Universalist
Church
Once
located on the corner of Ames and Main St.
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Universalist Church
From Ella Bigelow's Book
In Barbers Historical Collections,
one reads under Marlborough, "There are four churches - one Restorationist,
on Orthodox, one Universalist and one Methodist - and an Academy.
Feltonville village in this town is about three miles north." At
this time the earliest Universalist church, erected and dedicated in 1829
- Rev. Sebastian Streeter preaching the sermon - stood on the corner of
Ames Place and Main Street. The society was organized about 1818. The first
standing committee of which there is any record consisted of Messrs. Willard
Newton, Truman Stowe, Henrv Wood, Abel Rice and William Whitney, although
there must have been others before this. The earliest church was burned
about 1845. It was a great blow to the society and several years elapsed
before it recovered. Some time in the fifties the Rev. Sylvanus Cobb and
his estimable wife, who was also a preacher, came to Marlborough and gathered
the discouraged congregation together. They where followed by the
Rev. William A. Start, under whose direction and zeal was built the above
pictured edifice on Main Street, which has been remodeled and the first
floor rented for business purposes. At the present time a united congregation
and a strong working Sundav school exist after long years of changes and
vicissitudes.
Following are the names
of pastors
Rev. Mr. Killum Rev. Lorenza
Havnes
Rev. Mr. Freize Rev.
James K. Taylor
Rev. Thomas J. Greenwood
Rev. William F. Dusseault
Rev. Svlvanus Cobb
Rev. Frank S. Rice
Rev. William A. Start
Rev. Arthur A. Blair
Rev. Simon Taylor
Aldrich Rev. Mabel McCoy Irwin
Rev. J. Hatton Taylor
Rev. Frank S. Thomson
Rev. Ada C. Bowles
Rev. R. D. VanTassel
Rev. Nellie Mann Opdale
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