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Jason Strevell, an attorney who had moved from New York to Pontiac, married the widow of Zelus Nettleton. Mr. Strevell had the size of the home doubled to provide enough room for his new family. In January of 1860, Abraham Lincoln delivered a lecture at the Pontiac Presbyterian Church.
The Illinois Department of Corrections Pontiac Correctional Center is located in Pontiac. [40] Pontiac housed the male death row until 2003. Prior to the January 11, 2003 commutation of all death row sentences, male death row inmates were housed in Pontiac, Menard , and Tamms correctional centers. [ 41 ]
The Jones House was built from 1857 to 1858 by John Dehner, a prominent Pontiac citizen who had a stake in the Chicago and Paducah Railroad. Dehner purchased the property from Simon Dewitt in 1857 and when the house was finished in 1858 its value was assessed at $366. The house is named for the owner that acquired it in 1899, Henry C. Jones.
In 1840, a local congregation was organized as a mission of the First Presbyterian Church in Pontiac. [3] A schism soon resulted in the formation of the Church of Orion and Independence, which met in local schools. [3] On January 20, 1855, the congregation organized a church-building society organized for the purpose of erecting a new church. [2]
In 1839, Father Raho, an Italian priest, visited Peoria, remaining long enough to build the old stone church in Kickapoo. In 1843, the Vatican erected the Diocese of Chicago, taking the Illinois parishes from the Dioceses of St. Louis and Vincennes. St. Mary's, the first Catholic church in Peoria proper, was erected by John A. Drew in 1846.
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Acts 29 is a global family of church planting churches that adheres to Reformed or New Calvinist theology. [2] It derives its name from the Book of Acts in the New Testament, which has 28 chapters, making Acts 29 the "next chapter" in the history of the church. [3]