Thought this may be interesting to someone:
Churches in Sangamon County, IL
Clear Lake (Springfield).
Organized 1865, by A. J. Kane; value of property, $1,500.
The charter members of this church were H. D. Turley and wife, M. D.
Whitesides and wife, B. Turley and wife, J. Cartmel and wife, C. Churchill
and wife, B. F. Whitesides and wife, Mrs. Black, T. King and Mary F.
Turley.
Its house of worship was built the same year. For many