The civil, political, professional and ecclesiastical history, and commercial and industrial record of the county of Kings and the city of Brooklyn, N. Y., from 1683 to 1884, Volume II, Part 96

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909, ed
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: New York, W. W. Munsell & Co
Number of Pages: 1345

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The Pastors of this church have been Rev. J. W. Freind, 1858-'59; Frederick F. Zimmerman, 1860-'61; Henry Rasten- deick, 1862-'63; Frederick Bonn, 1864; William H. Kurth, 1865-'66-'67; Francis G. Gratz, 1868; F. Rey, 1869; George Abele, 1870-"71; Christian F. Grimm, 1872-'73-"74; Jacob Wolff, 1875-'76-"77; C. Jost, 1878-'79-'80; C. A. Brockmeier, 1881.

The New York Ave. M. E. Church originated in a prayer meeting which was established in the latter part of 1855, on the old Clove road, near the present Eastern Parkway, by John McKillop, a local preacher, and his wife. Meetings were at first held in a private house; but, in March, 1856, a house was hired for a temporary chapel. In June of the same year a church organization was effected, under the name, "Nathan Bange M. E. Church." A plain church building was erected on what is now Nostrand ave., between Butler and Douglass sts., and ded. in March, 1857. Its cost was $4,376. In 1873, the property of St. Andrew's P. E. Church, on New York ave. was purchased for $13,500, and the present name adopted.

In the latter part of 1880, the building was thoroughly ren- ovated and enlarged, and a chapel, 90 by 24 feet, erected. The seating capacity of the church is about 500.

While the church was known as the Nathan Bangs Church, it was served by the following Ministers : 1857-'8, Rev. S. H. Platt; 1859-'60, A. S. Hunt; 1861, A. C. Eggleston; 1862-'3 ; W. F. Hatfield; 1864, John McKillop (local preacher); 1865-'6, H. P. Shepherd; 1867-'8, John McKillop; 1869, A. S. Francis, 1870, to April, 1873, D. McMullen. Subsequent Ministry : H. B. Hibben and D. H. Hanebergh, till April, 1874; 1874-'5-'6, G. L. Westgate; 1877, T. R. Slicer, J. T. Gracey; 1878-'9-'80, D. A. Goodsell; 1881, L. S. Weed, D. D .; 1873, N. G. Chee- ney.

Hanson Place M. E. Church, Hanson place, cor. of St. Felix st., was first Dean St. M. E. Church, which was reorg. January 3, 1858, under its present name. In that year a very neat and commodious church edifice was erected, and dedicated by Bishop Janes Jan. 3, 1858. When it was opened, there were but seventy members of the church. There are now 1,100. Pastors: Rev. Joseph Law; 1859-'60, James H. Perry; 1861-'2, Cyrus D. Foss; 1863-4-'5, G. W. Woodruff; 1866-"7-'8, W. F. Watkins; 1869-'70-'1, A. S. Hunt; 1872-'3-'4, Emory F. Haynes; 1875-'6-"7, Geo. E. Reed; 1878 -'9-'80, J. M. Buckley, D. D .; 1881-'2-'3, J. O. Peck, D. D.

In 1872, the church was taken down and a larger edifice erected on the same site; and the new house was dedicated, also, by Bishop Janes, on the first Sunday in January, 1873. This building is faced with Philadelphia brick, and trimmed with Ohio free-stone. The auditorium is of the amphitheatre form, and has two galleries. Its seating capacity is 1,500.

At the rear of the church is a Sabbath-school room and chapel, with accommodations for 1,000, and with the usual class-rooms, etc. The Christian Union connected with the church numbers 180 members, and presents attractive pro- grammes at its semi-monthly meetings. OFFICERS, 1883-74 : R. E. Selmes, Pres .; E. M. Travis, Vice-Pres .; Chauncey W. Browne, Rec. Sec .; Louise Gilbert, Cor. Sec .; Chas. R. Ran- dall, Treas.

Rev. J. O. PECK, D. D., born in Groton, Vt .; grad. Amherst, 1862; author of published sermons; located at No. Amherst, 1860; Chicopee Falls, 1861; Chelsea, Mass., 1862-'3; Lowell, 1864-'6; Worcester, 1867-'9; Springfield, 1870-'2; Chicago, 1873-'5; Baltimore, 1875-'8; Brooklyn, 1878-'83.

Janes Methodist Episcopal Church, Reid ave., cor. Mon- roe st., had its origin as Janes Mission, in a Sunday School organized in a private house in June, 1858, by Daniel North- rup, of Washington Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church.

Ebenezer Willson and wife, of Nathan Bangs' Church on Clove road (now New York Avenue Church), afterward hired a house on the cor. of Patchen ave. and Madison st., where the Sunday-school was continued with class-meeting, prayer- meeting and occasional preaching. The building was desig- nated by a white flag by day, and a lantern by night.

The preaching was for several years provided by the Local Preachers' Association of Brooklyn, prominent among whom was Rev. John McKillop, of Nathan Bangs' Church. Rev. Job G. Bass, a local preacher, was acting pastor for about two years. During his ministry lots were bought on the south-east cor. of Reid ave. and Monroe st., and a frame church erected (36x60 feet), at a cost of $3,600.

The first Board of Trustees were: Jabez Ross, John W. Brush, Gilbert Draper, David B. Morehouse, John McKillop, Ebenezer Willson and William Taylor.

The church was ded. by Bishop Janes, Nov. 20, 1859. A year afterwards, Rev. Charles Packman was appointed to take charge of the church, which then consisted of eleven members and twelve probationers. He remained until the spring of 1862.

The Pastors succeeding him were: Rev. A. C. Eggleston, 1862; Rev, Wm. H. Simonson, 1863-'4-'5; Rev. Henry C.

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Glover, 1866-'7-'8; Rev. Wm. H. Russell, 1871-'2-'3; Rev. J. H. Stansberry, 1874-'5-'6; Rev. Geo. L. Thompson, 1877-'8-'9; Rev. I. Simmons, 1880-'1-'2; Rev. Robt. W. Jones, 1883-4. In 1868, a Sunday-school room was added, and the audito- rium improved.

New lots were bought on the south-west cor. of Reid ave. and Monroe st., in 1882, for $4.100. Plans were drawn for a new church in June, 1883, by Mr. John Welch, architect, 90x65 feet, of brick with stone trimmings, to cost $30,000, with a seating capacity for 1,000 persons.

The Sunday-school, which was really the mother of the church, has kept in advance of her interests and now num- bers 600 scholars.

Its superintendents have been Daniel Northrup, Ebenezer Wilson, Gilbert Draper, Peter Backman, Wm. A. Fitch, Samuel B. Terry, Allen R. Jollis, J. T. McFall, Alfred E. Pearsall, H. C. Stoothoff, Charles L. Potter, Hiram Bedell, James H. McIntosh.

Rev. ROBT. W. JONES, born in Bethlehem, Pa .; grad. Wes- leyan Univ., 1871; located in Cochranville, 1862-'3; Enter- prise, Pa., and Philadelphia, 1864-'5; Windsor, Ct., 1868-'70; Hartford, Ct., 1871-'3; Norwalk, Ct., 1874-'6; B'klyn, 1877-'9; Flushing, L. I., 1880-'2; B'klyn, 1883-'4.

Rev. JOB GARDINER BASS, born 1816, in Charleston, S. C., was Chaplain 90th N. Y. Vols., 1861-'5; of Seaman's Friend Soc. two years; of Kings Co. Jail and Penitentiary, 1867-'84; located B'klyn, 1855.

Nostrand Avenue M. E. Church .- A mission was estab- lished, in 1860, at the residence of Ebenezer Wilson, on Quincy st., near Nostrand ave. In 1861, it was removed to a building, erected for the purpose by Mr. Wilson, on Gates ave., near Nostrand.

In June, 1862, the mission was org. as the Gates Ave. M. E. Ch. Having again outgrown its accommodations, it was re- org., in 1865, under its present name. A place of worship was erected on the corner of Quincy st. and Nostrand ave., which was occupied in April, 1867.

In 1876, a parsonage was built; and, in 1881, the present edifice (see opposite page) was completed, at a cost of $31,750. The total value of the church property is $70,000. The seat- ing capacity is 1,225. The acoustic arrangement of the audi- torium is one of the best in the country.

Ministry: Revs. Stephen Rushmore, 1861; S. M. Hammond (1st Pastor appointed by the conference), 1865-'66-'67; R. S. Rust, 1868-'69 ; C. E. Glover, 1870-'71-'72 ; M. Griffin, 1873- "74-'75; James Pullman, 1876-'77-'78; Geo. W. Woodruff, D. D., 1879-'80; Geo. E. Reed, 1881-'83.

Rev. GEO. E. REED, born at Brownville, Me., 1846; grad. Wesleyan Univ., 1869; and Boston Theol. Sem .; located at Fall River, Mass., Stamford, Ct., and Bklyn., 1875-"78-'81-'83.

Fleet Street Bethel (colored) Af. M. E. Church was an offshoot from the Wesleyan African M. E. Church, Bridge st., about 1861. In that year, the church edifice of St. Mark's Church (Episcopal), was purchased at $6,500. The congregation was, from the first, numerous. The first Pastor was Rev. (now Bishop) R. H. Cain, followed, in 1865, by Rev. Joshua Woodlyn, and he, in succession, by Revs. Theodore Gould (now Business Manager of A. M. E. Book Concern), in 1868 ; Robert J. Wayman, 1871; J. B. Murray, 1874 ; C. T. Schaffer, 1877; H. H. Lewis, 1881-'82; Geo. Dardis, 1883. In 1881, the church was enlarged, renovated, and refitted, at an expense of $4,000.

During the pastorate of Rev. J. B. Murray, the Metro- politan Mission was established, by a portion of the members of this society.

Greenpoint Tabernacle was commenced 1864, by members of the M. E. Ch. of Greenpoint, under the leadership of Rev.

J. F. Booth. In January, 1870, a new and commodious building was dedicated. It is of brick, massive in appear- ance, surmounted by a high-peaked roof, is 90 feet in length, by 60 feet wide, with a large extension containing class- rooms, infant-class, and church parlors. The church affords 1,100 seats, with standing room for 200 more; while the base- ment seats 700 persons. Value of real estate and building, about $80,000. It is a prosperous church, with a very large Sunday-school, and exerts a wide influence in the neighbor- hood where it is located. Ministry: 1864, J. F. Booth ; 1866- '67, D. A. Goodsell ; 1869-'70-'71, Freeman P. Tower; 1872, C. E. Harris ; 1873-'74, T. H. Burch ; 1875-'76, J. S. Brecken- ridge ; 1877, S. H. Platt ; 1878, J. W. Barnhart; 1879-'80, W. H. Simonson; 1881-'82-'83, W. D. Thompson.

THE WILLOUGHBY AVENUE M. E. CHURCH.

The Tompkins (or Willoughby) Avenue M. E. Church .- In 1865, many members of DeKalb Ave. M. E. Church were dissatisfied with the Pastor sent them by conference, the Rev. Gad Smith Gilbert, and, on March 16, forty-two of his adherents withdrew and organized John Wesley M. E. Church, but were incorporated as the "Tompkins Ave. M. E. Church."

Lots on the north-west corner of Tompkins and Willoughby avenues were secured, and a Tabernacle, costing $1,900, was immediately erected and occupied ten days later. Rev. Gad Smith Gilbert became the first Pastor. The corner-stone of the present edifice was laid April 25th, 1867. On August 2, 1868, it was dedicated by Bish. Janes. In 1872, a chapel was added. These are frame structures in the modern gothic style, with stained-glass windows. They occupy land front- ing 100 feet on Tompkins ave., and 120 on Willoughby ave. The church is 75 by 60 ft. in size, with galleries on three sides and a seating capacity of 1,200. The chapel is 33 ft. wide by 60 ft. deep. The entire cost of buildings and land was $46,169.84.

On Aug. 6, 1868, a number of the members, who were dis- satisfied with the conference appointment of pastor, withdrew and held their first service as the Greene Ave. M. E. Church.

The Wesley Church became more and more involved in debt. The membership increased to 230. The Sabbath-school numbered 270,

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Ministry as follows : 1865, Rev. Gad Smith Gilbert; 1866- '69, Rev. Francis C. Hill; 1869-'71, Rev. J. W. Barnhart; 1871-'74, Rev. C. B. Ford; 1874-"77, Rev. Frederick Brown; 1877-'79, Rev. J. H. Stansbury. In 1879, the debt was nearly $40,000.

In March, 1879, the property was sold under foreclosure, and purchased by the Williamsburgh Savings Bank for $15,000. Subsequently, Miss Anna Oliver contracted with the bank for its purchase for $14,000. The first thousand was paid by voluntary contributions from four men and

the New York East Conference. It was decided to postpone the raising of the purchase price until the church should have demonstrated its ability to continue. The church and donors of the first thousand requested Miss Oliver to hold the property in her name. This she reluctantly consented to do, at the same time declaring that she held it for the church.

A bill was sought from the Legislature to vest the title to the property in the following Board of Trustees : Rev. Wm. H. Warren, D. D., Pres. Boston University; Rev. J. E. Lati-

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two women. A storm of persecution burst over this woman's enterprise. Miss Oliver is a graduate of the School of Theology of the Boston University, with degrees of A. M. and B. D., and a license to preach from the Methodist Episcopal Church in Boston.

Religious services commenced under the new regime the first Sabbath in April, and about two weeks later a church organization was effected in accordance with the doctrines and discipline of the M. E. Church, known as the Willoughby Avenue M. E. Church, but which was never recognized by

mer, D.D., Dean of M. E. Sch. Theol. Boston Univ .; Rev. L. T. Townsend, D. D., Dean Chat. Theol. Inst .; Samuel B. Terry; Mrs. Harriet Skidmore, Sec. W. F. M. S. of M. E. Church, and J. C. Taber, M. D. The bill did not pass in three years.

Prominent official members of the church were : Gilbert E. Currie, Samuel B. Terry, Hester A. Chasty, Cornelia G. Mitchell, Wm. M. Parrish, G. H. Hinds, G. P. McClelland, Mary P. Tracy, Helen M. Weekes, J. B. Whitby, K. H. Cad- doo, D. Lawson, Laura E. Peden, Caroline Aspinall, Martha Dibble, J. Leonard.

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The principles of the church were : 1. No debts to be con- tracted. 2. No money to be raised by means of fairs, festi- vale, or any similar projects. 3. No distinction of sex to be made in any of the offices or work of the church.

These principles were immediately put to the severest test, for the church was stripped of every article of furniture, gas fixtures, reflectors and furnaces, and the buildings were much out of repair. The young society, at first of eight members, used only the money voluntarily contributed by the congregation that gathered. They refurnished, gradu- ally, the church and chapel, and repaired the buildings.

Meanwhile, the church became thoroughly organized in every department, with Sabbath-school, prayer-meetings, class-meetings, young people's societies and meetings, and children'e service. A temperance organization secured about 400 signatures to the pledge in four years; and is still in exist- ence, having recently canvassed the Ward and obtained more than 1,100 signatures against renewing liquor licenses.

The Sabbath-school was org. Aug. 24, 1879, with 150 mem- bers, and increased to 280. In the spring of 1882, on the completion of her three years' pastorate, which is the full Methodist term, Miss Oliver resigned. The church would not accept her resignation, and, in the fall, made a move to- ward the erection of a parsonage. However, in March, 1883, Miss Oliver again sent in her resignation, giving as her only reasons that they were not recognized by their own denom- ination-the M. E. Church-and the consequences which flow from a want of recognition.

The church voted to disband, and also directed their Pas- tor to sell the church property, as she held it only for them; and to appropriate to herself the excess over $13,000 yet un- paid. They likewise directed her to sell the furniture, the proceeds to be devoted to the poor of the church. She de- clined to dispose of the sacred edifice for business purposes. It was finally sold for $18,000 to the Brooklyn Reformed Presbyterian Church; the congregation was disbanded, and the larger part of the Sunday school united with the East Congregational Church.

Embury M. E. Church, Herkimer street, corner of Schenec- tady avenue, began Dec. 10th, 1865, when twenty-seven per- sons assembled at the house of Mr. James Dundas, corner of Fulton and Howard avenues, and listened to a sermon by Rev. J. G. Bass. On the same day a Sunday-school was org. with five officers and teachers, and ten scholars.

The first board of trustees was elected April 6th, 1866. The church edifice was dedicated June 9th, 1867, by Bishop Janes.

It was enlarged in the autumn of 1876. The church num- bers 275 and the Sunday-school 300.

Ministry : 1867-'68-'69, Thomas Stephenson ; 1870-'71-"72, S. A. Seaman; 1873-'74, Isaac J. Lansing; 1875-'76-'77, Charles E. Miller; 1878-'79-'80, Charles Bachman; 1881, Charles W. Millen.

Grace M. E. Church .- The Seventh Avenue M. E. Church was org. about 1866, by members of the Hanson Place Society. The first place of worship was a small wooden chapel at the corner of what was then Butler street and Seventh avenue. In 1869, a chapel of brick, with stone front, 98 by 56 feet in size, was erected on the same site.

Grace Church was organized Jan., 1878; bought the chapel formerly owned by the Seventh Ave. Church on Sterling place; afterwards five lots, corner Seventh ave. and St. John's place were purchased; a new church erected and dedicated Jan. 21, 1883, at a total cost of about $80,000. The building is of light drab stone with terra cotta trimmings, in the Gothic style of the 13th century; the auditorium is 60 by 90 feet, with 600 sittinge. The Sunday-school room is 34 by 94 feet,

and adjoins the church, the two opening together. The in- terior trimmings of the church are iu ash and cherry, with fine frescoes in the Gothic style. (See opposite page).

Ministry : 1867, G. A. Hall; 1868-'69-'70, C. M. Giffen; 1871-'2, E. E. Andrews; (now Bishop); 1873-"74-"75, Dr. Wild; 1876-"7, Emory J. Haynes; 1878-'79-'80, John S. Breckenridge; 1881-'82, George P. Mains; 1882-'4, J. R. Thompson.

Trustees, 1882-'84: George Copeland, Pres .; M. J. Goode- nough, Treas .; J. C. Haddock, Sec .; J. H. Stevenson, W. H. B. Pratt, M. D., J. N. Kenyon, W. E. Smith, Jr., C. M. Brown, Thos. Atkinson.

CENTRAL M. E. CHURCH.

Central M. E. Church .- This Society was org. by Rev. E. L. Janes, in April, 1867, and commenced its services in the building on South Fifth street, near Fifth, formerly occupied by the Society now constituting the St. John's Church on Bedford ave. The original valuation of the church property, including the Parsonage, was $33,000. The membership at the beginning was about 130, and the names of the original True- tees were: James A. Bradley, John S. Shelley, James H. Briggs, William H. Hanford, John Gay, Daniel Maujer, Jr. Its successive Pastors, after Rev. E. L. Janes, have been: Rev. Benj. M. Adams, Rev. Spencer Bray, Rev. Dr. J. L. Peck, Rev. B. M. Adams, Rev. Dr. Thos. Burch, Rev. Dr. F. S. DeHass, Rev. Dr. J. E. Cookman. The present member- ship is about five hundred, with a Sunday-school of five hun- dred scholars on register.

Its classes and prayer-meetings are large and spiritual.

Rev. JOHN E. COOKMAN, D. D., born 1836, at Carlisle, Pa .; grad. Philadelphia College, 1854, and at School of Theology, Boston University; previous locations, New York, Boston, Poughkeepsie; settled in Brooklyn, April, 1880.

Leonard Street M. E. Church, Leonard, cor. Conselyea, org. in November, 1867, in a room at the cor. Skillman and Leonard, which was dedicated Dec. 8th. The church was incorporated as the Hatfield M. E. Church ; and its corner-stone was laid in October, 1868. The edifice is a frame structure, 62 by 75 feet; seats 600; cost about $10,500, and was ded. Feb. 14, 1869. Ministry: Revs. H. Hatfield,

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1868; J. L. Hall, 1869-'71; H. C. Glover, 1872-'3; W. H. Russell, 1874; S. C. Keeler, 1876-'7; J. C. Thomas, 1877; G. Hollis, 1877-'9; H. Baker, 1880; W. Hamilton, 1881-'3. The church has 130 members; the Sunday-school, 300.

The Mariner's Church (M. E.) was established, as the name indicates, for the benefit of sea-faring men. The first church edifice, cor. President and Van Brunt sts., was dedi- cated June 2, 1867. This building was occupied about twelve years. In 1879, a lot on Van Brunt st., between President and Carroll sts., was purchased; the present house of worship was erected thereon, and dedicated, Feb. 1, 1880.

A Sunday-school was organized, at an early date, under the supervision of the Pastor. The present Superintendent is William B. Hoyt. Rev. Edmund O. Bates has been Pastor from the beginning to the present time.

Rev. EDMUND OGDEN BATES, born in Westchester Co., 1808; joined Me. E. Conf. 1837; located at various places; at Wil- liam Street Bethel, 1855-'62; Chaplain Amer. Seamen's Friend Soc. 1863-'84; located Brooklyn, 1855-'84.

Greene Avenue M. E. Church was org. Sept. 6th, 1868, with 30 members. It was an offshoot from the Wesley M. E. Church of Tompkins avenue. The first place of worship was a building on the corner of Lafayette and Tompkins ave. The present church edifice, on Greene avenue, near Tomp- kins, was erected in the summer of 1869. It has a seating capacity of 400, and its cost was about $7,000. A parsonage adjoining the church was erected in 1874, at a cost of $4,500.

Ministry: Revs. A. H. Mead, 1868-'9-'70; C. Kelsey, 1871-'2; G. A. Hubbell, 1873-'4; F. W. Ware, 1875-'6; C. E. Harris, 1877-'8; Geo. F. Ketell, 1879; Marcus D. Buell, 1880-'1; J. W. Barnhart, 1882-'3.

Rev. JOHN W. BARNHART, born in Marlborough, N. Y .; grad. Wes. University, 1861; Pres. Fairmount Female Coll., 1862-'6; located Sag Harbor, 1867-'8; B'klyn, 1869-171; New York, 1872-'4; B'klyn, 1875-'8; New Haven, 1879-'80; Sag Harbor, 1881; B'klyn, 1882-'3.

The Swedish Methodist Episcopal Church was first a part of the work of the New York Bethel Association. During many years class-meetings and prayer-meetings were held among the Swedes at their residences. About 1868, a small chapel was erected on Pacific street, near Flatbush ave., and preaching was furnished from the Bethel Mission. In 1871, the present church edifice was erected on Dean st., near 5th ave. It is a brick building, with a seating capacity of 500. In the same year a church organization, under the New York East Conference, was effected.

Rev. Albert Ericson was the first Pastor, succeeded in 1880 by the present Pastor, Rev. A. J. Anderson.

Cedar St. M. E. Church grew out of a Sunday-school in Evergreen ave., near DeKalh .; org. in 1871, with 8 teachers and twenty scholars, and C. W. Cook, Supt. The following winter they removed to Mr. Brundige's store, on Broadway, and were known as the "Broadway Mission." There the first Minister, Rev. Mr. Pease, commenced preaching. Soon after, he hired a church building in Kosciusko st., and re- moved the society there. He was followed a year later by Rev. John Perrine, 1872-'3; Rev. R. P. Christopher, 1873-'5. During his pastorate, the society took steps towards purchas- ing their present building from the Protestant Methodists. The building was purchased for about $2,600; soon after, the Rev. A. B. Sanford (1876) was appointed the Pastor. The society incorporated under the name of the Cedar St. M. E. Church, and removed to their present home and place of worship, the first Sunday in July, 1876. The school now numbered about 150 scholars.

Ministry: Revs. Mr. Sanford, 1876-'7; R. K. Diossy, 1877-'8; C. K. True, 1878; W. C. Wilson, 1878-'81; Wm. Platts, 1881-3; C. P. Corner, 1883-'84.

The school, from its small beginning, has gained in num- bers, and now has (1883) an average attendance of 325. The church is a wooden building, seating about 350. In 1883, a new infant-class room and lecture-room were built.

Rev. CHARLES P. CORNER, born 1834, in Ontario, Can .; at Victoria Univ., 1857-'8; was at Baldwin's, L. I., 1866-17; Rockaway, 1868-'70 ; Rockwell Centre, 1871-'2 ; Thomaston, 1873-'4 ; Bklyn., 1875-'6 ; New York, 1877-'8-'9; Greenwich, Ct., 1880; City Island, N. Y., 1881-'2; Bklyn., 1883.

Carroll Park M. E. Ch. was org. in the Spring of 1872, ita principal originators and largest contributors being Henry Du Bois, Chas. Bedell, and W. J. Bedell. While building, they worshiped in a store on Smith, near Carroll st. Ths church was ded. by the late Bp. Janes, Dec. 22, 1872. It is of hrick, with Nova Scotia stone trimmings, and is 40 by 71 feet deep, with an L across the rear, 25 hy 52 feet, contain- ing class-rooms and parlor for social meetings. Its cost was about $30,000, and it seats about 450 persons.

Ministry : 1873-'4, Revs. L. S. Weed; 1875-'6, W. W. Bow- dish; 1877, R. C. Putney; 1878-19, A. B. Sanford; 1880, W. C. Blakeman ; 1881, H. H. Beale ; 1882, W. H. Simonson ; 1883, Jno. L. Gilder (till his death). Membership, 100; with an average of 150 in the Sunday-school.

Forty-Fourth Street M. E. Church .- A Mission was or- ganized April 24, 1874, in South Brooklyn, and rooms secured in 39th st., between 3d and 4th aves., where the first session was held, May 17, with 11 teachers and 21 children present. Isaac S. Bogart was elected Superintendent. Soon after, preaching services were instituted, and a room on 40th st. se- cured.

About the 1st of January, 1876, it was accepted as a Mis- sion by the 18th M. E. Church, and the Pastor, R. C. Putnsy, preached there on Thursday evenings. In the following year, two lots in 44th st., near 4th ave., were secured. April 2, 1877, Rev. Jesse Povey was authorized by the Quar- terly Conference to take charge of the Mission. A frame building, 25 hy 50 feet, was erected in the fall of 1877, which was dedicated October 14, 1877. The congregation and Sunday-school increased, and the church building was lengthened to 85 feet, in January, 1881. March 31, 1880, five stewards were appointed, and the church became an inde- pendent organization. The first Trustees were: J. Bradshaw, J. Bedell, H. L. Spicer, F. Purdy, and L. N. Haskins. Rev. J. Povey was followed as Pastor, April 17, 1881, by Rev. Nathan Hubbell, who remained two years, and was suc- ceeded by Rev. George Dunhar, April 16, 1883.

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The civil, political, professional and ecclesiastical history, and commercial and industrial record of the county of Kings and the city of Brooklyn, N. Y., from 1683 to 1884, Volume II, Part 96

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909, ed Publication date: 1884 Publisher: New York, W. W. Munsell & Co Number of Pages: 1345

Author: Stiles, Henry Reed, 1832-1909, ed
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: New York, W. W. Munsell & Co
Number of Pages: 1345