This Church was formed on Dec. 21, 1830 at the district #8schoolhouse in the Town of Ogden for the inhabitants of thesouthwest part of Ogden and the southeast part of Sweden. It wasincorporated on Jan. 10, 1831. The Trustees at the time of theformation were Nathaniel Bangs of Sweden, Josiah F. Willard ofOgden and Ezra B. True of Ogden with James Hill serving as clerk.In about 1835 this society built a stone Church which served astheir meeting place. The church was truly interdenominationalalthough the ministers were usually either Free-Will Baptists orCongregationalists. The Society prospered for a time but many ofthe founding members either died or move west and by 1880 theSociety passed out of existence.
The following list of founding members off from the originalchurch records. In many cases after the name was a note statingthat the person had either died or "removed" to points west.Deceased members usually were buried in the Maple Grove Cemeteryin Ogden, NY.
| Elder Samuel Gillman | removed |
| Joshua Bangs | deceased |
| Nathaniel Bangs | deceased |
| Calvin Whicher | removed |
| John Hill | deceased |
| James Hill | deceased |
| Hosea Town | deceased |
| Josiah F. Willard | removed |
| Edward Covell | deceased |
| James Cate | removed |
| Elias True | deceased |
| Ezra B. True | deceased |
| Levi True | deceased |
| Aaron Robinson | removed |
| Joshua Bangs Jr. | removed |
| Goodnough Townsend | removed |
| Sila Scribner | removed |
| John Hill 3rd | deceased |
| Abel Fowler | deceased |
| John Hill Jr. | removed |
| Rinaldo B. Lane | removed |
| Josiah Lane Jr. | |
| Minzo Lambert | removed |
| Josiah Lane | removed |
| John Horton | removed |
| David Bangs | |
| Lorenzo Bangs | |
| Jeremiah Osborn | |
| Ward P. Hall | |
| Jersey Dewey | |
| Josiah Bangs | |
| Sheldon Hill | |
| Henry D. Way | |
| Henry Dusenberry |
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