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Southwestern Historical Quarterly
Episcopal Church. The man who was chiefly instrumental in
securing the election of the Reverend Alexander Gregg as the
first Bishop of Texas, the Reverend William Tucker Dickinson
Dalzell, was also the man most responsible for the formation of
Saint Bartholomew's Mission, at Hempstead. Doctor Dalzell was
the rector of Christ Church, Houston, from May 25, 1857, until
June 30, 1861. His recognized interest in missionary enterprises
led him to undertake this new work at Hempstead in addition
to his parochial responsibilities. The opening of the Houston
and Texas Central Railroad to Hempstead, on June 29, 1858,
facilitated matters.
In making his annual report for the period, May, 1858, to
May, 1859, Doctor Dalzell remarked: "I have commenced mis-
sionary work at Hempstead and trust to be able to report some-
thing favorable of this point next year."65
Although Doctor Dalzell did not specify the date of beginning
this work, it is a reasonable inference from the name of the mis-
sion that it was organized on or about August 24, 1858, which
was Saint Bartholomew's Day.66
In June, 1859, the Standing Committee of the Diocese of
Texas, meeting at Trinity Church, Galveston, took action con-
cerning the mission at Hempstead: "Brenham and Hempstead
were united, and made a missionary station; and the Domestic
Board requested to grant for said station the sum of four hun-
dred dollars.""
Doctor Dalzell continued to serve Hempstead until the com-
ing of the Reverend Daniel Shaver on August 1, 186o. The new
missionary was assigned to the combined station of Hempstead
and Brenham, but he lived in Brenham. After three months, on
November i, 186o, he gave up the work at Hempstead and de-
voted his full time to Brenham. At that time he reported having
fourteen communicants at Hempstead.68
6.,Journal of the Tenth Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church
in the Diocese of Texas, 1859 (Houston, 1859), 25.
66Frank MacD. Spindler, A History of Saint Bartholomew's Episcopal Church,
Hempstead, Waller County, Texas (Master's thesis, University of Houston, 1955),
74.
67Journal of the Eleventh Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church
in the Diocese of Texas, i86o, p. 23.
88Journal of the Twelfth Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church
in the Diocese of Texas, x86i, p. 37.47o
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