. Onondaga's centennial. Gleanings of a century. owned by the late WilliamJohnson; and many other structures. Soon after the opening of theturnpike a post-office was established here, and among the postmastersare remembered the names of Thadeus Archer, William Frink, GeorgePettit, Sherman H. Corbin, James O. Hulburt, and others. Thetavern which was erected in 1814 was subsequently known for manyyears as the Cadwell House, and is still standing, being occupied as adwelling and owned by the Cadwell estate. The present VincentHouse, built a little later, was kept by Enoch Ely, Delos H. Johnson,Ch


. Onondaga's centennial. Gleanings of a century. owned by the late WilliamJohnson; and many other structures. Soon after the opening of theturnpike a post-office was established here, and among the postmastersare remembered the names of Thadeus Archer, William Frink, GeorgePettit, Sherman H. Corbin, James O. Hulburt, and others. Thetavern which was erected in 1814 was subsequently known for manyyears as the Cadwell House, and is still standing, being occupied as adwelling and owned by the Cadwell estate. The present VincentHouse, built a little later, was kept by Enoch Ely, Delos H. Johnson,Charles Hobart, and others. The hamlet of Apulia likewise dates its inception as a business cen-ter from the completion of the turnpike, or a little later, and for severalyears it was the scene of some activity. Here Miles B. Hackett, , William H. Hotaling, and others were general merchants,the latter being now in business, the first two mentioned being alsopostmasters. By the year 1821 the Methodists had gathered sufficient numerical. W. H. HOTALl\< -. THE TOWN OF FABITTS. 375 strength to form a society from a previously organized class, and tobuild a house of worship near the village of Fabius. The edifice wasremoved to its present location in 1835 and rebuilt in I860. Amongthe early members of this church were Anson and Sally Cadwell, Davidand Daniel Porter, Carlson Hodgson, and Catherine Hubbard. InOctober, 1826, the Freewill Baptists began to hold meetings in a schoolhouse near Stephen Tripps, and the next year a society of that faithwas formed by David and Polly Coats, Charles and Hannah MoRoland and Experience Sears, Joshua and Sally Sanders, John andPolly Smith, Celestia Connable, and others. In 1830 a church waserected, which in 1855 was removed to the present site in Fabius vil-lage, where it was rebuilt in 1800. Within the last twenty-five yearsthe society has materially decreased in membership until now it con-tains scarcely that many persons. The comple


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