[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] superintendent. The board of trustees in 1884 was constituted as follows: William A. Hunt, Isaac Kipp, Isaac J. Baxter, S. D. Horton, George W. Bagley, George W. Robertson, W. Jordan, G. W. Denike. The stewards were William Beattys, Joshua R. Purdy, William H. Lent, Andrew R. Soper, J. Frank Secor, Robert Mac-kellar, James Robertson, Thomas N. Avery and Joseph Sparrow. The Wesleyan Methodist Church. — The sit-tings of the First Methodist Church of Peekskill were free until 1839, at which time the practice of renting them was begun. In consequence of dissatisfaction at this innovation twelve members withdrew and organized a society. John Lyon was the leader of the movement and became the preacher. They were not recognized by the New York Conference, and attached themselves to the Wesleyan Methodist Church, commonly known as the Primitive Method-ists. They built a small chapel in the year 1839 on H96