History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania, Part 71

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Publication date: 1897
Publisher: Harrisburg : R. C. Brown
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RUTLAND TOWNSHIP.

1882. There are fifty-six pupils and teachers in the Sunday-school, of which N. C. Brace is superintendent.

The Rutland Baptist Church was organized in Roseville, August 20, 1872, with fourteen members, as follows: John M. Barden, Hannah H. Barden, Myron Mills, Mary J. Mills, D. W. Havens, Mrs. Louisa Havens, Leroy D. Pierce, Mrs. S. M. Pierce, Mrs. Polly Wood, Philander D. Rockwell, William Worden, Mrs. Caroline Worden, Mrs. Mary Baker and Mrs. Louisa Soper. Rev. R. Corbett, the first pas- tor, served during 1872. His successors have been as follows: Revs. C. H. Crowl, 1873-74; F. Purvis, 1875; M. Rockwell, 1876-83; C. B. Smith, 1884; R. D. Hays, 1885-87; Franklin Pierce, 1888; J. A. Klucker, 1889; G. P. Watrons, 1891-92; C. H. Crow1, 1893-95, and S. G. Brundage, who took charge in March, 1896. A neat and attractive church building, costing $2,000, was dedicated December 10, 1873. The church has now forty-eight members. In the Sunday-school, of which Joel Clark is the superintendent, are fifty-five pupils and teachers. Both church and school are constantly growing.

Cemeteries and neighborhood burying grounds are to be found in various parts of the township. The old burying ground at Roseville is on a little knoll on Mill creek. The newer cemetery, near the Baptist church, is regularly laid out and will cared for. In the eastern part of the township, near the roadside, on a knoll, is the old Clark burying ground, containing the remains of the pioneers of that neighborhood. In the southeastern part of the township, near the Sher- man school, is another old burying ground. In the Bentley graveyard, below Roseville, is found a modest tombstone, bearing the following inscription:

Daniel Wattles. A Soldier of the Revolution. Born in Connecticut in 1761.

Died in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, May 19, 1839.

This stone was erected to his memory by J. M. Wattles, of Bradford county, as a mark of filial affection and gratitude.

Mr. Wattles was an early settler in the township, in which he resided for several years previous to his death.

ROSEVILLE BOROUGH.

Roseville is situated on Mill creek, a short distance east and south of the center of the township. It was named in honor of William Rose, who settled on its site in 1806, and who was for many years its leading citizen. It is one of the smaller boroughs of the county, and is a purely rural village, being in the midst of a good agricultural section. The first tavern keeper was William Rose, Jr., who began business in a little house that stood on the vacant lot south of the Long- well residence. A building was afterwards erected on the site of the present Rose- ville Hotel. About 1850 William Rose, Jr., was succeeded by Royal Rose, who continued in business until his death in November, 1865. He was succeeded by D. W. Hibbard, who kept the house for a number of years. He had a number of successors. The hotel was destroyed by fire in July, 1890, being then the property of F. C. Avery. It was rebuilt and is now run by him. The Backer House was erected about 1849 by Peter Backer. He kept it for a number of years. It has had numerous landlords. It is not now run as a hotel.

A postoffice, called Rutland, was established in the township in 1828.

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Bethuel Bentley was the first postmaster and kept the office in his dwelling, about a mile and a half below Roseville, on Mill creek. He held the office until 1840, when William Rose, Jr., was appointed and the office permanently located at Rose- ville. The succeeding postmasters have been Royal Rose, H. B. Hibbard, E. R. Backer, appointed in 1866; C. B. Hanyen, appointed in 1881; Daniel Watson, appointed in 1885; E. E. Wood, appointed in 1889, and J. F. Wilcox, appointed June 17, 1893. The office was made a money-order office April 7, 1892.

A store was opened in Roseville about 1837, by Royal Rose, who continued in business until 1852, when the enterprise was conducted for two years by E. and R. Rose and A. Hall. J. B. and P. S. Drake were merchants in 1852, and Byron Clark in 1853. Strait & Austin began business, as merchants, in 1860, and were succeeded in 1863 by Charles L. Strait, who continued iu business over twenty years. In 1867 Capt. E. R. Backer embarked in business, and was succeeded in 1874 by Myron Mills. About 1881 Mr. Mills removed to Mansfield. The present merchants are C. B. Hanyen, who has been in business in Roseville since 1881, and H. L. Blood, who began business in 1886.

Roseville was incorporated as a borough February 3, 1876, the first officers being as follows: S. S. Johns, burgess; G. W. Sherman, Myron Mills, L. C. Ben- son, C. L. Strait, John M. Barden and Daniel Watson, councilmen; Daniel Wat- son and J. D. Longwell, justices of the peace; Josephus Stout, constable; D. W. Hibbard, street commissioner, and Warren Rose, assessor. The office of burgess has been since held by the following-named persons: S. S. Johns, 1877; G. W. Soper, 1888; L. D. Pierce, 1879; E. Crapser, 1880-81; Alanson Rose, 1882; S. Rose, 1883; O. B. Burlew, 1884; John Teneyck, 1885; H. H. Van Ockin, 1886; Alexander Rose, 1887; A. C. Young, 1888-89; John Teneyck, 1890; O. S. Nye, 1891-92; L. Rose, 1893; H. H. Van Ockin, 1894; J. D. Longwell, 1895; Frank Argetsinger, 1896, and J. F. Willcox, 1897.

The justices of Roseville have been as follows: J. D. Longwell, 1878; Daniel Watson, 1880; Charles W. Kelley, 1883; re-elected in 1888 and 1893; C. B. Hanyen, 1885; re-elected in 1890, and Josephus Stout, 1895.

The first secret society in Roseville was Adelphic Lodge, No. 268, I. O. O. F., originally organized in Tioga, October 8, 1847, and removed to Roseville April 2, 1857, where it flourished and became the parent of Seely Creek Lodge, at Dag- getts, and of the lodges at Austinville and Aspinwall, in Bradford county. The hall building of this lodge was destroyed in the fire of July 8, 1890, soon after which the charter was surrendered and it passed out of existence. The existing societies in Roseville are Capt. E. R. Backer Post, No. 616, G. A. R., organized Sep- tember 6, 1892, and which has now twenty-three members; and Rutland Tent, No. 87, K. O. T. M., which was organized September 30, 1895. It now numbers seventeen members.

July 8, 1890, the borough was visited by a destructive fire, which swept out of existence twenty-three buildings, including one hotel, the Methodist church, C. B. Hanyen's store, and a number of private residences and barns. The loss in property exceeded $50,000. The church and the hotel and a number of the residences, including the Methodist parsonage, have since been rebuilt. The borough now contains a postoffice, a hotel, two general stores, two churches, a public school building, two blacksmith shops, etc.

CHAPTER XLVII.

SULLIVAN TOWNSHIP.

ORGANIZATION-ORIGINAL AREA AND PRESENT BOUNDARIES-SOIL AND PRODUCTS- STREAMS-DERIVATION OF NAME-POPULATION-EARLY SETTLERS-BUSINESS ENTERPRISES-SCHOOLS-PHYSICIANS AND JUSTICES-CHURCHES-CEMETERIES- SECRET SOCIETIES-BOROUGH OF MAINESBURG-VILLAGES AND POSTOFFICES.

YULLIVAN township was organized in February, 1816, and was taken from S Covington township. It embraced within its original boundaries the larger part of the township of Rutland, and all of the townships of Union and Ward. As at present constituted it embraces an area averaging six and a half miles from east to west, by seven miles from north to south, and contains about forty-five square miles. It is bounded on the north by Rutland township; east by Brad- ford county; south by Ward township, and west by Covington and Richmond townships. The mean elevation above tidewater is about 1,400 feet. The general surface, except along the southern border, is undulating. The soil is productive and well adapted to the cereal grains, meadow grasses, orchard fruits and tobacco. In proportion to its area, Sullivan township is the richest and best agricul- tural township in the county. Very little of its land is uncultivated, and its farmers are thrifty, prosperous and progressive. It is well watered, and its creek valleys are the sites of some of the finest farms in the township. Elk run rises near the southeast corner and flows northwest through the central part of the township, receiving a number of smaller branches. Corey creek rises south of the center of the township, and pursues a northwest course to Mainesburg, west of which it passes into Richmond township. Canoe Camp creek pursues a westward course through the southwestern part of the township.

Among the early settlers were a number of Revolutionary soldiers, who had seen service under Gen. John Sullivan, who, in the summer of 1779, led an ex- pedition against the Indians in the Genesee valley. When the township was or- ganized, these early settlers named it "Sullivan," in honor of their old commander. Its growth in population and wealth has been steady and progressive. In 1840 it led in population, having 1,378 inhabitants. In 1870 it had 1,637 inhabitants; in 1880, 1,345, and in 1890, 1,211. The decrease in population, during recent years, has been due to the suspension of lumbering operations, owing to the ex- haustion of the timber supply. Sullivan is now a strictly agricultural town- ship, and as such is rich and prosperous.

EARLY SETTLERS.

The settlement of the township began about 1803, in which year Samuel Rey- nolds came from Vermont and settled on the farm until recently occupied by his son, the late Thomas Reynolds, on the State road. David Palmer, a native of

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Oneida county, New York, settled in the eastern part of the township, where he and his brother Stephen pre-empted and purchased nearly 1,000 acres of land, the greater portion of which is still owned by their descendants. His brother, Stephen Palmer, came later and settled beside him. James Gray, who came in 1805 from Otsego county, New York, settled in the northeastern part of the township, in what has since been known as Gray's Valley. He was a Revolutionary soldier and served seven years in the Continental army, and was discharged with the rank of captain. Noah Rumsey, Sr., came from Vermont in 1807, and settled on the site of Mainesburg. A few years later he sold out to Jonathan L. Spencer, and located on Rumsey Hill, as did also his brothers, Smith and Jeremiah Rumsey, each of whom left numerous descendants in Sullivan township. Russell Rose, an officer in the Revolution, on Washington's staff, came from Connecticut in 1807, and settled in the northeast corner of what is now Ward township. A few years later he removed to Sullivan township and located on the State road, about half a mile west of the State Road Baptist church. A number of his descendants still reside in this neighborhood. Mrs. Rebecca Packard, a daughter of Russell Rose, and for many years past a resident of Covington township, was born in Norfolk township, Litchfield county, Connecticut, October 11, 1795. She celebrated the one hundred and first anniversary of her birth in October, 1896. Notwithstand- ing her great age, she is still bright and active.

After the opening up of the State road through the township in 1808, settlers began to flock in. It has been difficult to ascertain the exact year of the coming of each one, and resort has been had to the assessment list of 1812 to determine who were the tax-paying residents of the township in that year. It is safe to as- sume that nearly all of those whose names appear on that list were here as early as 1810, and some a year or two earlier. In addition to those already given, the following names appear: Isaac Baker, who settled in "Gray's Valley;" Simeon Briggs on the State road; Griffin and Constant Bailey, at Chandlerburg; Paul and Apollos Cudworth, on Rumsey Hill; Peleg Doud, southeast of Mainesburg; Aaron Gitchell and Eli Gitchell, a Baptist preacher, and Levi Gitchell, on Rum- sey Hill; Allen Lane and Benjamin and Henry Lawrence, in the eastern part of the township; William Ludington, on the Isaac Squires farm; Ira Mudge, on the State road; Hanover Pitts, near the Richmond township line; Jesse Orvis, on the State road; Thomas Rexford and Gardner Seaman, in the eastern part of the township; Jesse Smith, near the Rutland township line, and Elijah and Nathaniel Welch, on the State road, in the eastern part of the township.

The following additional names appear on the assessment list of 1817, the first assessment made after the township was organized: John Andrews, Ananias Baker, Simeon Briggs, Jr .; Thomas R. Corey, who settled on the State road; James Cudworth, who settled in the western, and David Crippen, who settled in the northeastern part of the township; Jacob Collins, who settled near Maines- burg; Josiah Dewey, who came in 1813, and settled on the State road; John Ellis, who came in 1815, and settled in Mainesburg; David Fellows, who also settled in the Mainesburg neighborhood; John and Silas Gray, David Jones, Timothy Knowlton, who settled in the southwestern part of the township; John King, who settled in the. eastern part of the township; Allen Lane, Jr., Lemuel Lane, John

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Ludington, Reuben Merritt, Joseph and Timothy Orvis, Jonathan Partridge, who settled below Chandlerburg; Clement and David Paine, Smith Rumsey, Elisha Rush, John Simpkins, Lyman Spencer, Nathan Welch, Jr., Roswell and Abial Webster, Zebedee Woodward, Noah Weast, John Watson, Ephraim S. Marsh, Joseph Ford, Lyman Rumsey, Samuel Hardin, Robert Potter, Daniel James, Levi Fox and Isaac Benson.

BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.

A grist-mill was erected at Mainesburg about 1809, by Noah Rumsey, Sr. Two or three years later he sold it to Jonathan L. Spencer. In 1824 he sold his lands and mill and other personal property to John Maine, a pioneer in Lawrence township, who also bought the lands and personal property of Lyman Spencer. Mr. Maine operated the mill until 1841, when he sold it to Solon Richards, who ran it a number of years, and sold it to R. K. Brundage, and he in turn to Philemon Doud, who tore down the old mill and erected a steam mill on its site. N. E. Calkins succeeded Doud as owner of the property, which finally passed into the hands of Hiram Horton, who leased it to Aaron Austin. On April 17, 1894, the mill was destroyed by fire and has not been rebuilt. In 1831 Sylvester Bailey erected a water-power grist-mill in Bailey Hollow, near Chandlerburg. About 1840 he sold it to Moses Crawford, who operated it for a number of years. It shut down about twenty years ago, O. W. Palmer being the owner at the time.

In 1819 John Gray erected a saw-mill at Gray's Valley, on Elk run. He operated until 1832. It had a number of owners. In 1838 Albert Dewey erected a saw-mill in the eastern part of the township, which he and George Dewey operated for a number of years. William Young, another early mill owner, built a mill about 1832 below Mainesburg, on Corey creek, near the Richmond town- ship line. In 1844 Valorus O. Spencer erected a mill above Mainesburg. Other early mill owners and lumbermen were: Stephen Palmer, who ran a mill in the eastern part of the township; Peleg Doud, who erected one on the South fork of Corey creek, on what is now the George Ross farm, and Sylvester Bailey, who erected one in Bailey Hollow. All these mills were run by water power, the flutter- wheel being the one generally used. They have passed out of existence, except the mill near the State road, now operated by Edward Dewey.

In 1820 Lyman and Orange Spencer were operating a distillery near Maines- burg. It afterwards became the property of John Maine, who ran it a few years, and then discontinued the business. In 1828 John Packard erected a tannery in Mainesburg. It was afterwards moved over the hill, north of the village. He conducted it until his death in 1842, when it shut down. In 1832 Solon Richards established a woolen factory in Mainesburg, which he sold in 1838 to Philemon Doud. It was discontinued about 1845. J. B. Strong erected a wagon shop in Mainesburg in the early fifties. It was afterwards carried on by Lorenzo Doud. It is over thirty years since it ceased operations. The building was afterward transformed into a skating rink and is now used as a public hall.

The existing manufacturing enterprises are the Mainesburg Co-operative Creamery Company; the East Sullivan Co-operative Creamery Company, whose

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creamery is located in Gray's Valley, and the West Sullivan Co-operative Creamery Company, whose creamery is located on the Mansfield and Roseville road, near the Richmond township line. These creameries have all been established since 1890. During the season they manufacture about 350 pounds of butter a day each. The patrons pay three cents a pound for churning and receive back the skim milk. A cheese factory, on the S. K. Longwell place, is not now in operation.

The first store in the township was started in 1816 by John Gray, in Gray's Valley. A few years later Timothy and Joseph Orvis, opened a store on King's Hill, south of the State road. Both these stores were carried on in log buildings. Some time after this Alvin Ames opened a store in a frame building on Ames' Hill.

In 1832 John M. Fox opened the first store in Mainesburg. He was after- wards associated in business with A. C. Witter, the firm being Fox & Witter. Mr. Fox was in business about forty years. Among the later merchants were John Robinson, P. W. Doud, E. A. Fish, L. D. Rumsey and William Strong. There are now two general stores in Mainesburg, one conducted by J. W. DeWitt & Son, and the other by J. N. Strange.

In 1851 Northrop Smith and H. L. Roblyer opened a store in Chandlerburg. Mr. Roblyer retired in 1857, and Mr. Smith carried on the business for a num- ber of years afterward. Thomas Wood opened a grocery store here and carried it on for six or eight years. October 1, 1888, S. L. Wood opened a general store, which he still carries on. It is now the only store in the place.

Soon after embarking in business in Mainesburg, John M. Fox opened a hotel in a building still standing, east of the Grange hall. Here he kept hotel for more than twenty years. In 1847 Leander D. Rumsey. built the house now known as "Hotel Thayer." He was succeeded as landlord by J. B. Strong. Daniel James kept here during the war, his successors being Peleg Doud and R. K. Brundage. 0. B. Thayer, the present landlord, purchased the property in 1886. The Maines- burg House has been kept for a number of years by A. M. Haight. It was erected for a private residence.

SCHOOLS.

The first school house in the township was a log structure, erected near Allen Lane's. It was a subscription school, as were all the early schools of the county. Another early school, known as the Diven school, was erected in Gray's Valley. The Ramsdale and Rumsey Hill school houses were all built during the sub- scription school period. As the township became settled other schools were started. After the adoption of the common school law, in 1835, regular school districts were formed, which were sub-divided as population increased. The first school house in Mainesburg was on the site of the building now occupied as an office by Dr. J. A. Knipple. In 1896 there were fifteen schools in the township, and one in Mainesburg, in which seventeen teachers were employed. The schools are well sustained, good teachers are employed and fair salaries paid.

J. D. Mo, aime M. D.

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PHYSICIANS AND JUSTICES.

About 1830 Dr. Dexter Parkhurst, who had previously practiced in Mans- field, located in Mainesburg, where he continued to practice until his death in 1866. Harry Lyman located in Mainesburg about the same time, but made a brief stay. Levi Rose began practice about 1835 and continued for a number of years. David A. Roblyer began practice about 1845 and continued until about 1850. Dr. George D. Maine, a son of John Maine, graduated from the medical department of the University of Buffalo in 1856, and a year later located in Mainesburg, where he has continued to practice to the present time. Leonard J. Bradford, a native of the township, graduated from Penn Medical College in 1865, practiced two years at Austinville, and in 1867 located near Sullivan Post- office, where he has continued to practice until the present time. Dr. John A. Knipple, a graduate of Parish Medical College, has practiced in Mainesburg since 1893.

The following-named persons have served as justices of the peace since the township was organized: Eli Gitchell, 1819; John Cochran, 1822; Ebenezer Ripley, 1822; John Marvin, 1825; re-elected, 1835; John Gray, 1825; Ephraim B. Gerould, 1826; James C. Turner, 1828; Thomas Dyer, 1828; Thomas Putnam, 1828; John Shaffer, 1829; Rufus Smith, 1831; Daniel N. Hunt, 1832; Lan- son Miller, 1834; Solon Richards, 1835; William Hill, 1835; Alfred Ripley, 1836; re-elected, 1840; Evan Harris, 1837; Edwin Dyer, 1838; Isaac Drake, 1838; Philemon Doud, 1840; Leander D. Rumsey, 1841; Calvin C. Green, 1845; James Gray, 1845; Isaac S. Rumsey, 1848; re-elected, 1853; Thomas Reynolds, 1850; Henry B. Card, 1855; re-elected, 1860; E. A. Fish, 1858; Isaac Squire, 1860; re-elected, 1872, 1877, 1882; Northrop Smith, 1862; re-elected, 1867, 1887, 1892; N. A. Taylor, 1865; re-elected, 1870; B. I. Rew, 1873; Nathan Smith, 1878; Charles Strange, 1882; re-elected, 1888; W. J. Squire and Loren Dodge, 1893.

CHURCHES.

The Old School Baptist Church of Sullivan was organized about the year 1816, at the residence of Peleg Doud, near Mainesburg. The first minister of this denomination to preach in the township, was Rev. Mr. Power. He was soon joined by Rev. Nehemiah Hobart Ripley, who came into the county in 1815, and settled in Richmond township, and their efforts resulted in the organization of a church. Meetings were held in dwellings and school houses. A great many of the early settlers were members of this church, which maintained its organization for a number of years. Owing to deaths, removals, and the absorption of its membership by the regular Baptist churches of East Sullivan, and the State road, it became too weak to maintain itself and passed out of existence. Among the ministers who preached to this church was Rev. Eli Gitchell, an early settler on Rumsey Hill.

The Free Will Baptist Church of Sullivan was the outgrowth of meetings begun in the autumn of 1830, in the Rumsey Hill school house, by Rev. James H. Lamphere, who organized a church in the following spring. On April 3, 1866, the society was incorporated. During recent years it maintained no regular pastor.

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The East Sullivan Baptist Church was organized May 18, 1836. In June, 1835, the first regular appointments for Baptist preaching were made by Samuel Bullock, of Bradford county, assisted by Elder Elisha Rich. In October follow- ing, those who had attended these services organized themselves into a body, called the Sullivan Baptist Christian Conference. May 18, 1836, a council met and formally organized the church, with a membership of twenty-seven persons, as follows: P. Baker, Samuel Bullock, A. Crandall, John Ludington, Peleg Doud, R. Webster, H. Austin, Philemon Doud, James Gray, Jr., William Squire, Noah 0. Gray, Aurilla Baker, Lucinda Reynolds, Elizabeth Bullock, Sarah Crandall, Eunice Ludington, Betsy Webster, Louisa Doud, L. Webster, Louisa Squire, Mary Hill, Sally Burman, Almira Hill, Caroline Chapman, Isabella Gray, Lucy Rey- nolds and Louisa Gray. Rev. Elisha Rich was the first pastor. His successors were Revs. Packer, D. M. Root, Myron Rockwell, J. P. Burnam, S. Grinnell, 1851; C. Beebe, 1852-56; S. Grinnell, 1857-59; M. Rockwell, 1860-63; G. P. Watrous, 1865 ; C. A. Stone, 1867; no pastor, 1868 to 1872; M. Rockwell, 1872; F. Purvis, 1875. After 1875 the church had no pastor and in 1888 it became extinct. The church at Mansfield, organized April 10, 1840, was a branch of this society, as was also the Sullivan State Road Baptist church, organized in June, 1856. A branch of this church was also organized at the Van Ness school house, in Rut- land township, December 14, 1839. A Sunday-school was organized about 1843 and regularly sustained until 1870. The first church edifice in the township was erected by this society in 1842. In May, 1855, the church numbered 111 mem- bers. The last baptism occurred in August, 1867.

The Sullivan State Road Baptist Church was organized July 8, 1856, in L. L. Smith's barn. The preliminary steps were taken at a conference which met at the Ramsdale school house May 3, 1856, and which was presided over by Rev. C. Beebe, moderator. Upon the formal organization of the church, the following named persons became members: J. Fletcher, D. D. Miller, Betsy Rumsey, A. Hart, R. B. Rose, O. D. Rumsey, D. Fletcher, Mary E. Miller, Cornish Mudge, Daniel Rose, M. V. Mudge, F. S. Morgan, Floyd Ashley, E. S. Rose, Allen Webster, L. A. Rose, Adeline Smith, T. C. Webster, Sarah Fletcher, Clarissa A. Rose, W. L. Miller, G. W. Doud, S. S. Webster, Anna C. Miller, L. A. Rock- well, N. N. Rumsey, Betsy Morgan, Susannah Welch, Christiana Ayers, L. Jane Ashley, Jane E. Rose, Oliver Rumsey, Alonzo S. Chapel and E. J. Lewis. Rev. C. Beebe, the first pastor, served during 1856. His successors have been as fol- lows: Revs. S. Grinnell, 1857; M. Rockwell, 1858-63; G. P. Watrous, 1865-68; M. Rockwell, 1870-72; J. A. Baskwell, 1873; M. Rockwell, 1875; Henry Bray, 1876-77; Ross Ward, 1878-80; Samuel Early, 1881; S. F. Mathews, 1882; A. Tilden, 1883-85; E. J. Lewis, 1886; A. J. Adams, 1887; G. H. Trapp, 1889-90; B. T. Davies, 1891, and J. A. James, the present pastor, who took charge in May, 1893. In 1857 the society erected a frame church building on the south side of the State road, two miles and a half southeast of Mainesburg. This has since been repaired as needed. The church has 164 members. There are seventy pupils and teachers in the Sunday-school, of which E. B. Roberts of Mainesburg is the superintendent. This is one of the strong and prosperous churches of the county.

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History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania, Part 71

Author: Publication date: 1897 Publisher: Harrisburg : R. C. Brown Number of Pages: 1454

Author:
Publication date: 1897
Publisher: Harrisburg : R. C. Brown
Number of Pages: 1454