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CIVIL HISTORY.
Harrietstown was formed from Duane March 19, 1841, and the following is a list of officers elected at the first town-meeting : Supervisor, Pliny Miller ; Town Clerk, John Otis ; Assessors, Jacob Nokes, Jr., Newel Reynolds, Micah E. Flanders; Commissioners of Highways, Stephen Otis, Harvey Paige, Jacob Nokes, Jr .; Commissioners of Com- mon Schools, Newel Reynolds, John Otis, Jr., William Kelly ; Inspectors of Common Sehools, Pliny Miller, Jacob Nokes, Jr., Mieah E. Flanders; Justices of the Peace, Pliny Miller, No. 1, John Otis, No. 2, Newel Reynolds, No. 3; Collector, John C. Bailey ; Constables, John C. Bailey, Joseph Otis, Eli B. Perry, Isaac Otis ; Overseers of the Poor, Stephen Otis, Isaac Otis ; Sealer of Weights and Measures, Alfred A. Walton ; Pathmaster in Distriet No. 1, Micah E. Flanders ; Pathmaster in District No. 2, Jacob Nokes; Pathmaster in District No. 3, Amos Lamson.
" Voted, in this town to raise all the school money that the law will allow us to raise.
" Voted, in this town to raise two hundred and fifty dollars for the purpose of roads and bridges."
The following is a list of the supervisors of the town from its organization to 1880 :
SUPERVISORS.
1841-44, Pliny Miller ; 1845, A. B. Neal ; 1846-50, P. Miller ; 1851-52, A. B. Neal; 1853, Wm. F. Martin ; 1854, Virgil C. Bartlett ; 1855-56, A. B. Neal; 1857-58, Wm. F. Martin; 1859, Leonard Nokes ; 1860, A. B. Neal; 1861-62, Lconard Nokes; 1863-64, Orlando Blood; 1865-73, Van Buren Miller; 1874-75, Milo B. Miller ; 1876-78, Wm. F. Martin ; 1879, Van Buren Miller.
MILITARY RECORD.
The following list of those who enlisted from this town during the late war of the Rebellion was kindly furnished by Van Buren Miller :
Henry Avery, Edson Flagg, Jolin King, Augustus Cole, Isaac B. Brown, Daniel E. Bessey, Edgar J. Dyke, Wm. M. Gaskill, Coseal E. King, Hiram R. Luran, D. O. Lawrence, Milo B. Miller, Philip McManius, Jolin McCon- ner, Edwin S. Otis, Edward Perkins, Simeon D. Towaner, James A. Wil- son, Ilenry Aunis, Thomas Haley, James A. Phibanks, David Noinger, Calvin Brown, Mitchel Bell, Nehemiah Greene, John Egglefield, William W. Johnson, Albert H. Loughron, Thomas Mishen, James B. Miller, Lester Monroe, Horatio N. Otis, Charles Ormsby, Henry F. Towaner, Geo. Whitman, Henry N. Wells.
CHAPTER XCV.
MOIRA.
Geographical-Topographieal-The First Settlement-Initial Events -Reminiseenees of Hon. Sidney Lawrenee-Civil History-The First Town-Meeting-Officers Elected-Supervisors and Town Clerks from Organization of Town to 1880-Present Officers- Eeclesiastieal History-Masonic-Military Record.
THIS town lies on the west border of the county, north of the centre, and is bounded as follows : on the north by Bombay, on the east by Bangor, on the south by Dickin- son, and on the west by St. Lawrence County.
The surface is generally level, with a slight inelination towards the north, and the soil is a fertile, sandy loam. The town is watered by the Little Salmon River and Lawrence Brook.
The first settlement in this town was made by Appleton Foote, agent for Gilchrist and Fowler, to whom the town had been apportioned. Mr. Foote was an enterprising pioneer, and did much to advance the interests of the town.
The first mills in the town were erected, at Brushton, by Mr. Foote, in 1803, on the site occupied by the present grist-mill.
Benjamin Seeley and family came with Mr. Foote to assist him in the erection of the mills, and this family was the first to settle in the town. "They spent the first win- ter alone in the new settlement, and kept a rude accommo- dation for travelers, great numbers of whom were then passing through on their way to the new settlements in St. Lawrence County."
In 1803, Jonathan Lawrence and Joseph Plumb, of Middlebury, Vt., came into the town and made improve- ments, and in the following year Mr. Lawrence became a permanent settler. Mr. Plumb subsequently located in Bangor.
DR. DANA HYDE STEVENS
was a son of Simon Stevens, of Whitingham, Vt., and who subsequently resided at Dunham, in the Province of Quebec, Canada. He engaged in farming principally when in Ver- mont, and after his removal to Canada taught school for a time, and also followed hotel-keeping and coopering. His wife was Clarissa, daughter of Dr. Dana Hyde, one of the carliest physicians of the town of Guilford, Vt. The children of the union were Dana H., George H., Simon D., Baker, Clinton, Lucy, Lois W., Louisa, Clara, and Ann.
The subject of this sketch was born at Whitingham, Vt., on Oct. 7, 1811. His earlier years were passed at home on the paternal farm, and in obtaining an education. At the age of nineteen he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Brown, of Dunham, P. Q., having saved money enough from such small employments as he could find to enable him to undertake his professional studies. Remaining with Dr. Brown for one year, he then removed to Guilford, Vt., and pursued his studies with his unele, Dr. Benjamin Stevens, of that place. Under his tuition he prepared himself for the lecture courses, which he enjoyed at Woodstock and at the Berkshire Medical College, of Pittsfield, Mass., at the latter of which institutions he finally graduated with honor.
Dr. Stevens at first commenced practice in connection with his uncle in Guilford, Vt. In May, 1837, he removed to the town of Moira, Franklin Co., N. Y., where he entered upon the practice of his profession, and where he became one of the most popular and successful physicians of the county. After a practice of thirteen years, and while still in the midst of his usefulness, he was taken suddenly ill, and, after a sickness of only three days, died on Oct. 11, 1850.
The death of Dr. Stevens was greatly Inmented by the com- munity in which he resided, and of which he had proven so
useful and honored a member. He was always foremost in good works, active, progressive, intelligent, upright, and just. He took a great interest in public affairs, and actively sym- pathized with any movement tending to promote the temporal or spiritual welfare of the people of the section in which he lived. He was school commissioner of Moira for four years, and a justice of the peace for several years. He was largely influential in getting the Ogdensburgh and Lake Champlain Railroad brought to the town, and a few days before he died took part in the opening trip on the road. He assisted in the erection of the Congregational church, and though not a mem- ber, was a regular attendant upon its ordinances.
On Oct. 4, 1837, Dr. Stevens was united in marriage to Mary W., daughter of Chellis Safford, of Enosburgh, Vt., and one of the pioneer settlers of that locality. She was born on Aug. 8, 1808, at Enosburgh, and is the fifth of a family of seven children, of whom five were girls. Mrs. Stevens is still living in the town of Moira, at the advanced age of seventy-one. She is remarkably well preserved, in the possession of all her faculties, and especially remarkable for the wonderful reten- tiveness of her memory, it being said of her that she can tell with accuracy the date of birth of every child born in the town since her residence there. The children of Dr. and Mrs. Stevens have been five, namely, Henry H., born Aug. 25, 1838, who died Nov. 29, 1863, while engaged in the mer- cantile business at Moira; Charles B., born April 29, 1840, who died Oct. 3, 1871, while editor of the Buffalo Reflex, published at Buffalo, Dallas Co., Mo. ; Frances A., born March 22, 1842, who is the wife of Philip A. Pierce, of Aurora, Ill. ; Mary F., born March 5, 1848, who died March 3, 1871 ; and Horace M., born Feb. 2, 1850, who is a member of the mereantile firm of Stevens & Rozon, at Moira.
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Mr. Lawrenee was one of the prominent and influential pioneers of Franklin, and his descendants rank among the leading citizens of the county. A son, Hon. Sidney Law- renee, now living at Moira, was supervisor of the town in 1831, and has officiated in that eapaeity several times sinee. He was member of Assembly in 1846, member of Congress in 1847, and has served as justiee of the peaee more than half a century. Orrin Lawrence, a brother of Jonathan, was sheriff of this eounty in 1830. Of Jonathan Law- rence's family there are only two surviving members, Judge Lawrenee, mentioned above, and Rev. Robert F. Lawrenee, of Malden, Mass.
The premises on which Joseph Plumb located were soon after purchased by Isaiah Tilden. A son, Rufus Tilden, was a captain in the war of 1812, and was prominently identified with the military movements on the frontier .*
Samuel Foster was an early settler. He located in about 1804.
About 1806 a family named Pieree settled about three miles south of the corners, on the road leading to Hopkin- ton. Jason Peiree was the first supervisor of Moira, and officiated in that eapaeity six years. David Bates was also an early settler.
The first road to market from Moira was to French Mills, now ealled Fort Covington, and the first teams that went through and back, a distance of thirteen miles, oeeupied four days in making the trip.
The following is a list of early settlers in Moira and Diekinson, being a jury list made April 20, 1820, by Jona- than Lawrence and Rufus Tilden :
Samuel D. Stoddard, John Farnsworth, Elisha Bidwell, John Farnsworth, Thos, Spencer, Jr., John Crandall, William Saunders, Jacob Saunders, Asal Griffin, Rufus Tilden, Orrin Lawrence, Clark Lawrence, Jonathan Law- rence, John N. Drake, Solomon Ross, James Faiter, Lodovick Butterfield, Rufus Fisk, John F. Dimmock, John Miller, Abiram Lawrence, Ira Spencer, Thomas Oaks, Charles Stickney, Iliram Peirce, John Horsford, Asa Stickney, Josiah Stickney, Philip Dillenbeck, Jesse D. Rice, William Carpenter.
As mentioned above, the town was apportioned to Gil- christ and Fowler, and subsequently the north, middle, and south thirds passed into the possession of Luther Bradish, Robert Watts, and Peter Kean. Mr. Bradish was a lead- ing man in this region ; was member of Assembly in 1828, 1829, 1830, 1836, 1837, and 1838, and resided here when eleeted Lieutenant-Governor in 1838.
The first school-house was built in about the year 1807, a short distance south of the corners, on lands now owned by Judge Lawrenee.
The first regular tavern in the town was kept by Jonathan Lawrenec.
The following interesting reminiseenees by IIon. Sidney Lawrence are subjoined :
" The first settlement was made in 1803. In that year Appleton Foote built on Little Salmon River a small grist-mill (old-fashioned tub-wheel) on the site where the present grist-mill, owned by H. N. Brush's heirs, now stands. Same year my father-Jonathan Lawrenee-and Capt. Joseph Plumb settled here and built each a log house, and in March, 1804, moved their families on to the premises then prepared. Same year Samuel Foster and
Benjamin Seely settled in the town and built log houses. In 1804 or 1805 my father and Capt. Plumb built each a barn, both of which are still oeeupied on their old sites. The next year or two Isaiah and Rufus Tilden purchased Capt. Plumb's farm, he having removed to Bangor, where he bought the farm now oeeupied by his grandsons. He had two sons,-William and Lueius,-both now dead. Capt. Thomas Spenee settled here about 1805, having pur- chased a farm taken up a year previous by a Mr. Blodget, near the four corners. Capt. Spenee had four sons, all of whom grew up prominent farmers. He died on his plaee many years sinee. Foster sold out and moved to Dickinson about 1816. David Bates also settled here in 1805 or 1806; died many years sinee. After the war of 1812 the town settled somewhat more rapidly. Messrs. Robert Gilchrist and Theodorus Fowler were owners in 1803. The deeds of my father and Capt. Plumb were signed by them. Foster was their agent. He sold out and went to Malone before the war of 1812, and my father was agent for many years and I sueeecded him as agent, and we sold most of the town and settled it. In 1816, Messrs. Bradish, Watts & Kean bought out Gilchrist & Fowler. Bradish resided here for eight or ten years, and was elected Lieutenant-Governor, and was Speaker of the Assembly for several terms.
" The first store was established here about 1817 by my brother, Clark Lawrenee, and he was the first postmaster, and held that office about thirty years, and held other town offiees. He is now dead. His son, C. I. Lawrence, is now a resident of Malone.
"Robert Watts, above named, resided here for many years, and laid the foundation of the present village of Brushton ; he rebuilt the old Foster mills and several good houses, and was bought out by Henry N. Brush. Mr. Brush enlarged and improved the property, and died a few years sinee and left it to his son, H. C. Brush. II. N. Brush was the first postmaster there.
" My father, Jonathan Lawrence, died in 1851 and left five sons,-all dead except myself and youngest brother, Rev. Robert F. Lawrence, now of Malden, Mass. There are now three steam saw-mills, one grist-mill, and two saw-mills (water- power), two starch-mills, two Methodist churches (one eost $13,000 and the other $5000), one Con- gregational, one Christian, one Episcopal, and one Catholie, eight seltool-houses and distriets, two railroad depots, which do a large business on the Ogdensburgh and Lake Champlain Railroad. Principal products are dairy and starch, lumber, and two butter-factories. Two flourishing villages now exist,-one at Moira Corners and one at Brushton, east part of the town."
Moira is a good farming town, well watered by Little Salmon River, Lawrenee Brook, and Philips Brook, and springs abound in all directions.
CIVIL HISTORY.
The first town-meeting in Moira convened at the school- house near the corners and adjourned to the house of Orrin Lawrence. Jason Pierce and Erastus Hutchins, justices of the peaec, presided at the meeting.
It was voted " that the officers chosen at the last annual
# Sce general history, war of 1812.
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town-meeting (town of Dickinson) hold their offices in the town of Moira the same as though they had been chosen by the ballots of the freemen attending this meeting."
" Rufus Tilden was chosen Assessor; Charles Stickney, Commissioner of Highways; Elkanah Philips, Commis- sioner of Common Schools ; Jason Peirce, Inspector of Common Schools ; John Farnsworth, Thomas Bcals, A. Griffin, Fence-Viewers."
" Voted, that the town raise the sum of money for sup- port of common schools that is received from the State."
" Voted, that the town raise one hundred and fifty dol- lars for use of the public highways."
" Voted, that this mecting be adjourned until the first Tuesday in March, 1829, at the school-house near the four corners in district No. 1." " Recorded by Horace Dickin- son, Town Clerk."
The first justices of the peace were Sidney Lawrence, Warren L. Manning, and Jason Pierce, chosen Nov. 28, 1828.
The following were the first officers elected in Moira : Supervisor, Jason Pierce; Town Clerk, Horace Dickinson ; Assessors, Orrin Lawrence, Hiram Pierce, Thomas Spencer, Jr .; Collector, Isaac Whitney ; Overseers of the Poor Clark Lawrence, Sidney Lawrence; Commissioners of Highways, Samuel Phillips, Samuel D. Stoddard, Hiram Pierce ; Constables, Thomas Spencer, Jr., Isaac Whitney ; Commissioners of Schools, Hiram Pierce, Horace Dickin- son, Sidney Lawrence; Inspectors of Schools, M. Hoyt, J. Pierce, Solomon Sayles ; Fence-Viewers, Thos. Beals, Jolın Farnsworth, Thomas Spencer ; Poundmaster, Sid- ney Lawrence.
It was voted " that Sidney Lawrence's barn-yard be a pound for the ensuing year."
The following were chosen overseers of highways: Wm. P. Allen, John Bryant, Winslow Gibson, Thomas Spencer, Jr., Hiram Austin, P. Crandall, Samuel Phillips, Orrin Lawrence, Earl Pierce, Charles Stickney, Erastus Hutch- ins, John Means.
The following is a list of the supervisors and town clerks from the organization of the town until 1880:
SUPERVISORS.
1829-30, Jason Pierce; 1831, Sidney Lawrence; 1832, no record ; 1833, Sidney Lawrenee; 1834-36, Jason Pierce; 1837, Orrin Lawrence; 1838, Jason Pieree; 1839-40, Sidney Lawrence; 1841-43, Orrin Lawrence; 1844-48, Samuel Manning; 1849, Horace Diekinson; 1850-51, Darius W. Lawrence; 1852-53, S. D. Stevens ; 1854, W. Austin ; 1855, Aaron G. Perry ; 1856, Simon D. Stevens; 1857-62, D. W. Lawrence; 1863, Luther A. Burnham ; 1864-66, D. W. Lawrence; 1867-76, Luther A. Burn- ham ; 1877, Horace M. Stevens; 1878, Benjamin F. Harris.
TOWN CLERKS.
1829-31, Horace Diekinson ; 1832, no record; 1833, Horace Dickin- son ; 1834-36, Solomon Sayles; 1837-39, Hiram Pierce ; 1840-43, Samuel Manning ; 1844-49, Darius W. Lawrence; 1850-51, Baker Stevens; 1852-54, Kendrick Mallory; 1855, Ambrose Hosford ; 1856, David D. D. Dewey ; 1857-59, Erastus T. Fuller; 1860, Henry II. Stevens ; 1861-64, E. T. Fuller ; 1865, Rufus W. Bowen ; 1866, S. N. Dickinson ; 1867, Henry E. Spencer ; 1868, E. R. Pratt; 1869-76, J. R. Crandall; 1877, William S. Sayles; 1878, A. Luther Sayles.
The following officers were elected in 1879 : Supervisor, Benjamin F. Harris; Town Clerk, A. Luther Sayles ; Jus-
tices of the Peace, J. S. Quinn, Edson Turner, N. C. Bowen ; Commissioner of Highways, John Holland ; As- scssor, W. P. Gibson ; Collector, John R. Crandall ; Con- stables, John R. Crandall, C. H. Freeman, Charles Stone, Asa W. Crosier, Charles Snow; Overscer of the Poor, Anson S. Perry ; Auditors, Joseph W. Brown, Louis J. Dickinson, Merty M. Quinn ; Inspectors of Election, War- ren Burnap, A. B. Allen, William McKane; Commis- sioner of Excise, Thomas R. Eddy.
EAR-MARKS.
The following are specimens of ear-marks used in the early days to distinguish sheep :
" Jonathan Lawrence's mark : square crop right ear ; one slit in same."
" Rufus Tilden's mark : square crop each ear, and slit in the left."
" Daniel Drake's mark : right ear square crop ; two slits in the same."
" John Farnsworth's mark : slit each ear ; ha'penny under the right."
" Jason Pierce's mark : onc slit left ear."
" Levi Witheral's sheep-mark : a square crop off the end of the left ear, and a slanting crop off the upper side of the right ear, and a half-round on the under side of the right."
" Peter A. Jones: swallow-tail on the left ear and ha'penny under-side right car."
THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHI.
The Congregational Church was organized at Moira Corners, March 5, 1823, at the house of Thomas Oakes, by the Rev. Richard Armstrong, missionary from the Berkshire and Columbia society. The first minister was the Rev. John Kennon; first officers, Thomas Oakes, Clerk, and Thomas Beals, Deacon; the first members, Thomas Oakes and Mary, his wife, Thomas Bcals and Charlotte, his wife, Simcon Harwood and Marvilla, his wife, Mrs. Rachel Stickney, and Miss Abigail Spencer. In 1827 the churchi came under the care of the Champlain Presbytery. The church building was erected in 1845 ; the ceremony of laying the corner-stone was conducted by the Rev. Mr. Rosecle; dedicatory sermon by the Rev. Ashbel Parmelee, of Malone. Thic size is 35 by 45 ; cost, $1600. Services were held in the school-house previous to its erection. The present officers are S. N. Dickinson, Clerk ; D. D. D. Dewey and R. B. Drake, Deacons ; and D. D. D. Dewey, C. A. Burdick, and S. N. Dickinson, Trustees. The present minister is Rev. J. P. Richardson. The names of each minister are as follows: Rev. John Kennon, Joseph Butler, Rev. Mr. Reynolds, Rev. Charles Balls, Rev. F. B. Reed, Rev. Robert Conant, Rev. G. C. Strong, Rev. B. B. Cutter, Rev. Mr. Howard, Rev. H. F. Lancashire, Rev. S. H. Williams, Rev. T. H. Griffith, and Rev. J. P. Richardson, present incumbent. Number of members at present, 52. In 1871 the church was repaired and refurnished, and is now a very fine building. There are two of the first members living who were present when it was organized, Mr. Simeon Howard and Miss Abigail Spencer.
Henry MBrush
HENRY NIELSON BRUSH was born in the city of New York on March 12, 1810, and was the only child of Ichabod Brush, of Huntington, L. I., and of Euphemia Wilkins, of West Farms, Westchester Co., N. Y., who was a daughter of Isaac Wilkins and Isabella Morris. The latter was a sister of Robert and Gouverneur Morris, whose early and prominent identification with the cause of liberty in this country-the one as a finan- cier and the other as a statesman-are matters of historical record.
Mr. Brush received early and careful training at home, and was graduated at Columbia College, New York, in the same elass with Hon. Hamilton Fish and John L. Forbes. In August, 1835, he removed from New York City, and took up his residence in the town of Moira, Franklin Co., N. Y. He then owned a large tract of wild land in that town, besides two large farms, ou one of which he resided for a few years. Mr. Brush subsequently purchased of Robert Watts, Esq., the stone grist-mill and saw-mill, and the mile square of land on which the village of Brushiton now stands. At this point he resided, operating the mills, and selling his lands until his death on Nov. 2, 1872.
In political affairs Mr. Brush was first au aetive and influential member of the Old-line Whig party,
and subsequently a Republican. He made many political speeches, and, owing to his wit and eloquence, was of great assistance to his party. He was never a seeker after office, but filled the position of post- master at Brusliton for a period of four years. He was a leading and substantial member of St. Peter's parish (Episcopal), Brushton, and a strong and liberal supporter of its various benevolent and religious en- terprises. At his death the rector, warden, and vestry of the parish passed a series of feeling resolutions ex- pressive of his high Christian character, which were published at length in the public prints. The Malone Palladium, in its obituary notice of Mr. Brush, gives the following estimate of his character : " He was a man of cultivated mind, and a high order of intelleet- ual powers ; in all his instincts a gentleman ; a man of infinite zest, kind and genial in all his relations." The news of the demise of Mr. Brush was received with great sorrow by a large circle of friends and neighbors.
On Dec. 12, 1831, Mr. Brush was married at Santa Susanah, Island of Cuba, to Juanilla Maria de Jouve. Four children were born to the union, of whom two died in infancy. Henry Corbin Brush, residing at Brushton, N. Y., and a leading citizen there, and Emma Weed, who resides in New York City, are the surviving children.
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ST. PETER'S CHURCH.
St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church at Brushton was organized June 20, 1867, and admitted in convention Sept. 27, 1871. The first wardens and vestrymen were as fol- lows : Henry N. Brush and Christopher Jameson, War- dens ; H. Corbin Brush, Benj. F. Whipple, George Far- rington, Francis T. Heath, George P. Baker, Milton Heath, William S. Hall, John S. Hill, Vestrymen; H. Corbin Brush, Secretary.
The rectors have been Revs. C. F. Robertson (now Bishop of Missouri) ; John Randall, Sept. 29, 1868; Alfred Lee Royce, Oet. 20, 1875; William M. Cook, Aug. 24, 1877 ; W. F. Burnham, November, 1879.
The present officers are Rev. W. F. Burnham, Reetor ; Christopher Jameson, James C. Farnsworth, Wardens ; David Smith, H. Corbin Brush, George Earl, James Pick- ering, Robert Dunlop, J. C. Jameson, O. H. P. Faneher, W. Barnum, Vestrymen; H. Corbin Brush, Clerk of Vestry.
The church was erected at a cost of about $1500. May 12, 1869, it was solemnly consecrated by Rt. Rev. William Croswell Doane, S.T.D., Bishop of Albany, being the first ehureh he ever consecrated. There were present and assist- ing in the ceremonies Revs. John Randall, A.M., Rector, N. W. Camp, D.D., J. H. Hopkins, Jr., Edward Dolloway, John S. Ridney, William M. Ogden, James W. Stewart, George L. Neill, and John F. Potter.
The founding of this church and the erection of the beautiful church edifice is due to the untiring energy and liberality of the late Mrs. J. J. Brush. She commenced by seeuring subscriptions among her friends in New York. Not only is the church at Brushton a result of this move- ment, but the churches at Lawrenceville and also at Ho- gansburgh owe their existence to the work thus started by this devoted churchwoman.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
The Methodist Episcopal Church at Moira was organized in 1831, with a membership of 27. The society now has a good brick church at the " corners," valued at $13,000, and a parsonage which cost $2000.
The Methodist denomination have also a church at Brush- ton. It is a neat, novel structure, and was erected at a eost of $5000. The present membership of both of these socie- ties is about 150.
There are also a Christian and a Roman Catholic Church at Brushton, but repeated requests for information concerning them have met with no response whatever.
MASONIC.
North Star Lodge, No. 107, was organized June 5, 1846, and located at Lawrenee, St. Lawrence Co. It was removed to Moira Jan. 31, 1855.
The first officers were J. F. Saunders, W. M .; Otis Farrar, S. W. ; Amasa HIarrengton, J. W .; Philarmon Crandall, Treas. ; H. N. Bickford, See.
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