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ganized, as near as can be remembered by the oldest inhabitant, in 1860,
The old school-house lot, where the church now stands, had. in the early part of this century, been donated for school, church, and burial purposes by the eller Rosenbaum.
About the time of the organization of the church society, the Sons of Temperance, who were then flourishing in Malaga, built a hall, and soon after building their hall dissolved. The Methodists had no house of worship of their own, and the Sons of Temperance had no use for their hall, therefore gave the building to the Methodists, provided they would move it away from its then location. Arrangements were made accordingly, and it was moved on the old school-house lot and converted into a church, where it still serves as such. The old school-house succumbed to the work of time, and a new one was built on another lot.
The church is supplied with preaching,-Willow Grove charge, Bridgeton District. J. G. Edwards was preacher in charge in 1883. The class-leaders were Richard Smith and Isaac Westeoat, Jr. ; Trus- tees, Richard Smith, George W. Robinson, Isaac P. Smith, Isaac Westcoat, Jr., E. D. Riley, Joseph Kyte, and Theodore Laughrer. Membership in 1853, forty. Value of church property, one thousand dollars.
Malaga Cemetery, located in rear of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, in the village of Malaga, was the place of interment of the pioneers who died in this vicinity, the following-named persons being among the number :
Christian I. Stanger, died Aug. 4, 1867, aged 66 years.
Jane Hartman, died March 11, 1877, aged 63 years.
Rebecca Sailer, died Dec. 16, 1876, aged ol years.
William Sailer, died Oct. 24, 1871, aged 60 years.
J. J. Daniels, Co. G, Eighth New Jersey Infantry.
Catharine Trapper, died Feb. 27, 1861, aged 66 years.
Daniel F. P. Sauerbrey, born June 22, 1795, in the Ankedom of Saxe- Meiningen, Germany ; died July 2, 1548.
Johanna E. Saurbrey, born Dec. 28, 1797 ; died Feb. 11, 1972.
Jobb G Rosenbaum, born in the dukedom of Saxe-Meiningen, Ger- many, 1794 ; died Jan. 19, 1800.
Sidney, wife of J. G. Rosenbaum, born Ang. 1, 1806; died May 6, 1552. Cordelia Zihn, died March 26, 1855, aged 65 years.
Stbab Souders, died Oct. 6, 1:46, aged 62 years.
Levi Sharp, sr., died May 15, leur, aged 74 years.
Mary Sharp, died March 17, 186;, aged 67 years.
Stephen S. Vanzant, died Feb. fi, 1-30, aged 52 years.
Phebe II. Vanzant, died May 24, 1-+2, aged tis years.
John G. Vanzant, born May 13. 1-16; died Sept. 2, 1879.
Samantha Vanzant, died Feb. 21. 1876, aged 64 years.
Elizabeth Vanzant, died Dec. 18, 1-27, aged 54.
Ferguson MeGonigal, died Feb. 17, 1540, aged f ) years. Mrs. Mary Willis, born Jan. >, 1786; died Oct. 10, 1553.
Jacob Sailer, died Feb. 14, 1831, aged 58 years.
Abigail Sailer, died March 23, 1Sto, aged 73 years.
Charle, Worcester, Loin Sept. 22, 1511 ; died Oct. 27, 1.51.
INDUSTRIES.
Malaga Glass and Manufacturing Company .- The pioneer gla --- works of Franklin township were built at Malaga in 1814, by Christian L. Stanger and other -. He, with others, purchased of D. II. Miller a large tract of land in 1813, or early in 1814,
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and built a saw-mill ju-t below where the present bridge spans the stream at this place. Here the lumber was manufactured for building the factory, and Gideon Matthews, then a laborer for Stanger & Co., carted the lumber from the mill to the lot upon which the first glass works were built. The frame of The township is bounded on the northeast by Monroe and Washington townships, on the north- west by Mantua and Harrison townships, and on the south by Clayton township, thus making the form of the township very nearly a perfect triangle. The surface is gently undulating, the soil sandy and the first building was erected July 4. 1814. In 1829 . in a good state of cultivation for vegetables and small fruits.
the property, including the large traet of land, was purchased by John G. Rosenbaum, who, in 1840 or 1811, added another factory to the one already in operation. Ile continued the manufacture of glass- ware till about 1857, when the property changed hands, and the glass-works were operated by Whit- ney Brothers until 1861, when the heirs of John G. Rosenbaum, the former operator of the works. as- sumed control of the business, and in 1862 erected what is known as the new factory. For a few years subsequent to 1863 the works were operated by differ- ent firms, and in 187- the property was purchased by the "Malaga Glass and Manufacturing Company," who are the present owuers and operators, with E. R. Wood, of Philadelphia, as president of the com- pany. The average number of persons employed in and around the works is eighty. The property of the company at this place ineludes the larger portion of the dwellings in the village of Malaga.
CHAPTER XLL. TOWNSHIP OF GLASSBORO.1
Geographieal and Descriptive .- This township was formed from Clayton, in 1878, by act of Assem- bly as follows :
"SECTION 1. E. it enacted, etc., That all that part of the township of Clay- ton contained within the following buands, that is to say : Beginning at a point where the public road from Fries' Mills to Blackwoodtowa and the line between the townships of Monroe and Clayton intersects; thence westerly along the line of said Monroe towoship and Washing- ton township until it strikes the township of Mantna; thence westerly along sajd la-t- mentioned township and the township of Harrison to a stone in the middle of the public road leading from Union to Simpkins' Mill; theuce southeastwardly in a direct course to the place of beginning, be and the same is hereby set off in a new township, to be called the township of Glassboro.
"SECTION 2. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the town- ship of Gla-shoro are hereby constituted a body politie and corporate in law, and shall be styled and known by the name of The inhabitants of the township of Glassboro, in the county of Gloucester,' and sball be entitled to all the rights, powers, authority, privileges, and advantages, and subject to the same regulations, government, and liabilities as the inhabitants of the other township in said county of Gloucester are or may be entitled or subjected to by existing laws of this State.
" SECTION 3. And be il enacted, That the inhabitants of the town bip of Glassboro shall hold their first township meeting at the Temperance House at Glassboro, in the said township of Glassboro, on the second Tuesday in March next," etc.
Section 4 provides for the meeting of the township committees to allot and divide properties, michey ., etc.
Section 5 defines the rights of each township to surplus revenue.
Section f relates to justices of the peace holding over until the ex- piration of their term.
Section 7 provides that the act shall take effect immediately. Act approved March 11, 1878.
Pioneer Settlement of Glassboro .- Previous to the advent of the Stanger brothers, in 1775. there might have been one or two inhabitants in this im- mediate vieinity, but it is quite doubtful, for it wa- a dense forest of siekly-looking, dwarfy trees, and a- for the soil, well, there wasn't much.
The Stangers cleared enough of the land to serve their purpose and no more. Their old glass-works were built on quite an extensive seale for those day -. but as extensive as they were the whole establish- ment would probably make fuel for the present works for about one day. They located near where the present hotel stands, just over on the other corner, on the site now occupied by the drug-store. The pot-house stood a little back of where the drug- store now stands, and the well out in front of the drug-store, was under the glass-house shed. This well furnished good water for the whole establishment.
All there was of Glassboro in 1800 was comprised in the small area covered by the glass-works and the tenements of owners and blowers, which were but very few. In the early part of 1811, Col. Thomas Heston and Thomas Carpenter came, and the place was called Hestonville. During the ownership of Heston and Carpenter the name of the locality was changed to that of " Glassboro," which was thought to be more in keeping with the industry of the then new town.
The glass-works company also monopolized all the store trade, as theirs was for a long time the only store in the place, their> the only blacksmith, wheelwright, carpenter, shoemaker, and stone- or brick.mason in town. The old glass-works store stood nearly opposite the hotel, and was subsequently abandoned, and a new store-house built where the drug-store now stands. The glass-works, or rather the manufacture of glass, had then been transferred to the new works, now the old works. Eben Whit- ney at one time had a store back of where the barber- shop is located.
Daniel R. Stanger, now nearly eighty years of age, remembers when Col. Heston built and kept the pio- neer taveru, on the site, or rather a little in front of the present hotel. This was in 1811. The present hotel was built by Thomas Paul. Paul's mother wa- a daughter of Mrs. Heston by a former husband.
The pioneer physician was Dr. Synott, who lived a short distance from and in front of the hotel. Dr. Hance was the next resident physician. Previous to the location of Dr. Synott the nearest doctor was ali Clayton, or in that vicinity.
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As late as 1815 but little of the land in and around The Masters of the lodge sinee 1868 have been as follows: M. C. Green, 1869; Edward V. Brown, 1870. 1874, 1877; W. II. Zane, 1871; Dr. J. Down Heri- tage, 1872; John Campbell, 1873; Christian A. Mad- den, 1875; George S. Moffett, 1876; Benjamin T. Ferrell, 1878; Thomas M. Ferrell, 1879; John T. Whitney, 1880; James A. Haight, 1SS1; Simon S. Duffield, 1882-83. Glassboro had been cleared, all the dwellings were of logs, and were oeenpied by the following-named families: Jacob Swope, Valentine Pfotzer (now -pelled Focer), Daniel Stanger, John Shafar, Jacob Stanger, Solomon Stanger, John Simmerman, Mat- thias Simmerman, John Lutz, Francis Stanger, Philip Stanger, and Samuel Ledden. Mr. Stanger says that, . aside from the dwellings of Col. Heston, the above The regular meetings of the lodge are held on the Friday evening on or before the full of the moon in were all the houses in what is now Glassboro at the above-named date. At that time the town was nearly . each month in Odd-Fellows' Hall. The membership all woods, and the roads were laid out as irregular as in September, 1883, numbered forty-three. the streets are at present.
The following were the officers for 1883: Simon S. Duffield; W. M .; M. Clifft Green, S. W .; Andrew J. Proud, J. W .; Samuel Lufberry, Treas .; J. Down Heritage. Sec .; Benjamin T. Ferrell, S. D. ; Thomas D. Cunningham, J. D .; James 1. Hlaight, M. of C .; George S. Moffett, M. of C .; Isaac Moffett, Steward ; Thomas M. Ferrell, Steward ; Francis Focer, Tyler.
Lincoln Council, No. 100, 0. of U. A. M. - This Council wa- instituted May 15. 1573, with the follow- ing-named charter members : George D. Brittain, M. C. Greene, Lewis Stanger, J. A. John-on, Samuel Civil List .- The following is a complete list of . Cliff, Joseph II. Ellis, Charles P. Cossaboon, George township officers elected at the first annual town- meeting, held in the spring of 1878, also a list of the Strang. Samuel D. Beckett, Benjamin C. Smith, John Moore, George W. Beebe, Joseph Biggs, William town clerks, assessors, collectors, chosen freeholders, ; L. Minks, Thomas Brown, John Westcott, Charles township committees, and constables down to and including 1883 :
1878 .- Town Clerk, William H. Sturgess; Assessor, John E. Pierce : Collector, Walter H. Zane : Township Committee, Thomas 8. Whit- ney, Woodward Warrick, Charles Berry, Thomas Stanger, Thomas Annadown ; Choson Treeholders, Joseph T. Pauliu, Hiram Stauger ; Surveyors, Joseph II. Duffield, Ira Iszard: Overseer of Highways, Christopher Westcoat; Overseer of Poor and Constaide, George Harbert; Judge of Election, Samnel D. Becket; Inspectors of Elec- tion, Thomas Stanger, Joseph F. A-ay; Commissioners of Appeal, Thomas Stanger, Richard G. Stanger, Jacob Iszard; Pound-keeper, Thomas D. Cunningham.
Clerk :.- Mizael C. Parker, 1879-83. Assessor .- John E. Pierce, 1879-83.
Collector .- Benjamin F. Sweeten, I879-83.
Chosen Frerholder ..- Joseph Higgins, Sr., Jesse A. Johnson, 1879-83. Township Committee .- Charles Berry, Thomas Reeve, Richard Skinner, 1
Jr , 1579; Thomas Reeve, Frank T. Homan, John T. Sickler, 1880- 81 ; Frank T. Hooman, Thomas Reeve, Ira Iszard, 18-2-83.
Constable s .- George W. Harbert, 1879-82; Ely Braddock, 1883.
SOCIETIES.
Glassboro Lodge, No. 85. F. and A. M .- A dis- pensation wa- granted this lodge June 6, 1867 ; charter granted Jan. 23, 1868, and on the 31st day of the same month the lodge was duly instituted.
The petitioners for the lodge were B. C. Lippin- cott, M. C. Green, Dr. E. Hance, William H. Bodine, Francis Focer, Ilenry W. Zane, S. Luffberry, T. W. Synott, and Edwin V. Brown.
The first officers of the lodge were as follows : B. C. Lippincott, W. M .; M. C. Green, S. W .; Dr. E. Ilance, J. W .; S. Luffberry, Treas .; T. W. Synott, Sec .; E. T. Lutz, Chap .; W. H. Zane, S. D .; W. H. Bodine, J. D .; F. Focer and J. D. Heritage, M. of C .; John Campbell, Tyler.
Brown, Jaeoh Westcott, James A. Ilaight, M. G. Earling, J. Down Heritage.
The first officers of the council were as follows : C., George D. Brittian; V. C., M. C. Green ; Rec. See., Lewis Stanger; Asst. Rec. Sec., Jesse A. Johnson ; Fin. See., Samuel H. Cliff; Treas., Joseph HI. Ellis ; 1., George Strang: E., Charles P. Cos-aboon ; I. P., Samuel D. Beckett; O. P., B. C. Smith; Trustees, George D. Brittain, M. Clifft Green, and Jesse A. Johnson.
The Past Conneilors of this conneil have been M. Cliff't Green, Jesse A. Johnson, Lewis Stanger, Samuel D. Beckett, Jamies A. Haight, B. C. Smith, Jo-eph Biggs, F. S. Turner, B. F. Sweeten, M. C. Parker. M. C. Earling. John Westcott, S. II. Garton, F. F. Thorn, T. P. Chew, M. C. Parker, John Westcott, S. H. Garton, John Z. Stanger, and Frank P. Crane.
The officers October, 1883, were as follows: C., E. F. Hann ; V. C., C. W. Chew ; Ree. Sec., M. C. Parker; Asst. Ree. Sec., F. P. Chew ; Fin. Sec., Jesse A. Johnson ; Treas., J. H. Ellis; T., George W. Gardner ; E., F. F. Thorn ; I. P., Elijah Ledden : O. P., Charles P. Angelo; Jun. Ex-C., F. P. Chew ; Sen. Ex.C., John Z. Stanger ; Trustees, M. C. Parker, F. F. Thorn, John Z. Stanger.
Howard Lodge, No. 53. K. of P., was instituted on Thursday evening, the 7th day of July. A.D. 1570, at eight o'clock, at Glassboro, N. J. The charter members were George S. Moffett, Horatio G. Zane, Jolm C. Sweeten, Joshua B. Siekler, M. Clift Green,
1 By M. C. Parker.
3 By G. W. Newbern.
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The pioneer roads leading to and from Gla -- boro were as follows: March 16, 1796, the road leading to Little Ease (now Franklinville) was laid out ; the Barnsboro road was laid out Oet. 29, 1792; Union Meeting-House (now Unionville) road, April 24, 1811 ; the road to Cross Keys, Nov. 7, 1814; April 19, 1827, the road leading from the hotel down past the glass-works was laid out, and the Mullica Hill road was laid out about 1800. Mr. Stanger had no date for the Squankum (now Williamstown) road.
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Joseph II. Duffield, Jacob Iszard, Felix F. Turner, "corded : "Jacob Swope and Nancy Duffield, married and Jesse A. Johnson. Dr. John Down Heritage Oct. 25, 1791." entered on withdrawal card from Concordia Lodge. Just after the above the following appears : " Church built in summer of this year, 1791." No. 39, and was the first presiding officer. The names of first officers were J. Down Heritage, C. C .; MI. The church here spoken of was built in what is now the old graveyard. up at the junction of Pitman Avenue and Woodbury road. and in 1846 or 1847 the present stone church standing on Main Street was built, at a cost of six thousand dollars, on a lot do- nated by MIrs. Bathsheba T. Whitney. During the war of the Rebellion the chancel was built and the church otherwise enlarged and improved, at a cost of five thousand dollars. Clitft Green. V. C .; Joseph H. Duffield, P .; Jacob Iszard, K. of R. and S .; John C. Sweeten, M. of E. ; lloratio G. Zane, M. at A .; Joshua B. Sickler. I. G .; the office of O. G. unknown. Names of past officers, Josiah D. Lutz, J. F. Asay, F. F. Turner, Jacob S. Campbell, Iliram Stanger, George W. Beebe, Henry Iceley, George Brittain, John H. Lamar, Enoch Younson, F. W. Coull, B. F. Doughty, Jesse A. John- son, B. F. Sweeten, R. F. Y. Pierce, George W. New- Who the pioneer rector was, or who his successors for many years were, is not shown by present records, and tradition in this instauce fails to supply the vacancy. bern, John S. Parker, Charles H. Locke, F. P. Chew, Joseph Higgins, Sr., Albert C. Stanger, James D. Price, A. J. Albertson, Thomas G. Smith, and J. C. Appel.
Names of present officers (October, 1883), Charles D. Fisher, C. C .; Gurden R. Levake, V. C. ; George W. Newbern, K. of R. and S .; Hiram Stanger, MI. of E .; A. J. Albertson, P .; C. J. Flohr, M. at A .; Charles Brown, I. G .; John Kirkpatrick, O. G .; J. C. Appel, Jr., P. C.
Meet Tuesday evenings in Odd - Fellows' Hall. Present number of members, eighty-seven.
There is also in Glassboro a tribe of Red Men, a German Beneficial Society. a lodge of Odd-Fellows, a Junior O. U. A. M. council, Heptasophe, Glass- : 5, 1882, and as a tribute of respect, and to more fully Blowers' League, and a lodge of Lady Masons.
CHURCHES.
St. Thomas' Protestant Episcopal Church .- Just when this parish was organized no one now living can tell ; however, there must have been Episcopal ser- vice here prior to 1790, and probably as early as 1775 or 1880.
It is found by the records that baptismal service was performed in the following cases, Nov. 29, 1790: Francis Stanger, son of Daniel and Eve Stanger ; Daniel Pfotzer, son of Valentine and Sophia Pfotzer ; Lewis Stinger, son of Philip and Dorothy Stinger ; Jacob Stinger, son of Peter and Elizabeth.
May 4, 1791, Sarah Stinger, daughter of Christian and Mary Stinger.
August 15, 1791, Mary Zimmerman, daughter of John and Catharine Zimmerman.
April 7, 1793, Thomas Parks, son of Paul and Jane Parks; Christian Swope, son of Jacob and Nancy Swope.
March 28, 1795, John Swope, son of the above.
Oct. 16, 1796, Elizabeth Zimmerman, daughter of In 1833 the little class had grown into a society, Matthias and Hannah Zimmerman ; Solomon Stinger, " and a one and a half story frame church was built, in son of Philip and Dorothea Stinger. what is now known as the Methodist Episcopal bury- Nov. 7, 1796, Jacob Swope, son of Jacob and Nancy Swope. ing-ground. At that time there were nearly forty members, among whom was Daniel R. Stanger and June 24, 1798, Frederick Lutz, son of Philip and Elizabeth Lutz. wife and Mary Dunlavy, with Revs. Price and Brown as local preachers, who did very efficient service. In the same record the following marriage is re- Mr. Stanger was born Jan. 14, 1803, in Glassboro,
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July 22, 1848, Rev. Andrew Mackie appears as the rector ; June 24, 1855, Rev. Joseph P. Myers; July 6, 1856, Rev. William Herbert Norris ; Feb. 22, 1874, Rev. Edwin G. Noek; July 8, 1883, Rev. Joseph Taylor ; and the present rector, October, 1883. is Rev. Thomas Milby.
Value of church property, ten thousand dollars ;. communicants, thirty. Woodward Warrick and Eben Whitney are the two elder and more prominent mem- bers and managers of the parish. Thomas H. Whit- ney, a prominent member of this church. died May perpetuate his memory as a man of worth, a bean- tiful and costly memorial window has been placed in the church opposite the seat occupied by him when living.
Methodist Episcopal Church .- As early as 1820 the old itinerant found his way to this then barren waste, and here planted the standard of the church he loved, holding meetings in the old school-house and in the Episcopal Church, then standing in the old graveyard, up at the forks of the Woodbury and Pitman Grove roads. Here the old pioneers of the Methodist Episcopal Church labored, but uot in vain. for in 1823 a class was formed, with Joseph Albertson as leader. Among the early members still remem- bered by the venerable Daniel R. Stanger were Jacob Swope and wife, Thomas R. Hewit and wife, Catha- rine De Hart ( who afterwards married a Mr. Camp- bell), Peggy De Hart, Mary Albertson, Hannah Sin- merman, and a Miss Carty. At that time Glassboro was on a four weeks' circuit, of which Swedesboro was one of the appointments, and was where the preacher resided while ou the circuit.
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and has always lived in this town. Hle united with the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1833, and for halt a century has continued one of the faithful pillars of the church. He is a grandson of one of the original stangers of Glassboro.
The old church building was subsequently removed and converted into a foundry by William Cornell, and afterwards destroyed by fire.
The present church is a large frame structure, located at the intersection of Academy, New, and two other streets, and was built in 1854.
Among the preachers who have labored with and for this people was a good, old-fashioned, eccentric Methodist, known locally as "Daddy Price." lle was a most excellent man, and faithful in the cause of his Master, and he died in 1882. John Spencer was another pioneer who labored in the local ranks, and passed away to reap the reward of the just. Jacob Fisher was both a soul and body physician. lle was a local preacher, and lived at Clayton, and he will be mentioned in connection with the church at that place.
Among the circuit riders, as they were called, was Jacob Gruber, whose powerful sermons and ex- treme oddities gave him a reputation such as few preachers possess. One of his co-laborers was - Walker, a man of worth, and George Somers, a man of excellent ability and sterling worth. Rev. - Burroughs was also one of the pioneer preachers, and was loved by all who knew him.
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From 1844 to the present time we have the follow- ing list of preachers, which is believed to be com- plete : 1844-45, William Hanley ; 1846, J. MeDougal ; 1847, S. Townsend and J. F. Crouch; 1848, J. F. Crouch and C. R. Fleming; 1849. J. Long and C. Polly ; 1850, J. C. Somerill and B. Andrews; 1851, J. C. Somerill and J. F. Crouch ; 1852-53. J. Loudens- lager; 1854-55, G. Hitchins: 1856. J. S. Swaim ; 1857-58, T. Robbins; 1859-60, J. S. Heisler; 1861, J. I. Corson ; 1862-63, E. Hance ; 1864-65. R. J. Au- drews; 1866, G. Hughes and E. Hance; 1867-68, B. C. Lippincott (supply) ; 1869-70, W. L. Perry ; 1871, J. Lewis; 1872-74, J. B. Turpin ; 1875-76, W. E. Perry ; 1877-79, E. Il. Dunn ; 1880-81, W. S. Barn- hart; 1882-83, S. S. Weatherby.
The class-leaders for 1883 were Charles Berry, Samuel Lufberry, James D. Clement, John S. Beck- ett, and Michael Simmerman.
Stewards, James A. Haight, Thomas C. Allen, Solomon HI. Stanger, Jr., Ira Iszard, David Paulin, Charles Fisher, Charles T. Stanger, Andrew J. Prowd, and John C. Strong.
Trustees, Thomas Adamson, Jacob Iszard, Benja- min Dilks, John Repp, Richard Skinner, and John Stanger. The membership in October, 1883, was two hundred and fifty. Value of church, $10,000; par- zonage. $2500.
The Sunday-school superintendent is Samuel Luf- berry, and the school has two hundred and sixteen scholars and thirty-four teachers.
Ebenezer Methodist Protestant Church.1-In the Intter part of the year 1829 the principles of " Mutual Rights" of ministers and laymen, as set forth in the discipline of the Methodist Protestant Church, were | advocated in Glassboro by the late Rev. Thomas Pierson. Meetings were first held in the old school- house, then standing in what is now an old grave- yard. Here for a number of years Rev. Thomas Dunn. of Philadelphia, alternated with Rev. Peirson, and they were assisted by James Chester, Esq. The ser- vices were somewhat irregular, yet a nucleus was formed, around which has grown one of the most flourishing and prosperous branches of the great Methodist family to be found anywhere in South Jersey. Services were continued in the school- house until the Reformers, as they were sometimes called, were denied further admission. This was during the pastorate of Rev. Dr. Wesley Wallace (in 1834), who transferred the religious services to the well-worn steps of the Protestant Episcopal Church standing near by.
Rev. Mr. Wallace was succeeded by Rev. Thomas Cheasman, of whom but little is known; a plain mar- ble słab, a decrepit fence, and twin oaks are all that guard his dust. Upon the slab is engraved, " Thomas Cheasman, Died August 25th, 1834, 53d year."
After closing the school-house against the little band of Christian worshipers, the old pot-house, formerly occupied by the old glass-works company, was fitted up by Mr. and Mrs. Dunlevy, and in this rnde, unplastered, undedicated workshop Rev. James Connelly, a young man, full of warm, rich frish blood and brogue, served the barley-loaves and few fishes.
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