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Charles P. Page
Aug. 11, 1911
This First Church has had a notable history. It has numbered among its members many strong men. A score have been sent out into the Christian ministry. It has strengthened with its best brain and heart, trained in its Sunday school, and by its pulpit teachings scores of other churches in the great centres of population and industry. It has stood ever for godly living and sound doctrine; of the eleven pastors installed, no less than seven were ordained at the time of their installation. Its devout women have been not a few, of whom Hannah Pearson, daughter of Col. Charles Johnston, founder of the Sunday school of the church; Mrs. Joseph Ladd, living example of unselfish piety, and Mrs. Mary P. Webster, leader in good works and helpfulness for the suffering, the outcast and the depraved, were types.
The problems which it faces at the present time are those which con- front not Congregational churches alone, but those of other denomina- tions, as well, throughout rural New Hampshire. The glory and power of "the standing order" has departed, and denominational jealousy and rivalry have brought denominational weakness, the weakness, indeed, of all church authority. The minister is no longer held in awe, and in many cases quiet contempt has taken the place of respect. He is a man and citizen nothing more. He is no longer hedged about by the dignity of position. Growing looseness of Sabbath observance has resulted in decreasing attendance on church services. In many churches free seats have displaced the family pew, and the family known for regular church attendance as a family has become the rare exception rather than the rule as formerly. The younger generation has listened to the call of
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the city, and the population of the towns, except where manufacturing industries flourish, has steadily declined. In the case of the village at the Corner, the home of the historic First Church, the railroad came and left it one side, fire did its devastating work, courts and county offices were removed to another section of the town, manufacturing industries- fulling mill, carding mill, tanneries, paper-mill, cabinet making, etc .- were abandoned, and the church has been a partaker in the life and fortunes of the community. Its past, however, is secure, and its future is by no means hopeless. The church property is valued at $7,000, and church and society have invested funds amounting to $5,400.
The Congregational Church in the North Parish of Haverhill was organized in 1815. It had been voted in 1788 to divide the town into two parishes, but this vote was not at once carried into execution, and later it was rescinded. There was disagreement between the two sections and several attempts had been made to settle it. In 1815, however, the town was divided into two parishes. A meeting of the male members of the Haverhill and Bath churches who resided in this newly created North Parish was held June 10, 1815. The meeting was opened with prayer by Dea. Stephen Morse, who had been chosen moderator and it was unanimously voted to form a North Parish Congregational Church. Those present were Dea. Stephen Morse, John Carr, Daniel Carr, Jona. Whitman, Moses Campbell, John Punchard, John Kimball, Joseph Bullock, John Morse, Jahleel Willis, Andrew S. Crocker, Henry Hancock and Moses N. Morse. John Kimball was elected clerk.
The church was duly organized June 15, the Rev. Samuel Goddard being moderator, with the Rev. David Sutherland of Bath assisting in the organization. Stephen Morse and John Punchard were elected deacons. Articles of faith and covenant were adopted. The Covenant was a model of simplicity, conciseness and orthodoxy:
We do avouch the Lord Jehovah Father, Son and Holy Ghost to be our God: We profess with our mouths and believe in our hearts in the Lord Jesus Christ, accept him as our only Saviour in his mediatorial character as prophet to instruct, Priest to atone and King to reign in and over us-and do under these impressions of Divine Grace, renounce the world, the flesh and the devil .- We engage to give ourselves and ours to God through Jesus Christ in an everlasting covenant. We engage to make the Word of God according to the plain import of it the rule of our conduct in all things: promising through grace and strength derived from Jesus Christ unquestioning obedience to all his commands, approving that only in ourselves and others which Gods Word approves: and condemning that which Gods Word condemns. We engage to promote the public worship of God by encouraging and supporting according to our ability the administra- tion of word ordinances and institutions of the Gospel and by a faithful attendance on the same. We engage to maintain the worship of God in our families and bear testimony against the neglect of the same which we believe to be displeasing to the Lord. And in a word, through the grace of God we engage that our walk and conversation shall in all things be agreeable to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, to whom with the Father and Holy Spirit be glory and blessing both now and forever. Amen.
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It is a tradition that this covenant was drawn up by the Rev. David Sutherland as well as the articles of faith which were adopted. The roll of membership seems to have been quite carefully kept. Fifty-seven names are appended to the covenant including the thirteen who met June 10, 1815, for the purpose of forming the church. This was not a large membership but the North Parish was a farming community, and compared with the South Parish was sparsely settled. The names of the thirteen have already been given. The others were: Daniel Rowell, Joseph Emerson, Nathan Heath, Daniel Carr, Sr., Nathan Avery, Moses Mulliken, Moses Mulliken, Jr., Edward B. Crocker, Gorham Kezer, Hiram Carr, D. C. Kimball, Augustus Robinson, Elisha Hibbard, Daniel Carr, Jr., E. Swift, Sarah Morse, Hannah Carr, Sally Punchard, Mehitable Kimball, Sarah Bullock, Eunice Morse, Sally Willis, Shua Crocker, Hannah Morse, Betsey Emerson, Elizabeth Carr, Elizabeth Bruce, Mary Chase, Mary Goodridge, Isabella Johnson, Polly Johnson, Sally Chase, Susanna Howard, Isabella Sanborn, Clarissa Sanborn, Jedediah Kimball, Betsey Crocker, Polly Gibson, Betsey Crocker, sen., Anna Mulliken, Matilda Carr, Sally Kimball, Mrs. Porter, H. R. Leland. No less than twenty-eight of these fifty-seven members received letters of dismission to other churches. Dea. John Kimball and a few others uniting with the South Parish Church, while the others who did not remove from town cast in their lots with the Baptists and Methodists.
The records of the church aside from the membership roll are meagre. It does not appear that for several years there was any regular pastor. At first, preaching was doubtless provided by the New Hampshire Mis- sionary Society. At a church meeting September 26, 1816, the thanks of the church were voted to this Society "for the aid they have extended to this church," and further aid was solicited. Some entries in the book of the treasurer Dea. John Kimball are of value as indicating the state of affairs in the early days of the church: April 7, 1816, paid Rev. Samuel Goddard for preaching, $8; December 28, 1817, paid Mr. Goddard $8.67; March 22, 1818, received from N. H. Missionary Society, $18.10; December 17, 1828, Rev. Silas McKean preached, communion; January 17, 1819, communion, Rev. Mr. Goddard preached; June 13, 1819, communion by Rev. David Sutherland; May 28, 1820, communion by Rev. Jonathan Hovey; June 18, 1821, communion by Rev. David Smith; July 14, 1822, communion by Rev. David Sutherland; July 17, 1825, communion by Rev. Sylvester Dana; October 21, 1827, communion by Rev. Mr. Porter.
In the published proceedings of the Convention of Congregational Churches in New Hampshire, the church so far as reported was without a pastor until 1828, when the name of Rev. Ambrose Porter appears as pastor with a total membership of 41. This was increased to 51 in 1830,
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when the name of Rev. John Dalton appears as pastor. It does not appear that he was installed, and the convention reports are silent as to the length of his pastorate. At a church meeting May 3, 1843, he was elected moderator with John Carr clerk, and it is not improbable that he sustained some kind of pastoral relation to the church during the intervening years. The largest membership reported was in 1830, after which date there was a gradual decrease.
The Rev. Samuel Delano was dismissed from the pastorate of the First or South Parish Church January 14, 1847. Bettinger says of him: "He was a man of imperious will, much vigor of mind and quite eccentric. Being remonstrated with by one of the sisters of the church on this account he replied, in characteristic style: 'I must be Sam Delano or nobody.' He was a graduate of Dartmouth College in 1823, and a trustee of that institution for thirty-two years." The North Parish records of May 16, 1747, contain this minute: "The good hand of God should be acknowledged as it has come to pass most clearly by his overruling providence that Rev. Samuel Delano, late of Haverhill South Parish should come among us to labor in the gospel ministry. And with a deep sense of the mercy of God we would here record the fact that on the 16th of May, it being the third Sabbath, the above named Samuel Delano commenced his labors in this North Parish, being engaged for one year."
The membership at this time was reported as 18. This acting pastorate continued for upwards of four years. Such records as were kept are in the handwriting of Mr. Delano who signed himself as acting pastor, and the last of these entries is under date of September 7, 1851. During the pastorate of Mr. Delano his field of labor was extended so that many of the church services were held in the Union Meeting House at the Centre and in the Baptist Meeting House at North Haverhill. He was indeed the minister of the geographical North Parish. Such entries as the following are more or less frequent: "May 6, 1849, ordinance of the Lord's Supper at the Union House. Mr. & Mrs. Luther Warren presented their child for Baptism." "July 1, 1849, ordinance of the Lord's Supper at the Baptist Meeting House where we hold meetings all the time." Deacons John Punchard, and John Kimball had removed their membership to the South Parish. Dea. John Carr was enfeebled by age and at a regular church meeting held at the schoolhouse on Brierhill, Rev. Samuel Delano was elected clerk, and Elisha Swift and Perley Ayer were elected deacons. These were the last two elected. In 1851 but sixteen members were reported, and Mr. Delano soon after closed his labors and went to Hartland, Vt.
The name of the church does not appear in the convention report after 1854, when the pastorate is reported vacant, and the membership as
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sixteen. The last entry in the book of church records is under date of April 5, 1855: "A meeting of the church was held at the schoolhouse, Brierhill, Rev. Mr. Strong of the Bath Church was moderator. Dea. Perley Ayer and wife and daughter, Laura W. Ayer, were given letters of dismission to the South Parish Church. Another member was excommunicated on a charge of disorderly conduct.
The church building at Horse Meadow soon after this passed into the hands of Lafayette Morse, who used it as a barn until it was torn down. The land is now a part of the Horse Meadow Cemetery, lying next to the River road.
HAVERHILL METHODISM
The peculiar polity of the Methodist Episcopal Church renders it a difficult task to determine just when there was any organized society of this denomination in Haverhill. The early Methodist preachers were veritable itinerants. They preached where and when there was oppor- tunity. They formed classes, and appointed class leaders; these classes grew into societies, which were united in circuits, which became com- ponent parts of a Conference, over which a bishop of the denomina- tion exercised jurisdiction and assigned his preachers to the charge of societies and circuits as in his godly judgment he deemed best. Pre- vious to the year 1800 and a little later such Methodist Episcopal classes and societies as there were in New England were a part of the New York Conference. Laban Clark was born in Haverhill July 19, 1778, but his family soon after removed to Bradford, Vt. At about the age of twenty he was converted at a meeting held in the home of Mrs. Peckett, who had formerly been a member of the family of John Wesley. In 1799 he went with a local preacher, John Langdon, to Landaff, and under their joint labors a Methodist class was formed, and at the session of the New York Conference of 1800, Landaff was the name given to a circuit in the New London, Conn., district, and to this circuit comprising all of New Hampshire north of Concord, Elijah R. Sabin was assigned as preacher. Laban Clark, a native of Haverhill, antedated Sabin, as an apostle of what was then the "new faith" or "new departure" in north- ern New Hampshire. His subsequent career was a notable one. He became prominent as a minister, holding the leading pastorates of his denomination in New York and Connecticut, was several years presiding elder, the leading factor in founding Wesleyan University at Middletown, Conn., purchasing the property it occupied, and serving for several years as its financial agent and from 1831 till 1868, as president of its board of trustees. He died in Middletown, November 28, 1869.
Just when Methodism gained a foothold in Haverhill does not appear. The name of the town does not appear in any list of conference circuits
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or stations until 1826, but there is no doubt that the itinerants had preached in various parts of the town, and had formed classes of converts several years earlier. Haverhill was a part of the Landaff circuit, con- stantly diminishing in territory, as it was divided and subdivided from time to time until 1826, when Haverhill and Orford appear in the minutes of the New England Conference, Danville district, as a station or circuit with Ebenezer Ireson and Nathan Howe as preachers. The membership reported was 261. The Landaff circuit was a part of the New York Conference until 1804, when it became a part of the New England Con- ference. The New Hampshire and Vermont Conference was set off from the New England in 1829, and this conference was divided in 1832, and the present New Hampshire Conference was established. Among the famous preachers of old Landaff circuit prior to 1826, who probably preached in Haverhill as opportunity offered while travelling the circuit may be mentioned Martin Ruter, Thomas Branch, Joel Worth, Asa Kent, Isaac Pease, Joseph Peck, John W. Hardy, Jacob Sanborn, John Lord, Lewis Bates, Samuel Morris, Moses Fifield, Abraham D. Merrill, Samuel Kelly, Dan Young, Charles Baker and George Storrs.
The date of the organization of the first class in Haverhill Corner is not definitely known, but was probably in 1817 or 1818 when Jacob San- born, Lewis Bates and Samuel Norris were the preachers on the Landaff circuit. From 1826 for a period of thirty years, the church at Haverhill corner was joined with other churches or societies forming a circuit, usually with more than one preacher in charge. Even when the name Haverhill appears in the official minutes alone, the naming of more than one preacher in charge indicates the existence of a circuit covering the entire town and the adjoining towns of Piermont and Benton.
The following are the names of the preachers from 1826 till the present time:
1826. Haverhill and Orford-Ebenezer Ireson, Nathan Howe.
1827. Haverhill-Ebenezer Ireson, Moses Merrill.
1828. Haverhill-E. Wells, John J. Bliss.
1829. Haverhill-Schuyler Chamberlain.
1830. Haverhill and Orford-Caleb Dustin, William Peck.
1831. Haverhill and Orford-Caleb Dustin, Charles R. Harding, James W. Morey.
1832. Haverhill and Orford-N. W. Aspinwall, C. R. Harding, Samuel A. Cushing.
1833. Haverhill-C. Lamb, D. I. Robinson.
1834. Haverhill-D. I. Robinson, C. Granger.
1835. Haverhill-M. G. Cass, R. Dearborn.
1836. Haverhill-J. Gould, L. D. Blodgett.
1837. Haverhill-Silas Quimby, J. Gould.
1838. Haverhill and East Haverhill-S. Quimby, J. Dow.
1839. Haverhill and East Haverhill-E. B. Fletcher, J. W. Johnson.
1840. Haverhill-D. Wilcox, E. B. Morgan.
1841. Haverhill and East Haverhill-Geo. W. Stearns, Chester W. Lovings, Elisha Brown.
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1842. Haverhill and East Haverhill-Elisha Adams, J. W. Wheeler, T. B. Bingham.
1843. Haverhill-Elisha Adams, J. W. Wheeler, T. P. Brigham.
1844. Haverhill and East Haverhill-R. H. Spaulding, D. Lee, H. H. Hartwell.
Until 1845, North Haverhill had been included in the circuit of which Haverhill was the centre. With this year a change in the method of appointing Methodist preachers in Haverhill took place. A class had been organized as early as 1820 at North Haverhill, and one as early as 1822 at East Haverhill. A great religious revival began at a camp meet- ing held in Landaff in 1842, which spread over the entire old Landaff circuit. There were large additions to the membership of the societies in North Haverhill and East Haverhill as well as in Haverhill. The North Haverhill Methodists had been permitted to hold their meetings for some time in the North Parish Congregational Meeting House at Horse Meadow; but as a result of this revival they erected a house of worship as their own in 1843, on the site of the present Methodist Epis- copal Church. A class had been organized at East Haverhill in 1822- 23, and a society was incorporated under the state law in 1833, with Henry Noyes, Moses Mead, Caleb Morse and Roswell Elliott as incor- porators, and a church edifice was erected in 1834. From 1845 to the present time the assignment of Methodist preachers to the different Haver- hill churches has been the following:
1845. Haverhill-William Hines; East Haverhill-G. W. H. Clark; North Haverhill- H. H. Hartwell.
1846. Haverhill, Piermont and Orford-William Hines, George S. Dearborn; East Haverhill-C. L. McCurdy; North Haverhill-Newell Culver.
1847. Haverhill and Piermont-Lewis Howard; East Haverhill and North Haverhill- Benjamin R. Hoyt.
1848. Haverhill Corner Mission and North Haverhill-Kimball Hadley; East Haver- hill and Benton-George W. Bryant.
1849. Haverhill-no regular pastor; North Haverhill and East Haverhill-Kimball Hadley.
1850. Haverhill and North Haverhill-Charles H. Lovejoy; East Haverhill and Benton-no regular pastor.
1851. Haverhill and Piermont-no regular pastor; East Haverhill-C. H. Lovejoy; North Haverhill, Swiftwater and Benton-D. W. Barber.
1852. Haverhill, North Haverhill and Piermont-R. Newhall; East Haverhill-John M. Blake.
1853. Haverhill, East Haverhill and Piermont-Richard Newhall; North Haverhill- Oloff H. Call.
1854. Haverhill, East Haverhill and Piermont-R. Newhall, A. C. Dustin; North Haverhill-Nelson Martin.
1855. Haverhill, North Haverhill and Piermont-Ashley C. Dutton; East Haverhill- O. W. Watkins.
1856. Haverhill, North Haverhill and Piermont-A. C. Dutton; East Haverhill- O. W. Watkins.
1857. Haverhill-no regular pastor; East Haverhill-no regular pastor; North Haverhill-C. U. Dunning.
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1858. Haverhill-C. U. Dunning; North Haverhill-A. K. Howard; East Haverhill- no regular pastor.
1859. Haverhill-C. U. Dunning; North Haverhill-A. K. Howard; East Haverhill- no regular pastor.
1860. Haverhill-George C. Thomas; North Haverhill-no regular pastor; East Haverhill-no regular pastor.
1861. Haverhill-Charles H. Chase; North Haverhill-Silas Quimby; East Haverhill -C. F. Bailey.
1863.
1862. Haverhill and East Haverhill-C. H. Chase; North Haverhill-Geo. S. Noyes. Haverhill, East Haverhill and Piermont-C. H. Chase; North Haverhill- Geo. S. Noyes.
1864. Haverhill-Richard Harcourt; East Haverhill-Hugh Montgomery; North Haverhill-L. W. Prescott.
1865. Haverhill-J. Mowry Bean; East Haverhill-Hugh Montgomery; North Haverhill-L. W. Prescott.
1866. Haverhill-J. Mowry Bean; East Haverhill-Hugh Montgomery; North Haverhill-S. P. Heath.
1867. Haverhill-J. M. Bean; East Haverhill-A. B. Russell; North Haverhill- Simeon P. Heath.
1868. Haverhill-John Gowan; East Haverhill-A. B. Russell; North Haverhill- H. A. Matteson.
1869. Haverhill-H. S. Ward; East Haverhill-A. B. Russell; North Haverhill- H. A. Matteson.
1870. Haverhill-H. Chandler; East Haverhill-no regular pastor; North Haverhill- H. A. Matteson.
1871. Haverhill-Josiah Hooper; East Haverhill-no regular pastor; North Haverhill -G. W. Roland.
1872. Haverhill-J. Hooper; East Haverhill-A. W. Brown; North Haverhill-John Currier.
1873. Haverhill-J. Hooper; East Haverhill-A. W. Brown; North Haverhill-John Currier.
1874. Haverhill-Joseph Hayes; East Haverhill-I. J. Tibbetts; North Haverhill- John Currier.
1875. Haverhill-J. T. Davis; East Haverhill-I. J. Tibbetts; North Haverhill-J. Hayes.
1876. Haverhill-J. T. Davis; East Haverhill-no regular pastor; North Haverhill, J. Hayes.
1878.
1877. Haverhill-T. Windsor; C. W. Dockrill; North Haverhill-J. H. Knott. Haverhill and Piermont-G. N. Bryant; East Haverhill-C. W. Dockrill; North Haverhill-J. H. Knott.
Haverhill and Piermont-G. N. Bryant; East Haverhill-L. W. Prescott; North Haverhill-I. J. Tibbetts.
1879. 1880. Haverhill-G. N. Bryant; East Haverhill-no regular pastor; North Haverhill -James Cairns.
1881. Haverhill-C. E. Rogers; East Haverhill-no regular pastor; North Haverhill -James Cairns.
1882. Haverhill and East Haverhill-C. E. Rogers; North Haverhill-S. P. Heath. 1883. Haverhill-W. Ramsden; East Haverhill-C. E. Rogers; North Haverhill -J. H. Brown.
1884. Haverhill-W. Ramsden; East Haverhill-C. E. Rogers; North Haverhill- J. H. Brown.
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1885. Haverhill-J. H. Trow; East Haverhill-W. A. Loyne; North Haverhill- J. H. Brown; Woodsville-Albert Twichell.
1886. Haverhill-J. H. Trow; East Haverhill-W. A. Loyne; North Haverhill- J. H. Hillman; Woodsville-A. Twichell.
1887. Haverhill-J. H. Trow; East Haverhill-W. A. Loyne; North Haverhill- J. H. Hillman; Woodsville-Albert Twichell.
1888. Haverhill-G. W. Buzzell; East Haverhill-J. Mowry Bean; North Haverhill -M. T. Cilley; Woodsville-James Cairns.
1889. Haverhill-G. W. Buzzell; East Haverhill-H. E. Allen; North Haverhill- J. P. Frye; Woodsville-C. J. Fowler.
1890. Haverhill-G. W. Buzzell; East Haverhill-H. E. Allen; North Haverhill- J. P. Frye; Woodsville-C. J. Fowler.
1891. Haverhill and Piermont-E. C. Langford; East Haverhill-Mellen Howard; North Haverhill-E. R. Perkins; Woodsville-C. M. Howard.
1892. Haverhill and Piermont-E. C. Langford; East Haverhill-G. A. McLucas; Woodsville-C. M. Howard; North Haverhill-E. R. Perkins.
1893. Haverhill and Piermont-E. C. Langford; East Haverhill-G. A. McLucas; North Haverhill-E. R. Perkins; Woodsville-C. M. Howard.
1894. Haverhill-E. C. Langford; East Haverhill-G. R. Locke; North Haverhill- E. R. Perkins; Woodsville-William Ramsden.
1895. Haverhill-E. C. Langford; East Haverhill-G. R. Locke; North Haverhill- E. R. Perkins; Woodsville-W. H. Tarkington.
1896. Haverhill and Piermont-W. J. Wilkins; East Haverhill-E. C. Clough; North Haverhill-E. R. Perkins; Woodsville-R. T. Wolcott.
1897. Haverhill and Piermont-W. R. Webster; East Haverhill-H. F. Quimby; North Haverhill-J. R. Dinsmore; Woodsville-R. T. Wolcott.
1898. Haverhill-E. E. Reynolds; East Haverhill-N. T. Carter; North Haverhill- J. Roy Dinsmore; Woodsville-George N. Dorr.
1 1899. Haverhill-E. E. Reynolds; East Haverhill-J. H. Vincent; North Haverhill- C. E. Eaton; Woodsville-George N. Dorr.
1900. Haverhill-C. J. Brown; East Haverhill-no regular pastor; North Haverhill- C. E. Eaton; Woodsville-W. A. Loyne.
1901. Haverhill-D. W. Downs; East Haverhill-no regular pastor; North Haverhill -C. E. Eaton; Woodsville-W. A. Loyne.
1902. Haverhill-D. W. Downs; East Haverhill-George M. Newhall; North Haver- hill-C. E. Eaton; Woodsville-W. A. Loyne.
1903. Haverhill-D. W. Downs; East Haverhill-D. W. Downs; North Haverhill- C. E. Eaton; Woodsville-W. A. Loyne.
1904. Haverhill-R. E. Thompson, E. J. Canfield; East Haverhill-W. R. Patterson; North Haverhill-C. E. Eaton; Woodsville-James G. Cairns.
1905. Haverhill-W. P. White; East Haverhill-W. R. Patterson; North Haverhill -C. E. Eaton; Woodsville-James G. Cairns.
1906. Haverhill-W. P. White; East Haverhill-W. R. Patterson; North Haverhill- C. E. Eaton; Woodsville-Charles H. Farnsworth.
1907. Haverhill-A. F. Leigh; East Haverhill-D. J. Smith; North Haverhill-C. E. Eaton; Woodsville-C. H. Farnsworth.
1908. Haverhill-Geo. G. Williams; East Haverhill-D. J. Smith; North Haverhill -C. E. Eaton; Woodsville-C. H. Farnsworth.
1909. Haverhill-Willis Holmes; East Haverhill-F. J. Andrews; North Haverhill- C. E. Eaton; Woodsville-C. H. Farnsworth.
1910. Haverhill-Willis Holmes; East Haverhill-A. H. Drury; North Haverhill- C. E. Eaton; Woodsville-Leslie R. Danforth.
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1911. Haverhill-Robert Fuller; East Haverhill-A. H. Drury; North Haverhill- C. E. Eaton; Woodsville-L. R. Danforth.
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