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A Baptist church is said to have been formed in 1833, but no records concern- ing it are to be found until it appears in the minutes of the St. Lawrence Baptist Association in 1853, when it reported fourteen members. Its highest number of members was twenty, in 1866. For years at a time there was no pastor, and the society reported that, while it held meetings regularly, it was a struggle to keep alive. The society never had a church building of its own. Pastors: Deacon S. Esterbrook, 1853; I. VanBuskirk, 1866; R. Jones and I. VanBuskirk, 1867; G. N. Harmon, 1874 and 1877-78. It made no report after 1878.
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A Free Will Baptist Church was formed in 1841, its members residing in both Constable and Malone. It never had a church edifice, and the only pastor known was Elder Charles Bowles, a half-negro. The organization had only a short life.
The First Methodist Episcopal Church of Constable incorporated April 29, 1865, with Joseph Hastings, Aaron Stowers, Harvey Hastings, William Hooker and Amasa A. Rhoades as trustees, but Constable had been recognized by con- ference as a mission combined with Westville in 1836, and has so continued, but for a long time without assignments of pastors. Pastors: Matthew Ben- nett, 1842; Hiram Woodruff, 1843; Allen Miller, 1849-50; Alonzo Wells, 1854- 55; Stephen De La Meter, 1856; A. S. Barter, 1857; W. S. Chase, 1858; L. P. Taft, 1859; Alexander LeClair, 1860; Thomas Doty, 1861; J. H. Merritt, 1862; S. C. Wellington, 1863-64; Alonzo Wells, 1865-66; J. B. Hammond, 1867-68; Alexander LeClair, 1869; S. Short, 1870-71; O. L. Cole, 1872-73; G. S. Hast- ings, 1874-75; E. H. Waugh, 1876; E. Will, 1877-78; W. F. Dillenbeck, 1879-80; H. O. Tilden, 1881-82; A. C. Eddy, 1883-85; W. C. Lent, 1886-87; J. J. Brock- enshire, 1890; John Bragg, 1891-92; O. M. Kelley, 1893-97; W. W. Clawson. 1898; G. O. Fisher, 1899-1900; D. R. Smith, 1901-02; M. R. French, 1903-05; Alexander Scott, 1906-07; H. E. Davis, 1908-09; A. J. Green, 1910-11; C. M. Huyck, 1912-16; T. G. Gray, 1917-18. William Stebbins, George Cobb and F. R. Wilson are the trustees for 1918.
A Methodist Episcopal Church was formed at Trout River about IS60, and erected a church edifice a year or two later. It has always been served by the pastors at Constable.
The Union Church Society of Trout River was informally organized in 1860, and erected a church building in 1861, but owing to denominational friction the building was never used for church purposes, nor was any pastor ever employed. The society incorporated November 7, 1892, with Melvin Martin, Jed L. Martin and Washington W. Warren as trustees, probably for the sole purpose of leasing the building, which is now a schoolhouse.
St. Bridget's Church, Trout River, N. Y., incorporated March 28, 1885, though in fact organized in 1870, and was a mission under Father Sherry of Malone in 1865. The church edifice was built in 1871. Lay trustees in 1885: Joseph Jameson and Samuel Burke. Rectors: Thomas Walsh. 1870; D. J. O'Keefe, 1872-73; P. H. Ryan, 1872-73; C. F. Turgeon, 1873-88; Charles Goulet, C. J. McMorrow, J. J. Duffy and J. P. Proulx, each occasionally, ISSS-91; A. Saurel, 1891-97; J. L. Desjardins, 1897-99; J. Connor, 1900-07; B. J. Mclaughlin, 1907-12; J. Simard, 1912-18.
St. Francis' Church at Constable incorporated September 9, 1872, with Her- bert Denizer and Moses Denizer as lay trustees, but actually founded by Father LeGrand of Malone a year or two earlier. The church building was erceted in 1872. For a year or two Constable and Trout River parishes were under the same priest. Rectors: Thomas Walsh, Charles Goulet, J. B. Arnolis, George Montreuil, A. J. Boulerice. From 1887 to 1918 this charge and St. George's at Burke were combined, but are now separate. Dominick Brault is the present rector.
Constable Grange No. 1061, Patrons of Husbandry, organized in 1906. and has fifty-one members. Officers in 1918: D. C. Tuggey, master; E. W. Byington,
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overseer ; Fred Bell, secretary; Jessie Layhon, treasurer; John Devine, steward; John Lyons, assistant steward; Lottie McCarthy, chaplain; Sarah Byington, Ceres; Mrs. John Devine, Pomona; Jessie Estabrooks, Flora; Kate Lyons, lady assistant steward.
DICKINSON.
Supervisors .- Samuel Pease, 1809; Joseph Plumb, 1810-12; Jonathan Law- rence, 1813-22; Jason Pierce, 1823; Jonathan Lawrence, 1824; Jason Pierce, 1825-28; Loderick Butterfield, 1829-32; Erastus Hutchins, 1833-34; Reuben Cady, 1835; Erastus Hutchins, 1836-41; Warren Ives, 1842-43; Peter Whitney, 1844-45; Warren Ives, 1846-52; Peter Whitney, 1853-54; Claudius Hutchins, 1855-56; J. M. Beeman, 1857-59; Claudius Hutchins, 1860; William Dawson, 1861-69; Anson Hutchins, 1870; William Dawson, 1871; Patrick Fleming, 1872; Anson Hutchins, 1873; Patrick Fleming, 1874-75; George W. Dustin, 1876-79; Watson Page, 1880-81; W. Nelson Tuttle, 1882-83; Watson Page, 1884; Den -- nison Smith, 1885; Watson Page, 1886-88; Benjamin L. Orcutt, 1889-90; Anson Hutchins, 1891-93; Wellington Royce, 1894-95; Herbert N. Ramsdell, 1895- 1908; Fred M. Orcutt, 1909-10; Willard J. Saunders, 1911-14; Herbert N. Ramsdell, 1915-18.
The Christian Church at East Dickinson was formed in 1915 or 1916 by Elder James Spooner. The church edifice was built about 1860. The records are understood to have been lost by fire. Elder Haight was pastor for many years, and otherwise the church was served by the pastors of the Christian Church at Brushton.
The Free Will Baptist Church at Dickinson Center was formed in 1835 by Elder Charles Bowles, with John Ramsdell as first deacon and Jesse Rice as clerk. The church building was erected 1860-62. Pastors: L. Squares, A. P. Walcott, S. Newell, Samuel Sweet, R. Parks, Nelson Ramsdell, E. B. Fuller, A. N. Woodward, C. Cook, J. B. Collins, Henry A. Reynolds, E. G. Blaisdell, J. H. Heath, John Lewis, C. A. Morehouse, A. Deering, W. S. Hathaway, Myra C. Hoyt, C. F. White, William Slocum, P. F. McClelland, Jno. Walker, P. S. Vining. Trustees for 1918: John Haskell, Noble Niles, Leon MeComber.
Baptist Church at Alburgh; records lost; was organized prior to 1848. Its reports to the St. Lawrence Baptist Association show its largest number of mem- as thirty-five, in 1864, and pastors as follows: J. M. Beeman, 1853; J. M. Beeman and J. Pierce, 1854; J. Pierce, Jr., 1855; J. Pierce, 1856-57; J. M. Beeman, 1858; S. Pratt and J. Pierce, 1859; L. S. Baker, 1862; Elder Jones, from Nicholville, part of the time, 1863-64; G. N. Harmon, 1868; dropped in 1873, and in 1877 advised to become a branch of the Lawrenceville church, sell the church building, and give proceeds to the church at Burke. The church has been used only occasionally since 1878. It was built about 1860.
The First Methodist Episcopal Church of Dickinson Center was not incorpo- rated until June 22, 1867. when Peter Whitney. Henry Foster, Asahel Dewey, A. F. Bigelow and Henry Hartson were made trustees; but the conference had recognized it as a parish from 1851, joining it with Duane 1853-54, with Nicholville in 1885 and with St. Regis Falls from 1887. The church building was erected in 1872. Pastors: J. Delarme, 1851; Allen Miller, 1852-53; C. N. Bowen, 1854; A. S. Barter and S. C. Goodell, 1855; James B. Barnes, 1856;
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A. C. Danforth, 1857-59; W. S. Chase, 1859-60; A. Shaw, 1860; Daniel S. Robbins, 1861-62; S. F. Danforth, 1863; A. F. Bigelow, 1863; A. Wells, 1864; C. Mott, 1865; O. L. Cole, 1866; Allen Miller, 1867; M. Taylor and O. L. Cole, 1868; S. C. Goodell, 1869; A. C. Danforth, 1870-72; O. F. Nichols, 1873; D. F. Pierce, 1874-76; W. H. Kanoff, 1877; Isaac E. Wright, 1878; Charles Dubois, 1879; H. O. Tilden, 1880; A. C. Danforth, 1881; W. H. Sommers, 1882-83; J. W. Runion, 1884; Frank L. Howard, 1884; Alonzo Wells, 1885; W. R. Helms, 1885-86; J. P. Dunham, 1887-SS; C. W. Hardendorf, 1889-90; Davis Gardiner, 1891-93; Samuel Short, 1894-97; O. M. Kelley, 1898-99; William Thomas, 1900-04; C. M. Smith, 1905-08; R. F. Bayliss, 1909-10; N. A. Darling, 1911-17; A. F. Pennock, 1918. Trustees for 1918: B. L. Orcutt, Herbert Clark, M. A. Labounty, N. C. Aiken, John Marsh.
First French Methodist Episcopal Church, Dickinson, incorporated May 15, 1852, but created by conference in 1849 as the headquarters of the St. Lawrence French mission. Trustees in 1852: Charles Patraw, Wallace Demo and Zebulon Patraw. The first meetings were held at the residence of Alexander Tremblee, but in 1854 a chapel was erected near Alburgh, which is now a dwelling house. The mission continued for about twenty years. Pastors so far as known: James Delarme, Michael Taylor, A. LeClair, J. B. Cocagne, A. F. Bigelow and Allen Miller.
Mormonism; no local organization, but emissaries from Nauvoo, Ill., prose- lyted in Dickinson in 1843, and made some converts.
Seventh Day Adventist Church of Dickinson Center, N. Y., incorporated Jan- uary 14, 1895, with S. M. Cobb, George Davidson and E. E. Bates trustees, but organized three or four years earlier. Church edifice erected before 1895. It was sold to the grange in 1913, when the church was practically out of existence.
D. Robbins Post No. 462, G. A. R., organized in January, 18SS, with fifteen charter members. First officers: R. P. Lindsay, commander; Luther Maxam, senior vice-commander; Lyndon Young, junior vice-commander, E. E. Bates, officer of the day; S. W. Gleason, adjutant; William N. Tuttle, quartermaster ; William Morrill, surgeon. The charter was surrendered in April, 1908.
Adirondack Grange No. 1019, Patrons of Husbandry, has 112 members. Offi- cers 1918: John Marsh, master; Milton Ross, overseer; N. C. Aiken, secretary; M. T. Ross, treasurer.
DUANE.
Supervisors .- James Duane, 1828-47; Ezekiel Ladd, 1848; James Duane, 1849-55; Hugh McDonald, 1856; James M. Wardner, 1857-58; William C. Duane, 1859-63; George W. McNeil, 1864-65; William C. Duane, 1866-73; Mordecai Ladd, 1874-75; Alonzo R. Fuller, 1876; Henry Woodford, 1877; Fred O'Neil, 1878-87; Alonzo R. Fuller, 18SS-97; William Sprague, 1898-1912; Floyd R. Selkirk, 1913-18.
The First Methodist Episcopal Church of the Town of Duane and Township Number Nine of the Town of Malone was incorporated Jannary 10, 1861, with Sherman Stancliff, Norman L. Knights, Charles Trask, Thomas Harris and Randall H. Westcott as trustees, and June 28, 1886, the Methodist Episcopal Church of the Town of Duane incorporated, with Fred O'Neil, William H.
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Sprague and Cassius O. Hoose as trustees. The first services by Methodist clergy held in Duane, so far as known, were conducted in 1839 by Rev. Jehiel Austin, who was located at Merrillsville; then, between 1839 and 1841, by John Adams, a local preacher, and again in 1844 by a Mr. Parish from Merrills- ville. In 1849 Rev. Ebenezer Arnold preached each week, and in 1850 South Malone and Duane combined were made a mission and attached to Chateangay. In 1855 these charges were united with Diekinson, and in 1867 they were made a charge by themselves. The church building in Duane was erected in 1883. Pastors: Ebenezer Arnold, 1849; B. F. Brown and A. Wells, 1850-52; Allen Miller and C. N. Brown, 1853-54; Charles M. Bowen, 1854-59, with Samuel Saulsbury, Mr. Northup and M. Castle also officiating a part of the time; A. S. Barter, 1859; O. Mott, 1860-64; Allen Miller, 1865-66; and from that date same as at Chasm Falls, which see.
FORT COVINGTON.
Supervisors .- Sebius Fairman, 1817-18; Isaac Fairchild, 1819; Sebins Fair- man, 1820-22; George B. R. Gove, 1823; William Hogan, 1824-25; George B. R. Gove, 1826-27; William Hogan, 1828-30; and James B. Spencer, to fill vaeaney, 1830; , 1831; Wilson Randall. 1832; George B. R. Gove, IS33; Uriah D. Meeker, 1834; Henry Longley, 1835; Tilness Briggs, 1836-37; James Campbell, 1838; G. B. R. Gove, 1839; Jonathan Wallace, 1840; Sidney Briggs, 1841-42; James Campbell, 1843; Sidney Briggs, 1844-45; Warren L. Manning, 1846-47; Schuyler Button, 1848; W. L. Manning, 1849; Stephen V. R. Tuthill, 1850; Jonathan Wallace, 1851; Preserved Ware, 1852; Chandler Ells- worth, 1853-54; Tilness Briggs, 1855; Preserved Ware, 1856; William Hogle, 1857-58; Henry A. Paddock, 1859; William Gillis, 1860; James W. Kimball, 1861-65; John S. Parker, 1866; William Gillis, 1867-72; John S. Parker, 1873; Thomas W. Creed, 1874-75; William Gillis, 1876; Hiram N. Burns, 1877; Thomas Parker, 1878-79; James Y. Cameron, 1880-83; Almerin W. Merrick, 1884-85; George S. Henry, 1886-SS; Allen S. Matthews, 1889-91; Hiram N. Burns, 1892; William Gillis, 1893; Garret W. Hart, 1894-95; James N. Mac- Artney, 1896-1912; George F. Donahue, 1913-18.
The First Presbyterian Church organized as United Presbyterian, February 28, 1827, with David L. Seymour, Charles Marsh, Parret Blaisdell, Jabez Park- hurst, Samuel Hoard and Aretus Hitchcock as trustees. The form of organiza- tion was changed within a year to Presbyterian. This organization had been preceded by an Associated Reformed Scotch church, and then by a Congregational society, both of which were of short life. A church edifice was erected prior to August, 1829, said to have been modeled after St. Paul's in London, and was rebuilt and enlarged in 1866. Pastors or stated supply: John A. Savage, 1827-32; James George, 1832-33; Aaron Foster, 1833-36; James Qua, 1836-38; P. Wells, 1838-41; Solomon Williams, 1841-43; Russell, 1843-45; D. C. Lyon, 1845-47; Charles Gillette, 1848-59; Moses Thatcher, 1859-61; Andrew M. Millar, 1861-62; Chandler N. Thomas, 1865-82; Daniel Maclay, 1883-90; John H. Gardiner, 1892-1918. Trustees in 1915 were Allen MeElwain, James R. Farlinger, William McElwain, John Will. The members number 105. The First Baptist Church of Fort Covington organized in 1821 or 1822, but
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was not incorporated until January 31, 1857, with William Hogle, George B. R. Gove, John A. Quaw, Peter Dunn and Henry A. Paddock as trustees. Church edifice erected in 1828 and dedicated March 5, 1829. Pastors: Nathaniel Colver. 1821-29; H. Safford, 1829-36: Elder Dodge, 1836; W. II. Rice, 1839-43; J. B. Drummond, 1843-44; L. Humphrey, 1848; J. B. Drummond, 1848-51; Elders Nichols, Humphrey and others as supply, 1851-52; J. N. Webb, 1853-64; W. H. Maynard, 1864-66; H. C. Woods, 1866; I. VanBuskirk, 1867; J. H. Austermell, 1868-70; C. D. Fuller, 1870-71; Chas. Coon, 1872; Charles Bailey, 1875-79; John B. Nairn, 1879-80: A. H. Stock, 1880-81; Francis E. Townsley. 18S1 ; W. McGregor, 1886-SS; F. E. Dayton, 1889; F. G. Broughton, 1896; C. H. Williams, 1897-98; C. L. Herrick, 1900-03; J. B. Lehigh, 1903-05: L. A. Cum- mins, 1905-07; Samuel C. Weleh, 1908-11. The society was strongest in 1860- 63, when it had 134 to 140 members. At a number of times the pastorate was vacant for several years. There has been no pastor since 1911, and practieally the only life shown by the organization is an occasional meeting of the woman's missionary society. Deaths and removals have been so many that little hope is held for reviving church activity.
The First Methodist Episcopal Society in Fort Covington was incorporated December 11, 1838, with David Rich, Humphrey Russell and Ralph D. Ellsworth as trustees, though conference appointment of pastors began in 1830. A church edifice was begun in 1838. List of pastors: L. K. Redington and John Lowry, 1830; Godfrey W. Barney and Alban H. Smith, 1831; Harvey VanOrder. 1832; A. E. Munson and H. Graves, 1834; W. C. Mason and B. F. Brown, 1835; G. Sawyer, 1836; P. D. Gorrie, 1837; A. J. Phelps, 1838; John Sawyer, 1839-40; Joseph Kilpatrick, 1841; C. H. Austin, 1842-43; Matthew Bennett and Andrew F. Bigelow, 1844; Matthew Bennett and E. Smith, 1845; Elijah Smith. 1846: 1847, supplied ; Morgan D. Gillett, 1848-49; Jackson D. Vanderhook, 1850-51: Wm. H. Hawkins, 1852-53; J. L. Humphrey, 1854-55; Elisha Wheeler, 1856-57 : D. D. Parker. 1858; D. W. Thomas, 1859; M. M. Rice, 1860-61; A. E. Corse. 1862-63; A. Bramley, 1864-65; Chas. Manson, 1866-67; E. Briggs. 1868-69: J. H. Merritt, 1870; John Dolph, 1871-72; T. P. Bradshaw, 1873-74: E. E. Kel- logg, 1875-76; W. R. Helms, 1877-79; H. W. P. Allen, 1880-S1: T. P. Bradshaw. 1882-83; W. F. Ball, 1884; Reuben Sherman, 1885-86: S. J. Greenfield. 1887-89; W. E. Reynolds, 1890; M. W. Howard, 1891-92; J. M. Thomas, 1893-95; G. H. Williams, 1896-1901; W. H. English, 1902-06; J. G. Benson, 1907-13; H. E. Eades, 1914-16; Philip Tonkin, 1917-18. According to the local church records Bombay was a part of Fort Covington charge in 1844-45, in 1866-72, and again in 1877- 1901, and Westville in 1875. In 1832 the church reported to the conference that it had 366 members and in 1836 there were 284, which had decreased to 86 in 1838, and is now 57. The trustees for 1918 are H. W. Merrick, M. P. Merrick, J. J. Merrick, Geo. F. Donahue, W. S. H. Keefe, Fred Reynolds. M. E. Shoen, Geo. S. Henry and William Smith.
The Roman Catholic Church of St. Mary's at Fort Covington incorporated March 25, 1840, with Father MeNulty of Hogansburgh presiding, and with William Leahy and Patrick Holden of Fort Covington and Michael Collins of Bombay as trustees, though the records of the church itself list the trustees as Wm. Leahy, Wm. McKenna, Michael Caldwell. James Fitzgerald, Michael Murphy, Hugh Laffey and Austin McDonald, and fix the date of organization
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and of the erection of the church edifice as 1837. Became an independent charge in 1869. Rectors: M. C. Stanton, 1869-73; Thomas MeNally, 1873-81; Guilbault, 1881-82; Denis Nolan, 1882-83; C. J. McMorrow, 1883-93; James McGowan, 1893-1910, with James J. McGowan in charge 1908-10; Pontur, 1910; J. L. Desjardins, 1911-18. There are 290 families, numbering 1,213 persons, in the parish. Present lay trustees: Bernard Smith and Levi Derocher.
St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church; the first known services were held by Eleazer Williams from Hogansburgh, though it is conjectured that army chaplains of the Episcopalian church may have officiated during the war of 1812. No services were held between Mr. Williams's time and 1870, when Wm. Stone Hayward, located at Hogansburgh, visited the place occasionally. Other rectors include Wilfred H. Dean, David Jenkins, W. J. Hamilton, Fred- erick Thompson, S. R. McEwan, A. Elliott, Fred Swindlehurst and W. Howard Mills; divinity students from Montreal have officiated from time to time. J. A. Adkins is now in charge. The services by Mr. Williams were held in the old town hall, and between 1870 and 1898 the church occupied Masonic Hall and the Baptist church. St. Paul's church edifice was erected in 1898.
Aurora Lodge No. 383, F. and A. M., organized in 1855, and has seventy-eight members. The officers for 1918 are: Glenn A. Sealy, W. M .; James M. Hall, S. W .; Earl W. Scripter, J. W .; James Costello, S. D .; William Fraser, J. D .; Thomas Vass, secretary ; James Farquhar, treasurer.
FRANKLIN.
Supervisors .- Harry B. Hatch, 1836-38; Norman Stickney, 1839-40; William Knowles, 1841; John R. Merrill, 1842; Harry B. Hatch, 1843-44; John R. Merrill, 1845; Norman Stickney, 1846; John R. Merrill, 1847-50; Hugh Martin, 1851; John B. Dickinson, 1852; John R. Merrill. 1853; Hugh Martin, 1854-55; George Tremble, 1856-59; Luther S. Bryant, 1860-61; George Tremble, 1862-63; Chauncey Williamson, 1864-65; George Tremble, 1866; James H. Pierce, 1867; George Tremble, 1869-70; Patrick McKillip, 1871-72; James H. Pierce, 1873; Patrick McKillip, 1874; James H. Pierce, 1875-76; Patrick McKillip, 1877; George Tremble, 1878-79; John P. Mulligan, 1880-81; Norman I. Arnold, 1882-83; Henry H. Martin, 1884-85; Frank G. Tremble, 1886; Henry H. Martin, 1887-88; John P. Mulligan, 1889-91; James W. Littlejohn, 1892; Timothy O. Howard, 1893-95; Hugh McKillip, 1896-97; James W. Littlejohn, 1898-1900; Hugh P. McKillip, 1901-08; Edward St. Clair, 1909-12; Wesley C. Fadden, 1913-18.
HARRIETSTOWN.
Supervisors .- Pliny Miller, 1841-44; Alanson B. Neal, 1845; Pliny Miller, 1846-50; Alanson B. Neal, 1851-52; William F. Martin, 1853; Virgil C. Bart- lett, 1854; Alanson B. Neal, 1855-56; William F. Martin, 1857-58; Leonard Nokes, 1859; Alanson B. Neal, 1860; Leonard Nokes, 1861-62; Orlando Blood, 1863-65; Van Buren Miller, 1866-73; Milo B. Miller, 1874-75; William F. Martin, 1876-78; Van Buren Miller, 1879-82; R. Eugene Woodruff, 1883; J. Herbert Miller, 1884-86; F. M. Bull, 1887; J. Herbert Miller, 1888-89;
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Alonzo Dudley, 1890; John Harding, 1891; Richard McIntyre, 1892-95; Frank E. Kendall, 1896-97; William A. Walton, 1898-1900; John Harding, 1901-03; Euclid C. Pine, 1904-08; James A. Latour, 1909-15; William H. Moore, 1915-18.
The Methodist Episcopal Church of Saranac Lake, N. Y., incorporated July 8, 1878, with Robert Smith, Horace Morehouse, Jas. A. Filbrooks, Augustus Tor- rence and Carlos White as trustees, and for some reason reincorporated August 16, 1897, as the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Saranac Lake, N. Y., with H. H. Miner, W. J. Slater, R. S. Smith, H. L. Lobdell, Almon Chappell and J. H. Williams as trustees. From 1871 to 1876 Saranac Lake and North Elba were joined as one parish. Church edifice erected at Saranac Lake 1882-86. List of pastors: A. O. Spoor, 1876; J. W. Coons, 1877; Orlo Thompson, 1879- 80; . O. M. Boutwell, 1SS4; C. P. Annibal, 1886-90; A. M. Woodruff, 1891-95; Clarence Miller, 1896-97; D. N. Cochran, 1898-99; L. A. Bigelow, 1900-04; G. W. Easton, 1905-07; G. P. Love, 1908-11; M. H. Smith, 1912-14; J. M. Cass, 1915-17; Alexander McKinley, 1917-18. Trustees in 1918: B. R. Moody, W. B. Scott, H. L. Lobdell, H. H. Miner and John A. Ling.
The Church of St. Luke the Beloved Physician organized in 1877, but not incorporated until May 7, 1903, with Arthur Moir and Edward L. Trudeau as wardens, and Edward L. Trudeau, Jr., Stanley Appleyard, Chas. H. Jenkins, Carl Gordon, Ellwood Wilson and John Harding, vestrymen. Church edifice erected in 1879. List of rectors: John P. Lundy, D. D., 1877-78; Chas. S. Knapp, D. D., 1879; A. H. Locke, 1880-81; Daniel M. Bates, 1883-85; Milton C. Potter, 1886-89; Walter H. Larom, 1889-1909; Wm. B. Lusk, 1909-15; Scott Kidder, D. D., 1915-17; Elmer P. Miller, 1917-18. Wardens in 1918: Arthur D. Manning and Dr. J. Woods Price. Vestrymen in 1918: C. J. Stick- ney, Seaver A. Miller, Stanley Appleyard, Dr. Robert C. Paterson, Dr. Francis B. Trudeau and Walter H. Cluett.
First Presbyterian Church of Saranac Lake organized as a mission in 1890 and incorporated March 10, 1891, with James Sheffield, Frank Lattrell and Wm. F. Roberts as trustees. Church edifice erected in 1891. List of pastors or stated supply; Richard G. McCarthy, 1890-93; Henry A. Lewis, 1893-94; W. Armitage Beardsley, 1894-97; William Tatlock, 1897-1902; Edwin H. Dickinson, 1902-03; John Bailey Kelly, 1903-08: George Roberts, Jr., 1909-15; Roy B. Chamberlin, 1915-17, now on leave of absence in Y. M. C. A. work in France, and George K. Newell acting as supply. Present trustees: Dr. E. R. Baldwin, Dr. H. M. Kinghorn, Dr. C. A. McAfee, Geo. F. Schrader and Duncan Paul. Elders : Frank E. Lattrell, S. C. Blauvelt, H. S. Horton, C. W. Parks and W. F. Roberts.
Saint Bernard's Church, Saranac Lake, incorporated in September, 1888, with John Meagher and Michael Carey lay trustees. Father Michael Charbonneau and Father James J. McCarthy had officiated earlier in the parish, but Father John J. Walters was the first appointed rector, in 1890, and has served con- tinuously since. A church edifice was erected in 1892, and was burned in 1909. The present church edifice, three years in the course of construction, was finished in 1912. Present lay trustees: Cornelius J. Carey and William J. Munn.
The Church of St. John in the Wilderness organized in 1906, with Father J. A. Hervieux in charge, and incorporated May 8, 1910, with Edward Patnode
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and Henry F. Ryon as lay trustees. Father Emile Berard was then the rector, and so continues. Present trustees : Edward J. Patnode and James Betters.
MALONE.
Supervisors .- Nathaniel Blanchard, 1808; Asa Wheeler, 1809; Hiram Horton, 1810; Asa Wheeler, 1811; George F. Harison, 1812; Harry S. House, 1813-15; Abel Willson, 1816-17; Asa Hascall, 1818-35; Martin L. Parlin, 1836; Asa Hascall, 1837; Jonathan Stearns, 1838-39; Asa Hascall, 1840-42; Hiram Horton, 2d, 1843-45; William Andrus, 1846-52; Henry S. Brewster, 1853; Thomas R. Powell, 1854; Daniel N. Huntington, 1855-56; William Andrus, 1857-59; Edwin L. Meigs, 1860; Albert Hobbs, 1861-62; William W. King, 1863; William Andrus, 1864-70; Howard E. King, 1871-79; Albert Hobbs, 1880-82; Daniel H. Stanton, 1883-85; George G. Gurley, 1SS6-90; Dwight Dickinson, 1891-93; Thomas Adams, 1894-96; Orrin S. Lawrence, 1897-1902; John C. Williamson, 1903-10; Stephen M. Howard, 1911-18.
The First Congregational Church and Society was organized May 10, 1807, but no certificate of incorporation having been recorded in the county clerk's office, and the earliest church records not being accessible, the names of the first trustees are not ascertainable. From 1807 to 1809 there do not appear to have been regular pastors, though a Mr. Robinson, Holland Wicks and Simeon Parmelee each served for short periods. The earliest services were held in the dwelling of Noah Moody, and then in the academy and in the court house. A church edifice was erected in 1826; a second in 1852; and a third in 1883. The pastors since 1810 have been: Ashbel Parmelee, 1809-1845; Silas R. Wood- ruff, 1845-53; John R. Herrick, 1854-67; Charles H. A. Bulkley, 1868-74; Charles S. Richardson, 1875-SS; George F. Chipperfield, ISSS-97; John A. MacIntosh, 1897-1912; John R. Duffield, 1912-1918. The trustees in 1918 are N. W. Porter, G. S. Howard, C. M. Redfield, G. M. Lincoln, E. C. Lawrence, G. C. Dewey, Mrs. C. W. Breed, John H. King and Willard H. Ames. The church has 375 members.
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