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Edson Wilson was a native of Monroe county, born in 1808. In 1829 he married Polly Nichols, a native of Dutchess county, born in 181I. They reared to maturity six children, of whom Mrs. Emma A. Kidder resides in Kendall village. In 1849 Mr. Wilson removed from Mon- roe county to Kendall and settled on lot 10 near the lake shore. He died on this place in 1882.
William Jenkins was born in Wales, in 1801. He married Jane Prosser, who was born in the same year. They came to America in 1832 and located in Greece, Monroe county. In 1853 he removed to Kendall and settled on lot 86, where he died in 1855. His wife died in Greece in 1844. His son, Edward Jenkins, was born in Greece, Monroe county, in 1835, and now resides in Kendall.
Biographical notices of many other prominent citizens and families of
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the town appear on the subsequent pages of this volume, reference to which is made in the index. Among these may be mentioned David Jones, Dr. Walter R. Sanford, Zebulon Rice, Alexander Egelston, Daniel Fenner, Menzo W. Butler, James Hornsby, Abner Munn, Guy Bridgeman, M. W. Kidder, Reuben Wellman, Thomas R. Williams, Samuel H. Mulford, Anthony Blake, Nathaniel S. Bennett, Ose Web- ster, Robert Wilson, and others.
The first marriage in Kendall was that of James Aiken to Esther A., daughter of Samuel Bates, March 2, 1817. The pioneer school house in town was a log structure erected on lot 123 in 1819, and the first school teacher was Gurdon Balcom. The same year Auger & Boyden built the first saw mill in Kendall on Yanty Creek a mile or so southeast of the Corners. The first death was that of a son of George Balcom in 1816. A burial place was selected by a Mr. Herrington, who gave his only fine shirt for a shroud, and who, about four weeks later was him- self buried near by. Thus was started the first cemetery in town, on lot 123, near East Kendall. The first ashery was started on lot III by Maj. William Allis, who acted as agent for John W. Strong, of Roch- ester. The first preacher was Elder Stephen Randall, a Methodist, and the first log house was built by Samuel Bates, who also broke the first ground and sowed the first wheat. Probably the first physician was Dr. Carpenter. Among later ones were Drs. Theophilus Randall, Spald- ing, Beach, Moses B. Gage, Caleb C. Johnson, Joseph Smith, and W. D. O'Brien. Dr. W. R. Sanford located at Kendall village in 1836 and there followed his profession for more than fifty years. Dr. R. W. Bamber came to this town from Carlton in 1887. Dr. Andrew J. Eaton located in Kendall mills in 1864.
The scarcity and high price of salt here induced parties to engage in its manufacture from the waters of some salt springs that were discov- ered at an early time. H. W. Bates and Caleb Clark, in 1821, set six kettles, and from the brine which they obtained in a well which they dug made about five bushels per day, which they could readily sell at one dollar per bushel. After they had continued a year the govern- ment imposed a tax of twelve and one-half cents per bushel on salt, and they closed operations. They sold their kettles to a Mr. Owen, who engaged in the business at the southwest part of the town. It was not
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remunerative and he soon discontinued it. Quite recently the R. W. and O. R. R. have experienced great difficulty in sinking wells to sup- ply their engines with water, on account of finding quantities of strong salt water not far below the surface.
It is worthy of note that as early as 1822 a library association was formed in the eastern part of the town. Henry W. Bates, Adin Man- ley, David Jones, Amos Randall, Dr. Theophilus Randall, Orrin Doty, Benjamin Morse, Nathaniel Brown, Caleb Clark, and James M. Clark were active in the promotion of this scheme. Shares were sold, contri- butions were made, and a creditable library was collected. The organ- ization was successfully continued till the establishment by the State of district school libraries, when it was abandoned and the books were distributed among the shareholders.
The town of Kendall sent a large number of her brave sons to the War of the Rebellion, all of whom did heroic service at the front and on the fierce battlefields of the South. Nineteen of them gave up their lives in the cause, among them being the lamented Willard W. Bates, who rose to the office of lieutenant colonel, and was mortally wounded at Cold Harbor, but reached home the day before his death. Refer- ence is made on previous pages to the valiant deeds of those who went from Orleans county. Those from Kendall are as follows :
Lewis Amsden. Lewis Ashley. George Ashley. Richard Bookey, 8th Art.
George C. Bridgeman, 21st Cav.
William A. Boyce, 4th Cav. Theodore Batch. James Bokey, 8th Art. Thomas Brown. William Burnett. Theodore Barlow. Orrin Beach, 29th Inf. Longinus Barber. George Bedell, 12th Bat.
James M. Berry, 12th Bat. Frank Bahma, 8th H. Art. Robert Brakens, 8th H. Art. Melvern Bailey, 8th H. Art.
Charles Bacon, 108th Inf.
Willard W. Bates, 113th Inf., 8th H. Art.
Frank Bruce, 108th Inf.
Myron H. Bacon, 8th Art.
Samuel W. Barnum, 8th Art.
Royal Bates, 8th Art.
Albert Bitts, 8th Art.
George W. Blythe, 108th Inf.
Thomas Brakens, 151st Inf.
Ryan Barber, 8th Art.
Hollister Bacon, 12th Bat.
Vernon Bennett. Marcus H. Chappell, 8th Art.
Charles Cowell, jr., 8th Art.
John W. Cooley, 8th Art. James P. Collins, 104th Cav.
Cornelius Churchill, 8th Art. John Carl, 8th Art.
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James Caley, 108th Inf. Alfred S. Covill, 12th Bat. Ira J. Clark, 8th Art. Edward Douglas. John Darwin,
George Plumley, 151st Inf.
Franklin K. Palnotte, 8th H. Art. John Radler, 8th H. Art.
Merritt H. Raymond, 12th Bat.
John M. Russell, 12th Bat.
John Dixon, 151st Inf.
Alexander Dixon, 151st Inf.
Willis Raymond 27th Inf.
Seneca Eggleston, 8th Art.
John Sullivan, 2d Mounted Rifles.
Jeremiah Feathers, 12th Bat.
Leonard Simmons, 4th Cav.
Byron Finney, 17th Bat.
Peter Guelf, 28th Inf.
A. H. Smith, 4th Cav. Elisha Smith.
John Halverson, 8th Art.
William H. Higgins, 12th Bat.
John Hard, 8th Art.
John Ireland, 8th Art.
Ezra King, 8th Art.
Charles Kinney, 108th Inf.
George W. King, 108th Inf.
George Kendrick, 108th Inf.
Vincent P. Kelley, 108th Inf.
James Stragogan, 12th Bat.
Merrit W. Kidder.
Alexander Telan, 12th Bat.
Joseph Lee, 3d Cav.
Isaac Tooley, 12th Bat.
Robert G. Lewis, 3d Cav.
Abram Van Zandt, 151st Inf.
William Lee, 108th Inf
James H. Van Zandt, 151st Inf.
William Lovell, 8th H. Art.
Geo. W. White, 2d Mounted Rifles.
James Morrisey, 8th H. Art.
Elijah White, 2d Mounted Rifles.
Lyman McDonald, 4th Cav.
Jerome Webster.
A. M. McDonald, 4th Cav.
Joseph White, 8th H. Art.
Samuel A. Mulford, 4th Cav.
Henry White, 8th H. Bat.
John McPherson, 27th Inf.
James Weeks, 151st Inf.
Ira Maxon, 8th H. Art.
John Wallace, 19th Bat.
George Maxon, 12th Bat.
Milburn Whited, 12th Bat.
Thomas Moffit, 3d Cav.
Albert Warring, 151st Inf.
Milo McDonald, 8th H. Art.
Manford Walker, 8th H. Art.
David Miller, 151st Inf.
Andrew White, 12th Bat.
Ransom Owens, 151st Inf.
Simeon Webster, 8th H. Art.
Harrybrand Orsland, 151st Inf.
Albert Wilcox, 105th Inf.
Reuben Seitser.
Charles Simkins, 12th Bat.
John W. Simkins, 151st Inf.
Martin Smith, 8th H. Art.
Claus Sulstead, 8th H. Art.
Daniel Smith, 8th II. Art.
Peter L. Smith, 151st Inf.
James Seitser, 4th Cav.
Allen Feathers, 3d Cav.
Edgar Rice. Oliver Rowley, 27th Inf.
Benjamin F. Eggleston, 8th Art.
Marlow S. Spicer, 12th Bat.
The town of Kendall contains an area of 19,944 acres. Its real estate was assessed in 1893 at $842,469 and its personal property at $61,550. The taxes aggregated $9,025.17, the rate per cent. being .009225. Two incorporated companies do business in the town, whose real estate was
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assessed in 1893 as follows: Western Union Telegraph Company, $600; R., W. & O. R. Co. (N. Y. C. & H. R. R. Co. lessee), $83, 160. The population in 1890 was 1,775. The town officers for 1894 are Charles S. Bridgeman, supervisor ; Ephraim J. Fuller, town clerk ; John W. Crandall, commissioner of highways; Charles F. Burt, M. W. Kidder, A. D. Weed, Seldon E. Williams, justices of the peace ; William Baxter, collector; Charles Stone, overseer of the poor; George Porter, John Wolf, Charles Fish, assessors.
The Lake Ontario division of the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad traverses the town centrally from east to west, giving ex- cellent facilities for travel and transportation. In 1872 the town was bonded for $60,000 to aid in the construction of this road, which was completed through Kendall in 1876. The road has stations at East Kendall and Kendall village. The bonded indebtedness has been gradu - ally reduced till now it aggregates about $9,000.
KENDALL .- This village is locally known as Kendall Corners, and until the post-office was established here in 1835 it was called North Murray. This post-office was the first one in the town. S. Kinney was the postmaster and William R. Bassatt had the contract for carry- ing the mail, making weekly trips. It is the principal village in the town. The construction of the railroad through the place has made it quite an important market for country produce. It once had a steam grist mill, which was erected about 1860 by Mr. Campbell of Rochester, who operated it two or three years, when it was destroyed by fire and never rebuilt. Reuben Shoals, from New Hampshire, made the first clearing on the site now occupied by this village. He cut and piled the timber on a small piece of land in the northwest corner of lot 220 in the fall of 1816, but did nothing further and Orrin Doty subsequently purchased the lot. The first building was a double log house erected by Reuben Roblee and Lyman Spicer in 1821. This was used as a tavern about 1827 and was kept by Robert and Orman Spicer. In 1830 Lyman Spicer succeeded Roblee, and it was conducted by them several years John S. Winn kept a public house here as early as 1835. In 1843 Orman Spicer put up a frame dwelling and started a temperance hotel. The present neat hotel was built by M. W. Butler and was en- larged and repaired by its proprietor, Luther Foster. The first store
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was opened by Gideon W. Burbank, about 1829 in part of a dwelling house. Some of the early merchants here were Lewis L. and William W. Peet, Webster & Peasley, and Henry Higgins. S. H. Sanford be- gan business here in 1872. J. H. Lotz opened a hardware store about 1880, was burned out, rebuilt, and the establishment is now kept by E. J. Fuller. The place has now three churches, a school house, a hotel, three general stores, a hardware store, a millinery, a meat market, a warehouse, one harness shop, a coal yard, an evaporator, a fruit storage house, a livery, a cider mill, a grist mill, two barber shops, a wagon shop, two blacksmith shops, a shoe shop, two physicians, two public halls and about 300 inhabitants. The present postmaster is Fred B. Mulford, became a merchant here a few years since.
MORTON .- Near this place was made the first settlement in the town, yet from a business standpoint it is the youngest village in Kendall. With its post- office and station it has always been known as East Ken- dall, the name being officially changed to Morton July 1, 1894, in honor of Hon. Levi P. Morton. The first store was managed by Major Wil- liam Allis as agent for John W. Strong, of Rochester. Gideon W. Burbank also carried on mercantile business here in an early day. Andrew Clark became a merchant soon afterward. After his death, in 1883, the business passed into the hands of his son, A. C. Clark. In 1884 George L. Lovejoy established a store, of which in 1888 Webster Defendorf became the proprietor. It is now conducted by T. R. Wil- liams & Son. In 1876 John Elliott built a warehouse and in 1878 a cold storage fruit house. In 1888 he and W. D. Sturges started an evaporator. The place also has a clothing store, one or two dealers in hardware and agricultural implements, several mechanics, and about 150 inhabitants. There are two churches on the Monroe county side of the village. The post- office here was established in 1861 with Andrew Clark as postmaster, who held the position about twenty years. The present incumbent, Mary E. Barrows, was appointed in December, 1893.
KENDALL MILLS .- Ose Webster, from whose family this village was long known as Webster's Mills, was the first permanent settler here. He established mills and gave the place a considerable business importance, which his children and grandchildren have maintained and increased.
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His son, Ephraim K. Webster, was during his life especially active in its various interests. The first store was opened by Benjamin Cope- land about 1842. The first hotel was started about 1862, by Isaac Amsden, who changed a dwelling house to that use. The village now has two churches, one store, a hotel, a grist mill, a saw mill, a cooperage, a stave and heading mill, two blacksmith shops, one physician, and about 150 inhabitants. The post-office of Kendall Mills was established here in 1844 with Cassius Marvin as postmaster.
WEST KENDALL .- The first store at this place was built and stocked about 1840 by Gen. Henry Higgins; it was kept by Samuel H. Wood. The same year Peter L. Smith started a blacksmith shop. Among the industries that have flourished here are Clinton Kendrick, tailor ; Wil- liam Smith, wagonmaker; Paul Kendrick, carpenter; and Tafft & Appelin, merchants. The village now contains two stores, a church, a blacksmith shop, and a wagon shop. The post-office was established in 1848 with N. J. Appelin as postmaster. The present incumbent is David Root.
TROUTBURG .- Half a century since there was a fishing station at the lake shore on the line between Orleans and Monroe counties. It de- rived the name "Troutburg " from the large numbers of lake trout that were caught in the lake here. Hiram Redmond first began to keep a place of entertainment in the house that was built for fishing purposes. The land there was purchased by Asa Lee from Levi Hard between forty and fifty years since, and in 1860 it was transferred to his daugh- ter-in-law, Mrs. S. J. Lee. The place began to assume importance as a summer resort, and Mrs. Lee, from time to time, erected new build- ings to meet the wants of the public. About 1880 C. T. Bush built a hotel on the Monroe county side of the line, and it was named from him the Bush House. The hotel in Kendall is known as the Ontario House. Within ten years the erection of summer cottages was com- menced, and the place now commands considerable importance as a summer resort. The Ontario House was sold by Mrs. Lee, in 1887, to William Sturges. In 1890 it was purchased by Menzo Story.
M. E. Church .- A remarkable revival occurred in Kendall in the summer of 1837. It was long known as "the big barn revival," be- cause the meetings were held in a barn owned by Ezra Spicer, near 86
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Kendall village. The result of this was the formation of a class with more than fifty members and Orman Spicer as leader. Revs. Knapp and Wallace, who had conducted the meetings, remained for a time and ministered to this class. The society erected a house of worship in the village of Kendall in 1857. It was a wooden structure, and cost $2,500. Some seventeen years prior to the erection of this house the society purchased a lot opposite the present school house, and built thereon a parsonage. This was sold in 1868, and the present parsonage adjoin- ing the church, was built at a cost of $1,500. The society was incor- porated March 1, 1858, with Orrin J. Smith, Jacob .Kocher, N. M. Requa, Nelson Coe, Anthony Blake, P. A. Simkins, and L. B. Felt as trustees. Among the pastors who served this class prior to 1846, the names are remembered of :
Revs. Hiram May, Anderson, Story, Wesley Cochran, R. C. Foot, Egbert Sellick, William Sever, Striker and Whited. Since 1845 the pastors have been, in the order named : Revs. R. C. Foot, Ralph Clapp, E. Clement, J. B. Lanckton, W. D. Buck, J. J. Gridley, J. H. Wallace, W. F. Conable, William Cooley, Alfred W. Abel, J. Kennard, A. L. Buck, Milo Scott, N. Jones, J. McEwen, William Barrett, G. W. Ferry, H. L. Newton, A. L. Maryott, S. S. Ballou, John Ager, G. E. Ackerman, E. J. Whitney, A. W. Hayes, H. E. Milliman, J. N. Simkins, Vosburg, J. W. Criswell, and T. M. Williams, (since October, 1893).
The society has now about sixty members.
At East Kendall an M. E. class was organized in 1830, and at first its meetings were held in the school house there. In 1833 it united with the Free Will Baptist Society in the erection of a house of worship which was known as the Union Church of East Kendall. The house was a wooden structure, stood on the east side of the county line. Its cost was $2,000. During more than forty years the two societies wor- shiped in that house with almost entire harmony. The class has al- ways been included in the charge at Kendall. Services were regularly held here till about 1876, after which the members worshiped at Ken- dall village.
The West Kendall class was also included in the Kendall charge. In 1846 a wooden church building was erected by the society there, at a cost of about $2,000. The meetings were discontinued after Rev. Mr. Barrett left and the edifice was sold to the lodge of Good Templars in 1892.
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The Baptist Church of Kendall .- On August 31, 1831, a council of ministers and delegates met at the house of Reuben Roblee, in the pres- ent village of Kendall, and organized the North Murray Baptist Con- ference. The constituent members were: Cyrus Barker, Elisha Rice, William Reed, Francis Drake, Reuben Roblee, Stanton Burdick, Mrs. Barker, Mrs. Rice, Mrs. Reed, Mrs. Lee, Mrs. Drake, Mary Roblee, Lucinda Burdick, Deborah Densmore, Phebe N. Everts, Laura Burnett, Sophia Spencer, and Amanda Collar. This conference was recognized as a regular church by a council which met at Kendall February 1, 1832, and in September of the same year it was received by the Monroe Bap- tist Association. The first delegates to the association were : Rev. J. Woodard, S. P. Soule, and Byron Densmore. The first deacons of the church were : Cyrus Barker and Reuben Roblee. A legal organiza- tion was effected January 31, 1833, under the name of the First Baptist Society of North Murray. The first trustees were : John Beach, Cyrus Barker, Reuben Roblee, Elisha Rice, and G. W. Burbank. A site was purchased and a meeting house was commenced in 1834. In January, 1835 a union with the Congregational Society was effected and the joint society completed the church building, thefirst in the present town of Kendall. It was occupied for worship alternately by the Baptists and Congregationalists during several years, till the former purchased the interest of the latter. The preachers who have served this church have been :
Revs. Jonas Woodward, Edmund Goodnough, Daniel Dye, Eleazer Savage, A. Mason. George Walker, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Inman, J. J. Fuller, Charles Clutz, Warham Mudge, William Putnam, Benjamin Warren, J. D. Clark, A. J. Ball, L. Brasted, F. L. Smith.
By reason of deaths and removals of its prominent members the church became weaker and weaker till it was nearly extinct; and in 1873 its house of worship came to be occupied by the Advent society. It is now leased to the German Lutherans.
The Presbyterian Church of Kendall .- The records of this church prior to 1850 are lost, but it is remembered that on the 14th of Jan- uary, 1833, it was organized as a Congregational Church. In 1834 and 1835 it united with the Baptists in the erection of a house of wor- ship, in which it held services alternately with them till 1844, when it sold to them its interest in the building and commenced the erection of a
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new church edifice. This was partially finished and was used several years before it was completed. In 1844 the church adopted the Pres- byterian form of government, and was made a part of the Rochester Presbytery. In 1850 the ruling elders were Steuben S. Forbes, Seth Cook, and W. L M. Mead. The deacons Samuel Pettibone, Seth Cook, and Leman N. Smith; and on the Ist of January, 1851, the number of members was sixty. In 1844 Rev. Mr. Kinmore was pastor of the church. He was followed by Revs. Roswell Brooks, John Powell, and G. I. B. Miller, but there were times when the church was without a pastor. For a few years after 1862 preaching was supplied regularly, but it finally ceased, the church became extinct, and its house of wor- ship is used as a place of meeting by the Good Templars.
The Universalist Church of Kendall .- Without a formal organization a Universalist society existed in Kendall as early as about 1832, and services were occasionally held in the Baptist Church. In 1840 Rev. Stephen S. Miles became pastor and preached regularly during two years. In 1854 a society was regularly organized with about seventy members, and the next year a church edifice was erected, at a cost of $2,300. Rev. John J. Austin became pastor at the organization of the society, and continued till 1862. Then during ten years there was no regular preaching ; but in 1872 Rev N. Snell was engaged and served the society a portion of the time during two years. The house of wor- ship is now occupied by the Free Masons for lodge meetings.
The Advent Church of Kendall was organized on the 3d of June 1873, at the Baptist meeting house in Kendall village with twenty-three members. D. C. Higgins, Burre Naess, Andrew Labar, A. B. Town- send, and Noah Elwell were chosen trustees ; D. C. Higgins, clerk ; and James Vandermark, treasurer. The first deacons were Judson Knight and Orman Spicer. The society repaired the Baptist Church building at an expense of about $500 and occupied it as a place of worship. The first preacher was Mrs. L. M. Stoddard, who was mainly instrumental in the organization of the society. She was followed by Revs. Stevens, Milton R. Miles, and Morris Owen. No services have been held during some years.
The German Lutheran Concordia Congregation (original Augsburg Confession) in Kendall village was organized May 17, 1887, with twenty-
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eight members, at a meeting held for the purpose at the house of Christian Schepler by Rev. Carl N. Conrad, of Rochester. The society occupied the old Universalist church until November, 1891, when it leased the Baptist church edifice, which it has since used. The first pastor was Rev. John J. Heissler, who was succeeded by Rev. Frederick W. Possin, he in turn by Rev. Frederick Th. Teegen, and the latter by Rev. John J. Flierl, who resigned in April, 1894. The society started a parochial school in October, 1887, in Spring's hall, and soon afterward erected a school house on the Universalist church lot. A piece of land was finally purchased of Alexander Cummings and the building moved on to it. The school has always been under the trustees of the German church and has been taught by the pastor in charge. It has an average attendance of fourteen pupils. The church has about eighty-five communicants and a Sunday school of some forty or fifty scholars, with Carl Schwartz as superintendent. The present (1894) trustees of the church are : William H. Behnke, Frederick Bull, John J. Schepler, August Bonke, Carl Bonke, Carl Juers, Frederick Scheick, and Frederick Lotzow. The organization of this church and the subsequent formation of the parochial school was effected through the persevering efforts of three men-John Wolff, William H. Behnke, and Christian Schepler.
The Free Will Baptist Church of East Kendall .- In 1828 Elder Eli Hannibal organized this society in the school house near East Kendall, and services were held there till the completion of the Union church edifice.
Elder Hannibal, the organizer and for many years a pastor of this church, was the pioneer preacher of this denomination in all this section of country. In barns, log houses, school houses, dwellings, churches, and in the forest, wherever the people were assembled or could be called together, he preached the Gospel to thousands of his fellow creatures, converted and baptized many hundreds, built up religious or- ganizations, and consecrated churches. He was born in Fairfield, Conn., March 18, 1780, was ordained a minister of the Free Will Baptist church June 12, 1824, and died at his home in Waterport, Orleans county, August 27, 1876.'
Rev. Mr. Bathrick was pastor for a short time, after the death of Elder Hannibal, and after him Rev. Mr. Taylor. Rev. J. B. Randall became pastor in 1878, followed by Revs. C. A. Hilton, Edwin Pimlott, F. O.
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Dickey, Hiram Schoonover, S. W. Schoonover, and Mr. Tanner. In 1889 the society built a tasteful and commodious house of worship at a cost of $3,000. They have also a parsonage.
The First Presbyterian church of East Kendall was organized May 31, 1890, with thirteen members, the present number being thirty-one. On the site of the Union church, which was erected in 1834, the society built a neat frame edifice at a cost of $4,500. It was dedicated Septem- ber 10, 1891. The frame work of the old building was incorporated in the new structure. The present pastor is Rev. George Strasenbnrgh, M.D. The Sunday school has about sixty-five members.
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