'Turnback Tuesday' features Derby pastor

This week's "Turnback Tuesday" features Rev. Calvin White. He was born in Middletown in 1770. White was a pastor of the Immanuel St. James Episcopal Church in Derby when Rev. Mansfield was still alive, and the two worked closely together. White was a graduate of Yale in 1786. 
Some time about 1820, White became a Roman Catholic. This caused a division between himself and Mansfield, and White was excluded from the church. He remained in town and officiated from home until his death in March of 1853.


*Thanks to Derby Public Library for sharing this interesting local history.