Union Primitive Baptist Church
Lamkin, Comanche County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Organized 1892 by Elders A. P. Koen, W. G. Green, W. C. Burks, and Deacons F. W. Bryan, J. H. Caudle. Charter members were Deacon A. B. Neal, Messrs. J. C. Clayton, J. W. Hamilton, G. R. Hamilton, John Manning, and J. A. Stevens, Clerk; also Mmes. M. J. Hamilton, L. J. Stevens, P. Neal, and H. D. Clayton. Early pastors were elders W. G. Green, A. P. Koen, and J. R. Sims. Except for one leave, Elder Len Dalton has been pastor since 1915. Assistant Pastors: Elders G. Dalton and C. T. Venable. First Deacons ordained: M. C. Morris and J. A. Stevens, whose son F. C. Stevens succeeded him as Clerk. (1968)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Union Primitive Baptist Church was organized in 1892 by a group of elders, deacons, and charter members in the rural Comanche County community of Lamkin. Its early records preserve the names of the farm families who built the congregation, and note that Elder Len Dalton served as pastor almost continuously from 1915. The church reflects the tight-knit religious life of a settlement-era Texas farming district.
Why it matters
Its detailed roll of founders and pastors is a rare, intimate record of how frontier farm families sustained a congregation across generations.
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Related people
- · A. P. Koen
- · Len Dalton
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