Cephus R. Leland (1807-1850) represented the Third Baptist Church of Hanover (Chautauqua County) NY at the 1848 First Anniversary meeting of the Erie Baptist Association. The meeting was held in the Baptist Meeting House in the Village of Forestville (Chautauqua County) NY on September 5, 6, and 7, according to the minutes printed at the Censor office, Fredonia (Chautauqua County) NY.
The Baptists unanimously adopted the following anti-slavery statement at the 1848 meeting, and similar statements at several annual meetings thereafter: “On motion of Br. D. Morse, it was Resolved, That we deeply deplore the connexion [sic] of any portion of the Christian World, and especially the Baptist denomination, with the sin of Slavery; and we recommend to the Ministers and Churches composing this body, that by every instrumentality which the Gospel furnishes wherewith to combat sin, they labor for its extinction.”
For a time, the Third Baptist Church of Hanover operated from Leland's home. By the early 1850s, the congregation seems to have split between a group in today's Hanover Center (Chautauqua County) NY and another congregation in today's Irving (Chautauqua County) NY. Both the Irving church and the Hanover Center church were shown on the 1854 county map.
Leland came from a long line of Baptist ministers. He was born in Chester VT to Asa and Amy Leland. In 1827, his family moved to Otto (Cattaraugus County) NY. After attending the Academy in Springville (Erie County) NY, Leland taught school to support his study of law, and to help support his father's family. He began his law practice in Irving in 1835, and he was appointed Postmaster there. In 1846, Governor Wright appointed Leland as attorney for the Seneca Nation. Andrew W. Young’s History of Chautauqua County (Buffalo NY, 1875) contained a biographical sketch of Leland as well as his portrait.
In 1835, Leland had married his fifth cousin Orphea Powers from Sempronius NY. They had two children: Cyrus P. Leland (b. 1836) and Jennie Leland Perry (1838 - 1863). In 1849, Leland sold his land in Irving to Thomas R. Stoddard, and in 1850, Leland and his family moved to Milwaukee WI, where he suddenly died.
Doug Shepard and Wendy Straight
The Baptists unanimously adopted the following anti-slavery statement at the 1848 meeting, and similar statements at several annual meetings thereafter: “On motion of Br. D. Morse, it was Resolved, That we deeply deplore the connexion [sic] of any portion of the Christian World, and especially the Baptist denomination, with the sin of Slavery; and we recommend to the Ministers and Churches composing this body, that by every instrumentality which the Gospel furnishes wherewith to combat sin, they labor for its extinction.”
For a time, the Third Baptist Church of Hanover operated from Leland's home. By the early 1850s, the congregation seems to have split between a group in today's Hanover Center (Chautauqua County) NY and another congregation in today's Irving (Chautauqua County) NY. Both the Irving church and the Hanover Center church were shown on the 1854 county map.
Leland came from a long line of Baptist ministers. He was born in Chester VT to Asa and Amy Leland. In 1827, his family moved to Otto (Cattaraugus County) NY. After attending the Academy in Springville (Erie County) NY, Leland taught school to support his study of law, and to help support his father's family. He began his law practice in Irving in 1835, and he was appointed Postmaster there. In 1846, Governor Wright appointed Leland as attorney for the Seneca Nation. Andrew W. Young’s History of Chautauqua County (Buffalo NY, 1875) contained a biographical sketch of Leland as well as his portrait.
In 1835, Leland had married his fifth cousin Orphea Powers from Sempronius NY. They had two children: Cyrus P. Leland (b. 1836) and Jennie Leland Perry (1838 - 1863). In 1849, Leland sold his land in Irving to Thomas R. Stoddard, and in 1850, Leland and his family moved to Milwaukee WI, where he suddenly died.
Doug Shepard and Wendy Straight
Cephus R. Leland (1807-1850) represented the Third Baptist Church of Hanover (Chautauqua County) NY at the 1848 First Anniversary meeting of the Erie Baptist Association. The meeting was held in the Baptist Meeting House in the Village of Forestville (Chautauqua County) NY on September 5, 6, and 7, according to the minutes printed at the Censor office, Fredonia (Chautauqua County) NY.
The Baptists unanimously adopted the following anti-slavery statement at the 1848 meeting, and similar statements at several annual meetings thereafter: “On motion of Br. D. Morse, it was Resolved, That we deeply deplore the connexion [sic] of any portion of the Christian World, and especially the Baptist denomination, with the sin of Slavery; and we recommend to the Ministers and Churches composing this body, that by every instrumentality which the Gospel furnishes wherewith to combat sin, they labor for its extinction.”
For a time, the Third Baptist Church of Hanover operated from Leland's home. By the early 1850s, the congregation seems to have split between a group in today's Hanover Center (Chautauqua County) NY and another congregation in today's Irving (Chautauqua County) NY. Both the Irving church and the Hanover Center church were shown on the 1854 county map.
Leland came from a long line of Baptist ministers. He was born in Chester VT to Asa and Amy Leland. In 1827, his family moved to Otto (Cattaraugus County) NY. After attending the Academy in Springville (Erie County) NY, Leland taught school to support his study of law, and to help support his father's family. He began his law practice in Irving in 1835, and he was appointed Postmaster there. In 1846, Governor Wright appointed Leland as attorney for the Seneca Nation. Andrew W. Young’s History of Chautauqua County (Buffalo NY, 1875) contained a biographical sketch of Leland as well as his portrait.
In 1835, Leland had married his fifth cousin Orphea Powers from Sempronius NY. They had two children: Cyrus P. Leland (b. 1836) and Jennie Leland Perry (1838 - 1863). In 1849, Leland sold his land in Irving to Thomas R. Stoddard, and in 1850, Leland and his family moved to Milwaukee WI, where he suddenly died.
Doug Shepard and Wendy Straight
The Baptists unanimously adopted the following anti-slavery statement at the 1848 meeting, and similar statements at several annual meetings thereafter: “On motion of Br. D. Morse, it was Resolved, That we deeply deplore the connexion [sic] of any portion of the Christian World, and especially the Baptist denomination, with the sin of Slavery; and we recommend to the Ministers and Churches composing this body, that by every instrumentality which the Gospel furnishes wherewith to combat sin, they labor for its extinction.”
For a time, the Third Baptist Church of Hanover operated from Leland's home. By the early 1850s, the congregation seems to have split between a group in today's Hanover Center (Chautauqua County) NY and another congregation in today's Irving (Chautauqua County) NY. Both the Irving church and the Hanover Center church were shown on the 1854 county map.
Leland came from a long line of Baptist ministers. He was born in Chester VT to Asa and Amy Leland. In 1827, his family moved to Otto (Cattaraugus County) NY. After attending the Academy in Springville (Erie County) NY, Leland taught school to support his study of law, and to help support his father's family. He began his law practice in Irving in 1835, and he was appointed Postmaster there. In 1846, Governor Wright appointed Leland as attorney for the Seneca Nation. Andrew W. Young’s History of Chautauqua County (Buffalo NY, 1875) contained a biographical sketch of Leland as well as his portrait.
In 1835, Leland had married his fifth cousin Orphea Powers from Sempronius NY. They had two children: Cyrus P. Leland (b. 1836) and Jennie Leland Perry (1838 - 1863). In 1849, Leland sold his land in Irving to Thomas R. Stoddard, and in 1850, Leland and his family moved to Milwaukee WI, where he suddenly died.
Doug Shepard and Wendy Straight
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