The church that my great great grandfather built
By Michael Greenslade
(Better Homes & Gardens | Mason-McDuffie Real Estate)
In the Elmhurst section of Oakland California, near the corner of 98th Avenue and International Boulevard is the Elmhurst Presbyterian Church. This church according to my father and that what was told to him from his parents and grand parents that his Great Grandfather was the pastor-reverend that built the Elmhurst Presbyterian Church. William Moor Greenslade was a Civil War Veteran who served in the Army of the Cumberland as a member of the 81st Regiment of the Indiana Volunteer Infantry. During that time the family lived in Livonia Indiana just east of French Lick. In 1898 he moved to Elmhurst and lived there until after the death of his son Theodore in 1907. The family then moved to Morgan Hill California, just South of San Jose. We were going through some old boxes of my father'...
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