756 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



" In 1807, the Rev. Dr. Moore and the Rev. Messrs. Wilkins and Rog- 

 ers were directed by the Diocesan Convention to supply North Salem, 

 and the other congregations in West Chester county, on some days in 

 the same week of their appointments at Bedford."^ For nearly four 

 years the parish appears to have been vacant, but in the spring of 1810 

 the Rev. Nathan Felch was called as minister. The same year he re- 

 ported to the Convention, " That the Episcopal congregation in North 

 Salem is exceedingly prosperous ; many have been added to them in a 

 few months past, and they are now erecting a church." For Mr. Felch's 

 successors, see list of ministers and rectors. 



St. James' church occupies an elevated situation directly opposite the 

 junction of the cross-roads, at Salem Centre, and presents quite a pic- 

 turesque object, when viewed from the valley of the Mutighticoos. The 

 new church was erected in 1869 at a cost, including furniture, of $9,900; 

 and was consecrated by the Right Rev. Horatio Potter, D.D., LL.D., 

 D.C.L., Bishop of the Diocese, on Wednesday, June 2d, 1869. The style 

 of the edifice is early pointed, and consists of chancel, nave, vestry room, 

 recess on the west for the organ and choir, and tower; height of the tow- 

 er and spire, about feet. The roof is arched inside, with timbers 



displayed. The chancel window is of three lights, the centre containing 

 an effigy of the Saviour, the whole ornamented with appropriate symbols. 



MINISTERS AND RECTORS. 



INST. OR CALL. INCUMBENTS. VACATED BY. 



A.D. 1750, Rev. Ebenezer Dibblee, D.D., Clericus, resig. 



29th May, 1768, Rev. Epenetus Townsend, A.M., CI., death. 



1790, Rev. David Peret, M.D., Deacon, per reaig. 



4th Sept., 1804, Rev. George Strebeck, Presb. 



1810, Rev. Nathan Felch, Deacon. 



16th June, 1816, Rev. George Weller, A.M., Deacon. & 



1S20, Rev. Samuel Nichols, Presb. 



1829, Rev. Hiram Jelliff, Presb. 



1835, Rev. Alexander Fraser, Presb. 



23 July, 1836, Rev. Benjamin Evans, Presb. 



1841, Rev. David Short, Presb. 



1842, Rev. Albert P. Smith, Presb. 

 1847, Rev. Nathan W. Munroe, Presb. 



June, 1848, Rev. Orsamus H. Smith, Presb. 



24 Mav, 1851, Rev. John Wells Moore, A.M., Presb. 



Oct. 1854, Rev. D. H. Short, D.D.. Presb. 



1864, Rev. John S. Stone, D.D., Presb. 



June, 1865, Rev. Russell Trevett, D.D., Presb., death.' 



June, 1869, Rev. R. Condiot Russell, Presb., present incumbent. 



a In 1S0T, this church was supplied by the services of the Rev. Benjamin Moore, D.D., 

 Isaac Wilkins, D.D., and the Rev. John Henry Hobart. 



b This gentleman died rector of Christ church, Nashville, Tenn. lie was the author of a 

 reply to the review of Br. Wyatt's sermou, and Mr. Spares' Letters on the Protestant 

 Episcopal Church, published In Boston, 1821. Also editor of the Church Register, an Episcopal 

 periodical printed in Philadelphia. 



c A Dr. Trevett died suddenly March 8th, 1865. Tie was formerly professor in St. James' 

 College [Torn copy] and the author of a volume of 



