W. F. Wilhelm

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1. May 18, 1884 W. F. Wilhelm is installed pastor of the Hillsborough and Chapel Hill Presbyterian churches The Rev. W. F. Wilhelm, called from Virginia by the two churches jointly, was installed at the Hillsborough Presbyterian Church on May 18, a week after a like service at Chapel Hill. H. T. Darnall of Durham charged the pastor, A. Currie charged the people, and Dr. Charles Phillips spoke for the Chapel Hill church. People: Charles Phillips, W. F. WilhelmSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), May 24, 1884, p. 3
2. by August 3, 1885 John Wall Norwood, an elder of the Hillsborough Presbyterian Church for half a century, dies John W. Norwood died in the summer of 1885, and his executors had letters testamentary by August 3. On September 6 the church session adopted a tribute recalling his more than fifty years of service to the Hillsborough Presbyterian Church and his generosity to it. People: W. F. WilhelmSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), September 12, 1885, p. 2
3. July 24, 1888 Orange Presbytery dissolves W. F. Wilhelm's pastorate of the Chapel Hill Presbyterian church The Rev. W. F. Wilhelm, who had served the Hillsborough and Chapel Hill Presbyterian churches together, resigned at Chapel Hill and on July 22 offered his resignation at Hillsborough as well, then withdrew it to give his whole time to the Hillsborough church. A called meeting of Orange Presbytery at Hillsborough on July 24 dissolved his tie to the Chapel Hill church. People: W. F. WilhelmSearch the index · Hillsboro Recorder, July 26, 1888, p. 3
4. February 22, 1889 The Orange County Sunday School Convention meets at Hillsborough Seventeen delegates of the county's Sunday schools met in convention at the Hillsborough Methodist church with Rev. W. F. Wilhelm in the chair, heard addresses by Revs. G. W. Harman and W. B. North, and chose delegates to the state convention at Charlotte. People: Joseph A. Harris, Joshua W. Gore, W. S. Roberson, W. F. WilhelmSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), March 2, 1889, p. 3
5. April 30, 1889 Hillsborough rings its bells and its churches join in a Washington centennial service On the hundredth anniversary of George Washington's inauguration the town bells rang at sunrise, and the Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian congregations held a joint service in the Presbyterian church with prayers by four ministers and a sermon by Rev. W. F. Wilhelm. People: James L. Currie, W. F. WilhelmSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), May 4, 1889, p. 3
6. September 8, 1889 Little River Presbyterian Church installs W. F. Wilhelm as pastor At two days of services Little River Presbyterian Church received twenty-seven new members, baptized seventeen people and installed W. F. Wilhelm as its pastor, with Dr. Johnston, evangelist of Orange Presbytery, preaching the installation sermon. People: W. F. WilhelmSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), September 14, 1889, p. 3
7. December 10, 1889 Hillsborough holds a public meeting and memorial service for Jefferson Davis Citizens meeting at the court house with D. Y. Mebane in the chair adopted resolutions on the death of Jefferson Davis, drafted by C. E. Parish, D. H. Hamilton and J. G. Cooley, and a memorial service followed at the Presbyterian church, conducted by W. F. Wilhelm. People: Joseph A. Harris, Calvin E. Parish, W. F. Wilhelm, Joseph G. CooleySearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), December 14, 1889, p. 2
8. December 1, 1890 Hillsborough's Young Men's Christian Association marks its second anniversary The association held anniversary exercises in its hall, heard its second annual report and an address by the Rev. W. F. Wilhelm, and received gifts of books for its library. People: W. F. WilhelmSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), December 6, 1890, p. 3
9. October 24, 1893 Eno pastor W. F. Wilhelm dies at the manse in Hillsborough, months after the church burns A few months after the forest fire that destroyed Eno Church, its pastor W. F. Wilhelm died at Hillsborough on October 24, 1893, after a long fever, which the church's history calls typhoid. He also served the Hillsborough, Little River and Fairfield churches. Every business in town closed for his funeral on October 26, and he was buried near the front door of the Hillsborough Presbyterian church. People: W. F. WilhelmSearch the index · A. A. Ellis, History of Eno Presbyterian Church, Cedar Grove, North Carolina (1980), scan p. 11 · Also: Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), October 28, 1893, p. 2; Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), October 28, 1893, p. 3; The Chapel Hill News, October 30, 1893, p. 3