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he became Rector of St. Matthias' Church, Phila- delphia; Dean of the North-West Convocation of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, January, 1901 to Oc- tober, 1903; resigned St. Matthias' October 1, 1903, and has since devoted himself to the duties of his several positions in the general Church. He is still Secretary of the General Convention (since 1904), having previously served as Assistant Sec- retary of the House of Deputies since 1877; mem- ber of Board of Missions since 1892; Financial Secretary of the Clergymen's Retiring Fund Society since April, 1902, having been a Director since 1888 and now also its Treasurer; Trustee of the Amer- ican Church Building Fund Commission since No- vember, 1900, and now also its Vice-President ; Overseer of the Philadelphia Divinity School since June, 1899; Trustee of the Clifton Springs Sani- tarium since July, 1904, and President of the Board for the last five years.
ROB ROY McGREGOR CONVERSE
Was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, November 16, 1844. At the age of sixteen, he enlisted, September 4, 1861, in the Eleventh Pennsylvania Reserve Infan- try, and served throughout the war. He was wounded during the Battle of Gettysburg, was taken prisoner on the second day of the Battles of the Wilderness, suffered the tortures of the Anderson- ville Prison, where he was confined for about seven
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months before exchanged, and was honorably dis- charged, with the rank of corporal, June 28, 1865. After the war he entered Washington and Jefferson College and graduated with class of 1867, standing first in his class. Shortly after graduation he taught mathematics and astronomy in his Alma Mater, and was subsequently awarded the degree of M. A. Becoming interested in mining engineer- ing, he took the prescribed course in the Columbia School of Mines and then engaged actively for a time in this profession-chiefly in the development of placer mines in Wyoming. The love of outdoor life thus acquired never left him, and in later years he made periodic trips through many of the great areas of big game hunting on this continent. Turning to the ministry in later years, he was ordained Deacon in 1878, and Priest in 1879, by Bishop John Williams of Connecticut; was Rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, Waterbury, Conn., 1879-83; Rector of Christ Church, Corning, N. Y., 1883-88; Chaplain of Hobart College, Geneva, N. Y., 1888-97, where he also held the Professorship of Philosophy, Psychology and Metaphysics, and became Rector of St. Luke's Church, Rochester, in September, 1897. The degree of D. D. was received by him from Griswold College in 1889; that of D. C. L. in 1897, and LL. D. in 1912, both from Hobart College. He was Chaplain in the Third Infantry, N. G., N. Y., for many years until retired, 1909; Chaplain George H. Thomas Post, G. A. R .; member National Society of Andersonville Surviv-
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ors, also its Vice-President; first President of Rochester Society of Archaeological Institute of America. A collection of his sermons, philosophical papers and patriotic addresses, under the title " The Heritage of the Commonwealth and Other Papers," have been gathered into permanent book form since his lamented death, which occurred September 20, 1915.
SAMUEL TYLER
Was born in Minneapolis, Minn., March 11, 1871. When he was ten years old his parents, who were New Englanders, moved to Newton, Mass., a sub- urb of Boston. Entered Yale University, graduat- ing in class of 1895 with degree of B. A. Gradu- ated with degree of B. D. from Episcopal Theo- logical School, Cambridge, Mass., 1898. From 1898 to 1901 he was Assistant Minister in St. George's Church, New York City, and was strongly impressed by the Dr. Rainsford's teaching of the social responsibility of the Church. From 1901 to 1915 he was Rector of the Church of the Advent, Cincinnati, Ohio, and was deeply interested also in community problems and was chairman of the Diocesan Committee on Social Service. Served as Deputy from Southern Ohio in the General Con- ventions of 1910 and 1913. In February, 1916, he accepted a unanimous call to St. Luke's, Rochester, which he accepted March 19th, and entered upon his duties as Rector, Sunday, June 4, 1916.
Rertors
THE REV. FRANCIS H. CUMING, D. D. Eight years and four months. From Dec. 1, 1820, to April 1, 1829. THE RT. REV. HENRY J. WHITEHOUSE, D. D., LL. D.
Fourteen years and five months. From Dec. 6, 1829, to May 5, 1844. THE REV. THOMAS C. PITKIN, D. D. Three years. From July 14, 1844, to July 12, 1847. THE RT. REV. HENRY W. LEE, D. D., LL. D. Seven years. From Jan. 1, 1848, to Jan. 1, 1855. THE REV. BENJAMIN WATSON, D. D. Four years and three months. From April 29, 1855, to Aug. 7, 1859. THE REV. R. BETHELL CLAXTON, D. D. Five years and ten months. From Dec. 1, 1859, to Sept. 24, 1865. THE REV. HENRY ANSTICE, D. D. Thirty-one years. From May 13, 1866, to May 1, 1897. THE REV. ROB ROY McG. CONVERSE, D. D., D. C. L., LL. D. Eighteen years. From May 28, 1897, to Sept. 20, 1915. THE REV. SAMUEL TYLER. From June 1, 1916.
Assistant Ministers
UNDER REV. DR. WHITEHOUSE.
Rev. James A. Bolles, Sept. 15, '33-Sept. 14, '34
Rev. N. F. Bruce, M. D., Nov. 6, '36-Nov. 1, '37 UNDER REV. DR. PITKIN. Rev. John N. Norton, April 26, '46-Nov. 22, '46
INTERIM.
Rev. T. F. Wardwell, Aug. 29, '47-Jan. 1, '48 UNDER REV. DR. LEE.
Rev. Edward Meyer, Rev. W. H. Barris,
Rev. Geo. H. McKnight, Rev. Geo. N. Cheney,
Rev. Bethel Judd, D. D., Rev. Geo. W. Watson, Rev. Theodore A. Hopkins.
INTERIM.
Rev. T. A. Hopkins, Jan. 1, '55-May 1, '55 UNDER REV. DR. WATSON.
Rev. Robert W. Lewis, Rev. Charles E. Cheney. INTERIM.
Rev. W. B. Otis, Aug. 7, '59-Oct. 2, '59 UNDER REV. DR. CLAXTON.
Rev. Joseph Kidder, May 1, '60-May 1, '61 Rev. Fred N. Luson, July 1, '61-Jan. 1, '62
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Rev. DeWitt C. Loop, March 1, '62-Sept. 1, '64 Nov. 1, '64-Feb. 1, '65
Rev. Fred. M. Gray,
Rev. Horatio Gray, April 2, '65-July 2, '65
INTERIM.
Rev. W. J. Clark, Oct. 1, '65-April 18, '66 UNDER REV. DR. ANSTICE.
Rev. M. R. St. J. Dillon, Sept. 2, '66-Sept. 22, '67
Rev. Jacob Miller, July 7, '67-March 29, '69 Rev. D. H. Lovejoy, M. D. Sept. 29, '67-Sept. 20, '68 Rev. W. W. Raymond, Feb. 7, '69-May 22, '70 Aug. 14, '70-Oct. 26, '75
Rev. George S. Baker, Rev. William Long,
Rev. J. J. Landers, Rev. C. M. Nickerson,
Dec. 1, '72-April 29, '77 Jan. 24, '75-Sept. 5, '75 Nov. 1, '75-Sept. 13, '76 Dec. 21, '79-April 1, '81
Rev. B. Holley, Jr.,
Rev. Edward P. Hart, Dec. 27, '84-June, '88
Rev. James A. Skinner, Oct. 22, '88-May, '90 Rev. Geo. T. LeBoutillier, Oct. 1, '90-Oct. '92
UNDER REV. DR. CONVERSE.
Rev. H. L. Burleson, May, '98-Nov., 1900
Rev. Geo. R. Brush, Feb., '01-March, '05 Rev. F. J. K. Alexander, March, '06-Feb., '07 Rev. W. S. McCoy, Rev. F. E. Bissell,
Rev. Ray Wootton,
Rev. Harry Idle,
March, '07-Dec. 22, '11
Feb. 15, '12-May 1, '12 Sept., '12-April 20, '14 Jan. 15, '15-
Wardens
Nathaniel Rochester,
1817-'19
Samuel J. Andrews,
1817-'19 & '21 1820
George G. Sill,
William Atkinson,
1820-'27
John Mastick,
1822-'26
William Pitkin,
1827-'65
Silas O. Smith,
1828-'33
Vincent Mathews,
1834-'46
N. T. Rochester,
1847-'58 & 1866-'68
William Brewster,
1859-'72
Gilman H. Perkins,
1869-'98
E. Darwin Smith,
1873-'83
James Brackett,
1884-1903
Clinton Rogers,
1899-
Henry B. Hathaway,
1904-'11
E. H. Howard, M. D.,
1912-'14
Josiah Anstice,
1915-
Hestrymen
Roswell Babbit, 1817-'22
Silas O. Smith (W.),
1817-'27, '36, '40-'42 & '48 1817-'21
John Mastick (W.),
1817-'19
John C. Rochester,
1817-'19
Elisha Johnson,
1817-'20 & '27
William Atkinson (W.),
1817-'19
Oliver Culver,
1817-'19
Augustine G. Dauby,
1820
Jared N. Stebbins,
1820-'21 & '27
S. Melancton Smith,
1820-'22
James H. Gregory,
1820-'22
Caleb L. Clark,
1821, '23, '24 1821
John Swift,
William W. Mumford,
1821-'22 & '24-'26
Jonathan Child,
1822, '24, '47 & '50-'53 1822-'26
William Pitkin (W.),
Solomon Cleveland,
1822, '24 '25 & '27
Elisha Taylor,
1822
Elisha B. Strong,
1823
John B. Elwood, M. D.,
1823
Thomas H. Rochester,
1823-'26, '32, '33 & '43 1823
William P. Sherman,
Thomas Kempshall,
1823
Burrage Smith,
1824, '25
Giles Boulton,
1825-'27
Frederick Whittlesey,
1826-'41, '44, '46, '47
Lewis Jenkins,
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VESTRYMEN
Thomas Eggleston,
1828
Nathaniel T. Rochester (W.), 1828-'31 & '35-'38
John T. Talman,
1828-'33 & '42-'45
Henry Scrantom,
1828, '29, '45 & '49 1828-'31
Benjamin Seabury,
Joseph Field,
1829-'35 & '59-'65
Simeon Ford,
1830
Vincent Matthews (W.),
1831-'33
Walter White,
1832, '33
Matthew Mead,
1834-'41 & '45
Robert L. McCollum,
1834
Seth C. Jones,
1834-'45
John Haywood,
1834, '46, '48, '50, '51
John Allen,
1835-'42 & '45
William Brewster (W.),
1836-'38, '46, '47 & '50
David Hoyt,
1837-'44, '47 & '49
John Hawks,
1839-'43
Moses Dyer,
1839
Graham H. Chapin,
1842
Henry E. Rochester,
1843, '44
Jonathan King,
1843 & '53, '54 1843
Darius Cole,
William Kidd,
1844, '49-'50 & '55-'62 1844
Rufus Keeler,
1845, '46 & '49-'51
E. Darwin Smith (W.), 1846, '47 & '69-72
1846-'48
Ebenezer Watts,
Dellon M. Dewey,
1846, '48, '49
Andrew J. Brackett, 1847, '48
Thomas C. Montgomery, 1848, '53, '54 & '64-'66
Ebenezer Griffin, 1848-'51, '54-57, '59 & '60
S. H. Packard,
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Edward Whalen,
1848-'54 & '61, '62 1849
N. B. Northrop,
William Churchill,
1850, '51 & '62, '63
Joseph A. Eastman, '51, '55-'61, '63, '64 & '79-'86
Aaron Erickson, 1851 & '62, '63
Azariah Boody, 1852, '53
Amon Bronson,
1852 & '61-'69
Joseph L. Lucas,
1852, '56 & '58-'61
Edward M. Smith,
1852
Chauncey Tucker,
1852
John Fairbanks,
1852, '53
Asa Sprague,
1853, '54
John Crombie,
1853, '54
Alfred Ely,
1854 '59 & '83-'92 1854
John E. Tompkins,
Mortimer F. Reynolds,
1855, '77 & '79-'81 1855, '56
Francis Gorton,
Abram Karnes,
1855 & '63, '64
Frederick A. Whittlesey,
1855-'62 & '74
Roswell Hart,
1856-'61 & '71-'83
John H. Rochester,
1857, '58
Martin S. Newton,
1857 & '67
Gilman H. Perkins (W.),
1858-'61 & '66-'68
Edmund Lyon, 1862-'65
Nelson G. Hawley,
1862-'66
Paul W. Garfield,
1863-'64
Ebenezer E. Sill,
1865-'75
Thomas Hawks,
1865-'66
Edward A. Frost,
1865 & '67, '68, '89-'99
John P. Humphrey, 1866
R. Hart Rochester, 1866
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VESTRYMEN
George G. Munger,
1867,'68
Henry L. Churchill,
1867-'69
Thomas Button, 1868, '69
Henry B. Hathaway (W.), 1868 & '75-'83, '91-'03 James R. Chamberlin, 1869, '70 & '73-'75, '89-1904 Charles H. Chapin, 1869-'73
William Eastwood,
1869-'78 & '81-'88
James Brackett (W.),
1870-'78 & '82, 83
Isaac H. Ruliffson,
1870
Edward W. Williams,
1870-'84
Thomas Raines,
1871
Charles F. Smith,
1871-'77
George P. Wolcott,
1876-'80
Clinton Rogers (W.),
1878-'98
Mortimer C. Mordoff,
1878, '79
Lorenzo Kelly,
1881-'83
Byron Holley,
1884-'87
A. J. Johnson,
1884-'88
E. Frank Brewster,
1885-1907, '15-
Quincy Van Voorhis,
1887-'04
Josiah Anstice (W.),
1888-'14
William H. Smith,
1892-'04
Eugene H. Howard, M. D. (W.),
1899-1911
W. J. Mandeville,
1900-'01
James E. Wolcott,
Dec. 1900-'05
Edw. H. Vredenburgh,
1902-'03
C. Walter Smith,
1903-'04, '06-
John M. Williams,
1904-
Francis G. Ferrin,
1905-'11
C. Schuyler Davis, Seelye W. Little,
1905-
1905-'10
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Thomas W. Shannon,
1905-
Thomas Hawks,
1908-'09
Harry C. Gorton,
1908-'15
George C. Gordon,
1910
Edw. B. Angell, M. D.,
1911-
C. W. Oster,
1912-'14
George H. Hawks,
1912-
Paul Howard Converse,
1916-
George F. Ames,
1916
Clerks of the Hestry
Roswell Babbit, N. T. Rochester, Henry E. Rochester, E. Darwin Smith,
1817-'20
1821-'32 & '35-'43 Nov., 1832, '33 & '44 1834
Thomas C. Montgomery, 1845-'54
Fred A. Whittlesey,
Joseph A. Eastman,
Paul W. Garfield,
Edward A. Frost,
R. Hart Rochester,
John P. Humphrey,
Allen Ayrault,
1855, '56, '62 & '74 1857, '61 & '79-'83 1863-'65 1865 to Sept. Sept., 1865 1866 to Feb., '67 Feb., 1867, to April, '67 1867, '68 1869, '70
Henry L. Churchill,
William Eastwood, Thomas Raines,
1871
Charles F. Smith,
1872, '73
Edward P. Hart,
1875, '76
Edw. W. Williams,
1877, '78
Alfred Ely,
1884-'88
Quincy Van Voorhis,
Thomas W. Shannon,
1889-1904 1905-
Treasurers
Roswell Babbit,
N. T. Rochester, Wm. Pitkin,
F. Whittlesey,
Clarendon Morse,
James M. Fish,
Henry Scrantom,
Erasmus D. Smith,
Andrew J. Brackett,
Edward Whalen,
Abram Karnes, E. R. Hammatt, John H. Rochester, Franklin R. Plummer, James R. Chamberlin,
John H. Gregory,
George F. Ames,
George C. Hopkins,
1817-'22 1823-Oct., '32 Oct., '32-'36 1836-'39 Jan., 1840-'43 1844 1845-'48 June, 1848 Jan., 1849-'54 1855-May, '62 May, 1862-'64 1865-'74 1875-Feb., '97 Feb., 1897-May, '98 June, 1898-Dec., 1900 Dec., 1900-Feb., '17 Feb., 1917-May 22, '17 May 29, 1917-
(ENDOWMENT FUND)
Haywood Hawks, May, 1898-May, '99
Edw. H. Vredenburgh,
July, 1899-Dec., 1902
Francis G. Ferrin, July, 1903-May, '12 Harry C. Gorton, May, 1912-Oct., '12 C. Walter Smith, Oct., 1912-
(PLEDGE SYSTEM)
Francis G. Ferrin, John Lobbett,
Feb., 1905-Dec., '07
Dec., 1907-
Organists
Daniel Clark, William Staunton, Mr. Randall, Mr. Warner,
Israel P. Dana, Marion S. McGregor, R. F. C. Ellis,
Herve D. Wilkins, R. F. C. Ellis, W. M. Rebasz, Jr., F. Kenyon Jones, W. M. Rebasz, Jr., Edward H. Walker, W. M. Rebasz, Jr., John Warner, Miss Edith Ewell, Mrs. Eugene H. Paul, Mrs. C. L. Garner,
1825-May, '27 1827-May, '33 May, 1833-'34 1834-'35 1835-April, '39 April, 1839-Aug., '56 Aug., 1856-Dec., '70 Dec., 1870-Dec., '71 Jan., 1872-March, '74 March, 1874-July, '76 Aug., 1876-March, '78 March, 1878-April, '79 April, 1879-'88 June, 1888-March, '05 March, 1905-Sept., '06 Nov., 1906-'07 June, 1907-Jan., '09 Jan., 1909-
extons
Jacob Howe, Hamlet Scrantom,
Thomas Watson,
William Myers,
Thomas McLean,
John Sullivan, Thomas Whitehouse, James Ratcliffe, Albert D. Neely,
John Kislingbury, John J. Rawlings, George Cripps, William Niblack,
Humphrey C. Hart,
George A. Foye,
1821-May, '26 1826-May, '33 May, 1833-'34 1834-June, '43 June, 1843-'45 1845-Dec., '59 Dec., 1859-Dec., '64 Dec., 1864-Jan., '68 April, 1868-Oct., '71 Dec., 1871-Dec., '77 Dec., 1877-'87 Aug., 1887-March, '98 March, 1898-Nov., 1900 Nov., 1900-May, '17 June, 1917-
NOTE-The dates after the names of Wardens, Ves- trymen, Clerks and Treasurers, indicate the years in which they were elected; those after Treasurers of the En- dowment Fund and of the Pledge System, Organists and Sextons, their term of service.
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