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1889. — Rev. Josephine Cowgill, 1890 — [now, 1895, serving as a missionary 

 in Jerusalem]. — Rev. David McLeod, 1 891 92 — now postmaster at North 

 Pasadena : and the new church on Fair Oaks Avenue was built under his 

 pastorate. — Rev. James Seals, 1894. — Rev. J. S. Phillips, 1895. 



M. E. Church South. — Organized in May, 1889, with Rev. J. A. 

 Harmon as pastor. It was kept up over a year, then abandoned, the mem- 

 bers mostly uniting with other churches. 



FRIENDS church. 



In 1 88 1 a Quaker minister named Adonijah Gragory and wife settled 

 at Sierra Madre, and about August ist they commenced holding Sunday 



FRIENDS CHURCH. Photo. 1895. 



meetings of their own order at their house. To these meetings several 

 Pasadena families of the same persuasion frequently went, until June, 1882, 

 when they held the first Quaker meeting in Pasadena, at the home of Wm. 

 Sharpless on north Los Robles Avenue, There were present : A. Gragory 

 and wife, Wm. Sharpless and wife, Edith Painter, Samuel Bundy, Emmor 

 Rood, Tacy Rood, Robt. C. Hiatt and wife, and perhaps others. From this 

 time the meetings were held alternately at Mr. Gragory's in Sierra Madre 

 and in Pasadena at various private houses, as John and Edith Painter's. 

 Eawson HoUingsworth's, Samuel Bundy 's, Smith James's, etc. 



In July, 1883, John H. Painter gave lumber and leased a lot on North 

 Marengo Avenue above Illinois street, and a small building was erected in 

 which to hold the meetings. Then a church was regularly organized, and 



