TOWN OF ADDISON. 



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and the church property was vahied at $7500. At the organ- 

 ization the following persons united : liev. George Crocker, 

 Rev. Charles W. Brooks, Mrs. Elsie A. Brooks, Miss Anna 

 Thurston, G-eorge W. Whitehead, Mrs. Julia A. Whitehead, 

 D. C. Daniels, Jane Daniels, Kate Daniels, George I. True, 

 Daniel J. Chittenden, Elizabeth G. Chittenden, I. G. Balcom, 

 John C. Shutts, Jesse G. Wooster, Doratha Darrin, Jane 

 Stephens. Deacons^ Daniel J. Chittenden and Jesse G. 

 Wooster ; Clerh^ Daniel J. Chittenden. 



The pastors have been Rev. S. D. Merrick, Rev. E. M. 

 Blanchard, and Rev. P. Reynolds. The latter resigned in 

 May, 1878, and the church at this writing (September, 

 1878) is without a settled pastor. Present membership, 

 108 ; Sunday-school, 80 ; C. W. Sackett, Superintendent. 



THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. 



St. Catharine's Church, of Addison, was organized or 

 built in 1854, by Rev. Father Cunningham, the pastor of 

 St. Mary's, Corning, who had charge of it and several other 

 missions in Steuben and Chemung Counties ; visiting and 

 holding services most generally once a month, until the 

 community was able to purchase and build the present frame 

 building known as the above church. Since then St. 

 Catharine's Church was variously attended from different 

 missions, until the Rev. Father Bradley assumed pastoral 

 charge of the mission and became its first resident pastor 

 in 1866. He continued as such till 1873, when Rev. J. 

 Brady, its present pastor, assumed charge. 



Its present membership numbers 140 families. The 

 church since then has undergone various repairs and addi- 

 tional improvements, according to the wants or growth of 

 the community. It stands in a very prominent place, and 

 is one of the chief attractions of the public square. It is 

 built in a plain style of architecture, and can seat about 350 

 persons comfortably. 



ADDISON ACADEMY. 



In December, 1847, Henry Wombough, Rufus Baldwin, 

 Joel D. Gillet, Elihu Whittenhall, Erastus Brooks, Orange 

 Seymour, William H. Gray, Bradley Blakslee, William 

 Bradley, James Baldwin, William R. Smith, and Arthur 

 Erwin purchased four acres of land north of the village of 

 Addison as a site for an academy, and the next summer 

 built an academy building at an expense of about $3600. 

 A flourishing school was organized and continued until the 

 building was destroyed by fire in October, 1856. 



Subsequently an association of 12 citizens established 

 a private academic school, in a brick dwelling-house now 

 owned and occupied by the Methodist Church as a parson- 

 age. This school was well supported by many of the chief 

 citizens of the place, and continued till the organization of 

 the Union Free Academy in connection with the public- 

 school system of the village. 



UNION FREE SCHOOL, DISTRICT NO. 1. 



This district was organized in March, 1868. The first 

 board of education consisted of the following-named per- 

 sons : Jesse K. Strock, John F. Turner, George Farnham, 

 John W. Dininny, James M. Wood, John Mitchell, David 

 Darrin, Henry S. Jones, William A. Smith. 

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The board held their first meeting March 28, 1868, at 

 which John W. Dininny was chosen President; J. M. 

 Wood, Treasurer ; C. J. Reynolds, Collector. The follow- 

 ing resolution was adopted : 



" Resolved, That the Board of Education of the Union School of 

 Addison deem it necessary for the interest and requirements of said 

 Union School to establish an academic department therein; and we 

 therefore resolve hereby to establish and maintain said academic de- 

 partment." 



In accordance with this resolution the academic school 

 was established, and has since been continued, subject to 

 the visitation of the Regents of the State University, and 

 receiving its proportion of the literature fund. 



In 1873-74, the number of students in the academic 

 department was 64, — ^18 males and 46 females. In 1874-75, 

 the number was 64, — 22 males and 42 females. The course 

 of study includes the usual branches taught in academies. 



STATISTICS, 1878. 



Number of children of school age in the district 506 



Number in attendance 386 



Number of days' attendance 41,879 



Teachers in all the departments 7 



Assessed value of taxable property.. $500,284 



Value of school site $1,500 



Value of school building $11,000 



Amount expended for school purposes $3,751.69 



Principal^ E. L. Richardson, A.M. ; Board of Educa- 

 tion, 1878,— President, John W. Dininny ; Clerk, D. M. 

 Darrin ; Trustees, Henry Baldwin, H. K. Ainsworth, D. 

 B. Winton, John Orr, George Farnham, Lorin Aldrich, 

 John Mitchell, Daniel K. Hickey, John W. Dininny. 



BURYING-GROUNDS. 



The first burying-ground was laid out in 1808. It was 

 located on the south side, on lands belonging to William 

 Wombough. No conveyance was ever made of lots, but 

 the proprietor allowed the citizens to bury upon it, and 

 burials were made here from the earliest settlement, except 

 in the Baldwin family burying about a mile west of the 

 village. 



In 1845, Joel D. Gillet, Elihu Whittenhall, and William 

 R. Smith contracted for a lot for a cemetery a short dis- 

 tance below the village, upon which Addison Cemetery was 

 laid out. It was deeded to the trustees of the Presbyterian 

 Church of Addison by Solomon Curtis, March 1, 1850. 

 The first interment was that of the remains of Lucy J., 

 first wife of Joel D. Gillet, in the fall of 1846. The 

 trustees of the Presbyterian Church have conveyed the 

 cemetery to the village corporation. 



MASONIC. 



Addison Union Lodge, No. 118, was chartered June 4, 

 1847. Dr. Bradley Blakslee was elected and installed as 

 the first Master, and held the office twelve consecutive 

 years. 



Officers for 1879, W. A. Bartlett, W. M. ; E. S. Mead, 

 S. W. ; E. Kinne, J. W. ; Wm. Stacy, Treas. ; M. Kinne, 

 Sec. ; M. Curtis, S. D. ; R. B. Wilcox, J. D. ; J. L. Wom- 

 bough, S. M. C. ; Dr. Rush P. Brown, J. M. C. ; Dr. B. 

 Blakslee, Chaplain; J. Y. Myers, Tyler; S. B. Borden, 

 Organist; C. H. Wombough, Marshal. 



