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April 24.1821 Aug. 17, 1830
Noah Cooke, Israel Shaler,
s. s. Haddam, Ct.
1788 Yale,
1815 Rev. Dr. Elliot,
Horace Smith,
s. s. Hadley, Mass.
1798 Yale,
1818 Andover The. Sem. Nov. 1, 1832
Sharon,
William Johnson,
s. s. Fairfield, N. Y.
1797 Hamilton,
Wadsworth,
1819|Joseph H. Breck, Amasa Jerome, Gilbert Fay,
p. Stockbridge, Mass. s. s. Westborough, Mass. 1803 |Brown, 1775
1826 Rev. Jacob Ide, Rev. Harvey Coe,
Westfield,
1830 John McCrea, Joel Goodell, Asaph Boutelle,
s. s. Ballston, N. Y. s. s. Templeton, Mass. s. s. Fitchburg, Mass.
York,
1833 Ebenezer Churchill, John H. Russ,
s. s.
p. Hinsdale, Mass.
1797 |Union,
1825 Auburn Theo. Sem. July 22, 1835
Preached in fourator
.
vcam
s. s. Berne, N. Y. p. Loudon, N. H. s. s. Templeton, Mass. s. S.
1806 Dartm'uth 1830 Hamilton, 177 € Williams, 1798 Yale,
Andover The. Sem. Feb. 18, 1835 1827 Auburn Theo. Sem. May 1, 1835 1806 Alvan Hyde, D. D.
1818 Andover The. Sem. June 1, 1831 Sept. 31, 1832 1823|Princeton Th. Sem. April 1, 1833 April 1, 1835 Oct. 8, 1831
s. s. Acton, Mass.
s. s. Northampton, Mass 1788 Yale,
s. s. Ballston, N. Y.
s. s. Templeton, Mass.
s. s. Haddam, Ct.
178> Yale, supras
1806 Dartm'uth
1804 Amherst,
182S Andover The. Sem
Aug.1. 1835
1834 Asaph Boutelle,
s. s. Loudon, N. H. s. s. Fitchburg, Mass.
s. s. Bainbridge. N. Y.
1796
-|Rev. P. V. Bogue,
June 14, 1835
1790 Brown,
1814|Rev. O. Thompson,
May 1, 1824 May 1, 1825
1819 Lot B. Sullivan, Stephen V. Barnes, Simeon Woodruff, Samuel Lee,
s. s. Litchfield, Ct. s. s. Jericho, Vt.
1782 Yale,
1805 Vermont,
183I Auburn Theo. Sem. Nov. 19, 1834
1788
Feb. 1835
1798 Willlams,
J. H. Rice, D. D.
Nov. 15, 1830 Nov. 15, 1831 Jan. 1, 1832 Oct. 15, 1832
1832|Hervey Lyon,
s. s. Montgomery, N. Y. 1800 Union,
1823 Princeton Th. Sem. April 1, 1833 April 1, 1835 1821 Auburn Theo. Sem.
s. s. Northampton, Mass 1798|Yale, ***
1775| Williams,
April 1, 1835 1818 Andover The, Sem. July 1, 1823 April 1, 1824 1798|Chas. Backus, D. D. Nov. 1, 1826| Aug. 20, 1829 Nov. 15, 1830 Mar. 7, 1831 April 1, 1834
180- Hamilton. 1827 Auburn Theo. Sem. April 1, 1834 April 1, 1835 1804 Amherst, 1828 Andover The. Sem. Aug. 1, 1835
1798| Yale,
180- Hamilton,
Mar. 1, 1830 Mar. 1, 1831 Sept. 1, 1831 Jan. 15, 1834 April 1, 1834 April 1, 1835 One year.
1830 Andover The. Sem. Feb. 18, 1835
Nov. 1, 1827 Nov. 1, 1833
Israel Shaler, Lewis F. Laine,
S. s. Hadley, Mass.
Towns & Chs.| For.
Ministers.
Place of Nativity.
[Born| Where Gr.[W.G| Where studied The.| Settlement. ] Dismission.
Portage Co. Akron, Atwater,
1833| Roswell Brooks, .
s. s. Westmoreland, N.Y 1805 Union,
1828 New Haven T. Sem. Nov. 1, 1834 1807
Nov. 1, 1823|
Nov. 1, 1824
1818 John Field,
William L. Buffett, William Beardsley,
s. s. New Fairfield, Ct. p. Granville, Mass.
1797 Hamilton, 1784 |Williams,
1810 E. Porter, D. D. Rev. Chester Wright
Aug. 5, 1812
Aurora, Brimfield,
Charleston,
1809 John Seward, 1832 Warren Swift, Richard Graham, 1811 Caleb Pitkin, David L. Coe, Warren Swift, James Eells,
p. New Hartford, Ct. Granville, Mass. Ct.
1800 -
Rev. C. Wright,
1833
1834
Cuyahoga F'ls 1834 Benson C. Baldwin,
Deerfield, Edenburg,
1823| Roswell Brooks, Samuel Bissell, George Sheldon, Joel Goodell,
s. s. Middlefield, Mass. p. West Suffield, Ct. s. s. Templeton, Mass. s. s. Ireland,
180- Hamilton, 1808
1827 Auburn Theo. Sem. Princeton Th. Sem.
Jan. 1, 1833 April 1, 1834 1835
Freedom,
1828 Joseph Treat, David L. Coe, William Beardsley, Daniel Rockwell,
s. s. New Milford, Ct. s. s. Granville, Mass. s. s. New Fairfield, Ct. s. s. Cornwall, Vt. s. s. New Milford, Ct. s. s. Granville, Mass. p. Norwalk, Ct. s. s. Plymouth, Ct. s. s. Preston, Ct. s. s. Portsmouth, N. H. s. s. Granville, Mass. s. s. Granville, Mass. s. s. Hebron, Ct.
1797 Hamilton, 1788
1783 Yale,
1784|Williams, 1810 E. Porter, D. D.
Jan. 1, 1813 Jan. 1, 1815
1787 Yale,
1808| Andover The. Sem.
Aug. 17, 1815 Sept. 7, 1831
1794 Hamilton,
1795 Middleb'y,
1806 Dartm'uth 1828 Andover The. Sem. Feb.
1834
1816 Jan. 1, 1817
Mantua,
1812 Alvan Coe, John Seward, Joseph A. Pepoon,
Timothy M. Hopkins, s. s. Pittsford, Vt.
s. s. Rupert, Vt.
s. s. Granville, Mass.
s. s. Granville, Mass. p. Milford, Ct.
s. s. New Hartford, Ct.
1800 Williams, 1796 Middleb'y, 1784 Williams, 1792 Yale, 1781 Yale,
1810 E. Porter, D. D. 1813 Rev. B. Pinneo, 1806|Rev. A. Hooker,
[Oct. 1, 1833]
p.
S. S. s. s. Glastenbury, Ct. s. s. Granville, Mass.
1788 Yale,
1799 Chas. Backus, D. D. Sept. 1834
1796 Middleb'y, 1816 Andover The. Sem. Jan. 1, 1834 Jan. 1,
1835
s. s. Westmoreland, N.Y|1805| Union,
1828 New Haven T. Sem. Nov. 1, 1834 May, 1835
1798| Yale, 1823|Rev. Luther Hart, Sept. 1835
1797 Yale, 1819 Andover The. Sem. Oct. 5, 1825
1829
Franklin,
Richard Graham,
1783 Yale,
1810 E. Porter, D. D.
Jan. 1, 1828 Jan. 1, 1831
1795| Willlams, -1817
Jan. 1, 1832 |Aug. 1, 1833
1833 July 1, 1834
Garrettsville, Hudson,
1834 Joseph Treat, 1802 John Seward, William Hanford, Giles Doolittle,
W. R. Coll. ch. 1831 Beriah Green,
Nathaniel S. Folsom,
1783
Rev. Seward & Coe, Jan. 1,
1810 E. Porter, D. D.
Jan. 1, 1817 Jan. 1, 1818
1797
1800
Rev. J. Hopkins, 1826 Auburn Theo. Sem. Feb. 1,
1832 Feb. 1, 1833
1816 Andover The. Sem. Jan. 1, 1831
Jan. 1, 1816 Jan. 1, 1817 June 16, 1819 April, 1835
Northfield,
Charles Danforth, 1831 Benson C. Baldwin, 1813 John Seward, Benjamin Fenn, 1833 Caleb Pitkin,
s. s. Hardwick, Mass. p. Greenwich, Ct.
Ct.
1800 1808
1781 Yale,
1806 Asahel Hooker, 1817
Princeton Th. Sem. Mar. 1, 1835
1833 1894
S. S. s. s. Ireland,
April 22,1818 Jan. 7, 1826
1795 Williams,
Jan. 1828 April, 1832
July 7, 1834 |July 7,
1823|Auburn Theo. Sem. Oct. 1, Rev. J. Hopkins, 1810 E. Porter, D. D.
July 25, 1835 Feb. 22, 1835
1822 Rev. Luther Hart, 1819 Andover The. Sem
Oct. 20, 1832
1831 June, 1832
1784 Williams,
Auburn Theo. Sem. Oct. 1, 1826 April 1, 1827
June 17, 1830 Dec. 17, 1831
Middlebury, Nelson,
1780 Williams, 1799 Yale, 1819|Andover The. Sem. Dec. 7, 1827 1823 Auburn Theo. Sem. Aug. 1, 1834
Sept. 4, 1833
Towns & Chs.[ For.
Mininisters.
Place of Nativity. |Born| Where Gr.|W.G| Where studied The.| Settlement. [
Dismission.
Palmyra, Randolph, Ravenna,
1813 1812 Joseph Meriam,
1797 Brown,
1819 Andover The. Sem. Jan. 7, 1824
Andover The. Sem. May 22, 1822 Nov. 20, 1828 1825 Andover The. Sem. Sept. 29,1829
Rootstown, Shalersvslle, Springfield,
1818 Timothy M. Hopkins, s. s. Pittsford, Vt.
1809 Joshua Beer,
p. Lancaster Co. Pa. p. Beaver Co. Pa.
1772
Rev.Tho.E. Hughes Set fr sev yrs 1824 Princeton Th. Sem. June 16, 1829
Stowe,
1:15|George Sheldon,
s. s. West Suffield, Ct.
1800 Jefferson, 1797 Yale,» 1796 Middleb'y,
1819 Andover The. Sem. Jan. 1, 1829 Jan. 1, 1831 1816 Andover The. Sem. Dec. 1, 1830 Dec. 1, 1833
Streetsboro',
1833 Caleb Pitkin, Henry Dean, S. S.
Stamford, Ct.
1792
1806|Rev.Asahel Hooker July 1, 1833 Sept. 1, 1834 Auburn Theo. Sem. Oct. 12, 1834 Oct. 12, 1835 Jan. 1, Levi Hart, D. D. 1809 Jan. 1, 1812
Talmadge,
1809 David Bacon,
s. s. Woodstock, Ct.
1770
1782 Yale,
1809 Andover The. Sem. May,
1814 Sept. 19, 1823
John Keys,
p. Wilton, N. H.
1778 |Dartm'uth 1803 Jas. Richards, D. D. Sept. 1,
1827 Andover The. Sem. Jan. 1,
1833
Twinsburg,
1822 John Seward,
s. s. Granville, Mass.
1803 Middleb'y, 1784 Williams, 1798 | Yale,
1823| Rev. Luther Hart,
April, 1828 Sept. 2, 1835
Windham,
1811 Joseph Treat.
p. New Milford, Ct.
1785 Yale,
1810 E. Porter, D. D.
Sept. 24, 1817 Oct. 4, 1827
William Hanford, p. Norwalk, Ct.
1787 Yale,
1808 Andover The. Sem. Oct. 12, 1831
Trumbull Co.
Austintown & 1827 |Ephraim T. Woodruff, s. s. Farmington, Ct.
1777 Yale, -
Weathersfield
Joshua Beers, S. S.
Lancaster Co. Pa.
1772
1797 Chas. Backus, D. D. Jan. 1, 1827 Jan. 1, 1828 Rev. T. E. Hughes.
Bazetta,
1820|Daniel Miller,
Joseph A. Pepoon,
S. S. p.
Hebron, Ct.
1797
Bloomfield,
182] Edson Hart,
s. s. Hebron, Ct.
1797
1
Joseph A. Pepoon, Caleb Burbank,
s. s. Boscawen, N. H.
1787 Yale,
1808 Andover The. Sem. one year 1814
Boardman,
1813 William Hanford, Horace Smith, Horace Smith, Ward Stafford,
s. s Hadley, Mass.
1798 Yale, Yale,
1818 Andover The. Sem. June 1, 1826 June 1, 1828 1812 Timo. Dwight, D. D. April 15,1832
Braceville,
1814 Joseph Curtis, John H. Russ, Joseph Treat,
s. s. Windsor, Vt. s. s. Hinsdale, Mass.
s. s. New Milford, Ct.
1790 | Dartm'uth 1811 Andover The. Sem. 1797 Union, 1783 |Yale,
1825 Auburn Theo. Sem. July 15, 1832 July 15, 1833 1810 E. Porter, D. D. Oct. 1, 1833|Oct. 1, 1834
1824 April 16,1832
Jedediah C. Parmelee, s. s. Bethlehem. Ct.
1810 E. Porter, D. D.
Jan. 1, 1822|Jan. 1, 1833
Samuel Bissell, Samuel Hair,
p. Middlefield, Mass.
s. s. Washington Co. Pa.|1808|Jefferson,
1832 Western The. Sem.
Oct. 26. 1835
William O. Stratton, S. S.
s. s. Farmington, Ct.
1787 Williams,
1810|G. H. Cowles, D. D.
Auburn Theo. Sem. Nov. 1, 1831 Nov. 1, 1832 G. H. Cowles, D. D. Auburn Theo. Sem. April 15,1830 Oct. 15, 1830
s. s. Norwalk, Ct. s. s. Hadley, Mass.
1798|Yale,
1818 Andover The. Sem. May 1, 1822| May 1, 1823
s. S. Washington, N. H.
p. Grafton, Mass. s. s. Longmeadow, Mass. 1794 Col. of N.J. 1799 Williams, 1797 |Brown, 1800 -
1822 Charles B. Storrs, Alvan Nash, 1810 Joseph Meriam,
p. Middlefield, Mass. p. Grafton, Mass.
1819 Andover The. Sem. Jan. 7. 1824 Rev. J. Hopkins,
June 17, 1830 Dec. 17, 1831
John D. Hughes,
Benson C. Baldwin, s. s. Granville, Mass.
Stephen I. Bradstreet, s. s. Greenfield, N. H.
1794 |Dartm'uth 1819 Andover The. Sem. April 27,1834 April 27,1835
s. s. New Hartford, Ct.
1781 |Yale, o
Simeon Woodruff, p.
Litchfield, Ct.
1792 Dartm'uth 1821 Andover The. Sem. May 1, 1834
Braceville con|1814|Enoch Bouton, Bristol,
1816 Daniel Miller, Joseph A. Pepoon, Eliphalet Austin, Nathaniel Cobb, John Barrett, John Core,
p. Farmington, Ct. s. s. Hebron, Ct. S. S. Ct. s. s. Rochester, Mass. s. s. Concord, Mass. p. Dorsetshire, Eng. Ephraim T. Woodruff, s. s. Farmington, Ct. Nathan B. Derrow, Charles Danforth, Joseph Harper, 1804 William Pauford, Horace Smith, Lot B. Sullivan, Horace Smith,
S. S.1
1787 Williams, 1797
1810 G. H. Cowles, D. D. Sept. 22, 1825 Auburn Theo. Sem. April 15.1830 Oct. 15, 1830 G. H. Cowles, D. D. Jan. 1, 1832 July 1, 1833 1821 Andover The. Sem. April 1, 1833 April 1, 1835 1835
1800 Brown,
1781 |Williams, 1810|Rev. Frothingham, July,
1785
June, 1817/Oct. 1823
1777 |Yale, +
1797 Chas. Backus, D. D. Jan. 1,
1826 Jan. 1, 1827
1773 Hamilton,
Rev. Steele & Niles,
1800 Williams, 1826| Auburn Theo. Sem. May 1, 1833
May 1, 1834
1787 Yale, -
1808 Andover The. Sem. 1818 Andover The. Sem. 1814 Rev. O. Thompson. 1818 Andover The. Sem.
May 1, 1822 May 1, 1823
May 1, 1825 May 1, 1826
June 1, 1826 June 1, 1828
William O. Stratton,
p.
Jan. 22, 1835 1809
1814
s. s. Hadley, Mass.
1798| Yale, -
1818 Andover The. Sem. May 1, 1822 May 1, '1823
s. s.
S. S.
Jan. 1830 Jan. 1833
Farmington,
Daniel Miller, Enoch Bouton,
s. s. Farmington, Ct. p.
s. s. Farmington, Ct.
1787 Williams,
1810 G. H. Cowles, D. D. April.
1834|Oct. 1834
West ch. 1834 Daniel Miller,
Jason Chapin,
s. s. Newport, N. H.
1801 Amherst, 1828|Andover The. Sem. Dec. 18, 1834
Fowler,
1817 1814
¿ Ozias Eells,
p. Barkhampstead, Ct. 1794 |Willlams,
1821 Rev. Thos. Robbins. Oct. 10, 1827
.Johnson, Greene,
1819 Robert Crane,
S. S.
1797
Auburn Theo. Sem. May 1,
1830 |Mar. 1, 1832 Nov. 1833 Nov. 1834
Hartford, Gustavus,
1832 Wells Andrews,
1787 Jefferson,
1×12 Princeton Th. Sem. Sept.
1827
1757 Yale,
1785 |Rev. Leavenworthi. Oct. 19, 1825
1797 Union,
1825 Auburn Theo. Sem. July 28, 1833 July 28, 1834
1792 Yale, _
1813|Rev. Mr. Pinneo,
May,
1-35
Hubbard,
1825 Joseph Badger, John H. Russ, Benjamin Fenn, Charles Danforth, Joseph Harper, 1831 Isaac Mellvaine, |1832|John W. Scott,
S. S.
s. s. North of Ireland, p. York Co. Pa.
1799 Dickinson, 1824 Princeton Th. Sem. May 21, 1831 1807 Jefferson, 1827 |Princeton Th. Sem. April,
1834
Canfield,
s. s. Norwalk. Ct. s. s. Hadley, Mass.
s. s. Warchanı, Mass. s. s. Hadley, Mass.
1798 Yale, c+ 1790 Brown, 1798|
Yale, ,
Jan. 1830 Jan. 22, 1835
1st Pres. ch. 1835 William O. Stratton, Ellsworth,
p. New York,
1771
Rev. T. E. Hughes.
1>16 John Bruce, Horace Smith, Ludovicus Robbins, Enoch Bouton, William O. Stratton. Enoch Bouton,
p. S. S.
1787 Williams, 1810 G. H. Cowles, D. D.
Sept. 1835
April. 1824 Feb. 1825
Joseph A. Pepoon, James Cahoon,
s. s. Hebron, Ct. s. S. P. Hartland Ct. p. Wilbraham. Mass. s. s. Hinsdale, Mass. p. Milford, Ct. s. s. Rupert, Vt.
1800 Williams, 1826|Auburn Theo. Sem.
May 1, 1833 May 1, 1834
Kinsman, Liberty,
Sept. 1835
Brook field,
s. s. New London, Ct. s. s. Rupert, Vt. S. S.
One yr. 1834 One yr. 1814
1835
Mecca, Mesopotamia,
Milton and Newton,
[Daniel Miller, Joseph A. Pepoon, Randolph Stone, John Barrett, Nathaniel Cobb, Caleb Burbank, James Boyd, John Bruce, Joshua Beer,
s. s. Bristol, Ct. p. Concord, Mass.' s. s. Rochester, Mass. s. s. Boscawen, N. H. p. Easton, Pa., s. s. New York, s. s. Lancaster Co. Pa.
|1787|Willlams, [1810[G. H. Cowles, D. D.
1797 Auburn Theo. Sem. Nov. 1, 1831 |Nov. 1, 1832
1815 Timo. Dwight, D. D. May, 1819 May, 1820
1810|Rev. Frothingham. Feb. 27, 1827 Sept. 7, 1831
182] Andover The. Sem. Oct. 1, 1832|Oct. 1, 1833
1792 Dartm'uth 1821 Andover The. Sem. May 1, 1834
1873 Jefferson,
1771
1772
1777 Yale,
1797 Chas. Backus, D. D. Jan. 1, 1826 Jan. 1, 1828
Ephraim T. Woodruff, s. s. Farmington, Ct. Enoch Bouton, S. S.
Poland,
1802
Nicholas Pettenger, p.
S. S.
s. s. Norwalk, Ct.
1787 Yale, "-«
1808 Andover The. Sem.
1811 |J. McMillan, D. D. June, 1816 Jan. 1832
1807 Jefferson,
1827 Princeton Th. Sem. April, 1834
Southington,
1825 Ephraim T. Woodruff, s. s. Farmington, Ct. Daniel Miller,
s. s. Farmington, Ct. s. s. Hebron, Ct.
1787 Williams, 1797
Auburn Theo. Sem. Jan. 15, 1833 July 15, 1833
Joseph A. Pepoon, Nathaniel Cobb,
s. s. Rochester. Mass.
S. S. Concord. Mass.
1781 Williams,
1810|Rev. Frothingham. July, 1835
Vernon,
1803 Harvey Coe,
p. Granville, Mass. s. s. Granville, Mass. s. s. Amenia, N. Y.
1785 |Williams, 1783
1811 |Drs. Fitch & Cooley. April 14,1814 Nov. 24, 1830 Revs. Seward & Coe, Spring, 1831 Spring, 1834 E. Burroughs, D. D. Sept. 1834
Vienna,
1805
Nathan B. Derrow, John Core,
p. New London, Ct. p. Dorsetshire, Eng.
1773 Hamilton, 1785
Steele & Norton,
Spring, 1811 Winter, 1815 June, 1817 Autumn1819 Feb. 6, 1822
Nathan B. Derrow,
p. New London, Ct. p. Bolton, Ct
1773 |Jefferson,
J. McMillan, D. D.
Oct. 21, 1808
Warren,
1803
Joseph W.Curtis,
p. Easton, Pa.ª p. Windsor, Vt. s. s. Ballston, N. Y.
1790 Dartm'uth Union,
1811 Andover The. Sem. Feb. 4, Princeton Th. Sem.
1831 1832
George H. Hulin,
Jonathan A.Woodruff,s. s. Coventry. Ct.
1831 Auburn Theo. Sem. Dec. 1,
1832 Mar. 1, 1834
Josiah Towne,
1808 Hamilton, p. Belchertown, Mass. 1787 Middleb'y, p. Southampton, L. I. 1768 Jefferson,
|1812 Rev. Mr. Griswold, May 20, 1835 J. McMillan, D. D. Sept. 3, 1800
Youngstown,
1800 William Wick,
June 28, 1817 |April 10,1823
John Core,
p. Dorsetshire, Eng.
1785
2 years
Enoch Bouton, Nathan Harned, S. S.
S. S.
3 years
Ward Stafford,
p. Washington, N. H.
Yale,
1812 Timo. Dwight, D. D. April 5, 1830
1834 June, 1804 April, 1810
18 months|prev. to 1814 6 months prev. to 1815
Alexander Cook, William Hanford, James Wright, John W. Scott,
p. Washington Co. Pa. 1785 Jefferson, p. York Co. Pa.
1777 |Yale,
1797 |Chas. Backus, D. D. Jan. 1, 1825 Jan. 1, 1826 1810 G. H. Cowles, D. D.
1800 Brown, 1821 Andover The. Sem. Oct. 1833 Sept. 10, 1835
John Barrett,
Alvan Coe, Edward Evans,
1767
1773 Hamilton, 1796 Yale,
Steele & Norton,
1825| New Haven T. Sem. Nov. 17, 1830 May, 1835
Chester Birge, James Boyd,
1820|Sept. 1832
s. s. |Farmington, Ct. s. s. Hebron, Ct.
1790 Yale, 1781 | Williams, 1800 Brown,
J. McMillan, D. D. Rev.T.Hughes, D.D. Rev.T.Hughes, D.D.
Oct. 21, 1808 1814
William O. Stratton, S. S.
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THE PLAN OF UNION .
NOTES - BY REV. A. R. CLARK.
ASHTABULA COUNTY.
ANDOVER .- First Church. At its formation until 1832, this church embraced two townships, Andover and Cherry Valley. A dispute finally arose about the location of a house for puplic worship. One party maintained that it ought to be in the center of the township, and the other that it should be on the "State Road," in the west part of the township. And finally the church was divided, and a new one formed.
The men who have preached more or less to this people, are Messrs. Breck, Woodruff, Beardsley, and Loring. Mr. 'Breck left Andover Theological Seminary in 1823. Soon after completing his education, he immigrated to this country - labored as " stated supply " for some time in Harrisville and Wadsworth, Medina county - was settled pastor over this church somewhat more than a year, - and after his dismission, he preached as " stated supply " in Brecksville, Cuyahoga county, from whence he removed to Cleveland in 1831 or 1832, and commenced teaching a high school, where he still continues. Mr. Woodruff, the next minister, preached to this church a part of his time one year.
Mr. Beardsley, after closing his theological studies at Auburn The- ological Seminary, spent some time in New York State, in teaching school. He came to this country in 1831, and established himself in Jefferson, the seat of justice in this county. Here he also engaged in teaching the academy, and at the same time in preaching to the church, and to that of this place, until 1833, when he removed to Freedom, Portage county, where he labored in the ministry till July, 1833, and then removed to Atwater, having received a call from the people of that place. He still cotinues at Atwater. Mr. Loring left Ando- ver Theological Seminary in the class of 1833. After his arrival in this country, he labored a few months among the inhabitants on the Ohio Canal, where there were no churches formed, and but a few professors of religion resided. Subsequently, he preached six months in Bain-
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NOTES-ASHTABULA COUNTY.
bridge, Geauga county, and then six months in Wayne and Andover. He has since returned to New England.
Second Church. This church has enjoyed the labors of Dr. Cowles. Both it and the first church are now destitute.
ASHTABULA. This town is established on a river by the same name, and contains a flourishing village, situated two or three miles from Lake Erie. The church has never had a settled pastor, but has been supplied at different times by Messrs. Pratt, Badger, H. Cowles, G. H. Cowles, Scott, and Root. The Presbyterians and Baptists have at times united in supporting the gospel, having one year a Baptist cler- gyman, and the next a Presbyterian. Mr. Scott never had a collegi- ate education. He left Bangor Theological Seminary in 1831, and soon after came to the Reserve. He labored for a time in this place, Monroe, Pierpont, and Conneaut -then one year in Euclid, Cuyahoga county, and in February, 1835, was installed pastor of the church in Chester, Geauga Co., and in Oct. following was dismissed. Mr. Root was a student at Auburn Theological Seminary. He preached one year in Ashtabula; and has since been ordained as an evangelist, by the Monroe Presbytery, and is now preaching in Dexter, Michigan. The church in this place is now vacant.
AUSTINBURG. This town was early settled by an enterprising class of inhabitants, who were also friends to morality and religion. A church was gathered in 1801, by the Rev. Joseph Badger, the year after hejarrived in this country, and it has been much favored with repeated revivals of religion, under the ministry of the two Cowleses. It is now vacant. There has recently been established in this town, a man- ual labor school, which is to be taught by Mr. Ralph M. Walker, late tutor in the Western Reserve, College. Dr. Cowles was installed Sep- tember 25th, 1811. He discharged faithfully the duties of a minister of Jesus Christ to this people until February 3d, 1830, when by mu- tual consent, his pastoral relation was dissolved. Mr. Henry Cowles studied divinity at New Haven Theological Seminary, and with Rev. Ralph Emerson, D. D., of Norfolk, Connecticut, and now professor in the Theological Seminary at Andover. Mr. Cowles preached over a
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year in Ashtabula - subsequently in Sandusky, Huron county - and from Sept., 1830, until Oct., 1835, he continued as " stated supply " and pastor of the church in Austinburg. Having been invited to the profes- sorship of languages in the Oberlin Collegiate Institute, he was dismis- sed from his pastoral charge in October last, and immediately entered upon his new duties at Oberlin.
COLEBROOK and ORWELL. This church, formed in 1831, has enjoyed successively the labors of four ministers, Messrs. Austin, Cowles, Pepoon, and Danforth. Mr. Austin came into this country at an early day. He had previously commenced study with a view of ob- taining a liberal education ; but by reason of ill health, was obliged to relinquish his object. He pursued theological studies for several years under the tuition of Dr. Cowles of Austinburg, and was, in 1827, li- censed to preach the gospel. Since he entered the ministry, he has for the most of the time engaged in the labors of an itinerant missionary. He continues to reside at Austinburg. Mr. Pepoon studied theology for a time with Rev. Dr. Cowles of Austinburg; in 1825 was licensed to preach, after which he spent about one year at Auburn Theological Seminary. Since leaving Auburn, Mr. Pepoon has preached for dif- ferent periods of time, to eleven churches. Mr. Danforth left Auburn Theological Seminary in 1829. Spent two or three years in Indiana, and the western part of Ohio-afterwards preached one year to the churches of Bainbridge and Mantua -then one year in Brookfield and Hubbard - and since in Rome one year; and now preaches to this church and resides in Orwell.
CONNEAUT. This town, formerly named Salem, is situated in the north-eastern corner of the State, and on a river of the same name. It has enjoyed but little regular preaching. Dr. Cowles labored here a part of his time for two years, and Mr. Humphrey for more than two. It is now destitute.
GENEVA and HARPERSFIELD. This church, at its formation, spread over the territory now occupied by the two churches in Madison, and the church in Unionville. It is now vacant. Mr. Leslie, its first set- tled pastor, studied theology with Rev. John M'Millan, D. D., then
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professor and Vice President of Jefferson College. He was licensed in June, 1807, and commissioned in March following, by the Connecticut Missionary Society, to come to the Reserve, and under their patronage he has labored more or less since. He was ordained as an evangelist in July, 1808; and installed over the church in Geneva and Harpers- field, November, 1810, and continued in this connection ten years. He has also labored as stated supply in one or two other places ; and he now preaches in Batavia, Geauga county, and lives in Harpersfield. Mr. Pratt was first educated for a physician, and in this profession he prac- ticed some time in Andover, in this county. He studied theology under the tuition of Dr. Cowles, of Austinburg, and Rev. Harvey Coe, of Vernon, Trumbull county - was licensed in February, 1821, and or- dained in 1822. He commenced preaching as stated supply to this church in May, 1821, and was installed June 23, 1824; in which con- nection he remained over eleven years. He has also labored in sev- eral other churches, and is now preaching in Claridon, Geauga county.
JEFFERSON. This church is now vacant. - Mr. Chapin left Andover Theological Seminary in 1831; soon after came to the Reserve, and supplied the second church in Madison and the church in Montville ; then the church in this place, where, at the same time, he taught the academy ; and more recently, supplied the west church in Farming- ton, Trumbull county, where he is also teaching an academy.
KINGSVILLE. This church was supplied by Mr. Badger, and after- ward by Mr. Palmer, whose theological studies were under the direc- tion of the Cayuga Presbytery of New York. He was licensed by that body in July, 1820 ; and in February following, was installed over the second church in Genoa, New York. After his dismission, he came to Kingsville, in 1824, where he continued until 1829. While here, he suffered from bleeding at the lungs, which disabled him for a sea- son to preach. During his ministry at Chester,¿ Geauga county, he spent one summer as commander of a schooner on Lake Erie, and his influence on the sailors was salutary. He has more recently preached, as his health would permit, to the church in Ridgefield and Monroe, Huron county. Mr. Kelly is the son of Rev. Mr. Kelly, of Hamp-
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stead, New Hampshire. He left Andover Theological Seminary with the class of 1822; was licensed by the Londonderry Presbytery, and ordained over the Congregational churches in Parsonsfield and New- field, Maine, and dismissed June 27, 1827 : was installed over the church in Kingsville, in 1829; dismissed July 9, 1834; and installed on the same day over the first church in Madison, Geauga county, where he still continues. While at Kingsville, Mr. Kelly supplied for a time the church in Sheffield. Mr. Latham studied theology with Rev. Mr. Packard, of Shelburne, Massachusetts, and came to the Reserve in 1834, and still preaches in Kingsville.
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