Excerpt from A History of Catholicity in Northern Ohio and the Diocese of Cleveland, Vol. 1: From 1749 to December 31, 1900 To the Rt. Rev. Ignatius F. Holrstrnann, D. D., Bishop of Cleveland, for that of the late Rev. Louis Hotter, together with other substantial donations; to the Hon. Tom 1 Johnson, Mayor of Cleveland, for that of St. Mary's on the Flats, the first church in Cleveland, St. Paul's, Dungannon the first church in northern Ohio, and the Gordon Miter, presented to blshop Gil mour; to C01. J. J. Sullivan, of Cleveland, president of the Central National Bank, for that of the late Bishop Fenwick, the first bishop in Ohio; to Mr. F. H. Glidden, of Cleveland, founder and head of the Glidden Varnish Works, for that of the late Bishop Gilmour; to Mr. D. E. Leslie, of Cleveland, for that of the late Very Rev. Alexis Caron; to Mr. C. A. Grasselli, of Cleveland, for that of the late Archbishop Purcell; to Mr. William Greif, of Cleveland, for that of the late Bishop Rappe; to the Hon. William A. Lynch, of Canton, for that of the late Rev. John Austin Hill; to Mr. James E. Pilliod, of Toledo, for that of St. Francis de Sales' Church, Toledo; to Mr. James P. Madigan, of Cleveland, for that of the late Mr. Patrick J. Mckenney; to Messrs. Michael Hannan, Peter R. Fahey and John M. Mulrooney, of Cleveland, for that of a prominent pioneer priest; to Mr. Anthony Carlin, of Cleveland, for that of the late Rt. Rev. Edmund Burke, V. A.; to a Friend, for that of the late Rev. Francis Wester holt; to the Young Ladies' Sodality and the St. Joseph's Society, of Delphos, for that of the late Rev. John Otto Bredeiek; to -mr. Peter F. Whalen, of Toledo, for that of the Rev. Edward Hannin, of Toledo; to the late Mr. Patrick Smith, of Cleveland, for that of the late Very Rev. James Conlan, V. G., and the late Rev. John Dillon; to Mr. John J. O'donnell, of Cleveland, for that of St. Augustine's Convent, Sisters of Cha rity. Lakewood; to the Rev. Chancellor Houck, for that of St. Joseph's Church (interior), Tiffin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.