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The deputies or representatives from North Providence to the general assembly since 1793 have been as follows, without specifying the particular term of each year in which the persons named served, as in early years different men were elected for the different terms of the legislature: 1793, Edward Smith, Jeremiah Sayles; 1794, Smith, Sayles, Stephen Jenckes, Jr .; 1795, Smith, Jenckes, Ezekiel Whipple; 1796, Whipple and Jenckes; 1797, Whipple and Jenckes; 1798, Whip- ple and Jenckes; 1799, Whipple, Jenckes, Jonathan Treadwell, Stephen Abbott; 1800, Jonathan Treadwell and Stephen Abbott; 1801, Edward Smith, Stephen Jenckes, Jonathan Treadweil and Hope Angell; 1802, Treadwell and Angell and Stephen Olney; 1803, Treadwell and Olney; 1804, Treadwell and Olney and Abraham Wilkinson; 1805, Olney and Wilkinson; 1806, the same; 1807 to 1815, inclusive, the same; 1816, Olney and Wilkinson and Samuel Greene; 1817 and 1818, Olney and Greene; 1819, Olney and Greene and Richard Anthony; 1820, Greene and Anthony; 1821, the same; 1822, Anthony, Barney Merry, Lemuel Angell; 1823, Anthony, Merry, Angell, Lyndon Jenckes; 1824, Cyrus Whipple and Edward Randall; 1825, William Chaffee and Edward Randall; 1826, the same; 1827, William Chaffee, William Harris, Thomas Whipple and Barney Merry: 1828, Merry, Chaffee and Whip- ple; 1829, William Chaffee, Benjamin Fessenden Richard Brown and Nathan A. Brown; 1830, Richard Brown and Nathan A. Brown; 1831, the same and Olney Whipple: 1832, Richard Brown, Olney Whipple, William Chaffee and Otis Tiffany; 1833, Richard Brown, Otis Tiffany, Stephen Randall, Jr., John H. Weeden, Stephen Whipple and Eph- raim Miller; 1834, Stephen Randall, Jr., John H. Weeden and Nathan A. Brown; 1835, Randall and Brown; 1836 to 1838, the same; 1839, the same, and Edward S. Wilkinson; 1840 and 1841, Stephen Ran- dall, Jr., and Edward S. Wilkinson; 1842, the same and Olney Whip- ple; 1843, Stephen Randall, Jr., and Olney Whipple; under new constitution, which makes the year begin with May session, 1843, Joseph T. Sisson, James Angell and Adams Park; 1844, the same; 1845, Thomas Davis, Jerome B. Anthony and James Angell: 1846, Thomas Davis, John H. Weeden, and Enoch Brown; 1847, Lem- uel Angell, John S. Despau, and Enoch Brown; 1848, John H. Wee- den, Thomas Davis, and Jesse S. Tourtellot; 1849, Joseph T. Sisson, Thomas Davis, Jesse S. Tourtellot; 1850, Thomas Davis, Joseph T. Sisson, Zelotes Wetherell; 1851, Davis, Wetherell, Edwin Harris, Joseph B. Stone; 1852, Davis, Wetherell, John F. Smith, and Joseph B. Stone; 1853, John Tucker, William E. Dodge, Enoch Brown; 1854, John H. Weeden, Stephen Olney, Gardner Reckard, Jonathan C. Kenyon, Lucius Damon; 1855, Lewis Fairbrother, Benjamin T. Whit- man, Obadiah Brown: 1856, Fairbrother, Brown, Stephen B. Swan, James L. Wheaton; 1857, Obadiah Brown, Philip B. Stiness, Stephen B. Swan, James L. Wheaton; 1858, Lemuel M. E. Stone, John B. Hart- well, Thomas P. King, Abial Sampson; 1859, the same; 1860, William
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M. Bailey, Lucius B. Darling, Sumner Fifield, Christopher Holden; 1861, Jerome B. Anthony, Charles A. Boyd, Lucius B. Darling, Chris- topher Holden, Jacob Symonds; 1862, the same; 1863, William M. Bailey, James Davis, Joseph Cartland, Hiram H. Thomas, James C. Collins; 1864, Lemuel M. E. Stone, Albert W. Carpenter, Herbert E. Dodge, Jesse Metcalf, Ralph P. Devereux; 1865, Thomas Davis, Joseph E. Despeau, Amasa M. Eaton, Charles E. Hall, Pardon Jenckes; 1866, Benjamin F. Carpenter, James Davis, Charles E. Hall, John Morris, James Millar; 1867, Benjamin F. Carpenter, James Davis, Joseph F. Brown, William T. Adams, James C. Collins; 1868, William T. Adams, Olney Arnold, William R. Walker, Joseph F. Brown, James C. Collins; 1869, William R. Walker, William T. Adams, William W. Blodgett, James C. Collins, Joseph F. Brown; 1870, Joseph F. Brown, William W. Blodgett, Charles A. Boyd, Benjamin G. Perkins, Charles E. Gor- man; 1871, Charles A. Boyd, Ansel D. Nickerson, Herbert E. Dodge, Heber LeFavour, Cyril S. Carpenter; 1872, Henry Armington, Mas- sena P. Bacon, James C. Collins, Amasa M. Eaton, Jesse Metcalf; 1873, William T. Adams, Massena P. Bacon, Charles E. Chickering, Herbert E. Dodge, Amasa M. Eaton, Charles E. Hall, John L. Ross; 1874, Mas- sena P. Bacon, Charles E. Chickering, William R. Walker, William T. Adams, Charles E. Hall, Herbert E. Dodge, Amasa M. Eaton; 1875, Benjamin Sweet; 1876, the same; 1877-8, James C. Collins; 1879, Olney W. Randall; 1880, Lemuel M. E. Stone; 1881, the same; 1882, James C. Collins; 1883, George A. Fenner; 1884, James C. Collins; 1885, Albert L. Andrews; 1886, Charles H. Cozzens; 1887, the same; 1888, Gardner G. Clark.
Under the constitution the following have represented North Pro- vidence as senators in the state legislature: Levi C. Eaton, 1843-5; John H. Weeden, 1845-6; Pardon P. Jillson, 1846-8; Lemuel Angell, 1848-50; Stephen Whipple, 1850-1; Caleb V. Waterman, 1851-3; Charles S. Bradley, 1853-4; Charles E. Swan, 1854-5; Jonathan C. Kenyon, 1855-7; Lewis Fairbrother, 1857-61; Andrew Jenckes, 1861-3; William Grosvenor, 1863-4; Lewis Fairbrother, 1864-5; Olney Arnold, 1865-6; William Grosvenor, 1866-8; George H. Corliss, 1868-71; Olney Arnold, 1871-2; Charles A. Boyd, 1872-3; Obadiah Brown, 1873-4; Daniel W. Lyman, 1875; William H. Angell, 1876-8; Daniel W. Lyman, 1879-80; Lewis S. Woodward, 1881-2; Daniel W. Lyman, 1883; Ira Olney, 1884-7; Andrew J. Wilcox, 1888.
The first town meeting of North Providence as now constituted was held June 1st, 1874. The town council since that time has been composed from year to year as follows: 1874, Staunton Belden, Charles P. Walker, Edwin S. Thurston, George W. Angell, Henry R. Hill; 1875, William H. Wright, Philip A. Sweet, 2d, Albert L. Andrews, Henry R. Hill, Jeremiah S. Olney; 1876, William W. Wright, Albert L. Andrews, Jeremiah S. Olney, Philip A. Sweet, 2d, John H. Hutch- inson; 1877, Henry R. Hill, Lemuel M. E. Stone, Albert L. Andrews,
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Henry D. Olney, Frederick M. Aldrich; 1878, Martin K. Cowing, Benjamin Sweet, Ira Hawkins, Jr., Philip A. Sweet, William W. Weld; 1879, William W. Weld, Benjamin Sweet, Ira Olney, Philip A. Sweet, Louis B. Olney; 1880, William W. Weld, Benjamin Sweet, Ira Olney, Philip A. Sweet, Louis B. Olney; 1881, William W. Weld, Benjamin Sweet, Ira Olney, Philip A. Sweet, Olney W. Randall; 1882, William W. Weld, Benjamin Sweet, Ira Olney, George A. Fenner, Oren T. An- gell; 1883, George A. Fenner, Benjamin Sweet, Ira Olney, Henry R. Hill, Martin W. Thurber; 1884, George W. Gould, Benjamin Sweet, Emor B. Whipple, Martin W. Thurber, Henry H. Handy; 1885, George W. Gould, William A. Sweet, Emor B. Whipple, Martin W. Thurber, Henry H. Handy; 1886, Albert L. Andrews, William A. Sweet, Walter S. Seamans, Henry Mann, Myron H. Hawkins; 1887, Benjamin Sweet, Charles E. Hall, Jonathan G. Boss, Albert T. Mansfield, Andrew J. Wilcox; 1888, Benjamin Sweet, Charles E. Hall, Jonathan G. Boss, Charles A. Towne, James A. Burns; 1889, Charles A. Towne, Benja- min Sweet, Ira Olney, Jonathan G. Boss, James A. Burns.
The office of town clerk has been held by the following: George Eddy, 1874-5; Thomas H. Angel1,1880 to the present time. The office of treasurer has been held by the following: William H. Angell, 1874- 84; Frank C. Angell, 1885 to the present time.
The town hall, a handsome two story frame building, standing in Centredale, was built in 1880. It contains four cells for the detention of prisoners, in the basement, the town clerk's offices on the main floor, and a convenient assembly room on the second floor.
We have already alluded to the fact that the town is intersected by two principal thoroughfares, the Mineral Spring and the Douglass Turnpikes. The former runs east and west through the town, and was chartered in 1826, as a branch of the Smithfield and Glocester Turnpike Company's road. About two years later it was set off as the Mineral Spring Turnpike, and owned by Warren Bacheldor. It was five miles long, extending from Centredale to Pawtucket. A toll- gate was established, on the east side of the Douglass 'Pike, by the house of Nicholas White, which was built in 1831. Douglass Turn- pike was chartered in 1806, and runs north and south across the town. It had a gate upon it at the crossing of the Mineral Spring 'Pike. James Smith was keeper of both gates about the year 1830. Edward P. Knowles, once mayor of Providence, came into possession of the Mineral Spring 'Pike. He sold it to Clark and Gideon Reynolds. The town bought it, for four hundred dollars, and it became a public highway about 1867. Besides these roads an extension of Lexington street, in Providence, has been cut through the neighborhood of Woodville in 1888-9. The Louisquisset Turnpike crosses from north to south, in the eastern part of the town, taking the name of Charles street after it enters the city.
The settlement at Woodville is quite an ancient one. The Browns
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and Whipples were prominent old-time families and used to own large farms here. The farm of Captain Daniel Smith, who died in 1864, consisted of 1,000 to 1,200 acres in this neighborhood. It has since been divided among many heirs. The Wanskuck river runs down through this hamlet, feeding the Geneva Mills, which are located on the line between the town and Providence, the line passing through the brick mill. This hamlet contains a blacksmith shop and a school house, besides the ruins of a bleachery and dye works, and a silent workshop where various business has been done. A farmers' chapel in the north part of the settlement was built about 1880. It has no regular minister, but is supplied by students from the University. A Sunday school was organized in 1881, which now numbers 53 members.
The manufacturing interest of this hamlet was started by John B. Wood, in 1846. He established a manufactory of cocoanut dippers. The building now stands unoccupied just west of the bridge, and on the south side of the Mineral Spring road. A larger establishment was started by Clark and Gideon Reynolds about 1852, as a cotton and twine mill. At a later date Richard, James and Michael Parrington, three brothers, took possession and ran it as a bleachery. Bridge & Parrington then ran it awhile, when the latter withdrew and George Bridge ran it alone. He sold out to Dempsey Brothers, who carried it on as a bleaching and dyeing establishment until April, 1882, when it was burned down. While in operation it employed about 100 hands, and used steam power. The ruins still lie unimproved.
In the northwest corner of the town lies the little factory village of Graystone, composed of a single factory, deriving power from the Woonasquatucket, and ten or twelve houses. The factory has had a varied history, but is now unemployed, though it is supplied with the appliances for carrying on appropriate work. The site was once occupied by a family of Campbells as a paper mill. A cotton factory was started by the Anthony family about 50 years ago. Its business life has been fluctuating. About ten years since its energies were turned to the manufacture of shoddy, in which line of work it was last engaged. It is owned by Messrs. James Campbell & Son, and the machinery, with the real estate connected with it, have an assessed valuation of $14,000. The capacity of the mill is sufficient to employ about 12 or 15 hands. The paper mill was run by another family of Campbells, different from the present owners.
One mile lower down the river we find the more important factory village and business center of Centredale. The Angells were a prominent family in the settlement of this locality, and still occupy a conspicuous position in the society. The first house built here is still standing, being something more than 100 years old. Nathaniel and Halsey Angell are old residents and representatives of the Angell family in this locality. Some estimate of the prominence of the
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Angell family in this town may be formed from the fact that in the assessment of the town the family name is far ahead of that of any other, representing property, mostly real estate, to the aggregate value as assessed, amounting to $91,340.
The village of Centredale contains a hotel, one or two stores, a public library, the town hall, a handsome public school building, several mechanic shops, a factory and a church. The church is not now connected with any society. It was once used by Baptists, and again by Universalists, and perhaps other denominations have occu- pied it at times, but all failing to use it permanently it reverted to the former owners and is now owned by James Halsey Angell. It is used as a public hall, for the accommodation of occasional gatherings. It was at one time called a Free-will Baptist church. It is valued at $1,000 on the town assessment, and being private property, is taxed. The village school is a handsome modern antique structure, and was built in 1886. It occupies a beautiful site, on the crown of a graceful elevation, embowered in foliage, and is provided with a rich toned bell in its tower.
The Centredale Mill is an old stone structure, built about 50 years ago or more. It was formerly owned by the Anthonys, but for 20 years back was owned by Amos N. Beckwith, and more recently by the Dyerville Manufacturing Company, its present owners. The assessed valuation of its real estate, including houses connected with it or belonging to the company, was $63,000. The mill is employed in the manufacture of cotton goods. The mills were greatly damaged by a destructive fire in September, 1889. This caused a suspension of operations for the present. The upper floor and roof were burned out. The mills comprise two buildings; one about 40 by 125 feet, two stories high, and the other 144 by 40 feet, three stories high. The capacity of the mills when in operation is sufficient to employ 80 to 100 hands. They are run in connection with the mills of the com- pany located at Dyerville, a few miles below and within Providence city limits. The class of goods made here comprises cotton yarns.
The Union Library was chartered in January, 1870, as a stock company enterprise. The library was opened to the use of the pub- lic July 4th of that year. The project had been set on foot during the year 1869, and money had been raised by subscriptions and by a fair. A building was erected in the early part of 1870, costing $800. The library was started with 1,000 to 1,200 volumes, and now contains over 2,000 volumes. Mr. Frank C. Angell has been its librarian from the start to the present time, excepting about a year and a half. The library room is handsomely furnished with carpet, chairs, tables and pictures. It is open on Tuesday and Friday evenings, and is well patronized. From 80 to 100 volumes in an evening is a common number to be let out.
Roger Williams Lodge, No. 32, F. & A. M., began work under a
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dispensation January 27th, 1876, after a session of the Grand Lodge. A charter was granted May 15th, 1876. The following members were named in the charter: Thomas Wilmarth, Alexander Wilmarth Har- rington, Charles P. Walker, James Halsey Angell, Frank C. Angell, James C. Collins, Daniel O. Angell, Rufus W. Harris, Amasa J. Smith, LeRoy Gavit Weston, William Andrews, Ansel S. Angell. Cor- nelius M. Capron, George F. Angell, John Reed, Almanzo S. Stone, James V. Dawley, Jr., John R. Cozzens, William F. Allison, George F. Stollard, George E. Olney, William Rowley, Jr., Oliver P. Sherman, Richard W. Greatorex, Charles E. Nichols, George E. Eddy, Charles H. Cozzens, George W. Capron, Henry C. Arnold, George W. Stone, Henry R. Hill, George W. Dorrance, Lilley B. Mowry and Mial S. Al- drich. The first officers under the charter were: Thomas Wilmarth, W. M .; Alexander W. Harrington, S. W .; Charles P. Walker, J. W .; James Halsey Angell, treasurer; Frank C. Angell, S .; Rufus W. Harris, S. D .; A. Jarvis, J. D .; George F. Angell, S. S .; William F. Allison, J. S .; James V. Dawley, Jr., M .; George E. Olney, C .; Daniel O. Angell, S .; Ansel S. Angell, T. The Lodge at first occupied a room opposite the railroad station, but about 1880 moved into its pres- ent very attractive quarters. Here it has a very nicely furnished room on the second floor of Angell's Block. The present member- ship of the Lodge is 44. A pedestal on the worthy master's plat- form was made from a piece of the rock on which Roger Williams landed, on the historic occasion of his first arrival on the site of Prov- idence. This stone was secured by opportune efforts of Mr. Frank C. Angell, and having had it dressed in proper shape he presented it to the Lodge. It stands about three feet high. The Lodge also has a very fine silk banner, worth about $100, which was presented by ladies and other friends of the Lodge.
Allendale, named in honor of Mr. Zachariah Allen, one of the prominent and enterprising men of this part of the town in the early years of the century, lies on the river a mile below Centredale. It contains a Baptist church and the mills and store of the Allendale Manufacturing Company. The village is mainly owned and sup- ported by the mill company. Their employees are Italians, Canadi- ans and Americans. The mills, houses, and other real estate of the Allendale Company are valued by the town officials at $78,000, and their machinery in the mills at $35,000. The mill was built by Zach- ariah Allen in 1822. It is a substantial stone building. It passed into the hands of Mr. William D. Ely, son-in-law of Mr. Allen. He associated others with himself as the Allendale Company, of which he is yet the treasurer and chief proprietor. The mills employ about 200 hands. Important additions have been made to the original mill. Both steam and water power are used. The principal work of the mill is the manufacture of wide cotton sheetings. About 12,000 spin- dles and 300 looms are kept running. Mr. George W. Gould is the
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agent of the company, at 54 North Main street, Providence. The company have a store near the mill, where they supply their employees and others with provisions, groceries and general goods. The river has a fall of about eight feet at Centredale, about the same or more here, and about ten feet at Lymansville. The products of these man- ufacturing villages, as well as the general communication of the peo- ple, is afforded transportation facilities by means of the Providence & Springfield railroad, which runs along the west bank of the river, just outside the limits of this town.
A Baptist church was built at Allendale in 1847. The following description of it was given in the report of Reverend Henry Jackson, in his account of the churches of Rhode Island to the Baptist State Convention November 8th, 1853. "The Allendale Baptist church was built in 1847, about three-fourths of a mile southwest from the Fruit Hill house. It is situated in the village of Zachariah Allen, Esq., a gentleman of high moral feeling, who contributes liberally towards the support of the church. The building measures 22 by 40 feet, has a tower, bell, vestry, and 27 pews, seats 250, and is estimated at $1,800. The church report their congregation at 300, with an average of 150. They sustain the ministry by subscription. Julius E. Johnson, an unordained minister, has supplied their pulpit on the Sabbath for two years. The deacon is Samuel C. Harrington. The population in the village is 300.
If the foregoing report is correct, and we have no means of impeaching it, neither the village nor the church would seem to have made much progress in the last 40 years. The village population can hardly exceed the estimate given then, nor will the average congre- gations surpass the numbers represented. The church building is a neat Gothic stone structure. The church was constituted in 1850. Its existence in recent years has been rather uneventful, no settled pastor having been installed for several years, and but little change taking place in the membership. The pulpit is supplied by students from Brown University. Prayer meetings and Sunday school, however, are reported as being well sustained. The present membership is 56. Mr. George W. Thorpe is the church clerk. The Sunday school con- nected with this church was established in 1847. . It now numbers 97. Mr. Charles H. Lawton has been superintendent since 1877. It has an average attendance of 54, and its library contains 250 volumes. A mission was established by this church in the neighboring town of Johnston, in 1877, in School District No. 5, where it was held in the school house. A new chapel was built there in 1889. The Sunday school organized there in 1878, now numbers 41. Mr. George W. Thorpe is its superintendent, having held that office since 1882.
Zachariah Allen Lodge, No. 1, I. O. G. T., was organized in June, 1888. It had 42 charter members. Its first officers were: George W. Thorpe, C. T .; Mrs. Thomas P. Bassett, V. T .; Charles H. Lawton, T .;
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George L. Sutton, C .; Charles F. Dawley, S .; Charles S. Cahone, P. C. T .; Daniel G. Sunderland, L. D .; Edwin S. Joslin, M .; Miss Mabel Olney, D. M .; John Clarke, G .; Thomas P. Bassett, F. S. The office of C. T. has been held by George W. Thorpe, June to November, 1888; Thomas P. Bassett, to May, 1889; George W. Thorpe, to November, 1889. The Lodge numbers 66 members. It meets in the Baptist church, on Friday evenings.
The factory village of Lymansville lies in the extreme southwest corner of the town. The river here has a fall of about ten feet, and affords considerable power. The village presents many homes of mill operatives that are models of neatness and examples of thrifty appearance worthy of commendation. They are ranged along the single main street of the village, which lies parallel with the river, and a few are upon side streets newly laid out. A number of houses have been recently built. The village has a pleasant and attractive appearance. It is almost entirely sustained by the manufacturing enterprise of the Lymansville Company. This enterprise was founded by the late Daniel W. Lyman, who formerly owned all the land in the vicinity, the mills and many houses. His estate also covers property at Fruit Hill and elsewhere, and personal property, altogether valued at about $50,000, outside of the factory estate. The assessed valuation of the factory and its appurtenances is about $80,000. The present company assumed control of the mill in 1884. The buildings are in the form of a cross, being 80 to 100 feet wide, and having a length of 370 feet in one direction and 312 feet in the transverse. They are three stories high, and mainly built of brick. Mr. A. Albert Sack is the agent and treasurer, having an office in the city. The goods manufactured are worsteds and yarns, the products amounting to $900,000 to $1,000,000 in value per annum. About 400 hands are employed. This is said to be the only establishment in the country that sells and delivers goods direct from the factory to the consumer. They have selling offices where sales by samples are effected, in New York, Boston and Chicago. The goods, however, are kept in store at the works, and shipped thence direct to purchasers, who are mainly manufacturing consumers. Steam power to the extent of about 600 horse, is used in addition to the water power at hand. Goods are manufactured complete, from the raw wool to the cloth, finished and dyed. Among the operatives may be found different nationalities, Americans, however, predominating. The factory buildings contain about 117,000 square feet of floor space. The water privilege owned by the company affords about 250 horse power. The stock capital of the company is $500,000. George L. Davis is its president. The plant covers 160 acres. The dwellings of the operatives are well lighted, modern buildings. The company owns some, but they encourage the operatives to build for themselves, believing that they thus secure a more stable and thrifty class of people. Over 100 houses have been
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built by operatives within the last four years, while during the same time the company has built but two.
A Roman Catholic church, a low, wooden structure, stands in the north part of the settlement. It is connected with the church at Manton, within the city limits. It is in size about 54 by 50 feet, with posts about 10 feet high. It has afforded a meeting place for the members and adherents of that sect for the last quarter of a century, but probably on the establishment of religious services in the new church at Manton the use of this building will be suspended.
In regard to Fruit Hill and its church, a writer in 1853 said : " The Fruit Hill house measures 30 by 60 feet. It was built in 1819, seats 300, and is valued at $2,000. It has 60 pews, with a congregation of 150, averaging 80. Reverend John C. Welch, of Providence, a minister long and favorably known in Rhode Island as a pastor, supplies their pulpit ; his labor is rewarded with tokens of good. This church would probably increase their usefulness by the erection of a new house. The lot is large and finely situated, surrounded by the Fruit Hill village. A large agricultural district and several manufacturing interests furnish them with sufficient encouragement for such an enterprise. The Fruit Hill Classical School, taught by Stanton Belden, Esq., is also here. Mr. Belden's reputation as a teacher has ever stood high, and the institution is worthy of a liberal patronage." This house stood about a mile northeast from Allendale. The church was constituted in 1818. It was of the Baptist denomination, and in 1853 had 46 members, and paid its minister a salary of $260. But it afterward declined, and its membership was gradually absorbed by the Allendale church and by a Union church which later sprung up here. The old meeting house was torn down several years ago. The Union church has a membership of about 50, but no regular preaching services are maintained. A Sunday school is kept up.
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