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The names of those who I am telling you of are :
1. Andrew Beckett 6. Alexander Coly
2. William Bolden 7. William DeGraff
3. Joseph Brewster 8. John Emory
4. George Brown 9. Benjamin F. Faucett
5. Charles Chambers 10. Warner Gibbs
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11. Joseph Gray
29. William Pennington
12. William Green
30. Henry Sadler
13. Charles Griffin
31. Nelson Sadler
14. Isaih Gross
32. John L. Stevens
15. Abraham Groves
33. George Shaw
16. Paul Hammond
34. Joseph Shaw
17. Henry Haney
35. Timothy Shaw
18. George Harrison
36. Charles Still
19. Henry Hubert
37. Josiah Still
20. Alphonso Henry
38. Anthony Till
21. William Jackson
39. James Tillman
23. Henry Leggitt
41. John C. Williams
24. Robert Monroe
42. Littleton Williams
25.
Cubic Moore
+3. Isaih White
26. Jacob Nutter
44. Thomas White
27. Garrett Patton
45. Aaron Wright
28. John Pennington
+6. Thomas Wright
During the war with Germany, 1917-1918, there was a great sacri- fice in Lawnside. The ladies were organized into a Red Cross Chapter, which worked earnestly and well. Liberty Bonds were bought ; also heat- less, meatless and wheatless days were observed by all and strict economy was enforced. As in the old Civil War, so did the daughters of Lawn- side at this time march with the boys until they were entrained for camp. The day school children also formed a procession with flags. The encouraging council and prayers of the old folks went with our men and God saw it was well that all should come home again. Some are War Heroes; all are better men. Their names, taken from the Roll of Honor on the Lawnside School property :
1. S. A. Allen, Corp.
2. Thomas Allen, Jr.
3. Elmer Bell
21. Eugene Landin
4. Alvin Benson
22. Nelson M. Perkins
5. James Brown
24. Charles Polk
6. Edward Burnett, Navy
25. Charles Powell
7. Elmer Burnett, Navy
26. Donald Sadler
8. John Burnett, Navy
27. Henry Sadler
28. Joseph Sadler
10. James Campbell
29. Winfield Sadler
12. Herbert Farmer
30. Nelson Shaw
13. Alvin Gibbs
31. Archie Stewart
14. Oscar Griffin
32. Horace Still
15. Clarence Hill
33. Walter Still
16. Armstead Hill
34. Walter P. Still
17. James Jackson
35. Edward Thomas
18. Albert Kenton
36. Howard Thomas
37. Lawrence Thomas
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19. Authur Kenton, Sergt.
20. Edgar Landin, Drum Major
11. Leon Davis
9. James Butler, Corp.
23. William W. Perkins
22. John Lampkins
40. Clinton Thomas
38. Livingston Thomas
39. Royden Thomas, Sergt.
40. William Watson
+1. Jacob C. White, Jr.
+2. Leon A. White, Corp.
43. Richard Williams, Capt.
44. Eugene Williams
45. Frederick Wright
46. William Wright
In 1920 the G. A. R., Sons of Veterans, Post No. 29, of Philadel- phia, held their camp in our town ; also on Sunday, October 17, 1920, they conducted a flag-raising at Mt. Zion M. E. Church, an inscribed shield on the flagpole commemorating this occasion.
LODGES.
One of Mt. Pisgah A. M. E. Church's pioneer pastors formed a local Beneficial Society named "Sons of Israel Scott." Israel Scott being the pastor, this society was nicknamed the "Never Dies." Some of the members lived to be real old men. We have evidence of this society, January 3, 1850, at which time they were very active. This lodge owned property, a two-story hall on the site of the present Odd Fellows' Hall. In 1866 their number was so small that they were unable to properly carry on their business. They discontinued and were made over into the G. U. O. of O. F., which lodge has taken over their property, etc.
There was another local society that worked in harmony with the "Sons of Israel Scott", known as the Ebenezer Mann Beneficial Society, instituted 1842, composed of women. In the later years of this society, Mr. Edward J. Miller was secretary. It was disbanded February 5, 1908.
The third and last local society was Mt. Zion Beneficial Society, organized 1850. The date when discontinued is uncertain.
These are our local pioneer lodges, existing here only and jealously have they guarded their doings, numbers, etc.
"The Sons of Israel Scott" built the first hall here. I do not know their number of members.
Daughters of Ebenezer Mann had a membership of twenty-two, in the year 1886. Mt. Zion Beneficial had a membership of thirty, in the year 1886. The St. Matthews Union Lodge, built Good Samaritain Hall in 1870. The Star of Liberty Lodge, built Odd Fellows' Hall in 1882.
Now I will introduce our present lodges and speak briefly of them.
Star of Liberty, No. 1062, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows', was made by a lodge at Milford, N. J., and instituted March 9, 1862. They have twice remodelled their present hall, making it larger each time.
St. Matthew's Union Lodge, No. 10, Independent Order Good Samaritains and Daughters of Samaria, was instituted October 7, 1852, and proved to be a very healthy organization, organizing the following branches to the order: Celestial Degree, No. 7, I. O. G. S. & D. S.,
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chartered July 24, 1866; Hebrew Juvenille, No. 7, I. O. G. S. & D. S., chartered May 30, 1867; Select Past Officers Degree Council, No. 2, I. O. G. S. & D. S., chartered May 30, 1877. St. Matthew's Union Lodge was incorporated, March 18, 1872. At their hall, which has twice been remodelled and is modestly equipped, every secret order of Lawnside save the Odd Fellows' and Household of Ruth, meet monthly.
Household of Ruth, No. 69, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows', was chartered September 13, 1875, and is one of the oldest active in the State of New Jersey. The charter was reissued March 16, 1898. Charter members who are yet alive: Mary A. Moore, Francis Polk.
Hiram Lodge, No. 5, F. A. M., instituted A. D., 1875, was the product of an older organization of Masonics, who went from here to Kaighnsville, Newton Township, which is now a part of the City of Camden, known as Seventh, Ann, Sycamore, Kaighn Avenue and Chest- nut Streets, and assisted in forming Union Grand Lodge, April 29, A. L., 5850-A. D. 1850.
Grand Officers elected and installed :
Littleton Williams R. W. Grand Master
Benjamin Steward . R. W. Deputy Grand Master
Benjamin Griffin Senior Grand Warden
Henry Elsbury . Junior Grand Warden
Clement C. Baynard Grand Treasurer
James Staten . . Grand Secretary
James Harper . .
Grand Chaplain
Ephraim Gould
G. Master of Ceremonies
Joseph Simmons Grand Sword Bearer
Henry Catlin
. Grand Marshall
Isaac Welsh . Grand Pursuitvant
James Green. Grand Tyler
Anthony Baynard
Grand Stewards
Jacob Boyer
George Selby
Grand Deacons
William D. Brown
The name of Lawnside's Lodge, Friendship, No. 5, organized 1848. Evening Star Lodge, No. 5, Knights of Pythians, was chartered July 7, 1902.
Minerva Court of Calanthe, No. 4, K. of P., was chartered Febru- ary 28, 1918.
Grace Temple, No. 56, Fishermen of Galilee, G. W. O. of E. and W. H., was chartered January 29, 1921. Golden Rule, No. 18, Juvenile Fishermen of Galilee, G. W. O. of E. and W. H., was organized July 26, 1921.
We have this year organized the boys into Boy Scouts. Their members are increasing and they are making progress.
On Wednesday, September 28, 1921, the girls first met in a Campfire movement. They are progressing. This is a big year in junior organization here.
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SOCIETIES.
From 1895 to 1900 there was a Loyal Temperance Legion Band of Hope, with a large membership of children. Mrs. Amy L. Smiley, Mrs. Emerline Jackson and Mrs. Mary B. Jackson were the instructors. They were members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. They had no saloon in this town and never had one, so their work was to ward off all desire for a saloon.
May 17, 1909, the first meeting held by Home Mutual Investment Company, in Odd Fellows' Hall. This company is incorporated under the State laws of New Jersey. Authorized capital stock, $25,000, par value of shares $5.00.
There was formed and organized a Fire Company at Lawnside, N. J., titled "The Lawnside Fire Company, No. 1," which gave annual carnivals on the Home Mutual Investment Company's tract of land and raised money to erect the hall on the corner of Hodges and Mansion Avenucs., cornerstone of which was laid Sunday, June 17, 1917, by Hiram Lodge, No. 5, F. A. M., of Lawnside, N. J.
The Lawnside Mutual Building and Loan Association was incor- poratcd September, 1915, under the laws of State of New Jersey. Meets fourth Monday of each month in Odd Fellows' Hall.
POLITICAL.
After the Civil War there was a great migration. A large number from Snow Hill, Md., came here and called this place Snow Hill, which name was thereafter used, save in legal affairs, until the year 1907, when a petition was signed fixing a boundary and changing the name to cor- respond to the railroad station, Lawnside, N. J.
There were a number of improvements and achievements made while we were under a dual name.
We had, in 1884, a Blaine and Logan Republican Club, a political organization which afterwards changed its name to the Union Republi- can Association. They purchased a piece of ground and were making progress until internal misunderstandings caused its failure. Union Republican Association of Snow Hill, incorporated February 19, 1886.
MUSICAL.
Between 1885-1890 the young people here formed a double quartette named the "Stradella Musical Association." They gave opera and music of the better class and traveled and performed before large audiences. Their names were: Sadie Byard, Sallie Hamming, Mattie Polk, Louisa Hill, George H. Lewis, William Byard, John Byard, Harry Hamming.
There has been a Silver Leaf Fife and Drum Corps, also Alpha Brass Band during 1890-1900.
The Ideal Orchestra, organized October 28, 1921, our latest musical
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development, may equal or excel our previous organizations. Their music is of the best.
Violinists
Nelson Warren Alfred Byard
Warner Collins Percy Branche
l'iolin Cello William Vincent
Cornetists
Everett Walton Roscoe Authur
Drummer Alvin Warren
Pianist Lucille Walton
Director Edward Walton
POST OFFICE.
There lived here an aged but suple man named Joseph Lewis, who was librarian of Mt. Zion M. E. Sunday School. Daily he carried a basket of fresh vegetables, eggs, etc., to Haddonfield, N. J., to sell. On returning he would stop at Haddonfield Post Office and get all mail for Snow Hill, being familiar with the names of all residents. He would leave the mail at Peter S. Smiley's Grocery Store, from which point it was distributed. In time this became inconvenient and inadequate, so in 1898, a Post Office was established at Snow Hill in the new Callis & Brown Store, Phoenix and Mansion Avenues., Mr. Albert C. Callis being first postmaster and Douglass Brown first carrier between Mag- nolia and Snow Hill Post Offices. The succeeding postmasters were Samuel Brown, Mary B. Jackson and Samuel Diton, under whose ad- ministration in 1907, the route and name of the Post Office was changed to Lawnside. The last postmaster, Ethel Roberts, was the first to locate on the present site. The location of the Post Office has changed five times. The carriers were John H. Brown, Alfred C. Brown, Hiram A. White, William DeGraff, Sr., James Campbell, Nelson Shaw, Wil- liam Polk and Percy Stewart.
QUARANTINES
In February, 1903, their was an epidemic of chicken pox which was diagnosed as small pox, and Snow Hill was quarantined. The folks could not go to Philadelphia or Haddonfield, etc., and return. On February 12, and indignation meeting was held in the Odd Fellows' Hall at Snow Hill to protest against the outrages that were being
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perpetrated on the people of this village. In this meeting a Judicious Committee was appointed to secure the best authority that could be obtained on the diagnosing of diseases. Sewell Howard Hodges, chair- man of the committee, arranged and secured the services of Dr. J. Howard Taylor, Medical Inspector, Board of Health, of Philadelphia. On Sunday the 15th, Drs. Taylor and Mercer, of Philadelphia, and Wood, of Magnolia, examined all cases at Snow Hill and Barrington, and this is a copy of the written statement :
To whom it may concern :
This is to certify that I have personally examined all the cases of sickness at Snow Hill and Barrington, New Jersey, that were supposed to be Small Pox and am pleased to state that I did not find a single case of Small Pox among them. The sickness has been simply Chicken Pox.
J. HOWARD TAYLOR,
Medical Inspector, Board of Health, Philadelphia, Pa.
COMMITTEE :
S. H. Hodges, Chairman, Peter S. Smiley, Charles Sadler, John White, Aaron Sadler.
The expenses were met by subscription by citizens of Snow Hill at following named meetings. Meetings held four-February 2, 12, 15, 22, 1903.
In 1916 a quarantine existed throughout this State and others be- cause of a severe baby disease, known as "Infantile Paralysis". Many babies have died, but there has been no cases in this village.
In 1918 the Spanish (Flu) Influenza was the next great plague and many people died from this disease. But not any died here of it, there were many who had the sickness, but got well.
DATA
Mt. Pisgah A. M. E. Sunday School was organized in 1847-one teacher, four officers, forty-two pupils. Rev. Joshua Woodin, pastor ; Peter Mott, superintendent.
Mt. Zion M. E. Sunday School at organization of Conference of Colored Local Preachers, March, 1857-eight teachers, ninty-six schol- ars, fifty volumes of books. At organization of Delaware Annual M. E. Conference, 1863-four Sunday Schools, twenty-four teachers, 220 scholars, 867 volumes of books. (Delaware Conference, organized 1864). Mt. Zion M. E. Church was incorporated January 19, 1892.
Mansion Avenue, (Snow Hill Road ), a gravel road between the White Horse Pike and Main Street, Haddonfield, N. J. Work of stoning this road was commenced in 1900 and finished December 18, 1901.
Electric lights were installed and lit for the first time in Lawnside, N. J., Tuesday, December 3, 1901.
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Mt. Zion M. E. Congregation's last Sunday in old church, Septem- ber 21, 1902. First Sunday in new church, October 25, 1903.
The first election held in Odd Fellows' Hall in the spring, March 10, 1903.
Mt. Pisgah A. M. Church installed electric lights July 24, 1903.
George Williams and Herbert Still were young men who succeeded in purchasing Mt. Zion M. E. Church's bell in 1911. They were librarian and assistant librarian of the Sunday School while Charles C. Smiley was superintendent. Mr. Edward Walton presented maps and charts, also banners to Mt. Zion Sunday School. The Presbyterian Board of Publication, Society of Friends, of Haddonfield and friends of the Sunday School presented Mt. Zion Sunday School with books for their library. The superintendent presented thirty-six small chairs for beginner scholars. All these gifts were made during the administration of Charles C. Smiley as superintendent of Mt. Zion Sunday School.
Mr. John C. Farmer, laid the cement walk and steps at Mt. Zion in 1911.
Mr. Rutledge Miller interceded for and supervised the erection of the iron fence around Mt. Zion Church property in 1920.
Mt. Pisgah A. M. E. Church was first church in this village to install an organ. Mrs. Phoebe Adams was first organist. Mrs. Ella Miller was Mt. Zion M. E. Church's first organist.
Mt. Pisgah A. M. E. Sunday School was the first to use the piano. Mr. Charles Gibson was first pianist. Mt. Zion M. E. Sunday School's first pianist was Mrs. Gertrude Walton.
Mt. Pisgah A. M. E. Church was the first to install a pipe organ.
Mt. Zion M. E. Sunday School was first to have Cradle Roll and Home Department.
Mt. Pisgah A. M. E. Sunday School was first to be recognized as a nine-point Sunday School, by the Camden County Sunday School Association.
Lawnside has three churches: Grace Temple Baptist, Mt. Zion M. E. and Mt. Pisgah A. M. E .; three halls; Fire hall, Odd Fellows', Good Samaritain ; three cemeteries: Mt. Pisgah, Mt. Zion, Mt. Peace ; also one private burial ground of the Mould family, which has not been used recently.
NOTABLE VISITATIONS.
Mt. Zion M. E. Sunday School, Mr. Horace J. Byrant, superin- tendent, with the influence of Mr. Edward Walton, at our Christmas exercises, December 28, 1914, had on display the original Conquest and American Flags loaned by the Presbyterian Board of Publication. These flags had been placed on Mar's Hill, outside of Jerusalem, during the World's Sunday School Convention.
In 1921, Amahamea Milai, a native East Indian, high caste, an artist and preacher of Jesus Christ was here in the three churches, April 18 to 21, 1921.
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At the Public School Commencement, held in Mt. Pisgah A. M. E. Church 1921, Mr. J. Howard Johnson, Supervising Principal, presented this community with a copy of a historical transaction between the Menmonites and Friends in 1688, relating to the slave question. This copy is on exhibition at the Public School of Lawnside, N. J.
The unwritten laws and customs of our fathers:
1. Respect for Sunday ; do only necessary work.
2. De mortuis nil nisi bonum.
(Say nothing of the dead but what is good ).
Respect for a death until after the funeral.
3. It was quiet like as Sunday.
t. Respect old age.
5. A common interest in all children of the community.
6. Respect for the marriage vow, which was considered sacred and lasting.
7. A belief in the healing power of herbs and roots.
9. A belief in work for all persons.
10. A clean up for Decoration Day-that is, a clean yard, white-washed fences and trees; then on Decoration Day a clean and decorated graveyard.
11. An annual picnic, July 4th, with a display of flags.
12. The Holy Bible, the United States Flag, the Pastor and the eldest of the family were reverenced and re- spected.
13. Annual Sundays to go to the Mt. Evesham Mount and Wilmington, Delaware, August meeting.
14. Annual Sunday School Walk, (picnic).
15. Fidelity to fraternal obligations.
16. Never leave a person in need without trying to help them.
17. Investigate and examine all strangers.
18. Never turn traitor on a fellow citizen.
19. Defend our home institutions and try to improve on them.
20. Fight hard, but fair.
The names of some Pastors, Sunday School Superintendents and Public School Teachers:
These lists are not in full, some of the dates and names could not be obtained :
Mt. Pisgah A. M. E. Church Pastors:
(Not in routine).
Ebenezer Williams J. T. Diggs
Isreal Scott F. S. Cox
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Richard Allen
J. V. Pierce, 1878
Samuel Williams
L. W. Generettee
Joshua Woodlin
J. V. Peyton
Redmond Faucett, 1860
J. H. C. Christmas
T. A. V. Henry, 1886
- Strothers
Robert Evans, 1861
D. S. Bayard
C. C. Green, 1887
J. Horsey
W. N. Bowman
C. G. Collins
H. H. Pinckney
S. W. Morrishow
G. M. Whitten
Mt. Zion M. E. Church Pastors:
(Not in routine).
John P. Curtis, 1828
G. M. Landin, 1884
David Stevens, 1860
B. W. Allen, 1889
Isaac Hinson, 1855
Thomas S. Als, 1889-1893
Joshua Brinkley
James A. Richardson,
Isaiah Broughton
1893-1895
John Manluff
Jas. H. Winters, 1895-1898
Noah Morris
W. C. Dickerson, 1898-1900
T. J. Lee
W. F. Cotton, 1900-1901
William Cole W. J. Moore, 1901-1910
L. Y. Cox, 1868
M. V. Waters, 1910-1912
John H. Pierce, 1878
P. M. Shelton, 1912-1918
T. B. H. Coleman, 1883
J. T. Wallace, 1918-
Grace Temple Baptist has had but one pastor-Rev. R. A. Johnson. Those who went from here to enter the ministry were: Isaac Hinson, King J. Still, William Polk, J. Howard Jackson, Haman B. Ward, James T. Moore.
Those who entered the Christian ministry from Lawnside were true until death.
REV. ISAAC HINSON
Our first to enter conference was Rev. Isaac Hinson, a member of Mt. Zion, and lived in what is now the Borough of Audubon, N. J., on the White Horse Pike. In the early history of our churches here, they were both circuits. Uncle Isaac Hinson had charge of Mt. Zion circuit. His home being near, he was called to preach funerals, etc., for Mt. Pisgah members. He was well known and highly esteemed before the organization of the Delaware Con- ference. He died March 28, 1883, and was buried in Mt. Zion M. E. Cemetery.
Rev. L. Y. Cox, in "Pioneer Footsteps," says: "Rev. Isaac Hinson, affectionately called Father Hinson by the members of the Conference and many other who knew him. Father Hinson traveled as a supply by a presiding elder sixteen years before the organization of the Dela- ware Conference; was the first presiding elder appointed in the Dela- ware Conference at its first session in 1864, and was pastor of Zoar
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Church, Philadelphia. Rev. Isaac Hinson, the first charter member of the Delaware Conference, departed this life March 28, 1883, in the eighty-fourth year of his age. He was born in Kent County, Md., in 1799, and came to New Jersey in 1815, when about sixteen years of age, in pursuit of his freedom. He was converted to God when quite a young man and joined the M. E. Church. He was a good preacher and was often invited to preach for the white folks in their churches. He was the first preacher in charge of the Cape May Circuit, which at that time was a hundred miles long. He died in the full triumph of faith. He was beloved as a Christian father by many who knew him."
REV. KING J. STILL.
Rev. King J. Still, son of King and Eliza Still, was born at Fellowship, Burlington County, N. J. He was small stature, possessing a well-developed and progressive mind. He attended the public school to some extent, but his principal training was received in Mt. Zion Sunday School. He was converted very young. He was married in 1881 to Miss Sarah E. Coffey, Rev. Wm. H. Coffey's sister. Brother Still served Mt. Zion as Sunday School superintendent, trustee and steward with credit before entering the Conference in 1881. His charges were Bridgeton Circuit, N. J., one and one-half years; Salem Circuit, N. J., two years; Lewis and Rehoboth Circuit, Del., two years; Snow Hill, Md., one year; Haven Mission, Philadelphia, Pa., one year ; Germantown, Pa., three months, from which place he was com- pelled to come home, owing to failing health. He was ordained Deacon at Wilmington, Del., in 1883, by Bishop Edward G. Andrews, D.D., L.L.D., and ordained Elder by Bishop Randolph S. Foster, D.D., L.L.D., at Salisbury, Md., in 1885. Buried in Mt. Zion M. E. Church Cemetery, July 27, 1888.
REV. WILLIAM H. POLK.
William H. Polk, Jr., was one of the brightest men to enter the ministry. He served Mt. Pisgah as Sunday School superintendent, during which time he instituted Old Folks' Day as a day to honor the aged of the community. He graduated from Institute for Colored Youths, of Philadelphia, Pa., June 30, 1886, and became a great educator in Maryland and Virginia. He graduated from Wilberforce University, Xenia, Ohio, as Bachelor of Divinity, June 15, 1893. Entered Ohio Conference of the A. M. E. Church. Died while crossing the Dela- ware River, when coming home on his first visit. Buried in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery.
REV. HAMAN BRATCHELL WARD.
Rev. Haman Bratchell Ward, son of Henry and Elizabeth Ward,
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was born August 10, 1878, in Sassafras, Md. When seven years old his parents moved to Lawnside, N. J. His mother died two years later. He was hired to a farmer for board and clothes, attended school about five months in the year and did not get to church more than three times during his five years' stny with the farmer. God opened the way for him and he soon found himself in the friendly home of Mr. John L. Stevens, where he became very much interested in public school and Mt. Zion Church. He was converted in 1897. On Sunday, November 19, 1899, he had his trial sermon under Rev. W. C. Dicker- son's pastorate. In 1902 he entered Morgan College, Baltimore, Md. On October 10, 1905, he was married to Miss Hattie M. Welsh, of Woodbury, N. J. His first charge was Jericho, 1905, where he bought ground and built a church, had a revival and nineteen converts. In 1907 the North Camden Church was attached to Jericho, forming the Woodbury Circuit. In 1910 he was appointed to the Fordsville Cir- cuit, where he reopened and remodelled the church at Friendship. In 1912 he was appointed to Bridgeton, N. J. He built a church here and had a revival, with twenty-three converts. On Friday, November 22, 1914, the church was completed. On Sunday, November 24, he conducted the first service in the new church, which was one of the most spiritual meetings in the history of the organization. Brother Haman B. Ward died November 25, 1914, at Bridgeton, N. J. Services were held in the new church, Bridgeton, and Mt. Zion M. E. Church, Lawnside. Buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery. Dr. J. H. Scott, District Superintendent, conducted funeral services.
REV. JAMES T. MOORE.
James T. Moore, a member of Mt. Pisgah A. M. E. Church, was licensed to preach from some other church-that is, he was away from here when this noted event transpired. He became a member of the New Jersey Annual Conference of the A. M. E. Church and held several small charges before he died. (I have been unable to obtain a record of his work). He was buried in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery.
REV. J. HOWARD JACKSON.
Rev. J. Howard Jackson, the only living representative of Lawn- side in the ministry, was principal of Lawnside Public School. He was also installed as superintendent of Mt. Pisgah A. M. E. Sunday School, October 11, 1898. Mr. Jackson preached his trial sermon Sunday, June 18, 1899, at Mt. Pisgah A. M. E. Church. He is now an elder of the New Jersey Annual Conference of the A. M. E. Church.
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