Sadler United Methodist Church

Duane's take

Here's how the official marker tells it, and I'll do my best to do it justice. Way up in Grayson County, a congregation came together in September of 1876, meeting in a schoolhouse sitting just west of Sadler Cemetery. They called it Quillin's Chapel, and the man standing at the front of that schoolhouse was the Reverend William M.

Robbins, born in 1836, gone by 1898, and at this particular moment serving the Dexter circuit. He was the founding pastor, and he had five men standing behind him as original trustees: J. P.

Collier, E. J. Craven, William Jones, James Mitchell, and W.

S. Robinson. Five names.

Five men who decided this congregation was worth building something on. Now, a church that starts with one name rarely keeps it. By 1880, Quillin's Chapel had become Salem Methodist Church.

That's already two names, and they weren't done yet. In 1895 the congregation picked up and moved to this very site, and when they did, they took on a third name: Sadler Methodist Church. Three names, one continuous thread of faith.

Then in 1910, a local contractor by the name of Joe Cariker erected the building you can still see standing here today. Not a schoolhouse borrowed for a Sunday morning. A real church, built on purpose, built to last.

From a rented schoolhouse west of a cemetery to a permanent home right here, that is a congregation that knew where it was headed.

What the marker says

First called Quillin's chapel, this church was organized in Sept. 1876 in a schoolhouse just west of Sadler Cemetery. The Rev. William M. Robbins (1836-98), then serving the Dexter circuit, was the founding pastor. J. P. Collier, E. J. Craven, William Jones, James Mitchell, and W. S. Robinson were the original trustees. Renamed Salem Methodist Church in 1880, the congregation became Sadler Methodist when it moved to this site in 1895. Local contractor Joe Cariker erected the present church building in 1910.