Augustine's Beneficial Society and the parish.
In East Morrisania is the Convent of the Ursuline Nuns, and connected with it an academy, which they conduct for the education of young hidies. It is under the direction of Mother Dominick, the Superioress. Father Stumpfe is the resident pastor, and he has charge of St. Mary's church, at Melrose, of tlie same denomination, and another church of the same persuasion is under the guidance of Rev. Father Nolan, at Highbridgeville.
The Presi!Yteri.\x Church.-- The First Presbyterian Church of the village of Morrisania was organized at a meeting at the house of Lawrence S. Mott, September 10, 1849. The first trustees were Lawrence S. Mott, Andrew Cauldwell, David Austin, Enoch S. Burstrand and Daniel Ayres.
At Washington Avenue and One Hundred and Sixty-seventh Street is the Potts Memorial Presbyterian Church, a handsome edifice erected to the memory of Rev. Dr. Potts. Rev. Arthur Potts was elected the first pastor April 1, 1866. The present pastor is Rev. James Jlorton.
]\Iethodist Churches.-- February 8, 1850, a meeting was held at the Episcopal Chapel for the purpose of organizing a Methodist Episcopal Church in Morrisania, under the care of the Harlem Station, and the New York District of the New York Con.'ereuce. The name of the congregation was declared to be the " Methodist P^piscopal Church of the village of Morrisania, County of Westchester." Stephen T. Wright, Moses T. Farrington, James Parker, John York and John T. Ferguson were the first trustees.
The German-speaking people of the Methodist faith have their own church at Morri.sania. It was organized on April 12, 1853, by a meeting held at the residence of John .1. Knoeppel, and the first trustees elected were Mr. Knoeppel, Charles H. Buttner, Jacob Weible, Anton Romnig, Lewis K. Osborn, John L. Haynes and Robert Crawford.