St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Ayer, Massachusetts

Faith, Community, and Love

Parish History

The Rev. Hermon Gaylord Wood

Postcard view of Zion Church - Rome, New York
Zion Episcopal Church - Rome, New York
Designed by Richard Upjohn, 1850.
Its first Rector, from 1849 to 1857, The Rev. Henry B. Whipple, Ph.D., LLD,
was a famous missionary who later became the first Bishop of Minnesota.
The Rev. H. Gaylord Wood was ordained a deacon here 25 May 1856.