Gazetteer and business directory of Lamoille and Orleans counties, Vt., for 1883-84 .. . Rev. C. J. Richardson,pastor. The Methodist Episcopal church, located at Wolcott village was organizedat an early date, and supplied for years by circuit preachers. Rev. GeorgeBrown, a colored man, being the first resident pastor. Through his energyand perseverance money was raised to build the present church building,which was erected in 1855. The building will comfortably scat 300 persons,cost $1,, and is now valued, including grounds, at $3, Thesociety now has seventy-three members, with Re
Gazetteer and business directory of Lamoille and Orleans counties, Vt., for 1883-84 .. . Rev. C. J. Richardson,pastor. The Methodist Episcopal church, located at Wolcott village was organizedat an early date, and supplied for years by circuit preachers. Rev. GeorgeBrown, a colored man, being the first resident pastor. Through his energyand perseverance money was raised to build the present church building,which was erected in 1855. The building will comfortably scat 300 persons,cost $1,, and is now valued, including grounds, at $3, Thesociety now has seventy-three members, with Rev. John Morse, pastor. The Methodist Episcopal church of North Wolcott has thirty members, withRev. Charles S. Hamilton, pastor. The Universalist church of Wolcott, located at Wolcott village, was organ-ized in 1875, with six members. Rev. I. P. Booth was the first pastor. Thechurch edifice was built in 1882, a wood structure capable of seating 165 per-sons, at a cost of $1,, about its present value. The society has aboutseventy-five members, with Rev. G. Foster Barnes, GAZETTEER —OF-
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