THE SOUTH CIIUKCH. IfjV* 



'cello, or " single bass," as it was called, played by Win. S. Booth, the 

 violin, by Sherman Steele and Charles Dickinson, and the flute, played 

 by (now Deacon) Charles Peck. It was quite an event when, about 

 1860, the first key-board instrument was used. It was a melodeon, 

 and was played by John E. Woodruff and George Booth. 



The choristers for the fifty years, naming them as nearly as may be 

 in order, have been James F, Lewis, Sherman Steele, Charles Dickin- 

 son, J. M. Potter, John E. Woodruff, Eli Porter, Wm. S. Booth, John 

 H. Peck, Dr. J. G. Barnett, Frederic G. Gleason. Dr. Barnett (his 

 second engagement), A. W. Kibbe, R. O. Phelps, A. W. Kibbe (again), 

 and our present chorister, Mr. R. P. Paine. Dr. Barnett was the first 

 chorister in the new church, and was also organist, as have been all 

 since then. 



In the choir in the old church there was no i)aid quartette, though 

 the chorister generally received some compensation. Among those 

 who frequently sang solos in those early days were Miss Martha Peck 

 (now Mrs. Wm H. Hart), Miss Louisa Hart, afterwards the wife of 

 Rev. Dr. Flagg, and Miss Julia E. Smith. In this new church the 

 sopranos' have been Mrs. Emma Watson Doty, Miss Minnie Eldridge, 

 Miss Anna Woodford, Miss Amelia Staumn, Miss Alice Wetmore 

 (now Mrs. Wm. W. Smith), Miss Lillian Woodhouse, Miss Grace Robbins 

 (now Mrs. A. J. Pickett-Moore), Mrs, J. P. Francis, Mrs. Oliver Stan- 

 ley (now Mrs. Moore), Miss Adams (now Mrs. Clark), Miss Jessie 

 Leigh, Miss Carrie Louise St. John, Miss Leigh ; the altos, Mrs. E. L. 

 Hendrick, Miss Emma Lawrence (now Mrs. J. A. Pickett), Miss Min- 

 nie Haslam (Mrs. Hartman), Miss Catlin, Miss Mary S. Fox (Mrs. 

 Pierson), Mrs. O. Stanley ; the tenors. Prof. John H. Peck, Max Kast- 

 ner, W. B. Roberts, W. H. Gladden, and Charles E. Wetmore ; the 

 basses, Wm. S. Booth, S. Willis Rockwell, Richard Follett, Robert 

 H. Stanley, Mr. Mallory. 



Among those who sang in the choir in the old church were Philip 

 Corbin, George M. Landers, Elnathan Peck, Deacon Charles Peck, 

 Henry F. Peck, Lucius Booth, Henry C. Bowers, James P. Merwin, 

 Thos. A. Conklin, Zenas Ranney, Col. Samuel Moore, Dr. R. C. Dun- 

 ham, Louisa Hart, Julia E. Smith, Martha Peck, Mrs. Philip Corbin, 

 Mrs. Geo. M. Landers, Mrs. Levi O. Smith, Mrs. H. H. Brown, Mrs. 

 G. Hinsdale, Mrs. Loren F. Judd, Mrs. C. B. Erwin, Mrs. V. B. 

 Chamberlain, Mrs. E. Doen, Mrs. H. C. Bowers, Mrs. T. S. Hall, Mrs. 

 T. A. Conklin, Kate Francis, Mary Jane Stanley, and Sarah Cornwell. 



The first quartette in the new church (Dr. Barnett organist), was 

 Miss Emma Watson (Mrs. Doty), Mrs. Edwin Hendrick, John H. Peck, 

 and Wm. S. Booth; the quartette in the ''centennial year," 1876 (Mr. 

 Gleason organist), was Miss Grace Robbins, Miss Emma Lawrence. W. 

 B. Roberts, WMlliam S. Booth. Philip Corbin and Wm. S. Booth sang 



