The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-04-13

Il forty-six feet long, thirty-six feet
| wide and twenty-five feet high or
the inside, and to contain thirty.
six pews and gallery at one end
y The vestry went to work with
i IS viii, and by December 23rd, OF
i the same year, four hundred and
| fifty pieces of the native cora
| rock had been quarried anu placed
on the grounds. On the 3rd OF
March, the church was so far com
/ pleted that the pews were sold al
auction. The church cost &c.
4 10000.
/ On February IA, 1889, Mr.
IDyce resigned charge of the parish
and was succeeded by Rev. A. E.
/ Ford. Mr.. Ford left the par.
| ish in 1912 and was succeeded by
Rev. j. III. Hanson, who remained
in charge until May, 1916, when
he resigned. During this time
| the work on the church was near
lily completed.
i Rev. Adams Called
i In October, 1916, the Rev. G.
G. Adams was called and appoint
ed missionary by the Domestic
Board of Missions. Mr.. Adams
started for Key West via Savan-
nah and st. Augustine. Before
leaving st. Augustine, he learned
that the church had been blown
down by the hurricane of October,
1916, and at the suggestion of the
provincial bishop of Georgia, he
came to Key West Ito ascertain
the character of the parish and il
he found it as being unworthy an
effort to rebuild, to SO report to
him, and abandon it, otherwise,
to go abroad and beg for funds
to rebuild" After arriving al
Key West, Mr. Adams decided on
| the latter course, but first re-
| ceived assurances from the yes.
try that the new church should be
forever free. He left Key West
January IL, 1847, having assum,
ed charge on that date.
] He returned the following
December with about $3,30O.0C
| Al frame church was then erected
and the first service was held in il
on July 80, 1848. The church
was consecrated January 4, 1851,
by the Rt. Reverend G. E. Glads-
den, Bishop of South Carolina.
Four pews at the back of the
church were set apart for the use
Of negroes, both free and slave,
who were members of the Epis,
copal church. The practice pre-
| vailed until 1883, when a negro
Episcopal church, st. Peters, was
erected, since which time they
have attended that church, except
la few of the old negroes, who
would not sever their relations
with the church of their youth. Al
1.-THE celebration of holy commun,
ion they wait with old time re.
| spect for the white people to com
mune, and then go reverently tt
Ipartake Of the sacrament.
| On January 5, 1854, the par
! ish declared itself self support
ing. and severed its connection
with the Missionary Society. Or
April /, 1856, the Rev. Mr.. Adam.
resigned.
i Herrick Made Rector
In December, 1856, Mr.. E. o
IEierrick was made rector, which
position he occupied until he re,
signed in january, 1870, to &C.
cept an appointment as chaplain
in the United States army. He
] was, for many years, stationed al
/, Fortress Monroe, where he wa;
rector Of the Church of the Cen.
turian on the military post al
that station. He died at Water,
town, N. II. October /, 1907.
In December. 1867, during Mr.
Herrick's passionate. the present
rectory was built at Il cost of 81.
] 500 90. In 1860 the church was
enlarged at a cost of 100000.
The following are the names OF
the succeeding reetors and dates
Of services:
Rev. VIM. T. Saunders, from
July, 1870, to June. 1872.
Rev. ]. S. j. Higgs. incumbent
Of the parish of San Salvador.
from December, 1872, to the lat.
ter part of January, 1873.
During the winter Of 1878. the
Rev. Charles A. Gilbert visited
/ Key West aud held services.
Rev John Reuter-, from March.
lS7S, to 1874.
| Rev. ]. L. Steele, from 1874 te
October Is. 1878. when he fell a
victim Of yellow fever,
| Rev. j. b. Baez, Cuban resi-
!, dent Of Key West, who had been
ordained minister, held services
until the appointment Of new
rector.
| Rev. Charles A. Gilbert, who
had visited Key West IN 1873, was
ealled, and was in charge of the
1 parish until November s, 1850