The "Lone Grove Baptist", later named "Pavilion", as it is still known, was the first church organized in what is now Kendall Township. It was organized in 1834, by Rev. A.B. Freeman at the house of Almon Ives. There were only six members then, as follows: Rev. J.F. Tolman with his wife son and daughter, and Almon Ives, and wife. Mr. and Mrs. Matlock and several others joined soon after. In December of that year, the church was recognized, and Mr. Freeman baptized David Matlock, who was probably the first person baptised in Fox River. Some ten years after this Bio, Matlock received a license to preach, and was ordained at Galena. A few weeks after the organization of this church at Pavilion, Elder Freeman took a severe cold while riding on horseback in the rain, from Pavilion to Chicago. He soon after died there, as a result of the exposure, and was buried in a cemetery, out on the prairie, over the site of which Milwaukee Avenue now passes. Rev. J.F. Tolman next became pastor of the church at Pavilion, and served for twelve years at an annual salary of $100. He was from Needham, Mass., and was descended from old Puritan stock. One of his sons was a member of the church at Batavia, Illinois, another was pastor of a church at Baldwinsville, NY., while a third, was District Secretary at Chicago, of the American Baptist Missionary Union, having previously been a missionary in Burmah. Rev. Tolman died in Sandwich, Illinois, March 28, 1872, at the age of 88. After the death of Rev. Tolman, Rev. Shadrack Walker became pastor of the church in 1847. He was followed in 1848, by Rev. Ebenezer Scofield, and he in 1850, by Rev. John Young, who was ordained in this church. For a few years, the Pavilion Baptist church was abandoned the members attending the church at Bristol, but later it was reorganized, and a church was built in 1850. Rev. William Haigh, afterward chaplain of the Thirty-sixth Illinois Infantry, was ordained at this church, in Pavilion, and became its first pastor, after the church building was erected. He was followed by Rev.s Gale, John Newell, R.B. Ashley, A.D. Freeman, Jonas Woodward, J.B. Dibell, John Wilkins, David Matlock, John Hudson, Asa Prescott, and others.

The Bristol Baptist Church was organized about 1836, and a few years later, the membership of the Pavilion Baptist church was added to it. After another period of a few years, they separated, and the church at Pavilion was reorganized. The present meeting house in Bristol, which since the late seventies [sic] {1870's -ed.}, has been known as, the Yorkville Baptist Church, was built in 1857. Rev. Z. Brooks was the pastor in 1848, followed by Ambler Edson, John Young, and William Haigh. In 186l, the latter went into the army as chaplain of the Thirty-sixth Illinois Regiment, and the pulpit was supplied by William T. Hill and Ebenezer Gale. Mr. Hill was ordained in 1865, and is still living at Dell Rapids, SD. They were followed by Rev.s: M.M. Danforth, Jonas Woodward, A.A. Bennett, O.P. Bestor, and F.M. Smith. C.H. Holden, C.R. Sargent, R.S. Sargent, W.F. Irvine, W.F. Bostick, H.G. Colpitts, J.A. Monk, Mr. Parker, H.H. Alger, Robert Rutledge, and E.J. Ackis, who is the present pastor. F.J. Hobbs was chorister from 1856 to 1900, and the present chorister is, Mrs. William Hill.

SOURCE: Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, Volume 2, pages 918-919, edited by Newton Bateman, Paul Selby.
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