{"id":625,"date":"2015-05-25T16:04:18","date_gmt":"2015-05-25T16:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/?page_id=625"},"modified":"2022-01-20T20:03:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T20:03:43","slug":"1831-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1831-2\/","title":{"rendered":"1831"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"color:#B22222;\">5 June 1831<\/span><\/span><\/span>&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Assistant Bishop Onderdonk ordains Samuel West Seldon as a deacon in a service held at Trinity Church, Pittsburgh.&nbsp; Seldon took up duties as missionary in Beaver County.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"color:#B22222;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/BlairsvilleConsecration1831.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/BlairsvilleConsecration1831.JPG\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px 7px; float: left; width: 150px; height: 113px;\" \/><\/a>7 June 1831<\/span><\/span><\/span>&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">After Henry Onderdonk became assistant bishop, Bishop White turned over visitations to the more distant parishes to his energetic, younger assistant.&nbsp; Onderdonk made frequent trips west oftern twice a year, consecrating churches, confirming members, and preaching.&nbsp; He consecrated the new church building in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/BlairsvilleIndianaPA-Church.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/image\/Exhibit-Formation\/BlairsvilleIndianaPA-Church.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 2px 7px; float: right; width: 150px; height: 175px;\" \/><\/a>Blairsville in 1831.&nbsp; It was then the only <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Episcopal Church in Indiana County. <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\">St. Peter&#39;s Blairsville from 1840s map<\/span><\/em><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#B22222;\"><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\">9 October 1831<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Lyman Freeman, the missionary serving Christ Church in Brownsville was ordained priest by Bishop White.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" style=\"width: 300px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1822-2\">1822<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1823-2\">1823<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1824-2\">1824<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1825-2\">1825<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1826-2\">1826<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1827-2\">1827<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1828-2\">1828<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1829-2\">1829<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1830-2\">1830<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1831-2\">1831<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1832-2\/\">1832<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1834-2\/\">1834<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1835-2\/\">1835<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1836-2\">1836<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1837-2\/\">1837<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1838-2\">1838<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1840-2\">1840<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1844-2\">1844<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1845-2\">1845<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\t\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"3\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(255, 204, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);\">\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/\">Timeline<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(255, 204, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);\">\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/creation\/\">Creation<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(255, 204, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);\">\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/wilderness\/\">Wilderness<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(255, 204, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);\">\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/\">Margins<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(255, 204, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);\">\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/struggles-1\/\">Struggles<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; border-color: rgb(255, 204, 153); background-color: rgb(255, 204, 153);\">\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,cursive;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/victory-1\/\">Victory<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5 June 1831&nbsp; Assistant Bishop Onderdonk ordains Samuel West Seldon as a deacon in a service held at Trinity Church, Pittsburgh.&nbsp; Seldon took up duties as missionary in Beaver County. 7 June 1831&nbsp; After Henry Onderdonk became assistant bishop, Bishop &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/resources\/exhibits\/forming-the-diocese\/margins\/1831-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":467,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-625","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1880,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/625\/revisions\/1880"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalpgh.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}