The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-06-26
ST. ANDREWS PARISH.

A village was laid off where the post. office of Prairieville now stands, or near Ithe spot called "Canebrake Square, Here in April, 1884, Rev. Caleb s. Ives, missionary of the Protestant Episcopal church, organized "St. Andrews Parish" No other church then or for years a1ter- ward was organized in the vicinity.
 The locality is nearly central as be- tween Greensboro and Dayton, on line north to south, and between Uniontown and Demopolis, on a line east to west Canebrake Square finally fixed the phrase "canebrake'' in the nomenclature of the certain sections of territory occu- pied by plantations and homes.
 St. Andrews was one of four parishes co-temperaneously organized by Rev. MT Ives adjacent to each other, to wit. St. Andrews, Demopolis, Greensboro and St. John sin the -Prairies
 The general community of St.. Andrews s now erected a barn-like, unpainted build ing on the Demopolis and Uniontown public road, near the intersection of the Dayton road. A tall pulpit stood at one end and two doors at the other, the floor occupied by plain uncushioned benches All sorts of public meetings were held there. For example, in 1855, when Will liam E. Clarke, democrat and Joseph w. Taylor, know nothing. were rival candl- dates for the office of senator in the legislature, from the district composed Of Marengo and Greene counties; they tray eled in joint debate from point to point, and the debate appointed for that poiit- ica precinct came off in the church. In the winter of 1s55-5s the neat Gothic church which yet stands was completed.
 It Is prudent at least in the present mar rator, who undertakes to write down the . names of friends and neighbors to de- clare something of the purpose.
 The canebrake plantations as they were found in 1S60 were extinguished In their essential features by ruthless and wicket revolution. History is entitled to the truth as 1t lay in cause and erect. A feeble description of the planters of that era will suffice perhaps to intimate whether such people as they were en- titled to the enjoyment of the fundamen- tal American right Ito change their form of government at will''; whether they and their peers were right in demanding the consent of the governed" to whatever form of political authority should prevail over thenl
 The necessary limit of the narrative leaves room only for mention of heads of families, etc., in the closing period of the original plantation life. It Is imprac- ticable to follow the personal history or the second generation for the attempts would be beyond the scope of the story
 REV. FRANCIS R. HANSON. .'i .'
 Tn 1889 MT. Hanson arrived to take charge as priest of three parshes-Trin- ity at Demopolis. St. Andrews and St. John-in-the-Prairies. He became thus the first rector of each. He took up resi- dence in the middle parish. St. Andrew 8, at the home of MT. and Mrs. Henry A. Tayloe. He was a bachelor, tall man of distinguished bearing, polished man. ners, a clean shaven face. bright blue eye, a head full of perfectly prematurely white, silky hair. From time to time in many years--he changed horses. but never except to replace one white one by another white one. He lived bachelor always.
 Never was priest better adapted to the service of parishioners than this one. At She outset he became a part of the so- ciety Even cheerful, abounding in repar- tee, never in ill-health, a frequent vis- itor in every home, he was welcome ev- anywhere. No formal dinner was arranged without a seat for Mr. Hanson; no ball without him to look on and chat with the people who did not dance.
 This was a brave and reverent man or God withal In 1853 the yellow fever ragged with horrible intensity at New Or leans and Mobile. The infection scourged Oemopolis. MT. Hanson took post at the stricken inland town and fearlessly per formed duty among the sick. Weeks after the Confederacy fell and while all the soldiers had returned to their homes, the United States garrison at Demopolis burned Trinity church there or caused 1t to be burned. Mir Hanson promptly set out for the north to lay report of the out rage before men of his faith there and to urge upon them contributions of money 10 restore the building.
 As congregations increased and parish work grew. the rector gave up St. Johns In-the- Prairies to serve St. Andrews and Trinity. Finally he limited his labors to the former only. In the last years of tis life his home was in the family of Dr. w. H. Reese. lfs A-a
 Mir Hanson was a positive force in the rlating and growth of the Episcopal thurch in Alabama. He was one of the hromoters of the original movement to elect a bishop of the diocese. a pivotal movement He was in the front rank of the movement to create a diocesan mis- tionary society through which the innu- thee of the church might be widely diff klsed in the state. He came forward tmong the first to adopt measures to |. build girls church school in the dio- \lkese. ! There was an interval, exceeding a | fear, between the death of Bishop Cohbs Fknd the consecration of Bishop Wilmer. respectively first and second ofethe bisl1-i bps. Mir. Hanson was then the ad in-