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CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION
Organized
and the present church erected in 1874. The first Mass was
celebrated on Sept. 20, 1874 by Rev. Father BUTLER, D.D., Chaplain of
Col. MULLIGAN'S "Irish" Chicago Battalion, which camped not
far from their present chruch. The first Roman Catholic Church
Building was St. James Church, for which James Street was named.
Prior
to this date, the members had worshipped in Westernport, MD. The
Keyser church is part of the
Wheeling
diocese.
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