History of Plymouth county, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 111

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Philadelphia, J.W. Lewis & co.
Number of Pages: 1706

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In describing the various manufacturers of Rock- land we are not likely to overlook the establishment of Mr. C. H. Warfield, which is deserving of more than limited consideration. For many years Mr. Warfield has been well and favorably known in Rock- land as a practical and skillful machinist, and the work turned out from his establishment has long been recognized by the trade as first-class in every respect. This house was established in 1881 by Mr. Warfield, and during this period he has been continually en- gaged in mechanical pursuits, until his name and reputation as a machinist have become widespread throughout this State. The premises consist of a four-story structure, of which he occupies part of the first floor, well equipped throughout, including two turning-lathes, two polishing-lathes, and a forge. The business done by Mr. Warfield is varied and exten- sive, embracing many specialties. Ile is a manufac-

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turer of shoe machinery, together with all kinds of repairs and general machine work to order, etc. He employs assistants, who are also skillful mechanics, and is prepared to execute all work in his line not only promptly, but with that intelligent apprehension that makes his service so highly appreciated. Mr. C. H. Warfield is a native of Blackstone, this State, where he was born in 1842.

We have already commented at such length upon the important place that the boot and shoe manufac- ture holds in New England, and especially in Massa- chusetts. that any such remarks in connection with the house to which we invite the reader's attention in this article might well be deemed superfluous. The house of Mr. E. T. Harvell was established in 1874, and he has been identified with Rockland and its industries for a number of years. All the latest and most improved machinery is to be found here to facilitate the work of seventy-five skilled artisans, who manufacture about one hundred pairs per day. All goods are gotten up for comfort and durability, the stock being the best and the workmanship all that can be desired. Mr. E. T. Harvell is a native of South Weymouth, where he was born, in 1842, and has had an experience of fifteen years in this îndus- try. In the liveliest season Mr. Harvell employs eighty hands, and last year shipped two thousand five hundred cases.

T. Donovan commenced the manufacture of boots and shoes in Rockland in 1877, and employs from twelve to twenty hands.

The business of Burrell, Houghton & Co. was es- tablished by L. J. Loud and B. A. Burrell, in De- cember, 1872, under the firm-name of Loud & Bur- rell. At the end of two and a half years Burrell purchased of Mr. Loud his interest in the business, when the style was changed to B. A. Burrell & Co. Under this style it continued until July, 1878, when it took the present style of Burrell, Houghton & Co. Value of annual product, three hundred thousand dollars.

J. S. Turner. This business was established in September, 1865, under the firm-name of Studley & Turner. In 1873, Mr. Studley met his death by a sad accident. Since 1873 the business has been conducted under the firm-name of J. S. Turner. The number of hands employed when running full is from two hundred to two hundred and fifty. Value of annual product, three hundred and thirty thousand dollars.

J. H. Locke & Co. commenced business in Wheel- ing, W. Va., in the summer of 1874, and subse- quently removed to Rockland. They employ about a

dozen hands. They do a business of about sixty-five thousand dollars annually.

A. W. Perry manufactures boots and shoes amount- ing to one hundred and thirty thousand dollars annu- ally.

E. T. Wright, on Webster Street, and C. E. Lane, on Linden Street, have also built up a considerable business in the manufacturing of boots and shoes.

M. McDevitt's bakery is a representative institution of the town. It employs about thirty persons, and the value of the annual product amounts to about eighty thousand dollars.

The business done by Messrs. Culver, Phillips & Co. is so large that it is deserving of mention. It was established in 1871 under the firm-name of A. Culver & Co., and so continued until 1879, when the firm assumed the present name. Last year the sales of coal amounted to eight thousand tons, and the aggregate sales of coal, lumber, grain, flour, hay, etc., for the same period of time, footed up two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. A business of eighty thousand dollars was done the first year it was estab- lished. Mr. Culver was for many years book-keeper for Jenkins Lane & Son, and is at present treasurer of the Hanover Branch Railway Company.

In addition to the above there are also other minor manufacturing establishments in this town, consti- tuting in all an industrial centre of no inconsiderable importance.

The following are the names of present voters who have lived in Abington and Rockland a half-century or more :

Jacob S. Ames.

Joshua Curtis.

Briggs Arnold.

Leander Curtis.

Ezra Arnold. Brainard Cushing.

Ezra D. Arnold.

Davis Cushing.

Henry B. Arnold.

Urban W. Cushing.

William D. Arnold.

William S. Cushing.

Horatio Baker.

Zattu Cushing.

Robert Bass.

Charles H. Dill.

David Beal.

Joseph Dill.

Franklin Beal.

Josiah K. Fuller.

Nathan A. Beal.

James C. Gardner.

Nathaniel Beal.

Washington Gardner.

Benjamin F. Brooks.

William II. Gurney.

Bradford T. Brooks.

David Hammond.

Alfred Brown.

Albert Hobart.

Adna Burrell.

John Hobart.

Benjamin Burrell.

David Holbrook.

Charles M. Burrell.

Dexter Holbrook.

Elias A. Burrell.

Quincy Holbrook.

Harvey C. Burrell.

Quincy Holbrook (2d).

John Burrell.

Richard Holbrook.

John Burrell (2d).

Turner R. Holbrook.

Lucius A. Burrell.

David Hunt.

Seth Chandler.

David F. Hunt.

Edmund B. Curtis.

Gilbert Hunt.

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Reuben Hunt.

Theodore Reed.

Mary D. Crowell.

Sarah F. Meader .**

William Jlunt.

William T. Reed.

Sarah A. Donham.#

Abbie M. Meserve. Malina Moore .**

David Jacobs.

Braekley Shaw.

Mary D. Dunbar .*

Zenas Jenkins.

Augustus E. Shaw.

Emma Dawes.

Charlotte H. Mann .* Rosmond S. Poole.

Albert Lane.

Elijah Shaw.

Fidelia A. Estes.

Elbridge Lane.

Jefferson Shaw.

Ellen M. Freneh.

Hannah J. Paekard.

Marshall Lane.

Melvin Shaw.

Amanda M. Gardner.#

Richmond J. Lane.

Dana Smith.

Angelina G. Gardner.

Silas Lane.

Franklin Smith.

Anna G. Gardner.

Martha Reed.#

Theron Lane.

Nathaniel R. Smith.

Sarah E. Harper .**

Anna Reed.#

Thomas Lane.

Samuel W. Somers.

Betsey A. Hieks .**

Arabella Torrey."

Warren Lane.

Josiah Soule.

Isabella B. Hill .**

Emeline D. Tirrell .**

Zenas M. Lane.

Stephen Standish.

Emily R. Holbrook.

Harriet Turner.#

Reuben Loud.

Austin Studley.

Lydia J. Holbrook.# Mary A. Woodsum.#

Samuel V. Loud.

Reuben Studley.

Mariesta D. Howland.

Susan Wheeler .*

George Lovewell.

William A. Studley.

Julia Holbrook.#

Mary L. Smith.

Daniel Lovewell.

David Thomas.

Mary R. Jenkins.#

Sarah Shaw.

Gustavus Mann.

Arioch Thompson.

Josiah Mann.

Samuel V. Thompson.

Maria F. Lowell.

Mary P. Shaw.#

Those marked with an asterisk (*) voted at the last eleetion for sehool committee.

Hartsuff Post, No. 74, G. A. R., was chartered Jan. 11, 1869, upon application of Charles L. Rice, Josiah Soule, Jr., Wesley Gurncy, B. V. Bennett, Nelson Lowell, Elijah Thompson, George H. Hunt, Nathan A. Beal, Josiah W. Lane, and Joel Crowell, they being authorized by department headquarters to form an encampment.

At the first meeting a large number made applica- tion for admission to membership, and there has been a steady increase until there have been mustered two hundred soldiers and sailors from all branches of the service, both the army and navy, though the larger number of recruits came from the Third, Twelfth, Thirty-eighth, Forty-third, and Sixtieth Regiments of Infantry.

The first officers chosen were Charles L. Rice, C .; Josiah Soule, Jr., S. V. C .; John H. Harper, J. V. C .; George H. Hunt, Adjt .; J. S. Gray, Q.M. ; Wesley Gurney, Q.M .- Sergt .; H. H. Reed, Sergt .- Maj., who were installed Jan. 18, 1869, by Capt. C. W. Thompson, assistant adjutant-general of the de- partment.

The name of Hartsuff Post 74 was adopted in honor of Gen. George L. Hartsuff, who commanded the brigade to which the Twelfth Massachusetts be- longed. He was a West Point graduate and had served in the regular army in the Florida war, a brave officer, and one who won the respect and love of all under his command.

From the formation of the encampment it has been the endeavor of the comrades to carry out the three grand principles of the order, fraternity, charity, and loyalty, particularly the two former, as a glance at the figures furnished by the relief committee will show.

The total receipts have been seven thousand dollars,

Sarah E. Bird.#

Emma L. Bearee.

Mary R. Burrell .*

Lydia F. Baker, **

Mary L. Burrell .** Susanna P. Babeoek.

Rebeeen T. Collins,#

Angelia W. Collins .**

Hulda B. Loud.#

Betsey C. Shaw,“

Lewis A. Nash.

Edwin S. Tirrell.

Stephen Payne.

Charles W. Torrey.

David Torrey.

Cyrus Pool.

Edward P. Torrey.

David S. Pool.

Noah B. Turner.

John C. Pool.

Elbridge V. Wheeler.

Ludo A. Pool.

George F. Wheeler.

Lysander Pool.

John W. Wheeler.

William Pool.

Leonard Whiting.

James N. Pratt.

Stephen Whiting.

Henry H. Prouty.

John Wilkes. .

Amos S. Reed.

Warren Wilkes.

Dexter Reed.

The teachers of Rockland are as follows: C. F. Meserve, M. M. O'Brien, Abbie E. Ferris, high school ; C. B. Collins, William F. Nichols, Hulda B. Loud, Emma F. Poole, grammar school ; Fidelia A. Estes, Ella A. Everson, W. W. Winslow, Sara A. McIlvein, Alice E. Newhall, Effie Beal, intermediate ; Alice Holbrook, Central Street; Maria Jenkins, Mary P. Shaw, Clara A. Snow, Carrie Hughes, Mary D. Dunbar, Jennie McIlvene, Mary D. Lantz, primary.

The physicians at present practicing in Rockland are J. C. Gleason, medical examiner, C. S. Millett, Dr. Southgate, Mrs. Dr. Winslow, Dr. Beamish, and Dr. Forrest.

The receipts at the post-office the past year amounted to $3140.85.

In 1860, Mr. William Douglas opened a periodical store. At this time he sold scarcely one hundred papers a day. From this small beginning his busi- ness has greatly increased, until now he averages six hundred a day, four hundred of which are dailies.

List of women in the town of Rockland qualified to vote in the election of school committee, as made out by the selectmen, March 3, 1884 :

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Emma F. Poole .** Julia Payne.

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Gideon B. Phillips.

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six thousand of which has been carefully expended in rendering assistance to soldiers and sailors, whether members of the order or not, in their hour of sick- Dess or distress, and in caring for their families when necessary until they were self-supporting.

This relief-fund has been raised from time to time by holding fairs and entertainments, and in this con- nection too much praise cannot be given to the citi- zens of Rockland, who have ever taken a lively inter- est in the organization, and have heartily supported every enterprise which would add to the relief-fund.

The ladies have also been earnest workers in the cause, forming themselves into a Grand Army Sewing Circle, which has been of great benefit socially and financially to the post. First and foremost in every good work, in this they have been especially active.

Since 1869 death has often visited their ranks, and some twenty-two comrades have been called by the great Captain to be mustered into the ranks of the higher encampment. The roster is as follows :

Died

Gideon B. Phillips

Aug.

29, 1869.

Capt. Josiah Soule, Jr.

Oct.

5, 1870.

James B. Studley

April 24, 1873.

Jobn A. Jobnson.

May

16. 1875 ..

Zenas Smith

Aug.

28, 1875.

John C. Hebberd.

Feb.

1, 1876.

Noah Freeman.

Feb.

25, 1876.

Walter M. Beal.

June

19, 1876.

Charles F. Bly

Jan.

28, 1877.

Elijah Estes

April 15, 1877.

Patrick Donovan.

June

29, 1877.

Jerome Shaw

Jan.

14, 1878.

Wesley Gurney

March 30, 1878.

Henry Warner.

May

27,1878.

Leander Torrey.

April

8, 1879.

Lemnel Jenkins

Aug.

12, 1880.

Herbert M. Loud

Feb.

14, 1881.

Albert Smith.

.April 12, 1881.

Reuben L. Baker.

Jan.

12, 1882.

Nathan S. Jenkins.

April

8, 1882.

R. J. Hughes.

May

20, 1882.

George W. Stoddard.

Sept.

12, 1882.

It is a sad thought connected with the order that sooner or later it must of necessity become extinct. As the comrades gather each year to strew those flowers of affection on their dead comrades' graves, they are reminded by the increasing number of those little flags, so significant in their meaning, that they too will soon be called to the encampment of the great Commander, but if by their example the observ- ance of Decoration-day be fully established, the Grand Army will have accomplished a work which shall be felt for all coming time, for a purer patriotism and stronger devotion to country must be the result of such observance.

The present officers are as follows : Isaac Hopkins, C .; A. H. Baker, S. V. C .; Charles H. French, J. V. C .; J. H. Harper, Q.M .; W. E. Foster, Q.M .- Sergt .; J. Looby, adjt .; George H. Hunt, 24

Chapl .; L. A. Swaine, Segt .- Maj .; Silas Gurney, Surg.

Some of the members of the post have a realizing sense of the horrors of Andersonville, Florence, Libby Prison, and Belle Isle, among whom were Comrades John H. Harper, Darius Everson, and John Avery, who remained in Andersonville ten, six, and eleven months respectively. It is a subject, even now, upon which they do not care to talk, their lives being saved only as by a miracle, so exhausted and emaci- ated were they by the inhuman treatment there re- ceived. Others were confined at different prisons, but were fortunately paroled after a short confine- ment.

The St. Alphonsus Total Abstinence and Benev- olent Society .- On Nov. 26, 1870, a meeting of those interested in the formation of a Catholic Total Abstinence Society was called to mect in St. Bridget's Church, Abington. About two hundred and fifty persons responded, and, as a result, the above-named society was formally organized on Dec. 4, 1870. At this time the Catholic parish of Abington included what are now the towns of Abington, South Abing- ton, and Rockland, and although but a small propor- tion of the members belonged in Abington, it was deemed best to hold the meetings monthly in the old town house, and at an early date we find it recorded that a vote of thanks be extended to the town officers for the free use of that edifice. It was not a great while before it was found difficult to get the members together from such great distances, and after struggling along for about five years it was decided to remove to Rockland, where rooms were secured in the Union Company's building, and after mecting there for a year they removed to the old hotel, where the society opened a reading-room and gymnasium, where they remained until it was found necessary to remove the building to make way for the new church which was afterwards built on that site.

It was now decided to build a hall to mect the in- creasing demands of the society, and after becoming incorporated, June 30, 1882, the erection of their present hall was commenced.

Temperance Hall, which was opened to the public Thanksgiving-day, 1882, is situated on the east side of Union Street, only a few rods north of the depot. The first floor is occupied by the members as a read- ing room, and also as a place of social enjoyment, where all kinds of innocent amusements are always in order. Adjoining the first room on this floor, and connected with it by folding-doors, is the gymnasium, which is fitted up with all the latest appliances for physical culture. On the upper floor, which is reached

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by two flights of stairs situated on the right and left of the front entrance, is the main hall, seventy by forty-five feet, and a seating capacity of five hundred, with a splendid stage, anterooms, ete., which is used by the society for lectures, meetings, and sociables. The society is at present in a flourishing condition, having one hundred and fifty members on the roll, all interested in carrying out the objects for which the society was incorporated,-" The Promotion of Tem- perance in this Commonwealth and Charity and Be- nevolence amongst its Members."

Hatherly Lodge, No. 699, K. of H., was insti- tuted July 16, 1877, by C. H. Eaton, agent for Su- preme Lodge. Charter members : Leonard Whiting, W. B. Studley, William Douglas, E. W. Whiting, J. S. Poole, C. A. Townsend, J. C. Gleason, M.D., George H. Ryder, W. G. Ball, G. E. Donham, L. W. Easton, G. C. Sherman, Daniel Purcell, C. W. Mit- ehell, Isaac Hopkins, M. V. B. Broek, Leander Tor- rey, Albert Culver, A. F. Kelley, Rev. A. W. West- gate. C. L. Rice, John Mann, Jr., Gideon Studley, Jr. Lost by death and otherwise, five; present number of members, sixty-two. Officers: J. Looby, D .; C. A. Townsend, Treas .; C. W. Mitchell, R .; L. W. Easton, F. R.

Rockland Encampment, No. 55, I. O. O. F., was instituted March 2, 1883, by E. Bentley Young, Grand Patriarch. Charter members (and first board of elective officers): Albert J. Meader, C. P .; Lu- ther W. Easton, H. P .; Charles W. Mitchell, S. W .; Henry E. Fuller, S .; Leonard Whiting, Treas .; Charles H. Lane, J. W. Present number of mem- bers, fifty-two. Present board of elective officers : A. C. Dunean, C. P .; J. L. Burrell, S. W .; A. W. Clapp, Treas. ; William W. Curtis, H. P .; S. A. Hunt, S. ; A. Josselyn, F. S .; J. Looby, J. W.

Standish Lodge, No. 177, I. O. O. F., was insti- tuted Oet. 6, 1876, by Horace W. Stickney, Grand Master. Charter members: J. C. Gleason, M.D., C. W. Mitchell, Leonard Whiting, P. R. Curtis, C. K. Witherell, C. A. Townsend, W. F. Hunt, D. H. Ever- son, N. B. Ellis, E. W. Whiting, Leander Torrey, J. H. Harper, George C. Soule, Henry M. Wade, Jeremiah Looby, W. H. Hebbard, C. A. Hebbard, S. D. Whiting, W. C. Curtis. Lost by death and otherwise, six ; present number of members, eighty- eight. Elective officers : H. T. Smith, N. G .; G. E. Donham, R. See. ; W. F. Hunt, V. G .; J. B. Hersey, Treas. ; Daniel Pureell, Per. Sec.

The East Abington Savings-Bank was ineor- porated in March, 1868. The original members were Sumner Shaw, Franklin Poole,* Washington Reed,* Charles H. Dill (2d), James M. Underwood,* Gideon

Studley,* J. J. Estes, Elijah Shaw, Charles W. Tor- rey, Levi Reed,* R. J. Lane, Zenas M. Lane, Amos S. Reed, Isaiah Jenkins,* Alonzo Lane, Leonard Blan- chard, George B. Clapp, Brainerd Cushing, Micah H. Poole,* Zenas Jenkins, Josiah Soule, Jr.,* Walter B. Studley, E. R. Studley, Jenkins Lane,* S. H. Dawes,* David Torrey, E. P. Torrey, Henry B. Arnold, Cor- nelius Daly, Van Buren Grover, Cyrus Poole, Edwin" W. Whiting, Abner Curtis,* Joseph Perry.

Those marked with a * have sinee deeeascd.

At the first meeting, held May 11, 1868, Sumner Shaw was chosen president, Richmond J. Lane was ehosen vice-president, and Zenas Jenkins was ap- pointed treasurer, and the bank was opened for de- posits on the 23d of May, 1868, at the railroad sta- tion, Mr. Jenkins being then station agent. This arrangement continued till October, 1869, when Mr. Jenkins resigned as treasurer, and Walter B. Studley succeeded him, and the bank was moved to Mr. Stud- ley's store. The deposits at this time were about forty-eight thousand dollars. In 1872, Richmond J. Lane succeeded Mr. Shaw as president, and Franklin Poole became vice-president. Mr. Poole continued in his office until his death. Mr. Lane still continues as president.

The incorporation of Rockland in 1874 led to a change in the name of the bank. This was done by an aet of the Legislature, passed Feb. 11, 1875.

Another change in the office of treasurer was made in April, 1876. Mr. W. B. Studley having resigned, E. R. Studley was appointed in his place, and the bank took a room in Underwood block, where it has remained sinee. The bank has had a steady growth, and at present has a deposit account of four hundred and twenty-six thousand dollars.

An effort to establish a church in East Abington (Rockland) was made in 1726. Between that date and 1812 several attempts were inade to the same end, but were defeated through the opposition of the town. When, however, the South Parish had been successful in being set off (1807), and Rev. Samuel Niles, pastor of the First Church, had been laid aside by paralysis, it was felt that the time for success had come. A number therefore gathered on Fast-day, 1812, and determined to go forward to the establish- ment of the Third Church of Abington. The place of this gathering was then a roeky pasture, surrounded by woods, now the most eentral and thickly-settled portion of the town. The next July, on this spot, were laid the foundations of a church edifice.

Congregational Church .- 1813 was a notable- year in the history of the church. August 27th it was organized. The organization took place in a

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private house, and the new body consisted of four- teen members. August 28th it was voted to call a pastor, and Rev. L. W. Colburn was chosen. Octo- ber 27th the meeting-house was dedicated, and the first pastor inducted into his sacred office.

The day after the church was organized a meeting was held, at which it was voted to call Rev. Samuel W. Colburn. He accepted, and was installed the day of the dedication, 27th of October, 1813. Mr. Colburn's ministry here closed March 31, 1830.

Dec. 24, 1830, a call was extended to Rev. Lucius Alden. After an active pastorate of nearly two years Mr. Alden was installed, Dec. 5, 1832. His labors in this place closed June 27, 1843. On the 11th of December, 1843, it was voted to invite Mr. H. D. Walker to the pastorate. The ordination took place Feb. 15, 1844, and Mr. Walker's work as pastor was terminated Oct. 31, 1867. During the next eight years the church was without a settled pastor.

Rev. Jesse H. Jones was acting pastor about two years, Rev. Cyrus Wallace, D.D., about the same length of time, and Rev. Joseph Cook nearly a year.

Oct. 5, 1875, Rev. A. W. Westgate was installed pastor, and continued in that position until October, 1879.

Rev. L. Z. Ferris began that same month to sup- ply the pulpit, and was installed as pastor June 24, 1880.

During the pastorate of Rev. Mr. Colburn-the " years of foundation"-thirty-four members united with the church. In the thirteen years of Rev. Mr. Alden's ministry more than a hundred were added, of whom about forty were received in 1832. The accession while Rev. Mr. Walker was pastor was one hundred and eighty-three. Seventy persons united with the church in 1857.

During the time the church was without a settled pastor ninety-seven came into its communion.

Under Rev. Mr. Westgate's pastoral care about forty became members.

The number of members the first Sabbath of 1884 was two hundred and sixty.

During this increase in numbers changes had been made in various directions. The first house of wor- ship was enlarged and greatly improved in 1837; but at the end of another twenty years this house was removed, and (1857) the present spacious struc- ture was erected.

The charitable contributions have increased as the years have passed, and in 1883 were nearly thirteen hundred dollars. This same year the expenses amounted to two thousand four hundred dollars, while a debt which had been accumulating for several

decades, and amounting to two thousand two hundred dollars, was wiped away.

The Sabbath-school, of which the senior deacon of the church, R. J. Lane, Esq., has been superin- tendent more than twenty years, numbered, in the aggregate, Jan. 1, 1884, two hundred and eighty- three. And it may be said, in closing, that this year (1883) has also been marked in its accessions to the number of the church, especially from the Sabbath- school.

Methodist Episcopal Church .- The First Meth- odist Episcopal Church of Rockland, then East Abing- ton, was built in 1832, through the efforts of Rev. John Bailey, who served as pastor at that time. It was situated on the north side of Webster Street, near the Hanover line. The membership consisted of seven persons. The first Methodist sermon in this town of which there is any record was preached by Rev. John Adams, in the house of David Cushing, in 1824.

" Father" Cushing, as he was familiarly known, may be considered the father of Methodism in what is now known as Rockland. He was converted in 1826, at Truro camp-meeting, and on his return he engaged Rev. Samuel Thompkins and Rev. William R. Stone to preach in East Abington twice a month. Their labors were followed by others, but the first regular pastorate was in 1830-33, by Rev. John Bailey. In 1833-34, Rev. Thomas Gile was the stationed preacher. About this time East Abington and East Randolph were formed into a " circuit."

In 1834-36, Rev. Richard Livesey was appointed by Conference, and during his pastorate East Abing- ton again became an independent charge.

In 1836-37, Rev. E. B. Bradford was pastor.

Rev. George W. Bates, pastor in 1837-38, reported a membership of eighty five, the largest membership ever reported in the history of this church.

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History of Plymouth county, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 111

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Philadelphia, J.W. Lewis & co. Number of Pages: 1706

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Philadelphia, J.W. Lewis & co.
Number of Pages: 1706