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It was not until the water-power was developed that Lewiston was anything more than a prosperous farming town, and its rapid growth is due to the application of that power by sagacious capitalists. In 1800 the population was
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948; 1810, 1,038; 1820, 1,312; 1830, 1,549; 1840, 1,810. From 1840 there has been a wondrous growth, keeping pace with the inerease in manufacturing. In March, 1849, the Androseoggin and Kennebee Railroad was completed as far as Lewiston, and the first engine erossed the bridge March 24th. Among the corporators were William R. Frye, James Lowell, Nathan Reynolds, N. B. Reynolds, John M. Frye, and Calvin Gorham, of Lewiston. In - 1861 the Androseoggin railroad was opened for travel to Lewiston. These facilities brought large numbers of residents, and the town two years later became a city, which now bids fair to be the metropolis of Maine.
CIVIL LIST .- Town Clerks-Noah Litchfield, 1795 to 1800; Dan Read, 1801 to 1807, 1811, 1812, 1816 to 1823; Winslow Ames, 1802; Joel Thompson, 1808 to 1810, 1813 to 1815; Nathan Reynolds, 1821; William Garcelon, 1824 to 1830; Stephen H1. Read, 1831 to 1834; John M. Frye, 1835; Samuel G. Phillips, 1836 to 1838; Edward P. Tobie, 1839 to 1862 except 1850 when John Smith was elected.
Selectmen. - 1795, John Herrick, Joel Thompson, Winslow Ames, James Garcelon, Daniel Davis; 1796, William Garcelon, Daniel Davis, John Herrick; 1797, 1798, John Herrick, Joel Thompson, Winslow Ames; 1799, Oliver Barron, Ezra Randall, Winslow Ames; 1800, Winslow Ames, Dan Read, Oliver Barron; 1801, Dan Read, Oliver Barron, Joel Thompson; 1802, Winslow Ames, Noah Litch- field, Ezra Randall; 1803, Winslow Ames, Dan Read, Ezra Randall; 1804, 1805, 1806, Dan Read, Daniel Davis, Winslow Ames; 1807, Dan Read, Joel Thompson, Oliver Herriek; 1808, 1809, Joel Thompson, Winslow Aines, Ezra Randall; 1810, Joel Thompson, Dan Read, Winslow Ames; 1811, 1812, Dan Read, Joel Thompson, Walter R. Blaisdell; 1813, Joel Thompson, William Garcelon, Winslow Ames; 1814, 1815, Joel Thompson, Dan Read, Willian Garcelon; 1816, 1817, Dan Read, William Garcelon, Walter R. Blaisdell; 1818, 1819, 1820, Dan Read, William Garcelon, Calvin Gorham; 1821, Oliver Herriek, Nathan Reynolds, William Dingley; 1822, Oliver Herrick, Dan Read, William Dingley; 1823, Dan Read, William Gareelon, William Dingley; 1824, 1825, 1826, 1827, William Garcelon, Dan Read, William Dingley; 1828, 1829, William Garcelon, Dan Read, Walter R. Blaisdell; 1830, William Gareelon, William Dingley, Walter R. Blaisdell; 1831, William Garcelon, Stephen H. Read, John M. Frye; 1832, 1833, Stephen H. Read, John M. Frye, Samuel D. Garcelon; 1834, Stephen H. Read, Samuel D. Garcelon, Reuben Rand; 1835, Samuel D. Gareelon, Reuben Rand, Jeremiah Stanford; 1836, Samuel D. Garcelon, Ebenezer Ham, Daniel Gareelon; 1837, 1838, Ebenezer Ham, Stephen Il. Read, Phineas Wright; 1839, Samuel D. Garcelon, William Garcelon, Samuel Litchfield; 1840, Stephen H. Read, Ebenezer Ham, Reuben Rand; 1841, Ebenezer Ham, Reuben Rand, Mark Lowell; 1842, Reuben Rand, Arthur Jameson, Ebenezer Ham; 1843, Ebenezer Ham, Arthur Jameson, James Carville; 1844, Ebenezer Ham, James Carville, Aaron D. Thorne; 1845, Stephen H. Read, Samuel D. Garcelon, Samuel Litchfield; 1846, Stephen H. Read, Stephen Davis, Samuel D. Gareelon; 1847, Stephen H. Read, Ebenezer Ham, Daniel Garcelon; 1848, William R. Frye, Samuel D. Garcelon, Mark Lowell; 1849, William R. Frye, Mark Lowell, Renben Rand; 1850, Ebenezer Ham, Samuel D. Garcelon, Ham Brooks; 1851, William R. Frye, Ham Brooks, Reuben Rand; 1852, Stephen H. Read, Ham Brooks, John B. Jones; 1853, 1854, William R. Frye, Ebenezer Ham, Joseph S. Garcelon; 1855, John Read, Joseph S. Garcelon, Mark Lowell; 1856, Joseph S. Garcelou, Ebenezer Ham, Isaac N, Parker; 1857, William R. Frye, Howe Weeks, Archibald Wakefield; 1858, Isaac N. Parker, Timothy Walker, Joshua Merrill; 1859, William R. Frye, Jacob B. Ifam, Archibald Wakefield; 1860, Jacob B. llam, Mark Lowell, Abial M. Jones; 1861, Jacob B. Ham, Mark Lowell, Thomas Crowley; 1862, Jacob B. Ham, Mark Lowell, Isaac N. Parker.
CITY OF LEWISTON .- The act to incorporate the city of Lewiston was approved March 15, 1861, and adopted by the town November 22, 1862. The first eity election was in March, 1863, and the first Mayor was inaugurated March 16.
CITY GOVERNMENTS. - 1863-Mayor, Jacob B. Ham; Aldermen, Stephen I. Abbott, David M. Ayer, Edward Clark, Marshall French, Abial M. Jones, Samuel W. Kilvert, Thomas D. Thorne; Councilmen, Rhodes A. Budlong, George A. Clark, Jeremiah Crowley,
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Jr, Ezekiel S. Davis, Hersey Day, Joseph S. Gareclon, William F. Garcelon, Cyrus Greely, Converse J. Pettengill, George H. Pilsbury, Jordan K. Piper, John Y. Scruton, William II. Stevens, James Wood, Josiah G. Coburn; Clerk, Edward P. Tobie; Marshal, Isaac N. Parker.
1864- Mayor, Jacob B. Ham; Aldermen, Abial M. Jones, Samuel W. Kilvert, Alonzo Garcelon, Linneus Cheetham, Josiah G. Coburn, Stephen 1. Abbott, Edward Clark ; Councilmen, Seth Chandler, Daniel Holland, Converse J. Pettengill, Josiah Day, Cyrus Greely, Alpheus C. Locke, Timothy E. Fogg, John Y. Scruton, George Webb, George H. Chandler, Samuel E. May, A. Byron Reed, Joseph P. Fessenden, Henry C. Goodenow, George II. Pilsbury, Jordan K. Piper, William S. Rogers, Chester C. Thing, Joseph Blethen, John B. Garcelon, William H. Stevens; Clerk, Edward P. Tobie; Marshal, Isaac N. Parker.
1865 - Mayor, William P. Frye; Aldermen, Abial M. Jones, Josiah Day, Timothy E. Fogg, Henry C. Goodenow, Marshall French, Lorenzo L. Shaw (resigned), Allen P. Winslow (elected to fill the vacancy), George H. Pilsbury; Councilmen, Daniel Holland, Converse J. Pettengill, Lewis C. Peck, Lothrop L. Blake, Cyrus Grecly, John N. Wood, George Webb, Theophilus B. Thompson, Plummer C. Tarbox, George II. Chandler, Benjamin R. Cotton, Albert O. Morgan, Joseph P. Fessenden, Wells W. Ayer, George A. Clark, William S. Rogers, Benjamin A. Bailey, R. E. Patterson, Joseph Blethen, John B. Gareelon, William H. Stevens; Clerk, Edward P. Tobie; Marshal, R. Jordan.
1866 - Mayor, William P. Frye ; Aldermen, Daniel Holland, Samuel W. Kilvert, Tim- othy E. Fogg, Henry C. Goodenow, Marshall French, Benjamin A. Bailey, George II. Pilsbury, Seth Chandler (resigned), Albert O. Morgan (elected to fill the vacancy) ; Councilmen, Lewis C. Peck, Thomas D. Thorne, Sylvanus D. Thomas, Ransom C. Pingree, John Goss, John II. Randall, Theophilus B. Thompson, George Webb, Plummer C. Tarbox, Albert O. Morgan, Emery O. Bieknell, Ira W. Coburn, George A. Clark, Wells W. Ayer, John W. Danielson, Samuel W. Parmenter, John W. Farwell, Edward M. Dearborn, D. B. Sanderson, Noah Litchfield, Horace B. Bartlett, Joshua D. Rollins; Clerk, Edward P. Tobie; Marshal, William H. Waldron.
1867 - Mayor, George H. Pilsbury; Aldermen, Thomas D. Thorne, Ransom C. Pingrec, Mark Lowell, Albert O. Morgan, George A. Clark, Jordan K. Piper, Ebenezer Ham ; Councilmen, Abial M. Jones, David T. French, A. K. P. Knowlton, John Goss, Albert B. Nealey, Levi W. Gilman, Isaac G. Curtis, Isaac R. Hall, James B. Tracy, Ira W. Coburn, John D. Stetson, James Wrigley, Josiah G. Coburn, John W. Danielson, Samuel B. Harmon, Samuel B. Parmenter, John W. Farwell, George W. Bean, Horace B. Bartlett, Noah Litchfield, Natt E. Davis, Lyman Prescott ( resigned, and Pardon N. Dexter elected ); Clerk, Edward P. Tobie ; Marshal, Warren P. Laughton.
1868- Mayor, Isaac N. Parker; Aldermen, Abial M. Jones ( resigned ), Ransom C. Pingree, Patrick McGillicuddy, Jesse S. Lyford, James Sands ( resigned ), Stephen 1. Abbott, Horace B. Bartlett, Joseph P. Fessenden ( to fill vacancy ), William J. Burnham ( to fill vacancy ); Councilmen, A. K. P. Knowlton, James Wood, Dan Whittum, Albert B. Nealey, Joel Nevens, Seth Chandler, George Webb, Theophilus B. Thompson, Harmon Dixon, James Wrigley, William H. Monroe, John A. Rodick, Josiah G. Coburn, David Cowan, Benjamin T. Emery, John W. Farwell, Pardon N. Dexter, John B. Cotton, Joseph Blethen, Daniel B. Jones, John B. Gareelon ; Clerk, Edward P. Tobie ; Marshal, Isaac S. Faunce.
1869 - Mayor, Isaac N. Parker; Aldermen, Joseph P. Fessenden, Jacob B. Ham, Milton C. Wedgwood, James Wrigley, William J. Burnham, Stephen I. Abbott, Noah Litchfield; Councilmen, John F. Putnam, John N. Wood, Daniel Wood, William Robinson, Martin A. Jones, William F. Garcelon, Joseph H. Day, C. I. Barker, H. H. Richardson,
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John A. Rodick, George Hanson, Horace W. Barber, Josiah G. Coburn, David Cowan, Richard R. Ricker, John W. Farwell, Elijah M. Shaw, Joseph A. Pierce, John B. Garcelon, Jason Rand, Daniel B. Jones; Clerk, Edward P. Tobie; Marshal, Isaac S. Faunce.
1870- Mayor, William H. Stevens; Aldermen, A. K. P. Knowlton, Mandeville T. Ludden, Alonzo Garcelon, Isaac C. Downes, William S. Rogers, Horace B. Bartlett, David Cowan; Councilmen, John F. Putnam, Alonzo D. Morton, Albert B. Furbush, Edward H. Cummings, Albert E. Frost, J. L. H. Cobb, Cyrus I. Barker, Roscoe C. Reynolds, H. H. Richardson, Aaron D. Thorne, Buel W. Dean, Rufus Carr, Richard R. Ricker, Cyrus Greely, Josiah G. Coburn, Benjamin P. Lowell, Joseph A. Pierce, Robert D. Sutherland, Jr, Jesse T. Stevens, William R. Wright, James Garcelon, 3d ; Clerk, Edward P. Tobie; Marshal, Osear G. Douglass.
1871 - Mayor, Alonzo Garcelon; Aldermen, John F. Putnam, Mandeville T. Ludden, David F. Noyes, George A. Drew, David Cowan, Stephen I. Abbott (resigned), Joseph P. Gill, William S. Rogers (to fill vacancy); Councilmen, Alonzo B. Morton, Albert B. Furbush, Abial M. Jones, Albert E. Frost, George A. Callahan, Benjamin Litchfield, Roscoe C. Reynolds, Thomas Ward, Eli B. Clark, Rufus Carr, John Riley, T. B. Rowell, Josiah G. Coburn, Cyrus Greely, Charles P. Wellman, Richard Skelton, David Phete- place, Eaton Patterson (resigned), William J. Rodick, William R. Wright, George W. Crockett, Benjamin A. Bailey (to fill vacancy); Clerk, Edward P. Tobie; Marshal, Roscoc C. Reynolds (resigned); Ham Brooks (elected to fill vacancy).
1872- Mayor, David Cowan; Aldermen, John F. Putnam, William F. Garcelon, Cyrus I. Barker, Ezekiel S. Davis, Cyrus Greely, William S. Rogers, Horace B. Bartlett; Councilmen, Abial M. Jones, Joseph H. Day, Alonzo E. Jackson, George A. Callahan, Benjamin Litchfield, Ai Brooks, Abial Daley, Nathaniel E. Skelton, Phil P. Getchell, Herbert C. Bradford, O. M. Maxwell, Linnens Chectham, Josiah G. Coburn, N. R. Lougee, Horace C. Little, Richard Skelton, Benjamin A. Bailey, David Pheteplace, John Goss, William F. Morrell, John S. P. Ham; Clerk, Edward P. Tobie; Marshal, H. H. Richardson.
1873- Mayor, Nathan W. Farwell; Aldermen, Ransom C. Pingree, William F. Gar- celon, Alonzo Garcelon, George A. Drew, Cyrus Greely, A. J. Morse, Horace B Bartlett ; Councilmen, Joseph H. Day, Daniel Holland, J. L. H. Cobb, Ai Brooks, Samuel W. Libby, Plummer C. Tarbox, James M. Small, Patrick MeGillieuddy, A. L. Goss, Frank A. Conant, John Brophy, John H. Gooch, Edmund Russell, Z. H. Spinney, Charles H. Perkins, Joseph W. Quimby, Hiram Snow, Byron W. Getchell, Abel Goddard, Joseph Miller, William J. Rodick; Clerk, Edward P. Tobie; Marshal, H. H. Richardson.
1874 - Mayor, H. H. Dickey; Aldermen, Ransom C. Pingrce, A. Wakefield, David F. Noyes, Michael A. Ward, Thomas Fillebrown, James Dempsey, Horace B. Bartlett; Councilmen, Abial M. Jones, John . Y. Seruton, Benjamin F. Clough, Samuel W. Libby, Plummer C. Tarbox, Frederick B. Sprague, Jabez W. Murray, Moses D. Golder, William Collins, George Pottle, John Brophy, Clinton B. Heath, Edmund Russell, A. B. Watson, William D. Pennell, Edwin D. Wiggin, John Scott, Wilson Moody, Nathan W. Dutton, Joseph Miller, Gideon Perkins ; Clerk, Edward P. Tobie; Marshal, David F. Noyes.
1875 - Mayor, Edmund Russell; Aldermen, Abial M. Jones, Warren E. Presscy, Alonzo Garcelon, Isaac C. Downes, William D. Pennell, David Pheteplace, Charles C. Cobb; Councilmen, John Y. Scruton, Benjamin F. Clough, Sylvanns D. Thomas, George S. Follansbee, George A. Chandler, Nelson Howard, William Collins, Patrick McGillicuddy, Selden A. Cummings, Thomas W. Murch, Thomas D. Thorne, Charles H. Hobbs, A. B. Watson, John H. Stetson, Milton C. Wedgwood, B. W. Getchell, Joseph J. Davis, Albert Cook, Nathan W. Dutton, D. Horace Holman, Gideon Perkins; Clerk, Edward P. Tobie (dec.); Everett A. Nash ( to fill vacancy ) ; Marshal, Oscar G. Douglass.
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1876 - Mayor, Edmund Russell ; Aldermen, Abial M. Jones, Warren E. Pressey, Alonzo Garcelon, Thomas Ward, William D. Pennell, Albert Cook, Charles C. Cobb; Councilmen, John Y. Scruton, Sylvanus D. Thomas, Frank E. Sleeper, Nelson Howard, Joseph W. Perkins, Albert E. Frost, William Collins, Patrick McGillicuddy, Moses D. Golder, George A. Drew, William Leader, Ervin V. Daly, John H. Stetson, John Garner, George A. Chandler, Menander Dennett, Hillman Smith, Frank E. Severance, D. Horace Holman, Joseph Blethen, Daniel B. Jones; Clerk, Everett A. Nash; Marshal, Oscar G. Douglass.
1877 - Mayor, Edmund Russell ; Aldermen, J. L. H. Cobb, Nelson Howard, Alonzo Garcelon, Jesse S. Lyford, William D. Pennell, Dennis J. Callahan, John B. Garcelon ; Councilmen, John Y. Scruton, Frank E. Sleeper, David B. Strout, Albert E. Frost, Joseph W. Perkins, Jacob L. Hayes, Alfred M. Hitchcock, William C. Bailey, Selden A. Cummings, Timothy J. Murphy, Ervin V. Daly ( resigned ), Richard Burke, George A. Chandler, John Garner, Fred B. Sands, Cyrus Haskell, Wilson Moody, G. G. Berry, Joseph S. Garcelon, Liberty H. Hutchinson, Frank W. Parker, W. W. Sanborn ( to fill vacancy ) ; Clerk, Everett A. Nash ; Marshal, Warren P. Laughton.
1878-Mayor, Jesse S. Lyford ; Aldermen, Joseph HI. Day, Oliver Newman, Patrick McGillicuddy, Michael Eagan, John Garner, Dennis J. Callahan, William J. Rodick; Councilmen, David B. Strout, Joseph K. Blanchard, Silas W. Cook, Roscoe C. Reynolds, Timothy O. Callahan, George G. Hartwell, Alfred M. Hitchcock, Calvin W. Clark, Thomas Sugrne, Timothy J. Murphy, Richard Burke, William W. Sanborn, Fred B. Sands, Richard R. Ricker, Isaac Goddard, Jr, Giles G. Berry, Wilson Moody, Cyrus Haskell, John W. West, Isaac A. Hayes, Ezra C. Kilgore; Clerk, Fred D. Lyford ; Marshal, John C. Quinby.
1879 - Mayor, Joseph H. Day; Aldermen, David B. Strout, William F. Garcelon, George F. French, Dennis J. Callahan, John Garner, James Chandley, Mandeville T. Ludden; Councilmen, Joseph K. Blanchard, Silas W. Cook, Seth Chandler, John Given, Plummer C. Tarbox, Rendall Dresser, Calvin W. Clark, Thomas Sugrue, William Collins, John Brophy, Thomas Kelley, William W. Sanborn, Fred B. Sands, Richard R. Ricker, William Lydston, Wilson Moody, Cyrus Haskell, Thomas Murphy, Daniel Allen, Elbridge G. Woodside, Andrew J. Hinckley ; Clerk, Charles F. Goss; Marshal, Hillman Smith.
1880 - Mayor, Joseph H. Day; Aldermen, David B. Strout, Liberty H. Hutchinson, Alonzo M. Garcelon, Dennis J. Callahan, Fred B. Sands, James Chandley, Nathan W. Dutton; Councilmen, Joseph K. Blanchard, Addison Small, Seth Chandler, Rendall Dresser, Henry A. Torsey, Fred H. White, William Collins, Frank W. Martin, Thomas Sugrue, Royal Quimby, John Brophy, Eben Murch, William Lydston, Charles Horbury, Cyrus Greely, Palmer C. Thompson, John B. Smith, L. LeFebvre, Elbridge G. Woodside, Melvin J. Googin, Daniel Allen; Clerk, Everett A. Nash; Marshal, Hillman Smith.
1881 - Mayor, Mandeville T. Ludden; Aldermen, Seth Chandler, Liberty H. Hutch- inson, Alonzo M. Garcelon, Daniel S. Fitzgerald, William Lydston, John B. Smith, Nathan W. Dutton; Councilmen, Addison Small, Isaac C. Merrill, Sylvanus B. Hayes, Henry A. Torsey, Fred H. White, Adelbert D. Cornish, Selden A. Cummings, Charles W. Waldron, Fred H. Thornton, Eben Murch, George W. Furbush, Joseph D. Montmarquet, Charles Horbury, Cyrus Grecly, Fred F. Garcelon, Cyrus Haskell, George F. Drew, Leon LeFebvre, Melvin J. Googin, Leonard P. Woodbury, William W. Clough; Clerk, Everett A. Nash; Marshal, Hillman Smith.
1882 - Mayor, David Farrar ; Aldermen, Seth Chandler, Jacob L. Hayes, Howard N. Wagg, Daniel S. Fitzgerald, Cyrus Greely, John B. Smith, Horace B. Bartlett; Coun- cilmen, Adelbert D. Cornish, Charles D. Lemont, Horace Libby, Sylvanus B. Hayes, Thomas B. Longley, Isaac C. Merrill, William Collins, Benjamin F. Peterson, Thomas Mansfield, George W. Furbush, Joseph D. Montmarquet, Everett O. Hilton, Fred F, Garcelon, Simeon H. Murray, Magloire Phaneuf, George F. Drew, Joseph E. Cloutier.
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Daniel Finn, Frank W. Parker, Albert L. Templeton, William W. Clough; Clerk, Everett A. Nash; Marshal, Hillman Smith.
1883 - Mayor, Alonzo M. Garcelon; Aldermen, Fessenden I. Day, Charles C. Wilson, Iloward N. Wagg, Moses D. Golder, Samuel Booth, Cornelius O'Connell, Archie L. Talbot ; Councilmen, Thomas H. Longley, Charles H. Miller, Albion K. Ordway, Roscoe C. Reynolds, John A. Traey, Oren A. Norton, William Collins, Benjamin F. Peterson, George W. Ham, O. Everett Hilton, Timothy F. Callahan, Frank Peltier, Stanislas Marcous, Josiah G. Coburn, James Vaughn, Joseph E. Cloutier, John J. Burke, Jonathan F. Ilerrick, George G. Wagg, Albert L. Templeton, Frank W. Parker; Clerk, William J. Rodick; Marshal, George W. Metcalf.
1884- Mayor, Nelson Howard; Aldermen, Fessenden I. Day, Albert E. Frost, Howard N. Wagg, Timothy F. Callahan, Samuel Booth, Cornelius O'Connell, Archie L. Talbot; Councilmen, Charles II. Miller, Albion K. Ordway, Edwin H. Woodside, Isaac C. Downes, Charles S. Crowell, Charles D. Lemont, Cornelius J. Callahan, S. A. Baker, John E. Gagne, William Leader, Cleophas Thibault; Fred E. Leavitt, Stanislas Marcous, James Vaughn, Nathaniel W. Tarbox, John Scott, Charles Marchand, Anthony E. MeDonough, George G. Wagg, Frank L. Hoyt, Ivory W. Emerson; Clerk, William J. Rodiek; Marshal, James A. O'Brien (acting).
1885- Mayor, Charles Walker; Aldermen, A. K. P. Knowlton, Roscoe C. Reynolds, Alonzo M. Gareelon, Timothy F. Callahan, Charles H. Osgood, Anthony E. MeDonough, Frank W. Parker; Councilmen, Edwin H. Woodside, James T. Small, Everett A. Nash, Orin A. Norton, Alva D. Barker, Isaac M. Blake, Cornelins J. Callahan, Michael A. Ward, Fred E. Leavitt, William Leader, Louis Joncas, Charles E. Morgan, Magloire Phaneuf, Mathew MeGawley, Wells H. Bates, Charles O. Godwin, Jeremiah F. Sullivan, Eli Roi, Frank L. Hoyt, Ivory W. Emerson, Frank L. Noble; Clerk, Wmn J. Rodick; Marshal, John French.
1886 - Mayor, David Cowan; Aldermen, A. K. P. Knowlton, Rendall Dresser, Charles G. English, Timothy Callahan, Pierre X. Angers, Michael A. Murphy, Frank W. Parker; Councilmen, Everett A. Nash, Isaac S. Faunce, James T. Tarbox, Isaac M. Blake, Charles D. Lemont, Edward Webb, Cornelius J. Callahan, Michael A. Ward, Benjamin F. Getchell, William Leader, Louis Joneas, Charles E. Morgan, Edwin C. Douglas, Israel B. Merrill, George W. Goss, James MeManus, Charles O. Paradis, John O'Rourke, Frank L. Noble, Alonzo W. Sturges, Byron S. Adams; Clerk, John Sabin; Murshul, Daniel Guptill.
1887 - Mayor, Daniel J. McGillicuddy ; Aldermen, Everett A. Nash, Alva D. Barker, Michael A. Coyne, Frank A. Conant, Pierre X. Angers, Michael A. Murphy, Frank L. Hovt; Councilmen, Isaac S. Faunce, James T. Tarbox, Albert S. Plummer, Isaac M. Blake, Cyrus M. Lunt, George F. Reynolds, Benjamin F. Getchell, Newton J. Wedgwood, Thomas Robinson, William Leader, Charles E. Morgan, John E. Gagne, Edwin C. Douglas, Israel B. Merrill, George W. Goss, James MeManus, Alfred W. Maillet, Menander Dennett, Alonzo W. Sturges, Byron S. Adams, Charles O. Morrell; Clerk, John Sabin; Murshal, Daniel Guptill.
1888- Mayor, Horace C. Little; Aldermen, Wallace H. White, Alva D. Barker, Michael A. Coyne, Fred L. Tarr, Pierre X. Angers, Michael A. Murphy, Frank L. Hoyt; Councilmen, Albert S. Plummer, J. Frank Boothby, William F. Wood, Cyrus M. Lunt, Charles S. Crowell, Eben W. Dresser, Newton J. Wedgwood, Thomas Robinson, Alexander Mc Williams, Augustus Marcous, Frank H. Johnson, Charles C. Benson, William Scott, James M. Sherman, Henri Lezotte, Menander Dennett, Alfred W. Maillett, Patrick J. Flaherty, Abram W. Gareelon, Charles O. Morrell, William A. Libby; Clerk, John F. Putnam; Marshal, Selden A. Cummings.
1889- Mayor, Horace C. Little; Aldermen, Wallace H. White, Cyrus M. Lunt, Napoleon B. Stockbridge, Charles C. Benson, Daniel S. Fitzgerald, James L. Kenney,
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Charles O. Morrell; Councilmen, William F. Wood, J. Frank Boothby, William T. Smart, Eben W. Dresser, Benjamin Litchfield, Michael P. McGillicuddy, James J. Mottram, Edwin K. Smith, Frank Wright, Martin A. Ward, George W. Cappers, Ossian N. Briggs, James M. Sherman, Henry Lezotte, Daniel E. Murphy, John O'Rourke, Patrick J. Flaherty, Cornelius W. Murphy, William A. Libby, Abram W. Garcelon, George M. Coombs ; Clerk, John F. Putnam; Marshal, Selden A. Cummings.
1890- Mayor, Daniel J. McGillicuddy ; Aldermen, Sylvanus B. Hayes, Cyrus M. Lunt, Henry Hines, Patrick J. Cronin, Louis J. Martel, John L. Kenney, William A. Libby; Councilmen, Samuel C. Leslie, Jr, George D. Armstrong, George W. Goss, Michael C. McGillicuddy, George C. Judkins, Jacob L. Hayes, George E. Harrison, Josiah B. Longley, Louis Langelier, Ossian N. Briggs, Oliver A. Frasier, Mathew McGawley, W. D. Crafts, John E. Gagne, Cornelius Russell, Frank Peltier, Cornelius W. Murphy, George W. Coombs, Andrew L. Marble, David A. Seannell; Clerk, Francois X. Belleau; Marshal, Mathew McGawley.
1891 - Mayor, William II. Newell; Aldermen, Sylvanns B. Hayes, Cyrus M. Lunt, Henry Hines, Alonzo M. Garcelon, Louis J. Martel, C. W. Murphy, William A. Libby ; Councilmen, Samuel C. Leslie, Jr, George W. Goss, George M. Kavanaugh, Michael P. McGillicuddy, George C. Judkins, Jacob L. Hayes, Josiah B. Longley, Cornelius O'Connell, P. M. Doyle, Cleophas Thibeault, William Leader, George Welpley, John J. Sheehan, Regis Provost, A. K. P. Harvey, Cornelius Russell, Frank Peltier, William Scott, David A. Scannell, A. Llewellyn Marble, Arion C. Peirce; Clerk, Francois X. Belleau; Marshal, Mathew McGawley. Treasurers, David Farrar, from 1862 to 1871; John S. Adams, 1872; David Farrar, 1873 to 1877; A. Wakefield, 1878; David Farrar, 1879 to 1881; A. M. Jones, 1882; Charles Walker, 1883 to 1885; David Farrar, 1886 to 1889; Seth D. Wakefield, 1890, 1891.
CHAPTER XVII.
Ecclesiastical History -Church Organizations-Schools.
T IT HE BAPTISTS. The Old South Church. - In 1783 Rev. James Potter, of Bowdoinham, Me, a Baptist preacher, made his first missionary tour to the then plantation of Lewiston, undoubtedly the first minister who visited the place. Mr Potter relates in his autobiography the circumstances and incidents connected with his first visit. His success was complete, but no effort was made to organize a church or society until 1789, and then a conference only was instituted, and the ordinances administered once in four months. The conference was composed of members residing in Lewiston, Greene, Bowdoin (now Webster), Freeport, Wales, New Gloucester, and Pejepscot (Danville), now the southern part of the city of Auburn. Scattered as they were, they maintained religious worship, receiving the ministrations
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HISTORY OF ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY.
of Rev. Messrs Potter, Case, and Macomber. Gathering strength with every year, they were enabled to organize a church March 3, 1792, consisting of 55 members, Potter, Case, and Macomber taking part in the recognition. The organization was probably effected in the barn of Abner Harris, who was without doubt one of the first deacons and at whose residence, for the most part, until 1795, the church worshiped. From 1795 until the completion of the "Old South Church " in 1888, the church worshiped in the school-house on what is now known as Rose Hill.
It is utterly impossible at this time, and in the absence of the church records, to state definitely when the church engaged its first pastor, Rev. Levi Chadbourn, who was received by them with more than ordinary interest. Prepossessing in appearance, with a fine address and apparent piety, he soon won the confidence of the church and the esteem of the community. The society immediately commenced the ereetion of a parsonage on land owned by Abner Harris, now owned and occupied by William M. Chamberlin, Esq., but it was not completed. Mr Chadbourn's stay was short. Slander assailed his character, and his usefulness in the community was destroyed. Notwith- standing these unfavorable circumstances the prosperity of the church was such that it was deemed expedient for the members who resided in other towns to organize conferences and churches in their respective communities; but this was not effected at once. The members who resided in Greene were constituted a church in 1793, and the same year those in Webster organized a conference, and in 1794 a conference was instituted in Pejepscot. The next year those living in New Gloucester were dismissed to form a new church, and those in Freeport were dismissed in 1797 to join the church at North Yar- mouth. The depletions made by these dismissals were more than filled by the accessions during 1794 and 1796, the fruits of interesting revivals which took place during those years. From the time of the organization of the church until 1802 the society received the occasional ministrations of Mr Potter; but now one of their own members, Rev. Benjamin Cole, was called to the pastorate of the church. Mr Cole remained the successful and honored pastor, with the exception of short intervals, when he supplied other places until near the time of his death, September 10, 1839. Rev. James Garcelon was pastor in 1815.
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