The Presbyterian Church Of Dansville Records,1861-1899.
Collection Number: 6105
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University
Library
Title:
The Presbyterian Church of Dansville
records, 1861-1899.
Collection Number:
6105
Creator:
The Presbyterian
Church of Dansville (Dansville, N.Y.)
Quantity:
1 reel microfilm.
Forms of Material:
Microfilm.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library
Abstract:
One volume of session meeting minutes (1861-1899) with lists
of baptisms, members and contributions; statistical annual reports (including
membership information); narrative accounts (after 1866) of the spiritual condition
of the church.
Language:
Collection material in English
The Presbyterian Church of Dansville was organized on March 25, 1825 by members of
the Presbytery of Bath, and was received under the care of that Presbytery on August
30th of that year. The church had eleven members, nine of whom were from the First
Church in Sparta and two of whom were from Buffalo. In 1826 when the church
transferred to the Presbytery of Ontario, the church had 32 members.
The congregation worshipped in various school houses until 1831 when a church costing
$3,500 was built. Land for the building and $1,000 was donated by Joshua Shepard. In
1840 dissatisfaction arose and a separate church called the First Presbyterian of
Dansville was formed. In 1842 they completed a church which burned in 1854, after
which the group met at a hall or at the Lutheran church. After 1855 when the
minister left the group, there was no regular pastor or preaching. The two churches
were reunited at the solicitation of the Presbytery on January 15, 1861 after which
they went by its former name.
One volume of session meeting minutes (1861-1899) with lists of baptisms, members and
contributions; statistical annual reports (including membership information);
narrative accounts (after 1866) of the spiritual condition of the church.
Names:
The Presbyterian Church of Dansville (Dansville,
N.Y.)
Subjects:
Church records and registers -- New York (State)
-- Dansville.
Presbyterian Church -- New York (State) --
Dansville.
Presbyterian Church -- Membership.
Church records and registers
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church -- Membership
Places:
Livingston County (N.Y.) -- Religious life and
customs.
Dansville (N.Y.) -- Religious life and
customs.
New York (State) -- Dansville
New York (State) -- Livingston County
Form and Genre Terms:
Baptismal certificates
Minutes.
Restrictions on Use:
Not to be published or otherwise released in such a form that any individual
members in the records can be identified.
Cite As:
The Presbyterian Church of Dansville records, #6105. Division of Rare and
Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
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