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GRACE CHURCH PARISH,
 

MOUNT WASHINGTON, PITTSBURGH, PA.

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Transcribed and contributed by Joan Skinnell Benincasa

A HISTORY

OF

GRACE CHURCH PARISH,

MOUNT WASHINGTON,

PITTSBURGH, PA.

WITH LIST OF PARISHIONERS, VESTRYMEN, BAP-

TISMS, CONFIRMATIONS, MARRIAGES,

BURIALS, ET CETERA,

BY
REV. ROBERT JOHN COSTER, D. D.,
RECTOR.

INCLUDING, ALSO, A SKETCH OF THE EARLY
HISTORY OF THE PARISH,

BY

HON. THOMAS T. BIGHAM,
LATE SENIOR WARDEN.

1903 :
WM. O. JOHNSTON & CO.,
PITTSBURGH.

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INDEX.

Adams, Mrs. Maria ............................................... 26, 143, 233
Adams, William ........................................................134, 231
Address by Rev. R. J. Coster ............................................... 42
Admitted to Convention, Grace Church..................................... 9
AllSaints' Mission ..............................................................45
Altar Cross.. ..................................................................20
Angel, Rev. E. A...............................................................48
Anniversary, Twentieth ......................................................40
Annual Convention, Deputies................................................140
Ashford, Mrs. Mary...........................................................71
Ashford, Thomas F., Sr......................... 96, 137, 138, 142, 248, 283

Baptisms.................................................................166-208
Bennett, Emma.................................................... 27,106, 256
Bible for Lectern ............................................................120
Bigham, Thomas J., Sr..................................32, 36, 134, 235,262
Bigham, Joel L .............................................................. 240
Bigham, Eliza A.........................................................101, 254
Bigham, Mrs. Maria L ............................ 49, 55, 123, 126, 237, 257
Bigham, Thomas J., Jr ....................................138, 160, 226, 286
Bindley, Mrs. Emmeline............................................... 216, 236
Bindley, John .............,................................. 59, 136, 137, 216
Bishop's Chair ................................................................120
Bishop Alonzo Potter............................................................9
Bishop Kerfoot ...............................................20, 21, 24, 37,43
Bishop Whitehead................................................37, 70, 84, 95
Bishop Whittingham ..................................................... 43, 46
Boggs, Mrs. Sarah ................................................. 81, 86, 243
Bond, Mrs. Annie M ...................................................101, 255
Bond, William L., Sr .............................................134, 135, 271
BoyChoir........................................................... 33, 112, 119
Bratt, Edward .................................... 33, 37, 134, 145, 236, 267
Bratt, Mrs. Jane.....................................................33, 37, 234
Burfoot, Richard ....................................................55, 60, 113
Burials................................................................... 230-256

Carstensen, Rev. G. A.........................................................49
Chair, Bishop's ................................................................120
Chancel Window ......................................................... 25, 121
Charter of Church ............................................................130
 

306
 

Choir..............................................................27, 33, 77,112
Choir, History of..............................................................110
Choir, women admitted...................................................... 97
Christmas Service..................................................... 67,74, 82
Church dressed with palms...................................................103
Clark, H. W........................................................101, 117, 254
Confirmation Class................................................20, 25, 37, 83
Confirmations............................................................ 209-214
Congregational Meeting............................................. 72, 99, 103
Consecration of Church........................................................ 21
Consecration, Sentence of .................................................... 23
Coster, Rev. R. J., eighth Rector..............................................18
     Lenten Pastoral............................................................. 28
     Twentieth Anniversary..................................................... 38
     TripWest ................................................................... 71
     Lecture, "English Reformation" ........................................... 78
     Summer at Cresson......................................................... 79
     Thirtieth Anniversary........................................................91
     Reception for ...............................................................95
     Children of, Baptized .....................................................175
     Biographical Sketch of.................................................... 285
     Mr. T. J. Bigham's Estimate of.......................................... 303
Crumpton, Rev. Thomas, D. D. .............................................. 47

Dashiell, Rev. E. F..............................................................43
Deputies to Diocesan Conventions................................. 21, 140-142
Deed of Donation of Church..................................................140
Dermitt, E. H ............................................. 34,111,135,150, 216
Digby, William .............................................................34,110
Dodworth, James...................................................61, 114, 223

Easter Services......................................54, 71, 76, 85, 98,102,103
Endowment Fund.......................................................... 27, 55
Ezechiels, Daniel D...................................................60, 113,114

Families, Easter, 1898.........................................................157
Ferguson, Edith N.........................................................50, 238
Financial Distress, 1893.........................................................75
Financial Reports..................................................... 56, 104,105
Font, Stone.................................................................27, 122
Furey, Rev, J G ................................................................. 11

Gas Lights........................................................................ 95
Goldthorp, Samuel H .....................................................146, 237
Goldthorp, Mrs. Sarah.. ..............................................32, 36, 234
 

307

Goldthorp, Mrs. Joshua................................................34,112,113
Goldthorp, Mr. Joshua.......................................................... 59
Grace Church-------
     Location....... ............................................................... 8
     Organization.................................................................. 8
     Laying Corner Stone ......................................................... 9
     Admitted to Convention...................................................... 9
     CharterGranted................................................................9
     Opening New Church..........................................................9
     Cost of Church and Lot .....................................................10
     Cost of Basement Room ....................................................18
     Refitted, 1869................................................................20
     Reopened, 1869..............................................................20
     Consecrated...................................................................21
     Consecration Sentence ...................................................... 23
     Building ............................................................ Frontispiece
     Frescoing, 1869...............................................................19
     Frescoing, 1875...............................................................25
     Frescoing, 1894............................................................... 79
     Frescoing, etc., 1900......................................................... 96
     Interior View of Church ....................................................... 9
     Semi-Centennial............................................................. 100
     Record, Parish Paper..........................................................51
     Gas Lights......................................................................95
     Charter .......................................................................128
     Vestries ..................................................................134-139
Groves, William................................................................ 74, 78
Guild, Coster.......................................................................295
Guild, Grace Church............................................................... 290

Hall, Fred...........................................................................119
Halpin, Mrs. Mary..................................................................248
Halpin, William...............................................................251, 277
Harper, Maj. Samuel.............................................................. 275
Hodges, Rev. Jubal............................................................12, 301
Howe, William .....................................................................249

Johnson, George A................................................................ 282

Kerfoot, Bishop....................................................20, 21, 24, 37, 43
Killikelly, Dr. B. B...............................................................16, 17

Lectern, Carved Walnut ......................................................36, 122
Lectures, Course of ............................................................... 73
Lecture, " English Reformation" .................................................. 78
Lenten Pastoral......................................................................28
 

308

Lenten Services ..................................................... 31, 69, 75, 84, 103
Letters of Congratulation .....................................................47, 48, 49
Lewis, A. K..............................................................................266
Lovelock, George.........................................................................25
Lowen, George T .................................................................235, 264
Lowen, Mrs. Mary...................................................................26, 232

Marland, Alfred .........................................................................279
Marriages........................................................................... 215-229
Martin, Miss Nellie..................................................................118, 119
Maxwell, Rev. Samuel................................................................49, 247
Mayer, Rev. G. W ......................................................... .13, 14,15, 301
McCandless, Rev. J. H ....................................................................48
McMillin, Emily............................................................................. 58
McMillin, Capt. J. S ........................................................... 69, 242, 272
McMillin, Mrs. Mary B......................................................................77
Memorial Windows.................................................................... 36, 37
Mission, S. S., Duquesne Heights............................................ 66, 68, 75, 82
Mite Societ y ........................................................................37,80,81

Name of the Church ......................................................................299
Neely, H. W ...................................................................... 90, 99, 289

Organ.............................................................................27, 107, 109

Palms, Church dressed with ..............................................................103
Parishioners, First List of . ...............................................................143
Parishioners, Second List of...............................................................144
Parishioners, Third List of ................................................................148
Parishioners, October, 1903..........................................................159-165
Paving Grandview Avenue ................................................................. 88
Paving Bertha Street ....................................................................... 88
Paving Sycamore Street .................................................................... 88
Paving, Cost of, to Church ................................................................. 89
Prayer Books, etc., for Chancel ............................................................ 76
Prayer Desk..................................................................................122
Prosser, George ..............................................................................37
Public School Built.. ..........................................................................88
Public School Gables blown out.............................................................. 99

Quick, Rev. C. W .......................................................................12, 300

Reading Room, Mount Washington ........................................................125
Reception, Rector's 30th Anniversary ..................................................... 95
Record, Parish Paper .............................................................. 51, 52, 53
Rector and Vestry, 1903.................................................................... 285
 

309

Reed, Mrs. Ruth .....................................................................32, 234
Reese, Mrs. Sarah ...................................................................26, 233
Removals from Parish ................................................................... 97
Reports of Treasurer ..............................................................104, 105

Sadler, Dr. O. W ......................................................................... 77
Saint Luke's Mission .......................................................................45
Shaler, John C., Jr..................................25, 41, 51, 61, 80, 89, 90, 246, 269
Smith, Edwin ..................................................................111, 112,129
Smith, Rev. Richard .................................................................11,300
Smith, Rev. R. S.......................................................................... 47
Smithson, Mrs. E. A................................................................ 66, 241
Stinson, Oliver H ......................................................100, 221, 253, 280
Stone, Rev.Joseph A.............................................................. 10, 299
Storm, Easter Sunday, 1902............................................................98
Stout, Melville L.............................................35, 111, 115, 116, 281, 288
Sunday School .............................................................. 61, 62, 74, 83
Sunday Services ..........................................................................57
Sweitzer, William H ..............................................................116, 117

Taylor, Miss Louise, Organist .............................................. 66, 114, 115
Thompson, Mrs. Mary .................................................................247
Torrence, David R., removal .......................................................... 99

Vacancy in Rectorship...............................................................12, 15
Vestry, 1851...............................................................................8
Vestry, 1869 .............................................................................19
Vestry, 1903 ............................................................................285

Whaley, Percy G .....................................................................68, 80
Whitsunday Services ...........................................................78, 89, 106
Whittier, Mrs. Adeline Matilda .....................................................86, 243
Williams, Samuel ..................................................................111, 112
Window, Chancel .......................................................................121
Windows, Stained-Glass ........................................................... 36,123
 

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