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The following bibliography lists items related to churches and church records in Union County. Entries on this list are arranged by denomination, author or compiler, and title. These items are available at repositories listed on the Archives and Libraries page per the holdings information following each entry. Some of these items may also be available at other libraries within Ohio and elsewhere.

Microfilmed items held by the LDS Family History Library are usually available for interlibrary loan through the LDS family history centers. Make a note of the microfilm reel numbers needed in order to place a request.

General

Russell, Jackie.
Jerome Township : "honoring the past" / written by Jackie Russell ; graphic layout by Deborah Molinaro. — [Columbus, Ohio] : Jerome Village Co., [2007]-
<3> v. : ill., maps, ports.
Includes bibliographical references.
Partial contents: v. 1. The Seeley store — v. 2. Jerome Township schools — v. 3. The churches of Jerome Township.

Baptist

Allen Centre Baptist Church.
p. 2.
Brief history originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 16, no. 1 (Feb. 1996).

First Baptist Church, Milford Center, Ohio.
p. 35.
Brief history originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 13, no. 3 (fall 1993).

Also published in an abridged version as: First Baptist Church, Milford Center, Union Tp., OH. p. 5. In Union echoes. Vol. 17, no. 1 (Feb. 1997).

Also published as: First Baptist Church of Milford Center, Union Twp., Union County. p. 4. In Union echoes. Vol. 19, no. 1 (Feb. 1999).

Brethren

Mount Zion Brethren Church.
p. 39.
Brief history of the Mount Zion United Brethren Church, near Marysville, Ohio, originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 20, no. 4 (Aug. 2000).

United Brethren Church, Darby Chapel.
p. 63-64.
Brief history originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 17, no. 6 (Dec. 1997).

Christian

Blues Creek Christian, or "New Light" Church.
p. 52.
Brief history of the Blues Creek Christian Church, located near Pharisburg, Ohio, originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 18, no. 5 (Oct. 1998).

Christian Church of Elder Long's settlement, Millcreek Twp.
p. 4-5.
Brief history originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 18, no. 1 (Feb. 1998).

Christian Church, Union Township.
p. 15.
Brief history originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 19, no. 2 (Apr. 1999).

Christian or "New Light" Church.
p. 27.
Brief history of the Christian or "New Light" Church, located west of Pharisburg, Ohio, originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 18, no. 3 (June 1998).

The Christian Union Society, Beech Grove Congregation, Leesburg Township.
p. 3-4.
Brief history originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 19, no. 1 (Feb. 1999).

Deibert, Penny.
Members enrolled in the Broadway Union Sabbath School for the year ending June 30, 1882.
p. 2-4.
Membership list.
Submitted by Penny Deibert.
Includes names and ages.
In Union echoes. Vol. 3, no. 1 (Jan. 1983).

Herd, James.
A record of the first church organized in Liberty Township, Union County, Ohio, March 28, 1826 / by James Herd, Sr.
<2> pts.
Copied by Esther Marsh.
Includes a membership list.
In Union echoes. Vol. 20, no. 4 (Aug. 2000)-<v. 20, no. 5 (Oct. 2000)>.

Lewis Chapel, Darby Township.
p. 2.
Brief history originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 20, no. 1 (Feb. 2000).

Paris Township, Amrine Church.
p. 26.
Brief history originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 20, no. 3 (June 2000).

Robinson, Dorothy Jenks, 1914-
First Church of Christ, Liberty Township, Union County, Ohio, organized March 28, 1826 : an abstract, 1826-1897.
3 pts.
Church record abstracts by Dorothy Jenks Robinson.
No more published.
Includes membership lists.
In Union echoes. Vol. 8, no. 2 (Mar. 1988)-v. 8, no. 3 (May 1988); v. 9, no. 1 (Jan. 1989).

Some record book pages found in the Union County Historical Society Museum.
p. 12, 21.
Transcript of records of the Homer Church, located between Irwin and Milford Center, Ohio, covering 1819-1825.
In Union echoes. Vol. 3, no. 2 (Mar. 1983).

Union Chapel, Leesburg Township.
p. 38.
Brief history originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 18, no. 4 (Aug. 1998).

Congregational

The Congregational Church of Marysville.
p. 35.
Brief history originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 15, no. 3 (June 1995).

Disciples

The Church of the Disciples.
p. 39.
Brief history of the Church of the Disciples, Richwood, Ohio, originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 14, no. 4 (Aug. 1994).

Disciples Church.
p. 40.
Brief history of the Disciples Church, located on Mill Creek, Liberty Township, Union County, Ohio, originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 15, no. 4 (Aug. 1995).

Lutheran

St. John's (German) Evangelical Lutheran Church.
p. 64-65.
Brief history of the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Darby Township, Union County, Ohio, originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 19, no. 6 (Dec. 1999).

Methodist

Buck Run Methodist Episcopal Church.
p. 6.
Brief history originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 15, no. 1 (Feb. 1995).

Darby Methodist Episcopal Church.
p. 51.
Brief history originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 14, no. 5 (Oct. 1994).

Also published: p. 52. In Union echoes. Vol. 17, no. 5 (Oct. 1997).

Davis Methodist Protestant Chapel.
p. 40.
Brief history of the Davis Methodist Protestant Chapel, Washington Township, Union County, Ohio, originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 19, no. 4 (Aug. 1999).

Dunmire, Donna Heath.
Our stained glass windows : the United Methodist Church, Plain City, Ohio / Donna Heath Dunmire. — [S.l. : D.H. Dunmire, 1986?]
30 p. : port.

Essex Methodist Protestant Church.
p. 39.
Brief history originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 16, no. 4 (Aug. 1996).

History of Union County, vol. 2, Methodist Epis. Church.
p. 14-15.
Brief history of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Marysville, Ohio, originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 17, no. 2 (Apr. 1997).

Hopewell Methodist Episcopal Church.
p. 27.
Brief history of the Hopewell Methodist Episcopal Church, Leesburg Township, Union County, Ohio, originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 18, no. 3 (June 1998).

The Methodist Church at Unionville (Center).
p. 66-67.
Brief history originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 17, no. 6 (Dec. 1997).

The Methodist Episcopal Church.
p. 45-46.
Brief history of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Marysville, Ohio, originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 13, no. 4 (winter 1993).

Methodist Episcopal Church at Newton.
p. 39.
Brief history of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Newton (now Raymond), Ohio, originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 17, no. 4 (Aug. 1997).

The Methodist Protestant Church at Pharisburg.
p. 19.
Brief history originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 19, no. 2 (Apr. 1999).

Mount Herman Methodist Episcopal Church, Dover Township.
p. 29-30.
Brief history originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 19, no. 3 (June 1999).

The new M.E. Church at Broadway dedicated on Sunday last.
p. 57.
Submitted by Mary Carr.
Originally published in: Richwood gazette (Richwood, Ohio : 1872), Nov. 2, 1893.
No more published.
In Union echoes. Vol. 16, no. 6 (Dec. 1996).

Plain City Methodist Episcopal Church.
p. 53-54.
Brief history originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 20, no. 5 (Oct. 2000).

Washington Township, Union County, Ohio.
p. 28.
Brief history of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Washington Township, Union County, Ohio, originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 17, no. 3 (June 1997).

Washington Twp., Union Co.
p. 52.
Brief history of the Davis Methodist Protestant Chapel originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 16, no. 6 (Dec. 1996).

Presbyterian

Darby Seceder Church.
p. 52-53.
Brief history of the Darby Seceder Church (now the Unionville United Presbyterian Church) originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 19, no. 5 (Oct. 1999).

Darby Seceder Presbyterian Church ... 1826-1878 abstract.
1 v.

First Presbyterian Church (Marysville, Ohio)
Church records, 1829-1898. — Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972.
1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
Microfilm of original records at the Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pa.
Includes session minutes and accounts.

History of Union County, Ohio ...
p. 15.
Brief history of the Lower Liberty Presbyterian Church, Jerome Township, Union County, Ohio, originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 17, no. 2 (Apr. 1997).

Kinkade, John H.
The first hundred years : a brief history of the First Presbyterian Church, Marysville, Ohio, 1829-1929 / by John H. Kinkade. — [S.l. : s.n., 1929]
19 p. : ill.
"Centennial celebration, September 8 and 9, 1929."

Marysville, Union County, Ohio Presbyterian Church membership roll, 1829-1929 / Union County Chapter, OGS. — Marysville, Ohio : The Chapter, [1981?]
20 leaves

New California Presbyterian Church, Jerome Township, Union County.
1 v.

Presbyterian Church of Milford Center, Ohio.
p. 32.
Brief history originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. [Vol. 14, no. 3 (June 1994)].

Presbyterian Church of York Township.
p. 15-16.
Brief history originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 18, no. 2 (Apr. 1998).

Presbyterian churches in Jerome Township, Union County, Ohio.
p. 69-70.
Brief history originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 14, no. 6 (Dec. 1994).

Providence Presbyterian Church, Mill Creek Township.
p. 29.
Brief history originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 19, no. 3 (June 1999).

Robinson, Dorothy Jenks, 1914-
Early records of some Presbyterian churches in Union County, Ohio / copied by Dorothy J. Robinson.
1 v.

Robinson, Dorothy Jenks, 1914-
Lower Liberty Presbyterian Church, 1821-1930 : an abstract. — [S.l. : D.J. Robinson, 1982]
69 p.
Abstracted by Dorothy Jenks Robinson.
Includes index.

Snodgrass, William H.
The First Presbyterian Church, Marysville, Ohio : John Alvin Stuart, Minister : one hundred tenth anniversary and home coming celebration, September 10, 1939 / [William H. Snodgrass, Chairman, Church History Committee ; F.T. Gaumer, editor of Church history]. — [S.l. : s.n., 1939]
[8] p. : ill.

Sugar Run United Presbyterian Church.
p. 69, 62.
Brief history of the Sugar Run United Presbyterian Church, New California, Ohio, originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
Begins on p. 69 and concludes on p. 62.
In Union echoes. Vol. 20, no. 6 (Dec. 2000).

Upper Liberty Presbyterian Church (Milford Center, Ohio)
Session records, 1821-1850. — Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972.
on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
Microfilm of original records at the Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pa.
Includes session minutes and baptisms.

Universalist

Universalist Church, Leesburg Township.
p. 39-40.
Brief history originally published in: History of Union County, Ohio. Chicago : W.H. Beers & Co., 1883.
In Union echoes. Vol. 17, no. 4 (Aug. 1997).