Pastors of the Cross Street African Method Episcopal Zion Church: 1822-1929
| Date | Pastor | Other church officials |
| 1822-1823 | James Anderson[1] | 1829 Trustees: Asa Jeffrey, George Jeffrey, Joseph Gilbert, John Hamilton, and Ebenezer DeForest.[2] |
| 1831-1838 | Jehiel C. Beman[3] | |
| 1839-1840 | D. H. Vandervere/ Vandivier[4] | |
| 1841 | Peter Ross[5]
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| 1850 | P. W. West[6] | |
| 1862 | James A Jones[7] | |
| 1863-1864 | S. M. Giles[8] | |
| 1868-1869 | Silas A Mitchell[9] | |
| 1872-1873 | Allen Walker [10] | 1873 Sunday School Officers: F. A. Duncan (a Wesleyan student), Sophia M. Stevens, Charles Beman; Thomas E Smith (Secretary); Julia Stevens (treasurer); George Clark, Charles Gardner (librarians); Misses Fitch and Stevens (visiting committee).[11] |
| 1874 | W. D. F. Pyle[12] | |
| 1874-1875 | S. C. Birchmore[13] | |
| 1876-1878 | J. B. Small[14] | |
| 1878-1879 | J. W. Brown[15] | |
| 1879-1880 | J. C. Lodge[16] | |
| 1886-1887 | John E. Allen[17] | |
| 1888-1889 | George H. S. Bell[18] | Trustees: H. Farnham (President), C. Weeks (Secretary), T. E. Smith (Treasurer), J. Snipes, H. Sales, C. A. Beman
Sunday School Officers: C. A. Beman (Assistant Superintendent of Sunday School), Miss F. J. Sullivan (Secretary), Miss E. G. Smith (Treasurer)[19]
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| 1889-1890 | Chanceford Fairfax[20] | Trustees 1889-1890: H. Farnham (President), T. E. Smith (Secretary and Treasurer), G. O. Smith, Miss E. G. Smith, C. Weeks
Sunday School Officers 1889-1890: C. A.C. Beman (Assistant Superintendent of Sunday School), Miss F. J. Sullivan (Secretary), Miss E. G. Smith (Treasurer)[21] Trustees 1890: H. Farnham (President), T. E. Smith (Secretary and Treasurer), C. H. Weeks, C. A. C. Beman, John H. Snipes Sunday School Officers 1890: L. H. Andrews (Superintendent), C. A. C. Beman (Assistant Superintendent), Miss F. J. Sullivan (Secretary), Miss E. G. Smith (Treasurer) Chas. H. Weeks (Librarian)[22] |
| 1891-1892 | Charles C. Ringgold[23] | |
| 1894 | Alfred Day[24] | |
| 1895-1896 | William Jones[25] | Trustees: E. G. Smith (Preacher’s Steward), H. Farnham (President), C. A. C. Beman (Secretary & Treasurer), George Washington, John H. Snipes (Sexton), C. A. C. Beman (Sunday School Superintendent)[26] |
| 1896-1897 | Alfred T. Clarke[27] | Trustees 1896-1897: E. G. Smith (Preacher’s Steward), H. Farnham (President), C. A. C. Beman (Secretary & Treasurer), George Washington, John H. Snipes, Henry Travis, C. A. C. Beman (Sunday School Superintendent)[28]
Trustees 1897-1898: E. G. Smith (Preacher’s Steward), C. A. C. Beman (Secretary), William Sullivan (Treasurer), C. A. C. Beman (Sunday School Superintendent)[29] |
| 1899 | J. A. Evans[30] | |
| 1900 | S. E. Robinson[31] | |
| 1901-1903 | S. W. Hutchings[32] | |
| 1904-1905 | Moses Monzino[33] | Trustees: E. G. Smith (Preacher’s Steward), C. A. C. Beman (Secretary), M. E. Robinson (Treasurer), C. A. C. Beman (Sunday School Superintendent)[34] |
| 1906 | G. H. S. Bell[35] | Trustees: E. G. Smith (Preacher’s Steward), C. A. C. Beman (Secretary), M. E. Robinson (Treasurer), C. A. C. Beman (Sunday School Superintendent)[36] |
| 1908-1910 | William J. Smith[37] | Trustees 1908: C. A. C. Beman (preacher’s steward and secretary), M. E. Robinson (Treasurer), C. A. C. Beman (Sunday School Superintendent)[38]
Trustees 1910: C. A. C. Beman (preacher’s steward and secretary), M. E. Robinson (Treasurer)[39] |
| 1911-1912 | Joseph Murphy[40] | Trustees: John E. Hill (Preacher’s Steward), M. E. Robinson (President), C. A. C. (Secretary), Thomas L. Sparks (Treasurer)[41]
(C. A. C. Beman was preacher’s steward and secretary during 1911, M. E. Robinson (Treasurer))[42] |
| 1913 | J. T. Battle[43] | Trustees: T. E. Smith (Preacher’s Steward), M. E. Robinson (President), C. A. C. Beman (Secretary), Thomas L. Sparks (Treasurer)[44] |
| 1914-1915 | S. E. Robinson[45] | |
| 1915-1916 | William Henry Lamar[46] | Trustees: Hubert Rogers, president; John Snipes, secretary; Charles A. Geer, assistant secretary; Thomas E. Smith, treasurer; Richard Hasbrook, James Thornton and William Jones[47] |
| 1916-1917 | W. D. Francis[48] | |
| 1918-1920 | G. H. Coffey[49] | |
| 1921-1922 | —[50] | Treasurer: Thomas E. Smith[51] |
| 1923-1924 | E. Horace Brown[52] | |
| 1925 | Theodore Auten[53] | |
| 1926-1929 | S. William Weller[54] |
Middletown City Directory entries for the A.M.E. Zion Church can be viewed here.
[1]“Cross Street A.M.E. Zion Church: Struggle, Jubilee, Vision,” Wesleyan University Special Collections and Archives, http://crossstreetchurch.site.wesleyan.edu
[2]Jesse Nasta, “‘Their Own Guardians and Protectors’: African American Community in Middletown, Connecticut, 1822-1860,” April 2007, 49.
[3]A. G. B. “Letter from Middletown,” September 30, 1868, in The Amos Beman Scrapbooks, Volume 2, 112; “Cross Street A.M.E. Zion Church: Struggle, Jubilee, Vision,” Wesleyan University Special Collections and Archives, http://crossstreetchurch.site.wesleyan.edu
[4]“Methodist Ep. Conference – Zion Connexion,” The Colored American, June 8, 1839; “The General and Annual Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist,” The Colored American,June 27, 1840
[5] W. P. Johnson, “For the Colored American,” The Colored American, November 20, 1841; W. P. Johnson (maybe), “For the Colored American,” n.d. in The Amos Beman Scrapbooks, Volume 1, 46.
He was also a pastor in New Bedford from 1839-1840. “Methodist Ep. Conference – Zion Connexion,” The Colored American,June 8, 1839; “The General and Annual Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist,” The Colored American, June 27, 1840
He was also a pastor in Bridgeport in 1870. “Emancipation Jubilee!” in The Amos Beman Scrapbooks, Volume 2, 104.
[6]Jesse Nasta, “‘Their Own Guardians and Protectors’: African American Community in Middletown, Connecticut, 1822-1860,” April 2007, 49.
[7]A. G. B. “Letter from Rev. AG. Beman,” June 4, 1862, in The Amos Beman Scrapbooks, Volume 2, 79-80.
[8]“For the Christian Recorder. Information For All.” The Christian Recorder, March 21, 1863; “Obituary,” The Christian Recorder, January 20, 1864.; “New England Annual Conference of the A.M.E. Zion Church,” The Christian Recorder, August 2 1862.
[9] Daily Constitution(Middletown, CT), December 30th, 1868; A. G. B. “Letter from Middletown,” September 30, 1868, in The Amos Beman Scrapbooks, Volume 2, 112; Middletown City Directory 1868-1869, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1868), 227.
[10]Middletown City Directory 1872-1873, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1872), 131.
[11]Daily Constitution (Middletown, CT), June 19, 1873, 2.
[12]Daily Constitution (Middletown, CT), October 31, 1874.
[13]Middletown City Directory 1874-1875 , (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1874), 111.
[14]Daily Constitution (Middletown, CT), August 5th, 1876; Middletown City Directory 1877-1878, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1877), 108.
[15]Middletown City Directory 1878-1879, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1878), 119.
[16]Middletown City Directory 1879-1880, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1879), 119; Middletown City Directory 1880, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1880), 115.
[17]Middletown City Directory 1886-1887, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1886), 153.
[18]Middletown City Directory 1888-1889, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1888), 164-165.
[19]Middletown City Directory 1888-1889, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1888), 164-165.
[20]Middletown City Directory 1889-1890, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1889), 174-175; Middletown City Directory 1890, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1890), 178.
[21]Middletown City Directory 1889-1890, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1889), 174-175;
[22]Middletown City Directory 1890, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1890), 178.
[23]Middletown City Directory 1891, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1891), 199; Middletown City Directory 1892, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1892), 203.
[24]Middletown City Directory 1894, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1894), 191.
[25]Middletown City Directory 1895-1896, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1895), 191.
[26]Middletown City Directory 1895-1896, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1895), 191.
[27]Middletown City Directory 1896-1897, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1896), 202;Middletown City Directory 1897-1898, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1897), 214.
[28]Middletown City Directory 1896-1897, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1896), 202;
[29]Middletown City Directory 1897-1898, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1897), 214.
[30]Middletown City Directory 1899, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1899), 222.
[31]Middletown City Directory 1900, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1900), 200.
[32]Middletown City Directory 1901, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1901), 214; Middletown City Directory 1903, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1903), 224.
[33]Middletown City Directory 1904, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1904), 230; Middletown City Directory 1905, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1903), 222.
[34]Middletown City Directory 1904, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1904), 230; Middletown City Directory 1905, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1905), 222.
[35]Middletown City Directory 1906, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1906), 240.
[36]Middletown City Directory 1906, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1906), 240.
[37]Middletown City Directory 1908, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1908), 218; Middletown City Directory 1909, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1909), 226; Middletown City Directory 1910, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1910), 238.
[38]Middletown City Directory 1908, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1908), 218;
[39]Middletown City Directory 1910, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1910), 238.
[40]Middletown City Directory 1911, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1911), 250; Middletown City Directory 1912, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1912), 253.
[41]Middletown City Directory 1911, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1911), 250;
[42]Middletown City Directory 1912, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1912), 253.
[43]Middletown City Directory 1913, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1913), 249.
[44]Middletown City Directory 1913, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1913), 249.
[45]Middletown City Directory 1914, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1914), 252; Middletown City Directory 1915, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1915), 244.
- E. Robinson died while stationed in Middletown. William Henry Lamar was sent to replace him. Thomas Sparks, “Open Counsel: Treasurer of A.M.E. Zion Church, Gives Explanation,” Penny Press(Middletown, CT), March 11, 1916.
[46]“Six A Month May Disrupt Church,” Penny Press (Middletown, CT), March 3, 1916
[47]“Six A Month May Disrupt Church,” Penny Press (Middletown, CT), March 3, 1916; W. Henry Lamar, “Open Counsel: Rev. W. H. Lamar Gives Views on A. M. E. Zion Church Situation,” Penny Press (Middletown, CT), March 11, 1916.
[48]Middletown City Directory 1916, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1916), 348; Middletown City Directory 1917, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1917), 354; “New A. M. E. Zion Pastor,” Penny Press(Middletown, CT), August 15, 1916.
[49]Middletown City Directory 1918-1919, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1918), 332;Middletown City Directory 1919-1920, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1919), 347.
[50]No pastor listed in the Middletown City Directories for these years
[51]Middletown City Directory 1921, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1921), 362; Middletown City Directory 1922, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1922), 258.
[52]Middletown City Directory 1923, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1923), 361; Middletown City Directory 1924, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1924), 371.
[53]Middletown City Directory 1925, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1925), 380.
[54]Middletown City Directory 1926, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1926), 357; Middletown City Directory 1927, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1927), 378; Middletown City Directory 1928, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1928), 281; Middletown City Directory 1929, (New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., Publishers, 1929), 264.