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Societies

Farmington Grange, No. 267, Patrons of Husbandry, was organized February 16, 1874, by C. L. Whitney, State deputy, with fifty-nine male and fifty-five female members. The following were elected and installed officers of the grange: Master, John H. Smith; Overseer, Theodore C. Armstrong; Lecturer, James L. Wilber; Steward, Charles Dingman; Assistant Steward, Perry E. Smith; Chaplain, James M. Adams; Treasurer, L. W. Simmons; Secretary, H. R. Mason; Gate-keeper, Abraham Lapham; Ceres, Ellen Lapham; Pomona, Nellie Nichols; Flora, S. Emma Wilber; Lady Assistant Steward, Alice Thayer.

The officers for the year 1877 are: A. J. Crosby, Jr., Master; Addis Emmett Green, Overseer; Rufus T. Courter, Lecturer; Frank McDermott, Steward; Charles W. Button, Assistant Steward; William S. Beach, Chaplain; E. H. Roberts, Treasurer; W. L. Coonley, Secretary; James L. Wilber, Gate-keeper; Miss Mary Pettibone, Ceres; Miss Nellie Lapham, Pomona; Mrs. Cetella Murray, Flora; Mary B. Crosby, Lady Assistant Steward.

The meetings of the grange are held in Dorhany's brick building, in Farmington village.

Farmington Lodge, No. 151, F. and A. M., was chartered January 30, 1865. The first officers of the lodge were: Oliver B. Smith, Master; Oliver P. Hazzard, Secretary; H. H. Jackson, Senior Warden; B. Weidrick, Junior Warden.

Their first place of meeting was the hall in the stone building of Oliver B. Smith, in Farmington village; and after its destruction by fire, in October, 1872, the lodge met for a time in the wooden building of Norman Lee, whence they removed to the hall in Warner's block, upon its completion, and this they occupied until December 27, 1876, when the new Masonic hall was dedicated. It embraces the entire upper story of the town-hall building, the lodge holding a lease of the premises for the term of nine hundred and ninety-nine years, for which was paid a cash consideration of eleven hundred and fifty dollars.