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THE COMMISSION ON ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
DETROIT ANNUAL CONFERENCE
THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Archives, Adrian College Library
Adrian, Michigan 49221
Telephone: 517/ 265-5161
First Log Church
on the River Rouge
Clinton, oldest UMC
edifice in Conference
1837
President
Rev. Bruce Brown
13199 Colvin
Riverview, Mi. 48192
Archivist
Rev. Ronald Brunger
Adrian College Library
Adrian, Mi. 49221
Vice-President
Rev. William Cooper
5005 Chicago Rd.
Warren, Mi. 48092
Secretary
James Dodd
Adrian College Library
Adrian, Mi. 49221
1883--Adm. on Tria l. lOth of 16 men.
Adri an Distri ct, t-im J. ~~pbel:
Lambertville
1884-- Fairfield.
L.60 m., 4 prob., 2 Churches 2700;Par Ronage l,OOO; Bldg . $30;~~~
5-59-230; Sl0 Mi s; ~ l ~ffi , $1 Ch. Ex; S5Tract Soc; S3 s. s . Union; Sl Frea~
men ' s Aid; ~ 2 Ed.; !~ other collecti ons; S503 salary of S600;S32PE
D8~. Redmitt ed into Full Connecti on--Frank L. Osborne,5th of 11 men
Uni onville.
F. re ported S450 of i 600; $25 of 28; 70 memb ; 14 prob. 2-$1800;
Par. ! 1, 000; 30 for bl d~ ; $5 Miss ; $~ Current exp . $15.
1886. Unionville
u. r Pported 8525 of ~6 75 ; ~40; None for Risho p or Con. Cl.
54 memb; 53 prob. 2 Ch. $4000; Par . S700; Debt S550; #30 for
r epairs ; 1 L. P , 2 bapt; 2-20-13 5; S8 missions
1887. Laingsburgh, Sag . Dis trict, Seth Reed P. E.
Sal.
500 of 525 ; 64 memb; 33 prob.2-21-150;S16 Mi s s;
~ 1 s.s . TTni on , Sl Tract Soc. S5 Ed. WHMS 14
$-
1888 . Laingsburgh
Sal ary 8800 of S800; 2 Churches $5000; Par. $800; Bl dg. ~~9;
current Exp . $100 ; S50 P. E. 82 of S8 for bis hops; $20 of $25 CC
148 memb; 2-34-189; ~ 70 miss ; $3 Ch Ex .; Sl Ch . Ex; 1 Tract Soc
S3 Freedmen ' s A; d Society ; ~6 Ed.; 844 WFMS
1889.
Osborn, b. Michigaa 1860; To Utica
Osborne, reporte d $1,000 salar y on $800 Cla im:
P.E. $50; Bi s hop S2 of 10; c.c. Sao of ~20.
2 Churches S5,000; pars. ! 900. 143 memb. 2-34-189; ~ $60 miss;
Sl,l, l ,1; 2 Ed . ; WFMS $27
1889-93. Utica , Saginaw Di st .
1890 Utica re ported S717 of 717; S32; S4of $8; $14 of 814.
1 Church 13500; par . 1,000; 101 memb ; 2-28-150; $30 Miss.
S7 for Ed . WFMS $1, WHMS 81
~~Sa~*e.Oscoda, liv erl at ~uSab le. ~ay City Di st. R. ~o o dhams
1893
1893-98 . 1898--$900 of 81,000 whi ch included S100 House r ent.
Church $5,000 prs. Sl,OOO;cur. e xp . ~2 25; s .s . 8100
93 memb; 36 bapt . 1-21-~50 S20 Mi ss; Collected $106 for Miss . debt
189~1900
Bay City: Fremont Avenue.
1900
Laingsbur~h,
Manistique.
~ay City--$800 sal ar y plus $100 h.r., in full; Ch. ~ 15,000; no pars
Debt $3200; Curr . exo . S 20~ ; s .s . $12!. 91 memb; 8S children baptized:
3 adu1ts ;l-15- 180; Mi ss . #~ 15; w~MS $21; WHM~ $39
1900 - 0). Manistique .
Lake Su perior Di s t, C. M.Thompson
M. in 1903 r eported 129 member ; 1 prob., 1 L. P. 9 child. bapt. 3-25-185;
25 Ep. Le a gue ; Ch. $3,000 ; par. 81800; Bl dg . ~ 170 ; $1150 sala r y inc. S150 hr
Cur . e xn . Sl25; s.s . $125; Miss. Sl2l ; Ch. Ex. $5
1903-06 Bessemer and Wakefield .
1906 Q. 18 . Who have Withdrawn? Fr ank L. Osborne, Daniel R. Shier, John
Eambrecht, to Congr Pgati nna l Church . p . 290.
1906 JQ G. Rutledge re ported onl 6 S268 s ash salary; he ha d not ~een there long .
l905 Osborne re port ed $900 + SlOO reo'd; shortage of $100 . 2-16-135 ;
ur. exp. 8125; s.s . $68; 36 memb; 9 prob. 10 ch. Bapt. $2,000 and pa rs. Sl,OO
Mi s si. $22 ;
THE COMMISSION ON ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
DETROIT ANNUAL CONFERENCE
THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Archives, Adrian College Library
Adrian, Michigan 49221
Telephone: 517/265-5161
First Log Church
on the River Rouge
President
Rev. Bruce Brown
13199 Colvin
Riverview, Mi. 48192
Archivist
Rev. Ronald Brunger
Adrian College Library
Adrian, Mi. 49221
Vice-President
Rev. William Cooper
5005 Chicago Rd.
Warren, Mi. 48092
Secretary
James Dodd
Adrian College Library
Adrian, Mi. 49221
Clinton, oldest UMC
edifice in Conference
1837
MARY S . COOPER OSBORNE
Mary s . Cooper \.;as born in Ann Arbor(according to the Conference Memoir on Sent . 2? , 1 ~«0 and died in Ann 4rbor May 24 , 1889.
'She became a Christian and a member of t he ' Ann Arbor 'f,fpthodi s t
Ep i oco pal Church during he pastorate of Dr. J. Alabaster. August 29,
18Rl, she •·1as uni ted in ma rri age to Frank L. Oshorne, then a student
i n the Univers i ty of Michigan.
Tn 1 1 83 he joine d the Detroit Conference. ~hey served a t Lambertville 1A83- 84; Fairfiel d Circuit 1884- 85; Unio nville 1885-87;
an d Laings bur gh 1887-1889. "In the I ·;:ti ngsbur gh Church she taught
the junior Bible clas s , until fa i ling health comnelled h er to resign
her nleasant t.~. sk . She aas auiet an d a ffecti .,nate in nature, and formed
strong attachment s t o her acqua intances and fr ien~ s . They m~urn her
dep arture wi t h a sinc ~rity an d ~P pth of grief bes oeaking their appreciation of the many virtues that r ev eal ed the beauty of her cha r acter."
She acuired "t.,e drea d di F~ ease of consumption" or tube rculosis, t-Th ich
was then known as "that as suredly fatal di sease." A fe\-1 years l ater
Edward Trudeau began to discover what could be done to help patients
so afflicted .
The Osbornes were very popular i n Laingaburgh . ThP Church
was touched by her characte r and d ~ ath . They rece ived that year a
salary of Sl,OOO, S200 more than their stated s a l a ry .
Mrs . Har oln Sia s s t ~t es that Ma r y Sophia Cooper was born Nov. 22
, 1 ~60, the daughte r of l·l illia m H. and Lucy vi. Gr j ffin Cooper. She
was the gra nndaught er of William and Lydia Holmes Cooper who came
to Lima Towns hip, vlas htenaN County, from Shoreham, Vt . They were
descendants of St eph €' n Cooper of Shoreham. Fam ily ,o:r a ves are in
Fa irfiew Cemet ery on the north side of Ann Arbor on TrauAr Rd.
Osborne, Frank L.