The Primitive Methodist.

The persons adhering to this faith met for some time, prior to their organization into a church, in Cutter's Hall and in the Methodist Episcopal Church. The organization was made in the Spring of 1865, and two years later, in the Autumn of 1367, the first board of trustees was chosen. The principal members then were Joseph Garland, John Bennison, John Bradbury, John Bamford, Moses Jones. William Bennison, and J. Breckon. The church edifice was erected in 1873, at a cost of $2,000. The pastors of this church and their terms of service are as follows

Rev. J. Hewitt, May. 1865 to May, 1867

Rev. Chas. Dawson, 1867 to 1871

Rev. Thos. Buttenvick, 1871 to 1873

Rev. William Jacks. Jr., .1873 to 1876, when the present pastor, Rev. Chas. Dawsou, again assumed charge.

There are now eighty members and a Sunday-school of eighty-seven scholars.

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