St. Clair County Missouri
Churches
It All Started With a Tornado, by Wilbur A. Zink
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ST. JOSEPH CHAPEL and GRAVES CHAPEL
Appleton City Centennial Book 1870-1970:
St. Joseph Chapel was the first Methodist Church for black people in
Appleton City.
The building was still standing, in 1970 when above book was
written, just
south of Graves Chapel.
Graves Chapel church was built in 1924 and named for the minister who was
here at that time.
Services were held there until May 25, 1969. The Graves
Chapel men’s quartet was
famous in the surrounding territory and sang at
many functions. Members of the last group
were Joshua Langley, Willis
Burton, James Mack and Charles Fuel.
Submitted by: Mary Zeiler