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The Bombay Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated March 26, 1832, with James McRoberts, Joseph Elliott, Simon Alverson, John O'Riley and Wilson Randall, trustees; reincorporated October 26, 1835 with James McRoberts, Charles Russell, Joseph Elliott, Pardon Trobridge, Samuel Mott, Ira Tracy, Simon Alverson, Samuel Trobridge and Hiram Mott, trustees. Church edifice erected in 1836 or 1837 and rebuilt in 1867. Bombay was a part of the Malone circuit in 1828, when the first known Methodist services were held. It was later joined with Helena, South Bombay and Brasher. List of pastors: I. E. Hoddana, 1836; J. E. Stoddard and J. Lowry, 1837; Peter D. Gorrie, 1838; P. D. Gorrie and John Wallace, 1839; Charles Northrup, 1840; Rufus E. King, 1841; Elijah Smead, 1842-43; Matthew Bennett and A. F. Bigelow, 1844; Matthew Bennett and Elijah Smith, 1845; Charles Johnson, 1846; 1847, supplied; Rufus E. King, 1848-49; Erastus W. Jones, 1850-51; J. B. Graham, 1852; T. W. Thurston, 1853-54; Joseph DeLarme, 1855-56; O. Mott, 1857; E. Briggs, 1858; A. Shaw, 1859; W. S. Chase, 1860; L. L. Green, 1861-64; A. Bramley, 1865; C. Manson, 1866-74; E. Will, 1875-76; see Fort Covington for 1877-1901; W. H. English, 1902-03; G. F. Smith, 1904; J. F. Day, 1905-07; F. R. Griffiths, 1908-10; D. E. Robson, 1911-14; C. E. Woodley, 1915-17; J. C. Culligan, 1918. Present trustees: J. J. Shields, Ira Eldred.
The Methodist Episcopal Church of South Bombay incorporated November 4, 1890, though organized at unknown date much earlier. A church edifice erected in 1891. Trustees in 1890: James Moore, D. A. Stanton, George W. Russell, John Barrett. Trustees in 1918: B. M. Phelps, E. E. Flanders, Wm. Sweet.
The Methodist Episcopal Mission at St. Regis, founded in 1847, and church edifice erected in 1849. List of pastors: J. P. Jennings, 1848-50; Rufus E. King, 1851-53; T. Richey, 1854; Daniel Austin, 1855-57; L. Brown, 1858-60; Alex. LeClair, 1861-62; M. Taylor, 1863-64; 1865-67, supplied; T. LaForte, 1868-86; Ebenezer Arnold, 1887-88; Alonzo Wells, 1889-94; W. W. Clawson, 1895-97; Alonzo Wells, 1898-99; W. C. Kinsbury, 1900-04; John Tagg, 1905- 08; J. J. Oke, 1909-10; C. E. Cahee, 1911-14; D. A. Wright, 1915-16; Louis Bruce, 1917-18.
St. James's P. E. Mission. The first Episcopalian services at IIogansburgh were held probably by Eleazer Williams in 1831. In 1834 a missionary located at Malone visited the place, and held services in a school house. In the winter of 1834-35 he gave a quarter of his time to work in this field. Mr. Hogan had erected a church in 1834, which was never finished. In 1836 occasional services were held here, and from that time to 1850 the movement had no life. In that year Eleazer Williams renewed his ministrations, and continued them until his death in 185S. The movement again died, but the mission was
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re-established in 1870, and in 1874 the present church edifice was built. When- ever the organization has had a rector it has usually been in combination with the Episcopal church at Fort Covington.
BRANDON.
Supervisors .- Henry Stevens, Jr., 1828-31; Jonathan H. Farr, 1832-33; Henry Stevens, Jr., 1834; Jonathan H. Farr, 1835-36; Jason Baker, 1837; James H. Holland, 1838; Henry Stevens, Jr., 1839-40; James H. Holland, 1841; Shubal Hastings, 1842; Henry Stevens, Jr., 1843-44; Alexander Sargent, 1845-46; James H. Holland, 1847-48; Jason Baker, 1849-50; Jonathan H. Farr, 1851-52; Jason Baker, 1853-54; George W. Fletcher, 1855-56; Henry Whitman, 1857; Henry Y. Tarbell, 1858-59; Shubal Hastings, 1860; Ransom Harrington, 1861; Henry Whitman, 1862-63; Nathan O. Adams, 1864-65; George W. Fletcher, 1866-75; O. LeRoy Reynolds, 1876-80; Almanzo Hutchins, 1881-82; O. LeRoy Reynolds, 1883; Almanzo Hutchins, 1884-87; Henry A. Eaton, 1888-90; Herbert H. Reynolds, 1891-95; Newton B. Tarbell, 1896-98; Henry A. Eaton, 1899-1900; Berton L. Reynolds, 1901-06; Floyd A. Hutchins, 1907-08; Gaius A. Lane, 1909-12; L. C. Bowen, 1913-18.
Baptist Church of Brandon, established at unknown date prior to 1848, as it then had forty-eight members. No records available except reports to St. Lawrence Baptist Association. Pastors: L. C. Herrick, 1848; J. A. Smith, 1853-54. Last report, in 1856, was that church was feeble, and had no pastor.
Union Church, Brandon, an unincorporated body, with date of organization unknown. The only known record concerning it is in report of the Baptist church, where reference is made to the fact that there had been preaching by ministers of other denominations in 1848. The informal organization 'continued until 1891, with preaching irregularly by clergymen from Bangor or other out- side places.
The First Congregational Society of Brandon incorporated March 16, 1891, with Romanzo Joy, Alfred Sherwin and Orville F. Barber, trustees. Church edifice erected same year. Pastors: W. L. Hendrick, 1891-94; R. E. Andrew, 1895-98; Wilbur Rand, 1900; L. T. Hughes, 1902-08; Albert Sleep, 1909; Isaac Steenson, 1910-11; George S. Girvan, 1912; Silas H. McKeen, 1913-14; J. B. Webster, 1917.
Holiness Movement Church at Brandon Center organized in 1905. Church edifice erected same year. Those in charge, in couples for six months each, for the first years were: Mae and Gertie Peterson, Annie Weary and Rena Hall, Allen Boyd, Mary Tanahill Nellis. Then from 1908 pastors were: T. O. Roe, R. J. Dey, R. E. Featherstone, A. A. Sturgeon, H. Perry, S. S. Buell.
BRIGHTON.
Supervisors .- James M. Wardner, 1859-62; Apollos A. Smith, 1863; James M. Wardner, 1864-67; Apollos A. Smith, 1868-75; Charles E. Martin, 1876-83; Henry B. L. Smith, 1884-90; Phelps Smith, 1891-92; James M. Wardner, 1893; Euclid C. Pine, 1894-97; John Carrier, 1898-1901; Clarence A. MacArthur, 1902-08; Charles J. Riley, 1909-18.
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The Church of St. John in the Wilderness is the outgrowth of Episcopalian services held at Paul Smith's by clergymen guests, and was organized and church edifice erected in 1877. Church was enlarged and improved in 1892 and 1896. It is open only in the summer months, and is supplied by summer visitors.
The Church of the Angel Gabriel at Paul Smith's organized as a Roman Catholie mission in 1894. Rectors: Ferdinand J. Lussier, 1894-95; Michael Holland, 1896-97; A. Constantineau, 1898; Zeno DeCarey, 1899; Joseph Her- vieux, 1903-11; Joseph E. Berard, 1911-18. Church edifice erected in 1896.
The Church of the Assumption at Gabriels incorporated September 2, 1911, with Charles Downs and Charles Wheeler lay trustees. It is served by the priest at Lake Clear, or by some priest who is an inmate of the sanatorium.
Methodist Episcopal Church, date of organization unknown. The church edifice was built in 1893. Services are held on alternate Sundays by a minister from Bloomingdale.
Presbyterian mission at Keese's Mills was established in 1889, and a church building erected about 1900, when it was under the charge of Rev. Wmn. B. Lusk, who remained until 1906. Rev. T. Bertram Anderson came in 1909, and con- tinues in charge. There is also a preaching station at McCollom's.
Rainbow Sanatorium was founded by the Order of Foresters for the treatment of members of the order who are afflicted with incipient tuberculosis. It was opened for the reception of patients July 10, 1910, and can accommodate fifty persons. J. Seymour Emans is the resident physician.
Sanatorium Gabriels was founded in 1905 by Sisters of Mercy, who had a fund of only $15 with which to start, but by 1903 they had expended over $140,000. There are a dozen or more buildings, and the institution has its own electric light plant and waterworks system. It can accommodate fifty patients. Though under Roman Catholic management, it is non-sectarian. Its administration building was burned January 18, 1916, involving a loss of $40,000.
BURKE.
Supervisors .- Loren Botsford, 1844-47; Reuben Pike, 1848-49; Winthrop Newton, 1850-51; Elisha Marks, 1852-54; Willis Webb, 1855; Timothy Beaman, 1856; Loren Botsford, 1857-58; Orson Beaman, 1859-65; George B. Greene, 1866; John Bush, 1867; George B. Greene, 1868; Ezra S. Goodspeed, 1869; John P. Badger, 1870; George B. Greene, 1871; John P. Badger, 1872; Leonard Bush, 1873; Andrew J. Day, 1874-75; George H. Jordan, 1876; Alfred C. Thayer. 1877-78; William McKenzie, 1879; Albert A. Proctor, 1880; William MeKenzie, 1881-S5; Orville M. Everett, 1886-87; William Mckenzie, 1888-89; Orville M. Everett, 1890-91; Alfred C. Morse. 1892-97; Henry H. Jones. 1898-1900: Charles F. Paine, 1901-03; Matthew Montgomery, 1904-06; Fred R. Badger, 1907-10; Robert H. Weir, 1911; Fred R. Badger. 1912-14; Milton H. Brown. 1915-18.
The Presbyterian Church of Burke was organized June 26, 1845, as an offshoot of the society of the same denomination in Chateaugay, of which it had been a part. It was incorporated January 30, 1860, as the First Congregational Society of Burke, with Julius C. Chipman, Orin Beaman, Alfred C. Morse, Eri
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Hill and Carlyle Morse as trustees. The church edifice was begun in 1850 and finished in 1853. It was improved in 1860 and again in 1872. It was struck by lightning and burned June 22, 1901, and was replaced in 1902. The form of organization was changed in 1875 from Congregational to Presbyterian. Pastors: A. M. Millar, 1843-49; E. B. Baxter, 1849- 50; R. R. Deming, 1850-56; A. M. Millar, 1857-61; J. H. Beckwith, 1862-63; A. M. Millar, 1864-96; P. A. Walker, 1896-1904; J. C. Langford, 1905-06; E. C. Wiley, 1906-10; J. Bamford, 1911; R. McCord, 1911-13; J. Bamford, 1913-16; A. G. Howat, 1916-18. Present elders: F. B. Stanley M. Avery, C. F. Paine, W. S. Hill, Comer A. Brown. Trustees for 1918: H. A. Thompson, C. F. Paine and Eugene Jarvis.
The Baptist Church; no record of incorporation except in connection with like society in Chateaugay. Erection of church edifice at Burke Center begun in 1852, and was burned in 1855. Rebuilt between 1855 and 1859; sold to St. George's Church (R. C.) in 1874, and new quarters provided at Thayer's Cor- ners. Later a store at this place was finished into a church and dedicated in
1879. Pastors: L. W. Nichols, 1848; J. A. Smith, 1853-58; L. S. Baker, 1860; H. W. Hickok, 1862; " spiritually dead,' and no pastor, 1863-65; R. Jones, 1866-67; W. H. Dorwood, 1868; no reports, 1869-73; G. N. Harmon, 1874-78; H. St. Clair, 1879; S. A. Read, 1882; D. W. Stoddard, 1884-85; none, 1886-1901, when the society reported that it expected to give up.
The Methodist Episcopal Church of the Town of Burke incorporated March 31, 1863, having previously been a part of Chateaugay charge. Lester Brown was then pastor, and the first trustees were: Theodorus Hewitt, David Crippin, Robert Oliver, Lathrop Morse, John W. March. The church edifice was erected in 1870, and remodeled in 1903. Pastors as assigned by conference: J. Dolph, 1874; W. R. Helms, 1875-76; A. C. Danforth, 1877-79; M. R. Pierce, 1880-82; M. A. Cooper, 1883; G. S. Hastings, 1884-85; William Thomas, 1886-87; Henry Hesselgrave, 1888-92; E. F. Felton, 1893-97; Joseph Lobb, 1898-1902; M. H. Dowd, 1903-04; T. A. Story, 1905-06; S. G. Carley, 1907-11; H. C. Campbeil, 1912-17; J. F. Day, 1918. Trustees for 1918: R. H. Weir, A. J. Pilling, Heman Hill, James Graham, Warren C. Mitchell.
Methodist Episcopal Church of Coveytown incorporated March 17, 1890, with Curtis Avery, George A. Friend, Joseph Lafleur, Joseph Smith, Hiram Avery and S. H. March as trustees. It is served by the same pastor as above church.
Wesleyan Methodist Church of Bangor and Burke Circuit. Same as stated in Bangor, but is now a separate parish, with Carlos Hill as preacher. It has a chapel near Coveytown.
North Burke and Chateaugay Wesleyan Methodist Church incorporated May 22, 1872, with Nathan Hammond, Alvin Qua and David Adams as trustees. A church edifice was erected in 1875, and demolished by wind in 1888, when the organization was practically abandoned.
St. George's Church (R. C.), Burke, was founded by Rev. J. B. LeGrand of Malone and incorporated November 9, 1874, when Rev. Edmund DePauw of Chateaugay had become pastor. George Jordan and Edward Mallon were the first lay trustees. The Baptist Church edifice at the Center was purchased, remodeled in 1898 and abandoned in 1906, when a new house of worship was
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erected near the railroad station. Pastors: Edmund DePauw, J. J. Sherry, Charles Goulet, George Montreuil, A. J. Boulerice. From 1887 to 1918 St. George's and St. Francis' at Constable were combined as a single charge. In 1918 each was made a separate charge, and Armand Dussault is the present rector. Lay trustees in 1918: Edward Yando and Thomas Callahan.
Shiloh Lodge No. 750, I. O. O. F., organized April 16, 1896, and has 68 members. Officers for 1918: Rev. A. G. Howat, noble grand; Eugene N. Jarvis, vice-grand; Wilber Cook, treasurer; A. A. Lobdell, financial secretary, and IIer- bert Smallman, secretary.
Burke Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, organized in September, 1902, has 184 members. Officers for 1918: A. J. Moe, master; William H. Goslaw, overseer; Mrs. Ida Stanley, lecturer; Henry A. Thompson, steward; Fred N. Finney, assistant steward; Fred B. Stanley, chaplain; E. L. Moe, treasurer; Mrs. Sadie Mason, secretary ; William J. Layhon, gatekeeper; Mrs. William J. Layhon, Ceres; Mrs. Mary Brand, Flora; Mrs. A. J. Moe, Pomona; Mrs. Cora Finney, lady steward; William .H. Goslaw, E. A. Mason and E. L. Moe, trustees.
CHATEAUGAY.
Supervisors .- Gates Hoit, 1808; William Bailey, 1809; Gates Hoit, 1810; James Ormsbee, 1811; Sebius Fairman, 1812; Gates Hoit, 1813-21; George W. Douglass, 1822-23; Gideon Collins, 1824-25; Ira Smith, 1826; Gideon Collins, 1827-28; Jacob Smith, 1829-31; John D. Miles, 1832; John Mitchell, 1833-36; Ezra Stiles, 1837-38; Gideon Collins, 1839; John Mitchell, 1840-41; Henry B. Smith, 1842-43; Gideon Collins, 1844; Henry B. Smith, 1845-49; Jonathan Hoit, 1850; Henry B. Smith, 1851; Thomas Bennett, 1852-53; Alanson Green, 1854; Hial S. Farnsworth, 1855; Henry B. Smith, 1856-58; John A. Sabin, 1859-60; Henry B. Smith, 1861-62; Abel H. Miller, 1863; Nathan Beman, 1864-65; Abel H. Miller, 1866-67; John Mullin, 1868; James Jordan, 1869-70; Clark A. Patterson, 1871-72; Artemas Earl, 1873-74; Ira Doud, 1875; Samuel S. Clark, 1876-80; Levi S. Peake, 1881; Bruce C. Bort, 1882-83; Adam Bennett, 1884-85; Rodolphus W. Anderson, 1886-88; Nathan G. Douglas, 1889; R. W. Anderson, 1890-91; James Kissane, 1892-95; Edward L. Nolan, 1896-97; William B. Ryan, 1898; William Johnston, Jr., 1899-1900; Charles C. Douglas, 1901-05; George G. Bentley, 1906; Charles C. Douglas, 1907-08; Nathan G. Douglas, 1909; Warren T. Thayer, 1910-12; Frank W. Hill, 1913-18.
The First Presbyterian Church of the Town of Chateaugay incorporated March 10, 1834, with Augustus Douglass, Benjamin Miller, William V. Derby, Warren Botsford, Nelson Cook and Timothy Beaman as trustees; but the pres- ent church records (the originals for years prior to 1830 are lost) state that a Rev. Mr. Huntingdon, a Presbyterian, preached there in 1800 or 1801, and that he, Rev. Ashbel Parmelee and Rev. James Jordan were missionaries there from that time until 1822. A historical sermon by the pastor in 1876 gives the date of actual organization as 1816, and the installation of the first pastor as 1822. The church edifice was begun in 1828, but was not finished until 1842. It was unroofed by the tornado of 1856; at once repaired; improved in 1866; torn down in 1902 and a new building erected. Some time between 1816 and 1842 it must have become Congregational, as in the latter year the form of
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organization was changed to Presbyterian. Pastors: Jacob Hart, 1822-27; Moses Parmelee, 1830-34; James Millar, 1835-42; A. M. Millar, 1843-48; E. B. Baxter, 1849; A. M. Millar, 1850-61; J. H. Beckwith, 1862; John Turbit, 1863; A. M. Millar, 1863-66; Simeon Gilbert, 1867-68; Thomas Thomson, 1868-69; C. D. Flagler, 1870-73; James W. Gruslı, 1873-78; Henry T. Scholl, 1878-79; Augustus Frederick, 1879-83; C. C. Torrey, 1883-86; W. H. Miller, 1886-87; George A. Jamison, 1887-91; B. B. Seelye, 1891-93; W. H. Miller, 1893-99; E. L. Tiffany, 1899-1900; Samuel Lundie, 1901-05; Samuel Riddagh, 1905-08; A. V. S. Wallace, 1909-11; Samuel Eaton, 1913-17; E. Turkington, 1917-18. The 1918 trustees are: T. Arthur Oliver and F. W. Campbell.
The First Methodist Episcopal Church in Chateaugay incorporated March 1, 1859, with Oel Sunderlin, John Van Vechten and Albert L. Collins as trustees, but had been recognized by the conference continuously from 1831. Pastors: Lindon King, 1831; G. C. Woodruff, 1832; Joel J. Emmes and A. Yawger, 1833; Charles Dunning, 1834; James Erwin, 1835; L. D. Gibbs, 1836; Allen Castle and C. Johnson, 1837; Allen Castle, 1838; H. O. Tilden, 1839; Jehiel Austin, 1840; Jehiel Austin and Henry G. Davis, 1841; Franklin Hawkins, 1842-43; James H. Wilbur, 1844; Ebenezer Pease, 1845-46; C. Johnson, 1847; J. N. Brown, 1848; Alonzo A. Clark, 1849; Benjamin F. Brown and Alonzo Wells, 1850; Benjamin F. Brown and a supply, 1851; D. Ferguson and J. Livingstone, 1852; D. Ferguson and a supply, 1853; W. H. Hawkins, 1854; J. B. Cocagne, 1855; Alonzo Wells, 1856-57; G. D. Greenleaf, 1858; S. C. Goodell, 1859-60; Lester Brown, 1861-62; J. H. Merritt, 1863-64; E. Briggs, 1865-67; W. F. Hall, 1868-69; S. F. Kenyon, 1870-71; J. B. Hammond, 1872-74; L. L. Palmer, 1875-77; W. F. Ball, 1878-80; D. F. Pierce, 1881-83; A. D. Webster, 1884-86; W. W. Van Dusen, 1887-89; S. J. Greenfield, 1890-93; J. C. Culligan, 1893-94; E. E. Cheeseman, 1895-97; George Sharpe, 1898-1901; D. C. Johnson, 1,902-04; W. H. Baker, 1905; S. S. Cobb, 1906-07; E. M. Crandall, 1908-09; W. D. Aubrey, 1910; G. H. Williams, 1911-12; A. F. Pennock, 1913-15; A. K. Jen- nings, 1915-17; N. A. Darling, 1918. Present trustees: Alexander Farquhar, A. A. Holcomb, M. S. Douglas, H. E. Whitehead, E. A. McCoy. The first church edifice was erected in 1854, and was badly damaged by the tornado in 1856. A new church was built in 1882. In 1850-52 Duane was included as part of Chateaugay charge, Bellmont in 1855 and again from 1870 to about 1886, and the French mission in Dickinson and at other points 1855-57. Burke was included from earliest times until about 1870.
First Baptist Society of the Town of Chateaugay incorporated November 22, 1842, with Hiram Miner, Loren Botsford, Theodore T. S. Beman as trustees, but is understood to have been organized in 1817. Erection of a church building was begun on Depot street in 1820, but not finished until 1838. A new meeting house was built on Franklin street in 1858-59 and was sold in 1899, the society having been dying for twenty-five years or more. Pastors: L. W. Nichols, 1848, the earliest record obtainable; J. A. Smith, IS53; E. Smith, 1854-55; E. Smith, 1857; J. A. and E. Smith, 1858-59; J. A. Smith, 1860-61; John Peddie, 1863; F. E. Osborne and I. Van Buskirk, 1864; J. Mitchell, 1866; S. D. Moxley, 1867; W. H. Dorwood, 1868; G. N. Harmon, 1874; S. A. Read, 1882; D. W. Stoddard, 1884; no pastor after 1884, and members numbered only twelve to fifteen.
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St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church of Chateaugay incorporated August 16, 1848, the parish having previously been attached to Hogansburgh. The first trustees were: Rev. Bernard McCabe of Malone, pastor; Peter Mullin, John Hogan, Edward Lancto, George MeCabe, Baligney Oligney, James Mahoney, Thomas Burke and Michael O'Neil. A church building was erected in 1844 through the efforts of Father Keveny and was utterly destroyed by the tornado of 1856. It was promptly replaced, but the new edifice was not finished until several years later. The parish was detached from Hogansburgh and joined to Malone in 1849, and did not become independent until 1863. Rectors: Edmond DePauw, 1863-S9; P. J. Devlin, 1907; E. G. Brice, 1908-15; John J. Dean, 1915-18. Formerly the parish ineluded Burke, Ellenburgh and Cherubusco. The church was struck by lightning and burned July 12, 1916. The 1918 trus- tees are: James Hyland and T. J. Fitzpatrick.
St. Peter's Church in the Town of Chateaugay incorporated September 3, 1849, with Carlisle T. Davidson and Oel Sunderlin wardens, and Henry B. Smith, John Roberts, 4th, Theodorus Roberts, George W. Goodspeed, Truman C. Hall, Elisha B. Smith, Jehial Hall and Theodore Beman vestrymen. There had been as early as 1833 an attempt to organize an Episcopal mission, but the effort was given over in 1839. Nor did St. Peter's continue longer than three or four years.
St. John's Church in the Village of Chateaugay was organized in 1869, and in 1874 bought the school building on Church street and converted it into a house of worship. The organization was always small in numbers and weak in . spirit. It was declared extinct in 1891.
Rainbow Lodge No. 206, F. and A. M., was chartered January 20, 1809, upon the application of eleven petitioners, the ink of whose signatures has so faded as to be undecipherable. The charter officers were: David Taylor, master; Joseph Ormsbee, senior warden, and Gates Hoit, junior warden. The warrant, books, jewels, etc., were surrendered May 9, 1837.
Frontier Lodge No. 517, F. and A. M., was chartered June 6, 1862. The first officers were: John B. Bort, W. M .; Ossian H. Stiles, S. W., and Oliver Smith. J. W. It has 135 members. Officers in 1918: Henry B. Smith, W. M .; J. Henry Gamble, S. W .; Charles C. Douglas, J. W .; H. E. Thompson, treasurer, and Henry H. Stephenson, secretary.
Wadhams Council No. 469, Knights of Columbus, organized January 14, 1900, with fifty-three charter members; present membership, 230. Officers in 1918: James Hyland, grand knight; J. W. Duffy, deputy grand knight; D. A. Nolan. chancellor; John R. Fitzgerald, warden; W. L. English, financial secretary; Peter H. Powers, treasurer; W. S. McMillan, recorder; Charles Ledoux, inside guard; Edward Nolan, outside guard; T. J. Fitzpatrick, advocate; Rev. J. J. Dean, chaplain ; E. W. Powers, lecturer; S. G. Lancto, Jerry Leary and Charles L. Sancomb, trustees.
Chateaugay Grange No. 964, Patrons of Husbandry, organized January 31, 1903, and its officers for 1918 are: G. N. Stuart, master; John K. Earl, over- seer; Miss Myrtle E. MaeDonald, lecturer; Gordon R. Green, steward; Walter Silver, assistant steward; Mrs. B. O. Reulston, chaplain; C. H. Green, treasurer ; Mrs. T. J. Fitzpatrick, secretary; B. A. Bucklass, gatekeeper; Mrs. Minnie
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Costello, Ceres; Miss Margaret Cassidy, Pomona; Mrs. Gladys Welch, Flora; Miss Dora Rankin, lady assistant steward.
B. F. Roberts Post No. 576, G. A. R., organized in August, 1885; name changed in 1890 to Admiral Bailey Post. It has fifteen members. Officers in 1918: A. H. Rushford, commander; John Laclair, senior vice-commander ; James N. Smith, junior vice-commander; John Meagher, quartermaster and adjutant; Calvin Prairie, officer of the day; William Coolidge, chaplain; Peter Coopy, officer of the guard.
CONSTABLE.
Supervisors .- Albon Man, 1808-10; Seth Blanchard, 1811; Albon Man, 1812- 13; Alric Man, 1814-23; Louis Dubois, 1824-25; Guy Meigs, 1826; Ebenezer Man, 1827; Sylvester Langdon, 1828-31; James G. Dickey, 1832; Sylvester Langdon, 1833; James G. Dickey, 1834-35; Harry Horton, 1836-37; Sylvester Langdon, 1838; Augustus Martin, 1839; George W. Darling, 1840-41; Putnam IV. Sumner, 1842-43; Sidney W. Gillett, 1844-45; James G. Dickey, 1846-47; Washington Wooster, 1848; Lucius Wyman, 1849; William S. Daggett, 1850-51; Joseph Hastings, 1852-53; James G. Dickey, 1854-55; Lucius Wyman, 1856-57; Amander Beebee 1858; Elisha Hollister, 1859-60; Lyman J. Folsom, 1861-62; Amander Beebee, 1863; Lucius Wyman, 1864-65; James G. Dickey, 1866; Lyman J. Folsom, 1867; James G. Dickey, 1868; Lyman J. Folsom, 1869; George D. Hastings, 1870-73; William Dempsey, 1874-79; James S. Dudley, 1880; J. Nelson Aubrey, 1881-85; William Dempsey, 1886-87; Edward A. Buell, . 1888-91; Hubert H. Stickney, 1892-98; Fred A. Dudley, 1899-1900; Harvey J. Dudley, 1901-03; Hubert H. Stickney, 1904-10; Thomas C. Lynch, 1911-14; Frank R. Wilson, 1915-18.
The First Congregational Society of the Town of Constable incorporated May 21, 1817, through the efforts of Rev. Thomas Kennan, who is listed by the Champlain Presbytery as one of the two clergymen then in Franklin county. There had been preaching by Presbyterian ministers prior to 1817. The first trustees were: Solomon Wyman, Samuel Perkins, Alric Man, Oliver Bell and John Child. A church edifice was erected in 1844, and the form of organization changed in 1821 to Presbyterian, and in 1847 again to Congregational. Pastors: Jacob Hart, William Armstrong, Joseph Butler, John L. Edgerton, Tertius Reynolds, Aaron Foster, Bliss Burnap, Solomon Williams, Benjamin Marvin, Herman Riggs, Ashbel Parmelee, Smith P. Gamage, Archibald Fleming, Andrew M. Millar, Molton Clark, O. L. Cole, C. Hastings, B. B. Seelye, - - - Simp- son, Charles Rice, J. J. Cameron, Frank Shepard, Benjamin James. The trus- tees for 1918 are: Fred Bell and A. E. Aubrey.
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