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The Evangelical Monitor, a fortnightly magazine edited and published for two years (1821-3) by Rev. Walter Chapin, pastor of the church in Windsor, though a private enterprise, covered during its brief existence nearly the same field.
The General Convention of 1825 appointed a committee "to take into consideration the expediency of establishing a re- ligious newspaper in this state, and to take measures, if they see fit, to carry it into effect." This movement resulted in the Vermont Chronicle, a weekly paper whose first number was is- sued in 1826, and which for nearly 75 years filled a distinguished place in the work of our churches. It was first printed at Bel- lows Falls, then after two years at Windsor. Its editors as- sumed financial responsibility for the paper, and it is pleasant to know that for a long term of years it brought them fair returns. With the death in 1862 of Mr. E. Carter Tracy, who had long been the principal editor, the Chronicle was sold to the publisher of a secular paper, and for over thirty years it was published in connection with such a paper, first at Windsor and then at Montpelier. With the growth in the circulation of the national denominational papers and their increased at- tention to news from local fields, the maintenance of a state paper became increasingly difficult, and after various removals and vicissitudes, the last number of the Chronicle appeared March 18, 1898.
The Vermont Missionary first appeared as a four-page monthly sheet in November, 1889, as the organ of the Vermont Domestic Missionary Society. With the disappearance of the Chronicle it has taken on an increase of size and a somewhat wider scope, and fills a place in the machinery of our denomina- tional life out of proportion to its unassuming appearance.
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VERMONT CONGREGATIONALISM.
WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS.
Organizations of women in the local churches under the name of "Female Societies" first appear about the year 1804. The earliest societies had for their object the raising of funds for home missionary work in the state. At a much later date were developed the present societies for aid to the home church and for foreign and home missionary work, one or all of the three existing in every active church, the three objects in an increasing number of cases being combined in one organization. T'he Vermont Branch of the Woman's Board of Missions, organ- ized in 1872, and the Woman's Home Missionary Union of Ver- mont, organized in 1888, have greatly increased the women's in- terest in foreign and home missions, and have systematized the raising of funds for these purposes in a marked degree.
ASSOCIATIONS (formerly Conferences) of CHURCHES.
Rutland, organized as Consociation of Western District of Vermont, June 6, 1797; as Conference, June, 1860; name changed to Association, Sept. 23, 1908.
Addison, organized as Consociation, June 13, 1804; as Con- ference, Sept. 10, 1861; name changed to Association, May 20, 1908.
Franklin and Grand Isle, organized as Northwestern Con- sociation, June 14, 1808; as Conference, June 7, 1865; name changed to Association, June 4, 1908.
Chittenden, organized as Consociation, July 4, 1828; as Conference, June 10, 1851 ; name changed to Association, June 2, 1909.
Orange, organized Oct. 5, 1830; name changed to Associa- tion, June 17, 1908.
Coos and Essex,* organized Feb. 19, 1833; name changed to Association, June 17, 1908.
Caledonia, organized Oct. 23, 1834; name changed to As- sociation, June 1, 1909.
Washington, organized Nov. 29, 1837: name changed to Association, June 2, 1909.
*Most of the churches of this Association are in New Hampshire.
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Orleans, organized June 18, 1839; name changed to Associ- ation, June 2, 1909.
Lamoille, organized June, 1840; name changed to Associa- tion, June 2, 1910.
Windsor, organized Sept. 17, 1840; name changed to As- sociation, June 2, 1910.
Windham, organized Sept., 1841; name changed to Associ- ation, Sept. 9, 1909.
Bennington, organized Dec. 10, 1872; name changed to Association, June 30, 1908.
Union, organized Sept. 30, 1885; name changed to Associa- tion, Oct. 7, 1909.
Grafton-Orange,* organized Oct. 26, 1909.
MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATIONS, OR UNIONS.
Windham, organized Oct. 17, 1775.
Rutland, organized in 1788 as Association of the Western District.
Royalton, organized Jan. 17, 1796; disbanded May 8, 1906.
Orange, organized Oct. 17, 1801; combined June 8, 1881, with White Mountain (in New Hampshire), and since known as Orange and White Mountain.
Northwestern, organized June 15, 1808.
Addison, organized June 15, 1808.
Caledonia, organized as Coos (in New Hampshire and Ver- mont), Jan. 10, 1811; assumed its present name in 1826.
Bennington (originally known as Pawlet), organized Feb. 4, 1812.
Windsor, organized Oct., 1822; gradually became extinct, being last mentioned in the Minutes, 1891.
Orleans, organized June 17, 1823.
Montpelier, organized Jan. 9, 1827.
Black River, organized in 1828, later known as Chester; disbanded 1824; a new Black River organized Dec. 29, 1885, and combined with Windham June 5, 1905.
*The churches of this youngest Association lie along the Connecti- cut River in the two states.
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Lancaster, in New Hampshire, organized Aug. 13, 1833, had members in Vermont; disbanded, 1879. White River, organized Oct. 14, 1845. Winooski, organized June 9, 1847. Lamoille, organized June 1, 1858.
ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THE STATE BODY.
GENERAL CONVENTION OF MINISTERS IN THE STATE OF VERMONT.
Date
Place
Moderator or President
Scribe
Preacher
1795, Aug. 27
Hanover, N. H.
. Samuel Whiting
Martin Tullar
1796, June 21
Rockingham
Job Swift
Martin Tullar
Martin Tullar
1797, June 20
Pawlet
. Joseph Bowman
. Gershom C. Lyman
. Gershom C. Lyman
1798, June 19
. Barnard
William Hall Martin Tullar
Lemuel Haynes
1799, June 18
Grafton
. Eleazer Fairbanks . Nathaniel Lambert Elijah Lyman
1800, June 17
Dorset
Job Swift
Jesse Edson
. Stephen Fuller
1801, Sept. 1
. Westminster
. Asa Burton
Martin Tullar
. Nathaniel Hall
1802, Sept. 7
Granville, N. Y .*
. Job Swift
. John Fitch
. John Fitch
1803, Sept. 6
Thetford
. William Hall
. Elijah Lyman
William Hall
1804, Sept. 4
Royalton
Gershom C. Lyman
. John B. Preston
John B. Preston
1805, Sept. 3
. Pittsford
. William Hall
. James W. Woodward .. Tilton Eastman
GENERAL CONVENTION OF CONGREGATIONAL AND PRESBYTERIAN MINISTERS OF THE STATE OF VERMONT.
1806, Sept. 2
Brattleboro (West) .... Asa Burton
Thos. A. Merrill
1807, Sept. 1
. Middlebury
. William Hall
Jedediah Bushnell . John Fitch
1808, Sept. 6
. Windsor . Gershom C. Lyman . . Nathaniel Hall
1809, Sept. 5
. Rutland . Stephen Fuller
. Leonard Worcester
. Stephen Fuller
1810, Sept. 4
. Brookfield
Asa Burton
. Leonard Worcester
Holland Weeks
1811, Sept. 10 . Vergennes .
Asa Burton
Holland Weeks Chester Wright .
1812, Sept. &
Westminster
. Gershom C. Lyman . John Fitch . Micah Stone
1813, Sept. 14
Pawlet
. Lemuel Haynes
John Fitch
. Timothy Field
1814, Sept. 13
. Woodstock
Dan Kent
. John Hough
. E. S. Woodruff
1815, Sept. 10
. Benson
John Griswold . Rufus Cushman . Jacob Allen
1816, Sept. 10 Montpelier
. Asa Burton
. Chester Wright
. Elihu Smith
1817, Sept. 9
. Middlebury
. Asa Burton
John Hough
. Amariah Chandler
1818, Sept. 8
. Peacham
Thos. A. Merrill
. Walter Chapin
. Thos. A. Merrill
1819, Sept. 14
Burlington . Thos. A. Merrill
. Leonard Worcester . Leonard Worcester
1820, Sept. 12 . Westminster (West) ... Thos. A. Merrill .. . Elihu Smith .. Ezra Fisk
* This church and one or two others in Washington Co., N. Y., were for many years connected with our state body. Later for a time, another group of New York churches, the Essex Co. Association, was connected with us.
VERMONT CONGREGATIONALISM.
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Date
Place
Moderator
Scribe
Preacher
1821, Sept. 11
Poultney
John Griswold
Rufus W. Bailey
Thomas H. Wood
1822, Sept. 10
Norwich
(South)
Elijah Lyman
. Charles Y. Chase
Dan Kent
1823, Sept. 9
Ludlow
Thos. A. Merrill
Calvin Yale
Asa Burton
1824, Sept. 14
Charlotte .
Joshua Bates
. Jonathan McGee
. Mason Knapen
1825, Sept. 13
Chelsea
Thos. A. Merrill
Charles Walker
Daniel O. Morton
1826, Sept. 12
. Castleton
John Hough
Joseph Torrey
. Silas McKeen
1827, Sept. 11
. Montpelier
Thos. A. Merrill
Henry Hunter
Reuben Smith
1828, Sept. 9
. Burlington
Thos. A. Merrill
Joseph Tracy
Hosea Beckley
1829, Sept. 8
. Woodstock
Thos. A. Merrill
. . Willard Child
. Willard Child
1830, Sept. 14
. Rutland
Joshua Bates
Joseph Tracy
Frederic E. Cannon
1831, Sept. 13
Windsor
. Thos. A. Merrill
. Samuel Delano X. Joseph Tracy
Asahel C. Washburn
1833, Sept. 10
Royalton
. Daniel O. Morton
. John K. Converse
James Patterson
1834, Sept.
9
Brandon
. Simeon Parmelee
. Daniel O. Morton
. Edward W. Hooker .John Wheeler
1836, Sept. 13
Castleton
. Charles Walker
. Lucius L. Tilden
James Buckham
1837, Sept. 12
Springfield
Willard Child
Harvey F. Leavitt
Constantine Blodgett
1838, Sept. 11
. Vergennes
. Austin Hazen
. John K. Converse
Milton Badger
1839, Aug. 27
. Montpelier
Joshua Bates
Joseph Steele
. William Mitchell
1840, Sept. 8
Burlington
James Buckham
. John H. Worcester
.. Worthington Wright
GENERAL CONVENTION OF CONGREGATIONAL, MINISTERS AND CHURCHES IN VERMONT.
1841, Sept. 14
. Woodstock
. John Wheeler
Amos Foster
. Otto S. Hoyt
1842, Sept. 13
Manchester
Richard C. Hand
. Cyrus B. Drake
Richard C. Hand
1843, June. 20
Chester
. Benjamin Labaree
. Dana Lamb
Benjamin Labaree
1,844, June 18
Rutland
. Charles Walker
Richard C. Hand
. Cyrus B. Drake
1845, June 17
Danville . Joseph Steele
Aldace Walker
Joseph Steele
1846, June 16
. Middlebury
Silas McKeen
. John Gridley
John F. Stone
1847, June 15
. Springfield
. Harvey F. Leavitt
. Samuel G. Coe
. Samuel H. Riddell
1848, June 20 Brandon
. Worthington Smith
Moses B. Bradford
. . Moses B. Bradford
1849, June 19
. St. Johnsbury (North) . Benjamin Labaree
John H. Woodward
.Cephas H. Kent
1850, June 18
. Burlington
. . Amos Foster
. Azariah Hyde ... .. Rufus Case
1851, June 17
. Bradford
. James Anderson
Aaron G. Pease .. Stephen Thurston
1852, June 15
. Castleton .. ... Cyrus B. Drake . . Pliny H. White .... . Wm. W. Thayer
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VERMONT CONGREGATIONALISM.
James Anderson
1832, Sept. 1
Middlebury
Calvin Yale
1835, Sept. 8
. Newbury
John Wheeler
. Joseph Steele
Date
Place
Moderator
Scribe
Preacher
1853, June 21
Windsor
. Silas Aiken
. William B. Bond ... .. Silas Aiken
1854, June 20
. St. Albans
. Moses B. Bradford
. Francis B. Wheeler .... Willard Brigham
1855, June 19
Brattleboro
. Cephas H. Kent
Franklin W. Olmsted .. Jonas DeF. Richards
1856, June 17
. Waterbury
Jonathan Clement
Rufus S. Cushman
. Jonathan Clement
1857, June 16
. Bennington (Second) .. Willard Child
Franklin Butler .
Geo. N. Boardman
1858, June 15
. St. Johnsbury (South) . John Wheeler
. John D. Kingsbury
. William H. Lord
1859, June 21
. Vergennes
. Samuel R. Hall
. Spencer Marsh
. Clark E. Ferrin
1860, June 19
Montpelier
. Harvey F. Leavitt
. Ezra H. Byington
. George W. Ranslow
1861, June 18
Rutland
. William H. Lord
. J. Eames Rankin
1862, June 17
Norwich
. Clark E. Ferrin
John G. Hale
. James Dougherty . John Eastman
1863, June 16
Middlebury
. Charles C. Parker
. Calvin B. Hulbert
. Pliny H. White
1864, June 21
. Woodstock
Benjamin Labaree
. Austin Hazen
. William Sewall
1865, June 20
. Burlington
(First)
Silas Aiken
Lewis Francis
. Joseph Chandler
1866, June 19
Newbury
. George P. Tyler
. Azel W. Wild
. Lewis O. Brastow
1867, June 18
. St. Albans
. Harvey D. Kitchel
. Francis J. Fairbanks ... Ezra H. Byington
1868, June 16
. St. Johnsbury (North) . Alfred Stevens
. William A. Robinson
. . Harvey D. Kitchel
1869, June 15
Brandon
. Rufus H. Cushman
Milton L. Severance
. Matthew H. Buckham
1870, June 21
. Montpelier
. Ezra H. Byington
. George F. Wright
. Isaac Jennings
1871, June 20
. Springfield
. Aldace Walker
. John C. Houghton
. Aldace Walker . L. Henry Cobb
1874, June 16
Northfield
. Matthew H. Buckham
.. James H. Babbitt
. . William H. Lord
1875, June 15 1876, June 20
Barton
. Charles F. Thompson
.. Warren W .. Winchester . John G. Hale
1877, June 19
Bradford
David M. Camp .
. Amzi B. Emmons
. George B. Safford
1878, June 11
. Rutland
. David M. Camp
. Lewis C. Partridge
. George L. Walker
1879, June 10
Burlington (College St.) George B. Safford
William S. Hazen
. Edward T. Fairbanks
1880, June 8
. Chester
John B. Page
. Lester H. Elliot
James G. Johnson
1881, June 14 1882, June 13 1883, June 12
Manchester
Isaac Jennings
Lucian D. Mcars
. John H. Hineks
Newport
. Charles F. Thompson
.. David K. Simonds
. . William S. Hazen X
1884, June 10
. St. Albans
. Cyrus Hamlin
. John L. Sewall
. Edward P. Wild &
1885, June 9
Bellows Falls
. Chas. C. McIntire . Charles P. Harris
. . Chas. H. Merrill
1886, June 8 . . . Randolph
. Franklin Fairbanks .... Clifford H. Smith
.. Alfred B. Dascomb
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1872, June 18
. Brattleboro
. Aldace Walker
. Perrin B. Fisk
1873, June 17
Middlebury
. L. Henry Cobb
X. Edward P. Wild
John H. Worcester
Bennington (Second) . . Henry Fairbanks ...
. Charles H. Merrill
. Edward P. Hooker
. St. Johnsbury (North) .Franklin W. Olmsted
.. Lawrence Phelps
. Edward G. Read
Date
Place
Moderator
Scribe
Preacher
1887, June 14
. Swanton
Chas. C. McIntire
. Clifford H. Smith
John A. MacColl
1888, June 12
Barre
Edward Hawes
Milan C. Stebbins
. . Samuel L. Bates
1889, June 11
. Windsor
. Roswell Farnham
Clifford H. Smith
. Charles C. McIntire
1890, June 10
. Rutland
Edward A. Stewart
John C. Houghton
. James H. Babbitt
1891, June 9
Brattleboro
Charles M. Lamson
William H. Stuart
.Edward Hawes
1892, June 14
Burlington (First)
Edward C. Crosby
. Charles H. Peck
. George W. Phillips
1893, June 13
Montpelier
Henry F. Field
. Charles W. Longren
. Charles R. Seymour
1894, June 12
. St. Johnsbury (South) . Philip K. Gleed
Henry L. Bailey
. Charles O. Day
1895, June 11
. Bennington (First) ..
.. Philip K. Gleed
. Henry E. Bray . . Azel W. Wild
1896, June 9
Bradford
Edward T. Fairbanks
... Henry L. Bailey . . . Vitellus M. Hardy
1897, June 8
Middlebury
Nathan G. Williams .... Theodore D. Bacon
. J. Ellsworth Fullerton
1898, June 14
,Morrisville
Vitellus M. Hardy ..... Henry L. Bailey
. Theodore D. Bacon
CONGREGATIONAL CONVENTION OF VERMONT.
1899, June 13
. Barre
. Charles F. Thompson
Henry L. Bailey . . Albert W. Dickens
1900, June 12
. Newport
Charles R. Seymour
Henry L. Bailey
Edward E. Herrick
1901, June 11
. Rutland
David M. Camp .. . Henry L. Bailey . . G. Glenn Atkins
1902, June 10
. Springfield
. J. Henry Jackson
. Henry J. Kilbourn
. Clifford H. Smith
1903, June 9
. Burlington (College St.) Chas. H. Merrill
Edward G. French
Edward M. Chapman
1904, June 14
St. Johnsbury (North) . Frederick W. Baldwin
. . George E. Ladd .
. Harry R. Miles
1905, June 13
. Brattleboro
.. Edward M. Chapman
.. Frank C. Putnam
Francis A. Poole
1906, June 12
Woodstock
. Charles J. Bell
David H. Strong . . Henry J. Kilbourn
1907, June 11
. Fair Haven
Clifford H. Smith
. Charles L. Carhart
. George S. Mills
1908, June 9
. St. Albans
. Wm. J. Van Patten
... Walter Thorpe . . Stephen G. Barnes
VERMONT CONGREGATIONAL CONFERENCE.
1909, June 8
. Randolph
Rufus C. Flagg
. Charles Wattie
. Robert H. Ball
1910, June 14
Montpelier
Matthew H. Buckham
. . Ola R. Houghton
. W. Parkyn Jackson
1911, June 13
. Bellows Falls George S. Mills
John A. Scheuerle
. Fraser Metzger
1912 May 21
. Middlebury
. Clarke C. Fitts . Edward P. Treat . . Henry L. Ballou
1913, May 20
. St. Johnsbury (South) .. George W. C. Hill
Edward G. French
. Arthur P. Pratt
1914. May 19
. Rutland
. George M. Hogan .. . Charles E. Hayward .... Chauncey C. Adams
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The following is a list of the permanent officers:
Registers and Secretaries-Rev. Sylvester Sage, 1795-1805; Rev. Tilton Eastman, 1805-10; Rev. Thomas A. Merrill, 1810-55; Rev. Aldace Walker, 1855-70; Rev. Joseph Chandler, 1870-6; Rev. Charles H. Merrill, 1876-88; Rev. Samuel L. Bates, 1888-1901; Rev. Evan Thomas, 1901-8; Rev. William C. Clark, 1908-
Corresponding Secretaries-Rev. Harvey F. Leavitt, 1845-52; Rev. Aldace Walker, 1852-5; Rev. Cyrus B. Drake, 1855-8; Rev. Charles C. Parker, 1858-60; Rev. E. Irvin Carpenter, 1860-5; Rev. Ezra H. Byington, 1865-70; Rev. Joseph Torrey, 1870-4; Rev. Homer T. Fuller, 1875; Rev. Parsons S. Pratt, 1875-80; Rev. Azel W. Wild, 1880-90; John M. Comstock, 1890-
Treasurers-Register, ex officio, 1801-73; Joel G. Stimson, 1873-4; Joseph C. Emery, 1874-89; David M. Camp, 1899-1911; Frederick W. Baldwin, 1912-
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VERMONT CONGREGATIONALISM.
THE TOWNS: THEIR CHURCHES AND MINISTRY
In the following list the towns and cities of Vermont are arranged alphabetically. Under each is given the date of or- ganization, the population at selected periods, and a record of each Congregational church that has existed in the town. Under each church is given a list of its ministers, with dates of begin- ning and close of service as far as these have been ascertained. No name representing a shorter term than six months is given, except in a few cases where the pastorate was cut short by death within less than that term. The names in brackets are of those who never became, or have not yet become, ordained Congrega- tional ministers; such names are not included in the alphabetical list of ministers to be found later in the book. The following abbreviations need explanation.
o. p .- ordained as pastor
i .- installed as pastor
r .- recognized as pastor
b .- began service (when the actual beginning of service preceded ordination or installation as pastor)
d .- dismissed from pastorate
*- died (where pastorate was terminated by death)
e .- ended service (when this was before or after the nominal close of the pastorate)
Of the towns which once existed and have been absorbed by others, only such are mentioned as contained a Congregational church.
"No ch." means "no Congregational church"; the scope of this book does not include churches of other denominations.
In some cases the names of ministers are given who served before the organization of the church.
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VERMONT CONGREGATIONALISM.
ACTON
Organized, Mar. 3, 1801; annexed to Townshend, Feb. 1, 1841. Population, 1800, 131. A ch. appears in Minutes of 1827 and '28.
ADDISON
Organized, Mar. 29, 1784.
Population, 1800, 734; 1850, 1279; 1910, 796. Ch. org. Nov. 24, 1803; last in Minutes, 1880. Ministers
Began
Ended
Job Swift
1802
Sylvanus Chapin
1805
1809
Evans Beardsley
1810
1813
Martin Powell
1814
1815
Justus S. Hough
o. p. Mar. 10, 1815
d Mar. 9, 1825
Loring Brewster
1826
1827
Merit Harmon
Aug. 1828
Aug. 1829
Mason Knapen
Sept. 1830
1831
Orin Brown
July 1831
Apr. 1832
Ebenezer Halping
1833
1834
Solomon Williams
Feb. 1836
Feb. 1838
Lot B. Sullivan
June 1838
June 1839
John M. Fraser
b Oct. 1840
ended June 1841
Calvin B. Cady
1841
1842
Josiah H. Benton
o. p. Jan. 18, 1843
d Jan. 20, 1846
Benjamin Abbott
May 1846
July 1853
ALBANY
Organized, Mar. 27, 1806, as Lutterloh; named changed to Albany, 1815.
Population, 1800, 12; 1850, 1052; 1910, 920. Ch. org. Aug. 16, 1818.
b Apr. 1826
d May 22, 1833
Lyman Case
1834
1835
Elias R. Kilby
b 1839
o. p. Mar. 4, 1840
*Feb. 15, 1851
Phinehas Bailey
Dec. 1852
Dec. 1857
Asahel R. Gray
Aug. 1858
Jan. 1866
John D. DeMeritt
Jan. 1869
Jan. 1871
Albert Watson
b July 1872
i Aug. 22, 1872
d June 10, 1875
Samuel W. Chapin
June 1877
June 1880
Daniel E. Smith, Lic.
July 1880
1881
Francis Parker
Mar. 1883
1885
William Schofield
1885
Mar. 1889
[Edgar J. Banks, Lic.]
Mar. 1889
Feb. 1890
W. B. Tappan Smith, Lic.
June 1891
May 1892
Alexander J. Cameron, Lic.
Sept. 1892
Sept. 1895
Merriam B. Davenport
Jan. 1896
Dec. 1896
Homer W. Hildreth
May 1897
Nov. 1899
Robert C. Lansing
Mar. 1900
Oct. 1901
William Vater
Oct. 1901
Dec. 1902
James Billington
June 1904
Apr. 1906
Leland E. Tupper
Oct. 1906
Oct. 1907
July 1908
Sept. 1909
Chauncey A. Adams
Nov. 1909
Oct. 1912
Mar. 1913
George H. Perry
o. p. Dec. 23, 1840
d Jan. 18, 1843
Elias W. Kellogg
o. p. Jan. 24, 1827
e Mar. 1834
* Oct. 20, 1804
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ALBURG
Organized, 1792.
Population, 1800, 750; 1850, 1568; 1910, 1311.
Ch. org. Feb. 18, 1824 (Alburg Springs.)
Chauncey Taylor
Aug. 1843
May 1846
Calvin B. Cady
1851
1873
[D. T. Taylor].
1874
1875
Richard Hicks
Apr. 1877
Apr. 1884
Herbert R. Titus
May 1885
Dec. 1892
John J. Munro
Apr. 1894
Oct. 1895
Henry J. Kilbourn
b May 1896
[Frank R. Shepard, Pres.]
Aug. 1899
Sept. 1902
Josiah Kidder
Sept. 1902
Nov. 1904
Ira W. Pierce, Lic.
Dec. 1908
Nov. 1910
Union ch. org. Feb. 2, 1910.
[E. Vernon Young, M. E.]
June 1912
Apr. 1914
[Reginald A. Brooke, M. E.]
May 1914
C.arthur Hagen
may 1940
ANDOVER
Organized, March, 1781.
Population, 1800, 622; 1850, 725; 1910, 284.
A ch. appears in the Minutes from 1820 to 1828; present ch. org. Oct. 19, 1893 (Simonsville).
James P. Harper
Oct. 1894
Sept. 1896
Henry L. Ballou
Nov. 1897
June 1898
Charles B. Atwood
Dec. 1898
Dec. 1899
Wallace H. Wood
Oct. 1900
Jan. 1902
ARLINGTON
Organized about 1768.
Population, 1800, 1597; 1850, 1084; 1910, 1307
Ch. org. Nov. 2, 1843 ("Sunderland and East Arlington").
James J. Gilbert
1846
1848
Asahel W. Nott
Apr. 1848
June 1851
Tertius D. Southworth
1851
1852
Thomas W. Duncan
Mar. 1853
Apr. 1854
Gurdon Hayes
1856
1859
Joshua Collins
May 1859
May 1861
Daniel D. Francis
May 1861
June 1863
Nov. 1863
1865
Charles Redfield
Sept. 1865
Sept. 1866
William O. Baldwin
Dec. 1866
July 1868
Charles Redfield
Sept. 1868
1872
James F. Donaldson, Lic.
June 1872
Apr. 1873
J. Clinton McCollom
July 1873
June 1881
Horace Pratt
Aug. 1981
Apr. 1882
J. Clinton McCollom
June 1882
* Feb. 19, 1883
Warren L. Noyes
Dec. 1883
Oct. 1884
William C. Sexton
Feb. 1886
Feb. 1887
Cornelius C. Cook
Feb. 1387
May 1889
Artemas C. Field
July 1889
Nov. 1899
[Martha A. Brokaw, Lay]
Oct. 1900
June 1901
George A. Furness
Nov. 1902
Feb. 1905
Mabel T. Winch
Dec. 1910
d Aug. 1, 1899
o. p. Nov. 12, 1896
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ATHENS
Organized, Mar. 4, 1781.
Population, 1800, 459; 1850, 359; 1910, 201. Ch. org. Nov. 2, 1797; soon became extinct. Joseph Bullen 1797 1799
BAKERSFIELD
Organized, Mar. 30, 1795.
Population, 1800, 222; 1850, 1523; 1910, 1079. Ch. org. July 4, 1811.
Samuel Sumner June 1804
1813
Elderkin J. Boardman
o. p. July 4, 1822
d July 26, 1827
Samuel Perry
1828
1829
Samuel G. Tenney
Jan. 1831
Nov. 1834
[Andros Bachellor, Lic.]
1838
1839
Thomas H. Canfield
b June 1840
o. p. Aug. 25, 1840
d Aug. 1845
Daniel Warren
b Aug. 1847
e Apr. 1854
Caleb W. Piper
1854
1862
George F. Wright
b Sept. 1862
i Jan. 16, 1866
d May 14, 1872
Richard Hicks
Sept. 1872
Mar. 1977
Jonathan K. Fuller
June 1877
May 1889
Andrew P. Solandt
July 1890
Oct. 1892
Samuel D. Angel
Nov. 1895
Dec. 1897
Daniel E. Putnam
June 1898
Mar. 1900
Hiram Q. Ward
Sept. 1900
Sept. 1903
Thomas W. Harwood
Mar. 1904
Mar. 1909
Ola R. Houghton
May 1909
BALTIMORE
Organized from part of Cavendish, Mar. 12, 1794.
Population, 1800, 174; 1850, 124; 1910, 54.
A ch. early existed here, the dates of which are unknown
BARNARD
Organized Apr. 4, 1778.
Population, 1800, 1236; 1850, 1647; 1910, 737.
Ch. org. May 15, 1784; last in Minutes, 1876.
Joseph Bowman i Sept. 22, 1784
Apr. 27, 1806
Joel Davis
o. p. Aug. 10, 1808 b 1825
i Feb. 8, 1826 d Mar. 12, 1829
Preston Taylor
i Nov. 3, 1830 1835 1838
Thomas Gordon
o. p. Jan. 30, 1939
d Nov. 25, 1840
Calvin Selden, Lic.
1841 1843
Calvin Granger
1843
1845
Calvin Selden
o. p. Feb. 26, 1845
d Aug. 5, 1851
BARNET
Organized as early as 1778. Population, 1800, 858; 1850, 2521; 1910, 1707.
Ch. of Barnet and Lyman (N. H.), org. Nov. 21, 1816; became extinct; reorg. Oct. 22, 1829; removed to McIndoe Falls, 1853. Andrew Govan o. p. Oct. 22, 1829 1834
d Sept. 5, 1832 1835
Noah Cressey
1835 1840
Joseph B. White
d Nov. 4, 1834
Frye B. Reed
d May 1, 1822
Moses Ingalls
i 1848
d June 5, 1855
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E. Irvin Carpenter, Lic.
1840
Timothy E. Ranney, Lic.
1842
Austin O. Hubbard
June 1845
June 1850
James Johnson
1850
1851
Enoch H. Caswell
Sept. 1851
Nov. 1853
Edward Cleveland
1854
1856
Benjamin F. Ray
o. p. Mar. 5, 1856
d Aug. 30, 1859
Moses B. Bradford
Dec. 1959
1869
S. Girard Norcross
1869
1872
Josiah L. Litch
June 1873
Mar. 1877
Nelson F. Cobleigh
1877
1882
Charles F. Morse
Jan. 1882
Jan. 1884
Cornelius C. Cook
o. p. May 28, 1884
d June 19, 1886
Stephen F. Drew
Dec. 1886
Feb. 1891
William M. Gay
Mar. 1891
Mar. 1895
[Alexander S. McGowan]
May 1895
Jan. 1897
Herbert R. Titus
Oct. 1897
Sept. 1899
H. Martyn Kellogg
Feb. 1900
July 1902
Arthur F. Eldridge
Oct. 1902
May 1907
Henry T. Barnard
Dec. 1907
June 1913
Charles B. Bliss
Mar. 1914
Second ch. org. Sept. 14, 1858.
Henry. Fairbanks
1858
Sept. 1859
Joseph Underwood
Jan. 1860
Nov. 1866
Lyman S. Watts
Feb. 1867
Nov. 1871
[George Powell, M. E.]
May 1872
May 1873
Nathan R. Nichols
b Dec. 1873
d Apr. 6, 1880
Matthew A. Gates
1880
1882
Wilbur Rand
b 1882
o. p. May 9, 1883
d May 5, 1884
Joseph Boardman
Sept. 1884
Jan. 1903
James K. Kilbourn
May 1903
May 1908
Charles O. Day
July 1908
May 1909
William C. Clark
Oct. 1909
CITY OF BARRE
Incorporated from part of town of Barre, 1894. Population, 1910, 10,734. Ch. org. Nov. 14, 1799.
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