Oliver Ormsby Page

Name: Sketch of the "Old Round Church," 1805–1825
Author: Oliver Ormsby Page

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“Sketch of the "Old Round Church," 1805–1825”, published in 1895, is a work by Oliver Ormsby Page. It explores elements such as Trinity Church, John Penn and Pittsburgh.

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Oliver Ormsby Page, Sketch of the "Old Round Church… (1895)

“ The silent "God's acre" in the midst of the city's busy life forms a most interesting and impressive link with the past, serving to remind us that "in the midst of life we are in death." In this quiet spot more serious thoughts naturally obtrude themselves, and we are for the moment transported "far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife." In this connection it is worthy of note that the church-yard of Stoke Park, the seat of John Penn, Jr., near Windsor, in England, is the scene of Gray's immortal elegy, and the poet is there buried. ”

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Oliver Ormsby Page, Sketch of the "Old Round Church… (1895)

“ Richardson, Nathaniel Bedford, Oliver Ormsby, George McGunnegle, George Robinson, Robert Magee, Alexander McLaughlin, William Cecil and Joseph Davis the present vestrymen of the said church and their successors duly elected, nominated and appointed in their place and stead . . . a corporation and body politic in law and in fact to have continuance forever by the name, stile and title of the minister, church-wardens and vestrymen of Trinity Church in Pittsburgh. ”

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Oliver Ormsby Page, Sketch of the "Old Round Church… (1895)

“ Bedford came to Pittsburgh shortly after 1770, and was the first practising physician in what is now Allegheny County. In 1786 there were two physicians here, and it has been a frequent matter of conjecture who the other was. In the Pittsburgh Gazette, under date of March 24, 1787, we find named among the trustees of the Pittsburgh Academy, afterwards merged into the Western University of Pennsylvania, then incorporated, "Doctors Nathaniel Bedford and Thomas Parker." Dr. George Stevenson, another early physician, came here from Carlisle in 1794, and was probably the third physician here. ”

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Oliver Ormsby Page, Sketch of the "Old Round Church… (1895)

“ He was, according to Bishop Scarborough, [3] a man of strong mind, more fond of natural science, perhaps, than of theology; and such was his love of astronomy that he sometimes spent the entire night in the open air, watching the movements of the heavenly bodies. He made the astronomical calculations for Cramer's "almanacks" and others of a later date, and helped eke out a livelihood by teaching school, being an assistant instructor in the old Pittsburgh Academy. ”

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Oliver Ormsby Page, Sketch of the "Old Round Church… (1895)

“ Walking, four on each side of the bier as honorary pall-bearers, were eight ladies dressed in white muslin, white stockings and slippers, their heads covered with long white lace veils reaching to their feet. ”

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Oliver Ormsby Page, Sketch of the "Old Round Church… (1895)

“ SKETCH OF THE "OLD ROUND CHURCH," 1805-1825, THE ORIGINAL EDIFICE OF TRINITY CHURCH, PITTSBURGH.
BY OLIVER ORMSBY PAGE.
"Nothing is so really new as that which is old," and it were not strange if many who are familiar with the present beautiful edifice of Trinity Church, and even with its predecessor, the embodiment of Bishop Hopkins's genius, were yet ignorant, or at best vague, regarding the first edifice commonly known as the "Old Round Church." ”

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Oliver Ormsby Page, Sketch of the "Old Round Church… (1895)

“ Of these, John Penn, Jr., who was a poet and a great man of fashion in his day, owned three-fourths, and his cousin John Penn, the last lieutenant-governor of the province, one-fourth. The difference in their holdings will explain why their names are given in the deed in the order they are.
The four trustees lived at the most interesting period of the history of Western Pennsylvania, and their lives are a part of the history of the region. Colonel John Gibson, called "Horsehead" Gibson by the Indians, sometime commandant of Fort Pitt, is buried in Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh. Dr. ”

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