History of Goodhue County, Minnesota, Part 48

Author: Curtiss-Wedge, Franklyn
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: Chicago, H.C. Cooper
Number of Pages: 1264

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The Zumbrota church has been host to the Southeastern Min- nesota Conference twice-June 21. 1859, and May 23 to 25, 1882.

Emily Hartwell, missionary to Foo Chow, China, is a member of this church, she having joined on confession of her faith July 7. 1867. She was at that time attending school at this place and she has never severed her connection with the church organization.

The present officers are the Rev. JJohn Hayes Barnett. pastor ; Mrs. Emma F. Freeman, clerk; N. T. Wedge, treasurer; Henry Scofield. James Cram. Walter C. Rowell and Edward F. Mahaffy, deacons, Messrs. Scofield and Cram having been elected to the office for life. as an appreciation of their faithful services; Mrs. Henry Scofieldl. deaconess: and James Cram, Lewis Scofield and Prof. J. T. Fuller, trustees.

The church has the following active auxiliaries :

A Ladies' Aid Society. organized during the early days of the church. Its officers are Mrs. N. T. Wedge, president ; Mrs. Nora Scofield, vice-president : Mrs. Florence Mosher, secretary, and Mrs. Lettie Melntire, treasurer.

A Women's Missionary Society, organized August 19, 1882, with Mrs. C. II. Rogers, directress; Miss Hattie Rogers, secretary, and Miss Cornelia Chaffee, treasurer. Its work is now under the supervision of Mrs. Florence Mosher, president; Mrs. Emma F. Freeman, vice-president ; Mrs. Nora M. Barnett. secretary, and Miss Nettie Barrett, treasurer.

A Sunday school, with Prof. J. T. Fuller, superintendent ; Mrs. Emma F. Freeman, assistant superintendent. and Mrs. E. F. Mahaffy. secretary-treasurer.

A Christian Endeavor Society. officered by Percy Ward, presi- dent : Cora Wedge, vice-president : Lawrence Mahaffy, secretary, and Blanche Scofield, treasurer.

A Brotherhood. organized in November. 1908. with Lewis Scofield, president ; Abel Anderson, vice-president. and S. DeFor- rest Warren. treasurer.

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During the fifty-two years' work of the church it has been ministered to by pastors as follows :

April, 1857, to October 1. 1857-Rev. Charles Shedd ; October, 1857. to October. 1858-Rev. David Andrews; September 2, 1859, to September, 1863-Rev. Henry Willard; August 15, 1864, to August, 1866-Rev. Edward Brown : Benjamin A. Dean served, as stated, supply for two or three months; March, 1867, to Sep- tember, 1868-Rev. Charles Seccombe: September. 1868, to September, 1869-Rev. Joseph S. Coggswell; May 15, 1870, to May 1, 1877-Rev. Sidney H. Bartean ; November 1, 1877, to May 1, 1879-Rev. Augustus A. Joss; June 8, 1879, to fall of 1883- Rev. Charles HI. Rogers; December, 1883, to October, 1889 -- Rev. William C. Rice ; January 1, 1890, to December, 1892-John W. Hargrave : December 1. 1893. to April 1, 1898-Rev. James Oakey ; September 25. 1898, to July 18, 1899-Rev. S. W. Dickinson; November 19, 1899. to December 31, 1902-Rev. S. E. Lynd; April 15, 1903, to April 27, 1904-Rev. C. H. McIntosh ; August 29, 1904, to September 3, 1906-Rev. Frank G. Wilcox: October 8, 1906, to March 2, 1908-Rev. H. C. Todd. Rev. John Hayes Barnett. the present pastor, commenced service with the church July 15, 1908.

Of the above, Rev. Joseph S. Coggswell was ordained to the ministry by a council convened in the church November 18, 1868. The council was composed of Rev. N. W. Grover, of Mantorville; the Rev. W. B. Dada, of Lake City; the Rev. E. P. Dada, of Rockford, Ill .; I. C. Stearns. of Zumbrota, and George W. Allen, of Mazeppa.

Rev. John Hayes Barnett, born in Bridgeton, Cumberland county, New Jersey, May 15, 1871, is the pastor of the First Con- gregational church, of Zumbrota. By the death of his father, March 22. 1872, his mother was left with the care of two boys. the elder of whom was four years of age. Their mother pre- sented them with a new father in April, 1877. They moved to Colehour, now a part of Chicago, Ill., in March, 1881. In 1885 they settled in the northwest corner of Indiana, on what is now the site of Indiana Harbor. Leaving school at the age of four- teen, after having completed the grammar school course, he became car accountant and timekeeper for the George P. Benton Gravel & Sand Company. When the Standard Oil Company started to erect their refinery at Whiting, Ind., he entered the pipe department of the company, remaining with them until June, 1893. In 1894 he commenced to learn the printer's trade, using this to pay his way in the Moody Bible Institute, of Chicago, and the Ridgeville (Ind.) College, which he entered in the fall of 1897. He received his first preacher's license in September, 1896, it being granted by the Michigan City, Indiana. Association.

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He was sent out as a student missionary for the American Sunday School Union, in Wisconsin, during the summer of 1897. Shortly after leaving college he became lessee and managing editor of the Whiting (Ind.) "News," leaving this to take up the active ministry in 1901, his first charge being at Shipshewana, Ind. Since then he has been pastor of the Congregational churches at Andrews, Ind .; Brightwood (Indianapolis), Ind .; Doon, Iowa, and his present charge. Ordination was conferred upon him October 23, 1903, while pastor at Andrews, Ind. His theological training, aside from five months at the Moody Institute, was secured by home study, as was the preparatory work for college. He is an active member of Typographical Union No. 1, of Indian- apolis; and while pastor in that city was honored by the State Association of Churches and Ministers by being elected a member and secretary of the State Association industrial committee. The Federated Ministers' Association of the Congregational, United Brethren and Methodist Protestant churches, of that city, sent him as a fraternal delegate to the Indianapolis Central Labor Union, to study its methods and carry fraternal greetings. He commenced his labors at Zumbrota July 15, 1908.

Ile was married July 2, 1899, at South Bend, Ind., to Nora M. Welbaum, by whom he has one daughter, Laura, born in Laporte county, Indiana, April S, 1900.

The First Congregational Church of Cannon Falls was or- ganized July 31, 1856, at the school house. Rev. R. Hall, of the American Missionary Society, conducted the first service and was assisted by J. R. Barnes. The'first members were J. R. Barnes, Caroline M. Barnes, Julia Barnes. Jos. Peckham, Mark HI. Peck- ham, Charles W. Gellett, Jane R. Gellett, Sherman Hale. Jonathan L. Clifford, Mrs. J. L. Clifford, Sidney Munson, Mrs. H. G. Mun- son, Joseph E. Chapman. Hannah A. Chapman. Levi Hillman. Mary Hillman and Mrs. Paxton. J. L. Clifford and Sherman Hale were deacons. Luther Scofield, treasurer, and II. Peckham, clerk. At a meeting held in January, 1857, S. Munson was chosen treas- ured in place of Luther Scofield. resigned. At a meeting held for that purpose, January 31. 1857, Sherman Hale, J. E. Chapman and Eli Ellsworth were elected trustees. April. 1862. Rev. John N. Williams was called as regular pastor, but resigned in 1864 and Rev. J. R. Barnes was elected in his place. March 28, 1866. the church was re-organized under the state law and entitled the First Congregational Church of Cannon Falls. The trustees were S. L. Chapman, W. H. Scofield and Sherman Hale. Under the ad- ministration of these trustees a church edifice was erected and completed in 1868, in size 35x48. at a cost of $3.000. It was dedi- cated by the Rev. E. S. Williams, of Northfield. January 2, 1868. September 23. 1867. Rev. E. W. Merrill was called. and chosen

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February 23, 1870. September 3. 1874. Rev. C. A. Ruddock be- came acting pastor, holding that position until September 3, 1877. B. Fay Mills was also pastor for a short time. In 1908 a new church building was erected on the northeast corner of Main and Third streets at a cost of abont $14,000. The building is of stone and is a handsome modern structure. The present pastor is Rev. C. Vincent.

PRESBYTERIAN.

The First Presbyterian Church, of Red Wing, was organized January 13, 1855, by seven persons-C. J. F. Smith, O. F. Smith, William HI. Wellington, J. W. Hancock, Mrs. Margaret Culbert- son, Mrs. Rachael Vandenburg and Mrs. Sarah R. Hancock. Of this number, J. W. Hancock was the first pastor and C. J. F. Smith the first clerk and elder. The records show that in the early days this church and congregation worshiped in a carpen- ter's shop, at another period in a dwelling, at another in a hall over a store and at another in a little brown schoolhouse, the first and only public school then in the place and in the county. In 1856 a brick church was commenced, and finished in 1857; this was the first church building in Red Wing and contained the first church bell in the city. After some years this original build- ing was increased about one-third in length by an addition in the rear. The statements would indicate that much sacrifice was endured in meeting the cost of this original church building, which was something near $5,000. D. C. Hill did the carpenter and mason work and was also the first janitor. The church was lighted with candles until the early sixties, when oil was intro- duced. The property of the church now consists of half a block of land. a large parsonage, a barn and the church building. The lawn surrounding all these buildings is attractive and well kept. In 1884 Martha Harger, upon the marriage of Rev. R. J. Service, provided the ways and means for repairing the par- sonage, at a cost of about $500, so as to make a pleasant place for the new bride. Mr. and Mrs. Service organized the Y. P. S. (. E. of the church in 1886. During this administration, also, money was raised to repair the interior of the old church, the church was recushioned at a cost of $300, and a new pipe organ was installed at a cost of $1,700. In 1890 the present Sunday school and prayer meeting room and the new tower were con- structed at a cost of about $10,000. In the meantime the ladies entirely renovated the parsonage. A Sunday school has been maintained throughout the existence of the church. When the fiftieth anniversary was celebrated. in January, 1905, there had been 413 members admitted to the church by letter and 601 by profession of faith, and the contributions to various objects had

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amounted to $139,898. George H. Cook, who has been closely identified with the history of the church for many years, delivered at the semi-centennial a speech which embodied the foregoing facts. He closed with this appreciation of the work of some of the prominent members and workers: "I wish to mention C. J. F. Smith, who was one of the first members and who acted as trustee, elder, senior Bible class teacher, and who was always present at all the meetings; E. W. Brooks, elder, trustee, junior Bible class teacher and a liberal contributor, who by his gentle manner and great fund of anecdotes was able to hold and mould the lives of all young people who came under his charge; D. C. Hill, for his faithfulness in attendance during nearly fifty years and for his work as officer in different departments during that time; W. II. Putman, who for years has been treasurer of the church and whose work in that office alone has taken weeks in time in entering the Sunday collections, and who has acted as trustee, elder and adviser through all these years and never at any time has anyone heard a word against him, the things done by him for the upbuilding of the church unknown to its members being greater than the known things; Charles E. Sheldon, who for years has sung in the choir both morning and evening and in the Sunday school at each session, and who set a high standard for the young singers who are to enter into the next fifty years' history of the church; L. H. Stiles for his universal kindly ways and sympathetic manner, who seemed to know beforehand that you were in trouble and who always was at your side to give you comfort ; M. B. Lewis, for his loyal, faithful service in .many departments of the church and whose ministrations have been tender, loving and helpful, far beyond the knowledge of the average member. As I mention these names the list begins to grow so rapidly in my mind that I must stop at onee, for to mention the helpful labors of all those whom I have known would be to lengthen this historieal sketch to too great a length." The pastors of the church have been as follows: J. W. Hancock, 1855-1861; P. HI. Snow, 1861-1862; Sanford H. Smith, 1862-1866; J. A. Annin, 1866-1867 ; D. E. Wells, 1867-1873: R. F. MeLaren, 1873-1879; Walter Condit, 1880-1882; Robert J. Service, 1883- 1888; Plato T. Jones, 1888-1892; J. II. Sammis, 1892-1898 ; Eliot H. Moore, 1899-1904; Charles D. Darling, 1905-1908; and John T. Fulton, 1908.

PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL.

Another pioneer church is the Protestant Episcopal. There are churches or chapels of this denomination in Belle Creek, Red Wing, Florence, Cannon Falls, Holden and Kenyon. There was formerly one in Zumbrota, which is now rented.

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RIGHT REV. EDWARD R. WELLES, S. T. D.

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Christ Church, of Red Wing. had its beginning November 17, 1855, when services were conducted by a missionary, Rev. Timothy Wileoxson, an associate of James Lloyd Breck, who started the famous Associate Mission movement at the General Theological Seminary, of New York. This first service was held in a build- ing occupied as a law office by Colonel William Colvill, at the foot of Broadway, near the present site of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad station. Rev. Wilcoxson was accompanied on one of his trips, April 28, 1858, by Bishop Kemper. The record Bishop Kemper made of his visit here was that he found "a few zealous members of the church preparing to organize a parish and build a church." The preparatory work to which the bishop referred in that record was the meeting of some citizens held in Judge E. T. Wilder's office on Christmas day, 1857. The notice of this meeting was circulated by Judge Wilder and Dr. Hawley, and besides them there were present W. C. Williston, Dr. W. W. Sweney, Warren Bristol, George Wilkinson, HI. C. Hoffman, W. W. DeKay, Judge Welch, Colonel William Colvill, James Ham- ilton, Ira McClenthen, William Freeborn, P. M. Wright, N. B. Bennett and Isaac Green. At the instance of Dr. Hawley a call was extended to the Rev. Edward R. Welles, then a deacon of the diocese of western New York. In the following June (1858) Dr. Welles made his first visit to the parish and held his first service in the Presbyterian church. permission having been granted by the Rev. J. W. Hancock. At that time arrangements were made for perfecting the organization of the parish and for the return of Dr. Welles in the early autumn, to be its pastor. On Sunday, October 3, 1858, the first service of Dr. Welles' rectorship was held in Philleo Hall, he having in the meantime been ordained a priest by Bishop Delancey. All the early serv- ices were held in the hall. The salary of the pastor the first year was fixed at $700 a year. No missionary aid of any kind was ever given to this parish. During the winter the matter of building a church was thoroughly canvassed, plans were examined and a church lot secured at the head of Broadway, one-half of the lot being given by Dr. W. W. Sweney. On June 1, 1859, the vestry entered into a contract with the Messrs. Whit- ney and MeClenthen to build a church edifice for the parish. The first Episcopal visitation of the parish was on June 26, 1859, at which, in the morning, Bishop Kemper preached, and con- firmed ten persons. At 6 o'clock evening prayer was read, and directly after, the bishop, rector, wardens and vestrymen pro- ceeded with the congregation from the hall to the church lot, an event which is always referred to as the "laying of the corner- stone." although no cornerstone. as such, was ever laid. On November 29. 1859. Bishop Whipple made his first visitation

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and consecrated the new church. The entire cost of the church, church lot, furnishings, etc., was $2,967. Of this, about $401 was contributed by friends in the East. The services in the old church, now used as a parish house, were of more than ordinary interest on the ordination of Rev. C. P. Dorset, in 1860, the con- vention services of 1861, the ordination, in 1865, of Rev. H. C Batterson to the priesthood and of Rev. S. P. Chandler to the deaconate, and the service for the first company of volunteers that enlisted in Red Wing for the war. In the summer of 1868 it was felt that the growth of the parish made the building of a larger church edifice an absolute necessity. In the autumn of that year work was commenced on the new building in accord- ance with plans furnished by Henry Dudley, of New York. D. C. Hill. of this city. contracted to do the carpenter work, except the seats; the contract for which was let to E. Simmons. G. A. Carlson was given the contract for the stone work. The corner- stone was laid June 24, 1869, on which occasion, in addition to Bishop Whipple and a number of clergymen of the diocese. the Rt. Rev. Dr. Armitage, of Wisconsin, was present and made an address. The consecration of the church took place December 19. 1871, and services have been conducted there ever since. The church cost about $23,000. Its walls are twenty inches thick. The rectorship of Dr. Welles has been the longest in the history of the parish. During the sixteen years of his residence in Red Wing. besides building up around him a strong and vigorous parish. his work reached into the surrounding towns and villages. In Wabasha, Lake City. Belle Creek, Zumbrota, Pine Island and Frontenac parishes were organized and churches built under his supervision. His rectorship ended only with his elevation to the episcopate as bishop of Wisconsin. September 27, 1874. Bishop Welles was succeeded as rector of Christ church by the Rev. George W. Watson, D. D., who had been his friend and classmate at Hobart College. Dr. Watson's rectorship lasted ten years. During this time the same characteristics of strong, conservative development marked the parish life as at first. Many things were added to the church in the way of substantial improve- ments. A new altar was set in the chancel. the gift of Judge E. T. Wilder. The pipe organ was placed in the church in March. 1880, and the present rectory was purchased in 1881. At the close of Dr. Watson's rectorship the parish was possessed of a property valued at $36,000. The parish grew steadily in com- muicants until about the year 1879, when the exodus from Red Wing began and continued so persistently that when Dr. Watson resigned, in 1885, in spite of large numbers confirmed every year, the communicants numbered 196, but six more than he found ten years before. When Dr. Watson resigned and went to Smeds-

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boro, N. J., Rev. Charles II. Plummer became rector of the parish, and continued until September, 1889, when the condition of his wife's health compelled him to resign. During his reetor- ship the missionary society and the "Parish Messenger" came into existence. The next rector was Rev. Dr. Edwards, and from 1890 to 1892 came Rev. Edward H. Clark. The Daughters of the King were organized under his rectorship. Mr. Clark went to the church at Redwood Falls. In October, 1892, after a short period during which the Rev. E. J. Purdy had charge of the parish, the Rev. Alfred A. Butler became rector and began a vigorous leadership. The Junior Aid Society was organized, St. Andrew's Brotherhood was introduced into the parish, and the Sunday schools and choir reorganized and strengthened. When he resigned, in 1895, to become warden of the Seabury Divinity School. he left one of the best organized parishes in the West. The parish and community will long feel the impress of his work. In 1895 the Rev. C. C. Rollit took charge of the parish, remaining until January 31, 1901. Dr. Charles Pool then had temporary charge until August 1, 1909, when Rev. Addison Knickerbocker beeame rector. One of the beautiful features of the church build- ing is the Foot Memorial Chapel, ereeted in memory of Mrs. S. B. Foot, by her husband.

Right Reverend Edward Randolph Welles, S. T. D., third bishop of Milwaukee and first rector of Christ church, Red Wing, was born January 10, 1830, at Waterloo, Seneea county. New York, second son of Gardner Welles. M. D., and Paulina Fullet Welles, the former of whom was eurator of the Geneva Medical College, at Geneva, N. Y. Rev. Welles eame of Puritan stock, his mother being from Massachusetts and his father from Connecticut. The subject of this sketch received his early edu- cation in the academy at Waterloo, N. Y., and after being pre- pared for the sophomore year of college, entered Hobart College, at Geneva, in 1847, graduating in 1850. After graduation he started the study of law, although convinced, probably, even at that time, that he would some day take up the ministry. He was confirmed March 7, 1852. by Bishop Delancey, and soon afterward became a tutor in a private family at Bath, Steuben county, New York, where he was admitted as a candidate for orders, October 31, 1853. At this time he was studying under the direction of Rev. Dr. Wilson. In November, 1854, he took charge of a school for young ladies at Vicksburg, Miss. Two years later he went back to Waterloo, N. Y., and after a short visit at home became teacher in the newly-opened Deveauz Col- lege, at Suspension Bridge, N. Y., remaining from May, 1857. to September 28, 1858. During this period (December 20, 1857) he was admitted to the deaconate, and aside from his duties as

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teacher, supplied the pulpits of the churches at Lewiston, Suspen- sion Bridge and Lockport. N. Y. At the instigation of his friend, Dr. A. B. Ilawley, he came to this part of the country in June. 1858. in company with his father. He held a service at Red Wing and later received a call as pastor of the newly-planned parish, which he accepted shortly after his return to Deveaux College. Bishop DeLancey ordained him priest at St. Paul's, Waterloo, September 12. 1858. and on September 28 of the same year he left for Red Wing, where he held his first service as rector of Christ church October 3, 1858. At once he took the preliminary steps for the organization of a parish. Such organ- ization was perfected October 26, 1858, the parish at that time numbering in its communicants but six women and one man. The story of the"erection of buildings is related in the history of Christ church in this volume, in which article also appears mention of the parishes organized by Dr. Welles in the neighbor- ing towns. During the sixteen years of his administration there were 559 baptisms. 263 confirmations, and contributions made to outside purposes to the amount of $7,456.98. In 1865 Dr. Welles was elected secretary of the diocesan council, and in 1866, when the diocese was districted, he was appointed by his bishop as dean of the Southern convocation. To the first of these offices he was thereafter elected, and to the other appointed, annually, as long as he remained in this diocese. In 1865, and continuously until he became a bishop, he was elected a deputy to the general convention. In 1874 he was elected bishop of Milwaukee. After many years of faithful service in that diocese he died, October 20, 1888.

Grace Church of Pine Island. The first service of the church of Pine Island was held by Bishop Whipple the evening of Jan- ary 10, 1861, when he baptized three children. May 29 of the same year he held a second service and a third on February 13, 1862. and on February 14. a special service was held, when three adults were baptized. Rev. E. R. Welles visited Pine Island a number of times during the year, and in 1863 Rev. P. S. Ruth took charge of Pine Island in connection with the church at Man- torville. The first service was held July 5, 1863, in the Methodist chapel, and a Sunday school was maintained. Judge Wilder, of Red Wing, donated a lot for the church and the work of erect- ing a church was commenced. The foundation was laid and the laying of the corner stone was celebrated by Bishop Whipple, in the presence of several of the clergy, September 26, 1867. After this several of the families interested in the church moved away, the building was never erected, and later services were discontinued, Rev. Ruth was removed and only one family re- mained. In 1874 Rev. Charles E. Grover visited the place and

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held his first service March 1. From that time services were continued every Sunday evening until July, when Rev. Grover . was elected to the rectorship and preached his opening sermon July 5, 1874. The parish of Grace church had been organized April 21 by the election of wardens and vestrymen as follows : Senior warden, Giles Hayward; junior warden, D. E. Sawyer; vestrymen, Dr. C. Hill. Mr. Simmons, HI. Ahneman. W. E. Sear- geant. G. W. Parge, and Charles Parker. It was decided to build a church at once at a cost of $3,000. and the building was erected on the spot where the first foundation was laid. The corner stone was laid July 13, by Rev. Welles, of Red Wing. The church building was begun in August and was so far completed that the first communion service was held in the church on Christmas morning. It was formally opened February 1, 1875. In seven months there had been thirty-nine baptisms, of which eighteen were adults, and fourteen persons confirmed. A Sunday school had been gathered numbering over one hundred children, with an average attendance of sixty-nine. December 6, 1875. Rev. Grover resigned and Rev. J. Cornwall took charge, holding his first service the fourth Sunday in Advent. Ile resided at Kasson, and served two years. Rev. Robert Reed Goudy then took up the work, serving until July 1. 1879, when he was succeeded by Rev. L. F. Cole, who served until 1881. He was succeeded by Rev. Higgins, who took charge for one year; then for a number of years the pulpit was filled by students from the Seabury Divinity School at Faribault, the last to serve being Il. S. Street- er, who gave up the charge August 31, 1895. Bishop Gilbert then appointed Rev. W. B. Magnan. who took charge September 1. 1895. One year later he severed his connection with the mission, and September 27 Rev. H. D. Chambers took charge of the mis- sions at Pine Island, Mazeppa and Zumbrota. In the spring of 1897 a bishop's committee was appointed and they immediately built a rectory, giving their personal notes for $600, the building to be deeded to the mission when paid for. Rev. Chambers re- signed in March, 1878, to take effect June, 1898. Rev. E. Wilson was then appointed, served until October 16, 1899, and was sue- reeded by Rev. Frederic Pitts, deacon, who remained until Au- gust 15, 1901. Frederic S. Carson, a student at Seabury Divinity school, kept up the services until November, when the archdea- con. Rev. Houpt, held services once a month until June, 1902. after which Rev. J. S. Budlong, deacon, was appointed by Bishop Edsall. HIe resigned November 29, 1903. on account of failing health, and Stephen Gould Updyke, a student of the Seabury Di- vinity school at Faribault, took up the work. March 3, 1905, he was advanced to the priesthood at Seabury chapel. . April 22,

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History of Goodhue County, Minnesota, Part 48

Author: Curtiss-Wedge, Franklyn Publication date: 1909 Publisher: Chicago, H.C. Cooper Number of Pages: 1264

Author: Curtiss-Wedge, Franklyn
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: Chicago, H.C. Cooper
Number of Pages: 1264