Owen P. Thackara

1859 — 1886

On 11 June 1880 the Thackara family was enumerated by the census taker at their home at 123 Ash Street, Fernandina. Clergyman Owen, 61, and Eliza, 65, were natives of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, respectively. Their son Phillip, age 25, was born in Florida, was not employed, and was “idiotic.” In view of his mother’s age at his birth, one might guess that he had Down’s Syndrome.

C.M. Sturgis

1887 — 1892

Ebenezer Gay, Jr.

1892 — 1898

Ebenezer Gay, Jr. was enumerated in the census on 24 June 1880 at Tomkins Cove, near Stony Point, Rockland County, New York. He was a 48 year old clergyman at The House of the Good Shepherd and was a native of Massachusetts, as was his father Ebenezer Senior, age 88, also a clergyman. Ebenezer Junior and his wife Josephine, 48, had a son Alexander, age 10. Mother and son were born in New York. One wonders how they came to Fernandina, and whether they enjoyed it here. For more information about this saintly man, see the New York Times article published on 14 Dec 1890 (a pdf document). In the 1900 census Josephine, a widow, and Alexander were in Bayonne, New Jersey.

Benjamin F. Matrau

1899 — Interim

A.E. Johnson

1899 — Interim

J.M. McGrath

1899 — 1900 — Interim

He is recorded in the Fernandina census on 25 June 1900 as George McGraffe, age 70, a preacher. He was born in Michigan in April, 1830, and was single.

S. Alstin Wragg

1900 — 1902

A Samuel A. Wragg is found in the Columbus, GA, census of 26 Apr 1910. He was a 34 year old “Episcopal clergyman,” a native of Georgia with a wife of nine years, Louise, age 33, a native of New York. They had two daughters, a seven year old born in NJ, and a three year old born in GA.

John H. Brown

1903 — 1908

Francis Yarnell

1914 — 1915

In the 1920 census of Tallahassee, Francis Yarnell, age 44 and a native of Pennsylvania, was a priest at St. John’s Episcopal Church. He and his wife Mary, 39, also a Pennsylvania native, had five children, ages 3 to 14. All were born in Pennsylvania except the last two who were born in New York and Florida. Apparently they came to Fernandina from New York.

H. Mallinkrodt

1926 — 1940

Richard Urban

1940 — 1945

F.W. Golden-Howes

1945 — 1953

Neil Gray

1953 — 1962

James Ellisor

1963 — 1966

Ralph Kelley

1966 — 1988

Lloyd Olsen

1989 — 1991

Barnum McCarty, interim

1996 — 1997