Bristol/Yorkville Congregational Church Membership 1836-1935

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Terms used in compiling a list of membership are, Mar. = Marriage; Dis. = Letter of Dismission; M. C. = Membership ceased; Letter; Profess; and Dropped.

The term Letter indicates membership was gained by virtue of previous membership in another church. The prospective member carried with them a letter signifying their good standing in the church they left.

A Letter of Dismission was a letter asking the church to dismiss the member and certify they were in good standing. Letters of Dismission were requests that the member's name be removed from the membership roll. They were not letters of dismissal because the church expelled them.

In addition to carrying a letter from another church, prospective members could gain admission by professing their faith and allegiance to the church and its doctrine. The term Profess was used to indicate membership was attained in this manner.

The term Dropped is synonymous with being expelled or removed.

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		Joined			Dispos.		Died
Surname	Given Name	Mo	Dy	Yr	Code	Remarks	Mo	Dy	Yr
		Joined			Dispos.		Died
Surname	Given Name	Mo	Dy	Yr	Code	Remarks	Mo	Dy	Yr
Bennett	Addie F.			1879	Letter	Dis.	Jan	6	1900
Biggar	Thomas			1880	Letter	Died	Jan	6	1923
Buss	Henry, Rev.			1879	Letter	Dis. Dec 22, 1887	Feb	6	1909
Cleveland	Elizabeth L. (Baxter)			1884	Letter	Dis. Oct 24, 1887; mar. Hartley A. died Normal, IL	Feb	6	1893
Cornils	Lenora M. (Riemenschneider)			1928			Nov	6	1992
Eldred	Charles	Apr	5	1896	Profess	Formerly baptized; died	Dec	6	1906
Gillam	David P.	Apr	11	1841	Profess		Apr	6	1896
Johnson	Philena, Mrs. Elisha	Apr	1	1836	Letter	Dis. Mar 10, 1838 to new church at Jericho	May	6	1888	I.M.
Lane	Esther Ann, Miss	Apr	1	1849	Profess	Died	Oct	6	1872
Lane	Lyman	Apr	1	1849	Letter		May	6	1896
Page	Julia (Hoyt) Mrs. Lucius W.	Apr	11	1841	Letter	Died	Feb	6	1865
Palmer	Nettie Belle (Starr) Mrs. Hugh	May	3	1903	Profess	From Aurora; dis. Oct 24, 1929 to Santa Ana, CA	Jul	6	1963
Peterson	Hannah L. (Arlagson)	Apr	5	1896	Profess	Formerly baptized; mar. Joseph M. Peterson	Oct	6	1948
Raymond	Vine	Feb	12	1893	Profess	Dis. Nov 1904 to Presb. Ch. Aurora, IL	Jul	6	1950