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A BRIEF HISTORY
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OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Published on the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Introduction of Meth-
odisnn into Port Jervis and the Delaware and Neversink Valleys.
PORT JERVIS, N. Y.;
The Gazette Publishing Company.
1887,
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DREW CENTENIIAL METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH,
POET JERVIS, ORANGE 00,, N, Y,
DEDICATED MAEOH 7, 1868.
Contents.
1 . —Introduction.
3. — John Wesley.
8. — Church Statistics. ,
4. — General History.
^>. — Keasons for Omitting Reminiscencea.
6. — Church Directory.
7. — Port Jervis.
8. — Advertisements.
INTRODUCTION.
At the Quarterly Conference held March, 1887, it was resolved to
suitably celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the introduction of Methodism
into Port Jervis and vicinity, and the following Committee was appointed
to arrange for the Anniversary Occasion : Rev. W. S. Gallaway, Pastor,
Eev. Henry Dutcher, Mr. L. E. Elston, Mr. J. L. Crawford, Mr. Horace
Hammond. To the above Committee were subsequently added the follow-
ing representatives from the dift'erent organizations of the church : Mrs.
G. W. Smith, Mrs. L. Y. Ketcham, Mrs. Wm. Blanford, Mrs. J. P. Adams,
Mrs. Ohas. Peck, Mrs. J. H. Gordon, Mrs. M. F. Gallaway, Mrs. Wm.
Hammond, Miss Grace Simpson, Miss Ida Walker, Mr. L. E. Van Etten^
Mr. Wm. Blanford, Mr. Wm. Weber, Mrs. Wm. Muir, Mrs. C. P. Reuling,
Mrs. Wm. Cory, Mrs. G. D. Brown.
The above committee arranged for the celebration the following' pro-
gram, which was unanimously approved by the Official Board, the Quar-
terly Conference and all co-operating Organizations of the church :
Thursday and Friday, October 20th and 31st, a "Carnival of the
Months," to be held in the Assembly Rooms. On the evenings of Jyov. 3d
and 4th an entertainment known as " The Flower Queen, " to be given in
the church ; and on Sundaj', Nov. Cth, Historical Services, to be followed
by special revival services. On the evenings of Nov. 7th and 8th, preach-
ing by Rev. D. R. Lowrie, Presiding Elder. Wednesday evening, Nov.
!)th, an old fashioned Love Feast, admitted by handsome souvenir tickets
prepared for the occasion, also a Thanksgiving offering to be made at that
time toward the mortgage debt of the church. Nov. 10th and 11th,
preaching by the Eev. Horace W. Byrnes. Nov. 12th to 20th, special
revival services continued, conducted by Mrs. Carrie Clark, evangelist,
from Jersey City. Sunday, Nov. 27th or Dec. 4th, Mr. Henry Price, of
New York, former^ leader of the New York praying band.
All these services to be under the direct supervision of our Pastor, Kev.
W. S. Gallaway, who has been favored with more than ordinary experience
in church work for more than twenty years.
In connection with the above program a paper called the " Head-
light, " to be published for the purpose of advertising the *Carnival, and
the historical and other religious services connected with the Anniversary ;
also that a book of historical information be published— an edition of at
least four hundred volumes, and sold at as low price as possible to cover
cost.
Let all the people take part in these exercises, and especially pray and
work for the salvation of souls.
* The Carnival has been held ; all the people did their part well, and the net pi'ofits
after all the expenses were paid, were ^.512.80.
John Wesley.
John Wesley, tlie fouiider of Methodism, was born at Epworth, Eng-
land, June 17, 1703 ; at the age of thirteen a pupil in the Charter House
School, in London ; at sixteen a student in Christ College, Oxford ; at
twenty, a Fellow of Lincoln College ; at twenty-three, Greek Professor and
Moderator of the classes. During the last fifty-two years of his ministry
he preached 43,400 sermons (an average of over fifteen per week), and
published in addition to his own prose productions, constituting fourteen
octavo volumes in the English edition, and seven in the American, his
Notes and Abridgements, making a catalogue of one hundred and eighteen
prose works (a single one of which, the Christian Library, contains fifty
volumes), forty-nine poetical publications by himself and brother, and five
distinct works on music. After the most successful ministerial career since
the days of the Apostles, he died October 24th, 1790, aged eighty-seven,
and having been in the ministry over sixty years. Among his last sentences
was, "The best of all is, God is with us."
Church Statistics.
Methodist Episcopal Church, in Pokt Jebvis.
Present
Cliurolies, Val. of Church Prop'ty, Members, Sunday School Members,
1. 130,000. 574. 400.
The following statistics of churches in the United States, having church
organizations in Port Jervis, are extracts from a very carefully prepared
exhibit in the Independent of May 9th, 1887 :
Churches.
Ministers.
Members.
Methodist,
47,302
211,493
4,532,658
Reformed,
2,004
1,342
259,974
Baptist,
40,847
27,889
3,727,207
Presbyterian,
12,808
9,429
1,082,430
Episcopalians,
4,524
8,805
430,531
Lutherans,
7,573
3,990
930,830
Those having fearful apprehensions of the decline of the churches
should carefully examine the above figures, and remember that the gains
of the last four years have been 1,031,799. The churches have not only
received enough new members to supply the loss by deaths and discipline,
but have added to their numbers over sixteen hundred thousand in four
years. The rate of increase is 407,940 a year, 1,117 every day, 40 every
hour in the day. — Headlight.
1812-1887.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF METHODISM
IN POET JERVIS, N. T,, AND THE DELAWAEE AND
^ ' NEVEESINK VALLEZS.
Pbepared by H. Dutcher and L. E. Elston.
The very early history of Methodism in the valleys of the Delaware
and Neversink cannot be definitely stated, as there were no records kept
for a number of years, but from the most reliable information that can be
obtained, it dates back to 1813—1814, 75 years ago. During those two
years Eev. Mr. Hunt, a Methodist Local Preacher, worked in the old
glass factory in Pennsylvania, just across the river opposite Sparrowbush (then
known as Boydville). He preached nearly every Sabbath— sometimes in a
grove, sometimes in a private house. His preaching places were at Boyd-
ville, Carpenter's Point, and at Leo Gegee, (at what is now known as Hu-
guenot). At that time the Methodists living in this vicinity were very few
in number. Among them were Joseph Chattle, Benjamin Carpenter, Leo
Gegee, Polly Bingham and Sally Hornbeck. At the close of the war in
1815 the glass house closed and Mr. Hunt moved away. About the time he
left the late Rev. Bartholemew Weed moved to Milford to work at his
trade as a blacksmith. He had been licensed as an exhorter in 1813. He
preached at Milford and at Carpenter's Point. About 181()-17 four Meth-
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odist families came from Coimectriout and settled near Cahoonzie. About
1818 Rev. Mr. Cumminss moved into the valley. He was a local preacher
and had six preaching places, viz ; at the school house in Huguenot ; at
the old red school house on the old Eeenpack road, now known as Kingston
Avenue ; at the house of Martin Decker, Port Jervis, situated near
where Penney 's Hotel now stands; at Mr. Stoddard's, near Greenville ; at
tin' house of Mr. Bridge's at Cahoouzie, and at the house of John Patter-
son at Si3arrowl)ush. About 1830 another Methodist preacher is reported
to have iireached in the valley, but from that time until 1839 we have not
been able to obtain any information in regard to the work. During all these
years there were no Societies formed or Church organizations eflfected ;
the preachers above named were at liberty to come and go at their own
pleasures, preach when and where they pleased, provided tiiey could find a
place to preach and the people were disposed to hear them.
In 1839 Milford was taken up as a regular appointment by the Phila-
delphia Annual Conference and embraced all of the teriitorj' from near
Bushkill, Pa., to Westbrookville, N. Y. , and all of that part of New Jersey
on the west side of the mountain from the mouth of the Platbrook to Car-
penter's Point, and from thence up the Delaware River to Narrowsburgh,
on the New York side, embracing Barrj'ville, Halfway Brook, Mongaup^
Forestburgh, Oakland Valley, and numerous other places.
The preachers were Bromwell Andrew and Thomas Millard, with Geo.
Bangbart as presiding Elder. This was the fii"st effort to organize Societies
and establish a church. It met with stong opposition in many quarters.
A Methodist Circuit preacher was looked upon as a curiosity, and by those
of a baser sort as an object of contempt, and they frequently amused them-
selves by pelting the preachers with stones and snow-balls as they rode along
the streets. Those were days that tried men's phj'sical endurance as well as
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their souls, for preacliers lia J to travel long-distances to reach their ap-
pointments, over rough roads from twentj' to thirty and sometimes forty
miles on the Sabbath and preach three or four times, and almost every
evening in the week.
Then their compensation was very small, a single mau receiving only
one hundred dollars a year allowance and board, and it was rarely ever that
they received all of that, and a married man was allowed two hundred dol-
lars a year and sixteen dollars for each child under fourteen years of age,
and traveling expenses, the Stewards allowing .just what they pleased. In
those da3rs it was very small, ranging from ten to twenty-five dollars.
Traveling expenses was understood to pay for the keeping of a horse while
the preacher was at home, and keejDiug the horse shod.
In 1830 James Long and Joseph Ohattlo were appointed to the same
charge (Milford). Joseph Chattle lived just above the railroad culvert on
the east side of the Neversink, near the residence of Nathan Skinner. Then
followed in 1831, Samuel Grace and Abram Street ; 1832, William Bloomer
and John McDougall ; 1833, William Baker and Vincent Sheperd ; 1834,
William Baker and Oliver Badgley ; 1835, Bromwell Andrew and Wash-
ington Thomas: 1836, Benjamin Day, One to be supplied.
At the General Conference of 1836 The New Jersey Conference was set
off from the Philadelphia, and embraced the whole State of New Jersey,
Kichmond, Rockland and portions of Orange and Sullivan Counties in the
State of N.Y. , and a narrow strip along the Delaware Eiver in Pennsylvania
from Matamoras to Bushkill. Milford Circuit with all its original terri-
tory was embraced in the new Conference, and in 1837 Benjamin Day was
returned to Milford circuit with one to be supplied, but the minutes do not
state who he was.
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PORT JERVIS.
Up to this time Port Jervis was connected -with Milford circuit, the
preaching places in the immediate vicinity of Poi't Jervis, "were Carpenter's
Point, and the red school-house on the Peenpack road, (now Kingston Ave-
nue), and at various private houses. In 1832 a revival broke out in this neigh-
borhood, and John D. Carpenter and several members of his family were
coavertedand joined the society. Mr. Carpenter at once became a very active
worker. He organized a Sabbath-School, acting as superintendant himself
and furnishing the books &c. for the school. Mr. Carpenter soon after pur-
chased the old tavern just below Carpenter's Point and near where the
Ferry used to cross the Delaware River, and rented it to Samuel Harris, a
member of the Society, for a dwelling, but he reserved the bar-room, which
he cleaned out and arranged it as a place in which to hold meetings, and
which for some time was the headquarters of the Society in the neighbor-
hood.
There is no possible way of ascertaining the number in the Society in
this vicinity at that time, as the numbers in each Society on the circuit
were grouped tOj^ether and only the totals reported to Conference.
In 1838 the Conference divided Milford circuit, taking that portion lying
in Orange and Sullivan Counties in the State of New York, and forming
what was known as the Port Jervis Mission, with Henry Mains and Abraham
Truitt as preachers. Up to this time the Society continued to meet in the
bar-room of the old tavern house, and at the red school-house on the Peen-
pack road, but now the Society had grown so large that a regular organiza-
tion M-as desired. Tlii.s was affected by the appointment of Stephen St. John,
Simeon M. Stoddard, John D. Carpenter, James Lupton, and Gilbert F.
Mondon as trustees for the Society, then styled " The First Methodist Epis-
copal Church of Port Jervis, N. Y, . " and on the 22ud day of October, 1838,
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the Delaware and Hudson Canal Co. donated a lot to the Society for Church
purposes. The Society at once commenced the erection of a house of wor-
ship and comjjleted the same the next year, 1839. The late John Bonker, a
member of the Society, worked on the bnilding and when completed he
built the first fire and fiyhted the fir.st candle in the new Church.
At the dedicatiim, which took place in 18o!), the Kev. Mr. Kenuedj'then
stationed at Newburj;h, officiated, assisted by Ke%'ereudg Manning Force,
Peter I). Day and a Mr, Dunning.
The Baptist Society in Port .Jervis held their services in this house for
nearly four years or uutil they Imilt themseh'es a house of worshii^ and ded-
icated it.
At the Conference of 1839, the name of Port Jervis Mission was changed
to Sandystone and Port Jervis Mission. William Baker and J. M. Pierson,
Preachers. '
At the Conference of 1840, the name was again changed to Lumberland
and Port Jervis Mission, J. M. Pierson and Thos. J. Lyon, Preachers. In
1841 Port Jervis was made a circuit, embracing in its boundaries Carpenter's
Point, Port Jervis, Huguenot, Honesville, (now Sparrowbush), Cahoonzie
and Mongaup, Lumberland, including Narrowsburgh, and supplied by a
Local Preacher by the name ot Smith.
Up to 1843 there was no report in the minutes of the Conference, of the
numbers in Society, but in that year the first report appears giving Port
Jervis circuit 140 members, and in 1849 there were 126 members in full stand-
ing and 14 probationers.
For several years jirior to 18C5, with the rapid growth of the Village and
the increase in membership rendered the old Church entirely inadequate to
accommodate the people, a larger house and a more central location was
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very necessary. A meeting was called to consider tlie matter, when it was
resolved that a neui cliurch was needed and also resolved to build a new
ehureh. A committee was appointed to procure a location, but failed to
secure one that was considered eligible. Finally this committee was dis-
charged and brother Henry Dntcher was aiDpointed'a committee o( one to
secure a location. In a few days he purchased the lot on tlie cnrner of
Sussex and Broome streets in his own right, for forty-two hundred dollars,
and was offered in less than twenty-four hours, one thousand dollars for his
bargain, and could have taken two thousand had he said the word, but
instead turned it over to the church for ju.st what it cost him, and also
offered to give toward a suitable church building for the location, one-
twentieth of its entire cost.
At the Conference of 18(i() Rev. George F. Dickinson was appointed to
Port Jervis, and a more competent -man could not have been chosen to
undertake the task of building a new church. The lot on which the church
stands is 74 feet on Sussex street and 150 feet on Broome street on which
stood a comfortable dwelling. This building was moved to the rear end
of the lot, facing it on Broome street, and remodeled it for a parsonage for
the jjreacher, the old parsonage on Main street having been sold.
During the summer and Fall (1866) the proper excavation was made,
the foundation laid, and on the 11th day of November, 1866, the corner
stone was laid with appropriate ceremonies. Besides the jjastor, Kev.
George F. Dickinson, there were present and assisted in the services, Kev.
Chas. S. Coit, Kev. Lewis K. Dunn, D.D.,andKev. William Tunison, A.M.
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The church buildin.;' is a flue brick structure 55 by 85 feet, with slate
roof. It has a spacious audience room, with large, well ventilated and
cheerful Sunday school and class rooms. The mason work was superin-
tended by John W. Cory, and the carpenter work coutraeted by Samuel
W. Hotchkiss, men perfectly competent for the work. In llie month of
October, 1867, the work had so far progressed that the basement was
finished and meetings were held in it during the Fall and Winter, the entire
building being finished by the first of March, 18fi8, and dedicated on the
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7th and 8tli, by the late Bishop E S. Janes, D.D., L.L.D., assisted by
Rev. R. L. Dashiel, D.D., L.L.D., and other prominent ministers and
laymen. The entire cost of the structure including the lot and parsonage
was al>out thirty five thousand dollars. Of this amount about seventeen
thousand dollars had been collected and paid in, and a funded debt of eight
thousand dollars, making a total indebtedness at the time of the dedication
of twelve thousand dollars in round numbers.
A special act of the Legislature of the State of New York was passed
March 33d, 1867, changing the title of the organization from "The First
Methodist Episcopal Church of Port Jervis " to "Drew Centennial Meth-
odist Episcopal Church of Port Tervis, N. Y. ," which is still the corporate
name of the church. The building committee that had charge of the work
was composed of the following brethren: Rev. GeorgeF. Dickinson, Henry
Dutoher, Aaron Decker, Daniel Romaiue, and L. E. Elston. The trustees
were Lemuel E. Elston, Wm. Hammond, James R. Harrison, Moses
Macomber and Gabriel D. Corwiu. The church stands on the corner of
Broome and Sussex streets, fronting on Orange Square, is in a position to
be seen from nearly all parts of the village, and with its tower of one hun-
dred and .sixty-two feet in height, aftbrds an excellent location for the Town
Clock, which was presented to the village by Mrs. Mary Shorter, on her
70th birthday, April 13th, 1878.
At the Conference in the spring of 1840 the Port Jervis charge, includ-
ing Port Jervis, Carpenter's Point, Huguenot, Honesville, Cahoonzie and
Mongaup were credited with 120 full members and 14 probationers, among
whom were the following living at Port Jervis, including Carpenter's Point
and possibly others whose names we have not been able to find : John D.
Carpenter, Catherine Carpenter, Asenath Skinner, Horace Hammond,
James Lupton, Mary Lupton, Martha Corj', Sarah Rowley, Ruth Ham-
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mond, Bev. Henry Dutclier, Temperance Slauson, Jane Corwin, Harvey
Corwin, Caroline Terbell, Elizabeth Farnum.
There has been but two years since 1849 that there has been more or
less increase in probationers all the way from 10 to 586, and taken in the
aggregate for the 38 years to the present time there has been received on
probation in the church io Port Jervis 3404. This number does not repre-
sent more than three-fourths, and probably not more than two-thirds of the
fruits of the labors of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Port Jervis. The
records show a membership at this date, Nov. 11, 1887, of five hundred and
sixty full members and fourteen probationers.
It will be seen by the above sketch that in about seventy-five years the
Society has grown from not more than a half dozen members in 1812, to 574
inl887,andfromthe shelter of some sequestered grove or private dwelling to
a large and commodious church that will accommodate nearly 1000 persons,
with, a membership of nearly (iOO, a Sunday school of over 400, and the
church fully equipped for work for the Master.
At the present time its growth is more substantial and rapid than at any
other period of its history, because the facilities of the church are such that
those converted at her Altars join the church through whose agency they
are saved, and families of Methodist proclivities moving within the bounds
of the charge find everything they need at their own church home.
The outlook for Methodism in Port Jervis is most encouraging.
To God be all the glory !
The following is a chronological list of the names of the pastors since
Port Jervis has been a distinct charge :
1838, Henry Mains and Abraham Truitt.
1839, William Baker and J. M. Pierson.
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1840, J. M. Pierson and Thomas J. Lyon.
1841, Local Preacher, Smith.
1842, Winiam M. Borroughs.
1843, John D. Blain.
1844, Henry B. Beegle.
1845, William G. Wiggins.
1846, E. T. Cook.
1847-8, Fletcher Lummis.
1849-50, Charles S. Coit.
1851-3, Thomas H. Smith.
1853-4, Martin Herr.
1855-6, Joseph E. Adams.
1857-8, George B. Day.
1859, Thomas H. Landon.
1860-1, John Faull.
1862-3, David Walters.
1864-5, John S. Coit.
1866-7-8, George P. Dickinsors.
1869, C. S. Van Cleve.
1870-1-2, J. I. Morrow.
1878-4, Benjamin Kelley.*
1875-6-7, John A. Monroe.
1878-9, J. T. Crane.*
1880-1-3, W. E. Biakeslee.
1883-4-5, P. G. Blight.
1886-7, W. S. Gallaway, the present pastor.
Benjamin Kelley died upon the charge December ^4, 1874.
' .Tonathan T. Crane died upon the charge Pebroary 16, 1880.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL.
The meagre records kept in the earher years of the Sunday School
organization make it impossible to do more than to generalize. From the
beginning of 1854 to the present time the records have been kept. We find
that prior to the winter of 1856-7 the school held sessions during the sum-
mer months only, organizing about the first of May or Jiine and closing in
October or November at the approach of cold weather. In the summer of
1849 Mr. E. N. Rogers was Superintendent, with Benjamin Quick,
assistant, Almeda Edsall, female assistant and Philip Lee as secretary. In
the summer of 1850 Henry Butcher was Superintendent. In 1851 Horace
Hammond was the Superintendent, In 1852 Philip Wheeler was Superin-
tendent, with Hervey Corwin, secretary and librarian, Miss Almeda Edsall,
female superintendent, and Chas. E. Pvowley, Treasurer. At the same time
the Sunday School was organized into a missionary society called " The
Olin Missionary Society," with Francis Newoomb, president, Theron Cor-
win, vice-president, Milton Stanton, secretary, and Belinda Bristol, treas'r.
In 1753 Hervey Corwin was Superintendent. In the Spring of 1854 Daniel
Eomaine was elected Superintendent, with J. M. Edsall, assistant, and L.E.
Elston, secretary and librarian. In 1855 the same officers were re-elected.
On April 27th, 1856, Horace Hammond was elected Superintendent, with
L. E. Elston, assistant, and J. M. Edsall, secretary. Mr. Hammond de-
clining to serve, L. E. Elston was then elected Superintendent. From that
time to the present the school has been continued during the whole year,
never closing on account of the seasons. L. E. Elston was re-elected Super-
intendent each year up to 1862 (7 years in succession). In 1861, when the war
cloud swept over our country, arousing every patriot, and calling to our
nation's defense, the members of Port Jervis Methodist Episcopal Church
and Sabbath School in common with others, were stirred to action, and the
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Superintendent, H. Hammond, Chas. Peters, J. P. Adams, and others,
resigned their places in the Sunday school and Church, enterina; the army
as volunteers — some to sacrifice their lives, others health, and some to do
valient service for our common cause. Those who were permitted to return
after their work was done in the army, entered the church work again in any
capacity open to them, as true soldiers of Christ. Wlien the large num-
bers left the school and church to go to war, Chas. Goodale was chosen Su-
perintendent (in July, 1862) and served until December, 1863, when L. E.
Elston was again elected Superintendent, and served successively for
eleven and a half years, until January 1st. 1875, when Moses Macomber was
elected, serving two years in succession (1875-6), when L. E. Elston was
again elected, serving four years, until 1881. Moses Macomber was
then elected again, serving three years, 1881-3-3 ; on Dec. 10, 1883, L. E.
Elston was again elected and served in 1884-5, two years, with I. 0. Starr,
assistant, and L. E. Elston was again elected for 1886, but sickness pre-
vented his serving, and I. C. Starr was elected Superintendent and has
served during 1886-7. It has been impossible to compile complete statistics
of the school or its workings in so brief a sketch as this must needs be,
but the numbers have varied from perhaps about 50 or 60 in 1849, to the
highest number in 1873, when it reached 503. The number on the roll at
the present time is 407. A very important matter, in fact, the most im-
portant item in the whole history of the work, viz : the spiritual influence
and conversions in the school, we cannot measure, but we confidently
assert our belief that many have been brought to the Saviour's loving em-
brace ; many children professing conversion in our school, are now workers
in the school and church, and many more have removed to other homes.
Many who have been on our roll as members are now safe in the arms of
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Jesus, and our present large company are trying to live so as to meet them
there when our work is done. Our school at present is in good working
order, with I. 0. Starr as Superintendent — 49 officers and teachers, and 358
scholars, total 407. ' ■
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REASONS rOE OMITTINa EEMIUISOEUOES.
The following letter was addressed to all ex-pastors and Presiding-
Elders :
Poet JEE\^s, July 1887.
Rev.
Dear Brother :
We purpose celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the introduction of
_ Methodism into Port Jervis.
In connection with it we intend publishing a book, and, would like to
have brief reminiscences from each pastor and Presiding Elder.
Will you write such, and forward on or before the 15th of Oct.
The brethren are very anxious to have each pastor and Elder thus repre-
sented.
Very sincerely yours,
W. S. Gai,law.«, . Committee.
HeNKY DuTtlHEE, )
Several responded, others promised, but their communications failed
to reach us in time for publication, and some of the i)apers received were
longer than our limited space would admit. ,
So as to give no opportunity for the charge of invidious distinctions, or
neglect, we concluded to omit the publication of those received, and read
extracts from the papers at the historical meeting in tlie church, and incor-
porate in the general history all necessaiy mention, to make a brief, but
comprehensive history.
It would have aff(jrded us great plea.sure to have published reminiscences
from all old pastors and elders hud such material reached us in time.
W. S. Gallawat, "1
Heney Diitohee, I
L. E. Elston, )• Committee.
.1. L. Crawpoed, I
HoBAOE Hammond. !
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Church Directory.
BisHOP-Bev. H. W. Warren, D, D., L. L. D.
Presiding Eldeb — Rev. D. E. Lowrie.
Pastor — Kev. W. 8. Gallaway.
LooAii Preachers.
(Rev. Henry Datclier, Local Deacon.
■ Rev. Henry W. Palmer.
(Rev. H. P. Slinltz, Local Deacon.
ExHORTERS. — L. D. Matthews,
( Moses Maeomber,
Leaders. - Charles Wells,
(E. L. Van Etten,
TRUSTEES.
Geo. E. Cook, Pres.,
Charles Wells, Sec'y.,
Horace Hammond, Treas ,
James L. Crawford,
L. D. Blatthews,
Geo. H. Laugton,
Charles Peck,
Charles P. Eeuling,
i». P. McDonald, M. D.
STEWARDS.
Steven S. Starr,
William D. Steward,
William H. Coonrod,
Charles Brox,
Charles F. Blizzard,
Lemuel E. Elston,
Abram J. Quick,
Moses E. Wehner,
William J. Speer,
Emerson B. Lambert, M. D.
William Blant'ord,
J. M. Dolph,
Walter N. Uptegrove.
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ON MISSIONS.
Horace Hammond,
L. D. Matthews,
S. S. Starr.
COMMITTEES.
ON CHUBCH MUSIC.
Charles Brox,
W. H. Coonrod.
ON TEMPBBANCE.
Henry Dutcher,
J. L. Crawford.
ON EDUCATION.
Geo. E. Cook,
Chas. P. Reiiling.
ON PAESONAGE.
Charles Blizzard,
J. L. Crawford,
Mrs. L. Y. Ketcham,
Mrs. Charles Peck.
ON PEW BENTING.
Chas. Wells,
Chas. Peck,
J. L. Crawford,
W. H. Palmer,
W. H. Coonrod.
. SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Superintendent — I. C. Starr.
Assistant Superintendent — A. J. Quick.
Female Superintendent— Harriet Palmer.
Secretary— Edith M. Palmer.
Assistant Secretary — James G. Palmer.
Treasurer— Ahda Brown.
Assistant Treasurer— Jennie L. Peck.
Librarian — William Weber.
Assistant Librarians— James H. Peck, George P. Dorr, Oliver E. Foster.
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AUXILIARY OEGANIZATIONS.
ladies' aid society.
Mrs. G. W. Smith, President.
Mrs. J. P. Adams, Vice-President.
Mrs. L. Y. Ketcham, Secretary and Treasurer.
YOUNG ladies' UNION.
Mrs. M. F. Gallaway, President.
Miss Ida Walker, Vice-President.
Miss Maggie Muir, Secretary.
Miss Sadie Peters, Treasurer.
YOUNG men's christian LEAGUE.
William Blanford, President.
William Weber, Vice-President.
William Simpson, Secretary,
diaries Zindle, Treasurer.
helping hand society.
Mrs. William Muir, 1
f/'- wir "' ^n ^^'"''''''' : Managers.
Mrs. William Cory, 1
Mrs. Geo. D. Brown, J
MEETINGS.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES.
PreacMng Sundays— 11a.m. and 7 p. m.
Sunday School— - - _ . . 9:30 a.m.
Class Meetings— - - - Sundays 3 p. m., Fridays 7:30 p. m.
Prayer Meeting— Wednesdays - - - - 7:80 p. m.
Young People's Meetings— Sundays - - - 6:00 p. m.
Young Ladies' Prayer Meeting— Tuesdays - - - - 7:00 p. m.
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SOCIETY AND OTHER MEETINOS.
Ladies 'Aid Society— Thursdays - - .
Young Ladies' Union — Thursdays
Young- Men's Christian League — Mondays
Helping Hand Society -Satiirdays
Official Board - 4th Monday each month
Sundaj' School Board— 2nd Monday each month
3:30 p.
m
7:30 p.
m
8:00 p.
m
3:30 p.
m.
8:00 p.
m
8:00 p.
m
The Official Board is composed of Trustees, Stewards, Leaders, Local
Preachers, Exhorters, Sunday School Superintendents and all members of
the Quarterly Conference, of which the preacher in charge is President.
The Board meets regularly once a month and all church business is con-
sidered by them. In this Board every department of the church is repre-
sented, and as each members has equal power, the general interest of the
church is always fully served, and the whole work of tlie church harmon-
iously adjusted.
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POET JERVIS.
The village of Port Jervis was named in honor of the late John B.
Jarvis, a celebrated civil engineer, employed in the construction of the
Delaware and Hudson Canal, and dates back in its history to 1820. At that
time there were but five or six houses in what is now embraced in its cor-
porate limits, and up to the time the Erie Railroad reached this point in
1848, it had not grown to be more than a small hamlet, numbering not more
than one hundred inhabitants. But from that time it increased rapidly un-
til now, its inhabitants number nearly ten thousand. Port JeiTis is situated
on the north-west bank of the Delaware river, in a beautiful valley, sur-
rounded by mountain scenery, second in beauty to no other village in the
State. Here the Eastern and Delaware divisions of the Erie Railway meet,
and all trains running over the road stojD to change engines. Here the com-
pany's extensive machine and repair shops are located. Port Jervis is the
second town in importance in Orange County, having 8 churches, viz.
Baptist, Presbyterian, Methodist Episcopal, Reformed, Protestent Episco-
pal, Lutheran, St. Mary's (R. C. ), M. E. colored. It has thirty societies
and associations, good public schools, a public library, two banks, two
Building and Loan Associations, a Gas Company, an Electric Light Com-
pany, a Water Company and two hundred and sixty-one other places of
business, among which are 2 National Banks, 10 Real Estate and Insurance
firms, 13 Dry Goods Stores, 8 Clothing Houses, Milliners, 26 Grocers, 7
Butchers, 7 Boot and Shoe Dealers, 9 Coal and Wood Yards, 4 Carriage
Manufacturers, 3 Hard-ware Stores, 5 Druggists, 10 Physicians, 4 Dentists,
10 Lawyers, 3 Marble Yards, 5 Livery Stables, 2 Glass Manufacturers, 1
Glove Factory, 1 Saw Factory, 2 Shoe Factorys, 1 Watch Case Factory, 1
Saw Mill, 6 Hotel8,and the town is well protected from fire by an abundant
supply of water and five fully equipped and competent Are companies.
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