St. Jerome Sesquicentennial / Elisha John Durbin, 1800-1887

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St. Jerome Sesquicentennial

Site of first St. Jerome, completed 1836 by the Rev. Elisha Durbin; first Catholic Church in the Jackson Purchase. Second church dedicated, 1858; present church in 1893. St. Jerome settlers were mainly descendants of Maryland Catholics from Washington ...