History of Worcester County, Massachusetts, embracing a comprehensive history of the county from its first settlement to the present time . KKSIDEXCi: OF CHAKLES T. CKOCKEK, KITCHBrEG, *?—*?^Ks;. - - •?-?^^: ^i»s^^pi^**^*^i^^r^— ? EESIDEXCE OF MRS. S. W. IlTXAM, EITCHMERG, MASS LOCAL SOCIETIES. 459 III 1843 a portion of the Calvinistic Congregational Society cut tliemselvesofl from the parent stem, chiefly on account of their anti-slavery views. Theyformed a society and built a church, and had preaching until about the close ofthe war. The building has since, in 1875, beeu remodeled, an
History of Worcester County, Massachusetts, embracing a comprehensive history of the county from its first settlement to the present time . KKSIDEXCi: OF CHAKLES T. CKOCKEK, KITCHBrEG, *?—*?^Ks;. - - •?-?^^: ^i»s^^pi^**^*^i^^r^— ? EESIDEXCE OF MRS. S. W. IlTXAM, EITCHMERG, MASS LOCAL SOCIETIES. 459 III 1843 a portion of the Calvinistic Congregational Society cut tliemselvesofl from the parent stem, chiefly on account of their anti-slavery views. Theyformed a society and built a church, and had preaching until about the close ofthe war. The building has since, in 1875, beeu remodeled, and now containsthe post-ofEce. The Universalist Church and Society was organized in October, 1844, andtheir church was built in 1847. The Episcopal Church and Society was organized Oct. 7, 1863. The L. Jones was the first rector. Their church, which is a tine stone building,was built in 1867, and consecrated in April, 1868. The Catholic Societj was organized in 1847, and the first church was built in1848. A new and fine brick edifice was erected in 1870. In 1878 a handsomeCatholic chapel was built in West Fitchburg. In 1868, owing to the insufBciency of the Calvin
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