History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City / . s assistant by Rev. EugeneMcKenna, who remained till May, 1875, when he wasfollowed for a short time by Rev. J. W. Hays. Butbefore this, in October, 1874, the Rev. AndrewOReilley came to take the place of assistant pastor,which he yet fills, after a service of twelve Slevin was in foil-]ing health for severayears,and, whilestill bolding the charge of pastorof St. Marys, died amonghis kindred in NorthEaston, Mass., on the 18thof July, 1878. Rev.


History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City / . s assistant by Rev. EugeneMcKenna, who remained till May, 1875, when he wasfollowed for a short time by Rev. J. W. Hays. Butbefore this, in October, 1874, the Rev. AndrewOReilley came to take the place of assistant pastor,which he yet fills, after a service of twelve Slevin was in foil-]ing health for severayears,and, whilestill bolding the charge of pastorof St. Marys, died amonghis kindred in NorthEaston, Mass., on the 18thof July, 1878. Rev. Charles R. Corleywas sent to supply FatherSlevins place in June,1877, and still remains incharge of the parish, withRev. Andrew OReilley asassistant; and since 1884,Rev. James F. McLaugh-lin has been an assistantalso. Father Corley hasgiven great attention tothe parish schools, andthey have been very suc-cessful. In 1885 he builtan addition to the schoolbuilding, erected byFather Lynch in 1860, more than doubling its capacity, at a Cost of twenty thou- I urday eveningsand dollars. The church had been for some time out assemblv-room. REV. CHARLES R. St. Marys Church is incorporated under thegen-eral law, the trustees being Archbishop Corrigan,Right Rev. Monsignor William Quin, , R. Corley (all ), Mr. John Wallace andMr. Francis ONeill. The history and statistics of St. Marys parishschool have been given already. St. Josephs Church, on Ashburton and St. Joseph A ve-nues.—The parish of St. Joseph was set oft from in May, 1871. The division line has not been offi-cially defined with accuracy, but is assumed to followYonkers Avenue from the Bronx to the Croton aque-duct; thence by the aqueduct to the arches crossingthe Saw-Mill River, and down the river, leaving theglen to Garden Street, on the upland, within the parish ;thence by Garden Street to Locust Hill Avenue,and thence to the Hudson River. Rev. Albert A. Lings, at that time ass


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