History of Methodism in Maine, 1793-1886, Part 85

Author: Allen, Stephen, 1810-1888; Pilsbury, William Hacket, 1806-1888
Publication date: 1887
Publisher: Augusta, Press of C. E. Nash
Number of Pages: 1146


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265


CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS, 1887.


BANGOR DISTRICT.


F. H. Osgood, Presiding Elder.


Argyle Circuit, -


Supplied by H. L. McCann.


Bangor, First Church,


Bangor, Union Street,


- -


- G. D. Lindsay. F. C. Rogers. - B. C. Wentworth.


Brewer and Eddington,


Brownville Circuit,


Carmel Circuit,


Clinton Circuit,


Dexter,


-


- - - J. R. Clifford. To be supplied. - T. H. Murphy. - A. J. Lockhart.


East Corinth and Corinth,


East Knox and Morrill,


Guilford Circuit,


-


-


Hampden,


-


-


Harmony Circuit,


-


Lagrange Circuit, -


Levant and Exeter,


Newport Circuit,


Oldtown, -


Orono and Upper Stillwater, Pittsfield,


- Prospect and Stockton,


Saint Albans Circuit, Searsport and North Searsport, -


-


Sebec Circuit, -


-


-


E. Skinner. C. L. Haskell. To be supplied.


- - -


A. A. Lewis. F. E. Whitham. To be supplied. J. S. Thompson.


Dixmont Circuit, Dover, -


-


Supplied by N. R. Turner.


- J. T. Crosby. D. H. Sawyer. - F. W. Towle. S. T. Page. - A. Prince. J. Tinling. W. H. Crawford. C. A. Southard. R. M. Wilkins. To be supplied.


-


Belfast,


272


CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS.


Unity and Troy,


Winterport,


W. Lermond. W. Baldwin.


David H. Tribou, Chaplain U. S. Flag Ship Lancaster, South Atlantic Station, sixteen years.


BUCKSPORT DISTRICT.


F. J. Haley, Presiding Elder.


Bar Harbor, - -


Brooksville and Brooklyn, -


-


Bucksport, - - -


-


Bucksport Centre,


Castine,


Cutler, 1


Columbia Falls Circuit,


Deer Isle, -


East Bucksport and Dedham,


East Machias and Whiting,


Eastport,


Edmunds and Marion,


Ellsworth, -


Franklin and Trenton,


Gouldboro and Steuben,


-


.


J. P. Nowlan.


Lubec,


- W. F. Stewart. M. Kearney. E. H Boynton. Supplied by M. B. Cook.


Meddybemps and Charlotte,


Millbridge and Cherryfield,


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


B. S. Arey.


Pembroke,


Penobscot and Bluehill, -


Robbinston and Perry,


South Orrington and Centre,


-


South West Harbor Circuit,


Supplied by P. D. Nowlan. Sullivan, -


Surry, -


-


- C. L. Banghart.


Wesley and Crawford, -


Supplied by T. S. Ross. A. F. Chase, Principal of East Maine Conference Seminary ; member of Bucksport Quarterly Conference.


H. H. Clark, Chaplain U. S. Navy thirteen years ; member of Bar Harbor Quarterly Conference.


H. E. Frohock. W. A. McGraw. - S. L. Hanscom. - D. B. Phelan. A. W. C. Anderson. W. B. Eldridge. D. Smith. - G. F. Bradford. W. H. Powlesland. C. H. Fuller. M. G. Prescott. Supplied by W. J. Kelley. - V. P. Wardwell. Supplied by E. A. Carter.


-


Harrington and Addison, -


-


Machias,


D. B. Dow. H. W. Norton.


Orland and West Penobscot,


Orrington,


- P. E. Brown. R. L. Nanton. T. A. Hodgdon. W. T. Jewell. O. H. Fernald.


273


CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS.


ROCKLAND DISTRICT.


C. A. Plumer, Presiding Elder.


Boothbay,


Bristol,


Camden,


China and Winslow,


Cushing and South Waldoboro,


Damariscotta and Mills,


Dresden,


East Boothbay and South Bristol, Friendship.


Georgetown and Arrowsic. -


Lincolnville and Northport,


Montville and Palermo.


North and East Vassalboro,


North and West Waldoboro,


Pittston and Whitefield,


Randolph and Chelsea.


Rockland,


Rockport,


-


Round Pond and Bremen,


Searsmont, -


-


Sheepscot Bridge, -


-


Southport, -


South Thomaston and Vinalhaven, Thomaston,


Union,


Vassalboro' and Cross Hill, -


Waldoboro', -


Washington.


Westport,


Windsor and Weeks' Mills,


Wiscasset, -


- -


I. H. W. Wharff. -


Woolwich,


-


-


-


J. Biram.


J. H. Reid left without appointment, to attend one of our schools.


HOULTON DISTRICT.


J. W. Day, Presiding Elder. Alexander and Cooper,


C. M. Whidden. XVIII


M. F. Bridgham. W. F. Chase. J. D. Payson. Supplied by W. B. Eldridge. Supplied by M. W. Newbert. G. B. Chadwick. James A. Morelen. W. L. Brown. E. S. Gahan. Supplied by W. B. Jackson. S. S. Gross, one to be supplied. Supplied by J. B. Conley.


J. P. Simonton. J. H. Bennett. B. B. Byrne. W. H. Faroat. L. L. Hanscom. C. A. Maine. W. W. Ogier. - G. Stillphen. T. R. Pentecost. S. M. Dunton. Supplied by S. Bickmore. C. B. Besse. J. R. Baker. Supplied by E. H. Hadlock. Oren Tyler. Supplied by S. H. Beale. Supplied by V. E. Hills. E. A. Glidden.


274


CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS.


Ashland Circuit, Calais,


Caribou Circuit, -


Danforth Circuit,


Forest City and Vanceboro,


Fort Fairfield Circuit,


Glenwood Circuit,


Supplied by Mark H. Siprelle.


Houlton Circuit,


Kingman Circuit,


W. H. Williams. F. W. Brooks. C. Rogers.


Lincoln and Mattawamkeag,


Mapleton Circuit, -


Supplied by S. M. Small.


Milltown, - - -


Monticello and Littleton,


- G. G. Winslow. Supplied by W. T. Johnson.


Moro Circuit, Supplied by L. M. Bosworth.


Patten, N. LaMarsh. Sherman Circuit, - Supplied by J. W. Price.


Springfield and Carroll, - To be supplied.


Topsfield Circuit,


To be supplied.


F. L. Brooks left without appointment, to attend one of our schools.


Non-effective Conference Ministers in 1848 and 1886, and Local Preachers in 1886.


In 1848, the Supernumerary Preachers were, Moses Donnell, Benjamin Jones, Jeremiah Marsh.


The Superannuated Preachers were, Joshua Hall, E. Scammon, E. Wiley, C. P. Bragdon, Francis Masseure, Nathaniel Norris, Daniel Cox, D. Stimpson, S. W. Partridge, John Batchelder, A. P. Battey. In 1886, the Supernumerary Preachers are, Lorenzo D. Wardwell, Benjamin F. Stinson.


The Superannuated Preachers are, W. W. Marsh, W. H. Pilsbury, R. Day, W. H. Crawford, D. P. Thompson, C. B. Dunn, B. M. Mitchell, L. Wentworth, J. N. Marsh, E. Bryant, E. M. Fowler, R. S. Dixon, A. Kendall, A. Church, N. Whitney.


In 1886, the Local Preachers are :


Bangor District. Elders.


J. M. Hutchinson, Detroit : D. Warren, Bangor ; J. Withee, Caribou ; J. M. Howes, Caribou ; N. R. Turner, Harmony ; K. N. Meservy, Charleston.


Supplied by S. Boody. C. E. Libby. C. E. Leverton. W. F. Prince. E. S. Walker. L. B. Withiee.


275


NON-EFFECTIVE CONFERENCE MINISTERS.


Deacons.


L. W. Kilgore, Moro ; S. Boody, Maysville ; L. C. Dunn, Brown- ville ; S. Staples, Monroe ; S. M. Small, Mapleton ; L. A. Gould, Nealley's Corner.


Preachers.


A. A. Cobb. Kenduskeag ; D. E. Genthner, Dover ; P. C. Parsons, Foxcroft ; J. H. Irvine, Caribou ; B. B. Thomas, Bangor ; W. B. Eldridge, Jr .. Corinna ; George F. Lilley, Smyrna Mills ; L. W. Glidden, Glenwood ; Andrew J. Lewis ; Mark H. Siprelle, Monticello ; Eli S. Walker, Lagrange; Frank W. Brooks, Kingman ; W. Hunter, Topsfield.


Rockland District. Elders.


S. Bickmore, Windsor; J. H. Beale, Washington; J. Lewis, Liberty ; A. Plumer, Damariscotta ; P. Rowell, Bristol Mills ; E. E. Ware, Thorndike.


Deacons.


J. Beedle, Dresden ; W. B. Jackson, Bath, ; M. W. Newbert, Cushing ; J. W. Perry, Westport ; D. W. Sawyer, Boothbay.


Preachers.


D. Cunningham, Windsor ; W. W. Davis, Waldoboro'; G. E. Files. East Thorndike ; V. E. Hills, East Northport; N. J. Jones, Round Pond ; J. C. Lamb, West Troy ; G. Messer, Union ; L. K. Morse, Rockport ; G. Stillphen, China ; J. S. Walker, Waldboboro'; Z. Washburn, China ; D. W. Wentworth, China; A. Winchenpaw, Friendship ; E. Wixson, China.


Bucksport District. Elders.


William Reed, North Bucksport ; Moses Palmer, Bucksport.


Deacons


D. B. Stinchfield, Princeton ; D. Godfrey, Jr., Orrington.


Preachers.


Eben G. Broomfield, South Lubec ; Edgar A. Carter, Cutler ; E. S. W. Platt, Steuben ; H. L. McCann, Bucksport; W. A. McGraw,


276


SESSIONS OF EAST MAINE CONFERENCE.


West Brooksville ; C. H. Fuller, East Machias ; T. A. Hodgdon, South Robbinston ; F. E. Witham, South Deer Isle; M. Kearney, Alexander ; L. B. Withee, Edmunds ; J. B. Conley, South West Harbor ; W. J. Kelley, Wesley ; D. B. Phelan, Bucksport Centre ; W. H. Powlesland, Bucksport.


SESSIONS OF EAST MAINE CONFERENCE.


Place.


Time.


Bishop.


Secretary.


Bangor.


Aug. 2, 1848.


Hedding.


A. Church.


Bneksport.


June 20, 1819.


Morris.


A. Church.


Frankfort.


June 26, 1850.


Morris and


A. Church.


Hedding.


Searsport.


June 11, 1851.


Jancs.


A. Church.


Milltown (Calais).


June 23, 1852.


Baker.


A. Moore.


Rockland.


June 8, 1853.


Janes.


A. Moore.


Damariscotta.


June 7, 1854.


Waugh.


S. F. Wetherbee.


Bangor (Pine Street).


June 6, 1855.


Amnes.


S. F. Wetherbee.


Bueksport.


July 2, 1856.


Simpson.


A. Church.


Camden.


May 20, 1857.


Morris.


A. Church.


Bangor (Union Street.)


May 19, 1858.


Jancs.


A. Church.


Thomaston.


Apr. 20, 1859.


Amcs.


A. Church.


Belfast.


Apr. 12, 1860.


Janes.


A. Church.


Searsport.


May 15, 1861.


Scott.


A. Church.


Cherryfield.


May 14, 1862.


Baker.


A. Church.


Rockland.


Apr. 29, 1863.


Simpson.


L. D. Wardwell.


Bueksport.


June 8, 1864.


Ames.


L. D. Wardwell.


Hampden.


May 17, 1865.


Baker.


L. D. Wardwell.


Waldoboro'.


May 17, 1866.


Janes.


B. S. Arey.


Wiscasset.


May 2, 1867.


Clark.


B. S. Arey.


Machias.


June 11, 1868.


Thompson.


B. S. Arey.


Bangor (Pine Street.)


May 20, 1869.


Clark.


B. S. Arey.


Rockland.


May 12, 1870.


Simpson.


B. S. Arey.


Dexter.


May 31, 1871.


Ames.


B. S. Arey.


Orono.


June 12, 1872.


Andrews.


B. S. Arey.


Damariscotta.


May 15, 1873.


Wiley.


B. S. Arey.


Belfast.


May 6, 1874.


Janes.


B. S. Arey.


Calais.


May 12, 1875.


Haven.


B. S. Arey.


Bucksport.


June 8, 1876.


Foster.


B. S. Arey.


Thomaston.


May 2, 1877.


Scott.


B. S. Arcy.


Rockland.


May 8, 1878.


Merrill.


B. S. Arey.


Dover.


May 7, 1879.


Foster.


B. S. Arey.


Bangor (Union Street).


June 3, 1880.


Foster.


B. S. Arey.


Belfast.


May 11, 1881.


Harris.


B. S. Arey.


Waldoboro'.


May 3, 1882.


Andrews.


C. A. PInmer.


Scarsport.


May 2, 1883.


Foss.


C. A. PInmer.


Camden


Apr. 16, 1884.


Harris.


C. A. Plumer.


Ellsworth.


May 7, 1885.


Bowman.


W. H. Williams.


Winterport.


May 6, 1886.


Warren.


W. H. Williams.


Bangor (First Church). May 5, 1887.


Walden.


I. H. W. Wharff.


277


DELEGATES TO THE GENERAL CONFERENCE.


Delegates to the General Conference. -


1852. William H. Pilsbury, Nathan D. George, Albert Church, Asahel Moore. Reserves,-Daniel Clark, George Pratt.


1856. L. L. Knox, C. D. Pillsbury, George Pratt, L. P. French. Reserves .- F. A. Soule, H. C. Tilton.


1860. Charles B. Dunn, Benjamin F. Sprague, E. A. Helmershausen. Reserve,-A. Prince.


1864. A. Church, L. D. Wardwell, George D. Strout. Reserves,- S. H. Beale, B. B. Byrne.


1868. Luther P. French. S. H. Beale, Edwin A. Helmershausen. Reserves,- Lorenzo D. Wardwell, Charles B. Dunn.


1872. C. B. Dunn, L. D. Wardwell, A. Prince. Reserves,-G. Pratt, E. A. Helmershausen.


1876. Cyrus Stone, George Pratt. Reserves,-L. D. Wardwell, C. F. Allen.


1880. B. S. Arey, G. R. Palmer. Reserves,-C. A. Plumer, A. Church.


1884. A. S. Townsend, C. A. Plumer. Reserves,- L. L. Hanscom, C. B. Besse.


278


NECROLOGY.


NECROLOGY.


Necrology of members of the East Maine Conference, 1848 - 1886.


NAMES.


Entered Ministry.


Date of Death. .


Age.


Years in ministry.


Jason Keith.


1844


Feb. 15, 1849.


33


5


Amos P. Battý.


1841


Oct. 9, 1849.


8


Benjamin Jones.


1809


July 18, 1850.


64


42


Isaiah P. Rogers.


1846


June 20, 1852.


35


6


Daniel H. Mansfield.


1845


Feb. 25, 1855.


45


10


C. H. A. Johnson.


1843


Apr., 1855.


32


12


John C. Prince.


1846


1858.


35


12


David Stimson.


1803


Aug. 4, 1856.


82


56


Mark R. Hopkins.


1840


June 3, 1859.


49


19


Seavey W. Partridge.


1839


Aug. 6, 1860.


48


21


Benjamin F. Sprague ..


1832


Aug. 18, 1860.


53


28


Moses Donnell.


1829


Oet. 2, 1861.


72


32


Joseph P. Freneh.


1848


Aug. 6, 1862.


37


14


Joshua Hall.


1792


Dee. 25, 1862.


94


70


Irving A. Wardwell.


1857


July 22, 1863.


32


6


Eplıraim Wiley.


1814


Sept. 30, 1864.


76


54


William Marsh.


1811


Aug. 26, 1865.


76


54


Alfred S. Adams.


1850


July 24, 1865.


41


15


Cyrus Phenix.


1842


Jan. 28, 1866.


48


24


Robert R. Richards.


1841


Aug. 9, 1866.


25


James Hartford.


1852


Aug. 8, 1866.


45


14


L. L. Shaw.


1846


Aug. 17, 1867.


45


21


Horaee L. Bray.


1854


Feb. 21, 1868.


37


14


John Atwell.


1810


May 30, 1868.


80


58


George D. Strout.


1827


Oct. 22, 1868.


66


41


James B. Crawford.


1862


Mar. 31, 1869.


40


7


Daniel Clark.


1826


May 22, 1869.


68


43


Edward Braekett.


1837


Sept. 30, 1869.


63


32


Nathan W. Miller.


1853


Feb. 22, 1870.


38


17


Eliakim Seammon.


1816


Nov. 28, 1870.


85


54


Oren Strout.


1850


Feb. 23, 1872.


70


22


Reuben B. Curtis.


1845


May 21, 1872.


60


27


John Batehelder.


1817


Feb. 15, 1873.


77


56


Jesse Harriman.


1832


Feb. 18, 1873.


80


51


Edwin A. Helmershausen.


1842


Nov. 10, 1873.


55


31


Jeremiah Marsh,


1816


June 12, 1874.


84


58


279


NECROLOGY.


NECROLOGY,- Concluded.


NAMES.


Entered Ministry.


Date of Death.


Age.


Years in ministry.


James W. H. Cromwell.


1869


Aug. 23, 1874.


31


5


Daniel Cox.


1828


Dec. 28, 1875.


74


47


Sullivan Bray.


1815


Mar. 15, 1876.


81


61


John S. Ayer.


1818


Jan. 18, 1876.


80


58


Otis R. Wilson.


1855


Nov. 12, 1877.


56


22


Phineas Higgins.


1828


Jan. 14, 1878.


72


50


Charles E. Knowlton.


1867


June 2, 1878.


35


11


Charles H. Bray.


1869


June 23, 1879.


39


11


Ephraim H. Small.


1845


Sept. 29, 1879.


70


35


Daniel M. True.


1867


Feb. 5, 1880.


54


18


Thomas B. Tupper.


1846


Dec. 1, 1881.


64


35


Nathan Webb.


1836


Jan. 18, 1882.


73


46


Eliot B. Fletcher.


1825


May 22, 1882.


84


57


George Pratt.


1836


June 28, 1882.


70


46


Charles L. Browning.


1830


Sept. 22, 1882.


85


52


Moses D. Miller.


1872


Feb. 25, 1883.


39


10


Nathaniel Norris.


1825


Nov. 10, 1884.


88


32


Hiram Murphy.


1859


July 18, 1884.


75


26


Abner S. Townsend.


1869


Feb. 28, 1885.


51


16


Moses D. Matthews.


1852


Oct. 7, 1885.


66


34


Alonzo J. Clifford.


1874


Dec. 3, 1885.


39


12


Benjamin C. Blackwood.


1852


Jan. 26, 1886.


67


34


William W. Marsh.


1860


June 18, 1886.


50


26


The foregoing table of decease of sixty Conference ministers, including effective Supernumerary and Superannuate, during the thirty-eight years' existence of the Conference, shows an average term of 30.85 years in the ministry, and an average life term of fifty-eight members, of 59.65 years.


During the thirty-eight years, the average number of ministers enrolled may be called 90.5.


The number of deaths in thirty-eight years being sixty, shows an annual average of one and five-tenths, making an average percentage of loss of one and fifty-eight one-hundredths.


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CONTENTS.


CONTENTS.


-


PREFACE,


INTRODUCTION,


Page 3 5


CHAPTER I. Page 7


New England denominationally pre-occupied.


CHAPTER II. Page 8 Jesse Lee's appointment to the Province of Maine. His route, reception and suceess.


CHAPTER III. Page 10 Creation of the East Maine Conference. Comparison of the two Maine Conferences. Inadequate supply of ministers in the East Maine. Exception to the completeness of administration.


CHAPTER IV. Page 15


First Session; Deceased Ministers.


CHAPTER V. Page 16 Memoirs .- (1) E. B. Fleteher. (2) George Pratt. (3) Charles L. Browning. (4) Benjamin Jones. (5) D. H. Mansfield. (6) Joshua Hall. (7) William Marsh. (8) John Atwell. (9) George D. Strout. (10) Jeremiah Marsh. (11) Sullivan Bray. (12) Bishop D. W. Clark.


CHAPTER VI. Page 29 Sketeles of deeeased worthies of a later generation .- (1) Zebulon Davis. (2) Theodore Seott. (3) Colyer Snow. (4) A family (Clifford) remarkable in three generations. (5) Josiah Higgins. (6) Mrs. Anna Niekerson. (7) Joseph P. French. (8) M. J. Talbot. (9) James Thwing. (10) Benjamin Franklin Tefft. (11) James B. Crawford. (12) Jolin S. Ayer. (13) Mrs. Mary Jones. (14) Mrs. Sarah B. Pratt. (15) Reuben B. Curtis. (16) Edwin Adams Helmershausen. (17) John Ham and Mrs. Mary Ham.


CHAPTER VII. Page 47 Biography of a few, who, having completed life's effective work, now wateh and wait till they shall hear the summons, "Your Father ealls, come come." (1) Rufus Day. (2) Abraham Plumer. (3) William Haeket Pilsbury. (4) William J. Dodge. (5) Caleb D. Pillsbury. (6) Albert Church. (7) Charles B. Dunn. (8) Seth Howard Beale.


281


CONTENTS.


CHAPTER VIII.


Page 57 Individual Circuits and Stations .- (1) Orrington Circuit. (2) East Machias. (3) Wiscasset. (4) Lubec Point. (5) Dresden Mills. (6) East Booth- bay. (7) Pittston and Chelsea. (8) Brewer. (9) Aroostook Mission. (10) Bristol. (11) Bear Hill, Dover. (12) Cutler. (13) Franklin. (14) Pittsfield. (15) North and West Waldoboro. (16) Georgetown and Arrowsic. (17) Pittston, East. (18) Sheepscot Bridge. (19) Rockland. (20) Hampden. (21) Brownville.


CHAPTER IX. Page 90 The same subject continued .- (22) Ellsworth. (23) Waldoboro. (24) Unity. (25) Bucksport. (26) Houlton, Hodgdon and Linneus. (27) Millbridge and Cherryfield. (28) Patten Circuit. (29) Whiting. (30) Bangor, Ist Church. (31) Bangor, Union Street. (32) St. Croix Circuit. (33)


Camden and Rockport. (34) Townsend, Southport. (35) Bremen. (36) Ronnd Pond. (37) South Thomaston. (38) Boothbay Harbor. (39) Windsor Circnit. (40) Searsmont. (41) Clinton. (42) Woolwich Circuit. (43) Montville and Palermo.


CHAPTER X. Page 121


The same continued .- (44) East Knox and Morrill. (45) Union. (46) Corinna. (47) Penobscot Circuit. (48) Castine. (49) Dennysville Circuit. (50) Pembroke. (51) Dennysville and Edmunds Mission. (52) Westport. (53) Lincolnville and Northport. (54) Cushing and South


(58)


Waldoboro. (55) Milltown. (56) Belfast. (57) Friendship. China. (59) Winterport. (60) Surry. (61) Buckstown (North Bucks- port). (62) Dixmont Circnit. (63) Gouldsboro. (64) Orland. (65) Machias.


CHAPTER XI. Page 154 Concluded .- (66) Harrington. (67) Deer Isle Circuit. (68) East Corinth. (69) Eastport. (70) Searsport. (71) Mount Desert. (72) Glenwood Circuit. (73) Kingman. (74) Vassalboro and Winslow. (75) Orrington Center and South Orrington. (76) Calais and Milltown. (77) East Bucksport. (78) Newport. (79) Harmony. (80) Guilford, Sangerville and Parkman. (81) Forest City and Vanceboro. (82) Lagrange, Brad- ford and Argyle. (83) Orono. (84) Danforth, Bancroft and Weston. (85) Monticello. (86) Bar Harbor. (87) Levant and Exeter. (88) Fort Fairfield Circuit. (89) Mapleton Circuit. (90) Lincoln. (91) Sherman Circuit. (92) Oldtown. (93) Dexter.


CHAPTER XII. Page 183


East Maine Conference Seminary. Its origin, and progress to 1887.


282


CONTENTS.


CHAPTER XIII. Miscellany.


Page 203


What next?


203


The Sunday School and Library,


205


Education and Distinguishing Titles,


211


Time limit of appointment of Itincrants,


215


The " Pulpit Supply Committee," and their work,


216


The "Woman's F. M. Society,"


218


Pastoral decline,


219


Spiritualism,


221


Abolitionism and Bishop Hedding,


224


SUPPLEMENT. Page 228


Additional Memoirs .- (1)Rev. Abner S. Townsend. (2) Caleb G. Robbins. (3) Rev. Elijah Crooker. (4) Rev. William W. Marsh. (5) Joseph Doane.


APPENDIX. Page 232


1. Pastoral record of all ministers who have been connected with the East Maine Conference since organization in 1848, to 1885; and of minisiters appointed to the same territory prior to 1848, so far as ascertained.


2. Personal items of ministers connected, in 1887, with East Maine Con- ference. Page 257


3. Comparative exhibit of miscellaneous statistics, as per Conference minutes of 1848 and 1885. Page 264


4. Pastoral appointments; with estimated claims and actual receipts, as per Conference minutes of 1848. Page 266


5. Appointments, with estimates and receipts, as per minutes of 1886. 268


6. Conference appointments in 1887.


271


7. Non-effective Conference Ministers in 1848, and in 1886; and Local Preachers in 1886. Page 274


8. Sessions of the East Maine Conference. 276


9. Delegates to the General Conference. 277


10. Necrology of members of the East Maine Conference, 1848 to 1886. 278


Pictures, and pages where inserted.


Rev. W. H. Pilsbury, Frontispiece- Bangor First Church-during the


Book II. Conference session of 1887, 102


Rev. Geo. Pratt, in first 1000, Page 17


Rev. A. S. Ladd, 104


Bishop Davis W. Clark, 26


Rev. O. H. Fernald, 162


Hon. Micah J. Talbot, 38


Rev. B. F. Tefft, 40


E. Me. Conference Seminary Buildings, 183


Rev. Seth H. Beale, 56


Rev. A. F. Chase, Ph. D., Prin-


Gco. Brooks, Orrington, 57


cipal of E. Me. Conf. Sem'y, 198


Rev. Clas. E. Libby, 92


Hon. Hiram Ruggles, Bangor, 200


Rev. A. S. Townsend, 228


O. C. Ward, Cherryfield, 97


Rev. Wm. W. Marsh, 230


Note .- Should any of the pictures, as above listed, not appear in the book, the editor pleads irresponsibility for the failure.


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ST. LUKE'S CHURCH


SHOWING THE FREEMAN MEMORIAL PANELLING AND THE HEDTLER MEMORIAL REREDOS


October 10, 1931.


Dear Friends :-


This letter is to tell you about the St. Luke's Day Special Services. As you all know, we have not had a Church Fair for several years but have been holding 3 days of special services instead.


This year we are following out the same plan and are asking all to give through the Special Envelope what they might reasonably expect to spend at the 3 days Fair.


Faithfully yours,


J. EDWARD HAND


Program of Sperial Seruires -


Friday, October 16, 7.30 p.m. Special Preacher, Rev. Geo. L. Paine


Saturday, October 17, 10 a.m. Holy Communion


Sunday, October 18, St. Luke's Day


8.00 a.m. Holy Communion


10.30 a.m. Morning Prayer and Sermon Preacher, Archdeacon Dennen 12 m. Church School 4.00 p.m. Confirmation Preacher, Bishop Sherrill


P. S. You are cordially invited to the ANNUAL GET-TOGETHER SUPPER on THURSDAY, OCT. 15th, at 6.30 p. m. J. E. H.


N. B. Pray for the success of our Mission, which will be held the week beginning November 29th. The Mission Preacher will be the Right Reverend Frank Du Moulin, D. D.


J. E. H.


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