CHURCH: Wyoming Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, Chapter 1, PA & NY Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ________________________________________________ Chaffee, Amasa Franklin. History of the Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. New York: Eaton & Mains, 1904, pages 1-11. ________________________________________________ WYOMING CONFERENCE 1 CHAPTER I GENERAL HISTORY WYOMING CONFERENCE of the Methodist Episcopal Church receives its name from the historic valley which lies within its boundaries. The word is said to be a corruption of the Indian word Maughwauwame, which is composed of two words, Maughwau, large, and wame, plains. Thus it will be seen that Wyoming really means Large Plains. The early settlers, finding it difficult to pronounce the word correctly, spoke it Wauwaumie, then Wiawumie, then Wiomie, and, finally, Wyoming. The valley deserves some further notice than a simple reference to its name. It is a charming valley, situated in Luzerne County, Pa. It lies northeast and southwest, and is about three miles wide by about twenty-one miles long, with the Susquehanna River winding serenely through its length. It was a favorite haunt of the Indians. When the white man first visited this valley he found it peopled with the Delawares, who, after becoming subordinate to the Six Nations, had been ordered to leave their homes on the Delaware and take possession of the Wyoming Valley. It is evident, however, that these were not the first Indians who made this valley their home. When the "forty settlers" came into the valley in 1769 they found the remains of two fortifications, one on the west side of Toby's Creek in Kingston Township, and one on Jacob's Plains, or upper flats, in Wilkes-Barre. Large trees were growing in the Kingston inclosure, one of which, when cut down, was discovered to be seven hundred years old. Mr. Stewart Pearce suggests that these fortifications were made by the Toltecs, the same race of people whose works have been found in the Mississippi Valley. Wyoming Valley was the ground over which the Pennamite and Yankee war was waged for a period of thirty years, 1769-1799. This war between the Yankees and Pennamites was made possible by King Charles II granting the same territory to two 2 WYOMING CONFERENCE different parties. In 1662 he granted a charter to the Connecticut colony, which was really the reaffirming of a grant by James I, in 1620, to the Plymouth Company; and in 1681 he granted letters patent to William Penn, his heirs, etc., for the same territory, a part of which was the Wyoming Valley. In this war the Yankees manifested singular pluck and heroism. The valley is made more famous because of the massacre which occurred therein on July 3, 1778. The Yankees were patriots, and furnished a liberal quota of soldiers to help in the war for American independence. There were a few forts in the valley, but these were practically useless without defenders. Major John Butler, a Tory of Niagara, raised a company of loyalists and Indians, variously estimated as containing from seven hundred to sixteen hundred men, and marched into the valley for the purpose of destroying the settlement. On the afternoon of July 3 this army was met by Colonel Zebulon Butler at the head of about three hundred Yankees. The battle which ensued, and the horrible atrocities practiced by Tories and Indians, are faithfully told by Dr. Peck in his Wyoming, by Miner in his history, and by Stewart in his Annals of Luzerne. About two hundred Yankees were killed, and the Tory loss was about eighty. A monument stands in Wyoming commemorative of the battle. In the same village may be seen Queen Esther's Rock, safely protected from vandalism by an iron cage. With the exception of some territory in the Honesdale District which is drained by the Delaware River, the territory of Wyoming Conference lies in the basin of the east branch of the Susquehanna River. The east branch is said to be about two hundred and fifty miles in length, over two hundred miles of which is in the territory of Wyoming Conference. In this basin are fertile valleys, rich pasture lands, rugged hills and mountains, and rich coal deposits. Here may he found picturesque and entrancing scenery, some of which compares favorably with any in the East. In this territory are quiet country villages, beautiful county seats, thriving cities, and railroad centers. In some portions of this territory may be found representatives of almost every nation on earth. Other portions are characterized by having as small a percentage of illiterates as any section of the United States. A study of the Minutes of the Annual Conferences is interesting indeed. From 1773 to 1784 there are no districts, nothing but a list of appointments and some Disciplinary questions and answers given. After the organization of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1784 we, have presiding elders, but their districts DISTRICTS FORMED 3 have no names given to them until 1801, and in the following year, 1802, the Church is divided into seven Conferences - the Western, South Carolina, Virginia, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and New England. In 1791 two circuits are among the appointments, Wyoming and Otsego, which are now important sections of our Conference - Wyoming on the south and Otsego on the northeast. In the following year Tioga Circuit appears, occupying the northwestern section of our territory. It seems by this that the work began at these three sections of our territory about the same time and worked toward the center. Chenango Circuit was formed in 1798, Canaan in 1808, Broome in 1812, and Bridgewater in 1813. Of the district containing Wyoming Robert Cloud was presiding elder. The territorial extent of his district was enormous, containing Newburgh, Wyoming, New York, New Rochelle, and Long Island. A little knowledge of the times and condition of work, and fair imaginative powers, will enable one to understand the heroism of the men who did the work, and the almost romantic lives they led. Otsego Circuit was on a district which covered almost as much territory - Dutchess, Columbia, New Britain, Cambridge, Albany, Saratoga, and Otsego. In 1802 the districts were named, and Wyoming is in the Philadelphia District, while Otsego, Tioga, and Chenango are in the Albany District, Otsego being probably a part of Albany Circuit. In 1803 Conferences were formed. Wyoming now appears in the Susquehanna District of the Philadelphia Conference, and Otsego, Tioga, and Chenango in the Genesee District of the same Conference. In 1804 Susquehanna District appears as a part of the Baltimore Conference, and Wyoming is a part of this district, while Otsego, Tioga, and Chenango are still in Genesee District of the Philadelphia Conference. In 1805 Wyoming and Tioga are in the Susquehanna District of the Baltimore Conference, which now comprises all the territory from Tioga, N. Y., to Carlisle, Pa. Otsego and Chenango remain as before, the district containing about two and a half times as much territory as is now in Otsego and Chenango Counties. No further change is made until 1808, when the Susquehanna District is put into the Philadelphia Conference and Canaan Circuit appears as part of the district, having been formed from the Wyoming Circuit. Otsego and Chenango Circuits are a part of the Cayuga District of the New York Conference. 4 WYOMING CONFERENCE In 1810 the Genesee Conference was formed, which had three districts, the Susquehanna, Cayuga, and Upper Canada. The Susquehanna District comprised the following appointments: Lyons, Ontario, Holland Purchase, Canisteo, Lycoming, Northumberland, Wyoming, Canaan, Tioga, Seneca. Cayuga District contained these appointments: Chenango, Otsego, Herkimer, Black River, Mexico, Western, Westmoreland, Pompey, Scipio, Cayuga. The Upper Canada District was as large. In 1812 the Chenango Circuit is put on the Susquehanna District, and Broome Circuit first appears in the appointments. Oneida is substituted for the name of Cayuga District. In 1813 Bridgewater Circuit appears among the appointments, having been taken from the Wyoming Circuit. In 1814 Chenango District first appears, containing Chenango, Pompey, Onondaga, Sodus, Scipio, Cayuga, Lebanon, and Broome appointments. Susquehanna District comprised Lycoming, Shamokin, Northumberland, Wyoming, Canaan, Bridgewater, Wyalusing, and Tioga. Oneida District had eight appointments, of which Otsego was one; and Genesee District about as many. Very few changes were made affecting our territory until Oneida Conference was formed in 1829, containing six districts - Oneida, Chenango, Cayuga, Black River, Potsdam, and Susquehanna. The territory of our Conference lay in the two districts, Chenango and Susquehanna. It may be of interest to give the charges which comprised the districts. Lebanon, Chenango, Brookfield, Otsego, Sharon, Westford, Norwich, Cooperstown, and Bainbridge were in the Chenango District, and Wyoming, Canaan, Broome, Ithaca, Caroline, Berkshire, Owego, Bridgewater, Wyalusing, Binghamton, Pike, and Barton were in the Susquehanna District. In 1831 the Berkshire District was formed, of which the Owego District is the successor, containing the following appointments from the Susquehanna District: Berkshire, Ithaca, Spencer, Owego, Binghamton, and Broome. Cortland was taken from the Cayuga District, and Bainbridge from the Chenango District, to form a part of the new district; while Speedsville, Dryden, and Danby, the remaining charges on the district, appear for the first time in the list of appointments. In 1845 the Oneida Conference was practically redistricted, a new district being formed, called the Wyoming. Of the seven districts, four covered territory now in our bounds. Chenango District contained the following charges: Oxford, Norwich, ONEIDA RESOLUTIONS 5 Smyrna, Plymouth, Earlville, Sherburne, Exeter, Otsego, Cooperstown, Middlefield, Westford, Richmondville, Decatur, Otego, Butternuts, New Berlin, Edmeston, Chenango, and Bainbridge. Owego District comprised Owego, Candor, Spencer, Speedsville, Slaterville, Newark and Berkshire, Flemingville, Broome, Union, Lisle, Newfield, North Danby, South Danby, Greene, McDonough, Smithville. The Susquehanna District contained Binghamton, Windsor, Page Brook, Lanesboro, Orwell, Pike, Nichols, Barton, Factoryville, Vestal, Montrose, Dundaff, and Brooklyn. Wyoming District comprised Wilkes-Barre, Wyoming, Northmoreland, Skinner's Eddy, Tunkhannock, Springville, Abington, Lackawanna, Carbondale, Canaan, Salem, Lackawaxen, Honesdale, Bethany and Mount Pleasant, Beach Pond, and Mehoopany. In 1846 an eighth district was created, called Otsego, comprising Cherry Valley, Ames, Canajoharie, and Springfield, from the Oneida District, and Otsego, Cooperstown, Middlefield, Exeter, New Berlin, Edmeston, Westford, Decatur, Richmondville, Butternuts, and Otego, from the Chenango District. At the same Conference the name of the Owego District was changed to Newark. As the result of some considerable agitation concerning the formation of a new Conference, the following resolutions were passed by the Oneida Annual Conference at its session held in Ithaca, Tompkins County, N. Y., July 28, 1851: "Resolved, That it is the sense of this body that the Oneida Annual Conference should be divided at the approaching session of the General Conference to be held in Boston. "Resolved, That the delegates are instructed to request the General Conference to divide this body by the line of the road known as the 'Ithaca and Cattskill Turnpike,' running easterly from this place to the western boundary of the New York Conference, and that all charges through which said road passes shall belong to the Conference on the north side of the line; it being understood that the boundary line of the patronizing districts of the Oneida Conference Seminary and Wyoming Seminary shall remain unaltered. "Resolved, That if the Conference be divided the present claimants on its funds shall be so distributed (with the approbation of the bishop) that each Conference may have an equal proportion of such claimants according to the number of members of the Church within the bounds of each respectively. It is also the understanding that the same rule be adopted in dividing the Con- 6 WYOMING CONFERENCE ference funds, with the exception of the funds belonging to the Wesleyan University which shall remain undivided in the Oneida Conference, and that to carry out these measures, a joint committee of three from each section be appointed at this Conference to meet, in case the division be effected, at that Conference which shall first convene and consummate the arrangement. "A true copy from the Journals of the Oneida Annual Conference. "Attest D. W. BRISTOL, Sec'y O. A. C." The committee contemplated in the above resolution and which was appointed by the presiding bishop were the following, namely: from Oneida Conference, H. F. Rowe, D. Holmes, and A. E. Daniels; from Wyoming Conference, Nelson Rounds, E. B. Tenny, and W. H. Pearne. These resolutions were duly presented to the General Conference of 1852. This Conference divided the Oneida Conference, and constituted the southern portion of it, lying chiefly in Pennsylvania, a new Conference, giving it the classic name of Wyoming. It met for its first session on July 7, 1852, at Carbondale, Pa. Bishop Scott presided over the Conference and conducted the opening devotional services. N. Rounds was elected secretary and H. Brownscombe appointed assistant. At the roll call sixty-two members were found to be present. This number, however, does not give an accurate idea of the number of ministers in the Conference at its organization. There were fifty-seven active pastors, eleven superannuates, and three supernumeraries. Fitch Reed was transferred to the Oneida Conference, John M. Snyder and Joseph Whitham located, and C. M. Harvey was suspended from all official relation to the Church. Seven men were admitted on trial, which would give the Conference at its close sixty active members. Add to this number the fourteen supernumeraries and superannuates and the Conference had at its close seventy-four members. The membership was as follows: 10,662 members, 2,015 probationers, and 113 local preachers. The three districts which comprised the territory of the Conference were the Newark, the Susquehanna, and the Wyoming. In adjusting the work of the new Conference the territory was divided into four districts - Binghamton, Honesdale, Owego, Wyoming. We give the appointments as they appear in the Minutes of the first Conference: CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS, 1852 7 WYOMING DISTRICT D. A. Shepard, Presiding Elder Wilkes-Barre, George Peck. Blackman's Mines, to be supplied. Wyoming, T. D. Walker. New Troy, to be supplied. Newport, O. F. Morse. Pittston, G. M. Peck, one to be supplied. Northmoreland, A. H. Schoonmaker, one to be supplied. Lehman, C. Perkins, one to be supplied. Providence, H. Brownscombe, J. H. Cargill. Abington, A. Bronson. Newton, J. D. Safford, one to be supplied. Tunkhannock, J. F. Wilbur. Springville, C. L. Rice, E. F. Roberts. Skinner's Eddy, C. E. Taylor. Mehoopany, F. S. Chubbuck. Wyalusing, to be supplied. Wyoming Seminary, R. Nelson, Principal; Y. C. Smith, Teacher of Ancient Languages. OWEGO DISTRICT W. H. Pearne, Presiding Elder Owego, G. P. Porter. Flemingville, to be supplied. Speedsville, William Silsbee. North Danby, O. M. McDowell. South Danby, L. Pitts. Candor, E. Owen. Van Ettenville and Spencer, B. Ellis, sy., A. P. Mead. Waverly, J. W. Davidson, V. M. Coryell, sy. Barton, J. W. Hewitt. Nichols, E. B. Tenny. Litchfield, to be supplied. Orwell, R. Van Valkenburg, one to be supplied. Le Raysville, John Mulkey, one to be supplied. BINGHAMTON DISTRICT Z. Paddock, Presiding Elder Henry Street, Binghamton, B. W. Gorham. Court Street, Binghamton, H. R. Clarke. Page Brook, to be supplied. Windsor, William Round. Osborne Hollow, William Roberts. Broome, R. Ingalls, H. T. Avery. Conklin, A. C. Sperry. Brooklyn, E. W. Breckinridge, one to be supplied. Montrose, P. Bartlett. Vestal, C. V. Arnold, one to be supplied. 8 WYOMING CONFERENCE Union, J. Grimes, one to be supplied. Newark, N. S. De Witt. Berkshire, A. Brooks. Susquehanna and Lanesboro, G. H. Blakeslee. Conklin Forest, to be supplied. HONESDALE DISTRICT N. Rounds, Presiding Elder Honesdale, C. W. Giddings. Canaan, D. C. Olmstead. Dundaff, S. S. Barter. Carbondale, W. Wyatt. Salem, G. W. Leach. Cherry Ridge, M. Carrier. Stoddartsville, F. Illman. Hawley, J. B. Cooper. Narrows and Flowers, to be supplied. Lackawaxen, to be supplied. Beach Pond, E. Smith, J. S. David. Bethany, Z. Kellogg, A. Barker, sy. Mount Pleasant, T. Wilcox. Sanford, R. S. Rose. Thompson, W. Shelp, one to be supplied. In 1855 Wyalusing District was created, comprising the following appointments: Montrose, Brooklyn, Gibson, Le Raysville, Tunkhannock, Skinner's Eddy, Mehoopany Mission, Colly Mission, Nicholson, Wyalusing, Rome, Orwell, Litchfield, Windham, and Springville. This district continued until 1878. A glance at the list of appointments will reveal from what districts they were taken to form the district, and by what districts the Wyalusing was absorbed. During its existence it was served by the following presiding elders: 1855-58, George Landon; 1859- 62, G. H. Blakeslee; 1863-66, H. Brownscombe; 1867-70, D. C. Olmstead; 1871-74, Luther Peck; 1875-77, I. T. Walker. In 1862 the Lackawanna District was formed, comprised of Scranton, Providence, Blakeley, Carbondale, Dundaff, Waymart, South Canaan, Salem, Sterling, Moscow, Stoddartsville, and Dunmore. This district continued until 1869, when it was absorbed by Wyoming and Honesdale Districts. During its existence it was served from 1862-65 by George Peck, and from 1866-68 by George M. Peck. In 1865 arrangements were made anticipating a reunion of the Oneida and Wyoming Conferences, some correspondence having passed between some members of both bodies relative to such a meeting. Dr. Z. Paddock, of Wyoming, was appointed to confer REUNION OF ONEIDA AND WYOMING 9 with the bishops and suggest the holding of both Conferences at the same time. In 1866 the Oneida Conference met in Ithaca and the Wyoming in Owego at the same time. The Oneida Conference formally extended an invitation to the Wyoming Conference to visit the Oneida, and Drs. F. Reed, S. Comfort, D. W. Bristol, and Revs. William Reddy and B. I. Ives were appointed a committee from Oneida Conference to make all necessary arrangements and "superintend the courtesies" to be extended to Wyoming. Wyoming Conference appointed Revs. G. P. Porter, D. A. Shepard, and R. Nelson a committee to make arrangements for the visit. On Friday morning, April 20, at seven o'clock the Conference started for Ithaca. On arrival at Ithaca they were given a very cordial welcome at their church, after which both bodies proceeded to Cornell Hall. At the hall Bishop Baker, who was presiding over the Oneida Conference, felicitously congratulated the two Conferences upon their reunion after laboring fifteen years in their respective fields; after which he formally introduced the members of the Wyoming to Oneida Conference. Dr. S. Comfort, having been selected for that purpose, then welcomed Wyoming to the hospitalities of Ithaca Methodism, and extended the fraternal greetings of Oneida. His speech was full of interest and thrilling reminiscences. Hymn 707, "And are we yet alive," was then sung as many persons present had never heard it sung before, after which the venerable Rev. George Harmon led in fervent prayer. Bishop Thomson, who was presiding over Wyoming Conference, responded to the address of Dr. Comfort, by invitation of Wyoming Conference. His address was characterized as inimitably happy and impressive. Dr. George Peck had been invited by his Conference the year previous to preach a semicentennial sermon. By arrangement of the committee in charge of the reunion he delivered the sermon at this time. His theme was "The Past and the Present," taking for his text Eccles. vii, 10, "Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this." The sermon was characteristically able, and was listened to with profound attention. Printed copies of the discourse were distributed to the audience. The Centenary Hymn, composed by Rev. L. Hartsough, of the Oneida Conference, was then sung and the benediction pronounced by Bishop Thomson. In the afternoon the two Conferences united in a love feast of "unparalleled interest." The Wyoming men were so delighted with the reunion that they passed appreciative resolutions and suggested a return visit in the near future. In 1867 the Con- 10 WYOMING CONFERENCE ference invited the Oneida Conference to make us a visit at its next session, which was to be held in Binghamton. They replied, "We cannot arrange for the visit next year, but will be happy to make it two years hence," little thinking that when the time suggested should arrive many of them would come to stay. The General Conference of 1868 provided for the changing of several Conference boundaries, among which was the putting of Chenango and Otsego Districts, of the Oneida Conference, into the Wyoming Conference. Accordingly, in 1869 we find these two districts a part of Wyoming Conference. At the opening session of the Conference of 1869 resolutions were passed assuring the members from Oneida a hearty welcome. Subsequently the members on the two districts, appreciating their cordial reception, passed resolutions to that effect and printed them in the Northern Christian Advocate. The districts of the Conference as they now are have been modified but slightly, with the exception of the two changes noted above, for many years. We give the list of elders on each district since organization: Binghamton District. - We insert here the list of elders on the Susquehanna District: (In the Genesee Conference) 1821-22, George Lane; 1823, Fitch Reed; 1824-25, George Peck; 1826-29, Horace Agard (1829, in Oneida Conference); 1830, Elias Brown; 1831-33, Horace Agard; 1834-35, George Lane; 1836-38, J. M. Snyder; 1839, George Peck; 1840-42, David Holmes, Jr.; 1843-46, J. M. Snyder; 1847-49, D. A. Shepard; 1850, Fitch Reed; 1851, Z. Paddock. Binghamton District: 1852-54, Z. Paddock; 1855, George Peck, 1856-59, N. Rounds; 1860-63, King Elwell; 1864-67, Z. Paddock; 1868-71, D. W. Bristol; 1872-75, H. R. Clarke; 1876-79, William Bixby; 1880-83, J. G. Eckman; 1884-87, W. H. Olin; 1888-93, Thomas Harroun; 1894-95, J. O. Woodruff; 1896-1901, L. C. Floyd; 1902- 03, J. B. Sweet. Chenango District. - (In the Genesee Conference) 1821, Charles Giles; 1822-24, George Gary; 1825, Glezen Filmore; 1826-27, George Gary; 1828- 31, George Harmon (1829, in Oneida Conference); 1832-35, Andrew Peck; 1836-39, D. A. Shepard; 1840-43, Nelson Rounds; 1844-45, Lyman A. Eddy; 1846-49, Selah Stocking; 1850-53, William Reddy; 1854-57, William Bixby; 1858-61, D. A. Whedon; 1862-64, W. H. Olin; 1865-68, W. N. Cobb; (in Wyoming Conference) 1869-72, Thomas Harroun; 1873-76, J. G. Eckman; 1877-80, L. C. Floyd; 1881-84, W. L. Thorpe; 1885-90, J. C. Leacock; 1891-96, H. M. Crydenwise; 1897, H. C. McDermott; 1898-1903, C. H. Hayes. APPOINTEES TO DISTRICTS 11 Honesdale District. - 1852-55, N. Rounds; 1856-57, C. W. Giddings; 1858-61, W. Wyatt; 1862-64, J. J. Pearce; 1865-68, J. K. Peck; 1869-70, W. Bixby; 1871-74, D. C. Olmstead; 1875-78, L. W. Peck; 1879-82, A. J. Van Cleft; 1883-86, W. M. Hiller; 1887-92, J. B. Sumner; 1893-98, W. L. Thorpe; 1899-1903, J. F. Warner. Oneonta District. - From the time of formation until 1888 this district was known as Otsego District. At the Conference held in Oneonta in 1888 Bishop Walden gave the name of Oneonta to the district. While no one objected to the new name, many lamented that the historic Otsego should pass from our Minutes. (In Oneida Conference) 1846-49, Lyman Sperry; 1850-53, Isaac Parks; 1854-57, A. J. Dana; 1858-60, J. Shank; 1861-64, J. T. Wright; 1865-68, William Bixby; (in Wyoming Conference) 1869-72, W. N. Cobb; 1873-75, H. Wheeler; 1876-79, H. R. Clarke; 1880-83, F. L. Hiller; 1884-87, J. N. Lee; 1888-89 1/2, W. H. Olin; 1889 1/2 - 91 1/2, T. P. Halstead; 1891 1/2-96, A. J. Van Cleft; 1897-98 1/2, A. Griffin; 1898 1/2-1903, T. F. Hall. Owego District.-As Berkshire District, in Oneida Conference, 1831-33, Elias Bowen; 1834-37, H. Agard; 1838, Joseph Castle; 1839-42, George Harmon; name changed to Owego, 1843-45, V. M. Coryell; name changed to Newark, 1846, V. M. Coryell; 1847-50, J. M. Snyder; 1851, Fitch Reed; name changed to Owego in the Wyoming Conference, 1852-55, W. H. Pearne; 1856-58, Z. Paddock; 1859-61, J. J. Pearce; 1862, D. A. Shepard; 1863- 66, G. P. Porter; 1867-70, H. R. Clarke; 1871-74, D. D. Lindsley; 1875- 78, S. F. Brown; 1879-82, Y. C. Smith; 1883-86, H. M. Crydenwise; 1887- 88, S. Moore; 1889-94, W. Treible; 1895-1900, George Forsyth; 1901-03, H. H. Dresser. Wyoming District. - In Oneida Conference until 1852, when Wyoming Conference was organized. 1843-45, Silas Comfort; 1846-49, William Reddy; 1850-53, D. A. Shepard; 1854, George Peck; 1855-57, W. Wyatt; 1858-61, George Peck; 1862-63, R. Nelson; 1864-66, H. R. Clarke; 1867, G. P. Porter; 1868, R. Nelson; 1869-72, George Peck; 1873-76, G. R. Hair; 1877-80, W. H. Olin; 1881-84, A. Griffin; 1885-90, R. W. Van Schoick; 1891-92, M. S. Hard; 1893-98 1/2, J. G. Eckman; 1898 1/2-1903, A. Griffin.