vere ux , ▁Jr ., ▁son ▁of ▁his ▁brother ▁Thomas . ▁John ▁C . ▁De vere ux , ▁Jr . ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 1 . ▁▁ ▁John ▁Cor ish ▁De vere ux ▁died ▁at ▁Ut ica , ▁New ▁York , ▁on ▁ 1 1 ▁December , ▁ 1 8 4 8 , ▁and ▁was ▁buried ▁on ▁the ▁grounds ▁of ▁the ▁Sister s ▁of ▁Char ity , ▁near ▁St . ▁John ' s ▁church . ▁ ▁Phil anth ropy ▁A ▁dev out ▁Catholic , ▁he ▁don ated ▁$ 3 0 0 ▁to ▁the ▁building ▁of ▁the ▁Pres by ter ian ▁Church . ▁De vere ux ▁loved ▁his ▁Church ▁and ▁its ▁institutions , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 3 ▁was ▁a ▁trust ee ▁of ▁St . ▁Mary ' s , ▁Alb any . ▁Vis iting ▁mission ary ▁pri ests ▁always ▁stayed ▁at ▁De vere ux ' s ▁home , ▁where ▁local ▁C athol ics ▁heard ▁Mass ▁on ▁Sund ays . ▁In ▁ 1 8 1 9 , ▁he ▁and ▁his ▁brother ▁Nicholas ▁became ▁two ▁of ▁the ▁found ing ▁trust ees ▁of ▁St . ▁John ' s ▁Church , ▁whose ▁con greg ation ▁at ▁that ▁time ▁number ed ▁about ▁twenty - five . ▁However , ▁this ▁number ▁was ▁further ▁increased ▁by ▁the ▁arrival ▁of ▁a ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁Irish ▁imm igr ants ▁working ▁on ▁the ▁Er ie ▁Canal , ▁and ▁who ▁contributed ▁from ▁their ▁ear nings ▁one ▁doll ar ▁a ▁month ▁toward ▁the ▁purchase ▁of ▁land ▁and ▁ere ction ▁of ▁a ▁building