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McKenna, Harold J., memorial, 291.
McKenna, Miss J. A., 177.
McKinley, William, President U. S .; his
death at Buffalo, 239, 240.
Services and memorial service at St. Paul's, 239, 240. McKnight family, 177.
McKnight, T. W., 118.
McMurray, Rev. Archdeacon, 146.
Mc Vickar, Miss Catherine, 177.
McWilliams, Mr. and Mrs. R. E., 176.
Meech, S. L., 53.
Meister, E. F., 177.
Memorial altar cloth (Miss Stevenson), 290. Memorial bust (of Sheldon Thompson), 188, 272, 292.
Memorial (chancel) to Dr. Shelton, 183, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 395.
Memorial Hall, Hobart College, Geneva, N. Y. (to Bishop Coxe), 238. Memorial lectern (to Charles W. Evans), 181, 287, 288.
Memorial pulpit (to Dr. Shelton), 286, 287.
Memorial pulpit (to Dr. Shelton), 286, 287. Coxe, 207.
Memorial volume (on Dr. Shelton), 150.
Memorial windows (committee on), 180.
Memorial windows, 133, 134, 270; also "The Memorials," 278 to 298.
At Nashotah, 381.
Memorial windows to Dr. Shelton (see Shelton memorial windows).
459
Index.
Memorials, The (chapter on), 278 to 298. (See, also, 260, 262.)
Mendsen, T. H., 177, 388. Men's meeting, 249.
Merrill, F. B., 13, 17, 18, 30. First clerk to vestry (1819), 15.
Milburn, John G., 239, 253.
Miller, Mr. and Mrs. William T., 177.
Milne, Rev. Mark H., curate, 255, 396.
Milsom, J. Clark, 167, 356.
"Ministers' Meeting" (1879), 124, 382.
Minutes of Building Committee, extracts from :- 1850, 55, 56, 57. 1866, 103. 1888, 394, 395.
Mischka, Miss Anna (Mrs. Blackmar), 332, 334.
Mischka, Miss Emily, 334.
Mischka, Joseph, organist, 333, 343 to 350.
Missionary and Benevolent Society, 248.
Missionary and Relief Society, 198, 393.
Missionary efforts of Bishop Hobart, 12, 249, 250.
Missionary Fund, 26, 33, 34, 141.
Missionary League, (see Laymen's Mis- sionary League).
Missionary Society, evening, 248.
Missionary Society (Guild of the Holy Child), 249.
Missionary spirit and work, 7, 8, 11, 12, 22, 23, 141.
Missionary stipend, 11, 12, 22, 33, 34, 36, 37, 42, 250. Withdrawn (1831), 43, 322.
Missions, 7.
Mitchell, W. J., 356.
Mixer, Miss Minnie, 335, 340.
Model (wooden) of St. Paul's (1850), 315, 390, 391, 392.
Moore, W. Bowen, 177. (Died 1902.)
Moore, Mrs. W. Bowen, 248.
Moore, Mrs. George, organist, 323.
Moore, Mark B., 131, 343. Vestryman, 111, 116, 117, 119, 122, 123. Moore, Henry, 53.
Morgan, Mrs. G. D., 355, 356.
Morgan, Mrs. Gifford, 249.
Morgan, William (abduction of, 1826), 33. Morris, Henry, clerk to vestry, 44, 45.
Moseley, Dr., 347.
Mothers' Meeting, 248.
Moulton, J. W., 18.
Muniment room in great tower, 310.
Musical criticism (earliest recorded in Buf- falo), 320.
Musical notation of St. Paul's bells, 300, 301 (see Bells).
"Musica Sacra Society" (1820), 319, 320, 362. Music at St. Paul's (1817 to 1903), chapter on, 319 to 356.
Music Committees (see Music, 1817-1903).
Music, gifts for, 242 and 319 to 356. Mynter, Dr. Herman, 241.
(Died 1903.)
Nagel, J. C., 131, 177. (Died 1903.)
Nash, Father, 185.
Nashotah, 380.
Nashotah House, 381.
"Nashotah Society," 380.
Natural gas explosion (1888), 165 (see Fire).
Natural Gas Fuel Company, 195, 196.
Navy, United States, 33, 36, 367.
Needlework on the altar cloths and linen, 270. Nelson, Rev. Dr., 204.
New Amsterdam (old name of Buffalo), 7, 199.
Newman, George L. (extract from letter on Buffalo in 1830), 384, 385, 387, 388.
Newsboys' and Bootblacks' Home, 250.
Newton, Herbert, 354.
New York City, 12, 17, 27, 37, 68.
New York, Diocese of (divided 1838), 97. Niagara County, 9, 10, 11, 19, 20.
Niagara Bank of Buffalo, 14, 15, 18.
Niagara Falls, 18, 33, 377.
Niagara, Lord Bishop of, 124, 371, 372.
Niagara River, 18, 29, 108.
Niagara Street, 219, 220.
Nichols, Asher P., 58. Clerk to vestry, 50, 51.
Vestryman, 86, 87, 89, 90, 93, 99, 102, 104. Noah, Major Mordecai M., 27, 230, 363, 364, 366, 367, 368, 369.
"Noah's Ark" (by Israel Zangwill), 369. See, also, Noah.
Noah's City (see Noah).
Nordica, Madame, 342.
Norman, John H., Organist, 342.
North Porch (new) on Church Street, 171, 265, 394.
North, Rev. Dr. Walter, 215.
Norton, Rev. George H., 8, 11.
Norton, Miss Lilian B., 342.
"Now by St. Paul's" (editorial in "Buf- falo Express," 1880), 383.
Numbering of the Pearl Street rectory, 389. Nuno, Signor James, 338, 339, 340, 344, 345.
Nuno, Mrs. James (Kate C. Remington), 335.
Oaken chest for chancel books, 291.
O'Conner, Miss Julia A., 354, 355, 356.
O'Day, Daniel, 178, 195.
Odenheimer, Bishop, 98.
Offering plates, 66, 231.
Offerings, pledge system introduced (1894), 199, 201, 241.
Offering, Sunday morning, Committee on, 233, 248. Ogden, T. L., 366.
Ogilvie, George M., 177.
Ogilvie, John M., 177.
Old Folks' Festival, 364, 389.
460
Index.
Olver, Nicholas, 311, 312.
Onderdonck, Bishop B. T., of New York, 43, 98.
O'Neill, Matthew, 177. Bequests, 251.
Orchestra, first at St. Paul's, 338.
Orcutt, Rev. Samuel, "History of Stratford and Bridgeport, Conn.," 381.
Ordination, first in America, by Bishop Seabury (1785) (Philo Shelton first deacon), 40, 381.
Organ, first in frame church (1825), 25, 26, 320, 321, 322.
Organ gallery, 325.
Second organ (1829), 37, 59, 322, 323, 324, 325, 384. Sold, 77, 326.
In new stone church (1851), 66, 70, 77, 81, 326.
Moving organ, 82, 83, 84, 86, 88, 92, 93, 327, 328, 329, 335.
Sold, 114, 115, 336. New organ (1872), 114, 336.
Chancel organ (1877), 143, 265, 341. Burned (1888), 166, 265.
Organ (chancel) (1889), 276, 277, 351, 394.
Organization of parish (1817) Paul's).
(see St. Organized work of parish (1901), 245 to 249. Organ loft (see Organ).
Otto, Jacob S., 23, 29.
Palen, Robert, 200, 233, 334, 335, 343, 344, 345. Palmer, Alanson, 25, 385.
Parish Committees (see Committees).
Parish house, old, 186.
Demolished (1896), 217 (see rectory, on Pearl Street, and Guild house).
Parish house, new; building com- menced, 203.
Description, 216, 217.
Opened (1897), 218, 311, 314.
Subscribers, 434.
Mortgage, 219, 223, 224, 225, 233.
Debt paid, 241, 243, 244.
Subscribers, 437. Committee on, 233, 248.
Parishioners of St. Paul's, 119, 120.
Parish of St. Paul's, organized work in 1901, 245 to 249.
Parish visitor, 216, 218, 226, 246 (see Dea- coness).
Partition (glass) between "the chapel" and the church (1851-6), 83, 273, 274.
Pastoral staff (see crozier).
Patterson, John, 53, 54.
Peacock, Miss Mary (see Mrs. Charles W. Evans).
Peacock, Judge William, 173.
Pealing the bells (see Chapter, "The Chimes of St. Paul's," 299 to 313).
Pearl Street, Buffalo, 19, 28, 31, 49, 50, 51, 57, 91, 216, 217, 238, 254, 269.
Pearl Street lot (see Rectory).
Pearl Street rectory (see Rectory). Pease family, 64. Pease, James, 107.
Pease, John, 53, 54, 58, 64, 65, 90, 113, 131, 291, 385. Vestryman, 81, 83, 85, 105, 106, 107, 112, 114, 116, 117, 119, 122, 123, 126, 130, 136, 139, 153, 155, 157, 163, 175, 187, 188, 192, 196, 199, 202, 213, 223, 226, 228. Resignation, 233, 234. Resolutions of vestry, 234.
Pease, Mrs. Sarah Eliza Barton (Mrs. John Pease), 90. Died (Oct. 22, 1873).
Obituary, 113. Memorial alms basin, 291.
Pease, Sheldon T., 64.
Peck, Dr. James, organist, 342.
Peck, Jesse, 43.
Peirce, Loring (sexton of St. Paul's), 26, 31, 53, 107, 322, 385. Obituary, 107, 108 (note). Correct spelling of name, 376. Cholera in Buffalo, "a hero," 108, 376.
"City Sexton," 378.
First interment in Forest Lawn (1850), 378.
Perkins, Thomas G., 177.
Permanent Endowment Fund (see Endow- ment Fund).
Persch, Miss M. C., 177, 334.
Persch, Miss J., 248.
Peterson, Mrs. Jesse, 346.
Pews :-
Frame church, first sale (1820), 16, 17 (1827), 30. Square pews, 32, 41.
Taxation (in 1830), 42, 43. Pews in galleries, frame church, 43.
In (1848), 52.
Agreement (1848), 54. Stone church (in 1849), 56." In Clinton Hall (1850), 59.
From 1851-1888, 70, 72, 78, 79, 81, 85, 86, 87, 94, 100, 101, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 111, 113, 114, 116, 136, 178, 427.
In gallery over chapel, stone church (1851-7), 70, 84, 274.
In restored St. Paul's, 178.
Pew ends, 277, 278.
Pews and pew rentals, committee on, etc., 99, 102, 233, 248, 273, 277, 278.
Phelps, Rev. Davenport, 185.
Philips, Charles, 13. Piano, first in village of Buffalo, 321.
Pickering, John S., 340.
Pigeons (see Doves).
Pillars (1851) of wood, 69, 266.
Pillars (1889), stone, 266, 272, 273.
Pitkin, Miss (Mrs. John V. Tifft), 332.
Index. 461
Pitkin, Rev. Dr. Thomas Clapp. Assistant minister, 89, 90, 91. Assistant rector, 92, 93, 99, 101. Clergy List, 396. Resignation, 104. Death, 104.
Platform for chancel choir (1882), 132, 345.
Plattsburg, N. Y., 41, 42, 378.
Pledges (see Offerings).
Plogsted, Louis H., 339, 340 to 345.
Pomeroy, Mrs. Lydia, 53.
Pomeroy, Miss F., 321.
Poole, Miss Anna (Hoxsie),
(Mrs. J. T. Cook), 177, 327, 328. Porches :-
Church Street (or north) porch; old (1851), 70, 72, 265, 270, 274, 390.
New (1890), 170, 171, 265, 269, 273, 275.
Erie Street (or south) porch, 100, 167, 268, 270, 310, 315; four windows in, 391.
Northwest porch, Pearl Street, 68, 100, 268, 269, 270, 390.
West porch, Pearl Street, 68, 101, 269, 270, 314. Porter, Peter B., 64.
Porter, Cyrus K., & Son, architects, 265, 426.
Porter, S. L., 177.
Portrait of Dr. Shelton (by L. G. Sell- stedt), presented to him by St. Paul's Guild (1879), 124.
Potter, Bishop Henry C. (of New York), 185.
Potter, Bishop Horatio (of New York), 98, 213, 329.
Pound, Hon. John E., 215,
Chancellor of Diocese of Western New York (1901), 238.
Powell, Rev. Arthur C., 207.
Pratt, Lucius H., 54.
Prentice, Miss A. (Mrs. Davidson), 352.
Presbyterian Society, Buffalo, 15, 16, 23, 24, 30 (see First Presbyterian Church).
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Society for, 250.
Prison-gate Mission, 250.
Processional Cross (see Cross).
Programmes of Church Music, 346.
Protestant Episcopal Church, 7, 8, 20, 63, 182, 191, 203.
"Protestant Episcopal Society of Young Men," 11, 250.
Provoost, James P., 53, 54. Provoost, John M., 233, 236. Treasurer, 261.
Publications of Buffalo Historical Society, 369, 372, 376, 378, 389.
Pulpit, in frame edifice, 31, 32, 384.
Pulpit, black walnut (1851-1888), 70. Burned (1888), 166.
Pulpit, stone (Shelton memorial) (1889), 286, 287.
Pyne, E. W., organist, 352.
Quarry at Hulburton,
Bought (1850), 55 and note, 85; sold (1861), 89.
Queen Victoria, memorial service at St. Paul's (1901), 237.
Radcliff, Miss B. (Mrs. Robt. Hollister), 321.
Radcliff, Jerry, vestryman, 37, 42, 43. Radcliff family, 385.
Ralph, Jesse, 53.
"Random Notes on the Authors of Buf- falo," 389.
Rankine, Rev. Dr., 184, 185.
Ransom, Elias (on Organization Paper and first vestry, 1817), 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 25, 30, 43, 141.
Vestryman (1817), 9 and note, 12, 15, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 141.
St. Paul's organized at tavern of Elias Ransom (1817), 8, 9, 12, 16, 141.
Ransom, Mrs. Elias, 9.
Ransom, Elias, Jr. (on Organization Paper, 1817), 9. Ransom, Miss K., 321.
Rathbun, Benjamin, 25, 30, 43, 374. Vestryman, 28, 44, 46.
Eagle Tavern, Buffalo, 16, 24, 366, 373, 374.
Rathbun, Mrs. Benjamin, 385.
Receiving-vault, in church edifice (1854), 79, 80, 81, 136, 142, 154, 269, 358. Use discontinued (1885), 154, 155, 359.
Reconciling and Hallowing of church edi-
fice after fire, service of, (1890), 180, 182, 183, 360.
Records of diocese (in St. Paul's), 310.
Records of ministerial duties (Dr. Shel- ton), 377, 378.
Records of the vestry and parish, 33, 37, 80, 81, 172, 319.
Rectors of St. Paul's (see Clergy List), 396. (Also under individual names.)
Rectory, old (Pearl Street), 41.
Lot purchased (1844), 49, 50.
Rectory finished (1847). 51, 217, 358, 379. General references, 63, 78, 83, 124, 129, 136, 141, 145, 146, 150.
Guild House (1884), 153. Street numbering, 389, 390.
(See Guild House and Parish House, old.)
Rectory, 61 Johnson's Park,
Purchased (1895), 199, 200, 236, 241, 242, 243, 244, 259, 360, 437 to 439.
Rectory Fund subscription, 200.
"Red-bound Book" (Dr. Shelton's sub- scription book, 1848), 52, 426. Red Hook, N. Y., 149, 378. Red Jacket, 369.
462
Index.
Reed, Ebenezer, 13.
Regester, Miss Charlotte, 249.
Regester, Rev. Dr. J. A.
Eighth Rector (1892), 193, 196, 198. Degree of S.T.D., 199.
Year books, 242, 243, 244.
General references, 202, 203, 213, 214, 218, 223, 226, 228, 229, 231, 233, 235, 236, 237, 240, 241, 245, 246, 248, 249, 255, 256, 260, 311, 352, 360.
Clergy List, 396. Tenth anniversary, 242, 360.
Remington, Cyrus K., 335.
Remington, James, 10.
Remington, Misses (Kate and Sarah), 335.
Removal of the frame church (1850), 59, 388, 389.
(See St. Paul's.)
Repointing church edifice, 155, 187.
Report of the parish (1887), 158.
Reredos (black walnut, in church before fire), installed in 1867, when the chancel was refurnished, 103, 359.
Illuminated in gold and colors (1877), 142, 341.
Burned (1888), 166, 167.
Reredos, in restored St. Paul's (1889)
(brown stone and mosaic work), 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 395.
(Part of Shelton Memorial.)
Restored St. Paul's, 181, 182, 183, 184. (See architectural description of the church as restored after the fire of 1888), 265 to 278. Also see "The Memorials," 278 to 298.
"Resurrection, The" (see cantata).
Rexford, George C., 326, 327.
Reynolds, James L., 387.
Reynolds, Miss, 332.
Richmond, Edward S., 176.
Richmond, John R. H., 176, 233, 246, 251. Vestryman, 232, 234, 241, 245, 256.
Richmond, Gerald H., 176, 233.
Richmond, Mrs. Geraldine (Mrs. Jewett M. Richmond), 176.
Richmond, Miss Lillian R., 176.
Riker, George, 57, 391, 422.
Ringing and chiming the bells, Dr. Shel- ton's bequest for (see bells).
Rochester, Dr. Thomas F. Vestryman, 86, 87, 93, 99, 102, 104.
Rodney, Col. G. B., U. S. A., 229.
Rodney, Mrs. Janet Warren (Mrs. G. B. Rodney), 177, 229. Rogers, Henry W., 101.
Rogers, Norman, 233, 246.
Roman Catholic mass, first in Buffalo (held in St. Paul's, 1821), 361.
Roman Catholic See House, 324.
Rooms over porches, 268, 270, 390.
Roosevelt, Theodore, President of the U. S., 239.
Root, John, on organization paper (1817), 9, 13, 18, 25, 30, 43.
Root, Marshall J., 226, 233. Rose, Mrs. Thomas, 178.
Ruins of Church edifice (after fire of 1888), 70 note, 166, 265, 268 (see illustrations). Russell, John E., 53, 55.
Russell, Miss C. (Mrs. White), 352.
Saint Andrew, Brotherhood of, 218, 221, 249.
Saint Andrew's Mission and Church (Spruce St., or German Mission), 117, 122, 125, 155, 158, 184, 190, 191, 242, 393.
Saint James's Church, Buffalo, 90, 101, 134. Organized (1853), 302.
Saint John's Church, Buffalo.
Organized (1845), 51, 62, 65, 101, 168, 302, 328, 386, 440. Saint Luke's Church, Buffalo. Organized (1857), 101, 184, 304.
Saint Mary's-on-the-Hill, Buffalo. Organized (1875), 117, 121, 184.
Saint Paul's Chapel, New York, 27.
Saint Paul's Church, Buffalo:
General references: Dedication, Pre- face, Historical Outline (1817-1903), 357 to 360.
Organized (1817), 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 141, 357. Incorporated (1817), 8, 9, 11, 141, 357.
First church service held at house of Elias Ransom, 16.
Subscription for frame church (1818), 13.
Lot 42 given by Holland Land Com- pany (1819), 10, 14, 141, 174, 357.
Corner stone of frame church laid (1819), 14, 63, 174, 357.
St. Paul's Church was the first building erected for religious worship in Buf- falo, 16, 21, 22, 29.
Deed of lot 42 (1820), 19, 141, 174, 357. Frame church consecrated (1821), 20, 174, 357.
Seal of the corporation adopted (1821), 21, 360, 361.
Bell bought (1821) now in smaller tow- er (see Bells).
Glebe lot (Gospel lot) given by Holland Land Co., 1827 (see Glebe).
Frame church enlarged (1828), 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 357.
Rev. William Shelton (fifth rector), (1829), 40, 41, 357 (see Shelton). Side galleries built (1831), 41, 43, 358. Basement Sunday School room finished (1833), 41, 45, 358.
Talk of selling church and lot, and building elsewhere (1835-6), 45, 46.
Descriptions of frame church, 16, 17, 32, 41, 141, 362, 365, 366, 384, 385.
Committee appointed to consider the building of a new church (1844), 49.
Lot on Pearl Street purchased for rec- tory (1844), 49, 50, 358.
Rectory finished (1847), 51, 358.
463
Index.
Saint Paul's Church, Buffalo .- (Continued.)
Subscription started for building new stone church (1847), 58, 258.
Subscription (1848), 52, 53, 358, 426. Richard Upjohn invited to furnish plans (1848), 52.
Requested to modify those sent, 54.
Revised plans (1849), 55 (see Upjohn). Vestry decides to build (1849), 56.
Foundation begun (Sept. 1849), 57, 143, 358.
Last service in frame church (March 17, 1850), 59, 358.
Frame church sold and removed (1850), 59, 325, 358, 388, 389.
Services held in Clinton Hall (1850-1), 59, 62, 65, 325, 358.
Corner stone of new stone church laid (1850), 62.
Contents, 63. See, also, 143, 325, 358. Stone church consecrated (1851), 66, 67, 143, 326, 358.
Description of stone church (1851), by "C. W. H." (Rev. C. W. Hayes, D.D.), 68, 69, 70, 71, 72.
Basement Sunday School room, porches, stone steps, receiving vault, and main tower, including belfry, built (1854-6), 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 358.
Chimes (1856-7), 85, 358 (see under Bells; also see "Chimes of St. Paul's," 299 to 313).
St. Paul's during Civil War (1861-5), 90. Organ moved to west gallery (1863), 82, 83, 84, 86, 88, 92, 93, 327, 328, 358. St. Paul's Cathedral (1866), 102, 103, 142, 182, 214, 215.
Chancel furniture installed and walls of church decorated (1867), 103, 359. Main spire finished (1870), 108, 109, 359 (see "Great Tower and Spire," 314 to 318).
Smaller spire finished (1871), 111, 358.
Death of Dr. Shelton (1883), 143 to 152 (see Shelton).
Parish free from debt (1882), 136, 143.
Description of St. Paul's (1883), 141 to 143.
"The Churches," 174, 220, 440. Parish statistics (1887), 158.
Burning of St. Paul's (1888), 165, 166, 167, 168, 359.
Services in Temple Beth Zion (1888-9), 169, 170, 175, 187, 190, 350, 351, 359.
Subscription for rebuilding St. Paul's (1888), 176, 177, 178.
Restored St. Paul's, service of Hallow- ing and Reconciling (January 3, 1890), 182, 183, 184, 351, 360.
For description of edifice see "Re- stored St. Paul's" (1890), 265 to 278; "The Memorials," their history, de- scription and inscriptions, 278 to 298.
Saint Paul's Church, Buffalo .- (Continued.)
Bishop Coxe's 25th Anniversary (1890), 184, 185, 186, 360 (see Coxe).
Johnson's Park rectory (see Rectory).
Day of election of vestry changed, 202.
Old and new parish house (see Par- ish House).
Death of Bishop Coxe (see Coxe). Shelton Square, 219, 220, 251, 253, 261. St. Paul's in 1901; organization, work, etc., 245.
St. Paul's and the street railway com- pany (1901-2), 238, 251 to 253, 262.
Deed of the "triangles," 254; recorded, 262.
The Endowment Fund (see Endow- ment).
The ivy, doves, sparrows, 298.
The chimes of St. Paul's; history, de- scription, inscriptions on bells, etc., 299 to 313 (see also Bells).
Description, history, etc., of the great tower and spire, 314 to 318 (see, also, Great Tower and Spire).
History of the Music at St. Paul's (1817-1903), 319 to 356.
Historical outline of St. Paul's (1817- 1903), 357 to 360.
Notes on the early rectors, 361 to 365.
Extracts from early letters of Rev. Mr. Searle, 365, 366.
Major Noah's City, "Ararat," 27, 320, 363, 364, 366 to 368.
Accounts and anecdotes of Dr. Shel- ton, 369 to 383.
"Now by St. Paul's," editorial in "Ex- press" (1880), 383.
Early years of the church in Buffalo, 383 to 385.
The Bank of England and St. Paul's, 385, 386.
Formation of a free church for lake men (1849), 386 to 388.
Removal of the frame church (1850), 59, 358, 388, 389.
The wooden model of St. Paul's, 390 to 392.
St. Paul's Guild (see Guild).
List of the clergy in St. Paul's (1817- 1903), 396.
List of the vestry (1817-1903), 397 to 420.
The architects of St. Paul's, 421 to 426.
Subscription lists, 426 to 439.
In conclusion, St. Paul's in 1902, 440 to 441.
St. Paul's a monument to Dr. Shelton, 143, 152.
"Upjohn's Masterpiece," 143, 316, 422. Sunday School (see Sunday School).
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Index.
St. Paul's Church, Mayville, N. Y. (con- secrated, 1828), 28.
St. Paul's Guild (see Guild).
St. Peter's German Evangelical Church Buffalo (bought frame edifice of St. Paul's, 1850), 59, 325, 388, 389.
Saint Pierre's French Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo, formerly Clinton Hall, 59, 62, 65, 325, 358.
Saint Philip's Church, Buffalo, 184.
Saint Thomas's Church, New York, 163, 164, 179, 231, 232.
Salisbury, H. A., 18.
Salisbury, Smith H. (on organization pa- per (1817), 9, 13, 17, 18, 19, 25. Vestryman, 15, 21, 22, 23, 24.
Sanctuary (or Sacrarium), 71, 275, 276.
Sanford, Hon. and Mrs. Henry Shelton.
Dr. Shelton marries Mr. and Mrs. San- ford, in Paris, 95.
Their gift to St. Paul's (Christmas, 1870) of the first brass eagle Lectern, 95, 110, 111, 143.
Resolutions of thanks from the vestry, 110, 111.
Sanford, James W., 53.
Treasurer, 111, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117, 119, 122, 123, 126, 130, 136, 140, 153, 154, 155, 157, 163, 175, 177, 187.
Resigns, 190; resolutions of vestry, 190.
Death and obituary, 201.
Sanford, Mrs. James W., 177, 201.
Savage, Thomas, 53.
Sawin, Silas, 53.
Schimmelpenninck Avenue, Buffalo (Niag- ara Street), 220, 221.
Schimmelpenninck, Rutger Jan, 19.
Schofield, Mrs. (Miss S. L. House), 326, 327, 334.
Schuyler, C. B., organist, 330, 332.
Schuyler, Rev. Mr., 387.
Scobell, Richard, 312.
Scott, George, 305.
Scroggs, Gustavus A., 294.
Scroggs, Mrs. Caroline E. (Mrs. G. A. Scroggs), 177.
Scroggs memorial window, 294, 295.
Seabury, Bishop, 40, 211, 381.
Seal of the corporation, 21, 360, 361.
Searle, Rev. Addison.
Third rector (1825), 25, 357, 396.
First organ in St. Paul's, 25, 26, 320.
He officiated also at Grace Church, Black Rock, 26.
Only baptism by immersion, 26.
Number of communicants (1825), 26.
Corner stone of Ararat laid in St. Paul's (see Ararat), 27, 366 to 369. On committee to procure "Glebe lot," 27.
Mr. Searle obtains from Trinity, N. Y., the glass chandelier, 28.
Searle, Rev. Addison .- (Continued.)
Commemorative services after deaths of Ex-Presidents Adams and Jeffer- son (1826), 28.
Delegate to convention (1826), 28.
Rev. Mr. Searle procures the "Glebe lot" for the parish, 29.
Presides at annual election, 30.
Entertains Rev. Wm. Shelton in 1827, 33, 357, 373.
Reports to convention the enlargement of edifice, 32.
Account of Rev. Mr. Searle, 33, 363 to 366.
Resigns rectorship, on account of ill health, 33, 34, 364.
His friendship for Dr. Shelton, 34, 35, 373.
His life after leaving St. Paul's, 36. His death (1850), 36.
Harmony in the parish under Rev. Mr. Searle, 39, 141, 370, 373.
Mr. Lewis F. Allen's account of Rev. Mr. Searle, 363.
Dr. Shelton's tribute to him, 364. Rev. Dr. Lord's account of him, 364, 365.
Extracts from old Letters of Rev. Mr. Searle to Bishop Hobart, etc., 365, 366.
Sears, Miss, 348, 350, 351.
Sears, Miss C. E., 344.
Sears, Richard, vestryman, 46, 49.
See House (see Bishop's residence), 101, 102.
Sellstedt, Lars G., 124.
Sermon-rest, brass, in pulpit, 287.
Services (1901), Sunday and week day, 247.
Services for deaf mutes, 224, 247, 249.
"Settlement Work," of St. Paul's, 223.
Severance, Frank H., 373, 389.
Sewing-school, 248.
Seye, Hendrik, 19.
Seymour, Miss Catharine F., (Mrs. Edward Ingersoll), 139.
Seymour, Erastus B., vestryman, 89, 90.
Seymour, Horatio, Jr., 53, 58, 118, 297.
Seymour, Mrs. Elizabeth Staats.
(Mrs. Horatio Seymour).
Local president sanitary commission, 90.
Obituary, 118, 119.
Bequest to St. Paul's, 119, 133, 134, 297.
Memorial window to her two sons, 119, 133, 134, 297. Vestry resolutions, 134.
Seymour, Sir John, 375. Seymour, John B.
Clerk to vestry, 89, 90, 94, 99, 102, 104,
105, 106, 107, 111, 112, 114, 116, 117, 119, 122. Death, 122.
Resolutions of Vestry, 122.
Index.
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Seymour, Mrs. John B. (Mary Hayden), 328, 329.
Shaw, Joseph, 43.
Sheldon, Genesee County, N. Y. (first Episcopal church on Holland Land Pur- chase), 8, 11, 250.
Sheldon, James, 13, 18.
Sheldon, Mrs. W. A. (Julia Sweet), 334.
Shelton China, sale of, 225.
Shelton Hall, Nashotah, 381.
Shelton memorial endowment, fund, 157, 158, 224, 225, 244, 292. (See also Endowment Fund.)
Shelton memorial windows (1887), 150, 154, 156, 158, 349; destroyed (1888), 166, 284; new (1890), 266, 282, 283, 284, 394 (see, also, East Window).
Shelton, Rev. Philo (father of Rev. Wm. Shelton), 40, 381; memorial window to, at Nashotah, 381.
Shelton, Mrs. Philo (mother of Rev. Wm. Shelton), 35, 38, 40, 382.
Shelton Society, 158, 224, 249, 276, 287.
Shelton Square, 174, 175, 219, 220; track in, 238, 251, 252, 253, 255; square widened, 261. Shelton, Rev. Dr. William, fifth rector (1829).
See dedication of history to him and preface.
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In. 1827 visits Niagara Falls and Buffalo and preaches at St. Paul's for his friend, the rector, the Rev. Addison Searle, 33, 357, 373.
Rev. Mr. Searle resigns rectorship, on account of ill health, 33.
Vestry ask the advice of Bishop Hobart as to Mr. Searle's successor, and wish to invite the Rev. Wm. Shelton, 33. Bishop Hobart's letter, 34.
Vestry resolve to call Rev. Mr. Shel- ton, 34.
Letter of Mr. Tillinghast, 34.
Rev. Mr. Shelton declines, not wishing to leave his home and parish in Bridgeport, Conn., 35.
Rev. Reverard Kearney called, 36. Vestry again offer the rectorship to Rev. Wm. Shelton, and he decides to accept, 38.
Resigns his rectorship Trinity Church, Fairfield, Conn., 38.
His letter to the vestry of Trinity Church, 38.
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