History of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Part 68

Author: Johnson, Crisfield
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott & Co.
Number of Pages: 716

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The first officers of the church and society were elected November 15, 1859, as follows: Of the church -Rev. Wm. II. Brewster, pastor; John G. Jennings and Eliphalet C. Parks, deacons; Norman S. Har- rington, James Gayton, Ranson F. Humiston and Brewster Pelton, standing committee; Wm. A. Baker, treasurer; John G. Jennings, clerk. Of the society -Josiah G. Graham, president; E. C. Parks, vice president; W. W. Wright, R. F. Humiston, James Gayton, B. Pelton, F. Judson, trustees; F. Judson, treasurer; W. A. Baker, auditor; John G. Jennings, clerk.

Since its organization the church has had but four pastors, viz .: Rev. Wm. 11. Brewster, from 1859 to 1868; Rev. T. K. Noble, from 1869 to 1872; Rev. Wm. IT. Warren, from 1873 to 1875; Rev. Newell M. Calhoun, 1876.

The present officers of the church are as follows: Rev. N. M. Calhoun, pastor; Henry R. Hadlow, Charles Buffett, John G. Jennings, Dr. A. G. Hart, deacons; Martin House, ITiram V. Wilson, Stephen Owen, standing committee; M. House, treasurer; Alex. C. Caskey, Sabbath school superintendent; II.

V. Wilson, II. S. Allen, assistant superintendents: Dr. W. J. Sheppard, elerk. The officers of the soci- ety are the following: Dr. A. G. Hart, president ; Isaac P'. Lawson, vice president; II. R. Hadlow, S. W. Sessions, M. Snider, T. II. Lamson, M. House, trustees; II. C. Holt, treasurer: W. J. Sheppard. auditor; Charles Buffett, clerk.

MT. ZION CONGREGATIONAL CIHIRCH

was organized on Sunday, September 11, 1864. by a council called for the purpose at Plymouth Congre- gational Church. The early organization consisted of nineteen members. Mt. Zion was the first Congre- gational church organized among colored people in the West.

The first meetings were held from house to house: afterward in Richards' Hall. Finally, in the spring of 1865, a lot was bought on Erie street, near Web- ster, and the erection of a house of worship was com- menced. After a long attempt to pay for the build- ing, they were compelled to dispose of it by sale in 1822, and purchased with the proceeds the present building and lot on Maple street, near Garden. The size of the lot is fifty feet by one hundred and seven; that of the building, forty feet by sixty. This church has had three regular pastors: ; Rev. J. II. Muse, installed December 3, 1864; Rev. C. E. Roddick, in September, 1825; Rev. A. J. Dellart, in January, 1878.

The church is now in a prosperous conditon, and numbers about one hundred and fifty-seven commu- nicants. The Sunday school numbers one hundred and seven scholars. The following are the present officials: Rev. A. J. De Hart, pastor; Samuel Sutton, Gad Worthington, Stephen Wright, Andrew Tolbert, deacons; S. L. Freeman, J. R. Warren, William MeCoy, trustees; Mason Brown, clerk; David Rayner, treasurer.

THE WELSH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

was organized on the 9th day of October, 1820, at Bethel Hall, with twenty-two members. The cler- gymen officiating in the services were Rev. D. Davis, (Dewi Emlyn) Rev. C. N. Pond, A. M., of Oberlin, Mr. Isaac Inghes, student, of the same place. The following persons were duly elected and installed in their different offices: Rev. John M. Evans, pastor; Joshna Enoch and John D. Edwards, deacons; Price II. Jacob, secretary; John Thomas, treasurer.

In 1822 the society moved from Bethel to a hall in the Atwater Block, with twenty-eight members and twenty families. At this time Elias Thomas was in- stalled as deacon. On the removal of John D. Ed- wards to another city, Kinery Gritliths was chosen secretary and Elias Thomas elected treasurer.

In the year 1823 the society moved to Temperance Hall with about thirty-two members. In February, 1828, Temperance Hall was vacated and the meetings were and still are held in a dwelling on the West Side.

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HARBOR STREET MISSION ( DAARE MEMORIAL CHURCH. )

The Mission Chapel, on Harbor street, was organ- ized in the year 1823. It was completed and dedi- cated in May, 1874, under the auspices of the First Congregational Church, and named " The Dare Me- morial Church," in honor of the lady who gave the land on which the edifice was built. The cost of the building was five thousand dollars. Rev. S. B. Ship- man was called to take charge of the mission and continued about two years. This mission is now under the charge of. and to a great extent supported by, the First Congregational Church Society. The First Church also provides a pastor for the mission.

MADISON AVENUE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

The present house of worship of this society was built mainly by members of the Enclid Avenue Con- gregational Church, and used as a mission chapel until .July, 1825, when the church was regularly organized with twenty-two members. Rev. O. D. Fisher was called to the pastorate, which position he still re- tains. The church edifice is built of wood, thirty- five by sixty-eight feet in size, and is situated on the corner of East Madison avenue and Quiney street. The first church officers were J. B. Taylor, S. Biddle, S. Beckwith, deacons; Mrs. M. A. Loomis, clerk. First officers of the society: S. Beckwith, J. B. Taylor, J. Anderson, trustees; S. Biddle, treasurer; J. Elliott, clerk. The present church and society officers are Rev. O. D. Fisher, pastor; S. Biddle, S. Beckwith, R. Mylchrist, deacons; J. Anderson, S. Biddle, B. P. Boner, trustees; R. N. Cain, treasurer; Mrs. M. A. Loomis, clerk.

The Sabbath school, numbering about two hun- dred and thirty scholars, was organized in 1825 under the superintendence of B. F. Whitman.

THE FRANKLIN AVENUE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

was organized November 21, 1876. Its chapel, sit- uated on the corner of Franklin avenne and Waverly street, had been used for several years before as a mis- sion Sabbath school of the First Congregational Church. Fourteen members of that church joined with sixteen others for the purpose of organizing the new church, making thirty original members. Rev. S. B. Shipman, who had labored with the mission for a few months, was employed as pastor.

The present number of members is seventy; num- ber in the Sabbath school, two hundred and fifty. The present officials are Rev. S. B. Shipman, pastor; D. Holt and J. Burlison, deacons; J. Overholt, clerk; J. Carlisle, treasurer; L. L. Haskins, superintendent of the Sabbath school.

CHAPTER LV. EVANGELICAL* AND OTHER CHURCHES.

Schifflein Christi-Salem of Evangelical Association-Zion-Trinity- Zion of Evangelical Association-St. Paul's-Calvary of Evangelical Association-United German Protestant-Emmanuel of Evangelical Association-Zion German Evangelical-First German United Protes- tant-Trinity Evangelical-Friedenskirche-Trinity Evan. Prot .- St. John's-Anshe Chesed-Tifereth Israel-B'ne Yeshurun-Beth Israel -Chehra Kadisha-Anshe Emeth-First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth German Reformed Churches-Ebenezer Bible Christian Church - Bible Christian (Eighteenth Ward) - First and Second Churches of United Brethren-Church of God-First Reformed (Hol- land)-True Dutch Reformed-Free Dutch Reformed-The Friends- Church of the Unity -The Spiritualists - New Jerusalem Church-Mis- cellaneous.

SCHIFFLEIN CHRISTI CHURCH.

IN the year 1834 there were but fifteen German families in Cleveland. These joined and organized the church then known as the German Evangelical Protestant Church. The organization was aecom- plished, and early meetings were held, in the old Bethel building between Water street and the Supe- rior street hill. The meetings, with preaching by Rev. John Frederick Tanka, were conducted every third Sunday until May, 1836, when the society moved to what was known as the Third Ward School on St. Clair street. In 1838 it again moved to an upper room on Superior street, between Seneca and Bank streets, but remained in this place only one year. In 1839 it removed to Ross Block, on the corner of Superior and Seneca streets, which was occupied by the society until August 1, 1841.

During the years prior to 1841 the society had pur- chased a lot on the corner of IIamilton and Erie streets at a cost of five hundred and fifty dollars, and erected thereon a church edifice at an expense of five thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. The first services were held in this edifice in August, 1841, and the edifice dedicated as the "Schifflein Christi" (Ship of Christ) Church. In the summer of 1877 the society dedicated the elegant brick church edifice now occupied by them on the corner of Superior and Dodge streets. This was built during the years 1826-7, and cost nearly thirty-five thousand dollars. The pastors since 1834 have been as follows: Revs. John F. Tanka, William Busey, Edward Allard assisted by Theodore Stenmear, William Schmitt, Frederick Poruss, Benjamin Fieth, Henry Schorsten, Charles Muench, Otto Telle. The church has one hundred and eighty members, and a Sabbath school of two hundred scholars under the superintendenee of Rev. Otto Telle.

" There are fifteen churches in Cleveland, all German, hearing the appellation of " Evangelical." They do not all belong to the same de- nomination, but there is a general similarity in their creeds, and we have found it impracticable to arrange them otherwise than under the general head of "Evangelical." They are the first fifteen of this chapter.

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The present church officials are Rev. Otto Telle. pastor; George Angel, John Lendy, John Leading, Christ Kleinschrodt, August Hohner, George Kuhn, Adam Wagner. Christian Ebert, Henry Kerschner, John Riedel, William Hill, Jacob Kirsch, trustees.

The Schilllein Christi is the oldest German church in Cleveland, and the one from which have grown all other German Evangelical churches in the city.

SALEM CHURCH (OF THE EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION. )

This church was organized in the year 1840, through the efforts of two German families, by the name of Schemerer, father and son. The first ser- viees were conducted by a eirenit preacher named Stroch, and in the following spring Cleveland was made a mission. A house of worship was built near the lake and dedicated as Salem church of the Evan- gelical Association. In 1845 the building was re- moved to a more suitable location, the corner of Erie and Eagle streets. In a short time the old church was torn down and the substantial brick edifice erected now in use. Out of this, the mother church, have grown four others in the city, one a station and the others prosperous missions. The church has a mem- bership of one hundred and twenty-three, and a Sab- bath school under the charge of G. Konig.

The officers of the church are G. Konig. M. Lillig, Henry Zimmerman, HI. Koch (secretary), G. Knipple (treasurer), trustees, The succession of missionaries has been Revs. L. Einsell, HI. Ileiss, N. Gcho, - Trubel, P. Nicolai, C. G. Koch, G. F. Spreng. J. G. Zinser, J. Watz, J. P. Schuatz, Job Watz, John Bernhardt, L. Scheuermann, J. G. Phenffer, G. W. Fisher, B. L. Mueller, L. Scheuerman, C. Hammer, G. Theuer, A. Mueller, C. G. Koch, J. G. Theuer, C. F. Negele and A. Bornheimer.

ZION CHURCH (EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN, U. A. C.)

Zion parish was organized in April, 1843, and D. Schuh ealled as pastor. In 1845, Mr. Schuh having resigned, Angust Schmidt became the pastor of Zion parish, and continued in office until succeeded by Rev. HI. C. Schwan, the present incumbent. This was in Angust, 1851. From that time the parish has continually increased, numbering at present over twelve hundred communicants.

The present large and commodious house of wor- ship was completed and consecrated in 1867. It. stands on the corner of Erie and Bolivar streets. Connected with Zion church is Zion chapel, corner of Superior street and Willson avenne, having a member- ship of two hundred and forty, attended by Rev. Paul Schwan. The present officials of Zion church are Rev. Henry C. Schwan; Rev. Paul Schwan, assistant pastor.

TRINITY CHURCH (EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN, U.A. C.)

Trinity parish was formed from Zion church in 1853, and I. C. W. Lindeman called as pastor. Early in 1864 the venerable Friederich Wyneken was chosen

pastor of Trinity, which has since continued to grow in strength and influence. At present the number of communicants is over fourteen hundred. The large and handsome church building, situated on JJersey street, between Lorain and Chatham streets, was erected and dedicated in 1813.

Trinity chapel, situated on the corner of Seranton and Seymour avenues, is a branch of Trinity church.

The officials of Trinity at the present time are Rev. J. H. Niemann. pastor: Rev. II. Weseloh, assistant pastor; E. H. Brinker, J. HI. Nolte, W. Walker, Fr. Fahle. G. Walker, J. II. Hemann, G. Albers, E. II. Schulte and Fr. Reese, wardens and trustees,

ZION CHURCH OF THE EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION.

This parish was organized as a mission in the month of May, 1856, with eight members, among whom were M. Brodbeck. Barbara Brodbeck, Abram Stol- ler, Louisa Stoller. Il. Peter and Mary Peter. The Ohio conference of the Evangelical Association estab- lished the mission, and appointed the Rev. J. Watz to do the pastoral work. In 1852 the number of mem- bers had increased to forty-five. In 1872 the old church edifice, previously used, was removed, and the present building erected, thirty-two by fifty feet in dimensions, at a cost of two thousand five hundred dollars. The mission has at present fifty-five mem- bers. The Sabbath school has sixty scholars.

The following missionaries have had charge since 1856: Revs. J. Watz, M. Hang, R. Matt, C. F. Behner, C. Tramer, L. Schemerman, Wm. Schmidt, Geo. Hasenpflug, Fred. Zeller, J. G. Pfeiffer, G. Hein- rich. J. D. Seip, C. Kimzli and C. Hammer. The present officials are Rev. C., Hammer, missionary; J. (. Koenig and C. Rehn, leaders; Jacob Emerick, treasurer. The same persons are also stewards.

ST. PAUL'S (EVANGELICAL UNITED).

Previous to 1855 two congregations professed the faith of the Evangelical United Church, and wor- shiped-one up town, and the other down town; in that year they agreed to make a junction and organize a church. The church was organized by Rev. Mr. Steiner, and attached to the Evangelical Synod of the West. Services were at first held in a public hall, but after a brief space a church was built on Greenwood street, which latter was in 1820 replaced by the fine brick edifice at the corner of Scovill avenne and Greenwood street, known as St. Paul's. The pastors of the church have been Rev. Messrs. Steiner, Gro- emlein, Young. Bank, Zeller and W. Il. Buettner. The latter was the pastor in August, 1879, when the congregation of St. Paul's included one hundred and twenty families.

CALVARY CHURCH (EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION ).

This church was organized in the spring of 1862, under the auspices of the Pittsburg Conference. Rev. S. F. Crowther was appointed as the first pastor. The society was afterwards transferred to the Ohio

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Conference. In 1862 a committee, appointed for the purpose, purchased a lot on the corner of Kinsman street (now Woodland avenue) and Perry street. In 1863 the present church edifice was completed; a phin structure of brick, with a basement and prayer- meeting rooms. The building is forty-two by seventy feet in size. The parsonage is in the rear and on the same lot.

The society was duly incorporated in 1864, John Robertson, T. G. Clewell, John A. Worley, James Ward and R. Yeakel being named as trustees in the aet of incorporation.

The following have been successively appointed pastors of this church: Rev. S. F. Crowther, 1862 to 1864; Rev. William Whittington, 1864 to 1868; Rev. Tiram Longbrake, 1868 to 1869; Rev. H. F. S. Sichley, 1869 to 1871; Rev. William Whittington, again, 187t to 1872; Rev. George W. Miesse, 1873 to 1874; Rev. Jesse Lerch, 1874 to 1876; Rev. Samuel P. Spreng, the present pastor, since April, 1876.

UNITED GERMAN CHURCH (EVANGELICAL PROTESTANT.)

This church, now in charge of Rev. II. C. Fack, was organized about 1860, and ineludes in its congre- gation near one hundred and fifty families. The house of worship, a fine briek structure, is at the cor- ner of Bridge and Kentneky streets, west side.

EMMANUEL CHURCH OF EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION.

The early meetings of this society were held in a grove and school-house on the south side, from 1862 to 1864; then a chapel was built on Jennings avenue, twenty-eight by forty in size, under the charge of Rev. L. Schenermann, pastor of Salem church. Soon after this, and during the year 1864, an organization was effected, with John Herr, Jac. Weith and George Becker as trustees. In 1866 Rev. J. K. Pontius suc- ceeded to the pastorate, and remained nutil 1868.

In 1873 a new church edifice was commenced. The building was completed and dedicated January 25, 1874. The edifice is a framed building, in size forty- six by sixty-five feet, with a spire one hundred and fifteen feet in hight.

The society numbers at present one hundred and forty communicants, and has a Sabbath school with one hundred and sixty-two scholars. Since the retire- ment of Rev. Mr. Pontius, the following have had pas- toral charge of the society: Revs. George Hasenpflug, G. F. Spreng, J. D. Seip, J. G. Theuer, M. Guhl.

The present officers are Rev. J. D. Seip, pastor; Ch. Shur, I. Frerighs, Ch. Heurigi, stewards; John Buck, John Becker, Jr., Charles Buck, Ch. Heurigi, D. Watdomeier, trustees.

ZION'S CHURCH (GERMAN EVANGELICAL. ).

Zion's Church, on University Hights, located at the corner of Jennings and Branch avenues, was or- ganized in the year 1867. The church edifice, a frame, formerly stood on Pelton avenue, and was removed to

its present location. The first pastor of the church was Rev. A. Baur, called in October, 1867, who re- mained until Angust, 1868. Rev. G. Boohest was next called, who continued till November, 1871. Rev. O. Shetler served as pastor from then until August, 1878. The society numbers abont four hundred fam- iles, one hundred of whom are church members. Connected with the church is a Sabbath school, hav- ing an average attendance of two hundred and fifty. This church forms a part of the German Evangelical Synod of North America. Rev. Albert Klein is the present pastor.

FIRST GERMAN UNITED EVANGELICAL PROTESTANT CHURCHI.

This church is located on the corner of Ohio and Erie streets, and was, in the year 1868, purchased by Nicholas lleisel, Henry Keller and John C. Wagner from the Erie Street Baptist society for the sum of $14,500. The First German church was organized on the 21st day of March, 1869, with Rev. Wm. Schmidt, pastor. On the 20th of October, 1869, the church was legally incorporated, the following gentlemen be- ing named as trustees and officers: Charles Wabel, president; Fred Hamm, secretary: John C. Wagner, treasurer; N. Heisel, H. Keller, J. G. Denzel, C. Koe- neck, 11. Schmidt, John Rock, P. Schuethelm, J. Hoffman and F. Burgart, trustees.

On July 1, 1871, N. Heisel, HI. Keller and J. C. Wagner deeded the church, for fourteen thousand five hundred dollars, to the church corporation. At present the society numbers about two hundred persons, one hundred of whom are members. The following are the present officials: Rev. F. Len- schau, pastor (since October 25, 1874); John Rock, president; John C. Wagner, secretary and treas- urer: C. Koebler, P. ITill, HI. A. Heimsath, J. Wit- zel, G. Boepple, L. Schnerer, G. Fix, Gottfried Saal, E. Hill and J. Piper, trustees.

TRINITY EVANGELICAL CHURCH.

This church, at no time very strong, ineludes now twenty-eight members and has existed since 1872. The place of worship is on East Madison avenne. The pastor is Rev. S. J. Gamertsfelder.

FRIEDENSKIRCHE (EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION).

The Friedenskirche (Church of Peace) was organ- ized as a mission in 1873, with L. C. Eggert as ex- horter: Charles Fistler, class-leader; S. Biel, C. Fist- ler and L. C. Eggert, trustees. A chapel, twenty- eight by forty feet, was built in the fall of 1873, under the supervision of Rev. J. G. Thener, and dedicated in December following. In May, 1874, Rev. Mr. Thener was succeeded by Rev. W. W. Orwig, who remained until March, 1876, when Rev. C. F. Negele was called to the pastorate.

At the time of the formation of the Erie Confer- ence, in 1875, this church was set off to that organiza- tion from the Ohio Conference, to which it had previ-

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onsly belonged, and Rev. A. Bornheimer assigned to the pastorate. He remained until March, 1877, when Rev. J. D. Seip, the present pastor, was called.

The church numbers at present seventy communi- cants, and has a Sunday school with one hundred and twenty scholars.

The present official board consists of G. Bidling- meier, class-leader; S. Biel, S. Seith, G. Bidlingmeier, stewards; C. Fistler, S. Biel, S. Gruhl, G. Bidling- meier, trustees.

TRINITY CHURCH (EVANGELICAL PROTESTANT)

is a flourishing organization, and has a fine honse of worship at the corner of Case avenue and Superior street. Rev. August Kimmel is the present pastor.

ST. JOHN'S CHURCH (GERMAN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN.)

The members of the Zion Lutheran church residing in the vicinity of the Newburg district, desiring a place of worship nearer their homes, organized St. .John's church in 1828, and directly thereafter built a church edifice on Bessemer avenue. The membership, which was at first seventy, had risen in a twelvemonth to one hundred and twenty. Rev. Angust Dank worth, who was called to the pastorate at the church organ- ization, still occupies it. The deacons of the church are Oscar Schmidt and Frederick Huppensack; the trustees are II. Bruns, HI. Thies and II. Poesa.

ANSHE CHESED CONGREGATION (HEBREW).

This society was organized in 1840, in Farmer's Block, corner of Ontario and Prospect streets, with about twenty-five members. Mr. Seligman Stern was the first reader and minister, and the late Joseph Englehart was the first president. The congregation, on account of rapid growth, found it necessary to build a house of worship. A lot was selected on Eagle street, between Erie street and Woodland ave- nue, and a synagogue was completed in 1848. Since then it has twice been rebuilt and enlarged. In 1874 the old prayer-book, used for centuries among the Israelites, was changed for another more in con- formity with the spirit of the present age, though the Hebrew language is still, with but few exceptions, retained in the prayers, while the sermons are deliv- ered alternately in German and English.

The congregation is at present in a flourishing con- dition, counting about one hundred and fifty nien- bers, with a Sabbath school of one hundred and twenty-five scholars. The following have been the rabbis since Mr. Stern: Rev. A. Lehman, until 1848; Rev. Mr. Fuld, 1848 to 1856; Rev. Dr. Kalisch, 1856 to 1859; Rev. Mr. Bing, 1859 to 1861; Rev. Mr. Liepman, 1861 to 1863; Rev. G. M. Cohn, 1863 to 1875; Rev. Dr. M. Machol, the present rabbi, installed March 1, 1876.

. The following are the present officials: Rev. Dr. M. Machol, rabbi; S. Newmark, president; I. Rein- thal, vice-president; H. Blahd, treasurer; S. M.

Goldsmith, secretary; A. Becker. A. Feil, M. Halle, I. Levy, Marx, I. New, S. Skall, F. Strauss, J. Wer- theimer and I. Wolf, trustees.

TIFERETH ISRAEL CONGREGATION (HEBREW).

This congregation was established in Cleveland, ou orthodox principles, in 1854, by a learned rabbi, Rev. M. Kalish, the first minister. The carly services were held in a hall on Superior street, until the society received a legacy from the late Judah Touro. of New Orleans, amounting to six thousand dollars. With this the society built the synagogue now occu- pied by them on Huron street. The congregation, organized with a membership of twenty persons, now numbers one hundred members. The successive min- isters have been Revs. M. Kalish, Jacob Cohn, Dr. I. Mayer and Dr. A. Hahn, the present incumbent. This congregation has always been an ardent advocate of Judaism, and ranks with the most radical reform congregations in the country.

B'NE YESHURUN CONGREGATION (HUNGARIAN HE- BREW).

This congregation was organized about 1869, and, for a time, met for public worship in Halle's Hall, on Superior street. In 1827 a removal was made to No. 71, Michigan street, (the old German theater build- ing), which has since then been used. The congrega- tion numbers about forty members, but is composed of poor people, and is far from strong. Rev. E. M. Kline, who was chosen pastor in 1875, still serves, and preaches every Saturday. The church trustees are L. Berger and HI. Sampliner.

BETH ISRAEL CHEBRA KADISHA CONGREGATION (HEBREW).

This Hebrew congregation was organized in 1814 with but a handful of members, who have since in- creased to thirty-five. The place of worship ison Hill street. The trustees are J. Ilarris. L. Bialosky and B. Goldman. The pastor is Rev. Elias Rothschild. A division in the ranks of the Beth Israel Chebra Kadisha in 1876 resulted in the creation of a congre- gation known as

ANSHE EMETHI.

There are but twenty members of this congrega- tion, who worship in a hall on Broadway, under the direction of Rev. Henry Bernstein.

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History of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Part 68

Author: Johnson, Crisfield Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott & Co. Number of Pages: 716

Author: Johnson, Crisfield
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott & Co.
Number of Pages: 716