church.xml Guide to the Pioneer Congregational ChurchPioneer Congregational Church Processed by The California State Library staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Brooke Dykman Dockter California History Room

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect. Description is in English. March 23, 2004 PUBLIC "-//California State Library//TEXT (US::C::::Pioneer Congregational Church)//EN" "church.sgm" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.cdl.xsl (2004-09-16). Guide to the Pioneer Congregational Church California State Library Sacramento, California Contact Information: California History Room California State Library Library and Courts Building II 900 N. Street, Room 200 P.O. Box 942837 Sacramento, California 94237-0001 Phone: (916) 654-0176 Fax: (916) 654-8777 Email: cslcal@library.ca.gov URL: http://www.library.ca.gov/ Processed by: The California State Library staff Encoded by: Brooke Dykman Dockter

Descriptive Summary Pioneer Congregational Church 1554 Pioneer Congregational Church (Sacramento, Calif.) California State Library

Sacramento, California

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Access Points Babson, Seth--Diaries. Benton, Joseph A. (Joseph Augustine), 1818-1892. Pioneer Congregational United Church (Sacramento, Calif.)--History. Church records and registers--California--Sacramento. Frontier and pioneer Life--California--Sacramento. Pioneers--California. Sacramento (Calif.)--Social life and customs. Contents

Diary of Seth Babson; church records; photocopy of address by Loyal Lincoln Wirt, "Reminiscences of Rev. Joseph Augustine Benton, D.D."

History

Pioneer Church is the oldest organized church in Sacramento. On September 16, 1849, in the schoolhouse on the northwest corner of I and 3rd Streets, a small group of men voted to form the First Church of Christ Congregational, in Sacramento City. Rev. Joseph A. Benton, the first pastor, was one of the leading California pioneers.

Container List Box 1554 Diary of Seth Babson; church records; photocopy of address by Loyal Lincoln Wirt, "Reminiscences of Rev. Joseph Augustine Benton, D.D." Related Collections

Rev. Joseph A. Benton Collection