Vincentian Heritage Journal Volume 22 Issue 1 Article 4 Spring 2001 Barrens Memoir by John Timon, C.M. (1861) John Timon C.M. John E. Rybolt C.M., Ph.D. Follow this and additional works at: https://via.library.depaul.edu/vhj Recommended Citation Timon, John C.M. and Rybolt, John E. C.M., Ph.D. (2001) "Barrens Memoir by John Timon, C.M. (1861)," Vincentian Heritage Journal: Vol. 22 : Iss. 1 , Article 4. Available at: https://via.library.depaul.edu/vhj/vol22/iss1/4 This Articles is brought to you for free and open access by the Vincentian Journals and Publications at Via Sapientiae. It has been accepted for inclusion in Vincentian Heritage Journal by an authorized editor of Via Sapientiae. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. 45 Barrens Memoir By JOHN TIMON, C.M. (1861) EDITED AND ANNOTATED By JOHN E. RYBOLT, CM. Introduction John Timon's memoir of the early history of the Congregation of the Mission in the United States, with particular focus on his part in that history, has never previously been published. It has occasionally been cited, and even formed the major source of Charles G. Deuther's Life and Times ofthe Rt. Rev. John Timon, D.D., First Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo. l Deuther's work, however, is inaccurate and incomplete, and it is unknown how Deuther came to have access to the manuscript.2 Timon received a request to write his memoir in 1859, as the fol lowing letter to Stephen V. Ryan records:3 Buffalo, Dec.