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I don’t know if the parsonage was originally built for that purpose, but many of the ministers lived there. Mr. Battersby (later Canon Battersby) was stationed there when Francis Noble was born in 1910. In fact, Francis was named after him. Grandma (Elizabeth) Noble told us that when Francis was a few days old, the doctor said he would have to be circumcised. Thinking they should first have him baptized in case the surgery had complications, Francis was taken to Mr. Battersby to be baptized. Francis was taken back to the church when he was a bit older to be baptized again by Mr. Battersby.

A number of ministers served the church in its early years. A Mr. Waithom, who lived in Bear Lake, was one of the early ministers. An Anglican minister by the name of Mr. Groves, who lived with his wife in the parsonage to the west of the church, enlisted in World War I directly from his posting in Essonville. Mr. Alfred Dowdell married Katie Saunders during his time of service. A Mr. Urquhart was posted at the church when Grandma (Elizabeth) Noble died on June 24, 1950.

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