Pierson, Nathan B.

The first meetings for Wenatchee (Washington) Friends Church were held in a home in 1953. Groundbreaking for the church building was in 1954 and te church building was completed in 1962. Records include minutes, correspondence, reports, financial documents, written histories, membership records, publications, and newspaper article clippings.

This collection of four folders focuses on three themes: marriage licenses “to be retained by the person performing the ceremony”; funeral services and obituaries, and Quaker pamphlets. Nathan Benbow Pierson’s pastoral ministry was in Kansas, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. The certificates and funerals are documents from the various locations where he and his wife Hazel ministered. The retention of the Quaker documents illustrate his valuation of their teachings.

Nathan B. Pierson, a Friends pastor in several states from the 1940s through the 1970s, donated this collection of marriage licenses, funeral services and obituaries, and Quaker pamphlets. The certificates and funerals are documents from the various locations where he and his wife Hazel ministered.