Midland Churches: A History of the Congregations on - General ...

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Opened 8 August, 1847 ; preacher, George Dawson, M.A.
Closed 29 December, 1895 ; preacher, James Christopher Street,
MINISTERS.
George Dawson, M.A. . - -
Edmund Squire, assistant .
William Potter, assistant .
John Page Hopps, assisla~zt . .
Edward Myers, F.G.S., assistant
William Joseph Knapton, assistant . . .
George St. Clair (colleagz~e with Geo. Dawson)
9 ) ,, (sole cha~ge) . . . ...
Nicholas M. Hennessey
James Christopher Street . . . ...
Edward William Lummis, M.A., assistant
GEORGE DAWSON, b. 24 February, 1821, in London ; ed. Aberdeen, Marischal Coll., 1837-
1838 ; Glasgow, 1838- ; M.A., Glas. ; min. Rickmansworth, Herts., 1843-1844 ;
Birmingham, Mount Zion, 1844-1845 ; Temporary Rooms, 1845-1847 ; Church ,<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>
Saviour, 1847-1876; nz. (24 August, 1856) Susan Fanny, daughter <strong>of</strong> J. W. Crompton,
<strong>of</strong> Birmingham ; had issue.
d. 30 November, 1876 ; bur. Birmingham, General Cemetery, by Edward Myers.
EDMITND SQUIRE, min. Warminster, 1842-1843 ; Gulliford, -1847 ; Birmingham, Church
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Saviour, 1849; Idle, 1853-1854.
cf. Vestiges, var. pp.
WILLIAM POTTER, min. Birmingham, Church <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Saviour, 1850.
JOHN PAGE HOPPS, b. 6 November, 1834, in London ; ed. Leicester, Baptist Coll. ; min.
Hugglescote, Leicestershire, 1856 ; Birmingham, Church <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Saviour, 1857-1860 ;
Sheffield, Upperthorpe, I 860-1863 ; Dukinfield, 1863- 1869 ; Glasgow, 1869-1876 ;
Leicester, 1876-1892; Croydon, 1892- ; m. (13 June, 1859) Mary Jackson; has
issue.
c$ Record, p. 53.
EDWARD MYERS, see Shrewsbury.
"Did not join <strong>the</strong> M.C.U., but took part in <strong>the</strong> second National Conference <strong>of</strong> Free
<strong>Churches</strong>, held in Birmingham, 1885.