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Mr. Simmons exhibited remarkable energy and perseverance in working his way through college, and has ever since mani- fested the same earnestness of purpose. He wrote to a friend : " I entered the ministry with joy, and have stayed in it from the love of it and for the Master's glory." He is a modest but faithful and happy witness to the blessed experience of perfect love, into which he entered at a camp-meeting in Milford, Conn., on the 15th of August, 1870, when, as he declares, his "soul and body were thrilled with glory and filled with light." Some ten years ago he was elected a member of the Ocean Grove Camp-meeting Association, and in 1878 he be- came a member of the National Camp-meeting Association for the Promotion of Holiness.
On recovering from a severe illness, while pastor of Janes church, Brooklyn, he was granted a leave of absence to visit Europe. When Bishop Warren, in 1883, desired a man for presiding elder who would " carry a pentecost to every charge on his district four times a year," he looked through the con- ference, and wrote at the head of the appointments to the Brooklyn District the name of Ichabod Simmons. Our dear brother has been greatly successful in his ministry, and is pre- eminently a man of one work. His talents command respect, and his genial manners win for him a host of friends.
He was married, July 4, 1860, to Miss HARRIET NEWELL BULL, of Old Saybrook, Conn. They have three daughters, Marie Annette, Harriet Ellen, and Marcia Ann, all of whom " were converted when they were little children, and joined the church, and are walking in the light."
LXXXIX.
L.R. Strater
AST in the honored succession (to date) of the Sands- street pastors we are permitted to record the name of the REV. LEWIS RICHARD STREETER. He was born in the village of Westfield, county of Sussex, England, June 13, 1850. George Streeter, his father, was a local preach- er twenty-seven years. He was a gifted man, an exceedingly fluent preacher, and greatly in demand, preaching once or twice nearly every Sabbath. He married a woman of the sen- sible, sturdy, English type. Both were converted young.
Lewis is the seventh child in a family of twelve-nine sons and three daughters. He was converted in his tenth year, became a Sunday-school teacher at the age of twelve, and having been impressed from early childhood that God had called him to preach the gospel, he was licensed as a local preacher on trial in his eighteenth year. Ilis early tuition was received in the national schools of England.
On coming to the United States he at once entered the itinerant ministry, pausing in the midst of his conference work to pursue a course of study at the Drew Theological Seminary.
CONFERENCE RECORD: 1872-1873, (North Indiana Conf.,) Sharps- ville; 1874, ordained deacon; 1874-1876, Centerville; 1876, ordained elder; 1877, until Sept .- five months, Greenfield; 1878-1879, sup'y, Drew Seminary; 1880- 1882, (New York Fast Conf.,) New York, Beekman Hill; 1883-1884, Brook- lyn, Sands-street.
Ile was married in the summer of 1883 to a very estimable lady, of Philadelphia, grand daughter of Daniel Fidler, one of the early itinerant ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Streeter is highly esteemed by his people, and has proved himself worthy to be enrolled among the eighty- nine distinguished itinerant preachers who have ministered by appointment in the old Sands-street church during the last hundred years.
BOOK III.
ALPHABETICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF MEMBERS.
PRELIMINARY.
To the Annals of "Old Sands-street church " and the per- sonal history of her honored Ministers we now propose to add some account of the Laity, by whose diligent, constant, and wise co-operation the pastors achieved success. A complete history of any church must include a history of its members.
The noble rank and achievements of Methodism in Brooklyn, and the past and present prosperity of the city, may be largely attributed to the agency of the early members of old Sands- street church. They were people of sterling character and un- usually influential position, taking the lead in every important moral, social, educational, and financial enterprise at its begin- ning, and for many years thereafter.
Faults and foibles they had. They were possessed of like passions with us; (there were lapses, trials, and expulsions, which for obvious reasons are not recorded here ;) yet, taken one with another, they compose a company of men and women probably unsurpassed for practical, sensible, useful, godly living by any church of modern times. For confirmation of this state- ment the reader is referred to the memorials of the Garrisons, Mosers, Van Pelts, Strykers, Kirks, Harpers, Merceins, Snows, Herberts, Dikemans, Odells, and many others. The records show that nearly seventy of the members have been licensed to preach the Gospel, and a score of these joined the ranks of the traveling ministry.
A star (*) indicates that the person whose name is thus designated is known to be deceased.
Those whose names are prefixed by two stars ( ** ) were members of Sands-street church at the time of their death.
The names printed in CAPITALS are found on the membership roll in 1884.
When authorities are cited they are included in brackets.
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ABBREVIATIONS.
b. for born,
bro. for brother.
bur. for buried.
cem. for cemetery.
cl. Idr. for class leader.
ch. for church.
Ch. Ad. for Christian Advocate.
conv. for converted.
d. for died.
dau. for daughter.
exh. for exhorter.
j. for joined.
lıb'n. for librarian.
loc. pr. for local preacher. mar. for married.
off. for officer. rem. for removed. rem. by c. for removed by certifi- cate. sec. for secretary.
supt. for superintendent.
S.S. miss'y soc. for Sunday-school missionary society.
S.S.t. for Sunday-school teacher. std. for steward.
treas. for treasurer.
trus. for trustee.
w. for wife.
wid. for widow.
yr. for year.
RECORD OF MEMBERS.
ABBOTT, ANNIE .- ABRAMS, AMELISSA .- ABRAMS, SARAH A .- Abrams, Wm,, rem. -** Acker, Egbert, std., S.S.t., S.S. sec. and treas. many yrs .; first treas. S.S. miss'y soc. ; clerk in custom house, N. York, 29 yrs .; mar. Miss Elizabeth E. Haff; d. calmly and triumphantly, Sept. 4, 1882, age 56; bur. Cypress Hills .-** Elizabeth E., w. of the above ; b. in Brook- lyn; j. Sands-st. S.S. in infancy; j. the ch. at 14; a devoted S.S.t .; very active and prominent in temperance work; d. in Brooklyn in Oct., 1884 ; bur. beside her husband .- ACKER, JOS. H., son of Egbert and Elizabeth E .-* Acker, Mrs. Laney, only child of John and Sarah Cornelison ; appears as Leanah Smith, on church roll, 1798; afterward mar. Acker; went to N. York. and d. [Mrs. J. W. De Grauw.] -** Acker- man, John H., b. 181 ; some time cl. Idr. in York-st. ch .; subsequently exh. and el. Idr. in Sands-st .; a sweet singer ; mar. Gertrude Speer, 1836; d. 1865, age 64 .- Gertrude, wid. of the above, rem. by c. to Sum'f'd ch., 1878 .- ACKERMAN, JOHN H., JR .- Adams, Mary, rem. by c., 1849 .- ADAMS, MRS. MARY .- Addy, Mary, rem. by c., 1873 .- Albro, Mary, rem. by c .- Alexander, Alex., S.S.t .; rem. to N. York, 1850 .- Allen, Ann, rem. by c., 1850; Allen, David, exh. 1856 .- Allen, Edward, S.S.t .; rem. by c. to Sum'f'd ch., 1879 .- ALLEN, EMMA .- Allen, Geo. H., rem. by c. to Sum'f'd. ch., 1879 .-- Allen, G. W., rem .-- ALLEN, HEWLETT D .- ALLEN, HEWLETT G., sexton .- ALLEN, PHOEBE; Allen, James, j. Prim. Meth. in B'klyn, about 1841 .- Allen, Jas. S., rem. by c., 1880 .- ALLEN, JENNIE .- Allen, John, rem. by c .- -* Allen, John W., sec. of Sands-st. S.S. ; eldest son of Ed- ward and Mary Allen, was brought to repentance by the death of a loved sister, and was converted in his room at home; j. Sands-st. ch .; rem. by c., 1879, to Sum'f'd ch .; faithfully attended the class-meeting where he led the singing 5 yrs .; always carried
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his Bible with him and studied it; conducted family prayers in his father's absence ; d. victorious, Oct. 15. 1880; mourned by many friends. [C. N. Sims, in Ch. Ad. ]-Allen, Mary, rem. by c .- Allen, Mary Ann, mar .; see Burrows; Allen, Mary F., rem. by c. to Sum'f'd ch .- ALLEN, PHOEBE ANN .- Allen, Robert L., and Susan A., rem. by c., 1879 .- ALLEN, WALLACE A .- ALLEN, WM .- Allen, Wm. C., rem. by c. to Sum'f'd ch., 1879 .-** Allison, Sarah, d. in peace, 1880 .- Alvord, Edwin P. and Mary, rem. by c., 1872 .- Alvord, Mary, rem. by c., 1848 .- Ambler, Jas., loc. pr., 1817. One Jas. B. Ambler j. the N. E. Conf. in 1818, and was app't'd to Lyon, Mass., with E. Hedding. After that date name disap- pears from the Minutes .- Amerman, Nicholas, and Ann Eliza, rem. by c., 1874 .-* Amerman, Oliver Valentine, b). in Brooklyn., June 10, 1804; at 4 yrs. of age left fatherless ; his mother d. 12 yrs. later, but not until she had made deep and saving impressions upon the minds of her children, and heard the promise of her son Oliver that he would seek the Lord. At 17, while attending a camp-meeting in Haverstraw, N. Y., on the 22d of Ang., 1821, he experienced the joy of salvation. B. R. Prince says he was remarkably exercised, and lay in a trance for a long time. He j. Sands-st. ch. at once, won the confidence and esteem of all, and was licensed to preach, Dec. 17, 1824. "His services were in immediate demand. He was accustomed to preach two or three times each Sabbath, and often on secular evenings to the people who had known him from infancy." [M. D'C. Crawford, in Ch. Ad ] His ministe- rial appointments and colleagues were as follows : 1826, Flush- ing cir., L. I., a supply with R. Seaman and B. Creagh ; 1827, (N. Y. Conf.,) Suffolk cir., with N. W. Thomas and C. Foss; 1828, Hempstead cir., with N. W. Thomas and D. I. Wright ; 1829, ord. deacon-Stamford cir., Conn., with D. De Vinne; 1830, Redding cir., with E. Washburn; 1831, ord. elder-Sag Harbor; 1832, Sag Harbor and Bridge Hampton, with J. Trip- pett; 1833, " without app't, on account of ill-health ; " 1834, Stamford cir., Conn., with C. Stearns; 1835, Fair Haven ; 1836-37, Salisbury ; 1838, Hillsdale, N. Y. ; 1839, New Haven, Conn .; 1840, Woodbury ; 1841-42, Saugerties cir., N. Y., with H. Lamont and D. Buck ; 1843-44, Salisbury, Conn. ; 1845-46, Red Hook miss'n, N. Y .; 1847-48, New York, Bedford-st .; 1849- 50, New York, Duane-st. ; 1851-52, Goshen ; 1853-54, Rhine- beck; 1855-56, Red Hook miss'n; 1857-58, Sheffield, Mass. ; 1859-1860, Shrub Oaks, N. Y. ; 1861-62, Dobb's Ferry ; 1863, Kensico and North Castle; 1864-65, Hillsdale; 1866-68, Fish- kill Landing; 1869-79, sup'd. On June 23, 1828, he was mar. to Miss Eliza B. Greenwood. Fifty years afterward they cel- ebrated their golden wedding. With great heroism and faithful- ness the wife fulfilled her share of the itinerant's mission. She is
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living still, (1884,) " as for several years past, a suffering invalid, but so cheerful, so intelligent, so beautifully illustrating the ex- cellence of our holy religion, as to excite wonder in all who enter her still charming home." While Mr. A. was jr. preacher on L. I. one of his colleagues chided him for preaching too short. "It isn't my criticism," he added; " but they all say so." Amerman replied, " But they all say you preach too long." He was a general favorite, often powerful in preaching and exhorta- tion, enthusiastic in whatever he undertook, "a man of remark- ably cheerful temper, and of most tender sympathies." In early manhood his personal presence was attractive and im- pressive, and his bearing and manner were those of a cultured
Christian gentleman. In later years, when his physical force abated, he retained the same loving, evangelical spirit. [Conf. Min., 1880, p. 42.] He d. Apr. 23, 1879, in Peeks- kill, N. Y., age 75. A monument marks his grave in Green- wood cemetery, L. I. Children of Mr. A. : Richard Sea- man, formerly a member of the N. Y. Conf .- obliged to re- tire on account of feeble health; Greenwood-residence, Matteawan, N. Y .; Frances Amelia, (Mrs. Alsdorf; ) Anna Louise, (Mrs. H. N. Hinman.) -* Anderson, Fred R., exh. 1834, cl. Idr. 1837 ; afterward one of the original members and a cl. Idr. in Johnson-st. ch. ; active; member of a praying-band ; d. in New York .- Anderson, John S., and Mary A., rem. by c. 1873. - ANDERSON, KATIE .- Anderson, Margaret, rem .- Anderson, Sam'l T., trus. about 1820 .-** Apple- gate, Mehetable, d. about 1831 .- Appleyard, Wm., j., the Primitive Methodists about 1841 .-** Archer, Fanny (Moore), w. of Joseph, reared from infancy in the family of J. J. Studwell; member of Bible-class; d. in May, 1881, age 20 .- Archer, Joseph, rem. by c., 1883 .- Archibald, Wm. F., rem. by c., 1866 .- ARMSTRONG, MRS. ELIZABETH. -Armstrong, Margaret, rem. by c., 1880, to E. B'klyn. -- Armstrong, M. J., rem .- ARMSTRONG, PHOEBE .- ** Arthur, Isabella, w. of Wm., d. 1880, age 33; brought up in Boston ; conv. young .- ARTHUR, WM .- ARTHUR, MRS. WVM. T .- Ash, John and Jane, rem. to N. York, 1849 .- Ash- ton, Jas. H., rem. by c., 1883 .- Attlesby, Rebecca, rem .- Austin, Catharine, rem. by c .- AUSTIN, ELIZABETH F. -AUSTIN, WM. C .- AVILA, HARRIET .-* Ayers, Ann, wid. of David; dau. of Geo. Smith; d. about 1878 in Galves- ton, Texas, and is bur. there. AYERS, MRS. ARMINDA .- Backman, Peter, S.S.t., (bro. of Rev. Chas. Backman,) and Mary, his w., rem. by c., 1868; said to have gone to Cal .-- Backman, - -, rem. by c. to Johnson-st. ch., 1849 .- ** Bacon, Ann, d. in triumph, May 22, 1808, age 73 [ grave-stone, old ch. yard] .- Baggott, Ann M., rem. to W'msburgh, 1850. Baggot, John and Leonora, of Red Hook Lane class, 1826-
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1828 .- Baggott, Jos., of Red Hook Lane class, 1826; loc. pr, 1827; on Finshing cir. plan, 1828; rem. about 1830 .- ** Bagnell, Hannah, d .- Bagshaw, Oratus, rem. by c .- BAILEY, FRANCIS .- Bailey, Jas., rem. by c., 1841 .- Bailey, Polly, charter member of Yellow Hook (Bay Ridge) class, 1822 .-** Bailey, Wm., d. about 1830 .- BAKER, DANIEL .- BAKER, EMILY .- Baker, Jas. R., rem. by c. to Newark, N. J., 1849 .-** Baker, Sophronia, d. about 1822. -BALDWIN, HATTIE. - BALDWIN, LIZZIE .- Bangs, Mary Eliza, dau. of Dr. Nathan Bangs, d. peacefully in N. York, Oct. 21, 1857, age 41 ; conv. in 13th yr. at a camp-meet- ing on L. I., to which she went with her father. "Even the trees seemed to break forth into rejoicing." [ Ch. Ad.]-Bangs, Rebecca, sister of the above, rem. to N. York. See sketch of Dr. Nathan Bangs in this work .- Banta, John W., loc. pr., 1866; rem. by c., 1868 .-** Barber, Joseph, a native of Flat- bush, L. I., d. 1866 ; bur. near Hempstead M. E. ch. See head- stone .- Mary Ann, wid. of the above, rem. by c., 1874 .- BAR- GOLD, MARGARET .- BARNETT, SUSAN .- BARNIER, JOHN J .- std., trus., S.S.t., S.S. supt., off. S.S. miss'y soc. ; a native of Eng .; one of the stanch supporters of Sands-st. ch. and S.S. for upward of 16 yrs .- ELIZABETH, w. of the above, is a dau. of the excellent John Brice .- ELIZABETH, dau. of the above .- Barstow, Caroline S., rem. by c., 1849 .- Basker, Elijah C., rem. to N. York .- Battu, Jane, rem. by c., 1877. -** Bayles, Gilbert, grocer, d. in great peace, 1866 .- BEACH, IDA .-** Bedell, Daniel, d. in peace. He was a barber, after- ward a real estate agent .-** Bedell, Jane, member of A. Mer- cein's class in 1824 ; d. soon after .- BEDELL, MISS LOUISA R. -* Bedell, Moses, name spelled "Beagle," then "Beadle," and finally " Bedell ; " b. in East Meadow, L. 1., May 10, 1781 : conv. in 1805; el. Idr. in Brushy Plains, (East Meadow,) L. 1 .. as early as 1806; kept a grocery store in. the country, subse- quently rem. to B'klyn, and engaged in the milk business, mem- ber of C. Hempstead's York-st. class, which met in the " new c." in 1825 ; loc. pr. in East Meadow in 1826, later in Turtle Hook, (Uniondale,) L. I .; returned to B'klyn about 1831; cl. Idr. on B'klyn charge about 1835; std. in De Kalb ave ch., 1841; loc. pr., Johnson-st., 1849; d. in B'klyn, Dec. 27, 1849, age 68 .- *Elizabeth, w. of the above, a native of Merrick, L. I. ; d. June 2, 1860, aged 77 .- Bedell, Sam'l, loc. pr. about 1830 .-* BEEK- MAN, MRS. CATHARINE .- BEERE, MRS. ANNA .- BEERE, ELLEN .- Beers, Edwin, S.S.t. and lib'n; became an Episcopalian .- BEERS, JOSEPH .- Beers, S. Lucinda, S.S.t., rem. by c. to Huntington, I. I., about 1850 .- BEHLER, LILLIE .-** Biester, Eleanor, d. in peace, Aug. 25, 1849, age 91 .- Bell, Mrs. T. A., rem. by c. 1877 .- Bell, Peter C., cl. Idr. in Sands-st., 1830; in Hempstead, 1837; in York-st.,
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B'klyn, about 1845; a true Methodist of the olden type .- ** Rebecca, w. of the above; conv. at 15 ; became a Method- ist and worthily served the ch. 56 yrs. " Death came suddenly, but found her prepared." [F. C. Hill, in Ch. Ad. ] Their son, J. J. Bell, was once a pastor in B'klyn .- BELLOWS, CHAS .- ** Bellows, Edward P., S.S.t .; drowned at sea, Jan. 8, 1865 ; sutler in the army ; excellent young man. His wid. is a dau. of Barzillai Russell, of Sands-st. ch .- BELLOWS, ELIZABETH. -Bellows, Joseph R., rem .- Benjamin John, cl. Idr., 1843; rem., (" J. H. Benjamin" was a S.S.t. in 1839.) -* Bennett, Abraham, j. Sands-st. ch. in 1807 ; some time cl. Idr. in Sands- st. and many yrs. in Hempstead, whither he removed ; d. Jan. 5, 1867, age 79 ; bur. east of the M. E. ch., Hempstead ; no stone. -Ann, w. of the above, eldest dau. of Jeremiah and Ann Booth ; conv. in B'klyn at 17; rem. to Hempstead in 1834; highly esteemed ; d. March 30, 1838, age 45 ; funeral sermon by Joseph Law : tombstone in M. E. ch. yard, Hempstead. Children of Abraham and Ann Bennett : William, Andrew Mercein, and others .- BENNETT, AMY .-** Bennett, Ann E., d .- Ben- nett, Benj. and Louisa, rem. by c., 1849 .- Bennett, Catherine H., rem. by c .- Bennett Clarinda, rem. by c .-** Bennett, John, d. 1829; probably this is the man mentioned in the list of (1. Ids., 1808 .-** Bennett, P. Wynant, a shoe dealer ; d. 1849. --** Joanna, his wid., d., 1839 .- Bennett Walter L., cl. ldr. about 1864 .- Benoit, Mrs. Sarah, rem. by c .- BETTZ, HENRY .- BILLINGS, ANN E .- Bingham, Chas., rem. by c. to Mich .- Bishop, David H., rem. by c., 1867 .- BISHOP, NICHOLAS .- BISHOP, SARAH .- BLACKWOOD, CHRIS- TIANA .-* Blagborne, Wm., loc. pr., 1811; b. in Eng. ; was preacher on Leeds cir., probably in 1798; [ Everett's " Life of Win. Dawson," p. 17. ] Conf. Appts in America: 1811, (N. York Conf.,) a deacon; N. York city, with N. Bangs, Wm. Phoebus, Laban Clark, Jas. M. Smith, and P. P. Sandford; 1812, no app't named ; 1813, ord. elder-Jamaica cir., L. I., with J. Lyon and S. Bushnell ; 1814, sup'y N. York cir., with Wm. Phoebus, S. Cochran, N. Emery, M. Richardson, and T. Drum- mond; 1815, name disappears-returned to Eng. Some of the . old people recall pleasant memories concerning him. While in Brooklyn he was accustomed to attend the debates held by the young men. The elder men-honorary members-were often called upon to sum up the arguments. Judge Dikeman relates that on one occasion the question being whether married or single life is most conducive to happiness, Mr. B. was called upon to weigh the arguments and render a decision. He said the weight of the argument was in favor of single blessedness ; but, though he had had two wives and was a widower, if he were not so old and had a good chance, he would surely get married again. The Rev. Henry Hatfield described him as a large,
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noble-looking man, and a good preacher. The venerable Moses Rogers, of Northport, L. I., remembers him as a preacher on Jamaica cir. in 1813, a widower with two daughters; his niece kept house for him. Rogers says that the natural color of his hair was white. Elbert Osborn [ Life, p. 38] speaks of having heard Mr. B. preach from 1 Pet. ii, 2, and mentions his " florid countenance" and his "somewhat peculiar voice and enunciation ; " also his death in Eng. some years after his re- turn. In the " Life of Wm. Bramwell " (chap. xv) is the fol- lowing sentence : "O the blessed state of that holy man of God, Mr. Blagborne, when he was about to depart. I saw him in London a short time prior to his death, when he exclaimed with joy, ' Glory ! glory be to God, who hath made me fully ready for my change !'"-BLAIR, MRS .- Blair, Eliza, rem .-- Blair, Walter, cl. Idr., rem. by c., 1830 .- Blanchard, Nathan H., and Rebecca H., rem. by c., 1842 .- Blatchley, Sarah, rem. -Blew, Wm. H., rem. by c .- Blewit, Sarah, rem. by c .- ** Bliss, Sam'1 W., d. 1884 .- BLISS, MRS. ANNA J .- "Bogart Adrian, written sometimes "Orion," first j. the M. E. ch. in Newtown, L. I., [ Meth. Mag., 1825, p. 165.] Thence he rem. to Yellow Hook, (now Bay Ridge,) and united with Sands-st. ch. Through his influence preaching was established and a class formed in Yellow Hook in 1822, which soon grew to be a separate society. He was a licensed exh., and was a el. Idr. also from 1824 till his death, Oct. 6, 1849, at the age of 78. . He d. in the very room in which the first Methodist ser- mon was preached in Bay Ridge. [Rev. J. D). Bouton, in Ch. Ad.] A head-stone in the old Meth. grave-yard in Bay Ridge marks his resting-place .-* Phoebe, first w. of the above, a native of Newtown, 1 .. I., mar. at 23. 11 yrs. later, under a sudden and powerful conviction, she went away alone to pray, and soon re- turned to her work shouting aloud for joy. She, with her husband, remained faithful amidst great persecution. She d. in her hus- band's arms in Dec., 1824, age 53. She had just finished saying, " How long before Jesus will come ?" [ Meth. Mag., 1825, p. 165.] -* Bogart, Getty, one of the original members of Yellow Hook class, Sands-st. ch., in 1822 ; sister to Adrian ; mar. Wm. Kelly, rem. to N. J., and died about 1850, a Methodist; bur. in the Reformed ch. burial-ground, New Utrecht .-* Bogart, Peter, charter member of Yellow Hook (Bay Ridge) class in 1822; probably son of Adrian; bur. in old Methodist burial-ground in Bay Ridge .-* Bogart, Wynant, early member Yellow Hook (Bay Ridge) class ; d. in Bay Ridge, May 3, 1855, age 76; left a good record. [Rev. E. K. Fanning, in Ch. Ad. ] Bur. in old Methodist grave-yard. He left a family .- Bond, Benj. W., S.S.t. and loc. pr. ; native of B'klyn; conv. and j. Sands-st. ch. under the ministry of H. J. Fox ; rem. by c. to Sum'f'd ch., thence to N. York ave. ch., (six yrs. std. there,) thence to Grace
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ch., and was S.S. supt. 2 yrs. He is a graduate (1862) of the N. York Univ. He interested himself in the religious education of the colored people while residing 23 yrs. in Norfolk, Va .- *Bond, Hannah, mother of the above, d. 1867, age 56 .- BOND, MARY .-- Bond, Newall, S.S. supt .- "Bonnell, Nathaniel, cl. Idr., trus., and std. in Sands-st ch .; afterward a member of the original board of trustees in Hanson Pl. ch., an honored member of which he was at the time of his decease. He carried on an extensive business as mason and builder. His son, C. L. Bonnell, M.D., is a worthy successor of the father in various departments of Christian work .- Bonnington, Catharine, rem., 1850 .- BOOGAREDST, ELIZABETH .- ** Booth, Eliza, d. about 1822 .- Booth, Geo. B., cl. Idr., 1833 ; an Englishman ; went to York-st. ch., where he was S. S. supt. ; mar., and d. soon after -Booth, Walker, loc. pr., 1839. -BORDEN, JAMES D .- Bottome, Francis, first named on the records of Sands-st. ch., in 1849, as a loc. pr. from Canada. Two other recorded items are: " Recommended to the traveling connection," and " Removed by Bp. Janes to Rahway." Con- ference Appointments : 1850, (N. York East Conf.,) Southampton, L. I .; 1851-52, Meriden, Conn. ; 1852, ord. deacon ; 1853-54, Saybrook ; 1854, ord. elder; 1855-56, Norwalk ; 1857-58, Bir- mingham ; 1859-60, Hempstead, L. I .; 1861-62, W'msburg, Grand-st., (Gothic;) 1863-65, N. York, 7th-st. ; 1866, Bridge- port, Conn .; 1867-69, N. York, Beekman Hill; 1870-71, (N. York Conf.,) Yonkers, Ist ch .; 1872-74, N. York, Central ch. ; 1875, Marlborough ; 1876-78, Tarrytown ; 1879-81, N. York, Tremont ; 1882, sup'y ; 1883-84, Tuckahoe. Mr. B. mar. Miss Margaret M'Donald, of the Sands-st. ch., in Sept., 1850; visited Europe in 1881 ; a few years since received the degree of D.D .; is a gifted preacher, and widely known as a poet of extraordinary talent. He has a son, who, as we understand, has become an Episcopal clergyman .-** Bowman, Wm., S. S. t., d. 1836 .- ** Bowne, Ann M., d. in peace, 1848-"a loss to the ch."- ** Box, Ann, "d. in the Lord," 1841 .- BOYD, FANNY J .- ** Boylhart, Christian, d. 1867 .- BOYNTON, FRANK .- BOYNTON, SARAH .- BRADFORD, ANNIE 1 .- Bradley, Deborah, rem .-* Bradstreet, John M., a native of Ohio, a friend of the Rev. J. B. Finley, and one of the founders of the Finley Chapel, in Cincinnati. He came to B'klyn, and estab- lished the " J. M. Bradstreet Commercial Agency." His serv- ices in Sands-st. ch., as S. S. t., sec. of the S. S. miss'y soc., and cl. Idr. were very much appreciated. He d. in June, 1863, a member of St. Paul's M. E. ch., N. York. He mar. twice, the 2d time to Catharine, a dau. of Ira Perego, Sen. She was a S. S. t. in Sands-st. After his death she was mar. to Dr. Ran- ney, of N. York. Mr. B. left 2 sons and 2 dau. Henry re- sides in N. York, Milton in Texas .-** Brakey, Elizabeth, d.
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