where, in October, 1816, he was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Harford, now Beaver, and in June following was installed over the churches in Brookfield, Vienna, and Youngstown. He was dismissed from Vienna in 1820-from Youngstown in April, 1823-and from Brookfield in October following-and became pastor of two or three congregations in Pennsylvania, where he now labors.—Mr. Harper, last year and a part of the present, supplied this church. CANFIELD. This church has enjoyed successively the labors of Messrs. Hanford, Smith, Sullivan and Stratton.-Previous to his installation, Mr. Stratton preached to this church and that of Ellsworth for more than a year. At length some difficulty arose in Canfield, in relation to church government, which resulted in the organization of a strictly Presbyterian church, and the dismission of Mr. Stratton from the old church and his settlement in the new one. This occurred in January, 1835. Mr. Stratton has also supplied the church in Newton. First Presbyterian Church. Mr. Stratton is the present pastor. ELLSWORTH. Mr. Bruce studied theology with Rev. Thomas E. Hughes of Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Soon after he was licensed, he commenced preaching in this place-was pastor five years-and after his dismission he preached as stated supply in Newton one year, and died in that place in November, 1816. The church in Ellsworth is now vacant. FARMINGTON. Mr. Bouton supplied this church for a season, and in 1830 removed to Illinois, where he preached a year or two, and then removed to Michigan where he remained as much longer. Some time in the present year he came back to Farmington, and was installed pastor in September, 1835. He has also supplied several other churches in this county at different times. West Church. Mr. Chapin is the present minister-and also the teacher of the academy in this place. FOWLER and JOHNSON. Mr. Eells, the pastor of these two churches, studied theology with Rev. Thomas Robbins of East Windsor, Conn.—was licensed by the Hartford North Consociation, and ordained as an evangelist by the Presbytery of Oswego, N. Y. He was installed over these churches in October 1827. HARTFORD. Mr. Andrews was ordained and installed by the Presbytery of Winchester, Virginia, over the church in Alexandria, D. C. in 1817-dismissed in 1827-and installed over the church of Hartford in the same year, and still remains pastor. GUSTAVUS. Mr. Badger is senior pastor of this church, and Mr. Fenn his colleague. -Mr. Badger served as a soldier for three years in the service of his country, in her struggle for independence. After the war terminated, he turned his thoughts to the subject of acquiring a liberal education. He studied theology with Rev. Mr. Leavenworth of Waterbury, Conn.-and was settled over the church in Blandford, Mass. for fourteen years. On being dismissed from his charge, he came as a missionary to the Reserve, and arrived here in 1800. He was the first missionary who ever came to this country. And after laboring here for something more than a year, he returned to New England for his family. At that time there were no stage-coaches daily plying between the eastern and now western cities-or packet and steam-boats to facilitate his progress back. He drove his own waggon over roads that were never before made, and cut his own path from Buffalo, N. Y. to Erie, Penn, and arrived safely in the Reserve sometime in 1801 or 1802. He spent the three or four following years, as a missionary, among the whites, preaching and laboring from settlement to settlement, which were then few and very far remote from each other. The four following years he spent among the Wyandott Indians, then residing at Sandusky and vicinity. After this, he resumed his missionary work among the whites in the eastern part of the Reserve. In this capacity he continued, (except a season in the last war, when he served as Chaplain in the army, and two or three years which he spent as stated supply in three or four churches,) until 1825, when he was installed over the church in Gustavus. He still holds his pastoral relation to this people, though. by reason of weak lungs and infirmities of age, he has not been able to preach but little for two or three years past. Mr. Badger has been instrumental of great good to the inhabitants of the Reserve-has formed many churches, and witnessed several precious revivals of religion, some of the converts of which are now preaching the gospel. GREENE. This church is now vacant. HUBBARD. This church has had supplies successively, from several ministers. KINSMAN. Mr. McIlvaine commenced preaching in 1827-labored some time in Monroe, Michigan, and from thence came to Kinsman, where he still continues. LIBERTY. Mr. Scott was licensed by the presbytery of Newcastle-was installed pastor of this church and that of Poland, in April, 1834, and still continues such. MECCA. Mr. Calhoon formerly preached in New York State, and is now supplying the church in this place. MILTON and NEWTON. Mr. Boyd studied theology with Rev. John McMillan, D. D., Vice President of Jefferson College-was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Erie in 1806-installed over this church and that of Warren in 1808-and remained in this connection until his death. Some portion of his time he spent as a missionary under the patronage of the Connecticut Missionary Society.-Mr. Stratton preaches here, at present, a part of his time. POLAND. Mr. Pettenger was settled pastor of this church for 6 years.-Mr. Cook statedly supplied it for 18 months.-Mr. Hanford, six months.-Mr. Wright studied theology with Rev. John McMillan, D. D., Vice President of Jefferson College-was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Ohio in October, 1814-was settled pastor over this church nearly 16 years-and dismissed for the purpose of spending his whole time with the congregation in Westfield, Pa., where he still labors.-Mr. Scott is the present pastor. MESOPOTAMIA. Mr. Burbank is the present minister of this church. SOUTHINGTON. The present minister of this church is Mr. Barrett. VERNON. Mr. H. Coe studied theology with Rev. Dr. Fitch, President of Williams College, and Rev. Dr. Cooley, of Granville, Mass. He came into this country soon after he was licensed to preach, and was pastor of this church nearly 16 years, and was dismissed to enter upon an agency for the Western Reserve College, to which he had been previously invited. He continued in this business about two years, and then accepted an agency for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, for the Reserve and Michigan. Since he entered upon this field of labor, he has acted, for a season, several times, as agent for the college. In both stations he has been efficient and successful. He resides at Hudson. Mr. Evans, the present minister of Vernon, studied theology with Rev. Eden Burroughs, D. D., of Hanover, N. H., the father of the noted Stephen Burroughs, who is now a Catholic priest in Canada. Mr. Evans was settled in Enfield, N. H., 21 years. Between 1825 and 1834, he preached as "stated supply' within the bounds of Rochester and Niagara Presbyteries, and came to Vernon in September, 1834. VIENNA. Mr. Derroo studied at Hamilton College, but did not graduate. He pursued his theological studies under the tuition of Rev. Mr. Steele, of Paris, N. Y., and Rev. Dr. Norton, of Clinton, N. Y.-was licensed by the Oneida Association in 1801settled a number of years in Homer, N. Y.-was pastor of the church in Vienna nearly 4 years then was absent over 6 years, and afterwards returned and was reinstalled February 6, 1822, and died in Vienna, November 18, 1828.-Mr. Birge was licensed in 1827-came to Ohio in 1828, and spent one year in New Philadelphia, south of the Reserve-came to Vienna in 1829, and was installed in November, 1830, and was dismissed by reason of ill health in May, 1835. The church is now vacant. WARREN. Mr. Hulin preached to this church six months or more, and then returned to New England, and settled in New Fairfield, Conn.—Mr. Towne was settled over the church in Hanover, N. H., from June 22, 1814, to January, 1833-commenced supplying the church in Warren, May 25, 1834, and was installed in May following. YOUNGSTOWN. Mr. Wick was the second minister who came to the Reserve, and the first that was installed. He studied theology with Rev. John McMillan, D. D., of Jefferson College-was settled over this church in 1800, and died March 29, 1815, aged 47.-Mr. Harned supplied this church about three years, and now lives in Philadelphia, Pa.-Mr. Stafford, the present pastor, studied theology with Rev. Timothy Dwight, D. D., President of Yale College-preached a number of years in the city of New York -was instrumental of establishing a Seaman's Chapel in that city-performed a short agency for the Bible cause, before the American Bible Society was formed-was secretary, for a number of years, of the Presbyterian Education Society, and came to the Reserve about the year 1829, and was installed pastor of the church in this place April 5, 1830, and still continues as such. Andover Th. Sem. N. Haven Th. Sem. Bangor Th. Sem. Princeton Th. Sem. Auburn Th. Sem. West. Th. Sem. Of the 160 ministers included in the above tables, 12 are dead-4 are preaching in Michigan-9 in Ohio, south and west of the Reserve-9 in Pennsylvania—6 in New York-1 in New Jersey-5 in New England-1 in Canada-1 in England-1 in Ceylon -4 for various reasons have left almost entirely the work of the ministry-5 are agents, and 3 are employed in teaching-leaving 99 who are either pastors or "stated supplies" in the Reserve. In 1800, there were in the Reserve 2 ministers-in 1810, there were 8-in 1820, there were 27-in 1830, there were 72-and within 1835, there have been 112, of which 13 have either died, or have removed from the Reserve. Number of Townships, Churches, Destitute Churches, and Townships where there is no Presbyterian or Congregational Church in each County. There have been erected for the Reserve, within the last 6 years, about 60 meetinghouses, neat, comfortable, and of respectable appearance, by the Presbyterian denomination. |