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HISTORY OF DUCHESS COUNTY.
Tile second house of worship was occupied about fifty years. In this house the first session of the Duchess Baptist Association was held in i855, October 14 and i5, Rev. T. Winter, Moderator. In the fall of 1867, a survey was made Columbia Railroad, which passed through for the Duchess the pulpit, so that the house, had to be removed a little more. than the width of it to give way for work on the road. Ln December, the agents offered $1650 for the church building, which was accepted, and the present house built. A Quaker Church was built at, Stanfordville about the year i800. It was sold a few years since, and is now occupied as° a public hall, with apartments for families below. As the church was erected before the separation of that sect, both th.e. Hicksite and Orthodox divisions received their proportionate cam.
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share of the purchase money, and both gave their (Teed for the, property. Oa what is locally known as Bangall Lane, between Bangall and Stanfordville, a large Biblical School has been established, under the auspices of the Christian denomination.. David Clark, of Conn:, was one of the principal movers in its: establishment, and contributed $ 000 to found it. One of the earliest settlers in this vicinity was Paul Upton,, an emigrant from Lynn, Mass. He located in the beautiful' valley on the borders of the romantic lake which bears his name. The annexed is a representation of his residence, which is still standing. A large addition has been since built, but that is not shown The house had originally a large chim-
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