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John Castree.
But for a number of years his chief occupation was as the Presi- dent of the Irving Savings Institution, which is now at No. 96 Warren street. This was a position exactly fitted to Mr. Castree. No one cared more to encourage thrift, and no one was more desirous to help forward young men on their journey in life. Many owe their start to him. He was old enough to remember the beginning of the first savings bank in this city, through the public spirit and active benevolence of John Pintard, and had watched the infancy of the others. It is a strange fact that not until 1819 did there exist any institution in this city designed to encourage thrift, although wages were far less in proportion to their purchasing power than now, and the habit of drinking to excess .was far more common. The Bank for Savings was the first ; the Seaman's Savings Bank began in 1829, ten years after ; and the next were the Greenwich, in 1833, and the Bowery, in 1834. Such organizations were, in 1840, uncommon in the larger cities of the Union ; they are now to be found in the smallest towns, and in each they perform a valuable service. With this work Mr. Castree was heartily in sympathy.
He was a very charitable man. In his personal affairs he was careful, without parsimony, and in public matters his sagacity was undoubted. He was therefore thoroughly calculated to make such an institution a success, and the present prominent position of the Irving Savings Bank may justly be attributed to him. He was long a member of the Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, which has now completed more than a century of existence, and was a member of the Mercantile Exchange, the organization of those who deal in butter, eggs, cheese and other articles of country produce, now occupying a handsome building at the corner of Hudson and Harrison streets. He was also much' interested in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Mr. Castree was not an effusive giver. He preferred to help men by letting them help themselves, and was therefore anxious to make openings for them. He was continually performing acts of kindness in this way. He was much sought after as a coun- sellor. He was a man of so sound a mind, so clear a perception of what the utility of an action would be, that the richest and most successful of his neighbors, as well as many of those who were in
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difficulties, made a practice of resorting to him for his advice. This was freely given, to the unfortunate as well as the most suc- cessful, and those who followed it rarely made mistakes. He was an active Christian. After beginning a religious life he remained- faithful to the ideals he then set up. With great purity of thought he united the strictest integrity. It was never his desire to know to their depths the evils of the world, for he knew enough of them by daily intercourse ; he did not wish to skirt upon the doubtful line between that which is certainly right and that which is possi- bly wrong. He kept as far away from the precipice as possible ; no one dared to approach him with a scheme that would give great profit, but which was to obtain that profit to a great extent by playing upon the weaknesses, the credulity, or the ignorance of mankind.
· His death occurred on the 11th of September, of last year, at his residence, No. 356 West Nineteenth street. He was then seventy-nine years old. He had been twice married. His first wife, Miss Clarissa Baldwin, the oldest daughter of Timothy Baldwin, Esq., was of Connecticut descent, and was married to him at Newark, New Jersey, March 21, 1837, and died May 12, 1850. He was married to Miss Louisa Lynch in 1855. She died in November. 1888. Her death visibly affected his health, which was after this never so good as before, and he began to decline from this time. By his first marriage he had four children, three daughters and one son, all of whom are still living.
We cannot better conclude this sketch than by a paragraph from the funeral discourse of the Rev. Dr. Charles S. Harrower, the pastor of the Central Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was so long a member. Dr. Harrower had been acquainted with him for many years, and spoke therefore not only from what he had heard from others, but from personal knowledge :
"' Unhasting yet unresting' might have been his motto. He was like one of those pieces of machinery whose motion is just below the speed which indicates exertion, yet whose noiseless steadiness fascinates the beholder. From youth to age he has moved ever forward ; never a reaction, never a defeat. Poised and persistent, sagacious and successful. But he was more than all that. He was kind, he was quick to sympathize, brave to be just,
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prompt to befriend; and he was a Christian. Love within him never died or grew cold ; faith was never outgrown or superseded. Two names like stars shone in his evening sky : Christ, his Saviour, and she, the Beatrice of his early manhood ; these shared the final emotions of his expiring life. The last among us of that official group which pitched our tabernacle here six and thirty years ago, we have clung to him as to a father now for a whole decade and more, but these walls, on whose rising he kept a daily watch so long ago, will still echo to the hymns he loved, and witness to the grace which first moulded his life, and at last has crowned it."
CHURCHES IN NEW YORK IN 1848.
BAPTIST.
Abyssinian, 44 Anthony st., J. T. Raymond.
Amity st., cor. Wooster, W. R. Williams.
Berean, Downing, cor. Bedford, J. Dowling.
Beriah, Macdougal, op. Vandam, D. Dunbar.
Bethesda, 472 Broadway, C. J. Hopkins.
Bloomingdale, 43d st., W. H. Spencer.
Baptist (Welsh), 141 Chrystie.
Cannon st., near Broome, Henry Davis.
Church of Christ, 138 Laurens, Luke Barker.
Ebenezer, 19 Av. A, L. G. Marsh.
Twelfth st., near 3d Av., S. A. Corey.
First, Broome, cor. Elizabeth, S. H. Cone.
Hope Chapel, 718 Broadway, D. Bellamy.
Laight, cor. Varick, W. W. Everts.
Mariners, Cherry, near Pike, J. K. Steward.
Mount Zion, 151 Wooster, M. Goble.
Norfolk, cor. Broome, T. Armitage.
North, Bedford, cor. Christopher, J. H. Brouner.
Oliver st., Oliver near Chatham.
Providence, Hudson, cor. Grove. Seventh Day, 11th st., near Bowery, T. B. Browne.
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Sixth st., 223 6th st., J. T. Seiley.
Sixteenth, near Av. A, J. W. Taggart. South, 84 Nassau, C. G. Summers. Stanton, Stanton, near Forsyth, S. Remington.
Shiloh Ch., 29th st., cor. 8th av., S. Wheeler.
Tabernacle, Mulberry, near Chatham, E. Lathrop.
Union, 18th st., near 4th av., Orrin Judd.
Zion (col.), 486 Pearl, J. R. Bigelow.
CONGREGATIONAL.
Church of Puritans, Broadway, cor. 15th st., G. B. Cheever.
Central (col.), 160 Grand, C. B. Ray.
Eastern, Madison, cor. Governeur, A. B. Crocker. Free Congregational, 151 Sullivan, N. Day.
First Free, Chrystie, near Delancy, H. T. Cheever.
Fourth Congregational, 104 W. 16th, W. W. Wallace.
French Congregational, Fulton, near William, J. D. L. Zender.
Providence Chapel, 44 Thompson, J. Harrison.
Tabernacle, 340 Broadway, J. P. Thompson.
DUTCH REFORMED.
Bleecker st., cor. Amos, N. J. Marselus.
Bloomingdale, E. N. Aiken.
Broome st., cor. Greene, G. H. Fisher.
Collegiate, Lafayette place, John Knox.
9th, near Broadway, T. De Witt. William, cor. Fulton, W. C. Brownlee.
Dutch, Wooster, cor. Washington, M. S. Hutton.
Franklin st., near Church, J. B. Hardenberg.
German Evangelical, Houston, cor. Forsyth, J. C. Guldin.
German Reformed, 21 Forsyth, F. Busche.
Greene st., cor. Houston, S. Demund.
Harlem, R. L. Schoonmaker. Market st., cor. Henry, Isaac Ferris. Reformed Protestant Dutch, Stanton, cor. Forsyth, J. Sullie.
Seventeenth st., near 6th av., J. S. Ebaugh. South 5th av., cor. 21st st., J. M. Macauley. Twenty-first st., near 6th av., E. H. May.
Young Men's Mission, Av. B, cor. 5th, F. F. Cornell.
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FRIENDS.
Downing, near Bleecker. Hester, cor. Elizabeth. Orchard, near Walker. Rose, near Pearl.
HEBREW.
Anshi Chesed, 38 Henry, Jonas Hecht.
Beth Israel, Centre, near Pearl, J. Salinger.
Bnai Jedhumn, 119 Elm, Ansel Leo. Bnai Israel, 154 Pearl, S. C. Noot.
Rodolph Sholom, 156 Attorney, L. Heitner.
Saray Reckdeck, White, cor. Centre.
Shaary Shomaim, M. Danziger. Shaary Tephila, 112 Wooster, S. M. Isaacs.
Sheareth Israel, 60 Crosby, J. J. Lyons. Temple of the Emanuel, 56 Chrystie, G. M. Cohen.
LUTHERAN.
Evangelical, 127 Columbia, T. Brown.
St. Mark's, 6th st., near 1st av., A. H. M. Held. St. Matthew's, 79 Walker, C. F. E. Stohlman.
St. James', Mulberry, near Grand, C. Martin.
Lutheran, 6th av., cor. 15th st., F. W. Geissenhainer.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
African-Union (col.), 15th st. near 7th av., J. Barney. Allen Street, 124 Allen, B. Creagh. Asbury, Norfolk, near Rivington, J. Field. " (col.), 118 Ridge, B. Warwick. Bedford st., cor. Morton, O. V. Ammerman. Duane st., 118 Duane, M. Vincent. 15th st. Home Mission, near 3rd av., T. Carter. Forsyth st., 12 Forsyth, J. W. B. Wood. 41st st., near 8th ave., T. Bainbridge. First African (col.), 227 2nd st., E. M. Hall.
German Home Mission, Bloomingdale, W. Swartz. German Mission, 2d st., near Ave. B, H. Snider. Greene st., 61 Greene, D. Smith.
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Harlem, R. C. Putney. Jane st. Church, Jane st., near Av. A, Ira Barnumn.
John st., Valentine Buck.
Madison st. Church, cor. Catherine.
Mariners, Cherry, near Clinton, J. A. Sellick.
Mulberry st., near Bleecker, E. G. Griswold.
Ninth St., Av. B, corner of 9th st., M. D. C. Crawford.
North River Floating Chapel, foot of Rector st.
Second st., 276 2d st., P. Chamberlain.
Seventh st., near 2d av., N. Mead. Sullivan st., 214 Sullivan, D. W. Clarke.
Twenty-fourth st., near 9th av., E. O. Haven.
Twenty-seventh st., near 2d av.
Vestry st., near Greenwich, G. F. Kettell.
Willet, near Grand, J. G. Smith.
Yorkville, B. F. Genung.
Zion (col.), 158 Church, J. P. Thompson.
First Cong. Meth. Ch., 16th st., near 7th av., J. Horton.
METHODIST PROTESTANT.
Attorney st., 91 Attorney, J. J. Smith.
M. Calvinistic (Welsh), 63 Chrystie, W. Rowlands.
Protestant Methodist, 115 Wooster, J. Covell.
Saviour's Church, 42 First st., W. M. Stillwell.
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL.
All Saint's, 288 Henry st., W. E. Eigenbrodt. Annunciation, 14th near 6th Av., S. Seabury. Ascension, Fifth Av., cor. 10th st., G. T. Bedell. Calvary, 4th Av., near 21st st., S. L. Southard. Christ Church, 81 Anthony, Rev. Mr. Halsted. Church of the Advent, 8th Av., near 41st st., A. B. Hart.
Church of Our Saviour (Floating), foot of Pike st.
Church of Holy Apostles, 9th Av., cor. 28th st., R. S. Howland. Church of the Holy Communion, 20th st., cor. 6th Av., W. A. Muhlenberg. Church of Holy Martyrs, Ludlow, near Grand, J. Millett. Church of Messiah (col.), 573 Houston, A. Crummell.
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FRIENDS.
Downing, near Bleecker. Hester, cor. Elizabeth. Orchard, near Walker. Rose, near Pearl.
HEBREW.
Anshi Chesed, 38 Henry, Jonas Hecht.
Beth Israel, Centre, near Pearl, J. Salinger.
Bnai Jedhumn, 119 Elm, Ansel Leo. Bnai Israel, 154 Pearl, S. C. Noot.
Rodolph Sholom, 156 Attorney, L. Heitner. Saray Reckdeck, White, cor. Centre.
Shaary Shomaim, M. Danziger.
Shaary Tephila, 112 Wooster, S. M. Isaacs.
Sheareth Israel, 60 Crosby, J. J. Lyons. Temple of the Emanuel, 56 Chrystie, G. M. Cohen.
LUTHERAN.
Evangelical, 127 Columbia, T. Brown.
St. Mark's, 6th st., near 1st av., A. H. M. Held. St. Matthew's, 79 Walker, C. F. E. Stohlman. St. James', Mulberry, near Grand, C. Martin. Lutheran, 6th av., cor. 15th st., F. W. Geissenhainer.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
African-Union (col.), 15th st. near 7th av., J. Barney. Allen Street, 124 Allen, B. Creagh. Asbury, Norfolk, near Rivington, J. Field. (col.), 118 Ridge, B. Warwick. Bedford st., cor. Morton, O. V. Ammerman. Duane st., 118 Duane, M. Vincent. 15th st. Home Mission, near 3rd av., T. Carter. Forsyth st., 12 Forsyth, J. W. B. Wood. 41st st., near 8th ave., T. Bainbridge. First African (col.), 227 2nd st., E. M. Hall.
German Home Mission, Bloomingdale, W. Swartz. German Mission, 2d st., near Ave. B, H. Snider. Greene st., 61 Greene, D. Smith.
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Harlem, R. C. Putney.
Jane st. Church, Jane st., near Av. A, Ira Barnum.
John st., Valentine Buck.
Madison st. Church, cor. Catherine.
Mariners, Cherry, near Clinton, J. A. Sellick.
Mulberry st., near Bleecker, E. G. Griswold.
Ninth St., Av. B, corner of 9th st., M. D. C. Crawford.
North River Floating Chapel, foot of Rector st.
Second st., 276 2d st., P. Chamberlain.
Seventh st., near 2d av., N. Mead.
Sullivan st., 214 Sullivan, D. W. Clarke.
Twenty-fourth st., near 9th av., E. O. Haven.
Twenty-seventh st., near 2d av.
Vestry st., near Greenwich, G. F. Kettell.
Willet, near Grand, J. G. Smith.
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Zion (col.), 158 Church, J. P. Thompson.
First Cong. Meth. Ch., 16th st., near 7th av., J. Horton.
METHODIST PROTESTANT.
Attorney st., 91 Attorney, J. J. Smith.
M. Calvinistic (Welsh), 63 Chrystie, W. Rowlands.
Protestant Methodist, 115 Wooster, J. Covell.
Saviour's Church, 42 First st., W. M. Stillwell.
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL.
All Saint's, 288 Henry st., W. E. Eigenbrodt. Annunciation, 14th near 6th Av., S. Seabury. Ascension, Fifth Av., cor. 10th st., G. T. Bedell. Calvary, 4th Av., near 21st st., S. L. Southard. Christ Church, 81 Anthony, Rev. Mr. Halsted. Church of the Advent, 8th Av., near 41st st., A. B. Hart.
Church of Our Saviour (Floating), foot of Pike st.
Church of Holy Apostles, 9th Av., cor. 28th st., R. S. Howland. Church of the Holy Communion, 20th st., cor. 6th Av., W. A. Muhlenberg. Church of Holy Martyrs, Ludlow, near Grand, J. Millett. Church of Messiah (col.), 573 Houston, A. Crummell.
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Church of Crucifixion, 8th st., 4th Av., J. Schroeder Du St. Sauveur (Fr.), 68 Duane, C. H. Williamson. Du St. Esprit, Franklin, cor. Church, A. Verren. Emanuel, Thompson, cor. Prince, E. Embury. Epiphany, 130 Stanton, L. Jones.
Floating Church, foot of Dey st.
Good Shepherd, Market cor. Monroe, Ralph Hoyt. Grace, Broadway cor. 10th st., F. H. Taylor.
Holy Evangelists, 15 Vandewater, B. Evans. Nativity, Sixth st., near Av. C, C. Clapp. Redemption, 11th st., near 3d Av., J. Pardee. St. Andrews, Harlem, R. M. Abercrombie.
St. Barnabas, E. 27th st., near 2d Av., H. Jeliff.
St. Bartholomew's, Lafayette P., L. P. W. Balch.
St. Clement's, 110 Amity, C. S. Henry.
St. George's, 86 Beekman, S. H. Tyng.
St. George the Martyr, 563 Broadway, M. Marcus.
St. James, Hamilton Square, E. Harwood. St. Jude's, 35 6th Av., R. C. Shimeal.
St. Luke's, Hudson near Barrow, J. M. Forbes. St. Mark's, Stuyvesant, near 2d Av., H. Anthony.
St. Mary's, Manhattanville, W. Richmond.
St. Matthew's, Christopher, near Bleecker, J. Pond.
St. Michael's, Bloomingdale, W. Richmond.
St. Peter's, 20th st., near 9th Av., H. Smith. St. Philip's (col.), 85 Centre.
St. Simon's (German Miss.), 188 Houston, T. Cook.
St. Stephen's, Chrystie, cor. Broome, J. H. Price.
St. Thomas', 615 Broadway, H. J. Whitehouse. St. John's, Varick, near Laight, E. G. Higbee. St. Paul's, Broadway, cor. Fulton, S. H. Weston. Trinity, Broadway, head of Wall st., J. M. Wainwright. Zion, 25 Mott st., R. Cox.
NEW JERUSALEM.
First Society, Broadway, cor. Leonard, Geo. Bush. Second Society, New York University, T. Wilks.
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PRESBYTERIAN.
Allen st., 61 Allen, D. B. Coe. Bleecker st., opp. Crosby, E. Mason. Brainard, 61 Allen, A. D. Smith.
Brick, Beekman, cor. Nassau, G. Spring. Canal, 82 Canal, H. S. Carpenter. Carmine, opp. Varick, T. Skinner. Central, 408 Broome, Wm. Adams. Chelsea, 22d near 9th av., E. D. Smith.
Duane, cor. Church, J. W. Alexander.
Eleventh, Av. C, cor. 4th st., M. Noble.
Fifteenth st. near 3d ave., W. D. Snodgrass.
First, 5th av., cor. 11th st., W. M. Phillips. First (Col.), Marion, cor. Prince, J. W. Pennington. First (Yorkville), J. Butts. Forty-second st., cor. Av. Sth, J. C. Lowrie.
Free Presbyterian, 101 Houston, G. Darling.
Hammond st., cor. Factory, W. R. Chapman.
Harlem, 127th st. near 30th av., E. H. Gillet.
Houston, cor. Thompson, S. Haynes.
Madison, between 5th av. and Union pl., W. Bannard. Mercer near Waverly place.
North, in chapel of Asylum for Blind, 9th av. near 34th st.
Presbyterian (Welsh), 359 Broome, J. J. Jones.
Rutgers, cor. Henry, J. M. Krebs.
Scotch, Grand, cor. Crosby, J. McElroy.
Second, 540 Pearl, C. H. Reed.
Seventh, Broome, cor. Ridge, E. F. Hatfield.
Sixth st., near Av. 2d, H. Eaton.
Spring, 220 Spring, A. E. Campbell.
Tenth, Av. 3d, cor. 22d st., J. Knox.
Tenth st., University place, G. Potts. Thirteenth st., 117 West st., S. D. Benchard.
West 20th st., near 7th av., J. J. Ostrom. Westminster, Broadway, cor. 33d st., D. F. Robertson ..
ASSOCIATE PRESBYTERIAN.
First, Grand, cor. Mercer, A. Stark.
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Second, Forsyth, cor. Houston.
Third, 41 Charles st., H. H. Blair.
Fourth, 9th av., cor. 25th st., A. Clements.
ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN.
Fourth, Franklin, opp. Varick st., W. McCaren.
Fifth, Jane, near Abington square, A. H. Wright.
REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN.
First, 101 Sullivan st., J. Chrystie.
Second, 11th st., near 6th av., A. Stevenson.
Third, Waverly place, cor. Grove.
Reformed Presbyterian, 55 Prince, J. N. McLeod.
PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANS.
Church of the Disciples, rear 80 Greene.
Primitive Christians, 639 Broadway, T. Hogg.
Suffolk st., Christ Church, bet. Delancey and Rivington, O. Barr.
ROMAN CATHOLIC.
Church of Ascension, 572 Fourth, near Av. D.
Church of the Nativity, 2d av. bet. 2d and 3d, R. Kein.
Church of M. H. Redeemer (Ger.), 153 3d, G. Rumpler.
St. Alphonsus (Ger.), 10 Thompson.
St. Andrew's, Duane, cor. City Hall place, J. Maginnis.
St. Columbia's, 25th near Av. 8th, F. Tiernay.
St. Francis (Ger.), 31st, bet. Av. 6th and 7th.
St. James, 32 James st., P. McKenna.
St. John Baptist (Ger.), 30th, bet. Av. 7th and 8th, J. Lutz.
St. John Evangelist, near Deaf and Dumb Asylum, M. Curran.
St. Joseph, Ave. 6th, cor. Barrow, M. McCarron.
St. Mary's, Grand, cor. Ridge, Wm. Starr.
St. Nicholas (Ger.), 2d, near Av. A., A. Buchmeyer.
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Mott cr. Prince, Right Rev. J. Hughes. St. Paul's, Harlem, John Walsh.
St. Peter's, Barclay, cor. Church, Very Rev. J. Power.
St. Vincent de Paul (Fr.), 26 Canal, A. Lafont.
Transfiguration, 45 Chambers, Very Rev. F. Varela.
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UNITARIAN. Church of the Messiah, 728 Broadway.
Church of the Divine Unity, 548 Broadway, H. W. Bellows.
UNIVERSALIST.
Fourth, Murray cor. Church, E. H. Chapin. Second, 85 Orchard, near Broome, O. A. Skinner. Third, 208 Bleecker cor. Downing, W. S. Balch. Fifth, Houston, Z. Baker.
WESLEYAN METHODIST.
Wesleyan Methodist, 95 King, Dennis Harris. Wesleyan Methodist, 78 Allen, Luther Lee.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mariner's, 73 Roosevelt, H. Chase. Second Advent, 67 Crosby, S. S. Snow. True Dutch Reformed, King near Market, A. W. Shadbolt.
United Brethren (Mora.), Houston cor. Mott, D. Bigler.
CHURCHES IN BROOKLYN.
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL.
Calvary Free Church, Pearl near Concord st.
Christ, Clinton cor. Harrison.
Holy Trinity, Clinton cor. Montague place. John's, Johnson cor. Washington. Emanuel, Sydney place near State st. St. Ann's, Washington cor. Prospect. St. Luke's, Clinton near Fulton av. St. Mary's, Classon near Myrtle av .. St. Thomas', Willoughby cor. Bridge. Grace, Hicks near Joralemon. St. Michael's, High near Gold.
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First, Sands near Fulton st.
Second, York cor. Gold.
Third, Washington near Tillary.
Fourth, South Brooklyn.
South Brooklyn, Pacific near Court.
Centenary, Johnson cor. Jay.
Home Missionary, Carlton near Myrtle av. African, High near Bridge.
Gowanus and Flatbush, Gowanus.
Dean Street, Dean near Powers.
Independent, Tillary cor. Barbarin.
Primitive, Bridge.
PRESBYTERIAN.
First, Fulton cor. Pineapple st.
First, N. Y. Presbytery, Henry near_ Clark.
Second, Clinton near Fulton.
Third, Jay cor. High.
Fifth, Female Academy, temporary.
Sixth, Franklin near Myrtle av.
Central, Willoughby cor. Pearl.
South Brooklyn, Clinton cor. Amity.
ROMAN CATHOLIC.
St. Paul's, Court cor. Congress. St. James, Jay cor. Chapel. The Assumption, York cor. Jay.
New Church, Kent av., East Brooklyn.
BAPTIST.
First, Nassau cor. Liberty st.
Pierrepont, Pierrepont cor. Clinton. Central, Tillary cor. Lawrence.
Church of Christ, Concord cor. Gold.
DUTCH REFORMED.
First, Joralemon cor. Court. Central, Henry near Clark. '
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South, 3d av., Gowanus.
Fourth, Butler cor. Court.
CONGREGATIONAL.
Church of the Pilgrims, Henry cor. Remsen, R. S. Storrs.
Second, Bridge st. near Myrtle av.
Third, Cranberry near Hicks, H. W. Beecher.
Fourth, Clinton near Fulton.
UNITARIAN.
Church of the Savior, Pierrepont near Monroe place.
UNIVERSALIST.
First, Pineapple cor. Fulton, T. B. Thayer.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Society of Friends, Henry cor. Clark.
German Evangelical, Schermerhorn near Court.
Sailors' Union Bethel, Main near Water.
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Perhaps the Scotch colony at Argyle in Washington County, in this State, has never given birth to a man of more intrinsic vir- tues than the one whose name heads this article. The world long since knew of his success as a merchant, but it was only his friends and those who had been closely associated with him who were familiar with the full worth of his character and the inherent goodness of his nature. His ancestry was a strong one. On both sides it was Scotch. During the reign of George the Second, when there were no dissensions between the colonies and the mother country, a large number of North Britons emigrated to this region, and established settlements north of Albany. One of them was Argyle. So unmixedly and thoroughly Scotch were they that their descendants to this day have retained many of the peculiari- ties of the mother land. Sober and decorous in speech, careful in their expenditures, enterprising and economical, they are a frag- ment of Scotia in a new land without the broad speech. The Sabbath is observed there more strictly than in perhaps any other part of the United States. There is no driving or visiting on Sundays. That day is kept as one of religious worship. Among this community. John Mason Tilford was born seventy-six years ago, on the 16th of March, 1815. His father, James Tilford, who had married a MacDougal, was a farmer, and had been brought up to that occupation, and the early years of his son, who was one of a large family, were spent in agricultural labor. In March the labors of the year began, and were continued through plowing, sowing, reaping, and harvesting, until in October and November little remained to be done except shelling corn. In the Winter the wood was gathered for the next year's fires, and provisions were put down. The work of the snowy months was very light, and during them, the young man had ample time to go to school, which he did, improving his opportunities to the utmost. Thus the years alternated with him, in Winter at school, and in Summer
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upon the farm. His mind, however, was fixed upon mercantile life. The village store was a great attraction to him, with its goods gathered from all parts of the country; some even at that day being from far distant lands. He longed for the day to come when he, too, could engage in the traffic of commodities.
The opportunity came when he was about twenty years of age. A merchant of New York, Benjamin Albro, who had friends in that neighborhood, went thither to have a few days' needed rest. The boy saw him, talked to him; and learned sufficient to induce him to ask his father's consent to go to New York. This was at last obtained, and shortly after Mr. Albro returned to the great city, young Tilford proposed also to go. A journey to New York was in those days much more important than now. In Winter it took a week, unless one rode express-the same length of time that it required in 1850 to reach the Mississippi, or that it does now to attain the Pacific coast. In Summer fewer people traveled this one hundred and eighty miles than now pass over a thousand. So when the young adventurer set forth by the stage coach for Troy, all the neighborhood turned out. He might never be seen again. The previous day he had paid his visits to his imme- diate friends and neighbors, but on the day of departure the whole vicinage were present and wished him a safe journey and good fortune. Thus attended the stage moved off, and in due course of time reached Troy, the end of the route, the trip taking the whole day. At night he took passage on one of the steam- boats which plied between that city and this, and in due course of time was landed in the metropolis.
New York in September, 1835, was far different from now ; its only internal communication was by river or canal. One line of railroad ran most of the way between Philadelphia and New York, but there was none between New York and Boston, or New York and Albany. All communication with Europe was by sail- ing vessels. Electricity, as a matter of every day life, had not been heard of, and S. F. B. Morse was still a portrait painter. The island was much unlike it is to-day. Harlem and Yorkville were little rustic villages; Chelsea and Greenwich were but half united, and displayed many of the traits of an inland town. Ship- ping was chiefly upon the East side. Broadway ran up till it was
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