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Carrie E. Bush, to Eastern Turkey, 1820; Miss Jennie M. Lush, to Western Africa, 1873; Miss Fannie M. Nelson, to South Africa, 1846, and Miss Hattie Seymour, to Eastern Turkey, 1865. The church has raised and disbursed for benevo- lent purposes, from 1836 to 1907, $436.801.25. The trustees have raised and expended $578,- 891.98. The present church edifice and land cost $100,000. Dr. Stebbins ceased his ministry March 27th, 1904, and Rev. Dr. Chas. C. Albertson, the present pastor, was installed October 23d, 1905. The present membership of the church is 2,073; of the Sunday school, 1,303; the corner-stone of the new edifice was laid August 12, 1890, and the new church dedicated September 13th, 1891. The following have been the assistant ministers: Rev. Edwin P. Armstrong, September, 1894, to August, 1896; Rev. J. H. Elliott, January, 1897, to September, 1898; Rev. J. H. McElhinney, January, 1899, to September, 1901; Rev. W. S. Carter, February 1st, 1903.
St. Peter's .- This church originated in the thought and benevolence of Levi A. Ward. The corner-stone was laid June 7th, 1852, and the edifice, which is on the corner of Gibbs and Grove streets, was completed at a cost of $32,500 and dedicated October 25th, 1853, the sermon being preached by Dr. Mellvaine of the First church. Soon after a chime of nine bells was hung in the tower of the church by Mr. Ward. The first regular Sabbath service was held October 3d, 1853, and the first celebration of the communion May 14th, 1854. On the 12th of December, 1853, a special meeting of the presbytery of Rochester was held in the chapel of the church, at which meeting twenty-eight persons were constituted by the presbytery the "St. Peter's Presbyterian church of the city of Rochester." Edward A. Ray- mond and Levi A. Ward were elected elders, and they were ordained as such on the 1st of January, 1854. Four years later the session was enlarged by the election of Hiram Banker and William Slocum. The original edifice was destroyed by fire on March 18th, 1868, and was immediately rebuilt at a cost of $50,000. The first stated sup- plies of the pulpit were Rev. T. Coit and Rev. Leonard W. Bacon. Rev. Richard H. Richard- son was installed May 4th, 1856, dismissed Decem- ber 3d. 1857; Jos. H. Towne installed in May, 1858, dismissed March 5th, 1860; Rev. John T.
Coit installed June 1st, 1860, died when on a visit to Albion, January 23d, 1863; Edwin D. Yeo- mans installed June 4th, 1863, dismissed May 1st, 1867, died at Orange, N. J., August 27th, 1868; John M. Crowell, D. D., installed May 16th, 1869, dismissed December 4th, 1820; Asa S. Fiske in- stalled January Ist, 1872, dismissed September 12th, 1825; Herman C. Riggs, D. D., installed April 2d, 1876, dismissed September 24th, 1885; Alfred J. Hutton, D. D., installed November 15th, 1887, terminated his pastorate February 1st, 1895. Dr. Riggs was again minister in charge during the interim between the departure of Dr. Hutton and the coming of S. Banks Nelson, D. D., who commenced his pastorate February 1st, 1901, and resigned November 7th, 1906; Dr. Riggs was made pastor emeritus. December 5th, 1900, aud died August 6th, 1902. The present membership of the church is 310, and of the Sunday school 195.
Westminster Church .- A union Sunday school called the Buffalo Street mission was organized June 29th, 1856, on the south side of Buffalo street. The Westminster Presbyterian chapel was incorporated August 10th, 1858. A Sunday school called the Bull's Head mission was organized on the southwest corner of Buffalo and York streets May 24th, 1857. These schools developed into the West avenue chapel, which was organized Septem- ber 29th, 1859, and was incorporated October 6th, 1859. Its trustees were Joel B. Bennett, Samuel Dix, Stephen Coleman. Henry L. Churchill and Lewis H. Alling. July 12th, 1875, the society name was changed to the Westminster Presbyterian church. April 5th, 1868, eighty-two members of the Central church were dismissed and constituted the Westminster church, under the care of Rev. Henry M. Morey, late of Pittsford. He became pastor April 5th, 1871, and resigned October 7th, 1874. Rev. Corliss B. Gardner was called from Cuba, N. Y., November 30th, 1874, and was in- stalled February 4th, 1875. He continued his labors until the fall of 1895, when the pastoral relation was dissolved at his own request. Rev. Albert Evans, D. D., now of the Metropolitan church of Washington, began his ministry in the Westminster church, the first Sabbath in May, 1896, and resigned in 1904. Rev. Chas. B. Chapin, D. D., the present pastor, began his ministry on the first Sabbath in May, 1904, and
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was installed June 7th, 1904. The West avenue chapel was dedicated January 1st, 1860. It was rebuilt and enlarged into a church and dedicated January 26th, 1871. A new and modern Sunday school room was dedicated during the pastorate of Mr. Evans.
Calvary .- This church was organized July 15th, 1856, with sixteen members: Wm. Stebbins, Mra Eliza B. Stebbins, Wm. T. Cushing, Mrs. Arabella Cushing, Miss Henrietta Dempsey, Mrs. Olive House, Miss Helen M. House, Mrs. J. Z. Stothoff, Mrs. Hannah Ray, James Badger, Mrs. Catherine Badger, Mre. Elizabeth Barrett, James Barton. Charles Barton, Mrs. Elizabeth Blunn and Mrs Mercy Ingraham. Messrs. Stebbins and Cushing were elected and ordained as elders. The Calvary Presbyterian congregation had been previously or- ganized with Henry East, Lyman Munger, and John Pomeroy as trustees. Rev. Charles Ray was installed pastor July 30th, 1856. After a pastorate of two years he accepted a call to become principal of Geneseo academy. Rev. James Nichols acted as supply until April 7th, 1861, when Rev. Belville Roberts became pastor until June 25th, 1865. He was succeeded by Rev. Alfred Yeomans, who re- signed in April, 1867. Rev. Herbert W. Morris, D. D., was installed June 11th, 1867, remaining until May 3d, 1877. Rev. E. P. Gardner then sup- plied the church to July, 1877. Rev. Edward Bristol took charge of the pulpit as pastor-elect January 1st, 1878, and remained in this capacity to January Ist, 1890. The other pastors were Rev. Glenroie McQueen, from March, 1890, to 1892; Rev. Chas. A. Evans, from 1892 to September, 1897; Rev. Geo. C. Frost, from 1897 to the present time. The present brick edifice, at the corner of South avenue and Hamilton street, was built and dedicated in 1871. The present chapel for the Sunday school and social meetings of the church was completed in February, 1875. During the fifty years of ite existence the church has raised for general pur- poses about $85,000 and contributed to the benevo- lent boards about $8,000. The present member- ship of the church is 221, and of the Sunday school 225.
North Presbyterian .- The North Mission Sun- day school was organized in number 7 school- house April 18th, 1869, with Wm. A. Hubbard as mperintendent. A chapel was built by the Central Presbyterian church, as noted above, and dedicated
August 23d, 1874. In the autumn of 1883 Rev. Peter Lindsay, of Seneca Falls, was placed in charge of the work, beginning his labors December 16th, 1883. The North Presbyterian church was or- ganized February 12th, 1884, with seventy mem- bers, thirty-one on confession of faith and thirty- nine on certificate. Isaac Bower, Frank H. Clem- ent and Geo. W. Davidson were elected ruling elders. The presbytery of Rochester donated to the society the bell which had belonged to the Penfield Presbyterian church. The "North Pres- byterian church society" was incorporated January 4th, 1884, with David C. Rumsey, Wm. A. Hub- bard, Geo. W. Davidson, Matthew T. Byers, Frank J. Shields and Levy S. Sherwood as trustees. Oc- tober 9th, 1886, the trustees of the Central Presby- terian church deeded the lot and chapel to the North Presbyterian church. The corner-stone of the new church was laid September 10th, 1888. Addresses were made by the following ministers: Rev. Corliss B. Gardner, Rev. Chas. P. Coit, Rev. Edward Bristol, Rev. Wm. R. Taylor, Rev. Geo. E. Soper, Rev. Alfred J. Hutton, and Rev. Jas. S. Root. Rev. Henry H. Stebbins, D. D., laid the corner-stone and offered prayer. Rev. Peter Lind- say, D. D., the present and only pastor, was in- stalled May 14th, 1885. Rev. Edward Bristol, moderator of the presbytery, presided. The ser- mon was preached by Rev. Chas. E. Robinson, D. D., the charge to the people was given by Rev. J. Edward Close, the charge to the pastor by Rev. Theo. W. Hopkins, D. D., installation prayer by Rev. Geo. Patton, D. D. The pres- ent modern Sunday school building was dedi- cated December 30th, 1906. The present mem- bership of the church is 572; the number of officers and teachers in the Sunday school is 700.
Memorial Presbyterian .- Memorial Presbyterian church began as a mission of the Brick church in 1869, in what was then a sparsely settled portion of the city. The first services were held in num- ber 18 school building and other available quarters until a permanent location was secured at the cor- ner of Hudson avenue and Wilson street. Here a brick chapel was erected and dedicated November 20th, 1870, at a cost of $11,000, including the lot. On January 1st, 1871, Rev. Gavin L. Hamilton began his labors as the first minister in charge, being called from his ministry in the Presbyterian church of Pittsford to take charge of the new
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work. Under the leadership of Mr. Hamilton the mission soon aspired to be organized as a church and on January 19th, 18:2, this was effected, with fifty-four charter members. The early years of the life of the church were attended with difficulty and the future of the project was often in doubt. The pastorate of Mr. Hamilton terminated in De- cemuber, 1874. After being shepherdless for nearly a year the church called to its pastorate Rev. Chas. P. Coit, of Baltimore, Md., who began his labors on November 21st, 1875. Under his ministry the church grew until a new edifice became neces- sary, and in 1881 the chapel was enlarged into the proportions of a commodious church and dedicated on December 18th of that year, free of any debt, at a cost of 89,500.
Thus far the steady hand of the Brick church was constantly felt in sustaining the young church with large financial backing. But in 1882 the church assumed self-support. Soon the growing congregations made it apparent that more room must be provided, and in May, 1882, the building was taken down and reconstructed as it now stands with a combined seating capacity of about 1,500. The new church cost about $34,000, and was dedi- cated March 19th, 1893. After nearly twenty-five years of constant labors Dr. Coit resigned the pastoral office and the relation was dissolved Apri! 1st, 1900. Rev. J. Lyon Caughey, who succeeded next to the pastorate, was installed January 3d, 1901. He was called to the pastorate of the Har- lem Presbyterian church of New York city, and closed his labors in Rochester June 11th, 1905. Rev. Fred J. Tower, the present pastor, was in- stalled .January 4th, 1906, coming from the Pres- byterian church of Carthage, Ill. The membership of the church is constantly growing and now num- bers over 700. The energies of the congregation are now directed toward the clearing up of the remain. ing indebtedness of $8,000. Memorial church is planted in the heart of a large and needy section where several foreign nationalities are represented and where the gospel ministry is insistently de- manded. It has a field which calls for a broad ap- plication of Christian doctrine both to individual life and to social conditions.
Emanuel Presbyterian .- This church was or- ganized May 2d, 1887. It was the ontgrowth of a mission Sunday school which was established by a few persons, principally from the First Presby.
terian church, at the corner of Plymouth avenue and Strong street, at the house of Ezra Taylor, June 8th, 1873. The name was Bethany Sunday school. The following Sunday it removed to the basement of a building on the corner of Plymouth and Frost avenues. The following year the school removed to the Friends' meeting-house in Hubbell park. A more permanent provision being neces- sary, Oscar Craig secured funds for the erection of a building on the present location of Emannel church. It was named Emanuel Mission Son- day school by Mrs. Oscar Craig. In 1890 the First Presbyterian church presented the society with the entire church property. Rev. Thos. M. Hodgman was engaged by the session of the First church fo: regular preaching services. The first pastor, Rev Jas. S. Root, was installed June 26th, 1888. Rev. J. W. Ross succeeded Mr. Root from October 13th, 1898, to May 1st, 1899. The next pastor was Rev. D. M. Countermine. On April 23d, 1901, Rev. William A. Hallock was installed as pastor, and closed his ministry over that church in April, 1907.
East Side Presbyterian .- In the latter part of 1900 the Presbyterian Union of Rochester decided to establish a Presbyterian church cast of North Goodman street. February 21st, 1901, in response to letters of request from the union, Rev. Chas. P Coit, D. D., formerly pastor of the Memorial church, entered upon the work of calling upon the various Presbyterian people in that section and in. teresting them in the proposed new church move- ment. February 27th a neighborhood prayer meeting, led by Dr. Coit, was held in the home of Mrs. Emil Ludekens. Preaching services were al. terward held in the home of Miss Emma V. Me- Lean and in the office of the Rochester fire works company on East Main street, and on March 17th the Sunday school was organized, Rev. J. B. Still- son, the founder of the Moody Mission school of Chicago, offering the opening prayer. On April 22d, 1901, the presbytery, by a commission, organ- . ized the church, consisting of fifty-two members with the following persons as elders: John M. Copeland, Clayton J. Parkhurst, Frank R. Ray- mond, Chas. J. Wagner. On May 20th articles of incorporation were adopted, the name chosen being the "East Side Presbyterian church of Rochester." Six trustees were elected at that meeting. One week later the presbytery formally installed Dr. Coit as pastor of the church. A building was
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erected on the newly purchased lot, corner Hay. ward avenue and Chamberlain street, and services began to be held June 23d. In the latter part of 1902, a Y. P. S. C. E. was organized. The work was well conducted by Dr. Coit, and at the close of his pastorate, June 30th, 1905, the church member- ship was 122. At a meeting of the congregation held March 25th, 1905, Rev. Paul Moore Straver, pastor of the Third Presbyterian church, acting az moderator, Rev. A. D. D. Fraser, of Lockport, was unanimously elected as successor to Dr. Coit. De- cember 10th he preached his inaugural sermon, and on January 2d, 1906, he was installed pastor of the church by a commission of the presbytery. The mortgage remaining ou the church property was burned on May 220, 1906, when nearly all the clergymen of the Presbyterian churches in the city gave appreciative remarks. On account of the rapid growth of the church and Sunday school, at a congregational meeting, February 13th, 1907, plans were approved for a new and larger edifice, work on which will soon begin. The membership of the church is 175.
Grace Presbyterian .- This church was organized . aging. October 8th, 1891, in the town of Gates. A com- mission from the Rochester presbytery, consisting of Rev. Jas. S. Root, Rev. Peter Lindsay, D. D., Rev. Wm. R. Taylor, D. D., moderator; Rev. A. J. Hutton, D. D., Rev. Nelson Millard, D. D., and Rev. H. II. Stebbins, D. D., instituted Grace church with a membership of sixty-two.
The following were elected: Trustees, H. L. Reed, J. J. Wagner, M. C. Joiner; elders, Isaac .J. Sceley, George M. Roe, Wm. H. Carroll, Wm. A. Baker ; treasurer, M. C. Joiner. Rev. B. W. Perry was the first pastor. He was a strong organizer ; under his ministry the church laid the foundation for its future growth. In 1893 the church re- ported n total membership of ninety-two, with a Sabbath school of one hundred and sixty-five. Mr Perry served the church as pastor until May 12th, 1893. Rev. Thos. E. Sherman succeeded to the . pastorate on August 3d, 1893. In 1895 the church was burned. The congregation met for a time in a hall on Lyell avenue. The question of re- building was before the people for some months It was finally decided to purchase the lot on Lyell avenue opposite Whitney street, The Presbyter- ian Union supported the undertaking, and as a result a frame edifice was built. A mortgage of
$2,500 was afterward increased to $5,000. Mr. Sherman resigned the pastorate April 20th, 1897.
On October 19th, 1897, Rev. D. N. Morden took up the work. The Sunday school grew rapidly ; a Y. P. S. C. E. and a men's training class were formed; the church supported and educated an Indian girl for work among the Hindoos. A board of deacons was elected in place of trustees, and a board of deaconesses appointed by the session to assist the deacons in the work. A series of meet- ings under the leadership of Mr. Cordiner resulted in sixty accessions to the church at one commun- ton. The present membership is 235. On August 28th, 1901, the pastor resigned to continue his studies at the university. The resignation was ae- cepted with regret. In December, 1901, Rev. S. F Sharp was installed. During Mr. Sharp's ministry an organ has been purchased and the work in the church in all departments quickened and strength- ened. Owing to ill health Rev. S. F. Sharp re- signed the pastorate in November, 1904, and on January 15th, 1905, the present pastor, Rev. F. N. Lindsay, took up the work. The outlook is encour-
First United Presbyterian -This church was organized on September 21st, 1849, under the name of the "First Associate Reformed church of Ro- chester," its present title being assumed in May 1858. The first meeting-place was in the old school-house on Fitzhugh street, and then on the corner of Troup street and Plymouth avenue where Miss Webster taught school. This was de- stroyed by fire on September 8th, 1850, and the society purchased the building on the corner of Court and Stone streets, where services were held until the society sold the place and bought the house of the Free Will Baptists on Allen street, where they remained until the erection of the pres- ent building on Plymouth avenue, near Allen street. The successive pastors have been Rer. John Van Eaton, D. D., W. P. MeAdams, Thomas Boyd. James Patterson Sankey, D. D., who re- signed in June, 1906, after forty-two years of ser. vice, and the present minister, Rev. John Heslop, who was installed in September, 1906. The mem- bership of the church is 338, of the Sunday school 225.
Mt. Hor Presbyterian .- The first Sunday school in the Cobb's Hill district of Brighton was
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organized in 1823. The first superintendent was Deacon Fisher, and he was assisted by Messrs. Lee, Bissell, Scofield and Dr. Hall and Dr. Starr. Until 1849 the monthly Sunday school concert and the Saturday evening prayer-meeting were maintained. Between 1834 and 1860 many vis- itors from Rochester encouraged the school by their presence and friendship, among them C. J. Hill, John Thompson, Louis Chapin, Frederick Starr, Orlando Hastings, T. A. Newton and Gen- eral A. W. Riley. From 1859 to 1861, which was the most flourishing period of the school, Z. R. Brockway was superintendent. The number of teachers and pupils enrolled was 242. In 1861 J. H. Kellogg conducted revival services which re- sulted in the conversion of forty persons. In 1886 a mission band was organized. Another out- growth of the Sunday school was the Young Peo- ple's Society of Christian Endeavor, organized October 4th, 1891, with nine members; from this little band of earnest workers sprang the desire for a church organization. In April, 1893, a call was extended to Rev. J. M. MeElhinney to preach for six months, in the hope that the way would be opened for a church organization. The leader in this movement was Mrs. Jane A. Hodges. Mt. Hor church was organized by the presbytery of Rochester, November 27th, 1893, with seventeen members. John M. Brown and V. Gilbert Bene- diet were elected elders: J. F. Montgomery. F. W. Beogley, John M. Brown, Ross B. Schuyler and Jas. Beard trustees. The first house of
worship was dedicated February 4th, 1894, on the corner of Rosedale and Roosevelt streets, at a cost of $1,800. The dedicatory sermon was preached by Dr. Huiton, of St. Peter's church. Mr. Mc- Elhinney was installed April 30th, 1894, and F. C. Owen was ordained ax ruling elder. The church later removed to the corner of Monroe avenue and Rosedale street. on the site of the present structure. John Dunbar was made ruling elder March 31st. 1899. In the spring of 1899 Mr. McElhinney resigned to accept the assistant pastorate of Central Presbyterian church. For a short interim the pulpit was supplied by students from Auburn Theological seminary, Roland Wood- ward preaching during the summer and autumn. June 21st, 1900, Rev. Robert Wells Veach, the present pastor, was ordained and installed. Under his labors the membership of the church has now
reached 300. The present house of worship was dedicated December 15th, 1901, at a cost of $15,000. The dedicatory sermon was preached by Rev. S. Banks Nelson, D. D., of St. Peter's church. In April, 1902, Mrs. Jane Webb, of Janesville, Wis., presented the church a communion set in memory of her father, Samuel W. Lee, one of the organizers of the old Sunday school. In 1893 the church purchased its manse on Rosedale street.
The Brighton Church .- Rev. Solomon Allen, of Southampton, Mass., came to Brighton in 1816 and established a Sunday school on Clover street. On the 24th day of April, 1817, Joseph B. Bloss and Orange Stone appeared before Timothy Barn- ard, one of the judges of Ontario county, with a certificate of incorporation for a church, which was duly organized September 18th, 1817, by Rev. Solomon Allen. Nine men and thirteen women comprised the original members. The church has had only six regularly installed pastors. The longest pastorate in its history was that of Rev. John McCall, D. D., covering a period of sixteen years, from January 1st, 1888. The first place of meeting was in the school-house, where the hotel of M. J. Sheehan now stands. After Mr. Allen, by reason of advancing years, relinquished his labors here and returned to his home in Massa- chusetts, the church was without regular services for about two years. In 1822 the erection of a briek edifice upon what is now known as the Hoyt place was begun, and Rev. Jonathan Winchester became the first pastor. He built his own house, which still stands on Winton road South. In 1853 the church was extensively repaired, galleries be- ing constructed to give additional seating capacity, at a cost of $3,000. During the pastorate of Rev. James S. Orton, April 18th, 1867, the church was destroyed by fire. It was decided to locate the new church building on East avenue. Deacon Blossom's farm was purchased, a location for a church was chosen, and the remaining sub- divisions were sold. The Blossom residence be- came the church manse. The first service held in the present edifice was on Thanksgiving day, November 26th, 1868. The change from the Con- gregational to the Presbyterian form of govern- inent was effected September 21st, 1870. Elisha Y. Blossom, Harrison A. Lyon and Thomas B. Yale were elected ruling elders. While affiliated with the Congregational denomination for more
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than fifty years, it had been incorporated in 1817 as a Presbyterian church. Steps were taken March 30th, 1896, to enlarge the chapel, thus se- curing greatly increased facilities for the Sunday school and social work of the church. At that time the church was presented with a new manse, in memory of the late Elisha Y. Blossom, by the surviving members of his family. October 9th, 1905, the corporate name was changed to the Brighton Presbyterian church; at the time Brighton was included within the limits of the city of Rochester ..
The following pastors have been installed since the organization of the church: Rev. Charles Thorp, April 27th, 1825; Rev. Alva Ingersoll, No- vember 10th, 1836; Rev. Joseph R. Page, D. D., February 25th, 1875; Rev. James S. Root, May 12th, 1885; Rev. John McCall, D. D., June 8th, 1888; Rev. George V. Reichel, Ph. D., June 2d, 1904. There have been ten other pastors, not in- stalled, whose terms have varied from one to ten years. The present membership of the church is 200, and of the Sababth school 375. The superintendents of the Sunday school have been : Gen. A. W. Riley, Samuel Beckwith, Lyman Payne, Harrison A. Lyon, John K. Beckwith, Thomas B. Yale, Theo. A. Drake, who has just completed his thirtieth year of service. Rev. Frank M. Weston will be installed as pastor June 6th, 1907.
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