_The Baptist Church of Greenville_ was incorporated January 27th,
1816, and was supplied by the pastors of Brookfield church until July
31st, 1822, when the church was dedicated as a separate one. It was
constituted by thirty-one members. Elder Zelotes Grenell preached the
sermon, August 3d. That year twenty-three more members were set off
from the Brookfield church to it. Elder Henry Ball was pastor for
eleven years. Elder D. Bennet supplied it from Unionville for four
years. W. H. Jurton, D. Benett, C. Brinkerhoff and Joseph Haughwout
supplied it to 1848. Rev. Stephen Case became pastor of it in May,
1848, and continued there to his death in 1895. It was said of him
that he married and buried probably more Orange and Sussex County
people than any other minister has. He was a son of John and Mary
(Mead) Case. The father is alleged to have come from New England,
while his mother was a daughter of Ebenezer Mead of near Waterloo
Mills in Minisink. John and Mary (Mead) Case had four sons, Joseph
M., E. Inman, John B. and Stephen.
Joseph M. was justice of the peace from 1850 to 1874 in Minisink and
held other offices (see civil list). The Case homestead was on the
ridge west of Westtown where John died in 1844 and Rev. Ralph Bull
preached the funeral sermon. His wife died in 1847. Joseph M. was
unmarried. E. Inman died in 1888. He had five sons and one daughter,
John, Jr., Joseph, Ira L., Jefferson, Anson and Amelia. Ira L.,
became a resident of Middletown and was elected school commissioner
of the second district of Orange County for a term. John B. studied
for the ministry and became a clergyman of much influence. He died in
1886. He had seven children: John B., Jr., Stephen J., Joseph M.,
Tisdale, Joshua I., Sarah and Flora.
Stephen, son of John, after his primary studies were over, attended
and graduated at Madison University in 1840. He began preaching the
next year, and supplied the pulpit of the Orange Baptist Church six
months. Then he preached for three years in what was called the
Broadway Baptist Church, which we incline to think was located near
Wykertown in Wantage township, N. J., probably the one built by Job
Cosad. In May, 1848, he became pastor of the Mount Salem and
Greenville churches. He was then about thirty years old, and he
labored there for over sixty years until his death. He was survived
by three sons: John E., Joshua, Jr. and Joseph M. Joshua, Jr., is a
famous auctioneer residing in Unionville.
_The Methodist Church of Greenville_ was incorporated December 23rd,
1850. There had been preaching for about twenty years before that by
ministers of the M. E. denomination. The church edifice was built
before the church was incorporated. Rev. Henry Litts, who died a few
years ago in Deckertown, was pastor there for some time, succeeding
Revs. Andrews, Grace and Rusling.
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