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Rev. and Mrs. Sampley anniversary, 1952
James Elijah Sampley (1877-1969) and wife Mattie Lou Duck Sampley (1881-1963), Fort Pierce, on the occasion of their 52nd wedding anniversary. Published in the Miami Herald (20 Aug 1952, p. 28).Tags Clergy -
Reverend and Mrs. Jones, c. 1935
Handwritten on back: "The Reverend H.H. Jones and Mrs. Jones b. 1876. At age of 28 was pastor of the Congregational Church in Eden, 1904. In 1905 came to Jensen and organized the first Ladies Aid Society. Returned to Jensen after serving in New Smyrna, Coconut Grove, Miami, Jupiter. Mount Dora and Palm City and for 21 years served as pastor of the Community Church. He had started in Jensen in 1905.Tags Clergy -
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Dr. Charles Roberts, 1907
Handwritten on back: "Charlie, Dr. Charles Roberts, Isabel and Mattie Roberts." Dr. Charles Robinson was a member of Rev. Neil McQuarrie's Gospel Navy Boat, and was Stuart's first dentist. -
Roberts family, 1917
Handwritten on back: "Charlie, Dr. Charles Roberts, Isabel and Mattie Roberts." Charles Robinson and Mattie were members of Rev. Neil McQuarrie's Gospel Navy Boat, and Roberts was Stuart's first dentist. -
Roberts and McQuarrie families, 1917
Family seated on porch stairs. Handwritten on back: "Dr. Charles Roberts, Mattie, Rev. Neil McQuarrie, Andrew Wallace, Edith Mae Roberts Wallace, Vesta McQuarrie, Rebecca McQuarrie. Low quality photo.Tags Clergy -
Rev. Robert Harmon, 1972
Rev. Robert Harmon at First Presbyterian Church in Stuart (North River Shores). -
Laying of bricks into the foundation of the new Methodist Church, 1969
Josephine Kitching Taylor points to a brick from the first Methodist Church that she laid in the foundation of the new church with the help of Rev. Allen Stuart. Husband John looks on. -
Pioneering On East Coast of Florida By Rev. C. Fred Blackburn
Rev Charles Fred Blackburn (1868-1944) was a "circuit rider," clergy who traveled through sparsely inhabited regions, serving the Indian River-Lake Worth mission for many years. He later became superintendent of West Palm Beach District of Methodist Churches.
In this pamphlet, he details visits to the towns of Brantley, Sebastian, Fort Pierce (then called Edgartown), Stuart, Lake Worth, Juno, and Miami. Blackburn led church services in a number of towns despite lack of adequate housing or church buildings. In Sebastian, he led the building of a new church. In Stuart, he went to officiated at the wedding of William J. Dyer and Kate Hamilton, only to find the marriage license was for the wrong county. He later established the Methodist Church in Stuart. Later in Miami, he faced conflict with other denominations and they were quarantined due to yellow fever.
Embossed with stamp "From the Library of Rev RJ Gisler, Methodist minister"Tags Clergy -
Father Mike and two boys in tuxedos, c. 1965
Two young men playfully tug on the arm of Reverend Arthur Allen Smith (1924–1998), affectionately known as “Father Mike.” Smith served as rector of St. Mary's Episcopal Church for 26 years, from August 1964 until 1990.