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Schuyler Co., NY
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St. John's Episcopal Church,
Catharine, Schuyler co., NY
Contributed by Elaine Meeks Tindall
This church was organized in 1809 under the Rev. Davenport Phelps. Members of these families attended the first official meeting: Wm. H. PRINCE, Lemuel SHELTON, Elias BEARDSLEY, Dr. George HIBBARD, Isaac LYON, Aaron HALL, John COE, Lemuel NICHOLS, Andrew BULKLEY, Joseph LYON, Mason JONES, Jacob MARSHALL, Joseph L. DARLING, Elias CLARK, Harriet DePUYSTER. Quite of few of these first families came from Connecticut. By 1819 a small building had been built, but the present building was consecrated Aug. 26, 1837. In 1837, the Wardens of the church were: John STEWART (STUART) & Wm. H. PRINCE. The 1837 Vestrymen were: J. S. DARLING, Munson PRINCE, Frederick STEWART (STUART), James N. PRINCE, Eli BEARSLEY, Irad BEARDSLEY& Jay S. HINE. In May 1874 the church was remodeled and the pipe organ, gift of banker Hull FANTON, was installed.
Clergymen thru the years:
1810 Davenport Phelps
1812 Orin Clarke
1813 Alanson W. Walton
1817 George Norton
1823 Samuel Phinney
1827 Ezekiel Gear
1828-32 John D. Gilbert
1832 Robert Campbell
1836 Richard Smith
1841 Major N. Nickerson
1844 James Q. O'Kile
1847 Daniel C. Millett
1849 Moses E. Wilson
1852 Peter Ruth
1855 Charles Purviance
1855 Peter Ruth
1858 S. G. Hayward
1859 Luther Gregory
1860 Duncan A. Mann
1866 William Atwell
1871 Sylvester D. Booram
1871 Nobel Palmer
1881 Francis F. Rice (40 years-rector of St. John's of Catharine & St. Paul's of Montour Falls.)
1918 Adelbert McGinnis
1923 J. H. Herendeen
1935 Charles McGavern
1936 Arlin (layreader, then)
1937 Ellwood
1941 G. F. Dutton
(List from the History of Catharine by Louise C. Cleaver., pub. 1945)
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