The synod of Wisconsin held its sessions in the new chapel and Mr. Staples was duly installed as pastor.

The evidence

• “Early in September the chapel was dedicated. In October, 1856, the synod of Wisconsin held its sessions in the new chapel and Mr. Staples was duly installed as pastor.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/14-janesville-churches.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 312 / book p. 286

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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