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and Bethlehem. In 1809, when Littleton alone first sent a representative, David Goodall was again chosen. The representatives elected for the subse- quent years have been as follows : 18 10, Peter Barney ; 181 1, David Goodall, jr.; 18 1 2, Andrew Rankin ; 1813-14, Guy Ely ; 1 815, David Goodall ; 1816- 17-18, Guy Ely ; 1819-20, William Brackett ; 1821 to 1827 inclusive, Nathan- iel Rix, jr., who, by the way, was the first Democrat elected ; 1828-29, David Rankin; 1830-31, Comfort Day ; 1832-33, Alexander Albee ; 1834-35, Syl- vanus Balch ; 1836-37-38, Isaac Abbott ; 1839, Henry A. Bellows ; 1840, Ezra Parker, George W. Ely; 1841, Ezra Parker, Aaron Brackett; 1842, Aaron Brackett, Richard W. Peabody ; 1843, Richard W. Peabody, Josiah Kilburn ; 1844, Charles Kellogg, Josiah Kilburn; 1845, Charles Kellogg, Elisha Burn- ham; 1846-47, Simeon B. Johnson, Salmon H. Rowell ; 1848-49, Jonathan Lovejoy, John M. Chadton ; 1850, Allen Day, Levi F. Ranlett ; 1851, Allen Day, Isaac Abbott ; 1852, Francis Hodgman, Horace S. Goss ; 1853-54, Alex- ander Mclntire, Curtis L. Albee; 1855, Philip H. Paddleford, Horace Buck; 1856-57, John Sargent, Nathan Kinne ; 1858, Samuel T. Morse, Wesley Alex- ander ; 1859-60, Calvin F. Cate, John C. Quimby ; 1861-62, Harry Bingham, Douglas Robins ; 1863-64, Harry Bingham, Frank J. Eastman ; 1865, Harry Bingham, Charles M. Tuttle ; 1866, James J. Barrett, Henry L.Thayer ; 1867, James J. Barrett, George Abbott ; 1868, James J. Barrett, George Abbott, Harry Bingham ; 1869-70, S. A. Edson, Charles C. Smith, Richard Smith ; 1871-72, Harry Bingham, Cyrus Eastman, Ellery D. Dunn ; 1873, Harry Bingham, Char- les A. Sinclair, John C. Goodenough ; 1874, Harry Bingham, John G. Sinclair, John C. Goodenough ; 1875, Harry Bingham, George A. Bingham, Otis G. Hale; 1876, Harry Bingham, George A. Bingham, George Carter; 1S77-78, Harry Bingham, Albert S. Batchellor, Ai Fitzgerald ; 1879-80, Harry Bingham, Albert S. Batchellor; 1881-82, Harry Bingham, William A. Richardson.

There are now in Littleton five churches, each having its own house of wor- ship, and maintaining regular weekly services, namely, Congregational, Metho- dist, Free Will Baptist, Roman Catholic, and Episcopal. The Congregational church was organized March 3, 1803. The first pastor. Rev, Drury Fairbank, was installed in May, 1820, and officiated until March, 1S36. During his pas- torate the present church edifice was erected, having been commenced in 1832 and dedicated July 4, 1834. Mr. Fairbank was succeeded, March 14, 1836, by Rev. Evarts G. Worcester, who died in October following. Rev. Isaac R. Worcester, who was ordained September 27, 1837, followed him, and was in turn succeeded, December 13, 1842, by Rev. Erasmus I. Carpenter. Mr. Car- penter was dismissed January 6, 1857, and the church was without a settled pastor until September 28, i860, when Rev. Charles E. Milliken was ordained. Mr. Milliken was dismissed December 31, 1878, and there was again a vacancy in the pastorate until the installation of the present pastor, Rev. George W. Osgood. January 25, 1881. Mr. Osgood is a native of Bangor, Me., a graduate of the Wesleyan University at Middletown, Conn., of the class of 1874, and of the Bangor Theological Seminary in 1877. The members of this church now number about two hundred. One of the members, Mrs. Cole, formerly Eliza- beth Cobleigh, a daughter of the late Marshall D. Cobleigh, is now serving as a missionary at Erzeroum, Turkey. The church edifice is in excellent condition, having been thoroughly remodeled and repaired in 1874, at a cost of $8000. A fine new organ, the gift of Mrs. Richard Taft and Mrs. C. F. Eastman, as a memorial of their deceased husband and father, Richard Taft, has also recently been placed in the church.

Littleton became a separate charge in the Methodist Conference in 1850, and in that year the present church edifice was erected, the same being dedi- cated January 8, 185 1, under the ministry of Sullivan Holman. The pastors

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