A History of the city of Newark, New Jersey : embracing practically two and a half centuries, 1666-1913, Volume II, Part 41

Author: Urquhart, Frank J. (Frank John), 1865- 4n; Lewis Historical Publishing Company. 4n
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: New York, N.Y. ; Chicago, Ill. : The Lewis Historical Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 1136


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' The Clinton Avenue Baptist Church, located at the corner of Monmouth street, was organized March 8, 1868, at the Pilgrim Baptist Church. The work had begun in the neighborhood on May 30, 1860, as a Sunday school in a private house, and was called the Tenth Ward Mission. A chapel on the same site was completed in July, 1864. The location was in time consid- ered not good, and a new chapel was built on Sherman avenue, where union was effected with a nearby Baptist mission. The church on December 28, 1871, changed its name to "The Sherman Avenue Baptist Church." Lots were bought in 1888 on Clinton avenue, and the present handsome stone edifice was opened in 1897, as the Clinton Avenue Baptist Church. As the Baptist historian, Thomas S. Griffiths, states it, the Clinton Avenue Church, has had three names and three houses of worship. The pastors have been: Samuel Baxter, 1868-1870 (previously for about six years as worker, and appointed missionary in April, 1867) ; McGonegal, 1870; Franklin


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Johnson, D.D., May 1, 1872, to December 31, 1873; William Rollinson, December 1, 1874, to June 1, 1875; Edward Love, November 9, 1875, to April 1, 1876; A. Wayland Brown, August 13, 1876, to May 1, 1884; F. E. Osborne, March 5, 1885, to March 31, 1889; Addison Moore, June 15, 1890 (temporary supply) ; B. D. Hahn, February, 1891, to 1893; J. B. L'Hom- medieu, September 1, 1893, to December, 1899; Edward R. Curry, April 15, 1900, to September 30, 1901; Albert G. Lawson, D.D., April 6, 1902, to August 31, 1905; Samuel J. Skevington, January 5, 1906, to September 30, 1911; and the present pastor, Rev. Riley A. Vose, D.D., who was installed February 1, 1912.


The Roseville Baptist Church, Warren street, corner Gould avenue, was organized October 18, 1871. A Sunday school had been opened June 5, 1870, at Orange street and Roseville avenue, where also preaching services were held. The mission was locked out of its headquarters on March 26, 1871, and the Roseville Avenue Presbyterian Church allowed the use of its edifice. On October 22, 1871, the lecture room of an edifice on the present site was first occupied. In 1913 the church was enlarged to its present size. The pastors have been: George E. Horr, October 18, 1871, to October 31, 1877; J. E. Gault, December 3, 1877, to December 31, 1881; A. J. Steelman, January 27, 1882, to 1887; C. M. Brink, 1888-1891; and the present pastor, Rev. Albert Foster, D.D., who took charge on July 1, 1892.


The Emmanuel Baptist Church, Verona avenue, near Mt. Prospect ave- nue, was organized in 1894. The first pastor, Rev. H. G. Mason, died while in office. In 1895 an edifice was completed. Rev. W. G. Thomas was pastor, 1896-1898. The present pastor, Rev. E. O. Wilson, was called in 1899.


The Second German Baptist Church, 367 Walnut street, was organized in 1875. In June, 1863, a Sunday school had been organized on Niagara street. Rev. A. Transchel was missionary from 1864 to 1866. In May, 1866, Rev. C. Kraft took charge. A chapel was built at Niagara and Pater- son streets, dedicated September 4, 1866. Successive pastors have been: C. Kraft, J. Jaeger, C. F. Sievers, 1883; W. Schuff, A. Brandt and C. Schenck, whose pastorate closed December 1, 1901. Rev. George A. Guenther took charge on April 1, 1891, and resigned April, 1913.


The Bethany ( Afro-American) Baptist Church, 267 Bank street, above Wieliffe street, was organized in 1871 at a meeting held at 77 Commerce street. A brick edifice was erected on Bank, between Halsey and Washing- ton streets, and was dedicated in 1878. In November, 1905, the congrega- tion removed to its present building, formerly occupied by the Fairmount Baptist Church. Some of the pastors have been: Ebenezer Burd, 1871- 1872; John Collins, 1872-1873; Spencer Harris, 1873-1875; William Hill, 1876-1877; William Jackson, 1878-1884; C. H. Garlick, 1885-1900; E. Eliott, 1900-1903. The present pastor is Rev. R. D. Wynn, who took charge in 1903.


The Mount Zion ( Afro-American) Baptist Church, at Thomas and Her- man streets, formerly at 16 West Kinney street, was organized on April 7, 1878. On November 5, 1879, it was received into the Baptist Association. The first pastor was Rev. William Hill, installed April 7, 1878. He was known throughout the community as Brother Hill, and is said to have been once in slavery. He removed from the church in 1896, and, with a group of followers, founded the Galilee church, since called the Hill Memorial. W .. W. C. Walker, 1896-1903. The present pastor is Rev. John R. Brown, who took charge in 1904 or 1905.


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The Galilee ( Afro-American) Baptist Church, known as the Hill Memorial, at 7 Nichols street, was organized in 1896. The pastors have been: Rev. William Hill (three years), the founder; Rev. J. E. Thompson. The pastor in 1912 was Rev. Terry R. Redd. The present pastor is Rev. S. S. Henderson.


The Bethsaida ( Afro-American), at 387 Broad street, was organized in 1898. The present pastor is Rev. William A. Harris.


The Sliloh ( Colored) Baptist Church, 723 North Sixth street, was organ- ized in 19 -. The pastor is Rev. David B. Walker, who has served about five years.


The Mt. Olivet (Colored) Baptist Church, 43 Belleville avenue, was organized in 1905. Rev. Enoch V. Hare, D.D., was pastor until 1912. The present pastor is Rev. E. Flowers.


The First Italian Baptist Church, 25 Mt. Prospect avenue, was begun as a Sunday school in 1895, and organized in 1905. The first missionary was Rev. Alexandro Dell Erba. Then came Rev. Angelo Di Dominica. The present pastor is Rev. Carmino Pagano.


The First Polish Baptist Church, 28 Mercer street, was organized in 1910. Rev. Gottfried Patuschke took charge in 1910, and still remains.


The First Swedish Baptist Church, 43 Newton street, was organized December 11, 1897. A mission had been introduced from the Swedish Baptist Church at Arlington in November, 1894. The first pastor was Rev. A. Kumdin. Another pastor was Rev. Victor Sandel. The present pastor is Rev. Carl D. Westerdahl.


The Slovak Baptist Church meets at 28 Mercer street. It was organized in 1910. The first pastor was Rev. Michael Matejka, who removed in 1912. Another pastor was Rev. Matthew Steucsek. The present pastor is Rev. John Sturman.


The German Evangelical United Brethren Church (Baptist), Wicliffe street, near South Orange avenue, was organized about 1888. The congrega- tion occupies the original edifice of the Wicliffe Presbyterian Church. The pastor is Rev. H. Frederick Hoops.


THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCHES OF THE NEWARK CONFERENCE.


The Methodist Episcopal Church had its organized beginnings in New- ark, October 1, 1808, when "The Trustees of the Methodist Wesley Chapel in the Town of Newark" were elected. That organization has since become the Halsey Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Philip Embury began Metho- dist services in New York in 1766; he had come from Ireland in 1760 and had worked at the carpenter's trade. Francis Asbury came to America in 1771, and preached in New Jersey during November, while traveling from Philadelphia to New York. The organization of the Methodist Episcopal Church of America occurred at New York on December 24, 1784, with sixty preachers present. The organizing was done by Thomas Coke, Richard Whatcoat and Thomas Vassey, who had been sent over by Wesley to ordain preachers and establish Methodism in America: They ordained as deacon, and several days later as elder, Francis Asbury, who had previously been elected superintendent by the conference.


Probably Newark, being so near the contre of early American Method- Isui, was represented at this first conference by some preacher. The Methodists had a chapel in Trenton in 1773, a trustee of which was Richard Sause, of New York City. The minutes of the Philadelphia Conference in


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1786 are said to include a reference to a mission in Newark with fifty mem- bers, and Robert Cloud as preacher. Evidently Methodist services were held here in 1786, and without doubt had been begun some years earlier. The ensuing chapter includes the Methodist churches within the Newark Annual Conference, of which Rev. Jesse Lyman Hurlbut, D.D., is the present district superintendent. Other Methodist churches will be elsewhere con- sidered.


The Halsey Street Methodist Episcopal Church, at 75 Halsey street, was organized on October 1, 1808, as the "Methodist Wesley Chapel of the Town of Newark." It was long known as Wesley Chapel. Tradition holds that the first Methodist society had met for worship in a nearby barkmill, how early not being known. The Philadelphia Conference minutes show Robert Cloud to have been preaching here in 1786 to a mission of fifty people. On January 22, 1808, a meeting was held at the home of John Dow in Belleville at which it was planned to open in Newark a Methodist church. Richard Leycraft, John Dow and Charles Marsh were present. The church was dedicated on January 1, 1809, and Rev. Ezekiel Cooper preached the sermon. During the following ten years the infant church was included in the several circuits laid out at various periods for the itinerant preachers. There were, it is said, only twenty-four Methodists here in 1815. The first stationary pastor took charge in 1819. The Philadelphia Conference was the governing body until 1837, when the Newark Conference was organized. During the circuit period the following preachers served: John L. Hall, 1811; Stephen Martindale and J. Van Shoick, 1812 (Morris Circuit) ; Stephen Martindale and John Finley, 1813 (Essex Circuit) ; John Finley and John Robertson, 1814; Joseph Totten, John Robertson and Daniel Moore, 1815 (Essex and Staten Island Circuit) ; Joseph Totten, John Potts, Daniel Moore, George Woolley and Edward Page, 1816-1817; Joseph Lybrand and William Smith, 1818 (Bergen Circuit). The church was enlarged in 1829, and a basement added. The present commodious edifice was dedicated on Thanksgiving Day, 1852. It cost $16,000. During 1881 the church was extensively repaired and refurnished. Since circuit days the pastors have been : Joseph Lybrand and William Smith, 1818; S. Martindale, 1821; John Creamer, 1822-1823; William Thatcher, 1824-1825; Joseph Rusling, 1826-1827; John Kennedy, 1828-1829; Nathan Porter and John L. Gilder, 1830; John J. Matthias and Anthony Atwood, 1831-1832; Soloman Higgins, G. G. Cookman, John S. Porter, 1833-1834; John S. Porter, Thomas J. Thompson, 1835; John Nicholson, 1836-1837; James Ayres, 1838-1839; William Roberts, 1840-1841; Joseph B. Mckeever, 1842; Charles H. White- car; 1843-1844; D. W. Bartine, 1845-1846; William P. Corbit, 1847-1848; Samuel Y. Monroe, 1849-1850; Elwood H. Stokes, 1851-1852; Samuel Van Sant, 1853-1854; Isaac W. Wiley, 1855-1856; C. S. Van Cleve, 1857-1858; James R. Bryan, 1859-1860; William Day, 1861-1862; Charles Larew, 1863- 1865; James M. Freeman, 1866-1868; James S. Chadwick, 1869-1871; Rich- ard Van Horne, 1872; Joseph H. Knowles, 1872-1874; Lewis R. Dunn, 1875-1877; Jonathan H. Dally, 1878-1880; James Montgomery, 1881-1883; W. Eakins, 1884-1886; John Atkinson, 1887-1889; N. A. MacNichol, 1890- 1893; C. W. McCormick, 1895-1897; Daniel Halleron, 1898-1900; J. A. Cole, 1901-1906; T. I. Coultas, 1907; and the present pastor, Rev. James Clayton Howard, who came in 1908.


The Franklin Street Methodist Episcopal Church, on Franklin street, opposite the City Hall, was projected by the trustees of Wesley Chapel, now the Halsey Street Church. The original building was erected in 1831 and dedicated in 1836. One of the preliminary meetings was held in the home


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of William Murphy, at High and Longworth streets. Services while the church was building were held in the old Court House, at Broad and Walnut streets, where now is located Grace Protestant Episcopal Church. The original frame edifice has been at times improved, and is still occupied. The brick front was added during the pastorate of Rev. H. J. Johnston, 1905-1909. For a time Wesley Chapel and Franklin Street Church were included in one appointment, one pastor serving both. The pastors appointed after the church became a separate organization were: J. S. Porter, 1835 (died October 2, 1890); Levi Scott, 1836 (died July 13, 1882) ; T. McCarroll, 1837; D. W. Bartine, 1839 (died August 13, 1881); Isaac Winner, 1841; J. L. Lenhart, 1843 (died March 9, 1862); C. H. Whitecar, 1845 (died 1892) ; T. McCarroll (second term), 1847 (died 1860); I. N. Felch, 1849 (died 1876); W. P. Corbit, 1851 (died December 11, 1892); J. K. Shaw, 1853 (died October 4, 1858); C. S. Van Cleve, 1855 (died 1890); J. O. Rogers, 1857 (died April 11, 1887) ; J. R. Adames, 1859 (died 1889) ; S. Armstrong, 1861 (died 1863); B. Kelly, 1863 (died 1874); J. Atkinson, 1865 (died 1897); J. O. Rogers (second term), 1867 (died 1887); J. R. Daniels, 1870; R. S. Arndt, 1873 (died 1892); C. Larew, 1876 (died 1892); A. L. Brice, 1870 (died 1902); S. N. Bebout, 1882 (died 1900); Daniel Halleron, 1886 (died November 5, 1909); W. R. Ruth, 1889; J. B. Brady, 1892; R. Van Horne, 1893 (died 1903); E. M. Garton, 1894; J. A. Cole, 1898; F. S. Simmons, 1900; H. J. Johnston, 1905; M. Y. Bovard, 1909, and the present pastor, Rev. William Eakins, who came in 1911.


The Clinton Street Methodist Episcopal Church, formerly located on the south side of Clinton street, west of Beaver, was organized about 1842. In 1880 the organization was dissolved, and the edifice was soon after occupied by the Young Men's Christian Association. When the association removed to its present building on Halsey street in 1903, the old church was demolished. The site is now covered by the Union building. The records of the Clinton Street Church are said to have been burned in the great fire which in 1900 consumed the Snyder store, in which building at the time they were kept. This church was the third of the denomination to be formed in Newark. In the first report to the New Jersey Conference, 1843, there were 190 members. The pastors as appointed have been: William Roberts, 1842; Francis A. Morrell, 1844; J. B. Wakeley, 1846; J. D. Blain, 1848; W. P. Corbit, 1850; L. D. Barrows, 1851; S. Y. Monroe, 1852; W. Kenney, 1854; A. L. Brice, 1855; M. E. Ellison, 1856; J. K. Burr, 1858; N. Van Sant, 1860; William P. Corbit, 1862; Robert B. Yard, 1864; (no appointment in 1866, but supply furnished during year); S. B. Rooney, 1867; R. Van Horne, 1869; G. F. Dickinson, 1872; J. A. Monroe, 1873; J. M. Wheeler, 1875; George W. Smith, 1877; and F. A. Mason, 1879. Mr. Mason was the last pastor. The presiding elder at the conference of 1880 reported that the church had been closed with tears, but that all debts had been paid. It had been a mistake, he said, to have placed two Methodist churches so near together; referring doubtless to nearby Central, on Market street.


The Union Street Methodist Episcopal Church, corner of Green, was organized on April 21, 1847. It was the first church east of the Pennsylvania railroad. The work was begun with a Sunday school by members of the Franklin Street Church. The first building, erected in 1849, was of wood; the second, dedicated May 29, 1850, is of brick. The pastors according to appointment have been: J. P. Fort, 1847; R. S. Harris, 1848; H. M. Brown, 1849; J. B. Dobbins, 1850; R. Van Horne, 1852; F. A. Morrill, 1854; G.


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Winsor, 1856; J. M. Freeman, 1858; C. A. Lippincott, 1860; W. Tunison, 1862; J. H. Smith, 1864; J. Atkinson, 1867; D. Walters, 1870; J. W. Seran, 1872; A. H. Tuttle, 1875; R. B. Collins, 1878; T. H. Smith, 1881; W. S. Galloway, 1884; Alexander Craig, 1886; Fred Clare Baldwin, 1889; Nathaniel Brooks, 1892; J. W. Ryder, 1895; J. H. Egbert, 1900; J. A. Owen, 1902; H. B. Leech, 1905; F. C. Mooney, 1908; and the present pastor, Rev. Warren P. Coon, who came in 1913.


The Eighth Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, 76 Eighth avenue, was organized June 6, 1848. It was called the Quarry Street Church until 1867. The cornerstone of the first edifice was laid on August 15, 1848. The dedicating took place in July, 1849. Enlargements were made in 1858 and in 1873. The pastors according to appointment have been: R. S. Harris, 1848; R. M. Brown, 1849; James M. Freeman, 1850; J. O. Winner, 1851; S. Townsend, 1853; W. Robertson, 1855; J. N. Crane, 1856; A. H. Meade, 1858; Thomas H. Smith, 1860; D. Graves, 1862; G. B. Day, 1864; J. R. Bryan, 1865; C. E. Little, 1868; S. H. Opdyke, 1871; T. Walters, 1873; W. B. Wigg, 1876; L. Parsons, 1879; W. E. Blakeslie, 1883; John Krantz, 1886; Charles F. Woodruff, 1890; Frederick Bloom, 1895; Wesley Martin, 1900; Morris D. Church, 1904; Fletcher L. West, 1907; Daniel Halleron, 1909 (died in this charge); Warren L. Hoagland, until April, 1910; and the present pastor, Rev. Lewis F. Bowman, who came in 1910.


The Central Methodist Episcopal Church, 227 Market street, was organ- ized on December 9, 1849. The cornerstone of the present edifice was laid on September 5, 1850, by Bishop Hedding. The chapel was finished that year by Thanksgiving Day, and the church proper was dedicated on the following Thanksgiving, November 27, 1851. Central Church has been influential in Methodism throughout its history, and in the general religious and moral life of the city. The longest pastorate was that of Rev. William H. Morgan, D.D., which covered sixteen years of highly acceptable service. The pastors have been: D. P. Kidder, 1849; J. B. Wakeley, 1850; Wesley Kenny, 1852; L. R. Dunn, 1854; W. Tunison, 1856; D. D. Lore, 1858; R. L. Dashiel, 1860; J. T. Crane, 1862; L. R. Dunn, 1864; J. K. Burr, 1867; R. R. Meredith, 1870; Alfred Cookman, 1871; G. S. Hare, 1872; Henry Spellmeyer, 1875; Ferd. ' C. Iglehart, 1887; J. R. Bryan, 1891; Henry Spellmeyer, 1892; Wil- liam H. Morgan, 1897-1913; and the present pastor, Rev. Harry Y. Murk- land, who came in 1913.


St. Luke's Methodist Episcopal Church, 144 Clinton avenue, was organ- ized in 1869. It had its beginnings in a mission founded in 1849 by members of the Franklin Street Church. The first location was on Elizabeth avenue, opposite the present St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. It was known in 1850 as Lyde's Chapel, one of its supporters being Thomas E. Lyde, and was under the Ladies' City Mission. Rev. G. R. Snyder was the preacher in charge. He was succeeded by Rev. J. I. Morrow and by a Mr. Thompson. In 1856 the name, Lyde's Chapel, was changed to West Broad Street M. E. Church, with Rev. William Day as pastor. He served six months, and was followed by Rev. J. H. Knowles, a professor in Newark Wesleyan Institute. A brick chapel on the northeast corner of Clinton avenue and Murray street was dedicated March 12, 1858. During the next five years it was a mission chapel. Rev. H. Opdyke, appointed in 1863, was in charge three years. Rev. G. H. Winans stayed one year. During his term the name was changed to Clinton Avenue M. E. Church. He was succeeded by Rev. R. Harcourt, who remained three years. On February 20, 1870, soon after the organizing, the property was exchanged for a lot across Murray street on


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the southeast corner of Clinton avenue. A stone chapel, still standing, was dedicated April 23, 1871. The cornerstone of the present commodious brown- stone edifice under the name "St. Luke's M. E. Church" was laid May 7, 1883. The pastors since the organization have been: S. Van Benschoten, 1870; John Coyle, 1873; A. L. Brice, 1876; John Crawford, 1879; M. D. Church, 1882; John Wesley Johnston, 1884; Albert Mann Jr., 1887; Fred Clare Baldwin, 1892; Alexander H. Tuttle, 1897; W. P. Ferguson, 1900; Clarence True Wilson, October, 1902; J. M. Taber, 1905; and the present pastor, Rev. James H. Macdonald, who came in October, 1909.


Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, at the corner of Warren and Wilsey streets, was organized June 7, 1851. The first pastor, Rev. Garner R. Snyder, wrote to distant friends that he had received an appointment without a church edifice or parsonage. The Sunday school met under a tree on the site afterward covered by the church. The chapel was first built and was occupied in 1851. The first service in the church was one of sorrow. It was the funeral service over the remains of the pastor, Rev. J. K. Shaw, who died October 4, 1858. The dedicating, previously planned by the pastor, occurred on the 28th of the same month. The pastors have been appointed as follows: Garner R. Snyder, 1851 (circuit preacher), who was assisted by John H. Vincent, later to become the Great Chau- tauquan) ; J. I. Morrow, 1853; A. E. Ballard, 1855 (at the present time president of the Ocean Grove Association); J. K. Shaw, 1857; William Copp, October 28, 1858; C. C. Winans, January 22, 1859; C. S. Coit, 1859; S. T. Moore, 1861; B. Weed, 1862; J. O. Rogers, 1864; George Winsor, 1867; J. I. Boswell, 1870; N. Van Sant, 1873; J. S. Gilbert, 1876; G. F. Dickinson, 1879; Alexander Craig, 1881; D. Halleron, 1882; W. B. Wigg, 1886; W. Day, 1888; G. F. Dickinson, 1890; Wesley Martin, 1893; S. N. Bebout, 1894; J. O. Sparnon, 1899; A. R. Cronce, 1902; W. S. McCowan, 1906; Enoch Meacham, 1910; and the present pastor, 'Rev. Irving C. Starr, who came in 1912.


St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, 981 Broad street, was organ- ized on February 9, 1853, as the Broad Street Church. The first of several preliminary business meetings had been held May 7, 1852. The deed for the lot . was received the 10th of November. By January, 1853, the foundation walls of a chapel on Marshall street were built. Services were begun on February 20, 1853, at Union Hall, 200 Market street. On April 1, a change to Insurance Hall, at 189 Market, was made. On December 29, 1853, the new chapel was opened. The cornerstone of the present handsome building was laid October 26, 1854, and the dedicating was done on February 22, 1856. The cost was $78,248. On March 28, 1865, the name was changed from Broad Street to "St. Paul's M. E. Church," and in May the church debt was paid in full. On June 24, 1867, the lot on Broad street next the church was bought for a parsonage, which when built was first occupied by Rev. R. R. Meredith, who took possession May 1, 1868. The pastors have


been: Chauncey Shaffer, February to April, 1853; W. P. Corbit, 1853; Henry Cox, 1854; D. D. Love, 1856; R. S. Arndt, 1858; Newton Heston, 1860; John Hanlon, 1861; M. E. Ellison, 1862; R. L. Dashiel, 1864; Robert R. Meredith, 1867; O. H. Tiffany, 1870; C. N. Sims, 1873; A. D. Vail, 1876; Henry Baker, 1879; S. L. Baldwin, 1882; Jacob Todd, 1883; J. Richards Boyle, 1886; Charles W. Parsons, 1888; Henry Baker, 1892; Jonathan M. Meeker, 1897; Timothy P. Frost, 1898; Lincoln A. Ferris, 1904; William C. O'Donnell, 1907; and the present pastor, Rev. George P. Dougherty, who was appointed in 1911.


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The Roseville Methodist Episcopal Church, 527 Orange street, was organized on June 11, 1858, when five trustees were elected. A Sunday school had been opened at the corner of Orange street and Myrtle avenue in the winter of 1854-'55, which in 1856 was fully established as "The Rose- ville M. E. Sunday School." Preaching services were conducted by Rev. B. L. Thompson. The church was incorporated in 1858 with Rev. William Copp as pastor. On February 28, 1860, a small chapel at Warren and Gray streets was dedicated, which in 1874 was enlarged. The present site was purchased in 1888, and the handsome edifice now in use was dedicated on June 10, 1890. In 1904 additional land east of the church was purchased for a Sunday school and parish house, and the present fine building was opened in 1910. The pastors have been: B. L. Thompson, 1856; William Copp, 1857-1858; George H. Jones, 1859; George W. Treat, 1860-1861; B. F. Simpson, 1862-1863; F. A. Farrow and J. M. Pierson, 1864; Jesse L. Hurlbut, 1865-1866; S. O. Crawford, 1867; W. I. Gill, 1868-1870; J. R. Adams, 1871-1873; J. D. Blain, 1874-1875; Jonathan H. Dally, 1876-1877; J. I. G. Mckown, 1878; George W. Smith, 1879-1871; J. W. Marshall, 1882- 1884; D. R. Lowrie, 1885; R. Van Horne, 1886-1888; J. M. Meeker, 1889- 1892; A. H. Tuttle, 1893-1896; Henry Spellmeyer, 1897-1900; Thomas I. Coultas, 1901-1906; and the present pastor, Rev. Dorr F. Diefendorf, who was appointed in 1907.


The Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church, Summer avenue and Kearny street, was organized in 1866, the centennial year of American Methodism. Early services were held under an elm tree in the lot at the northwest corner of Belleville and Bloomfield avenues. On this spot the first edifice was built, the cornerstone of which was laid on November 28, 1866. It was dedicated July 14, 1867. One week later the Sunday school was organized. The leader in these events was Rev. A. M. Palmer, the city missionary. The original site was occupied until the completion in 1888 of the present edifice on Summer avenue, the cornerstone of which was laid Thanksgiving Day, 1886. The dedicating was accomplished on February 26, 1888. The Sunday school room was enlarged in 1902. Following City Missionary Palmer, the pastors have been appointed as follows: John Brien, 1868; H. C. McBride, 1869; R. B. Collins, 1870; E. E. Chambers, 1873; Charles R. Barnes, 1875; Charles S. Coit, 1878; Joseph H. Knowles ( April to August), 1880; Stephen L. Baldwin, August, 1880, to April, 1881; Charles E. Little, 1881; David B. F. Randolph, 1884; Warren L. Hoagland, 1887; Winfield C. Snodgrass, 1892; Fred Clare Baldwin, 1897; Henry Spellmeyer, 1901 (elected bishop in May, 1904); Charles H. Buck, supplied from October, 1904, to April, 1905; Charles L. Mead, 1905; A. C. McCrea, 1909, and the present pastor, Rev. George G. Vogel, D.D., who came in 1910.




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