Identifier: cityoftroyitsvic00weis (find matches)
Title: The city of Troy and its vicinity
Year: 1886 (1880s)
Authors: Weise, Arthur James, 1838-1910 or 11
Subjects: Troy (N.Y.) -- Description and travel
Publisher: Troy, E. Green
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ement were finished theywere used for week-day and Sundayservices, and by the Sunday-schoolwhich had been organized on June 2,1835, in Miss Annie Manwarringsschool-room, on the west side ofNorth Second Street, between Federaland Jacob streets. On Sunday after-noon, August 30, Bishop ElijahHedding preached the dedicationsermon. On January 13, 1836, it wasresolved by the trustees of the StateStreet Church that the real and per-sonal property belonging to the TroyStation should be divided between theState Street congregation and theNorth Second Street congregation; theformer to take the church and parson-age on State Street and one thousanddollars more of the aggregate amountof the debts than the North SecondStreet congregation, which was to re-ceive the church it worshiped inand was to assume the payments of itsproportion of the debts. By this ac-tion, the North Second Street Metho-dist Church became a separate, self-supporting organization. The erec-tion of the present house of worship
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NORTH SECOND STREET M. E. CHURCH. 209 was first considered by the trustees ata meeting held by them on April 4,1S54. At a meeting lield a weeklater, it was determined to build abrick edifice on the site of the oldstructure. While the building waserecting the congregation worshipedin the Tabernacle, or old Fourth Pres-byterian Church, on the northwest cor-ner of Elbow (Fulton)and Fifth streets.The new building having been com-pleted, it was dedicated on Friday,December 2g, 1S54; Bishop EdmundS. Janes preaching the dedicatory ser-mon. Pastors: S. D. Ferguson, 1835 to1836; Charles Sherman, 1836 to 1S3S;Peter C. Oakley, 1838 to 1839; NoahLevings, 1839 to 1S40; Henry L.Starks, 1840 to 1S42; Merritt Bates,1842 to 1843; Charles Sherman, 1843to 1844, (died March 10, 1844); S. L.Stillman, 1844 to 1846; SanfordWashburn, 184610 1848; (Alanson W.Garvin, associate, 1847 to 1849);Benjamin Pomeroy, 1848 to 1849; Wil-liam A. Miller, 1848 to 1851; BereaO. Meeker, 1851 to 1853; Stephen I).Brown, 1853 t

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