TOWN OF BRADFORD. 



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gospel. Have chosen 7 of their number to the office of 

 deacon, 2 of whom were ordained. Present number, 98. 



SOUTH BRADFORD BAPTIST CHURCH. 



Previous to 1850 the society held meetings in the school- 

 house, and the following pastors at various times preached 

 to the society: Rev. Y. Wall, Rev. E. W. Martin, Rev. 

 Mr. Coffin, Rev. J. B. Rogers. 



The first organization was effected July 29, 1848. E. 

 W. Martin was chosen moderator and Wm. Gillmore clerk. 

 Wm. Gillmore, Asa Walling, Ephraim Bennett, Increase 

 Cooley, Gilbert Oakley, and David Dennis were elected 

 trustees. The society bought the site of James Taylor, 

 and erected a church building thereon in 1849 at a cost of 

 about $1200. 



Oct. 20, 1819, E. Bennett, David Dennis, Wm. Morse, 

 and Wm. Gillmore were appointed a committee to visit the 

 church on Mud Creek to consult with its members on the 

 subject of forming a church on Oak Hill. 



The church was dedicated Nov. 8, 1849. Wm. Morse, 

 David Dennis, Isaac Dennis, and John Kishpaugh were 

 the committee of arrangements. The following were mem- 

 bers at the time of organization : Ephraim Bennett, Wm. 

 Gillmore, David Dennis, Robert Babcock, Isaac Dennis, 

 J. D. Carr, Gilbert Oakley, John Kishpaugh, Phoebe Tay- 

 lor, Rachel Blaine, Hannah Emerson, Louisa Dykes, Polly 

 Dennis, Betsey Andrews, Fanny Carr, Margaret Kishpaugh, 

 Sylvia A. Sylvernail, Melinda Gillmore, Anna Dennis, 

 Eunice Gillmore, Eliza Goble, Mary Morse. 



The first deacons were David Dennis, Wm. Gillmore, 

 and Ephraim Bennett. 



In 1873 the church was repaired at a cost of $260 ; the 

 trustees were L. W. Chubb, Isaac Dennis, James M. Gill- 

 more, G. D. Pruden, John Kishpaugh, and James H. 

 Stedge. 



Since the organization 219 members have been added to 

 the church. 



Pastors since the organization : J. D. Carr, seven years 

 and six months; Philo Griffis (licentiate), nine months; J. 

 D. Carr (second term), two years and six months ; Wm. H. 

 Prentis, one year ; J. Ketchum, one year ; S. G. Keim, one 

 year ; A. C. Agar (licentiate), two years ; S. Gardner, five 

 years; George Crocker, two years and a half; E. T. Mallory, 

 six months, and is the present pastor. 



The present deacons are John Kishpaugh and 0. D. 

 W^ixon ; trustees, Lewis Bennett, Jeremiah Inscho, Harri- 

 son Stedge, Leander Chamberlain, 0. D. Wixon, and E. W. 

 Bennett. 



FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF SOUTH 



BRADFORD. 



The first class on Oak Hill consisted of seven members, 

 among whom was Mrs. John R. Stilts. It was organized 

 by Mr. Kent in 1826. Meetings were held from time to 

 time, mostly in the school-house, until 1847, when the 

 church was organized on the 23d day of February of that 

 year, with Aaron Fulkerson, Josiah Conklin and wife, 

 Isaac Dennis and wife, Ebenezer Burasey and wife, Jacob 

 Stilts and wife, John Tomer and wife, Mrs. John Stilts, 

 and Joseph Dart as members. The first trustees were 



Lorenzo Orcutt, Isaac Dennis, John Tomer, Jesse S. Lay- 

 ton. A church building was erected the same year at a 

 cost of about $1000, and dedicated at the beginning of the 

 next vear. 



The building was repaired in the fall of 1868, at a cost 

 of $935.84, and dedicated Jan. 7, 1869. Dedicatory ser- 

 mon by Bev. B. J. Ives, of Auburn. 



Preacher in charge, S. Brown ; trustees, Asa Walling, 

 W. D. Tomer, Bichard Howard. The following has been 

 the standing of the church at difi'erent times : 



1851. — Nathan Fellows, Presiding Elder; Nelson A. 

 De Pew, Preacher in charge ; John Tomer, Class-Leader. 

 Members, about 40. 



1856. — Porter McKinstry, Presiding Elder ; J. C. Brad- 

 bury. Pastor in charge ; J. Tomer, Leader. Members, 50. 



1859.-T— Porter McKinstry, Presiding P]lder ; Josiah Ar- 

 nold, Pastor in charge ; Asa Orcutt, Supernumerary ; T. 

 Tomer, Leader. Members, 50. 



1862. — F. Congdon, Presiding Elder ; J. Knapp, Pas- 

 tor in charge; A. F. Countrymen, Assistant; J. Tomer, 

 Leader. Members, 50. 



1866. — John Gulick, Presiding Elder; James H. Ross, 

 Pastor in charge ; John Tomer, Leader. Members, 50. 



1874.— A. F. Mory, Presiding Elder; R. R. Rork, Pas- 

 tor in charge ; J. Tomer, Leader. Members, 50. 



Rev. George Shearer is the present pastor. 



THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF BRADFORD. 



Meetings were first held in the Baptist church and in the 

 school-house. Rev. 0. D. Davis was the first resident 

 minister. 



The society or church organized April 26, 1876. The 

 following were the members at date of organization : Frank- 

 lin Curtis and wife, Hiram Dykes and wife, Henry Dykes 

 and wife, Chas. Dykes and wife, Peter Walling and wife, 

 Hiram Craig and wife, Ursula Andrews, Christina Rapalee, 

 Mary Gorham, Mrs. Wm. Osgood. 



The first trustees were H. Craig, H. Dykes, G. H. 

 Givens, N. Christler, and E. S. Bennett. The first class- 

 leader was Franklin Curtis. 



The house of worship was built in 1877, at a cost of 

 $2385, and dedicated Sept. 11, 1877, by E. T. Green, 

 presiding elder. Dedicatory sermon by R. D. Monger. The 

 lot was bought by the society of John Morris, 1877, for 

 $360. July 17, 1876, six were baptized by Elder E. J. 

 Cook. Thirty-six persons have since joined. 



The Sunday-school was organized Nov. 20, 1876. Present 

 trustees : John Axtell, James Decker, H. Craig, Stephen 

 Gannon, Harvey Givens, Henry Dykes, E. S. Bennett. 

 Present minister. Rev. Geo. Shearer. The parsonage was 

 purchased in 1877, of H. C. Van Duser. 



In 1877 sixteen persons were baptized by Rev. Geo. 

 Shearer. 



ST. Andrew's church, Bradford. 



Prior to the organization of this parish, services had 

 been held in Bradford by Rev. William Bostwick and Rev. 

 Erastus Spalding, rectors of St. James' Church, Hammonds- 

 port. The separate existence of St. Andrew's Church dates 

 from the arrival of Rev. William Atwill, who came from 



