They attended the little Methodist church on Metropolitan Avenue, which, by the way, was the second Methodist church established in the United States by John Wesley, the old John Street church in New York antedating it by only two years. He was a devout Methodist, as was also his wife, Elizabeth Harper. Joseph Harper first kept a store in the village.
There is also a considerable number of florists and marble cutters, all necessary adjuncts of the famous burial ground.Īmong the old time residents were the Harpers. The big German cemetery occupies the greater portion of the two sides of the most important street. Now the place is occupied almost exclusively by Germans. Fifty years ago there was only one Irish family living in Middle Village, and not a single German could be found. In the old days, the residents were old-fashioned Yankees. Indeed, the great change has come within thirty years. Middle Village population of fifty years ago was different than that of today. The old Harper homestead, where the ancestors of the members of the famous New York publishers lived, has recently undergone so many changes that it would be recognizable to few of the inhabitants of Middle Village of fifty years ago, if they should get an opportunity to visit their old locality. Once It Was Peopled by Knickerbockers, but Now the Germans Hold Sway.
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