TOWN OF LINDLEY. 



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1«62. Elam Watson. 



1863. Eleazer P. Mulford. 

 Henry C. Bull. 



1864. Joseph W. Gurnsey. 

 Eleazer P. Mulford. 



1865. Charles Stocum. 

 Elam Watson. 

 Joseph W. Grurnsey. 



1866. Elam Watson. 

 Sheldon D. Clinton. 

 Henry C. Bull. 



1867. H. S. Payne. 

 Henry C. Bull. 



1868. EberScofield. 



1869. William Burr. 

 Mason Hammond. 



1869. 

 1870. 



1871. 



1872. 

 1873. 



1874. 

 1875. 

 1876. 



1877. 

 1878. 



Charles Stocum. 

 Elam Watson. 

 William Burr. 

 Edwin Temple. 

 Isaac Sandt. 

 Isaac Sandt. 

 Charles Stocum. 

 William Burr. 

 Alexander Manley. 

 Mason Hammond. 

 Osceola Gilbert. 

 Elam Watson. 

 Robert Patterson. 

 R. S. Stowell. 

 Hamilton McHenry. 



CHURCHES. 



THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 



was organized in Lindleytown, Saturday, June 13, 1841, 

 under the preaching of Rev. Mr. Sheardown, five being 

 baptized the next day, Sunday. Albert C. Morgan was 

 chosen clerk. 



July 15 the neighboring organizations met in council, 

 and the church was organized, with Messrs. Walker and 

 Brady, deacons. Preaching was supplied them at the school- 

 houses until a union was effected with Lawrenceville, Pa., 

 in March, 1844, Eev. T. W. Colby, Rev. 0. G. Stevens, 

 and Rev. Ransom Marine officiating. The organization 

 failed to appear at the annual association after 1846, and 

 ceased to exist as such about 1864. 



THE FREE METHODIST CHURCH 



was organized under the preaching of Rev. John W. Saw- 

 yer, in 1866, and a church built on the Schofield place, at 

 Lindleytown, in 1866 or 1867. 



The first trustees were Eber Scofield, Hiram Middlebrook, 

 and John Sawyer, Class-Leader. Pastors : Revs. Welcome 

 Smith, George Edwards, Wm. Parry, John Stacy, J. W. 

 Sawyer, Levi Kelly, Samuel Perkins, A. W. Paul, Geo. 

 Stoner. Rev. J. D. Osmun, the present Pastor; Present 

 Local Preacher, Elisha Hudson ; Class-Leader, A. H. 

 Knapp ; Recording Steward, E. Hudson ; Stewards, Fran- 

 cis Holbert, Ellen S. Camp. Trustees, E. Hudson, Ed- 

 ward Camp, Lewis Wood, Justin Reed, James Harrower. 

 The church numbers 14 members. 



THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 



This church first organized at Erwin Centre, in 1850, 

 with Rev. Clement Young Pastor and Charles Stokum, 

 Class-Leader, — Rev. Kasimer P. Jarvis, of Painted Post, 

 rendering great assistance by his services. Rev. Amasa 

 English and Rev. Francis M. Smith preached afterwards. 



In 1861 the class was changed from the Painted Post to 

 the Tuscorora charge until 1866, when it became a separate 

 charge. 



Pastors : 1868, Rev. Peter B. Clark ; 1870, Rev. Stephen 

 M. Dayton ; 1874, Rev. George Wilkinson ; 1875, Rev. 

 Geo. Sherer ; 1877, Rev. Andrew Purdy ; 1878, Rev. Isaac 

 Everett. Their church was built under the present Trus- 

 tees, — Hamilton McHenry, Luke Gibson, George Pepper, 

 Simon Arnold, James Cook, and Nathan Taft,— in 1875, 

 at an expense of $3000, and dedicated Jan. 27, 1876. 

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James Orr is class-leader. Stewards : George Pepper, 

 Ralph Cook, Hamilton McHenry. The church consists of 

 35 members. 



Another class was formed at Lindleytown, Dec. 13, 1876, 

 and Daniel F. Merritt, David I. Jones, R. S. Stowell, Wm. 

 More, William Burr, Thomas E. Cary, and Jas. A. Rogers 

 made trustees. Work was immediately commenced on a 

 building, and, Nov. 15, 1877, the " Centennial Methodist 

 Episcopal Church of Lindley" was completed. Besides the 

 trustees, the present officers are Class-Leader, Clerk, and 

 Treasurer, John C. Mulford. 



The church has now about 50 members, and is a part of 

 the same charge with the Erwin Centre Church. 



THE INDEPENDIJNT CHURCH OP LINDLEY 



was organized, under the preaching of Rev. L. D. Ayers, 

 May 20, 1875,— G. T. Harrower, H. Middlebrook, Lorenzo 

 D. Ayers, Elam Watson, and Isaac Sandt being the com- 

 mittee who drew up the articles of church covenant. 

 Forty-five names were placed upon the roll, and Isaac 

 Sandt, Elam Watson, and Barney Griswold were made 

 deacons. 



Trustees. — Robert Higgins, C. Terwillegar, Oliver Camp. 



Treasurer. — John C. Mulford. 



Secretary. — S. M. Morgan. 



May 22, 1877, the church was changed to The Baptist 

 Church of Lindley, and a delegation appointed to repre- 

 sent the church at the next session of the Baptist Associa- 

 tion ; 51 members were retained, and E. P. Gillett, Oliver 

 Camp, James H. Middlebrook, James Walker, and Mathew 

 Riffle elected trustees; S. M. Morgan, Clerk; Elam Watson, 

 H. Middlebrook, and Ann Rifle, Deacons; and Leroy Wat- 

 son, Treasurer and Collector. The pastor, Lorenzo D. Ayers, 

 was then regularly ordained, and a church building com- 

 menced, which is now nearly completed. 



MILITARY RECORD OF LINDLEY. 



Harrower, G. T., col., 161st Inf. ; enl. Sept. 6, 1862, three years ; res. Nov. 25, 1863. 

 Harrower, H. G., capt., 86th Inf., Co. F; enl. Sept. 1861, three years; re-enl. 



86th Inf., Dec. 1863, three years ; pro. to coL, March 3, 1864 ; disch. Oct. 



12, 1864. 

 Bradley, Elijah B., private, 107th Inf., Co. C, three years. 

 Booth, Elijah D., private, 141st Inf., Co. D ; enl. Aug. 14, 18G2, three years ; 



served nearly two years ; mortally wounded at the battle of Resaca and 



died in field hospital, May 19, 1864. 

 Booth, Geo. W., 107th Inf., Co. F, three years. 

 Belcher, Nelson, 107th Inf., Co. F, three years. 

 Boyle, Edwin, private, 50th Eng., Co. F ; enl. Aug. 1, 1862, three years ; disch. 



June 28, 1865. 

 Clark, James, private, 15th Eng., Co. G; enl. Aug. 22, 1864, one year; pro. to 



4th Corp., Nov. 1864; disch. June 13, 1865. 

 Walker, Gilbert, private, 50th Eng., Co. M; enl. Jan. 4, 1864, three years ; pro. 



to first class ; disch. June, 1865. 

 Morgan, S. M., maj., 86th Inf., Co. F; enl. Sept. 1861, three years; pro. to capt . 



and ass't adj.-gen., Feb. 28, 1864; brev. maj., March 18, 1865; taken pris. 



at Cold Harbor, Va. ; sent to Libby prison, Bichmond, Macon, Ga., Charles- 

 ton, S. C, Columbia, S. C. ; paroled for exchange, Dec. 20, 1864; res. 



April 1, 1865. 

 Merrill, William, capt., 141st Inf., Co, D; enl. 1862, three years; pro. to capt., 



Aug. 1, 1863; disch. June 24, 1865. 

 Bradley, Oscar, 107th Inf., Co. F ; enl. June 21, 1862, three years ; died on Mary- 

 land Heights, Oct. 1862. 

 Decker, John, private, 50th Eng., Co. F; enl. Aug. 22, 1862, three years; disch. 



June 13, 1865. 

 Elliott, Israel, private, 141st Inf., Co. D ; enl. Aug. 16, 1862, three years ; died 



Sept. 30, 1864, in hospital at Jefferson, Ind. 

 Houghton, Chas. A., Corp., 141st Inf., Co. D ; enl. Aug. 19, 1862, three years ; 



disch. June 24, 1865. 

 Knapp, Justice, private, 141st Inf., Co. D ; enl. Aug. 14, 1862, three years ; trans. 



to Inv. Corps; died March 15, 1865, at Nashville, Tenn. 



