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1796-Vassalboro post office established.
1798-Money for ten school houses raised.
1799-Nathan Mower in charge of store at East Vassalboro.
1810-About this date grist mill at East Vassalboro built.
1813-Church on Cross Hill built.
1816-Congregational meeting house built in Vassalboro.
1820-Congregational Society permanently organized.
1828-North Vassalboro post office established.
1831-First store established at North Vassalboro about this date.
1836-Woolen Manufacture began in North Vassalboro by Gentlemen Pope, Lang and Stackpole.
1850-Friends School at Vassalboro established. Methodist denomination formally organized in town. Brick woolen mill erected.
1851-Union Church erected in Vassalboro. Samples of cassi- mere from the North Vassalboro Woolen Mill took first prize at the London World's Fair.
1856-North Vassalboro woolen manufacturing company organized about this time. Beginning of effort to raise $15,000 to put the school on sound financial basis; Eli Jones made principal.
1860-A Union Store Company was in operation about this date and some years previous at East Vassalboro.
1861-The woolen company erected a new mill, at that time, the largest in New England.
1866-Good Templars organized in North Vassalboro.
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1880-Academy at Vassalboro destroyed by fire. 1887-Incendiary fire again destroys Friends' school structure.
TOWN OFFICERS.
TOWN CLERKS.
John Rogers, elected 1771; Samuel Devens, 1775; Charles Webber, 1776; Dr. Stephen Barton, 1777; Jedediah Barton, 1781; Matthew Hastings, 1782; Stephen Barton, 1784; Flint Barton, 1787; Asa Redington, 1790; Jer. Fairfield, 1792; Jona- than Fairfield, 1799; Jonathan Carlton, 1802; Benjamin Brown jr., 1803; Jonathan Fairfield, 1806; Joseph R. Abbott, 1809; Abial Getchell, 1817; Joseph R. Abbott, 1824; Amos Stickney, 1830; Obed Durrell, 1838; James Rowe, 1846; William H. Cates, 1865; Edward W. Bush, 1873; E. Frank Lincoln, 1874; William S. Bradley, 1881; Orrick Hawes, appointed in 1883 to. fill vacancy; William S. Bradley, 1884; A. S. Bradley, made dep- uty January, 1887; Seth B. Richardson, 1887; G. S. Perkins, 1898; B. K. Meservey, 1901-07; W. H. Marriner, 1907,
SELECTMEN.
1771-Dennis Getchell 8, Matthew Hastings 10, Levi Powers.
1772-Ebenezer Farwell 2.
1773-Charles Webber 2.
1774-Daniel Fairfield 4.
1775-Ebenezer Pattie 3, Samuel Devens.
1776-Isaac Farwell jr., 2.
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1777-Remington Hobby.
1778-Stephen Barton 2, Joseph Webber. 1779-Nehemiah Getchell, Abial Lovejoy 6. 1780-Flint Barton 3.
1781-Hugh Smiley 2.
1784-Capt. Samuel Grant, 3.
1785-Thomas Smiley 4. 1786-Benjamin Dyer.
1787-Obadiah Williams 2.
1788-Lieut. Ebenezer Moore 6.
1791-Charles Webber 4.
1792-Reuben Fairfield 15.
1793-Ebenezer Farwell.
1795-Daniel McFadden 2.
1797-Isaiah Crowell 9, John Getchell 4.
1798-Samuel Redington 3.
1801-Jonathan Carlton 3.
1802-Berriah Packard.
1806-Abial Getchell 12, Moses Starkey 2, Nathaniel Percival.
1807-John Roberts.
1808-Philip Colby 2, Joseph R. Abbott 10.
1810-Isaac Roberts 5.
1812-Francis M. Rollins 3.
1814-John O. Webster.
1815-Jeremiah Webber 2.
1817-Joseph Southwick, Ebenezer Meiggs 2.
1818-Dean Bangs jr. 1819-Prince Hawes, Holman Johnson 9. 1820-John Roberts 6.
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1821-John Hussey. 1824-Jacob Southwick 2.
1826-Elijah Robinson 5, William Percival 7. 1828-Philip Leach.
1829-Amos Stickney 10.
1833-Isaac Fairfield 18, Moses Taber 5. 1835-John G. Sturgis 2.
1837-Otis C. Adams 2, William Taber.
1838-Oliver Prescott 4.
1840-Oliver Webber. 1841-Oliver A. Webber 3. 1842-William A. Hawes 2.
1843-Jonathan A. Smith 2. Joseph H. Cole,
1844-Joseph E. Wing, David G. Robinson 5.
1845-John Homans 9.
V 1849-John Marble 2. 1850-Hiram Pishon. 1851-John Goff Hall 5. 1854-William Merrill, Warren Percival 5, Howard G. Abbott. 1857-Jacob Prescott 2, John R. Whitehouse 10.
1859-Joseph B. Low 6. 1862-Orrick Hawes 7. . 1864-Edward S. Weeks. 1865-William H. Cates 7. 1868-J. E. Mills 2. 1870-Joseph H. Allen 5. 1871-Edward W. Bush 4. 1872-Henry H. Robbins 4. 1875-Warren Percival 2, Isaiah Gifford 6.
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1876-George Howell.
1877-Benajmin McDonald, Howard Wentworth 2.
1878-George Reynolds 3.
1880- Ezekiel Small.
1881-Greenlief Lowe 6, Benj. J. Rackliff, Albert M. Bradley. 1882-B. C. Nichols, Hartwell Getchell.
1883-W. A. Evans, 2 years, and continuously since 1887.
1884-Joel W. Taylor 2.
1885-Peter Williams.
1886-Gustavus Hussey3, Alexander Hall since 1887.
1888-Henry T. Drummond 3.
1892-Reuel C. Burgess.
1893-E. C. Barrows, George S. Hawes, E. E. Warren. 1894-E. C. Barrows, George S. Hawes, E. E. Warren. 1895-E. C. Barrows, George S. Hawes, E. E. Warren.
1896-E. C. Barrows, George S. Hawes, E. E. Warren. 1897-E. C. Barrows, George S. Hawes, E. E. Warren.
7 1898-E. C. Barrows, George S. Hawes, E. E. Warren. 1899-E. C. Barrows, George S. Hawes, E. E. Warren. 1900-E. C. Barrows, George S. Hawes, E. E. Warren. 1901-E. C. Barrows, O. J. Hussey, E. L. Priest. 1902-0. J. Hussey, E. L. Priest, J. C. Evans. 1903-O. J. Hussey, E. L. Priest, George S. Perkins. 1904-05-O. J. Hussey, E. L. Priest, G. A. Woodsum. 1906-0. J. Hussey, G. A. Woodsum, S. B. Richardson. 1907-0. J. Hussey, B. K. Meservey, J. W. Kennedy.
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CHURCHES.
The First Baptist Church organized at East Vassalboro 2 in June 3, 1788. First church sold for $43 to a Mr. Small in 1832. In 1825 under the pastorate of Rev. Jesse Martin a beneficial revival was held. In 1808 at Cross Hill a Second Church was organized by the Rev. Coker Marble. In 1839 these two churches united. A new church built near Seward's Mills, dedicated Oct. 22, 1840. Soon after this date the society numbered 156 members.
Some of their pastors : Revs. Ellis, Henry Kendall, E. W. Cressy, T. J. Swett, S. Fogg, E. Trask, H. Chipman, F. Merriam, F. Bicknell, R. Bowler, E. S. Dore, M. J. Kelley, S. K. Smith, L. B. Gurney, F. A. Vinal and W. P. Palmer.
The North Vassalboro Church was organized in 1870; house erected, 1872-73. Pastors: Revs. John Dore, Nathaniel Butler, Samuel Bell, L. P. Gurney, F. A. Vinal, W. P. Palmer, W. C. Stetson, W. A. Smith, Robert Morris and F. S. Clark.
Congregationalists. First established about 1820, though a house had been built about 1816. Building later known as Union Church. Another society at Riverside and church built 1836; burned 1885; rebuilt 1887. Some pastors: Revs. Fred Chutter, H. Harding, D. E. French, J. E. Aikens, Mr. Wood- rowe, A. E. Bassler and B. Withee.
Methodists. Before close of eighteenth century Jesse Lee preached here. Organized about 1850. At the East, Sullivan Bray, 1852, was first recorded pastor. Others were O. F. Jenkins, C. Phenix, Daniel Clark, B. B. Byrne, and L. H. Bean. At the North, society used Union house till 1875 when it occu-
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pied its own house. Other pastors at East Vassalboro: W. J. Clifford, Daniel Smith, Josiah Bean, J. R. Clifford, E. H. Tunni- cliffe, William Wood, E. H. Haddock, W. Wiggin, W. F. Prince, C. W. Lowell, S. A. Bender, W. C. Baker, M. F. Bridgham, R. A. Colpits and A. Hamilton.
Pastors at the North (united with Getchell's Corner in 1890) : W. J. Kelley, Edw. Freeman, F. W. Brooks, N. R. Pear- son, J. A. Weed, F. W. Towle, E. S. Gohan and B. G. Seaboyer.
Cross Hill Methodist Church: Organized, 1813. Some pastors : Benjamin Jones, Albert Church, C. Munger, D. Fuller, . B. M. Mitchell, E. Bryant, George Pratt, Cyrus Phenix, S. Bray, L. Wentworth, J. Harriman, S. F. Chase, F. A. Soule, James Hartford, E. Bryant, L. L. Shaw, E. B. Fletcher, Theo. Hill, C. E. Springer, E. Plummer, S. Bickmore, W. J. Clifford, C. H. Bray, and W. F. Chase.
Union Church-Built at the North; cost $800; date, 1851; building committee : B. Weeks, T. Rowell, and L. Webber. Sold in 1880 and became a dwelling house.
Catholic Church-House of worship erected, 1871; sup- plied from other towns.
CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS.
Charles F. Austin, Albert C. Ballard, Llewellyn Ballard, Leander Bean, Joab D. Bragg, Lewis Bragg, George E. Bur- gess, Jefferson Bragg, William H. Brown, Daniel W. Buzzell, Edmund P. Buck, Frederick O. Chick, Eugene W. Cross, Antone Cady, Benjamin B. Coombs, Alonzo P. Cortland, Daniel
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Eaton, Jeremiah A. Estes, James R. Eaton, William Elliott, Lorenzo Farmington, George R. Freeman, George L. Freeman, James Farrell, H. P. Fairfield, Frank Forbes, John E. Fossett, Edwin P. Getchell, Edwin F. Getchell, Van T. Gilbert, Alonzo Hinckley, Thomas E. Horne, Orrick H. Hopkins, James W. Irving, William H. Irving, Asa W. Jaqueth, Benjamin Lamson, John W. Livermore, William W. Livermore, Samuel Lisherness, Henry Lyon, Timothy Merrow, Horace S. Mills, John McCom- mic, Capt. Richard W. Mullen, George C. Morrow William A. Merrill, Cyrus M. Major, Nathaniel Meigs, John M. Mower, Allen W. Mills, John Morrow, Alamber H. Pray, Isaac C. Pratt, Benjamin Parker, Nathaniel P. Randall, George S. Rollins, William A. Robinson, W. J. Rowe, William B. Shaw, George W. Sabins, Timothy Small jr., Edwin Small, Alonzo Stillings, George A. Stillings, Charles A. Smart, Lieut. Bradford W. Smart, Charles H. Stone, G. W. Seward, Cyrus Southards, James H. Taylor, Nathan P. Taber, Albert Varney, Orrison Warren, Hermon S. Webber, Elisha T. Weymouth, William Wentworth, Daniel Weeks, George A. Wills, James W. White, William Weiler, Charles H. Whitehouse, Eben W. Young, Benjamin Adams, Peter Aikin, George J. Allen, George E. Allen, James U. Atwood, Charles L. Austin, William A. Austin, Stilman G. Bailey, George Baker, George Baldwin, George W. Barnes, Lieut. Edwin C. Barrows, Charles Baxter, Isaac F. Bourne, Oliver Brackett, Joseph O. Bragg, Robert C. Bragg, Lewis Bragg, Jefferson D. Bragg, Robert C. Brann, Hiram N. Brann, Frederick Bridge, Benjamin Bubier, C. D. Bubier, Ambrose Burgess, Michael Cain, Darius Cain, James R. Carney, Henry F. Chadwick, Samuel Chute, Edwin W.
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Clark, George W. Clifford, Robert Cole, Edmund G. Coleman, Charles E. Collins, William E. Cox, Charles S. Crowell, John Dalton, Albert F. Day, H. G. Dickey, Samuel K. Doe, Lewis B. Doe, James R. Eaton, John Emerson, James S. Emery, William English, Redford M. Estes, John H. Estes, Gustavus K. Estes, William D. Ewes, H. A. Ewes, George W. Fairfield, Orrin Farn- ham, Lorenzo Farrington, Elbridge C. Fassett, Andrew Flani- gan, Thomas Flanigan, John H. Frazier, Charles A. Freeman, John M. Fogg, Willard O. Fogg, Robert M. Fossett, Joseph E. Fossett, Norman H. Fossett, James Footman, George H. Gard- ner, Henry W. Gardner, Joseph C. Gardiner, Abraham Gorow, Eliheu Getchell, Van T. Gilbert, Charles Gibson, Joseph A. Glazier, E. R. Goff, Lawrence Griffin, Rishworth Gray, Henry A. Hamilton, Charles L. Hamlin, James H. Handy, John Hart, Michael Harmon, Edwin P. Hatch, Michael J. Hamlin, William P. Hawes, G. Hayford, Henry Heath, Charles H. Holt, Stephen A. Hoyt, C. W. Hussey, Isaac Hussey, George H. Hussey, Waterman T. Hutchins, John F. Irving, Preston B. Jones, R. F. Jordan, William Keaton, William Keefe, Robert J. Kitchen, L. R. Lambard, Samuel R. Latte, Wardman Littlefield, Ezra B. Lord, Prescott M. Lord, George M. Lufkins, H. W. Lyon, Lieut. Thos. A. Maxfield, John McCormick, William McCor- mick, Fred E. Mellen, Shepherd H. Merrow, James McGuin,; Horace S. Mills, Albion B. Mills, Jacob N. Mckay, Robert Mc- Mahon, Peter McNalley Simon Morrison, Charles A. Morse, Thomas Moody, Alexander Murrey, Daniel Nicholas, James Nicholas, John Olson, Joseph P. Phillips, James Phillips, Frank W. Pierce, Greenlief Pillsbury, John T. Pratt, Albert H. Pratt, Orrin Preble, HI. F. Priest, Edward A. Priest, James S. Priest,
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William Reed, John Regan, F. T. Reynolds, Orson F. Richard- son, Edward Rice, Reuben F. Robbins, Oliver P. Robbins, Har- lan P. Robbins, Lieut. Henry H. Robbins, Albert F. Roberts, George W. Sabin, Isaiah C. Sabins, Varnum B. Saulsbury, Charles H. Savage, Warren Sennett, Warren Seward, Charles F. Shaw, Edmund R. Shaw, G. F. Shaw, Eugene Shaw, George Shaw, Charles W. Shaw, Walter B. Shaw, Melville B. Sherman, Charles Simpson, Robert H. Sinclair, Robert Smart, Sylvester Smart, Wilbur F. Snow, W. M. Starkey, William R. Starkey, Samuel J. Starkey, Alonzo Stillings, Charles Sullivan, William Sweeney, Frank P. Taber, William F. Taber, Charles F. Tar- bell, C. W. Taylor, John Tibbetts, William W. Tibbetts, C. E. Tobey, Josiah Totten, William I. Towne, J. M. Underwood, George H: Waldron, George W. Ward, Henry Ware, Edwin A. Warren, A. S. Webber, Gustavus H. Webber, Virgil H. Webber, Charles E. Webber, Benjamin Weeks, William White, James D. White, Hollis M. White, Henry W. White, George C. Went- worth, Edwin A. Wentworth, Franklin Wentworth, William Wentworth, George H. Willey, Samuel W. Wood, Jacob H. Woodsum, Ed. E. Worth, Francis Worth, Benjamin F. Worth, Warren H. Tobey.
History of China
EARLY SETTLEMENT
The town of China justly boast a varied and interesting history. It was first known as Jones' Plantatin from the name of "Black" Jones of Gardiner, who with Abraham Burrell surveyed the township. This territory was later in- corporated under the name of Harlem, and then the town was divided, the upper portion being joined with parts of Winslow and Albion (then called Lygonia) to make up the original town of China. Later on Harlem was annexed to China, thus after forty-eight years sinking its identity in the new name.
We give below a partial list of the early settlers in town so far as possible to learn their names. Ephraim Clark 1773-4, sons, Jonathan, Edmund and Andrew Clark; and George Fish, Church Clark, Ephraim Clark 2nd, Abraham Burrell, Michael Norton, Josiah Ward, Joseph Evans, Caleb Hanson, Nath. Bragg, Thos. Bragg, James Lancaster Eb- enezer Farwell, Edward Fairfield, Mr. Mclaughlin, Abram MeLaughlin, Lewis Webber, sons, John, Sylvanus and Eph- raim Webber; Jedediah Jepson, Dr. John Hall, Jesse Martin, Samuel Lewis, James Meader, Jonathan Robinson, Abel Jones, Benj. Burgess, Col. Nathan Stanley, Abijah Ward and three sons, Thos., Samuel and Abijah, Jr .; Nath.
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Wiggin, Reuben Fairfield, Hezekiah Cloudman, Geo. Mc- Laughlin 2nd, Enoch Brown, James Lancaster, Jabes Lewis, David Lewis, Joshua Hanson, Thos. Jones, Levi Maynard, Isaac Jones, Jas. Spratt, Samuel Morrill, John Page, Sam- uel Mitchell, David Spratt, Josiah Fairfield, Aaron Buffum, Jedediah Fairfield, John Priest, Otis Priest, Case McAllister, Capt. Caleb Parmenter, Mr. Balcom, Jos. Parmenter, F. W. Hammon, Wm. Haskell, Nath. and David Gray, Oshea Hatch, Samuel Gray, Moses Gray, Jesse Prentice, Jonathan Gray, Ichabod Chadwick, sons, Job, Judah, and James Chadwick; William Mosher, Moses Goodspeed and Abner Starrett.
INCORPORATION AND TOWN STATISTICS
Incorporation-First called Jones plantation. Incorpo- rated. under the name of Harlem, February 3, 1796. Por- tions of Harlem, Albion' and Winslow incorporated under the name of China, June 5, 1818, remainder of Harlem an- nexed in 1822, June 5. Town meetings were early held in the Friend's Meeting house on Pond Road. In common with the practice of towns in early days Harlem showed that it was particular as to who settled and resided within the town limits. The following item is sufficient proof of this fact :-
"To EDMUND CLARK,
Constable of the town of Harlem,"-Greeting:
"You are, in the name of the Commonwealth of Mass-
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achusetts, directed to warn and give notice to Boston Ricker and Prince Brown, with their families and all under their care, who came last from Vassalboro for the purpose of residing, NOT HAVING OBTAINED THE TOWN'S CONSENT, that they depart the limits thereof within 15 days."
Given under our hands this 7th day of May, 1798, at Harlem.
ICHABOD CHADWICK ABRAHAM BURRELL
Selectmen.
Among other interesting items are these.
"1803-Voted that geese shall not run on the Common. ยท 1804-Voted $55 for a town standard (of weights and measures). Voted $35 to recruit town magazine. 1805- Voted Ephraim Clark be pound keeper, and he is reported as holding the office for life. "March 12, 1798-Voted to pay for the town's stock of powder out of last year's school money. May 21, 1804-Voted to take school money for the year to build school houses."
Town Statistics-Population-1850, 2,769; 1860, 2,720; 1870, 2,118; 1880, 1,769; 1890, 1.423; 1900, 1,380. Valu- ation-1860, Polls, 525; Estates, $555,976; 1870-Polls, 557; Estates, $650,588; 1880-Polls, 493; Estates, $571,- 203; 1890-Polls, 412; Estates, $598,118; 1900-Polls, 381; Estates, $538,083; 1904-Polls, 393; Estates, $529,- 185.
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FACTS OF INTEREST
1773-John Jones and Abraham Burrell surveyed China, laying out 32,000 acres, divided into farms of ap- proximately 200 acres each.
1774-Ephraim Clark selected lots 39 and 40 and built his house on the Sumner Hawes farm. Clark's three broth- ers, Jonathan, Edmund and Andrew, and their brother- in-law, George Fish, secured lots, and apparently the parents of these pioneers lived with Ephraim Clark; 1776 Miriam, Ephraim's mother, died; Jonathan her husband survived her four years.
1782-Jedediah Jepson settled near the town house some- what before this time.
1790-Abraham Burrell erected the first frame building in town on his farm near the lake shore. Thos. Norton, the first male child, born in town about this time.
1796-Plautation incorporated as the town of Harlem. 1797-Rev. Job Chadwick organized the first Baptist Church of Harlem; Josiah Ward, Nathaniel Bragg, Thos. Bragg, Jas. Lancaster, Ebenezer Farwell, and Edward Fairfield had settled in town.
1812-First tavern started at China by J. C. Washburn. Third Baptist church organized.
1814-Baptist church at head of the lake built.
1818-First Post Office at China Villiage opened in J. C. Washburn's store. Town of Harlem divided.
1821-About this time China Academy was organized at China Village.
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1822-Present town of China formed by annexation of re- mainder of Harlem.
1823-Central Lodge of Free Masons started.
1828-South China Post Office established May 5; letter postage collected the first quarter, 13 cents; Silas Piper was first postmaster.
1830-South China Temperance Society organized.
1834-5-The Orb, a weekly paper published at China Vil- lage.
1838-Post Office at Weeks Mills established with Chas. A. Russ as postmaster.
1842-Methodist Church erected.
1850-A bank was opened at China by the Gilman Brothers.
1855-The Canton Bank was opened at South China; op- erated a short time with C. A. Russ, president.
1883-Erskine School founded in China at Chadwick's Cor- ner by Mrs. Sullivan Erskine. W. J. Thompson princi- pal.
CHURCHES
With The Society of Friends lies the distinction of being the first to organize in town. House built about 1807; faith appeared 1774; Monthly Meeting begun in 1813, with Fair- fax (now Albion). Among more prominent Friends: Eli Jones, Benj. Worth, James Jones, A. H. Jones, Augustine Jones, Richard M. Jones, Stephen A. Jones, Wilmot R. Jones, Rufus M. Jones, Chas. R. Jacob, Arthur W. Jones, William Jacob, S. Narcissa Jacob, Frank E. Jones.
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The First Baptist Church: Organized 1797, by Job Chadwick; Earliest records, Oct. 2, 1819; meetings held for many years in homes; after union of China with Harlem became Second Baptist church of China; erected brick meet- ing house at the South; house sold 1856; new church erected. on same site 1862; burned 1869; Pastors: Enos Trask, '52; I. H. Brown, '54; Daniel Bartlett, '55; Wm. Bowler, '57; M. J. Kelley, '64; Wm. Bowler, also '32 to 49; Daniel Bartlett, 1850.
A Baptist meeting house was erected in 1814, near the old muster grounds east of the head of the lake. The house was hauled to its present site in 1822. On May 23, 1801, a church was organized with 39 members. About 1835, the present edifice was built and the old house taken down.
Some pastors: Jabez Lewis, Stephen Dexter, Hadley Proctor, William Bartlett, Henry Kendall, B. F. Shaw, 1840; L. Kingman, 1849; W. H. Evans, 1852; Hosea Pierce, 1853; Wm. Hurlin, 1856; A. J. Nelson, 1863; E. S. Fish, 1861; F. A. Vinal, 1866; E. C. Stover, 1869; Ira Emery, . 1871; W. P. Palmer, 1874; J. B. Bryant, 1889; W. F. Row- ley, 1892; O. C. Herbert, 1893; A. Leach, 1895; H. F. Wood, 1901; C. J. Harding, 1904; A. E. Bradford and Albert Leach, 1905; A. E. Bradford, 1907.
Third Baptist Church was organized, 1812; membership, 26; continued 15 years; then united with Second Church.
Freewill Baptist; Several Baptists organized Weeks Mills and South China Freewill Baptist church in 1843; reg- ular preaching maintained for a few years, by Revs. A. P. Tracey, W. H. Littlefield, F. Cooper, McKindsley and A. C. Brown.
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Methodist Church: First church 1842, at China Village; Some pastors: M. W. Newhurst, 1866; C. B. Besse, 1868; D. P. Thompson, 1870; B. C. Wentworth, 1872; J. F. Crosby, 1876; C. H. Pray, 1878; W. J. Clifford, 1879; J. C. Lamb, 1881; E. S. Gahan, 1883; W. B. Eldridge, 1886; E. A. Glid- den, 1888; James Byram and Edw. Freeman, 1890; F. W. Brooks, 1891; N. R. Pearson, 1894; F. W. Towle, 1898; F. H. Jones, 1901; and other pastors as follows: E. B. Shep- herd, 1861; B. C. Wentworth, 1875-7; J. F. Crosby, 1878-9; A. Hamilton, 1907.
Christian Church: For about 10 years following May 29, 1859; preaching was maintained by this society at the Union Church at Branch Mills.
Adventists: This society occupies the Union church as Branch Mills and maintain preaching a part of the time. J. R. Hall is in charge, having occupied this station for a long term of years. At Weeks Mills this society moved a build- ing to the Masonic lot in 1871; burned, 1890; new church, 1891; Geo. E. Weeks, pastor.
A Union Church: Building erected at China, 1861; dedi- cated to use of three societies, 1862; bell and pipe organ purchased by subscription.
Union Camp Meeting Association of China: Organized, Sept. 12, 1890; annual meetings held in north part of town on very pleasant grounds.
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CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS
John H. Babcock, Asst. Surg., Geo. E. Brickett, Wm. V. Cook; Jacob Emery, John Farris, Augustus P. Jackson, Chas. H. Johnson, Ira S. Jones, Capt. Jas. P. Jones, Dan'l B. Hanson, Edw. P. Hanscom, Sylvester L. Hatch, Roscoe G. Hamlin, Western Hallowell, Wm. Holmes, Sam'l W. Howes, John M. Ilussey, Alvanah Libby, Augustus Libby, Sam'l R. McCurdy, Isaac Morrill, Chas. H. Plummer, Geo. W. Rogers, Chas. L. Robbins, G. L. Robinson, Geo. Stewart Geo. L. Spaulding, Chas. G. Thwing, Edmund Thombs, Chap. Jas. A. Varney, Francis P. Ward, Dan'l Ward, Jos. F. Winslow, Geo. N. Wiggin, Capt. Everett M. Whitehouse, Capt. Eli H. Webber, Geo. Weymouth, Ora C. Wyman, Edwin Alley, John L. Allen, John C. Andrews, Jos. E. Babb, F. S. Barnard, Wm. Bell, Asst. Surg., David P. Bolster, Geo. A. Bosworth, Edmund Bragg, Everett H. Bridgham John S. Briggs, Orpheus P. Brann, John Brown, Alonzo Burrill, John Burrill, Thos. E. Carpenter, Lendell S. Caswell, Gustavus B. Chadwick, Chas. F. Choate, Stillman Choate Thos. F. Clark, Osgood Coffran, Ezekiel L. Cole, Wm. J. Cole, Elias Collamore, Elisha Cooley, Wm. B. Coombs, Jos. Coro, Atwell J. Cross, Watson W. Cross, Greenlief P. Curtis, Philip W. Day, Aaron Davis, Jr., John D. Davis, Wallace A. E. De Beque, Addison G. Deering, Adolphus W. Doe, Geo. L. Dow, John Doyle, Jas. H. Ellis, Orren Emerson, Jacob Emery, Jeremiah H. Estes, Isaac W. Fairbrother, Wm. H. Fairbrother, Reuben M. Farrington, John Farris, Alvanna V. Farris, Oscar M. Fernold, Abisha B. Fletcher, Capt.
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