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Wesley Union AME Zion Church was formally established on August 20, 1829, by some members of an existing black church. [1] The first church was a log building at Third and Mulberry streets. In 1830, there were 115 members of the church. David Stevens was ordained an elder at the Philadelphia conference of 1830.
Price was a minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (AME Zion Church). [1] [2] By 1865, he was the pastor of the Wesley Union African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. [10] In 1866, he was a minister in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and represented the Good Samaritan Council of Harrisburg at the annual conference. [11]
Harriet McClintock Marshall (August 14, 1840–July 25, 1925) was a conductor on the Underground Railroad [1] whose home in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania served as a stop or safe house for the clandestine network, along with the Wesley Union African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (AME Zion Church) and other homes in the city. She offered shelter ...
Wesley Union AME Zion Church, corner of Tanner's Alley and South Street, Harrisburg, PA, circa 1910. By 1850, 900 free blacks, making up 12% of the city's population lived in Harrisburg. Residents of the ally were more likely to be the poorest residents. [3] Churches, restaurants, dance halls, and business were also in the Tanner's Alley. [1]
Lincoln Cemetery was founded in November 1877 by the Wesley Union African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (A.M.E. Zion Church), [1] and is located at 201 South 30th Street in the Susquehanna Township area of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. [2] [3]
Bishop Singleton T. Jones of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Bishop Singleton T. Jones (March 8, 1825 – April 18, 1891) was a religious leader in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (AME Zion). Although he had little education, Jones taught himself to be an articulate orator and was awarded the position of bishop within ...
Scottish Rite Cathedral (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) ... Wesley Union African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church This page was last edited on 10 October 2023, at 11:41 ...
Meeting monthly in the boardroom of the Wesley Union African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (Wesley Union AME Zion Church), the religious institution at Fifth and Camp streets which is pastored by the Rev. Willie Dixon (one of the civic leaders instrumental in founding the CCCNU), the organization had 40 members as of 2014. Three CCCNU working ...