Blessed are the dead
which die in the Lord
The Rev. David D. Forman and his wife Nancy Simmons, were living in Madison, Texas (now known as Orange) where the Rev. D.D. Forman was one of the founders of the First Baptist Church.
The following is from the "Southern Baptists of Southeast Texas", the chapter on the formative years and beyond, pages 24 & 25: Old First, Orange, is the oldest congregation in Southeast Texas Association that can claim a definite historical peg for its birthright. It dates from October 1857, when ten members "in the presence of Brother D. D. Forman, as moderator" instituted the church in as much as the city was then named Madison, the church bore that name through 1861.
D.D. Forman and Mary moved with a group Simmons families from Louisiana to East Texas, in Tarkingtons Prairie. Later they removed to Central West Texas at Liberty Hill, where D.D. built a large store and lumber yard. He also built an imposing building, by the standards of the day. This was in Liberty Hill. It was built to house the Liberty Normal and Business College. Later on D.D. Forman deeded the college building to the community it was used as a public school until it was destroyed by fire in about 1901.
D.D. Forman and Polly had no children of their own.
which die in the Lord
The Rev. David D. Forman and his wife Nancy Simmons, were living in Madison, Texas (now known as Orange) where the Rev. D.D. Forman was one of the founders of the First Baptist Church.
The following is from the "Southern Baptists of Southeast Texas", the chapter on the formative years and beyond, pages 24 & 25: Old First, Orange, is the oldest congregation in Southeast Texas Association that can claim a definite historical peg for its birthright. It dates from October 1857, when ten members "in the presence of Brother D. D. Forman, as moderator" instituted the church in as much as the city was then named Madison, the church bore that name through 1861.
D.D. Forman and Mary moved with a group Simmons families from Louisiana to East Texas, in Tarkingtons Prairie. Later they removed to Central West Texas at Liberty Hill, where D.D. built a large store and lumber yard. He also built an imposing building, by the standards of the day. This was in Liberty Hill. It was built to house the Liberty Normal and Business College. Later on D.D. Forman deeded the college building to the community it was used as a public school until it was destroyed by fire in about 1901.
D.D. Forman and Polly had no children of their own.
Blessed are the dead
which die in the Lord
The Rev. David D. Forman and his wife Nancy Simmons, were living in Madison, Texas (now known as Orange) where the Rev. D.D. Forman was one of the founders of the First Baptist Church.
The following is from the "Southern Baptists of Southeast Texas", the chapter on the formative years and beyond, pages 24 & 25: Old First, Orange, is the oldest congregation in Southeast Texas Association that can claim a definite historical peg for its birthright. It dates from October 1857, when ten members "in the presence of Brother D. D. Forman, as moderator" instituted the church in as much as the city was then named Madison, the church bore that name through 1861.
D.D. Forman and Mary moved with a group Simmons families from Louisiana to East Texas, in Tarkingtons Prairie. Later they removed to Central West Texas at Liberty Hill, where D.D. built a large store and lumber yard. He also built an imposing building, by the standards of the day. This was in Liberty Hill. It was built to house the Liberty Normal and Business College. Later on D.D. Forman deeded the college building to the community it was used as a public school until it was destroyed by fire in about 1901.
D.D. Forman and Polly had no children of their own.
which die in the Lord
The Rev. David D. Forman and his wife Nancy Simmons, were living in Madison, Texas (now known as Orange) where the Rev. D.D. Forman was one of the founders of the First Baptist Church.
The following is from the "Southern Baptists of Southeast Texas", the chapter on the formative years and beyond, pages 24 & 25: Old First, Orange, is the oldest congregation in Southeast Texas Association that can claim a definite historical peg for its birthright. It dates from October 1857, when ten members "in the presence of Brother D. D. Forman, as moderator" instituted the church in as much as the city was then named Madison, the church bore that name through 1861.
D.D. Forman and Mary moved with a group Simmons families from Louisiana to East Texas, in Tarkingtons Prairie. Later they removed to Central West Texas at Liberty Hill, where D.D. built a large store and lumber yard. He also built an imposing building, by the standards of the day. This was in Liberty Hill. It was built to house the Liberty Normal and Business College. Later on D.D. Forman deeded the college building to the community it was used as a public school until it was destroyed by fire in about 1901.
D.D. Forman and Polly had no children of their own.
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