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1895.
1845.
GRANVILLE JUBILEE.
THE
First Church of Christ,
GRANVILLE, MASS.,
August 28th, 1895,
IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ADJOURNMENT OF THE JUBILEE HELD AUGUST 27TH, 1845.
PITTSFIELD, MASS .: PRESS OF THE SUN PRINTING COMPANY. 1895.
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President of the Day :
ETHAN D. DICKINSON.
Marshals :
RALPH B. COOLEY. J. HENRI BROWN.
This Souvenir of the Jubilee is sold for the sum of fifteen cents. Any surplus over expense of printing will be added to the New Burial Ground fund.
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ORDER OF EXERCISES
AT THE CHURCH, 10 A. M.
OVERTURE, ORCHESTRA.
ANNOUNCEMENT. -
ETHAN D. DICKINSON.
SELECTION, JUBILEE CHORUS.
INVOCATION.
REV. THOMAS ROBIE of West Granville.
SCRIPTURE READING,
REV. GEORGE A. BECKWITH, Pastor of the Church.
HYMN-"Back to the quiet Scenes," Sung by Survivors of the Choir of 1845. Written by MRs. L. II. SIGOURNEY for the former Jubilee.
ADDRESS OF WELCOME,
J. HENRI BROWN.
RESPONSE,
HON. MILTON B. WHITNEY of Westfield, Mass.
TRIO AND CHORUS-"He watching over Israel."
HISTORICAL ADDRESS, REV. EDWARD B. COE, D. D., of New York.
CHORUS-" The Heavens are declaring."
ADDRESS,
REV. E. W. CHILDS of Granville, Ohio.
BENEDICTION.
ORCHESTRA. MUSIC,
Dinner will be served in the tent near the Church, at one o'clock. All invited guests are expected to be present.
The descendants of Rev. Dr. Cooley will give a reception to the Sons and Daughters of Granville and their descendants, at the old homestead, Thursday afternoon. Aug. 29th, from three to five P. M. A cordial invitation is extended to all interested in this reunion to be present.
COMMITTEES.
ARRANGEMENTS.
APPOINTED BY THE CHURCH : *Bevel. Consider Dickinson,
Mrs. James P. Cooley, Ethan D. Dickinson,
John Root, Miss Cora Noble,
Silas B. Root,
INVITATION. Miss Cora Noble,
Ralph B. Cooley.
Mrs. R. S. Brown, Milo E. Seymour,
RECEPTION. Mrs. R. S. Brown,
Mrs. Silas Noble,
Mrs. John Root, Mrs. Edward Roberts, Mrs. Maj. Nelson,
Mrs. James P. Cooley,
Mrs. Henry Ripley,
Mrs. Marshall V. Stow, Mrs, Henry Parsons,
Mrs. E. L. Brown,
Mrs. G. A. Beckwith,
James W. Johnson,
Lester B. Dickinson,
Dr. George Felton,
Marshall V. Stow, Isaac Gaines.
Miss N. C. Noble, Miss Edna Gibbons, Mrs. E. D. Black.
DECORATIONS.
Miss Arabella Rose, Miss Mabel Dickinson, Miss Minnie Williams,
Mrs. R. B. Cooley,
Miss N. C. Noble,
Miss Ethel Root.
Dr. George Felton,
Miss Jennie Barlow,
Miss Clara Wilcox, Henry Hartley,
Miss Bessie M. Gillett, Miss Lillian Gaines,
Howard Dickinson,
Wells Clark.
Harry Root, Raymond Noble, Lawrence Henry, Ralph Brown.
ENTERTAINMENT.
Mrs. J. M. Stevenson,
Mrs. Lorenzo Noble, Mrs. Miles J. Rose, Mrs. George Oystler,
Mrs. James Rose,
Mrs. Dr. Bartlett,
Mrs. Columbus Wilcox, Mrs. John Roberts,
Mrs. Milo Seymour, Mrs. E. D. Dickinson, Mrs. Lester Dickinson, Mrs. Silas Root,
Mrs. Edwin Gibbons, Mrs. Emerson Barnes, Miss Myra Gibbons, Mrs. Ralph Brown, Mrs. Orville R. Noble,
Mrs. Martin Tinker, Mrs. Christie Sauers, Mrs. C. C. Porter, Mrs. Wm. Pomeroy, Mrs. Wells Bronson, Mrs. Charles Treat, Mrs. Chas. A. Barnes, Mrs. Chas. Thompson, Mrs. Susan Clark,
Mrs. Stephen Seymour
ARRANGEMENT OF GROUNDS AND TABLES.
Edward Roberts,
Orville R. Noble,
John O. Roberts,
Henry Hartley, Henry S. Hodge,
Christie Sauers, Wells Bronson,
Charles A. Barnes, Edward L. Hartley, Engene Sullivan,
C. R. Mckinney, John W. Phelon, Silas B. Root, William W. Bemis.
* Deceased July 8, 1895.
Edward Roberts. James W. Johnson.
Clinton Stow, J. Murray Gibbons.
VETERANS OF CIVIL WAR : George Cone,
Charles Roberts.
Rev. G. M. Preston.
FINANCE. Orville R. Noble,
Olin Nelson. Elmer Smith.
MUSIC. J. Henri Brown, Mrs. E. L. Brown, Silas B. Root,
Miles J. Rose, Stephen S. Roberts.
Miss Ada Cook,
Ralph Hiers,
Mrs. Henry Peebles, Mrs. Cyrus Ives, Miss Bessie M. Gillett, Mrs. Henry Cowdry, Miss Jennie Johnson, Miss Anna Downey, Miss Ella Downey, Mrs. Henry Parsons,
Mrs. Leon Hart,
Mrs. Orville Carpenter, Mrs. Edmund Barlow,
Mrs. Clarence Cook,
Mrs. Ellis Goodrich,
Mrs. Elizur Pomeroy,
Miss Edna Gibbons, Mrs. James W. Johnson, Rev. G. A. Beckwith,
Stephen Seymour,
William Spellman,
APPOINTED BY THE TOWN : Ralph B. Cooley, Franklin Robinson,
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GRANVILLE JUBILEE.
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The First Church of Christ in Granville, Mass., was formed in 1744, as a result of the preaching of Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards, which was the means of a revival known as the Great Awakening.
The first pastor, Rev. Moses Tuttle, was ordained and settled in 1747. The erection of the first church edifice was due in a large measure to his efforts. To accomplish this, he gave eight hundred and sixty three pounds, old tenor,-the largest gift from one person it has ever re- ceived. The first church stood on the next hill to the west from the present site, on what is now known as the Hubbard farm.
The present church was built in 1802, and, although it has undergone some al- terations, still remains. It was thoroughly repaired in 1890, Rev. Mr. Tade contribu- ting largely from his salary, and the late Ralph S. Brown aiding materially in ef- forts to raise the required amount.
The last Wednesday in August, 1845, a Jubilee was held to commemorate the fiftieth year of Dr. Cooley's pastorate. There was at this time a very general re- turn of the sons and daughters of Gran- ville who had made homes in other parts of the country. The meeting was then adjourned to 1895. After the former Ju- bilee a monument was erected to com- memorate the event.
JUBILEE MONUMENT.
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GRANVILLE JUBILEE.
Timothy Mather Cooley, D. D., son of Capt. William Cooley, was born in the north-east part of Granville, March 13th, 1772. Hle fit- ted for college un- der Rev. Noah At- water of Westfield, entered Yale in 1788 and graduated in 1792; taught school one year cach in New Haven and Litchfield, Conn. In October, 1794, he commenced the study of theology with Rev. Charles Backus, at Somers, 1845 Conn., and was li- censed to preach in June, 1795, at Dur- ham, Conn., by the New Haven east As- sociation. Preached Timothy M. Cooley his first sermon in Granville and then went to Salisbury. D. D. Conn., where he preached four months ; was called to the First Church of Christ in Granville, Nov. 15, 1795, at an annual salary of $95, and was ordained Feb. 3d, 1796. He was married to Content Chapman May 14th, 1796, and to them were born ten children. In 1803, by appointment of the Hampshire Missionary Society, he made a tour of eighteen weeks through central and northern New York, riding 1,300 miles on horse- back.
He was elected a member of the school committee in 1796, and served the town in that capacity for fifty years. In 1802, he was elected a trustee of the Westfield Academy ; in 1812, a trustee, and in 1846, Vice-president of Williams College. In addition to his other duties, Dr. Cooley conducted a private school, instructing over eight hundred pupils, also assisted sixty young men in their studies for the ministry. He received the degree of D. D. from Hamilton Col- lege in 1831.
He died in Granville, Dec. 14th, 1859, aged 87, having served this church as pastor for more than sixty-three years.
GRANVILLE JUBILEE.
House in which Rev. Timothy Mather Cooley, D. D. lived at the time of his death ; built by him about 1815 and still standing.
Hon. James Cooley, brother of Dr. Cooley, and his wife, formerly Miss Almira Par- sons, for many years made this house their home. In disposition, equally public spirited but less grave than his brother, he filled a place in the history of the town, as lawyer and post-master, that will long be remembered. The two brothers always worked together in every good cause. His descendants are inter- ested in the manufacture of drums, which industry has been the means of sustaining to a great extent the prestige of the town.
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GRANVILLE JUBILEE.
In this location settled Samuel Bancroft and his young wife, Sarah White, in the year 1735. It was as great an undertaking to settle in this then unknown wilderness and required as much courage as it would in the present day to settle in the wilds of Africa. Three generations lived on this spot and from them are descended many eminent men.
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GRANVILLE JUBILEE.
This house was built by Jesse Spelinan soon after the close of the war of 1812. The emigrants to Granville, Ohio, met and formed their procession near this house. It is still standing and is owned and occupied by Dea. James W. Johnson.
This house was built in the early part of this century by Col. Israel Parsons ; and has for many years been the home of Mr. Elijah Seymour and family.
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GRANVILLE JUBILEE.
TIMOTIIY MATHER COOLEY
From a portrait painted about 1796.
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GRANVILLE JUBILEE.
MRS. TIMOTHY MATHER COOLEY
From a portrait painted about 1796.
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GRANVILLE JUBILEE.
The store on Granville Hill, built about 1806, by Joel Root.
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House owned and occupied by Eleazur Brown. Built by Joel Root about 1814.
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GRANVILLE JUBILEE.
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HON. OLIVER PHELPS.
Col. Jacob Bates and Hon. Oliver Phelps were the two most noted citizens of Granville during the Revolutionary period. Col. Bates was the trusted friend of Washington and crossed the Deleware river with him on the famous night before the battle of Princeton.
Hon. Oliver Phelps, although he lived in Granville the greater part of his life, is far better known in the new home to which he emigrated in 1802. We copy the inscription from his tombstone in Canandaigua :-
" This is ereeted to the memory of the Hon. Oliver Phelps, Esq., who died 21st of Feb., 1809, in the 60th year of his age. He was born in the town of Windsor, in the State of Connecticut. and at the age of ? years, he removed to Suffield. And at the age of 22 years he removed from thenee to Granville, in the State of Massachusetts, where he was honored with many important trusts under the government of that commonwealth. At the commencement of the revolutionary war, he took an active part in the defence of his country, and in various offices and relations, remained with the American Army until Great Britain was compelled to acknowledge the independence of the United States. On the 1st of April, 1788, the de- ceased, in company with the Hon. Nathaniel Gorham, Esq., purchased of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, its pre-emptive right to the lands now comprised in the counties of Ontario, Steuben, Genesee, Niagara, Cattaraugus, Chatauque and Allegany. In July of the same year he extinguished the Indian title in that part of it comprehended in the counties of Ontario and Steuben, and immediately thereafter opened the settlement of the country which has been generally known by the appellation of the Genesee Country. In March, 1802, he re- moved with his family to this place, where he resided till his death. He was appointed the first Judge of the County of Ontario, and elected a representative in Congress for the district. -Enterprise, Industry, and Temperance, cannot always ensure snecess, but the fruit of these virtues will be felt by society."
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GRANVILLE JUBILEE.
REV. DAVID B. COE, D. D.
David Benton Coe was born in Granville, Mass., August 16th, 1814; was graduated from Yale College in 1837, among the first in a class numbering Hon. William M. Evarts, Judges Morrison R. Waite, Edwards Pierepont and John P. Putnam, Dr Andrew L. Stone, Profs. C. L. Lyman, B. N. Martin, and others who attained to distinguished eminence.
He was tutor in Greek at Yale in 1839-40; was pastor in Milford, Conn., for four years ; in New York city (the Allen street church) for about five years ; was District Secretary of the American Home Missionary Society, in which office- for these latest years as Honorary Secretary-he continued until his death at his home in Bloomfield, N. J., February 13th, 1895.
Dr. Coe was the son of Deacon Oliver Coe, one of the first settlers of this town and among the first deacons of this church. Dr. Coe preached the sermon on the afternoon of the day of former Jubilee.
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GRANVILLE JUBILEE.
TWO OF GRANVILLE'S INDUSTRIES.
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Drum shop of Noble & Cooley, established in 1854 by Silas Noble and James P. Cooley.
Cranberry Bog on the old road to Westfield.
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