Trinity Church
San Jose,
Santa Clara County, Cal.
Source: Trinity Church, San Jose, California: Advent, 1860, to Easter, 1903. San Jose, Calif.: Trinity Parish Guild, 1903.
Vestries.
1861--Senior Warden, Judge William Daniels; Junior Warden, Mark Hardy; Clerk, William McCune; Treasurer, Judge William Daniels; Lawrence Archer, James R. Lowe, Stephen Thorn, John N. Appleton, Thomas E. Brown, John Tennet, George B. Langworthy.
1862--Senior Warden, James W. Hammond; Junior Warden, John M. Littlefield; Clerk, William McCune; Treasurer, William McCune; James Hart, Daniel Hadley, H. Weed, George Langworthy.
1863--Senior Warden, James W. Hammond; Junior Warden, James R. Lowe; Clerk, James A. Yoell; Moses Schallenberger, James Hart, Daniel Hadley, George B. Langworthy.
1864--Senior Warden, James W. Hammond; Junior Warden, B. B. Kingsbury; Clerk, B. B. Kingsbury; Treasurer, James Hart; S. J. Hensley, George B. Langworthy, R. J. Downs, Peter O. Minor.
1865--Senior Warden, James W. Hammond; Junior Warden, D. S. Payne; Clerk, D. S. Payne; Treasurer, James Hart; S. J. Hensley, Thomas Fallon, Peter O. Minor, J. Q. A. Ballou.
1866--Senior Warden, James W. Hammond; Junior Warden, R. Savage; Clerk, D. S. Payne; Treasurer, James Hart; Thomas Fallon, Peter O. Minor, J. Q. A. Ballou.
1867--Senior Warden, James W. Hammond; Junior Warden, James Hart; Clerk, D. S. Payne; Treasurer, James Hart; R. Savage, George Lendrum, H. Hoffman, Daniel Hadley. 1868--Senior Warden, D. S. Payne; Junior Warden, George Lendrum; Clerk, D. S. Payne; Treasurer, George Lendrum; Thomas Fallon, R. Savage, H. Hoffman, Daniel Hadley.
1869--Senior Warden, James W. Hammond; Junior Warden, D. S. Payne; Clerk, D. S. Payne; Treasurer, George Lendrum; Thomas Fallon, James Hart, Daniel Hadley, Byron J. Rhodes.
1870--Same as 1896.
1871--Senior Warden, James W. Hammond; Junior Warden, D. S. Payne, Clerk, D. S. Payne; Treasurer, George Lendrum; J. Q. A. Ballou, Thomas Fallon, James Hart, Byron J. Rhodes.
1872--Senior Warden, James W. Hammond, Junior Warden, D. S. Payne; Clerk, D. S. Payne; Treasurer, George Lendrum; James Hart, Byron J. Rhodes, D. L. Blanchard, John M. Townsend.
1873--Senior Warden, James W. Hammond; Junior Warden, D. S. Payne; Clerk, D. S. Payne; Treasurer, George Lendrum; James Hart, Thomas Fallon, Charles H. Allen, John M. Townsend.
1874--Same as 1873.
1875--Senior Warden, Charles H. Allen; Junior Warden, Judge D. S. Payne; Clerk, Judge D. S. Payne; Treasurer, George Lendrum; James Hart, Thomas Fallon, H. J. H. Appleton, Charles B. Polhemus.
1876--Senior Warden, Charles H. Allen; Junior Warden, Judge D. S. Payne; Clerk, Judge D. S. Payne; Treasurer, George Lendrum; J. H. Burch, James W. Hammond, Charles B. Polhemus, Byron J. Rhodes.
1877--Same as 1876.
1878--Senior Warden, Charles H. Allen; Junior Warden, Judge D. S. Payne; Clerk, Judge D. S. Payne; Treasurer, George Lendrum; Charles B. Polhemus, Byron J. Rhodes, Samuel H. Wagener, Arthur Laurilliard.
1879--Same as 1878.
1880--Senior Warden, Charles H. Allen; Junior Warden, Judge D. S. Payne; Clerk, Dr. Edwin S. Breyfogle; Treasurer, George Lendrum; Charles B. Polhemus, Byron J. Rhodes, Arthur Lauilliard.
1881--Senior Warden, Charles H. Allen; Junior Warden, Judge D. S. Payne; Clerk, Dr. Edwin S. Breyfogle; Treasurer, George Lendrum; Charles B. Polhemus, Byron J. Rhodes, Dr. Samuel F. Chapin.
1882--Senior Warden, Charles H. Allen; Junior Warden, Judge D. S. Payne; Clerk, Charles H. Allen; Treasurer, George Lendrum; Charles B. Polhemus, Samuel H. Wagener, Byron J. Rhodes, Dr. Samuel F. Chapin.
1883, 1884--Same as 1882. (Junior Warden, Dr. Samuel F. Chapin.)
1885--Senior Warden, Charles H. Allen; Junior Warden, Dr. Samuel F. Chapin; Clerk, Dr. A. S. Cochrane; Treasurer, George Lendrum; Judge D. S. Payne, Charles B. Polhemus, Byron J. Rhodes.
1886--Senior Warden, Charles H. Allen; Junior Warden, Judge D. S. Payne; Clerk, Dr. A. S. Cochrane; Treasurer, George Lendrum; Charles B. Polhemus, Samuel H. Wagener, Edward Williams.
1887--Same as 1886.
1888--Senior Warden, Charles H. Allen; Junior Warden, Judge D. S. Payne; Clerk, Dr. A. S. Cochrane; Treasurer, Edward S. Guppy; Charles B. Polhemus, Samuel H. Wagener, Edward Williams, Judge A. S. Kittredge.
1889--Same as 1888.
1890--Senior Warden, Charles H. Allen; Junior Warden, Judge D. S. Payne; Clerk, Judge A. S. Kittredge; Treasurer, Edward S. Guppy; Charles B. Polhemus, Edward H. Guppy, Samuel H. Wagener, Edward Williams.
1891, 1892, 1893--Same as 1890.
1894--Senior Warden, Charles H. Allen; Junior Warden, Judge D. S. Payne; Clerk, Judge Ashbel S. Kittredge; Treasurer, Edward S. Guppy; Charles B. Polhemus, Samuel H. Wagener, Edward Williams, Dr. J. L. Asay.
1895--Senior Warden, Charles H. Allen; Junior Warden, Judge A. S. Kittredge; Clerk, Dr. J. L. Asay; Treasurer, Edward S. Guppy; Charles B. Polhemus, Samuel H. Wagener, Edward Williams, Edward G. Maynard.
1896--Senior Warden, Charles H. Allen; Junior Warden, Judge A. S. Kittredge; Clerk, Dr. J. L. Asay; Treasurer, Edward S. Guppy; Charles B. Polhemus, Samuel H. Wagener, Edward Williams, Dr. M. A. Southworth.
1897--Same as 1896.
1898--Senior Warden, Charles H. Allen; Junior Warden, Samuel H. Wagener; Clerk, Alfred C. Darby; Treasurer, Edward S. Guppy; Edward Williams, Dr. M. A. Southworth, Albert S. Bacon, N. B. Squires.
1900--Senior Warden, Charles H. Allen; Junior Warden, Samuel H. Wagener; Clerk, Alfred C. Darby; Treasurer, Edward S. Guppy; Dr. M. A. Southworth; Albert S. Bacon, Owen D. Richardson, R. Wills-Sanford, Chas. A. Smith.
1901--Senior Warden, Chas. H. Allen; Junior Warden, Samuel H. Wagener; Clerk, Alfred C. Darby; Treasurer, Edward S. Guppy; Albert S. Bacon, Owen D. Richardson, R. Wills-Sanford, Charles A. Smith.
1902--Senior Warden, Albert S. Bacon; Junior Warden, R. Willis-Sanford; Clerk, Owen D. Richardson; Treasurer, Edward S. Guppy; Charles A. Smith, George Rodgers, Dr. James R. Curnow.
1903--Same as 1902.
Vested Choirs.
1903.
CLARENCE T. URMY, Organist and Choirmaster
AUSTIN SPERRY, Crucifer.
REGULAR CHOIR BOYS
Sheldon Allen
Page Austin
Ellis Bennison
Frank Cahill
James Leaman
Bruce McGill
Hubert Putnam
Crayton Putnam
Donald Richards
Melville Smith
Frederick Sperry
Ernest Thurber
MEN
Eben H. Bennison
William J. Hayward
Chester Herrold
Arch Perrin
J. Herbert Smith
Austin W. Sperry
Carl Swanson
Charles Trowbridge
Maxwell Vestal
AUXILIARY CHOIR
Della Beach
Belle Edwards
Mabel Guppy
Pearl Livingston
Jessie Paulsell
Fleda Perrin
Edna Rinn
Mary H. Smith (Mrs.)
Jeanette Stiles
Eva Thrift
Harriett Thrift
June Thrift
Gertrude Trace
Ida Von Henn
Parochial Organizations.
TRINITY SUNDAY SCHOOL
Facts of interest in connection with the Sunday School of Trinity Parish have been related in the "Parish History." At the time of the re-organization of the Guild in 1899, the Sunday School came under the direction of one of the chapters of the Guild. During the year 1903, the Sunday School Chapter established a fund for enlarging and improving the Sunday School rooms. The sum required for this purpose is fast being realized. Mr. Julius B. Anderson has been Superintendent of the Sunday School since 1885.
TRINITY PARISH GUILD
Trinity Parish Guild was organized by the women of the parish in September 1899. Before this time, the work that is now carried on by this Guild was divided among a number of smaller organizations. These organizations combined under one general head and resolved themselves into Chapters of Trinity Parish Guild. The Chapters are eight in number and are designated as follows: Chancel Chapter, Choir Chapter, Sunday School Chapter, Visiting Chapter, Charity Chapter, Entertainment Chapter, Decoration Chapter and Church Chapter. A chairman for each Chapter is elected at the Annual meeting of the Guild. The general duties of each Chapter can be readily discerned from the name of the Chapter.
All members of Trinity Church, and all persons interested in the work and well being of the Parish, are eligible to membership. Persons may become members by signing the constitution and by-laws, and by paying a fee of twenty-five cents. The dues are ten cents per month. Every member must be an active member of at least one of the Chapters.
Monthly meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month, at two o'clock in the afternoon, in the Parish House.
In April, 1900, the Guild was legally incorporated with the direct intent that it might secure the lot adjoining the church property on St. John Street. The lot was purchased for twenty-eight hundred dollars, and up to Easter, 1903, all but five hundred and fifty dollars of this sum had been paid.
In December, 1901, the Guild was relieved by the vestry from the responsibility of paying the organist's salary and other expenses connected with the music of the church. This responsibility had been borne for years by the Guild known as St. Cecilia's Guild--finally resolved into a Chapter of Trinity Parish Guild.
The general objects of Trinity Parish Guild are: "to aid the rector in church work, to provide for needful expenses of the parish, and to foster a spirit of Christian fellowship."
The words "Christian fellowship," spoken in the connection, will call to the minds of many, two members of the guild, the motive of whose lives was "to foster a spirit of Christian fellowship," Ella Woart Hawley and Mary Mizner Plate. Though they have been sadly missed in the church life to which they gave so much, the best that they gave is still with us--examples of true Christian living. May the same spirit that ruled their lives guide Trinity Parish Guild into ways of truest and highest service.
THE WOMAN'S AUXILIARY
In March, 1898, through the earnest effort of Mary Mizner Plate, a branch of the Woman's Auxiliary was established in the parish. In memory of the devotion of their leader, the members of the Auxiliary subscribed a definite monthly sum to be paid into a fund for building a church in the town of Lindsay, Tulare County, California.
The regular work of the Auxiliary is being carried on under able supervision.
A branch of the Junior Auxiliary was established in April 1898.
THE TWENTY MINUTE WORKERS
A circle of Twenty Minute Workers was organized in 1899. Members pledge themselves to give a definite amount of time and work to further the interests of the parish. No dues are required. Half of the funds of the Circle have been regularly given toward paying for the lot on St. John Street. Various sums have been paid for current expenses of the parish. The annual income of the circle has reached as high as $500. At Easter, 1903, there was a membership of sixty.
It is earnestly hoped that such organizations as Trinity Brotherhood, The League of St. John, and the Junior Auxiliary, will again become active in the life of the parish.
GIFTS
Tower Cross--Mrs. S. J. Hensley.
Chime of Bells--Sunday School, 1879.
Alms Box--Miss Hannah Wakefield.
Processional Cross--Miss Josephine Polhemus.
Altar Desk--Sunday School Class, (Miss Hannah Wakefield's.)
Altar Vases--Bible Class, (Mrs. Isabella Wakefield's.)
Alms Basin--Sunday School Class, (Miss Adele M. Lusson's.)
Hymn Tablet--Sunday School Class, (Miss Adele M. Lusson's.)
Chancel Chairs--Bible Class, (Mrs. Isabella Wakefield's.)
Flagon--Sunday School classes, (Miss Hannah Wakefield's and Miss Josephine Polhemus'.)
Chancel Windows--Mrs. H. S. Ashley, Mrs. S. J Hensley, Sunday School and others.
Communion Linen--Mrs George Polhemus.
Chalices and Paten--Made from old silver given by Communicants.
Stained Glass Window--William Lewis.
Rose Window in The Parish House--Edward Williams.
Memorials.
Tablet--Members of Trinity Parish, in memory of Rev. Sylvester S. Etheridge.
Baptismal Font--Rev. and Mrs. George W. Foote, in memory of Christine Foote.
Altar--Rev. John B. Wakefield, in memory of Isabella W. Wakefield.
Altar Cross--Mrs. Anna K. Blount, in memory of J. K. and T. D. Fackler.
Credence Table--Mrs. Ashbel S. Kittredge, in memory of Ashbel S. Kittredge.
Altar Service Book--Mrs. Francis E. Spencer, in memory of Francis E. Spencer.
Altar Vases--Mrs. Mary E. Snook, in memory of Norman Albert Snook.
Chancel Books--Mrs. Francis E. Spencer, in memory of Francis E. Spencer.
Lectern--Major and Mrs. William Hawley, in memory of Peter Radcliffe Hawley.
Litany Desk and Service Book--Mrs. Nathan Strong and members of Trinity Church, in memory of Ella Woart Hawley.
Pulpit--Mrs. Mitchell Phillips, in memory of Rachel Nira Chapin.
Stained Glass Windows--Rev. Sylvester S. Etheridge, in memory of William R. Davis. Judge William Daniels, in memory of Harriet Daniels. James R. Lowe, in memory of Mary A. Lowe. Mrs. Hardy-Gregory, in memory of Mark Hardy. Mr. and Mrs. James Hart, in memory of James Hart, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Moses Schallenberger, in memory of Selby Schallenberger. Mrs. George Lendrum, in memory of Jennie and Annie Lendrum. Mrs. James Lendrum, in memory of Eliza Lendrum, Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, in memory of James T. Brown. Major Samuel J. Hensley, in memory of his children. In memory of Hannah Morris, J. Pettigrue, J. H. and M. A. Smith.
Tablet in the Parish House--Members of Trinity Church, in memory of Isabella W. Wakefield.