Source:  Dwight H. Bruce (ed.), Onondaga's Centennial.  Boston History Co., 1896, Vol. I, pg. 526.

This society was organized by Rev. B. T. Roberts, at the house of Charles T. Hicks, August 5, 1863, and the following trustees were chosen:  Charles T. Hicks, J. D. Osterhout, and William T. Gere.  Services were first held on the corner of Franklin and Church streets.  In 1874 a wooden church was built on Linden street, which the society has since occupied.

Submitted 17 July 1998