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St. Joseph Reformed Church
St. Joseph Reformed Church is in the "Dutch settlement," in Van Buren. It was built in the early '90's, but is now abandoned except for an occasional service. The St. Joseph and the St. John Reformed Church in Marion held the same tenets, but when the Marion Church property was sold to the Baptists, the local congregation not strong enough to support a minister, there was but one congregation in the county, and their regular meetings were suspended, although there is considerable wealth represented in the St. Joseph Church membership. The church adjoins the Lee Cemetery, and the German community around there built it. Centennial History of Grant County, 1812-1912 The Lewis Publishing Co., 1914
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