New Carlisle, Indiana · 19th century
1840s
3 dated events in 1840s, in order. Part of the full timeline.
19th century 3 dated mentions
1840s
- 1841–todayOlive Chapel — the Christians of section 11, organized January 1, 1841
The society was organized January 1, 1841, at the house of James S. Parnell; the organizing membership was James S. Parnell, J. S. Hooton, Esther Hooton, Polly Parnell, William Hooton, and Jackson Hale and wife.
- 1841–todayOlive Chapel Cemetery: the Christians' ground, the township's charge
Olive Chapel Cemetery began as the burying ground of the Christian congregation organized on 1 January 1841 — the Olive Chapel Christians of the Religion section — whose chapel of 1869 stood on the section 11 side of the township's south-central country.
- 1849–todayNew Carlisle United Methodist Church — first preaching 1849, class formed 1853
Chapman, spelling the name Saulsberry, dates the first Methodist preaching at New Carlisle to 1849, "then on 'Byron Circuit.'" A schoolhouse built in 1852 was used for church purposes and Sunday school, and the first class was formed in 1853: Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Pidge, Josiah Pidge, Jacob Hopkins, James and Delilah…