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Edwin Midlam.
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Alvah Kellogg.
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Robert HI. Baker.
TOWN ORDINANCES.
We find in the town records of an early period some ordinances which to the present generation may seem some- what novel. April 7, 1801, it was "voted that no hog shall run at large without a goose-poke, eight inches above the neck and four inches below, small hogs in proportion, after the 10th of May next, until the 26th of October next."
March 6, 1804, it was " voted that ten dollars be paid for each and every wolf killed in the town of Mexico the year ensuing." In 1812 this bounty was increased to thirty dollars. Daniel H. Southard is reported to have received from the town treasurer fifteen hundred dollars for wolf-scalps. During that year it was " voted that any per- son belonging to the town of Mexico shall be entitled to receive six cents for each black, gray, or striped squirrel, blue jay, or blackbird he shall kill within said town." This was a rise on a former ordinance of four cents.
ORGANIZATIONS.
Mexico Lodge of F. and A. M .- This lodge was in- stalled at the house of Samuel Rogers, January 24, 1808. An invitation had been previously given to brethren of the order to be present. The following were the first officers : Haynes Bennett, Master ; Anson Tenant, S. W .; Samuel Cherry, J. W .; Shubael Alfred, Treasurer; Martin Kellogg, Secretary ; Samuel Cole, S. D .; and Levi Matthews, J. D. Others among the early members were S. Rogers, M. Way, D. Tubbs, William Cole, Joseph Baily, Joel Savage, Peter Pratt, John Howard, G. Winan, S. Bradner, J. Boynton, G. Barnes, P. Hosmer, Calvin Tiffany, and H. Davis. In June, 1810, S. Cherry succeeded Mr. Bennett as Master. The Morgan difficulty in 1826 resulted in the dissolution of the lodge, none of whose original members are now liv- ing. The present prosperous and stable lodge was instituted in 1848.
Mexico Chapter, No. 135, of Royal Arch Masons, was granted a dispensation from the grand chapter of the State of New York, December 12, 1850. It was organized February 5, 1857, and the following officers duly installed : Basaliel Thayer, High Priest; Avery Skinner, King; Simon Leroy, Scribe; J. E. Bloomfield, Secretary ; David Goit, Treasurer ; A. B. Simons, C. II. ; Stephen Pardee, P. S .; Abner French, R. A. C. ; John Wood, M. 3d V. ; O. Rams- dell, M. 2d V .; and Robert C. Kenyon, M. Ist V. B. Thayer held the office of H. P. until December, 1855, when Avery Skinner was chosen to that office. Mr. Skin-
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Leander Parkhurst. Orville Roberts. Gilbert. C. Forsyth.
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ner was succeeded as H. P., in 1863, by L. II. Conklin, and he in turn, in 1871, by T. W. Skinner, the present occupant of the position. Their meetings are held in Masonie hall, the second and fourth Wednesday evenings of each month. The present membership is about eighty-five.
Mexico Tent, No. 85, N. O. of I. R .- Their charter was granted July 20, 1876, to twenty-two members. Its first officers were . D. C. Morse, P. C. R .; J. A. Rickard, C. R. ; Frank Carpenter, D. R. ; John D. King, R. S .; A. N. Benedict, F. S. ; T. Miller, Treasurer ; S. P. Gray, Seere- tary ; J. J. Burdick, Y. ; J. O. Ballard, I. G. ; S. M. Bennett, O. G. The membership is fifty-seven. The Degree Coun- cil contains forty-six members.
COLOSSE BAPTIST CHURCH.
A number of brethren in the town of Mexico, Oneida county, met at the house of Amos Williams, in the present town of Parish, Sunday, June 15, 1806, and, after divine service by Elder Gamaliel Barnes, consulted on the subject of forming a church, and agreed to hold conference-meetings statedly, for further consultation. After several such meet- ings, they agreed on the 7th of January, 1807, to convene a council, in order to be recognized as a church ; but being dis- appointed by the councils not attending, and after several more consultations, they agreed on the 15th day of October, 1807, to assume church anthority, and labor under the regulations of the gospel. It was the first Baptist church organized in Oswego County, and the second of any denomi- nation. The only one anterior to it was at Redfield, and this was the first in all central and western Oswego. This organization continued till July 2, 1814, and then unani- mously dissolved.
A number of brethren, however, reconsidered the vote of dissolution, resumed church labor, and convened a coun- cil, which council met August 23, 1815, at school-house No. 1, in the town of Mexico (in what is now Parish). This council was composed of delegates from Baptist churches in Jefferson county, there being no churches in Oswego County, viz. : Jefferson, Henderson, Ellisburgh, Lorraine, and Rodman. The whole number of delegates was twelve, who chose Elder Emery Osgood moderator, and Elder Martin E. Cook clerk. After a thorough examination, this council, on the next day, August 24, 1815, gave the right hand of fellowship to eighteen brothers and sisters, as the Baptist church of Mexico, by Gamaliel Barnes, Barnet Whipple, William R. Huntley, James Roberts, Samuel Manwarren, John Manwarren, Asa Barnes, Stutely Palmer, Jr., Hannah Barnes, Hannah Roberts, Fanny Manwarren, Eunice Manwarren, Prudence Carr, Lowry Barnes, Caroline Barnes, Lydia Barnes, Polly Morse, and Bethiah Williams. Most of the members of the first society united with this organization. The name of the church was changed to Colosse about forty years ago, as the meeting-house is in that hamlet.
The first officers were Gamaliel Barnes, pastor; Perry Allen and Stutely Palmer, Jr., deacons ; and Stutely Palmer, Jr., clerk. Its first meetings were held at the school-house where the church was recognized, in other school-houses, in private houses, and in barns, at Colosse (then Mexico Four Corners), Red Mills, and the present village of Parish.
A society for building a church edifice was formed November 5, 1821, but the church was not begun until 1823, and was finished in 1824. It was erected at what is now Colosse, in the town of Mexico, on the west line of lot No. 145. On this lot there are also a cemetery and meeting-house sheds. The frame of the church is of hard wood, put together with great solidity, as the farmers used to build their barns. The outside is of first-class pine; the dimensions are forty-six by thirty-six feet, and the original room was twenty feet high. The minister, in ascend- ing the pulpit, had to pass up quite a flight of stairs. The outside of the room contained large square pews, and the centre, slips. There was also a large gallery. For the first one or two winters there was no stove in the church. Many people in those days thought that fires should not be built in the house of the Lord.
It is difficult now to tell definitely the original cost of the building ; but it was probably about twenty-five hundred dollars. It is now valued at that sum. The church has been repaired several times. Three years since it was ma- terially changed at a cost of at least six hundred dollars. The old audience-room was divided horizontally, making two stories. The upper story is now the audience-room, while the lower one is divided up into several apartments. These have been used for festivals and meetings, and also as the residence of the pastor.
The church was first dedicated in the winter of 1824 and 1825, Rev. Nathaniel J. Gilbert, of Syracuse, being the preacher. There was also a second dedication in 1873, when Rev. G. A. Ames, of Pulaski, preached the dedica- tion sermon. The present membership is fifty-two. The largest membership at any time was two hundred and sixty-six.
The whole number of members that have ever belonged to the church is seven hundred and thirty-four. The de- crease is principally from two causes. Many have united with other Baptist churches in the vicinity, and there has been a large influx of foreigners of another religion.
The present church officers are Charles Sherwood, pastor ; Cyrus V. Hartson and Lyman Huntley, deacons ; and Edwin Palmer, clerk.
The following have been the pastors : Gamaliel Barnes, Enoch Ferris, William Watkins, George B. Davis, John I. Fulton, Edmund Goodenough, William Storrs, Charles Marshall, Newell Boughton, David McFarland, Peter Goo, Ira Dudley, Albert Cole, Judson Davis, Mortimer V. Wilson, Lemon Q. Galpin, Jones L. Davis, Thomas J. Siegfried, Elam D. Phillips, and Charles Sherwood. Of the first nine all but Mr. Goodenough are dead. All these pastors were men of unimpeachable character; many of then had more than ordinary mental capacity, and some of them were very eloquent.
The first Sunday-school was instituted in 1828. Deacon Stutely Palmer was one of the first, if not the very first superintendent. The scholars probably numbered seventy- five. The present superintendent is Deacon Cyrus V. Hartson, who has served a number of years. The number of scholars is about fifty, who are furnished with Sabbath- school papers in place of the books which were formerly used.
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TIIE WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCHI OF PRATTVILLE.
On the 20th day of August, 1810, a church, known as the First Presbyterian Church of Mexico, was instituted by Rev. Simeon Waterman in the barn of Shubael Alfred. This church was one of the earliest in this whole region, and all the members at the time were women, viz .: Mrs. Shubael Alfred, Mrs. Mary Wheeler, Mrs. Rebecca Mat- thews, Mrs. Sarah Beebe, Mrs. Eunice Williams, Mrs. Mir- iam Southworth, and Mrs. Hannah Hosmer. Revs. Israel Brainard, Oliver Leavitt, and M. Dunlap were among the early preachers.
The society, which received the name of "The First Congregational Society of Mexico," was formed in May, 1811, at the above-named place. Its first trustees were Peter Pratt, Barnet Whipple, Sherman Hosmer, Shubael Alfred, and Calvin Tiffany. This church was unanimously changed to a Presbyterian society in May, 1818. From this period its progress was vigorous, embracing as it did, territorially, all the region round about. Prior to 1828 a movement had been made towards the building of a meet- ing-house, but the question arose as to whether the Pratt- ville or Mexico people should be favored with its location. All compromises failed, and the result was that in that year the society, consisting of four hundred and twenty members, was divided, and each began the erection of a church. The one at Prattville was built on the bleak and stony hill west of that village in 1828, and dedicated about Christmas time, 1829, by Rev. Israel Brainard.
The Prattville society was dissolved in 1859, and some of the remaining resident members uniting with others of the Wesleyan Methodist denomination, a church was formed under that connection the same year.
During the summer of 1863 the present church edifice was erected and dedicated by Rev. H. B. Knight on the 11th of December following. Its membership is thirty- five. Rev. A. P. Burgess was succeeded as pastor by Rev. L. N. Stratton, who served in that capacity for six years. The latter was followed by Rev. A. F. Dempey for one year, and he in turn by Rev. G. L. Payne, who was on the charge three years. Rev. E. Barnetson, the present pastor, succeeded Mr. Payne. Pastors prior to 1858 were the Revs. David R. Dixon, from 1818 to 1833; Wm. B. Stowe, from 1833 to 1836; John L. Marvin, from 1840 to 1843; Ezra Scoville, from 1843 to 1853; Ralph Rob- inson, from 1853 to 1857. For facts respecting this church, and for other valuable information in regard to Mexico, we desire to express our obligations to Mrs. J. D. Clark, of that town, who has taken especial pains to preserve the records of her locality.
THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF MEXICO VILLAGE.
This church was originally an offshoot of the old Presbyterian society at Prattville, and therefore the early history of its existence will be found incorporated there. The present organization was effected February 24, 1830, by Revs. Oliver Ayer, Ralph Robinson, and Oliver Leavitt, a committee appointed for that purpose by the Oswego presbytery. The following is the original article of asso- ciation :
" The following persons, members of the Presbyterian church of Mexico, having adopted articles of faith and renewed their covenant, were organized into a church bearing the name of The First Presbyterian Church of Mexicoville : Shubael and Lucinda Alfred, Nathaniel and Lucinda Butler, Isaac and Lydia Stone, Anson and Eliza Gustin, Samuel and Caroline Wilson, Alex. and Mary MeNitt, Edmund, Levi, Mary, Lucy, and Lovisa Mat- thews, Sally and Louisa Davis, Clark and Abigail Beebe, Jabin and Melinda Wood, Asa Allen, Catharine Wheeler, Laura Goit, Sally Ames, Nancy Lord, Sophia Taft, Fanny Wood, and Eunice Killam." The following ministers have served the church as pastors successively : Ralph Robin- son, Oliver Ayer, Alfred White, - Dunham, J. A. Hart, Charles Bowles, D. R. Dixon, Wm. Blodgett, John East- man, Josiah Leonard, Russell Whiting, Daniel Van Val- kenburgh, and Henry Parker. Jabin Wood, Asa Beebe, Starr Clark, Samuel Smith, and Charles Wheeler were early deacons.
The church has always been prosperous, and the present membership is large.
THIE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF MEXICO VILLAGE.
About 1808 or 1809, when but little had been done by any denomination for establishing publie worship, Jona- than Henstis, a young Methodist preacher, made his appear- ance in Mexico. He came on horseback with his portman- teau and saddle-bags, containing his wardrobe, his Bible, and hymn-book. He was in search of a location from which he might call the people to repentance. The Presbyterians had organized a small society, and when he came along they chaneed to be holding a meeting. After the close of the service he inquired if there were any Methodists in the vicinity. IIe was informed of one, Mrs. Leonard Ames, and was directed to her house, where he met a cordial re- ception. In Mr. Ames' house he preached the first Meth- odist sermon in the town of Mexico. The first class was organized here, and consisted of five members : Mrs. L. Ames, Place, Calkins, Cheesebro, and W. Armstrong, who was the first leader.
In 1810 the Genesee conference was organized and its territory divided into three districts. The Black River country was included in the Cayuga distriet, which com- prised the circuits of Black River and Mexico. It is prob- able that the legal society of this church was organized in 1833, and was made a station in 1835.
The pastors successively on the circuit and charge have been as follows: S. Rowley was successor to Mr. Henstis. In 1811, Ira Fairbanks was appointed to the Mexico cir- cuit, his salary for that year being twenty-five dollars. Succeeding him, and prior to 1820, the following persons were connected with the circuit as pastors : Isaac Puffer, Truman Gillett, Nathaniel Reader, Truman Bishop, Reuben Farley, Joseph Willis, and Truman Dixon. In 1821, this being in the Oswego eireuit, Chaudley Lambert was the preacher. Rev. James Palesworth became pastor in 1822, and in 1823 he was assisted by Rev. Owen Foote. In 1824, Rev. Truman Dixon officiated ; in 1825, Revs. Benjamin Dayton and Enoch Barnes; in 1826, Rev. Enoch Barnes ; in 1827, Rev. Charles Northrop.
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In 1828 the Salmon River circuit was formed, which included this place, and Rev. Elisha Wheeler was appointed preacher. In 1830, Rev. Samuel Bibbins; in 1831 this had become a Mexico circuit, and Rev. Charles Northrop was preacher. The pastors of 1833 and 1834 were the Revs. Anson Tuller and Joseph Cross. Since 1835 the following persons have officiated as pastors of the church : Revs. Jesse Penfield, J. Everdel, Squire Chase, B. Holmes, Rowland Soule, B. Holmes, N. R. Peck, John Sawyer, Gardner Baker, Lewis Whitcomb, Ebenezer Arnold, Almon Chapin, Samuel Crozier, Hiram Shepard, J. T. Alden, Wm. Jones, O. M. Legate, J. T. Alden, W. S. Titus, M. D. Kinney, Andrew Roe, Wm. R. Cobb, B. F. Barker, J. T. Hewitt, S. P. Gray, and the Rev. Mr. Hemingway, present pastor.
The brick church was built in 1833 and burned in 1851. The present commodious church edifice was erected in 1852. The membership has fluctuated as to its numbers since 1839 between two hundred and fifty and four hundred. The present number is about three hundred and fifty.
GRACE CHURCH OF MEXICO VILLAGE.
The present society was instituted in 1848. The fourth day of December of that year a meeting was held, pursuant to legal notice, in the town hall of the village of Mexico, for the purpose of organizing a Protestant Episcopal church.
The Rev. Edward De Zeng presided at the meeting, and it was resolved that Charles Benedict be the first senior warden, and Alexander Whaley the first junior warden. The vestry was composed of the following individuals, viz. : Jos. E. Bloomfield, L. H. Conklin, Cyrus Whitney, Levi Downing, Wm. Cooper, Hiram Allen, Levi Warner, and Luke D. Smith. It was further resolved that the society should take the name of the " Grace Church of the Village of Mexico."
The first members were L. H. and Mrs. L. S. Conklin, Charles Benedict, Alexander Whaley, Joseph E. Bloom- field and wife. Meetings were held in various places until 1871, when the present beautiful and commodious church edifice was completed.
It is a stone structure of the Gothic form of architecture, and will accommodate about four hundred persons. The value of the church property is seventeen thousand two hundred and fifty-six dollars.
Rev. Mr. De Zeng served as pastor for one year, after which no meetings were held until 1869, when an effort was made to again call the members together and continue worship.
Under the influence of L. H. Conklin the meetings were revived, and the services of Rev. Thomas E. Pattison were secured in December of that year. He labored with the society for one year. On the 10th of April, 1871, Rev. George Watson accepted a call to become rector, the duties of which position he fulfilled until October 15, 1873. For the succeeding six months Rev. B. F. Hall served as rector. Rev. Wm. L. Parker became rector in March, 1875, and served one year. In March, 1876, Rev. M. Hayden was called. He performed the duties of rector until January 1, 1877, and, in May following, Rev. Joseph Cross, the present rector, accepted a call.
As last reported, there were connected with the church ninety-three communicants. There are seventy-five scholars and twelve teachers in the Sunday-school.
THE BAPTIST CHURCHI OF MEXICO VILLAGE.
This church was organized in 1832, as the Baptist church of Mexicoville, through the instrumentality of Rev. J. Goodwin. The following year fifty-six members were re- ported. The society enjoyed the pastoral labors of Mr. Goodwin until 1835, when it was united with the Mexico church in the northwest part of the town ; took their name, and reported one hundred and fifteen members. S. Davison was pastor. Among the original members were Jonathan and Calvin Goodwin, Mrs. Robinson, Reuben Smith and his wife, and Calvin Tiffany.
The church edifice was built and dedicated in 1833. Prior to this, meetings were held in Masonic hall. The edi- fice was rebuilt in 1872, and dedicated by Rev. I. Butter- field on January 12 of the year following. It is a brick structure, thirty-cight by fifty fect in size. A good par- sonage is connected with the church property, which is valued at six thousand dollars.
Succeeding Mr. Davison as pastors have been the follow- ing : Revs. Wm. Frary, Nelson Camp, S. Pomeroy, Anson Graham, D. MeFarland, N. Ferguson, T. Thecall, C. Harts- horn, J. Davis, S. S. Utter, G. R. Pierce, Lanson Muzzy, E. B. Hutchins, and J. H. McGahen, the present pastor, whose services commenced in January, 1877. The memi- bership of the church is eighty-two. There are a hundred and sixteen scholars connected with the Sunday-school, of which E. W. Walworth is the superintendent.
THE FIRST UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF MEXICO.
Agreeably to previous notice a meeting was held April 12, 1832, at the school-house in Mexicoville, by the friends of this denomination. O. Whiston was chosen moderator, and Charles B. Brown clerk. A constitution was framed, and the name of the " Universalist Society of Mexico" adopted. The parish organization consisted of twenty-four members. The first trustees were Alexander J. Danby, Avery Skinner, Joseph Lamb, Amos Church, and Pliny Sabin.
Rev. O. Whiston became the first pastor, and was in turn respectively succeeded by the Revs. Charles B. Brown, Henry Van Campen, O. Wilcox, J. S. Kibbe, and William Sias. In 1849, during the pastoral labors of the last-named gen- tleman, there arose some dissatisfaction on the part of the members. The society refused to be represented in the association, and the meetings went down.
The first inceting to revive the church was called and conducted by W. S. Goodell, January 16, 1853, at which time the parish organization was resuscitated. The church was legally organized in 1868, with fifteen members, and Rev. W. N. Barber was installed as pastor. He was suc- ceeded by Rev. James Vincent, who in turn was followed by Rev. E. B. Cooper, the present pastor. The society consists of fifty-two members. The present handsome and commodious church edifice was erceted in 1870, and was dedicated in the fall of the same year by Rev. J. G. Bartholomew. The value of the church property is eight thousand dollars.
GRACE CHURCH, (EPISCOPAL) MEXICO, N. Y.
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THE WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH OF TEXAS.
This society was organized, May 24, 1867, by Rev. L. N. Stratton ; the original number of members being about twenty. In 1868 a union meeting-house was built, at an · expense of sixteen hundred dollars. This building was destroyed by fire in December, 1871, and the present church edifice erected the summer following. The men- bership of the church is forty-two, and its pastors have been Revs. L. N. Stratton, A. F. Dempey, G. L. Paine, and Edwin Barnetson,-the last named of whom is now in charge.
THE NORTH MEXICO METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Meetings were held at this point at quite an early day. The present church was erected in the summer of 1846, by the Methodists and Baptists in union, with the under- standing that each should have the use of the house on alternate Sabbaths. In 1875 the members of the Metho- dist denomination purchased the interest of the Baptists, and meetings have since been held by the former only. Prior to 1875 this was a branch of the Holmesville society, and at present one pastor supplies both pulpits. The num- ber of members is sixty-two. Frederick, Adeline, Philo and Sally Everts, Joel and Electa Roberts, Benjamin and Sarah Midam, Mrs. Jos. Copp, Deacon and Lydia Manwarren, Samuel and Eunice Manwarren, James Manwarren, Davis and Mary Everts, Wm. and Louisa Manwarren, Lyman Loomis, Esther Roberts, Philander Ormsby, Thomas R. Howlett, and Albert Everts were among the early members and supporters of the church.
THE SOUTH MEXICO METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
A class was formed here and attached to the Mexico church at an early day. It afterwards became a part of the Palermo circuit, and remained as such until March 1, 1849, when the present society was organized and became a station. The number of members at this time was about one hun- dred and twenty ; the present number is one hundred. The church edifice was built the summer following and dedicated in March, 1851.
The following is a list of those who have successively filled the office of pastor on the charge: Revs. Charles Northrop, Anson Tuller, Harris Kingsley, J. N. Brown, George Salisbury, Henry Holmes, J. R. Nichols, Nathaniel Salisbury, A. N. Damon, S. E. Brown, M. Thrasher, Wm. B. Joice, L. L. Adkins, Frederick Devitt, S. M. Crofoot, F. A. O'Farrell, and G. W. Bent, the present pastor.
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF MEXICO,
situated in the southeast part of the town, is in a prosperous condition, and at present ineludes about seventy families. Meetings were held here as early as 1840. The church edifice was erected in 1843, there being connected with the society at that time sixty communicants.
THE PROTESTANT LUTHERAN CHURCH OF MEXICO.
No regular meetings have been held by this society for some time. It commenced with sixteen communicants; the present number is about twenty. The church edifice was erected in 1843, and dedicated the year following.
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