History of Rockland County, New York : with biographical sketches of its prominent men, Part 68

Author: Cole, David, 1822-1903, ed. cn; Beers, J. B., & co., New York, pub
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: New York : J. B. Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 993

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" The walls were then put in, and temporary seats made by taking poles and putting legs in them, in the form of a saw-horse, and laying loose planks across for seats.

In September 1829, it was solemnly dedicated to Al- mighty God by the Rev. George Banghart, presiding elder, who preached from Zach .: 1v, 10, 'For who has despised the day of small things?'

"Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Johnson were the first to join the new church.

"After using the rough seats four or five years, the sisters concluded to procure better ones for their side of the church,

" Catharine Blauvelt (now Mrs. Hollis Holman) and Harriet A. Sherwood (now Mrs. H. A. Blauvelt) went around among the people for subscriptions, and were successful in obtaining money enough to seat their side of the house, and to put two seats on the nien's side. In those days it was customary for the ladies to sit on one side of the church, and the gentlemen on the other.

In the winter of 1834-35, L. M. Prettyman and William Hanley were the pastors on this Haverstraw circuit. A great revival of religion took place, resulting in the conversion of nearly one hundred persons. Rich- ard Blauvelt was one of the nuniber. He, with others, decided not to be outdone by the ladies, and accordingly raised money, seated the men's side, and finished the gallery. Theunis Cooper built a pulpit and presented it to the church. It was a very odd affair, and might have been the fashion two hundred years ago; however, it was in use until the year 1839, when Lewis R. Dunn was ap- pointed to this circuit. He thought the pulpit most too ancient for the times, and obtained means to build a more modern one. He also presented the pulpit lamps, and took a lively interest in the church and people.

" For a long time it was the only Methodist Episcopal church in the town of Ramapo, consequently people came there from all directions to worship.

" All went on smoothly until 1855, when Cornelius Clark was appointed to this charge. He stirred up strife among the members on the subject of building a new church; some were in favor of enlarging the old, and part, of building a new one. Ile favored destroying the old church, and erecting a new one at Mechanicsville; a but the old one was not destroyed. The congregation that remained repaired the outside of the church by

*James D. Demarest, whose influence upon this town can senareely be estimated, was born March 9th 1590, and died at Money October 7th 1800, aged 89 years and 7 months. "He studied theology with the Rev. . Dr. Solomon Frorligh, and was licensed by the Classis of Paramus In October 18033. His first cull was to a place enlied Cantsbaan on the Hud- son River, from whence in about a year he was called to Kaklat. or Hampstead, and Ramapo, which congregations he served with necept- ance for over 50 yours." Ilis Inst sermon was preached the first sabbath I church was accordingly built in 1856 at Mechanicsville, In November INS. " In character he was mild and unassuming; he lind severe trials but loved peace, and often sald . I cannot bear wirite and trouble.' "

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putting on new siding and roof, and also painting it. They have kept up Sunday morning preaching to the present time.

" In 1875 the friends of the church thought the inside in the town, belonged to the Newark Conference, became was not quite up to the style of the present day. They therefore remodeled it, by taking out the old gallery, putting in new seats and pulpit, frescoing the walls, carpeting the floor, and making two aisles instead of one."

The first trustees were James Sherwood and Garret On- derdonk. The present trustees are Elias G. Sherwood, William W. Furman, and Levi Onderdonk. The first class leader was Willian Osborn. The present class leader is John Haring. The first steward was James Sherwood. The present stewards are William W. Fur- man, Levi Onderdonk, and Richard W. Blauvelt.

The ministers having charge of the church since its erection have been: 1830, James Dandy, G. F. Brown; 1831, James Dandy, William Baker; 1832, James V. Potts, William Baker; 1833, I .. M. Prettyman, P. D. Day; 1834, L. M. Prettyman, William Hanley; 1835, John N. FeIch, William Hanley; 1836, John N. Felch, B. F. Reed; 1837, Matthew Malinson, A.L. Gilmore; 1838, J. T. Canfield, A. L. Gilmore; 1839, Milford Day, L. R. Dunn; 1840, Richard Lanning, G. Winsor; 1841, Rich- ard Lanning, John D. Blaine; 1842, Benjamin Day, Ed mond Cook; 1843, Benjamin Day, Henry B. Beegle; 1844, 1845, William Burrows; 1846, Fletcher Loomis; 1847, Garret Van Horn; 1848, Martin Herr; 1849, 1850, Samuel D. Lawhead; 1851, 1852, M. C. Stokes; 1853, Peter Y. Colder; 1854, William Walker; 1855, 1856, C. Clark sen .; 1857, I). E. Frambes; 1858, D. Walters, S. M. Clark; 1859, 1860, Rodney Winans; 1861, William M. Burrows; 1862, C. A. Wambough; 1863, John N. Keyes; 1864, 1865, George Carmichael; 1866, Isaac N. Cole; 1867, 1868, Thomas H. Jacobus; 1869, 1870, M. C. Reed; 1871, W. H. Dickerson; 1872, J. B. Heward; 1873, 1874, C. A. Wambough: 1875, 1876, 1877, James H. Robertson; 1878, 1879, 1880, Amzi L. Smith; 1881, 1882, 1883, Abram J. Conklin; 1884. Rev. Mr. Thomp- son.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SLOATSBURG.

The property upon which this church is situated was given to the Methodist Episcopal church, through their trustees, William McRea, Joel Beardslee, and John Be- craft jr., by Jacob Sloat and wife, on the 5th of April 1837. The church building then commenced was fin- ished and dedicated in 1843. The first Methodist Epis- copal preacher known to have held services in this part of the town was one Rev. Mr. Cuddy, who came in his circuit to Johnsontown about 1802.

The organization which resulted in the building of the church at Soatsburg, was started in the old stone school. house with two parts which stood on the Orange Turn- pike in the village of Ramapo Works. Later, services were held in the Smith house, and later still, or until the building of the church, at the house of John Becraft.

The preacher at the time of the erection of the church |sume).

was Rev. Sylvanus Decker, under whose ministry there was a great revival. In 1860 the church, which had formerly, with the other Methodist Episcopal churches

part of the New York Conference. In 1864 the parson- age property was sold to the church by Henry R. Sloat and wife for $600; the trustees at that time being Peter Townsend, John McMurtry, Charles T. Ford, John T. Brown, John Becraft, and Henry Ford. The present trustees are: W. L. Sloat, H. Knapp, S. L. Wood, John Waldron, and John Whriteneour. The present stewards are S. L. Wood, H. Knapp, M. Waldron, and Isaac T. Pembleton. The class leaders are the pastor and Archi- bald Becraft. The pastors since 1860 have been: A. F. Palmer, W. H. Smith, G. C. Ezra, Horace Wood, A. F. Palmer, George Hern, O. P. Mathews, John W. Gorse, Nelson Brusie, W. S. Wimmans jr., and the present in- cuinbent, T. L. Lent. There is a flourishing Sunday school connected with the church, Mr. H. Knapp being superintendent.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, VIOLA.

This church was organized in the year 1856, out of "Wesley Chapel." (See history of that church.)

The first class leaders were Richard Blauvelt and Reuben Gurnee. The first stewards were Richard Blau- velt, Reuben Gurnee, Stephen R. Johnson, and George Furman. The first trustees were Abbot Cooper, George Furman, Isaac Ackens, Harvey Gurnee, and Tunis Cooper. And the building committee was the five trus- tees with the addition of Edward J. Straut. The minis- ters since the organization have been Cornelius Clark sen., David Walters, Fletcher Loomis, Francis Wolfe (chaplain of a Rockland county regiment) C. A. Wani - bough, J. N. Keyes. Cornelius Clark, A. H. Brown, Jolin Switzer, S. D. Jones, W. A. Ackerson, Mr. Smith and Mr. Mc Millan.

The church was dedicated, December 25th 1856, by Dr., now Bishop Wiley.

" METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SPRING VALLEY.

In the diary of Rev. George Jackson, now pastor of the Monsey Methodist Episcopal church, at that time pastor at New City, we find the following, under date of Tuesday, July 12th 1853:

" Went to Spring Valley where I tound three members of the M. E. Church (Thomas Warren and wife and Miss Wiley). At this village they have had no M. E. preach- ing for a long time. I offered to give a 4 weeks Sabbath Eve service; this they accepted."

. Under date of Sunday, July 24th 1853, he adds: " Preached in the Union Sunday School Building* at Spring Valley to a large and attentive congregation."

This was the beginning of the Methodist Episcopal church at Spring Valley, and for years it found a home in the Union Sunday School building.

Its pastors have been: Revs. George Jackson, David

*This building had been erecled the year previous (see history of

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Greaves, C. Clarke sen., Thomas Jacobus, David Walters, Walter Chamberlain, Fletcher Loomis, J. P. Fort, Solo- mon Parsons, Elbert Clement, Jeremiah Cowins, Frank M. Mason, M. C. Reed, Jacob P. Daily, S. M. Styles, and J. W. Young, the present incumbent.

August 4th 1859, the church was incorporated, with Joseph Wood, Thomas Warren, Jesse Youmans, Leonard A. Gurnee, John Onderdonk, Lake Onderdonk, Jacob May, William H. Seaman, and William Taylor as trus- tees. At the same time the present site was obtained from the Spring Valley Land Association for $175. A building committee, consisting of Thomas Warren, Jessc Youmans, William H. Seaman, and Lake Onderdonk, was appointed, and active measures taken toward erect- ing a house of worship. The corner stone was laid in the fall of 1859, by Dr. E. Hass, of New York city, and the church was dedicated by the same person in the fol- lowing spring.

The first class leader was Thomas Warren, and the present class leader is the pastor, Rev. J. W. Young. The first stewards were Thomas Warren, Jesse You- mans, John Onderdonk, William H. Seaman, Jacob May, and William Taylor.

" The Sunday School was organized some time prior to the building of the church." The superintendents have been Thomas Warren, Hugh Funston, John Onder- donk, Sanford Lounsberry, Augustus Warren, Theodore Ames, J. C. Wood, and the present incumbent, Mr. Ste- phen H. Burr.

The school is in a flourishing condition, having 100 names on the roll, and an average attendance of 80.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, LADENTOWN.

May 12th 1794, David Johnson and his wife, Mary, sold to Joseph Wood a lot of 8 acres "in the town of of New Hempstead, beginning at a tree standing in the line of lot No. 14 in the west range of Kakiat Patent about 4 or 5 chains from Jonathan Scaman's barn and at the north end of a stone fence standing on the east side of the back road next the west mountains, thence S. 80° 50' E. along the line of Jonathan and Jonah Sea- man's land 7 chains 84 links, thence N. 30° 30' E. to the road and along the road to the place of beginning, con- taining 812 acres."

This tract is a part of Lot No. 6 in "Seaman's Range." Joseph Wood sold it to John Conklin, and he to David Secor, who conveyed it to John Secor. The church stands on this land, and a piece of land was given by John J. Secor " so long as it should be used for church purposes."

The original founders of the church werc Jolin J. Se- cor, John Haring, and James Hastings.

The church was built in 1865, and the society was in- corporated the same year.

H. S. Burton, Abram Knapp, W. E. Dowe, Asa Abrams, and G. W. Anderson. The present trustees are D. D. Johnson, William Secor, James Hastings, and H. S Bur- ton. The first class leader was John Haring. The pres- ent stewards are Jacob J. Jones and D. D. Johnson.

The Sunday school was organized in 1862.

The pastors of the church have been Rev. G. D. Car- michael, 1865; J. W. Cole, 1866; Thomas H. Jackson, 1867; M. C. Reed, 1869; William H. Dickerson, 1871; J. B. Heward, 1872; C. A. Wambought, 1873; J. H. Rob- ertson, 1875; A. Z. Smith, 1878; A. J. Conklin, 1881 : Rev. Mr. Thompson, present pastor.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SUFFERN.

This church is a branch of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Mechanicsville. It was organized through the efforts of Rev. A. H. Brown, pastor of the latter church. Services were first held in the house of Mr. James Nor- ris (which formed a part of the store at present occupied by Alanson Traphagen) and after that, till the building of the church, in the school house of , District No. 3.

Its corporate existence cominenced October 28th 1867 when, pursuant to due public notice, a meeting was held The church at first was connected with Mcchanics in the school house above mentioned, at which William ville. In the spring of 1861, it was able to stand alone, |B. Burpo, James P. Fredericks, Dwight B. Baker, Henry and has continued so to do, save that for two years it Owen, and Erastus Young, were chosen trustees and was associated with Middletown. steps were taken toward the erection of a church.

The present site was obtained of William D. Maltbic and wife for $500, Aug. 18th 1868, and July 16th 1869 the present building was commenced.

The pastor, Rev. M. C. Reed, with Mr. E. Young, and James P. Fredericks, were the building committee. The corner stone was laid with appropriate services, August 14th 1869, and the contract for building was awarded to John Henry Wannamaker, August 20th 1869. The church was dedicated September 11th 1870, the pastor being assisted at that time by the presiding elder, A. L. Brice, and by January 7th 1884, through the indefatigable efforts of Rev. Mr. Conkling, the church was freed from debt by the payment of $360.

The first class leader was John Tennyck, the present class leader is James D. Wannamaker. The first stewards were John Tennyck, James P. Fredericks, and Henry Owen. The present stewards are, Jamcs D. Wannamaker, George R. Mapes, Charles G. Wiley, John Wiley. Henry Owens, and James P. Fredericks.

The present board of trustees is, Janies D. Wanna- maker, Christian A. Wannamaker, George R. Mapes, Charles G. Wiley, and John Wiley.

'T'he pastors have been: A. H. Brown, 1867, 1868; John Switzer, 1858, three months; M. C. Reed, 1869, 1870; Wm. H. Dickerson, 1871; J. B. Heward, 1872; C. A. Wambough, 1873, 1874; J. S. Hayes, 1875, 1876; M. F. Warner, 1877 and half of 1878; Thomas Hall, half of 1878; A. L. Smith, 1879, 1880; A. J. Conklin, 1881-83; D. W. Ryder, 1884, present incumbent.

Very early in the history of the church a Sunday school was established with J. D. Wannamaker as superinten-

The first trustees werc John J. Secor, John Haring, dent; he has been followed in office by George R. Mapes

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and Charles G. Wiley. The school at present has 60 a house of worship. This early Lutheran church stood scholars on its roll and an average attendance of 45.

At first the Suffern church was associated with Me- chanicsville Methodist Episcopal Church in the support of a pastor, later with Monsey and later still with Wesley Chapel and Ladentown. The present year (1884) it has become a station by itself.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, MONSEY.

This church was organized in the year 1871 by Jonas Gurnee and wife, James Seaman and wife, Abram Quack- enbushi and wife, Hamilton P. Dexter and wife, Wm. H. Carpenter and wife, and Mrs. Matilda Hogan, members of the Spring Valley Methodist Episcopal Church, and Jacob Cooper and wife from the Methodist Episcopal Church of Mechanicsville.

Services were first held at the house of J. J. Hogan and after that, till the building of the church, in the loft of the present blacksmith shop just south of the railroad.

The trustees of the church at its incorporation, Octo- ber, 1871, were, Hamilton P. Dexter, Jacob Cooper, John D. Lake, James I. Seaman, and William H. Carpenter. The present trustees are William H. Carpenter, John Lewis Blauvelt, J. J. Hogan, and William Rommell. Its first class leader was William H. Carpenter, and its pres- ent class leader is William Rommell. The present stew- ards are William Rommeil, Mrs. John L. Blauvelt, Mrs. William H. Carpenter, and Mrs. Jacob Cooper.

Its pastors have been: Rev. W. H. Dickerson, J. S. Hayes, M. F. Warner, W. R. Keifer, P. D. Day, and Rev. George Jackson, the present incumbent.

At first the church was associated with the Suffern Methodist Episcopal Church in the support of their pas- tor; later, with Suffern and Saddle River, and now it is associated with Saddle River and Mount Vail. Preach- ing is usually held every Lord's day morning.

The present church building was begun in the fall of 1871, the land being donated by Hamilton P. Dexter and wife. The building committee was: James I. Seaman, William H. Dickerson, Levi Sherwood, and William H. Carpenter. The corner stone was laid, with appropriate services, in February 1872, the pastor, Rev. W. H. Dick- erson, being assisted at that time by Rev. J. N. Fitzger- ald D. D., and the presiding elder, A. L. Brice. The dedi- cation services were held in July 1872, and the Rev. John M. Reed I). D., preached the sermon on that occasion.

A Sunday school was organized shortly after the church, with J. J. Hogan as superintendent. Its last superintendent was William H. Carpenter. At present the school forms part of the union school held in the vil- Jage.

CHRIST'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, MASON- ICUS.

In the year : 746, the Rev. Mr. Kurtz was commis- sioned by Dr. Muhlenberg, of Philadelphia, to care for the Lutherans who, in considerable numbers, had located in northern New Jersey. He succeeded in gathering a congregation in the " Ramapock Tract," and in erecting

about half a mile south of the present Dutch Reformed (Island) church at Mahwah; the precise spot being marked by a small grave yard, which still exists.

In 1791, the Lutherans united with the Dutch in the erection of the Island Church, which they owned jointly with the Dutch till 1848. Here services were held by the Lutherans upon alternate Sundays, the minister hav- ing charge of the Lutheran church at Saddle River offi- ciating.

Those who officiated in this way after 1820 were: Rev. Dr. Pohlman, from 1820 to 1822; D. Hendricks, from 1822 to 1830; H. J. Smith, from 1830 to 1833; W. L. Gibson, froin 1833 to 1835; J. Eisenlord, from 1835 to 1838; J. C. Duy, from 1838 to 1847; George Neff, from 1847 to 1850; M. M Meyan, from 1850 to 1853; N. Wert, from 1853 to 1856.

After the sale of their part of the Island Church, in 1848, the Lutherans still continued to worship in that church, where many of them, as individuals, owned pews. But in January 1855, the Rev. N. Wert, pastor of the Saddle River Church, commenced his labors in the neigh- borhood of Ramapo, with a view of building a church. Until their new edifice was dedicated, on the 11th of Oc- tober following, services were held in the old stone dwel- ling house of Mr. Adolphus Shuart, and in the barn of A. M. Litchholt.

March 3d a congregational meeting was held at the house of A. M. Litcholt, for the purpose of electing church officers and of taking action with reference to building a church. Richard Straut, James Straut, John Hemion, and Henry Wannamaker, were elected elders, Henry Fox, Jacob Hemion, A. M. Litcholt, and Adolphus Shuart, deacons, and James Straut, IIenry Fox, and A. M. Litcholt, trustees. The trustees were also appointed a building committee and subscriptions were made for a church. Ground was first broken on "Wannamaker's Corner" near Mr. John Winter's, but the site was soon changed to that of the present church at Masonicus, for which Mrs. Margaret Straut donated a half acre of land.

The corner stone was laid July 7th 1855, by the Rev. J. C. Duy of New Germantown, and the church was dedicated on the 11th of October following, by the pas- tor, Rev. N. Wert.

Since the departure of Mr. Wert in 1856, the pastors have been, Rev. E. De Yoe, 1856 to 1874, and T. J. Yost from 1875 to 1884.

The church at present is without a pastor. Its present officers are: A. M. Litchholt, David D. Ackerson, John Straut, Jacob F. Straut, elders; Peter Acker, John H. McElroy, Andrew J. Sutherland, and John J. Bush, deacons.

There is a flourishing Sunday school connected with the church.

CHRIST CHUCH (PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL) SUFFERN.

Upon the first Sunday in Advent, in 1849, the Rev. Solomon G. Hitchcock, a native of Connecticut and a bachelor, began his labors as rector of "Christ church"

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Piermont. His field of labor, in addition to the Piermont parish, comprised the whole of Rockland county, to which he was appointed missionary. He remained in charge at Piermont, until the day of his death, September 14th 1877, having passed 28 years of active, faithful, self- sacrificing labor for the good of men and the glory of

God. His name is still loved and honored in the homes | labors August 11th 1868, and continued till his removal of the poor.

It was as the result of Mr. Hitchcock's labors, that both the Episcopal churches in the town of Ramapo were organized. Probably as early as 1850, he might have been found holding services at different times and places throughout the town.

The first church organized was Christ Church, Suffern. This dates its corporate existence from August 25th 1860, when a number of male persons, of full age, met, pursuant to due public notice, at the house of George W. Suffern, where services had for some time been held, to take Not being free from debt, the church has never been consecrated. steps toward organizing a church and erecting a house of worship. At that meeting David Groesbeck and The present wardens are William H. Parsons and Downing Warner. The names of the vestry which we Alexander Hamilton were elected wardens; Edward Suf- fern, W. D. Maltbie, Henry R. Sloat, James B. Suffern, have been able to obtain are J. O. Ransen and N. T. John S. Maxwell, Elijah Rosekrantz, George W. Suffern, Pease. and John L. Sutherland, vestrymen; and the church was given the official name of "Christ Church, Ramapo." ST. ROSE OF . LIMA (R. C.), SUFFERN.

At the adjournment of this meeting, the officers thus duly elected set themselves zealously at work to erect a house of worship. Land was obtained of W. D. Maltbie . and wife. The contract was awarded to Henry Rehling, and on June 10th 1864, the church was formally conse- crated, by Bishop Horatio Potter D.D.

The rectors of the church have been Revs. Easthurn Benjamin, F. W. Lusen, Henry R. Howard, John Steele, C. B. Coffin, Joseph F. Jowitt, Edwin J. Lessel, A. B. Leeson, G. E. Pumcker, F. T. H. Horsefield, and since April 7th 1878, Rev. R. S. Mansfield.

Its present officers, elected April 14th 1884, are Theo- dore Haff and Henry R. Sloat, wardens; and John Crane, William G. Hamilton, M. R. Duryee, Henry Ha- mel, Edward Corrigan, James Cookson, Col. E. Miller, and David Fox, vestrymen.

The church has a rectory and parish school connected with it, and with all, may be said to possess one of the neatest church properties in the town.

In the great storm of November 23d 1874, the first steeple of the church was blown over; the present steeple was erected very soon after.

ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SPRING VALLEY.

This church was also organized as the result of the la- bors of Rev. Solomon Hitchcock. Services had for some time been held from house to house, but in the early part of 1868, Mr. A. B. Noyes fitted up a building on his own land, formerly used as a cider mill, and here services were held till Mr. Noyes sold and moved away.

This " Little Church in the Orchard," now used as a dwelling house, is still standing on the Nyack Turnpike, three-fourths of a inile south of the Spring Valley depot. The church was legally incorporated, August Ist 1868.

At that time Daniel D. Smith and Aaron B. Noyes were chosen wardens, and Stephen Herrick, William Robert Funston, William Oscar Roome, Alexander H. Kimmel, Henry J. Robinson, John H. Hopper, J. Darbyshire, and Chauncey Brady, vestrymen.

The first rector was R. S. Mansfield, who began his to Suffern, in 1878. He was followed by Rev. Joseph Tragget, and, at present, Rev. Thomas Stevens is doing mission work in the parish, under the oversight of Rev. R. S. Mansfield.

The church, having lost its place of worship through the removal of Mr. Noyes from Spring Valley, laid the corner stone of their present building, August 5th 1872, the pastor being assisted on that occasion by Dr. Hora- tio Potter, bishop of the diocese, the Rev. Dr. Haight, and Rev. Professor Seymour, now bishop of Illinois.

There are two Catholic churches in the town-one at Suffern, and the other at Spring Valley-both organized as the result of the missionary labors of Rev. Father John Quinn, of Piermont, and both organized about the year 1868.

Prior to this date, the Catholics in the town " had no place of worship nearer than Piermont on the one side, or Paterson or Greenwood, Orange county, on the other," save as occasionally (say once in three months) services were held by Father Quinn at the house of William Can- non in Suffern, or at the house of Patrick McDermott in Spring Valley. "St. Rose of Lima," built in 1868, was first designed to be located upon a lot granted by George W. Suffern, on the Orange Turnpike, one third of a mile west of Suffern, and nearly opposite the house now occu- pied by Mr. Samuel Sedgmore; but before ground was broken the present site was selected, for which Mr. Suf- fern also gave the deed.

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History of Rockland County, New York : with biographical sketches of its prominent men, Part 68

Author: Cole, David, 1822-1903, ed. cn; Beers, J. B., & co., New York, pub Publication date: 1884 Publisher: New York : J. B. Beers & co. Number of Pages: 993

Author: Cole, David, 1822-1903, ed. cn; Beers, J. B., & co., New York, pub
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: New York : J. B. Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 993