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The first service: - July 7th 1822. Rev. Messrs. Babcock, of Buffalo, and Benjamine Dorr of Lansingburg officiating.
First Rector, elect: - Sep 5 1822. Rev. Alanson W. Welton, of Detroit, called. Ac- cepted, but died before taking charge.
Admitted to Diocese of New York Oct 15 1822.
The First Rector: - About Sept 1823, the Rev. David Brown.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH (Historical Record by Rev. J. Boyd Espy)
In 1805 the First Methodist Episcopal itinerant made his appearance in Fredonia, N. Y. In 1811 Rev. Elijah Metcalf appointed preacher in charge of Chautauqua Circuit, or- ganized a Class as part of the Ohio Confer- ence. The members constituting this Society were: Justus Hinman and wife, Daniel Gould and wife, William Ensign and wife, Jeremiah Baldwin and wife and a few others. In 1812 Benjamin Paddock was appointed pastor.
FREE METHODIST CHURCH
Incorporated in 1880. Constituent mem- bers: - Curtis Davis, William Corwin, Eliza- beth Corwin, Martha Aldrich, Mary Arm- strong, William Cairnes, John Akin, Mrs. John Akin, Dell Akin, Jennie Akin, John Munger.
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First Trustees: - William Corwin, John Akin, William Cairnes.
First Pastor: - Rev. W. W. Brown. Church on Free Street.
GERMANIA EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN ZION CHURCH
Incorporated Nov. 15 1887. Church (on Houghton Street) dedicated May 27 1888.
Constituent members: - Frederick Ehmke, Frederick Sahloff, Henrich Gollnitz, Earl Luck, Hellmut Luck, Henrich Moller, Lud- wig Sahloff, Carl Dankert, William Steitz, August Bredlow, William Griese, Christian Wassmund.
First Pastor: - William Broacker.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Date Dec 7 1879. First Pastor Rev. L. S. Brown.
Constituent members: - Mrs. Josie G. Brown, George W. Lewis, David Ransom, James Fuller, David N. Thayer, George W. Briggs, John Jackson, Mrs. G. W. Briggs, Joel N. Straight and Mrs. Joel N. Straight and eight others.
Church, corner of Free and Day Streets.
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MISSIONS
Rev. Adoniram Judson and his wife Ann H. Judson, on February 19, 1812 sailed from Salem, Mass. in the " Caravan " Capt. Hurd, and arrived at Rangoon, July 13, 1813. This event marks the beginning of Baptist missions in Burma. From the first, the interest in this mission, on the part of Baptist churches in this section was spontaneous and intense. The records do not show the gifts of the individual churches, but the result of the missionary col- lections, taken at the Annual meetings of the Associations are given.
In 1825 the 1st Pomfret Church and Society reported that their collections went for the aid of three young brethren, whom they had licensed to preach and who were in the Hamil- ton Theological Seminary.
At the meeting of the Association, 1826, held in Stockton, we find this record: - Re- solved - That Elder Jairus Handy deliver a missionary discourse to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock; and that a collection be taken to be equally divided between the Burman Mission and the " Carey Station " under the superin- tendence of Br. McCoy. This last was a home mission among the Ottawas.
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The discourse was from the text - " Who hath despised the day of small things", and the collection was $9.63.
In 1827 the collection following the mission- ary discourse was $17.08.
In 1828 the collection for the Carey Station was $19.96, and the collection for the Burman mission $10.08.
In 1829 collection for Carey Station
$3.79; collection for Burman mission $10.94.
At the meeting at Ashville 1834, the record is: - " Agreeable to appointment yesterday, Rev. J. D. Cole delivered a sermon from Psalm 4: 3. " But know that the Lord hath set apart, him that is Godly, for himself ". After which a collection of $23.48; two Buckles, two pair Earrings, and two Finger Rings were taken for the Home Mission. At the same meeting, a sister gave one string Gold Beads.
In 1849, the year after the re-union of the Fredonia Church, the total benevolence of the Erie Association, was $359.72. Fredonia gave $144.63. Four years later, in 1853, the amount for the Association $501.81. Fre- donia gave $199.50.
In 1879 Total benevolence for the Erie As- sociation $829.57. Fredonia, $270.60. For the same year, total benevolence of the Har-
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mony Association $525.26; Jamestown $139 .- 25; Panama $134.54.
A noteworthy feature in the missionary work of the Fredonia Church, as it is of nearly all the churches, is the part taken by Women's Missionary Societies.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the Chautauqua Baptist Association was organ- ized in 1898. It was not until 1900 that the minutes of the Annual Meeting were pub- lished. The third annual meeting was held at Forestville, May 1, 1900. The society con- vened at 2 P. M. and was called to order by Mrs. F. B. Palmer of Fredonia. Miss Kate Knight, Burma, gave an address -" Some of my experiences as a missionary."
The fourth annual meeting was held at Cherry Creek, May 14, 1901. Committee on nominations reported - Foreign Missionary, President, Mrs. Cornell, Fredonia; Vice Presi- dent, Mrs. Palmer; Home Missions, Presi- dent Mrs. Spencer, Forestville; Vice Presi- dent, Mrs. Davis, Forestville; Recording Sec'y, Miss Morian, Cherry Creek; Treasurer, Miss Carrie Dixon, Jamestown.
In 1903 the May meeting of the Mission- ary Society, and also of the Sunday School Convention, were omitted and the Societies met with the Association at Forestville, August 25-26-27. The leading mis-
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sionary contributions of the Fredonia Church, including all departments, were - State Mis- sions, $71.12; Home Missions, $202.12; For- eign Missions, $242.70.
April 1, 1905 - Report of Woman's Mis- sion Circle, by Mrs. Harriet Daniels. Have sustained monthly meetings, with an average attendance of twelve. Have been studying about Japan. The Society has raised for for- eign missions, $48.81; for home missions, $80.70; and goods valued at $179.75.
REV. CYRUS A. CHILCOTT
Cyrus A. Chilcott attended the Fredonia Academy, and later was in Rochester Uni- versity. In April 1864, he received an ap- pointment as Missionary to Siam. He was ordained in Fredonia, N. Y., July 20, 1864; sailed from New York, August 13, 1864.
Dr. Wm. Dean, founder of the Bangkok Mission, was present at the ordination.
At the Missionary Jubilee of the American Baptist Missionary Union, held in Phila- delphia, May, 1864, Mr. Chilcott said: - " Here in the presence of this large, already wearied, but patient congregation, surrounded by these venerable fathers in Israel, whose silvery locks, attest the long years of their faithful services, in the cause of Christ, and whose experience so richly qualifies them to
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speak to our edification. I find that I, almost a novice, in this work, have little claim upon a moment of your valuable time. I simply stand here as one of the least among all the prophets, and rejoice in the prospect of soon being permitted to visit heathen lands, and there repeat the story of the Cross, in the ears of those who have never yet been gladdened by even so much as the name of Jesus. May your prayers accompany me." - " Died, at the Bap- tist Mission at Bangkok, Siam, Dec. 30, 1865, Rev. Cyrus A. Chilcott in the 30th year of his age". "
REVIVALS AND BAPTISMS
"Down to the sacred wave, The Lord of Life was led, And he who came, our souls to save, In Jordan bowed his head.
It was a Sunday in June and there was to be a baptism by the Fredonia Baptist Church. So perfect were the conditions of weather and the roads, that it was decided to visit the Lake for administering the ordinance. The spot selected, was near the farm residence (of a member) lying between Point Gratiot and Van Buren. The spot and all the surroundings were ideal. The clean, gently shelving beach, the steady but not unpleasant inflowing waves
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of the Lake, and when the choir began singing Wesley's incomparable hymn -
" Jesus lover of my soul,
" Let me to thy bosom fly,
" While the nearer waters roll,
there was a solemn and beautiful realism, rarely witnessed in an always impressive ordinance.
For the first fifty years and more, in its his- tory, baptism was administered in the river, or nearby lakes of this County.
Baptisms follow revivals.
For five years, the baptismal record of the Fredonia Baptist Church, has exceeded 50 each year. The list is 1834-56; 1837-93; 1838-54; 1852-65; 1858-61.
If we take six year periods, the baptisms 1834-39, were 208. 1900-05 were 135.
In the Harmony Association, the year 1842 was remarkable for revivals. There were added by baptism - Jamestown 103 ;- Busti 79 ;- Clymer 84; West Portland 70; - Frewsburg 54.
JOHN F. BISHOP
In March 1838 Rev. John F. Bishop re- ceived a call to the pastorate which was ac- cepted. There was a revival that year and one of the largest additions by baptism in any year
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REV. GEO. D. DOWNEY
in the history of the Church. After the di- vision in 1839 he remained as pastor of the part of the church which worshiped in the meeting house and was active in pastoral and church work. We have not been able to get any account of his early life nor of his theo- logical education. It is evident that Fredonia was not his first pastorate. His residence in Fredonia was on West Main street (West Hill). He is spoken of by old residents as a man of fine address and an able preacher. He remained as pastor until 1845.
In 1846 Rev. B. C. Willoughby became pas- tor of that part of the church.
In 1848 the unfortunate division of the church was happily settled. Each of the pas- tors resigned and in 1849 Rev. S. T. Griswold was called to the pastorate.
GEORGE D. DOWNEY
Rev. Geo. D. Downey, a recent graduate from the Theological Seminary, received a call to the pastorate in 1861. A council of Ordina- tion was called and he was ordained Thursday Oct. 24th. On October 13th the change was made from a sermon Sunday afternoon to an evening sermon. On the Thanksgiving fol- lowing, Rev. Downey preached the sermon in the M. E. Church.
Rev. Downey's pastorate was very pleasant
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but of short duration. On Sunday Feb 1st 1863 he preached his valedictory to a large congregation.
REV. JAIRUS HANDY
Jairus Handy was born April 30, 1803. When his father, Rev. Joy Handy, in 1811, became pastor of the Fredonia Baptist Church, Jairus was a lad, eight years old. In early life, he gave evidence of unusual talent. Mr. Devillo A. White remembers him. Mr. White says that Jairus Handy entered his father's (Dr. S. White) office for the study of medi- cine. This was in the early twenties. In'due time the young medical student was catechised as to his proficiency in medical studies. The result was a failure. "See here " said the kind hearted doctor, " I fear you are studying for the wrong profession. You ought to be a preacher, rather than a doctor." " A
preacher," replied the astonished student, " why, I am not even a member of the church." Subsequent events justified Dr. White's con- clusion. Jairus Handy was baptized June 1st,
1825. He took a short course of study (aided by the Fredonia Church) in Hamilton Theo- logical Seminary and August 30th, 1826 was ordained as pastor of the Mayville Church. The history (1876) of the Mayville Church, says -"Elder LaHatt remained with the
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church as pastor until September, 1826, when he was succeeded by Elder Jairus Handy, a young man from the Seminary at Hamilton, N. Y. During his pastorate, which continued for five years, the church was greatly blessed with many very valuable accessions. He es- tablished prayer meetings and caused the church to set apart days of fasting and prayer.
Elder Handy was a noble man, full of en- ergy, fervent in prayer, walking before the world and the Church of God with uprightness. Long will his memory be cherished."
From Mayville, in the Fall of 1830, Rev. Handy went to Buffalo and a revival, with large accessions followed. He died Nov. 7th. 1831. The monument to his memory, in the East Main Street Cemetery, was erected by the Buffalo Church.
REV. ALFRED HANDY
Alfred Handy was another of the sons of Elder Joy Handy to enter the sacred profes- sion. With his brother Jairus, he was for a brief period in the Seminary at Hamilton. He was pastor of the church in Warren, Pa. 1843- 44; of the Jamestown, N. Y. church, 1845-46. He was moderator of the Harmony Associa- tion at the Mayville session 1844, and was Moderator of the Erie Association, at the Forestville session, 1848.
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REV. C. N. CHANDLER
Rev. C. N. Chandler began his labors as pastor Sunday Oct. 7, 1855. Rev. Chandler and wife Elizabeth D. Chandler brought let- ters from the church in Elmira N. Y.
There was a baptism the afternoon of his first Sabbath as pastor.
As the Fredonia Church was not represented during his pastorate in the Erie Association, no report of membership statistics is available. His labors with the church closed Nov. 30, 1856. At the covenant meeting preceding, letters of dismission were voted himself and Mrs. Chandler.
ELIZABETH BOND
Elizabeth Bond was born in Kinderhook, N. Y., September 10th, 1797 and when two years removed with her parents to Sandy Hill, Washington County, N. Y. When ten years old, her mother died and she became house- keeper for the family. She attended school later in Troy.
In 1818, she came with her brother, William Bond to Dunkirk, then considered the far west. The journey then required 16 days.
March 4th, 1819 she was married to Adam Fink, who had come to Dunkirk in 1817 and was a skilled manufacturer of edge tools. His
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blacksmith shop was at the northeast corner of Central Avenue and Third Street and his home occupied all the ground bounded by Cen- tral Avenue on the west, Third Street on the south, Washington Avenue on the east, and Second Street on the north. He cleared this ground with his own labor and with axes of his own manufacture. On this ground were his house, barn, orchard, and garden, the black- smith shop, and a wheatfield.
He later removed to a farm in Bennett Road where both he and his wife died, he in his 90th year and she when 84. Their graves are in Forest Hill cemetery, surrounded by a beautiful evergreen hedge.
The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Fink was the first within what are the limits of the Town of Dunkirk.
In 1822, Mrs. Fink became a member of the Baptist Church in Fredonia, where she was baptized in Fredonia when the Rev. Elisha Tucker was pastor of the Church in Fredonia. Upon the 5th of May 1830, she was one of 14 persons who constituted the First Bap- tist Church of Dunkirk. In her later years, she sometimes spoke with pleasure of the times when she used to walk on the corduroy road to attend the Baptist meeting in Fredonia and not feel it any hardship to do so. Upon such occasions, she sometimes carried a child, which
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she gladly did rather than miss a covenant meeting.
Of her nine children, seven of whom reached manhood and womanhood, only one is living, Charles E. Fink of New York. Several grand children are living.
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IN THE DAYS OF THE CIVIL WAR (Diary of D. Barrell)
1861 - April 11 -Intense anxiety about news from Charleston S. C. - Looks war- like.
- April 12- Civil war commenced in Charleston. Fort Sumter attacked.
1865 - April 10 - The news of the surrender of Lee and his army to Gen. Grant yester- day P. M .- the whole land is in a blaze of rejoicing - Jubilee meeting in Concert Hall in evening.
1865 - April 13 - The papers filled with ac- counts of the rejoicing over the triumph of our army .- It is thought the war is virtually at an end.
1865 - Saturday April 15-Oh, what strange, sad intelligence reaches us this morning! Our noble president Abraham Lincoln was assassinated last night - Shot at 10 o'clock last evening, died at 7/2 o'clock this morning. Secretary Seward also stabbed at the same hour - but alive. Sunday April 16- A solemn mournful Sabbath. The weather cheerless, gloomy and our hearts still more so. Our church and others draped in mourning.
Mr. Seward still alive - assassin known but not arrested.
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Wednesday April 19-Stores all closed until after the services for the funeral of our late President Lincoln, held at Washington at 12 o'clock. A union meeting held at Baptist Church at 12 M. Church crowded to overflowing.
Thursday April 20 - The body of Presi- dent Lincoln in Buffalo to-day - Passed through Dunkirk in the night.
EBER M. PETTIT
Dr. Eber M. Pettit was born in 1802. He died in 1885.
He was the son of Dr. James Pettit one of the pioneer settlers of Fredonia. For several years Dr. Pettit was the agent of the United States Government, in charge of the interests of the Indians of the Cattaraugus and resided at Versailles. In 1861 or 2, he re- moved to Fredonia and became actively en- gaged in the manufacture and sale of a propri- etary medicine.
The family at once became a valuable ac- cession to the Baptist Church. While in Ver- sailles the doctor had been Superintendent of a Sunday School. In Fredonia his daughter Mrs. D. R. Barker was the superintendent of the primary department. Mrs. Barker was a refined lovely Christian worker. Early in life
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her daughter Dora united with the church by baptism.
Her husband was the founder and donor to the village of the Darwin R. Barker Public Library.
Dr. Pettit had abundant means and was a liberal supporter of the church expenses.
Dr. Pettit had most earnest and profound sympathies with the oppressed African race, and his personal work as conductor of the " underground-railroad " aiding fugitives from bondage on their way to Canada and freedom, is an important chapter in the career of an upright, God-fearing, noble man.
The Barker-Pettit home on Central Avenue was full of sunshine, beautiful with flowers, and in season and out, generous with hospi- tality.
Mrs. Euretta S. Pettit died in 1873.
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PERSONAL MENTION
Miss Dora Barker (Mrs. Arthur Boss) of Fredonia, Home Missions, Director of the Women's Missionary Society, made the annual report at the May meetings 1900-02 and after the time was changed, made the report as direc- tor, at the Associational Meetings 1903 to 1906 inclusive.
Dea. Horace P. Perrin of Fredonia, Presi- dent, 1908 of the Chautauqua Baptist Associ- ation, and chairman of the committee on Cen- tennial History, accompanied by Mrs. Perrin, made a visit to friends on the Pacific Coast, re- turning in June last.
In 1864 during the pastorate of Rev. How- ard M. Jones, the Fredonia Baptist Sunday School undertook the support of a little res- cued Chinese Slave girl in the girl's orphan school at Ningpo China. The girl to be named Mary Jones after the pastor's wife.
From an early period, the Fredonia Church has been highly favored by the presence and membership of clergymen, whose main life work has been in other fields.
We mention Rev. Pearson Crosby, Rev. W. H. Husted, Rev. A. Lull, Rev. G. O. King, Rev. J. J. Keyes. The last two named, are members of the committee on programmes, for Centennial week.
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Dr. A. Wheelock and Rev. A. Kingsbury, ex-pastors, each, after having had other pas- torates, returned to make, for some years, their home in Fredonia.
During the first three months of 1897 dur- ing the absence of the Pastor, the pulpit was supplied by Rev. G. O. King.
Dr. S. F. Smith, poet and preacher, made a pleasant visit to Fredonia and occupied the pulpit one Sabbath. This was during the pas- torate of Rev. H. M. Jones, his son-in-law.
Harry Jones of Minneapolis, only son of Rev. H. M. Jones, was one of the speakers at the recent Oklahoma-City Convention. It is not improbable that he may be with us at our October Centennial.
The first Annual Banquet of the Baptist Married Men's Association was held in the Church parlors, Feb. 17, 1904. Covers were laid for fifty.
For the three months of March, April and May 1904, Rev. D. L. Jamison was voted leave of absence to visit the Holy Land. His first sermon, on his return was Sunday, June 19.
Pastors supplying the pulpit, other than resident ministers, during the absence of Rev. Jamison, were Rev. W. L. Durgan, Cuba, N. Y .; Rev. P. L. Powell, LeRoy, N. Y .; Rev. Robert Scott, Buffalo; Rev. T. G. Cass,
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Olean; Rev. G. G. Johnson, Buffalo; Rev. M. H. Day, Dunkirk; Rev. Geo. D. Knight, East Aurora, N. Y.
The text of the first sermon by Rev. H. M. Jones - Ps. 61: 2-"Lead me to the rock that is higher than I ".
Text of the last sermon by Rev. M. Mac- Gregor - Romans -16: 20 -The "grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen".
Text of remarkable sermon (thrice re- peated) by Rev. Charles Thompson - Luke 23: 23 - "The place which is called Calvary ".
Text of first sermon by Rev. D. L. Jamison -1 Corinthians - 12: 27 " Now ye are the body of Christ and members in particular ".
Text of the first sermon of Rev. M. J. Win- chester - Colossians, 4: 18 - " Remember my bonds ".
On Fellowship Day 1904, Rev. O. P. Gif- ford D. D. of Buffalo, preached a discourse. S. S. Crissey read a brief history of the Church.
For the years 1856-1857 the Fredonia Church was a member of the Buffalo Baptist Association. After the settlement of Dr. Wheelock as pastor, the membership with the Erie Association was resumed.
Rev. D. L. Jamison tendered his resignation Sunday morning, June 25, 1905, to take effect Sept. 1.
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On the following Thursday evening voted that there be added to the church record, the following minutes : - Resolved - That Rev. D. L. Jamison has filled the office of teacher, guide and friend to this church; with distin- guished ability, unflagging zeal and unselfish devotion to our personal and spiritual welfare.
We mention now, in contemplating the sev- erance of his relations to the church, as the re- sult of his labors; the growth of the church; its unity of spirit in its bonds of peace. Now, that a conclusion has been reached, not accord- ing to our will, but as our Heavenly Father di- rects, we accept it as due to our faith and obedience, wishing happiness to our beloved pastor and family and the largest measure of success to crown his labors.
At the communion Service June 4, 1905, the church elected Rev. C. E. Smith D. D., Pastor Emeritus, and on the following Wednesday evening, tendered him a reception in the Church parlors.
By invitation of the Pulpit Committee, the pulpit was supplied on the following Sab- baths: -
Oct. 8, 1905, Rev. J. L. Ray, Ph. S. of Nor- wich, N. Y.
Oct. 29, - Rev. Robert Scott of Buffalo.
Nov. 26 - Rev. John J. Barbour of Mum- ford, N. Y.
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Dec. 10 - Rev. Eugene Haines of Coopers- town, N. Y.
Dec. 31 - Rev. Babbitt of Buffalo, N. Y.
Jan. 7 - Rev. Babbitt of Buffalo, N. Y.
Jan. 14-21 - Rev. S. A. Perrine of Trenton Jct., N. J.
At the church meeting Jan. 23, the record is " The church being unable to issue a call to any of the ministers who have supplied the pulpit ", voted that the committee continue their work.
NOTE - The vote at this meeting, does not include the name of Rev. Robert Scott of Buffalo, who declined to give his name for the pastorate of the church. Ed. - On invitation of the Committee, the pulpit was supplied Feb. 11 by Rev. M. J. Winchester of Elbridge, N. Y.
After the Prayer Meeting Feb. 15, the church gave Rev. M. J. Winchester an unani- mous call to the pastorate, which was accepted. Rev. Winchester preached his first sermon as pastor, Sunday, April 1, 1906.
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DEACONS
Zatta Cushing 1813-1839
Ebenezer Webster 1816-1863
Elijah Devine 1816-
Nathaniel Crosby
1821-
John Hamilton Sr 1848
Joel R. Parker
1848-1862
David Barrell
1862-1888
Thomas B. Sweet 1862-1888
Joel Traverse 1862-
Samuel S. Crissey
1862-1875
Washington Crocker
1866-
Eber M. Pettit
1866-1885
Horace P. Perrin
1880-1908
H. A. Buck . 1875-1892
Dayton H. Morgan
1886-1906
Edward J. Crissey
1886-1901
P. S. West 1897-1908
G. E. Belden 1897-1908
W. T. Benjamine 1901-1908
Chas. L. Golding 1901-1908
George Cranston 1906-1908
Edson I. Wilcox 1880-1908
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PRESENT OFFICERS
Pastor REV. MERRITT J. WINCHESTER Pastor Emeritus REV. CHARLES E. SMITH, D. D. Clerk CHARLES L. GOULDING Treasurer CLINTON O. TARBOX
President Y. P. S. C. E. CHARLES FARGO President Men's Association R. C. WELLS
President Ladies' Aid Society
MRS. F. B. PALMER
President Women's Missionary Society MRS. HARRIET DANIEL Chorister H. J. HUMPSTONE
Organist MISS GRACE BARMORE Historian SAMUEL S. CRISSEY Trustees GEORGE W. BLOOD, THOS. MORAN, DUANE L. SACKETT, PRESTON G. CATO, MARSENA MUNGER, LEROY S. ALLNATT
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Supt. Sunday School CHARLES L. GOULDING Asst. Supt. S. S. O. W. FARGO Deacons HORACE P. PERRIN, P. C. WEST, G. E. BELDEN,
W. T. BENJAMIN, CHARLES L. GOULDING GEORGE CRANSTON Committee Church History H. P. PERRIN, O. W. FARGO, CHAS. L. GOULDING, MRS. HARRIET DANIEL, S. S. CRISSEY
Committee Programme Centennial Week REV. M. J. WINCHESTER, REV. C. E. SMITH, D. D. REV. G. O. KING, REV. J. J. KEYES, DR. F. B. PALMER
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IN MEMORIAM
1870 - Esther Geer, Abigail G. Osborne, Walter R. Wilcox, John Champlin.
1871 - Lucy L. Lord, Edmund Hunt, John L. Kazer.
1872 - Cynthia Fisher, Mrs. Mariah T. Madison, Abbie Eaton, Mrs. Mary M. Par- ker, Wm. Porter.
1873 - Mrs. Amy Baldwin - 80; Mrs. Asen- ath Morrison, Maria Sisson, Mrs. Charlotte Green, Mrs. Lydia Barker, Mrs. Eliza Por- ter, Rev. Alonzo Wheelock D. D., Eliza Kapple, Mrs. Elizabeth Howes, Mrs. Euretta S. Pettit, Mrs. Belle Wright. 1874 - Mary L. Hart, Epenetus Winsor, Caroline McAllister, Angeline Parsons.
1875 - Mrs. C. H. Parsons, Mary Taylor, Rev. Charles Thompson - 80.
1876 - Mrs. A. Perrin.
1877 - None.
1878 - Rowland Porter, Mrs. Orpha Burritt, Mrs. Cordelia E. Stanley, Mrs. Harriet R. Wilcox, Elizabeth Moore, Charlotte Safford, Mrs. Polly Champlain Woodruff - 92.
1879 -C. E. Barclay, B. Merrill, Mrs. A. L. Matteson, Mrs. F. Rosseter.
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1880 - Theron E. Van Scoter - 22; Mrs. E. Taylor.
1881 - Joseph Sweet, Chatfield H. Parsons, Lucy Geer, Sally Winsor, Artemas Perrin, Clarinda Barrell, Alice Thompson, widow of the late Rev. Charles Thompson.
1882 - Joseph Moir -70; Lorin Colburn - 87; Berton W. Crocker - 32; Anson Por- ter - 60.
1883 - Elisha Rossiter -82; Mary A. Woodruff -60; Sarah Ann Haskin, Eliza W. Lewis - 62; Mary P. Smith, Elizabeth Bissell - 73; Angelina Martin, 50.
1884 - Elizabeth Hart - 30; Mariette Mor- rison 67; Lewis B. Grant 74; Phineas Gates -83; Franc H. Lull - 27.
1885 - Mrs. Florette Shaver-28; Mrs. Naomi Miller - 90; Mrs. Aurilla Draper -75; Dea. Eber M. Pettit -83; Mrs. Mary Wheelock - 47.
1886 - Mrs. Amanda R. Walker, - 83.
1887 - Helen E. Willard; Mrs. Julia F. Grant, Wm Higgins, Mathew Fuller - 65. 1888 - Dea. David Barrell, Harriet Osborne, Frances A. Sackett, Margaret Handy, Margaret Morian, Malinda Brown. 1889 - Richard Van Scoter, Hannah Porter, Minnie M. Berg, Emmiline Bond.
1890 - Roswell B. Morgan, Mary E. Van Scoter, Martha D. D. Martin, Joanna Gahm,
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Laura N. Hart, Susan Rowe, Josie H. Dewitt.
1891 - Effie E. Hutchinson, Elizabeth M. Wheelock, Miranda M. Guild, Anna A. Damon, Lucy Payne.
1892 - A. Z. Madison - 89; Dea. H. A. Buck, 80; Mrs. Beulah J. Noble- 52; Timothy Starr -90; Clarence S. Lewis - 46; Annie A. Reed -32; Mrs. Irene A. Frazine - 67; E. T. Willard - 86.
1893 - Mrs. Maria Green - 74; Mrs. Roxy Morgan -81; Mrs. Louisa Stephens -83; Rev. A. Kingsbury-80; Mrs. Emily Daily -74; Mrs. Mary Higgins- 69; Mrs. Charlotte Porter - 60.
1894 - Jerusha White -93; Mrs. Nancy McClanathan - 83; Mrs. Mary Ann Gates -84; Mrs. Mary Wright - 65.
1895 - Ida Jolls, Mary Ann Wright, Harriet M. Ellsworth, Evangeline K. Adams, Tabitha Eddy, Martha C. Bowdish.
1896 - Mrs. Harriet M. Ellsworth- 52; Mrs. Augusta H. Barmore - 67; Mary A.
Draper - 58; Laura S. Wiggins - 78. 1897 - Jessica Allnot - 68; Eliza Willard -66.
1898- Will L. Adkin-22; Mrs. Amanda Wilcox - 69; Pricilla Collins -66; Mrs. Mary R. Crosby - 53; Mrs. Almira Web- ster - 84.
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1899 - Mrs. Mary A. Kendall, Byron S. Clark - 49; Joel W. Parker 32; Mrs. Caro- line Jones - 78; Darwin L. Shepard -58; Mrs. Malinda Grant - 72; Eleanor Crissey - 16; Mrs. Alice A. Kendall.
1900 - Mrs. H. A. Lyon-70; Newton K. Crissey - 27.
1901 - Lydia Douglass - 19; Mrs. Willard Webster - 78; Mrs. Elizabeth Wilbur - 84; David S. Wright - 76; Mrs. Hannah Tefft, 91; Viola Ruland, Cordelia C. Brad- ford-80.
1902 - Mrs. Julia Sackett-36; Mrs. O. H. Buck -85; Mrs. A. M. Gibbs - 81; Mrs. A. E. Clute-66; Thomas Osborne - 68; Miss M. J. Morgan; Miss M. Bowdish. 1903 - Lavantia Goddard.
1904 - Dorliska Manley - 76; Miss Fannie A. Caryer; Mrs. Alice Harris -68; Mrs. Cornelia Kingsbury - 84; Mrs. Elizabeth Sweet -77; Henry A. Morrison-70; Mrs. Rachel Morian - 75; Mrs. Emily B. Thompson- 73; Sobieski Burt-91; Alonzo D. Lewis - 77; Mabel Van Daake - 16; Gresham Gibbs, Mrs. Katherine E. Straight - 33.
1905 - Mrs. Elizabeth Green - 72; Mrs.
Clara Wheelock - 52; Mrs. Sophronia Webster - 85.
1906 - Daniel P. Topliff - 58; Mrs. Almena
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S. Parker-79; Isaac H. Damon - 85; Mrs. Hannah I. Edwards -68; Eric A. Berg- 48; Mrs. Sabrie A. Kendall - 65; Prof. Franklin S. Lyon - 87.
1907 - Mrs. Susan Straight -25; Mrs. Amanda D. Graham-69; Richard T. Tunstall -63; Elizabeth Roesch - 46; Mrs. Anna Lewis-63; Mrs. Harriett DeWitt-87; Mrs. Ellen Halligreen - 77; Mrs. Frederick Moir - 55; Mrs. Lydia A. Martin - 79.
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INDEX
PAGE
Title Page, .
1
Introduction,
3, 4
Partial List of Subjects,
5
History Fredonia Baptist Church :
The Holland Purchase and Early Missionary Work, 6-10
1808-1819, 11-14
Elder Joy Handy,
14-16
Minutes, .
16-19
Zattu Cushing, 19-23
Mrs. Sophia Morton Williams, 23, 24
Ebenezer Webster, .
25-27
In Pioneer Days:
What Perry's Victory Meant to a Fredonia Home, 28-32 The First Death and Funeral in Fredonia: First
School: First Fourth of July Celebration, 1820-1829, .
37-39
In the Old (Main Street) Cemetery, 41-43
1830-1839, . 44,45
David Bernard, . 45-47
Organization of Dunkirk Baptist Church, 48, 49
Jirah D. Cole, 49-51
1840-1849, . 52-54
Bliss C. Willoughby,
54-56
Almond C. Barrell, .
56-60
Rev. Salem T. Griswold,
60-63
1850-1859, . 64
Revival of 1851, 1852, . 64, 65
Rev. A. Kingsbury - The Record of a Noble Life, 65-69
Rev. Alonzo Wheelock, D. D., 69, 70
183
33-36
Elisha Tucker, 39, 40
PAGE
John Hamilton, Jr.,.
70-73
1860-1869, .
74
Deacon Joel R. Parker,
74-77
Howard Malcom Jones,
77,78
Story of the Bell, from Diary of Deacon Barrell, 1870-1879, .
78-80 81
Rev. Charles Thompson,
81, 82
Rev. Lester Williams, Jr., .
82-84
The Memorable Crusade of 1873,
85-90 91
1880-1889, .
Lewis B. Grant,
91-93
Rev. Malcolm MacGregor, .
94,95
Deacon Barrell, .
95-97
1890-1899, .
98
Almond Z. Madison,
98-100
Rev. Charles E. Smith, D. D.,.
100-108
1900-1908, .
109
David Lee Jamison, 109-111
Merritt Joel Winchester,
111-114
Rev. G. O. King,
114-116
Rev. J. J. Keyes,
116
Franklin Smith Lyon,
116-119
Francis B. Palmer, .
119-122
Y. P. S. C. of the Fredonia, N. Y., Baptist Church, 123, 124
The Pledge, . 124
List of Officers,
125-127
Sunday Schools, 128-138
The Fredonia Baptist Sunday School,
139-141
History of Baptist Associations,
142
Holland Purchase Association,
142
The Chautauqua Association, .
143
Harmony Association, .
143
The Erie Baptist Association, .
144
The (Present) Chautauqua Association,
144
184
PAGE 145
Meetings Chautauqua Baptist Association, Meetings of Erie and Harmony Associations, 146, 147
Meetings Chautauqua Baptist Association,
148
Organization of Baptist Churches,
149
Membership Statistics Fredonia Baptist Church, Fredonia Churches of Other Denominations, Missions,
150, 151
Rev. Cyrus A. Chilcott,
158, 159
Revivals and Baptisms,
159,160
John F. Bishop,
160, 161
George D. Downey,
161, 162
Rev. Jairus Handy,
162, 163
Rev. Alfred Handy,
163
Rev. C. N. Chandler,
164
Elizabeth Bond,
164-166
In the Days of the Civil War,
167,168
Eber M. Pettit,
168, 169
Personal Mention, .
170-174
Deacons,
175
Present Officers,
176, 177
In Memoriam, .
178-182
185
152-155
155-158
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