HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1977.03.03 - 13236Miscellaneous Resolution 7848 February 17, 1977
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BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE - James Edward Lanni, Vice Chairman
RE: Resolution of Recognition - First Congregational Church of Rochester
TO: THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSFONERS
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, 160 years ago, in 1817, Revolutionary War veteran James Graham
and his family established the first community of European ancestry in Oakland County,
along the Clinton River; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Graham's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Alexander Graham, having
come from Rochester, New York, named this first settlement Rochester and there gave
birth to the first non-native American born in the area; and
WHEREAS, on July 1, 1827, 10 years after the first permanent settlers arrived
and before the township, village, or state were formed, circuit rider Reverend Isaac
W. Ruggles established the first Congregational Church in what was to become the
State of Michigan; and
WHEREAS, this first church of this denomination was The Congregational Church
of Rochester located in a log house on Avon Rood near Rochester Road; and
WHEREAS, in 1853, a new church was erected in Rochester at the corner of
Walnut and Third, which served the members of the First Congregational Church for
107 years until 1960 when the church moved to its present Rochester location on Pine
Street; and
WHEREAS, from its beginning this congregation has been a singularly important
part of the Avon-Rochester community, exemplifying during its 150 years of uninterrupted
service the concept-. of "---one nation under God," and
WHEREAS, The First Congregational Church of Rochester is observing its 150th
Anniversary on June 19, 1977, 201 years since the Declaration of Independence.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners, County of
Oakland. State of Michigan, does hereby congratulate those present and past members
of the First Congregational Church of Rochester on their Anniversary, and does hereby
recognize their long service to the people of this County, and orders that a copy of this
resolution be presented on an appropriate occasion to the aforesaid congregation.
MR. CHAIRMAN, the General Government Committee, by James E. Lanni, Vice Chairman,
moves the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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#7848 March 3, 1977
Moved by Page supported by Peterson that Resolution #7848 be adopted,
AYES: Kasper, Kelly, Lanni, McConnell, McDonald, Moffitt, Montante, MoxleY,
Murphy, Olson, Page, Patterson, Pernick, Peterson, Price, Roth, Simson, Wilcox, Aaron,
Daly, DiGiovanni, Doyon, Fortino, Gabler, Gorsline, Hoot. (26)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, Resolution #7848 was adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
1, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland and
having a seal, do hereby certify that I have compared the annexed copy of
Miscellaneous Resolution #7848 adopted by the Oakland County Board of
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Commissioners at their meeting held on March 3, 1977
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with the original record thereof now remaining in my
office, and that it is a true and correct transcript
therefrom, and of the whole thereof.
In Testimony Whereof, T have hereunto set. my hand and
affixed the seal of said County at Pontiac, Michigan
this ..... day of
Lynn D. Allen„.„.................Clerk
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