The Port Byron Congregational Church
The Port Byron Congregational Church was organized in 1849, on the
first and second days of September, through the instrumentality of
Reverend Julius A. Reed, home missionary agent for Iowa. Previous to this
time there had been Congregational preaching in the town once or twice.
The church edifice was started in 1854 and completed in 1856. The
parsonage was built in 1894. The original number of members was twelve and
now it is about one hundred and forty-nine. At present we have no pastor,
as Reverend W. B. Shaw resigned October, 1907.
Churches of Rock Island County
Source: Historic Rock Island County, pub. Kramer & Company, Rock Island, Illinois, 1908