Barquilla de Ia Santa Maria BULLETIN of the Catholic Record Society­ Diocese of Columbus

Vol. XXII, No. 12 December, 1997

The Bishops of Columbus: Most Rev. Clarence Edward Elwell, S. T .D.

As a boy in , Clarence Elwell served Young Elwell attended the parish elementary Mass for his assistant pastor, Father Michael J. school and served Mass there. He went on to the Ready. He he followed Ready into the parish high school and in 1920 was captain ofthe priesthood and the episcopacy, and in time was football team, playing fullback and center. He Ready's successor in the See of Columbus. It was graduated in 1921 . even has been said that he had a temper, somewhat reminiscent of Ready's. However, Clarence put off thinking about a religious unlike Ready, whose main achievements were in vocation in high school, because he thought he the social action arena, Elwell primarily was an was not good enough for the priesthood. When educator. any of the priests or nuns at Holy Name would hint that he might have a vocation, he laughed. Son of the Working Class During his second year of preparation for a George Elwell was born in the steel district of nineteenth century and migrated to America as a young man, seeking a better life. He came to Danville, Pennsylvania and there married Susanna McCaffrey, an immigrant from County Fermanagh, (where, as her grandson said, "one still fights for his faith"). About the turn of the century they moved to Cleveland, following an older Elwell brother to work in the steel mills there. Their son George A. Elwell, born in Danville, also worked in the Cleveland mills. George A. married Josephine Messer, a Cleveland native, daughter of Joseph and Marianne Messer, who ran a small store on Orchard Avenue . George and Josephine had seven children, one of whom became a Sister of Charity (Cincinnati) and another became the eighth Bishop ofColumbus .

Clarence E. Elwell was born in the Newburgh area, in Holy Name Parish, onFebruary4, 1904. Bishop Elwell 91 career in medicine at St. Ignatius College, a Schools (7 vols) by Laidlaw); and Child priest suggested to him in Confession that he Semantic-Phonetic Series in Reading (1959, might have a vocation. He then gave serious republished in 1960-1969 as The Christian Child thought to the matter and made up his mind in Reading Series: A Modern Linguistic Approach one day. The next fall he was enrolled at St. Mary to Reading, by Reardon, Baer, and Co. , Seminary, Lakeside. He next attended the Cleveland). He was involved in the publication Canisium, the seminary at the State University of ofother sets on Arithmetic and U.S. History. His Innsbruck, Austria, from 1925 to 1929. He was royalties from these works were used by ordained in Innsbruck on March 17, 1929 by Cleveland's Diocesan School Board. Bishop Sigismund Waitz, auxiliaryofBrixen. Father Elwell was named a in 1949 Educator in Cleveland and raised to the rank of Pro tho notary Apostolic From 1929 until 193 3 he served as assistant in 1960. He also received an honorary doctorate pastor at St. Cecilia Parish in Cleveland. He then from in 1960. On was appointed instructor in religion and November 5, 1962 he was elected to the titular education at Sisters' College, Cleveland, and see of Cone and appointed of Assistant Superintendent of Schools. Cleveland. He was consecrated in St. John Meanwhile he was enrolled at Western Reserve Cathedral in Cleveland on December 21 , 1962 by University, where he received his M.A. in Archbishop Egidio Vagriozzi, apostolic delegate Education in 1934. In 1936 he went to Harvard to the U.S., assisted by Bishops Lloyd L. Bergin University, where he received his Ph.D. in of Oakland and John F. Wheaton, auxiliary of Education in 1938. His dissertation was The Cleveland. As auxiliary bishop, he attended the Influence of the Enlightenment on the Catholic . He was named Rector Theory ofReligious Education in , 1750- ofSt. John's Cathedral in 1966. 1850; this was republished in 1967. Bishop During Trying Times Returning to Cleveland, in 193 8 he was Bishop Elwell was appointed Ordinary of appointed director of Catholic high schools and Columbus on May 29, 1968 and was installed in academies in the city. In 1946 he was named St. Joseph Cathedral on August 22. He was Diocesan Superintendent of Schools. In that Bishop of Columbus during an especially trying capacity he did much to improve the school era. "It was no longer possible for a bishop to be system, including returning the system to the extremely authoritarian," but the Church had not phonics system of reading; furthering advanced learned to be democratic, or even how teacher training; establishing an FM radio station democratic Christ wanted Her to be. for the schools; and expanded the Confraternity Progressives thought things were not changing of Christian Doctrine program. He was involved fast enough, while others thought that too many in the writing of several series of textbooks. things were changing, and too quickly. Bishop These were: the four volume high school religion Elwell felt that he ought to be both a consolidator textbook series Our Quest for Happiness: The and a conciliator; he worried a great deal about Story of Divine Love (1945-46; Mentzer, Bush currents that might erode the good foundations of Chicago; revised and republished iii 1955- that he and others had worked to build. 1958); the Land of Our Lady Series (1953) ; Spelling Series (1957, He gave permission for Saturday evening Mass republished in 1966 as the Christian Spelling of obligation and other liturgical changes. Series for grades 2-8, for use in Protestant However, he cautioned the diocese against too

92 liberal use of women as lectors at Mass and once Catholic in Lancaster, replacing Bishop Fenwick walked out ofa "totally unauthorized liturgy" at a High School; and Rosecrans High School in Sisters' meeting in Dayton. Zanesville. He closed St. Charles Seminary (high school and college) and turned it into a college Neither "liberal" nor "conservative", Bishop preparatory school for boys. Elwell took studied positions on the issues of his day, some of which are still not resolved. He Other Work Here took part in successful campaigns in 1969 and Among other developments, Bishop Elwell 1971 to halt the liberalization of 's abortion founded Resurrection Cemetery for the law, only to see the laws of Ohio and most other Columbus area. He closed St. Peter parish on the states overturned by federal court shortly before northeast side of Columbus and founded St. his death. He joined top leaders of other Ohio Peter in Worthington. He officially established churches in denouncing the bombing of non­ the Diocesan Sisters' Council and the Diocesan military areas in North Vietnam and called for Pastoral Council and revived the Priests' Senate. unconditional amnesty for war protesters, draft He also moved lay persons into positions of trust dodgers, and deserters. formerly filled by priests, such as director of cemeteries, editor of the diocesan newspaper, Diocesan Schools superintendent of buildings, etc. He firmed up A number of times Bishop Elwell stated his diocesan finances by expanding the Diocesan conviction that the Church in America was Development Office, the Parish Aid Fund, and strong because ofHer school system and that the the diocesan self-insurance program. preservation and further development of that system was one ofHer principal tasks. The Bishop died on Friday, February 16, 1973. He had done a full day's work and went up to his He was convinced that parents had a right to apartment, above the Chancery, about four choose the kind of education their children o'clock. Father Michael Donovan, Vice would receive and that Catholics should fight to Chancellor, went up to the apartment about 5:30 obtain this right without being burdened by the and found the bishop seriously ill. He tax system that did not support this choice. He administered the Anointing of the Sick and the worked through the Catholic Conference of Bishop died a few moments later. In accord with Ohio to obtain just legislation in the state. A law his own wishes, the bishop was interred at St. providing for teacher salary supplements was Joseph Cemetery, next to Bishop Ready. implemented and in place for one year, until a similar law in another state was declared Clarence Elwell was an energetic, dedicated unconstitutional by a federal court. He also servant of the Church. His temper, his stamina, campaigned for a parental grant program and a and his zest for a good argument led him into state tax credit, but these too were declared some shouting matches, but he could not stay unconstitutional, by a federal court in Columbus. angry with anyone who was willing to To this he also had an answer: Catholics should communicate. His broad, welcoming smile was work to change the constitution. perhaps his bset known characteristic. As priest and bishop he was, primarily, an educator, a role He conceived and brought to completion three most fitting for the shepherd ofthe diocese. diocesan high school buildings: Tuscarawas Central Catholic (a merger of Dover St. Joseph SOURCES: Archives, Diocese of Columbus; and Dennison St. Mary high schools); Fisher and the Catholic Times, February 23, 1973. 93 Abstracts from Waverly, 120 souls. When he arrived in June The Catholic Telegraph 183 7, his mission extended from Portsmouth t~ Marion. In Portsmouth there were then but few (Continued, from Vol. XXII, No.11) Catholics; now there is a good brick church, pastoral residence, and growing congregation. February 3, 1844 In Columbus there were but 80 or 100 poor [Statistics: Portsmouth, Church of the Catholics, but now a considerable congregation, Nativity, Catholic population 200. Little brick church, pastoral residence, school-house, Scioto Settlement and 3 nearby stations, 100 and resident pastor. "At Circleville, there was people. Pine Grove St. Mary's and neighboring then no one known to be a Catholic. Now there farmers, 65 Easter communions. Quinn's are several Irish families, whose generous settlement, Gallia County, 20 souls. "A neat efforts, though they are poor and newly arrived, frame church was built here during the past with the aid of the charitable of Chillicothe have summer, and notwithstanding, says the Rev. enabled us to buy a lot for a church, in the centre Joseph O'Mealy, who attends all these ofthe town, for three hundred do liars." ... ffilSSlOnS. . ... "]

At Chillicothe are 3 churches, 3 resident pastors, February 10, 1844 two schools, a church lot. [Statistics: St. Joseph's, Perry County; Holy Trinity, Somerset; St. Louis, Rehoboth; and St. Rev. Mr. E. Olivetti, in Morgan, Athens, and Patrick's, under the care of the Dominican Jackson counties has within the last three years Fathers, Rev. LI. Jarboe, Prior and pastor, a built three churches, one of brick, St. Michael's, Catholic population of at least 4,000. Deavertown, with pastoral residence; one at Zanesville, St. Thomas Aquinas and Sunday Creek, cut stone, St. Francis of Taylorsville St. Ann's, 2,500 souls.] Assissium, with a dwelling; one at Chauncey, also of cut stone, Our Lady of the Seven Dolors. OBITUARY Two more are being built, one 12 miles from We regret to learn that the excellent community ~ogan , of cut stone, and one in Meigs County, of St. Mary's, Somerset, has lost another of its six miles from Chester. There were 250 Easter pious inmates - Sister Frances Whelan departed communions.] this life on last Sunday [Feb. 4] night about 11 o'clock. .. February 24, 1844 [Statistics from Rev. Mr. Olivetti: February 17, 1844 Sugar Creek, Perry Co., St. Franc is- 95 families [Statistics: Rev. Joshua M. Young at St. St. Michael's, Deavertown - 25 families Mary's Church, Lancaster, 260 families. In Monday Creek - 4 7 families Hocking and Fairfield Counties. In Logan a Our Lady ofthe Seven Dolors, Chauncey- neat log church about two miles from town 30 20 families families. 260 families, widely scattered, belong inMeigs County- lOfamilies] to St. Mary's. "During the year 1843 ... the congregation of St. Mary's have built and March 9, 1844 furnished, a pastoral residence." [Ordinations: Friday of Ember Week: Cornelius Daly, subdeacon. Saturday, tonsure was Rev. H. D. Juncker, pastor of St. Mary's Church, conferred on Thomas Boulger, John H. Lewis, Chillicothe, Frankfort or Old-Town, and and James P. Cahill, the latter of whom also

94 received minor orders; Michael A. Byrne and St. John's, Malaga, Monroe co.; Sunday, 30, St. James Kearney, subdeacons; Cornelius Daly, Dominick's, Guernsey County. deacon. Sunday, Cahill was ordained subdeacon (To be continued) and Philip Foley and Cornelius Daly were ordained to the priesthood.] • • • Rev. Louis de Goesbriand, of Louisville, Stark Tombstone Readings of the County, reports at St. Genevieve in Holmes Columbus Catholic Cemetery County, which he visits every five or six weeks, 34 families, 156 souls, but only 30 Easter On the following pages are presented three Communions. readings of the tombstones that still remained in the Columbus Catholic Cemetery in the late The new and beautiful church lately erected by 1890s. The first column is the fine reading taken Rev. Mr. Lamy at Mt. Vernon, was destroyed by by William Pengelly and published in the Old fire on the evening of the 2d of March. All the Northwest Genealogical Quarterly, Volume I woodwork was consumed .. There is nothing left (1898) and published in the Bulletin of standing but the walls, which are partially December, 1977. The two names in brackets are damaged. The cause of the fire is not yet taken from a newspaper article of about 1897 as ascertained. copied by Charles W. Wagner.

March 16, 1844 The second column represents the names found [Statistics from Rev. James Conlan: 35 families, by Michael Fahey and his daughter during the about 200 souls in Steubenville; a total of 250 suit concerning taxation of Church property in families, 1,478 persons including St. Paul's in Franklin County. Mr. Fahey testified that Columbiana County and East Liverpool. generally he read the names from the stones and "During the last two years we have endeavored his daughter wrote them down. He then read the to liquidate a debt contracted for the erection of list as part of his testimony and it was written 11 the church ofSt. Pius, Steubenville. ] down by the court recorder. Thus, not much weight needs to be given to the spellings. May4, 1844 Episcopal Visitation [Schedule] The third column is a list compiled in March of Sunday 19 May, Nativity, Portsmouth; 23 , 1899 by Joseph M. Howard, witness for Bishop Octave ofAscension, St. Mary's, Chillicothe; 26, Watterson. In his own words, 11 1 started on Pentecost, St. Mary's, Lancaster; 29, St. coming into the cemetery to take down some of Joseph's, Perry County; 30, St. Patrick's; 31st, the names and as I got toward Washington St. Louis Bertrand, Rehoboth; June 2, Holy Avenue I took also the dates of the dead and it Trinity, Somerset; 6th, Corpus Christi, St. took me about an hour to take about 20 or 25 Remigius, Columbus; 9th, forenoon, St. Thomas names and I saw it would take me too long so I Aquinas, Zanesville; 9th, afternoon, St. John's stopped it. 11 His list also was read into the (German), Zanesville; Sunday, 16, St. Francis, testimony and the existing list is as written by the Perry County; ensuing week, St. Ann's, court recorder. Taylorsville; St. Michael's, Deavertown; Seven Dolors, Chauncy; Sunday, 23d, St. Mary's, Each ofthe readers found stones not found by the Marietta; 25, St. James, Meigs Creek; 27, St. others, and sometimes readings of the same Michael's, Archer's Settlement; SS. Peter &Paul, stones differ from each other. 95 Pengelly Fahey Howard Pengelly Fahey Howard

Henrietta Amy Henrietta Amy Peter Dogate Peter Dogate Born Sept. 10, 1851 native of Ireland, Co. Dublin 1861 Kuerpenning Died Jan 6, 1861 native of aged 46 years Veyesack, New Bremen Died at Cols. 0 Sep 15, 1852 aged 52 yrs Doyle 1857 J. Broderick 1858 MARY Mary Doyle Mary Doyle wife of 1852 1858 Martin Doyle Mary Mr. Buchert Mary Buehertd native of the Co Carlow wife of 1857 Sept 18, 1859 Ireland M. Buchert Died Aug 9 1858 Died Sep 2 1859 aged 44 years -11 mo23ds.

two children of A Comer Peter Eisel May 9th, 1854 1854

Children of Michael John George John Engler John George and Ellen Conlen son of July 28, 1849 Engler [William P.] John & Elizabeth Died Aug 20 1851 ENGLER aged 1 yr6 mo died July 28 1849 John A. aged 50 yrs 6 mo 15 ds Mary - E. Died May 7 1861 aged 7 yrs 2 mo V. Engler

Francis Craven F. Craven Francis Graven Bridget a native of the Co. Dublin, 1861 1861 Wife of Ireland Wm Feely Died Mar 4, 186* died aged 60 years June 28 1862 aged about 28 years [Dennis) DALY native of Westport, Co. Roger Fitzpatrick Mayo Ireland Died July 7, 1865 Jacob Frank Jacob Frank 1855 Bridget Moren wife of Dennis Daly wife of native of Westport Patrick Gallagher Co Mayo Ireland 1856 Died Sep 3 1854 aged 32 years J. Goss 1864 J. Derrick 1860 two other Derricks Daniel Geary Daniel Geary Daniel Geary 1852 native of Co Cork 1864 1864 Ireland Died Feb 13 1864 George Dill aged 45 yrs October, 1863 Three children of George Dill 1857, 1854, Marguerite Gunter and 1862 April, 1849

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Jn memory of J. Healy John Healy Edward Kinsalla John Healy 1861 1861 native of the Co Wicklow native of Ireland Co. Kerry, Ireland Died Aug 11 1861 Died aged 61 years Mar. 16, 1861 aged about 65 yrs. Catherine wife of E. Kinsalla Edward H. J. Jacobs Died Dec 5, 1863 son of 1868 aged 40 years John M. Jacobs Died July 7, 186* Thomas Lennon T. Lennon Thomas Lennon aged 24 yrs 1 mo 14 days native of the Parish of 1859 1859 Dishard, Co. Roscommon Ireland DAVID JOICE David Joyce Died June 6, 1859 died 1864 aged 49 years Nov 28, 1864 aged 47 yrs also Michael, Mary Ann, and Patrick, children of Thos & Ellen Lennon Thomas Joyce Thomas Joyce died 1850 Aug 271850 Dennis Lyons three of the Dennis Lyons Aged 27 yrs Died Lyons family 1865 July 1, 1865 also his brother Edward Joyce aged 34 years 1861,1863, EDWARD 1854 native of the parish and 1865 died of Ballyvoumey, Co. Cork May 18, 1854 Ireland aged 19 yrs They were natives of Co Kilkenny - Ireland Ellen Buckley Helen Buckley wife of wife of Charles Lyons Charles Lyons P. Paulkalmn P. Paul Kalli native of Kilcamey, Co. Cort< 1863 1848 Ireland Died Dec. 30, 1863 aged 30 yrs MARGARET aged 10 mos dau of Margaret Keating Jeremiah son of C and E Lyons Catherine Died May 7. 1864 dau of Mary Keating aged 6 mo aged 3 years McCormick MARGARET 1864 wife of Patrick Keating died May 9, 1862 aged 38 years McCormick children 1860, 1862, Anne and 1865 aged 1 year Sarah J. 9 mos Roger Mclane R. Mclean Rodger Mclane native of and another 1866 three Kellys Alice Kelly Co. of Wexford Ireland in his family 1859, 1859, 1859 Died Jan 191866 1865 and 1866 and 1860 aged 66 yrs John Kelly 1859 also his son Pat'k Mclane William Kelly died July 31 1865 1860 aged 22 years

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Timothy Mcloughlin T. Mclaughlin Timothy Mclaughlin William O Driscoll native of Burr, Kings Co. 1861 1861 Ireland Died Dec 22 1861 O'Heim Catherine C. O'Heim aged 55 years 1857 1857

James M two children of James M. McNamee John Powers Son of James McNamee 1864 J and l M'Namee died Sep. 29, 1855 G. Reistler Aged 4 yrs 6 mo (two in the grave)

Mary Ellen Henrietta Shay dau of 1851 J and l McNamee died July 30, 1850 H. Slatterty Honorah Slatterly Aged 1yr10 ds 1863 1863

AloisMier Timothy Sullivan 1859 P. Mollon 1861 three of the Trainor family 1860, 1861 , Dennis Moriarty and 1849 a native of Ireland Died May 8, 1867 Wife of aged Peter Fry (Ury] 62 years Born in Germany Jan 5, 1787 Departed this life Murphy Aug 16 1853 1854 aged 64 yrs 7 mo 10 ds

two Murphys 1859 Wilson 1862 William Nixon Jr William Nixon William Nixon Died Mar 29 1853 1851 aged 8 mo. 22 d's Magdaline Zeangerle Mary M. Zeangerte and two children

MARY NIXON Mary Nixon Died July 21 , 1851 1853 Agnes Agnes Ziegelmiller Agnes Ziegelmiller Aged 3 mo29d Ziegelmiller 1848 Gestorben am 6 un Juni 1848 O'Brien Un Aller von 23 Jahren 1861

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