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of Highways. Measures were immediately taken for im- proving and opening roads, and for the establishment of schools. Four shillings a day, in silver currency, were voted a day's wages for a man or a yoke of oxen working on the highways, and £60 lawful money, silver currency, voted for payment of the assessors' salaries. The collector was allowed 9d. on each pound collected. For the regulation of commerce a price was set upon shingles, elapboards, and staves. At a meeting held May 15th, John Smith and George Hooper were appointed a committee to settle the boundaries between the head of Biddeford, Arundel, and Coxhall, for which they were allowed 4s. a day. Another town-meeting was held Jan. 3, 1782, to consider the boundary troubles, when it was voted to defend any persons residing within the supposed limits of Little Falls Planta- tion who were distressed by the constable of Coxhall. For many years the boundaries were in an unsettled condition, occasioning frequent and serious disputes, which retarded the settlements and growth of the town. After the incor- poration of the town of Limington, in 1792, commissioners were appointed to adjust the boundaries between the two towns, but, they failing to agree, the General Court estab- lished the line June 15, 1803.
By 1790 the population of the town had increased to 607. At an election held October 4th of that year, at the house of Capt. Peter Page, in voting for member of Con- gress, George Thacher, of Biddeford, received 13 votes, and Nathaniel Wells, of Wells, 1 vote.
A movement was soon after started to divide the planta- tion. A petition signed by Joseph Chadbourne and others living in the southern part (now Dayton), asking that the lower part of the plantation be set off and incorporated, was presented to the General Court of Massachusetts, May 25, 1797. This petition was not granted. Jan. 27, 1798, the town was incorporated under the name of Phillipsburg, which name it received in honor of Maj. William Phillips. At the same time a tract comprising about 2000 acres, mostly plains, and joining the Little Ossipee River, was annexed to the town of Limington. At the first town- meeting, held at the house of Stephen Hopkinson, Sept. 27, 1798, Joseph Chadbourne, Esq., was chosen Moderator, Stephen Hopkinson was elected Town Clerk, and the meet- ting was adjourned to the dwelling-house of Isaiah Brooks, where Eben Cleaves, Stephen Hopkinson, and John Smith were chosen Selectmen and Assessors; James Berry, Col- lector ; Nathaniel Whittier and Richard Palmer, Constables and Collectors ; Joseph Leland, Treasurer ; Caleb Locke, Joseph Jordan, Daniel Smith, Tithingmen ; John Smith, Elisha Smith, Benj. Haley, Surveyors of Highways ; Dan- iel Stone, Benj. Warren, Robert Nason, Fence-Viewers; Jonathan Drew, Joshua Heard, Joseph Nason, Nathaniel Smith, Hog-Reeves ; Eben Cleaves, Joseph Chadbourne, Joseph Patterson, Thomas Witson, Moses Atkinson, Sur- veyors of Lumber ; Joseph Patterson, Lot-Layer; Eben Cleaves, Sealer of " Wates and Masuers;" Caleb Cook, Sealer of Leather.
Previous to its incorporation, corn was taken in part payment of taxes of the plantation. The first vote for State officers, in 1791, gave " His Excellency John Han- cock" 27 votes.
RES. OF.THE LATE ELLIS B. USHER, HOLLIS, MAINE.
RES. OF THE LATE HON. NATHANIELJ. MILLER BAR MILLS, MAINE.
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The name of the town became a new source of trouble, because, as the record says, " It was too long to write, and too hard for the younger ones to pronounce." Nov. 5, 1810, a meeting of the freeholders was called, and Col. Isaac Lane, Capt. Eben Cleaves, Maj. James Warren, Jesse Locke, John Dennett, Elliot Vaughn, and Elisha Hight were elected a committee to select " a shorter and more appropriate name." May 6, 1811, the name was changed from Phillipsburg to Hollis.
On the vote for the separation of Maine from Massa- chusetts, taken in 1816, the town of Hollis gave 162 votes for and 6 against separation.
Improvement of highways has received great attention from the first, and the town now rejoices in good roads. There has been over $120,000 expended for their repair during the present century, besides the especial appropri- ations for building bridges.
The following notice shows the arbitrary power exercised by freeholders in the early days of the town :
" To EBENT. CLEAVES, ONE OF THE CONSTABLES OF PHILLIPSBURG:
"You are, in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Directed to warn and give notice unto John Lane, of the town of fry- burg, in the County of York, who has lately Come into this town for the purpose of abiding therein, not having obtained the town Consent therefor, that he depart the limits thereof with his children and others under his Care within fifteen Days; and of this precept, with your doings thereon, you are to make returns thereon into the office of the Clerk of the town within twenty days next coming, that such further proceeding may he had in the premises as the Law direct. Given under our hands and Seal at Phillipsburg aforesaid, this seventeenth of May, A.D. 1804.
" JOHN DENNET, } Selectmen of " JOHN SMITH, " said town."
Elections were first held at the house of Capt. John Smith. In 1785 the place of meeting was changed to the dwelling of Capt. Peter Page, the Boiling Spring school- house, and in 1792 to the house of James Patterson and Stephen Hopkinson. They also were held in the upper and lower meeting-house alternately, from 1806 to 1816, when a town-house was built at Salmon Falls.
This was the seat of town government until the erection of the town of Dayton, in 1854; after which the building was moved to its present location in the east, near Roulf Island, on the Saco River.
WATER-POWERS.
Bonny Eagle Falls, seven and three-quarter miles above Salmon Falls, on Saco River, is a water-power of forty-eight and one-half feet descent in a distance of half a mile, fur- nishing 3263 horse-power eleven hours a day, and 1504 horse-power for twenty-four hours, during the most ex- treme drouth. Good sites for mills and reservoirs exist. There is a mill on the Hollis side which consumes annually 2,000,000 feet of lumber in the manufacture of headings, box-shooks, and light wood-work. Moderation Falls, a mile and a quarter below, with a continuous flow of 420 horse-power, obtained in a fall of fourteen feet in a distance of thirty-six rods, is utilized by two woolen-factories, saw- mills with a capacity of cutting 11,000,000 feet of lumber annually, shingle-mills, heading-machines, a grist- and plas- ter-mill, and the manufacture of sugar-shooks.
Five miles farther down the river Bar Mills Falls has a
descent of eighteen feet in sixty rods, with a total power at low water of 450 horse, or 1178 for eleven hours. The ground on either side is naturally favorable for the erection of mills. There are saw-mills on both sides of the falls, heading- and sugar-box shook-machines in Hollis, and also a grist- and plaster-mill. The Portland and Rochester Railroad, passing near, furnishes an outlet for goods, which find their chief market through Portland.
The valuable water-power at Salmon Falls, owned by the Saco Water-Power Company, and controlled by a dam twenty feet in height at the head of the falls, has a fall of sixty-two feet in running little more than two hundred rods. This fall has a force of 1860 horse-power for twenty-four hours, or 4050 horse-power, equal to 162,000 spindles, for eleven hours a day, surrounded by good building locations on either side of the river, and with granite and good brick-making clay within easy distance. It is now only occupied by a grist-mill, shingle-mill, and headiog-machine. Besides these, two saw-mills obtain their power from the outlet of Kellick's Pond, one on Cook's Brook, in the south of the town, and two near its entrance into the Saco, on a fall of forty feet.
VILLAGES AND HAMLETS.
WEST BUXTON.
West Buxton is finely situated on both sides of the Saco River, with the main part in Hollis, comprising 92 dwell- ings, 13 of which have been built since 1872, a church, school-house, 2 hotels, and the following manufactories and trades :
Hollis Manufacturing Company : A. Little, President ; E. Hargraves, Treasurer and Agent. This is a four-set mill, erected in 1860, and employing 40 to 60 operatives in the manufacture of flannels and cassimeres.
Wool-carding : J. W. Clark, erected in 1854 by David Guston and Nathaniel Martin.
Saw- and heading-mills: A. K. P. Lord, established in 1870.
General stores : Edwin A. Habson, since 1876, estab- lished by James Moulton in 1870; William H. Smith, established in 1866.
Millinery : Mrs. B. M. Sprague, established in 1877.
Jewelry : A. H. Barnes, established in 1871.
Hotels: Charles Hobson, established in 1877 ; Timothy Tarbox, established in 1854.
Carpenter and builder: M. P. Sawyer, established in 1878.
Blacksmith : Willis Crockett, established in 1872.
There are also two stores unoccupied.
BONNY EAGLE.
Bonny Eagle, a mill-hamlet in the north, contains the large gang-mills of Isaac L. Came, on the island ; general store of J. M. Hutchinson ; saw-, heading-, and box-mill of Abijah Russell ; grocery-store of F. A. Usher; 12 dwell- ings, and a meeting-house.
HOLLIS.
Hollis, opposite Salmon Falls, comprises the residences of J. A. Fellows and William Sweat, physicians; store of
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C. C. Leavitt & Son, and 12 other dwellings, half of which are of brick, and many . years old. Mails daily; J. F. Leavitt, postmaster.
BAR MILLS.
Bar Mills contains 22 dwellings in Hollis, and the gen- eral merchandise store of Dyer & MeKenney, formerly W. H. Dyer, and the manufactories of C. W. McKenney, lum- ber ; J. F. Warren, thin lumber and shingles; Palmer, Maddox & Brooks, spool-factory and wood turning. Dr. E. Bacon was located here in 1871, and Dr. James Haynes in 1877. Hollis Centre Depot, on the Portland and Rochester Railroad, two miles westward, contains the post-office of that name ; the stores of John E. Wakefield, T. C. Mulvey, H. B. Hooper, and 20 dwellings within a radius of half a mile. The mercantile business has grown up since the opening of the railroad. Postmaster, W. H. Dyer. The post-office, at the old tavern at North Hollis, was discon- tinued on the opening of the railroad.
There are also the stores of George E. Burnham, estab- lished in 1876, near the west line; Horace D. Benson's store, established in 1875; and near the town-house is the store of E. S. Guilford, established in 1878.
BURIAL-GROUNDS.
The well-laid-out cemetery on the knoll above the village of West Buxton covers three and a half acres of land, and was opened in 1846. Among those buried there are Rev. Alvin Crockett, Rev. Freeman Chaney, who died in 1843, Rev. Elery T. Eastman, Thomas Clark, Deacon Joseph Hobson, who was for many years a prominent and highly respected citizen of the town, Edward Peabody, M.D., and Stephen Hill, Esq., who died in 1871, aged eighty-one years. Bonny Eagle Burying-Ground contains the graves of James Ridlon, died 1821, aged sixty-eight; Abijah Usher, died 1736, aged eighty ; Capt. David Nason, and the mon- ument of the Lane family. There are many private burying- grounds scattered through the town, most of which are on the oldest settled farms, and many of which contain graves marked with rough headstones and containing unknown occupants.
CIVIL LIST. CLERKS.
PLANTATION OF LITTLE FALLS .- Zebulon Gordon, 1781; Joseph Chad- bourne, 1782-88; Joseph Patterson, 1789-93; Daniel Granger, 1794 : Joseph Chadbourne, 1795; Stephen llopkinson, 1796-98. PHILLIPSBURGH .- Stephen llopkinson, 1798; Stephen llopkinson, Joseph Jordan, vacancy, 1798-1810; Jesse Locke, ISI1.
lloLLIS .- l'eleg F. Groves, 1812; Joseph Jordan, 1813-15; Ellis B. Usher, 1816-18 ; Moses Dunn, 1819-29; Jabez Bradbury, 1830- 31; Isiae Merrill, 1832-36 ; Nathaniel J. Miller, 1837-41 ; Isaac Merrill, 1842-45 ; James R. Haley, 1846 ; Isaac Merrill, 1847-49 ; John E. Davis, vacancy, 1849 ; John E. Davis, 1850; llenry K. Bradbury, 1851-53; Joseph Warren, 1834; M. D. Lane, 1855; Robert S. U'sher, 1856; Robert E. Eaton, 1857-68; John C. Tib- betts, 1869 ; Robert E. Eaton, 1870: Cyrenius Foss, 1871 ; Mel- ville B. Smith, 1872 ; Cyrenius Foss, 1873-76 ; John E. Wakefield, 1877 ; Melville B. Smith, 1878-79.
PLANTATION ASSESSORS.
1781 .- George looper, Joseph Weller, Jr., Joseph Chadbourne. 1782 .- Zebulon Gordon, Elward Smith, John Smith.
1783 .- Jonathan Bean, Edward Smith, Joseph Chadbourne. 1781 .- Benjamin Haley, Edward Smith, Joseph Chadbourne. 1786 .- Edward Smith, Benjamin Ilaley, George Hooper.
1787 .- George looper, Joseph Chadbourne, Edward Smith.
1788 .- Jaseph Patterson, Phinehas Downs, George Hooper. 1789-90 .- Joseph Patterson, Phinehas Downs, Daniel Smith. 1791 .- Joseph Patterson, Joseph Leland, John Young. 1792 .- Joseph Patterson, Phinehas Downs, John Young. 1793 .- Joseph Patterson, Seth L. Hamlen, Daniel Granger. 1794 .- Daniel Granger, John Young, John Smith. 1795 .- Joseph Chadbourne, John Smith, Edward Nason. 1796 .- John Smith, Edward Nasun, Ebenezer Cleaves. 1797 .- Jos. Chadbourne, Esq., Ebenezer Cleaver, Stephen Hopkinson. 1798 .- Ebenezer Cleaves, Stephen Hopkinson, John Smith.
TOWN SELECTMEN.
1798 .- Eben. Cleaves, Stephen Hopkinson, John Smith.
1799 .- Eben. Cleaves, Stephen Hopkinson, John Smith, John Den- nett.4%
1800-1 .- Eben. Cleaves, John Dennett, Benjamin Warren. 1802 .- John Smith, Ebenezer Cleaves, John Dennett.
1803 .- Capt. John Smith, Jonah Dunn, Joseph Chadbourne, Esq.
1804 .- Maj. John Smith, Capt. Ebenezer Cleaves, John Dennett. 1805 .- Capt. Ebenezer Cleaves, John Dennett, Capt. Abijah Usher. 1806 .- Joseph Smith, John Dennett, Maj. John Smith. 1807 .- Joseph Smith (2d), John Dennett, Col. John Smith. 1808 .- Joseph Smith, John Dennett, Abijah Usher. 1809 .- Joseph Smith, Juhn Dennett, John Smith. 1810 .- Joseph Smith, John Dennett, Abijah Usher, Esq. 1811 .- Joseph Smith, John Dennett, John Smith. 1812 .- John Dennett, John Smith, Esq., Joseph Smith. 1813-15 .- Nathaniel Dunn, John Dennett, Joseph Ridlon. 1816 .- Jesse Locke, Esq., John Dennett, Col. John Smith. 1817 .- Col. John Smith, John Dennett, Lieut. Stephen Hopkinson. 1818 .- Col. John Smith, Jesse Locke, Lieut. Stephen Hopkinson.
1819 .- Col. John Smith, Lieut. Stephen Hopkinson, Capt. John Gould.
1820-24 .- Benjamin Warren, Stephen Hopkinson, Joseph Smith (2d). 1825 .- Dr. Samuel G. Hight, Benjamin Warren, Joseph Ridlon. 1826 .- Stephen Hopkins, Benjamin Warren, Samuel Hobson. 1827 .- Stephen Ilopkinson, Jabez Bradbury, Samuel Hobson. 1828-29 .- Joseph Smith (2d), Jabez Bradbury, Samuel Hobson. 1830 .- Stephen llopkinson, Capt. Samuel Bradbury, Moses Sweat. 1831 .- Stephen Hopkinson, Benjamin Warren, Moses Sweat. 1832-33 .- Stephen Hopkinson, Joshua Emery, Jr., Samuel Hobson. 1834 .- Abraham Haley, Joshua Emery, Jr., Samuel Hobson. 1835-36 .- Abraham Haley, Joseph Haley. (3d), Moses Sweat. 1837-38 .- Thomas Carll, Joseph Warren, William Hobson. 1839-40 .- John S. Murch, Joseph Warren, Abijah Usher. 1841 .- Nathaniel Whittier, Joseph Warren, Samuel Hobson. 1842-43 .- Moses Sweat, Abraham Haley, John M. Goodwin. 1844-47 .- Daniel Hill (2d), James Warren, James Ridlon. 1848 .- James H. Ridlon, James Warren, Zebulon G. Staples. 1849-51 .- Zebulon G. Staples, Stephen P. Lane, Joseph McDaniel. 1852 .- Remiek Cole, Joseph MeDaniel, Stephen P. Lane. 1853 .- Remiek Cole, Joseph MeDaniel, Abijah Usher.
1854 .- Zebulon G. Staples, Stephen Warren, Abijah Usher, Joseph Warren (vacaney).
1855 .- Joseph Warren, Abijah Usher, Stephen Warren. 1856 .- Thomas Carlt, Samuel D. Smith, Philip Chadbourne. 1857 .- Sylvanus Knights, Samuel D. Smith, Philip Chadbourne. 1858-61 .- James Warren, Samuel D. Smith, John Sawyer. 1862-64 .- Joseph MeDaniel, William Palmer, Henry A. Usher. 1865 .- James Warren, Cyrenius Foss, John Sawyer. 1866-68 .- James Warren, Cyrenius Foss, Oliver Traey. 1869 .- George Littlefield, Samuel D. Smith, James Meserve. 1870 .- Calvin Roberts, Cyrenius Foss, William Jewett. 1871 .- Calvin Roberts, William S. Moulton, William Jewett. 1872 .- Seth Warren, Frederick P. Johnson, Jacob Townsend. 1873 .- Calviu Roberts, William S. Moulton, William Jewett. 1874-75 .- Calvin Roberts, William S. Moulton, William H. Smith. 1876 .- William 1I. Smith, F. A. Sweat, James G. Wakefield. 1877 .- Calvin Roberts, Cyrenius Foss, Frank A. Sweat. 1878 .- William S. Moulton, C. F. Clark, Charles E. Randall. 1879 .- C. F. Clark, Charles E. Randall, A. L. Pennell.
* John Dennett was elected to vacancy of Stephen Hopkinson, who moved out of town.
Pboto, by Conant, Portland.
Abraha Usher
ABIJAH USHER was born in the town of Hollis, York Co., Me., Feb. 2, 1813, the eldest son of Abijah and Susan Usher. His father was born Dec. 22, 1788 ; died Feb. 11, 1841. His mother, Susan Nason, was born Jan. 22, 1790 (now living).
They had ten children, viz. : Susan D., born Feb. 25, 1811, died Oct. 10, 1855; Abijah, born Feb. 2, 1813; Cyrus K., born March 25, 1816, died March 11, 1842; Sarah E., born March 10, 1818; Ellis B., born Dec. 26, 1819; Mary Ann K., born Nov. 11, 1821; Emily C., born Feb. 22, 1824, died March 20, 1852; Henry A., born Sept. 9, 1826, died April 8, 1872; Dorcas M., born March 23, 1829 ; Napoleon B., born June 6, 1832, died Feb. 9, 1833.
Abijah Usher has always lived on the place where he was born ; has carried on lumbering in connec- tion with his farming interest. Received a common- school education. In politics a Republican. Has been three times married. His first wife was Sarah
A. Bradley, daughter of David A. and Betsey (Gordon) Bradley. Mrs. Usher was born in Frye- burg, Me., Feb. 13, 1825. They were married Oct. 9, 1845. Their children are Cyrus F., born Sept. 15, 1846, died Jan. 15, 1849; Frederick A., born Jan. 17, 1849 ; Ella E., born July 2, 1851, died Aug. 27, 1866; Edwin F., born May 27, 1854, died Sept. 12, 1854. Mrs. Usher died Aug. 6, 1854.
His second wife was Mary S., widow of Mr. Moody, and daughter of Asa and Abigail (Small) Boothby, of Limington, Me., to whom he was mar- ried Feb. 6, 1859. She was born Dec. 25, 1817, died March 9, 1869. By her he had one child, viz .: Preston M., born Jan. 4, 1861. His third wife was Mrs. Abbie J. Rowell, daughter of Libbens Bray and Katharine Stewart, of Minot, Me. She was born Dec. 22, 1828. They were married June 6, 1870. They have one child, Howard Stanton, born July 8, 1871.
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CHURCHES.
In 1802 it was voted in March town-meeting to build two meeting-houses,-one in the north or upper part of the town, which was built in the field back of school-house No. 4 by Joseph Jordon, Joseph Linscott, Samuel Bradbury, Abijah Usher, Capt. John Smith, Joshua Warren, Jr., and Daniel Smith, committee; and the other in the lower part of the town, near Boiling Spring, now Dayton. April 18th it was voted to have preaching, and Elder Timothy Hods- don was hired to preach, for $200 a year, which he did, alternating between the two houses until his death, in 1825. The church was organized by letter from the Buxton Church, with 25 members, Aug. 20, 1805. In 1806 the town appropriated $500 to build a parsonage. The church had occasional preaching until 1832, when John Hubbard, a licentiate, began to preach, and was ordained Oct. 9th of that year. The church continued to increase until 1835, when he left, and it gradually declined with the death or removal of its members. It became extinct previous to 1870
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
The first Methodist of Hollis was Daniel Mason, who polled off to the Scarborough Church in 1809. Among the earliest preachers was Rev. Mr. Lewis, who formed the church in Lyman and Coxhall, now Limington. Feb. 19, 1813, the following persons " polled off" from the parish, and were recorded on the town records in compliance with the law, thereby relieving themselves of the support of any other church than their own : Caleb Locke, Jr., Simon Plaistead, Amos Mason, Charles Clark, Robert Cleaves, Andrew Gordon, Thomas Wadlin, Joseph Chadbourne, Roger Edgcomb, Widow Locke, Capt. Daniel Dow, Thomas Locke, Hezekiah Goodwin, and Silas Ward. Committee, John Clark, Joseph and William Wadkin. A fine church was built at West Buxton in 1840. The church had 62 members in 1871. No early records kept by the church are known to exist, but the above is a part of the public records of the town.
FREE-WILL BAPTIST CHURCH.
The Provisional Baptist Church, as it was first sometimes called, existed in Waterborough in 1863, and contained members residing in Hollis. Elisha Smith, Elisha Smith, Jr., and Joshua Warren were certified on the town records of that year as being members, and Elder Peliah Tingley stated at the same time that "John Frowarthy, Daniel Townsend, John Young, Hezekiah Young, and Dominicus Smith had for several years belonged to our church."
The First Free- Will Baptist Society of Hollis was formed at a meeting held March 21, 1815. John Smith, son of Elisha Smith, was chosen Moderator ; Benjamin Warren, Clerk ; and Elder Humphrey Goodwin, Daniel Smith (3d), and Nathaniel Kimball, Committee to attend to the legal requirements. Elder Humphrey Goodwin was chosen pas- tor. There were 22 members, including Canell Tarbox, James Smith, Joseph Linscott, Amos Mason, Moses Good- win, Nathaniel Kimball, and others.
Meetings were held in the school-house near the eastern church until a house of worship was erected, in 1834-35.
Elder Goodwin continued to preach until his death, Oct. 3, 1838. Preaching was held occasionally for several years, when Rev. Lewis T. Witham and Elder Perkins Smith succeeded. Elder Smith was succeeded by Rev. Edwin Brown, the present pastor, in 1879, after a pastorate of fifteen years. Revs. A. Hobson, James and M. Hods- don, N. Foss, T. Kennison, and Mr. Daniels have also preached herc. Membership, 70.
BUZZELL CHURCH OF FREE-WILL BAPTISTS.
A division having occurred over doctrinal matters, a part of the church became followers of the doctrine of Elder Jeremiah Bullock, of Limington, in 1836, and as a result two churches were established, and two houses of worship, a little over a mile apart, were erected by the different fac- tions about the same time. Rev. Mr. Goodwin preached to this body until his death, after which Elder Bullock and his wife preached to the society, which was also visited at intervals by Miss Almira Wescott until Elder Benjamin Hawkins became their pastor, and was succeeded by Revs. Luther Berry and Samuel Boothby, to 1862. David House has since supplied the pulpit. Membership, 85. Daniel Hanson, Ezekiel Deering, Deacons; Melville B. Smith, Clerk,
THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF HOLLIS
was organized as the Buxton and Hollis Christian Church at West Buxton, in the spring of 1850, by Elder Alvin Crockett, who continued to act as pastor until his death, in 1851. The first officers were Nicholas Nason and James Moulton, Deacons ; E. T. Eastman, Clerk. Benjamin Clark and wife and the wives of the above mentioned were among - the first members. Rev. Isaiah Haley succeeded Elder Crockett, and was pastor for many years. Since his death the pulpit has been supplied by various ministers of that church, until the church, which had diminished in num- bers, united with the Methodist Church, in 1876, in hold- ing joint worship in the Christian meeting-house in West . Buxton. Mectings were held in the school-house until 1860, when a fine church was erected on the high land over- looking the village, and dedicated by Rev. Charles C. Goodwin, pastor of the Christian Church of York.
SECOND ADVENT CHURCH.
The Advent Church of Hollis was organized in the Bonny Eagle school-house, July 19, 1868, by Rev. Thomas P. S. Hampton, with 14 members. Joseph Smith and Thomas J. Rumery were chosen elders, Orin Davis and Joseph Ridlon deacons, Susan Davis and Susan Ridlon deaconesses. A meeting-house was immediately erected at the end of Bonny Eagle Island bridge, and dedicated by Rev. Messrs. Mitchell and Hampson. Mr. Hampson con- tinued to preach for some years, and the church has since been supplied until the present time by Revs. Peter Libby, Alonzo Davis, who was ordained here, and Rev. Jesse Gay.
SCHOOLS.
The schools of the town have always received a liberal share of public attention and funds. From $200 in 1799, the appropriations have increased to 8400 in 1802 ; $500
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in 1806; $600 in 1813; $700 in 1820; $800 in 1825; $1000 in 1830, with nine classes or districts; and $1500 in 1850.
Superintendent of schools for 1879, B. F. Randall.
REPRESENTATIVES TO THE GENERAL COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Maj. John Smith, 1804-6; Joseph Atkinson, 1807; Col. John Smith, 1808; Abijah Usher, Esq., 1809-10; Col. Isaac Lane, 1811 ; Col. John Smith, 1812; Rev. Timothy Hodsdon, 1813-14; Col. John Smith, 1815; Col. John Smith, Jesse Locke, Esq., 1816 ; none, 1817-18; John Dennett, Col. John Smith, 1819; John Dennett, 1820 ; Abijah Usher, 1821; Stephen Hopkinson, 1822; Col. John Smith, 1824.
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