TOWN OF TROUPSBURGH. 



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John Simpson and wife, Otis Dodge and wife, Ami Hayes, 

 Amy Williams, Susan Newell, and Susan Miller. A church 

 was built in the " Chenango Settlement," by Hiram Olm- 

 sted, H. B. Carpenter, Hiram Rice, Sylvester Brown, and 

 William Carpenter, trustees, at an expense of $3000, and 

 dedicated Nov. 4, 1875, by Rev. Gustavo Anderson, of New 

 York. Pastors : 1855-57, Rev. Warren Rice, L. Balcom ; 

 1858-59, John G. Covenhoven ; 1860-61, Wm. G. Ray- 

 mond, T. R. Clark ; 1862-65, J. G. Covenhoven, L. C. 

 Warriner, E. Murdock ; 1867, Eli Thomas, Rev. Mr. Ul- 

 man; 1869-70,8. H. Murdock; 1871, J. W. Brastead ; 

 1873, Wm. G. Raymond, James Bell; 1874-76, C. K. 

 Bennett; 1877, J. W. Betts, the present pastor. Rev. 

 Wm. G. Raymond left the charge for the army, enlisting 

 in the 86th Regiment, New York Infantry, and was after- 

 wards made chaplain of that regiment. F. D. Holmes, 

 Eli Bates, and H. B. Carpenter are the present Deacons ; 

 Wm. S. Miller, Clerk ; S. Olmstead, J. H. Symonds, F. D. 

 Holmes, Wilson G. Morey, and Wm. J. Miller, Trustees. 

 The present membership is 96. 



THE CHURCH OF TROUPSBURGH. 



Rev, Mr. Wade preached at the school-house at Troups- 

 burgh Centre as early as 1844, and was succeeded by Rev. 

 Mr. Call, W. G. Raymond, Wm. Rice, and Alanson 

 Tilden. Lent Reynolds and wife, Harvey S. Webster, Otis 

 Reynolds, and Alanson Skinner were first members. First 

 deacons : Fred. Reynolds and Rufus Fuller. The church, 

 which was dedicated June 3, 1874, by Rev. N. S. Rey- 

 nolds, of Tioga, was built by L. Works, E. T. Mallory, and 

 Alfred S. Shuffield, trustees, at an expense of $3000. The 

 present membership is 124. 



Present officers: Rev. S. H. Haskell, Pastor; George 

 Blowers, Clerk ; L. Works, Joshua Murdock, Geo. Blowers, 

 Deacons; A. S. Sheffield, L. Works, and Hiram Rice, 

 Trustees. At Mallory's Corners is a class of 23 members, 

 of whom Mr. N. Perry is deacon. 



FREE-WILL BAPTIST CHURCH. 



This society has held meetings in various parts of the 

 town since their organization in 1850, Rev. B. F. Mack 

 having been the pioneer preacher, succeeded by Revs. Wm. 

 Mack, Hiram Bacon, Jacob Stuart, and the present pastor, 

 Daniel W. Hunt. Among the earliest members were Mr. 

 Rogers and wife, and Jonathan Styles and wife. They 

 have a present membership of about 30. 



METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 



Although a few Friends, or " Quakers," as they are more 

 popularly known, held their meetings at the residences of 

 Mr. Douglass and Samuel Rice, who were of that society 

 as early as 1816, the first meetings were held by Revs. 

 Brunson, Buell, and McGee. In 1823 they were held at 

 the house of Gregory Benedict, and on his removal, at 

 Joshua Styles'. The first religious workers were three 

 women, — Mrs. Smith, mother of Samuel Griggs, Sarah 

 Cady, her sister, daughter of Samuel Cady, and Mrs. Levi 

 Grinolds, — and it was through their efforts that the first 

 preachers, Revs. Buell and Bronson, held a series of meet- 



ings at the house of Samuel Cady, which resulted in a re- 

 vival in 1819 ; and a class was organized at that time, in- 

 cluding Elijah Cady and wife, Mrs. Mary Van Campen, 

 and Usual McMinds and wife, under the leadership of 

 Mr. McMinds. Samuel Griggs, and afterwards Samuel 

 Cady, were also made class-leaders. This society received 

 the " Gospel lot" of 100 acres from the Pulteneys to the 

 first church in Troupsburgh ; Samuel Griggs made the ap- 

 plication, and was one of the first trustees. Mrs. Griggs, 

 who is still living at Troupsburgh with her son, W. N. 

 Griggs, is the oldest living member, as well as one of the 

 first. In 1858 a reorganization under Rev. S. H. Aldrich 

 was effected, and Wm. Maud, W. N. Griggs, and Harry 

 N. Reynolds were made stewards. 



Previous to 1856, Revs. Joseph Ashworth, J. C. Hunt- 

 ley, Luther Northway, I. J. B. McKinney, Charles Gould, 

 J. B. Bradbury, G. J. Dubois, and S. H. Aldrich supplied 

 this society when they became a separate charge. They 

 were afterwards in charge of Rev. L. Rogers, 1860 ; R. 

 MacWood, 1861; E. Sweet, A. West, 1864; L. Ford, 

 1865; Isaac Garrett, 1866; John C. Wood, 1867; Wm. 

 W. Hunt, 1868; J. H. Dubois, 1869-70; C. T. Giff"ord, 

 1871 ; D. Potter, 1873; E. H. Pierce, 1874-75; H. B. 

 Troxel, 1876-77; N. B. Congdon, 1878. 



L. L. Roiiers and J. Bartle were licensed to preach at 

 this charge. A church costing $5000 was built under the 

 management of W. N. Griggs, Norman Bennett, and Lo- 

 renzo Sanford, trustees, in 1872, and dedicated December 

 29 of the same year by Rev. D. W. T. Huntington. The so- 

 ciety have also a parsonage at Troupsburgh Centre. Church 

 officers : Abel Rice, Class-Leader ; A. Williams, Clerk ; 

 J. Hayes, A. Williams, Henry Edgett, L. Sanford, Wesley 

 Grigg, and Uriel Atwood, Stewards ; L. Sanford, U. At- 

 wood, and W. N. Griggs, Trustees. There is a member- 

 ship of 84, and the services are well attended. The old 

 members are represented in the church by their descend- 

 ants, who form the greater part of the list upon the books 

 of the society. 



Occasional meetings were held at the school-house in the 

 Chenango Settlement soon after its erection, in 1839, and 

 the interest continued, until in 1846 the first class was 

 organized by Rev. Luther Northway, and Henry Bates 

 made their leader. John Miller and wife, Joseph Brown 

 and wife, Eber Styles, Alanson Wilson and wife, and Oliver 

 Pease and wife were the first members. 



During the pastorate of Rev. E. B. Thomas a church 

 was built at an expense of $2000, and dedicated by Rev. 

 S. Hunt, of Buffalo. The trustees were Geo. Northrup, 

 Jerome Edwards, J. L. Miller, John A. Wilson, H. B. 

 Tew, Geo. Bartle, and Geo. Tew. The present ofl&cers are 

 Rev. John Knapp, Pastor ; John A. Wilson, Class-Leader ; 

 Henry B. Tew, Clerk ; Geo. Bartle, J. S. Miller, Joseph 

 Wilson, Stewards; J. A. Wilson, Jerome Edwards, L. 

 Miller, Geo. Bartle, John R. Williams, and Wm. Carpen- 

 ter, Trustees. 



The church is finely situated in a little valley, surrounded 

 by industrious farmers, nearly all of whom came with their 

 fathers from Chenango County, and gave the name of Che- 

 nango to this part of the town by settling in a body by 

 themselves. 



