16		St James/Cape Girardeau
Allen	Geneva	16		Mrs David
Allen	George W	74		First Pastor, First Baptist Church of Meacham Park
Allen	Richard, Rev	5, 6	6	Co-organizer Free African Society of Philadelphia, 1787, Organized Philadelphia's Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1794 Elected Bishop, 1816
Alpine	Mary	33	33
Anderson	John	25
Anderson	Matilda	25		Mrs John
Anderson	Stuart	35
Andrews	Betty Sue	34		Mrs George Edward Smallwood
Arnold	Auvelin, Mrs	60
Arnold	Lucy	73	73	Mrs Grant Edwards, Sr
Asbury	Francis, Rev	6
Ashe	Arthur	134
Atich	Buford, Mr	115	115
Atich	Jane	104
Atich	John	104
Babb	Paul	18, 153
Babbs	Paul	162	162, 163
Bailey	Geroge McKenzie	59
Bailey	Odelia	59		Mrs George McKenzie
Bailey	Prudence, Mrs	99
Bailey	Ruth	59
Baker	Charles	58
Baker	Donald, Rev	148		Bethel-Wellston AME Church
Baker	Mary	58		Mrs Charles
Baldwin	William (Billy)	98	98
Baltimore	John	25
Baltimore	Priscilla	25, 26		Mrs John
Barbee	James	119	119
Bass	Clotilde	60		aka "Miss Alexander"
Bass	Eliza, Mrs	114	114
Beasley	Michael Landon	178	177
Beckley	Blanche Phillips (Davis), Mrs	94, 114	94, 114
Beckley	James	94	94
Bell	Ada	100
Bell	Arthur	100	82, 83
Bell	Henry	100
Benford	Mamie, Mrs	114	114
Benford	Otis,	115, 157	83, 115
Bennett	David, Rev	156
Bennett	Lerone	21
Benson	Emmett	18, 86, 130, 140, 158	84, 130
Benson	Emmett Franklin	131
Benson	Flora Jean	131
Benson	Lovie	130
Benson	Sandra Louise	131
Benson	Wayne Cameron	131
Benton	Carol Jean	126
Benton	Mary	67
Benton	Mary Saunders		64
Berry	L L	10
Berry	Mattie	161
Bibb	Claude Norman	99
Bibb	Claude, Jr	99
Bibb	Elmer	99
Bibb	Gertrude	99	99	Mrs Claude Norman
Bibb	Lillie	99
Bibb	Nellie	99		Mrs Norman
Bibb	Russell	99
Bibb	Windy	99
Bibb	Norman	99
Bibbs	Lillie	95
Bibbs	Lloyd	99
Bibbs	Oleatha	99	99	Mrs Rudolph
Bibbs	Rudolph	18, 99	99, 163	Rudi

Blackman	R L, Rev	111, 130		Olive Chapel Pastor 1960-1962
Bland	Artemise, Mrs	116
Bohannon	Leo		116
Bonds	Dempsey	64, 65	65
Bonds	Eddie	65
Bonds	Lea	65
Bonds	Marian	18, 19, 113, 153, 64, 65, 67, 88	65	Mrs Dempsey
Bonds	Michael	65
Bonds [Moye]	Darryl	65	65
Bopp	Peter, Sr	48, 49
Bosley	Marion	69	69
Bouyer	John	32
Bouyer	Sallie	32		Mrs James Johnson
Bouyer	Sophie	32	32	1828-1911
Bouyer	Sophie		32
Bowles	James	35
Boyd	Lula, Mrs	114, 158	114, 158
Bradley	E J	54
Brady	Ebgert (Bert)	92, 94
Brady	Levi, Jr	92, 94
Brady	Levi, Sr	92
Brady	Prudence Phillips	92		Mrs Levi Sr
Brady	Virginia	94
Breedlove	Sarah	60
Brigg	John, Lt	79	79	Tuskegee Airman
Brockway	Luke	35
Brockway	Luke, Mrs	35
Brooks	Dorothy Vance	89
Brooks	Marian, Mrs	135, 155
Brown	Charles	119, 161	83, 119
Brown	Clara	126
Brown	Clara, Mrs	114	114
Brown	Ernestyne	16	16	Mrs O
Brown	Florence (Florine) McKinney	98
Brown	John	20	20
Brown	Margie Buckner	104
Brown	Margie Helen, Mrs	177	177
Brown	Mildred Evans (Robnett)	69
Brown	Morris	11	11	Organizer, Hempstead African Church
Brown	Morris, Bishop	27
Brown	O H, Presiding Elder	16	16
Brown	Robin	148
Brown	Theodore	160, 179	82, 83, 122, 160
Brown	William Wells	20
Brown	Winfred	60
Bruce	Blance Kelso, Rev	48
Bryant	Cecelia Williams, Rev Dr	14	14	Mrs John Richard
Bryant	Charles	78
Bryant	Edith Holland	14
Bryant	Harrison James, Bishop	14
Bryant	Jamal Harrison, Dr	14
Bryant	John Richard, Rev Dr	14	14
Bryant	Lillie, Mrs	78, 116
Bryant	Louis	33
Bryant	Mary	19
Bryant	Mary Slaten	68, 125	68, 125
Bryant	Mary, Mrs	175	175
Bryant	Thelma Simone, PhD	14
Buckner	Earl, Mr	157	82, 83
Buckner	Elijah, Pastor	75		Pastor, First Baptist Church of Meacham Park 1934-1962
Buckner	Greta Jean Howard	177	147
Buggs	Avery	102	102
Buggs	Ayanna Jones	102	102
Buggs	Sean	102	102
Bunche	Pearl, Mrs	78, 85, 87, 159	79
Burnett	Rev	56, 57		Pastor, Olive Chapel 1912-1915?
Burnette	William, Rev	63
Burton	Sandra, Rev	16		Immanuel Christian AME Mission
Burton	Stanley	16
Bush	George W, President	145		President of the United States
Cain	Richard, Bishop	41	41
Caldwell	Geraldine	126
Campbell	Lisa	18
Campbell	Lisa Buckner	147, 148, 158
Campbell	Wilfred	19, 147	84
Cannon	Arthur Cornelius	33
Cannon	Arthur Cornelius, Jr	33
Cannon	Larry, Rev	135
Cannon	Sembrich	33
Cannon	W C, Pastor	75		Pastor, First Baptist Church of Meacham Park 1926
Carmody	Katie		163
Carper	Destiny	44		Mrs Nicholas II
Carper	Edward Daniel	44
Carper	Nicholas	25
Carper	Nicholas Hubbard, Rev	40, 44
Carper	Nicholas, I	44
Carper	Nicholas, II	44
Carper	Tran	44
Carroll	Mae Lacy	81
Carter	Brian	86, 148	84
Carter	Girlie Mae, Mrs	19, 85, 86	86	Mrs Henry
Carter	Henry	80, 85, 86	80, 82, 83, 84
Carter	Mary	23		Slave of Mr & Mrs Joliff Yarnall
Carter	Queenie Lacy	81
Carter	Tim	86
Carver	George Washington, Dr	150
Carwell	Erma	107
Carwell	Pat	126
Carwell	Patricia	107
Carwell	Robert	74, 107, 112, 151, 179	74, 82
Carwell	Robert Nolan	107
Carwell	Sarah Frances	107
Casey	Milton, Mr	115	115
Caston	J C, Rev	72		Pastor, Unity Baptist Church 1929-1933
Cavitt	Portia, Rev	16		Gregg Chapel
Cha-Jua	Sundiata Keita	25
Chambers	Gerald	19, 135, 164, 176	164, 176
Chambers	Jason	176	176
Chambers	Nikki	176	176
Chambers	Sandra	18, 148
Chambers	Sandra Whiteside	176	176	Mrs Gerald
Chambers	Udell	135
Chapman	Catherine	16		Mrs Richard
Chapman	Richard, Rev	16		Ward Chapel/Festus
Charleville	C J	22
Charleville	Joseph	22
Charleville	Marie Sylvaney	22		Slave of Joseph Charleville
Cheatham	Rev	56, 57		Pastor, Olive Chapel 1900-1901
Churchill	Winston, Sir	79
Clark	[William]	5		Explorer, 1803-1806
Clay	Cameron	132
Clay	Constance	132
Clay	Jeffrey	132
Clay	Sandra Benson	132		Mrs Jeffrey
Clemons	G W, Pastor	75		Pastor, First Baptist Church of Meacham Park 1927-1934
Clinton	William Jefferson, President	145		President of the United States, Bill
Clyburn	LaJuana, Rev	16		Bethel/Caruthersville
Coker	Daniel, Rev	8, 10	10
Cole	Joe	135
Coleman	Angela	153
Coleman	Angie	18
Coleman	Avis	101		Mrs Calvin Favron
Coleman	Bernice Virginia	101	101	Mrs Emmett
Coleman	Emma	101
Coleman	Emmett	115	83, 101, 115
Coleman	Emmett, III	103	103
Coleman	Emmett, Jr	101, 103	101, 103
Coleman	Emmett, Sr	69, 95, 101	101
Coleman	Grant	103
Coleman	Jasmine	103	103
Coleman	Jeffery	101, 103	101, 103
Coleman	Justen	103	103
Coleman	Mitchell	103
Coleman	Mrs	147
Coleman	Rebecca, Mrs	147
Coleman	Reverlea Lynette Jenkins	102	102
Coleman	Sharon	18, 69, 153, 181	18
Coleman	Sharon Elizabeth		101
Coleman	Victoria	103	103
Collier	Pamela Smith	150
Collins	LaDoris	156, 158	156
Conners	Jimmy	134
Cook	Norma	17		Fifth Episcopal District Official, 2003
Cox	Russell	25
Crawford	May, Mrs	60
Croft	Jeffery, Rev	72		Pastor, Harrison Avenue Baptist Church
Crosby	Betty	18, 153	18
Csapo	Elise	1, 18, 153, 171	171
Cuffee	Paul, Captain	5	5 (sillouette)	A free black shipbuilder, 1816
Daniels	Rev	133	133
Daniels	Silas, Rev	111		Olive Chapel Pastor 1962-1964
Davis	Bernadine	82, 104	82	Mrs George
Davis	Bernadine, Mrs	147	82, 83, 84
Davis	Emory G, Sr	111		Olive Chapel Pastor 1957-1960
Davis	Emory Sr, Rev	126
Davis	George	82	83, 84
Davis	George, III	1, 35, 94, 104	94, 104
Davis	George, Jr	35, 104, 115, 120	104, 115, 120, 121
Davis	George, Sr	104
Davis	J B	61
Davis	James	70, 71	82
Davis	James C	94	94
Davis	Jean	126		Mrs Emory Sr
Davis	Julia	55
Davis	Mitchell	94, 104
Davis	Sarah Sarde	108
Davis	W A, Rev	40
Davis	Will, Jr	108
Dempsey	Justine Beal	126, 157
Dennis	J E, Pastor	75		Pastor, First Baptist Church of Meacham Park 1925
Denton	Mary	89
DeShields	Edward, Pastor	75		Pastor, First Baptist Church of Meacham Park 1911-1918
Dickerson	Dennis, Rev Dr	15	15
Dickson	Hannah	40		Mrs Robert
Dickson	Mary Elizabeth		41
Dickson	Moses, Rev	40, 61	40	Pastor Olive Chapel 1868-1870
Dickson	Robert	40
Doby	Larry	76
Dorsey	Clara, Mrs	78, 88	78
Dorsey	Mary	88	88
Dorsey	Mildred	88	88	Mrs William Edward Vance, Sr
Dorsey	Myra	88	88
Douglas	R, Rev	100
Douglass	Frederick	9, 12, 47
Drayton	Erma, Mrs	148		St Matthew CME Church in Meacham Park
Dunn	Andrew	35, 96
Dunn	Maria	96
Dunn	Mariah	29, 96
Dunn	Martha	96
Duvall	Clarence, Rev	73, 139		Pastor, Fifth Baptist Church
Duvall	Jo Ann	73
Earl	Rose Marie Brown	161
Early	John P	31
Early	Jordan Winston, Rev	2, 26, 28, 30, 31, 40, 61, 99, 170	27, 170	Founder of Olive Chapel, 1853
Early	Lewis	31
Early	Sarah Jane Woodson	30, 31, 170	30	Mrs Jordan Winston
Early	Thomas	31
Edwards	Grant Sr, Rev	73	73	Pastor, Second Baptist Church
Edwards	Grant, Jr	73, 81	73, 81
Edwards	Katherine	73	73
Edwards	Lucy Arnold		73
Edwards	Marie	73	73
Eisenhower	[Dwight]	110		President of the United States
Elkins	Emma, Mrs	78
Ellison	Huey	104
Embury	James, Rev	40
Evans	Georgia, Mrs	69, 101, 104	69	Mrs Will
Evans	Melanie Elaina	69
Evans	Mildred	69
Evans	Roscoe	69	84
Evans	Will	69
Evans	William Henry	69	69, 84	Hank
Evers	Medgar	111
Falker	James	81	81
Favron	Austin	102
Favron	Calvin	101
Favron	Calvin, Jr	102
Favron	Collin	102
Ferguson	Angela, Mrs	33		Mrs Arthur Cornelius Cannon - Cannon family matriarch
Ferguson	Josiah	33
Ferguson	Sembrich Elsa	33
Ferris	H Charles, Rev	146, 148	148	Olive Chapel Pastor, 1991-1995
Ferris	Ray-Jo, Mrs	148	148	Mrs H
Fields	Archie Sylvester	67
Fields	Ed, Rev	67
Fields	Sarah Young, Mrs	67		Mrs Archie Sylvester
Finley	Prudence, Mrs	97	97
Fischer	J B, Father	22
Foote	David, Rev	156
Forbes	Juanita, Mrs		122
Ford	Gerald, President	134		President of the United States
Forten	James	7		Co-organizer Free African Society of Philadelphia, 1787
Foster	Angela	103		Mrs Jeffery Coleman
Frazier	Margaret (Maggie) Johnson	32
Fugh	Clement W, Dr	17		Fifth Episcopal District Official, 2003
Garvey	Marcus	12
Gibson	Josh	77
Gooch-Elliot	Audrey, Mrs	181
Goodman	Lee Clayton, Rev	16		Buren Chapel/Herculaneum
Goodman	Phyllis	16		Mrs Lee Clayton
Goolsby	L S, Rev	111, 113, 114, 115	114	Olive Chapel Pastor 1953-1956
Goolsby	Mrs	114	83, 114
Goolsby	Rev	107	83
Gordon	Benny, Mr	115	115
Graham	Dewitt, Rev	139
Grant	Ulysses S, President	41	42	President of the United States
Graves	Debbie Carter	135
Graves	Deborah Carter, Mrs	86	86	Mrs Robert
Graves	Diona	87	87
Graves	Robert	87	87
Graves	Shayla	87	87, 127
Gray	Alana	91
Gray	Allan	91
Gray	George Washington	37
Gray	Issac	157	82
Gray	Kirke James	37, 115	37, 115
Gray	Louisia	37		Mrs Henry Whitson
Gray	Mildred	157
Gray	Rochelle Walton	91
Green	Cassie, Mrs	144, 179
Green	Dan	178	178
Grey	Kirkey	35
Griffin	Elaine	16		Mrs Kenneth
Griffin	Kenneth, Rev	16
Haley	Alex	134
Haley	Johnette, Mrs	135
Hall	Bill, Rev	157
Hall	E Woody, Rev	33, 111, 112	112	Olive Chapel Pastor 1949-1952
Hall	William, Rev	115	115
Haltenhof	Chris, Mrs		162
Haltenhof	Gene, Mr	162	84, 162
Haltenhof	Nick		162
Harding	J	22
Harris	Eddie Mae Mrs	60
Harris	Eddie Mae Jones	59
Harris	Princess Marjorie Carper	45	45
Hawkins	Veronica Hayden	126	126
Hayden	Dana	126
Hayden	Joe	34	34
Hayes	Brenda J, Rev	1, 13, 69, 85, 136, 146, 153, 156, 158	136, 153	Olive Chapel Pastor 1997-2002
Hegwood	Garvin	100
Hegwood	Marvin	100
Hegwood	Mattie	100		Mrs Garvin
Hemings	Sally	30		Slave of President Thomas Jefferson
Hemings	Sally	170
Hemphill	Janet, Rev	16		St John/Kennett
Hemphill	John, Mr	115	115
Herron	Burt, Rev	56, 78		Pastor, Olive Chapel 1935-1939
Holmes	Greta Gray	157
Homer	Charles	22		Slave of J Harding
Horsey	George E, Rev	56		Pastor, Olive Chapel 1933-1935
Horsey	George, Rev Dr	78		Pastor, Olive Chapel 1935-1939
Horsey	Rev Dr	34
Hughes	Langston	55
Hull	Cordell	79
Hunter	Viola Carey	126	126
Jack	William	44
Jackson	[Pastor]	75		Pastor, First Baptist Church of Meacham Park 1907-1911
Jackson	Adam, Mr	99, 115, 144	115
Jackson	Adma	104
Jackson	Carol Jean	64, 67
Jackson	Carol Jean Benton	66
Jackson	Floyd	66, 67
Jackson	Jesse, Rev	134
Jacques	Kevin, Rev	16		Perry Chapel/Charleston
Jacques	Marsha	16		Mrs Kevin
James	Sara Jane, Mrs	151
Jefferson	Thomas	30
Jefferson	Thomas	170		President of the United States
Jenkins	Carrie, Mrs	155
Jenkins	Pearl, Mrs	114	114
Jenkins	Ron		102
Johnson	Benjamin, Rev	144	144	Olive Chapel Pastor, 1983-1990
Johnson	Bernice Virginia	101	101	Mrs Emmett Coleman
Johnson	Grant Everett	103
Johnson	James	32
Johnson	James Weldon	54
Johnson	John	35
Johnson	Lillie Bibbs	104
Johnson	Lyndon B	110	110	President of the United States
Johnson	R O, Rev	72		Pastor, Unity Baptist Church 1933-1935
Johnson	Rosamond	54
Jones	Absalom	5, 6	7	Co-organizer Free African Society of Philadelphia, 1787 Organized Philadelphia's Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1794 Elected Bishop, 1816
Jones	Alma, Mrs	135
Jones	Arthur, Jr	59
Jones	Arthur, Sr	59
Jones	Bill	135, 157
Jones	Carl	59
Jones	Carol Wright	126	126
Jones	Cecil	59
Jones	Dennis	59
Jones	Donald	59
Jones	Doris (Tinnie)	59
Jones	Elnora, Mrs	59		Mrs Arthur
Jones	Gaynell	126
Jones	Harry	59
Jones	James	59
Jones	Mandisha	59
Jones	Marceline	59
Jones	Margo	59
Jones	Mildred, Mrs	59		Mrs Carl
Jones	Ruth Bailey		59
Jones	Sharron	59
Jones	Shawn, Mrs	59		Mrs Dennis
Jones	Susan Delores	102	102
Kearney	Michael	164	164
Kearney	Mike	153, 181
Kennedy	Charles	64
Kennedy	Cheryl	175
Kennedy	Germane	175
Kennedy	Gwen	18, 148, 175	18, 175
Kennedy	Jerelyn	175
Kennedy	Jeremy	175
Kennedy	John F	110		President of the United States
Kennedy	Maurice	66, 67
Kennedy	Pam	175
Kennedy	Robert F	111
Kennedy	Ruth Ann	64, 67		Mrs Charles
Kennedy	Ruth Ann Benton	66
Kibble	Billy Wayne		162
Kiefer	January Felicity, Rev	1, 2, 18, 158, 166	3, 18, 166
King	Martin Luther Jr, Rev Dr	110, 111
Lacy	Alice	17
Lacy	Rev	61
Lacy	William H, Rev	56, 81		Pastor, Quinn Chapel, St Louis, 1928-1935; Pastor, Bethel AME, Wellston 1935-1939; Pastor, Olive Chapel 1939-1943
Lange	H T, Mrs	151
Laudermill	Pamela	16		Mrs Sylvester
Laudermill	Sylvester Jr, Rev	16, 17		St Peters AME Church
Lawrence	Alpine L	33
Lawrence	Lee Webber, Jr	33
Lawrence	Marguerite	33		Mrs Lewis Bryant
Lee	Jarena	13	13 (drawing)
Lemmie	Booker	157
Lemmie	Oliver, Rev	74, 75		Pastor, First Baptist Church of Meacham Park 1989-Present
Leonard	Buck	77
Lewis	[Merriweather]	5		Explorer 1803-1806
Lewright	Cleo, Mr	135
Lincoln	Abraham	20		President of the United States
Lindsey	D W	115	115
Lindsey	Ophelia, Mrs	107, 114	114
Locke	Alain	55
Lovejoy	Elijah	20
Lyn	Bryce	136	136, 137
Lyn	Kent	136	136
Lyn	Morgan	136	136, 137
Lyn	Mr	136	136	Parent of Kent Lyn
Lyn	Mrs	136	136	Parent of Kent Lyn
Lyn	Natalie Ward	136, 137	136
Lyn	Whitney	136	136, 137
Lynch	James, Rev	41
Mack	Ollie	60
Madison	James, Rev	40
Manns	Clara Brown	161
Marshall	Thurgood	111
Martin	Jemima [Carter]	23		Mrs John
Martin	John	23, 35
Martin	William	35
Matlock	John, Rev	33, 34, 56, 81, 85, 95, 101, 107, 159		Pastor, Olive Chapel 1943-1949
McCullough	J D	157
McDonald	Ann, Rev	16		Ward Chapel
McGhee	Irma	104	106
McIntosh	Amy	135
McKee	Terry, Rev	16		Bethel/Sikeston
McKenzie	Vashti, Bishop	13	13
McKinney	Barbara	17
McKinney	Clora, Mrs	98
McKissack	Frederick	2, 18, 19, 36, 108, 111, 151, 153, 156	84
McKissack	Frederick, Jr	108	84
McKissack	John	108
McKissack	Pat	126
McKissack	Pat Carwell	108	108
McKissack	Pat Carwell	135
McKissack	Patricia, Mrs	2, 18, 36, 86, 103, 151, 153, 156		Mrs Frederick
McKissack	Robert	108	109
Meacham	Elzey E	58
Meacham	Lula, Mrs	58		Mrs Elzey E
Meachum	E	35
Meachum	John Berry	35
Meyers	John	144	144
Meyers	Joyce	144
Meyers	Khaleah	144
Meyers	Rashad	144
Miessler		48		Circuit Counselor
Miles	William Henry	9		First Bishop Colored (Christian) Methodist Episcopal Church, 1870
Miltenberger	J P	22
Ming	James "Boy"	64
Ming	Willerme	61, 67, 104, 157	64	Mimmie
Mitchell	Carlita	82, 152
Mitchell	Dave	82, 154
Mitchell	Grace	104	104
Mitchell	Harry	104
Mitchell	Harry J, Private	55
Mitchell	James	35, 104
Mitchell	James Anderson	32
Mitchell	Joan	82
Mitchell	Joanie	154
Mitchell	Media	104	104
Mitchell	Nancy	31
Mitchell	Willis	32, 35	32
Moffett	Myrtle McKinney	98
Moffett	Myrtle, Mrs	133
Moore	Byrd	104, 115
Moore	Willia, Mrs	114	114
Moose	Wanda	95	95
Mosley	Angela Walton	91
Mosley	Chanel	91
Mosley	Germond, II	91
Mosley	Janay	91
Mosley	Jermond, Sr	91
Mosley	Kem, Mr	135
Motley	Martha	95
Motley	Mary Alpine		33
Motley	Will	95
Moye	Darryl	67	65
Moye	Eddie	67
Murphy	Claudine, Rev	17
Mwanguzi	Inuka		162
Nabors	Margaretta, Mrs	147	147
Nash	Coleman	159	83, 159
Nash	Henry	35
Nash	Mable, Mrs	159	159	Mrs Coleman
Newton	Belle	34	34
Nixon	Richard	134		President of the United States
Null	Jan A	156
Oaks	D W, Rev	40
Overman	Cornelius	25
Overman	Jane	25		Mrs Paul
Owens	Helen Vance	89
Owens	Jesse	76
Owens	Tonie	103		Mrs Emmitt Coleman, Jr
Paige	Satchel	77
Parker	L P, Rev	111		Olive Chapel Pastor 1968-1970
Parks	N S, Rev	40
Parks	Rosa, Mrs	180
Patterson	Annie Mae	175	175
Payne	Daniel Alexander, Bishop	11	12
Payne	Daniel, Bishop	26
Pearson	Estelle	150		Mrs L Michael (Mike) Smith
Peters	Mary Elizabeth	40	41	Mrs Moses Dickson
Phillips	Arthur	90
Phillips	Bert	90
Phillips	Brian	137
Phillips	Christian	90
Phillips	Cleophas	81	82, 90
Phillips	Darren	137
Phillips	Evelyn	90
Phillips	Gregory	90
Phillips	Joseph	90, 94
Phillips	Joseph, Jr	90
Phillips	Larry	136, 137	136
Phillips	Lillian	94
Phillips	Lillian Ayres	90
Phillips	Lillian, Mrs	107
Phillips	Richard	90, 94	82
Phillips	Richard L, Rev	48, 56, 57, 70, 71, 94, 99	71	Pastor, Olive Chapel 1905-1907, 1927-1930
Phillips	Sandra	94, 126
Phillips	Virginia, Mrs	70, 71, 94	70	Mrs Richard
Phillips	Wanda	136	136
Phillips	Wanda (Harris)	137
Piggee	Nettie	104		Mrs Ossie Whitfield
Pitman	John, Dr	73
Porter	John	35
Powell	Christopher	161	161
Powell	Collin, Lt General	134
Powell	D M	115	115
Powell	Felicia, Mrs	18, 148, 161	161	Mrs William
Powell	Mr	115	115
Powell	William	18, 161	84, 151, 161
Pruitt	Wendell, Lt	76	76	Tuskegee Airman
Pullum	Eva, Mrs	114	114
Quillian	Benjamin	94
Quinn	Mary J		24
Quinn	Paul, Rev	40, 61
Quinn	William Paul, Rev	23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28	24	Paul
Ramsey	Eddie	95
Ramsey	Myrtle Louise Motley	95	95
Randolph	A Phillip	111
Randolph	Asa Phillip	54
Rauch	Paul	159
Rauch	Vernell	159
Rawlings	Keith	1, 36
Reagan	Ronald	134		President of the United States
Redmond	Jessy	65
Redmond	Lea	65, 67
Reed	Edward	45
Reed	Eliza	45		Mrs George
Reed	Fannie Marie	45		Mrs Edward Daniel Carper
Reed	George	45
Reed	George Andrew, Jr	45
Reed	George Andrew, Sr	45
Reed	Hubbard Nicholas	45
Reed	Robert	135
Reed	Yolanda		164
Renfro	Lulu	34		Mrs Henry Smallwood
Rhone	Jonathan, Rev	140, 141	140	Olive Chapel Pastor 1978-1983
Rhone	Mrs	140	140
Rice	Abraham	35
Rice	David Sr, Pastor	75		Pastor, First Baptist Church of Meacham Park 1983-1988
Richardson	Alfred H	41
Roach	Hilary	119	119
Robbs	Mariah, Mrs	78
Roberts	Ann, Mrs	98
Roberts	Lottie, Mrs	97
Robeson	Paul	9
Robinson	Jackie	76		First African American baseball player for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Robnett	Barbara Jones, Mrs	59, 60, 68
Robnett	Bruce	69
Robnett	Dorothea, Mrs		147
Robnett	Frank Leslie	68	68
Robnett	Frank, III	68	68
Robnett	George	68	68
Robnett	George, Jr	68, 125	68
Robnett	Jennie	68	68
Robnett	Kenneth	69
Robnett	Loretta	68
Robnett	Terene (Bobby)	69
Rodgers	Robert L	135
Rollins	Theda Whitson, Mrs	88
Roosevelt	Franklin D	76		President of the United States
Russell	Virginia Bradley, Mrs	58
Russell	Virginia Brady, Mrs	92, 112
Sale	Joseph, Judge	32
SalmonCampbell	Joan, Rev Dr	154	154
Sanders	Flora	63		aka Saunders
Sanders	Gertrude, Mrs	63		aka Saunders, Mrs William Burnette Sr
Sanders	James Porter	63, 67	63	aka Saunders
Sanders	Sally Ann Safronia Long, Mrs	63	63	aka Saunders, Mrs James
Saunders	Brianna	65
Saunders	Christopher	65, 158
Saunders	Flora	67
Saunders	Gertrude	67
Saunders	James Porter	67
Saunders	Mary	63, 64
Saunders	Melonie	65
Saunders	Michael	158	65
Saunders	Nathaniel	65
Saunders	Robert	63, 67
Saunders	Sally Ann Safronia Long	67
Saunders	Sean	65
Saunders	Willerme (Mimmie)	63, 64		Mrs James "Boy" Ming
Saxton	W H, Rev	40
Scheidegger	Francis	141
Schmidt	C C	48
Scott	Dred	29	29
Seammel	Henry	58
Seammel	Martha	58		Mrs Henry Seammel
Sebree	George	68
Sebree	George E, Pastor	75		Pastor, First Baptist Church of Meacham Park 1962-1983
Sebree	Phyllis Robnett	68
Selvey	Alpine Lawrence	126	126
Sheeney	Rachel	25		Richmond, Ohio newspaper reporter
Shorter	James	41
Shreeves	Mr	26
Simpkin	Norma	17		Missouri Conference/District Official, 2003
Simpson	O J	145
Singleton	Elizabeth	25		Mrs James Singleton
Singleton	James	25
Slaten	Alfred Henry	97, 126	126
Slaten	Bill	86
Slaten	Ethel	97
Slaten	Fred Sr	97	97	The first Black deputy sheriff in St Louis County
Slaten	Fred, Jr	97
Slaten	Juanita	97
Slaten	Mary	97
Slaten	Ossie, "Butch", Mrs	124
Slaten	Ron	125	125
Slaten	Ronald	18	18
Slaten	William	81, 82, 97, 123	82, 83	Bill
Sleet	George	35
Smallwood	Barbara	34
Smallwood	Blanche	34
Smallwood	Delores	34, 126	34
Smallwood	George Edward	34
Smallwood	Henry	34
Smallwood	Henry, Jr	34
Smallwood	Lamar	34
Smallwood	Lamar	113
Smallwood	Marvelle	34
Smallwood	Millie	34
Smallwood	Savella	34
Smith	Alvin, Rev	16, 146		Olive Chapel Pastor 1990-1991, St Paul AME Church
Smith	Alvin, Rev	16
Smith	Beatrice, Mrs	16		Mrs Alvin Smith
Smith	Beatrice, Rev	146
Smith	Estelle, Mrs	149		First Baptist Church of Meacham Park
Smith	L Michael	150
Smith	M S, Rev	56, 104		Pastor, Olive Chapel 1921-1924
Smith	Mark, Rev	64
Smith	Maurice	146
Smith	Mike, Mr	157
Smith	R L, Rev	67
Smith	Rev	61
Spears	Sandy	59
Spears	Sophia St James, Mrs	42
Speckert	Gene	58
Spurlock	Rev	56, 57		Pastor, Olive Chapel 1908-1909
St. James	Harriet Taylor	42
Stevenson	Townsend, Rev	56		Pastor, Olive Chapel 1925-1927
Stith	Montoya, Rev	16		Washington Circuit/Washington and New Haven
Strickland	E Luis, Mrs	133	133
Strickland	E L, Rev	111		Olive Chapel Pastor 1964-1967
Strickland	Rev	133	133
Strong	Arvella	17		Fifth Episcopal District Official, 2003
Stuart	David	108
Sturgis	Stokely	6
Sullivan	Josephine	25		Mrs Philip
Sullivan	Louis	38
Sullivan	Marilyn	16		Mrs Marvin
Sullivan	Marvin, Rev	16		St John/St Charles+E424
Sullivan	Philip	25
Sutton	MyKesha Alise	177	127, 177
Sutton	Shawn	178
Sutton	Shepelle Kiara	178	177
Swoboda	Mike, Mayor	1, 182	182	Mayor of Kirkwood
Taggert	Eva L	17
Talbot	Cornell	147		St Paul AME
Taney	[Justice]	29	29
Taylor	Brian	66, 67, 68	68
Taylor	Chandra Sebree	68	68
Taylor	Gidget	66, 67
Taylor	Henry	35
Taylor	Shelia	64, 67		Mrs Thomas
Taylor	Shelia Benton	66
Taylor	Thomas	64
Taylor	Vaughn	66, 67
Tayney	[Justice]		29
Telfair	Kaylyn	178	178
Telfair	LaChelle (Chelly)	178	178	Mrs Larry
Telfair	Larry	178	84, 178
Telfair	Larry, Jr	178
Telfair	Nathan	178	178
Thoma	Andrew	48
Thomas	Clay, Rev	115	115
Thomas	Claydean	74
Thomas	Clayton, Rev	74	74	Pastor, Music Baptist Church
Thomas	Jesse B	21
Thomas	Joyce Brown	161	160
Thomas	Louise, Mrs	74		Mrs Clayton
Thomas	Mary Virginia	74	74
Thomas	Myrtle Ruth	74
Thompson	Abraham	35
Thompson	Landry	35
Thornton	Charles	35
Thornton	Debbie, Rev	16		Sanders Chapel/Wyatt
Thurman	Osceola, Ms	179
Thurman	P, Rev	56, 57		Pastor, Olive Chapel 1910-1912?
Tidwell	Esther	19
Tidwell	Esther, Mother	180	180
Till	Emmett	130
Tillman	Harold Lee	106	106
Tillman	Julianna	13	13
Tillman	Leroy	106
Tillman	Susan Whitfield	106		Mrs Leroy Tillman
Treadwell	C C, Rev	56		Pastor, Olive Chapel 1931-1933
Treadwell	Mrs	67
Treadwell	Rev	78
Triplet	I N, Rev	37, 40
Truman	[Harry S]	76, 111		President of the United States
Truth	Sojourner	9
Tubman	Harriet	9
Turner	Earl, Mr	18, 180	180
Turner	George	35
Turner	Henry McNeal, Bishop	12	12	Organized AME Church in Georgia
Turner	James Milton	43, 61
Turner	John, Rev	43
Turner	Nat	11, 12, 20, 28		Slave Rebellion Leader
Tyler	Mrs	34	34
Tyler	Timothy L, Rev, Dr	17		Fifth Episcopal District Official, 2003
Vance	Alfreda	89, 111
Vance	Alfreda, Mrs	152, 162	152, 162
Vance	Clara	89
Vance	Dorothy	89
Vance	Dorothy Ayers	89
Vance	Greta	89
Vance	Irving	89
Vance	Jennifer	89
Vance	Keith	89
Vance	Mia Soleil	89	89
Vance	Mildred	89
Vance	Myra	89
Vance	Ollie	89	89
Vance	Sean	89
Vance	Sherri	89
Vance	Steve	89
Vance	Vincent	89
Vance	Virgil	89
Vance	Virgil Lee	89
Vance	William	89	82, 83
Vance	William Edward, Sr	88
Vanderhost	Richard	9		First Bishop Colored (Christian) Methodist Episcopal Church, 1870
Varick	James	9		First Bishop AME Zion Church, 1821
Vesey	Denmark	11, 12
Volk	Christian, Rev	48
Wagner	Dana	177
Wagner	Estella E	177
Wagner	Marianne, Mrs	177	177
Wagner	Monica	177
Wagner	Victoria	177
Walker	C J, Madam	59, 60
Wallace	Dorothy, Mrs	135
Wallace	Rev	135
Waller	Fats	77
Walls	Martinous, Rev	16		Brown Chapel/Popular Bluff
Walls	Vernon	16
Walton	Rhonda	91
Walton	Sandra	70, 148
Walton	Sandra Bernadine Phillips	91	90
Ward	Aaron	137
Ward	Elizabeth	137
Ward	Gordon	137
Ward	Kerrick	137
Ward	Lauren	137
Ward	Mamie, Mrs	18, 19, 135, 136, 137	136, 138, 139
Ward	Michelle	137
Ward	Natalie	136	136	Mrs Kent Lyn
Ward	Paul	136, 137, 181	136
Ward	Priscilla	136, 137	136	Mrs Wallace Jr
Ward	Wallace, Jr	137, 181		Denny
Ward	Wallace, Rev	81, 115, 136, 137, 139	115, 136
Ward	William, Rev	137
Ward	Wilma	126
Ward	Wilma	136, 137	136
Warren	Cardie James	95
Warren	Don	95
Warren	Wanda	95
Washington	Booker T	12, 38, 47	38
Washington	George	5		President of the United States,
Washington	Ralph	119	119
Waters	Edward	27
Watkins	Anita M, Mrs	156
Watley	Matthew, Rev	139
Watson	Rev	56, 57		Pastor, Olive Chapel 1902-1904
Wayne	Thaddeus, Mr	135
Weaver	William M, Pastor	75		Pastor, First Baptist Church of Meacham Park 1918-1921
Webb	Lucious	100
Webb	Lucious Emory	96	96
Webb	Matthew	96, 115	96, 115
Webb	Sarah	100, 107		Mrs Marvin Hegwood
Webb	Sarah Jane Carwell	96	96
Webb	Sarah, Mrs	114	114
Webster	Doris, Mrs	179
Wheeler	John W, Rev	40, 46	46
White	William	7		Co-organizer Free African Society of Philadelphia, 1787
Whiteside	Gladys	176		Mrs Raymond
Whiteside	Gloria	176	176
Whiteside	Maxine Blackwell	176
Whiteside	Raymond	176
Whiteside	Wesley	176
Whitfield	Frances	104, 141, 153		Cookie
Whitfield	Harold	17, 18, 104, 141, 153, 181	17, 106
Whitfield	Irma, Mrs	114	114
Whitfield	Kara	104	106
Whitfield	Kennard	104, 181	104
Whitfield	Ossie	104, 115	106, 115
Whitfield	Susan	104	106
Whitney	Eli	5		Cotton gin inventor, 1794
Whitson	Arthur Henry, Sr	37	37
Whitson	Arthur Sr	88, 115	115
Whitson	Arthur, Jr	88
Whitson	Daisy Holmes	37, 88	37
Whitson	Floyd	81
Whitson	Floyd Marvell, Sr	88
Whitson	Floyd, Jr	88
Whitson	Henry	37
Whitson	Lauinia	37	37
Whitson	Lawrence	88
Whitson	Quinton	88
Whitson	Michael	88
Wiley	Christina	175
Wiley	Gwendolyn Lashun	175
Wiley	Michelle	175
Wiley	Rosalyn	175
Wiley	Sheila	175
Wiley	Tim	175
Wiley	Virginia, Mrs	175	175
Wilkerson	Alice	104
Wilkerson	James	18
Williams	Elaine	159
Williams	Peter, Sr	9
Williams	Phebe, Mrs	181	181
Willis	D H, Pastor	75		Pastor, First Baptist Church of Meacham Park 1921-1924
Wilson	Daniel	25
Wilson	Frank	107
Wilson	Nannie, Mrs	98, 107, 157		Mrs Frank
Wilson	Sarah, Mrs	25		Mrs Daniel
Witherspoon	Robert	115	115
Woodbridge	Joseph	35
Woods	Sarah, Mrs	114	114
Woodson	Byron	170	170
Woodson	Carter G	54
Woodson	Thomas	30, 170
Wright	Eugene, Jr, Rev	149
Wright	Eugene, Rev	146		Olive Chapel Pastor 1994-1996
Wright	John	42
Wyatt	Mrs	25
Wynn	William	60		Principal, Turner School
X	Malcom	111
Yarnall	Joliff	23
Yarnall	Joliff, Mrs	23

Photos of buildings and groups

Subject	Page
Bethel AME Church	8
AME Emblem	10
USA, AME Districts 1-13	15
Africa, AME Districts 14, 15, 17-19	15
Caribbean, South America & England, AME District 16	15
Bishop & Mrs. (John Richard & Cecelia) Bryant	14
Presiding Elder & Mrs. (O. H. & Ernestyne) Brown	16
Stewards for 2003	18
Trustees for 2003	18
William Paul and Mary J. Quinn	24
Olive Chapel members/Quinette Cemetery dedication, October 18, 2003	36
Napoleon Morris tombstone	37
Arthur Henry Whitson, Sr. & Lauinia Whitson	37
Monument naming home states of original founders of the Order of Twelve	43
Carper Family Tree	44
Pastor & Mrs. G. H. Schoenperlen - Oct 1919-1915	48
Friedensgemeinde - 1916	49
Olive Chapel	49-53
Letter written by Private Harry J. Mitchell, July 29, 1919	55
8th grade graduating class of Booker T. Washington School, 1920	57
Doris (Tinnie) Jones with daughter, Patience, and granddaughter, Keria	59
James Milton Turner School Faculty circa 1942	60
Principal Young and his family	60
Articles of Agreement for 'The Olive Chapel'	61
Exchange of commemoration plaque, 1998	62
Pro Forma Decree of Incorporation, 1923	62
James Sanders with his sister Mary Sanders	63
The Benton Family (Ruth Ann, Carol Jean, Mother Mary, Shelia, Ms. Mimmie, Marian)	65
Gidget and Vaughn [Benton-Taylor]	66
The Saunders-Benton Family	66
The Saunders Family Tree	67
The Robnett Family Tree	68
George Robnett, Jr. son of George Robnett and Mary Slaten Bryant	68
Jennie Robnett, Frank Leslie Robnett with son, Frank Robnett, III, and dog, Teddie	68
Brian and Chandra and sons (Sheila Taylor-Saunders Family)	68
The 1948 wedding of William Henry Evans and Marion Bosley	69
Mrs. Virginia Phillips with Pastors wives at Annual Conference 1920's	70
Twenty-fifth session of the Annual Conference of AME Church, October 23, 1929, St. Louis, Missouri	71
Rev. Richard Phillips, with fellow pastors	71
Group of Unidentified People	72
Katherine, Marie and Grant [Edwards] Jr.	73
Wedding picture, Robert Carwell and Mary Virginia Thomas	74
Two unidentified WWII Soldiers	76
Booker T. Washington School Summer Camp - circa 1939	77
Kirkwood baseball team	77
Baptism certificate of Patricia Carwell	81
Members of the Original Male Chorus	82
Male Chorus in 1953	83
Male Chorus in 1958	83
Male Chorus at Lane Tabernacle Circa 1954	83
Male Chorus in 1978	84
Male Chorus in 1999	84
Male Chorus in 2003	84
Henry and Girlie Carter being recognized for long and faithful service to Olive Chapel, 1996	85
Shayla and Diona Graves	87
Baptism of Diona Graves	87
The Dorsey Triplets	88
The Vance Family Tree	89
The Phillips-Walton Family Tree	90-91
The Phillips-Walton Family honoring "Mama Lil" for her years of service to Olive Chapel, 1995	90
Sandra Phillips Walton with daughters Rhonda, Rochelle, and Angie circa 1978	91
Sandra Phillips Walton with granddaughter, Janay Mosley	91
The wedding of Rhonda and Anthony Colbert	91
The Brady Family	92
Interview with Virginia Brady by Pat McKissack, November 1, 2003	92-93
George Davis, III and James C. Davis	94
Matthew Webb with friend	96
Lucious with Sarah Webb James	96
Dedication of bulletin board	98
Claude Norman and Gertrude Bibb circa 1948	99
Rudolph and Oleatha Bibbs	99
The Hegwood Brothers	100
Mr. Coleman with sons Jeffery and Emmett, Jr.	101
Reverlea and Dion Coleman	102
Ayanna Buggs with son, Avery, and cousin, Jasmine	102
Shannae and Katelyn Williams	102
Sean and Avery Buggs with uncle, Jeff	102
Four generations: Media, Grace, George Jr., and George III [Mitchell]	104
Harold, Frances, Susan and Kara Whitfield	106
Ossie & Irma Whitfield	106
Harold Whitfield with grandson, Harold Lee Tillman	106
Mrs. Sarah James with family after being honored as "Mother of the Year, 1978"	107
Roscoe and Sarah Jane James	107
Robert Carwell, Pat McKissack, Robert Nolan Carwell, Sarah Frances Stuart	108
Erma and Robert Carwell with Pat, 1952	108
Baptism of Peter Wesley McKissack, September 2003. Pastor January Kiefer with the McKissacks	109
Robert and Erma Carwell holding their first great-grandson, Majon Will Carwell	109
Pat and Fred McKissack with grand niece Sarah (Star) and grandsons James Everett and John Fitzpartick	109
Pat, Sarah Frances, and Nolan 1958	109
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the 1964 Civil Rights Bill, with Civil Rights leaders watching	110
A picnic tea with Reverend Hall, circa 1949	112
A retreat, led by Olive Chapel youth during Reverend Hall's tenure	113
Camera Club	113
Women of Olive Chapel 1953	114
Men of Olive Chapel who organized Kirkwood Civic Club	115
Kirkwood Civic Club members after a meeting at Unity Baptist Church circa 1950	115
Kirkwood Civic Club public meeting to discuss an impending school desegration law suit	116
"Veiled Prophet Pageant" sponsored by the Kirkwood Civic Club	117
Kirkwood, and Olive Chapel, celebrate the first 100 years	118
Olive Chapel Congregation 1953	118
Combined Olive Chapel Choirs - Centenial Celebration	119
Guest choirs combined with Olive Chapel Choirs, conducted by Reverend Harvey, guest director	119
"The Crusaders" circa 1953	119
George, Jr., Bernadine, and "Little George" Davis	120
Mr. George Davis retires from the Post Office in 1970	120
Otis and Mamie Benford celebrating their 25th Anniversary	122
Mr. Benford with two of his best friends, George Davis, Jr. and Lucious Webb	122
Olive Chapel's Teen Queens	127
Pages of Olive Chapel telephone directory, 1957-58	128-129
Street Fair at Olive Chapel circa 1980	134
Reverend Milton Green and Family 1975-1977	135
Natalie Ward Wedding	136
Dedication of Baptismal Font given in honor of Reverend Wallace Ward 2002	136
Olive Chapel interior after the renovation	140
Olive Chapel interior before the renovation	140
Men's Guild	141
Missionary Society	141
Finance Committee	141
Lay-Organization	141
Senior Choir	142
Senior Ushers	142
Steward Board	142
Stewardesses and Deaconesses	142
Trustee Board	143
Young Adult Choir	143
Sunday School Officials	143
St. Louis Symphony String Quartet in concert at Olive Chapel 2002	145
Rev. Al Smith baptising Diona Graves	146
Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred Campbell on their wedding day, December 30, 2000	147
Reverend Eugene Wright with Elder and Mrs. O. H. Brown	149
Mrs. Theda Rollins being honored by her family 1995	149
Ron Slaten presenting his uncle Bill Slaten with an honor	149
Estelle and Mike Smith (deceased) former Kirkwood Schoolteachers	150
Visiting Pastors at Sign Dedication April 2, 1995	151
Reverend Wright speaking about the sign as a form of ministry	151
Olive Chapel Sign	152
Members of the Peter Bopp family attend afternoon program, February 28, 1999	155
James and Gloria Wilkerson	162
Sunday School	164
Family and Friends Day 2003	165
Pastor January cutting the 150th Anniversary Cake	166
Visiting Ward Chapel in Mexico, Missouri 2003	167
Pastor January, Terrell, and Happy	167
Altar Call	168
Scripture Reading	168
The Kwanzaa Program presented by the Sunday School 2002	168
Ushers 2003	168
Gwen & Esther	168
Easter Egg Hunt 2003	169
Ron Slaten at the Greentree Festival	169
Junior Ushers 2003	169
Chancel Choir 2003	169
OC Praise Dancers	169
New roof 2003	169
Communion Dressing	169
The Olive Chapel Sesquicentennial Banner	170
Mr. Byron Woodson, author of A President in the Family	170
Emmett Benson, Mike Hearney, Elise Csapo, William Powell, and Earl Turner	171
Garden Winner	172
Daisy-Pear Missionary Society	173
WMS Jazz Concert 2003	174
Chambers-Whiteside Family	176
Family of Mrs. Margie Helen Brown	177
Larry and Chelly Telfair	178
Nathan and Kaylyn Telfair	178
Dan Green and Kaylyn Telfair	178
Senior wisdom	179
To our youth	179
Happy Birthday Olive Chapel! 150 Years of Faithful Service - 1853-2003	183

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