James H. Hotchkin mentions Ethan Smith's ministry in Western New York.
- Type
- Book
- Source
- James H. Hotchkin Non-LDS
- Hearsay
- Direct
- Reference
James H. Hotchkin, A History of the Purchase and Settlement of Western New York (New York: M. W. Dodd, 1848), 321
- Scribe/Publisher
- M. W. Dodd
- People
- Stephen S. Smith, Seth J. Porter, Erastus H. Adams, Ethan Smith, Ralph Cushman, Hiram R. Kellogg, James H. Hotchkin
- Audience
- Reading Public
- Transcription
Fayetteville. — This is a village in the town of Manlius, near the Erie Canal, with which it is connected by a feeder. A Presbyterian Church, consisting of twenty-three members, was organized, May 6th, 1830, by Rev. Messrs. Seth J. Porter, Ralph Cushman, and Hiram R. Kellogg, acting as a committee of the Presbytery appointed for the purpose. . . . From about a year after its organization till October, 1832, Rev. Erastus H. Adams officiated as stated supply. Rev. Ethan Smith labored here from November, 1833, til] April, 1844, when Rev. Stephen S. Smith came as stated supply, and remained about two years.
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