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DecennialHand- BooR
OF

THE

UNION CONGREGITTI0NAL
CHURCH OF CHRIST,•~•

Roclwille, Connecticut.

,

FOR THE YEARS J888-l899

Journal

3

Pre.ts.

PART ONE.

THE RECORD OF TEN YEARS.
CONGREGATIONAL
T HEOFUNION
CHRIST of Rockville, Conn.,

CHURCH
was organized August 7, 1888, when 411 members of the
First and Second churches presented letters to
the new organization
in which they had voted
to unite. Tracing their history back, we find that
the Second Church was formed February 22, 1849,
with 48 members, 29 from the First Church and 19
from other churches.
The First Church was organized October 26, 18.37, with 40 members, 35 of them
from the church at Vernon Centre.
This church
was an off-shoot, organized in 1760, of the church in
Bolton, of which Vernon was then a part; the Bolton
church from which all this family of churches sprang,
was formed in 172 5.
. On April 3, 1888, the building of the Second
Church was destroyed by fire. About the same
time the town of Vernon wished to acquire the site
of the First Church building for a Memorial Town
Hall. As there were eight churches in the village
(Rockville became a city a year later, in April, 1889),
the way seemed to be providentially opened for the
union of the Congregationalists
into one body, and
after mature and prayerful consideration
of the
matter, and a thorough canvass of the twochurches
and congregations, union was decided on.
The Uni<?n Ecclesiastical Society was formed on

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June 15, 1888, and into its hands the property of the
societies connected
with the First and Second
churches was duly conveyed.
The Union Church
was organized by 189 members of the First and 222
of the Second Church; and on the same day a
council of churches welcomed the new church into
the Congregational fellowship.
The building of the First Church was moved to
the south side of Main street,-the
lot having been
sold to the town,-and
used for services of worship
until the new building was ready to be occupied.
Rev. Charles H. Ricketts, the last pastor of the
First Church, acted as pastor of the Union Church
until May, 1889. On December 12 of that year,
Rev. James Dingwell was installed by council as
first pastor of the new church.
After considering other locations, the Ecclesiastical Society voted on July 24, 1888, to build a new
church building on the site of the former Second
Church.
Plans submitted by Mr. Warren H. Hayes
of Minneapolis were accepted, and on the anniversary of the burning of the Second Church the
contract for the erection of the present beautiful
stone edifice was signed.
September
5, 1890, the
Building Committee,
consisting of J. G. Bailey,
George Sykes, Crosley Fitton, George M. Paulk and
Dr. E. K. Leonard, presented the finished building
to the Society, reporting its total cost to date as
$74,586.90.
The church was first opened to the
public for an organ recital by Mr. W. C. Hammond
on the evening of September
17. The services of
dedication were held the next day. The sermon
was by Rev. E. A. Reed, D. D., of Holyoke, Mass.

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The work of the Union Church was well organized from the first. The officers of the Sundayschools connected with the former churches served
until the New Year, when the new Sunday-school
was organized.
The Endeavor Society was organized September 4, 1888. Other organizations soon
followed,-the
Ladies' Aid Society, the Woman's
Missionary Society, the circles of King's Daughters,
the Children's Missionary Society.
A most important step was taken when the Board of Deaconesses
and Visitors was organized.
Only by their aid has
it been possible for one pastor to do the work of a
parish that for forty years had been accustomed to
the services of two.
Our organizations
are the
tools with which the church works; sometimes they
have to be repaired a little, but we waste no time
trying to patch up a worn out machine; when one
organization is no longer effective in its work, we
cast it off and form another.
For ten years now the Union Church has been doing
its work in a quiet, systematic way. It has made a
record of patient service and effective work that
can be told only in small part by the reports here
printed.
Its first four years were prosperous ones
for the city, but with the panic of 1893 began the business depression which has continued with but little
intermission until the present time, seriously affecting both city and church.
Our losses by death and
removal have been not only numerous, but of the
kind that can never be made good. Few have come
to take the places of those who have gone from us;
but new workers have developed rapidly on the field
under the demands made upon them, and the work

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has been maintained and even done with increasing
efficiency.
Some of the names of those whose loss was a
serious blow to the church should be recorded here.
To the larger fellowship above, the Master called,
on April 2, 1891, Deacon George Maxwell, who had
been the most prominent
citizen of the town for
many years, and for thirty-five years was deacon in
the Second and Union churches; on March 1, 1893,
John N. Stickney, for forty-four years deacon in the
First and Union churches . Others who have passed
into the better life are E. C. Chapman, S. G. Risley,
Elijah Holt, G. N . Brigham, Dr. F. L. Dickinson and
A. D . Harwood.
Of the many removals, mention
can be made here of only Judge Dwight Loomis
and Deacons A. E . Richardson and G. M. Pease .
An event of great importance was the reception
in February, 1892, of the legacy of $5,000 left by
Mr. Maxwell for the maintenance
of a free readingroom in connection with the church . The Ecclesiastical
Society appointed
five trustees
to have
charge of the fund, and set apart rooms for this
purpose.
The rooms were furnished by the Maxwell
family, and opened to the public in the spring of
1892.
From that time they have been increasingly
useful, the average daily attendance
steadily rising
to above So per day.
In 1898 the heirs of Mr.
Maxwell raised the amount of the endo.yment to
$10,000 .

By the will of Deacon Stickney, $1,000 came into
the hands of the treasurer of the church as a permanent fund for the charitable work of the church.
It
is kept on deposit in the Savings Bank of Rockville,

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and the interest is used by the deaconesses in
their ministry to the poor.
Smaller legacies, but
significant ones, were the $100 left by Mrs. Henrietta Bodfish in 1891, and the $100 by Mrs. Harriet
J. Thompson in 1893, for a permanent fund for the
Bible School Library.
For about a year the church was without a pastor.
Mr. Dingwell was dismissed September 5, 1895, and
the present pastor was installed September 16, 1896.
Among the features of our work since that date are
the annual roll-call meetings of the church at the
close of each year, the adoption of the constitution
for the Bible School, of the custom of presenting
Bibles to the baptized children of the church on
their attainment of the age of ten, of the form for
admission of members to the church prepared by the
committee of the National Council, the plan of
holding Workers' Conferences and a special Week of
Prayer in the autumn, and special Holy Week services before Easter.
The custom of devoting the
benevolent offerings of the month of November to
Thanksgiving
charities and those of December to
the Christmas festivities of the Bible School, has
been followed with increasing satisfaction .
The Sunday Evening Service was a problem for
several years; it became an experiment when the
plan of holding a service of worship with a sermon
at 6: 30 P. M. was adopted, and now that the Men's
Union has given the service a special function and
meaning, it seems to have passed from the stage of
experiment to that of success. Another important
step in 1898 was the adoption of the plan of "Advanced Endeavor."
We had no Endeavorers who

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were willing to be graduated,
but several who had
already in fact advanced to important positions in
the work of the church.
Our plan, which, as will
be seen by the Constitution
further on, has some
marked advantages,
is working well, and promoting
the effectiveness of our society, already the largest
in the state.
The Bible School, while showing some falling off
in numbers, is in better condition than ever, for the
work of past years toward a graded school has
brought forth splendid results.
Though the growth
of the city and also that of the church has been
hindered by the five lean years just past, there is
every reason to feel encouraged at the present outlook; and it is with pleasure that we note that the
membership
of the church, after declining almost
steadily from 1891, shows a marked increase in 1898.
Figures cannot tell the story of our ten years'
work.
It is written in hearts and lives, in souls
redeemed
and spirits
exalted with assurance
of
eternal life . Yet figures
are not without their
interest, and the tables on the following pages will
suggest more than could be fully told in many
pages

TABLE !.- MEMBERSHIP.
1888

CHURCH ... . . .... ......

1889

---

--435

1890

--

]891

--

1892

---

1893

---

1894

- --

1895

--

1896

1897

--

-·-

1898

--

rrotal.

- --

447

482

530

519

516

518

506

496

494

504

719
118

Additions - Confession,

...

2

7

48

3

6

7

1

12

14

18

Additions-Letter,

439

38

44

23

4

11

12

8

9

7

6

601

4

28

16

23

18

20

17

21

31

23

14

2[5
146

Removals
Baptisms,
Families

.....

(tota l) .......
...

..........

in Parish,

...

--

3

3

9

32

9

3

22

2

9

32

22

300

250

342

351

376

376

380

380

385

383

352

-

-

--

---

--

--

--

---

BIB LE SCHOOL,Enrollment, .... . .. .. ...

425

5~5

702

730

730

772

825

694

A ve rage Attendance,

360

295

360

383

372

398

414

412

..

Y. P. S. C. E.
Active . .. . .. ...........
.
Associate, Affiliate a nd
Absent, .. . ...........
Junior, .............
Total, .......

. ...
..... ..

--

-35

so

5

16

..
40

---

72

--

--

--

---

--

76

76

90

94

76

25

34

31

42

43

. ..

.. .

. ..

. ..

. ..

66

97

110

107

132

--

--

655

--

383

---

--

660

603

370

360

---

83

71

39

·58

81

85

27

46

71

88

107

164

161

212

240

257

65

---

...

...
...
-- ...

...
...
...

In Table I, the membership of the Church at the clo.<e of the year is given at the head of the column; changes during the
year are noted below. The m e mbership of the Y. P. S. C. E. is us ually that reported at th e ir annual meeting in October.

TABLE 11.-MONEY RAISED.
--

EccP.siastical Soc. Pew rents,
Cllllrclt Collections, ......
The Maxwell Fund, ......
Other .......................
Total, .... . ...............

---

Church Treas'r, Box col., ...
Envelope collections,

Do11atio11s, ...........

......

. .....

Subscriptions,
... . ... . .....
Communion offerings, etc.,
'l'ltc Stickney Legacies, ....
Total, ......................

Bible School.

Collections, .
From Church, ..........
. ..
Other, ...... . . .... . ...
Total, ......................

Y. P. S. C. E., ....... .........

Ladies' Aid Society, .........
Woman's Missionary Soc., .
Grand Total. .............

1888

1889

--

1890

---

.....
$2,352 $2,878
.. , ..... ....
175
·······
..
15,764 36,289
18,116 39,341

,

--

---

91

1.('83
580
143
1,570
218

64~

3,594

304
2-17

.... .
···· ···

---

..... . .

······· --39

--

194

---

295
,,,
~JJ
21
S49
129
308
198

---

372
1,544
251
1,893
155

----

4,21S

1891

---

112
s1,
192

1892

--- 805 --- 844

1893

---

...

945
824
504
322
1,295
31
W7
328
12,000
3,686 14,4S1

510
1,258
193

---

4,089
357
258
23
638
15S
229
290

- --

837

1,322

-946

349
8
1,302

--

1894

--

$4,044 $4,709 $4,828 $4,860
412 ........
.......
812
S,000
303
250
30,153
1,037
68
129
5,990
34,609 10,74c
5,260

---

348

--

262

·--

--

39
649
610
171
182

----

363
198
97
658
422
341
216

---

189S

---

$4,410
1,105
250
31
5,796

---

671
1,234
317
. . ' . .. .
202
104
2,528
2,790

821
1,158
518
80
213

-------

333
192
165
690
350
179
110

5875 $22,894 $45,677 $40,010 $16,044 $21,348 $10,109

--

---

273
430
66
770
334
173
87

$9,688

1896

---

$4,291

976
250
210
5,727

---

938
681
400
17
146
42
2,223

-------

300

2S1
41
592
408
292
1n

--

1897

$4,390
612
242
1,630
6,874

---

924
840
770
444
262

1898

649
4,741
5,230 11,525
1,475 86,786
11,288 143,747

---

948
879
206
140
136
84
2,393

········
3,240
--------

258
312
6
S76

3W

180
165

Total.

--$3,934 -$40,695

----

262
311
23
S96
202
196
145

---8,655

10,136
3,941
6,728
2,151
12,230
43,851

-- 3,73S
2,796
489
7,020

--3,081
--

2,584
1,971

$9,434 $11,355 $14,820 $202,254

TABLE 111.-MONEY EXPENDED.
(Reports taken from the Congregational

BENEVOLENCES,
Foreign Missions, .... ............
Home Missions, ...............
...
Education, .... ....................
Church Building Society, ........
An1ericat1 Missionary Assoc'n, ..
Cong. S. S. and P. Society, ......
Ministers' Fund, ..... ..... . ......
Other Objects, ....................
TOTAL,

.........................

Legacies received, . .. .... ... ......
HOME EXPENSES,
.. ..............
GRAND TOTAL, . . .........
.. . .. ...

1888
$74
7
77
41
75
111
385
385

1889

--------

1890

$1,074 $1,424
937
932
267
6,457
159
101
245
259
69
124
82
64
604
757
3,419 10,136
.... .... .... ....
2,400 58,089
5,819 68,225

Year Book, and corrected.)

1891

1892

$6,860
1,002
1,047
429
5,191
250
135
5,704
20,618
15,000
33,601
54,219

$1,275
354
987
311
515
151
71
647
4,311

1893

$5,510
2,756
104
1,053
1,056
643
1,047
2,445
14,614
12,000
5,601
5,306
9,912 19,920

1894 \ 1895
$404
393
255
75
105
109
29
387
1,757
200
5,709
7,466

1896

$349 $833
233 171
84
47
17
39
19
50
30
17
43
27
117
61
805 1,332
......
4,955 4,936
5,760 6,268

1897
$914

1898
$365
442
38
85
194

36
128
189
19
255
192
1,937

48
352
1,550

6,622
8,559

10,674
12,224

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Total.
$19,082
7,431
9,399
2,397
7,864
1,438
1,876
11,377
60,864

·i31;s<i:i
198,757

NOTES ON THE TABLES.-In Tables II and III, cents are omitted and the amounts given are the nearest in dollars.
In '£able II it has been found impossible to tell exactly what amounts are counted twice. The following are known: $432
from the Y. P. S. C. E. to the church treasurer
for benevolence;
$1387 from the Woman's
Missionary
Society to the church
treasurer for be,ievolence; $4741 from the church treasurer to the treasurer of the Ecclesiastical
Society (box collections); $2795
from the church to the Bible school; $981 from the Ladies' Aid Society to the treasurer of the Ecclesiastical
Society for the
debt; a totalof,$10,336, which deducted from the sum of the last column gives $191,918 as the total amount raised up to January 1, 1899. To this should be added the receipts of the Ecclesiastical
Society for the year ending March 30, 1899, as follows:
Pew rents, $4,129; Church collections,
$823; Maxwell Fund, $733; Other, $544. Total, $6,329. Also the receipts of the Men's
Union to March, 1899, $516, makii1g the gra11d total of all receipts reported to April 1, 1899, $198,733.
It is known that this sum does not include all; the reports of some of the organizations
are not complete.
The tables are
as nearly correct as they can now be made.

PART TWO

ORG~NIZITTION AND DEPARTMENTS.
-0:~e <l:ccll'siastical Society.
CONSTITUTION.
Adopted

June 15, 1888.

..WHEREAS,
on the morning of April 3, 1888, the
Second Congregational
church edifice was totally
destroyed by fire, and
WHEREAS,
the land upon which stands the First
Congregational
church edifice and chapel, has been
sold and conveyed to the ';['own of Vernon as a site
for the proposed Memorial Hall, thus rendering both
Ecclesiastical societies practically without worship,
and
WHEREAS,
the two Congregational
churches, and
Ecclesiastical
societies connected
therewith
have
voted with a good degree of unanimity that the time
has come when these two churches and societies
should be united into one church organization of our
order, and one society, therefore

Resolved, 1st, that we "do hereby unite to form a
religious society by voluntary association for public
religious worship,"* which society shall be known as
the Union Ecclesiastical society of Rockville, Conn.,
and be governed by such rules and by-laws as the
* From

the Statutes

of the State of Connecticut.

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society may adopt which shall be in harmony with
the statutes of the State of Connecticut.
2d. The constitution and articles of faith which
may be adopted by the church to be organized, shall
agree with the constitution and articles of faith held
by the Congregational churches of Connecticut, and
no minister shall be settled as pastor over said church
and society, whose belief and practice does not
accord therewith.
3d. The pulpit, in the absence of the settled
pastor, shall be under the care of a committee of
supply to be chosen by the church, provided that in
the settlement of a pastor, the church and society
shall act together.
4th. The officers of the society shall be a clerk,
a treasurer, and a committee of not less than three
persons, to be chosen by ballot, all of whom shall
perform the duties which ordinarily devolve upon
such officers.
5th. The time to which the first board of officers
shall be elected, shall expire on the last Friday in
March, 1889.
6th. The annual meeting of the society shall be
held on the last Friday in March in each and every
year.
7th. All persons now members of the First and
Second Ecclesiastical societies may become members
of this society, by signifying in writing their desire
to become members thereof.
8th. From and after the adoption of this constitution, any person who is not a member of the First
or Second Ecclesiastical societies, desiring to become a member of this society, shall "lodge with its

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clerk" or . some other officer thereof, "a written
declaration of his desire to become a member of it,"
at least one month before being acted upon, and
"thereupon
such person shall become a member
unless a majority shall at such meeting manifest
their dissent thereto."*
9th. Any alteration or addition to these articles
shall be proposed in writing at a previous meeting
to being acted upon and may be adopted by a
majority of the members present.

OFFICERSOf THE ECCLESIASTICAL
SOCIETY.
SECRETARY,

WILLIAM MAXWELL, 1888-t
TREASURERS,

E. B. DURFEE, 1888-1890,
A. T. BISSELL, 1891-1892,

L. BISSELL, 1890-1891,
E. G. BUTLER, 1892.-

CHAIRMEN OF THE SOCIETY'S COMMITTEE,

w.

H. PRESCOTT,

F. T.
G.

N.

1888-1891.
ANDROSS,1891-1893.
MAXWELL, 1893-1894.
E. K. LEONARD, 1894-1895.
BRIGHAM, 1895-1896.
F. GILNACK, 1896-1898.
C. E. HARRIS, 1898-

*From Statutes

w. w.

of the State of Connecticut.

t The dash denotes that the person named is still in office.

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TRUSTEES OF THE GEORGE MAXWELL FUND,

F.

T.

w. H.

189218921892-1895 .

MAXWELL,

GEORGE

J. C.

PRESCOTT,

D . LOOMIS,

B.

189218921895-

SYKES,

HAMMOND,JR.

H.

BILL,

ORGANISTS,

A.

L . TOWNE,

1890-1894,
MAYE

A.

G.

. CHAPMAN,

1894-1897,

1897-

MIETZKE,

LIBRARIANS OF THE MAXWELL FREE READmG ROOMS,

REV . C . E.

BAKER,

1892-1894.
WICKS,

1894-

DICKINSON,

1896-

SARAH
JANITORS,

JOSEPH

KARL,

1890-1896

A.

T.

.

The Ecclesiastical Society owns the church building, corner of Union and Elm Streets, and the
parsonage at No. 62 Union Street.
This property is valued at $82,000 . The Society also holds,
by its trustees appointed for this duty, the George
Maxwell Fund of $10,000, the interest of which is
used to maintain the Reading Rooms.

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CONSTITUTIONAND CR[[D.

I.-NAME.

This church shall be called the UNION CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF CHRIST, in Rockville,
Conn.
The government shall exist in membership alone.
IL-OFFICERS.
1.
The officers of this church shall be a Pastor,
not less than six Deacons and a Clerk and Treasurer.
2.
These officers shall be chosen by ballot, a
majority of members present electing.
3. The pastor may be a member of this church,
and shall have control of the pulpit, administer the
ordinances, be, ex-{!/ficio, moderator of business meetings, and exercise general spiritual supervision over
the church.
4. The deacons shall be elected for three years,
the term of one third of the number expiring each
year.
They shall aid the pastor in the celebration
of the ordinances, shall have the oversight of the
poor, and shall assist the pastor generally in the
spiritual care of the congregation.
They shall together exercise all the duties also of a Prudential
and Examining Committee, and in the absence of a
pastor they shall have charge of supplying
the
pulpit.
5. One person may fill the offices of Clerk and
Treasurer, and shall be chosen annually.
It shall
be the duty of the Clerk to record the doings of all
business meetings, to keep a register of the mem-

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bers, date of their admission, dismission or death,
;;and a record of all baptisms.
He shall issue such
)letters of dismission as shall be voted by the church,
keep on file all valuable papers, and shall make a
report at each annual meeting of the business transw0rk as
acted, and of such eve:1ts and Christian
·shall indicate the progress of the church.
6. The Treasurer shall have charge of the church
funds, which shall be used for the ordinary
church
,expenses, and at the discretion of the Pastor and
;Deacons, for the relief of any needy members.
III.-MEMBERSHIP.
1.
.Admission.-(a.)
The examination
of candidates for admission to this church shall be conducted
·by the Pastor and Deacons, and be open to all mem·bers of the church.
If exhibiting satisfactory
evi ·dence of piety, and assenting to the Faith and Covenant of the church, they shall be propounded at least
-one week previous to their reception, and then, if
.approved by the church, shall be received on public
:profession of their faith in Christ and on entering
into covenant with the church.
(b.) Members of other churches applying for ad<mission by letter, may be received by vote of the
church and by entering into covenant with it, the
;letter recommending
them being read at least a
,week previous to their reception.

2.
Members of this church removing to another
j.place will be expected to take letters to the church
-where they shall reside, as .soon as convenient.

3.

Disc_ipline. .Any member

of this

church

shall

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be liable to discipline who holds unscriptural
religious vi ews or is guilty of conduct condemned by the
Scriptures , or who shall habitually negl ect the ordinan ces of the chur ch for the spac e of a year without
valid r easons.
Cases of discipline shall be conducted according to the method laid dqwn by our
L ord in Matt . 18: 15-17 .
IV.-MEETING

S

AND

CONTRIBUTIO

N S.

1.
Th e annual meeting of this church shall be
held on any day or evening in the month of December, of which notice shall be giv~n from the pulpit
on the preceding Sunday, when the annual reports
shall be rendered and the regular elections held.
2.
Special meetings may be called by the officers
of the church, orat the request of any five members,
by notice from the pulpit on the preceding Sunday.
Delegates to Councils or Conferences may be appointed at any regular meeting of the church .
3. Contributions shall be solicited in the congregation for the leading objects of Christian beneficence, according to a schedule adopted by the
church, and in such a manner as the church shall
decide.

V .-ORDINANCES

.

The Lord's Supper shall ordinarily be celebrated
on the first Sabbaths of January, March, May, July,
September and November.
It shall be preceded by
a special preparatory service. The invitation to the
Lord's table shall be such as to include all who love
our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity, and who have
made a public profession of their faith.

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VI.-A"rn

NmrnNTS

AND Bv- LAWS.

r. This Constitution,
the Confession of Faith ,
and the Covenant, may be altered at a meeting of
which du e notice shall be given on the preceding
Sabbath, with a statement
of the proposed alteration, by a majority of the resident members of the
church, or by two thirds of those present, provided
the change does not infringe upon the doctrines or
organic principl es of this church.
2.
By-laws, to carry out the provisions of thi s
Constitution, may be enacted at any business meeting of the church.

THE CREED.
ARTICLE I. We believe that there is one only
living and true God, existing from eternity; that
He is a spirit, and infinite in all possible perfections; that all things were made by Him, and that
He worketh all things after the counsel of His own
will.
ART. II. We believe that the Scriptures of the
Old and New Testaments were written by holy men,
as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, and contain
the only perfect rule of faith and practice.
ART. III.
We believe that God exists in three
persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost,
who are one in essence, and equal in every divine
perfection .
ART. IV. We believe that man was created perfect in holiness, but that he fell from his original
state of rectitude by sinning against God, and that
in consequence of his apostacy, sin and misery have
been introduced into the wo rid,' and that all men ,

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unless renewed by the Holy Ghost , are destitute of
holiness and under the curse of the divine law .
ART . V.
i,Ve beli e ve that the Lord Jesus Christ
assumed the natur e of man, a nd by His sufferings
and death on th e cross, mad e atonement
for the
sins of the world.
ART.
VI. We believe that eternal life is offered
to all through the atonement which has been made
for the sins of th e world ; but that such is the state
of the natural heart, that none will accept of the
offer by the exercise of true repentance
for sin and
faith in Christ, without the special influence of the
Holy Spirit.
ART.
VII.
We believe that all who are made
partakers of renewing and sanctifying grace, will be
kept by the power of God, through
faith unto salvation.
ART.
VIII.
We believe that we are under obligation to obey all the commands of God, and that
the faith which is justifying will produce good works.
ART.
IX. We believe the first day of the.. week
should be observed as the Holy Sabbath;
that the
worship of God in the closet, family and sanctuary,
is divinely appointed.
We believe that it is a Christian duty to contribute for the support of the Gospel
at home, and for the diffusion of its blessings
through the earth.
ART.
X. We believe that any number of Christians duly organized, constitute a church of Christ,
and that He hath appointed ordinances
for worship
and discip line; that the Sacraments
of the New
Testament ai:e Baptism and the Lord's Supper, and
are to be administered
to visible saints, and that the
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ART. XI. We believe in a state of future rewards
and punishment;
in the resurrection
of the dead;
that God hath appointed
a day in which He will
judge the world in righteousness
by Jesus Christ;
that He will sentence the wicked to everlasting
punishment
and receive the righteous
into life
eternal.
RE SULUTIONS.*
Adopted

by the church,

December

9, 1897.

WHEREAS, The New Testament
requirements
for
membership in the Church of Christ are repentance
for sin and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; and
WHEREAS, The Creed and
Covenant
of this
Church have seemed in the minds of some to impose other requirements upon the members; therefore be it
Resolved, first, That all who exhibit penitence for
sin and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ are welcome
to our fellowship;
members
of this
ReJolved, secondly, That the
church
regard
themselves
as disciples, learners,
in the
looking to the church for both instruction
truth and guidance in conduct;
Resolved, thirdly, That those who are called to
teach in the church are expected to teach the unchanging truth of the everlasting gospel of Christ,
as set forth in the Holy Scriptures
and formulated
in the Creed of this church;
Resolved, fourthly, That hereafte1 ' in the reception
of members into this church the form of admission
recommended
by the committee
of the National
Council in 1894 be used.
* The position of the church regarding the use of its creed, with the
reasons for adopting a new form for the admission of members, is ex
pressed in these resolutions.

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FORMOf ADMISSION.
Those who are to be recei ved be ing arranged
the service, the minist e r will sa y:

in conveni e nt o rder f o r,--

Dearly beloved, called of God to be his childre n ·
th rough Jesus Christ, we give hearty thanks to God ,
who, by his Spirit, has opened your eyes to see, an d
your hearts to receive Jesus as Lord, and who ha s.
inclined you to present yourselves at this time t o ,
make confession of Him.
With us and with the church throughout
th e·
W(?rld you confess the common faith, saying:
I believe in God the FATHER Almighty, maker of
heaven and earth; and in JEsus CHRIST, His only ·
Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the HoLv
GHOST, born of the Virgin Mary; suffered under
Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried; th e
third day He rose from the dead; He ascended int oheaven and sitteth at the right hand of God th e
Father Almighty;
from thence He shall come t o.
judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in theHOLY GHOST; the holy catholic Church; the com munion of saints; the forgiveness of sin; the resur rection of the body, and the life everlasting.
Amen ..
Thus confessing with us and with all saints your
Christian faith, before the Lord Jesus, and in thepresence of His people, you devote yourselves to th e
love, obedience and service of Jesus Christ; to walk.in all His ways now known, or hereafter to be madeknown to you, whatever it may cost you, according:
to your best endeavor, the Lord assisting you.
Response,

I do.

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The minister, addressing those baptized in childhood, may say:
You who are children of the covenant do accept
for yourselves the seal of baptism into the name of
the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost,
to which faith and love brought you in childhood.
Response,

I do.

Addressing
those who are to be baptized, the
minister may say:
You who now enter into the everlasting covenant
of grace do humby yield yourselves to baptism, as
the token of the new life wrought
in you by the
Holy Spirit, and as the sign of your purpose to be
forever the Lord's.
Response, I do.
Then should baptism be administered
to those
who have not been baptized.
The baptism shall be with these words:
I baptize
thee, N- ·--,
into the name of the Father and of
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Amen.
Then should those who have letters from other
churches come forward, as by previous arrangement,
or rise.
The minister may greet these, saying:
Beloved
in the Lord, we bid you welcome who come to renew the vows before made when elsewhere you declared your faith in Christ.
We greet you as kinsmen in Him, as fellow-laborers
in His service and
fellow-travelers
to His promised rest.
The minister, addressing all wifo are to enter into
fellowship with the church, will say:
Beloved in the Lord, you have all been baptized
into the name of the Father and of the Son and of
the Holy Ghost, have confessed the faith of Christ

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before witnesses and have given yourselves to God
in an everlasting covenant of grace.
You do now
cordially unite yourselves with this church of Christ :
to share with us in its worship and work; to walk
with us in love and faithfulness, so long as your
relation to us shall continue.
Response, I do.
The members of the church will rise and the minister will sayWe, then, the members of this church, receive
you into our communion and welcome you with joy
to our fellowship.
We promise to pray for you, to watch over you
and help you so long as you shall continue with us .
God grant, that loving and being loved, serving and
being served, blessing and being blessed, we may be
prepared while we dwell together on earth for the
perfect fellowship of the saints above.
Amen .
Here the minister may give to each the hand of
fellowship, with some appr,opriate passage of Scripture, in this or like manner:
In token of our welcome receive the hand of
fellowship, anci remember the word of Scripture
which saith, "Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you . "

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FORM FOR INFANTBAPTISM.
Scripture

I.

Goo's

Selectio11s.

CovENANT.

"And I will establish my covenant
between me
and thee and thy seed after thee throughout
their
generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God
unto thee and thy seed after thee. "-Gen.
17: 7.
"And these words which I command thee this
day, shall be upon thine heart; and thou shalt teach
them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of
them when thou sittest in thine house and when
thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down,
and when thou risest up."-Deut.
6: 6, 7.
'' The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting
to
everlasting -upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
to such as keep
his covenant,
and to those that remember his precepts to do them. "-Ps.
103: 17, r8.
"I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my
blessing upon thine offspring. "-Isa.
44: 3.
II.

\

CHRIST AND THE CHILDREN.

" And they brought young children to him that
he should touch them; and his disciples rebuked
those that brought them.
But when Jesus saw it,
he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer
the little children to come unto me, and forbid them
not for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say
unto you, whosoever shall not receive the kingdom
of God 3is fl· little child, he shall not enter therein.
And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon
them and blessed them. "-Mark
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"Whosoever
therefore shall humble himself as
this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom
of heaven.
And whoso shall receive one such little
18: 4, 5.
child in my name receiveth me. "-Matt.
'' For to you is the promise, and to your children,
and to all that are afar off, even as many as the
Lord our God shall call unto him. ''-Acts
2: 39.
The Parents'

Covenant,

DEARLY BELOVED:-Believing
that the promises
of God extend to the children of the faithful, and
that He has already shown His good will toward
these children by giving them not only life and innocence, but also a Christian inheritance and birthright, you bring them to receive baptism as the seal
of God's grace, marking them as His little ones.
You recognize God's claim on these children, and
here devote them to His service.
You promise to
bring them up in the nurture and admonition of thf'
Lord, and to do all that in you lies to bring them to
the knowledge and faith of their Saviour Christ.
You engage to teach them the Word of God, to pray
for and with them, and to fashion your own lives, as
far as you are able, by the rule and teaching of
Christ, that you may be wholesome examples to
your children.
Do you, seeking and trusting
the aid of the
Heavenly
Father
in your parental
duties, thus
engage and promise?
Answer:

We do.
Baptism,
Prayer,

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On January 14, 1897, the church voted to adopt
the custom of presenting a Bible to each one of the
baptized children of the church on the attainment
of the age of ten years . In accordance with this
vote, Bibles have been presented to 144 children.

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OFFICERSOf THE CHURCH.
PASTORS.
REV.

JAMES

REv

1889-1895

DINGWELL,

. CHARLES

.

1896-

E . McKINLEY,

DEAcows.
GEORGE

1888-1891.

MAXWELL,

JOHN

J. THOMPSON,

WILLIAM

N.

E.

in 1892, but did not serve.)

1892-1896.

RICHARDSON,
G.

.

1888-1889.

(Re-elected

A.

1888-1893

STICKNEY,

M.

1892-1895

PEASE,

.

Terms Expire 1899.

Senior-].

G.

BAII,-EY,

1888-;

GARDNER

NOBLE,

1892-;

I. M.

1888Junior-S. T .

L.

AGARD,

GRANT

,

1892-

Terms Expire 1900.

Senior-C.

F.

JACKSON,
1893-;
1888-1889,
1892Junior-LUTHER H. FULLER,
1892-

JOSEPH

PETHY-

BRIDGE,

Terms Expire 1901.

Senior-GIDEON
NACK,

1889-

Junior-WILLIAM
H.

1889-;

ANGELL,

HOLT,

K.

SUMNER,

FREDERICK

GIL-

1892-;

FREDERICK

WILLIAM

MAXWELL

F . GILES,

1899-

1895CLERKS.

E. R.

PILLSBURY,

1882-1898;

1888-1891;
MRS.

EMMA

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TREASURERS.

E.

R.

1888-1889;

PILLSBURY,

H.

L.

1889-

JAMES,

DEACONESSES.

First District-MRS.
MRS.

H.

P.

LAURA

H.

1890-1895;

HALL,

TOPLIFF,

1896;

E.

HYDE,

MRS.

E.

P.

FLINT,

1897-

Second District-MRS.
Third District-MRS.
1891;

MRS.

ADDISON

Fourth District-MRS.
L.

E.

J.

Fifth District-MISS

1890-

1892-

FULLER,

F.

1890;

WILSON,

MARTHA

MRS.

1890THOMPSON,

MRS.

F.

1891 -

DICKINSON,

1892;

M.

WILLIAM

K.

E.

Sixth District-MRS.
Seventh District-MRS.

A.

R.

P.

1890-

TALCOTT,

1892-

LEONARD,

1890-

HAMMOND,

G.
L. GRANT,
1890-r895;
K. TALCOTT,
1896Eighth District-MRS.
G. N. BRIGHAM, 1890Ninth District-MRS.
F. L. ORCUTT,
1890 Tenth Dz'strict- MRs. JOSEPH
ELDREDGE,
1890; MRS.
MRS.

A.

JANEE.

E.

A.

1895,

1891-

' WEYHE,

Eleventh District-MRS.
Tweifth District-MRS.
EMERY,
MRS.

TALCOTT,

L.

ALDEN

TALCOTT,

A.

FULLER,

1892;

MRs.

BISSELL,

1890-

1890-1891;
G.

P.

1896;

Woon,
MRS.

MRs.

1893 GEORGE

1897-

Each deaconess, assisted by a visiting committee,
has charge of the parochial visitation
in one of
the twelve districts into which the parish is divided.
They visit each family three or four times a year,
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a general information committee to keep the pastor
and other officers acquainted with all cases of special
need, and are entrusted with oversight of the charitable work of the church.
The Board of Deaconesses meets regularly on the first Friday of each
month at three o'clock, in the south parlor.
PASTOR'S CABINET.

Consists
of the Deacons, Deaconesses,
Clerk,
Treasurer, Superintendent
of the Bible School and
President of the Y. P. S. C. E. It meets at the call
of the Pastor.
SUPERINTENDENTS OF THE BIBLE SCHOOL.

S. T. NOBLE, 1889-1890
L. H. FULLER, 1894-1897

I. M. AGARD, 1891-1893
F. H. HOLT, 1898-

PRESIDENTS OF THE SOCIETY OF CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.

L. H. FULLER, September, 1888-April,
1891.
W. K. SUMNER, April, 1891-April,
1892.
G. M. PEASE, April, 1892-1893.
1893.
A. E. RICHARDSON,April, 1893-October,
1895.
S. T. NOBLE, October, 1893-April,
F. H. HOLT, April, 1895-October,
1896.
SADIE M. LAKE, October, 1896-April,
1897.
HuGH BALLANTYNE,April, 1897-April,
1898.
MINNIE PRELLE, April, 1898-April,
1899.
HuGH BALLANTYNE,April, 1899-

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cr:i,e ~ible Scqool.
CONSTITUTION.
ART.

!.-NAME.

This organization
shall be called the Union
gregational
Bible School of Rockville, Conn.
ART.

Con-

IL-OBJECT.

The object of this Bible School shall be to study
and teach the Holy Scriptures,
for the purpose of
leading
all who are connected
with it to an
intelligent Christian faith and life.
ART.

III.-MEMBERSHIP.

All persons who express the purpose of attending
regularly may be enrolled as members of this school.
Officers, teachers and adult members shall alone be
entitled to vote, except in the appropriation
of contributions for benevolent purposes, in which case all
contributors
may vote.
ART.

IV.-OFFICERS.

The officers shall consist of Pastor, Superintendent, Assistant
Superintendents,
Department
Superintendents,
Secretary, Treasurer,
Librarian,
and an
Executive
Committee
which shall consist of the
aforenamed
officers and three other members appointed by the church.
These officers shall hold
office for one year, and shall be nominated
by the
voting members of the school, and elected by the
church, except the Pastor, who as Pastor of the

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church shall also be pastor of the school. Other
assistants shall be provided as the needs of the
school may require, appointed as the other officers,
or by the Executive Committee.
ARTICLE

V.-COMMITTEES.

(a) There shall be a permanent Library Committee,consisting of three members, one of whom shall be
appointed each year to serve for three years. The
duties of this committee shall be to take full charge
of all matters relating to the library.
They shall
have power to purchase such books . and supplies,
subject to approval of the Executive Committee, as
shall from time to time be necessary, and shall make
such recommendations to the school as shall in their
judgment seem best calculated to advance in every
way the efficiency of the library.
(b) Other committees may be appointed as requirements may need.
ARTICLE

VL-ELECTIONS.

The officers shall be nominated
members of the school, and elected
ARTICLE

VII.-DUTIES

OF

by the voting
by the Church.
OFFICERS.

(a) The Superintendent
shall conduct the general
exercises, preside at business meetings, classify
scholars, and by all means in his power, both in
school and out, labor to promote its best interests.
(b) The Secretary shall keep a faithful .record of
membership, attendance, contributions, and business
meetings of the school, and report weekly, monthly,
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(c) The Treasurer shall receive the funds of the
school for its expenses and for charitable purposes,
and shall make a detailed report annually.
(d) The Librarian shall have the care of the
Bible School library, and shall distribute and gather
the library books.
(e) The Executive Committee shall appoint and
remove teachers, select and purchase lesson helps,
and other literature for the school, attend to its
business, disburse its charities, and in every way
possible provide for its efficiency and welfare.
ART.

VIII.-DUTIES

OF TEACHERS.

It shall be the duty of the teachers to make thorough preparation for teaching the lesson; to attend
the teachers' meetings; to be punctual and regular
at the sessions of the school; to keep order in their
classes; to strive to win the affection and hold the
attention of the scholars; to pray for, and if possible with, the scholars; to visit them at their homes,
especially when they are sick or have been absent,
and by all proper means to try and secure the object
for which this school was organized.
ART.

IX.-CLASSIFICATION.

This Bible School shall be divided so far as practicable into Primary,
Junior,
Intermediate
and
Senior departments.
There shall be organized Normal and Home Departments, when in the judgment
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ART. X':-AMENDMENTS.
This Constitution may be amended at any regular
session of the school by a vote of three fourths of
the voting members, provided that notice of the
proposed amendment has been given at the preceding session, and provided such amendment is first
approved by the church with which the school is
connected.
OFFICERS FOR 1899.•

Superintendent,
F. H. HoLT; First Assistant,
L. H. FULLER; Second Assistant,
MRS. E. G.
BUTLER; Superintendent
of Primary Department,
Miss EDNA THRALL; Superintendent
of Kindergarten, Miss Ev A NOBLE; Secretary, F. B. OGDEN;
Treasurer,
G. B. HAMMOND; Librarian,
J. E.
MAYNARD; Superintendent
of Home Department,
The Executive Committee of the School is composed of these officers and these three members
elected by the church: C. F. JACKSON,S. T. NOBLE,
WM. MAXWELL.
* For

list of Superintendents

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~qe !2oung People's Society of <£qtistian <fnbeavor.
OBJECT:-" To promote an earnest Christian life
among our members, to increase their mutual
acquaintance,
and to make them more useful in the
service of God."
The regular meetings of the Endeavor Society
are held at 7: 30 o'clock Sunday evenings, except
the consecration meeting, which is held at 5 o'clock
the first Sunday of each month.
The committee
work of_the Endeavor Society has been the greatest
resource of the church for the development of new
workers.
Many who began with doing little things
on the committees of the Endeavor Society are now
among the most prominent and useful workers in
the church.
To encourage Endeavorers to take up the higher
duties of workers in the other departments
of the
church, and to keep the society distinctively a young
people's organization, the plan of Advanced Endeavor
embodied in the Amendment
to the Constitution,
printed below, was adopted in the fall of 1898. It is
working well, and gives promise of still greater
success in the future.
ADVANCED
ENDEAVOR.

AMENDMENT-ARTICLE II.
SECTIONI.

MEMBERS.

Active members of the Society, who are also
members of the Church, and active in other departments of church work, may, on recommendation
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the Pastor and Lookout Committee, be promoted t o
the rank of Advanced Endeavorers . Only those
may be thus promoted who are willing to take up ,
with the thoroughness and heartiness of Christian
Endeavor, all church work that appeals to them for
service .
SECTION

2.

PLEDGE.

Advanced Endeavorers
shall take the following
pledge:
(The active member's pledge with "in the regular
midweek service of the church," substituted
for
"in every Christian Endeavor prayer meeting.")
SECTION

3.

OBJECT .

The object of Advanced Endeavor is to bring
workers who have been trained in the Endeavor Society into the other branches of church work, and at
the same time to furnish better training for the
younger
Endeavorers.
The goal of Advanced
Endeavor is fitness for the duties and responsibilities of all church officers, and ability to perform
the highest services for Christ and the Church.
SECTION

4.

DUTIES.

Advanced Endeavorers are excused from attending the Endeavor
prayer meetings,
except the
monthly consecration meeting, from serving on the
Endeavor committees, except as advisory members,
and from voting and holding office in the society.
They shall serve the church as loyal workers in all
its activities, as members of its committees, church
visitors, pastor's assistants, teachers and officers in
the Bible School, and shall be especially responsible
for the interest and effectiveness
of the church
prayer meeting.
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church in every way, and definitely as provided
the next section.
SECTION

5.

ADVISORY

m

COUNCIL.

At the semi-annual election, advisory members
for each of the principal committees of the Society
shall be chosen from among the Advanced Endeavorers. It shall be the duty of these advisory memhers to meet with their respective committees, and
give advice and counsel concerning the committee's
work.
Together they shall form an Advisory
Council, whose duties shall be (1) to give advice and
counsel to the officers and committees of the Society
in all matters where it is desired, meeting with the
Cabinet for this purpose when requested to do so;
( 2) to perform like service for the officers and com mittees of the Junior Society;
and (3) to have
charge of all the special interests of Advanced
Endeavor.
For this last purpose they may organize
by choosing a chairman and a secretary from their
own number.
The Cabinet of the Endeavor Society consists of
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'i[qe Junior (fnbeavor Society.
This branch of the work
and has grown steadily in
usefulness.
A number have
this society.
Its meetings
Sunday afternoon under the
Noble.

was organized in 1894,
numbers, interest and
joined the church from
are held . at 5 o'clock
leadership of Mr. S. T.

The Children's Mission Band did good work for
several years.
Of late it has seemed best to combine
this work with that of the Junior Endeavor Society.
A sewing class of little girls was started by Miss
Alice _Bullard in 1898, and is proving very successful.
All children's work, except that done by the Bible
School, is under the supervision of the church
committee on children's work, of which Mr. S. T.
Noble is chairman.

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Societies of Women.
TH[ WOMAN'SMISSIONARY
SOCIETY.

This Society was formed October 15, 1874, and is
thus fourteen years older than the church.
It orignally included ladies from the Vernon and Talcottville churches, as well as from both the First and
Second Churches of Rockville.
It haa had but one
President, Mrs. Ellen F. Hyde, whose husband was
pastor of the Second Church when the society was
formed, and but two Secretaries, Mrs. Laura H. Hall
and Mrs. A. P. Dickinson.
Its monthly meetings
have been a constant source of missionary inspiration. The present membership is 65.
Perhaps it
is the only organization in the church that spends no
money on itself.
Its contributions for missionary
objects up to the time of the formation of the Union
Church amounted to $1,689; since that time $1,971;
a total of $3,660.
THE LADIES' AID SOCIETY.

This Society was formed November 19, 1888. Its
object is to cultivate the social side of church life,
and "to aid in any good work."
Monthly suppers
are given during the winter, and the money received
from this source and occasional entertainments
has
been used for several good works, much of it having
gone to reduce the debt of the
Ecclesiastical
Society.
This Society has usually sent a missionary box each year about Thanksgiving time,-the
boxes being filled with clothing and other necessaries, mostly new, and worth from $50 to $75.

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List of Presidents-Mrs.
Crosley Fitton,
Mrs.
F. L. Orcutt, Mrs. E. A. Waterman,
Mrs. E. J.
Martin, Mrs. A. P . Hammond , Mrs. A. K. Talcott.
KING'S DAUGHTERS.

The Union Circle of King(s Daughters was formed
early in the history of the church, and has done
much in a quiet way to" develop spiritual life and to
stimulate Christian activity."
A second circle, composed of young girls, was formed in 1890, but has not
continued.

'([~e men's Union.
In February, 1898, the pastor addressed a circular
letter to the men of the congregation, asking a series
of questions concerning the relation of men to the
church.
The answers to these questions, which
came from men of all classes and ways of thinking,
formed the subject of two sermons. The matter was
then taken up by the church, a committee appointed
to consider the problem, and as a result of their
recommendation,
the Men's Union was formed.
It
has for its object the two-fold purpose of increasing
the interest in the Sunday evening services of the
church and of promoting the spirit of fellowship and
brotherhood among the men of the congregation.
Since its organization
there has been a marked
change in the : character
and effectiveness of the
Sunday evening service, and the Union has done

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some splendid things in a social way. In May a
supper was given, at which Company C, First Connecticut Volunteers, who were to leave next day for
the Spanish war, were the guests of the Union.
More than three hundred ate of this supper. Later,
the Union has given the people of the town the op·
portunity of hearing three splendid lectures and one
concert without any admission fee.
The annual
banquet of the Union was held March 21, with
seventy-five men at the tables.
The Union chose for its first president, F. T. Maxwell; for the second, D. F. Burritt; for the third,
E. L. Heath.

tr'~e maxweU jree Reabing Rooms.
At a special meeting of the Ecclesiastical Society
12,
1892,
the following resolutions
held February
were adopted :
That the Union Ecclesiastical
Society highly
appreciates and gratefully accepts the generous legacy of five thousand dollars from the late George
Maxwell, deceased, for the establishment and maintenance of a Reading Room and Library connected
with the Union Congregational
Church, and this
Society hereby authorizes the use for the purposes
of said Reading Room and Library, of the two connecting rooms in the basement of the church nearest
the square tower on Union street, together with the
vestibule connected therewith.
That five persons, viz: Dwight Loomis, Francis
T. Maxwell, George Sykes, William H. Prescott ·

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47

and J. C. Hammond,
Jr . , be and hereby are appointed
trustees
to serve without compensation,
whose duties shall be to receive, take care of, invest
and reinvest from time to time as they may deem
most secure, said fund, and to collect the interest
accruing therefrom and expend it for the purpose of
furnishing for said Reading Room and Library such
newspapers,
periodicals,
magazines
and books as
may be selected for that purpose by a Literature
Committee consisting of five persons to be appointed
by the church,
which
appointment
is hereby
expressly authorized by the Society.
That said fund shall be known and called by the
name of the '' George Maxwell Fund."
That the use of said Reading Room and Library
shall be free for all the people of Rockville of every
denomination,
under such regulations as the Literature Committee may prescribe .
Two other resolutions expressed the thanks of the
Society to the Maxwell family for furnishing the
rooms, and providing
for the furnishing
of the
vestibule .
Two weeks later the church appointed the Literature Committee.
The room were opened March 3d,
1892 .

The only change in the Board of Trustees was
the resignation
of Judge Loomis on his removal
from town, and the appointment
of Judge B. H. Bill
in his place .
The present Literature
Committee consists of the
Pastor, William Maxwell, J. Alice Maxwell, Mrs.
B. H . Bill and S . Tracy Noble.
The following is a list of the papers and periodicals kept on file :
Dailies-Hartford
Courant,
Times and
Post:

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Springfield Republican; Boston Herald, Journal and
Globe; New York Herald, Tribune, Sun and Press;
Philadelphia
Inquirer;
Providence
Journal;
New
York Zeitung (German.)
Weeklies-London
Illustrated
News,
London
Graphic, Frank Leslie's, Harper's
Weekly, Puck,
Judge, Life, Fliegende Blaetter, The Congregationalist, Outlook, Scientific American, Harper's Bazaar,
Musical Courier, Youth's Companion, Cotton and
Wool Reporter, Success, Christian Endeavor World ,
Sunday School Times,
Union Signal,
Rockville
Journal,
Rockville Leader, U. S. Patent
Office
Gazette.
Monthlies-Century,
Harper's, Scribner's, Atlantic,
Forum, Review of Reviews, St. Nicholas, Cosmopolitan, Outing Munsey's, McClure's, Ladies' Home
Journal,
Carpenter
and Builder, Demorest's, Harper's
Round
Table, Biblical World, Delineator,
Birds and All Nature,
New England
Magazine,
Monthly Bulletin of American Republics.
Also the following Temperance
and Missionary
papers:
Home Guard, Connecticut
Citizen, Missionary Herald, American Missionary, Home Missionary, Church Building Quarterly, Congregational
Work.
Quarterlj'-The
Yale Review.
The average daily attendance
at the Reading
Rooms in 1898 was 81; the total attendance for the
year about 25,000.

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£ibraries.
In the cases in the Reading Rooms, besides many
volumes of periodical literature, there are
THE MISSIONARYLIBRARY, consisting of about 21
volumes of the latest and best missionary biographies,
descriptions, travels, etc.
THE TEACHERS' LIBRARY, consisting at present of
of books selected and set apart for the
special use of the teachers in the Bible School.
To
this number the Bible School will make annual
additions.
41 volumes

THE BIBLE ScHOOL LIBRARY, in the room adjoining the Reading Rooms, consists of about 800
volumes for the Junior and Senior Departments,
and about 330 for the Primary.
The Bible School
Library Fund, consisting of two legacies of $100
each from Mrs. Henrietta Bodfish and Mrs. Harriet
J. Thompson, is kept on deposit in the savings
bank, and the interest used by the Library Committee for the purchase of new books. This fund
amounts now to $222. 30. This committee consists
of S. T. Noble, D. F. Burritt
and Mrs. D. F.
Andrews.

PART THREE.

CATALOGUE OF MEMBERS.
NOTE.-In
the following
lists the number
preceding the name is the
serial number on the Church Register,
the first date following the name
is that of admission
to the church; C indicates admission
on confession
of faith; L, admission
by letter; the last date is that of the termination
of membership.
Names of men and of unmarried women are given with·
being understood;
names of women
out titles,-"
Mr." and "Miss"
with the husband's
whose husbands
are living are followed by "Mrs."
initials; names of widows by" Mrs." without initials.

A.-MEMBERS DECEASED,

J888-1899.
L
L
L
L
L

Dec . 19, 1895
May 28, 1893
May 27, 1890
June 13, 1895
Oct.
25, 1898

Mahala (Mrs.)
1890 L
513 Bartlett,
Ann (Mrs.)
1890 L
512 Berrett,
1888 L
21 Bilson, Henry
(Mrs.)
1888 L
31 Bodfish, Henrietta
Annie Smith (Mrs.) 1893 C
614 Bresnehan,
1888 L
George N.
17 Brigham,
1888 L
23 Brown, Nancy A. (Mrs.)
1888 L
25 Brown, Roxana (Mrs.)

Feb. 17, 1895
Mar. 22, 1892
Feb. 11, 1894
Dec. 26, 1891
Apr. 21, 1899
Mar. 25, 1896
Dec. 21, 1889
Jan.
2, 1897

5 Adams,
427 Adams,
505 Angell,
403 Austin,
402 Austin,

51
52
54
58
65
62
627
521

Chapman,
Chapman,
Chapman,

Esther
L. (Mrs. H.)
Grace R. (Mrs.)
Charlotte
(Mrs. J .)
Elizabeth
(Mrs.Wm.)
William

Eustace C.
(Mrs. E. B.)
Betsey A. (Mrs.)

Davis, John
Dewey, Sarah A. (Mrs.)
Dickinson,
Francis L.
Dimock, Erwin 0.
Doane, Harriet C. (Mrs.)

1888
1888
1890
1888
1888

1888 L
1888 L
1888 L

Jan.
Nov.
May

24, 1893
22, 1888
16, 1889

1888
1888
1888
1894
1890

Jan.
Dec.
June
Nov.
Dec.

11,
8,
2,
1,
19,

L
L
L
L
L

1899
1893
1897
1895
1898

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Eaton,

1888
1888
1888
1888
1888

L
L
L
L
L

Dec.
Feb.
7,
Nov. 12.
May 28,
Aug. 25,

476
481
482
106
105
98
102

Gager, Lois
Goodell, Francis
Goodell, Louisa (Mrs.)
Gordon, Marcia F.
Gordon, Jackson
Grant, Nellie L. (Mrs. F. H.)
Grant, Abigail R. (Mrs. G. L .)

1889
1890
1890
1888
1888
1889
1888

L
L
L
L
L
L
L

Apr. 26, 1899
Sept. 16, 1896
Mar.
4, 1897
Dec. 16, 1892
Jan.
10, 1889
Feb. 17, 1893
Sept.
6, 1897

450
129
612
118
458
459
150
119
124
146
143

Haelberg,
Albertine
E.
Hammond,
Orra P. (Mrs.)
Harrington,
Martha S. (Mrs.)
Harris, Rhoda (Mrs. C. E.)
Harwood, Abner D.
Harwood, Lydia J. (Mrs. A. D.)
Hibbard, Arabella
Holt, Elijah
Holt, Ryal G.
Holt, Jane L. (Mrs. H. G.)
Hutchinson,
Elizabeth

1889
1888
1893
1888
1889
1889
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888

L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L

Dec.
Feb.
Feb.
Dec.
Mar.
Jan.
Mar.
July
Jan.
Mar.

29,
16,
21,
28,
21,
26.
17,
16,
21,
5,

12, 1890

Julia A. (Mrs. 0.)
Susan S. (Mrs. J.)
83 Fitch, Marietta (Mrs. S.)
408 Forsyth, William
95 Frink, William L.
80

73 Eldredge,

161 James,

Anna

F. (Mrs. H. L.)

1896
1892
1891
1892
1890

1895
1890
1893
1891
1897
1893
1891
1896
1891
1899
1890

1888 L

Feb.

454 Keeney, Eliza (Mrs. F.)
171 Kellogg, Eliza N. (Mrs.)
169 King, Catherine

1889 L
1898 L
1888 L

June
7, 1889
Sept. 21, 1892
Mar. 24, 1889

209 Lawrence,
Thomas
Caleb
461 Leavitt,
C. A. (Mrs.)
619 Leschke, Johanna
600 Loveland ~Lottie A. (Mrs. M. I.)
177 Lovett, Eliza R. (Mrs.)

1888
1889
1892
1891
1888

L
L
C
L
L

Oct.
May
Apr.
Oct.
Apr.

13, 1893
1, 1897
5, 1899
1897
5, 1891

227 Maxwell, George
1888 L
519 Mills, William R.
1890 L
518 Monette, Sarah E. (Mrs. S. J.) 1890 L
430 Murphy, Fannie (Mrs.)
1888 L
219 McCray, Roxana (Mrs.)
1888 L

Apr.
May
Mar.
Dec.
Mar.

2,
13,
28,
22,
13,

1891
1898
1895
1897
1897

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CHURCH.

1891 C
1888 L

Oct. 24,
Feb.

1895
1892

221 McFarland,

Mary A.
James

194

North,

L.

1888 L

Mar.

21, 1890

239
524
251
252
418
235
245
243
255
241
246

Payne, Emily R.(Mrs.Brigham)
Pease, Ruthie E. (Mrs. G. M.)
Phelps, Leila L. (Mrs. Charles)
Phelps, Emma B. (Mrs.)
Phillips,
Louisa
Phillips,
Albert
Pillsbury,
Clara S. (Mrs. B. R.)
Pillsbury,
Eulalia
Pratt, Edwin R.
Purnell,
Mary J.
Purnell,
Gideon W.

1888
1890
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888

L
L
L
L
L
L
L

Nov.
May
Sept.
May
May
Aug.
Nov.
July
June
Jan.
March

17,
29,
30,
21,
21,
3,
19,
29,
25,
29,
6,

Reed, Lydia A.
Stephen G.
266 Robbins, Adelina B.
607 Russell, Nancy C. (Mrs.)
131 Sanders, Nellie H. (Mrs. C. H.)
570 Scharf, Henry G.
457 Scott, Charlotte D. (Mrs. Wm.)
319 Sears, Clara (Mrs. B. M.)
298 Selden, Henry
299 Selden, Harriet H. (Mrs. H.)

1888
1888
1888
1892
1888
1891
1889
1888
1888
1888

L
L
L
L
L
C
L

Jan.
Aug.
Oct.

1889
1888
1890
1888
1888
1888
1888

L
L
L
L
L
L
L

562

McFarland,

THE

Gideon

263

272 Risley,

465
290
503
311
286
306
307

Silverthorne,
George
Smith, Harriet M. (Mrs. Bli)
Stebbins,
Harriet
Stickney,
John N.
Symonds, Edwin
Symonds,
Wells
Symonds, Matilda (Mrs. W.)

350 Talcott, Martha G. (Mrs.)
355 Thompson, HarrietJ.(Mrs.N.H.)1888
John T.
431 Thompson,
432 Thompson, Sarah M. (Mrs. J. T.)
326 Towne, Charles H.
327 Towne, Fannie L. (Mrs. C.H.)

L
L
L
L

1896
1891
1888
1889
1889
1892
1889
1895
1890
1892
1897

4, 1890
2, 1894
20, 1888
1896
Mar. 17, 1891
June 24, 1897
Aug. 23, 1889
L Sept. 20, 1898
10, 1892
L Jan.
L Jan.
25, 1893

1888 L
L
1888 L
1888 L
1888 L
1888 L

Aug.
Jan.
Mar.
Feb.
Aug.
Nov.
Jan.
Nov.

18,
22,
1,
6,
12,
14,

1897
1894
1892
1893
1890
1896
1889

11, 1896
20, 1893
1894
June 21,1897
Sept .19, 1888
1893

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325
452
444

Tracy,
Tracy,
Tryon,

Trumbull
Helen L (Mrs. W.)
Abigail (Mrs.)

359

Vibert,

Julia

376
366
397
525
382
385
386
378
375

Warner,
Caroline
L. (Mrs.)
Wa.tts, Fannie I. (Mrs. F. A.)
West, Francis
Wheaton,
E. Julia
Wilcox, Jane F. (Mrs.)
·willis, Samuel
Willis, Lydia (Mrs. S.)
Wilson, Ephraim
F.
Wood, Kate A. (Mrs. G. P.)

M. (Mrs.

L. S,)

1888 L
1889 C
1889 L

Sept.30, 1897
A pr. 15, 1889
May 28, 1893

1888 L

June

1888
1888
1888
1890
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888

Jan.
Apr.
Mar.
Mar.
Dec.
Nov.
Jan.
Apr.
Sept.

L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L

4, 1895
13,
12,
2,
9,
31,
21,
14,
20,
8,

1895
1889
1897
1891
1890
1891
1889
1889
1895

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UNION

55

CHURCH.

DISMISSED, 1888-1899.

401 Allen, Jennie K. (Mrs. H. L.)
183 Anderson, Augusta M. (Mrs. F.)
504 Angell, John
541 Angell, Mary L. (Mrs. J.)

1888
1888
1890
1891

L
L
L
L

Dec. 13, 1895
Aug. 9, 1894
Nov. 4, 1897
Nov. 4, 1897

Bailey, Charlotte
(Mrs.)
Ballantyne,
Mary
Banta, ·wmiam E.
Banta, Abbie F. (Mrs. W. E.)
Banta, Clara H. (Mrs. J. E.)
Barron, George
Beaumont,
Ellen M. (Mrs. C.)
Bentley, James W. See 477.
Bentley, Alice A. (Mrs. J. W.)
See .478.
632 Bentley, Laura E.
536 Bergner, Kamilla B. (Mrs. H.)
82 Billings, Emma W. F. (Mrs. G.)
27 Bodfish, Minnie S. (Mrs. C.)
552 Boeske, Mary A.

1888
1891
1888
1888
1888
1890
1888
1888

L
L
L
L
L
C
L
L

Feb. 17, 1898
1894
June13, 1889
Oct. 9, 1890
Jan. 18, 1891
Dec. 16, 1897
Feb. 27, 1890
July 28, 1889

1888
1894
1891
1888
1888
1891

L
C
C
L
L
C

July
A pr.
Feb.
Apr.
Mar.
Feb.

29
532
406
89
413
506
407
32
33

41
39
441
47
43
44
60
550
213

Bolton, George
Bruce, William

M.
A.

1888 L
1888 L

28,
25,
17,
21,
6,
17,

1889
1895
1898
1889
1890
1898

Jan. 27, 1898
Feb. 14, 1889

Chadwick, Barbara(Mrs.
J. H.) 1889
Chapman,
Louis S.
1888
Chase, Fred ,W.
1888
Chase,JosephineW.
(Mrs. F.W.)1888
Collis, Ella D.
1888
Conner, Minnie A. (Mrs. E. A.) 1891
Cornell, Ella M.__(Mrs. W. T.)
1888

L
L
L
L
L
C
L

Jan
Aug.
Oct.
Oct.
Feb.
Feb.
July

9,
30,
1,
1,
20,
11,
22,

1896
1894
1891
1891
1890
1897
1897

66 Dickinson,
Alethea J. (Mrs. A.) 1888
469 Dingwell,
Rev. James
1889
470 Dingwell,
Mary C. (Mrs. Jas.)
1889
630 Donald (Mrs. J.)
1894
67 Durfee, Thomas M.
1888
68 Durfee, Harriet S. (Mrs. T. M.)1888

L
L
L
L
L
L

June 23,
Sept.26,
Sept.26,
June 22,
Apr. 21,
Apr. 21,

1892
1895
1895
1896
1893
1893

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558
26
464
75
81

Eadie, Lizzie (Mrs. J. L.)
Eaton, Marion O.(Mrs.) See 479.
Edson, Mary B. (Mrs . C. H.)
Emery, Elizabeth
A. (Mrs.)
Emery, Estelle (Mrs.)

1891
1888
1889
1888
1888

C
L
C
L
L

Feb. 9, 1893
Juty 28, 1889
Dec. 8, 1892
Feb. 18, 1897
Dec. 16, 1897

409
96

Forsyth,
Margaret
Frink, Edward P.

1888 L
1888 L

Dec. 31, 1896
Feb. 20, 1895

103
107
115
114
141
153
133
134
135
147
122
123
137
142
617
412

Gilbraith,
Jane C. (Mrs. J.)
1888 L
Gordon, Mary E.
1888 L
Hale, Amelia C. (Mrs.) See 642. 1888 L
Hall, Foster C.
1888 L
Hall, Laura H. {Mrs.)
1888 L
Hibbard, William C.
1888 L
Hinckley, Henrietta
H. (Mrs. T.) 1888 L
Hinckley, Carrie H.
1888 L
Hinckley,
Cora W.
1888 L
Hoffman, T. C. See 610.
1888 L
Holt, Clarence D.
1888 L
Holt, F. H. See 624.
1888 L
House, Jennie H.
1888 L
Hutchinson,
Alexander
1888 L
Hulburt, Georgia S. See 730.
1893 L
Hyde, Arthur M.
1888 L

Dec. 8, 1898
Feb. 21, 1889
Feb. 2, 1893
Oct. 23, 1890
Oct. 10, 1895
Nov.12, 1891
June16, 1892
June16, 1892
June16, 1892
Oct. 22, 1891
Aug.15, 1889
Aug. 25, 1888
Aug. 9, 1894
Apr. 18, 1895
Dec. 3, 1896
Sept.22, 1898

499

James,

1890 L

Feb.

6, 1895

170
167

King, Ann Z. (Mrs. F.)
Kingsbury,
Addie E. ·

1888 L
1888 L

June
May

4, 1891
9, 1895

208
174
175
638

Leonard, L. Arthur
Loomis, Dwight
Loomis, Jennie G.
Loveland,
Mason I.

1888
1888
1888
1894

L
L
L
L

Feb. 15, 1893
Apr. 7, 1893
Apr. 7, 1893
Dec. 26, 1895

224
646
647

McFarland,
Amelia
McLeod, J. D.
McLeod, Matie (Mrs

1888 L
1895 L
1895 L

June 30, 1894
May 7, 1896
May 7, 1896

475
563
202

Newell, Albert F.
Newton_'/Edwin
L.
Noad, I:,1llian L.

1889 L
1891 C
1888 L

1893
Feb. 25, 1897
Dec. 22, 1892

Howard

K.

See 731

J D.)

OF THE

UNION

79 Palmer, Lizzie E. {Mrs. H. 0.) 1888
1890
523 Pease, George M.
1888
88 Pease, Lydia F'. (Mrs. G. M.)
1888
260 Phelps, Nettie B.
1891
534 Pond, Lillian N. (Mrs. L. B.)
1888
261 Rich, Styles
1888
262 Rich, Harriet {Mrs. S.)
1888
A. E. See 599.
275 Richardson,
1891
Arthur E.
599 Richardson,
H.(Mrs.A.E.)1888
121 Richardson,Jennie
282 Ricketts, Verrena S. (Mrs. C.H.) 1888
1891
Alice M.
588 Robinson,
1888
279 Rockwell, Arthur S.
318
576
508
149
641
310
649
650
308
399
309
321

57

CHURCH.

L
L
L
L
L

Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
A pr.
Apr.

16,
24,
24,
21,
27,

1897
1896
1896
1892
1899

L
L
L

Jan.
Jan.
June
May
May
Oct.
Apr.
Aug-.

24,
24,
20,
14,
14,
19,
23,
9,

1889
1889
1889
1896
1896
1890
1896
1894

June 13,
Oct. 13,
Sept.27,
Oct. 22,
Sept. 1,
Mar. 14,
June 4,
June 4,
Apr. 13,
Apr. 13,
Oct. 22,
Nov. 19,

1895
1898
1894
1891
1898
1889
1896
1896
1894
1894
1891
1891

L

L

L

C
L

1888 L
Sanders, Charles H.
1891 L
Seymour, Albina
1890 C
Slater, Matilda S. (Mrs. C.)
1888 L
Stahmann,
Lizzie H.
1894 C
Strauss,
Annie C.
1888 L
Sumbler, Elizabeth
(Mrs.)
1895 L
Swift, E.W.
1895 L
Swift, (Mrs. E. W.)
1888 L
Symonds, Arthur W.
Symonds, Emma R. {Mrs A. W.)1888 L
1888 L
Symonds. Mabel S.
1888 L
Synyer, James J.

328 Taylor, Clara K. (Mrs.)
344 Thayer, Adeline B. {Mrs.)
William J.
345 Thompson,
Ellen {Mrs. W J.)
346 Thompson,
425 Tracy, Nancy (Mrs. E.W.)

1888
1888
1888
1888
1888

L
L
L
L
L

June
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.

4,
4,
7,
7,
9,

1891
1889
1893
1893
1896

467 ·Walker, Alice M.
331 Warren, Grace T. {Mrs. Earl)
(Mrs.)See623.
367 Watts,MarthaK.
394 Webster, George, Jr.
391 Webster, Mary P. See 708
393 Webster, Jane P. (Mrs. Geo.)
557 Webster, Anna D. (Mrs. D.)
(Mrs.)
500 West, Elizabeth

1889
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1891
1890

L
L
L
L
L
L
C
L

Aug.ZS,
May S,
June 15,
Dec. 6,
Dec. 6,
Dec. 6,
May 4,
Dec. 27,

1898
1898
1890
1894
1894
1894
1899
1891

DECENNIAL

HAND-BOOK

368
372
384
335
493
-433

Weyhe, William A.
Weyhe, Annie B.
Whittlesey,
John C.
Whittlesey,
Lilla T. (Mrs. J.C.)
Wicks, Caroline (Mrs.) See 657
Woodruff, Edith

1888
1888
1888
1888
1890
1888

487

Young,

1890 L

220

Error

Georg-e Y.
of enrolling

name.

L
L
L
L
J,
L

Aug.21,
June 4,
June 4,
June 4,
Dec. 20,
Mar. 13,

1892
1896
1896
1896
1894
1894

Nov. 14, 1895

OF

THE

UNION

C.-PRESENT

59

CHURCH.

MEMBERS.

MAY 15, 1899.

671
1
2
274
428
166
462
463
559
720
10
11
12
13
494
3
4
6
14
15
7
8
9
546
606
628
547
548
549

Abbey, Dorothea M., ........................
Abbott, John E., ............................
Abbott, Caroline B. (Mrs. J. E.), .......
.
Adams, May R. (Mrs. F. M.), ..............
Adams, Angie, ..............................
Adams, Lizzie K. (Mrs. E. E.), _............
Agard, Isaac M., ............
. ...............
Agard. Ida G. (Mrs. I. M.), .................
Ahearn, Mary H. (Mrs. G.), ................
Alden, Carroll S., ..........................
Ames, Charles F., ...........................
Ames, Ellen N. (Mrs. C. F.), ................
Ames, William W., ..........................
Ames, Jessie, ...............................
Anderson,
Sarepta T., ......................
Andrews, Daniel F., ........................
Andrews, Jane E. (Mrs. D. F.), ......•••••...
Andrews, Charles L., .......................
Andross, William W., ......................
Andross, Julia A. (Mrs. W.W.), ............
Angell, Gideon, ........................
,.....
Angell, Emma (Mrs. G.), ...................
Angell, Gertrude E., ........................
Angell, Edith E., ..........................
Ang-ell, Mary W. (Mrs. Wm.), ..............
Annis, Mary C. (Mrs. A. W.), ...............
Arbus, Annie M., ............................
Arbus, Caroline M., .........
, ................
Arbus, Lizzie L., ............................

34 Bailey, John G., .............................
35 Bailey, Mary T. (Mrs. J. G.), ...............
37 Bailey, Lucinda, ...........................

. 1896
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1888
. 1888
. 1888
. 1888
. 1889
. 1889
. 1891
. 1899
. 1888
. 1888
. 1888
. 1888
. 1890
. 1888
1888
. 1888
. 1888
. 1888
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. 1888
. 1888
. 1891
. 1892
. 1894
1891
1891
1891

C

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40
531
692
38
686
687
700
681
42
477
478
688
636
637
533
256
22
404
405
36
551
296
553
18
19
20
28
539
661
684
685
658
30

Bailey, Catherine,
(Mrs.)
..................
.
Ballantyne,
Hugh, Jr., ......................
.
Ballantyne,
Ellen A. (Mrs. H.), .... . .......
..
Barrows, Julia R. (Mrs.) ...................
..
Barrows, S. Otis,.. . . . . .....................
.
Barrows, Mary A. (Mrs. S. 0.), ............
.
Bartlett,
Annie (Mrs. E.), ...................
.
Becker, Katherine,
..........................
.
Bennett,
Lucy G. (Mrs.), ...................
.
Bentley, James W., .........................
.
Bentley, Alice A. (Mrs. J. W.), .........
. .. .
Bentley, Elizabeth
M., ......................
.
Bes tor, Cyrus, ...............................
.
Bestor, Lucy M. (Mrs. C.), .................
.
Bill, Lucinda R. (Mrs. B H.), ..............
..
.
Billings, Annie E. (Mrs. G. ~-), ......
Bilson, Sarah (Mrs.), ......................
..
Bissell, Lebbeus,.
. . . .......................
.
Bissell, Lucy A. (Mrs. L.), ..................
.
Bissell, Laura L. (Mrs.), ....................
.
Boeske, Clara R., ...........................
.
Bond, Lizzie S. (Mrs. C. E.), ................
.
Bottger, Fred. E., ...........................
.
Brig-ham, Mary E (Mrs.), ..............
. .... .
Brigham,
Frank M., ........................
.
Brigham,
Minnie S. (Mrs. F. M,), ..........
.
Brown, Mary J. (Mrs. L. E.), ...............
.
Brown, Bertha S. (Mrs. F.), ...............
.
Buckmister,
Lillian E., .....................
.
Burritt, Dwight F., .........................
.
Burritt, Gertrude W. (Mrs. D. F.), ..........
.
Butler, Edwin G., ...........................
.
Butler, Jennie M. (Mrs. E.G.), .............
.

1888 L
1891 L
1898 C
1888 L
1897 L
1897 L
1898 C
1897 C
1888 L
1889 L
1889 L
1898 C
1894 L
1894 L
1891 L
1888 L
1888 L
1888 L
1888 L
1888 L
1891 C
1888 L
1891 C
1888 L
1888 L
1888 L
1888 L
1891 C
1896 C
1897 L
1897 L
1896 L
1888 L

456
455
514
362
714
50

Cameron, Annie (Mrs. John), ...............
Cameron, John P., .........................
Cameron, Annie T. (Mrs. J.P.), ............
Cann, Jennie W. (Mrs. F.), .................
Chadwick, Emmeline, .......................
Chapin, Maria P. (Mrs. A. W.), .............

1889
1889
1890
1888
1898
1888

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.
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.
.
.

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L

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THE

UNION

53 Chapin, Maria N. (Mrs.), ...................
45 Chapman,
Sophia (Mrs.), .............
.
555 Chapman.
Etta C., .................
.
556 Chapman,
Mary E.,
.....................
651 Chapman,
Henry E., ........................
645 Chase, Maria A. (Mrs.), .....................
537 Chittenhelm,
Eliza J., ......................
249 Clapp, Clara P. (Mrs. L.A.),
...............
511 Clark, William L., ........................
510 Clark, Luna P. (Mrs. W. L.), ...............
663 Clauss, Margaret
F., ........................
410 Conant, Mary F. (Mrs. L. P.), ..............
676 Conrady, Annie (Mrs.), .....................
46 Cook, Jennie C. (Mrs.), .....................
472 Crossett, Abbie W. (Mrs. Wm.), ............
61 Crossley, Florence D. (Mrs. A.H.), .........
48 Culverhouse,
Fannie M. (Mrs.), .............
320 Cummings,
Florence
S. (Mrs. A.), ..........

•

473
694
695
59
711
63
71
138
64
581
724
725
727
542
543
56
55
57
709
69
70

61

CHURCH.

. 1888 .
1888
1891
. 1891
. 1895
. 1895
. 1891
. 1888
.
1890
. 1890
. 1896
. 1888
. 1897
. 1888
. 1889
. 1888
. 1888
. 1888

Dart, Rosa E. (Mrs.), .......................
.
Dart, Harriet
K. (Mrs.), ....................
.
Dart, Ellen A.,. . ...........................
.
Davis, Aurelia (Mrs.), ......................
.
Davis, Edith M., ............................
.
Dickinson,
Roxana (Mrs.), .................
.
Dickinson,
Arthur T., ..............
. ........
.
Dickinson,
Belle H. (Mrs. A. T.), ...........
.
Dickinson,
Anna F. (Mrs. A. P.), ...........
.
Dickinson,
Ella S., ..........................
.
Dickinson,
Francis P., .......................
Dickinson,
Lucy E. (Mrs. F. P.), ............
Dickinson,
Eliza, ...........................
Dicks, Thomas,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dicks, Eliza (Mrs. T .), .. . ...................
Doane, Carlos, ...............................
Doane, Ella E. (Mrs. C.), ....................
Doane, Maria (Mrs. Geo.), ...................
Dorr, Louisa S., ..............................
Dow, William E., ............................
Dow, Amanda (Mrs. W. E.), .................

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L
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1898 L
1898 L
1888 L
1898 C
1888 L
1888 L
1888 L
1888 L
1891 C
1899 L
1899 L
1899 L
1891 L
1891 L
1888 L
1888 L
1888 L
1898 L
1888 L
1888 L

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652
653
668
592

Draper, George W., ..........................
Draper, Nellie (Mrs. G. W.), ................
Drescher, Charlotte
C., ......................
Durfee, Bessie C., ............................

1895
1895
1896
1891

429
479
659
634
72
74
76
527
528
77
78
426
648

Eadie,
Agnes,.
. ...........................
Eaton, Marion B. (Mrs. L.), .................
Ea ton, Maria C. ( M.rs.) .....................
Edwards, Lydia C. (Mrs. G. F.) ............
Eldredge,
Joseph, ...........................
Eldredge,
S. Eldora, .......................
Ellinwood,
Laura L. (Mrs.) ................
Elliott, James A., ...........................
Elliott, Hattie L. (Mrs. J. A.), ..............
Ellis, Samuel K .............................
Ellis, Sarah L. (Mrs. S. K.), ................
Ely, Mary L., ...............................
Ertel, Louise S. (Mrs. B.), .............

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.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. ... .

1888 L
1889 L
1896 L
1894 C
1888 L
1888 L
1888 L
1890 L
1890 L
1888 L
1888 L
1888 L
1895 L

621
579
580
91
594
595
596
84
85
94
93
680
712
86
87
90
631

Favor, Jessie T. (Mrs. G. I.), ...............
Fiske, Chester D., ...........................
Fiske, Carrie L., (Mrs. C. D.), ..............
Fletcher,
Samuel, ...........................
Flint,EliP.,
................
.. ..............
Flint, Rosa E. (Mrs. E. P.), ................
Flint, Jessie E., .............................
Foote, Harriet B. (Mrs. E. N.) ..............
Foote, Edmund W., .........................
Foster, Edna W. (Mrs. W. B.), .............
Fryer, Mary (Mrs. S.) ......................
Fryer, Laura A., ...........................
Fryer, Edith M., ............................
Fuller, Addison ............................
Fuller, Lydia E. (Mrs. A.) ..................
Fuller, Luthe~H, .......................
Fuller, A. Daisy (Mrs. L. H.) ................

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.
.
.
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.
.
.
.
.
'.
.
.

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L
L
L

.

1893
1891
1891
1888
1891
1891
1891
1888
1888
1888
1888
1897
1898
1888
1888
1888
. 1894

474 Gainer, Ellen L. (Mrs.), ......
. .............
. 1889
447 Gardner, Teressa
M. (Mrs.), ................
. 1889
97 Gibson, Sarah H. (Mrs. A. M.) .........
..... . 1888
104 Giles, Emma F. (Mrs.) ...................
.. 1888

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L
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C

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UNION

CHURCH.

110
108
109
582
667
111
112
113
101
590
99
100

Gilmore, Margaret
(Mrs.), ...................
Gilnack,
Frederick,.
................ .........
Gilnack, A. Belle (Mrs. F.), ..................
Gilnack, E. Lilla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gilnack, Annie Belle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gilnack, Martin, .............................
Gilnack, Elizabeth
(Mrs. M.) ................
Gilnack, Clara S., ............................
Grant, Gardner L., ...........................
Grant, Agnes T. (Mrs. Ernest), ..............
Griswold, Willard ............................
Griswold, Mary A. (Mrs. W.), ................

1888
1888
1888
1891
1896
1888
1888
1888
1888
1891
1888
1888

L
L
L
C
C
L
L
L
L
C
L
L

642
583
125
126
127
128
215
132
117
633
566
673
437
151
152
697
116
610
148
611
538
560
130
136
522
145
120

Hale, Amelia C. (Mrs.), .....................
Halligan,
Catherine
(Mrs. J. R.), .............
Hammond, Kate B. (Mrs. J. C.), .............
Hammond, A. Park, ..........................
Hammond,
Augusta B. (Mrs. A. P.), ........
Hammond,
George B,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hammond,
MinnieE.
(Mrs. G. B.), ...........
Harrington,
Susie A., ........................
Harris, Charles E., .........................
Harris, M. Eva (Mrs. C. E.) ..................
Hartenstein,
Hattie
R. (Mrs. L.), ............
Heath, Bernice D,. . . . .......................
Emma S. (Mrs. F. E.), ...........
Hemmann,
Hibbard, Albert M., ..........................
Hibbard,
Annie F. (Mrs. A. M.), .............
Hildreth, Jennie E., ..........................
Hirst, Anna (Mrs. J.), ........................
Hoffman, 'l'heodore C., .......................
Hoffman, Gustave A., .......................
Hoffman, Paul, ...............................
Hoffman, George A., .........................
Edith Martha, .....................
Hoffman,
Hogan, Grace, ..............................
,.
Holmes, Alida (Mrs. H.) ......................
Holstein,
Selma, .............................
Holt, Horace G., .........
, .. . .. . . .... .... . ... .
Holt, Lucy (Mrs.)...........................

1894
1891
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1894
1891
1896
1888
1888
1888
1898
1888
1893
1888
1893
1891
1891
1888
1888
1890
1888
1888

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624 Holt, Frederick H.,. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
625 Holt, Mary H., (Mrs. F. H.), ..................
672 Holt, Hazel M., .............................
168 Holton, Mamie K. (Mrs. F. H.), ..............
483 Holt sizer, Lizzie B.,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
675 Horn, Emily (Mrs,) ..........................
154 Howe, Eunice K. (Mrs.), ....................
730 Hulburt,
Georgia S., .........................
139 Hutchinson,
Frank ..........................
140 Hutchinson,
Ida E. (Mrs. F.) .................
144 Hutchinson,
Sarah E., ........................
411 Hyde, Ellen M. (Mrs.) ........................
414 Hyde, Margaret
E., ..........................
415 Hyde, Bertha C., .............................
416 Hyde, Mabel H., ............................
Sarah

S. (Mrs.),.

1893
1893
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1890
1897
1888
1899
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888

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1888
1888
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1890
1896
1888
1899
1898
1897

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Isham,

24
162
163
160
654
701
155
156
157
159

Jackson, Hattie B. (Mrs. E. S.), ...........
Jackson, Cyrus F., ..........................
Jackson, Jessie A. (Mrs. C. F.), .............
James, Herbert L,, ..........................
James, Ella R. (Mrs. H. L.), ...............
Jerrolds, Lillian M. (Mrs. W.), .............
Jones, Rebecca, .............................
Jones, William H., ..........................
Jones, Jane R. (Mrs. W. H.), ................
Jones, Walter H., ...........................

435
172
250
165
526
502
660
164
728
698
678

Kienle, Augusta S. (Mrs.-),
.................
Phrebe (Mrs. F.), ...................
Karber,
Kelton, Helen P. (Mrs. C. M.), ...............
Kingsbury,
Caroline A. (Mrs. J.), ...........
Kington, Sarah (Mrs. Frederick),
...........
Kington, Harriet (Mrs. George), .............
Kington, Miriam (Mrs.), .....................
Kite, Hattie (Mrs. J. H.), ....................
Kite, Grace Lillian,. . . . .....................
Kreyssig,
Elsie, ..............................
Kynoch, Annie (Mrs. David), ...............

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297 Lake, Eva S. (Mrs. E. J.), ...................
609 Lake, Sadie M., .............................
210 Legge, Helen M. (Mrs.), ....................
P. (Mrs. E. K.), .........
176 Leonard, Marietta
178 Leonard, Alice L. (Mrs.), ...................
179 Leonard, Elmer E., .........................
180 Leonard, Edward E., .......................
639 Leonard, Rose (Mrs. Edw. E.), ..............
731 Leonard, L. Arthur, ........................
732 Leonard, Annie W. (Mrs. L. A.), ...........
554 Lockwood, Adelaide B. (Mrs. S. J.), .........
173 Loomis, Anna R. (Mrs. W. H.), ............
216 Loomis, Mattie E. (Mrs.), ...................
674 Lord, Carlton H., ...........................
601 Loveland, Louis I., ..........................
498
193
417
192
190
211
212
507
640
228
229
230
232
233
231
665
434
218
561
158
635
691
690
702

.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.

1888
1893
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1894
1899
1899
1891
1888
1888
1896
1891

Marcy, Hadassah D. (Mrs.), .................
Marshall,
Minnie (Mrs. F. P.), ...............
Marshman,
Anna G. (Mrs. H.), ..............
Martin, Daniel, ..............................
Martin, Harriet (Mrs. D.), ...................
Martin, Abigail, .............................
Martin, ElizabP-th L (Mrs. E. J.), ............
Martin, Ida E., ...............................
Martin, Theodora P. (Mrs. W. B.), ...........
Maxwell, Harriet K. (Mrs.), ................
Maxwell, Eliza K., ...........................
Maxwell, J. Alice, ............................
Maxwell, William, ...........................
Maxwell, Robert, .............................
Maxwell, FrancisT.,
........................
Maxwell,
Florence R. (Mrs. F. T.), ..........
Maynard, J. Ed ward,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Maynard,
Elizabeth
M., ......................
. ......................
Mead, Charles E,, ....
Mead, Emma J. (Mrs. C. E.), ................
Mead, Minnie M. (Mrs. Wm.),...........
..
Mildner, Alvina P ............................
Mildner, Mary E., ...........................
.
Mildner. Adolph A.,...................

1890
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1890
1894
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1896
1888
1888
1891
1888
1894
1898
1898
1898

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703
613
620
704
520
184
715
451
517
644
188
189
670
217
214
705
225
226
544
545
185
187
584
669
191
186
655
656
643
196
197
198
199
200
201
203
204
585
586

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Mildner, Flora F.,........
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Miller, Hunter, ...............................
Miller, Jane (Mrs. H.), .......................
Miller, Jessie F. W., .........................
Mills, M.A. (Mrs.), .........................
Milne, Flora (Mrs. Wm.), ....................
Milne, FloraD., ..............................
Moard, Emma L., ............................
Monette, Samuel J., ..........................
Moore, Rosa W. (Mrs. P.) ....................
Moore, Palmer R., ..............
. ............
Moore, Ruth (Mrs. P.R.),
...................
Murlless, Marion S., .........................
Murphy, Agnes M., ..........................
McChristie, Jessie C. (Mrs. R.), ..............
MacDonald, Lucy (Mrs. J. W.), ..............
MacFarland,
Mary A. (Mrs.),. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MacFarland,
Mamie A.,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Macgeorge, William C., ......................
Macgeorge, Mary (Mrs. W. C.), ..............
McGuire (Mrs. J. H.), .......................
McLean, Addie S. (Mrs. C. N.), ..............
McLean, Emma J., ...........................
McLean, Clara B., ..........................
McLean, Mary B. (Mrs. Geo.), ...............
McLean, Clara F., ...........................
McKinley, Charles E., ......................
McKinley, Fannie K. (Mrs. C. E.), ...........
Newell, Martha (Mrs.), ......................
Newton, Edwin A., ...........................
Newton, Mary P. (Mrs. E. A.), ..............
Newton, Mary E., ............................
Noble, Henry L., .............................
Noble, Flora E. (Mrs. H. L.), ................
Noble, Ella E., ...............................
Noble, S. Tracy, ...........................
Noble, Anna E. (Mrs. S. T.), ................
Noble, Eva L., ...............................
Noble, Edith E., ..................
, ..........

1898
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1893
1898
1890
1888
1898
1889
1890
1894
1888
1888
1896
1888
1888
1898
1888
1888
1891
1891
1888
1888
1891
1896
1888
1888
1896
1896
1894
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
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1891

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195 North, CarrieE., ............................
706 Nutland, Margaret
A. (Mrs. W. H.), .........

1888
1898

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608
205
206
453

Ogden, Alice L., .............................
Olive, Martha, ...............................
Olive, Alice, .................................
Orcutt, Frances L. (Mrs.), ...................

1892
1888
1888
1889

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248
257
593
468
240
259
564
236
237
238
242
244
207
234
466
253
254
565
682
449
247
448
258

Packard, Elizabeth
J. (Mrs.), ...............
Parkhurst,
Mary (Mrs,), ....................
Paulk, Abbie H. (Mrs G. M.), ..............
Payne, Mary C. (Mrs. W. E.), ..............
Payne, Grace E., ............................
Pease, S. Jane (Mrs.), ......................
Peters, Annie M. (Mrs.), ...................
Pethybridge,
Joseph,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . ....
Pethybridge,
Sarah L. (Mrs. J.), ............
Pethybridge,
Clara J. (Mrs. E.W.), ........
Pillsbury,
Sarah A. (Mrs.), .................
Pillsbury,
Edward R., .............
.
Pinder, John, ...............................
Pinder, Mary (Mrs. John), ..................
v,:. (Mrs. H.), ............
Porter, Elizabeth
Pratt, Thos. S., .............................
Pratt, Adeline (Mrs. T. S.), ................
Prelle, Minnie J., ..........................
Prelle, Dorothea, ............................
Prouty, Nellie A. (Mrs. G. H.), .............
Purnell, Martha (Mrs.), ....................
Purnell,
Nettie,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .........
Putnam,
Matilda P. (Mrs S.), ..............

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268 Rolleston, Agnes,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
269 Rolleston,
Charlotte E., .. . ..................
276 Raymond, Isaac, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
277 Raymond, Martha (Mrs. I.), .................
278 Raymond, Grace M., .........................
181 Reed, Bertha L. (Mrs. A. H.), ................
516 Reed, Jennie E. (Mrs.), ......................
529 Rheel, Mary A. (Mrs. H. W.), ................

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587
424
442
264
265
273
280
281
267
271
270
283
602

Rhee], Annie C., .............................
Rieb, Rowena, . . . . . . . .....................
Richmond
Jennie M. (Mrs.), .................
Rickards,
Edmund........
.. ..............
Rickards,
Abby P. (Mrs. E.),............
Risley, Emerette
J. S. (Mrs.), ...............
Rix, Lizzie E. (Mrs. H. P.), ..................
Rix, Burt H., .................................
Rockwell, Kate E. (Mrs. T. F.), ..............
.' .....
Rogers, John T., .......................
Rogers, Sarah, ...............................
Rogers, Lucinda (Mrs.), .....................
Roy, Agnes C. (Mrs.), . ......................

1891
1888
1889
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1892

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567
421
568
575
569
689
288
295
535
92
49
589
300
316
419
420
312
314
317
313
289
291
383
303
597
598

Salzburger,
Nanette (Mrs F. J.), .............
Sargeant,
Nellie M. (Mrs. Gilbert), ..........
Scharf,
Fred H., .............................
Scharf, Rosa M. (Mrs. F. H.), ................
Scharf, Frederick
W.,....
. ..................
Schock, Mary,. .. .. . . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. . .. .. .. .. .
Scott, Mary S. (Mrs.), ......................
Scott,
Adelle M. (Mrs.), . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Seifert, Annie B. (Mrs. Peter, Jr.), ..........
Senior, Alice F. (Mrs. H.), ...................
Severance,
Eveline C. (Mrs. F. A.), ...........
Shelton,EvaS.,
. . .... . .......................
Sill, Hattie C., ...............................
Sill. C. Belle (Mrs. W. H.), ...................
Skinner,
Lewis 1'., ..........................
Skinner,
Emerette
(Mrs. L . T.), ..............
Skinner,
Ellen G. (Mrs. W.), .................
Skinner,
Isabella E. (Mrs.), .................
Skinner, Hannah A. (Mrs.), .................
Smith, Lizzie S. (Mrs. Gerald), ..............
Smith,
Eli I.,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Smith, George G., ............................
Smith, Lizzie W. (Mrs. G. G.), ..............
Smith, Susan 0. (Mrs.), ......................
Smith, Emily J. (Mrs.), ......................
Smith, Florence, ............................

1891
1888
1891
1891
1891
1898
1888
1888
1891
1888
1888
1891
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1891
1891

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CHURCH.

721 Smith, Edith J., .............................

683
322
323
324

Smith,
Ione D. (Mrs. A. L . ), ................
Snow, Julia F. (Mrs.), ......................
Snow,Julia
E., ...................
, .........
Snyder, Mary I. (Mrs. J. W.), ..............
Snyder, Flora C., ..........................
Snyder, Mary E., ...........................
Snyder, John A., ........................
Stebbins, Lucinda
M. (Mrs. E. A.), ........
Steng-le, Rudolph, ..........................
Stengle,
Lydia, ..................
. ..........
Stephan,
Mary M., ..........................
Stevens,
John, ..............................
Stone, Georgia
B. (Mrs. F. L.), .............
Stoughton,
Sabra A. (Mrs.), .................
Street, Ella A. (Mrs. A. F.), .................
Street, Daisy M., ...........................
Street, Mildred A., ..........................
Strickland,
Chauncey
H., ...................
Strickland,
Sarah E. (Mrs. C. H.), ..........
Strickland,
Cora E., .........................
Strickland,
Frank L., .......................
Strickland,
Alice M. (Mrs. F. L.), ...........
Sumner, William K., ........................
Sumner, Kate A. (Mrs. W. K.), .............
Sunderland,
James, .........................
Sunderland,
Authorina
(Mrs. J.), ...........
Sykes, Clara E. (Mrs. D. A.), ...............
Sykes, Hattie (Mrs.), ........................
Symonds, George, ...........................
Symonds, John, .. '. ..........................
Symonds, Mary A. (Mrs. J.), ..............
Symonds,
Clarence E., ......................
Synyer, Mary A. (Mrs. J. J.), ...............
Synyer,
Romeo A., ...........................
Synyer, Maud E., ...........................

348
349
351

Talcott,
Talcott,
Talcott,

726

626

302

716
717
718

719
446

571

438

662

439
440
284
696
723

713
292

293
294
496
497

285
16

577
578
301

707

287
304

305

George, .........................
Ella M. (Mrs. Geo.), .................
Martha R., ..........................

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1899
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1898
1898
1898
1889
1891
1888
1896
1888
1889
1888
1898
1899
1898
1888
1888
1888
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1890
1888
1888
1891
1891
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1898
1888
1888
1888
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1888
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352 Talcott,
Phineas ............................
353 Talcott, Allyn K., ...........................
354 Talcott,
Hannah K. (Mrs. A. K.), ...........
343 Talcott,
Agnes E. (Mrs. Alden), ............
341 Taylor,
John, ...........................
342 Taylor, Sarah (Mrs. J.) .....................
699 Tennstedt,
Mary L. (Mrs. A.), ..............
347 Terrell, Carrie B. (Mrs. E. L. ), ..............
336 Thomas, James, .............................
337 Thomas, Mary (Mrs. J.) .....................
E., .........................
679 Thomas, Jennie
509 Thomas,
John B., ..........................
332 Thompson,
Abel M., ........................
333 Thompson,
Clara J. (Mrs. A. M.), ..........
334 Thompson,
George B., ......................
339 Thompson,
Arthur
M., ......................
Elizabeth
B. (Mrs. A. M.) .......
340 Thompson,
515 Thompson, Frances M. (Mrs, L, E.), .........
329 Thrall, Mary A. (Mrs. J. S.), ................
591 Thrall, Edna M,, . . ..........................
330 Thrall, Florence (Mrs. W. B.), ...............
182 Thrall, Ida A. (Mrs. C. H. ), .................
615 Tillotson,
W. C., ............................
616 Tillotson,
Fannie (Mrs. W. C.) ..............
315 Tingier,
Charlotte
S. (Mrs. L. T.), ..........
338 Towne, Arthur L., ..........................
W. (Mrs. A. L.),.....
. ...
443 Towne, Elizabeth
356 Townsend,
Julia C. (Mrs. H.), ...............
400 Tracy, Leila, ..............................
357 Turner, Charlotte,
(Mrs. J.), ................
540 Tuttle, Lucia A. (Mrs.), .....................
358 Vibert, Leonard
S., ..........................
360 Vibert, Ada B., ...............................
422 Vinton, William C., ..........................
423 Vinton, Louisa J. (Mrs. W. C.), ..............
664 Vinton, Della L., .............................
501 Vinton, Maria A. (Mrs. C.) ..................
445 Volmer, Abbie J., ............................

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484
573
387
710
377
396

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365
677
460
392
381
436
390
389
722
398
371
629
495
361
364
363
471
369
370
657
480
486
485
379
380
222
388
395
373
374
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UNION

CHURCH.

Waidner, Charles J., ........................
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Waidner, Cora R. (Mrs. C. J.), ..............
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Walz, Katrina B. (Mrs. J.), .................
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Walz, EleanorH.,
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Wanager, Charles A., ......................
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Warner, Jennie A., .........................
.
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Warner, Carrie E. (Mrs. L.B.), .............
.
Watts, Martha K. (Mrs.
See 367 ...........
Watts, Francis A., ..........................
.
Weber, Susanna (Mrs.), ....................
.
Webster, Lorenzo, ..........................
.
Webster, Jennie, ............................
.
Weirs, C. William, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wendhiser, Louisa S. (Mrs. J.), .............
West, Ellen G. (Mrs.), .......................
West, Inez W., ...............................
West, Ethel B., .............................
West, Edith A. (Mrs.), .......................
Weyhe, Jane E. (Mrs.), ......................
Wescott, Grace A., ...........................
Whelden, Mary A. E., .......................
White, Mercy (Mrs. Wm.), ...................
White, Anna L., .............................
White, Elizabeth, ...........................
Whitney, Sarah E. (Mrs.), ...................
Wicks, Elizabeth B. (Mrs.), ..................
Wicks, Sarah A., ............................•
Wicks, Caroline (Mrs.)
See 493, .............
Willis, Mary (Mrs. F.), ................
: .....
Willis, Nellie (Mrs. G.), .....................
Willis, Jennie E. (Mrs. S.), ..................
Wilson, Eleanor E. (Mrs.), ..................
Wilson, Ellen L., ............................
Wilson, Hannah M. (Mrs. W. J.), ............
Winchell, Hester A. (Mrs. C.), ..............
Winchell, Caroline O. (Mrs. R.), .............
Wood, Adelia J. (Mrs. J.), ...................
Wood, George P., ............................
Wood, Mary W. (Mrs. G. P.), ................

1892
1890
1891
1888
1898
1888
1888
1893
1888
1897
1889
1888
1888
1888
1888
1888
1899
1888
1888
1894
1890
1888
1888
1888
1889
1888
1888
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1890
1890
1890
1888
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666 Wood, George Ernest, .......•...............
729 Wood, Ethel Clara, ..........................
618 Woodford, Carrie S. (Mrs. E. H.), ............
604 Wright, George, .............................
605 Wright (Mrs. G.), .....................
. .....
488 Young,
490 Young,
489 Young,
491 Young,
492 Young,

Sarah A.
Hattie B.,
Margaret
Jessie T.,
Mabel K.,

574

Zohn,

223

Allison,

(Mrs. G. Y.), ...............
............................
E., .........................
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Wendel, ...............................
Louisa

McFarland

(Mrs. R.) .........

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1899 C
1893 L
1892 L
1892 L
1890
1890
1890
1890
1890

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L

SUMMARY.
Original members, August 7, 1888,........
411
Added by letter, ..................................
198
Added by confession,.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Deceased,.
Dismissed
Present

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
by letter and discipline, ................
117

membership,

May 15, 1899,.......

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732

225
507

REPORTS FOR l90l.
I.

MEMBERSHIP.
Church.-Additions
on confession,
23; by letter 14; total, 37. Removals: by death, U; by letter, 6; total,
18. Number of members
December
31,499. Baptisms-Adult,
8; infant, 23; total, 31. Families in parish, 400.
Bible School.-Enrollment,
main school,
562; home department,
49; total, 611. Largest
attendance,
480; sn1allest, 98; average,
366.
Y. P. S. C. E.-Active
men1bers, 37; Associate,
6; total, 43.

II.

MONEY RAISED.
Ecclesiastical
Society .-$5,J 62.
Church Treasnrer.-Box
collections,
$1,037; envelope collections,
$1,297; donations,
$330; communion
offerings,
etc., $131; total, $2,795.
Bible School.-Collections,
$359; Church, 457; other sources, $232;
total, $1,048.
Men's Union.-Evening
collection
and fees, $350.
Y. P. $. C, E.-Mite
boxes, for missions,
$20.
Ladies' Aid Society.-Total,
$508.
Woman's Missionary Society,-Total,
$186.
Total amount raised in all departlnents,
deducting
sums counted
twice, $9,406.

III.

MONEY EXPENDED.
Benevolence.-Foreign
Missio11s,
•$696; Hon1e Missions,
$256;
Education
,$191; Church Building
Society,
$34; American
Missionary Association,
$365; Cong. S.S. and P. Society,
$48; Ministers'
Fund, $78; other objects, S2n; total, $1,960.
Home Expenses.-Deducting
the amount given for outside benevolences from the total raised, we have $7,446, as the amount expended in our local ·work.

NOTES.-The
pastor attended
32 funerals,
and solemnized
20 marriages.
He reports 542 calls; the deaconesses
421, report incon1plete;
the
Bible School Visitor, 700; total, 1663.
The average
daily attendance
at the Reading
Rooms has been over 66.
The Ladies'
Aid Society sent three boxes this year, one of reading
matter and two of clothing,
at a cost of $181. The
Woman"s
Missionar.y
a scholarship
in the American
Society gave $125 as usual to maintain
College for girls at Constantinople.
The Forward
Movement
Conference received a gift of $250. The Endeavorers
paid for a pew in the new
chapel at Tougaloo.
The Bible School
has contributed
more for benevolence than for a number of years.
Besides its regular work the choir has given five special
musical
services, assisted by singers from out of town.
The position
of organist
and choirmaster,
made vacant by the death of Mr. G. A. Mietzl<e, Nov
26, was filled by the choice of Mr. A. E, Waite.

Names of Members Received in l90J.
750
763
764
777
778
779
780
781
752
753
754
756
757
758
751
765
773
759
760
761
762
782
766
767
7::,5
768
769
770
771
784
785
749
783
776
774
775
772

Berger, Rosa ..................................
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Conrady,
William...
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Conrady,
Henry F...............................
Dow, Emma L...................................
Dow, Grace E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dow, Hattie M...........
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Hirst, Alice S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hirst, Charlotte
M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
King, Robert C..................................
Loveland,
Harlow B.............................
Loveland,
Bertha D. (Mrs. H.B.)...............
Martin, Bessie C. (Mrs. A. L.). .... .........
. ...
Morrell, George
................................
Morrell, Dora (Mrs. G.)........................
Murlless,
Katherine
L...............
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Monette, Florence
A. (Mrs. S. J.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MacFarlane,
Carrie W. (Mrs. W.)...............
Partridge,
Frank H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Partridge,
Ida L., (Mrs. F. H.).......
.. . . . .. . . .
Partridge,
Mrs. M.A............................
Partridge,
Alice F.............
......
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Pillsbury,
Theron C..........
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Pratt,
Allen T...........
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Pratt, Alice Louise (Mrs. A. T.)...
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Robertson,
A. Laura.........
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Semple, Dinah W. (Mrs. G.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Semple,
Martha..........
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Stone, Josie H. (Mrs. G. L,).....................
Schinowsky,
Herman P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Schmogro,
J. Margareta
M......................
Trautman,
Henry......................
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White, Mary B. (Mrs. F. E.)...........
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Waltz, Emil A...........................
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Wiers, Margaret
B. (Mrs. C. W.)................
Wilson, Mrs. Sarah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wilson, Mary J...................
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Wilson, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Names of Members Removed by Letter in l 90 J.
F.-George,
Mrs.
Mrs. Emma M.

Ballantyne,
John-Clauss,
Margaret
Emma F.-Lockwood,
Mrs. S. J.-Nickols,
-Severance,
Mrs. F. A.

Names of Members Removed by Death in l90l.
Andross,
W. W ., Mar. 3; Austin,
Mrs. J. H., Feb.
Bailey,
Luc!nda,
Oct. 12; Bennett,
Mrs. Lucy, Mar .
Chapin, Mrs. Maria N., July 20; Grant,
G. L., June
Paulk, Mrs. G. M., June 1; Pease,
Mrs. S. J., Sept.
Thompson,
Mrs. A. M., Dec. 9; Tracy,
Lila M., Mar.
\Vicks, Mrs. Elizabeth
B., Dec. 3; Wright,
George, Nov.

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The Record of Ten Years,
Tables of Statistics,
Notes on the Tables,
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Two.-OH.GANIZATION

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DEPARTMENTS.

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The Ecclesiastical
Society,
Constitution,
Officers,
The Church,
Constitution
and Creed,
Form of Admission,
Form for Infant Baptism,
Officers of the Church,

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The Bible School,
Constitution,
Superintendents,
Officers,
The Y. P. S. C. E.,
Object and Methods,
Advanced Endeavor,
Presidents,
The Junior Endeavor Society,
Other Work for the Children,
Societies of Women,
The Woman's Missionary Society,
The Ladies' Aid Society,
The King's Daughters,
The Men's Union,

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Libraries,

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THREE,-CATALOGUE

Members Deceased,
Members Dismissed,
Present Members,
Summary,

Rooms,

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OF MEMBERS,

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