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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 13., The Congregational Church of West Medford. (search)
In September a call was extended to Rev. Marshall M. Cutter of Cambridge and he was installed October 14, 1874. The installing council was constituted as follows:— Church.Pastor.Delegate. Arlington.Rev. D. R. Cady, D. D.Dea. John Field. Boston,     Old South.Rev. J. M. Manning, D. D.Bro. Moses Merrill. Boston,     Park Street.Bro. Hiram Wellington. Cambridgeport,     Prospect StreetRev. W. S. Kan.Bro. James M. Cutter. Malden.Dea. William L. Greene. Medford, First.Dea. Henry S. Barnes. Melrose.Rev. Albert G. Bale.Bro. La Fayette Burr. Wakefield.Rev. Charles R. Bliss. Winchester.Rev. A. B. Dascomb.Bro. S. S. Holton. Woburn, First.Rev. H. S. Kelsey.Bro. Hiram Whitford. Woburn, North.Rev. Charles Anderson.Rev. Leander Thompson. Rev. D. R. Cady, D. D., was moderator, and offered the prayer of installation; Rev. H. S. Kelsey was scribe, and gave the right hand of fellowship; Rev. Charles R. Bliss delivered the address to the people; and Rev. Dr. Man
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 22., An interesting incident. (search)
ry. In the Civil War he was a soldier fighting for freedom and equality. He was taken prisoner and was one of a hundred lined up for execution. Some of the group were able to give a sign of distress which adjourned the shooting, another providential escape for Josiah! After the war he was a distributer of revenue stamps for the commission allowed by the Government. He said his business was stamping about Boston. His marriage completed a double knot, as his sister was the wife of Henry S. Barnes, whose sister became Mr. Fuller's wife. When the First Trinitarian was merged with the Mystic Church he became a member of the West Medford Congregational Church, of whose meeting-house he was janitor for some years. During a severe illness his duties were performed by two members of the Parish Committee, who thus saved to his family his salary for several months. (One of the two was Robert A. Rogers, who passed away a few weeks since). I think it was in the summer of 1864, on a