Civil, political, professional and ecclesiastical history, and commercial and industrial record of the County of Kings and the City of Brooklyn, N. Y., Part 97

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909.
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: New York : Munsell
Number of Pages: 1360

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A bill was sought from the Legislature to vest the title to the property in the following Board of Trustees : Rev. Wm. H. Warren, D. D., Pres. Boston University; Rev. J. E. Lati-

GRACE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

two women. A storin of persecution burst over this woman's enterprise. Miss Oliver is a graduate of the School of Theology of the Boston University, with degrees of A. M. and B. D., and a license to preach from the Methodist Episcopal Church in Boston.

Religions services commenced under the new régime the first Sabbath in April, and about two weeks later a church organization was effected in accordance with the doctrines and disciphne of the M. E. Church, known as the Willoughby Avenue M. E. Church, but which was never recognized by

mer, D. D., Dean of M. E. Sch. Theol. Boston Univ. ; Rev. L. T. Townsend, D. D., Dean Chat. Theol. Inst .; Samnel B. Terry; Mrs. Harriet Skidmore, Sec. W. F. M. S. of M. F. Church, and J. C. Taber, M. D. The bill did not pass in three years.

Prominent official members of the church were : Gilbert E. Currie, Samuel B. Terry, Hester A. Chasty, Cornelia G. Mitchell, Wm. M. Parrish, G. H. Hinds, G. P. McClelland. Mary P. Tracy, Helen M. Weckes, J. B. Whitby, K. HI. Cad doo, D. Lawson, Laura E. Peden, Caroline Aspinall, Martha Dibble, J. Leonard.

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ECCLESIASTICAL ORGANIZATIONS.

The principles of the church were : 1. No debts to be con- tracted. 2. No money to be raised by means of fairs, festi- vals, or any similar projects. 3. No distinction of sex to be made in any of the offices or work of the church.

These principles were immediately put to the severest test, for the church was stripped of every article of furniture, gas fixtures, reflectors and furnaces, and the buildings were much out of repair. The young society, at first of eight menbers, used only the money voluntarily contributed by the congregation that gathered. They refurnished, gradu- ally, the church and chapel, and repaired the buildings.

Meanwhile, the church became thoroughly organized in every department, with Sabbath-school, prayer-meetings, class-meetings, young people's societies and meetings, and children's service. A temperance organization secured about 400 signatures to the pledge in four years; and is still in exist- ence, having recently canvassed the Ward and obtained more than 1,100 signatures against renewing liquor licenses.

The Sabbath-school was org. Aug. 24, 1879, with 150 mem- bers, and increased to 280. In the spring of 1882, on the completion of her three years' pastorate, which is the full Methodist term, Miss Oliver resigned. The church would not accept her resignation, and, in the fall, made a move to- ward the erection of a parsonage. However, in March, 1883, Miss Oliver again sent in her resignation, giving as her only reasons that they were not recognized by their own denom- ination-the M. E. Church-and the consequences which flow from a want of recognition.

The church voted to disband, and also directed their Pas- tor to sell the church property, as she held it only for them; and to appropriate to herself the excess over $13,000 yet un- paid. They likewise directed her to sell the furniture, the proceeds to be devoted to the poor of the church. She de- clined to dispose of the sacred edifice for business purposes. It was finally sold for $18,000 to the Brooklyn Reformed Presbyterian Church; the congregation was disbanded, and the larger part of the Sunday school united with the East Congregational Church.

Embury M. E. Church, Herkimer street, corner of Schenec- tady avenue, began Dec. 10th, 1865, when twenty-seven per- sons assembled at the house of Mr. James Dundas, corner of Fulton and Howard avenues, and listened to a sermon by Rev. J. G. Bass. On the same day a Sunday-school was org. with five officers and teachers, and ten scholars.

The first board of trustees was elected April 6th, 1866. The church edifice was dedicated June 9th, 1867, by Bishop Janes.

It was enlarged in the autumn of 1876. The church num- bers 275 and the Sunday-school 300.

Ministry : 1867-'68-'69, Thomas Stephenson ; 1870-'71-'72, S. A. Seaman; 1873-'74, Isaac J. Lansing; 1875-'76-'77, Charles E. Miller; 1878-'79-'80, Charles Bachman; 1881, Charles W. Millen.

Grace M. E. Church .- The Seventh Avenue M. E. Church was org. about 1866, by members of the Hanson Place Society. The first place of worship was a small wooden chapel at the corner of what was then Butler street and Seventh avenne. In 1869, a chapel of brick, with stone front, 98 by 56 feet in size, was erected on the same site.

Grace Church was organized Jan., 1878; bought the chapel formerly owned by the Seventh Ave. Church on Sterling place; afterwards five lots, corner Seventh ave. and St. John's place were purchased; a new church erected and dedicated Jan. 21, 1883, at a total cost of about $80,000. The building is of light drab stone with terra cotta trimmings, in the Gothic style of the 13th century; the anditorium is 60 by 90 feet, with 600 sittings. The Sunday-school room is 34 by 94 feet,

and adjoins the church, the two opening together. The in- terior trimmings of the church are in ash and cherry, with fine frescoes in the Gothic style. (See opposite page).

Ministry : 1867, G. A. Hall; 1868-'69-'70, C. M. Giffen; 1871-'2, E. E. Andrews; (now Bishop); 1873-'74-'75, Dr. Wild; 1876-'7, Emory J. Haynes; 1878-'79-'80, John S. Breckenridge; 1881-'82, George P. Mains; 1882-'4, J. R. Thompson.

Trustees, 1882-'84: George Copeland, Pres .; M. J. Goode- nough, Treas .; J. C. Haddock, Scc .; J. H. Stevenson, W. H. B. Pratt, M. D., J. N. Kenyon, W. E. Smith, Jr., C. M. Brown, Thos. Atkinson.

CENTRAL M. E. CHURCH.

Central M. E. Church .- This Society was org. by Rev. E. L. Janes, in April, 1867, and commenced its services in the building on South Fifth street, near Fifth, formerly occupied by the Society now constituting the St. John's Church on Bedford ave. The original valuation of the church property, including the Parsonage, was $33,000. The membership at the beginning was about 130, and the names of the original Trus- tees were: James A. Bradley, John S. Shelley, James H. Briggs, William H. Hanford, John Gay, Daniel Manjer, Jr. Its successive Pastors, after Rev. E. L. Janes, have been : Rev. Benj. M. Adams, Rev. Spencer Bray, Rev. Dr. J. L. Peck, Rev. B. M. Adams, Rev. Dr. Thos. Burch, Rev. Dr. F. S. DeHass, Rev. Dr. J. E. Cookman. The present member- ship is about five hundred, with a Sunday-school of five hun- dred scholars on register.

Its classes and prayer-meetings are large and spiritual.

Rev. JOHN E. COOKMAN, D. D., born 1836, at Carlisle, Pa .; grad. Philadelphia College, 1854, and at School of Theology, Boston University; previous locations, New York, Boston, Poughkeepsie; settled in Brooklyn, April, 1880.

Leonard Street M. E. Church, Leonard, cor. Conselyea, org. in November, 1867, in a room at the cor. Skillman and Leonard, which was dedicated Dec. 8th. The church was incorporated as the Hatfield M. E. Church ; and its corner-stone was laid in October, 1868. The edifice is a frame structure, 62 by 75 feet; seats 600; cost about $10,500, and was ded. Feb. 14, 1869. Ministry: Revs. H. Hatfield,

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1868; J. L. HIall, 1869-71; H. C. Glover, 1872-'3; W. H. Russell, 1874; S. C. Keeler, 1876-'7; J. C. Thomas, 1877; G. lIollis, 1877-'9; 1I. Baker, 1880; W. Hamilton, 1881-'3. The church has 130 members; the Sunday-school, 300.

The Mariner's Church (M. E.) was established, as the name indicates, for the benefit of sea-faring men. The first church edifice, cor. President and Van Brunt sts., was dedi- cated June 2, 1867. This building was occupied about twelve years. In 1879, a lot on Van Brunt st., between President and Carroll sts., was purchased; the present house of worship was erected thereon, and dedicated, Feb. 1, 1880.

A Sunday-school was organized, at an early date, under the supervision of the Pastor. The present Superintendent is William B. Hoyt. Rev. Edmund O. Bates has been Pastor from the beginning to the present time.

Rev. EDMUND OGDEN BATES, born in Westchester Co., 1808; joined Me. E. Conf. 1837; located at various places; at Wil- liam Street Bethcl, 1855-'62; Chaplain Amer. Seamen's Friend Soc. 1863-'84; located Brooklyn, 1855-'84.

Greene Avenue M. E. Church was org. Sept. 6th, 1868, with 30 members. It was an offshoot from the Weslcy M. E. Church of Tompkins avenue. The first place of worship was a building on the corner of Lafayette and Tompkins ave. The present church edifice, on Greene avenue, near Tomp- kins, was erccted in the summer of 1869. It has a seating capacity of 400, and its cost was about $7,000. A parsonage adjoining the church was erected in 1874, at a cost of $4,500.

Ministry: Revs. A. H. Mcad, 1868-'9-'70; C. Kelsey, 1871-'2; G. A. Hubbell, 1873-'4; F. W. Ware, 1875-'6; C. E. Harris, 1877-8; Geo. F. Ketell, 1879; Marcus D. Buell, 1880-'1; J. W. Barnhart, 1882-'3.

Rev. JOHN W. BARNHART, born in Marlborough, N. Y .; grad. Wes. University, 1861; Pres. Fairmount Female Coll., 1862-'6; located Sag Harbor, 1867-'8; B'klyn, 1869-71; New York, 1872-'4; B'klyn, 1875-'8; New Haven, 1879-'80; Sag Harbor, 1881; B'klyn, 1882-'3.

The Swedish Methodist Episcopal Church was first a part of the work of the New York Bethel Association. During many years class-meetings and prayer-meetings were hekl among the Swedes at their residences, About 1868, a small chapel was erccted on Pacific street, near Flatbush ave., and preaching was furnished from the Bethel Mission. In 1871, the present church edifice was erected on Dean st., near 5th ave. It is a brick building, with a seating capacity of 500. In the same year a church organization, under the New York East Conference, was effected.

Rev. Albert Erieson was the first Pastor, succeeded in 1880 by the present Pastor, Rev. A. J. Anderson.

Cedar St. M. E. Church grew out of a Sunday-school in Evergreen ave., near DeKalb .; org. in 1871, with 8 teachers and twenty scholars, and C. W. Cook, Supt. The following winter they removed to Mr. Brundige's store, on Broadway, and were known as the " Broadway Mission." There the first Minister, Rev. Mr. Pease, commenced preaching. Soon after, he hired a church building in Kosciusko st., and re- moved the society there. He was followed a year later by Rev. John Perrine, 1872-'3; Rev. R. P. Christopher, 1873-'5. During his pastorate, the society took steps towards purchas- ing their present building from the Protestant Methodists. The building was purchased for about $2,600; soon after, the Rev. A. B. Sanford (1876) was appointed the Pastor. The society incorporated under the name of the Cedar St. M. E. Church, and removed to their present home and place of worship, the first Sunday in July, 1876. The school now numbered about 150 scholars.

Ministry: Revs. Mr. Sanford, 1876-'7; R. K. Diossy, 1877-'8; C. K. True, 1878; W. C. Wilson, 1878-'81; Wm. Platts, 1881-3; C. P. Corner, 1883-'84.

The school, from its small beginning, has gained in num- bers, and now lias (1883) an average attendance of 325. The church is a wooden building, seating about 350. In 1883, a new infant-class room and lecture-room were built.

Rev. CHARLES P. CORNER, born 1834, in Ontario, Can .; at Victoria Univ., 1857-'8; was at Baldwin's, L. I., 1866-'7; Rockaway, 1868-'70 ; Rockwell Centre, 1871-'2 ; Thomaston, 1873-'4 ; Bklyn., 1875-'6; New York, 1877-'8-'9; Greenwich, Ct., 1880; City Island, N. Y., 1881-'2; Bklyn., 1883.

Carroll Park M. E. Ch. was org. in the Spring of 1872, its principal originators and largest contributors being Henry Du Bois, Chas. Bedell, and W. J. Bedell. While building, they worshiped in a store on Smith, near Carroll st. The church was ded. by the late Bp. Janes, Dec. 22, 1872. It is of brick, with Nova Scotia stone trimmings, and is 40 by 71 feet deep, with an L across the rear, 25 by 52 feet, contain- ing class-rooms and parlor for social meetings. Its cost was about $30,000, and it seats about 450 persons.

Ministry : 1873-'4, Revs. L. S. Weed; 1875-'6, W. W. Bow- dish; 1877, R. C. Putney; 1878-'9, A. B. Sanford; 1880, W. C. Blakeman ; 1881, H. H. Beale ; 1882, W. H. Simonson ; 1553, Jno. L. Gilder (till his death). Membership, 100; with an average of 150 in the Sunday-school.

Forty-Fourth Street M. E. Church .- A Mission was or- ganized April 24, 1874, in South Brooklyn, and rooms secured in 39th st., between 3d and 4th aves., where the first session was held, May 17, with 11 teachers and 21 children present. Isaac S. Bogart was elected Superintendent. Soon after, preaching services were instituted, and a room on 40th st. se- cured.

About the 1st of January, 1876, it was accepted as a Mis- sion by the 18th M. E. Church, and the Pastor, R. C. Putney, preached there on Thursday evenings. In the following year, two lots in 44th st., near 4th ave., were secured. April 2, 1877, Rev. Jesse Povey was authorized by the Quar- terly Conference to take charge of the Mission. A frame building, 25 by 50 feet, was erected in the fall of 1877, which was dedicated October 14, 1877. The congregation and Sunday-school increased, and the church building was lengthened to 85 feet, in January, 1881. March 31, 1880, five stewards were appointed, and the church became an inde- pendent organization. The first Trustees were: J. Bradshaw, J. Bedell, H. L. Spicer, F. Purdy, and L. N. Ilaskins. Rev. J. Povey was followed as Pastor, April 17, 1881, by Rev. Nathan Hubbell, who remained two years, and was suc- ceeded by Rev. George Dunbar, April 16, 1883.

Rev. JOHN JOHNS was born in England, 1835 ; preached in England, 1856-'72, and in New York, 1873-'9; came to Brook- lyn, April, 1883.

Zion M. E. Church, corner of South Third and Eleventh streets, was dedicated Feb. 12, 1884. The new building is con- structed of brick and is a substantial edifice. It has been erected for the use of the Zion M. E. Church, of which Rev. George E. Smith is the Pastor. The new structure is without a steeple, thoughi its front is relieved by ornamental brick work. A large vestry extends under the entire buikling, with class-rooms and kitchen and all modern church ap- pliances. The audience-room has a seating capacity of about five hundred. At the coming of the present Pastor to the church the; society was found to be incumbered with a debt. while the church building was in a state of dilapidation that made it ahnost unsafe. The Pastor set himself to work at once. The various churches were enlisted in a union fair, which was held in the basement of what is now the Lee ave.

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Academy of Music, which proved successful enough to pay ff the entire debt. A new church was at once proposed, building committee of leading citizens was selected, and a igorous canvass inaugurated. One gentleman generously ave $1,000, and an anonymous benefactor in the Eastern District gave $5,000, conditioned on the whole amount being aised. The cost of the church, embracing the adjoining parsonage, was $10,400, and it was dedicated free of debt.

Zion's Chapel .- This chapel is attached to the Zion Home 'or the Aged and Infirm on Dean st., between Albany and 'roy aves. Both organizations are under the care of A. M. S. Zion Church of New York city. The lots were bought Sept. 20, 1872, and such alterations made in the buildings as o adapt them for use as a Home and a chapel. Rev. John H. Smith was the first Chaplain, and was succeeded by Rev. I. M. Wilson, and he in turn by Rev. Abram Anderson, who vas followed by Rev. T. Williams, the present incumbent.

The Norwegian Bethel Ship Mission of the M. E. Church was originally the Scandinavian M. E. Bethel Ship Mission of New York. About 1875, the Bethel Ship was moored at the Foot of Harrison street, Brooklyn; and services were held here till February, 1879, when the place of worship was re- moved to a hall on the corner of Van Brunt and President streets. In 1881, a new church building was erected on the site of this hall, at an expense of $16,000. This house was a donation to the mission, from Edwin Mead of New York. The present name was adopted in 1881.

The Pastors of this Mission, since the removal of the Bethel Ship to Brooklyn, have been: Revs. O. B. Peterson, B. Jo- hansen and the present Pastor, Christopher Freeder. The principal work of the Mission is among Morwegian sea- men.

Sheepshead Bay M. E. Church .- The certificate of incor- poration of a Methodist Episcopal Church at Sheepshead Bay was filed in the County Clerk's office Aug. 9, 1883. Trustees and incorporators are: Supervisors John G. McKane. Alan- son Tredwell, Obadiah S. Aumack, James McKane and John Colwell. The presiding officers for the first year are: Alan- son Tredwell and Obadiah S. Aumack.

METHODIST (NON-EPISCOPAL) CHURCHES.

The First Methodist Protestant Church, being the third ecclesiastical organization in Williamsburgh, originated in the withdrawal of thirty-five members from the existing Methodist Episcopal Church of the place. It was organized in 1833, at a meeting held in the residence of Brown Suttle, on North Second st. The first Board of Trustees was: Fred- erick Dickerman, John Snyder, Benjamin Doxey, Peter Mer- rit and Stephen Baker. A small but comfortable wood edi- fice was erected and dedicated in the autumn of 1833; which was replaced in 1850 by a brick structure, 45 by 70 feet, with lecture-room. Rev. Ruel Hanks was installed Pastor in 1835, followed by the Revs. William H. Johnson, P. K. Whitsel, J. J. Smith. Samuel Henderson, William Millar, and the present Pastor, Rev. R. Woodruff. The membership of the church has been small, but is now increasing, while the Sun- day-school is flourishing.

Rev. ROBERT WOODRUFF, born in Elizabeth, N. J., 1809; circuit preacher in Meth. Prot. Church over 40 years; located Brooklyn, 1879.

The Fourth Methodist Protestant Church was organized in September, 1879, with 14 members. The Rev. F. Kratz became Pastor in October, 1879; succeeded in March, 1880, by the present Pastor, Rev. Thomas Buller.

The first place of worship was Greenwood Hall, on Fifth ave., near Ninth st .; then a store on Fifth ave., bet. Tenth

and Eleventh streets. The present church edifice is on the corner of Fifth ave. and Eighth st.

The First Free Methodist Church of Brooklyn was org. in April, 1874, mainly through the exertions of Joseph Mac- key, who purchased the house of worship of the North Dutch Reformed Church for $18,000.

In October, 1878, the church was reorganized under the name, Brooklyn Free Methodist Church. In 1881, a new church building was erected on Sixteenth st., bet. Fourth and Fifth aves. It is a framed structure, with a seating ca- pacity of 400, and its cost, including site, was $5,000.

Ministry, since 1874: Revs. James Matthews, Thos. La Due, William Gould, George Ekin and Fred. Wurster.

Rev. FRED. WURSTER born in Freudenstadt, Germany, 1841; grad. Theol. at Phil., 1879; located New York and Brooklyn, 1883-'4.

C.WRIGHT.

PARK AVENUE PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH.

Park Avenue Primitive Methodist Church, cor. N. Elliott place. The congregation formerly worshiped in the frame structure on Bridge st., which they sold in 1872, and built the handsome brick church, 48 by 80 feet, on Park ave., which they completed in 1873, at a cost of $40,000, includ- ing site and adjoining parsonage. Ministry: Revs. Fred. Bell, 1872-'6; Joseph Odell, 1876-'80; J. Finch, 1880-'3 ; E. Hum- phries, 1883-'4. The church system has no bishops or pre- siding elders, but is governed by the Annual Conference and Executive Committees ; it maintains an itinerant ministry, but pastorates are not strictly limited to three years. The congregation numbers about 300, and the Sunday school the same. E. L. Frost, Supt.

The Brooklyn Primitive Methodist Church has existed since 1839. In church government it is entirely democratic, and all matters of progress and discipline are settled by the will of the people. The church is situated in Bridge st., bet. Concord and Tillary sts. It is a wood frame building, the inside plain and neat, and the religious devotions are ener- getic and lively. All the seats in the church are free. No further information concerning this church could be ob- tained.

Orchard Primitive Methodist Church, Oakland st., near Nassau ave., was commenced by a few earnest Christians,

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who rented a store-room, cor. of Oakland st. and Nassau ave., and org. a Sunday-school July 4, 1874, with the following OFFICERS : Supt., Thos. Butler : Asst., W. J. Hoyt; Treas., Jas. H. Whitehorne; Sec., Jas. H. Bennett. Preaching ser- vices were instituted the same month. In May, 1875, a church organization was effected, and the following ap- pointed Trustees : Thomas Butler, Jas. H. Whitehorne, C. Montross, James II. Bennett, W. J. Morrison, Jacob Weiss, Abraham Gamble, John Davis, Atkins Storer.

Ministry: Rev. Thos. Butler, 1877-'9; J. A. McGraham, 1879-'82; W. H. Yarrow, 1882-'4.

In 1877, two lots were leased on Nassau ave., and a neat one-story church, 35 by 60 feet, was erected and paid for. In 1883, two lots were purchased on Oakland st., and the church building moved on to the same, raised 12 feet, and a commodious lecture-room built under it. A neat parsonage house was also erected.

The membership at the last conference numbered 103, and the congregations are improving. There is a good Sunday- school, numbering 150, in excellent working order.

Rev. WILLIAM H. YARROW born in London, Eng., 1830; located London till Sept., 1876; Shepardvale, Pa., 1876-'8: Hazleton, Pa., 1878-'82; B'klyn, 1881-'4; author of Theology Made Easy; History of Primitive Methodism; Life and Works of Charles Spurgeon.

Protestant Methodist Church, originated in a schism which took place among the Primitive Methodists in 1839. The secession first assumed the style of Wesleyan Methodists, and hired the building that had been erected by the Primi- tive society, and sold for the debt with which it was encum- bered. The preacher of the original society went with the secession. For a while the new organization appeared to pros- per, and numbered nearly one hundred members. They purchased a lot of ground on Kent st., on which they erected a church edifice, which they occupied from 1841 to 1845, when it was sold to the Roman Catholics.

It is understood that the society is dissolved. Fred. W. Ilolland was Pastor, 1839-'40; George Parsons, 1841-'2; Wm. Birch, 1844-'5.

Metropolitan Mission (Independent African M. E. Church) was organized May 28th, 1878, with 60 members, most of whom had been members of the Fleet Street A. M. E. Church. The congregation first worshiped in the Brooklyn Lyceum, Washington street. In September, 1879, they purchased from St. Matthew's (Evangelical Lutheran) Church their house of worship on Atlantic avenue, between Third and Fourth ave- nnes, for $8,000. It is a brick structure with a seating ca- pacity of 500. The church prospered, and now numbers 300 members. Rev. J. B. Murray has been Pastor from the time of its organization.

The following MI. E. Clergymen reside in the city:

Rev. I. SIMMONS, horn 1831, in Duxbury, Mass. ; grad. Wes. Univ. 1860: studied Concord Bib. Inst. ; stationed Lynesbury, Conn .. 1860-62; New Haven, 1862-01; Bridgeport, 1864-66; Birmingham, 1866-69; Norwalk, 1869-72; Brooklyn, 1872 *84; is Presiding Elder of New York East Conference.

Rev. GEO. A. HALL, born New Castle, N. Y., 1837; grad. Wesleyan Univ , 1867; Pastor 7th Ave. M. E. Ch., 1866-'67: State See'y Y. M. C. A., 1976; Special Agt. U. S. Christ. Com., one and a half years,

Rev. WILBERT C. BLAKEMAN, born at Bridgeport, Conn .. 1817: grad. Wesleyan Univ., 1876; located at Rockland, Ct .. 1477: Whitestone, L. I., 1878-79; Brooklyn, 1880; Parkville, I. I., 1881-82; Brooklyn, 1883-81.

Rev. ALONZO F. SELLECK, born in New York, 1806; has been 30 years in itinerant ministry ; located Bklyn, 1877.

Rev. JAMES PORTER, A. M. (Wes. Univ., 1847), D. D. (McKendrix Coll. 1856), was born in Middleboro, Mass., 1808; was trustee Wesleyan Univ., 1855-'71; Overseer Harvard: Trustee Concord Theol. Sch .; author of Compendium of Methodism, 1851; Spirit Rappings, 1853; History of Method- ism, 1876; and many other pub. works; located N. E. Con- ference, 1830-'56; Local Sec'y. Nat. Temp. Soc., till 1881; came to Bklyn, 1864.

Rev. E. HUMPHRIES was born in England, 1853; studied theol. with Rev. E. Millward, Eng .; is Publisher and Gen. Sec. of Conference; previous locations, Shamokin, Pa., 1874-'76; Mahanoy, 1876-'78; Tamaqua, 1878-'83; came to B'klyn, 1× 3.

Rev. MCCLINTIC R. BARNITZ, ord. as Bapt. Min., at Sag Harbor, 1866; Agt. Amer. Bible Union, 1868-'78; settled over 18th St. M. E. Ch., 1883.

Rev. WILLIAM BURT, born in England, 1852; grad. Wes. Univ., 1879; Madison Theol. Sem., 1881; located B'klyn, April, 1880.

Presiding Elders of the M. E. Church in Brooklyn and the Long Island District :- 1785, Thomas Chew; 1786, John Tun- nel; 1787, Thomas Foster; 1788, Henry Willis; 1789, Freeborn Garrettson; 1790, Thomas Morrell; 1791, Robert Cloud; 1792 -'3, Jacob Brush; 1794, Freeborn Garrettson; 1795, George Roberts; 1796. Freeborn Garrettson, Sylvanus Hutchinson: 1797-'9, Sylvester Hutchinson; 1800-'3, Freeborn Garrettson: 1804-'6, William Thatcher; 1807-'10, Joseph Crawford; 1511 -'14, Freeborn Garrettson; 1815-'18, Samuel Merwin; 1819, Nathan Bangs; 1820-'3, Peter P. Sandford; 1824-'7, Labau Clark; 1828-'31, D. Ostrander; 1832-'5, Samuel Merwin; 1836 -'9, D. Ostrander; 1840-'3, S. Martindale; 1844-"7, J. J. Mat- thias; 1848-'50, Labau Clark; 1851-'4, Seymour Landon; 1855 -'8, Buell Goodsell; 1859-61, Wm. H. Norris; 1862, Wm. H. Norris; 1863, John Kennaday. * L. I. South Dist .:- 1864, Daniel Curry; 1865-'7, B. Pillsbury; 1868-'71, E. E. Griswold; 1872, T. G. Osborne; 1873-'5, Chas. Fletcher; 1876, A. S. Graves. L. I. North Dist .:- 1864-'5, H. F. Pease: 1866, N. Mead; 1867-'8, H. Bangs; 1869-70, J. B. Merwin; 1871, H. F. Pease; 1872-5, C. B. Sing; 1876, J. L. Peck. N. Y. Dist .:- 1877-'8, J. L. Peck; 1879-'80, J. W. Beach; 1881-'2, Thos. II. Burch; 1883-'4, Benj. M. Adams. Brooklyn Dist .:- 1877-'9, A. S. Graves; 1880-'1, G. F. Kettell; 1882, W. T. Hill; 1883-4. Ichabod Simmons. In 1800, the M. E. population of the U. S. was 64,894, with 287 preachers. Brooklyn statistics for 1883 :- Churches, 39; Church members, 12,885; Sunday- schools, 91; Sunday-school scholars, 19,832; Valne of Churches, $1,367,700.

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Civil, political, professional and ecclesiastical history, and commercial and industrial record of the County of Kings and the City of Brooklyn, N. Y., Part 97

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909. Publication date: 1884 Publisher: New York : Munsell Number of Pages: 1360

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909.
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: New York : Munsell
Number of Pages: 1360