. History of Columbia County, New York. With illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . , and an annual due of onedollar, and on the death of a member belonging to his class,two dollars for every one thousand dollars assured. The plan has proved very satisfactory, as the followingreport of its condition, April, 1878, attests: Policies issued in Class A .321 Deaths 3 Lapsed 119 Present members 200 Policies issued in Class B 662 Deaths 3 Lapsed • 187 Present members 372 Policies issued in Class C 392 Deaths 8 Lapsed 130 Present members • 231 Two hundred a
. History of Columbia County, New York. With illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . , and an annual due of onedollar, and on the death of a member belonging to his class,two dollars for every one thousand dollars assured. The plan has proved very satisfactory, as the followingreport of its condition, April, 1878, attests: Policies issued in Class A .321 Deaths 3 Lapsed 119 Present members 200 Policies issued in Class B 662 Deaths 3 Lapsed • 187 Present members 372 Policies issued in Class C 392 Deaths 8 Lapsed 130 Present members • 231 Two hundred and fifty-two policies were issued in 1877. The officers since the iissociation was organized havebeen : President, Cornelius S. Mead; Vice-President,Hugh W. McClellan ; Secretary, Abram Ashley, Jr.; andTreasurer, Wright H. Barnes. THE NASSAU, S7U0DACIC, AND CHATHAM MUTUAL ASSOCIATION was organized in 1856. It carries at present about fivehundred thousand dollars in risks on detached buildings inChatham, and has from the first afforded reliable and cheapassurance. The home office of the company is at Nassau,. ^^^m HISTORY OF COLUMBIA COUNTY, NEW YORK. and Abel Merchant lias been the secretary since its organ-ization. The grounds of the Columbia County Agricultural So-ciety are within the corporate limits of Chatham village,but the history of that body is elsewhere given. of thi THE SECRET ORDERStown have embraced the following societies : CANAAN LODGE, NO. 44, P. & A. M.,was instituted at New Concord, March 26, 179l>. Amongthe petitioners for a charter were John Noyes, AlexanderSmith, Palmer Cady, Nathan Noyes, Patrick Hamilton,John Stranahan, Gershom Babcock, Eleazer Davis, SilasPratts, Joseph Kellogg, L. Stone, M. Butler, Amasa Adams,H. Hobart, Jonathan Ball, F. Lusk, Peter Savage, JohnCamp, Samuel Anable, Hezekiah Hulburt, Zebulon Doug-las, and Benjamin Lord. The lodge ceased to work in1827. CHARITY LODGE, NO. 192,of the same order, was organized at Spencer
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