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recollection was of the removal of the family soon after to the little village of Charleston, which, though less than 40 m. from Albany, was then a frontier town, with plenty of bears, wolves, and other wild animals, to annoy the settlers. He remembered well the excitement caused in the little township when the news came of Geo. Washington's death in 1799. The settlers were obliged to wait for particulars until spring opened and they could get a newspaper from Albany." [N. York Tribune. | At the age of fo the boy was sent to school, and "learned something in spite of his teacher." He was called the "little Roman " by the school-boys because he stoutly upheld the Rom. Cath. faith. His mother was his only religious teacher, and her only source of instruction was a Bible which she sometimes borrowed. He was the subject of deep religious impressions, and in later years he wrote: "At the age of 9 I promised the Lord that I would be his forever, and when I became a man, I would be a priest." His mother d. when he was 11, having charged him " to obey his father, love his brothers and sisters, and, above all, to love and serve God." John Miller De Vinne, his father, was afterward drowned in the Hudson. Mary, a sister, became a Meth., mar. Peter Miller, and d. in Pine Grove, Mich., in 1881. The boy continued to receive Catholic train- ing from his grandparents in Albany after his mother's death, but his heart was not satisfied. At 15 he made a tour of all the churches in Albany, except the Meth., which was deemed 100 heretical to be worthy of notice, in order to ascertain which was the true, but the result was he only became the more un- happy and "stood upon the verge of infidelity." At length, when nearly 16 yrs. of age, on the last night in 1809, he dropped into a watch-meeting in N. Pearl-st. M. E. ch. to warm himself. and he immediately felt " These are the people." He returned the next evening and knelt at the altar, and continued seeking till he found favor with God, just after midnight, Jan. 3, 1810. He wrote to the author, Jan. 8, 1875 : " Last week was my 65th anniversary in the M. E. ch. The Lord brought me into this ch. When I j., 7th Jan., 1810, I had never heard a whole Meth. sermon, had attended none of the meetings, never saw a Meth. book, no Meth. had ever spoken to me; the Lord led me." He had no one to guide him in his studies, but bought some old books at auction, and wasted much time and labor in studying "Locke on the Understanding," and "Lavorsier's Chemistry,' and in trying to learn Eng. grammar from "Eutick's Pocket Dictionary." In much the same way he sought and actually gained a considerable knowledge of Latin and Greek, adding subsequently the French and Hebrew. He made practical use of this knowledge, and some yrs. previous to his death he had read the Greek Test. through 41 times. He heard Bp. Asbury, in Albany, in 1815. That same yr. he was in New York a short
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time, and identified with the first S. S. organization in that city ; that same yr. opened a private school in Kirk's printing-house, B'klyn. He writes in his Journal : " B'klyn, at that time, was a mere village -- one, too, of very modest dimensions. It was con- fined to the ferries at the foot of Fulton and Catharine sts., with a few scattering houses in the gore of land between said ferries, on land toward the navy-yard, and a few other ones on the turn- pike toward Jamaica. Had any one at that period asserted that within 40 yrs. it would have contained hundreds of inhab- itants, he would have been deemed insane. I attached myself to the Meth. ch. in Sands-st., the only one in the village." He assisted in the organization of the ist S. S. in B'klyn. (See pp. 17, 19 of this vol.) He was the only one among the founders of this S. S. who lived to see the Rob't Raikes Centennial. After teaching 3 yrs. in B'klyn he sold out his school in 1818. That yr. "he j. an association formed in .N. York for the sup- port of a miss'y in N. Orleans-a society which was the germ of the Miss'y Society, organized a few months later. The same yr. he went to N. Orleans, and began a S. S. for slaves." [Stevens' Hist. M. E. Ch., vol. iv, p. 442. ] This was a great offense, and the school was broken up. He was licensed as a loc. pr. about this time, and preached his first sermon, in Feliciana, Sept. 10, 1819, from Prov. viii, 36. Ministerial Record : 1819, short time, supply on Natchez cir., Miss., with John Manifee ; 1819, Nov., (Miss. Conf.,) Opelousas (then called Attakapas) cir., La., with Ashley Hewit ; 1820, ditto, without colleague ; 1821, ord. dea- con,-Amiti cir., with J. A. Blackburn : 1822, Claiborne cir., Miss., with M. Henderson; 1823, Lawrence cir., Ala., with T. Burpo ; 1824, ord. elder,-(N. York Conf.,) Sullivan cir., N. Y., with Ira Ferris; 1825, N. York city cir., with P. P. Sandford. H. Stead, Wm. Jewett, J. Youngs, and 11. Chase ; 1826, Hemp- stead (previously called Jamaica) cir., 1 .. I., with D. Holmes and B. Creagh; 1828, Stamford cir., Conn., with S. U. Fisher ; 1829, ditto, with O. V. Amerman ; 1830, N. Rochelle cir , with E. Hebard; 1831, ditto, with E. Washburn and Ira Ferris; 1832, Mt. Pleasant cir., with J. Reynolds; 1833, ditto, with Theodosius Clark ; 1834, N. York, west cir., with J. B. Stratton, F. Reed, J. C. Green, and J. Tackaberry ; 1835, ditto, with J. B. Stratton, J. C. Tackaberry, L. Mead, and E. E. Griswold ; 1836, Harlem miss'n, with J. Luckey and J. C. Tackaberry ; 1837, ditto, with Jas. Floy; 1838, Catskill and Durham cir., with A. C. Fields; 1839, ditto, with W. F. Gould; 1840, White Plains and Greenburg cir., with V. Buck; 1841, Peekskill cir., with Lorin Clark ; 1842, Peekskill and Shrub Oak; 1843, Anienia ; 1844-45, Cold Spring; 1846, New Castle and Pine's Bridge; 1847, Huntington cir., L. I., with W. M'K. Bangs; 1848, (N. York East Conf.,) ditto, with G. Hollis; 1849, New Rochelle cir., with C. B. Sing-his special charge, Rye; 1850, Rye;
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1851-52, East Chester; 1853-54, Newtown, L. I .; 1855-56, Union Place, (Cypress Hills; ) 1857-82, sup'd. On the Opelousas cir. "he preached every day except Monday to the whites, and every night to the slaves, besides leading classes and traveling from 30 to 40 in. a day, over prairies without roads or bridges; fording the bayous, or, when they were high, swimming them, or passing over by boats-decayed logs tied with grape-vines." His cir. was a range of 564 m., from Alexandria, on the Red River, to the gulf. He writes : " I have smiled many times since, and I suppose others did then, at my grotesque ap- pearance-saddle-bags sticking out on both sides, crammed with books and tracts." [Ch. Ad.] His salary the Ist yr., after paying ferriage and horseshoeing, was less than $13; the next yr. it advanced prodigiously to $67; " and be it borne in mind that he was sent thither " by his own request." At St. Mary's Court House the colored people made him a formal do- nation, amounting to nearly 50 cts. ! He "lodged one night with pirates without knowing it," but "found that they could talk about religion." He was a member of Gen. Conf. in Balt., in 1824. On his way thither he visited ex-Pres. Jefferson, at his residence in Monticello, and was not agreeably impressed with his infidelity or his pro-slavery. To reach the Sullivan cir. that yr. he traveled on horseback 2,074 m. He writes of that cir., as the Shawangunk Mts., " where he saw frost in dog- days;" but the Lord blessed his labors, and he had "good times." There he and his colleague together rec'd $85. While in N. York (1825) he mar. Miss J. Augusta Low, a lady of un- common personal attractiveness and culture, who is now passing the calm, evening of a beautiful Christian life in the company of her children. Of their introduction to the Hempstead cir., the following yr., he writes : " When I called upon the stewards of the cir. they said they had no parsonage, nor any hired house, and did not know where one could be hired. When leaving, they reminded me that the circuit allowed only $25 for house-rent. There was nothing personal in all this; it was the custom of the times. The people were not particular in regard to the preacher sent to them, and they were not solicitous in regard to his sup- port. Many seemed to think that it was enough remuneration to the preacher simply to come and hear him. Many a well-to- do farmer gave only a shilling, or 25 cts., per quarter, for him- self and family. If any one gave half or a whole dollar, it was a matter of surprise. Nor were the sisterhood any more prov- ident or active in ch. matters. It was some weeks after our ar- rival before any of them looked in upon us. . . . I received that yr. $18o, out of which I had to pay part of my rent and find hay for my horse, when at home. The cir., however, gave $30 additional by a ' spinning.' This was the technical name for a donation or surprise, from the fact that the present usually
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consisted chiefly of flax, which the young women had spun for the preacher's family." On this cir., in 2 yrs., he preached 560 serm., traveled 4,800 m., and received 471 probationers. At Stamford, in 1830, there were roo conversions. [Ch. Ad. ]> " He was banished in 1836, (in the estimation of his friends,) for his abolition sentiments, to a place on L. I., [the appointment does not appear in the printed Minutes, ] where they did not desire, because they could not support, a preacher ; but by the intercession of others he was transferred to the Harlem miss'n, then embracing 27th-st. and all north to the Harlem River, with $275 to sustain a family of 9, and flour at $13 a bbl. The next was the memorable Greene-st. Conf. of 1838, in which he, with others, who felt that 'every thing could be borne, but nothing conceded' to the 'monster evil,' slavery, was proscribed and punished by being sent to Catskill." [N. York East Conf. Minutes, 1883, P. 55. See also Stevens' History M. E. Ch., vol. iv, P. 423, in reference to his hatred of slavery. ] During his 40 yrs. of effective service on 24 cir. and sta., he traveled on horseback, or in very poor carriages, 61,678 m., and preached 8,440 serm., a little over 4 per week, and aided in the erection of 13 new churches. He personally received 3,756 probationers, averaging 94 per annum for 40 yrs. His receipts averaged $327. a yr. [See Min. of Conf's, 1883, p. 91.] He preached in 1869 a semi-centennial sermon, from which we have quoted above. The following paragraph, by the Rev. S. H. Platt, will be read with great satisfaction : " His later years were blessed far be- yond those which usually fall to the lot of the retired minister, in the rare devotion of sons who vied with each other to pro- mote his welfare and do him honor; in the tender ministry of daughters who delighted to display the noblest qualities of womanhood in his service; and in the matchless charm and peerless comfort of the wedded tie that had been cemented by the mutual toils of 58 such years." [N. V. East Conf. Min.] Not long before life's close he was seen at the annual conf. and the N. York preacher's meeting. He d. at his home in Morris- ania, N. Y., Feb. 10, 1883, age 90 yrs. ; funeral, Feb. 14, from the M. E. ch. in M. Dr. D. Curry and the Revs. S. H. Platt and G. Hollis made addresses. Among the other ministers present were A. N. Molyneaux, J. H. Stansbury, R. Crook, J. A. Roche, T. N. Laine, C. T. Mallory, and W. C. Smith. The interment took place in " Woodlawn." "Daniel De V. was a man for his times. Conscientious to the very verge of monastic rigidity, catholic in his instincts, and kind in his feelings. . . . In his habits of study he was a model." His published writings are: "The M. E. Ch. and Slavery ;" "The Irish Primitive Ch.," pronounced by Dr. G. L. Taylor a "treasure" and a " gem; " "A History of the M. E. Ch. in New Rochelle," (in Meth. Quar., 1832 ; ) and various other articles written for our
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church periodicals. He wrote to the author: "Now, my dear brother, let us be holy. Most Christians are living far below St. Paul's standard. I fear the present working of affairs will not convert the world." He was short and stout, with a countenance of unique expression, well represented by the portrait, a mu- sical but rather monotonous voice, and articulation somewhat indistinct, particularly in his old age .-* De Voe, Isaac, b. in B'klyn; cabinet-maker by trade, and a vet. of 1812, [ Stiles, Hist. B'klyn, vol. i, p. 453; ] trus. and cl. Idr. in Sands-st. ch. In 1819 his plain-spoken pastor wrote opposite his name, at the head of his class record, " rather crooked." The exact mean- ing of the comment and the occasion of making it are not quite apparent at this time. He was certainly much esteemed in later years. After removing from the mother ch. in Sands st., he was cl. Idr. in Wash'gt'n-st. ch., in the fellowship of which he d. in 1859, age 72. [Ch. Records.] His confidence and
faith were unshaken. He said, " I don't hope, but I know I am going to heaven." Bur. in Evergreen cem. His first w. was Mary (Cook.)-Rachel, (Bourdette,) wid. of the above, was received into Sands-st. ch. by Wm. Ross ; rem. to Wash'g'ton- st. ch., and finally to 18-st. ch .; was living, (1882,) age 91. Their surviving children are I son and 3 daus .-* De Vosnell, John, member in 1798 .- De Vosney, John, rem. by c .- Dey, John, rem. by c .- DEYO, GEO. A .- Dickerson, Jas., rem. -* Dikeman, John, was b., in the town of Hempstead, L. I., Mar. 31, 1795 ; clerk in a store in the small village of B'klyn at 15; not pleased with the business, went to Phila. ; returned shortly after to B'klyn, and studied law with Judge Radcliffe, teaching school to pay expenses. In 1815 he j. the society to prevent and suppress crime in B'klyn ; mar. Miss Susan Rem- sen, and in 1816, became principal of the first public school ever opened in B'klyn. That yr. he and his w. taught in the Ist B'klyn S. S., and he never afterward lost his interest in secular and religious education. He opened a law-office cor. Fulton and Henry ; at 29 was village trustee and clerk of the board ; in 1820 appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, an office at that time filled by the governor and State senate-term, 5 yrs. He received license as a loc. pr. in 1827, which office he resigned in 1830. His name appears among the loc. prs. in the plan of Flushing cir., 1828. He was cl. Idr. in 1839; among the found- ers of the Wash'gt'n-st. ch. in 1831, and remained a member thereof till his death. Until 1825 he was known as a Jack- sonian Democrat, but was that yr. elected a member of the Assembly on the Native American ticket. He became one of the lessees of the South and B'klyn ferries in 1839; afterward one of the managers of the B'klyn Union Ferry Co .; elected Co. Judge by Republicans a 2d time in 1864; w. d. that yr. ; vice-pres. King's Co. Inebriate Home in 1867 ; next yr. retired
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to private life ; d. at his residence, Aug. 23, 1879, in his 85th yr. Flags on the court-house and city-hall in B'klyn were placed at half-mast. In appearance Judge D. was tall and spare, with an
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interesting but not handsome countenance, indicative of great strength of intellect and of will. He was a close observer of men and things, and well informed on secular and religious topics .- *Susan, w. of the above, dan. of Isaac Remsen, and step-dau. of Burdet Stryker; j. Sands-st. ch. in early life; d. Mar. 20, 1864, in her zoth yr. Judge D. and w. are bur. in "Green- wood." [ See tombstones. ] Of their 9 children, 4 were living in 1882 .- Dillont, Frederick and Sadie, rem, by c., 1882 .- Dillont, John Frank, S.S.t .; came from London; received by C. Fletcher into Sands-st. ch. by c. from Tarrytown, Asbury M. E. ch .; rem. by c., 1881, to Hanson. Pl. ch., thence to Grace ch .; publisher of The Prospect Quarterly, and vice-pres. of the Young People's Association of Grace ch .- ""Mahala, w. of the above, d. in 1877, age about 36 .- 1)I- ONIAN, CHRISTINA .- Dirgin, Mrs. Maria, rem. by c., 1883 .- Dixon, Jos., rem. by c., 1873 .- Doane, Mary, rem. by c., 1866 .- Dodge, Emma H., rem .- Dolgbrest, Eliz- abeth, rem. by c., 1865 .- DONALDSON, WM .- Donnelly, Jane, mar .; see Goodwin -Dorlon, Alice, rem .- DOR- LON, EDWIN W .- DOUGHITY, MRS. MATILDA .-
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DOUGLAS, D. H .- DOUGLAS, GEORGIANA .-** Doug- las, Mrs. Georgiana W., d. 1852 .- DOUGLAS, MAMIE. --- Dow, Andrew and Catharine, rem. By c., 1869 .- Drake, C. W., loc. pr., Drew Sem., 1869 ; rem. by c., 1869; member 1 yr .- DREDGE, ALFRED, cl. Idr. ; b. in Somersetshire, Eng., in 1827 ; parents were Baptists; at 25 conv. among the Meth- odists in Quebec; moved to Toronto; Idr. of the largest class in Richmond-st. ch. of that city; trus. many yrs. ; std. 20 yrs .; came to B'klyn in 1880 .- DREDGE, MRS. ALFRED .- DREW, CORNELIA .-** Drew, Eliza, wid. of Geo .; d. 1874. -** Drew, Geo., d. in Texas, 1849 ; dealer in house-furnishing goods ; a true Xn .- Drew, Mary, rem .- DRUMGOLD, MRS. ARMINDA .- DRUMMOND, AMANDA .- DUCKER, MRS. ELIZA A. - DUCKER, MARIA E .-* Ducker, Wm., exh. and loc. pr., 1827 ; cl. Idr., 1834; trus. in Wallabout (De Kalb ave.) ch., 1838; an Israelite indeed. He was a lighterman, plying his vocation on the East River; dressed somewhat after the Quaker fashion. The Rev. Geo. Hollis writes: " I heard him preach his trial sermon in the Sands-st. ch. He was my friend when I needed one." He is said to have embraced Millerism in 1843. He d. some yrs. ago, and is bur. in "Green- wood." -** Duffour, Nicholas, d. 1850 .-- Duncey, Timothy, rem. by c., 1848 .- Dunkinson, Bethia, mar. A. Van Horne. -** Dunn, Deborah, d. 1870 .- Dunn, Francis and Amelia, rem. by c., 1866 .-- Dunn, James, rem. by c., 1866 .- Dunn. Rebecca, rem. by c .; 1866 .-** Dunn, Mrs., d. 1874 .- Dunn, Mrs. Sarah, rem. by c., 1874 .- DUNN, MRS. VIRGINIA .- Dunn, Wm., Jane, and Margaret, rem. by c., 1870; mem- bers 1 yr .- Dunn, Mrs. and Miss Ada, rem. by c., 1872 .--- Duren, Henry, S.S.t., at the same time supt. of a German M. E. S. S. in Wyckoff-st. ; rem. to Fleet-st. ch .; then to First Il. ch. ; then to Carlton ave. (Simpson) ch. ; cl. Idr. there 12 yrs .- Duston, Walter, rem. by c .- Dykes, Jos. or Sam'l, cl. Idr., 1835 .- EAGAN, JENNIE .-** Eaton, Marietta W., d. Sept. 1, 1870, age 25. - Edmonds, John Albert, b. in Lon- don, Eng., Jan. 25, 1813; parents belonged to the Established ch .; conv. Apr. 1, 1831, and j. the Wesleyan Connection; mar. Charlotte, Fields, March 3, 1833, and 4 yrs. later came with wife and I child to N. York; j. Bedford-st. ch. ; soon afterward rem. by c. to Franklin-st. ch, Newark, N. J., and was licensed, first as an exh. and then as a loc. pr., and preached frequently in Orange, Belleville, and other places. His grocery business not succeeding in Newark, he rem. to B'klyn in 1839; j. the Sands- st. ch., also became a member of the Loc. Prs'. Association, preached nearly every Sabbath, generally twice, sometimes thrice, always walking to and from his app'ts. E. B'klyn, Gravesend, New Utrecht, and E. New York were among the country places visited. He preached also in Sands-st., York-st.,
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and Wash'gt'n-st. churches. He labored in Patchogue, L. I., in the early part of 1840, (J. B. Merwin, the pastor, being called South to settle the affairs of his deceased brother,) and his ef- forts were abundantly blessed. The ensuing spring the quar. conf. of Sands-st. recommended him to the Annual Conf. Pas- toral Record : 1840, (N. York Conf.,) Huntington cir., L. I., with J. Nixon ; 1841, ditto, with O. Starr; 1842, ord. deacon,- Westhampton ; 1843, Cutchogue and Southold ; 1844, ord. elder; 1844-45, Guilford, Conn. ; 1846, New Britain ; 1847, Bloomfield; 1848, (N. York East Conf.,) ditto; 1849-50, King-st, N. Y. ; 1851-52, Sag Harbor; 1853-54, (N. York Conf.,) Red Hook ; 1855-56, Rondout ; 1857-59, sup'y ; 1860, Milton; 1861, Hyde Park; 1862, Pleasant Valley; 1863-65, Spencertown and Chatham Four Corners; 1866-67, Pawlings; 1868-73, sup'd; 1874, Pawlings and Reynoldsville; 1875, N. York, Greene-st. and Duane; 1876-77, N. York, Asbury ; 1878-79, Hartsdale ; 1880-84, sup'd, residence, Sag Harbor, N. Y. His Ist w., Charlotte, a devoted Xn., d. Jan. 25, 1859. On the 6th of May, 1861, he was mar. to Miss Sarah A. Bassett, his present w. She is nearly blind, several yrs. having elapsed since she was able to read a word, and, in addition, she has been confined to her bed as a paralytic for sevaral months past; yet, with a mind clear and bright, she rejoices in the God of her salvation. Mr. E., though suffering intensely from rheumatism, is cheerful, bearing uncomplainingly the trial of his superannuation and the loss of his property (now so greatly needed) through the dishonesty of another. He has done excellent service for the church, and is gratefully and affectionately remembered by many .-- Edsall, Wm., off. S. S. miss'y soc .; became a Presbyterian .- Ed- wards, Abbie C., rem .- Edwards, Phœbe, rem .- Ed- wards, Rebecca A., rem .-** Eichell, Eliza, d. 1872 .- Elmendorf, D. K., cl. Idr., about 1866; rem .- Embree, Isaac, rem. by c., 1865 .- Embree, Isabella, rem. by c., 1868. -Emmons, A. W., rem. by c .- EMORY, FLORENCE .- EMORY, GRACE A .- EMORY, MARIA L .- Emsley, Harriet, rem. by c., 1864 .-* Engle, Sam'l, member in 1798, father of James C. Engle .-* Engle, Sarah, member in 1798. -Ensign, Elizabeth, rem .- Erwin, Mary Jane, rem., 1846. -ESPENSCHEID, JOHN M., S.S.t., std., cl. Idr., S. S. supt., and several yrs. financial sec. of the ch. ; was b. in Sodus, N. Y., of pious parents, who were natives of Germany, and members of the German Evangelical Association, and whose children all became Xns. He was conv. at 15, at a union prayer-meeting in a country school-house ; came a probationer to Sands-st. ch., B'klyn, in July, 1858, (J. B. Hagany, pastor.)- ESPENSCHEID, HELEN .- ESPENSCHEID, MARGARET, w. of John M .- ESTES, EDWIN C., S.S.t. b .; in N. C .; went to Ala. ; came thence to B'klyn in 1836 ; most of time a member of Sands-st.
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ch .-** Everitt, Richard, trus., one of the Ist, in 1794, and some time treas. of the board; d. of yellow fever in 1798-the Ist recorded death among the members. Hannah Stryker had preceded him to the home above, but there is no book contain- ing a record of that event. Mr. E. had a stall in the old Fly Market in N.' York. [Stiles' Hist. B'klyn, vol. ii, p. 127.]- ** Sarah, w. of the above; was a member in 1798. Their son, Thomas Howard, b. 1796, was baptized by Bp. Asbury. She mar. after his death, and d. in the faith ; see M'Kenney .- Fanning, Martin, cl. Idr., and his w., Margaret, rem by c .- Fanning, Mary A., mar. Mr. Campbell .- Farley, Clara, mar. a Mr. Campbell, and after his death a Mr. Fisher .- FARLEY, JOHN C .- Farnell, Alfred F., the last man licensed as a loc. pr. in this ch. ; came from Eng. to N. Haven, Conn. ; thence to B'klyn, and j. Sands-st. ch., about 1866; rem. by c., 1873; for- merly dealt in gents' furnishing goods, now proprietor of "Ye Olde Booke Shoppe," B'klyn; not connected with the M. E. ch. at present .- Farnell, Jane, rem. by c., 1873 .- Faucett, Ellen, rem. by c. to Eng., 1881 .-** Fay, John G., (often called by his friends Governor Fay,) was S.S.t., off. S. S. miss'y soc., cl. Idr., S. S. supt., and loc. pr. When a young man he rem. from Eng., his native country, to S. A .; was conv. in Buenos Ayres; aided the Rev. John Dempster in his S. Amer- ican mission work ; came to B'klyn about 1852. He was a pure- minded, conscientious Xn., distinguished for gentleness in his deportment toward all. He exerted a remarkable power over young men, drew a large number into his Bible class, developed their self-dependence and self-respect, organized a debating society, and by various means cultivated in them: a literary taste. He d. in May, 1865, in his 65th yr., meeting the grim messenger with the calmness of one fully prepared. Only a few hours before his death, when his eldest son said, "Father, rest upon my arm," he replied, " Underneath me are the everlasting arms." He is bur. in "Greenwood." -** Elizabeth P., his w., was b. in Eng., and mar. to Mr. F. in S. A. She d. in Sept., 1873, in her 75th yr .- FAY, JOHN E., son of the above; S.S.t. and sec. of S. S .; was b. in Buenos Ayres; j. Sands-st. ch. in 1853, (H. J. Fox, pastor.)-"Mary H., his w., dau. of the Rev. John B. Hagany, D.D .; rem. by c., 1872; d. in Jan., 1877 .- Fay, Henry G., youngest son of John G., was b. in Buenos Ayres; j. Sands-st. ch in 1853; was S.S.t., S. S supt., std., and pres't of the S. S. miss'y soc .; rem. by c. to Sum'f'd ch., in 1878, where he was made std. in 1880 .-* Mary (Thorn), w. of Henry G. Fay, sister of A. B. Thorn; was S.S.t., treas. of the WV. F. M. S., a co-worker in the " Home for Friendless Women and Children," and the " Home for Aged Men " in B'klyn, and in the "Five Points' Mission " in N. York. She was b. in N. York city; j. Greene-st. M. E. ch. in early life, (S. D. Ferguson,
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