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Subject: [BRANT] Warner and Beers History of Brant County 1883
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MISSIONS AND CHURCHES
The First Baptist Church, Onondaga, was organized in the year 1855,
through the instrumentality of Jas. L. Davidson, D.D., and a preliminary
meeting was held for that purpose the 6th of April (Good Friday) of the
same year. Rev. John Moxon, of Binbrook, opened the proceedings with
prayer, and was followed by the Rev. Dr. Davidson, of Brantford. There
were present at this meeting Revs. Joseph Painter and Benjamin H.
Carrier, thomas Chave, Martha Painter, Elizabeth Carrier, Elizabeth
Chave, and Hannah Lindsay. The visiting brethren were Rev. Anthony
Scott, agent of the Baptist Missionary Society of Canada, and thomas
Bigham, of Binbrook. Elder Benjamin H. Carrier was appointed Clerk. At a
meeting held in the village school house on the next day, Samuel
Simpson, Caroline Simpson, Richard Southwell, Catharine Southwell, Sarah
A. Mitchell, Elizabeth Kirkby, Susan Mattice, Ellen Labin and Sarah
Painter, presented themselves for the ordinance of baptism, and on the
following day were baptized by the Rev. Dr. Davidson. They were
therefore the first new members after the church was organized. The
society numbered at that time sixteen members. After the organization of
the church Rev. B. H. Carrier was called to be its pastor (1855),
continuing to occupy that position until the year 1857, when he removed
to Tuscarora. The regular meetings of the church were held in the school
house until 1858, when a chapel was erected and dedicated to the worship
of god by Revs. Joseph Painter and B. H. Carrier, as the First Baptist
Church of Onondaga. Mrs. Caroline Simpson and Sarah Painter, now the
wife of Matthew Whiting, Esq., are the only persons living in this
county who were among its first members. The church has been since
refitted and improved, with commodious sheds attached. It has the Rev.
Nathaniel Richards for its present pastor, and a membership of about
sixty communicants. An excellent Sabbath school is conducted in
connection with the church.
More to follow.
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