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Center Church historical catalogue, 1639–1914 · scan page 340
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328 FIRST CHURCH, NEW HAVEN 1881 May I. 3866. c Philip Edgar Holp Born in Enterprise, O. Admitted from the Church of the United Brethren in Lewisburg, O. Ordained to the ministry, 1881. 3867. c John Richard Reitzel Dism. Sept., 1882 Born in Hummelstown, Pa., Oct., 1847. B.D. Yale 1881. Or- dained to the ministry at Shamokin, Pa., in the Church of the United Brethren, Feb., 1878. Admitted from the Church of the United Brethren in Dayton, O. Dismissed to the church in Mitchell, S. Dak. *Feb., 1910. July 3. 0000. c Sarah Clark Eastman See 3395- 3868. Susanna Whitney Hawkes Daughter of 3750 and 3751. 3869. George Pickard Hawkes *Feb., 1905 Brother of 3868; born in Portland, Me., Nov., 1868. B.A. Yale 1891. 3870. Mary English Mersick Daughter of 3753 and 3547; married Frederick Truman Bradley (3808). 3871. Stemats Yamakawa Dism. July, 1899 Married Prince Iwao Oyama. Dismissed to the Reinansaka Church, Tokio, Japan. Nov. 6. 3872. c Newton Irving Jones Dism. Feb., 1885 Born in Enfield, N. H. Ordained pastor in Centreville, Barn- stable, Mass., July, 1875. B.D. Yale 1882. Admitted from the Pearl Street Church, Hartford. Dismissed to the Broadway Church, Somerville, Mass. 3873. Elizabeth Eliot Watrous *Jan., 1900 Daughter of George Henry and Harriet Joy (3616) ; born June, 1861 ; married Edward Vilette Raynolds ; mother of 4734. 1882 July 2. 0000. c Cornelia A. Benton See 3370. 3874. Charlotte Eliot Goodyear Dism. Nov., 1889 Daughter of William Eliot and Nellie ; married Arthur H. Smith (3903). Dismissed to the ist or Grand Avenue Church, Fair Haven.
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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P001-0340. Center Church historical catalogue, 1639–1914, printed page not verified, PDF page 340. Dexter, Franklin Bowditch, 1842-1920. cn; digitized copy contributed by Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center https://archive.org/details/historicalcatalo00dext/page/n340/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.
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