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same time came Calvin Townsend, Daniel Baker and George Gilson.
This town settled up rapidly, compared with many other towns of the county, and its pioneers were mostly poor men who had little cap- ital, besides their axes and strong arms. But the terrors of the Revo- lutionary war, and the earlier struggles, had all passed before its settlement began, and there were no deteriorating circumstances to check settlement and progress.
The first town meeting was held April 1, 1794, at the house of Daniel Mason, who acted as moderator, and the first municipal officers for Hartford were there elected. By-laws relating to various public affairs were also passed at this meeting.
Following is the complete list of the supervisors and town clerks of the town since that date:
Supervisors-1795. Daniel Mason ; 1796-99, Asahel Hodge; 1800-01, David Aus- tin; 1802-03, Aaron Norton; 1804-09, Jonathan Wood; 1810-11, David Austin; 1812- 17, Jonathan Wood; 1818, Samuel Downs; 1819, Jonathan Wood; 1820, Samuel Downs; 1821, David Austin ; 1822, Samuel Downs; 1823-24. Archibald Hay; 1825-30, Slade D. Brown; 1831, Richard Sill; 1832-33, Russell Smith; 1834, Zachariah Sill : 1835, Robert Morrison ; 1836-37, George Chandler; 1838-41, Robert Morrison; 1842. George Chandler; 1843-44, Daniel M. Brown; 1845-46, William E. Congdon ; 1847-48, Caleb Brayton ; 1849-51, John P. Wood: 1852-53, Samuel D. Kidder; 1854, John P. Wood; 1855, Daniel Mason ; 1856-57, James N. Northup; 1858-60, Edward Sill; 1861- 62, Russell C. Davis; 1863-65, Milo Ingalsbe; 1866-68, John F. Whitemore; 1869-71, Andrew D. Rowe; 1872-73, David Hall; 1874-77, John E. Goodman : 1878-80, Alexan- der Gourley; 1881-82, Thomas Gilchrist; 1883-88, Lorenzo H. Hills; 1889, O. C. Baker; 1890-91, Albert M. Martin; 1892, Marvin C. Townsend; 1893-1900, John W. Arnold.
Town Clerks-1790, Asahel Hodge; 1796-98, Nathaniel Bull; 1799, David Aus- tin ; 1800-1808, Asahel Hodge; 1809-13, Samuel Gordon ; 1814, David Austin ; 1815-16, Samuel Gordon; 1817, David Austin; 1818-1820, David Doane, Jr .; 1821-23, Joseph Harris; 1824-27, Thomas McConnell; 1828, Calvin L. Parker; 1829-30, William Dorr; 1831-32, Ebenezer Lord; 1833, Alanson Allen; 1834-35. William P. Allen; 1836-37, John Carlisle; 1838, Samuel N. Harris; 1839-41, Richard Sill, Jr. ; 1842-44, Samuel Gordon; 1845, David D. Cole; 1846-48, Ira A. Perrin; 1849-50, M. N. McDonald; 1851, Ira A. Perrin; 1852, John Norton ; 1853, John Strow ; 1854, Daniel Mason ; 1855, Frederick T. Bump; 1856, Ransom Clark; 1857, John Perry; 1858, William P. Sweet: 1859, Charles D. Higley; 1860, William Park; 1861, M. N. McDonald; 1862, Edward B. Doane; 1863, M. N. McDonald; 1864-65, John Norton ; 1866-69, Rufus H. Waller; 1870-71, Samuel C. Downs; 1873, John Brayton; 1874-75, Henry C. Miller; 1876-82, Samuel C. Downs; 1883, Joel E. Woodard; 1884. William H. Ward, Jr .; 1885-86, Edgar C. Boyd; 1887-88, John W. Arnold; 1889-90, Samuel C. Downs; 1891, Elmer E. Barber; 1892-93, B. H. Brayton; 1894-95, Samuel C. Downs; 1896-98, John B. Palmer; 1899-1900, W. E. Townsend.
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The principal agricultural products of the town are potatoes and corn, of which about 50,000 bushels of each are produced annually. Dairying is also an important part of town's husbandry, and there are cheese factories at East Hartford, South Hartford and in the western part of the town.
The principal centers of this town are Hartford, South Hartford and East Hartford. The village of Hartford, once known as North Hartford, lies in the central eastern part of the town. De Witt Clinton once owned a block of land here, part of which is within the limits of Hartford village. This is the largest and most important village in the town,, and is a business center of considerable importance. It is finely situated on elevated ground, surrounded by attractive scenery, and is drained by a branch of East Creek. Various manufactories have existed here, but mercantile business has prospered most. The first store was opened by Col. John Buck and Aaron Norton. John Hamel and Samuel Harris were also early merchants. The postoffice was established in 1807, with Aaron Norton as the first postmaster.
The Baptist Church was organized in this village about the year 1787, the first meeting being held in a barn, which stood not far from the site of the present church. Amasa Brown was the first pastor. A notable incident in the life of this church occurred in 1830, when the church took extreme grounds against masonry, and eighty of its mem- bers withdrew and formed a separate society, known as the South Baptist Church. In 1843 the breach was healed and the two congre- gations united amicably. The Baptists have a fine church edifice, the bell of which was donated by the late James M. Northup. The lot upon which the church stands was donated for that purpose by De Witt Clinton.
The Methodist Episcopal Church at Hartford was regularly organ- ized in 1844, and purchased the lower Baptist church for their place of worship.
The Hartford Academy was established in 1865, and continued for about twenty years, since which time it has not been in operation.
The masonic lodge here, Herschel Lodge No. 89 F. & A. M., is the fraternal home of the Hartford masons.
South Hartford lies about two miles to the southwest of the village of Hartford, and is a thriving village. East Hartford is a hamlet in the eastern part of the town, and its site is notable as being the local- ity of some of the earliest settlers.
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The First Congregational Church of Hartford was regularly organ- ized September 18, 1810, but the congregation existed for years pre- vious to that date. They built a church in 1805, but between 1810 and 1830 no church records seem to exist. In 1865 the church had declined, but the few members who were left infused new life into the society, and with good results. Their church edifice is at South Hartford.
TOWN OF HAMPTON.
This town was called Greenfield by the early settlers, but was organized, under its present name, by an act of Legislature March 3, 1786. It is bounded on the north and east by the state of Vermont, on the west by Whitehall and on the south by Granville. It is small in area compared with most of the other towns of the county, contain- ing 12,664 acres. In shape it is long and narrow, its length extend- ing from north to south, and it forms the northeastern point of the county from Lake Champlain. The western part of the town is moun- tainous and the eastern part is diversified by hills and fertile valleys.
Hampton seems to lack the legendary Indian history of other parts of the county, and, owing to its location, was not an active theatre of war in either the Revolution or the French and Indian War.
Hampton is made up of different patents, the northern part contain- ing about two thousand acres of "Skene's Little Patent" while the remainder is made up of patents granted to British officers after the French and Indian War. The history of the land patents indicates that army officers seem to have been able to secure grants of land more easily than other men.
The first settlers came into Hampton about 1781 and were mainly from Massachusetts and Connecticut. Prominent among those from Massachusetts were Colonel Gideon Warner, Captain Benjamin C. Owen, Jason Kellogg. Leading settlers from Connecticut were Abiather Millard, Rufus Hotchkiss and Colonel Pliny Adams. Also among the early settlers of whom there is record were: Ashahel Web- ster, William Morris, Elisha Kilbourne, Enoch Wright, Samuel Waterhouse, Samuel Hooker, William Miller, Squire Samuel Beaman, Major Peter P. French, Mason Hulett and Squire Jason Kellogg.
The town of Hampton was created by an act of Legislature March 3, 1786, and the first town meeting was held May 2d of that year at the
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school house near the residence of Colonel Gideon Warner. Cap- tain Lemuel Hyde and John Howe were elected the first supervisors with James Kellogg as clerk.
Following is the list of supervisors and town clerks of the town from that date:
Supervisors-1786, John Howe ; 1786-87, Lemuel Hyde ; 1788-89. Gideon Warner ; 1790-91, John Howe; 1792, Peter P. French; 1793, John Howe; 1794-95, Peter P. French; 1796, Samuel Beaman; 1797-98, Jason Kellogg; 1799-1801, Pliny Adams; 1802-05, Jason Kellogg; 1806-08, Samuel Hooker; 1809, Pliny Adams; 1810-11, Sam- uel Hooker; 1812, Jason Kellogg; 1813-14, Samuel Hooker; 1815, Jason Kellogg; 1816-17, Beriah Rogers; 1818-20, Silas D. Kellogg; 1821, William Miller; 1822, Silas D. Kellogg; 1823, Beriah Rogers; 1824-25, Moses Ward; 1826, Beriah Rogers; 1827- 28, Ethan Warren; 1829, William Miller; 1830-31, Ethan Warren; 1832, William Miller; 1833, Samuel P. Hooker; 1834, Moses Ward; 1835, Hiram Shaw: 1836-37. Moses Ward; 1838, Hiram Shaw; 1839-40, Ethan Warren; 1841, Hiram Shaw; 1842, Henry S. Beaman; 1843, Hezekiah Bosworth; 1844-45, M. P. Hooker; 1846, Hiram Shaw; 1847-48, Roswell Clark; 1849, Seth Peck; 1850, John Ward; 1851, Martin P. Hooker; 1852, William S. Miller; 1853-54, Hiram Hitchcock: 1855, Gilbert Peck ; 1856-57, J. W. Egery; 1858, Thomas Manchester: 1859-60, Hiram Hitchcock; 1861. Thomas Manchester; 1862-63, Martin P. Hooker; 1864, Solomon P. Miller; 1865-66, Ralph Richards; 1867, Harrison Phelps: 1868-69, Martin O. Stoddard; 1870, Josiah Peck : 1871, Squire A. Warren ; 1872, Rufus H. Clark ; 1873, L. W. Manchester ; 1874- 75, Squire A. Warren ; 1876, L. W. Manchester; 1877-78, Rufus H. Clark ; 1879, L. W. Manchester; 1880-81, Thomas B. Clark; 1882, Fred H. Leonard; 1883-84, Junius L. Clark; 1885, Isaac N. Howard; 1886, John W. Donohue; 1887, R. E. Warren; 1888, Josiah Peck; 1889, Aaron C. Broughton; 1890, Charles K. New; 1891, B. E. Inman; 1892-93, Stukley T. Downs; 1894-95, Josiah Peck ; 1896-97, Stukley T. Downs ; 1898-1900, R. E. Warren.
Town Clerks-1786-1822, Jason Kellogg; 1822, Moses Ward, (to fill vacancy caused by death of Jason Kellogg;) 1823-1833, John P. Adams; 1834-36, Ethan War- ren ; 1837, John P. Adams ; 1838, Samuel H. Beaman; 1839, John P. Adams ; 1840-41, Peter Honey; 1842, John P. Adams: 1843-46, Chauncey L. Adams; 1847-55, Rufus H. Clark; 1856, John Honey; 1857-58, Rufus H. Clark; 1859-60, Peter Farnham ; 1861-73, Henry Martin ; 1874, William Hyland; 1875-77, Rufus H. Clark; 1878. Wil- liam Hyland; 1879. Rufus H. Clark; 1880-82, Henry Martin; 1883, E. Hawkins; 1884, Henry Martin : 1885, R. H. Clark; IS86, D. C. Hudson; 1887, Fred C. Jones; 1888, R. II. Clark; 1889, Ileman Stannard, Jr .; 1890-95, R. H. Clark; 1896-1900, Junius L. Clark.
Iron forges were started in the northern part of the town of Hamp- ton at an early day, and powder mills were erected about 1850. Slate factories were once quite an industry in the vicinity of Hampton Cor- ners. The Hampton Cheese Manufacturing Company was organized in 1869, with a capital of $4,000. Hampton Corners lies in the south-
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east part of the town, about a mile west of Poultney, Vt. Solomon Norton built a grist mill and a sawmill on the Vermont side in early days. A distillery was built about the same time and Colonel Pliny Adams kept the first store.
Low Hampton is a village on the Poultney river about five miles above Hampton Corners. A store and a woolen mill were established at this point many years ago.
The names of Philip Embury and Barbara Hick are associated with the town of Hampton in religious matters. They organized a Metho- dist Society in the town in 1772 or 1773. William Miller, an eccentric preacher of the Baptist church, who predicted the millenium would begin about 1843, lived and died in this town, and from it, as a center, promulgated his prophesy over a large area.
The Methodists of Hampton date their home organization from 1841, when they separated from the Poultney Society and organized at Hampton Corners; but the sect was in existence in Hampton as early as 1773 and a missionary was appointed to this territory in 1788. The whole country from New York City northward was one district at that time and Freeborn Garretson was the presiding elder. The Poultney meeting house was built in 1822.
The Baptists and Episcopalians of Hampton worship at churches in Vermont.
TOWN OF CAMBRIDGE.
An act dividing the county of Albany into districts was passed on March 12, 1772, and it enacted that all that part of Albany county lying north of Schaghticoke and east of Saratoga be a district and named it Cambridge. The district of Cambridge, as laid out at that time, embraced not only the present town, but also Jackson, White Creek, and a part of the state of Vermont. It remained as a district in Albany county until it was organized as a town in 1788, and as such continued a part of that county until incorporated in Washington county in the year 1791. It will thus be seen that Cambridge was never a part of Charlotte county, the name of the county having been changed to Washington county in the year 1784. In 1816 the towns of Jackson and White Creek were set off from Cambridge, leaving it with its present limits. The town comprises 22,657 acres, and is bounded on the north by Jackson, on the east by White Creek, on the
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south by Hoosick river and Rensselaer county, and on the west by Easton. The surface of this town is diversified by hills, summits and dales, some of the higher points rising to upwards of three hundred feet above the valleys. Along the eastern border of the town is a portion of the valley of the Owl Kill, better known as the Cambridge valley, which is famous for its fertility and beauty. The soil of the town is generally fertile.
Cambridge embraces parts of the Hoosick patent and the Cambridge patent. The Hoosick patent was issued in 1688 and part of it lies in Rensselaer county, across the Hoosick river. The Cambridge patent was granted in 1761 to Isaac Sawyer, Edmund Wells, Jacob Lansing, William Smith, Alexander Colden and others, upon condition that immediate settlement be made. This patent included 31,500 acres, north of the Hoosick patent, and extending up the Cambridge valley. The patentees were naturally desirous to have settlers locate upon their tract, and they offered one hundred acres to each of the first thirty families who would become actual settlers. Among the first of those who came in were John McClung, James and Robert Cowen, Samuel Bell, Col. Blair, George Gilmore, George Duncan, David Harroun, William Clark, John Scott and Thomas Morrissey. These settlers located on their lands from 1761-1763. Other early settlers in the town were Ephraim Cowan, Robert Gilmore, Austin Wells, Samuel Clark, Jonathan Morrison, Edwin Wells, John Allen, David Sprague, Seth Chase, John Woods, John Harroun, Thomas McCool, Thomas Ashton, Simeon Fowler, John Young, Josiah Dewey, Rael Beebe, William Eager, William Selfridge, John Younglove. John Corey.
In Cambridge, as in some other towns of the county, the Revolu- tionary war retarded settlement and progress, and many of those who had already settled in the town left their homes through fear of dis- turbance by Tories and Indians. After the Revolution many returned to their homes, and among these were James Cowden, Ephraim Bessy, Benjamin Smith, John Morrison, William Cooper, Isaac Gibbs, James S. Cowden, Samuel Cowden, David Cowden, George Searle, William Bleck, Archibald Campbell, John Campbell, William Campbell, George Telford, Winslow and Timothy Heath, William King, Amos Buck, James and Eben Warner, and John Austin. Some of these, of course, were in what are now the towns of White Creek and Jackson. Phineas Whiteside, John Shiland, Nathaniel Kenyon, Samuel Willett, Hugh
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Larmon, Elihu Gifford, William Stevenson, Arthur Ackley, Samuel Bowen, John Webster, John Green, John Weir, Jesse Averill, Luke English, John Wait, Abraham Wright and James Colter were other early settlers in the town of Cambridge.
The first town meeting in the district of Cambridge was held in May, 1774, at which a moderator was elected, in addition to the town officers for the various offices as they exist today, and the office of moderator was continued for quite a number of years. The busi- ness of the town meetings for the first twenty years was similar to that which occupied the attention of other town meetings all over the county during this period, namely the passing of by-laws relating to the establishment of stocks, the maintenance of a pound for stray cattle, swine and so on, the appointment of pathmasters, and general business relating to social as well as public affairs. The number of recorded manumissions of negroes, up to the year 1820, shows that not a few slaves were held in Cambridge in the early days.
The supervisors of the town of Cambridge, from 1774 to 1900, were :
1774-75, Simeon Covell; 1776, David Strang; 1777, John Younglove ; 1778, Ed- mund Wells; 1779-80, John Younglove; 1781, James Cowden; 1782-88, John Young- love; 1789-90, John Harroun; 1791-92, Andrew White; 1793-96, Daniel Wells; 1797, Andrew White: 1798-1800, Lewis Berry; 1801-04, (probably) Daniel Wells; 1805-09, Jonathan Dorr; 1810-11, James Stevenson ; 1812-13, William Richards; 1814-15, miss- ing from the books: 1816-24, James Stevenson ; 1825-26, Philip V. N. Morris; 1827-28, Edward Long; 1829, Philip V. N. Morris; 1830, Sidney Wells: 1831, James Steven- son ; 1832, Josiah Dunton ; 1833-34, Benjamin F. Skinner; 1835. Jesse Pratt ; 1836-38, Julius Phelps; 1839-41, John Stevenson ; 1842-43, Anson Ingraham; 1844-45, Thomas S. Green ; 1846-47, Thomas C. Whiteside ; 1848-49, Zina Sherman; 1850, Berry Long; 1851, Garret Fort; 1852-53, Berry Long; 1854, James Kenyon; 1855, Andrew Wood; 1856-57, Orrin S. Hall; 1858, Berry Long; 1859, Jacob S. Quackenbush; 1860, Berry Long; 1861-62, Azor Culver ; 1863-64, John L. Hunt ; 1865-66, Lemuel Sherman ; 1867, James McKie: 1868-69, Ira S. Pratt; 1870-71, William Dimick; 1872-73, Henry Dar- row; 1874-75. Thomas F. Cornell : 1876-77, Parismus Burch ; 1878-80, H. R. Eldridge; 1881, Berry Long: 1882-83, William Dimick; 1884-85, Thomas E. Skellie; 1886-87, John Ashton; 1888-89, Nicholas L. Jenkins; 1890-91, William H. Aimy; 1892-93, Donald McClellan ; 1894-97, George S. Skiff : 1898-1900, George R. King.
The town clerks for the same period were :
1774, William Brown; 1775, Nicholas Mosher; 1776, John Younglove; 1777-81. Edmunds Wells, Jr .; 1782-88, John McClung; 1789-1805, Edmund Wells, Jr .; 1806- 1813, Ira Parmeley; 1814-1815, missing from the books; 1816-1820, Sidney Wells; 1821-24, Philip V. N. Morris ; 1825-29, Henry Whiteside ; 1830, John Dennis ; 1831-33. Julius Phelps; 1834, Morris L. Wright; 1835, Julius Phelps; 1836, Isaac Gifford;
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1837-41, Anson Ingraham ; 1842-43, Julius Phelps; 1844, Elijah P. Fenton ; 1845-46, Anson Ingraham; 1847-50, Benjamin Hall; 1851, John Larmon; 1852-53, James Kenyon ; 1854, John Larmon; 1855-56, John B. Wright; 1857-72, Thomas E. Kenyon; 1873-85, John Ashton; 1886-89, Nathaniel Becker; 1890-91, Alfred M. Becker; 1892- 93, James P. Robertson ; 1894-1900, William L. English.
THE VILLAGE OF CAMBRIDGE
Is the most important part of this town, and comprises what were for- merly known as Cambridge, North White Creek, and Dorr's Corners. The three places were incorporated in 1866. Cambridge is not only pleasantly located, but is a thriving business center, and has been widely noted for some years on account of its great annual fair. It is situated on the line of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad, and is thirty miles from Troy, twelve miles from Salem, and eight miles from Greenwich.
Settlement was made in the locality of this village in 1770, the ground being owned by James and Thomas Morrison. From a cross- roads it grew slowly into a hamlet, and in 1852, when the Troy & Rutland Railroad was completed, it developed into a village, acquiring a prosperity which it has ever since maintained. Jeremiah Stillwell kept the first store at Dorr's Corners. Rice & Billings, Eddy & Brown, Paul Dennis, Clark Rice, Jr., Ransom Hawley, Kellogg & Crocker, were also among the earlier merchants.
The Cambridge postoffice was established in 1797, with Adonijah Skinner as first postmaster.
Soon after 1800 a sawmill was built on the Owl Kill, and operated for a time. In 1860 Cornelius Wendell erected a large gristmill, but it was not used for any length of time, the building passing into use as a seedhouse. In the same year Alfred Woodworth and William Qua put up an extensive sawmill and planing mill, but the plant was destroyed by fire in 1876. T. E. McConnell erected a sawmill in 1876, and a feedmill was erected in 1872. About 1840 a furnace was erected which was subsequently removed to the site of Lovejoy's blacksmith shop, and the firm of Warner & Lovejoy was formed. In 1885 Mr. Lovejoy's son, H. H. Lovejoy, established a plow works, which is still in operation, and conducted by H. H. Lovejoy & Son.
In the early history of Cambridge a man named Page had a hat fac- tory in this place. Dr. Jonathan Dorr was one of the first promi-
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nent physicians of the place. Simeon Crosby cultivated gar- den and vegetable seeds as early as 1816, and had a small seed- house at Coila. He was succeeded by his sons, Otis and Aaron. About 1836 Roswell Rice embarked in this business. Two years pre- vious R. Niles Rice started in the same line in Salem, and disposed of his seeds from a wagon, as he traveled through the country. In 1844 he located in Cambridge, purchased the interests of R. Rice and the Crosbys, and enlarged the business considerably. In 1865 he asso- ciated with him his son, Jerome B. Rice, and the remarkable develop- ment of the Cambridge seed business is recounted in the article relat- ing to this successful business man in another part of this work.
Soon after the railroad was built through Cambridge, the growth of business called for the best banking facilities, and on September 15, 1835, the Cambridge Valley Bank was organized, with a capital stock of $115,000. In 1865 this bank became a National bank, and in 1867 a handsome bank building was erected.
The village of Cambridge was incorporated by an act of the legisla- ture, April 16, 1866, and the presidents of the village from that date have been :
1866-65, B. F. McNitt; 1869, L. W. Kennedy; 1870, Charles Porter; 1871, Solo- mon Fuller; 1872, O. W. Hall; 1873, Azor Culver; 1874, John W. Eddy: 1875, James Thompson; 1876-77, Alfred Worth; 1878, James Ellis; 1879 82, Henry Noble; 1883- 84, J. W. Thompson; 1885, H. R. Eldridge; 1886-87, N. L. Jenkins; ISSS, B. F. Kitchum; 1889-90, W. P. Robertson; 1891-94, H. H. Parrish; 1895, Eliot B. Norton : 1896-97, John K. Larmon; 1898. B. L. Ward, (resigned and C. E. Tingue filled out term;) 1899-1900, C. E. Tingue.
The village clerks for the same period have been :
1866 60, Henry Noble; 1870, Charles G. Harsha; 1871-72, Charles T. Hawley; 1873-74, John F. Shortt; 1875, James L. Robertson; 1876, Robert R. Law; 1877, Lewis P. Worth; 1878-80, John H. Inman: 1881-S2, H. A. Lee; 1883-90, H. H. Par- rish; 1891-97, L. E. Nicholson; 1898-99, Alfred G. Hill; 1900, J. W. Smith.
THE CENTENNIAL OF CAMBRIDGE.
The celebration of the centennial anniversary of the founding of the old town of Cambridge was first suggested by Hon. Anson Ingra- ham, of the present town of Cambridge, in a brief letter, February 28, 1873, to Hon. J. S. Smart, editor of the Washington County Post. Mr. Smart editorially took the matter up, and as a result five citizens each from Cambridge, White Creek and Jackson were appointed as a
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central committee to arrange for the proper observance of the occa- sion. They met March 13, 1873, electing Cortland Skinner, chairman, and R. King Crocker, secretary, and decided to celebrate the centen- nial in Fuller's Grove on August 29, following. Proper committees were appointed and also officers of the day. A hundred ladies can- vassed the town for supplies. John Wier, aged ninety-six, was pres- ident, but Rev. Henry Gordon was acting president of the day, and opened the exercises by appropriate remarks.
PROGRAM.
Prayer, Rev. William Shortt. Music, Doring's band. Address, Rev. Henry Gordon. Welcome address, Hon. J. S. Smart. Singing-" Home Again," Chorus. Historical address. G. W. Jermain.
Singing-" A Hundred Years Ago," Chorus. Address, A. D. Gillette, D.D. Address, Rev. S. Irenaeus Prime, D.D. Singing, "Home Sweet Home."
Poem-"Centennial Day," Mrs. M. E. Doig of Jackson. Remarks, Rev. O. A. Brown. Remarks, Rev. Mr. Fillmore. Toast-" The Churches and the Clergy," Rev. J. N. Crocker. Remarks, Hon. Benjamin Skinner. Remarks, Rev. John D. Wells. Remarks, Rev. H. G. Blinn. " The Churches and the Clergy," Rev. J. N. Crocker. " The County of Washington," Judge James Gibson. Remarks, Hon. C. L. Macarthur. Remarks, Rev. W. F. Lewis. Song of the Old Folks, Choir. Letters of Regret. Doxology. Benediction, Dr. Prime.
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