History of Branch county, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . econd was held , 1856, Bishop T. A. Morris presiding. During thissession of the Conference the present pastor. Rev. J. , was received on trial into the itinerant ministry ofthe Methodist Episcopal Church. The second house of worship built by this society wasthe one it now occupies. It is a beautiful brick structure,having an auditorium with a seating capacity of about 800,a commodious lecture-room, two class-rooms, a fine suite ofparlors, an organ-loft, and
History of Branch county, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . econd was held , 1856, Bishop T. A. Morris presiding. During thissession of the Conference the present pastor. Rev. J. , was received on trial into the itinerant ministry ofthe Methodist Episcopal Church. The second house of worship built by this society wasthe one it now occupies. It is a beautiful brick structure,having an auditorium with a seating capacity of about 800,a commodious lecture-room, two class-rooms, a fine suite ofparlors, an organ-loft, and a pastors study. It is lightedwith stained glass of the most elegant design and work-manship, the front window unsurpassed by any in theState. This building was erected in 1865-69 at a cost oftwenty-five thousand dollars. It was dedicated Jan. 26,1869, by Rev. P. M. Eddy, In 1878 an addition to this building was erected. Thisaddition is eighteen feet by thirty-seven feet, and gives thesiiiic of parlors, the orgau-loft, the rear-entrance, and thebeautiful study for the pastor. It was built at a cost of ^J^^S^.*^ i. Alonzo Waterman . ALONZO WATERMAN. The life of Mr. Waterman was comparativelyuneventful, marked by few incidents save such asoccur in the life of every successful merchant andbusiness man. He was emphatically a man ofaffairs, industrious, sagacious, enterprising, andpublic-spiritetl, early developing those qualitieswhich so largely contributed to his success inafter-life, and made him so apt in originating, andprompt and efficient in carrying out his well-laid plans. He was born April 10, 1810, near Syracuse,N. Y., and came to this county in 1832, settling inBronson. He engaged in mercantile business therewith his brothers, but during the next two yearsspent some of the time East. In 1834 he returnedfor a permanent resideuce. While living at Bronson he married Miss Ma-tilda, daughter of Dr. Hiram Alden, one of theearly settlers and prominent men of Coldwater, wh
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