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The First Baptist Church and Society of the Town of Malone was organized December 12, 1807, but not incorporated until September 28, 1831, when Asaph Watkins, Asa Hascall and Nahum Whipple were chosen trustees. The first services must have been held in school houses or private residences, and were then held in the court house. A church edifice was erected in 1833, and a second in 1874. There are no records of date earlier than 1825, since when the pastors have been: Nathaniel Colver, 1825-27 ; Smith, IS27; Hiram
Safford, 1829-30; Samuel Marshall, 1830-34; . Anthony Case, 1836-45; J. M. Beman, 1846-49; O. W. Babcock, 1849-54; L. M. Woodruff, 1855-56;
Decker, 1857-58; L. M. Woodruff, 1858-61; W. C. Hubbard, 1861; John Peddie, 1862; Thomas Cull, 1863-66; William H. Maynard. 1866-69; Henry F. Lane. 1869-77; S. T. Farnham, 1877-S2; J. W. Ashworth, 1882-87; Philip B. Strong, 1887-92; E. J. Farley, 1893-96; T. G. Cass, 1896-1902; W. C. Carr, 1902-06; Roscoe C. Penney, 1906-10; J. Burt Webster, 1910-17; Ivan M. Rose, 1918. The trustees for 1918 are Wm. P. Badger, Fred A. Hutchins, Thomas Cantwell, Frank Mason, Fred A. Cameron, Floyd Spencer, Samuel C. Coleman, Karl Wal- bridge and Orla C. Potter.
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The Malone Methodist Episcopal Church was incorporated May 2, 1835, with Thomas J. Paddock, Stephen Paddock, Isaac Holden, John Wiley and John F. Dimick as trustees. The exact date of the founding of the church there are no records to show, but it certainly was as early as 1818, and may have been in 1811. In the early years its services were held in the court house and perhaps occasionally in private dwellings. Its first house of worship was built between 1835 and 1838, and its second in 1866, and the name was changed in 1878 to Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church of Malone. It has had pastors continuously since 1818 as follows: Chas. Northrop, 1818-19; William Jones, 1820; Truman Dixon, 1821; Alex. Irwin, 1822-23; Roswell Parker and Hiram May, 1824; Isaac Smith and Wm. J. Lull, 1825; 1826, supplied; Jonathan M. Brooks and Luther Lee, 1827; Luther Lee, 1828; G. W. Barney and H. Van Order, 1829; G. W. Barney and D. King, 1830; Geo. Woodruff and J. Lowry, 1831; S. Paddock and J. Lowry, 1832; W. C. Mason, 1833; W. C. Mason and 0. Squires, 1834; C. L. Dunning, 1835-36; G. Sawyer, 1837-38; L. L. Adkins, 1839; Jas. E. Downing, 1840-41; Almanzo Blackman, 1842-43; Chas. II. Austin, 1844-45; M. D. Gillett, 1846-47; Ebenezer Arnold, 1848; E. Smith, 1849; Royal Stratton, 1850-51; T. W. Thurston, 1852; J. T. Allen, 1853; F. A. O'Far- rell, 1854-55; Jas. L. Humphrey, 1856; A. F. Bigelow, 1857; M. M. Rice. 1858-59; Hiram Shepard, 1860-61; F. F. Jewell, 1862-63; A. E. Corse, 1864-65; Samuel Call, 1866-68; A. Bramley, 1869-71; J. C. Stewart, 1872-73; F. H. Beck, 1874; A. L. Smalley, 1875-77; C. H. Guile, 1878-79; L. L. Palmer, 1880-81; W. F. Tooke, 1882-84; I. D. Peaslee, 1885-87; W. D. Marsh, 1888-92; C. C. Townsend, 1893-97; H. E. Waugh, 1898-99; J. H. Myers, 1900-05; M. D. Sill, 1906-11; E. H. Joy, 1912-16; C. M. Gearhart, 1916-18. The trustees in 1918 are A. C. Allison, Geo. D. Northridge, Albert E. Hyde, V. E. Maher and H. F. Perkins. The church has about 600 members.
St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church was founded September 22, 1831, at a meeting held at the court house, with Luther Bradish and James Duane as wardens, and Wm. Hogan, Ransom Hawley, John Smith, Roswell Green, John G. Clayton, Henry B. Titus, Lucius King and Joseph H. Jackson as vestrymen. Services were held for a number of years at the court house and in the Arsenal Green school house (now the church of the Christian Scientists). A church edifice was erected between 1843 and 1846, and was replaced by the present structure in 1884. There were a number of years in the early life of the parish when there was no rector, but the list of those who have been rectors so far as known is: Anson B. Hard, 1831-33; Amos Pardee, 1834-39, with an intermis- sion of two years; Alex. H. Cull, 1839-40; H. S. Atwater, 1846-49; Wmn. Long, 1849-51; Jubal Hedges, 1851; Amos C. Treadway, 1852-59; John Gribble, 1859- 61; James A. Upjohn, 1861-62; Charles F. Robertson, 1862-68; Jas. W. Stewart, 1868-72; John B. Pitman, 1872-83; W. G. W. Lewis, 1883-88; Charles Temple, 1888-96; W. P. R. Lewis, 1896-98; A. C. Wilson, 1898-1901; J. II. Brown, 1901-08; H. A. Barrett, 1908-17; W. W. Silliman, 1917-18. John W. Fay and William L. Allen are the wardens for 1918, and John P. Badger, John A. Flanagan, A. G. Wilding, James R. Jones, F. R. Kirk, Frederick H. Bryant, C. A. Massey and E. W. Knowlton the vestrymen. The members number 125. The Roman Catholic Church and Society of the Town of Malone was incor-
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porated July 20, 1839, with Barney Mallon, Michael Cowan and Richard Dorsey as lay trustees, though Malone was at the time a part of the Hogansburgh parish, and was served for several years by priests from that place. The first service was held in a private house near the poor house. A church edifice was erected in 1836, and the church became an independent charge in 1849, when it included all of the county except Bombay and Fort Covington. A certificate filed in the county clerk's office in 1861 made the name of the organization St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church of the Town of Malone. A new church building was begun in 1862, which was burned in 1870, and when partly replaced was unroofed and two of the walls wrecked by a wind. The rectors since the parishi became independent have been Bernard E. McCabe, 1849-57; Anthony Theves, 1858-62; Francis E. Van Compenlioldt, 1862-67; Patrick Ludden, 1867; James J. Sherry, 1867-77; William Rossiter, 1877-1908; John H. O'Rourke, 1908-18. The present lay trustees are Hugh H. Mullarney and Frank Clark. The parish contains 325 families.
The First Universalist Society of Malone was incorporated May 12, 1846, though apparently an unorganized society had existed from 1835, but as to which no definite data are available. The first trustees at the incorporation were Lauriston Amsden, Benj. W. Clark and Martin L. Parlin. A church edifice was erected in 1846. For considerable periods the society had no regular pastor, and was served occasionally by students from St. Lawrence University at Canton. No complete list of those who so served, nor even of the regular pastors, is now obtainable, but the number included Herman Bisbee, A. B. Hervey (afterward president of St. Lawrence University ) , E. A. Holbrook, J. A. Seitz, J. S. Cantwell,
J. O. Skinner, Doctor Gunnison, - Perry and Joseph Crehore. Services ceased to be held in 1884, and in 1892 the society was dissolved, its property sold and the proceeds donated to St. Lawrence University.
The First Methodist Episcopal Church of the Town of Duane and Township Number Nine of the Town of Malone was incorporated in 1861, but had been in unorganized existence from 1843 or earlier, and supplied almost regularly with preaching from 1849. For a part of the time it was joined with the Chateaugay circuit, and then with Dickinson. The first services were in a building known as The Temple, erected for both school and church uses, and next in a log chapel. The present church edifice was built in 1867. The trustees at incorporation were Sherman Stancliff, Norman L. Knights, Charles Trask and Randall H. Westcott; and those for 1918 are Henry Childs, William M. Wes- cott and Dr. Watson H. Harwood. Duane and Owl's Head are joined with Chasm Falls as one parish. Chasm Falls has had pastors as follows: Allen Miller, 1853-54; Northrup, 1855; Samuel Saulsbury, 1856; Chas. M. Brown, 1857; M. Castle, 1857-58; A. S. Barter, 1859; Porter, 1860; W. Mooney, N. L. Knights, Ira Wescott, 1861-63; Chas. Mott, 1864; Allen Miller, 1865-66; Alonzo Wells, 1867-69; Chas. Brown, 1870; R. F. Whipple, 1871; Alex. LaClair, 1872-73; D. Whipple, 1874; R. F. Whipple, 1875; W. F. Dillenbeck, 1876-78; R. Sherman, 1879-80; A. F. Bigelow, 1881-82; W. A. Wood, 1883-84; J. R. Kay, 1885-86; F. L. Knapp, 1888-90; A. L. Smith, 1891- 95; W. T. Best, 1896-98; W. E. Greene, 1899-1900; R. F. Whipple, 1901-02; E. E. Day, 1903-06; W. E. Cramer, 1907-09; R. P. Green, 1910-13; S. W. Fessenden, 1914-17; L. E. Rose, 1917-18.
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The French Roman Catholic Church of Malone was founded November 29, 1868, with legal incorporation May 21, 1869, as St. Mary's Church of Malone, New York (usually called Notre Dame Church), with Edward Cherrier and Joseph Menard as lay trustees. A church edifice was erected during the summer of 1869. Its rectors have been John B. LeGrand, 1868-83; Edward Blanchard, 1884-1917; T. Campau, 1918. The present lay trustees are Moses Bessette and David Dubois. At the beginning of 1918 the parish contained 1,000 families, or 4,428 persons.
St. Helen's Roman Catholic Church of Chasm Falls was founded from St. Mary's of Malone by Rev. John B. LeGrand in 1877, with Joseph Boyea and David Boivin as lay trustees, and its house of worship was built soon afterward with funds donated by friends of Father LeGrand in France. The rectors have been J. B. LeGrand, 1877-81; E. Peuffier, 1881-82; C. E. Perrin, 1883; D. J. Halde, 1885-91; E. Blanchard, IS91; McDermott, 1891-94; Z. A. Per- ron, 1894-97; Z. B. Decay, 1897-98; L. F. Lussier, IS9S-1902; A. J. Boulerice, 1902-03; J. L. St. Jacques, 1903-07; O. Levesque, 1910-14; L. Phaneuf, 1914-15; Z. A. Jutras, 1915-18. There are 103 families in the parish. The present trustees are Antoine Laroche and B. Wood.
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, was incorporated in June, 1913, with Caroline J. Phillips, Sadie W. Lawrence, Williamine S. Child, Helen M. Gurley and Fred F. Fisk as trustees. The membership numbers fifteen or twenty, and the society occupies the old Arsenal Green school house for its meetings.
Data covering civic, fraternal and beneficial orders are given in the chapter on Malone.
MOIRA.
Supervisors .- Jason Pierce, 1828-30; Sidney Lawrence, 1831-33; Jason Pierce, 1834-36; Orrin Lawrence, 1837; Jason Pierce, 1838; Sidney Lawrence, 1839-49; Orrin Lawrence, 1841-43; Samuel Manning, 1844-48; Horace Dickinson, 1849; Darius W. Lawrence, 1850-51; Simon D. Stevens, 1852-53; William Austin, 1854; Aaron G. Perry, 1855; Simon D. Stevens, 1856; Darius W. Lawrence, 1857-62; Luther A. Burnham, 1863; Darius W. Lawrence, 1864-66; Luther A. Burnham, 1867-75; Joseph W. Brown, 1876; Horace M. Stevens, 1877; Benja- min F. Harris, 1878-85; Fred F. Hutchins, 1886; Benjamin F. Harris, 1887-88; John O. Slater, 1889; Benjamin F. Harris, 1890; John O. Slater, 1891-98; Elisha A. Rust, 1899-1910; Irving Peek, 1911-12; William H. Montross, 1913- 14; Irving Peck, 1915-16; George W. Harris, 1917-18.
Congregational Church and Society of Moira organized March 5, 1823, but not incorporated until August 14, 1843. Trustees at incorporation : Moses A. Symonds, Thomas Oakes and Enos Day. Pastors from IS23 to 1843: John Kennon, Joseph Butler, Reynolds, Charles Bolls, - Howard. Church edifice erected in 1844 and dedicated in 1845. Pastors since incorpora- tion : F. B. Reed, 1844-46; R. T. Conant, 1847-51; G. T. Strong and
Cutler, 1851-65; H. Lancashire, 1865-67; S. H. Williams, 1868-71; B. Burnap, 1872-76; T. H. Griffith, 1877-78; J. P. Richardson, 1879-81; W. H. Conroy, 1882-83; O. Jenkins, 1884-85; T. Watson, 1886-97; R. E. Andrew, 1898-1905; A. G. Lewis, 1906-10; E. E. Barrett, 1910-13; C. Shaw, 1914-16. Present
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trustees : C. A. Burdick, T. R. Eddy and George N. Ellwood. The church has no pastor.
The Christian Church of the Town of Moira organized at a very early but not definitely known date at Moira, and reorganized January 26, 1846, at Brushton, with Olney Peck, A. G. Perry and William Bowen trustees. Church edifice erected in 1867. The church records are very incomplete, but as far as I ean gather the following have been pastors: Ezekiel Hildreth, Solomon Sayles, Harrison Pierce, H. Reynolds, George Shear, Walter Mill, L. A. Brand, Soreby, T. A. Quail, B. S. Crosby, Elder Cutler, G. D. Stearns, Perey B. Robinson, E. E. Barrett, Clemons Shaw, Philip Getter, C. O. Brown. Present trustees : Wallace Tryon, M. W. Wright and Ernest Haskell.
First Methodist Episcopal Church and Society of Moira incorporated July 26, 1852, but was first recognized by conference as a parish in 1850, and had had preaching since 1827 by cireuit riders. First trustees: Sidney Lawrence, Ira Russell, Hiram Pieree, Wm. A. Whitney and Varnum P. Hill. Church edifice ereeted in 1869, the union church having been occupied previously. List of pastors : Rufus E. King, 1850; Thomas Ritehey, 1851-52; F. A. O'Farrell, 1853; C. Sink, 1854; Ralph Pierce, 1855; Chas. Baldwin, 1856; G. D. Greenleaf, 1857; A. F. Bigelow, 1858-60; S. Griffin, 1860; Chamberlain Phelps, 1861-62; S. O. Corbin, 1863-65; Otis Gibson, 1866-68; A. F. Bigelow, 1869; W. W. Hunt, 1870-72; H. W. P. Allen, 1873; Rufus E. King, 1874-75; T. W. Gregory, 1876- 77; S. E. Brown, 1878-79; W. R. Helms, 1880-82; W. H. Kanoff, 1883-85; W. A. Nichols, 1886; M. D. Sill, 1887-91; C. H. Walton, 1892-96, with S. S. Kline, W. T. Cross and A. J. Funnell as assistants at different times; F. B. Stanford, 1897-98; W. F. Purrington, 1899-1903; W. H. Summers, 1904; Wm. Thomas, 1905-08; M. H. Dowd, 1909-14; W. H. Pullen, 1915-18. Present trustees: George S. Page, C. E. Brush, W. H. Montross, Frank L. Joy; Homer O. Stiles, Herbert A. Stiles. The church has 199 members.
First M. E. Church, Brush's Mills, incorporated March 10, 1874, and church edifice erected same year. First trustees: Nelson J. Lyon, Joel Orton, James Eddy, Samuel A. Gillett and Eleazer Austin. Present trustees: E. E. Harris, G. E. Monteith, Edson Turner. Pastors the same as at Moira. The church has 101 members.
Saint Mary's Church of Brush's Mills incorporated October 15, 1875, but a mission from 1850. Church edifice erected in 1855, which was greatly enlarged and improved, at a cost of about $5,000, in 1874. List of rectors: Father McCabe, Father A. Thaves and Father J. J. Sherry of Malone while it was a mission. Father Arehambeault was the first resident rector in 1870-73; G. J. Normandeau, 1873-82; M. R. Burns, 1883-86; E. IG. Briee, 1886-98; F. X. Charbonneau, 1898-1900; T. J. Mahoney, 1900-18. Timothy O'Connell and John A. Sullivan are the lay trustees for 1918.
St. Peter's Church in the Village of Brush's Mills incorporated June 30, 1367, with Henry N. Brush and Christopher Jameson wardens, and H. Corbin Brush, Benj. F. Whipple, Geo. Farrington, George P. Baker, Francis T. Heath, W'm. J. Hall, John J. Hall and Milton Heath vestrymen. The reetors have been C. F. Robertson, 1868; - John Randall, 1868-75: Alfred L. Royce, 1875-77; W. M. Cook. 1877-79: Daniel Flack, 1881-83; M. P. Pearse, 1884-85; Chas. Temple,
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1885-86; G. E. Edgar, 1886; George Somerville, 1887-SS; N. W. Stephens, 1889- 90; R. W. Brown, 1890-91; Alfred L. Fortin, 1892-1911; H. A. Barrett, 1911- 14; E. E. Hutchinson, 1914-18.
North Star Lodge No. 107, F. and A. M., organized at Lawrenceville, Septem- ber 3, 1844, removed to Moira January 31, 1855, and to Brushton February 9, 1SS7. Had eighty-seven members in 1918, with these officers: A. L. Donaldson, W. M .; Horace Orton, S. W .; Roy Smith, J. W .; George DeLong, S. D .; George Ellwood, J. D .; Edson Turner, secretary; George DeLong, treasurer; Luther Whitney, S. M. C .; John Wemette, J. M. C .; Horace Jenkins, tyler.
H. L. Aldrich Post No. 363, G. A. R., organized in April, 1SS3, and had twenty-three members in 1918. The largest membership had been over 100. Officers for 1918: H. P. Steenberge, commander; Standish Steenberge, senior viee-commander; John Greenow, junior viee-commander; A. B. Allen, adjutant ; J. S. Miller, quartermaster; Ezra LaBell, surgeon; J. O. Allen, chaplain; John Williams, officer of the day.
Sidney Lawrence Lodge No. 660, I. O. O. F., organized February 24, 1893, and now has forty-six members, with offieers as follows for 1918: Joseph Albert White, noble grand; George N. Ellwood, vice-grand; Wm. Jonathan Drake, secretary ; Wm. Sidney Lawrence, treasurer and ehaplain.
Brushton Grange No. 901, Patrons of Husbandry, organized January 28, 1901, and has 385 members. Officers for 1918: John Mahar, master; E. C. Crowley, overseer; Mrs. George Ellwood, lecturer; H. S. Orton, steward; T. O'Connell, assistant steward; Mrs. T. O'Connell, lady assistant steward; Wallace Tryon, chaplain; Warren H. Smith, treasurer; Mrs. John Mahar, secre- tary; Mrs. C. Hastings, Ceres; Mrs. Fred Orton, Pomona; Mrs. H. M. Aldrich, Flora.
SANTA CLARA ...
Supervisors .- John A. Fraser, 1889; Wm. A. Fullerton, 1890; Newell W. Lee, 1891-1900; Wm. A. Fullerton, 1901-04; Emerick D. Bruce, 1905-06; D. W. Riddle, 1907-08; John Redwood, 1909-18.
WAVERLY.
Supervisors .- William T. O'Neil, 1881; Charles H. Young, 1882-84; Leroy M. Wardner, 1885-88; William H. Flack, 1889-95; William T. O'Neil, 1896- 1902; Orin L. Wilson, 1903-12; Alexander Macdonald, 1913-15; M. B. Ramsdell, 1915-16; Orin L. Wilson, 1917-18.
The First Methodist Episcopal Church of St. Regis Falls joined in 1882 with Diekinson Center as one parish. Church edifice erected in 1887-8S. First trustees : William E. King, Mrs. Esther Macfarlane and Daniel W. Flack. Present trustees: M. A. Rowell, C. C. Southworth, B. E. Ames, E. E. Bondy, J. A. Ketcham, Leslie M. Saunders. Pastors have been same as at Dickinson Center, which see.
Saint Ann's Church, St. Regis Falls, incorporated August 22, 1883, with Joseph Bushey and E. St. Hilaire as lay trustees. Church edifice erected in 1884. F. J. Ouellet rector continuously to 1918. Present lay trustees: John Center and Frank Henry.
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The First Free Will Baptist Church of St. Regis Falls organized March 23, 1893. Church edifice erected 1894-95. List of pastors: James A. Heath, 1893- 96; Nelson Ramsdell, 1896-98; M. M. Shoemaker, 1898-1900; Nelson Ramsdell, 1901-02; A. D. Walker, 1902-04; F. E. Miller, 1904-05; Myra C. Hoit, 1905; H. H. Stocum, 1909; S. D. Knapp, 1913; John Walker, 1914-16; Peter S. Vining, 1917-18. Trustees for 1918: Sylvester Meacham, Fred S. Ramsdell, Fred Lang, Le Roy Phillips, George Smith, Oliver Brabon.
The St. Regis Falls Universalist Church organized as a parish church in June, 1916, but not incorporated; has had no installed pastor, but has preaching on alternate Sundays by clergymen from Canton.
Durkee Post No. 504, G. A. R. Officers in 1918: Adnor Johnson, commander ; Charles Jennette, senior vice-commander; O. Brabon, junior vice-commander ; B. C. Somers, quartermaster; Harvey G. Waste, chaplain; J. Perkins Smith, adjutant; Tom Dubuke, officer of the day.
St. Regis Falls Lodge No. 100, I. O. O. F., organized in December, 1886, and has 145 members. Officers in 1918: Henry Gibbs, noble grand; William Kid- ney, vice-grand; Joseph Dunn, secretary; Frank Bedor, financial secretary; W. A. Conley, treasurer.
Blue Mountain Lodge No. 874, F. and A. M., organized June 29, 1909, and has sixty members. Officers in 1918: Wm. A. Wardner, worshipful master; John Murphy, senior warden; John A. Ketcham, junior warden; J. L. Blood, secretary.
WESTVILLE.
Supervisors .- Guy Meigs, 1829; Philemon Berry, 1830; Goodrich Hazen, 1831-32; Alric Man, 1833-35; Henry G. Button, 1836-37; Philemon Berry, 1838-39; Buel H. Man, 1840-41; Alric Man, 1842-43; Samuel Coggin, 1844-45; James Walker, 1846-47; Samuel Man, 1848-49; Richard E. Morey, 1850-51; Ebenezer Man, 1851; Philemon Berry, 1852-53; Samuel Coggin, 1854-55; Wil- liam C. Boyd, 1856; Darius Hardy, 1857; Samuel Man, 1858; Charles N. John- son, 1859-63; Joseph P. Hadley, 1864-65; Gilbert T. Clark, 1866-68; John L. Rowley, 1869; Lauriston M. Berry, 1870-75; Albert C. Hadley, 1876-78; Lauriston M. Berry, 1879-80; Floyd J. Hadley, 1881-83; Robert Clark, 1884-87; Edward F. Rowley, 1888-92; John W. Rowley, 1893-97; B. S. Chapin, 1898-99; John W. Rowley, 1900-06; William H. Adams, 1907-12; John Fallon, 1913-16; William H. Adams, 1917-18.
The Westville Free Church Society was incorporated May 1, 1838, and a meeting house was erected at Westville Corners soon afterward. The organiza- tion included Presbyterians, Methodists and Universalists, who used the building in common. The first trustees were James Walker, Latham Hyde, Buel H. Man, Grafton Downer, David Freeman and Henry G. Button. No list of the clergymen who served the respective organizations is obtainable. In 1885 the organization was abandoned, and the church building was moved to another location and put to another use.
The Presbyterian Society of the Town of Westville was incorporated December 5, 1885, and at once erected a house of worship at Westville Corners. The first trustees were L. M. Berry, John Wright and Leonard Wilson. The society has no settled pastor, but has been served for a long time by Rev. J. H. Gardiner of
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Fort Covington. The present trustees are Millard Cushman, Allen Stark and John C. Wright, and the society has forty members.
The Wesleyan Methodist Church of the Bangor and Burke circuit was never incorporated as a Westville organization, but held services for a number of years prior to 1870 in the Sand street school house. Clergy from Cook's Corners usually officiated, though the organization had at one time a parsonage, or at least a parsonage lot, in the vicinity.
The Methodist Episcopal Church of Westville was not incorporated until December 3, 1874, though an organization had been in existence there since 1831, and with recognition by the conference since 1837. Originally the services were held in a private dwelling in the southwestern part of the town, and then in school houses or in the Free Church at the Corners. A church edifice was erected at the Center in 1869. The trustees at incorporation were Robert Clark, W. H. Freeman and A. E. Hyde, and for 1918 are Robert Clark, John W. Rowley and C. E. Hoadley. The church membership numbers forty-four. Except for a year or two the list of pastors is the same as for Constable, which see.
Franklin Lodge, F. and A. M., was organized in 1851 with twenty members, but after 1870 it began to decline, and in 1899 the charter was transferred to a lodge in Brooklyn.
Westville Grange was organized in 1906, but has not flourished. It now has but seventy-nine members.
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