St. Mark’s formed

In 1880, the legislature authorized the selection of a suitable town lot in Harper on which was to be built a market house.

The local St. Mark’s Protestant Episcopal Church was formed in 1881. Named as officers were Samuel D. Ferguson (pastor), James W. Ashton (senior warden), Joseph A. Gibson (vestryman), Francis O. Thorne (vestryman), Turner P. Stewart (vestryman) and Tilman T. Brewer (vestryman), all of Harper.

Footnote: Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1880, p. 17; Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1881, pp. 3-4.