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UNION SPRINGS--CHURCHES/ TOWN OF SPRINGPORT.

Jr., W. M.; David Titus, S. W.; John Morse, F. W. The first elected officers were Daniel Lombard, M.; John Barrett, S. W.; David S. Titus, F. W.; John H. Davids, Secretary; John Morse, Treasurer; A. S. Cummins, S. D.; C. L. Candee, F. D. The present officers are, E. F. Rosecrants, M.; W. J. Winegar, S. W.; M. F. Backus, F. W.; W. H. Cozzens, Secretary; G. P. Schenck, Treasurer; N. S. Collins, S. D.; W. Schenck, F. D. The present number of members is 95. Meetings are held in Masonic Hall the first and third Tuesdays of each month.

CHARITY LODGE NO. 93, A. O. U. W. was organized May 31st, 1877. The first officers were F. A. Carr, M. W.; O. W. Smith, P. M. W.; H. Eldridge, G. F.; E. Y. Robinson, O.; H. S. Anderson, Rec.; Geo. P. Schenck, Recor.; Wm. H. Cozzens, F.; Wm. H. Thomas, G.; James Stebbings, I. W.; John Coles, O. W. The only changes in the officers since the organization have been the substitution of Wm. Clark for E. Y. Robinson as O.; and C. A. Niles for James Stebbings as I. W. Meetings are held every Friday evening in Rechabite Hall.

UNION SPRINGS TENT NO. 46, N. O. of I. R. was organized as No. 42, January 22d, 1875, with Elijah Cook, Jr., S.; E. Chapin, C. R.; F. A. Carr, D. R.; David Everett, P. C. R.; Dana Rhodes, Secretary; J. B. Hoff, F. S.; J. W. Rosecrants, Treasurer; A. Chambers, Levite. The present officers are, John Coles, S.; E. Cook Jr., C. R.; W. J. Fessenden, D. R.; A. W. Allen, P. C. R.; J. C. Carr, Secretary; David Everett, F. S.; W. H. Thomas, Treasurer. Meet Tuesday evenings in Rechabite Hall.

ONWARD CAMP NO. 3, E. K. of R. was organized November 6th, 1875, with F. A. Carr, C.; Geo. E. Carr, V. C.; E. Cook, R.; John Coles, Treasurer; Alex. Chambers, Chaplain; Wm. Fessenden, M.; James Wright, Captain of Guard; Martin Myers, I. S.; L. N. Burgher, O. S.; Geo. W. Eldridge, P. C. The present officers are F. A. Carr, C.; J. L. Hammond, P. C.; V. C.; E. Cook, Jr., Chaplain; John Cole, Treasurer; D. Everett, Rec.; Wm. Fessenden, M.; Preserved Tripp, I. S.; Asa Mosher, O. S.

UNION SPRINGS CORNET BAND was organized in 1859. The original members were Albert Carr, Leader; E. Wood, Geo. E. Carr, Henry H. McFarland, H. C. Carr Sr.,

Henry C. Carr, James R. Angell, Thomas Miles, A. W. Carr, Edward Gould. The present members are Geo. E. Carr, Leader; F. A. Carr, Musical Director; Eugene Carr, Treasurer; H. H. Carr, Sr., Secretary; N. S. Collins, Harvey Kellogg, Chas. N. Howland, Albert Carr, Edward C. Snow, Willard Carr, Edward Hoagland, Charles Eggleston, L. H. Chase, A. E. Bowen, and Charles Perrine. They play fifteen instruments.

VILLAGE OFFICERS FOR 1879.

President--S. Warren Rogers.
Trustees--Gaylord Anthony, John Quigley, William H. Thomas.
Treasurer--David Everett.
Collector--William J. Smith.
Clerk--Frederick A. Carr.
Street Commissioner--Horatio Day.
Police Constable--Charles A. Slocum.

HILLS BRANCH.

Hills Branch (post office) is a railroad station in the north part of the town, and contains one store, kept by H. D. Hibbard, a district school and two plaster-mills, both of which are owned by J. W. Woodruff, of Auburn. They grind about 3,000 tons per annum.

MANUFACTURES.--One mile south of Union Springs is a brick yard owned by Henry Carr, which gives employment to six men in the manufacture of 400,000 bricks per annum.

On the farm of Stephen Patterson, near the center of the north line, is a plaster quarry from which 300 to 400 tons are being taken per annum. Messrs. Patterson & Schenck have a plaster-mill in that locality.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

J. O. SPENCER

J. O. SPENCER was born in Delaware county, N. Y., in 1834, and spent his early life, after attaining a proper age, in attending and teaching school. At the age of twenty years he exchanged the vocation of teaching for that of farming; but possessing a mechanical turn of mind he soon yielded to the irresistible impulse to make a prac-

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