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Center Church historical catalogue, 1639–1914 · scan page 250

Uncorrected OCR. Name spellings, dates, symbols and column order may be wrong. Verify against the original scan. Membership catalogue with death dates and family notes. Entries before 1685 are partly reconstructed; admission dates are not death dates. It does not establish cemetery of burial.

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238  FIRST    CHURCH,    NEW    HAVEN
2923.  c   James  Olmstead  *Jan.,  1889
Son  of  2921  and  2922;    born  Apr.,  1823,  in  Norwalk;    husband  of
3010;  father  of  3719,  3785,  and  3786.  Admitted  from  the  Howe
Street  Church.  Dismissed  to  the  College  Street  Church,  March,
1852.     Re-admitted    from   that   church,    Nov.,    1868.
2924.  c    Harriet  P.  Brown  (Miles)  Punderson    *Jan.,  1882
Daughter  of  Joseph  Isaac  and  Annie;    born  July,  1796;    mother
of  2925.     Admitted  from  the  Howe  Street  Church.
2925.  c    Harriet  Annie  Brintnall  Punderson        *Dec.,  1898
Daughter  of  2924;    born  May,   1821.     Admitted   from  the  Howe
Street  Church.
December  7.    2926.  c    William  Rutherford  Hayes      *July,  1852
Son  of   Rutherford  and  Chloe,  of   Brattleboro,  Vt. ;    born  Dec,
1804.     Yale    Coll.    1825.     Husband    of    2927.     Admitted    from    the
Center  Church,  Brattleboro.
2927.  c    Harriet  Emily  Trowbridge  (William  Rutherford)
Hayes  *Jan.,  1874  |
Daughter  of  2732  and  1724;    born  Aug.,  1808;   wife  of  2926;   next    1
married  Rev.  William  Patton  (3487).  I
2928.  c    Frances  Wolcott  Wood  Dism.  Oct.,  1846  ij
Daughter  of  2862  and  2850;  married  Rev.  Sylvester  Cowles.  |
Admitted  from  the  Howe  Street  Church.  Dismissed  to  the  church  j
in    Ellicottville,    N.   Y.     *March,    1873-
December  28.    2929.    Rebecca  Taylor  Bacon      Dism.  Nov.,  1869  ij
Daughter  of  the  pastor  and  2215;    born  Apr.,   1826.     Dismissed  ■
to  the  church  in  the  Hampton  Institute,  Va.     *Oct.,  1878.
2930.  Henrietta  Whitney  Blake  *June,  1901
Daughter    of    2061    and    2507;     born    Jan.,    1825;     married    Rev.
Alexander  MacWhorter.
2931.  EHzabeth  Cebra  Bradley  *Feb.,  191 1  ,
Daughter  of  2212  and  2209;    born  Nov.,  1827.  j.
2932.  Almira  Catlin  Twining  Dism.  1847  J
Daughter  of  Rev.  William  and  Margaret  Eliza,  of  Somersworth,  1 1
N.  H. ;  born  July,  1831.  Dismissed  to  the  Center  Presbyterian  |
Church,  Crawfordsville,  Ind.  Married  Rev.  Charles  Henry  Mar-  ;
shall.     *Jan.,  1865.  ;
2933.  Amelia  Tyler  Dism.  Jan.,  1895;
Daughter  of  Rev.  Edward  Royall  and  Sarah  Ann,  of  Middletown. ,
Dismissed  to  the  ist  Church,  Washington,  D.  C.

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P001-0250. Center Church historical catalogue, 1639–1914, printed page not verified, PDF page 250. Dexter, Franklin Bowditch, 1842-1920. cn; digitized copy contributed by Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center https://archive.org/details/historicalcatalo00dext/page/n250/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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