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Marriages at East Greenbush Methodist Church 1875-1901 |
East Greenbush Methodist Church was organized on 2 December 1873 and was dedicated in 1874. The first church building (see photo), a frame structure, stood in the center of the then village of East Greenbush, on the south side of Columbia Turnpike, just east of the present Greenbush Dutch Reformed Church. This first building remained in use until the present brick church was built in 1962, at a site a little less than a mile to the south. After the first building ceased to be a church, it was sold, but - minus its bell tower - it still survives today. It is now painted red and was for many years the Appleland Farm Market. Nevertheless, the high altar where my great-grandparents said "I do" in 1891 could still be seen upstairs, along with the stained-glass windows, stored there safely by the present owners. The modern, brick present church, located at the corner of Hays Road and Gilligan Road, surrounds a small courtyard. In this courtyard can be seen, still hung ready for ringing, the old church's bell. An inscription on this bell shows that it was dedicated in 1906 to David PHILLIPS (1817-1908), who was one of the founder members of this church. He was also my great-great-great-grandfather.
Josephine Schweigert, the then Town Historian of East Greenbush, gave me photocopies of a typescript of the records of this church, and I've transcribed them into digital form and submitted them to this GenWeb site to make them accessible online for everyone with an interest in this church. There are births, adult baptisms, marriages and deaths. For the marriages below, I've retained the format given in the typescript, so that you may search alphabetically in the first column not only for grooms but also for brides. This way, every groom and every bride has an entry in the first column as "Smith, John" or as "Jones, Mary", and every groom and every bride also has an entry in the second column as "John Smith" or as "Mary Jones", so that a researcher who enters "John Smith" or "Mary Jones" as a search value in a search engine will be brought to this page. If you have any questions or comments, please e-mail me, Lin Van Buren.
| Bride or Groom | Age | Bride or Groom | Age | Date of Marriage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allendorph, George R. | 29 | Charlotte A. Elliott | 23 | 21 Feb 1883 |
| Barnfather, Levi | - | Annette Devereaux | - | 8 Sept 1880 |
| Bartlett, William F. | 22 | Minnie Chadwick | 20 | 19 Sept 1894 |
| Basolt, Katie L. | 26 | W. Julian Salla | 29 | 27 Nov 1901 |
| Becker, Addison | 24 | Etta Vandenburgh | 18 | 1881 |
| Becker [sic - Packer?], Emma Birdella | 21 | Edward A. Weeker [sic - Edward A. Weeber?] | 22 | 9 June 1898 |
| Becker, Sarah Louise | 39 | Egbert Larkin | 65 | 30 Mar 1891 |
| Bedell, Charles H. | - | Nettie E. Pitts | - | 10 June 1895 |
| Bedell, Harriet | 51 | James M. Bennett | 61 | 9 Dec 1885 |
| Bell, Arthur | 22 | Jennie Brown | 19 | 1888 |
| Benedict, Samuel | 40 | Etta M. Holdridge | 18 | 1881 |
| Bennett, James M. | 61 | Harriet Bedell | 51 | 9 Dec 1885 |
| Boyce, Millington | - | Abbie Traver | - | 14 Dec 1881 |
| Bowers, George L. | 37 | Louisa M. Ostrander | 18 | 2 Jan 1878 |
| Bristol, Maud E. | 19 | Frank L. Harris | - | 30 July 1901 |
| Brown, Jennie | 19 | Arthur Bell | 22 | 1888 |
| Brown, Nellie J. | 36 | Walter M. B---- | 37 | 29 Jan 1889 |
| Burwell, George E. | - | Hattie A. Wing | - | 10 Sept 1884 |
| Carpenter, Alton J. | 25 | F. Palmer | 20 | 15 Feb 1888 |
| Chadwick, Minnie | 20 | William F. Bartlett | 22 | 19 Sept 1894 |
| Clapper, Mary A. | 23 | Frank M. Garrison | 23 | 10 May 1882 |
| Clark, Anson [Cack?] | 27 | Mary Van Buren | 23 | 29 Aug 1887 |
| Coons, Katie A. | 19 | Benjamin J. Minch | 21 | 27 Oct 1897 |
| Couse, John Edward | 20 | Marie E. Lown | 33 | 12 Mar 1890 |
| Covert, Mary E. | 26 | Melvin B. Sharpe | 27 | 3 Dec 1885 |
| Curtis, Cora | 18 | Charles E. Freezon | 21 | 9 Mar 1876 |
| De Friest, Rinnie? M. [Rinier?] | 29 | Mary L. Siple | 19 | 19 July 1885 |
| Devereaux, Annette | - | Levi Barnfather | - | 8 Sept 1880 |
| Ecker, Mrs. Mary J. | - | John M. Vandercock [sic] | - | 15 Mar 1882 |
| Eller, Christina | - | George C. File | - | 23 Feb 1881 |
| Elliott, Charlotte A. | 23 | George R. Allendorph | 29 | 21 Feb 1883 |
| Elliott, Cora Belle | 29 | Irving Turner | 24 | 4 June 1890 |
| Elliott, Harris A. | 29 | Elizabeth N. Vandenburgh | 25 | 12 Oct 1899 |
| Ennis, Sarah | 27 | Theodore Allen Tallmadge | 27 | 16 Feb 1887 |
| File, George C. | - | Christine Eller | - | 23 Feb 1881 |
| Folmsbee, George E. | 34 | Susie W. Griffin | 23 | 8 May 1890 |
| Freezon, Charles E. | 21 | Cora Curtis | 18 | 9 Mar 1876 |
| Freezon, William H., Jr. | 22 | Annie Leuhart | 19 | 13 Jan 1889 |
| Gardner, George Henry | 23 | Ida May Proper | 21 | 5 Jan 1876 |
| Garrison, Frank H. | 23 | Mary A. Clapper | 23 | 10 May 1882 |
| Glady, Franklin | - | Carrie S. Kelsey | - | 23 Nov 1881 |
| Green, Maggie | 21 | George K. Kever | 21 | 8 Nov 1888 |
| Griffin, Charles E. | - | Emma Weinberg | - | 2 June 1889 |
| Griffin, Susie W. | 23 | George Folmsbee | 34 | 8 May 1890 |
| Harris, Frank L. | - | Maud E. Bristol | - | 30 July 1901 |
| Hiller, Lysander | 35 | Mary Stevenson | 28 | 21 Nov 1882 |
| Hoffman, Frank | 33 | Maggie --- | 28 | 15 Apr 1891 |
| Hogle, Nettie | 19 | John Lasher | 22 | Oct 1887 |
| Holdridge, Etta M. | 18 | Samuel Benedict | 40 | 1881 |
| Hudson, Ernest | 25 | Maria Van Salsbury | 25 | 19 Nov 1890 |
| Hunt, A. Woodruff | 24 | Jennie Quayler | 20 | 20 Nov 1876 |
| Kelsey, Carrie S. | - | Franklin Glady | - | 23 Nov 1881 |
| Kever, George K. | 24 | Maggie Green | - | 8 Nov 1888 |
| Kilbourne, Louise | - | Peter Weidman | - | 25 Mar 1882 |
| Kilmer, Henrietta | - | Peter Marvin | [24] | 9 Aug 1880 |
| La More, Emma | 19 | George Arnold Rhodes | 21 | 24 Nov 1889 |
| Larkin, Egbert | 65 | Sarah Louise Becker | 39 | 30 Mar 1891 |
| Lasher, John | 22 | Nettie Hogle | [19] | 17 Oct 1887 |
| Leuhart, Annie | 19 | William H. Freezon, Jr. | [22] | 13 Jan 1889 |
| Ligal, George [Legal?] | - | Elva E. Mervin | - | 7 Jan 1885 |
| Link, Walter E. | 24 | Eda May Phillips | 21 | 2 Oct 1894 |
| Lown, Marie E. | 33 | John Edward Couse | 20 | 12 Mar 1890 |
| Manning, Eugene E. | 20 | Anna Westfall | - | 20 Dec 1882 |
| Marvin, Elva E. | - | George Ligal [George Legal?] | - | 7 Jan 1885 |
| Marvin, Peter | 24 | Henrietta Kilmer | - | 9 Aug 1880 |
| McCauley, Ella M. | 24 | Edwin K. Thompson | 25 | 21 Feb 1877 |
| Mesick, May | 23 | Jesse D. Van Valkenburgh | 21 | 11 Oct 1899 |
| Minch, Benjamin J. | 21 | Katie A. Coons | 19 | 27 Oct 1897 |
| Minch, Julia | 18 | Frank F. Werking | 22 | 31 July 1895 |
| Morey, Marilda E. | 21 | John A. Schaller | 30 | 13 June 1900 |
| Nead, Oliver A. | 28 | Mary A. Walker | 27 | 18 Oct 1876 |
| Ostrander, Eliza A. | - | David S. Roney [sic] | - | 23 Oct 1884 |
| Ostrander, Louisa M. | 18 | George L. Bowers | [37] | 2 Jan 1878 |
| [Packer, Emma Birdella] | 21 | Edward A. Weeber [sic - Edward A. Weeker?] | 22 | 9 June 1898 |
| Palmer, F. | 20 | Alton J. Carpenter | 25 | 15 Feb 1888 |
| Penoyer, Caroline | 41 | Clark A. Phillips | 35 | 6 Mar 1895 |
| Phillips, Clark A. | 35 | Caroline Penoyer | 41 | 6 Mar 1895 |
| Phillips, Eda May | 21 | Walter E. Link | 24 | 2 Oct 1894 |
| Philo, Samuel Sabin | 63 | Annie Williams | 38 | 5 Nov 1889 |
| Pitts, Andrew F., MD | 27 | Libbie Wing | 25 | 7 May 1886 |
| Pitts, Charles | 25 | Kittie Gray | 22 | 16 Feb 1887 |
| Pitts, Nettie E. | - | Charles H. Bedell | - | 10 June 1885 |
| Pockman, Frank | 24 | Minnie E. Traver | 21 | 2 Nov 1889 |
| Proper, Ida May | 21 | George Henry Gardner | 23 | 5 Jan 1876 |
| Quayler, Jennie | 20 | A. Woodruff Hunt | 24 | 20 Nov 1876 |
| Rhodes, George Arnold | 21 | Emma La More | 19 | 24 Nov 1889 |
| Romey [sic], David S. | - | Eliza Ostrander | - | 23 Oct 1884 |
| Rysedorph, Fannie J. | 26 | Sanford B. Warner | 31 | 12 Dec 1889 |
| Salla, W. Julian | 29 | Katie L. Basolt | 26 | 17 Nov 1901 |
| Schaller, John A. | 30 | Marilda E. Morey | 21 | 13 June 1900 |
| Scutt, Warren A. | 29 | Sarah Amelia Wager | 23 | 25 Sept 1889 |
| Self, Mrs. Sarah A. | - | William Turner | - | 11 June 1884 |
| Sharpe, Melvin B. | 27 | Mary E. Covert | 26 | 5 Dec 1885 |
| Shaver, Abram DeWitt | 25 | Emma Turk | 17 | 7 Nov 1875 |
| Siple, Mary L. | 19 | "Rinnie? M. De Friest" [Rinier M. DeFreest?] | [29] | 19 July 1885 |
| Squire, Georgia Ella | 17 | Fred G. Turner | 19 | 31 Dec 1888 |
| Stevenson, Mary | 28 | Lysander Hiller | 35 | 21 Nov 1882 |
| Tallmadge, Theodore Allen | 27 | Sarah Ennis | 27 | 16 Feb 1887 |
| Thompson, Edwin K. | 25 | Ella M. McCauley | 24 | 21 Feb 1877 |
| Thornton, Edward A. | 24 | Hattie E. Wakelee | 24 | 6 May 1901 |
| Traver, Abbie | - | Millington Boyce | - | 14 Dec 1881 |
| Traver, Jennie A. | 21 | Charles W. Van Buren | 25 | 15 Mar 1891 |
| Turk, Emma | 17 | Abram DeWitt Shaver | 25 | 7 Nov 1875 |
| Turner, Fred G. | 19 | Georgia Ella Squires | 17 | 31 Dec 1888 |
| Turner, Irving | 24 | Cora Belle Elliott | 29 | 4 June 1890 |
| Turner, William | - | Mrs. Sarah A. Self | - | 11 June 1884 |
| Van Buren, Charles W. | 25 | Jennie A. Traver | 21 | 15 Mar 1891 |
| Vandenburgh, Etta | 18 | Addison Becker | 24 | 1881 |
| Vandercook [sic], John M. | - | Mrs. Mary J. Ecker | - | 15 Mar 1882 |
| Van Salsbury, Maria | 25 | Ernest Hudson | 25 | 19 Nov 1890 |
| Van Valkenburgh, Jesse D. | 21 | May Mesick | 23 | 11 Oct 1899 |
| Wager, Sarah Amelia | 23 | Warren A. Scutt | 29 | 26 Sept 1889 |
| Wakelee, Hattie E. | 24 | Edward A. Thornton | 24 | 6 May 1901 |
| Walker, Mary A. | 27 | Oliver A. Nead | 28 | 18 Oct 1876 |
| Warner, Sanford B. | 31 | Fannie J. Rysedorph | 26 | 12 Dec 1889 |
| Weeber, Edward A. [sic - Weeker, Edward A.?] | 22 | Emma Birdella Packer [sic - Emma Birdella Becker? | 21 | 9 June 1898 |
| Weidman, Peter | - | Louise Kilbourne | - | 25 Mar 1882 |
| Weinberg, Emma | - | Charles E. Griffin | - | 2 June 1889 |
| Werking, Frank F. | 22 | Julia Minch | 18 | 31 July 1895 |
| Westfall, Anna | - | Eugene Manning | - | 20 Dec 1882 |
| Williams, Annie | 38 | Samuel Sabin Philo | 63 | 5 Nov 1889 |
| Wing, Hattie A. | - | George E. Burwell | - | 10 Sept 1884 |
| Wing, Libbie | 25 | Andrew F. Pitts [MD] | 27 | 7 May 1886 |
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