The Portland daily press., 1898-09-20
coNoREoATloNALIsTs AT sAoo.
General Conference VIII be in Session in
That City Today.

The First Parish church, Saco, will
open its doors to tine general conference
of the Congregational churches of Maine
today.
Several ministerial changes have been
made in the conference during the year,
aDd they are here given briefly.
The following ministers have retired
during the year from the fields mentioned
with their names: w. G. Adams, An
dover; c. E. Andrews, Free church, Deer
ing and South Portland; I. B. Conley,
Springfield; II. W. Conley, Robbinston
and Red Beach; G. II. Credeford, Win
throp X. A. FaInham, North Yarmouth; ;
G. W. Fisher, Rookport; AS. Freeze, Mil
ford; L. A. Frey, Second church, Bidde-
ford; B. A. Fuller, Madison; 7. P. Gales,
Union; 6. B. Hescook, Fort Fairfield; W.
P. Hume, Hiram and Sebago; I. Jordan,
Bethel; j. A. Lawrence, Whitneyville;
81. B. Long, Dexter; also South Portland I;
q. G. Mank, New Gloucester; F. New
port, Mechanic Falls; q. Il. Noyes, Isl.
and Falls; G. L. Parker, Ashland; FL. M.
Perkins, Woolwich; ID. M. Pratt, Willis
ton church, Portland; j. B. Saer. Corn.
ish; T. W. Smell, BrooksYille: j. S.
Strong, Pauten; L. j. Thomas. eth street
church, Auburn; j. A. Waterworth,
Limerick; R. L. Wilson, Lyman.
The following ministers have begun
work in the fields named during the con-
ference year beginning October 1, 1897:
W. G. Adams, Andover; S. A. Abraham,
Oxford; J. R. Boardman, Hallowell; H.
F. Burden, 9th street church, Auburn !;
j. Z. Berry, Ashlandl ii. W. Conley,
Bristol; A. Cullens, Steuben; T. M.
Davies, Free church, Deering; A. F..
Ernshaw, Phillips; @. W. Fisher, Me-
ohanic Falls; G. "A. French, Brooksville;
s. Goodwin, Freedom; q. B. Hescock,
Monson; T.. W. Barwood, Garland; j.
A. Lawrence. Machiasport and Whitney
Vile; Fl. B. Long, South Portland; W.
Fl. Mcbride, North Yarmouth; r. r.
Morson, winthrop; E. Newport, Jones'
port; IT,. 81. Noyes, New Gloucester; e..
Id. Perkins, Union; L. S. Perry. Water
ford; f. W. Small, Whiting; g. S.
4OuAS, AOvOA4, N'
ston and Red Beach; A. Il. Nelson. Ly-
man; Z. D. Mclean, Midtown, N. B. /;
E. b. Wood. Fort Fairfield; 6. E. Wood
man, Monmouth; W. Williams. Oldtown.
From the report of the necorlogist Rev.
e. NJ. Cousins of Gray, is obtained the
following summary:
No minister in active service in the
state has died during the year and but
one from the retired list. This one was
Rev. Ephraim G. Cummings, who was
born in Albany, September 2, 1925, and
died in Portland, December "a, 1897.
Mr.. Cummings was graduate of Bow
dom college and Bangor seminary and
was pastor of the First church, Brewer,
1880.
Of those by birth or service in the state
were entitled to notice were the follow
ing, viz: Lewis Goodrich, born at Bing-
ham, January 20, 1917, died at Marlboro,
Mass, February 20, 1898, was graduate
of Bowdoin and Bangor and was or
dained in Dedham in 1850 His other
work in Maine was done in Sedgwick,
West Auburn, Wells, Warren, Lowell and
Sweden.
J. Ellsworth Fullerton, born at Read
vile, 1874, and died at Bellows Falls. VT,
October 81, 1897, was a graduate of Bow
doin and Andover theological seminary,
and his first and only passionate IN Maine
was at the Warren church. Westbrook,
where he was ordained September s,
1870.
STEPHEN r. Dennen was born in Po
land in 1926, and died at Long Beach,
CAL, January 1s, 1898. He graduated
at Waterville college and Bangor semi
nary and though well known in Maine,
held no passionate within the state. q
Joseph Danielson died at Southington,
Conn, in February, 1885, He was
native of Connecticut, but his first pas
torate was over the Second church, Vest
brook, where he was ordained August 9,
1866.
Philo B. Wilcox died at iNorthboro,
Mass. June s. 1898. He began work in
Maine in 1860, remaining here till 1872.
His labors were with two churches in
Norway, Otisfield, North Waterford, Weld
and Bluehill.
Alexander r. Plummer was born at
South Berwick, June 25 1927, and died
at Deland, Fla, March s, 1898. After
graduating from Dartmouth college and
Princeton seminary he spent thres years
in TurkeyEas missionary. bis work in
Maine was done in Arson, Athens,
Burlington, Industry, East Madison,
Mount Desert, New Portland, New Vine
yard. Scion, Summer and fremont.
Of ministers wives deceased, notice
was taken of Mrs. Charlotte B. Perkins,
widow of Rev. Justin Perkins, mission
airy to Persia, and mother of Rev. Fl. NJ.
Perkins of Union. She died at Wool
which, December Is, 1897. Laura A,
wife of Rev. T. G. Mitchell, died at
Madison, May 20, 1898. Mrs. Mary Rich
ardson, widow Of Rev. Joseph Walker,
both natives of Maine, and pioneer mis-
sionaries to Oregon in 1888. She die re-
rU..o.A Cnouo nYoO0y, "a