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History Of The Dexter Episcopal Church

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Parent Issue
Day
29
Month
January
Year
1896
Copyright
Public Domain
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The first Episcopal sermón preacheó here was by Rev. Mr. Cade, a misionary- The meeting was iie'd in syvanus Xoble's log house in the year 181Í7. Ho was here wlth hls Christian bretliren but one Sunday. My unc'e, MiTchant Huxford, came liere trom Conway, Pranklin co., Mas?., In 182S and preached Jiere and in Ann Arbor for eeveral years. He mnr:-Iííl EHslia Belcher, a lawyer in Ann Arljor, and Mies Bird. ti:e tirst couple marrled by an Episcopal c'ergymain. Rev. Silas Freeman, of Cleveland, 0., bouglit a farm a few miles out from Dexter vi'lige. and oecasionaliy he'd services and preached to the iew cnurch families who ieslded here, in a los school house one mile west of Dexter village, in 1830. Xot long after he lei't the ministry and removed from Ihis neigliborliood. About this time the bishop of thia diocese passed t'hrough Dexter, stopped and preaclied to a few persons hastTy gathered togetter. Eev. Samuel Marks preached here In 1836. David J. Berger organized the St. James Episcopal chureh in Dexter vlllage in 1836, with the fo'lowiag named men for a vestry : Barnabas Dibb'e, Pierpont I. Smith, Nathan'el Noble, "WiHiam .A. Jones, Alexander D. Crane, Dr. Amos Gray, James Cunning-ham, Darius Barker, N. Ho'lister, N. Hurst. A'eron Hollister preached here from 1848 until Caleb A. Bruce took charge of this parteh and the chureh in the village oí Hamburg, Livingston county, in 1852. He resigned his ministry in October, 1854. During his ministry here the chureh buid'ing occupied by the Bociety at the present time was commenced ; it ivas íinished by the energy and perseverance oí his father, Nathaniel Bruce. The chureh was Cedicated and opened to the public for divine eervice, June 23, 1855. The first ovening prayer was read by Lewis Noble, son of Sulvanus Noble who carne here from Ann Arbor in 1821, and settled on a farm one mile west of Dexter village. Caleb A. Bruce was appointed missionary in charge oí tlús iiarish a: d Hamburg. In 1857 he rcs'gned and went to Port "Wayne, Ind. Wrhi,le the present chureh edifice was being cnclosod. roo. e dand Kided, the congregation held their meetings iu a building on G street, later owned by JIrs. "Wygant. In olden times it was aed as a blacksmith shop by Alexander Ci-ane and James McMahon, who ehod oxen there. The building was built by Henry Field, ïirst husband oí the late Mrs. Jeiu-ha "Wygant. The 1'oUowing is a list of the Episcopal clergyman that have been stationed here Irom time to time : Merchant Hux.ord, 1826-30. SUas C. Freeman, 1830-33. John P. Bausman, 1834-35. Samuel P. Marks, 1836-37. David J. Berger, 1837-38. Marmaduke Hurst, 1839-41. Itobert G. Cox, 1842-43. Darius G. Barker, 1843-45. Phineas J. Smith, 1846-47. George P. "Wi Hams, ] 847-48. Alerón S. Hollister. 1848-50. Caleb S. Bruce, 1833-54. Nathaniel Bruce, 1835-57. William S. King, 1857-58. Wriiam S. Kelley. 1859-63. Albert C. Lewis, 1864-66. V. C. Spauiaimg, 3 867-72. Augustus C. Busli, 1872-76. Osgood C. Fu'ler, 1876-77. James II. Magoffin. 1877-82. M, C. Stanely, 1883-84. William Galpln. 1887-90. T,. P. Jocelyn, 1892-95. The George P. "Williams givcn above was the gentleman wlio held the chair of Jlathematics ïor bo many years in the University, and whóse memory is such a pleasant one to so many of our people.

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Ann Arbor Courier