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29, 1849. Mr. Powell was the fourth minister to die as rector ? 

 and the third to be buried in the churchyard. 



The vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Powell was filled 

 by the election of the Reverend Charles D. Jackson, A.M., 

 who had been assistant to the late rector. He became rectoi 

 June 28, 1849. Shortly afterwards, a new parsonage, costing 

 six thousand dollars, was erected upon the glebe in place of 

 the old one. The wooden church of 1790 was destroyed by 

 fire in 1854, and in the following year, a stone edifice costing 

 sixty thousand dollars was erected in its place. The old bell 

 presented by Lewis Morris in 1706, which bore upon its lip, 

 "LEWIS MORRIS 1677," was destroyed at the same fire. 

 Mr. Jackson served until 1871, when he was succeeded by the 

 Reverend Christopher Wyatt, D.D., who served until his death 

 in 1879. In February of that year, the church edifice was 

 destroyed by fire, caused by the candles about the altar ignit- 

 ing some of the dry evergreens which still remained from 

 the Christmas decorations. The church was rebuilt the same 

 year upon the old foundations, but was somewhat increased 

 in size, thus becoming the fourth church. 



Dr. Wyatt 's successor was the Reverend Joseph H. John- 

 ston, A.M., who became rector in 1881, the position having 

 been vacant for over a year after Dr. Wyatt's death. Mr. 

 Johnston served until 1886, when he resigned to become 

 Bishop of Los Angeles, California. He is thus the second 

 rector of St. Peter's to have become a Bishop, the first having 

 been Rector Seabury. 



In 1887, the present incumbent, the Reverend Frank M. 

 Clendenin, D.D., became rector. In 1894, a slight fire oc- 

 curred in the church from the furnace; and on August 16, 

 1899, fire once more destroyed the church edifice, the cause 

 being presumably accidental. The present church, the fifth 



