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Teachers' wages. $8102.34
Apparatus .. 15.93
Repairs, ete .. 255.06
Incidentals.
792.87
Balance. 71.47
Total $9187.67
CIVIL HISTORY.
This territory has passed through many changes to its present condition. It was in existence first as Whitestown, Montgomery County, which was formed March 7, 1788, and included an indefinite amount of territory westward, and was erected while Montgomery County included all of the State of New York west of the Delaware River and a line extending north through Schoharie, and along the cast lines of the present counties of Montgomery, Fulton, and Hamilton, and continuing in a straight line to Canada.
In 1789, the twenty-eight military townships were sur- veyed, and lot 21 was named Hector by the Land Com- missioners in 1790. Herkimer County was erected from Montgomery, Feb. 16, 1791, including the territory.
April 10, 1792, in an act for dividing several towns, five towns were erected from Whitestown, namely : Steuben, Westmoreland, Paris, Mexico, and Penn, the latter being bounded east by the town of Mexico, south by Tioga County, west by Ontario County, and north by Lake Ontario, including the present town of Hector.
In the act which erected the county of Onondaga, in- cluding the twenty-eight military townships, March 5, 1794, the territory comprehending the military townships of Ovid and Hector, and all lands lying west of Seneca Lake, in said county of Onondaga, was erected into a town by the name of Ovid. March 30, 1802, it was enacted that from and after the last day of February next all that part of the town of Ovid, in the county of Cayuga (that county having been erected March 8, 1799), known by the name of Hector, and so distinguished on the map of the Surveyor-General of this State, and on record in the Secretary of State's office, shall be and is hereby erected into a separate town, by the name of Hector, and the first town- meeting shall be held at the house of Grover Smith, in said town. Two years after it was embraced in the terri- tory that formed Seneca County.
Tompkins County was erected from Cayuga and Seneca Counties, April 17, 1817, and Hector was a part of that county until April 17, 1854, when it was taken from Tompkins to form part of Schuyler County.
The following is a list of the supervisors, town clerks, and justices of the peace, as accurately as can be obtained, the records of the first few years having been lost :
SUPERVISORS.
1813. Robert Swartout. 1820. Caleb Smith.
1814. Richard Smith. 1821. Aranthus Everts.
1815-16. Caleb Smith. 1822. Peter Himrod.
1817. Richard Smith. 1823-24. Samuel Hanley.
1818. Sullivan D. Hubble.
1825-26. John Sayler.
1819. Peter Himrod. 1827. Caleb Smith.
1828-29. John Sayler.
1850. Andrew Darling.
1830. Caleb Smith.
1831-32. Elcazer Brown.
1853-56. Henry Fish.
1833-34. Thomas B. Sears.
1857. John Woodward.
1835. Caleb Smith.
1836. Ira Reynolds.
1838. Robert Swartout.
1839. John Sayler.
1840. Richard M. Graham.
1841. Elisha Payne, Jr.
1865-67. Elmer C. Spaulding.
1842. Thomas B. Sears.
1868. Wm. C. Coon.
1843-44. Horatio H. Woodward.
1869. Robert Burge.
1846. Elijah Baker.
1870-74. Wm. H. Fish.
1847. Alexander Graham.
1875. Elmer C. Spaulding.
1848. Horatio H. Woodward.
1876-77. Abram V. Makeel.
1849. James B. Bodlc. 1878. J. Wesley Stillwell.
TOWN CLERKS.
1804-8. Aranthus Everts.
1839-40. Gaylord G. Whitman.
1809. Caleb Smith.
1841. Eli R. Wright.
1810-11. L. D. Hubble.
1842. Joel Reynolds.
1812-15. Caleb Smith.
1843. Henry S. Owen.
1815-23. John Sayler.
1844-46. Andrew Stoughton.
1824. Ira Reynolds.
1847. Silas P. Collins. 1848-50. Andrew Stoughton.
1826. D. F. Sears.
1851. Daniel M. Bacon.
1827. Ira Reynolds. 1852-55. Orleans A. J. Hollister.
1828. Harlow Hubble. 1856. Ichabod Johnson.
1829. John Sayler.
1857-58. O. A. J. Hollister.
1830. Caleb Smith.
1859-62. Theophilus Traey.
1831. Harlow Hubble. 1863. Franeis Gray.
1832-34. John Hager. 1864-72. Theophilus Tracy.
1835. Andrew Stoughton. 1873-74. John Kelly.
1836. John Hager.
1875. O. A. J. Hollister.
1838. Andrew Stoughton.
1876-78. Theophilus Traey.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Elmer Chase.
Freegift P. Hager.
Eleazer Brown.
O. A. J. Hollister.
John Sayler.
Silas C. Kellogg.
Hiram G. Gulick.
James Row.
Elmer Chase. John W. Osborn.
Ira Reynolds. Freegift P. Hager.
Harlow Hubble. Joel Reynolds.
George V. Minor.
Silas C. Kellogg.
Elihu Ring.
James Cormac.
John Woodward.
Freegift P. Hager. Joel Reynolds.
Henry Fish.
William Himrod.
Silas C. Kellogg.
John L. Stillwell.
Caleb C. Keep.
John Sayler.
John Nivison.
Nathan Wait.
Bela C. Smith.
Thomas B. Sears.
John Strowbridge.
Grover L. Bailey.
John W. Osborn.
Alson Guthrie.
Eugene B. Stoll.
Nathan Wait.
John G. Rogers.
Joseph L. Skinner.
Grover S. Bailey.
John W. Osborn.
John Kirtland.
Wesley M. Lambert.
John W. Nivison.
Simeon P. Bradford.
Richard Ely.
Silas C. Kellogg.
Bela C. Smith.
John W. Osborn.
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Richard Ely. Bela C. Smith.
Silas C. Kellogg.
Isaac Ruseoe.
Silas C. Kellogg. James Row.
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF PEACHI ORCHARD was constituted Sept. 15, 1809, by Revs. Charles Mosher and Wm. Clark. On that day the following persons came forward, requesting to be formed into a church : Thomas Morton, John Mesler, Samuel Seton, Chloe Scoville, Judah Bloomer, Anna Gallaspie, and Annie Seton.
1851-52. Reuben S. Smith.
1858-59. Isaae D. Makeel. 1860-61. Peter C. Hager. 1862. Reuben S. Smith.
1863. William Bower.
1864. Wm. B. Ely.
1825. John Sayler.
MRS. RUTH A. WICKHAM.
MRS. ALMEDA WICKHAM.
ERASTUS WICKHAM.
PHOTOS. BY R.D.CRUM.
LITH BY L H EVENTS, PHILADA
HOMESTEAD OF ERASTUS WICKHAM, RESIDENCE OF CHAS. E.WICKHAM, BENNETSBURG, SCHUYLER CONY.
ARCHIBALD THOMPSON.
MRS.ELIZABETH THOMPSON .
DR. HENRY FISH.
Elmer, Le Sponsoring
PHOTOS, BY R.D.CRUM.
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Oct. 29, 1809, William Himrod, Thomas Morton, Jabez Havens, and Samuel Seton were chosen elders, and Jabez Havens and Samuel Seton were elected deacons.
At a meeting of the male members of the church, on the 23d day of February, 1810, Timothy Seoville, William Smith, George Faueett, William Himrod, and Thomas Horton were elected as trustees of said church, which was hereafter to be known as the First Presbyterian Church of Heetor. In 1817 the trustees bought a plat of ground on lot 21, containing two aeres and eighteen rods, for a burying- ground, and site for a meeting-house, and in 1818 a church edifice was ereeted on the site where it now stands, and which was thoroughly repaired in 1853, at a cost of $1400.
The first pastor was Rev. William Clark, who officiated from 1809-15, and was succeeded by Revs. Stephen Porter, Richard Andrews, Luther Clark, Jabez Chadwick, E. Nichols, James H. Hotchikin, E. Everett, Adams W. Platt, L. E. Havens, C. Richards, H. Rinker, Royal Mann, Rob- ert MeMath, Thomas Lounsbury, L. McGlashan, Wm. K. Platt, Calvin Case, G. R. H. Shumway, E. W. Brown, and J. J. Schaeffer, who is the present pastor. They have a present membership of 75 persons, with a Sunday-school of 150 members, and having a library of 80 volumes. J. A. Tyler is Superintendent.
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF BURDETT
was organized Feb. 14, 1826, by a committee of the Pres- bytery of Geneva, and consisted of eighteen members. The first thirteen had letters from the church of Hector, now Peach Orchard; two from the church at Trumans- burg; one from the church at Owego; and two were re- ceived on profession of their faith. Rev. Thomas Louns- bury, Rev. Isaac Flagler, and Peter Le Conte, elder, were the Presbyterial committee, and Rev. Thomas Lounsbury, of the Presbytery of Geneva, preached the sermon. Na- thaniel Smith was elected to the office of ruling elder. Robert MeCreery, having been a deacon and elder in the church at Hector, was chosen for the same office in this, and Geo. Owen was also elected to the office of elder and deacon. The Presbyterian society was organized Feb. 11, 1826, and seven persons were elected trustees. Rev. Jabez Chadwick was preaching here at the time, and was mainly instrumental in securing the organization of the church and society. He continued his labors as stated supply for about three years, preaching part of the time at Himrod's Settlement, in the east part of the town. At a meeting held at the school-house, Saturday evening, Feb. 10, 1827, the following resolutions were adopted :
"Resolved, as the sense of this meeting, that they deem it expedient to build a meeting-house in Burdett.
"Resolved, That a meeting be held at this house on the 12th inst., at six o'clock P.M., to determine the size and style of the meeting-house about to be built.
" Resolved, That a meeting be held at this house, on Thursday, the 15th inst., to determine on a site where to loeate a house for publie worship."
A committee, consisting of Dr. Edmund Brown, David Kimble, and Daniel Jackson, was appointed to ascertain the cost of several places spoken of as suitable sites for the church edifice. At the meeting, Monday evening, the
trustees were authorized to contract for the erection of a building 38 by 48 feet, with a projection 4 feet in front for a steeple. At the meeting on Thursday, the site on which the church now stands was selected, and was desig- nated as being near and south of the cemetery, on land owned by Abel IIall.
The church was ereeted in due time, but not completed. Rev. Jabez Chadwick was succeeded by Revs. Robert Campbell, W. P. Jackson, - Everett, - Platt, and Joseph K. Ware.
In January, 1838, at a meeting of the society, it was "Resolved, That money should be raised and the house completed," which was done that year, and the house was dedicated ; and in 1841 the committee having the work in charge reported that " the work was all paid for, and that there were ninety-one eents in the treasury." In 1842, Rev. J. Parsons Hovey was called to the pastorate, and was succeeded by George Hall, Thomas R. Townsend, J. K. Warner, Henry Reuker, C. C. Carr, Darwin Chichester. E. W. Twichell, present pastor.
In 1844 it was thought necessary to enlarge the church, and it was extended sixteen feet at the north end.
June 9, 1873, the society voted to repair thoroughly the church edifice. The work was completed, and the church rededieated March 19, 1874. The sermon in the morning was preached by Rev. Dr. Knox, of Elmira, from the text, Eph. ii. 21; in the evening, by Rev. J. S. McNair, of Watkins.
The church numbers at present 107 members. The Sunday-school has 120 scholars. Rev. E. W. Twichell, the pastor, is Superintendent. They have a library of 200 volumes.
The bell of this church was east in Spain, in 1788, and was used in a convent. It was sent to this country with other bells, and was purchased in New York in 1838 for the Burdett church. Since then it has been in constant use, and is perfectly sound. Its tone is peculiar, and not altogether pleasant to strangers. It bears this inseription :
"SAN JUAN DE DIOS ORA PRO NOVIS, ANO DE # 1788, SEYSO SIENDO PRIOR DE ESTE CONBENTO DE MALAGA, EL P. F. JVAN DE DOS YSALAS.
On one side of the bell there is a large eross.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF MECKLENBURG.
June 10, 1833, a number of persons holding views in accordance with the Presbyterian denomination, residing in the town, decided upon calling a meeting for the purpose of organizing a church." In accordance with said eall, this day was set aside for a day of fasting and prayer, Rev. Henry Ford, a missionary sent out by the Home Mission- ary Society, assisting, and who opened the meeting with a sermon from 1 Tim. iii. 15. Rev. Henry Ford was chosen chairman, and Wakeman Lyon secretary. Thirty members from other churches united by letter, and one on profession of faith. James Woodford, James Bodle, Sullivan D. Hubble, John W. Matthews, and Wakeman Lyon were chosen elders. James Woodford and John W. Matthews were chosen deaeons. It was resolved that this church be ealled the First Presbyterian Church of Mecklenburg, under the care of the Presbytery of Geneva. The first pastor was
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Rev. Henry Ford, followed by Isaac Crabb, S. R. Scofield, E. F. Ball, Gco. L. Hall, C. M. MeKinney, H. E. Wood- cock, and Alexander O. Peloubet, who is the present pastor, and, with the exception of sixteen months, has been pastor for thirteen ycars. The church at present numbers sixty-six, and has a Sabbath-school that has cighty members, with Hezekiah Berry as Superintendent. The church edifice was built in 1842, and thoroughly remodeled in 1878.
BAPTIST CHURCH OF MECKLENBURG.
The first services were held in a barn belonging to Na- thanicl Stevenson, and situated on the east line of the town. Elder Sturtevant preached the first sermon, and the church and society were organized. July 5, 1825, at the house of Jeremiah Ayers, as the Second Baptist Church of Hector. The first church edifice was erected on its present site in 1835, and has lately been thoroughly repaired and re- modeled. The first pastor was Rev. Jonathan Sturtevant, who was succeeded by Barzilla King, Seth Smolley, S. Wise, John Sears, J. Briggs, E. Kimball, Wm. Wilkins, B. R. Swick, P. Shed, H. West, B. C. Townsend, D. T. Lock- wood, D. Corey, D. C. Marshall, P. D. Root, H. E. Ford, A. B. Chase, A. D. Abbott, and N. C. Brundage, who is the present pastor. They have a present membership of one hundred and thirty-eight, and a Sunday-school of one hundred members, with the pastor as superintendent.
THE BAPTIST CHURCH IN PEACH ORCHARD
was first constituted in 1820, April 11, as the Fourth Hector Baptist Church, and was formed from members of Baptist Churches in Ulysses, Covert, and First and Second Baptist Churches of Hector. Rev. O. C. Comstock was their first pastor, who was succeeded by Revs. Jacob Fisk, U. B. Miller, R. G. Lewis, W. S. Smith, S. M. Plumb, R. G. Lewis, A. Wells, Wm. Cormac, A. Day, R. H. Da- kin, G. Johnson, Wm. Everett, B. C. Townsend, and J. G. Spooncr. A house was erected in 1838, but no services are held here, and the church is practically dissolved, most of the members having joined the North Hector Church in August, 1867.
THE NORTII HECTOR BAPTIST CHURCHI
was constituted Nov. 28, 1821, at the house of John Goltry, with 16 members, as the First Baptist Church in Lodi, and incorporated November, 1830. Ministers present were Elders John Caton, John Lewis, J. P. Woodworth, and Barzilla King. The first pastor was Rev. J. P. Wood- worth, who was succeeded by Revs. John Lewis, Jacob Fisk, U. B. Miller, Charles Deland, Wm. Cormac, Benja- min Warren, Lorin Wade, Isaac Estabrook, Jacob Grant, Philo Griffiths, Stephen V. Marsh, John Halliday, H. S. Card, D. Corey, C. Wardner, and Wm. N. Tower, who is the present pastor. The church has a present membership of 163, with a Sunday-school of 80 members. Fred. L. Miller is Superintendent.
The first church was built in the present town of Lodi, in 1831, on the ground now occupied by Stephen L. Smith. It was afterwards moved, and is now used by Gco. V. L'Amoreaux as a barn. At a meeting of the church in December, 1866, it was decided to erect a church edifice,
44 by 64 feet, on the site it now occupics, and in April, 1867, the new church was dedicated by Rev. J. N. Fol- well. At a meeting of the church, Oct. 20, 1877, it was moved and carried the church be called the North Hector Baptist Church.
AN EPISCOPAL CHURCH
was organized at Peach Orehard about fifty years ago. The Woodwards, an English family, settled here, and the church was organized and a house built by them. Regular preach - ing was sustained for a time, but the family have long since removed, and preaching has been discontinued many years. The house is still standing. Dr. Wm. Woodward, of Big Flats, a prominent citizen there and an Episcopalian, is a member of this family.
THE BAPTIST CHURCH OF BENNETTSBURG
was organized in 1809 as the First Baptist Church in Hector. James Reynolds was its first pastor, and remained until 1834, and was succeeded by Revs. B. R. Twich, R. G. Lewis, H. J. Hall, B. Warren, J. B. Rogers, J. H. Morrison, T. R. Clark, O. W. Gibbs, Wm. Dunbar, Wm. Sharp, F. Purvis, A. D. Clark, who is the present pastor. They number at present 161 members. There is a Sunday- school in connection having 10 teachers, 130 scholars, and a library of 150 volumes, of which Deacon S. B. Sackctt is Superintendent. A church edifice was erected about 1830 on the present site, and is still in use.
OLD-SCHOOL BAPTIST CHURCH IN BURDETT.
A division occurred in the Baptist churches throughout the country, in about 1836, and a small portion held to the name of Old-School or Primitive Baptists. A few in this town organized as a church, under the name of the First Baptist Church in Burdett, and a church edifice was erected in 1836 on its present site. Rev. James Reynolds was the first pastor, and he was succceded by Revs. Reed, Burritt, Almeron St. John, and S. H. Durand, who is the present pastor. Their prescut membership is 25. An association was held with this church, June 12, 13, and 14, 1878, of the Chemung Old-School Baptist Association.
METHODIST CIIURCHES.
As early as 1805 a class was formed at what was known as McIntyre Settlement, and a church was built in 1822. In 1824 a class was formed at Mecklenburg, with Uzel Barker as lcader, having about thirty members, and were set off from the McIntyre class. A church was built on the present site, in 1840, by Elijah Hill, who is still living. The members from the McIntyre Church united with this church, and their building is but little used.
The building that was erected at Mecklenburg was torn down in 1867, and was rebuilt in 1868, and dedicated in June, 1869, Rev. Benoni Ives preaching the dedication sermon, and was destroyed by fire in December, 1876, re- built the next year, and dedicated Feb. 13, 1878, by Rev. M. S. Hard, Presiding Elder, Bishop M. Simpson preach- ing the dedication sermon. Rev. C. F. Moss is the present pastor. The church has a membership of 160, with a Sunday-school of 50 members, of which Wm. Ammoch is Superintendent.
Wer Vaniglian
Foremost among those that came to Hector when it was a vast wilderness, and was instrumental in improving the town, was the subject of this sketch. From a land oeeupied by savages and wild beasts, and the woodman's axe echoing in the stillness of the forests, with log cabins dotted here and there, and neighbors being miles apart, this elderly gentleman has been permitted to live and sce a vast change; an enterprising, energetic, and laborious class of people have grown up around him. They have leveled the proud forests and converted the land into produc- tive farms. The well-modeled and comfortable farm-house has taken the place of the old log cabins, and churches and schools are scattered profusely over the town. And now, on the verge of closing life's work, he feels that it is by his efforts, in connection with other old settlers, that they have laid the foundation of an enterprising town for generations yet to come. He was born in Knowlton, in Sussex, now Warren Co., N. J., Feb. 3, 1806, being the youngest son of Daniel and Hannah Vaughan. His father died when he was only four years of age, leaving a widow and large family. For want of means his mother was only able to give him a common-school education, and in 1819 he removed with her to the town of Heetor and settled on the farm on which he now resides, which consisted then of a hundred acres, but which has been inercased to one hundred and seventy- five. He has always followed the occupation of farming for a livelihood, excepting for four years when he was en- gaged in the mercantile business, having general stores at Bennettsburg and Havana.
April 28, 1825, he was married to Lavina, daughter of William Martin, who was one of the first settlers of Hector, where his daughter was born April 10, 1807. By this union he became the father of three children,- Azubah, born July 2, 1826, and became the wife of Samuel W. Sackett, of Montour, and died Aug. 21, 1874 ; Eric, born Oet. 18, 1838; Ursula, born April 21, 1843, and is married to Isaac Morris, of Hector. Mr. Vaughan cast his first vote for President of the United States for Andrew Jackson for his second term of office, and has ever sinee upheld the true and honorable principles of Democraey. He has been called upon by his fellow- citizens to fill a few minor town offices. For forty-one years he has been an active and liberal member of the Baptist Church.
He was a member of the State militia for eleven years, and was promoted several times, and when he resigned held the office of lieutenant-colonel of the 145th Regiment of New York State Militia. Was one of the organizers of the Schuyler County Agricultural Society, and is one of the present life members ; was president of this association in 1860.
Thus we read the history of one of nature's noble- men, a representative of the farmers of Sehuyler County. who by hard work and strict economy has accumulated a competency ; one who is respected and beloved by friends and neighbors, and whose life is worthy to be recorded on the pages of history as an example for others to follow.
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THE METHODIST CHURCH AT REYNOLDSVILLE
was organized in the loft of the log house that stood where the brick store now stands, Israel Pease and wife, Daniel Sherwood and wife, and others, constituting the first class. The first church was built at the foot of the hill, where James H. Stoughton lives, in 1824; was moved down to where the present one stands in 1853, and burned down in 1858, and rebuilt the next season.
The first pastor was Jonathan Huestis, who was sue- ceeded by Wm. Hubbard, Gideon Lanning, and others. Rev. D. S. Chase is now in charge. The church has a present membership of 100, and a Sunday-school of 45 members ; Wm. J. Case, Superintendent.
METHODIST CHURCH AT BURDETT.
A class was organized in October, 1833, with Wm. Him- rod as leader, and having twelve members, at the house used for a store, afterwards remodeled into a church.
The church was organized at the house of Wm. Himrod, Feb. 16, 1839. Trustees were elected as follows : Elijah Baker, Wm. T. Allen, Harlow Hubble, Wm. Himrod, Ben- jamin Benson, Geo. V. Minard, and John Dickinson. In 1845, a lot was purchased where the church now stands, and an edifice was erected that year, and it was thoroughly remodeled and repaired in 1872. The pastors who minis- tered to this charge were on a large circuit ; some of them are Revs. Gibbard, Aldridge, Nichols, Fellows, Havens, Mattison, Swallow, Jolly, and Daniel Chase, who is in charge at present. They have at present 80 members, with a Sunday-school of 50 members, of which Wu. Rey- nolds is Superintendent.
THE METHODIST CHURCH OF NORTH HECTOR
was regularly organized in 1857, and a meeting-house erected in the north part of the village. They numbered at that time 50 members. A class had been formed in 1852, by John Robinson,-a circuit preacher,-with seven members, and Elias Byram, first class-leader. The first place of worship was in a school-house north of the village. Rev. F. M. Dewitt is the present pastor. The number of members at present is 140. A Sunday-school is in con- nection, having 55 scholars, of which Richard Ely is Superintendent.
LOGAN METHODIST CHURCHI.
The first class was formed in 1816 or 1817, with eight members. Chauncey Smith was first class-leader, and re- mained such until his death, in 1872. John Lambert, one of the first class, was licensed as an exhorter, and was con- tinued until his death, in 1851. The circuit was large, preachers few, services being held onee in four weeks in the old school-house, which stood on the uortheast corner of the farm now owned by A. C. Tracy, on lot 42. After 1833 services were held every Sabbath. Quarterly meet- ings were usually held in barns, for the better accommoda- tion of the many that attended. In the fall of 1832 the first house of worship was built, on the present site, and finished in 1833, and had the old-fashioned high pulpit and galleries on three sides. In the summer of 1854 it was turned rouud and thoroughly remodeled, and again, in
1878, a tower was added and the interior tastefully and conveniently arranged. Among the early preachers were Abner Chase, Israel Chamberlain, Glezon Fillmore, Matthew Dodson, Alvin Terry, R. M. Everts, and Gideon Lanning. A. W. J. Comstock and William H. Goodwin were among the circuit preachers. In 1872 the church was made a reg- ular station. The ministers since 1850 have been Theodore McElhany, R. S. Stillwell, John Robinson, Asahel Aldrich, D. Hutchins, James Landreth, George Wilkinson, Daniel Chase, John Day, William Armstrong, J. T. O. Woodin, Jerolomen, A. W. Staples, J. A. Fellows, R. S. Stil- well, -Chubbuck, E. Hotchkiss, and Edgar M. Coyle. Present membership, 130.
A Sunday-school was organized at an early day, and Joel Jewel and Caleb Smith were superintendents alternately. Allen C. Tracy was superintendent for many years, and until 1870, when Charles T. Andrews was elected, and holds the position at present.
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