296 – St. Mary of the Woods Catholic Church
Peoria (area) Landmark #296
During the pastorate of Father McGair, the parish again having outgrown the limits of the old frame church, the building of a new church was agitated. In 1889 both pastor and people, working together in harmony and with much zeal, soon obtained sufficient funds to enable them to lay the foundation, and in the summer of 1890 the new church was completed and dedicated.
Thanks, Tom.
June 25th, 2009 at 9:09 am
St. Mary of the Woods Catholic Church in Princeville
June 27th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Dude, you are gettin’ around these days!
July 6th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Father Patrick McGair was my great uncle. My grandfather, James McGair, who lived in RI went out to IL to visit his brother and while there met and married my grandmother, Mary, who was the organist at the church. They later settled back in RI. At least that’s the story my father told.