People Involved

Jeremiah Allen

Attended meetings on 2/3/1864, 2/6/1864, and 6/25/1864; elected clerk of Asylum Hill Congregational Society, 6/25/1864; elected to Asylum Hill Congregational Society building committee, 6/25/1864. Principal, American School for the Deaf, later became president, Hartford Steam Boiler Insurance Company.


Olcott Allen

Attended meeting 2/6/1864; appointed to committee to report back on possible locations for the new church, 2/3/1864.


J. A. Ayres

Attended meetings on 2/3/1864 and 2/6/1864.


David E. Bartlett

Attended meetings on 2/3/1864 and 2/6/1864. Teacher, American School for the Deaf, and believed by ASD to be a minister. Occupied house owned by William W. Turner that Turner offered as site for new church.


John Beach

Attended meetings on 2/3/1864 and 2/6/1864; appointed to committee to recommend a pastor, 11/2/1864. Earlier hosted Calvin Stowe’s Bible study at his house.


Andrew Brabason

Oversaw stonework on church construction.


Charles A. Bullard

Attended meetings on 2/3/1864 and 2/6/1864. Minister.


C. J. Burnell

Attended and served as clerk at meeting on 6/25/1864.


Horace Bushnell

Participant, chapel dedication service, 3/12/1865.


Newton Case

Elected to Asylum Hill Congregational Society building committee, 6/25/1864.


Joseph Church

Attended meeting on 2/6/1864.


Samuel Coit

Attended meetings on 2/3/1864 and 2/6/1864; appointed to committee to report back on possible locations for the new church, 2/3/1864; appointed to committee to buy the land, to build the church, and to raise funds to do both, 2/19/1864; elected to Asylum Hill Congregational Society building committee, 6/25/1864.


Erastus Collins

Attended meetings on 2/3/1864 and 2/6/1864; appointed to committee to report back on possible locations for the new church, 2/3/1864; elected to serve on Asylum Hill Congregational Society’s committee, 6/25/1864; appointed to committee to buy the land, to build the church, and to raise funds to do both, 2/19/1864; appointed to committee to recommend a pastor, 11/2/1864.


William L. Collins

Attended meeting on 2/6/1864; elected to Asylum Hill Congregational Society building committee, 6/25/1864.


E. H. Fenn

Elected to serve on Asylum Hill Congregational Society’s committee, 6/25/1864


Henry French

Attended meetings on 2/3/1864 and 2/6/1864; appointed to committee to report back on possible locations for the new church, 2/3/1864; elected to Asylum Hill Congregational Society building committee, 6/25/1864.


Francis Gillette

Attended meetings on 2/3/1864 and 2/6/1864; appointed to committee to report back on possible locations for the new church, 2/3/1864. Eventual chair, committee to recommend a pastor: Gillette was not an original appointee to the search committee, but Twichell addressed his acceptance letter to Gillette as the chair of the committee.


A. G. Hammond

Attended and chaired meeting on 2/3/1864; attended meeting on 2/6/1864; elected to serve on Asylum Hill Congregational Society’s committee, 6/25/1864; appointed to committee to recommend a pastor, 11/2/1864.


Joel Hawes

Participant, church cornerstone ceremony, 5/2/1865.


Mark Howard

Attended meeting on 2/6/1864.


A. M. Hurlbut

Attended meetings on 2/3/1864 and 2/6/1864; appointed to committee to report back on possible locations for the new church, 2/3/1864; appointed to committee to buy the land, to build the church, and to raise funds to do both, 2/19/1864; elected to serve on Asylum Hill Congregational Society’s committee, 6/25/1864.


Patrick Keely

Architect.


J. R. Keep

Attended meetings on 2/3/1864 and 2/6/1864; appointed to committee to recommend a pastor, 11/2/1864. Minister.


Joseph Kellogg

Attended meetings on 2/3/1864 and 2/6/1864. Wife had assisted Maria Metcalf with formation of Sunday school.


M. Lord

Attended meetings on 2/3/1864 and 2/6/1864.


Roland Mather

Attended meeting on 2/6/1864. Mather would later donate the funds to add the steeple to the church, and the clock would be donated in his memory by his daughter, Julia Turner.


John H. Roberts

Attended meeting on 6/25/1864. In 1940, he would attend the 75th anniversary of the church’s formation as the only surviving signer of the articles of association.


E. K. Root

Attended meetings on 2/3/1864 and 2/6/1864.


James B. Stone

Elected auditor, Asylum Hill Congregational Society, 6/25/1864.


Calvin Stowe

Participant, church cornerstone ceremony, 5/2/1865.


Roderick Terry

Attended meetings on 2/3/1864 and 2/6/1864; elected to serve on Asylum Hill Congregational Society’s committee, 6/25/1864.


James S. Tryon

Attended meetings on 2/3/1864 and 2/6/1864; elected treasurer, Asylum Hill Congregational Society, 6/25/1864; appointed to committee to recommend a pastor, 11/2/1864.


William W. Turner

Deacon, principal of the American School for the Deaf. Offered property he owned on Asylum Avenue as site for new church.


Joseph Twichell

Senior Pastor, 1865-1912.


W. B. Williard

Elected auditor, Asylum Hill Congregational Society, 6/25/1864.