They are putting a 1910 History of Scott County online at the genealogy website that I use for that county. I thought you might find interesting the entry for the Episcopal Church. ...mom > THE DIOCESE OF IOWA > > The first services of the Episcopal church in Iowa were held in 1836, when > occasional ministrations were held in Dubuque by the Rev. Richard F. Cadle, > and later by the Rev. E. G. Gear and the Rev. J. Batchelder.  The first > services in Scott county were held by the Rt. Rev. Dr. Philander Chase, > bishop of Illinois, who officiated in the hotel at Rockingham in the fall of > 1837.  Thirty or forty people were present, among them Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Van > Tuyl.  In 1841 the domestic committee of the board of missions of the > Protestant Episcopal church in the United States appointed the Rev. Zachariah > Goldsmith as missionary to Davenport, and on the 14th of October of the same > year Trinity church was organized.  The first wardens were Ira Cook and J. W. > Parker.  H. S. Finley was the first secretary and Ebenezer Cook the first > treasurer.  W. W. Dodge was also a member of the first vestry.  After the > organization of the parish, the congregation worshiped in a building on Main > street near where the Commercial club now stands.  In 1853 a new church was > built upon the corner of Fifth and Rock Island streets.  This was the first > church built of stone in the state of Iowa. > In the meantime work had been developing in the more important towns, and in > July, 1853, the Rt. Rev. Jackson Kemper, D. D., the venerable missionary > bishop of the northwest, issued an invitation to the clergy and > representatives of all orgainized congregations in the state of Iowa to meet > at Muscatine on Wednesday, August 17th, at 6 o'clock.  In accordance with > this invitation the clergy and laity met in the chapel of Trinity church, > Muscatine.  The bishop being absent, the Rev. Alfred Louderback, rector of > Trinity church, Davenport, was elected chairman.  A constitution and canons > for the church in Iowa were adopted and the election of a bishop for Iowa > determined upon.  On May 31, 1854, the first convention of the diocese of > Iowa was held in Trinity church, Davenport, being called to order by Bishop > Kemper.  At this convention, the Rev. Henry Washington Lee, D. D., was > elected the first bishop of Iowa.  Dr. Lee was at the time the rector of St. > Luke's church, Rochester, N. Y.  He was consecratee in his parish church > October 18, 1854.  Bishop Lee preached in his diocese for the first time > October 29th, in St. John's church, Dubuque.  Bishop Lee was an earnest, > large-minded and large-hearted man.  He gave himself to his work with > unsparing devotion and with great foresigtedness undertook the creation of a > fund which should adequately endow the diocese.  Through the liberality, > chiefly, of eastern churchmen, he obtained means for the purchase of some > 6,500 acres of land in Iowa, which land was held until, through increase in > value, sales were made which paid for the erection of the Episcopal > residence, Brady and Eleventh streets, Davenport, at a cost of $21,000, and > netted an endowment of $53,000 for the diocese. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Debbie Clough G-erischer > > > G-erischer Family Web Site http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ > Assistant CC, Iowa Gen Web, Scott County > http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ > List Manager for: IASCOTT-L * G-erischer-L * D-encker-L > Fitzpatirck-L * V-lerebome-L * Huntington-L * Otis-L * Algar-L > EIGS-L * Pickens-L * McNab-L * Patris-L - Rankin-L > > > > > ==== IASCOTT Mailing List ==== > If you are unsubscribed from the IASCOTT list unintentionally, > simply resubscribe. A full mailbox, computer error, or > spam may cause you to be unsubscribed. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ...Mary Jane on a bluff in St Joseph, overlooking Lake Michigan mailto:mjanderson@mich.com