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MERRICK ROSS was born in Petersham, Massachusetts, in 1794, and died in Pittsfield in 1862. Mr. Ross came from Al- bany in 1830, and established the first bakery in Pittsfield, on West street. For some years . Mr. W. H. Teeling was associated with him. He is spoken of as an earnest and conscientious man, doing much to build up the church of which he was one of the founders and original members.
DEACON PHINEAS L. PAGE, or Judge Page as he was fa- miliarly called, was an earnest faithful Christian, warmly devoted to the interests of this church. In quaint and eccentric fashion
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he often spoke in our meetings, much to the edification of his hearers. He died in Illinois about two years ago.
VINET WALKER, son of William M. Walker, was one of our most noteworthy members. He was a remarkable man. No man had a deeper interest in this church, or in the whole church of God throughout the world. Always blind and therefore de- pendent on others for reading, he possessed vast stores of infor- mation, especially on religious subjects. As one of his fellow members said of him, he knew more men prominent in the Christian church the world over, so far as one may know them by their sermons, speeches, and books, than all the rest of us together, and his marvelous memory was almost never at fault. He contributed greatly to the interest of the meetings. Mr. Walker was born June the sixteenth, 1847, and died September the twenty-first, 1896.
OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH.
MINISTERS.
*Rev. Samuel Harris, D. D., L.L. D., installed March 13, 1851; dismissed August 13, 1855.
*Rev. Charles B. Boynton, installed June 25,- 1856; dismissed September 1, 1857.
*Rev. Roswell Foster, installed February 2, 1859; dismissed January 24, 1861. ,
*Rev. Samuel R. Dimock, installed September 24, 1861; dis- missed April 24, 1864.
*Rev. Edward Strong, D. D., installed March 15, 1865; dis- missed November 30, 1871.
*Rev. Thomas Crowther, installed May 21, 187%; dismissed May 4, 1875.
Rev. William Carruthers, installed January 13, 1876; dismissed June 26, 1877.
*Rev. C. B. Boynton, D. D., supplied from November 4, 1877, to April 1, 1879.
Rev. C. H. Hamlin, supplied from May 17, 1879, to December 7, 1884.
Rev. I. C. Smart, installed June 9, 1885.
*Deceased.
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DEACONS.
*C. T. Fenn .- 1850 to 1871. *Thomas Taylor .- 1850 to 1875.
*James H. Dunham .- 1850 to 1890. William Robinson .- 1859.
*P. L. Page. - 1859 to 1870. *Henry M. Peirson .- 1871 to 1894.
*Albert Tolman .- 1875 to 1891. William B. Rice .- 1880. George Shipton .- 1884.
John H. Eells .- 1894.
John P. Sayles .- 1894.
John S. Wolfe .- 1896.
Frank E. Peirson .- 1896 to 1899. Dr. I. S. F. Dodd .- 1899.
CHURCH CLERKS.
*William L. Peck .- 1850 to 1851.
*Calvin Martin .- 1851 to 1858. E. M. Landers. - 1858 to 1861.
*H. M. Peirson .- 1861 to 1870.
*W. S. Kirtland .- 1870 to 1877. George Shipton .- 1877 to 1889. F. E. Peirson .- 1889.
CHURCH TREASURERS.
*C. T. Fenn .- 1850 to 1870. James Wilson .- 1870 to 1871. *James H. Dunham .- 1871 to 1872. *H. M. Peirson .-- 1872 to 1894. F. E. Peirson .-- 1894.
*Deceased.
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SUPERINTENDENTS OF SUNDAY SCHOOL.
James H. Dunham .- 1850 to 1868. William Robinson .- 1868 to 1870. William B. Rice .- 1870 to 1872. Albert Tolman .- 1872 to 1874. William B. Rice .- 1874 to 1875. T. P. Tobey .- 1876 to 1881. George Shipton .- 1881 to 1884. P. F. Cooley .- 1884 to 1885. William Tolman .- 1885 to 1886. James D. Shipton .- 1886 to 1887. George Shipton .- 1887 to 1890. S. D. Andrews .- 1890 to 1892. F. G. Ferry .- 1892 to 1895. C. H. Mattoon .- 1895 to 1896. John P. Sayles .- 1896 to 1898. Edward Tolman .- 1898.
INDEX OF NAMES.
PAGE
Acly, Charles,
13
Adam, Robert W
9, 127, 133
Adam, William L,
11
Adams, D. D., Rev. Nehemiah,
50
Adams, W. H,
13
Agnew, D. D, Rev. J. Holmes,
157
Ainsley, Mrs. J. D,
6
andrews, Selden D,
13, 27, 161
Atwood, Rev. Lewis P,
7
Bacon. Dr. Leonard,
134
Davis, Henry G,
40,
155
Davis, D. D, Rev. W. V. W, 7, 8, 11
Dawes, Miss Anna L,
8, 85
Day, Deacon Daniel,
12, 28, 33, 139
Day, Mrs. Daniel, 65, 130
Day, Lucy,
147
Denny, Henry,
13
Denny, Jr, Mrs. James,
11, 141
Dewey, Rev. Dr, . 44
Dewey, Mrs. Chas. W, 8
Dickinson, Parthenia Little, 149
Dimock, Rev. Samuel R, 52, 145, 159
Dodd, Dr. I. S. F,
50, 160
Dodge, Daniel J,
12, 56
Dodge, Mrs. D. J,
10, 65
Dunham, Ebenezer,
40, 41
Dunham, Miss F. Isabel, 5, 8, 11, 13, 14, 83, 84, 141.
Brewster, Henry A,
11
Brewster, Henry B,
12, 41
Brewster, Mrs Mary J, 8, 61, 62, 65,
68.
Briggs, Gov. George N,
44
Brooks, Phillips,
86
Brown, Miss Helen,
111
Burt, Anselm C,
41
Calkins, Rev. Raymond,
8,
11
Campbell George W, .
127
Carey, Avery, ..
. 40, 41, 41, 156
Carpenter, Mrs. Willard, ...
61, 65
Carruthers, Rev. William, 6, 7, 11,
58, 133, 146, 159
Carter, Josiah,
40
Chapman, Mrs,
65
Chapin, Mrs. Henry,
65
Chapin, Miss Stella,
13
Fernald, Flora K,
Clapp, Mrs. Edwin,
12
Clapp, Miss Jessie A, 13
Clark, Henry C,
10
Clark, Mrs. H. C,
7, 8,
10
Clark, Sylvester,
Clark, Mrs. Sylvester,
12
Clough, Aaron,
40
Coleman, Dr,
111
Frissell, Dr. Seraph,
13
Frost, Miss Leila,
Coleman, Maria,
111
Coleman, William,
41
Colt, Judge,
.
127
Fryer, J. P,
13
Frost, Miss Maria R,
47,
111
Cook, Rev. S. P.
11
Fuller, Mrs,
65
Gamwell, Miss Carrie,
13
Golden, Charles B,
41
Crossman, Mr,
110
Crossman, Miss Annie F,
...
84 Crossman, Mrs. A. W, 10, 65, 83, 84 Crowther, Rev. Thomas, 12, 53, 106, 145, 159.
Curtis, Rev. & Mrs. W. W, 5
Danforth, Miss Henrietta,
111
Danforth, Col. Joshua,
78
Danforth, Miss Salome, 78
Baldwin, Moses H,
45
Barnes, Amos, ..
40, 41, 45, 49
Barnes, Henry P, 41 Bartlett, Mrs. Kittie Howard, 8, 77 Bascom, D. D, L. L. D, John, 9, 121 Beckwith, Mrs. O .E, 83
Beebe, Mr, .
112
Beebe, James M,
112
Bell, James A,
41
Bliss, Rev. L. D,
5
Bliss, Mrs,
5
Bond, Richard,
41, 52
Booth, Mrs. Sarah M,
12
Bowden, Rev. & Mrs. Henry M,
. .
5
Dunham, Deacon James H, 12, 27, 32, 40, 41, 42, 45, 50, 58, 128, 150, 160, 161.
Dunham, Mrs. Jas. H,
64, 78
Dunham, Miss L. T,
84
Edgerton, Mrs. W. R,
8, 80, 84
Edwards, Mrs. Geo. W.
8
Edwards, Mrs. Mary K,
77
Eells, Deacon, John H,
50, 160
Elmer, Ralph,
13
Escher, Carl Franz,
13
Feeley, Arthur,
13
Fenn, Deacon Curtis T, 12, 40, 41, 42, 49, 50, 52, 149, 160.
Fenn, Mrs, ... 12, 64, 130, 131, 149
Fenn, Miss Parthenia,
65
Fernald, Walter M, 6
Ferry, Fred G,
.
27, 161
Fletcher, Prof. A. M,
9, 113
Fobes, A. A,
9, 11, 141
Foote, Joseph W
12, 59
8
Foster, Rev. Roswell,
52, 144, 159
13
Francis, Fred T, .
83
6
Foote, Mrs. W. B,
12
Cooley, Mrs. F. A,
13
Cooley, P. F,
27, 28,
161
PAGE
Goodrich, Edward,
40
Boynton, D. D, Rev. Charles B,
51, 54, 143, 159
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PAGE
Goodrich, Levi,
44
Granger, Bernice, 40
Hamlin, Rev. Charles H, 8, 9, 56, 57, 137, 146, 159.
Harding, Wm. G, ..
11
Harris, D. D, L. L. D, Rev. George, 8, 95, 134, 138.
Harris, D. D, Rev. Samuel, 8, 9, 12,
31, 50, 95, 109, 111, 143, 159.
Harris, Mrs,
12
Harrison, Nancy
111
Harrison, Rev. Samuel, 57
Haustein, Mrs. Barbara,
11,
59
Hemming, Mrs. J. F, 7, 61
Hill, Miss,
110
Hinsdale, Theodore, 40, 41, 42, 155 Hoag, Mr. & Mrs. E. G, 6
Holland, Dr,
135
Holmes. Oliver Wendell, 43
Hopkins, Rev. Mark, 47
Howard, Eliza,
78
75,
Howard, James,
79
Howard, Welcome S, 40, 41, 46, 77
Hubbard, Wm,
41
Hulbert, Charles,
40, 41, 155
Humphrey, S. T. D, Heman, 12
40, 42, 44, 49, 50, 111, 127.
Humphrey, Miss Sarah,
111
Ingersoll, Nancy,
147
Jenkins, D. D, Rev. J. L, 57
Johnson, Miss Sadie, . 13
Jones, T. L,
13
Kendall, William H, 47
Kilian, Theodore, 13
Kingman, A. G, 13
Kngman, R. D, 13
Kingman, W. A,
13
Kirtland, William S,
160
Laird, Rev. J. H,
5, 8
Lamberson, Miss Cornelia,
65, 83
Lamberson, Miss Mary H,
83, 84
Landers, E. M,
160
Langford, Rev. & Mrs. J. C. 5
Lawton, N. J,
13
Lawton. Mrs. N. J,
13
Learned,, Edward,
156
Little, Helen Dunham,
9, 28, 109
Longfellow, Henry W, 97
Luce, Rev. & Mrs. T. C,
Lynch, Rev. & Mrs. Frederick, 5
Martin, Calvin, 12, 40, 41, 44, 127, 160.
Mattoon, Miss Catherine C, 13
Mattoon, Charles H, 13, 27, 161
Mattoon, Frank, 13
Mattoon, James S,
10,
13
Mattoon, Mrs. J. S,
13
Maxim, Mrs. Jennie A, 9
Montague, Charles,
40, 155
Miner, Rev. Bradley,
44
Morton, Mrs. Seth,
65
Munger, Rev. Dr. T. T,
57
Muzzy, Dr, .
97
Myers, Harry W,
11, 13, 141
Osteyee, Mrs. E. S, Jr. 13
Page, Bradford B,
41
Page, Mrs,
65
157, 160.
Parsons, A. K,
41
Parsons, Jason,
40
PAGE
Parsons, Mrs. Jason,
11
Partridge, Deacon H. W,
11
Peck, Wm.
40, 160
Peirson, Frank E, 5, 7, 10, 11, 50,
128, 160.
Peirson, Mrs. F. E, 10 13
Peirson, Joseph E,
9, 105, 131
Peirson, Deacon Henry M, 12, 28,
32, 50, 55, 130, 139, 160.
Peirson, Henry R,
10, 11
Penniman, Rev. A. B,
5
Pixley, Noah,
40
Pomeroy, Lemuel, 38, 127, 147 Prince, William M, 13, 13 Porter, Miss Mary E, 5, 11, 12, 14, 141.
Purches, Henry, 33
Reed, Dr. Stephen, 28,
33
Reed, Mrs. Dr,
65
Reinhardt, Charles,
13
Reinhardt, Miss Helen, 13
Reinhardt, Miss Ida, 13
Reinhardt, William, 13
Richardson, Col. H. H, 9, 58
Richardson, Mrs. H. H, 5, 8, 10, 12, 61, 62, 65, 66, 71.
Rice, Deacon William B, 9, 27, 50, 55, 133, 139, 160, 161.
Rice, Misses,
13
Rice, Mrs. W. K,
13
Rich, Rev. & Mrs. Charles S, 5
Riggs, Dr. Elias,
78
Ritchie, Mrs. Harriet Peirson, 8, 67
Richmond, Mrs. R. P',
10
Roberts, Titus M,
41
Roberts, Mrs,
111
Robinson, Mrs. Charles,
65
Robinson, Maria,
111
Robinson, Rev. R. A,
9, 111
Robinson, Deacon William, 9, 11, 27, 28, 40, 47, 50, 88, 117, 160, 161
Robinson, Mrs. Wm,
65
Rockwell, Julius,
45, 127
Root, Oliver S, 40, 41. 42, 45, 66, 155
Ross, Merrick, ... 40, 41, 49, 157
Russell, Mrs. A. A. G, 83
Russell, Mrs. Mary D, 83
Russell, Solomon L,
127
.60,
Sayles, Deacon John P, 27, 50, 161.
Sayles, Myron. 13
Sayles, Miss Virginia, 13
Seagraves, Rev. J. C, 6
Sears, Mrs. Julia A, 83
Sewall, Rev. A. C,
57
Shaw, Miss Minnie A,
13
Sherrill, Rev. A. F, .
5
shipton, Deacon George, 5, 9, 11, 27, 50, 160, 161.
Shipton, James D, 27, 161 Smart, Rev. I. C, 5, 6, 8, 9, 56, 57, 63. 102, 160.
Smart, I. C. Mrs.
8
Smart, Samuel C,
6
Smart, Rev. Dr. W. S, 57
Smith, Mrs. William,
61
Sterling, Rev. & Mrs. George, 6
Stevens, Alanson,
41
Stewart, Richmond B, 42, 44 Stoddard, Lewis, ... 40, 41, 112, 156 Stone, Mrs. Lydia A, ..... 11, 59
15,
Page, Deacon Phineas L, 41, 50,
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PAGE
Storrs, Rev. Dr. Richard S, 134
Strong, Ashbel, 37
Strong, D. D, Rev. Edward, 12, 53, 145, 159.
Strong, Mrs. Dr,
61, 64
Strong, Rev. Thomas,
37
Strong, Thomas B,
38, 44,
130
Sturtevant, Mrs,
65
Sumner, Charles,
21
Taft, Henry W,.
155
Taggart, Mrs. James, 61
Taylor, Deacon Thomas, 41, 50, 147, 160.
Taylor, Mrs. Deacon, 65
Teeling, William H, 157
Tenney, Rev. W. L, 6
Thickens, John C,
13
Thompson, Dr. Joseph P,
134
Thompson, D. D, Rev. J. W, 8
Tobey, Theodore P,
27, 161
Todd, D. D, John, 19, 20, 48, 50, 53, 118, 129, 148.
Tolman, Deacon Albert, 12, 27, 28, 32, 50, 160, 161.
Tolman, Mrs. Caroline, 47, 65, 83, 84
Tolman, Edward,
7, 27, 161
Tolman, Mrs. Jane Tower, 65
Tolman, William,
27,161
Tracy, Nelson,
41
Tyler, Edward,
41
Tyler, Wellington H, 40, 41, 42, 44, 110, 127, 157.
Van Valkenburg, Mrs,
65
PAGE
Wadhams, Mrs. Electa L, 83, 84
Walker, Miss A. E, 8, 54
Walker, Frank, 10, 58
Walker, Vinet,
112, 158
Walker, William M, 12, 40, 41, 110, 156.
Ward, William W. .. 40, 49, 55, 127
Warner, Charles N,
6
Wasson, Mrs. Julia A, 83
Watkins, Mrs, . 65
Wellington, Mrs. Marshall S, 13
Wells, William S,
40, 157
Werden, Cyrus A,
52
Wetmore, Lucy Taylor, 76
Wheeler, Miss Maude, 13
White, Alfred, 6
White, Miss Emma, 7, 13
Whiting, Rev. Dr. Lyman, 57
Whitney, Miss Mary,
110
Williams, Avery,
40
Williams, Mrs. Eleazer, 84
Williams, Miss Florence, 13
Williams, John C, 38
Willis, L. K, 13
Wilson, James, 160
Wilson, D. & N. J,
12, 40
Wilson, Mrs. Dr,
61, 64
Wilson, Solomon,
.
12, 41
Wolfe, Deacon John S,
50, 160
Wolfe, Miss Minnie A,
10, 13
Wood, Miss Grace,
13
Young, Dr. F. N. H,
76
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THE REVEREND THOMAS CROWTHER 1839-1877
APPENDIX.
THOMAS CROWTHER .- The following sketch is taken from the necrological reports of the Union Theological Semi- nary, New York, prepared by Charles W. Baird, D. D. The information came to hand too late for the body of this book :
Thomas Crowther was born in Bridlington, Yorkshire, Eng- land, July 7th, 1840. His father, Rev. Kershaw Crowther, was an ordained preacher of the Methodist Church, who removed to the city of New York when his son was eight years of age. Thomas Crowther attended the public school and entered the College of the city of New York. He was graduated from that institution in 1858. At the age of twenty-one years, he joined the Central Methodist Episcopal church in Seventh Avenue. He was engaged in teaching in this city until 1863. In the spring of that year he went South as Superintendent of Schools. He entered Princeton Theological Seminary in the autumn of the same year. In 1864 he entered the Middle Class of this Sem- inary. Upon his graduation here, he received licensure from the Presbytery of New York. In September, 1866, he married Miss Hester Turner of this city.
In January, 1867, he began to supply the pulpit of the South- field Congregational church, in the town of New Marlborough, Massachusetts. He was ordained an evangelist August 7th, 1867, and was installed pastor over that church, January 23d, 1868. In February, 1871, he was dismissed in order to take charge of a new church enterprise at Mill River, a manufacturing village in the same town. He was installed at Mill River, March 15th, 1871. Mr. Crowther's labors in both of these churches were attended with the best results. Religion was greatly revived
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among the people, and considerable accessions were made to the Church.
In April, 1872, Mr. Crowther accepted a call to the South Congregational church of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, over which he was installed May 22d, 1872. He labored in this charge three years, greatly esteemed by the people, and much blessed in his ministry. In May, 1875, he accepted a call to the Memorial Presbyterian church, Brooklyn, Long Island, where he was in- stalled June 5th, 1875. In April, 1877, Mr. Crowther was dis- missed from this charge to accept the call of the First Presby- terian church, of Brooklyn, E. D., where he was installed on the 12th day of April. In the autumn of that year, he was suddenly stricken down with diphtheria, a disease which attacked most of his family. After an illness of four days, he died, Oc- tober 10th, 1877.
Mr. Crowther was emphatically a man of books. These were his special friends. He preached without notes in a style which is described as pictorial and abrupt, attractive, biblical, and in- structive. He was characterized by ardent affection and sym- pathy. The lowly and the suffering quickly learned to find him their friend.
The circumstances of Mr. Crowther's last sickness were ex-' tremely distressing. That terrible scourge, diphtheria, attacked several members of the family at once. In the prospect of death, he seemed at first overjoyed, and remained for a time in a sort of ecstacy. Later, he settled down into the greatest calm, and waited his summons in peace. One of his elders remarked at his bedside, " This is terrible-terrible." "It is the will of the Lord," he replied, "that is enough." When the disease had spent itself in that home, all were gone except Mrs. Crowther and one infant child. The father and four of the children were with God.
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