ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH HISTORY & CEMETERY, GLOUCESTER CO., NJ
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St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Focer and Main Streets
Glassboro,Gloucester Co., NJ
St. Thomas is the earliest church erected in Glassboro. The first Church
building built in 1791 was made of logs, was very plain with one large window.
It was also used as a school house. Located on the old burial ground on North
Main Street it lasted for 50 years.
This church was the effort of several prominent citizens ,namely the Stangers,
Lutzs ,and Whitneys who reportedly held services in their homes until the small
cabin church came into being.
In the early nineteenth century St. Thomas had rough sailing because The
Episcopal Minister either went back to England or followed their congregations
to Canada during the Revoluntinary war.
In 1841 the parish was incorporated and the congregation decided to change
the location of the building. A new church was erected at the present corner of
Main and Focer Streets on land donated by Bathsheba T. Whitney. The corner stone
was laid by Bishop George W. Doane on April 18,1846.
Local sandstone ,the same as used in the Whitney Mansion at Rowan College was
used in the construction. The cost of the new church was $6000. The chancel was
added during the Civil War. Little else has changed. Note the buttressed Bell
Tower and walls, and the warm interior with the serene atmosphere within.
Pass through the typically English Lych Gate, enter the Tower doorway And
with the large ring ,pull open the inner door. Upon stepping inside the
beautiful Gothic style church, one feels and remembers that generations of
faithful and devout members have received inspiration and strength within its
walls.
IMPORTANT DATES
1791 First church and burial ground on N. Main Street
1809 Parish admitted to the Church Convention
1841 Church Incorporated
1846 Present church completed
1861 Chancel and Sacristy added
1881 Rectory built
1888 Original organ installed (during Rectorship of Henry M.G.Huff)
1899 Electric lights replace gas lights
1911 Bell installed
1954 Parish house construction completed
1986 Pipe organ installed
1991 Bicentennial celebrated
BURIALS AT ST.THOMAS
Total transcribed burials: 456
Old Burial Grounds, N. Main Street, Glassboro: 22
Memorial Garden:18
Church Cemetary:416
At least 20 stones could not be read
The current Rector said there is a plot plan available for the cemetary
presumably for everyone buried there. I don't know if that includes the old
burial grounds.
NAME/DATES/NOTES
ADAMOF,Anna Marie 1896-1988
, Stephen 1885-1967
ADAMS,A. Charles 1933-1994 Mathis Funeral Home
ADAMS, Sierra Nevada 1898-1903 Mathis Funeral Home
ALLEN, Harriett 1885-1970
ALLEN, Edward 1917-1937
BARNETT, Rev. William J. M. DIV 29 Mar 1908-4 Dec 1981
Rector 1953-1978 veteran's flag
BARNES, Elizabeth S. 1906-1985 Order of Eastern Star
,John E. 1901-1980 Mason Symbol
BARR, Henry 1887-1965
BEATH, John Ridings d. 1976
,Anne Russell d. 1975
BEDINGER, Daniel George Jeremiah 1941-1941
BEDINGER, Elizabeth Edwards 1913-____
BEVIN, Wilfred d. 18 Oct 1973
BLACK, Maskell Bates 22 Aug 1906-2 Jul 1991
Capt US ARMY WWII
BLACK, Catherine J. 1911-1962
BLACK, Maskell Bates M.D. 1906-1991
BOYD, William 28 Jan 1926-19 Apr 1997
,Laura J. 21 Jul 1928-____
BROWN, James A. 1902-1984
,Thelma M. 1903-1967
,Anna T. 1925-1977
CAPIE, Annie W. Nock d. 7 May 1974 wife of A.Richard
CAPIE, Richard d. 3 May 1988
CLAYTON, Luella E. 1887-1980
,Harry F.R. 1877-1958
CLAIR, Elizabeth L. 1905-1998
CLAIR, Rev. Joseph R. S.T.M. 1900-1984
CLAYTON, Robert D. 12 Apr 1915-7 Aug 2001 86yrs
Godfrey Funeral Home, Ocean City,NJ
COLEMAN, Cecile 6 Oct 1904-5 Jan 2002
COLEMAN, Isabella Baquie 25 Jun 1881- 19 Jun 1961
COLEMAN, Hubert Dudley 2 Oct 1871- 29 Dec 1953
COPPER, Edna M. 1907-1985
,Earl M. 1908-1968
COWELL, Helen Ruth 1914-1986
COWELL, Elmer E. Sr. 1911-1998
DAVID, Howard C. 1896-1963
,Anna M. 1903-1967
DAVIS, William F. 1867-1928
DAVIS, Alice E. 1867-1942
DAVIS, Franklin W. 1904-1964
DeEugenio, Esther L. beloved daughter ,no dates
DeEugenio, Lillian R. 1920-____
,Joseph J. Sr. 1915-1951
DeGEORGE, Anna M. 1905-1994
DeGEORGE, Thomas 1918-1991
DeMARSICO, Henry J. III d. 1967
DENNEY, Dorothy B. 1908-2000 Order of Eastern Star
,William B. 1901-1983 Mason Symbol
DROBIL, Catherine R. 1919-______ Order of Eastern Star
,Wallace P. 1918-1992 Mason Smybol
DUKE, Helen J. 16 Dec 1891-30 Jan 1968
DUKE, Albert L. 24 Dec 1878-25 Nov 1958
DUQUE, Sarah W. 14 Apr 1847-2 May 1903
EDWARDS, Thomas H. 1874-1960
,Elizabeth L. 1878-____
ELLIOTT, Dorothea G. 28 Aug 1911-23 Aug 1986
,Harold D. 15 Aug 1910-7 Jul 1985
,Harold D II 21 Feb 1934-30 Mar 1995
"Most worshipful Grand Master 1982
Free and Accepted Masons of NJ"
ELLIOTT, Elizabeth d. 6 May 1910 84yrs
Daughter of Charles and Mary Ann Elliott
ELLIOTT, Rebecca d. 23 Sep 1914 84yrs
ELLIOTT, Anna E. 1883-1963 sister
ELLIOTT, Mary Emma 1877-1934 sister
ELLIOTT, Daniel M. 1888-1920
ELLIOTT, Charles E. 1879-1946
ELLIOTT, Viola Nolte 1877-1952
ELLIOTT, William 1842-1902
, Elizabeth 1852-1918
ELLIOTT, Mary Ann d. 17 Feb 1888 84yrs wife of Charles
ELLIOTT, Isabella d. 26 Jul 1886 46yrs daughter of Charles and
Mary Ann
ELLIOTT, Annie d. 5 Mar 1904 75yrs
FERRAL, Laura T. 1896-1970
FERRAL, Walter H. 1885-1969
FOSTER, Matilda d. July 1864 50y2m12d
FOSTER, can't read
FOSTER, can't read
GEORGE, Lucy Thorpe 1857-1936
GEORGE, Charles W. 1854-1955
GREENE, Florence S. 1914-1970 Order of the Eastern Star
, Franklin P. 1901-1989 Mason Symbol
HALL, Evelyn H. 1904-1965
, Charles 1901-1966
HAMILTON, Ethel M. 1916-____ Order of the Eastern Star
, Raymond H. II 1913-1976
HENDRICKSON, Alice Reed 1856-1938
HERITAGE, Charles S.M.D. 9 Aug 1871-4 Jan 1920 Mason Symbol
HESTON, Rachel C. d. 24 Oct 1866 70yrs
HESTON, Harriet C. d. 1978 78yrs
HIGGINS, Helen 1901-1978
HIGSON, Irene 1901-1987
, Daniel 1904-1972
HIGSON, Lewis W. 1873-1956
HIGSON, Emma 1873-1956
JONES, Sarah K. 1864-____
, Arthur 1854-1956
KANE, Rachel E. 3 Aug 1972-12 Nov 1999
KANE, Curtis P. 1903-1966
, Irene E. 1904-1999
, Dilla Irene 4 Aug 1973-3 Oct 1973
KEELER, Florence M. 1892-1949
KEELER, Louis S. 1891-1957
KELLY, Martha 1876-1952
KERSEY, Mary H. 1842-1919
KIRBY, Samuel H. 1820-1909
KIRBY, Harriet 1848-1923
KIRBY, Olivia 1854-1860
KIRBY, William Wall 1851-1862
KIRBY, Ellison 1818-1872
, Hannah Clayton Paul 1815-1878 wife of Ellison
, Achsah 1858-1859
, Lucy 1852-1909
, Fanny W. 1849-1912
KIRBY, Samuel 1855-1913
, Rose M. 1848-1900
KIRK, Rev John Foster former Rev of St. Thomas Church no dates.
, Frances Ann no dates
KIRKPATRICK, Killian d. 26 Nov 1911
KIRKPATRICK, Ann d. 25 Apr 1921
KIRKPATRICK, William d. 24 Feb 1896 30y5m10d
Son of William and Ann
KIRKPATRICK, Anne d. 2 Apr 1910 50y3m28d
Daughter of Ann and William
KIRKPATRICK, Mary d. 10 May 1882 24y2m28d
Daughter of William and Ann
KROTSCH, Mildred 3 Oct 1895-15 Sep 1989
LEIDIG, Charles 1859-1931
, Savannah 1864-1935
LEININGER, Sara M. 1931-2002 Order of the Eastern Star
, Charles R. 1930-1999 Mason Symbol Glassboro Fireman
LEININGER, Freeda 1930-____
, Joseph H. 1927-1981
LOHRMANN, Kathryn R. 1921-1993 Order of the Eastern Star
, Lee H. 1916-____ Mason Symbol
LONGSTAFF, Hannah 1883-1963
LYNCH, Bertha A. 1901-1968
LYNCH, J. Crawford 1898-1958
LYNCH, Emma M. 1905-1994
, Jarvis D. 1903-1968
MacNeil, Grover C. 20 Dec 1893-8 Nov 1944
NJ CP 502 ENGRS
MacNeil, John V. 1925-1987
SK3 US NAVY WWII
MacNeil, Grover C. 1893-1944
, Elizabeth C 1898-1990
MADDEN, Percy 1894-1954
, Hilda R. 1893-1971
, Reginald 1923-1999
, Helen C. 1925-____
MARRICK, Emma Price 1838-____ Large towering stone hard to read
McCURDY, James can't read the rest
McFADDEN, James son of ___ and Mary can't read the rest
MEYERS, Ethlyn D. 1904-1983
MILLS, Janet F. 1917-1994
, William P. 1896-1983
NIXON, Josephine Leaming Whitney 6 Sep 1888-24 Feb 1945
NOCK, Annie A Whitney d. 13 Jan 1927 wife of E.G.Nock
PARKER, Helen M. 1923-1999
PAUL, Thomas H. d. 10 Apr 1872 58yrs
PAUL, Isabel d. 11 Jan 1906 wife of Samuel H. Kirby
PAUL, Isabel d. 26 Jan 1872 16 yrs
Daughter of Franklin and Harriet Heston Clark
PAUL, Mary d. 27 Oct 1859 68yrs
PAUL, Joshia d. 4 Dec 1831 45 yrs
PAUL, Anna M. 1826-1919
PAULIN, Anna Frances d. 1853
PAULIN, Frank d. 1865
PAULIN, William S. 1860-1926
PAULIN, Zillah F d. 10 Feb 1892 72yrs
PAULIN, Joseph T d.4 Oct 1886 71yrs
PEDRICK, William Weaver 26 Mar 1896-18 Aug 1955
NJ PVT STU ARMY TNG CORPS WWI
PEDRICK, Twila S. 12 Sep 1892-28 Feb 1991 wife of William W
PEDRICK, Florence M. 29 May 1899-29 Sep 1987
Wife of Charles Dun Pedrick Jr.
PEDRICK, Charles Dun Jr. DDS 2 Oct 1894-12 Dec 1964
Son of Charles and Catherine W.
PEDRICK, Katherine A. Weaver 18 Oct 1872-21 Sep 1948
Wife of Charles Pedrick
PEDRICK, Charles Dun d. 24 Jan 1956 NJ CAPT MED CORPS MEDIC
PEDRICK, Charles Dun MD 1862-1936
PEDRICK, William Weaver MD 1896-1956
, Twila Syphrit 1892-199_.
PENNYPACKER, Emily 21 Dec 1824-24 Nov 1897 wife of Benjamin
PENNYPACKER, Mary 12 Feb 1845-25 Dec 1893 daughter of Benjamin
and Emily
PRIEST, E.G. Nock d. 12 Jul 1899
PRICE, James d. 18 Jan 1863 54yrs
RAWLINGS, Charles T. 7 Mar 1929-10 Dec 1960
RAYMER, Robert E. 1921-_____
, E. Elizabeth 1919-_____
REINHART, Margretta 5 Feb 1826-18 Sep 1892
REINHART, Godfrey 8 Nov 1826-26 Mar 1887
REINHART, Mary Huber 1862-1929 wife of Robert E.
REINHART, Jennie Wick d. 20 Feb 1890 23yrs wife of Robert
REINHART, Robert E. 1861-1926
REITH, Esther S. 1895-1985
, Alexander L. 1891-1971
, Frank A. Sr. 1920-1968
ROGERS, Earl E. 1916-2000
, Ann A. 1907-____
ROGERS, Clarence R. 1890-1968
ROGERS, Elizabeth 1844-1934
ROGERS, Charles S. 1878-1952
RULE, Iris G. 1921-____
,Richard Wm. 1915-1990
RULE, Elaine D. 1943-1985
RULE, Charlotte 1921-1999
RULE, Rupert W. Sr. 1920-1979
RULE, Claude R. 1887-1958 brother
RULE, Rupert H. 1896-1960 Brother
RULE, Reginald J. 1891-1971 Husband
RULE, Mary A. 1887-1961 Wife
RULE, Matilda R. 1889-1980
RULE, Bessie A 1921-____ daughter of Matilda R
RULE, Clarence ST 3 Mar 1895-28 Jan 1968
NJ PFC HQ CO 114 INF 29 DIV WWI
RULE, Mary Driver 1896-1978
, Clarence ST 1895-1968 veteran
RULE, Lillian E 1921-1985
, Clarence B 1918-1989
RULE, Ethel M. 1887-1961
RULE, Bertie W. 1886-1960
SAUNDERS, Lydia A. 1907-1984
, Cornelius 1901-1972
SHAW, William T. Jr. 1911-1991
, Dixie E. 1918-1993
SHAW, Mabel F. 1897-1971
, John 1890-1962
SHAW, Annie L. 1884-1965
,WilliamT. 1880-1963
SOMERS, Ruth 1910-1934
, Carl 1911-1934
SPEICH, Kelly James 1966-1983
STACKHOUSE, Ethel M. 1889-1931 Order of the Eastern Star
STACKHOUSE, Herbert d. 1957
, Bertha ______
STACKHOUSE, Samuel E. 1887-1961 Mason Symbol
, Myrtle E. Penn 1919-1969 Order of the Eastern Star
STANGER, Frederick Marshall 14 Sep 1865-2 Jul 1892
STANGER, Mary Josephine 1858-1937
STANGER, Anna Harding 1861-1949
STANGER, George B. 26 Jun 1915-3 Mar 1993
PFC US ARMY WWII Purple Heart
STANGER, Joseph 16 Feb 1821-23 Jul 1883
STANGER, Hannah Harding 7 Oct 1830-6 Mar 1890 wife of Thomas
STEVENSON, Emma d.6 Aug 1899
STURGESS, W. Russell 1901-1968 Mason Symbol
STURGESS, Kathryn M. 7 Oct 1902-1 Feb 1989
STURGESS, Ethlyn P. 1868-1948 wife of Edward L.
STURGESS, Edward L. 1868-194_ NJ Senator 1918-1921
STURGESS, Bruce E. 1932-1973 Mason Symbol
SYNNOTT, Thomas Whitney 1845-1941
SYNNOTT, Mary D. Eldredge 1848-1922 wife of Thomas Whitney
SYNNOTT, Myles MD d. 9 Feb 1867 61yrs husband of Harriett
Whitney
SYNNOTT, Martin d. 16 Oct 1849 10mons son of Myles and
Harriet
SYNNOTT, Harriett Whitney 1879-1880
SYNNOTT, Thomas Whitney Jr. 1873-1873
SYNNOTT, infant son of T.W. and M.D. Synnott
SYNNOTT, Thomas Whitney II 1906-1997
SYNNOTT, Adelaide 1915-1990
TOMLIN, Frances H. 18 Dec 1868-29 Jun 1889
VanTILBURG, Cornelius 1896-1968
VanTILBURG,J ane 1899-1975
TERNAY, James P. Sr, 1911-1974 Christy Funeral Home
,Kathryn M. 1928-_____
TOWNEND, James 1865-1944 Father
TOWNEND, Mona 1867-1944 Mother
TOWNSEND, Oliver Harding 1889-1890
TRAUTMAN, Alice Rule 1907-1948
TRAUTMAN, Charles H. 1907-1982
TRAVERS, Harriet W. 1842-1925
TRAVERS, F.K. MD no dates
TRAVERS, Emma daughter of F.K. no dates
VIGNOLA, Shirley A. 1928-1979
, Theodore R. Sr. 1927-1983
WARRICK, Samuel W. 1850-1929
, EmmaC. 1853-1937
WATRAS, William A.Jr. d. 3 Apr 1972 "Our Infant Son"
WENTWORTH, Myrta S. 9 Oct 1895-14 Feb 1974
WENZEL, Florence 1904-1996
, George 1909-1988
WENZEL, George S. Jr. 1938-1967
WHITNEY, Eben 12 Mar 1835-1 Apr 1908
WHITNEY, Josephine 11 Aug 1858-29 Dec 1891
WHITNEY, Thomas H. 4 Jan 1813-5 May 1882
WHITNEY, Samuel Austin 7 Jul 1819-29 Jul 1890
WHITNEY, Bathsheba Heston 30 Dec 1787-20 Oct 1864
Relict of Ebenezer
WHITNEY, Frances 1847-1917 daughter of Harriet and
Myles Heston Whitney Synnott
WHITNEY, Thomas H. III 24 Sep 1879-30 Jul 1945
WHITNEY, Elizabeth Thompson d. 23 Aug 1905
WHITNEY, John Perkins 30 Nov 1854-26 Jan 1913
WHITNEY, George Dudley 22 Mar 1872-24 Feb 1915
WHITNEY, Cutler 7 Mar 1869-27 Jun 1917
WHITNEY, Thomas Heston 19 Jun 1856-26 Feb 1927
WHITNEY, Austin 1848-1864 son of Lucy and Eben Whitney
WHITNEY, Lucy S. Warrick d. 4 Feb 1913 wife of Eben W.
WILSON, Anna Marie 1930-____
, Keith D. 1911-1982
WHITNEY, Samuel 1850-1866 son of Lucy and Eben Whitney
WHITNEY, Harriett d. 21 Feb 1864 50yrs wife of Myles Synnott
WINFIELD, Rodney 1898-1972
WRIGHT, Charles 1863-1906
ST.THOMAS MEMORIAL GARDEN
Ida Bell Wallace 1906-1986
Robert B. Strain 1932-1987
William C Munyon Jr. 1922-1989
Muriel A Munyon 1921-1995
Ellis C. Robinson 1908-1974
Jeanette V Robinson 1907-1990
Roy R Gras Sr 1930-1993
Ruth N. Gras 1931-______
Sidney G. Taylor 1903-1993
Marguerite Taylor 1921-1993
Donald A Jones 1926-1993
Kathryn M. McDowell 1912-1993
Harold F. Walenta 1904-1996
Esther T Walenta 1918-___
Noel B Hawkins 1940-1996
Raymond V Stiles 1972-1997
Doris C Funk 1926-1999
Michael W. Funk 1925-____
OLD BURIAL GROUND
N. MAIN STREET
GLASSBORO
BODINE,Joel d. 20 Apr 1812 49y____26d (looks like 1812)
COHARY,Thomas d. 25 Feb 1811 42yrs
DOWN,Mary 25 Mar 1855-14 Mar 1857 granddaughter of
Benjamin G.
Down 23 mons 16 days
HEWITT,Samuel d. 16 Feb 1893 6_yrs veteran Co.11 ?????
can't read
LUTZ,Mary Ann d. Jun 18__
LUTZ,Daniel d. 1815
LUTZ,John 28 __1817 __3mons____
LUTZ,Sarah can't read stone
PEDRICK,Alfred C. 1827-1903
,Rebecaa C. Down wife of Alfred C.
1826-1890
SHAFFAR,John can't read dates
,Mary 11__1752- 27 Jan 1879 88yrs
STANGER,Jacob B. d. Oct 1823 50y10m21d
STANGER,Elizabeth d. 14 May 1856 24y_m_d (The day of death
looked like 14)
STANGER,William C. d. 14 Sep 1836 son of Elizabeth
STANGER,Frederick 12 Jun 1786-11 May 1831 son of Philip and
Dorothy
STANGER,Darity 34 yrs can't read dates
STANGER,Philip d. 29 Dec 1813 57yrs
STANGER,Mary d. Oct 182_ 87yrs
STANGER,Abby E. can't read dates
STANGER,Frederick can't read dates
STANGER,John W. can't read dates