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Yours Respectfully, EDWARD WINTHROP, Rector of St. Luke's, Marietta.
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PETITION TO THE WARDENS AND VESTRY.
The Secretary was directed to give the canonical notice to the Bishop when the Parish should become vacant.
Mr. J. E. Hall offered his resignation as a member of the Vestry. The motion to accept it was laid on the table.
May 13th. Further consideration of Mr. Hall's resignation was post- poned. "A petition addressed to the Wardens & Vestry and signed by certain persons (members of the parish and others) was presented and read by the Rev. Mr. Winthrop." The paper was laid upon the table. A committee was appointed to superintend the necessary repairs in and about the church.
The petition mentioned here was undoubtedly the following :
Marietta, Ohio, April 30th, 1847.
We, the undersigned, members of the Parish of St. Luke's Church, Marietta, having learned that the Revd. Edward Winthrop has resigned the Rectorship of St. Luke's and that the Wardens & Vestry have ac- cepted his resignation, and that said resignation is to take effect on the 24th of May, 1847, after which the parish will be vacant, do hereby re- spectfully represent to the said Wardens and Vestry, that in their view, unless said vacancy should be speedily tilled to the satisfaction of the parish generally, said parish will suffer serious and perhaps irreparable injury and believing that the Rev. George W. Dubois, Minister of Trin- . ity Church, Cincinnati, will be highly acceptable to the people gener- ally, do therefore respectfully petition said Wardens and Vestry to elect the said Revd. G. W. Dubois to the Rectorship of St. Luke's to fill the vacancy that will take place as above referred to, pledging to them in the event of Mr. Dubois' taking the Canonical charge of the parish our hearty co-operation with them and the said Mr. Dubois in promoting the welfare of said parish.
W. Hall, Jr. John Arnot,
Mary E. Buell,
Mary Dodge,
Wm. Holden,
Eunice Anderson,
John Kendrick,
Betty W. Lovell,
Danl. Greene,
Isabella Holden,
M. P. Wells,
C. S. Hall, R. Hall,
D. G. Mathews, Chas. B. Hall,
S. M. Dodge,
W. L. Rolston,
C. J. Russell,
J. R. W. Rhodes,
F. Clark,
Moses MeFarland,
E. A. Clark,
Wm. C. Fauvell,
H. Chapin,
Shubel Fuller,
Sally A. Jump,
John Hall,
Melissa H. Clark,
O. S. Dodge, Geo. Benedict,
H. C. Ward,
Thos. Jones,
H. D. Ward,
Geo. W. Dodge,
S. C. Ward,
D. B. Anderson,
A. W. McFarland,
Addison Eaton,
El. McFarland,
Joseph Lovell,
Sarah B. McFarland,
F. A. Lovell,
E. W. T. Clark,
Mary Skinner, Mrs. T. Jones,
Chas. R. Rhodes.
Emily A. Eaton,
John Goodman,
Charlotte Goodman,
Theodosia H. Buell,
Lucia A. Wells.
Mr. Winthrop, during part of his stay in Marietta, lived in the house on Washington street, between Fifth and Sixth, which had been
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M. E. Rhodes,
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occupied by Mr. Bonnar. The site of this house was a portion. of the pre-historic fortifications in that part of the town. Mr. Winthrop wrote home that his dwelling was on the ramparts of an ancient city. He also lived in the house next to Capt. Greene's, nientioned on page 29. At the form r place, on the occasion of an Episcopal visitation, Mr .. Winthrop planted a tree and Bishop Mellvaine also planted one, which was always known as the "Bishop's tree".
He had a daughter Mirian by his first wife. She is now Mrs. S. G. Taylor of Chicago.
The following portion of a letter and short sketch of Mr. Winthrop's life were furnished by her to the author.
Copy of part of a letter from the Rev. Charles Fay to Mrs. S. G. Taylor.
Grand Iste, Vt., April 3, 1871. '
My dear Mrs. Taylor.
Accompanying this is the discourse prepared "In Memoriam" of your honored Father and which I preached before the clergy of the diocese of Vermont. $ *
I regard the character and career of your Father as quite re- markable, and as offering a striking example of Christian heroism and devotion.
Born with great powers and educ ited to high expectations, and fitted by his talents and attainments to take foremost rank among the ministers of Christ, he was early crippled by physical disability, the loss of his voice. And yet how beautiful to see his earnestness and enthusiasm undiminished in the ever narrowing field of his work; to see him so gracefully and so meekly descend from his lofty position in Cincinnati along the slope which ended in the lowly vale of the little Parish of Highgate (Vt.). It is a spectacle of moral sublimity, which makes me a better man every time I think of it. The memoir is mostly, as you will perceive, worked out of the material which you furnished yourself. I have done little more than to give it a more continuous connexion of parts and the closing portion, and I hope it will afford you as much gratification to read my part and to re-peruse your own, as it has me to linger over such lovely Christian experience as your Father's life exhibits. *
Your sincere friend,
CHARLES FAY.
To Mrs. Marian Winthrop Taylor,
Chicago, Ill.
EDWARD WINTHROP, the subject of this sketch, was the son of Franeis Bay ird Winthrop and Julia Ann Rogers. He was a direct des- cendant of John Winthrop, the first Governor of the Mass. Bay Com- pany, who came to America in 1630.
The name of WINTHROP may be traced back in various spellings for at least six centuri sand a half. The earliest residence of the family of which there is any precise record was at Lanham, in the County of Suffolk, where the second Adam Winthrop, mentioned by Mather, was born in 1498, six years after Columbus had discovered the New World,
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and the same year that Vespucius made the voyage which gave his name to the whole American Hemisphere. Adam Winthrop, third of the name and father of our Massachusetts Governor, lived at Groton, where the family tomb is seen to this day. He was Lord of the Manor and Patron of the living, and there's emis to have been abundant proof that he was a man of good education and of high social standing.
"The life and letters of John Winthrop." written by Robert C. Win- throp, contain much of interest concerning the early history of the family, and the above statistics have been obtained from that source.
Edward Winthrop belonged to the seventh generation in America and was born in New York on Dec. 19th, 1811, but his father removed his family to New Haven, Connecticut, that his children might- enjoy the educational advantages of that city. Here Edward was brought up and to this place his thoughts used frequently to turn in after years. There his remains were taken and now quietly rest in the Old Cemetery.
He received a religious training from his Father and Step Mother, Elisabeth Woolsey ( who was a cousin of his own mother ) and for whom he always entertained the highest affection and was ever ready to testi- fy to her loving care and faithfulness towards him.
He ran his academical career through various schools and stood high as a scholar. . He passed an admirable examination and was ad- mitted to the Freshman Class in Yale College and graduated in the year 1831. This was a large Class and many members of it became dis- tinguished in their several professions. among whom are Bp. Kip, Bp. Clark, Prof. Porter of Yale Colleg , Rev. Peter Parker, Missionary to China, and others. In Oct. 1 31 he went to the Theological studies and pursued them in several places-New York-Alexandria-and Lexing- ton, Ky .- There he took orders from the hands of Bp. Smith in the 26th year of his age," became his Assistant in Christ Church and Professor of Siered Literature in the Theological Seminary. There he married his first wife, Marian Penner, in 1837. She died within the year, May 8, 1838.
His second wife was Elizabeth Andras, of Bath, England. She was his faithful help-meet and fellow worker for Christ during the greater part of his Ministry. She died Aug. 30th, 1858 after a short illness at Maumee City, Ohio.
After leaving Kentucky in 1842, he officiated a short time at Cin- cinnati where he had charge of St. Paul's Church. The zeal and carn- estness which characterized his whole life, led him to work beyond his physical strength and at that early day the sure evidence of the disease of the throat made its appearance. He resigned his parish in conse- quence of the same and entered upon a less arduous field of labor at Marietta, Ohio.
In 1847 he took charge of St. Paul's, Norwalk, Ohio.
In 1854, the Convention Journal gives him as "Principal of a Ladies' Academy, Norwalk." In 1858 he was Rector of St. Paul's Church, Maumee, and St. John's Church. Napoleon, and Grace Church, Defiance. After that he had no charge, and in 1862 Bishop Mellvaine gave him a letter dimissory to the Diocese of Vermont.
* The Bishop of Kentucky, in his address to the Convention of that Diocese in 1837, said: "On the 30th October, 133, a special ordination was held in Christ Church, Lexington, and three of the graduates of the Theological Seminary, viz : Edward Winthrop, John Drummond and Charles Higginson were admitted to Deacon's Orders," Also in 1838, "Rev. Edward Winthrop, Deacon, has been ad- vanced to Priest's Orders."
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His third wife was Wilhelmina Evert, to whom he had been mar- ried about three years. She survives him and resides at Chelsea, Mass.
He died October 21st, 1865, in New York City; "a good man and full of the Holy Ghost."
Mr. Winthrop was a man of the highest attainments as a scholar. Marietta never had his equal. As a preacher he was very eloquent, partly from his great earnestness. He was known as a Second Advent- ist, his preaching and writing being mostly upon that subject; and of- ten when he would take up his favorite theme, he was so completely wrapt up in it and such was his control over the attention of his hearers, that neither he nor they took note of the flight of time and two hours or more would some times slip by without their knowing it.
He had a large and very excellent library which was destroyed in the Chicago fire.
He published "Lectures on the Second Advent of Messiah, and other Important Subjects. By the Rev. Edward Winthrop, M. A., Min- ister of St. Paul's Church, Cincinnati, Ohio. Cincinnati : Published by J. B. Wilson, 1843." . This book was dedicated to Bishop MeIlvaine, Also "The Premium Essay on the Characteristics & Laws of Prophetie Symbols", and "Letters on Prophecy". The last two were published by Franklin Knight. These comprised a very small part of bis wri- tings, which were scattered over the country in numerous magazines. papers, tracts &c. One of these, a tract on Prevailing Prayer went through a large number of editions and was afterwards published by the American Tract Society.
The greatest work of his life was left in manuscript, which he had nearly completed at the time of his death ; thisincluded a complete trans- lation of the New Testament with notes and criticisms on every page. It was once shown to an English clergyman who said he had not seen such evidence of scholarship in America. This, with a large trunk full of manuscript, was destroyed in the Chicago fire. A few of his sermons escaped the fire; among them are some written in Marietta and preached - in St. Luke's Church ..
LETTER OF THE REV. EDWARD WINTHROP.
Norwalk, Ohio, Feb. 2nd, 1848.
Mrs. Chas. B. Hall,
Marietta, Ohio.
My dear Carry.
I have been intending to write to you for some weeks past, ever since we received the paper which you sent us containing the melancholy intelligence of Mr. Wm. Holden's death. How sud- den and unexpected ! What was the immediate cause and what the circumstances of his death? I suppose his constitution must have been very much broken down by mourning over the loss of
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his dear wife and his sweet children. He looked miserably when we left Marietta. It seems a mercy that his children were all ta- ken before him. for they would now have been orphans without -father or mother. You are now the only one left of all your father's children. May the Lord bless and comfort you. You must cast all your burdens upon the Savior. for he knows how to feel for you, and he has promised to sustain you.
How is your father's health ? How is your husband ? and your child ? How are the rest of our friends? What is the state of the Church? When you write, tell me all about Marietta. Was the water in your house and the adjoining one that we used to occupy, at the last freshet "'
We are very pleasantly situated at Norwalk. My own health is better than it has been at any time since I have lived at the West.
Marian is getting stronger. Mrs. Winthrop still suffers from #nervous headaches. I have bought a very pretty place with ten acres of ground and a great deal of fine fruit for two thousand dollars, a few rods west of our present residence. on the opposite -side of the street. The house is good and the land excellent, and the neighborhood very pleasant. The location is a very healthy and delightful one. We shall move into our new residence in a few weeks. We are going to have one little girl about the same age with Mirian in our family to educate and we should like to get two or three others as nearly of that age as possible. Mrs. Winthrop intends also to give music lessons. if any ladies should : wish to learn of her. She commences with one this week. There is a Seminary or High School in this town for boys and girls, called the Norwalk Institute. It is under the direction of the Baptists. The examination was this week. I was ap- pointed one of the examining committee. and attended a portion of the exercises. There is another seminary to be opened this Spring or Summer at this end of the town. A portion of the Trustees are Presbyterians, and a portion Episcopalians. I may perhaps instruct a class in thisschool when it shall be commenced. It is but a short distance from where we live. a few rods East.
How does the Seminary at Marietta under Mr. & Mrs. Tenney flourish ? How does Mr. Tolford's school get on? Write to nie soon and tell me about our friends. Please to present our united love to your father and hu-band and accept much for yourself. May God bless and keep you in this life. and give you the crown of glory in that which is to come. Do not forget us.
Believe me ever, Yours very truly & affectionately EDWARD WINTHROP.
August 3. 1847. A. L. Guitteau, C. Sullivan and F. A. Wheeler were appointed delegates to the Diocesan Convention.
"At a meeting of the Vestry held in St. Luke's Church, Sunday Aug. sth, 1:47. the following preamble and resolution moved by Judge Nye was adopted :
By the Wardens and Vestry of St. Luke's Church. Marietta
It being understood that the Rev. D. W. Tolford, formerly of this parish, will accept an invitation to the clerical ministrations thereof, if adequate provision is made for his support,
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THE REV. D. W. TOLFORD TAKES CHARGE.
Resolred by the Wardens and Vestry that they will invite Mr. Tol- ford to the clerical charge of this church if the parish shall provide or pledge such support, to which the members thereof, and persons inter- ested in the maintenance of the services of the Church therein are re- spectfully invited."
September 15. The Vestry of St. Luke's resolved "that they invite the Rev. D. W. Tolford of Newport, Ky. to the Rectorship of said church," and to pay him at the rate of $400 a year.
Mr. Tolford accepted and took charge on St. Luke's Day, October 18, 1:47.
At the Convention of 1547 at St. James Church, Zanesville, St. Luke's was represented by A. L. Guitteau. The Rev. Edward Win- throp was also present : who. the Bishop says, had resigned the charge of St. Luke's, Marietta, and taken that of St. Paul's, Norwalk.
PAROCHIAL REPORT.
Baptisms- adult. 1 : infants, 6: total 7. Communicants added by transfer. 1: lost by death, 1 : by removal, 1; whole number on 23d of Max last. 53. Marriages, 2. Funerals 3.
From September, 1:46, to May, 1847 inclusive, a period of nine months, the contributions of the parish of St. Luke's, Marietta, were as follows, viz: Episcopate and Contingent fund, $30; For the mission to the Jews. $10: Diocesan Missions. $25.38; Society for the relief of the Widows and Orphans of deceased Clergyman, $11; American Bible Society, $11 : other benevolent objects, about $50 .- Total, $140.38.
On the BBd of May I relinquished the charge of St. Luke's, Marietta, having accepted a unanimous call to the Rectorship of St. Paul's, Nor- walk.
March 26, 154, Bishop Mellvaine visited Marietta, confirmed one and baptized two persons.
At the Parish Meeting on Easter Monday, April 28, 1848, the follow- ing parish officers were elected : Arius Nye. Senior Warden, F. A. Wheeler. Junior Warden. A. L. Guitteau, J. E. Hall, John Kendrick, Charles Sullivan, John Arnott, M. P. Wells, Graydon Medlicott, Vestry- men.
In 1945 there was no report from St. Luke's. The last number of Communicants was given as 53.
The Bishop states in his address at Trinity Church, Columbus, that he had visited St. Luke's, Marietta, where he confirmed one person. The Parish was assessed $25 for the Episcopate and $5 for the General fund.
April 10, 1:49. the Vestry chose Graydon Medlicott Secretary and William S. Nve Treasurer of the Parish. Arius Nye, Hugh Trevor and Charles Sullivan were made a committee to draft By-Laws for the gov- ernment of the Parish.
August 14. the Vestry elected as delegates to the Diocesan Conven- tion Charles Sullivan, Frederick A. Wheeler and Graydon Medlicott. .
St. Luke's was not represented in the Convention of 1849. The Ab- stract of Parochial Reports gives : Baptisms, infants 5. Communicants -added s, lost 1: present number +. Marriages 5. Burials 4. Paid on assessments $60, Contributions reported for objects strictly benevo- lent $52.73.
Mr. Tolford, who had been in charge of a Young Ladies' Seminary at Newport, Ky., removed that institution to this place when he became Rector .of St. Luke's. It occupied the building on the east side of Sec-
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MR. TOLFORD'S SCHOOL.
ond street, opposite Knox street, which, the catalogue states had been recently fitted up by Mr. Putnam, at an expense of about $20,000. It was admirably adapted to the purposes of a Seminary.
Two catalogues were issued with title pages as follows : :
CATALOGUE OF ST. JOHN'S HIGH SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES, Marietta, Ohio, and of the YOUNG LADIES' SEMINARY, LATE OF NEWPORT, KY., for the year ending February, 1848.
BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL.
This Institution has been Removed, within the year, from Newport, Ky., to Marietta, Ohio.
Marietta, Ohio, Printed at the Intelligencer Office. 1848.
Biennial CATALOGUE of ST. JOHN FEMALE COLLEGE, Marietta, Ohio.
Number of Boarding Pupils limited to forty.
Founded A. D. 1847.
Marietta, Ohio : Printed at the Intelligencer Office. March, 1850.
The teachers (in the first catalogue) were Rev. D. W. TOLFORD, B. D., Rector of St. Luke's ( Episcopal) Church, Marietta, Principal, Teacher of Ancient Languages, Mathematics, Mental and Moral Phi- losophy, the Natural Sciences &e.
Mrs. P. M. TOLFORD, Associate Principal, and in immediate charge of the Family.
Miss MARY MCNEIL, Mrs. ELIZABETH CREEL, Teachers of Music, Piano and Guitar.
Prof. JAMES H. OLIVER, M. D., Lecturer upon Chemistry.
Mr. S. WOOD, Mr. CHARLES SULLIVAN, Teachers of Painting and Drawing.
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MR. TOLFORD'S SCHOOL.
Rev. JOSEPH E. FRYGANG, D. D., Minister of the German Evangel- ical Church, Marietta. Teacher of the French, German, Spanish and Italian Languages.
The second catalogue, besides Mr. and Mrs. TOLFORD. Mrs. CREEL and Mr. SULLIVAN, gives Miss ELIZA DENISON, (from Royalton, Vt., a grand niece of Bishop Chase), Resident Assistant. Teacher of Rhetor- ic, Physiology, Music . Instrumental and Vocal, French and Drawing.
Miss FANNY L. HARDING, Resident Assistant, Principal of Prepar- atory Department, Teacher of Ouranography, History and Natural Phi- losophy.
Miss M. E. KILOH, Assistant, and Teacher of Music, Piano and Harp.
The Seminary year was divided into two sessions of 2 weeks each, the Summer session beginning May 1, and the Winter session Novem- ber 1. At the close of each session there was a vacation of one month.
The cut on page 158 is a reduced copy of a lithograph in the cata- logues, which was made from a drawing by Mr. Sullivan.
The first catalogue gives the names of pupils in the Seminary both at Newport and Marietta. Those from Marietta in the first are all in the second. The latter contained these names :
Henrietta J. Armstrong. Wheeling. Va.
* Mars A. Bennet. Meconnelsville, 0. Marion Bruce. Marietta. Q.
* Armella D. Cameron. Cincinnati, O.
* Marian Chase. Lowville. N. Y. Nancy DeLong, Washington Co., O.
* Frances A. Dorman. Cincinnati, O. * Mary Dyar. Union, O.
* Adelaide A. Dvar, Union, O.
* Rebecca E. Eaton. Pittsburgh, Pa. Sarah Flanders. Washington Co., O. Sarah Grumley, Marietta, O. France. P. Hall. Marietta. O.
+ Margaret K. Hall, Portsmouth, O. Eunice Hall. Marietta. O.
** Fanny L. Harding. Lowville, N. Y. Mary F. Hart, Marietta. O.
* Mary E. Harris, New orleans, La. Mary L. Hendrie. Watertown. O.
* Cornelia E. Hughes. Pittsburgh. Pa.
* Cevlina N. Jarvis. Massillon; O. Mary E. Jones, Marietta. O.
* Lucy Ellen Tolford. Marietta, O.
- Helen M. Trevor. Marietta. O. Eliza H. Trevor. Marietta. O. Harriet M. Tyler, Marietta. O. Rebecca L. Warner. Zanesville. O. Harriet F. Wheeler. Marietta. O. Laura E. Wilcox. Marietta. O. Matilda Winpenny. Marietta, O. Louis S. Winpenny, Marietta, O.
** Fanny E. Newcomb. Pittsburgh, Pa.
* Anna M. Woods. Wheeling, Va.
* Mary J. Wright. Ripley. Va. Elizabeth R. Young. Marietta, O.
Boarding Pupils, 26
Day Pupils,
Total,
* * Those marked with a * are Boarding Pupils; those without any mark are Day Pupils; those with a ; are in the Senior Class."
* Susan Phillips, Marietta. O. Ann M. Phillips, Marietta, O. Martha Pixley, Marietta. O. Eliza Pixlex. Marietta. O.
** Mary Betha Putnam. Belpre, O. Julia M. Russell. Marietta. O.
* Eveline S. Selby. Wheeling. Va. Louisa Shaw, Marietta, Ohio. Julia M. Shipman. Marietta. O.
* Agues B. Smallwood. Zanesville. O.
* Kate B. Snowden, Pittsburgh, Pa. Elizabeth T. soyez. Marietta. O.
* Nancy Stowe. Union. O. Arabella s. Storr, Marietta. O. Eveline A. Sullivan, Marietta, O. Mary O. Tolford. Marietta. O.
Adaline R. Tolford. Marietta, O. Julia . Tolford. Marietta. O.
* Eliza J. S. Kelly, Wheeling. Va. Ann Maria Lewis, Marietta. O. FanDy A. Loring. B-ipre. O. Jane M. Medlicott. Marietta. O. Henrietta L. Medlicott. Marietta, O. Catherine H. Medlicott. Marietta, O. Marietta O. Mone. Marietta. O.
Maria Newcomb, Buffalo. N. Y.
: Harriet Nye, Marietta, O.
; Mary L. Anderson. Marietta, O. Virginia s. Nye, Marietta, O. Emma R. Odell, Salem. O.
* Emalie E. Pearce. Cincinnati, O.
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THE REV. D. W. TOLFORD RESIGNS.
March 4, 1850, at a Vestry meeting at the Rector's house, "On Rev. D. W. Tolford's proposition to resign the Rectorship of the Parish, the following gentlemen were appointed a Committee to receive Mr. Tol- ford's proposition for consideration and also to make inquiry what ar- rangements can be made in the Parish towards carrying out said propo- sition :- Hugh Trevor, Charles Hall, Charles Sullivan & Graydon Med- licott."
Easter Monday, April 1st, 1850, at the annual Parish meeting, Arius Nye was elected Senior Warden, John Kendrick, Junior Warden, and A. L. Guitteau, Chas. B. Hall, Hugh Trevor, Graydon Medlicott and John Arnott, Vestrymen.
The following pews were bid off at the following prices, viz :
No. 1. M. P. Wells,
815
No. 35. C. B. Hall,
$10
6 C. R. Rhodes,
12
33. Mrs. Jackson,
10
8. A. Nye,
. 12
31. C. B. Hall,
10
10. Misses Stone,
10
29. C. B. Hall,
10
12. A. L. Guittenu,
15
27. W. L. Rolston,
11
14. I. R. Waters.
15
5. T. Richards,
5
16. John Kendrick,
10
3. Dr. Trevor,
12
7. Mrs. Skinner, .
10
41. John Howes,
15
9. John Arnott,
10
40. D. B. Anderson,
10
11. Mrs. Stephens,
10
38. F. A. Wheeler,
12
13. Mrs. Russell,
36. Mrs. Lovell,
10
15. D. & W. Nye, ยท
34. do. do.
13
17. Mrs. Coggins & Jones,
30. G. Medlicott,
12
28. D. Barber,
10
At a Vestry meeting April 8th, 1850, Graydon Medlicott was ap- pointed Secretary and A. L. Guitteau, Treasurer.
Three pews were reserved for the Rev. D. W. Tolford, "so long as he may need them for his school."
The resignation of the Rev. D. W. Tolford was "received upon the conditions as therein specified" and he was "appointed Assistant or Associate Rector or Minister of St. Luke's Church, Marietta, in accord- ance with the conditions specified in his resignation dated March 4, 1850." The Wardens were made a committee to procure a clergyman as soon as possible.
June 11, "Moved and seconded, that a letter be written to Mr. Boyd, inviting him to take the Ministerial charge of this Parish at the annual sum of four hundred dollars and that Mr. Kendrick and Mr. Guitteau be appointed a committee to communicate with him on the subject."
A committee was appointed to make arrangements for a supper on the 22nd of July and the ladies were requested to give their kind assist- ance.
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