y ECAR ATTA HAE CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY emi ES ANNA ALLEN WRIGHT LIBRARY ENDOWMENT FUND Cornell University Library BX 8249.T8HE5 il e history of Methodism in Troy TN ill ii Ee HISTORY OF METHODISM IN TROY, BY JOSEPH HILLMAN “Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof. ‘ Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces ; that ye may tell it fo the generation following.’’—Psalm XLVIII: 12, 13. 1888. PUBLISHED BY JOSEPH HILLMAN, Troy, N. Y. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1888, by JoszrH Hittman, in tne office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. All rights reserved. Moss ENGRAVING Company, 535 Peart STREET, New York, DEDICATED TO THE MEMBERS OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, IN TROY, N. Y., WITH WHOM I HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED IN RELIGIOUS WORK SINCE MY BOYHOOD. [ CoRRESPONDENCE OF THE TROY CONFERENCE HISTORICAL SOCIETY J. SARATOGA Sprines, N. Y., Nov. 28, 1887. JoserH Hitiman, Esq., Dear Sir--—At the meeting of the Troy Conference Historical Society, held at Round Lake, N. Y., a few days ago, on motion of the Rev. H. C. Farrar, D. D., you were invited to deliver an address before the society on the origin and development of Methodism in Troy, at such a date as might be convenient for you to comply with the request. Yours truly, B. Haw ey, President of Troy Conf. Hist. Soc. Troy, N. Y., November 29, 1887. Rev. B. Hawtey, D. D., ..Dear Sir -—I shall with no little pleasure undertake the prepara- tion_of an historical sketch of the origin and growth of Methodism in Troy as requested by you, and when the inviting task shall have been completed I shall notify you of my readiness to comply with the request. With much respect, I am yours, JoserpH Hittman. At the close of the semi-annual meeting of the Troy Conference Historical Society, held in the State Street Methodist Episcopal Church, in Troy, N. Y,, on January 19, 1888, Mr. Hillman read parts of his man- uscript prepared by him at the request of the society. On motion of the Rev. J. E. C, Sawyer, the following resolution was adopted : ‘* Resolved, That the thanks of this society be tendered to Brother Joseph Hiliman for his exceedingly interesting and valuable address, and that he be requested to complete his account of Methodism in Troy and publish it in book form.’? PREFACE. In attempting to present the different lights and shadows which have fallen upon Methodism in Troy, I have been governed by the thought that by carefully describing the circumstances of the little band of Christian men and women who organized the first Methodist society in Troy, and by judiciously portray- ing its growth from year to year, and by occasionally relating such incidents'as conspicuously illustrated its life and development, I should succeed in placing the mother of the eight other flourishing Methodist societies in the foreground of this history, which all will acknowledge by parental right she should occupy. The histories of the later organized societies, the reader will perceive, have been written with no less pains- taking to make them comprehensive and interesting. The scanty information contained in the records of several of the societies has caused the writer to regret his inability to give more particulars concerning the histories of those churches. Whatever important data he could obtain he has made use of, both in the viii PREFACE, general text and in the statistics. The valuable tables and other summaries will likewise be appreciated by the reader. The prominence of the writer's name in some parts of the work should not hastily be assumed as egotism on his part, but as an unavoidable conse- quence of his purpose to afford all the information which might be desired respecting the subject treated by him. The available benefits of such sources of informa- tion as the ‘“ Rise of Methodism in Troy,” by Phebe Curtis, the “ Historical Sermon” of the Rev. Erastus Wentworth, D.D., preached in the old brick State Street Church, on Thanksgiving Day, 1866, the “ Memorial Discourse” of the Rev. George W. Brown, delivered in the same building previous to its demo- lition, and the several local histories of A. J. Weise, M. A., I desire to mention here as having been of much advantage to me in the preparation of this work. Iam under many obligations also to the Rev. J. E. Bowen and other persons, who have kindly furnished me with valuable papers and memoranda. The fine engravings illustrating the work were made by the Moss Engraving Company, of New York, from photographs of buildings taken by James Irving, and of persons taken by James H. Lloyd of this city. The engraving of the members of the Troy Conference, PREFACE, ix forming a group of nearly two hundred persons, is one of so great excellence that it merits special com- mendation. If I have succeeded in accomplishing the pleasant task assigned me by the Troy Conference Historical Society, I shall not deem my time and labor to have been uselessly expended. JOSEPH HILLMAN. Troy, N. Y., July 2, 1888. ry SOI AN wD ee Inu FW vw - OC 18. 19. ILLUSTRATIONS. . Joseph Hillman, frontispiece. . Members of the Troy Conference, 1888-89, . Rensselaer County Court House, 1807, - First Methodist Meeting-house in Troy, 1809, - State Street M. E. Brick Church, 1827, - State Street M. E. Stone Church and Chapel, - Pawling Avenue M. E. Church, Fifth Avenue (North Second Street) M. E. Church, Levings M. E. Church and Parsonage, Third Street M. E. Church, . Trinity (Congress Street) M. E. Church, - . Residence of Isaac Hillman, . Isaac Hillman, . Grace (Vail Avenue) M. E. Church, - . First German M. E. Church, - A. M. E Zion Church. é Memeers of the Troy Prayine Bann, 1859, Plate 1. Barker, Thomas, Hall, Rev. George A. Bennett, Lyman Harris, William Bristol, George Hillman, Joseph Farrar, Rev. H. C. Howland, Gardner Gregory, Rev. G. H. McPherson, Alexander Travis, Jacob Mempzrs of the Troy Prayine Bann, 1859, Plate 2. Bates, John C. Osbon, Rev. E. S. Carlin, Thomas Quackenbush, R. Coburn, Robert Smith, W. L. Hawxhurst, Rev. P. R. Usher, Bloomfield Merchant, G. W. (Albany) Usher, sr., John Merchant, G. W. (Troy) — Usher, jr., John Memerrs of the Troy Prayinc Bann, 1869. Bennett, H. W. Howland, G. Coburn, R Howland, Rev. E. C. Devol, Rev. J. Hull, L. Harris, W McPherson, A. Hillman, J. Senter, Rev. M. A, Holman, D. C. Smith, Sanford Van Cott, FE. B. 2i 26 51 69 84 95 99 103 106 109 113 115 11g. 137 I4r ILLUSTRATIONS. xi 20. Mempers of the Troy Prayine Banp, 1888. Barker, T. Hartshorn, E. A, Brainerd, Rev. C. Hillman, J. Curtis, H. C. Hull, L. Foster, W. Hurd, R. B. French, R. Morey, C. E. Harris, W. Slason, Rev. J. L. Smith, W. E. 145 21. Orricers of the Troy Woman’s Forzien Missionary SOcIETY, 1887-88. Bascom, Mrs. H. C. Beiermeister, Mrs. F. Carnrick, Mrs. P. Clark, Mrs. J. H. Converse, Mrs. P. W. Curtis, Mrs. H. C. Curtis, Mrs. S. Daboll, Mrs. W. C. Davis, Miss Mary Farrar, Mrs. H. C, Graham, Mrs. H. Griffin, Mrs. W. Henderson, Miss F. Hillman, Mrs. J. Hulburt, Mrs. C. W. Lyon, Mrs. A. D. Quackenbush, Mrs. J. T. Simpson, Mrs. E. W. Wood, Mrs. J. W. 158 22. Mrs. Ordelia M. Hillman, - 162 23. Mrs. Lucy S. Sawyer, - 165 24. OrFicers of the Meruopist Lapis’ Arp Societizs in Troy, 1887~88. Atwell, Mrs. J. L. Harriot, Mrs M. J. Benedict, Mrs. C. Hastings, Mrs. G. C. Birchmore, Mrs. S. C. Hawley, Mrs. C. R. Bissell, Mrs. C. W. Hillman, Mrs. J. Blake, Mrs. G. E. House, Mrs. E. O. Cary, Mrs. S. T. Ide, Mrs. J. C. Curtis, Miss Jessie M. McPherson, Mrs. J. A. Dow, Mrs. P. L Rush, Mes. R. Graham, Mrs. H. Van Alstyne, Mrs. G. Greenwood, Mrs. W. Warner, Miss Jessie L. Haller, Mrs. J. P. Wheeler, Mrs. N, A. 17 25. Pasror, TRUSTEES, AND Stzewarps of the SraTe STREET M. E. Cuurcu, 1874. Rev. H. D. Kimball, Avery, L. R. Belden, E. Cary, S. T. Cluett, Edmund Cluett, George B. Cluett, J. W. A. Cluett, Robert Converse, P. W. Douglass, G. L. Faulkner, Jonas, Jones, Octavous Morey, M. W. Morris, G. W. Peabody, S. J. Peckham, Reuben Stone, G. A. 179 xii ILLUSTRATIONS. 26. Mempers of the OrricraL Boarp of the SraTE STREET M. E. Cuurcu, 1887-88. Archibald, J. C. Avery, L. R. Belden, E. Bontecou, D. F. Burrows, E. A. Cluett, F. H. Cluett, W. Converse, P. W. Crampton, A. Crandell, J. Fellows, A. C. Hillman, J. Horton, G. W. House, E. O. Klock, jr., D. Mallory, S. Mann, W. H. Morey, C. E. Morey, M. W. Patterson, T. W. P. Peckham, W. M. Podmore, J. W. F. Sawyer, Rev. J. E. C. Stone, G, A. 185 27 Mempers of the OrricraL Boarp of the PawLinc AVENUE M. E. Cuurcn, 1887-88. Clark, Rev. J. H. Craver, W. De Freest, J. Fredericks, A. Hastings, G. C. Henderson, J. Hollister, W. H. Pettit, G. W. Snyder, A. Youmans, I. N. Vandenburgh, C. H. Weatherwax, G. Wendell, P. 208 ‘28. Mempers of the Orriciat Boarp of the FirtH AVENUE M. E. Cuurcu, 1887-88. Banker, A. D Benedict, C. H. Bogardus, I. Boutwell, O. Bunce, A. A. Curtis, H. C. Ford, H. Ide, J. C. Gray, C. B. Hewett, R. W. Hughes, G. Hurd, R. B. ‘Leggett, J. Leggett, J. A. Lyon, A. D. Pettit, P. S. Pike, W. H. Pulis, A. W. Rowe, W. H. Rowley, C. W. Simpson, E. W. Streeter, L. D. Van Alstyne, G. W. Waldron, E. D. Whited, A. Wood, S. L. 215 29. Memsers of the OrricraL Boarp of the Tuirp STREET M. E. Cuurcu, 1887-88, Birkenshaw, L. Bowns, G, M. Bord, S. Claydon, W. De Freest. J. Golledge, K. Greer, D. Haller, Rev. J. P. Hayes, J. Hislop, T. W. Klock, jr., D. Patterson, T. W. P. Shetland, J. Shroder, C. J. Taylor, S. L. Vipond, B. Weston, J. 229 ILLUSTRATIONS. xiii 30. Memprrs of the Orrictat Boarp of Trinity M. E, Cuurcn, 1887-88. Allen, S. P. Edwards, T. Austin, J. C. Edwards. W. H. Beiermeister, jr., F. Foster, W. Bickford, I. Hillman, J. Bounds, J. H. Hulbert, C. W. Bussing, I. S. Kennedy, H. S. Cary, G. W. Manning, W. H. Clint, A. McPherson, J. A. Crannell, J. Roth, L. Dow, Rev.P. L. Sibley, N. H. Edwards, E. Smith, W. E. Wood, J. W. 235 31. Mempers of the OrriciaL Boarp of Lrvines M. E. Cuurcn, 1887-88. Carr, William Dufty, J. Cole, Robert ller, J. H. Craver, L. Jones, F. Craver, P. H. Herzog, C. J. Curtis, S. R. Pagett, M. Danks, R. Shaver, N. Downs, S. Smith, J. Dufty, D. Travell, J. K. 248 32. Memsers of the OrrictaL Boarp of Grace (VaIL AVENUE) M. E. Cuurcu, 1887-88. Ames, J. A. Cooper, B. Atwell, Rev. J. L. Davis, C. B. Bascom, Chester Fry, E. A. Bascom, H. C. Glasson, J. Bennett, W. Humphrey, I. P. Blake, G. E. Lansing, N. Bond, G. F. Nichols, I. Bristol, D. N. Palmer, A. E. Burch, L. Sherwood, E. B. Carnrick, G. W. Vandervoort, F. D. Carnrick, P. Wheeler, W. Clark, C. H. Wheeler, W. M. Wooster, J. N. 256 33. Mempers of the Orriciat Boarp of the First German M. E. Cuurcu, 1887-88. Beiermeister, sr., F. Eppelle, sr., F. Fischer. A. Hass, H. Hess, sr., W. Keller, J. Kreiss, H. Kurth, Rev. W. H. Richter, L. Ruth, P. Schaal, L, Schmah, H. Warnken, H. Xander, G. J. 269 xiv ILLUSTRATIONS. 34. Mempers of the Orrictat Boarp of the A.M. E. Zion CHURCH, Archer, W. S. 1887-88. Jackson, P. M. Kemp, H. Birchmore, Rev. S. C. Gidney, C. T. Kemp, W. Davis, J. H. Kemp, J. A. Scott, W. A. TRUSTEES IN TRUST. Hillman, J. House, E. O. Curtis, H. C. 276 35. Dxeceasep Mzruopist Ministers. (It was not possible to procure pictures of all the ministers belonging in this class.) Barber, Lorenzo Bedell, William Bidwell, Ira G. Brown, George J. Brown, Stephen D. Chichester, Elijah Coleman, Seymour Dow, Lorenzo Farr, Alfred A. Goss, Ephraim Howe, Samuel Hulburd, David P. Levings, Noah Maffitt, J. Newland Meeker, Berea O. Phillips, Zebulon Pomeroy, Benjamin Senter, M. Alverson Seymour, Truman Spicer, Tobias Starks, Desevignia Steele, Allen Stout, Edward S. Stover, Ensign Washburn, Sanford Wentworth, Erastus 283 36. Metuopist Ministers StaTIoneD IN Troy 1n 1887-88. Atwell, J. L. Haller, J. P. Birchmore, S. C. Hawley, C. R. Clark, J. H. Kurth, W. H. Dow, P. L. McKean, S. (P. E.) Graham, H. Meeker, W. H. Sawyer, J. E. C. ‘301 37. Metuopist Ministers STATIONED IN Troy PRIOR TO 1885. (All the ministers were invited to appear at a given time to be photographed but the following only could be present.) Braman, E. A. Brown, George W. Fallon, J. G. Farrar, H. C. Griffin, William Groat, W. H. Loomis, B. B. Meredith, Samuel Quinlan, J. Wesley Thompson, J. Wesley Williams, 5S. M. 305 38. Grace M. E. Church, Sixth (Vail) Avenue. 333 . AN ti €- Moss Ene Cows 1888. MEMBERS OF THE TROY ANNUAL CONFERENCE, APRIL, HISTORY OF METHODISM IN TROY. HE eminent Scottish divine, the Rev. Thomas Chalmers, D.D., once said, that Methodism was Christianity in earnest. I think that is not only true, but I call it aggressive Christianity. It not only enters the great centers of population, but it finds its way to the distant frontiers of civilization. It crosses the wide seas and preaches salvation through Christ in the uttermost parts of the earth. Its zealous itinerants and its devout missionaries are now calling sinners to re- pentance on every continent and inhabited island of the globe. It had its birth in the university town of Oxford, England, in 1729. There John Wesley, then twenty- six years of age, a Fellow of Lincoln College, and his younger brother, Charles, a tutor in Christ Church College, and two of their companions began reading together the Holy Scriptures in the languages in which they were originally written, and in exemplifying in their daily conduct and conversation the teachings of the Saviour. 2 2 METHODISM IN TROY. At that time the religious condition of the people of England was deplorable. Worldliness and intemper- ance debased the clergy, and dissipation and profligacy disgraced the churchmen. The Church of England was spoken of as ‘a fair carcass,” and its ministers as being “under more contempt than those of any other church in all Europe.” It would seem no wonder then that John Wesley, an ordained priest of the Estab- lished Church, and his three associates should attract the attention of the university men by regularly attending church services, visiting the sick, befriending the needy, and deporting themselves as Christians. Neither was it strange that their piety should be derided and their society be burlesqued by the designation the Holy Club.” Nor was it less remarkable that the systematic way in which they accomplished the duties undertaken by them and the methodical manner in which they devoted themselves to the service of Him “who went about doing good, should obtain for them the sarcastic name of Methodists from the students. These aspersive titles did not, however, abate the zeal and application of the members of the « Holy Club.” Other students joined the society, among whom, in 1732, was James Hervey, afterward the well-known author of ‘‘ Meditations and Contemplations,’ After John and Charles Wesley had gone to America in 1735, as missionaries, at the request of Governor Oglethorpe, the founder of the colony of Georgia, George Whitefield became the leader of the «Holy Club.” He was or- dained a priest of the Church of England, in 1736. At METHODISM IN TROY. 3 the invitation of John Wesley to assist him in his mis- sionary work among the colonists and Indians, he embarked for America, and found on his arrival at the new settlement that John Wesley had shortly before sailed for England. Not long afterward he also return- ed home, where he encountered such opposition to his earnest preaching as the closing of the church-doors against him. This contempt of the Church of England induced him to preach outdoors, for, as he said, “I thought that it might be doing the service of my Creator, who had a mountain for. his pulpit, and the heavens for a sounding board, and who, when his gospel was rejected by the Jews, sent his servants into the highways and hedges.”” On February 17, 1739,.he began his famous career as a field-preacher, and on that day discoursed to a gathering of coal miners at Kingswood, near Bristol. When John Wesley heard of this daring departure from the appointed ways of the Church of England, he was greatly shocked, for he was an ardent supporter of the authority of the church and a rigid respecter of the rules governing its services. When, however, he learned of the success of the elo- quent evangelist, and of the eager crowds of hearers repeatedly gathered about the Methodist preacher, Wesley himself. became convinced of the importance of entering into this limitless field of ever-ripening harvests and of reaping the clustered grain before it shattered and fell to the ground never to be gathered in the kingdom of heaven. He then determined to labor in like manner and to declare the way of 4 METHODISM IN TROY. salvation wherever there might be people to hear it gladly. Spurred by this resolution, he preached out- doors at Bristol to an assembly of three thousand persons. Thinking that he had brought more obloquy upon himself than Whitefield by trangressing the rules of the church, he remarked, «I submitted to be more vile, and proclaimed in the highways the glad tidings of salvation.” Charles Wesley, after some hesitation, also resolved to participate in the evangelistic work. After preaching at Moorfields, he said, My load was gone, and all my doubts and scruples; God shone on my path, and I knew this was His will concerning me.” The success of the labors of these forerunners of Meth- odism in different parts of Great Britain need not be adverted to, nor’ the mental and bodily affliction they humbly bore when defamed, assailed by mobs, and confined in prisons. One of the most distinct features of early Methodism was the organization, by John Wesley, of societies of converts, in order to have them “pray together, to receive the word of exhortation, and to watch over one another in love.” In them, worthy and intelligent lay- men found fields of labor which not only developed their own growth in grace, but made them appreciated and zealous assistants of the active preachers, LAY PREACHERS. The beginning of lay-preaching had its rise about the year 1742, in one of these societies in the City of London. Belonging to it was Thomas Maxfield. who had been converted at Bristol. He had been appointed METHODISM IN TROY. 5 by John Wesley to lead in prayer and to be an exhorter in the society. While Wesley was away from the city, the gifted layman exceeded his instructions and preach- ed from a text with pleased. acceptance to the mem- bers. This information having been conveyed to Wesley, he returned to London, and with some evident dissatisfaction said to his mother, “Thomas Maxfield is turned preacher, I find.” To this seeming interroga- tion, she replied, “John, you know what my sentiments have been; you cannot suspect me of readily favoring anything of this kind; but take care what you do in respect to this young man, for he is as surely called of God to preach as you are.” Thus prepared to discover the qualifications of Thomas Maxfield, Wesley listened to his preaching and soon perceiving his ability, per- mitted him to declare before still larger audiences the unsearchable riches of God’s grace. FIRST METHODIST SOCIETY IN AMERICA. The remarkable preaching of George Whitefield in the English colonies in America between the years 1738 and 1770,1n which period he crossed the Atlantic thirteen times. justly entitled him to the distinction of being the Forerunner of Methodism in this country. In 1770, the year of his death at Newburyport, Mass., he preached to “larger congregations than ever” in the City of New York, and afterward ascended the Hudson as far as Albany, the most northern settlement in the province. The first Methodist society in America was organ- ized, in New York City, in 1766, by Philip Embury, a 6 METHODISM IN TROY. Methodist layman, an Irish immigrant, who had been converted under the preaching of John Wesley in 1752, and afterward received: the appointment of a local preacher. It is related that his cousin, a pious woman named Barbara Heck, was once shocked by seeing some persons who had been converted in Ireland, playing a game with cards. Her indignation was so great that she snatched them from the hands of the players and tore them into pieces. Hastening to the home of Embury she begged him to begin preach- ing at once. Observing his hesitation in promising compliance with her request, she is said to have moved him to make an appointment for a meeting by declar- ing: “ You must preach, or we shall all go to hell together, and God will require our blood at your hands.” After preaching at the appointed time at his house in Barrack Street, now Park Place, he formed a class of the four persons who had constituted his audience. Captain Thomas Webb, one of the few British officers who, had escaped the perils of Braddock’s defeat in 1755, and who, in 1765, had been converted through Wesley’s preaching in Bristol, England,was in 1766 hold- ing the position of barrack-master at the fort at Albany, in this state. Hearing of Philip Embury’s preaching, he visited New York City in the spring of 1767. He at once became closely identified with the little society of Methodists, and besides being a good preacher he liberally assisted the small congregation in building, in 1768, on John Street, the first Methodist meeting- house erected in this country. METHODISM IN TROY. 7 The change of residence made by Philip Embury, in 1770, by his settling at Camden, six miles north of Ashgrove, and about the same distance from Cam- bridge, in Washington County, led to the organization of a Methodist society there by the zealous local preacher. In 1788, the first Methodist church erected within the present limits of the Troy Conference was built at Ashgrove, on the Cambridge circuit, which was established that year. FIRST CIRCUITS ON THE UPPER HUDSON, New City, now known as Lansingburgh, was also designated a circuit that year, and to it Samuel Q. Talbot was appointed. These two circuits and four others were included in the district north of New York, extending about two hundred and fifty miles northward from New Rochelle, near the city, to Shoreham, on Lake Champlain. The Rev. Freeborn Garrettson was appointed presiding elder of the district by the confer- ence of 1788. The great extent of country over which it was his duty to travel, and his ignorance of the religious condition of the people whom he was to visit, gave him no little anxious thought. “I was very uneasy in my mind,” he wrote after his appointment, “being unacquainted with the country and an entire stranger to its inhabitants, there being no Methodist societies farther north than Westchester,* but I gave myself to earnest prayer for direction. I knew that the Lord was with me. In the night season, in a dream, it seemed to me that the whole country, up the North * Evidently referring to those which had the services c£ a regular preacher. ' 8 METHODISM IN TROY. River as far as Lake Champlain, east and west, was open to my view.” To the young men who were to enter this field of work as itinerants, ‘1 gave directions where to begin, and which way to form their circuits. I also appointed a time for each quarterly meeting, requesting them to take up a collection in every place where they preached, and told them I should go up the North River to the extreme parts of the work. visiting the towns and cities in the way, and on my return, I should visit them all, and hold their quarterly meetings. I had no doubt but that the Lord would do wonders, for the young men were pious, zealous, and laborious.” Afterward referring to the work under- taken by him, he wrote, “My custom was to go round the district every three months, and then return to New York, where I commonly stayed about two weeks. In going once around, I usually traveled about a thousand miles, and preached upwards of a hundred times.”” The success of his first year’s work was shown in the report of the societies, which returned a membership of more than six hundred persons. BEGINNING OF RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN TROY. When the village of Troy assumed its classic name. in 1789, its settlers had no public building in which to assemble to engage in religious worship, except a small school house on the open plot of ground between the present lines of Congress, Ferry, Second, and Third streets. In it, and sometimes in the ball-chamber of Ashley's Inn, on the east side of River street, between Congress and Ferry streets, they often heard sermons METHODISM IN TROY. 9 read on Sundays either by Dr. Samuel Gale or Col. Albert Pawling. As there was no bell to ring to notify the villagers of such services, the conch shell used at the ferry was prolongedly blown to inform them. After the Presbyterian meeting-house was built in 1792, on the south-east corner of First and Congress streets, all the settlers usually attended on Sundays divine services there until denominational societies of their own faith were organized in the village. However, among the two hundred and fifty inhab- itants of the place. in 1793, there was a number of zealous followers of Wesley who were meeting from time to time in their dwellings for prayer, singing, and exhortation. FIRST CONFERENCE RELATIONS, The names of these early pioneers of our church have unfortunately not been preserved. In 1794 the first attendance of Stephen Andres at their prayer- meetings gives distinction to his association with those spiritually-minded men and women. Troy was placed on the Cambridge circuit in 1795. The mem- bership of the class in the rapidly-growing village had in 1797 increased to thirteen persons. That year on the minutes of the Quarterly Conference, * Brother Betts” is so mentioned as reporting Troy. That year also Jesse Boutwell, an exhorter, went from Troy to Waterford to visit the class there which had been formed as early as 1794, and of which in 1797 Caleb Curtis became a member and continued to be until he moved to Troy near the close of 1799. Lorenzo Dow, 10 METHODISM IN TROY. who was on the Cambridge circuit in 1798, visited the ‘village and preached to the little society. In 1800 Troy was on the Pittsfield and Whitingham circuit, and Michael Coates who, with Joseph Mitchell, had the appointment, statedly preached in the village. His appointment was made by the New England Conference organized by the General Conference in 1796, and embraced all the territory ‘in New Eng- land and all that part of the State of New York” lying ‘on the east side of Hudson’s River.” The New York Conference, organized in 1800 by the General Confer- ence, embraced within its boundaries ‘‘that part of the State of New York, east of the Hudson River, all of Connecticut, and those parts of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont, which were included in the New York districts.” Its first session was held June 16, 1801, in New York City. “In 1804, its boundaries were so changed as to embrace New York, Pittsfield, Albany, and Upper Canada districts.” The records of the New England Conference of 1800, at which the appointment of Michael Coates was made, contain some. interesting and instructive facts respecting the pay of the preachers at that time. They, as it has been justly gaid, “offered the Gospel to the people ‘ without money and without price.’ The receipts of each member were reported at the confer- ence, and after deducting his ‘ quarterage,’ the surplus went toward equalizing as far as possible the deficits of his fellow laborers. Even private presents, whether in clothing or in money, were required to be reported METHODISM IN TROY, IL and estimated in the apportionment. These self-sacri- ficing men were as one family in those days of priva- tion, and what little they had, they had in common; a fact which is as noble an illustration of their character as it is a painful proof of their sufferings. “At the General Conference of 1800, this rule was altered so far as to exempt private donations from the estimate. Hitherto the ‘allowance’ had been $64, be- sides traveling expenses; but the same General Confer- ence raised it to $80, and allowed an equal amount for the wife or widow of the preacher, as also $16 for each child under seven, and $24 for each one over seven and under fourteen, no provision being made for children after the latter age. As the General Conference at which these amendments were made had just been held,” it is supposed that the allowances reported at the New England Conference ‘were rated according to the old rule. Hardly more than one-half of the members present had received the pittance of #64.” One of the preachers received $47 another $38, and another $31. The pecuniary rewards of the Methodist ministers at the beginning of this century were not large. ‘ The receipts for their ‘traveling expenses’ were quite small, as they usually started with the possession of a horse, and were entertained on their routes by their brethren. The actual cash received by them would not now be considered sufficient for the annual cost of clothing alone, though that expense has been. reduced at least one-fourth since their day. They had no resources for the purchase of books, except what they obtained from 12 METHODISM IN TROY. selling the denominational publications on their extend- ed circuits. This they did largely, not only for the pecuniary advantage, but for the moral influence of their circulation. Many of them were thorough-going col- , porteurs as well as preachers.’ EARLY MEMBERS OF THE TROY SOCIETY. Among the notable itinerants of that day was Jesse Lee, who, it is said, had in 1783 all New England for his circuit and had preached in all its states that year. Near the close of September, in 1800, he preached to the little band of Methodists in Troy, when on his way to New York City. Under the stated preaching of Michael Coates that year the society was blessed with a class of thirty members under the leadership of Wil- liam Cleveland. Michael Coates was possessed of a strong mind and sound judgment. He was a very successful minister, and while serving as presiding elder of West Jersey district he died on August 1, 1814. His last sermon was preached from Rev. vir: 9: “After this I beheld, and, lo a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands.” While preaching he was favored with a pleasing prospect of that glory, and seemed to anticipate the joys of eternity. The class meetings during the winter of 1799 and 1800 were evidently very interesting, for Phebe Curtis, the daughter of Caleb Curtis, then a young girl, who METHODISM 1N TROY. 13 afterward wrote a brief historical sketch of the Rise of Methodism in Troy, relates that she was left at home with the children when her father and-mother attended class, and when she complained of the late hours at which they returned, they would tell her the meetings were “so good that they could not bear to leave them.” Speaking of the names of the persons composing the class at that time, she remarks: “Among the members of the class there was a number of very worthy per- sons. They were the parents and brother of the wife of the Rev. Joel Ketchum, Samuel Goodrich, the prin- cipal of the Academy, Mrs. Honor Goodrich, Samuel Goodrich, jr., a dry-goods merchant; Miss Day, a rela- tive of the Goodrich family, a boarder and pupil in the Academy, Mr. Cannon, his wife, and Mrs. Plum, the mother of Mrs. Cannon, and Mr. Cleveland, the class leader. They were from New England. Mr. Good- rich’s family came from Middletown, Conn. Among the members of the class were persons of piety, refine- ment, and intelligence. The following were also mem- bers of the class in good standing, and remained so until removed by death or until they left Troy for other places: Benjamin Betts, Jane, his wife, Jared Betts, Mrs. Jillson, Laura Waterman, Mrs. Hannah Pettit, Mrs. McAlister, Mrs. B—’s mother, Mrs. Carlo, Mrs. Boutwell, Archibald Gray and wife, and Mina, a mulatto woman. I have thus been particular because it was asserted at a love-feast that the first society was com- posed of the lower order of persons, and, at the same time, it was said that the time was when there was no 14 METHODISM IN TROY. place to hold prayer-meetings except in the basement of a house occupied by a black family. It is true that the prayer-meetings were held there sometimes. Ritta (the negro woman) was considered pious and had con- siderable gift in prayer. Her room was ample and decent. The person who made the statement must have been misinformed.” Miss Curtis also remembered attending prayer-meet- ings at the Goodrich hame, “ in a well-furnished room,” on the floor of which was an “imported carpet” which was not common in those days in the best houses in the village. ‘Meetings, too, were certainly held at Mr. Cannon’s house, under the same roof with the store.” On New Year's day, 1800, large placards were posted in all the public places announcing the begin- ning of the new century. When Mr. Cleveland left for the West, in 1800 or 1801, the class paper was given to Caleb Curtis, but he soon after went to Vermont, where he remained some months. “ Mr. Ferris, lately from the country, took his place as class-leader. At Mr. Cannon’s, Mr. Ferris let out his strong voice in prayer, which was more than Mr. Plum could well bear. He placed his hand on Mr. Ferris’ mouth to check the sound of his voice, but Mr. Ferris, not to be repressed in that manner, when he had gone out of the house, gave full vent to his voice by singing on his way home through a part of River Street. Mr. Plum, although much of a gentleman, was not a professor of religion. He was a brother-in-law of Mr. Cannon, and his partner in business.” METHODISM IN TROY. 15 The prosperity and growth of the Troy society were for several years sadly checked by the death, change of residence, and the declension of others through intemperance and sin. In 1802, the Rev. Elias Vanderlip, a traveling preacher, then on the Pittsfield circuit, became so‘ discouraged, it is said, with the degenerated condition of the society, that he “tore up the class-paper and withdrew the appointment.” (The writer was well acquainted with Brother Vanderlip.) The only worthy representatives of the society during this dark period were Caleb Curtis and several women. Phebe Curtis pays an expressive tribute to the memory of her Christian father whose heart and soul were deeply exercised by these depressive circumstances, “The class dissolved, the appointments abandoned, dissolution seemed to reign. When in the midst of all this darkness, which seemed to rest upon the beloved names and cause of Methodism, there was one who in the agony of his soul sent up appeals to heaven which the family altar and the private retreat only witnessed. At times I would find myself unintentionally intruding into my father’s place of private prayer. The move- ment of his body and his audible whispers were indica- tions of earnest importunity. He frequently availed himself of the privilege of the meetings of some of the neighboring societies, Albany and elsewhere. He would come home with his soul filled with the heavenly spirit of which he had partaken among his brethren. His anxious mind could not rest. He invited to our house the neighbors on Sabbath evenings. The room 16 METHODISM IN TROY. would be filled with attentive listeners, while my father sung, prayed, and afterward exhorted.” Then she tells how he kept alive the still glimmering flame of Methodism in the hearts of the few members of the society by getting from time to time some well-known itinerant to preach in the available room of their dwelling. The Rev. Samuel Howe, who was on the Pittsfield circuit, preached, in 1802, from the text: “The wages of sin is death,” and Lorenzo Dow expounded the word of God two evenings in succession, when the neighbors crowded “ the room and entry.” METHODIST WITCHCRAFT. Miss Curtis relates a ludicrous incident to show the singular conceptions which some people then had of the character of the Methodists. ‘‘Our landlord, in 1802, was a German, who resided a few miles east of Troy. Soon after we became occupants of his house, his wife called upon my mother. In their conversation she warned my mother against Methodism, saying that it was a dangerous religion, that Methodists were witches, and that if a person were to go among them he could not get away from them until he had joined them. My mother surprised her by saying, ‘ Why, Mrs. C——, I am a Methodist!’ The old lady, terrified by this unexpected information, hurried out of the house with- out ceremony lest a spell might be put upon her before she could take her leave.” In 1804, John Wright, the father of Mrs. Jefferson Gardner, who now lives in Lansingburgh, emigrated from England with his wife Hannah, and came to METHODISM IN TROY. 17 Troy. Being a stranger as well as a Methodist, he began making inquiries respecting the existence of a Methodist society in the village. One day when he was crossing the ferry to Gibbonsville, now West Troy, he was told that the last member of the Methodist society had been sent to state’s prison. In 1805, the Rev. Elijah Chichester, a zealous itinerant, then on the Cambridge circuit, preached at Caleb Curtis’ house. After the service he informed those of his hearers who desired the reorganization of the society, and wished to have preaching, that if they would gather together ‘the scattered ones” and “ form a class,” that “he would. come and preach to them.” On his return to Troy, seven persons presented them- selves to be enrolled as members of the new class: Caleb Curtis and his wife Catherine, Mrs. Hannah Pettit, John Johnson and his wife, and John Fournear and his wife Jane ; Caleb Curtis being made the class- leader. In 1806, William McBurney and his wife joined the class. On the return of John Wright and his wife to Troy from Millville, where they had been living about fifteen months, they again made inquiries to learn the residence of any Methodists in the village. One day a colored woman informed Mrs. Wright that she knew an Irishman, named William McBurney, who was a Methodist. While in search of his house, John Wright heard a number of persons singing together a familiar Methodist hymn, and ‘without attempting to repress his joyful feelings he abruptly opened the door of the 3 18 METHODISM IN TROY. dwelling in which the voices were united in praise, and identifying the small company of men and women as Methodists, he gladly exclaimed, “Now I have found you!” 5 In April, 1807, when Phebe Curtis was converted and became a member of the class, its membership had increased to thirteen persons. From this time forward the society began to be vigorous and influential. In 1808, the class-roll, not including the names previously entered on it,embraced those of William McBurney and his wife, Rebecca Mackey, the widow of John Mackey, Mrs. Alward, her mother, Stanley Thompson and his wife, David Canfield and his wife, Samuel Scoby and his wife, David Scoby his brother, John Wright and his wife, Morris DeCamp, and his wife, and Huldah Crans, afterward Mrs. Elias Disbrow. Of the names of the circuit preachers who visited Troy between the years 1805 and 1809, those of Henry Eames, James M. Smith, Laban Clark, and Datus Ensign, are mentioned. “In 1808, when Seth Crowell and Robert Dillion were on their home mis- sionary tour, under the superintendence of Freeborn Garrettson, they came to Troy, and Robert Dillion preached on the common.” Although “the Trojans were not famous for that kind of persecution, he had a spoiled egg cast at him.” PRESBYTERIANS AND BAPTISTS. Reviewing this noteworthy period of the growth of Methodism in Troy, the faithful and well-informed chronicler briefly refers to the denominational work METHODISM IN TROY. 19 and principles of the other churches in the village. “When,” as she remarks, “the good Puritan stock came from New England, as the better part of the first settlers were, they brought with them good morals and religious order ; not that they were all devoted Christ- ians but conscious that good morals were essential in the new and growing community to the happiness and prosperity of the place, and conscious too that good morals could not be promoted where the observance of the Sabbath was neglected and where religious worship was not sustained. Hence they assembled, read sermons, thus preparing the way for a house of worship and a pastor. To the Presbyterians is due the credit of this first arrangement for the moral and religious training of the people of the place. “The Baptists, too, soon came. [They organized a Society in 1796.| Now both these churches were Calvinist and in both were persons of high moral and religious worth ; those who were ‘burning and shining lights’ to all around them. They were known by their fruits. They had their books; Hopkins, Toplady, Con- fession of Faith ; and the Westminster Catechism was taught in the schools. Now we see why it was that our ministers were obliged to labor so hard to dislodge the teachings of the two churches from the minds of their hearers to prepare them for the revivals they had reason to expect would follow. Expressions such as these seemed to have been freely treasured in the minds of the people: ‘Not a drop of Christ’s blood was ever spilled in vain; ‘The common call and the 20 METHODISM IN TROY. effectual call;’ ‘Once in grace always in grace;’ ‘God has foreordained whatever comes to pass.’”’ Hence it is evident that it was the love of souls which induced the Methodist ministers to take the course they did, for who would think, she adds, “ of breaking off their sins if they believed that they were elected, and at a certain time to be brought into the church by the effectual call? Then again if doomed to perdition, no effort on their part would be of any avail.” The Rev. Elijah Chichester, who became an itinerant in 1799, and was located in 1807, she relates, ‘stood foremost among the strong ones in pulling down the error which makes God a partial being by conferring the favor of election on some and _ passing by others, thereby giving man no choice as it regards his salvation. Lorenzo Dow, with his singular manner, ought not to be omitted. He, too, contributed ‘to the awakening of an inquiry respecting’ the doctrine, spirit, and practice of the religion we professed. He was in Troy at different times previous to the building of the church. In the court-house, on a week day, at five o'clock, on one summer morning, he preached to: a good congregation of Christians of different denom- inations from the text, ‘Fear not little flock,’ and in the afternoon of the same day, and again in the evening, from the words, ‘Rejoice O young man in thy youth,’ when the court-room was crowded with citizens of all classes. The Rev. Seth Crowell also did his part in removing the prejudice against Methodist METHODISM IN TROY. 21 doctrine. On one occasion, while handling predesti- nation before a large congregation in the court-house, one of its friends audibly contradicted him, saying, ‘that’s a lie!’ James M. Smith was powerful in argu- ment against Calvinism. * * * RENSSELAER COUNTY COURT-HOUSE, 1807. “ It was not all doctrine which our ministers preached in the pulpit. No, faith inthe Lord Jesus Christ, repentance, practical godliness, and holiness without which no man can see the Lord. “Thus the ministers already mentioned, including Joel Ketchum, prepared the way” for the progress of Methodism in Troy. ‘Some very worthy citizens,” she continues, “had become interested in our doc- 22 METHODISM IN TROY. trines and discipline: Dr. John Loudon, Charles Lemon, members of the Presbyterian Church, Abner Foster, from the choir of the Presbyterian Church, Samuel Eddy, from the Baptist choir, so that when the church was built, we were provided with good leaders. of our singing.” Mrs. Charles Lemon was also included as one of the principal singers of the church. ‘The society, from the time of its formation, in 1805, until the first revival, in 1811, was remarkably blessed by the stability of its members. In the prayer-meet- ings there was very little wildness and screaming, neither was all the praying vocally at the same time. Lively meetings they were, and emphatic amens abounded. The groan of the burdened soul was heard and sometimes a burst of praise, but seldom, if ever, was the voice of the person who was leading in prayer drowned by other voices. Another trait in the character of this society was the harmony which pre- vailed among its members. Seldom did anything disturb it. “As no quarterly meetings were held in Troy previous to the building of the church, there were no love-feasts and the sacrament [of the Lord’s Supper] was not administered. Those who desired to enjoy these privileges would go as far as Ashgrove, but more frequently to Pittstown or Cooksborough. PREACHING IN BARNS. Henry Cook was one of the wealthy farmers whose kind hearts were ready to sustain the meetings, and whose large barns in the early days of Methodism METHODISM IN TROY. 23 served on Sabbaths as churches. ‘In 1800 or 1801,” Miss Curtis says, ‘when I was a young girl, I remember hearing Benjamin Stephens preach in Mr. Cook’s barn. He preached against the practice of powdering the hair. He declared it was wicked to waste the beautiful grain which God had provided to sustain life in marring the beauty of one’s hair.” The inconveniences of holding meetings at the dwellings of the members and in the court-house were evidently detrimental to the strong growth of the society. “Tn the court-room,” as Phebe Curtis relates, ‘“ some- times on summer evenings, it would be nearly nine o’clock before the cqngregation could be seated. This was not owing to the slackness of the brethren in making timely application for its use, but because the person who had the key, or the one who rang the bell, had no interest in our prosperity.” Urged by the need of a house of worship, the mem- bers of the growing society assembled on November 29, 1808, at the house of Samuel Scoby, and there, according to law, organized the society by electing David Canfield, Eliphalet King, and Samuel Scoby, trustees of the “Methodist Episcopal Church of the village of Troy.” Incorporated by this name, the congregation began to seek a suitable site for a meet- ing house. On the uninclosed ground then known as the Common, lying east of the line of Fourth Street, an eligible plot was found, which was designated on the map of the village as lots 743 and 744. They were originally part of the farm of Jacob D. Van der 24 METHODISM IN TROY. Heyden, which had been surveyed and laid out into building lots in 1807. As he had generously given to the Presbyterians and Baptists the ground on which they had built their meeting-houses, it was thought that if he were respectfully solicited he might be induced to convey lots to the society as a gift. When he was approached it was found: that he was not only unwilling to part with the property but personally opposed to the project of the society, asserting that the Methodists had no need of a meeting-house. Dr. John Loudon, a popular physician, who had begun his practice in the village in 1793, became greatly inter- ested in the welfare of the society of which in 1810 he became a member, and he undertook to intercede with his brother-in-law to convey, for a small consideration, the lots to the trustees of the church. It is related that the business so much engaged his thoughts that one night he dreamed that he saw a large flock of pigeons fly over the village and settle down on the proposed site of the meeting-house. This dream he interpreted to presage the future prosperity of the church. After some further overtures, Jacob D. Van der Heyden consented to sell the ground for $500, demanding, however, the payment of an_ interest annually of $35 until the property was possessed by the purchasers. The conveyance was made on Christ- mas day, December 25, 1808, Eight days thereafter, or on January 2, 1809, at the house of Roger King, father of Harvey G. and Eliph- alet King, who lived on the ground where St. Paul’s METHODISM IN TROY. 25 Church now stands, a subscription was begun “for the purpose of building a meeting-house.” The willing- ness of the members to further the undertaking to the best of their ability was observantly remarked by Phebe Curtis, whose subscription was $5, a sum larger than most of the individual contributions made at the time. (See subscription in the Appendix.) “In the order of Providence there were two carpenters and two masons (members of the church); Morris DeCamp and Eliphalet King, the carpenters, and William Mc- Burney and David Canfield, the masons. The hearts and hands of these brethren were ready to enter upon the building of a house where they might worship independent of the court-house or a crowded private room. And the rest of the society were ready to open their purses; the poorest according to their ability. The Rev. Elijah Chichester and the Rev. Joel Ketchum were much interested. Mr. Ketchum [who entered the itineracy in 1793 and located several years after- ward] was popular and drew many people to our places of worship previous to the building of the church. These local preachers now gave their influence and money to assist in its erection.” The contributions in money as written in the sub- scription book, a leaf of which is lost, amount to $557.82. Work and material aggregating a value of $20 also appear on its pages as contributions. With these limited means, which likely were not always promptly furnished the trustees when demanded, delayed the completion of the building until 1811. 26 METHODISM IN TROY, The meeting-house, a plain, two-story weather- boarded structure, was built on the north side of State Street, between Fourth and Fifth streets, and fronted with its south gable State Street. When first used in 1811, the building was still unfinished. It is related that when the appointment was made to hold services for the first time in the meeting-house, Charles Lemon, a cabinet maker, who was then a member of the f DUCA RA ft tt in HINA I i rm Il nn Acirenggmm a aa qui tl inochi git Moss£ui [ ONL FIRST MEETING-HOUSE, BUILT 1809. society, called on John Wright, living on Ida Hill, and said, ‘What are we going to do, there are no seats in the meeting-house?” The sententious reply was : “We must get some.’ Having obtained plank, the two enterprising Methodists made temporary seats, and rough as they were, they afforded sittings for the con- gregation for some time thereafter. When the church was fitted with more suitable furniture, the seats were then but plain, unpainted, pine benches, backed with a METHODISM IN TROY. 27 narrow board. The pulpit was a plainly-constructed desk, standing on a small platform on which there were several chairs. When used at night, which was not frequently at first, the meeting-house was lighted with tallow candles in tin sconces hung along the walls of the building. Years afterward, when doorless pews were put in the church, the benches were placed in the gal- lery, which had no sittings until then. The sittings on the east side of the church were occupied by the women and girls of the congregation, and those on the west side by the men and boys. It not unfrequently hap- pened that the seats were not sufficient for the number of people attending the services and at such times the children were given seats on the kneeling-step around the altar. The surroundings of the meeting-house were not very inviting. Very little grass grew about it, and that which did was thickly set with weeds and briars. The small stream, which meandered from Jacob Street south- ward along the present line of the Union Railroad to the Posten Kill, often overflowed the low land bordering it, leaving a strip of water on the east side of the church where children, in winter, found good sliding on the ice covering it. The practical teachings of the early pioneer preach- ers of Methodism inculcated the abandonment of all worldly living and indifference to the vanities of dress and personal adornment. Plainness of attire and mod- esty of demeanor were habitual to the followers of Wesley. The wearing of gold and silver jewelry, and 28 METHODISM IN TROY. of showy bonnets and of fashionably-made garments by women was looked upon with great disfavor, and any evidence of pride of person and circumstance was strongly censured. A woman or girl having a ruffle around her neck was not allowed to participate in a love-feast. The surviving daughter of John Wright relates that when she was a girl she wore one summer a plain white dress. On one occasion she placed a band of blue ribbon, perhaps an inch and a half wide, around her waist for a belt. “I did not think” she says, ‘‘that it was anything indecorous, but when my father saw me appear with it on in the presence of company at our house, he commanded me to go and take it off.” RULES ON DRESS. One rule of “ Discipline on Dress” was as follows : ‘““ Question: Should we insist on the rule concern- ing dress? “ Answer: By all means. This is no time to give encouragement to superfluity of apparel. Therefore receive none into the church till they have left off superfluous ornaments. In order to this, 1. Let every one who has charge of a circuit or station read Mr. Wesley's ‘Thoughts on Dress,’ at least once a year in every society. 2. In visiting classes be very mild but very strict. 3. Allow of no exempt case, better one suffer than many. 4. Give no tickets (love-feast tickets) to any that wear high heads, enormous bon- nets, ruffles or rings.” The above rule was altered by the General Confer- METHODISM IN TROY. 29 ence of 1856, so that the answer to the above question reads as follows : “ Answer: By all means. This is no time to encourage superfluity of dress. Therefore let all our people be exhorted to conform to the spirit of the apostolic precept ‘not to adorn themselves with gold and costly array.—1 Tim. 1. 9. No person was admitted to the love-feasts without presenting a ticket indicating the good standing of the bearer as a church member. When the services began the doors were locked and no other persons were admitted thereafter. Following again the line of the history of the church through the periods of the successive ministrations of its different pastors, we come to the year 1810, when Troy was made a station by the New York Conference, and included in the Rhinebeck district. The Rev. William Phcebus was appointed to the new station. Conceiving that the several societies embraced by the station were too poor to afford him and his family an adequate support “he left the charge by the consent of the presiding elder.” However the Troy society was not without the services of several circuit preachers that year. The Revs. William Swayze and Lewis Pease, on the Pownal circuit, were sent to Troy. As remarked by Phebe Curtis, ‘we had preaching as usual once in two weeks, but all the other wants of the society were supplied by the efficient, untiring, and expenseless labors of the Rev. Elijah Chichester. This seemed a provision of Providence, for the burden of 30 METHODISM IN TROY. the building of the church was borne by the leading men of the society.” The revival of February, 1811, which largely increased its membership, was conducted by the Rev. Lewis Pease. The revival began in a prayer-meeting held at the dwelling of Samuel Scoby. A feeling of seriousness had prevailed among those attending these weekly meetings. At that one tears began to flow and hearts soften. ‘There had not been a case known of a person losing strength in a Troy meeting, but at that one a young man fell to the floor,” and before the meeting closed there was a number of persons converted. On the following Sunday evening, in the unfinished church, many seekers crowded to the extemporized altar, more than could conveniently kneel together on the board placed there. Before the congregation was dismissed many had found peace with God. The meetings which nightly followed were similarly blessed. Respecting the converts it was observed: “If we did not get many that were rich and learned, we got worthy ones.” The brethren did not believe that ignorance nourishes devotion, but they did rejoice to see so large a number of unenlightened people brought to a saving knowledge of Christ. A young man, who had been known unfavorably for his exceeding profanity, when expressing his thoughts and ‘feelings in class and prayer-meetings, seemed to use the most blasphemous language when it was_ his purpose to speak reverently. But he rapidly succeeded in improving his phraseology and when he went West METHODISM IN TROY. 31 to live he became an exemplary class-leader. Another young man, who experienced a change of heart, after- ward joined the Presbyterian Church, and subsequently became a missionary to the Indians. “The administration of the rite of baptism by sprink- ling was a stumbling block to some of the young con- verts, who had been baptized that way in infancy. They wished to be immersed. Our minister refused to rebaptize them, and a few joined the Baptist Church. The first among the persons converted during the revival, who chose immersion, were Samuel Eddy, Joel Curtis, Julia Andres, and Dorcas Mercer.’ Usually immersions were performed in the Hudson River, near the ferry. The Rev. Smith Arnold on the Pownell circuit, preached statedly in Troy, in 1811. Under his regular visitations and instructive teachings the society increas- ed its members and spiritual growth. His pious wife successfully conducted the women’s prayer meetings. In 1812, Troy was again made a station by the New York Conference, and placed in the bounds of the Ashgrove district. The Rev. Peter P. Sandford re- ceived the appointment. The society through his vigilant care greatly prospered. WAR OF I812. Remarking the bitter political partisanship of the people at the outbreak of the war of 1812, Miss Curtis writes: “It was a matter of too much importance to feel indifferent. It required a good share of the influ- ence of religion to keep free from the excitement which 32 METHODISM IN TROY. controlled the public mind. Our ministers and more devoted members, through the years of conflict, labored to promote harmony. Earnest prayers were offered to God to control the events of our country and to save the people from that turbid current of strife which bore on its agitated stream intemperance, profaneness, and death. Three or four of our members were draft- ed.” On the evening of the day [Tuesday, February 21, 1815], when the intelligence of peace reached Troy, was held one of the stated prayer-meetings of the society, at which grateful acknowledgement and praise were poured forth from full souls to the Great Author and Prince of Peace. The next day as related by the village newspaper, the bells were rung, and at 11 o'clock a procession of citizens and military marched to the Presbyterian Church, where “the voice of Thanksgiving and Praise to Almighty God for the inestimable blessings of Peace was raised” by the Rev. Jonas Coe, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, by the Rev. Francis Wayland of the First Particular Baptist Church, and by the Rev. Laban Clark of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1813, the Rev. Laban Clark, who began his ministry in 1801, entered upon his pastorate of two years in the village. His ministrations, it is said “ were greatly prized by those who loved experimental reli- gion.” After leaving the society in a prosperous con- dition in 1815, he served with marked success a number of other prominent churches. He took an active part in the organization of the Missionary Society, METHODISM IN TROY. 33 in 1819, and was one of the principal founders of the Wesley University, at Middletown, Conn., chartered in 1831. He died at Middletown, Conn., on November 28, 1868, aged ninety years. CONVERSION OF NOAH LEVINGS. The circumstances of the conversion of that eminent man of God, the Rev. Noah Levings, D. D., who under the preaching of the Rev. Laban Clark gave his heart to God, are very striking. At the age of sixteen he was apprenticed by his parents toa blacksmith in the village. When he entered upon his term of service he formed the resolution of being faithful to the interests of his master and to regard them as his own. His master, it appears, paid little attention to the religious education of his apprentice. Unthinkingly, he permitted him to associate with ungodly men, with whom on Sundays he roamed in the fields and through the woods, near the city. ‘ His parents, though not professedly pious, had trained their children to a strict observance of the Christian Sabbath,” and their teach- ings led him to consider his ways and to determine to forsake the companionship of his evil-inclined associ- ates. Resolving to lead a better life, he began “a circuit of visitation to the different churches in the village.” ‘He first visited the Presbyterian Church, then under the pastoral charge of the Rev. Jonas Coe, D.D., who,” he says, “was a good man and an excel- lent pastor.” He next attended the Baptist Church, where “good old Mr. Wayland was the minister.” Though favorably impressed with the piety and ability 4 34 METHODISM IN TROY. of both these servants of God, he could not feel at home in their congregations. His third visit was made to the Protestant Episcopal Church [then on the north- west corner of Congress and Third streets], but there he was wearied with ceremonies too numerous and complicated to be either interesting or edifying. He next attended the meeting of the Friends [in their house of worship on the southwest corner of Fourth and State streets], but there, instead of long prayers and tedious ceremonies, he heard nothing at all; nor was he loth to leave when the hour was up, and the sign for closing given. “ His last visit of inquiry was at the Methodist Episcopal Church. He found a small house occupied by asimple, plain and solemn people. Their worship, though not imposing in its forms, was hearty and sincere. It not a little surprised him to witness, for the first time in his life, a congregation kneeling down in time of prayer. The conviction was wrought in his mind that this people were the, people of God. Under the ministry of the Word, feelings were awakened which he had known nowhere else ; and under the powerful reasonings and cogent appeals of the Rev. Peter P. Sandford, the stationed minister, he was often made to feel that God was truly in that place. But it was more particularly under the preaching of the Rev. Laban Clark that he was led to realize fully his lost condition, and to feel the necessity of seeking salvation by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. He joined the society as a probationer in 1813.” METHODISM IN TROY. 35 The incidents of his connection with the church are graphically related by the Rev. Laban Clark, who said: “One day an apprentice boy, in his blacksmith’s garb, direct from his labor, called upon him and made appli cation to be received into the society. He appeared to be about sixteen years of age; was small in stature, bashful in his address, and the circumstances of his introduction were peculiar and somewhat disadvan- tageous, yet there was something so unassuming and so winning in his manner, so sincere and intelligent in his whole appearance and conversation, that a favorable impression was made upon the mind of the preacher, and he admitted him as a probationer; at the same time giving him encouragement and counsel. On the following Wednesday night, at their public prayer meet- ing, when the leading members had prayed, and it was nearly time to dismiss the congregation, at the close of one of the prayers a youthful voice, whose feminine tones were scarcely sufficient to fill the church, was heard some two-thirds down the aisle, leading in prayer. The prayer was feeling and appropriate, but short, so short as to be at the longest comprised within a minute. As the preacher passed down the aisle, his blacksmith boy stood at the end of a seat, waiting to grasp his hand with Christian affection. On the next Wednesday evening, the silvery tones of the same youthful voice were again heard, near the close of the meeting, leading in its devotions. At this time he prayed with more fervor, more compass of thought, and more self- possession, and yet his prayer was not more than a 36 1 METHODISM IN TROY. minute and a half, At the close of the meeting, as the official brethren gathered around the preacher, one inquired who that boy was; another said his forward- ness must be checked; and a third that he must be stopped altogether. The preacher simply replied: ‘Now, brethren, let that boy alone—there is something in him more than you are aware of,’ and from that time no one questioned the right of the blacksmith boy to take part in the public prayer-meetings.” After uniting with the church, he continued to be an active but humble follower of Christ. The Rev. Tobias. Spicer, speaking of his associations with him when the former became pastor of the church in Troy, in 1815, writes: ‘I considered him a very pious young man, and often invited him to accompany me to my week- evening appointments and set him to exhorting after me. He soon gave evidence to the brethren that God had called him to do something in his vineyard, and he obtained a license to preach, and not long after the term of his apprenticeship was expired he was admitted into the traveling connection. It is related that when he was examined as a candidate for the ministry he was asked if he had graduated from any institution of learn- ing. He facetiously replied, ‘No, excepting it were ” from a blacksmith’s bellows-pole.’ REV. TOBIAS SPICER’S PASTORATE. The successor of the Rev. Laban Clark was the well- known light of Methodism, the Rev. Tobias Spicer, who in 1810 had entered the ministry by becoming an itinerant on the Brandon circuit. He, with his family, METHODISM IN TROY. 37 arrived in Troy on May 25, 1815. The Troy station embraced Troy, Lansingburgh, Waterford, Albia, Brunswick, and West Troy. ‘Here I was associated,” he writes in his Autobiography, “ with the Rev. Elijah Chichester, a local preacher, who for a number of years had been among our pioneers in the traveling connec- tion, but now located and engaged in mercantile business. I generally preached in Troy, morning and afternoon, and Brother Chichester in the evening, while I went to Lansingburgh, a distance of three miles. To this place I generally went on foot, and frequently returned the same evening. The other places I usually visited on week-day evenings once in two weeks. Our congregations in these places were but small, and our societies quite feeble. “During my first year in this station we had a gracious revival in Troy, in which during seven weeks more than a hundred members were added to our society. During the second year we had a good revival in Lansingburgh. When I came to this station there were in all the appointments one hundred and seven members, and when I left there were two hundred and fifty. REVIVALS. The following “ Sketch of the Revival of Religion in the City of Troy,” in 1816, written by him, was printed in the Methodist Magazine in 1818: “At our fourth quarterly meeting, which was held February 25th, an unusual number of serious persons were admitted into love-feast. It was a precious time. 38 METHODISM IN TROY. At the close of which we invited such as were deter- mined to seek the Lord to come forward to the altar that intercession might be made for them at the throne of grace. Upwards of thirty persons came forward and kneeled around the altar, for whom earnest prayer was made; several of whom not long after found peace. From this time the work spread in different families. The different congregations began to be crowded and solemn. The prayer-meetings, especially, were much attended. Weeping and sighing were heard in all parts of the assembly. No private rooms could be obtained sufficiently large to contain the people. We found it necessary to resort to our meeting-house to hold our prayer-meetings; and for two or three weeks almost every evening the lower seats of our church were filled, and there was scarcely a meeting but one or more were either awakened or converted to God. “In the Baptist congregation the case was very similar. No rooms were large enough to hold the multitudes which attended their evening conferences. They also repaired to their church, where every evening in the week, for some time, was devoted to converse on things of God, joined with singing and supplication. In the former part of the revival they seemed to take the lead of the other denominations. At their first baptismal occasion, thirty-eight persons were baptized in the presence of such a concourse of people as perhaps no occasion had ever called out in this place before. “Great attention was also among the Presbyterians. METHODISM IN TROY. 39 Their congregations were crowded; their meetings were solemn; their conferences or prayer - meetings were frequent and profitable. “This great and good work embraced people of various descriptions ; both rich and poor, masters and servants, aged and young, from children of eight or ten years old to the hoary head of eighty-four. ‘I believe there were but a few instances of awak- ening under the preaching of the Word. The Lord seemed to show ws He could work without ws. Many were awakened in their minds at home, while about their work ; others, perhaps, while walking the streets. But the greatest number were awakened in the prayer or conference meetings. I might here detail many circumstances which took place, but I forbear. I would, however, observe that great union prevailed among the different denominations throughout the whole revival. There was but very little persecu- tion, owing partly to the genius of the people, but principally to the influence of the Divine Spirit, which seemed for awhile to awe the most abandoned sinners. “The remarkable outpouring continued for the space of seven or eight weeks; during which time I believe the number added to the different churches was as follows: “To the Baptists, 58. “To the Presbyterians, 98. «To the Methodists, 107. «And through the ensuing summer many more 40 METHODISM IN TROY. were added to the different churches, some of whom were fruits of the revival. “Upwards of a year has elapsed since this good work commenced, and but few as yet have turned back, at least of those who have joined us. With the state of the other churches I am not particularly acquainted. When I consider how many of the subjects of this work were young people; the many temptations to which they are exposed in a place like Troy, and how few have turned back ; I am compelled to cry,‘ It is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes.’ “T left Troy in June, 1817, having labored there two years, in which time, in the two societies, Troy and Lansingburgh, both being included in the station, we received on probation two hundred and seventeen, of which only seventeen have been dropped. During which time three have died, four were expelled, one withdrew, and forty-one have removed to other soci- eties ; leaving a net increase of one hundred and fifty members.” Of the pastoral work of the Rev. Tobias Spicer there is no need to say that it was remarkably suc- cessful. As pertinently observed by one of his con- temporaries, there is “no need to go to his published obituary to learn that he was exact, careful, conscientious, systematic, plain in speech and manner, and the very embodiment of prudence and economy.” When dying at the residence of his son-in-law, Stephen Hemstreet, November 13. 1862, his last words were, « Light ahead!” METHODISM IN TROY. 4l In 1817, the Rev. Samuel Luckey, who had entered the ministry in 1811 as an itinerant. received the appointment to Troy, and under his edifying instruc- tion and preaching about one hundred and fifty new members were added to the society. Writing to the editor of the Methodist Magazine, on January 19, 1819, he thus speaks of the revival recently begun: <‘“ The work of reformation first became visible a week ago last evening after preaching in our church. About a dozen came to the altar to receive the benefit of our prayers that they might obtain mercy. Since then the altar has been crowded every night till a late hour. The number of recipients is not certainly known, but the fruit of last week, forty-two joined our church yesterday.” Again writing on February 8, 1819, he further relates the results of the revival: ‘Though four Sabbaths have passed away since it commenced in which one hundred and five have been received into our church in consequence of its still continuing, I am not prepared to give you that detailed account which I hope to be enabled to do hereafter. “It has thus far been confined principally to our church. I understand that two joined the Presbyte- rians yesterday; but I am informed that the Baptists have not yet received any, though report says they expect to shortly. It is generally believed that our distinguishing doctrines, which make it inconsistent for men to procrastinate repentance under a pretext that the day of their visitation has not yet come, having 42 METHODISM IN TROY. been long enforced from our pulpit, have had a blessed influence in the commencement and progress of this work,” In 1818, Troy and Lansingburgh were included in one appointment, and the Rev. Samuel Luckey and the Rev. Earl Bancroft were appointed to the charge. After a long and successful ministry, the Rev. Samuel Luckey died October 11, 1869. FIRST SUNDAY-SCHOOL ORGANIZED. The organization of the first Methodist Sunday-school in Troy was undertaken in 1817. In the summer of 1816 the first Sunday-school established in the city began: its sessions in a room on the first floor of the old court-house. It was on the south side of the hall, and was used by a day-school. The desks and seats in it were appropriated to the use of the Sunday- school, which was known as the Union Sunday-school on account of the teachers being members of the Pres- byterian, Episcopal, Baptist, and Methodist churches. Tradition gives the names of the following persons who were teachers; Catharine Brinckerhoff. Eliza Bloom, Jane Bloom, Mrs. Jacob L. Lane, Mr. Baker, Darbin Eldridge, Chauncey Peirce, Robert Wasson, Abby Noyes, Abby Peebles, and Miss Eliza Warren (Mrs. John Paine.) John Brinckerhoff, a prominent member of the Pres- byterian Church, was the first superintendent of the school. The control of the school by members of the Pres- byterian Church was not agreeable to the members of METHODISM IN TROY. 43. the other denominations and caused considerable comment. The Rev. Samuel Luckey, pastor of the Methodist Church, and some of its members believing that it would be more advantageous to the society to organize a Sunday-school which should be directed and managed by the pastor and members of the church, undertook the work, and in 1817 formed the school which began its sessions in the red school-house, a one-story wooden building, erected about that time on the west side of Fifth Street, immediately east of the meeting-house on State Street. The school at first did not escape censure, for it was said that it caused ‘sectarian narrowness” and showed “opposition to union among Christians.” The school was conducted in the red school-house until the erection of the brick church in 1827, when it occupied the basement of the new building. A branch Sunday-school, it is related, was started, about the year 1823, by Miss Eliza Andres, who, assisted by her sisters, conducted it in her day- school room, in a building on the northwest corner of Fourth and Elbow (Fulton) streets, rented by William W. Whipple, Sterling Armstrong, and Asahel Gilbert for a prayer-meeting room used by the members of the church living in the north part of the city. This school was discontinued when Miss Andres became the wife of Alexander Van Pelt, and removed to Lansingburgh where it is said she organized the first Sunday-school established in that village. It is further related that a part of the main school met for a time in the yellow school-house standing on 44 METHODISM IN TROY. the plot of ground now known as St. Paul’s Place, on the south side of State Street. When the school was first formed the exercises only included the reading of a chapter, or part of a chapter, of one of the books in the Old or New Testaments, the singing of an opening and closing hymn, and the offering of a prayer at the beginning and closing of the session of the school. There were no Sunday-school books in use at that time. Some years afterward printed tickets on which were texts of Scripture were given to the scholars for attendance and recitations; a certain number of tickets of a special color entitling the possessor to a Bible given by the school for the tickets. William W. Whipple, who had become a member of the church in 1813, was the first superintendent of the school. The temperance movement between the years 1830-40, awakened considerable interest in the Sunday-school and almost all the scholars signed the pledge of total abstinence. The first Sunday-school library possessed by the school was obtained about the year 1831. Shortly afterward catechisms were introduced for the use of the school. In 1836, the lecture-room, which had been built as an extension to the church, was occupied by the school. In 1838, the school, with those of the Presbyterian and Bethel churches, enjoyed its first summer excursion ; a steam- boat taking them to Hudson. About the year 1845, the first Christmas festival was held by the school, at which gifts, cakes, and apples were distributed among ‘ the children. The semi-centennial anniversary of the METHODISM IN TROY. 45 organization of the Sunday-school was celebrated on Sunday, November 10, 1867. At the different services that day a large number of people was in attendance. The Rev. Samuel Luckey, D.D., then in his seventy- sixth year, delivered a sermon, an address, and related a number of interesting incidents connected with the organization of the school in 1817. On the Monday evening following a reunion was held in Harmony Hall which was greatly enjoyed by all who had been and were members of the school. The visit of the Rev. Freeborn Garrettson, in June, 1817, to the prosperous society, was an event of much interest to its members. He was accompanied by his daughter, and as related in 1829, by his biographer, they were hospitably entertained at the residence of the Hon. George Tibbits. In 1861, this residence was purchased by the Children’s Home Society, and is now known as the Day Home. “From Schenectady they returned to Troy, and put up. at the house of the Hon. George Tibbits, whose hos- pitable mansion is delightfully situated on the side of a sloping hill ascending from the eastern part of the city,. denominated Mount Ida. On the Sabbath, Mr. Gar- rettson preached in the Methodist Church, in this city, morning, afternoon, and evening, to an attentive con- gregation ; and ‘truly, says he, ‘it was a good day.’ He remarks, that when he first visited this place about thirty years before, [in 1788], there were only a few scattering houses, and no Methodist society; but that now he was rejoiced to find a flourishing little ° 46 METHODISM IN TROY. city, in which there were four houses of worship, and not less than three hundred members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. What seemed to add to his relig- ious enjoyment was the catholic and friendly spirit manifested by the several religious denominations toward each other.” In the summer of 1817, the gallery of the church was provided with seats. The fence around the building was ordered to be painted ‘all red or Spanish brown,” except the front part “which was to be white.” In 1819, the Rev. William Ross received the Troy appointment and faithfully served the congregation until 1821. Dr. John Loudon, who had joined the society in 1810, died February 12, 1820. He be- queathed to the church, for a parsonage, the house, afterward known as No. 141, and the lot on which it stood, on the west side of Third Street, between Ferry and Division streets. FIRST METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY. At a meeting of the members of the church, on December 15, 1820, “for the purpose of forming a missionary society auxiliary to the parent society in New York, the Rev. Daniel Ostrander was chosen chairman and Isaac V, Bassett, secretary. A draft of a constitution was made, reported, and adopted. William W. Whipple, John Wright, Isaac V. Bassett, and William Gardner were made a committee to pre- sent the “constitution for subscription.” The society having adjourned to meet on the evening of Jan- METHODISM IN TROY. 47 uary 4, 1821, at its next meeting elected the following officers : Rev. Daniel Ostrander, president. Rev. Wm. Ross, first vice-president. Stephen Andres, second vice-president. Harvey Betts, corresponding secretary. Zina P. Egleston, clerk. John Wright, treasurer. William W. Whipple, secretary. Asahel Gilbert, jr., | William Gardner, | Arthur Milliken, James Russell, f Freeman Adams, Dennis Belding, managers. This society is now represented by the Missionary Committee annually appointed by the Quarterly Con- ference of the church. The Board of Trustees in January, 1821, passed a resolution in which they “entered their most solemn protest against the singing being led up in the gallery” of the church, and also resolved to make “the same known to the society in society meeting.” In 1821, the Rev. Benjamin Griffin was appointed to Troy. He is spoken of as “one of the most able preachers of his day, a strict disciplinarian, and a prominent member for many years of the New York Conference. During his two years’ pastorate he is said to have “kept begging all the time’ to obtain $400 to free the congregation of the debt on the church 48 METHODISM IN TROY, property. Shortly before the death of John Wright, on September 24, 1823, being in Troy on a visit, he called to tell him with no little evident gladness that he had finally secured sufficient money to discharge the long standing obligation. In 1823, the Rev. Noah Bigelow, who began his ministry in 1810, was appointed to Troy. During his one year’s pastorate in the city, he earnestly labored for the salvation of sinners. Bishop Thompson said of him: ‘Asa preacher I have yet to hear his equal. Thousands of souls will rise up in judgment and call him blessed and his name will ever be like a precious ointment in the churches.” He died in Columbus, Ohio, July 1, 1835, at the age of forty-two years. Just before his death he exclaimed, “My only hope is in the atonement! On that alone I rely. Through that I expect to be saved.” When too weak to speak he raised his hand and looked upward in token that all was well. In 1824, the Rev. James M. Smith, who had so early.in the century preached to the little company of Methodists in Troy, came to the prosperous church and served the congregation for two years, His successor, in 1826, was the Rev. Stephen Mar- tindale, who entered the itinerant ministry in 1808. During the first summer of his zealous pastorship, a small meeting-house was erected at Albia, in the fifth ward of the city, where there was a large cotton factory. At that time, it must be remembered, that the large number of members of the church did not. METHODISM IN TROY. 49 wholly live within the city limits. Not a few resided at the Iron Works, some in the town of Brunswick, and others in West Troy. As Albia was somewhat distant from the church, and as the members there were frequently detained from attending services by inclement weather and the bad condition of the roads, particularly in winter, it was resolved by the trustees in August 15, 1826, to erect there a meeting-house ‘for the use of the members.” In an ‘extract of a letter from the Rev. S. Martin- dale to the publishers of the Christian Advocate and Journal,” dated Troy, N. Y., December 27, 1826, the following mention is made of a revival that was in progress at that time: “It is true there is much religious excitement in this city ; our meeting-house is too small to contain the ordinary congregation ; and we are called upon daily to enlarge our house or build a new one, that willing hearers may have the word of life. We have built a new meeting-house in this city, in the neighborhood of the factory, which is well filled with attentive hearers; but this does not remedy the incon- venience in the old house at all ; it is still crowded above measure. We have this month added seven- teen to the society, and many more are making up their minds to cast in their lot among the Methodists.” THE BRICK CHURCH BUILT. The Troy society desiring to have a larger house of worship with adequate sittings for its many members, began in 1827 to take steps to erect one. On January 8, that year, the committee to whom was assigned “ the 5 50 METHODISM IN TROY. duty of deciding” whether or not ‘a new meeting- house” should be built, and of providing ways and means for its erection should the work be under- taken, reported favorably, and suggested ‘that the slips on the audience floor” should ‘‘ be rented for five years annually,” and if at the expiration of the five years the majority of the members of the church should be opposed to the future renting of the slips, and should raise the amount which the trustees needed to extin- guish the debt for its erection, ‘the house should be free, but if the majority of the members favored the further renting of the slips, the same should be rented.” In the spring of 1827, the erection of a brick build- ing was begun on a part of the site of the old meeting- house. The new structure, fronting with a gable im- mediately on State Street, a little east of the alley, was fifty-five feet wide and sixty-six long. On December 1, that year, the building was dedicated. The Rev. Bishop Hedding preached the dedicatory sermon, and was assisted in the services by the Rev. Nathan Bangs, and other prominent Methodist ministers. At that time four hundred and thirty-seven persons constituted the membership of the church. The Board of Trustees were William W. Whipple, Charles Lemon, Harvey Betts, James Russell, and Levi Rogers, the father of Mrs. Myron King. Among the number of persons who joined the society that year were the writer’s father and mother, Isaac and Nancy Hillman. When it was determined that the new church should oa PULPIT AND ALTAR. CHOIR GALLERY. STATE STREET M. Ik. CHURCH. (Built, 1827; razed, 1871.) 52 METHODISM IN TROY. be erected on the plot occupied by the old meeting- house, a committee was appointed to sell the latter at public auction. Accordingly it was sold on February 28, 1827, to Thomas Read and Sterling Armstrong for $500 ; possession of it being given on November 1, that year. The purchasers moved the structure to the corner of State and Fifth streets, where it was used for the sittings of the different courts, while the present court-house on Second Street was building. It was also rented and used for a grocery store until the erection of the stone church was undertaken in 1867. MEMORABLE INCIDENTS. The New York Conference held within the plain walls of the old meeting-house four of its annual meet- ings ; the first on May 6, 1819, the second, May 30, 1821, the third May 3, 1825, and the fourth, May 9, 1827. It was inthe old white meeting-house that the eloquent Rev. John Summerfield was admitted into the conference in 1821, and where afterward “ that youth- ful minister of the Lord Jesus bore his rapt hearers. heavenward on the wings of his touching and lofty evangelical eloquence, till like those who had gazed on the Master’s transfigured glory, they said ‘ Lord, it is good for us to be here.’” In it also Bishop Enoch George “ made its walls echo and ring with the burn- ing words of his powerful eloquence, that rushed on like a mighty cataract, with an impetuosity that bore down every opposition which had braced itself against the truth, and made his hearers passively resign them- METHODISM IN TROY. 53 selves to an influence which was too strong for them.” Space does not permit the mention of the names of the many gifted servants of Christ whose burning words fell like sacred fire upon the hearts of their hearers in the old sanctuary and sanctified them for the great day of glory hereafter. Of the prominent mem- bers of the society who so regularly worshipped for many years beneath its roof, and afterwards died with that peace which passeth all understanding, may be classed John Wright, Charles Lemon, William McBurney, Abner Foster, John Loudon, William W. Whipple, Roger King, Daniel Marvin, sr., Dr. A. J. Skilton, Peter Bontecou, Mrs. James Young, Thomas L. Ostrom, Sterling Armstrong, Valentine Marvin, Thomas Archibald, Stephen Monroe, Eli Townsend, Lawrence Van Valkenburgh, Isaac Hillman, John G. Buswell, William Tucker, Gardner Landon, Lyman Bennett, Gilbert D. Golden, Myron King, Waters W. Whipple, and Harvey Betts. These all died in the triumph of faith. Of the well-known members who joined the society after the erection of the brick church, and who fought the good fight and finished their earthly course, may be mentioned Alvin Williams, Daniel Witherspoon, William H. Manning, George Bristol, Charles J. Saxe, Henry Davis, William Saunders, David P. Barringer, Elizabeth Hillman, and John Archibald. In a letter written to the Methodist Magazine, by the Rev. S. Martindale, dated Troy, N. Y., March 5, 1828, he remarks: “Our prospects in this city are 54 METHODISM IN TROY. good, the brethren are much united, the congregations large and increasing, and God is pouring out his Spirit upon us gloriously. Upwards of sixty have found peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ during the last ten days, and eighty-three have been added to the church in this place since conference ; but the principal part have joined the last month. In the neighborhood of our church at the factory all business was laid aside for a number of days, the factories were stopped, and meetings held night and day.” In 1828, the Troy district of the New York Confer- ence was formed, and that year the conference sent the Rev. Samuel Merwin to Troy, who had entered the ministry in 1800. He was a well-known preacher and had been connected as a pastor with some of the most prosperous Methodist societies north of Mary- land. He is described as “ dignified in person, pow- erful in eloquence, generous in spirit, and mighty in labor.” In 1829, the Rev. John Tackaberry was appointed to assist him, and preach in the new meeting- house at Albia. The appointment for Troy, in 1830, brought the Rev. John B. Stratton, and his assistant, the Rev. Abiathar M. Osbon, to Troy. The latter, the next year, was appointed to Albia, which then became a separate society. In the winter of 1830-31, the society enjoyed a gracious revival. The zealous pastor, the Rev. John B. Stratton, was ably assisted by the Rev. John New- land Maffitt. It is related that “ night after night, for weeks, the silver-tongued Maffitt proclaimed the truth METHODISM IN TROY. 55 to audiences limited only by the capacity of the church, which were swayed like forest branches in the breeze before the magic, spell-like power of his eloquence. Multitudes were not only attracted to the preacher, but to God.” An active layman thus wrote concerning this work of grace, on January 3, 1831, to a friend, in New York City: “I have the gratification to inform you that a more general excitement on religious subjects prevails at the present time, in Troy, than was ever witnessed before. Every church and congregation is in motion. Our meeting-houses are filled to overflowing. Prayer- meetings are held by the members of almost every church at six o’clock in the morning, as well as every evening in the week. All ranks, high, low, old, and young, rich and poor, are anxiously inquiring what they shall do to be saved, and some have given pleasing evidence of a union with Christ.” On January 15, that year, the Rev. J. B. Stratton wrote to the editors of the Christian Advocate and Journal: ‘The work of the Lord is going on glori- ously in this city, in our churches and those of other denominations, as well as in Albany and Lansingburgh.” It was in this revival that Rev. Moses L. Scudder, D.D., was converted. He was a clerk in the dry goods store of V. and D. Marvin. He became one of the leading'ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is now a member of the New York East Con- ference. From the organization of the society not a few 56 METHODISM IN TROY. colored people were members of the church. A class exclusively formed of persons of African descent was led, in 1830-31, by John Dungy, an intelligent and pious colored man. The Rev. Ebenezer Brown, a located Methodist preacher, was the originator of Troy’s greatest industry, the manufacture of collars and cuffs. Having retired from the ministry on account of ill-health about the year 1829, he opened a small dry-goods store at No. 285 River Street, not far south of Fulton Market. In connection with that business he began selling men’s string collars, made by women employed by him. Subsequently the manufacture of collars and _shirt- bosoms, and later that of cuffs and shirts, was engaged in by other men in the city, the most of whom were for many years members of the different Methodist societies in the city. Some of the members of the Troy society living in West. Troy had there, in 1828, joined a class led by William Tucker. In 1830, the society having in- creased to 70 or 80 members was divided into three classes, led respectively by William Tucker, Ammon Hammond, M. D., and William B. Hall. In the winter of 1831, a subscription was circulated to obtain the means to build a house of worship and about 4800 were subscribed. A small wooden building, thirty-five by forty-five feet, was built and finished in September, that year. The society desiring preaching statedly, the Rev. Stephen Remington was sent to West Troy, in 1831; two-thirds of whose salary was paid by the Troy METHODISM IN TROY. 57 society. In 1832, West Troy become a separate appointment. In 1832, the Rev. Buel Goodsell was appointed to Troy. He was a vigorous preacher, and an unrivaled exhorter. In December, that year, the five years expired during which the pews in the church had been rented. The Board of Trustees then resolved that the seats in the future should be free according to the Discipline of the church, and “that the doors of the slips” should “be taken off.” FIRST MEETING OF THE TROY CONFERENCE. The first annual meeting of the Troy Conference was held in the city on August 28, 1833. The confer- ence embraced four districts: Troy, Saratoga, Middle- bury, and Plattsburgh, representing a society member- ship of 18,442 white persons and 5o colored. In 1834, the Rev. Noah Levings was appointed to Troy, and was warmly welcomed by the society from which he had gone forth sixteen years previously to preach the truths of the Gospel. It was in the second year of his appointment that the society erected a brick church on the northeast corner of North Second and Jacob streets. Besides the purpose of taking advantage of the growth of the city northward of Grand Division Street, the expediency of harmonizing whatever discord the renting of the pews had caused, may also be deduced from the first steps taken in 1831 to advance the project. At a meeting held in the church on May 23, that year, a committee was ap- pointed “to provide a place for preaching somewhere 58 METHODISM IN TROY. in the bounds of the fourth ward.” On August 13, following, the trustees of the church passed a resolu- tion “that a subscription should be circulated through the city and elsewhere for the purpose of building a Methodist Episcopal Church in the fourth ward” of the city, ‘‘ with free seats.’ On May 13, 1834, the Board of Trustees resolved “to proceed to build a church on the corner of North Second and Jacob streets, and rent the slips and gallery of the brick church in the third ward for ten years,” as soon as they obtained on their subscription books ‘the sum of four thousand dollars to be applied to building the new church.” In June that year the erection of the new church, a brick structure, was begun. The building was dedicated on August 30, 1835, by Bishop Hedding. In January, 1836, the congregation worshipping in it became a separate society. The distinction of the two churches, the one as State Street Church, and the other as North Second Street Church, began to be used in 1835, when the Rev. Noah Levings was appointed to the first and the Rev. Samuel D. Ferguson to the second. In 1836, the Rev. Truman Seymour was appointed to State Street Church. The society which had five hundred and fifty-five members before the organization of the North Second Street Church was now reduced to two hundred and ninety members. Many of the most active workers had gone into the new field of labor and left in the old one but a few experienced leaders. The zealous pastor, however, did not fold his hands and let the harvest go ungathered. It is related METHODISM IN TROY. 59 that after attempting in 1837 to hold a series of revival meetings without seeing the results desired by him, he called a meeting of the officers of the society and said to them: “If you will stand by me in these meetings and by your presence and prayers sustain me, we will go on with them and I will lay my bones here but that a victory shall come, but if you will not, I shall close the meetings.” The officers of the church at once urged him to renew his efforts, promising him all the encour- agement and assistance he might demand from them. He again preached with great fervor of soul. After the sermon the officers collected inside the altar railing and he invited the unconverted persons in the church to come forward for prayer. In no little time the altar was thronged about with a crowd of seekers, and a glorious revival was inaugurated which continued for three months. It is also related that during the revival the most intense sympathy pervaded the meetings and that one night Jared Alger fell his whole length on the floor and praised God aloud even to the extent of his voice, causing a number of persons to leave the house. Peter Bontecou arose and requested the people to remain. Other members of the church were willing to have those go who wished, saying that when one went away ten would return to see what was the matter. It was during the pastorate of this noble-spirited servant of God that the writer became a member of State Street Church, having been admitted on proba- tion on September 5, 1836, and baptized by immersion 60 METHODISM IN TROY. and received into full connection on September 24, 1837. Many prophesied that the boy would not prove faithful. However, the time of his probation was continued for thirteen months, although the regular time was six months. He was then received into full connection and during the space of fifty-one years his good standing in the church has never been questioned. The use of musical instruments in the church, it should be known, was not approved by its-early mem- ‘bers and no little opposition was shown to the gradual innovations that were made to support the congrega- tional and choir singing with such instruments as the bass viol and organ. At one time, the singers in the church attempted to introduce the use of a bass viol and obtained a player to bring one to the church for a rehearsal. Seeing the objectionable instrument in the gallery, while on his way to class-meeting, Isaac Hillman took his pocket-knife and cut the strings of the viol, thereby defeating the purpose of the ambi- tious choristers. Although he had used so summary a method to sustain the authority of the society, he nevertheless indemnified the viol-player for the loss of the strings of his instrument. In 1838, the Rev. Stephen Remington was appointed to the State Street Church, and, after serving the society faithfully for two years, was succeeded, in 1840, by the Rev. Charles P. Clark, who also remained two years. While the former was pastor of the church a number of Methodists, living at the Iron Works, formed a METHODISM IN TROY. 61 small society, and designated themselves members of the Fourth Methodist Church in Troy. On September 24, 1838, they met at their usual place of worship and elected five of their members Trustees of ‘‘ Leving’s Chapel in the City of Troy,” naming it after the Rev. Noah Levings, D. D. In 1842, the Rev. Noah Levings was again sent to State Street Church and he ministered unto its people one year and was then transferred to the New York Conference. While he was officiating as the pastor of the State Street Churcn, the great land-slide on the west side of Mount Ida happened on Friday afternoon, February 17, 1843. Fifteen persons lost their lives and as many more were injured by the sudden avalanche of heavy clay. On the following Sunday evening he preached from the text: “Of these eighteen, upen whom the tower of Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?” His successor in 1843 was the Rev. James Covell, jr., whose health, shortly after his appointment, began to decline, and being too weak in body to accomplish successfully the duties incumbent upon him, the society secured the Rev. John W. Lindsey to assist him. JOHN NEWLAND MAFFITT. During the pastorate of the Rev. James Covell, jr., the Rev. John Newland Maffitt again preached a series of revival sermons in the church, and as at his former visit, attracted overflowing congregations by his re- markable discourses. 62 METHODISM IN TROY. On February 19, 1845, Rewen Peckham wrote to the editors of the Christian Advocate, giving a brief account of the beginning of the wonderful revival : “We are enjoying a. most precious revival of religion in the State Street Church, under the ministry of the Rev. J. N. Maffitt; for the past few weeks the Lord has won- derfully blessed His Word in reviving the membership and in the awakening and conversion of sinners. * * * About 150 have already been converted and 110 have united with the church. On April 23, that year, the Rev. John W. Lindsey wrote to the editors; “We continued our meetings almost without interruption for three months. During that time about 350 professed to be converted, and still there are some inquiring, ‘What must we do to be saved?’ We have received on probation upward of 270. “This revival has been deep and powerful, present- ing many interesting features during its progress. We have seen the husband leading the wife, and the wife the husband, to the altar; the father the son; and, in another instance, a little boy, who had been converted, pleading with his father till he came to the altar, where he soon found pardon. We have had instances where the strongest earthly barriers were thrown around the sinner to keep him away. from God, yet grace has overcome ; the world was placed on the altar, and the soul happily converted to God. “One of the number of the young converts soon closed her christian career. Her race was short, but METHODISM IN TROY. 63 its termination glorious. She was on board the ill-fated Swallow, the night of the sad disaster that called so many souls into eternity. She gave in testimony for God, clear and unwavering, the day before her death. Her body was found and brought back to this place. The funeral services were held in the Methodist Epis- copal Church, and the occasion was solemnly and appropriately improved by Bro. Mafftt.” Miss Elizabeth Spencer, the young convert men- tioned, had united with the church on March 29, 1845, and took passage on the evening of April 7, that year, on the steamboat Swallow, plying between Troy and New York. That night the Swallow struck a ledge of rocks, near the village of Athens, and the young lady, with many other passengers, was drowned by the sinking of the boat. Although the Rev. John New- land Maffitt had then left Troy, he returned and preached her funeral sermon with marked effect upon the hearts and minds of those who heard it. Among the most prominent persons who then joined the church, were George Bristol, O. W. Edson, James A. Skilton, D. P. Barringer, Daniel Marvin, jr., Amos H. Starks, Dr. Wesley Newcomb, Mary J. Byers, Roxy Witherell, Martha Edson, Julia C. Landon, Nancy Wait, Margaret Faulkner, Eleanor A. Young, Welthy Ogden, and Sarah L. Fisk. During the progress of this revival at the State Street Church, the Baptist society was also greatly augmented by the evangelistic preaching of Elder Knapp. The attention of the citizens was never before 64 METHODISM IN TROY. so solemnly directed to the consideration of their spiritual welfare as at this time. While the gracious revival was in progress, the Rev. James Covel was gradually becoming physically weaker and the day of his death was approaching. When on May 15, 1845, the day on which his soul departed from its fleshly tenement, his physician, Dr. A. J. Skilton, said to him, “ You are very near your end,” he replied, “I hope so.” Turning to his wife, seated by him, he remarked, “You are seeing me for the last time; I long to be gone.” Not long afterward he murmured, “Tell Brother Mattison that I die happy,” and then he quietly passed from earth to heaven. His funeral, on May 17, was largely attended; Bishop Hedding preaching a solemn but eloquent sermon on the text, ‘I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.” One of the last official acts of the saintly pastor was his appoint- ment of Lyman R. Avery and the writer as class- leaders. The Rev. Elijah Chichester often, when preaching, made use of very striking illustrations to give point to his strong declarations. About the year 1845, when he was far advanced in years, he preached in the old brick church in State Street on the observance of the Sabbath. The desecration of the day he said was not unfrequently a sin of some of the merchants of the city who were prominent members of the different churches. From Monday until Saturday they would buy goods. in the City of New York, and then hasten home and. METHODISM IN TROY. 65 be found the next day seated in their church pews listening attentively to the sermon of their pastors. Before returning from New York they had made the merchants, from whom they had purchased their stock of goods, promise that they would send them by the Sunday boat to Troy. “Now, while I am uttering these words a person might look out on the river at Poughkeepsie and see the passing steamer laden with those goods, on which vessel the officers and crew are breaking the Sabbath to accomplish the wishes of the : merchants who are now sitting in the churches hearing the gospel preached and the commandments recited.” VALENTINE MARVIN. One of the most prominent members of the early society in State Street was Valentine Marvin, a Troy dry-goods merchant. He was a very strict and consci- entious man in all his dealings, and in contributing money for religious purposes he was extremely careful that no loss should be sustained by the church in the use of the paper money given it by him. In his day some of the paper money of Western New York had only a discount value in Troy, and those who received it did not always obtain its full value when they wanted to use it. He was unwilling, therefore, to contribute any such money to the church as had a discount value and always gave coin or Troy bank notes, remarking that the Lord should have no sac- rifice from him which was not perfect and without blemish. His house’ was always open to the traveling preachers of the church. The Rev. John Newland 6 66 METHODISM IN TROY. Maffitt made his home at the Marvin mansion for three months at a time and no compensation was ever received for so prolonged a stay. In 1845, the Rev. Luman A. Sanford was sent to the State Street Church, who had the Rev. A. W. Garvin for an assistant. Their labors were likewise blessed and a number f persons increased the mem- bership of the church. In 1847, the Rev. Allen Steele, who is said to have been one of the most brilliant and intellectual men that ever occupied any pulpit, took charge of the spiritual affairs of the society. During his pastorate the Congress Street Methodist Episcopal Church at the intersection of Congress and Ferry streets, was dedicated by him. It was also during his pastorate of the State Street society that the Third Street Church, on the northeast corner of Third and Monroe streets, was built. The small society which had been organized, in 1843, began its erection in 1847. On Christmas day, that year, the building was dedicated with appropriate services. In 1849, the Rev. Zephaniah N. Lewis was appointed to State Street Church. He was, it is said, “a weeping prophet,” and seldom preached without betraying his emotions in a flow of tears. This faithful pastor of the church was succeeded, in 1851, by the Rev. Stephen D. Brown, one of, the most popular as well as active preachers belonging to the Troy Confer- ence. During his pastorate a number of Methodists began holding meetings of prayer and exhortation METHODISM IN TROY. 67 in the school-house in the tenth ward of the city, and they organized themselves'on May 15, 1852, as a society known as “the Methodist Episcopal Church in North Troy.” This name they changed on May 15, 1854, to that of “the North Troy Methodist sc Church.” In 1853, the Conference sent’ to the State Street society the Rev. Lester Janes, who was a faithful pastor, and was followed, in 1854, by the Rev. Halsey W. Ransom, who was a man of much stability of purpose and an acceptable preacher. In 1856 and 1857, the Rev. Stephen Parks had charge of the church and did excellent service, and was much loved by the people. His failing health compelled him, at the close of his pastorate in Troy, to relinquish his work in the ministry, and, in 1858, he located and went into busi- ness. He amassed a fortune and retired. He now, resides in Lansingburgh. Space will not permit me to particularize the gifts, the work, and the success of each of the subsequently appointed pastors of the State Street Church: the mother church of the eight other flourishing Methodist societies in the city. I can only mention the names of these faithful preachers and the periods of - their respective ministrations. In 1858, the Rev. Joseph K. Cheeseman came to the church, serving it two years; in 1860, the Rev. Ira G. Bidwell, whose ministrations also covered a: period of two years; then in 1862, the Rev. Charles W. Cushing, and in 1864, the Rev. Stephen D. Brown returned and 68 METHODISM IN TROY. was as popular as before, and, in 1865, the Rev. Erastus Wentworth, D. D. In the fall of 1866, the building of the present stone church was projected and subscriptions were circulated to obtain the means to defray the expenses of the undertaking. In the spring of 1867, the property east of the brick church plot, extending to Fifth Street, was purchased. In June, that year, the trustees resolved to contract for the excavation for the foundations of the building. Thus far the work had been advanced when the Rev. George W. Brown, in 1868, was appointed pastor of the society. The corner-stone was laid on Thursday afternoon, June 25, that year, by the Rev. Truman Seymour; addresses being made by the Rev. Stephen D. Brown, of New York City, and the Rev. Erastus Wentworth, D.D., of Pittsfield, Mass. The edifice was erected according to the plans of Woollett & Ogden, architects. LAST SERMON IN THE BRICK CHURCH. On February 13, 1871, the Board of Trustees resolved to sell the old brick church to Mr. Gardiner for $1,200.. On Sunday evening, February 26, that year, the pastor, the Rev. George W. Brown, delivered “a memorial discourse in it, which was the last sermon preached in the building.” On that memorable occa- sion, he said: “Since the building of this house of worship, many of the prominent men of Methodism have occupied its pulpit. Bishop Hedding, besides preaching the dedicatory sermon, often proclaimed here the word of life. Dr. Olin, too, on several occasions, STATE STREET M. E. CHURCH, BUILT, 1871; AND CHAPEL, BUILT, 1882. (With projected steeple,} 79 METHODISM IN TROY. preached here, and, when in the full strength of his col- lossal powers, has, to use the language of one who heard him often, ‘gone through this pulpit with the tread of an elephant.’ Here Bishop Waugh preached the funeral sermon on the death of Bishop Emory. Here Dr. Dempster has held forth the word of life. Dr. J. P- Durbin, also, in his masterly manner, has here pre- sented the truth as it is in Jesus. But what shall I more say, for the time would fail me to tell of all the heroes of olden days, or more recent years, who have. here done battle for God—men who were tried and true—and whose glittering steel has smitten error and defended truth while leading on the militant hosts of God’s elect. “This church has a history toward which none of her children need blush to point. We are thankful for the influence this ‘Mother of Methodism’ in this section has had, and for the number of her daughter churches which ‘rise up and call her blessed.’ We are not forgetful of the princely men of our Israel, who have here preached the word in the demonstration of the Spirit and with power. “Thus it has been with this church. The cloud has rested here for more than half a century. The Shekinah glory has beamed from this altar and filled the house with its radiance. To-night that cloud lifts— and this is God’s temple no longer.” John. G, Buswell, related at this last meeting held in the old brick church that, when a stranger in the city, he was making inquiries of a number of persons METHODISM IN TROY. 71 respecting the location of the Methodist Church, that Myron King, then a boy, overheard one of his interro- gations and told him that he would show him the meeting-house, which he did to the delight of Mr. Buswell, who then began his personal relations with the members of the State Street society, which he maintained for many years thereafter. At the last meeting in the old brick meeting-house, Gardner Landon was so deeply affected by the thought that he would not again enter it as a church that he could hardly express his feelings on that memorable occasion. “Here,” he said, “I was born a Christian at this holy altar; here I have worshipped from year to year, and now I cannot but feel sorry that I shall no longer be permitted to worship at it. I will imprint one kiss upon it in remembrance of the past.’ Bowing reverently over the altar railing, he kissed it with no little fervor of affection. BUILDING OF THE STONE CHURCH. The new church, built of blue lime-stone, was dedi- cated by Bishop Matthew Simpson, on Thursday morning, March 30, 1871. The attractive edifice has a frontage of seventy-five feet on State Street, and a depth of one hundred feet, on Fifth Street. The auditorium, fifty-nine by seventy feet, has 650 sittings and the gallery 250. The tower, nineteen feet square, rises to a height of eighty-five feet; and when com- pleted, with the steeple, the height from the sidewalk to the finial on the spire, will be one hundred and seventy-five feet. The estimated cost of the church, 72 METHODISM IN TROY. when completed, will be $125,000. (See subscription in appendix.) It was during the pastorate of the Rev. George W. Brown that the last general revival took place in the old brick church. He secured, in 1869, the services of the Troy Praying Band to assist him in conducting it. The church, as in the great revivals led by the Rev. John Newland Maffitt, often overflowed with the people attracted to the blessed meetings. Two members of the present official board of the society were converted at that revival. It was a thorough work of grace. Among the persons converted was a young man who was then a college student, whom, it was thought, would enter the Methodist ministry, but after gradua- ting at a Presbyterian college with high honors, he began the study of law. Inasmuch as there is need for Christian lawyers, as well as clergymen, God’s will is no less accomplished by the event. Since the year of the dedication of the last church, erected by the congregation, seven other pastors have had charge of the society. The Rev. William H. Hughes, from 1872 to 1874; the Rev. Henry D. Kimball, from 1874 to 1877. A very glorious revival took place during the pastorate of the Rev. H. D. Kimball, in 1876. He was assisted by Mrs. Maggie Van Cott, an earnest and active revivalist. She was entertained at the house of the writer while engaged in the blessed work in the State Street Church. At the close of the last services, she, the writer, and a number of other interested persons, prolonged their stay at the church METHODISM IN TROY. 73 by singing together such attractive revival hymns as “Hallelujah, ‘tis done.” When the writer, his guest, and his family returned home, they found that it had been broken into by burglars and robbed of money and valuables. The writer took the most com- placent view of the loss as was possible, and proposed that the hymn “ Hallelujah, ‘tis done” should be sung, but his children were unwilling to take part in the singing of it. Finally,‘ Have you in the Lord believed?” and “Still there’s more to follow,” were sung with con- siderable feeling. Singular as it may appear, on the night of the lecture delivered by Mrs. Van Cott, shortly afterward in Troy, the residence of the Rev. H. D. Kimball was entered by burglars and a number of articles of value stolen. The incident was looked upon as a literal fulfillment of the words, “ More to follow.” The revival of 1876 was not only a glorious success, but it gave to several of the Presbyterian churches a number of members. The next pastor of the church was the Rev. George J. Brown, who served the society as a pastor from 1877 to 1880. He was avery scholarly man and highly blessed spiritually. In the last year of his pastorate in State Street he suffered from mental derangement and was taken to the asylum at Utica, at which institution he died, December 1, 1880, aged 41. His early decease was sincerely mourned by the congregation. The Rev. William J. Stevenson, D. D., was his suc- cessor, who was transferred to the Troy Conference from Wilmington, Del., in 1880, and served the congre- 74 METHODISM IN TROY. gation with high commendation for two years. His popularity as a preacher and a pastor brought him a pressing call from Harrisburg, Pa., to which city he went from Troy. He was followed, in 1882, by the Rev. Ensign Mc- Chesney, Ph. D., whose excellent sermons and genial disposition obtained for him the high appreciation of the congregation and a host of admiring friends, who much regretted his leaving the society, in 1884, when he was transferred to the New York Conference. During his pastorate the erection of the present stone chapel was begun. The laying of the corner-stone took place on Tuesday afternoon, May 30, 1882. Addresses were delivered by the pastor and by the Rev. William i Stevenson, D.D.; the latter laying the corner-stone. The dedicatory services, on Thursday afternoon, March 29, 1883, were opened by prayer by the Rev. Fred. Widmer. An address was delivered by the Rev. Henry A. Starks, which was followed by the dedicatory address of the Rev. William J. Stevenson, D. D. The next pastor of the State Street Church was the Rev. J. E: C. Sawyer, whose constant care and thoughtful sermons will long bear good fruit in the vineyard in which he so commendably labored from 1885 to 1888. His successor, the Rev. George W. Brown, was appointed to the charge on April 16, 1888. His former popularity in it as an excellent preacher and a much-loved pastor, not only made his welcome to the society one of affection, but it also presages the METHODISM IN TROY. 75 blessed work he will accomplish should the blessings of health and life be continued him. MINISTERS FROM STATE STREET CHURCH. Not a few gifted and holy men have gone forth from the State Street society to become revered and distin- guished standard-bearers of the Cross: James C. Bon- tecou, Wright Hazen and Merritt Bates, admitted into the ministry, in 1827, by the New York Conference ; James B. Houghtaling, admitted by the New York Conference, in 1828, who served the Troy Conference as secretary, from its organization until 1852, when his health would no longer permit him to perform the duties of that responsible office; F. G. Hibbard, admitted by the New York Conference, in 1830; Wil- liam F. Hurd and Asa G. Hand, admitted by it in 1831; James Caughey, admitted by the New York Confer- ence, in 1832, who afterward became a highly suc- cessful evangelist and was greatly blessed in his remarkable revival work on both sides of the Atlantic ; Philetus Green, admitted by the New England Con- ference, in 1833; Moses L. Scudder, admitted by the New England Conference, in 1837, who filled many prominent positions in the New England states and in this state, and was the author of several excellent works. I may further mention the names of Orrin Pier, H, Robinson, James Hulme, William McComber, John Luccook, Coles R. Wilkins, Horace B. Knight, Daniel Mason, Robert Patterson, and Thomas A. Griffin. The last two are active members of the Troy Conference and are doing admirable service for the 76 METHODISM IN TROY. master. The last named minister has occupied the highest office in the gift of the conference, that of pre- siding elder, and was a member of the General Confer- ence. Henry A. Starks and Daniel Marvin, jr., also went out from the State Street society and are now zealous and accomplished ministers. From the society also P. R. Hawxhurst and Charlton T. Lewis, of the Troy University, went forth into the world’s great arena. One of the noblest and most distinguished of the Methodist ministers who have labored in Troy was the Rev. Erastus Wentworth, D.D., who was licensed to preach in 1840. Asa teacher in Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary and the Troy Conference Academy, as a professor of natural sciences in Dickinson College, as president of the McKendree College, as a missionary in China, as the editor of the Ladies’ Repository, as a member of the committee on the revision of ‘the Hymnal, as a magazine and newspaper writer, as a literary reviewer, as a friend, a pastor, and a preacher. his many qualifications, force of character, and large- ness of heart gave him that individual distinction which will ever honor his name and endear his memory. When he died at Sandy Hill, on May 25, 1886, he had reached the ripe age of seventy-three years. It was well said of him that he was “a genius, and had the brilliancy, the moods, the versatility, and the eccen- tricity which are popularly and with comparatively few exceptions, properly connected with the idea of genius.” The day before his death he dictated a note in which METHODISM IN TROY. 77 he says: “I am very sick; willing to live if it be God's will.” The last word he whispered was “ rest.” REUBEN PECKHAM. The death of Reuben Peckham, on Friday morning, January 14, 1887, at his residence, No. 102 Third Street, deprived the State Street society. of one of its most active, honored, and godly members. He became connected with it in 1834, and from that time filled all the offices held by its laymen. Benevolent in his gifts, charitable in his opinions, exemplary in his life, he was a Methodist without reproach, loved, and remembered by all who knew him. The first of his Quaker ancestors who settled in America were colo- nists in Rhode Island. Samuel Peckham, his father, moved thence to Dutchess County, in this state, before the Revolutionary war. Later he changed his resi- dence to Pittstown, in Rensselaer County, where Reuben Peckham was born, February 25,1812. At the age of eighteen years he was employed by Valen- tine and Daniel Marvin, dry-goods merchants, in Troy. Subsequently he went to Utica and served as a clerk in the store of his brother, John S. Peckham. On his return to Troy, in 1836, he entered into partnership with John G. Buswell, under the name of Buswell & Peckham, stove manufacturers. On the dissolution of the firm, in 1841, he removed to New York and there engaged in the lumber business as a member of the firm of Wall & Peckham. Returning to Troy, he purchased, April 1, 1850, the interest of Alvin Williams, a member of the firm of Manning & Howland 78 METHODISM IN TROY. (William H. Manning, Gardner Howland, and Alvin- Williams), which, in 1846, erected the Mount Ida Mill. and there began the manufacture of manilla paper. On Reuben Peckham’s admission to the firm it took the name of Manning & Peckham, by which name the business was conducted when he died. ELIZABETH HILLMAN. Before passing to the history of the eight churches in the city, which sprang into existence from the State Street society, it would be well to glance briefly at several noteworthy occurrences in the lives of two holy women whose souls were filled with the spirit of the Saviour of men.: One of the most touching incidents illustrative of the sanctifying power of God’s grace and the Christian fortitude of a pious woman, I may here relate as a tribute to the memory of a much-loved relative and an estimable member of the State Street and Congress Street societies, Miss Elizabeth Hillman, familiarly called Aunt Betsey: Hillman, who was well-known to all its people as an earnest Christian and a zealous worker in the Lord’s vineyard. During revivals she frequently gave evidence of her joyous exaltation of soul with loud shouts of praise and hallelujahs. On Tuesday evening, July 27, 1852, while present at a prayer-meeting held at the residence of Noah Clapp, a member of the State Street Church, ‘she led in prayer. One of the special favors which she solicited of the Great Ruler and Disposer of events was that when her work was done on earth she might be called METHODISM IN TROY. 79 quickly to heaven, for she dreaded the pains of a pro- longed illness. On the following morning she took passage on the boat Henry Clay. plying between Albany and New York. On the way the boat began racing with another steamboat, the Armenia, on the opposition line. The excited passengers became greatly alarmed for their safety. A young woman from Albany was much frightened and Miss Hillman, in her endeavors to calm her apprehensions, spoke to her about the salvation of her soul. Discovering that she had not yet accepted Christ as her Saviour, and was wholly unprepared to die, Aunt Betsy urged her to give her heart to God. This she promised to do, if she should be permitted to get off the boat alive. Shortly afterward the boat was discovered to be on fire, and was steered toward the shore. In attempting to save their lives about fifty of the passengers were burned or drowned. The young woman and Miss Hillman, in seeking a way of escape, were compelled to decide which one of the two should perish on board the burning boat. Aunt Betsy at once urged her dismayed and sorely-distressed companion to leave her, saying : “Iam prepared to die, and you are not.” The young woman fortunately escaped and afterward obtained that peace of soul, of which she delighted to speak when tearfully telling of the noble unselfishness of the Christian woman who went to Heaven in a bright mantle of flame. Her age was fifty-seven. Her body was brought home by her brother Jacob. who was with her, and her funeral 80 METHODISM IN TROY. services were held in the Congress Street M. E. Church. The Rev. Ephraim Goss preached her funeral sermon. ANN CHAPEL. For many years among, the members of the State Street Church, Ann Chapel was well known for her saintly character. She afterward joined the Congress Street Church, and was a member of my class. When a little girl in England, the great founder of our church, John Wesley, had placed his hands on her head and given her. his blessing. I had frequently visited the aged pilgrim and had often prayed with her. When she was taken with her last illness, about the year 1861, I was suddenly impressed’ by a sense of duty to visit her. Leaving my business abruptly, I hastened to her dwelling and found her lying in bed in a clean and tidy room. Going to the bedside, I inquired how Jesus appeared to her then as a Saviour. Her face beamed with heavenly light as she began to recite, “Jesus, lover of my soul.’?, When she had said, “ Let me,” in the second line of the stanza, her voice failed to give utterance to the succeeding words. Seeing her emotion, I cheerfully said to her, “ Sister Chapel, I have always had a great reverence for John Wesley, and I have a picture of his death-bed hanging in my room at home. Knowing that he blessed you, when your were a little girl in England, I wish that you would place your hand on my head and give me your blessing, after I have prayed with you.” After my prayer, I leaned over METHODISM IN TROY. 8r on the bed and she laid her emaciated hand on my head, and said, “ Yes, a thousand blessings on your head. God bless you.” O how the glory of that blessing seemed to come down upon me! It seemed to me that I had never been so blessed in all my life. I left her room about noon, and at sunset she entered the haven of heavenly rest where there is no night nor darkness. Although I have never had the imposed hands of a bishop on my head, I have always felt no little peace and happiness in having had the blessing of Ann Chapel, as a connecting link with the blessing of John Wesley. THOMAS ARCHIBALD. One of the venerable and active members of the State Street Church was Thomas Archibald, who, about the year 1820, became a class-leader in the society. He was licensed to exhort and afterwards to preach. He was an intimate acquaintance of the writer when still a boy. His class was accustomed to meet in the small, frame school-house, which stood on Fifth Street, east of the old wooden church. Frequently during revival meetings the services of the class were of such an interesting character that not a few of the members would lose their strength, and when the services in the church began some persons would be left in the school- room in charge of them, until they had recovered their strength. From Thomas Archibald’s class the Revs. Wright Hazen, Merritt Bates, James C. Bonte- cou, and Philetus Green, went into the Methodist ministry. This information was furnished by his g 82 METHODISM IN TROY. excellent wife who is still living. She is a sister of E. A. Burrows, and the mother of J.C. Archibald. She also informed the writer that in those days, if any member of the society were absent from the class- meetings four consecutive times, he or she was dealt with for neglect of duty. METHODISM IN TROY. 83 PAWLING AVENUE CHURCH. The first Methodist meeting-house at Albia, in the fifth ward of the city, was erected by the trustees of the State Street society, for the purpose of providing its members there with a convenient place for hearing preaching and for holding prayer-meetings, when they were precluded from attending religious services at the State Street Church. On August 15, 1826, the trustees appointed John Usher, Barney Weatherwax, and Caleb Knight “a committee of superintendence to the building of a Methodist meeting-house in the village of Albia for the use of the members.” In 1829, the Rev. John Tackaberry, who had been appointed by the conference to assist the Rev. Samuel Merwin, pastor of the State Street society, statedly preached in the new meeting-house at Albia. In 1830, the Rev. Abiathar M. Osbon, assisting the Rev. John B. Stratton, also statedly preached there. In 1831, the Rev. Abiathar M. Osbon was appointed by conference to take charge of the Albia society. In 1853, the Rev. PAWLING AVENUE (ALBIA) M. E. CHURCH. METHODISM IN TROY. 85 Aaron Hall was appointed to take charge of Levings Chapel and the Albia society, which two were under the same pastor until 1861, when the Rev. L. Barber was appointed to. Albia. In the following year no appointment was made for Albia, but Rev. G. H. Gregory supplied the pulpit. In 1863, the Rev. W. H. Hughes was sent to the society, which had then one hundred and twenty-two members. In 1868, the society was designated by the name of the Pawling Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church. The stone tablet in the front wall of the church bears this inscrip- tion: “Erected A. D. 1827. Rebuilt A. D. 1858.” The present membership of the church is 166, 86 METHODISM IN TROY. FIFTH AVENUE (NORTH SECOND ST.) CHURCH. The expediency of taking advantage of the growth of the city northward of Grand Division Street, and of having a church in which the seats were free, caused the State Street society to give consideration to the project of providing a place of worship in the north part of Troy. On May 23, 1831, the Quarterly Con- ference appointed a committee, Eli Townsend, Stephen Monroe and William C. Urena, “to provide a place for preaching somewhere in the bounds of the fourth ward.” On August 8, that year, the committee reported ‘that the only place to be had” was “the dwelling-house” of Stephen Monroe. A committee of five persons, William W. Whipple, Eli Townsend, Stephen Andres, Daniel Marvin, jr., and Independence Starks, was then appointed “to provide a place or places for meetings in the first and fourth wards” of the city. Considering that the lot on the northeast corner of North Second and Jacob streets would be an eligible site for a church, Eli Townsend, James METHODISM IN TROY. 87 Wallace, and Jefferson Gardner, on August 13, that year, privately purchased the plot for $1,500, and determined to hold the ground in their possession until the State Street society should take proper action in the matter. On the evening of that day, the trustees of the State Street society resolved that a subscription should be “ circulated throughout the City of Troy and elsewhere for the purpose of building a Methodist Episcopal Church in the fourth ward” of the city “with free seats.” On May 12, 1832, they voted to buy the lot “owned by Eli Townsend and others, opposite Lawyer Ross’ house,” and on March 18, 1833, appointed Eli Townsend and Zina P. Egleston to purchase the property “at the price of $1,500 and the expenses” which had accrued thereon since the lot was bought by its three owners from Latham Cornell. On June 14, 1834, the trustees resolved to proceed with the building of the church according to the plan furnished them by G. & H. Landon, and appointed Zina P. Egleston, Thomas L. Ostrom, and Jesse Anthony, a committee “to take the supervision of the building” of the church, and “ to make contracts for the same.” In furnishing the audience room, the trustees voted on August 21, 1835, to put moreen curtains “in the rear of the pulpit.” The building was a brick structure with a basement. As soon as the rooms in the basement were finished, they were used for prayer and other meetings, and by the Sunday-school, which had been organized on June 2, that year, in Miss Annie Manwarring’s school-room on 88 METHODISM IN TROY. the west side of North Second Street, between Federal and Jacob streets. On Sunday afternoon, August 30, Bishop Elijah Hedding dedicated the church. DIVISION OF THE PROPERTY. To become an incorporated body, the congregation on October 12, 1835, elected Eli Townsend, Jesse Anthony, John W. Mackey, John Wright, and Zina P. Egleston, trustees of ‘the North Second Street Methodist Episcopal Church of the City of Troy.” On January 16, 1836, the trustees of the State Street Church agreed to divide the property of the society between the congregations. The society was then encumbered with a debt of $9,675.97, which had been made by the building of the North Second Street Church. The State Street congregation agreed to assume the payment of $5,338.53 of the debt, and the North Second Street the remainder—$4,337.44. Under this arrangement, by an order of the Chancellor of the State of New York, the trustees of the State Street Church, or “the Methodist Episcopal Church of Troy,” deeded to the trustees of the North Second Street society the lot and church on the northeast corner of North Second and Jacob streets. The Rev. Samuel D. Fer- guson preached to the congregation from 1835 to 1836. The first pastor of the church, the Rev. Charles Sherman, took charge of the society in 1836. During the second pastorate, in 1843-44, his health failed him, and he died, March 10, 1844. He was succeeded, in 1838, by the Rev. P. C. Oakley. In 1839, the Rev. Noah Levings was appointed the pastor of the society. FIFTH AVENUE (NORTH 2d ST.) M. E. CHURCH. go METHODISM IN TROY. On February 7, 1840, he wrote to the editors ot the Christian Advocate and Fournal: ‘The Lord is carrying on a blessed revival of religion in the North Second Street Church in this city. It has been in progress since the new year commenced. * * * The work has taken a deep hold of the public mind, and has resulted in the conversion of 60 or 70 souls. Among them are several heads of families, and a number of North River captains, who acknowledged when they set out that they had been beating down the Gulf of Destruction by far too long, and that they had resolved to ‘down helm and come about.’ They are now got under way for Heaven, with a fine breeze and a fair prospect of landing in glory.” On March 13, that year, he again wrote: “The good work is still in progress) * * * We have received 160, and others are expected to join soon.” During the pastorate of the Rev. H. L. Starks, several gracious revivals blessed his labors. On November 28, 1841, he wrote to the editors of the Christian Advocate and Fournal: ‘“ Upward of 30 have been converted within the last two anda half months; 36 have united with us on trial, and 8 were at the altar last Sabbath evening.” On the 6th of April following, he thus wrote of another work of grace: ‘“ During the past winter God has very graciously favored us with an outpour- ing of his Spirit * * * Upward of 80 have been converted. About 60 have joined the church.” The next pastor, the Rev. Merritt Bates, also was METHODISM IN TROY. gI blessed in this field, and wrote on February 20, 1843: “A protracted meeting has been in progress in the North Second Street M. E. Church for several weeks past, and 211 have been received on probation since it commenced.” On January 26, 1846, the Rev. S. L. Stillman wrote to the leading church paper: ‘The work is glori- ously prosperous among us in the North Second Street Church. More than fifty persons have recently signi- fied their desire to flee from the wrath to come and to be saved from their sins. Between thirty and forty, including several of the choir and their leader, have been converted within the last two weeks, and about thirty have given their names, and pledged themselves. to travel with us to the heavenly rest.” The following interesting incidents were communi- cated by the Rev. James H. Darrow, on June 24, 1848, to the editors of the Christian Advocate and Fournal : “JT am happy to inform you that choir singing is abolished in the North Second Street M. E. Church in this city. I wish you could worship with us once, and witness the soul-stirring melody made by hundreds of spiritual songsters. I have inquired diligently and cannot find one person who is dissatisfied with the change. I have never heard of a similar change in any other church that was the cause of dissatisfaction, while, on the other hand, I never knew of choir-sing- ing being adopted in a church without causing more or less dissatisfaction; and, I may add, animosities, 92 METHODISM IN TROY. strifes, bickerings, jealousies, and the like, have been generally the fruit. We are in the midst of a revival.” The erection of a new church edifice was first discussed by the trustees of the society on April 4, 1854. At their next meeting, a week later, they resolved to build the church on the site of the first structure. While the new church was building, the society worshipped in the Tabernacle, or old Fourth Presbyterian Church, on the northwest corner of Elbow (Fulton), and Fifth streets. The new house of worship was dedicated by Bishop Janes on Friday, December 29, 1854. The society’s present member- ship is 566. By a resolution of the Board of Trustees, passed on Thursday evening, February 9, 1888, the name of the society was changed to that of the Fifth Avenue Meth- odist Episcopal Church of Troy, in consequence of North Second Street being changed to Fifth Avenue by the Common Council of the city. The Troy Conference has held five of its annual sessions in the churches of the society: May 31, 1843; May 9, 1855; April 12, 1871; April 19, 1882; and April 11, 1888. The following members of the society became ministers of the Methodist and other churches: James B. Wood, James Lemon, Charles S. Harrower, Gilbert D. Gregory, Walton W. Battershall, George A. Hall, George Woodworth, Ibra Cannon, and Marvin R. Vincent. METHODISM IN TROY. 93, LEVINGS CHURCH. A number of persons, designating themselves members of the Fourth Methodist Episcopal Church in Troy, held a meeting on September 24, 1838, at their usual place of divine worship at the Nail Works, for the purpose of organizing a Methodist society, and there elected Stephen Frank, William Stewart, Charles Dibble, Joseph Carlin, and Philip Hogle “trustees of Levings Chapel in the city of Troy.” The society erected a house of worship in 1850. The Rev. J. W. Belknap was appointed, in 1851, to take charge of the society and that of the Third Street Methodist Epis- copal Church. He was succeeded, in 1852, by the Rev. Tobias Spicer, who was appointed pastor of the Levings Chapel society. Speaking of his appointment he observes: ‘“ My labors this year were mostly in South Troy, where we had a feeble society, which had lately built anew church. In 1853, the Rev. Aaron Hall had the appointment to Levings Chapel and Albia. In 1861, the two societies had separate appoint- 94 METHODISM IN TROY. ments, the Rev. S. P. Williams receiving that of Levings Chapel. During the second year of his pas- torate the number of the members of the society was one hundred and forty. In 1888, the number of members was two hundred and twelve. Some years ago the Quarterly Conference passed a resolution changing the name of Levings Chapel to that of Levings Church, and since that time the society has been recognized by that name, although the corporate name, Levings Chapel, has not been changed. The following persons, who were members of this society, entered the Methodist ministry: William H. Smith and Samuel A. Kirkbride. Ith. CA LEVINGS CHURCH AND PARSONAGE, 96 METHODISM IN TROY. THIRD STREET CHURCH. The origin of the Third Street Methodist Episcopal Church can be traced to a statement made by William Barrett, a class-leader of the State Street Church, at the leaders’ meeting held on May 2, 1842. There speaking of the prospect of advancing the cause of Methodism in South Troy, he suggested the suita- bleness of the house belonging to him in that part of the city for preaching. In the spring of 1843, Daniel Hudson moved from the northern part of Troy, where he had been superintendent of a Methodist Sunday- school, to the southern part, in the vicinity of the house of William Barrett, in which, from time to time, prayer- meetings had been held. A class was then formed and Daniel Hudson was chosen as its leader. At the leaders’ meeting, held at the State Street Church, on July 3, 1843, Gardner Landon, Valentine Marvin, George Christie, Nathan Taylor, and William Barrett were appointed a committee to take into consideration the propriety of securing lots in South Troy and of METHODISM IN TROY. 97 erecting a church on them. On December 4, 1843, a resolution was passed by the class-leaders and stewards of the State Street Church to pay William Barrett $15 for the use of: his house until May 1, 1844, for preach- ing, prayer-meetings, and a Sunday-school. Another resolution was passed, under which George Christie, Gardner Landon, William Barrett, and E. S. Brainard, were appointed a committee to circulate a subscription paper for the purpose of raising money to build a church in South Troy. On March 4, 1844, William Barrett and Daniel Hudson stated at a meeting of the class-leaders and stewards of the State Street Church that the people of the South Troy class preferred to build a church themselves, to elect their own trustees, to hold the deeds of the property, and to have no connection with the State Street Church. On March 29, that year, George Christie, Joseph Carlin, William Barrett, Daniel Hudson, and Enoch Hunt were elected trustees of “the Third Street Methodist Episcopal Society of the City of Troy,” three of them being members of State Street Church. In October, that year, the Sunday-school was organized, with Daniel Hudson as male superintendent, and Miss Olive Rich- ards female superintendent, William Barrett secretary and librarian, and fifteen teachers. In 1845, a lot on the northeast corner of Third and Monroe streets was purchased by the society. The Rev. O. Emerson was appointed to the Third Street Church, in 1846. The number of members, probably, did not exceed thirty, and that of the Sunday-school seventy-five. It is 8 98 METHODISM IN TROY, related that while the church was building, the Rev. OQ. Emerson once preached from the steps of the edifice. In 1847, the Rev. E. Noble was appointed to the Third and Congress street churches. On December 25, Christmas day, that year, the church was dedicated by the Rev. Charles Pitman, D. D. The frame building was one story in height. Although, in 1849, the Rev. A. A. Farr was appointed to the Third and Congress street churches, the Rev. Lorenzo Marshall, then just graduated from college, supplied the pulpit of the society. In 1850, the society had fifty members and fourteen probationers. That year the society became a separate charge, and the Rev. Cornelius R. Ford was appointed its pastor. In 1851, the Rev. J. W. Belknap was appointed to the Third Street Church and Levings Chapel, but in the following year was given charge of the Third Street society. During the three years’ pastorate of the Rev. M. A. Senter, 1868-1870, the society's membership was considerably augmented. The earnest pastor, assisted by the Troy Praying Band, inaugurated “a marked and wide-spread revival,” which resulted in the conversion of fifty-eight persons. In 1870, Joseph Hillman obtained a gift of $500 to the society by selling certain property belonging to I. Townsend Burden. In 1873, the church was enlarged by the construction of a lower story of brick, on which the wooden structure of the first edifice was placed ; the society worshipping meanwhile in the South Troy Baptist Chapel. In 1877, the circumstances of the society were so adverse that no appointment was made a i THIRD STREET M. E. CHURCH. 100 METHODISM IN TROY. to supply its pulpit. It is said of the office of superin- ° tendent of the Sunday-school, “ there was at this time no man in the church who could, or would, accept this office, until Thomas W. Goring, an Episcopalian in name, not converted in heart, who, rather than see the school die, allowed himself to be elected superin- tendent of the school. Not feeling able to open the school with prayer, he at first called upon the older sisters of the church to pray.” It is further related, that had it not been ‘for him and the school” the society ‘would have been blotted out.” Supplies for the pulpit were frequently obtained from the local ministry and occasionally the pastors of the other de- nominations would preach to the society and bury the dead. In the spring of 1879, the name of the church was changed to that of Wesley Chapel, and the society united with that of the State Street Church. In May, 1879, Daniel Klock, jr., succeeded Thomas W. Goring as superintendent of the Sunday-school. From 1880 to 1884, the society does not appear by name in the minutes of the Troy Conference, it being included in State Street Church. In the spring of 1884, the society having been reorganized by the zealous efforts of Daniel Klock, jr., the efficient super- intendent of the Sunday-school, the Rev. E. H. Brown was sent by the conference to the church. About thirty members came from other churches and twenty- one probationers were added. The Sunday-school had then about seventeen officers and teachers and seventy-five scholars. In 1886, the name of the METHODISM IN TROY. 4 101 society, the Third Street Methodist Episcopal Society was revived, and that of Wesley Chapel discarded. Under the successful management of its able super- intendent, Daniel Klock, jr., the Sunday-school at the beginning of the year 1888 had 224 members, includ- ing officers and teachers; the average attendance being 151. In consequence of the smallness of the Sunday-school room, an enlargement of it has been made recently to provide better accommodations for the increased number of scholars. The members of the church now number 116. 102 ' METHODISM IN TROY. TRINITY CHURCH. The circumstances attending the organization of Trinity Church are briefly detailed in the first records of the society. “The Methodist Episcopal Church in Congress Street, Troy, N. Y., was organized in the month of October, 1846, in the following manner: Several persons from the State Street Methodist Epis- copal Church, and the North Second Methodist Epis- copal Church, came with certificates from the pastors of those churches to Rev. Oliver Emerson, pastor of the Third Street Church, and wished to come under his care and to be formed into a class to meet in Con- gress Street, Ida Hill. They were received and a class was formed under the care of Stephen Monroe and William H. Robbins.” The members of this class who had been holding prayer-meetings and worship- ping at the residence of Isaac Hillman, No. 188 Con- gress Street many years, met there on October 28; that year, and elected Isaac Hillman, Jonathan T. Williams, William H. Robbins, Stephen Monroe, and TRINITY M. E. CHURCH. (Formerly Congress Street M E Church} 104 METHODISM IN TROY. James N. Austin, trustees of the Congress Street Methodist Episcopal Church.” During the first six months of its existence, the society had a rapid growth and about fifty persons, converted at its meetings, were received as probationers. In 1847, at the close of the Rev. Oliver Emerson’s pastorate of the Third Street Methodist Episcopal Church, the Rev. Edward Noble was appointed to the Third Street and Congress Street churches. In June, that year, an old blacksmith- shop, a wooden building, on the south side of Congress Street, at its intersection with Ferry Street, was recon- structed for a house of worship, which was thereafter familiarly called the “ Hemlock Church,” On its com- pletion, the Sunday-school of the society, organized at that time, began holding its sessions in the new meeting- house. The small building proving inadequate for the uses of the congregation, the society determined to build a larger edifice of brick, and purchased the site of the present church, on the north side of Thirteenth Street, near its intersection with Congress Street. This change of location was so unsatisfactory to William H. Robbins, and a number of the members, that they with- drew from the society and organized another, which they denominated the “ True Wesleyan Church,” and some time afterward erected a brick house of worship on the site of the Hemlock Church. Notwithstanding this seces- sion, the Congress Street society began the erection of an attractive church. The structure would have been smaller in its dimensions and of less capacity, had not Isaac Hillman, who assisted in the measuring of the METHODISM IN TROY. 105 foundation lines, added five more feet to the width and ten more to the depth of the ground plan than the trustees had voted. The increased expense of con- structing the building according to these measurements was paid by subscriptions obtained by Mr. Hillman for that purpose. The organization of the Congress Street Church may be traced to a prayer-meeting first held about the year 1832, and subsequently twice a week, on Sunday afternoons and Friday evenings, at the house of Isaac Hillman, standing a short distance east of the site of the Hemlock Church on Congress Street. It was afterward asserted that more souls had been converted at those prayer-meetings than in the State Street Church, while they were held. Frequently the inter- est in the Sunday afternoon prayer-meeting would become so great that they would be continued until late in the evening. Committees were several times appointed by the Official Board of the State Street Church to take charge of the prayer-meetings on Sun- day.afternoons in order to have them close before the evening services began at the church. It is related that the members of these committees would become so interested and blessed themselves while attending them that they would forget to discharge the duty imposed upon them of closing the meetings at the time designated, Finally William W. Whipple, a self- possessed and very orderly man, a member of the Official Board, was selected and instructed to have the prayer-meeting closed before the evening services at RESIDENCE OF ISAAC HILLMAN, 1832. METHODISM IN TROY. 107 the church, He returned from his mission convinced that much good was accomplished by the prayer- meeting held on Sunday afternoon, and said to the members of the Official Board that “they must be careful how they put their hands on that prayer- meeting, because more souls were converted there than in the whole church beside.” In fact those prayer- meetings were great feeders to the church. ISAAC HILLMAN SAVED AT SEA. A most striking and memorable incident I may here relate to illustrate the value and importance of prayer, and the Friday night prayer-meetings. About the year 1835, Isaac Hillman, the writer’s father, intending to go on business to New Orleans, before starting on so long and perilous a journey, as it was in those days, requested that prayers might be offered in the meetings for his health and safe return. They were promised him, as were the prayers of the pastor, the Rev. Truman Seymour. He took passage at New York in the ship Lewis Cass. Shortly after getting out at sea, a severe gale was encountered which continued with great violence for nine days. When off the Bahama Islands, in a most dangerous part of the Atlantic, the captain of the vessel perceiving that the ship could not much longer be kept from going to pieces, gave up all hope of saving the vessel, and ordered the passengers to be prepared for the small boats. Speaking of his feelings at that time, Mr. Hillman after- ward remarked, “I looked out upon the tumultuous waves which madly tossed the unmanageable ship this 108 METHODISM IN TROY way and that way, and said to myself, ‘ Well, the sea will be my grave; thank God I am ready |’ But just then the thought occurred to me, ‘ Why, to-night is Friday night, and there is a prayer-meeting at my house, and the brethren are praying. for me.’ I went down into the cabin, and instead of preparing to leave the ship as I had been ordered, I fell on my knees and began to pray. It was not long before I saw with the eyes of faith the sails filled with the wind from off the islands, and the imperiled vessel sailing away from the danger- ous banks upon which we had been driving. I hastened on deck and crying out with a raised voice to attract the attention of the officers, crew, and passen- gers, I exclaimed, ‘ To-night is Friday night, and there is a prayer-meeting now holding at my house, a number of people are praying for me, and we shall be saved. So confident was I of our safety that I went down into the cabin again and fell asleep. Near midnight the captain came down and calling me, said, ‘Mr. Hillman, wake up, we are all safe.’ Sure enough the wind had veered and the vessel had barely escaped shipwreck. I arose and went on deck and found the rejoicing passengers had been invited by the delighted captain to partake of some refreshments in honor of the safety of the ship and all on board. Filled with deep gratitude to God for his great goodness, I said to the assembled officers and passengers, ‘ Let us first return thanks to the Great Ruler for his delivering us from the dangers which have threatened us.’ Not only did the captain but all the officers, some of whom had been ISAAC HILLMAN. Ilo METHODISM IN TROY. exceedingly profane during the early part of the voyage, kneel with the rest of us while I offered to God our hearty thanks for his merciful dealings with us.” The corner-stone of the present brick church was laid in October, 1848. The building was dedicated on July 12, 1849, by the Rev. Bishop L. L. Hamline, of Ohio, who was assisted by the Rev. Bishop Elijah Hedding. The pews in the church were free, and since its erection no rentals for sittings have been imposed or collected. The whole cost of the site, building, and furniture, was $6,199.84. The new church was indebted to Isaac Hillman and his sister Elizabeth, and also to Alvin Williams, who, together paid about one-half of the entire cost. The society had then one hundred and nine members and forty-two probationers. That year Alvin Williams, Joseph Hillman, Gardner Howland, George Christie, and A. D. Wilcox, became members of the society, giving it not only a strong financial support, but also the advantages of their religious experiences. In 1850, the society became an independent organization and that year the Troy Con- ference gave it the Rev. A. A. Farr, as pastor. In 1853, a well-appointed parsonage was erected on the west side of the church at an expenditure of $2,876.48. The church was enlarged in 1860, giving it sittings for two hundred more people. The building was then rededicated by the Rev. Bishop Matthew Simpson. Two years later, the Sunday-school rooms were enlarged at a cost of $600. The expenses were met by the profits of an excursion from Troy to Saratoga METHODISM IN TROY. II Springs, projected and arranged by the superintendent of the Sunday-school, Joseph Hillman. There were three trains, each composed of eighteen cars. The total receipts were about $2,200 and the expenses $1,400. The Rev. Bishop Simpson delivered an address. A company of singers from New York, the Tremaine family, gave a. concert, and Dodsworth’s Band from New York City, and Doring’s from Troy, furnished the instrumental music. In 1880, the church was renovated and enlarged and attractively improved in appearance by the addition of corner towers and other architect- ural features, at a cost of $14,084.94. The building was rededicated December 28, 1880. From the society of this church have gone forth to preach the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ such eminent and worthy ministers as the Revs. Henry S. White, Fred. Widmer, John Pilkinton, Robert G. Adams, David B. Clark, H. C. Farrar, J. Wesley Heath, E. H. Dutcher, and E. Orville Howland. The present membership of the church is 482. 112 METHODISM IN TROY. GRACE (VAIL AVENUE) CHURCH. In 1843 there was a Methodist Sunday-school conducted in the northern part of the city of which Daniel Hudson was superintendent. In later years its sessions were held in the district school-house in the: tenth ward, in Turner’s Lane, now Glen Avenue. On March 15, 1852, a number of Methodists, worship- ping in the school-house, elected there Titus Eddy, Oliver Boutwell, George Smith, Samuel G. Sargeant, E. R. Swasey, and Sylvester Cooper, trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church in North Troy. In 1853, the society, then known as the Batestown Mission, and that of Green Island, had the Rev. John L. Cook as pastor. In 1854, Reuben Gregg was appointed to the Green Island and North Troy Mission; the two places reporting forty-six members. On May 15, that year, the name of the society was changed to that of the North Troy Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1858, the present church was erected, and on Decem- ber 10, that year, it was dedicated. In 1867, the society took the name of the Vail Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, and on Monday evening, April 2, 1888, it was changed to Grace Methodist Episcopal Church of Troy, N.Y. The present number of mem- bers of the society is 506. GRACE (VAIL AVENUE) M. E. CHURCH. 114 METHODISM IN TROY. FIRST GERMAN CHURCH. Although Troy had from a very early date not a few German inhabitants, it was not until 1855 that an effort was made to form a religious society, composed exclusively of German people. At that time it was estimated that there were no less than 2500 Germans in the city. The first German minister, who undertook to form a German society of a religious denomination in Troy, was the Rev. Mr. Swartz, the pastor of the German Methodist Church in Albany, who in 1855 began to conduct religious services in a building on the northwest corner of First and Ferry streets. Some months later, the Rev. F. W. Dinger of the New York Conference continued these services in the True Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Church, on the south side of Congress Street, at its intersection with Ferry Street. In that building, the First German Methodist Episcopal Church of Troy was organized, on July 25, 1857. On that day, the first quarterly conference, presided over by the Rev. John Sauter, GERMAN M. E. CHURCH. 116 METHODISM IN TROY. presiding elder, was held in the church: The follow- ing lay members attended the meeting: William Wackar, Christian Schaible, Henry Mabeus, John Eppele, and Albert Fischer. On August 16, 1858, Wendell Hess was licensed as a class leader and an exhorter, which positions he still holds. The Sunday- school was organized on April 20, 1856; William Mackar being elected superintendent; the school having four teachers and eleven scholars. The society was incorporated March 31, 1859, the articles being witnessed by Henry Lahann, Cooper Hart, Albert Fischer, and Godlove Xander, and sworn to before Joseph Hillman, commissioner of deeds. Shortly afterward the society purchased two lots on the north- west corner of Union and State streets for #1,500. The buildings on the lots were destroyed in the great fire of May 10, 1862. The society having received through the action of conference, $1,800 from the sale of the German Methodist Church property in Albany, was enabled to undertake the erection of the present house of worship on State Street. The brick church was dedicated on March 25, 1863, with appropriate services. The indebtedness of the society was paid in 1872, by the proceeds of a fair, which realized $1,200, and $800 was obtained by Mrs. Joseph Hillman from personal friends. In token of their appreciation of her generous efforts, the officers of the church presented to Mrs. Hillman at the church on Christ- mas day, 1872, a quarto German Bible and a silver cake basket. The society received support from METHODISM IN TROY. 117 the East German Conference, until 1868, when it became self-sustaining. On May 2, 1868, the East German Conference held its annual session in the church; Bishop Scott presiding. At this meeting of the conference, the present pastor of the church, the Rev. William H. Kurth was ordained an elder. The church has had two local preachers; the Rev. Henry Groner, who resigned in 1878, and the Rev. Frederick Beiermeister, who was licensed in 1884. The present membership of the church is 141. 118 METHODISM IN TROY, AFRICAN ZION CHURCH. The origin of the African Zion Methodist Episcopal Church, is traceable to. a class connected with the State Street Church, called “the colored class,” which was led in 1830, by John Dungy, an intelligent and pious man of African descent, who in 1831 became the pastor of the small congregation of colored people, which that year was known as the African Methodist Church of Troy. In 1832 the society took the name of the Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Zion Church of Troy. A small wooden dwelling, on Fifth Street, north of Liberty Street, was fitted for a house of worship for the congregation. In 1841, the society purchased a lot and building on Fifth Street, and altered the structure into a church. On February 23, 1842, William Meads, Jacob Brown, Lewis Butler, Littleton Becket, and Lewis Jones were elected trustees of the Wesleyan Methodist Zion Church of the city of Troy. The property was sold about the year 1863. In the spring of 1864, George Bristol purchased for the A. M. E. ZION CHURCH. 120 METHODISM IN TROY. congregation, the property on the east side of Seventh Street, between State Street and Broadway, the title of which was afterward conveyed to Joseph Hillman, Reuben Peckham, and Adam C. Fellows as trustees. On the resignation of A. C. Fellows, H. Clay Bascom, was elected his successor, and he in turn was succeed- ed by Henry C. Curtis. On the death of Reuben Peckham, Edward O. House was appointed to fill his place. On the brown stone tablet in the front wall of the brick building, in which the congregation worships, is inscribed: A. M. E. Zion Church, organized, A. D., 1832, erected A. D., 1865. The present membership is 79. METHODISM IN TROY. 12 \ PROGRESS AND GROWTH. The progress of Methodism in Troy can evidently be seen in the number of persons who from time to time represented the membership of the society or societies. During the first thirty years of the century, from 1800 to 1830, the increase of the membership was 1623. per cent., while the increase of the popula- tion of the place was only 963 per cent.; showing that that of the church was 660 per cent. greater than that of the village and city; for in 1816 Troy became a city. From 1830 to 1860 the increase of the society membership was 284 per cent. while the population of the city increased 340 per cent. indicating that the growth of the church did not equal that of the city. There were many reasons for this noticeable difference of growth. The most adverse as regards the pros- perity of the society, during the second period were the personal disagreements, disputes, and delinquen- cies of certain members which led to church trials and arbitrations. The withdrawal of a prominent family 122 METHODISM IN TROY. from the State Street society, if I may particularize, occasioned no little ill-feeling and had for a time a harmful effect upon the membership of the church. One of the brightest and most popular young men of the church was, in 1338 and 1839, paying his addresses to one of the daughters of a leading officer of the church. From some source the latter obtained the information, which was false, that the young man was wild and unworthy of his daughter’s society, where- upon her father informed him that he could not permit him to visit his house. Notwithstanding this prohi- bition, the pertinacious suitor found opportunities ot seeing the young lady at other places. Learning this, her father said, “ Daughter, I hear that you and your admirer still continue to meet each other.” She replied, “Ves, we do father.” Then said he, ‘‘ You must leave my house; I disown you from this time forth.” The young woman, it is related, put on her bonnet and shawl and started to go to the house of her sister. On her way thither, she called on her lover and told him what had happened. He was then a clerk. He went with her to the house of her sister, sent for the Rev. Stephen Remington, and was there married to her. One of the sons-in-law made the remark that if he were in her father’s place he would horsewhip the minister who had performed the marriage service. This led to a church trial, and the son-in-law was expelled from the society. He appealed from the decision of the committee to the Quarterly Confer- ence, which confirmed the action of the committee, METHODISM IN TROY. 123 The society became so extremely partisan that when her uncle, who had taken offence, resigned the office of trustee, in June, 1839, the members elected the young man in his place. Considering that he was not rightfully elected, he would not consent to accept the office. Not only did the uncle and his wife withdraw from the church, but also the girl’s father and mother. The girl’s sister remained a member of the society until the day of her death, a few years ago. The young couple afterward removed to Cincinnati and there the young man became a wealthy merchant. It was at his residence that the Rev. Noah Levings, D.D., died on January 9, 1849. THE SLAVERY QUESTION. I may here refer to the change of opinion regarding the social status of such colored people as were slaves, to show the advanced views taken of it by some of the members of the State Street society. Ata meeting of the Quarterly Conference held at the church, March 23, 1841, Gardner Landon offered the following preamble and resolutions : “ Whereas we are taught by our holy religion that God has made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on the face of the earth, and that He is no respecter of persons, but in every nation he that feareth Him and worketh righteousness is accepted with Him, and . “ Whereas, every person who is in good and regular standing in the Methodist Episcopal Church is entitled to all the privileges and immunities of said church, and xX 124 METHODISM IN TROY. ““ Whereas the late General Conference, the repre- sentative head of the Methodist Episcopal Church in these United States, did pass a resolution to this effect, that it is inexpedient and unjustifiable to admit any colored person to testify against any white person in church trials in any of the states where the laws forbid them to testify in court of law, and have thereby deprived many. of the members of said church of their Christian rights and duties, is at variance with the word of God, inasmuch as it makes the church a respecter of persons, therefore, resolved : “ First. That we sympathize with those members who are deprived by said resolution of one of their dearest rights. “Second. That we cannot, as officias members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, subscribe to the doctrine in said resolution without doing violence to our conscience. “ Third. That this Quarterly Conference Meeting petition the Troy Annual Conference, at their next session, to take the resolution referred to in the preamble into their serious consideration, and use all the influence they possess as Methodist ministers to have said resolution rescinded at the next session of the General Conference.” There was a marked hesitation shown by the members of the Quarterly Conference in acting upon the proposed resolutions, and it was not until February, 1842, that the first resolution was amended and adopted in this form: ‘“ Resolved that we sympathize with them in their present circumstances.” A METHODISM IN TROY. 125 The Rev. Merritt Bates, while pastor ot the North Second Street Church, during the years 1842-1843, preached a number of sermons in which he advanced some extreme views regarding the rights of slaves. The official board of the society, desiring to preserve the peace and unity of the church, requested him to be silent on the subject which was causing no little discord among the members, but he, with conscious rectitude, did not concede to the board the right of commanding him in the pulpit. His strong utterances respecting slavery caused a charge of misconduct to be brought against him, in the Troy Conference. The charge, how- ever, was not, well sustained, and he was appointed to Rensselaerville, in Albany county, in 1844. He soon afterward withdrew from the Troy Conference and severed his connection with the Methodist Episcopal Church. With a number of the dissatisfied members of the North Second Street Church, and some from the other Methodist churches in the city, he formed, in 1844. a society which took the name of the True Wesleyan Methodist Church of Troy. The society for several years worshipped in a wooden building on the south side of Federal Street, between River and North Second streets, and then ceased to exist, most of its members returning to the Methodist societies to which they had previously belonged. His return to the Troy Conference, the manner of which was alike honorable to the conference and to himself, occurred in 1850. “For the following thirteen years in which he again fought ‘in the lines,’ he showed the tempered zeal of a 126 METHODISM IN TROY. veteran, cheerfully accepting the full share of sacrifices incident to the itinerancy, and never shirking the part of danger.” The question of the rights ot slaves and slave- holders connected with the Methodist Church, which had caused for a number of years not only acri- monious debate and no end of discussion in the different church societies, in the city and the church at large, led, in 1845, to that territorial partisanship which divided the Methodist church north and south. The question had its effect upon the growth of the church, in this city, and its membership was no doubt lessened by the controversies caused by it, during the second period now under review. THE DOCTRINE OF HOLINESS, I may also cite as another cause of the retarded growth of the church, in the second period, the changed view taken by people of the Wesleyan doctrine of holiness, one of the fundamental doctrines of the church. It came to be very unpopular and the preachers very seldom made it the subject of their sermons. Some of the younger preachers went so far as to declare that “ Wesley was bosh.” The decline of religious life in the State Street Church was such that the leaders, at their meeting in October, 1837, resolved: ‘In view of the present state of religion in our church and the importance of promoting holiness of heart and life among our members, and also of laboring for the conversion of sinners, that it is expe- dient and is now the special duty of the class-leaders METHODISM IN TROY. 127 to visit each member of their respective classes and converse closely with them on the state of their souls, and to inquire into the state of religion and religious duty in their families, and to press upon them the duty of punctual attendance on public worship, or prayer and class-meetings, and of interesting themselves in the work of God.” The Rev. John Clark, when presiding elder of the Troy district, in 1847, preached asermon in the State Street Church in which there was so much false doctrine respecting holiness, as taught by the church, that the Rev. Jesse T. Peck and the Rev. Sanford Washburn arraigned him before the conference in Troy, in 1848, which received from him a promise not to preach again as he had upon the subject, whereupon his character passed. The seed sown by him in the State Street Church soon germi- nated, and the fruit was shortly afterward visible, for when anyone spoke at the social meetings, love-feasts, and the prayer-meetings, giving their experience of full sanctification, some opponent of the doctrine would arise and declare, ‘‘I never had any such experience when God converted me. He did it weli, and I have no need to have it done over again,” and such like expressions, so that such criticisms became very annoying to those who had experienced the blessings of perfect love. This was another thing which greatly influenced such members of the State Street society as Alvin Williams, Gardner Howland, George Bristol, George Christie, Isaac and Elizabeth Hillman, and also others from the North Second Street Church, to under- 128 METHODISM IN TROY, ' take the erection of the Congress Street, now Trinity Church. THE GREATEST REVIVAL IN TROY. During the pastorate of the Rev. James Covel, jr., in 1844-45, at State Street Church, there was one of the most extensive revivals that was ever conducted in Troy. The meetings were largely attended; all the available standing space in the room was occupied ; and the Rev. John Newland Maffitt, one of the most eloquent preachers ever occupying that pulpit or that of any other church, delivered nightly many impressive and edifying discourses. The Rev. James Covel, jt became incapacitated by sickness, and the Rev. John W. Lindsay, then a young man recently graduated from a theological seminary, was engaged to take charge of the society. It is estimated that between four and five hundred persons were converted and that nearly three hundred of them became members of the State Street Church. The writer possesses the names of the latter, and a record of all those persons who were received into full connection, the number being one hundred and twenty-three. The others were either dropped, or they changed their place of residence, or died. This loss was not a consequence of any incom- plete work of the revival. Among other causes was the change of pastors of the church, for it is a fact that a church loses more than fifty per cent. of its probationers, as is shown by daéa covering a period of fifteen years, ending January 1, 1874, drawn from the records of the Troy Conference. METHODISM IN TROY. 129 Another cause for the loss, after the revival of 1845, lies in the fact that Mr. Maffitt did not make any effort to increase the higher life in the membership of the church. His converts were enlisted only in such work as secured the conversion of worldly persons, and his individual efforts were only directed to converting sinners outside of Zion. He was one of the best revival managers in that line I ever knew. It was with him that I obtained my first lessons in revival tactics. There were five persons, including myself, who became responsible for the payment of the money to be given for his services: Valentine Marvin, Reuben Peckham, Alvin Williams, Isaac Hillman, and myself. We paid him $100 weekly for a period of eight weeks, and $50 weekly for a second period of four weeks, making a total of $1,000 for his twelve weeks’ work. However, the returns of lectures delivered by him reduced the amount so much that our assessment was only twenty- three dollars each. I may be pardoned if I here present a paragraph from his lecture on ‘‘ Woman,” to show the style of this famous preacher’s rhetoric. He said in reference to women: “Fairer than the virgin rose, beautiful as an angel of light, she came forth from the hand of the Divine Architect and burst with a glorious brightness upon the ravished vision of man.” Not a few persons have attempted to imitate him in his revival work, but they have been less successful. We should study to improve ourselves, in order to be successful in revival work, and to adopt all proper 10 130 METHODISM IN TROY. methods which will insure success, but it is not well to lay aside one’s own individuality and to be servile imitators of others. It is not best to put on clothes which are too large or too small for us. In 1832, the African Methodist Church was organ- ized, and most of the colored-people members of the Methodist societies in the city joined that religious body. On the organization of the German Methodist Church, in 1856, many German members of the other Methodist societies withdrew from them to unite with the German society. THE THIRD PERIOD. During the third period of twenty-seven years, from 1860 to 1887, the ratio of the increase of the member- ship of the Troy societies greatly exceeded the ratio of the increase of the population of the city, the augmentation of membership being 99 per cent. and that of the population only 65 per cent., being 34 per cent. in favor of the church. This noticeable growth, I think, was caused in the main by the general return to and recognition of the Wesleyan doctrine of holiness by the church. Nearly all the preachers now teach it, and make it the subject of their sermons as much as they do justification. The population of Troy, from 1800 to 1887, increased 5.416 per cent. The Meth- odist churches in the city increased 9.216 per cent., showing that the membership of the societies increased 3-800 per cent. more than the population during the period of 87 years. METHODISM IN TROY. 131 I may here briefly mention some of the changes made in the manner of holding camp-meetings, which have annually brought many converts into membership with the different Methodist churches in the city. For many years the members of the various Methodist societies have devotedly attended these out-door services. At their termination, each of the. churches began to hold camp-meeting love-feasts or camp- meeting prayer-meetings, as they were called, which often marked the beginning of a glorious revival season, extending sometimes through the fall and winter months. A half century ago it was not unusual for each church to be represented at a camp meeting by as many people as would need the use of ten or more tents; a family tent being twelve by fifteen feet in dimensions; and a society tent, in which prayer-meetings were held, being still more spacious. Sometimes several families occupied the same tent. Its furniture embraced only such conveniences as were absolutely demanded by the occupants. The ridge-pole was supported by two end poles and a central one. A curtain hanging between the center and rear pole separated the sleeping places of the two sexes, which divisions were further secluded by another curtain suspended across the middle of the tent. A wide board was so placed between the front and middle pole, that by means of supporting pegs beneath the grooves at the ends touching the poles, it could serve as a table for the daily meals, or when 132 METHODISM IN TROY. pushed higher, it could be used as a shelf. There was spread upon the floor of the sleeping sections an abundance of rye straw, on which bed ticks filled with straw, were placed together with such sheets, covers, and pillows, as were necessary for the comfortable repose, at night, of the inmates, who, on retiring, hung their garments across the cords on which the curtains were suspended. As most of the food had been cooked at home, the culinary duties demanded but little time, and com- monly they only included the boiling of coffee and brewing of tea, at the small fires built at the rear of the tent. ‘Trunks, boxes, and packages, were usually stowed in the front division of the tent. The laws of the camp required that at each tent a bucket filled with water should always be in readiness for immediate use in case of accidental fires happening. A light was also to be kept burning in each tent during the night. The entire enclosure within the circle of tents around the preaching-stand was considered specially consecrated, for the time, to the service of God. At the sound of a horn announcing the beginning of public worship, all persons on the grounds not necessarily detained in the care of their tents, were required to attend it, the men and boys sitting apart from the women and girls. During the services no person was permitted to stand on the seats, or to walk about the ground within the circle of tents. All public services ceased at ten o’clock at night, and the people remaining on the grounds were then to METHODISM IN TROY. 133 retire to their tents. The first services of the day began about six o'clock, a morning prayer-meeting being held, either at the stand or in one or more of the church tents. At nine o'clock there was a love-feast, and at ten preaching, and then a short prayer-meeting. At two o'clock in the afternoon, another sermon was preached, after which followed a prayer-meeting. At night the services began at seven o’clock, when a third discourse was delivered. The services of the day then terminated with a prayer- meeting, usually at which there was much spiritual good accomplished by the earnest exhortations of the preachers and zealous laymen, whose earnest suppli- cations at the throne of grace led many sinners to seek salvation and to obtain peace. The ministers conduct- ing the camp-meetings were among the best of those having charges in Troy and in the neighboring places. The first camp-meeting held in the present bounds of the Troy Conference, was the memorable one at Stillwater, in June, 1805. It continued four days. The only Methodist bishops then in America, the Rev. Francis Asbury and the Rev. Richard Whatcoat, took part in conducting its services. The presence and preaching of many Methodist ministers from Canada, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and other parts of the country, gave it an importance among the people of the Upper Hudson valley, which made it famous for many years thereafter. At its close the conference at 134 METHODISM IN TROY. Ashgrove began its sessions. Since that time hundreds of camp-meetings have been held at different places now embraced in the districts of the Troy Conference. In the vicinity of Troy, those held in the towns of Watervliet, Clifton Park, Hoosick, Schaghticoke, Petersburgh, Grafton, Poestenkill, Bruns- wick, Sandlake, and elsewhere, were largely attended by the members of the Methodist churches in the city. In 1850, and for a number of years there- after, union camp-meetings of the churches in the Albany, Troy, and Saratoga districts, were held in Fitzgerald’s Woods, on the line of the Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad, two miles south of Mechanicville. At one of the camp-meetings held there, the plan of having boarding-tents on the grounds to accom- modate the people attending the meeting, was first adopted. In 1854, when no little alarm was caused by the prevalence of cholera in Troy, Albany, and other places, many persons considered the holding of a camp-meeting that summer not only unadvisable but dangerous to those who should congregate in the woods. The writer’s father, Isaac Hillman, earnestly advocated the spiritual as well as the physical benefits of such a meeting. One was held, which was well attended, and without any evidence of illness among the people collected on the grounds. The manner of holding camp-meetings, as followed by the early Methodists in this part of the country, in time became objectionable to many of the best members of the city churches and plans began to METHODISM IN TROY. 135 be discussed respecting the feasibility of conducting them in more acceptable ways. | Shortly after the camp-meeting held at Sandlake, in August, 1867, the first steps were taken to purchase land for a permanent site for a camp-meeting easily accessible to the people of Troy and the neighboring cities and villages, as well as those of the surrounding country. A visit made by the writer to Martha's Vin- yard, in the summer of 1867, so deeply impressed him with the attractive features and noticeable conven- iences of the camp-meeting grounds there, that he, on his return to Troy, undertook to interest a number of the prominent laymen of the Methodist churches in the city, in forming an association to purchase an eligible site for a camp-meeting, and to provide suitable accom- modations, for the people attending the religious serv- ices held there. Fortunately his efforts were crowned with success, and the enterprise inaugurated by the passage of an act by the Legislature of the State of New York, constituting him and his associates the first trustees of the Round Lake Camp-meeting Associa- tion of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the Troy Conference. On May 4, 1868, Joseph Hillman was elected president of the association, Charles W. Pierce, vice-president, Edgar O. Howland, secretary, and George Bristol, treasurer. About forty acres of land, lying on the west side of Round Lake, in Sara- toga County, nineteen miles north of Troy, were purchased by the association. The spacious wood that bordered the Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad 136 METHODISM IN TROY. was soon made sufficiently inviting, with different con- veniences and improvements, to hold the first camp- meeting there, beginning on Tuesday, September 1, 1868, and continuing ten days. On Sunday, Sep- tember 6, about eight thousand people were on the grounds. During the meeting more than fifty ministers were present, and at which thirty discourses were delivered. The success of this enterprise, and the subsequent meetings held on the Round Lake Camp- meeting grounds, are elsewhere adverted to in this work. THE TROY PRAYING BAND. Two years prior to the beginning of the period now under consideration, the Troy Praying Band was organized by a number of men of acknowledged piety, who were held in high esteem in the several churches of which they were active members, and most of whom individually enjoyed the blessing of holiness. They were not fanatical and did not make holiness a hobby. Justification by faith as well as sanctification was held by them as a leading doctrine. Several were men of wealth and of large business interests, who willingly sacrificed their time and income for the cause of Christ and the church. Their connection, and that of the subsequent members, with the organization, was evidently by the direction of God, for through their instrumentality more than 13,000 souls were led to follow Christ, and more than that number were. either sanctified or quickened into new life in our church. At least 5,000 more persons, converted by their efforts, TROY PRAYING BAND, 1859. (PLATE 1.) 1. Joseph Hillman, Leader; 2. George Bristol, Secretary ; 3. Thomas Barker, 4. Jacob Travis, 5. Lyman Bennett, 6. Gardner Howland, President; 7. Alexander McPherson, 8. Rev. H. C. Farrar, 9. Rev. George A. Hall, 10. Rev. G. H. Gregory, 11. William Harris.—(See Plate 2.) TROY PRAYING BAND, 1859. (PLATE 2.) 1. John C. Bates, 2. John Usher sr., 3. G. W. Merchant (Troy), 4. R. Quackenbush, 5. G. W. Merchant (Albany), 6. Bloomfield Usher, 7. Robert Coburn, 8. John Usher, jr., 9. Thomas Carlin, 10. W. L. Smith, 11. Rev. P. R. Hawxhurst, 12. Rev. E. S$. Osbon.—(See Plate 1.) METHODISM IN TROY. 139 have joined other Christian denominations, making a grand total of 30,000 which have thus been converted, sanctified, or spiritually quickened. To God be all the glory | The following were among the oldest members of the Troy Praying Band: Joseph Hillman, Gardner Howland, George Bristol, John C. Bates, and Alex- ander McPherson, of Congress Street Church; A. D. Wilcox, and George F. Moore, of State Street Church; Lyman Bennett, and E. D. Waldron, of North Second Street; Sylvester Cooper, of North Troy Church; R. Quackenbush, of Third Street Church; Thomas Carlin, and William Harris, of Levings Chapel; Thomas Barker, of Ohio Street Church, West Troy; H.C. Farrar, George A. Hall, P. R. Hawxhurst, E. S. Osbon, J. W. Heath, and G. H. Gregory, of the Troy Uni- versity ; Robert Coburn, James H. Earl, and E. B. Van Cott, of Albany; Lavaldin Hull, Hazen W. Bennett, and Sanford Smith, of Fort Edward; John Usher, jr., and D. C. Holman, of Glen’s Falls; Jacob Travis, of Cohoes; A. Viele, of Saratoga Springs; M. Alverson Senter, of Troy; E. O. Howland, and Bloomfield Usher, of Mechanicville. « The band has conducted revival meetings in all the Methodist churches in Troy. Since the year 18509, forty works of grace, in the city, have been marked by the presence and prayers of the band. Of the meeting held in the State Street Church on February 22, 1869, the Zroy Datly Times thus spoke: “This band [the Troy Praying Band] of Christian brothers 140 METHODISM IN TROY. and earnest workers in the cause of religion con- ducted the services at the State Street Methodist Church last evening, in the presence of a full and deeply impressed congregation. Mr. Hillman led the services * * * and made one of the most impressive, really we ought to say, wonderful exhor- tations we ever heard at a religious revival. It was eloquent, stirring, emotional, and seemed to place every one present in the audience under a strong conviction of sinfulness and of the need of repentance. About thirty persons went forward in response to Mr. Hillman’s earnest invitation.” In the month of February, 1874, the members of the band took part in conducting a revival at the North Second Street Church, where there was a great awakening of sinners and a blessed work of grace. Of the meeting on the evening of February 8, the Zvoy Dazly Times said: “Last evening as early as 7 o'clock the church was filled to crowding with hundreds standing in the galleries and in the aisles down stairs. The altar was crowded with penitents. Over thirty went forward for prayer. The singing of the band was magnificent, and the meeting was one of thes most fervent and interesting that was ever held in Troy. * * * There is a magnetic influence in the zealous and impassioned working of the Praying Band that is powerful for good. Seldom has such wonderful feeling been manifested in a church in this city as that at the North Second Street Church, last evening.” TROY PRAYING BAND, 1869. Sanford Smith, Rev.M.A.Senter, Rev.E.O.Howland, L. Hull, H.W. Bennett, W. Harris, E. B. Van Cott, R. Coburn, A. McPherson, J.Hillman, leader;G. Howland, D. C. Holman, Rev. J. Devol. METHODISM IN TROY. 143 Revival meetings were held at the State Street Methodist Church in the early part of March, 1888. At the close of the meetings the Zroy Dazly Times made the following mention of the work of the band: “The ‘Troy Praying Band, Joseph Hillman leader, concluded a successful series of meetings at the State Street Methodist Church, last evening [Sunday, March 11]. The meetings were held for two weeks, and more than one hundred persons were converted. The meetings were largely attended, and great interest was awakened.” During the past twenty-nine years the band has assisted in conducting two revivals at the State Street Church, two at the North Second Street Church, thirteen at the Congress Street (Trinity) _ Church, seven at the Vail Avenue Church, five at Levings Chapel, six at the Third Street Church, and five at the Albia (Pawling Avenue) Church. These churches were remarkably blessed at those times with great outpourings of the Holy Spirit, and many persons became members of them after their conver- sion at the meetings conducted by the members of the band. The earnest prayers and impressive singing of the band drew to the meetings large crowds of eager and attentive people, and at none of them were evidences of disorderly conduct and wildness seen or known to destroy or lessen the serious feeling per- vading the audiences. It is true that sometimes opposition has been felt by the band, but knowing that little good is ever done without it, the members 144 METHODISM IN TROY. of the band gave no thought to the antagonism, which was temporary, and injudiciously displayed. One of the bishops of the church said “that there was never any good thing which had- not opposers.” A kite must be blown against to ascend to any height, and also have a tail of some weight to keep it steady and upright. The Troy Praying Band was ostensibly organized to help the ministry ; all its members have been loyal to the pastors of our churches, for they have believed in an efficient ministry. The laity had for years been throwing off their individual responsibility upon the preachers, and they, being willing, attempted to draw the burdens imposed upon them. However, they soon found the loads too heavy, and from physical weakness they were compelled to release themselves from them. For proof of this, look at the list of our superannuated and supernumerary ministers on the conference records. The work of the band has been, and still is, to rally the laity to the help of the min- isters, and God has wonderfully blessed the efforts of its members. In order to show what has further been accomplished by the band it will be necessary to allude briefly to its labors outside the city, for the work of the organi- zation has had a reflex influence on Troy. ROUND LAKE CAMP-MEETING ASSOCIATION. The leader and seven members of the Troy Praying Band were instrumental in forming the Round Lake Camp-meeting Association, and were named among the TROY PRAYING BAND, 1888. R. French, R. B. Hurd, W. E. Smith, E. A. Hartshorn, H. C. Curtis, C. E. Morey, W. Foster, T. Barker, J. Hillman, leader; Rev. C. Brainerd, L. Hull ’ METHODISM IN TROY. 147 first corporators of it. The leader generously advanced the money to inaugurate the enterprise. The largest and most important camp-meetings ever held in the United States were conducted at Round Lake. The leader of the band, Joseph Hillman, then president of the Round Lake Camp-meeting Association, and its treasurer, George Bristol, by order of the Board of Trustees of the association, visited Manheim, Pa., where the National Holiness Camp-meeting Associa- tion was conducting its annual meeting, .under the superintendence of the Rev. John S. Inskip, the presi- dent of the association, and there made arrangements for the association to hold its next meeting at Round Lake, in the month of July, 1869. The National Holi- ness Camp-meeting at Round Lake that year, was the largest ever held there. On one day more than thirteen hundred teams were admitted. The price of admission for each team was twenty-five cents. It was carefully estimated that 20,000 persons were present on the grounds on that Sunday. There were five preaching places where services were conducted at the same time. This meeting greatly benefited Methodism in Troy. A large number of Methodist people from the city had tents on the ground. Although there was considerable disapprobation mani- fested toward the doctrine of holiness, as it was taught by the National Association, yet it was wholly Wes- leyan and accorded with that set forth by the church, and therefore could not be gainsaid. This clear enunciation of the old doctrine was hailed with delight 148 METHODISM IN TROY. by those who had always been sound in the faith of the fathers of the church, while those who had ignored it either accepted it or withdrew from the church, so that the Troy ministry and laity are to-day of one belief regarding the doctrine, and whether they enjoy the blessing of sanctification or not, they are still sound in the faith. The writer has always opposed the holding of special meetings for holiness, believing that all the religious meetings of the church are for justification and sancti- fication. Respecting the benefits of holiness meetings at Round Lake, I think the National Association accomplished great good by bringing the church back to the old grounds of belief from which it had been drifting. GREAT FRATERNAL CAMP-MEETING. The great Fraternal Camp-meeting held at Round Lake in 1874, was projected in the mind of the writer while holding a conversation with the Rev. T. M. Eddy, D.D., at the Union Depot, in Troy. The conception and success of this notable meeting is thus described in the “History of Round Lake,” by A. J. Weise, of Troy : “The leaven of its wonderful influence permeated the great body of the Methodist Church in the United States and widely quickened the growth of good will among the ministers and laity of its different branches. It noticeably brought into closer relations the interests of the two divisions of the church, North and South, that had so long been separated by political differences METHODISM IN TROY. 149 respecting slavery and the bitter feeling caused by the Civil War. “Fortunately, in the spring of 1874, the project of holding a fraternal camp-meeting at Round Lake, to which the bishops, ministers, and laymen of the different branches of the church should be invited, occurred to the liberal-minded and _ indefatigable president of the association, Joseph Hillman. He disclosed his conception of the benefits of the meeting to the Rev. Bishop Simpson in Philadelphia, who, besides approving the project, advised him to consult with the Rev. Bishop Janes, residing in New York City, who had been elected to his bishopric by the votes of the representatives from the Southern States. Bishop Janes at once expressed his willingness to co-operate with the officers of the association in securing the desired attendance of those to be invited to the proposed meeting. He thereupon wrote the invitation, signed by the presiding elders.of the Troy Conference, setting forth the high purpose of the meeting, and the letter of acceptance to which so many of the bishops willingly subscribed their names, and also the paper bearing the signatures of the large number of representative men of the church who signified their intention of being present. Taking with him the invitation of the presiding elders of the Troy Conference, the two other papers, and a letter of intro- duction written by the Rev. Bishop Janes, the earnest president of the Round Lake Camp-meeting Associ- ation, visited Louisville, Ky., where, in May, 1874, the 150 METHODISM IN TROY. General Conference of the Methodist Church South was in session. The incidents of the different inter- views which he held with the officers of the conference and other representatives of the church, and their interrogations, made his mission one of extreme delicacy and prudent action. The success of his efforts besides being agreeably disclosed in the published acceptances of the invitations given them, was later more gratifyingly expressed in the presence of the large body of bishops, eminent ministers, and prom- inent laymen of the Methodist Church South at the Fraternal meeting, the purpose of which, as Bishop Janes wrote, was, ‘not to talk about fraternity, but to enjoy it; not to plan for it, but to practice it.’ “The accommodations for the comfort and enter- tainment of the people attending the meeting, which began on July 8th, and continued fourteen days, were in every way sufficient and satisfactory. Eight or ten churches had tabernacles in which to lodge many of their members. The public boarding tents were enlarged to seat at the tables more than five hundred persons at one time. Wreaths of evergreen were festooned around the preacher's stand, and along the back part of it a long piece of canvas displayed the inscription, ‘Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.’ Across some of the avenues scriptural texts were suspended. The most remarked of these was the one, ‘I will say to the North, Give up; and to the South, Keep not back.’ “Representatives of ten branches of the Methodist METHODISM IN TROY. 151 Church in North America were present at this mem- orable meeting. Bishops Janes, Simpson, Foster, Haven, and Peck, of the Methodist Episcopal Church ; Bishops Kavanaugh and Doggett, of the Methodist Episcopal Church South; Bishop Campbell, of the African Methodist Episcopal Church; and Bishops Jones and Clinton, of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, all took prominent parts in the varied and impressive services. During the fourteen days of the meeting, (some of them rainy,) more than fifty sermons were preached by ministers from different parts of the United States and Canada. “On Wednesday evening, July 8, the Rev. Bishop Janes, D.D., LL.D., who had charge of the meeting, preached the first sermon, the subject being ‘The Adaptedness of Christianity to Man’s Spiritual Neces- sities, and the text, 1 Cor. 1., 30. “The hymns ‘Christian Greeting, by Mrs. Joseph Hillman; ‘The Day of Days,’ by the Rev. F. Bottome, D. D.; ‘Devotion,’ by Eleazer A. Peck; and ‘Christian Unity, by the Rev. A. C. Rose, written for the occasion, were sung at the Thursday morning services. “On the following Sunday it rained. Seventeen sermons were preached that day at different places on the grounds. « By invitation, Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States of America, visited Round Lake on Wednesday, July 15th. He arrived on the morning train from Saratoga Springs, between nine and ten o'clock, and was taken to the Bishop's cottage. 152 METHODISM IN TROY. Shortly afterward he was escorted to the preacher's stand, where he was introduced to the people congre- gated there by the Rev. Bishop Janes, and was received with prolonged hand-clapping. Seated on the stand, the President heard the sermon preached by the Rev. George Douglass, D.D., LL. D., of Montreal, Canada, on the Power and Assurance of the Gospel. After dining at one of the boarding tents and holding a short reception in front of the preacher’s stand, the President departed on a special train for Saratoga Springs. “The services were well attended. Often the number of ministers present exceeded a hundred, and of the laity five thousand. “On Wednesday morning, July 22d, this First Fra- ternal Camp-meeting at Round Lake terminated with a love-feast. “The good-will which this meeting established between the two great bodies of the Methodist Church, North and South, led to the appointment of a commis- sion by their respective conferences. to harmonize their interests. The commissioners met at Cape May, N. J., and amicably determined the adjustment of the long-existing differences. Bishop Pierce, in a letter to the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, wrote with marked emphasis that the Fraternal Camp-meeting at Round Lake was the chief factor in settling them. SECOND FRATERNAL MEETING. “ Atthe close of the First Fraternal Camp-meeting, in July, 1874, the presiding elders of the Troy Con- METHODISM IN TROY. 153 ference and the trustees of the Round Lake Camp- meeting Association were requested by the bishops and many of the ministers and laymen attending the services to appoint a similar meeting to be held in July, 1875. The desire of the signers of the request was at once complied with and a general invitation extended to ‘ the great family of Methodists’ in North America to a second fraternal gathering on the grounds at the designated time. “The presence of nine bishops and the frequent attendance of thousands of people made the Second Fraternal Camp-meeting nearly equal to the first one in distinction. The first of the series of excellent sermons was preached on Thursday evening, July rst, 1875, by the Rev. Joseph E. King, D.D., of Fort Edward. The meeting was conducted by the Rev. Bishop E. S. Janes, D. D., of New York City. During its continuance, about thirty-five discourses were delivered by ministers representing different branches of the Methodist Church in the United States and Canada.” THE THIRD FRATERNAL MEETING. The Third Fraternal Camp-meeting was held on the grounds in 1876. The services were under the direc- tion of the Rev. Bishop E. S. Janes, D.D. Twenty- eight discourses were delivered by the different ministers attending it. Bishops Janes, Peck, Simpson, Foster, and Wayman, and other eminent clergymen of the church from various parts of the country officiated in the interesting services. 154 METHODISM IN TROY. During this last period marking the growth of Methodism in Troy, the enemy of souls and of the church tried hard to repress it, by assigning the failure of the Troy University, in 1862, to the weakness of the Methodist Church. Although it was projected in the interests of the Methodist Church, the great heart of the society never touched it. It is true that two-thirds of the members of the Board of Trustees, controlling its affairs, were Methodists, but one-half of them were only nominally trustees and seldom, if ever, attended the meetings of the board. The most active members of the board were certainly those who were of other denominations, or not members of any Christian society. There was not anything in the charter of the university to make it a Methodist insti- tution. The Troy University was organized by the friends of the Charlottesville Academy, in Schoharie County, which was attended by more than one thousand students. The Troy University was designed to be a popular institution for girls as well as boys, and the charges for tuition were to be moderate and attrac- tive. But after the school was inaugurated and the proposal was made to have it conducted under the auspices of the Methodist Church, and at moderate tuition rates, the prominent Methodists identified with the university, such as the Rev. John McClintock, D.D., and the Rev. R. S. Foster, D. D., and other eminent preachers and scholars of our church, expressed the opinion that there was no need of a cheap institution but that there was need of a first-class college. METHODISM IN TROY. 155 It is sufficient to say that when faith with the scholar- ship holders, for it was organized on the scholarship plan, was broken, the subscribers refused to pay their subscriptions and thereby caused many law-suits to be instituted. At this time of adversity, the university property was sold on October 25, 1862, under the foreclosure of a mortgage. The writer and his partner, E. A. Peck, doing an insurance and real-estate business in Troy, under the name of Peck & Hillman, bid it in by the solicitation of the Rev. R. S. Foster, D. D., who attended the sale, and was confident that Daniel Drew, of New York City, could be induced to buy the property. The latter, after many urgent solicitations, declined to purchase it, and the firm of Peck & Hill- man, having unprofitably held the property for six weeks with the expectation that he, or some of the friends of the institution would extinguish its indebt- edness, sold the university and its grounds, on December 6, that year, to the Rev. Peter Havermans, of St. Mary’s Church, of Troy, for $60,000. No little effort was afterward made by a few interested persons, desiring to escape censure for their own indifference in the matter, to impute mercenary motives to the firm of Peck & Hillman, in buying and selling the property. At a meeting of the Board of Trustees, an attempt was made to defame the firm through individual statements, which were wholly untrue. The action of Peck & Hillman was then made a matter of consideration. Contrary to expectation, one of the persons present asserted that Joseph Hillman had unselfishly exerted 156 METHODISM IN TROY. himself to save the property from passing into the possession of the Roman Catholic Church, and that the firm had subscribed $1,000 to purchase, and had also promised by others $8,000 more, to retain the institution in the hands of the trustees. Another trustee stated that Joseph Hillman, while his firm held the title, had several times gone to New York with other influential men to persuade Daniel Drew to purchase the property. Another further remarked that the trustees, instead of trying to find evidence of bad faith on the part of others, that it was more their duty to explain to the public the motives which governed them in permitting the property to pass from their own possession, when several members of the board were wealthy men and were individually able to hold it. Inasmuch as the circumstances attending the sale of the property are fully detailed in the statements published by the trustees and others, in April, 1863, and as the statements are hereafter printed in this history, it seems that the reader will be satisfied with the explanations already given to show the interests of the Methodist Church in the Troy University, and the causes effecting its failure. It may be worthy of mention to say that the discontinuance of the school did not injuriously effect Methodism in Troy, from the fact that it was never recognized fully as a Methodist institution. Several of the students graduated were members of the Troy Praying Band. The writer, who was then the leader of the band, had all the graduates of the university graduated at the Wesleyan Univer- SHAND “S ‘SALT ‘PooMm “MA. f AL ‘W1oqrqd MSA SurEYyeIs “Tp “sayy S49q IN AAO SAT ‘OSI9AUO! AA SAT “IWIIC “HOSA ‘UY WeITIAA SAT ‘uewy[ Yydasof ‘sayy ‘uosduig “Aaa “SAY S9MALD “q S4JL Ysnquexpend L [sayy orsiowsiogq “J sa] ‘uosiapuayy yf SstpY ‘Sav Areyy ssi ‘wooseg “OH SN SNM OCH SIN “UOkT CG WSN UID "Hf "8-LQQI ‘ALAIOOG AUVNOISSIP NOIGUIOT S,NVWOAA AOUL AHL 10 METHODISM IN TROY. 159 sity at his own expense, so the Troy University diplomas of graduation were thereby cancelled. “THE REVIVALIST.” In 1866, the year celebrated by the Methodists throughout the United States as the Centenary of American Methodism, the writer projected the publi- cation of the popular hymn and tune book, “The Revivalist.”. He proposed to expend one thousand dollars in the preparation and publication of the work. It was undertaken and completed. The rapid sale of the highly-commended book compelled the printing of successive editions, which numbered in all about 150,000 copies. The large amount of money arising from this unexpected popularity of “ The Revivalist,” not only paid the cost of its compilation and publi- cation, but, as proposed by the writer when he under- took its preparation, that the accruing profits should be made a centenary offering to be used for such denom- inational work as the building of new churches and the promotion of Methodist educational interests, afforded a sum sufficient to build a church and to repair many other churches. The wonderful success attending the sale of this Troy publication permits here this brief mention respecting it.. The opinions of the press and the commendations given it by the most eminent ministers and revivalists of the Methodist Church in the United States have made it extensively known and used throughout the country. THE WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY. The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the 160 METHODISM IN TROY. Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in the Tremont Street Church, Boston, on March 30, 1869. The published record of the society’s work during the first year of its organization was presented on less than two pages of the Hfeathen Woman's Friend, the organ of the society. In the nineteen years of its growth, the work of the society has greatly widened, as well as that of its auxiliaries, and now an annual report of ‘it covers more than one hundred pages of an octavo pamphlet. . In 1869, the receipts of the society were $4,546. In 1887, more than one hundred and ninety thousand dollars were placed in the society’s treasury. Since the organization of the society not less than one and a half million dollars have been disbursed by it. Since that time one hundred and twenty-two mission- aries have been sent into different foreign fields by the society. In November, 1869, the mother of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, the wife of the well-known missionary, the Rev. William Butler, D. D., visited Troy and places in its vicinity, and was instrumental in the organization of a Union Society, auxiliary to the New York branch, composed of mem- bers of the different Methodist churches in Troy. The first meeting of the society was held in the State Street Church. Mrs. Lavia G.’Griffin, the wife of the Rev. William Griffin, D. D., was elected its president, and efficiently served in that office for a number of years. At the adjourned session of the first annual meeting, held in the North Second Street (now Fifth Avenue) Methodist Church, the society determined ORDELIA M. HILLMAN. METHODISM IN TROY. 163 that its offerings should be devoted to the support of Miss Elizabeth M. Pultz, who had previously been sent to India by the New York branch. In commem- oration of this particular consecration of its funds, the young society with joyful voice sang the long meter doxology, “ Praise God, from whom all blessings flow.” In 1872, the General Conference gave the society a prominent place among the accredited institutions of the church. In 1873, the Troy Conference also gave it recognition as an institution of the church. The State Street Auxiliary of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society was organized on March 18, 1881. Subsequently auxiliaries were formed in all the other Methodist churches in the city, except in the Third Street Church. The State Street Auxiliary united with that of the North Second Street Church in supporting Miss Minnie Hampton, a missionary in Japan. Not only in maintaining missionaries has the society taken a prominent part, but also in supporting Bible readers and orphan girls. The different auxil- iaries in Troy have placed in the society’s treasury about $7,500. On June 20, 1872, Mrs. Ordelia M. Hillman, the wife of Joseph Hillman, was appointed assistant corresponding secretary of the New York branch, and has since that time served the society with marked ability in that office, assisted by efficient district secretaries, who are at present the following: Mrs. C. W. Jones, Albany, N. Y.; Mrs. H. C. Farrar, West Troy, N. Y.; Mrs. W. P. Rulison, Mechanicville, N. Y.; Mrs. E. A. Braman, South Glen’s Falls, N. Y.; 164 METHODISM IN TROY. Miss Mary F. Bigelow, Keesville, N. Y., Miss F. A. Atwater, Burlington, Vt.; and Mrs. Anthony Walford, Mooers, N. Y. THE WOMAN’S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY At the session of the Troy Conference, at Gloversville, in the spring of 1883, the Troy Conference Woman’s Home Missionary Society was organized by the appointment of Mrs. Lucy S. Sawyer, the wife of the Rev. J. E. C. Sawyer, as president of the society, and Mrs. E. W. Simpson, corresponding secretary. The society held its first annual meeting in August, that year, at Round Lake, at the time of the Troy Confer- ence Camp-meeting. The first auxiliary of the society, organized in Troy, was formed in February, 1883, with the following officers: Miss Myra Hudson, pres- ident; Miss Jennie Pulis, corresponding secretary ; Mrs. F. B. Ide, recording secretary; and Miss Alice Van Alstyne, treasurer. In 1886, the society began the erection of the Kent Model Home, at Greensboro, North Carolina: which was dedicated May 3, 1887; the Rev. J. E. C. Sawyer delivering the dedicatory address. The Troy Conference Woman's Home Missionary Society sustains the Kent Model Home, contributes to the work among the Mormons and emigrants, and annually sends valuable supplies to needy missionaries in the far West and other parts of the country. On Mrs. Sawyer’s declination of the office, Mrs. Elizabeth P. Squires, the wife of the Rev. O. J. Squires, of Lansingburgh, was elected president of the society in LUCY SAWYER. METHODISM IN TROY. 167 1887; Mrs. E. W. Simpson being re-elected corres- ponding secretary. The other officers of the society, residing in Troy, are: Mrs. W. H. Rowe, recording secretary; and Mrs. C. E. Morey, treasurer. Mrs. A. D. Lyon is chairman of the Indian bureau. The present officers of the Fifth Avenue (North Second Street) Church Auxiliary Society are Miss Mary Davis, president; Miss Jennie Pulis, corre- sponding secretary; Miss Lillie Gould, recording secretary; and Miss Alice Van Alstyne, treasurer. The work of the Woman's Home Missionary Society was presented to the State Street Church, on Sunday, July 18, 1886, by Bishop W. F. Mallalieu. Subse- quently the State Street Auxiliary was organized. Its present officers are Mrs. C. E. Morey, president ; Miss Anna Spicer, recording secretary ; Mrs. Joseph Berwin, treasurer. The following persons have undertaken the work of the society at distant points: Miss Emma L. Clark, of the Fifth Avenue Church, missionary in the Indian Territory ; and Miss Sarah Daley, of the State Street Church, matron of the Model Home, at Savannah, Georgia. THE LADIES AID SOCIETIES. The beginnings of these benevolent organizations in the different Methodist churches in the city disclose in their histories the quickening influences which awakened in them much of the earnest labor and Christian fellow- ship marking the subsequent growth and prosperity of the several societies. The first organized was the 168 METHODISM IN TROY. Female Aid Society of the State Street Church, which was formed on February 19, 1833, during the pastor- ship of the Rev. Buel Goodsell. As briefly expressed in the report of the society, read at its twentieth anniversary, on Wednesday evening, January 11, 1854, the object of the members was to assist the poor of the State Street Church. At that time, the payment of twenty-five cents annually was required of each of its members. The business of the society was then conducted by two directors, two secretaries, a treasurer, and a board of managers which embraced as many members as there were classes in the church; each class having a represent- ative in the board. It was the duty of each manager “to visit the class assigned her at least once a year, (oftener if necessary,) to obtain subscriptions and donations, to learn if there were any who needed assistance, to render immediate relief if required, and to present all such cases at the meetings of the society.” The total receipts of the society, arising from the proceeds of fairs, festivals, concerts, and including money obtained for needle-work and that of donations and subscriptions, during the twenty years, were $3,322.65, and the total disbursements, $3,305.02. The subsequent prosperity of the society has like- wise been marked and sustained by the good-will and zeal of its members. The relief and amelioration of the condition of the poor of the church have continued to be the objects of the society’s labor and love. It is estimated that no less than $20,000 have been obtained METHODISM IN TROY. 169 and expended in this benevolent work, by this society in the State Street Church. All the other Methodist churches in Troy display the same activity and interest in the aid societies organized by the women connected with those churches. The engraving of the Officers of the Methodist Aid societies, in Troy, presents the photographs of the following ladies associated in their management : STATE STREET: Mré. 5. T. Cary, ~ president, Mrs. E. O. House, secretary, Mrs. Joseph Hillman, manager. Firtu AVENUE: Mrs. J. C. Ide, president, Mrs. Charles Benedict, secretary, Mrs. Gertrude Van Alstyne, treasurer, Mrs. H. Graham, manager. TRINITY : Mrs. J. A. McPherson, president, Mrs. P. L. Dow, manager. ALBIA : Mrs. R. Rush, president, Mrs. N. A. Wheeler, vice-president, Mrs. G. C. Hastings, secretary. LEVINGS: Mrs. M. J. Herriot, - president, Miss Jessie M. Curtis, Mrs. C. R. Hawley, manager. secretary, 170 METHODISM IN TROY. GRACE: Mrs. George E. Blake, president, Mrs. W. Greenwood, secretary, Mrs. J. L. Atwell, manager. THIRD: Mrs. C. W. Bissell, president, Miss Jessie L. Warner, secretary, Mrs. J. P. Haller, manager. ZION : Mrs. S. C. Birchmore, pastor’s wife. One cannot but be astonished as well as proud, if one be a Methodist, at the wonderful changes which have been caused by Methodism in the one hundred and fifty-nine years, which have passed, since the founders of the Holy Club, at Oxford, England, were derisively called Methodists. They were five in number, and now the name designates 5,612,238 persons in the world, and 4,322,762 in the United States. In 1797, ninety years ago, there were thirteen Methodists in Troy ; now there are more than 28,000. The dream of Dr. John Loudon, in 1808, in which he saw a great flock of pigeons descending upon the site of the first meeting- house in State Street was, as it now seems, the foreshadowing of the innumerable blessings which have come down from heaven upon the mother church and have been largely shared by her eight children. In 1808, each of the other religious societies in the village, the Presbyterian. OFFICERS OF THE MetrHopist Lapigs’ Alp SOCIETIES IN Troy, 1887--88. Mrs.G, Van Alstyne Mrs.N.A. Wheeler, Mrs W. Greenwood. Mrs.J.A.McPherson.Mrs $.T. ary Mrs.G E. Miss Jessie L.Warner, Mrs. H Graham. Mis.J L Atwell. Mrs.P L. Dow. Mrs C.R Hawle Mrs.C W Bissell. — Miss Jessie M. Curtis, Mrs. E ke, Mrs.M J Harriot. Mrs.C. Benedict, Mrs.J.C Ide. M s.R Rus Mis. Joseph Hillman. Mrs. J. P. Haller, Mrs. S. C, ee . = ward O. House, Mrs,G.C, Hastings. METHODISM IN TROY. 173 Episcopal, Baptist, and Friends, had more members than the humble organization which, that year, was legally incorporated by the name of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Troy. Now only one of the denominations mentioned is numerically larger than the Methodist societies in Troy. Sixty years ago, an unpretentious wooden building was the only Methodist church in Troy, now nine edifices, some of them large and architecturally hand- some ; valued at not less than $250,000, are owned by the ine societies. Since Troy was made a station, in 1810, one hundred and sixty-six Methodist minis- ters have served the different societies from one to three years. The day may be in the eternal future when we shall have a perfect knowledge of the number of saints in heaven, who, as men and women, once gathered around the altars of these churches, and with united voices praised the name of Jehovah, ‘*Who moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform.”’ The penitent’s tears, the convert’s hallelujahs, the pilgrim’s prayers, and the preacher's exhortations, will then, in the light proceeding from the great white throne, have their full significance of salvation received and glory attained. 174 METHODISM IN TROY. \y OFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE STATE STREET CHURCH, 1821-22. Rev. Daniel Ostrander, Presiding Elder. Rev. Benjamin Griffin, Preacher in Charge, Rev. Henry Chase, Local Preacher, William C. Urena, Recommended to conference. STEWARDS : Stephen Andres, Zina P. Egleston, John W. Mackey, Sterling Armstrong, Asahel Gilbert, jr. ‘TRUSTEES : Charles Lemon, John Wright, George Smith, James Russell, Wm. W. Whipple. LEADERS. John Wright, Thomas Archibald, Sterling Armstrong, Eli Townsend, Wm. W. Whipple, Asahel Gilbert, jr., Ichabod Wilbur, Jacob E. Adams, Stephen Andres, ° Caleb Curtis, Charles Lemon, Wm. McBurney, A. Milliken. METHODISM IN TROY. 175 OFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE STATE STREET CHURCH, 1830-31. Rev. John B. Stratton, Rev. Abiathar M. Osbon, Preacher in Charge. ‘Rev. Ebenezer Brown, Rev. Wm. C. Urena, Colleague, Local Elder. “6 oe LocaL PREACHERS: Stephen Munroe, Henry Shaperson. ExuHorters: Thomas Archibald, John W. White, Philetus Green, Henry Whitehead. STEWARDS: Stephen Andres, John G. Buswell, Garnder Landon, Peter Bontecou, Wm. Tucker, Ebenezer G. Woolsey. Henry V. W. Mastin. Dennis Belding, Eli Townsend, TRUSTEES : Daniel Marvin, jr. Charles Lane, Thomas L. Ostrom. Nathaniel Coburn, Daniel Marvin, sr., Peter Bontecou, Wm. W. Whipple, Daniel Marvin, jr., Stephen Andres, Wm. Tucker, Eli Townsend, Independence Starks, Wm. C. Urena, Jacob E. Adams, John W. White, Thomas L. Ostrom, Abner Foster, LEADERS: A. J. Skilton, James Uline, John G. Buswell, H. V. W. Mastin, Albia, Caleb Knight, Albia, Abraham Filer, Millville, Barney Wetherwax, “ Liberty Hyde, Valentine Marvin, Charles Lemon. Isaac W. Tallman, Wm. Warrington, Wm. P. Hall, John Dungy. 176 METHODISM IN TROY. OFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE STATE STREET CHURCH, 1845. Rev. J. B. Stratton, Presiding Elder, Rev. Luman A. Sandford, Preacher in Charge, Rev. Alanson W. Garvin, Colleague, Thomas Archibald, , Local Preacher, Joseph Gatchell, e és Wm. Saunders, * ‘ George Taylor, a a J. J. Van Deusen, Exhorter, STEWARDS: Reuben Peckham, E. S. Brainard, Peter Bontecou, James Matthews, Nathan Taylor, Samuel Cotrell, A. J. Skilton. TRUSTEES : John G. Buswell, Enoch Hunt, Valentine Marvin, Noah Clapp, Wm. H. Manning. LEADERS : Valentine Marvin, Walter L. Kipp, E. A. Burrows, John G. Buswell, L. Van Valkenburgh, J. J. Van Deusen, Alvin Williams, John Archibald, Wm. H. Robbins, Wm. H. Manning, Noah Clapp, Wm. Brown, John Christie, James Carnell, L. Harrison, Alanson D. Wilcox. S. S. Vanderlip, Gardner Landon, Jos. Hillman, Lyman R. Avery. METHODISM IN TROY. 177 OFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE STATE STREET CHURCH, 1867. (when the number of trustees was increased from five to nine). Rev. Wm. Griffin, Rev. E. Wentworth, Rev. Wm. Cluett, Wm. Saunders, J. J. Van Deusen, Daniel. Marvin, Rev. Truman Seymour, Rev. Stephen Parks, Presiding Elder, Preacher in Charge, Local Deacon, a“ Local Preacher, ras “cr Local Elder, “ “ STEWARDS: Peter Bontecou, Lyman R. Avery, Gilbert D. Golden, Jonas Faulkner, Geo. B. Cluett, Ralph Phillips, Edmund Cluett, Stephen Heimstreet, P. W. Converse. TRUSTEES : Reuben Peckham, Lyman R. Avery, Geo. A. Stone, Charles J. Saxe, Geo. B. Cluett, John M. Corliss, E. A. Burrows, P. W. Converse, S. T. Cary. LEADERS : E. A. Burrows, Stephen Mallory, J. W. A. Cluett, S. T. Cary, Charles J. Saxe, C. M. Estes, Geo. B. Cluett, H. H. Lee, P. W. Converse, Sylvanus Birch, Lyman R. Avery, C.-C. Hill, S. J. Peabody, Manley W. Morey, 13 Josiah A. Martin, Chester Brockway. 178 METHODISM IN TROY. THE PASTOR. TRUSTEES, AND STEWARDS OF THE STATE STREET CHURCH, 1874. Rev. H. D. Kimball. TRUSTEES : Lyman R. Avery, P. W. Converse, Geo. A. Stone, S. T. Cary, Geo. B. Cluett, Edmund Cluett, Reuben Peckham, J. W. A. Cluett. STEWARDS: Robert Cluett, S. J. Peabody, Jonas Faulkner, G. W. Morris, E. Belden, G. L. Douglass, M. W. Morey, Octavus Jones. Pastor, TRUSTEES, AND STEWARDS OF STATE STREET CHURCH, 1874. M W.Morey. E.Belden. J.Faulkner. Edmund Cluett. G.B.Cluett. G.W. Morris. S T.Cary G.L. Douglass, Robert Cluett, O. s. J.W.A,Cluett, L.R.Avery. Rev, H. D. Kimb G.A.St R m. P.W Converse. METHODISM IN TROY. 181 TRUSTEES OF THE STATE STREET M. E. CHURCH FROM 1817 To 1888. Abner Foster, - John Loudon, John Wright, Roger King, William W. Whipple, Charles Lemon, James Russell, George Smith, Dennis Belding, Arthur Milliken, Elias Disbrow, William Chambers, Harvey Betts, Sterling Armstrong Levi Rogers, Enos Randol, Eli Townsend, Daniel Marvin, jr., Charles Lane, Thomas L. Ostrom, John W. Mackey, - Zina P. Egleston, Isaac W. Tallman, Jesse Anthony, John G. Buswell, 1817-19 1817-20 1817-24 1817-20 1817-26 and 1827-28 1819-21 and 1826-29 1820-21 and 1827-30 1820-22 1821-24 and 1828-31 1821-27 1822-27 1824-26 1824-28 1825-27 1827-28 1828-30 1828-34 1829 1830-33 1830 and 1833-35 1830-34 1831-33 and 1834-36 1833-35 1834-36 1835-47 182 METHODISM Gardner Landon, Waters W. Whipple, - Valentine Marvin, Charles W. Thompson, Noah Clapp, John F. McLaughlin, William H. Manning, Enoch Hunt, *Lyman R. Avery, John Christie, *Joseph Hillman, John Archibald, John M. Corliss Gilbert Golden, Isaac W. Crissey, Elizur S. Brainard, Eliphalet R. King, Albert C. Gunnison, Othniel W. Edson, Charles J. Saxe, Alanson D. Wilcox, Reuben Peckham, : *George A. Stone, *Perrin W. Converse, George B. Cluett, Edwin A. Burrows, - Sidney T. Cary, J. W. Alfred Cluett, - Stephen Parks, IN TROY. 1835-45 and 1850-59 - 1836-39 1836-48 - 1836-42 1839-44 and 1845-49 1842-45 1844-50 1845-48 1847-50 and 1867~—71 - 1848-50 1848-49 and 1875-88 - 1849-52 1852-71-75 1850-59 1850-52 1851-57 1852-56 1856-59 1858-61 1859-67 1859-62 1861-79 1862-76 and 1887-88 - 1866-88 1866-75 - 1866-68 1867-75 - 1868-75 1868-72 *Member of present Board of Trustees. METHODISM IN TROY. *Albert Crampton, - Edmund Cluett, *George W. Horton, - E. A. Hartshorn, 2 *Henry Holmes, 2 Octavus Jones, . " *Fred. H. Cluett, *Daniel Klock, jr., *Member of present Board of Trustees. 1875-88 1872-78 1875-88 1875-87 1875-88 1875-77 - 1878-88 1879-88 184 METHODISM IN TROY. OFFICIAL BOARD OF THESTATE STREET CHURCH, 1887 - 88. Rev. J. E. C. Sawyer, Rev. William Cluett, Emanuel H. Patliyan, Pastor in Charge, Local Elder, Exhorter. LEADERS: E. A. Burrows, S. T. Cary, P. W. Converse, A. C. Fellows, Mrs. Joseph Hillman, Mrs. Anna K. House, E. O. House, Charles E. Morey, Emanuel H. Patliyan, J. W. F. Podmore. STEWARDS: James C. Archibald, Emerson Belden, D. Frank Boutecou, J. Crandell, W. H. Hollister, E. O. House, Stephen Mallory, W. H. Mann, C. E. Morey, M. W. Morey, T. W. P. Patterson, W. M. Peckham, J. W. F. Podmore. TRUSTEES: Lyman R. Avery, Fred. H. Cluett, P. W. Converse, A. Crampton, Joseph Hillman, Henry Holmes, George W. Horton, Daniel Klock, jr., George A. Stone. Daniel Klock, jr., Sunday-school Superintendent. OFF B STATE St T CHURCH, 1887-88. Rev.Wm.Cluett. M,W.Morey. S.Mallory. J.C. ei ; . WH, Mann. E,A.Burrows. J.W.F.Podmore. C.E.Morey. L.R. Avery. J. Crandell A. Crampton. D. Klock, j C.Sawyer. G. . G.A Stone. P. W. Converse. F. H. Cluett. 'W. M. Peckham T, W. P. Patterso . ; F. Bontecou. METHODISM IN TROY. 187 MEMBERS OF THE STATE STREET CHURCH, 4887 - 88. Adams, Mrs. Angeline Agan, Mrs. Annie Alger, Anna R. Allendorph, Mrs. Sarah Almy, George W. Almy, Mrs. Melintha Anderson, Mark A. Andres, Grace Andres, John P. Andres, Mrs. Mary Arakalian, G. A. Archibald, James C. Archibald, Mrs. Sarah M. Avery, Eva A. Avery, Frederick W. Avery, John M. Avery, Lyman R. Avery, Mrs. Annie S. Avery, Mrs. Henrietta B. Auliffe, William Ayres, Mrs. Elizabeth H. Bailey, Augustus Bailey, Charlotte Bailey, Julia Bailey, Lottie Barber, Mrs. Marion Bardin, A. G. Barringer, Mrs. Mattie Barry, Mabel E. Barry, Mrs. Evangeline E. Barthell, Frederick W. Barthell, Mrs. Annie E. Belden, Arthur Belden, Emerson Belden, Mrs. Julia A. Bennett, Mrs. Amanda Berwin, Joseph Berwin, Mrs. Delia Biggs, Mrs. Priscilla Birch, Julia A. Bishop, Mary Elizabeth Bishop, Mrs. Mary E. Blanchard, Mrs. Armina P. Blanchard, Viola Bonesteel, Jeremiah Bonesteel, Mrs. Louisa Bontecou, D. Frank Bowen, Clara E. Bowen, Mrs. Harriet M. Bowers, Lillian M. Bragg, Aurelia A. Brockway, Cynthia Brown, Stephen John Bull, Mrs. Julia E. 188 METHODISM IN TROY. Bumstead, Mrs. Eleanor Burrows, Edwin A. Burtis, Emma Buswell, Mrs. Emmeline Buswell, William H. Butler, Etta Cady, Henrietta Calkins, Mary E. Calkins, Sarah Carpenter, Julia E. Carr, Carrie M. Carr, Laura Cary, Mrs. Elizabeth Cary, Sidney T. Chase, Alton Clark, Mrs. Melissa Clint, Mrs. Caroline Cluett, Charles F. Cluett, Frances C. Cluett, Frederick H. Cluett, Mary E. Cluett, Mrs. Fannie B. Cluett, William Cockburn, Elizabeth Collander, Elizabeth Collins, Mrs. Ann M. Comstock, Frederick R. Comstock, Mrs. Adaline Comstock, Royal D. Connolly, Kate Converse, Charles A. Converse, Mrs. Cornelia E. Converse, Perrin W. Corliss, John M. Cornwell, Ellen J. Cottrell, George W. Cowee, Mrs. Mary E. Crampton, Albert Crampton, Mrs Louisa A. Crandell, Alexander Crandell, Joseph Crandell, Mary T. Crandell, Mrs. Charlotte A. Craver, Mrs. Lucinda Crissey, Isaac W. Cummings, Mrs. Mary A. Cushman, Amelia Daboll, George W. Daboll, Helena Hardwick Daboll, Mrs. Sarah Daboll, Wilmott C. Dagdigian, Anedik Daniels, Alice L. Daniels, Mrs. Kate M. Daniels, Mrs. Libbie. Darling, H. S. Darrell, William F. Dater, Elizabeth A. Davis, Carrie N. Davis, Mrs. Jennie E. METHODISM IN TROY. Davis, Marco L. De Freest, Mrs. Eliza C. De Freest, Mrs. Louisa De Freest, Mrs. Minnie A. Derrick, Henrietta M. Dewey, Mary E. Diehl, Josephine Disotell, Mrs. Mary Dorley, Sarah A. Doty, Julia R. Doty, Louisa Doty, Mrs. Julia M. Doughty, Mrs. Tillie Dow, Martha J. Dowsett, Isaiah C. Dowsett, Maude Dowsett, Mrs. Elizabeth Dusenberry, Mrs. Alice A. Dutcher, Mrs. Barbara Dutcher, Mrs. Phoebe A. Dutcher, Nelson R. Eichols, Emma Eldred, Minnie Eldred, Mrs. Susan M. Elwell, Mrs. Carrie. Fairlie, J. E. Faulkner, Julia A. Faulkner, Mrs. Mary Faulkner, Mrs. Mary E. Fechs, Mrs. Annie 189 Fellows, A. Clarke Fellows, J. Frank Fellows, Mrs. Anna M. Felter, Edgar M. Felter, Mahlon Felter, Mrs. Edgar M. Ferguson, Minnie L. Ferrie, Mrs. Cynthia S. Filkins, Mrs. Sarah J. Finder, Mrs. Elva A. Finder, William Fish, Nellie L. Fisk, Bessie Fisk, E. J. Fisk, James Y. Fisk, Mary Fisk, Sarah Fojeian, Paul Foltes, Robert Henry Fox, Ella Fox, Florence M. Fox, Mrs. Adelia Freeman, Nettie Gillespie, Mrs. Mary Gleghorn, Mary Glendenning, Annie E. Goss, Mrs. E. A. Green, Mrs. Harriet Greenfield, Mrs.CatharineA. Greenfield, John N. Igo _ Gregory, Lottie Gustafson, Agnes E. Gustafson, Anna T. M. Gustafson, Mrs. Anna C. Gustafson, Mrs. Mary Hagadorn, Mrs. Sally Hale, Charles B. Hale, Mrs. Ellen M. Hartshorn, Edwin A. Hartshorn, Edwin S. Hartshorn, Jessie Hayford, Mrs. M. L. Heims, George Heims, Mary Heimstreet, Mrs. Emeline Helmes, Frederick C. Helmes, Mrs. Lillie A. Herbage, Mrs. Libbie M. Herrick, Clinton B. Herrick, Mrs. Lillian F. Herrick, Sarah J. Hicks, Mrs. Hannah A. Hillman, Mrs. Ordelia M. Holdridge, Merton A. Hollister, Carrie V. Hollister, Maggie L. Hollister, Mrs. Carrie C. Hollister, William H. Holmes, Clara E. Holmes, Henry METHODISM IN TROY. Holmes, Lizzie E. Holmes, Mrs. Maria M. Hooper, Mrs. Ellen M. Hooper, Otis F. Horton, George W. Horton, Harry G. Horton, Isabella F. Horton, James M. Horton, Mrs. Effie W. Horton, Mrs. Catharine E. Horton, William H. Hotchkin, Delia M. Hotchkin, Nettie M. House, Edward O. House, Mrs. Anna K. Huff, Henry Huff, John Huff, Mrs. Fannie E. Hulbert, Edwin H. Hulbert, Mrs. Kate A. Hulbert, Seymour Hunt, Enoch Hurst, Charles Hutchinson, Mrs. Mary A. Huth, Amanda Huth, Mrs. Sarah R. Ingalls, Harry O. Ingalls, Horace B. Ingalls, Mrs. M. E. Ingalls, Oscar F. METHODISM IN TROY. IgI Irish, Mrs. Emeline Jamison, James Jejeiam, Manorg H. Jepson, Ila M. Johnson, Carrie F. Johnson, Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, Emily C. Jombarjean, G. M. Jones, Mrs. Angeline M. Jones, Carrie A. Jones, Ella H. Jones, Harry B. Jones, Mrs. Carrie E. Jones, Octavous Jordan, Mrs. Elizabeth Karajian, G. H. Keith, Harriet Keith, Robert Kellum, Mrs. Gertrude Kendall, Mary E. Kendall, Newell A. Kendall, Mrs. Jennie E. Kenyon, David R. Kenyon, Mrs. Emily King, Alford Floyd King, Elizabeth R. King, Letitia E. King, Mary J. King, Matilda E. King, Mrs. Mary King, Mrs. Mary King, Mrs. Sarah R. Kittle, Mrs. Evalina Klock, jr., Daniel Knowlton, Mrs. Maria A. Labrum, Mrs. Judith A. Larkins, Alpha Lee, Charles A. Lee, Mrs. Abbie Lee, Mrs. Eliza Lee, Nathaniel Leet, Charles M. Leet, Mrs. Prudence Leet, Wm. E. Lewis, Mrs. Carrie Lovejoy, Mrs. J. A. Lub, William A. Mallery, Mrs. Mary J. Mallery, Hattie E. Mallery, Mary J. Mallory, Stephen Mann, Mrs. Ellen A. Mann, William H. Mannell, Anna May Mannell, George Mannell, Gussie J. Mannell, Mary Manning, Mrs. Susan P. Martin, Clarence L. Martin, Josiah A. 192 Martin, Julia A. Martin, Mrs. Cynthia L. Martin, Mrs. Elsie A. Matthews, James Matthews, Mrs. Alice May, Charles D. May, Earl H. May, Edwin A. May, Emma J. May, Libbie B. May, Mary L. May, Mrs. Julia A. McChesney, Carrie E. McKittrick, Mrs. Carrie McKittrick, W. H. McMasters, Mrs. Nancy J. McMurray, Charlotte E. McNider, Mary Mead, William E. Meeker, Mrs. Mary E. Meeker, Mrs. Ruth A. Meeker, Mrs. Ruth A. Meeker, William A. Merrill, Carlton H. Merrill, Mrs. Sarah T. Mesick, Henry Mesick, Mrs. Emeline Michael, Frank Mooney, James A. Moore, Ella A. METHODISM IN TROY. Morand, Emeline M. Morand, Ida L. - Morand, Mrs. Mary Morand, Ulysses G. Morand, William Morey, Charles E. Morey, Clara Morey, George W. Morey, Manley W. Morey, Mrs. Charlotte A. Morey, Mrs. Susan M. Mosher, Martha A. Munro, John Munro, John C. Munro, Lizzie, Myers, Carrie I. Myers, Hattie Myers, Maria M. Myers, Mrs. Harriet E. Myers, Mrs. Sarah Naylor, Anna Naylor, James Naylor, George W. Naylor, Maud Naylor, Mrs. Emma Naylor, Sarah Nelson, Minnie Nieson, Anna Mary Nieson, Tina Norton, Ethel METHODISM IN TROY. 193 Norton, Mrs. Estella Odell, Celia Osborne, Mrs. Elizabeth T. Ostrander, Amelia R. Packard, Chauncey D. Packard, Lillie Paine, Mrs. Sarah G. Palmetier, Catharine E. Pasco, Francis H. Pasco, Mary Jane Pasco, Mrs. Caroline Pasco, Mrs. Robina Pasco, Sarah Pasco, William Patterson, Mrs. Hattie C. Patterson. Thomas W. P. Patton, Annie Peabody, Andrew Peabody, Helen E. Peabody, Mrs. Sarah A. Peabody, Samuel J. Peckham, Mrs. Mary Peckham, Phcebe Peckham, William M. Percey, Effie Percey, Lillie Petriam, H. Pettis, William Peyton, Jennie D. Phillips, Mrs. Clara 14 Podmore, Annie G, Podmore, Eva J. Podmore, Mrs. S. Alice Podmore, James W. F. Pomeroy, D. W. Pomeroy, Mrs. Marion Popple, Henry A. Popple, Mrs. Lizzie A. Porter, Flora E. Potliyan, Emmanuel H. Potliyan, Jacob Pulsifer, Stella Pulver, Mrs, Lottie Queal, Arthur D. Queal, Mary Queal, Mrs. Alice Raport, Louis Redfield, Mrs. Mary Rhind, Mrs. Susan P. ‘Rice, Harry L. D. Rice, Mrs. Carrie E. Richardson, Mrs. Cornelia Rilyea, Mrs. Hattie Robbins, Mrs. Phoebe M. Rockfellow, Lizzie Rockfellow, Mrs. Henrietta Rockfellow, Rosa Roga, Harry Roga, Joseph B. Roga, Mrs. Carrie 194 METHODISM IN TROY. Rogers, Daisy _ Rogers, Helen M. Rogers, Lillian F. Ronalds, James Ronalds, Mrs. Clarissa Roome, Christian H. Rose, Jennie S. Rowley, Mrs. Ida Russell, Harriet A. Russell, Mrs. Harriet H. Rynders, Mrs. Lizzie Rynders, Nellie Sanford, Frederick A. Sawyer, Mrs. Alice Sawyer, Mrs. Lucy S. Saxe, James A. Saxe, John W. Saxe, Mary E. Saxe, Mrs. Ellen G. Saxe, William A. Schutt, Annie G. Schutt, Frank P. Schutt, Mrs. Anna M. Scott, Anna E. Searles, Mrs. Jennie Searles, Mrs. Olive Searles, William Seeman, Emma Seymour, Minnie Seymour, Mrs. Mary E. Seymour, Robert Shappo, Mrs. Catharine B. Shaw, Charles H. Shaw, Mary C. Shaw, Mrs. Jennie Sherwood, Cyrus Shires, Mrs. Ella Sivers, Mrs. Lina Snow, Mrs. Alice P. Snow, Samuel O. Sontar, Mrs. Fannie Spaulding, Mrs. Clara M. Spencer, Mrs. Lillie A. Spicer, Ann Eliza Spicer, Sarah J. Staley, Mrs. Carrie T. Starks, Mrs. Elizabeth Starks, Ralph J. Starks, Ralph E. Stewart, Bessie Stone, Mrs. Mary A. Stout, Edward L. Stout, Mary Julia Stout, Mrs. Mary R. Stradling, Mrs. Agnes S. Strait, Horatio N. Strait, Mrs. Emma Strait, Mrs. Louisa Swenson, John Swenson, Mrs. Ophelia METHODISM IN TROY. 195 Takakjian, Jacob Tann, Sarah S. Tappan, Mrs. Susan M. Taylor, William Thompson, Mrs. Mary Titus, Mattie L. Tschumi, Fred. J. Turknett, R. G. Tyler, Charles H. Tyler, Mrs. Carrie T. Udall, John Uline, Mrs. Sarah M. Urann, Samuel | Van Buren, Bradley Van Buren, Mrs. Amy Waterbury, Mrs. Rose Waterbury, Sherman Watrous, Sarah M. Weaver, James J. Westervelt, Mrs. Sarah E. Whipple, John B. _ Whipple, Henry Whipple, Mrs. Ardell Y. White, Charles T. White, George A. White, Palmer Whiteman, Albert H. Whyland, Madeline Wilson, Hattie Wilson, Mrs. Catharine Vandercook, Zilphia Z. Wilson, Mrs. Maria L. Dowdell Van Deusen, Mrs.Hannah Wilson, Mrs. Mary Van Valkenburgh, Effie Wilson, Ruth A. VanValkenburgh,Mrs.Eliza Wilson, Thomas Vasey, Arma Vasey, Minnie Vasey, Mrs. Elizabeth Vasey, Nicholas Vaughn, Mrs. Anna J. Wager, Leonard Wager, Mrs. Eliza Wager, Mrs. Frances Wager, Paul Wait, Lewis H. Wait, Mrs. Mary J. Waterbury, Emerson Wing, Mrs. Nannie Wiston, Mrs. Naomi Woolworth, Pamelia Worden, Mrs. Mary Wyman, Jennie E. Wyman, John D. Wyman, Lottie S. Wyman, Mrs. Emma E. Young, Carrie A. Zeptner, Maggie Zeptner, Mrs. Jane 196 METHODISM IN TROY. STATE STREET M. E. SUNDAY SCHOOL, 1887 - 88 OFFICERS. Rev. J. E. C. Sawyer, Pastor. Daniel Klock, jr., Superintendent. J. W. F. Podmore, Asst. Superintendent. William H. Mann, Secretary. Stephen J. Brown, Asst. Secretary. Stephen Mallory, Treasurer. James Y. Fisk, Librarian. Fred. R. Comstock, J. Frank Fellows, Mrs. S. T. Cary, Mrs. Joseph Hillman, Mrs. W. C. Daboll, Miss Mary E. Saxe, Miss Mary T. Crandell, Miss Mary L. May, Miss Clara E. Holmes, 1st Asst. Librarian. 2d Asst. Librarian. Female Superintendent. Superint’d’t of Primary Dept. Asst. Sup’t of Primary Dept. Pianist. Asst. Pianist. Organist. Asst. Organist. TEACHERS. P. W. Converse, Joseph Crandell, A. C. Fellows, E. A. Hartshorn, METHODISM IN TROY. 197 Fred. C. Helms, Henry Holmes, E. O. House, Chas. E. Morey, J. W. F. Podmore. Mrs. E. Belden, Mrs. Joseph Berwin, Miss Clara E. Bowen, Mrs. C. M. Clint, Miss Mary T. Crandell, Miss Martha Dow, Mrs. Mary Y. Fisk, Mrs. Mary K. Gillespie, Mrs. Wm. J. Herbage, Miss Maggie Hollister, Miss Clara E. Holmes, Mrs. E. O. House, Mrs. W. H. Mann, Mrs. Charles E. Morey, Miss Clara A. Morey, Mrs. Amelia R. Ostrander, Mrs. Anne G. Podmore, Miss Mary M. Queal, Miss Mary E. Saxe, Miss Madeline Whyland, Mrs. E. Westervelt. 198 METHODISM IN TROY. SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR BUILDING THE FIRST METH- ODIST MEETING-HOUSE IN TROY, JAN’Y 2, 1809. Eliphalet King, - - 2 . $150 OO Morris DeCamp, — - : = 35 00 Asahel Gilbert, . Z s 35 00 David Canfield, - - - - 30 00 Aaron Raymond, - - - 20 00 Alex. Stewart, - - - - 20 00 Moses Platt, ° : - IO 0O Eli Burritt, - - 10 00 John Boardman, - - - IO 00 Andrew Proudfit, - - - 10 00 Thos. Hillhouse, - - = IO 0O E. Warner & Co., - - - 1000 Corning & Co., - - - 10 00 A. & D. Lamoreaux, - - - 10 00 John Sanders, - = = - David Scoby, Samuel Whatleu, 2 Ss : Phebe Curtis, Elisha Fanning, & é ~ Thos. Davis, - - - Albert Pawling, s i“ z Mr. Fauncher, _ : 3 : annarannn nwo Q 0 00 Ephraim Morgan, - - 5 00 Levi Rumsey, - - - - 5 00 Russell, Tracy, & Co.,_ - - - 5 00 METHODISM IN TROY. Stanley Thompson, Elias F. : Nathaniel Chapman, U. Miller, Thomas Sumer, a Hazzard, 2 Hugh Peebles, - Nehemiah Tomkins, Isaac Fowler, jr., - Henry Vail, Richard Keeling, Wm. Bogardus, - Theodore Barnard, Ephraim Whitaker, William McManus, James Sheldon, - Benjamin Higbie,_ - J. Watts, - Andrew Hemphill, - Jasper M. Vandenburgh, Samuel Swasey, - Thomas Read, - Archibald Weaver, - Edward S. Stewart, Felix Lester, - Platt Titus, 2 I. M. Wells, Elisha Sheldon, James Adams, H. Keeling, - 1 Nb NH NH DH H KH NH NHN NHN BH NH NN WW WW DH WW WH WW WH BH NH HH NH WN 199 oo oO oO 00 oo oO 00 50 oO 00 oo oo 00 oo 00 oo oo 50 oo oO oo oo oO 00 00 oO oO oo oo oo 200 METHODISM IN TROY. Joseph Hues, Charles Richards, John Smith, Elias Lasell, Alexander Rousseau, Rogers & Rockwell, W. Putnam, Isaac Ayers, William Bell, jr., M. Wack, Henry Drew, Robert Christie, J. Weld, John Howard, Reuben H. Walworth, Jesse Cro, William Squire, Luke H. Thrall, John Whitaker, Simon Smith, Reuben Purdy, David Sherman, W. Earl, Samuel West, William Kelly, Levinus Vandenbergh Abijah Fowler,- P. Huntington, - Elias Howard, Cornelius Buckman, ' N NO NHN NY NY N YB NY NN NV _ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 75 .0O OO 50 50 50 00 00 oO oo 00 oO 00 oO oo oOo OO 00 oo 00 00 oOo METHODISM IN TROY. 201 Willard Warner, = - I OO George Smith, I 00 Lewis Munn, - eat I 00 J. Moulton, . 1 00 E. Ranney, - - I 00 Thos. Porter, 1 OO William Rockwell, - a = I OO Thaddeus Mead, z : a I 00 Hugh Gragg, é o 87 The subscriptions of Roger King, Charles Lemon, and other contributors was upon another paper afterward lost. 202 METHODISM IN TROY. SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THESTATEST.STONECHURCH AND CHAPEL AS THEY WERE JANUARY, 1888. (Less amounts than $100 subscribed are not einbraced in the list.) Reuben Peckham, $13,100 Charles J. Saxe, and wife, - - 11,950 George B. Cluett, - - 6,250 J. W. A. Cluett, - - - 6,250 Lyman R. Avery, - - - 5,900 Perrin W. Converse, - - - 5,600 George A. Stone, - - - 4,350 Ladies’ Aid Society, - - 4,177 William Cluett, - - 4,000 Joseph Hillman, - - - 3,950 John M. Corliss, - - - 3,900 Ralph J. Starks, : : - 3,250 Lorenzo C. Fisk, - : - - 2,725 Fred. H. Cluett, - - - 2,425 Daniel Klock, jr., - - - : 2,300 Samuel J. Peabody, - - - 2,300 Mrs. W. H. Manning, - - - 2,010 Rev. Stephen Parks and wife, - 1,600 Octavous Jones, - : 1,600 Manley W. Morey, - - - 1,525 Edwin A. Burrows, - - - 1,500 David Cowee and wife, - . 1,500 Sidney T. Cary,- - - - 1,380 Edwin A. Hartshorn, - 1,350 METHODISM IN Edmund Cluett, —- : George W. Horton, - Albert Crampton, - 3 Emerson Belden, a oe Henry Holmes, é : Robert Cluett, - Charles B. Bishop, - John W. Mackey, Edward O. House, Chauncey D. Packard, - Mrs. Angeline M. Jones, Samuel A. House, Stephen Mallory, Young People’s Association, Elisha Mors, Adam C. Fellows, Mrs. E. S. Strait, George Bristol, : Sunday School, Nathaniel Lee, - Sylvanus Birch, — - S. C. Hulbert, - E. H. May, J. W. F. Podmore, Myron King, W. H. Hollister, R. S. Norton, : - R. Quackenbush, C. & Bill, = - - Joseph Crandell, TROY. 203 1,300 1,300 1,275 1,275 1,100 1,100 1,000 1,000 950 850 700 650 625 609 600 575 510 500 500 500 500 470 450 400 400 350 333 310 300 300 204 METHODISM IN J. C. Archibald, - D. F. Bontecou, - J. N. Greenfield, - T. W.P. Patterson, M. R. Taylor - Anna E. Spicer, - Sarah J. Spicer, - William H. Mann, S. Tappen, Dr. Wm. Finder, jr., W. L. Van Alstyne, Rev. George W. Brown, Isaac Keith, - Paul Wager, - C. Brockway, - R. Phillips, = Joseph H. Knight, - Alice Queal, - Mrs. E. A. Goss, - - A. L. Hotchkin, L. H. Wait, - - S. J. Brown, Mrs. Alice Sawyer, - Charles M. Estes, George W. Almy, - Robert Nelson, - Robert Seymour, - G. G. Thompson, Henry Davis, - Mary J. Byers, - - METHODISM IN TROY. George Bates, < . 2 M. C. Mallory, - - Rev. L. Barber, = Mrs. J. N. Mulford, R. B. Caldwell, N. S. Vedder, Be Eleanor A. Young, Charles E. Peabody, George G. Converse, - W.M. Peckham, Rev. J. E. C. Sawyer, C. A. Sherwood, - - C. L. Martin, - J. B. Clark, - ° ° 205 IOO 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 I0O 100 100 100 I0O 206 METHODISM IN TROY. CENTENARY SUBSCRIPTIONS TO WESLEYAN UNI- VERSITY, MIDDLETOWN, CONN., 1866-67, by which a Scholarship was vested in the Trustees of the SrATE STREET M. E. Cuurcu, Troy, N. Y. Erastus Wentworth, Reuben Peckham, Joseph Hillman, William Cluett Family, Nathaniel Lee, Sidney T. Cary, McMaster’s Family, - J. N. Greenfield, - John M. Corliss, - Lyman R. Avery, P. W. Converse, Myron King, - H. Lee, Samuel Peabody, Chauncey D. Packard, Mrs. David Cowee, Miss Eleanor A. Young, Andres Family, - Peter Bontecou., - J. J. Van Deusen, E. S. Brainerd, Cornelia Washburn, Stephen Mallory, - D. Bigelow, E. Jones, - - - $100 100 100 60 25 20 It 10 = NW Www fh OAanniunua4an oO Oo = $500 oOo oO oOo OO oo 00 oo oOo oOo 0O OO oo 0O oO oOo OO OO oo 0o 0O oOo oO oO oo oO 0O ‘ysaau od fi ‘88 “ABATID "AA Lggt sSuNSe}, ‘ ‘5 HOWNHD ‘oO v {XENIA AQ "WABI, ‘yBunquapuva *H ‘DO W FANAAY ONTIIMV Hf Aeu “aaasilOH "H “AN ‘syolopol yy Wel] ‘sueumod *N ‘1 “HPPUPM “d ‘uosaspuoyH *[ nied “A\ 25.1095) QnL tO GUVOg IVIOIWIQ YHL AO SUAAWNATY AX \ SWE SS METHODISM IN TROY. 209 OFFICIAL BOARD OF THE PAWLING AVENUE CHURCH, 1887-88. Rev. |. Hy Clark, Preacher in Charge, Isaac A. Youmans, Local Preacher. Crass LEADERS: Elizabeth Lovejoy, Almon Snyder, George W. Pettit, Philip Wendell. STEWARDS : Allen Fredericks, Potter Simmons, George C. Hastings, Charles H. Vandenburgh, Philip Wendell. TRUSTEES : William Craver, James Henderson, John De Freest, William H. Hollister, Nathan M. Hastings, George W. Pettit, Abner Henderson, George Weatherwax. George C. Hastings, Sunday-school Sup't. 15 210 METHODISM IN ‘TROY. MEMBERS OF THE PAWLING AVENUE CHURCH, Ainsworth, Ledia W. Allen, Cora E. Allen, Cora L. Allen, Eliza Allen, Marion Allen, Sarah Allen, Stewart Bennett, Albert Bennett, Anna Bennett, Jasper N. Bennett, Mina Betts, A. C. Betts, Frederick Betts, Martha Boyce, Delia Boyce, Kate Boyce, Maggie Boyce, Maranda Boyd, L. George Boyd, Mary Briggs, Adelaide Briggs, Helen Bunce, Isabella Cammeron, Anna Campbell, Anna Campbell, Christiana Carner, Helen 1887-88. Carner, John Clark, Florence A. Clark, Lola M. Clark, Mabel W. Clark, Randolph F. Clickner, Henry Clickner, Mary Cole, Lizzie Covel, Sarah Cramer, James E. Cramer, Josephine Craver, Catharine Craver, Elizabeth S. Craver, William De Freest, Ella De Freest, Eleanor De Freest, Jno. A. Dick, Frank Driggs, Sarah Dutcher, George W. Dutcher, Lillian Egleston, Alice Finch, Caroline L. Finch, Diana Finch, John L. Ford, Fannie A. Fredericks, Allen METHODISM IN TROY. 21i Fredericks, Elizabeth Gillis, Clara Gillis, Edward Grate, Amelia Happe, Emma Happe, Josie Hastings, Elizabeth Hastings, George Hastings, George C. Hay, Gertrude Hayner, Carrie Henderson, Abner Henderson, Frances C. Henderson, Frank Henderson, James C. Hines, Maggie Hines, Mary Hines, Mrs. Mary Hines, Minnie Hines, Sarah Hollister, Carrie Hull, Lillian, Humphrey, Allen Humphrey, Fidelia Ives, Emeline Jackson, Elizabeth Keeler, Katie Knight, Catharine Kochart, Emma Kochart Paulina Koon, Anna Lovejoy, Elizabeth Mambert, Mary Manrille, Jonas Maxon, Clara McPherson, Eliza Minkler, Albert Minkler, Charles Minkler, Eveline Minkler, Lizzie Moll, Mary Moll, Robert Moran, Sarah Morris, Mattie Munro, Mary Palmer, Alice Palmer, Eveline Perrigo, Fannie Pettit, Earl S. Pettit, George W. Pettit, Jennie M. Rifenburgh, Betsey M. Rush, Rebecca Service, Alferrett Service, Amelia Service, Margaret Service, William H. Sharpe, George H. Sharpe, Jane Simmons, Annie F, 212 METHODISM IN TROY. Simmons, Jessie Simmons, Louisa Simmons, Potter S. Simmons, Stephen Slater, Anna Smith, Edgar Snyder, Almon Stillman, Chester Stillman, Josephine Stillman, Roscal Strope, Mrs. A. M. Strope, Daniel Taylor, Sarah Templeton, Sarah M. Tilley, Albert Tilley, Anna Tilley, Charles Tilley, Edwin Tilley, Ellen Tilley, Jessica Tilley, Martha Traver, Benjamin Traver, Florence Travis, Alva Truax, Charles Utz, Ida Utz, John A. Utz, Minnie Vandenburgh, Charles H. Vandenburgh, Louisa Vanderpool, Adelbert Vanderpool, Agnes Vanderpool, John Vanderpool, Lucinda R. Van Woert, Susie Weatherwax, Cyntha Weatherwax, George Wendell, Ida Wendell, Mattie FE. Wendell, Phillip I. Wheeler, Ella Whitbeck, Eliza White, George White, James H. White, Mary \ Wilson, Alice A. Wright, Lottie Wright, Mary A. Youmans, Burton Youmans, Chester A. Youmans, Rev. Isaac A. Zangler, Lillian METHODISM IN TROY. 213 PAWLING AVENUE M. E. SUNDAY SCHOOL, 1887-88. OFFICERS : Rev. J. H, Clark, Pastor, G. C. Hastings, — - Superintendent, Rev. I. A. Youmans, A. H. Travis, Burton Youmans, Albert Minkler, George L. Boyd, Asst. Superintendent, Secretary, Asst. Secretary, Librarians, Miss Frances C. Henderson, Sup’t of Infant Dept., Miss Fannie Ford, Asst.Supt. of Infant Dept., Miss Fannie Ford, Organist, Miss Retta Service. Asst. Organist, G. C. Hastings,- Chorister. TEACHERS : Rev. J. H. Clark, Almon Snyder, Mrs. Albert Bennett, Mrs. John Carner, Mrs. A. Fredericks, Miss Emma Happe, Mrs. G. C. Hastings, Mrs. Catharine Knight, Mrs. Libbie Lovejoy, Mrs. Albert Minkler, Mrs. Eveline Minkler, Miss Alice Palmer, Mrs. Josephine Stillman, Miss Ida Wendell, Mrs. M. A. Wheeler, Miss Susie Van Woert. 214 METHODISM IN TROY. OFFICIAL BOARD OF THE FIFTH AVENUE CHURCH, 1887-88. Rev. Henry Graham, D.D., Preacher in Charge. Crass LEADERS: A. D. Banker, R. B. Hurd, Ira S. Bush, A. W. Pulis, H. C. Curtis, Mary Rowe, G. B, Gray, C. W. Rowley, R. W. Hewitt, E. D. Waldron, L. Hull, S. L. Wood. STEWARDS: Charles H. Benedict, A. D. Lyon, Isaac Bogardus, P, Si Pettit, A, A. Bunce, William H. Pike, Herbert Ford, Lorenzo D. Streeter, George Hughes, George W. Van Alstyne, J. V. Jacobs, A. Whited, S. L. Wood. Isaac Bogardus, Recording Steward, S. L. Wood, District Steward. TRUSTEES : Oliver Boutwell, John Leggett, H. C, Curtis, Joseph Leggett, George P. Ide, William H. Rowe, John C. Ide, E. W. Simpson, E. D. Waldron. H. C. Curtis, Sunday-school Superintendent. MOSS ENG CO N & OFFICIAL BOARD OF ° rru AveNnur M. FE. Cuurcnu, 1887-88. SMBERS ¢ Cc A. Whited,S.L.Wood,H.C.Curtis, C. ett, H. Ford, dus, A. ALL W.H.Rowe,L.D. Streeter, A.W.Pulis, W. H. Pike, P.S Pettit, G. Hughes, A. D. Lyon, R. W. Hewitt, J.C. Ide, R.B Hurd, G. W. Van Alstyne, A.D. Bar . W. Rowley, J. A. Leggett, J. V. Jacobs. METHODISM IN TROY. 217 MEMBERS OF THE FIFTH AVENUE CHURCH, Abbott, Elery J. Abbott, Frank B. Abbott, Minnie M. Abbott, Sarah Acome, Delia Acome, Richard, Adams, Addie M. Adams, Marietta Adams, Susan E. Adkins, Archibald Adkins, Harriet Allen, Jennie Anthony, Aaron Anthony, Josie R. Anthony, Lydia B. Archibald, George Archibald, John Armitage, Mary B. Armitage, William P. Armsbury, Charlotte, Arndt, Rosa Arnold, Emily Bacheldor, Chester Bacheldor, Olive M. Bacheldor, Rebecca Bailey, Elzora Baker, Maggie A. 1887-88. Baldwin, Helen T. Baldwin, Melville C. Baldwin, Sarah J. Banker, Alex. D. Banker, Florence E. Barker, Lavinia Barnes, Lorilla L. Barringer, Harriet M. Barringer, Sarah E. Bateman, Alice Battershall, Jane Bawden, William J. Beattie, Carl Beattie, Dora Beattie, Mabel Becker, Anna R. Becker, A. C. Benedict, Charles H. Benedict, Eliza Benedict, T. Lee Benedict, Sarah A. Bennett, Inez Bennett, Mrs. Rola Betts, Clarence E. Betts, Mrs. C. E. Bibb, Edwin Bibb, Hannah M. 218 METHODISM IN TROY. Bigelman, Ada Bigelman, Laura Birdsall, Maria Blackburn, Lois Bogardus, Anna Bogardus, Hannah Bogardus, Isaac Bogardus, Magdelena Bogardus, Viana Bolster, Dewitt E. Boumis, Eva Bounds, Burton Bounds, jr., John W. Bounds, Mary Boutwell, Harriet Boutwell, Oliver Boutwell, Phoebe A. Boutwell, Theodore Boxley, Alice Boxley, Caroline Boxley, George Bradshaw, Anna M. Bradshaw, Mary J. Brakes, Mary J. Brakes, Samuel Brandon, Irving Brandon, Jennie M. Briggs, Cynthia Bristol, George Bristol, Grace Bristol, Margaret Bristol, Mary Brooks, Emma Broughton, Henry O. Broughton, Jane Brown, Edith Brown, E. Fisk Brown, Florence A. Brown, Jane M. Brown, Louisa Brundage, Lizzie Bryan, Libbie Bull, Caroline Bull, Charlotte Bulson, Hattie Bump, Mary Bunce, Alonzo A. Bunce, Mary C. Bundy, Maggie Burtis, Mary L. Burton, John W. Bush, Ira G. Bussey, Elizabeth C. Calhoun, Anna B. Calhoun, Elizabeth Calhoun, Mary J. Calhoun, Thomas Campbell, Adeline Campbell, Jennie Campbell, Lillian METHODISM IN TROY. 219 Campbell, Martin V. Campbell, Mary Carr, Alice Carr, Mrs. Wm. H. Carruthers, Louisa M. Chambers, Fanny Chappell, Rachel Christopher, Carrie E. Clark, Caroline Clark, Emma Clark, Emma L. Clark, Hannah Clark, Ransom Cleminshaw, Laura Cole, Dulcena M. Cole, Ida E. Collins, Julia Congdon, Eliza Conner, William Connor, Emma Cook, Mary Cooke, Angeline Cooke, Julia E. Cookingham, Jennie A. Cooper, James Coss, Caroline Costello, Annie Cottrell, Nancy Cox, Gertrude Crandall, Eliza Curtis, Harry S. Curtis, Henry C. Curtis, Mercy David, Edmund V. Davis, Eliza A. Davis, Mary A. Dayton, Laura Dean, Nellie Decker, Adalbert E. Decker, Lodemia Dedrick, Sarah Delavergne, Emily J. De Long, J. H. De Long, Sarah E. Derrick, Sally Dixon, John J. Dixon, Mary J. Dollar, Fannie A. Dooris, Jennie Dooris, Joseph M. Douglass, Serula Dunsbeck, Edith Dunshee, Nellie Dusenberry, Levinus Dusenberry, Mary FE. Eddy, George W. Edmans, Frank T. Edmans, George P. Edmans, Julia M. Edmans, Walter J. 220 METHODISM IN TROY. Emerson, Ida M. Emerson, Oliver K. Emery, Bessie A. Emory, John W. Evarts, Emma Evarts, H. A. Evarts, Harry L. Feasey, Caroline Feasey, Lavina Feasey, Thomas Felt, Ellen J. Felter, Charles A. Felter, Edwin Felter, Sophia Fleming, John F. Folensbee, Helen M. Fonda, Lydia J. Foose, Alida Foose, Mary Foose, Stella M. Ford, Ella Ford, Herbert Ford, Isaac V. Ford, Kate E. Fortune, Louisa M. Fox, George E. Freeman, Cordelia Freeman, Josephine Frost, Edward J. Gage, Emeline Gage, Jessie F. Gage, Viola Gates, Addie C. German, Kate Gibbon, Mary Gifford, Ida L. Gifford, Mary J. Gifford, M. P. Giles, Charles C. Gill, Charles Gill, Edward Gill, Martha Gill, William S. Gillespie, Bertha M. Gillies, Nellie Gilman, Mary E. Gledhill, Mary E. Gould, Jennie Gould, Jennie Gould, Lillie H. Goynes, Mary Graham, Mattie A. Graham, Nettie F. Graham, Sarah N, Gray, Alice Gray, Carrie Gray, Charles B. Gray, Sarah E. Gray, Stannard Green, Charles F. METHODISM IN TROY. 221 Green, Lucinda Green, Minnie B. Green, Oscar Greenman, Emily M. Grieves, Bella Groom, Eliza Guenther, George Guenther, Julia M. Guenther, Katie R. Guile, Eveliza Gunnison, Azubah Gunnison, Carrie Hamill, Lizzie Hammond, Charles H. Hammond, Henry Hammond, Mary H. Hampton, Mattie Hampton, Mary F. Harris, Edith Harris, Harriet L. Harris, J. Ann Harris, John W. Harris, Martha J. Hart, Clara Hartshorn, Nancy V. Hastings, Loring M. Hastings, Maria A. Helms, Henrietta Helms, Levi Hermance, Anna Hewitt, Ann E. Hewitt, George W. L. Hewitt, Ida May Hewitt, R. W. Hill, Almira Hill, Charles Hills, Francis Himes, Edward Himes, Sarah Hoag, Levi Hoag, Ruth G. Hodges, Clara Hoffmaster, Olivia Holmes, Augusta M. Holmes, Osborn W. Holtz, Nellie Hooper, John Howe, Chandler C. Hudson, Loraine Hudson, Thomas Hughes, George Hughes, Lucy Hull, Fred. Hull, Jennie Hull, Levaldin Hull, Margaret Hunt, Margaret M. Hurd, Cora Hurd, Delia G. Hurd, George B. 222 METHODISM IN TROY. Hurd, Gertie V. Hurd, R. B. Hurd, Rollin J. Ide, Herbert S. Ide, John C. Ide, Josephine Ide, Mrs. George P. Ide, Stella M. Irvin, Margaret Jacobs, Anetta E. Jacobs, Jacob V. Jacobs, John E. Jacobs, Mary A. Jamieson, Matilda Jessemine, James Johnson, Frederick Johnson, Sarah F. Jones, Addie Jones, Catharine Jones, Lizzie Jones, Maria Kilburn, Sophia W. Kilby, Charles Kimball, Burr Kincaid, Agnes King, Eliza J. Kinlock, Alexander Kinlock, Mary J. Kinlock, Read Kipp, Abbie E. Kirk, Elizabeth Kline, Leonard Kline, Mary Koehler, John Landon, Frederick E. Landon, Rosa Lane, Anna Lane, George N. Lane, Sarah C. Lansing, Garrett Lansing, Hattie Lansing, Laura Lawrence, Ocena Learned, Alice Leggett, Della M. Leggett, John Leggett, Joseph Leggett, Mary Belle Leggett, Mary E. Lewis, Mary J. Link, Effie Lont, Lucinda Lont, Cornelia Lull, Henrietta Lyon, Asa D. Lyon, Bert Lyon, H. Elizabeth Lyon, Job P. Magee, Anna M. Magee, Edgar E. METHODISM IN TROY. 223 Magee, Harriet E. Magee, Libbie Magee, Rosena F. Maguire, Maria Main, Mattie E. Marsh, Alice Marshall, Ellen Marshall, Richard Marston, Clara Mateer, W. Newton McChesney, Catharine McChesney, Charlotte McChesney, Martha J. McClure, Elizabeth McIlvaine, Nancy Mead, Hattie L. Miller, Addie E. Miller, Alcena Miller, Ann Miller, Libbie Miller, Margaret Miller, Sarah A. Moore, Lewis K. Morgan, Anna Mott, Caroline Mott, Emma Mullen, Sarah Norris, Anna Norris, George Norris, Mary E. North, Amanda O’Brien, Carrie Olmstead, Sarah Paddock, C. M. Palmer, A. Lincoln Parker, Henrietta Parks, Julia Patchke, Carrie Patterson, Margaret Payfer, George M. Peabody, Joseph Peabody, Mary A. Peek, Florence Penrose, Anna Perry, Annie Perry, Bennett Perry, Mary Pettit, Abbie Pettit, Alice Pettit, Arthur Pettit, David H. Pettit, Eunice C. Pettit, Jennie Pettit, Phineas S. Phillips, Henry Phillips, Mary E. Pickering, Sarah F. Pike, William H. Pitcher, Libbie Pitts, Mary 224 METHODISM IN TROY. Powell, Mark K. Pratt, Annie E. Pratt, Charity Pratt, John P. Pratt, Julia A. Prentice, Charles C. Prentice, Parmelia M. Pulis, Abram Pulis, Catharine Pulis, Jennie Pulis, Jessie Pulis, Nellie Pulis, Olive Quigley, Mary H. Quigley, William H. Quivey, Alta Ranken, Sabrina Ranken, William Ratoon, Minnie Reynolds, Nathaniel Rice,. William Rich, Ruth M. Ring, Sarah Roach, Dora M. Robertson, Minnie A. Robertson, Thurza Rogers, John W. Rogers, Mary A. Rogers, Mrs. R. A. Rogers, Thomas Rood, Lucy Rowe, Lucretia Rowe, Francis J. Rowe, Lucy A. W. Rowe, Mary Rowe, William H. Rowe, jr., William H. Rowles, D. Henry Rowles, Mary R. Rowley, Charles W. Scott, Auline Seaman, Mary Sexton, Charles H. Shafer, Clarence E. Shafer, Eliza Sheffers, Lemira B. Sherwood, Lucia M. Sherwood, Sarah A. Shooks, Marietta Simpson, Almira Sleight, Mary Sleight, Roxy Slocum, Charlotte E. Smith, Charles Smith, Elizabeth Smith, Emaline Smith, Emily Smith, George E. Smith. Hannah Smith, Julia METHODISM IN TROY. 225 Smith, Mary J. Smith, Sarah E. Smith, S. Lillie Snyder, Abby J. Snyder, Cora Snyder, Ella Snyder, Ida Snyder, Margaret E. Snyder, William R. Stanley, Eames Stanley, Jane Stanley, Mary Stanley, Rosanna Stannard, Alice M. Stannard, Carrie D. Stannard, Henrietta Stannard, John D. Starr, Margaret Starr, William Staunton, Elmer E. Sterry, Laura A. Stewart, Mary F. Stone, Kate A. Streeter, Lorenzo Streeter, Mrs. Lorenzo Swan, Delia Swartwout, Mary C. Thayer, Emma Thayer, Gussie Thayer, Sarah 16 Thayer, Sarah A. Thayer, Walter Tiffany, Eleanor Tracy, Deborah Tripp, Hattie L. Tully, Wm. E. Turner, Lavinia Turner, Royal L. Tuthill, Nancy Tuttle, Emma M. Uline, Rebecca Van Alstyne, Alice Van Alstyne, Anna G. Van Alstyne, Calsinai Van Alstyne, Geo. W. Van Alstyne, Richard H. Van Alstyne, Sally E. Van Alstyne, Wm. L. Van Alstyne, jr., Wm. L. Van Antwerp, Alice Van Antwerp, Mattie Van Buren, Carrie Van Buren, Catharine Van Buren, Eva Van Buren, Julia F. Van Buren, Lucretia Van Buren, Rebecca Vandecar, Ann J. Van Deusen, Charles B. Van Deusen, Retta 226 METHODISM IN TROY. Van Deusen, Sarah Van Hoesen, Francis Van Hoesen, Margaret Van Hoesen, Oscar A. Van Hoesen, Sarah J. Van Hoesen, William Van Ness, Glorianna Van Vleck, Francis W. Van Vleck, Luella L. Vedder, Ada A. Viall, Cora Viall, Frank P. Vines, Eli P. Vines, Fannie C. Vines, Sophia Vrooman, Carrie F. Waite, Gay Waldron, Ephraim D. Waldron, Hannah Waldron, Sarah A. Ward, Tillie Warner, Mary E. Waters, Hattie Waters, William Weaver, Annie Wells, Myra Wemett, Electra Wenzell, Charles H. White, Anna M. Whited, Alvinze Whited, Florence A. Wickham, Annie Wickham, Lillie Wilcox, Mary Wilkinson, Thomas Wilson, Hannah S. Wilson, Julia Wilson, Minnie L. Wilson, Perry H. Winne, Martha Witherell, Louisa Wixon, Kate Wood, Almira Wood, Mary L. Wood, S. L. Woodruff, Clara I. Woolfe, Catharine M. Woolfe, George Wright, Mary L. Wright, Sarah A. Young, Georgietta Zears, Jennie METHODISM IN TROY. 227 FIFTH AVENUE M. E. SUNDAY SCHOOL, 1887-88. OFFICERS: Rev. H. Graham, H. C. Curtis, Levi Hoag, Mrs. A. D. Lyon, G. W. Van Alstyne, W. L. Van Alstyne, jr., Wm. H. Quigley, H. A. Evarts, J; F. Fleming. H. L. Evarts, E. F. Brown, Bert. Lyon, W. H. Pike, } I. Bogardus, § Pastor. Superintendent. Asst. Superintendent. Female Superintendent. Secretary. Asst. Secretary, Treasurer. Librarian. Asst. Librarian. Asst. Librarian, Asst. Librarian. Asst. Librarian. Church Commission on Sunday School. TEACHERS: > Banker, Benedict, Bush, De Long, . Hammond, R. W. Hewitt, R.-B. Hurd, Miss Sarah Baldwin, Mrs. A. D. Banker, Mrs. C. H. Benedict, Miss Eva Bouns, Miss Florence Brown, Mrs. H. C. Curtis, Mrs. E. J. De Lavergne, Mrs. H. Ford, Miss Jennie Gould, : dy oo Ede O — Se etd ote O Miss Lillie Gould, Miss Carrie Gray, Mrs. Edward Green, Miss Kate Guenther, Mrs. Levi Hoag, Miss Ida Hewitt, Mrs. Frederick Johnson, Mrs. J. B. Jones, Miss Lizzie Jones, Miss Abbie Kipp, Miss Jennie Pettit, Miss Julia Pratt, Mrs. W. H. Quigley, Miss Mary Rowe, Mrs. E. W. Simpson, Mrs. J. H. White. 228 METHODISM IN TROY, OFFICIAL BOARD OF THE THIRD ST. CHURCH, 1887-88. Rev. J. P. Haller, Preacher in Charge, George M. Bowns, Local Preacher. Crass LEADERS: Kingman Golledge, Benjamin Vipond. STEWARDS : Lewis Birkenshaw, John Hayes, Samuel Bord, John Shetland, William Claydon, Charles J. Shroder, John De Freest, Samuel L. Taylor, David Greer, Benjamin Vipond, Joseph Weston. TRUSTEES : Samuel Bord, Daniel Klock, jr., David Greer, T. W. P. Patterson, Thomas W. Hislop, Charles J. Shroder. Daniel Klock, jr., Sunday-school Superintendent. BOARD OF THIRD STREET T.W.P.Patterson, D. Greer, Rev. J Haller Wie THE M E Cnurcn, I 887-88. Iw est J De Freest, METHODISM IN TROY. 231 MEMBERS OF THE THIRD ST. CHURCH, Armstrong, Maggie Ashton, James Bainbridge, William Bancroft, Mrs. C. J. Birkenshaw, Lewis Bissell, Harry Bissell, Maggie Bissell, Melissa Bissell, Mrs. M. H. Bord, Charlotte Bord, Charlotte T. Bord, Lydia Bord, Samuel Bowns, Eliza Braman, Edmund Braman, Hattie Braman, John E. Braman, Mrs. John E. Bruce, Maria Bruce, Sarah Bumsted, Margaret Burkal, James Cary, Mary Claydon, Albert, Claydon, W. Claydon, Mrs. W. Cooper, S. Belle Danks, Phoebe De Freest, John 1887-88. De Freest, Melinda Ensign, Carrie Essegian, Moses Ferguson, James Ferguson, Peter Fisher, Freda Ford, Jane Gloss, Allan Gloss, Elinor E. Golledge, Kingman Greer, Kitty Greer, William S. Guy, Elizabeth Halse, Douglass Halse, Jane Halse, Lizzie Hanson, James Hanson, Mrs. James Harber, Alfred Harden, Catherine Harrington, Lena B. Harrison, Helen J. Hayes, Annie Hayes, John Hayes, Mary Hayes, Mary L. Hayes, Priscilla Heuson, John Hislop, Annie 232 METHODISM IN TROY. Jones, Libbie Lee, James Luce, Thomas McChesney, Barbara McChesney, Delia McKean, John Meachem, John Meachem, Lydia Meachem, Mrs. Charles Meachem, Susie Meachem, Thomas Meek, Abraham Meek, Nancy Meek, Timothy Moore, Henry Morton, John Olmstead, Mary Payne, Mary Payne, William Rouse, Amelia Rouse, Frankie Rouse, W. W. Shaw, Myra Shetland, Ida Shetland, John Shetland, Kitty Shetland, Maggie Shetland, Mary Shetland, Lily Shout, Lucinda Shroder, Charles J. Shroder, Kate Simpson, Annie Simpson. James Siples, Jacob Siples, Warren Snyder, Jessie Stevenson, Emily Stevenson, John Stevenson, Mrs. John Sutton, Nancy Swan, Delia Taylor, Emma Taylor, Josie Taylor. Lucy Taylor, Samuel L. Thicket, Elizabeth Thicket, Joshua Tifft, Elmira K. Timmins, Emma Tolmie, Jennie Tolmie, Martha Tolmie, Thomas Tracy, Jane Trotter, Elizabeth Turner, Emma Turner, Harriet Turner, Josiah Turner, Mary Van Hoesen, Maria Van Hoesen, Milton Vipond, Benjamin Weston, Charles Weston, George R. Weston, Joseph Williams, Charles Williams, Frank Witbeck, Sarah METHODISM IN TROY. 233 THIRD STREET M. E. SUNDAY SCHOOL, 1887-88. OFFICERS: Rev. J. H. Robinson, Daniel Klock, jr., - Thomas W. P. Patterson, David Greer, William R. Cooper, George R. Weston, Thomas W. Hislop, - Samuel L. Taylor, William Claydon, Miss Myra Shaw, Miss S. Belle Cooper, Miss Anna Hayes, Lorenzo Braman, Mrs. David Greer, Pastor, Superintendent, 1st Asst. Superintendent, 2d Asst. Superintendent, Secretary, Asst. Secretary, Treasurer, Librarian, Asst. Librarian, Female Superintendent, Supt. Primary Dept., Asst. Supt. Primary Dept., Chorister, Organist. TEACHERS: Kingman Golledge, Rev. J. H. Robinson, Mrs. J. E. Braman, jr., Miss Sarah Bruce, Miss Lillie Cooper, Miss Phoebe Danks, Mrs. John De Freest, Miss Carrie Ensign, Mrs. David Greer, Mrs. Thos. W. P. Patterson, Mrs. J. H. Robinson, Miss Myra Shaw, Miss Delia Swan, Miss Jessie Warner. 234 METHODISM IN TROY. OFFICIAL BOARD OF TRINITY CHURCH, 1887-88. Rev. P. L. Dow, Preacher in Charge. James H. Bounds, William H. Edwards, William Foster, William H. Manning, | b Local Preachers. Joseph Hillman, Exhorter. Crass LEADERS: S. P. Allen. Charles W. Hulbert, Israel Bickford, Mrs. C. W. Hulbert, Isaac S. Bussing, Howard S. Kennedy, William Foster, William H. Manning, Joseph Hillman, William E. Smith. STEWARDS : Fred. Beiermeister, jr., Thomas Edwards, Adam Clint, Joseph Hillman, Jesse Crannell, Howard S. Kennedy, Edward Edwards, Lewis Roth, James W. Wood. TRUSTEES : Fred. Beiermeister, jr., Joseph Hillman, Israel Bickford. Charles W. Hulbert, . George W. Cary, James A. McPherson. William E. Smith. James W. Wood, Sunday-school Superintendent. MEMBERS OF THE OrFFICIAL Boarp oF Trinity M. E. Cuurcu, 1887-88. L.Roth, J.W.Wood, C.W.Hulbert, W._E.Smith, J.C.Aus sst.leader), 1.S.Bussing, F.Beiermeister, jr., H.S.Kennedy, N.H.Sibley(asst.leader) T. Crannell, A. Clint, J. Hillman, Rev. P. L. Dow, I. Bickford, G. W. Cary, W. Foster, J. A. McPherson, W. H. Edwards, — E. Edwards, W H Manning, J. H. Bo S METHODISM IN TROY. 237 MEMBERS OF TRINITY CHURCH, 1887-88. Abrames, Adelia Abrames, Charity Abrames, Ella M. Abrames, Harvey Abrames, Jessie Abrames, John Abrames, Minnie Ager, James B. Allen, Addie A. Allen, Addie Allen, Alexander S. Allen, Annie E. Allen, Ella May Allen, Stanton P. Andrews, James Andrews, Nancy Austin, Georgiana Austin, John C. Bailey, Julia M. Bailey, Sidney C. Beam, Augustus Beiermeister, Charlotte Beiermeister, jr,. Fred. Beiermeister, Jennie Beiermeister, William Bennett, Elizabeth Bentley, Florence Bentley, Maria Bentley, Minnie Bergh, William Bickford, Almira Bickford, Israel Bickford, Thomas H. Blackwood, Charlotte Blackwood, Jennie Bloomingdale, Annie R. Bloomingdale, Edward J. Bloomingdale, George Bloomingdale, Josephine Bloomingdale, Pheobe Bonesteel, Hattie Bonesteel, Leuella Bose, Robert G. Bounds, James H. Bowdy, William H. Brandow, Maria Brandow, William Brewer, Caroline Brimmer, Annie Brimmer, John Brimmer, Fannie Brown, Angelina Brown, Emma Brush, Lavina Brush, Rosella Brush, Tallman 238 METHODISM IN TROY. Buchan, Jane, Buckley, Clara Burdick, Elizabeth Burdick, Jennie E. Burdick, Joel T. Burdick, H. Libbie Burdick, Wallace Bussey, Bertha Bussing, Ella S. Bussing, Isaac Button, George W. Button, Rebecca Byrne, Sarah Calkins, Alice Calkins, Charles W. Campaigne, Bertha Campaigne, Jennie M. Campaigne, Jonathan Campaigne, Margaret Campaigne, Thomas Campaigne, Thomas A. Campaigne, William Campbell, Catharine Campbell, Emma Campbell, Jennie F. Campbell, Lottie Carnrick, Lillian M. Cary, Elizabeth A. Cary, George Cary, Hannah Cary, William Cass, Annie Castle, John Chamberlain, Harriet Chambers, Anna F. Chambers, Emily J. Chisholm, John Churchill, Nellie Clark, Anna J. Clark, David J. Clark, Martha Clark, Sheldon J. Clickner, Eliza Clickner, Jacob M. Clint, Adam Clint, Annie Frances Clint, Jesse Clint, Sarah Coffin, Deborah Coffin, Peter Cogger, Lottie Conklin, Ella Corps, Kate Corps, Millicent Covert, Emma Cox, Mary L. Cos, Sarah. Crannell, Jane Crannell, Jesse Crannell, Julia METHODISM IN TROY, 239 Crannell, Maria Crannell, Marvin D. Crannell, Mary E. Crannell, Phoebe Crannell, William Craver, Alvina Craver, Chauncey Craver, Fanny Craver, John W. Craver, John Wesley Craver, Martha Craver, Sarah Eveline Crawford, Emma Crawford, George A. Crawford, Fred. W. Crawford, Margaret Crawford, Rebeena R. Crooker, Mary Crooker, Sarah J. Cross, Alfred Cross, Anna E. Curry, Martha Curtis, Stiles Daly, Ellen Davidson, Bertha Davidson, Georgiana Davidson, Robert Deihl, Adeline Ogden Deihl, Josephine Deihl, Andrew Deihl, Augustus Dow, Carrie R. Dow, George H. P. Dow, Mary E. Dow, William L. Draper, Jane Dudoire, Fannie Dudoire, Hulalie Dudoire, Nelson Dudoire, Peter M. Dutcher, William H. Eklund, Dorothy Eklund, John E. Edwards, Annie E. Edwards, Eddie Edwards, Edward Edwards, Emma Edwards, Frederick Edwards, George Edwards, Jonathan Edwards, Lilly Edwards, Maggie Edwards, Mary A. Edwards, Mary C. Edwards, Thomas Edwards, Thomas C. Edwards, Thomas Ensign Edwards, William H. Emerson, Lottie Emerson, Nettie 24c METHODISM IN TROY. Emerson, Phoebe Emerson, William Farr, Gertrude H. Farr, Mary E. Farr, Mattie P. Farr, Nelson J. Files, Cordelia Files, Nancy Finch, John W. Finch, Marg. Mickle Finder, John Firth, Annie Firth, Lena Fletcher, Ellen Forman, George W. Foster, Elizabeth Foster, William Fradenburgh, Alice M. Fradenburgh, George W. Frear, Chauncey D. Frear, Rosanna French, Asa French, Carrie French, Jesse French, Louisa French, Roswell French, Sarah M. Gallagher, Bessie Gardiner, Kate Gardiner, Sarah Gardiner, A. Geddes, Ellen M. Geddes, Herbert M. Geddes, Ida Geddes, William Geer, Lewis Gibson, Minnie Gilbert, Emogine Goewey, Nettie A. Goode, Mrs. George H. Goode, Mary Graham, Eliza Green, Bessie C. Green, Betsey Green, Eliza Green, Eveline Green, Fred. O. Greenman, Maggie J. Griffith, John Griffith, Lulu Hall, Betsey Hammer, Thomas Hammond, George W. Hammond, Sarah C. Harper, Agnes Harper, Carrie Harper, Mary Harper, John B. Harper, Mary Harper, Mary METHODISM IN TROY, 241 Harper, Peter A. Harper, William J. Harris, Mary J. Henry, Chloe Pamelia Hicks, Lewis E. Hicks, Nellie Hillman, Joseph Himes, John Himes, Libbie Hislop, Albert E. Hislop, Annie Hislop, Elizabeth Hislop, Elizabeth Hislop, Fannie Hislop, Frank W. Hislop, Jessie Hobbs, De Witt Hobbs, Howard Hobbs, Josie Hollis, Elizabeth A. Holt, Ellen Horton, Elvira Houghtaling, Mary E. Howe, Jerod D. Howes, Elizabeth Howes, George Howes, Hattie Hulbert, Charles W. Hulbert, Philip F. -- Hulbert, Sarah A. 17 Imerson, Ada Imerson, Ernest Imerson, Esther Imerson, Mary Jenney, Sarah J. Johnson, Sarah J. Jones, Ann Keating, Cora A. Kelly, Hortense Kelly, Louise M. Kemcut, Nathaniel Kemcut, Ida Amelia Kendall, Frank Kendall, Jennie E. Kennedy, Edith Kennedy, Elizabeth Kennedy, Howard S. Kennedy, Josephine Kennedy, Lydia A. Kennedy, Maggie Kennedy, Susie Kirk, Celia C. Klock, Emma L. Klock, Fred Knapp, Etta Knight, Richard Lang, Robert Lang, Sarah Lassells, Julia Lassells, Mary E. 242 METHODISM IN TROY. Leffler, Adaline Leffler, Amelia Leffler, Genevive Lobdell, Matilda Lott, Diana Lott, Joseph Lott, Libbie Lott, Thomas O. Mambert, Alvin Mambert, Arlington H. Mambert, Electra Mambert, Grace Mambert, Ida Mambert, William H. Marble, Amanda M. Marble, Jennie Marble, Lizzie M. McAllister, Laura McCabe, Alida McCabe, James McCabe, Sarah McCabe, William McChesney, Emma McCune, Mary McCune, Minnie McKee, Martha McLaughlin, Clara P. McLaughlin, Elizabeth McPherson, James A. McPherson, jr., James A. McPherson, Maggie McPherson, Minnie McPherson, Sarah G. Meader, Margaret Mielenz, Charles F. Mielenz, Clara Mielenz, Florence Mielenz, Ida Miller, Adelbert Miller, John Miller, Julia C. Mitchell, Ann Mitchell, George Mone, Amanda M. Moore, Anna Moore, Delia Moore, Fannie Moran, Ella More, George W. Moses, Elizabeth Muckle, Harry L. Muckle, Mary B. Mulholland, Charles H. Mulholland, Emily Mulholland, Ellen Mulholland, Kate M. Outhet, Annie Owens, Frances Paddock, Mary Paddock, Orinda E. METHODISM IN TROY. 243 Parent, Rebecca Parnnel, Mary Pattison, John A. Peterson, Mary Pollard, Catherine Pollard, Fannie E. Pollard, Mary F. Pollard, Maria Pollock, George F. Pollock, Isaac Pollock, jr., James Pollock, Lottie L. Pollock, Mellie Powell, Mary Reichard, Rosa Reichard, Wallace J. Reichard, Charles S. Reilly, Joseph E. Reilly, Mrs. Joseph E. Reynolds, Lottie Ripple, Kate Roarke, Kittie Roberts, Sarah Robinson, Margaret Robinson, Mary Roth, Charles A. Roth, Edith Roth, Ida F. Roth, John N. Roth, Laura Roth, Lewis E. 7 Roth, Mary Roth, William Ruth, Edward Ruth, John A. Ruth, Maggie Rylan, Edwin Rylan, Nellie Schermerhorn, Catharine Schlachter, Carrie L. Schlachter, Mary Sharp, Augusta Sharp, George E, Sharp, Minnie Sharp, Oakley V.. Sharp, Sarah Shaver, Antoinette Shaver, Charles Shaver, Cornelia Shaver, Jennie Sheldon, Charity Sheldon, I. W. Sheldon, Willis I. Shepherd, Hannah | Sibley, Carrie Sibley, George Sibley, Nettie Sibley, Sarah Sibley, Sarah A. Sibley, U. H. Sickler, Maria Simmons, Carrie 244 METHODISM IN TROY. Simmons, Willard Simpson, Francis Simpson, Hattie V. Sliter, Augustus D. Sliter, Sarah C. Smith, Fannie Smith, Hannah Smith, Lillian H. Smith, William E. Stone, Isabella H. Swart, Elizabeth Swart, Henry G. Swart, Mary Tate, Lizzie Tate, Tillie Taylor, Freeman Taylor, Katie M. Thomas, Amelia Thomas, James A. Thomas, Leonard Thomas, Isaac Thomas, Robert G. Thomas, Rosanna Tompkins, Bessie Tompkins, Sarah E. Tuttle, Ely H. Tuttle, Jennie Utter, Martha Vanderpool, Eliza Van Epps, Lillie Van Epps, Harriet Van Vranken, Ida Van Vranken, Lillie E. Vast, Eva Vincent, Jennie Vipond, Leslie Vipond, Milton Vipond, Rosena Vradenburgh, Mary Wager, Dexter P. Wager, Emma Wagar. Jerusha Wagar, William N. Walker, Henrietta Warner, Josephine Weller, Catharine L. Wells, Alfred Wells, Christina J. Wells, Mary Wesson, Glecia Wheeler, Jessie M. White, Sanford C. White, Mrs. Sanford C. Wilcox, Flora L. Wilkes, Alice Willis, Julia Willey, Sarah Willey, Walter Wilson, Anna Wilson, Anna M. Withey, Kesiah Wood, Isabella C. Wood, James W. Wright, Nellie Young, Abner J. Young, Blanche Young, Nancy E. Yourt, Charlotte METHODISM IN TROY. 245 TRINITY M. E. SUNDAY SCHOOL, 1887-88. OFFICERS: Rev. John W. Bennett, Joseph Hillman, James W. Wood, Israel Bickford, Charles W. Hulbert, William E. Smith, Philip F. Hulbert, Miss Nettie Sibley, Miss Minnie McPherson, Mrs. G. W. Fradenburgh, Howard S. Kennedy, Marvin Crannell, Fred. Crawford, Eli H. Tuttle, Sheldon J. Clark, S. C. Hulbert, Carrie Schwall, Mrs. J. W. Wood, Mrs. E. A. Keating, Mrs. I. Bickford, Mrs. Jesse Crannell, Mrs. C. W. Hulbert, Pastor. President. Superintendent. ist Asst. Superintendent. 2d Asst. Superintendent. Secretary. Ist Asst. Secretary. 2d Asst. Secretary. 3d Asst. Secretary. 4th Asst. Secretary. Treasurer. Librarian. 1st Asst. Librarian. 2d Asst. Librarian. 3d Asst. Librarian. Chorister. Organist. Teacher Infant Dept. Asst. Teacher Infant Dept. Visitors to the Sick and Destitute. TEACHERS: Harvey Abrames, Stanton P. Allen, John C. Austin, Fred. Beiermeister, jr., Thomas Burney, Isaac S. Bussing, Thomas Campaigne, Adam Clint, Jesse Crannell, Robert Davidson, 246 METHODISM IN TROY. Thomas Edwards, William H. Edwards, George W. Fradenburgh, Lewis E. Hicks, William H. Manning, James McCabe, Isaac Pollock, Nicholas H. Sibley, William H. Wagar, Mrs. S. P. Allen, Mrs. I. Bickford, Mrs. J. J. Brimmer, Mrs. W. R. Burdick, Mrs. J. Crannell, Emma Crawford, Mrs. M. Curry, Mrs. Robert Davidson, Mrs. P. L. Dow, Mrs. G. W. Fradenburgh, Eliza H. Green, Mrs. F. O. Green, Agnes Harper, Mrs. L. E. Hicks, Mrs. C. W. Hulbert, Amanda Kirchfield, Mrs. James A. McPherson, Carrie Schlachter, Augusta Sharp, Mrs. N. H. Sibley, Mrs. William E. Smith, Mrs. H. G. Swart, Mrs. A. Young, Ida Van Vranken, Mrs. D. P. Wager. ‘nesdug ‘W ‘T MO( : ‘ 909 A Si oe LL ‘syucqd “U *gg-Lggi HO SONI METHODISM IN TROY. 249 OFFICIAL BOARD OF LEVINGS CHURCH, 1887" 3S. Rev. C. R. Hawley, - Preacher in charge. William Carr, Richard Danks, Local Preachers. Crass LEADERS: Miss Virginia Craver, William Goeway, Silas Downs, Norman Shaver, David Dufty, Henry Suydam. STEWARDS: A. Bishop, C. J. Herzog, Robert Cole, Joseph H. ler, Lewis Craver, Fred. Jones, J. Diggery, Moses Pagett, William Goeway, John K. Travell, Leonard J. Warner. TRUSTEES : O. W. M. Collier, John Dufty, P. H. Craver, J. Ha Tler, Sidney R. Curtis, James Pennington, J. Smith. John Dufty, Sunday-school Superintendent. 250 METHODISM IN TROY. MEMBERS OF LEVINGS CHURCH, Adams, Mrs. F. Aldrich, E. R. Aldrich, Eveline Aldrich, Minnie Allen, Walter Anderson, Annie Bailey, Harriet Bishop, Albert J. Bishop, Emily Brooks, Hannah Brooks, Samuel Burd, Thomas Caddie, Bessie Carr, Sarah A. Carr, William Carver, C. L. Carver, Jane Carver, Jennie Chambers, John Chambers, Mary A. Clarkson, Annie Claydon, Charles Cole, Robert Cole, Susan Cole, Thomas C. Collier, Elizabeth Cooper, Ann 1887-88. Crandall, John N. Crandall, Mrs. John N. Craver, Alice Craver, Hattie C. Craver, Lewis Craver, P. H. Craver, Virginia Crowmer, Elizabeth Crowther, Annie Curtis, Abbie Curtis, Annie Curtis, Horace Curtis, Jane B. Curtis, Jessie M. Curtis, S. R. Dabell, Ellen Danks, Delia Danks, Frank Danks, John Danks, Richard De Freest, Harriet De Freest, Matthew Diggery, C. Diggery, John Diggery, Minnie Doll, Lucretia Downs, Caroline METHODISM IN TROY. 251 Downs, Flint W. Downs, Silas Dufty, Alice Dufty, Besey Dufty, David Dufty, John Dufty, Mary Dunbar, John Dunbar, Maggie Dunbar, Mary Eaton, John Ensign, Mary Ensign, Pierce Finkle, John Finkle, Mrs. John Frank, Catharine Frank, Stephen Frank, Leah French, Leah French, S. W. Gardner, Daniel Gardner, Dow Gardner, Eliza Gardner, Emma Gardner, Minnie Goeway, William Graham, Eva Gregg, Lizzie Gregg, Samuel Groves, Alice Groves, Edward Harris, Ida Harris, William M. Hassell, James Hassell, Samuel Hawley, Asa Haywood, Clara Haywood, Sarah Haywood, William Herriott, Alphonzo Herriott, Delia Herzog, C. J. Herzog, Emma L. Holland, Frank Tler, Amanda B. ler, Edith Iler, Eva Iler, Irene Iler, Joseph H. Ner, Lottie Iler, Lydia Iler, Mary Tler, Martin Iler, Philetus, Ingram, Harriet Job, Esther Johnson, Samuel Jones, Eliza Jones, Fred. Kirkbride, Margaret 252 METHODISM IN TROY. Kirkbride, Mary Kirkbride, Sarah Kirkbride, Wilson Kittridge, Clarissa Lewis, Abbie Lewis, Peter N. Marble, Jane McFarlin, Catherine McKay, Catherine McKnight, Mattie Merrich, Alice A. Migard, John Millington, Margaret Millington, William Morton, Sarah Morton, William Myers, Daniel Osborn, Henry Osborn, Sarah Osterhout, Virginia Osterhout, W. A. Pagett, Moses Pagett, Mrs. Moses. Pennington, Ida Pennington, James Pennington, Mary Pennington, William Pitcher, George S. Pitcher, Martha Podmore, Edward Potter, John Potter, Sarah Potter, Sarah Powell, Rachel Price, Annie Price, Charles Price, Elizabeth Price, Elizabeth Price, Letitia Purdy, Jennie Purdy, John H. Randall, Gertrude Ratcliffe, Samuel F. Ratcliffe, Sarah Ray, Elizabeth Ray, James Reid, Isabella Richardson, Phebe Robertson, Jessie Robertson, John Rogers, Charles Rogers, Maria E. Rowley, Sarah A. Shaver, Norman Simmons, Eliza Smith, Benjamin Smith, Catharine Smith, James Smith, Jane Snyder, Ida METHODISM IN TROY. 253 Snyder, James E. Suydam, Henry Suydam, Mary Travell, Elsie Travell, Frances Travell, John K. Trotman, Ann Trotman, Annie Trotman, Richard Turnbull, Robert Warner, Jane Warner, Leonard J. Warner, Minnie Wendell, Ida Wendell, Sarah Whitehurst, Elizabeth Whitehurst, James Wilkinson, Mrs. E. P. Willis, Ambrose Winterbottom, Alice Winterbottom, George Wright, Jemima Wright, Lavina Wylie, Thomas Wylie, Mrs. Thomas 254 METHODISM IN TROY. LEVINGS M. E. SUNDAY SCHOOL, 1887-88. OFFICERS: Rev. C. R. Hawley, Pastor. Joseph H. Iler, Superintendent. Sidney R. Curtis, Mrs. J. H. Iler, Edward. Podmore, George E. Bray, - James Pennington, John H. Danks, William H. S. Cole, Sidney R. Curtis, Mrs. Mary J. Herriott, Miss Susie Shaver, Miss Ida Pennington, Ist Asst. Superintendent. 2d Asst. Superintendent. Secretary. Asst. Secretary. Librarian. ist. Asst. Librarian. 2d Asst. Librarian. Treasurer. Superintend’t Infant Dept. Asst. Supt. Infant Dept. Organist. TEACHERS: Alphonzo Herriott, Moses Pagett, Norman Shaver, Mrs. Albert J. Bishop, Mrs. Thomas C. Cole, Mrs. John N. Crandall, Mrs. Philip H. Craver, Mrs. Sidney R. Curtis, Mrs. William Dunning, Mrs. Charles Edwards, Mrs. David Graham, Mrs. Samuel Kirkbride, Mrs. George Kittridge, Mrs. Peter N. Lewis, Mrs. James Pennington, Mrs. John H. Purdy, Mrs. James E. Snyder Mrs. James Smith, Mrs. John K. Travell, Mrs. E. P. Wilkinson, Mrs. Martin Williams, Mrs. George Winterbottom. ‘ “AOWed “VY ‘iasoom N ‘Saaydunyy “qd “] OIG “HA OD *youuITd “MS PPPUM' A AM ‘Sauy “Wf ‘poomsus'g 4 ‘young "] “Od "Panay DT (aay ‘andoog “gd ‘ouusg “Ay *s[OYDIN “1 “eI "HO 1Osua NG PAUACEM ‘Aagoy a | ‘Susuey NY ‘wooseg‘oyyy | ‘siaeq’g'Z ‘WooAsapuv,a’g’g = ‘uosse[g “[ ‘puog “Wf "9D “wooseg “dD *gg-Lggi ‘HOWAND (AAV ‘TIVA) DOVUD AO GUVOY ‘TVINI4AO AHL AO SUAHWAY METHODISM IN TROY. 257 OFFICIAL BOARD OF GRACE(VAIL AVE.) CHURCH. 1887-88. Rev. J. L. Atwell. Preacher in Charge. J. Nelson Wooster, Local Preacher. Crass LEADERS: Justin A. Ames, Z. B. Davis, George F. Bond, Ira P. Humphrey, Lorenzo Burch, E. B. Sherwood, J. Nelson Wooster. STEWARDS : Chester Bascom, J. Glasson, Wells Bennett, I. Nichols, George W. Carnrick, Albert E. Palmer, Zerah B. Davis, Fred D. Vandervoort, E. Foster, Walter Wheeler. M. EB, A. Fey, William Wheeler, Henry E. Young. EB. Ay Fry, Recording Steward, George W. Carnrick, District Steward. TRUSTEES : Justin A. Ames, Peter Carnrick, H. Clay Bascom, Benjamin Cooper, George E. Blake, Nanning Lonsing, Urwin D. Sterry. H. Clay Bascom, Sunday-school Superintendent. 18 258 METHODISM IN TROY. MEMBERS OF GRACE (VAIL AVENUE) CHURCH, Abrams, Jane Abrams, Louisa Adams, Joseph E. Allen, Ida Ames, Frank W. Ames, Justin A. Ames, Lydia A. Anderson. Mary Anthony, Celinda Anthony, William A. Armstrong, Annie Armstrong, Mamie Armstrong, Mary E. Armstrong, William Armstrong, Willie Atwell, Carrie W. Atwell, Richard W. Augur, Alida Bartholomew, Julia Bartholomew, William Bartlett, Annie E. Bartlett, Arthur Bartlett, Edward Bartlett, Lillie 1887-88. Bascom, Bertha A. Bascom, Chester Bascom, Ellen Forbes Bascom, George C. Bascom, Helen A. Bascom, H. Clay Bascom, Jessie L. Bascom, Laura Bascom, Lucy Bassler, Eva Beckwith, George Beckwith, Jennie Beckwith, Nora C. Belding, Mary A. Bell, Amy Bell. John Bennett, Electa Bennett, Ruth Bennett, Wells Bentley, Hattie Bishop, Cora A. Bissell, Mary J. Bissell, Sarah Ann Bissell, William METHODISM IN TROY. 259 Blake, Eva Blake, George E. Blake, Mary Bond, Alice M. Bond, Bessie Bond, George F. Bonesteel, Jeremiah Bonesteel, Louisa A. Bout, Joan Bout, John Bout, Ralph Bowers, Harriet Bowers, Seneca D. Bowman, Emma A. Boycott, Catherine F. Boycott, Rosanna F. Boycott, William Carlton, Jane M. Carnrick, Diana L. Carnrick, Elizabeth Carnrick, Ella A. Carnrick, George W. Carnrick, Peter Carr, Caroline Carrier, Addie Carrier, George Chapple, Horace Chapple, Sarah Cheles, Hannah Chesbro, Albert Chesbro, Amelia Chesbro, Emma Chesbro, Nellie Christie, William Clark, Alida Clark, Calvin H. Clark, Ella ’ Clark, Emma Clark, Maria Clark, Myron Clark, Stella Clary, Belsora Cleminshaw, George Combs, Caroline Combs, Charles Combs, Susan Combs, Susie Combs, William Connor, Mary Cookingham, Elizabeth Cookingham, John M. Coonradt, Charles M. Coonradt, Jonas Coonradt, Sarah S. Cooper, Anna F. Cooper, Benjamin Cooper, Lucy M. Cottrell, Eliza Crandall, Ella M. Crandall, Theodore 260 METHODISM IN TROY, Davenport, 5. Davis, Mary A. Davis, Zerah B. Davison, Ellen C. Davison, Hugh B. Davison, John J. Davison, Mary E. Didlock, Bertha Dowd, Helen M. Dummer, H. B. Dummer, Sylvia S. Duncan, George H. Duncan, Mary E. B. Dusenberry, Alice Dusenberry, Eddie Dusenberry, Kate Dutcher, Anna Dutcher, Jennie Dutcher, Oscar C. Dwyer, Alonzo Elkenburgh, Berdella Emerson, George L. Emerson, Ida May Emerson, Nettie Engel, Ida Engel, William H. Falkner, Sarah Fallon, Henry D. Flynn, Mary Ford, D. L. Ford, Jane M. Fosmyer, Clara Foster, Egbert Foster, Kate Frank, David Frank, Mary E. Fry, Edwin A. Fry, Kate Fry, Nettie Gates, Addie Gates, John F. Gillette, Burt W. Gillies, Alexander Gillies, Mary Glasson, Agnes A. Glasson, Eddie J. Glasson, John Glasson, William H. Green, Charles D. Green, Henry L. Green, Jennie Green, jr., Joseph Green, Rosa Greenwood, Mary Greenwood, William H. H. Gritmon, Alice Gritmon, Walter Groat, Cecilia Groat, Charles Guenther, Charles METHODISM IN TROY. 261 Guenther, Naomi Haight, Frank Hamer, Angelina Hancox, Elizabeth Hancox, Estella Hancox, Isaac Hancox, Joseph Hancox, Joseph H Hancox, Lizzie Hancox, Nellie Hancox, Rebecca Hancox, William E. Harmans, Frank Harmans, Libbie Hart, Charles W. Hart, Harriet Hart, Mertie Haviland, Georgiana Hawley, Cora Hawley, Kate Hawley, Marion Hennessy, Mary Herrick, Georgiana Herrick, Alice Herring, Carrie E. Herring, Florence Herring, Henry E. Herring, Sarah E. Herrington, Henry Herrington, Orlena Hodges, George C. Holmes, Addie Holmes, Edward Holt, Kittie Homer, William K. Horning, Mary Horton, Alice Horton, Eva C. Howard, Caroline Howard, Kate Howard, Harriet H. Howe, Philander A. Hull, Mary C. Humphrey, Ira P. Humphrey, Jessie Hunt, Hattie Huyck, Anna F. Huyck, Francis Huyck, Jennie N. Imeson, Alida Jones. Sarah Jordan, William Kendall, Clara Kenter, Sarah J. Kling, Margaret E. Knauf, Hattie Kronick, Emma Kronick, Mary, Kronick, John M. Lake, Laura 262 METHODISM IN TROY. Lansing, Anna J. Lansing, Mary A. Lansing, Nanning Lasher, William P. Lazarus, Ada Lee, Calista Lee, Minnie Lee, Thomas Litty, Frank Litty, John Litty, Sarah Lockwood, Etta Loomis, Georgiana Lowe, Eliza Lynk, Nancy Lynk, William Mace, Anna Mace, Grace V. Mace, Ida E. Mace, Jessie G. Mace, John Mace, Maggie L. Mambert, Harrison Mambert, Lottie Mann, Fanny M. Mann, Maria Mann, O. McChesney, Hester McCrea, David N. McCrea, Jane McCrea, William McDonald, John McDonald, Mary McGill, Anna McGill, James McGill, Susan McKeever, Elizabeth McKeever, William McKinney, John H. McKinney, Joseph McKinney. Susan McLean, Elizabeth McLean, George McNiven, Jane H. McNiven, Malcom McPherson, Catharine Mead, Mary Mead, Zechariah Mealey, Milford Mealey, Susan Mickle, Alsada Mickle, Annie Mickle, Hattie Mickle, Isaac Mickle, Jennie Mickle, Kate E. Mickle, Mary Middleton, Emma F. Middleton, Maggie S. Middleton, Sophia N. METHODISM IN TROY. 263 Miller, Emma Miller, Jennie Milliman, Alida Mix, Carrie Mix, Harriet R. Mix, Silas C. Moon, Jennie Moon, John E. Moon, Sarah J. Moore, Lillian Morris, Sarah Morse, Caroline Morse, Lewis T. Mosenus, Henry M. Myers, Carrie Neal, Marietta Nessels, Ratie Nichols, Elizabeth H. Nichols, Emma Nichols, Isaac Nichols, Ruby Nickerson, Hattie Nickerson, Nettie E. Niles, Irene -Norsworthy, Emma Northrup, Addie S. O’Reilly, Ella Osborne, Hettie Osborne, Jane D. Osborne, John Ostrander, Gideon Ostrander, Sarah A. Palmer, Albert E. Palmer, Emma Palmer, Harriet Palmer, James Parkiss, Lottie M. Pasko, Mary Paul, Bertha Paul, Catharine Paul, Philip Peck, Athelia N. Peck, William E. Philp, Helen M. Pilling, Elizabeth Pinney, Ann E. Pinney, Cyrus Plumb, Lena Plumb, Walter D. Pollock, Jane Pollock, John A. Pollock, jr., John A. Prankard, Carrie Prankard, Frances Pratt, Helen F. Pratt, Lulu May Proper, Cornelia Quackenbush, Alice Quackenbush, Emma E. Raibdey, Christopher 264 METHODISM IN TROY. Raibdey, Dora Raibdey, Frank Raibdey, Jacob Raibdey, May Raibdey, William Reed, Luther E. Reed, Martha J. Rhul, Columbia Richardson, Elizabeth M. Richardson, Lena M. Ridgeway, Albion Ridgeway, Emma J. Ridgeway, Joseph Ridgeway, William Rifenbergh, Frances H. Rifenbergh, Willis B. Rogers, Cornelia Rogers, S. Frank Rowe, Ella Ruth, Carrie Ruth, George A Rynders, Harriet E. Rynders, Isaiah Rynders, Lottie Salisbury, Sarah E. Sanderson, Emma Sayers, Emma J. Sayers, Charles J. Seller, Bertha Sendell, Emma J. Shafer, C. E. Sharp, Libbie Shaver, Margaret A. Sheffer, Chauncey P. Sheffer, Jennie Sherman, Sarah J. Sherwood, E. B. Shires, Hattie, Shires, Rebecca Simmons, Annie Simmons, Lizzie Skane, Patrick F. Smith, Anna Smith, Benjamin R. Smith, Ida M. Smith, Jennie Smith, John Smith, Mary Smith, Mary Smith, Susannah Snyder, Mary Southwick, I. W. Sterry, Eva Sterry, Nancy Sterry, Urwin D. Stevens, Mary A. Stevens, Mary E. Taylor, Anna A. Taylor, Ella J. Taylor, George METHODISM IN TROY. 265 Taylor, William G. Thorn, Salina Thornton, Angelica Thornton, William H. Titus, Hattie Titus, Thomas A. Tyler, Perry D. Uline, Jonathan N. Wheeler, George Wheeler, Grace Wheeler, Lafayette Wheeler, Laura Wheeler, Mary Wheeler, Maryett Wheeler, Orlin Wheeler, Sarah Van Benschoten, Elizabeth Wheeler, Walter M. Van Benschoten, Jacob Vandervoort, Abbie J. Vandervoort, Adrian Vandervoort, Anna Vandervoort, Charles Vandervoort, Fred. D. Van Deusen, John P. Van Deusen, Mary E. Van Deusen, William Van Vleck, Elizabeth W. Van Vorst, Cyntha Van Vorst, Juliette Vines, Mary Ward, Annie Ward, Charles Warwick, Emily Weaver, Elizabeth Wheat, Esther A. Wheat, Theressa Wheeler, Addie Wheeler, Dennis Wheeler, William Whitehouse, John H. Whitehouse, Mary A. Wickwire, Margaret Willets, Daniel Willets, Eliza Willets, Hannah Willets, John Willets, John H. Willets, Job Willets, Lizzie Willets, Martha Willets, Mary A. Willets, Mary Willets, Rosa Willets, Thomas Williams, Minnie Willis, Margaret Willis, Mary J. Windsor, Blanche Windsor, William 266 METHODISM IN TROY. Windsor, Zerina Wooster, Minnie K. Winne, Ann Eliza Wooster, Nettie, Winne, Daniel R. Yetts, Nellie J. Wood, Hattie E. Young, Annie M. Wood, Thomas Young, Henry E. Wooster, J. Nelson METHODISM IN TROY. 267 GRACE(VAILAVE,) M. E.SUNDAY SCHOOL, 1887-88. OFFICERS : Rev. J. L. Atwell, Pastor. H. Clay Bascom, Superintendent. George W. Carnrick, Mrs. Mary Greenwood, J. Herbert Blake. Walter D. Plumb, Nanning Lansing, George H. Bristol, F. Hermans. Mrs. Orlin Wheeler. John Davison, Joseph Hancox, | Luther BE. Reed, | Abram Lansing, +} William E. Hancox, | Merritt Horton, | Mrs. Peter Carnrick, Mrs. J. T. Quackenbush, Mrs. Electa Bennett, Mrs. George A. Ruth, Mattie Mickle, Asst. Superintendent. Female Asst. Supt. Secretary. Asst. Secretary. Treasurer. Prest. Missio’ry Society. Chorister. Organist. Librarian. Asst. Librarians. Supt. of Primary Dp'’t. Asst.Supt. Primary Dp't. Asst.Supt.Primary Dp't. Secretary Primary Dp't. Organist Primary Dp't. TEACHERS: Rev. J. L. Atwell, Chester Bascom, William Bissell, George E. Blake, W. H. Brown, Mr. John Mace, A. E. Palmer, J. Nelson Wooster, Annie Armstrong, Anna Atwell, Jessie L. Rascom, Mrs. H. C. Bascom, Mrs. George E. Blake, Phoebe Brittle, Mrs. W. H. Brown, Mrs. Helen M. Dowd, Mrs. E. Foster, Lizzie Hancox, Mrs. Mary C. Hull, Jennie N. Huyck, Emma Kronick, Mrs. N. Lansing, Ratie Nessels, Mrs. McPherson, Mrs. Helen M. Philp, Mary Smith, Cynthia Van Vorst, Minnie K. Wooster. 268 METHODISM IN TROY. MEMBERS OF OFFICIAL BOARD OF THE FIRST GERMAN CHURCH, 1887-88. OFFICERS: Rev. W. H. Kurth, Rev. Fred’k W. Boese, F, Beiermeister, sr., W. Hess, sr., G.. J. Sea Preacher in Charge, 1887-88. Preacher in Charge, 1888-89. Local Preacher. Exhorters. Crass LEADERS: F. Beiermeister, sr., Rev. W. H. Kurth, W. Hess, sr., G. J. Xander. STEWARDS: F. Eppelle, sr., J. Keller, A. Fischer, H. Kreiss, H. Hass, H. Schmah, W. Hess, sr., H. Warnken. TRUSTEES : F. Beiermeister, sr., H. Kreiss, F. Eppelle, L. Richter W. Hess, sr., P. Ruth, J. Keller, L. Schaal, G, J. Xander. Julius Keller, Sunday-school Superintendent. MEMBERS OF THE OFFICIAL Boarp oF THE First GrkMan M. E. Cuurcn, 1887- 88. H. Schm: L. Richter, . Eppelle, sr., F. Beiermeister, sr., J. Keller, L. Schaal H Warnken, HsKreiss, W. He r Rev. W. H. Kurth, A. Fischer, G. J. Xander, : METHODISM IN TROY. 271 MEMBERS OF THE FIRST GERMAN CHURCH, 1887-88. Bachmann, Julia Bantel, Emma Bantel, Louise Beiermeister, Andreas Beiermeister, Anna Beiermeister, Barbara Beiermeister, Caroline Beiermeister, Eva Beiermeister, Friederich Beiermeister, John Berger, Christina Bethmann, Elisabeth Boehm, August Boehm, Auguste Boehm, Bertha Bosse, Catharine Bosse, Kilian Buechel, Conrad Buechel, M. Dock, Christian Dock, Dora Dock, Elisabeth Dock, Lena Dock, Michael Dreger, Anna Eppelle, sr., Auguste Eppelle, jr., Auguste Eppelle, sr., Frank Eppelle, jr., Frank Etschel, Elisabeth Etschel, Elonora Feininger, Wilhelmina Finder, Lydia Finder, William Fischer, Albert Fischer, Friederike Foungart, Catharine Gaige, August Gaige, Louisa Gall, Heinrich Gall, Maria Gapp, Friedrich Gapp, Louisa Gauss, Catharine Glominski, Louisa Grouer, Heinrich Grouer, Maria Gussmann, Ernstine 2972 METHODISM IN TROY. Gussmann, Heinrich Hamele, David Hamele, Friederike Hass, Emilie Hass, Heinrich Heineke, Richard Helbling, Emilie Hermann, Julia Herter, Louis Herter, M. Hess, Alvina Hess, sr., Wendel Hess, jr., Wendel Hoffmeister, Heinrich Huff, Margarethe Keller, Julias Keller, Maria : Kirchfeld, Amanda Kirchfeld, Barbara Kreiss, Caroline Kreiss, Elisabeth Kreiss, sr., Heinrich Kreiss, jr., Heinrich Kuehn, Ludwina Kurth, Sophia Kurth, William J. Lucht, Julia Meyer, Elisabeth Meyer, Jakob Meyer, Margarethe Milenz, Salome Miller, Dorothea Miller, John Moeske, Albert Moeske, Anna Muench, Mary Nehrdich, Johanna Nehrdich, John Noll, Carl C. Noll, Ernstine Prell, Henriette Rabe, Martha Raisch, Maria Renz, Christina Richter, Emilie Richter, Ida Richter, Louis Roeck, Ernst Roeck, Maria Rosa, Catharine Rosa, Moritz Ruth, Caroline Ruth, Peter Schaal, Christina Schaal, Louis Schaibel, Adam Schaibel, Anna Schaibel, Christian Schaibel, Maria Schilling, Elisabeth METHODISM IN TROY. 273 Schlachter, Elias Schlachter, Helene Schmah, Heinrich Schmih, Mina Schmidt, Rosolie Scholl, Caroline Schoneig, Carl Schulz, Anna Schultz, Gottlob Seewald, Anna Seewald, Carl Seewald, Elisabeth Seewald, Katie Seidel, Rev. J. F. Seidel, Wilhelmine Seissing, Lena Severin, Louisa Stockly, Anna M. Stockly, Elisabeth Teuscher, Jacobine Von Eck, Simon Wack, Anna Wacker, Charles Wacker, Elisabeth Wagner, Maria Warnken, Georgiana Warnken, Hermann Weibel, Eliza Weibel, John Xander, Friederike Xander, Gottlob J. Xander, Magdalene Zahn, Ida 274 METHODISM IN TROY. SUNDAY SCHOOL OF THE FIRST GERMAN M. E. CHURCH, 1887-88. OFFICERS : Rev. W. H. Kurth, Pastor. Julius Keller, Superintendent. F. Beiermeister, sr., Asst. Superintendent. Henry Gall, Secretary. John Beiermeister, Treasurer. Henry Kreiss, jr., Librarian. TEACHERS: Andrew Beiermeister, Hermann Warnken, Frank Eppelle, Gottlob J. Xander. Fred. Gapp, Anna M. Beiermeister, Henry Hass, Emma Bantel, Wendel Hess, sr., Auguste Eppelle, Wendel, Hess, jr., Libbie Etschel, Henry Hoffmeister, Amanda Kirchfeld, Henry Kreiss, sr., Carrie Kreiss, Louis Richter, Anna Schulz, Henry Schmih, Anna Seewald. swacq Hf ‘uosyau| “WW od : a ‘dway YH . ew H *gg-4ggi ‘isn NI SAGLSAUYT GNV ‘HONNHD NOIZ “A ‘WCW AHL dO GUVOG TVIONIddOQ AHL AO syadWal METHODISM IN TROY. 277 MEMBERS OF THE OFFICIAL BOARD OF ZION CHURCH, 1887-88. Rev. Samuel C. Birchmore, Preacher in charge, 1887-88. Rev. George E. Smith, Preacher in charge, 1888-80. Cuass LEADERS: C. T. Gidney, William A. Scott. STEWARDS : Richard Kelly, William Kemp. TRUSTEES : William S. Archer, Perry M. Jackson, John H. Bishop, Hansel Kemp, William E. H. Bishop, John H. Kemp, James H. Davis, William Kemp, Charles T. Gidney, Philip Owens, John H. Hooper, William H. Pettiford. TRUSTEES IN TRUST: J. Hillman, BE. O, House. H, ©, Curtis, 278 METHODISM IN TROY MEMBERS OF ZION CHURCH, Anderson, Mary Anthony, Andrew Archer, Nancy Birchmore, Mary E. Bishop, Elizabeth M. Bishop, Flora Bishop, H. E. Bishop, John H. Bishop, Sarah M. Bishop, William E. H. Brown, Anna Butler, Hannah Champlain, Priscilla Chew, Daniel B. Chew, Mary J. Christian, Mary Churchill, Alice Davis, James H. Davis, Louisa J. Demery, Sabrina Dolby, James Ellick, Mary V. Gidney, Charles T. Gidney, Harriet A. 1887-88. Hatch, Louisa Helms, Francis Jackson, Hettie A. Jackson, Levinia Jackson, Martha Jackson, Matilda Jackson, Perry M. Jones, Sarah Kelly, Matilda Kelly, Nancy Kelly, Richard Kemp, Hansel Kemp, Indianna Kemp, John H. Kemp, Lucy Kemp, Margaret Kemp, Marietta Kemp, Nancy Kemp, Rosa Kemp, Sally Kemp, Sarah Kemp, William Lindsay, Sarah Livingston, Levinia METHODISM IN TROY. 279 McClellan, Catharine McDougall, Charlotte McDougall, R. H. Mesick, Rosannah Miller, Lucy Moore, Susan Parker, Della Peterman, Ida M. Peterson, Mary J. Rice, Margaret Schoolmacher, Nettie Scott, Mary A. Scott, William A. Simmons, Cecelia Simmons, Theodore Simms, George J. Smalley, Phebia Smith, Birdie Survoy, Ellen Thomas, Emma Thompson, Phebe A. Thompson, Samuel Thompson, Sarah B. Titus, John F. Van Buren, Florence Van Buren, Estelle Van Slyck, Samuel Van Slyck, Sarah Williams, Susan H. Winfield, Charles Witbeck, Mary J. 280 METHODISM IN TROY. SUNDAY SCHOOL OF A M. E. ZION CHURCH, 1887-88. OFFICERS: Rev. Samuel C. Birchmore, Superintendent. Miss Emma Burtis, Asst. Superintendent. Andrew Kelly, Secretary. Mrs. Mary E. Birchmore, Treasurer. Max. R. Lippin, Nellie Birchmore, Perry M. Jackson, Chorister. Mrs. Elizabeth M. Bishop, Organist. Librarians. TEACHERS: Rev. Samuel C. Birchmore, James H. Davis, Mrs. Mary E. Birchmore, Mrs. Elizabeth M. Bishop, Miss Emma Burtis, Mrs. Martha Jackson. 281 METHODISM IN TROY. NUMERICAL AND FINANCIAL EXHIBIT OF THE M, E. CHURCHES OF TROY, 1887-88, Members | Officers, | Value of ANNUAL DISBURSEMENTS. momen A SSa| reopen, fei, Syuay | Core | enero: | torn State Street, - - 554 402 ($125,000 | $3,064 414 $3.429 $1,678 $8,585. Fifth Avenue, - 566 425 58,000 2,970 551 2,301 } 1,205 | 7,027 Trinity, - - - 482 600 i 24,000 1,855 557 1.034. 621 | 4,067 Grace, = = 506 457 10,000 1,705 305 1,256 608 | 3,374 Levings, - - | 212 264 10,000 | 1,313 318 300 197 | 2,1 24 Pawling Avenue, 166 165 8,000 | 1,205 115 275 78 | 1,673 Third Street, - - 116 248 5,000 1,065 250 268 124 | 1.707 . German, - - 140 167 12,000 | 1,082 115 278 515 1.990 Zion, - 2 - 79 64 12,000 810 60 260 50 | 1,180 Total, - 7 2821 2792 | 264,000 |15,069 | 2,685 | 9,401 | 5,073 | 32,227 282 METHODISM IN TROY. DECEASED METHODIST MINISTERS WHO HAVE PREACHED IN TROY, (Represented in the opposite Engraving.) coos Io. II. T2. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. . Rev. E. Wentworth, D.D., 26. . Rev. . Rev. Nob wind . Rev. . Rev. . Rev. . Rev. Lorenzo Barber, . Rev. M. Alverson Senter, . Rev. George J. Brown, Rev. E. S. Stout, Zebulon Phillips, ay “cc oe “e Ira G. Bidwell, Seymour Coleman, Rev. Rev. Lorenzo Dow, Elijah Chichester, Rev. J. Newland Mafftt, Rev. Ensign Stover, “ “ ce . Ephraim Goss, Rev. Samuel Howe, Rev. Tobias Spicer, 46 “cs oe Rev. Desevignia Starks, Rev. Allen Steele, Rev. Noah Levings, “cc “é cc Rev. Truman Seymour, Rev. Sanford Washburn, Rev. William Bedell, Rev. Berea O. Meeker, Rev. Alfred A. Farr, ° “ ra “6 Rev. David P. Hulburd, Stephen D. Brown, Albia. Third Street. State Street. Levings Chapel. 1860, Levings Chapel. 1851-52,1864, State St. 1853-54, N. Second Street. 1861, 1868-70, 1877-79, 1859, Benjamin Pomeroy,1848,North Second Street. 1860-61, State Street. 1853-54, Congress Street. 1861-62, North Troy. 1798, Troy. 1805, Troy. 1845, (Revival), State St. 1865-67, Congress Street. 1868, Vail Avenue. 1851-52, Congress Street. 1859-60, Third Street. 1802, Troy. 1815-16, State Street. 1852, Levings Chapel. 1869-63, P. E. Troy Dist. 1847-48, State Street. 1834-35,1842, State St. 1839, North Second St. 1836-37, State Street. 1846-47, 1860-61, N. 2d St. 1874 76, Levings Chapel. 1851-52, North Second St. 1849-50, Congress Street. 1862-64, North Second St. 1865-67, State Street. 1861-62, Congress Street. DECEASED METHODIST MINISTERS. Formerly preaching in Troy, N. VY. METHODISM IN ‘TROY. 285 NAMES OF DECEASED MINISTERS WHO HAVE STATEDLY PREACHED IN TROY, Arnold, Smith died March 16, 1839, aged 73. Barber, Lorenzo «April 8, 1882, % Gn. Bates, Merritt « August 23,1869, ‘“ 63. Bedell, W. “January 27, 1881, ‘“ 60. Bidwell, Ira G. ‘December 25, 1878, “ 43. Bigelow, Noah «July I, bo, ate. Brown, George J. ‘December 1, 1880, “ 41. Brown, S. D. « Pebraary 16,1875, “ 30. Chichester, Elijah “ August 21,1855, “ 77. Clark, Laban «November 28, 1868, ‘ 90. Coates, Michael «August i, 181g, “ 4% Coleman, S. “ JaMdry 23,1877; " Ba. Covell, jr., James “May ta, Ted5, AO; Dow, Lorenzo “ fou, “© 8%, Dungy, John : Eames, Henry « September 6, 1851, 77. Emerson, Oliver = * April os, 1653,. “ 96, Ensign, Datus “ 135, * FO. Farr, A. A. ‘November 4.1874, “ 64. Ferguson, S. D. + December 30. 1855, 57. Garvin, A. W. “June 19,1874, © 61, ‘Goodsell, Buel “May Ay GG. “9S. Goss, E. ‘November 6, 1866, “ 72. Griffin, Benjamin “ June 26, T8G1,, G0, Hall, B. M. “« February 23, 1866, ™ 83. Howe, Samuel “February 16,1858, “ 78, Hulburd, D. P. “February 14,1885, ‘“ 69. Johnson, Albinus “March BASGO, 97, Levings, Noah ‘January 9, 1849, “ 83. Luckey, Samuel « October 11, 1860, “ 78, Lytle. David “ October 13,1869, “ 43. Mafftt, J. N. a i830, "36. Martindale, Stephen “ May 23. 1866, 4, 286 Meeker, B. O. Merwin, Samuel Oakley, P. C. Osbon, Abiathar M. Osgood, W. B. Pease, Lewis Phillips. Z. Phoebus, W. Pomeroy. B. Ransom. H. W. Ross, William Sandford, P. P. Senter, M. A. Seymour, Truman Sherman, Charles Smith, James M. Spicer, Tobias Starks, D. Starks, H. L. Stebbins, L. D. Steele, A. Stillman, S, L. Stout. E. S. Stover. E. Stratton, John B. Tackaberry, John Vanderlip, Elias Washburn, S. Weaver, John M. Wells, G. C., Wentworth, E. White, Myron, Whiteside, Edwin Williams. S. P. 4 “c ‘a METHODISM IN TROY. January = 13. 1839, August 7, 1882, August 17, 1880, September 5, 1844. February 8, 1886, November 9, 1831, May 12, 1880. March 26, 1867, January 14, 1857. February 1, 1876. November 15, 1874, March 10, 1844. November 13. 1862, October 12, 1887, June a2, T3882. January 14, 1873, April 2, 1869, August 3, 1859, May 8, 1871. June 20, 1863, September 3, 1848, July 23, 1885, May 13,1895. May 25. 1886, June a: 1887, September 14, 1874, oe “ ce died January 3, 1873. aged 56. 62. 7A. 36. 58. 78. 78. 74. 56. 75: 29. 75: 4I. 74. 79: 81. 64. 74. 47. 56, 78. 84. 73: 80. ¢ 3° 79- 65. METHODISM IN TROY. 287 MINISTERS AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE TROY METHODIST CHURCHES FROM 1797 TO i888. Members 1797, M. E. C. of Troy, - - - - i 1800, “ Michael Coates, - 30 1802, ny Elias Vanderlip, 1805, at Elijah Chichester, - - 7 1806, es Datus Ensign, 1807, . Laban Clark, - - 13 ae Henry Eames, 1809, eF James M. Smith, 1810, e William Phoebus, fi Lewis Pease, 1811, - Smith Arnold, 1812, me Peter P. Sandford, 1813, e Laban Clark, 145 1814, : Laban Clark, 129 1815, i Tobias Spicer, 107 1816, . Tobias Spicer, 230 1817, x Samuel Luckey, 250 1818, a Samuel Luckey, 239 1819, ‘. William Ross, 384 1820, William Ross, 256 1821, ‘ Benjamin Griffin, 225 1822, a Benjamin Griffin, 211 1823, Noah Bigelow, 220 1824, i James M. Smith, 250 1825, a James M, Smith, 319 1826, " Stephen Martindale, - 376 1827, % Stephen Martindale, 437 288 METHODISM IN TROY. 1828, M. E. C. of Troy, Samuel Merwin, Samuel Merwin, John Tackaberry, John B, Stratton, Abiathar M. Osbon, John B. Stratton, Abiathar M. Osbon, i African, John Dungy, Buel Goodsell, E. F. Whiteside, ie African, John Dungy, Buel Goodsell, E. F. Whiteside, African, John Dungy, 1829, ‘* “e 1830, 1831, of Albia, 1832, Troy, Albia, 1833, Troy, Albia, 1834, Troy, Noah Levings, i African, John Dungy, 1835, State Street, N. Second St., 1836, State St, N. Second St., 1837, State St., N. Second St., 1838, State St., N. Second St. 1839, State St., N. Second St., 1840, State St., N. Second St., 1841, State St, N. Second St., Noah Levings, S. D. Ferguson, Truman Seymour, Charles Sherman, Truman Seymour, Charles Sherman, S. Remington, P. C. Oakley, S. Remington, Noah Levings, Charles P. Clarke. H. L. Starks, Charles P. Clarke, H, Ls Starke, 577 109 290 218 350 313 410 369 443 400 492 520 492 560 515 454 487 682 880 686 512 aoe 508 663 779 1012 1012 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1146, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 20 METHODISM IN TROY. State St, N. Second St., State St, N. Second St., Slate Sin N. Second St., Zion, state St, N. Second St., Zion, State St., N. Second St., Third St., State St., N. Second St., Noah Levings, Merritt Bates, James Covell, jr., Charles Sherman, James Covel, jr.. John W. Lindsay, 454 516 523 640 476 Stephen L. Stillman, 476 Richard Noyes. Luman A. Sandford, 556 Stephen L. Stillman, 510 Richard Noyes, Luman A. Sandford, 470 A. W. Garvin, S. Washburn, O. Emerson, A. Steele, S. Washburn, Third and Cong., E. Noble, State St., N. Second St., Allen Steele, B. Pomeroy. A. W. Garvin, Third and Cong., E. Noble, Zion, State St., N. Second St., R. Noyes, Z. N. Lewis, W. A. Miller, Third and Cong., A. A. Farr, Zion, State St., N. Second St., L. Marshall, R. Noyes, Z. N. Lewis, W. A. Miller, 487 4295 367 Li2 446 374 113 436 384 115 289 970 1163 952 1066 957 904 935 290 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, METHODISM IN TROY. Congress St., Third St., State St. N. Second St., Congress St. Third St. and Levings Chapel, State St., N. Second St., Congress St., Third St., Levings Chapel, State St., N. Second St., Congress St., Third St., Lev. Chap., Alb., State St. N. Second St. Congress St., Third St., Levings Chapel and Albia, State St., N. Second St., Congress St., Third St., Levings Chapel and Albia,. North Troy, A. A. Farr, C. R. Ford, S. D. Brown, B. O. Meeker, E. Goss, J. W. Belknap, S. D. Brown, B. O. Meeker, E. Goss, J. W. Belknap, T. Spicer, Lester Janes, S. D. Brown, S. Coleman, John M. Weaver, Aaron Hall H. W. Ransom, S. D. Brown, S. Coleman, J. Hall, A, Hall, H. W. Ransom, L. D. Stebbins, H. Blanchard, M. B. Mead, J]: & Hart, Reuben Gregg, 149 44 286 319 204 50 40 309 400 220 180 317 412 241 80 136 3228 423 222 60 162 343 414 221 58 119 886 899 1109 1186 1195 1155 1856,. 1857. 1858, 1859, METHODISM IN TROY. State St., N. Second St., Congress St., Third St., Levings Chapel and Albia, North Troy, State St., N. Second St., Congress St., Third St., Levings Chapel and Albia, North Troy, German, Zion, State St., N. Second St., Congress St., Third St., Levings Chapel and Albia, North Troy, German, Zion, State St., N. Second St., Congress St., Third St., S. Parks, L. D. Stebbins, H. Blanchard, E. Foster, J. S. Hart, S. Parks, A. Johnson, C. F. Burdick, D. W. Dayton, S. Hewes, Homer Eaton, F. W. Dinger, John A. Williams, J. K. Cheeseman, J. F. Yates, C. F. Burdick, D. W. Dayton, S. Hewes, C. Morgan, John Swahlen, J. A. Williams, | J. K. Cheeseman, J. F. Yates, A. J. Jutkins, E. Goss, O. Pier. 353 421 230 77 161 5o 309 360 224 100 32 302 360 260 75 282 76 40 229 371 247 72 291 1292 1160 1395 292 1860, 1861, 1862, METHODISM IN TROY. Levings Chapel and Albia, North Troy, German, State St., N. Second St., Congress St., Third 3t., Levings Chapel and Albia, North Troy, German, Zion, State St., N. Second St., Congress St., Third St., Levings Chapel, Albia, North Troy, German, State St., N. Second St., Congress St., Third St., Levings Chapel, Albia, North Troy, German, E. S. Stout, A. Viele, J. Swahlen, I. G. Bidwell, S. Washburn, A. J. Jutkins, E. Goss, Z. Phillips, A. Viele, George Abele, I. G. Bidwell, S. Washburn, . P. Hulburd, . T. Wade, . P. Williams, . Barber, Coleman, Abele, . W. Cushing, E. Wentworth, D. P. Hulburd, R. T. Wade, S. P. Williams, G. H. Gregory, S. Coleman, Julius Seidel, Mwy a ar Tr’y City Mission, W. H. Smith, 272 72 51 233 397 256 109 253 79 60 40 296 321 282 104 300 ie 66 270 268 260 102 150 188 68 a3 1314 1387 1446 1359 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, METHODISM IN TROY. State St., C. W. Cushing, W. H. Smith, N. Second St., E. Wentworth, Congress St. G.C. Wells, Third St., D. Lytle, Levings Chapel, H. C. Sexton, Albia, W. H. Hughes, North Troy, German, J. Seidel, State St., S. D. Brown, N. Second St., E. Wentworth, C. W. Cushing, Congress St., G. C. Wells, Third St., D. Lytle, Levings Chapel, H. C. Sexton, Albia, W. H. Hughes, North Troy, R. R. Meredith, German, J. C. Deininger, City Mission, Zion, Jacob Thomas State St., E, Wentworth, N. Second St., J. W. Carhart, Congress St. E. Stover, Third St. D. T. Elliott, Levings Chapel, R. Fox, Albia, C. M. Pegg, North Troy, M. White, German, J. C. Deininger, Zion, J. Thomas, State St, E. Wentworth, 321 333 222 118 137 122 71 63 330 345 267 132 116 109 65 80 272 331 224 102 212 119 106 60 265 293 1397 1554 1426 294 1867, 1868, 1869, METHODISM IN TROY. N. Second St., J. W. Carhart, Congress St., _E. Stover, Third St., D. T. Elliott, Levings Chapel, R. Fox, Albia, C. M. Pegg, German, George Meyer, North Troy, M. Hulburd, Zion, J. Thomas, State St. E. Wentworth, N. Second St., J. W. Carhart, Congress St., E. Stover, Third St., C. M. Pegg, Levings Chapel, G. C. Morehouse, Albia, German, Vail Avenue, Zion, State St., N. Second St., Congress St., Third St., J. W. Thompson, G. Mayer, M. Hulburd, J. Thomas, G. W. Brown, J. M. King, M. Hulburd, M. A. Senter, Levings Chapel, G. C. Morehouse, Pawling Ave., German, Vail Avenue, State St., N. Second St., Congress St., Third St, J. W. Thompson, G. Mayer, E. Stover, G. W. Brown, J. M. King, M. Hulburd, M. A. Senter, Levings Chapel, C. F. Noble, 432 300 144 96 128 62 141 273 398 282 102 163 178 60 112 280 374 310 61 140 158 7O 141 350 312 333 115 135 1568 1528 1534 1870, 1871, 1872, METHODISM IN TROY. Pawling Ave., German, Vail Avenue, Zion, State St., N. Second St., Congress St., Third St., J. K. Wager, J. Seidel, G. W. Fitch, W. H. Decker, G. W. Brown, James M. King, G. W. Fitch, M. A. Senter, Levings Chapel, C. F. Noble, Pawling Ave., Vail Avenue, German, Zion, State St., N. Second St., Congress St., Third St., To be supplied, J. W. Tucker, Joseph Kindler, W. H. Decker, W. H. Hughes, H. C. Sexton, | G. W. Fitch, S. W. Edgerton, Levings Chapel, C. F. Noble, Pawling Ave., German, Vail Avenue, Zion, State St., N. Second St., Congress St., Third St., G. C. Bancroft, J. Kindler, D. T. Elliott, W. H. Decker, W. H. Hughes, H. C. Sexton, S. Meredith, B. M. Hall, Levings Chapel, J. W. Quinlan, Pawling Ave., German, Vail Avenue, W. B. Osgood, J. Kindler, C. F. Noble, 138 99 190 340 33 348 IIo 145 131 119 107 352 356 266 95 137 76 96 115 362 449 273 70 145 86 104 176 295 1672 1635 1493 296 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, METHODISM IN TROY. Zion, J. G. Smith, State St., W. H. Hughes, 363 N. Second St., S. Meredith, 425 Congress St., A. F. Bailey, 253 Third St., W. F. Sanford, 41 Levings Chapel, J. W. Quinlan, 151 Pawling Ave., German, Vail Avenue, Zion, State St., N. Second St., Congress St., W. B. Osgood, 102 Peter A. Moelling, 88 3d and Hoosick, G. C. Bancroft, Levings Chapel, W. Bedell, 181 Vail Avenue, German, Pawling Ave., C. F. Noble, 161 J. G. Smith, H. D. Kimball, 380 S. Meredith, 420 A. F. Bailey, 279 C. F. Noble, 96 Peter A. Moelling, 103 E. A. Braman, 165 Zion, Joseph P. Thompson, State St., H. D. Kimball, 381 N. Second St., S. Meredith, 391 Congress St. A. F. Bailey, 274 Third St, G. C. Bancroft, 32 Levings Chapel, W. Bedell, 164 Pawling Ave., E. A. Braman, 106 Vail Avenue, W. J. Tilley, 160 German, Peter A. Moelling, 134 Zion, Joseph P. Thompson, 75 State St., H. D. Kimball, 480 N. Second St., H. C. Farrar, 380 1665 1584 1624 Ley 18775 1878, 1879, METHODISM IN TROY. Congress St.. John E. Bowen, Third St., G. C. Bancroft, Levings Chapel, W. Bedell, Pawling Ave., E. A. Braman, German, F. G, Gratz, Vail Ave., W. J. Tilley, Zion, J. P. Thompson, State St., G. J. Brown, N. Second St., H.C. Farrar, Congress St.. J. E. Bowen, Third St., Levings Chapel, H. W. Slocum, Pawling Ave., A.C. Rose, German, F, G. Gratz, Vail Avenue, W. Jj. Tilley, Zion, Jas. H. Anderson, State St., G. J. Brown, N. Second St., H.C. Farrar, Congress Street, John E. Bowen, Third St., J. W. Belknap, Levings Chapel, H. W. Slocum, Pawling Ave., A.C. Rose, Vail Ave., J. K. Wager, German, F. G. Gratz, Zion, J. H. Anderson, State St., G. |. Brown, N. Second St., H. Graham, Congress St., G. Skene, Third St., Levings Chapel, S. Meredith, 177 134 108 154 100 545 454 289 1 185 75 139 100 110 481 483 288 297 1902 1909 1928 298 ‘ METHODISM IN TROY. Pawling Ave., Vail Ave., German, Zion, 1880, State Street, N. Second St., Congress St., A. C. Rose, J. K. Wager, J. F. Seidel, J. H. Anderson, W. J. Stevenson, H. Graham, G. Skene, Levings Chapel, S. Meredith, Pawling Ave., Vail Avenue, German, Zion, 1881, State St., N. Second St., Trinity, W. H. Groat, J. K. Wager, J. F. Seidel, W. H. Decker, W. J. Stevenson, H. Graham, G. Skene, Levings Chapel, S. Meredith, Pawling Ave., Vail Avenue, German, Zion, 1882, State St., N. Second St., Trinity, W. H. Groat, J. G. Fallon. J. F. Seidel, W. H. Decker, E. McChesney H. C. Farrar, B. B. Loomis, Levings Chapel, C. A. S. Heath, Pawling Ave., Vail Avenue, German, Zion, 1883, State St., N. Second St., W. H. Groat, J. G. Fallon. J. G. Lutz, T. O. R. Williams, E. McChesney, H. C. Farrar, 80 158 97 80 565 504 325 175 82 182 98 82 475 576 350 181 144 1852 2013 2093 2321 1884, 1885, 1886, METHODISM IN TROY Trinity, B. B. Loomis, Levings Chapel, C. A. S. Heath. Pawling Ave., A. S. Clark, Vail Avenue, J. G. Fallon, German, Jot, Latte, Zion, T. O. R. Williams, State St., E. McChesney, N. Second St.,_ H. C. Farrar, Trinity, B. B. Loomis, Levings Chapel, C. A. S. Heath, Pawling Ave., J. C. Russum, Vail Avenue, 5S. M. Williams, Wesley Chapel, E. H. Brown. German, J. G. Lutz, Zion. T. O. R. Williams, Staite St, J. E. C. Sawyer, N. Second St., H. Graham, Trinity, P. L. Dow. Levings Chapel, C, R. Hawley, Pawling Ave., J. C. Russum, Vail Avenue, S. M. Williams, Wesley Chapel, E. H. Brown, German, W. H. Kurth, Zion, S. C. Birchmore, State Street, J. E. C. Sawyer, N. Second St., H. Graham, Trinity, P. L. Dow, Levings Chapel, C. R. Hawley, Pawling Ave. J. C. Russum, Vail Ave., S. M. Williams, 330 204 166 422 "$16 85 329 556 403 233 145 450 120 55 465 554 422 217 204 469 148 121 60 469 527 423 202 211 492 299: 2376 2481 2660 300 1887, METHODISM IN TROY. German, W. H. Kurth, ier Third St., E. H. Brown, 128 Zion, S. C. Birchmore, 70 State St., J. E. C. Sawyer, 455 N. Second St., H. Graham, 596 Trinity, P. L. Dow. , 469 Levings Chapel, C. R. Hawley, 205 Pawling Ave., J. H. Clark, 192 Vail Ave., J. L. Atwell, 490 Third St., J. P. Haller, 144 German, W. H. Kurth, 135 Zion, S. C. Birchmore, 79 April 16, 1888, State St. Geo. W. Brown, 554 . 5th Av.(N.2dSt,)J. H. Coleman, 556 Trinity, John W. Bennett, 482 Levings Church, Charles Edwards, 212 Pawling Ave., J. H. Clark, 166 Grace (Vail Av.)J. L. Atwell, 506 Third St., J. H. Robinson, 116 German, F. W. Bose, 140 Zion Geo. E. Smith 79 2643 2765 2811 ’, 1887 . C. Sawyer, P. Ts Dow METHODISM IN TROY. 303 NAMES OF THE PRESIDING ELDERS OF THE TROY DISTRICT. A. Scholefield, 1832-33 C. Carpenter, - 1833-34 Buel Goodsell, 1834-38 Noah Levings, - 1838-39 Tobias Spicer, - 1839-43 J. B. Stratton, - - 1843-46 John Clark, - 1846-48 Z. Phillips, - - - 1848-52 B. M. Hall, - - 1852-56 Sanford Washburn, - 1856-60 D. Starks, = - 1860-64 Wm. Griffin, - 2 - 1864-68 C. F. Burdick, — - - = - 1868-72 J. E. Bowen, : g = 1872-76 L. Marshall, : : . - 1876-80 Fred. Widmer, - - Z 1880-84 Samuel McKean, - - 2 - 1884-88 Wm. H. Hughes, - ~ - 1888 304 METHODISM IN TROY. METHODIST MINISTERS IN TROY PRIOR TO 1885. (Represented in engraving on page 305.) Rev. William Griffin, D. D., presiding elder of Troy district, 1864-68. Rev. Samuel Meredith, pastor of Congress Street (Trinity) Church, 1872-73 ; and of North Second Street (Fifth Avenue) Church, 1873-76; also of Levings Chapel, 1879-82. Rev. S. M. Williams, pastor of Vail Avenue (Grace) Church, 1884-87. Rev. E. A. Braman, pastor of Pawling Avenue Church, 1874-77. Rev. George W. Brown, pastor of State Street Church, 1868-71 ; and since April 16, 1888 to present time of same church. Rev. W. H. Groat, pastor of Pawling Avenue Church, 1880-83. ‘Rev J. G. Fallon, pastor of Vail Avenue (Grace) Church, 1881-84. Rev. H. C. Farrar, D. D., pastor of North Second Street (Fifth Avenue) Church, 1876-79, and 1882-85. Rev. B. B. Loomis, pastor of Trinity Church, 1882-85. Rev. J. Wesley Thompson, pastor of Albia (Pawling Avenue) Church, 1867-69. Rev. J. Wesley Quinlan, pastor of Levings Chapel, 1872-74. HopIst MINISTERS STATION IN TROY PRIOR E. A. Braman, W.H. : : 4 r B. B. Loomis, Ss M.W S. Mereditl : vlan, J. W. Thompson METHODISM IN TROY. 307 SERVICES AT REVIVAL MEETINGS CONDUCTED BY THE TROY PRAYING BAND. STaTE STREET CHURCH. February 21-28, 1869, Rev. G. W. Brown, pastor. Feb. 28, Mch.11, 1888, Rev. J. E. C. Sawyer, NortH SECOND STREET CHURCH. December 4, 1859, Rev. J. F. Yates, pastor. February 8-15, 1874, Rev. S. Meredith, Concress STREET CHURCH. February 20, 1859, Rev. C. F. Burdick. pastor. September 25,1859, Rev. A. J. Jutkins, February 24.1861, Rev. A. J. Jutkins, February 9, 1862, Rev. D. P. Hulburd, “ November 20, 1864, Rev. G. C. Wells, “ February 11,1866, Rev. E. Stover, ’ March 22, 1868, Rev. E. Stover, a March 1, 1874, Rev. A. F. Bailey, January 31,1875, Rev. A. F. Bailey, - Concress STREET (TRINITY) CHURCH. November 12, 1882, Rev. B. B. Loomis, pastor. January 11, 1885, Rev. B. B. Loomis, “ October, 17, 1886, Rev. P. L. Dow, February 6, 1887, Rev. P. L. Dow, “ 308 February March February March METHODISM IN TROY. Vait AVENUE CHURCH. 6, 1859, 20, 1859, 16, 1862, 14, 1869, November 9-16, 1873, December 20-27, 1885, February February November April, March 13, 1887, Rev. Rev. Rev. Rev. Rev. Rev. Rev. C. Morgan, pastor. OQ . Morgan, Coleman, % . Stover, F. Noble, : M. Williams, “ M. Williams, Own) hy Levincs CHAPEL. 27, 1859, 13, 1859, 1861, 31, 1867, Decemb’r 19-26, 1886, January March March January Rev. Rev. Rev. Rev, Rev. S. Hewes, pastor. D. B. Clark, sg L. Barber, “ R. Fox, * C. R. Hawley, “ Tuirp STREET CHURCH. 30, 1859, 18, 1860, 10, 1861, 11, 1863, March 7 and 28, 1869, February May February February February 5, 1871, Rev. Rev. Rev. Rev. Rev. Rev. D. W. Dayton, pastor. E. Goss, E. Goss, R. T. Wade. M. A. Senter, @ M. A. Senter, Apia CHURCH. 15, 1859, 19, 1860, 3, 1861, 2, 1862, Rev. Rev. Rev. Rev. S. Hewes, pastor. L. Barber, i L. Barber, G. H. Gregory, * METHODISM IN TROY. 309 Asia (PawLinc AVENUE) CHURCH. January, 1883, Rev. W. H. Groat. pastor. Lapries’ Misston. March 18-24. 1859, Rev. W. H. Smith, pastor. Camp Brintnaci, U. S. Army. May 19 and 26, 1861. RENSSELAER County JAIL. October 20, 1861, Y. M. C. A. Strow’s Hitt Mission. December 12, 1886. Raitroap Y. M. C. AssociaTIon. July, 1887. A. Munro, Secretary. 310 METHODISM IN TROY. ‘TROY PRAYING BAND. Orricers, 1888. t+ Joseph Hillman, - Leader, + Henry C. Curtis, President. + Charles E. Morey, - Secretary. MEMBERS FROM 1859 TO 1888. + Barker. Thomas, West Troy. * Bates, John C. Troy. Bennett, Hazen W. Bennett, jr., James, Fort Edward. ig as * Bennett, Lyman, Troy. Brainard, Rev. C. a * Bristol, George, “ * Carlin, Thomas, a _ * Clark, Rev. David B. " Clayton, H. B. West Troy. * Coburn, Robert, Albany. Cooper, Sylvester, Troy. + Curtis, Henry C. Devol, Rev, Jarvis, Earl, James H. Farrar, Rev. H. C. + Foster, William, - + French, Roswell, Gregory, Rev. G. H. Hall, Rev. George A. + Harris, William, + Hartshorn, Edwin A. * Deceased. + Present Active Members. oc Fort Edward. Albany. Troy. METHODISM IN TROY. Hawxhurst, Rev. P. R. * Heath, John Wesley - + Hillman, Joseph * Holman, D.C. - Howland, Gardner - - Howland, Rev. E. O. Hoxie, G. W. - + Hull, Lavaldin - + Hurd, R. B. - - - Johnson, E. S. - - * McPherson, Alexander - - Merchant, George W. Merchant, George W. - - * Moore, George F. + Morey, Charles E. Osbon, Rev. E. S. Quackenbush, R. * Senter, Rev. M. Alverson, - Skene, Rev. George + Slason, Rev. James Smith, Sanford Smith, William E. — - Smith, Rev. William L. Travis, Jacob * Usher, Bloomfield - Usher, sr., John * Usher, jr., John Van Cott, E. B. Viele, Rev. A. - - Waldron, E. D. - ” Wilcox, A. D. - - - * Deceased. _t Present Active Members. 31 Troy. “cr Glen’s - Falls. Troy. “ Albany. Troy. 6c Albany. Troy. Albany. Troy. Fort Edward. oe a6 Troy. Cohoes. Troy. Fort Edward. Waterford. Albany. Troy. oe “6 312 METHODISM IN TROY. COMPARATIVE TABLE OF GROWTH OF THE POPULATION OF TROY AND PHE MEMBERSHIP OF CONGREGATIONS. Year. Population. Presbyterians, Baptists. Episcopalians. Methodists, 1800 1,200 52 35 — 30 1830. ~—s-T1,551 779 274 220 487 1860 = 39,239 1,527 1,281 934 Li go7 1887 65,000 3,024 1,882 1,812 2,765 RATIO OF MEMBERSHIP OF CHURCHES TO POPU- LATION, FROM 1800 To 1887. 1800 1830 1860 1887 Presbyterians, 1 to 23 Ito15 1to25 1 to2!I Baptists, Ito 34 1to42 Ito 30 1 to 34 Episcopalians. ———- 1to52 1to42 _ 1 to 36 Methodists, 1to40 1Ito24 +1to28 1 to 24 METHODISM IN TROY. 313 GROWTH OF THE EARLY CHURCHES OF TROY. The membership of the different denominations and the population of Troy have multiplied as follows from 1800 to 1887: Presbyterians, 60 times. Baptists, 54 times. Episcopalians (from 1807), - 54 times. Methodists, go times. Population, 54 times. GROWTH IN 27 YEARS. During the past twenty-seven years, from 1860 to 1887, the membership of the different early churches and the population of the city has increased numeri- cally as follows : Presbyterians, “ 99 per cent. Baptists, i a7 Episcopalians, - : 194 « Methodists, 5 2 199 “« « Population, : . 765 «© # 314 mETHODISM IN TROY. ANNUAL CONFERENCES HELD IN TROY. New York CONFERENCES. State Street Church, Bishop George, May 6, 1819. “ 6 ws “co “6 “cs 30, T821. “ “cc ““c “6 “c “ 3, 1825. “c “ “bc “6 “ “ 9, 1827. “ e ts “i Roberts, “ 13, 1829. Troy CONFERENCES. State Street Church, Bishop Hedding, Aug. 28, 1833 * . “ se tt May 31, 1837 North 2d St.“ i Waugh, “ 21, 1843 State Street - - Hamline, June 14, 1848 North 2d St.“ a Simpson, May 9, 1855 State Street at us Scott, April 16, 1862 North 2d Sti.“ “ te fs 12, 1871 . " “ " Simpson, “ — 19, 1882 Fifth Avenue “ e Foss, « $Te L888 One of the noteworthy incidents of the meeting of the Troy Conference in the city, in 1882, and marking” the last visit of Bishop Simpson to Troy, was thus mentioned by the Zvoy Dazly Times, of April 25, that year : THE RECEPTION LAST EVENING. One of the most delightful features of the visit of the conference to this city was the reception tendered to Bishop Simpson last night at the residence ‘of Joseph Hillman, on First Street. The spacious rooms of the hospitable mansion were thronged throughout the evening with one of the happiest of companies. The clergymen of the conference, their entertainers in this city, and the wives of the ministers and laymen cordially greeted the distinguished guests and each other. The receiving group was composed of the venerable and courteous Bishop, Mr. Hillman and his gracious wife, the Rev. and Mrs. George Skene and the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Stevenson. The masters of ceremonies were the Revs. H. C. Farrar, H. D. Kimball, E. McChesney and H. A. Starks. Chaplain McCabe, and the Rev. William Taylor of California, were among the guests. Among the clergymen of other denominations who were present were the Revs. Dr. Baldwin, T. A. Snively, N. B. Remick, J. N. Mulford, T. S. Hamlin, Donald MacGregor and W. H. Sybrandt. ‘That which goeth into a man’”’ was abundantly provided from a well-spread table, and the strains of Doring’s orchestra delightfully harmonized with the tones of conversation. METHODISM IN TROY. 315 EPISCOPAL METHODISTS IN THE UNITED STATES. IN 1887. Ttinerant Local Lay Total Ministers, | Preachers. Members, Lay & Min. M. E. Church, 13,900 13,918 2,094,660 2,108,560 M. E. Church S., 4,434 5,989 1,055,954 1,060,388 African M. E. Ch., 2,550 9,760 405,000 407,550 Af. M. E. Zion Ch, 2,110 7710 314,000 316,1To Colored M. E. Ch., 1,729 4,024 165,000 166,729 Evangelical Asso’n, 1,121 631 137,697 138,818 United Brethren, 1,566 589 §=6195,278 = 196,834 Total in M.E. Ch’s, 27,410 42,621 4,367,589 4,394,989 ExecuTIvE OrriciIAL WorKERS IN THE M. E. Cuurcu, juty 1, 1887. (Partly Estimated.) Number of Bishops, 12 Number of Itinerant Ministers, 13,900 Number of Local Preachers, 13,918 Number of Class-leaders, 83,786 Number of Trustees of Churches, 142,450 Number of Stewards of Societies, - 94,067 Sunday-school Superintendents and Assistant Superintendents, - 45.528 Other Officers and Teachers in Sunday-schools, 214,045 Number of Workers and Helpers specially appointed in Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary Societies, and in Churches not included above, - 8,500 Total number of Official Workers, 616,206 316 METHODISM IN TROY. INCREASE OF THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE METHODIST CHURCH COMPARED WITH THAT OF THE POPULA- TION OF THE UNITED STaTES, FROM 1790 TO 1880. Population of United States, 1790, 3:929,214 “ e fs “ 1880, 50,155,783 Increase in ninety years, 47,226.569 Increase per cent. in ninety years, eg Membership of Methodist Church, 1790, 57,904 s ns 1880, 3,192,525 Increase in ninety years, 3.134.621 Increase per cent. in ninety years, 413 Whence it appears that the increase per cent. of the membership of ‘the Methodist Church, between the years 1790 and 1880, in a period of ninety years, was nearly five times greater than that of the popu- lation of the United States. METHODISM IN TROY. 317 EPISCOPAL RESIDENCES. The residences of the Methodist Bishops in the United States, as designated May 31, 1888: Thomas Bowman, D. D., LL.D., St. Louis, Mo. Randolph S. Foster, D.D., LL.D., Boston, Mass. Stephen M. Merrill, D. D.., Chicago, Il. Edward G. Andrews, D. D., New York, N. Y. Henry W. Warren, D. D., Denver, Col. Cyrus D. Foss, D. D., LL.D., Philadelphia, Pa. John F-. Hurst, D. D., Washington, D. C. William X. Ninde, D. D., Topeka, Kan. John M. Walden, D. D.., Cincinnati, O.. or Covington, Ky. William F. Mallalieu, D. D., New Orleans, La. Charles H. Fowler, D. D., San Francisco, Cal. John H. Vincent, D. D., Buffalo, N. Y. James N. Fitz Gerald, D. D., Minneapolis, Minn. Isaac W. Joyce, D. D., Chattanooga, Tenn. John P. Newman, D. D., Omaha, Neb. Daniel Ayres Goodsell, D.D.,- Texas. Missionary BIsHops. William Taylor, D. D., St. Paul de Loanda, Africa. James Mills Thoburn, D.D.. India. 318 METHODISM IN TROY. THREE CHURCHES A DAY. The Rev. C. C. McCabe makes the following explanation of a circular containing an attack upon the song which he was accustomed to sing, with the refrain : «* All hail! the power of Jesus’ name ; We’re building two a day.” “Jn 1864 we had 9,430 churches. In the year 1887 we had 20,755 churches. The gain, therefore, for that period has been 11,325. A gain of one church per day from 1864 to 1882 would be 6,570 churches. A gain of two churches per day from 1881 to 1887, a period of six years, would be 4,380 churches. Total, 10,950. The real gain, therefore, has been 120 churches beyond this number, so that the song was true in [1882], * * * without counting the new churches which replaced old ones, or the churches built by other branches of Methodism.” As he observes, the song should now be sung : ‘*Get ready for the grand refrain, Come join our glorious lay, We’re on the million line, dear friends, We’re building three a day.”’ METHODISM IN TROY. 319 IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF METHODIS»M. -Founding of the Holy Club at Oxford, England, 1729 John and Charles Wesley missionaries to America, 1735 Charles Wesley visits Boston, 1736 John Wesley returned to England, Feb. 1, 1738 John Wesley converted May 24, 1738 John Wesley embarked for America, March 8, 1738 Hymns of John Wesley first published, 1738 Field preaching in England begun, 1739 First “Great Awakening” in America, 1740 Lay preaching in England begun, - 1742 Class-meetings first held, 1742 ‘General Rules” adopted, 1742 Itinerant System established, 1743 First Methodist Conference in England, 1744 Exhorters first appointed, 1746 Quarterly Meetings first held, 1749 Holiness Meetings first held, 1755 First Methodist Society organized.in America, 1766 “America” first reported in “ Wesley’s Circuits,” 1770 First Methodist Conference held in America, 177% M. E. Church in America organized, 1784 First Methodist Missionary Society organized in England, 1786 First Sunday-school in America organized by Bishop Asbury, 1786 Charles Wesley died, March 29, 1788 John Wesley preached his last sermon, Feb. 23, 1791 John Wesley died, March 2, 1791 First General Conference held in America, 1792 First Methodist Camp-Meeting held in State of New York, - - 1804 320 METHODISM IN TROY. TROY UNIVERSITY. STATEMENT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE TRoy UNIVERSITY. The Trusrers of the TRoy University, in view of the recent transfer of the buildings and grounds under a foreclosure sale, and the consequent closing of the institution, deem it proper, and due, alike to them- selves and to the friends and benefactors of the university, that a statement should be made of the circumstances which have led to that result ; a result which, though deeply regretted, is not more so than it was wholly unanticipated from the auspicious circum- stances under which the university came into exist- ence. The project ot founding a university at Troy, was first entertained in the fall of the year 1853, and assumed a definite form early in 1854. During that and the two following years, subscriptions to the amount of $200,000 were obtained for the purpose of building and endowing the institution. Those subscriptions were considered, and it is proper to say, that they were, when made, good and reliable, and made by responsible parties. They were thoroughly scrutinized and pronounced to be so by a competent committee, appointed for the express purpose of examining them, and passing upon their value. A small amount of the subscriptions was collected in 1854, but much the greater portion was not payable until 1855, 1856, and a large amount at later periods. When the financial embarrassments of 1857 occurred, METHODISM IN TROY. 321 wholly deranging the commercial and monetary affairs of the country, and prostrating large numbers of the business community, including not a few of those who had been considered as amply responsible, very many of the subscribers whose subscriptions remained unpaid became insolvent, and wholly unable to pay. Others, though not entirely bankrupt, were so far embarrassed, in their pecuniary affairs, as to be unable to pay their subscriptions when due, but hoped to be able to ultimately pay them. Still others, and not a few, taking advantage of the situation of affairs, refused to pay, and when urged and finally confronted by legal proceedings interposed defences founded on one pretence or another, many of which proceedings are still pending in the courts, while in many others judgment was ultimately recovered in favor of the university, but not until so much time had been gained by defending that the judgments, when obtained, were worthless, by reason of the defendants having in the mean time become irresponsible or gone to distant parts of the country. In the mean time, the trustees, acting in good faith and fully believing, as they were warranted in doing, that the funds would be realized in due time and sufficient amounts from the subscriptions to meet their expenditures, had commenced, erected. and completed the university buildings. A faculty of distinguished ability had been secured, duly installed, and entered upon the discharge of their duties. Students in respectable numbers presented themselves for admis- 22 « 322 METHODISM IN TROY. sion, were examined, admitted, and ‘the college curriculum was commenced under very encouraging circumstances. Thus far the university was a success. The course of instruction was pursued through four years, the period which bounds a full collegiate course of education, a new class entering each year, and one class, the first which entered, when the university doors were opened, was graduated with the degree of A. B. in July, 1862, having first with great credit to themselves and their instructors, passed the prescribed examinations. But, before this stage had been reached in the history of the institution, difficulties had begun to intervene, and those of no ordinary magnitude. The salaries of the professors must be paid, and, although several important chairs were unfilled, (the duties pertaining to them, being performed by those who had already their full complement of duties), thus reducing the number of professors employed to the minimum consistent with the scope of the institution, the sum required for this purpose was about $6,000 per annum. The fund relied upon for paying the salaries, it was confidently believed, would be sufficjent for that purpose, and that belief was fully warranted by the situation of affairs at the time when the institution was opened,—but there was a radical difficulty in the way of its realization. By the original plan, it was provided that after expending a specified amount in buildings and grounds the balance of the $200,000 of subscriptions METHODISM IN TROY. 323 should be invested as a permanent endowment, the income arising from which should be applied to the payment of salaries of professors. In pursuance of this plan, all of the funds received from subscriptions, and applicable to that purpose, had been expended in the erection of the university buildings, but contrary to all expectation, and fatally for the institution, it was found that for the ‘reasons already stated, but a small portion of the endowment fund had been realized and zo income from that source was available to meet the steadily accruing salaries of the professors, to which were added the current expenses for janitor, etc. To add to the embarrassment produced by this state of facts, there were mortgages on the real estate, the interest on which was steadily accumulating. The trustees used every exertion in their power to obviate the difficulty thus unexpectedly placed in their way. They not only used their best efforts to press and secure the collection of out-standing subscriptions, but the friends of the institution to come forward and aid it in this emergency, fully believing that it might, if properly sustained by its friends, be saved and estab- lished on a firm and secure basis. So confident were they of ultimate success, that in many instances individuals from their number advanced from their own private means, considerable sums to meet the more pressing demands. They also made strenuous and continued efforts to induce individuals of 324 METHODISM IN TROY. known ability, to endow professorships. or contribute toward a general endowment fund. In this direction they received great encouragement, which, for a considerable length of time, and down to the final transfer of the property, led them confi- dently to expect, that before affairs should assume a hopeless form, a gentleman of ample ability, who had repeatedly expressed an intention to do so, would come forward, and not only relieve the university from present embarrassment, but give it a large and suffi- cient endowment. In addition to those efforts, measures were vigorously prosecuted to secure the recognition and favorable action of various ecclesiastical organizations, in which they were, to a considerable extent, successful. Several of the conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church, having taken action, in the early months of the year 1862, extremely favorable to the interests of the university, which, but for the unexpected suspension of the collegiate course, could not have failed to be of great benefit to it. In the mean time, however, the expenses of the institution were steadily accruing and the debts increasing. Over $60,000 of the subscriptions remained, as they still remain, unpaid. The salaries of the faculty were becoming largely’ in arrear. A number of floating debts, many of which had been due for periods of one, two or three years .were pressing, and creditors unwilling longer to be put off The interest on mortgages was in arrear for nearly two years, and finally in July, 1862, the holders of one of METHODISM IN TROY. 325 the mortgages commenced a suit in foreclosure. The treasurer had no funds in hand with which to pay the amount due, and the trustees were entirely unable to raise the requisite amount. As a necessary conse- quence, a decree of foreclosure was obtained, and the property was advertised to be sold on the 25th day of: October, 1862. The trustees, at this crisis in their affairs, renewed their efforts to induce the friend to whom they had been so confidently looking for aid, to interpose to ‘save the institution from passing out of their control. and secure it permanently for the purposes for which it was founded, urging upon his attention the fact that it must be done immediately, if ever. Down to the very day of the sale they received encouragement that he would do so, and entertained not only strong hope, but confident expectation, based upon assurances which were entitled to the fullest confidence, that this object would be accomplished, and the university relieved from embarrassment, amply endowed, and placed beyond the reach of further pecuniary difficulties. In this confident expectation, however, they were ultimately, to their utter surprise, wholly disappointed. The gentleman to whom they had so confidently looked for the necessary aid, and on whom they had depended, did not come forward at the critical moment, as they had been led to believe he would, but wholly disap- pointed the expectation which had been raised, and as a necessary consequence, the university passed out of their possession. 326 METHODISM IN TROY. In conclusion, they may be permitted to say, that no one of all the friends in Troy University, or of those who contributed of their means towards establishing it, can more deeply regret the unfortunate termination of the enterprise than they. Among their number are those whose ‘contributions in money have been the ‘largest, whose efforts for the welfare of the institution have been most earnest and unceasing, whose labors most abundant. Their disappointment and regret, in view of the failure of the enterprise, is-tempered only by the consciousness that they have done all in their power to avert it. Every effort was made which seemed to promise a favorable result. Every resource was exhausted. They labored, and yielded to no discouragement, until the final moment, when the fate of the institution was fixed by a power beyond their control. The result was inevitable. They submit this statement, feeling confident that a simple recital of the facts will satisfy all who are inter- ested that nothing but the pecuniary aid to which it was entitled, and which they had a right to assume would be furnished, could have saved the institution from | passing, as it has, out of their control. That aid was not furnished, and hence the loss of an institution of learning which might have been of inestimable value to the present and future generations. Troy, April 15th, 1863. L. A. BATTERSHALL, DAVID COWEE, L. R. AVERY, REUBEN PECKHAM, HARVEY J. KING, J. M. CORLISS, GARDNER HOWLAND, GEO. GOULD, LYMAN BENNETT, N. S. S. BEMAN, D. KENNEDY, GEO. C. BALDWIN. Z. PHILLIPS, W. L. VAN ALSTYNE. METHODISM IN TROY. 327 Letter from Rev. R. S. Foster, D.D., who had been elected president of the institution and would have accepted permanently, had it been saved. Sine Sine, Feb. 15, 1863. J. HILLMAN, Esq. : Dear Sir :—J regret to hear the intimation that some parties blame you for allowing the Troy Uni- versity to be sold out of your possession, as if you thereby wronged its friends. No man more deeply deplores its unfortunate end than I do; but I cannot forbear to express the opinion that the result is in no way chargeable to you. I am convinced that you did all in your power, and much more than most men would have done under the circumstances, to prevent it. It was agreed by all, that its only hope was in Mr. Drew—that in case he failed, there was no deliverence for it. I have good reason to know that all that you did in the matter of purchase was with the prospect of his becoming the owner, and that you made every effort to induce him to take it off your hands, and not until you had reason to be convinced that he would under no circumstance take it, did you part with it. So far from being censured, I cannot but think that your whole course so far as known to me merits great praise. I remember that at a meeting of its friends, trustees and others, last summer, it was the unanimous opinion that it would be impossible to prevent a sale of the property for its debts, but it was hoped that Mr. Drew would become the purchaser, and in case he did not, it was considered impossible to prevent a sale,—this was my own opinion freely expressed. I was present on the day of sale, and Mr. Drew not appearing as we expected him to do, I with others, advised you to bid it in, and become its owners, and not wait any longer. After the sale I received a dispatch from Mr. Drew, 328 METHODISM IN TROY. asking the postponement of sale—it was too late. The day following, you accompanied Rev. C. W. Cushing and myself to New York to offer the property to Mr. Drew; he would not buy. I know that you pressed him with every inducement, even at times which would have involved you in loss, until I became weary of your importunity, and frankly told you that I could not go with you any more. Nothing more could have been done; the result we must simply deplore, and without censuring anybody, and especially yourself. Affectionately yours, R. 8. KOSTER. Letter from the Faculty of the University. Messrs. PECK & HILLMAN: Gentlemen : —Our hopes of preserving the Troy University have failed, and we, who have been asso- ciated in it, are about to be widely scattered. In taking our departure, we deem it due to you to express our appreciation of the spirit and motives which have governed you in your connection with the property. The faithful and disinterested efforts you have made to prevent its loss, entitle you to the lasting gratitude of all friends of the institution. We have seen with more than satisfaction the untiring energy with which you have prosecuted these efforts, even after they seemed hopeless ; and knowing thoroughly the whole history of the affair, we take pleasure in assuring you that we regard your part in it as eminently honorable to your- selves. Troy, Dec. 10, 1862. CHARLTON T. LEWIS, Act. Pres. Troy University. OGDEN ROOD, Professor Chemistry’. CHARLES F. HIMES, Professor Mathematics. C. L. KITCHEL, Zusor in Latin. ' METHODISM IN TROY. 329 Statement by u few of the Creditors. Messrs. PECK & HILLMAN : Gentlemen : —Justice to you demands that we should express our appreciation of your honorable course in voluntarily paying our respective demands against the Troy University, we having no claim upon you for such payment,—and, as some are disposed to blame you because the university property passed into other hands, we take this occasion to say that your untiring efforts to save the property for its original purposes are eminently commendable, and that we regard your con- duct throughout as both honorable and praiseworthy. Troy, Dec. 20, 1862. FULLER WARREN & CO., A. W. SCRIBNER & CO. MARSTON & TIBBITS, _-M. L. FILLEY, MOORE & NIMS, J. M. FRANCIS, BILLS & THAYER, J. J. ALDEN, A. J, HOFFMAN. Statement of several genilemen who were present when the final effort was made to save the property, and a majority of whom were of the number who expected lo purchase. The undersigned, having heard rumors which are calculated to throw blame on Messrs. Peck & HILiMan, for having sold the Troy University property in the manner they did, feel it due to those gentlemen and the public to say, that we were present at the time when the final effort was made to save the property, by making it a joint stock investment, and regard their course as not only free from blame, but highly com- mendable. They yielded everything that was asked 330 METHODISM IN TROY. of them, and generously offered the property to the contemplated purchasers at about seven thousand dollars less to them (P & H.) than the price agreed upon with Rev. Mr. Havermans, and we consider that they did their full share towards saving the property. Troy, Dec. 27, 1862. H. RANKIN, GARDNER HOWLAND, CHAS. W. CUSHING, JOHN B. GALE, GEORGE BRISTOL. METHODISM IN TROY. 33r RETROSPECT. In reviewing the preceding pages, I was led to consider the question in what do the life and strength of Methodism consist? The answers I give may severally be expressed as follows : First, That the quickening power of the Holy Spirit sustains Methodism. Second, That the doctrines which it teaches,—free will, free grace, and holiness,—strongly influence the minds of men respecting salvation through Christ. Third, That it presents the truths of experimental religion directly and practically. fourth, That its purposes are accomplished by an itinerant ministry, calling to its aid every grade of talent in the membership of the church. fifth, That its societies are universally active. Stxth, That it places the laymen of the church in fields of labor, where, as class-leaders, exhorters, local preachers, members of missionary and aid societies, and distributers of religious literature, they successfully advance the work of christianizing the world. Seventh, That it adopts methods as time and place admit to further its work; class-meetings, love-feasts, camp-meetings, lay preaching, woman preaching, circuit preaching, itinerant preaching, outdoor preach- ing, popular religious music, praying bands for revival work, and other evangelistic aids. 332 METHODISM IN TROY. “The- Methodist Episcopal Church,” remarks the American Presbyterian, “is one of the most perfectly organized systems in the world.” It is practically a missionary scheme based upon methods for the dissem- ination of the truths of God's revelation of a Saviour. From the time that John Wesley visited America as a missionary to the Indians until now the name of Meth- odisrn has implied evangelization. The church’s polity is a wise direction of all the means of grace necessary . for the salvation of men, and this work is conducted in every part of the globe among all races and classes of men, whether savage or civilized, slave or freeman. Everywhere active, it administers relief to the suffering, gives light to the benighted, and blesses with peace the troubled souls of sinners. E. CHURCH. M. GRACE Corner-stone laid Aug. 16, 1888, ctreet Now building, on Sixth (Vail) Avenue, near Douw Cummings, Architect F M CORRECTIONS. The names of the members of the different Methodist Churches are printed as written on their records. On page 24 read Harvey J. King for Harvey G. King. On page 24 read Eliphalet R. King for Eliphalet King. On page 111 it should be stated that during the second year’s pastorate of Rev. George Skene the church was rebuilt and enlarged and the name changed from Congress Street to Trinity, and the building was re-dedicated with appropriate services. The Rev. John P. Newman, D. D., preached the morning sermon and the Rev. Fred Widmer the evening discourse. On page 170 28,000 should read 2800. On pages 178 and 183 read Octavous Jones for Octavus Jones. On page 184 read D, Frank Bontecou for D. Frank Boutecou. On page 189 read Nellie L. Fisk for Nellie L. Fish. On page Igi read Eliphalet R. King for Elizabeth R. King. On page 191 read Mrs. Mary R. King for Mrs. Mary King. On page 211 read Jonas Manville for Jonas Manrille. On page 212 read Roscoe Stillman for Roscal Stillman. On page 233 substitute Rev. J. P. Haller, pastor, for Rev. J. H. Robinson. On page 239 read Marvin L. Crannell for Marvin D. Crannell. ‘On page 245 substitute Rev. P. L. Dow, pastor, for Rev. J. W. Bennett. -On page 246 read William N. Wagar for William H. Wagar. -On page 257 read Nanning Lansing for Nanning Lonsing. -On page 257 George S. Emerson should be named as a trustee. On page 257 Calvin H. Clark should be named as a steward. ‘On page 257 Daniel R. Winne should be named as a trustee. ‘On page 259 read Maria S. Blake for Mary Blake. The name of G. Herbert Blake should appear on page 259. On page 267 read G. Herbert Blake for J. Herbert Blake. INDEX. Abbott, Elery J................. 217 Abbott, Frank B................ 217 Abbott, Minnie M............... 217 Abbott, Sarah.................. 217 Abele, George.................. 292 Abrames, Adelia................ 237 Abrames Charity............... 237 Abrames, Ella M............... 237 Abrames, Harvey.......... 237, 245 Abrames, Jessie................. 237 Abrames, John ................. 237 Abrames, Minnie ............... 237 Abrams, Jane.............00.00 258 Abrams, Louisa...............4- 258 Academy, Charlottesville........ 154 Academy, Troy Conference..... 76 Acome, Delia..................- 217 Acome, Richard................ 217 Adams, Addie M................ 217 Adams, Freeman............ 47, 174 Adams, Jacob E............ 174, 175 Adams, James............ 000005 199 Adams, JosephE... ........... 258 Adams, Marietta................ 217 Adams, Mrs. Angeline.......... 187 Adams, Mrs. Fy isis. cies wa gaccees 250 Adams, Robert G............... IIL Adams, Susan E,.... ........ 217 Adkins, Archibald .............. 217 Adkins, Harriet................. 217 eavacate and Journal ts, 62, 90, 91 Christian.......... Agan, Mrs. Annie............... 187 Ager, James B.................. 237 Ainsworth, Ledia W..... ...... 210 Albany, 5, 6, 10, 15, 55, 114, 116, 134 Albia....... 37, 48, 49, 54, 83, 85, 93 AGEN, Vie Dees tcosmaantiecranasiecarnse esreaie 329 Aldrich, Eu Risinsice pinasietaaineincenerecs 250 Aldrich, Eveline................ 250 Aldrich, Minnie................. 250 Alger, AnnaR............+4-- . 187 Alger, John..............56 eeee 59 23 Allen, Addie................0... 237 Allen, Annie E ................ 237 Allen, AlexanderS.............. 237 Allen, Cora E............00...... 210 Allen, Cora L........0.......... 210 Allen, Eliza. 3.65 cssce0¢0seaiaaae 210 Allen, Ella May................. 237 Allens [davies scouedscgsnesn eecces 258 Allen, Jennie................... 217 Allen, Marion................... 210 Allen; Mrs. (SNP. a once acme disad 246 Allen, Satahins 3042240 ace cuawes 210 Allen, Stanton P...234, 235, 237, 245 Allen, Stewart.................. 210 Allen, Walter.................., 250 Allendorph, Mrs. Sarah.......... 187 Almy, George W........... 187, 204 Almy, Mrs. Melintha............ 187 Al ward: Misi ae sence eayaoncen sgaccertays 18 AMEN CA: 200555 scscnmiteneciipees 319 Ames, Frank W.. .............. 258 Ames, Justin A........ 256, 257, 258 Ames, Lydia A................. 258 Anderson, Annie................ 250 Anderson, James H......... 297, 298 Anderson, Mark A.............. 187 Anderson, Mary............ 258, 278 Andres), Hli2@ iiss sie iaieesoasy osterarsta 43 Andres Family ................. 206 Andres, Grace...............005 187 Andres, John P.........)....... 187 Andres, Juliaiccioss scsonnes ves ax6 31 Andres, Stephen...9, 47, 86, 174, 175 Andrews, Edward G............. 317 Andrews, James.............-4. 237 Andrews, Nancy............... +237 Anthony, Aaron ................ 217 Anthony, Andrew.............. 278 Anthony, Celinda .............. 258 Anthony, JOSSES na geer ints 87, 88, 181 Anthony, Josie R............... 217 Anthony, Lydia B.............. 217 Anthony, William A......... . 258 Avery, Mrs, Annie S............ 187 338 INDEX. Arakalian, G.A....... 0.2.00. 187 Avery, Mrs. Henrietta B......... 187 Archer, Nancy..........0..-.045 278 Awakening, The Great.......... 319 Archer, William S.......... 276,277 = Ayres, Isaac... eee 200 Archibald, George ....... ....44 217. ‘~Ayres, Mrs. Elizabeth H......... 187 Archibald, James C... .82. 185, 204, 184, 187. Archibald, John... ..53, 176, 182,217. Bacheldor, Chester.............. 217 Archibald, Mrs, Sarah M......... 187. Bacheldor, Olive M............. 217 Archibald, Thos., 53, 81, 174,175,176 Bacheldor, Rebecca............. 217 Armenia, Steamboat ............ 79 ‘Bachmann, Julia................ 271 Armitage, Mary B..............217. Bailey, Augustus............... 187 Armitage, William P............ 217 Bailéy;, Av Fussaviesiisedsse 296, 307 Armsbury, Charlotte............ 217 ‘Bailey, Charlotte................ 187 Armstrong, Annie.......... 258, 267 += Bailey, Elzora ..............0005 217 Armstrong, Maggie............. 231 + Bailey, Harriet.................. 250 Armstrong, Mamie.............. 258 Bailey, Julia.................... 187 Armstrong, Mary E............. 258 Bailey, Julia M................. 237 Armstrong, Sterling. 43,52,53,174,181 Bailey, Lottie................... 187 Armstrong, William............. 258 Bailey, Sidney C................ 237 Armstrong, Willie............... 258 Bainbridge, William.... ........ 231 Arndt, Rosa....................217. Baker, Maggie A................ 217 Arnold, Emilysceca¢ss secede eed 217 Baker; Mriasaecags eeeueveucese 42 Arnold, Smith........ .. 31, 285, 287. Baldwin, George C ......... 314, 326 Asbury, Francis...............- 133 Baldwin, Helen T.............. 217] Ashgroveiss.s aeesscees «+7, 22,134 Baldwin, Melville C............. 217 Ashton, James............000005 231 Baldwin, Sarah................. 227 Association, National Holiness } “147 Baldwin, Sarah J............... 217, Camp Meeting............. Bancroft, Rarl iccc.csscccueaeces 42 Association, Railroad Y. M. C...309 Bancroft, G. C......... 295, 296, 297 Association, Round Lake Camp Bancroft, Mrs. C. J.............. 231 Meeting..... 135, 144, 147, 149, 153 Band, Dodsworth’s.............. 111 Athens iacaciie te qaamemeeeena cies 63 Band, Doring’s............. Ill, 314 Atwater, Fo Avssscismasasasreaes 164 Band, Troy Praying. .72, 98, 136-148, Atwell, ANN @casiiesce casueiwnns 267 156, 307-309, 310, 311. “> Atwell, Carrie W................258 Bangs, Nathan.............. Peaas 49 * Atwell, J, L...256, 257, 267, 300, 301 + Banker, Alexander D, 214, 215, 217,227 Atwell, Mrs. J. L........... 170,171 Banker, Florence E....... ..... 217 Atwell, Richard W.............. 258 Banker, Mrs. A. D.............. 227 Augur, Alida.................4,. 258 Bantel, Emma.............. 271, 274 Auliffe, William................. 187 Bantel, Louise............ 0.005 271 Austin, Georgiana.............. 237 ~~ Baptists. .18, 19, 24, 38, 39, 41, 42, 63 Austin, James N................ 104 Barber, Lorenzo... .85, 205, 282, 283, Austin, John C......... 235, 237, 245 285, 292, 308. Avery, Eva......... Hi Faiatikemstiwutys 187 Barber, Mrs. Marion.,.......... 187 Avery, Frederick W............ 187 Bardin, As G ovens ene aden ena aiey 187 Avery, John M...............06. 187 Barker, Lavinia................. 217 Avery, Lyman R. .64, 176, 177, 178, | Barker, Thomas. . .137, 130, 145, 310 182, 184, 185, 187, 202, 206, 326, Barnard, Theodore.... ......... 199 Barnes, Lorilla L........... 217 INDEX. - Barns, Preaching in............. 22 Barrett, William.............. 96, 97 Barringer, David P........... 53, 63 Barringer, Harriet M............ 257 Barringer, Mrs. Mattie........... 187 Barringer, Sarah E.............. 217 Barry, Mabel E................. 187 Barry, Mrs. Evangeline E....... 187 Barthell, Frederick W........... 187 Barthell, Mrs. Annie E.........-. 187 Bartholomew, Julia ............. 258 Bartholomew, William .......... 258 Bartlett, Annie E................ 258 Bartlett, Arthur. ................ 258 Bartlett, Edward................ 258 Bartlett, Lillie .................. 258 Bateman, Alice..............-.. 217 Bates, George ...............-65 205 Bates, John C.......... 137, 139, 310 Bates, Merritt... .75, 81, 90, 125, 126, 285, 289 Battershall, Jane................ 217 Battershall, L. A......... 2... 326 ‘Battershall, Walton W........... 92 Bascom, BerthaA............... 258 Bascom, Helen A..............- 258 Bascom, Chester....... 257, 258, 267 Bascom, Ellen Forbes........... 258 Bascom, George C...........+.- 258 ‘Bascom, H. Clay...256, 257, 258, 267 Bascom, Jessie L...............- 258 Bascom, Laura ............0000- 258 Bascom, Lucy.........6..----05 258 Bascom, Mrs. H. Clay ...... 158, 267 Bassett, Isaac V..........0ee eee 46 Bassler, Eva.......-.655 ceeceee 258 Bawden, William J.........-..-. 217 Beam, Augustus.............-.- 237 Beattie, Carl.............---245- 217 Beattie, Dora. .............-++- 217 Beattie, Mabel...............--. 217 Becker; Ac. Cec conc ccascgeg ogame 217 Becker, Anna R...........--.--- 217 Becket, Littleton...............- 118 Beckwith, George............-.- 258 Beckwith, Jennie..........--.-65 258 Bedell, William..... 296, 297, 282, 283 Beiermeister, Andreas.......... -271 Beiermeister, Andrew..........- 274 339 Beiermeister, Anna. ............ 271 Beiermeister, Barbara........... 271 Beiermeister, Anna M........... 274 Beiermeister, Caroline........... 271 Beiermeister, Charlotte.......... 237 Beiermeister, Eva............... 271 Beiermeister, Jennie .........:..237 Beiermeister, John.............. 274, Beiermeister, Frederick..... 117, 271 Beiermeister, jr. Fred.234,235,237,245 Beiermeister, sr. Fred...268, 269, 274 Beiermeister, Mrs. F............ 158 Beiermeister, William........... 237 Belden, Arthur.................. 187 Belden, Emerson, 178, 184, 185,187,203 Belden, Mrs. Emerson........... 197 Belden, Mrs. Julia A............ 187 Belding, Dennis......... 47, 175, 181 Belding, Mary A................ 258 Belknap, J. W....... 93, 98, 290, 297 Belly Aimy icicndc as tran ace ed 4.0 258 Bell: JOR sasssisncigcsnaiias apes toes ae 258 Bell, jr., William................ 200 Bemian, Ni 'S: Sascsie naink oa eds 326 Benedict, Chas. H., 214, 215, 217, 227 Benedict, Eliza......... 217, 169, 171 Benedict, Mrs. Charles H........ 227 Benedict, Sarah A..............- 217 Benedict, T. Lee................ 217 Bennett, Albert................. 210 Bennett, Anna...............005 210 Bennett, Electa............. 258, 267 Bennett, Elizabeth .............. 237 Bennett, Hazen W..... 139, 141, 310 Bennett, Inez...............-06- 217 Bennett, Jasper N............... 210 Bennett, jr., James.............. 310 Bennett, John W....... 335, 245, 300 Bennett, Lyman, 53, 137, 139, 310, 326 Bennett, Mrs. Albert............ 213 Bennett, Mrs. Amanda.......... 187 Bennett, Mrs. Rola. ............ 217 Bennett, Ruth ..............0065 258 Bennett, Wells......... 256, 257, 258 Bentley, Hattie....... sieenmiephanees 258 Bentley, Maria...............-.. 237 Bentley, Minnie...............-. 237 Berger, Christina ..............- 271 Bergh, William ............... 237 340 Berwin, Mrs. Delia.............. 187 Berwin, Joseph ................. 187 Berwin, Mrs. Joseph........ 167, 197 Bethmann, Elisabeth............ 271 Betis, ATC. cnienga esnes vases 210 Betts, Benjamin................. 13 Betts, Brother............ 2.2.45 9 Betts, Clarence E............... 217 Betts, Frederick................. 210 Betts, Harvey ........ 47, 50, 53, 181 Betts; Jane 2. 2scoenecwan aaenvuns 13 Betts, Jaredis ccvosssovecvvewnans 13 Betts, Martha.................. 210 Betts, Mrs. C. E......... echo 217 Bibb, Edwin................02... 217 Bibb, Hannah M....... ........ 217 Bickford, Almira ............... 237 Bickford, Israel... .234, 235, 237, 245 Bickford, Mrs. Israel............ 246 Bickford, Thomas H............ 237 Bidwell, Ira G.. .67, 282, 283, 285, 292 Bigelman, Ada.................. 218 Bigelman, Laura...............4 218 Bigelow, D................44. 206 Bigelow, Mary F........... .. 164 Bigelow, Noah.......... 48, 285, 287 Biggs, Mrs. Priscilla............. 187 Bills & Thayer.................. 329 Birch, Julia A..........-.2..06.. 187 Birch, Sylvanus............ 177, 203 Birchmore, S. C. ..276, 277, 280, 299, 300, 301. Birchmore, Mary E.............. 278 Birchmore, Mrs. S. C........170, 171 Birchmore, Mrs. Mary E......... 280 Birchmore, Nellie............... 280 Birdsall, Maria...............-. 218 Birkenshaw, Lewis..... 228, 229, 231 BishopyAsseaistaceies eevee ee a's 249 Bishop, Albert J................ 250 Bishop, Charles B... ........... 203 Bishop, Cora A..............-5.. 258 Bishop, Elizabeth M............. 278 Bishop, Mrs. Elizabeth M........ 280 Bishop, Emily.......-.....00065 250 Bishop, Flora..........--02. 0005 278 Bishop, H. E...............06- 278 Bishop, John H... ......... 277, 278 Bishop, Mary Elizabeth......... _. 187 INDEX. Bishop, Mrs. Albert J............ 254. Bishop, Mrs. Mary E............ 187 Bishop, Sarah M.............. 278 Bishop, William E. H....... 277, 278 Bishops, Methodist.............. 317 Bissell, Harry...............224. 231 Bissell, Maggie .............. .. 231 Bissell, Mary J...... ....... ... 258. Bissell, Melissa ............... 231 Bissell, Sarah Ann.... ......... 258: Bissell, Mrs. C. W........... 170, 171 Bissell, Mrs. M. H..... 0.2.0.0... 231 Bissell, William............. 258, 267 ‘Blackburn, Lois................. 218 Blackwood, Charlotte............ 237 Blackwood, Jennie.............. 237 Blaké; Evaicasecsgecne gage ag 1259: Blake, George E. . . 256, 257, 259, 267 Blake, G. Herbert .......... 335, 267 Blake, Maria S..... 00.0... 00... 335 Blake, Mary.... ............... 259 Blake, Mrs. George E....... 170, I71 Blanchard, H............... 290, 291 Blanchard, Mrs. Armina P....... 187 Blanchard, Viola................ 187 Bloom, Eliza.......0000...0..... 42 Bloom, Jane.................... 42. Bloomingdale, Annie R.......... 237 Bloomingdale, Edward J......... 237 Bloomingdale, George .......... 237 Bloomingdale, Josephine........ 237 Bloomingdale, Pheebe.........., 237 Boardman...............00 00... 198. Boehm, August................, 271 Boehm, Auguste........... Ge eg s2TI Boehm, Bertha................., 271 Boese, Frederick W......... 268, 300 Bogardus, Anna ................ 218 Bogardus, Hannah.............. 218. Bogardus, Isaac... .214, 215, 218,227 Bogardus, Magdalena........... 218. Bogardus, Viana................ 218 Bogardus, William.............. 199 Bolster, Dewitt K.......00......, 218 Bond, Alice M.... 0020... ee... 259 Bond, Bessie.................... 259 Bond, George F........ 256, 257, 259 Bond, S................00., 228, 229 INDEX. Bonesteel, Jeremiah......... 187, 259 Bonesteel, Leuella.............. 237 Bonesteel, Louisa A............. 259 Bonesteel, Mrs. Louisa.......... 187 Bontecou, D. Frank, 184, 185, 187,204 Bontecou, Peter, 53,59,175,176,177,206 Bontecou, James C............ 75, 81 Bord, Charlotte T......... 0.2... 231 Bord, Lydia.................... 231 Bord, Samuel............... 228, 231 Bose, Robert G................. 237 Bosse, Catharine................ 271 Bosse, Kilian ................... 271 Bottome, F...................0.5 151 Boumis, Eva.................... 218 Bounds, Benton................. 218 Bounds, James H...... 234, 235, 237 Bounds, jr., John W............. 218 Bounds, Mary........... ...... 218 Bounds, Eva....... 0 ........2-. 227 Bout, Joan: ss. .5scc0e0eneeegnes 259 Bout; John yvecusnuessveeyeiess 259 Bout, Ralphs ...0..ccseseeeeeeed 259 Boutwell, Harriet............... 218 Boutwell, Jesse ............0.... 9 Boutwell, MrSec2e00.2¢¢0eeeee00+ 13 Boutwell, Oliver. ..112, 214, 215, 218 Boutwell, Phoebe A............. 218 Boutwell, Theodore............. 218 Bowdy, William H.............. 237 Bowen, Clara E............ 187, 197 Bowen, John E............. 297, 303 Bowen, Mrs. Harriet M... ...... 187 Bowers, Harriet................. 259 Bowers, Lillian M............... 187 Bowers, Seneca D............... 259 Bowman, Emma A.............. 259 Bowman, Thomas.............. 259 Bowns, Eliza..............2..0.. 231 Bowns, George M..........+ 228, 229 Boxley, Alice................--. 218 Boxley, Caroline...... ......... 218 Boxley, George............-.... 218 Boyce, Delia. .....0..¢¢s054 sens 210 Boyce, Kate..............-..... 210 Boyce, Maggie.................- 210 Boyce, Maranda................ 210 Boycott, Catharine F............ 259 Boycott, Rosanna F............. 2590 341 Boycott, William............ ... 259 Boyd, George L.. . .......210, 213 Boyd, “Mary.....06. 9 s0.9e0e80 46 210 Bradshaw, Anna M. ............ 218 Bradshaw, Mary J......... .... 218 Bragg, Aurelia A .... .......... 187 Brainard, E. S...... 97, 176, 182, 206 Brainard, C........-....-...2-+- 310 Brakes, Mary J................. 218 Brakes, Samuel................. 218 Braman, Edmund............... 231 Braman, E. A...... 296, 297, 304, 305 Braman, Hattie................. 231 Braman, John E................. 231 Braman, Lorenzo............... 231 Braman, Mrs. E. A.............. 163 Braman, jr., Mrs. J. E........... 233 Brandon, Irving................ 218 Brandon, Jennie M.............. 218 Brandon, William............... 237 Brandon, Maria................. 237 Bray, George E................ 254 Brewer, Caroline................ 237 Briggs, Adelaide................ 210 Briggs, Cynthia................. 218 Briggs, Helen 2: 420045 ssease5004 210 Brimmer, Annie................ 237 Brimmer, Fannie............... 237 Brimmer, John................. 237 Brimmer, Mrs. J. J.............. 246 Brinkerhoff, Catharine.......... 42 Brinkerhoff, John............... 42 Brintnall, Camp................+ 309 BHistolys:cj.dc¢00 See-ee2e0geabe oe 3, 4, 6 Bristol; Ds Neseosesicisaciseies a cna 256 Bristol, George. .53, 63, 128, 127, 135, 137, 139, 147, 203, 218, 267, 310,330 Bristol, Grace................+.. 218 Bristol, Margaret................ 218 Bristol, Mary................... 218 Brittle, Phoebe.................5 267 Brockway, Chester.......... 177, 204 Brockway, Cynthia.............. 187 Brooks, Emma.......... Sete te 218 Brooks, Hannah ................ 250 Brooks, Samuel................- 250 Broughton, Henry 0............ 218 Broughton, Jane................ 218 Brown, Angelina................ 237 342 Brown, Anna...............000- 278 Brown, Edith................. 218 Brown, Ebenezer............ 56, 174 Brown, E. Poiaisge cscs cseiee ran 227 Brown, E, Fisk.......... Did SDS 218 Brown, E. H.............45 299, 100 Brown, Emma.................. 237 Brown, Florence.......... ..... 227 Brown, Florence A.............- 218 Brown, George J.. .282, 283, 285, 297 Brown, George W.68, 72, 73, 74, 204, 294, 295, 300, 304, 305, 307. Brown, Jacob.........-......... 118 Brown, Jane M.................. 218 Brown, Louisa.............-.... 218 Brown, Stephen D....66, 67, 68, 282, 283, 285, 290, 293. Brown, Stephen J....... 187, 196, 204 Brown, William................. 176 Brown, W.H .........-..0 00005 267 Brown, Mrs. W. H............-. 267 Bryan, Libbie.................. 218 Bruce, Maria.................06 231 Bruce, Sarah............... 231, 233 Brundage, Lizzie................ 218 Brush, Lavina....... .... ee 237 Brush, Rosella.................. 237 Brush, Tallman...............5- 237 Brunswick,............... 37, 49,134 Buchan,'Jane...............0655 238 Buckley, Clara................5. 238 Buckman, Cornelius............. 200 Buechel, Conrad. -.............. 271 Buechel, Mis.ccc2: ueasuwaaee ce oe 271 Bill, Caroline.s ¢cicviaveseseuces 218 Bull, Charlotte.................. 218 Bull, Mrs, Julia E............... 187 Bulson, Hattie.................. 218 Bump, Mary.................... 218 Bumsted, Margaret.............. 231 Bumstead, Mrs. Eleanor......... 188 Pane; Ay Avcccx yaanse vas 214, 215 “Bunce, Alonzo A................ 218 Bunce, Isabella................. 210 ‘Bunce, Mary C ................. 218 Bundy, Maggie................. 218 Burch, Lorenzo............. 256, 257 Burd, Thomas................+. 250 Burden, I. Townsend........... 98 INDEX. Burdick, C. F.......... 291, 303, 307 Burdick, Elizabeth.............. 238 Burdick, H. Libbie......... wang 2Zo Burdick, Jennie E............... 238 Burdick, Joel T................. 238 Burdick, Wallace ............... 238 Burdick, Mrs. W. R............. 246 Burglaries) 22022 sncdéegewsehnad 73 Burkal, James................., 231 Burney, Thomas............. 245, Burritt; Eligis: sescvassaniguyinmletcs 198 Burrows, Edwin A., 82, 176, 177, 182, 184, 185, 188, 202. Burtis, Emma............... 188,280. Burtis, John W...............055 218 Burtis, Mary L............-...-. 218 Bush, Ira G...........00000-000- 218 Bushy, Ta Ss: sacsiesw cece es 214,227 Bussey, Bertha............. .... 238 Bussey, Elizabeth C............. 218 Bussing, EllaS................. 238 Bussing, Isaac...............04. 238 Bussing, Isaac S........ 234, 235, 245 Buswell, John G. .5§3, 70, 71, 77, 175, 176, 181. Buswell, Mrs. Emmeline......... 188 Buswell, William H............. 188 Buswell & Peckham............. 77 Butler, Etta................00008 188 Butler, Hannah................. 278 Butler, Lewis..................- 118 Butler, William................. 160 Button, George W............... 238 Button, Rebecca,............... 238 Byers, Mary J............... 63, 204 Byrne, Sarah................2.. 238 Caddie, Bessie.................. 250 Cady, Henrietta................ 188 Cass; Anni .ciciciasccsnnae reas 238 Cass, Lewis, ship............... 107 Castle, John........ Be Aiea Riovese * 238 Caldwell, R. B..............004. 205 Calhoun, Anna B...... ........ 218 Calhoun, Mary J................ 218 Calhoun, Elizabeth.............. 218 Calhoun, Thomas............... 218 Calkins, Alice .................. 238 INDEX. Calkins, Charles W..... ........ 238 Calkins, Mary E................ 188 Calkins, Sarah......0 22.2.0... 188 CaM etiwicatcvannceceunweteaeas 8 Cameron, Anna............. 210 Campaigne, Bertha ............. 238 Campaigne, Jennie M..... ..... 238 Campaigne, Jonathan........... 238 Campaigne, Margaret. ..........23 Campaigne, Thomas.. .... 238, 245 Campaigne, ThomasaA.......... 238 Campaigne, William...... ..... 238 Campbell, Bishop... ....... ... 157 Campbell, Adeline.............. 211 Campbell, Anna................ 210 Campbell, Catharine............ 238 Campbell, Christiana......... 210 Campbell, Emma............... 238 Campbell, Jennie ............... 218 Campbell, Jennie F............. 238 Campbell, Lillian. ............. 218 Campbell, Lottie,............... 238 Campbeil, Martin V............. 219 Campbell, Mary ................ 219 Camp-Meeting, 131, 132, 133, 134,135, 136, 147, 148, 149. Camp-Meeting, First Fraternal. .148, 149, 150, 151, 152. Camp - Meeting, Second ( Fraternal............ peers Camp-Meeting, Third Fraternal, 153 Canada, Upper....... ......... 10 Canfield, David....... 18, 23, 25, 198 Cannons, [bras ascstevectiseiatens es 92 Cannons Miiieiescreereseence 13, 14 Cannons, Mrsiu ojos ne Yee oe 13 Carhart, Js, Wess. sisssersxes 293, 294 Carlin, Joseph...............- 93, 97 Carlin, Thomas........ 138, 139, 310 Carlo, Mrs...c.6 0 enews Sta clsasiie 13 Carlton, Jane M................ 259 Carnell, James...............-.. 176 Carner, Helen.................. 210 Carner, John..............---45 210 Carner, Mrs. John..............- 213 Carnrick, Diana L.............. 259 Carnrick, Elizabeth............. 259 Carnrick, Ella A...... ......... 259 Carnrick, George W., 256,257,259,267 343 Carnrick, Lillian M. o........, 238 Carnrick, Peter ........ 256, 257, 259 Carnrick, Mrs. Peter ....... 158, 267 Carpenter, C..........0 00.0.0... 303, Carpenter, JuliaE..... 0...... 188 Carr, Alice ......00.0....0000-0, 219 Carr, Caroline..........0....... 2590 Carr; Carrié. Mi esccceccxcuenevas 188 Carr, Laura........... .. 2. 188 Carr, Sarah A gh wade einen 1+. +250 Carr, William.......... 248, 249, 250 Carr, Mrs. William H..... ...., 219 Carrier, Addie................., 259 Carrier, George................. 259 Carruthers, Louisa M............ 219 Carvery Co Mies eaxe anaes vn ewee ay 250 Carver; JanGiis e.cocayianvgnses’s 250 Catver, Jennies .::0..:esnee0ee34 250 Cary, Elizabeth A.............. 238 Cary, George.. .............0.. 238 Cary, George W............. 234,235 Cary, Hannah.................. 238 Cary, Maryse. euxese execs 231 Cary, Mrs. Elizabeth............ 188 Cary, Sidney T...177, 178, 182, 184, 188, 196, 202, 206. Cary, Mrs. Sidney T.. ..... 169, 171 Cary, William .. ............... 238 Catechism cijscaakann eu eewagenes 44 Caughey, James................ 75 Chalmers, Thomas....... ...... I Chamberlain, Harriet........... 238 Chambers, Anna F.............. 238 Chambers, Emily J............. 238 Chambers, Fanny............... 219 Chambers, John ..... ......... 250 Chambers, Mary A... ......... 250 Chambers, William............. 181 Champlain, Priscilla............. 278 Chapel Ann.................. 80, 31 Chapel, State Street........... 69, 74 Chapel, Wesley............. 100, IOI Chappele, Rachel............... 219 Chappele, Horace........ ...... 259 Chappel, Sarah................, 259 Chapman, Nathaniel............. 199 Chase, Alton................00.. 188 Chase, Henry.............. .... 174. Cheeseman, Joseph K........ 344 INDEX. Cheles, Hannah................. 25y Chesbro, Albert................. 259 Chesbro, Amelia................ 259 Chesbro, Emma ................ 2590 Chesbro, Nellie................. 250 Chew, Daniel B................. 278 Chew, MaryJ .................. 278 Chichester, Elijah, 17, 20, 25, 29, 37, 64, 282, 283, 285, 287. Chisholm, John..... peveandoan ed 238 Chole Pas. issicstcsasmam as dacaewn 134 Christian, Mary................. 278 Christie, George..... 96, 97, I10, 127 Christie, John............. 176, 182 Christie, Robert......... ....... 200 Christie, William..... ...... ... 259 Christopher, Carrie F......... 219 Church of England............. 2,3 Churches : African M.E. (see Zion A.M.E.).118 Albia M. E. (see Pawling Ave., M.E.).49,54,83,84,85,93, 143,308, 309 Raptisticc.:. gc acaeerennan 312, 313 Baptist, First Particular. 19 24,31,32, 33> 38, 39, 41, 42, 63. Baptist, South Troy........... 98 Bethel oxecuss antoaeedcetange: 44 Congress Street M.E.(seeTrinity M. E.) 66, 80, 98, 102, 103, 104, 105, 110, 143, 307. Episcopal. : 3:4 .icsxcavics 312, 313 Episcopal, St. Paul’s..... 25, 34, 42 Exhibit, numerical and financial 281 Fifth Avenue M. E. (see North Second Street M. E.)... .86, 89, 92, ‘214-227, 281, 314. First Methodist............. .. 319 Fourth M. E.........0...... 61, 93 PHENO. 5 2/051 ay axdanwaleeccandadd 34 German M. E, (Albany)...114, 116 German M.E.First (Troy). 114, 115, 116, 117, 130, 268-274. Grace M. E. (see Vail Avenue M.E.),..112, 113, 256-267, 281, 333 Hemlock (see Congress Street NUS SS) 2 saniiiceeactuae ene oe 104, 105 Lansingburgh M. E. .7, 37,40,42,55 Levings Chapel, (see Levings Church,) .61, 85, 93, 94, 98, 143, 308 Levings Church, (see Levings Chapel,) ...93, 94, 95, 248-254, 281 Membership of M.E. { 287-300, 312 Methodist........ 312, 313, 318, 332 Methodist Episcopal of Troy (see State Street M. E.).. 7, 10, 12-18. 20-27, 29-32, 34, 36-58 . Ministers of M. E. in Troy .287-300 North Second Street M. E. ( see Fifth Avenue M. E.).57, 58, 86-92, 102, 125, 127, 140, 143, 160, 307, 314 North Troy M. E. (see Vail Ave- NUE MB aninaasevaacs aa 67, 112 Pawling Avenue M.E.(see Albia M. E.).....83-85, 208-213, 281, 309 Presbyterian ............. 312, 313 Presbyterian, First.9, 19, 22, 24, 31, 32, 33, 39) 41, 42, 44. Presbyterian, Fourth........... State Street M.E. (see Methodist Episcopal of Troy),58, 76, 80, 81, 83, 86, 87, 88, 96, 97, 100, 102, 105, 123, 127, 128, 139, 140, 143, 160,174-17¢, 181-185, 187--206, 281, 307, 314. Third Street M. E. Church (see Wesley Chapel) . .66, 93, 96, 97, 98, 100, 101, 102, 104, 143, 228-233, 281, 308. Trinity M. E. (see Congress St. M. E.), 102, 103, 110, III, 234, 246, 281, 307, 335. True Wesleyan M............. 125 True Wesleyan M.E,..... 104, 114 Vail Avenue M, FE. (see Grace Me Bideos daen cand 112, 113, 143, 308 Waterford M. E.............. 9, 37 Wesley Chapel (see Third Street IMs, Ba ijcuik she 8k eee ead ae 100, IOI, Wesleyan M. Zion (see A. M. E. ZAG scarier ponies eanont aemncaaceee 118 West Troy M.E............ 56, 57 Zion, A.M.E. (see African M.E. Zion) . .118, 119,120, 130,276-280, 281 Churches, three a day........... 318 Churchill, Alice..............0.. 278 Churchill, Nellie................ 238 Circuit, Cambridge....... 7, 9, 10, 17 Clreuit, New City.... ......0..... 7 INDEX. Circuit, Pittsfield.......... 10, 15, 16 Circuit, Pownal............... 29, 31 Circuit, Whitingham............. 10 Circuits, Wesley’s............... 319 Clapp, Noah............ 78, 176, 182 Clark, AnnaJ................... 238 Clark, Alida..........0.00 000... 259 Clarks Ay Sic icaduniptauadan sncesonacs 299 Clark, Calvin H............ 335, 259 Clark, Caroline... ............. 219 lark; C. Hissisecsiceeesavivaas 256 Clark, Charles P.......... 0... 60 Clark, David B....... 111, 308, 310 Clark, David J............. .. .238 Clark;-Ella y2. cusy ogeeves deed nds 259 Clark, Emma............ 219, 259 Clark, Emma L............. 167, 219 Clark, Florence A............... 210 Clark, Hannah....... Gime heel 219 Clark, John ........ ....... 127, 303 Clark, J. Bisesdcison vine eeddced 205 Clark, J. H. ..208, 209, 213, 300, 301 Clark, Laban. ..18, 32, 33, 34,35, 36, 285, 287. Clark, LolaM.................. 210 Clark, Mabel W................- 210 Clark, Maria.................... 259 Clark, Martha. 2... scence cncn ce cud 238 Clark, Mrs. J. H..........+...045 158 Clark, Mrs. Melissa.............. 188 Clark; My rons: ¢ oos2406 seksi 259 Clark, Randolph F.............. 210 Clark, Ransom................-. 219 Clark, Sheldon J............ 238, 245 Clark, Stetla2 ia 5. saistn paige st 259 Clark, Charles P................ 288 Clarkson, Annie ...............- 250 Clary, Belsora.................. 259 Classic... sa Q, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18 Class-meetings . .9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, . 18, 56, 81. Clay, Henry, steamboat......... 79 Claydon, Albert................. 231 Claydon, Charles................ 250 Claydon, H. B............... . 310 Claydon, William. .228, 229, 231, 233 Cleminshaw, George............ 259 Cleminshaw, Laura............. 219 Cleveland, William........ 12, 13, 14 345 Clickner, Eliza.................. 238 Clickner, Henry ................ 210 Clickner, JacobM............... 238 Clickner, Mary.................. 210 Clifton Park.................... 134 Clint, Adam....... 234, 235, 238, 245 Clint, Annie Frances............ 238 Clint, Jesse........0..0......0.. 238 Clint, Mrs. Caroline............. 188 Clint, Mrs. C.M................ 197 Chink; Saralic.n uc aiecsneueeaeds 238 Clinton, Bishop................. 151 Club, The Holy....... ....... 2, 170 Cluett, Charles F.. ...0......... 188 Cluett, Edmund. ..177, 178, 183, 203 Cluett, Frances C. 2. 1.0... 188 Cluett, Frederick H.,...183, 184, 185, 188, 202. Cluett, George B...177, 178, 182, 202 Cluett, J. W. A.....177, 178, 182, 202 Cluett, Mary E.................. 188 Cluett, Mrs. Fannie B............ 188 Cluett, Robert.............. 178, 203 Cluett, William, 177, 184, 185, 188, 202 Cluett Family, William.......... 206 Coates, Michael...... 10, 12, 285, 287 Coburn, Nathaniel............ 175 Coburn, Robert. . ..138, 139, 141, 310 Cockburn, Elizabeth............ 188 COG} JONAS ey os vss egies sana auatdeione 32, 33 Coffin, Deborah ................ 238 Coffin, Peter.................... 238 Coggis, Lottie .................. 238 Cole, Dulcena M................ 219 Cole, Ida E................... 219 Cole, Lizzie... 2.20. cccesnene cues 210 Cole, Robert...... .... 248, 249, 250 Cile, SUsatte cg cscannvaeusvsscas 250 Cole, Mrs. Thomas C........... 254 Cole, ThomasC ................ 250 Cole, William H.S.............. 254 Goleman, “Hisce2ck eduicime cd done 300 Coleman, Seymour... .282, 283, 285, 290, 292, 308. Collander, Elizabeth............ 188 Collars scicciaatc seeds aorneesens 56 College, Christ Church.......... I College, Dickinson.............. 76 College, Lincoln ................ I 346 INDEX. College, McKendree..,.......... 76 Coonradt, Jonas................. 259 Collier, Elizabeth............... 250 Coonradt, Sarah S............... 259 Collier, O. W.M................ 249 «Cooper, ANN... science cee’ 250: Collins, Julia........0...00.0.... 219 Cooper, Anna F................ 259 Collins, Mrs. AnnM.... ........ 188 Cooper, Benjamin......256, 257, 259 ColuUmbusiesseccscasgeceeucieres 48 Cooper, James.................. 219 Combs, Caroline............... 259 Cooper, Lillie............ ...... 233 Combs, Charles................. 259 Cooper, Lucy M................ 259 Combs, Susan.................. 259 Cooper, S. Belle............ 231, 233 Combs, Susie................... 259 Cooper, Sylvester...... 112, 139, 310 Combs, William ................ 259 Cooper, William R.............. 233 Common, The................65 23 Corliss, John M....177, 182, 188, 202, Comstock, Frederick R..... 188, 196 206, 326. Comstock, Mrs. Adaline......... 188 Cornell, Latham ................ 87 Comstock, Royal D............. 188 Corning & Co.................. 198 Conference, East German....... 177. Cornwell, EllenJ........ ...... 188 Conference, First General....... 319 «Corps, Kate ......- ......00.005 238 Conference, First Methodist ..... 319 ~=- Corps, Millicent......... 238 Conference, General, 10, II, 150, 152 Coss, Caroline.................. 219 Conference, New England....10, 11 Costello, Annie................. 219 Conference, New York, 10,29,31,52,314 Cottrell, Eliza................. 259 Conference, New York East..... 55 Cottrell, George W.............. 188 Conference, Quarterly....47, 86,94, Cottrell, Nancy ................. 219 122, 123, 124. Cottrell, Samuel ................ 176 Conference, Troy, 7, 57, 92, 124, 125, 133, 134, 149, 152, 314. Conferences, Annual,........... 314 Congdon, Eliza................, 219 Conklin, BUa. . oi css ceeesr eases 238 Conner, William................ 219 Connolly, Kate ................. 188 Connor, Emma................. 219 Connor, Mary................04- 2590 Converse, Charles A............ 188 Converse, George C............ 205 Converse, Mrs, Cornelia E....... 188 Converse, Mrs. P. W............ 158 Converse, Perrin W....177, 178, 182, 184, 185, 188, 196, 202, 206, Cook, Henrys. so scceuiscevers 22, 23 Cook, John L................... 112 Cook, Mary..................005 219 Cooke, Angeline......... ....., 219 Cooke, Julia E................., 219 Cookingham, Elizabeth.......... 259 Cookingham, Jennie A.......... 259 Cookingham, John M............ 259 Cooksborough.................. 22 Coonradt, Charles M............ 259 Court-house, Rensselaer Ca., 20,21,23 Covel, Sarah................... Covell, jr., James, 61, 64, 128, 285,289 Covert, Emma.................. 238 Cowee, David.............. 202, 326 Cowee, Mrs. David......... 202, 206. Cowee, Mrs. Mary E............ 188 Cox, Gertrude...... 20.0.0... 219 COxs. Matty Wii g.srecscaasceaince one nos 238 Cox, Saraltsiecciinseas ceveaises 238 Cramer, JamesE............... 210 Cramer, Josephine............., 210 Crampton, Albert,183, 184, 185, 188,203 Crampton, Mrs. Louisa A........ 188 Crandall, Eliza.................. 219 Crandall, Ella M................ 2590 Crandall, John N................ 250 Crandall, Mrs. John N,...... 250, 254 Crandall, Theodore............. 259 Crandell, Alexander............. 188 Crandell, Joseph, 184, 185, 188,196,203 Crandell, Mrs. Charlotte A....... 188 Crandell, Mary T........... 188, 196 Crandell, Mrs. Mary T.......... 197 Crannell, J............0000, 234, 235 INDEX. Crannell, Jane.................. 238 Crannell, Jesse......... 234, 238, 245 Crannell, Mrs. Jesse.. ...... 245, 246 Crannell, Julia.................. 238 Crannell, Maria................. 239 Crannell, Marvin ............... 245 Crannell, Marvin D............. 245 Crannell, Mary E............... 239 Crannell, Pheebe.... ........... 239 Crannell, William............... 239 Crans, Huldah.................. 18 Craver, Alice.............0.0055 250 Craver, Alvina.................. 239 Craver, Catharine............... 210 Craver, Chauncey .............. 239 Craver, Elizabeth S............. 210 Craver, Hattie C................ 250 Craver, John W................ 239 Craver, Fanny.................5 239 Graven) Aaa iclda cae sarerck geen ecie 248 Craver, Lewis.............. 249, 250 Craver, Martha................. 239 Craver, Mrs. Lucinda........... 188 Craver}. Pe: Hisccccaisiysnnisnsioies 249, 250 Craver, Mrs. Philip H........... 254 Craver, Sarah Eveline........... 239 Craver, William... ..... 208, 209, 210 Craver, Virginia............ 249, 250 Crawford, Emma........... 239, 246 Crawford, Fredy cos oss e+ 4050s 245 Crawford, Fred W.............. 239 Crawford, George A............. 239 Crawford, Margaret............. 239 Crawford, Rebecca R........... 239 Crissey, Isaac W............ 182, 188 Gro; Jesse ¢ sascenscaxaunesre vases 200 Croker, Mary...........-----06- 239 Croker, Sarah J................. 239 Cross, Alfred.............0.000- 239 Cross, Anna E............-..4.- 239 Crowell, Seth..............0.. 18, 20 Crowther, Annie.............--. 250 Crowmer, Elizabeth............. 250 CONS acess Sh kiakee ee Seraeeeas 56 Cummings, Mrs. Mary A........ 188 Curry, Martha.............-.+.. 239 Curry, Mrs. M.......-..-0-605 .246 Curtis, Abbie........-......6--+ 250 347 Curtis, Caleb... .9, 12, 14, 15, 17, 174 Curtis, Catharine ..............- 17 Curtis, Horace.................. 250 Curtis, Jane B...... 22. eee 250 Curtis, Jessie M........ 169, 171, 250 Curtis,: Joels ocak sestnmosinans ies 31 Curtis, Henry C...120, 145, 214, 215, 219, 227, 276, 277, 310. Curtis; Mercy: 24.5 6 cscs amen 219 Curtis, Mrs. H. C........... 158, 227 Curtis, Stiles... ics exc eeasiiensinone 239 Curtis, Mrs. S. R........... 158, 254. Curtis, Phoebe. .12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 23, 25, 29, 31, 198. Curtis, Sidney R...248, 249, 250, 254 Cushing, Charles W.....67, 292, 293, 328, 330. Cushman, Amelia............... 188. Dabell, Ellen................005 250 Daboll, George W............... 188 Daboll, Helen H................ 188 Daboll, Mrs, Sarah.............. 188 Daboll, Mrs. W. C..... .... 158, 196 Daboll, Wilmott C.............. 188 Dagdigian, Anadik.............. 188 Daley; Sarah cecscasenianasaeewes 167 Daley, Elen: .o.0¢.caeewnaeeaaie te 239 Daniels, Alice L................ 188 Daniels, Mrs. Kate M... ....... 188 Daniels, Mrs. Libbie............. 188 Danks, Delia................... 250 Danks, Franks. .c2cci wuuwssaene 250 Danks, John.................00. 250 Danks, John H................4. 254 Danks, Phoebe.................. 233 Danks, Richard........ 248, 249, 250 Darling, HS. weccscscssasneans 188 Darrell, William F.............. 188 Darrow, James H.............-. gt Dater, Elizabeth A.............. 188 Davenport, S...............0005 260 David, Edmund V.............. 219 Davidson, Bertha............... 239 Davidson, Georgiana............ 239 Davidson, Robert........... 230, 245 Davidson, Mrs. Robert.......... 246 Davis; Carrie Nuxcsseasaeseses: 188 Davis, Eliza A.......0...20-06e 219 Davis, Henry...........-.-.¢ $3, 204 348 Davis, James H....276, 277, 278, 280 Davis, LouisaJ................. 278 Davis, Marco L................. 189 Davis, Mary.... ........... 158, 167 Davis, Mary A.... ........ 219, 260 Davis, Mrs. Jennie E............ 188 Davis, Thomas................. 198 Davis, Zerah B......... 256, 257, 260 Davison, Ellen C................ 260 Davison, Hugh B............... 260 Davison, John.................. 267 Davison, John J................. 260 Davison, Mary E............ ... 260 Days MISS): a )ccisaainnnieneg at ens 13 Day, Three a................... 318 Dayton, D. W.............. 291, 308 Dayton, Laura.................. 219 Deacons, Local ................. 177 Dean, Nellie.................... 219 Debt, Church................... 47 De Camp, Morris......... 18, 25, 198 Decker, Adalbert E............. 219 Decker, Lodemia............... 219 Decker, W. H.............. 295, 208 Dedrick, Sarah.................. 219 De Freest, Eleanor.............. 210 De Freest, Ella. iiccceueeeeisi iad 210 De Freest, Harriet.............. 250 De Freest; Jivscsuvaciascag rs 208, 229 De Freest, John ............ 209, 231 De Freest, JnoA................ 210 De Freest, Matthew............. 250 De Freest, Melinda.............. 231 De Freest, Mrs. Eliza C......... 189 De Freest, Mrs. John............ 233 De Freest, Mrs. Louisa.......... 189 De Freest, Mrs. Minnie A....... 189 Deihl, Adeline Ogden........... 239 Deihl, Andrew.................. 239 Deihl, Augustus................ 239 Deihl, Josephine................ 239 Delavergne, Emily J............ 219 Delavergne, Mrs. E. J........... 227 De Long, J. H.............. 219, 227 De Long, Sarah E.............. 219 Demery, Sabrina ............... 278 Dempster, Dr................... 70 Deninger, J. C............0.0005 293 Derrick, Henrietta M............ 189 INDEX. Derrick, Sally................05. 219 Devol, Jarvis........... +..I4I, 310 Dewey, Mary E................. 189 Dibble, Charles................. 93 Dick; Frank's 6:2. 60 cnsaciiionwnene 210 Didlock, Bertha................. 260 Diehl, Josephine................ 189 Dig gery; Cores cern cioinmamaiinee agi 250 Diggery, J. «sasswswivaiinscss oe 08 249 Diggery, John.................. 250 Diggery, Minnie................ 250 Dillion, Robert................. 18 Dinger, F. W............... 114, 291 Disbrow, Elias.................. 181 Disbrow, Mrs. Elias............. 18 Disotell, Mrs. Mary............. 189 District, Albany................. 134 District, Ashgrove............... 31 District, Middlebury............ 57 District, Plattsburgh ............ 57 District, Rhinebeck ............. 29 District, Saratoga............ 57, 134 District, Troy. Sir Dea nau eoniss 54, 134 District, West Jersey............ 12 Dixon, John J................005 219 Dixon, Mary J.................. 219 Dock, Christian................. 271 Dock, Dora.................0.00. 271 Dock, Elisabeth................. 271 Dock, Lena..................... 271 Dock, Michael.................. 271 Doggett, Bishop................. 151 Dolby, James... ................ 278 Doll, Lucretia... .....000.0....... 250 Dollar, Fannie A................ 219 Dooris, Jennie.................. 219 Dooris, Joseph M............... 219 Dorley, Sarah A................ 189 Doty, Julia R...... 2. 189 Doty, Louisa .................., 189 Doty, Mrs. Julia M............., 189 Doughty, Mrs. Tillie..........., 189 Douglass, George............... 152 Douglass, G.L.... 178 Douglass,Serula ................ 219 Dow, Carrie RR... 0... 239 Dow, George H. P.............. 249 Dow, Lorenzo..... 9, 16, 20, 283, 285 Dow, Martha INDEX. Dow, Martha J.................. 189 Dow, Mary E................... 239 Dow, P. L., 234, 235, 245,299, 300,301, 307. Dow, Mrs. P.L........ 169, 171, 246 Dow, William L................. 239 Dowd, Helen M................. 260 Dowd, Mrs. Helen M......... .. 267 Downs, Caroline................ 250 Downs, Fit W eccews senasneudes 251 Downs, Silas........... 248, 249, 251 Dowsett, Isaiah C............... 189 Dowsett, Maud. ................ 189 Dowsett, Mrs. Elizabeth......... 189 Draper, Jane ...........-.2.04. 239 Dreger, Anna.............-...65 271 EGR ei ki el bp ade dad 27, 28, 29 Drew, Daniel...... 155, 156, 327, 328 Drew, Henry........... .....-- 200 Driggs, Sarah.................45 210 Dudoire, Fannie................ 239 Dudoire, Hallalie............... 239 Dudoire, Nelson................ 239 Dudoire, Peter M............... 239 Dufty, Alic@i cc css seidcdeeedeoes 251 Dufty, Betsy...............-.-5- 251 Dufty, David.......... 248, 249, 251 Dufty, John wrscovsccnassaws 248, 249 Dufty, Mary...............022 0s 251 Dummer, H.B................- 260 Dummer, Sylvia S.............. 260 Dunbar}; John. «2.6 ss00ccnseees ae 251 Dunbar, Maggie................ 251 Dunbar, Mary............------ 251 Duncan, George H.............- 260°° Duncan, Mary E. B............. 260 Dungy, John...56, 118, 175, 285, 288 Dunning, Mrs. William.......... 254 Dunsbeck, Edith................ 219 Dunshee, Nellie ..............-. 219 Dirbin, Jv Pyasses pcveev sev ed os 7o Dusenberry, Alice .............. 260 Dusenberry, Eddie.............. 260 Dusenberry, Kate.............-. 260 Dusenberry, Levinus...........- 219 Dusenberry, Mary E............ 219 Dusenberry, Mrs. Alice A....... 189 Dutcher, Anna.............5.-55 260 Dutcher, E. H.........--...006 Iir 349: Dutcher, George W............. 210 Dutcher, Jennie................. 260 Dutclier, Lillian................. 210: Dutcher, Mrs. Barbara.......... 189 Dutcher, Mrs. PheebeA.......... 189 Dutcher, Nelson R.............. 189. Dutcher, William H............. 239 Dwyer, Alonzo................ .260 Eames, Henry.......... 18, 285, 287 Earl, James H............ 139, 310 Batls Wesco sev daddetedweas laws 200: Eaton, Homer.................. 291 Eaton, John..................... 251 Eckland, Dorothy............... 239: Eckland, John C................ 239: Eddy, George W................ 219, Eddy, Samuel..... Sia ace ew ising 22, 31 Eddy, Titus ............... eee 112. Eddy; T.. Mi cckccccasceve. Sosa 148 Edgerton, S. W................. 295 Edmons, Frank T...... ........ 219 Edmons, George P.............. 219, Edmons, Julia M................ 219. Edmons, WalterJ............... 219. Edson, Martha ................. 63, Edson, O. W..................45 63. Edson, Catharine W............. 182: Edwards, Annie E..:........ 239 Edwards, E................ 234, 235 Edwards, Charles............... 300- Edwards, Emma................ 239: Edwards, Eddie................. 239 Edwards, Edward........... 234, 239 Edwards, Frederick............. 239 Edwards, George............... 239 Edwards, Jonathan.............. 239 Edwards, Lilly.................. 239: Edwards, Maggie............... 239 Edwards, Mary A................ 239: Edwards, MaryC............... 239 Edwards, Mrs. Charles.......... 254. Edwards, O................. 234, 235 Edwards, Thomas ..... 234, 239, 246 Edwards, Thomas C............ 239 Edwards, Thomas Ensign ....... 239: Edwards, William II.,234,235,239,246 Egleston, Alice.................. 210 Egleston, Zina P., 47, 87, 88, 174, 181 Eichols, Emma................. 189, 350 Elders, Local........... 175, 177, 184 Elders, Presiding........... 174, 303 Eldred, Minnie ................. 189 Eldred, Mrs. Susan M........... 180 Eldridge, Darbin................ 42 Elkenburgh, Berdella........... 260 Elliott, D. T......... .. 293, 204, 295 Ellick, Mary V.............-.... 278 Elwell, Mrs. Carrie............. 189 Embury, Philip............... 5,6, 7 Emerson, George 5......... 335, 260 Emerson, Ida May .......... 220,260 Emerson, Lottie................. 239 Emerson, Nettie ................ 239 Emerson, Oliver... ..97, 98, 102, 104, 285, 280. Emerson, Oliver K.............. 220 ‘Emerson, Phoebe ............... 240 Emerson, William............... 240 Emery, Bessie A...............- 220 Emory, Bishop...............44. 70 Emory, John W...............65 220 Engel, Ida... c..00.sccccmmmaecess 260 Engel, William H............... 260 Ensign, Carrie.............. 231, 232 Ensign, Datus........... 18, 285, 287 Ensign, Mary............-..506- 251 Ensign, Pierce...............+-- 251 Eppelle, Auguste ............... 274 Eppelle, jr, Auguste ............ 271 Eppelle, sr., Auguste....... ee 271 Eppelley. Bo. ooes.c0 0 sitanneecuae 268 Eppelle, Frank ............... 274 Eppelle, jr., Frank.............. 271 Eppelle, sr., Frank..... 268, 269, 271 Eppelle, John.................45 116 Episcopalians................. 34, 42 Essegian, Moses................ 231 Estés;(\Co.Mi.cccasosggagk ee 177, 204 Etschel, Elisabeth............... 271 Etschel, Elonora................ 271 Etschel, Libbie ................ 274 Evarts, Emma.................. 220 Evarts; Hy Ass... esisveseces 220, 227 Evarts; He: Doe. is. es ose eieas 220, 227 Exhibit. 22 oyavieoeuusieyaa nerves 281 Exhorters, 175, 176, 184, 268, 234,319 BUENAS). .3 tancamemeesiers $o2096 199 Fairlee; Ji EBs sc2 sesseseeeecseous 189 INDEX. Falkner, Sarah...........--..005 260 Fallon, Henry D................ 260 Fallon, J G.........298, 299, 304, 305 Fanning, Elisha................ 198 Farr, Alfred A., 98, 110, 282, 283, 285, 289, 290. Farr, Gertrude H............... 240 Farr, Mary Eis sx asciesasa wien d 240 Farr, Mattie: Pioccissieiesidewrintians sovaus 240 Farr, Nelson J............. ee 240 Farrar, H.C., 111,137,139, 158, 163,296, 297, 298, 299, 304, 305, 310, 314. Faulkner, Jonas............ 177, 178 Faulkner, Julia A............... 189 Faulkner, Margaret............. 63 Faulkner, Mrs. Mary............ 189 Faulkner, Mrs. Mary E.......... 189 Fauincher, Mrs i cncaciceataadanven 198 Feasey, Caroline................ 220 Feasey, Lavina................. 220 Feasey, Thomas,............... 220 Fecks, Annie................... 189 Fellows, Adam C,,120, 184, 185,196,203 Fellows, A. Clarke.............. 189 Fellows, J. Frank........... 189, 196 Fellows, Mrs. AnnaM........... 189 Felfis-Ellen: Jiccccecsasavenaiasas 220 Felter, Charles A................ 220 Felter, Edgar M................. 189 Felter, Edwin.................. +220 Felter, Mahlon.................. 189 Felter, Mrs. Edgar M............ 189 Felter, Sophia .................. 220 Fenninger, Wilhelmina.......... 271 Ferguson, James............. .. 231 Ferguson, Minnie L............. 189 Ferguson, Peter.................- 231 Ferguson, Samuel D., 58, 88, 285, 288 Ferrie, Mrs. Cynthia S.......... 189 Ferris, Mr.........0... 00. ccc eee 14 Filer, Abraham................. 175 Files, Cordelia.................. 240 Files, Naneysoceecccia dense ead ot 240 Filkins, Mrs. SarahJ............ 189 Paley, Me We. ieee evtadsewdaees 329 Finch, Caroline L............... 210 Finch, Diana.............. Bg SOTO Finch, John L................ .210 Finch, John W............... 2. 240 INDEX. Finch, Margaret M.............. 240 Finder, John.................... 240 Finder, Lydia................... 271 Finder, Mrs. Elva A............. 189 Finder, William ............ 189, 271 Finder, jr., William............. 204 Finkle, John.................... 251 Finkle, Mrs. John............... 251 Firth, Annie.................... 240 Birth; ena)ioo-:¢acdideeaeaaneas 240 Fischer, Albert... ..116, 268, 269, 271 Fischer, Frederick .............. 271 Fisher, Freda................... 231 Fisk, Bessie.................... 189 Pash N@MIG: Be aoc coinarracninnatengiaed 189 Fisk, James ¥.............. 189, 196 Mask, Es Ieswsd cay tacna shales eke ¢ 189 Fisk, Lorenzo C ................ 202 Bishi Mary: 4.44 seceigs. t.nsniaiana 189 Fisk, Mrs. Mary Y.............. 197 Risk; Saraliecs 205 ccs sage e ness’ 289 . Fisk, SarahL................... 63 Hitch, Ge Wene co ieaig vs oestpaie se 295 Fitz Gerald, James N............ 317 Fleming, John F............ 220, 227 Fletcher, Ellen ................. 240 Blynny “Marys, ccsscuteancsriangaisies 260 Fojeian,;, Paul... «6 vscsseseevaw yey 189 Follansbee, Helen M............ 220 Foltes, Robert H................ “189 Fonda, Lydia J................. 220 Foose; “Alida cinsucuncnienscveceie 220 Noose; Matyi .2.ssieen pausaeuten in’ 220 Foose, Stella M................. 220 Ford, Cornelius R ........... 98, 290 HOrd,, Di Las cimusakoasiaciiasaecie 260 ord) Hale onnivie sivtne elt agicce iow 220 Ford, Fannie. .i.is.cceesisecees 213 Ford, Fannie A... ...........55 210 Ford, Herbert. ........ 214, 215, 220 Ford, Isaae Vi swcas cess caseeaaaes 220 Fords JanGsiwes ehocaeds aes. sv 231 Ford; Jane My icici cack cence 260 Ford, Kate E................... 220 Ford: Mrs; Hie as nied ces'saxcaes 26 227 Forman, George W............. 240 Fortune, Louisa M.............. 220 Fosmyer, Clara...............4. 260 351 Foster, Abner........ 22, 53, 175, 181 Boster, Ey sacssichnisasees aged 257, 291 Foster, Egbert..............004. 260 Foster, Elizabeth................ 240 Foster, Kate.................... 260 Poster, Mrs: (B), oisiadcaccaeencescnon 267 Foster, Randolph S., 151,153,154,155 317, 327, 328. Foster, William. ...234, 235, 240, 310 Foungart, Catharine ............ 271 Fournear, Jane................. 17 Fournear, John............ .... 17 Fowler, Abijah ................. 200 Fowler, Charles H.............. 317 Fowler, jr., Isaac ............... 199 Fox; lla s04 2 ou ead Sananoneans 189 Fox, Florence M................ 189 Fox, George E.................. 220 Fox, Mrs. Adelia................ 189 BOX; Ric ata ceesteateives 293, 294, 308 Fradenburgh, Alice M........... 240 Fradenburgh, George W....240, 246 Fradenburgh, Mrs. G. W....245, 246 Francis; Ju Me. ois sacs eeccass 239 Frank, Catharine................ 251 Frank, David................... 260 Frank, Leah... oo: 3. .cgcen cans 251 Frank, Mary E.................. 260 Frank, Stephen.............. 93, 251 Frear, Chauncey D............. 240 Frear, Rosanna................. 240 Fredericks, A........0.....0..05 208 Fredericks, Allen........... 209, 210 Fredericks, Elizabeth............ 211 Fredericks, Mrs. A.............. 213 Fredericks, Cordelia ............ 220 Freeman, Josephine............. 220 Freeman, Nettie................ 185 Frenchy Asa... csccancnrcwesisas 240 French, Carrie.................. 240 French, Jesse........ .......... 240 French, Louisa................. 240 French, Leah........ .....0..005 251 French, Roswell........ 145, 240, 310 French, Sarah M................ 240 Frenchy Sa Wercsinc sotoaianecaverare 215 Friend, Heathen Woman’s ...... 160 Friends, Society of.............. 34 Frost, Edward J................ 220 352 L Miy ics Ae scaiahe Geagnae 286, 257, 260 Fry ASAtC 2 oc secs 34, i ance stern 260 Fry, Nettie ssc. sceaunha cieinsetians 220 Gage, Emeline........... 402220 Gage, Jessie F.......... .....6. 220 Gage, Viola ...........-...0.0 0 220 Gale, John B .............. .4-- 230 Gale, Samuel ...............0005 9 ’ Gale, Heinrich................ .271 Gall, HERTY: 4 seieciiunecsios uses oe 84 & 274 Gall, “Mala wcnccrcniaceecdne yet 271 Gallagher, Bessie..............-. 240 Gapp, Frederick................ 271 Gapp, Pred ii ccduetienta ica te ae 274 Gapp, Louisa .............--.645 271 Gardiner, A..........-.-...00005 240 Gardiner, Sarahi..waceecesavegass 240 Gardiner, Kate ................. 240 Gardner, Mr.............0000005 68 Gardner, Minnie................ 251 Gardner, Dow................-. 251 Gardner, Daniel........ ....... 251 Gardner, Elizascuesedes es perenne 251 Gardner, Emma...............- 251 Gardner, Jefferson ........... 16, 87 Gardner, William............. 46, 47 Garrettson, Freeborn ....... 7, 18, 45 Garvin, A. W....... 66, 176, 285, 289 Gatchell, Joseph .............4. 176 Gates, Addie.................05. 260 Gates, Addie C ........ .......- 220 Gates, John F.............-.0005 260 Gauss, Catharine... .... ........ 271 Geddes, Ellen.............-.005- 240 Geddes, Herbert M............. 240 Geddes, Ida o.03 sass ceseewwenwrs 240 Geddes, William... ............ 240 Geer, Lewis.........--..--00005 240 George, Enoch .............. 52, 314 German, Kate................-. 220 GEFMANS so. cieincisies ess eomeine 114, 130 Gibbon, Mary ................. 220 Gibbonsville.................... 17 Gibson, Minnie,................ 240 Gidney, Charles T..... 276, 277, 278 Gidney, Harriet A......... .... 278 Gifford, Ida L............... 0... 220 Gifford, Mary J ............. -- 220 Gifford, M. P....... wee. ecco ee 220 INDEX. Gilbert, Asahel. ....43, 47, 174, 198: Gilbert, D. Golden.. ..... wavs 197 Gilbert, Emogine.......... .... 240. Gilbert, Golden,........ .. .... 182 Giles, CharlesC. ........... . 220 Gill, Charles teccsnananieeasa ses v 220 Gill) Edward-nasisovosaesaved so 3 220 Gill, Martha 2 cccscscnaue ne0 ae 220 Gill, William S ...............-. 220 Gillespie, BerthaM...... ...... 220 Gillespie, Mrs. Mary............ 189. Gillespie, Mrs. Mary K.. ....... 197 Gillette, Burt W................ 260 Gillies, Alexander............... 260 Gillies, Mary siicuisaveisanandage 3 260 Gillies, Nellie..................- 220 Gillies, Clara ........... eneiecadeine 211 Gillies, Edward................- 211 Gilman, Mary E................ 220- Glasson, Agnes A..............5 260: Glasson, Eddie J......... . .... 260 Glasson, John.............. 257, 260- Glasson, William H............. 260 Gledhill, Mary E.. ............. 220- Gledhorn, Mary ................ 189 Glendenning, Annie E.......... 189. Glominski, Louisa.............. 271 Glass, AA... case eens send am -231 Glass, Elnora E........... ..... 231 Goeway, Nettie A............... 240. Goeway, William........... 249, 251 Golden, Gilbert D .............. 53 Golledge, Kingman. .228, 229,231,233, Goode, Mary..............-.65- 240: Goode, Mrs. George H.......... 240 Goodrich, Honor,............... 13, Goodrich, jr., Samuel........... 13 Goodrich, sr., Samuel... ....... 13 Goodsell, Buel. 57, 168,285,288, 303,317 Gorgi, August.................. 271 Gorgi, Louisa .................. 271 Goring, Thomas W ......... .. 100 Goss, E........... 285, 290, 291, 292 Goss, Ephraim... .. .80, 282, 283, 308 Goss, Mrs. E. A............ 189, 204 Gould, George.. ..... ......60. 326. Gould, Jennie.............. 220, 227 Gould, Lillie............... 167, 227 Gould, Lillie H............ ve 2205 INDEX. Goynes, Mary ............ 0.0... 220 GrahtOll seweia asaaskenae eae ak 134 Gragg, Hugh................... 201 Graham, Eliza.................. 240 Graham (EVaiece sas een tenets a 251 Graham, Henry. . .214, 227, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301. Graham, Mattie A...... Wiehe s-B5 220 Graham, Mrs. David.......... 254 Graham, Mrs. Henry...158, 169, 171 Graham, Nettie F............... 220 Graham, Sarah N..............- 220 Grant, Ulysses S............ I51, 152 Grate, Amelia .................. 211 Giatz> Bo iGig nis eos bel i aed 297 Gray, AliG@ii 5.404 se neidemenevarn 220 Gray, Archibald ................ 13 Gray, Caltie.:c.c6ccscnees 220, 227 Gray, Charles B........ 214, 215, 220 Gray, Sarah E..... «00. 00-0. 220 Gray, Stannard................. 220 Green, Bessie C...............-- 240 Green, Betsey. ccsccwnneecnnee 240 Green, Charles D............... 260 Green, Charles F........... .. 220 Green, Eliza.............. .4+-- 240 Green, Eliza H.............---+- 246 Green, Evaline ..............05- 240 Green, Fred O.. .....-.-..-.-.. 240 Green, Jennie ............-.00-- 260 Green, jr.,Joseph..............- 260 Green, Henry L...........-...- 260 Green, Lucinda...... ..... .... 221 Green, Minnie B...............- 221 Green, Mrs. Edward............ 227 Green, Mrs. F. O...........-... 246 Green, Mrs. Harriet...........-- 189 Green, Oscar......-.-..---ee eee 221 Green, Philetus.......... 75, 81, 175 Green, Rosa..........20220eeee 260 Greenfield, J. N........ 189, 204, 206 Greenfield, Mrs. Catharine A....189 Greenman, Emily M...... ..... 221 Greenman, Maggie J...........- 240 Greenwood, Mary ........... «: 260 Greenwood, Mrs. W........ 170, 171 Greenwood, Mrs. Mary......... 260 Greenwood, William H. H...... 267 Greer, David .......... 228, 229, 233 24 353 Greer; Kitty ics esse veka vy aicrnr's 231 Greer, Mrs. David.............. 233 Grego; Lizzie. sss2eveceustaanes 251 Gregg, Reuben............. 112, 290 Gregg, Samuel .......... 0 ...... 251 Gregory, Gilbert D.............. g2 Gregory, G. H..137,139,292, 308, 310 Gregory, Lottie................. 190 Grieves, Bella.................. 221 Griffin, Benjamin ..47, 174, 285, 287 Griffin, Lavia G............ 158, 160 Griffin, Thomas A.............. 75 Griffin, William, 160, 177, 303, 304,305 Griffin, Mrs. William ....... 158, 160 Griffith, John................... 240 Griffith, Lulu................... 240 Groat, Cecilia .......0.......5. 260 Groat, Charles................28 260 Groat, W. H........... 304, 305, 309 Groner, Henry.................. 117 Groom, Eliza................... 221 Grouer, Heinrich ... ........... 271 Grouer, Maria.................. 271 Groves, Alice.............. 0... 251 Groves, Edward ................ 251 Guenther, Charles .............. 260 Guenther, George............... 221 Guenther, Julia M............... 221 Guenther, Kate ......... 0.2... 227 Guenther, Katie R..... 00 01... a2Y, Guenther, Naomi............... 261 Guile, Eveliza..... ............ 221 Gunnison, Albert C............. 182 Gunnison, Azubah.............. ar Gunnison, Carrie............... 221 Gussman, Ernstine.............. 271 Gussman, Heinrich............. 272 Gustafson, Agnes E............ 190 Gustafson, Anna T. M.......... Igo Gustafson, Mrs. Anna C......... 190 Gustafson, Mrs. Mary........... Igo Gutman, Alice... .............. 260 Gutman, Walter ................ 260 Guy, Elizabeth................. 231 Hagadorn, Mrs. Sally............ 190 Haight, Frank.................. 261 Hale, Charles B................ 190 354 Hale, Mrs. Ellen M............. 190 Hall, Aaron............. 185, 93, 290 Hall, Betsey.................... 240 Hall, B. M.,.. ........ 285, 295, 303 Hall, George A...... 92, 137, 139, 310 Hall, Harmony................. 45 Hall) \cawagiesaaates Ye54 exact eS 290 Hall, William B................5 56 Hall, William P................. 175 Haller, J. P...,....228, 233, 300, 301 Haller, Mrs. J. P............ 170, 171 Halse, Douglass................ 231 Halse, Jane.................00. 231 Halsé, Lizzie ecco eee ee eee 231 Hamar, Angeline ............... 261 Hamele, David................. 272 Hamele, Friederica............. 272 Hamill, Lizzie... cs ccccs eevee 221 Hamliny, TeS3 Sass. ucacasces, 314 Hamline, L. L...... aaah 110, 314 Hammer, Thomas.............. 240 Hammond, Ammon..... aera .. 56 Hammond, Charles H...... 221, 227 Hammond, George W........... 240 Hammond, Henry.............. 221 Hammond, Mary H............. 221 Hammond, Sarah C............. 240 Hampton, Mattie............... 221 Hampton, Mary F.. ........... 221 Hampton, Minnie............. 163 Hancox, Elizabeth............ 261 Hancox, Estelle................. 261 Hancox, Joseph ............ 251, 267 Hancox, Joseph H............. 261 Hancox, Isare ... 6 caaccxanwes vane 261 Hancox, Lizzie o2ic.cen cana 261, 267 Hancox, Nellie ................. 261 Hancox, Rebecca............... 261 Hancox, William E.......... 261, 267 Hand, Asa Gisseaianconveurcins 75 Hanson, James................. 231 Hanson, Mrs. James............. 231 Happe, Emma............. 211, 213 Happe, Josie................4.. 211 Harber, Alfred ................. 231 Harden, Catharine.............. 231 Harmans, Frank............. 261 Hannans, Libbie................ 261 Harper, Agnes............. 240, 246 INDEX. Harper, Carrie ..............65. 240 Harper, John B................- 240 , Harper, Mary...............0+- 240 Harper, Peter A................ 241 Harper, William J.............. 241 Harrington, Lena B............- 231 Harris, Edith..............+.44- 221 Harris, Harriet L............... 221 Harris, Ida ...........--+eep eee 251 Harris, J. Ann........... a eea bees 221 Harris, John W...............-- 221 Harris, Martha............. 221, 241 Harris, William, 137, 139, 141,145,310 Harris, William M.............. 251 Harrison, HelenJ............... 231 Harrison, [ys ii ieee cd iguanas 176 Harrower, Charles $............ 92 Hart, Charles W................ 261 Harts (Glata. ci diesdé gon cheery sees 221 Hart; Cooper... cceceienceserns 116 Hart, Harriet................... 261 Harty) 2 Sit esscigcde age 290, 291 Hath, Meriess caasacceeesueeread 261 Hartshorn, Edwin A. ..145, 183, 190, 196, 310, 202. 3 Hartshorn, Edwin S............. 190 Hartshorn, Jessie ............... Igo Hartshorn, Nancy V............. 221 Hass, Bmilte sauce sineeegen dex es 272 Hass, Heinrich ................. 272 Hass, Henry........... 268, 269, 274 Hassell, James. .......... secaase25T Hassell, Samuel ................ 251 Hastings, Elizabeth ........ S, 2It Hastings, George ............... 211 Hastings, George C. ,.208.209,211,213 Hastings, Loring M............. 221 Hastings, Maria A. Hastings, Mrs. G. C....1§9, 171, 213 Hastings, Nathan M............ 209 Hatch, Lowisas .e.yiuek een eeadas 278 Haven, Bishop.................. 151 Haverman, Peter........... 155, 330 Haviland, Georgiana............ 261 Hawley; As@ijncccsazccansgeseees 251 Hawley, Cora ..............0.005 261 Hawley, C. R..169, 171, 249, 254, 299, 300, 301, 308. Hawley, Kate................... 261 INDEX. Hawley, Marion................ 261 Hawxhurst, P. R....76, 138, 139, 311 Hay, Gertrude.................. 211 Hayes, Annie.............. 231, 233 Hayes, J. ccsccissctaeneaes 228, 229 Hayes, Mary................0..5 231 Hayes, Mary L................. 231 Hayes, Priscilla................. 231 Hayford, Mrs. M.L............. 190 Hayner, Carrie................. 211 Haynes, John.............. 228, 231 Haywood, Clara................ 251 Haywood, Sarah................ 251 Haywood, William.............. 251 Hazen, Wright... ............ 75, 81 Hazzard, ————............... 199 Heath, C. A, S...... 2.2.25. 298, 299 Heath, J. W............ III, 139, 311 Heck, Reuben.................- 6 Hedding, Elijah. .55, 58, 64, 68, 88, 110, 314. Heims, George ................. Igo Heimstreet, Mrs. Emeline....... 190 Heimstreet, Stephen............ 177 ‘Heineke, Richard. .............. 272 Helbling, Emelie................ 272 Helmes, Frederick C....... 190, 197 -Helmes, Mrs. Lillie A.......... 190 Helmes, Francis................ 278 Hemphill, Andrew.............. 199 Helms, Henrietta............. .221 Helms, Leviwisacgiigennint soe Seow g 221 Henderson, Abner..........209, 211 Henderson, F .................. 158 Henderson, Frances C...... 211, 213 Henderson, Frank .............. ait Henderson, J..............0.00 208 Henderson, James.. ........... 209 Henderson, James C............ 211 ‘Hennessy, Mary .............+-. 261 Henry, Chloe P................- 241 Herbage, Mrs. Libbie M......... Igo Herbage, Mis. W. J...........-. 197 Hermance, julia................ 272 Hermance, Anna............... 221 Hermans, Fi.gs.c02: 22524252322 267 Heérriek, Alicé...... ieee ceed ee 261 Henick, Clinton B,............. Igo Henick, Georgiana .............- 261 355 Henick, Mrs, Lillian F.......... Igo Henick, Sarah J................. 190 Herring, Carrie E............... 261 Herring, Florence............... 261 Herring, Henry E.............. 261 Herring, Sarah E............... 261 Herrington, Henry ............. 261 Herrington, Orlena............. 261 Herriott, Alphonzo ......... 251, 254 Herriott, Delia...... 0 ........... 251 Herriott, Mrs. M. J ....169, 171, 254 Herter, Louis...................272 Plertety Mics case awe taacie eascred 272 Hervey, James ................. 2 Herzog, C. J........... 248, 249, 251 Herzog, Emma L............... 251 Hess, Alvina .................5. 272 Hess, Wendel .................. 116 Hess, jr., Wendel .......... 272, 274 Hess, sr., Wendel. ..268, 269, 272, 274 Heuson, John................ .. 231 Hewes, Swacntcers chon caus 291, 308 Hewitt, Ann E................. 221 Hewitt, Ida ccivscsvaaiweceances 227 Hewitt, Ida May...... pees 221 Hewitt, George W.L........... 221 Hewitt, R. W..... 214, 215, 221, 227 Hibbard, F.G.................. 75 Hicks,, Lewisiscxess avin asia y v5 241 Hicks, Lewis E............... 246 Hicks, Mrs. Hannah A......... 190 Hicks, Mrs. L. E......0......... 246 Hicks, Nellie sscnsicc.cvasieies daaca 241 Higbie, Benjamin............... 199 HU, (AUM IPA so ce.csccncenivsteninaes cee a8 221 Hill, (Charles jou asecsscastisaedecstug 42 221 Fill, ©. Corncces n. astsis ogee ses 177,-203 Hillhouse, Thomas.............. 198 Hillman, Elizabeth... .53, 78, 79, 110, 127. Hillman, Isaac. ..50, 53, 60, 102, 104, | 105, 107, I10, 127, 129, 134. ; Hillman, Jacob............. were 79 Hillman, Joseph. ..19, 59, 60, 64, .72, 73, 80, 98, 110, III, 116, 120, 129, 135, 137, 139, 140, 141, 143, 145, 147, 148, 149, 155, 156, 159, 182, 184,185, 202, 206, 234, 235, 241, 245,276,277, 310, 311, 314, 327. nea 3 wee 356 Hillman, Mrs. Joseph. ..23, 116, 151, 162,163, 169, 171, 184, 190, 196, 314 Hillman, Nancy.......... -.... 50 Hillman, Ordelia M. .23, 116, 151,162, 163, 169, 171, 190. Hills, Francisi: .osccceen nesses: 221 Himes, Charles F...... .328 Himes, Edward................: 221 Himes, John.............-....-. 241 Himes, Libbie.................. 241 Himes, Sarah..ceue. cece ccues 221 Hines, Maggie ................. 211 Hines, Mary.................55. 21 Hines, Minnie.................. 211 Hines, Mrs. Mary............... 211 Hines; Saraltviseccicsiasjstinnes can 08 211 Hislop, Albert E................ 241 Hislop, Annie.............. 231, 241 Hislop, Elizabeth ............... 241 Hislop, Fannie ................. 241 Hislop, Frank W..............-- 241 Hislop, Jessie.................5. 241 Hislop, Thomas W..... 228, 229, 233 ‘Hoag, Levi............0...- 221, 227 “4, Hoag, Mrs. Levi............ ... 227 '. “Hoag, Ruth G............. .--- 221 Hobbs, DeWitt ................. 241 Hobbs, Howard................- 241 Hobbs, Josie........-.-..--.5-0- 241 Hodges, Clara..............-... 221 Hodges, George C.............. 261 Hoffinan, A. J........0......6-- 329 Hoffmaster, Olive............... 221 Hoffmeister, Heinrich....... ... 272 Hoffmeister, Henry.... | ..... 274 Hogle, Philip.............-..-.5 93 Holdridge, Merton A......... . 190 Holiness, Doctrine of...126,127, 130, 147, 148. Holland, Frank................- 251 Hollis, Elizabeth A.............. 241 Hollister, Carrie.... 211 Hollister, Carrie V.. . .. Igo Hollister, Maggie..... ... 22.197 Hollister, Maggie L... ..... ..190 Hollister, Mrs. Carrie C......... 190 Hollister, William H. ..184, 190, 203, 208, 209. Holman, D.C. ........ 139, 141, 317 INDEX. Holmes, Addie. ............... 261 Holmes, Augusta M............. 221 Holmes, Clara E....... 199, 196, 197 Holmes, Edward...............- 184 Holmes, Henry. .183,184,190,197.203 Holmes, Lizzie E........ 0 ...... 190 Holmes, Mrs. Maria M.......... 190 Holmes, Osborn W............. 221 Holt, Elles «eis ccceaescndeae nes 241 HO, Withies. «kcuwdedasedesacca’ 261 Holtz, Nellie........ 0 ........-.. 221 Home; Dayscecccrscictoarboses 45 Home, Kent................-. .. 164 Homer, William We cseonie encased 261 Hooper, John.................4: 221 Hooper, John H................ 277 Hooper, Mrs. Ellen M. 1g0 Hooper, Otis F...... 0 ....... 190 HOOSICK anges sasiecetae, 134 Horning, Mary................. 261 Horton, Alice.......... 2.0.2.0. 261 Horton, Elvira.......... . 2... 241 Horton, Eva C............0.0005 261 Horton, George W....183, 184, 185, 190, 203. Horton, Harry G...............5 190 Horton, Isabel F......0......... 190 Horton, James M............ 190 Horton, Merritt............. 00. 267 Horton, Mrs. Catharine E....... Igo Horton, Mrs. Effie W......... 1g0 Horton, William H............. 190 Hotchkin, A. L...... 0. ee 204 Hotchkin, Delia M.............. 190 Hotckin, NettieM .............. 190 Houghtaling, James B.......... 75 Houghtaling, Mary E........... 241 House, Edward O., 120, 184, 185, 190, 197, 203, 276, 277. House, Mrs. Anna K....... 184, 190 House, Mrs. E. O...... 169, 171, 197 House, Samuel A............... 203 Howard, Caroline............... 261 Howard, Elias.................. 200 Howard, Harriet H............. 200 Howard, John.................. 200 Howard, Kate.................. 261 Howe, Chandler C............,, 221 Howe, Jerod D INDEX. 357 Howe, Philander A...... ...... 261 Howe, Samuel ..... 16, 282, 283, 285 Howes, Elizabeth............... 241 Howes, George.... . ... ...... 241 Howes, Hattie.................. 241 Howland, Edgar O., 111,135,139,141, 3II. Howland, Gardiner, 78, 110, 127,137, 139, 141, 311, 326, 330. OKI, (Ga! Woicceasey ene uamemnigian es 311 Hudson, Daniel.......... 96, 97, 112 Hudson, Loraine................ 221 Hudson, Myra.... . ...... £...164 Hudson, Thomas............... 221 Hudson, Upper................. 7 Hues, Joseph.... .............. 200 Huff, John. .4222iceeesesgsgaases? 190 Huff, Henry, 2c 3.02298 ae¢se4%3 190 Huff, Margarethe ............... 272 Huff, Mrs. Fannie E............. 190 Hughes, George....... 214, 215, 221 Hughes, Lucy.................. 221 Hughes, William H. .72, 85, 293, 295, 296, 303. Hulbert, G. W............. 234, 235 Hulbert, Charles W... ..234, 241, 245 Hulbert, Edwin H_............ 190 Hulbert, Mrs. C. W., 234, 245,246,158 Hulbert, Mrs. Kate A. ........- 190 Hulbert, Philip F........... 241, 245 Hulbert, Sarah A............... 241 Hulbert, S.C... cn csecs .. .203, 245 Hulbert, Seymour .............. 190 Hulburd, David P., 282, 283, 285, 292 Fiala ME ed deve wan cidecncav co 204 Hull, Fred...........--..04. S221 FLU, JONG: .t.daccnts aagewiesaceavei 221 Hull, Levaldin....139, 141, 145, 214, 221, 311. Plall, GAA cachet cnasasss seen 211 Hull, Margaret.......... 0 ....... 221 Full), Mary ©. ces sciens etna 261 Hull, Mrs. Mary C.... ......... 267 Hulme, James.................. 75 Humphrey, Allen .............. 211 Humphrey, Fidelia.............. 211 Humphrey, Ira P........ 256, 257,261 Humphrey, Jessie .............. 261 Hunt, Enoch....... 97, 176, 182, 190 Hunt, Hattie: oc ssiccs cnr gacnwion 261 Hunt, MargaretM.............. 221 Huntington, Pevs.cavenccnes cane 200 Plised, “Weta: sexed ves to vane cee 221 Hurd, Delia Gy .aacces pcavuveies 221 Hurd, George B.... 0. «1.2... 221 Hird, Garti@ Vecaeuesecevensae* 223 Hurd, R. B., 145, 214, 215,222,227,311 Hurd, RollinJ.................. 222 Hurd, William F................ 75 Hurst, Charles......0........... Igo Hurst, John F.. en OMAN S dete Gacasie 317 Hutchinson, Mrs. Mary A....... Igo. Huth, Amanda ................. 190 Huth, Mrs. Sarah R............. 190 Huyck, Anna F................. 261 Huyck, Francis.. .............. 261 Huyck, Jennie N........... 261, 267 Hyde, Liberty.........2...2.... 175 Hymns, John Wesley’s......... 319 Ide, George. Pesec csesees geney ss 214 Ide, Herbert S.................. 222 Ide, John C............ 214, 215, 222 Ide, Josephine... ...... ........ 222 Ida, Mount.... ....... 45, 61 Ide, Mrs. F. B.. 2 ............. 164 Ide; Mrs: J. Gi caucus Gadies 169, 171 Ide, Mrs. George P. ......... 2. 222 Ide, StellaaM.................... 222 Iler, Amanda B.... ............ 251 Mer: Hah. csucccukea: See 8te8 251 Wer Eva sissies ecaniwe tee Se besne ae 251 Ter. ITENE sis wines ee ekameens 251 Iler, Joseph H..... 248, 249, 251, 254 Ter Loti: aiakiit cea eves ee C251 Ter, Ya so 4. sccgaatn cigiiicnd herder 251 Her Marit. .c2 5c i168 ce peeseaced 251 TNS FS MARY i isctiecdseanapid Mie aut e's 251 Ter. Mrs: J Fx ssnwacvenee a annes 254 Ter cPhiletusy 22% cgcaeka ages 251 Imerson, Ada.......... ....... 241 Imerson, Ernest ...... . ...... 241 Imerson, Esther ................ 241 Imerson, Mary.................. 241 Imeson, Alida... 020 cceeas waa awe 261 Immersions............-.-045 31, 59 Ingalls, Harry O.............-.. 1gO 358 INDEX. Ingalls, Horace B............... 190 Jombarjean, G.M............... Ig Ingalls, Mrs. M. E.............. 190 Jones, Addie ................... 222 Ingalls, Oscar F................. Igo Jones, Ann.................2055 241 Ingram, Harriet ................ 251 Jones, Bishop................... 151 Inn, Ashley's 2 susjicsecaseanases 8 Jones, Carrie A......... 2... IgI Inskip, John S.,....... 0.0.0.4. 147. Jones, Catharine................ 222 Instruments, Musical............ 60°. Jones), Fics. ceseenereadhietauies 206 Irish, Mrs. Emeline............. I9t Jones, Eliza..................... 251 Tron Works.........0000 eee eee 49,60 Jones, Ella H................... 206. Irwin, Margaret................ 222 Jones, Fred............. 248, 249,251 Islands, Bahama................ 107 Jones, Harry B................. Ig! Hinerants:: ccc .a0 sie skeen 12 Jones, Libbie................... 232 Ives, Emeline................040. 211 Jones, Lizzie................ 222, 227 Jones, Lewis 2.603 ncuasnimniaa ss 118 Jones, Maria.................... 222 ‘Jackson, Elizabeth.............. 211 Jones, Mrs. Angeline M..... 191, 203 Jackson, Hattie A....... 0.0... 278 Jones, Mrs. Carrie E......... .. IgI Jackson, Levinia............ ... 278 Jones, Mrs. C.W............... 163 Jackson, Martha................ 278 Jones, Mrs. J. B................6 227 Jackson, Matilda................ 278 Jones, Octavous....178, 183, 191, 202 Jackson, Mrs. Martha............ 280 Jones, Sarah.............. .261, 278 Jackson, Perry M....276, 277,278,280 Jordan, Mrs. Elizabeth........... IgI Jacobs, Annetta E............... 222 Jordan, William................. 261 Jacobs, John E................. 222 Joyce, Isaac W.................. 317 Jacobs, JacobV............ 214, 222 Jutkins, A.J ........... 291, 292, 307 Jacobs, Mary A........ 0.0.0... 222 Jail, Rensselaer County...... 21, 309 Jamieson, Matilda .............. 222 Karajian,G.H................. Ig Jamison, James................. Ig9t Kavanaugh, Bishop............. I51 Janes, E.S...... 92, 149, 150,151,152 Keating, CoraA..............., 241 Janes, Lester. .scccscunes seus 67,290 Keating, Mrs. E. A.............. 245 Jejeiam, Manorg H............. I9t Keeler, Katie................... 211 Jenny, Sarah J.................. 241 Keeling, H..................... 199 Jepson, Ida M.................. Ig9t Keeling, Richard............... 199 Jessemine, James............... 222 Keith, Harriet... ........... .. IgI Jillsony Mrsics cvecsianas woe sen aren 13 Keith, Isaac..................., 204 Jobs, Esthers cevasucsuatia gs seeere 251 Keith, Robert........ sib fives tae toes Ig Johnson, A...... o.. ee eee eee zor Keller, Jescuetiss of. ccccauares 268, 269 Johnson, Albinus .............. 285 Keller, Julius.......... 268, 272, 274 Johnson, Carrie F ........... .. 191 Keller, Maria........... ......, 272 Johnson, Emily C....... ....... 191 Kellum, Mrs. Gertrude.......... Ig! Johnson, Bi Siiccccones oceacens 311 Kelly, Andrew.................. 280 Johnson, Frederick.............. 222 Kelly, Hortense................. 241 Johnson, John .................. 17 Kelly, Louisa M................, 241 Johnson, Mrs. Elizabeth......... Igt Kelly, Matilda................ .278 Johnson, Mrs. Frederick.... .... 227. Kelly, Nancy....... 0... 0 ..... 278 Johnson, Samuel................ 251 Kelly, Richard ............. 277, 278 Johnson, Sarah F............... 222 «Kelly, William.................. 200 Johnson, Sarah J....... catieoans 241 ‘Kemcut, Ida Amelia............ 241 INDEX. 359 Kemcut, Nathaniel... ...........241 Kemp, Hy vc 5.o% saesataeeetenad 276 Kemp, Hansel.................. 278 Kemipy. Fa Asgivcuce nay based teva 276 Kemp, JohnH ............. 277, 278 Kemp, Indianna................ 278 Kemp, Lucy.................... 278 Kemp, Margaret................ 278 Kemp, Marietta................. 278 Kemp, Nancy .................. 278 Kemp, Rosa.................-.- 278 Kemp, Sarah................... 278 Kemp, Sally. ccecccccewwaceaance wane 278 TREMP, Waseca cccvien pan ora eias 276 Kemp, William......... 274, 277, 278 Kendall, Clara.................. 261 Kendall, Frank................. 241 Kendall, Jennie E............... 241 Kendall, Mary E................ 1gI Kendall, Mrs. Jennie E.......... Ig Kendall, Newall A.............. IgI Kénnedy, Dy ssseesygecosnyenans 326 Kennedy, Edith................. 241 Kennedy, Elizabeth............. 241 Kennedy, H. S............. 234, 235 Kennedy, Howard S....234, 241, 245 Kennedy, Josephine ............ 241 Kennedy, Lydia A. ........... 241 Kennedy, Maggie ............... 241 Kennedy, Susie................. 241 Kenter; Sarah] si sccho0cs2eu8e4 261 Kenyon, David R..............5 IgI Kenyon, Mrs. Emily ............ IgI Ketchum, Joel............ 13, 21, 25 Kilburn, Sophia W.............. 222 Kilby; Charlescius vcvisegackess 222 Kimball, Burr... .245.5205+4008 222 Kimball, Henry D. .72,73,178,296,314 Kincaid, Agnes................. 222 Kindler, Joseph...............0+ 295 King, Alford Floyd.............. Ig! King, Eliphalet. .............. 23, 25 King, Eliphalet................. 198 King, Eliphalet R............ 24, 182 King, Elizabeth R............... IgI Wing, Zab. Ji ss ccciatanvactatitantae vesbias 222 King, Harvey J...... ....... 24, 326 King, James M............. 294, 295 King, Joseph Esco. geccictnnentcesns 153 King, Letitia FE ......0... 0.2... Igt King, Mary J......... 0.0.0... Ig King, Matilda E................. Igl King, Mrs. Mary................ Ig King, Mrs. Myron............... 50 King, Mrs. Sarah R... «1... ...191 King, Myron............... 203, 206 King, Roger......... 24, 53, 181, 201 Kingswood...................0. 3 Kinlock, Alexander..... ....... 222 Kinlock, Mary J......... .. 222 Kinlock, Reed....... .......... 232 Kipp, AbbI€ seci008 74 4 seeesanws 227 Kipp, Abbie E ........ ........ 222 Kipp, Walter L........... 00... 176 Kirchfield, Amanda ... .246, 272, 274 Kirchfield, Barbara.... ........ 272 Kirk, Celia: Gosscaiccagssas Senes 241 Kirk, Eliza bet op guise waitwcsa yaad 222 Kirkbride, Margaret............ 251 Kirkbride, Mary ............... 252 Kirkbride, Mrs. Samuel......... 254 Kirkbride, Sarah............... 252 Kirkbride, Samuel A........... 94 Kirkbride, Wilson .............. 252 Kitehel, Ce DL aowes2iass das seacee 328 Kittle, Mrs. Evalina............. 191 Kittridge, Clarissa....... ee ee 252 Kittridge, Mrs. George.......... 254 Kline, Leonard. ............... 222 Kline, Mary..............-..4.. 222 Kling, Margaret E............... 261 Klock, jr., Daniel. . 100, ro1, 183, 184, 185, I9I, 196, 202, 228, 233. Klock, Emma L................ 241 Klock; Fredy iscasec¢355eeccaees 241 Knapp, Elder................... 63 Knapp, Etta case se ceuacuns ws 241 Kraufi, Hattie. .5 cs cccsdgeauuwd 261 Knight, Caleb ......... 02... 83, 175 Knight, Catharine............... 211 Knight, Horace B............... 75 Knight, Joseph H....... ..... +204, Knight, Mrs. Catharine.......... 213 Knight, Richard................ 241 Knowlton, Mrs. Maria A......... Igl Kochart, Emma..... ..........5 211 Kochart, Paulina................ 211 Koehler, John ............-..045 222 360 INDEX. Koon, Anna............. 0000008 211 Lasker, William P.............. 262 Kreiss, Caroline ..............-- 272 ~=Lassells, Julia wg. wee 241 Kreiss, Carries. ¢ ox iva cdsrasiiccnes 274 Lassells, Mary E............... 241 Kreiss, Elizabeth................ 272 Lawrence, Ocena........... 222 Kreiss, H..... PV clognnaantehasnie 268, 269 Laymen, Methodist ............. 4 Kreiss, jr., Heinrich ............ 272 Lazarus, Ada. .............00.. 262 Kreiss, jr., Henry............56. 274 Leaders, Class: Kreiss, sr., Heinrich ............ 272 Fifth Avenue M. E, Church... .214 Kreiss, sr., Henry ............-+ 274 German, M. E. Church, First. .268 Kronick, Emma...........+ 261, 267 Grace M. E. Church........... 257 Kronick, John M................ 261 Levings M. E. Church......... 249 Kronick, Mary..............+555 261 Pawling Avenue M. E Church .209 Kuehn, Ludwina................ 272 Third Street M. E. Church .,..228 Kurth, William H., 117, 268, 269, 272, 274, 299, 300, 301. Labrun, Mrs. Judith A........... IgI Ladies’ Aid Society.............. 202 Lahann, Henry................. 116 Lake Champlain................ 7,8 Te, TA Bc ch da ces oun dtede 261 Lamoreaux, A. & D............. 198 Landslidés.:ccossee ws Le adtedogs 61 Landon, Frederick E............ 222 Landon, Gardner. .53, 71, 96, 97, 123, 175, 176, 182. Landon, G. & H.............4.. 87 Landon, Julia G.y2 25564 ee ceecwes 63 Landon, Rosa.... ........ ee ABZ Lane; Annas: seysvovex aveonuns 222 Lane, Charles ............. 175, 181 Lane, George N................ 222 Lane, Mrs. Jacob L........... 42 Lane; Sarah ©: cs5 ceceeins 222 Lang, Roberts... .6..c.0c¢ stein 241 Lang, Sarall ioicc cay min onnes Ae 241 Lansing, Abram................ 267 Lansing, Anna J... ...... 02... 262 Lansing, Garrett................ 222 Lansing, Hattie.. .............. 222 Lansing, Laura................. 222 Lansing, Mary A................ 262 Lansing, Mrs. N................ 267 Lansing, Niciicccsoncuinntagy og o 4s 256 Lansing, Nanning...... 257, 262, 267 Lansingburgh, 7, 37, 40, 42, 43, 55, 67 Larkins, Alpha ................. Ig! Lhdgell; Eliasis sis: 3 onssanienieevaiers 200 Trinity M. E. Church.......... 234 State Street M. E. Church, 174, 175, 176, 177, 184. Zion Church, A. M. E......... 277 Learned, Alice. 4.0.04 h0c806s 2222 Léé, Calista: sc5 sue. cae aa uce 262 Lee, Charles Asis cosca os xs crowns Igt Leé, sensu wea exe cele eden 206 Lee; -Hi Bev ecsnagdansteda eu cone 177 Lee; JAMES essa vgees ice teks . 232 Lee, Minnie cides cee c nee dwn 262 Lee; Mrs. Abbies: couse sueie sce Ig! Lee, Mrs. Eliza sacs .cceee eee cis Ig Lee, Nathaniel......... IgI, 203, 206 ee, hom as sscep4is eyesnds awd’ 262 Leet, Charles M............... II Leet, Mrs. Prudence............. IgI Leet, William E............ .... 191 Leffler, Adaline................. 242 Lether, Amelia ....... ......... 242 Leffler, Genevieve............., 242 Leggett, Della M................ 222 Leggett, Jeucondtaacemncenangas 215 Leggett, John........ 00... 214, 222 Leggett, Joseph ............ 214, 222 Leggett, JacX 4 aide tnseanten wh. 215 Leggett, Mary Belle............. 222 Leggett, Mary E................ 222 Lemon, Charles. ..22, 26, 50, 53, 174, 175, 181, 201. Lemon, James...............00, 92 Lemon, Mrs, Charles............ 22 esters, Melixi« sc aasa tea prevodi 199 Levings, Noah. .33, 34, 35, 36, 57, 58, 61, 88, 123, 282,283 , 285, 288,289,303 Lewis, Abbie... 0.0.0.0... 252 INDEX. 361 Lewis, Charlton T........... 76, 328 Lewis, Mary J..............., 222 Lewis, Mrs. Peter N... 20.2.2... 254 Lewis, Mrs. Carrie.............. IgI Lewis, Peter N.................. 252 Lewis, Z.N...... ..... 0... 66, 289 Lindsay, John W.... .61, 62, 128, 289 Lindsay, Sarah....... ......... 278 Link, Effie........0..0.......... 222 Lippin, Max R...... 00.0... 289 Litty, Frank.............. . 2.262 Litty, John............ 00... ..:262 Litty, Satah, os .056..300¢sse004- 262 Livingston, Levinia...... an 90278 Lobdell, Matilda............ 242 Lockwood, Etta................. 262 London.............. etl Lont, Cornelia............0..... 222 Lont, Lucinda..... ............ 222 Loomis, Georgiana.............. 262 Loomis, B, B. .298, 299, 304, 305, 307 Lott, Diggs cn gee tne 242 Lott, Joseph................ ...242 Lott, Libbie.................... 242 Lott, Thomas O................ 242 Lovefeasts ......... 13, 22, 28, 29, 37 Lovejoy, Elizabeth ......... 209, 211 Lovejoy, Mrs. J. A............ 191 Lovejoy, Mrs. Libbie............ 213 Loudon, John. .22, 24, 46, 43, 170, 181 TOUS VANE. os, svchecsvevspive Ge Need heed 149 Lowe, Elia. oc ca ea ee ee eben 262 Lub, William A................5 Ig! Luccook, John.................. 75 Luce, Thomas.................. 232 Lucht, Julia..... bedinkigl fiche cdnshel i272 Luckey, Samuel... 41, 42, 43, 45, 285, 287. Laull, Henrietta....222 ceccsccces 222 Lutz, Ju Gi soseunee naanyebe 298, 299 Lynk, Naficyssc0c0) ceeivinaces 262 Lynk, William.................. 262 Lyon, -As Dy. cei a aarieens 214, 215 Ly ony: Asa Dittense vi os ate moi cocaine 222 Ly ony Jolt Prcoees andsivenisiaciet) 222 Lyon, Betty: ssxags0 venga 222, 227 Lyon, H. Elizabeth.............. 222 Lyon, Mrs. A. D........158, 167, 227 Lytle, David.............-. 285, 923 Mabeus, Henry................. 116 Mace, Anna ........ ........... 262 Mace, Grace V........... se 3262 Mace, Ida E.................... 262 Mace, Jesse G......00.000.00.04, 262 Mice, Jolie... anu scmecstenaaeas 262 Mace, Maggie L................ 262 Mace, Mrs. John................ 267 MacGregor, Donald...... maaanwe 314 Mackey, John................... 18 Mackey, John W... .88, 174, 181, 203 Mackey, Rebecca............... 18 Maffitt, J. Newland. .37, 41, 53,54, 61, 62, 63, 66, 72, 128, 129, 282, 283, 285 Magazine, Methodist.... .37, 41, 53 Magee, AnnaM........ ...... 222 Magee, Edgar E........ ....... 222 Magee, Harriet E...... ........ 223 Magee, Libbie.................. 223 Magee, Rosanna F.............. 223 Maguire, Maria................. 223 Main, Mattie E.......... 2p 0223 Mallalieu, William F....... 167, 317° Mallery, Hattie E...... 0 0....... gl Mallery, Mary J............. .. Igl Mallery, Mrs. Mary J............ IgI Mallory, M.C ...............4.. 205 Mallory, Stephen. .177, 184, 185, I91, 196, 203, 206. Mambert, Arlington H ..... ... 242 Mambert, Alvin................. 242 Mambert, Electra............... 242 Mambert, Grace................ 242 Mawibért, Ida...) 20s eeedereus 242 Mambert, Harrison ..... ....... 262 Mambert, Lottie................ 262 Mambert, Mary................. 211 Mambert, William H............ 242 Manheim ...................... 147 Mann, FannyM...... . ....... 262 Mann, Maria..................4 262 Mann, Mrs. Ellen A............. Ig! Mann, Mrs. W. H............... 197 Manny Ob ps ictiven gs tas as neeead 262 Mann, William H. 184,185, 191,196,204 Mannell,.Anna May............. IgI Mannell, George.............. IgI Mannell, Gussie J............... Ig! Mannell, Mary.... ...... mass Ig! 362 INDEX. Manning, Mrs. Susan P.......... 191 McCabe, C. C.............. 314, 318 Manning, Mrs. W. H............ 202 McCabe, James................. 246. Manning, William H.....53, 78, 176, McCabe, JamesE .............. 242 182, 234, 235, 246. McCabe, Sarah...............-5 242 Manning & Howland........ ... 77. McCabe, William................ 242 Manning & Peckham............ 78 McChesney, Barbara............ 232. Manville, Jonas..../.........-.. 211 McChesney, CarrieE........... 192 Manwarring, Annie............. 87 McChesney, Catharine.......... 223 Marble, AmandaM............. 242 McChesney, Charlotte........... 223 Marble, Jane .............-..-5- 252 McChesney, Emma............. 242. Marble, Jennie.................. 242 McChesney, Ensign... . 298, 299, 314 Marble, Lizzie M................ 242 McChesney, Hester.......... .. 262. Marsh, Alice...................- 223 McChesney, Martha J........... 223 Marshall, Ellen....... ........- 223 McClellan, Catharine............ 279: Marshall, Lorenzo....... 98, 289, 303. 9 McClintock, John ............- . 154. Marston, Clara................55 223 McClure, Elizabeth.............. 223 Marsten & Tibbits............... 329 =McComber, William............. 75 Martha’s Vineyard.............. 134 McCrea, David N..............- 262. Martin, Clarence L......... Ig1, 205 McCrea, Jane................... 262 Martin, Josiah A.......... 177, 191 McCrea, William............. .. 262 Martin, Julia A................. 192 McCune, Minnie..... .......... 242 Martin, Mrs. Cynthia L... ...... Ig2 McCune, Mary.................. 242 Martin, Mrs. Elsie A............ 192 McDonald, John................ 262 Martindale, Stephen. .48, 53, 285, 287. McDonald, Mary................ 262 Marvin, Daniel.............. 77,177. McDougall, R.H............... 278 Marvin, jr., Daniel. .63, 76,86,175,181 McDougall, Charlotte ........... 252 Marvin, sr., Daniel....... 53) 55,175 McGill, Anna................... 262 Marvin, Valentine. .55, 65,77, 96,129, McGill, James .................. 262 175, 176, 182. McGill, Susan .................. 262 Mason, Daniel................-. 75 Mcllvaine, Nancy............... 223 Mastin, Henry V.W............ 175 McKay, Catharine .............. 252 Mateer, W. Newton............. 223, McKean, John .................. 232 Matthews, James........... 176,192 McKean,S................-.... 301 Matthews, Mrs. Alice............ 192. McKee, Martha................. 242 Mattison, Brother..............5 64 McKeever, Elizabeth............ 262 Mayfield, Thomas.............. 4,5 McKeever, William ............. 262 Moxon, Clara..............50.06 211 McKinney, John H.............. 262 May, Charles D................5 192 McKinney, Joseph .............. 262 Mays, Fe Hess slosciicscdacaivaet Gysouunieie 203 McKinney, Susan............... 262 May, Earl H................. « 192 McKittrick, Mrs. Carrie.......... 192 May, Edwin A..............60.. 192 McKittrick, W. H............. -Ig2 May, EmmaJ..........-....... 192 McKnight, Mattie............... 252 May, Libbie B ................,. 192 McLaughlin, Clara P............ 242 May, Mary L............... 192, 196 McLaughlin, Elizabeth...... sgh ac BAD May, Mrs. Julia A............ 2. 192 McLaughlin, John F............. 182 McAllister, Laura............... 242 McLean, Elizabeth......... .... 262 McAllister, Mrs................. 13 McLean, George................ 262 McBurney, William...17, 18,25,53,174 McManus, William.............. 199 McCabe, Alida.................. 242 McMaster’s Family...... ....... 206 INDEX. 363. McMasters, Mrs. Nancy.......... 192 Members: McMurray, Charlotte E.......... 192 Fifth Avenue M. E. Church,217-226- McNider, Mary ................ 192 German First M.E. Church,271-273 McNiven, Jane H....... ....... 262 Grace M. E, Church....... 259-266. McNiven, Malcolm.............. 262 Levings M. E. Church... . 250-253 McPherson, Alexander..... 137, 139, Pawling Avenue M.E, Church, 210- 141, 311. 212. McPherson, Catharine........... 262 State Street M. E. Church. . 187-195 McPherson, Eliza............... 211 Third Street M. E. Church, 231-232. McPherson, James A. . .234, 235, 242 Trinity M. E. Church... ...237-244. McPherson, jr., James A........ 242 Zion A. M. E. Church..... 278-279: McPherson, Maggie............. 242 Membership....... 287-300, 312, 313. McPherson, Minnie.......... 242, 245 Mercer, Dorcas................. 31 McPherson, Mrs. J. A .169, 171, 246, Merchant, G. W. (Albany). .138, 311 267. Merchant, G. W. (Troy)..... 138, 311 McPherson, Sarah G............ 242 Meredith, R. R................. 290 Meachem, John................. 232 Meredith, Samuel... ...295, 296, 297, Meachem, Lydia................ 232 298, 304, 305, 307. Meachem, Mrs. Charles.......... 232 Merrick, Alice A................ 252. Meacheti, Susie .s.446:444009864 232 Merrill, Carlton H....... ....... 192. Meachem, Thomas.............. 232. Merrill, Sarah T................ 192 Mead, Hattie L................. 223 Merrill, Stephen M.............. 317 Mead; Mary sc4c.cccaceueeernees 262 Merwin, Samuel..... 54, 83, 286, 288 Mead, M. Bisia srsaceeaca cosens 290 Mesick, Henry.................. 192. Mead, Thaddeus..............-. 206 Mesick, Mrs. Emeline........... 192 Mead, William E................ 192 Mesick, Rosannah... ... ......279 Mead, Zachariah................ 262 Methodism... .12, 13, 18, 21, 27, 121, Meader, Margaret............... 242 170, 331, 332. Meads, William ................+ 118 Methodism, Centenary of........ 159 Mealey, Milford................. 262 Methodists........ 5, 6, 170, 315, 316- Mealey, Susan...............5.. 262 Meyer, Elizabeth..... .......... 272 Mechanicville. ..............006- 134 Meyer, George........0......... 294. Meek, Abraham ................ 232 Meyer, Jakob................... 272 Meek, Nancy..................- 232 Meyer, Margarethe . gods, 8. Sie ah ape 272 Meek, Timothy................. 232 Michael, Frank......... ....... 192 Meeker, Berea O....... 282, 283, 286, Mickle, Alsada................. 262. 290. Mickle, Annie .................. 262 Meeker, Mrs. Mary E........... 192 Mickle, Hattie...... 2 ......... 262 Meeker, Mrs. Ruth A........... 192 Mickle, Isaac...... 262. Meeker, William A.............. 192 Mickle, Jennie....... .......... 262. Meeker, W. H....... ...-..055. 301. Mickle, Kate E........ ........ 262 Meeting, Class...9, 12, 13, 14, 15,17, Mickle, Mary....... 9 ........ 262 18, 81, 82, 319. Mickle, Mattie.................. 267 Meeting, First Camp ............ 319 ©=Middletown ........... ..... 13, 33. Meetings, Holiness ............. 319 Middleton, EmmaF............ 262 Meeting-house, First Methodist Middleton, Maggie S........... 262 in America ...............5- 6 Middleton, Sophia N............ 262 Meeting-house, Presbyterian.... 9 Mielenz, Charles F............. 242 Meetings, Quarterly ......... 22,319 © Mielinz, Clara................... 242. 364 Mielenz, Florence ..............+ 242 Mielenz, Ida................ 06: 242 Mielenz, Salome................: 272 Migard, John................06- 252 Miller, Addie E.... ............ 223 Miller, Adelbert................. 242 Miller, Alcena.................. 223 Miller, Dorothea ..............4+ 272 Miller, Emma..................- 263 Miller, Jennie................... 263 Miller, John................ 242, 272 Miller; Julia: Cy sana cca see ones 242 Miller, Libbie................... 223 Miller, Lucey: wicecees cree nes pare 279 Miller, Margaret................ 223 Miller, Sarah A.......0.....00.. 223 Millers Uo oiccdeacneesaree esos 199 Millét, Wo-Asssciscessias ve vance 289 Milliken, Arthur.........47, 174, 181 Milliman, Alida...............6 263 Millington, Margaret............ 252 Millington, William..... ....... 252 Millville vice nessa aa nn ols koma 17 Minasoé sn neg gnce oe, Cae 13 Ministers, Deceased Methodist. ..282, 283, 285. Ministers, Methodist... .287-300, 304, 305. Minkler, Albert............ 211, 213 Minkler, Charles.............. .211 Minkler, Eveline................ 211 Minkler, Lizzie . 0225 co nces aaa 211 Minkler, Mrs. Albert............ 213 Minkler, Mrs. Evaline........... 213 Mission, Batestown........ ..... 112 Mission, Green Island...... re Mission, Ladies’................ 309 Mission, Stow’s Hill............. 309 Mitchell, Ann.............-..... 242 Mitchell, George................ 242 Mitchell, Joseph ................ 10 Mix; Carries +223: saneeteweingas 263 Mix, Harriet R......... 00.00... 263 Mix; Silas) Cigecc22¢4uy pa eyatass 263 Moelling, Peter A....... 2. .... 296 Moeske, Albert.......... 272 Moeske, Anna................ 272 Moll, Ma@ryisccexeses ov aeseaeeus 211 Moll; Robert, . 4s saccaassnrenens 211 INDEX. Mone, Amanda M.............. 242 Monroe, Stephen..... 53, 86, 102, 175 Mooti, Jenttie: sccas.ut amen gunsdes 263 Moon; John Be vewsin cccrwoasteure 263 Moon, Sarah J.............0604- 263 Mooney, James A............... 192 Moore, Anna............ sseees 242 Moire; Glide. 204 sarees eae we 242 Moore, Ella A.............-..05 192 Moore, Fannie................-- 242 Moore, George F............... 311 Moore, Henry ccccanisecis aaves 232 Moore, Lewis k..... —....... 223 Moore, Lillian....... .0........ 263 Moore, Susan........... 0.0.0.5 279 Moore & Nitnsi.iecs sus. veque sus 329 Moorfield So wns diowieia nate trettaracn ere 4 Moran, Ella@vcusaciaas- pywdwe eee Moran, Sarah................005 211 Morand, Emeline M............ 192 Morand, Ida L.................. 192 Morand, Mrs. Mary............. 192 Morand, Ulysses G.............. 192 Morand, William. 2... 0 ..scosnsvs 192 More, George W................ 242 Morehouse, G. C................ 294 Morey, Charles E..145, 184, 185, 192, 197, 310, 311. Morey, Clara A... ......... 192, 197 Morey, George W. ............. 192 Morey, Manley W.177, 178, 184, 185, 192, 202. Morey, Mrs Charles E....... 167, 197 Morey, Mrs. Charlotte A......... 192 Morey, Mrs, Susan M........... 192 Morgan, Anna.................. 223 Morgan, C............ 2.291, 308 Morgan, Ephraim.. ............ 198 Morris, G. W........... 02.0... 178 Morris, Mattie.... .... 9 ...... 211 Morris, Sarah................ . 263 Mors, Elisha............ ....... 203 Morse, Caroline. ...... ie ole ete 263 Morse, Lewis T......... 2 yg nO Morton, John....... 00. ....... 232 Morton, Sarah...... ..... 4 snan252 Morton, William....... waver ann G 25D Mosenus, Henry M........... 263 Moses, Elizabeth.......... . 242 INDEX. Mosher, Martha A............... 192 Mott, Emma.................... 223 Mott, Caroline.................. 223 Moulton, J....... 0 2............ 201 Muckle, Harry L.............. 242 Muckle, Mary B................ 242 Muench, Mary.... ............ 272 Mulford, J. N............... 205, 314 Mulholland, Charles H.......... 242 Mulholland, Ellen............... 242 Mulholland, Emily... .......... 242 Mulholland, Kate M............. 242 Mullen, Sarah.................. 223 Munn, Lewis...................: 201 Munro, John.................... Ig2 Munro, John C...... ........... 192 Munro, Toizziés 03225 22cenceeanae 192 Munro, Mary...............-555 211 Munro; Av..s.i0.6¢409948ese¢u8 309 Myers, Carrie..........-..20060- 263 Myers, Carrie I ................ 192 Myers, Daniel .................. 252 Myers, Hattie.................- Ig2 Myers, Maria M.............-.. 192 Myers, Mrs. HarrietE.......... Ig2 Myers, Mrs. Sarah ........-...-- 192 Nail Works...........6-----4055 93 Naylor, Anna............--0-06- 192 Naylor, George W.............. 192 Naylor, James............--.+5- 192 Naylor, Maud...............-.-- 192 Naylor, Mrs. Emma............+ Ig2 Naylor, Sarah.......-.....-5-565 192 Neal, Marietta.................. 263 Nehrdich, Johanna.............+ 272 Nehrdich, John................. 272 Nelson, Minnie................- 192 Nelson, Robert .............-.-- 204 Nessels, Ratie............ 263, 267 Newburyport ........-..-.....- 5 Newcomb, Wesley..........-..- 63 Newman, John P............ 317, 335 New Rochelle................5-- 7 New Year’s Day.............-.. 14 New York City...... 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12 Nichols, Elizabeth H............ 263 Nichols, Emma..........-.. .+-- 263 305 Nichols, Teese eaanerecgs 256, 257 Nichols, Isaac ................ 263 Nichols, Ruby.................. 263 Nickerson, Hattie...... .......- 263 Nickerson, Nettie E............. 263 Nieson, Anna May.............. Ig2 Nieson, Tit co.4ceesesereaveces Ig2 Niles, Irene, vs 44ecceeusseuecdes 263 Ninde, William X............... 317 Noble, C. F........ 294, 295, 296, 308 Noble, Edward....... |. 98, 104, 289 NolliGarl? Grae cevunecuenack ene? 272 Noll, Ernestine ................. 272 Norris; Anna: ++ ¢:sc3s¢s:eeheea 223 Norris, George......... 0 ........ 223 Norris, Mary E................- 223 Norsworthy, Emma............. 263 North, Amanda................ 223 Northup, Addie S............... 263 Norten, Etheless.icasg aecunsads 192 Norton Mrs. Estella........... 193 Norton, Ry: Sic icecuegeseeeeesees 203 Noyes, Abby................... 42 Noyes, Richard................. 289 Oakley, P. C............ 88, 286, 288 O'Brien, Carrie: co csc cwccencanns 223 Odell, Celia .csseeccuecceness s -193 Official Boards : Fifth Avenue M. E. Church,214,215 German M. E. Church, First, 268,269 GracejM. E. Church.. .... 256, 257 Levings M. E. Church... .248, 249 Pawling Avenue M. E. Church,208, 209. State Street M. E. Church, 174,175, 176, 177, 184, 185. Third St. M. E. Church. . .228, 229 Trinity, M. E. Church... . .234, 235 Zion Church, A. M. E.....276, 277 Ogden, Welthy ................. 63 Oglethorpe, Governor........... 2 Oling Ditesas agsee sees eueeed Bee 68 Olmstead, Mary................. 232 Olmstead, Sarah....:........... 223 O’Reilly, Ella................06. 263 Ore at os ewamachn in icc ome eS 60 Osbon, Abiathar M54, 83, 175,286,288 366 INDEX. ‘Osbon, E. S.,.......... 138, 139, 311 Pasco, Mrs, Robina............. 193 ‘Osborn, Henry ................. 252 Pasco, Sarah..........-.00eeeeee 193 ‘Osborn, Sarah.................. 252 Pasco, William ................. 193 ‘Osborne, Hattie................. 263 Pasko, Mary.........-...++es0ee 263 Osborne, Jane D................ 263 + Patchke, Carrie...............65 223, Osborne, John...............00. 263 Patterson, Margaret............. 223 Osborne, Mrs. Elizabeth T....... 193 Patterson, Mrs. Hattie C......... 193 ‘Osgrove, W.B......... 286, 295, 296 Patterson, Mrs. T. W. P......... 233 Osterhout, Virginia ............. 252 Patterson, Robert............... 5 “Osterhout, W. A...).......0.0.. 252 Patterson, Thomas.............. 193 ‘Ostrander, Amelia R............ 193 Patterson, T. W. P.....184, 185, 204, ‘Ostrander, Daniel........ 46, 47, 174 228, 229, 233. ‘Ostrander, Gideon.............. 263 Pattison, John A................ 243 ‘Ostrander, Mrs. Amelia R....... 197. - Patton, Annie................06- 193 ‘Ostrander, Sarah A............. 263 Paul; Bertha. 2.0.6. ic.cc.s0ceeoane 263 ‘Ostrom, Thomas L.. .53, 87, 175, 181 Paul, Catharine................. 263 Outhet, Annie.................. 242 Paul, Philip................-.... 263 ‘Owens, Frances................. 242 Pawling, Albert........ ..... 9, 198 ‘Owens, Phillip.................. 277. ~Payfer, George, M.............. 223 Oxfofdiccnncos sseesgeeigrass 1,170 Payne, Mary.................5- 232 Payne, William................6 232 Peabody, Andrew............... 193 Packard, Chauncey D. .193, 203, 206 Peabody, Charles E............. 205 Packard, Lillie.................. 193 Peabody, Joseph................ 223 Paddock, C.M. wssenuceesgscseee 223 Peabody, Helen E.............. 193 ‘Paddock, Mary ........... ..... 242 Peabody, Mary A............... 223 Paddock, Orinda E.......... *...242 Peabody, Mrs. Sarah A.......... 193 ‘Pagett, Moses...... 248,:249, 252, 254 Peabody, Samuel. .............. 206 ‘Pagett, Mrs. Moses............. 252 Peabody, Samuel J...177,178,193,202 Paine, Mrs, John................ 42 Pease, Lewis........ 29, 30, 286, 287 ‘Paine, Mrs. Sarah G............. 193 Peck, Athelia N................ 263 Palmer, Albert E. ..256, 257, 263, 267 Peck, HleazerA............ 151, 155 ‘Palmer, Alice..............0.... 211 Peck, Jesse T.......... 127, 151, 153 Palmer, A. Lincoln...... 0 ...... 223. Peck, William E................ 263 Palmer, Emma.............-... 263 Peck & Hillman........ 328, 329, 330 Palmer, Evaline................ 211 Peckham, John S............... a7 Palmer, Harriet................. 263 Peckham, Pheebe............... 193 Palmer, James...............005 263 Peckham, Reuben .. .62, 77, 78, 120, Palmer, Mrs. Alice.............. 213 129, 176, 177, 182, 202, 206, 326, Palmetier, Catharine E.......... 193 Peckham, Mrs. Mary............ 103 Parker Della,.................5. 279 Peckham, Samuel..... ......... a7 Parker, Henrietta............... 223 Peckham, William M. 184,185, 193,205 Parkiss, Lottie M................ 263 Peebles; Abby............. .... 42 Parks, JUNA.. 2 sige venice aad: 223 Peebles, Hugh................ 195 Parks, Stephen... ..177, 182, 202, 291 Peek, Florence................0. 223 Parnnel, Mary........... Laan 243 Pegg, C.M.............. . +293, 204 Pasco, Francis H .............6. 193 Peirce, Chauncey............... 42 Pasco, Mary Jane............... 193 Pennington, Ida............ 252, -254 Pasco, Mrs. Caroline............ 193 Pennington, James..... 249, 252, 254 INDEX, Pennington, Mary............... 252 Pennington, Mrs. James......... 254 Pennington, William............ 252 Penrose, Anna.................. 223 People, Colored.......... 56, 57, 118 Percey Lillie......00..00.0.... 193 Percey, Effie.................... 193 Perrigo, Fannie... ............. 211 Perry, Annie................... 223 Perry, Bennett.................. 223 Perry, Mary .................... 223 Pettiford, William H............ 277 Peterman, Ida M............... 279 Petersburgh ...................5 134 ‘Peterson, Mary........... ..... 243 Peterson, Mary J............... 279 Peétriam, Hess ceca asngsseeaase 193 Pettis, William.................. 193 ‘Pettit, Abbie.............,...,5 223 Pettit Alices.,. sicisiasunsigaly wiaivlsaate 223 Pettit, Arthur ................. 1223 Pettit, David .H............ ewe ne223 Pettit, Earl S..... ......... oe ei2at Pettit, George W....... 208, 209, 211 -Pettit, Hannah............... 13, 17 Pettit, Jennie............... 223, 227 -Pettit, Jennie M...... jeunesse ka 211 Pettit, Phineas S........ 214, 215, 223 Pettit, Eunice C................. 223, -Pews, renting................ 57,.58. Peyton, Jennie D.. eee crane ne 193 -Phillips, Henry.......... pice 4223 Phillips, Mary E............: 73.8223 ‘Phillips, Mrs. Clara............. 193 ‘Phillips, Ralph............. 177, 204 Phillips, Zebulon. .282, 283, 286, 292, 303, 326. ‘Philp, Helen M........ ........ 263 Philp, Mrs. Helen M............ 267 Phoebus, William....... 29, 286, 287 ‘Pickering, Sarah F.............. 223 Pier, Orrin. ................... 2 75 .Pierce, Bishop.................. 152 Pierce, Charles W.... .......... 135 -PIZEONSs oscsncwesaancersess 24, 170 Pike, William H...214, 215, 223, 227 ‘Pilkinton, John ................. 111 Pilling, Elizabeth............. » 263 -Pinney, Ann E,.............-+-. 263 367 Pinney, Cyrus.................. 263 Pitcher, George S............... 252 Pitcher, Libbie ................. 223 Pitcher, Martha................. 252 Pitman, Charles ................ 98 Pitts, Mary ..................04. 223 Pittsfels s,s 2cc01 dceseetiers cece 10 Pittstown.....0.2.000.0..... porn 22 Place, St. Paul’s ................ 44 Platt, Moses ..................., 198 Plum; Mri. ccc ceca eavanaovws 14 Plum) Mrsiz zs ssa. nd diecexeaenanten 13 Plumb, Lena................... 263 Plumb, Walter D........... 263, 267 Podmore, Edward.......... 252, 254 Podmore, Eva J................. 193 Podmore, J. W. F. .184, 185, 193, 196, 197, 203. Podmore, Mrs. S. Alice.......... 193 Podmore, Mrs. AnneG.......... 197 Poestenkill ........00.0 0.000000, 134 Pollard, Catharine.............. 243 Pollard, Fannie................. 243, Pollard, Maria..... ............ 243 Pollard, Mary,............ ..... 243 Pollock, George... .... ....... 243 Pollock, Isaac.............. 243, 246 Pollock, Jane................... 263 Pollock, jr., James.............. 243 Pollock, John A,................ 263 Pollock, Lottie L................ 243 Pollock, Millie.................. 243 Pomeroy, Benjamin .. ..283, 286, 289 Pomeroy, D. W................. 193 Pomeroy, Mrs, Marion.......... 193 Popple, Henry A................ 193 Popple, Mrs. Lizzie A........... 193 Population of Troy......... 312, 313 Porter, Flora E................. 193 Porter, Thomas............. 201, 184 Potliyan, Emmanuel H......184, 193 Potliyan, Jacob..... ........... 193 Potter, John........ ina eas Vad 252 Potter, Sarah................... 252 Powell, Mark K................. 224 “Powell, Mary................04. 243 Powell, Rachel ................. 252 Prankard, Carrie................ 263 Prankard, Frances.............. 263 368 Pratt, Annie E,................- 224 Pratt,. Charity. oc cccsase oaaeas 224 Pratt, Helen F... ........... 263 Pratt; Julias.ccveunccnscuneaaaas 227 Pratt, Julia. Ay. csc ccc ace seed ens 224 Pratt; John: Pi wssoxesscag aan ation 224 Pratt, Lulu May ...............- 263 Prayer-meetings. .9, 14, 32, 35,38,83, 105, 107, 108. Preachers, Lay............... 4, 319 Preachers, Local .174, 175, 176, 177, 209, 228, 234, 249, 257, 268. Preachers, Methodist...... 10, 11, 12 Preaching, Field................ 319 Prell, Henrietta.................272 Prentice, Charles C............. 224 Prentice, Parmelia M........... 224 Presbyterians, 18, 19, 24, 38, 39, 41, 42 Price, ANNE, os iuteass sxanenee en 252 Price, Charles................-45 252 Price, Elizabeth................. 252 Price, Letitia: cc ease scossed see cea 252 Proper, Cornelia...............- 263 Proudfit, Andrew............... 198 Pulis; ADAM sc: Geunaee oe od 224 Polis, As W occe ca civeoraads 214, 215 Pulis, Catharine ................ 224 Pulis, Jennie........... 164, 167, 224 Pulis;, Jessi€. ss icc vscewancnes as 224 Pulis, Nellie: «iiss cscceus sacacas 224 Pulisy Ol0V@s0i5 5455000394 p49 468 224 Pulsifer, Stella........ ......... 193 Pultz, Elizabeth M...... ........ 163 Pulver, Mrs. Lottie....... ...... 193 Purdy, Jennie: < isiccicamnisy neue 252 Purdy, John H.................. 252 Purdy, Mrs. John H........ ... 254 Purdy, Reuben ................. 200 Putnam, W eisccsirwuwnnenay sod 200 Quackenbush, Alice............. 263 Quackenbush, Emma E,........ 263 Quackenbush, Mrs. J. T.....158, 267 Quackenbush, R...138, 139, 203, 311 Queal, Alice i. ccav cus avscrwamenos 204 Queal, Arthur D................ 193 Queal,. Mary sasiccin ccone rece ses 193 Queal, Mary M................. 197 INDEX. Queal, Mrs. Alice............... 193. Quigley, Mary H............... 224 Quigley, William H............. 224 Quigley, Mrs. W. H............. 227 Quigley; We Hissisisnnncwmswideieras 227 Quinlan, J. Wesley... ..295, 296, 305 Quivey, Alta ................0005 224 Rabe, Martha.................. 272 Raibdey, Christopher............ 263 Raibdey, Dora.................. 264 Raibdey, Frank................. 264 Raibdey, Jacob................. 264 Raibdey, May.............-.... 264 Raibdey, William............... 264 Railroad, R. &S........... 134, 135 Raisch, Mariay......2..5606c0es8 272 Randall, Gertrude............... 252 Randol, Enos.................05 181 Ranken, Sabrina................ 224 Ranken, William ............... 224 Ranken, H........ Sides Banh cen Be 330 Ranneys Bi siccscacasataneas tens 201 Ransom, Halsey W..... 67, 286, 290 Raport, Louis................... 193 Ratcliffe, Samuel F ............. 252 Ratcliffe, Sarah................ 252 Ratoon, Minnie................. 224 Ray, Elizabeth... ............... 252 Ray, James..................... 252 Raymond, Aaron............... 198 Read, Thomas.............. 52, 199 Redfield, Mrs. Mary............. 193 Reed, Luther E............. 264, 267 Reed, Martha J............... 264. Reichard, Charles S............. 243 Reichard, Rosa................. 243 Reichard Wallace J............. 243 Reid, Isabella.................., 252 Reilly, Joseph E................ 243 Reilly, Mrs. Joseph E ........... 243 Remick, N. B................... 314 Remington, Stephen. .56, 60, 122,288 Renz, Christine................, 272 Repository, Ladies’............. 76 Reynolds, Lottie................ 243 INDEX. 369 Residences, Episcopal........... 317. Rockfellow, Rosa.............4- 193 Revivals. . ..22, 30, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, Rockfellow, William............ 201 49, 54, 55> 59, 61, 62, 63, 72, 73, 90, Roeck, Ernest.. ............-- 272 91, 128, 139, 140, 143, 307, 309. Roeck, Maria.............++-05+ 292 Revivalist, The................. 159 Roga, Harry...........-..+.55-- 193 Rhind, Mrs. Susan P...... ..... 193 Koga, Joseph B...... hugpeauesteos 193 Rhul, Columbia ................ 264 Roga, Mrs. Carrie.............++ 193 Rice, Harry L. D.........00..... 193 Rogers, Charles...........-..++- 252 Rice, Margaret ................. 279 ~=Rogers, Cornelia...............+ 264 Rice, Mrs. Carrie E............. 193 Rogers, Daisy...............--- 194 Rice, William................... 224 Rogers, Helen M............... 194 Rich, Ruth M................... 224 Rogers, John W...... etadunwes 224 Richards, Charles............... 200 Rogers, Levi..........-..--- 50, 181 Richards, Olive................. 97 ~=Rogers, Lillian F..............+. 194 Richardson, Elizabeth M........ 264 Rogers, Marie E................ 252 Richardson, Lena M............ 264 Rogers, Mary A................. 224 Richardson, Mrs. Cornelia....... 193 Rogers, Mrs. R. A.............. 224 Richardson, Phebe.............. 252. Rogers, Frank................45 264 Richter, Emelie................. 272 Rogers, Thomas................ 224 Richter. [dative cad en nannies 272 Rogers & Rockwell.............. 200 Richter, Louis..... 268, 269, 272, 274 Ronalds, James.............. . 194 Ridgeway, Albion .............. 264 Ronalds, Mrs. Clarissa.......... 194 Ridgeway, Eunice J,............ 264 Rood, Lucy......... 2.0.2.2... 224 Ridgeway, Joseph............... 264 Rood, Ogden................... 328 Ridgeway, William............. 264 Roome, Christian H............. 194. Rifenburgh, Betsey M........... 211 Rosa, Catharine................. 272 Rifenburgh, Frances H......... 264 ‘Rosa, Moritz......... .......... 272 Rifenburgh, Willis B............ 264 Rose, A.C............. 151, 297, 298 Rilyea, Mrs. Hattie ............. 193 Rose Jennie S................... 194 Ring, SaFah, «....c0 ies sd aicweleseie 224 Ross, Lawyer.................-. 87 Riflarscnancaa caper ee Soaneast ons 14 Ross, William........ 46, 47, 286, 287 River, North............... .+++7,8 Roth, Charles A................. 243 Roach, DoraM............-..45 224 Roth, Edith..................... 243 Roarke, Kittie.................- 243 Roth, IdaF.................00.. 243 Robbins, William H....102, 104, 176 Roth, John N.................. 243 Robbins, Mrs. Phoebe M......... 193 Roth, Laura.................... 243 Roberts, Bishop................. 314 Roth, Lewis................ 234, 235 Roberts, Sarah .............. -- 243 Roth, Lewis E.................. 243 Robertson, Jessie................ 252 Roth, Maryinwccuwcasinmnacis ames 243 Robertson, John................ 252. Roth, William.................. 243 Robertson, Minnie A............ 224 Round Lake. .135, 136, 147, 148, 149, Robertson, Thurza.... ......... 224 150, 151. Robinson; HH ccs: ccna cada 75 Rouse, Amelia..........- 5 aneacnaiicas 232 Robinson, J. H................. 300 Rouse, Frankie................. 232 Robinson, Margaret............. 243 Rouse. W. W................6., 232 Robinson, Mary ..............4. 243 Rousseau, Alexander ........... 200 Robinson, Mrs. J. H............ 233. Rowe, Ella.................000s 264 Rockfellow, Lizzie.............. 193 Rowe, Francis J................ 224 Rockfellow, Mrs. Henrietta...... 193 Rowe, Lucretia................. 224 25 37° Rowe, Lucy, A. W.............. 224 Rowe, Mary........... 214, 224, 227 Rowe, Mrs. W. H..............+ 167 Rowe, W.H........... 214, 215, 224 Rowe, jr., W. H..............-. 224 Rowles, D. Henry.............. 224 Rowles, Mary R................ 224 Rowley, C. W....... +..214, 215, 224 Rowley, Mrs. Ida............... 194 Rowley, Sarah A ............... 252 Rules, General............ 00... 319 Rulison, Mrs. W. Po... 2.22... 163 Rumsey, Levi.................. 198 Rush, Mrs. R............005 169, 171 Rush, Rebecca.................. 211 Russell, Harriet A.............. 194 Russell, James........... 47, 50, 181 Russell, Mrs. Harriet If......... 194 Russell, Tracy & Co... 1.0.6.6. 198 Russum, Jo Civic ssa nevand avec’ 299, Ruth, Caroline........ 0.0.0.0... 272 Ruth, Carrie. . 2... ccees ea es .. 264 Ruth, Edward ....... .......... 243 Ruth, George A..............0.. 264 Ruth, John A...... 00. wee eee 243 Ruth, Maggie.................4. 243 Ruth, Mrs. George A............ 267 Ruth, Piiasecieciacscs 268, 269, 272 Rylan, Edwin................00- 243 Rylan, Nellie................... 243 Rynders, Harriet E............. 264 Rynders, Isaiah................ 264 Rynders, Lottie................. 264 Rynders, Mrs. Lizzie............ 194 Rynders, Nellie..............00. 194 Salisbury, Sarah E.............. 264 Sanders, John .............-.2- 198 Sanderson, Emma.............. 264 Sandlake, .4.¢22 2.30005 5s8e0 134, 135 Sandy Full sesscnccersacaveceecs 76 Sandford, Peter P....31, 34, 286, 287 Sandford, Luman A..... 66, 176, 289 Sanford, Frederick A...... Mawes 194 Sanford, W. F...............05. 266 Sargent, Samuel G.............. 112 Saunders, William....... 53, 176, 177 Sauter, John............ cee eee 114 INDEX Sawyer, J. E.C.. .74, 164, 184, 185, 196, 205, 299, 300, 301, 307. Sawyer, Lucy S........ 164, 165, 194 Sawyer, Mrs. Alice......... 194, 204 Saxe, Charles J ......... 53, 177, 182 Saxe, James A........... 0.0206. 194 Saxe, John W...... 20-2... eee 194 Saxe, MaryE.......... 194, 196, 197 Saxe, Mrs. Elien G.............. 194 Saxe, William A................ 194 Sayers, Charles J................ 264 Sayers, EmmaJ...........+..4+ 264 Schaal, Christina ..............- 272 Schaal Lo wesw csGe5 wane eee 268, 269 Schaal, LOWS. cc