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HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK. 



building committee to supervise the erection. The job was 

 let to E. W. Buck and A. J. Barton, to furnish the mate- 

 rial and finish the house for the sum of $8300. The old 

 church building was sold to Joseph Carter for $775, and 

 the closing services were held therein on Sunday, the — 



day of , 1866. The foundation of the new church 



was prepared, and the corner-stone laid with appropriate 

 ceremonies, on the 16th day of May, 1866, by Rev. J. Gr. 

 Gulick, presiding elder of this district, assisted by Warner 

 Gilbert, Master Mason, in presence of the ofiicers of the 

 church and a large concourse of people, who were addressed 

 by the Rev. Dr. J. Lindsay, President of Genesee College, 

 and Rev. Dr. A. D. Wilber, of Lima. 



From a memorandum of the deposits in the cavity of the 

 corner-stone, the following-named persons were then officers 

 of this church : Presiding Elder of this district. Rev. J. G. 

 Gulick ; Pastor of Church at Bath, Rev. A. F. Morey ; 

 Trustees, P. S. Donahe, Nelson Barney, R. Hardenbrook, 

 Jas. McBeath, and A. Wells. Class-Leaders, Piatt P. 

 Smith, Wm. Crow, Hiram Brundage, R. Hardenbrook, 

 Samuel Ovenshire, Thos. C. Davison, and J. H. Thorp; 

 Stewards, P. S. Donahe (Recording Steward), A. R. De Puy, 

 T. C. Davison, J. Carter, and R. Hardenbrook ; Building 

 Committee, P. S. Donahe, J. Carter, and A. R. De Puy ; 

 Exhorters, James Wright, J. H. Thorp; Superintendent 

 of Sabbath-school, P. S. Donahe. 



The house was completed and furnished at a cost of 

 $10,427, and on the 6th day of February, 1867, it was 

 opened and dedicated by Rev. J. G. Gulick; Rev. Dr. Jesse 

 T. Peck preached the first sermon, and the Rev. Dr. Schuy- 

 ler Seager preached in the afternoon. 



The trustees elected as incorporators of this church in 

 1822, and their successors, elected in 1825, both above 

 named, were at the time of this dedication all living, except 

 Col. John Whiting, and all residents of this county ; although 

 in one case forty-five years had intervened, and in the other 

 forty-two years, since their election. To commemorate such 

 an event is seldom the privilege of any combination of men. 

 These ex-trustees of over forty years' standing were each 

 specially invited to attend the dedication and be guests of 

 the president of the board of trustees, many of whom were 

 upon the platform participating in the dedicatory exercises, 

 and, together with many of the old church pioneers, sur- 

 rounded the banquet-board of their host to discuss not only 

 the substantials in profusion spread before them but to talk 

 over the good old times long-agone. They were among the 

 strong, reliable old men, — the pioneers of progress and well- 

 wishers of Zion. Nor had they that day cause to weep, as 

 did the ancient men who attended the dedication of the 

 second Jewish temple. 



Prior to 1835 this church was united with several others, 

 and constituted a circuit supplied with one or more preach- 

 ers, preaching alternately at each appointment. At this time 

 Bath was erected into a station, and has since had a sep- 

 arate pastor. 



Among those that have preached here are the following : 

 In 1820, James Lent and Nathan B. Dodson ; 1822, Ben- 

 jamin Sabin ; 1824, Renaldo M. Everts ; 1826, Cum- 



mings, Henry F. Rowe, and Asa Orcott; 1827, John Arn- 

 old, Levi B. Castle, and Ralph Bennett; 1828, Cyrus Story, 



Zina J. Buck, and Menzer Doud; 1830, Samuel Parker 

 and Samuel Bibbins ; 1831, Asahel Hayward and Augustin 

 xlnderson ; 1833, Edmund 0. Fling, J. Shaw, and John 

 Dennis; 1835 (Bath as a separate station), John G. Gulick; 

 1836, Chandler Wheeler; 1838, William C. Hosmer; 1840, 

 EventusDoud; 1841, Daniel B. Lawton ; 1842, Philander 

 Powers ; 1844, David Ferris ; 1845, Earl B. Fuller ; 1847, 

 S. W. Alden; 1849, Joseph K. Tuttle ; 1850, Augustus 

 C. George; 1851, E. G. Townsend ; 1852, Nathan Fel- 

 lows ; 1853, Andrew Sutherland ; 1855, C. M. Gardner ; 

 1857, Nathan M. Beers; 1859, George Haven; 1861, 

 William C. Mattison ; 1863, William Manning; 1865, 

 A. F. Morey; 1868, J. T. Brownell ; 1869, Sam'l McGer- 

 ald; 1872, E. T. Greene; 1874, R. D. Munger ; 1877, 

 George Stratton. 



BAPTIST CHURCH. 



On the 16th of March, 1842, a few brethren and sisters 

 of the Baptist faith, living in Bath and surrounding country, 

 met in the Methodist meeting-house, together with an eccle- 

 siastical council, and were recognized as " The Bath Village 

 Baptist Church." The constituent members were twenty- 

 one in number, as follows : Rev. M. Rowley, S. Shattuck, 



C. Copeland, H. Vosburgh, G. Williams, J. Hedges, J. 

 Pike, H. Holliday, E. Frink, H. Lucas, Mary Robinson, 

 Sarah Woodard, Phoebe Vosburgh, Mary Vosburgh, Mrs. 

 Frink, Mary Ann Smith, Lucy Lucas, Phoebe Cooper, 

 Polly Aber, Mr. Tarney, Wm. Woodard. 



The first pastor was Rev. M. Rowley. He remained 

 with them from 1842 to 1845 ; Rev. H. Spencer from 

 1845 to 1846; Rev. B. F. Balcom from 1847 to 1848; 

 Rev. B. R. Swick from 1848 to 1851 ; Rev. J. Parker 

 from 1852 to 1853; Rev. E. C. Brown from 1853 to 

 1855 ; Rev. P. Colegrove from 1855 to 1858 ; Rev. E. F. 

 Crane from 1859 to 1860; Rev. D. B. Obey from 1860 

 to 1861 ; Rev. E. J. Scott from 1861 to 1862 ; Rev. J. 



D. Barnes from 1862 to 1864; Rev. E. Savage from 1864 

 to 1866 ; Rev. H. F. Cochrane from 1866 to 1867 ; Rev. 

 J. W. Taylor from 1867 to 1870 ; Rev. I. W. Emery, 

 the present pastor, settled with the church, Jan. 1, 1871. 



The deacons who have served the church have been 

 H. Holliday, P. Smith, H. Miller, A. Butler, S. Chapman, 

 N. J. Clark, E. Mott, R. Davis, A. B. Miner, J. Neel, L. 

 H. Smith. 



The following brethren have served the church as clerks : 

 A. Z. Madison, Wm. Woodard, J. G. Williams, E. Mott, 

 J. Robinson, D. L. Smith, S. Bovier, S. P. Goodsell, L. H. 

 Smith, B. D. Piatt. 



The house of worship was built in the summer of 1844. 

 It was repaired in 1859 by adding twenty feet to the length 

 and removing the gallery. Quite extensive repairs were 

 again made in the summer of 1870. 



Of the fifteen pastors that have served the church ten 

 are now living. Rev. D. B. Olney died while he was pas- 

 tor. His death was a sad loss to the church. 



The most extensive revivals were in 1843, 1863, 1869, 

 and 1872. 



There have been added by baptism 462. The present 

 membership is 226. The most prosperity has been during 

 the two three-year pastorates and the seven years of the 

 present pastor. 



