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THE COMMISSION ON ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
DETROIT ANNUAL CONFERENCE
THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Archives, Adrian College Library
Adrian, Michigan 49221
Telephone: 517/265-5161
First Log Church
on the River Rouge
Clinton, oldest UMC
edifice in Conference
1837
President
Rev. Bruce Brown
13199 Colvin
Riverview, Mi. 48192
Archivist
Rev. Ronald Brunger
Adrian College Library
Adrian, Mi. 49221
Vice-President
Rev. William Cooper
5005 Chicago Rd.
Warren, Mi. 48092
Secretary
James Dodd
Adrian College Library
Adrian, Mi. 49221
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CAMDEN M..c- COBER!l1
B. Penn . 1855;
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C o b e r )'\
Conferen r.e 1876.
Detro it Confer ence 1A83 . A.A. in
1"92 .
Det . <;.onf . Minute s , p . 28 , 1896
" ho ha ve heen tran"" f .,.,r ed , a rr' to -vrh ~t Confe r ences?
Camden M. Cobern, Colorado.
General ]liinute s 1898 .
Colorado Conference, Au g . 25- 30.
Dellller Trinity Chur ch--C. 1w1 . Cobe rn, John Collins.
Trinity re ported 98 ~ me mhers & 95 probationers;
6 loca l pr0a chers ; 14 chi l dren bapti ze ct & 12 adult s .
1-56- 600; Chrch 200 , 000(ne xt Church Sl50 ,000)
Parsonage $12 7 000 ( Grace ' s Sl O,OOO); naa d on de ~t ~ 3 1,116; - re nt d
debt 22,500; Mi s sions S255 & 23; Ch. Ext. ~ 50; S . S . Union Sl O;
Tra ct ~ociety S5; Freedmen ' s Aid Society S50 ; Ed. ~32 5 ; Children ' s
Fund Sl 5; Am. Bibl e Society >5; ii . F. ~ . s . 350; fiRMS S358
$4 , 6 50 flr ; as tlra . support( P . E ., ~ ishop ); $150 C. C' s;
current exnenses 8 , 922 .
Colorado Confe rence, Aug . 30- Sept. 4 , 1899.
Trinity--Co be ''il and John Co 11 j ns .
r eport ed 1099 members and 119 prob ; 1- 52- 716 •
..,ar l a r ger t han any other . Chris t had 505; As bur y 331;
Ft . Collins 306; Pueblo Broa dNay 31B
Ca ny on City 445 . Gr and Junction 385.
Tota l 14 , 044 .
Color ado Conf erence , Leadville, Aug . 26- 31 , 1896 .
Q. 1. Hho have been Received on Transfer , and f r om what Confere~ ce s 1
C?mde n M. Cobern, f r om Det r oit .
p . 285
Appt . to Denver:T""rinity. Trih i t y re!)orted 878 members .
1900.
1901 .
Trinity:
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M. Cobern & John Coll i ns.
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Rock Ri ver Confere nce--Oct. 7-13 , 1903 .
Chicago: St. James--C . M. Cobern , W. H. Head
St. J a mes in 1903 reported 790 members a nd 86 probat i o ners; l-7 ~-1, 225; Church
$125 ,000; pa rs. 811, 000
Rock Ri ver Conference, Oct. 2-8 ,1907 . C. ,M . Cobern to Eri e Con~ere nce. p . 495.
Eri e Confe r P :jce r eported him r ece ived ~ept. 2-7, 1908 .
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C. M. COBURN
Camden McCorm i ck Cobern· was bo rn in Pennsylva nia in 1855 ·
He was admitt e d on trial int o the ·rie Conference 1876 .
He was admitted to the De t roit Annual Conference in 1883
1883-86 -- Monroe
1886- 89 - Cass Avenne , Det ro i t
1889 - "Hho a re t h e Supernumerary Preache rs -- C. f•1 . Cobern.
1890-91 -- J effers on Street , Saginaw
1891-96 -- Ann Arbor
1896 -- Tra nsferred to the Color~do Confe r enc e .
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M. Cobern had Holy Land Relics which were given to Bay Vi gw, and
by Bay Viel'l' to the Univ e rsity of Michigan . The U. of M. vou1d
like to know a bout h is colle ction, and about him.
CAMDEN MCCORMI CK
COBERN
He was born in Pe nnsyl vania in 1855 , and joine d the
He join ed the Det r oit Conference jn 1883 .
Conference i n 1876.
!I!'on roe
1883- 86
1886- 89
1889-90
1890-91
1891-96
In 1896,
~rie
Ca ss Avenue , Detroit
Supernumerary
J efferson Street, Sa g ine>.\1·
Ann Arbor.
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transferred t o the Co lorado Conf erence.
Nas i t for hPalth r ea sons ?
Ca mden M. Cobern ha d a Egypt i an Col l ection .-rhich h e gav e t o Bay Vietv . Lai. er Bay View
ga.ve t hi s to the Uni vers ity of Mi chigan . The University i s interested in l e a rni ng
about Cai:lern.