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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 16: ecclesiastical History. (search)
ded at Warner, N. H. Though he has passed beyond the age of three-score years and ten, his eye is not yet dim, nor is his mind clouded; and he continues to preach and perform other ministerial duties. Rev. Luther J. Fletcher was ordained in 1843, commenced preaching here Jan. 4, 1846, and was installed on the 5th of the following April. He resigned April 14, 1848, and was afterwards settled at Lowell and at Buffalo, N. Y. He received the degree of D. D. from St. Lawr. Univ. 1876. Rev. Edwin A. Eaton, who had been previously settled at Newburyport, commenced preaching here Jan. 7, 1849, resigned April 25, 1852, and was afterwards settled in Providence for six years, and at South Reading for a similar period. He retired from the ministry about 1870, and is now an Insurance agent in Boston. Rev. Charles A. Skinner was ordained in 1848, labored a few years in western New York, and was installed here July 17, 1853. He retained the pastorship longer than any of his predecessors; and
Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739., January 15, 1738. (search)
d assisted them in building a church on the corner of Lyman and Summer Streets, near the site of the old church, upon land given by Hon. Theodore Lyman, who also took ten pews in the house. Several years afterwards the building was removed to a site on Main Street, near the Central House, where the society worshiped till 1859, when they dissolved and the building was disposed of and converted to secular uses. It is now known as Exchange Hall, and is occupied as a Furniture store. Revs. Edwin A. Eaton, T. G. Farnsworth, A. P. Cleverley, Alexander Hichborn, Massena Goodrich, and Henry A. Eaton were successive pastors of the old church. After the society dissolved no regular meetings were held till 1865, when a new organization was effected and Rev. Benton Smith began preaching in Rumford Hall. March 28, 1869, Mrs. Phoebe A. Hanaford was settled over the Society and remained with them about a year. The Rev. Dr. Thayer and others then preached to the Society until the settlemen