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Jonathan Morgan, born in Simsbury, Conn., February 15, 1779, came to Poultney with his father, Jonathan, in 1795, and settled on the farm now owned and occupied by his sons Isaac H. and J. Allen Morgan. He built three saw- mills on Poultney River, which intersected his farm, and operated two of them as long as he lived. He died March 22, 1859. His descendants are nu- merous.
Thomas Todd, the pioneer of the woolen manufacture in Poultney, came as early as 1705. He owned the house and farm now owned by James Hopper. The old mill is now used by Henry Shaw in the manufacture of cider. Thomas Todd passed the last few years of his life on the farm of his second wife in Hampton.
Noah Wells came about 1795 from Colchester, Conn., and lived for a time with his uncle, Enos Wells. In 1805 he bought the farm on which are the Gibson and Schenectady slate quarries, now owned by George Gibson. In 1822 he moved on to the " Sam Hyde " farm where, on the 27th of May, 1828, he died.
Elijah D. Webster settled about 1795 on the farm now occupied by his
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daughter, Mrs. Mary Hosford, two miles south of East Poultney. He was one of the first members of the Baptist Church and acted as deacon for years. He died July 17, 1823.
Anthony Angevine, who came to Poultney in 1797, settled on the farm now occupied by Henry W. Crittenden. After a few years he removed to Mendon, N. Y., where he died. Some of his descendants, however, still reside in Poultney.
Peter Seribner, a substantial, well-to-do farmer, located as early as 1797 on what is now the town farm in Hampshire Hollow. His mother was a sister of Joseph Rann. He died July 28, 1856, aged eighty-seven years ; some of his descendants still survive.
Daniel Sprague, a blacksmith, came to Poultney from Salisbury, Conn., in 1798 and settled in the west village at the place now owned by the widow of John Lewis. He was one of the early postmasters here, and held other im- portant offices of trust. He died June 2, 1853.
Samuel Wood came to this town from Connecticut about 1798, when he was about forty years of age, and located in the north part of the town on the farm now owned by Mr. Carpenter.
Benjamin Farwell, born in Groton, Mass., on the 2d day of July, 1756. He took part in the battle of Bunker Hill, under Colonel Prescott, and came to Poultney in 1799, locating on Pond Hill. Some of his descendants now re- side in Poultney, and trace their lineage back to Henry Farwell, who lived in the seventeenth century at Concord, Mass.
Hiram Kilburn was born July 7, 1799, in Poultney, his father, Abraham Kilburn having come here from Litchfield, Conn., some years before. Abra- ham Kilburn died in 1806. Hiram was killed by the ears October 21, 1867, while on duty as agent at the station at Poultney. He held for years the office of deacon of the Congregational Church, and left descendants who still survive, among them being Mrs. William Farnum and Albert Kilburn.
Among other arrivals at about this period were Ebenezer Smith, who lived and died in the house now occupied by Joseph Wade, on Beaman street ; Da- vid Thompson of Goshen, Conn., who lived where M. W. Bliss now resides, and whose eldest son, Amos, represented Poultney in the State Legislature from 1804 to 1807 inclusive, and in 1813, '14 and '16 ; was one of the assistant judges of the Rutland County Court from 1809 to 1820 inclusive, and chief judge from 1821 to 1824; Boardwell Watkins, who settled on the farm now owned and occupied by John Driscoll ; Roswell Andrus, from Shaftsbury, who located on the farm now occupied by W. W. Martin; Benjamin Giddings, who settled on the farm now occupied by Calvin Inman, and Solomon Giddings, his neph- ew, both of whom have left a numerous posterity ; Daniel Parsons, who kept tavern several years in the house now owned by Stephen Scott, afterwards known as the Neal House, in the rear part of which he and Salvator Rann for
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some time kept store; Captain Royal Pease, faint traces of whose house are still visible near the cemetery in Finel Hollow on land of C. P. Austin. Albert Pease, his son, still lives in town.
Captain William Watson, a soldier of the Revolution and a man of brilliant parts, but during the later years of his life, intemperate, was the author of the familiar witicism in the form of a toast given at a 4th of July celebration in Poultney about 1810: "The enemies of our country, may they have cobweb breeches, porcupine saddle, a hard trotting horse, and an eternal journey."
Abel Parker, an early settler, succeeded Nehemiah Howe in the grist-mill at East Poultney, and was a large land owner in his day. Carlos Parker and Mrs. Charles W. Potter are his descendants.
Seth Ruggles, a non-commissioned officer of the Revolution, and a minute man, who served about three years in all, was born in Hardwick, Worcester county, Mass., on the 7th of January, 1757. He came to Poultney with his wife and five children, in 1804, and located on the place now owned by J. A. Benedict, about one mile north from East Poultney. He died March 28, 1846. He was thrice married, and all the descendants now living are from his third wife, Susannah Jenks. His eldest son, Seth, succeeded Mr. Stanley in the own- ership and management of the foundry now owned by Henry J. Ruggles, his son. (A further account of this interest appears in a subsequent page.)
Elisha Scott came from Tolman, Conn., in 1804, under contract to build the Baptist Church in the east village, which he did in the following year. He lived on the farm now owned by D. A. Smith ; one of his three daughters mar- riek Salvator Rann, and another Calvin Mallary. The only one of his children now in Poultney is Stephen, who was in earlier years a tanner and currier.
Hon. Merritt Clark, whose son Henry Clark is the editor of this work, was born in Middletown, Vt., February 11, 1803. His father was General James Clark, well known throughout the State as a lawyer of great ability. Merritt Clark was graduated from the Rutland County Grammar School, and, in 1823, from Middlebury College. He and his brother Horace then engaged until 1841 in the mercantile business in Middletown. In 1841, when the Poultney Bank was established he was made its cashier, and was connected with it dur- ing its entire history. He was president of the Rutland and Washington rail- road from its incorporation in 1847, until it was completed to Albany. He was chiefly instrumental in the restoration of the Troy Conference Academy in 1848. Henry Clark, of Rutland, and Edward Clark, of Poultney, are his only children.
The industries of Poultney prior to 1800 were few in number, and for the most part of little importance beyond the limits of the town. Saw-mills and grist-mills abounded, for people demanded lumber for their dwellings and flour for their daily sustenance. There were at one time six saw-mills in town on Poultney River. One was erected and operated by Jonathan Morgan, near
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where his sons, Isaac H. and J. Allen Morgan now reside. Another further down stream, near the former residence of the late Harlow Hosford ; a third at the falls in the east village, operated by Abel Parker, and later by Joseph Morse ; a fourth, operated by Deacon Silas Howe, at what has since been called the candlestick-factory premises, between the two villages ; one by Fay Hyde (in 1813) across the river from the site of the Ruggles foundry, and one at Hampton Bridge, formerly known as Norton's mills. There were, quite early, two saw-mills in the southeast part of the town on Endless Brook, which flows into Lake St. Catharine, and two in the southwest part of the town, on Had- away Brook. There were also two on Lewis Brook in the north part of the town, one built by John Lewis and the other by Colonel John Ransom, the mill of Harrison Smith being a continuation of the latter.
Five grist-mills had been built in town prior to 1800. Jonathan Morgan op- erated one near his saw-mill ; there was one at the Todd place a half mile east of the east village ; one at East Poultney, built about 1773, by Nehemiah Howe, and the first one in town; one near the saw-mill at the candlestick-factory place, and one at Hampton Bridge. As early as 1785 Samuel Joslin and Abel Darling erected a forge at the Todd place.
An early industry which attained considerable importance in Poultney was the distilling of whiskey. At one time ten distilleries were in operation here, viz., one in Morse Hollow, operated by Joseph Morse, sr .; one the Lewis farm, by John Lewis ; one near Pond Hill, by Royal Pease ; one south of the river by Dr. David Dewey ; one by Thomas Todd a little way up Finel Hollow, where the tobacco-box factory afterwards stood; one about a mile east of the east village near the red school-house, by Harlow Hosford ; one by Alonzo Howe, near where the East Poultney cheese factory was afterwards built ; one by Colonel Ransom on his farm two miles north of Poultney village; one by Horace Mallary, about a mile north from Ransom ; and one near Hampton Bridge. The business began to decline by 1830, and in a few years was known only as a thing of the past.
As early as 1800 the two villages had already begun their growth, and East Poultney was the larger. This relation was practically sustained until the opening of the railroad, which brought the business nearer the station, i. c., to the west village. It was about this period that some enterprising men in and about Poultney conceived the plan of converting the main road running north and south through the villages, and which was used as a thoroughfare from Lan- singburgh, Troy and Albany, to Middlebury, Burlington and St. Albans, from the rough, uneven road it then was, into a turnpike. Accordingly the " Poult- ney Turnpike Company " was incorporated in the fall of 1805 and organized in 1806. Benjamin Carver was the first secretary. The road was designed as part of a through line from Albany to Burlington, and was finally so estab- lished. The road was surveyed in 1808, and completed, it is supposed, in
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1811. Being the line of stage travel north and south, the turnpike prospered until the New York canals connecting Lake Champlain with the Hudson River, were opened, and traffic north and south was shifted to the new and less ex- pensive channel. It caused the final surrender of the turnpike to the towns through which it passed.
On the 22d day of July, 1811, a great amount of damage was done to the property in town by a terrible freshet, which carried away dwelling-houses, and other buildings, and rendered some fields along the banks of the Poultney River for years unfit for cultivation. All the mills on Poultney River in town, with one exception, were carried away. Ithamar Smith's dwelling was swept into the flood. One, George Morgan, lost his life while attempting to cross the stream on horseback when it had begun to swell.
War of 1812 .- After the close of the Revolutionary War, and the settle- ment of the land controversy with New York, the inhabitants of Poultney, in common with other towns on the western border of Vermont, were permitted to pursue for a number of years the vocations whose progress had been pre- vented by those memorable struggles. The industries and inventions of men, now that the rude invasion of a foreign foe was no longer feared, were pros- ecuted with the diligence of which those times alone furnish examples, but the towns that border on Lake Champlain, and their neighbor towns, were destined to suffer again the fears and privations of war.
No record exists containing the names of all those from Poultney who took part in the War of 1812, but it is reasonably certain that the town furnished her proportion. William Miller, afterwards prominent as a Baptist clergyman, and later more prominent as an Advent preacher, then a resident of Poultney, received a captain's commission from Governor Jonas Galusha, and was or- dered to Burlington with his company, which he raised in Poultney. The fol- lowing, among others, left Poultney to serve in this war: Thomas Shepard, Horace Thompson, Russell Pitkin, Charles Obraham, John Brown, Stephen Angevine, Philip Angevine, Roswell Calender, Jonathan Pierce and Amasa Thatcher. It is not known, however, that all of the above named were in Captain Miller's company, though the presumption is that most of them were. " Nothing can so encourage those who believe in the stability of our govern- ment, as the fact that notwithstanding the extreme bitterness before the War of 1812, or party spirit, and the refusal of adherents of either party to mingle in any way with those of the other party, they lay aside the hatred that sepa- rated them in peace, and yielded to the love that united them in war." Then succeeded the long peace that prevailed with only one brief and insignificant interruption until the Civil War roused the warlike energies of another gener- ation. But Poultney seems to have degenerated so much that she could not do her duty promptly and efficiently in all the emergencies of the war. The following is a list of soldiers credited to the town of Poultney, with the time of enlistment of each, the time of service, etc.
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Volunteers for three years credited previous to the call for 300,000 of Octo- ber 17, 1863 : -
George C. Babcock, co. F, 6th regt .; George W. Ballard, Alanson Barber and Charles S. Barber, co. B, 2d regt .; Horace E. Barber, co. I, 7th regt .; Lu- ther S. Barnes, cav., co. H ; David B. Bateman, John S. Bateman and Lewis L. Bateman, co. B, 2d regt .; Frederick Beals, co. G, IIth regt .; Jolin Bodfish, co. I, 5th regt .; Chauncey W. Brown and Eben Butler, co. B, 2d regt .; James A. Butler, co. B, 9th regt .; John Butler, co. I, 5th regt .; William O. Butler, co. B, 9th regt .; Robert Caldwell, Frank H. Carrigan and James B. Carrigan, co. B, 2d regt .; Henry B. Cassavant, co. C, 11th regt .; Charles Clark, co. I, 7th regt .; Obadiah Cole, co. B, 2d regt .; Albert F. Culver, co. E, 2d s. s .; Alanson Draper and David Draper, co I, 7th regt .; Oscar Draper, co. 1, 5th regt .; F. M. Edgerton and Edson H. Fifield, co. B, 2d regt .; Joseph Geroy, co. I, 5th regt .; Rollin M. Green, co. I, 7th regt .; Timothy Haley, co. I, 5th regt .; Charles Hammond, co. B, 2d regt .; John W. Harrison, co. I, 7th regt .; Henry H. Hart, co. C, 1Ith regt .; Matthew Hennessey, co. G, 2d regt .; Ed- gar J. Herrick, co. H, 5th regt .; David R. Hosford, co. 1, 5th regt .; Adin E. Howard, co. B, 2d regt .; David B. Hunter, co. I, 7th regt .; Henry G. Hunter, co. B, 2d regt .; Robert Hunter, co. I, 7th regt .; William H. Hyde, co. B, 2d regt .; Oliver Jones, co. B, 9th regt .; Frank Kilborn, co. C, 11th regt .; Samuel Kilborn, co. I, 5th regt .; William Lamb, co. C, 11th regt .; Charles E. Lan- caster and Henry F. Lewis, co. I, 5th regt .; Judson A. Lewis, co. C, 11th regt .; Julius Lewis, co. I, 5th regt .; William G. Lewis, co. B, 2d regt .; Lucius Lincoln, co. E, 5th regt .; Thomas Mahar, Albert E. Maranville, Merritt P. Maranville, co. B, 2d regt .; Marcus Marshall, co. H. cav .; William V. Meeker, co. C, IIth regt .; Joseph Mears, co. H, 2d regt .; Charles Mehrling, co. I, 7th regt .; William Miller, co. B, 2d regt .; Lester E. Monroe, co. B, 9th regt .; Charles A. Moulton Martin A. Munroe, co. C, 11th regt .; Jonas H. Munson, Levi L. Munson, co. B, 2d regt .; James Oatman, jr., co. I, 7th regt .; Michael O'Brien, co. B, 2d regt .; Charles H. Packard, co. B, 7th regt .; Isaac E . Par- ker, Andrew Perry, 5th regt .; Joshua Potter co. I, 7th regt .: Frank J. Pray, John J. Preston, co. C, 11th regt .; Gilbert H. Prindle, co. H, 2d regt. s. s .; Edwin C. Richardson, co. I, 7th regt .; James W. Ripley, co. C, 11th regt .; James G. Roe, rec. 2d regt .; Charles C. Ruggles, co. I, 7th regt ; Grove S. Scribner, co. H, 2d s. s .; Amander A. Shaw, William S. Shaw, George W. Shaw, co. C, IIth regt .; Silas H. Shumway, John Smith, William P. Spauld- ing, co. I, 5th regt .; William P. Smith, co. B, 9th regt .; James F. Stoddard, co. I, 7th regt .; Charles H. Stowe, co. B, 2d regt .; Proctor Swallow, co. I, 7th regt .; Allen Thompson, co. F, 6th regt .; Charles E. Thompson, John E. Thorn- ton, co. 1, 5th regt .; David H. Whalen, co. C, 11th regt .; James Wilson, rec. 5th regt .; Joseph C. Woodward, co. B, 2d regt.
Credits under under call of October 17th, 1863, for 300,000 volunteers and
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subsequent calls. Volunteers for three years. - Horace E. Barber, co. I, 17th regt .; Justus P. Barker, co. I, 5th regt .; John Butler, co. H, cav .; William S. Cook, co. I, 7th regt .; Robert Cornish, Walter Douglass, Henry Gorham, co. I, 5th regt .; Dewitt C. Falkenburg, co. H, cav .; Merritt D. Griswold, co. I, 17th regt .; Henry M. Guilder, James F. Guilder, Morgan B. Guilder, co. G, cav .; Nathan Loveland, co. B. cav .; Jeremiah Manning, co. I, 5th regt .; Eg- bert L. Maranville, co. B, 2d regt .; Franklin McLeod, co. M, cav .; Edmond Monroe co. G, cav .; Joel P. Montgomery. co. I, 5th regt .; Jay D. Morse, 2d bat .; Edwin A. Porter, co. G, cav .; James F. Preston, John B. Shaw, John M. Shaw, co. I, 5th regt .; Ephraim Sheldrick, 2d bat .; Jenks B. Stevens, co. 1, 5th regt .; Henry A. Taylor, co. I, 7th regt .; Francis H. Whalan, co. H. cav.
Volunteers for one year .- Leonard G. Buffum, co. B, 9th regt .; George W. Davis, co. B, 9th regt .; Daniel A. Ensign, 2d bat .; William C. Field, co. F, 2d regt .; William B. Giddings, 7th regt .; William L. Howard, co. C, 7th regt .; John R. Johnson, cav .; Patrick Kennedy, co. D, 7th regt .; Frank Ladderbush, cav .; William Miller, 2d bat .; William B. O'Here, 6th regt .; George Olney, 9th regt .; Chandler P. Rawson, co. H, 9th regt .; Horace E. Smith, co. K, 7th regt .; Antoine Willet, co. B; 4th regt .; John M. Young, co. B, 9th regt.
Volunteers re-enlisted .- Oscar Babbitt, co. I, 5th regt .; Lewis L. Bate- man, co. B, 2d regt .; Prosper E. Fales, 2d bat .; Edson H. Fifield, q. m. s., 2d regt .; Joseph Geroy, David R. Hosford, co. I, 5th regt .; Albert E. Maranville, co. H, 2d regt .; Edson Mckenzie, Charles Mehrling, Joshua Potter, co. I, 7th regt .; Grove S. Scribner, co. H, 2d regt. s. s .; Proctor Swallow, co. I, 7th regt .; Charles E. Thompson, co. I, 5th regt.
Enrolled men who furnished substitutes .- Heman R. Clark, Henry Clark, Ed. H. Gibson, Nelson C. Hyde, A. K. Rider, Henry Ruggles, L. E. Thomp- son, Schuyler C. Wells.
Miscellaneous .- Not credited by name, four men.
Volunteers for nine months. - Stephen S. Beach, Cyrus M. Bliss, Isaac C. Bosworth, co. F. 14th regt .; William H. Boyce, co. K, 14th regt .; Edwin D. Davis, Solomon Dewey, Stephen A. Douglass, J. P. Eddy, Joseph B. Ensign, Sylvanus F. Hook, Robert Hunter, co. F, 14th regt .; Clark Lamb, co. K, 14th regt .; Roswell R. Lewis, Charles S. Lamb, co. F, 14th regt .; Adin K. Mar- shall, co. R, 14th regt .; George Merling, Ashbel H. Pepper, Charles R. Pom- eroy, Charles A. Rann, co. F, 14th regt .; Benjamin Rice, co. K, 14th regt .; Hiram T. Smith, John H. Thompson, Charles E. Vaughan, co. F, 14th regt.
Furnished under draft and paid commutation .- Lucius Ames, Hiram G. Barber, Charles F. Boomer, Charles R. Bull, Henry W. Crittenden, Asahel P. Dewey, George W. Fitch, Solomon E. Hooker, Henry Howe, Charles W. Knapp, Joseph M. Lewis, Mark Lewis, Charles Ripley, jr., Edwin C. Spauld- ing, John S. Wells. Entered service, James M. Huckins.
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The following figures indicate the population of Poultney as shown every decade of years by the United States census : 1791, 1, 121 ; 1800, 1,694 ; 1810, 1,950; 1820, 1,955 ; 1830, 1,909; 1840, 1,880 ; 1850, 2,329; 1860, 2,278; 1870, 2,836 ; 1880, 2,717.
Ecclesiastical. - The first church in town was the Congregational Church, which was organized in 1780 by Rev. Ithamer Hibbard, of Bennington, and a chaplain in the army of the Revolution. It is not known who the original members were, but the following were probably among the members in 1795 : Samuel Lee, Silas Howe, Calvin Mallary, Bazaleel Farnum, Joel Frisbie, Bar- nabus Richmond, Timothy Crittenden and Oliver Strong. There was a divi- sion of the church about 1785, owing to some unfavorable opinion of the or- thodoxy of the pastor, and a part of the congregation withdrew and held sep- arate worship thereafter, under, the ministration of Mr. Thompson, until 1796, when a union was effected. This was the last year of Mr. Hibbard's pastorate. The church was then supplied for a time by Rev. David Smith, Prince Jenney and a Mr. Hawley, but had no settled pastor until December, 1802, when Rev. Samuel Leonard accepted a call, and on the following May 18, was duly in- stalled. His pastorate of eighteen years was successful, and witnessed the completion of the new and present house of worship, while the old one built by the Congregational and Baptist societies in unison was destroyed by de- grees until 1812, when every timber had disappeared. On November 21, 1821, Rev. Ethan Smith was installed Mr. Leonard's successor. He was dis- missed on the third of November, 1826. Since his dismission the following pastors have been installed over the church : October 24, 1827, to the fall of 1834, Rev. Sylvester Cochran. During his pastorate (1829-30), large numbers were added to all the churches here in consequence of an earnest revival. Rev. Solomon Lyman, February 26, 1835, to November 16, 1842. March 25, 1843, to January 30, 1846, Rev. Joseph Myres ; summer of 1847 to July 6, 1848, Rev. Daniel C. Frost. Rev. Cephus H. Kent, stated supply, about two years and a half. March 9, 1853, to May 6, 1854, Rev. Jacob E. Blakely. January 10, 1856, to January 6, 1859, Rev. Calvin N. Ransom. April 18, 1860, to February 23, 1869, Rev. John G. Hale. Rev. Ovid Miner, stated supply for about two years. Rev. Calvin Granger, the present pastor, came to East Poultney from Hubbardton in 1872, and began his labors in June of that year. The Sabbath-school was established in connection with this church as early as 1825 ; the present superintendent is A. B. Ripley. The average attendance is about thirty. The present deacons of the church are A. B. Ripley, William Farnum and J. H. Mears. The church membership num- bers about eighty, and the estimated value of all the church property is $5,000.
The Baptist Church of Poultney was organized in 1782, and united for some years in worship and communion with the Congregational Church. Among the early Baptists in Poultney were Isaac Ashley, William Ward, Mrs.
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Thomas Ashley, John Ashley, Ichabod Marshall, Mrs. Ichabod Marshall and Elijah D. Webster. On the 19th of May, 1802, the two societies having now been separated, Rev. Clark Kendrick was ordained pastor. The present church edifice in East Poultney was erected in 1805 at an expense of $6,000, the audi- ence-room being papered in 1839, at an additional expense of $2,000. On the 19th of February, 1824, Mr. Kendrick died. Mr. Pharcellus Church was or- dained June 23, 1825, and resigned on the 21st of October, 1828. Rev. Eli B. Smith, his successor, entered upon his labors with the church on the 23d of August, 1829. Samuel C. Dilloway came January 6, 1834, and continued until April 1, 1838. On the 20th of December, 1838, Velony R. Hotchkiss was ordained pastor. Rev. Joseph M. Driver entered upon his pastoral office here November 5, 1842, and remained until April 5, 1845. The next pastor, Rev. Joseph Cannon, who commenced in February, 1846, dissolved the rela- tion May 28, 1848. Rev. John Gaodby, D. D., became pastor on the 21st of January, 1849. His successor, Rev. William L. Palmer, was pastor from Sep- tember, 1859, until August 5, 1865. Dr. Gaodby returned as supply on the 1 2th of November following, and accepted a call in April, 1867. He remained this time until the close of the year 1872. In May, 1867, the church was di- vided, and services were held thereafter in the west village under the pastorate of Dr. Gaodby, and in the east village under the preaching of Warren Mason. This division occasioned a great feeling of bitterness between the two sections which it took years to abate, the matter even reaching the secular courts in liti- gation. A settlement was effected in September, 1871. After the termination of Dr. Gaodby's pastoral relations, the pulpit in the west village was supplied by various ministers. James A. Pierce, a Hamilton student, was ordained pastor July 29, 1873, and remained several years. The present pastor is Rev. H. H. Parry, since July 19, 1885. The new church edifice in this village was dedicated January 24, 1872. The present membership is 170. Average at- tendance at Sabbath-school is ninety. Albert Kilborn is superintendent. As before stated, Rev. Warren Mason supplied the pulpit at the East Poultney Baptist Church for several months, and was succeeded by Rev. Thomas Tobin, who, after supplying the desk for four months, became pastor in April, 1868. He closed his labors here on the 4th of February, 1871. The church was then for two years without a pastor. A. T. Dunn then accepted a call and was pas- tor from April 6, 1873, to April 1, 1874, meanwhile receiving ordination. Rev. David Beecher was pastor for some years after the middle of May, 1874. There is at present no pastor here. A Sabbath-school was connected with the church in about 1829, during the pastorate of E. B. Smith. The present Sabbath- school superintendent is Frederick Carlton. The church membership now numbers about sixty persons; J. R. Dewey and H. Howe are the present deacons.
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