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Numerous settlements were made in Alexander during these years. Among those who located in that town, despite the calamity which had befallen Western New York, were the following, most of whom came in 1815:
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General Josiah Newton, Captain Marcellus Fellows, Asahel Warner, Stephen Day, Josiah Goodrich, Wolcott Marsh, Emory Blodgett, Solo- mon Blodgett, Frederick Balch, Luther Chaddock, Thomas Chaddock, Dennis B. Chaddock, Newcombe Demary, Nathaniel Loomis, Joshua Rix, all of whom came during or just previous to 1815; Noah North, James A. North, and Eben North, sons of Noah North (a pioneer of 1808), Daney Churchill, Cherrick Van De Bogart, Timothy Haskins, James R. Jackman, G. Kelsey, James Lewis, Lyman Brown, Ira Newton, N. Manson, J. G. Tiffany, who came in 1816; Silas Southwell, Jonas Stimars, James Stimars, Ezra W. Osborn, S. C. Spring, David Halsted, 1812; Ebenezer Scoville, Guy Shaw, Philip Cook, 1819; Daniel F. Bowen, S. B. Brainard, Sanford Riddle, C. J. Hawkins, S. B. Smith, 1820; Eliph- alet Peck, Horace B. Houghton, Benjamin Simonds, John Simonds, Moses Dickinson, Philo Porter, O. T. Fargo, 1824; Charles Austin, 1825.
Among those who located within the limits of the present town of Bergen during the few years succeeding the war were William P. Mun . ger, William Gorton, Lathrop Farnham, Linus Beecher and Alva Ste- vens, who established homes there between 1814 and 1816. The tem- perance society established in town in 1826 had these members: Rev. Josiah Pierson, Rev. Heman Halsey, Deacon Pitman Wilcox, Deacon John Spencer, H. H. Evarts and Henry D. Gifford. Others who resided in town during this period, some of whom may have come before the war, included Rev. R. Darwin, John T. Bliss, David Fancher, Milton Bird, Thomas Templeton, Daniel Robinson, Levi Ward, Levi Ward, jr., Benjamin Wright, Alexander White, John Gifford, Simon Pierson, Selah Wright, Rev. Allen Hollister, Russell Pierson, Luther C. Pierson, Rev. Elisha Mason.
Most of the settlements in Bethany were made before the war of 1812. Among those who located there after that event or during the last year of the war were the following:
1813, Abner Ashley, S. Bowers. Josiah Churchill, Captain Lodowick Champlin, W. R. Dixon, John Eastland, I. Everest, John Metcalf, Harvey Prindle, John Page, Nathan Rumsey; 1814, Thomas Adgate, Charles Dixon, T. Fay, Alanson D. Lord, Rufus Munger, W. F. Nor- ton; 1815, James Bennett, jr., Charles Brisbee, Richard B. French, John Green, John Lincoln, A. Parsons, J. Saunders, James Stewart, Benjamin Smith; 1516, G. Cottreil, J. Rolfe, Asahel Shepard, James Shepard; 1817, Daniel Hyde, B. Barlow; 1818, David Merritt, Jared S. Lord; 1819, S. Debow, - Gardner; 1824, James Baker; 1825,
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Orange Allen, R. R. Brown; 1828, Aaron Bailey; 1829, E. C. Dibble ; 1832, Nathaniel Huggins; prior to 1825, Richard Powers, Ira Waite, Matilda Wedge, Samuel Jolles, C. J. Lincoln.
Some of those who settled in Byron were:
1813, Abner Thompson, Andrew Hunter Green, William Shepherd; 1814, John Searls, Ira Newburg, Asa Williams; 1815, Seth C. Lang- don, Jason Adams, James Tillotson, Asa Merrill; 1816, Chester Mann, A. Norton, Abner Chase, William Warn, Lyman Warn, Milo Warn; 1817, Joseph Barker, Marcus Barker, Andrew Adams, Jonathan Wright, William Peckham. David Mann, Charles Beswick; 1818, Moses Giliett, Levi Fish, Calvin Wells; 1819, Harmon Norton, Erastus Nor- ton, W. S. Miller; 1828, Miles G. White; 1818, Rev. Herman Halsey; 1523, Jacob Bushman : 18:2, Milton Allen ; 1826, Pierpont E. Bull.
In Darien these settlements are recorded :
1813, Harvey Butler. Anson Ackley, Jonathan Hastings, Hiram Hedges, John A. Lathrop, Josiah Lee, William Vickery, Thomas Vickery, John McCollister, Thorp Wildman; 1814, Daniel Marsh, Horace Sloan, William B. Garfield, John Webb, Jonathan Vickery; 1813, Baxter Gilbert, Ezra Clark, A. Hutchinson, Shadrach Harmon, Quartus Lee, D. J. Lee, Obadiah Jenks, Elijah Lamb, Joshua Peters, jr., David Salisbury. Ephraim Sumner; 1816, David Anderson, Col- onel Jesse Safford, Benajah Griswold, William Cole, Daniel C. Stoddard, John L. Hoyie, Julius Wildman, John Seaver; 1817, C. Dodge, John W. Brown, Elisha H. Lathrop, Davis Huntley, Hugh Wallis, Noah Winslow; 1818, Elijah Lee, Philo Farnham, Lemmel Stickney, Adna Tiffany, Silas Tiffany; 1819, James Booth, Justus Fales, L. H. Colby, Samuel Harroun, Oliver Harper, Zebulon Jones, Stephen King, Anson Lathrop, Caroline Lathrop. William Shumway, John W. Willett. Ben- jamin Sloan.
In Elba the following located during this period: Chester Scott about 1817; Nathaniel Ford and Thomas Griffin, 1820; prior to 1822. Washington Gardner, James Fuller, John Wilson, Elisha Buck, Robert Irwin, Abraham Sleeper, James Harris, Richard Shotwell, Isaac Shot- well, Smith Lane, Wanton Aldrich, Israel Hoag, Miles Britton; about 1819, Samuel Laing ; and the following, the years of whose coming are unknown, though all were residing in the town in 1820; Lemuel Foster, Mason Turner, George Milis, Charles Woodworth, John Underhill, Erastus Wolcott, Isatie Benedict, Jeremiah Wilford, Mark Turner, Dudley Sawyer, Isaac Higley, Eleazur D. Davis, Ichabod Hinckley
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Samuel White, Nehemiah Ingersoll, Martin Wilson, Joseph Jones, Abraham Gifford, Joseph Walter.
Few settlements were made in Oakfield during these years. Aaron Brown came from Chili in 1815, John Underhill and his son, Alfred Underhill, came at the same time. Isaac Stringham and Reuben Norton came about 1818. David C. Reed came in 1825.
Among those who removed to Pavilion were the following :
1813, Aaron Tufts, Ezra Coe, Harry Coe, Isaac Crocker, Francis Ruby: 1814, J. E. Holcomb, Leonard Anson, Elijah Cheney, John Hendee, Elijah Olmsted. W. C. Smead, Marshall Smead, Jesse Snow; 1815, T. Butler, Naomi Davis, Rufus Glass, William Glass, Seth Miles, Darius Howe, James Nobles, John Reed, Elijah Rogers, Seth Smith, James Tompkins. Daniel Ward. Washington Weld, Samuel Webb; 1816, Chester Hannam. Horace Hannum, Eli Carr, Joel Crofoot, Fran- cis Royce. Amos Halbert, Bial Lathrop, Daniel Knowlton: 1817, Horace Bates, Erastus Bailey: 1818. Chauncey Tillotson, John Ward; 1819, Oswald Bond, Carlton Cooley, Albert Hill, Charles Hill; 1820, William Gilmore. George Tubbs; 1822, Jason Duguid, Asa Higgins; 1523, Dr. Warren Fay; 1824. John Doty; 1825, Horace S. Coe, George - Murray, Simeon Dutton, Alexander Boyd; 1826, Edward Lauderdale; 1827, Ira Townsend.
The number of settlements in Pembroke during this period was lim- ited. Calvin Cummings came in 1816, Reuben Millett in 182:, Rev. Hugh Wallace in 1816. Other early settlers, the dates of whose arriv- als are not known, included Benjamin Wells, Daniel McCracken, George Porter, Henry Porter. Selah Kidder, George Dennison, Burnham Barber.
The records show the names of the following settlers in the town of Stafford :
1813, Merritt King; 1814, Peter Stage; 1815, Eden Foster, Noble Daniels; 1516, Adget Lathrop, David McCracken; 181}, Abel Cross; 1818, Chester Scott; 1819, Joel Philleo, B. Clark, J. J. Reynolds, John S. Blair; 1821, B. Bristol. Beside these the following located on the Craigie tract :
1815, J. Bushnell. D. Biddlecome; 1817, C. Sweetland; 1820, E. Northrup; 1821, D. Laid: 1823, E. Wright; 1824, S. Plant; 1826, E. W. Cobb. Other early inhabitants included families named Lent, Bannister, Coon, Snow. Tomlinson, Tanner, Pratt, Lewis, Beckley, Reynolds, Terry, Drury, Hubbard, Bangs, Kelsey, Ellis, Danolds, Kendall, Judd, Blish, Stutterd, Hinsdale, Kellogg, Smith and Randall.
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The newcomers were for the most part men in rugged health, vig- orous intellects, indomitable courage and possessed of the true spirit of enterprise. No prospects of hardships daunted them. Whatever prob- lem confronted them, they uniformly rose superior to the occasion. By reason of their efforts the country was rapidly developed. New mills, new shops, foundries, stores and other forms of industry dotted the country here and there, replacing the half dead community with signs of life and activity on all sides. They built school houses and founded churches. Obstacles, sometimes seemingly insurmountable, were finally overcome by the sturdy and determined inhabitants, and Genesee county took on a new lease of life.
The industrial development during the period between the close of the war of 1812 and the beginning of the war of the Rebellion-four years less than half a century-was gradual, but steady and, best of all, of the most substantial and beneficent character. Batavia experienced greater results than any other section of the country.' Second to Ba- tavia came Le Roy.
The development of the village of Le Roy fortunately had not ceased during the war, though of necessity the inhabitants suffered greatly. Even while the war was in progress, in 1812, J. & A. Nobles built a carding factory in the village. Another was in operation during and after the war by a man named Stewart. Brick yards were conducted by Martin O. Coe and Uni Hurlburt. There were several distilleries -for, while corn would not pay for its transportation, the whiskey which could be made from it would. Thomas Tufts was the first to open a distillery. Elisha Stanley soon after built one on Fort Hill. Others were conducted by William Morgan, J. & M. Colton, J. H. Lent, Dickey, Lampson, Merry and Foot. In 1822 Joseph Annin built the largest distilling plant in Western New York at that time, manufactur- ing proof spirits for the eastern trade.
In 181; Elijah Warner began the manufacture of potash, which he continued until 1823. Thaddeus Joy and Mr. Sherman also engaged in - the same business soon after Mr. Warner opened his ashery. In 1815 or 1816 an oil mill was started by Martin O. Coe. This afterwards be- came successively the property of L. C. Morgan, Foreman, Starr & Co., I. M. Foreman, and Mr. Rogers. In 1820 James Ballard began the manufacture of hats, which he continued for about a dozen years.
1 An account of the industrial, commercial, educational, religious and social development of this town appears in the chapter devoted to the history of Batavia
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About the same time A. E. Hutchins and D. Seavey operated a small chair factory.
In 1831 John Tomlinson built a large grist and flour mill two miles southwest of Le Roy village, on the Oatka. Several years after a mill was operated at the same point by Thomas Tufts. In 1822 Jacob Le Roy built a flouring mill about a mile north of the village. In 1869 this property was sold to W. F. Jones, who made wrapping paper there until 1887, when it was destroyed by fire. An early tannery, located on the flats below Tomlinson's mill, was conducted by D. & W. Graves. Samuel Clifford began the operation of a carding mill in 1833. Thomas Ladd opened a wagon shop in 1818, working there at his trade for about forty years. In 1854 his son, M. A. Ladd, constructed a two-story stone building, in which he continued the business established by his father.
Le Roy was well supplied with taverns in these early days. In 1819 Major James Ganson, eldest son of Captain John Ganson, sr., built the Eagle hotel on Main street, on the site of the original Eagle tavern, which had been previously conducted by " Auntie " Wemple. He also built a tavern on the corner of Main and North streets, which he after- ward sold to Sfr. Hosmer of Avon. The Globe and Eagle tavern, built in 1816, was first conducted by Rufus Robertson. Mr. Walbridge suc- ceeded to the management in 1826, and after him Elisha Stanley, J. H. Stanley, Lyman Ballard, A. G. Collins and others were proprietors. John Lent also had a tavern on the hill.
The malting industry was inaugurated at Le Roy at an early day, but there is in existence no authentic record regarding it. The flouring mill built by Jacob Le Roy, which has been referred to, was sold by him, upon his removal to New York, to Joshua Lathrop. After various changes the property came into possession of C. F. Prentice and J. D. Cameron in 1866.
So great had been the development of Le Roy, and so progressive was the spirit of its inhabitants, that in 1834 it was decided to ask the Legislature to grant it a charter. This was done on May 5, 1834. By this act incorporating the village, the corporation limits were defined as follows:
All that part of the town of Le Roy, in the county of Genesee, bounded as follows, to wit: Beginning at a point in the centre of the Niagara road, where a road run- ning north by Israel Rathbun's west line intersects the Niagara road; thence along said north road so far that a line running west drawn parallel with the Niagara road
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shall intersect the triangular road at George W. Blodgett's north line: thence west on said line to a line running south, drawn parallel to the west side of John Lent's farm; thence south on said hine so far as to intersect a line running east parallel to the Niagara road, by the south side of the widow Munn's laud; thence east on said line so far as to intersect a line running north, to the place of beginning; thence north to the place of beginning.
The charter further provided as follows:
The first annual meeting . shall be holden on the first Monday in June next, at two o'clock in the afternoon, at the house now kept by Theodore Dwight.
At this election Joshua Lathrop, Johu Lent, Rufus Robertson, Theo- dore Dwight and Dennis Blakely were chosen trustees. S. M. Gates was elected clerk and Heman J. Redfield treasurer.
With the rapid increase in the business of various kinds transacted in Le Roy came the necessity of better banking facilities, and the mer. chants and manufacturers of the town decided, in 1838, to establish a bank in that village. This institution was organized as the Genesee County Bank December 8, 1838, with these directors: Israel Rathbun, Miles P. Lampson, John Lent, Elisha Stanley, jr., Samuel Skinner, Isaac N. Stage, Alfred Wilcox, Marshall Smead, Lucius Parks, Noah Starr, Jamc., C. Ferris, Warren Fay and John B. Skinner. The first officers of the bank were: Israel Rathbun, president; John Lent, vice- president; Miles P. Lampson, cashier; Samuel Skinner, attorney. From the date of its incorporation to the present time there has been no break in the operation of the bank, though it has been reorganized and re- named on several occasions. In 1865 it was succeeded by the First National Bank of Le Roy, with these directors: Miles P. Lampson, William Lampson, Miles P. Lampson, jr., Benjamin F. Ballard, Ran- dolph Ballard and Miles F. Bixby, who were also its first shareholders. The capital stock of one hundred thousand dollars was increased June 5, 1865, to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Miles P. Lampson was the first president, William Lampson the first vice-president, and Benjamin F. Ballard the first cashier. Miles P. Lampson died March 2, 1869, having served continuously as an officer of the bank from the date of its organization.
January 3, 1885, the National Bank of Le Roy was authorized to be. gin business with a capital stock of one hundred thousand dollars, suc- ceeding to the business of the First National Bank. Of this bank the first directors were William Lampson, Miles P. Lampson, jr., Ran- dolph Ballard, John Maloney and Butler Ward, who were also the only
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shareholders. The National Bank of Le Roy went out of existence July 1, 1889, and upon the same day its successor, the Bank of Le Roy, a State institution, which still transaets business under that name, be. gan its career. Amid all these changes the original bank and its suc- cessors have always occupied the old building on the northeast corner of Main and Bank streets. Miles P. Lampson, jr., died December 14, 1896; William Lampson died February 14, 1897, and Butler Ward, the present chief officer of the bank, assumed the duties of his position February 23, 1897.
In the existing records of the bank there is a hiatus, from August, 1855, to the date of the organization of the First National Bank in 1865. The records show the following officers of the Genesee County Bank from 1838 to 1855:
Presidents .- 1838-40, Israel Rathbun; 1841-44, John Lent: 1845-4%, Marshall Smead; 1843-49. John Lent; 1850- - , Miles P. Lampson. (It is known, however, that Mr. Lampson remainel president as long as the bank existed).
Vice-presidents .- 1838-40, John Lent: 1841-42, Marshall Smead; 1843, Rufus H. Smith; 1844-47, James C. Ferris; 1848-50, Elisha Stanley; 1851- - , John Lent.
Cashiers .- 1838-49, Miles P. Lampson; 1850-51, H. U. Howard; 1852- - , S. T. Howard. (Mr. Howard served as cashier as late as 1800, and perhaps later).
The officers of the First National Bank of Le Roy were as follows :
Presidents .- 1865-68, Miles P. Lampson; 1869-85, William Lampson.
Vice-presidents .- 1865-68, William Lampson; 1869-61, Charles Mor- gan; 1612-17, Elisha Stanley; 1878-82, Randolph Ballard; 1883-85, Miles P. Lampson, jr.
Cashiers .- 1865-12, Benjamin F. Ballard: June, 1872, to 1885, But- ler Ward.
Assistant Cashiers .- 1868, Miles P. Lampson, jr. ; 1884-85, Robert L. Taft.
During its brief career the National Bank of Le Roy had these offi- cers, without change :
President, William Lampson; vice-president, Miles P. Lampson, jr. ; cashier, Butler Ward; assistant cashier, William C. Donnan.
The Bank of Le Roy has had the following officers:
Presidents .- 1889-97, William Lampson; February 23, 1896, to the present time, Butler Ward.
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Vice-presidents .- 1889-96, Miles P. Lampson; 1895-98, John Ma- loney.
Cashiers .- 1889-97, Butler Ward; 1896-98, William C. Donnan.
Assistant Cashiers .- 1889-96, William C. Donnan; 1897-98, Harold B. Ward.
Le Roy's citizens at an early date adopted measures for protection against the ravages of fire. For many years the custom of keeping fire buckets distributed conveniently about the village was in vogue, and many an incipient blaze was thereby quenched before it could make any considerable headway. In 1834 the village authorities purchased a hand engine operated by two hand cranks. A few years later a small brake engine was purchased for the use of the fire company. February 8, 1851, a regular fire department was organized. In the same year the Le Roy Firemen's Benevolent Association was chartered, its mem- bership being limited to active members of the fire department.
Among the enterprises founded in Stafford during these years of commercial and manufacturing development were the Roanoke roller mills, which were built in 1835 by the firm of Lay, Ganson & Co. They were located on the Oatka. In 188? they became the property of H. C. Duguid & Son.
In 1836 Holland Earl built a flour and grist mill on Tonawanda creek at North Pembroke, which he operated for many years. In later years the mills became known as the Excelsior flouring mills.
In 181: or 1818 Erastus Bailey and Bial Lathrop built a grist mill on the site which afterward became generally known as Bailey's Mills. A new dam was built in 1528. In 1835 the property was sold to Mr. Bos- ley, in 1840 to D. W. Olmsted, and in 1843 to Erastus Bailey, the orig. inal part owner, who built a stone mill five years later.
In 1840 S. Pierce began the operation of a woolen factory at Stafford which had been built several years before by a man named Northrup. In 1845 it became the property of Knowlton, Rich & Co., and in 1853 was owned by Shaffer & Hardy. It was destroyed by fire in the latter year.
While devoting the main part of their energies to the development of the resources of the county, the establishment of various commercial institutions and manufacturing industries, etc., the inhabitants of Gen- esee county were not unmindful of the education of the youth ' in their charge or the fostering and healthful development of the spirit of piety.
1 See Chapter on Education in Generee County.
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The first church to be organized during the period covered by this chapter was St. James Protestant Episcopal church of Batavia.' This society was formally organized at a meeting held in the court house on June 6, 1815.
In the same year a stone house of worship was built by the Baptist congregation in Stafford, nearly half a mile west of the East Transit Line on the road to Batavia. The earliest services of this denomination in Stafford were conducted in 1810 by the Rev. William Green, who preached at the house of Colonel Rumsey. The first regular pastor of this church was the Rev. William Lampson. In 1816 a Christian church was organized by the Rev. Joseph Badger, and was at once consolidated with the Universalist society there. The Rev. H. Thomp- son was the first pastor, and the house of worship was built in 1833. In 18to the church became purely Christian. Another society of the same denomination built a church in the eastern part of the town in 1836; but in 1867 the property was sold and the society ceased to exist. In 1821 a Congregational church was organized, under the charge of the Presby- tery. For the first four years of its career the Rev. Mr. Huxley acted as pastor. Subsequently a Congregational and Presbyterian union church was formed, but dissatisfaction arose over the occupancy of the building and disorganization resulted.
In 1816 Elder Leonard Anson established the first Baptist church in Pavilion, with fourteen members. For several years meetings were held at various places in the neighborhood, and it was not until 1834 that the society erected a house of worship for its use. The cemetery adjoining this church is one of the oldest in the county, the first inter- ment therein, that of Peter Crosman, having been made in 1812.
Four new churches were formed in the county in 1817. Of these the First Presbyterian church of Pembroke was organized under the direc- tion of the Rev. Hugh Wallis, who acted for several years as general missionary for the Presbyterian church on the Holland Purchase. This church, small in numbers at first, experienced a steady and substantial growth. The Rev. F. B. Reed served as stated supply in 1825. The Rev. L. B. Sullivan became pastor in 1828, and three years later the first house of worship, a frame building with a seating capacity of one hundred, was erected.
St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal church of Le Roy was also organized
1 A more complete history of the various religious organizations in Batavia will be found in the chapter devoted to "The Village of Batavia."
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in 1817, under the direction of Rev. Samuel Johnson. As early as 1803 or 1804 Episcopal services had been held in Le Roy by the Rev. Da- venport Phelps, a missionary for Western New York. The number of adherents of this denomination continued to increase until it was finally deemed advisable to establish a parish. The first officers, chosen in 1812, were: Wardens, Timothy Hatch, Hugh Murphy; vestrymen, Abel Noyes, Solomon Root, George A. Tiffany, Ezra Platt, Thaddeus Stanley, Elisha Stanley, Manly Colton and Graham Newell. In 1826, during the rectorship of the Rev. Seth W. Beardsley, a stone church was erected on the site of the present edifice on Church street, on land donated for the purpose by Jacob Le Roy, who also gave one thousand dollars toward defraying the expense of constructing the building. The church was consecrated August :, 1822, by Bishop Hobart. This house of worship served the parish until 1869, when it was torn down to make way for a new church, the corner stone of which was laid April 24, 1869, under the pastorate of the Rev. J. H. Waterbury. The edi- fice was formally opened for worship December 22, 1870, but was not consecrated until November 23, 1876, when the Rt. Rev. Arthur Cleve- land Coxe, bishop of Western New York, performed that ceremony. The Rev. Dr. T. M. Bishop was serving as rector at the time of the consecration. The rectors of the parish who succeeded the Rev. Mr. Beardsley have been: 1830, J. M. Rogers; 1831. Dr. H. F. Cummings; 1833, Dr. Kendrick Metcalf; 1841, George D. Gillespie; 1846, T. D. Chipman; 1850, George H. MeKnight; 1856, R. J. Parvin; 1862, 1. M. Wylie; 1864, A. H. Gesner; 1868, J. H. Waterbury; since which time the parish has been served successively by Revs. T. M. Bishop, D. D., L. D. Ferguson, J. H. Weibel, Arthur W. Sloan and Pierre Cushing, the present rector.
The Stafford Christian church, located at Morganville, was organized October 20, 1817, by the Rev. Joseph Badger and Levi Hathaway, with eleven members. The house of worship was built some time prior to 1835. The first pastor was the Rev. Hubbard Thompson. Succeeding him the following have served the society: 1820, Jeremiah Gates; 1829, Daniel Call: 1831, Joseph Badger; 1832, Allen Crocker; 1833, Thomas Fiske; 1835, David Millard; 1836, Ebenezer Adams: 1842-45, R. A. Burgess and A. C. Parker; 1815. Joseph Weeks; 1861, J. Burlingame; 1864, I C. Tryon; 1868, William G. Wade; 1871, J. Worden; 18:3, I. C. Tryon; 1826, P. R. Sellon; 1881, William Case; 18st, I. C. Tryon ; ISSS, J. B. Clark; 1890, J. H. Carr; 1893, A. J. Wayman; 1895, Alden Allen, the present pastor.
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