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A brief history of the Congregational Church of East Burke on it's one hundred and forty-fifth anniversary
The Congregational Church of Burke was organized March 1, 1807 which is one hundred and forty-five years ago. This is indeed a long time but thanks to Mrs. Walter Nelson we have been able to learn many facts about the humble beginning and early history of this Church and community. Some of these reports were gleaned from the Burke Centennial Edition of the St. Johnsbury Republican printed on July 1, 1896 from material compiled by her mother, Mrs. Mabel Hall Walter. This supplemented by the Child's Gazetteer and a Church record book with continuous entries since January 1, 1907 have produced a great deal of information.
To fully understand some of the incidents in its past we have to know a little bit about the early settlement of the town which was chartered on February 26, 1782 by Thomas Chittenden, Governor of the "Independent Republic of the Green Mountains". Lemuel Walter of Litchfield County, Conn. made the first clearing in the town in 1792 on land which is now a part of Mt. View Farms. (It is the farm where Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Darling lived for many years and where Henry Darling was born.) He brought his family to Burke in 1794. The next year they were joined by the families of Godfrey Jones, Ranney Spencer, Barnabas Thurber and William Barbour who also settled on the same ridge, and Samuel and David Colefix near the East Haven line. Before 1800 they were joined by eighteen more families. Most all came from Litchfield County, Connecticut.
The organization of Burke took place on December 5, 1796 at the home of Lemuel Walter. Those present were Joseph Lord, justice of the Peace of St. Johnsbury, Lemuel Walter, Barnabas Thurber, Godfrey Jones and Ira Walter. Though there may have been others, it is probable these were all of voting age then resident in town.
In 1802 the town voted to lay out a public green and burying yard near the center of town. A street three rods wide was surveyed and a town house built that year. The town house served also as a meeting house and school house for some years. It was arched overhead and the walls and ceiling were papered. The window glass and paper were brought from Connecticut by David Porter, a land agent from Hartford. Dan White, first justice of the peace, build a dwelling and opened a small store where he exchanged necessary supplies for salts of lye and potash which were the chief products of the settlers. The pound was in his barn. Roman Tyler, William Woodruff and William Barbour lived on the Burke Green, as this tiny hamlet was called, and there was a blacksmith's shop. As soon as communication was established by opening roads, Burke, following her Puritan instincts, took steps toward providing public worship. In March 1798 a town committee consisting of Barnabas Thurber, John Walter and Samuel Colefix were appointed "to
treat with Elder Peleg Hicks to come and preach with us". The negotiations were successful for soon an adjourned
town meeting gave Elder Hicks sixty acres of land off the minister's right. In July he was granted sixty acres more.
This land was from the five rights reserved to public uses as provided for in the town charter viz: to state college,
county grammar school, town school, minister's support and one right to the first settled minister.
Then disagreement arose and in 1799 the advice of Esquire Cahoon of Lyndon was sought. A majority of the settlers were Baptists though there were some whose early associations were with other modes of belief. The first religious society organized in 1801 was Baptist: and at a special town meeting in September of that year Elder Hicks, the Baptist preacher, was voted to be the first settled minister of the Gospel in Burke. In the succeeding years two parties arose. The Baptists under the leadership of Barnabas Thurber supported their old Scotch pastor in his claim to the land granted by the Charter of the Town of Burke to the first settled minister.
The dissenters, who were an influential minority, claimed that the Elder did not represent their beliefs or maintain their ideals and therefore should not be installed. Acting possibly under the advice of Esq. Cahoon, Elder Hicks in 1805 redeeded to the town the second grant of sixty acres made to him in July 1798. Still the dissenters were not satisfied and feelings ran high. We have proof of this in entries on the town records. In June 1806 we find the following: "Certificates of Religious Sentiments in Burke".
"We, the subscribers, do hereby certify that we do not agree
in religious opinions with the majority
of the inhabitants of this town".
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George Nichols | John Woodruff | Azel Paine | |
E. Burrington | Timothy Fisher, Jr. | Ozias Humphrey | |
Elam White | Ezra Andrews | Chauncey Buell | |
Aaron Henderson | Moses Severance | Alden Cooley |
In January 1807 two more prominent citizens, William Barbour and C. Asher Flower, filed their dissent.
These certificates mark the starting place of three other denominations represented in Burke.
Within a few weeks the first Congregational Church was organized.
The Congregational Church of Burke was organized on March 1, 1807 by Rev. John Fitch of Danville with eleven members. These members were William Barbour, George Nichols, Orentus Brownson, Ruth Barbour, Elizabeth Palmer, Mary Burrington, Anna White, Mary Cooley, Kezia Severance, Abia Brownson and Betsey Nichols.
An old record tells us what became of these original eleven members. William Barbour, Deacon, died in Burke; George Nichols, removed, died in West (New York State); Orentus Brownson, died in Connecticut; Ruth Barbour, died in Burke; Elizabeth Palmer, removed, died in West; Mary Burrington, died in Burke, 1835; Anna White, died in Burke; Mary Cooley, Kezia Severance, Abia Brownson, removed, died in Connecticut; Betsey Nichols, removed, died in West (N. Y. State) 1856.
The early years of this Church were full of privation and hardships, but the little group held together, sometimes hiring a neighboring clergyman to preach, sometimes remembered by missionaries on their rounds. Up to the year 1825 the Church had enrolled a membership of 48. Under the impetus given by the building of the Union Church at Burke Hollow it increased until in 1837 the first settled pastor, the Rev. Thomas Duncan was installed.
This was a great occasion with people gathering for miles around to take part in the solemn ceremony. Among those present were Rev. Thomas Hall and Jonah Carpenter from Waterford; Rev. Josiah Morse and Charles Hosmer from St. Johnsbury First Church, and Rev. James Johnson from the Second Church; Rev. William Scales and Deacon Charles Stone from Lyndon; Rev. David Jones from Danville; and Simeon Griffith from Lunenburg; Rev. Solon Martin and Deacon John Frye from Concord.
The first Church building was erected at East Burke in 1839.
Mr. Duncan was dismissed at his own request in 1839 and was succeeded by Rev. S. M. Wheelock, who remained with the Church two years. Then the Rev. John Clark preached ten years during which there were twenty-four additional members who united with the Church. After his departure there followed a period of discouragement with services discontinued for a time, then after a series of prayer meetings alternating between East Burke and Burke Hollow they were resumed with renewed interest under Rev. Wellington in 1856. The missionary society sent men to help; the Revs. Richard Cordley, Henry Fairbanks, Thomas Kidder, F. D. Ayer, E. Mix and O. Pearson supplied at different times during 1856 and 1857. Meetings were held one fourth at East Burke and three fourths in the Union Church at Burke Hollow.
It was at such a time of awakening interest that a young divinity student from New York, Edwin P. Goodwin, came to Burke. He preached during the summer of 1858 and returned again the next year. He was ordained at East Burke November 10, 1859. The house was crowded and the services solemn and impressive. The sermon was by Rev. H. N. Burton, the ordaining prayer by Rev. J. Eastman, the charge by Rev. J. Underwood, and the right hand of fellowship by Rev. W. W. Thayer.
The young pastor was full of energy and enthusiasm. He was anxious for the Society, which by this time was mainly centered at East Burke, to build a new Church in that village. His faith was justified. Although called to a wider field of labor the next year, a field which constantly widened until the name of Dr. Edwin P. Goodwin became notable in the annals of his Church, his influence strengthened the little Church into an organized effort for a larger and better life.
In 1865 Mr. Alfred B. Darling of New York, who for many subsequent years retained his membership and interest in this Church, bought for $1800 the present building which was erected by the Baptists in 1845 and which seats three hundred persons. He leased this to the Congregational Society. In 1886 extensive repairs were made and the Church was rededicated on November 11, 1886. At this time the Society withdrew from the meeting house at the Hollow, though still retaining their share in the building.
When Mr. Darling died in September 1896 he left the Society the Church property and a $10,000 fund, the income of which was to be used to support preaching.
From these chronicles of bygone days we found one little bit of Yankee humor typical of these long gone folks. It is said Porter Walter was always punctual in his attendance at the Methodist Church but his father Augustus was punctilious. One stormy Sunday morning in winter in the 40's Porter remarked at breakfast, "We can't get to meeting today, father, it's too stormy to take out the horses". The old man did not reply but presently arose and went to the window. "We shall have to sell the horses, Porter," he said after a time. "Sell the horses" exclaimed Porter. "Yes, and buy a Congregational team, there's Captain Fisher's folks just coming down their hill." This was the Fisher family who brought up Alfred Darling after the loss of his parents.
Tieing the worthy past with the activities of the present runs a golden chain of Christian fellowship, the links of which are forged by faithful pastors and loyal members of the congregation. There are services such as those rendered by Miss Mary F. Harris, clerk and treasurer from 1886 to 1923 who also served much of this time as organist and sang in the choir. Mrs. Celia Stafford Frasier sang in the choir for over thirty years with hardly a Sunday's absence. The records show only seven clerks in the past sixty-six years.
Another kind of service was performed by members of the Darling family who undertook the responsibility for the up-keep and beautification of the present Church building. After the death of Alfred B. Darling in 1896 his nephews Elmer A. Darling and Lucius A. Darling continued his good work. Through their auspices the building was completely repaired, renovated and refurnished in 1900 and again in 1924 with other projects undertaken at various times as the need arose. Since their deaths Lucius' son, Henry G. Darling, has helped to finance other repairs.
Some of the pastors since 1885 have included the Revs. C. B. Hulburt, Charles H. Burton, J. C. Bodwell, Owen Hardy, H. C. Van Haagen, J. J. Hutchinson and I. Adams Rose.
As Reverend Rose was stricken with influenza and died in 1919 it was decided to unite with the Methodist Episcopal congregation until another pastor could be procured.
The union was such a harmonious one that it was decided to continue the arrangement and a formal federation of the two churches was completed in 1920. The Federation has continued ever since with alternating pastors of each denomination until recently when the Federated Church has had a co-pastor with the Lyndonville Congregational Church.
The pastors under the Federation have been the Revs. J. Q. Angell, S. G. Suitor, A. G. Axtell, John Norris, Lawrence Larrowe, Everett Babcock, J. F. Norton, John W. Starie, Edwin L. Burke, Hugh Thompson, Oral and Betsey Fisher, J. J. Hutchinson and the present pastor, Robert Mayhew, who has served since April 15, 1951.
These records covering one hundred and forty-five years have revealed a few facts worth noting.
The annual New Year's Community Dinners, which have been such happy occasions, were begun by Mrs. Amelia Newell Burton, wife of the Rev. Charles H. Burton, in 1888 and have continued for sixty-five years with only a short interruption during World War II.
The largest enrollment of members during the past forty-five years has been 95. There were 65 names on the Congregational roll of the Federated Church on January 1, 1952. We have two members on our roll who are direct descendents of Mrs. Mary Burrington, one of the eleven charter members of this church, they are Mrs. Marjorie Burrington Sanderson and Norman Burrington. Mrs. Celia Frasier, Mrs. Jennie Hunter, Miss Jennie Green, Mrs. Anna Bragdon, and Mrs. Josephine Godding have been members for over fifty-five years, Fay Warner and Miss Stacie Phillips, over forty years, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, thirty-five years, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Nelson over thirty-two years.
A service commemorating the one hundred and forty-fifth anniversary of the organization of the Congregational Church was held in the Church on March 2, 1952 with the pastor the Rev. Robert Mayhew in charge of the program. The Rev. Loren House Jr., pastor of the Danville Congregational Church was the guest speaker.
Following the service a Fellowship House was held in the Vestry with many out of town visitors. An anniversary cake topped with a miniature replica of the church made by Mrs. Ernest Temple was cut and served by Mrs. Elmer Burrington, whose husband is a lineal descendant of Mrs. Mary Burrington. The miniature Church was presented to Mrs. Carl Frasier, one of the oldest members of the Church, having belonged nearly sixty years.
March 1, 1952
Mrs. Roy A. Smith
East Burke, Vermont
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Ministers |
Installed |
Died or dismissed |
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Duncan, Rev. Thomas |
1837 |
dismissed 1839 |
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Wheelock, Rev. S. M. |
1839 |
1841 |
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Clark, Rev. John |
1841 |
1851 |
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Wellington, Rev. |
1856 |
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Cordley, Rev. Richard |
supplied 1856 & 1857 |
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Fairbanks, Henry |
supplied 1856 & 1857 |
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Kidder, Thomas |
supplied 1856 & 1857 |
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Ayer, F. D. |
supplied 1856 & 1857 |
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Mix, E. |
supplied 1856 & 1857 |
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Pearson, O. |
supplied 1856 & 1857 |
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Goodwin, Edwin P. |
supplied 1858 |
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Hulburt, Rev. C. B. |
since 1885 |
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Burton, Charles H. |
since 1885 |
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Bodwell, J. C. |
since 1885 |
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Hardy, Owen |
since 1885 |
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Haagen, H. C. |
since 1885 |
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Hutchinson, J. J. |
since 1885 |
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Rose, I. Adams |
since 1885 |
died 1919 |
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Merger of church with Methodist Episcopal in 1920 |
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Angell, Rev. J. Q. |
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Suitor, Rev. S. G. |
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Axtell, Rev. A. G |
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Norris, Rev. John |
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Larrowe, Rev. Lawrence |
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Babcock, Rev. Everett |
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Norton, Rev. J. F. |
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Starie, Rev. John W. |
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Burke, Rev. Edwin L. |
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Thompson, Rev. Hugh |
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Fisher, Rev. Oral |
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Fisher, Rev. Betsey |
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Hutchinson, Rev. J. J. |
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Mayhew, Rev. Robert |
April 15, 1951 |
current |
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A list of members of the Congregational Church from its organization in 1807 to the removal in 1865 (from the Union Church at Burke Hollow) is as follows: |
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Member |
Joined |
Left |
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Barbour, William |
Original Member 1807 |
deacon, died in Burke |
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Nichols, George |
Original Member 1807 |
removed, died in West |
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Brownson, Orentus |
Original Member 1807 |
died in Connecticut |
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Barbour, Ruth |
Original Member 1807 |
died in Burke |
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Palmer, Elizabeth |
Original Member 1807 |
removed, died in West |
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Burrington, Mary |
Original Member 1807 |
died in Burke 1835 |
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White, Anna |
Original Member 1807 |
died in Burke |
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Cooley, Mary |
Original Member 1807 |
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Severance, Kezia |
Original Member 1807 |
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Brownson, Abia |
Original Member 1807 |
removed, died in Connecticut |
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Nichols, Betsey |
Original Member 1807 |
removed, died in West 1856 |
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Ide, Elizabeth |
1808 |
died |
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Bray, John |
1809 |
died in west |
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Burbank, Polly |
1809 |
removed |
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Putnam, Susannah |
1810 |
removed |
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Fisher, Susannah |
1810 |
died in Burke, 1854 |
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Pike, Luther |
1810 |
removed |
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Pike, Sally |
1810 |
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Putnam, Peter |
1810 |
removed |
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Walter, Esther |
1810 |
died in Burke 186__ |
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Burrington, Roxey |
1810 |
died in Burke 1839 |
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Ide, Ezra |
1810 |
removed |
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Humphrey, Lucinda |
1811 |
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Darling, Abigail (Fisher) |
1811 |
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Cushing, Abigail |
1811 |
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Holmes, Lemuel |
1811 |
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Holmes, Abigail |
1811 |
died in Burke |
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Holmes, Asa |
1811 |
dismissed 1840 |
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Holmes, Joanna |
1811 |
died in Burke |
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Blake, Mrs. |
1811 |
died |
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Martin, Clarissa Humphrey |
1811 |
died 1858 |
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Bartlett, Thomas |
1811 |
dismissed to Lyndon 1856 |
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Thurber, Horatio G. |
1817 |
removed to Ohio |
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Hall, Elizabeth |
1817 |
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Humphrey, Ozias |
1817 |
died in Burke |
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Humphrey, Cynthia |
1817 |
dismissed 1827 |
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Bundy, Isaac |
1817 |
died in Burke 1855 |
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Bundy, Abigail |
1817 |
died in Burke |
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Ramsey, Hepsebeth |
1817 |
dismissed |
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Hall, Lucy |
1817 |
died in Burke |
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Lawton, Lucy (Hall) |
1817 |
dis St Johnsbury 1836, rec. back 1844, died in Burke |
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Bemis, Huldah (Hall) |
1817 |
dismissed to Lyndon 1828 |
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Hall, Elizabeth 2nd |
1817 |
died in Burke |
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Coe, Eunice (Fairbanks) |
1817 |
died in West |
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Guild, Abigail (Bundy) |
1817 |
died in Burke |
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Bray, Miranda |
1817 |
dismissed in 1827 |
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Leach, Sally (Walter) |
1817 |
dismissed to Methodists 1827 |
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Woodruff, Ruth |
1817 |
died in Burke 1843 |
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Fisher, Timothy Jr. |
1825 |
died in Burke 1854 |
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White, Elam |
1825 |
deacon, died in Burke, age 73 |
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Fisher, Curtis |
1825 |
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White, Esther |
1825 |
died in Burke |
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Harvey, Pamela (Fisher) |
1825 |
living in 1896 |
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Bundy, Fanny |
1825 |
died in Burke |
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Blair, James |
1826 |
deacon |
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Blair, Anna |
1826 |
dismissed 1835 |
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Eggleston, Catherine (Blair) |
1826 |
dismissed 1836, died in Whitley, PQ |
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Hubbard, Hannah |
1826 |
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Finney, Betsey |
1826 |
died in Burke 1845 |
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Kilby, Thomas T. |
1829 |
died in 1843 |
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Kilby, Thomas P. |
1829 |
deacon, died in 1867 |
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Kilby, Elias R. |
1829 |
died in 1852 |
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Kilby, Milla H. |
1829 |
died in 1888 |
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Kilby, Betsey |
1829 |
dismissed 1859 |
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Kilby, Sally A. |
1829 |
died in 1843 |
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Woodruff, Melinda |
1831 |
dismissed 1839 |
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Coe, Cornelia |
1831 |
dismissed 1841 |
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Goss, Calista Houghton (Hall) |
1831 |
dismissed to St Johnsbury |
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Walter, Lois (Coe) |
1831 |
died in East Haven 1893 |
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Finney, Susannah (Fisher) |
1831 |
died in Burke |
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Eggleston, Roenza (White) |
1831 |
died in 1891 |
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Blair, Sally |
1831 |
dismissed 1835 |
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Bundy, Willard |
1832 |
died in Burke |
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Packard, Laura (Bundy) |
1832 |
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Bundy, Mary |
1832 |
died |
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Stevens, Joseph B. |
1832 |
dismissed 1838 |
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Stevens, Elexia |
1832 |
dismissed 1843 |
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Stevens, Malvina |
1832 |
dismissed 1838 |
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Barbour, Esther |
1832 |
died in Burlington |
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Evans, Emily (Fisher) |
1832 |
dismissed 1832, died 1851 |
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Stevens, John I. B. |
1833 |
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Stevens, Sophia |
1833 |
dismissed 1838 |
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Hall, Susan |
1833 |
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Bemis, Mrs. |
1833 |
unknown, gone to the Universalists |
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Morse, Dr. & Rev. Josiah |
1833 |
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Root, Mrs. |
1833 |
died |
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Parker, Amos |
1834 |
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Parker, Laurinda |
1834 |
dismissed 1847 |
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Belden, Mary |
1834 |
died in Burke |
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Duncan, Lucy |
1834 |
died in Burke 1843 |
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Brown, Roxena (Fisher) |
1835 |
died 1869 |
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Carpenter, Matilda (Fisher) |
1835 |
dis to Kirby, rec back 1856, died Lyndon 1894 |
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Newell, Abigail (Finney) |
1835 |
died 1858 |
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Gage, Wealthy (White) |
1835 |
dismissed 1858 |
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Page, Caroline (White) |
1835 |
died in Burke |
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Darling, Alfred B. |
1835 |
died 1896 |
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Ball, Lucius W. |
1835 |
removed to West |
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Finney, Harrison |
1835 |
living in 1896 |
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Bundy, Isaac Jr. |
1835 |
removed to West |
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Fairbanks, Ephraim |
1836 |
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Fairbanks, Hannah |
1836 |
dismissed 1847 |
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Morse, Amos |
1836 |
deacon |
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Morse, Esther |
1836 |
dismissed 1842 |
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Killby, John |
1836 |
dismissed 1841 |
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Raynolds, Hannah C. |
1836 |
dismissed 1836 |
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Abbott, Reuben |
1837 |
deacon, dismissed 1844 |
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Abbott, Lydia |
1837 |
died |
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Skinner, Susan W. |
1838 |
dismissed 1848 |
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Fisher, Rosetta |
1839 |
dismissed 1843 |
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Bundy, Sarah M. |
1840 |
died |
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Allen, Olive |
1841 |
dismissed 1849 |
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Morse, Amos, Jr. |
1841 |
dismissed 1845 |
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Morse, Jewett |
1841 |
dismissed 1848 |
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Webster, Nathaniel C. |
1841 |
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Hall, Samuel |
1841 |
died |
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Fisher, Edwin |
1841 |
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Fisher, Minerva (Denison) |
1841 |
dismissed, died |
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Finney, Lyman H. |
1841 |
deacon, dismissed 1870 |
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Brown, Zenas |
1841 |
died |
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Ladd, Stephen |
1841 |
living in 1896 |
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Darling, Caroline |
1841 |
died |
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Harvey, Silas |
1842 |
died 1868 |
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Guild, Noah |
1842 |
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Guild, Elizabeth |
1842 |
died |
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Closson, Charles |
1844 |
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Closson, Sophronia |
1844 |
dismissed to Littleton, NH 1859 |
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Martin, Isaac |
1844 |
died in Burke 1857 |
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Jenkins, Mrs. Salome |
1845 |
died |
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Duncan, Lucy |
1847 |
dismissed 1852 |
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Evans, Aba Ann (Darling) |
1847 |
died in Lyndon 1856 |
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Jones, Marilla (Finney) |
1847 |
dismissed to Boston 1865 |
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Chapman, Olive |
1850 |
dismissed |
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Buck, Ammi |
1852 |
died 1868 |
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Buck, Jane A. |
1852 |
died |
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Clark, John |
1853 |
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Clark, Abigail |
1853 |
dismissed |
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Williams, Albert W. |
1853 |
removed to New Hampshire |
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Williams, Elizabeth A. |
1853 |
died in Burke |
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Carpenter, Chester A. |
1856 |
dismissed to Lyndonville, died |
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Carpenter, Matilda (Fisher) |
1856 |
died 1894 |
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Barney, Earl |
1856 |
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Barney, Louise |
1856 |
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Watkins, Stephen |
1856 |
died |
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Closson, Deborah |
1856 |
died 1850 |
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Page, John C. |
1856 |
removed to Rutland, died |
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Guild, Dennis |
1856 |
died 1859 |
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Taylor, Caroline L. |
1857 |
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Burton, Amelia (Newell) |
1857 |
dismissed to Newbury 1858 |
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Goodwin, Ellen (Chamberlain) |
1857 |
dismissed to Ohio 1866 |
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Goodrich, Emma (Chamberlain) |
1857 |
dismissed to Chicago 1871, died |
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Hall, Sarah (Bundy) |
1857 |
dismissed to St Johnsbury 1865, died |
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Brown, Anna Eliza |
1857 |
living in 1896 |
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Buck, Milton A. |
1857 |
dismissed to New Hampshire 1876 |
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Hunt, Mary J. (Buck) |
1857 |
dismissed to Barton Landing |
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Harvey, Charles D. |
1857 |
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Harvey, Silas D. |
1857 |
dismissed to Missouri 1868 |
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Harvey, Emily F. |
1857 |
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Newell, Mrs. Charlotte C. |
1857 |
living in 1896 |
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Fisher, Lucy G. |
1857 |
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Closson, Alanson |
1857 |
dismissed to New Hampshire 1859 |
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Hunter, Phoebe (Miner) |
1858 |
died 1869 |
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Varney, Amelia (Kilby, Washburn) |
1858 |
dismissed to Lyndonville, 1870 |
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Kilby, Carrie |
1858 |
died 1858 |
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Brown, Mary E. |
1858 |
died 1867 |
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Newell, Elam W. |
1858 |
died in New York 1868 |
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Sanderson, Sarah (Newell) |
1858 |
died |
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Eggleston, Abner H. |
1858 |
died |
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Taylor, Mr. |
1858 |
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Clogton, Lucinda |
1858 |
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Newell, Oliver |
1858 |
dismissed |
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Belden, Mrs. Franklin |
1858 |
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Gregory, Sarah (Belden) |
1858 |
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Bugbee, Mrs. Ebenezer |
1858 |
died |
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Moulton, Mrs. Emeretta |
1858 |
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Nelson, Emma (Bundy) |
1858 |
dismissed |
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Membership of Congregational Church, East Burke, Vermont on January 1, 1907 |
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Hunter, Charles |
died Jan 27, 1925 |
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Farmer, Alonzo |
died May 16, 1914 |
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Smith, Hibbard |
dropped Jan 1, 1908 |
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Goss, William D. |
died Feb 28, 1908 |
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Gilfillan, Horace |
given letter April 30, 1911 |
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Goss, Horace |
dropped Jan 1, 1927 |
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Goss, Willie |
dropped Jan 1, 1927 |
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Goss, Frank |
dropped Jan 1, 1908 |
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Hunter, Ira |
died Aug 19, 1936 |
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Phillips, Oscar |
deacon, died Aug 21, 1951 |
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Dunn, S. S. |
dropped Jan 1, 1927 |
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Hunter, Asahel |
died July 23, 1945 |
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Dashney, John |
died March 28, 1913 |
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Houston, Frank G. |
dropped Jan 1, 1908 |
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Batchelder, J. E. |
letter, 1916 |
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Batchelder, Clarence |
dropped January 1, 1927 |
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Jenkins, Alvah H. |
letter, March 29, 1910 |
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Goss, George |
died July 14, 1916 |
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Howland, Herbert |
letter, November 2, 1913 dead |
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Hardy, Rev. O. E. |
letter, January 1, 1909 |
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Harris, Perley S. |
March 17, 1907, letter April 12, 1927 |
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Van Haagen, Rev. H. C. |
letter November 8, 1914 |
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Caswell, Walker |
died March 9, 1932 |
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Warner, B. Fay |
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Eggleston, Amelia |
died April 17, 1910 |
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Hunter, Mrs. Charles |
died Feb 22, 1931 |
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Gray, Mrs. Junella |
died December 23, 1917 |
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Harris, Mary E. |
died June 20, 1932 |
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Hunt, Jennie (Huntly) |
dropped January 1, 1908 |
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Parker, Roancy L. |
died February 17, 1936 |
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Wilde, Belle Amidon |
dropped January 1, 1927, united with another church |
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Graves, Mrs. Hattie |
letter, January 1, 1907 |
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Clark, Mrs. Mina Harris |
letter, February 12, 1911 |
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Goss, Mrs. Martha |
letter, July 2, 1914 |
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Hoffman, Mrs. Stella Goss |
dropped January 1, 1927 |
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Belden, Mrs. Mary V. |
died March 18, 1931 |
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Phillips, Mrs. Etta |
died April 4, 1928 |
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Hunter, Mrs. Ann Eliza |
died December 1, 1910 |
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Gilfillan, Mrs. Ella |
letter April 31, 1911 |
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Gilfillan, May |
letter, November 24, 1907 |
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Root, Mrs. Rose |
died March 1919 |
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Dashney, Mrs. Margaret |
May 28, 1924 |
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Ball, Mrs. Gertrude Goss |
dropped January 1, 1927 |
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Humphrey, Mrs. Mabel Goss |
dropped January 1, 1927 |
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Bragdon, Mrs. Annie Belden |
died July 9, 1953 |
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Jenkins, Mrs. Mary Eggleston |
letter March 17, 1910 |
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Cole, Mrs. Eva Hunter |
died January 11, 1914 |
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Legacy, Mrs. Elizabeth |
dropped January 1, 1927 |
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Vance, Mrs. Mabel G. |
March 17, 1907, died February 1919 |
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Harris, Mrs. Bessie L. |
letter April 12, 1927 |
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Webb, Mildred Vance |
dropped January 1, 1927, united with another church |
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Hunter, Mrs. Jennie Cole |
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Kittredge, Mrs. Carrie L. |
died September 13, 1923 |
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Godding, Mrs. Josephine |
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Hoyt, Mrs. Flora M. Ladd |
letter January 1, 1913 |
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Frasier, Mrs. Celia B. |
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Dunn, Mrs. Nellie L. |
dropped January 1, 1927 |
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Green, Jennie C. |
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Streeter, Mrs. Susan L. |
died June 21, 1918 |
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Houston, Mrs. Emma L. |
dropped January 1, 1908 |
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Batchelder, Mrs. J. E. |
letter 1916 |
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Hunter, Mrs. Grace Batchelder |
died April 1941 |
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Kelley, Mrs. Nancy A. |
died August 1919 |
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Lane, Mrs. Sarah E. |
died July 28, 1921 |
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Fairbanks, Mrs. Kate Lauder |
letter May 20, 1918 |
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Howland, Mrs. Dora |
died November 1913 |
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Stafford, Mrs. Mary |
died November 27, 1927 |
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Sias, Mrs. Mary |
died 1945 |
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Howland, Mrs. Abbie |
died May 10, 1913 |
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Phillips, Mrs. Cora |
died January 27, 1930 |
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Leach, Mrs. Lottie Root |
died September 29, 1916 |
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Curtis, Martha L. Sias |
letter July 21, 1918 |
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Hardy, Amy F. |
letter January 1, 1909 |
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Lamond, Mrs. Jaynor |
W. Glassville, Carlton Co., NH, dropped January 1, 1927 |
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Hardy, Mrs. O. E. |
letter January 1, 1909 |
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Davis, Mrs. Urania T. |
died December 30, 1929 |
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Walter, Mrs. Susan E. |
died October 26, 1918 |
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Morgan, Mrs. Ann Eliza |
died September 5, 1908 |
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Temple, Mrs. Junella |
died February 1, 1929 |
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Gillander, Glenn (Streeter) Davis |
letter September 24, 1944 |
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Phillips, Stasie A. |
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Rosebrook, Mrs. Nellie E. Caswell |
died March 19, 1943 |
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Hall, Mrs. Myrtie |
letter February 25, 1912 |
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Caswell, Mrs. Walker |
died February 4, 1935 |
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Rose, Mrs. Leora E. |
letter June 8, 1924 |
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Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth H. |
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Morgan, Evelyn |
letter June 1919 |
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Nelson, Mrs. Elizabeth |
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Foster, Mrs. Edna Hunter |
put on inactive absent list January 6, 1950 |
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Munkittrick, Mrs. Evelyn Hunter |
letter to St. Johnsbury March 1932 |
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Barber, Mrs. A. A. |
letter March 28, 1937, dead |
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Rose, I. Adams |
died January 28, 1919 |
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Rosebrook, John |
died September 6, 1950 |
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Nelson, Walter |
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Harris, Carl E. |
letter April 12, 1927 |
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Harris, P. Lincoln |
letter April 12, 1927 |
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Harris, Willard S. |
letter April 12, 1927 |
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Cole, Elmer D. |
letter June 1, 1932 |
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Barber, Aldis A. |
dead |
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Edmunds, William D. |
dropped, united with another church |
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Cole, Harley Leo |
dismissed, united with Episcopal Church |
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Bowman, Mrs. Louise |
died December 31, 1922 |
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Membership of Congregational Church 1929 (additional members?) |
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Frasier, Helen Vance |
dropped, united with Episcopal Church |
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Willson, Erma M. Foster |
put on inactive absent list January 6, 1950 |
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Foster, Mrs. Jessie C. |
letter March 25, 1945 |
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Martin, Alice M. Warner |
put on inactive absent list January 6, 1950 |
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Wright, Bessie L. |
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Young, Hazel |
put on inactive absent list January 6, 1950 |
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Munkittrick, Lawrence |
letter to St. Johnsbury March 1932 |
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Hunter, Jonathan E. |
letter March 28, 1937 |
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Foster, Charles S. |
died March 31, 1940 |
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Hunter, Charles L. |
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Frasier, Carl |
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Stafford, Lorenzo W. |
died January 24, 1949 |
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Membership of Congregational Church 1930 (additional members?) |
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Burrington, Mrs. Gladys |
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Gorham, Howard D. |
died October 12, 1934 |
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Gorham, Mrs. Flora |
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Gorham, Densmore |
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Gorham, Carol |
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Smith, Carolyn Gorham |
put on inactive absent list January 6, 1950 |
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Gorham, Aldis |
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Berry, Miss Dale |
letter to St. Johnsbury |
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Maxwell, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Nelson |
put on inactive absent list January 6, 1950 |
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Taylor, Mrs. Florence |
? Dead |
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Smith, Miss Arline E. |
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Chamberlain, James |
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Rosebrook, Proctor E. |
put on inactive absent list January 6, 1950 |
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Rich, Philip |
put on inactive absent list January 6, 1950 |
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Devanger, Dick |
put on inactive absent list January 6, 1950 |
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Colby, Earl |
put on inactive absent list January 6, 1950 |
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Tarris, Floyd |
died February 2, 1950 |
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Hilliard, Ralph |
transferred to West Burke |
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Dolloff, Loren |
put on inactive absent list January 6, 1950 |
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Nelson, Charles H. |
died February 25, 1946 |
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Davis, Murray |
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Burrington, Norman |
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Temple, Franklin |
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Basnar, Carlton |
letter April 11, 1949 |
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Basnar, Mrs. Velma |
letter April 11, 1949 |
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Burrington, Mrs. Eda Davis |
letter |
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Bowman, Mrs. Hazel Philbrook |
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Wade, Mrs. Ruth |
put on inactive absent list January 6, 1950 |
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Colby, Mrs. Hazel |
put on inactive absent list January 6, 1950 |
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Hilliard, Mrs. Doris A. |
transferred to West Burke |
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Brockway, Miss Lottie |
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Sanderson, Mrs. Marjorie B. |
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Gibavic, Mrs. Annette Nelson |
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Wallace, Marion Baird |
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Starie, Rev. J. W. |
letter December 1944 |
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Starie, Mrs. Ruth |
letter December 1944 |
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Lyon, Doris |
letter April 1943 |
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Winslow, Pauline Basnar |
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Abendroth, Marion Hollis |
put on inactive absent list January 6, 1950 |
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Carpenter, Alton |
dismissed to Episcopal Church, January 31, 1953 |
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Gorham, Albert |
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Tower, David |
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Peck, Stuart |
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Fogg, Harold |
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Brown, Harold |
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Dodge, Fayette |
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Hill, Aldis |
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Leach, Reginald |
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Boulrisse, Mrs. Effie T. |
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Carpenter, Mrs. Grace |
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Wright, Mrs. Phyllis Fogg |
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Gorham, Mrs. Blanche |
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Gorham, Mrs. Dorothy |
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Gorham, Mrs. Shirley |
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Leach, Mrs. Alberta |
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Washburn, Mrs. Greta |
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Leach, Mrs. Sadie |
died August 1948 |
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Peck, Mrs. Harriet |
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Fogg, Mrs. Marjorie R. |
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Dodge, Mrs. Venila |
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Meredith, Mrs. Phyllis V. Dodge |
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Hill, Mrs. Helen B. |
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Powell, Mrs. Frieda |
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Davis, Mrs. Laura |
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Brown, Mrs. Hildegard |
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Bowman, Jean |
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Stevens, Mrs. Patricia Burrington |
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Burrington, Verneda |
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Fogg, Priscilla |
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Hazard, John |
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Hazard, Ernest |
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Hazard, Mrs. Kathleen L. |
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Hazard, Charlotte |
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Lavely, Mrs. Evelyn Twombly |
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Note: It has not been possible to arrange the names in the order the individuals joined the church as the list,
beginning in 1907, is taken from several different Church Rolls which have been revised from time to time. |
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Carolyn E. Guest on March 31, 2010 has updated the list of members with the following: |
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Member |
Died |
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Mrs. Flora Gorham |
Sept 17, 1974 |
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Mr. Densmore Gorham |
Dec. 28, 2000 |
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Mr. Carroll Gorham |
Nov. 8, 1993 |
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Mr. Albert Gorham |
1991 |
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Mrs. Marjorie McFarland |
Oct. 26, 1993 |
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Mrs. Shirley Gorham |
Feb 14, 2010 |
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Mr. Aldis Gorham |
Nov. 9, 2005 |
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