1913

Lynnwood Farnam

Lynnwood Farnam

When Weston Gale retired, Lynnwood Farnam became Emmanuel’s organist, a post he held until 1918, when he left to join the Canadian Army.  According to the L. F. Society, when the Music Committee asked what he would play for his audition, “He handed them a notebook containing a list of 200 pieces which he had memorized, saying “Anything in this book.”

For more about Lynnwood Farnam, see 1917, 1930, and History of Music at Emmanuel.  Listen to a recording of his playing via the the Royal Canadian College of Organists, whom we thank for this photo.

13 Mar. Bishop William Lawrence presided at the funeral of Silas Reed Anthony, which was attended by more than 400.  Born in 1863, he had become a Boston banker and served as Clerk of the Vestry (1887-97) and Jr. Warden (1907-13).  Assisting the bishop were the Rev. Dr. Samuel McComb and the Rev. Ralph Bray of Emmanuel and the Rev. Charles Clark of Church of the Ascension. Among the pallbearers were Sr. Warden Walter Cabot Baylies, William Endicott, Jr.,  Philip L. & Richard M. Saltonstall, and several Anthony and Weeks relatives.

31 May.  Nora Iasigi, daughter of parishioners Amelia Gore Iasigi and the late Oscar Iasigi, married at St. Paul’s Church, Stockbridge, US Solicitor General William Marshall Bullitt, great uncle of our parishioner Julian Bullitt.

 

1860

  • March 17. The first meeting held at William R. Lawrence’s house, 98 Beacon

    The Rev. Dr. F. Dan Huntington

    Street.  A committee was formed to secure Dr. Frederic Dan Huntington (1819-1904) as rector, although he had yet to be ordained an Episcopalian priest. Richard Sullivan. Fay, Jr. (1833-1882) was chosen as Chairman of the Committee of Subscribers.

  • April 9 (Easter Monday). At their foundation meeting the name Emmanuel Church was formally adopted and these officers elected:
    • Edward Sprague Rand  (1809-84), senior warden until 1864
    • William Richards Lawrence (1812-1885), junior warden until 1863
    • John B. Alley (1817-1896), clerk
    • Jere E. Bridge, treasurer
  • Sept 12. Dr. Huntington was ordained a deacon at Trinity Church, then on Summer Street.
  • Sept 16. The first service was held at Mechanics Association Hall, at the intersection of Bedford and Chauncy streets.
  • Proprietors of the Corporation were:
    • Benjamin Franklin Burgess (1817-1909)
    • Col. John Jeffries, Jr. (1823-1897)
    • William Richards Lawrence (1812-1885)
    • Edward Sprague Rand (1809-84)
    • Henry Sigourney (1831-1873)
    • Henry Timmins (1800-1863)
    • George Phineas Upham (1826-1901)
    • Foster Waterman (1805-1870)