Hibbard, F. G. History of the East Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. New York: Phillips & Hunt, 1887. First Edition. [10485]
Publisher's cloth with bright gilt spine titles, slight wear, tight, 9 x 6 inches. 371 clean pp., page edges stained red.
Running title: History of the Late East Genesee Conference.
Relates the history of Methodism from its earliest days in New York State, the formation of the Conference in 1848 to its dissolution about 1875. It presents many brief biographical notices of the many ministers who served in Western New York.
Freeborn Garrettson Hibbard (1811-1895), American Methodist minister and Bible commentator. He was pastor of churches chiefly in western New York, and served as presiding elder of the Geneva District.
