They reportedly enjoyed a carefree bachelor lifestyle, complete with dances, parties, horse-racing and hunting.

In 1889, a Lych-Gate was added to provide a resting place for the bier and pall-bearers before the clergyman accompanied the funeral procession to the burial site.

During the next 116 years, Holy Trinity would experience many ups and downs, just as the State of Florida and its citizens did.

But through the hard economic times, especially those brought on by the citrus freezes, Holy Trinity's doors remained open.

Holy Trinity took a major step in January 2005 in reshaping its future when it established All Saints Chapel, a second worship site along the rapidly growing Highway 27 corridor between Leesburg and Clermont.