Articles about UUCAS History
Where Do We Come From? Three Stories from the Histories of the Athens and Sheshequin Universalist Congregations A sermon presented by Katie Replogle at UUCAS on Sun., Sep. 2, 2018 Where do we come from? Here in Athens and Sheshequin, we come from a long line of Universalists, among them the earliest white settlers of … Continue reading Where Do We Come From? Sermon at UUCAS Sep. 2 2018
This is the sixth of six blog posts about Universalist ministers who are buried in Bradford County. James Dean Herrick (1875-1945) James D. Herrick was born in 1875 in Cicero, N. Y. (near Syracuse). His parents owned a hotel in Cicero, which his mother continued to operate after James’ father died in 1878. There was … Continue reading Universalist Ministers’ Graves Part 6: James Dean Herrick
This is the fifth of six blog posts about Universalist ministers who are buried in Bradford County. William Garfield Cortright (1870-1915) William Garfield Cortright, the oldest of the seven children of Philip and Lucy Cortright, was born in 1870 near Wyalusing. William attended public schools but did not graduate from high school. In his early … Continue reading Universalist Ministers’ Graves Part 5: William Garfield Cortright
This is the fourth of six blog posts about Universalist ministers who are buried in Bradford County. Alice Kinney Tripp Wright Graves (1870-1949) Alice Kinney Tripp was a fifth-generation Universalist. She was a great-great-granddaughter of one of Noah Murray’s early converts, Joseph Kinney. Her parents were Estella Kinney and Dennison W. Tripp, a Civil War … Continue reading Universalist Ministers’ Graves Part 4: Alice Kinney Tripp Wright Graves
This is the third of six blog posts about Universalist ministers who are buried in Bradford County. Myra Kingsbury (1847-1898) Myra Kingsbury was born on Dec. 5, 1847, in Sheshequin, the second of three daughters of Lemuel and Sally Osborn Kingsbury. Her father was the youngest child of Sheshequin Universalist stalwart Joseph Kingsbury, and the … Continue reading Universalist Ministers’ Graves Part 3: Myra Kingsbury
This is the second of six blog posts about Universalist ministers who are buried in Bradford County. Schuyler Jerome Gibson (1816-1864) Schuyler J. Gibson was born in 1816 in Norwich, N. Y. He attended an orthodox Christian church, but came to believe in universal salvation through his own study of the Bible. He reportedly argued … Continue reading Universalist Ministers’ Graves Part 2: Schuyler Gibson
This is the first of six blog posts about Universalist ministers who are buried in Bradford County. Noah Murray (1747-1811) Noah Murray was born in Connecticut in 1747. He began preaching in Massachusetts as a Baptist but had embraced the doctrine of universal salvation by 1784. He was one of only about fifteen Universalist preachers … Continue reading Universalist Ministers’ Graves Part 1: Noah Murray
[The following is a sermon given by K. Replogle at UUCAS on Feb. 4, 2018.] Two Centuries of Women Ministers in Athens and Sheshequin At our General Assembly last year, the Rev. Dr. Susan Frederick-Gray was elected President of the Unitarian Universalist Association (the UUA). She is the first woman to lead our denomination in … Continue reading Two Centuries of Women Ministers in Athens and Sheshequin
Like the Rev. Noah Murray, Joseph Kinney – one of Murray’s first converts in Sheshequin – also had a descendant who became a Universalist minister – two, in fact. They were a grandson, Joseph Kinney, and a great-great-granddaughter, Alice Kinney Tripp. The Rev. Joseph Kinney, the oldest son of Charles Kinney and his wife Amanda … Continue reading Two Kinney Ministers
I recently stumbled upon a reference to Noah Murray and Moses Park in an 1830 issue of the Evangelical Magazine and Gospel Advocate. The Magazine and Advocate was a weekly Universalist newspaper published in Utica, N. Y. Murray and his convert Park were the first Universalist preachers in Bradford County. A “J. T. Parker” of … Continue reading Dashed Hopes
