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Trinity Episcopal Church "In 1894 the Rev. F. E. J. Lloyd, rector of Trinity Church,
at Hamilton, organized a mission in Oxford, which he served as rector.
The services were held in the chapel of Miami University. Later the second
floor of the Town Hall was used by the Mission. In 1899 the Temperance
Hall, corner of Poplar and Walnut Streets, was purchased and remodelled
as a church.
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This is the building used at present. This was formerly the Universalist Church. It stood on the rear of the lot occupied by the residence of Mrs. T. L. Munns. The building was given to the Temperance Society by Dr. Guy after the Universalist Church ceased to exist in Oxford. The quaint old pews used in the Universalist church are still occupied by Episcopalians.
A letter from Mr. Vermilye, who was an attorney in Oxford, written April 2, 1897, states that by that time seven services had been held, that the mission was duly organized under its present name, that the Bishop had appointed the Rev. Mr. Lloyd missionary in charge, and that there was an executive committee of six, of which he was chairman; also that money had been raised for the purchase of a lot, already secured for $650.
After Mr. Lloyd the following clergymen (according to the parish register) have been in charge: Archdeacon George Edwards, 1899, David Arnold Shaefer, 1901-02, Peter Tinsley, D. D., 1902-03, David Arnold Schaefer, 1905-08, J. Benjamine Myers, 1910-14, John H. Yates, 1914-15, Gilbert P. Symons, 1915-16, George Paul Torrence, 1916-18, Stanley T. Boggess, 1919-20, Hubert Cowley-Carroll 1920-23, Gilbert Lee Pennock, Ph. D., 1923-. The present rector, the Rev. Gilbert E. Pennock, now resides in Oxford in the rectory, St. Faith's House."
© 2000 by the Butler County Historical Society