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 OF PEEKSKILL, N. Y., 
 
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 OF AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE. 
 
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 September, 1S79. 
 
Preface. 
 
 Three years ago, a committee was appointed to pre- 
 pare a history of the Seneca Baptist Association. This 
 work is the result of that appointment. The need of 
 such a history is apparent. The old records are some of 
 them lost, others are almost illegible. The fathers are 
 passing away. The manuscript histories, fragmentary at 
 best, need to be supplemented by the testimony of living 
 witnesses. The facts here presented are drawn for the 
 most part from the original records, which have been 
 searched diligently. In such a Work mistakes are unavoid- 
 able. My chief regret is that it is impossible to do justice 
 to all whose names ought to appear in this volume. Imper- 
 fect as the book is, the hope that it may be of interest to 
 the churches, and, recalling honored names, may inspire to 
 noble emulation, has made lighter the toil. It will at 
 least preserve material for the future historian. 
 
 To the many friends who have kindly aided in the 
 preparation of this volume, I gratefully acknowledge ob- 
 ligation. 
 
Index to Frontispiece. 
 
 1. J. J. PHELPS. 
 
 2. A. C. MALLORY. 
 
 3. F. D. FENNER. 
 
 4. H. F. TITUS. 
 
 5. W. N. TOWER. 
 
 6. G. E. WEEKS. 
 
 7. LOUIS J. GROSS. 
 
 15. 
 
 8. C. W. BROOKS. 
 
 9. J. M. HARRIS. 
 
 10. A. D. CLARK, 
 
 11. G. A. STARKWEATHER, 
 
 12. J. B. SMITH. 
 
 13. GEO. BROWN. 
 
 14. L. B. ALBERT. 
 LEWIS HALSEY. 
 
Introduction. 
 
 THK SENECA. 
 Two hundred years before the birth of the Seneca 
 Baptist Association, the country between the lakes Cayuga 
 and Seneca was occupied by the rulers of a Confederacy 
 which might have been called almost as appropriately the 
 Seneca Association, as the League of the Iroquois. This 
 greatest of all northern aboriginal confederacies was com- 
 posed of six Indian tribes, the Senecas, Cayugas, On- 
 ondagas, .Oneidas, Mohawks and Tuscaroras; the Senecas 
 being assigned the first place at the council fire, and on 
 the war path. 
 
 According to tradition, the ancestors of the Iroquois, 
 then a feeble tribe, were driven from their home on the 
 northern bank of the St. Lav/rence by the Adirondacks. 
 Their first settlements south of Lake Ontario were upon 
 the Seneca River. Afterward, five different colonies be- 
 came distinct nations and were united in one confedera- 
 tion. During the seventeenth century, the Iroquois be- 
 came the most warlike and powerful of the American 
 tribes, and in 170b, they were masters of the territory 
 now included in New York and the States to the South 
 and West. 
 
 They called themselves the Ho-de-no-sau-nee, or the 
 people of the long house. In bravery, in eloquence, in 
 capacity for civil organization, they showed themselves 
 to be equal to many civilized nations, and it has been 
 asserted justly by the historian Lewis H. Morgan, that 
 
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 "the League of the Iroquois exhibits the highest develop- 
 ment of the Indian, ever reached by him in the hunter 
 state." Tbe league was established upon the principle 
 of family relationships. The several tribes were inde- 
 pendent, yet united as brothers in one family. The 
 tribal org;anization was similar in some particulars to 
 that of the twelve tribes of the Children of Israel, but 
 the descent followed invariably the female line. The 
 tribal name of the Senecas was the Hon-an-ne-bo-out, of 
 " the door-keepers," and of this appellation they were 
 justly proud. 
 
 It was the boast of the Iroquois that the tendency of 
 their organization was rather toward peace tbaa war, and 
 they looked forward hopefully to a time when war would 
 cease, and all red men would be brothers in one great 
 farhily. It would be interesting, did our space allow, to 
 speak of their worship of the Great Spirit, of the tradition 
 relating to the origin of the Indian tribes, and the later 
 traditions which lead them to believe that Washington 
 will be the only white man to enter the heaven of the 
 Indian. 
 
 The Indian does not die as was expected of him. The 
 Indian problem is not yet solved. The death of the brave 
 Canby and the needless sacrifice of the gallant Custer are- 
 fresh in our memories. Whatever be its faults, may the so- 
 called peace policy prevail in our counsels, and may even 
 " the poor Indian" be protected in his right to life, liberty, 
 and the pursuit of happiness ! Said a Cayuga chief, ira 
 an address before the New York Historical Society, in 
 t84.6-. "The Empire State, as you love to call it, was 
 once laced by our trails from Albany to Buffalo, trails 
 that we had frod for centuries, trails worn so deep by the 
 feet of the Iroquois, that they became your roads of 
 travel, which still traverse those same lines of communi- 
 cation which bound one part of the Long House to the 
 other. Have we, the first holders of this prosperous 
 
Introduction. i i 
 
 region, no longer a share in your history? Glad were 
 your fathers to sit down upon the threshold of the Long 
 House. Had our fore-fathers spurned you from it, when 
 the French were thundering at the opposite side to get a 
 passage through, and drive you into the sea, whatever 
 has been the fate of other Indians, the Iroquois might 
 still have been a nation, and I, instead of pleading here 
 for the privilege of living within your borders, I — might 
 have had a country J " 
 
 THE PIONEER. 
 The history of the Seneca Baptist Association begins 
 with the history of the pioneers of the lake country of 
 central New York. By their strong arms the forests were 
 swept away, the seeds of civilization were sown in the 
 wilderness, the school-house and the church were 'built 
 above the ruins of the Indian's wigwam. These early 
 settlers were men stalwart in frame, often uneducated, yet 
 were they reverent in spirit. They sought a home in the 
 wilderness, but they thought of another home further on. 
 They remembered that they were sojourners and pilgrims. 
 Hence, soon after providing a shelter for their families, 
 they began to feel the want of a place where they could 
 come together for public worship. At first they met 
 from house to house, then they assembled in some large 
 barn, then in the log school-house, but it was not long 
 before they built a rude temple which with solemn con- 
 secration they set apart for the worship of God. 
 
 The hardships of frontier life can be properly estimated 
 only by those who endure them year after year. The' 
 pioneers of Western New York came to a region which 
 was not figuratively but literally a howling wilderness. 
 Far from neighbors, far from the church, the school, the 
 physician, they were deprived of many of what seem to 
 their children to be the essentials of life. 
 
 There were among them soldiers who had been with 
 Gen. Sullivan in his successful campaign against the 
 Iroquois. They remembered the placid Seneca, the 
 
12 INTRODUCTIO-V- 
 
 bright Cayuga, and the fertile cornfields of this beautiful 
 lake country, — -so beautiful, diversified as it is by hill, 
 lake, glen, and valley, that it has been called the Switzer- 
 land of America; so fertile, that it tennpted even the 
 Indian to the pursuit of agriculture! No sooner was the 
 war ended, than one i>y one, or in little con:ipanies, they 
 retraced their steps, coming now not with the sword but 
 with the plowshare. One of these very soldiers (An- 
 drew Dunlap, of Ovid,) turned the first furrow between 
 the lakes. 
 
 Only a remnant of the Six Nations remained upon their 
 old hunting grounds, but enough were left to bring fear 
 to many a settler's cabin. Sometimes they came as 
 visitors, sometimes thsy were seen lurking in the forest. 
 The mother remembered Wyoming and Cherry Valley, 
 and shuddered as she thought of what might be the fate 
 of her little ones. The Indians loved this lake country. 
 Here were their favorite hunting grounds ; here were the 
 graves of their fathers. It was hard to give them up. 
 The journey to Seneca County from Long Island or New 
 Jersey required almost as much time as does now a 
 journey around the world. There were no wagon roads. 
 The Indian trails were almost impassable for horses. 
 The emigrants usually came up the Hudson, the Mohawk, 
 Wood Creek, Oneida and Seneca rivers, or else up the 
 valleys of the Susquehanna and Tioga to Owego. 
 
 The settler's first home was the log cabin. This was 
 built of unhewn logs rudely fitted together, the openings 
 between them plastered with mortar or mad. The roof 
 was made of strips of bark held down by heavy poles. 
 At first the house had no chimney, the smoke escap- 
 ing through an opening in the roof. The fireplace 
 was matle of flat, hard-head stones. The house was 
 built solid, about eight logs, or eight feet high. The 
 door and windows were cut out afterward with a saw. 
 A little later the house had a cobble-stone chimney. The 
 
IXTRODUCTION'. 13 
 
 first door was a blanket ; this was succeeded by a heavy 
 hewa plank double door, opening above and below like a 
 mill door, and serving also for a window in warm weather. 
 It was hung on wooden hinges, which, unless well greased, 
 would squeak horribly. It swung from a red oak jamb 
 which was fastened to the logs .with wooden pins. Nails 
 were luxuries, iron one of the precious metals. The door- 
 latch was of wood, and was on the inside. It was raised 
 by a tow or leather string, which hung through a gimlet 
 hole in the door and could be drawn in at night. To 
 leave the latch-string always out was considered an un- 
 failing sign of hospitality, hence our phrase of welcome: 
 " the latch-string is out." 
 
 The windows werir at first huge loop-holes or em- 
 brasureSjSubsequently they were enlarged a little,and fitted 
 with rude sashes in which coarse paper supplied the place 
 of glass. This paper was well oiled that it might shed 
 the rain and admit the light. The one room, sometimes 
 not more tiian ten feet square, was partitioned off by 
 blankets or coverlids hung from the ceiling. The house 
 had at first a ground-floor, afterward a floor of logs split 
 and squared. A smooth-hewn stump often served for a 
 dinine table, as one of the fixtures of the establishment. 
 The place of chairs was supplied by slab benches fastened 
 to the side of the house, or by small logs split in two and 
 mounted on legs. The bedsteads were rough, wide shelves 
 fastened to the wall by wooden pins on one side, and 
 supported by posts in front, with poles or peeled bark 
 for bed cord. Beds were sometimes made of bags stuffed 
 with dried " cat-tails," a species of flag which grew in the 
 marshes. The fireplace was large and open — built of 
 stone, afterward of brick. A few feet above the hearth 
 was the lug pole, often on fire, from which were suspend- 
 ed chains and trammels to support the kettles. In the 
 larger houses the huge back log was sometimes drawn in 
 by a horse. 
 
14 Introduction. 
 
 Many families subsisted at first upon potatoes and 
 Indian meal, others upon milk and boiled nettles. The 
 meal was made by pounding corn in wooden mortars. 
 Sometimes a hardwood stump near the cabin was hollow- 
 ed and burned out and used as a mortar, the pestle being 
 fastened to a pole which- swung from some support, like 
 an old fashioned well-sweep. The common drink was 
 water, or bread crust coffee. Venison could sometimes 
 be obtained by the earliest settlers, and bear's meat was 
 a luxury. Maple sugar and syrup soon became plenty. 
 Molasses was also made from pumpkins ; and pumpkin 
 preserves and pumpkin butter were among the delicacies 
 provided by the good housewife. Crab-apples and wild 
 plums were used as condiments, sassafras tea and "store 
 tea" were brought forward on great occasions. On the 
 table were wooden or pewter spoons, an earthen tea-pot, 
 and sometimes the blue edged china dishes which the 
 whims of the Centennial year once more made fashion- 
 able. ' Where the family was large, only the parents used 
 plates at meals. The children would lay a corn cake on 
 the table, tear off a piece to sop, and all dip in one dish. 
 The dress of both men and women was of homespun, 
 the wife's fine dress, of calico, was worn only on great oc- 
 casions. The settler's hunting shirt and breeches were 
 sometimes made of tanned deer-skin, his socks of wool, 
 carded, spun, and knit by the good wife, who plied her 
 needles while she rocked the cradle. The spinning wheel 
 was more common than is now the sewing machine. 
 Soon rough looms were erected, and the cloth thus manu- 
 factured was cut and made up at home. In summer, 
 woolen garments were replaced by those made of flax. 
 They would break it, swingle it, hatchel it, spin it, and 
 sometimes weave it. They had little experience in dyeing, 
 but seem to have been partial to a color afterward made 
 historic by the war of the great rebellion, for butternut 
 bark was almost the only coloring material with which 
 
Introduction. 15 
 
 they were practically acquainted. The school-books in 
 1808 were the Bible, DaboU's Arithmetic, and Webster's 
 spelling book. Hymn books ware owned by few. The 
 hymns were lined, or "deaconed " by the leader, and then 
 sung by the congregation. It is almost a wonder that the 
 people did not become Shakers or shouting fanatics, for 
 the first churches had no heat except that brought by the 
 worshipers. The women tried to keep comfortable with 
 •their foot-stoves, the men with .their overcoats. 
 NOTABLE EVENTS. 
 Many remarkable events and noted personages are 
 connected, more or less intimately, with the civil and 
 religious history of this country between the lakes Cayuga 
 and Seneca. 
 
 Near Canoga, on the western shore of Cayuga, was 
 born the celebrated Indian chief, Red Jacket— the Cicero 
 of the Senecas. His birthplace, like that of Homer, has 
 long been in dispute, but no historian disputes his title 
 to the name of orator. His eloquence was often more 
 powerful with his warriors than were the gold and the 
 promises of the white man, but the influence of the ac- 
 cursed fire water overpowered Sagoyewatha^" the keeper 
 awake," — as it overpowered his unhappy people. We 
 have many specimens of his eloquence. Deploring the 
 fate of his unhappy people, from whom he saw that the 
 sceptre had departed forever, he says : " We stand a 
 small island in the bosom of the great Waters — we are en- 
 circled— we are encompassed. The evil spirit rides upon 
 the blast, and the waters are disturbed. They rise, they 
 press upon us, and the waves once settling over us we 
 disappear forever. Who then lives to mourn us? None_ 
 What marks our extinction ? Nothing. We are mingled 
 with the common elements." 
 
 Through this lake region, traveled and exhorted that 
 eccentric genius, Lorenzo Dow. He loved the open air, 
 the exciting theme, the surging crowds of the camp- 
 
1 6 Introduction. 
 
 meeting. He might have been called a circuit-rider and 
 stump preacher. His quaint manner, his startling ex- 
 pressions, his noble souled earnestness, made him a favorite 
 with these sturdy Seneca pioneers. One of his best re- 
 membered sermons was preached at a camp-meeting held 
 in 1 82 1, on the western shore of Cayuga Lake. His text 
 was from Hebrews, 9:27. — " It is appointed unto man once 
 to die, and after that the judgment." This sermon was 
 preached in a large log meeting house which had been 
 built that the services might be held without danger of 
 interruption by October storms. 
 
 Lorenzo Dow,, like other peculiar people, had his faults 
 and his foes. He was the Talmadge of his day. His 
 long hair, swarthy countenance, and ill-fitting clothes, 
 caused him to present an odd appearance in the pulpit, 
 and his voice was almost as shrill as was that of John 
 Randolph. But he awakened religious enthusiasm 
 wherever he went ; he set before those who heard him 
 nobler ideas of living ; he preached the truth in Christ as 
 he understood it, and doubtless, although many disciples 
 could say of him : " he followeth not with us," he did 
 much good in the name of his Master. He seems to have 
 been an earnest, plain-spoken, God-fearing man, who cared 
 little for his speech or his appearance if he could but do 
 God service, who thought more about results than 
 methods, and who had no fear of sensational preaching. 
 Excitement and Lorenzo Dow came to the camp-meeting 
 together. He was a man who was in .sympathy with the 
 common people, and they heard him gladly. 
 
 To this county, about 1830, came the so called Mormon 
 prophet, Joseph Smith, but this was before he had begun 
 to profit by the gullibility of his followers. He worked 
 at first as a day laborer. Afterward he claimed to pos- 
 sess magic rods which would indicate hidden treasures. 
 He must have been an unmitigated liar already, for he 
 told his friends that when prodding with a crowbar in 
 
Introduction. 17 
 
 the direction indicated by his Aaronic rods, he had often 
 struck an iron chest which contained gold, but at the 
 touch of his bar the chest would disappear, being mys- 
 teriously carried away by some unknown agency. The 
 golden plates from which Smith read out the Book of 
 Mormon, he claimed to have found, on the west side of a 
 hill near Manchester, Ontario County. These plates 
 Smith pretended to have brought to the house of a 
 farmer named Peter Whitmer, who lived in the town of 
 Fayette, three miles south-west of Waterloo. The char- 
 acters inscribed on the golden plates represented an un- 
 known tongue which Smith called the "Reformed Eg3'-pt- 
 ian." Next came the work of translation. He had an 
 assistant named Oliver Cowdry. The golden plates were 
 too sacred to be looked upon by eyes profane. Procul ! 
 Smith would sit behind a blanket or else look into his 
 hat, and read by the assistance of a curious optical instru- 
 ment called by him Urim and Thummim, consisting of 
 two transparent stones, and as he read, Cowdry would 
 write the translation of the ineffable characters. 
 
 The first convert to the Mormon faith was baptised by 
 immersion in a little stream known as Thomas' creek, in 
 the town of Fayette, Seneca County. The first Mormon 
 conference was held in the same town June ist, 1830. 
 The moral atmosphere soon seems to have become op- 
 pressive to the followers of the new prophet. They re- 
 moved first to Kirtland,- Ohio, shortly afterward to 
 Nauvoo, 111. 
 
 In 1812, John Young, a revolutionary soldier, removed 
 from Whittingham, Windham County, Vermont, to the 
 town of Tyrone in the northwestern part of Schuyler 
 County, New York. He was accompanied by five sons, 
 one of them named Brigham. It is said that the family 
 made poor farmers. The father went from house to 
 house bottoming chairs and preaching. The sons spent 
 most of their time in hunting or fishing. When the 
 
i8 Introduction. 
 
 harvest season came, they usually crossed the lake to 
 work for farmers with whom they were acquainted in 
 the town of Romulus. Here Brigham, who is said to 
 have been lazy and fond of story telling, may have 
 met Joseph Smith. The former became a follower of the 
 Mormon prophet about the year 1833. 
 
 Among the noted preachers in Seneca County, is the 
 venerable Lutheran divine, Diedrich Willers, Sr,. He 
 became pastor of Christ's church in Bearytown, in 1821, 
 and celebrated his fifty-fifth jubilee anniversary April 
 22d, 1876. He is still (1879) pastor of this church. At 
 one time he had the pastoral supervision of eight Ger^ 
 man Lutheran congregations : Christ's church, Jerusalem, 
 Seneca, Lyons, Dansville, Scipio, Lansing, and Salmon 
 Creek, — situated in five counties. In early life, Mr, 
 Willers was a soldier, and fought in the battle of Water^ 
 loo. He is the father of Hon. Diedrich Willers, Jr., Ex- 
 Secretary of State, and of the lamented Calvin Willers. 
 Peter Whitmer, one of the first Mormon converts, was a 
 parishoner of Dr. Willers, and the latter, learning that 
 wolves were among his sheep, preached to his flock from 
 Galations, 1:8, — "Though we, or an angel from heaven, 
 preach any other gospel unto you than that which we 
 1 have preached unto you, let him be accursed!" 
 THE ASSOCIATION. 
 
 Baptists hold that Church Government, as far as it is 
 confided to human hands, is " of the people, by the peo- 
 ple, and for the people." They are th« most independ- 
 ent of independents. Each Baptist church is a demo- 
 ciratic society, acknowledging allegiance to no earthly 
 authority. An association is a deliberative body,, com- 
 posed of messengers or delegates, commissioned by the 
 churches to act as their representatives. But an associa- 
 tion has neither legislative, nor executive authority, its 
 power is advisory only. 
 
Introduction. 19 
 
 Some of the early Baptists in this State, were opposed 
 to the forming of Associations, fearing that they would 
 usurp authority which properly belonged to the churches. 
 Baptist churches have suffered, because, absorbed in the 
 contemplation of independence, they have overlooked in- 
 ter-dependence. Rejecting the counsels, and spurning 
 the co-operation of sister churches, they have reaped the 
 results of their folly. The associational idea is opposed, 
 not to independence, but to alienation, and teaches that, 
 while each church is sovereign, and, in all matters per- 
 taining to discipline or doctrine, must decide and act for 
 itself, yet it may often be wisely influenced by the coun- 
 sels of others, or may be instructed by their experience. 
 
 At the beginning of the present century, all that part 
 of the Empire State west of the old settlements on the 
 Hudson, and on the Mohawk, was called Western New 
 York. In 1789, there was not a single Baptist church 
 west of the Scoharie river. In 1800, there were about 
 thirty Baptist churches between the Mohawk, and Niag- 
 ara. Among the early Associations were the Otsego, the 
 Chemung,' the Cayuga, the Madison, the Franklin, and 
 the Holland Purchase. 
 
 The first Baptist Association in Western New York 
 was the Otsego, organized in 1795, with thirteen churches, 
 five ministers, four-hundred and twenty-four members. 
 Elder Joel Butler, of Fairfield, preacfhed to the newly 
 organized Association from the text : " That they may 
 be one," and introduced in his sermon the following 
 verses, of his own composition, as a declaration of faith : 
 
 •' One is dur God who reigns above. 
 
 And one our Savior whom we love ; 
 
 One is our faith, the Spirit one, 
 
 That brings us round Jehovah's throne ; 
 
 One hope we have, one race we run 
 
 To our eternal, shining home : 
 
 One is our Guide, and one the way 
 
20 Introduction, 
 
 That leads to shining fields of day, 
 And one the song of praise we sing 
 To our eternal, glorious King." 
 
 Among the ministers who became members of the As- 
 sociation at its second session were, Peter P. Roots, and 
 David Irish- 
 
 In 1807, at the house of Elder Nathan Baker, in Pom- 
 pey, Onondaga County, a society was formed for the pur- 
 pose of sending preachers of the gospel into the sur- 
 rounding destitute regions. It was called the Lake Bap- 
 tist Missionary Society, as the field of its labors was to 
 be what was then called the lake country. One year 
 later, the Society met at the house of Elisha Payne, in 
 Hamilton. Elder Ashbel Hosmer was elected President, 
 Elder P. P. Roots, Vice-President, Elisha Payne, Secre- 
 tary, Jonathan Olmstead, Treasurer. Zalmon Morton 
 was appointed missionary for two months, to receive four 
 dollars per week for his services. His missionary tour 
 extended to the Genesee river. Those to whom he went 
 preaching received him joyfully, begging him to come 
 again. At the next annual meeting. Elder John Peck 
 was elected one of the directors, and the name of the 
 body was changed to the " Hamilton Baptist Missionary 
 Society." Among the early missionaries of this Society 
 were, Hezekiah Eastman, John Lawton, John Peck, 
 Alfred Bennett, Nathan Baker, John Upfold and Jonathan 
 Ferris. 
 
 At the meeting of the board of directors in 18 12, Mrs. 
 Betsey Payne and Mrs. Freedom Olmstead, were intro- 
 duced as a committee from the Hamilton Female Baptist 
 Missionary Society, bringing as their contribution for the 
 work of sending the gospel to the destitute, twenty yards 
 of fulled cloth. The Seneca, in common with sister As- 
 sociations, was often indebted to the labors, and inspired 
 by the exhortations of the faithful missionaries of this 
 society. 
 
Introduction. 21 
 
 The Chemung Baptist Association was constituted in 
 November, 1796, by the following churches: Chemung, 
 (near Wellsburg) organized 1789; Sanroobson, (in Wayne, 
 Steuben Co.,) organized 1794; Romulus, Seneca Co., 
 organized 1795 ; New Bedford, (now Owego) organized 
 1796; and Braintrim, Wyoming Co. Pa. The Chemung, 
 now known as the Wellsburg church, was the first organ- 
 ized religious body west of Binghamton, in the southern 
 tier of New York counties. Among the early ministers 
 of the Association were, Roswell Goff, David Jayne, 
 Ephraim Sanford, Peter Bainbridge, Zalmon Agard, 
 Jehiel Wisner, Amos Eaglestone, Thomas Smiley and 
 Samuel Sturdevant. 
 
 The first Anniversary meeting of this Association, was 
 held at Chemung, Nov. 9, 1797. David Jayne was 
 Moderator, and preached the opening sermon from Sec- 
 ond Corinthians, 4:5. Zalmon Agard was Clerk. Che- 
 mung reports ninety-one members, Roswell Goff, pastor ; 
 Romulus, fourteen members ; Sanroobson, afterward 
 Fredericksburg, twenty-one members, E. Sanford, pastor; 
 New Bedford, thirty-one members, D. Jayne, pastor; 
 Braintrim, twenty-three members, Z. Agard, pastor. In 
 Oct. 1802, the Association held its sixth session at Romu- 
 lus, when that church reports sixty-eight members, with 
 Jehiel Wisner for pastor, it being then the largest of the 
 seven churches of the Association. 
 
 In 1804, Romulus was dismissed to join the Cayuga 
 Association, but was received again in 1813. The church 
 in Caroline was received in T819, Delmar in 1802. Rom- 
 ulus was again dismissed in 1820. Caroline was dismissed 
 to the new Berkshire Association in 1823. 
 
 The Scipio general conference was organized at 
 Palmyra, Sept. 25, 1799, by six churches afterward in- 
 cluded in the Cayuga Association. Among the delegates 
 were only three ordained ministers, David Irish, Micajah 
 Starr, and John Laseur. These names appear later, in 
 
22 Introduction. 
 
 the history of the Seneca Association. In Sept. 1801, 
 delegates from fourteen churches met at Aurelius, and 
 after discussion, during which the fear was expressed that 
 the proposed action might conflict with liberty of con- 
 science, and church independence, the Conference re- 
 organized as an Association. When a name was sought 
 for, it was proposed that, as it included all Baptist churches 
 between the Otsego Association and the Pacific ocean, it 
 should be called the Western Association. But one of 
 those troublesome brethren who are always thinking of 
 something, modestly objected that a similar Association 
 might yet be organized west of Cayuga county, — in fact, 
 he had faith to believe that at least one such body would 
 be constituted within fifty years, — when, of course, the 
 name Western Association would be a misnomer. The 
 name Cayuga Association was finally adopted, the body 
 including fourteen churches, with seven-hundred and 
 seventy-seven members. This meeting was held in Dea- 
 con Ebenezer Healy's barn, near Sennett. 
 
 At the second annual meeting, in 1803, thg church of 
 Ovid and Hector, (now Covert) with two-hundred and 
 forty-four members, was received as a member of the 
 Association. 
 
 In 1806, the annual meeting of the Association was 
 held with the first Baptist church in Ovid, — at Bailey- 
 town. The Romulus and Dryden churches were also 
 members of the Association at this time, and the First 
 Church in Ulysses, now Enfield, John Lewis, pastor, was 
 received in 1819. In 1825, the First Church in Ovid was 
 dropped from the minutes. Romulus was dismissed in 
 1812. Second Ovid, and Ulysses were dismissed in 1821 
 to aid in constituting the Seneca Association. 
 
 Glancing at the early settler and his surroundings, re- 
 calling, for a moment, some of the interesting events as- 
 sociated with the history of the lake country, and the 
 two neighboring Associations older than our own, we 
 turn to the Seneca Association itself. 
 
The SenecaBaptist Association. 
 
 PREFATORY. 
 This Association was fortunate in having for its lead- 
 ing spirit, and first presiding ofiScer, Dr. O. C. Comstock, 
 to whom it was largely indebted for its efficient organiza- 
 tion, its harmonious conferences, and its continued pros» 
 perity. The annual meetings of the Association were 
 gospel feasts, to which the brethren from near and far 
 loved to come. Hither Game the honored Comstock, the 
 enthusiastic Abbott, the scholarly Whiting, the earnest 
 Woolsey, the devoted Sheardown, the faithful Wood- 
 worth. 
 
 Many of the subjects brought before the body by their 
 resolutions, or circular letters, are still of vital interest ; 
 and were discussed in a liberal spirit. If, when the 
 fathers spoke concerning ordination, discipline, and 
 kindred topics, their sons had wisely heeded their utter- 
 ances, it would have been for the prosperity of the 
 churches. 
 
 The subject of discipline is not often alluded to in the 
 printed records of this Association, while the minutes 
 of many similar bodies are laden with allusions to thi3 
 subject. These brethren seem to have discovered that 
 it was good and pleasant for them to dwell together 
 in unity. It is doubtful whether any other Association 
 can point to so peaceful a history. It stands in marked 
 Contrast to the unhappy record of some of the Associa- 
 tions of our 'Own State, in which we see these bodies, 
 which should have been the abode of gentleness, and 
 brotherly love, rent asunder and torn in pieces by fraternal 
 feuds. 
 
24 Seneca. Baptist Association. 
 
 The declarations we find relating to the subject of dis- 
 cipline, are usually free from prejudice, and in accordance 
 with the teachings of the gospel as they are understood 
 to-day. The Association early showed itself to be in 
 sympathy with the cause of temperance, and pointed out 
 to the members of its churches, that if they would prevent 
 the immoderate'use of ardent spirits by others, they must 
 abstain from even the moderate use themselves. The 
 principle of total abstinence was held distinctly, and with- 
 out equivocation, yet although a temperance pledge was 
 recommended in 1839, ^^ ^^ addition to the articles of 
 faith, it is doubtful whether it was generally adopted by 
 the churches. Whensver a great avil is brought prom- 
 inently before the public, there is a tendency on the part 
 of the church to adopt a new article of faith concerning 
 it. There is as little need of naming, in a confession of 
 faith, every evil which the church is called to fight, as there 
 is of recognizing the existence of God by constitutional 
 enactment. 
 
 When the time-came to speak on the subject of slavery, 
 the voice of the Association was heard in denunciation of 
 that great crime,and when the nation's life was threatened, 
 the churches rallied as one man to the defense of the, 
 government, and sent many brave sons to fight under the 
 old flag. Some of them gave all men can give, — their 
 lives, — to save their country's life. How many homes 
 were darkened ! How many wives and mothers could say, 
 " If I am bereaved, — I am bereaved " ! Others of our sol- 
 diers came back again, some bearing honorable wounds, 
 some with their constitutions broken by disease, — others 
 again, spared in health and strength, to take up once 
 more the tasks they had laid down. But, whether they 
 be numbered among the living or the dead, their names 
 are held in grateful remembrance, as those of heroes 
 who won for freedom one of the great battles of the 
 world's history. 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 25 
 
 The great anti-masonic crusade seems to have had less 
 influence in this Association than in many others, where 
 churches were weakened, even rent asunder by the storm 
 of excitem-ent. Many, even of the most bitter opponents 
 of the institution, concluded, on second thought, that a so- 
 ciety which had numbered so many good men among its 
 members, could scarcely be the terrible monster which had 
 appeared before them as the picture of their excited im- 
 aginations. So the resolutions as to fellowship with " the 
 unfruitful works of darkness," are seldom found upon the 
 church books of this Association. Perhaps the excite- 
 ment rose highest in the strong church at Trumansburg, 
 where a number of the most active members of the 
 church, among them the loved pastor, were also members 
 of the Masonic fraternity. Tradition says that there 
 were a few exclusions, but I find no record of them. Dr. 
 Comstock accepted a not unwelcome call to Rochester, 
 and the majority of the alienated members soon resumed 
 their walk with the church. 
 
 To quote the language of Rev. T. Edwin Brown, D. D. 
 in his eloquent jubilee address at the fiftieth anniversary 
 of the Monroe Baptist Association : "I am not sure but 
 •some of the bones of the fathers would shake in their graves, 
 if they knew that members of secret organizations were 
 now fellowshiped as Christians, and that the churches had 
 learned by bitter and costly experience, that it was not a 
 New Testament law to exact tests for church member- 
 ship, other than those which Christ himself has enacted." 
 
 The annual meetings of the Association were held, at 
 first, at some central point, rather than with the several 
 churches in rotation, the fir.st three sessions being held at 
 Farmer Village. 
 
 At these early meetings, it was customary to have even- 
 ing religious services at the various out-stations of the 
 church with which the Association assembled, or at the 
 school-houses in the neighborhood, the spiritual wants of 
 
26 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 the community not being forgotten in the joy of social 
 intercourse and religious conversation. When the As- 
 sociation learned, by the letter of the Covert church, of 
 the death of pastor Obed Warren, business was suspend- 
 ed, a hymn was sung, and prayer was offered for the 
 afflicted church and family. The record may read 
 strangely to any who have not noted how often the 
 heart of the mourner may be cheered and comforted by 
 some hymn of faith and hope — by such hymns as David 
 sang in his hours of affliction, by such hymns as our 
 Savior and his disciples sang, before they went forth for 
 the last'time to the Mount of Olives. 
 
 It is especially noteworthy that, from the first, the 
 pastors of the Association were firm and unwavering 
 friends of institutions which sought to give ministers 
 the best preparation for their great work. The associa- 
 tjonal trumpet gave no uncertain sound on this subject. 
 The fathers speak with the earnestness which is born of 
 settled conviction. We sympathize with them, we honor 
 them, as they speak in touching words of the disadvan- 
 tages under which they have labored. While they are 
 thankful for the success with which God has blessed their 
 labors, they lament their deficiencies, and their lack of ■ 
 educational opportunities. We see them deeply sensible 
 of the value of such blessings, and urging, nay demanding, 
 that they be not rejected by those whose privilege it is to 
 receive them. They are thankf^il that their children have 
 greater advantages than they were permitted to enjoy, 
 and they would see them doing better work for the Mas- 
 ter than their fathers were able to do. 
 
 They assert a truth, not always understood. or accepted 
 in those former days, that the preacher of the gospel, es- 
 pecially, should strive after the highest intellectual at- 
 tainments, should seek the most thorough education. 
 They are not satisfied with a merely defensive warfare 
 they carry the war to the walls of Carthage, they dare to 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 27 
 
 assert that the uneducated man who will not seek educa- 
 tion is unfit for the ministry. 
 
 The first circular letter of the Association, treating on 
 this topic, and wrtten by Dr. Comstock, is referred to 
 elsewhere. At the risk of repetition, we will quote several 
 paragraphs. " When one of our young men signifies a 
 sense of duty to preach, our course is plain and simple. 
 We are to examine him relative to his religious experi- 
 ence, and impressions to enter the work of the ministry, 
 and the soundness of his faith and doctrine. We are to 
 hear his performances, ascertain his natural and acquired 
 abilities, and his situation as to character and fortune. 
 If we find him promising, but deficient in education, and 
 possessed of property, we should point out to him the 
 necessity of appropriatirfg a part of it to the acquisition 
 of useful knowledge ; if he be poor, an appeal should be 
 made to some of oi>r literary and theological institutions, 
 or the church to which he belongs, for assistance. Should 
 he decline this dictate of duty, piety, and affection — 
 should he refuse to humble himself as a little child, in the 
 study of the first principles of learning — he would give 
 evidence that pride or covetousness dwells in his heart, 
 and excludes that humble disposition, and that ardent 
 desire to be useful which should ever be conspicuous in 
 the character of a gospel minister." " By adverting to the 
 epistles of the Apostle Paul to his beloved Timothy and 
 Titus, we learn the qualifications of a minister. Among 
 other accomplishments he must be apt to teach ; ' not a 
 novice, lest being lifted up with pride, he fall into the 
 condemnation of the Devil.' He must be a ' workman 
 that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the 
 word of truth,' ' that he may be able by sound doctrine 
 both to exhort and convince the gainsayers.' • Habituat- 
 ed to reading and meditation, well 'instructed unto the 
 Kingdom of Heaven, he will be able to bring forth out 
 of his treasures things new and old." When our hon- 
 
28 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 ored fathers were young, even an ordinary English edu- 
 cation Was acquired with great difficulty. Here we find 
 an apology for any imperfection in their scholastic ac- 
 quirements. This apology, however, cannot be offered 
 by those who have recently come upon the stage of 
 action. A complete English education should, we con- 
 ceive, constitute the lowest degree of learning preparatory" 
 to a suitable course of theological studies. It is scarcely 
 necessary to remark that the study of theology is as es- 
 sential to the divine,, as is a knowledge of medicine to 
 the physician. A contrary supposition involves the 
 greatest ignorance and absurdity. Ministers of real' 
 merit, it is to be hoped, will generally receive attention 
 and support from the churches and society. Hence they 
 will be enabled to devote therhselves solely to the high 
 calling to which they have been consecrated, ' that their 
 profiting may appear unto all.' 'Thfey will be accounted 
 worthy of double honor.' ' For the Scripture saith, — 
 thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn,' 
 and ' the laborer is worthy of his reward.' Again : ' No 
 roan that warreth, entangleth himself with the affairs of 
 this life that he may please him who hath chosen him to 
 be a soldier.' ' The husbandman that laboreth, must be 
 first partaker of the fruits.' ' Do ye not know that they 
 which minister about holy things, live of the things of the 
 temple, and they which wait at the altar are partakers^ 
 with the altar? Even so hath the Lord ordained, that 
 they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.' " 
 
 At a time when many of the pastors of the churches 
 labored with their hands to support th-eir famdlies, these 
 fathers of the Association proclaimed that ministers- 
 ought to devote themselves wholly to the work of their 
 high calling, and ought to be sustained in so' doing by the 
 churches. They not only assert this truth, but they 
 make it plain by conclusive scriptural arguments. 
 
 It will be seen by the epitomized history of the meet- 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 29 
 
 sngs of the Association that those Baptist veterans, '^ par 
 nobile fratrum," Elder Alfred Bennett, and Elder John 
 Peck, were often present at the annual assemblies, and 
 that their pathos and eloquence kindled, and kept alive 
 the fire of missionary zeal. 
 
 At its first annual meeting, the Association expressed 
 the most cordial approval of the missionary work of the 
 State Convention, and endeavored to enlist all the 
 churches in its support. From, the beginning, the rec- 
 ord of the Association, as it relates to benevolent or- 
 ganizations, is an honorable one. It is ever outspoken 
 in its support of missions, of Bible Socier.ies, of Sunday 
 Schools, and of ministerial education, and its contribu- 
 tions for objects of benevolence, show that its words had 
 meaning. There seems to have been very little of the 
 old-school, anti-mission spirit in any of the churches, and 
 this met with no sympathy at the associational gather- 
 ings. 
 
 There is hidden in these circular and corresponding 
 letters, a wealth of religious instruction which ought not 
 to be lost. Of course we cannot do justice to these pa- 
 pers by the brief quotations our space will allow, but may 
 be able to indicate their tenor, and the influence they 
 were calculated to exert upon the Association. In these 
 quotations you listen to the very words of the fathers 
 whose praise is in all the churches, and learn their 
 thoughts in regard to the topics of interest which came 
 before them. 
 
 The testimony of the Minutes of the several anniver- 
 saries, shows that the annual sessions of the Association 
 were noted for the prevalence of good will, and harmony 
 of action. The history is on this account less eventful, 
 yet not the less pleasant to relate. 
 
Abstract of Minutes. 
 
 FIRST DECADE, 
 
 The Seneca Baptist Association was organized at 
 Covert, Sept. 1821. It is stated in the Minutes of 1842, that 
 the Association was organized at Farmer Village, in 1822, 
 but this is an error. There were no published minutes of 
 the first meeting, and no report of its proCeediilgs has 
 been discovered. 
 
 The Association had as constituent members the foU 
 lowing thirteen churches : Covert, Danby, Enfield, Farmer 
 Village, Second Hector, Third Hector, Fourth Hector, 
 Newfield, First Romulus, East Romulus, First Ulysses, 
 Second Ulysses, Virgil. 
 
 The first anniversary meeting of the Association, was 
 held at Farmerville, Sept. 4th, and Jth, 1822. Rev. O. C. 
 Comstock, of Trumansburg, was Moderator, and preached 
 the introductory sermon from Acts, 16:31, — " Believe on 
 the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy 
 house." Delegates appeared from thirteen churches. The 
 
32 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 two strongest churches are First Covert, and Farmerville, 
 numbering respectively one-hundred-twelve, and one- 
 hundred-two members. Only three of the churches re- 
 port baptisms, Farmerville standing first with twenty- 
 nine. The churches report in all eight-hundred and 
 twenty-three members. Jeremiah Rappleye, of Farmer- 
 ville, was appointed Clerk, Peter Rappleye, of the same 
 church, Corresponding Secretary. The messengers from 
 the Cayuga Association were, Elders Kelsey, Blood, and 
 Elkanah Comstock, with Minutes. It was voted to open 
 correspondence with the Madison and Ontario Associa- 
 tions. A communication requesting co-operation was 
 received from the Baptist State Convention, through 
 their agent. Rev. E. Comstock. The Association re- 
 sponds by appointing Peter Rappleye as its treasurer to 
 receive contributions to the Convention, and continues : 
 " We most cordially approve of their views, and recom- 
 mend to the churches that they form mission societies 
 auxiliary to said Convention, and use their influence to 
 promote a missionary spirit among them." Elders O. C. 
 Comstock, and Chester Coburn, were appointed delegates 
 to the annual meeting of the Convention, to be held at 
 Whitesboro, in October. 
 
 On the evening of the first day of the Association, 
 there were preaching-services at a number of places in 
 the neighborhood. On Tuesday, Elder Blood preached 
 from the first epistle of John, the fifth, sixth, and seventh 
 verses. Before the adjournment, the Moderator, in be- 
 half of the delegates, presented to the people their grate- 
 ful acknowledgments for the hospitality, friendship, and 
 politeness with which they had been entertained among 
 them. 
 
 The circular letter is on the manner of licensing to 
 preach, those who may be candidates for the ministry. 
 Churches are pointed to the invariable connection which 
 subsists between a pious, enlightened, and faithful 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 33 
 
 ministry, and the prosperity of Zion, and when they pro- 
 pose to license one of their number to preach, ar^ recom- 
 mended to call to their aid the counsel of able ministers. 
 The notion that any brother should be licensed, who may 
 have united in his favor, the voice of the church to which 
 he belongs, without any reference to other things at- 
 tached to his character, is inadmissable. The church 
 may be feeble and inexperienced, and influenced by un- 
 due personal attachment. 
 
 " Many of our aged brethren of the ministry have long 
 and successfully labored in the gospel field without the 
 advantages of an early and suitable education. These, 
 however, constantly lament their deficiency in this re- 
 gard ; and, deeply sensible of the blessings of literary 
 attainments, especially to the heralds of the cross, are 
 among the first to promote those institutions, which have 
 for their object the instruction of the public servants of 
 Christ." 
 
 " We have to acknowledge, with gratitude, that our 
 children have profited by social advantages, superior to 
 those which in early life we were permitted to enjoy. If 
 they have not done so, it is, in most instances, because 
 they have been undutiful to parents, and unjust to them- 
 selves." 
 
 In conclusion, Bible, missionary, and other benevolent 
 societies, are recommended to the churches ; and it is 
 pointed out that those churches and individuals who are 
 the most devoted in sustaining such Christian organiza- 
 tions, are giving the highest proof of their usefulness, 
 and of their dwelling in the love of Christ. 
 
 The next session of the Association was held at Far- 
 merville, Sept. 3d and 4th, 1823. Rev. Chester Coburn, of 
 Danby, preached the opening sermon, and was chosen 
 Moderator. When the letter from the Covert church was 
 read announcing the death of their late beloved pastor, 
 Obed Warren, the Association suspended business, sung 
 
34 Sen'eca Baptist AssociATioisr. 
 
 a hymn, and united in prayer for the bereaved church 
 and fagiily. The Association listened to sermons from 
 Elder Edward W. Martin, of the Cayuga Association, and 
 Elder Alfred Bennett, of the Madison Association. 
 
 The circular letter was written by Chester Coburn, 
 subject, — ^the inheritance of the saints. Heaven is a 
 place of rest, — of peace, — of endless day. The inherit- 
 ance above is endless glory, and even this beg'ins in this 
 life. " All these, bc-loved, are foretastes of the eternal 
 fulness." 
 
 The following post-script is added to the correspond- 
 ing letter. " We crave, as a favor to Zion, that all churches 
 of our order would look up the members of the same 
 faith and order among them, and if they do not unite 
 and travel with churches where they are, to report them 
 to the churches to which they belong." 
 
 The Association met, for the third time in succession, 
 at Farmerville, Sept. ist and 2d, 1824. Rev. O. C. Corn- 
 stock was preacher of the introductory sermon, and 
 Moderator. Chester Coburn, and Jeremiah Rappleye, 
 were Clerks. Rev'ds. E. W. Martin, and Van Rensselaer 
 Wall, preached. 
 
 The circular is again written by Rev. O. C. Comstock, 
 and like all his productions, is worthy of re-production. 
 He writes of Christian union, as seen in the church, and 
 in the Association, its advantages and its responsibilities. 
 " Union in counsel, and concert of action, are necessarily 
 included in the discharge of those duties which God has 
 devolved upon his people. Do any neglect the house of 
 God? — they grieve their brethren, impair fellowship, and 
 lay a stumbling block before the world. The advantage 
 to be derived from belonging to an Association, material- 
 ly depends on its union. This we should constantly 
 study to advance. ' Pray for the peace of Jerusalem ; 
 they shall prosper that love thee.' The subject of or- 
 dination is referred to, as this has apparently led to 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 35 
 
 division of sentiment. A candidate for ordination should 
 possess such an established character for piety and tal- 
 ent, as to unite the general confidence and esteem, not 
 only of the brethren and society in the vicinity where he 
 resides, but also of the Association and community. 
 Saying nothing about the competency or incompetency 
 of one presbyter to perform the highly responsible work 
 of ordination, we would strongly recommend the expedi- 
 ency of an ample council on such occasions. 
 
 The session for 1825, was held Sept. 7th and 8th, at 
 Covert ; introductory sermon by Rev. Edward Hodge ; 
 Moderator, Rev. O. C. Comstock. The visiting brethren 
 were, Rev'ds. Philander Kelsey, D. D. Kendrick, and 
 Solomon Goodale. After a sermon by Dr. D. D. Ken- 
 drick, a collection was' taken for the New York Baptist 
 Education Society. The circular, by Rev. Edward 
 Hodge, is on the importance of being spiritually minded. 
 It is well written. We note two suggestions: first, want of 
 spiritual understanding unfits Christians for judging the 
 experience of candidates for membership, and allows 
 hypocrites to creep into the churches ; second, want of 
 spirituality gives rise to divisions and contentions in the 
 churches. 
 
 The Association met at Trumansburg, with the Second 
 Ulysses church, Sept. 6th and 7th, 1875. Rev. Daniel 
 Robinson preached the introductory sermon. Rev. O. C. 
 Comstock was Moderator. The church in Virgil was 
 dismissed to join the Berkshire Association. The church 
 in Lodi was received. A board of seven members was 
 appointed to take charge of the missionary concerns of 
 the Association ; and all the churches were recommended 
 to promote this glorious cause, by every means in their 
 power. Elder Beebee preached. 
 
 Rev. O. C. Comstock again writes the circular letter, 
 which may be called an epistle general to the churches. 
 
36 Seneca Baptist AssociATioisf. 
 
 " We have witnessed with high satisfaction, art in- 
 creasing attention to the interests of Sabbath-Schools, 
 and of Bible Societies." * * * 
 
 "The Baptist Convention of the State, is the result of 
 much prayer, profound reflection, and ample discussion 
 relative to the important and various objects it contem- 
 plates. It is cheered and strengthened in the prosecu- 
 tion of its laudable designs, by the recollection of the 
 many tokens of Divine approbation which it has received 
 since its organization. Its missionaries have been made 
 the honored instruments of comforting Zion, making ' her 
 wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of 
 the Lord.' We doubt not, therefore, dear brethren, that 
 our Convention will share largely in your confidence^ 
 your prayers and your contributions." 
 
 The words of this veteran Christian warrior might well be 
 spoken of our State Convention of to-day. 
 
 " The Baptist Literary and Theological Seminary at 
 Hamilton, having for its object the assistance and im- 
 provement of our rising ministry, is commended to youf 
 best affections and your most cordial support. Conceive- 
 ing the maintenance of this institution to be identified 
 with the promotion of evangelical truth, the honor of ouf 
 denomination and the happiness of society, and firmly 
 persuaded that its board of trustees and faculty are en- 
 titled to the highest confidence and esteem, we warmly 
 press its consideration upon your favorable regard." 
 
 "We ought not to close this annual address without af- 
 fectionately turning your minds to the Burroah mission 
 as an object of vast moment to that extensive empire, 
 and in its consequences to the whole family of man. 
 American Baptists are bound to support this mission 
 with their prayers, their counsels, and their liberalities, 
 by the strongest and most sacred ties. With ardent 
 desires that the grace of God may ever dwell richly in 
 your hearts, and that you may be eminently useful in 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 37 
 
 Zion, we bid you an affectionate farewell." — Signed by 
 O. C. Comstock, Moderator, A. Abbott, Clerk. Thus 
 appropriately closes the last circular letter written for the 
 Association, by her honored father O. C. Pomstock.'^ 
 
 The Association met at Romulus, Seneca County, 
 Sept. 5, 1827, sermon by Elder John Sears, of Ithaca, 
 Elder John Caton, Moderator. Quarterly conferences 
 were appointed. Elder Jonathan Ketchum, of the Steu- 
 ben Association, preached, and a collection was taken for 
 missions. The church in Danby changes its name to 
 First Ithaca. The circular letter is written by Rev. J. C. 
 Holt, and pleads for an increase of benevolence. 
 
 In 1828, the Association met at Covert, Sept. 3d and 
 4th, sermon by Elder J. C. Holt, Elder Aaron Abbott, 
 Moderator. The churches in Catlin, Elmira, and Ovid, 
 joined the Association. A resolution was adopted in op^ 
 position to speculative free Masonry ; but as the Associa' 
 tion, a few years afterward, elected a well-known member 
 of that fraternity as one of its ofificers, and continued to 
 require his services for ma'ny years, it is not probable that 
 the resolution expressed their enduring sentiments. 
 Among the visiting brethren were, Elder Ichabod Clark, 
 Elder Alfred Bennett, Joel Sweet, Elders Wall and 
 Tooker. Two letters being received from the Farmer- 
 ville church, a committee was appointed to visit them 
 and to report at the next session. The following resolu- 
 tion was adopted c " That we continue to patronize the 
 N. Y. Baptist Register, and implore the Keeper of Israel 
 to impart Divine wisdom to its editors." 
 
 The Association closed with a " pathetic " sermon by 
 Elder Bennett, from First Corinthians, 3:9, and a collec- 
 tion for the State Convention. 
 
 In 1829, the Association met at Trumansburg, Sept, 
 3d, sermon by Rev. John Sears, who was also Moderator. 
 The several churches were requested to give their views 
 of Speculative Free Masonry in the letters presented at 
 
38 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 the next session. Elder Alfred Bennett preached. The 
 members of the churches comprising the Association were 
 recommended to encourage the cause of temperance, by 
 entire abstinence themselves from the use of ardent spirits. 
 A foreign mission society was organized, with Rev. J. C. 
 Holt, for President, and a director in each church. The 
 committee on the state of the churches recommended 
 " that the churches require of all their members who re- 
 move from them, an occasional correspondence by letter 
 or otherwise, and that when they are located near a 
 regular church of the same faith and practice, they take 
 immediate measures to become connected with such 
 church in full communion. In case these requisitions are 
 neglected for the term of one year, all testimonials of 
 commendation previously given, shall be null and void. 
 If they neglect for two years, they shall be considered 
 transgressors, and made the subject of discipline by the 
 church." The circular letter, by Rev. John Sears, has 
 for its subject "the low state of our churches. 
 
 The Association convened at Ithaca, Sept. 1st, 1830, 
 opening sermon by Rev. Aaron Abbott, Rev. P. D. 
 Gillette, of Elmira, Moderator. The churches in Big 
 Flats ; Southport and Elmira ; Tioga, Pa. ; and Farmer- 
 ville, dropped last year, were received as members of the 
 Association. Elder John Smitzer, agent of the State 
 Convention, and Elder Alfred Bennett, agent of the 
 Foreign Mission Society, preached. It is noted that 
 Elder Smitzer's sermon was interesting, and that of Elder 
 Bennett, impressive. The circular letter, by Rev. U. B. 
 Miller, is on " the exercise of a right spirit." 
 SECOND decade. 
 
 The Association met at Ovid, Sept. 4, 1831, sermon by 
 Rev. U. B. Miller, of Lodi. Rev. P. D. Gillette, Modera- 
 tor. Rev. N. N. Whiting, and Elder Alfred Bennett, 
 preached. It was again resolved that, Christians should 
 teach temperance by an entire abstinence from the use of 
 
Se^ceca Baptist Assoccatio?^. 39 
 
 afdent spirits as a refreshment. It was voted " that we 
 recommend to our churches the use of Winchell's, Watts*,- 
 and B. M. Hill's Hymns of Zion." The Associaition re- 
 ports this year, two hundred and six baptisms. Among 
 the delegates were Elijah Kinne Bloomer, of Ovid, 
 Fayette Allen, of Farmerville, and A. C. Mallory, of Catlin> 
 pastor now at Covert. The circular letter, written by 
 Rev. P. D. Gillette,,has for its subject " the Lord's Sup- 
 per," and is in the main a plea for the celebration of that 
 ordinance, at the yearly sessions of the Association. 
 
 The eleventh annual session of the Association was 
 held at Elmira, Tioga Co., Sept. 5th and 6th, 1832. . In- 
 troductory sermon by Rev. John Sears ; Modefator, Rev. 
 P. D. Gillette. A. C. Mallory is Clerk, and Deacon of 
 the church in Catlin, and is present as a delegate with 
 his pastor, Rev. Thos. S. Sheardown. R. Woolsey and 
 Lewis Porter, are the delegates from Covert ; N. Whit- 
 ing and William Rappleye, from Farmerville. James 
 McLallen is Clerk at Trumansburg, Fayette Allen, at 
 Farmerville. The twenty churches report 166 baptisms, 
 Catlin standing first with 49. A resolution was adopted 
 that if any query or petition from any church, or indi- 
 vidual is to be presented to the Association, they be re^ 
 quested to present it to the committee of arrangement 
 of business this evening. Our honored fathers seem to 
 have learned, what some of their sons are slow to realize, 
 that there is a proper dependence in independence, and 
 .that rules of order are needed in democratic assemblies. 
 Sermons were preached by Bro. S. Barnard and H. Vogell. 
 The Treasurer's report gives credit for a gold necklace, 
 "watch-chain, ear-rings, gold rings, socks, shirts, pillow* 
 cases, muslin, etc. The church in Dryden is dismissed to 
 join the Cortland Association. A Board of Managers 
 for Missionary operations is appointed, consisting of one 
 member from each church. Four protracted meetings 
 are appointed. As the church at Painted Post has no 
 
40 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 pastor, the ministers present agree to supply them oc- 
 casionally. The session closed by the singing of Baldwin's 
 Union Hymn. 
 
 The circular letter is an earnest plea for the cause of 
 Missions. " A wide field for missionary exertion is 
 spread before us in our own land — in Burmah — in the 
 islands of the sea. Aided by the-Holy Spirit, and cheer- 
 ed bj' the presence of Jesus, we may do much in gladden- 
 ing the desert and the solitary place, and causing the 
 wilderness to bud and blossom as the rose." 
 
 The church at Tioga, Pa., report the reception of a 
 string of gold beads for the Burman mission, from a poor 
 widow, as the fruit of Bro. Judson's letter. The church 
 at Painted Post is received on request as a member of 
 this Association. The Second Ulysses church, (after- 
 ward Trumansburg) has a Sabbath-School, and a Foreign 
 Missionary Society which supports a student at Hamil- 
 ton Theological Seminary. 
 
 The twelfth session was held, at Lodi, Sept. 4th and 
 5th, sermon by Rev. P. D. Gillette; Rev. A. Abbott, 
 Moderator. Among the delegates present still known to 
 be living, were Allen Pease, of Trumansburg, Mahlon 
 Covert, ( now of Leslie, Mich.) F. Allen, of Farmerville ; 
 and A. C. Mallory, of Catlin. The church at Law- 
 renceville was received, and the church at Tioga dismiss- 
 ed to join the Steuben Association. Resolutions were 
 adopted favoring the cause of temperance, and the Sab- 
 bath-School. Among the benevolent contributions are 
 one woolen kersey blanket, from Sister Hand, several 
 yards of factory, a shirt collar, a vest pattern, etc. It 
 seems that those who did not have much, gave of the lit- 
 tle they had. The circular letter, by Rev. J. R. Burdick, 
 is a fervent plea for total abstinence. It is almost, if not 
 quite, in line with the advanced temperance standards of 
 to-day. 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 41 
 
 The thirteenth annual session was held at Farmerville, 
 Sept. 3d and 4th, 1834. Rev. P. D. Gillette was Modera- 
 tor, Rev. U. B. Miller, preacher. Brother John Boorom 
 was one of the delegates from the church in Covert. 
 Trumansburg reports two licentiates, — Adams Cleghorn, 
 and J. Kelly. The churches in Reading and in Tioga 
 were received as members of the Association. Prof. J. S. 
 Bacon was appointed delegate to the triennial Conven- 
 tion to meet at Richmond, Va., 1835. It was resolved 
 to establish a Baptist tract and book Depository at Tru- 
 mansburg, under the care of Bro. James McLallen, also, 
 
 " Resolved, in view of the great necessity of particular 
 care in the introduction of brethren into the solemn and 
 responsible office of the Christian ministry, that the 
 churches be respectfully requested to procure the con- 
 current advice and approbation of neighboring churches 
 and ministers, whenever a candidate, after a suitable trial, 
 is to be licensed to preach the Gospel." After a sermon 
 by Elder Nathan Peck, agent of the Convention, from 
 Matthew, 11:5, last clause of the verse, a collection was 
 taken, amounting to $46.43. Among the contributions 
 as given in the Treasurer's report, are a skein of thread 
 and one of yarn, one pair "pillar-cases," a pair of ear knobs 
 and a finger ring, sixpence- found on the floor; one dollar 
 from Sister Mott by black John, four dollars from a Gos- 
 pel Debtor. 
 
 The fourteenth session was held in Covert, Sept. 2d 
 and 3d, 1835, U. B. Miller, of Farmerville, was Modera- 
 tor, P. D. Gillette, of Elmira, preacher of the introductory 
 sermon. Deacon C. V. Covert, ( now of Farmer Village ) 
 was one of the delegates from Ovid. Rev. Thomas 
 Dowling, brother of the well-known author of the history 
 of Romanism, was pastor at Trumansburg. Rev. Na- 
 thaniel Kendrick, of Madison University, preached what 
 the report describes as " a sound and very interesting 
 sermon, from Matthew, 24:14. Among the many resolu- 
 
42 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 tions are those favoring Sunday-Schools, the raising of 
 $500 for the State Convention, and the following: 
 
 " Resolved, that as a proper division of labor is desira- 
 ble, we affectionately request our sisters to take the 
 management of the tract cause into their hands, and 
 earnestly recommend them, as they love the cause of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ, to commence the monthly distribu- 
 tion of tracts, in all their respective neighborhoods." 
 
 " Resolved, that we recommend to our brethren and 
 sisters ( italicised in original ) energetic and persevering 
 efforts in the use of all laudable means for the suppression 
 of intemperance." 
 
 Perhaps our honored fathers discerned in the dim 
 future, the Woman's temperance movement. The reso- 
 lution that follows might well be laid to heart by our 
 churches to-day. 
 
 " Resolved, that the churches be requested to ascertain 
 the location of their non-resident members, and advise 
 them to unite with the nearest sister churches." 
 
 A series of statistical questions are proposed to the ■ 
 churches, which foreshadow the valuable statistical blanks 
 now issued by the State Convention. 
 
 The circular letter takes for its theme the duty of 
 praying for the ministry. " Multitudes are watching the 
 minister, ready to blazon abroad to the world's end, in the 
 most exaggerated form and blackened colors, even a 
 seeming fault in the minister. IVIen with ten thousand 
 diversities of taste, all expect to be edified and pleased 
 by one poor, imperfect, erring mortal. How much he 
 needs the wisdom that cometh from above to direct him, 
 and the almighty grace of God to sustain him! Do you 
 want the Sabbath to be a season of refreshing, to have 
 •your souls fed with the sweet bread of heaven, to drink 
 of the pure waters from the wells of salvation ? This you 
 expect as the gift of God ; but through what channel do 
 you expect it to flow ? why, through the labors of the 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 43 
 
 minister. Then let your naost fervent prayer ascend, that 
 he may come forth in the fullness of the blessing of the 
 gospel of Christ. In thus praying for the minister you 
 get a double blessing." 
 
 The corresponding letter states that the churches are 
 warmly enlisted in the temperance cause, increasing at- 
 tention is given to Sabbath-Schools and Bible classes, the 
 annual contributions are increasing. The number bap- 
 tised during the last year is 202, net increase 112, whole 
 number 2133; the contributions for the Missionary Con- 
 vention exceed $500. 
 
 The fifteenth annual session was held Sept. 7th and 
 8th, 1836, at Horseheads, with the Baptist church in 
 Elmira, Chemung Co. Rev. C. G. Carpenter gave the in- 
 troductory sermon. Rev. T. S. Sheardown was Modera- 
 tor. Brother Jacob Thomas, appointed missionary " to 
 bear the name of Christ far hence to the Shans," preach- 
 ed to " a large and highly gratified audience." This is 
 one of the few instances in which the sermon is com- 
 mented upon by the Clerk of the Association. As a rule, 
 only the text and the name of the preacher are given. 
 The resolutions approve of the formation of the American 
 and Foreign Bible Society, change the time of meeting 
 to the first Wednesday in June, commend the " Mother's 
 Monthly Journal," edited by Mrs. Mary Kingsford, pub- 
 lished by Bennett and Bright, Utica, and recommend the 
 Association to raise $700 next year for the Convention. 
 The church in Factoryville was received into the fellow- 
 ship of the Association. 
 
 The circular letter is once more a plea for missionaries, 
 because, as is stated, "we hear with much concern, that 
 there exists among you a feeling of opposition to the 
 principles and operations of the missionary enterprise." 
 There seems to have been just enough of the anti-mission 
 spirit in the Association, to show that such a spirit had 
 an existence, but the distinct utterances of the church let- 
 
44 Se>;eca Baptist Association. 
 
 ters, and the liberal gifts to the missionary treasury, show 
 that, as a whole, the Association was. an early, faithful, 
 and enduring friend to the cause of missions. Anti' 
 mission Baptists scarcely had a name to live, and the 
 only church we learn of their founding, seems to have 
 given but a few convulsive gasps after its birth. The op" 
 position to the support of benevolent societies, was weak 
 and short-lived in the Seneca Association, and in the 
 encouragement and support of the Sunday-School, of 
 ministerial education, and of the Baptist Publication Sa^ 
 ciety, it early adopted a wise and Christian policy. 
 
 The sixteenth annual session was held with the Second- 
 Church in Hector, at Mecklenburg, June 7th and 8th, 
 1837. Rev. P. Shedd preached, from First Corinthians, 
 10:31. Rev. C. G. Carpenter, was Moderator. Rev. O, 
 C. Comstock, who was present as a visiting brother, 
 preached a sermon irf aid of Foreign Missions. The 
 resolutions approve the work of the various benevolent 
 societies, and invite any of the churches which may difTer 
 from the opinions thus expressed to " forward their views'' 
 to the next annual meeting of the Bible Society, to be 
 held at Bennettville, in January. 
 
 The circular letter was written by Rev. H. C. Vogell, 
 subject : " Domestic Religion," and points to the im: 
 portance of looking to first principles in all the under- 
 takings of life. The session of the Association is said to 
 have been peculiarly marked by kind, liberal, and brother- 
 ly feelings, and by manifest tokens of the favor of God. 
 
 The Association met at Romulus, Oct. 3d, 1838. Rev.' 
 A. Jackson, preached the introductory sermon ; Rev. C. 
 G. Carpenter, was Moderator. Among the delegates- 
 were, Rev. T. S. Sheardown, and Dea. A. C. Mallory, of 
 Catlin, Dea. A. Miller, and S. Sackett, of First Hector, 
 G. Faussett, of Lodi, E. Gardner, of Romulus, R. Barto, 
 of Trumansburg. After a sermon by Elder John Peck, a 
 RoUecti-on of fifty dollars was taken for domestic missions^ 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 4; 
 
 Rev. C. G. Carpenter, wrote the circular letter, — on the 
 discipline of churches. It is full of excellent practical 
 suggestions. We give a brief synopsis. " Christians 
 should be associated in the church relation. Those 
 things which are essential to membership should be put 
 in writing. It is easier to prevent difficulties than to 
 Settle them. A general, faithful, affectionate and mutual 
 care, inducing a vigilant attention to each other's well- 
 being, is necessary to preserve the honor of the church. 
 It is important that there should be an individual, gen- 
 eral, and distinct recognition of the sentiment, that a rule 
 is essenjtial to order ; and that where there is a rule there 
 must be authority ; and where there is authority, there 
 must be subjection. Order or anarchy will prevail. If 
 the former, it must result from submission. A cordial 
 acquiescence in the views of the majority of the brethren 
 as the constituted authority, becomes an imperative duty. 
 To sustain liberally a faithful minister is of vital import- 
 ance, to the order and beauty, if not to the perpetuity of 
 the church. Great care should be exercised in the recep- 
 tion of members. There should be evidence that they 
 have passed from death unto life, and that they cordially 
 adopt the principles and practices maintained by the 
 church. A brother should not leave his place in the 
 church on account of the faults of others. In case an of- 
 fence is committed which cannot be proved, fellowship 
 with the innocent should not be broken. If we suspect 
 that an individual is guilty of crime, our suspicions should 
 not be indulged. Jealousy is cruel as the grave. If a 
 difficulty occurs, a general rule should be to prevent pub- 
 licity. The highest praise of laws is that we live under 
 them without litigation : evangelical principles should 
 supersede an appeal to church authority. A church con- 
 scious of her important station should never descend 
 from her dignity, nor allow any to trifle with her authori- 
 ty. Improprieties should not be tolerated in any indi- 
 
46 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 vidual, because his money, his influence, or his talents, 
 are needed in the church ; these, if unsanctified and un- 
 consecrated, will prove a curse rather than a blessing." 
 
 The eighteenth session was held at Bennettville, the 
 Association meeting once more in October. (Oct. 2d and 
 3d, 1839.) The introductory sermon, was by Rev. T. S. 
 Sheardown, S. S. Parr, of Ithaca, was Moderator. The 
 church in Delmar was dismissed to unite with the Bradford 
 Association. Sermons were heard from Rev'ds John 
 Peck, and J. D. Cole. A committee on articles of faith, 
 recommended the articles adopted by the New Hamp- 
 shire Baptist State Convention, also a temperance pledge. 
 The articles of faith, Church covenant, and temperance 
 pledge, were recommended to the churches of the As- 
 sociation. The Association reports the following organi- 
 zations : The Seneca Baptist Ministerial Conference; 
 ministers and deacons are eligible to membership. The 
 Seneca Baptist Bible Society. The Seneca Baptist Tract 
 Society, B. R. Swick, President ; T. Burr, L. Porter, N. 
 Cole, Vice-Presidents ; C. Deland, Secretary ; J. McLallen, 
 Treas., and Depository. The Seneca Baptist Foreign 
 Mission Society, W. E. Locke, President ; W. C. Gordon, 
 M. Colegrove, W. H. Wisner, Vice-Presidents ; S. S. 
 Parr. Sec'y., J. Wilsey, Treas. In the list of solicitors 
 are the names of C. Bainbridge, Romulus, C. V. Covert, 
 Farmerville, W. Vaughn, Hector, A. Bloomer, Ovid. The 
 last two societies were organized at this session of the 
 Association. 
 
 During this year the spiritual blessings of the churches 
 were abundant. The churches in Big Flats, Covert, 
 Elmira, Farmerville, First and Second Hector, Ithaca, 
 Lodi, Peach Orchard, Southport, Trumansburg, and 
 Danby, report revivals — and the whole number of bap- 
 tisms is four hundred and eighty-three ; ninety-five of 
 these being reported by Trumansburg; gain from last 
 year three hundred and eighty-five. We need not be sur- 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 47 
 
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 prised that the brethren were blessed with a delightful 
 and harmonious session. 
 
 For the first time, we find a report from the Sunday- 
 Schools of the Association. Covert has four schools, 
 Farmerville, First Hector, Second Hector, Ithaca, Peach 
 Orchard, Painted Post, Reading, Romulus, and Trumans- 
 burg, each one. The names of six Superintendents are 
 given, W. B. Ditmars. Farmerville, M. Colegrove, Second 
 Hector, S. Hunt, Ithaca, E. Payne, Jr., Peach Orchard. 
 E. Gardner, (now of Trumansburg) Romulus, E. S. 
 Palmer, Trumansburg. Ithaca reports seventy scholars ; 
 Trumansburg a library of three-hundred and seventy 
 volumes. 
 
 The nineteenth session was held at Trumansburg, Oct. 
 7th and 8th, 1840, introductory sermon by Rev. Demas 
 Robinson,, of the church in Southport and Elmira. W. 
 E. Locke, of Trumansburg, was Moderator. The num- 
 ber of delegates was very large. Sermons were preached 
 by Rev'ds. Lewis Leonard, and Nathaniel Kendrick. On 
 motion it was 
 
 " Resolved, that all the ministers that have come into 
 the Association during the past year, shall pass before an 
 examining committee consisting of Brethren Locke, 
 Woolsey, Carpenter, Sheardown and Kimball." 
 
 The Committee afterward reported that they had ex- 
 amined the credentials and standing of Brethren D. 
 Bellamy, L. Ransted, S. M. Plum, J. Leach, and E. A. 
 Hadley, and recommended them to the fellowship' of. the 
 Association. A committee was appointed to prepare a 
 constitution and rules of decorum, to be presented at the 
 next meeting. The church in Fairpprt was received as a 
 member of this body. A semi-annual meeting was ap- 
 pointed for the special consideration of the benevolent 
 operations of the church. The church in Elmira reports 
 that a spirit of discord has been manifest. Second 
 Hector has had a revival. A number of conversions ar-e 
 
48 Senfxa Baptist Association. 
 
 reported by Ithaca. This church states that over one 
 dollar in every thirty owned by its members is paid out 
 annually to sustain the interests of the gospel. The 
 church at Reading has welcomed new converts. In ad- 
 dition to the list of last year, Big Flats, Delmar, Factory- 
 ville, Lodi, Southport, and Elmira, report Sunday-Schools. 
 Ovid has ninety-four scholars, Trumansburg seventy-five. 
 
 The circular letter is on the legal and Christian dispen- 
 sations contrasted. The several benevolent organizations 
 of the Association held a meeting at Peach Orchard, 
 convening Jan. 15th, 1841. It was 
 
 " Resolved, that the principles of translation for which 
 the American and Foreign Bible Society contends, can 
 never be abandoned, as long as love to God and to a 
 heathen world continues to possess our hearts." 
 THIRD DECADE. 
 
 The Association met with the church in Ithaca, Oct. 
 6th and 7th, 1841. Rev. W. E. Locke, preached the 
 opening sermon. Rev. C. G. Carpenter, was Moderator. 
 The committee appointed to prepare a constitution and 
 rules of order, reported a code which was adopted by the 
 Association. Rev. Alfred Bennett, and Rev. L. Leonard 
 preached. The Missionary Committee reported that the 
 following churches. South Creek, Delmar, Danby, Factory- 
 ville, and Catlin, had received aid from the Association 
 during the past year to the amount of $225. There have 
 been revivals in the churches in Covert, Elmira, and Fair- 
 port, Farmerville, First Hector, Ithaca, and Trumansburg. 
 The church in Elmira have just opened their new house 
 of worship. The circular letter, by Rev. D. Robinson, is 
 on Christian Responsibility. 
 
 The semi-annual meeting was held at Lodi, Jan. 20- 
 22, 1842. The brethren had discovered that the ma- 
 chinery of their many organizations was too cumbersome, 
 and the several societies were disbanded. A Board of 
 Managers, of which Rev, D. Bellamy was Chairman, was 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 49 
 
 appointed to take charge of the benevolent work of 
 the Association. 
 
 The twenty-second annual session was held with the 
 church in Elmira, C. DeLand, preaching the introductory 
 sermon, Jirah D. Cole, afterward well-known throughout 
 the State, as a representative of the State Convention, be- 
 ing Moderator. Rev. L. Leonard, agent of the State 
 Convention, preached from Hosea, 2:15, "The valley of 
 Achor for a door of hope," and received a collection of 
 $33. The following churches were dismissed, at their re- 
 quest, to form the Chemung River Association : Big 
 Fiats, Big Flatt and Catlin, Caton, Catlin, Elmira and 
 Fairport, Southport and Elmira, and Factoryville. 
 
 The circular letter was on " Maintaining a closer walk 
 with God." To aid in so doing, attention was directed 
 to the following considerations : 
 
 I. " We must cultivate a more intimate acquaintance 
 with the Word of God." 
 
 II. " We must practice daily, a strict self-examination 
 before God." 
 
 III. " We must exercise immediate repentance before 
 God, and application to the Savior for the forgiveness of 
 all our sins.'' 
 
 IV. " We should faithfully attend to all the duties en- 
 joined on us as members of the church of Christ." 
 
 Under this head it is noted that : " All meetings of 
 business, such as discipline, or of pecuniary matters, de- 
 mand the punctual attendance of the brethren. We can- 
 not maintain a close walk with God, and not feel identi- 
 fied with the interests of his cause.'' 
 
 V. " The blessedness of those who enjoy a close walk 
 with God." 
 
 An analysis of the Minutes of the Association from its 
 formation, was prepared by Rev. W. E. Locke. The 
 contributions for the year in cash and goods amount to 
 nearly $200. 
 
50 Seneca Baptist Association, 
 
 The report of the executive committee, is for the most 
 part, devoted to denunciation of the action of the Ameri- 
 can Bible Society, which, " as the accredited organ of the 
 Pedobaptists, stands pledged before the Christian public 
 to perpetuate, in all the versions over which they exert an 
 influence, the concealment of a large proportion of Di- 
 vine truth. Upon us now devolves the distribution of 
 full and unadulterated translations of the Word of God, 
 among all the nations of the earth." The semiannual 
 meeting was held at Enfield Center, Jan. 19th and 20th, 
 1842. 
 
 At the twenty-third session, held at Ovid, (Scott's 
 Corners ) Rev. A. B. Earle, the well-known evangelist, 
 preached the introductory sermon from, Psalms, 145;! i, 
 " They shall speak of the glory of thy Kingdom, and 
 talk of thy power." Deacon Allen Pease, and Bro. Tim- 
 othy Burr, were appointed a committee to appraise goods. 
 The church of Lansing and Genoa, from the Cortland As- 
 sociation, was received as a member of this body. Rev. 
 L. Leonard, agent of the State Convention, received 
 from the Treasurer of the Association $218.31 in cash 
 and $84.94 in goods. 
 
 The circular letter was on Religious Meditation, i. As 
 a duty. 2. Seasons set apart for the performance of this 
 duty. 3. Manner in which this duty is to be performed, 
 4. Benefits of religious meditation. The semi-annual 
 meeting was held at Trumansburg, Jan. i8th and 19th 
 
 1843- 
 
 The report of the executive committee, pleads again 
 the cause of the Bible Society, and for a general increase 
 of benevolent effort, " The denominational existence of 
 
 Baptists is based upon the great Protestant principle, 
 
 ' the Bible without addition, diminution, comment, or 
 gloss, is the only rule of gospel faith.' Your committee 
 feel humiliated in view of the little interest felt, in our 
 Association, in the noble cause of missions. Probably 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 51 
 
 few bodies of the same extent in our country are in pos- 
 session of more worldly wealth than the Seneca Baptist 
 Association, and yet some raise four and five hundred per 
 cent more than we do. May the Lord forgive our past 
 inefficiency, and prompt us to more self-denying efforts 
 in this cause !" Among the books especially commended 
 by the committee for home reading, are : Jones' Church 
 History, Church Member's Guide, Pilgrim's Progress, 
 Hinton's History of Baptism, and Howell on Communion. 
 The two largest single contributions for benevolence are 
 $28, from the Elmira Female mite society, and $16.60, 
 from the Female Karen Society, of Farmerville. 
 
 The twenty-fourth annual meeting was held at Reading, 
 Oct. 2d, 1844. Rev. Howell Smith preached, from Isaiah, 
 33:6. "Wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of 
 thy times, and strength of salvation." It was voted that 
 Elder P. Shedd, preach the introductory sermon at the 
 next meeting, and that Elder Sheardown be his alternate. 
 Semi-annual meetings were to be dispensed with after 
 the present year. The Corresponding Secretary gives an 
 analytical table of all the Associations in the State. The 
 Association contributes $140, to the State Convention,^ 
 including two pairs of shoes and one pair of socks, the 
 latter the gift of widow Newbury. The Covert Female 
 Missionary Society, contributes $16.25, and a gold ring 
 for home missions. The church at Covert reports large 
 additions. The church at Trumansburg states that "they 
 are building a spacious house in place of their old one " 
 which had become too small to accommodate their large 
 and interesting congregation. 
 
 The semi-annual meeting was held at Covert, Jan. 17th 
 and 18th, 1844. The churches were well represented. 
 Rev. D. Wright preached, 'from Luke, 19:8 — claiming 
 that " Christianity makes its converts just and generous." 
 
 In 1 84s, the Association held its twenty-fifth annual 
 meeting at Enfield, Tompkins county. The preachers 
 
52 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 were Rev'ds. A. Jackson, J. Peck, Z. Grinnell, and A, 
 Bennett. Bro. Grinnell's topic was " Comparison between 
 the first and second advent of Christ." Brother Lewis 
 Porter, in consequence of increasing infirmity, resigned 
 the office of treasurer, which he had held for twenty years. 
 A vote of thanks was tendered him for protracted and 
 faithful services. He was succeeded by James McLallen, 
 of Trumansburg, who held the ofifice for eleven years. 
 Bro. T. S. Sheardown offered a resolution commending 
 to the churches the American Baptist Publication Society. 
 The committee on the state of religion, lament that 
 during the year just past there have been more exclusions 
 than additions by baptism. Only 38 baptisms are re- 
 ported, 25 of these in one church, while nine churches 
 have not reported one. " There have been nine changes 
 of pastors within the past year, ( an evil to be deplored ) 
 and four are without pastors, two of which are feeble 
 bands and need our sympathies." The committee con- 
 tinue with words of comfort and exhortation, which the 
 church at any period of her history may well hear and 
 heed. " God, however, has not forsaken us. Some mercy 
 drops have fallen. A sense of dependence on the divine 
 blessing is awakening a spirit of prayer for revivals, while 
 a view of our low estate covers us with shame for our 
 backslidings, and unfaithfulness to our covenant vows. 
 All of our churches have houses for worship. Five of 
 them are embarrassed with debts, but are generally doing 
 worthily to remove these injurious incumbrances. Con- 
 tributions are presented by most of the churches for 
 missions, etc., but not so ample as the pressing necessities 
 of the cause demand, and probably from lack of more 
 fervent piety. The monthly concert of prayer is sus- 
 tained by some, and might well be by all. Sabbath- 
 Schools and Bible classes are reported as excellent auxil- 
 iaries in ,the inculcation of sacred truth, and have been 
 richly blessed to certain of the superintendents and 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 53 
 
 ■ teachers. We recommend them to the persevering efforts 
 of the saints, as well .adapted to the religious training of 
 our youth." 
 
 " Upon a review of our present state, is it not high time 
 to awake out of sleep, and gird ourselves to the work of 
 our Lord ? We have not changed our creed, nor re- 
 linquished our profession, but we have sadly declined in 
 fervent piety ; and our reputation for purity and spirit- 
 uality is grievously sullied before the ungodly. And 
 while much has been said of means, we have not employ- 
 ed them with entire dependence on the efficiency of the 
 Holy Spirit, and have, therefore, been comparatively 
 fruitless in our efforts. Have we not cared for this world 
 more than the next? regarded the body more than the 
 soul ? sought our own convenience more than the honor 
 of our Lord, and the conversion of the ungodly? Who 
 does not acknowledge the need of a reformation ; a re- 
 turn to primitive faith and zeal ? Shall it come to pass? 
 Let us search and try our own ways, and turn again unto 
 the Lord. Let us lift up our hearts with our hands unto 
 God in the heavens. Let us bring all the tithes into the 
 storehouse, and prove the Lord therewith ; and He will 
 surely pour us out an abundant blessing. Do not say, ' the 
 time is not come for a revival ' ! but seek it by earnest, 
 persevering prayer, until the answer is received. Wait 
 not till the usual prayer day, the first of January, but be- 
 gin without delay." 
 
 It may be that these items of experience, brought forth 
 from the treasure-house of the past, will encourage Christ- 
 ians of to-day, who see the same causes of discourage- 
 ment, and meet the same temptations as did our fathers 
 thirty-five years ago. 
 
 The contributions of the churches were nearly double 
 what they were the preceding year, amounting to $822.- 
 49. The sisters were evidently doing their part of this 
 
54 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 work, as the Fetijale Mission Society in Covert, gives 
 $27, that in Farmer Village $26, and that in Hector $9. 
 
 The semi-annual meeting was held at Newfield, when 
 Rev. T. S. Sheardown was Moderator, and preached the 
 opening sermon. 
 
 The twenty-sixth annual session was held at Farmer- 
 ville, Oct. 7th and 8th, 1846, opening sermon by T. S. 
 Sheardown. Other sermons were by Rev'ds. J. Peck, Z. 
 Freeman, and A. Bennett. 
 
 The brethren of the Farmer Village church invited the 
 members of the Association to participate with them in 
 the ordinance of the Lord's Supper. The invitation was 
 accepted, and the church, then, with the brethren and 
 sisters from the several churches, came around the Table 
 of the Lord, and enjoyed a season of unusual interest. 
 Brethren John Peck, and Alfred Bennett, officiated as 
 administrators. "It was a scene that will long be remem- 
 bered by all present, for, — 
 
 ' Heaven came down our souls to greet, 
 And glorj' crowned the mercy seat.' " 
 
 The contributions this year amount to over $1,000; in- 
 cluding $250, paid by Deacon Lewis Porter, in full of a 
 legacy to the B. G. Convention, of F. M., he being his 
 own executor. This was the first of several large sums 
 paid by Deacon Porter to objects of benevolence. It is a 
 pity that many other well-to-do Christians do not become 
 their own executors. Deacon Porter, finding that from 
 increasing infirmity he was not able to retain the office of 
 treasurer of the Association,^did not forget thatghe was 
 treasurer for the Lord. 
 
 The twenty-seventh annual session was held at Meck- 
 lenburg, Tompkins county, Oct. 6th and 7th, 1847. Rev. 
 C. Wardner, gave the opening sermon, from John, 15:9. 
 The Berean church of Ithaca, was received as a member 
 of the Association. The committee appointed |at [last 
 session to prepare a statistical account of^the"Association, 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 55 
 
 was " exonerated," and a new committee was appointed. 
 The contributions foot up some $1800., which includes 
 $200. received by legacy from Dea. John McLallen, of 
 Trumansburg, and $350. by legacy from Dea. L. Porter, 
 of Covert. The Female Karen Society, of Farmerville, 
 and the Female Bible Society, of Trumansburg, keep up 
 their contributions. The committee on the state of re- 
 ligion are " glad to notice one part of vineyard labor per- 
 formed in pruning the withered branches." 
 
 The twenty-eighth annual meeting was held at Tru- 
 mansburg, Aug. 30th and 31st, 1848, and the session was 
 one of unusual interest. The number of delegates in at- 
 tendance was very large. Rev. J. H. Morrison, gave the 
 introductory sermon, from Second Timothy, 2:3 — " Thou 
 therefore endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus 
 Christ." At this time the Association seems to have ap- 
 pointed its first missionary committee, consisting of 
 Breth. J. H. Morrison, H. West, and C. Wardner. Four 
 collections were taken at this Associational meeting, 
 amounting to over $100. The missionary committee re- 
 commended an appropriation of $150 for Elder T. S. 
 Sheardown, pastor at Jefferson, ( Watkins ) the amount 
 of goods appropriated not to exceed $30. The report on 
 the state of religion informs us that four of the churches 
 have enjoyed revivals of a cheering character, the general 
 tone of the lettefrs is encouragitig.and many of the churches 
 are improving in their temporal and spiritual interests. 
 The amount for benevolence is $1357.18, including $280. 
 from Deacon Porter's legacy ; the woman's missionary 
 societies doing their part. The church at Ovid stands 
 first in the list of contributors this year. The church at 
 Trumansburg reports that it has raised nearly $500. to 
 pay a debt, and $22. for an aged colored brother, John 
 Roberts. 
 
 A statistical account is given of " the rise and progress 
 of the Seneca Baptist Association, organized at Farmer- 
 
S6 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 ville, Sept. 4th, 1822." To this account succeeding 
 gatherers of statistics seem to have been deeply indebted. 
 
 The Association met on its twenty-ninth anniversary 
 at Lodi, on the third of Oct. 1849. Rev. H. West, was 
 Moderator, and preacher of the introductory sermon. 
 An appropriation of $150. cash, was recommended for the 
 support of " our esteemed brother," T. S. Sheardown, at 
 Jefferson, and of $100 for the Berean church at Ithaca. 
 The following preamble and resolution were ordered 
 printed : 
 
 " Whereas, our brethren, F. O. Nelson, in Sweden, arid 
 Dr. G. Achilli, in Rome, are suffering persecution for the 
 truth as it is in Jesus, — the former at the hands of a life- 
 less Pedobaptist Protestantism, the latter, by the revived 
 and terrible Inquisition of the Romish church. 
 
 Resolved, i. That our attachment to those gospel 
 truths and institutions for which they suffer, is dearer to 
 us than even life itself. 2, That we tender our sympa- 
 thising and prayerful remembrance to those brethren,, 
 and to all who are suffering in like manner, for the sake 
 of Jesus and his gospel, in any part of the earth." 
 
 From the digest of letters, we learn that the church in' 
 Covert have nearly completed their new house of worship. 
 The church at Ovid have just finished a parsonage at a' 
 cost of $1000. The church at Trumansburg, although 
 called to suffer temporal loss by fire, are not discouraged.. 
 They have built a commodious lecture room, and expect 
 that their new church will be finished next year. They 
 report a precious revival. The church at Jefferson, state 
 that pestilential sickness and death in the village, and 
 the serious illness of their beloved pastor, have hindered 
 their preparations for offering themselves for membership 
 in this body. The benevolent report is a favorable one. 
 Total received $1,152.62, including legacies of $150. from 
 Dea. Porter, and $85. from Mrs. Keziah Scott, of the Ovid 
 church. 
 
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 The thirtieth session was held Oct. 2d and 3d. 1850, at 
 Covert. Rev. David Taylor preached the first sermon, 
 Rev. T. S. Sheardown was Moderator. In accordance 
 with the request of the Association, the venerable father 
 Alfred Bennett, gave a discourse on the death of Adon- 
 iram Judson, D. D., taking as his text Second Timothy, 
 4: 7 — " I have finished my course." 
 
 The committee on the state of religion, mourn over a 
 decrease in the liberality of the churches. The committee 
 on resolutions allude in suitable terms to the death of the 
 noble Judson, recognize the hand of Providence in the 
 efforts to establish a University at Rochester, regret the 
 formation of the American Bible Union, " which was 
 brought into existence in a factionary manner," and ex- 
 press entire and unabated confidence in the A. F. Bible 
 Society. It is recommended that each church establish 
 and sustain a Sunday-School, to be furnished with a good 
 library, and to receive regular visits from the pastor. 
 The Farmerville Sunday-School is the only one represent- 
 ed in the list of donors for benevolent objects. 
 FOURTH decade. 
 
 The Association convened for the thirty-first time, at 
 Romulus, Oct, I, 185 1. Rev. C. L. Bacon, of Trumans- 
 burg, preached the opening sermon. Rev. William Cormac, 
 of Ithaca, was Moderator. Sermons were given by 
 Brethren John Smitzer, T. S. Sheardown, and J. B. Olcott. 
 The Association, by unanimous vote, adopted the follow- 
 ing resolution : — 
 
 " That, in the death of our esteemed and venerable 
 father in the ministry, the Rev. Alfred Bennett, our 
 beloved Zion has sustained a great loss; the cause of 
 missions, a faithful advocate ; the world a ' bright and 
 shining light ; ' and while we sorrow that we shall no 
 more hear his familiar voice in our earthly convocations, 
 yet we rejoice in the assurance that he rests from his la- 
 bors, and his works do follow him." 
 
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 The donations from the churches were found to exceed 
 those of the last year by more than $300. The total is 
 $1,311.16. The circular letter is on the subject of "Family 
 Worship." 
 
 The Association convened at Ovid, Oct. 6th, 1852. 
 Rev. I. Fargo, Jr., of Romulus, gave the introductory 
 sermon. Rev. C. Wardner was Moderator. Elder Shears 
 down was once more one of the preachers. Each church 
 Was requested to provide its history to assist in preparing a 
 history of the Association. The church at Trumans^ 
 burg heads the benevolent list. The circular letter, writ- 
 ten by Rev. C. L. Bacon, is an able plea for attention to 
 the claims of social worship. 
 
 The thirty-third anniversary was held at Ithaca, Oct. 
 3d and 4th, 1853. Rev. J. Easterbrooks, of Lodi, gave the 
 opening sermon. Rev. C. L. Bacon, of Trumansburg, waS' 
 Moderator. The following resolution was adopted : 
 
 •' That we as pastors and messengers from the churches 
 will exert our influence to raise at least $nooo. in the 
 Seneca Association for Foreign Missions before the end 
 of March next." 
 
 These fathers seem to have believed, not in bringing, 
 back the standards once advanced, but in rushing forward 
 to their rescue. May their sons be as good soldiers ! 
 Resolutions were adopted in favor of the Maine Law,, 
 recommending monthly concerts of prayer, and personal 
 application to each church member for a contribution for 
 benevolence, " a record of the individual contributions to- 
 be preserved with the records of the church." 
 
 The committee on the state of religion made an un- 
 usually favorable report, rejoicing in the fact that during 
 the year just past, there had been an addition by baptism 
 to the churches of the Association of three hundred and 
 twenty-one members. They hope for an increase in the 
 .spirit of consecration, increased fidelity and increased 
 contributions.- 
 
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 The circular letter, by Rev. W. Wilkins, defines a true 
 church. " The prayer-meeting constitutes the lungs of 
 the church." "The bane of our church in the present 
 age, is spasmodic and practical religion ; the canker worm 
 is worldly mindedness ; and the great want is spiritual, 
 simple and practical piety. Now brethren and sisters in 
 Christ, let us each reform one, take the Bible as our les- 
 son-book and code of moral rules, to which, if we con- 
 form, we shall live w^l and secure a happy death." 
 
 The next annual session was held at Mecklenburg, Oct. 
 4th and 5th, 1854. Rev. O. W. Gibbs, was Moderator, 
 and preacher of the introductory sermon. Resolutions 
 were adopted in favor of " Temperance " and " Freedom." 
 The church at Watkins asked to be dismissed to join an- 
 other Association, but in view of the comparative feeble- 
 ness of this church, and the esteem in which it was held 
 by the brethren, action was deferred for one year. The 
 benevolent contributions amount to $1540.19, Romulus 
 standing at the head of the list. The name of the Jeffer- 
 son church was changed to Watkins. 
 
 The Association adopted as its own the circular letter 
 of the Canisteo River Association, on the distinction be- 
 tween Christian fellowship, and Church fellowship. This 
 letter is worthy of publication in tract form. 
 
 The thirty-fifth annual meeting was held at Farmer- 
 ville, Oct. 3d and 4th, 1855. Rev. J. M. Harris, of Ithaca, 
 was Moderator and preacher of the introductory sermon. 
 The revival spirit seemed to be wanting in the churches. 
 Only thirty-one baptisms are reported. The Reading 
 church was dismissed to join the Steuben Association. 
 A committee was appointed to visit the feeble church at 
 West Lansing. The contributions for benevolence 
 amount to $1744.34, including $225 for Rochester Uni- 
 versity, and $623.95 to aid feeble churches. As a church, 
 FarmerviUe seems to stand first, with a contribution of 
 $225. A quilt, made and presented by Sister Weaver, of 
 
6o Seneica Baptist Association. 
 
 Reading, aged seventy-seven years, is appraised at tnii'ee 
 dollars. The church at Ithaca, is building a new house 
 of worship. The church at Mecklenburg has purchased 
 a parsonage. The church at Newfield reports that " ouf 
 pastor occupies so much territory that he can spend only 
 two hours a week with us." Romulus reports four week-' 
 ly prayer-meetings, and four Sabbath-Schools ; has 
 • built a parsonage costing $1400. Watkins has reduced 
 its debt from $1600 to $500. 
 
 The next annual session was held at Watkins, Oct. ist 
 and 2d, 1856. Rev. J. W. Wiggins, of Farmerville, 
 preached the introductory sermon, and was chosen 
 Moderator. Sermons were delivered by KeV. T. S. Shear- 
 down, C. L. Bacon, and J. T. Seeley. 
 
 The sympathy of the Association was tendered to the 
 afflicted family of the late Rev. Jacob Grants, who' at the 
 time of his death Was pastor of the church at Lodi. The 
 Association, by resolution, expressed its thanks to its late 
 treasurer. Deacon James McLallen, of Trumansburg, 
 who for eleven years had ably and faithfully fulfilled the 
 duties of his ofifice. Dr. N. W. Folwell, of Romulus, was 
 elected his successor. Several of the churches are report- 
 ed as much reduced in numbers. The church at Romulus 
 stands first in the list of contributors with $316.91. The 
 8-isters of the Trumansburg church contribute $37.50. 
 
 The circular letter is written by Rev. C. L. Bacon, sub- 
 ject, — Family Culture. 
 
 I. " On parents alone rest the duty and responsibility of 
 the moral and religious culture of their children. We 
 love the church, the ministry, and the SabbatlvSchool,, 
 but they cannot release the parent from his responsibil- 
 ity -, this still lies, where God placed it,, in the hands of 
 those whom affection will prompt to sustain it. How 
 may these responsibilities be maintained? 
 
 I. By the maintenance of a proper parental authority. 
 It is a conceded fact that parental authority h-as' very 
 
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 Vttuch declined in our times. The parent displaced from 
 his proper position, can henceforth not even retain the 
 ifespect and confidence of his family, and may finally ex- 
 pect the doom of Eli,^whose sons Wefe vile, and he re- 
 strained them not. 
 
 2. It is essential to right family culture that it should 
 receive an elevated moral tone. Books of a character to 
 refine, enlighten and expand the mind, should be found 
 in the library; the religious paper should be regarded as 
 an essential, and above all, family worship, including the 
 feading of a portion of God's Word, and solemn prayer 
 to God. 
 
 3. The Lord's day should be observed in the family as 
 the means of its proper culture. By this we do not mean 
 a mere constrained inactivity. The proper observance of 
 the Lord's day, embraces such rest as the body requires, 
 and such spiritual employments as are necessary for the 
 good of the soul. To the latter belong worship, religious 
 reading, conversation on religious subjects, and solitary 
 reflection. These things, taught and enfoiiced by parental 
 precept and example, will crown the Sabbath with a 
 thousand mercies to every household. It is a most sad 
 and palpable dereliction of duty on the part of Christian 
 parents that they do not provide their families with such 
 books as are appropriate to Sabbath reading. Pride is 
 gratified in dress and equipage, while the shelves of the' 
 family library are either entirely empty, or, what is worse, 
 filled with the light dissipating literature of the day. 
 
 4. This family culture for which we plead, can also be 
 very much promoted by cultivating a familiarity with 
 our children, on moral and religious subjects. It is a 
 strange fact that in many instances the subject of religion 
 never becomes a topic of conversation between parents 
 and children. The distance between them on this sub- 
 ject is sometimes so great, that parents can converse 
 with any other persons easier than with their children. 
 
62 Seneca Baptist Association. ' 
 
 Such are convicted of a life-long neglect of the spiritual 
 interest of their families. They are rearing up a family 
 for the world, — but, unless God in mercy to these children, 
 employs some other means by which to bring them to a 
 knowledge of the truth, — not for heaven. Against such 
 an awful dereliction of duty we utter a solemn remon- 
 strance. Parents, as those who are alone responsible for 
 the moral cultivation of your children, we declare to you 
 that you cannot be thus neglectful of their spiritual good 
 and be guiltless. You are soon to send them out into 
 the world, to make the same mark on society that you 
 have made on them. Shall it be for the weal or woe of 
 mankind?" 
 
 We have quoted at length from this circular letter, be- 
 cause it seems to be one of the most important and prac- 
 tical among the annual epistles. It is not surprising that 
 its author, Rev. C. L. Bacon, was called upon more often 
 than any other brother in the Association, to prepare its 
 epistles general to the churches. 
 
 The thirty-seventh anniversary meeting was held at 
 Trumansburg, Oct. 7th and 8th, 1857. Rev. C. A. Votey 
 gave the opening sermon. Rev. E. Marshall was Modera- 
 tor. For the first time in many years no committee was 
 appointed to appraise domestic goods, the contributions 
 for objects of benevolence being now made in cash. Yet 
 there was an exception to this rule, for we read that after 
 a sermon by Rev. H. A. Smith, a collection was taken 
 for the Missionary Union, "amounting to $41.69, and a 
 gold ring." No letters were received from the churches 
 in Danby and West Lansing. It was given as the opinion 
 of the Association that much would be gained by con- 
 solidating those of our benevolent institutions which are 
 kindred to each other in the objects of their organization. 
 The depository for religious books was discontinued, and 
 the remaining books were apportioned among the several 
 
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 churches, each being recommended to make its portion a 
 hucleus for a church library. 
 
 Brethren Votey, Bacon, and Wiggins, were appointed 
 to prepare a statistical account of the Association for the 
 last ten years. The brethren are exhorted to return to 
 the old, friendly, and reviving practice of sustaining neigh- 
 borhood meetings. A missionary committee was ap- 
 pointed, consisting of one brother from each church. 
 The agents of the several societies were limited in their 
 addresses to itve minutes each. 
 
 The circular letter was prepared by Rev. J. M. Harris, 
 and invites attention to " some of the duties that the 
 spiritual wants of our country imperatively demand of 
 American Christians." 
 
 I. Fervent prayer should be offered for a large increase 
 •oi devoted ministers. A sad deficiency of gospel minis- 
 ters is deeply felt and. openly acknowledged, by all the 
 evangelical denominations of our land. Young men 
 '" have beheld the farmer, the merchant, the mechanic, 
 the lawyer, and the physician, select their places of resi- 
 dence and quietly pursue their business associations, hav- 
 ing the promise of the life that now is, and of that which 
 Is to come ; and on the contrary, have often seen the 
 talented, cultivated, and devoted minister forced from 
 place to place by the whims, the prejudices, or the pref- 
 erences of a small minority of the churches he has served, 
 teceiving for his most assiduous labors but a bare support 
 for the present, and compelled to live by faith for the 
 future." Yet the writer believes that the man called to 
 the ministry will not be moved by such considerations. 
 
 II. A more liberal patronage should be given to those 
 societies that are extending in our country the knowledge 
 "of Christ. The various objections to such societies are 
 ■considered and answered. " If we condemn every organi- 
 zation whose management is not perfect, even the church 
 will not escape our censure." 
 
64 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 III. There should be a more entire consecration of 
 American Christians to the work of spreading the gospel 
 in our nation, by their own direct, personal efforts. But 
 a very small number of them habitually attend the prayer- 
 meeting, even when it is in their immediate vicinity. If 
 the 800,000 Baptists in the Union but felt and acted up 
 to their Christian obligations, all the people of each State 
 would soon be reached by the means of grace. 
 
 " Beloved brethren, shall all this work be left to the min- 
 ister alone? Can he investigate truth, prepare for the 
 pulpit, attend to the imperative demands of the sick, the 
 mourner, and the dying, and visit all the members of his 
 congregation who require it as their right, and seek out 
 those who need the warnings and instructions of the 
 gospel? He needs the co-operation of his whole church 
 in this important work. God has wisely distributed his 
 people as he did the stars in the firmament, and each 
 should shine in the sphere to which he belongs. Every 
 Christian should consider the souls in his neighborhood 
 that know not the Savior, as committed to his charge, 
 and should zealously labor to draw them to Christ." 
 
 The church at Farmerville leads the benevolent column, 
 with a contribution of $232.55. Ovid stands second; 
 Romulus third. A historical table is printed, and it is 
 noted, 1st, that the churches have not always reported 
 their licentiates, 2d, that during the eleven years previous 
 to the formation of the Association, the Covert church 
 received by baptism 417, and the Romulus church (in 
 six years ) 74. The number licensed to date is given as 
 thirty-six. 
 
 The thirty-eighth anniversary meeting was held at 
 Bennettsburg, convening Oct. 5th, 1858. The intro- 
 ductory sermon was by Rev. B. C. Townsend, Rev. H. 
 West was Moderator. Other preachers were, Rev. E. 
 Weaver, of Farmerville, T. S. Harrison, of Dundee, Geo. 
 Balcom, S. Adsit, and William Shadrach, of Philadelphia, 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 65 
 
 the representative of the Publication Society. The 
 " Young Reaper " was recommended. $250. was appor- 
 tioned to the church at Watkins. Several of the churches 
 are found to be without pastors. 
 
 The committee of apportionment reported that to pay 
 the debt of the Watkins church, the following sums will 
 be needed from the respective churches : 
 
 Bennettsburg, $34-oo Mecklenburg, $20.00 
 
 Covert, 28.00 Newfield 10.00 
 
 Enfield, 10.00 Ovid 33.00 
 
 FarmervlUe 33.00 Peach Orchard, 10.00 
 
 Ithaca, 42.00 Romulus, 40.00 
 
 Lodi, 31.00 Truraansburg, 65.00 
 
 The table may give some idea of the financial ability 
 of the several churches at this time. The churches are 
 requested to report the number of their non-resident 
 members. Nearly one-half of the benevolent contribu- 
 tions of the Trumansburg church are credited to the sis- 
 ters. Fourteen dollars of Covert's sum was given to help 
 redeem a slave. 
 
 Rev. C. A. Votey, writes the circular letter, on the im- 
 portance, the cost, and the proper treatment of truth. 
 "Some are afraid of the truth. It demands sacrifices 
 which they are unwilling to make. No Christian ought 
 to be ashamed of his principles. If they are worthy of 
 shame they are unworthy of a place in him." 
 
 The thirty-ninth anniversary was held at Covert, Oct. 
 4-6, 1859. Rev. C. L. Bacon, of Trumansburg, preached 
 the opening sermon and was chosen Moderator. His 
 text was Second Peter, i:i6; his theme, — "Christianity 
 not a fable, but a fact." Among the visiting brethren 
 was the venerable and well-known Elder H. K. Stimson, 
 of Racine, Wisconsin, author of " From the Stage Coach 
 to the Pulpit," who preached from . First John, 2:20. 
 Rev'ds. D. Corey, J. M. Harris, A. B. Chase, and E. 
 Weaver, preached. • Sisters Treman and Earle, partici- 
 
66 Seneca BAin-isT AssociATioJir. 
 
 pated in the general conference. The Ovid Villages 
 ehurch was received as a member of the Association. 
 
 We quote from the resolutions; 
 
 " Resolved, that life memberships formed on a money- 
 basis are not in harmony with the genius of Baptist prin- 
 Ciples. 
 
 Whereas, it is written : ' Left the people praise thee, O 
 God; let ALL the people pfaise thee,' therefore 
 
 Resolved, that We recommend to our churches to in' 
 troduce the good old practice of congregational singing.' 
 
 It was voted that at the next meeting a special session 
 be devoted to the Sabbath-School cause. 
 
 The church at Covert welcomes the churches of the 
 Association " as a mother welcomes home her returning 
 daughters." The church at Farmerville reports a year of 
 uninterrupted peace artd prosperity. " Never, no never, 
 have we enjoyed a more precious revival. Brother H. G. 
 Dewitt labored with our pastor to our entire satisfaction, 
 and to the ^lory of God. About seventy were added to 
 our number. Our Sunday-School and Bible-class have 
 been larg'ely attended. We have added to our church 
 lot, built sheds, bought a bell, and raised for different ob' 
 jects nearly $2qpo." The church at Ithaca, laments the 
 loss of Sister Harris, the beloved, wife of the pastor. She 
 was untiring in her efforts to advance the cause of Christ, 
 Many precious souls were converted in a series of meet- 
 ings conducted by the pastor and the Rev. George Bal- 
 com. The church at Lodi, report the ordination of their 
 pastor Rev. S. V. Marsh. The church at Mecklenburg 
 held meetings led by their pastor. Rev. D, Corey, assisted 
 by Rev. B. F. Balcom, twenty-three baptisms are report- 
 e-d. The church at Ovid reports a gracious and unex- 
 pected revival, — and the dismissal of fourteen members 
 to unite with the. Ovid Village church, — sustained five 
 weekly prayer-meetings during the summer. The church 
 a,t Romulus states that Rev. H. G. Dewitt labored with 
 
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 them for five weeks. They maintain six weekly meetings 
 for prayer, four Sabbath-Schools, take about fifty copies 
 of the " Examiner," twenty of the " Macedonian," twelve 
 of the " Home Mission Record." The church at Tru- 
 mansburg also makes a very favorable report. The la- 
 bors of Brother H. G. Dewitt were greatly blessed to 
 them. Many were awakened and took refuge in Christ. 
 The work became general, through the community. 
 
 The church at Watkins reports a year of unparalleled 
 prosperity. The debt, which for years had been a bur- 
 den, is removed. Elder George Balcom labored among 
 them with great success. They have sustained from three 
 to six prayer-meetings every week. They add — " We have 
 visited our ancient baptistery, Seneca Lake, thirteen 
 times, to bury hopeful converts in the likeness of our 
 Savior's death." The church at West Lansing reports 
 an accession of converts as the result of Elder Dewitt's 
 labors with them. The churches report, in all, three 
 hundred and sixty-two baptisms for this year. Every 
 church receives additions. The Ovid church takes the 
 lead in benevolence. The sisters at Trumansburg con- 
 tribute forty-four dollars to the State Convention. 
 
 The circular letter is by Rev. O. W. Gibbs, on the " re- 
 ligious dangers and exigencies of the times. These dan: 
 gers are seen : 
 
 L In the disguises of Satan. 
 
 IL In the disorganizing and revolutionary spirit so 
 common to this day. 
 
 III. In the love of popularity, and in the general 
 fashioi\ableness of the age. 
 
 The exigencies of the times demand : 
 
 I. Constant watchfulness, and discriminating search. 
 
 II. Executive energy. 
 
 This was one of the most prosperous years in the his- 
 tory of the Association. Nearly all the churches received 
 large accessions, and the standards of the cross were 
 
6s Ssii^EdA Baptist' A^socfAtloN. 
 
 everywhere carried forward. As a rule, the work was d 
 deep and permanent one, and the after history of the 
 churches shows how much they were strengthened and 
 edified by the great revival of 1859. 
 
 The Association met with the church at Lodi, Oct. 2d, 
 i860. Rev. E. Marshall, of CoVert, preached the opening 
 sermon ; Rev. C. A. Votey, of Ovid, was Moderator. 
 Sermons by Rev'ds. M. W. Homes, J. D. Smith, B. F. 
 Balcom. Brother Winfield Scott appears as a licentiate 
 of the Farmerville church. The church of Trumansburg 
 stands first in the li.^t of contributors, Ovid second, Farm^ 
 erville third. The committee on church history recom- 
 mends that each church prepare a history of the origin, 
 progress, and present condition of the church, to be 
 placed at the disposal of the Association, and that the 
 histories of the three oldest churches be read at the next 
 session. 
 
 The church at Covert reports an extensive revival, the 
 pastor was assisted by Rev. B. F. Balcom. The Farmer- 
 ville church sustains three prayer-meetings. The church 
 at Ithaca has succeeded in paying for its meeting-house: 
 The church at Lodi, aided by Rev. B. F. Balcom, has en- 
 joyed a glorious revival. The church at Mecklenburg 
 reports a goodly number o{ converts. The church at 
 Newfield reports eighteen additions, Rev. C. A. Votey 
 assisted the pastor, and the community was awakened. 
 The church at Ovid Village reports about $2000, sub^- 
 scribed to build a bouse of Warship. The church at Peach 
 Orchard rejoices in a number of converts, the result of 
 the labors of Rev. Geo. Balcom. 
 
 Rev. C. L. Bacon writes the circular letter, subject; 
 The social religious duties of the female membership. 
 The conclusion of the writer is that " in social worship 
 woman may, without violating the injunction by which 
 the Apostle rebuked the undue assumption of power in 
 the sisterhood at Corinth, (.1 'Cor. 14:34) give expression 
 
SfirJE(iA BAPfis-r AssoctAtioi^. 6g 
 
 to her Christian experience, the joys of a Christian hope, 
 and even explain the Scripture to enlighten and save the 
 perishing." 
 
 FIFTH DECADE. 
 
 In 1861, the Association convened at Romulus, Oct. i. 
 Rev. H. West) preached the introductory sermon ; Rev. 
 D. Corey, was Moderator. The name of the church in 
 Danby was stricken from the Minutes. The histories of 
 the churches in Romulus and Covert were read. Rev. J. 
 B. Smith and Rev. B, W. Capron, preached. 
 
 A committee on the State of the Country, of which 
 Rev. C. L. Bacon was chairman, made the following re- 
 port, which was adopted : 
 
 " Whereas a formidable rebellion is now raging within 
 our national borders, and threatening the very existence 
 of our just and benign government, therefore 
 
 Resolved, that while we deeply deplore the miseries of 
 civil war, \^?e nevertheless deem it our solemn duty to 
 God, the country, and the world, to sustain our govern- 
 ment in putting down this nefarious rebellion ; and we 
 pledge thereto our prayers, our property, and, if need be, 
 our lives. 
 
 Resolved, that the spiritual welfare of the soldiers who 
 are now enduring the hardships and perils of war on our 
 behalf, demand the earnest sympathies, prayers, and 
 efforts of God's people,^' 
 
 Among the licentiates reported this year are, C. E. 
 Becker, Bennettsburg, Winfield Scott, Farmer Village, S. 
 H. Saylor, Mecklenburg, N. W. Folwell and T. Marsh, 
 Jr., Romulus, and Charles E. Barto, Trumansburg. 
 
 The church in Farmer Village reports that on the 5th 
 of July they laid the corner stone of a new church edifice 
 50 X 80 feet, with lecture room 30 X 36. They write : " Next 
 to God, we owe duty to our country." Trumansburg re- 
 ports four Sunday-Schools. The Sunday-School statistics 
 are unusually full this year. Every church reports a 
 
70 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 school. Farmer Village stands first, with two hundred 
 and fifteen teachers and scholars, J. P. Rappleye, Super- 
 intendent. Rev. S. V. Marsh writes the circular letter, 
 subject ; " Our duties to our national government." We 
 owe to the government, — i, submission ; 2, respect; 3, 
 support. 
 
 The Association met at Scott's Corners, Sept. 30, 1862. 
 Moderator, F. Dusenberry, who preached the opening 
 sermon. The committee on religious exercises recom- 
 mended that the next evening be devoted to the cause of 
 our country, Rev. C. L. Bacon to preach, the*sermon to 
 be followed by conference and prayer. The following 
 resolutions, were adopted : 
 
 1. " Resolved, that while we deplore the evils of the 
 civil war, now being waged between the contending sec- 
 tions of our Union, we believe the best interests of 
 humanity, freedom, and religion, require its prosecution 
 on the part of our government until this wicked rebellion 
 is utterly crushed out, and peace and unity are again re- 
 stored. 
 
 2. Resolved, that as the authors of this rebellion have 
 drawn the sword in defence of the system of slavery, we 
 are absolved from whatever obligations may have pre- 
 viously existed, — legal or moral, — for its protection where- 
 ever the rebellion exists; and as slavery has taken the 
 sword, let it perish by the sword. 
 
 3. Resolved, that in the scenes of blood now being en- 
 acted, we recognize the righteous judgments of God for 
 our sins as a nation, and it therefore becomes us to bow 
 in deep humility and penitence, lest iniquity be our ruin. 
 
 4. Resolved, that the recent proclamation of the Presi- 
 dent of the United States is but a step in the order of 
 Providence, necessitated by the logic of events : we there- 
 fore accept it, and devoutly pray that the same Provi- 
 dence which has ordered it will make it a sure proclama- 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 71 
 
 tion iot libefty throughout the land to all the inhabitants 
 thereof. 
 
 5. Resolved, that our brethren and friends on the field 
 are cherished in our memories and in our prayers ; that 
 Xve will be incessant in our efforts to promote their 
 spiritual welfare, trusting in God for their protection in 
 the hour of danger, and for their being shielded in the 
 day of battle." 
 
 It was voted that the pastors of the churches be re- 
 quested to present the claims of the benevolent societies, 
 so as to dispense with agents. Rev'ds. S. M. Bainbridge, 
 A. B. Chase, J. M. Harris, and M. E. Arkills preached. 
 
 Rev. E> Marshall,— "Father Marshall, venerable and be- 
 loved,-- wrote the circular letter, subject ; " pastoral 
 changes." For these changes he blames- both ministers 
 and churches. " Many ministers place too high an .esti- 
 mate upon their own talents. The true minister need 
 have no concern about finding a higher place. The 
 churches are quick to discern and ready, for a time at 
 least, to appreciate ministerial talent ; therefore ' a man's 
 gift maketh room for him.' Again, ministers are led to 
 make a change by the love of gain or the love of fame. 
 Other causes of change are found in the churches. A 
 church thinks that a minister of extraordinary gifts is 
 needed to labor among them. Though their pastor be 
 sound in the faith, of blameless life, of sufficient talent to 
 be a useful minister, he must be removed to make way 
 for another of extraordinary gifts. Such churches would 
 do well to remember that extraordinary gifts in the mem- 
 bership are as necessary to success as they are in a pastor. 
 Churches are sometimes averse to sound doctrine, again 
 they yield to the importunities of certain troublers in 
 Israel ( instead of excluding them,) on the same principle 
 that Pilate yielded to the crucifixion of our Lord. The 
 Jews cried : ' crucify him ! crucify him ! ' Pilate said : 
 * why, what evil hath he done ? I find no fault in the 
 
72 Senfxa Baptist Association. 
 
 man ; ' nevertheless he delivered him to be crucified. 
 Settlements by the year, covetous desires on the part of 
 pastor or people, the lack of confidence, are also enumer- 
 ated as causes of such changes. 
 
 II. The evils of pastoral changes are noticed, i. They 
 create a love of novelty in the people, which unfits them 
 to be profited by the gospel. 2, Another evil is the loss 
 of ministerial influence. Such influence increases with a 
 minister's stay in a congregation. He becomes the spirit- 
 ual adviser of his people. 3, The waste of property. 
 Here follows a curious computation of what it costs the 
 Baptist ministers in the State of New York for their re- 
 movals. In twenty years he thinks the changes would 
 cost them, for expense of removing and loss of property, 
 $320,000. 
 
 III. Remedies for these evils. 
 
 1. All settlements should be based in love. Then will 
 the bond uniting church and pastor be so strong that it 
 can scarcely be broken. 
 
 2. Whenever a member of a church desires the reipoval 
 of a'pastor with whom the church is satisfied, we recom- 
 mend that he should keep in silence his desires, or that 
 he move away himself, where he can enjoy a ministry 
 more congenial with his taste. If it be said he cannot do 
 it without sacrifice, we reply neither can the minister be 
 removed without sacrifice.' If it be said further, the 
 member probably would possess more property than the 
 pastor, and it would therefore be a greater sacrifice for 
 him to remove than it would be for the pastor, we would 
 reply again, the member being better able to make the 
 sacrifice than the preacher, it would better accord with 
 justice for him to do it, and not disturb the peace of a 
 church by causing the removal of a man of God from a 
 field of useful labor. 
 
 3. The last remedy we shall name is a higher tone of 
 piety both in pastors and churches. Then will it be seen 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 73 
 
 that the relation between pastor and church was institut- 
 ed, not to gratify worldly ambition, nor to nourish un- 
 holy passions, but that both should live to glorify God. " 
 
 In 1863, the Association met at Mecklenburg, Oct. 6th. 
 S. V. Marsh was preacher and Moderator. Sermons by 
 Rev. Dr. V. R. Hotchkiss, of the Rochester Theological 
 Seminary, Rev. H. G. Dewitt, the evangelist, and Rev. 
 A. C. Mallory, of Benton. 
 
 The Constitution and Rules of Order were revised and 
 amended. It is noted that most of the church letters 
 express " an interest in our country's imperiled welfare," 
 and the hope and confidence that the government will be 
 successful in the great struggle with rebellion. At Farmer 
 Village the pastor was assisted by Rev. A. B. Earle, and 
 a few conversions are reported. At Ithaca, Bro. Earle 
 remained for six weeks, and Bro's. Corey and Smith after- 
 ward assisted in carrying on the work. " Their labors 
 were blessed in the conversion of about seventy souls." 
 Trumansburg also reports a gracious revival. 
 
 The circular letter, presented by Brother John Serrine, 
 was on the evangelization of the poor. It is in part a 
 plea for the free seat system. " Our houses of worship 
 should be as free as the gospel." 
 
 In 1864, the Association met at Ithaca, Oct. 4th, in- 
 troductory sermon by Rev. D. Corey ; Rev. J. B. Smith, 
 Moderator. Sermons by Rev'ds. L. W. Olney, F. D. 
 Fenner, L. Ransted, I. Child, and A. B. Woodworth. 
 
 Rev. J. Byington Smith writes the circular letter, on 
 personal religious growth. The growing Christian is the 
 assured Christian, the joyous Christian, the useful Christ- 
 ian. Among the means of attaining religious growth 
 are the study of the Scriptures, attendance upon the 
 ordinary means of grace, and prayer. If a man would be 
 a .strong Christian, he must be a working Christian. 
 
 The Association met at Farmer Village, Oct. 3, 1865, 
 Rev. M. W. Homes was Moderator and preacher of the 
 
74 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 introductory sermon. The church in Waterloo was re- 
 ceived as a member of the Association. Sermons by 
 Rev'ds. T. S. Harrison, J. N. Folwell, J. M. Harris, and 
 D. C. Marshall, Rev. Carl T. Kreyer, under appointment 
 as a Missionary, gave an address on China. Farmer Vil- 
 lage reports the largest Sunday-School, 225 members. 
 The benevolent contributions of the churches amount to 
 
 $I337-I9- 
 
 Rev. Lewis Ransted writes the circular letter on 
 
 " Gospel Church Discipline ! " "A derelict member often 
 
 feels injured and grieved that his case has been reported 
 
 to the church, as is often done, without his knowledge. 
 
 or a word of inquiry or reproof from any one, instead of 
 
 his being visited and labored with in a private capacity 
 
 according to the gospel." The letter is an excellent one. 
 
 Few baptisms are reported either this, or last year. 
 
 The Association met at Trumansburg, Oct. 2d, 1866, 
 Rev. J. B. Smith preached the introductory sermon ; Rev- 
 H. S. Card was Moderator. Sermons by Rev'ds. O.. B, 
 Stone, George Balcom, J. N. Folwell, D. F. Leach, and E. 
 Royce. The resolutions speak in praise of the American 
 Baptist Historical Society, and of a Baptist Catechism, 
 written by Rev. J. N. Folwell. Ithaca stands first in the 
 Sunday School work. Total of contributions, $1434.13. 
 
 The interesting circular letter, which we would be glad 
 to quote at length, is from the pen of Rev. F. D. Fenner, 
 on the permanency of the church relation. The author 
 is unalterably opposed to the doctrine of secession. Let 
 the church relation be a permanent one ! Anything but 
 divorce! The Sunday-School address, by Rev. J. N. 
 Folwell, was by vote printed in the Minutes. 
 
 The Association convened at Waterloo, Oct. i, 1867, 
 Rev. J. N. Folwell preached the sermon, Rev. F. D, 
 Fenner was Moderator. On the reading of the letter of 
 the Trumansburg church, telling of the glorious revival 
 with which they had been blessed, and of the death of 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 75 
 
 their beloved brother, Elder Lewis Ransted, the Associa- 
 tion suspended business and spent a short time in prayer. 
 Sermons by Rev'ds. Dr. Jay S. Backus, F. D. Fenner, N. 
 Wright, and H. A. Smith. The circular letter by Rev. J. 
 N. Folwell; was on " the Lord's Supper." 
 
 The Association met at North Hector, (with the Lodi 
 church,) Oct. 6th, 1 868. Rev. William Sharpe was preacher 
 and Moderator. Sermons by Rev'ds. J. B. Pixley, B. R. 
 Swick, W. S. Goodno, and D. C. Marshall. 
 
 In accepting the resignation of James McLallen, after 
 long and faithful service as corresponding secretary, the 
 Association tendered him a resolution of thanks. for his un- 
 tiring zeal and faithful labors in its behalf. 
 
 Covert heads the list of Sunday-Schools, with 195 
 scholars, T. H. King, Superintendent. The benevolent 
 contributions amount to $1596.37, Ithaca standing first. 
 The instructive circular letter, by Rev. D. Corey, is on the 
 pressing demands of the present age. 
 
 The Association met at Enfield, Oct. 5, 1869. Open- 
 ing sermon by Rev. J. N. Folwell, Rev. M. M. Everts 
 Moderator. Sermons by Rev'ds. G. A. Starkweather, 
 William Rees, M. W. Homes, D. D. Owen, and S. V. 
 Marsh. Romulus leads in benevolence. A Sunday- 
 School teacher's institute was appointed at Trumansburg, 
 and was successfully conducted, in June, by S. A. Ellis, 
 of Rochester. Bennettsburg, Farmer Village, and Lodi 
 report revivals. Rev. George Balcom assisted Rev. M. 
 W. Homes, at Farmer Village. 
 
 The Association met at Covert, Oct 4th, 1870. Rev. 
 J. B. Smith, of Geneva, preached ; Rev. D. D. Owen, was 
 Moderator. Sermons by Rev. C. B. Parsons, and C. J. 
 Shrimpton. Rev. S. Adsit, always a welcome visitor to 
 the Association, spoke in behalf of the Rochester Theo- 
 logical Seminary. The church in Farmer Village reports 
 that Louis J. Gross has been licensed by them .to preach 
 the gospel, also the death of two of their oldest brethren. 
 
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 pillars in the church. Deacon William Rappleye, aged 9^/ 
 and Deacon John Boorom, aged 74. The church in Tru- 
 mansburg reports the licensing of five young brethren, — • 
 Jay R. Shaw, Lewis Halsey, John E. McLallen, Delazort 
 Conley and Frank S. Lyon. Watkins reports a revival, the 
 fruit of the labors pf Rev. C. W. Brooks. 
 SIXTH DECADE. 
 
 The fiftieth anniversary meeting of thef Associatiorl 
 was held at Bennettsburg, Oct. 3d and 4th, 1871. Rev. 
 D. D. Owen preached the introductory sernnton. The 
 officers were. Rev. G. A. Starkweather, Moderator ; Bro: 
 C. W. Burghardt, Clerk, and Corresponding Secretary. 
 Bro. S. W. Sackett^ of Burdett, Treasurer ; Rev. D. D.- 
 Owen, Chairman of Missionary Committee. 
 
 Rev. Henry E. Robins, D. D., of Rochester, preached 
 the Jubilee Sermon, from Revelation, 2:5, — and, in ac- 
 cordance with the request of the Association, the sermon 
 Was printed in the Minutes-. It is w'orthy of more endur^ , 
 ing record. 
 
 Resolutions were offered approving the effort to es- 
 tablish and endmv Cook Academy, at Havana, and dele" 
 gates were appointed to attend a State Educational Con^ 
 vention at Ithaca, on the 12th inst^ The name of the 
 church at Peach Orchard was stricken from- the Minutes. 
 Rev. G. A. Starkweather, I'ead a brief and comprehensive 
 history of the Association, also a statistical table of the 
 churches of the Association for fifty years, the table be- 
 ing prepared by C. W. Burghardt. By vote of the As- 
 sociation, both history and table were publi&hed in the 
 Minutes. 
 
 Dr. N. W. Folwell, offered his resignation as Treasurer, 
 having held that office for fffteen year's. By resolution 
 he was tendered a vote of thanks for the zeal and fidelity 
 with which he had served the Association. 
 
 For the first time, a contribution is reported for the 
 Woman's, Baptist Missiortary Society. The church in 
 
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 Romulus has the honor of being the contributor. Rev. 
 C. B. Parsons, of Parmer Village, writes the interesting 
 circular letter on "The Mission Work of our Association. 
 The next session was held at Mecklenburg, Oct. ist 
 and 2d, 1872. Rev. G. A. Starkweather preacher, ReV. 
 C. J. Shrimpton, Moderator. Sermons by Rev's. J. B. 
 Pixley, C. Wardner, W. M. Robinson, and C. B. Parsons. 
 Quarterly meetings were appointed. The reports of the 
 churches show a net loss of members. The Association 
 hails with joy the success that has attended the Woman's 
 Baptist Missionary Society, and recommends the organi' 
 zation of an auxiliary society in every church> 
 
 In 1873, the Associational meeting was held in Romu' 
 lus, Oct. 7th and 8th ; sermon by Rev. A. B. Chase, Rev. 
 C. W. Brooks, Moderator. Sermons by Rev'ds. J. B. 
 Smith, J. Hendrick, and George Hopkins. The church 
 in Caroline, Tompkins county, was received as a member 
 of the Association. The missionary committee reported 
 'a most interesting work at Newfield, Rev. William Sharpe 
 pastor. The committee on obituaries appropriatelj' 
 notices the death of Rev. H. S. Card,—" long and well- 
 known among us as a faithful, judicious, and loVing Christ- 
 ian minister." The church in Farmer Village reports 
 having dropped from the list the names of sixty-eight 
 non-resident members. $3010.32 is given as the sum of 
 the contributions, including $2031, for Cook Academy. 
 Rev. W. M. Robinson writes the circular letter. 
 
 In 1874, ^he Association met at Watkins, Oct. 6lh ; 
 sermon by Rev. C. Wardner, of North Hector, Rev. A. 
 B. Chase Moderator. Prayer was offered in view of the 
 mournful fact, disclosed by the reading of the letters that 
 the Association reports fewer members this year than 
 
 iast. 
 
 The evening session was devoted to the cause of Mis- 
 sions. Rev. Geo. H. Brigham gave an earnest discourse 
 from, Isaiah, 2KII,—" Watchman, what of the night!" 
 
78 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 An interesting conference followed, in which most of the 
 pastors took part. The ministers present were called on 
 for special contributions of five dollars each, and twenty- 
 four responded. Letters were received from the Woman's 
 Missionary Societies of Romulus and Watkins. Sermons 
 followed by Rev'ds W. C. Learned, and T. F. Smith. 
 
 The annual session for 1875, was held at Ovid Center, 
 Oct. 5th and 6th, introductory sermon by Rev. C. W. 
 Brooks, Rev. C. Wardner, Moderator. Dr. N. W. Fol- 
 well, of Romulus, for the last time cheering the hearts of 
 the brethren by his accustomed presence, made an elo- 
 quent plea for an increase of benevolent effort. Rev. J. 
 Hendrick spoke at length in behalf of the Centennial 
 effort to endow Baptist Institutions of learning. Dr. 
 Folwell, with several other brethren, subscribed nearly 
 six-hundred dollars for Cook Academy. The Sunday- 
 Schools of the Association seem to be in a flourishing 
 condition. 
 
 A summary of the statistics of the year is presented for 
 the first time. 
 
 Number of churches rs. 
 
 " " pastors 13. 
 
 " " baptisms 70. 
 
 Gain of members 52. 
 
 Present number of members 2192. 
 
 Number of Sunday-Schools 14. 
 
 " " Scholars i343. 
 
 Sum of contributions for benevolence $2,015.60. 
 
 The Woman's Missionary Society of the Seneca As- 
 sociation was organized at this meeting, with the follow- 
 ing officers : President, Mrs. C. W. Brooks, of Watkins ; 
 Vice-President, Mrs. F. D. Fenner, of Scott's Corners ; 
 Secretary and Treasurer, Mrs. Andrew Miller, of Farmer 
 Village. The Association was divided into four mission- 
 ary districts. The committee on obituaries records tlie 
 death of Deacons Joseph Smith, and Leroy Becker, of 
 Mecklenburg,. Alexander Baldridge, of Romulus, and 
 Elijah Kinne Bloomer, of Scott's Corners. Deacon 
 
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 Beekef was in the prime of life, and one of the most 
 active and useful members of the Association. 
 
 The church at Farmer Village has more than doubled 
 its benevolent contributions. Ithaca reports thirty-seven 
 baptisms. Newfield has built a parsonage at a cost of 
 $2000* Waterloo reports the loss of its meeting-house by 
 fire. 
 
 The anniversary meeting for 1876, was held with the 
 Caroline Baptist church, at Mott's Corners, Tompkins 
 Co., Oct. 3d and 4th. Rev. F. D. Fenner, of Scott's 
 Corners, preached the opening sermon, Rev. Lewis 
 Halsey, of Farmer Village, was Moderator. Sermons 
 were preached by Rev'ds. H. A. Smith, A. D. Abbott, 
 and George Brown. 
 
 Brethren L. Halsey, A. C. Mallory, and C. W. Burg- 
 hardt were appointed a committee on a history of the 
 Seneca Association, " to be published in book form." 
 
 The church at Covert reports the purchase of a Cen- 
 tennial Bell, rung for the first time July 4, 1876. The 
 church in Farmer Village reports increased interest in the 
 Sunday-School. The letter of the North Hector church 
 tells of a terrible tornado, which unroofed and nearly de- 
 stroyed their house of worship. The church in Ithaca has 
 been bereaved of two deacons and two trustees. The 
 church in Ovid notes a growing interest in Bible study. 
 
 The next session was held at Farmer Village, Oct. 2d 
 and 3d, 1877. The number of delegates in attendance 
 was unusually large. Rev. Thomas G. Wright preached 
 the introductory sermon, Rev. F. D. Fenner was Modera- 
 tor. Sermons were preached by Rev. A. D. Abbott, of 
 Enfield. Rev. C. P. Sheldon, D. D., of Troy, Rev. H. F. 
 Titus, of Ithaca, and Rev. J. J. Phelps, of Trumansburg. 
 The Tabernacle Baptist church of Ithaca, was received as 
 a member of the Association. Mrs. A. C. Mallory, of 
 Covert, read a historical sketch before the Woman's Mis- 
 sionary Society. The committee on obituaries note the 
 
8o Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 death of Rev. William Spaulding, " who for more than 
 fifty years was a faithful minister of the gospel of Christ, 
 and for more than thirty years served the church in 
 CaroHne as its pastor." He died triumphant in faith, 
 Sept. 3, 1877, at the age of 83 years. 
 
 On motion it was " Resolved, that we heartily endorse 
 the Gospel Temperance movement." 
 
 Rev. H. F. Titus presented the following resolution, 
 which was adopted: 
 
 " Whereas, the church whose guests we are is deeply 
 bereaved, by the sudden death of Deacon John S. Brooks: 
 
 Resolved, that we extend to them, and to the sorrow- 
 ing family of the deceased, our tenderest Christian sym- 
 pathy, praying that they may recognize in this affliction 
 the staff as well as the rod of the Heavenly Father." 
 
 The Woman's Missionary Society was addressed by 
 Mrs. F. D. Fenner, of the church in Ovid, and the follow- 
 ing officers were elected : President, Mrs. F. D. Fenner ; 
 Vice-President, Mrs. Andrew Miller ; Secretary and 
 Treasurer, Mrs. A. C. Mallory. 
 
 The committee on the state of religion, notes that sev- 
 eral of the churches have carefully revised their lists of 
 members, but express the fear that the Association is not 
 holding its own in numbers and influence. The church 
 in Enfield has built a parsonage. Farmer Village reports 
 special interest in the prayer-meetings. The church in 
 Ithaca has paid all debts and improved its church build- 
 ing. On the 28th of May they celebrated their Semi- 
 centennial Jubilee. 
 
 The Associati9n held its fifty seventh annual session 
 with the First Baptist Church in Ithaca, Oct. ist and 2d, 
 1878. Rev. Lewis Halsey, of Farmer Village, preached 
 the introductory sermon, from Mark, 13:4, — "To every 
 man his work ! " Rev. A. D. Abbott, of Enfield, was 
 chosen Moderator, Rev. J. J. Phelps, of Trumansburg, 
 and Bro. L. B. Albert,, of Ovid Village, Clerks. The first 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 8i 
 
 evening session was given to devotional services led by 
 Rev. A.-C. Mallory. The committee on the state of re- 
 ligion regret the almost universal absence of revival in- 
 fluences in the churches, and plead for a closer walk with 
 God on the part of pastors and people. 
 
 The report of the committee on obituaries, and the 
 letter of the church in Trumansburg, pay loving tribute 
 to the memory of Deacon James McLallen. For twenty- 
 eight years he was a Deacon of the church in Trumans- 
 burg, and for thirty-five years was Corresponding Secre- 
 tary of the Seneca Association. 
 
 Prof. John Green, of Hamilton, preached the closing 
 sermon, from Mark, 12:43-44. 
 
 The Association accepted, with thanks, an invitation 
 from President Andrew D. White, of Cornell University, 
 to visit that institution, and were welcomed by President 
 White, Rev. Dr. W. D. Wilson, L. H. D., and Prof. Wil- 
 lard Fiske, Librarian of the University. 
 
 The tables of statistics are imperfect, the churches fail- 
 ing to make full reports. This failure must be regretted 
 by all who have an interest in the history of the Associa- 
 tion. 
 
 The officers of the Woman's Missionary Society are: 
 President, Mrs. C. W. Brooks ; Vice-President, Mrs. An- 
 drew Miller ; Secretary and Treasurer, Mrs. A. C. Mal- 
 lory; contributions $168.75. 
 
 The Association adjourned to meet at Trumansburg, 
 Oct. 7, 1879. 
 
The Churches. 
 
 Covert. 
 
 PREFACE. 
 " Many and Zealous have been the Laybors of emminent 
 Characters at various periods since the Gosple dispensa- 
 tion took place, to set in Order the things that were 
 lacking in the house of GOD. And to the Glory of GOD 
 and immortal honor of some Fathers in Israel whose Lay- 
 bors have been blest, much good has been done in this 
 way. 
 
 While it is also to be Lamented that the minds of many 
 have been perverted by the cunning insinuations of some 
 Who have laid Aside the commandments of GOD, and have 
 taught for doctrine the precepts of men, — these are they 
 that are ever learning, and Yet are never able to come to 
 the Knowledge of the truth, professing themselves to be 
 free while they are Slaves to lust, teaching also that gain 
 is Godliness corrupting the truth. Imposing on the Igno- 
 rant, and puzzleing the minds of the weak, — Insinuating 
 that the priest's lips Keepeth Knowledge, — and that the 
 people should seek the law at his mouth, for he alone 
 must be considered as the explainer of truth, and as the 
 
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 messenger of the Lord of hosts. Thus by the impious 
 Impositions of those impostors who have wantonly turn- 
 ed the Grace of God into lasciviousness, and have Sus- 
 pended the Important truths of the Glorious Gospel on 
 the point of birth and education, have Deprived the Ig- 
 norant of Knowledge, the weak of strength, and the 
 feeble and dis tressed of comfort. But Glory be to God 
 our Savior that in these last goings down of the sun, the 
 Lord hath taken unto himself his great Name, and is 
 feeding his own flock ( we humbly hope in many parts 
 of the world ) as in the days of old— bringing his children 
 from under the hand of the oppressor, causing them each 
 one to set under his own vine and fig-tree, and none to 
 make them afraid, — while they have had to Rejoice and 
 say we have sat under his shadow, and his fruit was pleas- 
 ant to our taste, he also brought us into his banqueting 
 house and his banner over us was love — Blessed be the 
 Name of our Great shepherd that light has sprung up, 
 the Intollerable load of carnal Ordinances are fast falling 
 Unto the Ground. Church creeds, cerrimonies, and 
 tedious Articles, are also giving place unto the simple 
 Rules Exhibited in the Glorious Gosple for the faith and 
 practice of the church of Christ, while simplicity of 
 manner, a close application unto the word of God, and 
 the Knowledge of the truth is Propagating and riseing in 
 their stead. Yea, so evident is it, that the Lord is on his 
 way to build Jerusalem and to repair the breaches there- 
 of, that the very things of Nature are witnessing there- 
 unto — for we see that the wilderness and the Sollitary 
 places have been made Glad in a Temporal as well as in a 
 Spiritual sense— the Desert has blossomed like a rose, and 
 springs have broke out in dry places to give drink to 
 his flock, his chosen — the lands that lay long in darkness 
 have been visited with light, and to them which sat in 
 
 the region and shadow of Death has light sprang up 
 
 even the Vicinety in which we now live, but a few Years 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 85 
 
 ago Was unknown to the civilized world, and was a retreat 
 for the voracious tribes of the forest — no other Voice to 
 be heard but the doleful Notes of the birds of darkness, 
 the dismal screams of the beasts of pray, and the war- 
 whoop of the Natives of the Land- -has since been covered 
 over with a Civilized people, and has become vocally a 
 place for the high praises of our GOD. Standards are 
 Erected here and there through our Land. Sinners are 
 become Subjects unto Sovereign Grace — the heathen are 
 Given unto the Son, and Saints are Rejoicing in the Glori- 
 ous truths of the gosple. 
 
 thus while we make mention of the General and par- 
 ticular Displays of the tender mercies of the Lord our 
 God, we feel to desire with Gratitude to adore his Sov 
 reign grace and Living love, that has brought together 
 from various parts of the Earth a Number of Rational In- 
 telligences, formed their hearts by Grace divine to become 
 a people for his praise, and to shew forth his Glory, and 
 has United their hearts together with bands of Love, and 
 brought them to sit together in heavenly places in Christ 
 Jesus, that they might shew forth to Ages yet to come, 
 and to the families yet unborn, what Great things the 
 Lord hath done for them. 
 
 Therefore we a Little Band through Divine mercy hav- 
 ing Received this hope and comfortable evidences, we feel 
 to stand fast in the Liberties wherein Christ has sot us 
 free. Laying aside the Rules, Ceremonies, Command- 
 ments, and Traditions of men, Design at all times, and on 
 all occasions, to take the word of God, the holy Scriptures, 
 as the man of our council and the only rule of our faith 
 and Practice^and may the Lord our God who planteth 
 churches — and waters them with the dews of divine grace. 
 Bless this little branch, and make it like Joseph's Vine 
 that Run over the wall — guard it from the Achers — and 
 Protect it from the wild boar of the Desert, and cause that 
 its converts may be numerous as the drops of the morn- 
 
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 ing dew— and to God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
 shall be rendered and Ascribed Kingdom,power,Dominion, 
 praise and thanksgiving, henceforth and forever, AMEff. 
 
 Approved and Signed by order, and in behalf of the 
 church of ovid and Hector, this 26th day of April, 1804. 
 
 Phinehas Fullerton. Clerk. 
 " CONFESSION OF FAITH AND COVENANT. 
 
 We, a number of Baptist brethren in the towns of 
 Ovid and Hector — holding the Doctrine of Father, Son, 
 and Holy Ghost, Eternal and Personal Election to holiness 
 here, and Eternal Life hereafter — the total depravity of 
 all mankind by Adam's Transgression— Redemption by the 
 Blood of Christ, and free justefycation by his imputed 
 Righteousness, Efificacious and Irresistable Grace in Regen- 
 eration — final perseverance of saints in Grace — Water Bap- 
 tism by Immersion on a Profession of Repentance toward 
 God, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ — and the Punish- 
 ment of the wicked in as unlimited a sense as the happi- 
 ness of the Righteous. 
 
 Do in the Sperit of the Gosple Covenant to walk to- 
 gether henceforth in Christian Union — in the bond and 
 fellowship of the Gosple — Covenanting with each Other 
 that in all things, as far as the Holy Sperit makes plain 
 and Ennables us, we will walk according to the Blessed 
 word of God the holy Scriptures, both in faith and prac- 
 tice — in watching and prayer — in public and private 
 worship, and in the order and Discipline of the Church, in 
 taking care of the poor, and in maintaining of the Minis- 
 try, and in every other thing that shall appear to be duty. 
 Praying the Lord to Guide us by Unerring Wisdom — pro- 
 tect us by Almighty power, and preserve us by Sovreign 
 Grace, to whome be Glory, Amen." 
 
 This " preface " and confession of faith are given in full, 
 because they afford a better idea than wouid any de- 
 scription of the doctrines held by the fathers, and of th eir 
 
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 manner of giving expression to those doctrines. The 
 original orthography is retained, as bringing more vividly 
 before us the days in which these words were written, 
 and the customs of. the past. It will be seen that the 
 writers could use as long sentences as are reputed to"be 
 those of one of the present Cabinet ofificers of the U. S., 
 that the spelling was unusually good, and that capital 
 letters seem to have been used often to indicate emphasis. 
 
 At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Bap- 
 tists of America — -then as the stars in multitude— may be 
 interested in reading, in their own words, the views of 
 doctrine held by the Baptist pioneers, when churches of 
 their faith were few in number, when central New York 
 was the western wilderness, when the city of Rochester 
 was yet so far in the future that it is doubtful whether 
 there was a single white inhabitant within its present 
 limits. 
 
 In order to illustrate the fact that the grammar and 
 orthography of our ancestors were not the worst in the 
 world at that time, I quote from the records of a church 
 in the eastern part of the State. ( Vide Minutes of the 
 Union Baptist Association for 1866.) The quotation is 
 verbatim et literatim : 
 
 " the 13 Fabruwairy 1802 the church Met a Cording To 
 a Pint Ment at the Metinhous and open Metin By singin 
 an Prayin the church chos a Moderator and Requre after 
 the Minds of the Brthein and fond a Mather of peas a 
 Mongst them the church a gread To Meat To the Meat- 
 inhous for Meatins after this at present and so concluded 
 By Prer." 
 
 HISTORY. 
 
 The Covert Baptist church was constituted February 
 16, 1803, being known at first as the Baptist church of 
 Ovid and Hector. It had twenty-eight constituent mem- 
 bers, viz. Minor Thomas, Nancy Thomas, Asaph King, 
 Deborah King, Joseph Thomas, Ann Thomas, Garrett 
 
88 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 Easling, Ann Jeffery, Margaret King, Elizabeth Cash, 
 Mary A. Coddington, Hannah Freeland, Marcy Wood- 
 worth, Silas Potter, Esther Potter, Sarai Walsworth, 
 Nathaniel Osgood, Hannah Osgood, Phineas Clark, Ezra 
 Ke'eler, Godfrey Clair, Mrs. Clair, Jas. Drake, Martin 
 Peck, Charlotte Clark, Lucy Peck, Hannah Keeler and 
 Peggy Gray. 
 
 In the council granting recognition, the following 
 churches of the Cayuga Association were represented : 
 Third Scipio, Second Scipio, Milton, First Aurelius, 
 Romulus. Elder Thomas Tuttle, of the third church in 
 Scipio, was Moderator, Joel Tyler, of Aurelius, Clerk. 
 The newly constituted church presented to the council, 
 for ordination, their pastor. Minor Thomas. Brother 
 Thomas gave a relation of his experience in grace, his 
 lead to the ministry, his doctrines and practical senti- 
 ments, to the satisfaction of the council. He was then 
 ordained. Elder E. Harrington, of the Second Scipio 
 church, preaching the sermon. Rev. J. Wisner, of Romu- 
 lus, offering the ordaining, prayer. Elder David Irish, of 
 Aurelius, giving the charge to the candidate. Elder T. 
 Tuttle, extending the hand of fellowship, Elder Micajah 
 Starr, of Milton, " praying the concluding prayer." 
 Thomas Campbell was appointed the first clerk of the 
 church, Asaph King and Joseph Thomas, were elected 
 Deacons. In June, 1803, the church was represented at 
 the session of the Cayuga Association, held at Bailey 
 Town. 
 
 In Sept. of this year, a member is excluded for licen- 
 tious conduct, " such as associating with and taking part 
 with the wicked, and going to dances." Brother John 
 King is " tolerated to improve his gift, when and where 
 God in his providence shall open a door." Elder Thomas 
 is chosen as pastor, April 21, 1804; for compensation he 
 is to depend on the liberality of the church and congre- 
 gation. 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 89 
 
 Hie apparet Diabolus. Elder Thomas, beginning his 
 work as pastor, and showing himself to be an able and 
 successful minister, Satan incites his emissaries to bring 
 railing accusations against him in order to destroy his in- 
 fluence. Elder Thomas asks that the charges be thorough- 
 ly investigated, when they were clearly shown to be 
 malicious fabrications, and the church wisely took the 
 trouble to put on record the evidence which disproves 
 them. 
 
 It was voted that a declaration of every excommunica- 
 tion shall be made in a public congregation, as soon after 
 the person is excommunicated as is possible. 
 
 In 1805, March 9th, the name of the church was changed 
 to the Second Baptist church of Ovid. There were fre- 
 quent expulsions for the intemperate use of ardent spirits, 
 and many cases of private trespass were brought before 
 the church for settlement, which should have been ar- 
 ranged by the brethren at their homes. In May, 1805, it 
 was voted that private trespasses shall be labored on in a 
 private manner, and if they need to be brought before 
 the church, it must be according to the gospel rule laid 
 down in the eighteenth chapter of St. Matthew, — also 
 that when the church acts on questions of discipline, it 
 shall be " in as private a manner from the world as pos- 
 sible." Committees were appointed to visit brethren who 
 neglected church meetings, to admonish them, and to re- 
 quire them to render some reason for their neglect of 
 duty. 
 
 On the 5th of July, 1806, a council convened, of which 
 Micajah Starr was Moderator, and Mahlon Bainbridge, 
 Clerk. Brother John King, of the Covert church, preach- 
 ed to the council, and was called before them for exam- 
 ination. The brethren voted that they believed that 
 brother King had experienced a gracious change of heart, 
 but with his call to the ministry, and his "knowledge in 
 doctrinal ideas," they were not fully satisfied. Cornelius 
 
go Seneca Baptist Association". 
 
 Handley, and Joseph Thomas, candidates for ordination 
 as deacons, having related their christian experience, and 
 being examined concerning points of doctrine, were or- 
 dained as deacons, in the following order: — sermon, by 
 Elder John Laseur, ordaining prayer, by Elder J. Wisner, 
 laying on of hands, by Elders Laseur, Winans, Starr, 
 Wisner and Thomas, charge, by Elder M. Starr, hand of 
 fellowship, by Elder Laseur, concluding prayer, by Elderf 
 Winans. 
 
 The church voted to raise twenty dollars for the ex- 
 penses of the table and maintaining the poor, the sum to 
 be proportionately levied on each member by the deacons. 
 These officers were to collect and expend this money, to 
 render an account to the church, and to retain so much 
 as would compensate them for their loss of time. 
 
 The trustees were directed to circulate a subscription 
 to raise a support for brother Thomas for his service in 
 the ministry, these subscriptions to specify money, grain 
 and labor. The word " compensation " is stricken out of 
 the minutes in the sentence above where the word sup^ 
 port is used. Some of the chur.ch fathers were careful as 
 to their terminology. They believed that a minister 
 should live by the gospel, but not that he should lay up 
 anything " for a rainy day." His faith must be so ,much 
 stronger than that of his people that for the education 
 of his children, the care he may need in old age, and 
 provision for his family, in case he should be laid aside 
 by sickness, he must trust to Providence. 
 
 Phinehas FuUerton asking for ordination, a council was 
 called to examine him, of which Elder David Irish was 
 Moderator, Elder Lemuel Taylor, Clerk. The council 
 decided, after an examination of the candidate, that mat- 
 ters were not ripe to proceed to ordination at present, 
 yet would encourage brother FuUerton to continue in im- 
 proving his gift. 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 91 
 
 On the eleventh of March, 1807, the church met to 
 settle a difficulty respecting brother James Mills, who had 
 charged the doctrine of election and the preaching of it 
 with damnable heresy. The church labored with brother 
 Mills, and taught him more perfectly in the nature of this 
 doctrine, when he was convinced of his madness and 
 folly, confessed, and was forgiven. At the next covenant 
 meeting, when the brothers and sisters were enquired of 
 concerning the " travel " of their minds. " there was found 
 a comfortable union except in brother Mills, who mani- 
 fested a determination of communing with Christians of 
 every denomination." He was soon afterward excluded. 
 
 On the 1st of November, 1807, it was voted that brother 
 Barzilla King serve the church as chorister, " to set the 
 psalms in our public worship." Brother and sister Wright 
 came forward and confessed their wrong in allowing a 
 ball at their house. Voted that the evening of our 
 covenant meeting day shall be the time of our com- 
 munion. 
 
 In 1808, the church proposed to raise one-hundred 
 and thirty dollars by equality — one hundred and ten, to' 
 be paid to Elder Thomas, twenty dollars to be appro- 
 priated to the poor and provision for the table. It was 
 decided that Elder Thomas' salary should be paid to him 
 in farmers' produce at the market price. It was resolved 
 that a member should be received' or excluded only by 
 the unanimous voice of the church. 
 
 In 1 8 II, Elder E. Kendall became a member of the 
 church, and preached occasionally in the absence of Elder 
 Thomas. There was soon a division of sentiment as to 
 the ability of the two elders, and Elder Kendall was re- 
 quested to preach no more. His following was very 
 small ; but sister Kendall often comes before the church 
 with her " grievance." 
 
 In 1 8 12, it was resolved to pay Elder Thomas one 
 hundred and fifty dollars for his services during the en- 
 
92 Seneca Baptist Association, 
 
 suing year, but some of the brethren manifested a dis- 
 satisfaction that the minister should have a stipulated 
 sum, and the act was disannulled. Elder Thomas was 
 given leave to go on a short missionary tour. 
 
 A council was finally called to adjust the differences 
 between Elder Kendall and the church. The charges 
 against Elder Kendall were substantiated. Elder Caton, 
 of Romulus, was Moderator, and brought in a report 
 censuring the church for taking Elder Ezra Kendall 
 under their watch-care without receiving his letter, a pro- 
 ceeding highly improper and incompatible with gospel 
 order, also censuring the church for allowing private 
 meetings to concert measures in the church without con- 
 sulting their minister, and the church as a body. 
 
 Here we have a good stafwart council. It visited cen- 
 sure upon all parties concerned, Elder Kendall, Elder 
 Thomas, and the Covert church. 
 
 Brother Chase grieved the minds of some of his breth- 
 ren, by joining the Free Masons without having permis- 
 sion from the church, but he promised not to attend the 
 lodge very often, so the brethren unanimously expressed 
 fellowship with him. 
 
 Early in the year 18/5, Elder Thomas reported to the 
 church that he was willing to serve them during the com- 
 ing year, if they would find means to hire a man to serve 
 him, and the churcb accepted the proposition. Elder 
 Thomas was now preaching one-fourth of the time for the 
 First church in Ovid. 
 
 In 181 5, the church received abundant spiritual bless- 
 ings. Large numbers united by baptism, many relating 
 their Christian experience at the water side. 
 
 Elder Thomas had promised the Female Missionary 
 Society to go on a missionary journey, and had received 
 fifty dollars to pay his expenses, but the church resolved 
 to request Elder Thomas not to go on this missionary 
 tour, " as we know not how to spare him at present." 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 93 
 
 They voted also to raise two hundred dollars for the ex- 
 penses of the year, and appointed Jesse Hall, Samuel 
 Almy, Lewis Johnston, William Ward, Joshua Gee, 
 Josiah Cleveland, and Chester Coburn as solicitors, each 
 to collect his subscriptions, and to receive five per cent 
 for his trouble. 
 
 In Oct. 1 8 16, a number 6i members in the town of 
 Ulysses were dismissed to form another church. 
 
 In 1818, Elder Thomas informed the church that he 
 could serve them but half the time, and soon afterward 
 bade them farewell to resume his pioneer labors in the 
 far West. 
 
 A committee was appointed to visit the church in 
 Ulysses, and ask them to allow Elder J. Lewis to preach 
 one half of the time at Covert. Another colony was dis- 
 missed to form a church in Hector. It was voted to es- 
 tablish the act of equality in this church, according to 
 property and privilege, and Brethren Johnston, Jeremiah 
 Rappleye, Wheeler, and Scott, were appointed to take 
 an estimate of each member's property, and make out each 
 one's proportion of the expenses of the church. On the 
 8th of August, the church called Elder James Derthick 
 to be their pastor. 
 
 On the fourteenth of November, 1818, the church de- 
 cided, to allow Elder Derthick to preach one-fourth of the 
 time at Farmerville, in accordance with a petition pre- 
 sented by brother Samuel Almy. 
 
 On the 24th of Jan. 18 19, the church held a meeting at 
 the log meeting-house in Ulysses, this edifice being now 
 mentioned for the first time in the church records. Elder 
 Elon Galusha was present at a meeting held in 18 19, and 
 was appointed Moderator. Elder O. C. Comstock was 
 invited to preach as a supply when Elder Derthick was 
 absent. On the 13th of August, 18 19, delegates were 
 sent to a council held at the log meeting-house in Ulys- 
 ses, for the purpose of constituting a church at that place. 
 
94 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 In October of the same year, a request was received from 
 a number of brethren in Rappleye's settlement, ( Farmer- 
 ville ) that. they might be constituted as a church, "if 
 found on gospel ground." At the next meeting, a simi- 
 lar request was received from another colony in Hector, 
 which was also granted. 
 
 Among those dismissed at this time to form the Farm- 
 erville church was Judith Tunison, who is still living, and 
 is a member of that church. 
 
 The question coming before the church as to their 
 pastor's remaining for another year, the following' guard- 
 ed but significant opinion is recorded. " All things con- 
 sidered, if Providence should open a door, it might possi- 
 bly be for his good, and the good of the cause, if he 
 should move away." 
 
 At this time Elder Thomas had returned, after at least 
 several months absence, and he was invited to preach as 
 an occasional supply. On the 9th of Sept. 1820, Breth- 
 ren J. P. Woodworth and Minor King, were appointed 
 delegates to the Cayuga Association, and were instructed 
 to request a dismissal from it, that the church might 
 unite with "the Seneca Association, lately formed." 
 Brother J. P. Woodworth was invited to "improve part 
 of the time at the meeting-house." 
 
 On Sunday, Sept. 2d, 1821, the church appointed J. P. 
 Woodworth, Nathan Cole, Daniel Cole, William Stillwell, 
 and Lewis Porter, to represent the church at the Seneca 
 Association, with authority to unite with that body. 
 " On Wednesday, Sept. 5th," the record continues, the 
 church united-with the Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 In 1822, Elder Obed Warren was engaged as pastor, 
 his salary to be two hundred dollars, " and fire-wood fit 
 for the fire." On the 22d of Sept. 1822, Elder Warren 
 broke bread to the church, ■" and the season was solemn 
 and comfortable." On the 29th of August, 1823, Elder 
 Warren fell asleep, after a short illness. He was sincere- 
 
Seneca Baptist AsSociATio>f. 95 
 
 ly mourned. His funeral was attended on Sunday, Aug. 
 31st. Elder O. C. Comstock preaching from Psalms, 
 73:24, — " Thou shalt guide me With thy counsel, and 
 afterward receive me to glory." 
 
 Elder Aaron Abbott was next engaged as pastor, at a 
 salary of two hundred dollars,, and twenty-five cords of 
 wood. On the, 25th of Dec, 1824, the church received 
 brother Thomas Simpson Sheardown, and sister Esther 
 Sheardown, on relation of their Christian estperience, they 
 having been members of a Baptist church in England, 
 which had lost its visibility. At this time, part of the 
 covenant meetings were held at the school-house at Hall's 
 Corners. 
 
 In 1826, brother Frost expressed a grief with brother 
 Ware for pettifogging. Brother Ware, being called to ac- 
 count at a subsequent meeting, " confessed that pleading 
 law had been a grief to him, and he did not wonder it 
 had grieved his brethren." Long ago he had an evidence 
 that he had been called to preach,-—" he had been disobe* 
 dient, — had pleaded law to get rid of preaching the gos- 
 pel." At a meeting held some weeks afterward, the 
 church, " Resolved, that pettifogging is in our opinion, a 
 dangerous calling for a Christian." Soon afterward the 
 church passed resolutions in opposition to Free Masonry, 
 and this action appears to have led to the resignation of 
 Elder Abbott, who seems to have claimed the right to 
 commune with members of the Masonic order. 
 
 Deacon John Boorom was one member of a committee 
 to employ Elder Richard Woolsey, who was promised a 
 salary of two hundred and twenty-five dollars. Elder 
 Woolsey was obliged to decline the call. Elder P. P. 
 Roots served for a time as a supply, then Elder J. C. 
 Holt was called to the pastorate. It was voted to " hold 
 the fourth of July next in a religious manner, have a 
 sermon preached, and take a collection for the coloniza- 
 tion society." 
 
96 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 In 1830, Elder Woolsey again received a call to the 
 pastorate, and decided to accept it. A better spirit seems 
 to have prevailed, and the Master is with the church to 
 revive his work. In November, the church had a happy- 
 season at a four days' meeting, which for many years was 
 remembered with pleasure. 
 
 In Dec. 1832, Silas Gregg, and Chappie Close were ap- 
 pointed assistant choristers, " to have the privilege of going 
 in the gallery or standing in front of the pulpit, as they 
 please." About one hundred and thirty members were 
 present at a covenant meeting. 
 
 The question of holding a communion service at the 
 annual meeting of the Association was discussed, and the 
 church decided that it would be expedient to do so. 
 
 The first six days of the year 1833, were set apart by 
 the church for a.protracted meeting, in which a number 
 of visiting Elders and brethren participated. Many of 
 the brothers and sisters confessed their faults one to an- 
 other, and promised to try to live in that way which the 
 gospel points out as the Christian's path. There were a 
 number of baptisms. Elder Woolsey's salary at this time 
 was two hundred dollars. Voted to hold a meeting on 
 the first Monday in January, 1835, to pray for the con- 
 version of the world. One of the brethren came forward 
 and confessed that he had done wrong in attending a 
 horse-race. 
 
 In 1836, a brother said that he was not in fellowship 
 and could not commune, because of the act of equality, 
 " poor brethren had to pay rich ministers, some held to 
 supporting Seminaries, Bible Societies, Sunday-Schools, 
 etc." The Elder, Deacon Daniel Cole, and brother John 
 Boorom, were appointed to labor with him and report. 
 The salary was now one hundred and fifty dollars. The 
 church offered the brother an opportunity to prove from 
 Scripture, that the act of equality was wrong. The 
 grieved brother appeared at a special church meeting, 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 97 
 
 and occupied most of the afternoon in stating his views. 
 The only text he quoted in support of his position, that 
 the act of equality was wrong, was Jeremiah, 6:13. Voted 
 unanimously that he answer whether he will pay two 
 dollars as his proportion of the pastor's salary. He re- 
 fused to answer; said he knew nothing about paying 
 ministers except they were poor, he did not owe Elder 
 Woolsey anything, he would as lief steal as submit to the 
 act, etc. The question was put to the church, " Can you 
 walk with him in fellowship under such circumstances ? " 
 and was answered in the negative, without a dissenting 
 voice. 
 
 Brethren John Boorom, Sylvester King, and Anson 
 Hopkins were appointed collectors. Elder Woolsey was 
 succeeded by Elder Clay, 1837. Mr. Lucius Fenn, was 
 appointed chorister. 
 
 Elder John Sears was invited to become pastor, and 
 the church decided to raise four hundred dollars for his 
 support for one year. The invitation was not accepted, 
 and in August, 1838, Elder Alonzo Wadhams became 
 pastor, at a salary of two hundred and fifty dojlars. He 
 was ordained Nov. 21st, by a council, of which Elder S. 
 S. Parr, was Moderator, and Elder P. Shedd, Clerk. 
 Elders Woolsey, Parr, Shedd, Swick, Wisner, and De- 
 Land, took part in the services. A committee was ap. 
 pointed to see what would support Brother Wadhams 
 next year, and report to the church. 
 
 Feb. 13th, 1 841, the church ''voted to attend meeting 
 to-morrow at Farmerville;" where Elder Woolsey was 
 now pastor, as " there is a great work of the Lord in that 
 place." May 8th, 1841, it is voted that Elder Calvin 
 Bateman be received as a member and pastor of the 
 church : the church and society, by a vote on the Lord's 
 day previous, having agreed to give him a comfortable 
 living. Three hundred dollars a year was named, but 
 some thought that amount would be insufficient. In the 
 
98 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 .minutes for December, we find the first record of a dona- 
 tion visit to the pastor. It was i-esolved that " we are 
 conscientiously opposed to our meeting-house being 
 used for any other purpose than for rehgious exercises, or 
 such meetings, as in the opinion of the trustees are de- 
 signed for the glory of God." 
 
 Elder Litchfield became pastor in 1843. The minutes 
 soon record a precious revival. We find the first mention 
 of a Sunday-School May loth, 1844. The pastor was ap- 
 pointed Superintendent, H. H.. Dennison, and Milo V. 
 Cole assistants. Elder Sheardown aided the pastor in a 
 protracted meeting. The church begins to be troubled 
 by that bugbear of so many Baptist churches, "back ar- 
 rearages." Rev. Chauncey Wardner became pastor in 
 
 ;i874..' 
 
 On the ninth of January, 1853, the church voted to 
 celebrate its fiftieth anniversary with appropriate services. 
 Rev. E. Marshall, N. Cole, Amzi Durand, and R. D. 
 Hubbard, were appointed a committee of arrangements. 
 
 ' The celebration was held Feb. 15 th and 1 6th, and these 
 were memorable days in the history of the church. On 
 Tuesday morning, Feb. 15th, Rev. D. Taylor, gave an 
 address on the early history of Baptists in Europe. This 
 was followed by a conference, in which a nunlber of the 
 aged members of the church participated. In the even- 
 ing. Rev. C. L. Bacon, of Trumansburg, gave a sketch 
 of the rise and progress of the Baptists in America, 
 On Wednesday morning, the pastor. Rev. C. Ward- 
 ner, preached from Psalms, LXXVIIi, the first six verses! 
 In the evening. Father T. S. Sheardown gave an account 
 of his pioneer labors in this region, and for nearly two 
 hours the audience listened with almost breathless atten- 
 tion. The church was filled to overflowing during these 
 interesting services. 
 
 In March, Rev. O. Montague assisted the pastor in a 
 series of meetings, and a gracious revival followed. 
 
.Seneca Baptist Association. -gg 
 
 ■ Rev. C. Wardner resigned Oct. i, 1853, and was suc- 
 ceeded by Rev. Erios Marshall. In i860, R^v. B. F. Bal- 
 com assisted the pastor in a protracted meeting, and the 
 church received many additions. Elder Marshall preach- 
 ed his farewell sermon, April 5th, 1863. He was followed 
 by Rev. S. V. Marsh. During the pastorate of Mr. 
 Marsh, the church services were unusually well attended, 
 and- two weekly prayer-meetings were sustained. The; 
 next year, the church reports thirteen additions by bap- 
 tism. Another refreshing followed in 1866. Rev. Wil- 
 liam Rees ( better known perhaps as Dr. Rees,) was pastor 
 from 1867 to 1 87 1. During his pastorate, congregations 
 were unusually large, peace prevailed, and the, church en- 
 joyed a season of temporal prosperity. The Sunday- 
 School, under the superintendence of Deacon T. H. 
 King, was well sustained. The house of worship was re- 
 paired and in part refurnished. 
 
 Rev. George Hopkins w^s chosen pastor in July, 1872, 
 and was ordained Sept. l8th, the following pastors taking 
 part in the services : Rev. Z. Cirenell, Jr., of Kingston, 
 Rev. C. J. Shrimpton, of Ithaca, Rev. A. W. Mettler, of 
 Scott's Corners,, Rev. Geo. A. Starkweather, of Trumans- 
 burg. Mr. Hopkins continued as pastor for three years, 
 epjciying: the esteem of alL His labors were blessed to 
 the reviving of the work of the Master, and in 1874, the 
 church reports fifteen baptisms. He resigned April 
 I, 1875. 
 
 Rev. A- C. Mallory began his work as pastor April 
 I, 1S76, winning at; once the regard of his people, and the 
 respect of the community. July Fourth, 1876, was one 
 of the days to be remembered in the history of the Covert 
 church. Nearly one, thpusand people assembled to hear 
 the notes of the Centennial' Bell, rung for the first time, 
 upon that national holiday. . Hon. Nestor Woodworth 
 was President of the assembly. Miss Ella Stillwell recited 
 thp dgqlaration of independence, Major Orlo Horton read. 
 
100 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 an exceedingly interesting history of the town of Covert 
 Rev. Dr. Gre;gory, Rev'ds. A. C. Mallory, O. H. Seymour, 
 L. Halsey, and others gave brief addresses. The skillful 
 hands of Covert's fair daughters provided bountiful en- 
 tertainment. The bell was quickly raised to its place by 
 S. A. Drake, of Farmer Village. Long may its sweet 
 tones call Covert's sons to worship. In times of joy^ 
 may it speak to them of the praise due the Giver of all 
 blessings ; in times of sorrow, may its melody remind 
 them of a world where all is music, and perfect harmony, 
 and peace ! 
 
 For the last ten or fifteen years, there has been little 
 in the history of the church that needs to be recorded- 
 Pastors and people have labored together, usually in full 
 accord. The church has enjoyed occasional revivals, as 
 will be seen by the statistical tables. The clerk's book 
 gives next to nothing that is historical, since the time of 
 Elder Marshall. 
 
 The church has lost many of its most faithful members 
 by death, and has been weakened by the removal of 
 others, but there are Workers and Queens in the old hive 
 yet, and although the season for swarming may be over, 
 the Master will find faithful laborers in the church in 
 Covert, and with honey out of the rock will he satisfy 
 them. 
 
 retrospective. 
 
 Virginia is the mother of Presidents, Covert the mother 
 of Churches. Among those belonging to the Seneca As- 
 sociation, she has at least six daughters and two grand- 
 daughters. She was not boastful when she said to the 
 churches, at their annual assembly in 1859 : " As a mother 
 welcomes home her returning daughters, so would this 
 mother-church welcome you ! " 
 
 The mission-journeys of Elder Thomas, begun as early 
 as 1808, extending as far as Dryden and even to the 
 regions beyond, resulted in the establishment of numer- 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. lot 
 
 ous preaching stations, where the services of a minister 
 were eagerly sought after. One of the quarterly meet- 
 ings of the church in 1808, was held at the head of Seneca 
 
 Lake to accommodate brethren living in that region. 
 
 In 1809, meetings were held one-half of the time at the 
 home church in Thomas' settlement, one-fourth of the 
 time at Samuel Hanley's, in Hector, one-fourth of the 
 time at 'Peach Orchard, or other out-stations. This year, 
 the first colony was dismissed, calling itself the First 
 church in Hector, now Bennettsburg. 
 
 In 18 1 3, a number of brethren in Ulysses were dismiss- 
 ed to constitutfi a church. In 1817, the Second Hector, 
 ( now Mecklenburg ) was organized by members dismiss- 
 ed from Covert for that purpose. The church of Enfield 
 was another colony sent out the same year. In 18 18, 
 other brethren were given letters that they might estab- 
 lish the third church in Hector, which was afterward 
 dismissed to join the Chemung River Association. The 
 churches in Trumansburg and Farmerville, were consti- 
 tuted in 1819. In the same year. Elder Thomas and 
 nearly, fifty others, received letters to take to Indiana, 
 where they organized a new church of Covert's spiritual 
 children. In 1820, was constituted the fourth church in 
 Hector, afterward known as the Peach Orchard church. 
 The same year another request was granted to brethren 
 in Ulysses that they might form a new church ; a colony 
 of the Covert church also went to Rushford, All-egany 
 Co., and were there constituted as a branch of the old 
 church. That branch has since become a strong and 
 vigorous tree. Thus, within two years, the old hive sent 
 out six strong swarms. No wonder Elder Derthick was 
 discouraged. But there was honey in the old hive yet, 
 and the workers had not all departed. In 182 1, a num- 
 ber of the members living in the town of Lodi were dis- 
 missed to aid in forming another new church. 
 
102 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 Thus we note twelve ghurches,. most of them still in 
 existence, which were constitute?! wholly, or chiefly of 
 members taken from the church in Covert. Writes Elder 
 Marshall : 
 
 " She who once sat as a queen and waved her beautiful 
 sceptre of 'holiness unto the Lord,' by these changes 
 has been weakened in strength and in numbers, and so 
 circumscribed in her boundaries, that what Red Jacket, 
 the Indian chief, said of his countrymen, the members of 
 the Covert church, considering the former extent of their 
 territory, and comparing it with their now narrowed 
 boundaries, may say of themselves: 'We have scarcely 
 room enough to spread our blankets ! ' " 
 
 From a historical sketch of the- churches of the Cat- 
 taraugus Association, we, learn the interesting fact that 
 the church at Farmerville, Cattaraugus Co., was a branch 
 of the Rushford church. ■ The correspondence of name 
 with that of the daiughter of Covert, long known as Farm- 
 erville church, is too singular to escape notice. 
 
 Judge James McCall, one of the founders of the Rush- 
 ford church, was an early settler in the town of Covert, 
 Seneca Co., residing near Farmer Village, which was once 
 known as " McCall's." He was converted at thirty-eight, 
 uniting with the Covert church. He represented Seneca 
 Co., in the Assembly in 1809 and 1813, succeeding,©. C. 
 Comstock. Removing to Rushford, he was elected to 
 the bench, the Assembly, and the Senate of: this State. 
 His first thought seemed to be; ever for the church of 
 Christ. He was benevolent, public-spirited, and pro- 
 verbially the friend of the poor. He was an early life- 
 member of the Baptist State Convention, and one of its 
 officers. He died at Rushford, in 1856, aged eighty-two 
 years. / 
 
 It is probable that the 'first building in the County, 
 erected for public worship, was a log house which stood 
 near the grist mill, (Judge. Silas Halsey's) about one 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 103 
 
 ■mile south-west of the present village of Lbdi. It seems 
 to have been open to all denominations. Among the 
 preachers here were Elder Jehiel Wisner, Baptist, and 
 Rev. Mr. Clark, Presbyterian. This house was taken 
 down early in the nineteenth century. 
 
 In 1807, or 1808, the Baptists put up a small frame 
 house about a mile and a quarter west of Lodi. This 
 was enclosed but never finished. The first Baptist church 
 in the County was built by the Covert church, (then 
 Ovid) at Thomas' settlement, three miles north of Tru- 
 mansburg. Elder Sheardown thus speaks of this church 
 ■ in his autobiography : 
 
 " It was a rare model of architecture for the time. The 
 people went into the gallery from out of doors, going in 
 at the gable end of the building. The first time I saw 
 it, I could not but admire the patch-work. It was not, I 
 believe, plastered all over ; only here and there a patch 
 put on, and everything else about it appeared to be in 
 keeping with what is already named." 
 
 PIONEER pastors. 
 
 Minor Thomas, the first pastor of the church in Covert, 
 the Pauline apostle of the Seneca Association, was a 
 man having peculiar qualifications for just the work given 
 him to do. 
 
 His manly form, vigorous health, and commanding 
 voice, gave him power with the multitude. His engag- 
 ing address, his ready syftipathy, and his honest, earnest 
 piety, made friends for him wherever he went. Physical- 
 ly he was capable of great and long continued exertion, 
 and his physical, mental, and spiritual powers seem to 
 have been ' symetrically developed. He spoke with 
 pointed earnestness, with ifrequent gestures, with natural 
 and convincing eloquence. 
 
 He was sound in doctrine, as well as able in speech. 
 When he was preaching his eyes were usually suffused 
 with tears. He could not speak of the crucifixion of our 
 
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 Lord without weeping, and would often be moved to 
 tears when h'stening to the Christian experience of young 
 converts. A friend, a venerable man, who, as a lad, used 
 to sit by his father at the communion table, tells me that 
 when Elder Thomas was administrator the tears would 
 often roll down the pastor's cheeks. This gentleman 
 testifies that Elder Thomas was a great worker, " there 
 was not a lazy hair in his head ; " he would do almost 
 two days' work in one. When not at work for himself, 
 he would offer to assist his brother farmers in their la- 
 bors, and in the harvest-field, at lunch time, no one could 
 tell a story better than he. He was noted for his skill in " 
 breaking oxen, and always liked to own a " nice yoke of 
 steers." During his pastorate, the old church at Covert 
 was often filled in summer, while a congregation of several 
 hundred gathered around the church. The doors and 
 windows were opened. Elder Thomas spoke in loud tones, 
 and all were edified. 
 
 We have noted some of the rare qualifications of the 
 man who was called of God to traverse this wilderness, to 
 preach from lake to lake, and far and near, the gospel of 
 the kingdom, and to bury in the likeness of Christ's 
 death, hundreds of rejoicing converts. He was a man 
 for the times, and few preachers of his day were more 
 widely known, more influential, more useful. 
 
 The year 1815, was one ever menjorable in the history 
 of the Covert church. According to the historical sketch 
 of Elder Marshall, fifty-one persons united with the 
 church by baptism on New Year's day, and they were 
 but the first fruits of the harvest, for, during the year, 
 the church received two hundred and twenty-two mem- 
 bers by baptism. That year the church reported to the 
 Cayuga Association four hundred and eighty members, 
 the largest number which had ever been reported to that 
 body by any one church. The revival spread in every 
 direction where the Covert pastor had preached, and the 
 
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 seed then sown soon sprang up to bear fruit in numerous 
 new churches. Elder Thomas' field of labor was so broad 
 that it seems to have included the territory in which there 
 are now ( 1879) 3-t least nine Baptist churches. 
 
 Elder Thomas resigned his pastorate here in 1818, and 
 removed, with a number of the members of the Covert 
 -church, to Fayette, Co., Indiana. Here he again entered 
 upon his labors as a gospel pioneer, ministering to sever- 
 al small churches by dividing his time between them, 
 fording rivers in order to preach the gospel to the desti- 
 tute, and baptising many converts. 
 
 Elder James Derthick, who succeeded Elder Thomas, 
 shared the fate of many who are unfortunate enough to 
 take the place of an unusually successful pastor or teach- 
 er. If such a man is weak, his weakness is reason enough 
 for his failure ; if he is a man of strong personality, his 
 methods are certain to be different from those of his pre- 
 decessor, and are for that reason distrusted, by those 
 who have learned to reason on the theory that "the king 
 can do no wrong." Elder Derthick seems to have been 
 an excellent man and a good pastor, but the church 
 thought that no one could fill the place of Elder Thomas; 
 besides they were dispirited by the loss of a number of 
 their members, who also removed to the West, so at the 
 end of one year the relation between pastor and people 
 was dissolved. 
 
 Obed Warren was the next pastor, and the church 
 thought that they had now found a man worthy to walk 
 in the footsteps of their first Shepherd. They were hap- 
 pily united, and much strengthened and edified, under his 
 ministry, but after about seven months labor he was sud- 
 denly stricken down by disease, and the church was again 
 left without an under-shepherd. It is said that his last 
 words were : " Farewell ! I am pure from the blood of all 
 men ; " and that the church long continued to enjoy the 
 fruit of his faithful labors. 
 
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 Aafoit Abbott was the fourth pastor of the church. He 
 was young, hopeful, and energetic, attracted large and at- 
 tentive congregations, and his labors were highly appre' 
 ciated. 
 
 ' John C. Holt was pastor during the years 1828-9. His 
 labors were marked with the same general success as were 
 those of his predecessor. Additions to the church were, 
 few. 
 
 Richard Woolsey assumed the pastorate in 1830, and 
 under his skillful leadership, the church entered upon a 
 new era of prosperity. In 1831, nearly one-hundred 
 members were received by baptism. Elder Woolsey was 
 in some respects like Elder Thomas, a plain-spoken, genial 
 man of the people, an interesting speaker and an earnest 
 worker. Elder Woolsey having resigned, on account of 
 failing health, Elder Bradbury Clay preached for a few 
 months as a supply. 
 
 Alonzo Wadhams was the next pastor of the church. 
 He was a licentiate, and was ordained Nov. 21, 1838. 
 Mr. Wadhams was a modest, unassuming young man, re.- 
 spected and loved by the church, and prospered by the 
 Master in his labors. 
 
 Calvin Bateman was the next pastor, a man of culti- 
 vated mind and devoted spirit, but he was soon obliged 
 to resign on account of ill health. He became insane, 
 and died at his home in the State of Michigan, in 1852. 
 
 D. W. Litchfield was the successor of the much-afflict- 
 ed Bateman. His labors were ardent and persevering 
 and he won the esteem and confidence of his ^people. 
 
 Chauncey Wardner was the next pastor of the church 
 and had a long and successful pastorate. We are told in 
 the sketch by Elder Marshall, that " his agreeable social 
 qualities, and his ability as a sermonizer, gave him the 
 confidence of the church, and enabled him to influence 
 his brethren to arise and build." He was permitted to 
 
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 see a new church edifice completed, dedicated, and con- 
 secrated by the conversion of souls. 
 
 E. Marshall was the twelfth pastor of the church, and 
 for nine years he was the loved anci honored leader of a 
 united people. A circular letter written by him, on the 
 subject of pastoral changes, is noticed in the condensed 
 history of the associational meetings. He resigned May 
 1st, 1863, and left not an enemy behind him. Excepting 
 that of Elder Thomas, his pastorate was the longest ever 
 enjoyed by the church. The later pastors will be briefly 
 mentioned in the historical sketches of minivSters. 
 
 DEACONS. 
 
 Asaph King and Joseph Thomas, were chosen as the 
 first deacons of the church, May 14, 1803, but were not 
 ordained. On the 5th of June, 1806, Cornelius Handley 
 and Joseph Thomas were ordained as deacons by a coun- 
 cil called for that purpose. In 1812, Barzilla King and 
 Samuel Ferris were chosen as candidates for deacons. 
 In Dec. 181 3, Barzilla King having declined a nomination, 
 the church names Samuel Ferris, Lewis Benjamin, J. 
 Cleveland and Abraham Hand, as candidates for the 
 ofifice, but none of them were ordained. On the 9th of 
 Nov. 1817, it was resolved to set apart brethren William 
 Ward, Elnathan Winans and Lewis Johnston, to serve 
 the church as deacons. In December, the Clerk was di- 
 rected to invite neighboring churches to send delegates 
 to a council to ordain these brethren, but there is no re- 
 cord showing that such a council was held. 
 
 In 1818, it was voted by the church that the monthly 
 contributions shall be disposed of by the deacons at their 
 discretion, for the relief of the poor. 
 
 Nathan Cole, Daniel Cole and Lewis Porter were 
 elected deacons in Sept. 1822, and on the 17th of Oct., 
 were ordained by a council, of which Elder O. C. Com- 
 stock, was Moderator, and Elder J. Lewis, Clerk. 
 
io8 Seneca Baptist Assqciation, 
 
 Benjamin Arrowsmith and William Johnston, were 
 elected deacons March 9th, 1850. I find no minute of 
 their ordination, but the records approve them as faithful 
 laborers for the welfare of the church. 
 
 In 1864, Deacons ArroWsmith and Johnston requesting 
 to be relieved, Jared Carle and Tartellus H.King were elect- 
 ed to fill the vacant places. These brethren were or- 
 dained at a conference held Nov. 12, 1864, of which Rev, 
 L. Ransted was Chairman, and Dea. J. L. Bloomer, Clerk. 
 Rev'ds. D. Corey, J. B. Smith, F. Dusenbury, I. Child, F. 
 D. Fenner, L." Ransted, S. V. Marsh, and S. H. Saylor, 
 participated in the services. 
 
 Deacon Daniel Cole died Oct. 12, 1848. Deacon Lewis 
 Johnston died July 6th, 1849, aged eighty-two years, nine 
 months and twenty-four days. They served their genera- 
 tion well. 
 
 Dea. Nathan Cole, died Feb. 10, 1877, at the home of 
 his son Milo V. Cole, in the ninety-seventh year of his 
 age, having held the office of deacon for more than half a 
 century. He had held several civil offices and was one of 
 those men who do well at home without noise or parade, 
 the important duties devolving upon them as parents, as 
 neighbors, as citizens. 
 
 LICENTIATES. 
 
 John King was licensed by the church to preach the 
 gospel, Sept. 23, 1803. Other licenses were granted as 
 follows: to Phineas FuUerton, Dec. 8, 1804; James Rey- 
 nolds, June II, 1808; J. P. Woodworth, Jan. 13, 1821 ; 
 Barzilla King was licensed Jan. 14, 1814, and was after- 
 ward ordained as pastor at Mecklenburg. Thomas Carle 
 received a license to preach, April 14, 1866. He pursued 
 his studies at Rochester, and had just entered the Theo- 
 logical Seminary at Rochester when he died March 8 
 1869; a life of great promise being thus suddenly brought 
 to a close. 
 
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 CLERKS. 
 
 The first clerk of the church seems to have been Phin- 
 eas Fullerton. Thomas Campbell was elected April 9th, 
 1803, but did not serve. Mr. Fullerton held the office until 
 June loth, 1809, and to his full and carefully prepared re- 
 ports we are indebted for the preservation of the early 
 history of the church. He was succeeded by Rufus H. 
 Clark, who served for two years. Lewis Porter was ap- 
 pointed June 13, 181 1, and filled the office to the satisfac- 
 . tion of the church for twenty years. Walker Glazier was 
 clerk from 1832 to 1834, when Lewis Porter was re-ap- 
 pointed. 
 
 Deacon Porter was very punctual in attending the 
 meetings of the church, and pains-taking in his report of 
 the proceedings. A friend informs me that he was " very 
 choice " of the church book, usually carrying it wrapped 
 in a large silk handkerchief. 
 
 A. P. Wixom was clerk for' a short time during the ab- 
 sence of Deacon Porter. In 1846, the church appointed 
 M. R. Cole, clerk; Deacon Porter having repeatedly ex- 
 pressed a wish to resign. Mr. Cole was succeeded by 
 George W. Dickerson, in 1850. Mr. Dickerson removing 
 from the bounds of the church, R. R. Hubbard was 
 chosen as his successor in 1852. James Arrowsmith was 
 appointed clerk, Dec. 13, 1856. He was succeeded by 
 Edward Mason in 1864. From 1866 to 1871 the church 
 records were sadly neglected, there being only one entry 
 between those dates. Rev. George Hopkins acted as 
 clerk during his pastorate. Deacon Jared Carle is the 
 present clerk. 
 
 In February 1850, A. L. Durand was appointed treas- 
 urer and collector. R. R. Hubbard succeeded him in 
 1853. In 1857, Amanuel Murphy was chosen as col- 
 lector. In 1862, M. V. Cole was elected treasurer, and 
 Eli Cole collector. Eli Cole was made treasurer in 1863. 
 During several years A. Murphy served the church as 
 
no Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 collector, much to their satisfaction. In 1865, Eli Cole 
 was re-elected treasurer, 'and M. V. Cole collector. Henry- 
 Cole was elected treasurer in 1866. 
 TRUSTEES. 
 
 At a meeting held March 9, 1805, it was voted that 
 brothers Joseph Thomas, Abraham Hand, and Silas Lud- 
 low, serve this church and congregation as trustees as the 
 law directs. In Aug. 1806, Joseph Thomas, C. Handley, 
 and Mr. Woodworth were elected trustees for one year. 
 On the 2ist of Nov. 1807, the church elected as trustees, 
 Cornelius Handley and Rufus Clark, in Hector, and Wil- 
 liam Winans, Rufus H. Clark, and William Rappleye, in 
 Ovid. 
 
 According to the tables in the minutes the church en- 
 joyed revivals which resulted in many conversions in 
 1815; 1831, 1839-41, 1844-45, 1853, i860. 
 
 PRESENT OFFICERS. 
 
 Pastor, A. C. Mallory; Deacons, J. Carle, T. H. King; 
 Clerk, J. Carle; Treasurer, Arvah H. Cole; Collector. 
 Milo V. Cole. Superintendent of Sunday-School, T. H. 
 King ; Chorister, Edwin C. King ; Trustees, William B. 
 Cole, Chas. Denison, Joseph Watson, Edwin C. King, E. 
 S. Leggett. 
 
 CARDINAL DATES. 
 
 1803— 2— 16 Church constituted. . 
 
 1803 — 6 United with Cayuga Association. 
 
 1806, (circ.) Log meeting-house built in Ulysses. 
 
 18 ro, Second house built in Covert. 
 
 1815,. Great revival — Minor Thomas. 
 
 1821 — 9 — 5 United with Seneca Association. 
 
 1823 Meeting-house rebuilt. 
 
 1850 — I — 16, Third house dedicated. 
 
 1876 — 7 — I, Centennial Jubilee. 
 
Bennettsburg. 
 
 On the 15th of Nov. 1809, at the house of ThomaS 
 Horton, in the town of Hector, near the head of Seneca 
 Lake, assembled a little band of believers in Christ, to 
 ask recognition as a Baptist church. In the council 
 which had convened in answer to their call, were repre- 
 sented the churches :^Chemung, Romulus, Reading, 
 First Ovid, Second Ovid, Bath, Elmira, Wayne. Elder 
 Roswell Goff, was chosen Moderator, Cornelius Handley, 
 Clerk. The council made inquiry concerning the " lead- 
 ing gifts " of the petitioning members, and voted them 
 fellowship. Elder Goff gave the address of recognition, 
 Elder Amos Eaglestone, the charge. The name of this 
 new body was the First Baptist church of Christ in Hec- 
 tor and Catherine, No list of the constituent members 
 has been discovered. The first covenant meeting was 
 held in the school-house near Bro. Bennett's ; the second, 
 at Sister Peck's, near Peach Orchard; the third, at Thomas 
 Horton's, near Watkins. At these three places the 
 monthly meetings were held alternately. On the loth of 
 March, 18 10, James Reynolds was given license to im- 
 prove his gifts. At a covenant meeting held Oct. 6th, 
 t8io, delegates were appointed to attend the Chemung 
 Association, and to present the petition of the church for 
 membership. They we're also instructed to request the 
 Association to ordain James Reynolds to the gospel min- 
 istry. The Association met at Burlington, Nov. 9th, 18 10, 
 and, resolving itself into a council, proceeded to the ex- 
 amination of Brother Reynolds. The only objection to 
 ordination seemed to be that the candidate was a Free 
 Mason. He was required to renounce the institution " as 
 
112 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 far as the thing would, admit," and was then ordained. 
 Elder John Caton gave the sermon, Elder Goff, the 
 charge, Elder Eggleston, the hand of fellowship, Elder 
 Thomas Smiley offered the ordaining prayer. Elder Abra- 
 ham Griffith signed the certificate of ordination with the 
 ministers named above. 
 
 Covenant of the First Baptist church of Hector and 
 Catherine. Adopted Nov. 1 5 , 1 809, at the house of Thomas 
 Horton, near the head of Seneca Lake. 
 
 " We covenant' and agree to keep the secrets of the 
 church, to fill our places at her meetings as appointment 
 may require, to attend to the Sabbath as the Lord's day, 
 avoiding other concerns, and not forsake the assembling 
 ourselves together. If difficulties appear, endeavor to 
 meet them in the spirit and meekness of the gospel, at- 
 tending to them according to the direction given us by 
 our Lord, in Matthew 18:15-16, not to make it public to 
 the world or church if it can be avoided, to defray ne- 
 cessary expenses for the support of the gospel cheerfully 
 as our ability will permit, a part of which is in support of 
 our minister, and to keep our seats at her communion 
 table." 
 
 From this time. Elder Reynolds seems to have preach- 
 ed to the church regularly. In Feb. 1813, the church 
 " agreed to come to a plan to try to hire a laboring man 
 the ensuing year for the Elder." In May, 1813, the 
 church appointed S. D. Hubbell and James Mitchell to 
 serve as deacons, "on tryall." A meeting called at 
 Thomas Horton's was to begin on Friday "at sun an 
 hour high, at night." In 18 14, after consideration, the 
 church concluded that they had nothing for deacons to 
 do, and so voted to discharge those officers. Some two 
 months later this action was reconsidered, and the dea- 
 cons were restored to their former standing. Jonathan 
 Hoyt was licensed Jan. 13, 181 5. 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 113 
 
 Isaiah Butler was licensed in July, 1816. On the 4th 
 of Dec. 1 8 16, Daniel A. Balcom was ordained by a coun- 
 cil called by this church. Elder Roswell Goff was Mod- 
 erator, S. D. Hubbell, Clerk. Elder Minor Thomas was 
 one of the delegates, and offered the ordaining prayer. 
 Elder Goff preached the sermon. In 1818, Elder House 
 served the church for a time as pastor. About this time 
 Elder Reynolds removed to the West, but returned the 
 same year. During his absence Elder O. C. Comstock 
 and Elder J. Sturdevant preached to the church, each 
 once a month. On his return Elder Reynolds resumed 
 the pastorate. He was again absent in 1820, when Elder 
 Booth was pastor for one year. 
 
 Delegates were appointed to attend the Chemung As- 
 sociation at Smithfield, in 1824, and were instructed to ask 
 a dismissal in order to unite with the Seneca Association. 
 In 1831, Eli Garrison was elected deacon, and was given 
 license to preach. The trustees were instructed to meet 
 on Saturday, at candle-light, at N. Reynold's store. 
 
 On the loth of Aug. 1833, Elder James Reynolds was 
 honorably discharged from the pastoral care of the church, 
 and was succeeded by Elder S. W. Ford, who remained 
 for one year. During this year the church received thir- 
 teen members by baptism, among them Andrew Miller, 
 afterward deacon. In 1834, Deacons Eli Garrison, Wil- 
 liam Kimble, and David Lacock, resigned as Deacons, 
 and were succeeded by Andrew Miller, and Phineas Ben- 
 nett. W. Kimble and D. Lacock received a vote of 
 thanks from the church for long and honorable service. 
 Previous to this time, members of the church residing in 
 the town of Catherine had withdrawn to constitute a new 
 church, and as early as 181 3, the name of the old church 
 was changed to First Hector. In 1827 or 28, there settled 
 in the neighborhood Phineas Bennett, a man of enter- 
 prise and of mechanical skill, who was soon the owner of 
 three mills and a number of dwelling houses, these con- 
 
114 Senkca Baptist Association. 
 
 stituting the hamlet which received his name. He sub- 
 scribed liberally toward the building of the first meeting- 
 house which Was completed in 18-30, at a cost of $1,400. 
 Elder John Sears, of Ithaca, preached the dedication 
 s-ermon. In Feb. 1835, a council w'as called to examine 
 Eli Garrison, and to set him apart for the ministry if sat- 
 isfied. Thomas Dow-ling, of Trumansburg', w'as Modera- 
 tor, U. B. Miller, of Farmerville, Clefk. The council 
 was satisfied with the christian experience of the brother, 
 but thought best to postpone ordination. B. R. Swick 
 became pastor May 9th, 1835, and was ordained or! 
 Thursday, Oct. i, by a council of which U. B. Miller was 
 Moderator, and R. G. Lewis, Clerk. Elder Dowling 
 preached the sermon. Elder Woolsey offered the ordain- 
 ing prayer. 
 
 Now comes a sorrowful period in tlte history of the 
 church at Bennettville. The Baptist Bourbons were 
 violently opposed to temperance organizations, Sun- 
 day-Schools, and Missionary societies. They separat- 
 ed themselves from their brethren, and assumed to^ be 
 the church. Two opposing parties, and two rival minis- 
 ters came to the place of worship one Lord's day morn- 
 ing. One minister demanded the right to hold services. 
 The trustees answered him that any further disturbance 
 would subject him to the penalty of the law. He im- 
 mediately withdrew with his party who called themselves 
 old school Baptists. 
 
 The church became weakened and disheartened, when 
 unexpectedly the work of the Lord was revived and they 
 were visited with gracious showers of blessing. So many 
 were the additions that the church was stronger in mem- 
 bers than at any preceding period. 
 
 Elder Swick resigned in Dec. 183S, and was succeed- 
 ed by that good man, R. G. Lewis, who was pastor for 
 one year. Deacon Andrew Miller was excused from 
 duty as- treasurer at his own request. Elder Elias J, 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 115 
 
 Wood served the church for a time as a supply. Henry 
 J. Hall was pastor for one year, then Elder Sheardown 
 preached as stated supply for six months. The church 
 enjoyed and highly appreciated the labors of this devoted 
 minister, who visited them frequently on his journeys as 
 an evangelist. 
 
 Benjamin Warren became pastor in 1842, and remained 
 for three years. During his pastorate the house of wor- 
 ship was repaired and enlarged. He resigned in April, 
 1845, and was followed by J. B. Rogers. J. H. Morrison 
 began work as pastor July 5, 1846, and was one of Ben- 
 nettsburg's most popular ministers. About this time, if the 
 church had any special work to be done, one of two com- 
 mittees was usually appointed to do it. The first con- 
 sisted of Dea. Miller and Dea. Vaughn, the second of 
 Dea. Vaughn and Dea. Miller. 
 
 Rev. T. R. Clark was pastor for two years. He was 
 succeeded by Rev. O. W. Gibbs, whose self-denying la- 
 bors extended over a period of nine years. 
 
 In 185 1, Sept. 13, the name Baptist church of Bennetts- 
 burg was adopted. From 1852, for twenty years, the re- 
 cords of the church were neglected. 
 
 Rev. William Dunbar was pastor for two years 1860- 
 61, and was ordained here, Rev. Geo. W. Eaton, L. L. D., 
 of Madison University, preaching the ordination sermon. 
 He was succeeded, in 1862, by Rev. William Sharpe. He 
 resigned April 12, 1873, after a prosperous pastorate of 
 eleven years. Rev. T. F. Smith, called from Cochecton, 
 N. Y., became pastor July i, 1873. He was followed 
 Aug. I, 1876, by Rev. Francis Purvis, of Rutland. Both 
 left behind them a good record. 
 
 A. D. Clark, the present pastor, began his work here in 
 June, 1878. Since that time he has been permitted to 
 baptize fifteen converts. The meeting-house is valued at 
 $3,400. parsonage at $600. A baptistery was built last 
 winter. The church is united, progressive and hopeful. 
 
ii6 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 This church has given to the Association, the Millers 
 and the Sacketts, men and women remarkable as church- 
 workers. 
 
 Deacon Andrew Miller has seen active service and has 
 been an able counselor at Bennettsburg, at Lodi, and at 
 Farmer Village, and his four sons are efficient officers and 
 burden bearers in the churches. Thomas, is trustee and 
 S. S., teacher, and Ford L., is deacon, in the church at 
 North Hector. James V., is clerk of the church in Ben- 
 nettsburg, and Warren L., is the excellent chorister of the 
 Farmer Village church. 
 
 The Sackett family is also known in the diaconate. 
 Solon P. Sackett, M. £)., is deacon at Ithaca. John C, is 
 deacon at Bennettsburg; Mary E., married deacon An- 
 drew Miller; Roxanna was the wife of Dea. Leroy Becker; 
 Buel S., is deacon at Havana. Philo W. Sackett, son of 
 Dea. S. W. Sackett, died after a short illness, at Hamil- 
 ton, May 22d, 1871, aged twenty-one years. He had 
 spent nearly six years in Colgate Academy and the 
 University, and was about to graduate in the class of 
 1871. with the highest honors. Modest and unassuming, 
 he was a deep thinker and a brilliant scholar. His class- 
 mates mourned for him as for a brother, his instructors 
 loved him as a son. His was a bright, pure. Christian 
 life. 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 S. D. Hubbell and James Mitchell were chosen dea- 
 cons May, 18 1 3. William Kimball was elected in March, 
 i8i6, Eli Garrison, Nov. 1831. In 1834, Eli Garrison, W. 
 Kimball, and D. Lacock, at their request, were honorably 
 dismissed from office, and Andrew Miller and Phineas 
 Bennett were chosen in their stead. In 1835, Phineas 
 Bennett having removed from the bounds of the church, 
 resigned as deacon, clerk, and trustee. Daniel V. Owen 
 was elected deacon at this time. Ira Reynolds was 
 ■elected Nov. 7, 1835, William Vaughn and George Becker 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 117 
 
 in 1839. J- C. Sackett, Feb. 13, 1847. Andrew Morris, 
 and S. B. Sackett, Sept. 20, 1876. 
 
 A council for the ordination of deacons was held Oct. 
 31, 1876, Rev. Thomas G. Wright, of Watkins, preach- 
 ing, Rev'ds. F. Purvis, and A. D. Abbott, participating in 
 the services. William Vaughn, J. C. Sackett, Andrew 
 Morris, and Seneca B. Sackett were ordained. There is 
 no record of the election of Dea. Lacock. 
 
 At first the clerk was elected to serve only during the 
 day of his election. Jared Hoyt served for several 
 months. Asher Wickham, John Wickham, Benjamin 
 Burroughs, and Solomon Broderick- also held the office. 
 Israel Lee was elected in 1821, Cyrus Dolph in 1828. 
 His minutes usually state that the church meetings were 
 opened regularly, in due form. Daniel M. Horton was 
 elected Feb. 12, 1831, Eli Garrison, Aug. 11, 1832. He 
 was succeeded by Phineas Bennett in 1833. D. V. Owen 
 was elected July 11, 1835, Ira Reynolds in Dec, of the 
 same year. John Swick, Jr., in 1837. S. W. Sackett, 
 April, 1846. Seneca B. Sackett, April 13, 1872, Jas. V. 
 Miller, Sept. 2d, 1876. 
 
 S. D. Hubbell, James Mitchell, and William Kimball 
 were chosen trustees, June 12, 1813. In 1818, W. Kim- 
 ball, H. Bacon and I. Lee were elected trustees. In 
 June, 1827, the church chose as trustees to build a meet- 
 ing-house : John Foot, Abraham Brink, W. Kimball, 
 Henry Ayers, A. J. Brown, Samuel Clark, William 
 Vaughn. At a meeting in June, 1830, Phineas Bennett 
 and George Reynolds were chosen trustees. Eli Mason 
 and Hiram Mason were elected in 1831, Mowbray Owen in 
 1833, Jas. Reynolds in 1834, I. C. Horton in 1835, W. 
 Kimball, R. M. Graham, and Ira Reynolds, in 1837-40, 
 William Vaughn, in 1838-44-48-50, Philo Sackett, 1842- 
 45, Andrew Miller in 1843, W. Vaughn in 1844-48-50, 
 Ephraim Morris, 1849-52, E. Wickham, 1873-76, Buel S. 
 
ii8 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 Sackett, 1873, Isaac Morris, 1873-75, J. V. Miller, 1875. 
 S. B. Sackett, 1877. 
 
 PRESENT OFFICERS. 
 
 Pastor, A. D. Clark ; Deacons, Williarri Vaughn, John 
 C. Sackett, Seneca B. Sackett, Andrew Morris ; Clerk, 
 Jas. V. Miller; Treasurer, I. Morris; Trustees, Isaac 
 Morris, S. B. Sackett, Erastus Wickham ; S. S. Superin- 
 tendent, J. C. Sackett ; Assistant, A. D. Clark ; Secretary, 
 Jay Fish ; Librarian, Monroe Dunham. 
 
 A Cemetery Association was formed Sept. 1878, and a 
 fine lot purchased for a burial ground. 
 
 The Woman's Baptist Missionary Society has twenty- 
 three ^members. Officers : Mrs. A. D. Clark, President ; 
 Mrs. H. Smith, Vice-President ; Mrs. J. Morris, Treasurer ; 
 Miss Grace Sackett, Secretary. 
 
 The minutes note extensive revivals in 1830, 1838, i86g. 
 cardinal dates. 
 
 T809 — II — 15, . . Church in Hector and Catherine constituted. 
 
 1813, Name changed to First Hector. 
 
 1814, Deacons discharged and restored. 
 
 1824, United with Seneca Association. 
 
 1827, Arrival of Phineas Bennett. 
 
 1830 First meeting-house built. 
 
 1835, Rupture: New School and Old School, 
 
 1843, * Meeting-house repaired. 
 
 1851— 9— 13, Name changed to Bennettsburg. 
 
 1870, Meeting-house repaired. 
 
Carolina. 
 
 The First Baptist church of Carohne was constituted 
 in 1814, with fourteen members. 
 
 The first pastor was Benjamin Oviatt. He was sue 
 ceeded by William Powers, John Sawyer, (in 18 19) 
 Samuel W. Ford, Aaron Abbott, and Pliny Sabin, who 
 all officiated before 1834. William Spauldirtg became 
 pastor in 1834, and, with the exception of one year, 1853^ 
 4, ( when Rev. Thomas Theal was pastor ad interim,) he 
 held the office until in 1862. Granville Gates was pastof 
 from 1862 to 1866; Minor Perry, 1866-68; A. B. Wood- 
 worth, 1868-73; A. P. Merrill, 1874-75; A. B. Chase> 
 1875-76. George Brown, the present pastor, began his 
 labors with this people in 1877. 
 
 The church seems to have enjoyed peace and prosperi-^ 
 ty from its organization up to 1839, when a rupture oc- 
 curred on account of differences of opinion in regard to 
 the doctrines and practices of the church. The two par- 
 ties called themselves respectively " New School," and 
 " Old School." The old school held to " particular atone- 
 ment," and were opposed to missions and benevolent 
 organizations. The pastor, Elder Spaulding, and the 
 other portion of the church, declared for " general atone- 
 ment," and in favor of benevolent and missionary socie- 
 ties. A large minority seceded, and organized a church 
 known as the old school Baptist church of Caroline. 
 They built a church edifice' in 1843. Their present pas> 
 tor is Elder -Kinner HoUister. Trustees, Jacob Lane, 
 
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 Geo. E. Stevens, Chas. Bogardus ; number of members 
 thirty-two. They claimed to be the original church, and 
 that the other body, adopting modern views of doctrine, 
 had left them. Both parties called councils, from sister 
 churches known to favor their respective views, and each 
 was sustained by its own councils. 
 
 The patriarch of the Caroline Baptist church was Wil- 
 liam Spaulding, who was its pastor for twenty-six years. 
 He resigned, on account of failing health, in 1862, but re- 
 tained his membership until his death, in 1877. For 
 more than fifty years he was known among the churches 
 as a faithful minister, and he died in the triumphs of 
 faith. When the Seneca Association met here in 1876, 
 he was able to take part in its deliberations, and dismiss- 
 ed its messengers with the apostolic benediction. 
 
 The first meeting-house was built 1847, ^"^^ was re- 
 placed by the present comfortable house in 1863. Dedi- 
 catory services were held Jan. 11, 1864, Rev. G. Gates, 
 the pastor, preaching the sermon. The new building 
 cost $2500, and is estimated as worth $3000. The church 
 has a pleasant parsonage, valued at $1,500. 
 
 In 1S19, the church, then numbering forty-two mem- 
 bers, united with the Chemung Association. It joined 
 the Seneca Association in 1873. 
 
 According to the church records. Elder Spaulding, 
 after the date of the division, baptised fifty persons ; G. 
 Gates, twenty-two ; M. Perry, four ; A. B. Woodworth, 
 twenty-five ; A. B. Chase, eighteen ; Geo. Brown, twenty- 
 one. 
 
 The following brethren have served as deacons : Isaac 
 Hollister, Charles Cooper, A. Rowland, Luther Heath, 
 Benjamin Valk. 
 
 The church has had but three clerks since its organiza- 
 tion. Isaac Hollister served for twenty-four years, when 
 he was succeeded by Hiram Cooper, who held the ofifice 
 for forty years. Reuben Merrill is the present clerk. 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 121 
 
 officers. 
 Pastor, George Brown ; Deacons, B. M. Valk, Luther 
 Heath ; Clerk, Reuben Merrill ; S. S., officers : Superin- 
 tendent, B. M. Valk; Secretary, R. Merrill; Organist, 
 Ella Cooper; Trustees^ John A. D. Cooper, Wm. Vorhis, 
 S. J. Pettigrove, Wm. Vandemark, A. Seeley, Ira Bogar- 
 dus. 
 
 CARDINAL DATES. 
 
 1814, Church constituted. 
 
 1819, United with Chemung Association. 
 
 1839, Rupture : New School vs. Old School. 
 
 1848, First meeting-house built. 
 
 1864 — I — II, Second house dedicated. 
 
 1873 — 10 — 8, United with Seneca Association. 
 
ElSfF'IE^LD, 
 
 On the 5th of April, 1817, a meeting of Baptist bt'eth* 
 ren was held at the house of Judah Baker, in Ulysses, 
 (now Enfield.) Elder John Lewis was chosen Modera-' 
 tor, Chester Coburn, clerk. Other meetings were held 
 May 3d, and May 17th. A council met July 2, 1817, at 
 the house of Elder LeWis. The churches of Ovid, Gen-' 
 eva, and Hector were represented, the first by Elders 
 Thomas, Sturdevant, and several brethren. Elder Starr, 
 of Geneva, was Moderator, C. Coburn, clerk. After the 
 council had examined the letters and articles of faith 
 presented by the brethren, it Was Voted to fellowship the 
 following named persons as the First Baptist church in 
 Ulysses ; 
 
 Elder John Lewis, Isaac Beach, Chester Coburn, Jona* 
 than Rolfe, John Hanford, Obadiah Baker, Steph. Mead, 
 Israel Mead, Foster Updike, William Boughton, Susan^ 
 nah Lovell, Jerusha Burgess, Polly Hanford, Eliza Co^ 
 burn, Nancy Updike, Hik Cuykendall, Oily Burgessy 
 Rachel Osburn, Sally Burgess, Sally Putnlan, Mary Cuy- 
 kendall, Adda Sage, Lucinda Lewis, Betsey Beach, Anna 
 Boughton, Sarah Lyon. 
 
 The church held its first covenant meeting, July 5, 1817, 
 and voted to receive the twelfth chapter of the Epistle to 
 the Romans as its church covenant. Chester Coburn was 
 elected clerk, and John Lewis was invited to become' 
 pastor. It was resolved, " that if any of the members 
 fail to attend the covenant meetings, they shall be dealt 
 with as transgressors." The church met for the com- 
 munion service once in three months, and in covenant 
 meeting the first Saturday in each month, A meeting 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 123 
 
 was held Aug. 6th, at the house of Jonathan Rolfe, when 
 Isaac Beach and Chester Coburn were elected deacons. 
 
 Many important items of historical interest are entire- 
 ly omitted in the church records. It is even contrary to 
 rule to find a notice of the time when a pastor begins or 
 ends his term of service. 
 
 Elder Job Leach is said to have labored faithfully for 
 two years. He afterward removed to Pennsylvania, 
 where he died. Elder J. P. Woodworth was for nearly 
 nine years an earnest worker in this field. Elder J. F. 
 Stark preached with zeal and earnestness, and was not 
 without his reward. Elder F. Dusenberry seems to have 
 won the confidence and regard of all his people. The 
 last pastor. Rev. A- D. Abbott, has labored earnestly to 
 obtain a church bell and to secure and fit up the pleasant 
 parsonage. It is unfortunate that the I'ecords of the 
 church are so imperfect, and it is still more to be regret- 
 ted that many of the pastorates were so short that they 
 seemed to yield no results deserving of record. 
 
 During part of the year 1872, the pulpit was very ac- 
 ceptably supplied by Henry Talmadge, a graduate of 
 Cornell University. Before the church settled its last 
 pastor, Deacon Munson Potter, licentiate, supplied the 
 desk to the general satisfaction of the congregation. 
 
 While there is no record of the contributions of the 
 church, yet it has always been in sympathy with the be- 
 nevolent societies of our denomination, and from time to 
 time has contributed to them. 
 
 The church united with the Cayuga Association in 
 18 17, with the Seneca, in 1824. The name of the church 
 was changed, May 5, 1830, to the Baptist church in En- 
 field. 
 
 A meeting-house was built about 1840, at a cost of 
 $1300. It has been once repaired, and is valued at $3000. 
 A bell was hung in the belfry in April, 1870, and was the 
 
124 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 first church bell in the town of Enfield. The parsonage 
 was erected in 1877, ^t a" expense of about $1500, and is 
 one of the pleasantest homes in the township. 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 The following list includes first, pastors with date of 
 settlement, second, licentiates with date of license, third, 
 deacons with date of election, fourth, clerks With date of 
 first election. 
 
 Pastors: John Lewis, 1817; Chester Coburn, 1820; John 
 Bloomer, 1823 ; Jonathan P. Woodwofth, 1828 ; J. F. Stark, 
 1836; J. Leach, 1840'; J. J. Fuller, 1842; A. Lawton, 
 1843; J, F. Stark, setond settlement, 1844; C. Nelson, 
 1847; John Gray, 1851 ; S. S. Tucker, 1852; Wm. Ever- 
 ett, 1853; Moses Arkills, 1859; D. C. Marshall, 1864; S. 
 A. Beaman, 1870; Enos Perry, 1872; F. Dusenberry, 
 1874; A. D. Abbott, 1877. 
 
 Licentiates; Chester Coburn, Aug. 7, 18I9; Solon P. 
 Sackett. Dec. 10, 1853 ; S. A. Beaman, June 12, 1870 ; Wil- 
 liam E. Gould, March 9, 1872 ; Peter Wicks, Aug. 19, 1873 ; 
 Munson Potter, Mafch 2g, 1874. 
 
 Deacons: Chester Coburn, I817; Isaac Beach, 18 17 ; Ste- 
 phen Mead, 1 820 ; Joel Bassett, 1 830 ; Reuben Rolfe, 1 836 ; 
 Stephen Gould, 1844; Abraham Zerphas, 1844; Harry 
 Wilcox, 1852; Amos V, Lanning, 1862; Munson Potter, 
 I864; J. M. Lanning, 1873; Minor T. Rolfe, 1878; Chas, 
 J. Whitney, 1878. 
 
 Clerks: Chester Coburn, 1817; John Hanford, 1818 ; 
 James Tracy.iSig ; Daniel Denton, 1824 ; Chas. Woodward, 
 1830; B. V. Gould, 1836; A. Zerphas, 1837: W. H, 
 Bradley, 1841 ; S. P. Sackett, 1843 ; D- L- Cooper, 18445 
 H. S. B. Ackley, 1844; H. Rockwell, 1S49: T. Wallen- 
 back, 1857; J- Wallenback, 1861 , A. V. Lanning, 1862; 
 O. Dearborn, 1867; Frank Aiken, 1875; W. E. Gould, 
 1876; J. C. Haworth, 1878, 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 125 
 
 present officers. 
 
 Deacons, Reuben Rolfe, Amos Lanning, Munson 
 
 Potter, Chas. J. Whitney, Minor T. Rolfe. Clerk, J. C. 
 
 Haworth. Trustees, Ezra Rolfe, Harrison Lanning, 
 
 Minor T. Rolfe. S. S. Superintendent, C J. Whitney. 
 
 CARDINAL DATES. 
 
 1817 — 4 — 5 Confereflce formed. 
 
 1817^7 — 4, . .. V .> First Ulysses Church constituted, 
 
 1817, United with Cayuga Association. 
 
 1821 — 5—5 Name changed to Enfield. 
 
 1824, .United with Seneca Association. 
 
 1842 Meeting-house built. 
 
 1877, Parsonage built. 
 
 1878 1. ,w.. ..... .> ■■■ . ..Bel! hung. 
 
FARMER VILLAGE BAPTIST CHURCH. 
 
 REV. LEWIS HALSEY, PASTOR. 
 
 [F,ngraved for this VVorkj from Photo., by W. B, Mundy,] 
 
Parmer Village. 
 
 On the eighteenth of October, 1819, thirty-eight Bap- 
 tist brethren irt the town of Covert, met at the house of 
 William Rappleye, and resolved to apply for recognition 
 as a church. Elder John Lewis Was Moderator, Elder 
 W. W. Powers, clerk. A council Converted at the school 
 house in Famlerville, Nov. il, 18 19, Eldef Jonathan 
 Sturdevant v^as Moderator, Eldef W> W> Powers, clerk. 
 The following churches were represented : First Ulysses, 
 Second Ulysses, Second Hector, First Covert, First Ovid, 
 Virgil. The delegates of First Covert were,— Elder 
 James Defthick, Nathan Cole, John Boororti, J. P. Wood» 
 worth, Silas' Gregg, Daniel Cole, Lewis Porter, Nathan 
 Hall, Ira Scott. Among the delegates from First Ovid 
 were, Abram Bloomer and Gideon Scott. The members 
 of the conference were recognized as a Chufch; the Mod' 
 erator gave the hand of fellowship, and Elder Philander 
 Kelsey preached. The names of the constituent mem- 
 bers were : Elder John Lewis, Abraham Hand, Elrtathan 
 Wihans, Jesse Dennison, Syl\?enus Snell, William Rap- 
 pleye, Samuel Ferris, Nicholas -Rappleye, John Fisher, 
 Samuel Almy, Lewis Johnston, Burgun Covert, Jeremiah 
 Rappleye, Jeremiah Spalding, John Clark, Phoebe Den^ 
 nison, Abigail Trowbridge, Margaret Srrtock, Harriet 
 Johnston, Abigail Hand, Lydia Hall, Jane Churchward, 
 Charity SwiCk, MerCy Wirtarts, Phoebe Stoiit, Abigail 
 Snell, Ann Covert, Jane Almy, Lana Rappleye, Lydia 
 Brown, Phoebe Ferris, Elizabeth Hoagland, Abigail 
 Spalding, Eleanor DeLong, Polly Johnston, Sally Ken' 
 iiedy, Catherine Covert, Isabella Kennedy. 
 
128 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 The first covenant meeting of "the Union Baptist church 
 of Christ," at Farmer Village, was held Nov. 27, 1819, 
 when the organization was completed by electing Jere- 
 miah Rappleye, clerk, and Elnathan Winans and Lewis 
 Johnston deacons. It was voted that if brother or sister 
 had aught against another, it must not be brought before 
 the church until gospel steps had been taken, and. not 
 then unless it could be substantiated by testimony. 
 
 At a meeting held Jan. 6th, 1820, Elder Minor Thomas 
 being Moderator, Elder John Lewis was engaged to 
 preach statedly for one year, his salary to be one hundred 
 and fifty dollars, all to be paid in produce. Evidently 
 the ministers in those former days either labored with 
 their own hands to supply their necessities, or else were 
 clothed by charity. The wheat paid was to be reckoned 
 at six shillings per bushel, the corn at four shillings per 
 bushel. Brethren Jeremiah Rappleye, Samuel Almy, and 
 Lewis Johnston, were appointed a committee to take an 
 estimate of the brethren's property. 
 
 On the third of January, 1820, the church met for 
 covenant meeting at brother Peter Rappleye's barn. In 
 May of this year, a committee was appointed to meet, 
 sister churches in conference at Thomas' settlement, to 
 inquire into the expediency of forming an association of 
 the churches between Seneca and Cayuga lakes. 
 
 In 1823, Jeremiah Rappleye was elected chorister, and 
 according to the recollection of a member of the con- 
 gregation, it was his custom to " line " the hymns as they 
 were sung. 
 
 On the 2d of August, 1823, a special church meeting 
 was called for the purpose of inquiring into differences 
 between brethren. This was the beginning of sorrows. 
 It was claimed that some of the brethren were using im- 
 proper means to put Elder Cooper in place of Elder 
 Lewis. The first meeting struck the key note of mafty 
 which were to follow. The whole difficulty was " arnica- 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 129 
 
 bly settled," and again, according to the next entry in 
 the minutes, was all unsettled. 
 
 At first, the matters in dispute were to be referred to a 
 committee, consisting of Elders O. C. Comstock, O. War- 
 ren, and C. Coburn ; but Elder Warren died before the 
 committee could hold a meeting. A council of four 
 churches was called by the pastor. Some of the aggriev- 
 ed brethren refused to recognize the authority of this 
 council. When the church met in covenant meeting, a 
 " general declension " was complained of. Another coun- 
 cil met Oct. 22d, 1823. Among the delegates were Elder 
 John Caton, of Romulus, and 'Deacon Allen Pease, of the 
 First Ulysses church, the latter still ( 1879 ) i" the enjoy- 
 ment of vigorous health. The council cautioned the 
 church against jealousy, bitterness, and strife. This 
 council was called to bring the difficulty to a " final end," 
 but at the next church meeting, by a majority vote, the 
 whole matter was re-opened. At the succeeding meeting 
 the church, after humble confession, " voted unanimous- 
 ly, and by voluntary consent and agreement, that all 
 former difficulties are this day amicably settled to the 
 satisfaction of the whole." 
 
 Elder Lewis resigned March 6th, 1824. A committee 
 reported that there was a possibility of their being able 
 to secure the services of Elder O. C. Comstock, to preach 
 every other Sabbath, and that in their opinion "it will be 
 for the happiness and prosperity of the church to get the 
 said O. C. Comstock." Unhappily for the church, the 
 services of Elder Comstock could not be secured, although 
 he preached for a short time as a supply. In 1824, Ed- 
 ward Hodge, a licentiate from Hamilton, was chosen 
 pastor. The church needed an experienced leader. Some 
 of the brethren objected to the " act of equality," which 
 had been passed by the church. The record soon shows 
 us the church sick with the "old complaint," {sic) as the 
 clerk expresses it, which had troubled her sorely in the 
 
I30 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 days of Elder Lewis ; but the brother who called up the 
 matter said he would not complain to the church, but to 
 the Lord. It was voted to refer the matter to a commit- 
 tee of ministers, their judgment to be a " final and con- 
 clusive end of the difficulty." Then followed " confusion 
 worse confounded." The church was divided into two 
 parties, each claiming to be the only true church. Each 
 excluded the members of the other. The natural results 
 of disputed authority followed. One brother refused to 
 deliver the church book, and the deacons of the other 
 party were directed to prosecute him. Later in the his- 
 tory of the church, one of the brethren thought himself 
 justified in refusing to give up the key of the meeting- 
 house. 
 
 Rev. S. W. Ford became pastor July i, 1826. One 
 brother was called upon to state his reasons for not walk- 
 ing with the church. He began, and continued, and "the 
 day being spent, the meeting closed with prayer. Let- 
 ters were granted to members who wished to constitute a 
 church at Scott's Corners. " There appeared to be a con- 
 siderable solemnity on the minds of some of the breth- 
 ren." A persistent but unsuccessful attempt was made 
 to secure the services of Elder Aaron Abbott. A special 
 church meeting was called, " to set in order things that 
 are wanting." At that meeting, on a test vote, eight 
 sisters and one brother voted aye, and eight brothers 
 voted nay. So another council was called, the list of 
 churches beginning with, — "First Appletown church, in 
 Romulus." At the next meeting, the celebrated Elder 
 Peter P. Roots was Moderator. It was voted that the 
 sisters have not an equal right with the male members to 
 vote in matters of discipline. Then followed division, 
 mutual exclusions and recriminations. As the account 
 proceeds, we read of the " darkness of the times," of the 
 " darkness which rested on the minds of the brethren," of 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 131 
 
 the " prevailing darkness," and of a " general coldness." 
 The flame of sacred love seems to have been almost ex- 
 tinguished. Council after council had been called, but 
 the end was not yet. Another council met in August, 
 1828, of which Elder Aaron Abbott was Moderator, and 
 Elder E. Hodge, clerk. The council dispersed, after ad- 
 vising the Farmerville brethren never to call for them 
 again on this business, as it was beyond their power to 
 assist them. The seceding party (the majority) employ- 
 ed Elder Jacob Fisk as pastor for one year. An attempt 
 was made to secure the services of Elders Alfred Bennett 
 and Daniel Hascal, to act as mediators, but it appears to 
 have been unsuccessful. 
 
 In the preamble to the record of the proceedings of the 
 last council, the one party states that " we, being the 
 minority of said church, and but fourteen in number, two 
 males and twelve females, convinced that it was our 
 duty, under exisf.ing circumstances, to use some extraor- 
 dinary means to save ourselves, preserve our standing, 
 and secure to ourselves the privileges of the incorporated 
 church at Farmerville, as our last resort, did withdraw the 
 hand of fellowship from those opposed to us, and did de- 
 clare our independence on the 24th day of May, 1828." 
 This was what we might call a strong minority. The 
 council last mentioned, assembling Feb. 10, 1830, was a 
 very large one, fifteen churches being represented. Elder 
 W. W, Brown, of Romulus, was Moderator, Elder John 
 Sears, clerk. Both parties bound themselves to abide 
 the action of this assembly. The council decided that 
 the party under the ministry of Elder Ford, were nearest 
 the gospel ground, but thinking that both parties had 
 erred, decided that any brethren of the other party could 
 have letters to join other churches, a committee being 
 appointed to grant such letters in behalf of the council 
 and of the church. 
 
132 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 This division was almost a death blow to the church, 
 She retained her visibility, but her force was almost spent. 
 She returned to occupy her accustomed seat in the as- 
 sociational gatherings, but to take a low place. She had 
 reported over one hundred members, now she is recon- 
 stituted with fourteen, and appears at the Association 
 with but thirty. It was a time of darkness, but we do 
 not hear one word of despair. The two brothers and the 
 twelve sisters had brave hearts, and were willing to work. 
 They kept up their organization ; they retained their 
 pastor; they sustained the appointed meetings of the 
 church. Their patience had its perfect work. The two 
 male members mentioned above were William Rappleye, 
 and Burgun Covert. 
 
 Elder Ford was succeeded by Elder N. N. Whiting, in 
 1832. The church held a protracted meeting of one 
 week, and a number of converts were baptised. Elder 
 H. B. Dodge became pastor in 1833. He was succeeded 
 by Elder U. B. Miller, in 1834. In 1836. Elder Thomas 
 Dowling preached for a short time as a supply. Elder 
 Bradbury S. Clay was pastor for one year. This was a 
 season of short pastorates. Elder Richard Woolsey be- 
 came pastor May 7th, 1837, and labored faithfully for 
 four years. Elder Miller assisted the pastor in a meeting 
 of days, beginning on the i6th of January, 1841, and 
 tjbere were numerous additions to the church. Elder 
 Woolsey resigned in May, 1841. An important business 
 meeting was held in June, when it was resolved that "at 
 all subsequent periods all the male members shall pay the 
 sum of one dollar yearly on salaries. This was called 
 " the one dollar sacrifice money," " and for the faithful 
 performance of the above resolutions we mutually sub- 
 scribe our names : " Smith Ryno, H. Rappleye, T. M. 
 Swick, J. J. Brown, J. Teed, D. Ellis, H. W. Ford, J. 
 Swick, J. Brokaw, J.. P. Rappleye, J. Austin, J. Shepherd, 
 N. G. Finney, A. M. Williams, P. Bassett. That list 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 133 
 
 shows who cared enough for the church at this time to 
 attend a business meeting. Church business is not trans- 
 acted by the miraculous intervention of Providence. 
 
 Peter Goo became pastor in July, 1841, and Pierpont 
 Bassett, Firmon Holton, and D. Ellis were appointed a 
 committee to raise his salary by subscription. The 
 amount of property "given up" by the church, as re 
 ported by a committee, Nov. 20, 1841, was sixteen thou- 
 sand nine hundred dollars. In 1845, A. J. Ellis, a licenti- 
 ate, supplied the pulpit for several months. 
 
 Rev. William McCarthy became pastor April 4, 1846, 
 and remained as such for six years. During his adminis- 
 tration, was built the parsonage, which is still owned by 
 the society. In 1847, died two of the most venerable 
 and respected members of the church, Rev. Richard 
 Woolsey, and Brother Jeremiah Rappleye. 
 
 Elder McCarthy resigned in 1851, and the pulpit was 
 •filled for a short time by Elder B. Capron. Rev. J. W. 
 Wiggins was the next pastor ; he also remained for six 
 years, and is remembered as a faithful servant of his 
 Master. In 1853, ^^ was assisted in a series of meetings 
 by his brother-in-law, Elder O. Montague, and many of 
 the congregation were received as candidates for baptism. 
 Among those baptised at this time, was Winfield Scott, 
 afterward Captain, and Chaplain in the 126th Regiment, 
 N. Y. S. v., and since pastor at Leavenworth, Denver, 
 and San Francisco. 
 
 Rev. E. Weaver was settled in 1858, remaining two 
 years. He was assisted in a protracted meeting by the 
 well-known Evangelist, Rev. Henry G. Dewitt, and in 
 one year sixty-three members were added to the church 
 by baptism. 
 
 Elder Weaver resigned. May i, i860, and John Boorom, 
 C. V. Covert, and J. B. Scott, were appointed a pulpit 
 committee. 
 
134 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 Rev. J. B. Smith began his work as pastor, June i, 
 i860, and during the six years that he was the earnest, 
 watchful, skillful leader of this people, the church in 
 Farmerville gained and held a position decidedly in ad- 
 vance of any it had previously occupied. The increase 
 in membership was not great but was gradual and certain. 
 Every day the church grew stronger in influence, and 
 stood higher in honorable self-respect. 
 
 The first step taken, under this active as well as acting 
 pastor, was to repair the parsonage, then, as was the case 
 ten years afterward, sadly in need of such labor. The 
 next step was to build a new house of worship. For this 
 purpose, pastor Smith secured subscriptions amounting 
 to between six thousand and seven thousand dollars. 
 The church resolved to. arise and build. L. Hinman, 
 Jacob Boorom, B. E. Bassette, and William Longstreet, 
 were appointed a committee on plan ; L. Hinman, B. E. 
 Bassette, Jacob Boorom, Joseph Sniffen and J. P. Rap- 
 pleye, building committee. The subscription list shows 
 that there were many magnanimous men, and noble 
 women not a few, who were willing to make sacrifices in 
 order to build this second temple. The names of the 
 donors are recorded on the church book, and we trust in 
 a more enduring record. The corner-stone was laid July 
 5, 1861, Rev. J. B. Smith giving an address, Rev'ds. B. 
 Bassler, M. Swick, D. Corey, E. Marshall, C. A. Votey, 
 participating in the services. Numerous papers were 
 deposited, including records of the Baptist church, pre- 
 sented by J. P.' Rappleye ; of the Reformed church, by 
 Rev. B. Basslar; of the Reformed Sunday-School, by 
 James C. Knight ; of the Universalist church, by Scott 
 Boughton ; of the Public School, by Lyman B. Parshall; of 
 Farmer Village, by Ira Almy ; of the Cemetery Associa- 
 tion by James C. Knight ; of the Masonic Lodge, by 
 Charles Kelly ; of the Town Hall, by P. H.. Hinman. The 
 church is of brick, with cut stone foundation, door-way 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 135 
 
 and arches, 57 X 82 feet, chapel 28 X 36, of the composite 
 order of architecture, walls tinted, windows of stained 
 glass. It has an attractive home-like appearance. 
 " Moreover," says a gentleman, not a Baptist, in a recent 
 appreciative article, " it is a very hospitable church ; no 
 stranger need ever wait at the door." The well-known 
 architect, H. N. White, of Syracuse, drew the plan ; John 
 Smith was the builder. 
 
 Meetings were held for four weeks in 1862, Rev. A. B. 
 Earle assisting the pastor. The church was revived and 
 a number of candidates were received for baptism. Nicho- 
 las Rappleye, a respected and venerable member of the 
 church, died at the home of his son, Sylvester Rappleye, 
 near Trumansburg, Aug. 28, 1863. 
 
 Here begins the record of the brave men who fell in the 
 Union army. 
 
 " No chiseled catacombs nor tombs enclose 
 
 With spice and sweet perfume each fallen son ! 
 No monuments arise where they repose, 
 
 With pictured scenes of battles they have won ! 
 But millions keep the record they have made 
 And will not let their sacred memory die ; 
 Within a nation's heart their forms are laid 
 
 Enshrined in love — embalmed our soldiers lie.'' 
 
 , [a. L. CHILDS. 
 
 Edwin Covert died in the army, near New Orleans, 
 Feb. 2d, 1863. Mortimer Rappleye and Arcelus Smith 
 died in the service in 1864. Isaac Miller died in the hos- 
 pital at Salisbury prison. North Carolina, Oct. 14, 1864. 
 
 In December, 1865, Rev. J. B. Smith, on account of con- 
 tinued ill health, handed in his resignation. This is the 
 only time in the history of the church, when the records 
 show that any demonstration was made at the resignation 
 of a pastor. This was the case, perhaps, not that the 
 brethren loved other pastors less, but because they loved 
 pastor Smith more. Rev. Maris Gibson began his labors 
 March 18th, 1866. He remained for one year, and was 
 succeeded by Rev. M. W. Homes, from Romulus. 
 
136 Senfxa Baptist Association. 
 
 On the 14th of November, 1868, the church met at a 
 special meeting and elected as deacons: B. E. Bassette, 
 John Brooks, W. W. Boorom, and A. J. Rappleye. A 
 protracted meeting began Dec. ist, the pastor being as- 
 sisted by the revivalist Rev. Geo. Balcom. Fifty con- 
 verts were baptised, among them the venerable sister 
 Betsey Dunning, in the eighty-first year of her age. This 
 year died two of the most aged and .respected members 
 of the church, who had labored perhaps as zealously as 
 any others in her service, and were made honored in- 
 struments in the hands of God of advancing and sustain- 
 ing her prosperity. Deacon William Rappleye died Oct. 
 29, aged ninety-five years five months and two days. 
 Deacon John Boorom died Nov. 23, aged seventy-four 
 years and twenty-eight days. The labors of pastor 
 Homes ceased Nov. 21, 1869; and for a time the pulpit 
 was filled acceptably by Rev. John T. Beckley, of 
 Rochester. 
 
 Rev. Curtis B. Parsons, who had just been graduated 
 at the Rochester Theological Seminary, began his services 
 as pastor May ist, 1870, receiving a salary of eleven hun- 
 dred dollars with use of the parsonage. This was the 
 largest sum the church had ever paid a pastor. Louis J. 
 Gross, a student at Hamilton, was granted license to im- 
 prove his gift. Mr. Parsons was ordained June 15, his fa- 
 ther. Rev. I. S. Parsons, preaching the sermon. Rev. Peter 
 Goo, of Ovid, giving the charge to the candidate. Rev. 
 C. J. Shrimpton, of Ithaca, the charge to the church. 
 Mr. Parsons resigned in September, 1873, and the church 
 was without a minister until Feb. i, 1874, when the pres- 
 ent pastor Rev. Lewis Halsey, accepted a unanimous call 
 to the pastorate. In the interval, the pulpit was acceptably 
 supplied by Rev. H. S. Westgate, now of Cortland, and by 
 Rev. A. M. Mann, D. D., of Farrtier Village. 
 
 There are probably few communities in \yhich is mani- 
 fested more of the spirit of Christian union than is seen 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 137 
 
 in Farmer Village. The congregations of the Reformed 
 and Baptist churches meet once each month for Union 
 service. When the Baptist church was building in 1862, 
 and when the Reformed church was repaired in 1877, 
 both congregations worshiped together. In Aug. 1879, 
 the consistory of the Reformed church passed a series of 
 resolutions from which we quote the following : "Re- 
 solved, that we will cherish and endeavor to perpetuate 
 the fraternal and union feeling which has grown up be- 
 tween the pastors and members of our respective church- 
 es." Signed by Rev. Philip Furbeck, President ; D. C. 
 Wheeler, Secretary. 
 
 The church has a prosperous and well officered Sun- 
 day-School. For twenty years J. P. Rappleye was its 
 faithful Superintendent. Thirty-five members of the 
 school enlisted in the Union Army. Can any church 
 show a more honorable war record? 
 
 The Farmer Village church has for many years enjoy- 
 ed almost uninterrupted peace, and has made slow but 
 steady growth. Two prayer meetings are now well sus- 
 tained, and as the prayer-meeting is an index of spiritual 
 power, the church of Farmer Village may look to the 
 future with courage and with hope. 
 
 The first meeting-house was built in 1823, at a cost of 
 about $3000. It was thoroughly repaired in 1842. The 
 parsonage lot was bought in 1874. Fayette Allen, John 
 Boorom, Pierpont Bassette, Sylvester Rappleye, and J. P. 
 Rappleye, were a committee to build a parsonage house. 
 The sweet toned bell, one of Meneely's best, was purchas- 
 ed in 1859, *"d cost $620. Estimated value of church 
 property, $16,000. Oldest member, Jude Tunison, form- 
 erly a slave, and one of the constituent members of the 
 church. 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 The following list gives the names of the deacons with 
 the date of their election : 
 
138 Seneca Baptist Associatiox. 
 
 Elnathan Winans and Lewis Johnston, Nov. 27, i8ig; 
 William Rappleye and Mahlon Covert. Feb. 2, 1833; 
 Abraham Swick, 1836; Daniel Mizener and Jas. Brown, 
 April 1836; John Boorom and Cornelius V. Covert, Nov. 
 5, 1842; B. E. Bassette, John S. Brooks, W. W. Boorom, 
 and A. J. Rappleye, Nov. 14, 1868. The four last named, 
 with the exception of the lamented John S. Brooks, are 
 the present deacons. The church has been happy in the 
 selection of its officers, calling to serve as deacons able, 
 earnest, sober-minded men, who have faithfully, dis- 
 charged the duties of their office. 
 
 Licentiates : Winfield Scott, the date of whose license is 
 not given, and Louis J. Gross, licensed April 2, 1870. 
 
 Clerks: Jeremiah Rappleye, elected Nov. 27, 1819; Jo- 
 seph Dunlap, April, 1825 ; William Boughton, June, 1825. 
 During the troublous period, Bergun Covert was clerk. 
 After reconstruction, Fayette Allen was clerk for six years. 
 John P. Rappleye was elected Oct. 8, 1835, and for near- 
 ly forty-three years has faithfully performed the duties of 
 his office. The society was incorporated April 3, 1824, 
 and the church and society has had as clerks, Samuel 
 Almy, Jacob S. Rappleye, Wm. Smith, James M. Rap- 
 pleye, and lastly, B. E. Bassette, elected in 1861. 
 
 The following persons have served as trustees : 
 
 Jeremiah Rappleye, Samuel Almy, William Rappleye, 
 Jacob S. Rappleye, Abraham Hand, Lewis Johnston, 
 Abram Bloomer, Fayette Allen, Lemuel Bassette, J. P. 
 Rappleye, D. Mizener, Hiram Rappleye, Harmon Jones, 
 Ira Almy, Nicholas Rappleye, John Boorom, Ansel Rap- 
 pleye, Firmon Holton, Hamilton O. Mundy, Jas. B. Scott 
 Jas. M. Rappleye, Tunis S. Rappleye, Ira C. Johnson, B- 
 E. Bassette, Joseph Sniffen, Hudson Rappleye, L. Hin- 
 man, W. W. Boorom, J. B. Bassette, George Rice, Wil- 
 liam Longstreet, Jacob Boorom, William B. Mundy, Ira 
 C. Hall, Addison Boorom. 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 139 
 
 William Rappleye and J.. P. Rappleye served each four 
 terms; Fayette Allen, John Boorom and H. O. Mundy 
 each three terms ; Lemuel Bassette, Ira Almy, Nicholas 
 Rappleye, J. B. Scott, Jacob Boorom and J. B. Bassette, 
 each two terms, L. Hinman was elected for a fourth term 
 but resigned before his term expired. William Long- 
 street is now serving his fourth term. Mr. Hinman died 
 in 1873, and his zealous labors in behalf of the church, are 
 held in grateful remembrance. Jacob Boorom and Ira 
 Almy received a vote of thanks for their faithful labors 
 in behalf of the church and society. 
 
 Joseph Sniffen, Hudson Rappleye and Jacob Boorom 
 were trustees at the time of the building of the present 
 church, and received from the church and society a unan- 
 imous vote of thanks for their able, arduous and satisfact- 
 ory services. 
 
 PRESENT OFFICERS. 
 
 Pastor: Lewis Halsey. Deacons: B. E. Bassette, John 
 Brooks, (dec'd) W. W. Boorom, A. J. Rappleye. Church 
 clerk: J. P. Rappleye. Society clerk: B. E. Bassette. 
 Trustees : Ira C. Hall, Addison Boorom, Wm. Longstreet. 
 Treasurer: William Longstreet. Chorister: Warren L. 
 Miller. Organist: Mrs. Elizabeth K. Willers. Welcoming 
 Committee: Hudson Rappleye, Wm. Longstreet, Charles 
 Bogart. Sexton : George Bogart. 
 
 Sunday-School Superintendent : B. E. Bassette ; Sec- 
 retary : A. J. Rappleye ; Treasurer : J. L. Ryno ; Libra- 
 rian : D, La Tourrette. Teacher of Bible Class : Hiram 
 R. Covert ; Chorister : Homer Boorom ; Organist : Miss 
 Alice E. Bassette. 
 
 Woman's Baptist Missionary Society : President, Mrs. 
 Andrew Miller. Secretary, Mrs. Mary B. Dickerson, 
 Treasurer, Miss Louisa Boorom. 
 
 Ladies' Social Organization: President, Mrs. A. J. 
 Rappleye. Secretary, Mrs. Ira C. Hall. Treasurer, Mrs. 
 J. L. Ryno. • 
 
I40 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 CARDINAL "DATES. 
 
 i8ig — lo — 18,.. Conference formed. 
 
 i8ig — II — 22, Church recognized. 
 
 1821, Unites with Seneca Association. 
 
 1823, First meeting-house built. 
 
 1824 — 4 — 3, Society incorporated. 
 
 1825, Division and sorrow. 
 
 1830 — 2 — 10, Reconstruction, 
 
 1842 Meeting-house repaired. 
 
 1847 Parsonage built. 
 
 1859, BpU bought. 
 
 1861 — 7 — 5 Corner stone of church laid. 
 
 1862 — 2 — 25, Meeting-house dedicated. 
 

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Ithaca. 
 
 For the following sketch, I am indebted, chiefly, to the 
 interesting history of the church in Ithaca prepared by 
 Pastor Hermon F. Titus, and read at the Jubilee exercises, 
 May 28, 1877. 
 
 The Baptist Conference of Danby was constituted 
 Sept. 25, 1 82 1, by twenty-three members who had been 
 dismissed from the church then of Spencer, now of W. Dan- 
 by. It was recognized as a church Nov. 13, 1821, by a coun- 
 cil in which were represented the churches : Second Ulys- 
 ses, Dryden, Spencer, and Third Ulysses. O. C. Comstock 
 was Moderator and preacher. Rev. Phineas Spaulding, who 
 was>accompanied by his son, William Spaulding, a licenti- 
 ate, gave the charge to the church. In 1822, a council was 
 called to ordain Iram Hawes and Ephraim Smith as 
 deacons. 
 
 A marked contrast is noted between the present and 
 the early manner of setting apart deacons. The candidates 
 were called upon to relate their Christian experience, to 
 give their views of doctrine and of the office and duty of a 
 deacon. Then, their call to this ministry being approved, 
 they were solemnly set apart by prayer and the laying on 
 of hands, receiving an impressive charge, and the hand of 
 fellowship. 
 
 The church became a member of the Seneca Associa- 
 tion in 1822. It was a feeble band and owned no place 
 of worship, meeting usually at Brother Jessup's. Chester 
 Coburn was pastor until July, 1825, when he was succeed- 
 ed by Caleb Nelson. 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 143 
 
 Many facts of interest might be gleaned from the rec- 
 ords of the church during its experience in Danby. It 
 maintained a strict discipline. After exercising its au- 
 thority it quotes the text : " And whatsoever ye shall 
 loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." It is refreshing 
 to find that " one characteristic of church life is not en- 
 grossed by modern churches," since the clerk writes, — 
 " found a union, but a very alarming degree of stupidity 
 in the church." 
 
 Many of the members of the church resided in Ithaca, 
 and in the autumn of 1826, Elder O. C. Comstock, and 
 Elder J. R. Burdick persuaded the brethren "to remove 
 their standing as a church " to that village. The first 
 meeting in Ithaca was held at the Court House, Oct. 18, 
 1826. Rev. O. C. Comstock, pastor of the Trumansburg 
 church, was engaged to preach to the church once in two 
 ■vyeeks. 
 
 That winter is remembered as the time of the great 
 awakening. The whole community seemed to feel the 
 presence of the Spirit. Elder Sabin, the Methodist pas- 
 tor, " most powerfully shook the bush," as he expressed 
 it. The well remembered Dr. William Wisner, then 
 pastor of the Presbyterian church, entered iato the work 
 with his accustomed impetuosity. Religion was the gen- 
 eral topic of conversation. Every place, almost, became 
 a place of prayer. We are reminded of the days of Jona- 
 than Edwards. The people agonized in prayer, and 
 could not sleep for anxiety, as they thought of their own 
 sins, or of the danger of the impenitent. All the church- 
 es were revived and strengthened. The Baptist church 
 received constant additions. The ordinance of baptism 
 was administered on almost every Lord's Day. 
 
 Dr. O. C. Comstock writes from Trumansburg to the 
 editor of the Baptist Register, Oct. 25, 1826. 
 
 "I commenced preaching in Ithaca, June 1 8th, and 
 have continued my labors there every second Sabbath. 
 
144 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 The place of meeting has been the Court-House, which 
 was generously opened for our accommodation. At first 
 our assemblies were rather small, but soon increased to a 
 considerable congregation." 
 
 He speaks of the gift by Surveyor General Simeon De- 
 Witt, of a site for a house of worship, of the removal of 
 the church from Danby to Ithaca, and of the welcome 
 aid he had received in his labors from his beloved brother 
 Elder Burdick, of the city of Washington. Dr. Comstock 
 was at this time serving as a missionary of the State Con- 
 vention. He writes, Jan. i, 1827: "The revival in Ithaca 
 continues. It is indeed great and glorious. Since my last 
 communication I have had the happiness to administer 
 the humbling and significant ordinance of baptism to 
 eighteen rejoicing disciples." 
 
 Elder John Sears became pastor May 10, 1827. An 
 organization was effected under the statute law, May 28, 
 1827. David Woodcock, Esq., Jabez Howland, Wm. 
 Mott, Dr. Geo. W. Phillips, Phineas Bennett, Julius Ran- 
 ney, Jedediah Beebee, Luther Gere, Esq., and W. P. Bur- 
 dick were elected trustees. 
 
 The church now entered vigorously upon the work of 
 building a house of worship. Elder Sears was sent out 
 on a collecting tour, and seems to have been architect-in- 
 chief. Like Nehemiah, he inspired the weak, encouraged 
 the strong, refused to listen to the faint-hearted, and hur- 
 ried on the work. Yet his task was no easy one, and it 
 was not until several years afterward that his people saw 
 the Walls of their Zion erected, and their temple ready 
 for consecration. 
 
 " The denominations already in the field were not well- 
 disposed towards the innovators. In those days Baptists 
 were not as well-known as at present. They were not 
 then in numbers and influence the second denomination 
 in the world. Instead of 2,000,000 communicants, they 
 numbered only a few scattered thousands. They were 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 145 
 
 reviled and hindered. Their baptism was made a laugh- 
 ing-stock, and their convictions ridiculed. Their neigh- 
 bors were not at all inclined to brook the near approach 
 of such a bigoted sect. A pastor upon one occasion 
 entered the covenant-meeting of the little church and in 
 a benignant way advised the conventicle to disband, not 
 to attempt any such foolish project, but rather to unite 
 with his congregation and thus prevent the multiplication 
 of sectaries. We have inadvertently assumed the tone of 
 a partisan, led thereto by the contemplation of the spirit 
 of supercilious intolerance which then pervaded the relig- 
 ious atmosphere. Another incident of the times is in 
 point. Elder Bears was engaged in delivering a series of 
 discourses upon the peculiar tenets of the faith which he 
 professed. A brother minister one afternoon dropped in 
 to listen. At the close of the sermon, the visitor, with a 
 modesty and courtesy seldom met with, arose in the con- 
 gregation and invited them to attend his Bible class upon 
 the following Sunday, where the subject just discussed 
 by the Elder would be treated in its true light. The next 
 Sabbath found the Elder in his neighbor's Bible class, 
 not, we fear, in a very docile mood, for he returned there- 
 from to his own congregation and impertinently preached 
 from the text found in Proverbs 18:17 : " He that is first 
 in his own cause seemeth just, but his neighbor cometh 
 and searcheth him." We have no disposition to portray 
 our Baptist fathers as martyrs ; for it must be admitted 
 that they did not display very much of that meek spirit 
 which turns the other cheek. We present these incidents 
 in order to make manifest the character of antagonism, 
 which marked the time. We may be grateful that a love 
 which rejoiceth in the truth wherever found and thinketh 
 no evil, has secured more sway in our day." 
 
 The meeting-house was completed in 183 1, at a cost of 
 about seven thousand dollars. Elder N. N. Whiting as- 
 
146 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 sumed the pastoral office; March 6th, 1831. A revival 
 followed, resulting in upwards of thirty-five baptisms. 
 
 Two other short pastorates succeeded Mr. Whiting's, 
 those of Elder J. R. Burdick and Elder Calvin Philleo. 
 " At that time it was the custom of the church to employ 
 their pastors by the year. At the close of each year's 
 service it was usual to attempt to ascertain the minds of 
 the brethren and sisters as to the desirability of renewing 
 the engagement for the ensuing year. This furnished 
 opportunity for the expression of any disaffection towards 
 the pas*-or, and was a frequent cause of separation be- 
 tween pastor and people. These yearly occasions of de- 
 bate must have been sources of confusion to Christian 
 activity on the part of the church and of humiliating and 
 embarrassing solicitude on the part of the pastor." 
 
 The church was now struggling under a debt of two 
 thousand dollars. This debt Mr. Philleo, " a man of 
 vigorous though somewhat eccentric habit," succeeded in 
 liquidating. He also' secured for the church a bell, and 
 left his people much stronger financially than when he 
 came among them. He was a pronounced abolitionist, 
 and never hesitated to champion the cause of the op- 
 pressed. 
 
 Mr. Philleo resigned in 1834, and the church was sup- 
 plied during the next winter by Jacob Thomas and Miles 
 Bronson, two Hamilton students who were about to go 
 as missionaries to India. The Lord was with his people 
 to revive his work. Elder Knapp, the well-known evan- 
 gelist, came in January and conducted a meeting which 
 continued for six weeks. It is believed that more than 
 two hundred were converted. All the churches in the 
 village received accessions. 
 
 Rev. C. G. Carpenter became pastor May 3, 1835. "It 
 fell to him to organize the crude products of the recent 
 revival, and to instruct the fresh converts in the faith, a 
 difficult task but well accomplished." D. C. Wait, a 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 147 
 
 licentiate of this church, was ordained in 1836, at Homer, 
 but was soon called from labor to his rest. The church 
 had again suffered itself to be led into a financial quag- 
 mire, and Mr. Carpenter's pastorate seems to have been 
 a struggle to extricate it. He resigned after three years 
 of faithful toil, the church accepting his resignation with 
 great reluctance. In 1837, the contribution qi the church 
 for Home Missions exceeded one hundred dollars, " an 
 accomplishment well worthy of emulation." 
 
 Rev. S. S. Parr next accepted a call to the pastorate, 
 and is remembered as an eloquent and convincing preach- 
 er, and an able debater. The church received large ac- 
 cessions. Mr. Parr was a Baptist of the Baptists, and 
 soon became involved in a wordy war with a brother 
 pastor, in which both seem to have lost their tempers. 
 
 Rev. David Bellamy was pastor for seventeen months, 
 and was much beloved by the church. He was assisted 
 in a series of meetings by Elders Blain and Nickerson, 
 and converts were multiplied. Greatly to the regret of 
 the congregation, he resigned, in 1841, to accept a call to 
 New York City. 
 
 The next pastpr was Rev. Jirah D. Cole. He remain- 
 ed nineteen months, being dismissed at his own request, 
 May 15, 1843. His name is held in high esteem. He 
 sustained two severe bereavements in 1877, '" the death 
 of his wife, and also of his son, Jirah D. Cole, Jr., who 
 was well-known in Ithaca, in 1848-49. 
 
 Rev. H. L. Grose, now editor of the Ballston Journal, 
 Ballston, Spa. N. Y., was the next pastor, remaining for 
 nearly one year. His name also is recalled with pleasure. 
 Rev. A. Jackson was called to the pastorate in April, 
 1844. "Soon after his arrival the clerk records : ' There is 
 evidently an increase of religious interest.' But this is 
 not peculiar to the coming of this pastor. We might 
 have remarked the same in several other instances. We 
 are led to query whether pastors are reservoirs of spiritu- 
 
148 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 al life ; also, to direct attention to what must already 
 have been observed, that the history of the church 
 amounts to but little besides an account of pastors and 
 their relations to the church. A new minister comes, 
 there is renewed activity in the church. The interest 
 augments for a time, then subsides ; then it is time for 
 him to depart. We cannot believe this the normal plan 
 of church development. What a different task would be 
 ours at this hour if we were tracing the growth of a spirit- 
 ual body uninterrupted by the accidents of pastoral 
 changes, and pursuing without deviation of policy the 
 path of ' growth in grace ' and attainment of love, the 
 bond of perfectness ! " 
 
 At this time, B. B. Gibbs and David Atwater were 
 licensed to preach. Two persons were excluded for their 
 connection with Millerism. Mr. Jackson resigned in Oct. 
 1848. During his pastorate arose an unhappy controver- 
 sy concerning secret societies, the institution of Odd Fel- 
 lowship being the alleged bete noir which disturbed the 
 minds of some of the brethren. A division of the church 
 was the result, and the Berean church was constituted. 
 
 Rev. Fred Glanville accepted a call to the pastorate in 
 April, 1849, but his stay was short. In February, 1850, 
 Rev. William Cormac was called from Trumansburg, and 
 the church once more saw a period of prosperity. His 
 coming was Hke the coming of refreshing showers to the 
 parched and thirsting earth. The church was revived, 
 sinners were converted, and the records speak of many 
 baptisms. Mr. Cormac was an eloquent preacher, a faith- 
 ful pastor, and a man of peace. So happy was the in- 
 fluence he exercised, and so extensively did brotherly 
 love prevail, that the aggrieved brethren of the Berean 
 church were cordially invited to return to their old home, 
 and the majority, in the same fraternal spirit, accepted 
 the invitation. After a pastorate of two and one-half 
 years, Mr. Cormac accepted a call to Mendon, Monroe Co. 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 149 
 
 Rev. J. M. Harris, of Amsterdam, N. Y., was invited to 
 serve as pastor in Sept. 1852. It is stated that the only 
 objection to his call was made by two brethren, on the 
 ground that " he preached from notes," but this, accord- 
 ing to Mr. Titus, must have been a propitious sign, since 
 " his pastorate was the longest and hence the most pros- 
 perous in the history of the church." During the years 
 of his ministry, peace prevailed, the work of the church 
 was steadily carried forward, the blessing of the Lord 
 rested upon his people, and baptisms were frequent. At 
 this time, the church reached the acme of its numerical 
 prosperity, reporting three hundred and fifty-two mem- 
 bers. But in the midst of this prosperity, affliction came 
 upon them to try their faith. Their uninsured meeting- 
 house was burned, Jan. 11, 1854. Undismayed under the 
 leadership of their brave pastor, they at once began pre- 
 parations to rebuild. Nobly and with great self-sacrifice 
 the work was carried forward, and the second temple, 
 built at a cost of $10,000, was completed in the autumn 
 of 1855. After a pleasant pastorate of twelve years, Mr. 
 Harris accepted a call to Rome, N. Y., leaving the church 
 strengthened, united, and prepared for future labors. 
 
 Rev. J. N. Folwell was called from Easton, Pa., in 1865, 
 and was pastor for four years. His labors were also 
 blessed to the upbuilding of the church, and he baptised 
 many converts. Special attention was given to doctrine 
 and discipline. The large annual contributions show- 
 ed a remarkable growth of the spirit of benevolence. 
 Toward the close of his pastorate, the spirit of discord 
 again manifested its presence in the church, bringing 
 with it alienation, dissention, and at last division. An 
 independent church was again constituted, and was recog- 
 nized, six years afterward, as the Tabernacle Baptist 
 church of Ithaca. Mr. Folwell resigned in 1869, to ac- 
 cept the secretaryship of the New York Baptist Educa- 
 tion Society, and for several months the pulpit was sup- 
 
I50 Senfxa Baptist Association. 
 
 plied by S. Hobart Adams, then a student in the Theo- 
 logical Seminary, at Rochester. This noble young man, 
 honored and loved by all, was called home at the opening 
 of a life of richest promise, March 5th, 1870. 
 
 The next pastor was Rev. C. J. Shrimpton, who began 
 his work here Nov. i, i86g. During his ministry dissen- 
 tions were healed, the church was united, and the foun- 
 dation was laid for future work. The audience room of 
 the church was renovated and made attractive. After a 
 pastorate of four years Mr. Shrimpton, to "the deep re- 
 gret of the church, accepted a call to Fayetteville, N. Y. 
 In 1874, Rev. E. T. Hiscox, D. D., now pastor at Mount 
 Vernon, N. Y., supplied the desk with great acceptance. 
 
 Rev. C. A. Harris was the next pastor in charge, and 
 entered upon his work with enthusiasm. His labors were 
 blessed to the ingathering of many of the youth of the 
 congregation, and his resignation, taking effect April i, 
 1876, was received with general surprise and regret. 
 While the church was without a pastor, Rev. Horace L. 
 ITouse, now pastor at Minneapolis, preached for a time 
 as a supply, and his presence was always welcome. 
 
 Rev. Hermon F. Titus was called as pastor Sept. i, 
 1876, and was ordained on the 31st of the same month. 
 Rev. J. J. Lewis, of Madison University, preaching the 
 ordination sermon. Mr. Titus' first work was to attempt 
 to free the church from debt. This work was so soon 
 accomplished that at their semi-centennial anniversary. 
 May 28, 1877, the church could say: "We 'owe no man 
 anything but to love one another.' " The historical 
 sketch continues : " The cheerful co-operation and hearty 
 unanimity which have been developed in our church, in 
 the most stringent portion of a year of the hardest kind 
 of times, may well be a source of congratulation to our- 
 selves, and a most hopeful omen for the opening of our 
 second half century of life. We can adopt no better 
 motto for our future than that injunction of the apostle 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 151 
 
 just quoted : ' Owe no man anything, but to love one 
 another ; for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the 
 law.' " 
 
 On the 1st of January, 1878, Mr. Titus began the pub- 
 lication of a quarterly newspaper, known as " The Way- 
 mark." It has been edited with marked ability, and is 
 enriched by so many timely and well worded articles, that 
 we would be glad, did our space allow, to quote at length 
 from its pages. The initial number contained an engrav 
 ing of the first Baptist meeting-house built in Ithaca ; 
 the second, a cut of the present church ; the issue of 
 April, 1879, the portrait of Rev. Dr. O. C. Comstock, the 
 first pastor of the church in Ithaca. The editor of " the 
 Waymark " speaks with high commendation of the la- 
 bors of the treasurer,, Caleb Earl, who for upward of 
 twenty years served the church faithfully and acceptably. 
 He also refers to the arduous duties of the committee on 
 finance, and to the patient and constant labors of the 
 chief collector, Dea. M. P. Ellison. He writes: "To be 
 loyal to our church means much. Our church will suc- 
 ceed really only when every member takes an active in- 
 terest in its welfare, feels himself personally responsible 
 for its prosperity, and enthusiastically believes in it and 
 labors for it." 
 
 The present church edifice was built by the Messrs. 
 Earl, in 1854-55, immediately after the burning of the 
 first meeting-house. Repairs upon the interior to the 
 amount of one thousand dollars were made in 1871, and 
 some eight hundred dollars were expended upon the ex- 
 terior in 1877. "The engraving on page 141 will be rec- 
 ognized by the Baptists of Ithaca as the countenance of a 
 familiar friend. Though it be true that the spirit of the 
 gospel makes 
 
 ' God's love and blessing — 
 Now, and here, and everywhere,' 
 ' And every land a Palestine ; ' 
 
152 Senfxa Baptist Association. 
 
 yet the hallowed memories of early Christian experience 
 render "church-homes' very precious indeed." 
 
 CHURCH OFFICERS. 
 
 The list of pastors is given in the tables of statistics of 
 the churches, with the exception of Chester Coburn 
 settled 1812; Caleb Nelson, 1825 ; O. C. Comstock, 1826. 
 The names of the first trustees may be found by referring 
 to the organization of the church. Lewis H. Culver was 
 elected trustee, May 20, 1840, and remained in office 
 during his life. He was for many years President of the 
 Board. John Northrup was elected June 15, 1852, and 
 held the office for twenty-seven years, serving as clerk. 
 Lewis H. Culver died, July 18, 1876. 
 
 Among the licentiates were J. R. Burdick, D. C. Wait, 
 B. B. Gibbs, David Atwater, and S. H. Adams. 
 
 L Hawes and E. Smith were ordained as deacons 
 March 6, 1822; J. Beebee and E. Hunt, Aug. 11, 1827. 
 Deacon Hawes resigned in 1B43. S. Hunt, A. Curtis, L 
 Earl, and W. C. Gordon were elected deacons for one 
 year, Sept. 17, 1838. Deacon J. Beebee died May 9, 
 1840. S. Hunt, L Earl, H. K. Webster and B. Taber 
 were chosen deacons, June 14, 1842 ; Geo. Covert, May 
 14, 1847; Theophilus Drake, Dec. 11, 1848; Dr. S. P. 
 Sackett, Dec, 3, 1858 ; James Morrison and William 
 W. Ayers, Jan. 27, 1868; Dr. E. C. Moe and- M. P. 
 Ellison, Sept. 2, 1872. Deacon L Earl died, Nov. 26, 1861 ; 
 Deacon James Morrison died, Sept. 25, 1870. 
 
 List of clerks, with date of election : 
 
 William C. Gordon, 1829; W. P. Burdick, 1830; S. 
 Hunt, 1833; A. Burritt, 1839; Henry B. Squires, 1840; 
 S. Hunt, (re-elected) 1844; H. Hill, 1845; Chas. W. 
 Sackett, 1867; H. W. Sackett, 1874; A. R. Ward, 1S75. 
 Among the church and society clerks were Abel Burritt, 
 Lewis H. Culver, and, for many years, John Northrup. 
 
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 153 
 
 PRESENT OFFICERS. 
 Pastor: H. F. Titus. Deacons: Theophilus Drake, 
 Dr. S. P. Sackett, William W. Ayers, M. P. Ellison, 
 Clerk : A. R. Ward. Trustees : B. F. Taber, Caleb Earl, 
 J. B. Lang, J. C. Westervelt, A. R. Ward. Officers of 
 Sunday-School : J. C. Westervelt, Superintendent ; E. H. 
 Sibley, Assistant Superintendent ; William Elliott, Secre- 
 tary and Treasurer. Floral and Decorating Committee : 
 Miss Woodruff, Miss Northrup, Miss Cowdry, Mrs. Stan- 
 ford, Miss G. Nelson, and Mrs. Titus. 
 CARDINAL DATES. 
 
 1821 — 9 — 25 Danby Conference formed. 
 
 1821 — II — 13, Church recognized. 
 
 1822 — 9 — 4, United with Seneca Association. 
 
 1826 — 10 — 18, First meeting in Ithaca. 
 
 1827 — 5 — 28, First Board of Trustees elected. 
 
 1831 — 3, New meeting-house occupied. 
 
 1847 — 4 — 9, Members dismissed to form Berean church. 
 
 1854 — I — II Meeting-house burned. 
 
 1855, New house built. 
 
 1862 — 10 — 8 Baptist State Convention at Ithaca. 
 
 1870 — I — 31. . . .Members dismissed to constitute a new church. 
 
 187T — 10, .Baptist State Conventional Ithaca. 
 
 1877 — 5 — 28 Jubilee Anniversary. 
 
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Tabernacle BaptistChurch of Ithaca. 
 
 The Tabernacle Baptist church of Ithaca, was organized 
 Feb. 7, 1870, with forty members. It was recognized as 
 a regular Baptist church by a council held Jan. 18, 1876, 
 of which Hon. George Sherwood, of Binghampton, was 
 Moderator, F. Dusenberry, of Enfield, clerk. In 1877 
 the church united with the Seneca Association. 
 
 Francisco Dusenberry became pastor March 28, 1870, 
 and remained for four years, being recalled as pastor in 
 April, 1877. From 1874 to 1877, the pulpit was filled for 
 the greater part of the time by two licentiates, Theodore 
 S. Leonard and James F. Rapson. Mr. Rapson has just 
 accepted the call of the Fuller Memorial church in the 
 city of Baltimore. 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 Franklin Hooker and John Linderbury were elected 
 deacons Feb. 7. 1870; Lucius Mastin, March 27, 1874. 
 
 The clerk is elected yearly. Brennett J. Mix was 
 elected Feb. 7, 1870; Anna Jarvis, Feb. 27, 1871 ; Ellen 
 Clark, May ]?, 1875. 
 
 Franklin Tooker was the first Superintendent of the 
 Sunday-School. R. O. Lay, was elected in Jan. 1873, 
 and is still Superintendent. This youthful church has its 
 history before it. May its life be long and prosperous ! 
 PRESENT OFFICERS. 
 
 Pastor: Francisco Dusenberry. Dea'C'ons: J. Linderbury, 
 L. Mastin. Clerk: Ellen Clark. Trustee: Lucius Mastin. 
 Superintendent of Sunday-School : R. O. Lay. 
 
 CARDINAL DATES. 
 
 1870—2—7 Church Organized. 
 
 1876 — I — 18 Church recognized. 
 
 1877 United with Seneca Association. 
 
Mecklenburg. 
 
 The Baptist church in Mecklenburg was constituted in 
 1817. The first meeting-house was built in 1834, at a 
 cost of $2000. The early records of this church have 
 been lost, and diligent search has led to the discovery of 
 little relating to its history previous to its uniting with 
 the Seneca Association. Among its early pastors were 
 Jonathan Sturdevant, Barzilla King, Seth Smalley, S. 
 Wise, John Sears, J. Briggs, E. Kimball, and B. R. Swick. 
 
 Beginning with the record of 1842, we find that Philan- 
 der Shedd became pastor April i, 1843. In 1844, the 
 salary of the minister was fixed at $350, $125 to be paid 
 in provision for his family. In Oct. 1844, it was voted 
 that each male member of the church be required to pay 
 $1.50, " considered as privilege," and that each female 
 member " pay as above fifty cents, except the wives of 
 the brethren." 
 
 Hezekiah West became pastor in April, 1846, and was 
 settled longer than any other pastor of this church. In 
 1847, a resolution was passed discountenancing secret so-, 
 cieties. The churcli was blessed with a season of re- 
 freshing in the winter of 185 1, and more than fifty con- 
 verts were baptised. Elder West resigned March 6th, 
 1852. He was succeeded by William Wilkins, who re- 
 mained for two years. 
 
 B. C. Townsend became pastor in June, 1855, not re- 
 ceiving any stipulated salary, but to stay as long as pas- 
 tor and people were suited, and to receive what the 
 church could raise for his support. Samuel H. Saylor 
 was licensed to preach the gospel March 31, 1855. B. C. 
 Townsend resigned in 1856, and O. W. Gibbs declined a 
 
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 call to the pastorate, the church at Bennettsburg being 
 " unwilling to let him go." S. H. Saylor preached for a 
 time as a supply. D. T. Lockwood was pastor for two 
 years. D. Corey preached his first sermon as pastor Jan. 
 30, 1859. H. S. Owen was elected treasurer. For three 
 weeks the pastor was assisted in meetings by' Benjamin 
 F. Balcom, and many rejoicing converts were received as 
 Candidates for baptism. The salary of pastor Corey was 
 increased, and the church by unanimous vote requested 
 him to continue his labors with tlfem. In Jan. 1862, the 
 pastor was assisted in meetings by A. C. Mallory, and a 
 number of converts expressed hope in Christ. In Jan. 
 1864, H. G. Dewitt assisted the pastor, and the church 
 again received many new members by baptism. On the 
 7th of Feb. 1864, Mr. Corey preached his farewell sermon 
 to a large and attentive congregation. The church voted 
 to call C. L. Bacon to settle with them as pastor, but the 
 call was not accepted. 
 
 Samuel H. Saylor was ordained as a minister of the 
 gospel April 12, 1864, by a council of which C. W. Burg- 
 hardt, of Trumansburg, was Moderator, and C. E. Becker, 
 of Bennettsburg, clerk. J B. Smith, of Farmer Village, 
 preached the sermon ; William Sharpe, of Bennettsburg, 
 gave the charge. D. Corey was recalled as pastor Aug, i, 
 1864. On the last day of Dec. 1864, the clerk makes the 
 following entry : " No covenant meeting to-day for the 
 want of energy." A common want in too many churches, 
 brother clerk. At the close of the year, the church voted 
 to add brethren William Godding and C. Jeffers to the 
 ministerial committee, " for the purpose of making short 
 work of it." D. C. Marshall was pastor in 1866. In 
 1867, the church was again blessed in a protracted 
 effort, and nearly fifty candidates were baptised. 
 
 P. D. Root became pastor June i, 1868. J. Cormac, 
 H. Becker and B. Spaulding were appointed a financial 
 committee. On Sunday, Jan. 9, 1869, George B. Treman 
 
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 presented to the church a donation of two hundred dol- 
 lars, from Sister Mary Treftian, of Ithaca, the interest on 
 this sum to be used annually for the benefit of the Sun- 
 day-School. H. E. Ford began work as pastor in July, 
 1869. He remained only one year. C. Jeffers, Geo. 
 Grant, and H. Saylor were appointed a ministerial com- 
 mittee. The church was very acceptably supplied for 
 several months, first by Henry Tallmadge, a young Pres- 
 byterian clergyman, now in California, then by Jay R. 
 Shaw, a licentiate of the Trumansburg church, and now 
 pastor at Camillus. Rev'ds. Holt, Corey, and Halsey, 
 also supplied the desk. A. C. Chase became pastor May 
 I, 1872. The church edifice, which had been closed for 
 repairs, was re-dedicated July 2, 1872, the late Dr.. J. S. 
 Backus, of blessed memory, preaching the opening ser- 
 mon, followed by G. A. Starkweather, of Trumansburg, 
 and Rev. J. Hendrick. of Havana. The sum of $2,400 
 was subscribed to free the church from debt. Mr. Chase 
 preached his farewell sermon April 18, 1875, and the 
 church enjoyed the services of C. E. Becker, as supply. 
 
 A. D. Abbott preached his first sermon as pastor, June 
 20, 1875. The brethren of the Methodist church having 
 lost their house by fire, were assured of heartfelt sympa- 
 thy, and were tendered the use of the Baptist house of 
 worship. H. H. Saylor,. H. S. Owen and J. J. Larrison 
 were appointed a financial committee. In Feb. 1877, ^ 
 series of union meetings was held, in which the pastors 
 of the several churches were assisted by A. C. Mallory, 
 F. Purvis, Rev. Dr. Queal, and others. A. D. Abbott 
 closed his labors with the church June lOth, 1877, "with 
 an appropriate sermon and one of good advice." For 
 some time, the Baptist and Methodist congregations wor- 
 shiped together, the Baptists providing the house, and the 
 Methodists the preacher. 
 
 N. C. Brundage, of Chemung, began his labors as pas- 
 tor April I, 1878. In Feb. 1879, the pastor was assisted 
 
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 in a series of meetings by A. C. Mallory, of Covert, and 
 several candidates were baptised. S. C. Snyder, A. God- 
 ding and F. W. Treman were appointed financial com- 
 mittee. Revivals which resulted in large additions to 
 the church are reported in 1 839-1 841, B. R. Swick, pas- 
 tor; 185 I, H. West, pastor; 1859, D. Corey, pastor ; B. 
 F. Balcom assisting. 1864, D. Corey, pastor, H. G. De- 
 Witt assisting; 1867, D. C. Marshall, pastor. 
 
 The meeting-house is valued at $10,000, parsonage at 
 $3,000. 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 Deacons: In July, 1846, Deacon Cleveland was ex- 
 cused from acting as deacon at his own request, on ac- 
 count of increasing age and infirmities. Bostwick Be- 
 ment and Joseph Smith were elected Sept. 6th, 1845. In 
 March, 1848, B. Bement and H. S. Owen were ordained 
 by a council of which William McCarthy, of Farmer Vil- 
 lage, was Moderator, and J. H. Morrison, of Bennets- 
 burg. Clerk. Deacons A. Miller and W. Vaughn were 
 delegates from Bcnnettsburg. Blackford Spaulding and 
 Leroy Becker were elected Sept. 1st, i860, and ordained 
 Dec. 13th, i860, by a council in which Rev'ds. Corey, 
 Arkills and Dunbar participated. S. C. Snyder was chosen 
 deacon May 4, 1878. 
 
 Clerks: In Dec. 1849, ^- H- Ellis was elected clerk in 
 place of C. Treman. deceased. He was succeeded by N. 
 M. Garrison in 1851. M. Garrison, 1853. H. S. B. Ackley, 
 1857. After eighteen years of faithful service, Mr.. Ackley 
 resigned, and was succeeded Jan. i, 1876, by George C. 
 Jeffers, the present incumbent. 
 
 William Bennett was the first clerk of the church and 
 society. He was succeeded by Jonathan Owen, in 1832, 
 J. B. Chadwick, in 1834. Other incumbents were N. 
 Garrison, Minor Colegrove, Calvin Treman, George Grant, 
 H. S. Owen, M. Garrison, H. S. B. Ackley, S. C. Snyder, 
 
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 H. H. Sayler, S. E. Hausner, Geo. C. Jeffers. George 
 Grant held the office for sixteen years. 
 
 Trustees : The Second Baptist Church and Society of 
 Hector, was organized according to the laws of the State 
 of New York, July 5th, 1825, at a meeting held at the 
 house of Jeremiah Ayers. James Colegrove, James 
 Bump, and Sullivan D. Hubbell were elected trustees, 
 At the annual meeting held in Dec. 1825, James Cole- 
 grove, Benjamin Mead and Jonathan Owen were ap- 
 pointed trustees. Afterward there were frequent changes 
 in the board. The office was held by David Bullen, 
 Joshua Hinkley, Ashbel Treman, William Godding, 
 Calvin Treman, Minor Colegrove, Orin Sears, John 
 Saylor, John M. Coddington, Joseph Smith, Nathaniel 
 Ganson. William Georgia, Nathaniel Garrison, Jonas R. 
 Neal, B. Bement, William Walworth, Daniel Brown, A. 
 H. Ellis, H. H. Hewett, Elmer B. Spalding, W. B. Spald- 
 ing, M. Garrison, Orin Sears, Orange Hubbell, Samuel 
 Saylor, Martin Vanderzee, Jonathan Coddington, George 
 B. Treman, James Cormac, Edwin Grant, Leroy Becker, 
 Alex. Morgan, Harlow Becker, H. H. Saylor, Hiram T. 
 Darling, Alvah Godding, Frank W. Treman, Burnham 
 Reynolds, S. C. Snyder. The following have held the 
 office for more than three terms : Calvin Treman, John 
 Saylor, (eight terms) W. B. Spalding, H. S. Owen, G. B. 
 Treman, H. Becker. 
 
 In 1871, Harlow Becker, H. S. Owen, George Grant, J. 
 J. Larrison and C. Jeffers were appointed a building and 
 auditing committee, and G. B. Treman was elected treas 
 urer. 
 
 PRESENT OFFICERS. 
 
 Pastor: N. C. Brundage. Deacons: Orin Sears, W. B. 
 Spalding, H. S. Owen. Clerk: George C. Jeffers. Su- 
 perintendent of Sunday-School : N. C. Brundage. 
 
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 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 CARDINAL dates. 
 
 1817 Church constituted. 
 
 1825 — 7 — 5, Incorporated as Second church in Hector. 
 
 1834, First meeting-house built. 
 
 1869— I— 9 Gift to S. S,, from Mrs. Marj' Treman. 
 
 1872 — 7 — 2 Meeting-house re-dedicated. 
 
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Newfield. 
 
 The First Baptist church of Newfield was constituted 
 Jan. 20, 1820. The meetings were held at what was call- 
 ed the Block school house. Among the twenty or more 
 constituent members were : Elijah B. Georgia and wife, 
 Benjamin Starr and wife, Andrew Robinson and wife, 
 Nathan S. Steward and wife, Laurence Ammerman and 
 wife, Isaac L. Smith, Lodema Ammerman, Theodosia 
 Colegrove. 
 
 Elder Benjamin Oviatt is said to have been the first 
 pastor, remaining for about three years. He was a 
 carpenter, very industrious, and supported his family by 
 his labor, aided by donations from the church. Mr. 
 Oviatt was successful in his ministry, and baptised many. 
 Elder Chester Coburn was the second pastor, and accord- 
 ing to the recollection of the aged members, was called a 
 very good minister. Asa Cauldwell was pastor in 1834, 
 and remained about two years, the church prospering 
 during his labors. In 1836-37, Allen R. Beach, who not 
 long since went to his rest, honored and full of years, was 
 pastor. He was nominated by the Association at its 
 annual session as one of the Directors of the State Con- 
 vention. Then followed two short pastorates by Zelotes 
 Grinnell and Alvin Bailey, students from Hamilton Theo- 
 logical Institution, young men of ability and promise. 
 Next in order came Elder Varanus Bemis, who was both 
 pastor and school teacher. 
 
 Previous to this time, the church listened often to the 
 preaching of Elder John Bloomer, who seems never to 
 have been settled as regular pastor. He was a pioneer 
 guerrilla preacher, " going to war on his own charges," 
 
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 taking up a new farm, and depending, for the support of 
 his family, on his labor and small donations from the 
 neighboring churches. He was well liked, and it is said 
 that he was called upon to preach nearly all the funeral 
 sermons in the town. 
 
 Elder John Sears was pastor in 1843-44. He was an 
 original thinker, a vigorous preacher, a man popular with 
 the masses. During the Millenarian excitement he de- 
 parted in his views of doctrine from the views of his 
 denomination, but returned to them, we believe, before 
 he died. The church increased in numbers and in in- 
 fluence during his pastorate. 
 
 Previous to 1842-43, the meetings of the church were 
 held in school-houses, dwelling houses and barns. In 
 1842, a meeting-house was built, at a cost of perhaps two 
 thousand dollars. The dedicatory services were conduct- 
 ed by the pastor, John Sears, Rev. Jirah D. Cole, of 
 Ithaca, preaching the usual sermon. At this time, the 
 church was afflicted by losing one of its most useful 
 members, Deacon Charles Gillette. Rev. F. Dusenberry 
 was pastor in 1845-46. He resumed his work here in 
 1857, remaining for four years, and the church was re- 
 vived and strengthened E. Kimball was pastor in 1847, 
 D. W. Root in 1849, A. Wade in 1851. Rev.. J. Gray, 
 was pastor for one or two years from 1853, and after- 
 ward preached as an occasional supply. Rev. F. Dusen- 
 berry preached at Newfield part of the time in 1852, and 
 was assisted in revival rheetings by Rev. C. A. Votey, 
 the church being greatly strengthened. S. Dassance 
 was ordained in July, 1855. A. B. Woodworth was pas- 
 tor from i860 to 1864, and' his labors are held in grateful 
 remembrance. A. Mintonye was pastor in 1865 ; H. H. 
 Everett in 1867; D. C. Marshall in 1869. Nothing call- 
 ing for special mention is recorded or reported concern- 
 ing the work of the church during these short pastorates. 
 
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 William Sharpe accepted a call to the pastorate in 
 1873, when for years the church had been without a pas- 
 tor and without preaching. Mr. Sharpe was a member of 
 the missionary committee of the Association, and failing 
 to find a pastor for this unpromising field, resolved to at- 
 tempt the work himself. He remained at Newfield for 
 four years, and the church was edified and encouraged, 
 the record showing the success of his labors. At this 
 time was built a handsome and convenient parsonage. 
 He resigned in 1877, and was succeeded, for one year, by 
 Taylor Crum. C. P. Melleney is the present pastor. 
 
 The history of this church is a history of short pas- 
 torates. " Was settled," " resigned," is nearly the sum of 
 the record as it relates to the.services of many of the pas- 
 tors. During the fifty-nine years of its existence, the 
 church has had at least twenty-four pastors, and during 
 that time has often been without preaching. It is prob- 
 able that seven or eight pastors remained only one year 
 each. They were no sooner settled than they were un- 
 settled. The results of such a policy are suicidal. 
 
 At first the meetings of the Newfield Baptist church 
 were held about two miles south of the present village, 
 at a settlement called Kellogg's Corners. This hamlet 
 was ambitious to surpass Newfield Village, and at one 
 time seemed about to achieve the object of its ambition. 
 The citizens of Newfield offered a lot for a church to the 
 Baptists, but it was rejected. Some of the members lived 
 nearer Kellogg's Corners and wished to build there. The 
 offer was eagerly accepted by the Presbyterians. Then 
 the Methodists erected a house of worship in the village. 
 Finally the Baptists built a meeting-house, but in an un- 
 favorable location. 
 
 The church in Newfield has had usually a good Sun- 
 day-School, which for the past few years has been under 
 the direction of the present efficient Superintendent, O. 
 
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 A. Seeley. The meeting-house is estimated as worth 
 $1,500; the parsonage, $1,800. Self-sacrificing brethren 
 have struggled here against many discouragements. As 
 they toil on in the Master's service, they can rejoice that 
 their labor is not in vain, and that it is neither might nor 
 power, but the Spirit of the Lord which gives the victory. 
 OFFICERS. 
 The first deacons were Elijah B. Georgia and Benjamin 
 Starr. Charles Gillette was afterward elected. Still 
 later J. B. Chadwick, S. T. Brown. E. Johnston, E. W. 
 Dudley, J. L. Smith, and Revo Fairbrother. List of 
 Clerks : J. L. Smith, S. T. Brown, Amos Campbell, Lans- 
 ing Redner, J. W. Dean, Martin Kiper, Theodore Riding. 
 Miss Nora Taber. 
 
 PRESENT OFFICERS. 
 
 Pastor: C. P. Melleney. Deacon: Revo Fairbrother. 
 
 Clerk : Miss Nora Taber. Trustees : P. Taber, Charles 
 
 Smith, S. T. Brown. Society Clerk : John W. Dean. 
 
 Superintendent of Sunday-School : Obed A. Seeley. 
 
 cardinal dates. 
 
 1820— I— 20 Church constituted. 
 
 ^822 United with Seneca Association. 
 
 1842 First meeting-house built. 
 
 1869 Period of depression. 
 
 1873 Church revived under W. Sharpe. 
 
 '874 Parsonage built. 
 
North Hector. 
 
 On the 29th day of August, 1809, a council met at the 
 house of Jacob Smith, in the town of Ovid, to constitute 
 a new church within the bounds of the Baptist church of 
 Romulus. Micajah Starr was Moderator, Phineas Fuller- 
 ton, Clerk. The churches of Ovid and Hector, First 
 Milton, Second Milton and Romulus were represented. 
 The council inquired into the propriety of the request of 
 the petitioning brethren, and were answered by Elder 
 Wisner, Bro's. D. Wisner, and Silas Beers, a committee 
 from the church in Romulus. Further inquiries relative 
 to their situation and their articles of faith, were answer- 
 ed by Deacon Miller, N. Sutton, David Laycock and 
 Isaac Miller, of the petitioners. The council voted to 
 fellowship the conference as the Baptist church of Christ 
 in Ovid. Elder Minor Thomas, of Ovid and Hector 
 church, and Elder Thomas Tuttle, of Second Milton were 
 members of the council. 
 
 The church records are wanting before 18 12. From 
 that date they are full and minute. At the second meet- 
 ing of which we have record, the brothers and sisters, to 
 the number of fifteen, subscribed for the cause of missions 
 $3.79. The church had at this time a meeting-house, 
 Samuel Simpson was deacon, and Elder Thomas was 
 sent as delegate to the Cayuga Association. The Second 
 church granted Elder Thomas the privilege of preaching 
 one-fourth part of the time to this organization. Elder 
 Lewis Lafever also preached occasionally. The covenant 
 meetings were held not only at the meeting-house, but 
 also at school houses, at Gideon Scott's, Abraham Bloom- 
 er's, Aaron Miller's, John Goltry's, and Isaac Miller's. 
 
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 In 1816, the church voted that Elder House should im- 
 prove his time with them. In 1817, we find Elder Thomas 
 Brown pastor of the church, preaching for them three 
 quarters of the time, for the salary of $150. In March, 
 1818, the church met at the house of Bro. Dunham ; part 
 of the members manifested dissatisfaction with Elder 
 Brown, who, it seems, had incurred the censure of a coun- 
 cil. Disputes and division followed. Special meetings 
 were appointed to settle the difificulties, but they would 
 not stay settled. Twenty-three members who fellowship- 
 ed Elder Brown were excluded. An ex-parte council 
 was called, of which Minor Thomas was Moderator, S. D. 
 Hubbell, Clerk. John Lewis was now pastor, preaching 
 part of the time at Farmerville. In 1820, the church 
 voted him forty dollars for his services. 
 
 At a meeting held June 17th, 1820, Elder Lewis was 
 appointed Moderator; "then proceeded to business, or 
 to free our minds." In August, 1820, delegates were ap- 
 pointed to attend the new Association, probably the 
 embryonic Seneca. Month .after month the grievances 
 of the twenty-three excommunicated members came be- 
 fore the church. John Caton was engaged, in 1820, to 
 preach every third Lord's day. During this time, the ex- 
 cluded members seem to have enjoyed the ministrations 
 of Elder Brown. Once the disputants came together 
 and signed their names to an agreement in token that 
 union and harmony were restored. Before the time for 
 the next meeting the breach was wider than ever. In 
 1 82 1, the church sent messengers to the Seneca Associa- 
 tion withdrawing from the Cayuga. 
 
 Some of the excluded members stated that they had 
 " no more fellowship for the church than for the British," 
 others, that they could not endure such " cutting and 
 slashing." Another advisory council was called for Nov. 
 28, 1 82 1, to which Elders Comstock, King and Sturde- 
 vant received special invitations. Barzilla King was 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 167 
 
 Moderator, Lewis Porter, Clerk. The church informed 
 them that the Cayuga Association had disfellowshiped 
 them, and had advised them to disband, and to re-organ- 
 ize as a church. The council fully concurred in the ad- 
 vice given by the Association. The advice was accepted, 
 and the church accordingly disbanded. 
 
 A new church was constituted, and was recognized by 
 the council as the Second Church in Covert. Elder 
 Caton preached. Elder John Lewis gave the hand of fel- 
 lowship. Andrew German and E. T. Tooker were elect- 
 ed by the church and ordained by the council as deacons. 
 
 ■ Jonathan P. Woodworth began his labors April 20, 
 1822, preaching every other Lord's day, receiving fifty 
 dollars for his services. In 1823, Elder Lewis is again 
 pastor, and the church still a member of the Cayuga As- 
 sociation. 
 
 In Dec. 1825, Elders Robertson, Chase, and Hodge 
 were present by invitation at a conference when the 
 church voted that they did wrong in dissolving for the 
 purpose of ridding themselves of difficulties. In March, 
 1826, the church assumed the name of the First church 
 in Lodi, and in October, was received as a member of the 
 Seneca Association. Jacob Fisk, licentiate, was the 
 pastor, and was ordained March 7, 1872, by a council of 
 which John Caton was Moderator, and S. W. Ford, Scribe. 
 The sermon was by Elder Abbott, from 2d Cor. 5:20. 
 Elder Fisk's salary, for preaching one-half of the time, 
 was $100, a comfortable house to live in, firewood, and 
 horse to ride. 
 
 U. B. Miller became pastor in July, 1829. In 1830, a 
 committee was appointed to secure a site for building a 
 house of worship. The church was blessed with several 
 revival seasons. Special meetings were called for deliber- 
 ation as to the validity of baptism (immersion) adminis- 
 tered by Pedobaptist ministers, and so warm was the dis- 
 
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 cussion that it threatened to divide the church, some in- 
 dividuals saying that they "could not walk with the 
 church whichever way the question was decided." It 
 was proposed to drop the question. The members were 
 " polled " and the propo<?ition not sustained. At the next 
 meeting the matter was dropped by majority vote. E. 
 Lyon, A. German, J. Goltry, J. Benedict, F. Vantile were 
 appointed standing committee on grievances, to sit with 
 " closed doors," and to present complaints to the church 
 if the parties could not be reconciled. Charles DeLand 
 became pastor Sept. 7th, 1833, and seems to have gained 
 at once the confidence aftd affection of his people. 
 
 Difificulties arising between several of the sisters, the 
 church found on examination that they " originated in 
 unholy prejudices, a hard spirit, jealousies, evil surmis- 
 ings, hard speeches, a cool, uncourteous course of con- 
 duct and carriage toward each other, wrong representa- 
 tions and accusations." 
 
 In 1838, the church richly enjoyed a series of revival 
 meetings, and more than fifty members were received 
 after baptism. In 1839, ^^e church resolved to receive 
 no member who was not willing to renounce the use of 
 ardent spirits as a common beverage. Bowles C. Town- 
 send was licensed Sept. 26, 1841. We find the first men- 
 tion of a Sunday-School in the minutes for May 21, 1842, 
 when N. W. Folwell, was appointed Superintendent. 
 
 On the 19th of Nov. 1842, N. W. Folwell was granted 
 license to preach, many of the brethren saying that for a 
 long time they had thought it the duty of Bro. Folwell 
 to engage in the work of the Lord more publicly. 
 
 In Dec. 1845, the church expressed an anxious desire 
 for a protracted effort, and the deacons were appointed 
 to visit from house to house during the following week. 
 Elder DeLand resigned in Aug. 1846, and the clerk 
 was authorized to write to the editor of the Baptist 
 Register stating that the church wished to obtain a pas- 
 
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 tor " who is a man of God, and a man of talent." William 
 Cormac was settled as pastor in Nov. 1846, coming 
 from the Second church in Phelps, but was soon called 
 to Trumansburg. The church resolved that they could 
 not hold any fellowship with Odd Fellowship. Ben- 
 jamin Warren became pastor in May, 1848. In 1849, 
 Bro. Gray who had been a Methodist minister, was re- 
 ceived as a member and was licensed to preach. Loren 
 Wade was pastor for one year. Isaac Easterbrooks be- 
 came pastor May 17th, 1852. In 1852, the resolution in 
 opposition to the society of Odd Fellows was rescinded. 
 Jacob Grant settled with the church in June, 1854, and 
 remained until his death. Philo Grififis became pastor in 
 April, 1856. The church instructed a committee to pro- 
 cure a suitable tomb-stone to mark the grave of Elder 
 Grant. 
 
 Rev. S. V. Marsh, licentiate of the Romulus church, 
 came to Lodi Sept. 18, 1858, when the church had 
 been without a pastor for several months. His pastorate 
 seems to have been a remarkably pleasant one. In the 
 list of deacons we recognize the familiar name of Andrew 
 Miller. Jeremiah Van Vleet was collector, Garrett P. 
 Clawson, treasurer. John Halliday became pastor in 
 1863, and was dismissed by letter in 1865. He was suc- 
 ceeded by H. S. Card, during whose pastorate the new 
 meeting-house was built at North Hector. This action 
 was deeply regretted by a few of the members, but re- 
 ceived the hearty approbation of the majority. George 
 Miller, Thomas Miller, George Robinson, Riley Bramble 
 and Garrett Clawson were appointed committee on plan ; 
 N. Hinkley to circulate a subscription, to be prepared by 
 D. LaTourrette and G. Robinson. The old meeting- 
 house and site were sold, the sheds removed. The breth- 
 ren of the Peach Orchard church, now a feeble folk, were 
 invited to unite with this church as a body. 
 
170 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 . Daniel Corey began his pastorate, April i, 1869. The 
 next year the church reports thirty-two baptisms. C. 
 ■Wardner became pastor in May, 1872, and was succeed- 
 ed in May, 1877, by William N. Tower, the present pas- 
 tor. During the later years of its history, this church 
 has been especially fortunate in its choice of pastors, and 
 the pastors have been equally blessed in winning the con- 
 fidence, and securing the co-operation of the people. 
 
 During Elder Wardner's pastorate, in the summer of 
 1876, the village of North Hector was visited by a torna- 
 do which unroofed the Baptist church, destroyed or 
 shattered many buildings, uprooted thousands of fruit 
 trees, and left desolation in its path. In one wood-lot of 
 an hundred acres, every tree was blown down. Hon. A. 
 V. MeKeel saw one-third of his orchard uprooted. Among 
 the principal sufferers were Mrs. E. Ingersol, J. E. Hull, 
 A. L. Snyder, A. Moore and Mrs. Betsey Budd. The 
 rain fell in torrents, and the roads were for a time, im- 
 passable. The steeple of the Baptist church was hurled 
 across the street, striking the house owned by Mr. W. 
 Woodford. The bell struck in the middle of the road, 
 but strange to relate, although the frame was broken in 
 pieces, the bell itself was uninjured. The church had 
 just succeeded in freeing themselves from debt, and were 
 at first discouraged, but rallied bravely to the work of re- 
 pairing their church edifice. 
 
 In Dec. 1876, George Lamereaux was elected treasurer, 
 George Miller and Peter Clawson were appointed com- 
 mittee on finance. In 1877, Garrett Clawson, Thomas 
 Miller and George Lamereaux were appointed a com- 
 mittee to select a parsonage, and purchased the house 
 formerly owned by Dr. George King. The church has 
 now a well built meeting-house, and an excellent parson- 
 age. At a meeting held Oct. 20, 1877, the name Lodi 
 was dropped, and North Hector substituted. 
 
Seneca- Baptist Association. 171 
 
 officers. 
 
 Deacon Abraham Miller appears to have been one of, 
 the constituent members of the church. Samuel Simp-, 
 son was choseri deacon before 18 12. Robert Curry was 
 elected Sept. 10, 1813, at a meeting held at the house of 
 Gideon -Scott. Andrew German and Eliphalet T. Tooker 
 were elected Jan. 15, 1820. Alexander Lyon, July 15, 
 1826, in place of E. T. Tooker dismissed by letter, fiavid 
 Clement, May 21, 1836, to fill the place of A. German,, 
 removed from the church. In 1845, Deacon Clement re- 
 moved to Farmer Village, and Nathan Hinckley was 
 chosen in his stead. John DeMott Miller was elected 
 deacon, March 15, 1851. Robert Van Vleet, Feb. i8v' 
 i860. Ford Miller, and George Robinson, Feb. 26 1870.' 
 Deacon Nathan Hinckley died June i, 1870. Deacon 
 Robert F. Van Vleet died Feb. 20, 1871, aged sixty years. 
 In July, 1874, Deacon Andrew Miller was dismissed to 
 unite with the church in Farmer Village. Deacon Alex-" 
 ander Lyon died in 1850 
 
 The following list gives names of clerks with date of 
 election : 
 
 Joseph Benedict, June 19, 1S13; James Randall, 1820; 
 Andrew German, 1826; Frederic Van Tuyl, 1832; John 
 Tunison, 1836; Garrett B. Clawson, 1837; E. P. Payne, 
 1837; John DeMott Miller, 1838; William Carle, 1851 ; 
 Garrett Clawson, 1863; Asa Van Vleet, 1873. 
 
 Trustees : The First Baptist church of Lodi was legal- 
 ly incorporated Nov. 15, 1830. Joseph Benedict, James 
 Miller, Garrett Clawson, Alex. Lyon, Peter Clawson, An- 
 drew German, and John Goltry were elected trustees. 
 The office was held afterward by John Clark, Purdy 
 Budd, Lewis Benedict, Nathan Hinckley, Jeremiah Van- 
 Vleet, Lemuel Lamereaux, George Meddic, Isaac Claw- 
 son, Garrett P. Clawson, J. DeMott Miller, Robert Van- 
 Vleet, Riley Bramble, Abram Slaght, Absalom Foster, 
 
1/2 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 George Robinson, George Fausette, Thomas Miller, 
 George Lamereaux, William La Tourrette, Gilbert 
 Lamereaux, Garrett B. Clawson, S. V. R. Bramble, Wil- 
 liam Lamereaux, Daniel La Tourrette, Henry Lamereaux, 
 D. C. Bramble, Parker W. Halsey, George Evarts, Ford 
 Miller, Peter Easterbrooks, John Budd, Emmet Hull, 
 Warren L. Miller. At a meeting held Oct. 20, 1877, the 
 church organized under the new State law as the North 
 Hector Baptist church, and elected the present board of 
 trustees. 
 
 PRESENT OFFICERS. 
 
 Pastor: William N. Tower. Deacons: Ford L. Miller, 
 George R. Robinson. Clerk : Asa Van Vleet. Trustees : 
 Thomas Miller, Ford Miller, William LaTourrette, George 
 Lamereaux, William Lamereaux, James S. Ball. Treas- 
 urer: Geo. Lamereaux. Chorister: William H. Lamer- 
 eaux. Organist : Miss Carrie Squires. Superintendent 
 Sunday-School : Hermon Van Vleet ; Assistant : Ford 
 L.Miller. Secretary : Asa Van Vleet. Treasurer : Geo. 
 Evarts. Organist : Miss Cora Miller. 
 
 CARDINAL DATES. 
 
 1809—8 — 29, Constituted as First Ovid church. 
 
 1810 ( circ ) First Meeting-house built. 
 
 >8i& Elder Brown's secession. 
 
 1821 — 9 — 5 Unites with Seneca Association 
 
 1821— II— 28, Church disbands. 
 
 1821— II— 28 Reorganized as Second Covert church. 
 
 1826—3, Name changed to First Lodi. 
 
 ' 826 Re-unites with Seneca Association. 
 
 1830 — II — 15 Church legally incorporated. 
 
 '830 Alien Immersion controversy. 
 
 ^831 First meeting-house built. 
 
 18^6 - ^lew meeting-house at North Hector. 
 
 '87''' The tornado. 
 
 '°77 Parsonage bought. 
 
 1877-10—20, Name changed to North Hector. 
 
 1877—10—20, Re-organization under new trustee law. 
 
Ovid— Scott's Corners. 
 
 A number of Baptist brethren of the towns of Ovid 
 and Romulus, met at the house of Mrs. Kezia Scott, in 
 Ovid, Dec. 8, 1827, and organized the Ovid Baptist Con- 
 ference. These brethren had been in the habit of as- 
 sembling at the houses of Kezia Scott, Jeremiah Scott, 
 and Abram Bloomer. Their meetings were for prayer, 
 the singing of hymns, and exhortation after the apostolic 
 method. Previous to their formal organization, they had 
 prepared articles of faith, and a covenant which, with the 
 omission of a single sentence, is the covenant of the Ovid 
 church to-day. 
 
 Abram Bloomer and Hevelin Ward were chosen dea- 
 cons, and Joseph Dunlap was appointed permanent clerk. ' 
 On the 19th of Feb. 1828, a council assembled at the 
 house of Sister Scott. The members of the conference 
 were recognized as a regular Baptist church, Elder Holt 
 preaching the sermon, Elder Fisk offering the hand of 
 fellowship. Elder Peter R. Roberts giving the charge to 
 the church. 
 
 The church had seventeen constituent members : Ed- 
 ward Hodge, Abraham Bloomer, Sr., William Everett, 
 Hevelin Ward. A. M. Williams, Joseph Dunlap, Kezia 
 Scott, Betsey B. Rowley, Phoebe Grant, Phoebe Scott, 
 Lucinda Lewis, Sarah Hodge, Agnes Dunlap, Abigail 
 Newbury, Sarah Everett, Althea Fingley, Ann Sayre. 
 All of them during their lives remained firm in their faith, 
 and true to their covenant. Four of the six male mem- 
 bers, and probably at least seven of the females had 
 formerly belonged to the church at Farmerville. No 
 mention is made of this fact in the written histories of 
 
174 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 this church, nor in the regular records of the mother 
 church ; but this is explained by the fact that the mem- 
 bers of the Ovid conference did not sympathize with that 
 division of the church at Farmerville, which was after- 
 ward recognized by a council as the church de jure. The 
 Ovid church was born of the convulsion which split the 
 Farmer Village church asunder. It is a daughter of the 
 last named church, and a grand-daughter of the church 
 in Covert. 
 
 Sister Kezia Scott was a "Mother in Israel "• to the 
 Ovid church; It was organized in her house; it was 
 recognized by a council assembling at her house ; and' 
 here were held many of its early meetings. As Paul 
 wrote-: " Greet Priscilla and Acquila, likewise the 
 
 church that is in their house ! " so the message might 
 well have been sent by Elder Abbott or Elder Woolsey, 
 " Greet Kezia, likewise the church that is in her house ! " 
 She was the widow of Gideon Scott, whose name the 
 church also holds in grateful remembrance. At her 
 death. Sister Kezia Scott bequeathed five hundred dollars 
 to aid in purchasing a parsonage. The church added to this 
 one hundred and seventy-five dollars, raised by equality, 
 and thus secured a home for its minister. 
 
 The first pastor of the church was Edward Hodge, who 
 for a short time had been pastor at Farmer Village. The 
 meetings were held in private houses. The church was 
 received as a member of the Seneca Association in 1828. 
 The first deacons were elected ovXy pro teinpore. In 1832, 
 Abram Bloomer, Jr., and Joseph Dunlap were elected 
 deacons to serve during life or good behavior. They 
 were ordained by a council which included among its 
 members Elders Brown, of Romulus, Miller, of Lodi, 
 Woolsey, of Farmerville, and Abbott, of Trumansburg. 
 
 Elder Hodge, after eight years of faithful labor, re- 
 rn.oved.to Michigan, and was succeeded by William G. 
 
Seneca ■BAPTIST Association. 175 
 
 Wisner, v/hd remamed four years, and baptised fifty-two 
 believers. He was succeeded by that good man Lewis 
 Ransted. Elder Votey states that he was as much be- 
 loved by the Ovid church as any pastor it ever had. He 
 baptised thirty-nine in three years, Elder Sheardown as- 
 sisting him in a protracted meeting. He was followed 
 by Hiram B. Fuller, a minister respected by all. Benja- 
 min Warren became the faithful under-shepherd of this 
 people, in 1845,' remaining three years. Jonathan Ketchum 
 was pastor for six months, when he was compelled by ill- 
 health to resign. David Taylor was then pastor for four 
 years, and is remembered as a faithful laborer. Obed 
 Montague was the next pastor remaining for two years. 
 He was a Baptist Boanerges. Charles A. Votey became 
 pastor Sept. 23, 1855, and the Master especially blessed 
 his labors. Seventy-seven members were received by 
 baptism. 
 
 According to the testimony of Rev. C. A. Votey, the 
 Ovid church was in 1855, " a good, sound, working band." 
 The majority of the members were mature and experi- 
 enced- Christians, well instructed in the truth, and ready 
 to work for the Master. The prosperity of the church 
 was largely due to the character and influence of its lead- 
 ing members — men and women of power in the com- 
 munity. ■ In the glorious revival in 1856, the members 
 were at work like a hive of bees. This was only a part 
 of the great work which swept through the country be- 
 tween the lakes. Almost every church was revived, and 
 multitudes were converted. Ovid caught the fire from 
 Farmer Village, where Rev. H. G. Dewitt had been la- 
 boring with grand success. The meetings continued 
 without interruption for five weeks, the church and the 
 pastor doing the work. The church enjoyed another 
 revival season in 1862, when the pastor received efificient 
 aid from Rev. A. C. Mallory. The ordinance of baptism 
 
176 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 was always administered at Sheldrake, in the clear wa- 
 ters of the beautiful Cayuga. 
 
 Pastor Votey was succeeded by Rev. F. D. Fenner, 
 who had just graduated from the Rochester Theological 
 Seminary, and was ordained as pastor of this church. He 
 remained for three years and six months. M. M. Everts 
 was then pastor for two years. He was succeeded by N. 
 B. H. Gardner who remained for two years, resigning 
 Oct. 10, 1 87 1. During his second year, the church was 
 greatly revived, and forty-two members were received by 
 baptism. He was followed Feb. 21, 1872, by A. W. 
 Mettler, for two years. A season of dearth succeeded 
 one of spiritual showers. In 1874, F. D. Fenner was 
 again called to the pastorate, the only pastor whom the 
 church has thus honored. He remained for another 
 term of four years, being ably assisted in church and 
 Sunday-School work by his wife, Mrs. M. A. G. Fenner. 
 In 1878, he removed to West Somerset, Niagara Co., and 
 was succeeded by Rev. Enos Perry, who served the church 
 for part of two years. Rev. A. J. Brown, the present pas- 
 tor, was ordained May 7th, 1879, ^^v- J- J- Phelps, of 
 Trumansburg, preaching the ordination sermon. 
 
 Daniel, son of Gideon and Kezia Scott was for many 
 years a faithful and zealous Christian worker here. The 
 church lost one of its constituent members and most 
 earnest laborers, by the death of Deacon Joseph Dun- 
 lap, Jan. 6, 1870. The same year, removed to another 
 field of labor Deacon Abram Bloomer, also one of the 
 constituent members of the church. 
 
 The most fruitful revivals were in 1838, W. G. Wisner, 
 pastor; 1S41, L. Ransted, pastor, T. S. Sheardown, as- 
 sisting; 1859, C. A. Votey, pastor: 1871, N. B. H.Gardner, 
 pastor. 
 
 The first house of worship was built in 1830. This 
 was repaired and enlarged in 1857, while C. A. Votey was 
 pastor, and was re-dedicated March 2, 1858. 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 177 
 
 officers. 
 
 Abram Bloomer and Hevelin Ward were elected dea- 
 cons, Feb. 23, 1828; Joseph Dunlap, Feb. 25, 1832; S. L. 
 Barry, Feb. 27, 1864; John Purcell, Feb. 26, 1870; John 
 L. Bloomer, July 23, 1870. Deacons Barry, Purcell and 
 Bloomer were ordained Aug. 14, 1870. Deacon J. L. 
 Bloomer is grandson and name-sake of Elder John Lewis, 
 one of the patriarchs of the Seneca Association. 
 
 Three members have been licensed to preach : 
 
 William Cornell, in 1856; William Pack, date not 
 given ; T. Talmadge Van Doren, Oct. 25, 1873. 
 
 The church has had but three clerks: Joseph Dunlap, 
 Sr., 1827-1855; S. L. Barry, 1S55-1875; Joseph Dunlap, 
 Jr., 1875. 
 
 PRESENT OFFICERS. 
 
 Pastor: A. J. Brown. Deacons: S. L. Barry, John 
 Purcell, John L. Bloomer. Clerk of church and Society: 
 Joseph Dunlap. Superintendent of Sunday-School: Jo- 
 seph Dunlap. 
 
 CARDINAL DATES. 
 
 1827 — 12 — 8, Conference formed. 
 
 1828 — 2 — 19 Church recognized. 
 
 1B28, Unites with Seneca Association. 
 
 1830, First meeting-house built. 
 
 1849 Parsonage purchased. 
 
 1857, House repaired and enlarged. 
 
Ovid Village. 
 
 As early as 1208, Elder Caton, the Baptist pioneer 
 preacher, had monthly appointments at the old Court- 
 House at Ovid. Elder Wisner, pastor at Scott's Corners 
 1836-39, also held occasional services here. After an in- 
 terval of nearly twenty years, C A. -Votey, of Scott's 
 Corners, in 1858, appointed meetings at the Court-House 
 once in two weeks. At a meeting held at the house of 
 H. H. Bennett, April 28, 1859, D. D. Scott was chosen 
 Moderator, Gordon Dunlap, Clerk, and the brethren re- 
 solved to apply for recognition as a church. H. H. Ben- 
 nett was elected deacon. A council convened. May 5th, 
 when the church was recognized, and Horace H. Bennett 
 was ordained deacon. Rev'ds. Harris, Marshall, Weaver, 
 West, Votey, Dusenberry and Irving taking part in the 
 services. 
 
 In December, 1861, H. G. Dewitt, whose labors in the 
 Association had been already so richly blessed, began a 
 series of meetings in Ovid. The church was revived, 
 many were converted. At the next Association, the 
 church reports thirty-five baptisms, and more than twice 
 as many members as the year before. In February, 1862, 
 C. V. D. Cornell was chosen Superintendent of the Sun- 
 day-School, Dr. J. Stuart, assistant. Services were held 
 in the new lecture room in Dec. 1862. 
 
 C. A. Votey was succeeded by L. Ransted, in Jan. 
 1863, and the church adopted a series of resolutions testi- 
 fying their gratitude to the retiring pastor, and their ap- 
 preciation of his welcome, arduous, and fruitful labors. 
 Following the great revival, came a period of depression. 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 179 
 
 Elder Ransted was succeeded by D. Corey, in 1865, and 
 he was followed by Granville Gates, from Caroline. 
 
 The following resolution, adopted Oct. 12, 1866, the 
 only one on record relati^ng to the loss of a lay membe:r| 
 is a deserved tribute to one to whose benevolence the 
 church was chiefly indebted for a place of worship, and, a 
 parsonage. 
 
 " Resolved, that we feel peculiarly afflicted in the 
 death of our sister and Mother in Israel, Hester Kinne, 
 [ widow of Elijah Kinne J whose strong faith and Christ- 
 ian zeal and energy have long encouraged and inspired 
 our hearts, and whose liberality, always abundant in the 
 Lord's service, has enabled us to erect our house of wor- 
 ship and provided an excellent home for our pastor." 
 
 Peter Goo began his work as pastor April i, 1869. At 
 the first covenant meeting following, only five were pres- 
 ent. " A small beginning," writes the pastor, " but if the 
 Lord prospers we may hope for an increase." Elder Goq 
 resigned in 1871, and for some time the church was with- 
 out a pastor. In 1873, T. Talmadge Van Doren, a 
 student, served for a time as a supply, and his labors were 
 highly appreciated. 
 
 John E. McLallen, of Trumansburg, was called to the 
 pastorate April 5th, 1874. As the church had been without 
 a regular pastor for three years, its members had become 
 scattered and discouraged, and the outlook was unpromis- 
 ing. The church received a grant of two hundred dollars 
 from the Baptist' State Convention. Pastor McLallen la- 
 bored earnestly and faithfully for one year and five 
 months, when he resigned, Aug. 29th, 1875. 
 
 Lynn B. Albert, coming to Ovid with C. W. Brooks to 
 assist in a meeting of days, remained in charge of the 
 church as pastor during part of 1868, and resumed his 
 work here in June, 1879. 
 
i8o Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 Deacons: Horace H. Bennett was the first deacon; 
 and to his faithful labors the church was indebted in part 
 for its early prosperity. C. V. D. Cornell was elected 
 Feb. gth, 1862. and was ordained at a ministers confer- 
 ence held at Ovid Village, May 27th, 1862. Rev. C. L. 
 Bacon preaching the sermon. In 1869, Aaron Wilson 
 and H. Lamereaux were requested to serve the church as 
 deacons. S. S. Salyer and H. Lamereaux were elected 
 May 24, 1874. 
 
 Clerks: Gordon Dunlap, elected 1859; C. V. D.Cor- 
 nell, 1861 ; G. Dunlap, second term, 1867; S. S. Salyer, 
 George V. Flagg, (now of Norwich, Chenango Co.) 1873 ; 
 S. S. Salyer, second term 1874, H. Lamereaux. 
 
 The list of trustees includes the names of Aaron Wil- 
 son, Gordon Dunlap, Jacob Stewart, Andrew Dunlap, 
 Artemas Sutton, William Kinne, Hiram Lamereaux, 
 Charles Warne, Comfort Elwell, George Brown, Dr. S. 
 Cole. 
 
 present OFFICERS. 
 
 Pastor: Lynn B. Albert, licentiate. Deacons: H. 
 Lamereaux, S. S. Salyer. Clerk and Treasurer: H. 
 Lamereaux, Trustees : Aaron Wilson, Comfort Elwell, 
 Franklin Brown. 
 
 CARDINAL DATES. 
 
 1820 . . .First Baptist preachers. 
 
 1859 — 4 — 28 Conference formed. 
 
 1859 5 — 5, Church recognized. 
 
 1859—10 — 5, . ., Unites with Seneca Association. 
 
 ^8^2' Meeting-house built. 
 
 1866 Death of Mrs. Hester Kinne. 
 
 ^*70 Period of depression. 
 
 '^74 Revival of church services. 
 
Romulus. 
 
 The Romulus Baptist church was constituted in 179S, 
 the first organized body of believers between the lakes 
 Cayuga and Seneca to take the Baptist name. The church 
 had seven constituent members, and their first meeting 
 was held in a log house, not far from the spot where now 
 stands the residence of the late Dr. N. W. Folwell. The 
 early refcords of this church unfortunately have been de- 
 stroyed or lost, and we are indebted to tradition, or to the 
 memory of the older members, for many of the items of 
 interest which have been preserved. 
 
 The Romulus church was one of the constituent mem- 
 bers of the Chemung Association in 1796, united with the 
 Cayuga in 1804, at its third session, resumed its member- 
 ship with Chemung in 181 3, was once more dismissed in 
 1820, to aid in organizing the Association which received 
 the name of Seneca. 
 
 Among the early members, were Elijah Abbott, John 
 Green, John Finton, Samuel Blaine, William W. Folwell, 
 Barnabas Swarthout. Mahlon Bainbridge, Mrs. John 
 Sayre, Mrs. Swarthout, Mrs. Blaine, Mrs. Bainbridge, 
 Mrs. Denton. 
 
 The early records of the church at Chemung refer, in 
 1792, to brethren at Apple Orchard, or Romulus. Not 
 far from that time, James Finch and Mary Stevens were 
 baptised "at Apple Orchard," perhaps as members of the 
 church at Chemung. 
 
 The first pastor at Romulus was Peter Bainbridge, who 
 afterward removed to Philadelphia, and experienced 
 financial disaster. He was Moderator and preacher at 
 
1 82 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 the Chemung Association in 1796. In 1797, the Romu- 
 lus church had fourteen members ; 1802, sixty-eight. In 
 1787, Cyrus Sutton was delegate to the Chemung As- 
 sociation. Elder Jehiel Wisner was pastor in 1802, and 
 the messengers were : Samuel Simpson, William Brewster, 
 Mahlon Bainbridge, N. Sutton, Aaron Miller. The mes- 
 sengers in 1 81 3 were Elder Caton, and Isaiah Butler, 
 licentiate, who labored in. Bradford Co. Pa., about 1817- 
 18.. Other. delegates before 1820, were Silas Beers, Dea- 
 cons Green and Finton, Solomon Moore. 
 
 John Caton became pastor in 1808. He was a soldier 
 of the Revolution, a member of Washington's body 
 guard, and in his time one of the most noted characters of 
 Seneca County. In 18 19, a sister related her experience, 
 when the church "voted satisfied, and that she stand 
 propounded until our next church meeting." July i, 1820, 
 the church " voted to rec^ve Bro. Jas. C. Barrett by 
 letter, also called on him to use his gift in preaching 
 the gospel for the church and congregation for one year." 
 He remained until Oct. i6, 1821. At a meeting held 
 Feb. 21, 1822, Elder Davis was Moderator. There is a 
 hiatus in the record from 1822 to 1826. John Cooper was 
 pastor as early as 1823. 
 
 John C. Holt, having graduated at Hamilton in June, 
 was ordained as pastor at Romulus, Oct. 20, 1826, with 
 the following order of services : Sermon, Alfred Bennett ; 
 prayer, E. W. Martin, of Geneva ; charge, A. Bennett ; 
 hand of fellowship. Elder Wall, of Tyrone ; address to 
 church, Edward Hodge, of Ovid ; prayer by Elder Fisk. 
 .Elder William W. Brown was called to be pastor, June 
 ■I, 1828.. During his five years of service, eighty-four 
 w,ere> added; to the church by baptism. In 1832, tli,« 
 church made formal record of their '.' declaration of faith 
 ^nd practice," which is in substance that usually adopted 
 :by Baptist churches. The 17th ai;ticle, afterward expung- 
 ed, re^^s : . 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 183 
 
 " We judge it our indispensable duty to keep the se- 
 crets of the church, and not divulge to any, what is done 
 in church meetings, for the church in this respect as well 
 as others, is to be a garden enclosed, a spring shut up, a 
 fountain sealed. Canticles, 4:12" 
 
 The articles of faith were probably expurgated about 
 the time of the great anti-masonic excitement. 
 
 In Sept. 1833, it again became necessary to appoint a 
 committee to " look out a minister ; " and Elder Nathan- 
 iel Otis became pastor early in 1834. In May, 1836, 
 Samuel M. Bainbridge was recommended by the church 
 to enter the Institution at Hamilton. The record of 
 Nov. 4, 1837, reads : " It is now a refreshing time with us 
 from the presence of the Lord. Converts are multiplied, 
 Christians are made to rejoice." Elder Otis' ministry 
 was blessed with the revival spirit. The ancient record 
 of social and covenant meetings is fragrant with memori- 
 als of prayer and praise. More than eighty were baptised 
 during his pastorate. He resigned April 7, 1838. The 
 desk was filled for a time by S. M. Bainbridge. The 
 clerk writ,es : " We have at this time no settled minister. 
 May it be the Lord's will to send us a man of much 
 piety, humility, meekness, patience, and full of the Holy 
 Ghost." " It would be indeed a happy union,'' says L. J. 
 Gross, " for a pastor, having these requirements named, to 
 labor with a church whose membership was noted for 
 their ' piety, humility, meekness, patience,' and who were 
 also ' full of the Holy Ghsst.' But the millenium has 
 not yet arrived." 
 
 C. G. Carpenter succeeded Elder Otis, and the record 
 of his pastorate has alternate lights and shadows. At 
 one time the church was " cold and stupid," then again 
 the flame of sacred love burns brightly upon the altar of 
 consecration. Elder Carpenter resigned in 1841. Elder 
 U.. B. Miller preached for some months as a supply, and 
 held revival meetings, when the spiritual strength of the 
 
i84 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 church was renewed. David Wright was pastor for four 
 years. The records show no extensive revivals, but he is 
 remembered as one who was faithful. He was succeed- 
 ed, by Obed Sperry, who remained for less than two years. 
 
 Isaac Fargo became pastor in May, 1849, ^"'^ '^'^ '^' 
 bors were greatly blessed. He was a man " full of faith 
 and of the Holy Ghost." Ninety-two were added to the 
 church by baptism. The meeting-house was re-built at 
 an expense of $2,500. Elder Fargo baptised nearly one 
 hundred converts, and the church has ever looked back 
 to this period as its golden age. At this time John 
 Griffith, B. S. McLafferty and S. V, Marsh were licensed. 
 Two comparatively short pastorates followed, by J. S. 
 Webber, and Peter Irving. Mr. Irving was permitted to 
 baptise fifty believers. 
 
 M. W. Homes was the pastor next in succession, his 
 labors continuing from i860 to 1867. Notwithstanding 
 the fact that the minds of the people were excited and 
 absorbed by the startling events of the war, the church 
 and its interests were not neglected. God's people 
 enjoyed two seasons of refreshing, and seventy-nine 
 happy converts were buried with Christ in baptism. 
 D. D. Owen was the next pastor, continuing his minis- 
 terial labors for five years. He was ordained here in 
 1867, had great influence with the people, and his resig- 
 nation was accepted with regret by all. George T. Mc- 
 Nair accepted a call to the pastorate in March, 1873, and 
 remained for two years, showing himself to be " a work- 
 man that needeth not to be ashamed." In June, 1875, 
 Louis J. Gross, who had been acting pastor in 1872, was 
 again engaged to supply the pulpit. He was called as pas- 
 tor, Jan. 1, 1876, and ordained March 7th. Dr. J. B. Smith 
 preaching the ordination sermon. The Romulus church 
 has always given with liberal hand to the various benevo- 
 lent organizations of the denomination. The aggregate 
 contributions amounting to several thousand dollars. 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 185 
 
 The land on which the church stands was donated to 
 the society by Mr. W. W. Folwell. The lot for a parson- 
 age was given by Mrs. Joseph Hunt, and the parsonage 
 was built in 1855, costing $1,400. 
 
 Folwell and Bainbridge are two honored names in the 
 Romulus church. When the Seneca Association was con- 
 stituted, in 1822, it is said that William Watts Folwell, of 
 Brown University, was the only college graduate among 
 the delegates. His diploma, signed by Jonathan Maxcy 
 and Benjamin West, bears date 1792. Isaac Watts is 
 numbered among the ancestors of the Folwell family, and 
 this venerated name is handed down from one generation 
 to another. The name of Dr. N. W. Folwell, son of William 
 W., often recurs as one examines the record of the church 
 in Romulus. Not only his prayers and tears, but his pro- 
 perty and his time were for her, and it was with singular 
 appropriateness that his pastor chose as his funeral text, 
 the words of the Psalmist : " Help Lord, for the godly 
 man ceaseth ; for the faithful fail from among the chil- 
 dren of men ! " President William W. Folwell, of the 
 State University of Minnesota, and Dr. Mahlon B. Fol- 
 well, of Buffalo, are sons of Gen, Thomas J. Folwell, 
 and grandsons of the graduate of Brown University. 
 John Bainbridge was the first clerk, and one of the first 
 deacons of the church. His son, Cyrus Bainbridge was 
 also a deacon, whose son Samuel, was a Baptist minister. 
 William Folwell Bainbridge, long pastor at Providence, 
 Rhode Island, where he succeeded Dr. Heman Lincoln, 
 was the son of Samuel M. During his ten years pastorate 
 at Providence, 460 members were added to the church. 
 
 The Romulus Baptist church is the oldest church or- 
 ganization in the county of Seneca, and has been noted 
 for its activity in works of benevolence, and for the peace 
 and harmony which have prevailed in its councils. May 
 its prosperity be long continued, and its. last days be its 
 best days ! 
 
1 86 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 officers. 
 
 Deacons : John Finton, John Bainbridge, John Green, 
 were among the first deacons ; they were followed by 
 Abner Carey, Samuel Blaine, and Elijah Abbott, elected 
 Dec. I, 1827, ordained Feb. 7, 1828, Elder Hodge preach- 
 ing the ordination sermon ; Cyrus Bainbridge and Simon 
 S. Salyer, Jan. 19, 1839; Clement Leach and Ebenezer 
 Gardner, Feb. 2, 1856; Hiram L. Banker, Aug. 2, 1856; 
 Alexander Baldridge, and Thomas Marsh, May 14, 1864. 
 
 Licentiates: James C. Barrett, July i, 1820; S. M. 
 Bainbridge, May 7, 1836; E. Gardner, Oct. 3, 1838; B. 
 S. McLafferty and John Griffith. Aug. 7, 1852; S. V. 
 Marsh, Sept. 6, 1856; Thomas Marsh, Jan. 7, i860. 
 
 Clerks: John Bainbridge, 1818; John Geddes, 1830; 
 John Bainbridge, 1830-35; S. M. Bainbridge. 1835; 
 Henry Swan, 1836-50; E. Gardner, 1850-69; William 
 Bumpus, 1869-77; William Bainbridge, 1877; W. H. 
 Clarkson, 1878; Jason Van Court, 1879. 
 
 The only trustees of whom we find record in the church 
 book, are W. W. Folwell and John Geddes, 1828 ; Stephen 
 Miller, 1829; Cyrus Bainbridge, John Sayre, Jr., John 
 Blaine, J. Van Vleet, E. Sayre, H. Miller, 1830. 
 
 Samuel Bl^iin was treasurer in 1828; Halsey P. Hal- 
 lock collector 1870. 
 
 PRESENT OFFICERS. 
 Pastor: Louis J. Gross. Deacons: Thomas Marsh, 
 Montgomery Updike, William Bumpus. Clerk: Jason 
 Van Court. Trustees : William Bainbridge, Johnson Up- 
 dike, Halsey P. Hallock, Andrew Smith, L Benjamin. 
 Treasurer: Wm. Bainbridge. Chorister; Alton Van- 
 Horn. Sexton: D. Benjamin. S, S. officers. Superin- 
 tendent : Jason Van Court. Assistant : Thomas Marsh. 
 Treasurer: Miss Kate Roan. Secretary: Julian Russell. 
 Librarian: M. Updike. Chorister: Mrs. L. I. Gross. 
 Woman's Missionary Society, President : Mrs.' E. Bain- 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 187 
 
 bridge. Vice-President: Mrs. L. J. Gross. Secretary; 
 Miss Allie Folwell. Treasurer: Miss Kate Roan. 
 
 CARDINAL DATES. 
 
 1795, • Church Constituted. 
 
 t7g6, Constituent member of Chemung Association. 
 
 1804, Unites with Cayuga Association. 
 
 1813, Re-unites with Chemung Association. 
 
 1821 — g — 5 Constituent member of Seneca Association. 
 
 1849, Meeting-house re-built. 
 
 1852 Great Revival, I. Fargo, pastor. 
 
 1856 Parsonage built. 
 
 1879—2—4 Death of Dr. N. W. Folwell. 
 
TRUMANSBURG BAPTIST CHURCH. 
 
 REV. J, J, PHELPS, P/ISTOR, 
 
 [Kngraved for this Work, from Photo., by W. L. Hall.] 
 
Trumansburg. 
 
 The Tfumansburg Baptist church was constituted Aug. 
 26, 1 8 19, as the Second Baptist church of Ulysses. The 
 constituent members were : Elder Oliver C. Comstock, 
 Joshua Gee, Josiah Cleveland, Frederick Burlew, Jonathan 
 Updike, Wilson Hoig, Stephen Head, William Mead, 
 Reuben Updike, Samuel Vann, Jacob Bryan, William 
 Burlew, Jno. P. Cleveland, Peleg Tanner, Cath. Burlew, 
 Jane Gee, Martha Bryan, Fanny Cleveland, Rebecca 
 Burlew, Lydia Burlew, Cynthia Tanner, Julia Cleveland, 
 Mehitable Hoig, Maria Gee, Anna Daggett, Mehitable 
 Cleveland. 
 
 The meeting for organization was held at the log meet- 
 ing-house, in the Updike settlement, some three miles 
 south of Trumansburg. The organization was the result 
 of revival meetings held in Trumansburg by Dr. O. C. 
 Comstock. For five years, the church met for worship 
 alternately at the log meeting-house, and at Trumans- 
 burg. In the village, they worshiped in Deacon John 
 McLallen's barn, and in the school-house. On the i8th 
 of August, 1821, Rev. O. C. Comstock, Deacons Ward, 
 Cleveland, Gregory and Allen Pease were appointed a 
 committee to meet with the Seneca Association at 
 Covert. 
 
 In 1823, the church having resolved to erect a new 
 house of worship, some favored building not far from the 
 log meeting house, others wished to build in the village. 
 The male members were requested to sign their names 
 on the clerk's book in one of two parallel columns, " accord- 
 ing as they favored the one place or the other," and on 
 
igo Senfxa Baptist Association. 
 
 that page their signatures may be seen to-day, the one 
 list headed by Daniel Barto and Daniel B. Ayers, the 
 other by Enos Vankirk and Joshua Gee. The vote stood 
 twenty-two to twelve, in favor of Trumansburg. The 
 record is in the handwriting of Dr. O. C. Comstock- 
 
 On the 25th of February, 1824, the church met at 
 brother John Rudy's, and voted to give Elder O. C. 
 Comstock eighty dollars for his last years services in the 
 ministry. At the end of each year, a committee was ap- 
 pointed " to wait on our beloved Elder O. C. Comstock 
 and to request him to continue his labors with us." In 
 April, 1826, the pastor informed the church, at a cov- 
 enant meeting, that he had examined Lucinda Brewer 
 respecting her faith in Christ, ai^d had administered to 
 her the ordinance of baptism. By resolution she was re- 
 ceived into full fellowship and communion. In June, 
 1826, Elder Nathaniel Kendrick, agent of the Hamilton 
 Theological Seminary, came to solicit funds or grain to 
 support the boarding-house of this institution. He was 
 not permitted to go away empty handed. The church 
 meetings were well attended. Once, on inquiry, they 
 found " an agreeable and sentimental union ; " again, " a 
 sure though unsteady progress." Elder Comstock in- 
 formed the church that it would be impossible for him to 
 remain with them, when Deacons Cleveland and Gregory 
 were appointed a committee to wait on him and express 
 the satisfaction and gratitude with which the church had 
 enjoyed his labors. During his pastorate, the church 
 grew from twenty-six to one hundred-eight members, and 
 built a commodious house of worship. 
 
 Elder Abbott began his ministrations in April, 1827. 
 The Masoni-c excitement was at its height, and the fol- 
 lowing resolution was adopted : 
 
 " That we fellowship all Masonic brethren who will not 
 meet with lodges of speculative Free Masons, or pay any 
 money in consequence of Masonic obligations." 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 191 
 
 In June, 183 1, it was resolved to hold a four days 
 meeting, and P. H. Thompson, Simeon Pease, D. B. 
 Ayers, James McLallen and Thomas Post, were appoint- 
 ed a committee of arrangements. 
 
 The church had its share of the discord which is some- 
 times the result of harmony. A few of the brethren felt 
 aggrieved at hearing instrumental music in the meeting- 
 house, so it was agreed that '' the bass viol might be con- 
 tinued for two months longer ; after that time it must 
 not be introduced in the church." Brothers D. Farring- 
 ton, F. Beckwith, D. K. McLallen, Delancey King, E. 
 Osburn, Deacon Gregory and Dr. Lewis Halsey, were ap- 
 pointed a committee to circulate subscriptions for Elder 
 Abbott the ensuing year. Adams Cleghorn was sustain- 
 ed as a student at Hamilton. Elder Sheardown assisted 
 the pastor in a protracted meeting of unusual interest. 
 
 Elder Abbott, after six years' faithful service, resigned 
 1833. An unsuccessful attempt was made to secure the 
 services of Elder P. D. Gillette. P. H. Thompson, and 
 David K. McLallen were appointed a committee to raise 
 funds to assist in sending Grover S. Comstock to Burmah. 
 While Elder Abbott was pastor, the church enjoyed three 
 powerful revivals, two hundred-nineteen were added by 
 baptism and eighty-seven by letter. The next pastor 
 was Thomas DowLing, brother of the better known Rev. 
 John Dowling, of New York. He received a salary of 
 four hundred dollars, and the church " moved " him and 
 his family from Catskill. His work here began Jan. i, 
 1835. The church contributed this year $300, for benev- 
 olence. A resolution was adopted that the congregation' 
 be requested to rise during prayer and to sit while sing- 
 ing. Elder Philander Shedd succeeded Elder Dowling 
 in 1836. His labors were abundantly blessed, as he had 
 the pleasure of administering the ordinance of baptism to 
 one hundred-seventeen converts. William E. Locke be- 
 gan his ministrations in April, 1839, ^"^ resigned in 1843. 
 
192 Senp:ca Baptist Association. 
 
 Previous to this time, the church was supplied by Messrs. 
 Bronson and Thomas, who were about to sail as mission- 
 aries. At a special church meeting Feb. 1839, Elders 
 Shedd, Abbott, Woolsey, and Swick were present. This 
 was a time of refreshing, baptisms were frequent, and the 
 members were working in harmony. Elder Locke was 
 succeeded by Howell Smith from Scipio. The old church 
 edifice was removed, and the frame of a new one raised, 
 July 4, 1844. The clerk notes that the church has ex- 
 perienced a serious loss in the death of their dear Father 
 John McLallen, who finished his course Dec. 16, 1844. 
 
 Timothy Burr asked to be relieved from his duties as 
 clerk and was succeeded by George T. Spink. A unani- 
 mous vote of thanks was tendered Mr. Burr for his faith- 
 ful services. He died in Binghampton, Feb. i, 1862. 
 The new clerk uses for a time the title bishop instead of 
 that of pastor. The second church edifice was dedicated 
 Feb. 13, 1845. Rev. D. H. Hamilton, (Presbyterian,) 
 and Rev. Mr. Chase, ( Methodist,) of Trumansburg, with 
 Bishop Sheardown, conducted the opening services. 
 Bishop Jackson, of Ithaca, preached from 2d Cor. 6:15-16, 
 "an eloquent discourse," then followed the closing exer- 
 cises by Bishops Shedd and Litchfield. The thanks of 
 the church were tendered to the trustees for their arduous 
 services. 
 
 In 1845, the Baptist State Convention met at Tru- 
 mansburg, and the church appointed as a committee to 
 prepare for its coming. Deacons Harvey King, D. B. 
 Ayers, Breth. Kinne, Glazier, Howe, Shaw, Burr, Branch, 
 and A. H. Pease with the pastor. Pastor Smith resigned 
 in Nov. 1847, having baptised fifty-nine members. Elder 
 J. Parker Woodworth supplied the desk for several 
 months, and as the record states : " preached unto them 
 the word that was good and profitable." William Cor- 
 mac became pastor in June, 1848. As the Presbyterian 
 brethren were re-building their church, it was voted that 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 193 
 
 Elder Cormac invite Rev. D. H. Hamilton, pastor of that 
 society, to supply the desk alternately with him. The 
 church was soon to reap the fruits of this act of Christian 
 courtesy. In Nov. 1848, the pastor's salary was raised 
 to five hundred dollars, and a committee was appointed 
 to notify him of this action. Mr. Cormac baptised thirty- 
 eight into the fellowship of the church, and sixteen were 
 added by letter. 
 
 At about two o'clock on the morning of Wednesday, 
 March 21, 1849, '^ was discovered that the Baptist meet- 
 ing-house was in flames ; and the " noble edifice," as the 
 clerk describes it, with organ, bell, clock, and Sunday- 
 School library was entirely consumed. Three days after- 
 ward, the covenant meeting was held in the Presbyterian 
 session-house, and tvventy-two converts related their 
 Christian experience. The church at once resolved to 
 rebuild, and in less than thirty days had secured sub- 
 scriptions for that purpose amounting to $6,500. A new 
 chapel was opened for worship, July 8, 1849, the pastor 
 preaching an appropriate sermon. 
 
 Mr. Cormac resigned in February, 1850, and Charles L. 
 Bacon, of Mount Morris, received a unanimous call to the 
 pastorate, beginning his work here May ist. In July, 
 James McLallen and David Farrington were ordained as 
 deacons,' the pastor being assisted in the solemn services 
 by Dr. O. C. Comstock, of Michigan. The new house of 
 worship was dedicated Feb. 6, 1851, Pastor C. L. Bacon 
 preaching the sermon. Rev'ds. Hamilton, Taylor, West, 
 and Woodworth took part in the services. The congre- 
 gation numbered about one thousand persons. Rev. 
 William Cormac preached in the evening. A meeting of 
 days was held in which the pastor was assisted by the 
 evangelist, W. H. Delano. The year 1856 was a joyful 
 year for the church in Trumansburg ; there were many 
 baptisms ; pastor and people were united ; in temporal 
 and in spiritual things, the church was abundantly blessed. 
 
194 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 In Feb. 1859, ''^ ^^^^ determined to invite Rev. W. G. 
 DeWitt, a young evangelist, then holding meetings at 
 Farmer Village, to visit the church in Trumansburg, 
 There followed one of the most remarkable revivals in 
 the history of the church. It extended through the 
 whole conimunity, and all the churches were strengthen- 
 ed by it.. The doors of the sanctuary were open by 
 night and by day. Denominational jealousies were for a 
 time forgotten. All Christians worked together. Fifty- 
 five united with the church by baptism, fourteen by 
 restoration and by letter. Mr. DeWitt preached his fare- 
 well sermon on Sunday, April loth, and the church clerk 
 assures us that the meeting-house was never before so 
 full of people. In Jan. i860, the clerk noticed the death of 
 the first pastor of the church, and at a succeeding meeting 
 it was voted that the pastor preach a sermon commemora- 
 tive of the beloved Dr. Comstock. 
 
 George T. Spink resigned as church clerk, Dec. 13, 
 1862, and was succeeded by C. W. Burghardt. The 
 church passed unanimously a resolution tendering their 
 thanks to the late clerk for long and faithful services. 
 Col. Spink died Sept. 24, 1876, aged 73 years, at the 
 home of his son-in-law. Rev. E. J. Foote, in New Jersey. 
 
 In February, 1863, the pastor was assisted in meetings 
 by Rev. C. A. Votey, and Rev. D. Corey. C. L. Bacon 
 resigning Feb. 1864, was recalled, and continued to supply 
 the desk for six months. Mr. Bacon was pastor for nearly 
 fifteen years, during which period he baptised two hun- 
 dred and sixty members ; the total number added being 
 three hundred and thirty-five. 
 
 For several months the pulpit was acceptably supplied 
 by Lewis Ransted. Rev. Increase Child became pastor 
 in Oct. 1864, and served the church faithfully for one 
 year. D. Corey was called to the pastorate in March, 
 1866, a,nd the church was soon greatly revived. Pastor 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 195 
 
 Corey resigned Jan. 19, 1865, having baptised into the 
 fellowship of the church one hundred-nineteen persons. 
 George A. Starkweather became pastor in April, 1869. 
 Within one year the church licensed to preach the gospel 
 four of its members. J. M. Lovell was elected Treasurer, 
 and was succeeded by Dr. J. D. Lewis, in 1872. Mr. 
 Starkweather resigned on account of ill health, in April, 
 
 1874. 
 
 On the 1 2th of May, died Dr. J. Deloss Lewis, one of 
 the most active members of the church. Dr. Lewis was 
 Surgeon of the 15th N. Y. S. V., during the war, and was 
 the first President of the village of Trumansburg. He 
 was a grandson of John Lewis, the first pastor of the 
 Farmer Village Baptist church. A man of unbending in- 
 tegrity, he left a reputation without a stain. 
 
 E, S. Gallup, long Professor of Greek in Madison Uni- 
 versity, was called as pastor of the church Sept. 19th, 
 1874. Sister Anna Daggett, the last constituent member 
 of the church, peacefully departed this life Feb. 21, 1875, 
 aged eighty-seven years. Mr. Gallup resigned 1876, and was 
 succeeded in April, 1877, by Rev. J. J. Phelps, the pres- 
 ent pastor, whose labors during the past winter have been 
 greatly blessed. The minutes note powerful revivals in 
 1819, O. C. Comstock, preacher; 1830-1-2-3 ; Aaron 
 Abbott, pastor; 1839-41, W. E. Locke, pastor; 1844, 
 Howell Smith, pastor; 1849, William Cormac, pastor; 
 1851-53-56-59, C. L. Bacon, pastor; ( H. G. DeWitt, 
 evangelist, in 1850,) 1867,0. Corey, pastor ; 1878, J. J. 
 Phelps, pastor., 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 Deacons: William Ward, Josiah Cleveland, and Samuel 
 Gregory, elected Sept. 16, 1820; Daniel B. Ayers and 
 Allen Pease, appointed March 5th, 183 1, ordained on 
 Sunday, Aug. 14, after a sermon by Dr.O. C. Comstock ; 
 John McLallen, elected Sept. 17, ordained Sept, 18, 183 1. 
 (He died Dec. 15th of the same year). Harvey King, 
 
196 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 received by letter, April 19, 1834. James McLallen and 
 David Farrington, elected Nov. 17, 1849, ordained in 
 July; John L. Bloomer, Charles W. Burghardt, John 
 Serrine, Minor T. Coburn, elected, May 17, 1862, ordain- 
 ed, Aug. 6; Edward Clark, May, 1864; G. F. Collins, 
 May, 1865 ; L. P. Hand, M. T. Coburn, re-elected, C. W. 
 Burghardt, re-elected. May, 1866, John Serrine, re-elected 
 and J. Milton Lovell Dec. 21, 1878. 
 
 Licentiates: George B. Phillips, Nov. 1820; J. F. 
 Stark, 1829, and 1831; William White, 1832; John Kelly 
 and Adams Cleghorn, 1833 ; Nicoll H. Ayers, May, 1845 ; 
 David Osborn, Aug, 1847, ^^^ Feb. 1848; Ira Smith, 
 185 1 ; Charles E. Barto, John E. McLallen, 1869, Jay R. 
 Shaw, Delazon Conley, Lewis Halsey, 1870. 
 
 Clerks: Daniel Barto, 1819; Elias J. Ayers, 1821 ; Al- 
 len Pease, 1822; John Cleveland, 1824; E. J. Ayers, 
 second term, 1825; James F. Stark, 1829; James Mc- 
 Lallen, 1831 ; Timothy Burr, 1836; George T. Spink, 
 1844; Charles W. Burghardt, 1862. 
 
 PRESENT OFFICERS. 
 
 Pastor: J. J. Phelps. Deacons: David Farrington, 
 Charles W. Burghardt, Lewis P. Hand, Minor T. Coburn, 
 Harvey King, John Serrine, J. Milton Lovell. Clerk: C. 
 W. Burghardt. Trustees: R. S. Smith, Henry Glazier, 
 A. H. Pease, Travis Hopkins, Sherman Tichenor, David 
 K. McLallen. Society clerk : David H. McLallen. Treas- 
 urer: A. H. Pease. Chorister: Covert Smith. Ladies' 
 Social Society, President : Mrs. S. A. Sherwood. Treas- 
 urer: Miss Mary Hopkins. Secretary: Miss Lucy Pease. 
 Young People's Association, President : DeRosley Pease, 
 Vice-Pres.: Frank Allen. Secretary: Miss Lucy Pease. 
 CARDINAL DATES. 
 
 1819— 8— 26, Constituted as Second Ulysses church. 
 
 1821 — g — 5 United with Seneca Association. 
 
 1826 First meeting-house built. 
 
 1834 Grover Comstock preaches his farewell sermon. 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 197 
 
 1845, .- Second house built. 
 
 1845 — 10 — 15 Baptist State Convention meets here. 
 
 1849 — 3 — 19 Meeting-house burned. 
 
 1849 Chapel built. 
 
 1851 — 2 — 6 Third temple dedicated. 
 
 1859 Revival— H. G. Dewitt. 
 
 1866, Meeting-house repaired. 
 
 1869 — 8—25 Jubilee semi-centennial anniversary. 
 
 POSTSCRIPT. 
 
 On the 15th and i6th of October, 1845, the New York 
 Baptist Missionary Convention held its twenty-fourth 
 annual session at Trumansburg. Rev. Marsena Stone 
 preached the introductory sermon, from Isaiah, 21:11, 
 " Watchman, what of the night?" John Peck was Presi- 
 dent of the Board of directors; John Smitzer, Moderator, 
 D. G. Corey and S. W. Adams, secretaries. Among the 
 delegates were many names which Baptists love to hear 
 spoken : Alfred Bennett, John Peck, Dolphas Bennett, 
 A. M. Beebee, Jirah D. Cole, Lewis Leonard, Whitman 
 Metcalf, James McLallen, O. Montague, T. S. Shear- 
 down, P. B. Peck, Lewis Porter, Lewis Ransted, Daniel 
 Scott, John Smitzer, C. G. Carpenter, H. B. Ewell, C. P. 
 Sheldon, H. K. Stimson, S. Adsit, A. C. Mallory, Z. 
 Grennell, C. Wardner, J. W. Taggert. 
 
 Among the visiting brethren was the venerable Baptist 
 historian, David Benedict, of Rhode Island. The able 
 report of the Board was read by their Secretary, Jirah D. 
 Cole, and dwelt particularly on the necessities of our own 
 State as a field for missionary labor. " We know' that 
 these feeble churches and destitute districts, from their 
 very nearness to us, and from the frequency with which 
 we have heard of theiTi, cease to awaken our sympathies. 
 In relation to objects of missionary interest, it is true 
 that ' distance lends enchantment,' as it is true in regard 
 to objects of nature or of art. Proximity to an object 
 discovers to us many blemishes which a remoter post of 
 observation never would have disclosed to our sight. In 
 
198 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 this regard, the Convention suffers a disadvantage when 
 compared with some other missionary organizations. 
 The field which they occupy, and the seat of their opera- 
 tions are so remote from our brethren, that they neither 
 see the friction of their machinery nor hear the noise of 
 its movements. Still the Convention has before it two 
 hundred and fifty feeble churches, besides extensive 
 destitution where no churches exist, looking to it for aid, 
 and sending out the imploring cry: ' Come over and help 
 usf It should be remembered too that many of these 
 small churches have not as much ability to sustain them- 
 selves, compared with their, number of members, as is 
 generally the case with larger ones. They are in poorer 
 sections of the country, or if in wealthier communities, 
 they have not become objects possessing attraction in 
 the eyes of the worldly, honorable and the affluent. But 
 shall they be neglected, and under the pressure of their 
 wants, sink and expire? This is the question which this 
 Convention has to answer." 
 
 This same question is before the New York State Mis- 
 sionary Convention to-day. " The poor ye have always 
 with you," is as true of churches as of individuals. And 
 we are members one of another. Many of the strongest 
 churches have been built of timbers taken from these 
 weaker ones. If they fall, those now stronger will not 
 fail to suffer frorn the loss. May the words above quoted, 
 written by one who was an honored pastor in the Seneca 
 Association, incite the members of that body to renewed 
 zeal in the cause of the State Convention ! 
 
 The report of the Board was adopted on motion of C. 
 P. Sheldon, seconded by P. B. Peck. Lewis Leonard 
 presented a resolution favoring faithful translations of 
 the Bible. Alfred Bennett, seconded by H. N. Loring, 
 moved the adoption of the following: "Resolved, that 
 our foreign mission cause has arrived at such a crisis as 
 to demand our united, sympathetic, and enlarged sup- 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 199 
 
 port for the honor of the denomination, and the glory of 
 God." Zenas Freeman, seconded by Marsena Stone, 
 offered a resolution commending to the sympathies, pray- 
 ers, and contributions of the denomination, the literary 
 and theological Institution at Hamilton. The Home 
 Mission Society was also commended by resolution. C 
 G. Carpenter was elected President of the Convention, 
 Jirah D. Cole, Secretary. Both were ex-pastors of the 
 church in Ithaca. Among the names of directors, besides 
 those already mentioned, appear : N. Kendrick, Spencer 
 H. Cone, A. Maclay, James Reed, Edward Bright, Jr., B. 
 T. Welch, Zenas Case, Jacob Knapp, C. P. Wyckoff, 
 Norman Fox, Pharcellus Church, Jesse Elliott, Hervey 
 Edwards, William R. Williams, J. H. Chamberlain, Wil- 
 liam Colegate, Oren Sage, William Arthur, John Munroe, 
 D. Bellamy, A. Haskell, Friend Humphrey. J. B. Olcott, 
 seconded by H. K. Stimson, moved a resolution com- 
 mending the American Baptist Publication Society. The 
 Convention adjourned after impressive and affectionate 
 remarks by Elder John Peck and the Moderator, and the 
 singing of the hymn : 
 
 •'Blest be the tie, that binds 
 Our hearts in Christian love.'' 
 
 ■'■^'^6 
 
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Waterloo. 
 
 The churches in the northern part of Seneca County 
 were led, by their geographical position, to seek member- 
 ship in the Ontario Association. Waterloo has been a 
 member of this body during the longer period of its his- 
 tory. As early as in 1824, Elder John Gofif, of Benton, 
 Ontario Co., had monthly appointments at the Court- 
 House at Waterloo. In 1825, Elder Thomas Brown, pas-' 
 tor of the Baptist church at Geneva, had semi-weekly ap- 
 pointments here. A church was organized Aug. 6, 1825, 
 with seventeen members : Cornelius Hill, William Child, 
 Asa Worden, Harris Usher, John Demconson, Ray G. 
 Lewis, Edward Buck, Catherine Riker, Betsy Usher, 
 Charlotte Long, Eunice Demconson, Mary Warden, 
 Nancy Whiteford, Polly Smith, Susan Smith, Sarah 
 Smith, Elizabeth Snook. 
 
 Asa Warden, and Cornelius Hill were elected deacons 
 in Sept. 1825. In Nov., the church united with the On- 
 tario Association. Elder E. M. Martin was pastor at 
 Geneva and Waterloo in 1825-26. The church seems to 
 have held only occasional meetings until 1831, when 
 Elder Taylor was pastor for one year. On the 15th of 
 Oct. 1833, the church voted to disband its organization 
 and ceased to exist. 
 
 In Oct. 1836, Moses Rowley, a missionary of the State 
 Convention, began to preach every Sunday at the Court- 
 House. He had been particularly successful in gather- 
 ing the scattered sheep and establishing churches in four 
 other neighborhoods, and came now to " this valley of 
 vision to prophesy over these dry bones." The church 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 201 
 
 was re-constituted in March, 1837, with thirty-seven 
 members. C. Hill. Jr., and George W. Milliner were 
 elected deacons ; C. Hill, Jr., T. Thorne, G. W. Milliner, 
 J. Marshall, J. W. Durham, and J. Lautensliker, Trustees. 
 George W. Lambert, and I. Thorne were elected deacons. 
 Until 1838, services were held in the Court-House, after- 
 ward in the school-house in South Waterloo. Elder 
 Rowley was pastor for four years, and baptised one hun- 
 dred and twenty-two converts. 
 
 The pastors from 1840 until 1853, were : Enos Marshall, 
 L. Ransted, J. Halliday, Nathan Baker, E. Blakely, S. 
 Ewer, Samuel Hough, and D. W. Litchfield. In 1843, 
 when Nathan Baker was pastor, the church reports fifty- 
 nine baptisms, and one hundred and fifty-two members. 
 A meeting-house was built, costing three thousand dol- 
 lars, and was dedicated June 15, 1840. This house was 
 sold in 1843, the congregation worshiping again in the 
 school-house. In 1853, the church once more disbanded. 
 
 At a meeting held Jan. 17, 1863, the following mem- 
 bers united in a Baptist conference : Rev. Carl T. Kreyer, 
 James C. Hallsted, James Garrison, Thomas Jackson, 
 John L. Cone, Leonard B. Mosher, George .Seibold, J. 
 Love, Joseph Macon, C. Hill, Seymour May, Mrs. J. C. 
 Hallsted, Phoebe May, Mary Warner, Eliza Powers, 
 Sarah Hill, L. B. Mosher. A council which met Feb. 9, 
 1863, recognized this body as a regular Baptist church ; 
 and ordained Carl T. Kreyer as pastor. He continued 
 his labors here for nearly a year, and was then sent as a 
 missionary to China, by the A. B. M. U. James C. Hall- 
 sted and Leonard B. Mosher were elected deacons, John 
 L. Cone, clerk. 
 
 At the annual session in 1S65, the church was received 
 as a member of the Seneca Association. In 1865, the old 
 Baptist meeting-house was re-purchased from the Luther- 
 ans. This house was burned Feb. 21, 1875, and for one 
 year the congregation assembled for worship in Towsley 
 
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 Hall. A parsonage and lot were purchased on William 
 street, in 1876, and a chapel built costing some three 
 thousand dollars. 
 
 After the resignation of pastor Kreyer, J. E. Lockwood 
 preached for a short time, when he was succeeded by W. 
 H. Steegar, from 1865 to 1868. S. V. Marsh was then 
 pastor for two years. W. M. Robinson was pastor in 
 1872-3, and during these years the church reports nine- 
 teen baptisms. In 1874, F. P. Sutherland accepted a call 
 to the pastorate and was ordained here. C. A. Harris 
 was pastor for a short time in 1876, and was succeeded in 
 1877, by F. M. Beebee. 
 
 The church is at present without a pastor. It has had 
 but three clerks since uniting with the Seneca Associa- 
 tion, viz., Seymour May, 1865-75 ; C. V. D. Cornell, 
 1875-78; J. C. Hallsted, 1879. 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 Deacons : James C. Hallsted and S. Brewer. Clerk : 
 James C. Hallsted. Trustees : J. C. Hallsted, S. May, S. 
 Bigelow, S. B. Mosher, C. V. D. Cornell. 
 CARDINAL DATES. 
 
 1824 Baptist Missionaries. 
 
 1825 — 8 — 6, Church organized. 
 
 1825 — II Unites with Ontario Association. 
 
 1833—10—15 Disbands. 
 
 '^37 3 Reorganization. 
 
 1840— 6— 15, ' Meeting-house dedicated. 
 
 ■843, Meeting-house sold. 
 
 '^^3 Again disbands. 
 
 1863— I— 17, Church recognized. 
 
 ^8^5, Unites with Seneca Association. 
 
 '®^5, Meeting-house re-purchased. 
 
 1875— 2— 21, Meeting-house burned. 
 
 ^^7^ Parsonage bought— Chapel built. 
 
Watkins. 
 
 In the year i?46, Elder T. S. Sheardown, then pastor 
 at Reading, having carefully reconnoitered the ground, 
 determined, as he informs us in his autobiography, to 
 " make a flank movement " on Watkins, then known as 
 Jefferson. He sought permission to preach in the school- 
 house, but was at first unsuccessful. Subsequently, 
 through the influence of Senator George Guinnip, the 
 school-house was thrown open, and he gave a series of 
 lectures on Romanism. Finding that he had secured the 
 attention and good will of the people, the missionary 
 Bishop resigned at Reading, and devoted his whole time 
 to the work at Watkins. 
 
 A church organization had been perfected, Oct. 2, 1846, 
 fifteen members signing their names to the church cove- 
 nant. The constituent members were : John Moshier, 
 Albert Wilson, William Kinner, William Pratt, T. L. 
 McWhorter, Ropuna Russ, Mary Kinney, Caroline 
 Moshier, Sarah Pratt, Emeline Moshier, Lucinda Cass, 
 Charlotte Moshier, Helen Edgerton, Fanny Winfield, 
 Sarah Wilson. Meetings were held in the old school- 
 house which was finally purchased for $100, to serve as a 
 shelter until they could complete their house of worship. 
 Notice was served on them that this building must be ire- 
 moved from the corporation grounds. A stranger offer- 
 ed to the anxious pastor the use of a vacant lot. The 
 energetic Elder immediately hurried to the boat-yards, 
 procured capstan, chains, and cables, " raised a dust," as 
 he says, and gathered the friends and brethren who had a 
 mind to the work. "There was a great deal of racking 
 
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 and cracking about the old shell, yet it held together, 
 and the next Sabbath we were happily located in the old 
 house on a new site." The pastor loved to preach to 
 boatmen at the lake shore, and asking for some standard 
 by which to designate the place of meeting, was soon 
 provided with a handsome ensign inscribed " Bethel 
 Church." Thus the Baptist banner was lifted, and the 
 work of church building went on. Monpy being needed. 
 Elder Sheardown sought aid from his old friends between 
 the lakes, visiting Trumansburg, Covert, Farmer Village, 
 and other churches. All responded cordially, and his 
 heart and hands were strengthened for his good work. 
 
 The meeting-house was completed in 1850, at a cost of 
 about $3,500, and the church entered it with grateful 
 hearts. Dedicatory services were held May 14th, when 
 pastor Sheardown preached, from Gen., 28:22. Rev'ds. 
 C. G. Carpenter, J. B. Olcott, C. Wardner, and George 
 Brown participated in the services of the day. For four 
 years; the church was a mission station, and did not call 
 a council to ask the fellowship of the denomination. 
 They made regular reports however to the Seneca As- 
 sociation, and " looked up to it as a child would look up 
 to its father." The church was recognized in Aug. 1850, 
 and became a member of the Seneca Association, at its 
 next session. 
 
 In 1859, the church in Watkins felt the influence of the 
 great revival wave which swept over the Association. 
 The pastor, H. West, was assisted by George Balcom, 
 and sixty-five baptisms are reported. 
 
 In 1866, when E. Royce was pastor, the church was 
 permitted to witness another powerful work of grace, 
 and reports thirty-three additions. Before the coming of 
 Pastor Weeks the church enjoyed the services of G. A. 
 Starkweatfier, of Watkins, as a supply. 
 
 This church, in common with its sister churches, was 
 strengthened by the meetings of the pastors' conference, 
 
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 which was often held with the weaker members of the 
 Association, to aid and encourage them. Watkins, New- 
 field, Enfield, Peach Orchard, as well as others, were 
 cheered by these assemblies. The social intercourse and 
 intellectual exercise resulting from the conference were 
 also enjoyable and useful to the ministers of the Asso- 
 ciation. 
 
 The Watkins church has not been blessed by many 
 seasons of great spiritual prosperity, but has had faithful 
 pastors, who have baptised many happy converts. It has 
 seen dark days, has suffered from foes within as well as 
 from foes without. At present union and love prevail, 
 and the church is persistently holding the fort, waiting 
 the coming of the great Commander. 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 Pastors : The following list gives the names of pastors, 
 with dates of their settlement: T. S. Sheardown, 1846; 
 Andrew Wilkins, 1853; Hezekiah West, 1855; William 
 McCarthy, 1856; L. Lowe, 1857; H. West, (second pas- 
 torate) 1858; H. S. Card, 1861 ; E. Royce, 1865; H. E. 
 Ford, 1868; C. W. Brooks, 1870; Thos. G. Wright, 1875 ; 
 George E. Weeks, 1879. 
 
 The church has had but four deacons: John Moshier, 
 Daniel Berry, and J. Page, elected Aug. 1859, 'ind S. W 
 Sackett, Nov. 30, 1872; Dea. Moshier died Oct. 1866. 
 Dea. Berry died Oct. 25th, 1873. They did their work 
 well, and the church misses them. Why so many years 
 elapsed before deacons were appointed is not known, but 
 that none were appointed is established by the church 
 record, and by the testimony of older members. 
 
 Four members have received license to preach. C. R. 
 Burdick, now a Presbyterian, Mr. Perry, W. P. Omans, 
 and Fred H. Gates. 
 
 Clerks were elected as follows: A. Wilson, 1850; A. 
 Bellamy, 1852; L. Parsons, 1855; E. O. Allen, 1856; H. 
 
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 Atwood, 1859; Hiram VanTassel, 1862; E. O. Allen, 
 (second term) 1869. 
 
 present officers. 
 
 Pastor: George E. Weeks. Deacons: J. Page, Samuel 
 W. Sackett. Clerk : E. O. Allen. Superintendent Sun- 
 day-School : A. C. La Dow. 
 
 CARDINAL DATES. 
 
 1846 — I, Elder Sheardown reconnoitering. 
 
 1846 — 10 — 2, Church organized. . 
 
 1850, Meeting-house completed. 
 
 1850 — 8, .Church recoganized. 
 
 1850 — 10 Unites with Seneca Association. 
 
 1859 — 8 — 6 First deacons elected. 
 
Dri. 0, C, COMSTOCK. 
 
Biographical Sketches. 
 
 Dr. Olivkr C. Comstock. 
 
 Oliver Cromwell Comstock, the first Moderator of the 
 Seneca Baptist Association, and the first pastor of three 
 of the churches of that Association, was born in Warwick, 
 Kent Co., Rhode Island, March i, 1781. He was the 
 son of Hon. Adam Comstock, one of the most honored 
 citizens and influential legislators of his day. For twelve 
 successive terms, Adam Comstock was elected from 
 Saratoga Co., to the lower house of the State legislature, 
 and was afterward State Senator for four years. He was 
 a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1801, of 
 which Aaron Burr was president. 
 
 The early education of O. C. Comstock was acquired 
 in the schools of Schenectady, and of Greenfield, Sarato- 
 ga county. From his childhood, he was known as a close 
 student. He afterward entered the University of New 
 York, and graduated from the medical department. He 
 also engaged in the study of law, and his honorary degree 
 of A. M., was worn as worthily as was that of M. D. For 
 a short time he practiced medicine near Cayuga bridge, 
 where he married Lydia Smith, daughter of Judge Grover 
 Smith, of Seneca county. In 1807, he removed to Tru- 
 mansburg then in Seneca county. Following in the foot- 
 steps of his honored father, he early entered political life, 
 and it seemed only necessary for him to permit the use 
 of his name, in order to receive almost any gift which his 
 fellow citizens had power to bestow. 
 
 He was the member of Assembly from Seneca county 
 in 1810-12 ; Judge of Seneca county in 1812; the first 
 
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 Judge of Tompkins county in 1817 ; member of the House 
 of Representatives during the 13th, 14th and ijth ses- 
 sions, when Henry Clay was speaker, declining a re-nom- 
 ination for a fourth term, that he might devote himself to 
 the preaching of the gospel to poor and feeble pioneer 
 churches. Few men have ever been called upon to make 
 such sacrifices. Few perhaps would listen to such a call. 
 In Congress he was an able debater, and a conscientious 
 legislator. He was appointed by the President one of the 
 commissioners to settle the claims of the sufferers by the 
 war, on the Niagara frontier. This delicate duty was dis- 
 charged to the satisfaction of both the government and 
 the claimants. 
 
 While a member of Congress, he was baptised in the 
 Potomac by the Rev. Obadiah B. Brown, pastor of the 
 First Baptist church in Washington. Many of the Con- 
 gressmen accompanied the concourse to the river side to 
 witness the baptism of their colleague. 
 
 After declining a re-nomination to Congress, he re- 
 sumed the practice of medicine at Trumansburg, gather- 
 ed a church there, which was constituted in 18 19, preach- 
 ed at Ithaca, Peach Orchard, Farmer Village, and other 
 out-stations and churches. At this time he also organized 
 a church at Ithaca, and was its first pastor, dividing his 
 time between that church and the one at Trumansburg. 
 
 In 1828, he accepted a call to Rochester. When he 
 went to that then youthful city, he found the Baptist 
 congregation worshiping in a public hall in the rear of the 
 Clinton house. Their services had been held in the old 
 court house, but the supervisors decided that it was un- 
 wise to permit any religious body to hold service in the 
 public buildings, and so directed the sheriff to order the 
 Baptists out. The outlook for the little church was 
 gloomy. They were too poor to build, and knew not 
 where to buy. After long continued labor, against many 
 discouragements, Dr. Comstock succeeded in securing a 
 
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 place of worship for his people. The church which had 
 been built by the Presbyterians, the first ever erected in 
 Rochester, was bought for $1,500, in the year 1828. The 
 Baptists now had a home. 
 
 The labors of Dr. Comstock were richly blessed to this 
 people. In 1831, he baptised one hundred and fifty can- 
 didates, and fifty-three members united with the church 
 by letter. In 1832, the church reports sixty-seven bap- 
 tised, and thirty-nine received by letter. In 1833, eighty- 
 seven baptised, and thirty-four received by letter. Dr. 
 Comstock had now been pastor for five years, and the 
 old church, after dismissing more than one hundred mem- 
 bers to constitute a new one, had left more than double 
 the number she had when he began his pastorate. She 
 reported in 1827, at the organization of the Monroe as- 
 sociation, 158 members. In 1833, she reported 353, and 
 102 dismissed by letter. An appreciative sketch of Dr. 
 Comstock in the Rochester Herald, thus concludes : 
 
 " The second pastor of the First Baptist church in this 
 city was a remarkable man. He seemed able to adapt 
 himself to any position in life, no matter how humble or 
 how elevated. In him were united the three great pro- 
 fessions, the ministry, the law and medicine. He was 
 the faithful preacher in the rude ball-room of Hiram 
 Leonard, when he first came here, and afterwards, with 
 the same adaptability to occurring events, opened the 
 sessions of Congress with prayer when the great men of 
 the nation and a future president bowed with him in 
 prayer. *;»***«** 
 
 It is safe to say that no cleric or layman who ever lived 
 in this vicinity has had such a variety of high honors 
 conferred upon him, and at the same time no church has 
 had a more painstaking pastor than the First Baptist 
 church of our city during the charge of Rev. Oliver C. 
 Comstock." 
 
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 Benedict, the Baptist historian, quotes as follows from 
 the Manual of the First church of Rochester : 
 
 " The event which, under God, did more than any 
 other for the advancement of the church, was the settle- 
 ment of Dr. O. C. Comstock as its pastor." 
 
 While Dr. Comstock was at Rochester, his second son, 
 Grover S., a young lawyer of great promise, was convert- 
 ed, and immediately, as he expressed it, "took a retainer 
 from the Lord Jesus Christ," and entered the Christian 
 ministry. This young man went as a missionary to Bur- 
 mah, where he gave his life a sacrifice upon the altar of 
 love to humanity, dying of cholera in 1844. His earnest 
 cry, " Six men for Arracan ! " long rang in the ears of his 
 fellow laborers in America, and inspired them to renewed 
 zeal in the cause of missions. The wife of Grover Com- 
 stock was of a spirit noble like his own. Bidding her lit- 
 tle children farewell, as they were about to embark for 
 America to be seen by her no more, she said, looking to- 
 ward heaven : " My Savior, I do this for thee ! " 
 
 While pastor at Rochester, Dr. Comstock was deeply 
 afflicted by the death of his excellent wife, the influence 
 of whose gentle, winning, Christian life was a principal 
 means of his conversion. Sad, lonely, and heart-weary, 
 with health impaired, he resigned his charge, and sought 
 change and rest. Visiting Washington on his journey 
 southward, he was elected chaplain of the House of Rep- 
 resentatives, and served during one term. He was then 
 persuaded to undertake the pastoral charge of the First 
 Baptist church of Norfolk, Va., where he remained for 
 nearly two years. 
 
 His only surviving son, Dr. O. C. Comstock, Jr.; who 
 succeeded him in his practice at Trumansburg, having re- 
 moved to Marshall, Mich., he was led to the same new 
 Territory, and was pastor at Detroit, preaching afterward 
 as a supply to the churches in Ann Arbor, Jackson, Mar- 
 shall and Coldwater; doing the work, but not willing to 
 
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 accept the name of pastor, as he considered his pastoral 
 work closed when he left Detroit. He w^s pastor of the 
 First church at Detroit for nearly two years, at Ann Ar- 
 bor five years, at Springfield, 111., one year. In every church 
 the Lord blessed his labors, and the people loved him. 
 
 He was twice elected Superintendent of public instruc- 
 tion of the State of Michigan, and once consented to 
 represent Branch county in the legislature, manifesting 
 in his declining years the same interest in the welfare of 
 the republic and the advancement of his fellow citizens 
 which had distinguished him in early manhood. 
 
 As he had been the first Moderator arid preacher in 
 the Seneca Association, so also he was the Moderator 
 and preacher of the introductory sermon at the first an- 
 niversary meeting of the Monroe Baptist Association.' 
 He was an able advocate of the cause of temperance, and 
 was elected President of the State Temperance Society 
 of, Michigan. His reports as Superintendent of public 
 instruction are filled with practical and fruitful sugges- 
 tions, and bear the impress of the statesman and the 
 Christian. 
 
 Everywhere, in the practice of his profession, on the 
 judge's bench, in legislative halls, in the pulpit, the fami- 
 ly, the social circle, he was the same courteous, warm- 
 hearted, loving Christian gentleman, striving to please 
 his neighbors for their good unto edification. 
 
 The history of Dr. Comstock reads like that of one of 
 the old crusaders. He relinquished the honors of this 
 world, to become a soldier of the cross. In some respects; 
 his life may remind us of that of the Apostle to the' 
 Gentiles. He was a nobleman, — so born. He was a. 
 Christian gentleman, — so born of the Spirit. He had 
 the then unusual advantage of a professional education — : 
 political honors were showered upon him, the avenues of. 
 wealth and fame opened before him, but listening to the 
 voice of God, he seemed to look upon all these things- 
 
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 as temptations, from which he must turn away to preach 
 to others the unsearchable riches of Christ's gospel. Who 
 will say that he was wrong? Is the highest office of 
 earth as honorable as that of an ambassador of the 
 Heavenly King? More than men need strength, wisdom, 
 power, or wealth, they need soul rest, — peace with God. 
 Dr. Comstock believed that it would be kinder to bind 
 up the wounded spirit than merely to heal the broken 
 body ; more glorious to break the yoke of sin and let the 
 oppressed go free, than to gain earth's honors, forgetful 
 of the sufferings of others. Like Henry Clay, he was 
 one of those happily constituted mortals who find it easy 
 to win, and usually learn to long for, the applause and ad- 
 miration of their fellow men. It was a very high moun- 
 tain, to the top of which the Tempter led him, but he 
 could say, as did his Savior, " It is written ! " and could 
 sing with the spirit what many men sing with the lips alone: 
 
 " Perish eveiy fond ambition. 
 All I've sought, or hoped, or known ; 
 Yet how rich is my condition, 
 God and heaven are still my own I " 
 
 Dr. Comstock was a man to be loved. Remarkably 
 genial and hospitable, he richly enjoyed the society of 
 his friends, appreciated a pointed anecdote, and had a 
 keen sense of the ludicrous, yet was his humor ever 
 chaste and his kindly wit left no wound. Frank and 
 generous in disposition, he was eminently a man of peace, 
 willing to sacrifice his own views, but not his convictions, 
 rather than to foment strife. He had too much charity — 
 his faculties and affections were too well balanced — to be 
 a great leader, for, seeing both sides of every question, 
 and ready to make allowances for differences of opinion, 
 he felt kindly toward the wrong doer, even ,when hating 
 the wrong. A Baptist from settled conviction, his broad 
 catholicity led him to love all who loved the Lord Jesus, 
 and it is believed that he never uttered a word which 
 
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 would wound the heart of a conscientious member of any 
 Christian communion. His brother. Rev. Dr. Alexander 
 Comstock, a Methodist clergyman, sometimes inclined to 
 theological controversy, made this characteristic remark : 
 " I do believe, Cromwell, if he met the Devil, would make 
 a polite bow, and say : ' Good morning, sir ! ' " This an- 
 ecdote may illustrate the courtesy, and peace loving dis- 
 position for which Dr. Comstock was distinguished. 
 
 His sermons were remarkable for breadth, force, and 
 illustration, rather than for doctrinal discussion and close 
 analysis. He always styled himself a " lay preacher," 
 since he had not received a theological education, but in 
 compensation for this lack of professional training, he 
 had a cultivated mind, a natural talent for oratory, and a 
 great, loving heart. 
 
 When Dr. Comstock was in public life, he was an en- 
 thusiastic and earnest friend of the common school sys- 
 tem, and rendered efficient aid to Gov. Clinton in making 
 this system a success. He was the first postmaster of 
 Trumansburg, in 1811, and the contrast between the beau- 
 tiful, active village of to day and the wilderness of three- 
 quarters of a century ago, may be seen in the fact that 
 the first quarter's salary of the postmaster was one dollar 
 and eighty-one cents. 
 
 Dr. Comstock was a man of commanding presence, tall 
 and well proportioned, kind and courteous in manner, al- 
 ways welcoming his friends with a cordial greeting. He 
 had a magnetic presence, and a voice which once heard 
 was never forgotten ; every tone seemed to be filled with 
 music. He was the peer of such men in his denomination 
 as Kendrick, Peck, Cone and Bennett, and was often call- 
 ed upon to preach at the anniversaries and meetings of 
 State conventions. 
 
 He died at the home of his son. Dr. O. C. Comstock, 
 Jr., in Marshall, Calhoun county, Mich., Jan. 11, i860, 
 aged seventy-nine years ; but he lives in the memory of 
 
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 many who will never cease to love him, and in the undy- 
 ing influence of his noble life. 
 
 Dr. N. W. Folwell. 
 
 Nathan Wright Folwell was born in Southampton, Pa., 
 Dec. 27, 1805. Enjoying the advantages of a liberal 
 education, he was a student at Hobart (then Geneva) 
 College, and graduated at Fairfield Medical College, Jan. 
 31, 1832. He was a student and a partner of his brother- 
 in-law, Dr. C. C. Coan, of Lodi, and took high rank in his 
 profession. Compelled by ill-health to relinquish his 
 chosen calling, he returned to his old home at Romulus, 
 to engage in farming. Previous to this time, listening to 
 the evangelist Jacob Knapp, at Penn Yan, he was con- 
 victed, and hearing a sermon soon afterward from U. B. 
 Miller, from the text : " the Master is come and calleth 
 for thee," he was converted. He often spoke of his con- 
 version as occurring just at the dawning of the new year, 
 Jan I, 1844. He united with the Lodi church. Elder De- 
 Land pastor, and soon received a license to preach. This 
 was not in accordance with his wishes, as, although he 
 possessed the rare gifts which give success to the public 
 speaker, he preferred the walks of private life, and never 
 sought place or honor. Yet he was willing to do what 
 he could for the Master, and with voice and pen he often 
 inspired his fellow laborers to zeal and faithfulness. For 
 nearly two years, he labored earnestly and successfully as 
 agent of the American Baptist Publication Society. 
 
 He was devotedly attached to the cause of temperance, 
 and the fear of unpopularity never prevented him from 
 boldly advocating its principles. He attended regularly 
 the sessions of the Seneca Baptist Association, and no 
 face was more welcome, no greeting more cordial than 
 his. For sixteen years, he was the treasurer of this body, 
 and for over twenty years held the same ofifice in the 
 

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 Romulus church. His interest in the cause of Christ af- 
 iected his pocket as well as his heart. He gave cheerful- 
 ly and with a liberal hand, for the support of the gospel 
 at home and abroad, and was a leader in every good work 
 in the church and in the community. His friend. Dr. 
 David Moore, writes : " when he was converted, he was 
 converted all through, heart, conscience, will, intellect, 
 body and soul. All he was and all he had was consecrated 
 to the Lord that bought him." 
 
 He loved to aid and encourage young men, as the 
 writer well knows by experience. This is illustrated by 
 the following incident related by Rev. L. J. Gross in his 
 funeral discourse : 
 
 Dr. Folwell was on the way from his home to attend a 
 revival meeting at the Romulus church during the pas- 
 torate of Elder Fargo. Meeting a young man of his ac- 
 quaintance, he said: "Come John, won't you go to meet- 
 ing to-night?" "No, I guess not," the young man re- 
 plied, " I have been threshing, and don't wish to go to 
 church in these old clothes." " Never mind the clothes, 
 John," said the Doctor, " they are good enough to go to 
 heaven in. Get in and ride." The young man accepted 
 the invitation, was led to seek Jesus that night ; the 
 church saw that he was " apt to teach ; '' he was en- 
 couraged to pursue a course of study at Rochester; and 
 John Griffith, D, D., has shown himself "a workman that 
 needeth not to be ashamed." 
 
 Two of Dr. Folwell's sons fought in the Union Army. 
 William Reeder Folwell was a member of the Fourth 
 Michigan Regiment. James D. Folwell responded to the 
 first call for volunteers, and -enlisted in Co. A., 33d, N. Y. 
 S'. V. ; was captured in McClellan's abandoned hospital at 
 Chickahominy, confined in Libby prison, and died of ema- 
 ciation at Phila., July 26, 1862, aged twenty-three years. 
 He was a noble, Christian soldier. 
 
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 Dr. Folwell delighted in dispensing a free and gener- 
 ous hospitality, and was an enthusiastic lover of the liber- 
 al arts. His favorite poet was Sir Walter Scott, many of 
 whose poems he would repeat from memory. He was 
 fond of Botany, and in the pursuit of this study joined 
 his devoted friend Prof. Asa Gray, of Yale College, on a 
 tour to the far West. 
 
 He died, at peace with the world and at peace with 
 God, Feb. 4, 1879, ^^ the good old age of seventy-three 
 years. Funeral services were held at the Romulus Bap- 
 tist church, when the pastor, Rev. L. J. Gross, preached 
 an appropriate and touching sermon from Ps. 12:1. In 
 accordance with the request of Dr. Folwell, Rev. L. 
 Halsey assisted in the services. Dr. Folwell rests from 
 his labors, but his works follow him, and many whom he 
 has befriended arise to call him blessed. His was a 
 noble, generous, Christ-like spirit. May his example in- 
 spire us to noble emulation ! His work is done ; ours is 
 to be done ! 
 
 James McLallen. 
 
 James McLallen, for many years a deacon of the church 
 in Trumansburg, and an ofificer in the Seneca Association, 
 was born in the town of Ulysses, Oct. 12, 1800. He was 
 the oldest son of John McLallen, a pioneer settler who 
 came to the lake country with the revolutionary soldier, 
 Abner Treman, from whom the village of Trumansburg 
 received its name. John McLallen was one of the first 
 deacons of the church in Trumansburg, the early meet- 
 ings were often held at his home, and he gave to the 
 church the site for their meeting-house. This- venerable 
 man was best known by the name of " Father McLallen," 
 and when he died, Dec. 16, 1844, devout men carried him to 
 his burial, and the church deeply mourned their loss. 
 
 James McLallen was one of the most widely known 
 and highly respected of the citizens of Trumansburg. 
 
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 He was for many years a prominent merchant, post- 
 master, (succeeding Col. H. Camp, and Dr. O. C. Com- 
 stock,) member of the Masonic fraternity, deacon of 
 the Baptist church, trustee of the Presbyterian and of 
 the Methodist Episcopal church, loved and honored by all. 
 
 He was elected clerk of the Baptist church, in 1831, 
 and held the ofifice until he was chosed deacon in 1849. 
 He had charge of the Baptist depository at Trumans- 
 burg, and was a life member and warm friend of the Bap- 
 tist State Convention. His feeble frame enclosed a mind 
 of untiring energy, and in the family, in the community, 
 and in the church, his influence was felt as a power for 
 good. 
 
 He married Ellen Strobridge Feb. 1827, and found in 
 her a noble, loving, helpful wife, during the remainder of 
 his life journey. Few couples live so long, fewer still, so 
 pleasantly together. On the 19th of Feb. 1877, they cele- 
 brated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. He was baptised, 
 by Elder Abbott, April 3, 1831, was chosen clerk of the 
 church the next month, was elected deacon in 1849, ^^^ 
 held the office for nearly thirty years, officiating at the 
 last communion service held before he was called to take 
 his place at the marriage supper of the Lamb. 
 
 He died, at his home in Trumansburg, Nov. 14, 1877, 
 his pastor, Rev. J. J. Phelps, preaching an appropriate 
 funeral sermon ; Rev'ds. Gallup and Halsey assisting in 
 the services. He labored long and faithfully as an officer 
 of the organization whose history is recorded in this 
 volume, his own name and that of the Seneca Baptist 
 Association being for many years most intimately asso- 
 ciated. For thirty-five years he was its Corresponding 
 Secretary, for eleven years its Treasurer. The Associa- 
 tion is deeply indebted to him for the preservation of its 
 early records, and for the compilation of its statistics. 
 
 He was a devoted friend of Dr. O. C. Comstock, and of 
 his sons, Grover and O. C. Jr., and named his own son 
 
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 after the hero missionary. The house of James McLallen 
 was ever a Baptist home, and many a weary preacher has 
 been cheered by the welcome, and strengthened by the 
 hospitality there enjoyed. 
 
 The later years of his life were spent in retirement, his 
 health not permitting him to endure the fatigues of busi- 
 ness. But he never forgot the appointments of the 
 church. He especially loved the prayer-meeting, and 
 was one of the few faithful ones whom his pastor could 
 expect to meet there. How often we have heard him 
 repeat that poem he loved so well, beginning : 
 
 " There's a land far away, 'mid the stars, we are told, 
 
 Where they know not the sorrows of time, 
 Where the bright rivers wander through valleys of gold 
 
 And life is a treasure sublime ! " 
 
 Whatever he did, he sought to do well. His hand- 
 writing was as plain as print. For more than half a cent- 
 ury he kept a meteorological record and a daily register 
 of the history and progress of his native village. Modest, 
 amiable, and unassuming, he did his work quietly, but 
 with the most scrupulous care, and with conscientious 
 fidelity to duty. He lived to do good to others, and 
 now, having passed within the "portals golden," he rests 
 from his labors, his works follow him, and his memory is 
 blessed. 
 

 HENRY G. DEWITT, D, D. 
 
Henry G. DeWitt, Evangelist. 
 
 Henry G. DeWitt was born Aug. 14, 1835, in Catp, 
 Cayuga Co., N. Y. His father soon removed to an 
 adjoining town, and his youthful days were spent near 
 the shore of that beautiful sheet of water known as 
 Owasco lake. He was converted when only five years of 
 age, and at this time had his first call to preach the gos- 
 pel. Before he was six years old, it was decided that he 
 was to be a minister of Christ. This decision was not 
 only fixed in his own conviction, but was also well under- 
 stood by the family. No other thought in regard to the 
 future entered their minds. Henry was to be a preacher. 
 His whole after life until he entered the ministry, was 
 spent in preparation for his great work, although neither 
 his means nor his health permitted him to take a collegi- 
 ate course of study. 
 
 At the age of thirteen, he united with the " True Re- 
 formed Dutch Church " of Owasco. Afterward, being 
 led by the conversion of his brother, Rev. M. H.peWitt, 
 to reflect upon immersion and believer's baptism, he be- 
 came a Baptist, and was baptised, when seventeen years 
 of age, by Rev. J. G. Moore, at South Butler, Wayne Co., 
 N. Y. Continuing his studies, he was called to the pas- 
 torate of the church in Burritt, 111., in 1857, when twenty- 
 two years of age, and was ordained a few months later. 
 Here he remained as pastor for one year, the numbers 
 of the church being doubled in that time. He was then 
 urgently solicited to devote himself to evangelistic work. 
 
 One of his first meetings was held with the Farmer 
 Village church, of which the veteran revivalist. Elder 
 
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 Elijah Weaver, was pastor. Such was the interest mani- 
 fested through the community in this wonderful work of 
 grace that the schools in the neighborhood were closed, 
 and meetings were held day and night. Nearly two hun- 
 dred persons professed conversion. When Elder De- 
 Witt preached his farewell sermon, the church was too 
 small to hold the multitudes who came to hear him. 
 From Farmer Village he went to Trumansburg, where 
 Re\'. C. L. Bacon was pastor. The revival here was the 
 most wonderful the writer ever witnessed. The whole 
 community was awakened. The inquirers were number- 
 ed by scores and by hundreds. It is said that as many 
 as three hundred " requested prayers " at one time. 
 Evening after evening the Baptist church, the largest in 
 the village, was filled to overflowing. The people came, 
 not to criticise or to make sport, but because their anxie- 
 ty would not let them stay away. The meetings were 
 marked not by enthusiasm, but by earnestness and sol- 
 emnity. Said a writer in the " Examiner and Chronicle : " 
 " It is marvelous how God has wrought by the hand of 
 this young servant. He comes before the people and 
 talks the simple truths of the Gospel, in a humble, earn- 
 est martner, and the Spirit takes these plain truths, and 
 binds them upon the hearts of the listeners with a force 
 that maizes them feel." The converts were numbered by 
 hundreds: all the churches in the neighborhood were re- 
 vived. As the meetings progressed, the service of song 
 became inspiring. All seemed to sing with the spirit, 
 making melody in their hearts unto the Lord. Among 
 the favorite hymns were " Homeward Bound," " Rest 
 for the Weary," and " Soldiers of the Cross 1 " In the 
 sujnmer of the following year, Mr. DeWitt held a meet- 
 iH^ with the Romulus church, in which the power of the 
 Word was wonderfully manifested. On one occasion it 
 was estimated that three thousand people assembled to 
 listen to the preacher. 
 
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 Mr. DeWitt was married, in i860, to Louise Hopkins, 
 of Covert, Seneca Co., who was converted under his 
 preaching, and baptised by Rev. C. L. Bacon, uniting 
 with the Trumansburg Baptist church. 
 
 He has held over two hundred series of meetings : — 
 four in Baltimore, three in New York City, five in Brook- 
 lyn, four in Newark, two each in Trenton, Providence, 
 Philadelphia, Boston, Salem, N. J., one each in Rochester, 
 Troy. Memphis, Tenn., Syracuse, Auburn, San Francisco. 
 He has conducted meetings at the five educational cen- 
 ters of the Baptist denomination : — Hamilton, Provi- 
 dence, Rochester, Lewisburg, and Louisville, and these 
 meetings were all unusually successful. 
 
 Rev. Franklin Wilson, D. D., a clergyman of independ- 
 ent fortune, residing in Baltimore, Md., heard of the suc- 
 cess of the young evangelist, and offered to pay his salary 
 if he would travel and preach in the south. Accepting 
 this invitation, he spent nearly two years in the Southern 
 States, beginning his work there with a four weeks' meet- 
 ing at Washington, D. C. The church with which he 
 labored saw its number of members doubled. Afterward 
 he assisted Rev. J. M. W. Williams, D. D., at the First 
 Baptist church in Baltimore. The next winter he held 
 two meetings in that city, the churches- being revived 
 and strengthened. 
 
 He assisted the pastor of the Bedford Avenue church, 
 Brooklyn, in a series of meetings which resulted in one 
 hundred and sixty-nine additions to that church alone. 
 He was called to the charge of a protracted meeting at 
 Hamilton, and Rev. George W. Eaton, D. D., writes in 
 the " Examiner and Chronicle : " " As many as three hun- 
 dred converts and enquirers were together in the body of 
 the house." Holding a meeting at Salem, N. J., five hun- 
 dred persons united with the several churches, two hundred 
 and eighty-seven with the First Baptist. A Memorial 
 church was constituted as the result of that revival. 
 
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 He preached in Tremont Temple, Boston, and the pas- 
 tor. Rev. J. D. Fulton, D. D., thus speaks of him : 
 
 " Rev. H. G. DeWitt closed his labors in Tremont 
 Temple on Thursday, in consequence of a telegram sum- 
 moning him to the bed-side of his sick wife. We were 
 sorry to part with him. He had endeared himself alike 
 to pastor and people by his faithfulness as a preacher, 
 and his devotion as a Christian. His preaching has won 
 upon the people, and sinners who resisted the efforts put 
 forth in their behalf during the previous winter have 
 bowed in meek submission to Christ. The meetings have 
 been without marked demonstration, but with great 
 power. The rain has fallen quietly, but it has filled the 
 channels with a life-giving stream which makes us all re- 
 joice. As a laborer in the field of evangelism Bro. De- 
 Witt has few if any superiors. He differs from other 
 brethren in this field, but not for the sake of differing. 
 He leans very heavily on the arm of Christ. He is loved 
 in our homes, in our sanctuary, and by the great congre- 
 gation, and our prayer is that God may bless him, and 
 make him a long and lasting blessing to the Church of 
 Christ." 
 
 Of a rtieeting held at Plainfield, N. J., with seven 
 churches. Rev. Dr. Robert Lowry, the well-known hymn 
 writer, says in " The Watchman : " 
 
 " A meeting of extraordinary power, under the leader- 
 ship of Evangelist H. G. DeWitt has just closed at Plain- 
 field. All the pastors co-operated, and all the churches 
 were aroused and strengthened. During two weeks, over 
 three hundred persons professed conversion. Bro. De- 
 Witt commended himself to all Christian people by the 
 earnestness of his preaching, and the tender spirit; he ex- 
 hibited in the inquiry meetings." 
 
 Among the well-known pastors with whom he has la- 
 bored in series of meetings are : Drs. Wayland Hoyt, T. 
 
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 Edwin Brown, Lansing Burroughs, Richard Fuller, Wil- 
 liam R. Williams, C. P. Sheldon, W. R. Brooks, Hiram 
 U. Hutchins, W. H. Parmly, J. D. Fulton, J. O. Mason, 
 Robert Lowry, A. S. Walsh, H. C. Fish, L. A. Dunn, J. 
 D. Herr, and many others. Dr. T. Edwin Brown, of 
 Rochester, says of Mr. DeWitt : " I am not much of an 
 enthusiast concerning evangelists and their methods. 
 Bro. DeWitt's work in Rochester was on the whole a suc- 
 cessful and healthy one. He has tact, courtesy, sympathy, 
 a pleasant manner, a warm heart. His preaching is large- 
 ly illustrative. His methods, as such methods go, are 
 simple, direct, and, judged by their results, wise. He 
 is not ' greedy of filthy lucre. Of all the evangelists 
 whose work I have seen he is the safest. I would, if the 
 occasion seemed to call for such work, be glad to have 
 him again, which is the highest tribute I can pay him. I 
 think he means honestly to do Christ's work." 
 
 In 1878, the degree of D. D., was conferred on Mr. De- 
 Witt, by the Central University, of Iowa. For several 
 years, when preaching with feeble churches, his salary 
 was paid by Mr. J. Esty, the celebrated organ builder of 
 Brattleboro, Vt. 
 
 Some of his most important meetings have been held 
 within the last four years. As the result of his first meet- 
 ing at Newark, Dr. Fish baptised two hundred and fifty- 
 four persons. In its notice of this meeting the Newark 
 Courier says : " Dr; Fish said last evening that the work 
 exceeded anything he had ever witnessed, and called on 
 all laborers to thrust in the sickle, and reap, as the harvest 
 is ripe." The published sketches of revivals which have 
 been conducted by Dr. DeWitt would fill volumes,had they 
 been preserved. He has preached over eight thousand 
 sermons and it is probable that twenty thousand per- 
 sons have been led to see their need of a Savior in meet- 
 ings he has conducted. 
 
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 The lines of Dr. DeWitt's life are closely interwoven 
 with those of this Association. He is allied to it by mar- 
 riage. Here he began his work as an evangelist. Here 
 he was permitted to rejoice again and again in leading 
 multitudes to the Savior. He may well be called the 
 Evangelist of the Seneca Association. 
 
 The secret of Mr. DeWitt's power is found in one 
 word : Consecration ! He is noted for the earnestness 
 and simplicity with which he presents the truth, and his 
 aim seems to be not to startle or to dazzle men, but to 
 tell them of Christ. His prayers at times seem to be more 
 impressive than are his sermons. His eloquence is the 
 more powerful because unstudied. He has scarcely pass- 
 ed the morning of his manhood, and we may hope that 
 great as has been the success of his labors in the past, 
 they will be blessed yet more abundantly in the future. 
 
Pioneer Preachers. 
 
 David Irish. 
 
 The pioneer preacher of Cayuga County was David Irish, vencrabile et 
 nobilissime nomen, a man who, like Minor Thomas, the first pastor at 
 Covert, possessed rare qualifications for the special work to which he 
 was called. He was born in Dutchess County, N. Y., December 21, 
 I757> ordained in 1789, and in 1794 emigrated to Scipio, Herkimer (now 
 Cayuga) County. He preached the first sermon ever heard in Cayuga 
 County, and, gathering a few of his neighbors, organized the first church, 
 called the Baptist Church in Scipio. The little church received addi- 
 tions by letter, but waited until July, 1797, to welcome the first memben 
 by baptism. The first case of discipline occurred in 1799, when a broth- 
 er was excluded for neglect of family prayer. 
 
 In 1800, Elder Irish became pastor of the church in Aurelius, now 
 Fleming, which had been organized as the result of his labors in 1796. 
 Here he remained for fifteen years, the devoted pastor of a united church. 
 His labors here were richly blessed. For nine years in succession the 
 church enjoyed annual seasons of refreshing, and during the fifteen years 
 of Elder Irish's pastorate, nearly five hundred were added to the church. 
 In the course of his ministry. Elder Irish baptised 1,280 persons. He 
 died September 13, 1815, and their loss was bitterly lamented by the 
 church, which had learned to love him as a father. 
 
 David Irish was a man of the people. The secret of his success was 
 found in his spirit of earnest consecration to his Master's service. He 
 was patient, resolute, indefatigable. He had bitter enemies as well as 
 warm friends, but he seemed to care neither for threats nor for commend- 
 ations if he could but do the work the Master had marked out for him. 
 
 Five years from the time he preached that first sermon in 1794, he was 
 permitted to see in Cayuga county ten Baptist churches with five hundred 
 liiembers, nearly all of them looking to him as their spiritual father. 
 Like Minor Thomas he was a missionary bishop whose care extended to 
 "the regions lying beyond, "and we have record ofhis traveling on preach- 
 ing circuits through the northern part of Seneca County. 
 
 The historical sketch of the church in Hamburg, by Dea. Wm. War- 
 ren, states that in Oct. 1810, the little band of Baptists in Aurora, Erie 
 Co., was visited by Elder Irish, a missionary from Cayuga, who, in pass- 
 ing through this wilderness,-preached to them and constituted the Bap- 
 
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 tist church of Willink. From the history of the churches in Pompe)' 
 and in Camillas, we learn that in 1801. Elder Irish was accustomed to 
 preach to the former in David Sweet's barn, and that he preached at 
 Camillus and administered the ordinance of baptism, previous to 1810. 
 
 John Peck. 
 
 John Peck, afterward so celebrated as a pioneer in the Home Mission 
 field, was born at South Farms, Connecticut. In 1811, he removed to 
 Windham, Greene County,New York. Here he heard that Baptist meet- 
 ings were held once a month in a school house five miles north of his 
 home. On a pleasant summer morning in the month of August, a hus- 
 band and wife, with their babe thirteen months old, might have been seen 
 going up the steep winding mountain path to find that Baptist meeting 
 five miles away. Of course they were early at church. Those are usually 
 so who love the services well enough to make sacrifices to attend them. 
 As the brethren came in, they saw the strangers. They did not pass by 
 on the other side, or wait for an introduction, but gave them a cordial 
 hand-shake, and inquired if they were Baptists. Before the pastor. Eld- 
 er Hermon Hervey, had taken his position behind the rough table which 
 served for a pulpit, he was introduced to the two new neighbors, and 
 the next month, in "a clear, beautiful mountain stream" not far from the 
 school-house, John Peck and his wife were baptised. The next month 
 he was licenced to preach. 
 
 He soon engaged in missionary work, and became one of the best 
 known and most successful of the early Baptist preachers. He was one 
 of the founders of the Baptist Home Mission society, the "father" bf 
 Shurtleff College, secretary for several years of the Baptist Publication 
 Society, and was well-known as an editor and an author. 
 
 Alfred Bennett. 
 
 Few names were more familiar to the early Baptists of Western New 
 York than that of Alfred Bennett. As a friend of Hamilton Institution, 
 as a representative of the State Convention, as a faithful missionary and 
 an earnest preacher, he stood among the foremost of his brethren. He 
 was born Sept. 26, 1780, in Mansfield, Conn. ; baptised in Feb. 1800, at 
 Hampton, Conn. Married 1802, to Rhoda, daughter of Dea. Thomas 
 Grow, of Hampton, removed to Homer, N. Y. 1803, was licensed Nov. 
 1805, and ordained June 18, 1807, Ashbel Hosmer preaching the ordina- 
 tion sermon. From that time, his labors in the ministry were unceasing. 
 
 Pastor at Homer for more than twenty-five years, one of the first to en- 
 gage in missionary work among the Oneida Indians, he was best known 
 as the representative of the Missionary Union, in whose service he made 
 repeated journeys through the Southern and Western States. Unskilled 
 in the learning of the schools, his strong common-sense and logical mind 
 gave him power as a sermonizer, while his acute sensibility to the hu- 
 
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 morous o,r the pathetic, gave to his rough-hewn castles of thought and ex- 
 pression the ornaments of eloquence. Gentle and loving as a little 
 child, yet he was a lion when aroused as the champion of the oppressed. 
 He lived to preach the funeral sermons of his co-laborers, Nathaniel 
 Kendrick and John Peck, and his last discourse before the Seneca Bap- 
 tist Association was commemorative of the death of the heroic Judson. 
 He died. May JO, 1851, his friend and fellow-laborer, Lewis Leonard, 
 preaching the funeral sermon from Rev. 14:13. His memoir, by Rev. Dr. 
 H. Harvey, was published in 1852. 
 
 Peter P. Roots. 
 
 Elder Peter Philanthropos Roots is said to have been the only one of 
 the early Baptist preachers in Central New York who had received a col- 
 lege education. He was a logician rather than an orator, concise and 
 methodical in his manner of composition. He was sometimes accused 
 of indolence, but we have testimony that after riding ten or twelve miles, 
 through the swamps and over the hills, on the corduroy roads of the pio- 
 neers, he could then preach a good sermon on a Sunday morning. It is 
 said that for eighteen years he served as a missionary, often without com- 
 pensation, each year riding three thousand miles, and preaching three 
 hundred sermons. 
 
 John Caton. 
 
 One of the most noted among the early preachers of Seneca county was 
 Elder John Caton, pastor at Romulus. He was a Virginian by birth, 
 and served in the Revolutionary array asamemberof Washington's body 
 guard. When in 1825, the Marquis De LaFayette, on his last visit to 
 America, was at Waterloo, he recognized, in the throng by which he 
 was surrounded, his old companion in arms, John Caton, and calling 
 him by name to his side, embraced him with a fraternal greeting. 
 
 At the close of the war, Mr. Caton removed to Cornwall, Orange Co. , 
 N. Y., where he was ordained pastor of a new church, Nov. 30, 1790. 
 For a number of years, he was pastor of the strong church at Brookfield, 
 or Slate Hill, in Orange Co. 
 
 He had four sons, John, Robert, Ferris and Everson, and five daugh- 
 ters, Betsey, Penelope, Ann, Debby and Jerusha. He removed to 
 Ohio about 1830 and died at the home of one of his children in Zanes. 
 ville. 
 
 Elder Sheardown gives an amusing account of his first acquaintance 
 with this veteran pastor, The latter came to Catlin to visit former mem- 
 bers of his congregation, and to learn whether their young minister was 
 "sound in the faith." We condense the account found in Sheardown's 
 autobiography, "Elder Caton was a very large man in body, mind and 
 will, and imbued with all the spirit of the Revolution." He said to his 
 friend, referring to the pastor. "Brother Abraham, is he sound. There 
 
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 are so many of these young upstarts who are rotten Arminians ? " The 
 preacher, happily forewarned, began his discourse with a long quotation 
 from Paul's epistles, relative to the doctrines of election and justification. 
 The old gentleman was satisfied. " He rose up in his majesty, en- 
 dorsed the doctrine, eulogized the speaker, and expressed his gratifica- 
 tion to learn that he was not trammeled with Arminian stutf. " He 
 promised soon to pay these friends another visit, and came in Dec. 1828. 
 We were rejoiced at the coming of the patriarch, and sought to make 
 him as comfortable as possible. He being very corpulent, as well as 
 aged, we always minded to give him a good locality in the ox-sled by 
 which we moved him from place to place. 
 
 Atter having attended a meeting in the afternoon, when he preached 
 plump two hours, if not a trifle over, we loaded up our precious freight. 
 Dominie, brethren, sisters and children. Our path lay through the 
 woods, just wide enough for a sled to pass, winding about among the 
 trees. Near the top of a steep descent, the sled beginning to crowd the 
 oxen, they had an inclination to run away. Abraham, the pilot, hallooed 
 at the top of his voice : ' Whoa ! hoi ! gee ! ' but the oxen minded not. 
 Increasing their speed at every step, they caught the sled against a sap- 
 pling which swept off into the snow the temporary box, and all the 
 passengers except the minister. I started with all speed on the track, 
 (for I then could run like Cushi,) expecting every moment to find our 
 guest lying in the snow, if nothing worse. Having run three-quarters of 
 a mile, I saw, on the plain below, the breath of the oxen rising up like 
 the smoke of a furnace. They had stopped of their own accord ; and lo 
 and behold ! there sat the good old man, with his feet stretched out be- 
 fore him upon the only bottom board left on the sled, with his hands 
 clinched, almost with a dying grip, on each side of the board. He look- 
 ed up with a perfect stare of amazement, and before I could ask if he 
 was hurt, he exclaimed : " I didn't know but I was going into eternity, 
 but I thought I would hold on to my board.' The perspiration was 
 standing in great drops upon his face. ' I have had a great many rides 
 in my life,' said he, 'but never before such a ride as I have had this 
 afternoon.' " 
 
 Aaron Abbott. 
 
 This well-known early pastor in the Seneca Association was born 
 near Keene, New Hampshire, June 7, 1794. His parents moved to 
 Oneida Co. N. Y., in 1805. Educational advantages were limited, and 
 those of Mr. Abbott were confined to six weeks instruction in the dis- 
 trict school. He taught himself to write in most touching circumstances. 
 When eleven years old he was bound out to a farmer. Being treated un- 
 kindly, he learned to print the letters of the alphabet, using the floor of 
 his chamber for a writing-book, and a stick for a pen. At last the home- 
 sick boy was enabled to send a rude letter to his parents, who soon 
 
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 AARON ABBOTT. 
 
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 came to take him home again. He was a great lover of books, and 
 while working at the carpenter's bench, kept an open grammar or 
 arithmetic before him. In 1813, he married Polly Frost, who proved to 
 him a help-meet indeed, relieving him of a multitude of cares, and 
 enduring such privations as only ministers' wives knew in those days of 
 self-sacrifice. He removed to Virgil, then in Broome Co., and united 
 with the Virgil Valley Baptist church. Here he was licensed, and soon 
 became a popular preacher. His discourses were extemporaneous, yet 
 thoroughly prepared. It was the utterance, not the thought which was 
 extempore. He was a diligent student of the Scriptures, and well in- 
 structed in doctrine. 
 
 In 1S24, at thirty years of age, he became pastor at Covert, where he 
 remained for three years. In 1827, he succeeded Rev, O. C. Comstock 
 at Truraansburg, where he was pastor for seven years. His labors 
 during this decade were abundantly blessed. Multitudes were led to 
 confess Christ, nearly one hundred being added to the Trumansburg 
 church by baptism during one year. He enjoyed the confidence and af- 
 fection of such brethren in the ministry as Elders Sears, Ford, Miller, 
 Shedd, Gillette, Woolsey, Woodworth and Sheardown. About this 
 time three-days meetings became popular ; these pastors would respond 
 to a brother's call, the churches were built up, and conversions were 
 multiplied. In 1834, Elder Abbott moved to the West, thinking that he 
 might be useful in establishing churches and in preaching Christ in the 
 new communities. The last sermon in Trumansburg must be preached. 
 Many an eye unused to weep dropped a tear as Elder Abbott said fare- 
 well. It was a severe trial for the pastor and his wife, a severe trial for 
 the people of his charge. 
 
 On the morning of May 5th, 1834, the family assembled at Deacon 
 John McLallen's home, and after hand-shakings and good-bys, the 
 Elder and his load started up the hill toward Covert, singing one of the 
 hymns then most familiar • "Sweet bower, I must leave you." In 
 about three weeks, they reached their new home in Ohio, — a shanty 12 x 
 18, with elm bark roof, no windows, door, or floor. Three miles away 
 was Fairfield, Huron Co., and here Elder Abbott soon began preaching 
 the gospel he loved. 
 
 The greater part of his work as pastor was given to the churches at 
 Fairfield and at Norwalk, in Huron Co., but invitations to preach came 
 from every quarter and were seldom declined. "It was no uncommon 
 thing'' says his biographer "for a congregation to be melted to tears, as 
 the truth came warm from an overflowing heart and from lips touched 
 with divine love." His toils were excessive, and thirteen years after he 
 left. Trumansburg, Feb. 2d 1847, at the .age of fifty-three years, Elder 
 Abbott fell asleep in Jesus. He died in the full and joyful expecta- 
 tion of immortality, mourned by all who knew him. During his last 
 
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 sickness the gospel of Jesus was his constant theme. Twelve years 
 afterward his beloved companion joined him on the other shore. Two 
 of his sons have been for thirty-tive years in the ministry, one, 
 Aaron D. is yet on the walls of Zion, the other James R., laid aside from 
 active labors, waits for the Master to call him home. 
 
 Elder T. S. Sheardown. 
 
 Thomas Simpson Sheardown was born November 4th, 1791, near 
 Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. He was baptized i8i2, uniting 
 with a church in Hull, of which Rev. William Arbon was pastor. He 
 was soon caHed to improve his gift for public speaking at the out-stations 
 of the church. In 1814 he married Esther Glassam. In 1820 he emi- 
 grated to America, and meeting, at Newburg,men from the lake country, 
 settled in Covert, Seneca county, in October 1820. Here he found a 
 sympathizing friend in Dea. Lewis Porter. He was distrusted, at first, 
 by some of the Christians in Covert, but Elder Aaron Abbott had faith 
 in him, and induced him to unite with the church by relating his experi- 
 ence. In 1826, he settled in the woods of Catlin, Chemung county. Not 
 a tree had been cut on his farm. He built a log house and organized a 
 Baptist conference, which was afterward recognized as the church in 
 Catlin. Here he was visited and encouraged by Dea. Nathan Cole of 
 Covert, and was licensed in July, 1828. Speaking,in his autobiography, 
 of the Seneca Association and the churches in that garden of the State, 
 he exclaims : "Truly the Lake country is the land of Baptists." In 
 December, 1828, he was ordained as pastor at Catlin, by a council of 
 the Seneca Association. He soon began to preach as an itinerant, 
 traveling through southern New York and northern Pennsylvania, 
 preaching in barns, saw mills, school houses, and in the open air. 
 
 In 1832, he organized a church at Catlin. In 1830, he received his first 
 invitation to attend a three-days meeting,at Trumansburg. He assisted 
 Rev. Z. Freeman in a revival at Seneca Falls, preaching about the "Old 
 Ship Zion," to the boatmen and ship carpenters. He assisted his 
 cherished friend. Rev. A. C. Mallory, in a protracted meeting at his first 
 charge at Wayne. He assisted in a meeting at Scott's Corners where 
 Lewis Ransted was pastor, and preached what he called an "agricul- 
 tural sermon, " to which the farmers were especially invited to listen. 
 
 In 1844, he labored with Rev. V. R. Hotchkiss, at the Second Church 
 in Rochester, and a gracious revival was the result. He became pastor 
 at Reading, in 1844, preaching occasionally at Jefferson, now Watkins, 
 where a Baptist church was soon constituted. He labored for a time at 
 HornellsvlUe.removed thence to Southport,and afterward,! 860, to Troy, 
 Bradford county, Pa. Elder Sheardown baptized over 1,400 believers, 
 thinks that he preached more than 12,000 sermons, and gave 20,000 
 religious addresses, aided in organizing seven churches, and in resusci- 
 tating several others. His first wife died in 1854. He married, in 
 
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 1855, Mrs. Lorrin A. Soper, who survives him. He died at Troy, Pa., 
 July 30th, 1874, having been for fourteen years the loved and honored 
 pastor of the church in that place. 
 
 His autobiography, published in 1865, gives an interesting account of 
 his eventful life and his abundant labors. It v/as edited by the historian 
 O. N. Worden, with preface by Elder Sheardown's Fidus Achates, Rev. 
 A. C. Mallory, and includes with other contributions a letter from his 
 loved fellow laborer, Rev. B. R. Swick, then pastor at Ogden, N. Y. 
 
 Baptist Pioneers. 
 
 The following touching and appreciative words were written in i847,by 
 President Martin B. Anderson, then a Professor in Waterville College, 
 Maine. Speaking of the Baptist pioneer preachers, he says : 
 
 "Their vocation was emphatically to preach the gospel to the poor, 
 fO travel from pl,ace to place among the new settlements, and feed the 
 famished inhabitants with the bread of life. Often with no books but 
 the Bible and a collection of hymns,did these men go forth on their mis- 
 sions of mercy, making their way through, the unbroken forests by the 
 guidance of " spotted " trees, laboring with their own hands during the 
 intervals of preaching for their support— yet amid all these trials, car- 
 rj'ing on the work of their Divine Master with zeal and power which 
 proved them the real successors of the Apostles and Martyrs of the 
 primitive church. They were indeed a class of men of whom the world 
 is not worthy. What though the memory of them is fast fading away,the 
 result of their labors is eternal. Their reward is on high. The jewels 
 in their crowns of rejoicing will immeasurably outshine those of thous- 
 ands of the ministers of religion whom this world has delighted to honor. 
 It pains us to hear such men called " ignorant. " They were not igno- 
 rant. They had studied men. They had studied their own hearts. ■ They 
 drew their theology directly from the Bible. They knew how to make 
 the truths of religion bear upon the consciences of men. There was 
 vigor and freshness in their thoughts, for they were their own ; there 
 was fervor and sincerity in them, for they gushed from hearts glowing 
 with love to souls.^ Let not men who could wield the sword of the Spirit 
 as they did be called " ignorant. " God forbid that we should say ought 
 to disparage profound and varied learning, such as is taught in our 
 schools ! When we survey the labors and successes of these men, we 
 are constrained to exclaim : 'There were giants in those days.'" 
 
Statistical Sketches. 
 
 [Abbreviations : Pastor, P.. Baptised, B'd. Licensed, L.. Ordained, O., University of 
 Rochester, U, of K.. Madison University, M. U. Rochester Theological Seminary, R. T. S. 
 ( I ), one year.] 
 
 Aaron D. Abbott. 
 
 Born in Berkshire, N. Y., July 2, 1802. B'd. Fairfield, O., 1836, by 
 S. Wadsworth. L.. Bronson, 1844. O., Auburn, O , April, 1847. P.. 
 Auburn, (6); Bellevue,»(2 ) ; Ag't for Norwalk Sem., P.. Fitchville 
 and New London ; Fairfield ; Newark, where his health failed ; Allen 
 Prairie, Mich. Here an attack of acute bronchitis resulted in loss of 
 voice. Saw mournful daj'S. Jn business. On a journey through N. Y., 
 found unexpectedly that he could spend Sunday at his old home, which 
 hf had not visited for forty years. Wandered through the streets of 
 Trumansburg that Saturday night, thinking of boyhood, of father and 
 mother, of life's changes. At church next morning recognized one of 
 the deacons. Soon afterward received call to Mecklenburg, (2). At 
 Enfield 1877-78. Has been twice married, to Phoebe M. Cherrv, of No. 
 Fairfield, O., April 25, 1842 ; to Emily F. Wood, Dec. 7 1856. 
 
 Silas Hobart Adams. 
 
 Born in Vernon, N. Y,, Jan. 15, 1845. B'd. Cleveland, March 25, 
 i860. Grad. with high honors at Hamilton Coll., Clinton, 1865. Taught 
 in Ithaca Academy. In Class of 1870, R, T. S. Died, at Rochester, 
 March 5, 1870. Acting pastor at Ithaca. i86g. Preached at Macedon 
 and at Penn Yan. A memorial viras published by J. P. Bishop, assisted 
 by Prof. T. C. Jerome. 
 
 In his address to the graduating class of the Seminary, May, 1870, 
 President E. G. Robinson thus alluded to his death : 
 
 " One sad thought, however, thrusts itself on our gladness to-day. 
 The vacant place speaks to us of one whom we can never forget. Long, 
 and far, and patiently, had he traveled with you in your course of study,, 
 ever abreast of the foremost of your number, his eye steadily on the great 
 work which was at last but just before him, when a few weeks ago, sick- 
 ening, he fell by the way, and with smitten hearts you laid him away in 
 his last resting place. Your classmate, Adams, gentle but firm, modest 
 but manly, inquisitive but devout, was also diligent and scholarly, and 
 thoroughly loyal to your common Master. His life ended abruptly and 
 early, but it ended well. May his memory abide with you as a precious 
 legacy, quickening and purifying the spirit of your service, and keeping 
 you ever ready in yourselves and in your work, for the coming of the 
 message that has called him so early away, and that sooner or later will 
 summon us each to his final account." 
 
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 Lynn B. Albert. 
 
 Born East Germantown, Wayne Co. Ind., Aug. 7. 1855. Studied at 
 . Dansville Sem'y. L. . Dansville, N. Y. Aug. 15, 1877. Assisted C. W.' 
 Brooks in evangelistic worls. Pastor at Ovid, 1878. 
 
 Moses E. Arkills. 
 
 Born Ulster Co, N. Y. Jan. 7, 1826. United withM. E. church 1843. 
 Married Rachel A. Bartlett, of Newfield, Feb. 2, 1857. B'd. 1858, by F. 
 Dusenberry. L.. same day. O.. Nov. 26, 1858. Wm. Spaulding preach- 
 ing the sermon. P.. ^yest Danby ; Enfield, 1859-63 ; Catlin and Dix, 
 ( 2 .). Now at Rudd, Iowa. 
 
 Charles L. Bacon 
 
 Born SpafFord, Onon. Co. N. Y., Jan. 21, 1813. Grad. with honor, 
 M. U., 183S. Married Mary L. Baker, Hamilton, 1838. O.. Feb. 13, 
 1840. P.. Medina, Lenawee Co., and Brooklj'n, Mich. : Mount Morris, 
 N. Y. ( 5 ) ; Trumansburg, ( 15 ) respected and honored in the communi- 
 ty, abundantly blessed in pastoral labors. In 1861, preached annual 
 sermon at Baptist State Convention at Albany. P.. Reading, Schuyler 
 Co., and Town.send, (6) ; Big Flats, Chemung Co. We quote from 
 biographical sketch in county history: 
 
 " For forty years he has been an earnest and successful minister of the 
 gospel, having baptised over five hundred persons, preached six hun- 
 dred funeral sermons, married nearly five hundred couples. In 1861-2, 
 ho took a decided stand for the Union, and labored day and night to 
 raise volunteers." 
 
 He was appointe"! chaplain of the 85th N. Y. S. V., but before he 
 reached the regiment they were taken prisoners. He married, for his 
 fecond wife. Mrs. Sarah S. Minier, of Big Flats. For many years Mr. 
 Bacon has been an able and eloquent advocate of the cause of temper- 
 ance. Resides at Big Flais. 
 
 Benjamin F. Balcom. 
 
 Born Oxford, Chenango Co. N. Y., Jan. 11, i8io. A son of Samuel 
 Balcom, and brother of Judge Lyman Balcom, the late Judge Ransom 
 Balcom, and Rev. George Balcom. Married Eliza A., daughter of Rus- 
 sell Root, of Oxford, Jan 8, 1829. Moved to Steuben Co., in 1829 ; 
 where he was very successful in business. Converted when twenty-five 
 years of age ; made the Bible his study. L.. 1842, by Campbell and 
 Irwin church. O.. March 1843. P.. at Corning (4) ; Bath, (i) ; Paint- 
 ed Post, where he organized the church, (4); Hornby (i ) ; Campbell 
 and Erwin, ( i ). For nearly thirty years labored as an evangelist in 
 Steuben and neighboring Associations, his labors haveing been blessed 
 to the awakening of multitudes, and to the rap-building of many church- 
 es. In the Seneca Association his name is a household word. 
 
 George Balcom. 
 
 Born, Oxford, Chenango Co., Feb. 6, 1823. ( Brother of B. F. Balcom ) 
 Born again, Oxford, 1853. B'd. by Elijah Baldwin, March 37, 1853. L.. 
 Oxford, Ma}' 18, 1853. Began vrork as an evangelist at -\fton O.. 
 Oct. 4, 1854. Held revival meetings in New York, Pa., N. J., and 
 the Western States. In 1870, took up a homestead of 160 acres in 
 Kansas, and has been supplying feeble churches, " preaching for noth- 
 ing and boarding himself." Indian Agent, ind first Baptist preacher in 
 Nevada, in 1871. Has held a number of meetings ini Colorado and in 
 California. Is holding a series of meetings at Leadvllle, Col. Organ- 
 
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 ized many new churches in Kansas. Often aided pastors in the Seneca 
 Association, and held revival meetings, at Watkins, Bennettsburg, 
 Romulus, Farmer Village and Peach Orchard, which were blessed to 
 the ingathering of many converts. • 
 
 Samuel M. Bainbridoe. 
 
 Born, Romulus, Seneca Co. N. Y., 1816 L. 1836. Grad. M. U. 
 1841. P.. Stockbridge, N. Y., where he was ordained ; Avon, (5); 
 York, (3); Wheatland (2); Penn Yan, (5); Painted Post, (3); 
 Elmira Central, (2); Died at Elmira, Jan i, 1865. During his last 
 illness his faith was strong. He had a large family, and felt a natural 
 anxiety for them ; but repeating to his wife the words of David : — " A 
 father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy 
 habitation," — he exclaimed : " Is not that enough?" and seemed to for- 
 get his anxious care. He enjoyed many revivals as the fruit of his la- 
 bors. His mother, wife of Cyrus Bainbridge, was a decided Presbyterian, 
 and her thirteen children being all Baptists, she was acccustomed to say 
 that she was like a hen who had hatched a brood of ducks. 
 
 Charles Edmund Barto. 
 
 Born, Trumansburg, N. Y. June 19. 1840, B'd. by C. L. Bacon, 
 Nov. 22, 1857. Grad. U. R. 1862. Grad. R. T. S. 1867. O. Union- 
 town, Pa., Feb. 6, 1868. Agent A. S. S. U. (i ). P.. Uniontown (.4). 
 Agent for Mt. Pleasant Institution. P.. Lock Haven, laid aside by 
 hemorrhage. Officer of Am. Tract Soc. (4), and during "the Centen- 
 nial." Instrumental in building a house of worship at Uniontown. 
 Represents A. T. S., in Pa. N. J., and Del. Married, Feb, 25, 1873, to 
 Selina A. Ackley, of Allegheny City. Is an author and a poet. 
 
 Allen R. Beach. 
 
 Born, 1797. Was a school teacher and pioneer preacher. Began his 
 work of teaching when he was fifteen years of age, and continued it for 
 thirty years, engaging also in pastoral work. O.. Springfield, N. Y., 
 1834. P.. Springfield, Westmoreland, Newfield, Painted Post, Victory, 
 Richland, Columbus. Preached his last sermon on his 76th birthday. 
 Died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A. B. Campbell, at Hamilton. N. 
 Y., May 3, 1879. His son, Hon. Allen C. Beach, (grad Union Coll.) 
 has been Lieut. Gov., and is now Secretary of State of New York. Of 
 Rev. Allen R. Beach, his pastor. Or. J. M. Stifler, says : 
 
 " Mr. Beach was eminently a good man, possessed of clear intellect, 
 an even temperament and sound judgment, both in the pulpit and out, 
 drawing to himself unlimited confidence from all who knew him. Peace- 
 fully and almost painlessly he passed away, full of years and esteemed 
 of all his acquaintances." 
 
 Charles E. Becker. 
 
 O. Amenia, April 16, 1868. P.. Medina 1873-74. The church here 
 speak in high praise of his labors and add in their letter to Association: 
 " His memory will ever be dear to this people." 
 
 F. M. Beebe. 
 
 Born, Georgetown, Mad. Co., April 26, 1841. United with West 
 Eaton church, i85i. In M. U. i85i. Enlisted as private soldier in 
 1862, and served during the war, receiving a severe wound. In M. U. 
 1865. O.. Coventry, 1869. P.. Coventry. In Nebraska, (2.) P.. 
 
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 Chittenango, 1873 ; In Theol. Sem. M. U.. 1873. P.. New London, O- 
 1875 Health failed. P.. Waterloo, Nov. 1876. 
 
 David Bellamy. 
 
 Born. Kingsbury, Washington Co., May 19, 1806. Converted, but 
 not baptised, at ten years of age. Decided to consecrate himself to 
 Christ. B'd. 1830. His first pastorate was at Cazenovia; his last at 
 Rome, where after five years spent in happy, fruitful labors, he fell 
 asleep in Jesus. M, U. gave him honorary A. M. Concerning his life 
 we hear but one voice, and that is the voice of praise. He was able as 
 a preacher, kind and winning as a pastor. 
 
 Varanus Bemus. 
 
 Born, Marlboro. N. H. Dec. 9, 1802, B'd 1816. Grad. M. U. 1828. 
 L.. Lebanon, May 26, 1827. O.. Newfield, May 6, 1829. P.. Angelica, 
 1842 ; Almond, Allegany Co., for many years, his labors being greatly 
 blessed Often preached in protracted meeitings. P . Clear Creek, 
 Ashville. Died at Ashville, N. Y. Oct. 5, 1856. 
 
 Charles W. Brooks. 
 
 Born, Solon, Cortland Co., Aug. 25, 1836. B'd. East Pharsalia, 
 Chen'g. Co., Aug. 1852. L.. July 10, 1859. P.. Killawog, i860. Mar- 
 ried Elsie A. Green, of East Pharsalia, Aug. i860. O.. Triangle, July 
 16, 1862 ; P. .'Triangle, 1862 ; Hedgesville, Steuben Co., 1866, preach- 
 ing also at East Camden and WoodhuU. Appointed Dist. Mis'y- for 
 Southern N. Y., and Northern. Pa. In this State Convention work for 
 four years. P.. Watkins, 1875. Once more Missionary of State Con- 
 vention in 1875. His work has been, shirking neither responsibility 
 nor labor, to build up small and dependent churches. Retains his mem- 
 bership in the Seneca Association. 
 
 A. J. Brown. 
 
 Born, Constantia, Oswego Co., 1850. His father enlisting in Union 
 army, the son was "bound out." Converted, 1867, under preaching of 
 E. P. Hammond. B'd. in Syracuse. Studied at Cazenovia and united 
 with M. E. church. Pastor of M. E. church at West Danby. United 
 with Scott's Corners Baptist church. L.. 1879. O.. May 7, 1879. Rev. 
 A. D. Abbott, Moderator, L. B. Albert, clerk of council. Pastor at 
 Scott's Corners. 
 
 George Brown. 
 
 Born, Bristol, Eng. 1840. Converted, 1857. Worked at his trade by 
 day and studied theology at night B'd. at Bristol, into the church of 
 Geo. Muller, the mighty man of faith. Married Emma J. Popplestone, 
 of Bristol, March 30, 1866. P.. Catlin and Dix, in Moreland, N. Y., 
 where he was ordained, Aug. 3, i86g. P.. Tioga Center, (7) Caroline 
 from April i, 1870. 
 
 N. C. Brundage. 
 
 Born, Aug. 2, 1845 ; B'd. Corning, 1861. L.. at Campbell and Irwin, 
 Feb. 25, 1871. O.. Towlesville, Oct. 31, 1874, J- W. Emory preaching 
 the ordination sermon. Revjds. L. Braisted, J. C. Mallory, J. C. 
 Rooney and E. L. Millis participating. P.. Towlesville, (4) ; Chemung, 
 ( 2 ) ; Mecklenburg, from April i, 1878. 
 
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 James R. Burdick. 
 
 Grad. Brown University, 1822. L.. Providence, R. I. ; P.. Ithaca, 
 1832. Mis'y. df State Conv. in Bradford and Tioga counties. Pa., wliere 
 he organized several churches. Died near Syracuse, Feb. 8. 1867, aged 
 seventy years. A man of peace. 
 
 Henry S. Card. 
 
 Born, Nelson, Mad. Co., Jan. 4, 1816, Joined M. E. church, 1836. 
 B'd. Erieville, 1839. M. U. (2 ). O . Clear Creek, May 4, 1843. P.. Clear 
 Creek ; Hinsdale, Mich., (8) ; Sandusky, O. (6) ; Watkins, (4); Lodi, (4). 
 Died at Watkins July 23, 1873. A man of fervent piety, ever loyal to 
 the truth. His name is held in high esteem in the churches. 
 
 Calvin Greene Carpenter. 
 
 Born, Fairfield. N. Y., Dec. 22, 1800. United with Whitesboro 
 church Oct. ii, 1818, there licensed. O.. Fairfield, Feb., 1821. P.. 
 Fairfield, ( 10), Preached at Norway, Salisbury, Little Falls, Whitesboro. 
 P.. Little Falls, 1831-5 ; Ithaca, 1835-7; Romulus, 1838-42 ; Phelps, 
 1843-8. A fellow student of Wade, Kincaid, Wall, Stearns. Goodale 
 and Blood, at Fairfield and Whitesboro, before the Institution at Hamil- 
 ton was born. With Galusha, Willey, Lathrop, and others, established 
 the Baptist Register, 1824. Agent of N. Y., Bap. Mis'y. Conv.. 1824, 
 and again in 1834; Secy, of that body 1827-35. P.. Geneva, 1853-5 I 
 Elbridge, 1858-60 ; Phelps Village, 1862-64. Received honorary A. M., 
 froraM. U., 1852. Married Laura Haskins, Dec. i, 1825 ; Married his 
 second wife, Nancy Munroe, Aug. 19, 1834. His son, Calvin Hasseltine, 
 distinguished as a phj'sician, died of dyptheria, Dec. I, 1878, at Geneva. 
 His second son, Stephen Haskins Carpenter, LL. D., a Professor 
 in Wisconsin State Univ., and an author of repute, died Dec. 7, 1878. 
 Mr. Carpenter now resides at Phelps. 
 
 Allen Benedict Chase. 
 
 Born, Jerusalem, Yates Co. N. Y., Dec. 7, 1824. Studied at Hamil- 
 ton. B'd Bath, July. 1843, by W. G. Raymond. P.. Towlesville, 1848. 
 0.. Cameron, July 17, 1850 ; P.: Townsend, 1851 ; Reading, 1854 ; 
 Middlesex, 1865 ; Phelps Village, 1867 ; Tioga, 1868 ; Mecklenburg,' 
 1872 ; Caroline, 1875. Since 1877, Agt. A. and F. Bible Society. Mar- 
 ried at Towlesville, Sept. 17, 1850, Eliz B Towles, who died Nov. 26, 
 1851. Married M. Cordelia Horton, of Cameron. Resides at Painted 
 Post. 
 
 Increase Child. 
 
 Born, Greenfield, Saratoga Co., Dec. 10, 1827; B'd. Gorham, 1842 bj' 
 U. B. Miller. Grad. tj. R.. 1859. O.. Towanda, Pa., Oct. 1859. Grad. 
 R. T, S. 1864. P . Trumansburg, ( i) ; Xenia, O.; Madison, O.; Con- 
 neaut. O., (7) ; Married June 5, 1850, A. L. Lincoln of Gorham, N. Y., 
 who died Sept. 2, 1875 ; Married (Sept. 2, 1875,) for his second wife 
 Addie F. Flagg, formerly of Trumansburg. Pastor at Frewsburg, N. Y. 
 
 A. D. Clark. 
 
 Born, Italy, Yates Co., Nov. 2, 1849. Grad. M. U., 1875. Married 
 
 Emma Carpenter, of Pultney, June 29, 1875. B'd. L.. and O.. Itah' 
 
 Hollow, which was also his first charge." O.. Aug. 23, 1876. P.. Italy 
 Hollow, ( 2 ) ; Bennettsburg from June, 1878. 
 
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 Bradbury S. Clay. 
 
 Born, Portsmouth, N. H.. i790.United with M. E. church 1809. 
 Ordained deacon, Maj' 19, 1817, his certificate being stamped with the 
 signet of Bishop Enoch George _ Circuit rider for five years. Became a 
 Baptist. Married, near Auburn, N. Y., Mary Raymer, still living at 
 the age of 78, at Adrian, Mich. O.. Burnt Hills Jan. 22, 1821, and com- 
 mended in a certificate signed by Francis Wayland, " to the Christian 
 love of the churches of our denomination in particular, to the notice and 
 respect of all Christians of every denomination, to the protection of all 
 magistrates, and to the respect and acceptance of mankind in general." 
 P.. Winfield ; Leroy ; Farmer Village ; Goshen, Ind.; Door Village, la.; 
 Agt. of Free Mission Convention, 1853. Died at Boonville, Missouri, 
 Aug. 15, 1869. His letters from the churches commend him as "an 
 orthodox, acceptable preacher, of stainless character." 
 
 Adams Cleghorn. 
 
 Born, Edinburg, Scotland, Jan. iSi-j.. Came to U. S., 1852. B'd. 
 June 6 1830, by Dr. Wm. Hague, at Utica, L.. Trumansburg, 1833. 
 Grad. M. U., 1837. Taught at Lockport. Married Asenath E Stone, 
 of Lockport, 184.0. O.. Lewiston, April, 14, 1841. P.. Lewiston and 
 Niagara Falls, (7). The first to administer baptism at Niagara Falls. 
 P.. St. Catherines, C. W. 1844. Organized church at Niagara Falls, 
 and at Fort Hill. P.. Paris, C. W. 1848 54; Adams Village, N. Y., 
 (3) ; Belleville, 1857. In 1862, Capt. loth N. Y., Artillery, U. S. V. 
 Served under Gen. Sheridan. Compelled to resign, by fever, 1865 Pas- 
 tor of North church, N. Y. City, (3) : Ottawa, 111., 7 ; Champaign, 111., 
 1874-8. Resides at Marcus, la., preaching as opportunity offers. Re- 
 ceived honorary A. M., from U. of R., 1854, D. D. from M. U., 1869. 
 He wishes it to be distinctly stated that he is a Baptist of the old school, 
 wholly opposed to modern ways of promoting the Lord's work. He 
 never held a protracted meeting in his life, nor ever asked a person to 
 come to an "anxious seat." He is and has been "wholly opposed to 
 all such clap-trap," and is fulljf persuaded that "the namby-pamby 
 religion in ; and the weakness of our church life is the legitimate result 
 of filling up our churches with the riff-raff brqught in through these 
 charlatans called Evangelists, and the sooner the churches and pastors 
 discard them the better it will be foi: saints and sinners." His picture 
 would probably be incomplete without this touch of color from his own 
 brush. 
 
 Chester Coburn. 
 
 An early member of Trumansburg church. O.. Enfield, June, 1820. 
 P.. Enfield and Danby, In 1824, a Missionary in Western N. Y. P.. 
 Friendship, where he died Jan. 18, 1828, aged forty years. His labors 
 were indefatigable. During his long illness he was an example of 
 patient waiting, pe was a man to win love, and his memory is revered, 
 His son. Minor T. Coburn, is deacon of the church in Trumansburg. 
 
 Jirah D. Cole. 
 
 Born, Catskill, N. Y., Jan. 14, 1802. B'd. March 4, 1821. Grad. 
 Hamilton Institution, 1826. L.. Catskill, Sept. 7, 1825, Married Fran- 
 ces Leonard, of Sentiett, N. Y., Sept. 13, 1826. Preacher at Greenville. 
 O.. Ogden, Sept. 11, 1827. P,. Ogden, (4); Fredonia ; Supply at 
 Second church Rochester; P.. Fabius, (2). In 1839, assisted the 
 venerable Alfred Bennett, in the Foreign Mission agency. P.. Ithaca, 
 1842; Whitesboro, 1843. In 1844, elected Sec'y. of the Executive Board 
 
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 Senpxa Baptist Association. 
 
 ofN. Y. Mis'y Conv., and held this { the executive) office for six years. 
 P.. Nunda, 1848. In 1850, Agent of A. B. M. U,, for the Western Dist., 
 with headquarters at Chicago, for seven years. P.. Delevan, Wis. Mrs. 
 Oole died, 1857, and he married, in 1858, Eliz. LaBarr, of Delevan. P.. 
 Barry; Galva ; Cordova; Atlanta; Lod^port ; all in 111.; and Valpa- 
 raiso, Ind. In 1876, his second wife died, and soon aftervi^ard he was 
 called to bury his oldest son, a prominent business man in Chicago. He 
 has two children now living. In i86g, he published the history of the 
 Rock Island ( 111.) Association. At the Semi-centennial Commence- 
 ment of Madison University, he was appointed a member of the editorial 
 committee to prepare the Jubilee History, and was given the most dif- 
 ficult part of the work, — the sketches of students of the first decade. He 
 gave five months to this historical work, and then yielding to entreaty, 
 five months more to preparing sketches of men of later decades. The 
 Madison Semi-centennial Jubilee offering, by which the Institution re- 
 ceived $130,000 endowment, had its initiative in a resolution offered by 
 Jirah D. Cole in a meeting of Hamilton Alumni, at Chicago. In Oct. 
 last, Dr. Cole finished his history of the Baptists of Illinois, which is to 
 be published b}' the Illinois Baptist General Association. It will be the 
 first Baptist State history. Since he finished his historial work. Dr. 
 Cole has been preaching at Rozetta, 111. He writes that he "is very 
 much alone in the world, but cannot be idle while able to work." He 
 is seventy-seven years of age. in good health, preaches two sermons on 
 Lord's day, and is able to make his pastoral calls on foot. He was one 
 of the most popular of the pastors of Western New York, an able 
 sermonizer, and a winning pastor. It was said of him that "his first 
 sermon was a volume of theology.'' "Yes," added the venerable pas- 
 tor, "Jirah D. Cole was a giant." 
 
 Delazon €onley. 
 
 Born, Trumansburg, March 28, 1848. B'd. Nov. 10, 1856, by D. 
 Corey. L.. Jan. 7, 1870. Married Hattie A. Letts, of Trumansburg, 
 April 6, i86g. .O.. Fleming, April 6, 1874, Edward Judson preaching 
 the sermon. P. Fleming, 1874-8. Died at Trumansburg March 28, 
 1878, Rev. G. A. Starkweather preaching his funeral sermon, Says H. 
 F. Titus, in "The Waymark ": "His generous and impulsive heart, 
 his clear good sensp and strong mind, his fervent prayers and healthy 
 Christian life, will be recalled with grief by those who knew him best. 
 Their sympathy and prayers will accompany his widow and children." 
 
 Daniel Corey. 
 
 Born, Tyroiie, N. Y., July i, 1832. United with church in Altay 
 when seventeen years of age. L.. March 24, 1835. O.: as pastor'of 
 First Milo church, March 11, 1856, S. M.' Bainbridge preaching the ser- 
 mon. P.. Milo, (6); Mecklenburg, (6); Trumansburg, (3); North 
 Hector, (3); Assistant Financial Ag't. R. T. S. P.. Hudson, 1872-76 ; 
 at Second church Saratoga Springs, 1876-79. Married, Aug. 31, 1854, 
 Sarah E. Briggs, daughter of Wm. R. Briggs, of Starkey. Has just ac- 
 cepted a call to Stillwater. 
 
 William Cormac. 
 
 Born, Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland, 1806. His oldest brother was a 
 British officer, and fought in the service of the Greeks against the Turks. 
 William was educated for the law at Edinburgh, winning high honors as 
 a scholar. The death of Geo. IV, occasioned political debates, in which 
 Cormac appeared as the enthusiastic champion of the people. He was 
 also a frequent contributor to the public press. In 1832, with a brother, 
 
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 he came to America. They found New York terror stricken by the 
 cholera. Settling in Lakeville, Washington Co., they worked as tanners 
 and shoemakers. A temperance lecturer failing to fill an appointment, 
 Cormac was called upon to take his place. Numerous invitations to 
 lecture followed. His family joined him in 1833. He was converted 
 and baptised by Richard Witheral, 1834. He had been born, christened, 
 confirmed in the old Scotch Pres. ch., and in 1826. was married, by Dr. 
 Edd)', 1st Kirk of Forfar, to Jean Masterton. Study of the Scriptures 
 convinced him that he ought to follow his Savior, and be buried in the 
 likeness of his death. Beginning evangelistic work, he was especially 
 noted as the fearless champion ot the cause of temperance. He was 
 even persecuted because he refused to stifle his convictions and to hold 
 his peace. Benevolent to a fault where truth was not to be compromis- 
 ed, recognizing tjie universal brotherhood of man, and according free- 
 dom of thought to all, he would yield not one jot or tittle to error. He 
 first settled with the struggling church at Rupert, Vt. ; then at Adams- 
 ville, N. Y.. where he had once been threatened with violence for his 
 severity in denouncing the rum traffic. Here many of the most harden- 
 ed and violent of the community were converted in revival meetings. 
 Pastor of the weak church at Kingsbury. (V. Matt. 10:9.) The church 
 prospered. He organized churches at Sandy Hill and White Hall ; re- 
 moved to Hartford,the largest church in the county. Here and at Fort Ann 
 he was blessed in revival efforts. He zealously espoused the anti- 
 slavery cause, and his house was a depot on the underground railroad. 
 Engaged in joint discussion with Wm. Miller, the second-adventist, who 
 was severely worsted. Re-united a divided church at Hartford. Pas- 
 tor at Walworth ; Plainsville ; Lodi, 1847 ; Peach Orchard. Here he 
 engaged successfully in joint discussion with Dr. Peet, of the Pres. ch. 
 Pastor at Trumansburg, 1848-50 ; Ithaca, 1850-52. Both these churches 
 were united and built up during his pastorates. Pastor at Mendon ; 
 Clyde; Warsaw; Sandusky, O.; Cleveland; Dundee, N. Y., 1867. 
 Here his labors were brought to a close by failing health. Retiring to a 
 home near Jacksonville, O., he fell asleep April 8, 1870, having labored 
 faithfully in the ministry for thirtj'-five years. Earnest and eloquent, he 
 was eminently successful in evangelistic as well as in pastoral labors. 
 He was an enthusiastic lover of natural science, and devoted much time 
 to study and experiment. His wife, aged 74 years, resides at the home- 
 stead with her younge.st son. Three children are living near Jefferson, 
 C, three in Iowa. Jas. Cormac is Secretary of the Eureka Coal and 
 Mining Co., DesMoines, la. Mr. Cormac was pastor of four of tMe 
 churches of the Seneca Association, Trumansburg, Ithaca, Lodi, and 
 Peach Orchard, and it is a pleasure to be able to present to them, 
 even thus briefly, the record of his eventful life. 
 
 Taylor Crum. 
 
 Born, West Candor, N. Y., Nov. 6, 1852. Grad! R. T. S., 1876. O.. 
 Monroe, Mich.. Sept. 13, 1876. P.. Monroe; Newfield, N. Y. 
 
 Thomas Dowling. 
 
 Born, Brighton, Sussex Co. Eng., April 2, 1809. With his brother, 
 afterward well-known as Dr. John Dowling, preacher and author, at- 
 tended Sundaj'-School connected with the church of which the celebrated 
 Jos. Ivimey was pastor in London. B'd. May 28, by Chas. Carpenter, in 
 London. L.. Oct. 1830, and for years labored as a local preacher. 
 Came to U. S., 1833. O.. Catskill, Jan, 17, 1834. P.. Trumansburg, 
 1835, when an interesting revival was experienced ; Warwick and 
 Coventry, R. I., 1836-40; Third church No. Stonington, Conn.; Ag- 
 
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 awam, Mass.; Willimantic ; Central Thompson; Tolland, two pastor- 
 ates, (4) (3) ; and other churches in Conn. Is now residing at Toll- 
 and, in frail health, and doing little public service, but loving to preach 
 as well as ever. 
 
 William Dunbar. 
 
 Born, Albany Co. N. Y., March 12, 1829. Grad. M. U., 1859. C. 
 Bennettsburg, Dec. 14, 1859. P.. Milo, 1861 ; Prattsburg, 1863 ; Seu- 
 nett, 1867 ; Holley. Now in Asylum at Utica. 
 
 Francisco Dusenberry. 
 
 Born, Jan. 13. 1815. Converted at eighteen years of age. L.. Etna, 
 7836 ; O.. Lake Ridge, 1843. P.. Etna, 1840-3 and 1847-58 ; and 1868-70 ; 
 Lake Ridge, 1843-4 and 1862-8 ; Newfield, 1845-7 and 1858-62 ; Ithaca 
 Tabernacle church, 1870-4 and 1877-9 i Enfield. 1874-77. Married Feb. 
 18, 1841, Eliza Gibbs, of Groton, who died April 16, 1868. Married Feb. 
 15, 1871, Mary D. Dawson. Pastor of Tabernacle church, Ithaca. 
 
 M. M. Evarts. 
 
 Born, May 10, 1803. O.. Lisle, N. Y., Nov. 20, 1833. Has been a 
 missionary pastor, serving 22 churches in 41 years. Most of these 
 churches are in the lumbering regions of N. Y., and Pa. P.. Newfield, 
 1867 ; Ovid, i868-g. Now pastor at Masonville, N. Y. 
 
 Isaac Fargo. 
 
 Born, Salem, Conn., Jan. 10, 1817. At Hamilton, 1839. O . Mount 
 Morris, Jan. 2, 1846. Married Eliz. Chapman, of N. Y. City, 1846. P.. 
 Hamburg, Romulus, (6); Fairport, (7); Galesburg, 111.; Lamoille, 
 la.; Lake Mills, Wis. Was an -unusually eloquent and successful 
 preacher. 
 
 Francis Drake Fenner. 
 
 Born, Henrietta, N. Y., Jan. 7, 1832. B'd. Jan. 1847. L.. 1855. Grad. 
 U. R., 1861. Married Mary A. Galentine, July 24, 1861. Grad. R. T. S., 
 1864. O.. Ovid Center, ( Scotts Corner's) Sept. 14, 1864. Sermon b}- 
 G. W. Northrup, J. B. Smith. Moderator, D. Corey, Clerk of council. 
 P.. Ovid, 1864-67 ; Jordan, 1867-71 ; Parma, 1871-74. Ovid, (2d pas- 
 torate) 1874-78. Pastor at West Somerset, Niagara Co. 
 
 Jacob Fisk. 
 
 Born, May 3, 1796. Grad. at Hamilton, 1826. P.. Lodi, 1827-28; 
 Union Springs ; Williamson. Died in Rochester, about 1836. 
 
 Joseph N. Folwell. 
 
 Born, Phila., June i, 1827. B'd. March, 1846, by J. H. Kennard. D. 
 D., of loth church, Phila. Entered Lewisburg Cfniv., 1847. Settled 
 first at Cohanse}', N. J. ( the church organized 1690.) O.. Nov. 25, 1850. 
 Married Jennie B., daughter of Dea Robert Taylor, of Phila., and sister 
 of Rev. E. G. Taylor, D. D. P.. Manyunk church, Phila.; in N. Y. 
 City ; at Ithaca, (4) ; (during vi'hich period the church contributed for 
 benevolence $1209.66.) Cor. Sec'y. N. Y. B. E. Soc'y. (2). Pastor 2d 
 church Brooklyn, E. D. (9). Succeeded U. D. Ward as Cor. Sec'y A., . 
 and F. B. S. Author of a Baptist Catechism, and Tract on the Lord's 
 Supper which have been widely circulated. 
 
 H. E. Ford. 
 Born, Somerset, N. Y., Jan. 31, 1829. Converted, 1846. O.. 1858. 
 Pastor of several churches in Canada. P.. Watkins, Mecklenburg, 
 
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 Wayne Village, Urbana church, Middleburg, Tioga Co. Pa., where he 
 labored faithfully until his death, Oct. i6, 1877. 
 
 Samuel W. Ford. 
 
 Born, April 22, 1794. P.. Dryden, Caroline, Spencer, Candor, Meck- 
 lenburg, Farmerville, 1827-31. Married Mary French, of Salisbury, 
 Conn., who died Sept. 26. 1866. From Farmerville, went to Chili, N. Y., 
 then to LaPorte, Mich, where for the remainder of his life he labored as 
 a missionary. He was a most earnest worker, and in his zeal would 
 sometimes almost forget the needs of his family. One of his daughters, 
 wife of Rev. Thomas Hunt, died in Oregon. A son, John Peatt Ford, 
 was killed in the Union Army, in a battle on the Red River. One 
 daughter, Mrs. Ansel Rappleye still resides in Farmer Village. 
 
 H. B. Fuller. 
 
 Born, New Lisbon, Otsego Co., March 17. 1806. Converted, 1826. 
 L.. 1831. O.. 1832. P.. Belle Isle Navy Yard. Preached for 15 years 
 in the State of New York, 7 in Ohio, 24 in Mich. Died, July 30. 1876, 
 at Leslie, Mich., where he had been twjce pastor. He was noted for his 
 geniality and kindness of heart, and had many friends ; an able preach- 
 er and a wise counselor. 
 
 Ezra Starkweather Gallup. 
 
 Born, Paris; Oneida Co., i8ig. Studied at Cortland Academy. Grad. 
 Hamilton, 1843. Taught the classics in Cortland Academy. Married 
 M. A. Bates, of Cherry Valley, 1849 O.. Hamilton, Aug. 9. 1853. 
 Professor of Greek, M. U,, 1850-68. Supplied church in Morrisville 
 (4), where as the history of the church informs u's, "his discreet and 
 careful spirit, did much to strengthen the church, and an interesting re- 
 vival attended his labors." P . Delhi, 1869-74, preaching also at Tomp- 
 kins. Trumansburg, 1874-6. >'ow pastor at Venice, Cayuga Co. 
 
 Fred H. Gates. 
 
 Born, Jacksonville, Tompkins Co., July 15, 1855. B'd. Dec. 4, 1875, 
 by T. G. Wright. L.. Watkins, Sept. 17, 1876. O.. Etna. May 23. 1877. 
 Pastor at McLean. Married Nella L. Hayes, of Oincinnatus, June 5, 
 1877. Edits a bright little newspaper called the " Baptist Visitor." 
 
 Granville Gates. 
 
 Born, Maine, Broome Co., April 17, 1829. O.. Lamb's Corners, Jan. 
 i5> 1853. P.. Lamb's Corners, (2); Center Lisle, (6); Caroline, (4) ; 
 Ovid Village, ( i). Since 1866, engaged in pastoral work in Kansas. 
 Resides at Emporia, Kan. 
 
 Oliver W. Gibbs. 
 
 Born, Groton, Feb. 22, 1819. Converted at 12 years of age, under 
 the labors of Dr. Jay S. Backus. B'd. 1833. Grad. M. U., 1844. O.. 
 Cuba, Allegany Co., Sept. i, 1846. Married Arvilla Hopkins, of Cin- 
 cinnatti, O., Oct. i. 1846. P.. Cuba, 1846: Montezuma, 1849; Bennetts- 
 burg, 1851, ( g). Here his labors were interrupted by an attack of acute 
 bronchitis. Retired to a farm near Groton, often preaching to neighbor- 
 ing churches. He was a student, a hard working pastor, and a re- 
 vivalist, his sermons plain and forcible, his manner incisive, his labors 
 fruitful. Resides at Groton, Tompkins Co. 
 
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 Maris Gibson. 
 
 Born, Buckingham, Pa., Oct. 31, 1841. At M. U., 1861-64. Married 
 Ellen A. Rhodes, of No Lansing, Sept. 7, 1864. O.. Gwynedd, Pa., 
 Jan. 1865. P.. Farmer Village, ( i) ; Pottstown, Pa.; Guthrieville, Pa. 
 
 Philander D. Gillette. 
 
 Born, Piscataqua, N. J-, Jari. 8, 1796. B'd. Salem, N. J., 1817. 
 Studied under Dr. Staughton, Phila. P.. Warwick, 1821 ; Elmira, 1826 ; 
 where he labored for ten years with great success. Preached at Big 
 Flats, Southport. Horseheads. P.. Phil., (i); Schenectady, (6). In 
 1840, returned to Horseheads where he died, March 2g, 1845, his de- 
 voted friend. Elder Sheardown, preaching his luneral sermon. He was 
 courteous, self-sacrificing, successful. He was a brother of Rev. Dr. 
 A. D. Gillette, of Sing Sing, and of the beloved Daniel Gillette, whose 
 young life, so bright with promise, was so soon overshadowed by death. 
 
 Peter Goo. 
 
 At Hamilton, 1835-40. O.. Frankfort, Herkimer Co., Dec. 5, 1838. 
 P.. Farmer Village, 1841-45 ; Vernon. Knowlesville, Ovid Village, 
 Walesville. Studied under Rev. L. Ransted. 
 
 Jacob Grant. 
 
 O.. Burlington, N. Y.. Jan. 23, 1833. P.. Waterville, Westville, 
 Litchfield, Harwick, Delphi, Lodi. Died at North Hector, 1855. 
 
 John Gray. 
 
 Is described as the "guerrilla preacher" of the Association, an inde- 
 pendent itinerant of the Peter CartWright order.rough in speech, ready in 
 illustration, loving his work. 
 
 John Herbert Griffith. 
 
 Born, Geneva, N. Y., July 9, 1833. L.. Romulus, 1852. At. Roch 
 Univ. 1859; R. T. S., j86i. O.. Detroit, Mich., Nov. 6, i86r, P 
 Detroit, 1861-7 ; Galesburg, 111., 1867-73; Milwaukee, Wis., ' 1873. 
 Now pastor of Second church, Troy, N. Y. 
 
 Henry Lawrence Grose. 
 
 Born, Minden, Mont. Co., Sept. 26, i8i6. "According to ritual of 
 Reformed church subjected to water sprinkling at the hands of Rev 
 John D. Spinner, father of F. E. Spinner, Treasurer U. S " Began the 
 study of the classics at seven years of age, taught by his father Hon 
 Henry Grose, who was educated at Columbia Coll., by his uncle Ino D 
 Grose, D. D.. Prof, in that Institution, and an author of note. The name 
 was spelled Gros by his French ancestors. Studied Greek Hebrew 
 and the modern languages. Began the study of medicine and edited a 
 newspaper at seventeen years of age. B'd. at Owego, where he com- 
 pleted his medical studies. Student at Oneida Institute L bv 
 Whitesboro church, C. P. Sheldon, pastor, Aug. i, 1840 ' Married 
 Sept. 1840, Emma L. Seward, a cousin of William H. Seward O West 
 Danby, Tompkins Co, Jan. 7, 1841. B. R. Swick, Mod.,'p Taylor 
 Clerk of council. Sermon by P. B. Peck. Dea. Eaton, the celebrated 
 canal missionary, gave the charge to the candidate's wife A church 
 edifice was built, over 30 were baptised. P.. Coxsarkie 1842-3 • 31 
 baptisms. On one occasion when eight persons were baptised as each 
 went up out of the water these words were repeated : "And lesus 
 
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 when he was baptised, went up straightway out of the water, and lo, the 
 heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descend- 
 ing like a dove and resting upon him." A flock of doves came hovering 
 over the waters, and at the sixth repetition of the words, one lighted up- 
 on Mr. Grose's right shoulder, and there remained until he had re- 
 ceived the seventh candidate. This marvel was the means of the con- 
 version of one of the most violent opposers of religion in the com- 
 munity. P.. Ithaca, Athens, North East, Dutchess Co., the oldest, 
 strongest church in the Association, the church of Jas. M. Winchell, 
 author of Winchell's Watts, of Dr. Jas. B. Simmons, and of Edward 
 Clark, the missionary, who was baptised by Mr. Grose. Compelled by 
 paraplegia to resign his charge. P.. Galwaj', 1858 ; and Prof, of Latin 
 in Galway Academy. Baptised and fitted for college Frank B Wilkie, 
 (Union ) chief ed. staff Chicago Times ; and Uhas. E. Hewitt, ( U. of 
 R.) pastor in Chicago. Prepared a history of the Saratoga Ass'n. for its 
 Jubilee semi-centennial anniversary, June 27-zg, 1854, and labored earn- 
 estly to secure the success of the celebration. Gave historical ad- 
 dress April 13, 1856, at semi-centennial celebration of Moreau temper- 
 ance societ)', said to be the oldest total abstinence societj' in the world. 
 Again resigned on account of- a relapse, 1857. Spent some time travel- 
 ing in the far West. In 1858, he was persuaded, by his valued friend. 
 Dr. Adams Cleghorn. to undertake the charge of the church at Mann- 
 ville. Not recovering his health, he purchased the Rallston Journal, of 
 which he is still editor and publisher. Preached as supply at Burnt 
 Hills, and for several months at First church Saratoga Springs, also at 
 Saugerties, Stillwater, Middle Grove. P.. Hydeville, Vt.. 1867-73. 
 Received a call to Milton North, that mother of churches, in Dec. 1878, 
 and is yet pastor there. Has been in the ministry 32 j'pars, serving 8 
 churches as pastor, 5 as stated supply, and his record is that " he has 
 never served a people whom he did not love, and from whom he did not 
 receive abundant evidence of reciprocal esteem." Preached 3501 ser- 
 mons ; in 105 different places in N. Y., 37 in other States. Baptised 
 223 persons. His writings have been various and voluminous, includ- 
 ing besides discussions, biographies, and histories: "The church In- 
 stitution ; " "The Fourteen Apostles;" "On Divorce;" "Powers of 
 Ecclesiastical Councils," etc. Mr. Grose has four sons and four daugh- 
 ters. The sons are all engaged in editorial work, one of them, a U. of 
 R., graduate, being on the Staff of the Chicago Tribune. His oldest 
 daughter is the wife of J. A. Smith, D. D., editor of The Standard, 
 " the great Baptist paper of the West," and is the author of several 
 books published by the A. B. P. S., Mr. Grose has been Sec'y of the 
 N. Y. S. Temp. Soc'y.; Chaplain 2gth Reg't. N. G. S, N. Y.: School 
 Com'r., succeeding Hon. Neil Gilmour, Supt. of public instruction ; and 
 has been called to fill many other civil and ecclesiastical offices of 
 trust and responsibility. He received from Gov. Fenton an appoint- 
 ment in the Adjutant General's Department, which he held for two years. 
 Such, in brief, is the record of a remarkably changeful, eventful, and 
 useful life. 
 
 Louis Jeremy Gross. 
 
 Born, Sept. 15, 1848, and received early education at Farmer Village. 
 B'd. i85g, by H. G. DeWitt, the evangelist. L.. Farmer Village, 1870. 
 Married S. Belle, daughter of Wm. Bainbridge, of Romulus, May 16, 1877. 
 In U. S., service, 1863-65, in Co. I. iiith N. Y. S. V. Grad. M. U., 1874. 
 Student in Union Theol. Sem. N. Y. O. Romulus, March 7, 1876, J. 
 B. Smith Moderator, L. Halsey, clerk of council, sermon by J, B. 
 
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 Smith, D. D. Mr. Gross is a frequent contributor to the religious press. 
 Pastor at Romulus, 1876-80. 
 
 Lewis Halsey. 
 
 Born, Trumansburg, Tompkins Co., Jan. 19, 1843. B'd. 1859, by C. 
 L. Bacon. Grad. Hobart Coll, 1868. Taught in Oxford Academy 1869. 
 L.. Trumansbursr, Dec. 17. 1870. Grad. R. T. S., 1872. Married, Sept. 
 12, 1872, Zada M., daughter of Prof. David G. Barber, of Oxford. O.. 
 Ogden, Nov. 13, 1872, H. E. Robins, D. D., Moderator, R. J. W. Buck- 
 land, D. D., preacher. Rev'ds. J. T. Seeley, C. L. Bacon, T. Edwin 
 Brown. A. C. Barrelle, J. W. B. Clark and Jesse Elliott participating. 
 P.. Ogden. 1872-74 ; Farmer Village, 1874-80. A son of Trumansburg 
 church, a grandson of Covert,and adopted into the family at Farmer Village. 
 
 J. M. Harris. 
 
 Born, Gornwatlis. Nova Scotia, Feb. 16, 1813. B'd. Aug. 22. 1830., 
 by Edward Manning. L.. June 14, 1834. Studied at Waterville, Me,. 
 Pastor, Kennebunk, 1839. A new meeting-house was dedicated and 
 Mr. Harris ordained Oct. 14 1840. P.. East Haverhill, Mass., (5); 
 Amsterdam, (6); Ithaca, (12); Rome, (6); Lockport, from Dec. 21, 
 1870. After enjoying a precious revival, and securing subscriptions to 
 pay a church debt of $14,000, was compelled by continued ill-health to 
 resign. A historical sketch of the Lockport church, written by A. H. 
 Shaw, extols his labors, and states that his resignation was received with 
 great sorrow, the church adopting resolutions expressive of their devot- 
 ed love for their retiring pastor. Mr. Harris has been twice married, to 
 Eunice Eliza Chipman, of Cornwallis, N. S., July 24, 1840, who died 
 Jan. 15, 1859 ; to Mrs. S. A. Baker, of New York, May 25, i860. His 
 was one of the longest, happiest, and most fruitful pastorates in the 
 Seneca Association. His home is now in Albion. 
 
 Edward Hodge. 
 
 Born, Romney, N. H., Sept. 18, 1798. Grad. 3.824, at Hamilton, 
 where he received aid from Dea. J. Olmsted. Married Betsev Pitts, of 
 Onondaga. O.. Onondaga, 1825. P.. Farmer Village, ( 2) ; Ovid, (8 ). 
 Engaged in Home Mission work in Mich. P.. at Fairfield and Seneca. 
 In Kansas, 1859. Returned to Fairfield, Mich., where he died, Feb. 
 16, 1861. An untiring and devoted worker. 
 
 John C. Holt. 
 
 Born, Nov. 1793. Grad. Hamilton, 1825. Married Dorcas Clough 
 of Madison. O., Romulus, Oct. 20, 1826. P., Romulus. DeRuyter' 
 Onondaga, South Hill, Stillwater, First Galwav, Moreau. Fleming' 
 Spent his later years in Tenn,, where he died, at Shelbyvilfe, Feb. 12, 
 i860. He enjoyed many revivals during his ministry. 
 Martin Winchell Homes. 
 
 Born, Galen Wayne I'o., Aug. 6, 1817. Converted at Phelps, under 
 Jacob Knapps preaching, 1836. Taught in Geneseo Academy 111 
 Entered M. U., 1840. L.. Phelps, 1843. O,. Middlesex. July 7 1847" 
 C. G. Carpenter, Moderator, A. C. Kneeland, preacher. Married' Marr 
 A., daughter of Samuel Barker, of Phelps, June 13 1847 P Mid 
 diesex. Grad. Fairmount, O., Theol. Sem., 1856. P' Phelps Villase 
 1856-60: Romulus, (7); Farmer Village, (3); Havana. Aided in 
 founding Cook Academy. P.. Lima, 0„ MonroeviUe, O Has held 
 meetmgs at Orleans, Branchport, Mumford, Wheatland, N. Y., Frank- 
 
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 lin, O., Bay City, Mich. Has witnessed a revival in nearly every church 
 with which he has- labored. A number of his sermons on national 
 affairs have been published. Baptised 80 at Romulus, 50 at Farmer 
 Village, 85 at Lima, 39 at Monroeville. 
 
 George Hopkins. 
 Born, Saco, Me., March 13, 1837. Grad. (Joll. Phys. & Surg., N. Y., 
 1862. Entered Med. service Western Sanitary Com., May, 1862. Ap- 
 pointed Asst. Surgeon U. S. N., Oct., 1862. Honorably discharged, Oct. 
 1865, B'd. in Oliver St., Mariner's church N. Y., 1865, having united 
 with the Congregational church, at Northampton, Mass., 1855. L.. 
 Kingston, March, 1872. O.. Covert, Sept., 1872. P.. Covert, ^3). 
 Resumed practice of medecine, 1877, at Canandaigua, his present home. 
 Married Vlajch 30, 1867, Henriette Lucie Fornachon. 
 
 Peter Irving. 
 
 Born, London, Eng., July 4, 1821. Came to America in childhood. 
 Converted at eleven years of age. B'd. and L.. Carmel, N. Y. At 
 M. U. (i). Grad. R. T. S., 1851. O.. Wolcott, Jan. 19, 1853. Mar- 
 ried Nancy McConnelly, Dec, 1852. P.. Wolcott, 1852-6 ; Montezuma, 
 1856-7 ; Romulus, 1858-9 ; Walworth, i860. Mrs. Irving died in i860. 
 In 1861. married Martha Peek, who survives him. P.. Wolcott, i86i ; 
 Brighton 111., 1864. Removed in 1866, to Irving, 111., where he died 
 from a cancer, Oct. 5, 1869. 
 
 Aaron Jackson. 
 
 Was a member of the church at Brookfield, Orange Co. A black- 
 smith at Athens Pa., in 1827, and was there ordained over his anvil, 
 Oct. 1833. P. Albi6n, 1840-44. Is remembered as an efficient preach- 
 er. It is reported that he died at Oyster Bay, R. I., about 1868. 
 
 Jonathan Ketchum. 
 
 Born, Romulus, Sen. Co.. March, 1796. B'd. 1816, by John Caton. 
 L.. Barrington, 1818. O.. 1825. P.. Barrington, (18). Baptised here 
 250 converts, among .them A. W. Sunderlin and B. R. Swick. P.. 
 Yates, Barrington, ( 2d time ), at Ovid, 1847 ; but obliged by failing 
 health to resign. P.. Altay, Jersey, So. Bradford. Urbana, Wayne. He 
 was an able sermonizer, a close student of the Bible, a man whose 
 Christian character was a tower of strength. He died calmly and hope- 
 fully, May 27, 1870. 
 
 Carl Traugott Krey:er. 
 
 O.. Waterloo, Feb. 9, 1863. At Rochester, in Univ. and Sem., 1863- 
 65. Missionary to China, 1866-69. Prof, in Kau-chang-Miau College^ 
 and translator for Chinese Government, Shanghai, China. Married a 
 daughter of W. Kennard, of Waterloo. 
 
 Ashnah Lawton. 
 
 Born, Pittsfield, Otsego Co., N. Y., Sept. 4, 1801. B'd. German, 
 Chenango Co., Aug. 17, 1817. Married, Feb. i. 1825, Almira Lock- 
 wood. O.. Aug. 1831. Died, Nov. 17, 1848, at North Brookfield. Rev. 
 Isaac Bevan preached his funeral sermon. Concerning him was pub- 
 lished a very curious pamphlet, with title page as follows : " The power 
 of faith ; exemplified in the extraordinary case of Ashnah Lawton ; who 
 was remarkably healed on the ist day of May, 1821, written by Elder 
 John Lawton. ' If thou can't believe, all things are possible to him 
 that believeth.'" 
 
246 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 John Lewis. 
 
 Born, Fairfield Co., Conn., 1764. Converted at Saratoga, N. Y. Or- 
 dained first as deacon, then as pastor. Labored in that region until 1817. 
 Removed to Tompkins Co. P.. Enfield, (i): Farmer Village, where 
 he aided in organizing the church, and was the first pastor, 1819-25. 
 P. Lodi. Wearied by excessive toil, in accordance with the advice of 
 his physician. Dr. C. C. Coan, he sought needed rest, but it was too 
 late. He died at the home ot his brother-in- law, Benj. Drake, at Sara- 
 toga Springs, April 9, 1827. He assisted in organizing several of the 
 churches of the Seneca Association, and his name holds an honored 
 place in its history. He was loved by the churches, noted for singleness 
 of purpose and indomitable energy, was unusually gifted in prayer, and 
 is remembered as a man of holy life. 
 
 Ray G. Lewis. 
 
 Born, Richmond, R. I., April 22, 1789. Converted while a student at 
 Hamilton. Taught at Waterloo. L., Aug. 20, 1826. Preached at Wa- 
 terloo, and Fayette, (2). O.. Tyre, Jan. 16,1829. P. Tyre, (3) ; Center- 
 ville, Bennettsburg, Peach Orchard. In 1845, retired to a farm in Horn- 
 by, Steuben Co., but supplied many destitute churches. Was engaged 
 as supply for Cooper's Plains church, where he died, March 29, 1851. 
 He loved the work of preaching the gospel, was a ' good man and one 
 full of the Holy Ghost." His is an honored name among the churches. 
 
 Daniel W. Litchfield. 
 
 Born. Litchfield, Conn., Sept. 24, 1773. Left an orphan at seven years 
 of age. Married Mary, daughter of Samuel Frizelle of New Woodstock, 
 May 16, 1827. B'd. and L.. 1831. O.. Greene P.. Greene, Triangle, 
 Lower Lisle, Upper Lisle, Covert, 1843-7 I Benton Center, 1847-51 ; 
 Waterloo, Spencer, Orleans, 1854-56. Engaged in Home Mission work 
 in 111. P.. Plymouth, Rozetta. P.. Prattsburg, N. Y., Litchfield, 111., 
 1864. Here he died, Jan 5, 1866, his work well done. 
 
 William E. Locke. 
 
 L.. by Lebanon church, Mad. Co., about 1835. O.. Massena, Aug. 
 18, 1836. P.. Governeur, 1838; Trumansburg, 1839-42; Sing Sing, 
 1843 ; Scotch Plains, N. J., 1844. Became a Presbyterian. Taught at 
 Lancaster, P. Died in New Jersey. Published 1841, at Ithaca, "The 
 Perpetuity of Christian Baptism," a work in defense of the ordinance 
 against those who do not believe in outward baptism, but give to all 
 ordinances a spiritual significance. 
 
 D. T. LocKWOOD. 
 
 O.. Great Bend, Pa., 1848. P.. Randolph, 1866-7 : United Henrietta 
 church, 1859 ; Akron, 1860-61 ; Wellsburg, Crawford, Pa.; Mecklenburg, 
 1857-8 ; Sinclairville, N. Y., 1874 
 
 Almon Caton Mallory. 
 
 Born, Cornwall, Litchfield Co., Conn. Educated under the strict dis- 
 cipline of New Eng., Congregationalism. When converted, studied the 
 Scriptures diligently and found himself, at the end of a year, a confirm- 
 ed Baptist. B'd. May 15, 1825, by Asa Tallmadge. Ordained deacon 
 at Dix, Schuyler Co., Oct. 12, 1831. Ordained pastor Sept. 30, 1840, by 
 a council 'of the Seneca Association. P.. Wayne, (11 ), where he bap- 
 tised 69 candidates in 1842, the largest nnumber ever baptised here in 
 
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 one year. Benton, Yates Co., (24), 1852-75. Moderator of State Conv , 
 1865. Married, Oct. 20, 1830, Ellen Tallmadge, of Lee, Mass. Married 
 again Dec. 9, 1863, Emma Hulbert. of Morgan, O. Pastor at Covert 
 since April i, 1876. During 38 years has been out of his pulpit but 
 three Sabbaths on account of sickness. Has preached 4813 sermons, 
 including 402 at funerals ; baptised 419 persons ; married 281 couples ; 
 attended 40 consecutive meetings of the Steuben Association For more 
 than forty _years has aided neighboring pastors in protracted meetings, 
 and his labors as an evangelist have been greatly blessed. Is a man of 
 peace, and a son of consolation. 
 
 Stephen Van Rensselaer Marsh. 
 
 Born, Romulus, Seneca Co.. Feb. 7, 1829. B'd. 1851, L.. 1855. Mar- 
 ried, Feb. II, 1852, Mary A., daughter of Dea. Samuel Jones, of Romu- 
 lus. At U. of R., 1857-8 ; R. T. S., 1858-9. O.. Lodi. June, 1859." P.. 
 Lodi, (4); Covert, (4); Bethel church, (Gorham) 1867-8; Waterloo, 
 1868-70 ; Sennett, 1870-73 ; Eatontown, N. J., 1873. Now pastor at 
 Southampton, Bucks Co., Pa. 
 
 Ends Marshall. 
 
 Born, Nassau, N Y., Sept. 27, 1795. Married Helen De Forest, of 
 Greenbush, N. Y., March 7, 1819. B'd. June 1820, by Benj. Sawin, at 
 Middlefield. O.. Florida, N. Y. Jan. i, 1823, Lewis Leonard preach- 
 ing the sermon. P.. Egremont, Mass., (11) ; Milo, Waterloo, Union 
 Springs, Sennett, Victory, Pittsford, Covert. During last 15 years of 
 his Hie resided in Clarkson, Monroe Co. Confined to his room by sick- 
 ness for nearlj' three years. Entered into rest Aug. 17, 1878. The 
 Brockport church held a memorial service in Oct., T. S. Barbour, 
 preaching the sermon, J. M. Harris, and A. C. Barrelle taking part in 
 the services. Many words of eulogy were truthfully spoken. Those 
 who knew him best loved him most, and he had no enemies. He bap- 
 tised about 1000 converts. The last one to whom he administered the 
 ordinance was Dea. Tartellus H. King, of Covert. He was especially 
 successful in pastoral labors, eminently scriptural as a preacher, 
 and was permitted to enjoy many revivals. His widow and daughter 
 reside at Clarkson. His son B. D. Marshall, formerly of Cedar St., ch., 
 Buffalo, is now pastor at Worcester, Mass. 
 
 William McCarthy. 
 
 Born, Macclesfield, Cheshire, Eng., March 29, 1813. Educated at 
 Edinburgh, for a ph)'sician, and held a commission in the Scotch High- 
 landers. Being converted, he threw up his commission. B'd. by his 
 father Isaac McCarthy. Emigrated to America. O.. Sharon, Conn., 
 1832. P. Manlius, 1841 ; Burnt Hills, Farmer Village, 1846-52 ; New- 
 port, N. Y., 1852-3 ; Watkins, 1855-7 ; Allegan, Mich. Here his 
 health failed. Surgeon U. S. V., during the civil war. Died at Windsor, 
 Mich., May 2, 1871. A man of ability and a strong preacher. His son, 
 Wm. C. McCarthy, an able minister, is now Prof, in a Southern College. 
 
 Barna Swarthout McLafferty. 
 
 Born, Romulus, Seneca Co., April 12, 1833. Received first serious 
 impressions of duty listening to a sermon by John L. Nevius, D. D., 
 then a young man about to go as a missionary to China. Converted, 
 with John Grifiith, and S. V. Marsh, under preaching of I. Fargo, 1852. 
 L.. Aug. 7, 1852. O.. Naperville, 111., 1859. Married the daughter of 
 Rev. O. D. Taylor, of Freeport, 111., Dec. 11, 1856. P.. Warrenville, 
 
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 1862 : Virginia City, Nov., where he organized the first Baptist church, 
 1864. Unable to endure the climate he went to Cal. P.. Petaluma, 
 First church San Francisco, San Diego. Pastor at Oakland for the last 
 six years. Has just spent several months at his old home in Seneca Co. 
 Is successful as a lecturer. Rev. G. S. Abbott saj'S of him: (Aug. 1879.) 
 " He has been one of the best ministers ever sent in the providence of 
 God to California." 
 
 John E. McLallen. 
 
 Born, Trumansburg, Aug. 13, 1845. B'd. Sept. 30, 1856, by D. Corey. 
 L.. Trumansburg. Dec. 26, i86g. Grad. M. U., 1872, with high honor. 
 Married Helen Frances Crane, of Trumansburg, Jan. 14 1874. P.. 
 Ovid Village, 1874-5 ; Altay, 1876-9. O.. Altay, Jan. 24, 1877. Sermon 
 by W. N. "Tower ; Rev'ds. Wright, Stanton. Mallory, Chase, Green, 
 Emory, participating. Pastor at Springfield, Pa. 
 
 George T. McNair. 
 
 Born, Upper Dublin, Mont. Co., Pa., Dec. 12, 1829. A Presbyterian 
 by education. B'd. Feb. 27, 1848, by Lewis Smith, at Hatsboro. Grad. 
 Lewisburg Acad., 1853 : Coll., 1857 ; Theol. Dept., 1859. L.. Hatsboro, 
 Sept. 27, 1856. O.. Leroy, Bradford Co., Pa., Dec. 13, 1859. Laid 
 aside by laryngitis for two years. P.. Treverton, Pa., 1863-7. For 
 some months in service of U, S. Christian Commission. Married. May 
 3, 1865, Juliett Bastress, of Jersey Shore, Pa. P,. Muncy, Pa., 1867- 
 72; Romulus, 1873-5 i East Xantmeal, Pa., from April i, 1876. 
 
 C. P. Melleney. 
 
 Born. England, 1821. B'd. N. Y. City, Feb., 1845, uniting with nth 
 St. church. Had been upon the stage. L.. Williamsburg, 1856. O.. 
 Jan. 21, 1869. Labored in Albany and Greenbush. P.. 2d church Cape 
 May, East Haverhill. Pastor at Newfield, from March, 1869. 
 
 Amzi Wolverton Mettler. 
 
 Born, Rush, Northumberland Co., Pa., Jan. 23, 1843. B'd. i860. 
 At Univ. Lewisburg. O.. Zoar, Pa., Aug. 24, 1868. P.. Zoar, Ovid, 
 N. Y., 1871. Obliged to rest and recruit. Now pastor at Hawley, Pa. 
 
 Urban B. Miller. 
 
 Born, Brookfield, Mad., Co., Dec. 31, 1800. Converted at Hamilton 
 at 16 years of age. B'd. Sherburne, bj' Elder Allerton. Married, 1822, 
 by Dr. N. Kendrick, to Anna Reese, of Sherburne. L.. Berkshire. 1825. 
 O.. Hector, (Peach Orchard) 1828, Alfred Bennett preaching. P.. 
 Lodi, 1829-33 ; Farmer Village, 1834-36 ; Geneva, 1836-41. Enjraged 
 in evangelistic labors, in which he was greatly blessed, hundreds being 
 converted under his preaching. Removed to Mich. P.. Edwardsburg, 
 Niles, Medina, Fort Wayne, Ind., where the church was wonderfully 
 strengthened. Engaged in Home Mis. work; ( 3 ). Appointed Cor. 
 Sec'y, of Gen. Ass'n of Ind. Had just begun the work of providing an 
 endowment for Franklin College, when he was prostrated b)' disease, 
 and soon sank peacefully to rest, April i, 1861. Pres. Silas Bailey, D. 
 D., of Franklin Coll., preached the funeral sermon at Indianapolis. He 
 was perhaps the best known Baptist minister in Ind. In his open bug- 
 gy, drawn by that faithful old white horse, he traversed every count)-, al- 
 most every township, preaching the gospel and pleading for the desti- 
 tute, "He was a true man, a grand preacher," revered and loved by 
 all. His early advantages were limited, but when pastor at Geneva, he 
 
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 studied Latin, Greek, and Hebrew with one of the Professors in Hobart 
 College. He loved to study Mathematics, even in his later years. It 
 taught him. he said, to " think solid." His theological views were clear, 
 well defined, " Calvinistic." They could scarcely have been otherwise, 
 since he sat at the feet of such teachers as Kendrick, Bennett, Peck, 
 Comstock, and their associates. His widow resides at Cortland, N. Y., 
 with her daughter, Mrs. Warren Bush. She was an efficient helper to 
 her husband, and one of her sons speaks of h»-r as " the best mother 
 God ever permitted children to call parent." Though the father might 
 be absent the family altar was never sufiered to fall. Four of their 
 children, Kendrick B., Nathaniel C, Claudius Coan, and Mrs. C Phil- 
 ly, reside at Fort Wayne ; J. R., in New York ; Mrs. M. A. Reese, in 
 Edwardsburg, Mich.: Urban, U., at Santa Fee, N. M. Mary E. mar- 
 ried Rev. Geo. Simunson, a graduate of R. T. S., and died at Pontiac, 
 111., 1869. 
 
 A. A. MiNTONYE 
 
 Born, Steuben Co., N. Y.. June 27, 1836. L.. 1861. O.. Osceola, 
 la,. 1862. P.. Osceola, Newfield, N. Y., 1864-5 ; Wayne Village, (2), 
 where his labors were especially blessed ; Second Pulteney, ( 3 ). Suffer- 
 ed from hemorrhage. Returned to Eddyyille, la., to die among his 
 kindred. Toward the close he often repeated : " All is well ! " He was 
 well versed in the Scriptures, an ardent lover of souls. 
 
 O. MONTAGVE. 
 
 Born 1805. O.. Fabius, N. Y., May 14, 1834. P.. Fabius, Cortland, 
 1836-40 ; Penn Yan, 1840-46 ; Throopsville, 1846-9 ; Union Springs, 
 ] 849-53 ; Dundee 1853-5 ; Ovid, 1855-7 ; Whitewater, Wis., where he 
 baptised 26 persons and organized a church. Retired from the pastor- 
 ate, and was for some time totally blind. Was brother-in-law to Rev. J. 
 W. Wiggins. Resides at Whitewater, Wis., and writes : "I love Jesus 
 with all my heart, and am waiting my Father's summons." Elder Mon- 
 tague was a dramatic, popular preacher, bold in denunciation of evil, 
 often engaged in revival meetings. 
 
 J. H. Morrison. 
 
 Born, Marion, N. Y., April 4, 1815. B'd, Pontiac, Mich., July 6, 
 1828. Grad. M. U., 1844. Married Lucetta Lawson, of Venice, Sept. 
 25, 1844. O.. Oct. 10, 1844. P.. Holland Patent, Bennettsburg 1846- 
 49; Wilson, (8); Sublette, 111., 1856; Oshkosh, Wis., 1861. Obliged 
 by ill-health to bring his labors to a close. P.. Ionia, Mich., 1863. 
 Supply at Ovid, Mich., ( i ). P.. Holley, Mich., 1867-75. At Milford, 
 Rockford, Pewamo, Mich. Resides at Holley, Mich., occasionally sup- 
 plying feeble churches. Received honorary A. M., from ShurtleffCoU, 
 1858. The Bennettsburg church almost idolized him and long mourned 
 his departure. 
 
 C. Nelson.- 
 
 Born, in town of Philipps, 1787. O.. Spencer, Tioga Co., 1819. P.. 
 Spencer, West Owego Creek, 1830-46 ; Enfield, (3 ) ; Owego Creek, 2d 
 pastorate. Remained here until his death, March 27, 1854. 
 
 W. P. Omans. 
 
 Born, Eaton, N. Y., 1828. B'd. Jan. 1843. L.. Watkins, Jan. 1843. 
 O,. Bradford Hollow, Sept. 1862. P.. Bradford, (2); Italy Hill, (t) ; 
 Howard, (2 ) ; Pulteney, ( 3) ; Mis'y. of State Conv., (6). P.. Phelps 
 
2 so Seneca JBaptist Association. 
 
 2d church, (4). Preached some months at Newark, N. Y., and Erie, 
 Pa. Pastor at Breezeport. Has baptised nearly 13°° converts. 
 
 Nathaniel Otis. 
 
 Born Colchester, Mass. Nov. 26, 1778. Married Judith, daughter of 
 Jacob Martin, of Hoosack Falls, N. \' , Sept. 27, 1801. Converted in 
 1806, under the preaching ol Rev. Jas. Glass. E'cJ. by Nathaniel Ken- 
 drick. Gave up his business in order to preach. Pastor at West Stock- 
 bridge, Mass., but soon decided to leave a State where ministers o^ one 
 denomination were taxed to pay preachers of another. O.. 1816, at New 
 Canaan, Cola. Co., N. Y. Within a few months, baptised more than 
 two hundred persons. In 1817-18, mis'y. of the Boston Board in East- 
 ern arid Southern N. Y. P.. Peterboro, (2) ; North Norwich, (2) ; Ox- 
 ford, Chenango Co., for eight happy, useful years. A meeting-house 
 was built in the village, and the church received remarkable additions. 
 About four hundred members were added during his pastorate. P.. 
 Berkshire, Romulus, Seneca Co., where his labors were arduous, the 
 extreme limits of the church being twelve miles apart. He took 3'oung 
 Samuel Bainbridge, in his carriage, to Hamilton, 100 miles, to introduce 
 him to that school of the Prophets. Baptised nearly 100 at Romulus. 
 P.. Williamson, Parma, Bradford, Woodhull, Smithfield. Removing to 
 Beloit, Wis., he preached as supply at Belvidere, 111., baptising many 
 converts. He died at Beloit, Aug, 5, 1851, full of years, revered by all, 
 honored by multitudes as the friend who led them to their Savior. He. 
 administered the ordinance of baptism to more than 1400 persons. 
 
 D. D. Owen. 
 
 Born, Palermo, Oswego Co., June 12, 1837. Taught for some years. 
 In U. S. v., in 1864-5. Married Ella S Woodward, of Mannsville, Nov. 
 30, 1865. B'd. 1866, and united with Pulaski Baptist church, after 
 thorough examination of the creeds of various churches. L.. Sept. 6. 
 1866. At Hamilton Theol. Sem. O . Romulus, Sept. 10, 1867. P.. 
 Romulus, 1867-72. Pastor at Central Square since 1872. 
 
 Sylvester S. Parr. 
 
 Pastor at Ballston, Spa., 1834-5, when there was a great awakening. 
 The church increased from 95 to 214 members. It is said by aged mem- 
 bers of the churches that he was the most eloquent of the pastors of his 
 day. P.. Ithaca, 1838-9, and remembered as one of her most able min- 
 isters. 
 
 Curtis Bijrroughs Par.sons 
 
 Born, Shelby, N. Y., May 21, 1841. Grad. U. of R., 1862 ; R. T. S., 
 1870. Married, July, 1866, Jennie M. Harrington. O.. Farmer Village^ 
 Jljne 14, 1870, his father, Rev. I. S. Parsons, preaching the sermon. P.! 
 Farmer Village, 1870-4 ; Nunda, 1874-6, Pastor at Dunkirk, since 1876. 
 
 M. H. Perry. 
 
 Born Milo, Yates Co., April 3, 1836. Converted under preaching of 
 E. Royce, 1856. L.. Altay, 1858. P.. Bradford, N. Y., Caroline, 1866 
 O.. Caroline, Dec. 19, 1866, J N. Folwell preaching the sermon. Is 
 preaching at West Union, la. 
 
 J. J. Phelps. 
 
 Born, South New Berlin, Chenango Co., Dec. 12, 1841. Educated 
 for the law. Enlisted in unh N. Y. S. V., July 17, 1862. This, the 
 
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 first in the field, was called the " Banner Regiment" of N. Y., Acting 
 Adjutant, and Chief Clerk Provost Dept., of Mid. Tenn., and No. Ala. 
 Practiced law three years. Married, Feb. lo, 1867, Frances E, Angell, 
 of South New Berlin. Took theological course at M. U. O.. Triangle, 
 Jan. ig, 1876. P. Triangle, (2). Pastor at Trumansburg since April 
 I, 1877. Was in battles of Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, 
 Lookout Mt., Atlanta. Captured by Hood's cavalry. Confined first at 
 Florence, S. C, then in Libby Prison, Richmond, where he had charge 
 of Yankee hospital. Sick with fever. Paroled, taken to Annapolis and 
 discharged on thirty days furlough. Before the furlough expired the war 
 ended, so that Mr. Phelps is still, a prisoner of the Confederate Gov- 
 ernment. When captured, he saved his blanket by cutting it into strips, 
 six inches wide, which he sewed together in prison. 
 
 Francis Purvis. 
 
 Born, Berwickshire, Scotland, April 10, 1843. B'd. May 11, i860, by 
 John King Grant, at Ezemouth. Married Esther Anna, daughter of 
 Capt. Chas. Cooper, ol Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, Eng., (niece of 
 Elder Sheardown.) Came to U. S. July. 1870. L.. 1872, at Tioga. O.. 
 (Jharleston, Pa., Aug. 5, 1874. P.. Bennettsburg, 1876-8; at East Lan- 
 sing, Tompkins Co., 1878. 
 
 Lewis Ransteu. 
 
 Born. Weathersfield, Vt., Sept. 11, 1806. B'd. May 5, 1824, No. 
 Springfield, Vt , by R. M. Ely. L.. March 13, 1827. Six years at M. U., 
 the classmate of Grover S. (Jomstock, Dean, Howard, Vinton, Taggert. 
 Married Minerva C. Baldwin, of H.-irtwick, N. Y., June 11, 1833. O.. 
 Frankfort, N. Y. Sept. 11, 1833 P.. Macedon, Canandaigua. Ovid, 
 Groton, Fulton, Warren, Elyria, O., Montrose, Pa., Deposit, Ovid Vil- 
 lage Ag't. A. and F. B. S., and N. Y., Ed. Soc'y. Supplied, with ac- 
 ceptance, at Trumansburg for six months. Died at Trumansburg, March 
 7, 1867. His faithful wife and helpmeet is still a member of the church 
 in Trumansburg. He was a man of well disciplined mind, devoted to 
 the work of the Master, lovable, earnest, pure in life. 
 
 James Fred Rapson. 
 
 Born, Falmouth, Eng., Feb. 10, 1847. Came to U. S., 1862. Return- 
 ed to Eng., 1867. Converted in London, and Sec'y. Christian Commis., 
 under Wm. Booth. Organized East London Children's Mission. Mar- 
 ried, Sept 1870, Mary Ellen, daughter of Capt. John Carlyon, R. N., of 
 London! She died, April 5, 1879. Came to New York, 1873. B'd. 
 Williamsburg, by J. N. Folwell. L.. Williamsburg. Student M. U. 
 P.. Tab. church Ithaca, ( i ). O.. Tioga Center, Feb. 27, 1877. P.. 
 Tioga Center, ( 2 ). Now pastor of Fuller Memorial church Baltimore. 
 
 William Rees. 
 
 Q.. Glamorganshire, Wales, Aug. 1823. Re-ordained, in accordance 
 with the law of the Dominion, at Hamilton, C. W. Preached for sever- 
 al years in Wales. Came to America in 1832. Shipwrecked. A stranger 
 in Quebec. Cholera raging. The people afraid of travelers. A man 
 reached him a loaf of bread on a pole. Was Agt, of Home Mis. Soc'y. 
 Organized churches at Hamilton and Brantford. Built a Church at 
 Brantford, and was the first to administer the ordinance of baptism there. 
 P.. Simcoe, C. W., Yates, N. Y., Tabernacle church, Rochester. Ag't. 
 for A. and F. B. S. P.. Seneca Falls, Throopsburg, where he also had 
 charge of the Academy, Second church Elmira, the church being strength- 
 
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 ened and the paslor receiving testimonials of regard ; Covert, Wilson, 
 where his voice failed him ; Middleville, Mich. Encouraged and aided 
 in his mission worii by Drs. S. H. Cone, and B. Welsh. Resides at 
 Covert, Seneca Co., N. Y. His active and eventful life deserves a bio- 
 graphy. 
 
 James Revnolos. 
 
 Born, Delaware Co., N. Y., 1771. A pioneer in Hector, 1800. 
 Cleared a farm near Peach Orchard, where he resided during his life. 
 Married Esther Nash, who died 1839. Had six sons and six daughters. 
 Was instrumental in organizing the ist Bap. ch., in Hector, at Bennetts- 
 burg, and in building a meeting-house there. Gave his services to the 
 churches, earning a living on his farm. He was a vigorous preacher, 
 and baptised many. Died at Peach Orchard, Aug. 20, 1837. 
 
 Parley David Root. 
 
 Born, Cooperstown. Aug. 24, 1842 O . Solon, Dec. 18. 1867. P . 
 Mecklenburg, 1867-8 ; Weston, 1868-9 ; Manchester, 1869-71. In R. 
 T. S., 1872-3. P.. Sennett, 1873 6. 
 
 Edward Royce. 
 
 Born, Clinton, Oneida Co., Sept. 21, 1815. B'd. Horseheads, by 
 Aaron Jackson, Aug. 7 1836 L.. Elmira, Ma)'. 1841. Grad M. U., 
 1843. O.. New Berlin, Aug. 1843. Married Clara A. Elmore, of Ober- 
 lin, O., Sept. 17, 1846. P.. Henrietta, and Bellevue, O., Tecumpseh, 
 and Manchester, Mich., Altay, and Morrisville. N. Y., at Watkins. 
 April I, 1865 In 1868, compelled by ill health to give up preaching, 
 P.. Manchester, 1874-7 I Mendon. When pastor at Watkins, at the close 
 of an. evening service in a protracted meeting, Judge S. L. Rood, in be- 
 half of the congregition, presented him with a purse containing $300. 
 Has just settled with the grand old church in Ogden. May his labors 
 with that people be blessed abundantly. 
 
 WiNFiELD Scott. 
 
 Born, Feb. 26, 1837, in Novi, Oakland Co., Mich. Son of James B,, 
 and Margaret E. Scott. Converted in Feb. 1853, under preaching of 
 Rev. O. Montague. B'd. by J. W. Wiggins, pastor at Farmer Village. 
 Grad. R. U., 1859 ; R. T. S., 1861. O.. pastor of Second church in 
 "Syracuse, Dec. 13, 1861. Raised a company and was commissioned 
 Capt. U. S. v., Aug. 9. 1862. His church presented him with a sword. 
 In active service until discharged on account of wounds, Oct., 1864. P.. 
 Leavenworth, Kan., 1865-71. A meeting-house was built costing $65.- 
 000, and the church grew from nineteen to two-hundred and fifty mem- 
 bers. Organized three other churches near Leavenworth. P.. Denver, 
 Col., from Jan. i, 1872 to Sept. 1875. A new meeting-house and par- 
 sonage were built for about $20,000, church increased from 40 to be- 
 tween 200 and 300 members. Went to California, Oct. 1875, Editor of 
 The Evangel for nearly one year, but it proved to be too expensive a 
 luxury for his purse. P.. Los Angeles, ( i ), from Oct. 1876. Associ- 
 ,ate pastor with I. S. Kallock, of the Metropolitan Temple, San Francis- 
 co, from Dec. 1878. Now pastor at Petaluma, Sonoma Co, Cal. He 
 writes: "God bless the dear old home church at Farmer! About it 
 gather the most precious and fragrant memories of mv life." The his- 
 tory of the 126th Regiment states that : 
 
 '• Capt. Winfield Scott, whose wound received at Maryland Heights, 
 -had never healed, commanded the 126th. Regiment, together with the 
 
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 125th (which had been commanded by Lieut. Col. Mvers until his 
 death) throughout the battles of the Wilderness, Po River, Todd's 
 Tavern, and Spottsylvania Court-House, where he was hit on the breast 
 by a ball. He owed his life to having on two blouses, and a Testament 
 in his side pocket which broke the force of the ball." 
 
 John Sears. 
 
 Born, Durham, Greene Co., 1797. Studied theology in New York. 
 Grad., and ordained there, 1822. IVIissionarv to the Indians, laboring 
 with Isaac McCoy, at Fort Wavne, Ind. Here his family suffered, and 
 his father and brother died by fever. P.. Franklin, 1823-7: Ithaca, 
 1828-30 ; Mecklenburg, 1832 ; Geneva, Palmyra, Mecklenburg, 1842 ; 
 Newfield, 1843-45. Removed to Illinois, preaching occasionally. In 
 1856, engaged in missionary work in Iowa. Died at Allamakee Co., 
 la., Nov. 14, 1856. A bold, energetic, popular preacher. 
 
 William Sharpe. 
 
 Born, Towcester. Northamptonshire, Eng., near birthplace of Wm' 
 Carey. Left an orphan at two years of age. Converted when nineteen 
 years old. A Wesleyan local preacher. Came to U. S., 1856. B'd. 
 Bath, N. Y., by Peter Colegrove. L.. Bath. O.. Hornby, Jan. 28, 
 1858. P.. Hornby. Catlin and Dix, ( Moreland ) 1860-2 ; Bennettsburg, 
 1862-73, ( II ) ; Newfield. (4 ). Married, March 4, 1863, Rose A. Patch- 
 en. Pastor at North Manlius since May, 1877. 
 
 Jay Richards Shaw. 
 
 Born, Hector, Schuyler Co., Feb. 20, 1841. B'd. Trumansburg, by 
 C. L. Bacon. March i6, 1857. L.. Trumansburg, Jan. 6. 1870. iVlar. 
 ried. May 16, 1866, Mary E. Martin, of Burdette. At M. U., 1870-71- 
 R. T. S., 1871-72. O.. Walworth, June 27, 1872, sermon by Rev. G. A. 
 Starkweather. P.. Walworth, 1872-78, his labors being greatly blessed. 
 Pastor at Camillus since July t 1878. A noble pastor and a noble 
 people. . ^ 
 
 Philander Shedd. 
 
 Born, Truxton, Cortland Co., Aug, 4, 1807. Converted, 1828. B'd. 
 by Rev. Thos. Purinton. L.. Nov. 1829. O.. Etna, June, 1830. P.. 
 Etna, (3); Trumansburg, (3); Reading, (4); Mecklenburg, (2); 
 Dundee, (4) ; Warsaw, (2). Obliged, on account of failing health, to 
 resign his charge, and for twenty years unable to preach. Pastor at In- 
 dianapolis, 1876, for nearly two j'ears, when his health again failed. 
 Now pastor at Mendon, Monroe Co. Has been unusually successful 
 and happy in his pastorates. Often called upon to assist brother pastors 
 in protracted meetings. 
 
 Charles J. Shrimpton. 
 
 Born, Montreal, Canada, 1835. Grad. from Canadian Literary Insti- 
 tute, Woodstock, Ont., 1862. O.. Strafford, Ont., 1862. P.. Strafford, 
 (2); Stillwater, N. Y. (5); Ithaca, (4); Fayetteville, (4 ). Here he 
 " Caught sight of a larger system, a system which comprehends all that 
 the Baptist body teaches, without excluding other and equally important 
 parts of the great scheme." Now rector of the Protestant Episcopal 
 church at Fayetteville. 
 
 Seth Smalley. 
 
 vBorn, Feb. 10, 1799. Grad. Hamilton Institution, 1826. Married 
 Maria Payne, of Hamilton. O.,. as pastor in Xew York City. P.. 
 
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 Mecklenburg, 1829 ; Amsterdam. Watertown, Pitcher. Became a Pres- 
 byterian, and removed to Kansas. 
 
 HowELi, Smith. 
 
 P.. Boston, N. Y., 1834, and for three years the church enjoyed a 
 rapid growth. In 1841, pastor at Springville. N. Y., the church receiv- 
 ing 52 members in one year. P.. Dansville, 1832. Trumansburg. 1843- 
 48, the church reporting many bajjtisms. 
 
 J. Byington Smith, D. D. 
 
 Born, May i, 1830. B'd. Elbridge, June 20, 1847, by John Sraitzer. 
 L.. Elbridge, July 20, 1850. Grad. U. of R., 1852 ; R. T. "S.. 1854. O.. 
 Dunkirk, Nov. 23, 1854. P.. Dunkirk, (2); Fayetteville, (5). A new 
 house of worship was built at Dunkirk ; and at Fayetteville the church 
 was rebuilt and enlarged. Married, June 26, 1856, Eliyabeth, daughter 
 of Dea. Hervey Edwards, of Fa3fetteville. P . Farmer Village. 1860-66. 
 The beautiful house of worship of which an engraving is given in this 
 work, was built and dedicated. The church was strengthened and built 
 up spiritually. The pastor answered calls from near and far to address 
 "war meetings." In 1866-8. ( haplain of Sing Sing prison, in charge of 
 1500 convicts Concerning his work here, we quote from the " Exam- 
 iner and Chronicle" : "In his three years connection with Sing Sing 
 prison, he proved himself to be one of the most courteous, painstaking, 
 and successful chaplains that ever had the spiritual care of a large num- 
 ber of convicts. His influence over them was great. He will be known 
 in the historj' of the prison as a model chaplain." P.. Geneva, Jan. i, 
 i86q. In six years the church increased from 128 to 209 members. Need- 
 ing rest he spent a year in Europe, visiting Egypt and the Holy Land. 
 Preached as a supply at Havana, 1876, and aided in establishing Cook 
 Academy. P.. Peekskill, 1877. Is well-known as a worker in the cause 
 of Temperance, and a prominent officer of the S. of T. Has published 
 many sermons, tracts and addresses, the " Prison Hymn Book," " Say- 
 ings and Doings of Children." Received honorary, D. D., from Univ., 
 of Chicago, 1873. The history of the Fayetteville church (pub.- 1862) 
 describes him as a most earnest and successful pastor. 
 
 Thomas Fields Smith. 
 
 Born, Bloomsburg, Pa., 1836. B'd Benton, Pa. L.. Oct, 13, 1867. 
 O.. Damascus, Pa. P.. Damascus, (6) ; Bennettsburg, / 3). In 1872, 
 the Damascus church reported 53 baptisms. .Married, May 12, 1869, 
 Euphemia Curtis Tyler. Has been pastor at Rose, Wa)'ne Co., for four 
 years. 
 
 William Spaulding. 
 
 Born in Vermont. Came at seven years of age with his father, Rev. 
 Phineas Spaulding, to the Town of Spencer, Tioga Co. United with 
 the Baptist church in West Danby, when twenty-three years of age. 
 Here he was ordained, and preached for nearly twenty-five years. After- 
 ward served the church in Caroline as pastor for twenty-six years. Re- 
 tired from the pastorate in 1862, and died Sept. 3, 1877. venerated by 
 all, and mourned especially by the churches of the Broome and Tioga 
 Association. 
 
 J. F. Stark. 
 
 Born, Lyme, New London Co., Conn. Came to Otsego Co., 1826; to 
 Trumansburg, 1828. L.. May 21, 1831. Instrumental in organizing a 
 
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 Baptist church at Millport, 1833. P.. Enfield, 1836. O.. Sept. 28, 1836, 
 R. G. Lewis, Moderator, B. R. Swick, Clerk, C. G. Carpenter, preach- 
 er. Was obliged to fight antinomianism, or opposition to all benevolent 
 organizations. P.. South Dansville, Steuben Co., 1838; Enfield, 1845. 
 Now resides at Cortland. 
 
 . George A. Starkweather. 
 
 Born, Worcester. N. Y., Dec. 4, 1828. Grad R. T. S., 1859. O.. 
 Elba, N. Y., June 10, 1861. Pfincipal Jonesborough ( Tenn.) Institute, 
 1859-60. P.. Elba, 1860-4: Corning, 1864-6; Marion, 1866-7; Princi- 
 pal Phipps Seminary, Albion, 1867-70. P.. Trumansburg. 1870-5 ; 
 Waterbury, Conn., 1875-7 : Havana, 1878 '; Marion, Wayne Co., second 
 pastorate, 1879. 
 
 Jonathan StuRdf.vant. 
 
 In 1795, he was a member of the Kent and Fishkill Baptist church at 
 Farmer's Mills, Putnam Co., N. Y., and preached with such fervor and 
 success that his ordination was unanimouslj' called for. Elders Nathan 
 Cole, Ebenezer Cole and Ira Canfield assisted in the services. Pastor 
 here until 1802 ; a man " of sterling integrity, zealous of the cause of 
 Christ, strict in discipline, and beloved of the church." When Daniel 
 Cole was ordained deacon of the Mount Carmel church, Nov. 22, 1798, 
 Elder Ebenezer Cole was moderator, Elder Sturdevant gave the charge 
 to the candidate and to the church. 
 
 Simon Sutherland. 
 
 Settled in the town of Milo, Steuben Co., 1803. L.. Benton. Held 
 meetings among " the clearings " in barns, log school-houses, or in the 
 open air. Would work on his farm during the week, and walk twenty 
 or thirty miles to preach on Sunday, finding his way through the woods, 
 by marked trees. Sometimes he would lose the trail in the darkness, 
 and be compelled to " sleep out " during the night. He would seldom 
 receive anything for his services ; was looked upon as the spiritual fa- 
 ther of many of the churches of the Steuben and Yates Associations. 
 He was a friend of the benevolent organizations of the day, especially of 
 the Baptist State Convention. Died, in Milo, Dec. 6, 1864, aged 85 years. 
 
 B. R. Swick. 
 
 Born, Jan. 2, 1808. Married, Feb. 8, 1826. Converted, Oct. 1830. 
 B'd. Jan. 2, 1831. L.. Barrington, 1831. O.. Oct. i, 1835 P.. Ben- 
 nettsburg, Mecklenburg, Big Flats, Bath, York, Lima, Ogden, Man- 
 chester. Died at Manchester, Aug. 24, 1870. He was the first pastor 
 of the church at Lima, 1854. The church was recognized Dec. 18, 1854, 
 Pres. E. G. Robinson, preaching the recognition sermon. A new house 
 of worship was dedicated. May, 1856, when Pres. M. B. Anderson, 
 preached. J. P. Briggs, of Lima, says in his historical sketch: "Much 
 of our prosperity and success, both spiritual and temporal, should be 
 attributed to the indefatigable labors of our pastor. Rev. B. R. Swick. 
 
 David Taylor. 
 
 Born near Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Eng., Aug. 29, 1800. Converted 
 in his nineteenth year. Began to preach at Killan. Saw his need of an 
 education, and in opposition to the advice of friends and of his pastor, 
 who thought that ministers did not need book learning, entered Baptist 
 College at Bradford, Yorkshire. His wife cheerfully, consented to share 
 his self-denying labors. At Bradford enjoyed the friendship of Dr. 
 
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 Steadraan and Professor Goodwin. C. Binley. P.. Biiiley, (7); 
 Stoneham, in Devonshire ; Heddon, in Yorkshire. Came to America 
 June, 1842, and was very kindly received by Drs Cone and Tucker, of 
 New York. P.. York ;'Earlvilie. Here he won the esteem of Nathaniel 
 Kendrick, and the professors in the School of the Prophets, at Hamil- 
 ton. P.. Montrose, Pa.. Ovid, N. Y., Terre Haute, Ind., where, after 
 a short illness, he died Aug. 2, 1857. his old friend President Bailey,* of 
 Franklin College preaching his funeral sermon. His sermons were 
 thoroughly studied and eminently scriptural. He won everywhere the 
 love of his people and the confidence of his brethren. 
 
 Minor Thomas. 
 
 Minor Thomas was born in the western part of Connecticut, but re- 
 moved when in youth to Albany Co., N, Y. Here he made a public 
 profession of religion, and united with a Baptist church. In 1798, he 
 emigrated to the town of Ovid, in Onondaga Co, now Covert, Seneca 
 Co., where, by economy, industry and good management, he succeed- 
 ed in accumulating a handsome property. Soon after his settlement, he 
 began to be known as a local preacher, and after the church was organ- 
 ized in 1803, he seems to have given more time to its service as.it in- 
 creased in numbers. The old first church at Covert was a huge, barn- 
 like building, with lumber enough in the heavy timbers to have built 
 several modern buildings of the same size. It was clapboarded without, 
 lathed and ornamented with a " scratch-coat" of plastering within. With 
 the exception of the pulpit it was innocent of paint. Enough white 
 paint was in some way secured to prime the pulpit which was then 
 decorated by occasional "dabs" of red paint. A wide alley-way ran 
 through the center of the church, on one side of it sat the men, on the 
 other the wonien. The builder forgot to put in stairs for the gallerj', so 
 a stairway was built outside and in front of Ihe church. When Col. 
 Hermon Camp's company of cavalry was about to start from Trumans- 
 burg for Niagara, in 1812, they accepted an invitation to listen to a dis- 
 course from Elder Thomas, in the old church, before continuing their 
 march to the frontier. Mr. E. C. Gregg, of Trumansburg,- was one of 
 the lads taken to church that morning to hear the sermon to the soldiers. 
 He was pastor at Covert for fifteen years, removing to Fayette Co., Ind., 
 in i8i8. After preaching for some time in Indiana, he was laid aside by 
 a stroke of paralysis, but recovering in part his strength, he entered up- 
 on his work with renewed ardor. Another paralytic shock compelled 
 him to give up pastoral labor, and about three months afterward, having 
 endured his sickness with the utmost patience and serenity, he fell 
 asleep in Jesus. During his ministry, he is said to have baptised more 
 than twelve hundred converts. His last sermon was from Psalms, 126 : 6 : 
 " He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubt- 
 less come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him." 
 
 Hermon F. Titus. 
 
 Born, Jan. 12, 1852. B'd. Dec, 1867, in First Baptist church, N. Y. 
 City. L.. 1869, by Stanton St., church, N. Y. City. Grad. Lawrence 
 Academy, Groton, Mass., 1866; at M. U., 1873. Prof., of Mathematics 
 in New London, (N. H.) Literary and Scientific Institution, 1874-75. 
 Grad. from Hamilton Theol. Sem., 1876, teaching in 1875-6 for one year 
 in Colgate Academy. Married Sara A. Adams, of New York City, 1871. 
 O.. as pastor of the First church Ithaca, N. Y., Aug. 31, 1876. Pastor 
 at Ithaca, 1876-80. 
 
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 William N. Tower. 
 
 Born, Lenox, Susquehanna Co., Pa., Oct. 24, 1836. B'd. Oct. 23, 
 1853, b)- his father. Rial Tower, pastor of Lenox church. L.. Nov. 1857. 
 Studied at Lewisburg University. Supplied Starrucca and Preston 
 Center churches, 1861. Married, Jennie A. Mackie. Oct. 22, 1861. O.. 
 Lenox, Oct. 24, 1861. P.. Maple Hill, Wayne Co., Pa., 1862 ; Hanover 
 Center. N. Y., 1863 ; Olean, 1866 ; Cortland, 1870-73 ; Newark Valley, 
 1874 ; Dundee, 1875-6. Pastor at North Hector since April,, 1871. 
 
 Bowles C. Townsend. 
 
 Born, Delaware Co., N. Y., Aug. 2, 1820. B'd. Lodi, by Elder De- 
 Land. Grad. M. U., i84g. L.. Lebanon, N. Y., April 13, 1844. O.. 
 Lodi, Oct. 1849. Married Calista A. Barry, of Ovid, Seneca Co., 1849. 
 Preached at Sing Sing, and ai Hope Chapel, N. Y. City. P.. North 
 church Staten Island, Manchester, Mecklenburg, 1854-56 ; Peach Or- 
 ■chard. 1857-59; Bethel, ( Gorham ) ; and Hempstead, Rockland Co., 
 his last pastorate. He was a faithful, affectionate, and earnest preacher. 
 Attending the State Convention of New Jersey, he was suddenly taken 
 ill and fell asleep in Jesus. Dec. 18, 1861, having been most tenderly 
 cared for bj' the friends at whose house he died. His own kindness of 
 heart was proverbial, and the measure he gave was returned to him, 
 heaped up, pressed down, and running over. His end was peace, 
 peace. He was buried at Greenwood, L. I. 
 
 Charles A. Votey. 
 
 Born, New York, Oct. 28, 1828. Converted, Sept. 28, 1845. B'd. 
 by John Dowljng, Dec. 6, 1845. into the Berean church. L.. by that 
 church June 28, 1848. M. U., 1849-50. O.. English Neighborhood, N. 
 J., June, 1851. P.. English Neighborhood, Etontown, Ovid, 1855- 
 64(9) ; Phelps, Castile, Spencer, Phelps again. West Brattleboro, Vt:, 
 this being his present pastorate. Is a strong preacher, a hand-working 
 pastor, and has been richly blessed in evangelistic labors. 
 
 Chauncey Wardner. 
 
 Born, Jay, Essex Co., Feb. 23, 1814. L . Andover, N. Y., 1841. Mar- 
 ried, Feb. 14, 1841, Margaret Ann Tidd. O.. Rushford, March, 1842. 
 P.. Rushford, ( 5 ) ; Covert, Mumford, Perry, 1858. Here he baptised 
 about 100 converts. Adams, Forestville, North Hector, 1872, ( 5 ). He 
 spent some 12 years in the Seneca Association, and expects to return to 
 it to pass the remainder of his days. A historical sketch of the church 
 in Strykersville, speaks in high praise of his labors. He is beloved by 
 the churches. Now pastor at Stillwater. 
 
 Benjamin Warren. 
 
 Born, Otego, N. Y.. March l, 1812. B'd. Solon, by B. Capron, March, 
 1826. L.. McGrawville. P.. Freetown, (i). O.. Freetown, June i, 
 1842. P.. Bennettsburg, 1842-5 ; Ovid, 1845-8 ; Lodi ( 2). Obliged 
 by ill-health to cease preaching. Resides near Canandaigua. Has 
 never left a church divided. 
 
 Elijah Weaver. 
 
 Born, Washington Co., N. Y., Dec. 7, 1799. B'd. at thirteen years of 
 age Began preaching when under twenty, first at Camillus, then at 
 Lysander, where he was ordained. P.. East Mendon, (12). An evan- 
 gelist for several years. P.. Medina, Walled Lake, Mich., Farmer Vil- 
 lage, N. Y., 1858-9. His health being Impaired by arduous labors, he 
 
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 retired to a farm at Bellevue, Mich. Here he met death with Christian 
 confidence, April 23, 1868. Rev. Dr. T. Edwin Brown says of hipn, in 
 his historical discourse. " He was a Boanerges in the pulpit, preach- 
 ing often with his coat off, and swinging nis arms as a harvester gather- 
 ing in his sheaves-. His ministry was one unbroken revival, and peo- 
 ple thronged from Rochester and other places to hear him preach." Dr. 
 O. C. Comstock, when pastor at Rochester, would say sportively, when 
 he saw many of his congregation going fourteen miles to hear Elder 
 Weaver : " I guess we had better move our church out to Mendon, and 
 so have but one pastor," H. R. Stimson, in his autobiography, devotes 
 a chapter to Elder Weaver, by whom he was baptised. " Elder Weaver 
 was a large, bony, angular, rough looking man. He was what we boys 
 used to call ' cock-eyed,' not cross-eyed, but the opposite, so that while 
 he seemed to be looking in one direction he would really look in the 
 other. His complexion was dark, his bushy whiskers as black as a 
 raven. Whiskers were then not as orthodox as now. He wore his black 
 hair long. He was a great singer, and it used to be said that he sang 
 everybody into the church. Uis associates all loved and respected him, 
 though they were not blind to his faults. Among his cotemporaries 
 were: O. C. Comstock, R. Powell, Philander Kelsey, N. Bentley, I. 
 Roberts, M. Allen, Ichabod Clark, D. and J. Corwin, Alfred Bennett, 
 John Peck, Horace Griswold, Aristarchus Willey, Jos. and Tesse Elliott, 
 Zenas Case and Martin Coleman. These ministers, mostly self-edu- 
 cated, did their pioneer duty faithfully. Their fragrant memory is a 
 rich heritage to the church. Let their names forever be embalmed in 
 grateful hearts : among them, let Weaver be remembered gratefully as 
 long as any. He was their equal." 
 
 jDLius W. Webber. 
 
 Born, Cazenovia, N. Y,, Dec. 18, 1823. B'd., Aug. 17, 1839. Grad. 
 Union Coll., July 26, 1849. Married, July 26, 1849, Mary A. Williams, 
 of Cazenovia. O.. May 10, 1850, in the Second church at Rochester! 
 Missionary of the A. B. H. M. S., at Stillwater, Min. P.. Romulus, 
 Seneca Co., Sept. i, 1855 ; Barrington, Cato, Cooper's Plains, Newfield] 
 Townsend, Franklin, Truxton, Holland Patent. Now.pastor at Throops- 
 ville, Cayuga Co., N. Y. 
 
 George E. Weeks. 
 
 Born, Norwalk, Conn., Nov. 19, 1851. Converted at Huntington 
 L. I., at seventeen years of age. By prepossession a Pedobaptist after 
 earnest study of the Bible became a Baptist. Grad. M. U., 1873, Ham- 
 ilton, T. S., 1875. Settled before graduation, at Belmont, Allegariy Co 
 N. Y. Married Julia Keith, of Hamilton, June 23, 1875. O.. Aug 31' 
 1875. Pastor at Watkins since Jan. i, 1879. &■ J ■ 
 
 Hezekiah West. 
 
 Born, Grafton, Rensselaer Co., N. Y. B'd. Durhaniville N Y Nov 
 1831. L.. Sept. I, 1833. Studied at Hamilton, Married Esther m' 
 Harden, of Verona, Oneida Co., Jan. 26, 1837. P.. Parma Monroe 
 Co. O.. Clarkson, Oct., 1839. Pastor at Mecklenburg, 1845-52 Here 
 he succeeded in relieving the church from pecuniary embarrassment 
 Spiritual prosperity also ensued, and he writes of that period in his his 
 tory : 
 
 "These were happy, golden days, 
 Sweetly spent in prayer and praise." 
 
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 Agent R. T. S., and afterward for Home Mission Society, retaining his 
 connection with the Seneca Association for 15 years. The church at 
 Watkins, burdened by a mortgage, called him to their relief, and he was 
 their pastor for about two years. P.. also at Yates, 1862-3; Pleasant 
 Valley, Fulton Co., 1864. His present home is Lawton, Van Buren Co., 
 Mich. 
 
 N.N. Whiting. 
 
 Born, Hollister, Mass.. June ig, 1792. Converted about 1813. Grad. 
 Union Coll., Dr. Nott, Pres., about 1820. Taught school' and practic- 
 ed law. Pastor Presbyterian church at Schenectady. After the birth of 
 his first child looked in the Bible to find authority for infant sprinkling. 
 Became a Baptist. This step cost great sacrifice. He lost friends, repu- 
 tation, temporal support. He suffered much. None of these things 
 moved him. O.. Schenectady. Oct. 22, 1822. P.. Ballston, Vernon. 
 Burnt Hills. Ithaca, 1830-1 ; Farmer Village, 1832 : Homer. Spent, 
 many years translating the Scriptures, in the service of the A. B. U. He 
 also translated the so-called " Barnard Bible," and the whole New Tes- 
 tament. It is said that he was the first man who ever reported a sermon 
 for a newspaper. He died in Brooklyn, June 19, 1872. His second 
 wife is still living in Brooklyn. Previous to his ordination as an evan- 
 gelist, in 1822, he studied law, and was admitted to practice before the, 
 Supreme Court of N. Y., 1818. In 1830, he was called to the Profess- 
 orship of ancient languages in Lexington College, Ky. He had read 
 the Bible, in whole or in large portions in eleven languages ; giving 
 most time to Latin, Hebrew, Chaldaic and Syriac' versions. The obitu- 
 arj'com., of the L. I. Ass'n, Rev. J. W. Sarles, ch'n., reports; "Brother 
 VVhiting, in the earlier part of his ministry, stood with the foremost 
 among scholars in the Baptist denomination. Thirty years since, his in- 
 fluence in Central New York was probably as wide as that of any other 
 Baptist pastor, and was weakened only by his acceptance of views on 
 Christ's second coming that have since become common. As an ex^ 
 pounder of the Bible he was regarded as eminently high authority. Dur- 
 ing his whole life he was engrossed with the Word of God. and was 
 known as a godly man." 
 
 John Webster Wiggins. 
 
 Born, Alexandria, N. H. Jan. 26, 1814. B'd, Concord, at seventeen 
 years of age. Grad. Waterville, Me.. 1841. O.. Benton Center, N. Y. 
 Feb. 26, 1845. Married Ann L. Chamberlin, of Syracuse, May 6, 1846.; 
 P.. Benton, (3); Manchester (4); Monterey ( i ); Farmer Village (6 ); — 
 his longest and perhaps his happiest pastorate ; Throopsville, ( i ); Ira,; 
 (i ). Here failing health compelled him to cease from pastoral labor, 
 though he preached as supply at Whitewater, Wis. and Penn Yan, N., 
 Y. He died at Penn Yan, Nov. 14, 1862, calmlj' and trustfully falling 
 asleep in Jesus. Elder Wiggins preached with unsparing plainness,' 
 yet he was of a gentle, loving spirit. He was a brother beloved, and, 
 faithful in doing his duty. His last audible petition was a plea that God 
 would hasten the emancipation of the oppressed. 
 
 Andrew Wilkins. 
 
 Born, Eaton, Mad. Co.. Dec. 7, 1815. His oldest brother, Stephen, 
 was also a Baptist minister. B'd and united with the 2d Milo church, 
 Yates Co., at seventeen years of age. Studied with Wm. Chapin in 
 Phila. L.. 1842 ; O.. Italy Hollow, 1844. P.. Italy Hollow ; Rose ; 
 Tyrone Village ; Watkins ; Sennett. In 1863, Mis'y. at Beaufort, S. C. 
 Impaired health compelled a return. P.. Cortland (7); Canandaigua 
 
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 (3); Clyde (3); Pastor at Greece, Monroe Co. for the last four years. 
 His son, Frank L. Wilkins, a graduate of R. T. S. 1879, is pastor 
 of the Second church in Auburn. 
 
 A, B. WOODWORTH. 
 
 Born, Caton, Steuben Co., June 4, 1837. Converted, 1850. Spent 
 7 years in study. L.. Caton, March 23, 1856. Married Amandanette 
 Smith, of Caton, Nov. 20, 1856. O.. Nov., 1857. P.. Nantichoke 
 Springs, (4); Newfield, 1 5 ). Mis'y. of A. B. H. M. S., in South 
 Carolina, (4). Came north, compelled by failing health. P.. Caroline. 
 Milburn, N. J., 1873-6 ; Summit, N. J. Pastor of Mt. Pleasant church, 
 Newark, N. J., since Dec, 1878. 
 
 Jonathan Parker Woodworth. 
 
 Born, New London, Conn., July 15, 1775, the son of Jonathan Wood- 
 worth, a native of Wales and a sea-captain. At about 14 years of age 
 came with his father to the New York wilderness. We learn from the 
 historical sketch of Maj. Orlo Horton, that they were among the first 
 settlers at Ithaca, in 1788. About 1792, Capt. Jonathan Woodworth re- 
 moved to lot No. 87, Seneca Co., a little north "f Trumansburg. He 
 was the only surveyor in the neighborhood, and was for many years a 
 magistrate. J. P. Woodworth married Mary Ann Sherwood, in 1799. 
 She died Feb. 19, 1813, leaving seven children motherless. Only two 
 are now living, Mrs. Anna Halsey, of the church in North Hector, and 
 Herman Woodworth. of the church in Trumansburg. He afterward 
 married Abigail Wakeman. One son by this marriage, Hon. William 
 C. Woodworth, resides in Marshall Town, la. His second wife died 
 Dec. 31, 1853, and he spent the remainder of his life with his children 
 and grand ctiildren. He died July 7. i860, at the home of his son, 
 Orsamus, in Covert, Seneca Co. He seldom received pay for preaching, 
 though he was long pastor at Enfield, and served many other churches 
 as stated supply. His life was spent in the Seneca Association, and no 
 face was more familiar thaii his at the early annual assemblies. He was 
 a wise counselor, a revered pastor, honored and loved by all. • 
 
 Richard Woolsey. 
 
 Richard Woolsey was born in Bedford, Westchester Co., N. Y., May 
 14, 1772. He was baptised in his youth by Elder Levi Hall, began 
 preaching when about twenty years of age, and was ordained five years 
 later. The greater part of his useful, earnest life was spent with two 
 churches in Delaware county. Here, amid the hills and vales, he la- 
 bored assiduously and acceptably for thirty-three years. He afterward 
 preached 'for seven years at Covert, Seneca Co., where he was permitted 
 to witness a glorious revival, nearly one hundred members being added 
 to the church in 1841. His last charge was Farmer Village, where, in 
 the decline of life, he preached for four years to the edification of the 
 brethren and the glory of God. The grace that sustained him during a half 
 century of toil as a minister and an evangelist, was not witheld from 
 him when he was laid aside from active labors. God's goodness to him 
 was a pleasant theme for him in his declining years, and when weari- 
 some days and nights of pain were appointed him, he was sustained by 
 the unseen Presence. He walked by faith almost as if by sight, and 
 said to his pastor, a short time before he died ' " My hope is clear I" 
 
 David Wright. 
 
 David Wright was born in New London, July 30, 1788. His father, 
 an attorney, grad. of Yale Coll., died of yellow fever, leaving Martha 
 
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 Hubbell Wright with small means and six children. David went to 
 Boston at thirteen years of age and learned the art of printing. B'd. by 
 Dr. Stillman, April 28, 1805. His mother was a strict Pedobaptist. 
 Seeing candidates immersed by Dr. Baldwin, he recalled the teachings 
 of the Scriptures concerning baptism, and never after doubted the mean- 
 ing of the Bible language. L.. Norwich, ( ist ch.) O.. SouthingtonJ 
 Aug. g, 1815, Asahel Morse preaching. He labored at Southington and 
 Bristol, baptising manj' converts, among them Asa Bronson, Nathan 
 Wildman, and Irenaeus Atkins, afterward successful ministers^ He is 
 doubtless the only surviving member of the council by which the ist Bap. 
 ch., in New Haven was recognized. Oct. 30, 1816. P.. Wallingford, 
 Kensington, Westfield, Agawam, The Farms, managing to live on the 
 meagre salaries the churches could pay, or eking out these salaries by 
 teaching. While pastor at Westfield, he was twice elected to the legis- 
 lature of Mass. P.. Cummington. ( 8 ), finding the church with 38, leav- 
 ing it with 140-members. baptising here his two oldest sons. Agent 
 Conn. Convention. P.. Westminster, Westfield, Conn., Martha's Vine- 
 yard, Northampton. Conway, Mass., Woodstock, Conn., Waterville. N. 
 v., Romulus, Seneca Co., 1843-7 ; Milford, Conn. Agent A. and F. 
 B, S., in N. H. P. North Colebrook, Vt. ( 3). Preached at Weathers- 
 field, and Stafford. His wife and true helpmeet, Abigail, daughter of 
 Rev. Thos, Goddard, of Preston, died at New Haven, Nov. 5, 1857. 
 P.. North Lyme, Conn. (4) ; Clinton, Conn. (2). In 1866, supply at 
 Essex, Conn., and for the last time administered the ordinance of bap- 
 tism. Since that time, he has preached occasionally in Conn., and N. 
 J., residing with his son-in-law, Dea. Giles Potter, of Essex. His health 
 is remarkably good, and for years he has been able to read without the 
 use of glasses. The life of this active nonagenarian has been an event- 
 ful one, and few men have been permitted to labor so long and so suc- 
 cessfully for the Master. His son, T. G Wright, vfus also a pastor in 
 the Seneca Association and his grandson, Wm. R. Wright, of Cohoes, 
 was tor several years pastor at Seneca Falls. 
 
 Thomas Goddard Wright. 
 
 Thomas G. Wright was born, Westfield, Mas'^., Jan. 18, 1820. B'd. 
 by his father, at Cummington, Mass., July 31, 1831. Grad. Waterville 
 Coll., Me., Aug. 14, 1839. Taught in Adams' Gram. School, Boston. 
 Grad. Hamilton Institution, Aug. 17, 1842. P.. Avon Springs, ( i ). 
 O.. Lyons, Aug. 7, 1844. Married, Aug. 30, 1846, Julia A. S Green, of 
 Ithaca. P.. Claremont, N. H., 1847; Sandisfield, Mass.. 1851. Engag- 
 ed in rhurch extension work at Newark, N. J., 1853. P.. Westport, N. 
 Y., 1855 ; Franklindale, (Wappinger's Falls,) 1856; Cohancey church, 
 (Rhoadstown, N. J.) i860. Supt. City Missions, Phila., 1871. P.. First 
 church. Westerly, R. I., Newfane, Watkins, N. Y., 1875-6. Pastor at 
 Media, Pa., since Oct. i, 1878. G. H. Clapp, in his history of Frank- 
 lindale church, writes: " Bro. Wright proved a faithful pastor, ever on 
 the watch for the interests of the church. He departed leaving many 
 warm friends." 
 
 Philander Kei.sey. 
 
 Born, Berkshire Co., Mass., 1791. B'd. No. Norwich. Chenango Co., 
 N. Y., 1810. Began preaching 1812. P.. Scipio, where many were bap- 
 tised. East Avon, Webster, (3 ) the church numbering 50 when he be- 
 gan and 150 when he closed his work Assisted Dr. O. C. Comstock 
 in interesting revival meetings in Rochester. P. . Greece, ( 4 ) ; Berlin, Del. 
 Co., O., laboring in adjoining counties. Sunbury, ( 3 ) ; Central College 
 
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 church, Genoa township C, having hisregular Sunday preaching appoint- 
 ments when nearly ninety years of age. In this work he was actively 
 engaged until May, 1879. He died at Central College July 5, 1879, Rev. 
 J/ W. Isenberger preaching the funeral sermon, Rev'ds. J. V. K. Seeley, 
 I. F. Stidham, and D. A. Randall taking part in the services. Although 
 never a pastor in the Seneca Association, his name repeatedly occurs in 
 its history. He attended its first anniversary meeting at Farmerville in 
 1822, its session at Covert in 1825, and preached the sermon at the coun- 
 cil which recognized the church at Farmer Village, Nov. 22, 1819. 
 
Churches Dismissed or Dropped. 
 
 Berean, — Ithaca. — Constituted May 13, 1847, by 23 members who 
 withdrew from the First churth. Recognized June 16, 1847. B. B. 
 Gibbs, licentiate, was the first preacher, George D. Crocker, the first 
 pastor, ( 1848.) The church enjoyed a revival during the winter of 1847- 
 8, the pastor being assisted by Elders Sheardown, Wardner and West, 
 the church reporting 77 members at x\ssociation. A council was called 
 to meet Aug. 29, 1848. for the ordination of B. B. Gibbs. Rev. D. 
 Garthwait was pastor for three months. The church disbanded Feb! 6, 
 1851, a majority of the members accepting an invitation to unite with the 
 First church, of which Rev. W. Cormac was the popular pastor. Dea- 
 cons : H. K. Webster, Humphrey Martin. Clerks ; R. M. Graves, H. 
 Hunt, John Northrup. Licentiate : D. D. Atwater. 
 
 Big Flats. — Organized 1807. R. Goff first pastor. In the council of 
 recognition, Romulus, Ovid, and Chemung were represented, Romulus 
 by John Caton. First meeting-house built 1827, by the efforts of pastor 
 P. D. Gillette. Succeeding pastors : S Wise, A. Jackson, B. R. Swick, 
 D. Reed, J. Coffin, I. Easterbrooks, S. Keim, J. W. Emery, D. Bur- 
 roughs, C. L. Bacon, W. N. Entwistle, N. Leavenworth. Members iii. 
 A member of the Seneca Association, 1830-42. 
 
 Catlin and Dix — Organized 1828, with 24 members. First pastor, 
 T. S. Sheardown ; first clerk, A. C. Mallory. Member of Sen. Ass'n., 
 1828-42. Society incorporated 1841. Meeting-house built 1843. Number 
 of members 55, value of property $2860. Present officers: Pastor, Byron 
 Cronk ; Deacons, A. Saylor, W. Culver. Supt. S. S., Henry Gray. 
 
 Danby. — The church first constituted in Danby removed to Ithaca 
 1821. Another church was organized 1838, and united with Seneca As- 
 sociation 1838, with 26 members. The next j'ear it reports 62 members. 
 A meeting-house, built when H. L. Grose was pastor, was dedicated 
 1841. Pastors :E Kimball, H. L. Grose. J. R. Burdick, Dakin. J. G. 
 Cownhoven, (licentiate) 1850; E. A. Hadley, 1852-3. Clerks; E. 
 Kendall, J. Wilsey. L. K. Kendall, S. Smith, A. R. Dakin, H. Dakiti. 
 Present officers ; Deacons : G. A. Todd, T. J. Stephens. Clerk : F. A. 
 Todd. Trustees ; G. A. Todd, Isaac Briggs. AmasaTupper. Supt. S. S.,A. 
 Hopper. The church makes no report after 1854, and disappears from 
 ihe minutes after 1861. Is a member of Broome and Tioga Association. 
 
 DELMAR.^^Delmar or Denmark, church was constituted 1819, on Pine 
 Creek, west of Wellsboro. Tioga Co., Pa. It was called, at one time 
 •Shippen, and Shipping. This body virtually disbanded in 1828, some of 
 the members removing to Ellisburg, Pa., others helping to organize 
 Middlebury church. The 2d Delmar church, sometimes known as 
 Stony Fork, is south of Wellsboro, was constituted 1837^ recoghizisd 
 1S38, and has: since received 330 members by baptism. P. Colegrove 
 
264 Senpxa Baptist Association. 
 
 was pastor in 1838, E, A. Hadley in 1840, when 48 members are report- 
 ed. A member of Seneca Association 1838-40. 
 
 Dryden. — Organized Feb. 29, 1804, at Miller's Settlement, (afterward 
 Etna, Tompkins Co.) Samuel Hemmingway is said to have been the 
 first deacon. Meeting-house built 1832. United with Seneca Associa- 
 tion, 1823, with 55 members, Stukely Carr, pastor. He ministered to 
 the church until 1831, when he was succeeded by Philander Shedd. 
 Dismissed 1832. with 71 members, to join Cortland Association. Pres- 
 .sent pastor, S. C. Ainsworth. Members 68. Value of church property 
 $4000. Supt. S. S., Geo. Bailey. 
 
 Elmira. — Organized May 16, 1829, as Southport and Elmira church. 
 Pastors ; P. D. Gillette, H. C. Vogell, D. Robinson, Z. Grenell, E. W. 
 Dickinson, J. G. Binney, C. N. Chandler, R. J. Wilson, E. Andrews, 
 M. C, Manning, T. O. Lincoln, J. J. Keyes, Addison Parker, W. T. 
 Henry. Name changed to First Elmira, June 24, 1853. First meeting- 
 house built 1832.- .VIembers dismissed to constitute Southport church 
 1854; 2d Elmira, 1859. Number of members 500, 151 baptised by the 
 present pastor. Value of property $22,000. A member of the Seneca 
 Association 1830-42. Present officers : Pastor, W. T. Henry. Deacons : 
 J. Grover, N. P. Fassett, H. M. Smith, J. N. Cooper, J. C. Seeley. 
 Clerk: C. B. Bovier. Treas. O. C. Kingsbury. Collector: A. Walker. 
 Sbpt. S. S., J. Sloat Fassett. 
 
 HoRSEHEADS. — Constituted as Fairport church, April 22, 1840, with 
 22 members. A member of Sen. Ass'n., 1840-42. Pastors: A.Jack- 
 son, P. D. Gillette, G. M. Spratt. Z. Grenell, W. Mudge, P. Olney, D. 
 Porter Leas, T. E Phillips, G. W. Abrams, P. Perry, A. N. Whitmarsh. 
 Church edifice built 1840, remodeled 1867. Members 130. Present officers : 
 Pastor, A. M. Bennett. Deacons : A. M, Wheat, J. Brees. Supt. S. 
 S., Chas. Hathaway. 
 
 Lake Ridge. — This church, variously known as West Lansing, Lan- 
 sing and Genoa, Lake Ridge, etc , was organized as the First Baptist 
 church of Milton, Oct. 31, 1796. Constituent members : M. Starr, Anna 
 Starr, Benajah Strong, Abigail Strong, Chas. Townley, Lydia Gillette, 
 Luther Barney, Sarah Bacon, Joel Bacon, Thankful Bacon, Pierpont 
 Bacon, Jerusha Bacon, Wm. Avery, Abigail Woodruff. First pastor, 
 Micajah Starr, who ministered until he died March 14, 1820, aged 73 
 years. Succeeding pastors : Elijah Benedict, Elder Beebee. Without 
 pastor, 1828-36. A. Drake, 1836-9: F. Dusenberry 1843-4; ^"d again 
 1861-8. T. Theal, (licentiate) 1845; E. Dean, 1846; B. Ames, 1847 : 
 Geo. Plumer, 1850 ; Wm. Everett, 1856. First deacon, Benajah Strong ; 
 first clerk, Joel Bacon. Succeeding clerks: F. Dusenberry, 1843; H. 
 Smith, 1845 ; N. Nivison, 1846 ; J. Campbell, 1856 ; D Campbell. 1859 ; 
 H. Perry, i86i. Meeting-house built 1840, at Lake Ridge, situated ac- 
 cording to the lease, "between Farmer's tavern and the old cider mill." 
 Since i86g, no meetings have been held, and the church has practically 
 disbanded. United with Seneca Association 1843, with 39 members, 
 name dropped from the minutes, 1871. 
 
 Peach Orchard — The Fourth church in Hector was organized April 
 11, 1820; P. P. Roots, Mod., O. C. Comstock, Clk, of council, sermon 
 by O. C. Comstock. Meetings were held in school-houses until 1839. 
 when a meeting-house was built. List of pastors : O. C. Comstock, J. 
 Fisk, U. B. Miller, R. G. Lewis, W. S. Smith, S. M. Plumb, A. Wells. 
 H. R. Dakin, 1850 ; Wm. Cormac, A. Day, G. Johnson, 1853 : Wm. Ever- 
 ett, B.C. Townsend, 1857 ; J. G. Spooner, i860. Deacons : Henry Ger- 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 265 
 
 man, Samuel Hanley, Stephen S. German, Abram Slajght, Elisha Payne. 
 Clerks: H. Bacon, Ira Reynolds, Jeptha Palmer, 1827; M. T. Jaquish, 
 1835 ; J. Saxton; A. Hanley, 1839-69. Society clerks : E. Payne, J. Van- 
 Hoesen, R. R. Hanley, Abram Slaght, A. Hanley. The church was 
 never strong, and in 1869 the majority of the remaining members united 
 with the church in North Hector. 
 
 Reading. — Organized by Elder Goff, 1803, with 25 members. Divided 
 by anti-mission influences, and disbanded Jan. 5, 1833. Reorganized, 
 Jan. 12, 1833, with 45 members, T. S. Sheardown, pastor. Meeting- 
 house built, 1836. Pastors succeeding Elder Sheardown, P. Shedd, P. 
 Colegrove. F. Donaldson, B. W. Capron, A. B. Chase, C. L. Bacon, W. 
 F. Nixon, C. S. Van Allen, L. R Reynolds, T. F. Edwards, S. Robson, 
 C P. Mott. Present pastor S.J. Lusk. Deacons: J. H. Nichols, F. 
 Goundrey. Clerk : S. D. Smith. Trustees : S. Scott, W. H. Hurley. 
 R. Goundrey. 
 
 Third Hector. — Constituted 1820. United with Seneca Association 
 1822, with 55 members. Seems never to have had a settled pastor. A feeble 
 folk. J. Hatt, licentiate, was acting pastor 1829-33. Reported 23 mem- 
 bers in 1835. Dropped from the records. A few of the raenfbers con- 
 stituted an Old School church. 
 
 Tioga. — The first church constituted in the territory now known as 
 Tioga county was the New Bedford Baptist church, organized Feb. 20, 
 1796, with nine members, David Jayne being the first pastor. The church 
 was afterward known as the Tioga and Barton church at Halsey Valley. 
 Elder Jayne was the pastor for fourteen years. In 1830, this'church, 
 then known by the name of Tioga, was received as a member of the 
 Seneca Association ; in 1833 it was dismissed to unite with the Steuben 
 Association. Rev. D. Piatt was then pastor, It reports in 1878 forty- 
 four members. 
 
 Waverly. — Organized, June 24, 1824, at Ulster, Bradford Co., Pa., 
 with 16 members. First pastor Thomas Beebee. It was called Athens 
 and Ulster church, then Athens and Chemung, and in 1836, Factoryville 
 under which name it belonged to the Seneca Association 1836-42, when 
 it was dismissed to Chemung River. It reports 291 members, 229 S. S. 
 Scholars. Value of property $15,000. Pastor: B. G. Boardman. Supt. 
 S. S., H. Hallett. 
 
 First Church in Virgil. — Constituted 1808. Received, 1822, with 
 100 menibers ; dismissed, 1826, to Cortland Association. W. W. Pow- 
 ers, pastor, 1824-7. 
 
 Valley Church Virgil. — Received 1823, with 23 members, David 
 Robinson pastor. Dismissed, 1826, with 96 members, to Berkshire As- 
 sociation. 
 
 First Elmira. — Received. 1828, with 78 members. Reports loi mem- 
 bers in 1839. Pastors: P. D. Gillette, 1829-35, Aaron Jackson, 1835- 
 40. Dismissed, 140. 
 
 Elmira and Fairport. — Constituted and received 1840, with 27 mem- 
 bers P. D. Gillette, pastor 1841-2. Dismissed to Chemung River As- 
 sociation, 1842, with 1847 members. 
 
 Big Flat and Catlin.— Organized 1842, was received that vear with 
 55 members, dismissed to Chemung River Association, 1842. 
 
 Caton. — Constituted 1832, was received, 1840, with 55 members. Pas- 
 tors : S. Bullock, 1840 ; J. Woodworth, 1841-2. Dismissed, 1842. 
 
 East Romulus. — Constituted 1820, by a faction of the Romulus church, 
 Pastor : John Caton, 1820-27. In 1822, 56 members. Disbanded 1828. 
 
Soldiers of the Seneca Association. 
 
 It is always pleasant to bear testimony to the. bravery of men who have 
 risked their lives in defense of their country. As evidence of the patri- 
 otic spirit which animated the churches when the call came to fight for 
 the Nation, I hoped to give the names of the brave men who enlisted in 
 the last war for the Union from the several churches and congregations 
 of the Association. The majority of the churches fail to furnish the need- 
 ed statistics, four of them report as follows: 
 
 CovER-rt — Oscar Burch. Wm. H.Cole, severely wounded at Gettysburg, 
 July 3, 1863, again wounded in the Wilderness, May 6, 1864. Wm. H. 
 Cheesman, severely wounded at Gettysburg, Julys. 1863. Richard C.Dim- 
 mick, twice wounded ; George C. King.noble and brave, killed at Gettys- 
 burg, Julys, 1863. The above were all in the 126th Regiment N. Y. S. V. 
 Chas. Hopkins, Hannibal Hopkins, D. Stewart Hopkins, Ass't Surgeon 
 tilth N. Y. S. v., promoted to Surgeon 4th Del. V., died in the service. 
 Edward Mason, Henry Mason, Alonzo W. Murphy, severely wounded, 
 Maryland Heights ; died in Covert, on furlough, Oct. 27, 1862. Stephen 
 Ogden. 
 
 North Hector. — John Bassett, 50th N. Y. Engineers, served 1864-5, 
 Arlo P. Brown, 15th, N. Y. S. V., 1864-5. Ezra A. ChalTee, 161. N. Y, 
 S. V. Died at Vicksburg, July, 1864. Firman W. Clawson, 148th N, 
 Y. S. v., 1862, until close of war. Hibbard S. Clawson, 50th, N. Y., 
 Engineers, 1864, until close of war. Riley Fletcher, 50th, N. Y., En- 
 gineers, 1861. Died at City Point, May 22, 1862. Henry Lamereaux, 
 103d, N. Y. S. v., 1862-5 Charles D. Van Vleet, 141, N. Y. S. V. 
 Died at Nashville, April 13, 1864. John Van Vleet, 107th, N. Y. S. V. 
 Died at Chattanooga, from wounds received at Resaca, June, 1864. 
 
 Farmer Village. — The following soldiers, with perhaps one excep- 
 tion, were members of the Sunday-3chool of the Farmer Village Baptist 
 church. A * marks a member of the church. *Ansel P. Austin, 148th, 
 Reg't. Geo. Bills, Heavy Artiller)'. John M. Chadwick, 126th, Reg't., 
 Band Master. ( First Lieut.) *Wm. I'lark, 126th, wounded. *R. Beach 
 Covert, (now M. D., Seneca Falls) 126th. *Edwin Covert, 75th Reg't., 
 died in service. *Alfred Davis, connected with 126th. Eli Dunham, 50th 
 Engineers ; Henry Dunham, 50th Engineers ; Ansel P. Ford, Mich. Reg't. 
 ♦[Rf-v.] Louis J. Gross, drummer.iiith Reg't. Deland Hall, iiith. Harris 
 Hall, iilth. *Eugene K. Holton, 126th, wounded at Gettysburg. *J. H. 
 Lefler, 75th, wounded. *Eli Longstreet, iiith. *Isaac Miller, iiith, died 
 In service. Anson Morehouse, gth N. Y. Heavy Artillery. John Parker, 
 75th. *Frank Rappleye, 126th. Milton Rappleye, 75th. *Mortimer Rap- 
 pleye, Serg't , Mich., Reg't,, killed. Samuel Rappleye, 148th, deceased, 
 1879, never recovering from exposure in army. Ward Rappleye, io8th, 
 killed. *John L. Ryno, Corp., 126th. *[Rev.] Winfield Scott, Chaplain, 
 afterward Capt., 126th, twice severely wounded. Hudson Swick, iz6th, 
 severely wounded infront of Petersburg. Died from his wounds. *Arcelu9 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 267 
 
 Smith, 75th, died in (he service. *Bennett Tieadwell, 126th. Sanford 
 Tuclcer, 75th. *Sylvester Tucker, iiith, youthful but brave, killed in 
 charge at Petersburg. *Frank Van Ortwick, 75th, wounded. *Sebring 
 Van Ortwick, 75th. M. Vaughn, I26ih. killed. 
 
 Trumansburg.— Oliver C. Ayers, First Lieut., 39th, Iowa, U. S. V. 
 Killed at AUatoona, when acting as aid to the commander. Gen. Corse. 
 '• His death was as glorious as his life had been true to the principles 
 of honor and justice." R. Emmett Ayers, 21st N. V. cavalry ; died in 
 the service, at Ft. Collins, Colorado, Dec. 18, 1865. John O. Aiken, 
 137th Reg't., wounded Dec. 20, 1864. Hiram Bloomer, ist Serg't., 137th 
 Reg't., wounded Oct, 29, 1863. Monmouth Chandler, 21st N. Y., caval- 
 ry ; wounded at New Market, May 15, 1864. Philander S. Cronk, 109th 
 Reg't.; died at Washington, July 11, 1865. Wm. Doxtader, 75th N. Y. 
 S. V. James Easling, 137th Reg't., wounded. Nov. 27, 1863. Chas. H. 
 Fish, 2ist N. Y. cavalrv. Norman R. Gilford, Orderly Serg't, Acting 
 Lieut, loth N. Y. c^vaXiy. J. DeLoss Lewis, Surgeon 85th N. T. S. 
 V. Chas. Lyon, 21st N. Y., cavalrv ; wounded at Staunton. Died while 
 a prisoner. David McCoy, 126th N. Y. S. V. Albert H. Pierson, Capt., 
 Brevet Major, 137th N. Y. S. V. Charles Robinson, 137th N. Y. S. V. 
 Wounded at Wauhatchie, Tenn.. Oct. 28, 1843, Died Nov. 5, 1863, at 
 Bridgeport, Ala. Dewitt Robinson. Henry Rudy, Jr., First Lieut., 137th 
 N. Y. S. V. Wounded Oct. 29, 1863, and May 15, 1864. George Ser- 
 rine, 137th N. Y. S. V ; killed at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. S. Allen 
 Sherwood, Corp. 21st N. Y. cavalry. Henry H. Slauson, First Lieut. 
 137th N. Y. S. V ; afterward Lieut, in cavalry. John H. Terry, Capt. 
 137th N. Y. S. V. Since State Senator in Missouri. Geo. W. Warne, 
 Serg't. 2ist N. Y., cavalry ; wounded at New Town, Va., May 13, 1864. 
 Hanford Warring, logth N. Y. S. V,; died a prisoner. Eliphalet Weed, 
 died in the service. Hprace J. Woodworth, Second Lieut. Orrin Wood- 
 worth. 
 
 Additions. 
 
 Additional sketches : Horace J. Baldwin, Born, July 10, 1857 ; con- 
 verted Jan., 1877 ; licensed at Watkins, July 6, 1879. Pastor at West 
 Danby, 1879. 
 
 Barzilla King, pastor at Mecklenburg, 1824-6. Married Sally Thomas, 
 sister of Elder Minor Thomas. He was the youngest of six brothers, 
 sous of Barzilla King, Sr., and coming from Dutchess county, settled in 
 Seneca Co., in 1796. 
 
 Hiram Bloomer, long an active member of the Ovid church, afterward 
 an honored member at Trumansburg, died April 26, 1877. The follow- 
 ing lists were not furnished in time for insertion in sketches of churches. 
 Trustees of Ovid, ( Scott's Corners ) church: Geo. W. Dickerson, Augus- 
 tus S.*Parish,tTheodore Dowers. Trustees of Watkins church": S. W. 
 Sackett, E. O. Allen, P. Page, M. Skinner, L. H. Durland, N. Brown, 
 
Conclusion. 
 
 The reader will no doubt remember that this is not an ideal history. 
 The task was attempted by the writer because there seemed to be no 
 one else who would undertake it. It has been a labor of love, yet long 
 and wearisome. Many hundred letters and circulars have been sent out 
 in search of statistics, the records of most of the churches have been 
 studied from the beginning. 
 
 The statictics obtainable differ so widely in amount and in kind, that 
 they could be measured by no common standard. The design has been 
 to describe each church and each individual, as fully as space allowable 
 and information obtainable would permit. The sketches note briefly the la- 
 bors of pastors, licentiates, and associational evangelists concerning whom 
 I could glean information ; they are necessarily brief, but include many 
 items of general interest. A special endeavor has been to preserve the 
 early history of the Association; to speak well of the dead or to be silent ; 
 and to indulge sparingly in eulogy of the living, except when speaking 
 of men advanced in years. The faces of many of the later members of 
 the Association speak for them. All of the present pastors would have 
 thus appeared had their photographs been furnished as requested. I 
 have hoped so to present the history of our loved Seneca Association, 
 that her sons may be led to emulate the noble deeds of their fathers, that 
 thus each generation may surpass the one before it in lives of love and 
 self-sacrifice. 
 
 For the few typographical errors which may be detected, the com- 
 positor is not responsible. They must be attributed to the occasional 
 use of " turned " type, and to the fact that the proof was read at a dis- 
 tance from the press. Errors in dates and names may have occurred in 
 copying statistics recorded by hundreds of writers. In comparing au- 
 thorities, and even in the same record, we find numerous contradic- 
 tions, conflicting dates, names spelled in various ways. Of the thir- 
 teen churches which organized the Association, it is doubtful if one re- 
 tains the name by which it was known at first. Rev. Diedrich Willers, 
 to whom reference is made on page i8, is pastor of a German Reformed, 
 not Lutheran church. 
 
 Among those to whom I am indebted for aid in obtaining statistics 
 are : Pastors, A. D. Abbott, Geo. Brown, A. D. Clark, L. J. Gross, A. 
 C. Mallory. J. J. Phelps, W. N. Tower, G. E. Weeks, Dea. C. W, 
 Burghardt, Dr. O. C. Comstock, Jr., Dea. W. N. Sage, of Rochester, 
 Jas. Oormac, Esq., N. C. Miller, Esq , O. N. Worden, the historian. 
 Mr. W. D. Bennett, Mr. D. H. Ayers, Mrs. Jos. Dunlap, Sr., Miss Ida 
 Folwell, Mrs. Ellis Brooks, a grand-daughter of Elder Caton ; Revd's. 
 J. D. Cole, D. D., C. A. Votey, F. D. Fenner, E, Royce. Breth. J. P. 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 269 
 
 Rappleye, A. Miller, C. V. Covert, and Pierpont Bassette, of the Farm- 
 er Village church, have aided in recalling the early history of the Asso- 
 ciation. 
 
 Works consulted in the preparation of this volume : Hist. Bap. Mis'y 
 Convention, by Peck and Lawton ; First Half Cent. Mad. Univ., 1872 ; 
 Belden's Cayuga Ass'n. ; Benedict's Hist, of the Baptists ; Hist. Seneca 
 Co., Evarts Ensign and Evarts, 1876; Hist. Tioga, Chemung, Tomp- 
 kins and Schuyler Counties, Evarts and Ensign, 1879 ; Delafield's Sen- 
 eca Co.; The League of the Iroquois, L. H. Morgan, LL. D.; School- 
 craft's Iroquois ; Methodism in Ithaca, C. D. Burritt, 1852 ; Gen. Cata- 
 logue, R. T. S., 1876 ; Lives of Sheardown, Knapp, Stimson, Bennett, 
 D. H. Gillette. Various histories of churches and Associations ; Files 
 of minutes of forty-five New York Associations. 
 
 Addenda. 
 
 Unavoidable delay in publication enables us to report the proceed- 
 ings of the Association for 1879 : 
 
 The fifty-eighth session of the Association was held at Trumansburg, 
 Sept. 30th and Oct. ist, 1879. Rev. A. D. Abbott preached the intro- 
 ductory sermon from Luke 14: 25-33. Rev. Louis J. Gross, of Romu- 
 lus, was Moderator, Rev. G. E. Weeks, of Watkins, and J. C. West- 
 ervelt, of Ithaca, Clerks. 
 
 Benevolent organizations were represented by able advocates in Rev. 
 Dr. C. P. Sheldon, of Troy, for Home Missions; Rev. Geo. H. Brigham^ 
 of Syracuse, for Foreign Missions ; Rev. C. W. Brooks, of Watkins for 
 the State Convention, Rev. Frank Remington, of Buffalo, for the Publi- 
 cation Society; Rev. G. H. Elgin, of Rochester, for ministerial educa- 
 tion. 
 
 Mrs. A. C. Mallory read an interesting address before the Woman's 
 Missionary Society ; Mrs. Andrew Miller presiding. J. Milton Lovell 
 was ordained as a deacon of the church in Trumansburg, Rev'ds. J. T. 
 Phelps, F. H. Gates, W.N. Tower, G.H. Brigham, and Deas. M.T. Co- 
 burn, W. W. Boorom and J. C. Sackett taking part in the services. 
 Rev. Frank Remington preached from John, 16 : 8. On Wednesday 
 morning after a business session, the Association enjoyed a season of 
 conference, in which Breth. J. P. Rappleye, Allen Pease, Mrs. Mary 
 Treman and others participated. The committee on obituaries made 
 special reference to the death of the lamented and honored Dr. N. W. 
 Folwell, of Romulus. 
 
 The Association gave this history its official endorsement, and re- 
 cornmended it to the churches by resolution. Rev. W. N. Tower 
 preached the closing sermon from Phil. 3 : 10, and after appropriate re- 
 marks By the Moderator, the Association adjourned to meet next year at 
 North Hector, Rev. L, J, Gross, or Rev.A. C. Mallory to preach the 
 opening sermon. 
 
ASSOCIATIONAL MEETINGS. 
 
 Place, 
 
 Pkeacher. 
 
 Text. 
 
 AfoDERATOR. 
 
 1821 1 Covert, I 
 
 1822 I FarmerviUe, ; O. C. Comstock, , 
 
 1823 : FarmerviUe, j Chester Coburn, , 
 
 1824 ! FarmerviUe, . . t O. C Comstock, . 
 
 1825! Covert, : E. Hodge, 
 
 1826; Trumansburg, . I D. Robinson, 
 
 1827! Romnlus, i John Sears, 
 
 i8z8i Covert, ■! J- C. Holt 
 
 Trumansburg, ... ; J. Sears, 
 
 Ithaca, I Aaron Abbott, . , . 
 
 Ovid, ,■; U.B.Miller, 
 
 Elmira, i J. Sears, 
 
 Lodi, i P. D.Gillette, 
 
 FarmerviUe,.. i U. B. Miller, 
 
 I Covert, j P. D. Gillette, 
 
 Elmira, I C. G, Carpenter, . . 
 
 ! Mecklenburg, ; P. Shedd 
 
 ' Romulus, i A. Jackson, 
 
 ^ Bennettville , ! T. S. Sheardown, , 
 
 1 Trumansburg, ., i D. Robinson, 
 
 ■ Ithaca, i W. E. Locke,.... 
 
 Lodi, i J. F. Bliss, 
 
 1830 
 1831 
 ' 1832 
 1833 
 1834 
 1835 
 1836 
 1837 
 1838 
 
 1839 
 1840 
 1841 
 
 *i84i 
 1842 
 
 ■"1842 
 1843 
 
 ■"1843 
 
 1845 
 •»i845 
 1846 
 1847 
 1848 
 18491 
 18501 
 1851: 
 1852; 
 
 1853 i 
 1S54: 
 
 1855 i 
 
 1856 i 
 1857! 
 1858 1 
 
 18591 
 i86oi 
 i86ii 
 1862! 
 1863 j 
 1864; 
 18651 
 1866: 
 1867! 
 1868! 
 1869! 
 1870! 
 ,871; 
 1872; 
 
 1873 
 1874 
 1875 
 1876 
 .877 
 187S 
 1879 
 
 Elmira, | C. Deland,. 
 
 Enfield, i J.D.Cole 
 
 Ovid, I A. B. Earle, 
 
 Trumansburg, j H. B. Fuller 
 
 Reading, i Howel Smith, 
 
 Covert, i P. Colegrove, 
 
 Enfield, ■ A. Jackson, 
 
 Newfield, i T. S. Sheardown, 
 
 FarmerviUe, i T. S. Sheardown, . 
 
 Mecklenburg, j C. Wardner, 
 
 Trumansburg, . . i J. H. Morrison, . . . 
 
 Lodi, i H.West, 
 
 Covert, ■ D. Taylor, 
 
 Romulus., i C. L. Bacon,, , , , 
 
 Ovid, i I. Fargo, Jr,, 
 
 ithaca, i J, Easterbrooks, . , 
 
 Mecklenburg, i O, W, Gibbs, . , . 
 
 FarmerviUe, ; J. M. Harris, 
 
 Watkins, ; J- W. Wiggins, , , 
 
 Trumansburg, i C, A,_Votey, 
 
 Eennettsburg, : B, C, Tow nsend, , , 
 
 Covert, i C, L. Bacon, .... 
 
 Lodi, i E. Marshall, 
 
 Romulus,, ,,!,"',! j H, West, 
 
 Ovid, I F. Dusenberry, . , , 
 
 Mecklenburg, ,.,!'. i S. V, Marsh, 
 
 Ithaca, : D, Corey, 
 
 FarmerviUe, ; M, W, Homes, 
 
 Triimansburg, . . , , i J. B. Smith, 
 
 Waterloo, 
 
 Lodi, 
 
 Enfield, 
 
 Covert, 
 
 Bennettsburg,, 
 Mecklenburg, , 
 Romulus,,, , , 
 Watkins, . . , , 
 
 Ovid, 
 
 Caroline, , , 
 Farmer Village,. 
 
 ; J. N.Folwell,, 
 : Wm, Sharpe,, 
 i J, N.Folwell,, 
 I J, B, Smith,,, 
 
 D, D. Owen,, 
 
 G, A, Starkweather 
 
 A, B, Chase,... 
 
 C, Wardner, , . . . 
 
 C, W, Brooks,,. 
 
 F. D, Fenner,,,. 
 
 T. G. Wright,,. 
 
 Ithaca, i Lewis Halsey, , 
 
 Trumansburg, ' A, D. Abbott,,. 
 
 Acts 16 ; 31, , . . 
 rst Cor, 6 ; 20, , 
 
 Deut, 6 ; 4, 
 
 John, 3:1,,.., 
 1st John, 3 ;2,, 
 Ps, 102 ; 16,,, , 
 
 Isa, 9 ; 7, 
 
 Ps, 126 ; 6, 
 
 Matt, 16 ; 18, . . 
 2d Peter, 3 ; 14, 
 
 John 4 ; 24, 
 
 Isa, 65 ; I, 
 
 John 3 ; 16, 
 
 Eph, 4 : 23, 
 
 John 18 ; 37, . , , 
 ist Cor. 10 ; 31, , 
 
 Isa, 52 ; 7, 
 
 1st Cor, IS ; 25, . 
 
 , John 18 ,-38, 
 
 i ist Tim, 3 : 15,,, 
 
 i Isa, 24; 5, 
 
 I Psa, 67 ; I, 3,, ,. 
 1 Mark 16 : 15, . . 
 1 Psa. 145 ; II, . . . 
 I Psa. 72 ; 16, ... . 
 
 i Isa. 33 ; 6, 
 
 i Rev. 5 ; 5, 
 
 i Phil. 3; 16, 
 
 i 1st Cor. 4 ; 2, . . , 
 j Hosea 14 ; i, . . . 
 i John is; 9,.. .. 
 j 2d Tim. 2 ; 3,. ., 
 [ 1st Cor. 3 : 2, 3, 
 ; Matt. 24 ; 45, 46, 
 
 :Psa.8s;6, 
 
 Rev. 8 ;3, 5, 
 
 Luke 24 ; 49, . . . 
 I Jude 20 ; 21,. . . . 
 
 i Matt, 23 ; 8, 
 
 i Matt, 5 ; 16, 
 
 Gal, 6; 14, 
 
 2d Cor, 3 ; 18,, , 
 2d Peter i ; 16, , 
 Luke 10 ; 20, , . . 
 Sol, Song, 2 ; lOj 
 Isa, 35;8, 9, ,., 
 Heb, II ; 13,, .". 
 
 Ps,46;5 
 
 Ps, 8s ; 6, 
 
 Rev, s ; 5. fi. , . . 
 2d Cor. 5 ; 14, . . 
 1st John, I ; 5, . . 
 1st Peter, 2 ; 22, 
 Heb. II ; 13, . . . 
 
 John 3 ; 3, 
 
 2d Pet. I ; I, 
 
 John 19 ; 25, ... . 
 Isa, 33 ; 20, 21, . . 
 
 Acts I ; 8, 
 
 2d Kings 13 ; 19, 
 
 Acts 17 ; 6, 
 
 Mark 13 ; 34, , . . 
 Luke 14 ; 25, 33, 
 
 i O.C, Comstock,,. 
 
 I C, Coburn, 
 
 i O, C, Comstock, , , 
 
 i O, C, Comstock,,. 
 
 i O, C, Comstock,,, 
 
 I John Caton, 
 
 i A, Abbott, 
 
 i J. Sears, 
 
 i P, D, Gillette, 
 
 i P, D, Gillette, .... 
 
 i P, D, GiUette, , , . 
 
 i A. Abbott, 
 
 i P, D, Gillette, ,,. . 
 
 iU,B, Miller, 
 
 j T, S, Sheardown,, ' 
 
 j C, G, Carpenter, . , 
 
 i C G, Carpenter, , , 
 
 is, S, Parr, 
 
 iW,E, Locke, 
 
 ICG, Carpenter, , , 
 
 ! C. G. Carpenter, . . 
 
 i J.D, Cole 
 
 i C, Deland, 
 
 : H, B, FuUcr, , , . . 
 
 iW.E, Locke, 
 
 : David Wright, . . 
 
 •D,W. Litchfield,, 
 
 i H, Smith, 
 
 I T, S, Sheardown, . 
 
 i A. Jackson, 
 
 i H. Smith 
 
 i Wm.'Cormac, 
 
 i H.West, 
 
 I T. S. Sheardown,. 
 
 : Wm. Cormac, 
 
 jC. Wardner,. .... 
 
 i C. L. Bacon, 
 
 : O. W. Gibbs,..., 
 
 I J. M, Harris, 
 
 i J, W, Wiggins, ,, , 
 
 i E.Marshall, 
 
 i H.West, 
 
 i C. L, Bacon, 
 
 i C, A, Votey, 
 
 11,,...; D.Corey, 
 
 IF. Dusenberry, , , . 
 
 iS.V. Marsh, 
 
 IJ.B.Smith, 
 
 iM W.Homes,,,, 
 
 iH,S.Card 
 
 ; F. D. Fenner, .... 
 
 1 Wm, Sharpe, . , . 
 
 23... .,i M, M, Evarts,,... 
 
 i D.D. Owen,, ,. 
 
 i G,A, Starkweather 
 
 j C. J. Shrimpton, . , 
 
 I C.W, Brooks,,,.. 
 
 i A.B.Chase, 
 
 ..; C. Wardner, 
 
 i Lewis Halsey, 
 
 .-i F. D. Ftnner,,... 
 ..i A, D, Abbott,.... 
 . . ; Louis J. Gross, . . . 
 
 * Semi-annual Meetings. 
 
ASSOCIATIONAL MEETINGS. 
 
 [W. C. Writer of Circular letter. C. No. of churches. B. No. baptised. T. Total of 
 members.] 
 
 Year. 
 
 Clerk. 
 
 W. C. 
 
 Cor Sec'y 
 
 tRappleye, i O. C. Comstock, 
 ewis Porter ! C. Coburn, 
 
 C. Coburn,'. j O. C. Comstock, 
 
 Aaron Abbott, | E. Hodge 
 
 Aaron Abbott, ■ O. C. Comstock, 
 
 J.Sears, ■ J. C. Holt, 
 
 J. Fish itet, -- • 
 
 , Mad. As*n. 
 
 S. Smalley, i Tno. Sears, 
 
 U.B Miller, i U. B. Miller, . ... 
 
 N. N. Whiting, . . . i P. D. Gillette, . . . 
 
 A. Abbott ; N. N. Whiting, . . 
 
 Tno. Sears, ■ J. R. Burdick, . . 
 
 E. Hodge, i No Circular, ... . 
 
 C. G. Carpenter, . i A. Cauldwell, 
 
 C. G. Carpenter, . . i C. G. Carpenter, 
 
 P. Shedd, ! H C Vogel 
 
 W. G. Wisner, ICG Carpenter, . . 
 
 Wm. E. Locke,. . . : No Circular, 
 
 B. R. Swick, ; W E Locke, 
 
 B. R. Swick, ID Robinson, 
 
 B. R. Swick, 
 
 Wm. E. Locke, . . . i H B Fuller, . 
 
 L. Ransted, i 
 
 Howel Smith, ... i p Goo, . . . 
 
 J.D.Cole, i 
 
 Tas. McLallen, . . . ; No Circular, 
 
 H. Smith, ; 
 
 D.W.Litchfield,..! 
 
 D.W. Litchfield,..! . . 
 
 H.West,:. ! 
 
 J. H. Morrison, . . . | 
 
 J. H. Morrison, . . . i 
 
 C. D. Crocker, ■ 
 
 Wm. Cormac, i 
 
 H.West, jDTaylor, . 
 
 I. Faigo, Jr., I C L Bacon, . 
 
 W Wilkins 
 I^t Can. Ajs'n 
 No Letter,. 
 C L Bacon, 
 
 G. Johnson,,. . 
 J. M. Harris, . , 
 C.A.Votey, .. 
 C.A.Votey,... 
 
 C.A.Votey, : J M Harris 
 
 C. A. Votey, ; C A Votey, . 
 
 ~ ■ "■ OWGibbs,. 
 
 C L Bacon, . 
 
 S V Marsh, . 
 
 E Marshall, . 
 
 J Serrine, . . . 
 
 J B Smith 
 
 C. A. Votey, 
 M. W. Homes 
 C.A.Votey,.. 
 S. V. Marsh, .' 
 
 C. A. Votey, . . 
 D.Corey, 
 
 D. Corey, ■ 1. Ransted^ 
 
 M. Gibson, i F D Fenner, 
 
 J. N. Folwell, . . . j J N Folwell, . 
 
 D.Corey, iDCorey,. .. 
 
 S. V. Marsh, [No Circular, 
 
 C. J. Shrimpton, . . : No Circular, 
 C. W. Burghardt, 
 
 J. S. Miller, 
 
 C.V.D. Cornell,. 
 
 W. Sharpe, 
 
 L. Halsey, 
 
 T. G. Wrignt,.., 
 H.F. Tituj, ... 
 J.J.Phelps,.... 
 G, E. Weeks,, . . 
 
 CB Parsons, 
 No Circular, . 
 W M Robinson, . 
 No Circular,. 
 
 Peter Rappleye 
 
 do. ...-. 
 
 do 
 
 A Abbott, ... 
 
 A Abbott, 
 
 J C Holt, 
 
 J Sears, 
 
 ...do.. .. 
 
 ....do 
 
 Abbott, 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 Jas McLallen 
 
 ...do....; 
 
 ...do 
 
 ...do 
 
 ...do 
 
 ...do 
 
 ...do 
 
 ...do 
 
 ...do... . 
 
 ...do 
 
 Treasurer. 
 
 CiB 
 
 .do. 
 
 .do. 
 
 ..do 
 
 ..do 
 
 ..do 
 
 ..do 
 
 ..do... . 
 
 ..do 
 
 ..do 
 
 ..do 
 
 ..do 
 
 ..do 
 
 ..do 
 
 C L Bacon, . . . 
 Jas McLallen, 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 W Burghardt. 
 
 ....do... 
 
 ...do... 
 
 ...do... 
 
 ....do... 
 
 ...do... 
 
 .do... 
 
 .do... 
 
 .do... 
 
 .do... 
 
 .do... 
 
 • do. . . 
 
 Lewis Porter, . 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 . ..do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 K Kimball, . . , 
 
 L Porter, 
 
 do 
 
 do-.... 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 Jas McLallen, 
 
 .. ..do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 NW Folwell,, 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 S WSackett, 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 JCSackett,. 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 '/3\ 51 
 !i5i 25! 
 !i6: 2oi 
 16! 18! 
 16! 17 
 '5! 85: 
 '7; 37i 
 16; 36: 
 ■20; 206; 
 !i9J302| 
 ;2o;i06 
 ■2o!i93: 
 120:137 
 
 !2o!202 
 
 i^ij 79! 
 
 ;20lll3 
 !2li285 
 
 i2°i483 
 
 122; r60; 
 
 J20:358 
 
 !'*!■ 
 
 ii5!234 
 
 151 39 
 
 151 7°; 
 i6i 32; 
 
 16! 83; 
 
 I'Sj 93i 
 ;i7| 24 
 !i6:i67 
 !i6ii46i 
 ! 16:321' 
 |i6! 65 
 !i6! 3T 
 i'S! 79i 
 ■151 471 
 ;i5;ii2| 
 !i6!362 
 il6!i59; 
 1151 26; 
 !i5il35 
 W. 84 
 i'S! 39 
 i'Sj '3 
 !"!I74 
 ;10| 
 !l6j 36 
 
 !i6!i2i 
 
 i'S; 95 
 !i4| 80 
 
 !i4i 40 
 ii5i 71 
 !iSi 36 
 iis! 70 
 :i5i 68 
 !i6i 71 
 
 : 973 
 872 
 
 , 880 
 gi6 
 
 1036 
 
 loio 
 941 
 
 1411 
 
 1773 
 1942 
 2060 
 2054 
 2133 
 2129 
 1989 
 J996 
 
 2374 
 2406 
 2616 
 
 2621 
 
 =035 
 
 :i6: 
 
 1943 
 
 2130 
 1815 
 1795 
 1762 
 1780- 
 1820 
 1931 
 2087 
 1958 
 1850 
 1859 
 1835 
 1865 
 2196 
 227s 
 2249 
 2290 
 2321 
 2205 
 
 1957 
 2140 
 225 2255 
 2133 
 2187 
 2128 
 1160 
 2143 
 2205 
 2149 
 2192 
 22x4 
 2131 
 2109 
 
 2162 
 
Statistics of the Churches. 
 
 1821 — 1880. 
 
 [Abbreviations : Y., YcaV of Minutes ; B., Baptized : L., Received by Letter ; R., Res- 
 tored i D., Dismissed ; K., Excluded ; Dd., Died ; T., Total.] 
 
 BENNETTSBURC. 
 
 COVERT. 
 
 PASTOR 
 
 L R b E Dd 
 
 1822 
 
 
 
 
 1823! 
 
 
 
 1824; 
 
 
 
 r825ijas. Reynolds, 
 
 I 2 
 
 I 
 
 1826J do 
 
 I 6 
 
 I 
 
 1827: do 
 
 7; 6 
 
 4 
 
 1828: do 
 
 I; ■! 
 
 6 
 
 1829I do 
 
 1 2; 
 
 I 
 
 1830; do 
 
 29: 3 
 
 
 1831; do 
 
 8: 2 I 
 
 4 
 
 1832! do 
 
 .i 3 I 
 
 4 
 
 1833; do 
 
 7; 3 I 
 
 13 
 
 1834: do dec'd. 
 
 '3: 4 I 
 
 10 
 
 183s B. R. Swick, 
 
 i 6 I 
 
 II 
 
 1836 do 
 
 4: 8 
 
 14 
 
 1837 do 
 
 I; 2 
 
 10 
 
 1838! do 
 
 37! 13 
 
 10 
 
 i83QiR. G. Lewis, 
 
 II! 5 
 
 4 
 
 i84oiH.J. Hall, 
 
 3: 3 
 
 9 
 
 i84iiT. S. .Sheardown, 
 
 17 7 
 
 7 
 
 i842iB. Warren, 
 
 V: 
 
 3 
 
 1843: do 
 
 21 14; 
 
 5 
 
 1844I , do 
 
 3 3: 
 
 18 
 
 i845;j. B. Rogers, 
 
 6: 
 
 4 
 
 i846ij. H. Morrison, 
 
 4 6: I 
 
 12 
 
 1847; do 
 
 I 1: 
 
 5 
 
 1848: do 
 
 9: 
 
 6 
 
 i849:T.R. Uark, 
 
 I 2 
 
 5 
 
 1850; do 
 
 : ■! ■ 
 
 
 1851 0. W. Gibbs, 
 
 : 5: I 
 
 5 
 
 1852 do 
 
 i 3' 
 
 1 
 
 1853 do 
 
 10 3; 
 
 I 
 
 1854 do 
 
 7 '■■ 
 
 4 
 
 1855: do 
 
 16 4: 
 
 4 
 
 1856; do 
 
 2 i; 
 
 6 
 
 1857! do 
 
 I i: 
 
 3 
 
 1858; do 
 
 20 3: 
 
 2 
 
 i8S9i do 
 
 
 16 
 
 iSSoiWm. Dunbar, 
 
 2J 4 
 
 2 
 
 1861; do 
 
 10! 2 
 
 4 
 
 t862JWm. Sharp, 
 
 i 3 
 
 3 
 
 1863; do 
 
 3! 2 
 
 2 
 
 1864; do 
 
 
 I 
 
 1865 do 
 
 i I 
 
 3 
 
 1866 do 
 
 9; S I 
 
 I! 
 
 1867 do 
 
 i: I 
 
 6 
 
 ■868 do 
 
 l! I 
 
 4 
 
 1869 do 
 
 so! 7 
 
 S 
 
 1870 
 
 do 
 
 '9 3 
 
 4 
 
 1871 
 
 do : 
 
 I 2 
 
 5 
 
 .872 
 
 do i 
 
 I i| I 
 
 5 
 
 1873 
 
 T, F. Smith, ; 
 
 i 2; 
 
 4 
 
 1874 
 
 do 1 
 
 8 ! 
 
 
 187s 
 
 do ; 
 
 2: i 
 
 
 i876iF. Purvis, i 
 
 2! 
 
 5 
 
 1877; do ; 
 
 19 2 
 
 
 i878iA. D.Clark, • 
 
 2 
 
 2; 
 
 1879 
 
 do j 
 
 IS 2 2; 
 
 : 
 
 PASTOR 
 
 83 
 
 95 
 123 
 99 
 96 
 90 
 88 
 87 
 75 
 76 
 75 
 74 
 84 
 88 
 103 
 
 lOI 
 
 93 
 iij 
 
 92 
 
 92 , 
 
 98 I 
 
 96 
 
 94 
 
 »4 
 
 80 
 
 92 
 
 90 
 
 88 
 136 
 151 
 148 
 142 
 137 
 '43 
 '43 
 140 
 161 
 
 '57 
 176 
 
 J. c. 
 
 Aaron Abbott, 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 Holt, 
 
 do 
 Richard Woolsey, 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 B. Clay, 
 
 A. Wadhams, 
 do 
 do 
 do 
 
 C. Bateman, 
 
 D. W. Litchfield, 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 C. Wardner, 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 E: Marshall, 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 S. V. Marsh, 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 Wm. Rees, 
 
 do 
 
 dp 
 
 do 
 No Pastor. 
 .Geo. Hopkins, 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 No Pastor, 
 A. C. Mallory, 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 do 
 
 L R D 
 
 119 
 116 
 107 
 1 16 
 116 
 112 
 108 
 Z12 
 199 
 173 
 173 
 152 
 145 
 139 
 138 
 99 
 124 
 121 
 170 
 167 
 175 
 225 
 241 
 217 
 203 
 '93 
 
 I225 
 220 
 
 ;204 
 1205 
 ■200 
 197 
 189 
 185 
 198 
 199 
 191 
 227 
 222 
 221 
 I2I9 
 1200 
 196 
 1206 
 197 
 
 ;2i2 
 
 2ZO 
 204 
 199 
 1203 
 
 ;203 
 '189 
 184 
 181 
 172 
 177 
 175 
 
Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 273 
 
 ENFIELD. 
 
 FARMER VILLAGE. 
 
 Y 
 
 PASTOR 
 
 B 
 
 L 
 
 R 
 
 D 
 
 E 
 
 Dd 
 
 T 
 
 PASTOR 
 
 B 
 
 L 
 
 R 
 
 D 
 
 E 
 
 Dd 
 
 T 
 
 1822! 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 35 
 
 John Lewis, 
 
 29 
 
 6 
 
 
 5 
 
 I 
 
 I il02 
 
 i823ij. Bloomer, 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 I 
 
 30 
 
 do 
 
 
 3 
 
 I 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 lioo 
 
 1824 
 
 do 
 
 I 
 
 9 
 
 
 7 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 .34 
 
 do 
 
 
 z 
 
 
 14 
 
 
 i 87 
 
 1825 
 
 
 I 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 I 
 
 36 
 
 Edward Hodge, 
 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 2 i 77 
 
 1826 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 I 
 
 34 
 
 do 
 
 
 I 
 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 i 7= 
 
 1827 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 I 
 
 32 
 
 S. W. Ford, 
 
 
 I 
 
 
 I' 
 
 2 
 
 ; 70 
 
 1828 
 
 I. P. Woodworth, 
 
 
 II 
 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 I 
 
 32 
 
 do 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 j 70 
 
 1829!" do 
 
 2 
 
 13 
 
 
 I 
 
 6 
 
 I 
 
 47 
 
 do 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1830: do 
 
 I 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 I 
 
 
 53 
 
 do 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 i 30 
 
 1831: do 
 
 8 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 62 
 
 do 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 
 
 i 40 
 
 1832 1 do 
 
 8 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 70 
 
 N. N. Whiting, 
 
 
 
 z 
 
 3 
 
 
 2 ; 36 
 
 1833! do 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 ''I 
 
 H. B. Dodge, 
 
 23 
 
 I 
 
 2 
 
 I 
 
 
 I 1 60 
 
 1834! do 
 
 I 
 
 S 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 I 
 
 78 
 
 U. B. Miller, 
 
 14 
 
 2 
 
 I 
 
 
 
 I 1 76 
 
 183s do 
 
 6 
 
 II 
 
 
 6 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 ^ 
 
 do 
 
 7 
 
 7 
 
 I 
 
 
 I 
 
 1 86 
 
 1836 J. F. Stark, 
 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 8 
 
 
 79 
 
 B. S. Clay, 
 
 8 
 
 8 
 
 I 
 
 4 
 
 I 
 
 iioo 
 
 1837 do 
 
 
 z 
 
 
 7 
 
 15 
 
 
 44 
 
 R„Woolsey, 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 8 
 
 4 
 
 z i 94 
 
 1838 No Pastor. 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 43 
 
 do 
 
 16 7 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 
 z :iio 
 
 1839 do 
 
 
 I 
 
 
 5 
 
 I 
 
 
 38 
 
 do 
 
 6 6 
 
 I 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 I 1117 
 
 1840 J, Leach, 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 I 
 
 
 35 
 
 do 
 
 . 4 
 
 
 I 
 
 4 
 
 2 i 80 
 
 1841 No Pastor. 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 I 
 
 34 
 
 P. Goo, 
 
 30 
 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 
 jioo 
 
 1842 J. J. Fuller, 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 3 
 
 r 
 
 I 
 
 48 
 
 do 
 
 
 9 
 
 
 9 
 
 
 2 ;io9 
 
 1843 A. Lawton, 
 
 13 
 
 13 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 
 X 
 
 7' 
 
 do 
 
 
 4 
 
 I 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 iio6 
 
 1844 do 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 I 
 
 3 
 
 
 I 
 
 7" 
 
 do 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 izo3 
 
 1845 J. F. Stark, 
 
 
 7 
 
 I 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 IS 
 
 A. J. Ellis, 
 
 
 5 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 
 I 
 
 iz04 
 
 1846 do 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 
 10 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 58 
 
 W. McCarthy, 
 
 
 4 
 
 I 
 
 2 
 
 
 |zo7 
 
 1847 C. Nelson, 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 4 
 
 I 
 
 2 
 
 S3 
 
 do 
 
 7 
 
 4 
 
 I 
 
 2 
 
 
 3 i"4 
 
 1848 do 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 55 
 
 do 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 2 iii4 
 
 1849 do 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 
 7 
 
 
 I 
 
 5' 
 
 do 
 
 12 
 
 II 
 
 I 
 
 I 
 
 
 3 1134 
 
 1850 do 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 I 
 
 50 
 
 do 
 
 
 z 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 ii3° 
 
 1851 John Gray, 
 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 Z 
 
 41 
 
 do 
 
 I 
 
 
 
 
 
 2 ii29 
 
 1852 S. S. Tucker, 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 I 
 
 42 
 
 J. W. Wiggins, 
 
 I 
 
 3 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 I ii27 
 
 1853 W. Everett, 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 8 
 
 
 2 
 
 35 
 
 do 
 
 77 
 
 13 
 
 2 
 
 12 
 
 
 1187 
 
 1854 No Report. 
 
 1855 Wm. Everett, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 do 
 
 10 
 
 7 
 
 
 18 
 
 3 
 
 3 ii«3 
 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 32 
 
 do 
 
 I 
 
 2 
 
 
 3 
 
 I 
 
 !l6z 
 
 1856 do 
 
 
 I 
 
 
 
 
 I 
 
 32 
 
 do 
 
 
 7 
 
 
 5 
 
 I 
 
 ■163 
 
 1857 No Pastor. 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 
 27 
 
 do 
 
 
 * 
 
 
 7 
 
 
 3 |I57 
 
 1858 do 
 
 
 I 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 24 
 
 E Weaver, 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 7 
 8 
 
 
 2 ;I5I 
 
 1859 M. E. Arkills, 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 I 
 
 
 
 36 
 
 do 
 
 63 
 
 4 
 
 
 20 
 
 '^ll 
 
 i860 do 
 
 8 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 I 
 
 
 J. B. Smith, 
 
 6 
 
 5 
 
 
 5 
 
 I 
 
 ■ 188 
 
 t86i • do 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 I 
 
 38 
 
 do 
 
 4 
 
 
 2 
 
 I 
 
 ;i94 
 
 1862 do 
 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 35 
 
 do 
 
 II 
 
 4 
 
 
 7 
 6 
 
 
 2 jzoo 
 
 1863 No Report. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 30 
 
 do 
 
 15 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 5 i212 
 
 1864 do 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 I 
 
 32 
 
 ko 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 3 J213 
 
 1865 do 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 do 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 i 
 
 2 
 
 I ;i9o 
 
 1866 D. C. Marshall, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27 
 
 M. Gibson, 
 
 I 
 
 5 
 
 
 i^ 
 
 ' It 
 
 1867 do 
 
 1868 do 
 
 17 
 
 3 
 
 s 
 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 46 
 45 
 44 
 
 M. W. Homes, 
 do 
 
 4 
 
 8 
 
 
 12 
 2 
 
 
 1185 
 2 1189 
 
 1869 do 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 do 
 
 50 
 
 2 
 6 
 
 
 6 
 16 
 6 
 6 
 
 
 6 1233 
 
 1870 S. A. Beman, 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 46 
 
 C. B. Parsons, 
 
 8 
 
 
 3 
 
 5 !2zr 
 
 1871 No Pastor. 
 
 
 
 
 I 
 
 
 2 
 
 41 
 
 do 
 
 
 
 
 2 I211 
 
 3 :2o6 
 1138 
 
 1872 E. Perry, 
 
 IX 
 
 I 
 
 
 I 
 
 
 I 
 
 52 
 
 do 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 '873 do 
 
 12 
 
 s 
 
 
 I 
 
 
 
 64 
 
 do 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 2 
 
 68 
 
 1874 F. Dusenberry, 
 
 1875 do 
 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 I 
 I 
 
 I 
 
 i 
 
 Lewis Halsey, 
 do 
 
 I 
 I 
 
 9 
 4 
 
 3 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 
 2 ii45 
 
 2 1147 
 
 3 1148 
 
 1876 do 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 I 
 
 I 
 
 I 
 
 6i 
 
 do 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 '877 A. D. Abbott, 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 
 58 
 
 do 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 3 ii55 
 
 1878 do 
 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 68 
 
 . do 
 
 I 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 3 154 
 
 1879 
 
 
 
 I 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 75 
 
 do 
 
 10 
 
 2 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 2 
 
 103 
 
274 
 
 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 ITHAGA. 
 
 I , . NORTH 
 
 HECTOR. 
 
 Y' 
 
 PASTOR 
 
 B L R D E 
 
 Dd 
 
 T 
 
 PASTOR 
 
 B 
 
 L 
 
 R 
 
 D E 
 
 Dd T 
 
 1826 , 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 John Lewis, 
 
 
 
 
 i 
 
 
 so, 
 
 1827 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jacob Fisk, 
 
 7 
 
 5 
 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 71 
 
 i828iJohn Sears, 
 
 7; 
 
 81 ; 
 
 2 2 
 
 3 
 
 IIS 
 
 do 
 
 I 
 
 6 
 
 I 
 
 9; I 
 
 
 48 
 
 18291 do 
 
 6; 
 
 4; i 
 
 4 I 
 
 I 
 
 119 
 
 U. B. Miller, 
 
 II 
 
 3 
 
 i 
 
 5i 4 
 
 I 
 
 53 
 
 1830 
 
 N. N. Whiting, 
 
 1; 
 
 
 3 2 
 
 I 
 
 114 
 
 do 
 
 15 
 
 6 
 
 
 4; 
 
 
 70 
 
 183T 
 
 .do 
 
 46! 
 
 7; I; 
 
 8 3 
 
 
 157 
 
 do 
 
 10; 
 
 
 2 
 
 2; 4 
 
 
 76 
 
 1832 
 
 J. R. Burdick, 
 
 6; 
 
 3; I;I 
 
 2 
 
 
 161 
 
 do 
 
 5! 
 
 4 
 
 
 7; 2 
 
 I 
 
 7S 
 
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 No Pastor. 
 
 
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 172 
 
 1873 do 
 
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 275 
 
 MEGKLENBURC. 
 
 NEWFIELD. 
 
 
 
 
 
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 7 
 
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 2 
 
 7 
 
 
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 28 
 
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 do 
 
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 10 
 
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 51 
 
 1841 
 
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 239 
 
 do 
 
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 5 
 
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 42 
 
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 J. Sears, 
 
 
 6 
 
 
 15 
 
 I 
 
 5 
 
 168 
 
 No Pastor. 
 
 7 
 
 4 
 
 
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 2 
 
 40 
 
 1843 
 
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 18 
 
 10 
 
 
 16 
 
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 13 
 
 5 
 
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 36 
 
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 56 
 
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 2 
 
 2 
 
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 4 
 
 
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 1852 
 
 W. Wilkins. 
 
 
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 3 
 
 3 
 
 
 216 
 
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 5 
 
 
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 4 
 
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 18581 do 
 
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 159 
 
 do 
 
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 5 
 
 
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 7 
 
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 60 
 
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 A. Mintonye, 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 5 
 
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 1866 do 
 
 
 6 
 
 
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 i868:p. D. Root, 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 
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 No Report. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 i869iH. E. Ford, 
 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 17s 
 
 D. C. Marshall, 
 
 
 I 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 
 31 
 
 1870! do 
 
 
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 171 
 
 No Report. 
 
 
 
 
 
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 I 
 
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 3 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 193 
 
 No Report. 
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 2 
 
 
 27 
 
 6 
 
 I 
 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 188 
 
 7 
 
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 2 
 
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 2 
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 10 
 
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 1879 
 
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 I 
 
 
 2 
 
 
 28 
 
276 
 
 Seneca Baptist Association. 
 
 ROMULUS. 
 
 
 
 
 
 TRUMAN8BURG. 
 
 Y 
 
 PASTOR 
 
 B 
 
 L 
 
 R 
 
 D 
 
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 7 
 
 
 
 81 
 
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 3 
 
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 27 
 
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 9 
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 78 
 
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 23 
 
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 7 
 
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 1844 
 
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 6 
 
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 7 
 
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 107 
 
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 2 
 
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 8 
 
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 1853! do 
 
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 4 
 
 162 
 
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 143 
 
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 1858;? Irving, 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 
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 do 
 
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 1862! do 
 
 31 
 
 2 
 
 
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 1 
 
 4 
 
 199 
 
 do 
 
 
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 1863! do 
 
 
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 187 
 
 do 
 
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 1864 do 
 
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 4 
 
 
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 7 
 
 
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 427 
 
 1865! do 
 
 
 
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 4 
 
 4 
 
 176 
 
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 6 
 
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 18661 do 
 1867 D D Owen, 
 
 47 
 
 I 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 7 
 12 
 
 5 
 
 4 
 
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 212 
 
 182 
 
 D Corey, 
 do 
 
 II 
 104 
 
 8 
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 8 
 
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 453 
 
 1868 do 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 11 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 171 
 
 do 
 
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 6 
 
 
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 3 
 
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 1869 do 
 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 2 
 
 165 
 
 G A Starkweather, 
 
 
 4 
 
 I 
 
 17 
 
 A |it20 
 
 1870 do 
 
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 10 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 5 
 
 25 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 136 
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 do 
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 16 
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Index. 
 
 [The index does not include names of cliurch officers, of soldiers,nor all names m "churches 
 dismissed."] 
 
 Abbott, Aaron37,40, 95, 106, 119, 
 
 130, 131, 167, 174, 190-2, 217, 
 
 228-30, 268-9. 
 Abbott, A. D. 79, 80, 123-4, i57. 
 
 232-5. 
 Abbott, G. S. 248; 
 Abbott, Jas. R. 230. 
 Abstract of Minutes, 31. ^ 
 Adams, S. H. 150. 232. 
 Adsit, S. 64, 75. 
 Agard, Z. 21. 
 
 Albert, L. B. 80, 179-80, 233-5. 
 Allen, Fayette 39, 40, 137-8-9. 
 Almy, Ira 134-g. 
 Almy, Samuel 93. 
 Anderson, Pres. M. B. 231, 255. 
 Anti-Masonic Crusade, 25. 
 AntnMission Spirit, 43, 96, 114. 
 Arbon, Wm. 230. 
 Arkills, ,M. 71, 124, 233. 
 Association, The 18 
 Atkins, J. 261. 
 Atwater, D. 148. 
 Ayers, Lieut O. C. 267. 
 Ayers, D. H. 268. 
 Backus, J. S., D. D. 75, 157, 241. 
 Bacon, C. L. 57, 5S, 60, 62, 65, 68; 
 
 6g, 70, 98, 156, 193, 194, 220-21,' 
 
 233, 244, 253, 265. 
 Bacon, J. S. 41. 
 Bailey, A. 161. 
 Bailey, Pres. Silas 248, 256. 
 Bainbridge', Cyrus 46. 
 Bainbridge, Mrs. C. 234. 
 Bainbridge, M.8g. 
 Bainbridge, P. 21, 181. - 
 
 Bainbridge, W. F. 185. . 
 Bainbridge, S. M. 71, 183, 234, 
 
 238, 250. 
 Baker, Nathan 201. 
 Baker, N. 20. 
 
 Balcom, B. F'. 66-8, 99, 156, 233. 
 Balcom, Geo. 64-6-7-8, 74-5, 136, 
 
 204-5, 233- 
 Baldwin, H, J. 267. 
 Baldridge, a. 78. 
 Baptist. Pioneers, 231. 
 " Baptist Visitor, The " 241. 
 
 Barber, Prof. David G. 244. 
 Barbour, T. S. 247. 
 Barnard, Eld: 35. 
 Barrelle, a. C. 244, 247. 
 Barrett, J. C. 182. 
 Barto, C. E. 69, 234. 
 Barto, R. 44. 
 Bassett, Pierpont 269. 
 Basslar, B. 134. 
 Bateman, C. 97, 106. 
 Beach, Hon. Allen C. 234. 
 Beach, A. R. 161,234. 
 Beaman, S. a. 124. 
 Becker, C. E. 69, 156-7, 234. 
 Becker, Dea. Leroy 78, 116. 
 Beckley, J. T. 136. 
 Beebe, F. M. 202, 234. 
 Bellamy, D. 47-8, 147, 235. 
 Bemus, V. 235. 
 Benevolence, 29, 58, 77. 
 Bennett, A. 20-g, 34-7-8, 48, 52- 
 
 4-7, 131, 182, 226, 248. 
 Bennett, Phineas 113. 
 
 BeNNETTSBURG, III. 
 
 Bennett and Bright, 43. 
 
 Berean Church, 263. 
 
 Bennett, W. D. 268. 
 
 Bevan, I. 245. 
 
 Bible Society, 50. 
 
 Big Flats, 263. 
 
 Big Flatt and Catlin, 265. 
 
 Bishop, J. P. 233. 
 
 Blakely, E. 201. 
 
 Blood. Eld. 32. 
 
 Bloomer, Abram 46, 176. 
 
 Bloomer, E. K. 78. 
 
 Bloomer, J. 124, i6i. 
 
 Bloomer, Hiram 267. 
 
 BoariJman, B. G. 265. • 
 
 Books recommended, 51. 
 
 Boorom, Jacob 139. 
 
 BooROM, John 41, 76, 95-7, 127, 
 
 133-6-7. 
 BooROM, W. W. 269. 
 Booth, Wm. 251. 
 Boughton, S. 134. 
 Braisted, L. 235. 
 Briggs, J. 155. 
 
28o 
 
 Index. 
 
 Briggs, J. p. 255. 
 
 Brigham, G. H. 77, 269. 
 
 Bronson, M. 146, 192. 
 
 Bronson, a. 261. 
 
 Brooks, Dea. J. S. 80, 138. 
 
 Brooks, C. W. 76, 77, 205, 235, 269. 
 
 Brooks, Mrs. C. W. 78, 81. 
 
 Brooks, W. R., D. D. 223. 
 
 Brown, A. J. 176-7, 235. 
 
 Brown, Geo. 79, 119, 204, 235, 268. 
 
 Brown, T. E., D. D. 25, 223, 244. 
 
 258. 
 Brown, Thomas, 166, 200. 
 Brown, W. W. 131, 182. 
 Brundage, N. C. 157, 159, 235. 
 BucKLAND, R. J. W., D. D. 244. 
 
 BURDICK, J. R. 40, 146, 236. 
 BURGHARDT, C. W. 76, 7g, 156, I94, 
 268 
 
 BuRR, Timothy 46, 50. 192. 
 Burroughs, L., D. D. 223. 
 Butler, Joel ig. 
 Camp, Hermon 217, 256. 
 Capron, B. W. 59, 133, 265. 
 Card, H. S. 74, 77, 169, 205, 236, 
 Carle, Thomas 108. 
 Carpenter, C. G. 43, 44, 45, 47, 
 
 48. 146, 183, 204, 236, 244, 255. 
 Carpenter, C. H., M. D. 236. 
 Carr, Stukley 264. 
 Carpenter, S. H., LL. D. 236. 
 Caroline church, 21, 119. 
 Carey, Wm. 253. 
 Catlin and Dix, 263. 
 Caton church, 265. 
 Caton, John 37, 92, 112, 129, 166- 
 
 7, 178^ 182, 227, 245. 
 Cauldwell, a. 161. 
 Cayuga Association, 22. 
 Cayuga Chief, 10. 
 Chase, A. B. 65, 71, 77, 119, 157, 
 
 236, 265. 
 Chemung Association, 21. 
 Child, I. 73, 194, 236. 
 Christian Union, 34. 
 Circular letters, 29, 32, 42, 40, 
 
 43, 45. 
 Clapp, G. H. 261. 
 Clark, A. D. 115, 118, 236, 268. 
 Clark, Edward 243. 
 Clark. Ichabod, 37. 
 Clark, J. W. B., D. D. 244. 
 Clark, T. R. 115. 
 Clay, B. S. 97, 106, 132, 237. 
 Cleghorn, a., D. D. 41, 237, 243. 
 CoAN, C. C, M. D. 214, 246. 
 CoBURN, C. 32, 33, 34, 93, 122, 124, 
 
 129, 142, 161, 237, 
 
 CoBURN, M. T. 237, 269. 
 
 Cole, Daniel 107-8, 127. 
 
 Cole, J. D., D. D. 46, 49, 147. 162, 
 
 197, 237, 268. 
 Cole, M. V. 98, 109, 100. 
 Cole, Nathan 46, 94, 107-8, 127, 
 
 230. 
 Cole, W, H. 266. 
 Colegrove, M. 46, 47. 
 Colegrdve, p. 253, 265. 
 Committee on History, 79. 
 Communion at Association, 54. 
 
 COMSTOCK, Ei.KANAH 32. 
 COMSTOCK, GrOVER S. I9I, 210. 
 
 Comstock, O. C. 23, 25, 27, 31, 32, 
 
 \4, 35, 37, 44, 93, 95. 107, 113, 
 129, 142, 143, 166. 189, 190, 193, 
 194, 207, 217, 258, 264. 
 
 CoMSTocK, O. C. Jr., 213, 268. 
 
 Conclusion, 268. 
 
 Cone, Spencer H., D. D. 252-6. 
 
 Congregational Singing, 66. 
 
 Conley, D. 76, 238. 
 
 Constituent CHURCHES, 31. 
 
 Cooper, J. 182. 
 
 Corey, D. 65, 66, 69, 73, 75,^134, 
 156, 179, 170, 194. 238,-40, 248. 
 
 CoRMAC, W. 57, 148, 169, 192, 238, 
 263-4. 
 
 CoRMAC, James 239, 268. 
 
 Covenant, Bennettsburg, 112. 
 
 Covert, Burgun 132. 
 
 Covert church, 22. 
 
 Covert confession 86. 
 
 Covert, C. V. 41, 46, 133, 269. 
 
 Covert History, 87. 
 
 Covert, Mahlon, 40. 
 
 Covert meeting-house, 103. 
 
 Covert Preface, 83. 
 
 Covert Semi-centennial, 98.. 
 
 Covert the Mother of Church- 
 es, 100. 
 
 Crocker, G. D, 263. 
 
 Crum, T. 163, 239. 
 
 Culver, Lewis H. 152. 
 
 Daggett, Anna 195. 
 
 Danby, 263. 
 
 Dassance, S. 162. 
 
 Davis, Elder 182. 
 
 DeLand, C. 46, 49, 97, 168, 257. 
 
 Delano, W. H. 193. 
 
 Delmar, 21, 263. 
 
 Dennison, H. H. 98. 
 
 Derthick, J. 93, 105, 127. 
 
 DeWitt, H. G.,D.D.66-7, 73, 133, 
 156, 178, 194, 219, 243. 
 
Index. 
 
 281 
 
 DeWitt, M. H. 219. 
 DeWitt, Simeon 144. 
 Discipline, 23, 45, 74, 89, 91. 
 DiTMARS, W. 47. 
 Doctrinal disputes, 145. 
 Dodge, H. B. 132. 
 Dominie's kide, 228. 
 DowLiNG, John, D. D. 239, 257. 
 DowLiNG, T. 41, 132, 191, 239. 
 Dow, Lorenzo 15. 
 Dryden, 22, 264. 
 Dunbar, W. 115, 240. 
 Dunlap, a. 12, 
 DuNLAP, Joseph 176. 
 Dunn, L. A,, D. D., 223. 
 Dusenberry, F. 70, 123, 124, 154, 
 
 162, 178, 240. 
 Eaglestone, a. 21, III, 112. 
 Earle, a. B. 50, 73, 135. 
 Earle, Caleb 151., 
 Earle, Mrs. 65, 
 East Romulus, 265. 
 Eastman, Hezekiah 20. 
 Easterbrooks, I, 58, 169. 
 Eaton, G. W, LL. D. 221. 
 Edwards, Hervey 254. 
 Edwards, T. F. 265. 
 Education, 26, 33. 
 Elgin. G. H. 269. 
 Elliott, Jesse 244. 
 Ellis, A. J. 133. 
 Ellis, S. A. 75. 
 Ellison, M..P. 151. 
 Elmira, 264. 
 
 Elmira and Fairi'ort, 265. 
 Ely, R. M. 251. 
 Emory, J. (J. 235. 
 Enfield, 22, 122. 
 EsTEY, Jos, 223. 
 EvARTS, M. M. 75, 176, 240. 
 Everett, Wm. 124, 162, 264. 
 Ewer, S. 201. 
 
 Expurgated Articles, 183. 
 Family Culture, 61. 
 Fargo, I. 58, 184, 240, 247. 
 Farmerville church, 102. 
 Farmer Village, 127. 
 Faussett, G. 44. 
 
 First church in Seneca Co., 102. 
 First Elmira, 265. 
 FisK, J. 131. 167, 173, 182.240, 264. 
 FisKE, Prof. Willakd, 81. 
 Fish, H. C, D. D. 223. 
 Fenn, Lucius. 97. 
 Fenner, F. D. 73, 74, 75, 79, 176, 
 
 240, 268. 
 Fenner, Mrs. M. A. G. 78, 80. 
 
 Ferris, J. 20. 
 
 Folwell and Bainbridge, 185. 
 
 FoLWELL, J. N. 74, 75, 149, 240, 
 
 250-1. 
 Folwell, N. W. 60. 69, 76, 78, 
 
 168, 185, 214, 269. 
 Folwell, W. W. 185. 
 Ford, H. E. 157, 205, 240. 
 Ford, S. W. 113, 119, 130, 167, 241 . 
 Freeman, Zenas 54, 230. 
 Fuller, H. B. 175 241. 
 Fuller, J. J. 124. 
 Fuller, Richard, D. D. 223. 
 fullerton, p. 86, 90, i09, 165, 
 Fulton, J. D., D. D. 222-3. 
 FuRBECK, Rev. P. 137. 
 Gallup, E. S. 195, 217, 241. 
 Galusha, Elon, 93. 
 Gardner, E. 44, 47. 
 Gardner, N. B. H. 176. 
 Garthwait, D. 263. 
 Gates, F. H. 241, 266. 
 Gates, G. 119, 120, 179, 241. 
 George, Bishop E. 237. 
 Gibbs, B. B. 148, 263. 
 Gibes, O. W. 59, 67, 115, 241. 
 Gibson, M. 135, 242. 
 Gillette, A. D. 242. 
 Gillette, C. 162. 
 Gillette, D. 242. 
 Gillette, P. D. 38,39, 40, 41, 242. 
 
 264. 
 Glanville, F. 148. 
 Glass, J, 250. 
 Goddard, Thos. 261. 
 GoFF, J. 200. 
 
 GoFF, R. 21, III, 112 263-5. 
 Goo, P. 133, 136, 179, 242. 
 GOODALE, S. 35, 
 GooDNO, W. S. 75. 
 Gordon, W. C. 46. 
 Grant, J. 169, 242. 
 Grant, J. King 251. 
 Gray, Asa 216. 
 Gray, Jno. 124, 162, 242. 
 Green, Prop. J. 81. 
 Gregg, E. C. 256. 
 Gregory, Rev. Dr. 100. 
 Grenell, Z, 52, 99, 161, 
 Griffis, p. 169. 
 Griffith, J. H., D. D. 184, 215, 
 
 242-7. 
 Grose, Henry, Hon. 242. 
 Grose, H. L. 147, 242, 263. 
 Grose, J. D., D. D. 242. 
 Gross, L. J. 75, 136, 183, 184, 186, 
 
 216, 243, 266 ,268-9. 
 
282 
 
 Index. 
 
 GuiNNip, Geo. 203. 
 Hadley, E. a. 47. 
 Hague, Wm., D. D. 237. 
 Hall, H. J. 115. 
 Halliday, J. 169, 201. 
 Halsey, Dr. Lewis 191. 
 Halsey, Lewis 76-9, 80, 100, 136- 
 
 9, 216-17, 243-4. 
 Hamilton, D. H., D. D. 192-3. 
 Hamilton Institution, 36. 
 Hammond, E. P. 235. 
 Harrington, E. 88. 
 Harris, C. A. 150, 202. 
 Harris, J. M. 59, 71, 149, 178, 244, 
 
 247. 
 Harrison, T. S. 64, 74. 
 Harvey, H., D. D. 227. 
 Hascall, David 131. 
 Hendrick, J. 77, 78, 157. 
 Henry, W. T. 264. 
 Herr, J. D., D. D. 223. 
 Hervey, H. 226. 
 Hewett, G. E. 243. 
 Hinman, L. 134, 139. 
 Hodge, E. 35, 129, 131, 167, 173-4. 
 
 182, 244. 
 Holt, J. C. 37, 38, 95, 106, 173, 
 
 182, 244. 
 Homes, M. W. 68, 73, 75, 135, 184, 
 
 244. 
 Hopkins, Anson 97. 
 Hopkins, G. 77, 99, 245. 
 Horseheads, 264. 
 HoRTON, Maj. O. H. 99, 260. 
 HoRTON, Thomas, hi. h2. 
 Hosmer, a. 20, 226. 
 HofcHKiss, V. R., D. D. 73, 230. 
 Hough, S. 201. 
 House, Elder 166. 
 House, Horace L. 150. 
 Hoyt, Wayland, D. D. 222. 
 Hunt, S. 47. 
 Hunt, Thos. 241. 
 HuTCHiNS, H. U., D. D. 223. 
 Index to Frontispiece, 7. 
 Indian Problem, The 10. 
 Irish, David 20, 88, 90, 225. 
 Irving, P. 178. 245. 
 Ithaca, 142. 
 Ivimey, Jos. 239. 
 Jackson, A: 44, 52, 147, 192, 245. 
 Jayne, David 21, 265. 
 Jerome, T. C. 232. 
 Johnston, Lewis 108. 
 
 JUDSON, ADONIRAM 57. 
 
 JuDsoN, Edward 238. 
 Kallock, I. S. 252. 
 
 Kelly, Chas. 134. 
 
 Kelly, J. 41. 
 
 Kelsey, Philander 32-5, 127, 
 
 261. 
 Kendall, E. 91-2. 
 Kendrick, D. D. 35. 
 Kendrick, Nathaniel, D.D.41-7, 
 
 190,227, 248, 250, 256. 
 Kennard, J. 240. 
 Ketchum, J. 37, 175, 245. 
 Kimball, E. 47, 155, 162. 
 King, Barzilla 91, 155, 166, 267. 
 Kinne, Mrs. Hester 179. 
 Kreyer, C. T. 74, 201, 245. 
 Knapp, Jacob 146, 244., 
 Kneeland, a. C. 244. 
 Knight, James C. 134. 
 King, John 88-9. 
 King, T. H. 75, 99, 108, 247. 
 King, Sylvester 97. 
 LaFayette, 227. 
 Lafever, L. 165. 
 Lake Ridge, 264. 
 Lawton, a. 124, 245. 
 Lawton, J. 20, 245. 
 Laseur, J. 21, go. 
 Leach, J. 47, 74, 123, 124. 
 League of the Iroquois, 9, 10. 
 Learned, W. C. 78. 
 Leonard, Lewis 47-8-9, 50, 227, 
 
 247. 
 Leonard, T. S. 154. 
 Lewis, Dr. J. D. 195, 267. 
 Lewis, J. 93, 107, 122, 124, 127, 
 
 128, 166-7, 246. 
 Lewis J.J. 150. 
 Lewis, R. G. 114 246, 255,264. 
 Licensing Candidates, 41. 
 Litchfield, D. W. 98, 106, 192, 
 
 201 246. 
 Living by the Gospel, 90. 
 Locke, W. E. 46, 47, 48, 49, 191, 
 
 246 
 LocKwooD, J. E. 202. 
 LocKwooD, D. T. 156, 246. 
 Log Cabin, The 12. 
 Longstreet, Wm. 139. 
 LovELL, J. Milton 195, 269. 
 Lowe, L. 205. 
 LowRY, R., D. D. 222-3. 
 Lyon, F. S. 76. 
 Mallory, a. C. 39, 40, 44, 73-9, 
 
 81, 99, 100, HO, 156-7-8, 175, 
 
 230-31, 246, 268-9. 
 Mallory, Mrs. A. C. 79, 80, 81, 
 
 269. 
 Mallory, J. C. 235. 
 
Index. 
 
 283 
 
 Mann, A. M.. D D. 136. 
 
 Manning, Edwd. 244. 
 
 Marsh, S. V. 66, 70, 73, 75, 99, 
 
 169, 184, 202, 247. 
 Marsh, Thos. Jr.. 69. 
 Marshall, B. D. 247. 
 Marshall, D. C. 74-5, 124, 156, 
 
 162. 
 Marshall, E. 62, 68, 71, 99, 102, 
 
 107, 134, 178, 201, 247. 
 Martin, E. M. 34, 182, 200. 
 Mason, J. O. 223. 
 McCall, Jas. 102. 
 McCarthy. W. 133. 205, 247. 
 McCarthy, W. C. 247. 
 McCoy, Isaac Mis'y. 253. 
 McLaffehty, B. S. 184, 247. 
 McLallen, James 39, 41, 46, 52, 
 
 60, 75, 81, 193, 216. 
 McLallen, John, 55, 192, 216, 
 
 229. 
 McLallen, John E, 76, 179, 248. 
 McNair, G. T. 184, 248. 
 Mecklenburg, 155. . 
 Melleney, C. p. 163-4, 248. 
 Merrill, A. P. 119. 
 Mettler, a. W. 99, 176, 248. 
 Miller, Andrew 44,113, 115, ii6, 
 
 169, 171, 269. 
 Miller, Mrs. Mary 78, 80, 81,269. 
 Miller, Wm. ( Adventist) 239. 
 Miller, U. B. 38, 41, 132, 167, 174, 
 
 183. 248. 264. - 
 Millis, E. L. 235. 
 Mintonye, a. 162, 249. 
 Missions, 36. 
 Montague, O. 98, 133, 175 249. 
 
 252. 
 Moore, David, D. D. 215. 
 Moore, J. G. 219. 
 Morgan, Lewis H. LL. D. 9, 269. 
 Mormon Bible, 17. 
 Morrison, J. H. 55. 115, 249. 
 Morse, Asahel. 261. 
 Morton, Zalmon 20. 
 Mothers' Journal, 43. 
 Muller, Geo. 235. 
 Nelson, C. 124, 142, 249. 
 Nevius, John L., D. D. Mission- 
 ary, 247. 
 Newfield, 161. 
 North Hector. 165. 
 Northrup, G. W. 240. 
 NoRTHRUP, John 152. 
 Notable events, 15. 
 Olcott, J. B. 57, 204. 
 Old and New School, 119. 
 
 Olmstead, J. 20, 244. 
 
 Olmstead, Mrs. F. 20. 
 
 Olney, S. W. 73. 
 
 Omans, W. p. 249. 
 
 Organization, 31. 
 
 Orthography, 87. 
 
 Otis, N. 183. 250. 
 
 Otsego Association, 19, 
 
 Oviatt, B. 119, 161. 
 
 Ovid, 173, 267. 
 
 Ovid Village, 178. 
 
 Owen, D. D. 75-6, 184, 250. 
 
 Palmer, E. S. 47. 
 
 Parker, Addison 264. 
 
 Parr, S. S. 46, 97, 147, 250. 
 
 Parshall, L. B. 134, 
 
 Parmly, W. H. 223. 
 
 Parsons, C, B. 75-7, 136, 250. 
 
 Parbons, L S. 136, 250, 
 
 Payne, Elisha 20, 47. 
 
 Payne, Mrs. B. 20. 
 
 Pastoral changes, 71. 
 
 Pastors' Conference, 204. 
 
 Patriotism, 24. 
 
 Peach Orchard, 264. 
 
 Pease, Allen 40, 50, 129, 189, 269. 
 
 Peck, John 20, 29, 44-6, 52-4, 197. 
 
 226-7. 
 Peck, Nathan 41. 
 Peck, P. B. 242. 
 Perry, E. 124, 176. 
 Perry, M. H. 119, 250. 
 Pettifogging, 95. 
 Phelps, J. J. 79, 80, 176, 195-6, 
 
 217, 250, 268-9. 
 Philleo, C. 146, 
 Pioneer life, 14. 
 Pioneer. The ii. 
 PixLEY, J. B, 75-7. 
 Platt, D. 265. 
 Plumb, 47. 
 Porter, Lewis 39, 46, 524-5, 94, 
 
 107, 109, 127, 167, 230. 
 Potter, Dea. Giles, 261. 
 Potter, Munson, 153. 
 Powers, W. W. 119, 127. 
 Preface, 5. 
 Purinton, T. 253. 
 Purvis, F. 115, 157, 251. 
 Ransted, L. 47, 73, 74, 75, 175, 
 
 178, 194, 201, 230, 242, 251. 
 Rapson, J. F. 154, 251. 
 Raymond, W. G. 236. 
 Rappleye, Hudson 139. 
 Rappleye, Jeremiah 32, 34, 93, 
 
 128, 133, 138. 
 Rappleye, J. P. 70, 134-7-8-9, 269. 
 
284 
 
 Index. 
 
 Rappleye, Nicholas, 135. 
 
 Rappleye, Peter, 32, 128. 
 
 Rappleye, Wm. 39, 76, 127, 132-6. 
 
 Reading, 264. 
 
 Red Jacket, 15, 102. 
 
 Rees, Wm. 75, 99, 251. 
 
 Remington, Frank 269. 
 
 Revival at Covert, 104. 
 
 Reynolds, J. in. 252. 
 
 Roberts, P. R. i73- 
 
 Robinson, Daniel 35. 
 
 Robinson, Demas 47-8. 
 
 Robins, H. E., D. D. 76, 244. 
 
 Robinson, Pres. E. G. 232, 255. 
 
 Robinson, W. 77, 202. 
 
 Rogers, J. B. 115. 
 
 Romulus, 21, 22, 181. 
 
 Rood, Judge S. L. 252. 
 
 RooNEY, J. C. 235. 
 
 Root, D. W. 162. 
 
 Root, P. D. 156, 252. 
 
 Roots, P. P. 20, 95, 130, 227, 264. 
 
 Rowley. Moses 200. 
 
 ROYCE, E. 74, 204-5, 252, 268. 
 
 Sabin, p. 119. 
 
 Sackett, Philo W. 1x6. 
 
 Sackett S, 44. 
 
 Sackett, J. C. 269. 
 
 Sackett, Dea. S. W. 76, 116, 206. 
 
 Sacrifice money, 132. 
 
 Sage, Dea. W. N. 268. 
 
 Sanford E. 21. 
 
 S.\rles, J. W. 259. 
 
 Sawyer, J 119. 
 
 Sawin, B. 247. 
 
 Sayler, S. a. 69, 156. 
 
 Scipio Conference 21. 
 
 Scott, Daniel 176. 
 
 Scott, Kezia 57, 173-4. 
 
 Scott, Winfield 68, 69, 133, 252, 
 
 266. • 
 Sears, J. 37-9, 97, 131, 144, 155, 
 
 T62, 253. 
 Seeley, J. T. 60, 244. 
 Semi-centennial of Ass'n, 76. 
 Seneca Association, 23. 
 Seneca, The 9. 
 Seward, William H. 242. 
 Seymour, O. H. 100. 
 Shadrach, Wm. 64. 
 Sharpe W. 75-7, 115, 156, 163, 253. 
 Shaw, A. H. 244. 
 Shaw, J. R. 76, 157, 253. 
 Sheardown. T. S. 39, 43, 44, 46, 
 
 47. 5i> 52, 54, 55, 56, 58, 60. 95- 
 
 8, 103, 115, 175, 191-2 203-4-5, 
 
 227, 230, 251, 258, 265. 
 
 Shedd, p. 44, 5i> 97, 155, 191-2, 
 
 253, 265. 
 Sheldon, C. P. 79, 223, 242, 269. 
 Shrimpton, C. J. 75-7, 99, 136, 150, 
 
 253. 
 Simmons, J. B. 243. 
 SiMONSON, G. 249. 
 Six Nations, 12. 
 Smitzer, John 38, _57 254. 
 Smalley, Seth. J55, 253. 
 Smiley, T. 21. 
 Smith, Dea. Joseph 78. 
 Smith, H. A. 62, 75, 79. 
 Smith, Howell 51, 254. 
 Smith. J. A., D. D. 043. 
 Smith, J.B. 68,69, 73-4-5-7,134-5, 
 
 156, 184, 240-3. 254. 
 Smith, Joseph 16. 
 Smith, Lewis 248. 
 Smith, T. F. 78, 115, 254. 
 Sniffen, Joseph 139. 
 Soldiers, 266. 
 
 Spaulding, Phineas 142, 254. 
 Spaulding, W. 80, 119, 120, 142, 
 
 233- 254- 
 Sperry, O. 184. 
 Spink, Col. G. T. 192-4. 
 Spinner, J. D. 242. 
 Stalwart Council,- 92. 
 Stark, J. F. 123-4, 254. 
 Starkweather, G. A. 75-6-7, 99, 
 
 157, 195, 204, 255, 238, 253. 
 Starr, Micajah 21, 88-9-90, 165. 
 
 264. 
 State Convention, 36,- 197, 19S. 
 Statistical Sketches 232. 
 Statistical Tables, 270. 
 Steegar, W. H. 202. 
 Stifler, J. M., D. D. 234. 
 Stimson, H. K. 65, 258 
 Stillwell, Miss Ella 99. 
 Stone, O. B. 74. 
 Sturdevant, J. I, 127, 155, 166, 
 
 255- 
 Sunday Schools 47. 
 Sunderlin, A. W. 245. 
 Sutherland, F. P. 202, 
 Sutherland, S. 255. 
 SwicK, B. R. 46, 75, 97, 155, 192, 
 
 255, 231, 242, 245, 255. 
 Sweet, Joel, 37. 
 Swick, Minor 134. 
 Switzerland of America, The 12'. 
 Tabernacle church Ithaca. 154. 
 Tallmadge, a. 246. 
 Tallmadge, Henry 123, 157. 
 Taylor, D. 57, 98, 175, 193, 255. 
 
Index. 
 
 285 
 
 Taylor, E. G. 240. 
 
 Temperance 24, 42, 58, 80. 
 
 Terry, Capt. J. H. 267. 
 
 Theal, T. 119. 
 
 Third Hector, 265. 
 
 Thomas, J. 43, 146. 
 
 Thomas, Miner 87-8, 90-1-3, 103, 
 
 113, 128, 165-6, 256. 
 Tioga, 265. 
 Titus, H, F. 79, 142, 150-3, 256, 
 
 238. 
 Tornado, 170. 
 Tower, W. N. 170, 172, 248, 257. 
 
 268-9. 
 Tower, R. 257. 
 TowNSEND, B. C. 64, 155, 168, 257, 
 
 264. 
 Treman, Abner 216. 
 Treman, Mrs. Mary 65, 157, 269. 
 Trumansburg, 189. 
 Tucker, S. S. 124. 
 TuNisoN, Judith 94, 137. 
 TuTTLE, Thos. 88, 165. 
 Tyler, Joel 88. 
 Ulysses church, 22. 
 University of Rochester, 57. 
 Upfold, J. 20. 
 VanDoren, T. T. 179. 
 Valley church Virgil, 265. 
 Vaughn, Wm. 46, 115. 
 Virgil, 265. 
 Vogell, 39, 44. 
 VoTEY, C. A. 62-5-8, 134, 162, 175, 
 
 178, 194, 257, 268. 
 Wade, A. 162. 
 Wade, L. 169. 
 Wadhams, a. 97, 106. 
 Wait, D. C. 146. 
 Wall, Van Rensselaer 34-7, 182. 
 Walsh, A. S., D. D. 223. 
 Wardner. C. 54-5-8, 77, 98, 106, 
 
 170, 204, 257. 
 Warner, Wm. 225. 
 Warren, B. 115, i75> 169, 257. 
 War record, 69. 
 Warren, O, 26, 94, 105, 129. 
 Watkins, 203, 267, 
 Waterloo, 200. 
 Waverly, 265. 
 Wayland, Francis 237. 
 Weaver,E. 64-5, 133, 178, 220,257. 
 Webber J. S. 258 
 
 Weeks, G. E. 204-5, 258, 268-9. 
 Wellsburg church, 21. 
 Welsh, Bartholomew, D. D. 252. 
 West, H. 55-6, 64-9, 155, 178, 193, 
 
 204-5, 258. 
 Westervelt, J. C. 269. 
 Westgate, H. S. 136. 
 Wheeler, D. C. 137. 
 White, Pres. A. D. 81. 
 Whiting, N. N. 38-9, 132, 146,259. 
 Wiggins, J. W. 60. 133, 249, 252, 
 
 259- 
 
 WiLDMAN, N. 261. 
 WlLKIE, F. B. 243. 
 WiLKINS, A. 205, 259. 
 
 WiLKiNS, F. L. 259. 
 
 WiLKINS, W. 155. 
 
 WiLLERS, Calvin 18. 
 Willers, Diedrich Jr. 18. 
 Willers, Diedrich Sr. 18, 268. 
 Williams, J. M. W., D. D. 221. 
 Williams, William R., D. D. 223. 
 Wilson, F., D. D. 221. 
 Wilson, W. D., L. H. D. 81. 
 Winchell, J. M. 243. 
 Winchell's Watts, 39. 
 Wise, S. 155. 
 
 WiLSEY, J. 46. 
 
 WiSNER, J. 21. 88, 90, 103, 165, 182. 
 
 WiSNER, W. G. 97, 175, 178. 
 
 WiSNER, W. H. 46. 
 
 WiSNER, Wm. D. D. 143. 
 Witheral Richd. 239. 
 Woman's Mis'y Soc'y, 77-8, 8o-r. 
 WooDWORTH, A. B. 73, 119, 162. 
 
 260. 
 WooDWORTH, Nestor 99. 
 
 WOODWORTH, JONA. 26o. 
 
 WooDWORTH, J. p. 94, 123-4-7, 
 
 167,192-3, 260. 
 Wood, E. J. 115. 
 WooLSEY, 39.47. 95-6-7. 106, 132- 
 
 3, 174, 192, 260. 
 Worden, O. N. 231, 268. 
 Work at Watkins, 204. 
 Wright, D. 51, 184, 260. 
 Wright, N. 75. 
 Wright, W. R. 261. 
 Wright, T. G. 79,205, 241, 261. 
 Young, Brigham 17. 
 Young. John 17. 
 
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