Thanksgiving in a Box

Posted by Communications Liaison Ellie Simpson, thanks to Archivist Jon Coss. In 2006, Tina Constable organized a “Thanksgiving-in-a-Box” food drive. She encouraged members of the Huguenot Church and other faith groups to donate dinner goods for needy families to...

W.T. Grant: Businessman and Philanthropist

With thanks to Jon Coss No man can serve two masters. You cannot serve God and mammon.” William T. Grant was an enlightened businessman who managed to serve both. He said, “I wanted to sell people what they needed at prices they could afford, with only a modest...

HMC’s Sister Church in Verdun

With thanks to Jon Coss Now that the Notre Dame Cathedral of Paris has re-opened after five years of repairs, we turn our attention to Huguenot’s “sister church” in Verdun, which was destroyed by war.  During World War I, French and German armies at Verdun suffered...

The Witherbee-Black Family

With thanks to Jon Coss Silas Hemenway Witherbee was born in Bridgeport, Vermont in 1815 and was married to Sophia Goff Witherbee (1819-1905). They lived for many years in New York City. Their daughter, Mary Grace Witherbee, was married to Robert C. Black of the...