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West Union Encampment .- Organized in 1873 ; its charter is dated Oct. 22, 1873, and bears the following names : F. Y. Whitmore, W. H. Chase, A. E. Rich, D. Winrott, D. M. Hoyt, J. L. Davis, O. P. Miller, L. M. Whitney, D. W. Redfield. The following officers were elected : C. P., F. Y. Whitmore ;. H. P., O. P. Miller ; S. W., David Winrott; J. W., John L. Davis; L., L. M. Whitney ; Treasurer, D. M. Hoyt. Present officers are: C. P., F. Y. Whit- more ; H. P., David Winrott ; S., M. M. Deppe; S. W., Thos. Cox ; J. W., T. D. Reeder ; Treasurer, David Winrott.
A. O. OF U. W.
West Union Lodge, No. 25, was instituted April 19, 1875, with fifteen charter members, as follows : B. Morse, C. M. Lockwood, J. D. Neff, C. H. Talmadge, H. C. Warner, A. G. Schermerhorn, James Stewart, A. S. Barnes, H. A. Holmes, W. N. Hodgkinson, C. A. Dorland, Geo. Ogsbury, S. E. Rob- inson, A. E. Winrott and J. J. Welsh. The first officers were : Geo. Ogsbury, P. M. W .; B. Morse, M. W .; H. A. Holmes, G. F .; A. G. Schermerhorn, O .; H. C. Warner, Recorder ; J. D. Neff. Financier ; S. E. Robinson, Receiver ; A. E. Winrott, W .; C. M. Lockwood, G .; James Stewart, A. S. Barnes and C. A. Dorland, Trustees. Present officers : J. H. Lakin, P. M. W .; Mark Gilbert, M. W .; A. C. Gunsalus, Foreman ; Chas. Woodard, Overseer ; C. M. Lockwood, Recorder ; F. Y. Whitmore, Financier; Wm. Huyck, Receiver ; C. W. Hodgkinson, Guide; G. W. Gilbert, I. W .; Charles Winrott, O. W. Present membership about fifty.
I. O. OF G. T.
West Union Lodge, No. 126, was organized in 1858, and the following were the only officers that can now be ascertained : P. W. C., H. N. Hawkins ; W.
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C., S. W. Cole; W. V., Margaret Parrott. Its charter members were I. F. Clark, A. L. Clark, S. W. Cole, M. H. Cole, Benj. Morse, Margaret Parrott, Louis Brown, Catherine Brown, H. N. Hawkins, Henry Reber, Henry Rickel, W. W. Gardner, C. R. Bent, A. C. Jones, H. W. Morse, P. L. Hinkley and Lucretia Hinkley. After a desperate struggle for life, the Lodge finally suc- cumbed and yielded up its charter in the Winter of 1868 and '9.
West Union Lodge, No. 671 .- This Lodge was organized July 20, 1874, at the office of the Fayette County Union, with the following charter members : Henry Rickel, Frank McClintock, B. Morse, Frank Clark, George Harper, Theo. Freer, H. B. Warner, John Sampson, Mrs. Susan Rickel, Mrs. Freer, Lillian M. Rickel and Mrs. Sarah E. Morse. The Lodge was organized by Amos Jones, G. W. C. T., of Iowa. First officers were: C. P., B. Morse ; W. V. T., Mrs. S. Rickel ; W. R. S., Frank McClintock ; W. F. S., H. C. Warner; W. T., George Harper; W. M., John Sampson ; W. G., Frank Clark. Its last officers were : W. C. T., Ella Whitney ; W. V. T., Lizzie Mulligan ; W. S .. Allie Green ; W. F. S., Lula Morse; W. T., L. Gilbert ; W. C., Augusta Jordan; W. M., C. A. Johnson; W. I. G., Frank Blank. This lodge met with the same fate as the first, and surrendered its charter in March, 1877.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Early in the centennial year (1876), the Town Council, appreciating the necessity of some organized means of protection in the event of fire, issued a call for a meeting of citizens at Mayor Rickel's office, for the purpose of organizing a fire department. Accordingly, about sixty interested citizens met and elected the following officers : Chief of Department, John Cook ; Secretary, L. M. Whitney ; Treasurer, J. A. Hoyt. The Mayor and John Cook then went to Chicago and purchased a chemical engine and hook and ladder wagon of the Babcock Manufacturing Company, and the following officers were appointed to man the respective machines : Engine : Foreman, D. Winrott ; 1st Ass't Foreman, W. E. Welsh. Hook and Ladder Wagon : Foreman, James Green ; 1st Ass't Foreman, Frank Crane. This virtually made two companies, and but one organization, and the next year the leading spirits, recognizing the importance of two organizations, effected a dissolution of the old organization at a meeting held August 24, and notified the Town Council to that effect. Thereupon, the Council appointed a committee of six charter members, three from each division, as an organizing committee, and the following is the result of their labors :
Engine Company, No. 1 .- Organized Dec. 19, 1877. The following officers elected : Foreman, L. M. Whitney ; First Assistant Foreman, W. M. McNally ; Secretary, F. Hobson ; Treasurer, M. L. Smith. They are the present officers.
West Union Hook and Ladder Company .- Organized Dec. 12, 1877. The following officers elected on the 27th : Foreman, B. H. Holmes ; First Assis- tant Foreman, D. O. Smith ; Second Assistant Foreman, E. Sibert ; Secretary, G. H. German ; Treasurer, A. C. Gunsalus. They are the present officers. The town built them an engine house in 1876, and in May, 1878, raised it up and added a fine hall. They are now, after passing through various vicissi- tudes, in a prosperous and harmonious condition.
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WESTFIELD AND FAYETTE.
( Westfield Township.)
The town of Westfield, in the northeast quarter of Section 29, Town 93, Range 8, was laid out by Robert Alexander, and the plat filed for record July 18, 1851.
The town of Fayette, in the northwest quarter of Section 28, Town 93, Range 8, was laid out by Samuel H. Robertson, in January, 1855.
The first birth to record where Fayette is now situated was that of Florence, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Robertson, which transpired October 25, 1850.
Westfield is the elder brother of Fayette, not only in age, but in business. Robert Alexander began the erection of a saw-mill here in 1850, and, in the following year, the plat was laid out and recorded. The village grew rapidly during 1852 and 1853.
The next year, Sutton & Axtell built and started a store at Westfield, and, in 1855, Isaac Templeton and his son, Leroy, started a flouring-mill.
It was not till the following year that anything was done at Fayette. In that year, Maxon & Griffith and Budlong & Norton opened stores. It was during this year that a tremendous advantage was given to Fayette by the com- mencement of work on Fayette Seminary, the walls of which were laid to the top of the first story before Winter set in. During the same year, the "Stock" (now Fayette) House was begun by the Volgar Hotel Stock Company, H. Bud- long Secretary. This corporation had a nominal capital of $4,000.
A well-nigh tragic accident occurred at the Seminary building in the Fall of 1856. Charles West and his brother, Stephen, were engaged on the car- penter work of the building, and were standing on a scaffold on a level with the cornice, which gave way. Charles caught on the staging, lower down, which also gave way with him, and he fell heavily to the ground. He was picked up senseless, with two ribs broken. Stephen caught with one arm on the cornice, and was pulled up by James Persey to a safe footing on the wall.
June 10, 1857, the difference between the Volga Hotel Stock Company and Alfred Lasher was arbitrated by William Bonine, B. B. Allen and Thomas Harper, who awarded $200 to Lasher.
In June, 1858, Joshua Young Bragdon was drowned in the Volga River, 'at the dam of Hathorn's mill, which was then in process of construction a mile or two below Fayette. He and Charles Clark were trying, with a small boat, to take a saw-log over the partly constructed dam in order to convey it to Mar- vin's mill below. The water being high and very rapid, the boat was capsized, and Bragdon, though an expert swimmer, lost his life. A few persons were inclined to blame Clark, believing that he either purposely or wantonly allowed him to perish when he might have rescued him. But Clark demanded a Coro- ner's inquest, which exonerated him, the body being found a day or two after- ward. Bragdon was a single man, and had recently come from the town of Wiscassett, in the State of Maine, where he had an excellent reputation. Dur- ing his life, he had expressed a desire, in case of sudden death, to be buried by the Masons, of which order he and some of his relatives were active members. There being then no lodge at Fayette, the few Masons residing there preferred his request to the Lodge at West Union, which, though also small in numbers, turned out with all their force, John Ogsbury being Master of Ceremonies, and interred the body, with all the rites of that Order, in the cemetery at Fayette.
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That there was a bowling Alley in Fayette in January, 1859, kept by Thomas J. Vennum, is of record, for he was charged with allowing gambling for money on his premises, and the evidence on the examination tending to- establish the charge, he was committed to jail at Elkader, having declined to furnish the moderate bail of $50.
August 13, 1861, E. C. Howe brought action before Justice W. B. Lakin against E. R. W. Emmons, claiming $7.30 " as plaintiff's proportion of the amount of gold dust deposited with defendant by J. F. Hayward, joint owner with plaintiff." The action was not sustained, and the costs were taxed to plaintiff. Howe then sued Haywood directly, claiming $2.92 for plaintiff's share of gold dust, "obtained at Pike's Peak, and deposited by defendant with E. R. W. Emmons." Defendant did not appear, but subsequently paid the judgment and thirty-five cents toward the costs.
August 8, 1862, the house occupied by Horace and Mary King was set on fire, and an infant child of the Kings was smothered to death in the flames. Foster Mitchell held the inquest over the remains, the jurors being H. B. Bud- long, James E. Robertson and William Burch. The witnesses examined were Stephen Luse, Rosetta Luse, E. Adams, Eliza Kent, Horace King, Catherine Parker, Samuel Luse and James Bolster.
The first newspaper published at Fayette was established in the Winter of 1866-7.
The death of Mrs. Polly Waterbury occurred July 22, 1867, at the age of 80 years.
A shocking suicide occurred at Fayette Oct. 2, 1870. A young student named James A. Doremus was found early in the morning sitting at a table in the students' hall of Lambs' Hotel, leaning forward, with his head turned over toward his left arm, quite dead. A revolver on the table before him revealed the whole story. Doremus had fallen into wild courses and had spent his money faster than his mother thought was proper. Some young women had encouraged him in his prodigal habits, and when his resources were exhausted they cast him off. A letter was found, addressed to his mother, in which he upbraided her for not letting him have more money. Doremus had been a student in the University, and was at this time studying bookkeeping under Prof. Hurd. An inquest was begun by A. W. Callender, J. P., who trans- ferred the case to Coronor Armstrong, of West Union. The jurors were H. M. Burch, J. E. Aldrich and John Webb. A singular circumstance in connec- tion, is the fact that both Prof Hurd and Mr. Lamb passed through the room where Doremus sat dead, and did not notice him while going to their rooms.
The death of Lafayette Harris occurred Dec. 27, 1870, by a fall of dirt from the embankment on the railway grade, about one and a half miles south of Fayette.
The second great epoch in the history of Fayette was the arrival of the first railway train Sept. 16, 1873, an event long-hoped-for and long-deferred. The completion of the Davenport & St. Paul Road to this place, has done much to stimulate the growth of the town ever since, which being the temporary termi- nus, Fayette thereby derives an additional advantage.
The death of David Waterbury occurred March 15th, 1875, at the ripe age of 91. He had been a resident of Fayette for eighteen years.
April 1, 1877, occurred the death of Elizabeth, wid w of Robert Alexan- der, at the ripe age of 80 years 3 months and 26 days. Mrs. Alexander, whose maiden name was Criste, was born in Dearborn County, Indiana. She was married April 25, 1816, and in 1849, removed with her husband to Fay-
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ette County. The need of educating her daughters suggested to her the feasi- bility of establishing a school at Fayette, which she had seen grow up to a town of some importance, and at her suggestion the effort for the purpose was made, which was in due time crowned with complete success. Mrs. Alexander was the mother of three sons and seven daughters. Her illness was of brief duration, lasting but eight days. The last winter of her life was spent in active Christian labors, and of her it may be said she was truly a mother in Israel.
POLITICAL RECORD.
The first meeting of the Town Council of Fayette was held April 21, 1874. Present : Charles Hoyt, Mayor; C. W. Sperry, Recorder ; Trustees, R. Gaynor, E. R. Emmons, A. Fussell, E. Gregory and G. F. Lyman. Messrs. Hoyt, Sperry and Fussell were appointed a committee to draft rules of order and ordinances.
April 30th, H. Barnes was appointed Marshal; E. C. Howe, Street Com- missioner, and C. W. Sperry, Treasurer. May 4th, rules of order were adopted, and at this meeting a petition from many ladies of the town was presented, ask- ing the Council not to grant any saloon licenses, accompanied by an oral address from Miss Mills, which was responded to by the Mayor. May 13th, the Council provided for borrowing money. May 20th, H. Barnes was authorized to construct a pound. June 2d, an ordinance licensing the sale of ale, wine and beer was passed, Messrs. Fussell, Gaynor, Gregory and Sperry voting for the measure, and Messrs. Emmons, Hoyt and Lyman against it. June 7th, petitions for the construction of sidewalks on Main and King streets were presented, which was ordered to be done; but this action was modified June 27th. October 6th, a resolution was adopted to let all sidewalks, not constructed within thirty days thereafter, to be let to the lowest bidder. October 26th, a tax was levied of eight mills on the dollar. Nov. 10th, H. Barnes resigned the office of Marshal, and Harrison Allyn was appointed to fill the vacancy. J. H. Lakin was appointed Assessor.
In March, 1875, the Council elected was, Charles Hoyt, Mayor; Charles Sperry, Recorder, and the Trustees were J. E. Robertson, C. E. Hulbert, R. Hunt, G. F. Lyman and W. A. Hoyt. William Burch was Street Commis- sioner, and O. Crissy, Marshal.
August 4th, a tax of seven mills was levied for general purposes. Febru- ary 5, 1876, H. W. Waterbury was appointed Assessor. February 29, resolved to bring action against the owners of lots, along which sidewalks had been built, for the cost of construction.
At the election in March, H. S. Brunson was chosen Mayor ; J. H. Boyce, Recorder ; J. E. Robertson, M. Montgomery, P. B. Whitney, Thomas Hunt and W. A. Hoyt, Trustees. J. E. Budd was appointed Marshal, and William Burch, Street Commissioner.
May 23d, the Council resolved to employ counsel to defend the town in the litigation then pending to dissolve the incorporation. October 4th, a general tax of five mills on the dollar was levied.
The Council, elected in March, 1877, was composed of H. S. Brunson, Mayor; Charles A. Lyman, Recorder, and J. E. Robertson, P. B. Whitney, William Burch, R. Hunt and A. N. Goodrich, Trustees. G. P. Scobey was chosen Treasurer ; William Stanley, Marshal, and Warner Aylsworth, Street Com- missioner.
July 28th, the Marshal was instructed to patrol the streets at night till fur- ther orders, tramps being numerous. September 4th, a three-mill tax for gen- eral purposes was levied.
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At the election in March, 1878, D. E. Fussell was chosen Mayor ; N. Anderson, Recorder ; G. F. Lyman, R. Hunt, A. N. Goodrich, J. E. Budd and P. B. Whitney, Trustees. John Wear was appointed Marshal.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Among those who have been teachers in the Fayette public schools since 1862 are recorded the names of Miss C. E. Robertson, Alcinie Boardman, Miss M. E. Babcock, S. M. Doud, Miss C. Alexander, N. S. Harwood, S. H. Drake, Jane A. Cole, Mary Griffith, Louisa Eaton, L. C. Clark, Mrs. N. D. Hulbert, Eliza Willsie, Miss Gibbs, Miss L. Strayer, William McNeil, Ella Redpath, Kate Wilcox, B. W. Lacy, C. W. Clark, J. C. Magee, Lucretia Brun- son, L. M. Butler, George Gregory, J. W. Callender, Miss S. S. Rafter, Maxey Patterson, D. L. Bugbee, Sarah E. Preston, Nellie Aldrich, Lucretia Parsons, W. H. Miller, Emma S. Potter, M. J. Goodrich, Mattie E. Boyce, Nettie Bar- . nard, Miss Palmer.
The school building was begun in 1866 and completed the following year, at a cost of about $4,000.
The Board in 1876 were Allen Holmes, President; Amos Matthews, C. E. Hurlbert, W. A. Hoyt, Daniel Davis and J. E. Budd. Mr. Kropfler and Misses Rice, Appelman and Woodard were teachers during the school year 1876-7.
At the election in March, 1877, Allen Holmes and Thomas Fowells were elected Directors. On the same day, a five-mill tax was levied for school house purposes, which was expended, during the following Summer, in repairing the building thoroughly, putting in new seats and fencing the grounds, the cost of the improvements being about $1,000. The teachers for the school year 1877-8 are Mr. Kropfler and Misses Rice, Woodard, Scobey and Holmes.
At the election in March, 1878, J. E. Budd and D. Schoonmaker were chosen Directors. W. F. Boyce is Secretary, a position he has held for two years.
RELIGIOUS.
Methodist Episcopal Church .- The first sermon preached by a Methodist Episcopal minister in the vicinity of Fayette was on the 9th of January, 1850, by Rev. John Hindman, who was in charge of the Otter Creek Mission, at the old Wilcox house, then occupied by James E. Robertson. The evening he preached, he organized a class, composed of James E. Robertson, Jane Robert- son, Elizabeth Desire and Hannah Alexander, with Mr. Robertson as Leader. The class met regularly each Sabbath thereafter for prayers and Scripture read- ing, and Rev. Mr. Hindman came every fourth Friday to preach. At his second visit, Mrs. Phebe Messenger joined the class on probation. The follow- ing April, Mr. Robertson moved to where Fayette is now located, and in the following Fall, Rev. William Greenup succeeded as their Pastor. It may be stated here that Rev. John Bowman was succeeded as Presiding Elder of the Dubuque Conference, at the same time, by Rev. H. W. Reed.
In the Fall of 1851, the name of Otter Creek Mission was changed to Turkey River Circuit, and Rev. Mr. Greenup was continued. The same Fall, S. H. and Sabra Robertson and Cyrus E. and Rhoda Price joined the little class on the " Mullican bottom." Mrs. Messenger removed to Quasqueton Cir- cuit in the Spring of 1852; and, about the same time, the place of holding meetings was changed to the school house near by. That Fall, Rev. J. Came- ron began to preach to the little band, whose numbers had been increased in
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June by the accession of N. N. and Diana Sykes, Mary J. Walker and F. M. Robertson. The Circuit was re-christened West Union Circuit in 1853, and Rev. Isaac Newton took charge. Mr. and Mrs. Price transferred their mem- bership to Lima, but their place was soon supplied by Mr. and Mrs. Demott. In the Spring of 1854, Jesse and Ann Bogue, Benjamin N. Johnson and E. Hartsough joined, and in August, Eliza Churchill and John and Eliza Knight enrolled themselves.
In the Fall of 1854, the Upper Iowa District was formed, and Rev. H. S. Brunson appointed Presiding Elder. Rev. L. S. Ashbaugh was assigned to West Union Circuit. In November, Abigail Hiller and Charles B. Reed placed their names on the class-roll, and Nathan Boyce in December. In the Spring of 1855, the accessions were J. A., Sarah and Levi L. Griffith, Sarah Cummins, J. H. and Clarinda Maxon, Moses, Martha and Mary A. Davis, William Miller, John and Jane Spatcher, E. A. Hall and M. C. Hol- lock. July 1st, following, Mary and Fidelia Griffith, Malcena Maxon, Henry S. Plumb, John B. and Mary Wilson increased the list Benjamin Johnson and the Sykeses withdrew, leaving the class numbering 37. In the Fall, Rev. J. M. Rankin rode the circuit, H. S. Brunson, P. E. Cortez, Sylvia and J. L. Paine, William and Elizabeth Benge, Samuel and Rebecca Hughes and Dr. and Mrs. Parker joined ; the Knights and C. B. Reed withdrew without certi- ficates, but Sarah Cummins withdrew, taking her letter. Moses Davis was the first death occurring in the infant church. In 1856, 38 persons joined, and 1, William Miller, withdrew. This year, Fayette Circuit was established, with Rev. David Poor, Rev. S. H. Halbert and others as supply.
About January 1, 1857, the meetings, which had become weekly long since, were transferred to the chapel of the Seminary building. Soon after, a great revival took place, and among the converts were Robert Alexander, C. E. Hulbert and wife, J. B. Persey, A. Fussell, D. G. Parsons and many others, swelling the society to over one hundred. The following Autumn, Rev. James Watts became Pastor of the circuit, and the membership at Fayette became reduced by the formation of new societies.
About the close of the year 1857, a house and lot were purchased for a par- sonage, and church Trustees were chosen, who gave their individual notes for the property. When the paper fell due, the Trustees were compelled to pay for the property, which caused serious difficulty and the loss of the property to the society.
Fayette was made a station in 1858, supplied by Rev. A. B. Kendig, who was followed by S. A. Lee, J. Webb, S. M. Bronson and P. E. Brown-the latter in 1865-6. During his pastorate. another parsonage was bought, at a cost of $800, and two lots for a church edifice, costing $325. Rev. James An- derson was the next Pastor, under whose ministrations another great revival took place, conducted by Rev. C. N. Stowers. Numerous accessions were also secured, in 1868, by D. N. Holmes, Pastor. Among those who have succeeded have been Rev. Messrs. Brocksome, S. W. Ingham and R. W. Perbles, who is now in charge.
The church edifice was begun in the Spring of 1876. The Building Com- mittee were H. S. Brunson, Robert Gaynor, Adam Fussell, J. B. Sperry, J. E. Robertson and A. Winston. It was dedicated January 7, 1877, Rev. B. F. Ives, of New York State, preaching the dedicatory sermon. The cost, includ- ing furnace and bell, was about $7,800. The present membership of the church is about 220. The Trustees are H. S. Brunson, J. E. Boyce, Robert Gaynor, Adam Fussell, J. B. Sperry, J. E. Robertson, Z. D. Scobey, E. B. Chamber- lain and C. E. Hulbert.
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A. Fussell is Superintendent of the Sabbath school; T. B. Hunt, Assist- ant ; John Winston, Librarian ; D. M. Parker, Secretary and Treasurer. The usual number of pupils is about 175. There are 300 volumes in the library.
Ladies' Working Band .- Mrs. C. C. Parker, President; Mrs. Robert Gaynor, Treasurer.
Ladies' Foreign Mission Society-Mrs. Sarah E. Duncan, President ; Mrs. Keasey, Secretary ; Mrs. Z D. Scobey, Treasurer.
First Congregational Church .- This Society was organized December 1, 1855, two and a half miles southwest of Fayette, in the house then occupied by N. N. Sykes, now used as a wood-house by Mr. J. B. Rogers. At this meeting were present N. N. and Diana Sykes, Mrs. Lucina Currier, B. N. Johnson and O. S. Campbell. There were attending, to organize the church, Rev. S. D. Helms, Rev. J. Lampson and Rev. Mr. Ramsey, the latter a mis- sionary among the Cherokee and Choctaw Indians. Rev. S. D. Helms ministered to the infant church for about one year, followed by Rev. S. Abbott, Rev. T. N. Skinner and Rev. J. J. Hill, the latter beginning his labors Nov. 1, 1864, and continuing two years. In 1858, a considerable awakening was felt in the community, and the membership was largely increased. The meetings were held at the houses of various members until 1859, when the meetings began to be held permanently at Fayette. Charles Hoyt was chosen as the first Clerk, and B. N. Johnson was the first Deacon, but the date of their election cannot be ascertained. The succession of ministers after Rev. Mr. Hill includes the names of Rev. T. J. Closson, Rev. W. S. Potwin, Rev. E. C. Moulton and Rev. William Leavett, who is now in charge.
Dec. 25, 1865, T. N. Skinner exhibited charges against his Pastor, Rev. J. J. Hill, but they were not sustained by the other members, who declared them- selves to be fully satisfied with Rev. Mr. Hill's explanation.
April 21, 1866, the society passed a resolution of thanks to the Ladies' Benevolent Society, of New London, Conn., for a new and valuable set of com- munion service.
The first move toward building a church was made on Saturday, July 14th, 1866, when B. N. Johnson and Charles Hoyt were chosen a committee to see if they could purchase Lots 13 and 14 in Block 3, as a site for a church edifice, at a cost not exceeding one hundred dollars.
May 22. 1869, articles of incorporation were adopted, and Charles Hoyt, H. W. Waterbury and F. M. Aylsworth were elected Trustees. The paper was signed by A. F. Stilwell, A. M. Currier, S. E. Waterbury, D. L. Bugbee, H. W. Waterbury, B. Stewart, A. F. Metzger and F. M. Avlsworth. At this meeting, $740 was pledged for the purpose of building a church.
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