Saint James Episcopal Church Cemetery
Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA
St. James Protestant Episcopal Church was charted July 4th, 1839. Among the charter members were Robert C. Hill, Lebbeus Chapman, William B. Potts, Winfield S. Chapman, John Hudson, Alexander A. Clarkson, John Guertler, Absalom Reifsnyder, John Stanton, Richard Stanton, Gideon Bast and Charles M. Hill. A church was consecrated in the spring of 1814, built of rough native stone. William Richardson presented the lot. The corner stone was laid in 1839. Robert C. Hill was the first Sunday-school superintendent; services were held in Moses Reed's tailoring establishment on Canal street. The first minister was Rev. Mr. Buell, succeeded in 1842 by Rev. George C. Drake, who remained about ten years. ("HISTORY OF SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, PA with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. New York: W. W. Munsell & Co., 36 Vesey Street, 1881 Press of George Macnamara, 36 Vesey Street, N.Y.")
St. James Protestant Episcopal Church was charted July 4th, 1839. Among the charter members were Robert C. Hill, Lebbeus Chapman, William B. Potts, Winfield S. Chapman, John Hudson, Alexander A. Clarkson, John Guertler, Absalom Reifsnyder, John Stanton, Richard Stanton, Gideon Bast and Charles M. Hill. A church was consecrated in the spring of 1814, built of rough native stone. William Richardson presented the lot. The corner stone was laid in 1839. Robert C. Hill was the first Sunday-school superintendent; services were held in Moses Reed's tailoring establishment on Canal street. The first minister was Rev. Mr. Buell, succeeded in 1842 by Rev. George C. Drake, who remained about ten years. ("HISTORY OF SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, PA with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. New York: W. W. Munsell & Co., 36 Vesey Street, 1881 Press of George Macnamara, 36 Vesey Street, N.Y.")
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Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA
- Total memorials1k+
- Percent photographed70%
- Percent with GPS2%
Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA
- Total memorials8k+
- Percent photographed70%
- Percent with GPS13%
Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA
- Total memorials1k+
- Percent photographed20%
- Percent with GPS9%
Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA
- Total memorials169
- Percent photographed72%
- Percent with GPS3%
- Added: 19 Jan 2008
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2246327
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