Payette County ID Archives Church Records.....The History of St. James Episcopal Church ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/id/idfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Patty Theurer seymour784@yahoo.com November 27, 2005, 11:35 pm St. James Episcopal Church The St. James Episcopal Church is one of the prettiest in Payette. It is a brick building of Gothic style and situated on the corner of First Avenue North and Tenth Street. It represents tremendous efforts put forth by a handful of staunch adherents, many of whom have moved away and others who have entered the Promised Land. Great credit is due to the memory of our beloved Mrs. May McGlinchey for her untiring efforts. Associated closely with her were Mrs. Addie Rossi and Mrs. Celia Moss who still lives and carries on with such devotion as characterized her and Mrs. McGlinchey’s pioneer days in their chosen church here. To Mrs. McGlinchey was given the honor of naming the Church. For some years the rector from Boise came to Payette once a month and held services in the old Baptist Church, located on the site of the present Baptist Church. This was about 1888. And finally in 1890 the over-powering desire to have a Church of their own caused the five members to organize and strive toward that end. Mr. A. B. Moss donated the lots and in due time construction began. Mr. C. S. Loveland, cashier of the Payette Valley Bank, gave of his time and money, superintending the erection of the building. Finally in 1892 the Church was completed and Mrs. McGlinchey named it St. James Church. There were many gifts to the furnishing of it. Bishop Talbot, Missionary Bishop of Idaho, secured the first alter, also the Bishop’s and Deacon’s chairs from a church in New York. The rear Dosal was given by Mrs. Rossi; the curtains at the alter were a gift from England. The carpet and seats were bought by St. James Guild; the first organ was bought by Mrs. Moss and Mrs. McGlinchey. This was a second hand one. Later a new one was installed and it was used until 1927. In that year the Christ Episcopal Church in Boise presented the little Payette Church with the pipe organ it now has. The cross was given by Mrs. Henry Erwin in memory of her husband and the Eucaristic Candle by Mrs. Moss in memory of a son lost in childhood. Thru the efforts of Bishop Talbot the communion Plate was given by a New York Church. Mrs. Sarah Say furnished the linen for the alter and took care of it for many years. Mrs. Sarah Langdall gave the Baptismal Fount. The first resident Rector was Rev. Worthing who remained four years. A Rev. Murphy followed remaining two years. After that, the Church was closed for some time until Mr. Thos Ashworth, a young lawyer who had come from England for his health and had served as a deacon in the Church, took the orders, and was ordained Priest under Bishop Fruston. He served the Payette Church for over twenty years. In 1929 a call came to him from Butte, Montana, and he and his family moved there. He had served here faithfully and well, so we were grieved to lose them, yet pleased that he had been chosen for a greater field. In June 1930, Rev. E. E. Taylor came to serve the church. He and his bride are living at Weiser. Mrs. J. J. Wood Additional Comments: These records were provided by the Payette County Historical Society. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/id/payette/churches/thehisto5gbb.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/idfiles/ File size: 3.7 Kb