. . side oroutside. Thomas Delaney got out the timber for the Hayes and Patrick Cantwell dug the founda-tions and built the cellar walls. Daniel Delaney ofOgdensburg drew the plans and built the church. Ed-ward Conlon and John Cantwell did the lathing. The church, when completed, cost between twelveand fifteen hundred dollars, a large sum in those it was enclosed, the people spoke about leaving itin this unfinished condition, but Father Guth loanedthem $, and with a few subscriptions they com-pleted th
. . side oroutside. Thomas Delaney got out the timber for the Hayes and Patrick Cantwell dug the founda-tions and built the cellar walls. Daniel Delaney ofOgdensburg drew the plans and built the church. Ed-ward Conlon and John Cantwell did the lathing. The church, when completed, cost between twelveand fifteen hundred dollars, a large sum in those it was enclosed, the people spoke about leaving itin this unfinished condition, but Father Guth loanedthem $, and with a few subscriptions they com-pleted the edifice. When finished, the whole debt onthe church was $300 due Father Guth and over ahundred dollars due Thomas Brennan. It was said,that whilst the church was being built, Thomas B;;ennanneglected his own work at home to help along the workon the new church, that he subscribed more money thanhis means allowed him, and that in consequence he wasobligfed to morto-ag-e his farm, which morttjaoe he neverafterwards redeemed, and that he lost his property on 42. OI^D ST. MARYS CHURCH BUILT IN 1842 AND USED TII^I^ account of the church. I am happy to be able to statethQ true facts in the case. Thomas Brennans farm wasindeed mortgaged and part of it sold by the sheriff, butnot on account of the church, as he was paid in full, orvery nearly so, under Father Michael Guths pastorate,by Messrs Thomas O. Flynn and Joseph Thibault, thentrustees of the church. Fortunately, the latter alwayspreserved Thomas Brennans receipts for money recei-ved in payment of what St. Marys church owed him,which receipts I now have in my possession. As re-gards Farther Francis Guths $, they were paidto his brother. Rev. Michael Guth, several years after. Father Francis Guth said mass in the new church assoon as it was enclosed, but not after it was completed,for he left in 1843 ^^^ ^-^^ church was finished anddedicated only in 1844. From here Fr. F. Guth went to Watertown, from thenceto Buf
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