History Notes and Footnotes
1. Clark Waggoner, History of Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio, p. 601.
2. Clark Waggoner, History of Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio, p. 601.
3. Toledo Blade, March 11, 1858 quoted by Alma Buchanan in her history of Warren AME Church, 1977.
4. Clark Waggoner, History of Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio, p. 601.
5. In 1887, the register showed the congregation reached 123. According to the bulletin from the 1915 North Ohio AME Annual Conference, Warren Church had an enrollment of 342. By 1937, the roster held 700 names. In 1956, the membership roll numbered close to 1,000 names. (See Clark Waggoner, History of Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio, p. 601.)
6. Harvey Scribner, ed. Memoirs of Lucas County and the City of Toledo, Volume One, p. 298.
7. The text of the deed follows:
Calvin Barker and Wife
To
Joseph Garrett et al
Trustees of the African AME Church
Know all men be these present that we Calvin Barker and Mary Barker, his wife, in consideration of dollars to us paid by Joseph Garrett, David Gatsel, William Mills, John B. Tilton, David Philips, Simon Roady and George Field, Trustees of the African Methodist Episcopal Church of the City of Toledo, State of Ohio, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby grant, bargain, sell and convey to said Trustees and their successors for the uses and purposes of said African Methodist Episcopal Church their successors and assigns forever all the piece or parcel of land known and described as follows:
Being lot three hundred and twenty (320) Port Lawrence division of the City of Toledo, Lucas County, State of Ohio and are the Estate, Title and Interest of the said Calvin Barker and Mary A. Barker, his wife, either in law or in equity of, in and to the said premises together with are the privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging and all of the rents, issues and profits thereof to have and hold the same and to the only proper use of the said Trustees to the African Methodist Episcopal Church of the City of Toledo, and their successors and assigns forever. And the said Calvin Barker and Mary A., his wife for themselves and for their executioners and administrators do hereby covenant with the said Trustees of the African Methodist Episcopal Church their successors and assigns premises and have full power to convey the same; and that the title so conveyed is clear, free and unencumbered; and further, that they will warrant and defend the same against all claim or claims of all persons whomsoever.
Signed, sealed and acknowledged in the presence of us;
Arnold Machen
Albert B. Macomber
The State of Ohio
Lucas County
Be it remembered that on the first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty four before me, Albert B. Macomber, a notary public, personally came Calvin Barker and Mary A. Barker the grantors in the foregoing deed and acknowledged the signing and sealing thereof to be their voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein mentioned and the said Mary A. Barker, wife of the said Calvin Barker being by me examined separate and apart from her said husband and the contents of said conveyance, being by me made known to her, them. And thereby, declared that she voluntary signed, sealed and acknowledged the same and the she is still satisfied therewith.
In witnesses whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal on the day and year aforesaid,
Albert H. Macomber
Notary Public in and for Lucas County, Ohio
Transferred April 1, 1864 Jas. L. Smith Co.
And Rec. for Record April 1, 1364
Recorded April 19, 1664
Jonathan Wynn, Recorder
8. Toledo Blade, August 1, August 2, 1864.
9. Earlier historians suggest a mystery surrounding the naming of the Church. Some sources suggest the congregation named the church after a white benefactor in 1861. However, Charles Butcher and Anna Hansford in their 1977 history of Warren quote the May 12, 1937 issue of The News Bees as stating: “Interested in the movement, the National Church in 1855 sent to Toledo Reverend Charles Warren of Pennsylvania, for whom the church later was named.” A wedding invitation published in 1876 is the first official acknowledgment of the Church possessing the name “Warren”. Sometimes after 1876, members combined the early name, Warren Chapel, and the later designation, the AME Church in general usage, producing the “Warren African Methodist Episcopal Church.”
10. Times, August 28, 1945; Toledo Blade, August 28, 1945.
11. Alma Buchanan provides the November 4, 1950 date for the celebration and the November 5th date comes from a fragment of a Church history that covers the periods between 1860 and 1950. The author is unknown.
12. Warren AME Church established a Christian Volunteer Tutorial Program for grades K-12 help children maintain their education during the school closing. The administrative and teaching staff all held membership in the Warren AME Church. The tutorial program received extensive television and newspaper coverage. A panel of two students, the administrator in charge, and the minister appeared on the local Stop Gap Show on Channel 11 as well as the Minority Report on Channel 13.
Attachments
List of Clubs and Organizations Developed Under Reverend Pollock
The Minute LadiesPresident Mrs. C. H. Pollock Vice President Rowena Marshall Secretary Eliza Easley Treasurer Lovenia Blackwell The Altar GuildPresident Angeline Boyd Vice President Louise Ramsey Secretary Willette Allen Treasurer Jr. Altar Guild (Girls, 6-10 years)Organizer & Instructor Louise Ramsey Angeline Boyd |
Sunshine ClubPresident Florence Payne Vice President Celestine Shelton Secretary Dorothy Taylor Treasurer Leona Clement Civic LeaguePresident Harold Moss Vice President Armaray Campbell Secretary Donald Brodie Treasurer Homer Moody Boy Scouts: James Day Cub Scouts: Charles Hogan Girl Scouts and Brownies: Sadie Barnett Athletic Department: John Easley |
Name |
Term |
| Rev. G. H. Gillespie | 1847 |
| Rev. Jeremiah Thomas | 1849-50 |
| Rev. S .T Wills | 1851 (Sandusky Circuit) |
| Rev. J. McLarren | 1852 (Toledo Mission) |
| Rev. Thomas Dillon | 1859 |
| Rev. Henry J. Young | 1861-64 |
| Rev. Charles B. Warren | 1864-65 |
| Rev. John W. Eades | 1865-67 |
| Rev. Howard Lee | 1867-? |
| Rev. W. J. Johnson | ?-1870 |
| Rev. B. W. Arnett | 1870-73 |
| Rev. J. P. Underwood | 1873 |
| Rev. J. H. Turpin | 1874 |
| Rev. B. F. Lee | 1875 |
| Rev. J. B. Stansberry | 1876 |
| Rev. R. G. Mortimore | 1877-78 |
| Rev. Jesse Asbury | 1879 |
| Rev. George Blunt | 1880 |
| Rev. Thomas N. Jackson | 1881-82 |
| Rev. J. M. Ross | 1883 |
| Rev. Philip Toliner | 1884-85 |
| Rev. Oliver P. Ross | 1889-91 |
| Rev. John M. Ashbury | 1892-93 |
| Rev. W. T. Anderson | 1894-95 |
| Rev. I. N. Ross | 1896 |
| Rev. John H. Grant | 1897-98 |
| Rev. O. E. Jones | 1898-99 |
| Rev. J. P. Q. Wallace | 1899-1900 |
| Rev. Ira A. Collins | 1900-05 |
| Rev. D. W. Butler | 1905-08 |
| Rev. J. A. Collins | 1908-09 |
| Rev. John T. Farley | 1909-10 |
| Rev. B. W. Lee | 1910-15 |
| Rev. Charles Bundy | 1915-16 |
| Rev. W. T. Anderson | 1916-18 (second term) |
| Rev. T. W. Woodson | 1918-20 |
| Rev. J. S. Jackson | 1920-21 |
| Rev. P. A. Nichols | 1921-26 |
| Rev. T. D. Scott | 1926-30 |
| Rev. John Irvin | 1930-32 |
| Rev. J. Horace Jenkins | 1932-37 |
| Rev. R. E. Hutcheson | 1937-39 |
| Rev. E. L. Liggins | 1939-40 |
| Rev. H. H. Mack | 1940-41 |
| Rev. Harrison Payne | 1941-43 |
| Rev. Charles S. Spivey | 1943 |
| Rev. J. J. Haithcox | 1943-45 |
| Rev. George T. Sims | 1945 |
| Rev. Augustus C. Sumpter | 1945-53 |
| Rev. C. M. Reid | 1953-55 |
| Rev. M. C. Pollack | 1955-61 |
| Rev. A. A. Hughey | 1961-68 |
| Rev. Lyman W. Liggins | 1968-86 |
| Rev. Charles L. Scott | 1989-2003 |
| Rev. Otis Gordon | 2003-Present |
In November 2003, a change in pastors at Warren AME occurred during the annual conference this year. Reverend Scott moved to Cincinnati, Ohio and Reverend Otis J. Gordon replaces him at the church.