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Stephen Brown was an honored pioneer who came from Albany county in 1806, and located on lands now owned by Warren Bennett. His family consisted of Stephen, David, Amos H., Luey, Abbey, and Elmina. David died in Pennsylvania; Stephen and Amos H. resided here until their death. The former died in 1872, and the latter in 1875. Amos II. Brown was one of the leading men of the county. He was supervisor of Maryland several years, and was also one of the judges of the court of common pleas. He was one of the first merchants in Schenevus, in copartnership with Hon. George W. Chase. His family consisted of the following members, viz., Carlton, Harvey W., Hamilton, Emily A., Maria, and Elizabeth. Carlton and Harvey W. are residents of the town, and both have served as supervisors ; Harvey W. has also been sheriff of the county ; Hamilton is deceased; Emily A. was the wife of Hon. E. E. Ferrey ; both are deceased; Maria married Julian Ferrey, of Sehenevus ; and Elizabeth is the wife of Chas. S. Brown, of Detroit, Michigan.
Ebenezer Houghton was an early settler. His sous were Ebenezer, Rufus, Jonas, and Joel. Edward, a sou of Jonas, resides in the town.
The first house erected within the corporation of the present flourishing village of Schenevus was in 1793, by one Sisko. It was a log building, and opened as a taveru, occupying the site of the upper hotel.
Silas and Luther Follett were worthy pioneers who emi- grated from the " Granite State" to this town in about 1794. Luther settled in Schenevus, where a son, Halsey, still re- sides. The latter has two sons and two daughters, viz .. J. Henry Follett, a surgeon-dentist, residing in Sehenevus ; Ashley, a physician in Earleville, Madison county. One daughter is the wife of Fred E. Page, and the other of Hon. Azro Chase. Mr. Chase was supervisor in 1874-75, and is a present member of assembly from this county.
The Burnsides were also pioneers.
James Burnside was a captain in the War of the Revo- lution, and died from fatigue in battle. He had two sons, Evert and Samuel. They owned a farm together in the town of Bethlehem, Albany Co., which they sold. and moved to Otsego County in 1800. Evert settled on the farm now owned by his grandson, W. HI. Burnside, two miles east of' Cooperstown Junetion, where he ( Evert ) died in 1834. Samuel moved into Milford, near the Susquehanna. at Colliersville, and was the father of General S. S. Burn- side, of Oneonta. When these brothers eame there lived between the now village of Maryland and the Susque- hanna river Jonathan Milks, James Morehouse, Nathan
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Hatwer, Descon Amos Spencer, and Cyrus Brown. When Room A. Spencer came, in about 1794, there was but one brune, that of James Morehouse. Evert Burnside had wven children,-Deborah, wife of Leonard Baker, of Mil- ford, deceased ; Nicholas, deceased, of Illinois ; James E., derand, of Iowa; Evert S., now a farmer adjoining the homestead, where his son, W. H. Burnside; lives ; Mar- ant, wife of II. D. Spencer, deceased; Ann, wife of Jacob Thetz, of Kalamazoo, Mich. ; and Amos, deceased, of Mary- Land. Evert S. has four sons. All live in town near the Evert Burnside homestead.
John Burnside came from New Scotland, Albany Co., in 1802 or 1803, and located on the Worden farm, now weenpied and owned by Joseph Blanchard. He had three sons, -- " Big" Gloud (a hunter ), Samuel, and John. Gloud lived to old age, and died in the State of Pennsylvania. A daughter, wife of Edward Houghton, lives in this town ; Samuel died in 1836, on the farm now occupied by his son, J. C. Burnside; John, Jr., had a large family ; Samuel had a large family ; James C. and Sally, wife of J. T. Thompson, of Schenevus, reside in town. Ephraim, father of De Witt Burnside, lived north of the village of Mary- land; was a cousin of Evert. Gloud T. (son of Thomas, who settled near the Susquehanna soon after 1800) settled near the Worden farin; had six sons,-Thomas, now of Otego, Otsego Co .; Isaae, of the State of Pennsylvania ; Claudius, now of the State of Wisconsin ; and Wilson, of the State of Illinois; John and Washington, the last two, now live in town, north of Maryland village.
. " The first marriage," says A. Hotehin's History, "was that of Amizi Whitney to Sally Boynton, and the next, Daniel Seaver and a daughter of Landlord Chase; but the carliest reeord found of a marriage is that of Samuel Hotchkin and Mary (then called Polly) Speneer, in January, 1804.
" The earliest records of a school taught was by Mary, or as then called Polly Spencer, near Maryland Statiou, and the second by Luna Chamberlain.
" The first birth is claimed to have been that of Warren Goddard, and the next that of Hannah Seaver; but it is also said that Leafy Seaver was the first birth after the town was set off from Worcester, and that she received her appropriate name from the fact of her having been born in a leafy forest.
"The first death was that of John Riee, who was killed by the falling of a tree."
A prominent pioneer, and one elosely identified with the interests of the locality, was David Benedict, of honored memory, who came from Danbury, Conn., and settled here in about 1803. He was a large land-owner, being the pro- prietor of 1000 aeres of land in this vieinity. His son, Philor Benedict, was also an enterprising man, and left an lienored posterity. His family consisted of the following : Clarissa,* wife of E. Boardman; D. E .*; Sarah A., widow of Seth H. Case, who resides in Schenevus; Elvira B., wife of Nathan Clark, resides in Illinois ; Emily became the wife of L. W. Kelley, both of whom are deceased; Philor is a practicing attorney in the village of Sehenevus, and present
district attorney of Otsego County ; Ada A., wife of M. M. Clark, resides in Missouri. The name of Benedict has been honorably associated with the history of this place from the commencement of the present century, and the house known as the Eastern or Benedict tavern was kept by David Benediet in 1805, and prior thereto by his brother Obadiah, from whom it derived its name, and retains it to the present time.
The first physician in Schenevus was Joseph Carpenter, who settled in about the year 1812. Since that time the following have praetieed medicine here: Thomas Lawyer, E. E. Houghton, Peter Simmons, and H. W. Boorn. Drs. Houghton and Boorn are resident practitioners.
The first attorneyt in Sehenevus was E. E. Ferry, who commenced practice in about 1840, and continued in the active duties of his profession until within a few years of his death, which oeeurred in 1877. The next attorney was Hamilton Brown, now deceased. The present attorneys are Philor Benedict, Chas. H. Graham, Julius R. Thomp- son, and Geo. M. Spencer.
Schenevus was originally ealled Jacksonboro', and in 1829 a post-office of that name was established here, and Joseph Carpenter appointed postmaster. The name of the office and village was changed to Schenevus some time prior to 1840, and E. E. Ferry appointed postmaster. Post- masters from that time to the present have been as follows : George W. Chase, Amos H. Brown, Carlton Brown. Levi Boardman, and S. H. Gurney, the present incuuibent.
A pioneer merchant was Peter Johns, who came from Hudson, Columbia county, in 1816, and opened a store in the Benedict House.
The following glimpse of this mercantile establishment, and its elerk, Isaae Slingerland, is taken from A. Hotch- kin's History of Maryland, as related by Mr. Slingerland :
" Five wagons brought the goods from the city, and him- self, a lad of about fifteen years, had charge of the goods and the store for some months afterward. Arriving at Todd's tavern, four miles east from their destination, near night, they were told by the tavern functionary that they were on the wrong road, some twenty miles from Benedict's tavern ; that it was over South Hill, and the nearest inn was twelve miles away. But, mistrusting it a falsehood to detain them, they drove on and arrived at Benedict's in the evening, putting their wagon and goods in a yard for the night. A change from city to country life soon produced homesickness, and a change of diet nothing bettered it. A standing dish at table was salt pork, fattened on . mast' (beechnuts), and the landlady (four years after his mother- in-law) was unable to get it on the table in little better shape than rinds and grease.
" In the sugar season he was told that trees yielded a sip which produced sugar, and, on eating molasses made from sap, his marvelousness was further excited, and to such a degree that he inquired the process of obtaining the sap, and being informed, and furnished with tools and imple- ments to tap the trees and vessels to catch the sap. he bounded forth in high glee, and in time returned and joy-
t It is stated in Hotelkin's History that S. S. Burnsido was the first attorney.
# Deceased.
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fully reported the number of trees he had tapped. But wet blankets sometimes dampen or put ont the flames of joy. Philo Benediet, who had given him the molasses, and so greatly elevated his spirits and his joys, when he re- turned froin the woods where his and the other trees were tapped, reported the fact that the trees tapped by Isaae were all hentlock, dead and dry. Slingerland, after his marriage, for a short time had a store in Westford ; but his mother soon after purchased a portion of the Roman farm, and in 1825 ereeted a dwelling on the corner formed by the Elk creek and Selienevus creek roads, in which Isaae kept goods for sale. 'On this farm,' he says, ' I was intending to have a fine piece of corn, and when planting it Mary (his wife) came, and in a surprised manner asked how I planted it. I replied that I put a handful of corn in cach hill ; where- upon she, taking the hoc, placed four and five kernels in a hill and covered it."
The building in which John's store was opened was pur- chased by Daniel Houghton, in 1822, and removed.
The next regular nterchant who offered his wares for sale in this village was Colonel Magher, of Cherry Valley, in about the year 1830, in the building now occupied as a dwelling by the family of the late E. E. Ferrey.
Ezekiel Miller and Amos HI. Brown commeneed mer- cantile business in about 1831, in the building now occu- pied by J. Carpenter as a dwelling on Main street, west of the Methodist church. In 1832, Miller & Brown erected a store on the site now occupied by the post-office, where they continue their business.
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Various sruall enterprises in those early days, such as cooper- and tailor-shops, ete., sprang into existence from time to time, but the first substantial improvement in the manufacturing line was the ercetion of the grist-mill, in 1827, by Eli Howe and Philor Benedict, which occupied the site of the present mills owned by Guy & Follett. John Howe soon after built a saw-mill uear by. The first hardware- and tin-shop was opened in 1844 by Hotchkin & Swarthout.
Schenevus gradually improved, and the completion of the Albany and Susquehanna railroad ushered in an important epoch in its history. The business of the village rapidly increased, and it soon became one of the leading towns on the line of the road. June 6, 1870, it took upon itself the privileges and immunities of an incorporated town, and is the only incorporated village within the State that is free from debt. Notably among those who labored for its iueor- poration was Charles II. Graham, Esq.
The first trustees were E. K. Ferrey, president ; A. C. De Long, Chas. Sterer, Wellington E. Crippeu ; Philor Benedict, elerk.
1871 .- E. E. Ferrey, president ; Chas. Stever, Chester Gurney, Jolin Fields, trustees ; Philor Benediet, clerk until June, when Chas. II. Graham was appointed.
1872 .- A. C. Delong, president ; HI. M. Hanor, W. J. Merrihew, Julian Ferrey, trustees; Chas. HI. Graham, clerk.
1873 .- L. T. Brown, president ; John Fields, L. Water- man, Jos. Robinson, trustees ; Julius R. Thompson, clerk.
1874 .- Timothy Parsons, president ; J. E. Tyler, W. J. Merrihew, Geo. E. Guy, trustees; S. II. Gurney, clerk.
1875 .- Philor Benedict, president ; Jos. B. Robin -... Julian Ferrey, Osear P'. Toombs, trustees ; S. H. Gurney, clerk.
1876 .- W. J. Merriliew, president ; A. C. Delong. Cha -.
H. Graham, Thos. Page, trustees,-the two latter Were elected for two years ; O. F. Lane, elerk.
1877 .- Joseph B. Robinson, president ; R. C. Wilson, trustee, two years ; O. F. Lane, clerk.
The village has a population of about 800, contains two churches, - Methodist and Baptist, -and the following business interests : attorneys-at-law, Philor Benedict, Cha ... H. Grahanı, J. R. Thompson, and Geo. M. Spencer ; physi- cians, E. E. Honghton and H. W. Boorn ; surgeon-den- tist, J. Henry Follett ; bank, Peter H. Mitchell & Co ..- bank founded by Thompson, Chester & Co. in 1870; Schenevus Monitor, S. J. Douglass editor and proprietor ; postmaster, S. H. Gurney ; dry-goods and general stores. J. M. Thompson, J. Mellarg, C. M. Wade, S. Strauss ; drugs. J. M. Thompson. J. MeHarg; hardware, Mills & Gleason ; clothing, W. II. Bennett ; groceries, books, ete., A. J. Bates; boots and shoes, Cleveland & Wright; justice of the peace. S. H. Gurney; jewelry, J. T. Welton ; photographer, E. E. Brownell ; musie-teachers, F. E. Page, Milo Kelley. and Mrs. J. Mills; marble-works, Aylesworth & Gurney, Toombs & Lake; furniture, etc., S. II. Walker, Ferrey & Butts; bedstead-manufacturers, Ferrey & Guy ; mills, Guy & Fol- lett, E. E. Ferrey estate ; boots and shoes, G. H. Spencer, H. Wilcox, aud E. Flynn; harness; L. Waterman ; carriage- manufacturers, P. Brown, T. L. Brown, F. T. Starr, H. E. Carpenter; carpenters, J. P. Manuing, John Chase, F. Rurey ; tannery, R. II. Gleason ; blacksmiths, H. Follett, Seward & Noonen, W. O. Mills, P. Brown, M. O'Brian ; cooper, P. J. Brady ; meat-markets, Hawver & Griffen, Julian Hubbard; painters, W. J. Merrihew, M. Kelley, W. Kelley, John Wright ; livery, P. W. Brown; milliners. Mrs. G. C. Guy, Mrs. G. Wright, Miss A. D. Gilland, Mrs. B. S. Morehouse, Schermerhorn Tice; bakery, J. W. Sullivan ; barber, T. W. Enories; there is also an excel- lent band of musie in the village, called the Schenevus Valley band.
The citizens of Sehenevus have ever manifested a laud- able interest iu educational matters, and their graded school ranks among the best educational institutions in the county.
The school-building is a neat and substantial two-story frame structure, pleasantly located on Arch street. The present faculty is as follows : Floyd S. Lowell. principal : Amelia Spencer, assistant principal ; Mary R. Kelley, in- termediate department; Clara Ilubbard, primary depart- ment.
The flood of July 29, 1873, will long be remembered by those who witnessed the terrible storin and saw the deluge of water which came pouring down upon Sehenevus, carrying destruction in its train. The storm broke upon this locality at about four o'clock in the afternoon of the day mentioned, and although much damage was occasioned to the surrounding country, its greatest fury was spent upon the village. Mr. A. Hotchkin, in speaking of this flood. says, " Some idea of the deluge and its destruction my be gathered from the fact that the water coannenced to fall at four o'clock P.M., and at five-one hour-the streamn,
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" Im mund back of the writer's house (before dry). was "mit; at a rate of forty miles an hour, was from four to .... 1: !... dorp, and twenty rods wide." Every gorge road, wud a an area of about eight miles long and three wide, ", soJ down the creck from Schenevus, was torn to pieces, Wwwrang them to the amount of $10,000. The estimated dimite caused by this deluge, including farms, roads, and , .. Y property, was from $50,000 to $100,000. The ymangal sufferers in the village were Lane & Hotchkin, Las. II. Graham, F. H. Cleveland, Wm. E. Carpenter, .... man Wright, and Christina Hotchkin.
C'HASEVILLE, located near the centre of the town, con- time & Baptist church, store, post-office, etc.
MARYLAND has two churches,-Lutheran and Christian,
-two stores, two hotels, blacksmith-shop, ete.
ELK CREEK, in the northern part, is a hamlet. Has the church-Methodist Episcopal-and a store.
THE FIRST TOWN-MEETING
wa. held in 1808, at which Edward Goddard was chosen supervisor. There are no complete records of the town until 1810, when the following officers were chosen, viz. : Supervisor .- Edward Goddard.
Town Clerk .- John Chase.
Assessors .- John Tuthill, Caleb Crandall, and Oliver Chappel.
Collector and Constable .- Daniel Houghton.
Commissioners of Highways .- Daniel Platt, Ezekiel Rice, and John Gun.
' Orerseer of the Poor .- Daniel Platt.
Constable .- George Tubbs.
Fence Viewers .- Roger Kelley, David Benedict, Daniel Platt, C. I. Bresee, and Adam Simmons.
Overseers of Highways .- C. I. Bresee, B. Simmons, John Smith, E. Holmes, Samuel Burnside, Amos Spencer, Ine Howland, E. Spooner, Jr., Josiah Chase, R. B. Wet- more, Jr., Curtis Catlin, Simcon Houghton, James Thomp- Mon, James Walling, E. Burnside, James Baker, James B. Roe, Ephraim Boardman, Jr., Jesse Spencer, Ezekich Palmer, Sylvester Richmond, Leander Chamberlain, and Andrew Van Allen.
Among the ear-marks recorded in the old town-book are the following :
" Amos Spencer's car-mark, a sloping erop off the under si·le of each car."
"John Burnside's ear-mark, a erop off the left ear and a slit in the same."
" Elisha Chamberlain's mark, a erop on the right car aud a slit in the left, and a . happenny' on the upper side of the 1 .- ft."
" Josiah Chase's mark, a square erop off the right ear and a slit in the end, and a halfpenny in the foreside of the " ime."
The following have served as supervisors aud towu clerks · from the organization of the town to 1878:
Supervisors.
Town Clerks.
1 - 1%
Edward Goddard.
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No record. Julm Chase.
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1-11
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Supervisors.
Town Clerks.
1813
Edward Goddard.
John Chase.
1814
16
16
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1815
1816
Daniel Platt.
1817
Edward Goddard.
1818
1819
Daniel Houghton.
1820.
Edward Goddard.
" 16
1821.
1822
Daniel Houghton.
1823
1824
Edward Goddard.
1825
1826 Jobn Chase.
Nathaniel Carpenter.
1827
1828
1829
Jesse Rose.
Russel Chappel. "
1831
1832
1833
Jesse Rose.
1834
1835
1836
Nathaniel Carpenter.
1838
Claudius Chamberlain.
N. Carpenter.
John Romans.
1840.
Daniel Platt, Jr.
1841
. Geo. W. Chase.
Isane Stringerland. .
1842. Samuel Cass.
1843.
1844 Hudson Burnside.
IS45
Jesse Gurney.
1846 Levi Y. Boardman.
J. G. Chase.
J. T. Thompson.
Robert Wilson. 46 "
H. W. Brown.
1851
Jacob Follett.
S. B. Wilson.
1852 Carlton Brown. "
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H. W. Brown.
Philor Benediet.
1855 E. E. Ferrey.
S. B. Wilson.
Henry Wileox.
S. II. Gurney.
1858
Levi Boardman.
Milton Walling. ¥
1860
J. T. Thompson.
1861
.S. H. Gurney.
IS62 John R. Boyce.
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1863
1864 S. B. Wilson.
1865 John R. Boyce.
James M. Thompson.
W. S. Hotehkin.
P. W. Brown.
T. E. Cornish.
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A. J. Bates.
1871
L. Glazier.
Thos. Page.
1873. James M. Thompson.
1874
Azro Chase. =
P. R. Young.
F. H. Cleveland.
The officers elected in 1877 were as follows :
Supervisor .- Timothy Parsons.
Town Clerk .- Oscar F. Lane.
Justice of the Peace .- Milton Walling.
Assessor .- M. R. Bulson.
Overseers of the Poor .- Byron Cass and E. D. Burn- side.
Commissioner of Highways .- A. H. Platt.
Collector .- B. Mauzer.
Town Auditors .- German Wright, Geo. W. Hardy, and B. F. Van Zandt. Inspectors of Elections .- Sandford Brown, Chas. H.
Wightmau, and Jerry P. Barnes.
Game Constable .- Albert Olds.
Constables .- P. G. Schermerhorn. A. E. Tallmulige,
Joseph Swartwood, Geo. Bennett, and David Bostwick. Commissioner of Excise .- Gov. Tator.
Town Seuler .- William Arnold.
N. Carpenter. Daniel Houghton.
N. Carpenter.
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John Chase.
1839
Geo. W. Chase.
S. T. Chase.
F. B. Carpenter.
Albert Wilcox.
Josiah G. Chase.
John T. Thompson.
1847 F. B. Carpenter.
1848
John T. Thompson.
1849 A: Il. Platt.
1850
Levi Y. Boardman.
1854 John T. Thompson.
1859 S. H. Gurney.
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1866 HI. W. Brown.
1867 .Samuel T. Chase.
1868
.James M. Thompson. "
1869
1872
Levi Boardman.
Benj. Manzer.
1875 ..
1876 James M. Thompson.
16
Nathaniel Carpenter. John Chase. Nathaniel Carpenter.
John Chase. Enos I. Spencer.
John Chase. ¥
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1830 Amos HI. Brown.
16 16
1837
16
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1856 John T. Thompson.
1857 S. B. Wilson.
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AGRICULTURAL AND GENERAL STATISTICS.
In 1865 Maryland had 15,072 acres of improved land, and the cash value of farins was $714,480. There were 3117 acres of plowed land ; in pasture, 6521 ; in meadow, 4689 ; bushels of spring wheat harvested, 239 ; bushels of winter wheat, 180; bushels of cats in 1864, 17,164; bushels of rye, 2060; bushels of barley, 377; bushels of buckwheat, 5682; bushels of Indian corn, 3775; bushels of potatoes, 18,402 ; bushels of peas, 30; bushels of beans, 04; bushels of turnips, 467 ; pounds of hops, 163,264; bushels of apples, 18,703; barrels of cider, 648; pounds of butter, 103,635 ; pounds of cheese, 850.
Agricultural Statistics, 1875 .- Acres plowed, 4319; in pasture, 5966; miown, 6561; tons of hay produced, 75.44; bushels of barley, 260; buckwheat, 5420; corn, 5840; oats, 45,829; rye, 6771; spring wheat, 161; winter wheat, 110 ; beans, 67 ; peas, 105 ; pounds of hops, 73,004; bushels potatocs, 63,389 ; pounds of butter made, 167,625.
Maryland has an area of 29,873 acres, the assessed valu- ation of which is $493,525, and the equalized valuation, $544,286.
POPULATION.
1810
1106
1845 2128
1814
1314
1850
2152
1820 1439
1855 .2177
1825 1749
1860. 2228
1830
1834
1865 2197
1835
2015
1870 2402
1840
2085
1 1875 2365
CHAPTER XLVI. TOWN OF MARYLAND-Continued.
CHURCHES AND SOCIETIES.
The Methodist Episcopal Church-The Sehenevus Baptist Church- Church of Christ-Methodist Church of Elk Creek -- Baptist Church at Chaseville-Methodist Episcopal, Crumhorn Valley-Methodist Episcopal, South Hill-Zion's Evangelieal Lutheran-Scheuevus Lodge, F. and A. M .- Schenevus Lodge, I. O. of G. T .- Brown Post, G. A. R.
THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH AT SCHENEVES was organized April 25, 1842, in the school-house at Schen- evus, then called Jacksonboro', by Rev. A. E. Daniels. The first trustees were Warren C. Smith, G. E. S. Draper, Geo. W. Chase, Silas and Jacob Follett. The first minister was Rev. Mr. Daniels. Services were held in the school-house until the church building was completed, which was erceted in 1842; 32 by 52 feet in size. A comfortable parsonage and barn was erected in 1867-6S. Cost, $1800.
In 1874, under the pastorate of Rev. J. L. Wells, the church was enlarged and beautified at a cost of $3000, and has a present seating capacity of four hundred. The valua- tion of church property is $ 4000.
The present officers of this church are as follows: Samuel Hubbard, Richard Wilson, and Frank Gleason, trustees ; Nelson Lane, Almond Reynolds, Frank Gleason, John Seward, Henry Howland, Harvey Haynor, Augustus Bush, Richard Wilson, and Dr. W. H. Boorn, stewards ; Joseph Manning and A. Reynolds, class-leaders.
Among the pastors who have served this church are the following : Revs. A. E. Daniels, Martin Marvin, Joseph Shank, Luke C. Queal, R. S. Lent, E. H. Orwin, S. II. Hill, H. V. Talbott, J. B. Weeks, Geo. Parsons, D. (". Mead, II. V. Van Deusen, Hubbard Flox, J. V. Newell, Andrew Colgrove, J. L. Wells, Joseph Hartwell, A. S. Clark, present pastor. The present membership is one hundred and ten.
Rev. Mr. Clark serves another church on what is known as Maryland Hill. Membership, fifteen ; valuation of church, $1000.
THE SCHENEVUS BAPTIST CHURCH. *
The Schencvus Baptist church was organized in the vil- lage of Schenevus, in the year 1871, by Rev. Albert Mar- tin, who was also the first pastor.
The first officers were A. C. Delong, Rev. G. W. Howe, and Wm. E. Wright, trustees. The first members were Frederick Snyder and wife, Rev. G. W. Howe and wife, Levi Haines and wife, James D. Thompson and wife, Mil- ton Wright and wife, Rev. A. Martin and wife, Aaron Swarthout and wife, Mary E. Brownell, Sarah Kelley, Emily Bice, Mary Cunningham, Wm. E. Wright, Moses Bennett, Hannah Wilcox, Joanna Hubbard, Clide A. Hotelkin, Emma Howe, and Susan Clark.
The first church building was erected in 1868, and cost $4200. The size was 40 by 55 feet. Previous to the erection of their edifice the Baptists of Schenevus wor- shiped in a school-house on the cast end of Main street.
The corner-stone of the church edifice was laid by Geo. B. Snyder, of Philadelphia, Pa., in which was placed copies of the minutes of the Worcester Baptist association, vari- ous coins of money, Schenerus Monitor, Escaminer and Chronicle, and other papers, and a Bible, etc. The ser- vices on this occasion were conducted by Rev. Mr. Corwin. The present trustees are W. H. Bedeau, Warren Bennett, and Henry Wilcox ; Clerk, W. H. Bedeau; Deacons, W. H. Bedeau and Warren Bennett.
The church at present is without a pastor. The follow - ing clergymen have served the church as ministers, viz. : Rev. A. Martin, three years ; Rev. C. H. Babcock, nine months; Rev. A. K. Batchelder, two years; Rev. C. II. James, one year and three months; Rev. S. J. Douglass, nine months; and licentiate G. C. Charles, ten weeks. The present membership is fifty. They have an interesting Sunday-school.
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