History of Essex and Hudson counties, New Jersey, Vol. II, Part 125

Author: Shaw, William H
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: [United States :]
Number of Pages: 830

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The first regular pastor was Rev. Marvin Eastwood, installed in June, 1858. Services at that time were held in Girove's Seminary on the Bergen road, and at Rapp's Hall, on the Newark plank-road, where they

Elizabeth Bunusted. Maria Jomst Arnold. William Boerman. Mrs. Jemina Boorman. Mrs. Jemima Brudnor. Mrs. Maria Brand. Mra Mary Clow.

Un. Hannah J. Joline. William Johnson.

Mr4. Elizabeth Cleaver.

Elizuluth Kingsford. Richard Lyeth.

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were continued until 185%, when the lot upon which the present church edifice now stands was purchased. At the time of the purchase there was upon the lot a frame building, in which services were held until the completion of the present church edifice, in 164. April 2, 1875, the name of the church was changed to Summit Avenne Baptist Church of Jersey City.

The pastors of the church have been as follows: Res. Samuel J. Knapp, to Oct. 25, 1839; Rev. Habey W. Knapp, from Jan. 27, 1860, to April 1, 1865; Rev. J. W. Curtis, from Oct. 24, 1565, to January, 187 ; Rev. Charles E. Cordo, from Sept. 25, 187, to March 28. 1869; Rev. T. R. Howlett, from July 15, 1×69. to March 27, 1871; Rev. William Il. Harris from Nov. 13, 1871, to Feb. 1, 1874; Rev. James L. Lodge, from Det. 27, 1874, to October, Jo79; Rev. A. S. ComMart, the present pastor, began his labors with this people Feb. 15, 1880. Present membership, three hundred and twenty. Value of church property, thirty-five thousand dollars.

North Baptist Church.'-This congregation was organized on Oct. 14, 1865, in the mission-school, corner of Girove and South Fifth Streets. The origi- nal members were John Olendorf, Anna N. Olen- dorf, J. W. Pangborn, Charles O. Potter, Piana Put- ter, Ann Potter, Ruth Howe, Albert J. Dewey, Juletta Dewey, Charles F. Shone, May E. Shone, Henry Watson, Ann Watson, Alfred Watson, Catharine Wood, Elizabeth W. Terry, Sarah R. Collins, Maria S. Collins, Gilbert Collins, Jane Monnell, Frederick W. Tuxbury, Lewis Neil, Ambrose P. Moore, Susan M. White, Erastus Jones, Charles M. R. Smith, Emma Smith, Joseph La. Scott, Sarah M. Scott, George Williams, John Eltingham, Mary Eltingham, May A. Cairns, Stephen 11. Demorest, William Penott, Isabella Penott, John Davies, Sarah J. Davies, Eliza- beth Rosell, Fra H. Post, Minerva Post, Henry Rus- sell. Mary O. Russell. The Rev. Henry A. Cordo was the first pastor, and was succeeded by Rev. George K. Allen. Whont thirteen years ago the con- gregation extended a call to Rev. George W. Nichol- son, who was then pastor of a Baptist Church in l'on- nectient, and since that time Mr. Nicholson has had ministerial charge of this church.

The present edifice was dedicated on the 28th of April, 1867. It is a frame structure, and is valued at twenty thousand dollars. The first officers of the church were : John Olendorf. Albert J. Dewey, Henry Watson, deacons, who, together with Charles T. Shone, F. W. Tuxbury, Neil Lewis, William Howe (clerk), Henry Russell and Lewis Neil (treasurer), con- stituted the board of trustees. The present officers of the church are :

Pastor. Her. George W. Nicholmen ; & D Martin, D. O. HFallbrook, G. 11. >unier and K 11. Henry, dracone ; R. W Bush, treasurer ; S. F Carswell, clerk ; T. J Meller, W. J Cole, William Hanks, William Morgan, Irving C'airnes, H. W. Bush and R. A. Randall, trustees.

The present membership is three hundred and ninety-four.

St. Paul's (Protestant Episcopal) Church,' Dun- can Wente. This parish was organized in June, Jsou, by John L. Sutphen, E. Ward, John Rud- derow, 1 .. P. Harrison, B. Throckmorton, E. Bald- win, Thomas W. James, W. P. Bleeker and Chris- topher H. Fash. I frame building was created, and opened for public worship by Bishop then- heimer, May 20, 1861. The Rev. F. C. Putman, 1) D., was called at the organization of the church, and has been the only rector. The building has been twice enlarged and improved, and now has five hundred sittings. The value is estimated at twenty thousand dollars. The first wardens were John S. Sutphen and E. Ward; Thomas W. James was secretary and Christopher U. Fash treasurer. The present wardens are Edward Butler and William J. Hardy ; Charles H. Hartshorn, secretary. The con- gregation esibraces about one hundred and thirty families, or eight hundred individuals, of which two hundred and twenty-five are communicants. The rector, Dr. Putman, is also chaplain of Christ Hos- pital, of which he has hal the spiritual oversight since it was opened, in ISTE, as the successor of the Hudson County Hospital. St. Paul, is the fifth Episcopal Church, in the date of its organization, in Jersey City. having been preceded by St. Matthew's, Grace, Trinity (now St. Mark's) and Christ Church.

St. Matthew's Episcopal Church? is situated on the north side of Sussex Street, between Washington and Warren Streets. The parish was organized on Ang. 21, 1sos, and the first services were held in the Jersey Academy. In 1831 the corner-stone of a church buidling was laid. The consecration took place Nov. 26, 1835. This edifice was destroyed by fire in December, 1-69. The church was promptly rebuilt, and services were first held in the new building on Oct. 15, 1870.

The first rector was Rev. Timothy Clowes, who was succeeded in May, 1509. by Rev. LAlmund D. Barry. Mr. Barry officiated until 1816; Rev. Cane Jones, from 1816 to 1824; Edmund D. Barry served again from 1×24, and was instituted rector in May, 1831. He died April 20, 1852. A. C. Patterson was assistant rector from 1541 to 1×47; Charles Aldis, from 1×47 to 1-49; James J. Bowden, from June, 1549, to May, 1852, and was rector from then to June, 1x59; J. Brindon Smith, from November, 1:52, to December, 1865; William A. Matson, 1866. Rev. Richard M. Abercrombie, D.D., took pastoral charge of the parish Jan. 7, 1872, which he retained until his death, on Dec. 7, 1844, which leaves the church at present with- mit a rector.

Dr. Abercrombie was the son of a clergy man of the united parishes of Christ, St. Peter's and St. James' Churches, in Philadelphia. His father it was who,

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from the pulpit of Christ Church, turned to President Washington and exhorted him to prepare for and receive Holy Communion.

Dr. R. M. Abercrombie was a graduate of the Uni- I veroty of Pennsylvania and an alumnus of the Gen- cral Theological Seminary. He was the rector of parishes at Washington Heights, Staten Island, and Hartford, Conn. In 1864 he became the rector of St. Paul's Church, Rahway, N. J., which under his min- istrations became a vigorous parish.

For many years, and until his resignation, he was the dean of the t'onvocation of Jersey City, and has had charge has infused new life in the members, faithfully performed the labors of that office. He and the prospects for the future are very encouraging. was one of the most popular ministers of the Epis- copal denomination, and when New Jersey was divided into two dioceses he was prominently mentioned for bishop of the diocese of Northern New Jersey. His illuess was very short. A week prior to his death he officiated at all the services in St. Matthew's Church. The following day he caught a severe cold, which terminated fatally. The deceased was in the sixty- fourth year of his age.

Christ Church (Episcopal)1 is located on the north- east corner of Claremont Avenne and Clerk Street, Jersey City Heights. The parish was organized in 1858, and incorporated May 21, 1859. The church was consecrated in August, 1867. Its several rectors have been Rev. Messrs. Orlando Harriman, Charles Mortimer, and J. T. J. Danner, the present rector. The church has had a struggling existence, the rector having to bear nearly the whole responsibility of the parish affairs, but with the hope of a better prospect in the near future.

Holy Trinity (Episcopal) Church,' Hoboken Av- enue, Jersey City. The first meeting was on Aug. 1, 155I, in the old school-house on Smumit Avenue, where the congregation continued to worship until the church was consecrated.

The following is the record of the rectors: Rev. W. R. trees, one year and nine months; Rev. N. W. Camp, two years and seven months; Rev. L. L. Noble, thirteen years and five months; Rev. James Chrystal, eighteen months; Rev. ti, E. Packard, eighteen months; Rev. R. B. Iloyt, six years; Rev. E. F. Baker, two years; Rev. S. M. Rice, from September, 1×52, to present date.

The church was consecrated May 19, 1853, by Right Rev. G. W. Doane, bishop of New Jersey. It is built of wood and has a seating capacity for five hundred.

The present membership is three hundred. The church property is valued at six hundred dollars.

Present officers of church : Wardens, S. D. Mackey, S. P. Van Loan ; Vestrymen, John Headden, Jr., Andrew J. Wight. Andrew Post, David W. Laurence, James Smith, D. Van Ness Williams, John B. Homar, Chartes ]' Niroll, Robert Pucker. Marcus Beach.

This was the first Episcopal Church built on the hill portion of Jersey City (formerly Hudson City andl

Bergen City). St. Paul's was an offshoot of Holy Trinity, and St. John's an offshoot of St. Paul's. Holy Trinity has had a checkered career, but under the present reetor is more prosperous than ever. It has now a large and flourishing Sunday-school. The church is out of debt. It was built on St. Paul's Ave- nue, and stood there until about three years ago, when the building was removed to Hoboken Avenue, be- tween Oakland and Central Avenues, a much more desirable location.

The present rector is very popular, and since he

Grace (Episcopal) Church,? Van Vorst, is a handsome stoue structure on the northeast corner of Erie and Second Streets. It was organized April 26, 1847, and was placed under the pastoral care of Rev. A. L. Patterson, a missionary for the county. The first church was built on Grove Street, north of New- ark Avenue. On Dec. 6, 1850, the corner-stone of the present edifice was laid, and the services of consecra- tion were held on the Isth of May, 1853. The rectors of Grace Church have been as follows: A. L. Patter- son, from May, 1847, to September, 1848; Milo Mahan ; David H1. MeCurdy ; Charles Avery; Spen- cer M. Rice, who was succeeded, in the fall of 1882, by W. II. Spaulding, D.D., the present rector.

Ritter, Stephen II. Battin, Chetwood, Mumbert, about fifteen hundred persons, embracing three hun-

The church has a large constituency, numbering dred and forty families, of whom there are three hun- dred and twenty communicants. The Sunday-school has over three hundred scholars.

Senior warden Paul Babcock ; Junior Warden, B. Hlingworth ; Vestry- men, John Van Vorst, H. R. Clarke, F. F. Palmer, J. Fleming, Charles F. Case, James D. Simons, H. J. Booraem, Wright Babcock, Came ; George I]. White, James G. Hasking ; Secretary of Vestry, Charles F. Treasurer, James D. Simons ; Sexton, A. Bassiere.

At Easter-time, 1884, a new window was placed in the church, to the memory of Mrs. Spahling, the wife of the rector. It is a beautiful work, the design of Mr. Charles Booth, of London. It represents Charity shielding a poor child and giving the cup of cold water .to another. The work is finely executed in subdued colors, that give a most pleasing effect. It is a fitting and tonching tribute to one whose unselfish life and devotion to the Lord preached the powerful sermon of example to all within her influence.

A flourishing Sunday-school of three hundred scholars is connected with the church. The superin- tendents are E. F. Palmer and James D. Simons. There is also a Parish Aid Society, a Young Ladies' Aid Society, a Relief Society and a Woman's Mission- ary Association, doing effective work, besides com- mittees on t'hrist Hospital, on the Children's Home and the Home for Aged Women, in all of which the ladies of the parish take an active part.

St. Mark's (Protestant Episcopal) Church was in- corporated Dee. 8, 1868, and secured the possession of

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the church building at the corner of Grove and Mont- gomery Streets, which had been built by the Unitarians in 1:56, but had been occupied for seven years by Trin- ity Free Church, an organization which ceased to exist on the formation of St. Mark's parish. David II. Mc- Curdy was the rector from March 1, 1-69, to April, 1×71 ; John F. Butterworth from June, 1871.

Church of the Ascension Episcopal), located on the corner of South Street and New York Avenue, Jersey City Heights, was organized on St. Matthias' The building is of brick ; it was purchased from the Emery Methodist Society, Ang. 5, 1872. The church was consecrated Oct. 20, 1-72, and occupied since as a house of worship. day, Feb. 21, Ists, in Luxton's Hall, Warren Street (now Congress Street), near Palisade Ave- nue, then in Hudson City. The pastors have been as follows: Rey. T. M. Thorpe, Messrs, J. B. Tucker, C. Merrill W. S. Leigh, C. Luxton, Mr. Camp, Jr., J. B. Sar-on, W. A. Weeks. C. T. Holzer, tion of her term of service (three years), and estal,- 11. G. Godden. H. J. Brown, E. A. Breton and Mr. Hann.

The church edifier is of wood, and the corner-stout was laid about Easter day, 1869. by Rev. W. W. Wardlaw.

Soon after the consolidation of Hudson City with Jersey City a meeting of those interested was held at the residence of R. G. Graham, 456 Central Ave- nue, May 13, 1875, when there were present Rev. Dr. Abercrombie, Rev. R. B. Hoyt, Messrs. Hobers, Graham, Chambers, Brown and others. The question of changing the name of the church was discussed, and finally decided to change from that of St. Paul's to the present name, by which the church has since been known.

The wardens in 1884 were R. P. Graham, J. II. Tooker and R. E. Cressey.

The rectors of this parish have been Rev. Mosts. Thorpe, Wardlaw, Adamson, Benet, Johnson, P'elli- treson and others. The present rector (1884) is John A. Denniston, A.M. The church has two hundred members. Value of church property, nine thousand dollars. The Ladies' Guild, composed of Mrs. Wor- dell. Mrs. Graham, Mrs. Traker, Mrs. Greer, Mrs. Stales, Mrs, Weeks, Mrs. Lynch, Mrs. Whalen and others, is an active body of Christian workers in this parish deserving of great credit.

The Church of the Good Shepherd ' (First Uni- versalist), corner Grand Street and Summit Avenue, Jersey City, was organized Dec. 10. 1871. The ecclesiastical organization was effected June 2. 1872. The society met at Library Hall from Dec. 10, 1871, until Oet. 20, 1872, when it occupied the present editice, corner Sunmit Avenue and Grand Street. The following are the names of the original members: David 1. Holden, Samnel Ward, Amos F. Farrar, Mrs. Cornelia A. Post, Miss Lucy II. Sortwell, Mrs. Georgianna Farrar, Mrs. Harriet Hendrickson, Mrs. Irene F. Woodward, Mrs. Hannah E. Doggett, Mrs. Malvina Massey, Rev. Mrs. Aaron A. Thayer, Mrs. Agnes Washburne, Miss Harriet H. Long.

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"The congregation was mini tered to bas supplies to April 1, 1872; Rev. A. A. Thayer, April 1. 1-72, 1o April 1, 1873; supply from April 1, 1573, to April 1, 1874, with no regular pastor, Rev. Phpbe A. Hannaford, April 1, 15744, to April 1, 1>77 ; Rev. J. Hazzard Hartzell, from Nov Js, 1877. to April 1, 187%; Rev. O. L. Ashenfelter, Sept. 1, 1×0, May 1, 1842; Rev. I. P. Coddington, May 1. 1.2. to present date.

A division of the church under the leadership of Rev. Phabe A. Hannaford withdrew at the expira- lished the second society in Library Hall. This movement to establish a second society has, after a struggle of six years, provedl a failure, and has been d'scontinued, and while -he has sought other fields of labor, the people have largely returned to the old society to worship.

The first officers of the church of the Good Shep- herd were as follows : D. L. Holden, Albert Munson, Amos T. Farrar. The officers of the church in 1884 were :

D. I .. ]. llen, Ennhistor ; A K Littlefield, clerk of parisli A E. Edwards, clerk of church ; R. C. Washburne, Thomas 11. Williams, GUTK IT. T Doggett, trustees.

The church property is valued at fifteen hundred dollars, the membership is forty-eight.

Second Universalist Church .-- This church or parish was organized in March, 1877, by the with- drawal of Albert Munson, Giles R. C'rary, Garret Hendrickson, Robert T. Shafer, Ellen E. Miles, M. Ellen Lockwood, Mary R. Eager, Sarah L. Williams, Warren New omb, Jane Newcomb, Helen M. Rich- ardson, Hannah Hinkle and others from the First Universalist Church, some of whom had no oppor- tunity to vote for the continuance of Rev. Phirbe .A. Hannaford as pastor of the First Church. Thus, on the question of woman suffrage in church affairs, the First Church was divided, the scceders forming the Second Universalist Church of Jersey City. The first trustces of the parish were John L., Dodge, chairman ; John Westervelt, clerk ; Samuel Bostwick, treasurer ; and George W. Paine, Joseph Eager, John W. Bailey, John M. Richardson. The parish when organized numbered forty-two members, who believed in a ministry of both sexes. It never built a church «difire, and now numbers nhout sixty members. The pastor, Phabe A. Hannaford resigned in June, 1884, and the parish was left without a pastor. The officers for 1884 were

1 W Rulamdem, chairman . J neph Eliringham, treasurer James Wilber, clerk Beacons, Warren Newcombe, Randolph Reed, Descon- mas, l'ariaa Goodale and Jane Newcombe, with Elen F. Miles, clerk.

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METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCHES.1

The first attempt to establish a Methodist Church in Hudson County was in the year Is11, when the appointment of Rev. John Robertson was made to Bergen, the name doubtless implying both the town and county. This appointment was followed by that of Daniel Fidler, for 1812-13; Joseph Totten, 1813- 14; Stephen Martindale, 1814-15; David Best, 1815- 16; John Finley, 1×16-17; Peter Van Ness, 1817 19; Joseph L. Lybrand, 1818-19; John Potts, 1819-20; George Banghart, 1820-22; Manning Force, 1822- 23; Benjamin Collins, 1823-24; Bartholomew Weed, 1824-26; David Bartine, 1826-27.

In 1826 the First Methodist Society of the Town and County of Bergen was formed, the trustees of which were Arthur Catlin, Archer G. Welsh, Hiram L. Meeker, James J. Seaman and Josiah Hornblower. This was probably what was known as the Bergen Mission, from which subsequently sprang into life the Simpson Church.

A mission was also started at Bergen Point, to which the following appointments were made : Revs. Thomas G. Stewart, 1831-32; John II. MeFarland, 1832-33; John N. Crane, 1833-34; John Nicholson, 1834-35.

Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest of the existing Methodist Churches in the county, was organized in 1%5, and the congregation then worshiped in a frame building which did service until the new church on the south side of York Street, between Washington and Warren Streets, was ready for occupation. The corner-stone of this church was laid May 5, 1843, and the dedication took place December 25th of the same year. The lecture- room was renovated in 1869, and in 1881-82 improve- ments of various kinds were made to the amount of four thousand dollars, and the audience-room is now one of the most beautiful in the city. The list of pas- tors is a long one. embracing the names of many prominent divines of the Methodist Church, several of whom have been called away to their eternal rest. Revs. John MrClintock, 1835-36; Wesley C. Hudson, 1836-37; Benjamin Day, 1838-39; Charles H. White- ear. 1839-41 ; James MI Tuttle, 1841-12; Vincent Shepherd, 1842-44 ; William Roberts, 1844-46; Fran- cis A. Morrell, 1846-48; Joseph B. Wakely, 1848-50; Jani- M. Tuttle, 1850-51; Israel S. Corbit, 1851-53; James Ayars, 1853-55 ; Charles H. Whitecar, 1855-57; Isaac W. Wiley, 1557-59; JJonathan T. Crane, 1859- 60; James yars, 1860-61; William P. Corhit, 1861- 62; Robert L. Dashiell, 1862-64; Isaac W. Wiley, 1864-65; Samuel Y. Monroe, 1865-66; Hiram Matti- son, 1×66-68; George H. Whitney, 1868-70; David W. Bartine, 1870-73; John Atkinson, Is73-75; sup- plied by W. P. Corbit, 1:77; Richard Harcourt, 1878-80; H. Spellmeyer, 1881-83 ; Jonathan HI. Dally, 1×84.

Trinity Church has a membership of three hundred

and eleven, with twenty-one probationers. The value of the church property is twenty-five thousand dollars, exclusive of the parsonage, which is of the probable value of five thousand five hundred dollars; the indebtedness is two thousand dollars.

The Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church, C'en- tral Avenue, near St. Paul's Avenue. This church was organized in 1841, aud retained for a few years the old name of the Bergen Mission, which it sue- ceeded. At the time of its organization service- were held in a school-house near Five Corners. A building was subsequently erected on Oakland, between New- ark and Hoboken Avenues, which has in recent years been used as a police-station. The present house was built in 1857-58.

Its pastors have been as follows: Revs. Benjamin W. Reed, 1839-40; Lewis T. Maps, 1840-41 ; William M. Burroughs, 1841-12; Abraham T. Palmer. 1842- 43; William E. Perry, 1843-41; Aaron E. Ballard, 1844-45; David Graves, 1845-46; John W. Barrett, 1846-47; Garner R. Snyder, 1847-48; William MI. Burroughs, 1848-49; F. Robbins, I>19-50; F. S. Hoyt, 1850-51; John Dean, 1851-52; Edwin A. Day, 1:52-54; Edward A. Adams, 1854-56; Alexander Il. Mead, 1856-58; A. L. Brice, 1858-60; John (). Win- ner, 1860-62; Thomas II. Smith, 1862-64; Michael E. Ellison, 1864-67 ; Ralph S. Arut, 1867-70; Robert B. Lockwood, 1870-73; William Tunison, 1873-75; William Day, 1876; Robert B. Collins, 1877; Lewis R. Dunn, 1878-79; William Tunison, 1880-82; H. A. M. Henderson, 1883; H. A. M. Henderson and W. A. Akerson, 188-4.

A valuation of twenty-five thousand dollars is placed upon the church and five thousand dollars upon the parsonage, while the encumbrance amounts to eight thousand dollars. The full membership is three hundred and thirty-six.

St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church was or- ganized in July, 1848, under the title of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Pavonia. The church building is located on the north side of Third, between Grove and Erie Street -. The corner-stone was laid Dee. 25, 1849, and the basement was opened for service June 30, 1550. Dedication services were held Nov. 27, 18:50, and extensive improvements were made in 1868. In 1880 two thousand seven hundred dollars were spent in improving and beautifying the church, both inside and out.

The pastors have been Revs. Dayton F. Reed, 1849-50; John Parker, 1850-51; Robert Given, 1851- 52; George Hughes, 1852-54; Michael E. Ellison, 1854-56; Richard Van Horn, 1856-58; William Tu- nison, 1858-60; Lewis R. Dunn, 1860-62; Richard Van Horn, 1862-64; William Tunison, 1864-07; Lewis R. Dunn, 1867-70; Charles Larew, 1870-73; Daniel R. Lowrie, 1873-75; G. F. Diekinson, 1876- 78; W. B. Wigg, 1879-81; S. L. Bowman, 1882; Sam- uel P. Hammond, 1883-84.

St. Paul's is a large and flourishing church, second

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The Hedding Methodist Episcopal Church w: organized March 20, 1855, and incorporated May 10, 1855. The building is on the north side of Mont- gomery, between Grove and Barrow Streets. The corner-stone was laid Aug. 15, 1555. The lecture- room was dedicated Jan. 20, 1856, and the dedication of the building took place April 11, 188. In ISTS the lecture-room was greatly improved, and an in- fant school room added. In 1879-80 the church was remodeled and beautified at a cost of nine thousand dollars, and it is now one of the most convenient and attractive edifices in the Conference.

Pastors,-Reys, Waters Burrows to April, 185; Robert B. Yard, 1855-57; William Day, 187-59; Charles Larew, 1859-61 : James R. Bryan, 1861 63; William Day, 1863-66; John Hanlon, 1866-69. James M. Freeman, 1869-72; Robert B. Yard, 1872-74, J. 1 .. G. Mckown. 1875-77; James Montgomery, 1878-50; J. R. Thompson, 1881-82; J. Il. Hargis, 1883; J. Boyd Brady, I>>4.

The church has a larger membership than any of the Methodist Churches in Jersey City, viz .: four hundred and forty-nine, and a Sunday-school of four hundred and thirty-five scholars and forty five teach- erx. The property, including the parsonage, is val- ued at forty thousand dollars, and has an indebted- ness of nine thousand four hundred dollars.

The Emory Methodist Episcopal Church was incorporated July 8, 1862. The first building used by this congregation was on the corner of Mill road and Colden Place. It is now occupied by the First Uei- versalist Church. The present buikling is on the north side of Belmont, between Bergen and West Side Avenues. The corner-stone was laid June 18, 1871, and the church was dedicated in 1572. The building originally cost twenty-five thousand dollars In INS] great improvements were made to the property. In addition to this, three thousand five hundred dollars of the church debt was paid off. By resolution of the Conference of 1882, the church was permitted to sell the plot of ground adjoining the church building, the proceeds being devoted towards the payment of the existing indebtedness.

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History of Essex and Hudson counties, New Jersey, Vol. II, Part 125

Author: Shaw, William H Publication date: 1884 Publisher: [United States :] Number of Pages: 830

Author: Shaw, William H
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: [United States :]
Number of Pages: 830