St. John’s Parish of the Episcopal Church

In 1924, the Robertsport Patriotic Matrons Club for formed, with the following officers: naming Lucretia A. David, president; Hannah A. Ware, secretary; Laura A. Emmons, treasurer; and members: S. E. A. Sherman, Eliza B. N. Jones, Matilda A. Chinoweth, Hannah Hoff, Amy E. Jones, Martha Marshall, Elsie Chinoweth, Anna A. Muhlenburg and Frances G. Striker.

The local Protestant Episcopal Church was named “Saint John’s Parish (Irving Memorial)” in 1927. In 1934, the legislature granted the Protestant Episcopal Church Mission led by Bishop Robert E. Campbell Missionary public land for missionary purposes in connection with St. John’s Academy and Bethany School.

Footnote: Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1924-25, p. 39; Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1927-28, p. 23; Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1934, pp. 25-26