The church music is of excellent character, being in such skillful hands as _Mrs. Blackwell_, _Mrs. Lambert_ and _Mrs. Robinson_. The Hoaglands, Sortors, Millers, Vanzants, Schencks, Lakes, Skillmans, Scudders, Roysters, Hagamans, Conovers, Van Horns, Eustices, Tituses, and many others were large and highly-respected families still represented. The Witherspoon Presbyterian Church is the most flourishing. It has a large auditorium and parish house and several properties, all in good condition. They are valued at $37,000. Rev. G. S. Stark is pastor. Mt. Pisgah A. M. E. Church maintains its usual high standard. It was recently enlarged and remodeled. It is valued at $15,000—Rev. Sturgis, pastor. The late Addison Gordon was a class leader and gave it a legacy from his $30,000 estate. The late Henry Shaw, Robert Hall, Mrs. Dowers, Mrs. Oakham and many more are its helpers. Mrs. Letitia Blackwell was the oldest member. Bright Hope Baptist Church has a commodious building, with lecture room in basement—$12,000; Rev. Jones is pastor. All three churches have their own parsonages, electric light and steam heat. The Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Elks, Mooses and Good Samaritans are trustworthy beneficial Orders. The Odd Fellows own their own hall. A company of colored men own and rent Douglass Hall. A Young Men’s Christian Association has been fitted up in a very spacious and comfortable building. Meetings, books, entertainment, etc., appeal to the men. Joseph W. Rhetta is secretary. The Women’s Club is successfully teaching several branches of industry and furnishes entertainment for the women. Our business men are William Moore, John Williams, George Mention, William Higgins, Theodore Williams, James Dickerson, Peter Brownley, William Green, Andrew Melchoir, Robert Braxton, John Coy, I. R. Farrier and Mr. Sheldon. Mrs. Shaw and Mrs. Burrill are our business women. Much I intended for this brief sketch is, of necessity, omitted, but I hope another may write more fully of the colored people of _Princeton_. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Reminiscences of Colored People of Princeton, N. J.: 1800-1900, by Anna Bustill-Smith