A band of Episcopalians was organized in Mr. Humphrey's own house; another passage dates the organization of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church to February 28, 1841.

The evidence

• “Mr. Humphrey organized in his own house the little band of Episcopalians on the 26th of Feb, 1841. Finding, in 1845, that the burden of years superadded to the burden of the parish were becoming too weighty, he gave place in that year to Rev.”

  1856-history-of-rock-county/06-beloit.md, PDF p. 73 / book p. 55

  Guernsey, Orrin, and Josiah F. Willard, editors. History of Rock County, and Transactions of the Rock County Agricultural Society and Mechanics' Institute. Janesville, Wis.: William M. Doty & Brother, 1856. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871593.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources