At Wauwatosa there was no Church, and Brother Aplin held his meetings in a school house.  But in 1869 a fine brick edifice was erected under the Pastorate of Rev. John P. Roe.

Brother Roe resided, at the time of my appointment to the Milwaukee District, on the New Berlin Circuit.  During the war he went to the army and served as Chaplain with great acceptability.  On his return he rendered effective service as a Local Preacher until 1869, when he entered the Conference and was appointed to Wauwatosa.  At the end of two years he was elected Agent of the Lawrence University, and continued two years, performing prodigies of labor, and achieving a grand success in raising an Endowment Fund.  But his health finally failed, and he was compelled to retire from the work.  At this writing, he is traveling in Europe.

At Waukesha, the Pastor was Rev, Wesley Lattin, who had been returned for a second year.  This noble and true man was received into the Conference, as before stated, in the same class with the writer.  His first appointment was Sycamore, Ill., with Rev. Stephen R. Beggs as Preacher in charge.

Brother Lattin had been stationed in Waukesha in 1852, and had now returned in 1858 and 1859.  The year was a prosperous one.  A good revival crowned his labors, and all the interests of the Church were kept in a healthy condition.  In the department of Pastoral labor Brother Lattin was not inferior to any man in the Conference.  Filled with the spirit of charity himself, he was always able to diffuse the same kindly feeling among the people.  Nor is it too much to say, he was universally beloved.  Of an easy and graceful delivery, and plain, practical thought, his Ministry was always agreeable and useful.

After leaving Waukesha, he was stationed successively at Beloit, Fond du Lac, Waupun, Ripon, Appleton, and then returned again to Waukesha.  But here his health failed and he retired from the work for two years, but having removed to Kansas where his health rallied again, he was transferred to the Kansas Conference in 1872.  Since going to Kansas, our dear brother has had the misfortune to lose his wife and son.  They were traveling to a neighboring town with a horse and buggy.  In trying to ford a river the waters proved too strong for the faithful horse, and they were all swept down the stream together, and were drowned.  In this great sorrow Brother Lattin has the sympathies of all his brethren of the Conference.

Oconomowoc was at this time under the Pastoral charge of Rev. Thomas Wilcox.  It will be remembered that a class was formed at this place by Brother Frink, in connection with his labors on the Watertown Circuit.  The members were:  George W. Williams, Leader; Mrs. George W. Williams, Jonathan Dorrity, Mr. and Mrs. Day Dewey.  In 1840 it was connected with Summit, and retained Brother Frink as Pastor.  In 1843 it was connected with Prairieville Circuit, and shared the services of Revs.  L.F.  Moulthrop and S. Stover.  Before the erection of the Church, the meetings were held in a hall over a cooper shop.  The Church enterprise was commended under the Pastorate of Rev. S.W.  Martin, a lot being donated for the purpose by John S. Rockwell, Esq.  Under the Pastorate of Rev. A.C.  Pennock, the Church was put in condition for use, and on the 3d of February, 1850, the writer was called to dedicate the basement.