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One of the children stepped forward at the close of this address, and presented to Mr. Beecher a beautiful candy bas- ket. Then followed an interesting scene; a score or more of the very youngest of the visitors,-some of them grand- children and great-grandchildren of the early members of the school-came forward to "Grandpa" Utter with their of- ferings. From this source $441 was realized; and in a few minutes $250 more was subscribed, making the entire contri- bution $2,000. After singing and brief addresses, the festival was pleasantly and appropriately closed with the distribu- tion of Christmas gifts to the children.
The pastor, J. S. Breckinridge said in his farewell sermon. in April, 1883:
Since I have been pastor, the church has contributed three thousand dollars annually to missionary purposes. The church is vigorously alive, and it has a grand future before it. It is stronger to-day than when I came, the membership having increased twenty per cent. The bridge is approaching completion, and. soon the church will be removed. If you remain this side of Fulton-street, you will do well; if you go on the heights, you will do better. That part of the city needs a Methodist church. With no debt, a good leader, and one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in your treasury, you can storm and capture Brooklyn as Gen. Wolfe did the Heights of Abraham, at Quebec.
Sam. S. Utter presided at the Christmas exercises in 1883. The decorations were attractive and the attendance large, many of the old-time Sands-street people rallying as usual.
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In the center of the large platform, improvised for the occasion, stood a very tall Christmas tree, laden with the gifts of Santa Claus, and perched upon it were two white turtle doves indicating the peace which Christmas tide betokens. Beneath was represented the manger in which Christ was born, to which was added the shepherd scene, and the Star of the East pending overhead-the whole furnishing a very impressive picture. * * * Mr. Utter said that some of the children present represented the sixth generation of worshippers at this church. The sum collected was about $2,200. The Rev. L. R. Streeter, the pastor, then made a short address, depicting vividly the birth of Christ and the circumstances surrounding it, the work he had accomplished, and the lesson to be derived from it. The exercises closed with the distribution of Christmas gifts.2
The Christmas of 1884 was duly celebrated, and the total. missionary offerings amounted to nearly $1,600. The Rev. Dr. J. M. Reid, missionary secretary, made the principal ad- dress.3
It became evident as early as 1870 that the days of old Sands-street church were mimibered. The prosperous growth of Brooklyn, to which the churches have in a large degree contributed, compels some of them.to recede from their orig- inal location. The East River bridge with its increasing tide of traffic and travel must render this ancient stronghold of Methodism untenable for religious services. The site has been and will be desired for secular purposes. The bridge company made a liberal offer, ($125,000,) for the church prop- erty, but the trustees declined to sell at that price.
The outlook is uncertain. At this hour none can predict in what form, if at all, the church organization will survive. A proposition strongly urged, particularly in 1882, by many leading ministers and laymen, to unite Sands-street and Pa- cific-street churches in the formation of a new organization on the "Heights," did not commend itself to some of the more influential members of Sands-street church. Attempts to consolidate other Methodist Churches in "Old" Brooklyn
' "Brooklyn Eagle," December 26, 1883.
3 In the time of pastor Vincent, John M. Reid, then a young man, often preached in the Sands-street church. He says: "I went over there one night and preached, and most marvelous manifestations appeared. We invited seek- ers forward and the altar was filled. We cleared a row of seats and they were filled; another, and they were filled, and at last we concluded that the whole house was an altar of seeking. Thereupon followed a great revival, during which I labored as often as my strength would permit. I was at that time prin- cipal of the Mechanics' Institute School in New York city and a local preacher."
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met with similar defeat. Dr. Buckley wrote in The Christian Advocate:
All the efforts at consolidation in connection with the five churches-the York-street, the Sands-street, the Washington-street, the Johnson-street, and the Pacific-street-have failed. Yet it is obvious to all that they do not com- prise materials for more than two strong charches. Many Methodists have been discouraged by the state of things and have joined other congregations. It is certain that decay and death await some of these churches, and the valua- ble properties which they have in trust will be eaten up in a few years. The history of the debates already had shows that no difficulties except those which arise from a want of broad views, and which have no higher source than preju- dice, are in the way. It now looks as though, through mismanagement or want of management, Methodism in those parts of Brooklyn will continue- to diminish, and that much of the property will be consumed.
There are some who seem to cling with fondness to those sacred memories and associations which could not be trans- ferred to any other place of worship, but it should be borne in mind that a removal of the church will not of necessity involve the abandonment of the name and memory of Sands- street Methodism. One writer makes this suggestion:
Imitating other churches on the "Heights," this new Methodist church might establish and maintain a mission Sunday-school not far from the present site of Sands-street church, and thus continue its noble work among the children, un- der changed, though perhaps more favorable conditions. The Mayflower mis_/ sion, sustained by the Plymouth church, and other missions, cared for by the Henry-street Presbyterian, and St. Ann's Episcopal, and Pierrepont-street Bap- tist, and other churches on the Heights, are successful. There is no reason why the Brooklyn Heights Methodist Episcopal church might not work as suc- cessfully a Sands-street mission, and thus worthily perpetuate the name and memory of the mother church of Brooklyn Methodism.4
Right alongside the multitudes as they surge up and down the great thoroughfare are the pious dead who were laid to rest beneath the shadow of the "old white church." The wid- ening stream of traffic and travel will soon disturb their re- pose. The old church-yard which holds the sacred dust of James Harper, Andrew Mercein, Thomas Carpenter, John Garrison, Robert Snow, and other equally devoted men, with their godly wives, must soon totally disappear. It is hoped that the friends of old Sands-street church will see that all possible pains are taken to identify the graves of these Methi- odist worthies, and to re-bury their bones with tender care.
4 B., in The Christian Advocate.
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The simplicity and the strength of Methodism have in many respects been exemplified in the history of this church. Without tower or bell, without pompous ritual or gorgeous architecture; without sensational devices of any description, this old church has kept time to the march of Methodism. There has been no rebellion against the appointed pastor, no disparagement of the class meetings, no departure from the old methods, no abandonment of the old principles.
This church has maintained a prosperous career throughout one of the brightest of the sixty centuries of the world's his- tory, but in the brightening glory of the coming years, she will continue to live in the ever widening results of her faitliful service, and the increasing usefulness of her children -the many prosperous churches in Brooklyn, which are properly classed among the descendents of the old mother church.
To the praise of our itinerant system, it should be made known that during almost a century this church, in the days of her feebleness and the days of her strength, was never de- prived of regular pastoral oversight and the stated ministra- tions of the Gospel. More than eighty ministers have held the relation of pastor to the Sands-street Church, three fourths of whom have gone to their reward on high, and hundreds of others have occasionally proclaimed the Gospel of salva- tion in this sacred place. Could a record be made of the sermons preached on Sabbath days and during revival ser- vices upon this watch-tower of Methodism, the number would scarcely fall below ten thousand. And these efforts have not been in vain. The word has not returned void. When the Lord writeth up his people it shall be said, This and that man was born there.
Besides the hundreds who have died while in fellowship with this people, other hundreds have transferred their membership to churches near or distant, and thence to the church triumphant. Multitudes of grateful Christians in this world and in the world above, remember the Sands- street altars as Jacob remembered Bethel and Peniel. They can never dissociate from the memory of their best experi- ence upon earth, the old Sabbath home where they enjoyed the
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SANDS STREET CHURCH, ERECTED 1848-INTERIOR VIEW.
communion of saints -- the foretastes of a blessed heavenly fellowship.
It is pleasing and instructive to review so much as can be recorded of the history of a church organization for a hun- dred years; but the most vital and interesting portion of the history of any church must forever remain unwritten. No pen can record the unknown personal experience, the secret heart-struggles, and the unobserved deeds of charity and faith which constitute the real life-work of the followers of Christ. For a history of our life and its vast results, we await the day when the books shall be opened. Who will say that we may not yet find in Heaven's library, some bright volume, entitled " The True History of the Redeemed Company that came up from the Sands Street Church ? "
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CHAPTER VIII.
RECORD OF MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS AND STATISTICS.
I. A Chronological List of Presiding Elders.
Conference Years.1
PRESIDING ELDERS. Districts.2
1787
Thomas Foster .
1788
Henry Willis
1789
F. Garrettson and Thomas Morrell .
1790
Thomas Morrell,8
179I
Robert Cloud
1792-1793
Jacob Brush .
Freeborn Garrettson
1795
George Roberts
Freeborn Garrettson .
1797
S. Hutchinson and F. Garrettson Sylvester Hutchinson
1798-1799
Freeborn Garrettson :
New York.
1854-1806
William Thacher
1857-1810
Joseph Crawford
66 ..
1811-1814
1815-1818 1819 .
Nathan Bangs
..
..
1
1820-1823
Peter P. Sandford .
.6
1828-1831
Daniel Ostrander
..
1832-1835
Samuel Merwin
1836-1839
Daniel Ostrander
..
..
1840-1843
Stephen Martindale John J. Matthias
Long Island.
1844-1847
1848-1850
Laban Clark .
66
1851-1854
Seymour Landon .
..
1855-1858 Buel Goodsell .
1859-1862
William H. Norris
1 Formerly these began sometimes as late as October, but recently in May or April.
At first the Districts were large, and no names were given to them until the year 1800.
3 Aaron Ilunt's statement that Jacob Brush was presiding elder of the New York District that year is probably a mistake. See memorials of Jacob Brush and Aaron Hunt in Book II.
1794
1800-1803
F. Garrettson Samuel Merwin
1824-1827
Laban Clark .
..
..
1796
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Conference Years.
PRESIDING ELDERS. Districts.
1863 John Kennaday,4 W. II. Norris
Long Island.
1864-1867 Dan'l Curry,' Benj. Pilsbury. .
. L. 1. South.
1868-1871 Edwin E. Griswold .
1872-1875
Thomas G. Osborn, Chas. Fletcher
1876-1879
Albert S. Graves
1880-1882
George F. Kettell
1883
Ichabod Simmons
II. A Chronological List of Pastors, with the Numbers reported, including Probationers, at the Close of their Respective Terms.
Conference Years.
PASTORS. No. of - Members. and Prob.
1787 Woolman Hickson, John Dickins, Freeborn Garrettson .Unknown.7 60
1788
Henry Willis, (elder,) J. Dickins
1789
Robert Cloud, John Merrick,
William Phobus
1790
David Kendall, Wm. Phœbus, Aaron Hunt, J. Brush .
1791
Wm. Phœbus, Benj. Abbott
66
1792
John Ragan, James Boyd
1793
Joseph Totten, George Strebeck
"
1794
Ezekiel Cooper, Lawrence M'Combs; also, Win. Phoebus, David Kendall, supernumerary preachers" . 35
1795
Joseph Totten9
1796-1797
William Phoebus'
1708
Andrew Nichols
73
1799 .
Cyrus Stebbins .
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+ Died Nov. 14, 1863.
5 Elected Editor of the Christian Advocate, in May, 1864.
6 Resigned after a few months on account of ill health.
" Included in the membership of New York station. 1787-1789, and of L. I. circuit, 1790-1793.
8 All appointed to New York and Brooklyn circuit. M'Combs was to change every three months with Sylvester Hutchinson of New Rochelle cir., and Rob- ert Hutchinson of Long Island circuit.
9 First stationed preacher. Appointed for six months. It is presumed he remained a full year.
10 Practically a stationed preacher; for although Brooklyn was connected these two years and for some time afterward, by a system of exchanges, with L. I. cir., and so represented in the printed lists of appointments, Brooklyn was really a separate station, as shown by the financial record of the L. I. Quarterly Conference Minutes.
Brooklyn. 66
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Conference Years.
PASTORS.
No. of Members and Prob.
1 800-1801
David Buek
7 1
1802
Peter Jayne .
71
1803
Ezekiel Canfield 73
1804
Cyrus Stebbins, Ezekiel Cooper"
74
1805
Ezekiel Cooper, Samuel Merwin12
I36
1806
.
Ezekiel Cooper, Samuel Thomas, Oliver Sykes. 225
1807
Elijah Woolsey, John Wilson
253
1808
Daniel Ostrander .
245
1 809
1810-IOII
William ThacherH
210
1812-1813
Lewis Pease, T. Drummond"5
239
1814
Samuel Merwin
198
1815
Nathan Emery .
231
1816-1817
Joseph Crawford .
271
1818 .
.
Alex. M'Caine, Henry Chase16
216
1821-1822
Lewis Pease
40I
1825
1826
T. Burch, S. L. Stillman, (two ch's)
436
1827
S. Luekey, S. L Stillman, (two ch's)
454
1828
S. Luckey, S. Landon, (two ch's) . 508
663
1831
John C. Green, C. W. Carpenter, . (three churches.) 986
1832
J. C. Green, C. W. Carpenter,
J. C . Tackaberry, (three churches.).
1 971
1833-1834 T. Burch, J. Kennaday, J. Luckey,
(four ch's, including New Utrecht.) 1037
11 Stebbins left the station, and the old church book states that Ezekiel Coop- er was pastor half the year.
12 Mr. Merwin was pastor during the last quarter.
13 Records,-Hubbard went to the Episcopalians. Drummond was appointed to supply the place.
14 He was to exchange every month with Francis Ward. They exchanged only once.
" Mr. Pease's health failed in June, 1813, and Mr. Drummond was in charge the last part of the year.
16 Mr. M'Caine left the charge in February, 1821, and Mr. Chase was pas- tor till Conference. . A large number of the colored members seceded.
17 Mr. Ross died during the second year of his term, and the church records indicate that Mr. Bull was in charge after his death.
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Reuben Hubbard, T. Drummond"3 255
320
1823-1824
W. Ross, M. B. Bull, 17 (two ch's.) Thomas Burch, (two churches.).
414
424
1829-1330
N. Levings, J. Covel, Jr., (two ch's)
.
William Ross
1819-1820
.
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Conference Years.
PASTORS.
No. of Members and Prob.
1835-1836
B. Creagh, (Sands-st. Church only) .
402
1837-1838
Wm. H. Norris
667
1839
Fitch Reed .. 606
1840-1841
Peter C. Oakley
521
1842-1843
Leonard M. Vincent.
677
1844-1845 1846
N. Bangs, J. C. Tackaberry
612
1847
N. Bangs, J. B. Merwin
564
1848-1849
Wm. II. Norris
557
1850-1851
John W. B. Wood
500
1852-1853
Henry J. Fox, M. B. Bull, sup'y, 1853
601
1854-1855
Levi S. Weed, M. B Bull, sup'y 470
601
1858
W. F. Watkins (supply,)" J. B. Hagany
539
1859
John B. Hagany
587
1860-1861
Bernard HI. Nadal
606
1862-1863
Levi S. Weed
605
1864-1866
Charles Fletcher
600
1867
.
Edward G. Andrews
599
1868
A. H. Wyatt, (supply),2 G. DeLaMatyr
590
1869 .
Gilbert DeLaMatyr .
595
1870-1871
George F. Kettell
514
1872-1873
Freeman P. Tower2
476
1874-1876
George Taylor
476
1877-1879
Lindsay Parker
539
1880-1882
John S. Breckinridge
555
1883-1884
Lewis R. Streeter
18 Mr. Watkins was in charge during the few weeks intervening between the sessions of the New York East and New York Conferences.
1º Dr. George R. Crooks stands in the Minutes as one of the pastors of this station in 1861 and 1862, but the appointment was merely nominal.
20 Mr. Wyatt had charge after conference until Mr. DeLa Matyr arrived in June. II. B. Elkins received in 1868 a nominal appointment to this church.
"1 Charles Fletcher was nominally assigned to this church with F. P. Tower for a short time in IS72.
Hart F. Pease .
604
1856-1857
John Miley, B. Bull, sup'y .
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CHAPTER IX.
A RECORD OF OFFICIAL MEMBERS. (CHRONOLOGICAL)
TO WHICH IS ADDED A LIST OF TEACHERS, ETC., IN THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
The Dates indicate when the several Officers were first named as such in the Records.
I. Local Preachers.
1808 Marvin Richardson John Brice
1809 Ithiel Smead Linden
1835 Charles C. Leigh
1836 John Collett
Samuel Bedell
ISII Wm. Blagborne John Brower
1839 Walker Booth
Chas. S. Macreading
1840 John A. Edmonds
66 Thomas Sands John Dalton
1843 Win. McAllister
1817 James Ambler
1844 John Rossell
1818 Anthony E. Nichols
Artemas Stebbins
John Nickerson
1846 D. I. Reed
1822 Wm. Summerfield 1847 Wm. S. Finch Christopher Rutherford "6 John Redfield
1823 Jonathan Lyon Elnathan Raymond
Robert Ibbotson
1824 Oliver V. Amerman
James Clayton
6. Francis Bottome
1827 Jolin Dikeman
Thomas II. Burch
Win. Mundell Joseph Baggott
1852 Thomas Noden
66 Wm. Ducker
1853 Joshua L. Burrows Chas. J. Fox Julius
1830 Fred. D. McFarlan
1833 Charles Pomeroy Wm. Smith
1854 Thos. Stephenson
1856 David Tuthill
66 John B. Merwin
John Bull
Chas. Stearns David G. Stratton
1815 Chas. W. Carpenter ¥ Wm. Dawson 1841 George Hollis
18.45 Wm. Stevens -
6. Nathaniel Ruggles
1849 John Cottier
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1860 Benj. W. Bond 1863 Thomas Owen
Thomas N. Laine 1864 B. F. B. Leach
1861 Robert Owen Jones
1866 Robert M. Moore
Robert Robson
John W. Banta
1862 John G. Fay 1869 C. W. Drake
66 John Jeffrey
1872 Alfred F. Farnell
II. Licensed Exhorters.
18II John Brower 1834 John C. Melvin
1814 Peter Conger, (colored) Fred. R .. Anderson
66 James Titus, (colored) 1836 David Allen
1822 Wm. Burnett 1842 John H. Ackerman
Daniel Field Sidney E. Brewer
1826 Wm. Ducker
1843 Wm. M'Allister
1831 Wm. N. Searles
1846 Thos. J. Humphrey
1834 Chas. C. Leigh
1867 George Leavens
III. Class Leaders.
1793 Nicholas Snethen John Smith 1798 John Garrison 1827 Henry R. Piercey Isaac Moser Jacob Garrison
James DeGraw
Adam Seabury
1804 Ithiel Smead
John G. Murphy
1806 Joseph Moser
Benj. R. Prince
George Smith
1829 Thomas Frazier
John Brower
" John Dikeman
James Herbert
Christopher Stibbs
Joseph' Herbert
John Brice Walter Blair
I SO7 Thomas Kirk
Simon Richardson
1830 Samuel II. Moser
1808 Wm. Foster Andrew Mercein
Peter C. Bell Linus K. Henshaw Richard Van Voorhis 1
John Cooper Isaac De Voe
1831 James N. Hyde 66 James Sweeney
John C. Bennett
Ebenezer Latimer
Jeremiah Wells Jacob Brown
Augustus Rolph Warren Richmond
1819 Benj. Cook Abraham Bennett
1832 David Coope John G. Pray
1822 Daniel Field
1823 Adrian Bogart
D. T. Tarbell
1824 Elnathan Raymond
66 Samuel Husted
1825 Christopher Hempstead 1833 Geo. R. Booth 1826 Richard Smith
6 Ebenezer T. Web
Chauncey Carter
66 Chas. Stearns
Christopher Rutherford
66 Wm. Ducker
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1833 John T. Tarbull
1835 Thomas Thorp 66 Aaron Kimball Thomas M'Coy
Carman A. Simonson
Benj. Handley
Daniel T. Wells Sidney E. Brewer
Joseph (or Sam'l) Dykes Moses Bedell Lorenzo Stansbury
1837 John C. Melvin 66 Jos. Wesley Harper
66 Fred. R. Anderson
1838 Rob't M'Chesney
66 Nathaniel Bonnell
Ellis Parcell James B. Gascoigne 1859
1840 Wm. D. Odell
1862 Wm. Foster, 2nd
6 John Jeffrey Daniel A. Cooke Robert J. Powell Walter L. Bennett R. Shapton
1866 Harvey Hubbell
Geo. Leavens
Wm. 1. Preston
66 Win. M'Donald John M. Espenscheid
Samuel P. Kittle
66 C. B. Hobart
1867 Wm. Parker Walter Lock
1868 Fred. G. Reast D. K. Elmendorf S. U. F. Odell Richard Bunce -
Chas. L. Pitts
$6 Wm. Wall
Orrin Swift
James DeGray John E. Hanford Richard Lawrence
1880 James D. Robertson
1881 Alfred Dredge
1883 George S. Richards
IV. Trustees.
1794 John Garrison
Thomas VanPelt
Andrew D. Gale John Rossell 1850 Dr. Dillon S. Landon 66 Wm. Edsel!
1852 Ira Perego, Sen. Israel Willersdorf Melville Kelsey David O'Neill Ira Perego, Jr. Watson Sanford
1853 Conklin S. Gabel John G. Fay Aaron Kingsland Daniel D. Whitney Martin Fanning
1856 John M. Bradstreet . James L. Romer Robert M. Lockwood
1842 John II. Ackerman - Holly 66 Chas C. Leigh Dr J. W Corson
66 Solon C. Foster
1843 Robert W. Peck Samuel Hurlburt Samuel B. Tuthill
Jacob M. Gray John Benjamin
06 Samuel Utter Nelson Morris Wm. Stevens Thos. W. Chadwick Moses F. Odell
1846 Wm. Cartwright Stephen R. Frazier
Edgar M'Donald Willis M'Donald Miss Jane Vanderveer Augustus T. Gurlitz
1848 Thomas H. Burch John Cottier
1794 Burdet Stryker .. Stephen Hendrickson
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1794 Richard Everitt
" Isaac: Moser
James De Graw
Win. Foster
-
James Herbert
1833 Thomas Frazier
John Cornelison
John Smith
1800 James Harper
Chr'opher M. Hempstead John Dikeman
1807 Thomas Kirk
George Smith Wm. Henry Andrew Mercein
1834 David Coope 06 Samuel HT. Moser Wm. M'Donald
1812 Robert Snow
1850 John J. Studwell
George J. Vining
1819 Isaac Devoe John G. Pray
1855 Tapping Reeve
Samuel T. Anderson
1856 Ira Perego, Sen.
1823 Joseph Herbert Isaac Nostrand
1862 Abia B. Thorn
1824 John G. Murphy John Cottier
Jacob Brown
1864 Daniel D. Whitney
Richard Van Voorhis
1866 Crawford C. Smith
1825 Isaac Searles 1868 Wm. I. Preston
Jeremiah Wells
Aaron Kingsland
Samuel Harper
1870 John J. Barnier
Joseph Moser
1879 Fred G. Reast.
V. Stewards.
1833 Jacob Brown 1868 John J. Barnier
Samuel II. Moser 1869 Sam S. Utter
David Coope
1870 Henry G. Fay
IS41 Joseph Wesley Harper
David Stanley
Noah Silleck
John M. Espenscheid
- Richard Cadmus 1873 Augustus T. Gurlitz
.. Nathaniel Bonnell 1875 Lowery Somerville
1843 Crawford C. Smith
David S. Quimby, Jr.
1844 Samuel Hurtburt
Erastus Hyde
1877 James.M'William
1856 S. U. F. Odell
Philip Waters
1857 James B. Gascoigne
1881 Wm. R. Hegeman
1859 Ira Perego
James D. Robertson -
1866 Daniel D. Whitney
1882 Daniel B. Phillips
1868 Joshua I. Gascoigne
VI. First Male Sunday School Superintendents.
1816 Robert Snow 1861 Moses F. Odell'
1833 Joseph Herbert 1866 Ira Perego
1 Odell was practically First Superintendent earlier, Herbert in his old age holding the first place nominally, as a merited honor.
Nathaniel Bonnell Joseph Wesley Harper
Egbert Acker
1847 John J. Studwell Jolm Cottier
1860 Harvey Hubbell
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1867 Samuel U. F. Odell 1877 Henry G. Fay 1875 Sam S. Utter 1882 John M. Espenscheid
1876 William I. Preston
VII. Second Male Sunday School Superintendents.
1816 Joseph Herbert"
1865 Samuel U. F. Odell
1833 Orrin Swift 1867 Sam S. Utter
1842 Charles C. Leigh 1876 John J. Barnier
1848 Moses F. Odell
1877 John M. Espenscheid
1862 John Cottier
VIII. Third Male Sunday School Superintendents.
Chauncey Carter 1847 John Cottier Orrin Swift 1848 James De Gray
1834 David Coope
1853 John G. Fay
1836 Thomas Thorp
1862 Ira Perego
184r John Bryant
1864 S. U. F. Odell
1847 William M'Donald
1865 Robert M. Lockwood
IX. Fourth Male Sunday School Superintendents. Orrin Swift 1833 Newall Bond
X. First Female Sunday School Superintendents
1821 Sarah Swim 1870 Elizabeth Vanderveer
1853 Mary Ann M'Gec 1871 Ella Folger
1868 S. Virginia Cutter
XI. Second Female Sunday School Superintendents.
1847 Mary Ann M'Gec 1868 Elizabeth Vanderveer
1853 Lavinia M. Thorn3 1870 Ella Folger
1857 S. Virginia Cutter
XII. Sunday School Secretaries.
James E. Underhill 1848 James Cheetham James Hall 1854 Joshua I. Gascoigne
1833 Joshua Marsden VanCott " Richard F. Vanderveer
1834 Isaac HI. Herbert John E. Fay
1836 Albert Carpenter 1862 Daniel B. Phillips
1838 Valentine Carman 1869 David S. Quimby, Jr.
Thomas W. Chadwick 1878 Edwin W. Dorlon Moses F. Odell 1881 H. H Guhrauer 1847 Thomas H. Burch
2 He was one of the founders of the school at that time, and probably ranked next to Robert Snow,
8 Married Joshua I. Gascoigne.
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XIII. Sunday School Treasurers.
1853 David O'Neill 1880 John L. Utter 1869 Egbert Acker 1881 Sam S. Utter
XIV. Sunday School Librarians.
1837 Thomas W. Chadwick 1864 Edgar M'Donald
1838 Benj. M. Stilwell 6. E. A. Smith
Job G. Habberton W. S. Weeks
66 James C. Akins 1867 J. R. Burnett
1841 Sidney C. Herbert 1869 C. C. Smith, Jr.
1842 Edwin Beers
1870 Joseph Carson Edward M'Gill
1847 John G. Smith
66 Chas. H. Stilwell 1872 Chas. E. Hyde
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A. . J Powell
1850 G. Snowden Dey
1874 Gerald Whitney
John L. Utter
1855 Abia B. Thorn
Britton C. Thorn
" David O'Neill Win. Walker
1878 Geo. B. Weaver
1856 Edward Hoagland
66 Win. J. Rusher
1857 John E. Fay
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