TOWI^ OF WEST UNION. 



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1845. 

 1846. 

 1847. 



1848. 



1849. 



1850. 



1851. 



1852. 



1853. 



1854. 



1855. 



1856. 



1857. 



1858. 



1859. 



1860. 



1861. 



]862. 



1863. 



1864. 



1865. 



1866. 



1867. 



1868. 



1869. 



1870. 



1871. 



1872. 



1873. 



1874. 



1875. 



1876. 



1877. 



1878. 



LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS. 



Supervisors. Town Clerks. Collectors. 



David Sherman. Moses Forbes. Walter B. Olmsted. 



" *' " " Charles Rexford. 



" " " Samuel C. Heliker. 



Jeremiah Jones. 



James Ladd. 

 David Sherman. 



Francis X. Ward. 

 Ephraim Young. 



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David Wass. 



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Alvin C. Barney. 



Alph. McCorraick. 

 Alvin C. Barney. 



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Alph. McCormick. 



Alvin C. Barney. 

 Patrick Harden. 



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Edw. H. Plaisted. 

 James D. Hamilton. 



Samuel C. Heliker. 



Jesse C. Skillman. 



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James B. Wiley. 

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Alvin C. Barney. 



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Philip G. Failing. 

 Charles A. Fox. 

 Jas. J. McCormick. 

 Wm. H. Sheffield. 

 Francis X. Ward. 



Alph. McCormick. 

 Michael L. Carr. 



Edgar B. King. 

 James Coleman. 

 Joshua H. Richey. 

 Jas. D. Hamilton. 

 Lawrence Maxwell. 



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Darius Osmin. 



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John O'Hara. 

 N. E. Corwin. 



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William Vaughn. 



Darius Osmin. 



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Palmer Norfield. 

 James Conway. 



Joshua H. Richey. 



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David D. Smith. 

 Daniel Hamilton. 



John Harkenrider. 



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Charles McKinley. 



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William H. Jones. 



1845, 



1848. 

 1849. 

 1850. 



1851. 



1852. 

 1853. 

 1854. 

 1855. 

 1856. 

 1857. 

 1858. 

 1859. 

 1860. 

 1861. 

 1862. 

 1863. 



JUSTICES 



Jeremiah B. Millard. 

 Cornelius Rosa. 

 William H. Olmstead. 

 Jeremiah B. Millard. 

 Bradshaw White. 

 Charles N. Philips. 

 Cornelius Rosa.* 

 James Ladd. 

 James W. Smith.'"^ 

 Israel Jenning. 

 Bradshaw White. 

 James W. Smith. 

 Ephraim Young. 

 Champion Stebbins. 

 Philip W. Failing. 

 Smith A. Nixon. 

 James W. Smith. 

 James B. Wiley. 

 Levant A. Barney. 

 N. E. Corwin. 

 Edward Plaisted. 



OP THE PEACE. 



1863. Jeremiah Boucher.* 



1864. Benjamin Corwin. 



1865. Jeremiah Boucher. 



1866. Ephraim Young. 



1867. F. X. Ward. 



1868. James Ladd. 



1869. Job J. Chapman. 

 Edward H. Plaisted. 



1870. James Comoas. 

 Levant A. Barney 



1871. Francis X. Ward. 



1872. Jeremiah Boucher. 



1873. Levant A. Barney. 



1874. James Conway. 



1875. Francis X. Ward. 



1876. Henry Cramer. 



1877. Levant A. Barney. 

 Edwin Tracy.* 



1878. Philip W. Failing. 

 Benj. J. B. Edwards. 



CHURCHES. 

 METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF REXVILLE. 



The first religious meeting in the town was held at the 

 house of Abram V. Olmstead, in 1831,— -a Methodist min- 

 ister preaching, — and meetings were held in the woods dur- 

 ing the summer ; every two weeks changing to Mr. 01m- 

 stead's house, and Mr. Bray's when the weather became 

 cold. William Burger was the first class-leader, and was 

 succeeded at his death, in 1832, by Mr. Olmstead, the first 



* Vacancy. 



settler at Bexville, who retained the position, doing good 

 work in the little settlement, until his death in 1870. 

 Among the first members were Mr. Olmstead and family, 

 William Burger, Fred. Hauber, William Bray and wife. 

 Among the early pastors are remembered the names of 

 Revs. Dewy, Buell, and McKinney, as earnest workers. 

 The church, which was dedicated in August, 1870, by 

 Rev. M. H. .Davis, was built by Edward Daily, Sylvester 

 Skillman, and John Plaistead, trustees, at an expense of 

 $900. Rev. M. H. Davis, C. T. Gilford, F. M. Smith, 

 and W. Buck have served as pastors. The present mem- 

 bership is 34 ; besides which there is a branch class at 

 Wiley sville, numbering 18 members. William H. Jones, 

 of Rexville, is class-leader and clerk ; Thomas Day, Edward 

 Daily, and William Jones trustees. The church, though 

 small, is neat in appearance, and at the time of its con- 

 struction sufiiciently large for the sparsely- settled location. 

 The first settlers were Christian people, and observed the 

 Sabbath with Puritanic grace. 



CATHOLIC CHURCH. 



Previous to the year 1832 a number of Catholic families 

 from the north of Ireland settled in the town of Green- 

 wood. Daniel and Thomas McCormick came in 1838, 

 and were soon followed by Widow McCormick, mother of 

 Thomas and John McCormick and Patrick McCormick, 

 with their families. Numerous Catholic families continued 

 to settle in the towns of Greenwood, Troupsburgh, and West 

 Union. Although increasing in numbers, no church was 

 established until the year 1845, when the Catholics came 

 together, and resolved to build a church in which they 

 could, like Solomon of old, worship God in a more suitable 

 temple. Up to this time the religious wants of Catholics 

 were attended by priests, who came on horseback from 

 Rochester. Among those we may mention the Rev. Fathers 

 Simon Sandril, M. Murphy, and Thomas McEvoy. The 

 site of the new church in Greenwood, together with the 

 cemetery attached, was donated by Mr. Patrick Flinn, 

 whose memory will always remain dear to the priests and 

 Catholics of Greenwood, Rexville, and Troupsburgh. 



In the year 1846 holy mass was ofiered for the first time 

 in the new church by Rev. Thomas McEvoy. In 1848, 

 Right Rev. John Timon visited this portion of his diocese, 

 and offered up the sacrifice of the mass, and administered 

 the sacrament of confirmation to a large number of children 

 and adults. Previous to 1848 large numbers of Catholics 

 had settled in this and the adjoining towns. With others 

 came Neil O'Hargan, with his family, who soon identified 

 himself with Catholic interests. 



The Rev. Father McEvoy, who was the founder of the 

 Greenwood Catholic church, attended to the parish from 

 1845 to 1849, in which year he was succeeded by Father 

 Michael O'Brien, who resided here until 1851, when he 

 was replaced by Fathers Patrick Bradley, Daniel Moorland, 

 and Joseph McKenna, respectively. In 1852, Bishop Timon 

 visited this parish a second time, and administered con- 

 firmation to a large number, including many recent settlers. 

 Rev. John Fouhey was appointed to the pastorship of 

 Greenwood and West Union, Oct. 15, 1852, and adminis- 

 tered the affairs of the parish until 1856, when the juris- 



