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Overview of
Home to
Tunnel Hill: The True Story
by Joseph Morris Webb, Ph.D., D.Min. |
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At Lincoln, Illinois, Joseph Morris Webb was salutatorian of the Lincoln Community High School Class of 1960, and in 1964 he earned a B.A. from Lincoln Christian College (now Lincoln Christian University). His father, John Morris Webb, was a professor and dean at Lincoln Christian College at mid-twentieth century. After decades of working first in journalism and then in higher education as professor and administrator at several institutions, Joseph Morris Webb published Home to Tunnel Hill in the summer of 2014. This book has 214 pages with 10 pages of black-and-white photos. Webb is a full professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, North Carolina. He is also an ordained minister of the Christian Church and the author of seven books for the clergy.
Professor Webb's book is a
major contribution to Illinois and US religious history. It tells how
several interrelated families from deep in the Illinois Ozarks have played key
roles in the foundation and development of the Community of Christ--a major,
progressive
Protestant denomination--from the early 19th century into the twenty-first
century. This is
a dramatic, multi-generational story with plot twists involving peculiar romance, love, and
devotion as well as personal tragedy, polygamy, and murder.
About the Author
Selected Pages of Photos from Home to Tunnel Hill The first photo depicts early leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) and the Reorganized Church of Latter-Day Saints (now the Community of Christ) who took their messages to the pioneer families of southern Illinois (Illinois Ozarks).
The Author's Father and Webb Grandparents
The Tunnel Hill (IL) Community of Christ Church
Recommended The Community of Christ Church (international), formerly the Reorganized Church of Latter-Day Saints (RLDS): http://www.cofchrist.org/. Henson, Alma Lee Rockett "Bud," selected pages from A Henson Family History featuring biographical information/reminiscence about John F. "Blackberry" Henson. He was an assistant to the RLDS evangelist Isaac A. Morris, and John F. became a legendary minister of the RLDS: http://findinglincolnillinois.com/hensonhistory.pdf (PDF suggested reading at 50%). John F. Henson was D. Leigh Henson's great, great grandfather. Henson, John F. "Blackberry," his gravesite at the Henson Cemetery, Wayne County, Illinois: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=81&GScid=106118&GRid=66126099&. Lincoln Christian University: https://www.lincolnchristian.edu/. For information about Allen Nimrod Webb, including his Civil War military service; Parlee Webb Henson; Ruth A. Webb Henson; and D. Leigh Henson, see http://findinglincolnillinois.com/ruthhensons.html. Pictorial Supplement: Webb/Henson Roots in the Illinois Ozarks: https://plus.google.com/photos/114307296088529300771/albums/5231511121294891921?authkey=CIHN_ZWKvZSciwE. Webb Cemetery of Johnson County, Illinois, at Find a Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=108770&CScn=Webb+Cemetery&CScntry=4&CSst=16&.
Webb, Joseph Morris, "joseph webb's blog," an online autobiography:
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