Sneed Memorial Methodist Church

This congregation was organized in 1869 as the Calvert Methodist Church and built its first sanctuary on this site in 1872. Among its early pastors were the Rev. Seth Ward, who served in 1885-86 and later became the first native Texan named a Methodist bishop, and the Rev. Dr. James Kilgore, who served in 1895-99 and was a founder of Southern Methodist University. When the present church building was erected in 1923, the name was changed in memory of the Rev. Joseph P. Sneed, a circuit rider who came to Texas in 1838 and then served for many years in Robertson and Milam county churches.

Calvert, Texas · United States