[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Thompson. The present house of worship is the one built in 1858 as a union chapel, and occupied by the Presbyterian, Baptist and Methodist ministers of the vicinity by turns, since that time, for regular services on Sunday afternoons. This union service has now been discontinued. It is expected that a new church edifice will soon be erected. Roman Catholic Churches.— The parish of St. Francis was established about 1871. It had previously been a mission attached to the parish at Sing Sing. Father M. C. Brennan was its first pastor. He built a large and handsome rectory near the church. He remained about three years and was succeeded by Rev. John Henry. During his pastorate the church at Pleasantville, which is a part of this parish, was erected. After a stay of two years he was followed by the present rector, Rev. M. \V. Newman, who came from Rondout, N. Y. He paid off the debt of the Mount Kisco Church, and, in 1883, built a church at Bedford village, being considerably aided in that work by members of other churches in the neighbor-hood. The congregations of the three churches num-ber about twelve hundred. Friends' Meeting-House. — Croton Valley Meet-ing of Friends was established in 1806. The meet-ing-house stood near the Croton River, a little below the mouth of the Kisco. When the Croton Lake was raised for New York City's water supply, the house was moved upon the adjoining land, belonging to Henry Sutton.