The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-04-18
OlDltNlDNARk
llt mound CITY
! '',''IS,'.IORN down
building Erected in 1861 YIELDS %
Prosress-W.il be Replaced
by Modern Structure.

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,at, the tear of st. Mary'a Catholic
church. which served st. MARY
narish as a place OF worship iof
more than thirty years wheh II
stood on High street opposite Low
eE school. has been sold to parties
who are tearing 1t down and vita
the demolition, which will be COM
Jaetsd this week. one of the Oldest
ana likewise most we'll known land
marks Oh Mound City will have been
removed.
II was built In 1861 and as isr
Z al can be learned only two OF the
Hsaibers Of tine chrach at that time
stili survive. They are Mrs. Mary
Iannlnslain,s flmiliarly known %
rasfanlna1 .tsanninsham,a mho "
how eighty Sci a..yaars old aud Ed
ward Lawler eightyat y sg,afss ofihs
both OF whom still reside In Mount
CITY Mrs. Cunningham Who was
then Mrs. Patrick Fitzgerald came
With. her. husband to Mound cit7 i'll
1850 nna remembers Well when the
rhurcli was erected and its early
history. The timbers for the ailis
Nefa al. and hauled from the near
In woods by her husband - 1870
Tit iii ws.s not dntil Almost the
slose.si 1851 That Thomas !. Cartiee
ann lls Son. Thomas, tompteta'i the
vdtfiee 4 u Hea | I ~ Aiy = ''.
TIM alter trimmings we're PLACED
bss Mrs. Cunninghatn AMI her broth
Sf,fnslaw. William. Fitzgerald, wh1
eArfiad the carpets and caEdlestickf
tss Tile eharcl,
AN the tinlo Of the erection OF the
akAtfh lhe parish at Mound city be
I4kBkd TO the Alton Diocese. thf
Btafnp of x. which was Danivan
pfiask4f.
ffs42si,, Kelley and William Fitt
MtaId ffsi served the church q
tSlatees While, the records which be
Rh Hi. March, 1854 give this honor
afdiJslnes Denel,er and =. J Brown
Thh. first priest was Rev Fathel
,g1app, Who, was followed by Rev
Father Welsh, whose successor wa
EA.ner Walsh in 1865. otht
Itissts. who officlated in. this ehnrei
al4ing ita fine OF usefulness. wer
1tAlhets peneher, zahell, Masterson
Heker. Eckert, Harkins and Va
Ilslft: y.
ssSbine Of .the Pensioners of tn
ehlreGs during those early year
Nera the families of Patrick. iiis
Efts. HINES Browner, James Doian
pAtTtrk Fitzgerald. Anton t.nta
ChatIes Curren. William Fitzgerald
r4tttsk Comings, Edward Lawler
Mrs, lnez i. Stockton. Mrs, Gather
inh Neil David Lee. Patrick Lyme
Thomas and David Griffin, Due
AFtAN1t4aA i. NJ - iNtl4tf dAu ti6' ~ 4
fsaaey. In addition to these Il
records Of 1864 shcw the followin
names EhwardO USln
van, Walsh. 1Iarty. scully, sehae
refa, Hines. Scott, Campbell, Mu
lst. Nugent, Williams, Power
ssrfaann, Moran aud Heirlehy.
5 - -. .s
Patrick Morgan and Mary Ma
Of YUMA Ridge, were the principa
pf the first Wedding which appea
on the records and the first Moul
City couple married here W,
rhaHles johnson and Mary Berry.
The church was removed in Is
from its location on High street
the lot on Fifth street at the r,
81 anew, more councillors aud |
posing brick church on Fifth I
Walnu. streets which was built t
year and since that time, with
exception Of few entertaining
whigh were given In it has been
uasar
St. Mary's parish is comp'
dlaieny now of the children, gra
children and great-grandchildren
ihose who worshiped in the
rhhfch in It's earliest days.
The ground on which the
nhl,rch stood will be used for Ii
pitEpnses.
sThe parish has jus. plirehased
!. 49, BE s.