482 HISTORY OF PASADENA. 



filled this appointment for the two years, 1890 to 1892. During these years 

 the meetings had been held in a hired hall, but in 1892 this church bought 

 the Free Methodist church building on Pepper street, and have since 

 worshipped there. Rev. A. C. Manwell was the pastor in 1892-94. And 

 Rev. J. A. Wachob in 1894-95. 



African Methodist Episcopal Church. — Rev. J. R. McClain 

 held a meeting at the house of Silas Carnahan, who then lived at the west 

 foot of Raymond Hill, about September i, 1889, at which only four or five 

 persons were present. But the next Sunday, September 5, a meeting was 

 held and the church organized in the old City Hall building on Raymond 

 Avenue, with the following first members: C. G. Lee, S. Carnahan, Hen- 

 derson Boone, A. lyumis, Alfred Summers, Mrs. Sadie Wright, Miss Mamie 

 Wright, Mrs. Penelope Prince and her sons Wm. and Frank M. Prince, 

 Mrs. James Coleman, Cora Cambell. The officers then were : Rev^ McClain, 

 pastor ; Mr. lyce, superintendent Sunday school ; Carnahan, Summers, 

 Boone, and Albert Muse, trustees. After holding meetings in rented rooms 

 at different points for several }'ears, they finally secured a lot on North Fair 

 Oaks Avenue near Villa street, and in 1892 built a church on it ; then in 

 1895 they added a parsonage, the lot and buildings costing $1,700. In 

 April, 1895, there were thirty-two members. Besides the Sunday school, 

 they have a Literary Society and a Woman's Mite Missionary Societ5^ 



Their successive pastors after McClain have been Rev. Curran, Rev. 



Chas. Augustus, Rev. C. W. H. Nelson, Rev. W. R. Green, Rev. S. S. 

 Freeman. In 1894-95 the Pasadena pastor preached also at Duarte and 

 Pomona, where classes had been organized — these three places making the 

 ' ' Pasadena circuit. ' ' 



Free Methodist Church. — During the month of May, 1888, Rev. 

 C. B. Ebey of the Illinois Conference of the Free Methodist church came 

 to Pasadena. Assisted by Rev. C. E. McReynolds he conducted a series of 

 meetings in a tent on grounds owned by Dr. Reid, corner of Pasadena 

 Avenue and Kansas streets, and on Sunday, June 17, 1888, Rev. Ebey 

 organized the first Free Methodist church in Southern California. Names 

 of first members : J. A. Bennett, Sarah W. Bennett, Maggie F. Bennett, 

 E. E. Warren, Mrs. McReynolds, Mary McReynolds, C. M. Farr, Carrie 

 Farr, E. C. Shipley, Eliza Shipley, Eunice Shipley, Mattie Ebey, Wm. H. 

 Ball, Sadie Ball, Carrie Abbott. The first officers were : Rev. C. B. Ebey, 

 pastor ; J. A. Bennett, class leader ; E. C. Shipley, local preacher ; C. M. 

 Farr, J. H. Bennett, E. E. Warren, stewards. Later the tent was moved to 

 North Pasadena, where a more extensive work was accomplished, — a lot 

 purchased and a neat church built. In 1892 this property was sold to the 

 North Pasadena M. E. church, and a lot purchased on Fair Oaks Avenue, 

 near Chestnut street, on which a good church and parsonage were erected in 

 1892-93, The successive pastors after Ebey were : Rev. Chas. McReynolds, 



