History of Detroit and Wayne County and early Michigan: A Chronological Cyclopedia of the Past and Present, Vol. I, Part 95

Author: Farmer, Silas, 1839-1902
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Detroit, Pub. by S. Farmer & co., for Munsell & co., New York
Number of Pages: 1094

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St. Peter's Church.

This society held its first services in a private house on the corner of Baker Street and Trumbull Avenue. On February 12, 1858, it was incorpor-

ST. PETER'S PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH,

ated. A small house on Leverette Street, near Trumbull Avenue, was then fitted up, but as it could not be used in cold weather, the services were con- ducted in a store on the northwest corner of Baker Street and Trumbull Avenue, subsequently at Mor-

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ris's Hall, and then in an old engine house on Third Street. In 1859 Governor Woodbridge gave the society a lot on the corner of Church Street and Trumbull Avenue.

The society purchased the adjoining lot, and a plain wooden church, costing $1,200 and seating 250, was erected, and first used in December, 1860. On April 25, 1861, it was partially destroyed by fire. It was repaired, and again in use early in the fall. In 1866 the church was moved back thirty feet, and an addition thirty by seventy- five feet and a tower ninety feet high crected. These improve- ments cost $4,500. The church, seating 360, was re- opened after these additions on April 22, 1 866.

On April 29, 1883, a memo- rial window, erected by a Masonic So- ciety as a memorial to

Thomas May- bury, one of the former wardens, was formally pre- sented to the church.

The pastor's salary in 1880 was $800, the total church ex- penses $1,700, and the receipts SIFARMER ENG. from the pews $400. Value of property, $10,000. Num- ber of members in 1860, 40; in 1870, 71; in 1880, 180.

The rectors have been: March to November, 1859, Rev. C. Reighley ; December, 1860, to June, 1861, Rev. E. Denroche; winter of 1861 and 1862, Rev. Osgood E. Fuller ; July, 1862, to May, 1865, Rev. H. J. Brown ; June, 1865, to November, 1866, Rev. A. P. Crouch; January, 1867, to August, 1869, Rev. G. E. Peters; January, 1870, to April, 1871, Rev. J. L. Taylor ; July, 1871, to January, 1876, Rev. W. R. Tillinghast ; July, 1876, to April, 1879, Rev. W. H. Watts ; May, 1879, to fall of 1883, 38

Rev. Paul Ziegler ; December 2, 1883, to 1886, Rev. Dr. J. H Hartzell ; January, 1886, to , Rev. R. H. Hoskin.

St. John's Church.

This society was organized and incorporated on December 13, 1858. Its existence is largely due to the liberality of H. P. Baldwin, who gave the society a lot valued at $10,000, fronting one hundred and twenty-five feet on Woodward Avenue by one hundred and seventy-five feet on High Street, and built a rectory at a further cost of $7,000. The corner-stone of the stone chapel was laid April 19, 1859, and on June 29 follow- ing it was re- solved to invite Rev William E. Armitage to become rector of the parish. He came in Oc- tober, and on November 19, just seven months from the laying of the corner- stone. the chapel was consecrated It cost $10,576. Two days after- ward the pews were rented, and it at once

ST. JOHN'S PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH, CHAPEL, AND RECTORY.

became evi- dent that the chapel was too small for the congrega-

tions that gath- ered. Within two weeks af- ter the chapel was opened, Mr. Baldwin offered to give $17,000 additional, on condition that a church to cost not less than $32,000 be erected. In addition to this amount he subse- quently gave $8,000 and then $10,000 to the enterprise.

The corner-stone of the church was laid June 6, 1860, and on December 19, 1861, it was consecrated. Rev. George Burgess, Bishop of Maine, and many clergymen of note were present. The total cost of the church and its furnishings was $48,512. It seats 1,000. In order to relieve the rector, who needed rest, on June 1, 1863, Rev. M. Sweetland, of New

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York, was engaged to take his place for three months, and in November, 1864, on the invitation of Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Armitage accompanied him on a trip to Palestine and the East. They returned in July, 1865, their tour having lasted some eight months.

On September 29, 1866, Mr. Armitage announced to the vestry his acceptance of the Bishopric of Wisconsin, to which he had been elected, and his resignation took effect October 1, 1866.

On November 10, Mr. Baldwin donated to the church a lot twenty-five feet front on Woodward Avenue by one hundred and seventy-five feet deep, adjoining the rectory on the south.

In March, 1867, Rev. John J. McCook was called as rector, but being unable to come till October, Rev. Dr. Mccullough temporarily served as rector. Mr. McCook came in October, but before he had served a year, the failing health of himself and wife compelled his resignation, which took effect on April 27, 1868. On June 23 following, Rev. George Worthington was called, and on Sep- tember 6, 1868, he preached his first sermon in the parish.

In December, 1873, Bishop Armitage died. The intelligence brought deep sorrow to his friends in Detroit ; his remains were brought here, and buried in Elmwood. The funeral, on December II, 1873, was largely attended by clergy from several States.

In November, 1884. Rev. Dr. Worthington was elected bishop of Nebraska, and on February 24, 1885, resigned as rector, and was consecrated as a bishop. Rev. Joseph N. Blanchard succeeded him as rector on May 1, 1885. During 1888 the society began the erection of a parish building on Mont- calm Street.

The average attendance at Sunday morning ser- vice in 1880 was 600. The rector's salary was. $2,500, the choir cost $1,000, and the total annual expenses were $9,675. The yearly receipts from the pews were $5,000. Value of property, $110,000. Number of members in 1860, 140; in 1870, 630; in 1880, 923.

The assistant rectors of the parish have been : March, 1866, to Easter, 1867, John K. Dunn ; May, 1869, to January 4, 1871, Jesse T. Webster ; 1872- 1874, John L. Taylor; 1875 to February, 1877, W. Charles ; March, 1876, to February 1, 1880, S. B. Carpenter ; February, 1880, to July, 1882, S. W. Frisbie ; September, 1880, to November, 1882, W. J. Roberts ; January, 1881, to April, 1882, G. Mott Williams; April 9, 1882, to September 25, 1882, W. J. Roberts; November 1, 1882, to December, 1884, E. L. Turquand ; November 1, 1882, to , W. Warne Wilson; January I to May 1, 1885, W. O. Pearson; June 1, 1885, to , H. M. Kirkby.

Grace Church.

This society was organized and incorporated July 12, 1867. The first service was held on Sunday afternoon, September 2, 1867, in the Lafayette Ave- nue M. E. Church. Afternoon services were subse- quently held in the Congregational Church, and then St. Andrew's Hall was rented, and here the congre- gation remained until their church was completed. On December 21, 1867, Rev. M. C. Lightner was called to the rectorship, and exactly three years after, on December 21, 1870, their brick church, on the northeast corner of Fort and Second Streets, was opened for worship.

The lot, seventy-five by one hundred and thirty

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feet, and then worth $13,000, was given by E. W. Hudson. The building is sixty-six by one hundred and twenty feet, and with its furnishings, cost $75,000. It will seat twelve hundred persons. In 1879 a mortgage of $16,000 on the property was paid by J. W. Waterman, who presented the society with the cancelled document. As the church was now free from debt, on January 7, 1880, it was consecrated.

The average attendance at Sunday morning ser- vices, in 1880, was 300. The rector's salary was $3,500, the choir cost $1,500, the sexton was paid $350, and the total annual expenses were $6,000. The pew rents amounted to $4,500 per year. The value of property was $90,000. Number of mem- bers in 1870, 409; in 1880, 535.

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Rev. Mr. Lightner resigned September 13, 1873, and on September 28, 1874, the Rev. Lewis P. W. Balch was elected as rector. He died on June 4, 1875, and on June II Rev. C. H. W. Stocking was chosen his successor. He resigned in 1883, preaching his last sermon on August 5. In Janu- ary, 1884, Rev. J. McCarroll accepted a call to serve as rector.

St. Stephen's Church.

The building of this society is located on the north side of Catharine Street, between Dequindre Street and St. Aubin Avenue. The society was organized in 1868 by Rev. M. C. Lightner. The church building was consecrated November 18, 1873. It seats 300. The lot cost $500, and the building $1,500. In 1870 there were seventy-five communicants, and in 1880, 30. The average at- tendance at morning service, in 1880, was 30. The total yearly expenses were $150. The estimated value of the property was $1,500.

The following rectors have officiated in the order in which they are named: Rev. M. C. Lightner, Rev. Milton Ward, Rev. E. W. Flowers, Rev. William J. Harris, Rev. William Charles.

ST. STEPHEN'S PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

Since 1883 the church has been cared for by the rectors and assistant rectors of Christ Church.

Emanuel Memorial Church.

This church grew out of services instituted by Rev. Henry Banwell in his house on Forest

Avenue. They were begun in the fall of 1872 and continued until June, 1873. Services were next held in the chapel of the First Baptist

EMANUEL, MEMORIAL PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

Church on Bagg Street. In the fall of 1873 Rev. Moses Hunter took charge of the work, and in Feb- ruary, 1874, services were held in the building of the Peninsular Cricket Club, on Woodward Avenue just above Fremont Street. Mr. Hunter retired from the work on October 25, 1874, and on Novem- ber 30 the church was incorporated. A lot just north of the Cricket building, eighty-eight by two hundred feet, was then leased, and a church erected which cost $4,035. The entire amount was given by Mrs. L. R. Medbury, as a memorial of her hus- band, Samuel Medbury.

On January 27, 1875, Rev. J. T. Webster was called as the rector. The first service in the new building was held on February 14, 1875. Although present at this service, Mr. Webster did not enter upon the rectorship until April 4, and in the mean- time services were conducted by Rev. Paul Ziegler and Rev. C. A. Cary. On June 7, 1875, the church was consecrated. Two years later the society pur- chased two lots, eighty feet front on the north side of Alexandrine Avenue, between Cass and Wood- ward Avenues, for $4,400. The church building was moved thither, and alterations and repairs made which cost $2,500.

On August 26, 1877, the building, seating 600, was opened for worship. In 1878 a rectory costing $2,000 was built on the lot formerly occupied by the

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church. Mr. Webster resigned on December 31, 1879, and was succeeded as rector in 1880 by Rev. M. C. Dotten, who resigned in June, 1884, and was succeeded in October by Rev. J. W. Ashman. During 1885 the church was enlarged at a cost of $5,000, and now seats 750 persons. The number of members in 1880 was 220. The average attendance at Sunday morning service was 200. The rector's salary was $1,200, in addition to the use of rectory. The total annual expenses amounted to $5,500, and nearly $1,300 was received from pew rents. The property was valued at $15,375 ; amount of debt, $4,000.

ALL SAINTS' P. E. MISSION.

All Saints' Chapel.

This mission was established in 1873. The first services were held in a hall on Michigan Avenue near the Railroad Junction. In 1874 three lots were purchased on the northwest corner of Otis and Wesson Streets, in Springwells, at a cost of $900, and a building erected which cost $1,000. It has I 20 sittings, and the average attendance at Sunday morning service, in 1880, was 60, and there were 41 communicants. The yearly expenses were $450.

The rectors in charge have been: 1874-1877, Rev. E. H. Rudd; August 5, 1877, to February I, 1880, Rev. S. W. Frisbie. After that date Rev. William Charles and Rev. H. J. Brown continued the services for a time, and then they ceased until resumed under the direction of Rev. Mr. Clark of St. Paul's Church.

St. James's Church.

This church is the outgrowth of a mission estab- lished on May 17, 1868, by St. John's parish, in the

upper story of a building on Grand River Avenue near Sixth Street. In 1874 the property on the northwest corner of Walnut and Seventh Streets, which had been owned and used by the Simpson M. E. Church, was purchased for $2,600. The old church was torn down, and a new one, costing $13,000, was erected. It was first opened for public worship on February 1, 1876. It was consecrated June 8, 1880. Number of sittings, 400. Average attendance at morning service in 1880, 120. Number of communicants, 150. The rector's salary was $1,000, and the total annual expenses $1,850. The receipts from pew-rents were $600. Value of prop- erty, $18,000.

The rectors in charge have been: Rev. J. T. Webster, Rev. J. L. Taylor, Rev. William Charles, Rev. S. B. Carpenter, and Rev. S. W. Frisbie. The term of the last named began February 1, 1880.

On February 1, 1882, the society became a regular parish, severing the connection it had previously sustained as a mission of St. John's.

ST. JAMES P. E. CHURCH.

Church of the Messiah.

This church is the outgrowth of a mission estab- lished by Christ Church in June, 1874, in a three- story brick building, No. 1160 Jefferson Avenue, near Mt. Elliott Avenue. It proved so successful that a lot on the southeast corner of Mt. Elliott Avenue and Fort Street was purchased, at a cost of $800, and a building erected costing, with the fur- nishing, $1,700. It was first used on November 9, 1879. It seats 200. In 1880 the property was

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valued at $3,000. The average attendance at ser- vice in 1880 was 80, and there were thirty-five com- municants. It became an organized parish in 1883.

The rectors in charge have been: Rev. C. A. Cary, to September, 1875; Rev. W. A. Cochran, from September, 1875, to July, 1877; Rev. Lucius

PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL MISSION OF THE MESSIAH.

Waterman, from July, 1877, to June, 1879; Rev. J. J. Morton and Rev. Mr. Alcorn, from June, 1879, to September, 1879; Rev. H. Banwell, from Novem- ber, 1879, to February, 1881; Rev. W. J. Roberts, from February, 1881, to January 1, 1882; Rev. G. M. Williams, from January 1. 1882, to 1884, fol- lowed by Rev. Joseph McGrath, who remained six months, and on April 5, 1885, was succeeded by Rev. W. J. Lemon.

ST. MARY'S PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL MISSION CHAPEL.

St. Mary's Mission.

This mission was established February 7, 1875.

in Cook's Hall, on the corner of Prospect and St. Antoine Streets. On December 29, 1878, the pres- ent church, on the southeast corner of Benton and St. Antoine Streets, was first used. The lot cost $1,000 and the church $1,440. It seats 200. The average attendance at Sunday morning service in . 1880 was 100 and the number of members 20. The yearly expenses were $650. The value of the prop- erty in 1880 was $2,500. Amount of debt, $300.

The following clergymen have been in charge about a year each, dating from 1875: Rev. Paul Ziegler, Rev. William Charles, Rev. S. B. Carpenter, Rev. J. W. Prosser, Rev. S. W. Frisbie. The term of Rev. W. J. Roberts began September 1, 1880, and ceased in November, 1882. He was succeeded January 1, 1883, by Rev. E. L. Turquand.

Mission of the Good Shepherd.

This mission was inaugurated by the establish- ment of a Sunday school in July, 1881, in a building on Vinewood Avenue, owned by George Hendrie.

GOOD SHEPHERD P. E. MISSION.

Regular church services, under the charge of Rev. G. E. Peters, were commenced in the same place in April, 1882. A lot for a church, located on the east side of Vinewood Avenue, between Michigan Avenue and the M. C. R. R. was donated by Mr. Hendrie, and a church building begun in 1882, and finished at a cost, including furnishing, of about $3,500. The value of the entire property is about $4,000. The building was first used by the Sunday school on December 25, 1883. It was dedicated September 28, 1884, and seats about 250. Mr. Peters resigned in 1887, and was succeeded by Rev. J. W. McCleary.

St. Thomas's Mission.

This mission, located on the northeast corner of

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Twenty-fifth Street and Shady Lane, was estab- lished by St. Paul's Church in December, 1832. The building was consecrated August 3, 1884. Rev. A. B. Allen was in charge until September, 1886, and was succeeded by Rev. T. R. Reid.

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ST. BARNABAS P. E. MISSION.

St. Barnabas's Mission.

This mission was inaugurated July 15, 1883, on Grand River Avenue near Sixteenth Street. Their chapel, on the corner of Grand River Avenue and Fourteenth Street, was first used on October 14, 1883. The lot and building cost nearly $3,000. The mission was originally under the care of Rev. S. W. Frisbie, and Rev. G. Mott Williams. On January 1, 1884, it was placed in charge of Rev. Paul Ziegler.

ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH. Formerly the Anglo-Catholic Church.

St. George's Church, formerly Holy Trinity.

The society known as Holy Trinity was established May 1, 1876, in St. Andrew's Hall. It then moved to a store on Fort Street West, near Twentieth Street, and there, on July 18, 1876, the pastorate of W. R. Tillinghast began.

On July 29, 1877, the society moved to a building on the northeast corner of Fourteenth Avenue and Howard Street. The lot cost $1,500, and the church and furnishing about $4,500. The building seats 600. It was badly damaged by fire on May 28, but

was repaired, and again opened on July 5, 1879. On August 19 following, the rector was accidentally shot and killed by a boy, at Fox Island. His suc- cessor, Rev. E. B. Taylor, served from August 30, 1879, to May 23, 1880. Rev. R. M. Edwards began his pastorate in August, 1880.

Number of members in 1880, 84. Average at- tendance at Sunday morning service, 75. Pastors' salary, $820. Total yearly expenses, $1,000. Owing to dissatisfaction of some sort, Rev. R. M. Edwards and a portion of the congregation withdrew and began services at 746 Fort Street West. Soon after- wards Mr. Edwards left the city, and the meetings were discontinued.

After Mr. Edwards' withdrawal, the parish be- came a regularly constituted Protestant Episcopal parish. The first services were held on December 16, 1883. The mission began under the care of Rev. G. Mott Williams and Rev. C. A. Cary. Soon afterwards the name was changed to St. George's.

ST. LUKE'S MEMORIAL, PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHAPEL.

St. Luke's Memorial Chapel

is located on the grounds of St. Luke's Hospital, just west of the main building. It is of brick, cost $7,000, and was consecrated February 27, 1881, the anniversary of the birthday of the wife of C. C. Trowbridge. It was erected by Mr. Trowbridge as a tribute to her memory, and is an elegant and substantial testimonial. both of the worth of the

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dead, and of the wisdom that remembers the dead by doing good to the living. It is designed to

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ORIGINAL ST. MATTHEW'S P. E. CHURCH.

a church was erected, which, with the lot, cost $8,000. The building was dedicated May 13, 1883. with a sermon by Rev. George Worthington. On January 1, 1882, it was placed in charge of Rev. G. Mott Williams.

St. Joseph's Memorial Chapel.

This chapel is located on the northeast corner of Woodward and Medbury Avenues, and cost about $9,000. The lot was donated and the chapel erected by Mrs. L. R. Medbury. It was conse- crated July 9, 1884. The rectors have been : Rev. W. J. Spiers, November, 1884, to February, 1886, and Rev. B. Hamilton since.

Trinity Church. (Extinct.)

This society was incorporated June 25, 1838. It worshiped in the old capitol, and in 1839 reported forty-three communicants, with Rev. Richard Bury as rector. It existed only a year.

accommodate the inmates of the hospital, and others in that neighborhood, and will seat 125. Services were conducted by the chaplain of the hospital, Rev. August Bush, until his death in May, 1883, and since then by various clergymen.

St. Matthew's Church (Colored).

The congregation thus designated first met for worship, in 1847, in an old building on Fort Street, west of Beaubien Street, previously occupied by the African M. E. Church.

The Society remained there until their church, on the southeast corner of Congress and St. Antoine Streets, was completed. This was built in the fall of 1851, but being encum- bered by debt, it was never consecrated.

Services were conducted by Rev. W. C. Monroe until 1859. Rev. Mr. King then served the church for a brief period, and as early as April, 1859, Rev. S. V. Berry was in charge. The church had no members, as such, because it was not fully organ- ized. Many of those who attended held member- ship in other parishes. The present Bishop of the Island of Hayti, James Holly, attended this church. In 1864 the building was sold to the Hebrew con- gregation, Shaary Zedec. A portion of the avails was invested in a lot on the southwest corner of St. Antoine and Elizabeth Streets, on which, in 1883,

ST. MATTHEW'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

St. Mark's Church. (Extinct.)

This enterprise was commenced as a mission in rented rooms on Twen- ty-fourth Street, near Michigan Avenue, in Au- gust, 1873, by Rev. Mr. Lightner, then in charge of Grace Church. After two months' labor, Mr. Lightner transferred the work to Rev. E. McGee. Under the supervision of Mr. McGee two lots on the southwest corner of Twenty-third and Ash Streets were purchased at

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a cost of $950, and a brick church, costing $2, 500, with one hundred sittings, was erected. The society was fully organized April 22, and incorporated on May 2, 1874. Mr. McGee left in 1876, and was succeeded by Rev. Mr. Rudd, who remained only about six months.

Rev. G. E. Peters then served for a short time, an I in 1877 services were conducted by a lay reader. On February 14, 1879, the society transferred the property to Emanuel Reformed Episcopal Church ; it was subsequently returned to the Protestant Epis- copal Church, and on May 25, 1880, was sold to a society styled St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church.

St. Andrew's Mission.

This mission is located on the northwest corner of Fourth and Putnam Avenues. The lots cost $2,200 and the building $2,000. It will seat 400. It was opened January 17, 1886, under the charge of Rev. A. A. W. Hastings.

BISHOPS, DIOCESES, AND CONVENTIONS.

When the diocese of Michigan was created, a canon of the church provided that any diocese with six presbyters might elect a bishop. The Episco- palian Church in this region had been classed as mission ground, but it was decided to create the Diocese of Michigan, and on September 10, 1832, this was done. In 1833 the standing committee voted to put the diocese under the care of Bishop McIlvaine of Ohio. At the convention of 1835, held at Tecumseh, Henry J. Whitehouse was elected bishop. He declined, and as one of the clergymen in charge of a parish soon after left, there was no legal authority to elect a bishop. By the passage of a new canon, the House of Bishops was allowed to elect a bishop for a diocese on appli- cation, even if there were not the requisite num- ber of clergymen with charges in the diocese. Under this last canon, in June, 1836, Rev. Samuel A. McCoskry was elected bishop, and on July 7, he was consecrated at St. Peter's Church in Phila- delphia. On December 2, 1874, Michigan was divided into two dioceses, and on February 24, 1875, at Grand Rapids, Rev. George B. Gillespie was con- secrated Bishop of Western Michigan.

Bishop McCoskry resigned on March 11, 1878, and was succeeded by Rt. Rev. S. S. Harris. He was elected June 6, and consecrated September 17, 1879, at Detroit.

This city has had the honor of furnishing three bishops for other dioceses : the Rev. W. E. Armi- tage, rector of St. John's Church, consecrated Bishop of Wisconsin; Rev. B. H. Paddock, rector of Christ Church, consecrated Bishop of Massachusetts ; Rev. W. E. McLaren, formerly pastor of Westminster

Presbyterian Church, now Bishop of Illinois: and Rev. George Worthington, of St. John's Church, Bishop of Nebraska

Conventions of the diocese were held at Detroit in November, 1835; October, 1836; June, 1840, 1845, 1847, and 1851 ; November, 1852; June, 1853, 1855, 1857, 1860, 1862, 1867, 1871, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, and 1883. At the first convention, April 20 to 27, 1834, Bishop McIlvaine of Ohio was present, and preached on the first and last day of the session.

The diocese owns an episcopal residence, bought in 1866, at a cost of $12,000. In 1879 it was en- larged, and partly rebuilt, at a cost of $8,000. Its estimated value in 1880 was $20,000. The creation of a diocesan fund, the interest to be used to pay the salary of the bishop, was begun in 1854. In 1883 the fund amounted to $84,000, which sum is invested, and in the care of trustees appointed from year to year by the convention.

On January 30, 1880, the Church Association of Michigan was organized to assist the religious, charitable, and educational interests of the Protest- ant Episcopal Church in Michigan, by acting as the trustees of gifts or legacies given in aid of any of the enterprises of the church. From 1880 to 1883, C. C. Trowbridge was president, and John H. Bissell secretary and treasurer.

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History of Detroit and Wayne County and early Michigan: A Chronological Cyclopedia of the Past and Present, Vol. I, Part 95

Author: Farmer, Silas, 1839-1902 Publication date: 1890 Publisher: Detroit, Pub. by S. Farmer & co., for Munsell & co., New York Number of Pages: 1094

Author: Farmer, Silas, 1839-1902
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Detroit, Pub. by S. Farmer & co., for Munsell & co., New York
Number of Pages: 1094