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In 1867-'69 they built a fine new briek church at a cost of $30,000. The pastors have been Rev. Lars P. Esbjorn, from 1849 to 1856 ; Jonas Swens- son, 1858 to 1873, and Erland Carlsson, the present pastor, who lias had charge sinee May 1, 1875. The present membership is 982, with a Sun- day-school attendance of 150 children, and a Bible class of 60 persons.
ANNAWAN
Was laid out in 1853 by Charles Atkinson, now of Moline. It is a thriv- ing little town on the Chicago, Roek Island and Pacific Railroad, 145 miles from Chicago, and 35 from Roek Island, and is quite a point for shipping grain and stock, the country around being a rich farming sec- tion.
Among the earliest settlers were Silas Morton, T. T., Josiah and Joseph L. Dow, the Messrs. Baker, Mesker, Barber, Rev. Asa Prescott, Congregational minister, and B. C. Sargent. The first building was erected by Silas Morton, for a store and dwelling, in 1853. B. C. Sar- gent purchased the place and became Mr. Morton's successor in the mer- cantile business.
The first sehool-house was built in 1853, and was also used to hold the first religious meetings in. Joseph L. Dow kept the first hotel. It was called the Union Hotel. Silas Morton officiated as the earliest Jus- tice of the Peace and Postmaster, and was succeeded in the latter offiec by B. C. Sargent, who was Postmaster about four years.
INCORPORATION.
Pursuant to notice given Jan. 30, 1860, a meeting was called to eon- sider the question of incorporating the village. F. H. Slater was chosen President, and G. W. Lewis, Clerk. The election was held on the 11th of February, 1860; sixty-one votes were polled, fifty-one for incorpora- tion and ten against it. The following were the first
Board of Trustees-F. H. Slater, President ; William W. Cole, Clerk ; W. C. Carroll, Josiah Dow, D. L. Maeliesney.
Village Officers, 1876-77 - Hugh White, President; L. R. Craig, Clerk ; Couneilmen, J. L. Dow, H. N. Gilman, D. C. Troyer.
E. A. Allen, principal of graded schools.
Sehool Directors-S. L. Andrews, Jolin L. Dow, J. P. Paine.
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CHURCHES.
Congregational Church. This church was originally organized in the country, south of the village. Prior to 1866, they moved into town, and were supplied by Rev. Mr. Lyman, of Sheffield, who remained till the church was built in 1867, and was succeeded by Rev. Mr. Allen, who was followed by Rev. Mr. Howard, the preacher in charge at Atkinson. There was no regular pastor from that time till 1876, when Rev. John A. .Griffin, of Atkinson, who still supplies the church, commenced preaching. The church is small, consisting of eleven members, and has no organized Sunday-school. It supports preaching in connection with the Atkinson ·Chureh.
The Annawan Baptist Church was organized in September, 1843, at Wethersfield, but was removed to its present loeation in 1854. Its orig- inal membership was eight, whose names were Rev. Edw. Otis, Hannah Otis, Edw. Otis, Merril Otis, Hileman Otis, Sarah Otis, Chas. B. Miner .and Mary G. Miner.
The present church was built in 1856, at a cost of $1,000. Its pas- tors have been Rev. Chas. E. Tinker, who served five years; Wm. Mc- Dermond, six years ; R. Turner, two years ; D. S. Dean, three years ; R. Everts, one year; Wm. Storrs supplied six months ; David Hcagle, one year; J. D. Cromwell, supplied three months; Harvey Kingsbury, four years ; G. A. Hogeboom supplied eight months ; Edward Jones, one year ; Wm. Areher one year.
G. W. Lewis, the present pastor, commenced his labors Nov. 12, 1876. The present inembership is 123, with a Sunday-sehool of 100.
The Church of the United Brethren in Christ. This ehureh, now located three miles south of Annawan, at Fairview Chapel, was organized in the village of Annawan in May, 1854, by Almond Baker and others, with a total membership of eight persons. The first meetings were held in private houses and in unfinished or unoecupied buildings, and not until 1858 did the society build a church, which was dedicated by Rev. Wm. Rinekart, Dec. 15 of the same year, and cost, complete, nearly fourteen hundred dollars.
The following are the names of its pastors and their respective terms of service :
First serviees by Almond Baker, Julia Baker and Jared Sexton; William C. Romine preached one year ; John Cubbage, two years ; B. Wagner, two years ; St. Clair Ross, two years; J. R. Evans, one year ; David F. Bear, two years ; M. Bonnet, onc year; J. L. Condon, one year ; David F. Bair, one year ; Elisha Godfrey, one year ; Amos Worman, one year ; I. Kretzinger, onc year; Seth Coats, two years ; William Hankins and J. Edwards, one year; B. Wagner has served two years and is its present pastor.
The membership is one hundred and twenty-four, with a Sunday- school attendanee of sixty.
The Congregational Church of South Grove was organized in May, 1854, at King's school-house, near the present residence of J. G. Heaps, at which place the earliest meetings had been held prior to organization.
The original membership was ten persons, as follows: Elijah Bene- dict, wife and son, Thomas J. Hunt and wife, Asa Preseott and wife, A. B. Noyes and wife and Mrs. J. McConney.
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The society built their present church at Annawan in 1866, and has been under the charge of the following pastors : Rev. Asa Prescott, four years ; Rev. A. Lyman, three years ; Rev. Jno. Allen, one year; Rev. Alva Hurd, six months ; Rev. O. Howard, one year ; Rev. Jno. G. Griffin, present pastor, who has a membership of fifteen.
The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1854, and held its earliest meetings at the old school-house in Annawan, and at the house of G. W. King. Among the first who composed its membership were John Hays, Jacob Hodges, Isaac Shelinberger. G. W. King, Almon Woodruff, Jno. P. Bassett, Wm. Benson, Solomon Minard, William Barber and their wives.
The church was built in 1858 at a cost of $2,000. The pastors who have officiated and their respective terms of service are the Revs. White, Pollard J. Moulton, Lynthecum, G. M. Morcy, G. C. Woodruff, two years each ; W. Odell, W. M. Sedore, one year each; G. W. Brown and R. L. W. Jameson, two years each ; S. S. Gruber and W. E. Williamson, one year each, and A. E. Day, two years. Present pastor, G. C. Woodruff. Present membership forty-two, with an attendance of thirty at Sunday- school.
ATKINSON.
Situated on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, thirty miles east of Roek Island, is a thriving grain and stock shipping town. It was laid out in 1858 by Charles Atkinson, one of the early settlers in the Rock River valley. Mr. Atkinson now resides at Moline, in Rock Island County.
Atkinson contains an excellent graded school, three churches, viz. : Congregational, Methodist and Catholic ; two grain elevators, and a third in process of erection ; onc drug store, two dry goods stores, two grocer- ies, one hardware, stove and tinware establishment, one agricultural implement warehouse, three blacksmith and two wagon and carriage shops.
The principal firms are as follows : Nowers Bros., dry goods, grocer- ies and lumber ; Edwin Everett, dry goods, drugs and groceries ; John Stealey, hardware, stoves, etc .; D. O. Hunter, groceries; A. Bowhise, groceries ; John H. Dear, grain dealer; Lawbaugh & Cameron, grain . and lumber ; Wells Ferrin, grain dealer.
INCORPORATION.
At a meeting of the legal voters held in the public school house, January 12, 1867, it was voted that the village of Atkinson be incorpor- ated. Nineteen votes were cast-cleven for, and eight against incorpora- tion. John Ashley, Jr., was chosen President of the mecting, and Luke Wells, Clerk.
The clection for village officers was held at Nowers Bros.' Hall, Janu- ary 19, 1867, and resulted in the choice of the following Board of Direetors : Levi W. Carter, John Ashley, Jr., George R. Babbitt, John M. Brown, Thomas Nowers, Sen.
At a meeting of the Board held on the 19th of February, 1867, Thomas Nowers, Sen., was chosen President ; John Ashley, Jr., Clerk
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and Treasurer ; and William H. Evans, Corporation Constable. March 2, 1867, the Board defined the limits of the village to be one mile square. Trustees for 1877. - John H. Dean, President ; Thomas Nowers, Clerk and Treasurer ; John W. Smith, Robert W. Milar, John James.
School Directors. - John Welch, E. Lawbaugh, D. O. Hunter.
CHURCHES.
Congregational Church. This church was organized in 1864. The same year the house of worship was erected at a cost of $2,700. The parsonage was built in 1868, and cost about $1,100. The members num- ber about sixty. Pastor, Rev. John A. Griffin.
Methodist Episcopal Church. The first Methodist preaching in this place was by Father White, who resided near Kewanee. He came here and preached in the school-house as early as 1857. The first class was organized by Rev. D. M. Hill, who was followed by Rev. O. W. Pollard. Rev. Mr. Knowlton succeeded the last mentioned. Then came the fol- lowing, in the order namcd : Rev. Mr. Sheldon, Rev. G. M. Morey, Rev. Ralph Kinney, Rev. G. C. Woodruff, Rev. A. C. Frick, Rev. M. D. Heck- ard, Rev. William Odell, Rev. J. J. Fleharty, Rev. M. A. Head, Rev. C. W. Swartz, Rev. G. C. Woodruff, Rev. A. Keller, and the present pastor, Rev. J. W. Otterman.
The church was built at a cost of $3,500, and dedicated June 22, 1868.
Roman Catholic Church. Organized in 1871, in which year the church was built, costing $1,200. The present pastor was settled over the church in 1875.
CLEVELAND
Is the oldest town in the county. It was laid out in April, 1836, on the south bank of Rock River, on Section 31, by George Charles, Surveyor of Knox County, for Charles Atkinson and James D. Tabor. It was located on the stage-route from Knoxville to Galena, and was one of the stopping places on that route. The first log cabins in the village were ereeted in the Summer following the survey, by George Brandenburg and Thos. Glenn, for George Tyler and Charles Atkinson-that of the latter being a double log liouse, onc-half used for a dwelling and one-half for a store. Each of these buildings has been lately torn away to make room for other improvements. During that same scason, the first temperance society of this region of country was formed in this. double log cabin (this was then part of Knox County), and here the earliest election in Henry County was held. At that date, Whiteside County was included in this precinct, and at the election held for President - Martin Van Buren being elected-the whole number of votes, of the entire precinet, was seventy-two, three of which were Democratie.
E. N. Wells and Charles Atkinson crected the first frame houses in the county in Cleveland. They are yet standing and are now used as dwellings. In 1869, or '70, a grist mill was erected by the Cleveland Hydraulic Company. It is on the river bank, and uses water as the motive power. The town is mainly filled with a mining population, who find employmeut in the extensive coal mines about the town. The entire surface of the country here is underlaid with a rich vein of block coal,
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and many hundreds of car loads are annually brought from the hill bor- dering the town, and shipped to other points. Three or four stores, one hotel, four or five saloons, and several shops, constitute the business por- tion of the town. The number of inhabitants is about 250. District school has been maintained regularly in the village since its earliest days. In 1875, the number of pupils becoming too great for the accommoda- tions, the present comfortable two - story school-house was erected, and two teachers are now employed. The attendance is now about one hundred.
The oldest religious society in the county was organized in Cleveland. It was effected in the house of Mr. P. K. Hanna, with few members. It grew slowly for many years, and much time clapsed ere the little band of worshipers were able to erect a house of worship. Now they are strong, and occupy a very commodious church.
THE TOWNSHIP OF OSCO.
The town of Osco was originally known by the governmental des- cription of Town 16, North Range 26 East of the 4th P. M., and is situ- ated west of the center of the county. It is almost exclusively prairie land, less than one per cent. of its surface being originally covered with timber. Its surface is beautifully undulating with just sufficient declin- ation to make perfect drainage, and with no level, wet or marshy areas to marits beauty or excellence. The soil is a rich, black alluvium of marvelous fertility, and varying from eighteen inches to two feet in depth. In the early days of its settlement it was noted for the luxuriance of the grass and other vegetation which grew upon its broad prairies.
Owing to the prevailing opinion among the early settlers that the open prairies were uninhabitable on account of the severe winds which then prevailed, the excessive cold of the winters, and the distance from timber (which was then, the only fuel), the area which now comprises the town received but little attention. Thriving settlements had sprung up in various parts of the county, in the vicinity of streams and timber, but Osco remained unsettled, an uninviting, treeless plain. The first settle- ment within the limits of the town was made by Israel Crocker, on the north half of Section 3, at a place which was known in those days as Crocker's Grove. Here, according to the traditions of the early settlers, the elder Crocker located in the year 1838, and built a house of consider- able size (which is.now standing), and inclosed with a sod fence about 160 acres of land, and imported and placed on liis farm a large flock of sheep, out of which he intended to amass a fortune. Ill success attended the venture, and after eight or ten years struggling with bad luck with his sheep, and poor health in his family, he finally succumbed to adverse circumstances and sold out to Ben Graham, who continned the business so inauspicously begun by Mr. Crocker, with about the same results. After the settlement of Mr. Crocker in 1838, no further attempt was made until the year 1851, a lapse of thirteen years. In May of that year, Albert Melton moved upon the Crocker Grove farm, which had been purchased by F. P. Brown ; in June, Willis Hinman settled in the south part of the township, and was soon followed by S. C. Welton and Ben- jamnin Manning, Philip Emmert and John Weedlem. The next year
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eame Franeis Gerard and Hiram Woodward, followed soon after by A. A. and E. M. Crane, Jared H. Smith, Lester C. Welton, and others, who have, in the short space of twenty-five years, transformed the wild and uninhabitable prairie into a rich agricultural settlement, with not one aere of uninelosed land within its limits.
On May 24, 1852, the first sehool distriet was organized, by a meet- ing ealled at the house of Willis Hinman, and comprised the whole township. In the Summer of 1853, the first sehool-house was built, upon the northeast eorner of the southwest quarter of Seetion 26, and was for a long time known as the Hinman Sehool-house.
In 1854, the distriet was divided, the north half being set off, and was known as Distriet No. 2. In this distriet two sehool-houses were eventually built, one in the northeast eorner of the town, known as the Van Order Sehool-house, and one at Morristown, in. the northwest eorner. The division above mentioned remained with no permanent alteration. save the division of the north distriet, until the year 1859, when the town was divided into nine distriets, each two miles square, which division, with some slight alterations, remains at this day. The first Board of Sehool Trustees was elected in May, 1852, and consisted of Willis Hin- man, Samuel Hamilton and S. C. Welton. The first Board of Sehool Directors were eleeted in June, 1852, and consisted of the same persons.
In 1857, the school seetion (16) was sold, realizing the handsome sum of $12,586, which has been increased by subsequent additions, until now it amounts to $13,958. The total number of pupils attending the sehool at present, is 369, of whom 174 are males and 195 females.
In the Fall of 1856, the town voted in favor of adopting township organization, and in April, 1857, the first eleetion was held at the house of Nathan Dunklebarger, and resulted in the election of Lester C. Wel- ton, Supervisor ; - Woodruff as Town Clerk ; A. A. Crane, Assessor; R. H. Hinman, Colleetor; Willis Hinman, Ellis Blackwell, and A. MeNaughton, Commissioners of Highways ; A. Welton and A. Purvianee, Justiees of the Peaee.
Oseo is remarkable for the exeellenee of the stoek raised by the farmers of this township, who sold this last year 5,205 head of hogs for $120,741 ; 1,285 head of eattle for $56,598 ; 99,660 bushels of eorn, which brought $35,992. Also considerable broom eorn, barley, oats, timothy and elover seed, butter and eggs. There is a healthful and good supply of water, at an average depth of 26 feet, the average supply being ten feet of water.
The present town offieers are: R. H. Hinman, Supervisor; C. D. Cramer, Town Clerk; J. S. Showalter, Assessor ; Charles Lindquist, Col- leetor; H. Stoughton, D. H. Smith, S. P. Peterson, Commissioners of Highways; J. H. Smith, H. E. Stoughton, D. H. Smith, Sehool Trustees ; A. Purvianee, E. Rogers, Justiees of the Peace. The following named gentlemen have also held the office of Supervisor: Duke Wells, 1859; D. A. Ireland, 1860; R. H. Hinman, 1861-62; A. A. Crane, 1863 ; H. Woodward, 1864; E. M. Crane, 1865; J. H. Sinith, 1866-69; Hiram Woodward again in 1870; J. S. Showalter, 1871; L. A. Hamilton, 1872, and the present Supervisor was elected again in 1873-76, and the follow- ing have held the position of Town Clerk after Geo. C. Woodruff in 1857 : S. W. Morton was elected and held the office in 1858-60; Win.
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Hitchcock, 1861-64; Cyrus Kerr, 1865-66; J. R. Ammerman, 1867-68; John G. Brown, 1869; John Christiance, 1870-74, and the present Clerk was elected in 1875-76.
OSCO.
This village was laid out on Nov. 30, and Dec. 1, 2, 3, 1870, by Pat- terson, Holmes County Surveyor, on the S. E. N. E. Sec. 29-40 acres, then owned by Orion E. Page, who caused the same to be done. It orig- inally contained 11 blocks laid off into 183 lots. The streets leading east and west as named from north to south, are North Street, North R. R. Street, Market Street and South R. R. Street, and two avenues, leading north and south ; the west one is called Lincoln Avenue, and the other in the eastern part Washington Avenue. The first house was built in July, 1871, by G. P. Woodworth and Samuel Smith, the next by D. L. Purvi- ance the same year. It now contains twelve dwellings, eight business houses and a blacksmith shop. There are about 80,000 bushels of corn and 90 to 100 cars of stock shipped annually from this place.
CHURCHES.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church is located at Morristown. The first meetings were held in the Fall of 1860, in Edford Township, in what is now known as Weidlein's school-house. Tlie congregation was organ- ized Feb. 9, 1861, with the following named members : Philip Emmert, Aleman Conrad, John Weidlein, F. W. Smith, S. S. Bjerrum, John J. Whiteline, Fred. Cook, Margaret Emmert, Elizabeth Conrad, Ellennora Weidlein, Caroline Smith, Mary Bjerrum, Doretha Emmert and Sophia Weidlein. F. W. Smith was elected Elder, and John Weidlein, Dcacon. The present church building was erected in the Spring of 1863, at a cost of $1,650, and dedicated Sept. 20 of the same year. F. W. Smith and John Weidlein were the building committee. Rev. F. R. Scherer was the first pastor ; he served from Feb. 9, 1861, to Feb., 1864; Rev. Eli Fair, from Feb., 1864 to Feb., 1865; Rev. A. M. Tanner, from April, 1866, to April, 1868 ; Rev. G. W. Schaeffer, from April, 1868, to April, 1869 ; Rev. R. B. Whitehill, from July 11, 1869, to Marchi 10, 1872; Rev. E. S. Rees, from March 27, 1872, to July 6, 1873; Rev. Lloyd Knight, from July 6, 1873, to April 1, 1875 ; Rev. S. S. Lawson is the present pastor, having served since May 16, 1875.
Sixty-three is the highest number of members at any one time. The present church officers are George S. Emmert and Andrew Weidlein, Elders ; F. W. Smith and J. J. Whitelinc, Deacons. Philip Emmert las been Treasurer and Secretary since the organization of the churchi. The Sabbath-school is kept up constantly, has an average attendance of fifty scholars and teachers. and a library of about 300 vols. Connected with thic church is a parsonage, built in the Fall of 1866, during the pastorate of Rev. A. M. Tanner, at a cost, including additions and repairs, of $1,050. The present pastor, Rev. S. S. Lawson, was born in York Co. Pa., Nov. 24, 1838; is the son of the late Rev. S. B. Lawson, and brother to Rev. J. Smith Lawson, of Pittsburgh, Pa .; was educated at Pennsyl- vania College, Gettysburg, Pa .; entered the ministry in 1860, at Massil- lon, Ohio ; served in the army as chief clerk of the Adjutant General's Department of the 4th Army Corps, from Jan. 1, 1864, to the close of the
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war; resumed the ministry at Leesburg, Ohio, in 1866; eame to Illinois in 1870, and served pastorates at Ottawa and Freeport, prior to his pres- ent eharge.
The Protestant Episcopal Chureli of Oseo Township (Graee Church) was organized Jan. 25, 1875, with a membership of twenty-two. Among those who were aetive in establishing this ehureh are the names of J. H. Smith, Eben Coll, L. C. Welton, S. C. Welton, R. H. Hinman and W. W. Hinman.
Eben Coll and J. H. Smith were appointed Wardens, and L. C. Wel- ton, Bela Andrews, Robert MeClain, Jerry Hadley, R. H. Hinman, S. C. Welton, James M. Welton and George Poppleton, Vestrymen.
J. H. Smith was appointed Treasurer, and was efficient in organizing and maintaining this society. Bela Andrews was appointed Clerk. These gentlemen have all continued to discharge the duties of their respective positions up to the present time, exeepting James M. Welton, in whose place W. W. Hinman was appointed, April 17, 1876.
Their earliest serviees were held in what is known as the Hinman sehool-house, in Distriet No. 7. From 1856 to 1873, occasional serviees were held by Rev. A. Welton, of Cambridge ; Rev. S. Goodale, of Gene- seo ; Rev. William Green, of Geneseo, in 1865 ; P. B. Morrison, of Gene- seo, 1866; Rev. G. C. Griswold, the same year ; Rev, J. B. Calhoun, of Oseo, in 1869-70; Rev. F. Nash, of Geneseo, during 1871-73. At this time plans were devised, and location seleeted for a suitable meeting- house, the building of which was aecomplished in the Fall of 1873, at a cost of $2,750, while Rev. J. H. Chamberlaine, the present pastor, was in charge.
This building is located on the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of See. 26. Regular serviees were held from this time to Jan. 25, 1875, when the ehurel organization was finally consummated. These serviees have been continued in connection with a Sabbath-sehool. The membership of the ehureh at present is forty-one. The present pastor, Rev. J. H. Chamberlaine, took eharge Sept. 15, 1873.
The Sabbath-sehool was organized May 24, -, and now has a library of nearly 200 volumes, and is also supplied with suitable papers. The attendance at present, of teachers and seholars, is about forty, there being usually six or seven elasses and as many teachers. Charles A. Coll is Superintendent.
The M. E. Church of Oseo Township was established in Oet. 1859. Among those prominent in its organization were : William Hiteheoek, Levi A. Hamilton, and Edmund Valentine. It was mostly through their influence that a minister was appointed in charge. Rev. H. J. Humphrey preached the first sermon. Mr. John Chandeler was at that time Presid- ing Elder; Win. Hiteheoek, Steward, and Levi A. Hamilton, Class Leader. The meetings of this ehureh were held for several years in the Center School House, a small frame building located on the S. E. eorner of See. 16. Rev. James Sheldon was appointed in charge, in Nov., 1861, and E. Ransom, Elder, Sept., 1860; Rev. J. M. Bartels, Sept., 1862; G. C. Woodruff, Elder, Sept., 1863; Rev. J. W. Odell, Sept. 1864; B. C. Swarts, Elder, Sept., 1864. At this time a meeting was held to devise means by which to provide a suitable meeting house, and A. A. Crane, Thomas Barnes, and H. Rivenburgh were appointed a Building Commit-
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tee. During the Fall and Winter of 1865-6, the building of the proposed house was accomplished, at a cost of $2,500, obtained mostly by subscrip- tion in the township, and in Junc, 1866, the dedication services were held, and the sermon delivered by Rev. Dr. Raymond, of Evanston, Cook Co. This meeting house is located on the S. W. corner of Sec. 15.
Rev. John Grundy was appointed, in Sept., 1865; Rev. Geo. M. Morey, in Sept., 1866. At this time the church was unusually prosper- ous.
Subsequently there were appointed Rev. Theodorc Hoagland, Sept., 1868; William H. Hunter, Elder, Sept. of the same year; Rev. Thomas Head, Sept., 1869; Rev. Wm. Sedore, Sept., 1870; Rev. Peter Warner, Sept., 1871; Rev. H. C. King, Sept., 1872; H. Ritchee, Elder, Sept., 1872; F. M. Chaffee, Elder, Sept., 1873; Rev. J. Q. Adams, Sept., 1874; and the present pastor, Rev. E. M. Bentley, Sept., 1876.
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