implored them, "Do not be discouraged, do not think your past work is in vain." He moved to Westfield, New Jersey to be the pastor of the Downer Street Saint Luke African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church from 1907 to 1910. He led the congregation through construction of their church, completed in 1908. The younger children attended the Washington School at Elm and Orchard streets. The Robesons lived on the south side of Spring Street, where it intersects with Rahway Avenue. The street is now called Watterson Street, and the house was taken down. Westfield to Somerville In 1910 Robeson moved to Somerville, New Jersey, where he led the congregation at the Saint Thomas African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Robeson died on May 17, 1918. He was buried in Princeton Cemetery next to his wife. References 1844 births 1918 deaths American people of Igbo descent Robeson-Bustill family Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) alumni Burials at Princeton Cemetery People from Martin County, North Carolina African-American Christian clergy American Christian clergy 19th-century American slaves Union Army civilians African Americans in the American Civil War 20th-century African-American people