This little church and flock at St. Vincent's, under the leadership of this good priest, held a meeting on January 6, 1838, to deliberate about building a church.
On September 9, 1838, they entered into contract for the sum of six hundred nineteen dollars to build a house of worship on a two-acre piece of ground donated by Thomas Worland.
In October, 1839, the first services were held in this newly built edifice, and dedicated it to the patron St. Vincent de Paul.
(Source, Chadwick's History of Shelby County, Indiana.)
Ancestry & Genealogy of Alfred Leslie Worland, Rosella Johnston and Allied Colonial Families.
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