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HISTOEY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK. 



1868. Charles R. Amidon. 

 James M. Henry. 



1869. George R. Corbett. 



1870. William W. Wilber. 



1871. James M. Henry. 



1872. James M. Henry. 



1873. Silas Palmeter. 



1874. William K. Thatcher. 



1875. Charles S. Jenkins. 



1876. James M. Henry. 



1877. John R. Hemphill. 



1878. William K. Thatcher. 



CHURCHES. 



FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF HARTSVlLLE. 



At a meeting held at the house of H. Carnwell, on Sat- 

 urday before the second Sunday in November, 1838, a 

 society was formed with ten members. Their names were 

 Nathan Neif, Ebenezer Martin and wife, Sarah W. Turner, 

 Rhoda Martin, Hannah NefF, Rachel Tolls, Hiram Carn- 

 well and wife, Robert Hemphill. Rev. R. Clark was the 

 first pastor, under whose preaching this class was formed. 

 Early preaching was held in the house of F. Kennedy and 

 the Carpenter school-house. Solomon Pettibone was made 

 the first Deacon, and Robert Hemphill, Clerk. Pastors : 

 Revs. R. Clark, Hiram Carnwell, 0. B. Call, C. G. Smith, 

 Washington L. Cook, H. A. Rose, Rev. Mr. Clark, James 

 Babcock, Roswell Corbett, Allen C. Henry, and C. K. 

 Bunnell, present pastor. Officers : Joseph W. Henry, Dea- 

 con ; P. M. Phelps, Clerk. There are 30 members, among 

 whom are Mrs. Angeline Martin, who with her husband, 

 Ebenezer Martin, joined the society at its organization. 



Deacons : 1847, Jonathan Truman ; 1857, George Hood, 

 Lyman Lewis, Thomas Bordeau, Alonzo Woodard. 



Licensed: 1847, Hiram P. Burdick. 



Ordained: 1848, H. P. Burdick, William C. Kenyon, 

 President of Alfred College, Darwin Maxon, D. K. Davis, 

 W. M. Babcock. 



Present membership, 130. Clerk, H. G. Pope. 



METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 



Rev. James Hemingway formed the first Methodist 

 Episcopal Church in Hartsville in June, 1825. The first 

 meetings were held in the house of Daniel B. Carpenter ; 

 John Hood was the first class-leader. Among the first 

 members were Hiram Cornell and wife, Louis Clark and 

 wife, Robert D. Martin and wife, Mary, wife of John 

 Martin, Mary Carpenter, Amos Babcock, Noah Dunbar 

 and wife. The first stewards were Robert Martin and 

 Lewis Clark. The first Methodist Episcopal Church edi- 

 fice was built by Eli Woodruff, John Acker, Joseph 

 Vickers, Charles Dutcher, and John Eels, Trustees, at an 

 expense of $3400, and dedicated March 19, 1870, by Rev. 

 B. I. Ives. The present membership is 67. Pastors : 

 1825, J. Hemingway ; 1826, Eleazer Dewey ; 1827, Rev. 

 Mr. Kurzort; 1828-29," Rev. Mr. Buell ; 1830-36, Rev. 

 Mr. Filmore, John Shaw, John Vaughn, Nathan Fel- 

 lows, C. Storey, Jesse Bacon, Rev. Mr. Kinney ; 1837, 

 S. Nichols; 1853, R. M. Beach; 1854-55, W. A. Bron- 

 son; 1856-57, Chandler Wheeler; 1858, L. L. Rogers; 

 1860, J. J. Turton ; 1862, S. H. Aldrich ; 1863-64, Isaac 

 Everett; 1865, N. N. Beers; 1866, Wesley Cochran; 

 1867, W. W. Colvin ; 1868, F. D. Blakeslee ; 1869, S. M. 

 Dayton, Henry Goodwin ; 1870, J. H. Blades ; 1871-72, 

 James Landreth ; 1873, C. E. Milspaugh ; 1874, E. D. 

 Graham; 1875-76, Maj. J. Robins; 1877, Andrew Purdy; 

 1878, J. J. Dayton. Rev. E. Dewy, who married a daugh- 



ter of Daniel B. Carpenter, died at this place in 1867. 

 John Hood, Oliver Pettibone, Jacob Stryker, John 

 Hopper, and the present incumbent, Joseph Vickers, have 

 been class-leaders. Daniel Reed, Recording Steward ; W. 

 S. Parish, Eli Woodworth, E. K. Powell, Milo Hayze, 

 Charles Hayze, Samuel J. Zeliff, Stewards; Eli Wood- 

 worth, Jacob Vickers, D. Reed, J. Vickers, W. S. Parish, 

 Trustees. A fine new parsonage has been built, adjoining 

 the church. 



THE SEVENTH-DAY BAPTIST CHURCH OF HARTSVILLE. 



In the year 1836, Hiram P. Burdick, then a boy of six- 

 teen, started a Sabbath-school near his present residence, 

 attending the old church in Allegany County, getting the 

 lesson there and rehearsing it to his little class at home. 

 His library consisted of a Bible, spelling-book. Pike's 

 arithmetic, and a Columbian reader. Afterward, he hoed 

 potatoes two days for seventy-five cents, and bought " Barnes' 

 Notes on Matthew and Mark." Out of this first effort grew 

 the organization of the church in the town of Hartsville, 

 the same year, with 33 members, many of whom were already 

 members of the church just over the county line, in Alle- 

 gany County. Among the first members were Mrs. Betsey 

 Burdick, Hiram P. Burdick, Elisha Potter and wife, Silas 

 Palmeter and wife, Mrs. Harriet Pettibone, and William D. 

 Burdick and wife. This society continued to be a branch 

 of the Allegany Church until 1847. At a meeting called, of 

 which George Hood was chairman, but one vote was cast 

 in favor of building the church, two for the present site, and 

 30 for H. P. Burdick as soliciting committee. With the 

 assistance of Miss Eliza Potter, $1300 were raised by sub- 

 scription the next day, and the church was completed the 

 next year, at an expense of $2800, and dedicated Oct. 1, 

 1856, by Rev. Thomas Brown. This was the first church 

 built in the town. H. P. Burdick, George Hood, Lewis 

 Clark, Schuyler Whitford^, and Wm. D. Burdick were build- 

 ing committee. Pastors: 1847, Hiram Corn well ; 1848- 

 53, H. P. Burdick ; 1853-54, Darwin Maxon ; 1854-58, 

 H. P. Burdick; 1858-61, Wm. C. Kenyon, H. P. Bur- 

 dick; 1861-67, H. P. Burdick; 1868, B. F. Rogers; 

 1869, Jonathan Allen, president of Alford College ; 1869- 

 75, D. K. Davis ; 1875-77, H. P. Burdick; 1877-78, 

 U. M. Babcock ; 1878, Ira Lee Cottrell, H. P. Burdick. 



MILITARY RECORD OF HARTSVILLE. 



Harlow Phelps, Co. A, 141st N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Sept. 11, 1862. 



Charles E. Hinckley, wagoner, Co. H, 141st N, Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 11,1862. 



John T. Amidon, Co. B, 86th N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Sept. 10, 1861. 



Denzil Amidon, Co. B, 86th N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Sept. 10, 1861. 



Albert Amidon, Co. B, 86th N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Sept. 10, 1861. 



Newman P. Stryker, Co. B, 86th N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Sept. 13, 1861. 



Oscar Monroe, Co. B, 86th N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Sept. 13, 1861. 



William H. McCane, Co. B, 86th N. Y. Inf. : enl. Sept. 13, 1861. 



William Letts, Co. P, 86th N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Oct. 21, 1861. 



Daniel D. McGraw, Co. F, 86th N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Oct. 19, 1861 ; re-enl. in cavalry. 



John Popple, Co. F, 86th N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Oct. 21, 1861. 



William B. Jenkins, Co. I, 86th N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Nov. 18, 1861. 



George W. Parsels, Co. I, 86th N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Oct. 24, 1861. 



Hugh Clark, Co. K, 86th N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Sept. 13, 1861. 



Ambrose A. McGraw, Co. K, 86th N. Y. Inf.; enl. Sept. 13, 1861. 



James C. Orvis, Co. K, 86th N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Sept. 13, 1861. 



William R. Orvis, Co. K, 86th N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Sept. 13, 1861. 



George M. Woodworth, Co. K,86th N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Sept. 13, 1861. 



Ephinetus Webb, Co. K, 86th N. Y. Inf. ; enl. Sept. 13, 1861. 



John Hemphill, Rev. J. J. Dayton, George Powell, William Stryker. 



Seymour G. llyenvault, capt. ; pro. to maj. 



Newman Striker. 



