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James Walker and Hannah I. Walker to Robert A. Chapman, beginning at the northeast corner of the common, and on said common westwardly 10 rods, to land of Edmund Merrill ; thence northwardly, 20 rods on Mer- rill's land and Walker's land; thence eastwardly to road to Barker's Ferry ; thence southwardly to first bound, July 25, 1832.
Eleazer Twitchell of Peckersfield, N. H., to John Grover of Sudbury Canada, two lots of land in said Sudbury Canada, being the 28th lot in the 5th range, and the 30th lot in the same range; Grover to pay two-thirds of the taxes on one whole right until the town is incorporated, October 27, 1780.
Eleazer Twitchell of Bethel, to Moses Mason of Dublin, N. H., the 16th interval lot, 100 acres more or less ; also lot 33 in the 4th range, March 16, 1798.
Hiram Allen to Robert A. Chapman, part of lot 22 in the 4th range, beginning at the east line of lot 23, on the Rumford road, and on said road to Daniel Grout's land; thence on said Grout to a stone wall on Dr. Mason's land ; thence westwardly on Mason's land to the east line of said lot 23, and land owned by said Chapman, 612 acres, June 24, 1836.
O'Neil W. Robinson to Robert A. Chapman, house and store and land on Bethel Hill, bounded westerly by the Common, and southerly and easterly by land of Dr. Mason and Hiram Allen, May 1, 1835.
Same to same, parts of lots 22 and 23 in the 4th range, commencing on the road leading from the Common to Greenwood, on the line between Jedediah Burbank's land and said Robinson's; bounded southerly by Bur- bank's land, easterly by Daniel Grout's land, northerly by Moses Mason's land, and westwardly by land of John Hastings, 2412 acres, May 22, 1835.
Hiram Allen to Gilman Chapman, part of lot 23 in the 4th range, the same land conveyed to said Allen by O'Neil W. Robinson, April 28, 1827, and the same conveyed to said Robinson by Marshall Bonney, (the heater between the Rumford and Barker's Ferry roads) April 29, 1836.
George Chapman to Gilman Chapman, part of 23 in the 4th range, same
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conveyed to him by James and Henry Stearns, May 29, 1835, May 12, 1836.
Timothy Chapman to Gilman Chapman, land on both sides of Alder river, composed of certain lots he bought of Alanson Tucker, Edward Thompson and Amos Hills, November 29, 1834. (Gilman Chapman, November 29, 1834, conveyed to George Chapman, this land, and also land he bought of Ayers Mason, and deeded October 15, 1834, it being that part of lot 19 in the 5th range, lying on the road to Walker's Mills, and that part of interval lot set off to first settled minister as lies south of said road.)
Ebenezer Ellingwood, shoemaker, to Ezra T. Russell, part of lot 23, con- veyed to him by Edmund Merrill, bounded easterly by the common, northwardly by land of said Russell, westerly by land of James Walker, and southerly by land of John Harris, 112 acres, excepting the small shop which stands upon it, August 4, 1835.
Ezra T. Russell to Jonathan A. Russell, all the land he possessed in Bethel, including that described above; also part of lot 23 situated next to mill brook, with potash thereon, August 8, 1836.
Jacob Ellingwood to O'Neil W. Robinson, land south of river-part of lot 23 in the 4th range, joining land of Dr. Mason, bounded 8 rods on the common, containing one acre, September 26, 1821.
Marshall Bonney to O'Neil W. Robinson, part of lot 23, beginning at the corner of land once owned by Calvin Stearns, on the east side of the road leading to river, on Stearns' line, easterly 13 rods, to land of James Walker ; thence southerly 8 rods, and thence eastwardly to said road and on said road to first bound, August 25, 1826.
Elijah Bond of Falmouth, to Moses Mason, ten acres of Bond's Island, August 4, 1801.
Elijah Bond to John Merrill and John Grover, part of Bond's Island, that part now belonging to said Bond, March 10, 1821.
Elijah Bond to Samuel Robertson, 434 acres of Bond's Island.
Elijah Bond to Porter Kimball, lot 1 in range 1, November 19, 1819.
Elijah Bond to Aaron and Charles Mason, part of the Great Island called Bond's Island, namely, all of the western part of the lower island that is not deeded to John Stearns, Aaron Mason and Samuel Robertson, it being 17 acres.
Elijah Bond of Falmouth, to William Barker of Bethel, lot No. 22 in the second range, July 3, 1810.
Porter Kimball to Abijah Lapham, lot number 2 in the first range in Bethel; also 26 acres from lot 1, range 1; also 15 acres of land on Ham- lin's Gore ; also one-half of lot number 3 in the first range, undivided, ly- ing on the road from Rumford to Woodstock.
Elijah Bond of Falmouth, to Daniel Grout, 25 acres off from the west island, lying opposite Capt. Amos Hill's land, March 16, 1809.
Elijah Bond to Thomas Jackman, number 33 in the second range, south of river, March 20, 1801.
Elijah Bond to George Estes, lot number 4 in the 5th range.
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Ebenezer Ellingwood to Ezra T. Russell, land bounded easterly by the Common, northerly by land of said Russell, westwardly by land of James Walker, and southerly by land of John Harris, August 4, 1835.
John Russell, Jr., to Timothy Wight, one acre of land beginning at the northwest corner, made by the roads leading from Bethel Hill to Barker's Ferry, and from Gilead to Rumford, September 2, 1834.
Ebenezer Ellingwood to Isaac Littlehale, the shoemaker's shop at Bethel Hill, standing between the store of George Chapman and Edmund Merrill's house, September 3, 1834.
Wm. Frye, administrator of Jacob Ellingwood, to John Harris, clothier, part of 24 in the 3d range, beginning at the northwest corner of said lot, and on said lot southwardly to the road leading from Robbins Brown's to Jedediah Grover, Jr. ; thence on said road to road leading to Gilead. Also another lot beginning at the southwest corner of Robbins Brown's house lot, thence south to mill brook; thence down said brook to other land of said Brown, etc., November 8, 1829.
William Frye, administrator of Jacob Ellingwood, to John Harris, part of lot 24 in the 3d range, beginning at northwest corner of land of Moses Twitchell, thence southerly 38 rods ; thence northerly to road leading to Bethel Hill; thence on said road westwardly to land owned by Jesse Cross ; then southwardly to southwest corner of Cross' mill yard ; thence to a pine tree on the bank of mill brook ; thence up said brook to Harris' land ; thence to Sylvanus Twitchell's land; thence to old county road to Greenwood, etc., November 28, 1829.
William Estes to John Harris, half of lot No. 21, in the second range, September 16, 1833.
William Reed of Norway, to John Harris and William Estes, lot 21 in the second range, February 9, 1832.
Freeman Twitchell to Ezra T. Russell, land deeded him by Edmund Merrill, and to said Merrill by James Walker, May 25, 1835.
Moses Twitchell to Sylvanus Twitchell, part of lot 23 in the 4th range, beginning near the northeast corner of the shoemaker's shop, formerly owned by Jacob Ellingwood, deceased ; thence southwesterly in front of said shop, on the line of the common and on land owned by Ezra T. Rus- sell, 35 feet to a bound; thence westerly to a post ; thence northwesterly in rear of said shop to a bound near the northwest corner of said shop, 33 feet ; thence easterly to first bound, July 30, 1833, (Sylvanus Twitchell sold the above property to Ezra T. Russell, January 7, 1837.)
Robbins Brown to Wm. Frye, part of 23 in the 3d range, on the county road adjoining land owned by John Price and land of Sylvanus Twitchell.
Timothy Carter to Timothy Wight, land conveyed to him by Benj. Rus- sell, and which was conveyed to said Russell by his father's will, except parts sold to Timothy Capen and Jonathan A. Russell, April 11, 1834. (Wight sold the above to Isaac Littlehale, September 2, 1834.)
Timothy and Mary Ann Wight to John Harris, homestead farm in Bethel, beginning on the old county road to Norway, near the garden fence of William Frye, thence southwardly 38 rods; thence southeasterly
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86 rods ; thence northeasterly 26 rods ; thence northwesterly to southwest corner of his (Wight's) orchard fence; thence on said fence to a stake and stones near the northwest corner of said orchard; thence eastwardly to southwest corner of said Frye's orchard fence; thence on said Frye's. orchard fence to the northwest corner thereof; thence eastwardly to first bound, 14 acres, December 25, 1833.
O'Neil W. Robinson to William Frye, lot 28 in the 4th range, May 20, 1825.
James Walker to Isaac Adams, Eliphaz Chapman, Geo. W. Chapman, Amos Hills, John Merrill and Eli Twitchell, land with the buildings there- on near the house of Eleazer Twitchell, and opposite the dwelling of Capt. Timothy Hastings, it being in the corner of the road leading from Capt. Eleazer Twitchell's to Norway, and being my present place of residence, consisting of nearly one acre of land and bounded as follows : beginning at the corner, running southerly on the road to Norway, eighteen rods ; thence westerly 8 rods ; thence northwardly by land of Eleazer Twitchell, 18 rods to the common ; thence eastwardly to the first named bound, Octo- ber 30, 1812. (The grantees were creditors of the grantor and took this property in liquidation of their claims.)
William Frye, administrator of Jacob Ellingwood, to John Harris, un- divided south half of lot number 24 in the second range, being all of said lot of which the said Ellingwood died possessed, November 28, 1829.
Sylvanus Twitchell of Orono, to John Harris, all of lot 23 in 3d range, which he had not sold to Timothy Wight and Wm. Frye; also the north fourth part of lot 23 in the second range, and all he then owned of lot 23 in the 4th range, January 1, 1836.
Sylvanus Twitchell to John Harris, lot number 18 in the second range, January 6, 1836.
Sylvanus Twitchell of Bethel, to William Frye, land with buildings thereon, beginning at the fence on the road leading to Norway, and thence on a line front of said Twitchell's house at a distance of 56 feet from same, 20 rods ; thence at a right angle 8 rods ; thence on a line parallel with the first, 20 rods ; thence at a right angle to first bound, May 16, 1822.
Lovell P. Chadbourne, wheelwright, to Ezra T. Russell, half of the land on Bethel Hill, deeded him September 1, 1831, by Isaac Adams, Eliphaz. Chapman and others, said land to be taken from the north end of said lot with the buildings thereon, February 5, 1831. (May 16, 1835, Russell sold the above property to Jedediah Burbank.
CHAPTER XXX.
FRATERNAL SOCIETIES.
FREE MASONS.
ULY sixth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, on petition, Grand Master Hiram Chase issued a dispensation to Edmund Merrill, Moses Pattee, Cyrus Wormell, Wm. W. Mason, William F. Foster, Thomas Holt and Newton Swift, to open a lodge at Bethel Hill. They worked under a dispensation until May third, eighteen hundred and sixty, when a charter was granted for a permanent lodge, to be known as Bethel Lodge, number 97. The lodge was duly organized, Thursday, June 14, when there was a special communication of the Grand Lodge convened at Bethel, consisting of the following officers :
Josiah H. Drummond, Grand Master.
Joseph Covel, Deputy Grand Master.
J. I. Stevens, Senior Grand Warden.
John B. Currier, Junior Grand Warden.
B. G. Barrows, Grand Treasurer.
Wm. B. Lapham, Grand Secretary.
H. C. Lovell and Zenas Thompson, Grand Chaplains.
Caleb Bessee and George W. Sholes, Grand Deacons.
Daniel Jacobs, Joel Perham, Jr., Wm. R. Howe and I. E. Lovey, Grand Stewards.
John B. Merrill, Grand Sword Bearer.
In the afternoon a procession was formed, headed by the South Paris band, and marched to Mason's Grove, where the Lodge was con- stituted in ample form. Under dispensation, the following brethren were elected members of the new Lodge : Charles Mason, Oliver H. Mason, Barker Holt, Moses A. Mason, Samuel F. Gibson, Albert H. Gerrish and John W. Partridge.
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The first board of officers elected under the charter was as follows :
William F. Foster, W. M.
William W. Mason, S. W.
Oliver H. Mason, J. W.
Samuel F. Gibson, Secretary.
Cyrus Wormell, Treasurer.
Albert H. Gerrish, Chaplain.
Charles Mason, S. D.
John W. Partridge, J. D.
Barker Holt, S. S.
Moses A. Mason, J. S.
Israel G. Kimball, Tyler.
The new Lodge was ably addressed by Rev. Joseph Covell, Rev. Zenas Thompson and Josiah H. Drummond. The procession was then re-formed and marched to the lodge room in Pattee's Hall, which was dedicated in due and ample form. The exemplification of the work in the third degree, closed the proceedings. The acting officers under the dispensation were William F. Foster, W. M .; Thomas Holt, S. W. ; William W. Mason, J. W., and Samuel F. Gibson, Secretary.
There were raised during the year eighteen hundred and sixty- one, Abner Davis, Ozmon M. Twitchell, William F. Lovejoy, John F. Allen, John Black, Charles M. Bean and Bethuel S. Sawyer.
The following have been the principal officers since that date :
1862. 1863.
Wm. W. Mason, W. M.
Oliver H. Mason, S. W. Same.
Ozmon M. Twitchell, J. W.
Samuel F. Gibson, Sec.
1864.
1865.
Oliver H. Mason, W. M.
Ozmon M. Twitchell, S. W.
Charles Mason, J. W. Wm. R. Eames, Sec. 1866.
Oliver H. Mason, W. M.
Charles Mason, S. W.
Israel G. Kimball, J. W. Barker Holt, Sec.
Oliver H. Mason, W. M.
Ozmon M. Twitchell, S. W. Charles Mason, J. W. Barker Holt, Sec.
1867. Enoch Foster, Jr., W. M. H. H. Williams, S. W. Barker Holt, J. W. Elijah S. Berry, Sec.
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1868.
H. H. Williams, W. M.
B. K. Bean, S. W.
Elijah S. Berry, J. W. James E. Ayer, Sec.
1870.
Edgar Powers, W. M. Wm. L. Grover, S. W. Llewellyn W. Bean, J. W. Leander. T. Barker, Sec.
1872.
Samuel F. Gibson, W. M. John A. Morton, S. W. Gilman P. Bean, J. W. J. E. Adams, Sec.
1874.
Goodwin R. Wiley, W. M.
Eben S. Kilborn, S. W. Albert A. Tuell, J. W.
Leander T. Barker, Sec.
1876.
Eben S. Kilborn, W. M. Albert W. Grover, S. W. Jarvis C. Billings, J. W. Leander T. Barker, Sec.
1878.
Jarvis C. Billings, W. M. D. Webster Towne, S. W. Geo. Weston Haskell, J. W. Leander T. Barker, Sec.
1880.
Wm. E. Skillings, W. M. Marcus W. Chandler, S. W. D. T. Timberlake, J. W. Leander T, Barker, Sec.
1882.
Marcus W. Chandler, W. M. Wilson Hammond, S. W. Joshua G. Rich, J. W. John B. Chapman, Sec.
1869.
P. Cleveland Wiley, W. M. Samuel R. Shehan, S. W.
Galen Howe, J. W. James E. Ayer, Sec.
1871.
Wm. L. Grover, W. M. John A. Morton, S. W. Gilman P. Bean, J. W. Leander T. Barker, Sec.
1873.
John A. Morton, W. M. Elbridge G. Wheeler, S. W.
Hamlin D. Roach, J. W. Leander T. Barker, Sec.
1875. Elbridge G. Wheeler, W. M. Albert W. Grover, S. W. Webster Towne, J. W. Leander T. Barker, Sec.
1877.
Jarvis C. Billings, W. M. D. Webster Towne, S. W. Geo. Weston Haskell, J. W. Leander T. Barker, Sec.
1879.
Albert W. Grover, W. M. Wm. E. Skillings, S. W. Marcus W. Chandler, J. W. Leander T. Barker, Sec.
1881.
William E. Skillings, W. M. Mark W. Chandler, S. W. Wilson Hammond, J. W. William E. Willard, Sec.
1883. Goodwin R. Wiley, W. M. Leander T. Barker, S. W. Elbridge G. Wheeler, J. W. Joel B. Chapman, Sec.
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1884.
1885.
Leander T. Barker, W. M. David Bridge, S. W. Elbridge G. Wheeler, J. W. John B. Chapman, Sec.
David Bridge, W. M. Harlan P. Wheeler, S. W. Chas. M. Anderson, J. W. John B. Chapman, Sec.
1886.
Same as 1885.
1887. Harlan P. Wheeler, W. M. Chas. M. Anderson, S. W. J. Hastings Bean, J. W. John B. Chapman, Sec.
1889. Jarvis C. Billings, W. M. Julius P. Skillings, S. W. Nathaniel F. Brown, J. W. David Bridge, Sec.
1888.
Chas. M. Anderson, W. M. J. Hastings Bean, S. W. Joshua G. Rich, J. W.
David Bridge, Sec. 1890.
Goodwin R. Wiley, W. M. Julius P. Skillings, S. W. Nathaniel F. Brown, J. W. David Bridge, Sec.
There have been many changes by death and removal since the lodge was constituted. Among the dead, are William F. Foster, John H. Douglass, Lawson C. Smith, Moses Pattee, Oliver H. Mason, Nathaniel T. True, Samuel F. Gibson, Daniel W. Towne, John Holt, Cyrus Wormell and Newton Swift.
The following were reported members in good standing in eighteen hundred and ninety :
Hollis Abbot, Chas. M. Anderson,
Samuel A. Brock,
Simeon H. Bean,
Horace C. Andrews,
Nathaniel F. Brown,
Arthur V. Barker,
Aldana Brooks,
Eben H. Barker,
E. I. Brown, David Bridge,
Leander T. Barker,
James M. Brown,
William Beavins,
Joseph F. Barden, Solon Bartlett, George O. Bean, B. Kendall Bean, Gilman, P. Bean, John Hastings Bean, Heman N. Bean, Elijah S. Berry, J. Frank Ballard, Wm. A. Bragg,
Jarvis C. Billings, S. W. Butterfield, Wm. L. Carter, Horatio T. Chase,
Moses R. Chandler, Marcus W. Chandler, Fred Clark, Ezra M. Cross,
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John B. Chapman,
Wm. F. Lovejoy,
Davis G. Lovejoy,
Warren O. Douglass, True E. Estes,
Edwin R. Lane,
Hiram E. Ellingwood,
Jonas G. Lary,
Samuel K. Estes,
Talleyrand G. Lary,
Samuel A. Eames,
Wm. W. Mason,
Seth C. Farrington,
Oliver H. Mason,
Richard A. Frye,
Moses A. Mason,
Chas. A. Frost,
Charles Mason,
Enoch Foster,
John A. Morton,
Thomas G. Flint,
Harry H. McKeen,
Wm. L. Fickett,
Elijah K. Morrill,
Bion L. Folsom,
Moses Pattee, 2d,
Wm. L. Grover,
Charles H. L. Powers,
Wm. B. Godwin,
Samuel D. Philbrook,
Edward M. Gibson,
Lyman W. Russell,
Albert W. Grover,
George W. Haskell,
Wm. O. Straw,
George P. Hall,
Simeon W. Sanborn,
Wm. C. Howe,
Wm. E. Skillings,
Geo. R. Holt,
Julius P. Skillings,
Charles H. Hersey,
Nathaniel Trask,
Joseph Hutchins,
Rufus J. Virgin,
Charles D. Hill,
Seth Walker,
T. O. Jordan,
Abner W. West,
Charles S. Johnson,
Goodwin R. Wiley,
Eben S. Kilborn,
Elbridge G. Wheeler,.
Chas. W. Kimball,
Harlan P. Wheeler,
Calvin M. Kimball,
Albert L. Widber,
Asa Kimball,
Solomon R. Widber,
Israel G. Kimball,
Caleb Wight, Jr.,
Marcus E. Kilgore,
Oscar F. Whitman,
C. C. Kimball,
Cyrus M. Wormell.
ODD FELLOWS.
Mt. Abram Lodge, No. 31, was instituted at Bethel, October 3, 1873. The charter members were A. M. True, J. T. Chapman, R. L. Lurvey, E. W. Scribner, J. F. Pressey, Clifton Jones, O. D. Clough.
Officers were elected and installed as follows :
A. M. True, Noble Grand. R. L. Lurvey, Secretary.
J. T. Chapman, Vice Grand. H. W. Gage, Treasurer.
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Daniel S. Hastings,
Ceylon Rowe,
D. Milton Grover,
Wm. Philbrook,
Alvan B. Godwin,
Elijah B. Goddard,
Joshua G. Rich,
Newton E. Richardson,
Adelbert C. Scribner,
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Following is a list of officers elected semi-annually since the first election :
July, 1874.
A. M. True, N. G.
O. D. Clough, V. G.
J. S. Record, Sec,
R. L. Lurvey, Per. Sec.
Charles Mason, Treas.
July, 1875.
O. D. Clough, N. G.
Fred Clark, V. G.
C. C. Gerrish, Sec.
A. B. Stevens, Per. Sec. Charles Mason, Treas.
July, 1876.
George Brown, N. G.
Eben Clough, Jr., V. G. J. M. Twitchell, Sec. A. B. Stevens, Per. Sec. Hiram Young, Treas.
July, 1877.
G. W. Haskell, N. G.
Milton Holt, V. G. J. M. Freeman, Sec. A. B. Stevens, Per. Sec. Hiram Young, Treas.
July, 1878.
T. B. Kendall, N. G.
Frank Leach, V. G.
D. C. Rose, Sec.
A. B. Stevens, Per. Sec. Hiram Young, Treas.
July, 1879.
J. T. Beavins, N. G. Charles Brown, V. G. D. C. Rose, Sec. A. B. Stevens, Per. Sec. Hiram Young, Treas.
July, 1880.
A. M. True, N. G. T. H. Jewett, V. G. John B. Chapman, Sec. A. B. Stevens, Per. Sec. Hiram Young, Treas.
January, 1875.
J. T. Chapman, N. G. Fred Clark, V. G.
Everett Hammons, Sec.
R. L. Lurvey, Per. Sec. Charles Mason, Treas.
January, 1876.
Fred Clark, N. G.
C. M. C. Bishop, V. G.
R. L. Lurvey, Sec.
A. B. Stevens, Per. Sec. Hiram Young, Treas.
January, 1877.
Eber Clough, Jr., N. G. G. W. Haskell, V. G.
A. M. True, Sec.
A. B. Stevens, Per. Sec. Hiram Young, Treas.
January, 1878.
A. M. True, N. G.
T. B. Kendall, V. G.
J. M. Freeman, Sec.
A. B. Stevens, Per. Sec. Hiram Young, Treas.
January, 1879.
J. F. Leach, N. G.
J. S. Stevens, V. G.
D. C. Rose, Sec.
A. B. Stevens, Per. Sec. Hiram Young, Treas.
January, 1880.
Charles E. Brown, N. G. Joseph S. Mason, V. G. D. C. Rose, Sec. A. B. Stevens, Per. Sec. Hiram Young, Treas.
January, 1881.
T. H. Jewett, N. G. Milton Holt, V. G. John B. Chapman, Sec. D. C. Rose, Per. Sec. Hiram Young, Treas.
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July, 1881.
Milton Holt, N. G. W. E. Skillins, V. G. John B. Chapman, Sec. D. C. Rose, Per. Sec. Hiram Young, Treas.
July, 1882.
W. W. Virgin, N. G. Wilson Hammons, V. G. John B. Chapman, Sec. D. C. Rose, Per. Sec. Hiram Young, Treas.
July, 1883.
S. I. French, N. G.
Charles Bisbee, V. G. A. M. True, Sec. John B. Chapman, Per. Sec. Hiram Young, Treas.
July, 1884.
W. W. Virgin, N. G. Tristram H. Durrell, V. G. A. M. True, Sec. John B. Chapman, Per. Sec. Hiram Young, Treas.
July, 1885.
Alfred W. Valentine, N. G. Henry Farwell, V. G. A. M. True, Sec. John B. Chapman, Per. Sec. Hiram Young, Treas.
July, 1886.
Henry Farwell, N. G. Harold B. Chapman, V. G. A. M. True, Sec. John B. Chapman, Per. Sec. Hiram Young, Treas.
July, 1887.
S. I. French, N. G. Wallace Farwell, V. G. Charles Mason, Sec. Alfred W. Valentine, Per. Sec. Hiram Young, Treas.
January, 1882. S. I. French, N. G. W. W. Virgin, V. G. John B. Chapman, Sec. D. C. Rose, Per. Sec. Hiram Young, Treas.
January, 1883. Wilson Hammons, N. G. J. F. Leach, V. G. A. M. True, Sec. John B. Chapman, Per. Sec. Hiram Young, Treas.
January, 1884. Calvin Bisbee, N. G. George O. Abbott, V. G. A. M. True, Sec. John B. Chapman, Per. Sec. Hiram Young, Treas.
January, 1885. Tristram H. Durrell, N. G. Alfred W. Valentine, V. G. A. M. True, Sec. John B. Chapman, Per. Sec. Hiram Young, Treas.
January, 1886. Alfred W. Valentine, N. G. Henry Farwell, V. G. A. M. True, Sec. John B. Chapman, Per. Sec. Hiram Young, Treas.
January, 1887. Henry Farwell, N. G. Harold B. Chapman, V. G. A. M. True, Sec. Alfred W. Valentine, Per. Sec. Hiram Young, Treas.
January, 1888. Wallace Farwell, N. G. William C. Turner, V. G. Henry Farwell, Sec. Alfred W. Valentine, Per. Sec. Hiram Young, Treas.
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July, 1888.
William C. Turner, N. G.
Charles E. Benson, V. G. Henry Farwell, Sec. Morton G. Burbank, Per Sec. S. I. French, Treas.
July, 1889.
Charles E. Benson, N. G. Charles Mason, V. G. Henry Farwell, Sec. Morton G. Burbank, Per. Sec. S. I. French, Treas.
July, 1890.
Charles Mason, N. G. Thomas B. Kendall, V. G. Chauncey B. Bryant, Sec. Fred L. Edwards, Per. Sec. S. I. French, Treas.
July, 1891.
Gustavus A. Burbank, N. G. Chauncey C. Bryant, V. G. Henry Farwell, Sec. Fred L. Edwards, Per. Sec. S. I. French, Treas.
January, 1889. Charles E. Benson, N. G. Charles Mason, V. G. Henry Farwell, Sec. Morton G. Burbank, Per. Sec. S. I. French, Treas.
January, 1890.
Charles Mason, N. G.
Thomas B. Kendall, V. G.
Henry Farwell, Sec. Fred L. Edwards, Per. Sec. S. I. French, Treas.
January, 1891.
Thomas B. Kendall, N. G. Charles G. Kimball, V. G. Chauncey B. Bryant, Sec. Fred L. Edwards, Per. Sec. S. I. French, Treas.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
Cuvier Grover Post, number 30, was organized at Bethel Hill, April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and flourished for a time, but ceased to exist prior to eighteen hundred and seventy- seven. Of the first forty-eight posts organized in the State prior to eighteen hundred and seventy, thirty-nine became defunct prior to eighteen hundred and seventy-seven. There were various causes operating to bring about this result which need not be mentioned.
Brown Post, number 84, was chartered August twenty-third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three. It was named in memory of Harlan Page Brown, who was killed at the battle of Antietam, and of his brother, Wm. H. H. Brown, who died while serving in the department of the Gulf. The charter members of this Post were :
Joseph L. Oliver, Samuel F. Gibson, Justus Aspinwall, Enoch Foster,
Frank E. Needham, Fred A. Clark, Simeon W. Sanborn, Clifton Jones,
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James S. Lane,
Albion C. Chapman,
Hezekiah G. Mason,
Charles R. Bartlett,
John A. Morton,
Ira A. Clark,
Wm. L. Grover,
Ai E. Seavy,
Alvin B. Godwin,
Asa B. Stowell,
Algernon S. Chapman,
Wm. H. Gray,
Henry C. Barker,
John Lydon,
Peter Y. Bean,
Charles B. Keith.
Under the charter, the Post was organized by the choice of Enoch Foster, Commander ; Wmn. L. Grover, Senior Vice Commander ; Alfred M. True, Adjutant, and Samuel F. Gibson, Quartermaster. The post has had a good degree of success and has steadily gained in numbers and influence. Seventy-nine persons have joined the Post, and the present number is sixty-five. The falling off has been occasioned by deaths and removals from town, mostly the former. The present (1891) officers are : John A. Morton, Commander ; Joseph E. Russell, Senior Vice Commander ; James H. Barrows, Junior Vice Commander ; Algernon S. Chapman, Quartermaster ; Alfred M. True, Adjutant, and Abial Chandler, Jr., Chaplain. Connected with the Post is a well managed and flourishing Ladies Relief Corps.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
A Lodge of the Knights of Pythias was instituted at Bethel Hill, but for some cause it did not take deep root, although started by leading citizens of the village, and it soon became defunct.
CHAPTER XXXI.
BETHEL HILL.
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