Our nineteenth pastor was The Rev. Horace C. Greensmith.  Born in England, he came to America as a young boy to grow up in Cleveland, Ohio.  He attended Oberlin College and served in a Hospital Unit in France during World War I.  Rev. Greensmith graduated from Oberlin College in 1921 and went on to graduate from the Oberlin Theological School in 1924.  In 1925 Rev. Greensmith married the former Miss Helen Drew.  They had two children, John and Betsy, who now live in San Diego, Calif. and Grand Rapids, Michigan, respectively.  Mrs. Greensmith now lives in Grand rapids near her daughter.

Rev Greensmith’s first pastorate was in Waussen, Ohio, and from there he and Mrs. Greensmith moved to Southington.  Rev. Greensmith served our church for a longer period than any pastor since Elisha Jones.  Mr. Greensith was very interested in the history of our church, which helped to inspire others when our church celebrated the 100th Anniversary of our present church.  During this celebration, the present organ was installed, and it is said that on many occasions every seat on the main floor and the entire gallery was filled at sacred concerts.

A new organ was installed in the west gallery of our balcony in 1998.

Mr. and Mrs. Greensmith and family resided in the parsonage on Main Street for a time, but then moved to our parsonage on Oakland Road, which had been left to our church in a bequest by Mrs. Lydia Sloper.  The parsonage on Main Street still stands beind what is now the Western Auto Store.

Not only loved by many in our own church, Rev. Greensmith also enjoyed the friendship and respect of many throughout the entire community.

In 1940 Mr. Greensmith accepted a call to the Olmstead Community Church in Olmstead Falls Ohio.  In 1951 he became pastor of the Frankford Congregational Church in Philidelphia.  It is here he died, in January of 1958.  He is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Southington.

During the ministry of Mr. Greensmith, the Sunday School was greatly enlarged, the Girl Scouts were started, and a Youth Choir was also started.  In the summer of 1936, Mr. Greensmith went with a group to the Scandinavian countries in order to obseve co-operatives there.  He returned with motion pictures of his trip, which were shared with the local school children who were taken in groups to the theatre to get a glimpse of life in these countries.

Mentioned earlier, was Rev. Greensmith’s interest in our church's history, and it is to him we are indebted that many of our early papers have been preserved for future generations with the original records now stored in the Connecticut State Library.