This Fourth of July weekend, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church invites the citizens of Oxford and Lafayette County to attend a celebration of their 150 years in their church building located on the corner of Jackson Avenue and North 9th Street. (July 1, 2010, Page 6B)
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Published: July 1, 2010
Writer: Jack Lamar Mayfield
Names: Alexander Pegues, Gen. “Whiskey Joe” Smith, Jacob Thompson, John Millington, John Waddel, Kate and Mary Buie Skipwith, Lisa Reynolds, Philip A. Yancey, Rebecca Pegues, Rev. Professor Frederick A.P. Barnard
Places: ackson Avenue, N. 9th Street.
Tags: Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Lafayette County Courthouse, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, National Register of Historic Places, St. Peters Episcopal Church
[...] great article on the 150th anniversary of the St. Peter’s Episcopal Church building in Oxford, “Cause for celebration: A church building stands for 150 years.” The first services in the church building were held in April 1860, after five years of [...]