TOWN OF SENNETT
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Postmasters. - The first postmaster was probably Rufus Sheldon, who was appointed about 1806, and held the office till 1826, when he was succeeded by Dr. Curtis C. Cady, who held it till 1841, in which year Holman Fisher was appointed, and after four years, was succeeded by Stephen Spooner, who held it four years, when N. B. Van Slyke, who also held it four years, was appointed, and was succeeded by Holman Fisher, who served a second term of four years. E. D. Fellows was postmaster a short time, and was succeeded by D. F. Buten, in 1861, Mrs. C. L. Sheldon, the present incumbent, who was appointed December 13th, 1864, acting as deputy.

Physicians. - Noah Beman was probably the first physician. He came as early as 1805, and practiced till his death, September 25th, 1823. Curtis C. Cady came in from Hinsdale, Mass., in 1815, and practiced till his death, January 18th, 1862; from 1823 to 1833, in company with Sylvester Willard, who at the expiration of the ten years, removed to Connecticut, when he came, and is now living in Auburn. A Dr. Curtis came in about 1833, and practiced some four years. Benjamin T. Wright came from the eastern part of the State in 1838, and practiced till his death, March 13th, 1844. Curtis C. Cady, Jr., the present physician, commenced practicing in 1841. He belongs to the allopathic school. George McCarthy came in from Throop about 1845, and after practicing three years removed to Lysander. Nelson C. Powers came in from Mottville about 1846, and practiced two years. He subsequently practiced in Syracuse, where he died a few years ago. D. O. K. Strong came in from Owasco about 1855, and practiced four or five years. Dr. Snyder, who practiced uroscopy, came in from Ohio about 1850, and staid two years. Dr. Morris, who made chronic diseases a specialty, came in from Syracuse about 1854, and practiced three or four years, when he removed to Auburn, where he died.

Manufacturers. - The Sennett Cheese Manufacturing Company was incorporated October 21st, 1869, with $3,300 capital. The first trustees were: Wm. Sheldon, Albert W. Bowen, J. M. Healy (President;) Horace Sunderlin and P. W. Healy (Secretary and Treasurer.) The present officers are: William Sheldon, President, and P.W. Healy, Secretary and Treasurer, who, together with A. W. Bowen, and M. W. and E. W. Sheldon, are the Trustees. They are making 240 pounds of cheese per day.

Sennett Baptist Church was organized September 12th, 1799, as the Third Baptist Church in Aurelius, and Thomas Morley represented them in the Scipio General Conference, of which they became a member, September 25th, 1799. In 1801 they experienced a revival, by which fifty-one were added to their number, making their total membership at that time eighty-six. In this year the Cayuga Baptist Association was organized in the barn of Ebenezer Healy. The delegates attending that meeting were Manasseh French, Messrs. Squire, Manro, Thomas Morley, Smitten Irish, John Jeffries, Israel Clapp and Isaac Barnum. Up to 1803, the average annual increase was thirty-one.

In 1808, Elder Manasseh French, who had served them as pastor since 1800, was excluded from the Church; but in 1810, on confessing his fault, the nature of which is not indicated, he was restored to fellowship. Their next pastor was Israel Craw, who entered upon his duties in 1808, and under whose ministry three seasons of revival were enjoyed, and ninety-eight added to the membership of the Church. In 1813, Elder Craw was dismissed with thirty-five members to form the First Church in Camillus (now Elbridge.) This was the second colony from this Society, the first, comprising forty members, having left in 1803, to form the Church in Throopsville.

Joel Butler succeeded Elder Craw in the pastorate in 1813, and remained one year, during which time forty-eight were added to the membership. Silas Barns entered upon the pastorate in 1815, and he, too, remained only one year. He was succeeded in 1816 by John S. Twiss, who served them till 1830. The only general revival which occurred during his pastorate was in 1821, when ninety-eight were added to their number.

In 1831, the Church, without a pastor, added 115 members by baptism. Toward the close of that year or early in 1832, Isaac Bucklin became their pastor, but his selection proved a most unhappy one for the prosperity of the Church, as difficulties arose which necessitated his expulsion in 1833. In the early part of 1833, Thos. Brown commenced his labors with them, and in April of that year he was ordained pastor. A revival immediately followed, resulting in the

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