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In the winter of 1880-1881 the stage went "on runners" to Mil- ford 105 days, and on roads north of the village there was continuous sleighing for 120 days.
November 27, 1881. The horsesheds were partially destroyed by fire, the old meeting-house and the parsonage narrowly escaping destruction. The horsesheds were rebuilt the next year.
July 8, 1882. Telephonic communication established. There never was a telegraphie service, all messages having to be brought up from or sent to Milford. The telephone enabled the sending of messages to Milford, and thence by telegraph elsewhere.
[October, 1905. Local telephones put in, there being about a dozen subscribers, affording facilities for communicating with other parts of the town, or with other towns, without rendering it necessary for those having telephones to go to the store which was the central "pay station." Before this the only telephones in the village were in the store and the Grand Hotel.]
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March 23, 1883. W. H. Conant's box-shop (standing where store now stands ) and Peter F. Pike's house adjoining, burned. The box-shop was formerly Hollis's boot and shoe shop.
October 27, 1883. William G. Bruce, aged 64, accidentally shot himself in taking his gun from his wagon, while on a hunting expedition in New Boston.
October, 1883. T. H. Richardson's store, the only one then in the village, which stood at the junction of the old turnpike and the main street, in front of the Hotel Bellevue, and ta the corner of the village Park, was moved to the site of W. H. Conant's box-shop, where it now (1905) stands.
October, 1883. The Park was graded by the Village Improve- ment Association.
January 10, 1884. The Capt. Timothy Kittredge house, the old Kittredge homestead, (owned by Dr. Charles M. Kittredge), destroyed by fire.
June 17, 1884. New school-house in the South District dedi- cated, with historical address by the Hon. Charles J. Smith, and a poem written by Mrs. Emily Dodge Simpson of New York, daughter of Henry C. Dodge, and in girlhood a pupil of the school.
June, 1884. Granite watering trough set up at the old well near the site of the store at northwest corner of the Park, the gift of C. Amory Stevens, of New York, son of Calvin Stevens, and grand- son of Asa Stevens.
April 27, 1885. Woods Brothers, (John A. and Willard P.), sons of Walter Woods, both of whom were born in Paper Mill Village in New Boston, succeeded Thomas Haskell Richardson, in the village store. Mr. Richardson, who always was called by his second name. "Haskell" Richardson or by his initials, "T. H." Rich- ardson, began trade in a very small way in the old box-shop of Deacon William Conant, which was situated on the other side of the street nearly opposite. He bought out J. E. Bruce, who traded at the store situated then near what is now the Park, about 1847, and remained in trade till this date after the store was moved to where it now stands.
June 14, 1886. The Park was laid out with walks, trees were set out, and the Village Improvement Society determined to raise money to build a summer house on the Park, which was put up the next May.
April 25, 1887. John M. Fox & Co. (the "Co." being the son
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William P.) bought out Woods Brothers (John and Willard P.)
June 15, 1888. The Dr. Daniel Adams House struck by light- ning and burned.
March 7, 1888. Dwelling house in south part of town, owned by Elmer E. Carlton destroyed by fire.
April 16. Residence, barn and shed of Milton W. Wallace and Asa Carson, being the old Upton place on Beech Hill, destroyed by fire.
April 7. Store of John M. Fox entered, and $100 worth of goods and $15 worth of postage stamps stolen.
May. Village drain running from the bog hole in rear of the Tabitha Stevens residence across to Campbell hill, down through the Bragg field, and under the old Baker store, (then the old Hillsborough house) under the park, completed. This drain was made as a sani- tary measure, but it was never adequate, and the assessments levied as for betterments on account of it caused much dissatisfaction, and were never fully collected.
June 29, 1889. Dr. Frederick Chandler assumed office of post- master.
September, 1889. . The three cottages on the hill where the Grand hotel was erected later on, then belonging respectively to Frank Marden, Mrs. Lauretta E. Phillips, and John A. Spalding of Nashua, in process of erection.
October 1, 1889. Hotel Bellevue leased to Willard P. Woods, by George E. Boutell, the owner.
Stage and mail route from Milford to Mont Vernon and North Lyndeboro purchased by Elmer E. Smith of Hillsboro. Mr. Smith also bought out Mr. Walter Woods, who had been proprietor of the stage line for 17 years.
The Dr. J. K. Smith house, next to the old Baker store, pur- chased by Elbridge F. Trow, and occupied by John M. Fox.
August, 1890. Dr. F. Chandler resigned as postmaster, and sold his real estate to John M. Fox. It was the house next south of the Bellevue, and is now occupied by Mr. Fox, although from 1900 to 1904 Mr. Fox resided and conducted a grocery business in Roches- ter, N. H. He returned to Mont Vernon in 1904.
December, 1890. Elmer E. Smith sold out his mail route con- tract and stage line to Willard P. Woods.
June 17, 1892. Barn on the William G. Bruce place struck by lightning and entirely consumed.
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April 13. O. W. Battles sold bis farm and removed to Sequa- chee, Tenn.
Alonzo Winn sold his farm and removed to Wilton.
September, 1892. William E. Robinson harvested 1000 baskets of peaches from his orchard of 300 trees.
Alonzo Travis' cottage and barn sold to Dea. William H. Conant. This cottage stood on the main village street. next above the McCollom Institute. It was moved back, facing the road across from the main street to the old turnpike, and a fine new house was erected on its former site, which up to this time (1905) has been oc- cupied by W. H. Conant and his family.
December 31. W. F. Pinkham presented a piano to Prospect Grange (Patrons of Husbandry) and to the Congregational Society for their joint use.
January 20, 1903. Mont Vernon post-office made a money- order office.
September 15, 1893. W. P. Woods sold stage route to Herbert C. Dickey, of Manchester.
May 13, 1896. A supplemental grading.bee for new church ground.
May 15, 1896. Conant Hall destroyed by fire-canse unknown. It burned about 9 o'clock p. m.
CHAPTER VI.
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.
LIST OF MINISTERS-LIST OF DEACONS -- MINISTERS CALLED BUT WIIO DID NOT COME-SKETCHES OF THE EIGHTEEN MINISTERS WHO SERVED-FIRST PASTOR, REV. JOHN BRUCE -- REVIVAL-SECOND PASTOR, REV. STEPHEN CHAPIN -- RESIGNATION OF MR. CHAPIN- SALARY OF MR. CHAPIN-OPPOSITION TO A BAPTIST MEETING- THIRD PASTOR, REV. EBENEZER CHEEVER-FOURTHI PASTOR, REV. NATHANIEL KINGSBURY-REVIVAL DAYS -TEMPERANCE RE- FORM-FIFTH PASTOR, REV. EDWIN JENNISON -- CONFESSION OF FAITII-REMOVAL OF CHURCH EDIFICE -- THE SLAVERY QUESTION -RETIREMENT OF REV. MR. JENNISON-SIXTH PASTOR, REV. BEZALEEL SMITHI-SEVENTH PASTOR, REV. CHARLES D. HERBERT -EIGHTII PASTOR, REV. CHARLES E. LORD-NINTII PASTOR, REY. GEORGE E. SANBORNE-ATTITUDE OF MONT VERNON CLER- GYMEN IN CIVIL WAR-TENTH PASTOR, REV. BENSON M. FRINK -ERECTION OF PARSONAGE-ELEVENTH PASTOR, REV. SETH H. KEELER, D.D .- TWELFTHI PASTOR. REV. WILLIAM H. WOOD- WELL-THIRTEENTH PASTOR, REV. CHARLES C. CARPENTER -- FOURTEENTHI PASTOR, REV. RICHARD H. McGOWN-FIFTEENTH PASTOR, REV. JOHN THORPE-SIXTEENTHI PASTOR. REV. THOMAS J. LEWIS-SEVENTEENTHI PASTOR, REV. DONALD BROWNE- EIGHTEENTH PASTOR, REV. HENRY PORTER PECK.
THE troubles and dissensions which the people of the Northwest Parish, now the town of Mont Vernon, had with the Amherst church, which led to the formation of a new religious society, and subsequent- ly to the erection of a new town, have been described in the chapters on "Early History and Early Settlers" and "Conditions Preliminary to Separation From the Parent Town," as has also the early ecclesias- tical history of the only church in Mont Vernon.
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LIST OF MINISTERS.
The following is a list of ministers who have preached for any length of time in Mont Vernon since the organization of the church in 1780. There having been but the one church organization, it is a simple matter.to make a record of its pastors, and it is clear, all the way through this history, that whenever the church is referred to, the First (and only) Congregational church of Mont Vernon is meant.
From the organization of the church in 1780, to 1782, there ap- parently was not a "stated supply" for the pulpit. August 29, 1782, a "Mr. Powers" was invited to supply for a year.
In 1783 a "Mr. Allen" is said to have been called to supply for a year. Then a Mr. Samuel Sargent was invited to settle, but declined.
After this came the following succession of ministers, all of them supposedly having been duly "settled" over the parish by ordination or installation, down to Rev. Dr. Keeler's time. Since then Rev. Mr. Carpenter and Rev. Mr. McGown are the only ones who were installed.
Rev. John Bruce began preaching in 1784, was ordained Nov. 3, 1785, and died while in service, March 12, 1809, aged 51.
Rev. Stephen Chapin, D.D., installed Nov. 15, 1809 ; dismissed, at his own request, Nov. 18, 1818.
Rev. Ebenezer Cheever, ordained Dee. 8, 1819 ; dismissed April 8, 1823.
Rev. Nathaniel Kingsbury, ordained Nov. 8, 1823; dismissed April 6, 1836; died July 12, 1843, aged 49.
Rev. Edwin Jennison, installed April 6, 1836 ; dismissed Aug. 19, 1841 (on account of ill health) ; died at Conway, Mass., Dcc. 25, 1887.
Rev. Bezaleel Smith, installed Aug. 19, 1841 ; dismissed April 30, 1850 ; died at Randolph, Vt., May 15, 1879.
Rev. Charles D. Herbert began preaching July 5, 1850; in- stalled Nov. 6, 1850; dismissed July 21, 1856 ; died at Hebron, N. Y., Oct. 13, 1893, aged 75.
Rev. Chas. E. Lord began preaching Oct. 1, 1856; installed Feb. 4, 1857 ; dismissed April 2, 1861 ; died at Newburyport, Mass., Feb. 19, 1902, aged 90.
Rev. George E. Sanborne, installed April 2, 1862; dismissed May 29, 1865 ; died at Hartford, Conn., Jan. 7, 1900.
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Rev. Benson M. Frink, installed Nov. 1, 1865 ; dismissed Nov. 1, 1867. Living (June, 1905) at West Brookfield, Mass., but not settled in any pastorate.
Rev. Seth H. Keeler, D.D., began preaching Jan. 9, 1868; dis- missed Sept. 24, 1875; died at Somerville, Mass., Dec. 26, 1896, aged 86.
Rev. Wm. H. Woodwell, began preaching Nov. 1, 1875 ; closed his service March 28, 1880. Now (June, 1905) living at Seabrook, N. H.
Rev. Charles C. Carpenter, began preaching Nov. 1, 1880; in- stalled July 12, 1881 ; dismissed Sept. 19, 1885. Now (June, 1905) living at Andover, Mass.
Rev. Richard H. McGown, began preaching Jan. 10, 1886; in- stalled June 23, 1886 ; dismissed Feb. 28, 1888. Died at Everett, Mass., April 1, 1900.
Rev. John Thorpe preached for the first time April 15, 1888; May 18, same year, accepted engagement to preach as supply ; and served till Sept. 1, 1894. Now (June, 1905) pastor of Congrega- tional church at Center Harbor, N. H.
Rev. Thomas J. Lewis began preaching as supply Nov. 11, 1894; and closed his labors at Mont Vernon Dec. 5, 1897. Now (June, 1905) pastor of the Congregational church at Conway, N. H.
Rev. Donald Browne began preaching in November, 1898, and ceased service in November, 1900. Now (June 1905) he is serving as rector of an Episcopal church at South Groveland, Mass.
Rev. Henry Porter Peck assumed the duties of pastor Jan. 1, 1901, and still continues (June, 1905).
DEACONS.
It seems to be impossible to secure the full details as to the dates of appointment and terms of service of all those who have been dea- cons of the church at Mont Vernon. It is probable that the following list comprises all who have been deacons, however, and the dates of appointment are nearly all given, but only a part of the dates of res- ignation or death. Doubtless most of the deacons served as long as they lived, the office having a life tenure. The following names are taken from a list published in the Mont Vernon Annual Church and Town Record for 1891 :
Between 1780 and 1795, Oliver Carlton, Nathaniel Heywood,
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and Richard Ward are supposed to have been the deacons. From that time on, the appointments are on record :
Appointed March 28, 1794, John Carlton, Ezekiel Upton, Daniel Smith.
Appointed October, 1800, John Carlton, Jacob Kendall.
Appointed May 27, 1817, Jonathan S. Adams.
Appointed April 27, 1820, John Bruce; died Jan. 19, 1872, aged 83.
Appointed April, 1829, Josiah Kittredge 2d.
Appointed Aug. 31, 1832, William Conant; resigned Aug 15, 1875 ; died at Somerville, Mass., Feb. 20, 1890.
Appointed Nov. 10, 1836, Joseph A. Starrett; resigned March, 1858 ; died May 22, 1895, aged 89 years, 9 months.
Appointed April 4, 1858. Geo. E. Dean. Died Feb. 26, 1891.
Appointed Aug. 22, 1875, William H. Conant; died May 19, 1903.
Appointed May 2, 1889, Geo. G. Batchelder ; died Jan. 8, 1896.
Appointed October 29, 1891, Maj. Charles F. Stinson and Wil- liam H. Kendall. Major Stinson died March 10, 1893, aged 52 years, 5 months. Deacon Kendall is still serving (1905).
Appointed April, 1899, Jay M. Gleason ; still serving (1905).
SKETCHES OF THE MINISTERS.
Concerning the temporary ministers, who preceded, or were asked to precede, Rev. Mr. Bruce, the following facts are furnished by the Rev. C. C. Carpenter :
"Mr. Powers, who was called to supply for the year 1782, was doubtless Rev. Peter Powers, son of Capt. Peter Powers, first settler of Hollis ; was born in old Dunstable, Nov. 29, 1729, and came to the Hollis part of Dunstable in 1730; graduated at Harvard in 1754, the first college graduate from Hollis. In 1764 was settled in Haver- hill, N. H., and Newbury, Vt., on opposite sides of the Connecticut. The towns were opposite in sentiment, as in location, and didn't agree in politics, Powers was a "high whig," and was persona non grata to the Newbury folk ; removed to Haverhill in 1781, in spring. Con- tinued to preach a year or two, and dismissed sometime in 1782. He soon after settled in Deer Isle, Maine. I find no hint of his going to Mont Vernon, but it is very probable that he would have been the likely man to be called at just that time, because he was just
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getting through at Newbury and Haverhill, and because as a Hollis man he would be well known in Amherst. I do not understand that he actually preached in Mont Vernon, only was asked to do so."
"The Mr. Allen of the 1783 call, was presumably Ebenezer Allen, born in Martha's Vineyard in 1746, graduated from Harvard in 1771. He was settled in Wolfeboro in 1792. When he came there he had recommendations from ministers in Andover, Haverhill, Plaistow, Stratham, etc., showing that he was known all about, and was per- haps seeking a parish in New Hampshire about those days."
"I find no Samuel Sargent to answer the demand of the '83 man at all, which is singular, as it is a familiar New Hampshire name, although not perhaps in the ministerial line."
THE FIRST PASTOR was the Rev. John Bruce, who ministered to Mont Vernon church from 1784 until his sudden death of apoplexy March 12, 1809. He was born in Marlborough, Massachusetts, Au- gust 31, 1757, and graduated at Dartmouth College in 1781.
The following is an interesting extract from the records of the Second Parish of Amherst :
Second Parish of Amherst. N. H., Dec. 29, 1784.
At a legal meeting, duly warned. voted to concur with the Church in giving Mr. John Bruce a call to settle in the gospell ministry in this Parish.
Voted to give him one hundred and twenty pounds Incouragement as settlement.
Voted to give Mr. Bruce sixty Pounds sallery and twenty cord of wood annually, as long as he carry's on the gospel ministry in this place, and if in case he should be disinabled to carry on the work of ministry by Infirmness of Body or old age, to give him thirty pounds, and twenty cords of wood annually as long as he remains our Minister.
Of the first ten and last eight years of his pastorate there are no church records. A list of the members of the church, in Mr. Bruce's hand-writing, about 1798, makes its membership one hundred and ten. The next fifty were added by profession. This revival was the first known in this section, and it awakened much interest far and near.
In 1809 there were printed by Richard Boylston (Farmers' Cab- inet Press), Amherst, in a small pamphlet, a copy of which is extant, two sermons preached at Mont Vernon by the Rev. Stephen Chapin, Mr. Bruce's successor, the second Sabbath after his installation, Nov.
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26, 1809, from the text, "Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us, we pray you in Christ's stead be ye reconciled to God." The title page bears the subject, "On the duties of an ambassador of Christ," and "Published by desire." Doubtless one sermon was preached in the forenoon and the other in the afternoon.
In the same pamphlet appears a considerable sketch "On the Life and Character of the Rev. John Bruce, by A Parishioner," from which the following is condensed :
The Rev. John Bruce was born in Marleborough. Massachusetts, Angust 31, 1757, of respectable and pious parents. He lost his mother at the age of seven. His father was a farmer. He fitted for college in some school not named in the sketch, and entered Dart- mouth College in 1777, and graduated in 1781, and "by his teachable disposition, gentleness of manners, mild, serious and dutiful behavior in all respects, he obtained, it is said from the highest authority of the college, the distinguishing appellation of 'the good Mr. Bruce.'" He afterwards received from his alma mater the degree of M. A. Soon after leaving college he began the study of divinity, and in due time was licensed to preach. After preaching on probation for several years in various places, and a sufficient time in the Second Parish of Amherst, New Hampshire, now Mont Vernon, he received and ac- cepted a call to the pastoral care of the church and congregation in that place. and was ordained Nov. 3. 1785. On the 15th of December following he married Lois Wilkins of Marleborough. whom he left a widowed mother of six children. He continued with faithfulness to fulfil the various duties of his sacred office, from the time of his ordination till his death, a period of twenty-three years and four months.
"Ilis constitution was not firm and robust, being probably enervated by study and a sedentary life, although his stature was considerably above the middle size, well proportioned, and of an ath- letic appearance. For several years before his death, his health sensibly decayed, and for more than one year he was afflicted with almost a total blindness of one eye, which necessitated him to extem- porize in his public discourses, instead of using uotes, which had been his enstom. On Saturday morning, March 11, 1809, he arose early, as was his usual practice, and complained of a slight headache, which however, he mentioned but once, and appeared as usual till he sat down to breakfast. He had taken but little food: when he was suddenly attacked with a Hemiplegia. or palsy of the right side, accompanied with an entire loss of reason and alarming symptoms of apoplexy. Medical aid was immediately called in, but in vain. The lethargic and apoplectic symptoms, in defiance to every exertion to procure relief, continued to grow more profound, and to assume a more threatening aspect, till nearly three o'clock on Sunday morning,
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when he slept the sleep of death. Thus ended the life of this excellent man ; thus sudden and unexpected, though insensible to the pangs of dissolving nature, was his transit to eternity.
"He was meek, pious and humble ; kind, gentle, and easy to be entreated He became all things to all men, that if possible he might gain some ;' while at the same time he steadfastly adhered to 'the faith once delivered to the saints.' He possessed in an eminent de- gree that charity which 'suffereth long and is kind,' which 'beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.' But the most distinguishing traits in his character, next to his love of piety and religion, were prudence and a peaceable disposition. He was prudent and discreet m all things, and eminently entitled to the appellation of a peace-maker. These virtues were so conspicuously displayed by him, that he had not a personal enemy in the world, but all who knew esteemed and revered him. As a husband he was faithful, affectionate, tender, and sincere. As a parent he was kind, indulgent, and anxiously solicitous for the temporal, but chiefly for the eternal, well-being of his children. As a neighbor he was friendly and hospitable ; as a citizen patriotic, and friendly ; as a man, in all respects, a true and sincere christian."
The sons, John. James, William and Nathaniel, were heads of families, all worthy citizens, and lifelong residents of Mont Vernon. Their united ages at their decease were three hundred and twenty-two years.
THE SECOND PASTOR was the Rev. Stephen Chapin, who on the decease of Mr. Bruce, immediately received a call from this church, but was not installed until November 15, 1809. Born at Milford, Massachusetts, in 1788, a graduate of Harvard in 1804, a pupil in divinity with the famous Dr. Nathaniel Emmons, of Franklin, Massachusetts, his first settlement was in the neighboring town of Hillsborough, four years, from 1805 to 1809. Mr. Chapin was - a man of positive conviction, and bold, unadorned, and uncom- promising in his style of preaching. His earnest, able preach- ing, and stringent discipline made a deep impression upon his people. During a pastorate of nine years one hundred and fifteen were added to the church. On one Sabbath in 1817, fifty-one con- verts were received into fellowship. While all hearts were completely united in him, the day of separation came from a quarter least expected. In October, 1818, the pastor suddenly announced a change in his views respecting the mode and subjects of baptism. He was a man sincere and true, and conscientiously embraced Calvinistic Baptist views. He at once resigned his pastorate here, and was dis-
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missed in November, 1818. After a three years' pastorate as a Baptist clergyman at North Yarmouth, Maine, he was, in 1822, called to a professorship at Waterville College, Maine, and thence to the presideney of Columbia College at Washington, D. C., which he occupied for many years. The salary of Mr. Chapin was stipulated at four hundred dollars per annum, and if, from any cause, he was unable to preach, no abatement, unless such absence exceeded six weeks.
Relative to the great revival of 1817, the Farmers' Cabinet of Oct. 25, 1817, had an editorial commenting on a meeting held on the previous Thursday, at which fifty-one persons came forward for ad- mission to the church, the fruits of the revival which had been going on the past summer. "We have." said the editor, "seldom witnessed a scene more solemn and interesting."
About 1821 a Baptist meeting was appointed at the red school- house in the Center District. This would have a divisive tendency. One morning Dea. John Carlton, a staunch Congregationalist, whose self-appointed function was to protect the fold from intrusion, was heard, before the regular church meeting commenced, harangning a company of his brethren in front of the old yellow church in this wise : "If so be that our minister preaches the gospel, we have the gospel. If so be he preaches not the gospel, we want not the gospel."
THE THIRD PASTOR, called after an interval of a little more than a year from Mr. Chapin's dismissal, was the Rev. Ebenezer Cheever, a native of Reading, Vermont, a graduate of Bowdoin College. He was ordained December 8, 1819. He continued pastor till April 8, 1823, with an addition to the church in the meantime of twenty-two members. He baptized thirty-nine children in less than three years. In the spring of 1820 the first Sabbath School was organized here, being held in the school-house and composed exclusively of children.
THE FOURTH PASTOR Was the Rev. Nathaniel Kingsbury, from Connectient, and a graduate of Amherst College, who commenced his labors two weeks after Mr. Cheever's dismissal. He was ordained November 8, 1823, and dismissed April 6, 1836. The following were the exercises at his ordination : Ordaining Prayer, Rev. E. P. Bradford, New Boston; Sermon, Rev. Chaney Booth, of Coventry, Connecticut ; Consecrating Prayer, Rev. Moses Bradford, Frances- town; Charge, Rev. Humphrey Moore, Milford; Fellowship of
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Churches, Rev. N. Merrill, Lyndeborough ; Address to Congrega- tion, Rev. E. P. Bradford, New Boston ; Concluding Prayer, Rev. Nathan Lord, Amherst. Hon. C. Claggett, of Amherst, and Sol K. Livermore, of Milford. were members of the ordaining council.
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