Methodist Episcopal Church of Lyons records
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Contains one volume of Stevard's quarterly conference meeting minutes (1851-87) and one volume of class leader's meeting minutes (1856-65.) Central issues in the church are the Sunday School, church finances and during the l870's-80's, revival activity and the lyceum.
Dates
- 1851-1887.
Creator
- Methodist Episcopal Church of Lyons (Lyons, N.Y.) (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY
Lyons was visited by the Methodist circuit riders David Dunham and Benjamin Bidlack as early as 1789 and activity there continued regularly after that. In 1803 a log house and lot was purchased for the site of the first church in Lyons - the Methodist Episcopal Church of lyons, a name it retained through the 19th century. In July 1810 the Genesee Conference was organized at the store-house of Daniel Dorsey, a prominent member of the parish. Gideon Draper was the presiding elder, Francis Asbury the presiding bishop.
In 1810 it vas voted to sell the old meeting house and $743.96 was raised to construct a new church which vas usable by 1813 and completed in I8l8. This structure vas demolished in 1851 and a nev building constructed. The debt from this church vas not paid until 1857.
Extent
1 microfilm reels. (1 microfilm reels.)
Abstract
One volume of steward's quarterly conference meeting minutes (1851-1887) and one volume of class leader's meeting minutes. Central issues in the church are the Sunday school, church finances, and during the 1870-80s, revival activity and the lyceum.
Physical Description
Microfilm
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- S.L.
- Date completed:
- Mar. 1979
- EAD encoding:
- Andrea Hektor, June 2004
- Date modified:
- Marcie Farwell, February 2015
- Genesee Conference (Lyons, N.Y.)
- Lyons (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
- Methodist Episcopal Church -- New York (State) -- Lyons.
- Minutes.
- Revivals -- New York (State) -- Lyons.
- Sunday schools -- New York (State) -- Lyons.
- United Methodist Church of Lyons (Lyons, N.Y.)
- Wayne County (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by S.L.
- Date
- June 2004
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu