Mary Hall (Bangs) Church was the daughter of Deacon Zenas and Ruth (Hall) Bangs. She was the wife of Rev. Dr. Samuel Clemon Church. They were married January 1, 1828. Rev. Dr. Church was a minister in the Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died February 22,1869.
Memoir
Methodist Episcopal Church
Genesee Conference Journal
1896, Page 137
Mary Hall, daughter of Zenas and Ruth Hall Bangs, was born July 16, 1804, in Hawley, Massachusetts. Her father was a deacon and prominent worker in the Congregational Church, and she was a Christian from early childhood. But, not being able to accept the doctrines of Calvinism, she did not connect herself with any denomination until her removal to Western New York, in 1822, when she became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1828 she was married to Samuel C. Church. Six years were spent quietly in Churchville, New York, and in 1834, her husband becoming a member of the Genesee Conference, she entered upon the duties of an itinerant minister's wife. For thirty-five years she shared the toils, privations, and hardships--as well as the triumphs and joys--of one who did his full share of pioneer work in Western New York. Among other places, they labored at Mount Morris, Dansville, Castile, Lyndonville, Medina, Oakfield, Le Roy, Spencerport, and Brockport. For eight years Brother Church was Presiding Elder, first of Buffalo District and then of Niagara District. Since the death of her husband, Mrs. Church has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. F. C. Alling Merritt, at Brockport, New York. As long as health and strength permitted, she was active in church work; nor did her interest in the success of the cause, for which she had so faithfully labored, decline when advancing years made active work no longer possible. Mrs. Church was the mother of five children, two of whom, Mrs. Merritt and Mr. C. T. Church, of Geneva, Ontario County, New York, survive. She died in the ninety-second year of her life, December 7, 1895. The funeral services were held at the home of her daughter, and the burial took place in the family lot at Churchville, New York, beside the remains of her husband.
Memoir
Methodist Episcopal Church
Genesee Conference Journal
1896, Page 137
Mary Hall, daughter of Zenas and Ruth Hall Bangs, was born July 16, 1804, in Hawley, Massachusetts. Her father was a deacon and prominent worker in the Congregational Church, and she was a Christian from early childhood. But, not being able to accept the doctrines of Calvinism, she did not connect herself with any denomination until her removal to Western New York, in 1822, when she became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1828 she was married to Samuel C. Church. Six years were spent quietly in Churchville, New York, and in 1834, her husband becoming a member of the Genesee Conference, she entered upon the duties of an itinerant minister's wife. For thirty-five years she shared the toils, privations, and hardships--as well as the triumphs and joys--of one who did his full share of pioneer work in Western New York. Among other places, they labored at Mount Morris, Dansville, Castile, Lyndonville, Medina, Oakfield, Le Roy, Spencerport, and Brockport. For eight years Brother Church was Presiding Elder, first of Buffalo District and then of Niagara District. Since the death of her husband, Mrs. Church has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. F. C. Alling Merritt, at Brockport, New York. As long as health and strength permitted, she was active in church work; nor did her interest in the success of the cause, for which she had so faithfully labored, decline when advancing years made active work no longer possible. Mrs. Church was the mother of five children, two of whom, Mrs. Merritt and Mr. C. T. Church, of Geneva, Ontario County, New York, survive. She died in the ninety-second year of her life, December 7, 1895. The funeral services were held at the home of her daughter, and the burial took place in the family lot at Churchville, New York, beside the remains of her husband.
Mary Hall (Bangs) Church was the daughter of Deacon Zenas and Ruth (Hall) Bangs. She was the wife of Rev. Dr. Samuel Clemon Church. They were married January 1, 1828. Rev. Dr. Church was a minister in the Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died February 22,1869.
Memoir
Methodist Episcopal Church
Genesee Conference Journal
1896, Page 137
Mary Hall, daughter of Zenas and Ruth Hall Bangs, was born July 16, 1804, in Hawley, Massachusetts. Her father was a deacon and prominent worker in the Congregational Church, and she was a Christian from early childhood. But, not being able to accept the doctrines of Calvinism, she did not connect herself with any denomination until her removal to Western New York, in 1822, when she became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1828 she was married to Samuel C. Church. Six years were spent quietly in Churchville, New York, and in 1834, her husband becoming a member of the Genesee Conference, she entered upon the duties of an itinerant minister's wife. For thirty-five years she shared the toils, privations, and hardships--as well as the triumphs and joys--of one who did his full share of pioneer work in Western New York. Among other places, they labored at Mount Morris, Dansville, Castile, Lyndonville, Medina, Oakfield, Le Roy, Spencerport, and Brockport. For eight years Brother Church was Presiding Elder, first of Buffalo District and then of Niagara District. Since the death of her husband, Mrs. Church has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. F. C. Alling Merritt, at Brockport, New York. As long as health and strength permitted, she was active in church work; nor did her interest in the success of the cause, for which she had so faithfully labored, decline when advancing years made active work no longer possible. Mrs. Church was the mother of five children, two of whom, Mrs. Merritt and Mr. C. T. Church, of Geneva, Ontario County, New York, survive. She died in the ninety-second year of her life, December 7, 1895. The funeral services were held at the home of her daughter, and the burial took place in the family lot at Churchville, New York, beside the remains of her husband.
Memoir
Methodist Episcopal Church
Genesee Conference Journal
1896, Page 137
Mary Hall, daughter of Zenas and Ruth Hall Bangs, was born July 16, 1804, in Hawley, Massachusetts. Her father was a deacon and prominent worker in the Congregational Church, and she was a Christian from early childhood. But, not being able to accept the doctrines of Calvinism, she did not connect herself with any denomination until her removal to Western New York, in 1822, when she became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1828 she was married to Samuel C. Church. Six years were spent quietly in Churchville, New York, and in 1834, her husband becoming a member of the Genesee Conference, she entered upon the duties of an itinerant minister's wife. For thirty-five years she shared the toils, privations, and hardships--as well as the triumphs and joys--of one who did his full share of pioneer work in Western New York. Among other places, they labored at Mount Morris, Dansville, Castile, Lyndonville, Medina, Oakfield, Le Roy, Spencerport, and Brockport. For eight years Brother Church was Presiding Elder, first of Buffalo District and then of Niagara District. Since the death of her husband, Mrs. Church has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. F. C. Alling Merritt, at Brockport, New York. As long as health and strength permitted, she was active in church work; nor did her interest in the success of the cause, for which she had so faithfully labored, decline when advancing years made active work no longer possible. Mrs. Church was the mother of five children, two of whom, Mrs. Merritt and Mr. C. T. Church, of Geneva, Ontario County, New York, survive. She died in the ninety-second year of her life, December 7, 1895. The funeral services were held at the home of her daughter, and the burial took place in the family lot at Churchville, New York, beside the remains of her husband.
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"Mary Hall Bangs
wife of
Rev. S. C. Church
born July 6, 1804
died Dec 7, 1895"
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