49 Years of Age. One of the first preachers in the area. On December 8, 1790, Rev. Story became the first man to become a Freemason in the Ohio Territory, being raised in American Union Military Lodge in Marietta. In "The Pioneers" (2019) Pulitzer prize-winning author David McCullough wrote in the summer of 1789, "On Sunday, [John May] attended a public service to hear the new pastor, a slender young man from Massachusetts, the Reverend Daniel Story, who had been selected for the role by Manasseh Cutler, and who, May was happy to record, provided 'a very good performance.'"
He studied divinity at New Haven, Connecticut, and becoming interested in the settlement of Marietta, was with the first company under Manasseh Cutler, who went from New England to found that place. He was the first minister called to preach over their newly organized church; and came on horseback, the whole of the distance from Hamilton, Massachusetts, to be ordained over the aforesaid church. His brother Isaac preached the ordination sermon.
Source:
Author: Derby, Perley and Gardner, Frank A.
Title: Elisha Story of Boston and Some of His Descendants
Abbrev: Elisha Story of Boston and Some of His Descendants
Publication: Essex Institute, Salem Massachusetts, 1915
He studied divinity at New Haven, Connecticut, and becoming interested in the settlement of Marietta, was with the first company under Manasseh Cutler, who went from New England to found that place. He was the first minister called to preach over their newly organized church; and came on horseback, the whole of the distance from Hamilton, Massachusetts, to be ordained over the aforesaid church. His brother Isaac preached the ordination sermon.
Source:
Author: Derby, Perley and Gardner, Frank A.
Title: Elisha Story of Boston and Some of His Descendants
Abbrev: Elisha Story of Boston and Some of His Descendants
Publication: Essex Institute, Salem Massachusetts, 1915
49 Years of Age. One of the first preachers in the area. On December 8, 1790, Rev. Story became the first man to become a Freemason in the Ohio Territory, being raised in American Union Military Lodge in Marietta. In "The Pioneers" (2019) Pulitzer prize-winning author David McCullough wrote in the summer of 1789, "On Sunday, [John May] attended a public service to hear the new pastor, a slender young man from Massachusetts, the Reverend Daniel Story, who had been selected for the role by Manasseh Cutler, and who, May was happy to record, provided 'a very good performance.'"
He studied divinity at New Haven, Connecticut, and becoming interested in the settlement of Marietta, was with the first company under Manasseh Cutler, who went from New England to found that place. He was the first minister called to preach over their newly organized church; and came on horseback, the whole of the distance from Hamilton, Massachusetts, to be ordained over the aforesaid church. His brother Isaac preached the ordination sermon.
Source:
Author: Derby, Perley and Gardner, Frank A.
Title: Elisha Story of Boston and Some of His Descendants
Abbrev: Elisha Story of Boston and Some of His Descendants
Publication: Essex Institute, Salem Massachusetts, 1915
He studied divinity at New Haven, Connecticut, and becoming interested in the settlement of Marietta, was with the first company under Manasseh Cutler, who went from New England to found that place. He was the first minister called to preach over their newly organized church; and came on horseback, the whole of the distance from Hamilton, Massachusetts, to be ordained over the aforesaid church. His brother Isaac preached the ordination sermon.
Source:
Author: Derby, Perley and Gardner, Frank A.
Title: Elisha Story of Boston and Some of His Descendants
Abbrev: Elisha Story of Boston and Some of His Descendants
Publication: Essex Institute, Salem Massachusetts, 1915
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