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In October, 1751. measures were taken to settle a pastor, and Rey. John MeKinstry was engaged "to preach to us for a quarter of a year." At the end of that time it was voted to settle the candidate as a permanent pastor, and September 24, 1752, he was ordained to the position, which he held for sixty-one years, although doing active pastoral duty for only thirty years. Rev. Mr. MeKinstry died in 1813, but there had been no regular religious services in the parish for thirty years preceding his
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death, and it was not until April 28, 1824, that another pastor was ordained and installed in the person of Rev. Alexander Phoenix. One of the conditions of his settlement was the repair- ing of the old meeting house or the building of a new one. The latter measure was decided upon: the structure was ereeted in 1825 and dedicated January 4, 1826. Mr. Phoenix's pastorate rontinned until 1835. and the subsequent pastors have been : Ebenezer B. Wright. 1835-9; Eli B. Clark, 1839-75: William E. Diekinson, 1576-57: Rev. Collins G. Burnham, 1888-1901,
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The Second Congregational church was organized July 3, 1830, as the First Congregational church of Chicopee Factory Village, Rev. George Nichols as a missionary being the first preacher. A society was organized October 11, 1832, with many of the substantial men of the place as members, and the church building was erected the following year, on the site now occupied at the corner of Church and Court streets. The structure was rebuilt in 1859, a spire being added and vestry rooms provided in the basement. The first settled pastor was Rev. Dorus Clark, who was installed March 4, 1835, and served for five years. His successors have been : Rev. Ebenezer P. Rogers, 1840-43; Rev. Frederick A. Barton, 1843-6; Rev. Stephen S. U. Greeley, 1846- 51; Rev. William Wright, 1852-4; Rev. Richard B. Thurston, 1855-8; Rev. Frederie Alvord, 1858-61; Rev. Roswell Foster, 1863-7; Rev. Joshua T. Tueker, 1868-77; Rev. Samuel J. Austin, 1877-83; Rev. Rufus P. Ilibbard, 1886-8; Rev. William G. Poor, 1889-93; Rev. H. G. Pillsbury, 1895, yet in service.
The Third Congregational church is situated at Chicopee Center, and was organized with but eighteen members, October 16, 1834. The society was formed March 2, 1835. The erection of a church building was begun in 1836, the structure being completed and dedicated the following year. It is recorded that one influential member of the society, Nathan P. Ames, con- tributed $5,000 toward this building, which must have been much the larger part of its cost. This structure was used for over thirty years, until 1868, when it was taken down and re- placed by a new building, dedicated February 15, 1870, oeenpy- ing the same site. The first pastor, Rev. Sumner G. Clapp, was installed April 26, 1837, and served until January 22, 1850. His successors in the pastorate have been: Rev. George II. Oviatt. 1850-55; Rev. L. 11. Cone, 1857-67; Rev. Edwin B. Palmer, 1869-75; Rev. William L. Gaylord. 1875-82; Rev. Charles S. Murkland, 1884-6; Rev. Burton W. Lockhart, 1889- 93; Rev. Charles Pease, 1895-8; Rev. Herbert P. Woodin, 1899, the present pastor.
The Methodist Episcopal church, Chicopee Falls, was proba- bly the first religious body organized at that village, though its
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records are incomplete during its first half-century of existenee. As early as 1822 a body of worshipers of that faith organized and held meetings-first at the house of one of their number, and later in a briek school house on Church street. A modest house of worship was erected at the corner of Broadway and East street about 1829. A larger church was built on the same site in 1:41 and dedicated the following year. and is still in use, having since been remodeled and greatly improved. The pastors, so far as their names and terms of service ean be definitely traced, have been as follows: Rev. E. Otis, 1833-5; Rev. A. Tailor, 1835-6: Rev. Ebenezer Blake, 1836-8; Rev. Pardon T. Kennedy, 1838-9; Rev. L. W. Blood, 1839-40; Rev. Windsor Ward, 1840-41 ; Rev. Thomas Morey, 1841-2; Rev. Philo Hawkes, 1842-3: Rev. Freeman Nutting. 1843-5; Rev. David Sherman, 1845-7: Rev. Robert Kellen, 1847-9; Rev. James Porter, 1849-50; Rev. Windsor Ward, 1850-51; Rev. Charles Noble, 1851-3; Rev. David H. Sherman, 1853-5: Rev. Benjamin F. Green, 1855-7; Rev. John W. Lee, 1857-8: Rev. Albert D. Vail, 1858-60; Rev. Rodney Gage. 1860-61 : Rev. J. Oramel Peek, 1861-3; Rev. J. S. Thomas, 1863-5: Rev. J. H. Mansfield. 1866-7: Rev. C. T. John- son. 1867-8: Rev. E. W. Virgin, 1868-70; Rev. O. W. Adams, 1870-72; Rev. Fayette Nichols, 1872-5: Rev. C. F. Ely, 1875-6; Rev. Albert C. Manson. 1876-9: Rev. David S. Cole, 1879-82; Rev. L. W. Staples, 1882-5; Rev. George H. Cheney, 1885-8; Rev. Garrett Beekman. 18-8-91 ; Rev. Arthur W. Terrill, 1891-2; Rev. N. B. Fiske. 1892-5: Rev. William C. Townsend. 1895-8; Rev. Austin II. Herrick, 1898-1901.
The Central Methodist Episcopal church was organized in Angust, 1838, with but eighteen members. The house of worship on the east side of Perkins street, near School, was ereeted the following year, and six years later was enlarged. The present name has been in use since 1882. the church, from its location, being previous to that time known as the Perkins Street Meth- odist Episcopal church. The first pastor was Rev. Edmund S. Potter, from 1838 to 1840, and his successors have been : Rev. Mosely Dwight. 1840-42; Rev. Ephraim Seott, 1842-3: Rev. Benjamin F. Lambert, 18-43-4; Rev. Daniel F. Bannister. 1844-6;
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Rev. Loranus Crowell, 1846-8; Rev. James Porter, 1848-50; Rev. Lorenzo R. Thayer. 1850-52; Rev. William Rice, Jr .. 1852-4; Rev. William H. Hatch, 1854-5; Rev. J. C. Cromaek, 1855-7; Rev. Justin S. Barrows, 1857-9; Rev. Isaae Smith, 1859-60; Rev. John C. Smith, 1860-62: Rev. Pliny Wood, 1862-4; Rev. J. C. Hanaford, 1864-7; Rev. E. A. Manning, 1867-70; Rev. Daniel Richards, 1870-73; Rev. Pliny Wood, 1873 (preached one month, went to Europe for his health and died in Munich) ; Rev. J. A. Bartlett. 1873-4; Rev. Justin S. Barrows, 1874-6; Rev. Edward S. Best, 1876-9: Rev. Albert Gould, 1879-82; Rev. Austin H. Herrick, 1882-5: Rev. Charles HI. Hanaford, 1885-8; Rev. George H. Clark, 1888-93; Rev. Charles M. Hall, 1893-5; Rev. George F. Durgin, 1895-6; Rev. R. E. Bisbee. 1896-9; Rev. William A. Wood, 1899, the present incumbent.
The First Baptist church and society were organized at Chicopee Falls, November 28, 1828, with but seventeen members, and for three years the society was served by various preachers, no regular pastor being engaged. A house of worship was erected in 1832, being removed to Market street in 1850, where it was enlarged and much improved. A new church was built in 1877. at the corner of Belcher and Springfield streets, at a cost of $16,000, and was dedicated in February. 1878. The settled pastors have been : Rev. Moses Curtis, 1833-5; Rev. Joseph M. Graves, 1835-8; Rev. Robert F. Ellis, 1838-45; Rev. Rufus K. Bellamy, 1848-82; Rev. James P. Hunter, 1883-6; Rev. Isaac H. Gilbert, 1887-9: Rev. L. L. Hobbs, 1890-94; Rev. Darius HI. Stoddard, 1894-9; Rev. Norman North Bishop. 1900, present pastor.
The Central Baptist church, originally known as the Third Baptist church of Springfield, was organized at Chicopee Center, then known as Cabotville, July, 15, 1835, with twenty-one mem- bers. The brick church now occupied, at the corner of School and Cabot streets, was erected in 1838, and was dedicated February 7, 1839. The first pastor, during the period when the parish was without a church building, was Rev. Pierpont Brockett. from 1836 to 1838. Rev. Jonah G. Warren was in- stalled at the dedication of the church, and served with much
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success for ten years, to February 11. 1849. The sueeeeding pastors have been : Rev. Benajah Cook. 1849-50; Rev. C. Billings Smith. 1851-2; Rev. Warren Lincoln. 1853-7; Rev. George E. Ilow. 1857-62; Rev. M. L. Bickford, 1863-6; Rev. A. M. Higgins, 1867-70: Rev. G. R. Darron, 1870-71; Rev. A. DeF. Palmer, 1872-4; Rev. G. W. Fuller, 1877-80: Rev. George W. Davis, 1882-9; Rev. Thomas DeGruchy, 1890-93: Rev. Clifton K. Flanders, 1895-8; Rev. Eben C. Stover, 1898, now in charge.
Grace Episcopal church was organized April 6, 1846, and the first church building was erected on Cabot street, near School. in 1848, and was consecrated in May of that year. It was partially burned in 1872, and was not rebuilt until 1885, when the present structure at the corner of Springfield and Pleasant streets was erected. The parish has been much of the time without a settled rector, those who have served, with the exception of unimportant periods of supply, having been as follows: Rev. Charles Fisher, 1846; Rev. Andrew Croswell, 1847-9: Rev. Caleb Dow. 1849: Rev. E. F. Remington, 1849-51; Rev. Edward Jessup. 1853-4; Rev. William H. Munroe, 1856; Rev. Andrew Croswell, 1857-8; Rev. W. B. Colburn, 1860-62; Rev. M. A. Johnson, 1866-7; Rev. E. E. Atkinson, 1888-9; Rev. Newton Black, 1895, now in charge.
The Unitarian church was organized November 21. 1841, the society having been formed during the preceding March. A briek church building was ereeted the following year. and oe- cupied until 1893, when the present house of worship on Grape street and Fairview avenue was dedicated. The pastors have been : Rev. Charles A. Farley. 1841 : Rev. John A. Buckingham, 1842-3: Rev. Crawford Nightingale. 1845-51: Rev. Ephraim Nute. Jr .. 1851-5; Rev. Samuel Pettes, Jr .. 1855-60: Rev. Samuel C. Beane, 1862-4; Rev. John W. Hudson, 1865-6; Rev. Calvin Stebbins. 1866-9; Rev. Robert R. MeLeod, 1870-71; Rev. I. F. Porter. 1872-82: Rev. C. W. Heiser. 1882-6 ; Rev. Edwin F. Hay- ward, 1888-9; Rev. Solon Lauer, 1891; Rev. Cary F. Abbott, 1893-7: Rev. William W. Peck. 1897. now in charge.
A Universalist society was organized February 27. 1835, and preaching services were held regularly, though a church was
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not formed until October 20, 1840. The church building was erected on the south side of Market square in 1836, being dedi- cated in October of that year. It was built by a Mechanics' association, the title being afterward secured by the Universal- ists. Services were suspended in 1883, and the church property was sold a little later. These were the pastors during the exist- ence of the church: Rev. Charles Spear, 1835-6; Rev. W. H. Fernald, 1836-8; Rev. A. A. Folsom, 1838-44; Rev. George W. Gage, 1844-5; Rev. Samuel Bennett, 1845-6; Rev. Zenas Thomp- son, 1846-8; Rev. W. R. G. Mellen, 1848-51; Rev. Uriah Clark,
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1851-2: Rev. Avery Denison, 1853; Rev. C. H. Webster, 1853-5; Rev. J. K. Kareher, 1855-6; Rev. B. V. Stevenson, 1857-68; Rev. Clarence Fowler, 1868-9: Rev. John E. Davenport, 1870-72 ; Rev. Theodore L. Dean, 1872-4; Rev. J. Riley JJohnson, 1874-6; Rev. J. H. Weeks, 1877-80; Rev. G. W. Pierce, 1882-3.
The Church of the Holy Name of Jesus is the direct ontcome of the early Roman Catholic labors in the Chicopee section. Father James Fitton conducted the first services as early as 1831, when his congregation consisted of thirty people in a population of something over two thousand. In that year the work of build-
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ing a dam across Chicopee river and digging the canals for utilization of the water power was begun, and brought to the scene numerous laborers of the Catholic faith. For some years services were held from time to time in the homes of the people or in other available places, until a congregation was organized in 1838, and placed in the care of Rev. John Brady of Hartford, Conn. In 1839 a building site was secured on Pleasant street, the corner-stone of a church was laid the following year, and the interests of the parish were committed to Rev. John D. Brady, who came From Salem, Mass. It was not until Septem- ber 29, 1843, that the church. a brick structure, was ready for dedication as St. Matthew's church. In 1845 Rev. Bernard O'Cavanagh became assistant to Father Brady, and the two priests cared for the religious interests of all the Catholies in the four western counties of the state. Father Brady died in 1847, and was succeeded for two years by Rev. James Strain. Rev. William Blenkinsop was the pastor from 1849 to 1864, during which time, to meet the needs of his growing congrega- tion. he built a large church on the opposite side of the street. This was dedicated May 29, 1859, under the present name. Rev. Patrick llealy was the pastor from 1864 until his death in January. 1589. In 1867 he built the convent of the Sacred Heart of Mary and established parochial schools for the parish. In 1881 the boys' school and the monastery for the Brothers were built. Father Healy was succeeded by Rev. Dr. Henry L. Robin- son, who served as pastor until his death in 1894, when Rev. John J. MeCoy, the present incumbent, assumed the reetorship.
St. Patrick's church at Chicopee Falls had its beginning in a Sunday school established there about 1850 by Rev. James Strain, then pastor at Chicopee. This continued until 1870, when Rev. Patrick Stone, assistant pastor at Chicopee, under- took the task of securing for the worshipers at the Falls a church of their own. The I'unds were raised, the edifice was built, and on the 15th of December, 1872, was dedicated under the above name. A parish rectory, now the convent home for the Sisters of St. Joseph, was built during the same year. Father Stone was made pastor, and still holds the position, after practically
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thirty years of service. The assistants have been : Rev. Michael J. Murphy, 1874-84; Rev. Martin Murphy, 1884-6; Rev. James McLaughlin, 1886-9; Rev. Richard Healy, 1889-93; Rev. John J. O'Malley, assigned January 1, 1894, is the present incumbent. In 1880 a site was bought on Columbia street, on which were built, in 1881, a new rectory and the parish schools. In 1890, in connection with other important improvements on the parish property, the church was greatly enlarged, and in 1897 it was furnished with a $4,000 organ.
The Church of the Assumption at Chicopee is the religious home of the French-speaking Catholics of the city of Canadian origin or parentage. Until 1885 it was a mission, having been served first by Father Dufresne of Holyoke, then by Father Landry of Indian Orchard. Its first resident pastor was Rev. Everest Pelletier, who was appointed in 1885 and served until his death in May, 1893. Under his pastorate the parish pros- pered and grew materially, and a frame church of moderate capacity was built. The original parish chapel built by Father Landry was converted into a comfortable rectory. IIis successor was Rev. Frederick Bonneville. the present pastor, who has re- modeled and greatly improved the parish church and other buildings.
St. Stanislaus' church at Chicopee was organized for the benefit of the Poles, who began coming to the city in 1880. In 1890 Rev. Francis S. Chalupka of Webster was entrusted by Bishop O'Reilly with the task of organizing a Polish congrega- tion. Work on a church building was begun in 1891, but it was not until October, 1895, that the structure was dedicated. In February of that year Father Chalupka settled at Chicopee as resident pastor, and thenceforth regular services were held, al- though the unfinished building had been in use for a considerable time for the religious purposes of the parish. Schools were established in 1897, and in 1898 the parish property was en- larged by the purchase of twelve house lots adjoining the church site. Father Chalupka still remains in charge of the pastoral work, and his assistants have been : Rev. John Conlin, 1892-3; Rev. James Cruse, 1895-6; and Rev. Venceslaus Lenz, the present assistant.
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St. Joachim's church at Chicopee Falls was organized for the benefit of the French-speaking Catholies of that village, in 1893, by Rev. Alexis Delphos, acting under authority of Bishop Beaven, who recognized the necessity of giving those people more immediate church interests than they were able to enjoy through the Church of the Assumption. The organization was promptly effected, and a ehureh structure was erected, which was dedicated November 18. 1894. The DeStelle homestead was purchased in 1895, and the family mansion thereon has been adopted as the parish presbytery. In 1895 Rev. Emile St. Onge came from Worcester as assistant pastor, and remained some four years.
The Catholic church at Willimansett and chapel at Alden- ville are the results of efforts put forth by Rev. John J. MeCoy of Chicopee in the autumn of 1894, assisted by Father Delphos- the former organizing the English-speaking and the latter the French-speaking people. A little hall was hired on Olivine street, Willimansett, fitted up as a chapel, and designated Notre Dame des Vietoires, where the first mass in the village was said on Christmas morning of 1894 by Father MeCoy. From that time regular services were held until September, 1897, when Rev. Hormisdas Hamelin was made resident pastor. During the following year he built a brick church on Chicopee Street at Willimansett and a frame chapel at Aldenville, both of which were dedicated by Bishop Beaven October 30, 1898. The church is now known as the Church of the Nativity. Father Hamelin's curates have been Rev. Peter Higgins and Rev. Michael Walsh.
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THE TOWN OF AGAWAM
The town of Agawam lies on the south line of Hampden county, west of the Connecticut river and south of the Agawam. Being bounded on two sides by rivers and on the west by the towns of Westfield and Southwick, its outlines are decidedly irregular exeept on the south, where the state line gives a direct course. The total area comprises a fraction less than twenty- five square miles. Its extent from north to south and from east to west is nearly equal, so that, notwithstanding its irregularity of outline, the town presents geographically a compact and well- defined section. The broad flow of the Connecticut on the east separates it from the town of Longmeadow, and for a very short distance from the city of Springfield; the winding course of the Agawam gives equally positive definition of the northern line, where Agawam is separated from the parent town of West Springfield so uncompromisingly that the village of Mittineagne, which lies on both sides of the river, belongs in part to cach of the towns. On the west the division runs on or near the summit of the extensive trap-rock range.
This range gives the highest elevation of the town, Proven's hill rising to a height of 665 feet above the normal level of the Connecticut river. Other hills of somewhat inferior altitude are within the limits of the town, Mount Pisgah and Liswell hill being located near the village of Feeding Hills, with Buek hill further toward the Connecticut line. In the northwestern por- tion of the town, along the Agawam, the scenery is rugged and picturesque, the stream for much of the distanec making its way through and around the base of compact hill ranges. Approach- ing the Connecticut river, the contour softens into broad and
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fertile meadows, so low in portions that the grounds are liable to extensive overflow at time of high water in the rivers.
Although it may justly claim to have been among the earliest settled plantations of Western Massachusetts, Agawam did not become an independent town until 1855-less than a half-century ago: so that its exclusive history is a brief one.
For more than a century it was a portion of the town of Springfield, until in 1774 all that part of the town lying west of the Connecticut was created a separate town by action of the legislature, not at all against the wishes of its residents. This made Agawam. as the region had long been designated, a part of the town of West Springfield; a relationship which continued for more than eighty years, until the incorporation as a separate town, May 17, 1855.
Yet Agawam may properly be considered the mother of Springfield plantation. Within its present borders the first settlement or location was made in the spring or summer of 1635. At that time certain parties located at Roxbury and other settlements in the vicinity of Boston having petitioned for permission to settle on "the great river," as the Connectieut was familiarly known, and their petition having been granted under condition that they remain within the jurisdiction of the Prov- ince of Massachusetts Bay, exploring parties were sent out to choose suitable locations. Some of these selected the site of Hartford and other points now within the state of Connecticut, while two of their number, Messrs. Woodeoek and Cable, con- tinned north until they reached the confluence of the Connecticut and Agawam rivers. Probably they ascended "the great river" on its western side until their further progress was barred by the Agawam. and being impressed by the fertile meadows among which they found themselves and which had been cultivated to some extent by the Indians, they fixed upon that spot as the site for their proposed town. At any rate, they built a rude house, which was occupied for some months. But being warned by the Indians that the lands here were liable to inundation, the site was abandoned, and when the settlement was made the fol- lowing year it was upon the higher ground on the east side of the
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river. But the name of "Agawam" was transferred to the new site, and the entire grant, twenty-five miles square, was known by that name until in honor of William Pynchon its designation was changed in 1640 to "Springfield"-the name of Mr. Pyn- chon's home in England. But the territory now constituting the town of Agawam retained its original appellation as a local name, and very properly adopted it on being incorporated as a town.
The Agawam territory was probably designated as a part of the "outward commons" of Springfield very soon after the settlement. In 1638 it was voted that it should be lawful for any Springfield man to put over horse, cows, or younger cattle on the other side of the river until the first of November, and the name of "Feeding Hills" village doubtless comes from the use thus made of the unoccupied lands. But it was twenty-five years after the visit of Woodcock and Cable before a permanent settlement was made south of the Agawam river. In that year grants were made to Thomas Cooper, Abel Leonard, and Thomas Merriek. The lands thus granted, and those later acquired by Messrs. Cooper and Merrick, were sold to Abram Burbank, from Suffield, Conn., in 1764; but the Leonard family has always been a strong and influential one in Agawam. Gradually the member of settlers increased, and the religions interests of the community largely molded those of municipal nature. The separation into religious parishes, generally speaking, prepared the way for the more complete separation involved in the setting off of new towns from the parent territory. The unwieldy area of Springfield invited early division. and town after town was created, as the population increased and local interests demanded local adminis- tration. In 1773 the great and general court took the matter of further division into their hands, and set off all the remaining region west of the Connectieut as the town of West Springfield. This ineluded the present territory of Holyoke, West Spring- field and Agawam, extending from the Connecticut state line to the present south line of Hampshire county, an arca of sixty square miles. This arrangement remained unchanged for more than seventy-five years, until 1850, when "Ireland Parish" was incorporated as the town of Holyoke.
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A little later the people of Agawam, now considerably over 1,000 in number, also aspired for an independent government, and on May 17, 1855, the Massachusetts legislature passed an aet for the incorporation of the town of Agawam, to comprise "all that part of the town of West Springfield which lies south- erly of the line eommeneing at the north mouth of the Agawam river, so ealled. and running westerly by the course and eenter of said river to the town line of Westfield." The first town meeting was held June 12, 1855, under a warrant addressed by Samuel Flower. justice of the peace, to Lewis L. Whitman, and was held at the Methodist church. Alfred Flower was chosen elerk and treasurer, and Orson Swetland, James S. Smith, and Ralph Adams selectmen, assessors, and overseers of the poor. The full list of the ineumbents of these offices from the date of incorporation to 1901 has been as follows:
Selectmen. Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor .- 1855, Orson Swetland, James S. Smith, Ralph Adams; 1856, Ralph Adams, Samuel Flower, Grosvenor Marey; 1857, Ralph Adams, Justus R. Cooley, Samnel Flower; 1858, Ralph Adams, William Roberts, Grosvenor Marey : 1859, Ralph Adams, Charles Colton, Horace E. Roberts: 1860-61. Charles Colton, Isaac Roberts, Josiah Johnson; 1862, Charles Colton, Frederick A. Johnson, Joseph Bedortha1: 1863. Joseph Bedortha, John G. Freeland, Joseph L. Smith : 1864, Joseph Bedortha. Joseph L. Smith, Gros- venor Marey; 1865, Joseph Bedortha, John G. Freeland, Elijah D. Allen : 1866-7. J. Henry Churchill, James H. Ferre, Edward K. Bodurtha : 1868. J. Henry Churchill, Asa Clark, Oscar A. Parks: 1869, J. Henry Churchill. Osear A. Parks, Edward K. Bodurtha: 1870, J. Henry Churchill, Osear A. Parks, Joseph Bedortha ; 1871, Joseph Bedortha, Jonathan W. Freeland Luke C. Sheldon: 1872. J. Henry Churchill, Frederiek N. Leonard, Luke C. Sheldon; 1873. J. Henry Churchill, Renben Dewitt, Joseph V. Walcott: 1874, J. Henry Churchill, Ralph Adams,
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