--part1_8.29e1e65.2609106a_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit forwarded --part1_8.29e1e65.2609106a_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <MIBRANCH-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-zc04.mx.aol.com (rly-zc04.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.4]) by air-zc03.mail.aol.com (v70.19) with ESMTP; Sat, 18 Mar 2000 09:24:01 -0500 Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [209.85.6.27]) by rly-zc04.mx.aol.com (v70.20) with ESMTP; Sat, 18 Mar 2000 09:23:49 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id GAA03808; Sat, 18 Mar 2000 06:23:33 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 06:23:33 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <007301bf90e5$11ce3360$2466e5cc@micron.net> From: "Judith Weeks Ancell" <jancell@micron.net> Old-To: <MIBRANCH-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 07:20:10 -0700 Organization: JAA Enterprises X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Subject: [MIBRANCH] St. Mark's Episcopal Church History Resent-Message-ID: <oKxzyB.A.X7.kF504@bl-11.rootsweb.com> To: MIBRANCH-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: MIBRANCH-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: MIBRANCH-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <MIBRANCH-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/259 X-Loop: MIBRANCH-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: MIBRANCH-L-request@rootsweb.com GREATER COLDWATER CENTENNIAL, Souvenir Historical Program Greater Coldwater Centennial 1961 Page 21: ST MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH According to Dr. Enoch Chase, one of the early doctors of the Village of Coldwater, "the village was dependant for preaching on the Methodist circuit rider until Bishop Chase settled in Gilead, after which he occasionally held divine services in Coldwater." The Rt. Rev. Philander Chase, First Bishop of Ohio and founder of Kenyon College at Gambier, Ohio, settled in Gilead Township in 1832, and his own "Reminiscences" tell of his circuit of duty which included Cold Water. The formal organization of St. Mark's parish was effected February 29th, 1848, at a meeting held at the White School House. Wardens and vestry were elected: Joseph H. Moss and Richard Greenwood, senior and junior wardens; Luman Howe, Ezbon G. Fuller, Lorenzo D. Crippen, James Pierson and George A. Coe, vestrymen. This vestry elected as its first Rector the Rev. George Willard of Battle Creek, who later became United States Congressman from the Third District. Miss Flora Root is the only parishoner today descended from a founder, James B. Southworth. Services were held first in homes and later in the Court House. The oldest vestry records in existence are dated march 29th, 1853, and are in the handwriting of George A. Coe, the organizer of St. Mark's first choir and later Lieutenant-Governor of Michigan. On September 22, 1857, the cornerstone of a church building was laid, although the building was never completed. 1862 saw the erection of the first building which St. Mark's which stood on North Hanchett Stree,t on the present site of the Southern Michigan Wholesale Grocery. This building was enlarged in 1866, and in 1877 was sold to the Coldwater Light Guard, becoming the first Armory, and was destroyed by an incendiary fire in 1881. Judith Weeks Ancell jancell@micron.net 1810 Edgecliff Terrace Boise, ID 83702-2911 "And which of you by being anxious can add a single cubit to his life's span? Matthew 6:27 --part1_8.29e1e65.2609106a_boundary--