Hennepin County MN Archives Churches....Index of First Presbyterian Church of Minneapolis History 1835-1910 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wy/wyfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Charles Deutsch cgdeu@yahoo.com November 2001 History of the First Presbyterian Church of Minneapolis, Minnesota 1835-1910 By the Pastor Rev. Albert B. Marshall, D.D. Minnesota Printing Company Minneapolis, Minnesota Names excerpted from the text Names are not in alpha order so need to use to search Transcribed by Charles Deutsch Geo. D. Dayton Preface,164,210,211 James L.McCaull Preface,211,224 Benj. W. Thompson Preface,164,227 Chas. R. Williams Preface Rista N. Best Preface Mrs. Dr. Dennis Preface,149 Mrs. Jennie M. Yates Preface Mrs. E.M. LaPenotiere Preface Miss Lydia Peterson Preface,164,168,169,226 Orton S. Clark Preface,162 Ell Torrance Preface,131,164,211,227 Dr. J. Clark Stewart Preface Reuben Robinson Preface,226 Mrs. Sarah I. Hudson Preface,224 Mrs. B. F. Franklin Preface,168 Miss Winona Whitney Preface,165 Miss Edith Wishart Preface Louis H. Williams Preface,168,181,228 Dr. J. Frank Corbett Preface E.E. Mitchell Preface James Leck Preface,168,224 Jno. C. Hall Preface Henry H. Bell Preface,164,168 H.P. Gallaher Preface Mrs. E. C. Vanderburgh Preface,145,150 Elijah Barton Preface,170 Ralph B. Stephens Preface,168,169 Edward A. Kirk Preface, 83,168,224 Alvord C. Egleston Preface,168 John D. Stone Preface Wm. B. McIntyre 164. 211,224 Chas. F. Drury Preface, 83,163,168 Alexander McCune Preface,168,224 S.E. Eastland Preface Arthur W. Selover Preface,164,210,212,226 Robt. M. Balch Preface,164,168,210 Mrs. H.H. Bell Preface,156 Mrs. Thos. W. Stevenson Preface,227 Mrs. S.S. Cargill Preface,156 Mrs. E. L. Grinnell Preface Mrs. W. C. Stinson Preface Major Bliss 17 Jane Lamont 30,224 Dr. A.E. Ames 42 Mrs. M.A. Ames 42 Daniel M. Coolbaugh 42 Mrs. E.T. Coolbaugh 42 Miss M. H. Coolbaugh 42 Joseph N. Barber 42,163 Mrs. Caroline Barber 42 Isaac DeKay 42 Mrs. Mary A. Schofield 42 Charles Christmas 42 Mrs. M.A. Christmas 42 N.E. Stoddard 42 Mrs. N.E. Stoddard 42 John H. Stevens 43,227 Charles Hoag 43 A.D. Smith 43 Rev. E.D. Neill 43,224 Rev. G.H. Pond 43,163,226 Rev. J.C. Whitney 43,164,165 Rev. A.T. Chester 43 Rev. Samuel M. Hopkins 43 Rev. P.N. Fowler 43 Rev. W.N. Spencer 43 Rev. Mr. Rogers 44 Rev. C. Secombe 44 Rev. H.M. Nichols 44 James Wadsworth 46,227 Rev. Thomas A. Griswold 47 Jay T. Wakefield 51,164,165,228 Rev. A.G. Ruliffson 51,226 Rev. Henry Ward 51,165,228 Willis G. Moffat 52,224 Mrs. Caroline Moffat 52 William R. Moffat 52 Mrs. Mary E. Moffat 52 Eli Pettijohn 52,226 Mrs. Lucy Pettijohn 52,226 Sarah Letitia Mofat 52 Harriet A. Moffat 52 Celia A. Beane 52 Jonathan T. Grimes 52 Mrs. Eliza A. Grimes 52 Mrs. Eliza B. Whitney 52,228 Charlotte Brown 52 Mrs. Annie J. Wakefield 52 P.L. Hatch 52 Mrs. Eleanor Hatch 52 Louisgene Hatch 52 Louella Hatch 52 Mrs. Ellen W. Ruliffson 52 Annie Jellsion 52 Rev. S.R. Riggs 52 Rev. Augustus H. Carrier 54,224 Rev. F.W. Flint 55 Rev. R.F. Sample 55,226 Rev. John Mattocks 55 Henry N. Payne 59 Rev. F.J. Brown 59 Rev. D.R. Breed 59 Rev. H.P. Welton 60 J.H. McClenthen 60,164,184,224 S.A. Harris 60 Judge Chas. E. Vanderburgh 61,130,131,132,133,164,179,227 Mrs. Geo. W. Yates 62,141,148,151,152,228 Edwin Groesbeck 62 Dana E. King 62,224 Jas. H. McClenthen 62 Chas. W. Moore 62,184,224 James Buchanan 63 Mrs. James Buchanan 63 Mrs. Laura Best 63 J.J. Crittenden 63 Mrs. J.J. Crittenden 63 Mrs. J.K. Doolittle 63,168 Isaac Fawcett 63 Mrs. Isaac Fawcett 63,140,143,151 Mrs. Sarah J. Hudson 63 J.F. Perry 63,168 Frank H. Peterson 63, 83,168,226 Miss Margaret Shaw 63 Mrs. Elma Stevens 63 J. Clark Stewart 63 Mrs. Margaret Snyder 63,227 Mrs. Anna C. Vanderburgh 63,227 Mrs. Jane Wishart 63 Rev. Samuel. M. Campbell 63,115,224 Rev. N. Rice 64 Rev. Samuel Conn 64 James Tyler 65,130,131,133,227 John Downs 65, 81,130,131,132,168 Mrs. T. J. Porterfield 65,130,226 J.P. Wallace 65,130,228 John C. Hall 66, 81,132,134 George Summers 68,227 Warren H. Hayes 68 Rev. David J. Burrell 68 Mrs. Schaefer 69 Jacob Schaefer 69 Rev. James S. Black 75,117,224 Rev. Thos. A. McCurdy 75 Dr. Daniel Stewart 75,113,227 Rev. Wm. M. Kincaid 75 Rev. Robert F. Maclaren 75 Rev. B. Fay Mills 76,224 Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman 76 Rev. Willis G. Craig 77 Rev. Frank W. Sneed 77,119,212,224,227 Elder Joshua Williams 78,164,181,228 Rev. Jno. B. Helwig 80, 83,121,224 Dr. Charles Thayer 80 Dr. Maurice D. Edwards 80 A. Russell Patterson 82,226 Dr. David L. Kiehle 82,123,164,224 Rev. A.B. Marshall 83,122,224 Rev. W.H.W. Boyle 84 Rev. Stanley B. Roberts 84,226 Rev. John E. Bushnell 84,211 Dr. Geo. E. Dennis 84,185,210 Ernest C. Brown 85,164,188,201,210 Rev. W.A. Walton 86,227 O.F. Pugh 86,226 Rev. W.H. Bryant 87 Rev. Thomas M. Findley 87 Rev. Thomas S. Williamson 91,228 Samuel W. Pond 93,226 Gideon H. Pond 93,226 Miss Sarah Poage 93,226 Alexander G. Huggins 93,224 Rev. J. Dwight Stevens 95,227 Rev. Alvin Coe 96 Major Lawrence Taliaferro 96 Col. John H. Stevens 102 Rev. Joseph C. Whitney 105,163,224,228 Rev. Henry Ward 108,212 Rev. Henry N. Payne 112,224,226 Rev. Ezra B. Newcomb 125,224 Rev. Joseph W. Cochran 125,168 Rev. Henry A. Thompson 125,168,227 Rev. Robert Henry Jones 125,224 Rev. Charles Petran 125,226 Rev. Frank H. Newton 125,224 Rev. Ebenezer T. Ferry 125 Rev. Asa J. Ferry 125 Rev. Wm. A. Cook 125 Myron Clark 125,168 Miss Ada Kiehle 130,168 Captain J.C. Whitney 131 Dr. Campbell 131 Judge Cochran 131 A.E. McKeehan 132 Miss Jennie Shuford 132 S.H. Beaven 132 Rev. M.B. Irvine 132,212,224 Mrs. B.F. Teall 140,151 Mrs. A.B. Rand 140 Mrs. W.B. McIntyre 140,143,151,211,224 Mrs. O.S. Clark 140,151,152 Mrs. Geo. E. Dennis 140,152 Mrs. Anna Macfarlane Torrance 141,148,151,227 Mrs. Smith W. Fisk 143 Mrs. Roy H. Maple 143,224 Mrs. W.S. Morse 143 Mrs. Francis W. Bullard 143 Mrs. W.E. Grinnell 143 Mrs. Katherine Esmond 143 Mrs. H.H. Bell 143 Mrs. W.H. Hartzell 143 Mrs. Jno. W. Stone 143,227 Mrs. C. W. Moore 145,224 Mrs. F.B. Mills 145,224 Mrs. Daniel Steart 145 Rev. W.S. Holt 145,224 Mrs. W.S. Holt 146 Mrs. W.H. Lingle 146 Mrs. A.W. Cooper 146 Miss Medbury 146 Miss Edna Bissell 146 Miss Mabel Elliott 146 Mrs. J. A. Nicol 146 Miss Prudence Clarke 146,149 Mrs. Mary Kerr 148,151,159 Mrs. H.V. Woods 148,150,159 Mrs. D.L. Kiehle 148,151,154,160,224 Miss Eva McIntyre 149,168,224 Dr. Cochran 149 Mrs. Cochran 149 Dr. Wm. Faries 149 Rev. W.H. Lingle 149 Dr. C.B. Newton 149 Mrs. C.B. Newton 149 Mrs. A. W. Cooper 149 Mrs. Dr. Wachter 149 Miss Cort 149 Myron Clark 149 Dr. T.F. Wallace 149 Rev. William Wallace 149 Mrs. William Wallace 149 Dr. Graham Lee 149 Mrs. Graham Lee 149 Mrs. W.S. Nelson 149 Mrs. Charlotte O. Van Cleve 149,227 Mrs. Dr. Stewart 150,159,227 Mrs. Chas. W. Moore 150 Mrs. F.B. Mills 150 Mrs. C. L. Snyder 150 Mrs. James Montgomery 150 Mrs. J.C. Whitney 150 Mrs. S.A. Harris 150 Mrs. J.M. McDonald 150 Mrs. Joshua Williams 151,152,228 Mrs. W.S. Best 151 Mrs. Jane Wishart 151,228 Mrs. Wm. Flemming 151 Mrs. Dr. S. M. Campbell 151,152,194 Mrs. Dr. Rice 151 Mrs. G.P. Mann 151,159 Mrs. J.C. Hall 151,152,153,159 Mrs. Chas. Brooks 151,156 Mrs. S.F. Fiske 151,152 Mrs. Dr. Stevens 151 Mrs. E.B. Newcomb 151,159,224 Mrs. M.M. Woolley 151,159 Mrs. Dr. Wallace 151,160 Mrs. E.M. Patterson 151,152,226 Mrs. Dr. Folsom 151 Mrs. G.O. Sundby 151,227 Mrs. H.W. Murphy 152 Mrs. G.H. Malcomson 152 Mrs. Henry Coffin 152 Mrs. T.F. Stevenson 152 Mrs. E.B. Edgar 152,153 Mrs. M.F. Scofield 152 Katherine Esmond 152 Mrs. J.K. Caldwell 152 Mrs. John MacLeod 152 Miss Mazie Hall 152,159 Mrs. Elijah Barton 152,211 Mrs. Angus McLeod 152 Mrs. A.B. Marshall 152,224 Louise Brooks 154,156 Lizzie Wallace 154 Leona Hamilton 154,156,168 Louella Crowther 154 Annie D. Peterson 154 Louise G. Kiehle 154,156,168 Olive Fawcett 154 Mrs. C.R. Cameron 154,156 Annie M. Brooks 154 Elizabeth Wallace 154,156 Susie A. Luce 154 Mary E. Palmes 154 Nellie C. Parington 154 Winnie Whitney 154,156 Louella Fawcett 156 Mrs. Alice Palmer 156 Mrs. Chas. Brooks 156 Mrs. E.R. Ely 156 Ida Mann 156,168,169 Mrs. Wm. Mitchell 156 Mary Jackson 156 Mrs. Robert Balch 156,160 Mrs. Parker 157 Mrs. Granger 157 Mrs. Adams 157 Mrs. Walter Fawcett 159 Mrs. S.E. Eastland 159,160 Miss Alice Williams 159,168,228 Miss Alice Kirk 159 Minnie Hammond 159 Annie Carlisle 159 Ethel Leck 160 Helen Nicol 160,211 Anna McCune 160 Gladys Peck 160 Mrs. E.M. Gens 160 Mrs. Dr. Black 160 Mrs. Murphy 160 Mrs. Torrance 160 Henry Tannatt 164 Frank B. Mills 164,224 Watson S. Taylor 164 Chas. B. Brooks 164 E.R. Ely 164 John A. Thompson 164,168,170,227 W.S. Moffat 165 Minor C. Badger 168,170 Frank Ralph 168 Fred Moore 168 Fred Kiehle 168 Grace Cochran 168 Alice Moore 168 Winnie Clark 168 Mary Marshall 168 Thos. Wallace 168 C.N. Crowther 168 C.E. Ashworth 168 Frank Cribby 168 Emmeline Cole 168 Winnie Stenson 168 J.A. Liggett 168 Bessie Stinson 168 Myron La Grange 168 R.C. Martin 170,224 Colonel Gustavus Loomis 173,224 General Henry Hasting Sibley 174,226 Philander Prescott 177,226 Ebenezer R. Stephens 183,184,227 Mrs. J. Frank Corbett 211 Rev. Thos. J. McCrossan 211 Rev. Jno. N. Hutchinson 211 Rev. Chas. D. Darling 212 Rev. Wm. R. Harshaw 212 Rev. S.B. Nelson 212 Ministers of the First Church Name Term of office J. Dwight Stevens 1835-1839 Samuel W. Pond 1840-1847 Gideon H. Pond 1849 Joseph C. Whitney 1853-1857 Francis A. Griswold 1858-1859 Henry Ward 1865-1867 Augustus H. Carrier 1867-1871 Henry N. Payne 1871-1875 Daniel Stewart 1875-1881 Samuel M. Campbell 1881-1889 James S. Black 1890-1893 Frank W. Sneed 1895-1897 John B. Helwig 1898-1902 A.B. Marshall 1893-1910 Elders of the First Church at Fort Snelling and Minnehaha Name Installed Service Terminated Gustavus Loomis Jun 14,1835 Dismissed 1837 Henry H. Sibley Jun 14,1835 Ceased to act,1841 Samuel W. Pond Jun 14,1835 Minister 1837 Alex. G. Huggins Jun 14,1835 Dismissed 1836 Edmund A. Ogden Dec 05,1836 Dismissed 1837 Gideon H. Pond Jun 26,1840 Minister 1848 Philander Prescott Dec 26,1849 Killed Aug 18,1862 Eli Pettijohn Apr 14,1850 Removed Aug 19,1865 Willis G. Moffatt Aug 14,1853 Died 1875 Elders of the First Church near St. Anthony Falls Name Installed Service Terminated Alfred E. Ames May 22,1853 Dismissed 1856 Daniel M. Coolbaugh May 22,1853 Dismissed 1859 Joseph N. Barber May 22,1853 Dismissed 1856 Andrew W. Oliver Oct 12,1856 Dismissed 1857 Joseph Le Duc Sep 04,1857 Ceased to act,1860 Jno. A. Baird Sep 04,1857 Dismissed 1859 Elders of the First Church after Consolidation Name Installed Service Terminated Willis G. Moffatt Aug 19,1865 Died 1875 Jay T. Wakefield Aug 19,1865 Dismissed 1875 Benjamin Rockwell Dec 17,1867 Dismissed 1872 P.L. Hatch Feb 1868 Dismissed 1872 Jno. W. Childs Feb 1868 Dismissed 1870 Henry Tannatt Mar 05,1871 Died 1873 Edwin Groesbeck Nov 16,1873 Dismissed 1887 James McClenthen Nov 16,1873 Died 1881 Dana E. King Nov 16,1873 Died 1893 Reuben Robinson Dec 22,1875 Ceased to act,1882 Frank B. Mills Dec 22,1875 Ceased to act,1878 Chas. W. Moore Dec 22,1875 Died,1894 Watson S. Tyler Dec 22,1875 Dismissed 1884 S.A. Harris Nov 15,1877 Dismissed 1886 Chas. E. Vanderburgh Nov 15,1877 Died,1898 Ebenezer R. Stevens Dec 04,1881 Died,1886 Joshua Williams Dec 03,1882 Died,1896 Ell Torrance Dec 1883 In Service John C. Hall Dec 04,1884 In Service Orton S. Clark Dec 06,1885 In Service E. Russell Ely Jan 02,1887 Ceased to act,1898 Alfred E. McKeehan Nov 24,1887 Ceased to act,1899 Wm. B. McIntyre Jan 06,1889 In Service Henry H. Bell Jan 05,1896 In Service Benj. W. Thompson Feb 21,1897 In Service E. Evans Dunwoody Jan 03,1897 Dismissed 1897 Angus McLeod Dec 14,1897 Dismissed 1906 Ernest C. Brown Jan 01,1899 Died,1909 Elijah Barton Apr 23,1899 In Service Geo. E. Dennis Apr 23,1899 Died,1907 Sylvanus L. Heeter Mar 27,1905 Dismissed 1906 Alexander McCune Mar 27,1905 In Service Geo. D. Dayton Mar 26,1906 In Service Robert M. Balch Apr 01,1907 In Service Arthur W. Selover Apr 05,1908 In Service Wm. H. Smith Apr 03,1910 In Service Deacons of the First Church Name Installed Service Terminated Reuben Robinson Not recorded Elected Elder,1875 Jay Treat Not recorded Dismissed,1870 E.R. Stevens Mar 05,1871 Elected Elder,1881 John Montgomery Dec 22,1875 Ceased to act E.H. Grundman Dec 22,1875 Ceased to act Hanley Parker Dec 22,1875 Ceased to act E.E. Williams Nov 15,1877 Ceased to act John McDonald Nov 15,1877 Dismissed,1889 W.S. Armstrong Nov 1878 Dismissed,1886 William Cressy Dec 04,1881 Died,1885 Chas. F. Drury Dec 04,1881 In Service H.B. Moore Dec 03,1882 Dec. 1900 J.J. Crittenden Dec 03,1882 In Service John Downs Dec 06,1885 In Service Jas. A. Tyler Dec 1883 Dismissed,1895 E. Russell Ely Jan 02,1884 Elected Elder,1886 Wm. B. McIntyre Jan 06,1886 Elected Elder,1889 Isaac Fawcett Jan 06,1889 Ceased to act,1890 Geo. E. Dennis Dec 12,1890 Elected Elder,1899 Geo. E. Yates Mar 15,1894 Ceased to act,1900 Minor C. Badger Apr 04,1902 In Service Alvord C. Egelston Apr 12,1903 In Service Frank Ralph Apr 12,1903 Dismissed,1908 Louis Clousing Apr 04,1910 In Service Trustees of the First Church Name Elected Ceased to Serve D.M. Coolbaugh Aug 15,1853 Resigned 1857 Charles Hoag Aug 15,1853 Resigned 1854 John H. Stevens Aug 15,1853 Resigned 1854 N.E. Stoddard Aug 15,1853 Date not recorded A.D. Smith Aug 15,1853 Removed 1854 Jno. D. Tenny May 07,1854 Date not recorded Joseph Le Duc May 07,1854 Resigned 1858 W.A. Hotchkiss Aug 08,1854 Date not recorded J.M. Barber Aug 08,1854 Date not recorded John N. Spear Aug 15,1855 Resigned 1857 C.N. Daniels Aug 14,1857 Resigned 1858 S.S. Crowell Aug 14,1857 Date not recorded D.M. Anderson Aug 14,1857 Date not recorded H.A. Hatch Mar 16,1858 Date not recorded J.T. Grimes Mar 16,1858 Date not recorded P.L. Hatch Not recorded Date not recorded Benjamin Rockwell Not recorded Date not recorded J.T. Wakefield Not recorded Ceased to act,1870 J.C. Whitney Nov 14,1869 Ceased to act,1884 Mr. Southard Nov 14,1869 Removed 1870 H.A. Cragin Nov 14,1869 Removed 1873 S.B. Loye Nov 14,1869 Ceased to act,1874 George Maye Nov 14,1869 Removed 1870 J.S. Rankin Nov 27,1870 Ceased to act,1872 H. Tannatt Nov 27,1870 Resigned 1874 G.N. Merriam Dec 19,1872 Declined 1872 C.W. Moore Nov 13,1873 Ceased to act,1881 W.S. Taylor Nov 13,1873 Ceased to act,1882 Reuben Robinson Nov 22,1874 Ceased to act,1877 John Montgomery Nov 22,1874 Ceased to act,1877 F.B. Mills Nov 15,1877 Ceased to act,1880 John McDonald Nov 15,1877 Removed 1882 J. Williams Nov 25,1880 Ceased to act,1884 F.H. Peterson Nov 24,1881 Ceased to act,1903 C.L. Snyder Nov 30,1882 Ceased to act,1894 W.A. Gilson Nov 30,1882 Ceased to act,1886 John Downs Nov 29,1883 Ceased to act,1895 F.B. Mills Nov 29,1883 Ceased to act,1888 John McDonald Nov 27,1884 Ceased to act,1887 Isaac Fawcett Nov 04,1886 Ceased to act,1898 Jas. A. Tyler Nov 24,1887 Resigned 1895 W.S. Best Dec 11,1898 Ceased to Act,1894 T.W. Stevinson Dec 11,1894 Ceased to Act,1903 Angus McLeod Dec 11,1894 Ceased to Act,1897 S.S. Cargill Dec 10,1895 Ceased to Act,1903 H. McCormick Dec 10,1895 Ceased to Act,1903 H.P. Gallaher Dec 14,1897 Ceased to Act,1903 Louis H. Williams Dec 13,1898 James Leck Mar 30,1903 E.P. Gates Mar 30,1903 E.A. Kirk Apr 16,1903 E.E. Mitchell Apr 16,1903 Ceased to Act,1907 J. Clark Stewart Apr 16,1903 Ceased to Act,1910 J.L. McCaull Apr 01,1907 J.S. Mathewson Mar 28,1910 Present Officers and Organizations Name Office Rev. Albert B. Marshall Pastor Ell Torrance Session Orton S. Clark Session John C. Hall Session Alexander McCune Session Wm. B. McIntyre Session Henry H. Bell Session Arthur W. Selover Session B.W. Thompson Session Elijah Barton Session Wm. H. Smith Session Robt. M. Balch Session Geo. D. Dayton Session John Downs Deacon Jno. J. Crittenden Deacon Minor C. Badger Deacon Chas. F. Drury Deacon Alvora C. Egelston Deacon Louis Clousing Deacon Louis H. Williams Trustee E.P. Gates Trustee James Leck Trustee J.S. Mathewson Trustee E.A. Kirk Trustee James L. McCaull Trustee Mrs. Frederick Earl Church Organist Alberta Fisher Ruettell Soprano Mrs. Benj. S. Welsch Contralto Benj. S. Welsch Tenor Ray Moorhouse Baritone Chas. F. Drury Church Treasurer John C. Hall Clerk of Sessions Henry H. Bell Collector of Benevolences John A. Thompson Superintendent of Sabbath School Name Society Myron LaGrange Christian Endeavor Society Mrs. Kate D. Stone Ladies Aid Society Mrs. Mary D. Edgar Woman's Missionary Society Mrs. Lillian B. Fawcett Westminster Guild Ethel Leck Merry Gleaners Elijah Barton Brotherhood Miss Lydia Peterson King's Worker Miss Vera Perry King's Worker