The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-09

~ rs, ,ise'or, the father and Mn Lou,
" sanld sesm as il in lsB som. ,,ss.
n'iv ATTEMPT al 0tsanltation L.l ,s
made, The mission sas esll-,l :,
hns s'lienily those most n,,,,a,,'..,,
slhrf died 90 Hoyed AWAY ana f,,s, ~
m,. thr Notk lansuishel OF had In, :
, .s'"ai sA's'snee aud only Oerasionsl Ser
y W'0 hsld, ~ May 1851, the Rev.
fo,i N. Iah hseaine teeior IL Guil,
.pin, lie began 10 hold service M H..
lielsofo and i was owing M ~ n'ar
mat 4 permanent Organization was to-.
81, hls letter Of resignation 10 The ~.
w mas be-n preserved, In this letter h.
ieirfs 10 The TACT that lie started ~
e"iNiors which le'l Ia such hapnV r,s.,,l,"
d, IN ihe VI III September. IAAS povsli
Tyler, Ashlcl Dickinson, Mailer R",2s,'
iefd' charles Roberts, William n Nh.
OILS, oollingwood Ranlay, T., ~ RsshI
der and Philip Wells orsanise,l under H.
so,l'"iale name OF the parish 81 n. Mich.
lea. ,hu,,h, hfailleboTo, VI, On Sept.
ia ,Aylni Clark, Samuel Hoffman,
Joseph i!oughton, William y. Niehels
Ashbel Dickinson, ROYAL Iyler aai
rhilip Wells were chosen yes,Nmsn
ne ,estry at subsequent m.eIin,
elected Royal Tyler and Ashhel D,clsn,
son a. senier and junior Wan,lens rr.,..r /
lively, In lsSs a site was seeur,d ~ :.
chnnh edliioe and in the following wear
on the 18th Of September was opened fnr
public worship, II was no, until several /
iears later that the church was FREE al
debt and IN position 10 h. oonserrate1 1
which happy event took place on the a9,h
m September. 1861. the Rev. Henry
Hopkins officiating.
The reciory on Tyler street was built
IN ISL. Rev. Mr.. Eastman resigned H.
rectonhip in 1854, Rev. William south.
gate was rector from 1864 10 $50. Rev
Edmund Rowland, 1850 10 lsdi: Rev.
Adolphus Morris, 1851 10 1864; Rev q Il
W. Porter, 1864 10 1866; Rev, DIR Fay
1876 TO 1867. Rev. Francis smith, ls67 Ia
1869; Rev. Clarke Harris. lsGa 10 ls5,:
Rev. William III. Collins, 1874 90 lsap:
Rev. Edward Mathison iSa9 10 1907: Rev.
W w j. Hamilton becoming rector in 1907.
The. present officers Of the church arr; /,
senior warden, kittredge Haskins; junior
warden, Ltnest W. Gibson; yesiYmen, :
harles X. Frink tclerk Of the yestry), |
". 4. Haskell (trcasurer), Frcd " I
,hilds, Frank W. Gipson. Charles y. y
Nichols. Carl i. Cain and w. j. Pcnt.
and. jr.
What follows copy directly from an q
I'D convention report: Those who have q
erved AS wandens Of the church. Royall Il
Tyler, Ashbel Dickinson. Daniel Kellogg. u
frederick 4. Nash William II. Rockwell. 4
littredge Haskins and Henry Devens. u
!. T.. Draper OF New York city has \
laced within the church several beauti. y
III memorials, consisting OF a corona, a II
rass eagle lectern, pulpit and altar rail
nd has made many other valuable gifts c,
'eorge Folsom and his son and daugh. y
er, George W. Folsom and Miss Helen Il
olson, were especially active and lib Il
raj during the first twenty years OF the I
fe of this parish. Others who have Il
cen and now are actively connected with Il
he work OF the church in Brattleboro "
lay be mentioned the names OF Asa bi
eyes. Henry G. Willard. n C. Sawyer, C.
/. NJ. Ward, Francis w. Brooks, DR.. p
gorge +. Gale, William $. Guild, Col L.
lillian Austine. Fred w. Chlds. Ar. X
lur w. Childs, William j. Pentland, Pl
harles A. Trip and Frank +. Nichols, Vi
1t forgetting the many ladies' whose tn
rnest self-denying labors have contribu. ii,
d largely toward the present prosperity m
the parish Col. Kittredge HasRins w
rs been not only very regular attend la,
It upon the diocesan conventions, but Ju
is represented the diocese in the general wi
invention OF the church Ii