History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884, Part 104

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898. cn; Westcott, Thompson, 1820-1888, joint author
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : L. H. Everts & Co.
Number of Pages: 992

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of Philadelphia, which censured Mr. Barnes and sus- pended him from the ministry. To this sentence he quietly submitted, but in 1836 appealed to the Gen- eral Assembly. This body reversed the sentence, and Mr. Barnes resumed the ministry. The violence of party feeling continued to increase, until in 1838 the Presbyterian Church became divided. Mr. Barues was the acknowledged leader of the New School branch in the doctrinal controversies which preceded and followed the division. Throughout all these try- ing scenes his church gave him its hearty and undi- vided support. As a pastor and preacher he was em- inently successful, and during his pastorate of forty years his church maintained its position among the Presbyterian Churches of Philadelphia as "first" in fact as well as First in name. In time the bitterness of controversy subsided, and at his death his loss was as sincerely lamented by his brethren of the Old School division as by his own.

In 1849, Mr. Barnes was elected to a professorship in Lane Seminary, which he declined. In 1851 he was moderator of the General Assembly. About this time his eyesight began to fail, and, notwithstanding a trip to Europe and the employment of assistants iu the pulpit, this infirmity increased to such a degree that in 1868, at the age of seventy, he resigned his charge, much against the wishes of his congregation. He continued, however, as pastor emeritus. To the last he preached occasionally in the churches, and regularly in the House of Refuge, of which he was a manager. He died very suddenly Dec. 24, 1870.

His fame rests chiefly on his "Commentaries," of which a million copies have been circulated in Amer- ica and Great Britain, and translations have been made into several foreign languages. His name ap- pears without any honorary title, because he was con- scientiously opposed to academic degrees.

Mr. Barnes' successor in the First Church was Rev. Herrick Johnson, D.D., who resigned in 1873 to ac- cept a professorship in the Auburn Theological Semi- nary. Rev. Lawrence M. Colfelt, on March 29, 1874, was installed pastor. Failure of health compelled him to relinquish the active work of the ministry on March 3, 1884. During his ten years' service in this church, he worthily and ably sustained his charge. The church has during all its history numbered among its officers and members many men of mark and in- fluence, and though the changes in population and the encroachments of business have had a weakening influence upon the congregation, it is still a power for good in the community.

The First Church has in common with others con- tributed, by its members and wealth, to the formation of other churches and congregations. Toward the close of 1850 steps were taken for the establishment of Calvary Presbyterian Church. The association was chartered April 2, 1851. A lot was purchased on Locust Street above Fifteenth, and a church edifice

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erected and dedicated Nov. 5, 1853. On the 10th of November, 1853, the Fourth Presbytery of Phila- delphia, upon the petition of the following persons, John A. Brown, Thomas Fleming, Matthias W. Baldwin, E. S. Whelen, John . Gulliver, Henry White, Joseph H. Dulles, James C. Donnell, and Samuel MeClellan, M.D., organized them into a church under the name of Calvary Presbyterian Church. On the same occasion, Thomas Fleming and Matthias W. Baldwin were elected ruling elders. The Rev. John Jenkins was installed its first pastor, Nov. 27, 1853. Under his charge the congregation steadily grew in numbers, wealth, and influence.

The following is a list of the pastors to 1884 : John Jenkins, D.D., 1853; Zephaniah M. Humphrey, D.D .; and Charles A. Dickey, D.D., 1875.

During the pastorate of Dr. Humphrey a large and commodions chapel and Sabbath-school building was erected opposite the church. Important additions and improvements, rendered necessary by the growth of the congregation, have been made in the church edifice during the incumbency of Dr. Dickey. The church also has under its charge Hope Mission Chapel, at Thirty-second and Wharton Streets, to which the Rev. J. Gray Bolton has ministered since 1874.

Wharton Street Church, at the corner of Ninth and Wharton Streets, is also a daughter of the First Church. It was organized in 1863. The Rev. Augustus W. Williams has been its pastor since 1875.

Mr. Potts resigned the pastorate of the Fourth Church, Sept. 9, 1835, and died Sept. 23, 1838. His | the city, and supporting him for a time, which resulted

successor was the Rev. William McCalla, who was installed April 20, 1836. Difficulties arose in the congregation which ended in its division. Mr. Mc- Calla and his friends were recognized as the Assem- bly Church, and the Fourth Church was declared vacant by the presbytery, by the casting vote of the moderator, after protracted discussion, Jan. 10, 1839.

Rev. William Loughridge was the third pastor. Ile began his labors in 1839, and was installed Nov. 17, 1840. The church at his accession was reduced to twenty-nine members; but such was the success that attended his labors that the congregation soon found itself straitened for the want of room. A larger and more commodious church edifice was erected at the corner of Lombard and Twelfth Streets. In a short time every sitting in the new church was occupied, and the congregation became one of the largest in the city. His pastorate may be considered the most prosperous and successful in the history of the chinreh. He died Nov. 11, 1846. The fourth pastor, the Rev. Lewis Cheeseman, D.D., was installed Oct. 3, 1848. Failing health compelled him to relinquish his charge Oct. 10, 1860. The following is a list of his successors: Rev. Philip H. Mowry, D.D., 1862-63; Rev. Willard M. Rice, D.D., 1863- 74; Rev. George II. Poole, 1875-77; Rev. George Benagh, 1877-80; Rev. James Robinson, 1881 -.

The formation of the Central Presbyterian Church

from the Second Church has already been men- tioned |see p. 1280, note). The congregation wor- shiped for some time in the Whitefield Chapel, on Fourth Street, below Arch, the place where the Sec- ond Church was organized. In this chapel the first pastor, the Rev. John McDowell, D.D., was in- stalled June 6, 1833. Dr. McDowell was born in Bedminster, Sept. 10, 1780, and graduated from Prince- ton College Sept. 1801 ; thoroughly instructed in theol- ogy by the Rev. John Woodhull, D.D., of Freehold, N. J .; ordained and installed pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Elizabethtown, N. J., Dec. 26, 1804; and after a singularly successful pastorate of nearly twenty-nine years was released, May, 1833, to take charge of the Central Church. The corner- stone of the church edifice, at the corner of Eighth and Cherry Streets, was laid April 22, 1833, and the building was opened for public worship Feb. 23, 1834. It was built in the most substantial manner, of ample dimensions, with chapel and Sabbath- school rooms adjoining. Among the founders of the congregation were Alexander Henry, Matthew New- kirk, Samuel Richards, Matthew L. Bevan, John V. Cowell, and many others who were well known as among the most prominent and influential citizens of Philadelphia. The church soon became large and efficient.

Among other acts of benevolence during Dr. Mc- Dowell's ministry was planting a missionary in Co- hocksink, in what was then the northern suburb of in the organization of the Cohocksink Church, to the building of which the Central Church largely contrib- nted. After a pastorate of twelve years, Dr. McDowell was released, Nov. 20, 1845, but he did not long re- main unemployed. Many of the members of his last charge were unwilling to be deprived of his pastoral care and instruction. A new congregation was formed at the Whitefield Chapel, Fourth Street, below Arch, Dec. 14, 1845, where it continued to worship until its church edifice was ready for occupation. The Spring Garden Presbyterian Church was regularly organized with eighty-seven members, Jan. 18, 1846, and Dr. McDowell was installed its pastor Feb. 8, 1846. A lot was purchased on Eleventh Street, above Spring Garden, and the corner-stone of the church edifice was laid June 16, 1846. On May 16, 1847, the church was dedicated. Only the audience-room was then finished. The labor of collecting money for the build- ing of the church fell entirely upon Dr. McDowell, in addition to his pastoral work. The entire sum ex- pended was about twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. There was also a funded debt of nine thon- sand four hundred dollars. The congregation con- tinued to increase and prosper until a heavy calamity, attended with great mercy, befell it. On the 18th of March, 1851, about five o'clock in the morning, after a storm of very wet and heavy snow, which com- menced the previous afternoon and continned through

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the night, the building fell. The roof came down, of the church, and called the McDowell Memorial crushing the pews; the timbers broke through the Sabbath-school of the Spring Garden Presbyterian Church. Under the charge of Mr. Mangasarian the Spring Garden Congregation is now one of the largest in the city. floor into the basement below, the side walls fell out each way nearly to the floor, and the whole was a frightful scene of destruction.

The congregation, under the lead of Dr. McDowell, immediately began the work of rebuilding. The building was improved in strength and beauty, and reopened and dedicated Oct. 5, 1851. The restoration cost ten thousand dollars. This expense was met by the collections made for the purpose, and the per- manent debt reduced to eight thousand seven hun- dred dollars. In 1857, Robert S. Clark, one of the ruling elders, offered to give for the extinguishment of the debt four thousand dollars, provided the con- gregation would pay the remainder. The money was raised, and the church began the year (1858) free trom debt. The increasing infirmities of age led Dr. McDowell, soon after, to propose to resign his charge, to which proposition the church refused to listen. In 1859 measures were taken to secure a collegiate pas- tor, which resulted in the settlement of the Rev. Morris C. Sutphen, who was ordained and installed May 1, 1860. The arrangement was highly satis- factory, and the joint pastorate, which continued until the death of Dr. McDowell, Feb. 13, 1863, was a period of harmony and prosperity. Dr. McDowell, besides the active duties of three important and suc- cessful pastorates, extending over a period of fifty- nine years, was intimately connected with many of the important religious movements of his day. He was one of the founders of the Princeton Theological Seminary, in 1812, of which he continued a director until his death. For forty-eight years he was secre- tary of the board, and a member of the convention which formed the American Bible Society, in 1816. He was also moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in 1820, a member of the Board of Domestic Missions, and chairman of its executive committee for thirty years,-from its or- ganization until his death,-besides holding other im- portant and honorable positions. He was the author of several works, among which may be mentioned a "System of Theology," in two octavo volumes, a " Bible Class Manual," and a "System of Bible Ques- tions" for the use of Bible-classes and Sabbath-schools, the first published in this country, of which several hundred thousand copies were issued. Few min- isters of the Presbyterian Church were more exten- sively known or more universally honored and re- spected than Rev. Dr. McDowell. Mr. Sutphen remained pastor of the church until April 6, 1866, when he removed to the city of New York. His successors in the pastoral office have been Rev. David A. Cunningham, D.D., 1866-76; Rev. Joshua L. Russell, 1877-82; Rev. M. M. Mangasarian, 1882. The Columbia Avenue Presbyterian Church, of which the Rev. William H. Hodge is pastor, grew out of a Sabbath-school organized in 1868, under the auspices

Dr. McDowell's successors in the Central Church have been Rev. William Henry Green, D.D., Rev. Henry Steele Clark, D.D., Rev. Alfred H. Kellogg, D.D., Rev. John H. Munro, D.D. The encroachments of business and the change of population led to the sale of the church property, at the corner of Eighth and Cherry Streets, and the erection of a new and costly church edifice on Broad Street, above Fairmount Avenue.

What is now known as the West Arch Street Church was an offshoot from the Second Church. A school-room at the corner of Race and Juniper Streets was procured and fitted up for the services of the church and Sabbath-school. It was regularly or- ganized, as the Eleventh Presbyterian Church, Nov. 26, 1828, by Rev. Drs. Ashbel Green, Thomas H. Skinner, and George C. Potts,-a committee ap- pointed by the Presbytery of Philadelphia,-with twenty-two members, all of whom came from the Second Church. The Rev. John L. Grant, the first pastor, was installed Nov. 18, 1829. During his pas- torate a church edifice was erected on Vine Street, above Eleventh. He resigned Feb. 11, 1850, and was succeeded by Rev. John Miller, D.D., May 13, 1851. The present edifice, on the corner of Arch and Eighteenth Streets, was dedicated Oct. 15, 1855. It contains eleven hundred sittings, and cost one hundred and three thousand five hundred and seventy dollars. Dr. Miller resigned Dec. 5, 1855, and his successors have been Rev. Jonathan Edwards, D.D., June 26, 1857, resigned March 12, 1866; Rev. A. A. Willetts, D. D., April 29, 1867 ; and Rev. John Hemp- hill, D.D., in 1882.

Dr. Ely remained in the pastorate of the Third Church twenty-one years. He resigned in 1835 to aid in the establishment of a college and theological seminary in Missouri. Among the ministers of his denomination Dr. Ely had, when at his prime, few superiors in talent, eloquence, position, influence, and power. He was stated clerk of the General Assem- bly for eleven years, and moderator of the Assembly in 1828. His activity in all schemes of charity and benevolence was boundless. It is said Jefferson Medical College owes its existence to him, as one of its trustees, for in its pecuniary straits he bought the lot and erected the building where it now stands. There is good reason for believing that his benefac- tions during his life amounted to nearly fifty thou- sand dollars. His entire fortune was sunk in the Missouri scheme. He returned to Philadelphia in 1844, and took charge of the First Church of the Northern Liberties. Dr. Ely's successor in the Third Church was the Rev. Thomas Brainerd, D.D. He was installed in March, 1837, and remained in its

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charge for nearly thirty years, until his death. He was moderator of the General Assembly (New School) in 1864. During his pastorate he admitted some twelve hundred communicants to the Third Church. 1Ie died of apoplexy, at the residence of his daughter, in Seran- ton, Pa., Aug. 22. 1866. He was succeeded by Rev. Richard 11. Allen, D.D., who remained in charge until Oct. 4, 1880, when he resigned, on his elec- tion to the office of secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Missions for Freedmen. He was succeeded by Rev. Hughs O. Gibbons, Oet. 4, 1881.

In 1832 the trustees of the First Church of the Northern Liberties purchased a lot of ground on the south side of Buttonwood between Fifth and Sixth Streets, ninety-two feet four inches front with a depth of one hundred and fifty feet, and proceeded to erect a new honse of worship. The audience-room was opened May 12, 1833. The service of dedication was performed by Rev. Mr. Patterson. Mr. Patterson continued his ministry until his death, Nov. 17, 1837, in the fifty-ninth year of his age, the twenty-ninth of his ministry, and the twenty-fourth of his pastorate in this congregation.

The vacant pastorate was filled by the installation of the Rev. Daniel Lynn Carroll, D.D., Nov. 1, 1838. During his pastorate of five years and four months, the congregation was relieved from serious pecuniary embarrassment, and two hundred and fifty-nine new communicants were added to the church. Feeble health compelled him to resign Feb. 9, 1844. He was succeeded by the Rev. Ezra Stiles Ely, D.D., on Oct. 7, 1845, and who labored with great industry and fidelity until Aug. 23, 1851, when his ministry was brought to an abrupt end by paralysis. He lived nearly ten years longer, but never regained the power of intelligible speech. On April 15, 1852, he was re- leased from the responsibilities of the office, and died June 16, 1861. The whole number of additions to the church during his ministry was two hundred and thirty-two. He was succeeded by Rev. Thomas James Shepherd, D.D., Oct. 3, 1852. In 1866, extensive alterations and improvements were made in the church building at a cost of $15,485.08. Dr. Shep- herd continued in the discharge of the active duties of the pastorate for twenty nine years. The follow- ing is an exhibit of some of the work performed by him : Funerals attended, 592; members received, 742; baptisms administered, 508; marriages solemnized, 322; prayer and inquiry meetings held, 3582; ser- mons, lectures, and addresses, 5139; visits made, 12,481; collections reported to Presbytery, 8163,912.

Owing to failing health he was compelled to resign his charge July 3, 1881, but the congregation in recognition of his long and faithful pastorate honored him with the Pastor Emeritus.

Rev. Dr. Skinner was released from the Fifth Church, Dec. 13, 1832, to take the chair of Sacred Rhetorie in the theological seminary at Andover, Mass. His successors were Rev. George Duffield,

D.D., 1835-36; Rev. Thomas T. Waterman, 1837-43 ; Rev. M. L. R. P. Thompson, 1844-48. The church, under the pressure of pecuniary embarrassment, was disbanded. The property was then purchased at sheriff's sale by a new congregation, and the Arch Street Church was organized on Feb. 6, 1850, by the Presbytery of Philadelphia, with twenty members, most of them from the Central Church. Rev. Charles Wadsworth, D.D., the first pastor, was installed March 20, 1850.

Dr. Wadsworth resigned April 3, 1862, to take charge of Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Fran- cisco, Cal. He died in Philadelphia, April 1, 1882.

Dr. Wadsworth's successors were Rev. Nathaniel W. Conkling, D.D., 1863-68 ; Rev. John L. Withrow, D.D., 1868-73 ; Rev. Walter Q. Scott, D.D., 1874 -78; Rev. John Scott Sands, D.D., 1880.

The following is a list of Presbyterian Church or- ganizations in the city, with their date of formation as far as ascertained :

The Trustees of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. George Junkin, president ; Rev. William E. Schenck, D.D., vice-president ; E. G. Woodward, treas- игег.

Presbyterian Board of Publication. President, Rev. William P. Breed, D.D. ; Vice-Presidents, Hon. Joseph Allison, LL.D., Rev. T. J. Shep- herd, Rev. J. Addison Henry, D.D .; Corresponding Secretary, Rev- William E. Schenck, D.D .; Editorial Secretary, Rev. John W. Dulles, D.D .; Secretary of Sunday-school Work, Rev. James A. Wor- den, D.D .; Business Superintendent, John A. Black; Recording Clerk, Rev. W. M. Rice, D.D .; Treasurer, S. D. Powel.

Presbyterian Historical Society, 1220 Race Street. Rev. John Hall, D.D, New York, president ; Rev. J. B. Dales, D.D., recording secre- tary ; Rev. Douglass K. Turaer, corresponding secretary aud libra- rian ; Rev. Mr. Ludwig, treasurer.

Presbyterian Board of Relief for Disabled Ministers and the Widows and Orphane of Deceased Ministers. Rev. V. D. Reed, D.D., presi- dent ; A. C. Barclay, vice-president ; Rev. George Hale, D.D., secre- tary ; Rev. Charles Brown, treasurer.

Board of Education, Rev. F. J. Dripps, D.D., president; Rev. Robert M. Patterson, D.D., vice-president; Rev. Daniel W. Poor, D.D., cor- responding secretary ; E. G. Woodward, treasurer.

Chaplin Public lostitutions. Rev. Alexander Heberton.

Trustees Presbyterian House. President, Samuel C. Perkins; Secre- tary, Rev. Thomas J. Shepherd, D.D .; Treasurer, Charles M. Lukens.

Churches .- Alexander, corner Nineteenth and Green Streete. Rev. John W. Bain.

Ann Carmichael (Memorial), Fifth Street and Erie Avenue.

Arch Street, Arch Street, above Tenth. Rev. Jobo S. Sande. 1815.

Atonement, Wharton Street, above Broad. Rev. Edward E. Bruen. 1838.

Berenn, South College Avenue, above Ridge Avenue. Rev. Matt. An- derson.

Bethany, Twenty-second and Bainbridge Streets. Rev. Arthur D. Pier- sun, D.D. 1860.

Bethesda, southeast corner Frankford road and Vienna Street. Rev. W. T. Eva, D.D.

Bethlehem, northeast corner Broad and Diamond Streets. Rev. B. L. Agnew, pastor elect.

Calvary, Locust Street, near Fifteenth. Rev. Charles A. Dickey, D.D. 18:3.

Carmel (German), New Street, below Fourth, Rev. H. J. Weber.

Central, Broad Street, above Fairmount Avenue. Rev. John H. Munro. 18:3.

Central colored), Lombard Street, below Ninth. Rev. John B. Reeve, D.D. 1$44.

Chambers, corner Brond and Snneom Streets. 1825.

Chandler Memorial, Kensington, Rev. James HI. Marr.

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Clinton Street Immanuel, corner Teath and Clinton Streets. Rev. J. F. Dripps. 1844.

Cokocksink, Franklin Street and Columbia Avenue. Rev. William Greenough. 1840.

Columbia Avenue and Fairmount, corner Twenty-first Street and Co- lumbia Avenne. Rev. William H. Hodge.

Corinthian Avenue (Germau), Corinthian Avenue, below Poplar Street. Rev. J. Richelsen.

Eastburn Mariners, Front Street, above Pine. 1830.

Falls of Schuylkill, Ridge Avenue, below School Lane. Rev. Joseph Beggs, D.D.

Fifteenth, Lombard and Fifteenth Streets. Rev. M. L. Ross. 1850. First ( Washington Square), coroer Seventh and Locust Streets. 1698. Firat Brideaburg. Rev. A. A. Dinsmore.

First Chestnut Hill, corner Rex and Main Streets. Rev. R. Owen, D.D. First Africao, southeast corner Sixteenth and Lombard Streets. Rev. A. S. Mays. 1810.

First Germantown, Chelton Avenue, near Germantown Avenue, Rev. W. J. Chichester.

First Holmesburg, Holmesburg Avenne, below Decatur Street. Rev. Joho Peacock.

First Kensington, Girard Avenue, ahove Hanover Street. Rev. J. Her- vey Beale. 1814.

Firat Manayunk, corner Centre and Chestnut Streets. Rev. Charles E. Burna.

First Northern Liberties, Buttonwood Street, below Sixth. 1814.

First Southwark, German Street, below Third. Rev. W. S. Thompson. 1818

Fourth, Twelfth and Lombard Streets. Rev. James Robinson. 1799. Fox Chase, in public hall. Rev. S. T. Milliken.

Frankford, corner Church Street and Frankford Avenue. Rev. Thomas Murphy, M.D. 1807.

Gastou, Eleventh Street and Lehigh Avenue. Rev. W. C. Rommel.

Grace, Twenty-second and Federal Streeta. Rev. A. Culver. 1878.

Green Hill, Girard Avenue, above Sixteenth Street. Rev. George F. Wiswell, D.D.

Greenwich, Greenwich Street, below Moyamenaing Avenue. Rev. Wil- liam Hutton. 1867.

Hebron Memorial, Twenty-fifth and Thompson Streets. Rev. Robert

Graham.

Hermen, corner Frankford Avenue and Harrison Street, Rev. John H. Boggs.

Hollond (Memorial), Federal Street, below Broad. Rev. W. M. Paden. 1882.

Hope Chapel, Thirty-third and Wharton Streets, under care of Calvary Presbyterian Church. Rev. J. Gray Bolton.

Howard Chapel, Bainbridge Street, below Fourth,

Kenderton, Sixteenth and Tioga Streets. Rev. J. McElmoyle.

Kensington, Fraukford Avenue, above Girard Avenue. Rev. Robert

Hunter.

Leverington. Rev. J. W. Kirk, Rexhorough.

Macalester (Memorial). Torresdale.

Mantua, Preston and Aapen Streets, Rev. S. A. Harlow.

Market Square, Germantown. Rev. J. E. Wright.

Memorial, Montgomery Avenue below Eighteenth Street. Rev. Samuel A. Mutchmore, D.D.

Mount Airy. Rev. W. P. White, Germantown. 1882.

Ninth, Sixteenth and Sansom Streets. Rev. William Blackwood, D.D., LL.D. 1825.

North, Sixth Street, above Green. Rev. A. C. Clark.

North Broad Street, Broad and Green Streets. Rev. Robert D. Harper, D.D.

Northminster, Thirty-fifth aud Baring Streets. Rev. Robert H. Fulton. North Tenth Street, Tenth Street, below Girard Avenue. Rev. Henry D. Northrop.

Olivet, Twenty-second and Mount Vernon Streets. Rev. L. Y. Graham. Oxford, Bread and Oxford Streeta. Vacant.

Penn Mission, Twenty-seventh and Hagert Streets. Rev. George Van Deurs.

Point Breeze Mission. Rev. E. B. Newberry.

Princeton, corner Saunders Streets and Powelton Avenue. Rev. J. Ad- dison Henry, D.D.

Pulaskiville Chapel, Coulter Street, near Pulaski. Under care of Firat Presbyterian Church, Germantown.

Richmond, Richmond Street, above William. Rev. G. II. S. Campbell. Roxborough, Ridge Avenue, ninth milestone. Rev. W. E. Westervelt. Scots, Spruce Street, above Third. 1825.

Second, Twenty-first and Walnut Streeta. Rev. John S. Macintosh, D.D. 1742.

Second Germantown, Tulpehocken and Green Streeta, Rev. J. W. Teal. Sixty-third Street, near Vine. Rev. Clement C. Dickey.

Somerville Chapel, Stenton Avenue, near Church Lane, Under care of Firat Presbyterian Church, Germantown.

Sonth, Third Street, below Federal. Rev. W. L. Ledwith. 1838.

South Broad Street, Castle Avenue, below Broad Street. Rev. J. C. Thompson. 1883.

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History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884, Part 104

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898. cn; Westcott, Thompson, 1820-1888, joint author Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : L. H. Everts & Co. Number of Pages: 992

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898. cn; Westcott, Thompson, 1820-1888, joint author
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : L. H. Everts & Co.
Number of Pages: 992